The Sun. — London, England, 1802-01-09 00:00:00

THE SUN. saLem QUIG atcxaz YALV.,I%I AUDIAT LOND 0 N, JAiv UAR 1' 9, zSoz. WE this trilrning received Paris 2. oaraals of the -- • 4th inst. 'rile following are Cle qnly articles they contain, that are worth the attention of our Readers. The Seine has risen Within these three days in a most plainlifig manner, 'The-water now: covers all the Esplanade belonging to tha-Hospital of'inva_ lids, the 'Chtp•ns :Elysles., and ~the _plain of :Ivry. We are inclined tO believe that, this inundation is no: alone owing to the melting of the .snows, and tke great rains Which •we bave had foi borne days past; 'but that it has been in part occasioned by the bte ak in g .of the dykes-of 11r;are. , • .They write fi'oth Caen under (late' of the 3oth December— ,, 'The pfain which environs our COlll - is covered with water 'to the depth of five or, s ix feet._ :lids inundation extends for a 'league 'around. We are in grear ipprehenslons . for the , Letters . from . .. Lyons, d ated. the 3oth ult.' state, that- the joy of the inhabitants of that City; at the prospect of seeing the Chief Consul, is inexpressible. Ci,z hundred and fifty young men have, at their •6 cwn expence, put themselves i n u ni form, which is a blue jacket; yellow pantaloons, &c. On their colours is this Inscription-The Lyonese to Bono_t arte.—Over this Inscription is a Globe with the Cypher of . the Chief Consul, and underneath i s N;vr: rreri-Vi; virtzt evebit :ardens. The Hall destined for the Sitting of the Coffsata is just finished : it has a most majestic appearance; it is in an elliptical form, divided into two parts by a straight line.—There are fifteen rows of seats, Using- one abo-N . .e another in an amphitheatrical form. The following Bishops have given .in their. re. ignations, viz. the Bishops of Yr ItEs, of CHA.. lONS SUR MARNE, of MEAUX, Of NICE, of CAS- TRESS and the ARCHBISHOP Of MAYENCE. LEGISLATIVE BODY, D;e.29. The President. read, the followins Letter from the Constils : LEGISLATORS, The Government has determined to wthdraW the plans laid beforel you respeeling the Civil Code, and, also the Law for t b i randing Condemned Persons. It is wit!) regret that Government finds itself obliged to postpone to ano ther period, 'the Consideration of those Laws, which have been so anxiously expected by the Nation ; but it is convinced that the time is not yet come, when these import_ ant discussions can take place, with that calmneSs and unity of intention which they require. (Signed) DO NA P ART The Legislatirie Body decreed, that the Letter of the Consuls should be immediately communicated by a Message to the TribUnate. They then proceeded to a scrutiny upon the Elec_ . tion - of a Candidate to be preSented to the Conserva tive Senate. Out of 20,votes, 233 were for Ge neral LAMARTIIL I EE.E. YEsTEßnAy , afternooti the Court 7 lVlartial on the Mutineers at Portsmouth adjourned to thiS day, the Trial on those of the Temeraire not having been finished. The Ma i rine who was tried a few days ago for throwing a bottle at his,, Corporal, was yesterday morning executed, pursuant to his sentence; :. WI-I En the Preliminaries of Peace were first sign ed, many People imagined that the Definitive Treaty would follow very shortly. —We then Stated, that though we could not doubt, from the -disposition which appeared to manifest itself, that the' Definitive Treaty would be concluded, yer we stated Various points which remained fur discussiOn, and the arrangement Orwhich, we thought, might "po ; sibly require more time than was generally imagined. ;. Without pretending to be particularly in - the secret upon these points, it was obvious from the 'Preliminaries themselves, as well as' froio the ,De'hates• in Parliament,. that the points which reMaiTied to be adjusted were--.the Settldment of the Island of Malta;- 7 the, discharge *of , the Debt 'consraAed on account of French Prisoners of War ...the Indemnity to the STADTHOLEZEZ.—.arid other .points of less importance.—We ,never, .conceived that these details, although none of them, except the firs 4 is of very great importance, were likely to be .finally adjusted by this titrie.;-=yet we find persons already, in conversation, growing . impatien't, at • what they Conceive to-be an, unnecessary delay in bringing these matters to a -conclusion. Those' who' have'. considered the slow proceedinrrs of a • _ Congress', at which interests, the most remote and - collateral, must be discussed, will not be surprized .1 that, even that, Which appears plain and .erisy, ma,/ ye: be a work of time. journey of the CH t Er C:415111.. to _ f ors ; the absence of 'any of the Ministers who are to assist at the Coilores's ; - atly Internal Comthotion„ or a thousand other causes ;which, do- not affea the essential point, may still - suspe‘ nd the final decision at Amiens. If, which we do not, at all suspeet, TALLEYRAND PERI. Goat) should'he disposed, after the sailing of the Fleet to St. Domingo, to insist upon unreasonable • Concessions, with respe& to the Questions we ha•Ve alluded to, it would retie& the greatest discredit upon him, as a proof of the - most determined in sincerity—and we trust that 'the CHIEF CONpUL would not be a, party to such a proceeding. At all events, if amy difficulties are made, they must re late, we conceive, to some of the points which we have mentioned and those points do not appear to tis of that nature, which can create any serious ap prehensions as to the result. After the signature of the Preliminaries, new pmensions are out of the question. As to the sailing of the Fleet to St. Dom;,:go, we have before said that we have no suspicion that it is intended for any other purposen—except that which has been announced; and that is a purpose in which we ought heartily to co-operate. The success of the Expedition will b e beneficial to every • • Nation which possesses Colonies in the West Indies. The task which the CHI EF CONSUL has undertaken is most arduous ;—we do not expect to see it- ac. complished without great . sacrifices;,. but the under taking affords the only chalice of rendering the greatest of all the West India. colonies of any benefit to France. The Hamburgh Mail of Wednesday is not ar rived. Their - MAJESTIES and the Roym. FAMILY will remove from the Queen's Lodgeto the Queen's Pa lace, on Wednesday next, far the Winter.season. His MAJEsry's visits to Windsor for the re mainder of ihe Winter, till Lent, will be on Fri days; he will return to town on the Monday fol. lowing. Yesterday being the Anniversary of the Birth day of the Pit Nc.E ss CHARLOTTE of WALES, who attained her sixth year, the same was celebrated at Windsor by ringing of bells; firing of guns, and other demonstrations of respeet. Their MAJESTIES receive /I the Compliments of the Nobility and Gentry of the neighbourhood on the occasion, and in the evening had a large card party at the Queen's Lodge. Sir WILLIAM and. Lady PITT are visitors to Their MAJESTIES at the Queen's Lodge. Their MAJESTIES' Christmas Donations to the Poor of Windsor have been distributed by the Rev. Dr. FI S HER, to the cornforl of many indigent fami, lies. Last night . a splendid Ball was given by Mr. GAtyvvetcs . at. his seat at Brooklands, Herts, All the Beauty and Fashion of the County were there. On Friday newt Mr. CASSAMAJOR gives a grand Ball at his seat in Herts. Three hundred . cards of invitati on a re c i rcu l ate d f or t hi s entertainment. Colonel LITTL EHAL ES iS said to have Ire'„:nd o n hi s private affairs. gone to Op Monday last came on at Montrose, the elec tion for a Member of parliament for' the Aberdeen Distric'l of Boroughs, in the room of ALEX. AL - L AR DY C E , E sq . d eceased, when JAMES FA RVIHARI Esq. of Doaors' 'Commons, was unanimously re. turned., Thursday and yesterday the Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty held a Board for passing invalided sailors' and marines to. the Royal Hospital at Greenwich ; when those whose long service entitled them to go into the house, were admitted, and others received the benefit of the out-pension. • The cause, we believe, Of Mr. FRANC IS HELY HuTctittisox (who is the next brother to Lord HUTCH I NsoN) not coming forward to offer his par liamentary services for Cork, is on account of his posseising- a high and lucrative situation in the Cos_ toms of the. Port of Dublin, which is incompatible with a seat in the Commons House of the Imperial ParliaMent. It is Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON, the present Can- Aidate to succeed his Brother, Lord HuTcHitisox, in the representation of. Cock, and not his Lord ship, as is generally imagined, who is implicated in the charge of the faux pas with Mrs. Wo-dcock, a Bill for whose Divorce is now before the House of Loids. The Corn Trade yesterday at "Mark-lane for every article was extremely heavy, and it was with diffi culty the prices of Monday were made ; and should we have. any thing like a large supply next ttieek, and the weather continues open, we may look for a decline in most sorts of 'Grain. In consequence of the unhealthy and inaclAquate state and situation of the Burying-grounds of Paris, .the Government, has submitted a Bill to the Legis lature, to establish a grand Cemetry in a convenient :spot. It is to be surrounded with a high wall, .to be secured against the depredations of grave-robbert. It is likewise to have appropriate walks, under the .shade Of church-yard trees; ".where," says the Orator of the Government, " the sorrowful and contemplative may indulge i that pleasing melancholy which•.is akin to virtue, and where they may im- Priive - and refine their minds in a spot which is, as it yere, a middle point between this world and the n '.. t • • :We understand that it is in ,contemPlation to re , duee the tonnage of the ships, employed in , the ser vice of the Horiourable East India Cotiyany. The vast burthen of some of chit ships einploYed in the China. trade, renders then‘ very inconvenient to navigate, sand in heavy sea they labour so much as to entlanger . the Cargo. 'The Caroline, Wake, fyint Riga "to Amsterdam", was lost on the J4th nit, 011 the coast got 14011a1M. Crew 5;1 ti C(.l. NAVAL NEWS. PLYAIOUTII, Jaw. 7. • SAILEb, the Priece, of 98 gins,Capt. J. INC, and Namur, of 90 gals, Capt. Hon. M. De Cotri- Y, for Torbay. - - - PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 8. ARRIVED this moruing : the Ship Queen, MEG o isox,.from SurinatiiCL-She sailed early in Novem ber• 'F • in company wit a arge lea,. under, convoy of His Majesty's Ship'Magicienne, from which she pilled in a'gale of wind about a month since. • Arrived the Canton, Walmer Castle, Wand Thames East India Ships, from the Downs. • This morning a- Marine was executed on board His Majesty's Ship Acaito, at Spithead, pursuant to his sentence, for having throWn a glass bottle ai his Corporal. . . The Court Martial on the„ Mutineers of the re, meraire adjourned this evening, the Trials no: being over, HARWICH, JAN. $* THE Diana Post-Office Packet, - Car. Oss oiNr, arrived this morning from Helvoetsluys, with the first Dutch, Mail since the toMmunication has been open. The Express Packet; Capt. PELL, With tWo Mails on board for Holland, and the Prince of Wales,. Capt. DEANE, with the Hambro' and Bre_ men Mails of the 6th, are yet detained by contrary winds. Several puncheons of Geneva have been picked up at sea; betweeujiarwich and Orfordness, and brought to this Port, being part of, a cargo of some ship that must have been unfortunately lost upon this Coast. • His Majesty's Frigate Tartar, of 36 guns, Capt. JAMES WALKER, arrived at Barbadnes on the z Bth November, with her Convoy (on her way to Ja maica), all well; after thirty-one days passage. The .Hazard Sloop of War is arrived in, the Clyde, for the purpose of conveying to Ireland the State Prisoners at Fort George. The Peggy, Lambley, from .Newformdl4nd to arbadoes, is taken by a Spanish Privateer of r 4., guns, and sent for Porto Rico. THE ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN. = VISCONTI, the Prelate, who died so suddenly at Lyons, 'had reached the advanced 'age oreighty years. He - was remarked for the mildness of his charafter, and the. heauty of his person. He did not hesitate, at his time of life, to leave hi.' traycrsC Mount-Cents for the purpose of meeting the Repre sentatives of his Country, and the FIRST CONSiTL of France. He was accompanied by a Secretary, of a most, amiable charader, and by a Bookseller of Ambroisienne, who speaks the French language with more, purity and correctness than the greater part of Frenchmen. . The Archbishop was ,a de scendant of the antient sovereign D u k ea o f Milan, w h o ,. from havingabandOned their 'Principality to SFORZA, 'in ,repgnance, to .the interest of LiVvls of Orleans, the husband of VALENTINE TiscoNTl, gave rise to thOse sears in the Milanese, which, for a long periO4 rendered that country the burial place of the French. According to,tar on i us , The ophilas. Reynaud, and other Ecclesiastical Histo rians, ST. •,AMBROSE, Archbishop 'of Milan, was born - at Lyons, in the year 333, and his father was A 'Prefect of the Gauls, It is observable, that the successor of ST.- . AiitittosE arrived in the native country of the' Sitln t . on the day .of the Anniversary of his memory.. • The , purpos'e purpose'' which the late Archbi s h op o f Mum , : accompanied BONAPARTE, in order to ef face froin the Italians all 'apprehensions. that the French camel,for the' subversion of their leligion, proves, at least, that- the licentious doctrines' of mo d ern Philosophy have not obtained' such an ascent dancy on the Continent as was suppOsed.. It proves also, that,the Republican Armies found it necessary, for their success, not to attempt' the destruffion of RELIGION, which- will afford 'consolation, to man kind when all the baneful tenets of a corrupt Philo sophy, like their detestable authors, are buried in oblivion. The celebrated Physician VAN MARtirk, and. the Professor PSAFF DE KJEL, have undertaken a grand Series of Experinients, for the pUrpose of. proving the nature of Galvanism. They have charged an Eledrical Battery of 140 square feet, by the con_ tad alone of the tube of Volta, and-have diseover ed that this tube excites so strongly, that some of the explosions far exceed those of the most power ful Eledrical Machines. They have melted, by means of Elearicity, thus excited, two inches of iron wire, and even of wire of Flotilla. They will publish immedi a t e ly the result of these experi ments. The reports lately arrived by the , liaiributgh Mail, relative to VEsTais and his fair companions, are erroneous; and founded oh a report prevalent at Paris, which •reached us some days since. ,The fad we believe is, • that VESTR TS .left Bourdeaux sud denly, with an intention of arriving at Lyons in time to dance before the First Coniul, hoping that his zeal on that occasion would pave the way foi obtaining his Passport to England. • LE TEXIER, who has for .so many yearsenter tained the People of this Town with his Readings of French Comedies, has arrived at "Paris, where : he has given some specimens of his uncommon talent. The Royal . EconomiCal Society of Madrid' bas. admitted into its bosom, with . the Tille'of Asso ciates of Mertt, Count RUMFORp, and Dr. PINNER,. the inventor of Vaccine Inoculation. MAIL FROM HOLLAND. Thus morning. arrived ,a Mail from ifel/a .. /iA From a Correspondent at Rotterdam, we have freer) favoured with the following Articles of Intelligence : OPEN' (irriftriccAty), DEC. 3 r ..---Let ters - Brechaftst mention, that PAsw AN Ocmu is at pre. sent causing the coin of the GRAND SEIGNIOR to_ be counterfeited ; for which purpose he has already Used about sooolb. wt. of silver and copper; but the Army as well as the inhabitants refuse to accept' this money: . According to Letters froui Bruins; several l i aclia-s, with an Army consisting of 7otio Kersals; Spahis, and many thbusand Janisi ries, are marching towards Widdin and Belgrade i 7. and it is confidently asserted, that the Van of. this Army is ,already arrived in the vicinity of the lest mentioned City. - BERN, SVri 'MEI:LAND, DEC. ZO.—The Cou 'rier which the Senate had 'dispatched to Paris, after the Chief Bailiff, was there detained by him till an opporzunity offered of giving some particulars of an audienCe s4ith the First Consul.' Last night he returned here ; and immediately on his• ar.. rival, the Senate was summoned to an - extraordi.; • nary 'Sitting. According to goneral report, the following is the substance of the Dispatches which he brought. REDING has bad two audiences with TALLE'iR NWD, and on with the First Consul, and, in every instance was much more favourably received than had been eeCted. He has been assured, that • xp France did not desire a renunciation of any part oi Switzerland; on. the contrary, that what France possesses already'of the Country, shall be restored.. Each - Canton is left .at. liberty to chuse for itself whatever Constitution it shall please ; and- the Al. Hance of.' 79 . 8 shall be annulled. 'For the,remain.. der, the chief Bailiff' mentions, that his stay -ark Paris will be of much longer duration than he had at, first imagined, since he has been requested to ne. - gotiate in person with the Minister fur ForeignAf. airs, respetting these points. , VigNx - A, Ec i§.—The solicitations to have . the X fx6' of Em it aI A - acknowledged by our Court, -• are again renewed: however, it is extremely pro..: Kahle that this acknowledgment will not taktzpiace` before the GRAND Ilua-a of TuscANT is fully , in:. - " demnified for his Dukedom. • - - • Yesterday Dispatches were received here from the Count - of SAV ROO, our Minister at Peterstiurgh, which relate to the business of Indetnnity Ger., many. _ The annual revenues- which the Cip-Ano Du :s. of TUSCANY has 10t, and for which he must be in. demnified, are said to amotmt to i,700,000 florins. DEc. 19.—The several Archives of the Nether,. lanch; 'which relate to the Finances, the Sovereign Tribunal, the National Debts, &c. are now handect to' the French Amliassador residing here. The De- , partment of the Netherlands, which bad existed stilt hitheito, is abolished. . , BERLIN, DEC. 26.—General MACDONALD 13 '6ll - 01:tly expthed here from Copenhagen :he wilt i stay a,month in this City, and then proceed to Palis s , . wit kiwis friend General BEITRNoNv r LL E. Theitr.Majesties - the King and — t-JeE7 -rc a r il rived, from Potsdam in this Metropolis, where they .4 11 wilipass the winter.---His Majesty has 2 1 /paints-A his Irother, PRINCE WILL lAN, Captain of Horac of the Guards du Corps in this Capital, . THE HAGUE, JAN.-2.—To-day a message was received in the Legislative Assembly, from the Government of State, accompanied by two plans, the one regarding the National Tribunal and the other the National Syndicate ; the discussion of both which were referred to t: a Committee ; when i was resolved, that an extraordinary sitting shOuld be held on the t2th of January. The business of this' meeting is said to be the l)ecrecing of the two Pro. , positions above-mentioned, with another for National Chamber of Accounts,' and also for e3ti. mating- the Ways and Means for the year 180'2. The greatest part of -this country, in consequerice of the continual rains, and strong South-west winds, ,which'We have had for some time vast; lies at pre• sent under water. Several interior dykes hav e g ivea way, which contributes not alittle t o t h e t a l am i t y. Ai Hazirswoude, an accident of this nature tool: place between the 27th and 28th ult. in thetifti,oht-; and, If the greatest vigilance had not been Altrted, a general inundation in that quarter would have been the consequence. At Sevenhiiizeti an inundation has occasioned the most dreadful ravages : the 'mills, the carpenters and shipwrights yard, - and.the barns, hayricks,'&c. of the farmers, are entirety under: water, which,' in some places, is risen twelve feet abOve the dry ground. The' cattle, indeetl,: are saved, but, with the unfortunate labourers, irt danger of perishing through want. Contrary to custom, we have as yet had but little snow and. frost.' - ' • , • rs . . Admiral HARTZINK; `with oquabrOn; con.- sisting of .otie French and • three Dutch Frigates,. having'the — lthrnilf-brigade of French Troops or) board, has put to sea: Notwithstanding the arrival'ot several English' Coal-ships in the• Ports of this Republic, since the., signing of the Preliminaries, there is at. present great scarcity of coals; and the prices are accord , : ingly advancing. A',Letter from Mllenblirg mentiOds, that apart -, ments are fitting up in the Castle oflOrangestein, for .her Highness . . the Hereditary -Pitt cms of BauNs.. . WICK, who is to pass some time w i t h t h e P r i n ce 1 ' her fatheri • SURREY hog RAILWAY.--011 Thursday last v the Lbek, Canal, and Eason, from whicihhe pro poked Iron Railway. is • to commence aFWands worth, was opened, and the water' admitted front the Thames. The first barge entered 'the lock amidst a concourse of spea.ators, ‘'vlio rejoiced in the completion of this part of the important an" useful work. A discovery has taken place at Birmingham, by meads of, an accomplice,. of the .e n g rav ip g ~.! quantities of Bank Notes. It is ofsuclicOnseqelenc e ' that the Bank Directors have sent their Sots: tors with proper Officers, down there, it being presuwea that several are .00rrcerned, besides the one now i ll Newgate. ,