The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-29 00:00:00

HANAU, OCT. 17.

A Swabian Gazette speaks of several Secret Ar.
tides in the Preliminaries between France and Eng.
land-, of which it pretends to give the following :
Spain, in lieu of Trinidad, shall receive the
Island of St. Lucia—the cession of the Spanish
part of St. Domingo shall be recalled ; and Louisiana
be ceded instead to the French Republic—the pos.
session of Piedmont by the French—the KING of
TUSCANY, the Cisalpine, Ligurian, Helvetic, and
Batavian Republics, together with the Sovereignty
to lie "founded for the late STA.DTHOLDER, shall be
acknowledged by England—the Batavian Republic
shall receive indemnifications in Belgium, and the late
Getman Countries on the Left Bank of the Rhine,
fiir the cession of Ceylon. In case the Dcfinish'e
Treaty should not be concluded,' there shall be a
three years Armistice between France and England,
on the footing of present possession.

WE can now positively state that the Marquis
CORNWALLIS with his Suite will depart for France
on Sunday next. The Noble Plenipotentiary, as
has been already stated to the Public, goes first to
Paris, but we understand he will not remain there
above two or three days, when he will repair to
Amiens. It is not exptaed, as we have already said,
that the Definitive Treaty will take much time in
being brought to a satisfaaory conclusion.

HIS MAJESTY came to Town yesterday from
Kew, and held a Council at the Queen's House, at
which were present his Grace the Archbishop of
CANTERBURY, the Dukes of PORTLAND and Rox-
BURGH, the Marquis of SALISBURY, Earls CHAT_
HAM, LEICESTER, and Sr. VINCENT, Lords
HAWKESBURY and PELHAM, and the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER, to hear His Majesty's Speech
read. Mr. FAWKENER attended as Clerk of the
Council.

'Elie KING, at half-past three, left Town for
Kew, escorted by a Party of Light Dragoons of
the Prince of Wales's Regiment.
The Prime Minister yesterday entertained the
Members of Administration with an elegant dinner.

Lord PELniat also entertained the Dukc of PoRT.
LAND and the Cabinet Ministers at his residence in,
Piccadilly.
Earl Sr. VINCENT, after the Coun•il broke up
yesterday at Buckingham .Heine, had a long au_
dience with His MAJESTY, and laid before the
KING the returns of the Navy.

The Earl of CHESTERFIELD arrived at Chester-
field-House yesterday morning.
Yesterday, the Right Hon. ISAAC CORRY ar-
rived in Town from Ireland.

We inserted a Paragraph yesterday, which like-
wise found its way into all the other Papers, stating,
that Mr. PITT and most of the Cabinet Ministers
dined on Tuesday with Mr. ADDINGTON. This
piece of Intelligence is doubly erroneous, for neither
Mr. PITT, nor any one of the Cabinet Ministers
dined on that day in Downing-street..
The Commercial Passports which have been re--
ceived from France, are for the purpose of protea-
ing such of our Merchant-ships as are about to sail,
fromcapture or detention, in case they meet with a
French ship of war at sea. They are not Passports
for liberty to go to France.
Yesterday the, Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR,
after opening the Sessions at the Old Bailey, the
Recorder, scveral Aldermen, and the Sheriffs, at-
tended by the City Oliicers, went in procession to
13edford-square, to present the. LORD MAYOR elect
to the' Lo Ro CHANCELLOR, 10f the arpro4ation of
114.NNEsTy.