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A NEVI EMPIRE AND A NEV CORONATION. A Correspondent, in Holt -Moog-street, has fa voured us with the following most important iatel ligeace. We have reason to think we have it ex cioively. The public will recollea that some time ago the French astronomer, Citizen LA L %NOE, made the French Republic a present of 50,000 stars, all of his own discovery. This present was pub. tolled qfiriaii" in the Monsieur, and in all the other Paris papers. From the same source, we lately ie.irrrd that a Volcano was on fire at the side of air Great Lake near the eastern edge of the Moon. Moe communications, it now appears, were only intended to prepare the public mind for the high trntours which his destinies had in reserve for BoN A. taste. The following articles, extrasled from the Lunar Court Gazette, will best explain these extra ordinary events: ;:!:ttaet of a Letter from Citizen BINISSOT to Citizen BoN•- r tare, First emend of France, Emperor Elefl of the French, and Emperor in Embryo of the whole unizene. " Dated let Quarter of the Moon. " errszave MST CONSUL, •` Jacobins are incorrigible; and, consequently, on my Com ing here, I did not forget the vow I made on earth, `" toset fire ten,* four corsets of the world." The Moon has been ever since in a state of revolution as glorious and happy as that w hich has dietinguished France. Faithful to my principles I lave endeavoured to turn it to the aggrandisement of the Great *alien. Citizen Consul, you will And by the annexed, that another St. Cloud, and another imperial diadem, await you in the moan. Health and raped, " BRISSOT." Ulna hots the Registers of the Lunatic C onservarive Senate, • Gated 3d day of the 2d Quarter of the New Moon of the Lunatic Republic, one and indivisible. " let, The innate and irresistible propensity to continual tyro brim and change, the inconstancy, and proneness to err, which ctrakute the principal qualities of the Moon, and place it in the rank of Planets, point out the French nation as its natural ally, whose friendship the Moon should cultivate, and with whim, front similarity of sentiment and disposition, she should ar.sb to be bound in the bonds of fraternity. " 2Jly, Justice, policy, and interest, require that the indivi dual. who posseae. the Axise qualities in the most eminent epee, and whose 14 cnquestionable, should be placed at the head ot r se Lunatic Republic. " 3dlr , Crtisen Napoleon Bonaparte, +Jew, Atheist, Chris• tim, or bifida!, as occasion offers; Jacobin, Terrorist, Aristocrat, Philosopher, or Legislator, as serves his ambition, appears to le, of all the individuals its Francs, the most worthy of this bigli honour. 4thly, The Imperial hereditary diadem of the Lunatic Re piddle is therefore to be offered, by a deputation of twelve Lomita% to Owen Bonaparte, and made heredi•ary to his " sthly, His Imperial Lunatic Majesty shall be humbly prayed That he may be graciously pleased to change his name from Sampans us Luisperte, and to quarter his arms with the Awes of the Moon, in the same manner as Mackinac Bonaparte lbw adarnsd kis bead. • (Signed) " MARGARET NICHOLSON. "Tice•ptoideat of the Lunatic Conservative Senate " Answer to the above, from NAPOLEONS 30NAPAIITS, First Consul of Fran's, Emperor elect of the Moon, &c. to the Zusisatic Cameras ye Senate. "LUNATIC SSNATOSS, " The street, and squares of Toulow an Paris, the rivers of Mood la Daly, She ensenguine.l plains of Syria, the pnisonvd lasepitals at Jaffe, the dungeons of the Temple and of Vin cennes, and the peopled wilds of Cayenne, bespeak me a =easter ; but my beast and glory, and the boast and glory of all soy parasites, is, that I am only a Lunatic, nothing more or less than a real native of the &Irwin. True, mcv.t true it is, am a fereigow es to France; but !VIM though I were riot a Lunatic, the Great :dation of the Moon ought not to object to roe on that account. The ►loon shines only with a borrowed light, and I am the light of the Sun, the fountain of the ill.anieatt, the enlightener of the enlightened all over the world Your Impala revefutiuvery Diadem I gladly accept, as also your haws, in addition to those I now wear. So my high destinies have decreed. (Signed) " BONAPARTE." ANT of Lesetie Lagers Is annexed to the above, Uom Citi aen LA LANDI to Citizen BONAPARTE, of r hkh the tel. brings the staletance Citizen Li, LANOE states, that from several ob servations by his forty feet telescope, he discovered that the prnposition for making the Flan. Consul. of France. Chef Lunatic, or Emperor of the Mnon, had excited the liveliest joy in every part of the Lunatic Republic ; and that the supposed volt an;c eruption in the Moon was nothing more than a general illumination and rejoicing, in honour of the hew Emperor. Citizen I.• Laaoe, however, adds, "At the same opposition to ths elevation of the Corsican Lunatic t') an Imperial Diadem upon arth, manifests itself in the carious sirn: and in the heavens. The Liam was roar rag :.ud. The Ursa Major bad put forth its enormous P tw, and the Ursa Miner had shewed its teeth. I.e Georgian Silas was covered with arms, dis- PI tying upon its whole surface only one tented 6,l ds one cluster of men and steel. Tit Ball 1.4.1 been butting against his native oak, and t....iring responsive to the challenging use, who, tar afield, cautiously and cowardly held back up.n native plains. Penal was blushing; 111. rs a: tint Atercssry skirping about wits j..y at the elevation (i his br rrfrikin. TL :s5 .Star had cialyed tz'l bs:ween his Ice=, .ad himself under the Soqi, a , which had extfaldi..l r cliws, and declared ituii :von the si,t, th rasC.:a ft.'nt of Franc,. St. Clo.td Ist Day of the 31 Qoarter of the Mom. Peter Wilkiiii, a confidential Courier, has this moment ar rived with drlpatcin•s, said to be of great importance, front the Lunatic Republic, to His Lunatic Majesty Boriapa:te, Empe• ror Elect of the hi oori. St. Cloud, 2,1 Day of the 14 Quarter of the Moon. The dispatches, the arrival of which we yesterday delusively announced, brou:ltt the unwelcome intelligence that symp toms of rebellion Tlki dissatisfaction hail niairifestecitheinselves among the 50,000 gars, lately presented to theVirst Coniul by Citizen La LSIVIC, ill consequence of a positive demand by Citizen Bonaparte, First Consul of France, and Emperor Elec. of the Nluoti, ti be made Esirenoa of Tye Fuze Term- SAN co Stites. WA of the atypic britogfred stars, had de• Glared themselves the eusinies of id! Becautionary Govern menu. St. Cloud, $1 Day of the 3d Quarter sf the Moon. A Deputation of twelve LWwades waited this day upon the First CorinJ, and communicated to him the decree of the Lunatic Conservative Senate, conferring upon him the title of I.:nip...rot of the Moon, and making the mine liereilitaiy irs the family of Bonaparte. The Members of the Deputation all wore crowns of straw, and presented the Floe Consul with a diadem of straw, which he was mod graciously pleased to accept. One hundred Lunatic V.rgins, All ilreis,d in straw, closed the procession. Madame Bonaparte expros , ed her surprise at the greatness of the ottmber ; but this extraordinary phatnometion was satisfactorrh ex t ilainerlty a Member of the Deputation, who observed, that as every thing loot on earth was knsnd io the Moon, Virgins were of course very nunicrous in the Lunatic Republic. PRIVATE LETTER PAY'S, MAY 20. The destinies begin to unfold themselves in a series of most astonishing events.—ln addition to the title of Ester awe of the Fastscm, and Kiso of LOMBARDY, BONAPARTE has been offered the title of ENT ER oit of the Moo.; a revolution is organis ing in the 50,000 stars lately presented to the French Rep üblic, by Citizen L A LANDS; and Citizen Stay is has been ordered to prepare a new Republican Con stitution for the three greatest Comets that have made their appearance within the last century.— This may account for the occasional disappearance of BJNAAARrs of late. At those moments, when the splendour of his presence was withdrawn:from:the public eye, he was not shut up in St. Cloud, nor on a journey of inspeelion to the Camps upon the coast ; but on a visit to the Moon, there organising his new dominions. Tremble, England; your doom is sealed. From the Moon the :nighty LUNATIC ERIPLROR will pour down hail and storms to blight and destroy your crops and flocks, while, possessing the sovereign command of the tides, he will find new facilities to in vade your hated shores. The Lunatic Senators and Tribunes are already appointed Members of the Legion of Honour. A Lunatic National Museum is already built, and a Lunatic Institute decreed. Health and RespeEt, Yours, CIIAPPI. FROM THE CALCUTTA POST OF OCTOBER 24. 41 SIATURA, SEPT. 24, 180$. 4, On the night between the 31st of August and Ist of September, at half an hour after midnight, a severe shock of an earthquake was felt at this place, which lasted for many mi nutes , an d was violent beyond the memory of man. Probably not a living creature in the place, but was roused from his slumbers on the alarm, and felt its effects ; many of the Pacha's buildings were cast down, and Ze panas hitherto unassailed by violence were deserted, and their fair inhabitants took range in the meets and in the fields, in deshabilles, to conceal their charms, and in an affright which elevated their charms, sought protestion with men, whose visages it would otherwise have disgraced them to have beheld. The night was calm, and enjoyed the full influence of a bright moon; and, when the alarm was over, the blushes and modesty of the fair deserters of their conse crated mansions afforded a pleasing contract to their previous distresses, and amply consoled their prote'lors for the desolation th 4 had suffered in their own houses. " Nuor ul Nissa Baigum, a beautiful and accom plished young woman, then pregnant with her third child, to the unspeakable afflielion of her hus band, was unfortunately killed by the falling of a tile, under which she had run for safety; and ano ther lady of eminence was cruelly put to death, upon a suspicion of gallantry, with the person who auendeJ her in her flight, though wholly unwar ranted by any other appearance of suspicion than the disordered state of the few garments they re spenively hole. " In mornin4 very entensive fissures were Oh serv,.s! she field, which had been caused by the 4 the befote, through which se::- terr 0..• with great violence, and continues to run to 5:.e resent date, though its violence has gra d:: illy .i!).ized: this has been of great benefit to the nrig:rwuring Ryotts, as they weie thence enabled to draw the water over their parched fields. dg The principal Mosque el the place, erected on an ern:nonce, by the famous Khaun, as a token o: LS trinnirli over the infidelity of the Hindoos, has licea slimmed to pieces, and a considerable part of the dome was swallow:%l up during the opening of the earth. Several slighter shocks have since occurred ; but I do r.ot hear they have occasioned any farther damage." Professor Sessee, the celebrated botanist, who has been absent eight years, assisted by a party of mon ralists, Les returned to Spain. lie has visited the wbol ut the Spanish possessions in North Americ.t, and the island, on the coast. It is said, he has en. richt J bottny with 4!,5 10 species of unknown plants, and lt.ts als, di.covered cighty fishes not yet de iCl .Ltd. GENERAL FAST. . • The solemnity, which yesterday pervaded the me tropolis and its environs, was such as suited the moral obligation individuals were caned upon to perform. "lhe sober silence of the streets was only interruptcd by the bell of the parish churches, calling tile inhabitants to prayers. The pause pro duced by a suspension of the busy round of trade and shut up shops was, however, lessened by the early,appearatice of Volunteers gaily dressed in their uniforms, who, pursuant to orders, proceided in all directions to their respeaive churches, wtich were numerously attended. and displayed Anefulgrandeur. St. Paul's, by half-past nine o'clock, vials attended by the privates and officers of the Artillery Com. pany, the Sheriffs, most of the Aldermen of London, and persons of respeeability residing in the neigh bourhood ; but the Lord Mayor was not present, be ing prevented by indisposition. An excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Peanut°, Chaplain to the LORD MAYOR, and the service concluded at half after eleven. At St. Margaret's, Westminster, many Members of the Mouse of Commons, and the Va lunteers, were highly gratified in attending to the discourse of the Rev. Mr. JAC?.SON.—The Prince of Wales's Corps mustered nearly their whole 1:4•ct: at St. Martin's Church, where Dr. HAMILtOt4 preached a beautiful sermon, lom the 2d Chapter of Eater EL, and Gth Verse, " Fever ye hot, bat bear year forebead4 to them, ar: a nJellsour crew." This text applied to the profligacy and turbulence of our implacable enemies, whose injustice and ambi tion had produced the evils arising from war, and it was inferred, if crimes should for a time go unpunished, yet a day of retribution must c,,me, and divine vengeance would pursue the guilty. The new form of prayer used upon this occasion appeased to be fervently attended to, and gratitude tilled the bosoms of the different congre gations towards the IDIYINU BEING, for His MA JESTY'S restoration to health. ht short, a general sense of morality and loyalty was every where con spicuous. Many of the Volunteers, after the after noon service, proceeded to their drill gr. unds, where they devoted the remainder of the day to improvement. To discriminate particular corps, or persons who performed so solemn a duty, would be invidious. The Public will rejoice at the favourable altera. don which was made in the Perm of Prayer. We allude to the different state in which His NI AJ /ST T ' S health is represented in the different Editions. reisr EDITION. " Have Mercy, we Niece hthee,upon thy servant our So. vertigo, whom thou had smitten for the transgressions of bis people. We acknowledge, that for our manifold sins, we ate worthy of the severity of thy judgments; yet, we beseech thee, incline thine ear to iss, when with penitent and contrite lirarts we turn unto thee; and remove from our Sovereign, and Wan us, this dreadful visitation. We yield thee thanits and ram% 0 Lord, far the hope and moped of recovery, which thy merry already hath afforded i❑ the abamment of hit dangerous .irknes, Confirm and esterlish, we beseech thee, U Loa, this work which we truss thou halt berm." SECOND EDITION. " Have Morey upon Thy Servant our Sovereir, whom Thou ham repeatedly smitten for t'se transgresstoris of his peo- ple. We acksowledp, tetra for onr mauifuld Sins we are worthy of the seventy of Thy Judgments ; yet, we bossed) There. Incline Thine ear ti us, when with plangent and coo. trite hearts we dins unto Thee ; and remove from our Sove reign, and from Us, throe dreadful sisirstieisi. We yield Thee Thanks and Prides. 0 Lord, frr thy prat Marc/ alreadv nra nifeerad towards In, in his Reenvery from bit late sfingivro•is Meknes. Coonn n and establish, we beseech Theo. 0 Lurd, tho work winch Thou hats berth " EXETER. MAT 24. • At our Fair on Monday last, there was a larger whew of cattle than has been exhibited for many years past. Fat beasts sold well at good prices ; but the sale of the lean was heavy. We understand there were not less than 4000 shewn. of which about 1200 were purchased. In this fair Mr. William Sarell apprehended two notorious pickpockets, of the names of Washington Patrick, and Joseph Biggs ; several persons in the course of the morning had their pockets emptied of Bank notes, cash, itc. to a considerable amount, but the villains were at last detected in robbing Mr. Roberts, of Crediton, of his pocket-book ; they are fully committed to Southgate prison for trial at oar next general gaol delivery. There were four others belonging to the gang, who, on the alarm being given, made their escape, and are supposed to have gone to St. Austle, in Cornwall, to commit further depredations at that fair, which is on Thursday. We have o'stainerl a list of their names, which are Garner, Wilson, alias Paddeford, William Macpherson, alias William Wilson, and Edward Gill, a Scorc!.man ; the two former are in the constant habit of issuing forged notes of the Bank of England.•-•—The following is a description of Wilson, the most noted of the gang : he is a small man, about five feet one inch high, much marked with the small pox, and, for his adroit ness in picking pockets, is considered superior even to the noted Barriagton ; being stiled by the light finger'd gentry in the metropolis Mr King of fide TArei:cs. We hope they will all terminate their la bours in the West of Lis: . ;iand, by a re,rard equal to their merits. Extract from a Lettea fount the Cape of (load Hope, Jan 24. "There is a French ship in the bay (the Gri-igzep/..). which has been three years it cearth /the ships of the celebrated Peyrou.e. S7p. 6 7 11:d two men ant the nTtr..ve. of New Zeal tad, s% ho had bautiged them, and were the oily sus vivors out of the two ships; they have since died on board the argraphe. Thes stated, that one of the ships was burned, and the other (Peyiouse's own ship) went to pieces." Citizen Meunier, Prefect of the Department of Isle and of Vilain, but who has resided for years in England, as an Emigrant, has L-en nominated a candidate for the Conservative Senate; and it is sup posed that the First Consul will give him a place worthy of his talents and patriotism, A ship petish;if lately near the entrance of the harbour of Dunkirk, with the crel T. No one knows to %%hat nation it belonged; but from several barrels of French wine cast on shore, it is suppnied to have bon a neutral or a French ship from /3,;ur &aux, for some port hi Flanders or in Holla:td. The Dutch Vice Admiral Kq.kezt, who commands the fleet in the Teach is appointed by t h e F irst Con sui, Command er i n Chief of the I sod troops assem bled at Helder, and in other parts near the Teach The Emperor of Germany has prohibited the French emigrants who reside it: LEA dominions from wearing :WS of dt • - KAMM, roarswoortt, MAY gip. Sailed the Mende frigate, Captain Burn, to lay guardship in the West Channel, off Lymingtoa. His Majesty's ship Indrfabgable is expeded to sad to-rnort ow for the Downs. • PLYMOUTP, MAT e 3. Arrived the Ilsonbor sloop of war from a cruise; London Packet, Barclay; boom Hathway ; Plabe Branch. Barkyr; and the Neptune. Denning% fruit Oporto.—Wind, S.S.W. vacant/en, wiry e 4. Arrived the Emanuel, Anderson. frau Frederick*. • Sailed from the Roads, the Condone and Paws gun brigs, and Venus cutter, on a cruise. The Penelope frigate for We Nore. . Also two victuallers for the fleet off the Texel. The ship detained in the Roads, bound from Am sterdam for Embden, was captured by the &slims sloop of war, and has on board bale goods and gee- . pgiw,l,l. ; was last wa r an English West Indiatnan. On ' - mturday next will 1),- launched a very hari sclrne sloop of w ar of twenty ins him, from the D oc k Y ar d of j called 't & Joint Preston. • of this town, b e i ng t h e fi rst vessel o her eisseription ever built here. Wind S. DZAI., DAY 24. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Onedd, Chief, Kemp, from New-York, in twenty days t from the above ship have been landed I,20(/ tetters s which have been forwarded by this. evening's Mail, i for London. Rerrsain in the Downs, the Illustrious, Xfusarch, Utrecht, Veteren, and Artiest men of war ; twe, Yamotea, and Lao Vieinsia, frigates ; Dart, On•ster.' Poncho, and Z-psyr, brigs or war; Fesree,•Shiphy. Vuk Explosio.•:, and Hecht, bombs ; schooner, and Speculeroor lugger, with several out ward bound vessels. ‘Vind S. S. W. !RUM LLOYErs LIST. • • OP AAAA r no, MAY 24.—P..ssed by the Seniglnstain Dty ; Seat...wet, Hatcrow Pecine, H o pp er; a nd the Hem, ' Semi*. Bnrow to the SIVIiiVW), front the South Se..s ; owen, from S.:tope; William and Henry Sillily milt:2 Melville, from Jamaica ; Enterpris from St. Aniline ;" AlLi Christiana, Hart, from Etiltx.a ; Ceres, Williamson, he* L. nie , ick ; Minerva, Sather; and Streima, Barber, from DeWitt: Sailed the flora, Rotnnn, for Malta • Swift, Casey, for Guern— sey ; and Salamis %Vbeetley, for Malta. A letter from an Officer on board the Rrp.t4e, and of the bloc Lading squadron, off the Texel, dine* iy IS, says, " The delay of the Dutch feet if supposed fisheye arisen from the absence of a line of battle ship, which came down a few days since fro= Amsterdam, and is now completely ready for sea. Their force consists of six sail of the line. seven fri gates, and one htindred sail of transports, hallo* hitecn thousand soldiers already embarked, and the same number encamped on Kykedam, ready foie:no barkation at a moment's waning. Our force consists of only five sail of the line and one frigate. We have for this last week been at anchor within dune miles of the outer roads ; every ship is dear fee act:ca..ind front the great supersorjty of the, gnernyi ate in momentary expedation of being engaged-I. Accounts have been received from Malta, which mention the death of Lady GEORGIAN• STLWART, daughter of the Earl of GA L LOW 4Y. OIL the 12th of April, after a long and tedious illness. As Mr. Romalt. the Comedian, was proceeding from Canterbury las: week in a one-horse chaise to Portsmouth, to resume his engagement at the cheats* of that place, the chaise came in collision with a curricle, by which he was flung out. and unfor.. tunately broke his k g ; h e now lies ill at an inn oa the road. Died on Thursday at Plymouth, aged fel years. 'O, ) Capt. CORYNDoN Boot*, o f t h e Royal Navy, and commander - of the Fowey Sea F enc ibl es ; hi s d eath was occasioned by a c o nsumpt i on , t h e ea of i wounds received four yea rs s i nce i n t h e l ate war,whets '- , in the Gypey schooner, of ten 4-pounders, and S 6 men, which he commanded in the West-Indies ; be gallantly brought to action, and, after a severe calls filet, obliged to strike, a French corvette, of tea e, • and 12/sounders, and ISO men, inclodiag troops from Guadeloupe, which she carried into Aittguar hsdds i unequal contest, he received a dreadful wound in his.; side, which for some time baffled the skill of the surgeons; though naturally of a delicate constitution, he at length recovered, and returned to this his males , town, to the house of his father,Rear Admiral Booze. Care, attention, and exercise, seemed to promise longer life to this excellent young man, valuable for his virtues and amiable disposition ; his memory , will long be cherished in the minds of his alr widow, family, friends, and acquaintance. At the breaking out of the present war, he was a • i one of the Captains of Sea Penediks at Fossoy i , it is feared, from his sabre exertions on that service. his health became again impaired, as he was oblig for medical advice, to return to Plymouth:an leave but had not been at home many days, before snatched him from those who best knew his words. About one ri_lock in th^ erne •:::z of Vt'e,!nd dry the 16th, i most dreadfill fire I,ri•ke ont hi t.l premises or Mr. JOIDAH, grocer, in Sp4otredt Coy, no 7, which, with near ly th e w h o l e cont wei iq, in a very short time reduced to ashes. By this deplore aisle event, the unfortunate sufferer lost in a few, hours the bulk of that property which he had pro.o • cured with stria integrity and many years incessant exertion. The fire is supposed to have begun in thek l c kitchen chimney (one of the beams communicating llwrewith), and there is scarce an instance of a coo- fiagration spreading with more devouring rapi- I dity Providentially not ih.single life was lost Mr. Joke A s, his n ife, and aMmsall children, with t restof the iamily,having fortunately escaped throug the wir..2ews fr.= their beds, :. few minutes befor i the floors fell in, whilst devastation and ruin spreadl . a l a t with a most a wf u l e ff e a i n every direaion. 1 ani9unt of the p ro p ert y destroyed cot be calcnlal ted, as the stock was very l arge and valuable, ,t,l consisted of so great a variety of articles. Infinit i praise is due to the officers and privates of the 434.;• 1 regiment of Light D ragoons i n Coventry Barrack. I who hastened v.ith the utmost alacrity, to the assist. ante of thi unhappy sufferers, 'n wh..b ;:.,,,.r felloe .....stni colip:cuo:isly aided