The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-02 00:00:00

L 0 NpOzi, 3.4NUARY 2, ISOI.

THE. Ifami;apth Mail due on' Wednesday last
arrived yesterday; just as- our Paper was about
to be put to Press. If we had .not anticipat-
ed the information which it brought, that the
ARCHDUKE t/WtILES was at length to take the
Command of the Austrian Army in Germany,
and to be in person' there on the iBth ult. we,
should consider this as news of importance.
The latest Letters from Vienna arc not more
recent than the 17th tilt. The Court Ga-
zette of the same day says, that Accounts
have been received from the ARCHDUKE JOHN,
of the dates of the gth, toth, i tth and tzth
ult. and gives a very succinft account, of the.
Passage of the /we by the French, and of the
retreat of the Austrian Army to the' Saha,
whence we unfortunately know that it has since
been driven. With an intention, no doUbi,, of
destroying the effect of the exaggerated rumours
which had been circulated respdling the loss of
the Austrians since the renewal of the Campkign,
the same Gazette has given the number of Kill.
ed, Wounded and Prisoners, which does not
amount on the whole to to,ooo. That of the
men lost in the last manner, is alone mere than
those which have been either killed or wounded.
A Vienna Letter of the same date as tht Paper,
repeats the reports „which havebeen so often circu-
lated on thc Continent and here, and of which
it is evident that few can tell either the truth or
the falsehood.—We shall not take upon ourselves
to prove either the one or the other.

Our Readers will have perceived with pleasure,
that the Levy eft mane, in Ilungaty, would have
reached the neighbourhood of Vicuna about the
time the A kcitouttE took the Command of the
Army in
,person. This succour, and that which
will speedily follow, will, we trust, von enable
the Austrians to repair the hoses which they sus.
tained on the Right Bank of the Danube, and to
take advantage of the partial success which they
had obtained on the. Left Bank. If we may be-
lieve a Letter from Aturemberk, the French had,
previous to the Aaien of the t Sth,.of which Gen.
ANDREOSSI gives an account, sustained a pretty
severe check ; we trust it will neither be the last
nor the least important, which the eoinmenee-
ment of this Year and .this century has in store
for them; •

In the Packet which has brought, this Mail,
which has arrived with as much rapidity as in
the Summer, a Messenger came over, who has,
no doubt, brought to Government more recent
intelligence with respeft to military events We
flatter ourselves that the account ofihe Bartle of
the Olth will be among the number, and will
turn out as satisfaftory as we have prebutned.

YUSTEKDAY being Ndvv Year's Day, the day
appointed by His Majesry'A Royal Proclamation
for the Union between Great Britain and Ireland
to 'take place, His IVlAJtsry held' a Grand
Council at St. James's` Palace ; the Members who
attended were
Ills Royal Iliglmc,,s the PRINC Of WAt E .
The Dux.r.s of \"0 a CLA And KtNr•
Duke of Portland.

Chw Atchbishop of Canter' !ry.
The Bishop of ',onion.
The Lord Ch

The Z*...11-tu.'ellorpf the.

The Maser of tho. Rolls,

'rhe Stcrotlty t 'War,.
The Matqui;; pi Salisbury,.
Earls —C hat harn, Cathcien' Leieeiter,, Westmorland, Car,
digan, Spencer, C.ower,MAcartaq, ar.d Cheaaertiel4.
Viscount I.:4lmonth. _ . _

61cnbcrvic, Ilavvkpfibury, • Auckland,

andVialsitigh Arr.,.
llumiltoit awl S. Cottrell

Aff s Stt`f.fle. W . 1)1111(lag, T. Grenville, j.
Ityticr; Fawkencr,

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The Niembers•being all assembled, were on this
occasion,. agrenble to the Ad 0f11414m, swam
in of His Majesty's Most Honourable:. Privy,.
Council. The deliberations.lasted till ;t .quarter
past three, when the Council broke up,
As soon as the deliberatiOns of the Council
Were. over,' signal 'was 'given from the gardens
of the Palace, key an,Officer holding up a'white
flag, for the ParleGuns to be Oa, whieh were
answered. by the Tower, to announce the Union
having taken pl.tces
On the above event, the Royal UnionSfandard
was hoisted at the, 'Fower, the Union jabk ;on the
Parade, in front of the Horse Cgards, and a new.
Standard in the Con_irt,Yardy Saint James's.
The-bells of the' tiderent Churches .were alto
rung on theoccasion,
His MAJrsrY, after giving audience .to the
Cabin t' Ministers, returned to 134cliip4h4m,
}loose,

' Tie Count de Pom ERE was ygsterday intro-
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clu.ed to 1-1 is M4j rill' by Ole rottugutzx
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Fier Mkt t.sry tali& an entertainment ytister,
day 6-ening to tile, diifereist branches pf the
RPIAL. FAMIt,„7I; ailLlCkitibarri House,.
The new (teat Seal wa'.i yosterday sitcwriplo
Ht 6 t1A.11: vry and the Members of the courcii,
b4ng 14iw,kught by Mr. IVlAitcnoirs . .

JLlic LR,x
L., ‘..rltlol‘.. E a. LI,A y ?a ‘....tura,..•
to El S MAJESTY the'Purse, which has undergone
air, alteration: r '

'Specimens of, the Dies for.a new Coinage have
been shewn to His *IVIA.Irscv, in consequence-of
the Union with Ireland; they are, it is-said, to
be-of gOlii and silver, •
Thscßoyal patriages are all altered ; the Fleur
de Lis is left out, in lieu of which the Eleftorals
Cap is intodiß4l;„the Sharnrockis also repre-
sened in th9.different Orders.
The Quest; abcl-Pal'kcessES yesteiday paid a
morning visit to the Countess of CARDIGAN.

The Duke of Poatt.Asn's servants came to
Couri yesterday in their Sta'te Liveries, it being
a Gala Day.
Yesterday.• the Royal Westminster Volunteers
received their new Union Flag, under arm:, in
the King's 'Mews, after which they fired afiu
de joie. •

The RoYal ttandard was displayed from the
Steeples or ilie4Churches, and 'New Year's Day
was ushered '1`',' ;,‘ith the ringing of bells, and
other clemonsittions of joy. We were surprized
however to observe that, the old Standard,
quartering the Arms of France, was still dis.
played from the Steeple of Sr. Martin's in the
Fields.

The Dutchess of RUT' AND is, we are sorry to
learn, indispcocd with a sore, throat, at Beivoir
Cas tie.
Earl CHATHAM, during his stay in town from
Wincheiter, resides with Mr. Put, at his house
in Downing-street.
Yesterday evening the new-torn Son of the'
Dowager-Countess of NIANsr t E 1,4 -was baptized
at Mr. GREW/ LLLP.'S house by the 41.1tCHnISHOP
of YORK.

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The KING has' presented the Dowager Lady
MA.NSPIELD with the Deputy.Rarigership, of
Richmond Park, which had become vacant by
the death of Mr. SMELT;'.who was Tutor to the
PRINCE 01 wALII9.
WALTER SPENCER STANHOPE,• Esq. has been
unanimously eleeted Meniber of Puliament for the
Borough of Cockermouth, in the room of, ED-
WARD BURROW, Esq.
The Duke of NORT/111MEERLA.ND has •given
Donations to the following Parishes in Westmin.
stet.; to be distributed by the Parish Officers to
the poor Householders, as they shall think fit,
'viz. soh to St. James, 501. to St. George, Ha.
novcr-square, solo to St. Ann, Soho, 501. to St.
Paul, Covent-garden, 501. to St. Clement Danes,
301. to St. Margaret, Westminstei,. 301. to St.
Martin's Le Grand, 301. to St. Mary Le Strand,
act. to St. John, Westminster, and sol. to "St.
Martin in the Fields, besides his usual Annual
Donation to that Parish, of 5o Guineas.
By order of Sir GRORCE and Lady •Wmt itax,
were distributed at Payton Park Lodge, on the
morning of Christmas-Day, one hundred score
potinds of beef,,and. one hundred and fifty seore.
pounds of peck of potatoes, to a hundred and
fifty-three families, and clothing for, twenty wi-
dows and twenty poor men.
On the toth ult. Captain Sporriswooos, of
Spottiswoode, and the Gentlemen Subscribers to
the proposed Eagle Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry
in the Western Distrid of ,Berwickshire, gave a
splendid ball •to the loyal and respeftable in1,.1-
bitantsof Lauder and• its vicinity. The asses,_
blage' of. Ladies on the occasion was numerous
and brilliant. The dresses of the Ladies were
contrived with much fancy and taste, improved
with a green bandeau; ornamented with a•silver
eagle. A most excellent band of music from
Edinburgh contributed greatly to the festivity
and elegance of the entertainment. At half an
hoar atter one *the company, .to _the number. of
120 and upwards, sat down to a .supper elegant
and sumptuotii. At three o'clock the dancing
recommenced; and continued till. the morning
was well advanced. ' •

At the Coal market on Wednesday, the raftors
demanded, sr s. per chaldron ; the, Buyers .cared
-only 425.. and the Cargoes remained -all unsold.
In .the Mean. time, one Captain of a:Collier;, 1.00
was content with a moderate profit, has aettially
Made a voyage from the River to Newoastte,
loaded," and returned in eight
lhe Ait t DtIKB CHARLES is empowered to
atl without waiting for orders from the -AtiliC
Council, .meld is:to appoint whatever-Generals-f.e,
pleases to the 'S"ubordinate Commands. general
Kit4Y4 'it is 440, will consequently be again
'placed at the :head of the Army in Italy, and
Getleral COLLO WTt ATtl reinstated' in hia former
'coinmand in the Army in .-Germany. Genernl
Sc xnt I Di' is to accompany His Royal Highness as
Qua rter.inaste r.gencral .In consequence of :At
appointment of the Ancitouna cumuats to the
• Chief Command, the who of the itotherniarrlei.
gion, amounting to 44,000, .have voluntier4d
thei; services wherever they may- be deemed'
necessary. '' Twenty thousand of this Body had
already received orderi'to join the main Army:
The Speech from , the Throne speaks 'the kn.'.
,guage. of a . Sovereign truly attached • to thi
'happiness Of ltsi, People,. and the, honour of his
Empire. .Tlie.interesting ' topic of 'the pre.
sent 'Scaieity,, is treated with paternal soli-
citude, tiMportant •consideration of. the
Legislatiye Vinon -between this Country and Ire_
land ha's-been so often discussed, arid is happily
-so coMpletely adjusted,, that -it.was not necessary
'to dilate upon: that subjea, . What- relates to
Rt4ssia; proves that tits IMAJEsTVe Constitu-
tional Advisers have resolved; as might be ex_
poled, to maintain the. National Dignity, against
rashness and injustice ; anal if the fullest repata-
tion is not rr.ade, after firm and decisive.expos.
talatiop has taken: place, Englishmen may be
• sure that our Enemies will haie reason to re.
pent of liaVing attempted to sully otir National
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1-lotiour, and 4ntrnge Our Kum= Rights*... •
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'Two Foreigndrs„. Captains of .Ws.sels, have
been.arrgsted, by order of. Altc,Zuke of Pa ILT.
LAND, on suspicion of catryint-rnonpy cot of this
kinziom to! 1, ranee.