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MAILS, ARIIIVED Hmllancl French Haenburgh z L - - • - 0 PRICE OF STOCKS, • THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 68 I Omnium - 9 I Disc. Consols THE SUN. sotzm Quis Diceßs yeLsum AUDZAT ? LONDON, OCTOBER is, 18oz. WE do not learn that M. ANDREOSSI is yet ready to leave Paris for this Country. Whatever may be the cause of' delay in his coming, whether Teal or pretended, we are inclined to think that Lord WFirrwoßTH will not depart for France till the French Ambassador shall have arrived here. ~ WE received this morning the Paris Papers to the r3th inst. The affairs of Switzerland are at length brought to a crisis. An Engagement took place on the 3d inst. between the Patriots, corn. manded•by General BACHMANN, and the Helvetic Army, near Moudch4, which is no very considerable distance from Lausanne, in which the latter were completely defeated. This defeat is candidly ac knowledged in the official account published at Lausanne; but it is attributed partly to the supe-. riot numbers of the Patriots, and partly to a panic which it is said was , spread by Emissa ries through the Helvetic Troops. Whatever the cause of the defeat was, it excited the great, est alarm at Lausanne. The Inhabitants fled in great numbers, and the Members of the Government were preparing to withdraw to Geneva, when Ci tizen RAPP arrived with the Proclamation of the FIRST Cotstsur, of France, which being communi cated to General BACHMANN, I .le consented to sus pend Hostilities entil he received further orders from Berne. -CZ" the sth Citizen RAPP arrived at Berne, and delivered. the First Consul's Procla mation to the Commanders in that City. They de clined giving any answer until the decision of the Diet of Scirwitz, who were entrusted with the go neral direEtiun of the affairs of S.-u;itzerland. Two Deputies have been sent from Berne to thwitz, to learn the determination of the Diet, and Citizen Rapp has agreed to wait their return to Berne. In the mean time, there is a en cTicl susner , o l -- Hostilities. Upon the deci sion then of the Diet of Sci.7.-witz rests the fate of Switzerland! if they shciuld determine to resist by force this unexampled interference of the French Government, we sincerely hope they will not be left to maintain the unequal Contest alone, but that the other Powers of Europe, if they regard their own Glory, if they value their own Indepen.lence, will,stand forward the protedors of the brave Inhabitants of that oppressed Country. The Aloniteur of the itth contains a long Procla mation issued in St. Domingo., regulating the Trade of that Colony, particularly that carried on in Fo reign Bottoms. The Funds are 53. 70. Two Hamburg?) Mails reachel Town this morn ing, but their contents are in general anticipated by the French Papers, A Letter from Leghorn, dated the t9th September, states, that there are little hopes enterrainecl of thi! recovery of the KING of ETRURIA ; the last attack having been more vio. lent than any of the former. The last accounts fri..)m Petersburgh state, that considerable changes are about to take place in the Ministry, and it is expected that Count Wo ; RONZONy will not return as Ambassador to London, but that he will 1111 some office of importance at Pe. tersburgh. THE extraordinary interference of the French Government in the internal affairs of Switzerland, and the evident intention of the FIRST CONSUL to prescribe to the People of that Country, the form of Government which be chuses they should live under, seem to us to be of more importance to this Coun_ try, as well as to all Europe, than we apprehend is yet generally ;t:oneeiyed. It is not only the gene. sous fee:ings for an oppressed and injured People that Ettglishoen have, upon this occasion, to in dulge (anti surely the condo& of France towards Switzerland must arouse all our indignation against the one party, and awaken ail oor sympathy for the other), but the question embraces that which, per. laps,. involves our own safety and welfare as a Free and Independent State, If the Government of France i; to thsuine to itself the right of invading at plea. ;;;re, and motttlling the cov g nment of ant ;I)(lepend. cot Coontry, itn ! lay claim the privilege ofdoing so for • • 'all. "l'h principle ;mist be considered as a general ► vie, arid, a , .; s ieli, afTens all independent Cc,uniries ?ii 4 e.e, i t srY:itlf;r. (rot a t?' ,t of zio -, totic and . !.: hideous ambition which would revolutionize all Na tiuns, .and render all people tributary to France. It was reasonable to hope that when , general tran ouillity took place, the views of conquest and aggrandizement which France indulged and praCtis ed doting the War, would have given place to sentiments more equitable and pacific—that the principles which the Revolution had called forth. would have been abandoned upon the restoration of a fixed Government, for something like Moderation and Justice as applied to other States. If we are to judge from the present condua of France towards Sewit;-,wriand, however, such hopes are not very likely to be speedily realized, and the Didatorial lan guage used towards that unhappy Country, cannot be considered as very respedful to the'Powers of Europe at large. The Proclamation of the FI It ST CONSUL de ciding the fate of a Free People, is issued from the Con sular Palace, without even the compliment of previous communication to any other Power, at least cer tainly, without any previous communication hav ing been had with this Country. Under these circumstances, the cause of Sqvitzerland becomes a common one with every Power that is not a voluntary Slave to the influence Of France, and a. resistance to the System at present pursued by BONAPARTE becomes a duty in the Rulers of every Free Country. Knowing, as we do, how important it is to the interests of . 64 motion that the Peace should be preserved, we cinnot be opposed to be. the Advocates for Wa r. r from have ever thought, and we still continue to chink, that the present Ministers deserve the warmest gratitude .of their Country. for having procured Peace at the time, and upon the terms, they did.— Peace was ardently wished for by the whole Nation, and Ministers,. by . procuring it, shewed a praise worthy attention to the Public Voice. But the greatest,,blessings which Humanity can enjoy, may be purchased_or preserved at too dear a rate. There are evils In the lot of Nations, as well - as of Men, between which Wisdom has only to make its elec tion of the least. In the abstrad, Peace is always preferable to War ; but in the course of events, the latter may become a lesser evil than the price which . a continuance of Peace may demand; and certain we are, that it is not in the nature of Englishmen to purchase the greatest National Blessing by any sa crifice of the National Honour and Independence.— By such a condud, indeed, we should only embrace a delusion, and should have Voluntarily paved the way for our own disgrace and downfal. While we reason thus, we wish to be understood as reasoning merely hypothetically, and from the first impression which the apparent condua of the French Government excites. We still hope it has moderation and justice enough to listen to a re monstrance on the - part of a Government equally independent as itself, against such monstrous ag gression as it threatens tapraaise against the Peo ple of Switzerland. We believe that this subjel has occupied for some time the attention of our Cabinet, and we cannot but express our hope that such a remonstrance will be made as may convince the CHIEF CONSUL, that however desirous we may be of preserving Peace, we are not yet prepared to submit to any glaring ads of• violence and injustice. The honour, the dignity, 'the safety of the Country, seem to us to demand some interference on our part in behalf of the Swiss, and we leave it to the wisdom of our Government to decide.in what manner that, is best and most effeaually to be done. Whatever they may determine upon in vindicatiOn of . the ho nour, acrd in support of the tights of their Country, they may rely upon it will be warmly seconded by the energy and the patriotism of all descriptions of His Majesty's SubjeCts. The orders which had been given here to the Officers of a Regiment now stationed at Malta to repair to Gibraltar, for the purpose of meeting their Regiment, have been rescinded ; and yesterday they were ordered to proceed for Malta direct, Yesterday a Special Court of Direetors was held at the East India House, which adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. It is reported, that interest is making with the Court of Diredors, to set aside the appointment of Advocate General in Bengal., lately made by the Marquis WELLESLEY. Such a report is probably without foundation. Mdior OsBokNE has lately ereaed an Hindoo Temple in his beautiful Park at Melchet, in Wilts, and dedicated it to Mr. HASTINGS. Major BRIDGES is appointed Comminding Royal Engineer at the Island of Ceylon,. in the East In dies, and will shortly proceed to that destination - . The FlOnourable E g ast India Company'S,Ships the Itia,po/1 . -Captain JAMES SAN D ILA I IDS, and the Windham;) , Captain ToomAs 6aAn4m, which were originally consigned to Madras, are to proceed to Ceylon, .for the purpose of carrying out a Detach ment of the Royal Artillery, with their Officers, &c. These ships will be . dispatclie4 the la;te; erd of Jan. 1803. It is intended by the Government of the Batavian Republic to prepdre the Port of Helvoetsluys for the reception of large vessels, that it may serve instead of the Road of the Teel, and the Vlie, which i 4 no: :c Litfe as the former', foF riavirntiona DUX PARIS, OCT. IZ. MADAMt LOUIS BONAPARTE was brorght to.- bed last night, at nine o'clock, of a boy. We are informed that Admiral BRUIX is ap pointed Ambassador to Portugal. . They write from Madrid, that Their MAJESTIES and the Royal Family arrived at Barcelona on the 11th of September, in perfea health. LAUSANNE, OCT. 4.—Yesterday evening intel ligence was received, that the Helvetic Army, had been routed by the Insurgents, and had retired in disorder, upon Moudon. Lausanne was this morning in a state of the greatest alarm : nothing less was talked of than the retreat of the Government to Gene va, when, on a sudden, we saw arrive here an Adju tant-General of the FIRST CONSUL, Citizen, RAPP, who proceeded to the Senate, accompanied by Citizen VERNLNAC, the French Minister, and transmitted to the President a Proclamation addressed by BONA PARTE to the Eighteen Cantons of the Helvetic Republic, dated at St. Cloud the 3oth September. After the reading of the Proclamation, General RAPP announced to the Senate, that he should go to Berne, to make the same communication to the Insurgents, and he set pit - for that purpose it • few minutes afterwards. We are assured, that if the Bernese refuse to Obey the summons of the FIRST CONSUL, that General RAPP is charged to declare Lo them, that the French Government will send 40,000 men into Szvitzerland. The Senate has issued the following Decree, for the publication of the Proclamation of the First Consul. " The Senate having heard read the Declaration of the First Consul of France, dated at St. Cloud the zoth of September, 18oz, brought hither thin day by General RAPP, decrees, that it receives with lively gratitude this new testimony of the benevolence of the First Consul for the Helvetic People, and that .the Senatelvill conform to the said Declaration in all that ooniterns it. Information of the present De cree shall be given to all the Authorities, and also to the Chiefs of the Troops arm6l against the Go-. vernment. OCTOBER 4. Before the News of the late events had been received, the Government bad con fided the Command in Chief of all the Troops to Citizen VoN-DER-WEIDT. OcTosEtt s. —We learn that the Confederated Swiss entered Moudon yesterday evening about five o'clock. The right of BACHMANN arrived also yesterday evening before Y-verdun. As to the higher Country, nothing has ti kern place there. It is now eleven o'clock, and no . intelligence has been received : we hope that General BACHMANN will not rejeft the Proclamation of BONAPARTE. Prudence, however, demands, that we should be prepared for the worst. The genera/e has been beaten, and all the Troops stationed on the Heights which command Lausanne, but without any hostile intention. The Advanced Guard of the Auxiliary - Derni, Brigade, commanded by Citizen PERRIER, is arrived. OFFICIAL REPORT. On Sunday morning the 3d inst. our small Corps, consistingitif between 54 and zoo men, was at tacked in jib, position before Avrenches, while the Enemy with at least 6000 men drew our attention on the left by a false attack upon the Bridge of Sugi. They commenced the Aaiun at Faoug, and sent a otiong column through the woods on the right. These dispositions, which from the smallness of our force we were unable to op pose, rendered it necessary for us, after a resist ance of an hour, to fall back, to prevent our being cut off in the rear. Our young Soldiers, who pos_ sessed more ardour than discipline, effeeted the re treat in some disorder. General BACHMANN took advantage of this circumstance, and gave no respite' to our forces, which endeavoured to rally at Pay erne, but the apprehension of being cut off, .soon converted the retreat into a rout, and it became impossible either to stop or to rally the Troops.. then appeared that there was an organized plan to prevent the Troops from forming, and, to spread dis order among them ; reports were spread in every direalon, that the Corps was cut off. An ammunition waggon was. blown up behind Aloudon, which led to' the- supposition that the Enemy were - CloSEly pur , suing them. Several persons at the head of Columns, cried out that they were going to be taken Pri soners. Several shots were fired in the woods - which bd 'tht road, so that the further they got from, _thp Enemy, the nearer they were suppoSed to be. 4sxll; these • circumstances seemed to confirm the . • opinion, that- some ill-disposed persons wished to profit by this moment of disorder, for the purpose of spreading terror to Lausanne, and from thence to the rest of the Cantons. Some Emissaries from Berne have been arrested, who were sent for the purpose of seducing the Troops, and engaging them to disperse. 4 ?roclamation from general BAC#. MANN was alzo taken - ; it was . addresaea tofire' Commander in Chief and Staff of the Army : it threatened them, that if they proceeded to any hos tile measures„ and if they did not disband their Troops, that their Rigel should be confiscated, and the greatest rigoallearamittowardstheit per. sons. - 1 The Proclamation of the First Cosiaul itti% cu the 4.th, which reanimated the courage of our Troops, and gave hope p all good Citizens. Al ready the Corps of Resetve are putting themselves in motion on all sides, in order to join the Troops of the Line. The regular Troops have taken a po sition between Moudon and Lausanne. As to the rest, we have no doubt but that the Generals of the Enemy will have the wisdom to conform to the Proclamation of the First Consul. Then follows a Proclamation from the PrefeCt of of the Canton of Vaud, denouncing severe penalties against the Inhabitants, if they take arms against the Government, &c. The Insurgents Lave occupied Maudon since yes-' terday evening. The Chief of Brigade Wo N.D £ W E tor, commanding in Chief the Helvetic Troops, proceeded 'this day to the Bernese General, who oc . copies Moudon, and concluded with him an Ar mistice, which is to last until information shall have been received of the resolution taken by the Committee of Berne, respeding the Proclamation of the First Consul. In the mean time, the Bernese Posts have advanced to the ViAloo6l4llonsprever.), - , which is only two leagues (corn Lausanne. Our City has at present nothing to fear from that Coltuna which has consented to a suspension of arms; b we are assured that another body of Insurgents is marching against us by Eche:liens, and that it 1s commanded by General A UF-DZIL.K.AU R. Citizen PE RR I ER, the Chief of the first Helvetic Demi_Brigade which arrived here this day, has re , • ceived a Letter on the part,of the Diet of Schwits, inviting him not to aa hostitety against the Confe derate Troops, and promising to provide for him and the Corps which he commands, when the nog organization of Switierland shall have taken place , friburg in entirely surrounded by the Insurgents one Battalion alone forms the Garrison. M. EFFINGER DE WILDEGG, one of the Officersof the Bernese Army, arrived this evening with a Flag of Truce, tearing a Letter from the General in Chief BACHMANN, complaining of the vexation* exercised in the Canton of Vaud, against certain in' dividuals, on account of their attachment to 0 16 cause of the Bernese. As these complaints are "' founded, it is not presumed that Government wiil give any deeiSion upon the subjett. General RAPP arrived yesterday at the Head' quarters of the Bernese. He communicated to General BACHMANN the Proclamation of the FirSt Consul, and summoned him to suspend hostilitiei' The latter demanded half an hour to consider of the part he should take, after which he promised t° suspend hostilities until the receipt of fresh of ders from the Committee of Berne, • Ot?ober 6, in the Mcrning.—This morning 9r five o'clock the generale was beat, and a nano ° was spread, that a body of the Insurgents, O r r mantled by General Au I .1) It R-m 4LT R, was approach ing to Lausanne by the road of Echallen:, but the ic is reason to believe that it is a false alarm, and c . General BACHMANN has not failed, according to ° I promise he made to the Adjutant of the First Coos ll/ ' 1 9 to send orders to prevent any movements by b Army until further direaions Were received f r° " ‘ci Berne. A general panic, however, seized the Ir' habitants of the City, and many of them lef t /,‘; either in Carriages or by the Lake. At o'clock a courier arrived from General itAr S " W learn that the Committee at Berne have a e ; dared th2t they could not give a decisive atts w n to the Proclamation of the First Consul, but that ° 1 they would refer it to the Diet at Sehlwixr ` vt L alone were charged with the general diretion the affairs of Switzerland. They accordingly , puled two of their Members to that Diet, arta Ge nciP Pr' RAPP has agreed to .wait for their return to Ber , It is certain, that orders have been sent to th e l ie r rent Commanders to suspend hostilities; but it feb4.o ed they will nat be able to restrain their TrooP s ' that they will posh forward. Last night a C° °r ittl arrived, who left Paris on Sunday ; he brought v him a number of Copies of the First Consul's LW' Fr 01' clamaiion. They have been certified by th e c f tb e Minister, and have been sent to the Chiefs° Insurgents. osc °l Six o'Clock in the Eupting.,—M.HE ßßE WAUD, who commands t i lis ,gernese Tsooo 11, Mouclon, and M. I'6CH/tit - WI.- an (NEW :1 same Corps, arrived here to-day with a Fl3sgice, TruCe. They came to -conclude an Arm' clic; which is to last till, the decision of m; the a , of Sciftvitz, respeaing the First .Constil's fir on mation, is taken. The Corps of o ur e. b at the Mount ,7urat is about 2000 strung, ~_