The Sun.
London, England, 1803-03-16 00:00:00

~PARIS, jiI,URI7,II 12.

PRIVATE •Letters from Conitrrirtinoph, dated the
Ith of
.1.101:ary, state, that in consequence of the
rivAl there of-General ihtuilc, all the Frenchmen
in that Capital assembled on the roih in' the Con-
vent of the Capuchins, where 'Fe Dem was sung
in unison with discharges of artillery from the Ft ench
Vessels. The CAPITAN PACHA distributed money
on 'the occasion, and a considerable quantity of fredi
`meat to the' French Vessels„ The same Letters add,
that Lard ELGIN, before his departure, received
horn the Torte presents to the amount of 500,000
• Nostres.
We learn from Ratisbolt, that the new nrganiza-
(ion of the Circles of the Empire is completed, and
u ill without delay be proposed by the Ministers of:
the Media, ing Powers -Co' 'the Deputation of the
. Empire. These Ministers are also-eharged to pre-
sent to that Body :the
,new Ecclesiastical organiza.
donor GermAtiy„ which is to serve as• the basis of
a new Oencordat between the Germanic 'Nation and
the•l-loly See.

TO THE EDII"OR OF THE SUN.

BM,

A mow malicious and unfounded report having
been peopagated, 'that Sit THOMAS TaounRID9E3
availing -himself of the knowledge derived from
his official situation,. had diretled the sale of his
,Stock from the. Funds on Monday and Tuesday last,
I deem' it incumbent upon me, as the aAor in the
business transafted, to .put the Public- in possession
of the whole fad. .

Having had the Honour of managing all his con,
cerns for these twelve years past, be, about two
months ago, informed me he shOuld in all probabi-
lity want his money in March or Apfil, as he had
in view the purchase of an estate, and he therefore
desired me to watch the progress of the Funds, and
to sellhis Stock if I saw them filling, that he might.
not be put to inconvenience and loss at the lime-it
might be wanted, and I was not to wait for further:
or particular directions, but.,to. use my own discre.
tion. Under these circumstances, I observed the
Funds drooping on the Saturday preceding,. and on
the Monday following, having attended at the Bank,
and seeing them still falling,• and :very large sums
selling out, .1 deemed it a duty I owed to my Em 7
ployer, fo order my Broker to sell out Sir THOMAS
Titotraittpa a's Stock, and. which was accordingly
done, without my having bad any communication
with him, either direaly
sor indirettly, until the
transaction was over.

I have made oath to the truth of the above-De-
claration, which is stuck tip at the Stock Exchange.
I ain, Sir,
Your most humble Servant,
114,rt-strtct,,Blovar- WlL4i4wi E, Coox.
buoy, t.ftl March 1803.

GENERAL. ORDERS,

Plymouth Dad, ad March, ,t 803,.
MA:olt-G Ewan AL ENGLAND has much pleasure in men-
,tiinfekhiS perfed approbation of the Military Appearance
of t%,;-id Royal Garrison Battalion Yesterday at the Inspec-
titii:„ He requests the Officers-will accept his Thanks for
their attention in their respettive situations, and for the-able
support they have afrorded Captain Bt. Ac L ein the Forma-
tion of the Battalion.
The.Majot-Cenral has particular satisfaCtion in acknow-
ledging his obligation to Captain EL CK A LI, for his unre-
mitting exertions in Forming and Clothing the Battalion 50
rapidly, under many disadvantageous circumstances : his
conduct on this occasion does hint infinite credit-,- and mani-
fests his experience and }perfect knowledge of the Service,
which the Major-General "has not failed to report' often, for
the Information of fire Commander in Chief, and which lie
will, nain take an early opportunity of repeating to His
Royal Highness.
On the Day of Inspedion, Captain BLACKALL
presented the Officers. of the Battalion under his
Command, and those of the Retired List of I.nvalids
residing in the. neighbourhood; together with the
Gentlemen of, the Citad;l and other friends, with
an elegant Dinnerat the Canteen, which was corn.
posed- of the choicest viands, and every delicacy the
season afforded.

Many appropriate Toasts were drank on the oc
casion, ;and the evening spent in the greatest con,:
viviality until a late hour, when the Company de.
parted, highly impressed with a due sense of the
engaging manners, kind attention, and great Jibe.
rality of the Donor of the Feast.

On Saturday evening last, a Banditti, to the
amount of twenty. One, Composed of coal.heavers,
&e., formed themselves into two parties, with a
view to plunder ; and under. pretence of being au_
thorized yress.gangs, seized between forty arid
fifty labourers corning from their pay.tables, in the
neighbourhood of Wapping, .from whom they ex.
totted' about ;oh fur their liberation. But in the
high career of their success, two real press-gangs
coining up, demanded their warrants ; for want of
which, every one of those non.commissioned plun.
derers were sent off to the discharge of more .ho.
nourable, duties in service.--Some, Majesty's service.--Some
produced prorthions, but the Regulating Captain
very justly concluded that nothing could or ought
to proied -such audacious impostors.
The. Assizes for. Berkshire' finished last Wed,
nesday evening, wheu sentence of death was passed
on the three following persons :—.Defrolis,Dabi, for
forging' a- Bill of Exchange; Joseph Hailing, for
breaking open -the dwelling-house of Walter Hol.
loway, of !Upheld, labourer (no person, being there.
in) and stealing a gold ring, and various articles of
wearing apparel ; and BenjainbiMarih, tor stealing
two pieces of -hog.meat, a barrel containing some
made wine, and other things, the property of Wm.
Warrington, of Old Windsor, C!erk., Ha11;,,,e and
Marsh were reprieved before the Judge left the
Town, ,and Daly.is left fur execution.
..
' At. the above•AsOzes a Caine was tried before
Mr. Justice LAW R RNC r, of•cOnsiderable importance
to the Navigation ',of the RiVer Thames:--Mr.
Thomas Fletcher, of Abingdon, Coal Merchant,
Was the Plaintiff,- sand Mr. Thomas or Ox-
ford, Bargemaster, 'Defendant. The ground
,of the
Action was, that through the negligence of Hie
Defendant's Bargetrien, his barge, which ,they were
condMing up' the River; ran fonl.
,and,..ti. the
Canal-boat of the Pliiintitr, as it was going down
the River, near Mapledutham Pound Lock ; by
which means 'a cargo of Tenhy Coals was thrown
into the River, the -bdatdamaged, and some of the,
tackle lost,' The Plaintiff rested his., Case; on. the.
•
Usage of the_Rtver, which re-quires upwaid.bound
boats to lie to, next the towing path, arid give
the channel and passage of the Riyer tolboats pass—
ing dOwnwards ; and he proved, to the •satiifaaion
of the Court, that the Defendantig servants ailed
incadtiously and 'negligently in: letting his -.barge
loose„'-at
,tllt bend of the Rive 4 just below .tlie;
pound lock, where' a strong current set her.arross
tlie channel, at the instant the calbt hum' payed by;.
=,--inceitfseglielee of whio-1 the accident to querttion
happened: The Defendant en,leavoured tO.imputt
blame 'to the PlaintitY's servant;, in. 'quitting the
still water below the ponnbl_lock before the barge
came up to the pound ; roundly asserted
that the Oxford Canal.boais were unfit to navigate
'on the Thames, and the Plaintiff '8 Bargeinen had
not competent skill but he failed in both I.,iint;,.
A Verdi& was give'n the Plaintiff for full
and Costs.