The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-29 00:00:00

Ak7SiE D AAI 1 A A'k

Tap following i'aper, relative tip the Bank of
Amsterdam, has never been published in this Coun-
try. It is certainly of considerable importance to
the Commercial World :
The intermediate Administration of the Co!'nmune
of Amsterdam having nothing more at heart than
to establish upon solid basc3, the well-being of this
City, and particularly the prosperity of its Com-
merce, has the satisfadion to make known to whom-
ever it concerns, that the Commissioners of the
Bank of this City have declared to them, by their
Report of the 19th July last, that the deficit which
was found in the Bank, has been entirely filled by
the payments made by and on the part of the Trea.
sury ; and that it appears by the account they have
drawn up, and of which they have sent a copy both
to the said Treasury and the Superintendants of the
Bank, that all the pretensions of the Bank, at the
charge of the City, have been fully acquitted and
replaced by specie, so that at present there is no
Bank Money in circulation which does not rest up-
on effe&ive and metallic value, in specie, ingots,
and monies deposited in the abovementioned B4mk :
that the Bank being,thereby radically re-established
and restored to its primitive institution, the City
has completely satisfied the guarantee to which she
is at all times engaged, whilst, -on the other hand,
there has been taken, both on the part of the Ad-
ministration of the said City, as on that of the Com-
missaries of the Bank, the necessary measures and
precautions to render in future impossible all attack
upon that primitive institution, and to give to all
persons interested the most assured pledge of the in-
violability of that Dqat, and of the unidterable will
of the Adthinistration, that it shall be sheltered from
all infradion.

That the Administration of the said City, endea_
vouring to operate this precious establishment in
the must easy and advantageous manner to the per-
sons interested, and in order to favour, as much as
possible, the circulation of the Bank-money, have
determined from the 19th of last July, to cause to
cease at the opening of the Bank, which took place
on the 3oth of the said month, the imposition of a
demi_sol for each hundred florins, stipulated by the
resolution of the Council of Commune, of the 31st
March 1796, upon payments in Bank, and to fix it
on the ancient footing of three sots for each Party
written in Bank : the Superintendants having be-
sides been charged by the said resolution of the 19th
July last, to revise (in concert the Commis-
saries), the regulation and ordinantes of the Bank,
to make in them the alterations required by the
present circumstances, and to offer them afterwards.
to the sanaion of the Administration.

That all the Regulations and above-mentiOned
Ordinances being essentially to remain in all their
force and vigout until the necessary changes shall
have been made in them upon the proposition of the
said Commission, and being to that effea, and ne-
cessarily expressly confirmed and renewed here,
the Intermediate Administration have jndgcd it in
all respeas suitable and useful in changing what
has been ordered and decreed by anterior laws upon
the payments in Bank to resolve by the present :

ART. 1. That the value of every Bill of Exchange which
shall be drawn or negotiated in this City, after the 3oth of
the month of Odober, approacning upon places situated
out of the Republic, and the amount of which shall he 303
florins and upwards, shall b..: acquitted in the Bank of this
City.
11. That all Bills of Exchange upon, or payable in this
City, of the value of 300 f9rins and upwards, drawn from
laces situated in the French Republic, Great Britain, Spain,
rortugal, and Italy, shall also be paid in Bank after the gist
January, t Bs3.
In. That every Bill of Exchange which, conformably to
the Articles I. and 11. is to be acquitted in Bank, and shall
be proved 'to have-been dorje in any ot..er manner, shall be
held to be all paid, and each of the two contravening persons
shall pay a fine of 5 per Cent. upon the total sum of these
payments made out of the Bank.
IV. That, as payments of Bills of Exchange will not be
considered good, but conformably to the Ist and ad A rticle.3,
the usage introduced for some time cif writing in Bari,. to
oneself for another, as well as that of regulating the payment
of it in current money, shall cease at the periods mentioned
in the said Articles; the Resolution of the Council of Com-
mune of the 6th Ottober, 1796, being in that respeCt revoked
by the present.
A. TEYLER VAN HALL.
• Decreed and published the 04th Sept.
By order of the intermediate Commission of the Commune
of Amsterdam.

F. J. PELLETIER.

EDINBURGH, DEC. 25.

ON Monday se'nnight, ALExANDER. WAR-
itAcK, master of the Lark, of Aberdeen, lost his
life near Holy Island. The vessel had gone ashore
on the be4ch, and the master went to Berwick on
the ship's business ; but on his return, had either
mistaken his way through the sands, or. was sur-
rounded by the rising tile, and drowned.

private letters from Havre we leain, that four
thousand Soldiers, of the most disreputable descrip-
tion in the eyes of the French Government, are or-
dered to embark for Sr. Domingo. They are men
who have been taken from the gollies, or have served
under the Allies ; those who are accused of Revolu-
tionary Crimes, and whose loyalty to the Consulate
is suspeaed. The embarkation of these men, while
it shews a determination on the parr of France to
retain St. Domingo, implies that the Regular Troops
are not very willing to go upon the Service, or that
the Government does not wish to throw them away
on such an enterprise.
The Dublin News-Letter of the z3d inst., an-
nounces a liberal Subscription being set on foot for
the distressed Families of the nine unfortunate Fish-
ermen lately drowned off Dunleary, who had often
ventured their lives in the preservation of others,
and we are happy to find among the list that Dr.
SOLOMON, of Liverpool, remitted to Alderman
How ISON a very liberal donation for this laudable
purpose. We notice this, as We have frequently
witnessed this Gentleman's liberality to have been
extended upon many occasions where unforeseen
misfortunes claim the aid of humanity,
As an instance of the mildness of the present
winter, there were roses fully blown, in the open
garden of Dunninald, in Scotland, the seat of DA_
v i Sc OTT, Esq. M.P. on the zist insL
In the garden of Mr. G tasoN, hosier, at the
Sciennes, in Scotland, then; is now a Fear-tree in
very bc,autifi4l,lllos.v.rm,

MANSIO VJ O&SL .

YESTERDAY a well-dressed *rtman, inhc),called
herself Sarah Spencer, with a little girl in her
arms; was charged before the LaRD MAtOR with
having robbed her furnished lodgings. It ap-
peared this woman had taken lodgings for her-
self and child, at the house of a Mr. Charteti, in
Sion-gardens, near Whitecliapel, but in two days
after left them, taking with her the bed furniture and
every other moveable thing she could cart* away,
which some days after they found pledged at the shop
of-Mr.Windsor, in the Minorics, at which shop she
was deteded on Friday last, offering another bed
furniture, &c. in the name of Warren, and had
taken the lodgings in the name of Walker.—
When apprehended, she told many contradictory
stories, which induced his Lordship to order this •
bed furniture, &c. to be advertised, suspeting
them to be stolen, which proved to be the case, for
a person came- forward and owned the furniture,
which she-had stolen from his furnished lodgings•the
day before she offered to pledge them. A Mrs.
Barber, from Pentonville, likewile charged her with
robbing her lodgings. A woman from Webber-row,
St. George's_fields, and a great many others whom
she had robbed in a similar way of every portable
thing in the room, but could never hear any thing
of her till they saw it in the Papers. Some of them
said they suspeled this little gill was not her child,
but had been prOcured the better to carry on her
deceptions. The Prisoner said the child was her
own, but confessed her guilt, and pleaded for mercy.
The persons who claimed the property found, not
living in the City, she was remanded to a County
Magistrate, and those whom she robbed in the City
could not, as yet, find their property.

MAR G BOROUGH-STREET. Monday a young
man, named Fortescue, applied to the Sitting Ma-
gistrate for redress, having (as he expressed him-
self), been very cruelly robbed and ill-treated. He
said he was a porter, and worked exceedingly hard ;
that by his industry he had saved up three seven
shilling pieces, and money enough to buy half a
pound of tea, which he had designed as a Christ-
mas present to his aged and infirm parent, who
lived at a village in Staffordshire. He accordingly
put the seven shilling pieces and the tea into a par-
cel, and booked h at the Green Man and Still, in
Oxford-road, to go by the mail-coach. The par-
cel had been delivered according to the dire Lion,
but the money had been taken out ; it had proved
a serious. disappointment to his father, and had
made him very unhappy. He wished the Magis-
trate to tell him how he was to aft, as he could
get no redress. The book-keeper at the Green
Man and Still had referred him to the proprietors
of the coach by which the parcel was sent ; but on
stating his case to them, they bid him go about his
business, and get the money as he could. He
hoped he might •get it back, as it would break his
poor father's heart to think that so much money
should be lost.

The Magistrate very humanely told him he would
make every possible inquiry for him, and immedi-
ately issued his warrant to apprehend the coachman
who drove the mail, on suspicion of taking "the
money out of the parcel.
Yesterday three persons were brought before the
Lord Mayor, who had been taken into custody the
night before, by some of the City Ofiicers, as re-
puted thieves. On searching one of them, a bill
of 2001. was found, which was recollened to have
been taken out of a .letter, some time ago, on, its
way from Liverpool to the house of EsoAus and
Co. in London. Two out of the three prisoners
were remanded for a week, until proper information
had been received from Liverpool, respekaing the
bill in question.
A short time since the stables of Mrs. HORSL EY,
of Harley ford, were broke open, and her two coach_
horses, hotness, and the livery of the coachman
stolen. The horses were seen the following day
in BP.rnet, in the custody ()fa man who was known,
and he was traced to Northampton, where he-sold
one of the horses. Here all trace of him was lost.
Yesterday the man, as described by the persons at
Barnet, was seen at Shepperton,ln surrey, where
he was secured, and taken before Mr. Justice Bon),
who committed him for further examination.

Sunday se'nnight, about seven o'clock, an officer
of the i gth regiment of foot, and his wife, return-
ing froth Dundalk to Dublin, in a post-chaise, were
stopped by four villains armed with horse-pistols,
little more than a quarter of a mile from Drogheda:
the gentleman fired at them, which was as suddenly
returned—the ball passing close by his head, pene-
trated the roof of the carriage. The villains fired
a second time, broke the windows and pannels of the
chaise, and his wife fainting, he
.was obliged to
submit : they were then plundered of their. watches
and money, and they' also took his sword and one ;,,f c,
his pistols ; they asked for the other, but did put
wait to search the carriage for it.--F rum their roi-
ner of speaking, he supposed them to he above She
common level of robbers. They appeared much
agitated, and made a very precipitate retreat.
Curious Anecdote of a Distillguisked
DAVID BECK, was a disciple of VANDYCK, and in
favour with CHARLES I. whose sons he taught to
draw ; his rapidity of execution was so great, that
the King used to say, he could paint riding post.
He afterwards passed into the service of the Kings
of France and
.Denmark, and was at last appointed
Painter to CHRISTINA, Queen of Sweden, for whom
he painted most of the illustrious persons in Europe,
One day, as he was travelling through Germany; he
was suddenly taken ill, and appeoing to be dead,
was treated as such, His servants, who watched
the corpse after it was laid out, endeavoured to con-
sole themselves for the loss of their master, with
the bottle. When they grew intoxicated, one of
them proposed to give him a glass, though he were
dead, as he was far from having a dislike to it
when he was alive. This was accordingly done,
and the consequence was that he tecoVered, and
lived many years

On Wednesday such gluts of herrings were
brought into thighton, tha.t they were cried
about the town at the low price of 25, per littndred)
Hastings tale : or 32 fur 6de

'EZCTMNaE, ii;

WITH a few fresh supplies of Wheat, and tome
Mond'ay't simples unsold, we have tOleralik quan—
tity ; the sales being rather brisk, mist prices arc
tained ; Rye is lower ; Barley and Malt contint;
in plenty; at a trifle less ; we have a IA sapply-
of Pease, which are also decliniog; Oats, for
the great irriportation, may be quoted
quarter cheaper; the prices of Flout are stationary.

Wheat 43s a 47s a 56s od
ine ditto -57 s a Os od
Radey -23 S a 275 od
Matt - - 4os a 455 61
Rye. -34 s a 37s od
White Pease 33s a 495 od
Beans 335 a 375 od

ileafiF.; - 3oS a 335 6./
()As - - 1S a r§s gas
Polao(litt.6 ais a 24 0.
Rape - - 311 a
.34
Fitle Flour - 45, a c 4,
Secomido. 4oS a .43;,.

Smile clays ago, we Mentioned an Elope:tient of a
Lady of Fashion from Isleworth; Our inforniatiori
we took from another Paper. The Lady' pointed at
was evidently the beautiful Miss KEPPPL, so lor4
a reigning toast in the Fashionable Circles, and for
whom the Son of a Cornish i3aronet ag.tt
put 'a period to his existence. Ml 5:
has lived at Islcwotth with her rcuther, the Hon.
Mrs. KEP,PEL, last week gave her hand to Ros FR r
FooTE, Esq. of Cot-Iron-place,. near Cduterburyi.
The marriage took place Viithotit any elopement of
clandestine proceeding; •

In addition to the beatitiful Fornittire of '‘/Itithitne
RECAMIER'S bed, which has been already mention
ed—the curtains, which are of frail muslin, at
edged entirely round with rielt broad lace, atf.fiee4
guineai a yard.
A Dr. BERGUILLON has published a Treatise on
Canine Altzdnesi, which he is said to attribute in.:
tirely to the effeft of Imagination. We do not
know any body so well qualified to treat Upon such
a subject as a Frenchman_
A Lady on Monday caused her hUsband to be
brought before the LORD MAyolt at the Mansion.:
House, on a charge of ill-treatment exercised upori
repeated occasions towards her. It appeared from
the evidence of the wife, that so far back as the
year 1797, the frequent instances of brutal usage
aedincontinency on the part of her husb,:nd, had
compelled her to claim the protedion of the law,
by the interposition of which she had remained five
years uninterrupted by him, but the . period We'
which security had been given for, his good behavi-
our had no sooner expired, than he again invade t.
her peace. She rented the City Chambers, by the
letting of which she was enabled to obtain a liveli,
hood; her husband, however, kept the lease, and
under the authority of that had forcibly got posses-
sion of her apartments.—;The Lotto MA,eoia., find-
ing all means of accornmodation between the nartien
beyond his persuasion to accomplish, ordered the
husband to find bail, which was given by a eery4
respeelable Gentleman ; this atriir will, the! e..fote;•
again claim the attention of the Courtt.
An affray happened near Sr. Giles's, on Mo.oley
night, and the parties were brought before the Sit.
Ling Magistrate at Marlborough street, tyesterday.i.
It appeared that a Carpenter in the Sevier. Dias 11e6
been regaling with some friends, and returning home
at a late hour inebriated, felt muchsorpri zed that DOM." _
of the watchmen were going their respeetive rounds,
He thought -it incumbent on him to iequireio6.)this
abuse, and accordingly went to several of the boxes;
all of which he found deserted ; but meeting after-
wards with -some stragglers, arid expostulating with
them, perhaps Poi in a very diso•cet manner, worts;
were soon exchanged for blows, a.nd the-unfortonate
champir:n, With. his opposers, passed the night iii
the ~vaich-house.—Mr.Bkontr, the Magistrate, ad..
monished the Carpenter„ and told hire it would have •
been more prudent, inste4of his •Qehixotir exptditiod
round the parish, to have made a regular conplolirt ;
he felt disposed to dismiss the present complaint,
and hoped the parties would be reconciled. -
On Thursday; as one of the Labourers employed
in the Laboratory at Apothecaries Hall, was charg-
ing with Oil Vitriol a glass retort, 1)7 some inattena;,
tion it was thrown over the than's face, intense.: .
quence of which he was immediately blinded, and
his forehead and cheeks vesicatcd. Eurturiately
-for the sufferer, !Ether Was instantly applied, gnd.A.
constant stream of air kept up by Means of a pair of
bellows, which in the course of half an hour, by its
astonishing production of cold; relieved him entire-
ly of pain; and by a continued arplication of it one
hour and a half longer,.the bladders were completely
redticed; leaving the face only swelled; with a sen-
sation of stiffness on the skin:. The whole quantity
used was from a pint and a half to a Tian. This is
.a second instance of the wonderful efficacy of "Ether;
it also has been found highly beneficial in burns and

About half past four o'clock, on Tuesday 'even,:
ing the 14. th instant, as a son of Mr. SArdUct,-
PICOMINC of Sittennam, near York, whdis,about.
twelve years of age; was returning froM school; he
was much surprised and frightened at a stile about
half wa, on the foot road from Sheriff-Hutton to
Sittenham, on feeling something like a. sudden
touch, or grating of his hair upon the top of his
heath He looked about, but could see nothing he
heatd no repqrt, nor could he conceive hoc:, so sin-
gular a sensation could be occasioned; His parents,
however, were greatly alarmed to find, on tlis ar-
rival, that -a ball had penetrated his hair, and had
passed through bdth sides of the crown of his h.►t,

On Monday sennight, as Mr. Turners of Alping-
tol, 'Devoni was standing in his out-honse, he was
suddenly alarmed at the dikharge of a fowling-piece,
the shot of whiCh passed through the partition, and'
slightly wounded hini in his arm. The occasion of
the accident is singular-: Smith, of the
sante neighbourhood, had levelled his hi-.cc at a
bird above the house, but it hung fire, and he was
retiring with it on his shotilder it weni.ool.
On Sunday sennight, early in the morti:r7.47, a
fire broke out at the Black Swan TM), in Wile,
which had gained so great an as,:endanty before it
was discovered, as to occasion the, most .erions
aldrtr; but by great exertions, and a plentiful
ply of water, it was fortunately extinsuishcd. The
accident was caused by a candle having kit
burning in thz lodging room 01 a Gentic,ll4.7.i
was much scorched by the tint/c9.