The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-14 00:00:00

PARIS, FEBRUARY 5.

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GENERAL BoTIR, CHIEF OF THE STAFF OF
ARMY
OF iT,
DOMINGO, TO THE MINISTERof
MARINE, DATE!? THE CAPE, 6TH DEC.

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",crriXEN MINISTER, ccotl4
The Chief of Brigade has desired me to %ilr 4" a m
of the events which took place on the ath
day-break the Brigawds, in great numbers, attack the
The General of Division, BRVNET, .WllO commanc:44 1'
let them reach, the entrance of the town, and when hI
sa
them in the ambuscade which he had prepared for them'
ordered them to be attacked-. They were then placed u`7l
tween the fire of the town smd an outer line MOO Generas
BRUNX T had caused to be masked. The anion was aurae
tained with great vigour, and in a short time the held of tat-
tle was. covered With the dead bodies of the Insurgents,
among whom were six of their Chiefs. They did not S
any of their cavalry. We only lost eight tn,en in this affair.
".General BRUNEI- praises the condua of his troops,
particularly of his Aid de Camp, fur whom he dawn&
sabre of honour.",

The remains of General laic LPRC have been re-
ceived with all the honouriof funeral ponii) in tholf
places thrOugh which the procession passed. On the;
27th of Jan. when the body was removed from Toiale%
to Marseilles, on board the Frigate La Cornelie,3ll
the Civil and Military Authorities of the distria,
all the Troops, and the Commodores of the SOO
and Batavian Squadrons repaired to the harbOur
boats, which were ranged in two lines nest the
Ship Sayiftsurc ; the body of the General was taken
out of this vessel, accompanied by his Aides-de'
Camp, and carried by Grenadiers of the Army
St. Domingo, on board a boat, entirely covered wi!.t
black eloth,,and having a grand awning hi form of 3
Sarcophagus, in which the colours, white and black:
.were appropriately blended. It was then conver"l
on hoard La Corzelie, under a general discharge O'
musquetry and ordnance.
1144 AN, JAN. 24.—The Vice President 1.13 S
• orkred the Constituted Authorities and the Office's
of the Troops of the Italian Republic to put on
mourning for eight days, on account of the death
of General LECLERC.

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RAT;SpON, JAN. 29.--It is at present in
tation, between the leading Powers of GermAnY>
organize a-new iheEklesiastical System of the Em'
}rite, which they .consider as necessary, on acCiaut;
of the great Clilang-ertiiiii'firiiiTieCimilY taken Pia-h-;
This measure is generally tegarded: as one 'of I,
greatest importance. Jr is at-htmed that the' rtli
cipie is already agreed upon, on which, in faturtc!
the Sovereign Princes i
-"tend to nominate
,tll*
Bishops and other Ecclesiastical Dignitaries, watt'
in. their respective territories : this is said to v..
that their jurisdielions. Purely Ecclesias.l'a
cal, that they shall. be responsible to tbe 50vuredTAt
Prince for all ads telative to funttiont)
no Bull Or-Oidonatit4 of the Por E's Jl4 be pup
lished, or carried into efed, without the pre"?
tetTito
approbation of the Prince vested with the
rial superiority : and finally, that the Papal, C„ct
trmation of Ecclesiastical Appointments shall '-
to
exempt from the grievous pecuniary tributes t°
which they-were heretofore subjeet. These 2fr,
tangementi induce us to think that the regalitti°ll;
of the Concardat of the French. Government hatv;
fixed the attention of enlightened awn. in Ce r,r111:11
and it is now rerded as certain, that the ""17-01'
Bishops will be placed 'in similar iituations; w'„f
regard to theitrespeaiVe Goveraments4 ils Mose-
France and Austria.

'Another important point is also under coosid'trij:
tkin, namely, 'a Diocesan Cireaensc 44;01 t,
,e
German Bishops; finally, a Nuncio front Or 14:14
is expetted at. Italidon, in order to negcliate,s,ro
the EMI' fi!tOß and the Fier, relative to. the tat"'
organization of the higher Orders in Germ")'
BAsLti, FEE
3 A considerable ferment sl
prevails in many of the Cantons. In the count-C:6
of•#,rne, and 'in tile Oberland, there have be
many ;cents of setions tumult,-between the Pea:%&
.
and the French soldiery. Many individuals n for
been killed, and General NET 11,1 s issued orders'Lc
arresting the authors of these disturbances, in `";.
to' have them tried for. the otrenees ; an't
Gene.quence several have been apprehended. The "
ral has sent some troops into the Oberland.
We have just heard that the:Helvetian D'e:
formed upon the princiPles estaillished by
n, Oe.ge,nif
ral Constitutio are to be as:sembled
on the return of the Deuties. kom Par's*, Ai'
first place•
boirrg„
r.
oreting, is to take in the :icy 0.
BkUSSELSs FE B. 4,—;They write from} ,f
that divers large detachments of cavalry and inif4n
try, which were last month under marching orders
for the frontiers of SWitzerland, arc ordered not tc,
Proceed ; they are, however, not to remain in garr'j
son. It appears, they.add, that, the Camp integyeig
to be formed in the new Departments oo ttlr
bank of the Rhine, is shortly to be fixed ,'",eoas
th
plait) of tindernach. The Flits.fiCoNsol. hu)•aear
CO visit those, parts in person, to inspea
fortresses established, between Mentz and tci'efrance
tiers of I-folland, and to see that this part of wilt
shall present a respedable line of defence. "„iatis
then he better. able to decide between the ,rsst„
given in for Oat purpose by General ANPl"7,hevi
.now Ambassador to England, and those furni;irac
by the Officers 'of Artillery, who were, sonicfiiie
since, sent with that. view to the bank' 46
Rhine.

The Literary and Philosophical Society of-Wdsv;
castle have, vet:), much to their credit,
resolution, to institute a LECTLIRESHIP
Ipti. PHILOSOPHY. Such an InStittitiOni
supported, might be veiy advantageous 1
to the ris,l P
,A 1
generation, if establisheck in most of the ca1).31
Towns throughout -the ffririgh Empire.
knowledge is: taught to boys, rather than o"ihuo
and scientific truth. The former may
to 4e Critics, and is a proper ornamental /410wletf,
for people of fortune ; but Natural' PhilosoptlY
ford, useful pr.,aiCal truths, calculated for the ce
neral body ut the people, and' the interest of
State. ' !ee°
Between the 2ISE ult. and the: 4th inst. e fit
Packet Boats entered Calais, with 41 PdsSeng
4114 nine quitted that Port with 143 l'asseq4".

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ROYAL MARINES,

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Henry Anderson, promoted, vice I‘l'Denald, ditto.

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The following Appointments have taken place in
the Corps of Royal Marines

• MAJOR.S.
Thomas SOLl,:land, from.liall-payi vice Spry; retired.
obert Winter, from I.lalf-pay, vice Archbold, ditto.
Thomas Lewis, from Half-pay, vice Andersoh, promoted.

CAPTAINS.
David Collins, vice Darley, Half-pay.
j.nes Maxwell, from Half-pay, vice Ball, retired.
Palmer Westropp, ditto, do. Foster, do.
Robert:Roe, ditto, do; Hopper, do.
Waldf 1 Tonne, ditto, do. Patten, do.
P;tilip Sturgeon, ditto, do. Colby, do.
:'• :.rd Parke, ditto, do. Wier, do.
Hunt, ditto, do. Simpson, do.
•crt Johnstone, ditto, do. Young, do.
;Ain Richardson, ditto, do. Flight, Half-pay.

CAPTAIN-LIEUTENANTS.
C• P. ‘Vingrove,lrorn Half-pay, vice Rea, retired.
Thomas Shepherd, from Half.pay, vice Boys, Half-pay.

On Thursday Mr. BALDNVIN, from the Selea
Committee, who were appointed to try and deter.
mine the merits of the Petition of JAMES DASH-
*W"°D, Esq. complaining of an undue eleaion and
return for the Borough of Shaftesbury, in the
County of Dorset, informed the House of Commons,
that the said Selea Committee have determined,

'---That Roe ERr HVitsr, Esq. is duly eleE'ted a,
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the
Borough of Shaston, otherwise Shaftesbury, in the
county of Dorset • and also that the petition of the
Said JAMES DASHWOOD, Esq. did not appear to
the said Seled Committee to be frivolous or vexa.
tious.

Mr. HURST being chosen a Burgess to serve in
this present Parliament, for the Borough of Shaftes.
bury,
and also a Burgess for the Borough of Steyn..
ing, has made his eleftion to serve for Shaftesbury.
In consequence a new Writ was on Thursday or.
tiered for Steyning.
Tn.inorrow there will be a Ballot in the House
°24. Commons, for a Committee to try the merits of
the Nottingham Election Petitions. A more
portant consideration, as applied to the Freedom of
Ele4tion, we venture to predol, will not come be.
fore the present Parliament.
In consequence of the absence of Gen. WHITE.
tocx, the Command of the Garrison at Portsmouth
devolves on Col. M nt tr.

Accounts are said to have been received from Sir
ROGER CURTIS, at the Cape of Good Hope, of the
troops having embarked from that place.
The Dutch prize.money for the captures at the
Cape of Good Hope, amounting to
.upwards of
250,0001. was more than nine months since paid to
the Agents for the purpose of distribution ; hut
three Surgeons in the Army having preferred a
claim to share in a higher class, the division has
been suspended : the Agents should on this, as on
similar occasions, reserve enough to cover the new
claims, and distribute the residue.

The Bth Dragoom, with the 22d and 6sth Regi.
l'l;e"ts, have left the Cape of Good 'lope for India ;
34th Regiment follows. The 81st and the 91st
.4vtgimentti are coming home.
, s3d Regiment, recently returned from the
\ltir is arrived at Shrewsbury.
Guar(' at the Naval Arsenal,,Plymouth, has,
fr,tm the Admiralty, .been increased from
.1,1 'Hulked men.

Opera on Saturday night, notwithstanding
t,Aness of the weather, and the indisposition of
sage of the principal Performers, was uncommonly
well attended. The increased exertions of those
that were in health, compensated in a great degree,
for the absence of the invalids.

The Hero of the North is the Piece that •is attri.
tuned to a son of Mr. DltsoND, the respeftable
Iklanager of the Bath Theatre, and; , from all ac-
counts, it is a produaion likely. to retied much cre-
dit on the Author, who, at a very early period of
life, displayed very promising tokens. of poetiCal
genius.--Mr...SatatonN, it sterns, zealously pa.
Unitizes this Play, and has promised to enrich it
+with a
.Speech in the' style of Rolla's celebrated
harangue to the Peruvian l?orces. -
On Saturday, the Society of the Prc.Nrcs met
for the first, time this season, at the ..Toitenham.
street Rooms. On account of the absence of several
leading Members from London, the Meeting was
adjourned for a few days, when a Committee will
be appointed. :for arranging arid conduaing the
Ainuscments of the Society for the ensuing season.
-The Sussex levels have been within these few
dayi visited by a great variety of••tv;/4„fotta.—We
have not heard whether there are amongst them any
geese that way have taken suing from

Lord DUDLEY ;tiU continues at Walley, ad-
ministering comfort to his Poor, by giving them
bread and meat to nearly the amount of i zoo lb..
cvery.Sunday.
.i.The Bishop of ',ITCH r ILD and Lord DUDLIY)
'have each given 3001. to the Fund for crating a
free Church at Birmingham. Mr. Bow LTON and
PENterat'rota give tool. each, and 'the other
sabseriptions am0u0t49,4911t
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t The: uprightnes.sAir Administration rebraing
the recent Trials for High Treason, and the
circumstances which led to those.Ttials has been so
manifest, that it has &aim forth the following
teotimony in their favour, even from a Print which
!centrally ranks %ith the 11306 C active of thejr Opp-
dents
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We are anxious that the eonduet of Government should
b...,:freed from the slightest 1111putAtion regarding those Tfials.
we feel It has been' such 44 the beat AdMilliStratlOP, MOO
Laat times, would have pursued."
Capt. Cati.cox, of the Navy, a very worthy
young mans was on Wednesday found. dead at his,
:lodgings, in Bath : he had arrived thete from Wind-
60r the preceding evening, in apparent health.
The average price of Brown or 'Muscovado Sugar,
computed from the returns made fot the week enaing
the gth day of February 1803, is Thiro.u:Ne Shil7
and Ont lidlf,eNni per hundred weight.