The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-20 00:00:00

LONDON, FEBRUARY 20, 1802.

Wt this morning received a Hamturgh and a
Dutch Mail. The Papers contain few fans of im-
portance : they are still filled with vague specula-
tions on the subjea of Indemnities. It appears by
a Letter from Brussels, that all the Belgian Officers
in the Austrian Service were ordered to join their
Regiments by the isth of next month; it being
the intention of His IMPERIAL MAJESTY to collea
a force of roo,ooo men in the Hereditary States.
There has been an ,Insurreetion in the bland of
Corfu; in which the Democratical Party are said to
have gained the ascendancy.

The Dutch Merchants have petitioned for an In.
demnification of the loss they will sustain by eva-
cuating the island of Ceylon. They also express a
strong desire to be paid by England for the Dutch
vessels that were detained at the commencement of
the War.

WE received last night., the Paris lournats to
the .16th inst. inclusive. They contain intelligence
of much greater importance than any we have lately
been in the habit of receiving.
The first at of the Government of the Italian
Republic, after-its installation, has-been, an Atildre,,s
to the People of that State, on the situation of their
affairs, and the propriety of the measures that were
adopted at Lyons for the consolidation of their Po,
litical Independence.
This Manifesto is a most extraordinary corn.
pound of Italian dexterity and suppleness. On the
strength of one or two very rational propositions,
they' attempt to justify the unprecedented-proceed-
ings at Lyons. If those proceedings were confined,
in their operations, to the Italian Republic only,
there would be little room either for speculation or
animadversion. Italy has long ceased to be interest-
ing in the scale of European Powers, as a separate
and distind State. But in its secondary rank, and
considered as a Vie: of, that gigantic Empire to
which it owes its origin, it is justly entitled to the
serious notice of every Continental Statesman. Its
power, superadded to the overbearing influence of
France, swells its name into a consideration, of
which it would be otherwise unworthy.
zne aurnur. ,Ul-4UUb FICCe of vriplol,—.:-
rnanufiteture, have endeavoured to prove, by a spe-
cies of retrograde logic, that one number added to
another, renders the former less than it cocas before.
Such —men as SAUNDERSON or MACLAURIN were
poor calculators, compared with these modern fabri-
cators of Government. They have the modesty to
assert, that in the new PartitionS of Territory,
France has lost instead of acquiring dominim.
_

'We shall comment very fully hereafter on this
Proclamation, the veracity and sound policy of
which cannot be better demonstrated, than by the
following assertions contained in it
" No Nation has shewn so much moderation as
France. . Vidorious in War, she has restored every'
thing at the time of making Peace.
" Considering the Political Situation of Europe
in every point of view, it is evident that France
has acquired no additional infiuence. She remains
where she stood before the War."
If it he possible for the people of the Italian Re-
public to digest the above propositions, they must,
indeed, be the most eAlightened people upon the face
of the earth.

The Senate at Paris, has resolved to nominate
the new Members of the Constituted Bodies only
from among the Citizens comprised in the National
Lists. This measure is conformable to the opinion
of the Council of State, and in dire& opposition to
the wish of the Government, which proposed, that
they should be selected from among the National
Notables.

An article from Semlin of the t 7th ult. states,
that a considerable force was approaching Belgrade
for the purpose of reducing the rebel Janissaries,
who had taken possession of that Fortress. In the
mean time, the Rebels, instead of observing that de-
gree of unanimity which the pressing danger that
menaces, them requires, are agitated by mistrust and
violent dissension. But, these do not seem to have
arisen from the threatening appearance of the Otto-
man arms; but from the condition of a revolted
body, withouLmotive, sense of justice, or effcaive
power. PASWAN. OGLOV is evidently attempt-
ing to support the Janissaries, whose audacity has
gone to such a length, as to arrest MOLLAR-
EFFENDI, the man who, above all others, possessed
their confidence, and who was an aetive agent in
the assassination of the late Pacha.

Before we quit the subject of the state of European
Turkey, we request the attention of our Readers to
a passa,4e in the French Official Journal, which

'peremptorily contradiets the report detailed i:tbEto
Hamburgh Mails, of the refusal of the r°r— h
_
ratify the Preliminaries of Peace with the xv'enc.•
Republic. It states, on the contrary, til3t 't o
w
only there exists a strong disposition to renit
their ancient alliance, but to re-esia'blis We
il
their former relations. If this be true)
srbicN
were perhaps justified in the suggestion the
appeared in our Paper of the 13th inst. that be,
Preliminaries were not officially announced,
be
cause they contained terms which it might nut
to:
altogether politic in the French GovernnOto
publish, till after the signature of the De6nltNive
Treaty between Great Britain and France.
do not wish to be understood, as giving this °pintoo 3
with confidence, it is only to be considered as
matter that falls within the bounds ofprobablli/P tbo
An Article from Fribourg mentions that
Frickthal has been taken possession of by t f
French, in the name of the Helvetic Republic: (ie
which it is to form henceforth a Canton. Vo
has been an insurreaioh of the Peasants of iq agc
who refused to pay the taxes imposed by tb'
re
vernment. A contest ensued, in which theY va
weg
routed, with the loss of three men !.filled not
twenty-seven Prisoners. It seems that througll-
Switzerland, the inhabitants of the Conntry
er'c`!fil
kept tranquil merely by the force of the .*f

bayonet.rai
The Minister of the ELECTOR Of TREI.--
, be
declared officially to the other Ministers at 211
Diet, that his Master has formally renoull'i the
his Metropolitan rights on the Left Bank °I
Rhine. But a similar condo& has not been ad(ltiio
by the Archduke ANTONY VICTOR, rg
a representation from his Chapter of ArcNrot
,to -this efleCt, eluded any answer, on the f;rtlril.,,';
that he had nut yet assumed the "reins of 6°-`;e4,.p.'
ment. This looks as if there Were no 0/"'.e.f
arrangement yet made .respeaing the interest?
the Germanic, Empire. •
French Funds on the isth-561. 75c.
44
Yesterday THEIR 'MAJESTIES and the pit
CESSES left Town for Windsor. $
$t
His M.;ESTY had a Levee on WC‘..A 1-1°

,
next.
This morning arrived' a Mail from .I°'l'l/ill
brought to Falmouth by the Pri,,c,s• C'"
Packer, in 4.4. days, el°
Letters and Papers to the 21st of last moatii
l:taio
yesterday received from, New-York, which ca the
01'
intelligence of considerable importance. By the,O,
are is. possession of accounts of the :Arrival of
~
r‘f.e Franee in the West Indies. lk;i1
.4`,,c1; ~toration -01' 4
G
ua aioupe, is stated to consist of forty-V„
Men of War and Transports, with Szveral t"-11
Troops, on board. sl‘lfft
The American Consul at the Havannah. "1,3
thaq
formed the Celle for of the Port of Ne%V-Y°l7:csier
all American vessels, as well as all fareiV {O7
sailing from American Ports, are prohihtteniti°",
entering the Havannah. The Order of Pc°`"else
is dated the zsth of December, but no. Cll
assigned for this unexpcsted regulation.
tb6
The Honourable the Court Direaor.4 the
Company have been pleaseii to 'cri3l;r,r.
sum of 3001. for the purpose of ereEting a
in India„._ to perpetuate the memory of that re 10'4
Officer, Capt.. CookE, who lost his life in t),•ft 111
gagetnent with the French Frigate L a Fort"-
.4
Bay of Bengal. •
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By the Hop., E. LAWS, arrived at P°-".of
Cherbourg, we learn that the exportation.bitd;
sorts of Provisions from thence is still proh the
t
nor will they allow vessels to bring away 111°re
jastis sufficient for their in;ended'voyab-res•
• te
rt
Yesterday the LORD MAYOR went in --,4tagot'
Bow Church, to attend the Anniversary'
preached for the propagation of the Gospel ioristie°l
Parts. When the business of the Society Was
the City Marshals, by his Lordship's orcier'vh'ete'
duffed the Bishops to the Mansion House)
splendid entertainment was provided for thell'o,'hol6' •
An alarm took place yesterday through the
010
Coal Trade, on the River Thames, coaseel,l
0°
of the most !addable application to Parliatoe'lool
the preceding day, by the Corporation of 1.1°30.°
for the institution of a Public Market for the'cocs°'
Coals ; and exhibition. (in imitation of the Gorge
'-
market) of the prices of their several carg
they are sold in the River. 10
After dinner, at the Meeting of the 11.517e'1&
Society on Wednesday last, a solemn dirge ` °
formed in the true Scotch stile, on the "e,ol'
the late General ABERCROMBY, by a "E 604951
lent band. Among the performers were the ej
and two celebrated performers on the 133 gr
tlte
from Scotland. f ;
Thursday was landed at Portsmouth 11.'
Dover Transport, a fine Horse, which attr'-ptcv
number of speftators, being the one thatAs siti
At
belonged to that gallant Officer Sir RALPI-t rodeo,
: it was the Horse on which .11eAtelLc;
the time he was unhappily wounded at
dria, in Egypt; The Horse was scow
shoulder. shoulder. the
COURT OF CHANCERY.--Yesterday, GK
siness of Drury-Lane Theatre, the :1-,,61 11,1'
re
cELLoR said, that although the pr°P°,
settlement had been duly transmitted to of
was still one piece of inforMation of srviaititit.
theP-
! was not in possession, namely, d to , to
those who had not signed the trust dtc,iitc'l 0
ADAM ; and as he might find himself
co. to
make such an Order as would exclukic 51;41;144;
the benefit of that deed, he thought 1,,c. )61,
• 0. w
give them notice, and a few days more r
final determination was accordingly WI 1°
nesday.

I

NA VA L NEWS.

SHEERNESS, FEB. T 9.

Tins day arrived His Majesty's Ships DLqator
an Gorgon, armee-en-fiute, from the Downs; the
ford mer of which has passed up to Chatham, and the
latter, with the Caroline, has passed up the
Thames.