The Sun. — London, England, 1802-02-20 00:00:00

NA VA L NEWS. SHEERNESS, FEB. T 9. Tins day arrived His Majesty's Ships DLqator an Gorg on , armee-en-fiute, from the D owns; t h e for d mer of which has passed up to Chatham, and the latter, with the Caroline, has passed up the Thames. DEAL, FEB. 19. SAILED through the Downs, the Sally, with a la rge Fleet of Coasters, from the Westward for the Yesterday e ast a Court of .Director s was held at the India House, when Capt. JOHN REDDI E was swo rn into t h e Command of the Neptune, o f 1200 tons, destined for China direft. BY the Suffolk Rice-ship, we l earn, that ' the Princess Mary Packet, whi c h sa il e d from Eng land in September last, was to leave St. Helena for In dia the 26th DeceMber. that the W e learn by the Sqffro/k, from . Bengal; 13°//,, mounting eight 1 z _pounders, arrived at A m _ (1 hoyna o n the 3d of September, having encounter! a very severe Aaion of four hours with a Spanis h_ cruizer, off the Liana- of tangue3r) on. the July. The Pa ll y is much shattered in her masts, 3rst of yards and rigging, having fough t at a distance of 'a cable's length, and sometimes much nearer. Mr. CURRI Was dangerously wounded by 2 shot srrik ing one of the'guns, which, together with thrsplin, ters, entered his thigh.' We have the pleasure to state the safe arrival at Fort Marlborough, of the Honourable E ast India Company's Ship th e 0 , arnaiic, Captain HORATIO 132 EVC)R 3 on the 12th of 114, The Carnaifric sailed from St. on on the Bth of May, and was to sail front Bencoolen to China on the ist of August. The Afillerva, COOMBE, from Egypt, at Portsniouth. is arrived When the Ships ar e paid of at Plymouth, it is li.l,nderstood - that the Seamen 'who belongto Ireland, Sc otland i ' s-iveepodl, or other distant ports, are to free sen t round to their respetlive homes in Tenders, t ree of „ ptnoe i a very salutary measure. 'lle trpe Precaution was taken at the conclusion of the lahti7e Treaty in September T 781. . A ittie‘ re^ ' • board . •,,..etved in town from•a Gentleman on moi; Fl'',ooiajeSty's Ship Racoon, dated. at Naples ' ' fro 'n-luarY 18 0 z, stares—That the Racoon . / t‘ '- ii !. (l n 1 Malta on Christmas-day, where she lett ii °t1,1(1 1 . 11 and Sir RICHARD BICKERTON, with le Ships as below, all well. The Captain of the , ;ler" ELpHINSTE, died a short time before she a `leu , Two days before Christmas -day, General 3:diuTotitiisdii (who had been at Malta some time ,'Posed) was invested with the Order of the benef it and wriS about to proceed to Messina for the e . i leht of his health: The Racoon. Was expeded to ~.'a,l ! agai n for Malta in a day or two. Malta was ' ; `, 1 ,, 11 o.t* Troops, under the command of General Fox: "i,t,nr• cMP.IoN is the Civil. Governor. Nearly all - b u 'ti 'Ttoops had arrived at Mailta from ''gYt : t h &i ll , t, e remainder, from i sod to 2000, were up to; , P r e r .. ed, Foreilm Troop s havin g been sent 0 co n ,,, an ..,„'son Alexandria, whiclk are likely.to ac for te is s'ettltd. Mi s r Y kit nerdi BAIRD t o India, when. ewer} The Thrives sailed from Malta: ghe ' r 'l• - ri ' .151 - m.l . - • . L , ~ shi ylng at ata were .-, ' . Guiroyant, Lord KE: iT H . 4,,,,,,014 ii.Liai'as, Sir R. Bitkiicrow. traakei; 1 , .4nap Mermaid, Tißre,i Rre, . 13113,1/.0 Vlorentina . Mercury, 'T hetis o tid li c,41. ' 114ondovi, Tartarus, COmelion b_o.vor, . : ri1,z2t.,11-ound, liiri.:ortliritierland, Transfer, I Itroi ne, Regu lus ' Thisbe, VeSlal ;rid cle,innlee, Illonmouth 8t on 'Wossenaar. fBt. f)orotlia, under Order ' s for Englund. ,xierinient, ditto for Gibraltar. andora, sailed for Gibraltar N‘ith Troops. Romulus, for Aiekandria, with ditto. i ik kl arise, fOr Sicily,, ZZlptienne, for England. - .-,...........:--._.._._._____.. 4itIERIC4. ~.........._ --- JAN, 13. • ' A Gentleman jus arrived at Baltimore from the 7 t:St Indies, bringst intelligence o f the arrival there sbf a F renc h F leet, consisting of forty-fi ve sail, with troo ) ,, t destined fo r Guadaloupe. JAx. 18.—The follOviing Publi s h ed here this day : Official Notice has been . ". 214:a1.-an Coss:date; ti v i... , i,,, ~ " fiavanmab, Drc. 25, igoi. lish„11 th a is Occici of tie Government of this Island, pub. Itt ir ~,,,".u.'s clay, the admission of American, ,and all other clate:'.' ' es, tis from any of its ports, is prohibited from this " Yott will be preat;tcti ir, to give immediate publicity to Triva ,“ation, lot this infon .‘iie government of the Merchants and , ..trs or your distr::!.t • " I remain, Sir, with respe4, . " Your most obedient Servant, '' T. c ) the C,)l.ic6to of r Port " JOHN MO IkTON.." of Newdyorrx."t e kNiink y r,.....1?„ a ship fr'o'm jamaiea, arrived at Norfolk, We lean); that five Sail of the Line bf the Channel Fleet had arrived there, and seven Mot.'" tvtiere 111°Inerrtarily ex-Jeaea with 7coo' Troops.. :arracks were preparing at Spanish Tovvn for 4000 tzelen'. it is sul)posed that they were to ni in con re with the French Troops in the redudion of St. bontingo. i '''''• 20. A Letter from Richmond; Virginia, t ° a. Gentleman in Philadelphia, dated jan. scill 1 goz) says ; c' We have been alarmed by an h ex_ hay which arrived- from burgh last Thurs . ''aY to the Governor of this place; with inforMation ripenthat the Negroe s of the' County of Notway had in a body of soap, with an intent to destroy 411 the Whites. Happily they were discovered in It'lle, otherwise I fear we should have been in a bad y. The Troops and Citizens are patrolling the treets every night in this City. Some of the Con 'Pirators are taken : the rest are dispersed in the viood" Mr. fer e d to WA RL, a dashing Fox.77tryirr, has of- Zl,are, bei 1 DELoooover gui neas, that he rides his favourite ewmari cA3 and Ediubu rg Hying, every turvike-g ate b etween .i h - eORRESi'ONhiikrCE; RAW:MACH, rts. 12. ,•: TT is asserted by well informed pirsod% that Prussia and Austria, seeing at 1e . 4111 their true interests, have come to an aiFe . ernent on the subjea of the Indemnities, and that the GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY, as well as the PRINCE of GRANG E, will both be indemnified for their losses; the first -in Bavariir, and the other in the Duchy of Westphalia, where there will be now assigned to him, it is said; some one ,of the Bishoprics of Hildesheim, Paderborn, or Osnaburgh, or even that of Munster. The Hereditary PRINCE Of ORANGE has returned to his Father, and it is supposed he intends to re_ . pair again= to London, by the way of•Franee. THE HAMBURGH MAIL. VIENNA, F. 3. THE GRAND VIZIER intends next summer, as soon as the affairs of Egypt are settled, to go into the Provinces of Syrittand Natoh . a. The CAPIrAN PACHA will also set out agaiint PASWAN OGLOU with a Flotilla, and has requested that a considerable number of English Gfficers shall accompany him on this Expedition. His IMPERIAL MAJESTY has appointed Baron von Cutriktr 'PEN as his Atnbassador to the Helvetic Republic, with a salary of 18,000 florins. HANAU, FEB. 6 IT is again openly said at Orangettebry that three Battalions of Prussian Infantry, two Squadrons of Hussars, and a Battery of Artillery, shall be at the PRINCE of ORANGE'S service, rig he has time to organize a body of National Troops for himself. FE.BRUARY 6.—A new Revolution has broke out in the Island of Corfu, in which the Democratic Patty have obtained the ascendant. Three Companies of Troops _have .set out foi Zurich, and peace has again been restored there. At Genoa all masquerades have been prohibted. ST. PETERSI3URGit, JAN. z 6. THE Danish Ambassador, LOWENDAIIL, has received from the EmrEaoa•of RUSSIA a snuff-box valued at 10,000 roubles, and inclosing a pidure of His Majesty, on account of the share. which his Court took in the Chnvention between Russia and England: THE DUTCH MAIL. BUSS FEB. ALL the Belgic O?ic+•rs in the service of Austriai. svho had leave to return home, have now received orders to join,their respdlive Corps by the isth of March next. Many of them, whose Regiments are in garrison in Italy, or in other distant Coun tries, have already set off. The motive assigned for this unexpected recall, is the intended forma tion of fixer Camps in Pile Austrian States, in which a forCe is to be assembled df more • than too;000 men. The - number of Belgic Officers Of all ranks who yet.remain attached to the Imperial Armies, is very considerable; but Soldiers of this Country become evety day more rare amongst the E24PE. ROR'S Troops ; the greater part of them profiting by the expiration of their term Of service, to retail home, whilst others desert their Colours; LEYDEN, FEE. 13. Wt are informed from the Hague, that the tavian Legislative Body adopted on the rdth of this month the: plan of a Voluntary Loan of .3o millions, which was proposed by Government, for the ptirpoSe of relieving the leople from a For Ced Contiihution to an equal amount ; the extraordinary demands of the present year having rendered such a surri ne.: ceSsary. HAGUE, Fla. to. Sb.'./EKAL Members of our East Indian Company have petitioned Government? to be indernhified for the losses they sustained in evacuating Cefion ; and luither i petitioning that England may indemnify them- for the Dutch East India Company's Ships which were detained at the commencetnent of the War ; and also that attention nay be paid to the transactions at Amiens, with regard io the Cape of Good HOpe i by which it is said that Nit is to be waS's flee to . the English i but Maintained it the expence of the Republic. The regular Theatres, We - conceive ; have 'fittk reason to be apprehensive of the Dilleta n ii Perforni ers, who seem disposed to try the operation of the, Vagrant Ael, for though they may play Well enough to keep each other in countenancei the best of them would app earl on a puhliOStage,, less entitled to &i -deal praise, than the Mbst inferior of thoie who have been.trained ro the theatrical profession. • The modern race of slovenly beittx, with the slaving path under the arm for the - reception of the kaudketch;V, seem disposed to illustrate the old saying of a saw with a side ;docket." P:4 CIS, r F.R. tt; ALL that, the English Jourrials have saki relative to the Preliminaries signed with the Porte, and of it,s a6leal relations with Frante, is devoid of foun dation. The two nations were never animated with so sincere a desire to cultitrate their-antient friend , ship, aii3 to re„eStablisli all the,, ties which they maintained . for so long a period.—(oficial nal.) An American Brig arrived at Oporto from Balti more, reports,. that in three degrees of latitude, and twenty-three of _longitude,. it perceived a Ship of the Line, under French colours, in a state of great distress, firing signal guns. He vainly attempted, fdr several' hours, to join the ship,, the sea being too high, „and the wind too boisterous. , I3ouRDEAux, FEB. i I.—The Civil and Mili tary Authorities met yesterday, at the Mayoralty of the Centre, to hear the report of the Deputies, whom the City of Bourdeaux had sent to Lyons. Citizen PARTARRIEU LAFOSSE, one of the two spoke, and gave the ,most satisfaEory account of their mission. In the different interviews which the Deputies had with the Chief Consul, nothing escaped • him that might fix the best means of re, storing to our City its intierit prosperity; he questioned the Deputies on our local and commer cial resources} and ended by giving them the assur ance, that when St. Domingo should be, restored - to France, a period which could not be, far distant, he would, with pleasure, visit the City of .Bourdeaux, which he did not know, but in which he had the most lively interest. Maclaine - BONAPARTE par- ticularly assured the Mayor of the Centre, at a dinner to which the Chief Consul. had invited the Deputies, that she would gladly accompany her husband, and would hasten the period as much-as she 'could. The Chief Consul was highly sensible of the .step the City of Bourdeaux• had 'taken, and gave-the Deputies the most flattering marks - of 'his good will. HAGUE, FEB.' 6.—The taking of Ternate; by the EngliSh, is confirmed, bY•intelligence from Bata via. Private Letters 'announce, that after two months obstinate - resistance, that bland was given up by Treason - During the night, a Batavian Officer opened one of the gaz . es of'the Fort, after which the Fiscal'KuNr; and some Members of the Police, possessed theinseiv"64 - of the tit-a've . Com mandant and delivered the FOrtress to the English. • The Governinnnt has' ordered its Agents at the Ports to erercise the greatest vigilanCe with respea, to strangers arriving from England: they cannot. remain in the country, nor 'traverse • it, if their passports .are not strictly according to rule. RATISBON, FEB. 4.—The Envoyof the Eleacf,r of Cologne to the Diet has notified to his Col leagues, that the Chapter sitting at Arensprg,, had communicated to the Archduke AriTriNy VICTOR, the request which had been madeto him to renounce his Episcopal rights on the Left Bank of the Rhine, and that that Prince had replied, that not having yet assumed the reins of Government, he could not give his opinion upon the subjeft. That he never theless thought it right to advise the Chapter to follow the advice of the Ele6tor of Adayence, and consult the wishes of the Pope. The Minister of the Eledqr of Trevei has L an nounced to tide Diet, that his Master had fornia4 renounced all his Metropolitan rights on the Left Bank of the Rhine. FRANKFORT, FEB.. 7. 7 --Letters from Cassel sine; that a dispute has taken place between Citiien RIVAL§, the ,Minister lilenipotentiaiy of the French Republic to the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, and the Envoy of a great •Power ; the dispute, it is said, arose from the latter having claimed precedency be fore the French Envoy. It is said, that all the Ambassadors and Envoys of the French Reptiblic, • have received instritetions from the Minister for Foreign. Affairs, _to claim the same rights ;ld pri vileges at Foreign CoUrts, as were enjoyed by the French Ministers, _under the Monarchy,. We are assured that *in the Negotiations between the Cabineti of the. ThUiDeries, Vienna 'and Ber. rm, a question has arisen respeftin,g the fan-ions chity Of Elsfletli, paid by, all the_ vessels that navi gate the Weier, and which occasioned great dis putes at the Congress : of Radstadt. It is said, thaea, proposition has been made to indemnify the Bishop of LuBECi, the proprietor of this, duty, by converting this Protestant Bishopric into a Prin.. eipality, - fOr the house sof Holstein Odenbourg. The suppresSion of thii duty will, be extremely ad- vantageous to the city of Bremen. 4:. The English General CRA tkOCK, I,vho served doting the campaign in Egypt, arrived here the day betore yesterday from . Naplea and Route, with five Of his Officers: They will return home through France. MILAN, EEL 7.--Some • Membetis of the eci 7 sulta at Lyons have artived here: Their return has produced enthusiastie satisfaaion throughout the whole Italian 'Republic: AtMilan, the City was illurriinated for, three successive days. The Cninthittee °lithe Government has published the folloWing ProelaMation, which Wad' received with 'acclamations by the People. . The Tteatrof Litneyille established the independence of the rtarian Republic : at the moment when that- Treaty was:signed, this Coubtry Was held by right' of-conquest, aud was ruled by a Proyisory Government, entirely under the dircelion of the General of the French Arniy. " It was necessary to.prOceed to organize this Country ; and this was the objc of the Consulta at Lyons. • " Two kinds of otganiiation Were in our choice' the one of that sort which this Country obtained. in 1796.—This might haYe been imposed by force; buc would never havo been . submitted to by.the indabitants.—ft would haVe duced' disorder and civil dissentions. ft Would have rendered die cisalpine the center of anarchy; and cohseilucntly a per petual objet* of terror to her neighbours'. " The second organization nearly corresponded .to that proposed by the inhabitants, with a strong and central Co- Vernment. Al r' the places have be.en easily filled up, forlew Coun-; tries abound in Citizens to distinguished both by their in.: formation and their probity. .‘ But the fist tn up. place; . owing to . circustances, was so easily filled up. On this account, that line of condud seas followed, which the interest of the Country diel'atedi and, we rinly, say,.the interest, well understood', of her neighbours. ,‘ The Gurernmentis firedat Milan. The principal Laws necessary to set . the Constitution in motion are framing : and the country,' without efibrt, and in allhort will find itself completely organized. . • ivtio iniagii - 1:1 at org.:<rizet tgis s one day, in one hour; simply by digesting a p`..iper; must : A - hid. something extraordinary in acconiplishing such a Measure. " ButSpcli as are conv4icod that a 'People Nally OiseSsei no Constitution except - when it is effective; and that all Nations, themornents of orgadqation are a terribjo crisis, wil,l readily be carivii=ceil that the steps Which the Constilti at I;your has taken.;- are,both wise and natural.; arid whit ever rn,:iy . be said to find more in its.codelusioni than is tezlllk to be . found there; is but idle prating. - " •Hut it niay be ;Said, that France conibines faits thirty millions of inhabitants the accession o! Intluente,attached td foui millions Which inhabit the Italian Itepunlic !! ! Ari al:triti is ex..ired on this account—an outcry against the povvt.+ and amb;ticiii of France.,,: • • . " Let us compare tgrifldence of France in different parts of Eurdpe since the Treaty of Lunevillei with that which she possessed in tic 8. In 1788 France posses,:d a consi derahile influence over the iclC, of S A.FtniN A, the kina NTAPI,Ei, and the Repith/ic of Venice. Over the Repubii.; of..Arenice; becatise she was, by her situation, the eneniy of France; over the 'l(x sic. of N et, Es; on account or the- ka. mily Compact; over the KING, of SAR ,-- zAtor he was bound to France, by his inability to defenct Savoy and Nice, by double Alliances, and still more, by the pretensions .01 4kustria to Montserrat. Thus Frarite posSettscd an influence in the system of Europe over three great 6tatei, containing tWelVe millions amen. "-At the present period, Venice belongs to the EmpEßda. with regard to Naples the Fainity Compatt, no iunger ex-: ists. The Italian Republic iriuSt, - therefore, cOMpensate bot of these losses. . " Thiis Fratiee has made rid addition to her influent-0.--; The cessiou'ill Venice has given the EMPEROR a marked ascendant in the Adriatic, and over tt.iiy ; and if the Italian Republic languished, in disorganliazon—if she did not be.; come the sure and faithful Ally or France, the political state of Europe would beat the disposal of Austria; the equili brium would tie lost, and the result Of - a War; during which we have conquered in .a hundred battles-,--during which we have twice (band Peace under the walls of Vienna, would be to place us in a situation• worse than before the Wai•:--; France ought not to exercise an inordinate power over the neighbouring Countries ; but she ought carefully to watch over the equilibrium, the true guardian of Peace. " In the system of Germany, 'Vaud, Turkey and Swe; den united themselves with France. Poland is no more : it has been eniplojed w.augment the power of our neighbours.' Turkey, a. prey to civil , war, is just able to. retain the con sistence necessary to centime to ekist ; she can no longer have any Weight in the affair 3 of Germany. " The acgui.sitions which Russia has madt in. Poland; the degree of civi.lization and power to which that State teas attained in modern times, and time Which Changes every thing—all these circumstances have exc!ted the Descendantt . of CHARLEI. XI I. to maintain the eouilibrium of the Baltic; but have left them no real power in the atiairs of Germany. • " The accession. which Frante has acquired in the four Departments of the Rhine, does not compensate the acces sions Which her neightiours have acquired by-the partition of Poland.: ThiS partttion has rendered France a double ioser because she has not only seen a natural Ally, of considerable population, annihilated in the balance of Europe; but even gone to , enlarge those whom she shbuld have assisted to keep within bounds. - " In the equilibrium' of the affairs of Germany; Fran 4 haS rather lost than gained; and if sShe had .been obliged t 6 acquiesce in the Partitions of PoJand witiniut obtaining as a compensation-.neither Belgium; nor the ton Pepartthents of the Rhine, she would have, eased to be; what she etas ways been, a Powi:r of theifrst rad. • . . " We ivill not continue this parallel further; nor,derrion &trate how ditkrent the situation of France was in :788, and' after the Pitluninaries of London:- 'ft.7i.rpoo SA I a," like Po-- :land; has disappearea froM the sySteM of India, and Lis l'erritories have gone to inctease thelmnienseposSessions of the English. • - • " No Naticni ever shewed- Sbr Much moderation as Fiance, All that . she conquered in -Mar, she has restored at Peace. But it is proper she should restria herself to certain limits, beyond which the Gbvernment must fall: into weakness.-- EquilibriuM in the atElirs of Germany, ectuitibriuni in the attairi of I taly- - stich is the systein of France: she does hot desire to'give the Law, burshe does not cli(x)selci receive it. • ~ . . . . 4 , On - considering. the political situation of Enrol:Pe. in every point of view; .Ive sec that:France lias gained no ne‘V accession Of intlitithc.t. she has .only maintained herfotnief rank." . . VE , acr' ; JA4. 30.--Wc learn froni dove u, that the new ConstitntiOn of that Island -has been orga nited, and received the arpiobation of the inverial Courts. The principal articles are as follows ' The soVerei , -iity resideS in. an Arislocrgtic cowicil of 2.10. Members, of whom, 40' are front the Towns acid Villages; and rob froth the City . : of the hist, 40 . are taken front the class of the Nobles, 4o front the Proprietors or ArtiSts, fourteen froth the Merchants • and :;ix front the Ar tisans. The Mtmliers oftliat Council shall be eatled and shall not capable pf being removed. any one dies, the Council shall replace m frOut the saine class; Ali the Aristi, convicted of any public crime, or of having sold or bOught votes; shall fortit their seats. A Tribunal of Cel7s4ire shall be appointed to overlook the conduCt of the Aristi. The Ex-Venetiait and Nlonicipal Laws shall re n•kain, in force till-the new Code• be digested by the Council. It shall riatite, .both it; OwtiLimiv . ; ;hive -§eitatorii, Who shag. concert- with those of the other such measures as relate to the whole Republic: " The Council shall ehOose the Members of the.Oovern, menti . the Ml4ai;:stracies.,and Tribunals, who shall remain iri their tunetions only one The Council shall only re solve by a plurality of voiCes. It shall set on foot a force necessary for the SafetyOf the Isle. Religion, customs, and property shall be religiously respected, except the Eccle.: stastical VOssessions; whiCh shall be subjed to the exigen cias of the public - interest: The Aristocratic Council may modify the Constitution, add to; or take away from some, articles; but it has no right to Change any of its principles, of Which we have given an dxtraet." VttftrA, FE B. 3.- 2 —The French Ambassador has frequent conferences with our Minister of State. A Camp of 39,000 men will,- in the ensuing Spring, be formed in the neighbourhood of Pr•esburg,: The necessaries of life and the• articles of luXury are vary deaN , • Tat THEATRE.-:—The Tragedy of T 7 r=recian pdu g htei7 ; the work of d writer whoie dramatic ta lents We hope will again be employed for the grad.: fiCation if the Public, was tepreSented at Drury.: Line Theatte last bight. Mrs. SIDDONS exerted all her powers tri tie charaer of Eitphraiia, and rendered it highly interesting. It chatiaer which affordi ample scope for the talents of this' great ACtress. The eniatiohs of fflial affeetion; Of scorn, indignation; and dread towards the Tyrant Diousiasi and those of Conjugal affeCtion and pa. triatic Were'_ admirably di versified and corn. bined. The part of Diovitiii, in consequence of the illness of BAViytstoßE, was performed by CArtitrELD' with tolerable strecess. CAULFIELD' did not want fire; brit he b lazed rather too Arc'et:y.r There was, indeed, a want of light and shadow in his peiformatic'e, fatigued the ear by too unL form a turbulence. Kt:4B L d being still indisposed; WitoVoiutortZ. took the part of Eljaild r, which he supported.wirb his usual good sense and feeling; but with so pin a step and such active &lotion, that the aged monarch Mai be supposed to have had an t.X. cellent Constitution, in being able sci soon to re._ cover front' the cffeaS of igip . risexpient,and starvation,. The Siege of #ilgietc 1,4 , , it seems, is, preparing at Covent-Garden Theatre. Surely it A.Vould, be more politic to' bring fivgward COB g's new Opera, than one he wrote so many years ago, except, indeed,' for the sake of• the Music, which is much- superior to moat produaions of the kind that the Public have beard since the death.of itsin4enioul Composer„