The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-12 00:00:00

EXTRACT op A LETTER FROM PARIS, NOV. 8.

" 'THE news of ANDREoSSt's arrival in England
reached us last night ; but Lord WHITWoRTH has
not yet made his appearance, The FIRST CONSUL
is expeCted to-morrow, There'has, for a long time,
existed a great coolness between him and his brother
LUCIEN, who, it. seems, does not think himself
admitted to his proportionate share of power. A
striking proof of this disaffeCtion, on the part of
Luc lEN towards his brother, occurred the other
day. Luc rEN became a Subscriber to the new Eng_
lisp Journal, printed in Paris, The Argus, which,
of course, was regularly sent to his Hotel. But the
third Number of that Paper containing a very warm
panegyric of the FIRST CoNsUL4, LuCIEN gave
immediate orders to discontinue the Paper. From
this strong faCt, the authenticity of which you may
rely upon, for I speak from authority, you may per-
ceive,
.that die' Fittse CONSUL is not so completely
the Idol of the French Nation, many would wish
us "to believe. Indeed, I have had frequent oppor-
tunities of conversing on this subjeCt with men of
superior 'intelligence, and in Official Situations, all
of whom assure me, that a strong opposition exists at
this very moment to the Qovernment of the Freer
CONSUL, and that nothing but the general dread of
witnessing afresh those herrid'scenes of anarchy,
which marked the progress of the Revolution with
blood, prevented the French People from openly testi-
fying their dissa tislattion. I asked one Gentleman, in
particular, who ranks high as a Writer on Political
Econov, whether he thought the French had en-
tirely lost all wish for Liberty ? His reply was
striking: " Sir," said he, " the French have no
idea of Liberty ; they are not prepared to receive
it, if it were even offered them ; nor could rational
Liberty exist in France, unless we had at least ten
years previous Liberty of the Press iI" No wonder
BoNAPARTE approves himself such a bitter Enemy
or the Efigihsh Juurnalist,s. •
" The account I sent you oldie disgrace of Bo-
NAPARTE's Private Secretary, has, I find, been
copied into several of, the London Papers, particu-
larly The Morning Chronicle, tied some dissatisfac.
tion has been testified on the part of the Trading
Company alluded to in that communication. I has•
ten, therefore, to transmit' you the particulars.—
The House did not jail, properly speaking, but
merely stopped payment toe a while. The particu.
lars of the case are as follows: BOURRIEN, 'whose
passion for money is so well known, as to have be-
come proverbial in Paris, formed a connexion with
the House of Uoueots and Co. and put into the con-
cern no less a sum than One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Livres, for which he was to receive In-
terest at the rate of 3 per cent, per Month, or 36
per Cent. by the year, there being no Law in France
to prevent usury. The authority of BOURRIEN'S
Official Situation, his known wealth, and the publi.
city of his corinediOn with the House, of course,
gave the concern great respeCtability and credit.—
After a considerable length of time had elapsed,
BOURR lEN suddenly withdrew his money, but still
left the Interest due on his advances, amounting to
upwards of 40,0001. Sterling, in the hands of the
House. This, of course, was a great blow to the
concern ; they still, however, managed to make
good their payments, till Boteekt EN suddenly de-
manded his Interest. This would have involved
them in complete ruin. The Creditors, therefore,
repaired in a body to the Prefec'l of the Police, to
whom they represented their cases, stating, that
they had given credit to the House, chiefly on the
strength of BoURRIEN'S stability, who, by with-
drawing himself so abruptly, had, in faCt, defraud-
ed the rest of the Creditors.

" The Prefect seht directly an account of the
transaaion to the FIRST CorisuL, who ordered
BOVRIL IEN to restore the 40,0001. BOURR EN at
first hesitated ; but the FIRST CONSUL, whose will
is Law in France, told him, if he did not instantly
comply, he would send him, without further cere-
mony, to the Bicetre, and there leave him to rot !
.13:)URRI EN knew too much of French Law to hesi-
tate any longe►•. The 4.0,0001. was instantly re-
embarked in the concern—BOUß RI EN'S disgrace
followed, and his erasure from the list. of Council.
!ors of State, of which I already informed you, will
complete his punishment."

Notwithstanding the justly severe censure passed
on bull-baiting last Sessions in Parliament, the
brutal custom was carried on at St. Edmund's Bury
on Tuesday last, in defiance of the Magistracy, and
to the disgrace of thipolished manners of that town.'
The populace resisted every effort of the Chief Ma-
gistrate to prevent it, knowing it to be out of the
power of the existing laws to restrain this inhuman
diversion, otherwise than by indidment, which the
Town Clerk has instrudions to prefer against the
ringleaders, for dragging.the poor animal riotously
through, the public. streets.
The waters of the Seine are now lower than they
have been since the year 1719, and if the dry wea-
ther continues a few days longer, they are expected
to be lower (hao has eves been known before.