The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-26 00:00:00

PARIS, Sm. zir

'Ng Commission of Engineers and officers of
Artillery sent by Government into the four new
Departments, on the Left Bank of the Rhine, to
determine thebest situations for the construftion of
Fortresses of the first rank, have already surveyed
the Hundsitick, arid the Banks of the Nahe and
MoSelle, and transmitted a'variety of plans to the.
Minister at War.. It appears that the City of
Creutznach, situated on the Nahe, will be fortified,
'and 'that another 'Fortress is. to be 'ereeted on the
Moselle, between Tre'ves and Qblentz.

According to accounts from .gerne of the 1,2411,
Citizen VERNZNAC had not then presented his cre-
dentials to the Helvetic Government. It was re-
ported that the Provisional Government will un-
dergo some changes before its final dissolution.—
Six Companies of Helvetic Troops had been sent to
Lucerne, to maintain tranquillity at Stantz, and in
the vicinity.

Letters from Ph;l;psburgh, dated the I rth inst.
state, that a few days before M. DE TRAITEURS,
Lieut. Col, in the service of His Majesty the Ent-
PERoa, in consequence of an order received by ex-
press from the ARCHDUKE CHARLES, arrived in
that Fortress, for the purpose of examining the state
of the Fortifications, and re-establishing, on a new
plan, such of them as have been demolished dur-
ing the war. They further state, that the work
has already commenced, and is going on with great
aaivity.

According to accounts received at Roc-hi:fort
from Cayenne, there still remain in that destruc-
tive Colony, sixty-nine transported Priests. These
unfortunate persons were apprized that the Go-
vernment had sent three Vessels to bring them
home, but that they had been captured on the
passage by the English. Hope, however, still
cheered their exile. " Every morning," says one
of these vidims in his letter, " we turn our eyes
towards the East, in expeaation of descrying the
Vessels that are to carry us hence. For three
years have we lived in hope ; and we will not re-
linquish that hope but with our latest breath. it
required only a nod from the Direaory to plunge
us into a gulph of misery, and the firm resolution
of a just Government has not yet been able to de-
liver us from it. It is easy to perform an injury,
but difficult to repair it. The old and respettable
DOM is about to revisit France. 1.1.4 w happy must
this old man be in returning, at the age of seventy
years, to his native soil, which 200 of our compa-
nions, young and robust when they left it, will
never more behold.'

On the 12th passed through Nancy, on his way
to Vienna, the elder Citizen Grit Awn, Chief of
Brigade, and Principal Secretary to the French
Embassy. He was accompanied by Citizen DA.
MASS RAYMOND. On the day following passed
through the same place, Prince DOIXOROUSKY,
Colonel, Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the EMI. 5-
ROR of RussrA, on his journey to Paris, with an
extraordinary mission to the First Consul, He was
accompanied by Captain REIDHARD.
It is confidently asserted, that the French and
Austrian Governments have settled a particular re-
gulation relative to their respeaive Ministers.—
Each Government is to grant to the other's Am.
bassador a Residence, a Guard of Honour, and the
jurisdidion over the individuals of his own Na-
tion) at the place of his residence.

The first Corps of Cavalry and Infantry belong-
ing to the 15,000, French Troops that are to
evacuate Holland, will immediately set out from
that Country on their return to France, by the
way of Nimeguen, Bois le Dia, and Breda. Gene.
ral AUotRT►AV is expeled very shortly at Brus-
sels, wish several Officers belonging to his Staff.
Letters received yesterday from Rotterdam, state,
that the English Squadrons and Cruizers have again
resumed their stations off the Isles of Walcheren
and Goree, and before the Ports of Brill, Hekoct
and Texel. The last Port has not, as it was re-
ported, been declared in a state of blockade.

SE NtGACLIA, Auc. 23. Thirteen English
Ships have appeared off the Coast of Fermo. The
day before yesterday we were witnesses to an Afion
near Fakonara between two Ships.
We learn from Ragusa, that an Anglo,Turkish
fleet was seen off' the Coast.

SEPT. i.—We seem to be every moment threat-
ened with a Descent on the•part of the English.—
About a fortnight ago, these haughty Islanders ap-
peared along the Coast of Fermo, with a force of
about 13 Sail of the Line. A few days after a
slight Attion was fought off Fakonara between two
vessels. Since that time there appeared off Ragusa
an Anglo-Turkish fleet, with the destination of
which we are unacquainted ; and we constantly ob-
serve on the Adriatic a great number of vessels of
all rates. All parts of this Coast have consequent-
ly been put in the most formidable state of tlefence.
We expect from the Neapolitan Territory a French
Demi_brigade of 1200 men, commanded by General
MICHAUD, in the absence of General MATHIEU.
General SOI.IGIIAC is to succeed General SE ROUX
at Ancena.

NICEI SEPT. 10, —.A signal has been hoisted at
Fort Mantal6an to give notice of a small English
Squadron off the Heights of the Island of Corsica ;
it consisted of eight or ten Sail, Frigates arid Cor-
vettes. It is believed that it' has French Prisoners
on boardfrom Egypt.for France ; yet it is rumour-
ed that the English have hostile views against our
Coast, and that they mean to blockade Toulon and
Marseilles. The General Commandant has given
orders to increase the Batteries on the Coast.

NAPLES, Alio. g6.—We exped French Troops
here. The English Consul is gone to Rome with
his family.

A. Russian Ship of the Line and three Frigates
have anchored in our Harhout. It is believed that
they come- to convey home the Russian Troops
here.

In execution of the Treaty of Peace, ‘ve shall sur-
render to the French the rest of our Navy, which
consists of two Sail of the Line, two Frigates, and
a Corvette.

General SouLT ItA published a ProcHnation, to
make known to the People that the new Imposts are
not for the waintenance of the t'reach Troops.

•
flittitts op IltE MEIN, SEPT. • read
the Allgemeike Zeilcitg. a Letter from -Strasbithf
which announces, that Mr. PAGET had, during iii;
stay at Paris, two Conferences with Citizen At..
LEYRANZI, who presented him to the Chief Co•istd,,
with whom he had a long conversation: It is said
that the Athbassador was diteEted by his Govern-
ment to give verbal explanations upon a Projet
which had previously been transmitted to M.Orro
by the English Minister.

STRASDIIRaH, SEPT.
.15."-,The Duke or m.o.
DENA has refused to give a categorical answer relam
tive to the Brisgau. The French General has anew
addressed the Court of rieitita—in case of refusal;
the Duke will have no indemnity. •
Letters from Sualia speak of the great mister.
nation that prevails among the, Clergy, on the sub-
jea of the Secularizatitms. The Civil Wieers arc
already making interest with the Seco!ar princes,
to whom it is presumed that the States will be given*.
WE SE L, SEPT. I 11W,S passed at Illuy.,ter
cannot but be attended with dii;greea!)le. c'4wse-
quences to that City. On the 9th; the
notwithstanding the declaration of M. de Dot:m
and Citizen BAcH FR, thought they had a right,
after the arrival of M. WESTPHALEN, to elal the
Prince VICTOR ANTHONY, Of Austria, Bishop: the
people proceeded in crowds to M. dc 15.)HM,
broke the windows of his hotel. His Excellency
had a great difficulty in escaping to Ham, whence
he sent off Couriers to Bcrlijt, Ratisboe, and Gene-
ral KLEIST. Several detachments are on their
march to take !flimsier.

We are also assured that the Canons of Co-
/ogne will proceed on the loth September to the
nomination of an Archbishop Elelor, and that theit
choice will fall on the Archduke ANTnokv. It
must be acknowledged, that between these-appoint-
ments and the :Ik-owed system of Indemnities, there
is a great contradiaion, and a germ of discord,
which it will be difficult to remove.

HAGUE, SEPT. 14..—We are assured, and it is
believed, that the Negotiations relative W the
PRINCE of ORANGE are finished. One of the con.
ditions stipulated in the Treaty is, .that the PRINCE
of ORANGE shall have Wartzbririb and Blllllb
It is said besides, that the Bishopric of Munster will
be divided into lots; that on the Right tank of
the Ems will given to the KING of PitusstA, and
on the Left Bank to the Dutch Republic, according
to the Convention 'coniduded a; Berlin on the nth
August, 1796.

BRISTOL, SEPT. 146

WE are happys.to learn from a Gentleman who
last week visited that part of the country, that the
damage done by the late thunder storm at Cole_
brook Dale, and the neighbourhood, is not so great
as was at first apprehended. The contents of one
of the furnaces belonging to the Colebrook tale
Company, consisting of about 2000 cubic feet of
ore, limestone, and other materials, were blown
.up, in consequence of the sudden ingress of the wa-
ter occasioned by the overflowing of the dams.—
The conflia of the two elements produced a very
sublime and aweful cfred. The instant the water
entered the furnace, a dreadful explosion took place,
and a column of melted and red-hot mineral was
discharged into the air, in a perpendicular direc.
tion, upwards of xSo • feet. The explosion was
repeated at intervals for two or three times, .ac.
companied each time by an extremely brilliant co-
lumn, the heat of which was so intense, as to be
felt several hundred yards distant. The roofs and
floors of the contiguous buildings were displaced by
the concussion.

It is remarkable, that the prodigious quantity
of matter which was emitted from the mouth or top
of the furnace is entirely dissipated ; and that, note.
withstanding the .principal part of it was large
pieces of iron- ore and lime-stone, yet not a par..
tide of either can be found any where near the
spot, nor is a vestige of them to be. discerned on
the tops of any of the adjacent ,buildings. This is
a phenomenon which yet remains to be accounted.
for. It is also wonderful, that the aperture at the
top of the furnace (an opening not exceeding two
feet ili diameter), through which the contents were
exploded, is not in the -least rent, but is' now 'as
sound as ever, together with the furnace itself.

It is supposed a water-sprout mast have burst near
the spot, as part of the works were in a few mi-
nutes completely inundated, anit the water attained
to the amazing height of 17 feet in a very short
space of time.

At Kelley, the eft-efts of the storm were alarm.
ing, but providentially no injury was done.
In the night between Friday and Saturday se'n.
night a fire broke out on the premises of Mr.
Hampton, Soap-boiler, of Upton upon Severn,
which destroyed his workshops and warehouses, to.
gether with stock in trade to a very consid•:rattle
amount but the dwelling-house was fortunately
saved from the flames.

GUILDFIALL.-A case which interests persons
concerned in Benefit Clubs, came on tolie heard before
two Magistrates. The Trustees of a Benefit So-
ciety had erased the name of a Member, in con_
sequence of his not having given due notice to,
the Stewards, after his recovery from illness,
that he was going to work, and should need no
brther assistance. This person produced evi-
&nee- to prove that he had sent notice to the
Clerk within the time allowed by the' rules e
the Society. The Trustees, however, contended,
that this was not sufficient, and • that the notice
ought to have been given to the Stewards, and not
to the Clerk. It appearing, however, that some of
the rules require notice to be liven only to the
Clerk, and that this person was ignorant 'of the re.
qui,,ite forms, the Magistrates gave i: z 45 their opi-
nion that the notice was good, and theretLre .(ntiered
them to reinstate him in his situation as a member.

On Friday the zi th inst. as John Hawke, a
gunner in the detachment of th,z Royal Artillery,
comm ndcd by Captain Dv ER, now stationed in
Huli gartison, was attending his duty on the Race_
ground upon Wold Carr, near that town, he was
unfortunately thrown from the gun, which going
over his head, occasioned his death at Drypool on
Monday last,

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EDINBURGH, Srrr. zr.

OLD BAILEF:'

THUIVDAV, BEl'l. Z4l._ ::;„

I~fIS_DF:IE.'IS~OR 5.

Tf-t_t whole Nolunteer 'Force )of the. County
Inverness and its Islands, comprehending the Dis-
trids, of Strathspey and. Badenoth, consisting of se-
veral, 'thousands, hay e.declared. to Government their
readine4, at a moment's %,,arning, to inarc,h, against .
rile enemy in case of itivasiou, and have Ileh.l,,theln_,
selves in preparation ever since . Lord Ho.B Ax T's
litter was communicated to "them by the.4ord
tenant. They, are now taking a4antage., 'di' the.,
I)enevolent attention of His Rpyal -,Highness' the!
ci4i'lrr,ander in Chief, to ingather .a: very fine and,
picntiful crop, hut violin such a distance as admits.
their b,:ing re;:kiy at a call'
- The A uchterder rim Company 'of Volunteers, coin- •
mapded: 14. Captain H. L,LEPHAN E, have, unanl-
- agreed' to extend their Services to any pzirt:
of Great 13citaip, when Government shall,be pleased'
to call for" then.

The premiums offered by. Mr. G 11313,
.of Ayr,
for the greatest ,quitnt.ity of Oatmeal ,brought tc;
and retailed itethat Markeri which were mentioned
in alormerpailet,•appear to hive had: a good effect.:
On-Friday last good OattneAl fell in that market to
• is. 6d.Ter peek.. ,
• . ,
'lti,!s_prin last,
.Mr. Smith, tenant in
S'triitlifielti.,' near Perri, pia n t`ed in his grounds of:
belOnging to Alexander Moncrief, ,Esq.
tioz. -kidney potatoes, which have produced
ninety-nine pounds.. of an ex-e-ellent quality, and
many of them from nine'to ten inches long. ,
4.3,1b5. of the_,cariy‘Champagne procliked eight
hued cd: in :forty. pounds,. some 'of which Teio-hed !
i ;i0 IS ounces. Likewise, .351bs. of 'the
3ql'irty;kMeyliindploduCed five hundred 'and ninety.
SYC}ZlO,u94O)f a
,Very.superior qiialsty, and a great
91, Jrlemp measuring from eight to, ni4e inches
liting.„7:olit of four potatoes. Mr, Smith got four
ieeks••--amazing instances of the fertility of the
season.
' In a field posseSsed:by Mr. John Johnston, ship_
-in.:Aster itt Rothesay, there is jusi'-now a 'promising
second crop of.,potatoes 'nearly "ripe "ripe —a ver' 'Ann-
Zarii crop. of potatoes was raised :frorti the-saine
round by Mr: Johnsion_abont three:months ago:
At
_Comrie; .Where the Earthluake on the 7th
vviiS'inore distinftly feit than in- any other
dace to' which it"exanded, 'they have since bia
other
,'two'sni. all shocks ;
.1 he •orie at two .o'Clcck
:of the morning of the Bth; and the-other at eleven
of the forenoon of the 9zll current. - These :.sliOeks
were not-go alarming to the inhabitants as that of
tile 7th. . •

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. jlhn Smith was indiaed Tot. uttering as true a
certain piece of base`coin in the.,,shape of a shilling,
and purporting to be a shilling ; and also for having
several pieces of • same kind, as well-as other
base coin, in his possession, .
i-loby stated, that last summer he purchased
a pottle of Strawberries from the Defendants who
appeared to-be a dealer in that_kind of fruit_; the
he, had agreed to pay was 6d. which he .gave.
him in silver. As soon as the ,Defendant ;received'
it he turned round, put it into his mouth,,a4 gave.
a sixpence back to the prosecutor, observing it
was a bad one, and demanded annther instead, of
it. The Prosecutor not, having another sixpence,_
gave him a shilling, with. which the Defenti,nt
played theysame trick, and gave back a Ahilling,
saying it was bad. The Prosecutor .then having
son-A.: suspicion, took out another shilling, which
be marked, and .gave it to the Defendant ; instead
of this a bad one was returned, in the,same manner,
as bad been done with tht other shilling and the
sixpence. He then had. the Defendant t..ken into
custody, and whilst the Constables were taking.kint
to the,Mansion-House; he dropped several
_pieces of
bad money.--Gailty. - .
William Brice, James H:ggs, Henry Higgs, and
Edward Higgs, were indided for receiving..a,quan._
tity of leather, knowing it.-.to, be stolen., •
Mr. KNOW•LYS) on the part of the prosecution,
stated, that Mr. .Thomas Crawley, an eminent
Currier", living near liishopsgate-street, had, -in
the month of January.. last., been robbed of about
3oolb. weight of leather.
...The robbery was-
committed on hil premises on the night of Satur-
day the loth. COnsiderable rewards had been
offered after this.fot the detedion of the, thieves,
but no account could be heard of them, nnr,of
the leather, until the zrst of January, when, upon
some information that had been received, two
Officers went and searched .the premises of the
Higgs's, in whose stable the leather was found, in
3 state ,of concealment ; and when they asked if
they had such a commodity in their possession,
they denied any knowledge of. it. These three
Defendants being in the Farriery- business, had no

occasion to deal in this article.,.. The share which
the Defendant Brice had in the transadion was,
that of lil to a Mr. Mason, a 'Shoemaker,
and asking him to purchase leather, and after-
wards offering to sell it to a Mr. Rowe, a Leather-
"dealer,-'both of whom declined
.having any thing
to do with it, unless a proper account should be
given of,it. It would be for the Defendants, who
were no. dealers in leather, to show how they
came by this property that was found upon them:
And if Mice should appear to have assisted ;he
other Defendants in disposing alit, knowing it to
be stolen property, lie was equally guilty with
them. The Defend,ftits were indided.for a Misde-

theanor, because the persons who stole the property
could not be found; otherwise they would have been
indiCied for Felony.
Evidence was-then called to prove that the pro-
pe,rty stated by the Counsel had been stolen from
Mr: Crawley ; it was also proved- to have been
concealed in the premises of the Higgs's.
A person of the name of Bedson, a bricklayer,
stated, that' Brice, whom he knew, had called upon
him in January last, and desired to be introduced
to some person to whom he could sell some leather.
Be was accordingly introduced to- Mr. Mason, a

Shoemaker; an&,aftermites to Mr. Rowe,. a
Leather seller, both, ,of whom'declined having apy.
.lhir,g-to.do with ir, (These two per.;ons.alsoLgay9
evidei-iFe to the fia..) Wlien 13rie could Hatt get
t)' the 1• 1 1 tb • •
to. ...pyy eat ler,. i.Ast
witnesses, tnat he would teil,those j3et c for whorl-1
iha.t- he could. not get
.a'ziy: yy to btiy ;
froM,,yhiclixpr;:sslOp,Jt appeaied hekixas OFTIy
to others. A fetter from jameslncrer4
r0,.4.115:e.tas ,reaq•Ati 4yidtrice; the ptirpC;lt
the letter was to tWat cerid
• - ..•
hiatheyo
-he (Brice, Ny0.4.113. Ay(l4 pur'cliaser rdx.lt,;
.:4 tV.J'ac .•ti
/!t .4.,..L.Ery_ati(l N A adoFssel
the jury I.A11:11r of the and:Mr. tom-:
Nc6 N. SY t a r iad del v creri an abl Oheti-ge,.,the
',Dry fpund 74-7,:i.es Higgs and :.14-;zj;R;ggs Gzii/U ;.
anzi acciaitted Bric. and Ed,z4.7ard Hz
•

James Higgs: was, then sentencatct.pay a fine of
it:?o1,. and he itnlrisonc;tl Aix monthl-irt Newgate
and Henry Higgs was. sentenced to a litcedimpthon
ment, and to pay a fine of 501. •

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