The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-03 00:00:00

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By an Arreti: of the Consuls, of the 24. th inta.
Chamheit of'Conanter e are established in the Cities
of L.,Pis, Rouen,Bourdeamx, Mgr:id/eh-Bruise's,
Awirverp, Nantes, Pank;rk, L;sle,.Majence;:

Avignon, Strasburg, Turin, Montpellier, Geneva,
Bayonne, Toulouse, Tours, Carcassonne, Amiens, 4r4
Ha. ;u're. TheSe Chambers are to be composed: of
fifteen Merchants in those Cities the population
of which exceeds 50,000, and of nine in those
the pOpulation is less than that number,
• clUsive of • the Prefeet. or -Mayor, who is to be
en...cSrig the Presidents The same Arr'et6 also
'estabtishes a COuncil General of Commerce at Paris,
the Members of which ;are- to •be elc4ed by the
Chambers of Commerce. •
:A 'dreadful accident happened this morning in the
Menagerie of the.Gardenof 'Plants. A person who
• was viewing, the wild beasts, put his hand: between
the bars, arid parted the tyger upon tht head ; the,
:mind received his caresses with great gentleness,
and licked his hand. Encouraged by this,' the,unr
ii~rnt,~ ire man thought he might nse•the same fami:
Early with the lion, bat the ferocious beast seized
Trim by the arm, and tore it in 'so dreadful a man-
ner,
as to render immediate amputation necessary.
,CONSTANTiIioi`I.E, Nov. 4..—The English Am_
.. bassador continues to have frequent conferences with
the Refs EFFENDI, but that Minister will not
tl,-..eide before he has consulted the Ambasiador from
Rassia, who exercises at present the greatest in in..
iluence over the Porte. The navigation of the black
Sea is no longer. tl e subjea of discussion. Lord ELGIN.
•
proposes an„Alliance between, Trerkey, Russia, and
Great Bp.tain, of which the principal objet'} is to
• pevvent a Desiient upon Egypt, ancl to Prevent the
l'oriefrom-granting to any Power the privilege of
!!:.1:11g. Troops through that. Country.
The,re is reason to'believe that England will fail
in this enterprize, at least for the present. • Hti•
I iig lICS3
will riot
accede to the overtures'
of .Lviand, and erence 'having guaranteed the in.
tegr.ty of his• States, it is natural that' he should
.
hesitate before he takes a part in. any Coalition
Which may excite the distrust of that
On the other side, Citizen RUFFIN, the French
Ckarti de /I.lfairer,4insjoys great consideration
• at the- Porre, and follows with attention the
steps taken by Englavd. with oar Government :
now occupied
c‘wl-.11 the Indemnities sti.
• pulated by the Treaty of Peace in favour of the•,l
French Citizens established in Turkey, and..
whose property "was confiscated by the Porte during'.
the War. .
Aceoiding to the latest intelligence front Egypt,
the Rehe;s have been weakened, by the defedion of
Otiratt
,who has gone °Ver with his• Troops
• liticit'A of CA,IRO. The other Peys have re-
riested.the medi:ttiottof General STu-ART, but that
(-'ll-cer ias refused, confortnably to•hisinstruetions,
-tu intermeddle with. the Porte,
4/ct4litittotti I)Ec4 17.—We are assured, 1110
:Ert!giur insinuations at Petersburgh and
wilt( view to a Treaty, of Alliance, but
;he hitter ea.binet is decidedly adverse to an alliance
‘VhiCh'tv't:orld:give umbrage ,to, the Government of
The F,rench,,iepull.lie, of which it has . no reason to
complain, all 'the .dil!lculties relative to the Plan of
Indemnities-having ben settled, and the Plan hay.
Jug . been modified in a manner sitisfaddry toAtis-
'' Aria. The. Archduke', CHARLES has had .a -large
share in promoting this decision. •• • -••
RATISIION, DEC, I7.—Tlic.lleliberations of the
Diet on the keen' of the Deputation, will be Open.
td on the,7ih of January. The Deputation was on
,the :point of adjourning, in .Consequeticeof the stag.
si4tion of the business entrusted to its charge,..biit
113-1 I CIEVECIA every day to receive some important
communication, it has resolved to assemble Whew.-
.• • ,
ever it Shall have rasher .to deliberate upon.
.11.41414, noel. E I.
tor, of aFYNERi I.
German Gazette at Berne, has been aiain.
arrestO, for inserting in his journal, a Satire
•
against the Minister and General in Chief NE.Y.
VIENNA., DEC. 16.-,21t is now supposed that the
City of P 1137114 will be allotted to Ole GRAND DIME'.
447.1.USCiyNY. This supposition rests upon the
wound, that all the Princes and. States that ltave
had Indemnities granted to them, have already
taken possession of those Inclemities. It is riots.
therefore, probable that the ELECTOR of DAVAR I A
would have suffered fifteen days to elaPse,,. without
labial the Evacuation of •Pclrs'er.o, if that City
had "Pi .heetri:liken out of his portign of ••Indernni-
ties hr,sorne'llierior arrangement.
PRA.* tc:ru-)- tta.,,. DEC. iS'again stated, that,.
the AiCiiHD.IJIGR CHARLES 'Wlli go to .Paris clext
S The ENtps sOtt, who' at first opposed
;•,. has at•length given his consent. .
• I)ECEMUIR 21.--Some of theCorttinenta.l Papers.
• 4ittev that the Pays de.,..Patd is to be united to, the
I • -'ir,tOn of Fkibourg, and the ra/air to form an In.
•••
f . •71)endent State, which to he called the Republic

I.

of the Rhone. This report, however, does not Sp-
pea r entitled to much credit.

GENOA, Mc. t t.—We are informed that great
preparations are- making for war along tl'e Barbary
Coast, and that 0n.,. the gtli November, five ships'of
war sailed from the Harbour. of Trim is. One of
them was wrecked near Prdo. The crew, consist.
ing of 86 men, were made prisoners by the Etrit.
rian Troops,' and conveyed to Llhorn after a slight
resistance. The English Frigate the Prpvgantear.,
rived at Porto:Rbe on the 2oth November. She'‘had
sailed from Malta eight days before. The Cap.
rain states that an English Fleet Was, ctuizing otf
the Island of CorsiCa, and th'at within the last
month several English Ships of War and Transports
had entered the Mediterranean.:

DECEMBER is.--A very, extraordinary event'
has destroyed more than two-thirds of the village of
Mk:nem/it:, near Oneille, consisting. of .8o houses,
and'abcmt 4.06 inhabitants, and situated in the midst
of .a fertile :and well cultivated land, abounding With.
water. On the 2za of Nov.. they perceived 'r;ear:
the 'church several extraordinary cracks in the earth.
Rain contitiused to fall all night ; and,on the ifd,
at break of day, an enormous mass of eatth pit it...
self in motion at the top of the mountain, .and drew
with it the level ground at the bottom. The:rOof of
the Church fell first, and then fifty-seven houses
gradually one after the other. This melancholy
scene laited all day.

During the night the earth moved insensibly, and
transported more than zoo paces from their former si-
tuation, the ruins of the houses which had been thrown
down ; and on the 74th, in the morning, the
houses which remained standing-, were surrounded
by a perpendicular precipice fifty toises in height.
Vines, gardens, olive plants, all giving way to the
weight'of the moving mountain, were carried into
the neighbouring torrent.
The earth has found support against a rock in the
territory of Bestgs-no, and has covered the bed of the
torrent, which now-forrni a wide and deep lake. One
of the -best cultivated mountains is now a naked
rock.' At the'bottorn, for the space of 4.000 paCes in
length, and i 000 in breadth,. there is nothing'to he
heen but a mass of ruins, trees' torn up, and • the
earth filled with lakes and ponds. On one side are
a few houses which remain standing, the last re-
loge of the population of the village, from whence
the inhabitants may contemplate the ruins of their
property, and the devastation,of their 144144

The journal des Depiaturs. of Tuesday last con-
tains the following article " There is now pre.
paring in the Palais tie Justl'ee, in the grand Saloon
formerly called f)eS Libraires, where the Grarid
Judge is.to sit, a Chapel, placed at one
.of the ex.
tremities, opposite to the stairs ascending to the
Tribunal of Correction.----AmOngst its decorations
are four lonic columns, Which have been restored
for this purpose. This Vast hall is *divided ir, the
middle by arcades, which are covered with superb
tapestry, from the manefaEture of the .Gobelins.—
The place is 'the same where formerly was celebtated
,the Mass, known by the name of La Masse RoUge.-
A place is prepared iri the same Hall for the put_.
pose of containing a- great numbee of.Musiciiins. In
chat part of the Hall whielrbelonged to.the-Tribunal
cf. Appeals, opyosite.to the Jedges, there arc a num.
her of ascending .seats, evidently reserved fur the
Constituted -Authorities, to be ',invited to a Crre.
mo 7, which, judging' from the preparations that
have been made, will be heightetied by a degree of
pomp suited to its importance !" •
Letters have been received in town from Halifax,
which state the arrival at that place of His Majesty's
ship Chichester, on the 17th of November, un.
de; the charge of the master. She left Jamaica on
the loth of the same month ; and on' the second day
:after her sailing, the yellow fever made its'appear.
ance on board. Captain STE V P NS, the Commander,
the two Lieutenants, two 'Midshipmen, the Boat-
sWaio, the Surgeon, the Surgeon's Mate, twenty.
seven seamen, and twepty-nine soldiers of the 85th
Regiment, fell a viuiin to its dreadful ravages.
The ship, on its arrivol at Halifax, WAR immediately
Put under quarantine, anti proper medical assistance
afforded for the relief of the sick, who were greatly-
recovered when the letters came Away. She was to
sailifoi England as soon as the health of the surviv.
jog part of her crew would admit. When the let.
ters were dispatched the fever had entirely sub-
sided. •
The DUKE and DUTCH RSS of YORK were at the
Ball` at the Upper Rooms:at Bath On Monday nighti
His Royal Highness returned to London MI Tues-
day, and on Thursday, the' DotcHESS visited the
Lower Rooms for the first time.

It is stated in a ,Paper of yesterday, that the
account given in most of the London Prints of a
dispute which occurred at a late meeting of.lhe
Harmonic Society at Exeter, between Lord C---a
and,,Mr. TONIC' N, is in some material points in.
earreit.—His Lordship, it statedj, having been
in the room some time, happened, by accident and
ignorance of the rules of the. Society*, to stand a
few paces within the space allotted to the IVlan'agers:,
ane of whom for the night was Mr. ToNicrttyliiiid
from, whom, in consequence of this inadvertence,
he experienced much unprovoked incivility. His
Lordship immediately left the room, ordering that
his name might be taken from' the subscription
book.—lt is added, that his Lordship's condua
has met the approbation of every man of rank and
respeetability in the county ; and that at the second
meeting of the Harmonic Society, 401Ile further
oraams from ritc book* took place.

THE QUE.E.Ps 13.1 LE, 4T FkOGMORE.

ON Saturday last. all tlYe-ykponger brandies of the
different Far;ilies of. the Nobility and Gen }y resid.
ing in Winitsor, 'anti its immediate ykinity, were
employ cd in making preparations for the Ball,
to which IkI*.f..MWYES'TY hal invited, them that even.
ing. About 256 clrds were issued. As theQUEEk
intended that tIA4 parry sliduld be an early one, the
ROYAL. FAMILY diucd befOre

'4s previous notice hatLbeen,given or HER MA-.
JESTV's intention, the company. from six o'clock to
seven o'clock proceeded in their carriages to Frog.
more A 'feW minutes aft-...r seven the ROYAL FA-
r.tt LY, in two coaches and four, left the QUEEN'S
'Ledge. to the first carriage went THEIR MAJDSTI ES
and the PRINCE of 'WALE9; in the other, t.he PRIN-
CESSES ELIZAI3 um, AUGUSTA, SOPHIA) MARY,
Al+41;I-A, and the young` PitiNccss of. WALES.---
On the arrival of these august Personages, the 'tall
was opened With the fo.vattrite dance of Therrince'i
Fancy, :by the Princess CHAR L witE of WALES and
the Marquis of DOWNNIIIRE, a boy of abont .ten
years old: About a dozen couple followed. In the
-second dance,- Speed the Plaugh. Her Highness
daisecd.. with the Earl of PELAWAR, a but aqo.;
4next with .Lord CRANBOURNE, the son`of the
-Aarquis:of SAL usi ; and lastly wirlyLord-VAL.
'2/,,ETURT, the eldest son of the Earl of MOUNT
EQCCUMBE: In: the second dance two sets were
..formed, of about fifteen couple each.' To make
room for the company the.mtisie was removed. into
'an inlyipinkapartmeni, separated only by p trans-
parency, produtftion of the PRINCESS ELI ZA-
BEM

About ten -o'clock the music ceased, when the
visitors were ushered into the adjoining 'apartments,
where, rtir.shryients of every kind were set out in
rlie•ornt degatit stile for ,their aceoinititAation. At
eleven o'6o:A the ROYAL 'FAMILY departed for
Windsor, and the comp my srparared as soon as
they could get to their carriages. The PRINCESS
,CH AR L o'l T ilisflCCd with wonderful grace and ele-
gance, and was .much carcs,ed, by the KING and
lietween every dance she ran to the
Pt;,Ece and kissed'hitn, His-Royal Highness ap.
Peared inueb
,delighicd, and returned her endear
-
Merits by..tliV'Most atil%iionare behaviour. The
PKINca supped. with the ROYAL FAMILY' at the
Queen's.Ladge, and shpt in his splendid suite of
apart inents'in the Castle..
HER IVlAlisry remarked in the Ball-room, that
she never saw assembled together so many fine
children : an observation likewise made by the
KING and the r!tiNCR. , Their :ages were mostly
from eight to ten. The young ladies were dress-
ed in muslin frocks, with pantaloons or Turkish
-trowsers, and Ity.iked remarkably well. 'llia frocks
were very slum,
The QuEEN and the PRINCtssEs were dressed in
plain white
.intislins, with plain headdresses,
diamonds. ' The.Kixo, the' PRINCE., and all
Gentlerrien, wore the Windsor Uniforrn. Attong
the company present were Ludy A.1.E1 cympEk-
LAND, :ird family ;.roimtess of DE LAWAII,
inily ; Bari.:iess HowE, antifamily ; Sir WM. arid
LAiy PITT Lady CHARLOTTE WEST; Sir R. and
Lady ,WlLs:orr, and family;' Mt.JunN SVLLrvArr,
and family.

SALOMON means,
_we understand, to resume his
Concerts this winter upon a :grand scale, under the
auspices of the PiINC t Or WALNS; by whom he
has lk;;en warmly patronised during :the summer, at
Brighton: §ALOMON, of course, will have the ad.
vantage of musical imvellies of the best kind, Trent
Old.h.cfmonic Al j, HAYDN. - •
A newly invented instrument, called Harmonic*,
composed of glasses, very curiously fired in a
nialtogany.-frame, huts been introduced at Brighton
.try. l;:troni\'lt.t si usE«t: the sounds of' it are equal
to. the sweetest melodies. of
,the Eolian Harp.
The glasses, *416 ate without bottoms, are fixed
on a metallic spindle, in an horiiontal. diredion
one ,within the mho, and are nicely contrived, by
a pedal which the loot rests on, to Le kept in a
circular motion, like the barrel .of an organ, and
with the
.slightest touch at the linger, protluce the
most e,:quisite harmony.

The profits of Drury Lane Theatre, for the pre.
sent season up-to Christmas, have been fir above
what have been-stated in the Public Prints. It is
to be considered-also, that if the Managers have,
for the present, lost the powerful support of KIIMB L
and Mrs. SIDDONS. they 'have at least saved the
amount of their salaries. The same may be said
respecting BII,I.INGTON.
It is very much .to the credit of the Board of
Management of Drury Lane Theatre, that they ac.
cePt nu requital for their services. Considering the
vast anti u9tiVoidable etpences attending that The.,
acre, it is laminate in getting into such disinterested
haro4..
Sump, we understand, is really employing.
himself in an Opera for Drury.lane Theatre. The
talents of this,'charming Composer have too font
been lost to ,the Stage.
Miss IVloarmea, whO has been displaying her'
musical, talents with great -suceeSs at Oxford,- and
other:places, Lira daughter of: Mr. Matt-timtk, fir
Merly:Member forShaftesbury', and whose fortune
Was once very considerable: She is a .very amiable
and aceomplished young ladyi, and possessed, we
hear, of very promising talents for cuntedy. .
Oar Lady 'of Lirato," who, -a fe,w...yc.,trs ago,
was set .en the French, and has since talon into
the hands of the Pops, has-it seems been restored
by the. Holy Father to its original situation; The
French, no doubt, in their zeal for the airxplicity
of reli um, , when they Alit 'dbtai'pe4 possession. of
the Venerable imegeektepriia it of all its cost?, tie.
corations. -

The watermen have avlength, by their insolence
ant! e,xtortion, brought.-themselves within the rawer
of lepi regulation. 'These fellows hot long twd
the tide in their frvotir, but their fears of the. law
make them at present seem etl44,lground,
Lord Wattwlces sao mitre is a 'good security
against his getting into the suds, though it has al.
ready brought upon his Lord,hip, through the me_
dium of the public prints, a great deal of froth.

. William Francis wiis committed to Bristol
well, a few dap since, for uttering A for4ed pot*
a the Bank of England, value