The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-04 00:00:00

HALIFAX, JULY 3T.

This morning, His Majesty's Royal Newfound-
land Regiment was disbanded on the Regimental
Parade, under the superintendence and direaion of
Cot. LAYARD, of the Royal Fuzileers. Their con_
`lllO, on this occasion, was equal to their deport-
illent and behaviour during the time they have been
in Halifax.• Every claim was adjusted, and not a
single complaint was heard.

The Men carried away with them from the Bar_
racks, upwards of 10001. in hard cash—their earn_
ings in the King's Wojks—such has been the good
management of this Regiment. Ir was truly grate-
ful CO see the cheerfulness exhibited in every coun-
tenance, and the cordiality, gratitude, and respeft
with which they took leave of their Officers ; such
ever will be the consequence of good order, disci-
pline, and regularity. It is a tribute justly due to
Lieut.-Col. WILL/ANIS, the Commanding-Officer of
this Corps, and the other Officers of the Regiment,
to say, that the condua of this Regiment, during
the period they have been in Halifax, particularly
,he present occasion of disbanding, refleas the
'ugliest credit upon them.
As this respeaable Corps of Officers are now upon
athe spot,' we forbear to say more. The following
Pers, with which we have been favoured, will
ne sufficiently chew the high se-rise that Lieut.-
Len. Bowy ER, and the respeaable Inhabitants of
the Town entertain of their merits :

EXTRACT FROM GENERAL ORDERS.
" Head-Quarters Halifax, y. 4 29, 1802.
1." Lieut.-General BOWYER, in taking leave of
'ltut.-001. WILLIAMS, the Officers and Soldiers of
L
Corps, cannot refrain from expressing his re-
gret, at losing from under his command, a Regiment
30 distinguished for discipline, order, and regula-
!.,ity, which he will not fail to report to His Royal
Highness the DUKE of YORK, by the earliest oppor-
tunity.
" The Lientenant-General is convinced, if the
Officers and Soldiers of this Corps had had the good
fortune to be opposed to the Enemies of their King
and Country, in the late War, that their services in
the field would have been as important and exem-
Vary, as their condul and behaviour has been me_
titnrious in this Garrison ; which has amply, en-
tirelY, and honourably wiped away every aspersion
and refletaion, which may have been cast upon it,
lcn consequence of imprudencies and irregularities
2flnittecl by a few ill-disposed Soldiers, prior to
the seven Companies coming to Halifax.
" The Lieut.-General intended to have assem-
bled this Regiment at Si. John's, Newfoundland,
that it might have been disbanded there, and lie is
extremely sorry his intentions have been frustrated,
1.1 receiving His ;Majesty's commands to disband it
1" the Province of Nova Scotia ; which only leaves
tt in his power of offering a passage, to such Men
and their Families, who chuse to accept of it, in
Transports destined to carry the 66th Regiment
L.
4 torn Newfoundland to Europe."

Datra,y-LANE THEATRE.—The Comedy of The
Country Girl, strengthened by the powerful attrac-
tion of Mrs. Jo tt DAN in Miss Peggy, drew a crowded
audience to Drury lane Theatre last night. This
excellent Aaress was in high spirits, and play_
„",the charader with her usual animation and
tif,"'ete. The audience testified much pleasure at
sight of her, and she received great applause
th r°l-Ighout her performance. WROUGHTON's
v.m "di was excellent. The crabbed humour and
Igitant suspicion of the character were expressed
a very masterly manner. R. PALMER gave
ParJish with whimsical gaiety. BNUtYMORE
.._11(1 C. KEMBLE were respectable in Harcourt and
Melville; and the Comedy altogether went off with
ease, spirit, and effc6t.

COVENT-GARDEN THE ATR E. Although the
Cabinet has been so oaten represented, arid although
it contains no great intrinsic merit, yet the music
is so delightful, aril the exertions of the Performers
are so great, that it still continues to attrad very
crowded audiences. Frequently as we have had oc-
casion to expresS our admiration of BRAHAm's Sing-
ing, we cannot avoid repeating it, in the strongest
terms. He gave the song of " The Forest echos,"
(in which he was encored) in a style that absolutely
enraptured the Audience. FAwc ETT and STOR AC E
rattled through their parts with their usual vivacity.
The new Opera forth-corning ar Drurlane
Theatre, is understood to be the produdion of a
Gentleman at Bath, whose literary talents'have al-
ready been distinguished, though not in the dra-
znaric province.

The Musical Circles are likely to be enriched by
the talents of Mrs. Asa E, wife of the celebrated
Performer on the flute—a Lady whose musical taste
and science are highly admired, and whose voice is
very sweet and interesting.
UPOn STEPHEN KEMBLE'S departure from Lon.
don, the charader of Fahtqf will, of course, re.
211.ert to PALMER, who performed it with much
and who would have deserved public encou.
:gement if he had performed it with less, on ac-
T?unt of the diffident manner in whichhe announced
41i first appeAreince 4Je ito •

LATP REPORT.

COURT_ OF KING's BENCH, Nov.

SITTINGS BEFORE LORD ELLENHOROUGH AND SPECIAL

JURIES, IN GUILDHALL, LONDON.
CHATERs 'V. BELL.

This was an Adion by the holder of a of
Exchange against one of the Indorsers, presented
to the Acceptor for payment, and dishonoured.—
Defence, that it ought to have been protested for
non-payment by the Acceptor, and the Protest
drawn up and presented with the Bill to the De-
fendant. The following is the short state of the
fads : The indorsement on the Bill, on behalf of
the Plaintiff, was admitted to be of the Defendant's
hand-writing, and that payment of the Bill was
demanded of the Acceptor on the day it became
due, which was the z4th of April 1800. That
notice was afterwards given to, and payment de-
manded in due time, of the Defendant, but that at
the time of such demand, no Protest for non-pay-
ment by the Acceptor was produced, nor was the
Bill, at the time of such demand, protested, but
that a Protest was afterwards drawn up, namely, on
the 13th of May following, when the Protest bears
date. That the Bill was noted, and that the date of
the noting and that of the demand was on the same
day. That the demand was made on the Defendant
for payment of the Bill, who refused the same, on
the ground that the Protest was not regularly made. '
On the one side it was contended, that the
Protest was a mere formal at, which might be
made out at any reasonable time after the noting,
and would refer back to the date of the noting, and
that the Defendant ought to be satisfied of the non-
payment by the Acceptor, on seeing that the Bill
was marked noted, and that the Protest was the
mere formal ad resulting from the noting, and
might be drawn up at any reasonable tine, in
like manner as are the Judgments of Courts after
they are pronounced, or the Comtnitments or Con-
vidions by Magistrates. This doctrine, of course,
applied only to in-land Bills of Exchange. With
regard to foreign Bills of Exchange, the case was
otherwise ; for in that case the Protest was the only
evidence of non-payment, but here the noting was
sufficient. ,

On the part of the Defendant it was contended,
that the Protest of non-payment by the Acceptor
.must be compleat before the Defendant was bound
to pay, and that the Protest was his only real secu-
'thy for the non-payment by the Acceptor, and
ought therefore to have accompanied the demand of
payment on the Defendant.

The custom, as it appeared in evidence,and by some
observations from the Jury, as well as the opinion
of my Lord Chief Justice, appeared in favour of the
Plaintiff, but at the request of Mr. GIBBS, the
whole was turned into a case for the opinion of the
Court of King's Bench.
After the trial of another Cause the Sittings
ended.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 3.
SITTINGS AT GUILDHALL, BEFORE LORD ALVANLEY

AND A SPECIAL JDR.Y.

PETLEY V. STUTTLAND.

TfIIS was an aftion brought by the Plaintiff as
Owner of a barge, against the Defendant, who
was Owner of a brig, to recover damages for having
so negligently moored his vessel that it occasioned
the loss of the craft belonging to the Plaintiff.
The examination of witnesses occupied the whole
of the morning ; yet,the subjeft is not of sufficient
interest to justify . our entering into any deta:l.
The accident happened on a very dark night. The.
Defendant's ship was moored off Virginia Wharf,
\\Tapping, in the wake of a tier, and the Plaintiff's
barge was coming up the River with a strong tide.
The persons on board the barge perceived that the
,brig had her anchor a cock-bill, and they called out
to the people of the brig to let fall their anchor,
and starboard their helm.

This operation was not performed, in consequence
of which the barge ran foul of the brig's how, and
the fluke of the anchor going through her side, she
immediately sunk. She was some days afterwards
weighed and repaired, and the present Adion was
merely for the loss adually sustained—this was
proved to amount to Sol. for which sum the Jury
gave a verdid for the Plaintiff.

The Commissioners for paving and lighting the
part of the parish of St. Pancras on the west side of
Tottenham-court-road, have appointed an ARMED
PATROLE, for the protedion of the Inhabitants
within the, limits of their jurisdidion, from five
o'clock in the evening until the hour when the
watchmen go on duty. A laudable example, which
it is to be hoped will be followed by other Parishes
in the Metropolis,
Many of the streets in London are extremely
dangerous to walk through in damp weather, owing
to the inhabitants not complying with the regula-
tion, which requires every person daily to sweep
the pavement before his door. This proper regula.
tion ought to be strktly attended to.
We are sorry to observe that the pralice of Mail
Robbery in Ireland increases in frequency. On
ThurSday last the Mail from I3allinasloe to Galway,
and the Mail from Philipstown to Edenderry, were
b:)th robbed by bands of armed ruffians.
It is observed in the new Comedy, that the
weight of' a Fashionable Lar";''s Dress was exactly
two ounces. It may, therefore, DC fairly inferred
that the Lady was a light character.

Madame it is said, at first intended to
have had a much greater number of Maids of honour
to attend her, than at present is the case ; but find-
ing great difficulty in procuring LADIES properly
qualified, she unwillingly curtailed the establishrwnt:
An Attorney in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's
Inn Fields, observing the improvements now carry-
ing on in that place, remarked, that it was a clay
soil, and that nothing would thrive there. " Oh
nu, Master," said one of the workmen, who hap_
pened to know him, " not if it Aver, planted with
At turniesl for they thrive every rwhere."
It is very creditable to the Moral Taste of the
Public, that they put a stop to the Epilogue of the
new Comedy. It was totally devoid of humour,
and so indecent in one of its allusions, that we
word IlOw 1 thould escape the Licenser's vet 4.

ER :IN ,

EXTRACTs FROM THE P.AMptiL trIV SIR rRANns
D'l V EkNOIS, ENTITLED I,E$ CI NQ PROMESSES,
&c."

(C,ltinuel fr,pit over Paper of rettrclaf.)

What could be more clear or more chearing
than these first Councils, and how could BON A -
P ART E have adopted a better method of making
the Federes feel, that seeing the diErence of their
Religions, their Manners, their BouAlaries, their
Habits, and even their Climates, they ought to
renounce every speculative ilea of symmetrical
organization, for the purpose of preserving, reii-
giously, the type of their Primii inc. Constitution ?
The Treaty of Luneville ing appeared to
put the Seal to the promises of the Consul, in
ranteeing to the Swiss, by the Eleventh Article,
the power of adopting such form of Government as
they should judge suitable to thermelves, they na-
turally considered it as an invitation to depart from
Anarchy, and the first, the only means of destroy-
ing Anarchy, was, without d.',uOt, to re-instate
their ancient Magistrates, su violently destiluted •
by the French DireCtory. Helvetia almost unani-
mously demanded that they should resume the helm
of State, and charge themselves with the care of
preparing and organizing the Laws for the Govern-
ment of the Country. Some of the antient IVlrgi-
strates consented, and were re-instated on the 2 Bth
of Ozlober, i Sat, without any Foreign Influ:-nee,
and without those who concurred in the measure
permitting themselves for a moment to doubt that
BONAPARTE would applaud them for imitating- his
example, in recalling to the Administration men
who, by their talents, their birth, and their fortune,
were peculiarly calculated to confer upon it lustre
,and strength. But what above all increased the
hopes of the S.viss was one of the first acts of the
new Federative Government, in conferring the
office of the Supreme Magistracy on M. RE D NG,
one of those rare men whose talents are, only deve-
loped in a great crisis, and whom Providence seems
to keep in reserve for the purpose of retrieving the
charaEter of a People ready to

This man, who was invested with the dignity
of First Landamman of Helvetia, is the same Ge-
neral ALoys REDING who, on the zd of May
1798, at the head of the Militia of Schwitz, gave
baffle to the French, who were much superior in
number, forced their Lines, sword in hand, and
chaced them to the plain of Morrgarten, already
rendered so famous by the Vidory obtained over the.
Austrians in 1315 by the Swiss, under command of
the Landamman R. RED I NO.
Before he concluded his brethren in arms to that
desperate attack, this illustrious Inheritor of his
Name delivered to them an Address, which they
have preserved, which they will transmit to their
descendants, and which the Greek Historians would
have regarded as worthy of LEON I DAS.
" Brave Comrades and dear Fellow-Citizens,
we have arrived at a decisive moment. Surrounded
by enemies and abandoned by our friends, there re-
mains nothing for us but the consciousness that we
will courageously imitate the example which our
Fathers once set before us in this very place.. Do
not let us mutually impose upon ourselves in this
solemn hour; an almost certain death awaits us.—
As to myself, I promise you that I will not abandon
you, even in the greatest danger---" Death and no
Retreat."

" Death and no Retreat," unanimously re-echoed
his Soldiers. Two of them left the ranks, and tak-
ing him by the hand, swore to obey his orders. He
gave his little Troop the signal for combat, arid the
Conquerors of Europe were vanquished by a hand_
ful of Militia, who, three times in that same day,
prevented them from rallying, and at each onset
made the greatest carnage.
The next day was almost equally glorious for
these intrepid Mountaineers.; but a small number of
similar viaories would have soon destroyed the
whole population •of their Canton. All the others
had accepted the new ConstitutiOn. The Heroes
of Schwitz consulted together, and were of opinion
they 'might subscribe to the Constitution without
disl►conour, after hating shewn that the People and
their Chiefs remained united to the last, and yield-
ed only to an immense superiority of numbers.—
This great Citizen was the last of The Swiss who
kid down his arms, and we shall soon see that he
will be the first to resume them.

The Historian who has preserved the Address
delivered to the Heroes of Schwitz informs us, that
shortly before the Revolution, 1/I:REDING, then
very young, had withdrawn from the service of
Spain, for the purpose of cultivating his lands, and
an acquaintance with the Muses, and. that the loss
of his wife, whom he tenderly loved, plunged him
into a profound melancholy, Which the irruption of
the French into Switzerland on a.sudden dissipated.
Persons who saw him at that period represent him
as much less alarmed at the open aggression of,
France, than at the-secret divisions which had arisen
amongst the Governors and the Governe& It was.
he who gave the signal to the other Cantons for fly-
ingto the relief of Berne. , but.he was also mongst
the number of those who represented to the nernese,-
that in departing from their original Institutions the
Aristocratical Helvetians had become too contraded.
He saw above all with pain, certain commercial
privileges which certain Bourgeoise in the Sove-
reignties enjoyed, to the exclusion of the People of
the Country, and not only exhorted them to re-
nounce them, but gave the. example of conces-
sion by prevailing upon his Canton to admit to
a participation of the Sovereignty, ail the inha-
bitants of certain vallies who had previous to
that remained in the state in which they were found
by conquest, and consequently subjects. Its a word,
the Historian whom I have already quoted, depicts
him precisely in the same colours in which CLAREN-
DON displays Lord FALKLAND, deploring the ex.
aggerated pretensions of both parties, foreseeing
nothing but a sinister event, •and seeking death in
order to avoid being a witness of it.
Although, since the deathof tire AVOYER STE IG-
NER, REDING had become the only hope of the
Independeot Party, the French Fadion constantly
professed for him the greatest respcd. One may
judge of this from the only reproach directed against
him which I have been able to discover in the
Diatribes didated by the spirit of party in Swit.

; it it that of being acidtaed tG superstition.
The Wfiters of the French badion colled him, by
way of derision, our pious Landamman.
This pious and courageous Delcnder of the
Democratic Helverians, did not re-appear upon the
scene until after the Treaty of Luneville, and when,
in order to avail itself of the. poster whieli had been
guaranteed to the Swiss, their Central Government
convoked and opened itt 13( rne, on the 7th of Sep..,
tember,. t Sot, a Gencral Diet, for the utirpose of
submitting to them a Plan of definitive organization,
M. REDING was present, and declared that an
irresistible farce alone having compelled the il!rrio-
cratic Cantons to accept provisionally t!:c Coustitua
tion under `which they groaned, if there was a.ques-
tion of changing it ; and if France bad truly left
them the power of making that ch they de.:
manded the enj'oy'ment of their ancient
on that condition only w,mld be disposed to concur
in the completion of the Federal System.
The Revolutionary Parry strongly urged, that
such a condition would sap the foundation of the
grand principle of absolute Unity. REDING Ope
posed to that principle the local conveniences, the
influence of habits, and the orders of his Constitu-
ents. Both sides remained inflexible, and the pre-
Ihninary condition proposed by the Deputy for
Schwitz not having been admitted, he protested
against their proceedings,' and departed on a sud.
den on the Izth of ClAaber, with the Deputies for
Underwald and Uri.

Their Protest and his departure, opened the
eyes'of all the- Independent Men in that Assembly.
Thirty amongst them immediately seceded;and de:+
elared, that the Deputies of the three most ancient
Cantons, the Cradle of true Helvetic Liberty, hav-
ing separated, the Diet must be regarded as impel--
fctt and incompetent."
This trait of firmness, and, still more, the
Public opinion gave, in a few days, the majority to
the Seceders, who proceeded, without delay, to
form a Central Government, consisting of a Senate
and Executive Council, composed of the most en-
lightened Men and the reins of Government were
given to REDING.
This latter event ;caused every where so much
joy, that the Catholic Cantons were illuminated on
the occasion, and what was a still greater honour,
the Protestant Synod of Zurich presented an Ad-
dress of Thanks to the Diet, for having confided the
Helm.of the State to the hands of those 'who lowa
all their hope ;Ir the Supreme Beiug.
Two whole montbs, however, passed, and France-
refused, nor only to explain, but even to communi-
cate with a Regency thus constituted. REDING at
length resolved to put an end to this equivocal con.
duet, and determined, to repair, in person, to Paris,
to demand, categorically, .of the Consul, what were
his final views respeding Helvetia, and tvhat that
Country was to expea. This trait of charaler in.
d'uced BONAPARTE to hear him with respeel, and
the news of his reception produced such an effeft
in Switzerland, that the ancient Magistrates yielded
to the Public wish, and sheaved themselves more
and more disposed to resume the direetion of af-
fairs.

Hardly was BONAPARTE informed upon the
subjea, than he addressed, with his own hand, to
REDING, the. Letter, which, contrary to custom,
he ordered to be published the Official Paper, for
the purpose of undeceiving the credulous Swiss, who
locked upon the happy event of the zBth of Oaobet,
as their 18th of Brumaire, as the Aurora of a new
day. first Manifesto, is, in reality, the
preamble of that of the 3oth of September, and de-
serves to be made an epoch in the fast; of the Con-
sular Diplomacy. I add some Marginal Notes for
the better understanding the obje6t and meaning
of it.

(i'o he continued.)

M T A .-Ev the last Ad of Parliament, House-
holders are required to return Lists of Persons fit
and liable to serve in the Militia, according to a
form which is to be left at every Dwelling-house
in' the Kingdom, by the Constable, which List it
to be returned to the said Constable within 1+ days,
under a penalty of sl.—The omitting to insert the
name of any person liable to serve, subjects the
Housekeeper to the like penalty.
It may be useful to our. Readers to be informed,
that the late Militia Ad requires t at each person's
claim of exemption shall be stared in the return
which he. is to makc to the Constable. The follow-
ing are the principal exemptions :

Peers of the Realm—Officers and Privates serving in his
Majesty's Forces—:Commissioned Officers serving or having
served, four years in the Militia—Clergymen or Licensed
Teachers, whose Place of Meeting shall have been Registered
withing twelve months previous to the General 11leetn.;
the.present month—Constables or Peace-0 dicers—A rdcled
Clerks—Apprentices—Seamen—poor Men who have, more
than one Ch►ld horn in Wedlock—and persons having served
personally, or by substitute. But no person who has served
only as a substitute or volunteer in the Militia, is exempted
from serving again.

Married, on Tuesday, at Ruislip, by the Rel.
JAMES HARRIS, STEPHEN GASELEE, Esq. or :Le
Inner Tzniple, to Miss HA4R is, of Hadley, daughter
of the lace JAMES HARRIS, Esq, of Great 'Baddow,
Essex.

On Wednesday se'nnight the house of S. E. SAW..
BRIDGE, Esq..of Olantigh, Kent, was broke into by
some villains, and a. si. Union Canterbury Bank
Note, and a Bank of England Note stolen ther,2-
from : a small regimental button, with 52, and
the -word Oxfordshire upon it, was found in the
window_by.which the thief or thieves made their.
•
escape.

Singular .c.ircUcistance. About a month ago
Colemere, living near the Newgate in Ches_
ter, missed one of his hens, which on search at
that time could not be found. As the waggons
foe London go from the 'yard of Mr. C. it was
conjcelured, that at the time of going to roost,
she had got into one of them, and as they
uswdly start at an early hour, that she most
have gone by it. However likely this idea at
that time, as to the cause-of her disappearance might
be,-a few days since proved to the contrary ; for on
removing some bags of hops, she was found so hem-
med in by three of them, as totally to prevent he:
escape. In this situation she had remained for three
‘reeks, without the least nourishment ! Food be-
ing_given her,
.she ate a little, but on joining the
other fowls in the yard, the cock beat her in such a
manner that she died a short time after.