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r t n' t i.s. sill rvitn f rrrich - fli,rnburgh u THE SUN. /101.11/4 (1013 n:exas, Y L UM AODIAT LONDON, JANUARY 6, 18c3. Ova Letter from Portrmaab this morning, pre sents us• with very important intelligence, The breed Sloop of War arrived at the Motlierbank on Tuesday night, in sixteen days from Gibraltar, and brings an account of a Mutiny having broken out on board His' Majesty's Ship Gibraltar, of 8+ guns, on her passage from that Pott to Malta, in corn. rany with 'the Sliperb, Dragon, and Triumjib.— The Mutineers rook possession of the Ship, and run. 'her under the sterns of the others, cheering them, in the hope that the Crews would join them. Disappointed however, in this expectation, the Mutineers of the Gibraltar became panic.st ruck, and were easily subdued by their Officers, who con dutied themselves with the greatest gallantry upon the occasion. The Ringleaders of the Mutiny were secured, and three of them had been hanged before the Bound sailed from Gibraltar. 'lt is stated that intelligence had been received at Gibraltar, that the STATES Ot BARBARY had agreed to Surrender three of ther Ports to the French. The Kura came to town yesterday, and lleld a Levee at St. James'► Palace, which was attended by the Foreign Ambassadors and the Cabinet Ministers, the Lob CHANcet.t.ott, and a small number of Noblemen. The Gentlemen in►ro duced were, Le Comte POTOC ICI E, by the Rue. stall Ambassador, Lord MAGDONAI.u, Lord Tus4rl,,vrowti, Gen. GFt ENVILLE, the Right Hon. the LO D MAYOR and SHERIF Of London, Lord CAv&N, and Capt. 0 1 .1.1s.tru, were at the Levee. J. H. ADDirtoyon, Esq. kished Hii 'Majesty's Wind, on Wing appointed Joint-Paymaster. Count Wokonzow. Minister troll) the Court of reierbburgh, had an audience of His MA J Vas. After tile Levee His IVIAlksTi• ileld a Privy Council. The Kt N 4 then returned to Windsor, escorted by a party 01 Light I.lnrse. Two Letters received yesterday from Paris,coin cide in stating, that a Resolution has, atter a long and animated discussion, passed the Council of St at e, conferring a title of Royalty on BONA} , A, e. They differ, however, in the appellation—the one a,...crts, that he is henceforth to be Coll.:CI EMP E oft of ilia Gitut.s ; and the other states with conft. Hence, that he is to be stiled, in all the OtE:ial Ads of Government, Fits CONstJEAR MAJESTY. The Resolution is to be submitted to the con sideration of the other Constituted Authorities, whose sanction is requisite to carry it into a law. • Yesterday Court, of Diretlors was held at the ,Last, India House, when the Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. Th e fop owin g Commanders tOnk leave previous 'to departing for their respeCtive destinations, viz. —Captain tfr.troort, of Me Guy of Lottdort, Sr. Beretta and Bengal ; Cipt, //arr;et, Coast and Ray ; Capt. CAR tt POI E, Experiment, Bengal. The un4i:rinentikratil persons obtained leave to build ships of Soo tons, for the Company's Service, 104',—Mr. join , : Eve r, two ships; Mr. HURRY, '7l4 , lesus, CH T s ii` II and CAMERON, and Mr. EDW. toyo, one each. Qn Friday se'nnight the 23,1 Regiment Of Light Mragoons were disbanded ist Belfast, by General jrlCttnitt4,s Ross, wholeft that town en Monday morning for Armagh. Some new arrangements, we understand, are soon to take place in the Invalid Battalion of Ar tillery, and in the Company of Cadets at Wool , The Guards are now in possession of the Armou. ry tootn, lately built in the 4ipi.cage Walk, as a Dep et for :he Arms of the Brigade of Guards, and which is the must petfea :1111 commudinus building of the kind. in Europe. Tito apartments formerly urpropriated for the reception of arms at the iloise Guards, are to he immediately fitted up for the ac. eanirnodation of the Adjutants, as it m contetn. vlation in parade the men twice a clay, accoiding to the praaice of the regiments of the line, A letter received overland how Bombay says ; ss Tt turns out singularly unfortunate, that the death of tliC PRIOIAN AMOSOSMIOK si)ould have b een so firemature, as that Officer' was on the eve o f embarking for Fort William, to present his Credentials to the GOVERNOR Ggrtram.. The manner i n which the R, , Tresentative of the KING' of ?wit. was mecca on his landing at Bom bay, was highly distinguished, and he seemed by well pleased with the honours paid hi m by our Government. The cause of the ala.ve unfortunate ceturrenee, we understand, was simply ifs follows Persian Ambassador was allowed Guard br fionour by the British GOvernor, eon.' 'sisting of Scpoy Troops. With some of these the attendants of the Ambassador attempted to take some liberties, which no /only rpirit could for a mu. rnent tolerate, and the attempt was instantly resisted by the Sepoys. A general affray ensued, and loth parties having recourse to arms, a raid o in shot from one of the Soldiers entered the apartments of the • Ambassador, and taking place i n Hi s E xce ll ency ', rieelC . unfortunately proved mortal. There were no Ofliptirs present at rite tiers; the whole originat. Od in an ebullition Of patisiohate reitntment among a few insulted individuals, rod the - affair, of course, , ermot' convidererfas an,y • siticrciort or cooselueuct." NA Vif /". N kr PORTI/170LIT11, JAN. S. tot night arrived at ‘the ( Motherbank His Ma. jesty's Ship Hound, Capt. MAXW ZIA ) from Gibral tar in ib days. By her we, are concerned to hear, that a serious Mutiny brake out onboard the Gibral tar, of 8¢ guns, which Ship sailed from Gibraltar lor in company with the Superb, Dragon, and Triumph, and soon after sailing, the Crew of the Gi6_ ra liar mutinied, and. took possession of the Ship, and then she was run up under the sterns of the other Ships, the Crews cheering ; but this signal not having the desired ellen, the Crews Of the other Ships retaining their loyalty and discipline, the Motineers becarne panic-srrock, and were then easily subdued by their Officers, who behaved very gallantly; The ,Ringleaders were immediately secured, and three of them had been tried and exe. -cuted befine the' ikund left the Rock. We are albo informed by this ship, that the States of Barbary have agreed to surrender three of their Ports to the French. The Mail Frigate, with Invalids, left Gibraltar the same day as the Ilound. The //Guild has had very bad weather, and all her tails were blown away in a hurricane of wind on the ;Bth of Deem. her. Arrived the nun Bretberr, Botte, from Londtm. PLYMOUTH. JAN. 4. Auttvut) the Pursuit, Capt. JouNtot;, from Valentia ; and the sloop Unity, Capt. BAttit;,,, from Malaga. The z6th ult. the English brig Rettrie, E. S A s. N O E, of Whitby, was stranded in the Baune of Calangsoog. She was bound from I.4indon to' Bremen, laden with coffee, sugar, indigo, &C.— The crew, consisting of nine men, got sate on dsore ; and hopes are entertained that the :cargo will be t,aved. At the same time, the brig Petmer ler,• BELL., from Bremen to liamburgh, was !,trantled, and only three men saved, the Captain being among those who perished, The 'cargo con. !listed of coffee and Sugar, nearly all of which was wet ; and it wad feared that little (if any) would be saved. The opening of the Special COmmission for bring. ing to' trial Colonel Detpard and' his ASSOCiatCh Las been altered from, the t 7th inst. to the ugh, when it will certainly take place, Mr. DURAND, 'the new M. P. for Maidstone, at Christmas . gave away two bullocks, with a flee pro, portion of ale and potatoes, among the Poor of that Borough. The Christmas Ball annually given by the Gen tlemen in the neighbourhood of Seven Oaks, Kent, took place 'ou Monday last at the Assembly-rooms. About one hundred persons of both sexes were pre_ tent, principally the first people. in that part of the country. The Ball was opened at nine o'clock, with Speed the l'hu x h, by Lord AI4HERST and Miss THORNTON. About fifteen couple followed. - The dances were kept Op with great spirit till one o'clock, when the company adjourned to an elegant supper, At two o'clock the bail recomtnenced, and concluded at five, when the company departed. The , Ladies were dressed very splendidly in white embroidered nsuslins, with a profusion of diamonds. Lord CHOLMONDILty lives in the most sumptu. ous style at Paris, affording a splendid example to ihe Parisians of British magnificence. His Lord. ship has eight footmen, . in foll.dress liveries, who Constantly attend his person and equipage ; besides six servants out of livery. The dress of the former is brown coats, gilt buttons, bags and scarlet and gold waistcoats. Lady CiIOLNIOND, t. SY gave a gia'nd Route last week to all the English of distinCtion at Paris, be. sides a selea number of Foreigners. Cards of in. vitation were sent out to the number of 400, and, among others, to all the Foreign, Ministers. These and the French Ministers of Still-clout-led a part of the splendid circle, All the Qentlemen appeared in full dress, with bags and swords, as in the time of Royalty, to which COSitilne the. Parisians appear to be hastening very fast. Citizen FiEItGIN, Merchant, of Mentz, has ar rived at R.nisbon, to clainv from the Hereditary Prince of OILANCe his property, unjustly taken from him. The state of the question is briefly as follows ;,---The ./lishop of Fut.pis„, hitherto pos. 'sewn- of the famous vineyard of Jnhannisberg, in the Rhingau, said to produce the best wine in Ger. many, sold the produce of it to Citizen Fluitotti, of Ment4, before the ist of Pecember, the day on which the Hereditary Princes were to enter into paiseisitio of the Countries assigned to them by the Plan of Indemnities. Citizenlleapau caused the wine to be transported to Mentz, by Rudeskeim, but it was 'seized on the road by the Prince of ANGt, and placed in a state of sequestration.— Citizen Hunt N means to assert his right through the medium of . the Deputation of the Empire. The 'Woods and Foresrs of ci-devaq Relgium, particularly the great and extensive Forest of Soigues, produce an abundance'of building timber of excellent quality, and especially oak of the very best kind. A considerable quantity of this tim ber will be eitt next year, for the repairs - of the Flench Navy. The timber will be sent by the and rivers of 'Belgium to Antss erp, whence it' will be transported to. she Military. Ports on the Ocean for ioe. The Dutch formerly procnied a consitterable ril.intity of building timber from 'ttiis country ; but the existing Government has telt ii of importance, to preserve for France, mateqats of stich Value to its Military rine, CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTING FOREIGN POWERS. Tx a unsettled State of Europe is likely, for some time to come, to be produnive.of Events highly in. tercsting to those who contemplate the Circamstan. ces and Situations of other Nations, with a reference to our own. Warlike appearances, on the part of other Powers, direeled towards us, may, in all 'probability, be discovered ; but those appearances may often present themselves, without leading to actual Hostility. Most of the Nations of Europe are tired of War, and some of them do not possess ,the Means, even if they had the Inclination, to prosecute it, Under all circumstances, thelefore, although we are not sanguine enough to expea, after what we have witnessed, that we shall enjoy pro . found and secure Peace, free from apprehension and alarm, yet we do not anticipate the speedy renewal `of War, if we hold that firm, decided, yet concili atory language, which is so well calculated to avett For the present, the Question respefting the Rights of Neutral Powers with reference to other Nations at War, is at rest. If the principle con tended for on the part of Neutrals, has not been unequivocally abanddncd and renounced,, at least the attempt to enforce it has been relinquished, and there does not appear any danger of dispute arising upon this point—With respect, thetefore, to R;iss;a, Szveden, and Denmark, we feel no ground' of anxiety or uneasiness. As to the former of those Powers, recent circumstances give us the - strongest reason to expect its Friendship and Assistance.— The last change in the Councils and Government of Russia is very favourable to British Interests ; and the return of Count WORONZQW to this Court is the strongest syuiptom of favourable intentions, We are sure every endeavour will be used, on the part of our Ministers, to give us the best chance of the con tinuance of.Peace;—Runia, more than any other Power, may be instrumental in the accomplishment of this objet. Iry truth, events, within the last twelve years, have placed Russia in a high and commanding situation. Removed frOm the infec tion of the Principles of the French Revolotloo, she has risen in the relative . scale or European Powers, by the weakening efforts of other Nations. That Revolution, has also changed the policy of this Country towards Russia.—There is little jea lousy remaining as to the increase of her Dominion ;' and it is pethaps a desirable thing to see her power extended to the Mediterranean.. The only impor. tant Guarantee on the part of Great Britain, for the fulfillment of the 'Treaty of Amiens rcspen. ing the Island of Malta, is Rtessia.--If, I, what we hope will not ultimately happen) she refuse to be. come that Guarantee, some new and effedual stipu. lation respeting that Island will become necessary. By securing really the independence of that Island, Russia will do much towards consolidating the Peace of Europe—will do that which we know to be desirable to the British Ministry, inasmuch as it will enable them to carry into effeet the Treaty of Amiens ; and which ought, as it will most easily adjust the question reipeding Malta, to lie equally desirable to the First Consul of France. Of the other European Powers, Prut;;a and Austria are those only of which it is necessary to say any thi ng . The motto of the Court of Berlin is "'Nest twill)." LUCII EMIL is said to have declared, that it would he very difficult indeed to drive him front his system ; and certainly the aggrandize. ment of France, to any extent, will not disturb it. We believe it would be equally difficult to induce the Court of Berlin to take an alive part in support of that aggrandizement. The Court of Vienna will be peaceful, or rather passive, for some time at least. But a Peace of Necessity, the termi . of which are disadvantageous, will only be submitted to, while Necessity demands it. It is imppssible to suppose that there can exist any feeling of harmony in the House of Au. stria towards the Government of France, The events of the War, and, the disposition which has been since evinced by France to humiliate that Power, must have left very different sensations in the breasts of. those who dired the Councils Of Vienna. The want of means for carrying on War may be more instrumental in preierving tranquillity than pacific disposition ; but the Peace, for a time, will - not be disturbed by Austria. Some discussion has taken place in the course of the Sesaion of Parliament upon the subjed of Con, tincntal Alliances, and more will probably be here after said upon the same subjeft., Those who con. tend for the impolicy of such - connations on the part.of the British Empire, tell us that we are“ too honest" for such bargains—that our Alliances have frequently. led ps into War—that t ,our Allies pre faithless, and that British Gold is by these Treaties transferred •to the Continent. But if our Foreign =arms! have a tendency ,to carry us into• Wit may they not also be the means of enabling us avoid it ? And do thm , not. in the event a NAL, furnish us the means of meeting the Enemy with more cad ? , Besides, it is of no trifling in'. portance that the War in which we are en. gaged Ahould be prosecuted on the Continent, rather th,in upon our own shores. When the perfidy of our Allies is mentioned; we have heard the conduEt of Austria in the last War cited as an in.: • • stance. Now this we never can ' ad mit. '4'Ve can. nut justify the mode of condueling the War or . the part of Austria—to the system of that 'Court, and to the jcalousies'of •the Army, the French are more , indebted for their conqueits,. than to the prowess of their own arms. But Austria &hewed, in several instances in the course of the War, the most acre. pulous,regarel to her engagements, and didmot ulti. mately make a separate Peace till she was compelled •to it by• Defeat. Jr is true that Foreign Alliances will, in time of War, carry money out of the Country, but they may also, save a considerable expenditure in defending ourselves at borne; and we know not what can be a better foundation for ap Alriance, than that we should supply„ in case of War, what probably we can best afford—Monty ; and that our Ally should, npon'the.sallle'principl• supply Men. But the greatest, caution, it is Said, should hewed in entering into Treaties of Alliance; Most certainly : and although we are very far from thinking that they may not be, and have not been beneficial to this Country, yet, or; the other hand, we are seady to admit that they have, upon t.oine occasions, led us into Wars or -r, questions in which no British Interests' were involved: We. are not prepared to say, whether, at this moment, it would be politic for us to enter ° into an Offensive and De. fensive Alliance with any Power on the Continint; bi't if such a Treaty were to be entered into, we should consider Russia, tinder. all the present cir. cumstances, .as the mast advantageous Ally. We. have scan totich in the candiiCt• of France since . the Signature of the .Treaty of Amiens, to excite our just apprehensions, and to but us on our Wl:Ltd—but we have not seep that, which we think would have been fit ground of War on our part. Ministers will furnish no cause. c i f jealousy or complaint •to other Powers,:' They will not only defend themselves from every attack, but they will watch every step which may le:14 to it. if ;he CHIEF CONSUL thinks that he may procec4 from pne encroachment - to another, affetling the interests of this Country—that Concession is of course to be made to him, he mistakes those with whom he 114 s to deal--they will nut subject them e selves to the reproach of not fulfilling the Stipulac tions of 4 Treaty which they have made ; but they will as little subje4 themselves to the reproach of suffering aggreoious to be made which are detri..', [MINI to the Oterests of the Country, and repot ? nant to the spirit of that Treaty itself.. It is consistent with the platiand system of Mr, Fox, that he should wish the Nation to take a low tope upon all oceasions.—fie never fails to re l present the late War as disastrous in the extreme-1 heopposed it, and he must make the most of his case ! —Every submission, on our part, he considers is proof of the correaness of his opinion; his advice, therefore, is always I' to submit,"—"but those who thought the• War just and necessary ; who ipnow wa were forced into it against our. inclinatipn ; who aris sensible that in this disastrous War, our Arms .tchieved greater exploits than in any. War preced. ing—who have not forgotten the vidOries of the First if Iwo, of Campereloun, of St. Vincent, of Aboukir, of Co 4 ttenbagen, and . Me Conquest of Egypt —such men will not agree with Fox in thinking that Submission is to be the prevailing sentiment in the Councils of the British Empire. The British Nation never can express sufficient gratitude to those who proteited them in the most perilous crisis the Country ever beheld. It is to their wisdom that we are indebted for the preserva. lion of Law, of Order, and of all we enjoy under the British Constitution. Their firmness has left us at liberty to contemplate the effects of the Storm . 'we have so happily escaped. What the effeas of that Storm may ultimately be, we shall not antici pate,-,The situation of France is new, and its System is yet a System of Experiment. We nose wait to be convinced that an extension of Territory, by whatever means obtained, is an extension of Power and of Greatness—but in every point of view, the only Security for our Independance, in the present state of things, is to be prepared,' and Pre• paration has Leen accordingly recommended by His Majesty's Councils, and sandioned by the Voice of Parliament. iNr...e.... • , 4 0••••wa......••••••....••twftemempe.• The declaration attributed to Lord Per.uhtft iA The Moniteur, importing that the British Govern• meta would avail itself of all favourable opportuni• ties that may arise on the Continent to contribute to the safety of this Country, and which excites so much severe animadversion in the French Papers , ought not to give any offence to France. Is . 11 °t France using the same means to promote its ow" interests I And why► should Great Britain be Fr e ' vented from taking such measures as may Strengthen. tuty ; LAND rived on hi thairl Elea xal $i aritts plica Wert Whc head Viols them gn Dr. i i tem thro At fare Was Chie tov. disi be a until to ( but l t r ,:. to t Lich, dvat tesp &and to ti his i the Nat, Lan turn as t Luc' for eau c Wit!' plur Luc oche rc