The Sun. — London, England, 1805-01-15 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH .friPEPS. LEGISLATIVE -BODY. ritEIIIIENCF OF Iv'. FoNTANI.:B I OFFt4INC OF THE SEMON4 I 511 TING OF TH GYJi INIVOSE.-- (nic. At eleven it) the morning - the Members of the Legislative Body, in their ceremonial dresses, CC. paired to the Hill of their Sittings. The cere. moray Of the opening of the Session for the year, had rendered some chapges necessary in the interior distribution Of the Hall. .The estrade of the Throne had been establiabed':Upon and before the ordinary tribune rof the President ; some of the Orators and Sectetaties of the Legislative Body . on the top of the SoubaSsement. The ascent was by two flights of step, placed on each Side, The Throne, elevated five steps above the estrade, was plac'ed under a palni-tree, on the trunk. of which were suspendO the arms of the EmPeror. The Throne was composed of two 'props in the form of two pedestals, on which were placed two Genii, symbols of Justice anti Strength, supporting a Crown above the head of His Majesty. Over the Throne canopy bespangled with bees and stars, and an eagle reposing cm his thunderbolts. Opposite the Tbione, in the tribune . 0 the Constituted Au. dioxides, was a canopy for Her Majesty the Em. press. and places for the-Princesses. The Legisla tive Body had yesterday appointed, in a private Sitting, a Depotatitin at 25 Members to receive this day His Majesty the Emperor: At half, past ele ven the Merobets of the Tribunate, Council of State, and the twelve Deputies of the Conservative Senate, entered .the flail, and to their places. At twelve, a discharge , of • artillery having announced. the arrivil•of the .V.try rot; the Deputation, with. the President at its head, act out to meet His !Via-. jesty. The procession shortly entered the Hall, 'whilst to'trtial ruttoic wils.heatd 'every side ; All the Le, gistatort ,roe sip, Those of the Deputation went back tto their places. The Emp'sror, ascended his Throne, and all those who accompanied him oat down to the right and left in those phiceS assigned them. each side of the Throne - , on the first step under. neath it, were placed the Princes and Dignitaries ; on the second range of steps beneath, on the right, at the ,Ministers ;,on the left the Grand Officers of the Empire ; in,the front of the steps, upon stools, were the Grand Chamberlain and Gtand Equerry; to the right the Grand Master df the Ceremonies behind the Emperor, and standing, the Grand Mar. Owl, the Master of the Hatt, the Colonels, Genetal of the Guaßl, and the. Aids.de.Camp , ; at the two ao&es of the hallustrade wcra the two Masters of the ; the NO-Were on the. two flighty stro, nud at the bottom of the wrath!. were the ;it:raids at Arms. • Ott 1rt.50 . , in . the citeuhit part forming the first rank .of fr ait • Atriphitheztre, Vitre ptaccd the Depot 3., tisn, composed of twelve ; upon the two oext liC all; to the right, werc t!ic C , ..uncitturt of Stat,, anti to the teft, the 'Pribune4 ; on the re_ Stats trf t!itt-AlllpiCifiiimile rdl the Members of the Legish Pott tive y, in the et:titre oh whom, ;1:):.I in the front.of, the 114,0 e, was the Ptekident, on a seat ; on his side %%ere the (~,t.testors, ond . behind into ' two Utihers, All the persons present being seated and covered, rrihce jo:,Leit, the GrAnd quitted We . right of the , F.mperOr, advanced towards the bal. lustrude, and a..l4ed of IF; Majesty permission to administer the oath to the Islicrubeto of the Legisla. ive „ rsouy, 'Quemtor then called the islators, who sue., ceisikely, proi , outWell '31(Onl, stan&liog 1.• SWear obedience 14) the Constitutions of the Empire, and fidelity to the Emperor." The appeal terminotrd, the Emperor rose, the' Legikal , r uncovered the.ovelves, a.O delis ertd the following S, c rel l .I)l,lLieti final the lllpartinents to the Lcgisht. tive Tribunes, and lA:mitt:s.3ol my Council tit State,, 1 Ain come, Clentletrien, to preside at the opening of yl,or tiLssion, My Areeioti4dcsire is, to impress a More imposing ao4 diaratlerpn your proceediogs ; yes,, Princes, Magistrates, diets, Citizens, we have .di of me., to the career we have to run, hut one oVjeitt--the interest of the country. .1f this Trirone, towhich Providence and the ~wilt ut. the Nation have r.iised me, be dear in my eyes, it is bLeduse that Tlflooe can alone defend and maitai3in the moat sacred interests of the French People„ -linsopyotted by a Vigoratia and paternal Cove:violent, Friince would haVe still to fear the re. turn of those calamities by which she has been af. The we.kness of the . Supreme Power is cpest misfortune of nations, As 8 Soldier or f L .t.,:t Conant, I coterta,ined .but one thought ; as Lthi.erot, I am:ihfinericed by no others---and : 161 is, every thiry' that contribacs ,to the in . okperity of lilatwee I have haul the good, fortune , so illusuatc }toilet by vt4toties, to emisolidate her by treaties, st,t oe her from civil bfoibi, and revive among her in Ilabi t ntt the 4fitience of morals, of social or. air r,;itrill of religion. Shoal(' death not surprise me in the midst of my labours, 1 fondly ,hope I may trans. mit to posterity a durable impreskion, that insist as an example or a reprlaCh to my Successors. The Minister of the Jim t li st will submi t t o you a Statement of theNittiaitoo of the Empire. The Deputation from my Council A' State will present to yon the different übjeCts that are to necupy the Legislature. I bp,a given iNtruetions that there 10,1 before you the Accounts which my Mini. vets Isavegiven me of their respective Departmente. ani`fuliy 4athfietl' with the ptosperons state of our Fileincev: Whatever tmiy be the ExpetAiture, it is covered by the Revenue.. How extensive soever have been the preparations imposed upon.us by the exigencies of the War in which. we are envied, I call upon my people for no new sacrifice. " I t would has t,eeu highlr.gratifyint to tile, on so ,drum at, i.eeasion, to see the .blessings of Peace diffused us er ‘. l vorld ; but the political prin. or oin 'Enclitics, their regent condua towards ! . 1 1) , - in, bur ,too httongly'6peuk thc difFicultie that of it. 1. an: taut 'ar.X.IOUS to enlarge the tt:rii. toot' t,rt I.6 . ance, bin to asi,ert its inieyrity. .f f e d no andmion to c X.:.rt a Aides'. screed; of it.fluti:ce in Eutol ; {trot not . I),r.leheChd hoot that which I cquired„ No State shalt lrc ities , rpflratee . wth the but 1 riot tif;t l 4 4 a tIT • the ties that bind me to the State.s that I hive created. !` - r .71 " In bestowing the Crown upon lite, my Pet* entered into an engaismerit to Cltertievery efl'ort which'cireurnstances may require, ii order to pre, serve ucsullird that splendour which is necessary for their prosperity, and indispensible for their glory, - as well as f)t. mine. lam full , of confidence in the energy of the Nation, and in the sentiments it en. tertains for me. Its dearest interests are the con. start ()hied of my solicitude. " Deputies from the Departments of the Legis. ,latiVe Body, Tribunes, and Members of my Council of State your conduct, Gentlemen, during the pre. ceding Session, the zeal With which you glow for your country, your attachment to my person, I hold as pledges of the. assistance for which I call upon - yeti, and which, I roost, I shall receive from you during the course of the present Session." This Speech was listened to in the most profound silence ; but scarcely had His Majesty ceasod speak ing, when the applauses, 'and the cries of " Long live the Emper.or," burst forth from all sides, and continued even after the departure of His Majesty. The Imperial Retinue was concluded back to the exterior Gate of the Palace by the same Deputation which had gone to receive it. The twelve Senators, the Members of the Coon. cil of State, successively retired. It bas been des.ided in the Council of State, that the Republican Calendar be preserved. Ee. R I Nara opened the debate by speaking in support of it ; the Emperor was decidedly of the same opinion. CONSTANTINOPIA, Nov. 18.—Marshal BRUN!, the French Ambassador, received lately a Courier 'from Paris, with the instrudions which were so long expelled ; whereupon he presented to the Porte, without delay, an Official Nate, Hating, " That since the Negotiations for the recognition OF the EMperor of the French had already lasted for upwards of four months, without producing any satisfaddry result, he deemed it superfluous to make any further mention of the subjed ;.that he had only to announce, that his departtire frOm Capstan. tinople was become indispensibly necessary, and that it would take place. very soon; that he must, hoWever, fully acknowledge the intentions and principles of tlie.Grand Seignior, who had shewn, on every occasion, the most sincere desire to preserve, and to continue, those relations of friendship which so happily subsisted ,betwixt his predeeessors and France ; but that, at the same time, the Ottoman Ministry listened to foreign insinuations to be in. flucnced by the same : that he is sorry the Ottoman Porte did not attend 'to his repeated representations, and, to the overtures made by the French Govern. mess, especially at a time when it must be her ma. 'terial interest to live in perfect amity with a So. vereign who can lend her, very powerful assistance. —The Ambassador akkis, that this condud, on the part of the Ottoman Ministry, in the present curnstances, and considering the relative cornice. tions of the other Powers among themselves, must be regarded as very impolitic ; and that he could not learn, without regret, that the Porte has pre. lured to accept the humiliating conditions of ;lora. ther Court, rather than to adhere to the 'proposals made 'by France, that ancient Ally, which has always shewn sentiments and views so conformable to the welLheing and to the true interest' of the , Empire of the Crescent." This Note produced a •great sensation on the Tutkidi Ministry.. It is thought, that the first effeo theteof will be the removal of the Its,rs EF FENDI, OX Minister of Foreign Affairs, and that it will put an end to the wavering condo t of the Porte, whose otivioui interest it is to remain always closely united with France. ' N;;et,es, Nov ; 27. --The official detail is now published of an anion-which. lately took place be. tWeen the Archimedes, pf 74 guns, under the corn• mind of Don . 1 1 / 1 16111110Ux, and an Algerine squa. dron, consisting of - three frigates, tutee xebecs, and a brigantine. The Archimedes was escorting 22 merchantmen, bound frOm Manfredonia and Messina. On the, 27th of Odober, off Cape St. Maria, they came. insight of the piratical squadron, formed in three divisions. Don, MICHEROIJX, under these Cireumatanees, ordered the merchantmen to make far Cotruna, while he - made preparations 'for attaCk. ing the nearest division of the enemy. Little wind then blowing, prevented the dlith;meder from: ap. proaclting, and this afrorded the Algerine division an opportunity of joining; At length the engage. men' commenced by a heavy fire on our side, froM the.guns, after which 'followed a volley front the small arms. The Algerine., in, the mean time, con. tinned to approach, and one of their frigates even attempted to board. After the battle had lasted an hour, the pirates were compelled to sheer off. The Arc/Irv:ties chased them the whole night, and part of the succeeding day, but was unable to come up with them: The enemy's lost must have been very considerable ; that of the Archimedes consists in two killed and seven wounded, one of whom is dangerps. FROM THE I)UTCU PAPERS. SOUIRDAM, JAN. 4. —The Journals having given Various details of the Decree of Nov. 23d hst, of 45 suspension, and of its rescinding, it appears ne. cesoary to state the fans as they occtired. No sooner had His Majesty the Emperor of the French received notice of this step of the Bata. vian Government,. than he found it repugnant, as well to Treaties, as to the first rules of military hierarchy, and to the regard due to His Excellency the General in Chief, and therefore demanded, through his Ambassador at the Hague, as a proper satisfadion—the dismission of Messrs. SrUORS, nEZlert, BYLWELD, and Gam NOS. The Decree, which bad been suspended at the in. . 6tance Of the C.,lerieral in Chief himself, and which had preceded the cifficial Note delivered by the Am. bassador, has been definitively rescinded, and Messrs. th.ooßs, Rviwri,o, and GOCKINGS, have retired twin the Goveturnenr, And thus cOmpleted the sa. titigtion inch the injury had tendered necessary. Pm: is, 3,),—.1;n the - .night of the 3d, two English i!qiipof Witt., thimiking the steeple or Wis. cant fur 3 'Halt:ll4w- Appeoached too near, .rod got aground : (Jew of one or them ituccectif..l izi gettii% off, •after ilayiNg set 04 brig on fire ; I,kit the other endeavoured to get afloat, though UltStle. ceSsfully, and het crew, consisting of 48 trAtil, compelled to surrender, bring tired on by rule , at. ing batteries there, She proves to be the Alf,ll4rd, and carried ten 18-pounders : she has received but little damage, and will be got off. TO CORRESPONDENTS.- bays reetive,/ a Letter front Canterbury, complaining that notice bar not been taken of an article 'signed " A Sufferer.'t— We beg to assure our Coiresponilent, that we have not rkeiVed the article to which he alludes. MAILS. ALa iv 4o— t Dyz-7 Hamburgb, I Dublin, 4 Waterford, ['RICE O F STOCKS THIB DAY AT TWILVN. o'cocK. Consols for Openipg, ' TH S U.T. ;OLZM QUES DIGERE FALIUM AUISEAT ? This day His MA !WIC opened The Session with a Speech from the Throne, a Copy of which will be found_in another part of this Paper. We shall nut anticipate the Discussions to which this Speech, and the general state .of affairs, will give rise 'in the two Houses of Parliament :.the communication from the Throne will be received in the Cuuntry with a satisfaftion proportionate to the athelioration of our circumstances •since .the close of the last Session. The preparations for, an invasion of this Ccontry have been carried on by BONAPARTR with .unre., milted aftivity ; but can any one say, that we have not materially improved the means of our Defence ? It is' not necessary to be minute, because it is per fedly clear, that the strength of - the country which is to be invaded must of necessity be increased much faster than the force which is to invade it. But we will advert to two out of many points that will be discussed : We are told that therolanteer Systim is st dead letter. We believe that never was expeeted that the 4.800000 Volunteers who were enrolled at the commencement of the War would continue to be constant and regular at all drills or musters, We believe also, that the at tendence at this season of the year is riot so full as during" the remaining months. But' does any man doubt, that in the event of their services being required, the assembly of the Voltm. mere would be instantly complete ? Or even sup. posing, .what we do not at all believe, that the numbers should be reduced to. 2 or 300,000) Will it be thought that these are all dead letters . ,? They will at any rate be the ' , Wed men of the Corps— those .most to be depended upon, and the best trained. Intteed if it he thought, as it is by many sensible men, that the ,Volunteers can attain a cer. tain degree of discipline, and no more, and that this degree is to be acquired iii a very short tine, in this point of view', so as we can get the Volunteers to. gether, for a few weeks, when an immediate Invasion is expeCtert, it is a matter of no conse quence whether thry attend the intermediate drills or not. If, on the other hand, the opinion be; that every field.day adds something to the fitness of the Corps for service, it must at least %c that the part of the Volunteer Forte which ha s been constant and active in the training and exec.. cite, will constitute an ,efficient and highly service. able Force, in which discipline will compensate ,for number's. With respeet to the more impotlant conSideratious of the Regular Army ' and the 'Militia, it surely will not he denied thii Time was more necessary for us than for BONAPA4TE. We believe that it will not be said, that our tithe hai been mis.sperit, or that any thing has been neglected on the part of Ministers, or of the CoMMANDEIt inCit Er, Which was necessary to bring'our Troops into the best pos. ale state. We hope that this will soon be put to the surest test. But it is said, Mr. PITT', Bill " has not, raised Men sufficient to fill up the vacancies .caused in the ordinary consumption of the Troops.". The num. hers as yet raised by the, Parish Officers has certainly fallen very short ; but were they the great objects of the Bill? Was it not a much more important ob.; feel, to facilitate the ordinary recruiting-, (with mode. rate Bounties; and 'without COMprthiV; P And has nut this been done, even already ? Hat not the Recruit. ins ServiCe thriven throughout the Country P Ha s it been equally flourishing for several years ? Fair' will answer these questiOns in the affirmative; and we wish for nothing more to establish the, superia. rity of Mr. Purr's measure over those which pre. ceded it. One other point we, will mention, on yvhicb, int believe, "there is ‘ a general sentiment throughou t the Countty, ,not excepting an hundred persona alto. nctllcr..--Xlie NAVY i in the hest state. ‘Ve shall say no more than !lone rt‘peet. ring the 01/effort front rItANCE ; but ,we mast 4i4- claim the " sankuine interpretation" said to be put on it by " Ministers and their followtts." We never expeaed any thing from it, and assuredly v the Exposi, and —ONAP ARTS'S Speech to the Lego. lative Bodylif he be sincere), do net warrant any . _ exptaation at all. When, in answer to the Morning Chronicle, We said, that Peace must be owing to our own exer tions, we certainly did nor allude to 1 I Sugar Hop- heads," nor think of prescribing terms to France, by " cutting off her Foreign Commerce." Not Chet these are unimportant °Neal ; but it will not he the fault of Great Britain if the inordinate Power af France be not reduced by the co-operation of ill the Powers whose existence is threatened by the extent of her Territory, or the magnitpd• of her Force. Pan of the Newfoundland Fleet have arrived under Convoy of the Ranger Sloop. They .parted in a heavy gale, but the remainder are supposed 0 have stood for Ireland and the Bristol Channel. 1- , AS2 night we received a number of Pari! Poo text, which complete our sets f rom t h e 25th ult. l. the 6th in s t ant , and also D u t c h j o urnal: to Of same date. • The former contain an account of the opening of the Legislative Body on the 27th ult. with thit Speech of BWNAPARTE upon that occasion. The Speech is in that sort of abrupt style which chars:• terizes most of his productions. We have no rood' now to comment upon it; but must refer our Reader. to another part of our Paper, where they will i d that and the other articles which these Papers con ' tain. Yesterday, about twelve o'clOck, THEIR MP JESTIES,and the PRINCESSES arrived at the Quee", House from Windsor. . . ,•• Soon after two o'clock His' MAJESTY galf,e at l f! ' diences to Lord ARDEti, the loan CH ANC ELLOiIt ) .' and Lord MuLOAve, who delivered to His Di l6 ` tt JEscrY his resignation of the Chancellorship of t ll 4 h l)utchy of Lan9oter,.and the Se a l s o f - Of fi ce. T i t . Earl of BUCKitiGHAM ., HIRE (late Lord HosAlt 7 i.' l ,had then an audience of His MAJESTY, when 'MAJESTY was pleased to appoint the Noble Ear l: Chancellor of the Durchy of Lancaster and iicliVCl"' to him the Seals'of Ofice. At three o'clock His 'MAJESTY held a ftil: Council, which was attended by The:Lord Chancellor, • , The Charlet:l tor,of the'excheottet.' . The Secretaries of State. . . The Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bea 01 .: Tile fudge of the The Chavellor of the PutChy of Lancaster. , • -* The lodge Martial and . .AdirearF , C%encul. The Lord Chamberlain- 1)11-cit. Montrose. Marghis of Hertford. j j E •i i r r ' c d .l o:ii - it 4 W s — r e d e s e t ri l l:St ° l l . r i e l a i a ‘ e i v 'd i k i e lt s ' D b al a u t r d r t y r S n i i Q u d u rn id tl o l m itt C e ll i a . v m a d ls e . n, Sir Charles Morgan, • Sir STEPHEN COTT? E t.t., the Master of the ( 4 _ 3 1 remonies, introduced Mr. FRERE to the Council and Chathial. who was sworn in a Member, and took his scat Or, cortlingly. The Right }lon. Gentleman wits then introduc A . 44 ; by Lard IHAWREsBURY, the Secretary of State I:: the Home Department, to His MAJESTY, On Ili a turn to this Country from his Embassy to the Go, of Spain. Sir ST Er.ii EN COTTER ELL then introduced Metsr l ; SAIrIEANT, VANSITTART, and CAREIV ; Who Wel ; sworn in Members of His Majesty' s Most li . ) 11 ° ° „ 11 able Privy Council, an d too k t h e i r seats accordill'Ae ' Vicount SIDIdOUTH (late Mr. ADUINGToN) Fr5T sided, for the first t i me 0 1 , as President of the C oll ' in the room of the Duke of Poft TLA3D, resigned'. After the Pri vy C ounc il closed, H z 4 M A I orr e L held a Cabinet Council, and afterwards gave Sir Yesterdayr'AyDae. Ai ; ffili M h e o Rsop Spanish, dience to Mr. Pier, the LORD CHANCELLOR , a° n d Danish Ambassadors, transaded business' at M ~ ilgc i e .:lTTL tHALEs has resiPrlela Sit is Swedish, Russian, a t. citation as Under.Sectetary for the Civil DePa r ment in Ireland; and sailed on the loth for k"clg' land. He will acc ompany M arqu i s Cos.:4 1 ;v 4 " 11 ` is tO Yeiterday,Mr. PIT T gave a gr a nd dinner , P re : vious to the ope n i ng o f the Session, at w hi c h fl" ,MAJ e sly 'a Speech was read. Among th e "ill.' pang were . . L L o or rd d G ea le s t t i l b e e re rv at e h, t Mr. Dillon, Mr. . Tsltrilltnt!o, Scott, it General, ,M Mr; 13 L o o n n ( g t: v' o ft.7 Sir lohn r. r. Smyth, i 0 Mr. Druntinont Mr. Huskisson. Mr. Adams, nicer Mr..Vansitt a n The r 4, , Hon. Th. 3 ' Mr. Corry, Sir E. Nepeen. Thiastdth-ain' The g Bre a ds fire which w e yes te rd a y state d -tdhave"k en " place at the. of Si,- Th omas , on the zz° 1 , 0 ill thefell au a a n nern ass i ze loaf. and . a hail, be lo three f 'feather, was one. of the Most destruCtive ever been experienced. e A bout It oommenced in a Store at King 's.whariri hig ir nine o'clock, at which &nettle wind was CXOCC" — ica . high, and the whole premises were soon disCl t o in a blaze. The flames quickly commoni elle i d o the adjoining stores, which being all built nievi:or. burnt in every direttiOn with the rapidity 0 ' " n t,er barrel, till ev er y store i n the place, to the I " n t , o rs of goo, we re entirelrconsumed, and in the anti space of four h ours . The scenes. of dist resl o of confoinn' which ensue d were d rea df u l. The ' ll olo of the p ro p erty Jest rOyetr is estimated at 7 ,000,- lu st sterling. A considerable. number of P ee ; °° ,,.eral their live s in t h e con fl agrat i on. O n t h e z3u 5-footO dead bodies were dug out of the ruins--n lO vvere: 4is:citntligi,l:ti mine nd:et away. rcli watt making for th el hc la LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY IS, 180 c.