The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-17 00:00:00

SAttri'DAYi ALfI IS.

Yesterday evening His MAJ E STY walked on the
Esplanade .. with the DiltP of KENT, scr.
AtioLPHITS, PRI NCESSES and 'ELI A-
B ITH, the DtrICE of
.Gt.oucr.sTEß; and the -Earls
of Uxaßtnet, CkESTERFI“D, and ROSL IN
Lords WALSINGHAM, BORING DON' and A. VEAu-
cLERc,•. General GARTH .Sir H. NE AL Ej the
Hon. Captain PAc Di Mr. \i7" IN. HAM; p S
GREY, F.ARNELL, and INGRAM : before they left
the EsPlanade they saw the "'Berkshire Militia
mount the King's -Guard.. .
. The QUEEN and Pa INc Essis MARY and SoTH
sat in a chair opposite the Lodge.
PRINCESS AMELI& rode in her carriage; with
her Attendants; to.Sandsford'Castle, on the Sands.
_Party spent the evening with 'P'Heilc
MA.J E6:r US, at the Lodge.
This morning, at ten o'elock, the ROYAL PAM
iY went on board the ChathtteTacht, accompanied
by the Earl, and Countess of Rost, the Earl an... 1
.Countess ofMAcct.Esfl“al3, Earls of UXBRIDGE
and. Cid tSTERE ELL) • Countess of -Lord
WALSINGH AM, Lady M. ERSKINE, Ge.neral DE
IaiNGEY, his: Lady and Daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
WityptiAm, Mr.„and Mrs. DRAX GROSYENOR, and
.Miss COTES. • • •

Sir Faarrc is MILMA:N is arrived at this place:
We have a fine body of men called Riflemen, or
the Sharp Shooters; they are well disciplined, and
go through =their rna- nmuvres with astonishing alert-
ness ; they are properly prepared for actual service,
when called unon.

MarqUis .C 6-46 ciPii LTs tha .'tseihbred at Colches:.
ter .and its,vicitaige,gnoo Iciaarry,
.one Regiment
9f Cavalry,- a.rid„thitty piecetsof Field Ordnance,
with Howitzers,
The Duke of -MAit,nortouctr, as Lord Lieute-
nant of Oxfordshire, -and-Lord ELTSTON, as 'Lord -
Lieutenant -of Suffolk, have ordered such of the Sup-
plementary Militia of these Counties- to assemble as
had not enlisted in the Regiments of the 'Line.
The. Duke 'of AtlCitT E 'convened the Deputy
Lieutenants of Lincolnshire, at-Lincoln, on Tues.
day,. for. the parpo!.e .of..carrying into cad. the .
measures proposed by Govc:rntnent (or the Defence
'of the Country, in the-event of Invasion. -
The Yeomen and-Farmers-of ~'..;retit Mellon being
assembled at-the request of the officiating Minster,
came- to. the resolution of standing. fOrth in the pre,
sent crisis for' the defence .of this Country, with a
tender-of labouring 'men and servants, their horses'.
and waggonsto.be,,ready at a moment's notice in
case ofaetual or impending danger.
The Cambridge Volunteers have unanimously
salved,. that they are ready at a moment's warning
to march to any part of the Distrid where their
services may be required -; and several of the men
who withdrew from the Corps on a supposition that
their services would not be Wanting, have written to
their Officers,. requesting to be re:admitted in ease-
the Corps should be called into afual service.
The Loughborough Volunteers have -agreed to
extend their services to any part of the kingdom:
they have also resolved to =publish. the names of all
seceders, if, as they observed, " any can bc found
capable of such an ad of cowardice and infamy in
the hour of-their country's peril."
The Norfolk Supplementary Militia are to be re-
emb3dicd at Lynn.‘yil, Thetford, on the. z¢thihst.
.1 ttinghartn re,-:YeonriCa val ry have n
nounc.ed' their rei4 any part of E
1-41:) 11 nv-
,
land. t
r1c;11!
The I\TorWich, Inga.tcSttinci'rand Brentwood. Yo.
lunteers have reeeiv.:d or(le.iis,lto hold thenrzielves .in
readiness for service at 'a moment's
On Monday, at the evening Parade Of the First
Battalion. of the Second Regiment of. Royal Edin-
burgh Volunteers, .commantied by Colonel C 161.-
roN, that fine Corpsfunanimor.sly agreedsto extend
their services. ro.any part of Grc.:kt Britain, in case
of adual Invasion.

The Royal Aberdeen Light Infantry Volunteers,
commanded by Colonel anti N E to the number of
550, with the exception of tire or six privates, and
theld Aberdeen Volunteers have :iiso agreed to ex.
tend their services to any part of Great Britain.

So great have hGen citt: attentions of the Army
contractors for the Western Distria, in providing
dep&ts of provisions, stores, &c. for the Army in
case of Invasion, that there is now enough' provi-
sions, 'stores, forage, &e. to supply loo,ooci men
at the shortest notice.

Six watermen on Saturday started for DOGGET'4
Coat and Badge, to the winner of which Lord ST.
VINCENT gives a Protelion. Two of them soon,
__gave up. • The three first, who are entitled tot va-
rious prizes, came in as follows : Curtis, of Queen-
lithe, first ; Humphries, of Blackfriars, second ;
and Williams. of Putney, third.
A consideiable degree of alarm lately pervaded
our new conquests in India, by the intended intro-
duftion of European Laws into Mysore ; the British
Government has, in consequence,- deemed it neces-
sary to declare, that the rights of fathers and Inas,
ters of families, as exercised 43,r the Hindoo :old
Malmmedan Laws, 'dr‘V t to 45145erved to them :
and that any na, stt;riCtioned by'7llPrilles or laws of
cast,
.so far as respetWthernenilieNsdf the same fa-
mily only, is not to'he dtcr:led a cl4ine, or cogniz-
, able by any Criminal Court of Justice,
,although
be not justifiable by the Laws of England.

On Satnrday last was married by the Lord
firsHor of RoctizsTEft, BENTLEY WARREN, of
ppingham, Rutlandshire, Esq. to Miss JAcKsoN,
of Bromley, Kent.

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If will h e seen in the Article fibril London; *ll;ik
fSreat impOrianee they ftttach to the operations of
I.4id 'NELSoNI, -We may judge from this liOrtili!ts..
tic aCcolinr, a:Mint hapitterred' on (:.11- own shores.
-what dCp,tee Of Ctedit tVe are tO give their act:on:its
of -4aions' that happen at a distance.,
sort.-writ.;:s Word', that the'ToWn of ho.ikgne is
fay is', not -One bail reaelied the iown,
nor the Port: Tlie Advanced Guard of Our not ilia
was moored about Soo wises from the entrance of the
Port; and Lord INTI,SON did notocome':‘;.'ithin sdo
noises; so that the Enemytoit,es from
the entrance of the Port, and still father from the
Of -860 • Bombs whio litt,SOie-kretv; onit,
two reached the shore ; 'they were picked ap and
pnt in the Arsenal. Thi: rest were entirely thrown
away; not a than was hurt. Sloop's Were
slightly damaged, but they ;were repaired in ztf.
hours. • The shol.es on bn.z-li vi re covzred with
speaators, the • channel "had the ;:ppearance , Of, a
large ritier. We attach no gre:tt consetionce to a
skirmish of Advanced Gua:dS, :.but Lord NELstilti
'says he had two °Net% in viett-, f.r.st, to compel
our Flotilla' to enter" the Port; in this :he failed, for
it did not stir.—SecOnd, to barn .the Port of 800..
logne, and destroy the Flotilla. Not a Bomb, not
a Shot; approached the• Town, After all this rho-
domontado, we had not a, man killed, or wounded;
while.NELsoi4 confesses that he had several Ofeers
killed and ,zverended.-;-;:,-(Moisiteur.)
FLORENCE; At o. s.—The 'Count D a VixTui
ha.ving•-arriVed here,
,by order of His Majesty
LEWIS I. KING Of TUSCANY, to receive in his
name the:.oath of iitlelity on the part of the Tuscans,
and Ito take pOSi,eision of his new States, that official
accordingly took place on the-zd inst. with un-
common
„pomp; And amidst the acclamations of a
numerous aria contented people.

The King will soon arrive, and preparations are
making to receive hitn with a splendour- suitable
to his dignity,
kProclarnation was issued by His TUSCAN MA.
YESTYi empoWering.the Count Du VENTURA to be
his representative in Tuscany until ; dna
another Proclamation was published by General
l'llukAT, announcing the a& of taking, possesses.
sign. •

• Account of the takingiAeeSsion of the Sovereignty
of Tuscany, executed in the nafie of Hi_ Majesty the King
of Eit'uria, -Lt s-I COOrit Cet A frVtig TURA, Mar-
quis de GALLINET rA, .4c' Ministe-r Plenipotentiary of
1 E truscla FlOreni.e,/August 4:

At seven o'clock in the morning, the great bell
Of the Old Palacc announced the solemn Aft that
.was about to take -place,
At nine, a detachment ofGrenadiers, .wirh drugs
beating, appeared in the grand saloon of the Old
Palace,:destined for the .scene of the august cere-
mony, and they ,were immediately placed at their
respeaive posts. -
His Excellency General IVIt.TRAr arrived at eleven
with his Staff, and was received by the iMarquisses
FE R RON/ ,and GER N who, accompanied him to the
saloon of the the two hundred, where an alcove had
I)een prepared for him And his Staffuntil the moment
of celebrating the'att.

ThCCOUII-t DE V E NTLI IA A arrived soon after with
the whole of his suite at the gate of the Old Palace,
and was received by fbirir Senators, ,who accompa-
nied him to-the great. saloon.
.The Plenipotentiary and the Commander Chief
entered the saloon at the same morntnt, by different
doors, and.were received with the customary ho.
flours by.the. Militia. They- rcaoed the Throne
exaftly at the same time titnc,- and neither of them,
as it had been agreed, took the precedence.
In the mean time the Senate, the- Civil Magi-
stracy,. and the other Ministers, occupied, the -situ-
ations assigned them. The Minister Plenipoteu,
tiary and the General also took 'their seats.

* -A:profound silence Wa§obscrrsd in the saloon,
where not less than. 73'co• persons be:onging to the
different orders of the State were assernbted. The,
First IVliniAtct opened -the ceremOny,,i,u4 the No_
Lary' of theState'deliv,ered a long sneeete- in which;
after Praising the Wisiforn of the Pre.tcli Rei)ublic,
and the7gemus and talcntsof.Gcn. BcitAt.:ARTE, he
observed,
_that in consequence of. the agreement
between them and HiS:;Iwii,I2,IAL IVAjzs-cy, Peaco
Ltd been signed at Luneville. rlavip,. read the
whole opine :stir of the Treaty,. the Mini_
seer Plenipotentiary also read the Prnclafnation of
LUNT is I. announcing hims.elf to the Tuscans as the.
new-KrttG cd and constituting him, the
,Collllt Dc VeNtUlk His Majesty's Henipotentiary
to receive the -customary oath of fil!iity and obe-
•die.nce,

the Advocate General. next inv:itc,.l tLe. S...oate
and 'Magistrates'to take 'the oath, and tLis
tion was 4d.c.rpted:by.the.Lientenant ofttie Senate.

The Seaat6rs andthe.Pridrs 'of the Civil Connnu_
rtty then 'proceeded to the 'foot of the Throne,
saluted the'Porirait'O'f Majesty,
the Minister' i'llnipotentiary and -the. Cbmmander
in!Chief„ they took the 'oath,: laying- their right
hands 'on• Holy Evangelists, which were kept
open by. the Deputy of the Equestrian Order of St.
Henry.,
All persons having resumed their seats,, the No-
tary'of the State. read with a loud voice the soleMn
instrumentlkif taking. the oath, named the seven per-
sons
,who tad signed: their names ,as witnesses, and
entreated the benediaion of Heaven for the new
King; LE is Tng FirtsT. This entreaty was
greeted 'with universal acclatnation.
Thus terminated this august ceremony, during
which, every time that the FrenekßepubliC or the
Royal Personages 'were mentioned, the Minister
Plenipotentiary, the Commander in Chief, and the
Senate, uncovered themselves.

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