Star.
London, England, 1802-11-11 00:00:00

SONAPARTA TO THE KING.

A report has prevailed for fame days, that Olt
FIRST CONSUL of France lately wrote a letter
his sj ESTI', upon the general state of affairs, ar..;
the dilcuffions between the two countries. It is
Paid that in this letter tome pretty feverc refleaiors
were thrown out ag,ainlt Miniiters,as being difpofed
to war,difturbers c..f the tranquillity ofEurope, and
guilty of employing money to excite revolt in
zerland. Uponthe ‘vhole,however,notwitlia
'•
.t.anng
exprcflions highly infolcnt and indccorous,the,,ei;.
ral tendency of thi. epi it le i s reprefented to be acific.
We mutt obferve indeed, that we do not pretend to
know or to (late from any authority that fuch a letter
exit's, Upon reading the manifetto of the Freud'
official Journal in oar pa perof fuefday,itftruck
however, that there was lome coincidence betweii
its contents and what we had heard of the Confular
epiftie. If it be tree, however, that the Co ;fist
has brought the fobjek9 into difcuffion in die filana
of a complaint, or, indeed, whether he has or
finee his official diatribes have done it, he has
traduced the topic very favourably for thole uhu
oppofe him on that particular queltion. In fad;,
what is his Tight to interfere in the affairs of
Switzerland more than that of Aultria ? fl(ah,
are pasties to the Treaty of Ltineville. Bat
is his title more than that of England? If it de.
pends upon pofitive treaty, it mull bethe Treaty
Luneville, nothing tut the Treeny off' Lunrville. But 16
far from authoriling him to inteifere, that treaty
exprefsly lays, that the Swifs (hall be cninni,tely
indepcnthnt, and have liberty to chufe fedi a
Government as they may think proper. Aware
of this, the Moniteur, with its ufual falfehood and
mifreprefentation, changes the word, and lays,
that it is the " exillence" of the Helvetic Republic
that is acknowledged. It is, however, the inde.
ptndance of the Helvetic Republic, with a fpecific
reference to its power of eflablifbing a Contlitu-
tion for itfelf, that is recognized. The FIRST CON.
sot., thereiore, violates the Treaty of Lunville.—
On the other hand, even if it were true that this
country had endeavoured to excite the people of
Switzerland, by exhortation or money, to eftablifh
a Government agreeable to themfelves, which by
the way we do not believe Miniilers to have done,
what right has the FIRST CONSUL to complain?
The one party has juft as good a right to in.
vice England, as the other has to invite France.
Indeed the former is, on the face of things, the molt
patriotic, becaule the interference of France mull
of neceflity de(lroy their independence, by de.
firoying even the appearance of free choice ; the
influence of England might have been falutary,
and never could have gone farther than was de.
fired. This is a molt important confideration in
any cafe where foreign aid is called in to fettle the
internal affairs of a (fate, if indeed fuch aid can
ever honeilly be reforted to.

Neither Mr. I-11LE Y Aooi NG row, nor Alderman
Corns, were at the Manfion Houk on Tuefday,
as erroneously (Wed, both Gentlemen being in the

count? y.

Although General ANDREOSSI did not partake
of the Civic Featl•, on Tnefday lafi, he had a full
view of the procetlion through Cheapfide. His
Excellency, M. OTTO, Mr. and Mrs. PORTALISt
together with four other French Gentlemen, had
a luncheon at a houfe in Cheapfide.—They went
early in the day, to avoid notice; part of the com-
pany walked, but the General and M. Orro rode
in a plain yellow carriage.
The Lady Mayorefs declares the Price of the
State Bed is not to be complained of, and it muff
be allowed fhe is the befi judge.
Lord BARRYMORE arrived yeflerday in town,
as did alfo Lady BOWYER from Wales.
Lord YARBOROUGH arrived ye(lerday at his
houfe in Arlington-fireet. He will fet out in a
few days for Venice, to visit his fon, the Hon. Mr.
PELHAM, who is dangeroully ill in that city.
The Honourable Colonel BLIGH arrived yell
yetterday at Lord DARN t. sy's, in Berkeley-fquare.

Lord CARYSFORT and Lord PROSY refide at
Lady WYNNES Upper Bi uok-Ilreet, until their
own houfe is finifhed.

Lnrd LOWTHER, eaclulive of the donation of
501. (lately mentioned) Las further patronifed the
Whitchaven Difpenfary, by an annual fubfeription
of ten guineas. His Lordfhip has alfo given, to
the town, the premifes in Lowther ftreet, (lately
rebuilt) commonly known by the name of the
Reckoning Houfe ; which are intended to be rail-
ed another ftorey, and fitted up as a coffee room,
library, and dancing room.
There are at prefent thirty young Ruffian Gene
tlemen in England, feleaed by the Emperor to
receive their Naval Education in our fervice.

It is hated in the Leeds Paper, that nearly 1500
perfons have, in that town and its immediate vici-
nity, caught within the lall eight months, the in-
feFlion of the preterit contagious fever.
Between Saturday night and Sunday morning
of the 3oth and 3t ft ult. the weather being very
as:limy, a great many of the glaEs of the light-
houfe at the mouth of the Tay were broken, and
the lights extinguithed. It appears that this had
been done by a number of birds of different fpccies,
fuch as woodcocks, martins, Ilarlings, &c. who
had either been feduced by the light, or forced
by
the florm to fly againit it, as feveral of them were
found within the lanthorn. The occurrence is tin-
gular, hut as it might have proved fatal to fhips
by the lights being extinguithed, care tbould be
taken to prevent the like in future by their outer
trellaces, or other mode of defence.
Yeflerdav morning, about four o'clock, a dread-
ful fire broke out in Blackman-tireet, Southwark,
at a Cabinet-maker's, of the name of Malley,
nearly oppolite St. George's Church. It happened
very unfortunately that a Tallow Chandler's Ihop
adjoined the premifes, the hack part of which ado
took fire. The timely arrival of a number of en-
gines, and a plentiful lupply of water, prevented
the flames from extending beyond the above pre-
miles. The damage is ftated to be confiderable,