The Sun.
London, England, 1807-03-04 00:00:00

-unrivENNITY OF HiII.,LE.

'o.ll the entrance of BONAPARTE into Halle; the
-students flocked together in the market-place and
public streets through which he' rode, with the cu-,
riosity common to 'ail, and"..vith that careless hdif,-
,fereitce and contempt of rank' which is peculiar to
tholu in all -the great Universities of•Gert-nanY.—
They stood like Mo PDECA at the'Kirig'sgate, and
wnuld not do homage to 1-tamAN. The 'officers and
soliiers who rode
:before the SoVereign, Called out
to the students to pull off their hats. when the Em-
peror •passed; but they had never done this for
their own Sovereign, and, being all freshmot in
this singular university 'spectacle, had not learned_
to obey.- ,Not a
,single.student was seen to take
his hat, or to make•any other sign or expression
of respect or homage. ..The Sovereign of Europe
cJuld not brook. the insolence of the
The order of'banishnient was issued and executed.—
Ab6ut 100 left the town the next day, the greater
nn:nher wantonly • laughing and jcstiie at their ca-
lain;ty. BLit several were the victims of their in-
disCretion, and were murdered, by the marauding
pirties which ever attend a victorious army in a con-
qtrred country.

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-Many of the ProfessarS. suffered greatly,' both in
their Persons and property, as plundering in this last
campaign has been 'generally allowed: The, novel
writer'LA FONTAINE was very unworthily treated in
his country house :near the to vii, and- the French
Officers have since expressed tl%'eir regret at his not
applyingfoia proti-elion, Which would have been
granted • him for his literary merit.
WoLFE, the PORSON of Germany, was one of the
few %kilo pre,erved thernselves'and their property by
courage and resolution he barricadot.d all his doors
and t,vindokvs with spell efieet, that he s,uccesfully
suziod Out the. siege till order was re.4•.ried in -tile
ity.s.n. WOLFE isra man &.robuSt
rit, and manly courage. BOtanie
Paedagngium, and Orphan [louse, were protected
add the Botanical Professor is permitted to retain his
saltity. All the other ProfesSorawait their fate in
silence. Nearly forty .academical teachers (Many of
them of rank in their several departments; and very
fe'.v of them men of property) , are thus left to begin
again their honourable and useful career, at a mo-
ment when ail sciences and arts yield 'to-One alone--
the art art of war. '• .

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A.:A LBOROI.7c. H - STII. E,ET.—Fit A U D.-*:YeSterday a
twat of the .natm_,of, Perry 17SIS charged. by variona
(raciest-nen with obtaining .goods .by false pretences.:
The Prisoner is.the same: man who contrived to ob-
tain from the Gentry, in and about. Russell-square
dollat iOll3 by way of Christmas-boxes, by represent-!
ing himself as apostman. Since that time it ap-
peared, by *evidence addueed.against him on this,
occasion, he has-been representing-himself as,a do-
mestic in different funilies of the Nobility and Gen-
try,. as beat suited, his purposes, by wh.ich the trades-
people, on giving credit to his assertions, suffered
him to convey away their property, and thus .were
defrauded. His deprOations have'len very exten-
sive, .and he was deteCted on Saturday last by a tal-
low-chandler in .was,
The Prisoner then
Said lie was:theservant of Lady
,Chambers,
and he
obtained a quantity of wax, candles ; , but the trades-
than.had some suspicion,. and he followed the. Pri-
soner, until be bid passed the house of her Lady-
shipA when he was taken into qustoety.-714 Pr4pner
was remanded.

Yesterday Andrew Nardi, who, was tried at the
Old Baitey; in last December, Session, for the. murder
of ,William Brbad, :in Long Acre, but who was ac-
quitted by the Jury on.accoutit-of insanity, received.
His Majesty's pardon, on condition of :his quitting
the Kingdom within seven days, and not .being found
therein during the term of Ins natural life.;"_ and was
discharged from Newgate.accordingly.
:We do not remember any instance of misfortune
in ;ft is metropolis', where so many, lives wer?
lost, as on a recent: inelancholy.Occasion,, since the
period_o the AcCession to the Throne,of his present
Majesty.--At that time the 'trinity House was,
splendidly lighted up, and a great crowd assembled
from all parts Of the city,:to witness the illumination
-when tt unfortunately happened, that fifty per-
sons, during the pressure, fell into an uncovered
well in the neighbourhood of Tower Hill, and were
drowned .or suffocated.