The Sun. — London, England, 1802-04-23 00:00:00

PARIS, APRIL /8. THE FIRST CONSUL yesterday ratified the Defi nitive lrctity of Peace between His BRITANNIC MAJEST Y and the 12. , -public. The Ratifications will be vxchanged this day, (S un day, the igth,) at nine o'clo c k in the morning. P ROCLAMATION OF THE CONSULS OF THE FRZNCH REPUBLIC, TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE. FLENCHMEN, " In the midst of a Revolution, caused by the love °four Country, religious dissentions suddenly broke °tit among you, which proved the greatest calamity to you-, the nurse of Fatuous, and the hope of your Enemies.—A stupid policy endeavoured to stifle ,every thing under the ruin of Altars, and even of -tt'ligion itself. At its voice all these pious solem. ntttes, in which Citizens called each other by the tender name of brothers, arid in which all were ac kntmledged equal under - God who created them, Ceased.—The dying man no longer heard that con. 'solin g voice which calls Christians to a better Life, and even God himself seemed exiled from Nature. likt t the public conscience, and the sentiment of 'l n dependant opinion arose, and misled by Ene tnieS from abroad, they carried DestruClion into our D epartments. " Frenchmen forgot that they were so, and be, °tame the instruments of foreign hatred—On the lier nand, unrestrained passions, morals without s r uPport, and misfortune deprived of its hope in uturi all conspired to complete the disorder of S ociety In In order to put a stop to these calamities, I t became necessary to re-establish Religion upon its basis, and that could only be dune by measures a cknowledged by Religion itself. It was to the - , uvereign Pontiff that the example of ages and reason, commanded us to apply, in order to' bring back th e opinions of men, and to unite them together. • ----The head of the Church weighed in his own Wisdom, and in the interests of the Church, those Propositions which the inrerest of the State had d i 6 tated. His voice was heard by the Pastors of the Church, that which lie approved of, the Govern tient consented to, and the Legislature has establish ed into a Law of the Republic. 'Thus all the die n'ents of discord have disappeared—thus all those r iri t ,uPles by which consciences might be alarmed, ; a those obstacles which disaffection might throw t. , I ' L way of internal Peace, have vanished. t 1 " Ministers of the Religion of Peace, may most profound oblivion cover all your dissen- R l "s, your mi s fortunes, a n d your faults ; may that e ligion which unites you together, bind you by e same ties, the 'most indissoluble ties, to the in t te rests of your Country—Exert, for the interests t) r Your Country, all the power %Oriel your Mi_ lli strY gives you over the minds of men. Let your . i ,, e !st)ns and examples form the minds of our young `-trizen s t o a love of our Institutions, and to a Peet and attachment for those tutelary Authori "es which have been created - to proteet them ; let then) 'earn from you, that the God of Peace is also t he God of Arms, and that lie fights for those who • • tief cn d the Liberty of France. ," Citizens, who profess the Protestant R e ligion, ...-7 4 % Law ha s equeilly exteaidoct its care to you t --N that Morality which is common to all Chris: t ia ,lhat-• Morality 50 holy, so pure, so fraternal, f nue all in the lore of our Country, ih respell t r, its Law's, and in afFeetion fist all the Members of gre i t family.--May disputes upon points of 4-'odrine never alter these sentiments which 810 n inspires and commands. " Frenchmen, be all united for the happiness of Your Country, and the happiness of human nature. "lay that Religion which has civilized Europe be gain the bond to unite its inhabitants together, and 11 '1 these virtues which it commands be always associated with those lights which instruft, us. (Signed) gg BONAPARTZ, 'f First Consul." 1. n ONAPARTE, First Consul of the French Repub. Lic, orders that the above Proclamation shall be m -Bte.rted in th e B u ll et i n o f t h e Laws, p u bli s h e d, pr i nt . a t and posted up in all the Departments of the Re. _ bone at P ar i s , at t h e P a l ace o f G overnment , t h e 4 7th of April, in the loth year of the French Re. i c . (Signed) BONAPARTE, First Consul. H. B. MARET, Sec. of State. We are assur:d that a Senatus Ccnsultam will t f Pissed for the purpose of granting an Amnesty " a g re reat number of Emigrants. Those who will " l ain upon the List will not be above iOOO or a 20 0. iLetters from Bourdeaux state, that two Spanish gates have entered Cadiz with 5, 000 , 000 ed a stres on b oar d ; another vess el i s s hortly e x p e a. w ith ;,000.000. APRIL 19. The law relative to the Concordat and the Orga tillzation of R e li g i ous W ors hi p, was pu bli s h e d yes ' : rd aY, at ei g h t i n t h e morn i ng, w i t h t h e greatest " °/ emnity in all the. quarters of Yaris, by the Prefen fPolice, accomp an i e d by t h e two M ayors an d t h e i r • 4 p d i"as, the C omm i ssar i es o f P o li ce, t h e Offi cers o f the eace ) the Officers of the Etat-Major, and those of Gendarmerie of the Department of the Seine. T he Procession was preceded and escorted by se. _ e ral det ac h ments of Cavalry, of Gendarmerie, and. o f Dragoons, having at their head a body of Tram 'Peters, The Revolution never presented so splendid a P 2 ctacle as that of yesterday. According to the °r: 1 1 prescrih:Ll in the Public Ceremonial, the Con. ative Senate, and all the Chief Authorities and 2e ,' l , itingui s h ect Bodies. of the Stat e re p a i re d to t h e L atrch or Notre Dame bef ore e l even . A t half thneleven t h e cannon of tile Thuilleties annou n ced delmrturz of the First Consul ; his chariot was si,iwuby• eight 'horses, those of the Consuls by those of the 'Ministers and the Members of tb C orps Diplomaiive by four. lie was preceded " -reLla the Cho sen G uard, the Gendarmerie, and the ,diers o f t h e Guard. A double file of Soldiers 2' , ts st at i oned all the way from the Thuilleries to Notre Dame. The appearance of the military, and the riciiness of the equipages; formed a most splendid procession. This procession lasted an hour and a half, in the midst of the acclamations and applause of an im mense eOncourse of spettatots; who Crowded in troops to welconte the First Consul. A quarter of an hour before his arrival, the Archbishop of Paris, followed by his Clergy, and the Bishops who had been consecrated, formed a procession preceding the First Consul to the gate, trom whence the three Consuls and the Legate were conduaed under a canopy to a rich temple ereded on - the right of the altar. After Mass had been celebtated by the Legate, M. DE BOISOEL.IN, Archbishop of Bourdeaux; de livered a Sermon which few Were able to hear. The brilliant execution of the Te Drum of PAESIELLo, completed the splendor of the ceremony; and the First Consul returned to the Thuilleries at three, with the same procession, and in the midst of the sa►ne crowd, and the same acclamations Which had before accompanied him. They write from Ilamburgis, that on the ist of April, a French Ship, With the National Flag ; en tered that Port, for the first time. It came from Nantes. By an A.rrete of the Minister of the interior ] 211 the Arts are summoned to celebrate the two Epochs of the Peace of Amiens, and the Law relative to Religiout Worship. The objets of this Arrete are these i— t. For the Peace of Amiens—A Medal, a Group of sculp• ture, a PiCture, and a Triumphal Arch. a. Fur the Law relative to Religious Worship—A Medal, a Group of Sculpture, and a Picture. The Works sent in pursuance of this Arrete are to remain exposed in the Gallery of Apollo for a month. The Judgment to be pronounced on the 23d of November next. _ - The artists gaining the prize to be charged with the execution of their projects according to the mo. dels. They shall receive for the execution of each medal 6000 francs, for each group 20,000, each piaure t 2,000, and for the project and plans of each triumphal arch 6000. A sum of zs,ooo francs shall be appropriated to the encouragement of those who, without obtaining the Prize, shall give proof of their talents. The Public may be pleased to observe the light in which the present Treaty is viewed by the Peo ple of Holland. The following observations are extracted from the Dutch Papers. " When we consider the disastrous circumstances into which our Republic was thrown by the War, *e cannot but sincerely congratulate the Batavian People on the present issue of affairs. Two years ago none- Of our Countrymen durst promise us a Peace so generally advantageous. We lose, it is true, the Island of Ceylon ; but that loss is much softened by the extremely flourishing state in which Surinam, Detnerary, and Essequibo, have been re stored to us ; especially as England has renounced the right of trading to these Colonies. The Cape of Good Hope is restored to this country, on its ancient, or even a better footing. " By Article t Bth of tht Treaty, explained by the Separate Convention, the interests of the House of ORANGE are finally• provided for, the present Government of this State formally recognized, and the Batavian .Republic delivered from the whole burden of Indemnities. By the care which has been taken to avoid the renewal of the former Treaties with England, the Republic and its com merce, above all its Indian trade, have been freed from _ those stipulations which formerly rendered our connections with Great Britain so burdensome. The humiliating obligation of lowering our Flag to the Vessels of England, a degradation which our Ancestors in vain struggled to get rid of, has now been done away. Finally, the Republic having by no means renounced the right, of which she maintains the justice, of being allowed an Indem. nification for the Vessels sequestrated in the Ports of England ; our Commerce may rest assured, that the Batavian Minister, who after the Ratification of the Peace, shall reside at London, will avail himself of the 14th Article of the Treaty, to procure the takinr , off these Sequestrations, and to enforce all their legitimate claims. " These considerations, by placing the Peace of Amiens among the most happy events which have befallen this Republic, give the Batavian Nego tiator a new claim to the esteem and confidence of his Government. We are not ignorant that some of our countrymen, who are not sufficiently aware of the state of affairs, look for other points in the Treaty to which we cannot be indifferent, but we must not forget, .that Peace with England, and not all our Territorial Possessions, were the ob jefls, of the negotiations at Amiens." Friday last two companies of the A rgyleshire Militia arrived at Glasgow from Kilmariioak., during their stay, they behaved greatly to the sa tisfailtion of the inhabitants. They marched on Saturday morning to Dumbarton, at which place they are to bo disembodied. The first division of the North Lowland Fenci bles, commanded by Lieut. Colonel EDWARD PARK, marched into Dudhope Barracks on Thursday af ternoon from Perth. Thursday morning the first division of the Fifth or Fifeshilit Regiment of Militia, marched from Dudhope Barracks, on their route to Kirkaldy, Sze. and the second division marched next morning. The behaviour of this excellent regiment duri►►g their residence at Dudhope Barracks has been meri torious and exemplary. The Perthshire Militia passed through Dundee last week, in four divisions, on their route from Aberdeen ; and the Angus-shire were expeaed in that town on the 16th insr. Three troops of Lieutenant-General Ec ERTows regimen of Light Dragoons are ordered to be im. mediately reduced. The treasury of Drury-Lane Theatre was robbed on Tuesday night. The plunder was effthed by breaking open the desk of Mr. PEAKE, the Trea surer. Fortunately, no greater sum than fifty gut- peas was found. An inquiry has been set on foot, but no discovery tins resulted from it. i - ra DIIEIIiRE. D ru,:)'.Lane. Tut Dramatic attraehon last night at this Theatre w4s a new Comedy, entitled Fashionable Friends. CHARACTERS. Sir Valentine VaPour, . Mr. K I,IG. Sir Dudley Dorimant, - Mr. C. K EMISLE. Mr. Lovell, - - Mr. BARR IiMOP.E. Dr. Svrop, - Mr. SVETT. Lady t elina Vapour, - Miss DE CAMP. Mrs. Love', - Mrs. Yount. Mrs. Racket, - Miss Miss Racket, Mrs. lURiAN. There is so little merit in this Comedy, that we hardly need take the trouble of attempting to lay the fable of it before our readers. It consists of a series of dull cOntersations rather than a regular plot. What story there is ) arises from the libertine propensities of Sir Dudley borirriant, a fashionable man of plea sure, who has nearly exhausted his fortune, and who, having either made honourable love, or carried on a criminal amour, for We could not discover which of these events had taken place, with Lady. Seiiaa Vaporer, endeavours to retrieve his affairs by a clandestine Marriage with Misr Racket, a wealthy heiress. He, however, to obtain an op potttinity of courting the daughter, makes love to the niother, a forward widow, who readily favours his pretended advances. Miss Racket is ripe for all kinds of fashionable dissipatiOn. Sir Dudley,. at, - , the Sante time, is attempting to seduce the wife of his friend Lovel. The latter is engaged in a similar view' dpoti Lady Sclixa Vapour, mho affetts extraor dinary refinement of sentiment and romantic friend ship for Airs Lovel; yet is of a licentious disposi tion, and even considers Lovel as too slow in his advances. Mn.i Lovel is the only charaaer in the piece who seems to have any amiable qualities, but her chief feature is weak duClility. By the old expedient, a masquerade, the cha raaers are brought together. Lo.jel, who suspea- ed his wife of dishonotirable intercourse with - Sir Dudley, proves her innoCences in being rejefted by her, while he was supposed to be Sir Dudley. Sir Valentine Vapour, who goes to the masquerade for the purpose of preventing his ward, Miss Racket, from falling into the hands of Sir Dudley, seizes, by mistakes on Mrs. Racket ; the latter at first taking Sir Valentine for Sir Dudley. Sir Dudley and Miss Racket having eloped, and stolen a mar riage, rejoin the rest of the charaaers at the mas querade, and thus the Piece concludes. It has hardly ever been our fate to attend a more trifling Production. What is not insipid, is licen tious ; and from the whole it is difficult indeed to deduce any thing in the shape of a Moral. The Piece was very well acted, except with re_ spelt to BARRYMOP.E, who was very imperfect ; and who, at the end of the first Aft, left the Stage under the strong displeasure of the-Audience. Mrs. JORDAN, Miss POPE, Miss DE CAMP, C. KEMBLE, and the veteran KING acquitted them selves very well ; and if BAR avmoßE had been more in possession of the words, 'his acting would have deserved much commendation. The audience testified their disapprobation se vezal tint4c, partioularly tuwartia the concha. sion of the Piece ; insomuch, that the last Scene could not be heard. Mr. C. KEMBLE came for ward to announce the Comedy for this evening ; but was so fully aware of the violent opposition impend. ing, that with the utmost rapidity, he told the audi ence it would be repeated with their permission, without staying a moment to know whether per. mission would be granted. This cavalier method of treating an audience is now generally practised on doubtful occasions, but it is certainly highly disrespectful and indecent, and seems to shew that when the Theatre has determined to bring forward a Drama, the judgment of the Public goes for no. thing. A pretty air, sung by Mrs. JORDAN with great spirit, was encored, and so was a Quartette in the last ad sung by Miss MENAGE, Miss TYRER, &c. They were both composed by KELLY. The Prologue, on the difficulty of discovering no. velty, was delivered by Mr. C. KEmirt.e. It con. tained the following handsome compliment to the Ladies " FOLLY was born, by nicest calculation, " Thc moment atter WOMA N's first creation." The Epilogue, abounding in trite eulogiums on the Piece, was spoken by. Miss Da CAMP. This Comedy, we understand, is the manuscript drama said to have been found among the papers of the late Lord OaFoRD ; but, according to report, the Author is alive, and not unknown among the the Patrons of the Piece. If they have any regard for the Author, they will certainly keep his name secret. The Theatre was crowded. Covent-Garden Theatre was last night extremely crowded to see The Cabinet and Brazen Mask. By some reliques of antiquity which have lately been brought to light in the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, it appears that malefactors were tbr merly executed in that district, before the fatal ceremony took place at Tyburn. It appears also, that the hero of Lt LLo's celebrated tragedy, Gecrge Bart/quell, was the last victim of offended justice who suffered upon that ancient scire of capital punishments. If this report be well founded, our theatrical managers might take from it a hint for local scenery, which would strengthen the interest of a drama which peculiarly applies to the feeli►►gs of ordinary life. The Duke of NORFOLK, it seems, is making great improvements at Arundel Castle. We are glad that his Grace possesses such a venerable edi fice, and hope he will long enjoy its beauties. But, ►t " OUR SOVEREIGN the PEOPLE" were to obtain the rule, we believe it would soon get into other hands, and then the Noble owner would per haps find an " old house about his ears." Tom PA tN E and his ,fleivocate . seem to be re stored much about the same time. -The former has received an invitation to America, and the latter has been introduced at Court. As a proof that the whole community is exalted by a Republican form of Government, we find that the common necessaries of .life are much higher in France than in England. CORN April ;.3; OUR Market this airy had a tolerable 54111-0 , (if Wheat; it experienced but little variation. The late large imports of, Oats caused theM &cline in price, as also Barley ; MAI!, frtmn the nett Darr, maintains a good price ; Pease a heavy sale, :1N,.1 lower ; Flour extremely dull. Wheat s?s a 6As a 7,:s ed Beans : 283 2 32i cd Fils:C do. - 7ts a 72$ GO Tick ditto - 26; c. 29; oi Malt - 3S . a 42a a 42a wi Oats - - - lit a 195 vi Fine (Eat) - cs a 453 6:1 Polai:d d: , . au; aa i , r.)%i Itricy - I.Bs a 33s ud Rve 5..,:d :.!^.l i 4 3il pa 1:,..t RN C - .. 36a a 39i ea , Eilie Hour co: , a 53.; i,:-: White Pease Ilis a 3...1s Ld I Si.:cond do. 4is a s)s p;!.t.. t..),;, HISTORICAL ANECDOTE. EXTRACT FROM THE HISTORY or THE ASSASSINA TION Of GUSTAVUS 111. KIM OP sWEDEF, A yoLlsli OFFICER, WHO WAS AN EYE wr-r- NEST: There existed at Stockholm, for several years, and, perhaps, she lives there still, a woman of the name of AktVIDSON, famous as the fore:eller of good fortune. Chance had so -tvell secured her re putation, that persons flocked from ail parts to con sult her.—The Provinces, the City, and the Court, all believed in her art. GusrAvus wi s h e d to in. terrogate her, and for that .purpose paid her a visit. It *as not in the hand of the King, nor in the Stars, that she sought his fate, but in the sediment of coffee, she read - his future fate, and related to him his destiny from the bottom of the cep. Scarcely had she began her harangue upon the fate of GUSTAVUS, than, full of grief, and in the utmost fr;ght, she cried out, " Ah, Sire, what a cruel death !" What now," said the King, 'l.Olll a smiie sortie.: what forced. '' No, Sire, I will not relate it." " But you know roe, I am not inam-need by fear speak, I will listen to you without fear ; and what ever he your predidions, I can retain them with out disquiet." " Alas.! Sire," said she, after a long silence, " you will he one day assassinated by the first person whom you will meet on the North Bridge in going from me." GUSTAVUS displayed much coolness, and even gaiety ; he'conversed for a short time with Made moiSelle AR V DSON, bur being impatient to meet the assassin who had been pointed our, he soon proceeded to the North Bridge, when the first per son he perceived was the voting Count RI 881 NC, sufficiently known for a bad charaaer, but, cer tainly never conceived to be an assassin. The King ran to him : " My dear Count," said he, " if I did not know your heart and your principles, I ought to doubt them ;" and then related to him the prediCtion which he had just heard. He placed the young man at his ease, by pleasantly commenting upon the sinister horoscope, and they parted after enjoying a hearty laugh at the• expence of the•Py thoness. When afterwardS the house of RI D MG became suspeded•by GUSTAVUS, the Prince remern. beret' the oracle. AIrteDOTES OF THE LA'I'C; ALDtRMAN WILKES, RESPrCTIN"C; THE CELEBRATED CARICATURE DRAWN OF HIM BY HOGARTH. • Mr. WI Llcrs frequently told his friends, that he every day grew into a stronger resemblance. The pleasant an 4 philosophic indifference with which he spoke of it at the time, was creditable equally to his good humour and his good sense. He declared himslif very little conoerned about the " case of his soul, as he was only tenant for life," and that the best apology for his person, was, that he did not make himself. Equally memorable was his reply to a friend, who requested him to sit to Sir JOSHUA R E YVO LDS, and have his portrait placed in Guildhall, being then so popular a charaCter, that the Court of Aldermen mould cheerfully have paid the ex pence. " No, replied he, no ; they shall never have a delineation of my face, that would carry to posterity, so damning a proof of what it was : Who knowS but a time may come, when some future HORACE WALPOLE will treat the world with another quarto volume of Historic Doubts, in which he may prove that the numerous squinting portraits on tobacco papers and halfpenny ballads - , inscribed with the name of JOHN WILKES, are a c,veak invention of the enemy ; for that I was not only unlike them, her, that if anti• inference can be drawn from the general p a r t i a li t y of the fair sex, the handsomest man of the age I lived in," Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, I*_ fore the Right Hon. RICHARD PEPPER, Lord AL_ VANLEY, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of. Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and lifte r Easter Term, .18oz : IN TERM. MinnttsEx. LONDON. Friday, - - May 7. I Saturday, May S. Friday, -- - - 14. - Saturday, __ - is . Friday, - - 21. { Thursday, - - 2z. Wednesday, - - 26. I - - 27. AFTER TERM. Tuesday, . June a. I Wednesday. . June a. Previous to the breaking out of the disturbances which have so long desolated St. Domingo, the. po. 'lllation of that Island, according to a return obtain. eel by M. MARBCIS, the Intendant, amounted to upwards of five hundred thousand Blacks of all ages and sexes ; thirty thousand Mulattoes, and forty thousand Whites. - The numbers of all descriptions, however, must have been dreadfully reduced by The civil wars, massacres and confusion which have pre vailed. It is calculated that the population at,pre sent cannot much exceed three hundred thousand. A severe accident took place on Monday last, on the occasion of the race between Tag and Rol4l, at Newmarket, when Mr. HEATHcoTE, accompanying the racers on a hack, the animal fell dead exadly at the winning.post. The circumstance might nut have been dangerous, if a crowd of horse and foot men had not immediately followed over the bodies of the fallen. Mt. H. was taken up hider, and every remedy applied by a skilfol surgeon ; but his recovery ;s far from being considered as certain,. I .