The Sun. — London, England, 1802-10-21 00:00:00

AR& TV El) 'Frerch Haniburgh o Consols. MAILS. PRICE OF STOCKS, Tlir.i...ZAV A T TWELVE O!CLOZIC. T H E SUN. D ',' Z it 0 I SALEM QZ.ITS FeaLSCM AUDEAT ? 6 ,1 Omnium . 9 a Disc. :CONDON, OCTOBER 21, 1802. V!2 this morning received the Mcnikur of the 17th inst. It contains no intelligence foreign or do mestic, but there is a long Decree, regulating the Dresses which the grand Judge, Commissaries of Government, and Registers, are to wear upin cer lain occasions. There is also a Decree for the Establishment of a School of Artillery at Metz. The French Journals are wholly silent with 're_ weft to any movement of BONAPARTE, and we have 'ourselves received no further information respdling his reported visit to the Sea Coast ; but we hear that Letters have been received in Town this morning, which state that he aaually was at Boulogne on Saurday last. The circumstance, however, alto gether, seems to require some further confirmation, before it is entitled to implicit belief. THE Plan cf a Constittition for Switzerland, fit; :lei, by the Diet of Sch , wit;, appears to have 'been roUli.)lied for the purpose of sheaving to the World, that they are not to be intimidated or ov,et-aWed by the Consular Mandate. It may- be consifiertd i as an implied Answer to the insulting declaration of France, an Answer which was to be eXpeded from the Bravery and Independent Spirit .the Swiss. The Constitution thus projeCted, ,is founded upon the model of ;he Antient Canstitu. tion of that Country, and is sandioned by the will of a large Majority of the People, whilst the Gallic Helvetic Government is rapported by only a few mercenary adheren'ts. The interference of France, therefore, if persisted in, will appear in ,till more odious colours. Although. the Diet of ScLvz,e;tz has not, according to the latest intelli. gence, returned'any positive answer to the tyran nical deminds of the French Government, yet the publication of tl►e Plan of a Constitution agreed upon by the Representatives of Switzerland, is a sufficient indication of the will and the sentiments of that People. All pretext even for Mediation, striefly so called, much less for hostile interference, is; therefore, now taken away, since the will of an Inclependellt People has been declared, through the medium.of its Representatives ; and if the Powers of Europe do not interfere to support it .against the tyrannical diElation of France, they tacitly acknow. ledge that the Independence of Nations is only a name, aild that it may be violated with impunity, whenever a favourable opportunity tempts the am bition of an unprincipled and powerful State. The ROYAL FAMILY left Windsor yesterday morning - for Kew, where they reside till Saturday. Fits MAJESTY came , to town and held a Levee at St. James's Palace, at which were present, their Ekcellencies the French, Sardinian, Russian, Hes sian-, Neapolitan, Hanoverian; Swedish,-and Portu guese EnVoys; . the Minister froni the Court of Wir tetriberg, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the SeeI:ETA - II I F.s, for the WAR and HOME DETART. Mt 11T, and tic ,follo.wing Nobility : His Grace the Duke of Portland.. E.41..i —Sandwich, Moira, Beshorotigh, Dartmouth, Castlo reagh, Winchilsea, and Shaftesbury. Viscouitt Stopford. 'Lords —Duncatinon, Scn. and Tim. Hawkeshury, Hobart, ' Polham, St: Helens, Radstock, Glenbervie, and Heath ' Ifichl. r .11-711 'ultency, G. Osborne, and W. Wynne. • _ Doitis, Fisher, Ectinonstone, and St. John Barry. "1.• —'jalvert, Barry, Long, Gordon, and,Cumm,ings. • 4 (.;artlishore, Wynne - Fremantle, (Chamberlain to His Majesty's Dr. 6, Th Hen. _Ai- Legge, and the Rev. Mr, Chapman. 13..w...0uth, (sworn in-Loud Steward of His Majesty's 11,-, 11 ;e!, , ,, ), 'NL,L the... Levee or the tirt tinie, since his appolntmenr. , • Lorc}s Dup.:armpit, Sen. and Jun. were morally introduced by thOr F.triler, Earl Besborough. • The Itor. john Barton, late (7 baplain to the House of Corn mon4- appotnted•Canon and Prebend of Canterbury, went • to. Court, bit was too lane Co be introduced. . • Thrf Non. and Revbrend Mr:. Legge, 'Canon 'and Prebend of WindsUr, from the Prebendary or Canterbury. His Lxzellency. Ch a rles Cameron, late Governor of the of Milta. M:. rrance, accompanied the Earl of Winchilsco. -Count Schack, Captain of the Royal Danish Life Guards P-forse), 11-id the honour, to be pres,;iited, by Mr. De Givdeu the Danish Charge des ,Atraires ; and' Cap ? taih*,ther;i:i of His iilajcsty's Royal Navy. After the Levee Hp DrilArEs-ry livid a Council of the Minister , , and tl4tt left Town for Kew. The Earl and Cotintes - s of BESSOROLYgI, Lord xid Lady MoR.PETH, Lora DuNGANNor;; Mks j. and L. GOWER . ; an4lLord L. GO;PE . Ii, partook ?;) elegant dinner yesterday at Lord and Lady' 114 r,aOkIKNE'S, at their residence at Whitehall. ••• . • . • i7.e3lei - dily a Court of Dircaors was held at the 1-louse, when the Cleslination of the new pl ) i 1 ; 7 O1":80n tons, building by the. representatives cf the late Mr, H.A.mr.t.Tbat, was :dieted. from St. ilelena and Bengal, to Bengal direei. The'Couft adjourned at a lgte I ,m4r 411 Wednesday next. E IV S. Di',./1 1, , OCT. 20. ARRIVED, and SP ile3 for the River, the .8 r:ll),eri, , from Demerara; and Lien-hall, LEw ixag. Tux - , -frOm-Dublin. CAUTION TO MARINERS.. The following is ixtr.teted from an Edinburgh Paper : As doubts remain with several Navigators re. spewing the existence of Aken's rock to the west_ ward of Tory, I think it a duty to make public the following information relative to it, communicated to me by the Rev. Jon N STEWART, a passenger with me in the Enterprize, from New_York to Greenock, on Thursday, August 9th, 1792. " Ship Nestor, of Greenock, Capt. —, from New_York bound to Greenock, being in latitude per observation of SS. 19. N. and longitude per ac count of 9. 53. W. of London.—The officers, as.. sengers, and ship's company ,who were then on deck, perceived a rock, about four feet below the surface of the water, not five- fathoms from , the weather-beam of the ship, in the form of a horse shoe, with orie side rather longer than the other ; the Mate instantly threw an empty barrel over board ; the yaul was got our as soon as possible, and the Mate, four hands, and two passengers, Mr. Andrew Brown merchant, now of Albany, in the State of New-York, and Mr. Edward Moore, son of the late Sir Emanuel Moore, of Cove, near Cork, went in the boat, and were absent near two hours in search of the rock ; but owing to the ship's drift, and a dark cloud 'WhiCh then obscured the atmos phere, they could find neither rock nor barrel. Mt. Stewart was , then a passenger in the Nestor, and saw the,rock plainly-with the tangle growing on it. " ORTESCITE CUMMING, " Master of the ship Entorprize, of New. York. ), Greenock, Off. 9, rBO-2. -No Artificer or Labourer has been discharged from the Dock-yards, during the late visitation, who was capable of performing his duty, unless for miscondua ; and, every man, who from length of service, or hurts, had a claim on the Public, has beetvput on the Superannuated List, which has been extended to the Ropemakers and Sawyers, who were never before provided for. On Tuesday the sth instant, the Sloop Generous Mind, of Dundee, was lost off the Coast of Caith ness. She sailed from Helmsdale on the 4th, with ballast, and a quantity of linen p.m, bound for Wick, where she was to complete her cargo with red her riogs for Aberdeen. The weather getting thick in the evening, she anchored in Helmsdale Bay. Next morning it blew a hu:ricane, which obliged the Cap_ tain to cut the cable and stand out to sea, where.she' soon spent all her sails, and, sprung a leak. Signals of distress were hoisted; but though crowds of people , pn the shore witnessed their danger, no as. sistance could be rendered. Towards evening, the wind in some degree abated; and, the vessel now, being much water-legged, the. Captain and Crew got into the boat ; and, we are happy to add, that, after six hours tossing in a heavy sea, they were safely landed in St. Clair's Bay. The vessel went down soon after the Crew quitted her. We understand that the Honourable the Court of DireClors.of the East India Company have permitted the Ship :roil, JOHN MIII“E master, to proceed to the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope on the Southern Whale Fishery this season, i n a ddition to the Ships Datche'ss •,f Portia:id, Vulture, and Brothers. Adviees have been received from the .Honourable East-India Company's Ship the Herculean, Captain SAMUEL BUTLER, which sailed for Bombay . and Bengal on the sth of May last. The Herculean uiPs at sea, all. well, in latitude 35. so. South, and ion. girude 23. 30. East, proceeding on her voyage. The Hon. East India Company's ship the Teirt- Cherry, Capt. GEOlint WILSTEAD, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the 13th of June ; she sailed from the Dawns cn the i 3th of April for Bengal. The Tellicherry experienced very foul weather, which damaged the lower rigging very much, arid she was obliged to put into the above Port, in order tb shift the rigging ; the_tnizen 7 mast was sprung in two places. A Petition was yesterday pr , !sentedto the Bank, by the holders of annium, praying the Direetnrs to retain the Omnium now on their hands, until after the Midsummer Dividend of next year. The pur port of the Petition was as follows ; It expresses the thanks of the Omnium-holders for the attention shewn to their application last June (whep the Bank agreed to rake it in), and that the assistance of the Bank had been of mate rial service to Public Credit ; but untoward Cir cumstances had nevertheless defeated the, expeda tions of the anninm-holders, and from the tit'. of it now lying at the Bank, the Direlors must be aware of the inconveniencies that would re sult from redeeming it at onetime. The Holders therefore request the Bank will hold the Omnitan as long as it prudently can next year and that they , will redeem it by monthly instalments, the last of which they hope will be extended to the month of July. They conclude by expressing their readiness to make the last deposit of i 5 per cent. in Decem ber next. The Bank holds a Court this day; when it is ex pelled the Directors will return an answer to the above application. Governaient has received intelligence of very ac-. tive prepatations in the I.'rench Ports, particularly at Toulon, where the utmost diligence is employed to repair the losses occasioned by the victory of Abou- . kir. It is a fad, that a greater quantity of Naval Stores of all kinds has been imported into France within the last fifteen months from the Baltic, than the amount of the whole supply in these articles d4r- . . ing the eight preceding years. The fine village of Peitengen, near Schrongau, in. Bavaria, .was almost entirely destroy 4i by lire on the zd instant. Three hundred hoses and a great titimber of barns \yere rcOcc4 4sheso LIP.ERPOOL, OCT. Y 9. YESTERDAY came ,on the Eleaibn for the (ace of ;Mayor of .this ToWnovhen a_ very strong contest took place between joNAs BOLD, Esq. and Wra. HARPER, Esq. which lasted till • Nielve o'ClOck•at night, when JONAS BOLD, Esq. was declared duly elected. TlTeTuirrn iiefe, — El - - BoL s is; Mr. Jim( ER. +92. New-York Papers to the z sth of September inKhz. sive, reached Town yesterday. It appears that the two French Frigates, with the:Negroes on board, still remain in an American port. The Americans are highly incensed at their stAy, and begin. to ask . what brought them there ? The French wished to give Bills on the Government, but 'they were refused, the Merchants not choosing to trust them. The Malignant Fever is on the decline at New- York and Philadelphia, but has made its appearance at Washington and other places. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, at which were present six Alderm'en, Mr. Recorder, Mr. Common Sergeant, the Sheriffs, and upwards of 15c. Commoners. The Proceedings of the last Court were read and confirmed. The Court voted their Thanks to the Rev. Mr. HUTCH I ri s, A. M. Chaplain to the LORD MAYOR, for his Sermon preached before his Lordship, the Aldermen, and Liverytnen of the City, at' the Parish Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, on Michael mas day last. 7 _ The inhabitants ; of Aldgate presented a Petition, relative to the taking down a House, at the North east corner of Houndsditch, adjnining the Church yard, and for improving and widening the Street ; which was referred to the Committee for letting the City Lands, to examine and teport to the next Court. The Court ordered that 2001, be paid out of the Chamber, to pr. HAW ES, Tre.ouret of the Humane Society, ill aid of that great Institution. The LORD MAYOR laid before the Court the As sent of CHARLES PRiCE, Esq. to rake upon himself the Office of Lord :‘,llyor for the year ensuing. The Court confirmed the Eledtion of Messrs. BLAXLAND, HALLIER, DENZILO, and Ross, eled ed Coal-meters in trust fur the City, by the Coal and Corn Committee. EDWARD COLE BATCH, Esq. was eleded - a Go- • vernor of Christ's Hospital, in the room of TitomAs SMITH, Esq. lately eleCted an Alderman. • The Governors of the - Sea-Bathing Infirmary at Margate, sent a Letter of Thanks by their Trea sirer, for the Corporation's second liberal benefac tion of 2061. in aid of that Charity, which was read, and ordered to he entered on their Records. The long expened decision, so interesting to Booksellers and Printers,- was yesterday settled be fore the Sitting Alderman, at Guildhall. The inforruatiod was for selling books without the Printer's name at die end as well as the beginning, contrary to the ACt for the suppressing Sedition, &c. The Attorney for the Prosecution, MAcno- NALD, contended this book (an Abridgment of Baron Munchausen's Travels) was within the mean ing of the Act, he therefore called John Collison to prove the purchase of the hook, &e. who acknow ledged, on being cross-examined by Mr. RosE, Counsel for the •Defendain, that he received five shillings a.day for collating these Books, and others, of a person of 'the name of Fagan, who is the person that lays the information. Henry Le moine was also called, to prove what ,concern he had in it, an& what he kneW of the printing, &c. but not proving the Book was printed since the forty days after the Aa was passed, the information was quashed. 'At the same time the Alderman expressed his dissatisfaCtion at the Informer's attempt, as it was never the intent of the Legislature to take any advantage of Books which did not corne within the meaning of the Aet for suppressing Sedition, &c. Tuesday another cause was tried before the Under Sheriff of Middlesex and a Special. Jury, at the Britannia Tavern, Limehouse, between Messrs. HALE, TAYLOR, and SAL-to:Rs, Plaintiffs, and the Trustees of .the Commercial Road from the-West India Docks, defendants, to a§certain the value of an .Estate in Three. Colt -street, adjoining -Lime hoUse• Church-yard, which was required by the Trustees under their Mt of Parliament, for the purpose of the New Road. Just .previous to the business commencing, an offer was made of 'r4ool. which not being acceded to, the trial commenced, arid, after lastiog near seven hours, the Jury re turned a verdict for 17501. besides costs. The Plaintiff's demand was for :72+1. A new boson or dry dock has begun to be formed at Helvoetsluvs, for' •the military shipping of. the Dutch Republic. The first stone of the necessary buildings was laid on the Ist of 04ober, by Mr. JAciaasort, President of the Couneilfor Naval Af. fairs. Among a multitude of other speetators, the chief Citizens of the Hague and the Brine were, on this occasion, present. A fire-engine . , which is wrought by the smoke and vapour of pit-coal, was at the same time examined ; as was also a portable fire-engine, of peculiar construction. The greatest advantages to the Naval strength of the Pinch Re public are expo led to arise from the completion of these works. A subscription has been opened at the Island of St. Helena, for the purpose of remitting a sum to this Country for the purchase of an Organ to he placed in the church in'James's Valley. The chief musi cian heretofore used to be the jailor, who generally pitched the key for•the congregation. A huge fra i gtnent of the Table Mountain at the Cane of Good Hope, has been hurled from its sum mit, and has created much apprehension. The weight of this ,enormous mass of rock has been as. certained to be 250,000 tons. In a wood near Carlsruhe,• in the Margraviate of Baden, were discovered a short time since a Roman Bath, and other interesting remains of antient nurnents, The i:vlargrave, on being informed of this circumstance, gave orders to continue the re seatches at his own expellee. • The Count. Ds RASUMO*SKY has ereaed at Vienna, a church fur ;14 exercise of the Greek Worship, PROPOSBD NEW ROAD TO DOTER. THE new proposed run on the Dover road, is calculated to chime Well with the new intended road—the stages will then be as follows : Mlles., To Foot's Cray, or Bexley-heath t r Northfleet _ _ Rochester - Sittingbourno - - IL Nashßoughton - lo Bridge Dover - - The present run is Dartford - - is Rochester - - it Sittinghourne - - it Canterbn6 , . - - Is Dover _- - ' -' : "36 By the new run through Foot's Cray, the tram yeller will avoid Blackheath, Shooter's-hill; and the sandy pull along the vale by Welling, and again over Bexley heath ; by changing horses at Nash Boughton, the horses would be fresh to mount the great hal on this side Canterbury ; and by again changing at Bridge, the long and tedious stage be. tween Canterbury and Dover would be divided, and brought into reasonable compass ; and a similar objea might be accomplished, by fixing a relay at Paltrier's-hill, on the Margate *marl ; but the greatest benefit to the Traveller, would arise fromliis being, able, by these means; to avoid those two -great' focus's of imposition, Dartford and Canterbury, and to get rid of their reasons fur charging more than England in general—" because their stages are so long ;" which is also alledged for driving slow, and frequently for not having horses the Traveller, from Dover or Margate, would only have to pay his eighteen-pence per mile, for eleven, instead of sixteen miles ; in short, the conveni. encies to be obtained, and the inconveniences to be avoided by this - regulation art - so numerous, that the Gentlemen of Kent are seriously, occupied in bringing it about. Another, and • entirely new road has been sub mitted to consideration, by which the distance may be considerably shortened ; the line of which runs between the Maidstone, Dartford, and Rochester roads. Keeping all the way on the right of this last, and joining the present Dover road, at or near the 6+ mile stone, where the road turns to Folk• stone, it is supposed this will shorten the' whole distance about five miles : indeed it is not wonder full should the Traveller even prefer a road sis miles about, to avoid the shameful and new-Coined impositions of the old road. Many of the_ lace returns from Dover have been through Ilithe, Ashford, and Maidstone, a dis tance of seven miles about, to' avoid the craving Landlords of the old road. The legifuge capacity of the Maidstone Landlord will prevent the Law yers from taking that road ; that body generally prefer a Canterbury tale. OPERA.—The Operatic Generals are mustering their troops for the ensuing campaign, which, re= port says, will open early. In addition to the names already mentioned, we have heard of Mons. and Madame CORALLE, first dancers ; they Inack their debut, it seems, lately at the Opera at Paris: with such eclat, that the biddings were immediatelY opened from London, Paris, Bourdeaux, Marseilles, and Italy, and the lot knocked down in favOur of London. NALDI, one of the best Singers and best Musi cians in Italy,- is reported to be engaged fur the ensuing season at the Opera. This Performer is in the highest repute in Italy ; his voice has ,amazing power, and a very great extent, so that he is said. to perform equally well as serious tenor and 'first buffo be is a species of contralto, , a voice of grea, estimation when accompanied by a sufficient degree of power. Signor CResettcrittt is said to be engaged at the Opera-House to Sing with Mrs. BILLINGTON. THE THEATRE.-•-- The vigorous old Play Of Every Man in his Humour, was last night Ter re.- sented at Covent-Garden Theatre. Kitcly is 011 of CooKE's best achievements, and he perform("(i The part with, spirit and success last night. 1 1 11 - ;- DEN'S Braineworm was marked by pleasant versa tility. H. JOHNSTON was " too melancholy and gentlemanlike " in Welltrid, which requires easy gaiety - . KNIGHT would have been:much better , in Master Stephen, if he had not mistaken snivell;fig insignificance fur rimp/icity. FA WC ETT iinprOVCS in Bohadil. He is not less diverting and he is mote charataeristic. SIMMONS seems to have a good no tion of MasterMartherc ; and 13gu,srrotst was li velY enough .in Young Knoewell. -The merit of the Co medy, alai of. the Performers in general, deserved a larger audience. LEWIS continues to improve in his health; and -the Stage is in no danger of losing its chief Comic prOp. Delays • and Blunders, it seems, is to be the title of, REYNOLDS'S new Comedy. We are sorry tlla e Lewis's illnesS has been one of its Delays, but W e are sure that his' performance will not be one of i ts Bleinders. Mr. Coan, we understand, is adopting th e French Piece to the English Stage, , which has bee" announced at Drury-Lane Theatre, under the fin e of a llouie to Let. It has fallen into very good hand 9 and every body, must wish success to a drama i rt which so respedable a Inan has any concern. DWYER'S next part is to be Ranter, and ' be ; sprightliness of his manner. is very well calcul , lt e to give an animated portrait of the iive/y Temjdar' However small BoNAPARTE'S mouth may be,it I very evident that he has a grearsquallow. • The new :Street which has been opened fro m A Holborn Bridge to Newgate-street, is to he e,all '' Skinner_street," in compliment to Aidertflal SKINNER. It happens rather fortunately, that the first 3r tempts of Foreigners to commit house and higlo 73) : robberies in this country have completely failed , the success of. a few bold adventurers in this would, in all probability, soon deluge us with,hoiv'; of. Foreign desperadoes, and At a time whe ,o have as many` of them at hcitne as we can well employment for.