The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-29 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF 'A LETTER FROM FARIS, NOV. 24.

" Lord WHITWQRTH is looking out for, a larger
and more comninclious Hotel than .that which he at
present occupies.
" Ye;iterday evening• the National Institute held
their' Sitting, when :13r..Fcix was eleded an Ho_
nary Member of the Class. of Morals and Politics.
His competitors, were GAETANU,. •MOIUNI, and
HARDEtt. What may be the pretensions of the
two former of these Gentlemen, I cannot pretend to
say ; the latter is. a well-known German Ethic
Writer -1' but though his 'Works stand in high, re_
pute, I do not conceive that, as a public Charader,
he can, in any point of view, be placed in the scale
of comparison with Mr. Fox. ...Be that, however,
as it may, there can be no doubt that Mr. Fox
stands less indebted to his talents for his elealion,
on the present occasion, than to the countenance he
received during his late abode in Paris, frorti the
FutsT.CortsoL. Abnut a year ago, when the pulse
of the Thuilleries was not known to heat in his fa-
vonr, Mr. Fox was proposed, but rejeaed. The
Members would not even suffer his name to go to a
ballot.

Ternpora mutantu!, et, nos mutaun►r in

" In the Physical and Mathematical Class, the
_choke has fallen upon PALI...k&; the otherßompeti.
COTS were CAVENDISH and VoLBA,
". The result of the choicc.;:,for an Honbrary Mem-
ber in the •'2.las of Literature and the Fin? Arts, I
have not yet learnt. • The competition lay between
the celebrated HOENI TOOKE, and Messrs. dEsA.;
Rtmr and CALDEkARI. The determination was
rot known at a late hour in the evening, when
one of the Members sent me• the above account.—
In point of publicity of charatc.ter, • there certainly
can be no comparison between Mr. TOOKE and. the
Gentlemen placed in competition with him: •
• " The account I sent you, respecting St. Domingo,
is but too true. I understand the French Troops
have been reduced to 3000. The massacre of the
Whites, as I before stated,' was general." •

An alarming, accident happened yesterday af..
ternoon, about two o'clock, in Hyde Park.--.--
A' Gentleman of the name of. DUTENS entered
at the 'Piccadilly gate, in his curricle. As he
Was turning the horses heads towards Rotten-row,
the traces - broke, arid the off-horse getting en-
tangled in them, they both wok fright, and
gallopped furiously towards the Serpentine aiv'pr,
Mr. DUTEN3 had his Groom with him ; he en-
&awaited to curb the impetuosity of the api.
mals, but in the attempt, the reins were'broken,
The groom, finding it impossible to stop the horses,
jumped out of the curricle,- after ha-ving repeatedly
advised his master to do the same. The -horses
continued their speed until they came to the' Ser-
pentine River, near to the Magazine, where they
plunged int& the water with the curricle, and Mr.
DUTENS in it. SeVeral persons were providentially
near the spot, and hastened to give their assistance.
When they arrived, Mr. Dui•ENs was uttering
piercing cries for help, being in seven feet water,
and incumbered with a heavy driving coat ; the.
horses were, at the same time kicking and plunging
to get free from the curricle. A Gentleman,
whose name is not known, jumped into the river,
and caught hold of the skirts of Mr.
,DUTENS' coat ;
with as,istancei but not without difficulty, he WAS
saved ; but both the horses were drowned.:
Itis'reported that the LORD CHANCELLOR, after
examining the Claims of the PRINCE of WA.LEs
respetaing. the arrears of the Dutchy of Cornwall, is
of opinion that, they shoUld be complied with.
Gentral.K.Err st. and the 'Staff of Martinique,
ceded to the French, has arrived, in Town.