The Sun. — London, England, 1802-11-13 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Houndow, Nov. 12 sr , Ow perusirg the account in your Paper, of the Robbery and Murder committed last Saturday even ing on Hounslow Heath, on the body of tile late Mr. STEEL, I find several inaccuracies in it ; and as I am an advocate for Truth as well as yourself, and as I was also present at the search, from the commencement of it until the body of that unfortu nate Gentleman was found, hope you will have no objeaion to laying the faEts before the Public.— In the first place, the great coat belonging to that Gentleman, and which was first discovered by his Brother-in-Law, was not blue, but light drab co lour ; the hat, or rather parts of the hat (for it was cut into several pieces), was by no means a mili tary one, but what is usually worn by the poorest ort of day-labourers, or working.:nen ; an immense large bludgeon,or thick stick was found near the body of the deceased, with which the wounds had been given, and not with a bayonet, as you have been led to believe. All these circumstances have been proved to the entire satisfaetion of the Chief Magistrate of the Police-Office, Bow-street, as well as to the Coroner's Jury, who this day sat upon the body. I am Sir, Your humble Servant, . AN INHABITANT OF HOUNSLOW, AND A CONSTANT' READER. MURDER. 'PUBLIC-OFFIOE, BOW-STREET, Nov. r;, 130. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS a most atrocious MURDER was committed on the body of a Gentleman on Saturday Evening last, on Hounslow Heath ; Whoever will apprehend, or give such information to Sir Richard Font, Chief Magistrate of the Police, at the above Office, as may be the means °lap_ prehending and convicting the party or parties guilty of the Murder, shall receive a Reward of Sol. The Deceased was robbed of a Round Flat, Maker's Name supposed Robinson ; a Pair of Half-boots, with . la-,sels in the front, and Square Toes, supposed to have the Name of " Steele" written inside ; a Pair of Cotton Stockings, and a Cane Stick, with a Tuck in it. The Persons suspeded to be guilty of the Murder, arc a Man dressed in an old shabby red Soldier's Jacket, and a lusty big Woman in a Red Cloak. They left behind them an old coarse Hat, and an old Pair of Shoes ; and it is supposed the Man now wears the Deceased's Hat, and the Woman the Stockings and Half-Boots. MAILS. DUE. - to disc. ARMIVZIa. Holland I French Hamburgh o Lisbon I PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Consols - 67 n I Oinnium THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DU:Ertl It ALSUM AUDKAT LONDON, NOVEMBER i 3, 18oz. LORD WHITWORTH arrived at CaLiis on Wed nesday afternoon, at three o'clock, where he was received with great distinEtion as appears by the following Letter from Calais, which we received yesterday : " Ncv. To, tSo z "His Excellency Lord rwoitrx arrived this day at three o'clock, after a pleasant passage of four hours and a half. He was received, on his landing, by an immense concourse of people, and with much huzzaing. The guns were fired, and Flags di . splayed on the Church steeples, &c. When His Excellency arrived at the Inn where a Cap tain's Guard mounted, he was complimented by the Constituted Authorities, consisting of the Mayors, the Commissary General MONGAUD, the Juge de Paix, &c. After them came General BARB ASANNE at the head of the Officers of the Garrison. " After dinner His Excellency and Suite were formally invited to assist at the Theatre, in order, as it was said, that the Public might have an oppor_ tunity of seeing what had been so long and so ar dently desired, an English Ambassador in France. They were received with great enthusiasm. " God save the Icing," was struck up and played for a quarter of an hour, but almost drowned by the applause of the whole House, who stood up whilst it was playing, in the good old English fashion." The above intelligence suggests to us some ob servations, in which the thinking part of our Readers will, no doubt, have anticipated us. The iollow►ng suggestions will probably have presented themselves to their minds, even in the interval between their reading the account and our com ment on That a proper degree of respea would be paid, an either side of the Water, to an Individual finding a high Diplomatic situation, on his arrival, no one ran doubt. It could not he otherwise in Civilized Countries ; and it was due to the Laws of common Hospitality.. Those laws are not likely to be violated between the People of Countries which are at Peace s even though between, the respeaive Governments there should he some ap parent misunderstanding, But in the degree of satin_ faction and joy demonstrated on the arrival of either Ambassador, there may be a difference, and that dif, fefence may always, as on the present occasion,, be accouptel, for. when qeneral LAURI,STON arrived i this COUP,. try with the Ratification of the Preliminaries, the enthusiasm of the People knew no bounds, and led them perhaps into extravagancies, which we thought venial, but which some of our Cotempora ries ridiculously considered as indicative of symp toms of remaining Jacobinism ; to the professors and abettOrs of which we believe nothing would have been less acceptable than Peace. But it was a blessing which the refleEling part of the Public thirsted for, not because the National Spirit failed, or the bur dens, inseparable from a continuance of the 'War, had become intolerable, but merely because the conti nuance of the War seemed to have no object. The People were no less sincere than the Government ; and that sincerity' was evidenced in the cordial re ception of the Individual, who had been seleaed by the French Government to bear the Olive Er?nch to Great Britain. Of the respectable person who has now arrived as Ambassador from France, we never heard any thing that was not favourable ; as. such, he was abundantly entitled to Civility and Respect. But if his arrival has not been greeted with such enthu_ siastic symptoms of cordiality, how are we to ac count for it ? Because, circumstances have occurred, in ti►e course of the last three or four months, too well calcdated to repress the hopes, so creditably entertained by our generous Countrymen, that the sincerity of France would keep pace with our own. Because, his arrival had been preceded and accompa. nied by two of the most violent and hostile Mani festoes (for so we must call them) which have ap peared in the French Official Paper, which could not fail to excite some distruSt as to the object of his mission, and of course checked the appearance of joy which could not otherwise have ,failed to greet his arrival. On the other hand, nothing can exceed the rap ture which the appearance of our Ambassador at Calais seems to have excited : such greetings never attended a supposed Harbinger of War, and can only be conceived to have meant to welcome him as the Harbinger of Peace. If so, it is a Blessing which the Inhabitants of that part of France at least must most anxiously wish for ; and even a Despotic Go vernment, which is disposed to consult its own in terests, and to look to its own security, will per_ haps think it sometimes expedient to consider a lit tle the feelings and wishes of its Subjeds. As to this Country, whatever may be the re sult, the continuance of Peace, or the renewal of the War, we are perfedly at ease. The Go . , , ern_ meat and the People ate identified—Both would prefer the former ; both will he prepared for the latter. Each have shewn themselves well disposed to the one, and abundantly capable of executing the respeCtive duties of the other. To admit the ex travagant positions laid down in the French Official Paper, would, in the end, be suicide. How far it may be proper or prudent to bring , this Country into action against the French, till they shall be more dircitly brought into action themselves, we will not presume to give an opinion. But we du think, that the present state of things, as far as thi; Coun:ry is concerned, calls for uncommon vi gilance, and for a System of Internal Defence, which should enable us to bid defiance, at arty time, and under any circumstances, to any attempts to which a neighbouring Power might be stimulated by hostility or ambition. If the War should be unhappily renewed, no man in his senses can doubt, but that every means. will have been taken by our present Rulers to prevent that renewal, as far as was consistent with our Honour, and our essential Interests. They will, therefore, undoubtedly. have the Country with them. The situation of affairs seems critical. Should Peace be preserved, salvo honore, (and we can never wish it to be otherwise) to those who gave it, as the preservers of it,. the Nation will of course feel an increase of obligation. WE this morning received the Paris Paper; to the rr th inst. They bring an account of the com plete subjugation of Switzerland. The Diet of Schvitz, unable to resist the numerous Forces of France, and unwilling to sacrifice the lives of their Countrymen in a hopeless contest, dissolved themselves on the 28th, after solemnly pro testing against the conduct of their oppressors. The French Troops have entered Schwitz, from which place ALovs REDING and General AUF DER-MAUR had previously retiked,, ,but the place of their retreat is not known.'• •-" , • The arrangement which has taken place between F/ancc and Austria, respeCting the Indemnities of•the GRAND DUKE of ToscANy, has so much facilitated the operations of the Deputation at Ratisbon, that it is styposed their Sittings will terminate about the middle of this month. The last accounts from Havre are dated the 7th inst. at which time the First Consul was in that City, and the time fixed for his departure was not k nown , H e was , ;10weyer, expeadl to arrive in Pais this fp,n4s are 53 , , 89,, PARIS, Nov. io. M. l'Abb6 CAMB AC E RES, Uncle of the Second Consul, died last Saturday, -after an Hitless of ten days. He was born at Montpellier in 1722, and had been Archdeacon and Canon of the Chapter of that City; Doc - tor of the Sorbonne, and Preacher to the King. BASLE, Nov. 3.—We have received the follow- ing details relative to the dissolution of the Diet of Schquitz. The first declarations which that As sembly sent to Paris, gave reason to suppose that they meant to submit fully to the Proclamation of the First Consul. The French Troops, therefore, received an order not to enter the Swiss Territory. As soon as the Diet were informed of this determina tion of the French Government,they resolved to profit by it, and accordingly again declared themselves the only Legitimate Government of Switzerland, order ed the Contingents of the Eastern Cantons to assem ble on the Reuss, and to recommence Hostilities with the Helvetic Troops if they Approached that River. Under these circumstances Citizen BECHET, Aid, de_Camp to General NEY, arrived at Lucerne on the zgth of oAober, and proposed an interview with ALOYS REDING at Lucerne, which the latter de: dined, but sent M. HIRZEL, of Zurich, and ano ther Member of the Diet, to meet him. They in formed Citizen BECHET, that the Diet were deter mined to dissolve themselves, but at the same time protested against the measures which had been adopted against them. The Diet was in fad dissolved on the 281 h. There is at present in Zurich, aGarrison of 4000 French Troops. Tranquillity is not yet completely established in the Canton of Argovia, but the French Troops who are marching thither, will soon restore order. HAV RE , Nov. 7.—The Civil and Military Of_ ficers were yesterday presented to the Chief Consul, who received them in a very gracious manner. In answer to the Address of the Mayor, the First Con sul said that he was Littered by the marks Af alfec tiOn shewn to him by the people of Havre ; that Rouen apd Havre were the two first Cities that he had visited since the Peace ; that he regarded Havre as the Port of Paris; for, added he, Paris, Rouen, and Havre, are but one City, of which the Seine is the great Street. The Company of Merchants were also presented. The First Consul conversed with them an hour, upon subjects of trade, as ably as if he had been brcd to it all Isis life. He lamented she mifortunes they had sustained ; gave them hopes of prosperity for the future, and told them that Time was a great, restorer. The Municipality gave a dinner of eighty covers to the Persons in the Suite of the First Constil. At night there was an illumination. The FIRST CONSUL and Mrs. BONAP ARTE went to the Play, after which several Ladies waited upon the latter. She entertained them with. an account of the interest she took in a Town from which she had embarked at thirteen years of age for Martinique. This morning at day-break the First Consul was on horseback, and rode round the Dacks, after which he went into a barge, and examined the In terior and exterior of the Port. KoUEN, Nov. 7. —The FIRST CONSUL, in going from . this city to Havre, went by Duclair. He was met on the road by forty young Ladies belonging to the English School of Sli E PH E ARD and MERTI Z EN. One of them presented the Firs: Consul a Petition for the eredion of a Roman Catholic and of a Protestant Chapel, for the use of persons of different religious persuasions in that School. The First Consul com plied with their Petition, and assured them of his protedion. BERNE,' Nov. 3.—The French entered Schwitz on the 31st of October. The Diet was dissolved : REDING and AUFD E R -MAUR have retired, no one knows whither ; all the Confederate Troops are at present dispersed. PARMA, OCT. 23.—An A& was published here this day, by which it is declared that the Conven tion concluded between France and Spain on the zist of March, ISo 1, having placed at the disposition of France the States of the DUKE of PARMA, that therefore, from the 9th inst. the day of the Duke's Death, all the rights and powers attached to his Sovereignty in the States of Parma, Placentia and Guaitellr, ~I)elonged to and do remain vested in thetFrench Republic, in the name of which all Pub_ lie Ads are tO'be given. RATIS3 ON, OCT. 30.—The Deputation of the Empire, in the expedation of an ulterior communi cation on the part of the Chief of the Empire, re sumed its Sittings this day. In this Sitting, which is the twenty-first, the Direftorial Minister read a Note addressed by the French Minister to the Imperial Plenipotentiary, and to the Sub-Delegate for Bohemia, and which had been communicated to him by the said Minister, and afterwards by the p,p.s§ian Minister, The following is the tenor of the Note : " The Undersigned received on the 26th inst• g Note of the Imperial Plenipotentiary and the sub- Delegate of Bohemia, containing the communicatio° of the same wishes which they made at the opening of the Extraordinary Deputation of the EmPir e: they hope with confidence, and with the ro° st lively interest, for the approaching co-operation 01 HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, in the intention of the. Mediating Powers, and are very far from doubting that His MAJESTY has not made propositions , the: most proper, to get rid of every difficulty. Thal' objea may, however, be accomplished, without the Deputation suspending its labours, which are too necessary for the tranquillity of Germany, and which at the same time will atauate the moment s ° much desired by His IMPERIAL MAJESTY 11111'1Se/fa " The Undersigned seizes with true pleasure' this opportunity of renewing, as well to His EX' cellency the Imperial Plenipotentiary as to the Sub' Delegate of Bohemia, the assurance of his high con' sideration. " Ra:isbon, 30a 0671.)ber, 1232. (Signed) « LArORET• si After the reading of this Note, Majence O a/ Bohemia voted on the aff a ir o f t h e Debts. he Diet then adopted a Concixsul.l upon the subjea. It is believed that the Deputation will terminat e all its operations, and separate, in fifteen diys frail ) hence. A Dutch Mail arrived in Town this morning, but the Intelligence it brings is not so late b 1 several days as that brought by the French Pape=s• Circular Letters have been sent from Lord PEI , ' HAM, Secretary of State, to all the Members of the House of Peers, stating, that Hts MAJESTY will go in State on the 2 4 th, to l ay b e f ore lltth HO , ouses Parliament, in a Speech from the Throne, the diver s a weighty and important affairs which have induc c him to call Parliament together. _ We have the greatest satisfaCtion in assuring Public, that Mr. Pier's health has been perfl; s re-established by even the short use which he made of the Bath waters. That g reat man never' w s e ! in better health than at the p resent m )ment , and -ts have no doubt of soon seein g hi s unr i va ll e d tale" a exerted in Parliament, in support of the cause 34 the interests of his Country. Mr. Wm. ETON arrived in Town on Tuesd a y morning, with Dispatches for Government fly' Egypt and Malta. Letters from Gibraltar' mention a Report cara t there, that our Fleet in the Mediterranean, had r e "; ceived orders to prevent the French Armament Toulon from sailing. of An opposition is talked of to th e Re-e1eai ,. ...-4. Mr. ABBOT as speAcr of dm. I lou,e d i, mon3.—Mr. FOR STE R has been named as a Can date for the Chair, as well as one or two o thers' Letters from Lisbon make mention of the D lic : of that City having instituted a v er y sever e Prri; cation against the Free Masons, c a lli ng u pon ' le . to disc,:ver the principles upon I.t hich the Societra ad. Many persons have already been imptis°l for professing themselves Free Ma sons , an d chi c. "' men of learning and abilities. The report, that the Dutchess of DoRsET not intend to be introduced to Mad. BoNAPAIt/ is certainly idle and ridiculous. The beautiful Dutchess of ST. ALBAN'S P °ss i s , yesterday ihrough several of the principal sti e in a particularly elegant Carriage. The Dutchess of DEVONHIRE'S elegant P. e ,, e : tainments have already commenced a t Dzvonsh i ', House. 110' General NUGENT is become a very popolilt . ' c c i b.. racier in Jamaica, since his appointment to the o . r , vernorsii4) of that Island : this we are not 5 0 , prised at, as there is no man who possesses rnore,res lents or powers to please than he does; 'He req ui only to be known, to be esteemed. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH does not co— ois Town, until the Shooting-season is over dO l Grace is a remarkable good shot, and very fu n the amusement, and' spares no expence in the lace servarion of his Game. So very stria is his u r ali f in this matter, that he will not grant a Lease to ye c one, without this stipulation, that if he shoots ° y the Manor, he forfeits it. u ch m il! Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND iS n- - better than he has been for soine time past " cae r r . Grace constantly takes an airing in - his C !IC and-six, from Sion-House to Town, and bac k same day. , diet The Union Club-House, in Pall-Mall,. wil'f ,lace the Meeting of Parliament, again become th! i l obje , of fashionable' resort, as many of the first men and Gentlemen, are no w Candidates for 31 sion into this respedable Club. It is a well-known fad, that the CHIEF subscribes for One Th o usand per day of the E l ?Of Newspaper lately est a bli s hed in Paris, en tir. . e or , and Angus. This Paper is daily filled with Sediti ritteo Treason against the British Government, w . or s, in Paris by self-la - 1a and expatriate d Tra' t i erch6' BONAPARTE by his hostility to Brit's.. J., ifec ot dine shews himself to be but a very it'a l e r. financier. In spite of all he can do, Briti s h Froce chandize will always find their way im ° , y etiont and Flanders, and by their clandestine intro b y by Government loses the revenue it would real. Frencli , regular duties. Then on the contrary, _ re s ui portation, in scarce . articles particularlyt.". Brills t J nufadures are taken in return and legally ar e posed to he a little connived at, becau,selly est, to to the foreign markets through which reach the places of their destination.. _ d 1 , re sped, at all events, it cannot be said Otter 0 truth—" They manage time things w oncce" d ;