The Sun.
London, England, 1802-05-20 00:00:00

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Paris, t..ti.b
Notwithstanding the •apprehensions which /illy
be entertained, that the eleCting Bo NA i'ARTE Consul
for Life, may lead to the establish rent of -Here-
ditary Right, and of course to a new Dynasty, the
People of Faris sign the Lists which ate placed in
every Department, without murmur or hesitation,----
the Measure seems to be adopted without disens_
sion, and with general good will—near is• there the
smallest foundation, at present, for supposing that it
will create any sort of uneasiness.

The Consul has left -Paris for a few days, to en-
joy the pleasures of Malmaison, !whe're a private
Theatre is established, and on Wednesday last was
performed a Piece in which Madame L. BONAPARTE,
the ci-devant Mademoiselle BE AUHARNOIS is said
to have distinguished herself by her elegant style
of affing.

STERNE ridiculed the French for the importance
they attached to trifling objeas, and for the gran_
deur of expression which they,frequently employ to
explain very simple subjects ; but how would he be
amused could he pay a visit to Paris at present,
when large hand-bills are stuck at every corner of
the Streets with Danger Eminent in great Capitals
to aura& the attention of the passing multitude,
and to acquaint them that Analeptic Chocolate
(sold at Citizen --'s,) has been counterfeited,
and may endanger their precious health ?

Paris, 14th May

The Amateurs of the Opera Comique Francais
were greatly disappointed last night by an unfor-
tunate accident which happened to ELLEVION, the
principal performer, who dislocated his arm near
the time of opening the Theatre, and in conse-
quence, the first representation of a Piece entitled
" The Two Sub-Lieutenants" was deferred, and
the Theatre shut,

Miss HELEN MARIA, WILLIAMS continues her
Converraziones at Paris, in a great style--every
other evening a number of Literati and distinguished
Charaders meet in her Library, where tea and re-
freshments are presented from eight to eleven
o'clock, and where the merits of Works newly
offered to the Public are discussed—Authors re-
cite their introductory poems, or their jest d'espr;fs,
and seem to augur from the reception their produc-
tions meet with amongst these chosen few, their
future success with the 'Public. Miss WILLIAMS
professes herself of no political party ; and to judge
from the heterogeneous mixture which she assembles,
it seems but justice to believe her.--The constant
visits of Kosc lUSKO, the famous Abbe GREGOIRE,
and other Republican Chieftains, might induce a
cursory observer to believe she was not much at-
tached to Monarchical principles, if the presence of
an English Peer, Lord MOUNTCASHELL, of Lord
KING, of many Neapolitan Nobles, and other Fo-
reigners of distinaion did not in some degree jus-
tify Miss WI LLlANts's assertion.

Translation of a Hand-Bill distributed yesterday,
13th May, throughout Paris:
"MY OPINION upon THE RECOMPENSE

DUE TO BONAPARTE.---

" It is proposed to the French People to nominate
BONAPARTE Consul for life; has the importance of
the services which he has rendered us been well
considered, and is this recompense sufficient ? Is it
not the interest of every Frenchman to prevent the
return of Revolutionary sufferings, to annihilate
anarchy for ever, and to avoid, in future, the in-
trigues of those partisans who promote and excite
? When a State without Constitution
is only governed by the caprices of its Kings,
hereditary right may be dangerous ; but when
a Government, equally wise and powerful, is
organized, when a man, equally extraordinary
and surprising, compels it to be respeded and
esteemed, when the whole world unanimously
acknowledges his rights to the Sovereign power,
is not the right of inheritance necessary, and
ought not the gratitude of the French to fix it
in the family of their Hero ? In short, is not France
upon recovering its ancient limits, sufficiently
extensive to honour herself with the title of Em-

Aire ? and where, in the pages of history, shall we
find an Emperor sufficiently magnanimous to be
compared with the Titus who governs her ? I sub-
mit these questions to my countrymen—they induce
me to express my own wish.—l desire that the
French people may proclaim NAPOLEON BONA.
PARTE first Emperor of the Gauls, and fix in his
family the hereditary power, upon re-establishing
the Salic Law.

(Signed) BONNFVILLE AYRAI.,
" Chief of Battalion of the 14th of the Line."
Paris the 22d Floreal, Year 10.

A letter received from Paris by the last French
Mail, says—" The Legislative Body and the Tribu_. nate have lost no time in inscribing their individual
votes in favour of prolonging BONAPARTE'S Con.
sulship for life. I- he only Member who voted against
the proposal is CARNOT. After his signature to
that effect, he wrote " ha-.'e signed my proscrip-
tion." His friends in the Tribunate in vain en_
deav'oured to prevail upon him to erase this addi-
tion. The example of CARNOT has been followed
by only one other person in an official situation—a
petty clerk at the Treasury,"
A Letter from the Hague, of the 13th inst. says,
" The journey of the 11 :IRST CONSUL to Belgia
seems now to be settled ; it being asserted, that or-
ders are arrived at Brussels for making the requisite
places ready for the FIRST CONSUL and his Suite, as
also for the Deputies of the Seven United Depart-
ments of Belgia, and of the four new ones of the left
side of the Rhine, who are to repair thither next
month. If report speaks true, BONAPARTE will
continue there ten or twelve days. He will inspect
the port of Antwerp."

We have received a letter, signed Robert Fletcb,r,
earnestly requesting us to contradict the report that
than Gentleman had entered in t any pugilistic
arrangement whatever,

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COURT OF KING's BENCH, iViONEWAY, 141017 s9O
GA itito4, Moved l'or leave to file a CrimFnal
information against 'certain Inhabitants of the Cour.
ty of Bucks, for 'not repairing a bridge, which was
partly in that County, and partly in. the County, of
Middlesex. A Bill of Indictment bad been pre-
ferred against the Inhabi,„nts of t'le Co inty of
Middlesex for this very purpose, and the. Bill was
found. An Indiftment had been preferred against
those of the County of Bucks, but that Bill had
not been found ; they had indeed found. it was a
true Bill against the County of Middlesex, although
it was stated in the Affidavit, that the evidence
was the same against the one side as against the
other of the two Counties. lie said, that this
was done to save time, lest the bridge should fail,
it being at present dangerous to travel over it.

AW REPO

The Court observed, that a Grand fury of the
County having not found the Bill vo7z Nue', whyi
it was indeed within the competence, but not with-
in the sound exercise of the discretion of the Court,
to grant. this information at present. It would be
presented at the Assizes.—Rule refused.

Mr. GIBBS moved for leave to file a Criminal
Information against a person of the name of _Wil-
liam Gard, and the ground of t:lis application wits;
that this person had offered a bribe, not to one
two persons, but to a community of persons, that
Was to say, to five out of nine, being the majority
"of the Eldlors of a Borough in the West of Eng- •
land, for the purpose of securing a return of a cur..
Lain candidate at the next general ed-tion for that
Borough. Bossiney, in Cornwall, had only nine
Voters, and five of these lie had triad to prevail upon
by corruption to return two Niezn!crs of his nomina-
tion at the General Eldlion. Mr. G. read the Affida-
vits of three of these Voters. The first deposed, that
as he was one day, in the end of April, superintend-
ing his slate works, Mr. G-ard came to him, and
asked if he had any rags (a species of slates) ? De_
ponent replied that he had. Said Gard, " 1 know
a Gentleman who will give you a good price for
them." —Deponent, " 1 arn happy to hear it."—
Gard, "He will give you 30001. for a few, but
you must give him your vote at the eldlion; get
over fiur more, and he will give you a large sum to
divide among you."—Deponent; ‘. There arc nine
of us !"—Gard, "But five are a majority. The De-
ponent, whose name is Alvon, here broke off the con.
ference with indignation. The second voter swore
that Gard called upon him one .day, and demanded
of him, whether he wished to noke his fortune
" Yes," said he, " in an honest way." " Then,"
exclaimed Gard, " your fortune is made. You
mint vote for the two candidates that I name, arid if
you can get four more to join you, you shallhaye as
much as will make you comfortable for life." This
Gentleman sheaved equal virtue, and desired him to
be gone. The third affidavit stated similar attempts,
and Mr. Gibbs said he had similar evidences to the
same purpose. Gard was a man in a low station,
but was no doubt employed as the agent of some
one of more consequence, and certainly ought not
to be allowed to screen himself under his obscurity.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.---At such a time it would
be highly improper to allow such proceedings to go
unnoticed.—Take a Rule to shew cause.