The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-28 00:00:00

LONDON, SEPTEMBER -28, 1802.

WE this morning received the 24m;terer, which
is dated the 23d and 24th inst. On the last day
of the Republican year, viz. the 2zd inst. the CHIEF
COWSUL, accompanied by his Wife, and the Second
and Third Consuls, went to the ',mire, to view the
Annual Exhibition ofYrench ManufaCtures. On the
23d, several Foreigners were introduced to the
FIRST CoNsur, by the different Ambassadori ;
and anr)ng, others, the Chevalier D'AARA, on his
twipgappointed Minister Plenipotentiary from His
C4ll:OLic MNEs-r1.7, .not to the Italian Repub.
lic, blit to the President of the Italian Republic.
it is probable therefore, that the Chevalitr
A will reside at Paris, instead of Milan. There
were no presentations by the British Minister.

A Dutch Mail arrived this morning, but it bangs

pa fli.elligence of impqoan.ce,

, His MAJESTY yesterday took his uscal ride in
Windsor Patk.

To-morrow the .poTc ess of WJRTENIIIiExq
complete.; tie 36th year of her age.
Lort! and Lady MELBOURNE came from Margate
yesterday, and afterwards they sec off for-srocket

Waliner Is at present so full of Visitors, -• that not
single lodging-house is iatant,
0o Thursday evening Lord ST, VINCENT re-
turned to Town from his long excursion to the ie-
ye?al Dock yards; on Saturday Ilk Lordship went
to Woolty aid yesterday to Deptford, which
terminates his tour and inquiries. We have the
pleasure to learn, that the Noble Lord has not en-
joyal. better health for many. years.
-it, is stated on the authority of Letteri from
Paris; that the Prince de BOUT Ltoil,- a : British
OF,c.er and' subjeti, whb lately commanded at Jer-
say, has been arrested in that Capital. It is added,
filar Mr. MEa.ttir inlmediately claimed his release,
thought the: &se of sufficient importance to tie
made the'subjea of a Si-ecial Dispatch to the Go.
vernment of this Country. .• -

;in the o.,zerte of Saturday last, the f-la.l.f_pay due
to Naval Officer; between_the ist 'of January and
t4le 30th of pine; x. 802, was advertised to be pay-
ablz..' on the 4th of flue month. It was also stared,
?hat, by an Ott of Pa rlia men t , Officers desirous of
i?ging paid at t place of their residence might have
the same remit trd to them tree•of expence, on apply-
ing to the Treasurer of the :Navy.
It is said to be in the contemplation Of Ministers
o repeal the Hatr-powder Duty,. in the approach-
ing Session-of Tarliament. The 'general" disuse of
the article has greatly diminished its produce to the
levenue, and the Perfumers represent, that, greater
income would be deriyed frOrri 'a Tax upon Hair_
powder itself, than from a Tax upon the use of it.

The EmßEßoa_of GERMANY is devoting, much
attention to the equipment of a Marine, and has
'ies%diliflhed the relative rank between his land and
sca,Ofticers.—A Captain of a ship --of the line is
equal to a Colonel in the army. ;: a Captain of a fri-
gate to a Lieuienant-tolonel ; a Lieutenant of a
of the line to a. Captain ; of a frigate to a First-
)...ieutenant ; and of a Midshipmao to an Ensign.
Their ,uniform is dark blue, with sky blue facings ;
sky blue waistcoat and breeches, half-boots, and
'O4 hats.

A
Deputation has been appointed by theinha-
bitants of Bruges to wait upon the FIRST CONSUL,
ivr the purpos;.: of petitioning him to save that town
from inevitable ruin, by restoring to it its antient
privilege of an egtrpol:7
Every Naval Man 'knows, that all the fortifica—
rion's the Panes• cap ete4 on their sale the Shore,
could not stop the passage of a British Fleet, having
favourable wind, and led on with Skill and resolu-
in regard to that objeEl, all their new Bar-
eeriet he ineffeetual ; yet it cannot be well
denied, that it is a kind of Sa;ind Policy to cOn-
strti4 them, . •
very singular and extensive confederacy of de-
predators on Ovate property, was last .week disco-
vered at Coggeshall, in Essex, by the conscientious
compunaion of one of the gang, who, on his death-
bed, impeached all his accomplices, and disclosed
the various systematic frauds which' they had long
przeliSed oothe several FarMers, Maltsters, Brewers,
&c, of that neighbourhood: this extraqrdinary dis-
covery has involved several families;hitherto deem-
ed respettable, in distress.' and inforny, : one of the
gang hung himself, on being dete6ed, last week ;
iixteen of them, 'however, hare apprehended, and
committed for trial, and warrants are out against
several others. The amount of the property, of
,-which these depredators despoiled their masters,
and'Others, within the last three yezitS, is estimated

t ton.

at roopetan 20001.

Vie- are happy to announce, that the accident-
which C..olonel and Mrs> 'MERCER, by the
pyerthrmying ofotheir was by no means so
bad as has been repre.nted. The Colonel is al-
.ieeoveied f.orn his trifiing' httrts;, and his
a_rnincommodedia,::,,Lzuly is np farther incommoded than by some
c,0tt,,i(.4. which Lever threatened any
Itas eonsegtiehees,

IV4I/41L NEWS.

,PORTSMOUTH,
,SErr, *7.

ARitrvEp the Ph4rni.t Logger, with spirits,
prize to the Atalanta Sloop of War.
Passed by for the Downs, the Coartreast, AN.
DE RSON, from the South Seas, for Lohdon.