The Sun.
London, England, 1816-01-05 00:00:00

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icificMinn and signatui.e of a Cute•

ntereial Convention with Great Britain ;, aird file
stare of affairs with The Indian Tribes. Of Franee,c
or the other Nation's the Continent; not a whisper
isuttered.- Tbeitibjeat WRSVObtibly rather embaess
passing. The satisfaction expressed at the conrldet.,;',
and termints'fion of the war in -the Mediterranean is.
just andfrapar ; but whether some of the stipular
tions in the agieement made, are cortsistent with the
rights of eitliVerowers,'is,,' in our opinion,-eitretitely
- With -Siiieire goon -w
on
all 'side's, these arrengenteots ma f iti"nded
tan error, he very easily modified so as to be cow.-
patible with the common interests of nations.
The Convention of Commerce with thii Coun-
try not having been officially promulgated,' is yet
unripe far remark, thuagir much pains has been -
taken to pervert the public opinion by prejtolging-,
tke iittestion on garbled evidence. We observe
that the President, from the friendly disposition •
Of the BritA Government, anticipates " liberal
tarrsingenients," - so as to ensure the continuance
of.. tranquillity,, and as he immediately speaks of
mployiug only American Seamen in American
',`hips as a prelude to this, it is to be .gatiter-
ttl that the question of our right of Search is
cootempinted by this iailetolo. Our maritime
ri lies are sacred. But the time. of Pelee. is eel--
taioly that period at which they can be most Call.
veniently discussed. What privileges our- Naval
Sovereignty demands for its support can never be
relinquished; but at the 841ln:time, it becomes•our ;
national Character for justice anti moderation,- toil'
persist in no course which affects the independence:
of others, or is, calcidatetl to irritate feelings in!
'them for which in ourselves we demand' respect.s-ss.
Yet the question, 'after all, resolves itself
iuto, the facility. of transatlantic staturalization,;
which ' robs other States of the allegiance of
their citizens, and transforms the subjects of
other - Monarchs into enemies, protected by,
eke 9ilE of the United States. We shall snot.
now ,eoter, upon this 'wide field for dlieusiion,'
but content ourselves with s,s,pressing our sattiti,s
lactio'n at seeing that the -American Government,
has so distinctly set its' face against the seduction
of British 'SailorS, it is tree that the
.object is, to,
encourage its own Seatnen now when Peace:. has
•been crincladed,rind the Foteigners may. be turned
*drift Without injury--but the lesson is a good ime,
and tee trust it not be lost on those., rlegene-,
rate Britons who have been employed ,so long,
as they were w Anted to:fight against their Comm..
try, and are no,:, discharged without a provision,
when it is- only ;:ecessary to navigate American
stessels in lucrative connwrcial pursuits. •
With regard to the Intli><n Tribes, it is stated,
that those on the_ Western and North-western
frontiers -have almost all entered into the bonds
a .peace; but tie Southern nations, not liking
/heir " chastisement io,o submission," itre again
restless and hostile. Pour Whim ! ymt are too
steer toweiful neighbours, not over scrupulous
about the means fur exteniling their territtiries.
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The exposition of .the internal situation of Ame-.
rice, betrays a lamentable state of finance. The
Goverument cannot even pay the arrears of the
army, so as to be able to reduce it to the Peace •
Establishmentl The whole receipts:to the Trea-
sury ft;r the first nine mouths of 1815, amounted,
even aecording to Estimale, 'to only l2i millions
of dollars ; while • the issue of Treasury notes
amounted to 14 'millions, or millions inure
plait the estimated receipts. But this is not
srliere was:kloan of nine millions,. and a balance
iii hand of otte million and a half, which have all .1
been expended; and independent of the arrears due
to the army, Ste. and five millions for interest of ‘,
stational debt, etc-. the current expenditure, with
such a rev-trine, mounted to thirty-six millions and
a half of dollars; e. thrice the Sum of the re-
ceipt. The National Debt is 120,000,000 itollars.
Having epitomized this financial statement, we
shall confine our notice of the remainder of the
I'.'peeth to the shortest summary, Mr. MADIsoN
iecommentis a uniform national currency j ac-
itnowledges the great want of the precious metals
fin the United States ; advises a'National Bank,
.to of the difficulties with which the
Suites' hankS are overwhelmed, and if this.ex-
pedient Nils,- the issue of Government Notes to
supply a Circulating Medium.. He also advises
that the frontiers shall be strengthened, the Navy
be kept up or augmented, and a National:Sena-
,nary for learning be established. ‘Vitli these ob-
jects encouraged, he looks 'for rapid improvement
3n this Invrt96l4 population of the country.

American Papers with the Budget have arrived
to-day, but as we have given the Outline of the
Finance of that Country from the Speech, and as
the mode of raising the Siipplibs is more of in-

' ternal tegulation than external consequence, we
shall not delay our publication w insert tho.e

4:4lAtions.

NVe untieritantl, that in elliitierpience of the pre-;
4ent low pica of Alult, which likely to Co:.;

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incense the Brewers OW keep up the
Price of Ate and L'orter, it is in the contetuplatian
.of Government to lny a further Excise Duty upon
tkse artictes—as the Brewers have now had a
nnufliCient run on their side to make amends for
',4rmer lobseAt. if thisOseasure4hould take place,
it will Much tern! to increase private brewing ;
but it the Brewers see their own interest, they
will lose no time in making preparations to ob-
'viate its Adoption, by lowering the price of these
articles. .

There is but too muck reason to believe tbacthe
Irish Mission to Rowe hosJiii/ed.—(l)t4Glia -E vest-
ing Post, Jan. 2)

'General O'Doemat.'s head-quarters, says a
Morning Paper, are still at Vittoria, and his army
a most tattered state. Under a great emer-
gency lie lately exacted from Bilboa to the amount
of, two millions of rials, but the city. refused to
pay them, alleging that they had paid all
,their
contributions, and had suffered much by the late
war. The General' went to Uilboa in person, but
meeting with a cold reception, he sent for ,the
Mayer, who answered, r,e was engagedjo onnsi-
neSs connected with the King's service, and could
:not attend him. The General ,sent a piquet of.,
grenadiers to fetch him, but the Mayor eluded
them,. and the General • finding lie was losing his
• lime, remeasured back bis'ground..
A Board was held at time Admiralty this day,
for, the admission of Seamen and Marines as Out-
pensiuners of Greenwich hospital. The days of
examination which have hitherto been held every,
week, are in future to be held the first and third
Thursdays, c)f e,very month.

The New Voil; Papers received yesterday are
1-0 r,he 9th nit.—The Commercial Adrertizer of the
14t4ilmentions, that con.:,ress :uljourned
after'the Speech of the PRESIDENT to Con-
.A eis hatt been read.
' letter dated Charleston, 25th of .Nuvetnber,
sayp,—c.' on the 9th instant, the Spanish schooner
'Apodaca arrived here
.from the. coast of Africa,
with a cargo of 297 slaves."—Although the other
Powers of Europe may conceive that they hive
no right to interfere between the King and Ili,
subjects, surely they are at liberty to mike hint
respect the rights of humanity, in the case of the
subjects of other nations, the nations of Attica
particularly, when the violation is .rnmediately
.injurious to their own interests.—(.Thics.)
4"pocact mof a letter fro 'New VOlti., Dec. 9.
ti
ii,freaoy has a diligent enquiry taken
.place on
&third of our ships of war for British seamen, and
as, arc tumid will discharged, but not
.given up to Vier Cioverinnen t. nib tuelsnre will

ie curried into effect with 11 hearty go,tl will, in-
ainuttek as vie cannot find emproyineot sufficient
for our own,tuariners in times of peace, and be-
cause of the sound policy of trusting the defence
of inr sip to our countrymen, rather than to
the caprices or,bravery of foreigners. You rfitist
know thei.e is a great outcry here against.the
couragcmert of trade %%ph Eujand, but it w;l1
011. go for,notlitug until the Treasury is more plus
than at. pr7sentt The ..toomage' duty, as well as
OibUtS ilieratipg aga,inst the trade with England,
mill cithet, I atitterst.mtl, be abolished, or reduc-
ed in Congress foul some go the length to state,.
that such, ships to may have paid them will have
the looney refunded, 1 am *Oily that some. of our
countrynsen have acquitted themselves disgrace-
fully at Havre ; probaOly yoo luny ha've heard of
the istrair : some of our Ca tains introduced into
tit it hales cotttio large stones, in order to
mule weight. The trick, however, wits detected
ifk time to, have its effect."

FAI.NCH 11En/oEl:S.—Five of the passengers
Wely.arr;yell in Noir Yolk, are said to have been
first-rate .1P:1.1i-inners at !ite Paris Operas. They
propose
,enii,!eri in that city, and will
probably ha in lloston in the course of the winter..
--(Burton Paper.)
lit our first page tee have iii;:erttd i 1 Circular:
front the ..'',ecrerary at War to the ColontlS rrf Ali
relative to the Disembodying of
the Militia. It is said that the,follorring Regi-
ments of Militia are on their march to their respec-
tive counties to be disonboilied as soon as they
:irriya :-3d Lancashire, Monnumth and Brecon,
East Essex, West.Ussex, North York.

Au' order is issued to the StanieDiscributors in
'lreland, to inark with their initials every stamp
Ulm is' sold hi their offices.

Miss O'Nut.t. was last night-much better; her
iodisPolition arose from 4,c01d, which was fol-
lowed by a eonsiderahle degree of fever,
HARRY Tile •FouRTH.---This Monarch being
nue day importuned by his taylor to peruse a
look he had composed concerning the State,turn-
ed 'round to one of his. Courtiers, and very jocose.
ly said, send for my Chancellor to 'make' 'me a
suit of, clothes, since my taylor intends to settle
the chairs Ofthe nation."

BOXING I aEvENTEn.---The fight between Moli-
neux AVG/pion, which was to have takeu
,Lice. the 26th of December, at Doagh, near
Belfast, •avas very properly prevented by the in-
terference of Mr. OVEN, a Maghttrate of the
county of Antrim,' who .apprebended the Black.
The lambing season has hitherto proved favour-
able on our Wiltshire and Dorset downs; the
number already,fallen ii;rather greaterihan usual
at this early, period,;;,,a.od but feW have been lost;
-,,Sincpsou s Salisbury Gazette.)
i.j'rElitt house, of Powis„. near Stirling, the property
BovvAtto ALEXAN(4IC, Esq. was burnt to the
ground on Werinesrlay se'nnight.
. On TnesdaY,,a serious accident had nearly oc,
curred at Pinkie-bOuse," the seat of Sir JOHN
HOPE. Some of the rafters, colnfotthicatiog With
a chimney, took fire, about five in Abe evening.
It was soon diicovered, and happily got under,
withont much damage.
On Monday se'nnight,near Gain Slaw, as two
servant* of Nr. John llerriot, of Litlyit irk,. were
driving their 'carts in a ftirioui manner, they rode
over a .maa nanied Trotter., who langniArd atoll
'Tuesday, when he expired., ieuVinga widow and
Coroner's vertriet:—.-Mtills.lduaider. The
olunalers have since been Cothmitted to Berwick
gaol.

ORIGINAL POrITRY:

o &ciiT7tai4 that ein gigiccr t0,'46 bat! -fought agaiks t Aix So-
- vereigmt a>.d afterwards for him, was a i.ory brave Nan.

Tes, Tom is, lornre, as brave as man can in—; •
fight for you, anti then he'll fi ht fur rue:
One day* ItelJel, and tin..nest a Thin;
I)repar'd to erns) each ;
"fill tied of %Vat-, a'nd, to oblivion cait,
lie dies a drutiiieU lialf-Pay Roitte at last:

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K Tn F.AT RE

•CO V ENT- CARDEN. Firit Part of King
Henry the Fourth, with tile. parts strougty cast
Was presented to an overflowing audience last
night at this Theatre. The stage certainly does
not afford asperformer so ,well calculated to look
Prince lint us Mr. CHARLits KiemaLE, and his de.-
. lineation of, the character was equal to his
natural requisites for supporting it' most effec-
- wally. The Prince and Gentleman appeared in
-every scene, even in-those of dissolute unbending,
and the emisciousouss of the hero.whenever it
became necessary, exalted him into feeling and dig::
nity. kareat stage favourite, -this is still a part of
much difficulty, from the variety of manner reqiii-
; site for the variety of situation, in which, whether
surrendered ,to the pursuit of midoight robbery, or
victorious in the field of battle—,whether the boon
companion of the Fcit Knight and his low associ
ates, or repentant and full of high resolves before
an offended Fattier nod-King, the representative
of Henry must never forget his birth arid'station.
When sunk most deeply in the indulgence of vice,
he must strew that it is the Prince relaking, and
when distinguishing himself most proudly in arms,
he must prove that it is.t he Libertine reformed.—
loto these considerations" it appeared to us
that Mr. C. KEMBLE folly entered, and that
his delineation of the character was through-
out entitled to the highest approbation. Of the
same class was the Hot,par of Mr. YOUNG :
impetuous., and fiery. Every scene in
which he took part was adinirable, anti all the
passions which agitate him, doubt, hope, asstir,
ance, joy, exultation, were finely mid forcibly pour-
trayed. We have scarcely eter Witnessed a better
performance. Sir John was in the hands of Mr.
F.,WCRI,Ti- and his girdle was respectably .filled.—
Falactif is n being, of whom every reader of SHAL-
sagaltit forms sonic: abstract idea;--he is so vi-
vidly drawn by-the immortal Bard, that we picture
hint forth and place him before us. Perhaps no.
three persons could exactly agree on the_eomposi-
tion of this piece of imagination—one would gyc it
more hilarity, another ;note diguity, a third more
ompialified debauchery. It is foto this great di-
versity of opinion iu the public that the persona-
tion, of Falstaff is. so little likely to afrord entire
satisfaction. In many parts we thought Mr. FAW-
CUTT excellent, in others lie fell, far short of our
conception of the character.
The., minor. parts were ably sustained. Miss
FooTc 'Was a sacet Lady Percy; Mrs. DAVENPUR'T.
at home in theflostess; and 12 ARLEY and SiiimoNs
eiltertaining iu PoinS. and Francis.

The Plai'was'ultogether so well got tip, that We
trust lye have frequent opportunities of be-'
inightiite'd by its repeOtiint. Jt .ia a sterling
dish, and it would be on the public taste
and judgment to doubt of its filling the House
whene vOr it is placed berme thcm.