The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-03 00:00:00

PROM THE FRENCH. PiiPE-RL

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.Pattis, OtT. _23.—r anatics of Impostnis ate
'wandering in diffetent parts of Frarkce, preachi,g the
end of the-world, prediCting misfortunes, and print,„
log. and distqltuting prophecies, containing the most
,:bsurd and terrible tales, which agitate or terrify
the lower classes of the people, who, from igno.i
ranee, are ready to catch at any thing surprising
Or.miracuicros. . These itinerant Prophets are pat-
' 'ticolarly busy in Belgium, in I4landers, in the ci.de-
. ivant German Provinces op this side of the Rhine,
and in the. Western Departments, where the lithe-
are.less .enlightened, ariM more superstitious.
than in other parts of France. l t is said, that the
incurrigible adherents to the desperate cause of the
Bourbons employ and pay, with British guitteas, these
Men, at present devout. Christians,. hut, in fad, scan.
dalous and criminal hypocrites.; many of whom, ten
'years ago, were the most intolerant Atheists, and
cruel persecutorsof the Believers in the Christian
Religion. The Prefect of the Department 'of, Lys
.i his caused three of these false Prophets to be taken
up, who, upon examination, .were found to have
been Members of Revolutionary Committees in the
reign of Terror, though now loaded with scapula.
ries, relics, Orayer,booki, legends of Saints already,
departed, and Prophecies of persons living &life of
jaNgity, conversing regularly .with the Divinity as
well as with the Virgin Mary, and all other. Inha,
4iitanta of Heaven. So great was their popularity;
and so numerous their adherents; that the _Gear
4/' Arnie: who arrested them, were twice repulse.! ;
and; after they were carried into the prisons of
Ghent, by their hypocritical cant they seduced the
gaoler, his,wife, and nth, children, to open the doors
of their priSon; aild to escape with them. The Po.
lice is now in search el them, and will probably
, soon distover them. They left behind them in the
gaol a bundle (pacoill/e) of prophecies,. in the
Flemish and French languages, which 'they had re.
ceived since theii itnptisonment, .as all their former
papers are deposited at the Police Office., In one of.
these pretended propheciesis foretold, that the next
winter will be the coldest experienced 'in France
since 1709 ; that a general famine will desolate all
the Continent ; and that, before the next ,spring,,
all the Departments between the Rhine and the.
Loire will be; swallowed up by an earthquake ;.
whilst a plague will destroy 99 tooth parts of the.
p.)pic between the Loire, the Alps, and the Py-
renees. From this short specimen, it is easily seen
th•,,t (be‘e terrible predittions are the offspring of
the fertile brains of British Heretics, or of Agents
in British pay.-:-(journal de ta,'Ays.)
The Emperor. has ordered the Colonel of Engi.
ricers, VILLEFOSSE, to draw a correct map of the.
whole Eleitorate of Hanover and the countries in
its vicinity. It will contain all the most advanta.'
setius military positions in the event of a Conti-
nental Wari and plans for eriaing.new Fortresses,
in "Case 'any attack from without should be ap.
prahended. .
The Ptivateer 'Josephine, of 44. guns, Fanny, 32
guns, and Madameiltbsrat, of 32 guns, sailed from
Boutdeaux near a month ago, and as nothing has
been heard of them since, they are supposed to be
deitinedfor the East Indies. It is said,•that the
Empress,*and their Imperial Highnesses Princesses
Loots and Mutt.vr, have each a two-third share in.
each Privateer called after them, and that they have
generously determined to give the whole amount of
their shires in the -prize-money to charitable insti.
tuticins. ,

A Vessel, with French. Colonists froni St. Do-
mingo, last from Cuba, has arrived at Nantes,, after
a passage of fifty days. These unfortunate wirer.
ers from DEssAL r VS enmities state, that the affairs
of this barbarian
,are in the most desperate situation ;
having made another attempt upon the City of
Domingo, and being repulsed with 'the loss of
3,000 men, the remainder • of his Troops became
mutinous, and left him to join CHILIsTOPHII, whose
popularity and Army daily increase. They consider
:the latter as feroeinns tie DESSALINES, but abler,
more anibitious, and a greater hypocrite. To en.
courage desertion from his rival, he has institut-
cd his own order of a Lesion of llomour ; with
which he has promised to decorate eves y de.
setter who' joins him before the tit of ORotier.,
As in his cundud. with the Whites of foreign
nations he is more political, and less savage,
than DessmANss, it is believed, that he is se-
,critly supported in his usurpation, by the English
and Americans, .whose friendship he. seems par-
tieularly to ct A' rt. Since the lite vigorous measures
off our Captain. General of Guadeloupe, which
declare all' Americans, or other Neutral Ships,
..trading with the Rebels at St, Domingo good Prizes,
the English, under the escort of 016r:11/len of War,
are almost the only Kation who carry provisions or
suCcours to the Blacks, 'and trade With 'them. A
Privateer froin Guadaloupe captured lately a Pirate
:Vessel .with Negroes from St. Domingo, the Com,.
minder of which wore the Order OIDESSALINES'S
legion of Honour. Before the IPiratei perished in'
the flames, the Captain-General ordered the Public
Egecutioner to destroy and burn, under their eyes,
this impertinent and infamous order of decoration.
—Such was, however, the fanaticism of these
Ombra, that, though tied to. the stake, they
never ceased to abuse the Emperor of the Freneh,',
.ond to exclaim, " five Desolin:,s 1"---(La Perak
. ,
The Negro Battalion in Garrison at.Mantua con.
lists of so9.men. They conduct themselves with
great propriety, but as they will not receive any
Recruits, their, number diminishes daily. Even
among these men, in that slistaoce front Great
Britain, English Emissaries haveperiet ;med. Withio
four weeks upwards.of sixty Negroes have deserted
into the Austrian Territory, where English Ships
are ready at Venice to, receive them.
•Gen. Joon.
DAN has written to Count DE BEI.t.EGARDe, the
• Austrian Commander in the ci.dewvir Venetian
States ; but as no. Catiel for the Exchange,
,of
French and Austrian Deserters exists, no redress
has been given.• The Govetoor 'of ,Manttia,
111141t40N caused,, however, on the m nit
five Negroes, rmsteard of intending to desert, and
holding seditious convetsations, to be
shot on the Ramparts of the Citadel.
MARY justice, it is to be hoped, wijl restore older
in this Corps; which, report says, as a punishmtut,
is ordered by the Emperor to do Garr;s .n Duty in I

Tome pare of t cold ii4,l inhospit'a
Alpt.

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region of the

The rich banking holm at Leghorn, under the
firm of NICOLA MARIA SA.,si, has stopped pity.
meet; It has failed for .fourteen millions of livrcs
(58c,0601.), of !hid' mnre than the hail is due to
merchants and- manufatturets at Lyons, who are
great sufferers, and, many of *horn will, from this
fatal occurrence, he teduced to the necessity of be,
coming bankrupts them,elvel.

Seviral divisions of the Army no the Coast will
change their positions ; hut there is no truth in the
report, that the Camps will break up, and the
Troops march into winter quarters.. They will
visit England before they sleep under any thing else
bat canvas.

It was yesterday reported, that the Emperor had
again set out for the Coast ; but,..npon fi.cloiry, we
found. that his Majesty was still at St.' Cloud ;
though little doubt remains. hut .that -soar a jour.,
ney will be undertaken, particularly
.as the Corona_
tion is postponed. The ruinot7is again c..inmori;
that the Expedition against Eutland will sail belore
that petind. - .

The Emperor, of China haS very lately...had' a
narrow escape from assassination : the poniard was
aEtually lifted against him in the presen& of his
attendants'; and he would have 14110) a vitlini to
the maliceAai the maniac, 1144 )1,1 one of the, Man-
dating luckily caughr the wretch', arm. The Em.
perot (.end it is stated as a signal mark of cletiseri.
cy) contented himself with only ()Meting the exc.'
cut ion of the assassin and two of his- son,

The fortifications on the western lights of
ver are-.now nearly brought to a comrletion, and
are of themselves, and in 'copal to their interior
acc,mmtidations for the Troops, most excellent, of
the kind. A very desirable wrkrk is now eominene,,
ing; that of cutting is road throng!) the chalk cliff;
so as to form an easy and immediate ctinnexion be.'
tween the heights and the town beneath, and which-
may, and without doubt will, indUce the
tants to extend their future buildings, hnih on. the
sides of the hilt a;id on
.the summit, within the'
lines.

Tuesd,y the last division of the It' ss col Crb.
matt}, Regiment of Militia arrived at Glaiow,
from Aberdeen.

A grand field day of the Cavalry from Canter-
bury, and the Troops from Barham Dir,vn., in con.
junetion,with those from Shurneliff, Was iorended to
have taken place on Wriday mntning ;on Swinfirid
Minnis ; and those• trout cariterboty,and,B4tham
Down. marched there aecordillgly ; but au i9ceefiiint
rain, .whiclreantinued tits. nearly noon at Sliorneliff,
prevented Gen. IVloottes.. Brigade from
them.

CANITIRT6CP, 'OCT. 3i..-.NC7M. ()AKE D.
of the University of Edinburgh, and A. B, of this
University,;was admitted a Fellow of o,:nville and
Caius College.
Yesterday waning, a battle, as wcll contested as
.any in. the .annals of pugilism, was fought in the.
Tarefield at Kilbtitn, between Handy, a Gent4:`
man's coachman, and "Aprity. , Niggler, at Padding-
ton, The combatants staked ten guineas "each, to
June Last, to. fig' for within' six mlnths. They
are tried men, and a hard, fight way looked tor';
the odds were in favour of the coachtn.w, wh,, is
known in the old pugilistiC school by the arelti.
tinn Of Young Ben,' At the commencement of the
fight each seemed Confident :of success. Sxne. Laid
blows were stmck by Anstey, most of which were
prevented from having effed by the. ch:an. stopping.
of his antagonist. 'towards the-middle of the 450 o::
Ilia the coachman seemed distresied, and beti be.
came eiteri. After dais Handy's courage and strength
seemed to have regained vigour, and he fought well
Until, in the. 54. th round, he received a blot'', nti the
.stomach, which rendered him incapable of rising,
and decided the contstst. The fight lasted one floor
find twenty minutes. Anitey was 'much Cat ibont
the face, but,,nevertheics3, seemed much plased in
having gained the viAory.. Sever.il "amat-e4:4'ivere
present. . • •

On Saturday last a battle was fought at Hunting-
don, between
.7ohlt Fs,ller, a Waterman, of Stand-
ground, and jahrs of GodmAncherer,'sbep-
held, when the former' was killed on the spot. 7—
Fisher has since absconded, and .a reward is ofnred
for his apprehension,.
On Sunday se'nnight.a daring an, of house-break.
ing was perpetrated in Ayr (Scotland).--Some vil,
lains bored the ducat of Mr. Mashie's honk, inn-
keeper ; lifted a back snick of the end of, the bar,
and moved it out of its hold ; went in, and took
Mrs. Mathicia pockets Imln under her head, and the
cash from her [stub-mulls pockets, carried a gin !Nide
into the kitchen, and drank the liquor, left a old
hat, and took away a nets one, and went off undis.
covered.

On Monday night a fire was, discovered in the
retail shop belonging to the cotton Fa Cory of Mr.
Hulbert, in Shrewsbury ; it is supposed to have
originated by an ember falling on a cat, iehich she
carried to bums pieces of Muslin in endeavimring to
extricate herself front the pain. By timely arrival
of the engnies it was prevented from, spreading to
the store-house and looms, though the goods in the
room where it firstkintiled, 'are either damaged Cr
destroyed.
At Bridgnorth Fair, on Monday last, Salt Butter
averaged about r t per lb.—Cheese, new 455. to
60. old 70i. to aos.—Flops,, of which the treitity
was very large, • from 31. rot. 'to 31. Iss. and time,
prime samples of yearlings at 41; tos. per cwt. •
At Cleobury Fair, on Siturdav ;ass, far beastoo
sink the offal, sold. from 6a. to 611. per lb. ; sheep
from SP. to 61,1. to sink, the 4E4; pigs stild at
advanced prices ; as did good,hotsea.
Died, a few days since, at Spofforth, in YOrk.
shire, after a long and painful illness,
with oceMplary fattitude, Ocoacii TRIPP, Esq.
aged 2:.,--Son of the. Reve'Dt TRIPP, and ' late
Captain in the 25th Regiment. of'Foor., it but
ja,iice to his memory to say, thit his manners were
,ioiable, and his heart trii!y-benevole;tit.)' fie "".49
resp-!cted and adored by his brotherollicera and.
S)idiers, and by who had the harpincis of know.
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tnmy.Lettpt to you, iettertOd in tour I/aPet uhf'
the tgth instant, I pledged myself, if it shouistEe:
found necessary, to produce undAiited rettitimny Id
corroisorate the Statement I then-made reveling
the. Meeting which should .have taken place between
•Mr-..80vr0n.-and Mr. F. BROOKS: That necessity
ig now created by the appearance of a Letter to the
Editor of the Star, from M. T. j; Naito, contain
ing' tt Statement which is irreconcileable with the
correftness of my own. It therefore behoves me to
thew, that the fads 1 therein disclosed are indii-
potable.
Mr. PARER has said, that he shall nut cornea'
on my Statement. How far lam indAted t4'lltatt
forbearance I cannot conceive. I tubmitted it • (In
the presence of a mutual Friend, whose written tes.
timony I have in my possession, but which, from a
delicacy I cannot violate, I hope nev-r to be under
the necessity Of publishi, gj to his periludi with ats
intimation, that it must he sent off by that night's
Post. After readiirt it Pridice vvre, ttt2 rett,med
it,'saying, he did not object to the'caMents there:
in.stated..

The Testimonies are subjoined, melted 1, j,
The stated times of the arrival of Mr. E. JL and
myself at the field in which the atm t.t situatedi.
and of our departure, ate ascertained by he Coach-
man; and our continuance on the ground, by MIL,
LER RtA,I44.23ELL; also by BERRY, to whoa! Mr.
E. liTtoon'Ovent us make 14,,nst, irquiries,
me upon theinArern side niche twenty.
five y Ards of the water, and where I had everty part .
of it in view.

. I cannot avoid stating .in addition: that . Mr.
PARKE and myself, accompanied by the same Friend
to whom •I have alluded above, went to the ground
for the purpose of ascertaining the cause which
could•havesprevented our meeting.
After the bearings of the Dam were accurately
taken by :the aid of -a pocket compass, Mr. PARKS
mid myself pointed. uut the different positions wc.
bad occupied during our stay-, my description per.::
teal), according with the Siatetnent I have-Arcady,
given try -the Public, and to the testimonies now.
suhmitted. pl ices which Mr. •Prtaits pointed
out, as thosewlh-re he, had been, are .not even in
the same field in which Mather's Darn is situated..
What Mr. PARK p-atated to he the 'east old, being
no part •of `the-existing' Dail, and from thence r:)
part (4 the. water •vvas -then visible. The place,
wheEe Mr..VAß•raisrateti hehad left Mr. BovroN,'
by subsequent admeasurement of Mr. EvEs, Sur.
veyor,. ;5 280 yards from 'the -nearest: part of-the
Dam. The plan Of the groUnd has been taken by,
Mr. zs, arid -v. ould h:tve.apileated siwild it 11457,0
been I±,odgiht.. withht the c(itrip4ai a Newspaper
, Jr dois. st,,t. appear 18' what watch
PAit h c W/ttliCted'r Mt. Banos, and myself .Werei
of course, g,Aetncd! tty thine,. as IJeviotitely agreed
.to by Mr. Naze .when We p,itted, .exaeliy ,at fives
o'clock.••• '
Upon my return to Liverpool called •at trty
lodgings, expeeliog to have teen or heard from Mr.
PARKE 1 but that notheing the case,,l went ictm
diately to his house for the purpose 'clan:l,ll;44
another Meeting.,

I hawriddretied .-yryti, Sir, I 'trait-, for trc lest
ticne..:, from feelings -natural to every, honourable
miod : I did live to have beets spared the pain of
any expl.warion be.yotlti my first StAtement I and it
is with deep o.gret I 'now yield to a necessity, the
.iors;bilit,r alone of which I once toniemplated, .I)qt
whitchl now feel to be imperious and unavoidable.

I am, Sir,
Your rtrot obedient humble Servant, '.
H. MAXWELL, Li‘qtt...Cal4
Liverpool,. Q I. 3L, r 804.

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lolth„S wirt,. declare, that at about half put five.
on T4esday evening, the 9th inst.- Lieutenunt.Colnnel Moo.
well came to my house in Williamson-street, and hired tny
coach which was standing ready .11 tit.e door. He(l6ol,iii rite,
In drive him to, Ltigli-stretri whichdid, and !nun+ Mr.'
Bilward.BrOolis waiting there, who Colonel Maxwell
in the 'cArriAge, and told we tti drive to
ing in: at the same time, if I. kneW. where it alter re-colledting myself a little times 'I replied .that I did, ttS 1 re.
malubereti.hairing skalted there. 1 then drove otlVery quick,
and drew up In. the Park-road'epposite teethe tipirrin hich
'Mathet's U.un is situated, where Colonel 'Nlitxlell And
,Edward HFouks ali;lited, went into the tilld -and walked to..
wards the Dam. 1 wall tiot'imire -than eight or minutes
in driving. , 1 waitpd.thcrc,,nearly ail houri. when :tire 64trte•
Gentleilieli returned area got into the coAchs.and I drove them
to Basinett;hireet, where I serthein th)srn
. • (Signal) • JOHN SWIFT.

NUA,MER

Oa. 20, AN.

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I,- Wilnarn Lass:.ll, Son to. Mr, Lassell, Wire•drawer at
.11lather's Mtn, 'cleelaie, that about six o'clock tut Tuesday
evening. flay 9th teat. 26 I Wll6 0411 ding •iti tot-111)41y mitt
.at the 'south .enti,ot DON
Vetitlerlicy caps up to inc.!, and One ot (whom' h laye
sitteeloamett-A,a3 -Air.. Edward. s), ,t3keti me it that
Was Mathers tO'WIIII.4I 1 answprw tn.4t it was. Ile
then said, " is ,there any other pltee of the same name?" t,)
which 1 answered No. After •Ilsis, he :faked toe if there
'was any plate ctllal Mathers Lane and I told itim tipao
was, and poitit:ti it out to him be.thurtmked inc itl 114 ti
&cell two other 'Gl:mica:a walkaig time t and I answered
that I had not. Ile.and the other Uentlentan then loft us,
anti I observed them. for ‘ollile time alterwards cvttlkwg rip
the sane grottnti ;,;I never tiaw any.other Gentleman on that
,
ground during that evening.
(Signed) 'WI t.LIAM