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FRANCE. PARIS, DECEMBER 29. A (hock of an Earthquake was felt on the 7th intl. in feveral Communes of the Department of l'lfere, amongft which may be mentioned thole of, Saint Antoine and Saint Marcellin. In confequence of the difpofitions of the decree of the Confuls, relative to the contraband and fmuggling of prohibited merchandize, feveral de tachments of Cavalry and Infantry are about to be put in motion in the Departments of theScheldt and the two Nethes, in order to prote& the double line of Cuftoms ellablifhed on the Frontiers of the Batavian Republic, as well as the line ebb tilted upon the Banks of the Scheldt. The fame operation is to take place in the line above Venloo. FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. RATISION, Dec. B.—The Deputation of the Empire held its thirty-third Sitting yenerday.— The Sub-delegate of Bohemia, M. SCHRAM r, gave to the Protocol a very important Declaration, in which he highly difapproves of the Reps taken by the Milliners of the Mediating Powers, in having themfelves communicated to the Diet of the Em pire the general Recefs of the Deputation, and the decrees it contained. He concludes this Declara tion in the following manner :—" After the Ripu lation by the Minifters of the Mediating Powers, the Deputation can no longer delay to addrefs a general Report to the Emperor and Empire. The Report ought to make fpecial mention of the pre fent &nation of affairs, together with all that Rill remains to be done, in order to complete the la bours of the Deputation. It ought alto, in confe quence, to comprehend the claufes of which the infertion has been called for by the Court of Vienna." The Diredorial Miniver opened the . Protocol with refpe& to this Declaration, but at prefent none of the Members of the Deputation have voted upon it. CONSTANCE, Dsc. 55.—Mr. MOORE is here ; and has continually conferences with BACHMANN. Some troops ate mulled and put upon half pay. Mr. Moons has difpatched to London a perfon named Rooter. The Landvagt WACKER is alfo at Conllance. He confers every day with Mr. Mooas : the latter lives very Atired. Captain Vsanaausit.t.sa has begun to enrol for England. A difficulty , has arifen on this fubjed with the Auflrian reerniting officers. Mr. Moons is Prefident of the Comtnittee of Conflance, which is compofed of BACHMANN, Captain Weamsa of Berne, the Landaagt Wacata, Captain VARDER MRILLtR of Zurich, Lieutenant BRATER, General Rmasum, two Englifhmen, and Emigrants of the army of Conde, who refide near Conftance, and Madam DIRSBACH, wife of INISBACH, who was fent away from Paris. There focieties often meet at the houfe of M. Fawns,Lin. Mr. Moots being defirous of proceeding toVien na with a fpecial commiffion from his Government, the Court of Vienna made known to him, that it would not engage in a new contelt, which might fet the whole world in flames, and be attended writ► the moll fatal confequences : that it would be of no ufe for him to come fp far as Vienna. Mr. Moots has therefore retired to this place, where he waits for new orders from his Government.— Mstsiotar. Bauwa, Nov. 3o.—We learn from Wallachia, that the Porte has extended the Government of the Hofpodar of this province, by uniting to it the towns of Hasten, Ibrahim, and Bender. The Paellas, who commanded in thefe towns, are tranf. let-red to others. According to a letter from .Lemberg. a new comet has been obterved in Li. thuania. &wits or THI MAYN, DEC. 14.—His Serene Highnefs the Duke of WIRTIMIRRO has appoint ed M. Noe MAN his Sub-delegate at Ratilbon, to be Direaing Minifter of his new poffeffions. We learn from y uld a, that his Serene Highnefs the Hereditary Prince of Oaswog has fuppreffed eight Provolithips, the three Collegials, and fix Convents, which were in that country, and 'inked their poffeffions to his domains, which will raife the revenues of that Prince to more than 600,000 florins. In regard to Mount Saint-Jean, in the Rhingau, the Sovereignty belongs to Nalfau•Ufin . gen, but the domains remain to N. Orange. CONITAMTIMOPLI, Nov. 9.—The Epaminon das, a French veffel, which lately arrived at Con flantinople. has failed for Sebaftopolis, in the Crimea, to take in a cargo of corn. The Rits EPTEMDI took the earlieft opportuni ty of difpatching Frmans to the different ports of the Black Sea, that the Epaminondas, and all . other French veffels entering them, Mould be re ceived as thole of a friendly Power, and conform ably to the laft Treaty. The C•PTAIN P•ca• gave a gratuity of 250 piaftres to the Captain of the Port, on his prefent mg to him the Firman granted to the firft French Sup which appeared in the Black Sea. The .Reis EFFENDI has fent models of the French flag to the different Ports in the Black Sea; and every meafure is taken to enfure to the Rag of the French Republic the enjoyment of all the privileges fecured to it by the conditions of the Peace. Hastsuito a, Dec. to.—The laft honours were paid yefterday to the remains of the celebrated snit h Sumac, who perithed by the fire of the 4th, and to tbofn of the young Frenchman, who fell a alto. The proceMon was numerous, and f;i!f was painted in every countenance. Madame bueur wholurvived her hatband, but who was in the inott deplore* Rate, expired at the mo. r.cuzimssrAitr PROCRED-171CS. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, DEC. 113. The following Bills were read a third time, and paid The Bill for facilitating the Traaportatioo of Offenders. The kith Corn intercourfe Bill. The Bill for amending an Aft palled in the 4th year of his prefent Majelty, relative to the Basil& Militia. The frith Militia Miftake Bill. The frith Sugar Drawback Bill. and the JIM for prohibiting the Exportation of Corn from Great Britain. The Report,of the Bill for appointing Comnalfilooess to in quire into the abufes pradifed in the feveral Naval Departments was then brought up and ordered to be read a third tins to. morrow.—. Adjourned. LONDON. ram when her hullund's body was carried out to be buried. No one at Harnburgh recollees to i v • fo melancholy an event. How the .‘ . , • .., . t • `"' .- t t hooves: an bone({ work- ."' -- • ~, 7- ii • - on from the !lames, is . . , . , 4 . - fated every reward tb,at, , t , . . .--• A fubfeription has been - or his fapport,revertible ha (hared wids kiss in the . , ems... ..„ ~.„__ , _ e ehlein the line FRIDAY, DECEMBER “. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK* 3 per Cent. Red. 7of 741-4 per Cent. Confab 8311 — Long Ann. 2o 3-z6-omnium 4 I tilt 3 per Cent. Conf. for opg. 724 fi PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: Bank Stock Short Ann. 4 7-164 3 per Cent. Red. 704 7t 71 Imp. 3 per C. 69f 4 Per Cent. 1777 gSf 841 si Imp. Ann. VI. s per C.Ann. toll Omni= St dn. Long Ann. ao 3•z6 ConE for opg. 72i 72ft A loan is certainly in contemplation in Hol land for the FIRST CONSUL, but not for eight wit Eon: fang, as has been Rated in tome Papers.--1 Some private letters Rate, that the (um is compa ratively (mall ; that no French troops, as it has been erroneoutly rumoured, have taken poffeffion .of the frontier fortreffes, or attempted to penetrate beyond the acknowledged bounds, and that the mifunderftanding occafioned by General Morrat- CHARD'S demand 'to place a garrifon of French troops in the Hague, promifes to be brought to a fatisfaaory conclufion. We have received Paris Journals to the 21ft init. The Monitevr Rill continues its attacks on out Go vernment, and prefents a letter from Switzerland, charging Mr. MOORR (who we yefterday Rated to be in London) with carrying on tome improper intrigues at Contlance, where he is Rill Rated to be rending. We have received this day the following Letter from Gibraltar : " GIBRALTAR, NOVEMBER 29. " On the a4th the NIGIR failed from hence for Malta, with Brigadier General OARIES and his fuite, and tiro hundred recruits for that garrifon. The Sr. Ftoasazo is here wind-bound, the having made feveral fruitlefs attempts to work through the Gut. 4g The CYNTHIA !loop of war fails for Liibon the firft fair wind : the following Officers belong ing to the garrifon go patiengers in her, in their way to England, Major-General WINES, Colonel Daustuotm of the Bth Regiment, and Lieutenant Colonel BOSSY of the 25th Regiment. 44 On the 26th, Lieutenant-General Canaan, the new Commandant at St. Roque and Algefiras, came from Algefiras to pay his refpefts to his ROYAL 11;oHNESs the Governor ; he was accom panied by about thirty Spanith Officers on this occafion, and was fainted by the garrifon, both on his landing and embarking to return. 46 General CASTAKEZ bears a very high cha rafter for abilities and integrity, and in his inter view with his Royer. HIGHNESS, he is faid to have conduced himfelf with the utmoft liberality and politenefs, offering to do every thing in his power that could contribute either to the comfort of his ROYAL HIGHNESS or the garrifon, or to promote a good underftanding between the two countries.-- Indeed nothing can exceed the civility and atten tion of the Spaniards, particularly fine the arrival of his ROYAL HIGHNESS; among other inftances of their politenefs, they have not only completely repaired the road to Saint Roque, but have even made a new road for feveral miles beyond it, to enable his carriage to pats without difficulty as far as the convent at Almorayna, about fifteen miles from this." ~_ A reduelion of Lieutenants and men is imme diately to take place in the Guards : the Compa nies that, during the war, confided of one hundred and twenty privates, are to•be reduced to feventy five men per Company. Any Lieutenant withing to go on the half-pay, may, by a regulation made by the Commander in Chief, receive one thoufand pounds in exchange, and no more. The Right Honourable the Governor in Council of Madras has been pleafed to declare a dividend of one hundred and thirty thoufand pagodas to the creditors of his Highnefs the Nelms of the CARNATIC, in the new confolidated debt of 1777, being pagodas 2,13,92 t6tbs per cent. in,flulher part of principal. , A Letter from Exeter, dated December 20, tayS , " The Succeffion to, Dr. DowN MAN, as Phyfician to the Devon Hofpital, has been moll warmly and Rrongly contcfled by Drs. Dalt and RHOS:IE3.- 11e firs was fupported by Lord ROLLE, Hon. NEWTON FELLOWIS, Sirs L. PALX, S. NOR TN coTs, Melks. ORCHARD, COTRITORD, J. FORTIESCUR, CAR VE wraa 2 Did tale: and Sass. Milford—The laft by Lords roarsscue, CLIFFORD, COURTRNRY, POR" CHUM Sirs ; J. ICINNAWAY., F. R. YOUR ; Mars. BASTARD, BULLIR, CHOLWICH, TAYLOR, lad Lord, and all the Dignitaries of St. Peter's. Aker four Ak,juts Dr. DYER carried it, to the great triumph of one Party, and the (hiking mortificatimilti the other, by a Majority of Rh Gemaora."• ' . Ci 7 r 2LECT7O2L .11•140=1•1••••=111M1•11 The City Elation: clofed yeller*. In the principal contefted Wards the numbers Rood as follow : FAILIINGDOX •WITIIIIII. Mr. Leigh • 340 It. Thomas Smith 29t Mr. Powell • 333 . Lames Smith - 278 M. Caldwell - 330 Mr. ohs Smith - 270 Mr.,.,, „ __, sr mummy - 323 Mr. 011011 - 269 Mr. Hufon • 322 Mr. Haidon • Mr. Crowder - 317 Mr. VVlSiofost - 61 Mr. Stokes • 3to Mr. Metcalf - 223 Mr. Roberts - 299 Mr. Bread - sz6 -Mr. Aihby - 291 1 CILIPPLICIATit WITUOUT. Mr. Wood - 260 Mr. Dolly - 229 Mr. Siminoas - 251 Mr. grown - az) Mr. Lake - 241 Mr. Clarke - 56 The four firft eledted. CRIPPLIOATE WITHIN. _ Mr. Hardy - 229 11111% White • It 8 Mr. Birt - 226' Mr. Taine - 217 Mr. Delver - 223 Mr. Kale - to 6 Mr. Valiance - 223 Mr. Tau ' - qt Mr. Meal - 122 Mr. Tau, an old member, goes out. COLZMAN•STREET Mr. Paynter - 146 Mr. Sadler .. /31 Mr. Donne • 14r Mr. Edwards - 103 Mr. Davies 139 Mr. Chapman - 99 - Mr. Weft - 1 35 Mr. Chapman again lofes his eledtion. ALDGATE. Mr. Charks Lincoln 268 Mr. Jofeph Hibbert • x 65 Mr. Samuel WeddeU 268 Mr. William Sharpe xx t Mr. Samuel Thorp 267 Mr. Lancelot Sharpe ion Mr. James Teddy 265 The two Mr. Sharpe. (tatted for the vacancy of Mr. Dovrfe, refigned. Mr. L. Sharpe was thrown out. Colonel WHITWORTH, the brother of Lord WHITWORTH, arrived in town yefterday, with difpatchcs from Paris, Lord CAVAN arrived yefterday at the York Ho tel, Albemarle-ftreet, from Egypt. Lady LANGHAM arrived yefterday at the hotel in Berkeley-fquare. Lord MOVNT EDGICUMISZ returned to town from Paris yefterday. Lady CAMPBELL and the Hon. Mira MACLIOD arrived in Wimpole-greet laft week from the North. The Dowager Counters of SHATTISBURY ar. rived in town laft week. Sir FRANCIS and Lady SYKES, and Mr. and Mrs. BIN YON, returned to town a few days ago from Bafeldon Park, near Reading, in Berkfhire. Sir ROBIERT Kumassmt., Bart. gave his annual Feaft to the Poor in the neighbourhood of Sid mouton, his feat in Hampibire, on Tuefday Upwards of 300 partook of the benevolent hofpi tality of the worthy Admiral on the occalion, and returned to their homes with cheerfulnefs and fa tisfation, carrying away with them the fupera bundance of the provifion, and gratefullyexpreffing their thanks for his conflant charity and unwearied humane attentions to their families. falls Bos Ton.—Verfailles, as for tome time underßood, is to be fitted up under the Confular InfpeEtion, with all, or perhaps more than its for mer magnificence. Orders have already been Med to that effed ; and thofe who know the wonderful rapidity with which the Conful's commands are carried into emcution—exceiling alkexertionk of antient times—may eafily conceive, that while others are dreaming of improvement, BONA• parrs has only to will it, and it is inftantaneoully done. Madame BONAPAILTI, as well as the CONSUL himfelf, finds St. Cloud too circumfcribed for their Grand Levee and Feftival Days. The expence will be enormous indeed ; but then it will be de. frayed by the Great Nation as a teftimony of gra titude to the Great Man ! Lady CONYNGame, with great deference -to other Ladies, was certainly the handfomeft female at St. Cloud on the laft prefentation. In imitation of the hofpitality of Old England, the Confuls and Minifters are vying with each other who !hall give the molt fumptuous dinners to Lord Wm rrwoar a, whole conciliating manners have gained him the refpeet and efteem of all ranks here. Mrs. OM HuuTER has the molt elegant and the beft attended Routs, &c. &c. Lady Germ:lima Goanos, to the regret of all thore who are attached to the worthy family, has been indifpofed ; and Lady Mown. Enolcustaz very ferioufly fo. The latter, confequently, will return to England very loon. PARISIAN Fasaions.—The hair is Rill drefred a enl de sates. There is generally a piece of black or pink velvet in the font, ornamented with a cameo. The ringlets on the forehead are large, thofe which hang below the temples are flat, and cut en nigeoira. Somefafhionables wear a large tuft or cockade of ribbons in the front of their velvet hats. Several of the fhops have fubflituted an edging of frizzled feathers inflead of the tulle *trimmings, which ufed to be put on the ratio hats. Red, orange, and capuchin fatins are Rill em ployed. The feathers are fometimes of thefe three colours—fometimes they are white. Velvet rib bons (till keep their place. Radiated hats and caps continue to be made of ribbons fewed together.— Large tufts of flowers and di:dem wreaths are Rill the mode. The . gold arched combs, and arrow and lyre limped pins are not difcontinued. The jewellers elevate the arches of the combs higher than formerly, for the purpofe of placing on the upper part the cameos and jewels, which ufed to bce Pet crofsways. The fhort dowillette: are corn. monly made of white Patin, bordered with fwan , fur, and rounded before. • Wealthy females wear Jewifh tunics of crape, or black velvet, which do not pafs the knee. CATIV3Cre ibayals ore much in 1 vogue. The lace veils are almoa as numerous as they were during the winter. The kerchiefs Teem to have dizniniflied in number. The palatines are very common. The corners of the capes and lappels of men's coats are narrow and very much pointed. The riding-frocks have crofs flaps, not only on the l ow pockets behind, but alfb on the breaft. The black and yellow fh ipedgileta with fwan fur, and yellow edging, are comi ng into fejour. The pantaloons are made of velvet or cloth, AO worn wide. THEATRICALS. COVENT -GARDEN THICATRE—CATO. Thole who hate read Dummies Critique on tint play, muff have 'gone to the Theatre with no hopes of rational entertainment. Thole who hal e formed their talte according to the Pizarro: and yemaa: of the prefent times, according to th e paatomimical machineries of Modern dramas, could not expea to be d azz l e d w i th the fplendour of fcenery in a play, in which the Author has fo carefully preferred the unity of place as well as of time, that he has made the Governor of Utica's 4di the.fcene of the confpiracy again ft him and Arad his daughter. All thefe, however, m u tt have experienced a plaafnre,heightened in propor. tion to their moderate expedations. The Managers have frequent changes of fcenery, which div ert the eye, and gratify the imagination. The adion of the play paffes in Utica, but the fpeetator can as estfily fancy that the fcene is fometimes in a areet, fometimes in a court, on the fea fliore, on the ramparts, as confined to one room. Path p c the violation of the unity of time is more offenlive to the talk and the imagination. Whi,liwe applaud the changes, we do not mean to praife the varieties of architedure,in the fcenery. Sometimes we obferved the Grecian, fometimes the Gothic (Lyle. The dreffes too were not exael in every particular. That of Portia: was the molt claffical. The ading was, on the whole, excellent. We do not remember to have ever feen COOK,E more applauded. Some palages drew, and defervedly, reiterated burfts of applaufe. The roughnefs of his voice well agrees with the fternnefs of Cato's difpofition. If he fometimes was deficient in dig. pity, he was always Itriking and impreflive. We were often reminded of HORACE'S ohfervation Cutlets terrarum fubadta, Prater atrocem animum CATO NI I. The fcene in which the dead Marrrat is intro. duced, was deeply felt and loudly applauded. — No fpeech was ever delivered with more effeet on the heart and underllanding than the celebrated foliloqup . This was indeed C OOKE ' S acm e o f perfeetion. We do not think he was fufficiently impreffive in the dying fcene. H. SIDDONS and H. JOHNSTON did great juffice to Portia: and Marcus. They were both charade riftically difcriminatiag. BRUNTON pleafed us in Tula. MURRAY was fometimes comically quaint. fometimes ridiculaufly ranting in Sythax. The impetuous hurricane of his manner was almoft fufficient to 44 Teas up the fands, and fweep whole plains away." Mrs. 1 1 !TCHF: R LI) and Mils MARRIOTT were defervedly admired in Portia and in Lucid. The former is always challe and dignified—the latter was loft and pathetic, and is a great acquifition to the Ow CoonMght have afted &ft:p.*4u better.—Of Lutist the lets is fai4, the better. The Senators appear to be the identical Geode• men, in the identical dreffes, employed in the Se- nate fcene of the Merchant of reale:. Some pafrages in the play were generally felt as arietly applicable to Bonaparte. It were almolt endlefs to enumerate them. The dead mirOb on the introduCtion of the body of Mama would have a much more (triking effea if it were played behind the fcenes. At the con• elution of the Play, the mawkiflt falntations to the audience are fbockingly-difgulling. The furviving ACtors ought to place themfelves in attitudes of mourning over the body of Com while the curtain is defcending. Why in the pronunciation of the word Cato, the Performers adopt the broad Scotch manner, we cannot conceive ? Let them afk an Eton or a Weitminiker boy, and they will be fet right. The banns of marriage between Lord ANDOVER and the Hon. Mifs DUTTON, were publifhed for the firft time, laft Sunday, at St. George's, Ha nover-fquare, and Mary-la-bonne churches. The Hon. HERCULES ROBERT PAKENHAH, of Caius College (fon of Lord Loworoao), and the Hon. HENRY CUST, of Trinity College (fecond fon of Lord Iltowmt.ow), are admitted Honorary Mailers of Arts at Cambridge. The fon of the late GILBERT WAKEFIELD is faid to have been admitted on the Charter-houfe Foun dation, under the patronage of Lord THURLOW Dr: BaILE, the Redtor of Wythyham, in Suf fer, has diftributed, by the Duchefs of DORSET'S order, thirty pounds among the indigent inhabi tants of that village, where her Grace's liberali ties render her umverfally beloved : and twenty pounds to the poor of Sackville College, Eaft Grin Read. Sir G. S. EVELYN has given 2001. to be applied to the releafe of poor debtors in Warwick gaol : in confequence of this benevolent donation, 17 perfons have been reftored to fociety. Lord CLiva has fought out the filler of that unfortunate Commandant, SYR!) IBRAHIM, Who fell a facrifice to fidelity and honour in one of Tirtoo's dungeons. His pay is to be conferred on his finer as a penfion, and a monument is to be eredted to his memory. The Earl of WARWICK has recently dircovered on his eftate a valuable and eztenfive ilratum of earth, which nfst only cuts like Soap, but is found to pofrefs all the qualities of that ureful article v'r a principal Clothier in the Welt of England has engaged to take too tons weight of it at a high price ! Awrtortrry.—A curious piece of very ancient marble was lately found thrown afide in the poul- try-yard of the late Earl of Deseoatiuc H at Roe hampton. It contains a long infcription in the Greek language, upon a man who had paired through various fituations in life. Mr. Town L EY, who is to defervedly efteemed for his talk and knowledge in the reliques of ancient art, has bad an engraving made of this (lone, for his private friends, 4nd the infcription has been elucidated with _great learning and acumen by tie Rev ; Mr. XV., .. ti t'Y • fO