Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1801-12-12

bd the pesc:. There wanted but the 10 CON-
piete the degradation. Good Heaven! does
be approve OF fuch peace he who urged Us
10 the war. who fpeut 1so millions, who arm
"a all Europe ssaina France. who was the
moving foul, and fpirir, and life.blood of the
coa!ition who defcribed the Chief Confu! as
monaer of per6ay and fraud, of cruelty and
crimc-Does he approve of fuch peace !
Does he cenlcntto acknowledge the Chief
Conirl and the Republican Government, with
al! rs yah acccfion Of territory, on condition
Of receiving Csylon and Trinidad And this
the man who rumor tells US is again TO form
part, of our admioi6rstion, and to be s; the
hes'l and helm of affairs.
October II.
The illaminations on Saturday began
with the night, and were 70 general that we
had alnof faid they were univerial. A
minute Description Of them will be found in
our next paper. They were only exceeded
by the illuminstions on TIE Kings recovery.
There were very. very few houies in London
shar were NOT lighted up thofe of the poor
Ell cIaHes were the mott brilliant, compara-
lively iPeaking, We never before heard 10
many guns and piaols fired off in the Areas,
TO the great annoyance of pafiengers and
'horfes. 1t feemed as If the members of the
volunteer corps were giving farewell ialute.
in a window in. Oxford -aTcetS olite to
NJ. O,to's, was picture Of papaIte.
with this interruption "7be SsS;onr Of ire
Univeyjt!" az this ieveral of the ST. Georges
volunteers in their uniforms were gaping.
The proprietors of the Porcupine newfpaper,
confidently. difapproving ofthe peace. hnce
i!aey approved of che war, would not llumi-
rate. In confequence, the windows OF the
Office, in Southampton, were fmathed TO
pieces and thole Of the houie of the chef pro-
psicsor in Pail Mall, ihared the fame fate.
The fign of the Bible, the Crown and Mitre
over rhe window, vas befiueared with dirt,
CT rather viii glory in the caule. as ,he pro.
prieior will no doubt anert and juit with as
mnch truth as il is faid Lord Hawksibury
has covered himftlf with glory in figning he
peace, who If his former language were nov
acted upon, would be in reality belmeared
with dirt like the 6gn above meotioned.--
Between four and FIVE O'Clock, Mr.. Fox
and his friends fat down 20 dinner, at the
iary of his Election and il will be feen, tha;
his fpcech i, an Important commentary on the
peace, materially connected with the great
events of Saturday, which we have been de.
fcGbing. He laid in iubfance, thar the wal
having been undertaken for an unjua Object,
namely TO force upon an independent nation
form of eovernmsnt which il sbhosred, ant
with the dsGgn Of dsnroying tis s;Eh,s o
mankind; the peace was prcciiely fuch as i,
ought tobe, difgraceful to the authors of tn.
war, in this country, Who have failed in al
their real objects, and glorious TO the enemy
who have fuccecded in them all as they oogh'
TO do. This Is Mr.. Fox's appreciation d
the peace, Of which iome of the Trcafury
Journals have boated We could NOT learn
whether Mr.. Fox will attend Parliament o,
not. From what we collected, we Think he
will nor. But abience cannot no7v be occa
foned by the want Of countenance given tc
his opinions in the Houic of Commons. We
can poftively fate, what the reader will no,
believe ill he proceeds further. thar Mr.. Fox
and his friends, hitherto called the oppoh.
tion, will have great majority in both
Hcuscs Of Parliament. This will not be dif.
pu,cd. when the public rccollctt, as they vii
on the Grf mention Of it, that Addngton
Lord Hawkcfbnry, and the whole of she pre-.
fcnt adminiRration. together with Mr.. PITT
and his frierds, have, On the great politica
queaion which has ssita,ed the empire fo
years, come over entirely to the opinions o
the oppo6tion, and have adopted them. b,
itiematiiing the war in the conditions Of th
Peace.
O6ober II.
As foon 40 the news Of the Peace wa
received on the French coaa oppofite Jeriey
Iyeral boats loaded with different articles 0
proviiions proceeded to that ifland. Th
/. fmall Normandy fhcep they fold alive fol
half-a. guinea each, turkies hx,een pence
each, and butter fix-pence pound /! !!