The Sun. — London, England, 1802-03-22 00:00:00

1.1142ER1 , 41 , PARLIAAIENT. HOUSE OF PEERS, SATURDAY., MARCH 20. Tli I a Lordships met at ten o'clock this fore_ noon by Special Adjournment, when they proceed,. ed to forward, in their respeCtive atages, tie vari ous Bills before the House ;" among which ;he Mu tiny Bill was read a third. time and passed, and Message ordered to be sent to acquaint the Coin mons therewith. . Some private business* was also disposed of; after which, the House adjourned till Monday. THE SUN. SOLEM QUID LICERE FALSeI: AULLAT ? LONDON, MARCH 22, 3 8c2. YESTERDAY afternoon Mr. HUNTER, jun. the Messenger, landed at I:6 , ver in a Vessel from Bou logne, and immediately proceeded to Town, .which he reached last night. He brought, it is imagined, Dispatches of importance ; and as he was only three hours on his passage from Boulogne , to .Dover, he made the most expeditious journey from Amiens that has yet been performed. Paris Journals to the i 7th inst. arrived yester day morning, and last night we received an addi tional set of French Papers to the 18th inclusive. From Milan, we learn, that a great change is about to take place in the Ecclesiastical State ; and an ArtiCle of the 3d inst. from Ber/irt states, that there is to be a meeting, in a short time, between the EMPEROR of RUSSIA and the KING of PRUS SI A, for the purpose of bringing to a prompt con clusion the affairs pf the Empire. After the ex perience we have already had, of the rencontres of the Sovereigns of the Continent, we feel cautious in giv an opinion, whether this interview will have a pacific tendency, or bring " dreadful note of Preparation." Switzerland continues to be disturbed by domes, tic miseries, and foreign aurehensions. An article from Berne, of the Bth inst. states, that what augurs unfavourably relative to their new Consti tution, is, that in the Senate itself, there was but a small majority of 13 Senators for its acceptation. Four Members were absent, 3 refused to vote, and ro expressly rejetled it. Fre•sli troubles have. broken out in the 'ltalian 13ailiwicks, if, consequence of the arrival of a French Officer, - whose untimely visit, accompanied by an unjust assumption of power, and by unneces sary menace's, excited a dread among the People, that he would shortly be followed by French Troops. The Deputies from the 84. Distrias of the VA LA/S Canton, have arrived at Berne, and have re presented to the Senate, the occupation of their Country by French Soldiers, the consequent desti tution of .their Public Funaionaries, and have de mandel, in die most forcible language, Proteaion from, and Union with the Helvetic Republic. They have also entered a Protest, against the dis memberment with which they are threatened.— Their Address was read, and approved by the Senate, which firmly acquiesced in its principles, but which, from the imperious necessity of its circum stances, was compelled to declare, that the fate of the Valais depended on a Superior Power. The Address, however, 'of the Deputies, was ordered to be deposited in the archives of every Canton of Switzerland, as a monument of the patriotic sen timents of the People of the Valais. The Batavian Governmeot has ordered a levy of 9oco Troops, for the purpose of reinforcing their Garrisons in the 'West-Indies ; and it has decreed, that the Natives shall be also embodied, under the command of Dutch Officers. The intelligence from Turkey is, as usual, re. p!ete with notices of insubordination and rebellion. Of the ultimate fate of the Germanic Empire, we are still 'left in the dark, though many contradic tory speculations are circulated respeaing the que stion of the Indemnities. The Papers which arrived pit night contain no thing of importance, except a very interesting de tail, given by the Captain of the Syrene frigate, lately dispatched from .S't, Domingo, respeding the disembarkation of the French Troops. The French Funds are at 56 fr. 95 ".1 . 11 E state of affairs in St. Domingo having ap peared to excite a very, lively interest in the pub lic mind, we have taken 'pains to c011e6.1 some local information respeaing that Island, the result of 'which, we now lay before our Readers, who may depend on. its .aceuracy. We are indebted for it to two or three intelligent Officers who served there considerable time, tiyhile thc French part of it was in our possession. It seems that TOUSSAINT had made hicnself master of all the Maritime Posts in this' part, such as Fort Dauphin, the Care, Port Paix, Mole St. Nicholas, St. Marc, Port-au-Prince, Leogane,Les Cayes, 4cc. and of Santo Domingo in ,the Spanish part; to accomplish which last objet, he must have marched through the heart of the island. From Cape Francois, where he appears to have had his Head-quarters, to this Town, cannot be a distance of less than 200 miles, the one lying on the North-West, the other on the South-East quarter of the Island.—To re duce the latter is the objeet of the detachment under the command of General KERVERSEAU.—As the African General has undoubtedly Garrisons at each of the other points, the French force must ne. cessarily be very much divided ; so that unless a . larger number than even 30,000 men, (the most' that it has been put at) sailed under the command of General LEC LERC, we can scarcely conceive it possible that so strong a force as 15,000 as he states, could have been brought to bear on one point. It is the general opinion that the FIRST CoNsut has acted very wisely in direting his principal force against the Cape. To save that beautiful Town was naturally an objet of great anxiety— but has unfortunately failed. Twice before it has been nearly destroyed since the commencement of the Frer.:h Revolution, To the. French it could not fail to be a matter of the greatest importance to get possession of that beautiful and fertile Plain, the richest in the whole Island, which extends quite from the Spanish Frontier on' the East, as far as La Limbe on the West, and is from the sea to the mountains, from eight, to ten miles in depth. From this produaive part of the Colony some temporary supplies may be procured for the Army, though it is probable that a great part of the plantations have been destroyed by the Ne groes. It seems evident from the general tenor of the Dispatches, that the latter disputed two or three points with more vigour and obstinacy than has been admitted. By those who were fully per suaded of TOUSSA INT'S hostility to the French, it was not supposed that he would offer any re_ sistance, till he might have opportunities of at tacking them in those parts which would afford every advantage to the description of troops under his conimand, and would present every dis advantage to. his opponents. E RC, it seems, supposes that he may have amassed a considerable treasure at Gozza;ves, against which he proposed to march with a view of secur ing it. But this is surely very improbable ; Gonaives is a small defenceless village on the West ern-side of the Island, ,within a few miles of which the African General has, we understand, one of his Country Seats. Should the attempt be made to march a Column from the Cape to Gozzai-ves, thq will have to encounter almost every description of difficulty that any line of march could present. The distance is about sixty miles, or little less ; and though there is something like a regular road, the whole tract, after the fir'st ten miles, is so rug ged, woody, mountainous, and full of defiles, hat a small irregular -force, alive, resolute, and ably conduCted, would ,be pretty sure to stop the . pro. gress of a regular Column, by the successful use of ambuscades; constantly harrassing its flanks, and-keeping it in a state of perpetual inquietude.-- But should a Column prove successful, as the coun try from Gonaicves to Port-azi-Prince is of a dif ferent description, the communication would be al most immediately opened to the latter from Cape Francois, from which General LE CL ERC would de rive material advantage. General TOUSSAINT is an elderly man, short, re markably ill-looking, and , has lost his teeth.—Vlis military talents are.-- not looked upon as first-rate : but he is a man of uncommon shrewdness and sa gacity, and has a considerable influence over the minds of his adherents.—Should he be brought over, which does not seem very probable, some other Chief, perhaps of greater military abilities, might possibly start up as, his successor. To the ,French it is of the first importance to raise a Negro Corps as soon as possible; and they seem . to nave begun it, WE present our Readers with some Extraas from the REPORT of the COMMITTEE• on the CIVIL LIST. The fkeport itself is very long, but we shall continue it from time to time till our keaders are in possession of the whole. - The Hamiturgh Mail which became due yqter. day, is not yet arrived. Saturday morning His MAjESTY, acconlmnieo by the - DUKE ofCAMBRIDGF ) PRINCES - SES SOPHIA and Amii.'s A, the Hon. Mrs. HARcoutur, and Gen. MANNER took their usual ride in - Windsor Great Park. HER MAJESTY and the Elder PRINCESSES took on airing to Froimore . Ludge.. Yesterday morning THEIR MAJESTIES and_ 'the PR I NC-ESSES,_ . accompanied by His Royal Highness the DUNE of CAMBRIDGE, Lady C. DANlpt. the Hon. Mrs. HARCOURT, Miss VYSE, the Hon. Mr. PRICE and General MANNERS, went, to St. George's Cathedral, where an excellent Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. GOODENOUGH, from the First. Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, chap. 15, part of the 56th verse. " 0 Death where is thy Sting ?" After Divine Service the ROYAL FAMILY re urned to the Lodge. A French Messenger embarked at Dover on Sa. turday morning, for Calais. Another with Dis. patches for M. OTTO, arrived in the Vessel that brought over the French Journals. Saturday morning a Messenger arrived at Lord HAWKESBURY'S Office from France. Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRIN CESS of WALES were in their respeCtive Boxes" at the Opera House, on Saturday night. The PRINCESS exhibited an uncommonly magnificent and brilliant display of diamonds ; and from the splendour and beauty of her appearance, attraaed the general no tice of the audience. We arc sorry to hear that Miss ADDINGTON has been attacked with the Hooping-cough,but it is with pleasure we add, that the disorder is by no means severe, which must be considered as a fortunate circumstance, her late illness having left her in a state of great debility. On Saturday Captain GAITSKELL, of the Cam brian Rangers, Aid-du-Camp to General O'HARA, arrived at the Secretary of State's Office, from Gibraltar, with an account of the death of that gal lant veteran, on the zist ult. after an illness of six months, during which he suffered the most excru ciating tortures from his wounds breaking out afresh, and a dreadful stranguary which followed. By the death of General O'HARA, there is also a vacancy in the 74th Regiment, of which he was Colonel. • The DUKE of Yon was expeaed at Bath on Sa turday, having settled all the arrangements regard- , ing the sale of his late house in Piccadilly. On Thursday last the premises were regularly made over to the new Proprietors, consisting of sixty Gentle. men and Tradesmen, who have subscribed moot. 4 each for - the purchase of them, and for new fitting up the house, which is to be con'verted into 4 Mag nificent Hotel and Lodging-house, Agreat number of new rooms have been already begun to be built in the garden, the beautiful shrubberies of which have been destroyed. The purchase money was 45,0001. It appears from an A,bstrad of .the Receipts and Issues of the Treasury in Ireland, for the year ending the sth of January 5802, that the total amount of the Receipts was 9,4.35,8961. Its. Bd, of of which the Permanent Revenue amounted to 2,134,2531. and the Stamp Duties 'to 586,0441. Among the Charges of Issues, is for the Civil List 161,8731. 16s. 9d. —Pensions 513,7651. 14s. Military Purposes, 3,907,6741. z Bs. 4 d. By Letters from Tobago, dated as late as the sth February, 1, 802, advices are received, that all alarm and apprehension which had been excited by the discovery of the intended Insurreaion was entire_ ly removed, and that the Island was in perfea tranquillity. Saturday were received the St. Vincent Gazettes, to the 3oth of January.—They mention that La Se rine French frigate had arrived at Dominique, and announced that a Republican squadron might be expeaed therein a few days, probably intended to at in the reduaion of Guadaloupe. The Gazette of the 3oth says, "We are'sotry to-learn that the Kenyon, Guineaman, with upward of 300 slaves on board, was wrecked off Martinique a few days agp, and all, except eight, perished, together with rn?st of the crew, and the Captain. Saturday letters were received by the Argo fri gate from Barbadoes, to the 9th February, and from Trinidad to. the 29th January, at which periods those islands were healthy and tranquil.--The Pe niqope packet had arrived at Barbadoes. Saturday evening a Mail was lisp arched from the Ship-Letter Department of the Post_Office, for Gibraltar, Minorca, • and . Malta, to be coveyed out by the kTeelcfs7 frigate now in readiness at Ports- Mouth, to proceed with tfispatch..s for the Mediter ranean. As the orders for her sailing have.not yet been - dispatched, the Letters which will be received at the Post-Office, till this evening, will probably be in time. vv The Essex Grand Jury has followed the example I set by the gentlemen' of Oxfordshire, in resisting the exorbitant charges made by innkeepers for post_ horses, Fre. anti have resolved to support those whO shall reduce their charges. At a Meeting of the Corporation of Hereford on Monday last, the Freedom of that City was una nimously voted to Colonel CovrEttELL, command ing the HeiefOrdshire Militia. Therq were some inaccuracies in the Report of a Trial. at York,- which some days ago ap peared' in . our Paper, FRANK ,'versus SO WE R B and FIE W Err, which •we are enabled to correet. It was stated in that account, that the Lady had not a penny ? whereas she ,xas . posiessed of a small independent fortune—it was likewise stated that Colonel Sow tlt BY . asked Mr. B. FRANK'S consent, Which was by no means the case, the ,Colonel deny ing that he ever did so in any way whatever. Several Merchants, who had quitted Amsterdam before the War, have returned thither to establish themselves' again. The Judges of Pennsylvania have determined that negro slavery did legally exist in that State. The Judges of North Carolina . have decided that the late ads prohibiting negroes from being brought into that State; were constitutional. , It having been asserted in some of the Morning Papers, that one in seven-of mankind are subjed to Hernia, we have the authority 'of the Surgeon of the SOciety for the relief of the Ruptured Poor, to report, that, faking the inhabitants in the aggre gate, - one in fifteen labour under this , inconve nienee. • • / Railirt Young, lately apprehended for absconding with 23001. with which he was entrusted as Ading Quarter.:Master of the Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, is confined at Portman Barracks, and is in a 'kw days to be. tried by a General Court Martial at the Horse Guards. NA VA L PLYMOUTH, MARCH 20. ARRIVED the ship Sophie Magdalena, ,sr art' from Hambnrgh, H. N, SA.HN master, laden S%llel linen, wine, &c. bound to St. Thomas's, put in br contrary winds ; also the ketch Jane, of and, fr' itaj Hull, GEORGE WARDELL master, laden with cwilsk for Lisbon ; the Bet . sg, LEE, from Cor::, provisions ; and the Brother F, DALLING, Ufn° rll REUXEL, Friends, WILLIAMS, and Friends, W Bll.. BORN, from Guernsey. Sailed the Ramilies, of 74 guns, for Torbay. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 2 T. ARRIVED His Majesty's Ship Argo, from the Coast of Africa. Arrived at St. Helen's, His Majesty's Ship buscade, from a Cruize: ' This day arrived at the Motherbank, ; His _ IV - I ! 7 ' jesty's Ship Roebuck, from Egypt, with part °f ill : Majesty's German Regiment on board ; she is PuC, under Quarantine. ' • Dropt down to St. Helen's, His Majesty's Sh - iP Medusa. Sailed the 4atona Frigate, on a Cruize. This day His Majesty's Ship ,Penelope, C 1 I° 3lll BLACKWOOD, was cleared from Quarantine. FALMOUTH, MARCH 19. , t 8 ARRIVED His Majesty's Ship .Filgard; 0 ' ' he guns, Captain M A RTIN, from 'a Cruize; also American Ship Juno, Captain CLARK, fro m ' j tic l vanna, with tohaeco, cotton, "&c. for orders , ° 0 proeeeded on for London ; the Ship George, C 4 ),,,• W. ALA;4, from London,for tarbadoes the fl ails "' Captain Gatsort, from London for St. ICltt' s ;t o r Swedish Ship Herrairs, Capt. J. Squats, 4 4 „d i from Baltimore, With 7; s hhds. tobacco, I°' &C. for orders ; the Brig lifatigre, Capt. 3 11s$ Jt.Tßca, from London for Levis ; and. the , i iiivi c t: Capt. Hattsa9;a&i, from Landon for - Newfbuil land. The Qatear ciariorte, Mvp"' is t 1 4:: pointed to take out the Leeward Island Mail of vith inst. and will gall the firs; 4verurAktle #lll after to..morrow. - The .Prixce of Wales Nato, with the Mail pf the tOth inst. waits the atrival WalsingLam racket, with Mil from 4hctlo4- i ).ourly e)Teaedt .fIAPPV/C1 f, :M A C zt, Atgin ten p!clocic Qt t Thurs4o l4ll4 A yu l.sf :rf lif ; rived the Prino „W 4 4. 4 . 4 - 0 4e k et2 c,Ar . I from Helvoetsluys, with t h e m a il 9 th o 0 2 Y 134‘ fore, and Passen,sef kl Yesterday at 3 P. M. with a fair wincl) 43-114 , ' A rtg Ping Cieorge Packer, Capt. P. D EANE 2 fOr r a t O S ! s 1 lys ; and the Dinner, Capt. CfsßoßicA to haven, with the respeai i ve Mails and Favor, SIIEERNESS, MARCFI zr. • - O6 • A , fia l? TH is day sailed 4.p. the_ Thr,nies to br La Rer4emmt!e. ! of 40 guns. PEAL, Mmtca -41. • His Majeity's Ship Brilliant arrive') from Sheerness, and remains. CO' tame down from the River, the Eas; 11 ' 11- " l pany's Ship Glatton,. and remains wi th the th e Charlotte, Bruasauirk, and Georgiatta SO et 'lOl l3 latter arrived in the Downs this 0 11 'f l ' ill Porqrnouth. rtif c The Expri'merd, rice-ship, from Beng- us :ft'iler' yesterday morning, and proceeded on 10 without anchoring. • , t heir It blows hard, and several ships have P ir .- „ t , t ; °- cables, among which is the Georgians Pac k she has brought up again, and rides i n rettY t°ll‘ tbr Arrived the Buttermorth,GLAstyol ° i fb r , he South Seas, with 1600 barrels of oi l. ",.01 of January he spoke the Prinots O ar f i bound to Bengal, seven days from St. C-Cfla well. 1 'IO C(' . .. Saturday a new Ship,saq t h' fe' d the gra 4lllll • ' for so guns, was launched at Portsmou ca the op ~ Captain Lord PRoaY is appointe d ‘ c) the Captain he,:ci,tlhl;ta HEaBERT. who retire* mand of the iiniiiia", of 4.4 guns, vi c , e A fri/ 111 . 'l , e 3s '. . Captain CLEMENTS, late common Sea L Fencibles, i 3 appointed to the e° , yo. La Fortunie, of 4+ guns, vice Captalr/ ' tb' BtAUFLERC.K, absent on leave. ,-. e a ti 7 se r,.. Catain CVMBERLANp is aPP °lll „ t A'ff °/7 Do,is, of 4.4. guns, vice Captain fiAt.r.t•-- to, on leave. , . ~,r is Fj e Lieut. FOTHERGILL, of the Leolli'v;loeceio 1 1 - noted to the rank of Commander, all ' a il° lc the Rindestan, mice Capt. lYloVrt.l/9' v de ' Capt. Coatis in the Rattle:nab'. ' if ° de' . Mr. Wt;.LNIOTT, of the Lancasl.le'tis, Cor invalioe.4 Lieutenant into the .ifineicsrOn , ai nd ' —l iast i ' , . .of the iliticitan, appointed t o the .La ti : I 1