The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-23 00:00:00

LONDON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1802.

WE this morning received the Paris Papers to
the 22d inst. They bring no intelligence of import-
ance. The French Government has published a
Proclamation, by which all Proprietors of Land in
St. Domingo are required to repair thither, under
pain of the Sequestration of their Property.
Letters from Stuttgard, contradiet the report that
the Austrians were preparing to evacuate Passau ;
on the contrary, it is said that they are receiving
Inge reinforcements. The spirit of resistance in
Switzerland seems to increase, but the powerful
interposition of France will probably soon restore
the semblance at Least of tranquillity.
The French Funds are 52: So.

THEIR MAJESTIES came from Windsor yesterday
to Kew Palace, from whence the KING proCeeded to
town, and held a Levee at St. James's : itleing the
Anniversary of the Coronation, it was observed with
the usual demonstrations, and the Noblemen who
were Knights of the different Orders, appeared in their
several insignia : the Court commenced at one o'clock,
and was attended by the' following Noblemen and
Gentlemen of distinclion. Considering the time of
year the -Court was rather numerous than other-
wise. Among the company present were Mons.
OrTo, 'the French Minister,
_whose successor is
hourly expeeted : the Neapolitan, Prussian, and
Hessian Ambassadors; the. Imperial Charge des Al-
faires,, the Turkish Charge des Affaires,. the Right
Hon. the LORD CHANCELLOR, the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUE.R, the Duke of PORTLAND, Al-
derman Sir R. C. GLYN, and Dr. TIiRTON'.

Earls—Spencer, Cardigan, and Grosvenor.
Vscoui:rs—Hood, Sudley, and Stopford.
L6rtis—C!stleragh, Keith, Gwydir, Auckland, Pelham, C.
Spencer, C. bentinck, R., Fitzgerald, Boston, and Cath-
cart.
Sirs—C. Morgan, W. F4wcet, S. Cottrell, R. Chambers, J.
0 rde, P. Stephens, S. Smith, J. Douglas, J. Nichol, and
E. Ryan.
Giwerals—Craig,.Musgrave, Fraser, Edmonztone, Dundas,
Gordon, Stanhope, I-lope, and Childers.
Conunissioner Hartwell.

C'olwre/s—Hope, Beauveau, Trevor, Collins, and Without.
Captains—lrby, Willianis, and Grey.
Majors—Brown, Cummins, Elliot, and Dalmahac.
illessrs.—Fawkener, Dawkins, Mackintosh, Elliot, S. Smith,
Pierrepoint, Main Waring, Jackson, and Aust.
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The Presentations to the KING were
His Excellency Baron Jacobi, the Prussian Ambassador, on
his arrival from his own Court, having been absent on im-
portant busince these six months.
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r—d Ye;th on his arrival from abroad. •

Baron Herbert, from Germany, was introduced by Mr. Spen-
cer Smith : he is quite a young man, and at traded the no-
tice of the Company by the,peculiarity of his dress, being
attired in a vest of white satin.
Sir J. Douglas l:issed hands on being appointed Equerry to
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex.
Cen. Fraser, from Lisbon.

Majors Brown and Cummins, of the titla Regiment of Light
Dragoons.
Mr. Sarjeant, Secretary to the Treasury.
Captain Grey, Commander of His Majesty's Yacht, during
tne
James Mackintosh, Esq. Barrister at Law.
Lieutenant-Colonel Collins awl Captain Hamberton.
John Smith, Esq. kissed His Majesty's hand on being ap-
po:nted Master of the Mint, and was sworn a Member of
His Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council.
Si Charles Ivlorpii was also sworn a Privy Councillor, and
took his Seat at the Boars!.

A relation to the late General SLOPER had an
audience of the KING, and delivered up the Keti
Ribbon worn by that worthy Officer as Knight of
the Bath.

SINGER B•JaToN, Esq, being appointed Gentle-
man Us!ler, and Quarterly Waiter, in the room of.
Mr. Osmzß, attended, and received the usual mark
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of Royal Resped.
The following Gentlemen took leave :---Lord R.
EiTbG,ERALD, on setting °Won his journey to Lis-
bon ; Major Sir E. RyAN., on going to Germany.
The Cabinet Ministers haling had audiences, the
:if.: No -left town at four o'clock, for Kew.

NAViIL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 2t.

ARRIVED the Temeraire, of 98 guns, Rear_
Admiral G;CAMPBELL, Formidable, of 98 guns,
Majestic and Audacious, of .74 guns, and Ceres Fri-
gate, from Jamaica.
Passed by for the Downs, the Walker, NI cxot,s,
from the Cape of Good Hope. Sailed the Jsth July
last. .

DEAL, SETT. ZZ. 'no

SAILED for Sheerness the Dart SloOi. of War ;
and on aCruize, the Vixen Gun-brig.
Arrivedfeom, and sailed again on a Cruize, the
Savage Sloop of War.

We are happy to he able to contradia the report
of the total loss of La Pomone, of 44. guns. She
received some damage entering St. Aubin's Bay,
and was run aground ; but, by the assistance of the
Revo/utiona;re and Alonzo, she has since got of,
and is gone in there to be repaired.
The Admiralty Board, in their late visit to
Portsmouth Dock Yard, discharged 169 workmen,
and superannuated 194—in all 363•

The Public have already been informed, that a
most respectable chara6ler in the City had been for
some time past in the habit Of receiving threaten-
ing letters, charging •him with having used undue
influence at the Stock Exchange, for the purpose of
depressing the Funds, and cautioning him to alter
his system in future, or his life should pay for it.

Mr. B. GOLDSMID was the receiver of the let-
ters in question, and as far as this circumstance
involved his charaaer with his friends, it gave him
no concerti, as they were all well assured there was
no foundation for the charge. The writer was sup-
posed to be some infatuated man, who might have
suffered from the fall of the Funds, and was aging
under false information. Mr. GoLpsmi,o, how-
ever, conceived it to be his duty to findout the,
author, not so much for the sake of: punishing, as
to admonish him ; accordingly he waited,on the
LORD MAIOR, to advise with his Lordship as to
the best mode of proceeding, when it was proposed,.
that a confidential person should be stationed it the
inside of the Chief Twopenny Post-Office, who
should be authorised to open immediately any letters
direaed to Mr. B. GoLosmin ; and if they proved
to be of the description alluded to, notice was to be
instantly given to a man constantly on the witch
outside, Who it was expeaed would see the Ano-
nymous Writer drop the leiter .into the box, and
then take hirti into custody.

This plin having been properly arranged, on
Monday morning last a letter was dropped. in the
Two-penny Post Letter-box in the regular' way,
direEled to Mr. GOLDSMID, which on being in-
speeted, was found to be an anonymOus and threat-
ening letter. The person in the inside gave the
signal to his Colleagues, ...,d a Gentleman, who it
was supposed had just left the letter, was taken•
into custody on the spot, who proved to be the son
of a rich Jew Merchant, living in Bury-street,
St. Mary Axe.

The instant he was apprehended, he was taken
before the LORD.MAYOR, and underwent a private
examination, after which he was ordered into, cus-
tody, to have a further hearing before his Lordship
yesterday. •His friends offered bail for his appear-
ance, to the amount of 50,0°01. but his Lordship
would not accept of bail for any sum. In the
course of the examination before his Lordship yes-
terday, the Prisoner alledged that his business on
Monday morning at the Post-Office was to put. a
letter into the General Post-Office for 1,3 ri.stoL,,w_hich,
upon investigation turned out to be the fart ; but he
did not give any particular reason for his going to
the Chief Twó-penny Post-office, at which place he
was seen by Me man on the outside.,;::4lli,he could
not swear that he dropped a letter
_inloigur;:kox.
His Lordship considering the evidence in this
Case defedive, did not proceed -any-fortherin the
business, but ordered the Gentlen-an to be dis-
charged.
Mr. GoLnsmiD expressed his satisfaftion at the
acquittal, and observed, that however appearances
might induce suspicion., he could not suppose a per-
son of so much respedability to be guilty of such a
villanous transadion.

Yesterday a Court of Direflors of the East.lndia
Company was held at the India House, which ad-
journed to Wednesday next.

We understand that two of the extra ships en-
gaged by the Honourable the Court of Diredors of
the East India Company, for their service this sea-
son,_ are to be consigned toliencoolen, for the pur-
pose of bringing home cargoes of pepper. It is
supposed that they will carry stores to the Island of
St. Helena, in their way to Sumatra.
We understand that five brigs are to be con.
struCted and equipped for the purpose of proteling
the trade of the Spice Islands against the piracies of
the Malays; they are to be of 56 feet keel, zo feet
beam, and To feet hold, to carry 54. guns each, and
3o men. The first cost is estimated at 1.3,000 ru.
pees each.
According to an estimate lately made, and which
is received. as correft, the surplus revenues of the
Spice Islands, after every possible charge, amount
to the sum of 365,0001. sterling. This surplus is
left after paying the Natives for their Spices, and
defraying the civil, marine, and military establish-
ments.

By letters received in Dublin from Hambargh it
appears that a great number of Irishmen, who had
been banished in the year 1798, had arrived there
from the King of PRUSSIA'S dominions, having all
received permission to return to their native
country.
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The heat has been lately so intense in
that several canals are wholly dried up, as ti~p?l as
some of the Venetian Lagunes. The heat at Nice
has .been greater than has been etperieneed fc.4 25
years preceding,

ROAMORD, SEPT. 21.

THIS morning the i3th Light Dragoons was
reviewed by His Royal Highness the DUKE of
CUMBERLAND.

His Royal Highness came on the ground at half
past ten o'clock'—he made the most minute in.
spedion both on horieback and on foot.—He
spoke in terms of high approbation of the very
soldier_like appearance of the Officers and Men :
said he heard much of .the Regiment, but they sur-
passed.!ny description that had been .given of them.
After the Review had been concluded, His Royal
Highness told Colonel Bouroil to-give his. Thanks
to the Officers, for the very excellent condition of
the'Regirnent.;