The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-07 00:00:00

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are assured that a French Frigate, an itit'sre.
turn at PortAuLPassage,_ has , brought the. happy
news that General RoditAiiiiaml had march,ed.
with all his Porces against the Black Rebels,. and,
had entirely destroyed, them. Twelve thousand •
Negroes are stated to have perished, and, it is add-
ed, that measures were combined with so much.
wisdom; that the loss on the side of the French was
very trifling.---(; rirnal del LanYti, of the 26th
of January.) , . ..• . .
A private Letter from St. riomingo,' dated the
ist of Decetpber, announces the death of General
WiTit.l;l, but makes no mention of any event simi-
larlo that above cited. .
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In the interval of the last three mOntlis, not only
changes of every kind are universally prevalent,
but various reports spread of intended measures,
which are as contrary to the principlei and.
views of Government as can possibly be coneeived..
Various,.couneils' are asserted to be held; and lan-
guage and sentiments of the Most absurd nature are
given .Co the different supposed speakers; On the
whole, we tan perceive nothing but the utmost sil-
liness; and. the absence of those laudable mOtives,
which, for nearly eleven years,,wete accustomed to
give rise to great events.
At present., false reports are 'spread through the
different Departthents ;—the objett is to alarm the-
Holders of National Property, whom they think
Should be liable to extraordinary taxation. All
this is done at the very moment when the Govern.
ment causes to he published in -those Departments,
the law relative to the save of .those alas, the pro
duce of which is destined to tit supply of the
t'aisse D'Antorth.ieMeni.
We think; hoWever; that the above measure will
have the salutary effed of undeceiifing the good
Citizens in the remote Departments.. The first
duty of the French peoplt.—the best pone), of the
•:ilways he to render secure, and to
preserve unotich,d, without distiglion, the holders
of national property. In fart, to have had confidence
in the RepUblic, at a time when she was attacked by .
all Europe, ,and to render private interest subser-
vient to that of the public, must be always merito-
rious in the eyes of the peOple.
In the Department De la Cote2-Or,. reports of
the most unfavourable nature are spread relative to
the troops lately embarked at ToulUn, We are
able to ease the minds of fathers of families on that
head; however; those should see that tlie-Ojetl ut
these reports is to retard the proceedings relative
to the Conscripti which are now .making its the:
department.

It is not ektraordinary that otir eneniics should
endeavour to foment sotpicions,. and create dist .tist
atnungst us. Good Cititens shotild be:. on their ,
guard with respe6t to all insinuations. Our enemies
should crc now see, that in spite of all• their. Obits,
the. youths of France flock in crowds to' the Ica-
clonal Standard to supply the places of their elders,
whole pariotism..and bravery they are eniulous of
imitating. •

In some of the Western Departments it is assert-•
ed that the Tax upon salt is about to he renewed
thi.3 year, and ihat the sUbjeethas been Uattally
(ossed in the Council .of .State. These reports are
false t every thing 4ffeeting the Departments of the.
West, which have suffered so much, for a long
time, engage the anxious attention of government.
We are happily so-situated at present as to render
additional tatation unnecessary; and the efforts of
Government ate direded to diminish, instead of in.
creasing the existing taxes.-- ( Alonitcur.)
The-pmsistort for the Proclamation of the French
Cardinals has. been held at Rome the ilth of Ja-
nuary; The Secretary of State separated the name
of PlinCe those proposed as Cat-
dinals in Waiting upon his HOliness, and for the
purpose of advertising them of their nomination.
According to established usage, the Prince jos-
TINIArtt has Artived for this purpose. A 3 he passed
through Lyons he Ali:livered his first dispatch to the
Archbishop of that diocese. In Parii lie .first went
to the !louse of the Cardinal Legate; he afterwards
waited bn the Councillor of State, who is charged
with all the affairs of worship. The Prince then
delivered iheir.tespedive dispatches to the Arch.
bishops of Paris and 'Rouen; 'who happened to be
in this city ; after which, in the evening, he sei
out for Tours, in order to fitlfil the like duty with
respeet to the Archbishop of that diocese.
His orders are, to transmit to each of the new
Cardinals the Pope's Letter, announcing their no.
mination and also Letters from the'different Mem-
bers ofthe Sacred College. •
When the Archbishops of Paris and Rouen shall
have been officially acquainted with their nomina-
tions, they will be presented to the FIRST CON-
SUL, in order to render him homage on the occasion.
They are, however, permitted to we.tr the Insignia
of their new:Dignities:forthwith. • .
'The Hats will be brought by the Prelate Do R tA,
whom His Holiness has chosen for the Apostolic
Envoy, and who was to have set out from Rome
ten or twelve days after the first courier.
VI ENNA, JAN. 18.--The extensive reforms which
have been made in the War Department,-by the ad-
vice of His. Royal . Highness the ARCHDUKE
CHAttLEs, are universally approved, indeed to a
degree of enthusiasm, not, only in, the Capital,
but throughout . the
.provinces. The troops,
in particular, are pleased with them. The Ofli.
cers of , several Regiments . have given fetes
on the occasion. In short, they •exelaini from
all . quarters, that the famous Aulic Council;
which by the ignorance, or the intrigue of its
Menibers, had caused the disgraces of our best Ge-
tierals, the reverses' of rut arms,
.and•whieli so often
shackled the Military Genius of Prince CHARLES,
exists no longer. The new Council is •to be corn-
posed of distinguished OfficerS, among whOrn. Gen.
IVIAcx will be appointed. This General hilts lately
been presented to the EMPEROR, and was favourablY
received, It. is said that the Artcuntreg will be
entrusted with all appointments in the Army, from
the lowest Officer to the•most exalted stations.

RATISBON, JAN.• 2t.—The Deputation came
to allote, the 19th, respeaing the contents of
the two Notes presented by the Ministers of•
the Mediating Powers, on the 18th. The Mi-
nister of Brandenburg adheres to the propositions
included therein. We have reason to hope, says