The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-04 00:00:00

COWES, DEC.

A Brig of too tons, supposed to be Swedish
.built,
laden with Port wine, was towed on shore on the
hack of the Isle of Wight, on Monday last ; hav-
ing been first discovered near the Owers on her
beam ends, without any soul or living' ,creature on
board. Being a derelift vessel, she has been claimed
as a droit of the Crown.
The Berbice Packet, BARENS, from Berbice to
Amsterdam, laden with coffee ; and the Friendship,
VAN VEEN, from Maasluys to Bilboa, 'with cheese
and wheat, are both put into Cowes leaky, and are
obliged to unload.

The Hurricane which was experienced on Morn_
day se'nnight, on the English Coast, was also felt
with great violence on the Coascof France. Much
damage was done amongs't the vessels at Havre and
other Ports.

We understand that theTetition against theßeturnT
for the County of Middlesex will certainly-be pre_
sented on Monday next. ..

. .
An Austrian Minister has published a work upon
the consequences and operation of • the Indemnitieg.
theCatholie States which have had hitherto the
majority of votes will in future have a minority.
By the cession of the left bank of the Rhine, twen-
ty-one Catholic Votes, and one firo4s.staot vote, are
entirely extinguished. The numberqf Catholic votes
at the bier, which was formerly 54:%1-..4;.redtteed to
ape whilst the number of Protestants, which was 4.3,
is increased to 59, so that the Protestant States of
the Empire will in future have at their disposal two-
thirds of all the votes.

Leters from Vienna of,,the 19th%of last month,
state that the Imperial Cabinet has: strongly re_
monstrated againq the recent proceedings of the
FIRST CONSUL, in annexing the' Dutchies of Par-
ma and Piacenza to the French Republic. It
pears that, by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, in
1748, the House of Austria claims -the succession
to these Sovereignties in case of the failure of issue
in the present reigning branch, that part of them
alone excepted which is situated on the Western
bank of the River Stura. Spain, therefore, the line-.
rial Court contends, has no right to cede to a third
Power the eventual succession of Austria, secured
as it is by the faith of a solemn Treaty.—Should the
representations of the Imperial Minister ar Paris,
with respeft to this suble% prove unsuccessful, it
is generally thought that the EMPEROR will insist
upon adequate indemnities.'

The insult offered to Count STAHR FMBERG by
the French Government, must seem the more ex-
tra Ordinary, as that Nobleman's manners and con. '
duet are upon all occasions regulated by elegance
• and propriety.
'YOLICE OF EDINBURGH.--Monday a Weting,
consisting of a number of the principal Inhabitants,
was held in the Merchants' Hall, Edinburgh, for
the purpose of taking into consideration a proposal for:
applying to Parliament to obta;n a new Police Bill'
for that City—Sir WILLIAM FORBES was called to
the chair. We are only enabled... to' mention,
that a Committee was named to whom the business,
for the present, was referred.
John -Burr, a Jobbing Gardener, of Brentwood,
was cinmitted to Chelmsford Gaol, on Thursday,
charged with having conveyed to a Prisoner in the
House of CorreEtion there, a file and Albottle; con-
taining aqua fortis, with an intent tcf-mist the-Said
Prisoner in making his escape. The filt and aqUa fortis
were conveyed, buried in a piece of'bread, by BItt•
in person, who was admitted to see his friend, as he
called him, on Tuesday last. One of the Prisoners,
who had been made acquainted with the projected
escape, turned evidence, and discovered the whole
plot. A warrant was immediately issued for the
apprehension of Burr, anil.he was taken the same
eyeatng,