The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-03 00:00:00

FROM THE MONITEUR, MAY 22.

,ALEPPO, MARCH I.—Frain the moment we
learned here the unexpeeted death of M. ALEX.-
ANDER .ROMIEU, the French Envoy at Tehran,
ifery unpleasant whispers ,were propagated reSped-
ihg Mr. BARKER, the English Consul. It was
pretended, that if M. ROIVIIEU did not perish until
•after he had arrived at the place of his destination,
'it was not the -fault of Mr. 134mEn. Something,
Was said about . a Tartar, who carried dispatches
for the English Consulate, having been sent on the
'track of M. Romixu, when he was on the road To
Bagdad; and entrusted, to the prejudice of ,that
Frenchman, with the execution of some dark affair.
The discourse of the Tartar, and every other cir-
cumstance colleCted, in different places, had left very
few points-of doubt in the minds of those wh6 would
rather have .doubted the reality of such an odious af.=
fair, when Mr. BARKErt, himself, by a printed chal-
lenge or provocation, forced the French Consul Ge-
neral to a public declaration.
The‘Consul General has therefore drawn up a Cir-
cnlar Letter, which he addressed on the 15th Feb.
100, to thegeveral European Consuls at Aleppo..
This Circular Letter contains the following par-
ticulars :
"Three days after M:-Romq,u''s departure, an
English Tartar, named SANCOS HALL, was sent in
pursuit of hipi upon the road. This fait is known
to all 'the Levant. . • ,

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" The French Con,sul informed M. ilomttu of it,
who pi'oceeded„ in' consequence, with every precau-
tion such circumstances required.
Owthe 2i st of August the Consul received a
Leiter from' M. B.o.'criEu, telling him that the Tartar
wholollowed the same route he did had been at-
tacked before 'he could overtake him; and that a
Letter 'had been found among his effe&s, in which
Mr. 13XRE.ER'desired SULTAN AGA, the Chief of the
Fusileers at 'Monssol„ to get M. ROMIEU assassi-
nated, promising- to give him five thouand piastres ;
and that the original of the Letter was delivered to
the French Agents and deposited at Bagdad.
M: ROMIEU'S Letteris at .the French Consu-
late,_ where it is shown to every person who desires
to, see it. There is also an authentic copy kept there
of *the.clispatch which SARCOS HALL, the Courier,
was charged with for SULTAN AGA."

Yesterday .being Trinity Monday, the Corpora-
tion of Trinity-Hohse held their Anniversary Meet-
ing, and proceeded in barges to their Hall at Dept-
ford; when the flight ,Honourable Earl SPENCER
was unanimously re-chosen Master for the ensuing
year ;. and, after attending Divine Service at the
Church of St. Nicholas, where an excellent Sermon
was preached by the Rev. GERRARD AN DREWES;
ReCtor of
.St. James, Westthinster, they returned to
Dinner at the London Tavera, where were present
many of the Nobility, Admirals, and Persons of Dis-
tinetion., Lord ,SPENCER of course took the Chair.
Among.theloyal and patriotic Toast, gi% en on this
occasion, " The Memory of our departed Naval
Heroes" was not forgotten, but was drank with the
greatest zeal. The Toast, however, which most.ope-
rated upon the feelings of the Company, and which
excited Mingled emotions of grief and enthusiasm,
was, 4‘. The linmortal'Memory of the late Master,
Mr. PITT." Shouts of approbation burst •trona all
quarters many were 'deeply affected. " The Pilot
that. weathered the Storm," a tribute to theeminent
services andlatesevering fortitude of that. great man,
was then-swig by DioNum, and throughout received
• with the lousiest testimonies of applause.
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Capt. ROGERS is appointed to the Kent, of 74
grins, one of the largest Ships of the class in the ser-
vice. •
There Was no Court of Aldermen held this day;
but the Loan-MA-I.°a, after inspe&ing the Returns,
ordered the Price of. Bread to remain as last week.
Yesrerday rhorninv, Abut five o'clock, a fire broke
out at house. in Cable-street,b St. George's in the
East, by which three houses were burnt.
A very destructive fire broke out on Saturday
se'nnight in the town Of Longford, and noti.vith-
standing•every exertion, was not suppressed until
two breweries and above fifty dwelling-houses were
totally consumed..
We understand a Letter is published arEGEIt.
TON'.s Military Library, addressed to Mr. WINDHECI,
wherein a most plain and simple Plan is laid down
respeaince the Volunteer System.
,A few days since a Journeyman Blacksmith en-
gaged to work for a Master at Sadlescombe, near
Westfield ; and, having .a little knowledge of the
fistic science,- persuaded his employer that
.he was
no less a personage than the Game Chicken; that
he was come into the comitry„, incognito, to pick
up a few grains at the barns' doors ; and that he
had already engaged to fight a Country Professor of
Pugilism in Battle Park, whom he should lick with
• the greatest ease imaginable ! The gaping Smith,
'with " eager haste, while on the anvil did his iron
"-cool, swallowed his servants news," and 'deposited
in his hands a considerable sum of money to advance
• the stakes, and bet upon the conflict ; but on the
' night preceding the set-io, the pretended Chicken set
off, taking all the money his too credulous Master
had entrusted him with, and has not since been
heard of ! •
* Old as the adage is of " embracing the Tide on
the Flood," an event 'which is so near at issue as
to-morrow most strongly enforces it. It is hardly
necessary to mention; from the universal attention
it excites, that our- beloved. Monarch's Birth-day
will•be ushered in, by the commencement, at nine
iii the morning, of the princely Prize 4.2.5,0001..t0
• the. first-drawn ;Number froinFortune's Wheel.—
'Numerous other principAl Prizes will, most pro-
.tably, enrich the day's draWing.
,So that,. if any
• Chances- are yet to be, purchased, many doubtless
will he alert this day; "to embrace so rich s-tide on
the Flood."
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