The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-20 00:00:00

LONDON, OCTOBER zo) 1802.

LAST night the Paris Papers to the 17th inst. ar.
rived in Town. The intelligence from Switzerland
is
•not only not decisive, but is of so contradktory
a nature, that it is almost impossible to ascertain
the real, state of affairs in that Country. It is,
however, to be recollefted, that some of these
accounts come from Lausanne, which is still in
the power of the French Party, and if any un-
pleasant truths should accidentally be instrted in
those accounts, the French Journalists sire -too pa-
trini ic or too prudent, to suffi them to appear in their
Pape's., Letters from Lausanne, dated the Toth inst.
state, that Citizen RAP? had returned to that place
from Berne, that he had concluded a new Armistice
for four days with the Patriots, during which time
their forces were to be disbanded, and' that the .Diet
of Si hwitz had dispatched a Courier to Paris. The
accounts from Basil, dated the 9th, state that Citi-
zen RAP? had passed through that City on his
Way to Paris, and add, that it was rumoured that
he had received a very unsaisfaanry answer from the
Diet of Schwitz. We are inclined to think. that this
intelligence is entitled to more credit than that
from Lausanne, because, if the Diet had not (.Im_
terrnined to comply .with ,BoNAPAßTE's,.Mandate,
they certainly would not consent to disband their
forces ; and if. they had resolved to submit, the
French Envoy would not have dellyed to give it
every possible publicity. It is probable, therefore,-
that the Diet have given an evasive answer to
the Proclamation of the Fr asr Coustrt.,. and that
they are endeavouring to gain time by Negotiation,
fo'r the purpose of organizing their means of defence,
and, of giving an opportunity to the Powers of Eu-
tope to check by their interposition, the career of
French i.justice..
The firmness of the Eto. F ROR of GERMANY is by
degrr,:, vroducing a favourable change in the sitoa.
tiort r,: .*:saffairs. The Mediating P,,wers do not row
insist. on the full execution of the Plan of Intim.
niTies Which they produced; it is now admitted that
several modifications in. that plan are to take place.
The French Funds continue to rise : they are 54.
10.

His MAJESTY cime to town this 'day from
Windsor, and I:cltr,i Levee at St. James's Palace.,
for the Foreign Ministers and Noblemen,

IVAV4L NEWS.

FALVOZ77 H, 0CT..17.

ARRIVED this evening the Lady Arabella Packet,
PORT E ys, with Mails from jarwica, forty_one
tia'ys passage. Mr. WILLIAM SCOTT and Lady
carne Passengers in her. The Packet left lying at
Port Royal, His Majesty's Ship Leviathan, of 74.
guns, Rear-Admiral Duccworrii. His Majesty's
Ships Desiree, Trent, and Tartar, sailed on the
233 August from Port Royal on a Cruize. His Ma-
jesty's Ship L'Eolus arrived about the /7th August
at Port Royal from England.
Also arrived since my last, the American Ship
United States, Capt. SPENCE, with tobacco, from
Alexandria, for orders ; the Enterprize,Capt. HAM-
LIN, and the Brig Lord Duncan, Capt. WARREN,
from London, to load fish for Venice ; the Brig Bas..
set, Capt. PURCHASE, and the Lisbon Packet, JEN.
KINS, with bale goods, &c. from London for this
Port; the Brig 011110 W, Capt. ARTIFF, from Car-
diff, with iron, for London ; the Brig Industry,
Captain Osrt.r it, from London ; the Undaunted,
PEARCE, with earthen-ware, from Bideford; and the.
Lark, SMITH, with flour, from Southampton.
Sailed His Majesty's Brig Gain/et, of ti; guns,
guns, Capt. E. BASS, the Nimble and Asive Cut-
lers, on a Cruize against the Smugglers, and the
Nile Brig, Capt. HAMILTON, with pilchards for
Venice ; and the Brig Liberty, LUCKLEY, for
Oporto.
The Duke of Marlborough Packet, from the
Leeward Nands, is hourly expeCled.
The King George Packet, with Mail for Lisbon,
is detained by contrary wind.
The Lady Hobart Packet is appointed to take out
the Mails of the zoch inst. for the Leeward Islands.