The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-10 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

LORD MAl"oit ELvcT,--T'sterday a Court of
Aldermen was held at Guildhall, when, after the
usual forms, Groaca SettOLEY allll WILLIAM MV li,quires, Sheriffs of Landon and Mid-
dlesex, appeared at the Bar, and reported that, on
the casting up of the Poll, for Lad Mayor, PETER
PERCHARD and JAMES SHAW, Esquires, had the
iarili:rity of Votes. The Courtthereuron
Alderman of the. two (Mr. PERCHARD)
16 that Office; whereupon the Lotto Ma.yott and
Court of. Aldermen went*
down 19 !tie Great Hail,
t and, Itl, b y she mroith'of the spoitoy*s Occiared to
i Livery in Common fiad thrn that the
electron had on PETER' PE-RcHARD, Big. and
1)P Wits iteCortlingly declared duty
.eleEted Lard
Mayor of this City for the year. ensuing: •
This' intimation was received with loud applause ;
,:kfter.whicli. the Cryer of the COUtti according to
'custom, culled upcn the Lord Mayor left, to
ccome forvvara
and
take
,upon him. the' Office of
f bijef Magistrate; When Alderman PlIRCHARDearrie
nhrsvartil, and after' being ornamented
with
the
rid
~c he addressed the Livery in a neat. to al PProiniitte 'Speech, which he read from a written
and
lager, and which was received with universal ap.
Plisuse,•
The Aldermen then
returned. to the Mansion.
f `'uce in _Procession ht Lord Mayor tied riding,
or the Error time, in. the state-coach.
htThe Court ordered the price of Bread to he raised
idaid. the quartern loaf wheaten, and scid. house-
.
.1900 i. Orphan's' 'Stride, was ordered to be paid
t.l_4 and annihilated, and sit-Months notice to be given
44 the parties to receive the same.

.........
It is observed in a Morning
lance of Eurt.pe has been destroyed by the “ rampant
Paper that the tio.
„tervilit.Y" of the Continental Sovereig"' r_l?°7-
r4lit er,l•
Coluctrdird,.
j-
"I it) is, We conceive, tantamount toper-lye
Monti
kei 1-afternoon, between
four an.
h part of
A five o'clock,
:he to was fought in a field- at. the nort
and
.s.,:oastet's
a Wl4ll CIF °cal, between a Captain's Clerk
Mate trelonzing to one of His M.fie!
the}
was,
and
''''lliPs °f V'Tar 'in the Downs ; the result •
111. rain's Cierk was shot through the ' head,
n.,
ire about an hour afterward; : the two.Secod
t"cured, but the Master's Mate cannot be found.
et. _,t,....
earl. "'.1.---A v4oE:contested battle was fought
~, Yesterday morning; in Hyde Park, between..o.l
4:44 a carpenter, from town, and a-countryman
or
Bat name of ilawkiitr. The Time) originated
:to
hsur")? night, -when each of them had rel'34,c'd. d.
avnis Merstuith in one cause, that of' paying their ad.
1 v_eses to a black.ejed damid of that place. It vir,.
1 1
tit ed on that a fight should rake place, and Inc.
W',_q_nr should be the fortunate gallant. sAt the Com
intcnenient of the fight, Ttig4,
, pre proofs of a pro-
An
some
tleeiY. in the art of pugilistn,
blows 'its about the head of his antagonist., •t.
and put in sforthe
able
1. of the countryman were, however,'
trresdt,s)in
f4iid°twards the latter end of the fight, and ..sel
illitao 0. penetrate far enough to knock downnhis,,a
kilt) 6)144 1" he last round, Trigg received
nvt• in t
lc to rise
ti fter. T lie throat, and was unab
Nte c, n he fight lasted 40, minutes.- The forte
~
~. it beta was severely be4ten,
• cover
the , Ng' oadetertnined wh ',l Trigg will re
otuw„
e :cr and le was securer,

FR At THE FRENCH ANli DUTCH 13413ER5.

PAiii, 19.—The Senator ICE L r RSA Alt has
received a Letter from one 'of his relations, an un.
fortunate Colonist of St. Domingo, who with the
-greatest difficulty escaped the assassinsgaf the fero.
tiousD6s,, LINES, and who resided at present tat
the.; Island of St. Croix. This letter contains some
More particulars concerning the present situation of
the pretended Republic of Hayti. " The greatest
dtsunion prevails among the Chiefs of the Negro
Arms ; *and so tar from combating together against
the. French and Spaniardi at St. Domingo, they are'
fighting againtrand cutting the throats of each
.o.ther ; each General having made himself Sovereign
of a separate Distrift,. which he rules and defends
with his adherents, against all opposers, and where
he bids defiance to DESSALIN ES and his orders; The
Negrpes refuse absolutely to work ; and when the
prodUCtions of the last season, the remnants of the
.cultivation of last year, are consumed, famine will
be added, to the 'other curses of that unfortunate
island. The number of Negroes still existing there
is calculated to amount to 300,000 at the highest ;
but.of these, men from 18 to so, the only ones able
to' carry arms; or cultivate the ground, are not pro.
portionate with the remaining population; but only
as one to five.

Dassm,rtlEs is:not ignorant that most of the
institutions, as a Legion of 4-innouria Senate,
.Pre.
fed's, :Maids t f Kmour, &c. &c. which, he has the
audacity to decree for his people of Hayti, exposes
him to he laughed at by all strangers. and' that it is
,extremely ridictilous in him to pretend to condua va.
gabonds, such as those of whom lie is the Chief, ac.,
cording to, A system designed after the most beautiful
models. of Europe. But he answers, that hesdoes it
only to enrage his'enemiesi by imitating some of
their inimitable iilstitution., and that as long as he
is aliv,e, n'o changes Shall: take-place in France-with.
out being tircreet by him at St. Domingo, being, as
has the modesty to say, THE 40NAPAILTN of
THE NE*
„WORLD. , - •

". As thiS Chief of Banditti excites the public
attention and curiosity for the present,s‘ as much-aa •
his predecessor ToussAiti7 did some years ago, it
cannot' be, uninteresting to give the public some
ideas 61 his person and character. DES4ALIKVS is
about
.42 years of age ; die ensemble of his physiog
,nomy offers . something fierie and savage. Hit
features are coarge, and his figure disagreeable,
without being uncommonly ugly. He is about five
French feet. and two inches high ; he is robust and
squat. As-to his charader, Europeans have already
formed a tolerable just idea,; but the following
traits will make them still better acquainted with
it.

Crafty and hypcieritical, as generally are. all
Negroes, he,is, besides, brutish, passionate, and vio.
lent to the highest degree„ He inspires a kind of
'terror in every one who approaches him, and he is
'with reason feared-, because he does nor hesitate to
do himself immediate justice for the least contra-
diction he exitriences, either' with his daggers,
swords, piqols,• or by poison. To 'offend bite is
certain desttuttion,,and to please him is no, security
hut for the moment. Wben he hates once, he hates
for ever, and his likings are as changeable as
.the
wind. His first favourite to day is not sure but
that he, mly he his fist vittim to.tniirrow. Ambi.
t ion is his ruling passion, to which avarice is only
a secondary. one, 'arid hi 4 shocking cruelty is the
natural consequence of them both. He is said to
`as
his wife and children, but he uses them rather
`as his. slaves than as his companions. Friends he
has none. Even those, whom, tram thecaprice of
"the moment, he overpowers with his lienefaaions,
'deiire his destriglion, as the only safety of not being
plundered or murdered, by the caprice of the next
moMent." Such are the outlines of a moral and po.
litical pOrtrait of a man, who has been criminal
enough to usurp the Sovereignty over the first Co.
lony in the West Indiei.—(La Clef du Clibittet.)

FRANKFORT; SFPT. z6.—Letterc from. Vienna
state, that THEIR IMPERIAL MAI EsTlia Will re.
turn to the Capital lions the Camp near 'Pr/etc
sooner titan was expelled, and that thii.Carnp. on
• account of the great dearness and scarcity in' 80.
heinia,,will break up immediately.
Nothing:is spoken of but the Emperor NAPo,
Lit Otes stay, in our vicinity, , 'and the most trilling
particulars concerning him do not escape piiblic
notice ; among others, that upon, his arrival at
Mentz, the only persons. in his 'carriage were his
Can:fel:or and General Du Roc.
We are 'assured that dime of the five head Clerk
of the Foreign Dpartment have accompanied TAG-
L CYRANO to Mentz, and consequeotly great puli.
tical transactions are supposed to he going 0n...!
Amen other changes said to be' determined upon,
that the Eleflor of Hes,se is to become the Sove.
reign, not only of this City; but of the Country Of
Asehafrenburghi for which he is to pay a certain
trial l'a,uirr JZ millions of florins. The Arch.'
Chancellor and Eletlor is to be indemnified for As-
chaffetsburgh„'with the City of, and Cinintry round
Ratisban, which will be ceded to him by the Elec-
tor of Bavaria, who receives in return, the City of
Augsburgh, and the property of the, immediate No.
[silky of Franconia. For some territory which the,
KING of PROINIA gives up to the Arch. Chancellor,
he will receive, as an indemnity, 'the.uld
Imlerial
City of Nuremberg. The:whole firisgatt will be
given, to the Elettvr'of Baden, and its present Su.
vereign, Arch-Duke FERDINAND, will
be. iridettt.
nified somewhere else in the German Empire.,
• It is said that the EMPF Ito! and ErdieliESS Will
leave Mentz' to-morrow, the 27th, and that between
that Town and goulogne horses are already waiting
to carry the EarsizpK to his Army on the'Coast.--7
(Hague Courant.)
HAGUE, OCT. 3.—ACC&ding to a Letter from
Sr. Petersburg!), the CoNsTANTINE
left that Capital on. the 9th ult. to inspea the KW,
sian Troops in that part of PiAand belonging to the
Russian Empire.
The French Papers now say, that the fortilio-
tions of Mentz are to be demolished, am' tlie,iow it I
changed into a free commercial city. great ex •
pence': required to nognitnt its strength are salt
to be the cause of thii change. To strengthrp,
bovever, the French line, Frankenthal is to be a
fortress vf the first rank,--r(//a4Ne C‘artfst.)

STORTINQ LATIELLIGEArCE;

i.IMERICK RACES.

• THURSDAY, SEPT. 27.
Sixty Pound's for Three and 17 our Year Olds. Two Mile

Mr. Whaley's c. h. Little Harry - - 3 t 1
Mr. Hunter's br. f. Pandora , - - 1 3dr
Mr. Daly'., g. f. by Hero . , - . Z. 2 2
Mr. Crokers c. b. Superior - 4 dr
Mr. Molony's c. f. Golconda - 3 4 4
Mr. H. Lriscoc's.b. In. Emma - - 'fell-
Pandora bolted the 24 and 3d heats.

. . .
At starting. Emma was the favourite, and kept.
the lead, wizen, unfprtnnately, a Gentleman Tiding
across the coarse, came in contati, and both rider.
and.horses fell. The Jockey, was for some minutes
speechless. The Gentleman is also much bruise&
BRISCOR'S mare, it is said,,is rendered. useless.

SAIDAY, SEPT. 28.

Sixty Pounds for Five, Six,,and agetlies. Three Mile
, ,• .

Mr. BattersbY's b. h. Jerry Sneak - - 3 1- 1
Mr. Daly's G. h. Sweet Robin.. .. ../ . z , 2
Lord ilelinbre's ch. h. Traveller • • 23 3
Colonel Putt'S b. g: Harlequin •.. .- - 4
,Ar
•

AERONAUTICS.-

ON the 3oth of AUgust :Professor RoaeitTsort
gratified the inhabitants of Riga
.with Afte'novel
speetacle of an Aerial Ascension, he beirg the first
- that ever perfoemed it in that quarter. During his.
‘stay in'-that City, he 'opened 'a Subscription, by
which he very soon secured the. necessary expence,
as many private Gentlemen readily subset-died at the
rate of a hundred rubles and
.upwards. He ascended
at six: in the evening, not much favoured ;by the
weather, the air being cloudy and threatening rain.
There was no disagreeable accident, however, to
the great joy of the multitude that had assdmbled.
The Citadel.of Riga was fined up .for. the occasion
like a great Amphitheatre; the seats of which were,
let at a ;ducat, a dollar, and half a dollar. The.
ramparts, the roofs, and .ehimnics of the nearest
houses, and all .. the church steeples, were crowded
with spedatot;«,- A great- proportion of the itoptt.
lotion of Nlittau,' and other Cities, had arrived to
be •Speetators, among
,wh(o the most remarkable
were, Mad. M. A, M. VON KOTZPI3t/E,. and the
Aeronaut,
.GARN ER IN.' Mr. Roft ERTOON reached
a•height of
,4, zoo feet ; he let himself down about
three leagues from. Riga. '.Notwithstanding a pre.
vious notice hid been read from.the Pulpits of all
the-Churches:in the DistriO, the country people,
who are said to have fallen upon.theit knees when
the .Ralloon-Aescended, could not; without great
difficulty, be induced to lend him any assistance.:--
' One farmer, not far from Riga, intended to fire at
him, taking the Balloon, at a Aliso:ice,. for rare,
' game. It is said that Professor ROUERTbON iti.
tends to make,a second Aerial. Voyage.
BLANcHARD, who adyertikll that .he would
ascend at Marseillea, in a Car dra% m. by three
Balloons,. accompanied (ay his wife, aSeentlicl
on the 2d ult. at that place,' with a tittyle
• and came down again in ten minutes, to the no
disappointment of the Public.