The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-22 00:00:00

DEAL, SEPT. 21.

ARRIVED from a Cruize to the Westward, His
Majesty's Gun-brig Vixev, and remains.

The Honourable East India Company's ship the
Dover Castle, Capt. PETER SAMPSON, whose ar.
rival 'at Canton we have already announced, sailed
from Bengal on the loth of December, having on
board Colonel HAMILTON, COnmander in Chief of
the Troops, four Officers, and 350 Sepoys. His Ma.
jesty's ship Romney, commatid'ed;)?y, captain Sir.
HOME POPHAM, with the'Cciritany'S ship the Asia,
and Admiral Rainier Country ship, ' left Sangur
Roads at the same time. On the 26th they arrived at
Prince of Wales's Island, sailed from
.thence the Ist
of January, under convoy of His Majesty's Ships
Arrogant and Orpheus. The Romney parted for the
Red Sea—on the 6th of January arrived at Malacca ;
arrived at Amboyna the 4th of February ; and
rived off Lintin Island, China, the z9th of March.
The Troops were designed for the protedion and
defence of the Portuguese Settlement at MacaO, a
town of China, in the province of Canton, seated in
an Island at the mouth of the river Tae. The Por-
tuguese have been in possession of the harbour iso
years, but have only a Fort and a small Garrison.
A Chinese Manderin resides there to take care of
the town and the neighbouring country.

It is now generally 'understood that the new
WEST INDIA DocKs,must be cleared of water before
any more ships can be admitted into them. The
. water has gained so fast on the foundation of the
premises, that the steam engine can scarcely keep
it clear. There is no apprehension of the ultimate
successs of these grand Docks, which are a national
ornament as well as convenience, but it is now
evident they have been opened too soon. No more
ships are to be suffered to Enter the Bason at present.
In consequence of the water flowing in so fast,
and, oozing through the foundation, very great
pediments have arisen in digging, "the outward_
bound Docks. Every exertiOn ig'ttiHileing'fO get the
ships now in the Bason cleared fast as possible.
It. is said that the valuable presents
.made to Ge.
neral LithivEs at Lisbon, have been returned, by the
express orders of the CHIEF CONSUL. The Gene..
rays conduit seems to have been equally rash and
Ograteful.

A Hatuburgh Paper states, that no correspond_
dente has
,taken piace between the Emperor of
RUSSIn and the King of SWE,DEN on the 501).0 of
the reeeption of the Count DE PANIN in the latter
Country, as stated :.evetal Ftreign journals.

THE HAMBURG/1 MAIL,

RATISBON, SEPT. ro.

was accepted by the accession of Mentz, and a Con-
elasum voted, by which it is in general approved,
leaving it open, however, to such modifications
and emendations as may be suggested by circum-
stances, or by the Deputation itself, and admitted
by the Mediating Powers.

FUSSEN,, SEPT. 9.

AN Austrian Corps of a number of battalions,
is assembling in the Tyrol, to take possession pro-
visionally of the Towns and Territory in Swabia,
which it is expelled will be added to the indemni-
ties of the GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY.

SWABIA, SEPT. tr.

Wirtemberg has How likewise, after the example
of Prussia, Austria, and Bavaria, taken possession
provisionally of its Indemnities. On the 9th the
towns of Esslingen, Rentringen, Weil, Gazuntl,
Gienget, Aalen, HeiAran, and Swabish Hall, and
on the loth Elwaagen, the Abbey of Zweifahen,
and the town of Roth4weil, were taken possession of
by Wartimberg Troops, after a previous notice of
some days by ,a Ducal Rescript direfted to the Ma-
gistfutes. The Military who have occupied these
places, do mot in the least interfere in the Civil Go-
vernment‘

WETZLAR, SEPT. Tr.

ACCORDIIIC to accounts from Dillenburg, Fulda
has likewise been occupied by NASSAU ORANGE.
M. VON SCHENK, Privy aiunsellor to the PRINCE
of ORANGE, is gone thither from Dillenhurg ; and
the Counsellor and Privy Archivar ARNOLDI is
appcinted to defend the special interests of the
HOUSE of ORANGE, at the Deputation of the Em-
pire.

BERNE, SEPT, S,

IT said the Helvetic Government has requested
the mediation and assistance of the French to quell
the bwhuil u., dm smaller
Cantons, and Citizen VERNINAC has sent off a
Courier to Paris to communicate this request,

LINDAU, SEPT.

ON the morning of the sth, a cannonading from
the side of Switzerland, was heard here and at
Bregentz.. It is said the French Troops in the Bris-
gau have talen possession provisionally of the Ab-
bey of St. Blase, and the County of Bondorf, apper-
taining to it on the edge of the Back Forest, fur
the Order of Malta.

An application is intertled to be made to Parlia-
ment in the next Session, to remove Bethlem Hospital
to another situation., andto make a square or build-
ings on the scite thereof. New streets are proposed
to be made from seire of Bethlem Hospital to
Throgin9rton,-stxeft and the Royal Exchange, and
another .•new street: from Moorgate to Mansion.'
house street.
Application is also to be made for an Aft for
,taking down London Bridge, and for rebuilding the
same on the present scite, or for building a new
Bridge in some more convenient situation.
It is moreover intended to establish a free Market
in the City of London, for the sale of coals within
the Wards of Billingsgate and Tower, and for pre-
venting frauds and impositions in -the vend of all
coals brought into the Port of London.

A private Letter from Paris mentions the follow-
ng, anecdote, which shews the splendour and pro-
fusion of the Court of the Thisilleries.:
" A grand dinner was given a few days since,by
the CitiEr Co-Nstu, to which one hundred persons
were invited. Nothing could exceed the perfect
arrangement of the Entertainment, nor its magnifi-
cence ; and the conversation was extremely gay and
unreserved. Behind the chair of each guest was a
servant, dressed in a most sumptuous livery.
" After the bottle' had passed _very freely, about
nine o'clock an invitation came from Madame Bo- -
NAPARTE, expressing her wish to be favoured with
the company of the Gentlemen in her apartments.
The invitation was generally accepted, and on be-
ing introduced, they found there most of the Ladies
of their own families. There was a little music,•
but no cards. At twelve the supper was announced,
and the company sat down to the number of one
hundred and,fitC4csOnW.; and to mark the contrast
from the'di.nri'ee partly, behind each chair was a ser-
vant out -O:f e.
By the' Paris papers received yesterday, we are
informed that the ship le Themis, of Rochelle,
returning from Cayenne, foundered at sea on the
2d of July last, between the isle of Hores and the
Azores : the crew were saved by the Hebe, of Gas-
gow ; but the Captain, resolved not to survive this
loss, threw himself overboard and was drowned.
The Austrian Government has ordered two O. ,
cers to be chosen from the Venetian Naval Establish..
ment, to be employed in a voyage to Africa.

THE FIRST CONSUL has sent his Adjutant, Ci-
tizen LAURISTON, to Munich, in consequence of the
occupation of Passau by the Austrian Troops : he is
commissioned to assure the ELECTOR, that he may
depend upon the support of the FIRST CONSUL.
Citizen LAURISTON arrived here the day before
•
yesterday.

In the third Sitting. of the Deputation, which
took place onithe. Bth 'inst. the Plan of Indemnities