The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-25 00:00:00

JAN. 3r.

ON the 28th the Dragon and Renown arrived
}'ere from the Fleet, which they left on the z9th of
December, at which time the whole Squadron sailed.
from Ot istan Bay. Admiral BICE r RION with six
sail of the Line; proceeded for Malta, and the Dra-
gon, Renowa, and Monmouth, for this place. The
Monmouth has not yet arrived.
The Squadron were all well on the 29. th of De.
.t ember they had experienced some very severegaies
of wind whilst. they 13y in Oristan Bay, in which
several of the Ships lost their anchors and cables.
Yesterday a French Line of Battle Ship.and..five
l'ranspcirts passed this!, bound to St. Domingo.
.This day the Cynthia Sloop of War sailed for
Tingland, with Capt.'DODD, Secretary to His Royal
Jrlighness with dispatches. •
Sailed also to the Westward; the Ameridaii rd.
gate the Adana.
The Drqgoir and Rolo'llol. have gone into the
Mole to.repair.
An English Transport, with TroOps on board,
put into Malaga three days ago.

Captain bODD, Secretary to the DUKE oIKeNT,
is arrived in England, for the purpose of making a
representation td Government on the subject of ele.
ven Soldiers who have been sent home, after being
tried by a Court-Martial at, •Gibraltar, in .conse.
quence of the reldianciof His Royal Highness to
have the sentence awarded against them carried into
siren. The Soldiers will be at the disposition of
tiovernment.
The arrangement of the PRINCE of WALes's
Affairs, as far •as we can hear, has given general
satisfadion. It was a very difficult point to adjust,
aonsiderine• the high charader of the Parties con.
cerned, and it is. a proof 'of the Minister's wisdom,
Isyalty, and public spirit, that he his conduelei so
arduous an affair in a manner that will afford due
IPtendor •to the Heir Apparent, without pressing
soo heavily on the P,eople, or prolonging a 'nice and
delicate litigation. • •
•On Tuesday forenoon, on the Lawn, before Go.
verntnent Houre, PlymMith, was reviewed the first
time, since their return frOm FOreign Service, that
fine body of men, the 9th Regitnent pi- Foot, con.
siiting, Ih the field, of 750 efn.eti've rank and tile.
Major General Es:at:AND, Aid-du-Camps, and
Sttite, came on the ground at twelve at noon, when the reviuw commenced, and lasted nearly two hours,
The correet stile in which the 9th went throUgh
their different einlutions, firings, and manoeuvres,
taVe greatsatisfaftion to a:numerous crowd.of spec-
tatat's assembled on.the occasion, as the day was re.
warkably serene and mild: MajOr.Crerkeral ENG.
' t'4l, at the close of the Review,,l returned his
thanks to the Cornmanding Officer and the Regiment
for their steady and solther-like appearance under
arms. A giao4l dinner WilS given on the Occasion
at the-Mess-morn of the 9th, in the higher barracks
cif the lines.
The Commune of Orleans affords a, curious speci-
men of. French Liberty; in being obliged to apply
to G6vernment-for.permission to ered a Statue to
their famOui Heroine of foimer days ! !—With all
the ktiempts: of ,Revolutionary Zealots to change
Our Constitution, and with alt the contempt with
which French Politicians look upon that'Constitu-
iion,, we
.have the satisfy ion of knowing that.
Lincoln might raise a Btatne of the Devil, looking
°Vet it, as well as Coventry exhibit the Effigy of
Pis PING 'fora, without soliciting the permission,
• or -apprehending. the displeasure of the British Go.
.verrorient..
The Parish Church of. Marden; in Kent, was
..robh!l.,i in the 'night of .the 17th itiltant, of all the
Plate ta:longing to- it,: and the sacrilegious ruffians
,et:c:Ted undiscovered.

PATifS, Frs. tr.

-ACT OF MEDIATION

MA by. the FIRST CoNsur, of the French Re-
,public, between the Parties which divide Switzer-
land.

BONAPARTE, FIRST CONSUL. OF THE REPUBLIC,
PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, TO

THE SW I SS.

Helvetia, a prey to dissentions, was menaced
with dissolution ; it could not find in -itself the
means of renovation. The ancient affedionof the
French Nation for this virtuous People, whom it
had recently defended by its arms, and caused to
be recognized as.a Power by its Treaties; the in.
terest 6f France, and of the Italian Republic, the
Frontiers of which are covered by• Switzerland, the
demands of the Senate, those of the Democratic -
Cantons, and the wish of the mass'of the Helvetic
People,' have thrown. upon us the duty of .inter,.
posing our Mediation between the Parties which
divide Switzerland. The Senators BARTHELEMY,'-
kCEDERZR, FOUCUE, and DEMEUNIER, have-been
by us charged to confer With fifty-six Deputies of
the Helvetic Senate and of the Citiesaand Cantons
assembled at Paris, to determine whether Switzer_.
land,' federally constituted by Nature, might be
kept together under a Central Government, rather.
than by force; to discover the species of Consti-
tution which was most. conformable to the wish
of each Canton, to distinguish what best an_
steered the ideas which the new. Cantons had
forined of Liberty and Happiness, to conciliate in
the old Cantons the Institutions consecrated by
time, with the Rights restored to the mass of the-
Citizens ; such were the objets which were to be .
submitted to examination and discussion. Their
importance and their difficulty 'determined us to
hear, ourselves, ten Deputies appointed by the rwo
Parties, namely, the Citizens D'AFFRY, GLUTZ,
JAUCH, MONNOT,REINHART, SPRECHER, STAP.
PER, U4TE.RY, WATTIVILLi, and VONFLUE, and
we have compared the result of their discussions
,‘-ich the different projeds presented by-the Cantonal
I),putations, and with the results.of the discussions
which have taken place between those Deputations
and the Fenators Commissioners. Having also em.
played ,every means
.of becoming acquainted with
the interests and the evils of the Swiss, We, in
.quality of Mediator, without any other view than
that of the happiness of the People on the interests
of whom we have to pronounce, and without wish.
ing to injure the independence of Switzeiiaud, ap-
poin t as follows':

[Then follows nineteen Chaptqs, containing the Organi-
zation of the different Cantons of Switzerland. a separate and
distinct Constitution being assigned to each. J'

CHAPTER XX. •
FEDERAL ACT. •
CENV,RAL 'DISPOSITIONS.
AR r. r. The ro Cantons of Switzerland, viz. Appen.
zell, Argovie, /Me' Berne, Fribourg, Glaris, Grisons, Lu-
cerne, St. Gall, Schaffhausen„ Schwitz, Soleure, Tessen,
Thurgovie, Underwald, Uri,' Vaud, Zug, and Zurich, are
to be Federally United, according to the principles of their
respeaive Constitutions. They reciprocally guarantee those
Constitutions, as well as their Terntories, Liberty and.l
dependence, either with a reterence to Foreign Powers, or
the Usurpation of any particular Canton, or, the condua of
Faaious.
2. The Contingents,. either in Troops or Money, which
will be necessary for the due execution.of those Guarantees,
are to be furnished by the respealve Cantons in the following
proportions: ' •
[Here follows.the Quota, &c. which it is proposed each
canton shall furnish.] ,
3. There shall exist no longer in Switzerland Provincial
SubjeaS, florally species of Privilege, either local; heredi-.
tary, personal, Or appertaining to families.
"4. Every Swiss Citizen shall have the liberty of removing,
his residence from one Canton to another, and freely to exer-
cise his industry in any :, It is perrni tied him to acquire Po-
litical Rights in whatever Canton he establishes himsel&-
but he shall not enjoy, at the same tune, Political Rights
more ,than one Canton.

5. The. ancient Laws of Commerce, external or internal,
are abolished. The 'free exchange and circulation Of coin-
niodities, cattle, merchandize, &c. are guaranteed.—All ex-
clusive Commercial privileges are abolished iwthe Interior
of Switzerland. Thc Customs, &c. payableon the frontiers;
shall go to the treasury of the adjoining Canton? but the rates
and.proportions of these, shalt be submitted for the al'PriO-
bation of the Diet.

6. Each Canton shall reserve to itself the Tolls destined
for the Repairs of the Roads, keeping in order the Banks of
the Rivers, Bridges, &c. ; but the Rates of these shall, as in
the foregoing instance, be left to the discretion of the Diet.
7. The Monies coined in Switzerland shall be of a unitiarm
description, which is also to be determined by the Diet.
8. :No Canton shall afford asylum to' a CriMinal, lc ally
convicled,.nor even to one legall y.accused.

. . •
9. The number of Stipendiary Troops, to be supported in
any one Canton, shall not oxceeil two hundred.
to. Ali partial Alliances of one Canton with another, or
with any 'Foreign Power, is interdirled.
The Government, or the Legislative Body of any
Canton, which shall violate a Decree of the Diet, is liable
to he cited as rebellious. betore a Tribunal composed of the
Presidents of the Criihinal 'Tribunals of all 'the other.
Cantons..

IZThe Cantons shall poasess all those powers which art.
not qpressly delegated to the Federal Authority.

OF TIII DIRECTORIAL CANTON.

13. The Diet is to assemble by rotation, anti at annual pe-
riods, ai Fribourg—Berne—Soleure--4111-Zurich and LAI,
cerne. .
14. The Cantons ofwhich the above Cities are the chief
Places, shall in succession becolue, the Dirielorial Canton;
the year for those purposes, commences on the . first of
lanuary. • -
ts. The Dire&orial Canton shall provide suitable resi-
dence, and a Guard Of Honour for the Deputies; it also sup-
plies the ex p.nices of the Session.
t 6. The Moyer orilurgoinaster of the Direftorial Canton,
shall unite to those titles, that of Landainman of Switzerland..
He shall haye custody of the Seal of ,the Helvetian Repub•
lie. lie cannbt absent himself front the City. The Supreme
Council of his Canton, shall accord to him an appropriate
establishment, and shall defray the extraordinary expence of
his Official FunCtions. _ _

17.. The :Foreign Ministers are to present to the Landau'.
man, their Letters of Credence; or of recall; and must apply
to him, on all matters of .Negotiation.—lle has also. in
charge the other Diploniatic concerns.
18.-At the opening of the Diets, he is to"comtnunicate. to
thein the necessary information respeding tfte'domestic and
licireign concerns of the:Republic.
t 9. No Canton shall be allowed to call out or put in mo-
tion more than 500 Militia, until it shall have apprised the
Laiulaminan Of Switzerland of such an intention.

20. Id case of .akevolt in the interior of any Cautun, or
on any other pressing occasion; the Troops of one Canton
may march into another Canton : but this shall take place
only on the requiSition of the Supreme or Petty Council of
the Canton, which wants, such assistance ; and after taking
the advice of the Petty Council of the Directorial Canton.
the Diet, however, is to be convoked after the ccssationof
hosti tides, or if the danger continues.
-at. lf, during the vacations of the Diet, any disagreement
should arise between any two or more Cantons, they are ti •
address themselves to the Landamman of Switzerland, who,
according•to Circumstances, shall appoint conciliatory Arbi-
ters, or Teter the case to the consideration of the .Diet on
its next Sitting.
22. He is to make known to the Cantons, every instance
in which he deems their condi:et likely to interrupt .1 he
tranquillity of Switzerland, and every thing which .rakes
place of an irregular nature, and militating against either the

ril 6t, or their particular Constitution. Be may, in
;;as,:;, convoke the Supreme Couhcil, or that of the
geinei des , in, tho,se places where the Supreme A utho.
rit,' is immediately exercised by the People. -
VIC Landamman of Switterland sends, in eases of
need - Ins peetors, for the purpose ut exatnining the state of
the Lads, Rivers, Bcc. Where necessity -,lequires it, he can
direct the immediate execution of Public Works, and make
the necessary arrangements with reipeCt to the expences
thereof, &c.
24. .His Signature attaches a National credit and charaCter
to those Ads, to which it is affixed. -