The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-13 00:00:00

lONDOY, MECEMIIi'ER :3, 1802.

WE yesterday received a Dutch Mail, the con-
tents of which are not very important. The FIRST
CoNsut:is said to be expelled at Autwerfi in the
course of a, few days. A Letter frOm the Banks of
the Itfaine States, that an application has been made
by our GovermAent to that of France, for some expla.
nation relative to the future destination of Parma.

The =utrences of tile last week afford abundant
;utter ,or satsizaion, and indeed exultation. We
""at k• 5 y congratulate our ea ers on the rni-
peds; 'and tcnyer which have imiked, in BO

guished a manner, the whole condutt of the new
Parliament, and the happy effeft produced on the
Public Mind by
,the .CHANCELLOR of the F,,xcHE.
QUE'R.'S clear, consolotary, and admirable statement
of the Finances, sufficieptly demonstrated, by the
extraordinary rise in the Funds on Satuiday. Con_
fidence in His Majesty's Government seems daily to
increase, though we have never been able to dis-
cover a want of it, except in one guilder ; and the
vigour of Government, combined with pacific views,
supported by,the spirit of the People, and backed-by
appaFentlyinexhaustible resources, seem at least,to,
hold out a lair prospeft to this favoured Nation, of
a continuance of those blessings, for which we are
indebted to the vigilance, the energy, and modexa.
tion of prudent Councils.

His Royal Highness the DUKE of YoRK is at the
eve of shifting hi§ quarters, and of establishing them
in that wing of the Horse-guards, which is now oc.
cupied'hy the Secretary at War's Department ; thus
the Royal Commander in Chief will find himself is
the very centre of all the Military Offices.
On Saturday a very fine new Indiaman, of So)
tons, built for Mr. CHARNOCK, was launched Iron
Messrs. BARNARD and Co.'s Yard, at Deptford,
amidst a great concourse of speaators. She is callel
the Lard Castlereagh. Her name was announced in,
the usual manner just as she was going off. the
Stocks ;, Mrs. CHARNOCK and Sir SIDNEY SMITH
performing the office of god-fathers.
The 9th and 19th West India Regiments, which
were at Sr. Lucie, have arrived at Trinidad. The
English Regiments have come home.

'A letter from the Banks of tho Maine, says,
" The rich Colonel PEtToN, an Englishman, has
proposed to three Academies, viz. the National
Institute at Paris by Citizen VoLNEY, to the Royal
Society of London by Sir JOSEPH BANKS, and to
the Academy at St. Petersburg's, that each shall
nominate two of its Members, who shall, bn the
Ist of August ensuing, go and- reside in a house
he will build at his own expence, on the highest
mountain in Europe, Mount Blane,. there to make
observations of every kind during a whole month."

Count CA!?riLLE, a Member of 'the first Conven-
tion of Franee, and who, in consequence of the or-
ganization of affairs then taking.place. quitted that
country, and has ever since'resided in England, sailed
on Wednesday last in the Princess of Wales, Capt.
SUTTON, from Dover, to revisit his native land—but
he was destined never more to behold it 1, a French
Packet ran foul ,of the English one in the night, and,
during the confusion, the Count was observed to
drop down suddenly upon the deck ; upon lifting
him up, he was found to be totally deprived of life ;
but whether an apoplexy at that moment teminated
his existence, or, as it is rather conjectured, from
some appearances about his person, he had received
a violent blow from the Erwin of the other vessel,
-cannot be ascertained. The body was conveyed back
to Dover.
BRIDGEWATER PETITION.—Thee circumstance
of the Petition on the part of Mr. AGNEW against
the Return for Bridgewater being withdrawn, ow-
ing to the recognizance not being entered into, arose
frolu a .mistake in the nave of the Returning Of-
fiser, an error which it was thought the most
advisable mode to corre'l, by 'presenting a second
Petition, and by letting the first fall to the ground.
Mr. AOrrEw did, within the proper time, present
another Petition, and entered into the necessary
recognizance.,

Letters from Lisbon, dated the id inst. mention
that i Convention has been signed at. Madrid, be-
tween the Agents of America and Spain, for the
appointment of Commissioners to sit at Madrid, for
the indemnification of those who have suffered losses
or injuries in consequence of the excesses of indivi-
duals of either nation during the late Wa'r, Conerary
to the existing.treaty, or the law of nations.
Letters likewise Mention a report, that five. Tilpo.:
line vessels were at sea, cruiing against the Ame-
rican trade. •it • ,

A Letter from Nassau, New PitiVidenoe, dated
the 25th of Odlober, mentions that tkipersons
taken in the privateer fitted out by Bowi.is, 'the
Creek Chieftain, had been condemned by the Ad-
miralty Court there, and executed as pirates, The
Transports with the 7th Regiment on board, have
safely arrived at Bermuda and New Providence,
from Nova Scotia.

LOUISIANA. - The New-York Paper, of the
2d November, contains an article from New Or_
Jeans, dated Sept. ;8, wl:lich says, Since our last,
the Intendant has determined to shtit the Port
im-
mediately on the publication of the Peace, orders
for which are expeaed.by the next packer. Letters
have been received here, from the highest authority
in Madrid, 'which state positively, that Louisiana
does not remain ceded to France." - • - • -

Another letter from New Orleans, two days later,
however, says, " This Port is to be shut against
Americans, in ten days from this date.; and the ves-
sels here are to convey away the property' now in
store. The French are hourly looked for."
The earthquakes which were felt from the 25th
to the 2kith of Oaober, through a great extent of
country; appear. to have taken.their dire6tion from
Warsaw 'through Moldavia and. Wallachia to the
lonian Sea, though they were not felt -at many
places in this line. The most violent shocks were
at Bucharest, and in the island of Ithaca, in some
places the shock was felt on •the 25th, another on
the 26th or ;7th; and in others on all the three
days. At Bitcharest the ceremony of the 'entrance
of the new • HOspodar, Prince YP,SILANTI, 'is still'
deferred on account of the earthquake. The unpaved
part of the town has sunk down, and a lake is
formed in its place, from which ;arose, at first, a
strong 4ulphureous vapour.
Another
.strong shock of an earthquake was
felt in Wallachia, on the 7th ult, which did
considerable damage in several places. The .1-fos,
podar of Wallachia has hitherto lOdged in a
vent at Bucharest ;, and a great 'number of 'men are
employed in removing the rubbish from the.,street,l:
of That City, • : , • • ,

NAVAL NEWS.