The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-19 00:00:00

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YESTERDAY WC had the satisfaaion of laying
before the Public, E'?"C LDAVELY, an outline of the
, •
proceedings pf the French Armament at S
which we took•from a Memiteur of the ts-th instant,
received by Government by a special Tylesssenger
from Paris. Today we give the Official Letters
of the French Commanders- in full, and they cannot
fail to strike the Public as most highly important.
On the interesting paragraph in the 4:foluteur of
the 4th, we shall purposely abstain from making
any comment, for reasons similar to those which
have imposed on us Reserve for some time past, and
iiecause most of oar Readers are quite as capable
as ourselves of drawing their own in&rences from
it, and ofconsidering the cads and the impression
which it was probably intended to pro!uce, both
here and in France, and of , estimating the con-
siderations which may have led to the publication
of it.

But on the statement of fats relating to the St.
Domingo Expedition, as they appear in the dis-
patches of the Military and Naval Commanders,
rhlished by authority, there seems to be no occa-
sion for the same caution. They speak indeed for
themselves ; and as the events which have taken
place completely justify all the opinions which we
had ever formed on the subjca, looking at it either
in_a Military or-Political point of view, we cannot
fear to hazard a tew observations upon them.
Of the sincerity of the Fran—r CONSUL in signing
the Preliminaries, we never expressed, or even en_
.
tertained'a doubt. That St. Domingo was the prin-
cipal, if not the sole objeft of the Brest Armament,
We have ever been perfeetly convinced.. That the
emancipation of that Colony from Negro Autho-
rity and Controul, and its restoration to subordina-
,
Lion and dependance-on the Mother Country, ought
to be matter of the most urgent and primary consi-
deration to the latter; that a loss of time might prove
a loss of opportunity ; and, that the means which she
ryas about to employ, to execute successfully so dif-
ficult and formidable an operation, were not likely to
prove more than adequate to the objet{; of all this,
we have been abundantly persuaded. The apprehen.

Our regular sets of Pan's journals of the 14th
and isth, reached us last night ; and this morning
we received further Paris 7outnals of the i6th inst.
The following are the principal Articles which
they contain :'

M. DE COB ENTZ EL, Ambassador from His
PER lAL MAJESTY, has made a dire& communica-
tion to the FIRST CONSUL, that the EmpErwil had
determined to receive the Plenipotentiaries of the
Batavian, Helvetic and Italian Republics, and that
His MAJESTY would appoint Ministers of the same
rank to reside among them. He also avowed, that
the EMPEROR saw with satisfaaion the definitive
organization of the Italian Republic.
Count MARCOFF has also received, by a Courier
whom he had dispatched to Russia, with an ac-
count of the proceedings at Lions, letters of Cre.
desice to reside at Paris as MinisterPienipotentiary.
Thus it is evident that the two most powerful
Courts on. the Continent, and which were most
immediately interested in the issue of that great
event, have fully acceded to the measure.

Tile Ottoman Government have abolished, for a
certain time, the Slave Trade in Turkey, and par

ticulariy in Egypt.
Letters from Constantinople state, that 06MAN,
the Paella of Bosnia, has declared himself in favour
of PASWAN OGLou, and has commenced his march
to Adrianople. They also state, that the English
have refused to evacuate Alexandria.
The French Funds continue at 57 f.

MUNICH., MARCH 2.—The ELECTOR has per-
mitted the Protestants resident here ,to perform
Divine Service according to the forms of their own
Religion. The Catholics have made representations
upon the subject, but without success: This is the
first time, since the thirty years 'War, when the
Swedes were for some time in possession of ifumich,
that the Lutheran Religion has been publicly exer-
cised here.

STUTTGARD, NIARCH 7.—lt appears that, the
cause of postponing the Meeting of the Depu-
tation of the Empire, was the *refusal of the KING
of PRUSSIA to admit the Baron de Hu GEL as
Imperial Commissary at that Assembly. An ar-
rangement has, however, since been made between the

Courts of Berlin and Pienfta, according to which
the Deputation will not have an ;Imperial commis-

sary.

Yesterday.THE I R MAJESTIES and their amiable
Daughters went in their carriages to St. James's
Palace; the PRINCESSES who accompanied the KING
and QUEEN were AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, MARY
and SorxtA ; their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE
of WALES, Dukes of KENT and CAMBRIDGE were
also at Court; her Serene Highness the Princess of
ORANGE, their Excellencies the Imperial, Danish,
Hanoverian, Neapolitan, and Portuguese Ambassa-
dors ; the Turkish Charge des Affaires ; the Right
Honourable the CHANCELLOR of the EXCAEQUER,
the Archbishop of Yoßx, the Bishops of ELY,
CHESTER and OXFORD, the Rev. Mr. MARKHAM
(Dean of York) the Judge of the Admiralty, and
'a most numerous Assemblage of the Nobility, 4:e.
of both sexes, of whom were the following :
Dukes—Richmond, Beaufort, Montrose, and Portland.
Dutcbesses—Leeds, Gordon, Beaufort, Grafton, and Athole.
illarquisses —De Circello, Salisbury, and Lorne.
Marchionesses—Bath, Salisbury, Hedley, Hedfort, and De
Earls—Galloway, Morton, Kinnoul, Roslyn, Fauconberg,
Kingston, Mount Edgcurnbe, Mansfield, Cholmorideley,
Ilarring,ton, and Courtown.
Fiscotent s Sidney, and hood.
Countesses—Harrington, Carnarvon, Carlisle, Ely, Essex,
Aylesbury, Macclesfield, Mansfield, and Kinnoul.
L,:rds--Hobart. 'Prownlow, Sommerville, Bayning, Went_
worth, Napier, Littleton, Alvanley, Willoughby De
Broke, Louvaine, Carrington, Henley, Boringdon, Glen.
beryl; Bagot, Rouse, Wodehouse, Newark, Kenmore,
ham, and Dare.
Baroness Howe. •
Ladies—'l'. Sutton, Alvanley, Dungannon, L. Connolly,
Carrington, Huntingfield, C. James, F. Marsham, Wilson,..
Perth, Wodehouse, Knatchbull, Walpole, Bagot, Howard,
Tankerville, Cozens, J. Dundas, Henley, C. VValdegrave,
C. 1011i-Ist-in, Wentworth, Hobart, C. Hamilton, A. Cum-
b:rland, Veering, M. Murray, Peel, IVlilbanke, and Cot-
terel.
Sires--G. Osborne, C. Harcourt, R. Wilson, W. Harnil-
ton, P. Stephens, C. Cave, C. Morgan, F. Sykes, R. ;
Peel, W. Jerningilarn, C. Pole, P. Murray, E. Knatch-
bull, R. Milbanke, R. Bill, .nd S. Cotterell.
Gener,ils—Cradock, Leland, nuncios, Rainstord, and Finch,
Ccheels—NP-Maltun, Rain, Calvert, 1. Bentinek,. Hope,
Elation, Jackson, Roberts, and Macleod.
Captains—Hood, Cockburn, Pierrepoint.
Major .Archdall.
Messrs.—Windham, Blackburn, Tyrrwhitt, Bentinck, Skef-
tington, Dent', nuncios, Berresrord, Stapleton, Bragge,
Beath:fere, Vansirtart, King, Law, De Haney, Paoli, Cad-.
drington, Hammett.
Mistresses—Howard, Markham, Sutton, J. Rentinck, A.
Pechel, Huskisson, Egerton, Fano, Brown,' Bartin4ton,
Newton, Fremantle, Be.autbv, York, Dc Haney, R„yeler,
Tankerville, Cornwallis Hoblins, Ram, Harcourt,
Gascoyne, Thelluson, andMalcotin.
Misses —Dc Haney Napier, Smith, Chester, Markham; two
. Abercrombys, Richards, Peel, two Locks, two Smiths;
Quin, and Townsend.
The Noblemen, and Ladies introduced to the
KING and QUEEN were as follows :
The Rev. G. MARKitilm,.-on his Preferment to
theDeanry of York, being introduced by his Fa_
ther ; Lady MURRAY, by her sister, Lady JANE
DUNDAS ; Sir P. MURRAY, accompanied his Lady ;
Colonel BENTtivcx, 'and Mrs. J. BENTINCK, on ,
their marriage ; Colonel RAM, by Earl CouaTc.)wx ;
Miss QUIN, daughter of Lord ADARE, by the
Marchioness of HEDFORD ; Miss PEEL, by her
mother, Lady PEEL ; Miss RICILAR DS, by.her sis,
ter, Mrs. BROWN.
Mr. Mrs. and Miss FREMANTLE, and Lord
Chief Baron MAC DONALD, attended the Drawing_
Room.
.tic Duke anti Pureness of IttAu,
FORT were at Court for the first time this season.
When the Court closed, the ROYAL FAMILY re-
turned to Buckingham-House.
His MA JESTY, accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses the DUKES of KENT and CAMII E,
yesterday morning took an excursion to Kew.
Mr. CANNING'S Motion for papers respeeting the
Island of Trinidad, will not come on to-day. Pro-
bably it will be brought forward some day. in the
next week.

Lord ROBERT SPENCER, It iS now said, will be
the Member for Tavistock, in the room of the pre.
sent Duke of BEDFORD.

At no period has the circulation of Specie been so
low, as at present, throughout, the whole of the
Dutch Republic.
The 55th Regiment of Foot has embarked on
board the Texel, of 64 guns, Capt. GARRETT; and
.delft, of 64 guns, Captain REDMILL.
The 9th Regiment of Foot marched into Hilsea
barracks on Wednesday, to do duty in the room of
the 55th.
We are sorry- to hear that accounts have been re-
ceived of a fresh Insurredion in the Island of Gua-
daloupe, in which all the Whites have been mas-
sacred. This account, we are informed, has been
received by a vessel arrived from Dominica. The
following extra& of a letter from St. Vincent, dated
Jan. 29, mentions the same lamentable catastrophe :
" We have just received the disagreeable intel-
ligence, that the insurretion amongst the Blacks in
Guadaloupe has become general, and that every
White Person there has been murdered.—lt has ex-

cited the greatest alarm in thiS Island."
Yesterday thirteen very large Packets were
brought to the India House from the Georgiana
Packet, lately arrived from Bengal. The letters

containeki in the boxes are more numerous than ever

was known to have been sent by one dispatch.
Nothing new has transpired; the late overtand ex-
presses having detailed all the public events of late

n India.

The first ships expeEted to arrive from the Presi-
dency of Bombay this year, are the Fort William,
Capt., BOULDERSON ; Airly Castle, Capt. NASH ;
Lord Hawkesbuty, Capt. DONALDSON ; and Wor.
(ester, Capt. WOOD. The above ships arrived at
Bombay on the 28th July, and were to have been
dispatched by the Government for England. on the
3d December; their arrival may therefore be looked

for in May next.
We are concerned to state, according to a private
letter received from Bengal by the Georgiqna, the

death of GEORGE DICKiNSON, Esq. late Colleaor
of Bangulpoor ; also the death of G. R. FOLEY,
Esq. who had been deputed to succeed Mr. Dicx-

INSUN.

It is a circumstance not a little extraordinary,
that notwithstanding we hear almost daily of the
arrival of ships from India laden with Rice, that
Wieful article cannot be purchased under the error_

mous price of five pence ir.pound.

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, MAgoi 18.

AR.R iv El:His Majesty's Ship Ellj.rsti, from Cori':
Cau't,co7t Frigate, from a Cruize ; Fredrickitait:i
NELSON, from Fredrickstadt ; Hoit, FEARcs)
Trio Friends, READ, from Cherbourg.