The Sun. — 1802-10-02 (London, England)

DEAL, OCT. 1.  SAILED last evening on a Cruize, the fixes  Gun-brig. Arrived from the River, the William, and Dili gencc, Storc-ships, and remain.  Yesterday New-York Papers to the 2 Ist of Aug, inclusive were received.  It appears that the malignant Fever, though much abated,' still continues to rage at Philadelphia, Baltimore, and some other places. Jr has been the cause, as usual, of a great stagnation of trade, by occasioning every person that could afford it to 'fly for safety into the courrtry. Health O►fices are established as usual, and the Physicians appointed to them continue daily to give accounts of the progress of the fever, by stating the number of persons who are afiliaed or die of it. We are happy to find that their accounts in the last Papers are favourable, and the cold weather will, no doubt, soon stop the.progress of the disease for this .season. The Inhabitants of New-York have lately been much alarmed by the arrival there of three French Frigates, with a number of Prisoners or Negroes on board. The Mayor of New-York wrote immediately to the Commander of the division, expressing a hope that he was acquainted with the scrupulous jealousy with which the Americans watched .the introduction. of such persons into their country, and requested an assurance that no such people would be permitted to land. The answer returned by the French Commander was satisla6tory. Accounts from the City of Washington say, that the President of the United States is seriously indisposed.  From "Charleston,. -the, 3d August, it is stated, " On Friday last- anchored at: Fort Johnston, the French ship Danae, from the HaVannah; we under._ stand that this ship was a sloop of war in the 'British Navy, and is the same which, when commanded by Lord PROSY, was carried into Brest by the crew. She is now in the merchant service."  A report brought to Norfolk by Captain DAVIS, says, that about the zoth 'July every White Inhabitant of the Island of Tortuga was murdered by the Negroes ; that the mortient 'the informAtion was received at the Cape, two Frigates, full of Troops, were dispatched from that place to quell the Insurredion.  A Petition to Parliament is preparing, and is already signed by 700 Liverymen; the objet of which is to render void the last Election for the City of London.. It is set on foot by the friends of Sir WATKIN LEWES, with a hope of bringing him in on a new Eleaion.. The grounds of the Petttion arc, that thc Poll w irregularly rnnamSted, and contrary to the Act of Partianicut ; that the Proper number of Clerks did not attend to do the business, and that many of Sir WATuN's Friends did not poll, in consequence of the Clerks telling them the poll was closed. Thursday a General Meeting ofShip-Owners was held at the London Tavern, to take into consideration the Draft of a Petition toParliament, for the Repeal of the Tonnage Duty, agreeably so the .Resolution of the General Meeting of the zzd lone last. , The SECRETARY read the Draft of a Petition to Parliament for the Repeal of the Duties on Tonnage, and Oil and Skins the produce of the British Fishery, which had been been previously agreed to by the Committee, by which it appears that these Duties were extremely oppressive. Mr..l-Ixt.t. remarked, that the polite attention which the Minister had strewn to the Committee on their former application, entitled him to every mark of resped. He therefore suggested, that it would be most adviseable to apply to him for another interview; previously to their making . any application to Parliament.  According to -the Supplement to the Moniteur of 'the 9th ult. which contains an account of the Population of each Canton, District,- and Department of France, with the number of Members to be sent by each to the Elenoral Colleges, the whole Population of the French Republic.is 32,598,551. The number Of Inhabitants in the Department of the Seine is stat..cl to be 629,763, including Paris, the Population of which appears. to be only 536,850, considerably less than that of London. The Department of the North-appears to be the most populOus, the number of its Inhabitants being 774450, According to report several changes are shortly to take place in the French Ministry. The Marine and War Departments are, it is said, to be united, and confided to