The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-18 00:00:00

The French Funds were at 54 franks to cents.

JUST as this Paper was putting to Press, we
received Paris Papers to the isth inst. They do
not bring any intelligence of importance. We are,
however, happy to find, that the inundations are in
general subsiding. The last Letters from Lyons
are dated the 7th instant. They merely contain
accounts of the preparations which were making for
the reception of the First Consul. The French
Funds are rising. The Tiers Consolid'es are at 55
Fr. so C.

LUC' EN BONAPARTE is said to lave concluded a
Convention with the Court of Madrid, by which the
Reigning DUKE of PARMA renounces, for ever, for
himself and his heirs, all claims upon that Dutchy
and its dependencies. His CATHOLIC MAJESTY
guarantees this renunciation.

FOUR Hamburg!, Mails now remain (-we.
His MAJESTY on Saturday took an excursion to
Kew, accompanied by His Royal Highness the Dux E
Of CUMBERLAND.

This being the Anniversary of the birth of our
most gracious QUEEN, it was observed as a gala
day at Court. •
On Friday the PRINCESS of WALES breakfasted
with Their MAJESTIES at the Queen's House.
On Saturday Capt. BROWN, charged with Dis-
patches from Lords fitircurNsoN and KEITH, ar-
rived in Town from Egypt and Malta.
Mr. SHAW, one of His Majesty's messengers,
left town early yesterday morning, with dispatches
for his Excellency the Marquis CORNWALLIS at
Amiens.

Mr. DRESSINGS, Ole Messenger, arrived on Sa-
turday with Dispatches from Marquis CORNWAL-
Li S, ar Amiens.

We understand, the Master-Gcneral of the Ord-
nance, is about to make a new arrangement of the
Engineer Corps.
Yesterday morning arrived a Mail from New-
York, brought by the Chesterfield Packet.
MADDED; is just arrived here from Egypt, and I
A private Letter from Paris says —" nrjor
un-
derstand brings an account that the Grand Vizier,
urdered every one which a band of
Soldiers and a Pashaw of Cairo, invited all the Beys of Egypt
to
ladiGerrsanedntF
ereed
te
theat Cairo,hail a
nand
duringmurdered
of the Beys, which produced great commotions at
Cairo, and a -few thousand English marched thither
to restore tranquillity."
Five hundred mc.lals are to be struck in comme-
moration of the Ci3alpine Assembly at Lyons.
Twenty-three superb horses have arrived at Bo-
logna, led by Spaniards. They.are said to be in-
tended for the KING of ETRURIA.

Captain Sir CHARLES HAMILTON, of His Ma-
jesty's Ship Melpomene, is eleaed Member of Par-
liament for Dungannon, in the County of Ulster,
Ireland.

• THE OP ERA.---BANTI made her second appear-
ance on Saturday night,,and we were happy to find
much recovered, although not entirely, from the ef-
fets of her late cold. This gave her a degree of lan-
guor
during the First Aft, for which she made
ample amends in the Second, and the fine song-with
the horn accompaniments was given with all that
powerful intonation, that true and perfeft sostenuta,
for which she is so eminently distinguished.
The Ballets were as before—PARISOT ever the
commanding goddess of the dance. The house was
well filled with all that London contains of Fashion.

THE Tilt ATRES.—Henry the Fourth was repeat_
ed at Drury lane Theatre on Saturday last, before
a very numerous audience. KEMBLE was more than
usually animated in Hotspur, and excited abundant
applause. PALMER improves in his Falstaff, and,
if it be not as goof as we could wish, it is better
than most representations of the charaCter that have
been seen for many years. The Public in general
seem to like it, and therefore the Aaor may con-
tent himself.

COVENT GARDEN.—The new Tragedy of Al-
fonso was represented again at this Theatre on
Saturday. It has undergone such curtailments that
it was near an hour and a half shorter in the per-
formance. The pruning knife might still he em.
ployed on it with great advantage to the. Piece and
satisfaCtion to the Public. We have nothing to add to
the account we have already given of it, unless, in-
deed, we were to indulge ourselves in the unpleasant
office of dwelling upon its demerits. The Performers
deserve great praise, particularly as some of them
are placed in situations for which they are wholly
unfit. The Piece is brought forward with liberal
splendour. •

The contest for the Borough of Morpeth is going
forwards with the greatest spirit. Lord CARLISLE,
who has hitherto been accustomed to return two
Members for that place, meets with a powerful
opponent in Mr. ORD of Fenham, who is just come
into possess.ion of one of the largest estates in the
North of England. Mr. ORD has been accompanied
in his canvass by all the Gentlemen of fortune and
consequence in the County, and little doubt seems
o be entertained of his success.

0 D
FOR THE NEW YEAR, riaz

BY HENRY JAMES PYE, ESQ. POET LAIIKEKri

Lo, from BEL LON A'S crimson car
At length the panting Steeds unbound,
At length the thunder of the War
In festive shouts of Peace is drown'd:

Yet as around her IVIoN AR C hrow,
Bit.l TANNIA twines the Olive bough,
Bold as her Eagle-eye% cast
On hours of recent Tempest past :
Thro' the rude Wave and adverse Gale,
When free she spread her dariiig Sail,
Immortal Glory's radiant form,
Her guiding Load-star thro' the Storm ;
Directed by whose golden ray,
Thro' Rocks and Shoals she kept her steady way ;
" My Sons," she cries, " can Honour's Guerdc.;zl claim,
" my Parent Worth, unstain'd their So v gitAIC"It
lame !"

At at 0 N tho' oft by dread alarms,
Thy native Valour has been tried,
Ne'er did the lustre of thy Arms
Shine forth with more refulgent pride
Than when, while Europe's Sons ilismay'd,

Shrunk recreant from thy mighty aid ;
Alone, tuafriended, firm you stood,
A barrier 'gainst the foaming flood,---2
When mild and soft the silken breeze
Blows gently o'er the r;pling seas ;
The Pinnace then may lightly sweep
With painted oar the halcyon deep:
But w4en the howling Whirlwinds rise,
When mountain Billows threat the Skies ;
With ribs of Oak the Bark must brave,
The inroad of the furious Wave ;
The hardy Crew must to the raging Wind
Oppose the sinewy Arm, the unconquerable Mind.

In every Clime where Ocean roars,
High tho' thy Naval Banners flew ;
From wherotby Hyperborean Shores,
The frozel Gale ungenial blew,
To sultry Lands that Indian surges lave,
Atlantic Isles and fans'd Canopus' wave;
Tho' from insulted Egypt's Coast
Thy Armies swept the Vidor Host,
From veteran bands where British Valour wofl
The lofty walls of Ammon's god-li4 Son 3
Useless the danger and the toil,
To free each self-devotod soil,
Auiiliar Legions from thy side
Recede, to swell the Gallic Conqueror's pride
While on Marengo's fatal Plain,
Faithful to Fionour'4 tie, brave Austria bleeds in 11411,

Not fir'd by fierce Ambition's flame,
Did ALBION'S MONARCH urge his Car
Impetuous thro' the bleeding Ranks of War,
To succour and protel his noble: Al4l.
His guardian Ann, while each Hesperlan
While Lusitania's. vine-clad Mountains hail,
Their ancient Rights and Laws restor'd,
The Royal Patriot sheaths the avenging Sword;
By Heave-born" Concord led, while Plenty smileS,
And sheds herßoiknties Amide to bless-the Sik*Aer

Crhe Epilogue to the Play of ALF oxso., as spoken by l'iir6"
I o tiNs T ON, was considerably altered from the origin9l4
written for Mr. Lawry by the Honourable, Kr. SrsN,;:tl'
Our Readers will be gratified by a correEl Copy of
SPE4CEP,'S very nc4and sprightly CompositicAl

I long have thought Apollo's, old d.ivision
Of tears and smiles, a most unfair decision ;
Justice requires that each Dramatic Muse
On of those pow'rful arms alone should use;
Or else, that each from each skould sometimes
The charm of Mirth, or dignity of Sorrow :.
But still on ev'ry Stage this law is found,
Pouf Tragedy, confin'd to one dull round,
Sees Comedy invade her rights unchiddens
Whilst all reprisals are to her forbidden ;
For tears of times become Thalia's eyes,
But from a single smile her buskin'd sister dies I.
Sure then, those critic rules too hardly us.e her
Which e'en the sportive Epilogue refuse her;
Who—when the dews from Tragic Cypress shoo 4
Chill every heart, and sadden ev'ry look—
Who boasts so stern a taste, as to deny
One leaf of Comic Bay those dews to dry
If then the claims of Epilogue succeed, •
Next Amelrosa her own cause must plead ;
Few fears I feel when thus arraign'd I stand
Before the Wrest Jury in the land ;
Forgive my vanity if I declare
I think to be my Pecrs you must be fair-,-
For crimes ofLove projeded or committed—
For filial Duties slighted or omitted—
T,h'• Indidment runs.—Some Judges here I see
Whose sympathizing hearts must pardon me;
Some who, if sworn to truth, wou'd free confess . _
What charms clandestine marriazes possess !
Who saw Jri tern the great Improver Love,
On Scottish Moors could plant a myrtle grove;
Who found dark Northern nights as clear as noon,
Gilt with the radiance of the honeymoon;
Who think the rnargent thistles of the Tweed,
W hen prest by am'rous feet, all flow'rs exceed,
. And own, in all their lives they ne'er have seen
Verdure so bright as that of Gretna Green !
But my last task, I fear, will hardest prove—
To justify my Lover, not my Love—
Cesario had his faults, and many too,
Nay some were crimes, and crimes of blackest hue.
That crime's the worst of all ,(e'en I must own)
Which shakes a Patriot King's paternal Throne;
Yet o'er his faults his valour still, prevail'd—
The Hero, not the man, my heart assail'd—
.s
What Yvot,tcohoa,rhmas to Lovevedottbtlehsestofeicltv,
aomlyur d
beauteous Frienct
You too will own, if haply time discovers
' Sortie imperfedions in your valiant Lovers—
You too will own, Love ne'er so blind is fbund,
As when hiSeyes with laurel wreath arc bound!

. .
A Theatre was lately opened at Cape_town,...,,,
the profits arising from the first six nights p.erfgo7t,
arice were applied to the Fund of the Lying-in
•
OW fur Soldiers' Wives,

I

N A IJI L NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. i 6.:

..tiluti7Eo the Rgal Sovereign, of tot gurvL,
.and Excellent, of 74. guns, from Torbay.
Sailed the Rojal George, of 100, guns, San Josef,
12 guns, Robust, of 74 'gun's, and Beaulieu F:i.
gate; for Torbay.