The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-14 00:00:00

MARCH 9.

The Chief Consul has appointed Citizen DES-
Llourrss to be Commissary of Commercial Af.
rairs at Cattenturgh, in Sweden.

A Letter from Amsterdam, of the 28th ult.

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states, that a Courier from Pelershurgh had at%
'heed there, with 'important Dispatches, which,
Vont the circumstance of the Direaory having
mmediately assembled the Naval Officers in the
:itys were supposed to relate to maritime af.
airs.. It is said that a Russian and Swedish
fleet tvill soon arrive in the Texel.

The Fierina 'Court Gazette of the. 23d, has
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dabl ished the Treaty concluded at Lurroville.

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MARCH

Letters from htlia, brought by the. shortest,
'ate, inform us that the Mahrattas -have - dc-
lazed War against the Englibb. Several Ac.

tions had already taien place at the date of the
last Dispatches: The Expedition fitted Oat at
Madras, said by some to be planned against the
Isle de Framce, and by others against Etht, has
been countermanded: Several last:.sailing Ships
have been dispatched to the Cape of Good Hope to
require assistance. There may be great doubts
whether the Commander at the Cape will be able
to send any, because the discontents against Eng-
land is there at its height, and the Soldiers can.
not go half a league from home without being
shot by the inhabitants of the Country.
We are assured that Peace will soon be pro-
claimed, with all the accustomed ceremonies in
such cases.

The First Consul yesterday gave Audience to
the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers. Count
Con ENZEL was presented to the First Consul, as
Plenipotentiary Minister for the Conferences at
Luneville.

Citizen OTTO, in reply to the Note transmit-
ted by him, in which he announced his depar-
ture from a Country where the Laws of Huma-
nity were treated with so little respeet, received
the following Letter, under date of the 3d March :
" SIR,

a Since I had the pleasure of seeing you thi s
morning, I have been informed that the Secretary
of State has recommended it to the Lords of the
Admiralty, to suspend the execution of the Order
issued for capturing Fishing Boats, until His
MAJESTY can be consulted on the subject.

EE I have the Honour to be,
(Signed) '' R. GEORGE,"

The folloWing Letter appeared in a Paper o
this morning :

TO THE EDITOR.

MR. EDITOR,

It is with much reluctance that I feel myself called
upon to convey sentiments to the Public through the me-
dium of a Newspaper; but, since the subjeel on which I
wish' to explain myself is not of a nature to be brought
forward in a more appropriate place, I must hope for
the indulgence of the Public to
believe
that it is not
without a considerable sacrifice of my own private feel-
ings that I have at length yielded to what I conceive
a public duty.. A report, as preposterous as unfounded,
-has lately found its way abroad, stating, that I meditated
a gross and indecent insult upon the dignity of the Legis-
lature, by using an influence I am supposed to .possess,
for the purpose of introducing an improper charader into
the formation of its body. As long as this insinuation
was confined to individuals, and only afneted myself; I
saw no reason for departing from my general mode of treat-
ing such idle fabrications with silence and contempt : bur
since persons have been found credulous enough to en-
deavour to stamp this idle story with a relative sandion,
which it would not have otherwise found, it becomes me
to set the public right, by solemnly assuring theat, that no
such idea was over in contemplation for one moment, and
that I am at a loss to discover how the rumour originated :
as, so far from being capable of harbouring a wish to add at
this moment to the embarrassments of an unhappy and de-
jcded people, it would be the prick and glory of my heart
(if I- had the power), to place such persons in situations
of responsibility, its by their talents and integrity might
preserve our Liws, our Government, and Constitution.
(Signed) CAMELFOR.D.

The Lisbon and Oporto Fleet still remain in
Portland Road, waiting for further instruaions.
J,t is curious that the Gentlemen of the Stock
Exchange should have separated houses in conse.
quence of a quarrel, considering that it is their
trade to settle diffirences.

A French Milliner, who has been long toler-
ably well known in this Country, has, it is said,
recently contrived to import, not only a Cargo of
French Millinery, but of French
Milliner' also.
It is to be hoped that the Lady alluded to, will
not be suffered to make such importations without
due inquiry, for otherwise we may have a lament-
able increase of French Habits.

Our modern Dramatists do not escape the
scourge of Criticism, but it does not appear ma-
terially to air...Et them. They have none of the
morbid feelings, of the Spanish-Authors who in
1742 came to a resolution to write no more,
in consequence of a Review published at Madrid,
in which they were rather roughly handled.—
They declared that they neither could nor
endure such severity, which it was unbecoming
their dignity to support as Literati.
It being represented to the General Committee
of Innkeepers, for all their Brethren thoughout
the Kingdom, held at Hatchett's Hotel, Picca-
dilly, that a Representative intended to in-
clude Artillery Horses, hired by contract, in the
future Annual Mutiny Bill, and thereby obtain
quarters for the men as effeetive, together with
their horses, that General Committee, we are
informed, have prepared a Petition to the House of
Commons, representing most respeafully the
hardships of their case, and praying for relief.

_
SH ADW ELL-OFFIC E.—Wednesday a boy about
fourteen years of age, complained to the Ma-
gistrates, stating to them, that he was an appren-
tice to the Master of a Collier from Shields, now
lying in the River, and that the Mate of the said
Ship.-hailtied him hands and feet with a cord,
and fastened him to the Ship's mast, where he
kept him in that, situation four hours, during
which time he beat him in an inhuaw scanner,
with a thick rope, for no other crime imputed
to him than that he did not scrape the mast.hcad
sufficiently ;. the poor injured lad further stated,
that the Captain, brother-in-law to the Mate,
came on board after this punishment, when he
complained of his hard usage, and instead of
finding redress, his master told him that he lied,
for be was sure no such thing had happened, or.
dered him to.pull off his best jacket and trowsers,
and put cm his old clothes, not worth is. 6d. and
turned him on shore at night, unproteEted by any
friends. The' Magistrates direCted a Warrant
agailit.the Mate for the assault, and to find out
the Oersons who saw the above acts of cruelty
inflieted on the boy, whose hands and legs are
swoln very much.'