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

E FT, 24.

ON Wednesday the FIRST CONSUL, accompanied
by his Wife, the *Second and Third Consuls, and
the Minister of the Interior, proceeded at half_
past nine in the morning to the Court of the.
Louvre, to view the Exhibition of the Produce of
French industry.

The FIRST CONSUL visited successively all the
Apartments, and nitneised with the most lively
interest, themarked progress of National Industry.
Each Manufaauring Town exhibited the produa
of its Mariufaaories, and the hundred apartments
presented at that moment the present state of the
Arts in France.

He saw with pleasure, that emulation had been car-
ried to the highest degree, and that the Manufaeturers
who were distinguished last year, had not dis-
honoured that distinftion, which was the epoch of
their glory and their fortune.
The FIRST CONSU L employed three hourp in vi-
siting the apartments.
From thence he proceeded to the Picture Gallery,
which he examined with the utmost minuteness.

The Minister of the Interior having transmitted
to the Painters who had not previously exhibited,
the desire evinced by the FIRST CO'NSUL to see their
Works in the Saloon of Exhibition, Citizens Gi_
RODET, REGNAULT, GERARD, ISABEY, VER.
NET, and MAYN lE, hastened to place there the
Piaures which they had, just finished.
The First Consul ordered three ache finest Piaures
in the Exhibition to be purchased for himself.
These are the encourageMents which must create
and support the Arts.
At the Audience of the Consuls on Thursday, the
Chev. D'AZARA presented to the FIRST CONSUL
his Letters of Credence, as Minister Plenipotentiary
from His ATIIOLIC MAJESTY to the President of
the Italian I3epublic ; `as did also the Marquis de
LUCCHESINI, on the termination of his extraordi-
nary mission, and commencement of his funaions as
Minister Plenipotentiary from His Majesty the
KING Of PRUSSI4.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PAIIIS, SEPT. 22.

" At length, after a circuitous route, which has•
furnished me with a greater opportunity of analy-
zing the existing state of Things in France, than if
I had proceeded diredly,to Ilaris, I have,arrived
this morning in the Metropolis of, the French R.
public, where I should have arrileed sooner, 1144
not met with an untoward acCident at Bruges, oc-
casioned by the stumbling of my horse, in conse,
quence at the ruinous state of the Bridges over the
Canal from Ostend to Ghent, and. which I have to
reckon am:,ng the blessed fruits of the Revolution:
Though this accident confined -me to my chamber
three days, I can scarcely contemplate it. With re.:
Bret, as it -procured me did' acquaintance of the
principal inhahi.ant of the place, a. Mr. BAmVENs,
who acted in the , capacity of Commissary_General
to the British Forces in Fland-rs. From this Gen-
tleman, who is ever eager to seize, every opportu-
nity of testifying his regard for the English Nation,
I have received the most marked attention and ci-
vilities ;- and though his friendly offices, have been
introduced, not only to a, number of the leading
inhabitants of Bruges, but what I estimate infinite-
ly higher, have obtained access to Public and Offi-
cial Charaders, particularly to the President of the
Criminal Tribunal, M. KEERSMACHER, who led
me all over the Palais de Justice, and kindly ac.•
companied me to thejiote/ de Prefer, where I -ex.
perienced a mist gracious reception. The detail
of what I saw at
_this place, (which, I flatter my-
self, will prove highly interesting, the more soi as
a deputation from the inhabitants of Bruges to Bo-
NAPARTE, at the head of which is M. BAMVENS
himself, who conveys his Brother,Representatives
in his own Coach and Six, is now on the road, .for
the 'purpose of petitioning the FIRST CONSUL to
save Bruges from utter ruin and inevitable de-
strudion, by restoring it to its ancient charader
and privilege of an oitrepk), I reserve for a fu-
ture letter ; and meanwhile, shall resume :my nar-
rative from St. Omer, the place from which I di-
retied my last communication.

" To such olm' y Countrymen, (if any such there
be), as entertain still a restless dekire for innova-
tion, I would earnestly recommend a visit to St.
Omer : there they would witness such scenes, as
cannot fail to strike even the most determined' yid?
vocate of Revolution, with horror and dismay. • A
Town once nourishing, redticed to inin and decay---
Inhabitants once competent and happy, (I am speak-
ing of those that still remain, for thousands have
either fallen vidims to the Reign of Terror, or
else been- driven into exile), literally ,brought to
beggary and •Nant ; Public Institutions of the first,
utility and magnitude abrogated, • and the very
Buildings destroyed with wanton savageness, and
.more than Gothic barbarity. In surveying' the
ruins, which I cannot describe by any better epi-
thet, than the merhento mon' of that beautiful Esta-
blishment, the ci-devant English College, I was so
affected with the devastation, which presented it-
self on all sides, that I absolutely could not refrain
from tears, Like ENEAs, when reciting.the cala-
mitous tale of Troy's destru6tion to the Carthagi-
nian Queen, 00-4 i pot help exclaiming :
falia fando
Myrmiclonwn, Doi,oßum, yel duri miles I.llyssis,
Temperet a lachrymis ?" .

, " Pietute to yourself an Establishment the most
princely and extensive, calculated for the Education
of between four and six hundred: young men of
fashion and fortune, and which, of consequeoce,
must have furnished the principal means of subsist:-
ence to a large proportion of the' inhabitants, con-
ierted into a Military Hospital during the Rcyo.

lution ; but now' in stch,4_ Atate,,-as to-be, with
the exception alone wing. which has been put int,'
repair, totally uninhabitdble ; the walls thrown
doWn, 'the ceiling's demolished, the float's. broker:
up, the windows shattered to pieces, and the Very.
casements torn away ; nothing in short remaining
of, thisiarge Institution, but a heap of ruins, from
which one apartment hasbeen rescued, • and is now,
though still in a very dilapidated state, Converted:
into an Assay Office for. gold and silver.
" X understand, however, that the Fi TCoNstr.t.`
who poisesses too much sagacity not to appreciate.--
to its full extent, the vahle of such an itt§ritution,'
has signified his intention of re-establishing' the,
College, and that a competent sum of money i$
already apprOpriated for this purpose. You may
indeedseasily form an adequate conception of its int.
portance, whenl apprize you, that during its exist_
ence not.less than zoo English families,. on an
average, were constantly resident at St. Omer, and
that upwards of a hundred Gentlemen's carriages'
were then kept, whereas now there is •only one
person who'keeps.his carriage in the Whale town,
and that a person who owes his means to his Official
situation under the French Government, viz. the.
Commissary-General of the Place.

" ',formerly observed, that a scene of general
bustle prevailed throughout the town, it being the
Festi;val,f the Nati.tity of the Virgin Mary, a daft
which the French have long not had an opportunity
of Celebratink. Anxidus to witness the spirit with.
which the -restoration of Religious Worship would
be received by this kkle and volatile nation, I re,.
paired in the morning to-the Church of St. Denys,
the only Church, indeed, which is in a state to ad_
snit of the performance of religious rites. I was
much- pleaSed with the air of piety and decorum
'which prevailed among the numerous frequenters of
the place; but I could not 'Wholly banish from my.
mind thedisagreeable sensations of horror and dis-
gust, when I beheld on all sides the calamitous ef-
fefts Of revolutionary rage and phrenzy. The rich
and costly ornaments which formerly ethbellished:
this Church, were now superseded by tinsel and.
false jewels ; many of 'the images of the Virgin anct
Sall:afar' Miudi were, literally speaking, no better
than the wax dolls in our nurseries. As one in,
stance, from which you may form a general esti-
mate of the poverty of the place-.-ex retro discs
omno;-•it deserves to be recorded, that the canopy'
made use of in solemn processions, and which stands
within the railing of the communion table, hal a
label affixed to it, calling upon the generOSity of the
frequenters of the chapel to restore it to' its wonted
splendor, of_ which the following is a translation :
"I stand in need of linen, to screen me from the dust."
" The rest of the appetidiges of ceremonious wor,-
ship were in a proportionatx•Atate of meanness and.
degradation. In other respbas the service, as I be-
fore remarked, Was numerously,lettended, and I had
the pleasure-in parading the ..mwo, which I did for
that express purpose, to see that the major part" of
the inhabitants had still. a sufficient sense of reli-
gious duty left, to shut up their' shOps, and to cele-
brate the Festival as a. day set apart for mire than
ordinary worship and solemnity. Indeed the gene-
ral.sattsfaCiion. which the restoration of religious
worship has given to all the respectable part of thn
Community, holds out --the most ,consolatory pro-.
spei Moral emendettion, and justifies the hope,.
that the French Nation at large.will in so.far return•
to their former habits, as to renounce the gloomy
tenets of Atheism fur the more cheering as Well as
salutary precept's of the Christian-, Faith. The
nuirther Of new Crucifixes, which I saw ereCied on
the road from Flanders to Paris, inspires me witl'f
full confidence to augur:this happy reformation.

" Anredere 0 magnos, aderit jam tempos, honores."

The ;are excessive heats having nearly dried uct
one of the arms of the Saone,:at Pontailler, several
of the inhabitants of the neighbouring country,
sought -there to procure stones for building, of
,which they found ,a great number. They,. als9 .
discovered several columns, fragments of beautiful
marble, instruments of copper, and a. 'figure Qf
bronie, about ten inches in light, representing a
woman coming out of the water with .her hair wet?
The figure is singularly graceful, and finely pro-
portioned, A Member of the Academy, Citizen •
LESCREVW, hearing- of the circumstance,' imme-
diately went to Pontailler, to examine. the bed of
the river.. In addition to what had% !ken alreadf
discovered, he found there several chirtargical
in-
struments, a number of medals in bronze of Nervar
Vespasilm, Nero, Antoninus, Domitian, &c. and
several copper utensils. A report is shortly ex-
petted to.he made to the Academy, on the subjea
of this discovery.

The Eagle Revenue Cutter, Capt. WHITEHEADT
brouwht into Newcastle on Sunday se'nnight a large
smuggling lugger, called the Resolution, of NeS
,York, which she fell in with off Huntcliff
abput tour o'clock
_on ;he preceding Saturday afro—
nobn, and captured, after a chace of ,ix hours'
TVnernouth Castle then hearing West, ditant about
zs mines. She had on board about 750 half ankersi
of;geneva, and t 1 bales of tobacco ; is upwards
So feet long, and only about 15 broad.
On Etiday a carman was convicted before Mr'
AlderrtianWA-notr, at Guildhall, of running.evcr
a poor woman in Crotched Friars, and brutsiog
her in a mpst, terrible manner. She is now it, the
.Lmd .tv hospital. The carman, who was riding
on his cart, was committed to prison, till :I cerii"-
care of the poor woman's life being our of danger
be produced. The prosecution was carried on )YI
the Churchwardens of 'St. Olave Hart-street,
an
it is to be wished, that. in every parish the Church"
wardens would be vigilant in attending .to similar
misconduct in carmen.
of
On Satordak.seinnight, in the neighhourli6°4
F,yemouth, three young ladies had a most tlarr.!„,_
escape. In taking an airing in a_ one h0r5e.c1131.7:5
the Fair Charioteer laid herself and .her comp
h the

upOn the ground ; happily, however, thoug-,
carriage was completely turned over upon, t'le /9
with the Wheels uppermost, and the horses' be
io the same situation, they were taken out them
by two young Gentlemen, who attended
aided, by some country. peovle hard by at t 11;
of the acci4rlt,.3


N;alw

ria THEArRE.

Corvent-Garden.

Cooxt last night assumed the difficult part
of Hamlet, for the first time before a London
Audience. We certainly cannot class his performance
of this charafier with his happiest efforts. His
figure is not indeed much calculated to represent

" The glass of Fashion, and the mould of Form:"
and therefore he had in a great degree to an
against the imagination of the Audience, in attempt-
Ins to personate the young and dignified 'hope of
Denmark.

Mr. COOKE'S performance was throughout firm,
and in many parts judicious, but it was often too
harsh, and wanted that elegance of demeanour
which the mind is led to expefl. He was, how.
ever, devoid of all traditional tricks, and ob-
viously played from the diredion of his own judg-
ment,
In the moral and sententious pdssages he was
most successful ; but his humour was nut light and
easy enough fur those of the playful and humorous
kind.

The Soliloquies were in general given with judg-
ment, but in rather too declamatory a style, con-
sidering the feelings which are supposed to agitate
Hamlet, and to mingle with all his philosophical
meditations.

Upon the whole, Mr. COOKE'S Hamlet is rather
to be respefted for unaffected sense than for charac-
teristic grace. He was very well received by a
numerous Audience, though he was not without
some enemies among them.
The part of Ophdia was performed by Miss
REEVES, the daughter of the well-known Composer.
As it Was her first appearance in public, she was
naturally very faint and timid. But her manner
was interesting,, and she spoke with apparent good

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sense.
We were very sorry to find, that the old and
interesting melodies which Ophelia has been hi-
therto used to sing in her mad scenes, were last
night discarded. "Ihe new ones are by no means
so pleasing 3 • and instead of singing with a wild
simplicity, Miss REEVES displayed too elaborate
an art. In discarding the original melodies which
have a charm about them, we cannot but feel that
some irreverence has been committed against the-
'enerable. Drama of our great Poer, and we trust
that they will be restored.
BlLu:rrales Iforivia deserves commendation for
Chaste and judicious regard to charafter.
The Farce was The Turnpike Gate, in which Miss
REEVES again made her appearance in the part of
Mary. There was feeling in her afting, and taste
in her singing. Her voice is pleasing though not
strong. She seems to have a very good ear. We
would recommend, however, a little more simpli.
City in her vocal exertions. .Irtctizoorr's fine man.
Iy tones appeared to great advantage in this Farce.

As all communications relative to Dewy-Lane
Theatre are to be made to the Board of Manage-
ment and left with the Door-keeper, we have no
doubt that care will be taken to appoint a person
to that situation, who will be disposed to treat quith
civility whoever may have communications to make.
Mr. BARRETT, it is said, will ascend with his
balloon in a few days from Swansea in Glamorgan.
shire, when he intends to cross the Bristol Channel.
It is also said, that he has planned some. curious
machinery to enable hhu to vary considerably from
the direft current of the wind-, which is is.supposed
Will partially answer the purpose of steering the
Zs'loon.
'Whatever advantages our Free Constitution may
afford us, it is certain that in England there is now no
Personal security. In one way or other a man is like.
IYtobetome the vidim of depredations, against which
the Laws have not provided any adequate remedy.
If not stolen away by some miscreant while an in_
fant and alive, he is sure to become the prey of the
•Resurreeiion men when dead.
We hear -it is in the contemplation of Govern.
whehParliament meets, to adopt some ejeaua/
weans of putting an end ,to the scandalous and
graceful system of plundering travellers, which has;
of late, been pradised by the Innkeepers on all the
great roads in England, but most particularly by
those on the Dover Road. A measure rendered in.
dispensable, from a regard to NATIONAL CHARAC.
?ER as well as the property of individuals.
We hope the regulations which are about to be
adopted in Smithfield Market, will extend to the
price of butchers meat.
The part of English History, which Mr. Fox is
preparing for the world, and for which .he professes
that be visits France to collet materials, has been
so fully elucidated, by Lord CLARENDON, and sub-.
Sequent writers, that inspiration can hardly throw
a new light upon it." If; however, Mr: Fox
wishes, upon the credit of his name, to get a good
7°lind sum from the Booksellers, we should besorry
to spoil his market.
Mr. Fox's Bust, exhibited in the Palace of the
,Thuilleries, is said to he admirably executed : But
had he been in Paris during the tumult of the Re.
volution, the Artists then most in vogue might
Perhaps hit off the head in a stile of more con_
summate exccution.
,The cikcumstance which lately occurred' at Bir-
rn'"gilam, of Mr. LINDLEY'S book taking fire
w,
he was playing a Concerto on the Violontel_so, proves the Composition to have been of a very
"fiammab/e nature.

A,Gentleman having gone, a few days since, to
a public building in Chester, to see the embellish-
ments which are making there, the master painter
took an opportunity of whispering his man to kick
tht
stranger' as he gent oat. The painter accord-
\ ingly followed the Gentleman down stairs ; but, in-
stead of asking for something to drink (which the
cant word kick implies), he literally took his mas-
ter's advice, and direding his foot most vehement-
1Y against the posteriors of the unsuspeaing visi-
tam; thrust bim into the street head foremost !
Sunday evening there were no less than twenty-
six funerals at St. Ann's, Soho.
What is called the
bowel complaint has lately proved fatal in and about
the Metropolis.