The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-01 00:00:00

From the FRENCH and DUTCH PAPERS.

HAGUE, AUG. 22.—His Excellency the. French
Ambassador left this place on the igth, for the
Camp of Zeist, to be present at the festivities and
grand mayceu% res, ordered by General MAX moNT,
in honour of the Ein err NAPOLEON'S birth,day.
After a sham fight, and the
,mar:cauvres- usual in
la` petite guerre, the Commander gives a sCenclid
dinner. General MARMONT returned on the trith
to 'the-Carp, after having paid his ditty to his So-
vereign at o,tend. The dinner is beorkrn for 6o
covers. We understand that several Members of
our GovernMent, of the DiploMatic Corps, besides
cur Minister for the War D.epartment, ,P•rsdAN,
have been invited to be present. .
- P. S. We hear now, that this military pomp-and
manoeuvres rot .k place last Sunday. The marcett-'
vres 'began at noon, •and cantir,ucdiiil six o'clock,
when the dinner was served. in the evening, e
great fire-work was exhibited before the iteatiiilul:
tent of General .IVIARKotiIr. Ihe _French Arribas..
sailor is just returned,. and .the Minister, PI:NIAN,.
is expeaed to-morrow.

On the loth inst. the French NliDister t Berlin
gave a grand entertainment in honour the Einpe
rot. NAroLcores birth.dal. All the Prussian
nialers, and many of the, Diplomatic Corps, • were
present. Neither die Russian nor the Swedish Mi-
nisters weie invited.

ANTW Ear, AUG, 20.—The festival at Boulogne
was celebrated last Thursday in a most m3gntk.ent
manner. The Emperor was seated on an elevated_
th-rone; in the middle of a stinieirele; around which
the columns of Troops were placed, co , that they
appeared to be the rays of a star, of which
the throne fo,rmed the centre. • On the steps of
the throne were placed the dtgnified Officers of the
Empire,lihe Princes, Marshal., &c. and on each,
s'sle, in' sttaight lines,s all the Druirkeneri and Mu-
siciansi of the Camp.. His 'Vilest); then, amidst the
most profound 'silence, administered the oath to all
the Members of the Legion of Honour and as soon
as they had repeated the Words, " this We swear,".
a general discharge of artillery took place, from all
the batteries on the Coast, the Forts, and,Ships,
while all the Drummers and Nlusicians strike]: tap a
piece of warlike music, and the Members of the
Legion of Honour received from tt:e hands of His
Majesty the insignia of the Order., The coluttins
then filed off, ,passed His Majesty, and• proceeded
to *twit quarters. The day was spent amidst the
greatest joy, and the pegple amused themselves with
different pastimes,. such as running races, dancing,
&c. Etch man r,ceived a d %d le rani ,n of bread
and meat, tuge.her ,sith a f 1,4; ol wine, and the
,superior Officers were entertained la ith an elegant
.collation by Prince Josera. in the evening. sorrke
elegant fireworks were exhibited, accompanied with
a general discharge of musketry by a 'body of
15i00.14 men, having on their arms luminous slats,
or balls, which emitted a bright light, the' whole
forming a most brilliant spedacie, because an ascii.
nishing number of aky.rackets were let off at the
same time. The same day M. MALI:VET, Commis.sary General of time Marine, opened, in ceremony,
the new Wharf and the Magazines; on which occa.
sips he delivered a speech, in which he stated, that
the Emperor had resolved to strengthen Antwerp;
that ere long, the Rhine, the Macse, the Scheldt,
and the Rhone, would run into each Other,

. HAmauttqu, AuG. tg.—Letters 'from Copen.
hagen bring an account of the arrival of a Itu.sian
Fleet before Bornholm, consitaittg,.as some say, of
nine Ships of 'the-Line anti several Frigates, amount.
ing in the-whole to fifteen sail. Thrce Ships of the
Line, and three Frigates, are destined for the Me.,
diterranean; and it is expelled that another-Division
will soon anchor before the Daniih Capital.
reported that these Ships will join• the former ones,
and another Squadron arrive from Cronstadt. This
causes several conjedures under the present circuit).
stances, though the German Papers pretend that
lately the V:mpernr was present at a Grand Council
of State at .St. Petersburgh, in which it was decided
not to enter into a new War...--(j'agaccessrant,
Aug.• 22.)

,The new EMPIROR and Em. I.4itss of FRANCE
have signified that she people of France shall have
spraaeles of the most magnificent anti costly descrip,
tion, in order to do honour to the ensuing Corona.
Lion. It is to be hoped that while the Corsican and
his Dame are so generously preparing to indulge
the people with an .Imperial Ball, the latter. will
remember who ply, the Piper. •
Whatc4er may he the, merits or defeAs of the
Dramatic pieces which the 'tench mean to repte.
sent in Hanover; there is no reason to believe that.
they will want a plot.
We see a new met of tyranny in the French, added
to the mass of insults and injuries which they have
'heaped upon the unfortunate kianoveriansi in pro.
Whiting the exhibition of all dramatii performances
in the liledorate, except those that ate written in
the French language. Thus the poor R-noverians
are deprived of an innocent gratification, which
might perhaps have afforded' them some little solace,
amidst the miseries which they are doomed to en.
lure ; but. they must suffer a new medium of corrupt
principles and licentious morals to be introduced
among them, under the pretence of an amusement.
No Thearricd Performer since the days of Cot,.
LEY CIDER has !entured, we conceive, to ask Sol.
a night for his efforts, •Thist distinguished Veteran
of the Art, after be retired from the Stage, had so
guineas a night for a few performances ; but he did
not require a Free Benefit as an additional recom.
pense. .This modest requiiition Was reserved fur
the frieids, of the Infant Ruch's, who are resolved
to make hay while the sun shines; but who, per,
haps, may' out-stand the market.
ItEis, the Mimic, may he very gong at a tab.
off, but young ASTLEY was likely to get the wtvhil.
hand of him.. •

if dere be an ola'Aet of Parliament which inflifis
a penalty of filly pounds for wining persons into
ridicule on the Stage, Nature has a right to bring
an adion against most modern Performers.

The French Artristronversp"redietthat BONAPARTE.
is not to invade us till the Sun enters Libra. If
they suppose that the Corbican sAs by friametim
jirmence, it would be much more nAturat, fog them to
cunne.tt hii designs with the Scorpion.