The Sun. — London, England, 1802-09-23 00:00:00

French Consols. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, A Paragraph having appeared in your Paper of the 4 th inst. stating that two Ladies were lately rescued from danger at the expence of decorum, being taken out of a bathing machine in a situation, described in a mariner destitute of that_ regard to female deli cacy, which, had the statement been true, the feel ings of the suffering Ladies ought to have demanded from any one who thought fit to communicate it to the Public ; I have been induced to make an inquiry into -the fad, and from every information I am able to obtain, I have no doubt but the Paragraph is false in Coto. • What inducement the Writer could have to prac_ tise •so wanton an imposition upon you, I know not, unless it .arose from a malicious intention to influence the Public with an idea of danger in bath ing in the open sea at this place ; but if this was his intention, it must be defeated from the very ge neral knowledge of the situation of the Beach, which is so far from being steep, that the occurrence of such an accident as he describes, is almost im possible, unless • in very heavy gales of wind or tides, when common prudence would forbid the attempt to bathe in the open sea. I am, Sir, Yotir very humble Servant, A CONSTANT READER. Yarmouth, Sept. 21, 1 802. MAILS. ARRIVED I DUE 0 PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. • - - 6g t Omnium THE SUN. QUIS DICEAX FALSUM AUD,IAT 7,i Disc. LONDON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1802. WE this morning received the Paris Papers to the 22d inst. They bring no intelligence of import ance. The French Government has published a Proclamation, by which all Proprietors of Land in St. Domingo are required to repair thither, under pain of the Sequestration of their Property. Letters from Stuttgard, contradiet the report that the Austrians were preparing to evacuate Passau ; on the contrary, it is said that they are receiving Inge reinforcements. The spirit of resistance in Switzerland seems to increase, but the powerful interposition of France will probably soon restore the semblance at Least of tranquillity. The French Funds are 52: So. THEIR MAJESTIES came from Windsor yesterday to Kew Palace, from whence the KING proCeeded to town, and held a Levee at St. James's : itleing the Anniversary of the Coronation, it was observed with the usual demonstrations, and the Noblemen who were Knights of the different Orders, appeared in their several insignia : the Court commenced at one o'clock, and was attended by the' following Noblemen and Gentlemen of distinclion. Considering the time of year the - Court was rather numerous than other wise. Among the company present were Mons. OrTo, 'the French Minister, _whose successor is hourly expeeted : the Neapolitan, Prussian, and Hessian Ambassadors; the . Imperial Charge des Al faires,, the Turkish Charge des Affaires,. the Right Hon. the LORD CHANCELLOR, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE.R, the Duke of PORTLAND, Al derman Sir R. C. GLYN, and Dr. TIiRTON'. Earls—Spencer, Cardigan, and Grosvenor. Vscoui:rs—Hood, Sudley, and Stopford. L6rtis—C!stleragh, Keith, Gwydir, Auckland, Pelham, C. Spencer, C. bentinck, R., Fitzgerald, Boston, and Cath cart. Sirs—C. Morgan, W. F4wcet, S. Cottrell, R. Chambers, J. 0 rde, P. Stephens, S. Smith, J. Douglas, J. Nichol, and E. Ryan. Giwerals—Craig,.Musgrave, Fraser, Edmonztone, Dundas, Gordon, Stanhope, I - lope, and Childers. Conunissioner Hartwell. C'olwre/s—Hope, Beauveau, Trevor, Collins, and Without. Captains—lrby, Willianis, and Grey. Majors—Brown, Cummins, Elliot, and Dalmahac. illessrs.—Fawkener, Dawkins, Mackintosh, Elliot, S. Smith, Pierrepoint, Main Waring, Jackson, and Aust. • The Presentations to the KING were His Excellency Baron Jacobi, the Prussian Ambassador, on his arrival from his own Court, having been absent on im portant busince these six months. • r—d Ye;th on his arrival from abroad. • Baron Herbert, from Germany, was introduced by Mr. Spen cer Smith : he is quite a young man, and at traded the no tice of the Company by the,peculiarity of his dress, being attired in a vest of white satin. Sir J. Douglas l:issed hands on being appointed Equerry to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. Cen. Fraser, from Lisbon. Majors Brown and Cummins, of the titla Regiment of Light Dragoons. Mr. Sarjeant, Secretary to the Treasury. Captain Grey, Commander of His Majesty's Yacht, during tne James Mackintosh, Esq. Barrister at Law. Lieutenant-Colonel Collins awl Captain Hamberton. John Smith, Esq. kissed His Majesty's hand on being ap po:nted Master of the Mint, and was sworn a Member of His Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council. Si Charles Ivlorpii was also sworn a Privy Councillor, and took his Seat at the Boars!. A relation to the late General SLOPER had an audience of the KING, and delivered up the Keti Ribbon worn by that worthy Officer as Knight of the Bath. SINGER B • JaToN, Esq, being appointed Gentle man Us!ler, and Quarterly Waiter, in the room of . Mr. Osmzß, attended, and received the usual mark . - of Royal Resped. The following Gentlemen took leave :---Lord R. EiTbG,ERALD, on setting °Won his journey to Lis bon ; Major Sir E. RyAN., on going to Germany. The Cabinet Ministers haling had audiences, the :if.: No -left town at four o'clock, for Kew. NAViIL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 2t. ARRIVED the Temeraire, of 98 guns, Rear_ Admiral G;CAMPBELL, Formidable, of 98 guns, Majestic and Audacious, of .74 guns, and Ceres Fri gate, from Jamaica. Passed by for the Downs, the Walker, NI cxot,s, from the Cape of Good Hope. Sailed the Jsth July last. . DEAL, SETT. ZZ. 'no SAILED for Sheerness the Dart SloOi. of War ; and on aCruize, the Vixen Gun-brig. Arrivedfeom, and sailed again on a Cruize, the Savage Sloop of War. We are happy to he able to contradia the report of the total loss of La Pomone, of 44. guns. She received some damage entering St. Aubin's Bay, and was run aground ; but, by the assistance of the Revo/utiona;re and Alonzo, she has since got of, and is gone in there to be repaired. The Admiralty Board, in their late visit to Portsmouth Dock Yard, discharged 169 workmen, and superannuated 194—in all 363• The Public have already been informed, that a most respectable chara6ler in the City had been for some time past in the habit Of receiving threaten ing letters, charging •him with having used undue influence at the Stock Exchange, for the purpose of depressing the Funds, and cautioning him to alter his system in future, or his life should pay for it. Mr. B. GOLDSMID was the receiver of the let ters in question, and as far as this circumstance involved his charaaer with his friends, it gave him no concerti, as they were all well assured there was no foundation for the charge. The writer was sup posed to be some infatuated man, who might have suffered from the fall of the Funds, and was aging under false information. Mr. GoLpsmi,o, how ever, conceived it to be his duty to findout the, author, not so much for the sake of: punishing, as to admonish him ; accordingly he waited , on the LORD MAIOR, to advise with his Lordship as to the best mode of proceeding, when it was proposed,. that a confidential person should be stationed it the inside of the Chief Twopenny Post-Office, who should be authorised to open immediately any letters direaed to Mr. B. GoLosmin ; and if they proved to be of the description alluded to, notice was to be instantly given to a man constantly on the witch outside, Who it was expeaed would see the Ano nymous Writer drop the leiter .into the box, and then take hirti into custody. This plin having been properly arranged, on Monday morning last a letter was dropped. in the Two-penny Post Letter-box in the regular' way, direEled to Mr. GOLDSMID, which on being in speeted, was found to be an anonymOus and threat ening letter. The person in the inside gave the signal to his Colleagues, ...,d a Gentleman, who it was supposed had just left the letter, was taken• into custody on the spot, who proved to be the son of a rich Jew Merchant, living in Bury-street, St. Mary Axe. The instant he was apprehended, he was taken before the LORD.MAYOR, and underwent a private examination, after which he was ordered into, cus tody, to have a further hearing before his Lordship yesterday. •His friends offered bail for his appear ance, to the amount of 50,0°01. but his Lordship would not accept of bail for any sum. In the course of the examination before his Lordship yes terday, the Prisoner alledged that his business on Monday morning at the Post-Office was to put. a letter into the General Post-Office for 1,3 ri.stoL,,w_hich, upon investigation turned out to be the fart ; but he did not give any particular reason for his going to the Chief Twó-penny Post-office, at which place he was seen by Me man on the outside.,; :: 4lli,he could not swear that he dropped a letter _inloigur; : kox. His Lordship considering the evidence in this Case defedive, did not proceed - any-fortherin the business, but ordered the Gentlen-an to be dis charged. Mr. GoLnsmiD expressed his satisfaftion at the acquittal, and observed, that however appearances might induce suspicion., he could not suppose a per son of so much respedability to be guilty of such a villanous transadion. Yesterday a Court of Direflors of the East . lndia Company was held at the India House, which ad journed to Wednesday next. We understand that two of the extra ships en gaged by the Honourable the Court of Diredors of the East India Company, for their service this sea son,_ are to be consigned toliencoolen, for the pur pose of bringing home cargoes of pepper. It is supposed that they will carry stores to the Island of St. Helena, in their way to Sumatra. We understand that five brigs are to be con. struCted and equipped for the purpose of proteling the trade of the Spice Islands against the piracies of the Malays; they are to be of 56 feet keel, zo feet beam, and To feet hold, to carry 54. guns each, and 3o men. The first cost is estimated at 1.3,000 ru. pees each. According to an estimate lately made, and which is received. as correft, the surplus revenues of the Spice Islands, after every possible charge, amount to the sum of 365,0001. sterling. This surplus is left after paying the Natives for their Spices, and defraying the civil, marine, and military establish ments. By letters received in Dublin from Hambargh it appears that a great number of Irishmen , w h o h a d been banished in the year 1798, had arrived there from the King of PRUSSIA'S dominions, having all received permission to return to their native country. _ _ The heat has been lately so intense in that several canals are wholly dried up, as ti~p?l as some of the Venetian Lagunes. The heat at Nice has .been greate r t h an h as b ee n etperieneed fc.4 25 years preceding, ROAMORD, SEPT. 21. THIS morning the i3th Light Dragoons was reviewed by His Royal Highness the DUKE of CUMBERLAND. His Royal Highness came on the ground at half past ten o'clock'—he made the most minute in. spedion both on horieback and on foot.—He spoke in terms of high approbation of the very soldier_like appearance of the Officers and Men : said he heard much of .the Regiment, but they sur passed.!ny description that had been .given of them. After the Review had been concluded, His Royal Highness told Colonel Bouroil to - give his. Thanks to the Officers, for the very excellent condition of the'Regirnent.; LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 20. THE inhabitants of 'Water-street were at one time greatly alarmed, as the late-fire seemed to be spreading in that direaion ; but the thick party wall of Mr. Dawson's warehouse, and the strong walls of the Commercial Buildings, happily arrest ed its progress. Seventeen warehouses have been consumed: A meeting of the principal sufferers was convened on Thursday morning, when a . Coinmittee was ap pointed to superintend the removal of the rubbish with all possible expedition, in order to recover the property, which it is supposed is now buried in the ruins in very considerable quantities. A great number of men have already been set to work, but considerable difficulty is experienced in taking down such of the walls as are yet left standing. We are sorry to add to the above account, that in taking down' a part of the -ruins on Saturday morning, Mi. PHILLIPS, in the employ of Mr. FOSTER, was so dreadfully Crushcd, that be died in feiv hours after. _ CHELTENHAM, 'SE ikT. 20. ;t ;•- WE have been all in an uproar here lately:4 ;he.' trick upon - 61 - 1143 — OrriirliYE" D ,- a very dark hie tic,' personage; stalking up to a whist. table, where-a. parry had just concluded a rubber, pin his fingers as. if in the ati of - muffing one of the candles, and thert laying them On edge of the table, the cotAnters, - as if by magic, ran into his hands. The news' of this wonderful event spread like wildfire, and the Ball Room was presently emptied to behold ,this modern , Magician—who, by way of climax,, borrowed 'a left hand glove of a Lady, and putting it upon the table,' retreated some distance, and ordered wedding finger to ered itself, which proved obedient to its potent master, and the glove itself moved into his hand.— The Prince then turning to some pretty women, said, that if they would allow him only to put a grain of his infallible powder on their shoulders, they would be forced to follow him wherever he went. The Ladies replied only with a shriek, and danced out 'cif the room to a much' quicker step than they even, entered. There is at present a sum of no less than eight millions lying at the Bank belonging to the Trea. sury, the greater part of which will come into cir culation very shortly, by the payment of Dividends and Exchequer Bills. The suspension in the admission of more Ship ping into the West India Docks for the present, is stated to arise from Warehouses enough not being •finished to receive more produce, and not to any defer` in the foundation, as asserted in some of the Papers of yesterday. Lieut. General JOHNSON, who has so long corn. manded in the Waterford Distrid, has resigned his command in consequence of the Peace, with the gratitude and esteem of all Loyal Subjeds, for his many excellent and amiable public and private virtues. It is reported that the ci-devant Grand DUKE of TUSCANY will go to Paris in person, to endeavour to interest the FIRST CONSUL in his behalf. .iGeneral LASNES will probably have an opportunity o r repenting at leisure of his rash and improper cbridtid in quitting Lisbon as he did. He is under exile at his country house, and has little chance of recovering the Consular. Favour. • A strong contest ,has taken place at Plymouth for the EleCtion of a Mayor for the year ensuing. The four Alfurers eleded for that purpose having chosen a Jury of 36 from the Commonalty at large, whose fundion it is to eled the Mayor, the Jury sat frOm four o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last. till twelve at night, when the Foreman reported, that the numbers were t 8 for Mr. LANGMEAD, and 18 for Dr. REMMETT. The next day (Sat urday) the Jury sat again from ten in the morning till half past twelve at night, when the Foreman again returned the same . numbers. The Mayor then adjourned the Court, and . the business rests till Michaelmas • Term, when a Mandamus Is to he moved for in the Court of King's Bench to compel the Commonalty at large to elect a Mayor. The expelled duty on Hops is daily lessening in estimation. It is now supposed it will not exceed 13,n001. We are sorry to learn.that the weather in Scot land has been fur some weeks extremely wet, cold, and unfavourable to the ripening the Corn. It has, however, improved within these few days, and we hope may at last be such as.-may enable the Farmers ta get their crop decently in. A shock of an earthquake was felt at Strasburg on the s Ith inst. at 36 minutes past six in the morning, and another more violent about an hour afterwards. The direlion of both was from north to south. Many persons who were in the streets were thrown down. The houses were as if struck by an 'immense weight, which had shaken them to their foundations. There had prevailed, during the preceding night, a 'violent wind, which arose on a sudden, and seemed to have some conneditin with the earthquake. The_ wind did not cease after the shock, but veered about to the south, whet, some rain fell. The weather at Strasburg had been intensely hot for Afty.four days preced ing the shock. THE THEATRE. Covent-Gard' THE First Part of Henry the Fourth was repre. sented last night at this Theatre. COOKE per formed Fidstaf with vigour and humour. He ap peared to most advantage in the scene of the mock Play, in which he displayed a ludicrous pathos in favour of poor Jack Falstaff that had a powerful ef. felt on the Audience. COOKE is the best Fa/stair now on the Stage, though he certainly does not-. give the part all the variety of which it admits, and of which his polders are capable. LEWIS having resigned the part of 'the Prince of Wales, in which he was, as usual, very easy and spirited, it was last night allotted to BRui:To.s . .---• Following so popular an Alor, BRUNTON, of course, had difficulties to encounter. He certainly took pains to please, and his efforts were tolerably suc. cessful ; but he wanted the strong-marked humour and happy mixture of dignity and condescension which the part demands. Mr. H. SIDDONS was the Hotspur. His con. ,eeption of the charader was creditable to his under standing. It is, however, a diameter that requires a greater portion of organic strength than he is able to supply. He is therefore obliged to resort to solemn under -tones, when he should be agitated by " the whirlwipd of the passion." 'There was a numerous and somewhat of 'a noisy Audience. Mrs. ATK INs does not, we understand, resume her situation in Covent-Garden Theatre this season. BANNISTER was to have appeared last night ar: Brighton, Tor his Sister's Benefit, but his new ap., pointment of , Stage Manager of Drury - La= Theatre, rendering his absence from thence incon. venient, grAriart went down as his substitute. In ascending the ;tops Jo Fame, at Drury Lane Theatre, the safest way for the Candidates w be - to lloldifa# gAtotto:stt. doubt.the truth of ,the report of Esa.ssrores engagement at the - Haymarket Theatre. His en.. `gagenent.at-Aristol s ift prevent his coming to the Capital .till the .middle of July, when the half of Mr. Cot:Aloes season will be over. 'There are to be Musical Festivals at Hudders. held and tHalifax, in • Yorkshire, on the 3oth inst. and the Ist of next month, under the direEtion of Dr. HAGVE,,Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge. . Lady HOLLAND, we * perceive, was of Madame RECA2vllint's Party at Paris a few days ago—lf that Lady was admitted, why not Mrs. Fox - Mr. PITT has often come s et well out of medical handl, that he may be said, naturally, ai - well as politically, to be allied to a good Cvvritutson. Sir WALTER ' FfARQUHAR ) we understand, has had a surprizing numbei of critical Cases submitted to him by Patients of both' Sexes, since be took up his Summer Quarters at Ramrgate. Lord WH1 . 11701111 will find himself, when he gets to Paris, in the midst of an Opposition Band, or rather of a little English Senate, of which no doubt Mr. IoN is the Cato. We hope the Cato of the little British Senate at Paris, will not return with the impression that " This World was made for Cesar !" Antient Incriptions are every day discovered at Grenoble, in demolishing the vault of the cathedral in that city. Amongst others, one has been remarked beginning thus ; AEMIL lAS. Ic. These letters are remarkably well cut, and have been viewed with ascot)" nishment by a number of Antiquaries. Several In scriptions prove the antiquity of Cularo or Cuia# tone, now Grenoble. Several Roman coins ha" been discovered in the vault, amongst others an Otho, which is of grat value. GABRIEL-FRANCOIS-MOREAU, Bishop of Av e tun, who died a short time since in th e 8 1st y e ar o'. his age, held the Episcopal See of Venice during seven years, and that of Macon thirty-eight. 1 had only been in possession of the See of Autun sip months. FiPTY.EIGHTH RE G Mohday night, the Officers of the sSth Regiment, quarterea o the New Barracks, Waterford, gave an elegant cad:. tainment to a numerous and resp e d a bl e circle ol frieeds. The .13. th of September has for many yea" been celebrated by the Officers of this Regiment a s the anniversary of three remarkable and fortuitol events, which at different periods have charaeterii c `" that day. In /759 the 58th formed part of ill land and sea forces, which un de r G en . W o t,ee an Sir CE A. SAUNDERS were destined to effeft die con' quest of Quebec and Canada. In the decisive ba t' tie fought upon the:Heights 'of Abraham, on t he r3th of September, in that year, this Regime t) ,, was engaged upon the left, and shared with Fxns Eg Highlanders in the glory of forcing the right wiq of the. Enemy to commence the retreat, which i; to a general 'defeat. In this Afti on i t l os t at'a ll too men, killed and wounded.- Its Li e utenants colonel, Sir Witt. HOWE,, was considered by `t Army as the right hand of th e . brave . Commander 't) Chief. On the 13th o f, S e p tem b er , t 762, the 1331 ' • vannah surrendered, and in this brilliant achia" meet the 58th had .a distinguished share. In 17/i t this Regiment was ordered to Gibraltar, where ?, remained till the Peace of 1 7 8 3 ; and, c,n the 13t of September r 78a, ii had th e hi g h h onou r of tributing materially to the defeat of the Combie 6 , Forces of France and Spain, whi c h, under f la t t Comte d' ItTO Is and D uc d e C e re Lott , ma de a g',l formidable att a ck on Gib ra l tar . Th e 5.80 1 mem assisted considerably in the glorious conq u- j o of the French in Egypt. 'ln the celebrated IN,i t Of_the,Z ;St of March it was placed in front oz t line, and ably maint a i nel d the distinguished reP uta, tion it had already ac q ui re d. Almost immedia te de l o On its return from Egypt, it was ordered t° duty in Waterford, an d since i ts arr i va l there, to th gentleman-like conduct of the Officers, and pea demeanour of the m en , h ave secure d them the u versal approbation andzood will of the inhab itants of the city. A servant who lately fell i n to the Saone vi i t t o h two horses which he bad conduaed thith er drink, was rescued from his perilous situation rd his dog who seized hold,of ;loathe and drso him safe to the shore.