The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-16 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, MARCH I 5.

YESTERDAY sailed His Majesty's Ship In,E..in-
cible, of 74 guns, Rear-Admiral TOTTY; Capt.
J. RENNIE, to join the North Sea Fleet ; Trim.
mer Fire-vessel, Capt. PARKER, and Providence
hired Cutter, Lieut. COWAN, for Yarmouth;
. His Majesty's Fire-brig Zephir, has arrived
at the Nore from the River Thames, and has
since sailed for Yarmouth.

Lieut. J. TILLARD has commissioned the
'Vidoire Fire-schooner, at this Port.

The Nanry- Brig has arrived as this Port, and
is ordered to be fitted with all expedition as a
Fire.vessel.

DEAL, MARCH q.

His Majesty's Ship Hindottan came down yes.
terday morning from the River, and sailed this
morning on a Cruize to the Westward, with His
Majesty's Ships Overpsel, Nemesis, Heldin, and
Stivage and Raven Sloops.
His Majesty's Ship illefitene arrived yesterday
morning from the Westward,, and salted for Yar-
mouth.

Arrived trom the Westward, it the same time,
the Eugenie Sloop, and Attack Gun.brig, which
remain.

Sailed this afternoon for Sheerness, His' Majes-
ty's Ship Terpsichore, and to the Westward the
Ships Walpole, Asia, Alfred, Albion, Woodford,
Fort William; and Sir Stephen Lusbington. The
Ships Worcester and 'Taunton Castle came down
.this afternoon, and proceeded on to the West-
ward.

Admiral DICKSON is to be stationed with a
Squadron off the Texel, to watch the motions of
the Dutch Fleet.

A Ship from La Vera Cruz, worth 200,000
dollars, has been captured by one of our Cruizers,
and sent into Jamaica.
On Saturday last the Pursers of the Hon. East
India Company's ships the Windkam, Captain
THOMAS GRAHAM, and the Lard Dwiran, Cap-
tain GEORGE SALTWEL t:, severally consigned to
the Island of St. Helena and China, attended at
the India House, and received their final Dis-
patches, with which they immediately' proceeded
to PortsinOuth to join their respeftive ships.
The Fleet of Ships in the Hon. Company's
employ already dispatched, and waiting at Ports_
mouth for a fair wind, consists of the following,

viz.
For Co Ast and CHINA .—The True Briton, Hi ndostan,
Hopei and Boddam.
.for ROMBAY.—The Lord Hawkesbury, . and Airly
Castle. „.
For MA DitA,S and BENG A L.—The Duke of Montrose,
Dovercastle, Calcutta, Admiral Gardner, and Charlton.
For. Sr. HLLiiNA and CHINA.—The, Lord Duncan
and Windham.

Mr. PITT has taken the house in Park-Place,
occupied. by Mr. FisktEß (late Under Secretary),
whO is appointed Secretary of the Embassy at
Lisbon.

The 30;00o1. Prize, just drawn, has fallen to
the share of the original 'Subscribers.

A Letter from Manchester of March r4.th, at
twelve P. M. accounts for the letters of this day-
being so late in delivery :—" Dreadful weather
here : it has been snowing ever since ten o'clock
last night, and blowing very hard--a great deal,
of snow is lying on the hills,"
The East Essex have received orders,
to march from Norwich for Colchester, un
clay next.

.Last week. the Dut.hara thatched
through Doncaster, on their route. to Borough.
bridge,;nd'Northalleiton.-
Yesterday the Remains Of Mr. FRITH, one of
the Gentlemen Volunteers. of the Loyal Pimlico
As'socia'tion, were 'attended by that Corp,-s, com-
manded by Major RoLLESTON, to Si. George's
Burying-ground, and interred; with Military
Honour's. .
CAmsßloon.—The two Gold Medals, value
Fifteen Guineas 'each, given annually by the
Chancellor of this,Uhiversity to two commencing
Bachelori of Arts .0110 shall acquit themselves the
hest in Classical Learning, are this year adjudged
to Mr. 'CjIARLES GRANT and Mr. ROBERT
GRANT, both of Magdalen College.

A butcher of Norwich, named Kett, on Wed-
nesday' undertook, for a wager of 201. to ride his
horse fifty miles in four hours ; he was two hours
and a half riding the first twenty-five miles, but
performed the remaining' iwenty-five in one hour,
twenty-eight minutes and a half, being one and
a half minute within the time allowed,

4 41. it kid .s.yi 1c) •

RATISBON, FEB. 25.

IMPERIAL DECREE TO THE GENERAL DIET OF

THE EMPIRE.

The Plenipotentiary of the French Govern-
ment, specially 'referring to the precedent of the
Negotiations at Rastadt and those at Baden in
the year 1714, has proposed, in the most posi-
tive manner, to the Plenipotentiary sent by His
IMPERIAL MAJESTY CO Luneville, to negotiate
a Peace, that His IMPERIAL MAJESTY should?
at the same time, stipulate, on t:ie part of the
Empire, and sign the Treaty in his capacity of
its Supreme Head. The importance of this pro-
position, and the difFereneconsiderations which it
involved, demanded on the part of the Head of
the Empire, the most mature examination ; and
His Majesty could not hesitate to communicate
immediately ba a writing under his own hand,
the situation of affairs, and his own resolution,
to all the Eleaors)both in their quality of Elec-
tors and-Princes, and to the principal Princes of
the Empire. This writing contains the expres-
sion of the sentiments-und principles of His Ma-
jesty ; and he transmits a Copy of it to the Ge-
neral Diet of the Empire, in the firm confidence
that every appearance of unconstitutional views
will be removed by a just and mature examina-
tion pf the contents of that Letter.
In conformity to the precedents of the Nego-
tiations at Rastadt and Balers, referred to by the
French Plenipotentiary, the Treaty, of which A
Copy is subjoined, has been concluded. The
same precedent proposed as a rule of proceeding
would sufficiently guarantee the right of co-ope-
ration on the part of the States of the Empire in
every thing relative to Peace, though in the
Treaty now submitted to the Diet, there may
not have been inserted, as there formally was in
that of Rastadt, any clause confirming these le-
gitimate rights.

The motives which have induced His IMPE-
RIAL MAJESTY to conclude this Peace, will,
from their urgency, determine the Eldlors,
Princes, and States, to expedite, as much as pos-
' sible, the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace now.
submitted to them ; more particulnly, as the
French Government-has made the speedy apptV-
bation of the Empire the condition of the enjoy-
ment of the first advantages of Peace—an exemp-
tion from all War Contributions, and the de.
parture of the Armies now on the Territory of
the Empire. His IMPERIAL MAJESTY expeas,
with the utmost impatience, the Coliclusum which
shall be adopted to that efreet.

VIENNA, Frßi^ll.

LETTER OF KIS' ERJAL:.,MAJ EsTy To TIIF
ELECTORS, PRINCES, AND.. STATES OF TliE
EMPIRE. - , • •
(g The Plenipotentiary of the French Govern-
ment.has made to ,the Minister Plenipotentiary,
whom I have sent to IdineTille to negotiate a
Peace with the French Republic, the positive
proposition, that in the Treaty to be concluded,
I shall likewise stipulate for the Peace of the Em.
Aire, in my quality of its Supreme Head.
" The Iniperial and Royal Plenipotentiary
knew that the right of co-operation on the part
of the Elelors, Princes, and States of the Em-
pire, in matters relative-to Peace, was fixed in a
precise manner by the fundamental Laws or the
German Empire ; and thus that my Imperial
authority was limited, upon this point by the
rights of the Germanic Constitution, unless• I
had previously ,reeeived. full powers from each
particular State of the„Empire to treat in its
name. This consideration., and, some others en-
tirely contrary, to
,the aboye proposition,. were
not treated in the manner my Plenipotentiary had
a right to expert from their own weight, and con„
stitutional evidence. On the contrary, the-pro-
position was-insisted on, by a special reference
to the precedent of the Negotiations at. gaioo.
and Baden in the year 1714, and its admifsion.
was demanded in a manner so urgent and ppsi-
five, that .the Negotiation- must have been, en.
tirely broken off, had not my: Plenipotentiary,
after trying without success the;means of repre-
sentation, at length given his assent, referring
in like manner to the ,Negotiatjohs at Rastadt
and Baden. • •

6f In my quality of
.Supreme Head of the Em_
mire I felt very considerable embarrassment, on
being informed by :my Plenipotentiary of this
state-of things ; and I regarded it as arrobliga-
tion .-of the highest importance, to take .it into
the most mature consideration. •The suggestion
of approvint:th4 proceeding of,-my Plenipoten-
tiary, and, in consequence of such approval,- to
enter upon a Treaty, for the Peace4of the Empire,
.though I should by no rilithiS haste it in view not
tosubmit the Treaty to the examination and ra-
tification of the Diet, • was yet at ••variance with
the due respel which I entertain for .the rights
andsprivileges of the States of the k;mpire... But,
on .-the other hand, the consideiation.of .the me-
lanCholy state of a donsideribleipart of Germany
at thiS moment ; -that of the still more unfortu-
nate fate with which the superiority of the. French
threatens tbe• Empire, should Peace be still far.
then deferred ;lin short, that of the_general wish
and universal desire of enjoying. the be.
nefits of Peace ; all these motives. in -conjundion
powerfully opposed my disapproving the assent
given by my Pletlipotentiary to the demand of
-the French Plenipotentiary. I therefore result':
.ed, in- consequence of , the- declaration made by
myTlenipotentiary, and approved by me, in'this
*ate Of things, to agree also to the .Artitles of
the Peace of die EMptre. Your tried wisdoM and
infOrmation- induced me to think that, in all
probability, in circumstances of so painful a
nature,: yea would, have come to a similar- deci-
sion. ' - •

gs If I feel some consolation in informing you,
by this Letter, of the real state of things, and the
resolution which I have 'taken, I, at the same
time, feel a vet high degree of satisfatlion in
the_ consciousness of the purity of the views- by

w4ich. I am gtuaied; which are already guaran.

feeampte.most
solemn manner by, several de.
claratiotrs made to the Diet, and particularly by
the Imphial'Dee'ree of the zgth of Nay, 1795 f„
and in consistence with which it cannot be my
intention to trench in any respect upon the Right,-
of the.Ampirc, relative to the question of Peace;
and when the Treaty of Fence shall have been,
transmitted to the tieetors, Princes, and States,
at the t Tenet-id Dier, you will receive the com-
plete and consolatory conviCtion, That in the pre-
sent Negotiation for Peace, I
,ha.ve, before-ha:lJ,
taken every
.measure and precaution, in conforini-
ty to the abOre-cited precedent, orthe Negotia.
tions at ~2astadt and 21' ad ex, in 1714, to secure
the Rights 'of the States of the-Empire."

RATISBON, FED. 26.

RESULT OF THE CONFERENCE HELD AT RAT'S*

BON, IN THE HALL OF THE COLLEGE 00
PRINCES, DICTATED BY THE DIRECTORY OF

MENTZ, THE 25TH INSTANT.

It has been determined, in the name of "the
three Colleges, zst. That the Protocul shall bw
opened in ten days, that is to say, on the 7th of
March, to deliberate on the Ratification of the
Treaty of laweville.
zd. That the Diredory shall be re.
quested to communicatethis resolution, by a Cu..o
tier, to the Imperial Minister at gienna. •

3d. That following•the example of the trans.
missal of full powers, given the 1.4. th Dzeember, '
1797, to the Deputation at Rastadt, it shall be
proposed to the imperiallylini,,ter at renNer, to •.
authorize ;the Principal Cirrimissioner of the El -
PEROPC.Bt Rath6on, to +ratify' 'not only in the
name of the Empire the .I:,rq4ty of Peace, but also.,
to expedite (or, in other 'word, to sanction the
conclumm by which the Diet. will mitt .the
Treaty 'of Lu:ve;,-ill) to' Count Cc BEN.
zEL, at Luneville,, the Ratification.

4th. That the Direetory of shall commu:,
nicate, in the usual manner, to the Principal Com.
missioncr, the result of the present Conference,
and request him to procure from His Imperial
Majesty the necessary powers for carrying it into
etre&

sth. To make, the DireEtors of the Poet re.
sponsible for any delays that the Couriers to be
dispatched this day to the High ContraEling Par.
ties to communicate these Resolutions to :kip/
may experience.

PISA, Fr R. r 2.—Several Letters from the Le-
vant state, that 'the English have landed near
Alexandria, where General MENou waited for
them with a part of his Army ; that they were
completely defeated, and lost 7000 men, the
greater part made prisoners ; and that the rest of
their troops re-embarked in disorder, and pro-
ceeded to Malta. We wait the confirmation of
this news.

THE OPE A:l.—The new Opera of Alzira went
off with even more success on Saturday than on
any of the preceding nights. .The fine Air in the
second Aft, in which BANTI has received so much
applause, was as usual encored, and her performance
may indeed be considered as one of the highest at-
chievements of vocal excellence. She and V I Gli;-
NON I were also highly applauded in a Dao.7—
God save the King" was called for at the end
of the Opera, and was sung with a most impres-
sii;ejzeg,:is well as with great musical skill, by
This loyal strain wits SO encored. At
the end of-the Opera there wass-a new' Diva-tin.-
/next, which was at least pretty. , Barbara and'
Allen was the-last Ballet, and-PAttisoy's pas lent
was so much adatired that- she was obliged to .
repeat it. TUC Pxzrrcr of.WAl:es; the DUKE
of YORK, and a House fulrof fashion and splen.
'.ior, marked 'the -evening. The Audience in vain'
• testified their disgust against the fops 'who ob-
truded on the Stage:
, TEE f kA TR Tragedy, of :Oibello,
- was Well attended on Saturday, at Covent Gar-
; den Theatre. It should be mentioned to the
credit-of-Coon, that he is by no means intoxj..*:
cared with the fame he has acquired, but takes as
much pains as if he had' still a reputation to
establish. His lago wa's throughout a spirited
and charaacristic performance. Mrs. L I 'IC 14 -
FIELD was
.indisposed, when she. came on in
Eiirilia and her exertions in the part reiideltd
hkof course still worse.' To increase
easiness oilier situation, she was unfortunately;
hiirt by the 'stab given by lap, in the lasi scene,
and could not remove from the Stage without as-
sistance. We are glad to find that the effe& of
the blow was not materially injurious.—Perouse
seems likely to be almost as advantageous as
Pi...zarro at the rival Theatre.

Drury Lane had an overflowing Theatre on:
Saturday last to:Deaf altd Dumb, anti Th;- Cititca.
Mrs. JQRPAN played Maria, in the latter Piece;
with henacctistomed spirit; and was greeted with'
the warmest applause. •
About three o'clock on Friday morning a gang
of villains entered Fishmongers'-Hall, by means
of a ladder, from the water side, broke into the
oftces, and with small' crows forced open all the
desks, kom whence they took 151., in money : not
being able to effete their escape by the way they
came iii, they raised up a long ladder belonging
to the. Hall, and let themselve4 out at another
place, leaving their own lAddci behind.
A Wager of zoo° guineas was a few .days since
decided. between Mr. BARCLAY of Ury, and Mr.
Fttlyrc iti x of BUllinshoe ; the. latter Gentleman bet
that sum he would walk -go mil6l in twentyLnnt
hours and a half; at the end of 67 miles, ;which
he accomplished in about t. 3 hours, be 'was so
much fatigued, as to be unable to proceed further.
The population of Norwich, in the year 1786,
amounted to 19,630 souls.;
.agreeable to the Re.
.turns made last week under the Ad of Parliament,
the number appears to be reduced to 17,889.
On the night of the 9th inst. a servant, be..
longing to Mr. Jut), of,Baldock, Herts, return.
ing from' Hitchin to that One on horseback, -he
was met by two footpads, who robbed him of
Bank Notes to the amount of zol. ; and- thettort.
dctinit him to dismount, took his horse away,

From the LONDON GAUTT.E, March

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGro.
March 24. John Macnamara, of London, merchant, at
ten, at Guildhall.

BANKRUPTS.

John Ricketts, of Bristol, toy-inkker, to surrender March
24, and April a, 25, at eleven,,, at the Talbot Inn and
Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, Mr. Tarrant, Chancery-
lane, London; or Messrs. Hall and Jarman, and Mr.
E. Stephens, Bristol:
Robert Sims, larc of Walworth, Surrey, grocer, March :7,
28, and April 25, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
Beatirain, Union-street, Bishopsgate-street.
Frederick Charles Augustus Sandwell, late of Devizes,
W,iltshire, clothier, April 6,7, and 25, at eleven, at the
Black Bear Inn, Devizes. Attornies, Mr. Hughes,
Devizes or Mr. Netheisole, Essex-street.
Daniel West, of Windsor, Berkshire, Coal-merchant,
March 24, 28, and April 25, at ten, at Guildhall, Lon-
don. Attorney, Mr- Saxon, Pump-court, Temple.
Charles Eldridge, of Cheltenhant, Gloucestershire,
victualler, March ty, at six, March ao, at ten, and April
25, at eleven, at the Crown M Attornies, r
Irruen, Cheltenham ; or Mr. Vizard, Gray's-Inn.
George Long, of Manchester, cotton-nianufaelurer, March
ta, and April 7, 25, at four, at the house of .Francis
llidge, Market-Place, Manchester. A ttornies, Mr.
Clough, Manchester ; or!Mr. 'Edge, Inner-Temple.
Moses Exton, of Manchester, merchant, March in, and
April 13, as, at eleven, at the Coach and Horses Inn,
Deansgate. Attornies, Mr. Knight, Manchester ; or
Mr. R. Ellis,. Cursitor-street.
Aaron Rayner, Manchester, merchant, March 19, and
April 7, ;5, at three, at the house of Francis Ilillidge,
M-arket-Place hianchester: Attornies, Messrs. Sharpe.
and Eccles, Manchester.
John. Ashworth, of Southmolton-street, warehouseman,
March 28, and April 25, at twelve, at Guildhall.
Attorney, Mr. Dixon, Nassau-street, Soho.
John Rich, of Bristol, breeches-maker and glover, March
at, at one, March 28, and April as, at twelve, at Guild-
hall, London. Attorney, ,Mr.Kibblewhite, Gray's-
Inn-Place, London.
thomas Merritt, now or late of Gloucester, salesman and
draper,'March 2t, 23, at five, and April as, at eleven,
at the Welch Harp Inn, Gloucester. Attornics, Mr.
Pewtris's, Gray's-Inn, London; or Mr. T. B. Nutt,
GlOucester..
George Williams, of Saffron-Hill, shoemaker, March 21,
28, and April as, at ten, at Guildhall.
Rdhert Sharpies, late of Anderton, Lancashire, shopkeeper,
April to, at five, April if, at eleven, and 25, at five,
at the Bear's-Paw, Wigan. Attornies, Mr. Windle,
Bartlett's-Buildings, London; or Mr. E. Threlfall,
Little BoltonsLancashire.
John Fiddy, of Collisliall, Norfolk, corn-merchant,
March 27, at four, March 28, at ten, and April 25, at
four, at the Maid's-Head, Norwich. Attornics, Messrs.
Swain and Stevens, Old Jewry, 'London ; or Mr. J.
Sayers,_ of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
George Pugh and lames Davis, of Old Fish-street, Lon-
don,-chemists and druggists,' March t 7, 27, and April
Si, at eleven, at Giiildhall.
DIVIDENDS.

April to. John Wm. Fisher; 'Of -Rusholme, Manchester,
and I. Mangnall, of Bolton, merchants, at twelve, at the
Star Inn, Maw:he:sten
April at. Lewis Goldsmith, of Thavies-/nn, Holborn,
merchant, at nine, at Guildhall.
May 2. S. Sandys, of Bristol, fringe and lace-manufac-
inrer, at eleven, at the Rummer 'favern, Bristol.
April 6. j. Brice,•of Trowbridge, clothier, at eleven, at
the George Inn, Trowbridge..
April 4. Ann Salt and C. Adam Beckman, of Birming-
ham, wine-merchants, at twelve, at Guildhall.
Akil 14. G. Jackson the'eider, of Piccadilly, plumber,
at ten, at Guildhall.
April 14. G. Feild, late of the Minories, linen-draper,
at ten, at Guildhall..
April ax. C. M'Lcan, late of Cloth-Fair, woollen-
draper, at twelve, at
April 2s. Arthur Chichester Allen, of Ironmonger-lane,
,merchant, ateleven, at Guildhall. •
April at. G . Barry, of Red-Lion-Passage, haberdasher,
at ten, at Guildhall.
April r 4. J. Gresswell, of Wisbeach, grocer, ateleven,
at Guildhall, London. •
April 7. S. Jacobs, Lite of Southampton, merchant and
ship-owner, at twelve, at the Stat Inn, Southampton.
April 4. J. Fid ' dler f Spdbyry, taylor and draper, at
ten, at C. uildliall, Louden.
April to. T. Browne, late of Chesterfield, merchant, at
-eleven, at Angel-Inn, Chesterfield.
April 9. • W. Manley, late of Chesterfield, money-seri-.
vener, at three, at the Falcon Inn, Chesterfield.
April tr. Michael Cutler; of Bedford-street, Covent-
Garden, woollen-draper, at twelve, at Guildhall.
April so. j. W. Fisher, of Rusholme, Manchester, aAd
.1. Mangnall, of Balton, merchants, at eleven, at the
Star Inn, Manchester. •
April 4. M, Bishop, of Shcrborne, Dorsetshire, baker,
at eleven, at the 4.in's-Arins Inn Sherborne.
Ma) 2. R. Chase edge, of Cheapside, wholesale-
draper, at ten, at Guildhall.
April 18. T.,Goodeve,,qf Greek-street, Soho, carpenter,
at ten, at Guildhall. ,