The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-02 00:00:00

ITEDNESDe,Y,' 44N.L4A.RY

A warrant was issued -for-the—apprehension of Colonel
John Alittersois, for-attempting to .bribe one of the Memberi
to support 'some claims of the'Colonel, ariSing, 'as he al-
legetl, out of the conihrcyof the British in the 'Michigan ter-
,ritory. .

BRITISH has• been st:►ted, (says the
National. Intelligencer of Tuesday,) in the Public Prints, ►n
a rariety of shapes, in some as a positi►e fact,:, in others up-
on conjecture, that .Me. I3agot, the Britis.i Minister here,
had protested against the transfer by Spain of East Florida
to the Vnited States.—We bare taken pans to ascertain the
truth of this statement, and are warranted in assuring our
readers that it is. altogether without foundation.

` One of /be American Papers -Announces the ar-
rival of COBBETT at Washinglan.

Our Readers will remember that 'on the 23d
ult. we ,inserted a Letter supposed to have been
addressed by the Entperur of IthsslA-to the Duke
of WE L L INGTON, the purport of which was to
solicit :his. Grace's interference, to soften the
demands of-Prussia upon France. •• We inserted it
hecaUse great names Wq.sre Connected with it; !nit th
follfiwing day we treated it as a mere fabrication
though othyr Journals, without scruple, seemed to
rely on itsauth enticity. It is now stated-that the
Fetter in question wa, accompanied by .a Memo.
rial, wide' was COIIIIIIIIII cated at the .same time
to all the Allied Courts, and also to the Court of
the Thuilleries. The Memorial is said tocolitain
a.,iminote description of the claims made on France,
'or concludes with what is. still " Vote de l' Ern-
reur." This Vote declares, that the Emperor,
if no interests but those of his own subjects (Po-
lish or Russian), were concerned, would be
-willing to waive his claim altogether. This would
not- be a very honourable proof, of his regard to
his own subjects, considering that he is obliged
to raise a loan at. this -moment, :if the document
were, indeed, authentic. The Emperor is made far-
il.or to say, that as the demands on France fire-
just, and as he
,has -no controul over them,
they must be discharged, tinder such reductions
as may enable France to dischargel'theni at. all,-
But the Emperor, however, is alsothade to exbort
the Allies not to suffer anydifficulties that may arise
to prOduce distiniiM among thirn.
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the Emperor observes tint! FranCe; as far as in her
lies, must satisfy all just claims oPoOlier,and that
the least resistance on her part' woUld meet with'
the most merited and severe puniihmeny Now
• .we would desire our Reader's to compare the
Letter, expressive of COrtpassion fOr France,
beseechirig the iDuke of WEL LitCGTON to interfere
in her taVour•-,--Mind---with Prussia only, with this
Memorial which threatens her conditionally, with.
severe punishment, and then they will see the pro-
priety of our doohts of the authenticity of a letter
Which was receit ett • with passive credulity by
o her Journalists.. If it• Were possible that these do
cuments could both be gentiiiie, they Would beltr-
-dicroMsly inconsistent with each other. 'The objci
of-tAe one was particolae,.and of the other gene-
ral
as-to the Allies, Ana cottsiqUently the sUpposi-
: timi7Of the reported application for- the Duke of
WELLINGTON'S interference. heightens the absurd
contrarieties' of the whole, and renders it a mass
of absurdity and nonsense altogether.

The ROYAL ASSENT for the Bill repealing the
HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION ACT was received
on Saturday, and on the same day the ATTORNEY
GENERAL, in the Court of King's 'Bench, moved
that all. recognizances should be discharged. - The
growlers of Faction must now return to the past
for topics of complaint, as THE CONSTITUTION
has been restored to all its energies, which were
only suspended for' its own sec'urity.: Therpersona
also who had lieen taken into pastay-lot
,suspi-
cions, if not seditious, practices, are now also re-
leased from all lewd consrtprences, and the impri-
sonment which some of theta had incurred, and the
legal terrors that hung over others, were light
perhaps to what they might have suffered, if the
GovErnment—satisfied with having brought the
greater criminals to justice, and preserving the
country—had not leniently forborne to seek for
evidence, in order to bring them to trial, in hopes
that what they have suffered would olicrate as a
warning for their future conduct.

; 7_, - •
The PRINCE REGENT iS now at Windsor, on
visit to the :QUEEN.—Aniong the last visitors at.
the Brighton Pavilion was 'the Mince of fiEsss,
brother to the intended Docheis cif CAMBRIGDE,
Saturday 'theCHAticEt.t.ort of the'EXCHEQUER,
Mr. ARBUTiINOT,.,ap4I other fofficial'Gentleineh;
had a long iirterview with theEa4 of Litrittiobt.,
at Fife-liotAd, Whitehall.