The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TH,B SUN.

SIR,

Jan. 7,180 z.

In respeCt to your Paragraph of this day, stating
theannihilation of. the Invincible Regiment by the
brave *2d, I readily admit the merit of that highly-
distinguishedßegirnent,but it is barely doing- jus.
tice to the rest of the Army to .observe, that every
Corps on the memorable ;,t,st of March, according
to the opportunity afforded them, equally distin-
guished themselves. The Invincible Standard 'was
a Trophy -t4,.StriaTt's (now the Queen's) German
Regiment; who sustained the fast entire charge of
the Invincible. Cavalry, .and-lost Thirteen Ofteers
and Trtvo Hundred and Twenty Privates on that
krilliant day.

A BRITISH OIFIC4R:

TAXES.

TO THE lOCH.T.HON.IIEVRY ADDINPTON,

SIAM

_ -
As you will soon 'want money-, I suggest to you
four different kinds of Taxes which will inevitably
fill the public coffer, and fall only on such as gre
zziole to bear them.

A Tax on all Musical Instruments in propor-
tion to the noise they make, beginning with the
Kettle Di um, Trumpet, Bagpipe, and so descending
according to the scale-of the gamuts to the softer
rotes of the Piano. Tithe h not a Shoemaker nor
4 Grocer's daughter who does not strum on the
This. instrument is the perquisite of 'every
Boarding School lyliss, and if you lay on two
guineas per Piano, depend on it, that notwith-
standing the grumbling of-their fathers, you will
e warmly supported by their Mamas in this Tax:
on Wigs, at one guinea per wig, mak-
in2-, an exception for those wigs which are .made
frcin the hair of -persons banged,, and others worn
I:ty old Ladies. By the imposition of, this Tax,
you will meet with the warm support of-every lover
of the fair sex, besides securing to yourself in after_
, ages unfadiiig honotir, by -having transformed bald
pates into flowing locks, the grcatest *ornament. of..
• British females,

. ,
3. A Tax on Flower Gardens. • There is not a
Cockney who will refuse to *pay for .this enjoyment.
In the circurtifer,ence of ten
.miles from the•Metro_
polis, 'you will reap an immense harvest, and sup-
posing the Cits should attempt to elude your grasp
by turning their pinks, tulips and roses, into 'call-
bageg, potatoes and parsnips, you will have atchieved
a great objea thereby, as it will encourage domestic
economy, and by introducing a greater plenty of
'provisions, it will reduce the price of vegetables.
if the Cits remonstrate against the hardship of this
Tax, as injuring their: health and preventing- them
from taking a little country air with their familieS,
yoUr answer will be, that if they attend as they
ought to their business, they will have walking
enough to and from their shops to their !eats morn..
jog and evening.

4. A Tax on Hall Lamps. This will fall ex_.
elusively on the-fashionable pait of the Community,
and by laying.on a guirkea on every Lamp,'You will
• )ticket.e.r. it, no
Gentleman 'will expose his-visitors to the hazard of
breaking their necks for-Want of a laity, and he
Will besides thank you for it, as from Lamps
becoming a branch of the. keyenuei
,they will be
better- attenddd to; and the servants Will be sure to
keep them clean, which I can assure; you is not now
the case, to the great annoyance and 4etriment of
His M;rje6ty's dinner eating subje(i_ts. With best
wishes 4or your success -in an, Administration, you
have so gloriously begun, . •

I am, Sir,
Your admirer and faithful Servant,

PEEPING TOM.

THE'SUN.

lULSM QUIt DICZRZ kALSIJM:AUDIA

LONDON, JANUAIU' s, iso2.

Txt Trials of the Wintineers commenced on

Wednesday at Portsmouth, on board His Majesty's

Ship Gladiator, in the Harbour. Fourteen of the
Crew of the Temeraire were arraigned together,
but it is expected, notwithstanding; that the Court
will sit for some days.

The Members of the Court have wisely prohi-
bited the publication of any of the Proceedings till
the whole are gone through ; we are therefore pre_
eluded from laying their progress in detail before
the Public ; but the moment it can be done with
propriety, they may look to us for a very full and
accurate Account of these interesting Trials.
The following are the names of the Officers who
compose the Court-Martial:

Vice-Admiral cHE LI., President;
Vice-Admiral P0r...7., Capt. C.C, UL
Pear-Admiral ifor.Lown IP, Capt. Gx ND A LL,
Rear. Admiral CGLLINCWOOD, Capt. Sir E. NAGLE,
kt.:;ll%.AClErlird! CAMIWLL, Capt. LiJyl3,
tipt. WELLS, Capt. Os-aofta.
To:: s,

Thy has always been the favourTJe Journal

of the Fleet.—We are very peot.l of this distinc-
' 'flon, because there are no persons who 'rain more
highly Oar' ourselves the ever-memorable Services
of our .I,>l.ivy, and particularly in the course of the
iate*War ;—but this feeling makrst.is only the more
dc.Toly deplore any deviation from that sen4of dis-
cipline and subordination, to: which so much of ppr,
success a d o2r superiority is to be ascribed. If

the Country owes much to the gallantry of its Sea-
men, let it be recolleded also, that they owe much to'
the liberality of the,Country. There is no descrip-
tion of people throughout the Nition, who haveless
ground for dissatisfaftion than -our Sailors : they
have not felt the effects orunfavourable seasons ;
Dearth and Scarcity, which have affeded almost
every other description of men, -have not reached
them ; and the hand of qenerosity and Compassion
has ever been held out to alleviate their misfor;
tunes, and those of their families. ;(,)rider such
circumstances;' there is no excuse for, any devia-
tion froth—the 'stria line of duty on their
part-.2=
'On such occasions; there is but one remedy
every symptom of "insubordination must be met
by a determined resolution to crush it ; anti
with Mutiny there can be no •conifirotnise. 7--
L While we trust that the signal punishments which
must probably follow the recent transadions in the
Fleet at antry-Bay, may serve as useful examples
'to the whole Navy, we earnestly recOrnmend the
utmost vigilance on the part of the Inferior Offi-
cers of our Navy? as the surest mode ofprevent-
ing similar occurrences. The 'spirit -of insnbor
dination, like the' progress of fire, is only dail_
gerous when' it Spreads to a certain extent nndisco.
vered—it is easily stifled in its birth.--Ninety-nine
out of a hundred in our Navy, we know to be
sound and loyaL; and we earnestly► hope some mark
of favour will be shewn to the valuable Corps of
MARINES, who have shewn themselves upon this,
and upon every other similar occasion, fully deserv-
ing of every protection and encouragement.

LAST night we received 'French Papers to The 3d
inst. inclusive. They contain a great variety of
miscellaneous articles; but not one word of -the re.:
ported arrest of Generals* MoR EAU Or BERTHIER.
So 'far indeed from any symptoms of a mutinous
spirit having displayed itself in the metropolis, we
learn from them, that TALLEYRAND PERIGORD,
the Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrived at Lyons-
-9n the 28th ult. and there is no mention in the Of-
ficial Paper of any circumstance which 'warrants the
supposition communicated from•boyer. '•

The arrival of 'these Papers has relieved our
minds from a great anxiety, and we sincerely re-
joice to find, that no principles of illegitimate
ambition have disturbed the authority of a Govern-
°lent, on whose efficiency the peace of Europe in a
great measure depends.

We did not pledge ourselves for the veracity of
the intelligence we received,- and which we felt it
our duty to cornnionicite to the Public—bvit every
discriminating mind must be sensible, that in a pe-
riod wherein Society undergoes a sudden transition
from violence to order, the apprehensions- of relapse
ale natural and reconeileable to experience.
It is with pleasure we recal to the, minds of our
Readers,- the Observations which appeared in our
last Paper. We did not feel ourselves authorized
tto dispute the authenticity of our Intelligence'; but
ve 'presented to them such a-rgurnents as, in some
degree, invalidated the force of the CorreSpondence
e published.
We had a !right to afford some credit to reports
of in.surredional 'movements in a bleeding and dis-
traeted'Cottatry, though we might' repine at the
cause, and deplore-- the effeas which such change
might operate on, the face of European Politics.
The Minister of the,lnterior -lea Paris on the •
ad inst. on his route .to 'Ljon-s. The First Consul
was expel led depart on the 6th inst.- Relays of
carriages had been prepared, and it was supposed he
would perform the journey in forty hours.

A most extraordinary event took place at Lyons, at
the public audience of TALLEYRAND, when the Cis_
alpine Deputies were presented to him. The Arch-
bishop of MILAN, a venerablc.old man, eighty-two
years of age, sat on the right hand of the Minister with
the greatest spirits and vivacity ; when on a sudden
he leaned on -the arm of .T 4 I,SYkAND With design
of speaking to him, and fell- lifelesq from his chair.
MoscnTl, a celebrated Physician present, employed
in vain every medical assistance. The Archbishop
was dead. He had gone to Lyogs. for the express pur-
pose of seeing the First Consul, whom he became
acquainted with during his firs(Campaign in Italy.
The Peasants of Pavia, says the'Moniteur, had re-
volted ; this respeftable Prelate harangued them,
but the infuriate Populace having disregarded his
remonstrances, the French army took possession of
8. •
Pavia. The Archbishpcontinually accompanied
General Bo 11 ft P it.kr jet leis carriage, for the pur-
pose of removinglthat'fina'tical. spirit which every
where prevailo,.. and clibich . induced the people to
believe that the objet} of the French . was the
subversion pf their Worship and Religion,

The Hamburgh Mail of 101Tednesday is not at..
rived.

, The Half-yearly Dividends will begin to be paid
to-morrow to the Bankers; and on Monday to the

o ,

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTII; JAN. 7.

ARRIVII) this day,iiis Majesty's Ship IYamir,
frorn Bantry Bay* -

Sailed His Majesty's Ship Pcmpie, for Plymouth.
Came into Barbour, His Majesty's Ship Part.
land and Guntl-rig iiggreLfor, to be paid off.
The Bufalo Store-ship, bound to Pot4ny Ray,
yesterday went out of the Harbour,
The,&oßway Ship mentioned in my former fetter
to be arrived at Spitlfead, water-logged, having
beerit of 'the Woolseners, is galled t 6 Ann and
Catherine,_ and this day was, brought. into Harbour,
with the water-tip to the deck.
Arrived the Providence, Oft.:X, from London-
derri; and Novo CGtita, NAA s f E-DT,. from Stock-
holm.

Sailed the Comfibolite, MAR Lb Iv, for Ham-
burgh ; Hlinter, STAPLES, fa Lisbon ; and Itptc,
Sx LTOIST,r. fca Shields.'