The Sun.
London, England, 1802-06-24 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, JuNE 23.

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WI L. lAM F—D, Esq. was yeSterday takenout.of
?he Anna homeward_hinuai vessel, frdin Bengal, in a
deplorable situation, after an attempt to destroy
r•-incelf, and brought into this place about two
:,•••!ock P. M. This unfortunate Gentleman, it
7:ns, had lost his wife at Bengal, about a fortnight
• ,ous to his embarking, with fbur of his. Chit-.
prnpefty to an immense amount, in the
Alna, for England. During his voyage, he ap-
peared in a most melancholy, and dejected state,
would frequently mention the name of his, wife-, and
burst Into tears as his eyes Were direded to his
children. He, however, betrayed no particular symp- •
toms of insanity, to create alarm iii those about him
for-his safety,. During the last two or three days of
.• his voyage, he frequently interrogated his servant
if Englund enuid yet be descried from the, vessel,
and on living answered in- the negative, appeared
much hurt and disappointed, desiring the man to_give
him the earliest notice of such a welcoMe discovery.
This the other did not fail to do ; when his master,,
\turning frOm him', drew, a razor from his pocket, and
cut his throat in a moat dreadful manner, "The Surgeon
of the vessel was instantly summoned to his assist-
ance : but the wound,was too deep', the wind-pipe.
beingentirely severed, toafford, any prospe,a of pre-•
serving his. life: A Dover bOat, a few hours after.
the shocking Catastrophe .had happened, running,
_ alongside the ship, it was deenied most advisable to
send him to dig nearest " port they :Could make ;.
he was accordingly, with his servant, and a.Gentle-
mail- who accompanied him .from Bengal, put on
board the boat,
.and, conveyed to the ship in Dis-
, tress Inn, where he now lies without hopes, of reco
very. A few bouts, at most, it is expetteti,
.will
•
_terminate , his existenee. 'The:boa i, at ,the unfor-
tunate Man's request, has been sent, back to . the
ship for his. children, but •is is not yet returned. He.
appears pettedly sensible of his,,approaching disso.
lution, rind betrays great uneasiness, lest he should
notbehold hiS children ere he-expiia.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER JUNE J 9.
" The ?emission for. the introd.udion of Coals
- from England, has occasioned a good deal, of dig-,
content amongst thelearty, who holds in. abhorrence.
all communication, even•an advantageous one, with
our Country. They area to foresee in this ihdul-.
genie, the first step towards a .General Trade,.:anti,
predid the downfall of their Mani:he-tures, and the,
ruin of thoie new .Speculations entered into,.in con.
sequence of the Improvements brought .by the .mi-
grants from Englapd, in the Machines employed by,
our COtton, and Silrk.ManufaCturers. Most proba.
bly they are not mistaken ; and it is only,. to be
hoped that our Trade with the Continent, may be.
,again unshackled, when our superiority tvill ensure
,;.is every advantage _and preference. .
" The ador, TALb4A, Who had excited Irma en:
thusiagnamongst a considerable party at :,the Thea-
tre, has fallen into a little :discredit,- by his per-
"formanie of Ladislas. His'friends attribute his.ill
success. to the effeCts of a cabal formed against him,
and do not hesitate to pronounce, that in a very
few years he will. be equal to the great LA KA IN,
who was indisPiitably the best Ador that ever trod
- the -French Stage. . . .
• " The Champion§ of Mcmarazical Literature, are
beyond meastire ashamed at a. worse lately. published
by one of their Members, named.(l-ixr---it is called
a Disci.urse upon 'Universal History, and was in-
tended as a continuation of the magnificent and im-
in,,r;al work of BOSSIT,ET-DO attempt, _however,
has been mare ridiculous, and-nothingever written
witivsuch pretension, more heavy,,, more. monoto-
nous, or ;n )re disimiiar to its original,_ThisVe- •-
teran in Literature, of a certainkind, is the person
whom BEAIJMARCtIASS created'with so, much ridi-
cule ; and he has. no $V exposed himself to theepi- .;
grammatie wit of the Founders of the Modern,
School --FRANeots DE N.E1.7 CHAT E AD, . riP.VAIos
LAVALLEE, MASSON, and CH ENIER, will 1101,101 e
SO. fine an ..opportunity Of sconrging.
lampoons his Ganfir ,tfiscourse, .and his Gothic;;
periods.
66 TheTiilace.of St. Claud; V.hich 'has b-een so long-
an object of -admiration, and whose. extent has been,
always thought sufficient for the protn.l.multitude
the late M,,onarclis in 'France,- ise rioW not only,
undergoing'very 'considerable repair., but great ad-
ditions are making to it,' for the purpose-Of' lodg-
ing the First Consul's hOusehold—the Magnificence
with whieli- he is. attended., and the prodigious
number of General Officers and others, always rear
his person, exceed infinitely what has..been seen in
this country.
Monsieur DENON'S 'splendid and interesting
work, entitled Travels in Egypt, is at 'length.
published. M. DENDN has waited upon the First
Consul with ir, and defers the delivery tv his Sub-,
scribers until, the expiration'of eight days. It is
highly spoken of, and the engravings are parti-
cularly beautiful; an English translation is going
forward. • •
66 Thecelebrated CASTI; the Italian Poet, who
succeeded METASTASIO at the Court of Vienna, has
lately published a work of infinite merit, entitled,
Gli Animals Parlanti, in which he has displayed a
fund of knowledge and philosophy which form a
fine contrast with the elegant, playful and' ingeni-
ous turn of wit, .which so eminently distinguish
his Well known
,Novelle Galante. It is said that
'a new edition of the Novelle, corrected by the Au-
thor, with no' leis than thirty-two new Tales, is
about-to be published in the .most elegant style of
typography by M. GRIFFITHS, who has in his
work of the Gallery of the Louvre, given a,very
beautiful specimen of his taste in the art' of printing.
"-Madam BONAPARTE set out for Plombieres on
Wednesday last, 16th instant, her health is 'much
impaired by a nervous affection, she is accompanied*
'by two Ladies.
66 A private Concert was held at Malmaison last
night, 18th, 'conduded by PAESIELLO, at which
the Carisut. was-particularly cheerful. The, party
was very small, and. there were only three Lidies.
Madame BOLLA and LAZZARINI were the- only
singers." .