The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-26 00:00:00

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Six Hamyurgh Mails still remain due.
His MAJESTY will hold a Levee to-morrow at
..Sr. James's Palace, and afterwards a Privy Council.
• Dispatches were 'yesterday received from Ad-
miral Sir JAMES SAUMARE Z.
Messrs. Pirr and A.rarso-ro;1 dined yesterday
with the Earl of CHATHAM, in St. James's Square.
.His Royal Highness the Duke of YOR K; Colonel
HOP F, and a large party of Military Officers; par-
rook • of- an elegant entertainment yesterday With
Mr. GREENWOOD, at his house in South Audler
Street.
Lists are already formed for the approaching
Loan. The competition is expected` to be great, in
consequence of which it is probable that the Loan
will be taken above the present prices. The follow-
ing lists are already declared ;
Messrs. Rou Ait rs, Cuaz ;4, and Co. ; Messrs.GoLo-
SMID, and Air.
2. Sir JAMES EsnAtf.x and Co. and Mr. Sii.v.vE LI., of
the Stock 'Exchange:
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3. Messrs. SMITH, PAYNE, and Sr,rt•ris.
4. Sir FRANCIS BAR'ING and Co. Mr. ...114TryE,
ANGERSTEIN, &C.
5. The BANKERS' LL'S T. '
6. Messrs. N Ewmit A EVERETT, and Co. L4w,
BRUCE, and Co. and others.
7. .The SiocK EXCHANCt.
The Loan is estimated to be Twenty Millions,
arid the Sums subscribed on the Lists are to be in-
creased, or diminished in proportion as the Loan
shall exceed, or be less than that sum.. ,
Major PELL, Aid-de:carup to General Fox, ar.
rived on Sunday with Dispatches from Malta.
It is with great satisfaaion we, learn, that His
Royal Highness the. Dux E of YORK • (with, that,
uniform desire for the good of the Army, and clis-
tingtoshed patronage which he has ever shewn to
true and deserving merit) has requested that His
MAJESTY would be graciously pleased 'to bestow
sbrne distinguishing mark of his approbation of
the condua of the Army of Egypt. .1-IrsMA.IESTY,
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with that paternal care he unceasinilyshe,ais- to all
who truly merit it, has been pleased to order Medals:
to be struck in honour of the Egyptian CaniPaign,
with suitable inscriptions and emblematical designs,-
to be given to the Officers and Soldiers of the Army
of Egypt. -
We understand the Master-General of the Ord-
nance -is about to recommend the, appointment of
two Colonels Commandant, with an . addition of
Field Officers, to the Corps of Engineers.
The Gentlemen of Property in the Barony of
Inzokiqy in Ireland, have transmitted to Major_ •
General Sir CHARLES Ross a very flattering testi-
mony of his condua as Commanding Officer of that
Distria during the Rebellion in that Island.
Private accounts from Paris state that the Spanish
lenipOtentiary had arrived in that capital, but
waited the return of the, CHIEF CONSUL and Mi-
niste.r for Foreign Affairs, from• Lyons, before he
procceded to'Amiens, TheiChief ConSul was ex-
pected back before the. conclusion of the present
month.
By Letters from Paris we learn, that the incle-
mency of the weather has put a'stop to labour of
every kind, and that the excessive price ofprovi.
sions occasions the 'greatest misery among the poor.
There are upwards of too,ooo distressed persons at
-Paris, .and the soup establishments 'are only equal
to the daily relief of gOOO persons.
-In an account published in France of the number
of Inliabitants-in Europe, Ireland is wholly Omitted.
It is a little: singular :that within two years 'Eng_
land shoultUltave,added an Island to Europe and:
France havaibken one- front it.
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-A proposition has' been made by Citizen LA
LOU Err E, Prefer` - of Bayeux, with regard to the
public Libraries of France, which is More desirable
than easy to effea-; he proposes 'that all the Books
of the Republic shalt be divided into two classes,
viz. useful, and useless books, and that the former
only should be retained. Two difficulties arise
upon this proposition, first, who is to decide upon
the merits of the Books ? and ,what is to become of
the bad ones ?
The number of Deaths in Vienna last year
amounted to 15,181 ; of Births to x 2,429; and of
Marriages to 2,765.
A letter from Que'oec, dated Off. 20th mentions
the death of IVlajOr,hlr EY, of the 6th Regiment, in
consequence of- a duel -with Lieut.:WlLL is, which
originated in a quarrel at the mess room on the -25th
of August. The parties met on the fcillowing-mOrn-
.ing, and the Major fell at the first shot. He lived
ten hours after receiving the wound, in great agony.
Lieut. Wir.t.ts was-immediately committed to
son, and was to take •,his trial towards the end. of
November.
The longitude, we are told, has been discovered,
by a native of Nova Scotia, " whose appearance' is
such, that he may be rniitaken for an idiot, and
who has acquired all his mathematical knowledge
without any assistance." It is certainly very,
wonderful that a man of this description should
make such a4sliseoVerv, but still more wonderful is
ir, that lie should- have made this discovery by
" intercouse with men, retiring into
-the woodlp'and fhere taking up his,r6idence in ,the
.top of a high tree !" 4
There is a man, at present, livirw, in the De-
,partrnent of Deux Sevres, in France, who is now ro6
, years of age he still enjoys a
,good state of-health,
,his sense?: are perlea, and he retains both his .hair
and-his teeth. Dutiog.the Civil Wars in La Vendee,
he was taken prisoner by the Vendeans, and was orb
the point of being put to death,' when he exclaimed
—,.-",What, will not my-hundred years ',rote& me !"
This address had the desired effea, and St coNuio.
NAY SV Ilia is his name) escaped, " -

NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2S.

ARRIVED His Majesty's Ships Aututiit, Hound,
lonzo, and DiTigence,. from the aiwns ; and the
Maidstone, from Marcou.

Arrived the Hero of the Nile, P I F. 1. Ps, from Lon-
'dOn for Lisbon ; Alexinder,Rtiob Es, from London
for the South Seas ; and Jamaica, TuomrsoN,.
from- London. for Jamaica.
_ Carrie into Harbour the Gustaf Adolph,-Ew ART
.rnaster, frapi Stockholm for Poole. -
The ,Augustus Carat, which arrived yesterday,
spiike the Ship Cosmo, M`KENZIE late master, the
I 3th inst. all well.
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