The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-03 00:00:00

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HAGUE, Auc. 24.

SEVEAAL Emigrant Batavian Officers who w ere
in English pay, have arrived here. They cannot
serve in the new Corps which is destined for the
two Indies,. but the Emigrant Subalterns and Pri.
va;.es may. The Officers who Jaye been in Enc:lish
ray, receive half.pay, but this They lose it. they

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Government a gratuity of four pounds sterlinsr
when they were dismissed.
Admiral DE WINTER has sailed from Malaga for
the Coast of Africa;with. Presents to purchase
of the Barbary Powers. He wi4 afterwards sail
Malta, Naples, Leghorn and Genoa, and pass
•
winter at Lisbon.

P.4RIS, Auc. 32.

STUTTGARD, AUG. 23.-The intelligence from
Munich, .of the 19th, inserted in the Augsburgh
and several other Gazettes, is, that the BaVarian
Troops destined to occupy the Indemnities, 'have
on a sudden received Counter-orders, and that
each Battalion a certain number of Soldiers have re
ceived leave to labour in the Fields. It appeari
certain, that Bavaria is not authorized to occupy
its Indemnities, before the Ratification of the Diet
of the Empire.
LUCERNE, Auc. t;.—Yesterday Guards were
placed at all the Frontier Posts of Under via ld. Se-
veral of the Inhabitants have taken refuge here with
their most valuable effets, and amongst them, some
of the first Authors of the General Assemblies,-
This morning the 3d Battalion of the Line, and the.
Helvetic Hussars 'arrived here. We exped General
ANDERMATT this evening, and to-morrow the Park
' of Artillery.
HAMBURGH, Auc. ;0,-011 the arrival of M.
le Comte de PAN.' N., on the Frontiers of Sweden,.
• he received a posi-tive order not to enter the king-
dom;. against which, however, he formally pro-
', tested, as an indignity offered to a Minister of His
Imperial Majesty of Russia, and at the same time
declared, that he would represent the circumstance
to his Court. In consequence of which he received
the following Letter from the Emperor:

" M. LE COMTE,

"_Minsk, rune 24•

" I have learned, with extreme surprize, by your
Letter from Wihows, the very extraordinary marl-
net. in which you have been treated in the Domi-
nions of His Swedish Majesty. I cannot imagine
that that
,Prince can have any motive. for personal
dissatisladion with respect to you, and it would-be.
still more difficult to think that he has taken um-
biage at any proceeding in the course of your Mis-
sion,in which you have. been only the Organ of my
Will, and are responsible to ore alone. However,
In the motives of His Swedish Majesty what they
may for such condua; I have Jess displeasure at dm
proceeding itself, which cannot injure you, than at
the state of embarrassment which it must necessarily'
place your family in. I remain, with assurances Or
My good will and esteem, *c.
(Signed) ‘F ALEXANDER,"

BERNE, AUG. 22.-b—The following representa•
tion has been addressed by the Lesser Cantolos, £0
the First Consul, on the subjel of the EVacuat.i°
of Helvetia.
" CITIZEN FIRST CONSUL,

" The three Cantons of Uri,' Schwitz, and C7*..a.
derewald, have been apprised, by public report,
-of your resolution to withdraw the French Troop;
from Switzerland. They see in such a measure the
most convincing proofs of that good will which yott
have manifested towards the Landarnmati, AL ,1$
REDING, and for the. Undersigned, &c. The Carl,-
tons,re-assembledat Schwitz, and by their Deputiar
have determined, in pursuance of the wishes of the'
People, to renew their forniercontiedions, and- to
establish in their Cantons a Government conform-
able to their position and to their circumstances ;
such as you, Citizen First Consul, have approved
0f,.. and is exemplified in the 9th and loth Articles
of the Nate of the zoth December, which the
.Landammati REDING has had the honour of present'
ing to you.
' "We should add, Citizen First ConFul
ibis resolution has been incited by the arbitrary
measures of the-Cantonal Authorities, and privet'
pally carried ,into execution by the Commissars'
KELLER, in the Canton of Underlea/d, proceed'
ings which, by depriving the people of the Pow",
which they had formally reserved, of constitutil
their own Government, have induced the greater
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aversion against the Central Government, acid to
such a degree, that no way remains to maintain tit
public tranquillity in those Countries but by imase;
diately restating the people to the exercise of tti''
legitimate right.
" We have the honour, Citizen First Consul,
communicate to you by these presents, the Pub'!,
Declarations of the above-mentioned Cantons,-!&
the conviction, that you are determined thoSe.brO4
People shall continue to experience your henevolec'lii
support, which they so highly estimate ; and wilt
none, CitiZen First Consul, feel a juster sense °
&e. than the Under.6igned." •

At 'a Charity_ Sermon preached last SandaY.
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Ramsgate, the contributions at the doors wets :4.v,
ceived by the DUtchesses of DEVONSHIRE and 1`106;4'
CASTLE, the Hon. Miss BURTON, and "
STRANGE, and amounted to 801. • of
On Sunday last, the Rev. DnEtur Knox'
Tunbridge, preached a most excellent SeroOrq
the Church of Margate, for the benefit
Sea-bathing Infirmary at that place. The ..tlTs'l
was collcaed at the dnor by the Dutchess I,f
ALBANS, her sister Lady HE ATHCOTE, and an°l'
Lady. The whole colfeCtion amounted to -7°.'2.1..c
Charity Sermons far the same Institution svo.e -p-,.
preached at the Churches of Ramsgate, St. P°.'io•
and Broadstairs, about 201. was colleaed at tit; rl
Gothia Chapel at Margate.
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sue,,
the the gardens of Dandelion„. rear Margate ; ti
is the rage of the public for these frivolous cs":ei,
tions, that persons went from Canterbury, I)°‘ t
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sec the ascension. One of them ascend
handsomely, and after being in the -ail abotiv kd
minutes, °fell into the sea. The other wa' tQf
after.,
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ON•Sunday night the coiripany continued to come
into the town during the whole, of the night ; and
early yesterday morning numerous parties entered
the town from all parts, to see the novel sight.'of
the commencement of our Jubilee. The different
Companies had. received instruftions from the
Wardens for some time .past, at what time and
Place. they. 'were to assemble. in the morning.
They accordingly met at the different Inns, where
a band of music was provided, and a very elegant co-
lour to each of them. The morning was ushered in
With ringing of bells, and sounding of trumpets.—
ICHOLAS GIUMSHAW, Esq. the Mayor, the whole
of .the Corporation and Officers assembled between
eight and nine in the Guild Hall,
.which constituted
the commencement of this celebrated Guild, which
has been..kept up every twenty-one years since the
granting ofthe Charter constituting thisa Corporate
Town. After the Conquest, King HENRY the Second,
buke of Normandy, confirmed the Charter, and Or_
dered that aGuild should be held every twenty-one
years, for the Freemen to renew their Freedom If
they let one Guild pass without renewing their Free-
dom, either by themselves or by proxy, .they are fo'r
ever after excluded from all rights and privileges at-
taehed to the Town of Preston. The first Guild held
undei the Charter was in the second year of the reign
of EDWARD the Third, since which this makes the
eighteenth Guild which has been held under the reign
of tu.reive -Monarchs. The Corporation being assent_
bled under -thetrBth Gitildi when inaddit ion to Ad.
Vertiseinentstvhich have appeared in the Newspapers,
signed-by the Town Clerk, Proclamations arthe Mar-
ket-eilaee and other places, the Common Cryer made
proclamation—That _the term of twenty-one years
being expired, - for which time all rights and pti-
- vileges had been granted at the last Guild,
,they
were now void, and.no more privileges attached to
those persons, than if they had never been free of
the 'town, and that twenty_eight days grace would
he.idlowed, to those who were inclined to renew their
l'reetlorn, &c. and that all,persnns who, had, or pre_
tended to have any, right of Freedom within the
'rough, either by ancestry or purchase, are by
Ilttiriselves, or their friends, to claim the same, and
14)rnve-their right dUring the ensuing twenty_eight
or for ever hereafter be detoured from the
`lllle. The Members of the Corporation is:ere.then
earolled ima new book prepared for this Guild, and
a number of persons then renesred their freedom.
About ' ten o'clock the different Companies ar-
rived at .the Town-Half, po;xedecl by an elegant
peg, with devices
.embletnaeical of their trade, each
with, a _bead of music. It being announced to the
Mayor that they were all, arrived, an attempt. to
form a procession was made, but in vain ; an in
"taking the attempt, a scene of great confusion took
• phice, for the crowd was so inimenkly great, that
although ehe,street where the Hall is situated is
very wide, it was completely blocked up from one
Side to the other, the shop-keepers were obliged to
Shut up their shops to prevent the windows being
broken. The noise and confusion that prevailed
was not in the feast inferior-to what takes place at
4a large assemblage of persons in London, on a pub:
ate exhibition, • ---
•
The time being arrived for the Corporation to go
to church; which they always do agreeably 'to ancient
10-)stons at every Guild, they gave up the idea of form_
IR!, a regular ProceSsion at that time, and got to,
Church in the best maener they could. 'The church
Vas in a short time so completely filled, thatthere.was
possibility of getting near the door. The Serge„,-,
was preached by the Rev. Mr. SHUTTLEWoIt.7II.
After Divine Service was over, -the attempt to forM a
P::°cession was more successful ; by the exertions of
the Constables, and a party' of the ijth Light Dra_
g"ons, who materially assisted in keeping the: Jew_
titucle from pressing in upon the procession. The
Peer"eession then moved from the Church towards the'
'Llltirch gate bars.
The Marshal, armed cap-a-pee on horseback.
Two Trumpeters on horseback..
-r6 Tanners CompanY, preceded by ci band of
colours flying, with the emblems of their
tra-de,:and bearing this inscription--e." We trust in
-tad alone." Their Wardens, with staffs of office
in their hands. They all wore green ribbons in'
their hats, and oak leaves. 'Most of them were
dressed in blue coats. The Wardens wore sashes
Over their shoulders, with these words' in gold let-
tem-L-,•,, Success to Tanners,"
They were followed 'by the Skinners, GlOvers,
and Woolcombers.
The Joiners succeeded, in company with the Ca-
bitieLmakers, 'Carpenters, Coopers, Chair-makers,
lied Millwrights. They were preceded by a most
excellent band of music, and colours eying. ' TwO
tall men with maskS on, and carrying large hatchets
,:tlO2-14elhb,Ii.n a position as if they were going: to cleave
is with leather eases slung over their shoulders
old the hatchets, with brass saw and hatcnet
on esti - •
614' Six boys followed in. green jackets,
collars, plain gilt buttons, green caps, with
grerset";:r'eti: eathers 4nd oak, leaves, in imitation of For.
with- white wands in their hands. All the
coalPanY Wore blue ribbon's in their hats.
a' rho Tailors' Company next appeared, with blue
by
ribbons in their hats. They were Preceded
ukY a band of music and colours ; and- then followed
man and woman, supposed to be in A state ofriudity,
7)th a white cotton dreSs on, and fig leaves' upon it,in-
-1
_'"-tatign of Adam-and Eve, being emblematical of
what they elaim, of being.the first trade employed to
make clothes, when' Adam and EVe-discovered•they
re naked. Eve carried a' large-branch of an apple
tree ie her hand with apples on it, tempting Adam to
eat as'they pa!sed through the streets. This•novel
Fair 'Were -fbliOtied by ten apprentices 'with white
• hats, green pantaloons, wands in their- hands, and
Oak -leaves in their-hats.
• lien followed one, of the most charming sights
bringing up to industry.
The Spinners and 'Weavers Companies, A large
square board, painted dark blue, and the following
i
tonserietion" Prosperity to the Cotton Manufac-
TY•" All the edges were ornamented with white
cotton fringe.. • . 4 ,
Then followed a new Machine belonging to Mr.l.
llORioOcit,, drawn upon a staee, with a boy with.

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his hair powdered, white cotton turban; ornamented.
with blue silk, and his whole dress of w hite cotton
-of his own manufaiture. He was attended by a girl
about ten 'years -of age, to mend the thread when
it breaks. She was dressed in white cotton, her:
hair powdered, and a wreath of artificial flowers
made of cottot, on her head. .. As soon as they began
I-
to move in the procession and work, the populace
gave them repeated shouts of applause.
The little creatures worked the Machine, and
performed their work with .is much composure as if •
they were not seen by a single person, although they
were viewed by several thousands, and ‘vitl-i. no
small degree of satisfaction.
Then followed twenty-four young women, two
and two, who had been seleded from different ma-
nufadories for their attradive charms: their hair
was dressed in the fashion of the day. Their dress
wholly-consisted of the msnufadure of the town,
white cambric ornamented with blue ribbons and
cotton fringe ; each of them carried an artificial
cotton tree in their hand ; these trees ,appeared in
full bloom. They were wholly made of cotton ;
the ingenuity with which the leaves were forthed,
and the whole of the execution, do the highest cre-
dit to the tast'! of Mrs. Hoßttocxs, and the female
part of her family, who made them. They were '
headed by two men who superintended the women's
work in the manufaetories, in doing- what is called
battening. They were dressed in white ce.!ton
jackets and trowsers, with white cotton epaulets on
their shoulders, and-tassels of themanufaaure of the
town, and with white cotton turbans ornamented
With purple silk. They likewise carried artificial
cotton trees in their hands.
Mr. HOR ROCKS and Mr. WATSON, in whose cm;
ploy the women are, followed arm in arm, carrying
white wands. It was very pleasing to sec two rival
M,m44durers spewing the, greatest friendship to
each other.

A ntirnbee of Proprietors of Manufadories fol
lowed, two-and two, with white wands in their
hands. Upwards of one hundred workmen follo,ved,
two and two, who are employed in the different
Manufaefl)ries in the town.
Another board, prepared in a similar manner to the
above, ornamented with cotton fringe, headed with a
silver urn, and carried by a man with his pair powder.
eci, without any coat or waistcoat ; his shirt made of
the cotton manufafture of the town, was uncommon,
ly white, andornamented on the sleeves with purple
ribbon. The inscription on the board, in gold
letters,- vaas May the ingenuity and industry of
the. Cotton Manuladurers ever- find protedion
and support in this United Kingdom." A large
new Machine belonging to ,Mr. WATSON followed,
drawn upon a high stage by about twenty men.
0, the stage were two' boys, dressed in white cot.
tun jackets and trowsers, and turbans on their heads
made of cotton, ornamented with gold fringe in a
very neat manner. The oldest, about thirteen years
of age, was spinning, and -the other, about eleven,
winding on bobbins. This-novel scene, and every
thing the relative to the Manufacturers, attracted
more-attention than any other pat t of the procession.

About fifty. Masters and their Sons followed with
white wands in their hands.,_ anti' between two and
three hundred workmen brought up the rear of this
truly gratifying part of the procession.
The Butchers' Company followed.- There were
about forty of them, with nel white aprons and
steels hung to them, and twelve of their Sons, dresi.
ed in a simiLir manner, and all of them had white
'and red ribbons in their hats. •

The Farriers' Company folloWed. They were
led by a man in steel armour, handsomely orna-
mented ; his armour,cap was decorated with a fine
plunie of feathers ; his horse' had a scarlet saddle-
cloth, ornamented with gold lace,
_which gave
him a very grand appearance. He represented
Vulcan. He was followed by eight boys, with
tlreir hair powdered, without coats and waistcoats,
their shirts-ornamented with blue ribbons, carrying
white staffs in their hands, withgilr.heads.—The
'Farriers followed, with new blue jackets and trow-
sers ; the jackets had red collati. • They "wore red
caps with tassels at the cop, and- fur fronts ; new
leather aprons, with new pincers and hammers hang.
ing in the front.
The Smiths followed, anti they were joined by the
Plumbers, Painters, Glaziers, and Watch-Makers.
They were headed by their Wardens, who carried
their black staffs of office, with gilt heads ; and
about thirty of the different Companies followed, in
new blue coats with dark blue cockades, edged with
gold fringe. •
A Lodge of Freemasons of this 'town, called
" Peace and Unity," followed in full dress. The
Bible was carried before them, open, on a crimson
velvet Cusllion. Their part of the procession finished
with an officer called the Tyler. , He was dressed in
scarlet; with a hairy cap, and carried a drawn
sword. There werc ah ut fifty of them.

Tlie Company of Cordwainers succeeded, to the
number of about forty. They were headed by their
Waidens, with staffs of office, and sashes over their
shoulders, with Preston Guild, and Success to
the Cordwainers." They were followed by a num-
ber of Apprentices, carrying on long poles all the
different fashions of Ladies and Gentlemen's shoes.
All the Company wore new ,red Moroeco'aprons,
borind with light blue ribbon's.
The Vintners and Inn-keepers' Company next
came up, and the Compnies of Grocers and Mer-
Cp'S.

The excellent band of the 17th Light Dragoons
preceded the CorporatiOn, all in full dress, and
their Officers in new clothes of office.
The procession finished with about two hundred
Gentlemen, from all' parts of the United Kingdom,
in full dress, numbers of them in cocked hats.
They were .headed by Lord DERBY and Mr.
ERSKINE 4 ' -Lord GARDNER was in the procession.
The ins'eription on the Joiners' colours. was,
" There can be no solid friendship of which Virtue
is not the basis."

All the Companies. hal Coronrs and Bands of Mu-
sic : and thus' ended one of the most pleasing Proces-
sions ever seen in this, or, We will be bold to say',•;
in any other, country. Although the crowd was so
cxtreineit great, we did not keax of accident..

•
I The confusion at the Hall door in the Morning
some de rte be accounted for. In 'the
afteintiOn it. was discovered that the infaMous and
disgraceful gang of London pickpockets, hadlound
their way down here.' A number of Gentlemen hve.
, been plundered of their property by them.
After the Procession, Mr. Gil imsu A*, the
Mayor; entertained a number of Gentlemen with a
sumptuous dinner, at his: house in the Pishergate.
MUNDEN made his appearance this evening at
the Theatre in the charaefer of Sir Anthony Ahso_
lute, in The. Rivals. On his entrance he was
greeted with reiterated ,plaudits by the whole
House, which was extreinel well filled, although
there was an A-ssembly at :the Town-Hall,' where
there were present between 6 and yoo.persons : it
was literally only an Assembly, for the Hall was so
extremely crowded, that no dances could be .procee d
ed on. •

All partieS join in exerting themselves to support
Ole Guild. At the time the Corporation went to
Church there was a grand Mass performed at, the
Roman Catholic Chapel.