The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-23 00:00:00

.DECEMBER z 6.

We have it from good authority, that the French.
Minister BACKER Will shortly deliver a Note to the
Diet on the part of the 'French Government, in
which the status quo of the Equestrian Nobility will
be pressed for. On the side of the EMPEROR, also,-
the cause of this Order will be strongly supported.
MUNICH, DEC. z3.—From Vienna they write,
that the Emperor demands 300,000 gilders, as an
indemnity for the expenCes occasioned by putting
his troops in motion. It is however thought, that
this is a greater sum than he has had occasion to
disburse, and perhaps more than he will obtain., It
should seem, that the affair of the Equestrian Nobi-
lity is likely to be attended with many difficulties.
The Eleftoral Court of Munich has indeed given
way to several of the Ear E ROIL'S demands.; but
this is not the case with respect to the status quo of
the Equestrian Nobility of Franconia, as to whom
the Eleflor has given a positive negative, abiding by
the refusal of Prussia and others. . ,

NUREMBERG, DEC. 27.—The disputes between
the Court of Munich and the members of the imme-
diate Nobility of Franconia., have suddenly taken
an unexpezied turn. The great majority of the im-
mediate Nobles have voluntarily submitted to the.
territorial superiority of the Eltaor of BAVARIA.
The number of the .V.)bICS of this class, who for
three weeks past hait'et'aken the oath ot. fidelity to
the ELECTOR, is ninety; and there is ia.idly reason
to doubt that their Colleagues will follow their ex-
ample. This
.change of disposition is ascribed in
particular to the communication made by Count de
THIERIUEIM, President of the Bavaro-Palatinego-
vernment in the Principalities of Bamberg and
Wurtzbourg, to a great part of the• Diet of the No-
hility, in regard to a Constitution, which the
EleCtoral Prime Minister, M. de MONTGELAS. has
drawn up for rhit part of the Equestrian Order.
The proposed Constitution will, it is said, be forth-
with made public. It is remarked,' that the Diet
has prudently avoided entering on this . so:jet%
which must have afforded a new cause for division in
-this Assembly.
ROME, DEC I is thought that-France will
acquire once more that full respeCtability and influ-
ence at this Court which it-formerly enjoyed: and
it seems 'that his Kiliness pays great regard to the
French nation, he• having not only admitted M.
IsoARD, a French Ecclesiastic, into the number
of Prelates, who belong to the person of his Holi-
ness, hut also appointed him Auditor of the Court
de la Rata. -

VENICE, DEC. letters dire& from Tri.
poli, we have received intelligence, that the Alpe_
rican fligate*of 44 guns, and 350 men, which kept
that port in a state olblockade,g )t aground in chasiug
a Tripolitan vessel, which set' sail in the night,
with a view to escape the frigate's observation.—
The crew made nutnberless efforts to get the vessel
again afloat, but in vain ; and were consequently
under the painful necessity of surrendering them_
selves prisoners of war.
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ITALIAN FRONTIERS, DEC. corps of
French troops; filial i 6 to 17,000 men, with a nu_
merous train of artillery, is assembled at Legnano.
and its envirans, delsrination is as yet a pro-
found secret. The foltifCations of Legnano are also
augmenting; and seviiirAew works have already
been erected before that place.

At the last meeting of the Antit;:atiin Society
was.read a letter of. Mr, jActtso, on the ancient
Utica, which was next in extent and magnitude to
Carthage,. and in the same culph. Here Mr. jAcK-
soN visited the subterraneous vaults, in which- the
ceilings were covered with bats of enormous size,
called by VIRGIL harpies, which being disturbed,
left their places, and nearly extinguished the flam-
beaux, and but for a lanthorn, the,eurious- visitors
might haVe been lost in the dark. In the same
ptace,Mr..JAcxsox found foxes, burrowing
in the
under-ground ruins. The air in these caverns was
Oppressive, but by firing pistols was much cleared,
and became more iespirabie.

TALLI EN .has, it is said, for these two last years
been occupied. in writing " The secret, military,
politicalithoral, and religious Memoirs of NA POL EON
BONAPARTE, pjliag himself the 00ftler117711:71t of
France for Life." These curious Memoirs were
finished and intended as .a Christmas.box to the
Frenth Republic. Informed by his spies Of this
dangerous .produaion, BONAPARTE ordered the
Prefer of Police—to make a domiciliary Visi? to
TALL apartments, where no capture was made,
but a voluntary declaration obtained . from TAL-
LI EN, that fntir copief were already
.deposited ;
two-by a known Royalist, and destined to appear
in Russia and England ; and two by a furious Ja-
cobin, to be published'sorn,e;zuh. ere else upon the Con-
tinent. This domiciliify visit took place, on the
6th of December lasi, at four o'clock -in -the morn-
ing. At eight, TALLINN received from 130N*.-
PARTE a car.irpt;sriozz, constituting him one of -the
inspeCirs
_over the French press, a place worth
40,000 livres in the year,-an iavitation to dine at
the Thuilleries, and a draft an the Minister of the
Treasury, MARBOIS, •fur 150,000 francs, porn ar-
ranger ses affazres.