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ii=7 - .. MAILS. Hamburgh . . - - Dili. ..rowsw.lariter.r. PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS .pAY AT TWI.LIFS O'CLOCK. COMAS 56k Red. Ann. 54 i Otnnium 5i dis THE SUN. 11C11.1t14 4u s DIC111&& r41111.11t111 IVOSAT ? LONDON; DECEMBER 33„ 1803. gSTER DAY aftetnoon Dutch and Paris jimrnalsi Lief ormer to the tfith and 'the latter to'. the 44th instant, reached Town. They 'contain nothing' worthy..of notice, excepting• that the . First Consul hid not - left Paris on the 13th, nor was there any indication of his speedily doing 30 ; and that Count . NlAaKory had applied fur his Passport, and was speedily to set off on his return. borne. ► Though 'there can be little doubt of the ,our, rage committed by the Ilavarian Troops, in.drivirik, the intperial Garrison from the small Fortress of Ohrrhauseg, having been in,tigated by the French, yet we are happy to find that it is nut likely to be attended with the proposed effed, that of producing an open rupture between the Ele4oral and Imperial Courts, in which the French were no doubt ready to' take an immediate and alive part. The cir, cumstance was obviously intended to rekindle widely the flames of War in Europe ; but as the restless ambition of the First Consul now undoubt. oily points to that objen, It would be fruitless to speculate upon any' lung duration of Continental Peace. It i, said, upon the authority of private Letters , from Berlin, that the Prussian Court is busied in making remonstrances to the Chief Consul against the I. , uger occupation by the. French Troops of the Banks of the Elbe, and in requesting that by the spring they may be withtlraWn to the distance .of some leagues, that the Trade of Germany' and the Nirthern States may revert to its 14'cm:stunted char. n4ls, a liambargh has been nearly ruined by the continued blockade of that River. HIS PRUSSIAN MAJ ESTYr may remonstrate, but his past condua.. lies oat been calculated to add weight to any. repre. seotation he may make. That the EMPEROR of RUSSIA sees with grow. , ing dissatisfaftion the increasing encroachments and accumulated outrages of prance, there can be little doubt ; and the' Ukase for recruiting his Army, which we a considerable timc ago ooticed, begins to be consikred on the Continent as indicative of an intention of interfering with more energy in the affairs of Europe than the young Eto. PEROR likS yet done. We are not so •sanguine 43 to commit) at tic present moment such a hope'. His recruiting his Army is more' to be considered as a measure of precaution than an)' thing else, as .there is no Cabinet, with the ex. Ception of .that of Vienna, with which the Court of St. Feterthurgh thinks it can tiafOy coalesce. O u r present Ministry stands low in its estim a tion, nor, till we have more vigorous anti able Councils here, can we hope to bee nit the Continent of Eu. rope any combination that is equal to curb or to ee. duce the overgrown and domineering power of the Consular Government. Though the Dutch yonetridi still s p' ea k of t h e continued preparations for Invasion,' we have no idea that any attempt will at present be made front that quarter, unless the French Fleet should be able to slip out. of Brest, of witieh• the chance is to he, considered as very small indeed. The noble per. , severance of Admiral Coartwnws, in supporting the blockade of that Hatbour, must by this time have convinced the Enemy, that his hopes of pro. firing by our want of vigilance, or even by the chances of bad weather, Welt erroneously formed. Indeed the most sanguine admirers of the heroism end skill of British Seamen, could hardly have eg peeled that our Fleet could have weathered, upon the E tepty's Coast, such severe gales as they must have encountered since the commencement of the present mooch,' It is .a display of nautical excellence an d kuperiority;that almost equals th e g l or y and ham. effcias of a decisive naval vietoty, No t hing further has reached us this morning from Jialand; we' ate therefore tenable to add a single remark to what we yesterday - stated respeding the news brought to Hull by the ,Master of a Dutch Sdotyr; of a Mutiny in the Army p intencleti for the lov:tsion. All that can be said at pre:cnt is, that ii has poobahility to support it, Yesterday, about half.past twelve o'clock, liittt Nl A igsTy Ancl the PR INC EMS arrived at 'S, j a m e v a 1 1 . lake from the ateen's hood; lite MAI ESTY 101. lowed a short time before two, and soon after the Drawing Room commenced. It wilt; attended by Th e i r Royal Highnesses the Dorm of CLARENCE, Kv rrr o atlti CAM 11 It IDO i ' the Archbishop of CAN. TEltattaYi the iliihops of LONDON and EXIVIR, nc L.161,, , i/$ 111.1% a.. 411 vS .LIVII4 v 1111 P and the Chief justice of the Court of Copt. MON PLEAS, the Lord CHIEF BARON, the ArTolt .Nay and SOLICITOR GENERAL, the TREASURER of the NAVY,,, dig JUDGE ADVOCATE, and MAR TIAL GENERAL, and their Excellencies the POR TUGUESE, AMERICAN, IMraaIAL, DANISH, RUS., sIAN, NEAYOLITAN, HANOVERIAN, SWEDIiiI, SAXON, BAVARIAN, WILTRIABERO, .and SPANISH r Ambassadors. Duffel—Bedford and Portland. Dutcheris of Bedford. Marquiisrl—Circello and Salisbury. Marthimerstr—Citcello and Donnegal. Eads---llarrington, Chatham, Roslin, Cardigan, Uxbridge, jersey, Sandwich, WCartney t Camden and Rivers. Cmwterms—Cardigan, Harrington, Essex, Ch.ithain, and Oornden t, Dowagers; Essex , and Aylesbury. Count Ruxon. Vim:l4ll4.J Falmouth, , Cattlereash, Peter,liam and rolke. stone. Viscountess Castlereagh. Lordr—Willoughby, Somerville,.Hawkesbury, C. Somerset, • Amherst, Selsea, Eldon, Hotham, Alvanley, NOrthwid:., W. It ussel , G . Seymour, ‘Valsingharn, 'rempleton, Cole raine, and Cranley. • Ladies - --M. Wynyard, Lawrence, A. Cumberland, C. Len nox, Hartwell, - Hammond. A. 114 4 Leod, W. Russell, , Hawkesbury, Wedderhurne, Crofton, Rothurst, C. Da. Inca C. Somerset and H. Asliburnham. Si,.r—F. Hartwell, D. Werlderburne, E. M. Pole, H. B. Neale, B. Watson, G. Russell, and I. Earner: , Generak—lhirrard, De Lancey, Mailners, Calvert, 13ertie, Stewart, -Ogilvy, Grenville, and Carleton. ,Coicotetr—Roberts i Long, Giles, Smith Edwards, Slade, Hartiage, Gaitskill, Harris, Chester, Coventry, Edwards, Phipps, Sutton, Herries, Bitch, sad Head. Majors'--Desbrow, Earle, Ramsbottom, Byrne, Powell, and Blake. Cap/aim—Crofton, Mayo, lackson, Sullivan, Sutton, and tl. P. Hope. fileslieurs—Villiers, Hon. T. PcreiVal, A. Paget, Tierney, Ryder, A rbuthnot,, Hope, Pool, Windham, Nagle, Hatsell, Irby, Burroughs, Churchill, Corry, Dawkins, Adams, Hunter, Nagel, and Sheldon. • Alia, Munro, Percival, Dc Lancey, Ryder, Crofton, Calvert, Wyndham, Ross, Bertie, Bouverie, buthnot, Yorke, Stanhope, H. Whitslied, and. Sheldon. lifis.ses—Byng, M'Leotl, Hammond, and Crofton. The following had the honour of being presented to FIFk MAJIiSTY Mr. de Vionig, the Charge de AfEdrs'of the SublitnerOtto mln Porte, by the Baron de Silverheilm, the Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Sweden. ' }ler Grace the Dutchess of Bedford, on het marriage, by Lady William Russell. .11iS Grace the Duke of Bedford, on his marriage, by his bro ther Lord William Russell. His Grate wore a new dark brown beaver suite, with red buttons, surrounded with dia monds, which` ins Grace purchased at Park. Mrs. Fisher, the Lady or the Bishop of Exeter, by the Lady • in Waiting. Sir Brook Watson,. on his being created a Baronet, by Lord Willoughby' de Broke. General .Carleton, on his return to England, by Sir Brook. Watson. Colonel Coventry, of the WorcestershireVoluntecrs, by the Lord in Waiting. . . Joseph Hunt, Esti. on hie appointment as Treasurer of the Ordnance, by the Master General, the Earl of Chatham. Mrs.• Arbuthnot, by Lady Hawkesbary. . Colonel Edwar►ls, Major Earl, and Lieutenant.:Colonel Slade, • of the Lambeth VOlunteers, by the Lord' in Waiting. Captain Sullivan, of the Guards, by ditto. Colonel Phipps, of the E "Wilt: Office Corps, by Sir Gecirge Russell. Captain Henry 'Phillip Hope, of the London Cavalry, by Colonel Herries,:the Commander of that.. Corps, Colonel Birch, by Sir.john Earner. _ ' • Lieutenant-General Steivart, of the 68th Regiment, On his promotion to that comm,m(L Major Lune and Colopel Gaitskill, of the First Regiment of Surrey Volunteers, by the Earl of Harrington. Lady Larrea,,by the Lady of the Spanish Ambassador. Colonel Sheldon, of the Oxfordshire Volunteers, 'by 'the Lord in Waiting. Lord George Seymour, on his being appointed tai the com mand of tine Excise Office Corps, by the LOrd in Waiting. Captains Jackson, Mayo, and C;renville, of the SUM Corps, wereilikewl:,e presented to Her Majesty. Majar Captain rowql, of the .it. Clements Corps, by the Lord.in Waiting. ?dolor Ramsliotton and. Captain Manners, of the Chewer I Vainnicerb, on their appointments. Tbe Right Hun. Wm, Winilhain, on his being appointed to the command Of the Fellbrig Volunteers in Nortulk. After the Levee, HIS MAJESTY gave an audience to Sir GtiAK LES: MORGAN, who laid 'several dcci. sinns of Courts Matiiil before fits MAJESTY iar his sanction. Abaut five o'clock the RoYAt FAMILY left the Palace ror the Our.en'rhoube to dinner. The puke of Brotoßn , 'went 'to C,urt in :is chariot. The I)utehesB , fuiloweii in a ..cl6ir, pre. ceded by three footmen, &cased in very elegant new A /MTh: Mail of the oth arrived this morning. The Commission of Oyer and miner WfIS opened at Dohlin on Saturday, but we are not furn►shed with any . of its proceedings. The General Post OfFce Dublin l►^s adopted the regulation whiul► has so long been established here, of dispatching the Inland Mails at eight o'clock at night, instead of eleven. His Royal Highness the DUKE, of KENT had a long interview tOitli Earl ST. VINCENT yesterday, at his Lordship's house in the Admiralty. An overl,ind dispatch was yesterday received from India ; but we could not learn whether there was any confirmation of the late reports rtspeeting the detention Lirrots' squadron by Admiral RAINIza. The regulation of - printiti a London Gazette on the Thursday was lair night at an end. The. Ca. zee!, will now only appear on Ttiesdaya and S.►tut. days, as formerly. By the..iiiinottior, of 74 guns, which arrived on Tuesday at Plymouth, accounts have been received of a very recent date from the Channel Fleet. We are happy to find that it weathered the late severe gales in perfect safety, and was left all well on. the 15th on its station off Brest. Dispatches were nn Wednesday received at the Admiralty from Sir ItriwAttp Pau, w, who, we are harry to find, had been able to maintain his po. siti:m, watching the ports of Ferrol and Corunna. These dispatches are said to state, that the Spanish preparations in those Ports were almost entirely at a stand. Last Monday Sao ship carpenterc, most efficient men, enrolled themselves as Sea Fencihles at Greenock. The acceptance of the tender of their services, made some time ago, as we forMerly men tioned, having been signified by Government. The Ladies of York have been most patriotically industrious in providing Flannel Waistcoats, &c. for the Volunteers of thatTity, No less than 1485 Waistcoats, Stockings, Caps, &c. have been already deposited for public use. At Durham, Chcster-le- Street, Sunderland, and other places, similar excr• dons have been made by the 144. 11 I d I is 4.4 1 , .✓ Ir 4 a • MOUTH, Dec. I.—Artivea the Spanish Lugger ‘S'imr y Grazio, Capt. GALDts, litcleb with nuts, from Bilboa bound to Exmouth. Saile(l the Boadicea Frigate, on a Cruize to the Westtvdtd. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2 z..--Arrived the rm.-yeller, HALL, from Alexandria, .in America, bound to Havre.de-Grace, detained by His Majesty's Ships Pluto and Merlin, Sailed this day for the: Downs, several honie. ward-hound Lisbon Traders, under Convoy .of a Gun. Brig ; Nestor, Xis NDsLAT. j Twins, H COLEY, and Princess Royal, STONE, for Sunderland. YARMOUTH', Dnc. 22.—Two Prussian Hays are on shore near this Ports the Ships will be lost, but part of their cargoes will be saved. The- Providrnce, of this Port, ROBERT THEO. HALO master, from London to this Port, got on the beach to the southward of. Yarmouth Pier, but is since got off; and arrived in the Harbour with da. wage. Sailed the Harriot and Ann, COCKS, to the Stre.ights with hemp.; Busy, BROOKS ) and Dolphin, DUNN, to Leith with corn. Sailed the Atnelia'apd Ambuscade Frigates to the Nore, and Censor . Gun.brig to the Weser, with the Hero and Brothers Transports, for Troops. Remain in the'Roads—Repulte, Admiral RUSSE L Princes; of Orange, of 6 guns, Crescent Frigate, Orestes Sloop and Favourite CUtter. Dent, ; PLC. 22.—Arrived the. Archer Gun. briefrom the Nore: Sailed the Basilisk, ,7ackall, and CoVi;a Gun. brigs, on a Cruize off Calais. Cham,kicm has made the Signal of Convoy for the Westward, • Arrived the Polly, CAN. DARBY, from Nova Scotia, last night, and sailed this .morning; fot. the Rivet. In the Downs , —Monarch, Utrecht, Itaisonable, EutTalits, Champion; Squirrel, I,ark, Nrciis, Zebra, Sulphur, and Archer. RAMSGATE, • DEC. 20.---A boar from this pla ce , sailing in the,Gull stream yesterday, saw it number of soldiets• cocked hats,some bowls, a table and other 'articles floating upon the sea. The boatmen piCked up and brouglit on shore one of the hats,,which bears " the French tri-coloured cockade, atad on the button • the, number 27 1 ., so that it mostlikely belon ge d to , a. private or thdt Brigade.: In all probability, this is another fatal instance of .the insecurity of the gun. boats destined for the invasion of this Country. An occurrence happened here this morning, which has occasioned considerable sensation, and serves as a melancholy proof ,how rapidly this harbour is fill. ingup, A lighter, between the outer pier headsot low water, though drawing only thirty inches, took' the ground, and stuck fast in the mud. According to the obset vations of pilots, and other persons ot.. nautical experience', the accumulation of,inud in this' harbour is• not less than six feet deep within the last four years only. liu LL, DEC. 20. --The //opeute//,. JossitH STRWM&T, master, (the vessel mentioned as havingg pia into Yarmouth on the sth inst. from a Stress o f weather) arrived un Thursday in Hull Roads, with a very large siipply of guns, powder, "and military stores, consigned to ROI3FHT STANTON, Esq. Ord nonce Store-keeper at this garrison. .The left _Woolwich early in November for this'port, era has on board, besides guns and stores for arming the several batteries, and augtnenting the immense depots already in the garrison, several thousand Sets Of accoutrements fur the service of the volunteer force in the Yorkshire distri& ; which, we .under-. stand, are ordered to be s orted And dispatched to t h e stations of the different corps as soon as landed, with , all possible diligence. His Majesty's cutter Srvi;ft arrived. here on Thursday, with orders to take under. convoy the ships bound from hence to Portugal. The Orestes . sloop of war-iv under orders to take under convoy the'ships bound from this port - 16 the Baltic. . On. Friday se'nnight, the brig Nib, J. HowAst D i master, from London, bound to Leeds, was stranded off North Somercotes, on the Lincolnshire main-- To the exertions of Mr. Mvotsitwid, the agent, J. Hs Nb, and the perions employed by them in caulking • the vessel, -reshipping her. rudder, &c. the owners are indebted fur the preservation of -the brig and a most valuable Cargo, .which, without their linguine assistance, would have met ineVitable destruition in the heavy gale anti tremendous sea - of Saturday., Eirt of the cargo is . wardionted•.at Salt. fleet, undamaged, - and the vessel, with the remain. der, was'eondOacd by the life-boat to, and safely moored at this port. The Admiral Arehoy, :fay in, from London to. Copenhagen, put into the Ilionber on Friday se'ti. • night, after having been as far as the Schaw, near which place she struck Upon a rock, which caused her to make five feet water per hour. Previous to her reaching the Humber, only the Captain and two men were capable of working, one of the others being lost, and the rest disabled by cold and fatigoe. EXTRACT 01 1 A LE.TTEIt FROM MEAL ) DEC; 2I if The Leopard, of fo guns, and the Sid/bur !hull), put to Sea about, a week ago, from the Downs, in consequence of positive orders to that aret9., for Boulogne and soot) found thrtn‘elves close in with the French Coast.. On the zsth i there being a fresh breeze from the S. E. they ran along shote front Cape Binc-Ness ,to Pouhgqe. •••••••6 r. •••15 PI. I VII, -••-- in shore off Cape Gresniz, about one o'clock on the I sth, they were driven much closer in than they imagined ; the Enemy opened a very heavy fire on them from their mortars and gun batteries at Cape . Gresniz. The Sulphar was' in shore of the Leopard, an.l all the shot went over her, but one struck the Leopard on her larboard quarter, but did not hurt *Mt: .ocnorf.•Sev-eral shells burst ovoutheSnipkor, and - WE': veral fell close to her without bUnting, but did no di. • tnage. Our vessels then got out oc.the Enemy's range, but. they continued their fire fora considerable time after. In the elening they Stood' in close to Bou. .• logne, 'where they counted about iweitty:fiVe sail of Brigs, with their top:.gallant.yards across, anti - . , Most of them hoisting their toO.sail.yards, which. is a French custom previous to their putting to 5C3. In the course of the day, the bomo . rtaliti aria Harty joined the Leotard and Su/, lmr ; and as out' people had every reason to expect the Enemy out in'the night, they were so close in always, that at Porte' they could hear the :sentries call out. The night was dark, and of course none of our Ships could b 4 seen by the Enemy. On Friday the Squadron tvai • • joined by the :Leda, Fortteme'e s and Bloodhosird4 On Saturday. morning a convoy of 22 sail of brig!. alobps, and chasse.marees got into Boulogne from the westward. The Leda was almost neat enough to cur some of them off, but they were too well protected by the batteries. One half of the Squa' dron alwaya anchors in the; evening off Boulogne, the other hall keeps cruizing, so that i t i s n ext to an impossibility for the Enemy. to'get out. " The Encampments about Boul , ) , :ne are certain ly large, but nothing equal to what is supposed (says an intelligent Officer on board of the Squa dron). They are, as well as i can judge, as fOl lowit :- To , the N: E. of Fort De Corry, a.Camp of .3000 men ; between. Fort De Corry and Fort De Brohe, two Camps of 3000 men each; from Fort De Probe to Boulogne, about .three quarters of a mile frorn'the shore, aline of encanfprnent extending to Boulogne, containing 5000 men ; from Boulogne to Nine!, a line of encampment containing 5000 men ; close to Fort De Corry, an initnene nufnbcC , of people are employed making a boson .for gun.. boats. Half a mile to the N. E. of Fort De Braila they are Making another bison : If they delay the Invasion till these basons are finished, .Itre shalt Ned never days' tol e r a bly l ong . It is somewhat remark: able,..that: in all t h e diff eren t camps we nev N ola see any of the soldie rs; th e y certainly are either not there at all, or they are 'very close h o usektoPer! . 1 There are : in Boulogne about 100 sail of Go-.)(14",51 exclusive of the Brigs." • . . , Letters from Bremen of the, Bth inst. state, that the Edalion Frigate, Capt. STUART, aPst nPinted the blockade of the Wiser, was totally loear the Red Buoy in the night of the 4th inst. Sot to 3C.. counts say that the whole d the Crew have been saved. The Melpomene Frigate, Capt. Ot, TYRA, and the • Princess Augusta Cutter, arrived on Wednesday at Portsmouth, from a cruise olf Havre. They bring the satisfadtory intelligence of the total dectruaion of the shiqoyon Frigate, - which lutely ran on shore nff La Hogue. by the boats of the Ateilin . Shey.of War, Capt. BRENTON, who, in the exrcution Of (his service, shewed so much'Promntitutle of 'mind, tie,. comlianied with such cool andideteemined braver as to equal in point of pro wess, any ,dlion performed this Wilt . . The Ship was defended by two strong batteries, and the shores lined with troops, who incessantly fired on the boats, ':Yet not a man w* • hurt. The FrenClll7l'efl had d tak re en bee sail lvess and w all • her stores ant i and had prep themseith the hawser, cables, tee. to get her, off, which thef eitpeeted •to havb . done the next morning. She ills seen burning to the water's edge •on Monday last, b t ' t y t e C i al i lPe a t et .Q u A k ili e :eTrli Sloop ° :: t t aileis Ply m outh.ilaf:Pli°ienril:: i : °- ' the cornmend of The Severn, of 44 guns, cnrnmandedby.Captsin D'AvveeGN&, Prince ,of Bouillon, is A rrived s t Jersey, where she is to remain as a Guardship.fo € the defence of that Liana. t crept. BttowN, of the Richoel urns Ann,' atilved •at iluit from Riga, says he left the Coryeftr, F ri gate and Fleet under convoy, in a-gale on the tsth ina" oW the Scaw, and thinks, from the weeiher ha experienced, that they would make for the Seaw.--+ The,Sampon and the Alexander were in cornploY. Eighteen sail ate said to be on shore Nail!) Of Flawbro'.Head. 4 The . Atalanta, Tvt:LocK, is arrived ofr ply. At mouth, in fourteen days from Newfoundland. She sailed from th enc e two days before the C onvo y for • England,-io tha t t h e y may b e h o urry'expeeted . The S•-„v ft, C aps. SiNcLaxi, frbm Afr ica, ar. rived at - Hatbadoes, after a passag e Of 'five weeks: on the 16111 of Od o li t ir. about 4.0 le a g ue " to this w indward 'of Barb a d o e s , she fell in w ith two French PCi."/Mtli 3v hiChs,ilftes. a. chace of twenty...id>: hours, brought her to an engagement, that la sted for two hoop.and a half ;'slie sunk one of them, mounting,. 16 gum?, and the other she beat off. The Swift. put into •B:kibadoes to rat, and get' a supply of ammunition; she was to sail on the 2 tst of Cgtobee for Jitr6ica. - ' . The Aloornshury Regiment yesterday had a Field 'day on their own parade ground; the review of thek Brigade, to which this Regiment belongs, will 11 6 t take place on Tuesday next. This Corps is to,/are a grand sham fight on Thursday next, when the Re* Einvent is to be divided; in order to repres;nt the v rend ' and English. It is given out in order., that, they are to be on the Parade in complete order, bf nine o'clock ; it is supposed they will take the too of Hampstead or; Highgate. The difreient Volunteer Corps of the Cityfin or der to petted themselves their exercise during the Winter evenings, are prOCuring the use of the dilferent.large public buildings in and adjoining tha The London- Cavalry. pradise tlid ) 11 . 00 sword' exercise on foot, in Guildhall, tw.° iiienings in :the 'week...The First London Repi mint have the use of Meru-chant Taylor' and the four t h have engagedßidingb oll°° ` to drill in. WILL tAnt Homo" Flomv, Member or pate*. mini tor "WickloW, - is raising a Corps of Cavalri on, his estates at liiidon near Lisburne, Ireland. t t i r