The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-26 00:00:00

F 1 2')Al THE LEYDEN GAZETTE.

RATISBON, MAY .--VVe ate assured that Cirj.
zen BActit a, the French Chargii d'Affaires, has
transmitted a new verbal and confidential Declaration
to the principal Comitial Ministers, signifying that
the two Mediating Powers will not delay their pro.
raised interference for the regulation of the Affairs
of the Einpire; but that in the interval things should
remain in the same state as before.

FRANKFORT, MAY B.—The Affairs of the Em.
pire, or rather the conciliation of opposite interests
of the German Princes, still remain in a state of on.
certainty and suspense. The public, at least, can
entertain no other opinion, in judging of the true
sense of Citizen BACHER'S verbal Declaration at
Ratisbon. We are curious to learn, on one side,
whether the Princes of the Empire will patiently
attend to this exhortation, and, on the other, whe.
ther the Chief of the Empire will abandon the exe.
cution of the decisions of the Aulic Council against
those Members who have seized the domains of the
Equestrian Order. Of the latter, Citizen BA.
cHER's communications seem not to entertain the
least doubt.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM PARIS,
MAY 15.
" Do not imagine that the Addresses of she Pre.
lea% express the opinions of the Departments and
of the People, more than the Addresses of the Ge.
nerals, the sentiments of the Officers and of the
diets, concerning the Hereditary Imperial Dignity
in the BONAPARTE Family. No, the fortncr, as
the latter, have either been extorted or bought from
individuals, whose ambition or cupidity will write
any thing, or subscribe any thing; and who have
formerly addressed ROBESPIERRE as they now do
BONAPARTE; and as they will du hereafter Lours
XVIII. should he be restored to power. The mass
of the French Nation is tired of the War, and dis-
. gusted with the Revolution ; but, at the same
time, as totally indifferent about BONAPARTE, as
about Mort EAT, or any other great men who have
figured in the Revolution. Though they want spi.
rit or patriotism to assert their rights, and to
publish their opinions, they have sense enough to
see, information enough to judge, and experi-
ence enough to know, that the return of order and
of tranquillity depends entirely upon the return
of the BourteoNs ; and that neither Senatus Con-
sultas, eitcrees of the Tribunates, or commanded
Addresses, can ensure the rank of the BONAPARTES
any longer than during NAPOLEONE'S life ; and that
those very persons, who have now been the first
to proclaim the Hereditary Sovereignty in his fa-
mily, will then come forward as the first pre-
tenders to his dignity, to the exclusion of his rela.
tives, persons foreigners in France, and who have
performed nothing to be tolerated, and less to be ele-
vated. Here exists a faaion, which BONAPARTE calls
the faaion of Generals, of which MASSE NA and MAC.
DONALD are regarded as chiefs, but to which neither
JOURDAN, ST. CYR., BERTH TER, nor even MURAT,
are strangers. The latter, though related to the Bo-
NArA.It TES, detests, as cordially, JOSEPH, LUCIEN,
and Louts BONAPARTE,RE MASSENA himself; but po.
licy causes him to keep upon good terms with Napo-
LEONE, who, in his turn, sees him without confidence,
and employs him from necessity only, not knowing
really to whom 00erwise to trust the important place
of Governor of Paris. This faction of Generals is
regarded by the Senators as very dangerous, and
they have therefore advised the FIRST CoNstn, to
exclude for the future, as much as possible, Gene-
rals from being Members of the Senate. The Tri.
bunes, on the contrary, jealous of the power and
pay of the Senators, court the disaffeaed, and svir.".
the Legislative Corps, desire in their body as many
Generals as possible ; and, it is believed, that these
tcwanoConstitutional Corps will, at any future "-
cy of the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, join
the faaion of the Generals to exclude all BONA.
PARTES from their future pretensions.
" Even among his Brothers, NAPOLEONE Bo-
NAPARTE looks upon JOSEPH as his only friend, as
Luc
i EN is his avowed opposer, and Louts is led en.
tirely by him.
As to JIIROME, he is in complete
disgrace with all his Sisters and Brothers, for having
married a woman who has Enghrb 4/ood in her veins.
General DUROC is vet the FIRST CONSUL'S friend,
though he envies
MURAT his place of Governor, and
TALLEYRAND his place of Minister ; a place to
which he has promises to succeed, should TALLEY..
RAND resign or die.
" The late Votes in the Senate and in the Tri-
bunate, report says, have been bought at the price
of one year's salary to each Member, taken from
BONAPARTE'S p;ivate Treasury, which, many pre.
tec', contains in diamonds, gold and silver bullion,
five hundred millions of livres. The same sum of
One year's salary is, besides, the reward of each
Commanding General, Prefea, or Bishop, who have
sent or send Addresses. The private expences of
BONAPARTE, on this occasion, are calculated to
amount to one hundred millions of livres.'

" Several thousand works and pamphlets have
been printed at his expence, and, with large sums,
distributed in the Armies among the Officers and
Soldiers, and great presents are preparing for the
day of his Coronation."

The seamen pressed out of the four East India.
men, viz. Charlton, Lord Gardner, Sir Stephen
4ushington, and Earl Howe, last Monday, at Ply.
mouth, ate, by order of the Port Admiral, to be
returned to theirrespedive ships to navigate them

round to the River, and then to be sent back to
2-that port, and distributed on board the different

men of war.

As Mr. ADDINGTON has comparatively retired
into private life, nothing can be more illiberal than
a continued use of those nick-names, by which he
was marked during his Ministerial career. The
merit of good intentions was never denied him, even
by his adversaries, and therefore they should at
least, on his demise as Premier, imitate Zanga, who
has generosity enough to say,
" And art thou dead—so is my enmity !"

A young man, a pupil of BLANCHARD'S, arrived
lately in a balloon at Cussionieres. He had been as
high as 2,400 yards, and much above the moun-
tains of Bagel. He was only four hours and a half
in making twelve !clues.