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THE SUN. SOLZM QLIS3 D1C11.121 . IPALSUI4 AUDIAT Log.D.oN, DEC.,E4VIB.ER • • Wt . this_ruor_ping received Paris rai-rs to the 4.th inst From thit kontents we 4aa ve, egtred the tolftil - ving articles - : • ' \V learn' from' Facet, that- - that . pity, .after a dreadful burti'sane,l has-been vartially inundated. The Sub-Prefe.d of . Usez, writes, that the Rkone • • • .• • has made unhearci..of / ravages. The, road to Paris litas beerptut off above the Bridge de St. ,Esprit, so that it is necessary to e o rriploy - hoats, in order to reach the City. In Holland, the inundations have been• more con liderable:than'had 'bten believed; the dykes have seen damaged, and some of them broken down. Every poSsible meas4re has been taken to stop the evil, and-the Inhabitants labour with the greatest ardour, ;o avoid the evils which threaten them. It is in • the environs of Zurirb-Zee that the sea has made the greatest ravages ; and if the most effeaual Measure's' had not been adopted, the principal dykes would have hczn destroyed, and part 'of Holland inundated'. .When the last Let.ters came away, the dangei•had_mit wholly ceased. A Batavian Squadron, and a French Fleet under the Command of General LATOUc 11 E TREVILL:E, are to await for our Brest Squadron in a certainjati . vide. It has been reported at .I?nt;sbov, that the Piet of the Empire would not be. assembled. This report too favourable to the interests of the Ecclesiastical Princes, - not to be 'attributed to their Agents, Letteri'fron./14-nover confirm the statement, that PRINCE Apor..;intis of F, itglartd is to be appointed Governor General of that Eleaorate ; that he is to reside at Hanover, and to be at the head of the Civil and Military Departments Of the Country*. They write, frOni .. .tilli;ens, lundeßate of the December, " Our Towd'AlreaCly begins to feel the oo . 11effeEls of the arrival of ' the principal Members of Congress. On the 4th the superior,Officers Df the 4th Regiment ofDragoons gave a Ball, at which the Frensbalid English Ministers were present." A Letter from / 1 4i/an, of the 4.th- Dec., says, the Maiquis DEL CAMPO, the Spanish Ambassador at . the Imperial Court, passed thrOugh City on his Toad 'from' Pisa Pt4;s. It is said that he is to be at the Congre'ss at fkliear. - It is 'said that General MASSENA is appointed Ambassador to qnstantiqopli j and that he will iron set sail; . . The Police of Paris has .seized a. German Alma pack, in which, under the head of SOvereigns of France, is said, " Louts STANISI:AUS f (A'i/ I ER, Count of Provence, .is the lawful. King, and would, be so, were it not for the anarchy itthich noW , pre vails in that Country." We ate astonished that such expressions should be overlooked by the Li, enser at Vienna - , considering the good understand ing which prevails bttween the Frelich . and Aus.. trian Governments. In the Sitting,of.the TribunPe, .on the • 9th, Ft~EmtlE. th.e Councillor of State, Lead a Note from the Cabinet of the Chief CONtil, justifying the expression. Sk.b . jeep, in the Russian Treaty; and also reaifying an error that the Emperor PA,I.PL, in withdrawing his prott!elion from the Emigrants„ had Complied with it at the instance of the French PO.. vernment, It is not, says the • prator, .doing justice to the candour of the Emperor PAUL, who voluntarily ceased to recognize the pretensions of the Family of the Bou B ONS. The 'retch Tiers Consolide were on the- t zth inst. at 534. THE conduel of the m utinous Seamen of the Tente raire and F6rrracble, will, we entertaiii. a very confident hope, be learnt by the general body of Nav,Y' with indignation awl abhorrence. British seamen have ever maintained a high cha_ . meter; one unfortunate instance excepted, for loyal • ty and ratriotism ; and we trust it is not at a period :when they owe so,tpuely to the liberality of their Country, that they v, ill ungratefully and criminally al- so zs to tarnish the.teputation, acid vvea4n the power of her best National Strength. If ,a Sea man in the. Ktric's service relic& at *all, he must feelt ow much:hiS situation has been bettered within a very feW ,Years, and how highly comfortable it is. lis allowance 'o'f provisioni, or the very best .uality-,Which the Country-prbduces; is more than an ordinary anan can colutitnei:-::11ii pay is liberal, it - is punaually -paid him, ancf.rßeans are.. furnished bira for .any share of- -it which. 4e may chuse, being tegularly remitted.' to his falnPy, free, r exppoce.. The Le&i,laturetoo, with,parernal attention to the indulgence of his virtuous affedions, have liberally vrgyid , ;(ihim with tae means of coqespndin4 with his famity, Eby .oempting his' letters from the ordi _ nary rates of 'postage. With all these` dvantages and comforts, the Seaman can haVe no reasonable ground of complaint. His charaaer has, long been the hereditary boast 'of his,Country—we hope and trust it will never become its 'disgrace.—The British Empire owes much to the gallant exertions of its - Sailors, and it has not been ungrateful to them. How many liberal Subscriptions have taken place in the course of the late War for the relief of those who aichieved our glorious victories with their blood !. What national regret attended those who fell, and what generous sympathy alleviated the burthen of consequent individual distress !--- We state, snot these things in the way of re. proach, but to remind our brave Seamen that their obligations to their Country are not small, and ought not to be -lightly forgotten. . .But we cannot, for a moment, surpose, that the condua of the misguided or wicked men, who have disgraced themselves on board the Temfraire and formidable, will' not meet with the most marked- reprobation' from the Sailors of every other Ship in the British . Navy. To Rear Admiral CANT/3Eu, the Officers, and Marines of the former , of these two Ships, their Country is under the most serious obligations.-- Their condua proves that insubordination has only to be encountered with spirit to subdue it ; and our Seamen ought to know that Mutiny can only be expiated by death. It is "a crime of so deep a dye:—it strikes so immediately at the vitals of the Country, that no choice can remain but to subdue it, or perish in the attempt. Had fortunate!' this principle always been aced upon, some disgrace night have been saved to our Navy, and' much painful apprehension to tI.T. Country at large. In this recent instance it is proved, what promptitude 1 and decision will always_ effea; and we trust it will be a sufficient eXample to our Seamen to deter them from the ccir.iiion of so deep a crime as Mutiny, the most dange.rous and destrutive that a Fleet or 'Army cancommit, - - It is to the 'discipline of our Navy, as much as to the skill and courage of- our Seamen, that we owe the long series of . our signal and brilliant Successes. Without the former, the diretion of the latter be comes uncertain, And their power enfeebled. It cannot be forgotten, that, next to the favour of Divine Providence, it was to' the - Discipline main tained in his Fleet, that Lord NEJ..sori attributed the glorious Viaory of the,Nile. By a due regard to Discipline, the British NaVy, have reared a Mo . nt :vent of Glory ; lit them nut by - a cont,,ry and forfeit the esteem of their Country, and the admiration of the World. At two o'clock yesterday,TH t IA MAJESTIES and the PR'INC ESSES AUGUSTA ; ELI 4/1 B ETH,MARY; SOPHIA,4IIeI • Am E A,' came to . St. James's ' Palace, Where the. Qu EEN held a Court, which was graced with the presence of Her Royal Highness the PR IN- C ESS - of WAL-rs; their_ Royal Highnesses the DUE ES Of YORK, CLAR ENC E, KENT, CU MII F.ltt.A;D*, and CAMBRIDGE ; PRINCE WILLIANT and PRINCESS SOPPIIA Of GLOUCESTER : His Grace the Arch bishop of CANTERBURY ; the Bishops Of LONDON nl.l-ROCH ESTER ; the Rev. .D 1"; BE EK E ; the Rev. Dr. PRICE ; 'The: Rev. Dr. PAlzxclt ; the LORD CHANC EL L 01::; the CHANCELLOR Of the -EXCHE QU P,a ; the Right Hon. the Lo RI) MAYOR ; the Sheriff; of LL)ndbn (Messrs. Cox and RAWLINS) ; the Juno ApV:OCATE the JUDGE of the ADMI RALTY ; the MASTER of the ROLLS ; and. the AT TORNEY and SOLICITOR GENERAL; their Exce llencies the Frenth, Hanoverian, - Neapolitan, Sar_ dinian, Portugueze, Danish, American,. and Ba varian Envoys; and the Russian Secretary, and Turkish Chargé des Affairs ; with the followirw .Nobility of both sexes Princess Castelsicali►(the Neapt;litan Ambassiior's Lady). Dukep—Portland and Roxburgh. Drachesse.r--Dorsqt and Northumberland. itfar4uisses- 7 Salisbury and Thomond. . Ofarchio;:cs.:es---Salistairy, De Circello, and Thomond. E-ads—Chatham, Morton, Pomfret, -Essei, • Macclesfield, Faticoliberg, Harrington, Onslow,...Nount.Edgcumbe, and rauiett. Countesses—Macclesfield,. Dowager „Macclesfield, Mansfield, BathUrst, Chatham, ltatistock, Pomfret, Dowager . Ely, - • Essex, Fauconberg, - '4 3 ,ylegnay„„ ,C,tryoiart, ,AViansticid (Mr. Cret4l.l9 7 s• Lady), and Ranswic. Iliscsusrts -Mount NorriS, .Chetwynci, Bulkcley, Sidney, • HoWe, Sudley, - Stoptbrd, - and Cranley. Tfiscognresies , —Nelson, Howe, and Bu11(.04.. Baron Nolleken—Baror.ess Nolioeken-. Hobart, Boston, Bathtirst, }tot ham, Hen- . ley, Somerville, Spencer, Flawkesbu'ry, Grey, liervey, Bayning,. Walsingham, Pelham, G‘vydir, aria Glenbervic. Ladies-L-1-lobatt, E. Percy, T. Percy, Bankes, M. Bentinck, - M.. Parker, L. Macdonald, i - laWk6bur, Taite, Lons— dale, Bayning, •C. Johnson, Calthorpe, Grey, C. Wattle— . grave, C. Wynne, H. Sullivan; Talbot; Law, Yongc, Z:athCart, A. tuniberiand, Grey de Wilton. • Generals—Flotham, Tonyn, Dundas, Sir I-I. Munro, Stave ley, Meuron, Hall, and Sir W. Fawcett. fliimirals—Sir C. Pole, H. Parker, Sir I'. Trowbridge, Si) . J. Orde, `and Nugent. CG/o;zeh—Steid, Thomas, P. Parker, Nugent, and Forbes. Captains—Sir Sidney Smith and Markham. Majors—Sir E . Jym Ind Heatl-.. Sirs—H. Dashwocxl,J. DurnO, C. Baynes, T. Musgrave,' A . Hammond, R. Ford, C. Morgan, L. Pepys, Coiling ton, I'.'llearkt;' R. C.' Glyn, F. Milrnan, R. charribers, R. Clarke, W. Bensley, and C. Baynes. Messrs. —W;ndWm, Fagel,: Greville, Fremantle,. litwzgc, Ashiey,,lrby, Rouse, Apsley, N. Vansittart, R. Stedie ' Vincent, W. Price, Arbuthnot - , Zlorgan,:Bond, Smith, (..; . ildermister, A. StanimPe, Actin's; Villiers, Knox,- Wickham, Penn, Long, H. Bruwri l Law, 05,good i Mr. Alderman Watson, and Mr. Alderinan C Lute. Hartwell; Pe4ufoY, Wortley; New_ bolt; York, Ciideirniiter,.DaMpr, Malcolm, Long, Won, 4451.4 Marl :suite' and H , 4 , . , ifines—Townsheid, three. De Greys, 'Colman, thc7i - ter; 'Pepys, Banks, &c. The. Presentations to .HER. MAJEs-r If, in addiaon ro theiN vi Toblernen with the KING' the preceding were/ ' , • , ' ajor Sir EDWARD RYAN,•on receiving His 'Majesty's permission to accept the rank of Knight of the - Imperial Order of MARIA THERESA, COtt ferret" on him by. the EMPEROR of GERMANY ; Sir JAgEs DURNO ; Captain Sir SIDNEY SNI/TH Mk. • WYNNE 'lnd 'Lady C. VVyNxd, on "their' marriage: the Cbimtess of FAUCONBIad introduced her daughter do the occasion to the QUEEN ; the LORD MAYOR .aild the LADY MAYORESS; -Lord and Latiy HO BART, on his Lordship's being .ap pointea-SecretAry for India affairs ; Mr. C. liroai(E, as Secretary .t at• War; Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, Bart. Monsieur OTTO had his first audience of tile QUEER, as Minister Plenipotentiary from the Re public of France. Madame OTTo was not at Court owing to . indis position. Sir It. FORD had the honour to kiss Her MA. JESTY'S hand, -on being Knighted. . From the numerous 'Company of Persons who came to congratulate Her MAJtsTy on the recovery: of her health, the Court did not break •up till five o'clock Cand it was an hour afterwards before all the Company had withdrawn, The Roy4t. F.4.mtr..T then returned to Bucking.. ham house, _ Two Hamburgh Mails still remain due. •Last night Hl:it MAJESTY had .a very nuttieroul Party of the Nobility to tea and cards: , . The PRINCESS Of: WALE was invited. to break.: • fast this morning with . HEIR MAJESTIES„ Yesterday, at the -Drawing-room, Sir . FRA,Sc MILAN had.the Honour of kissing the QUEEN'S hand, on being appointed one of. Her Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary. The Marquis of SAT., ISBUILY proceeoed this morning to Stilton, whence he will march, his re. giment, the Hertfordshire Militia, to the town Of Hertfofd. , It was yesterday ,reported in the City, that the Definitive Treaty had been signed at Amieps.. The mere rumour had the effeet of raising, the Funds.---.. We conceive the report to have been- premature, as we have yet recciv-.:d.no account of the 'arrival at the place of Congress of the. Spanish Pletlipoten tiary, i,vhose Signature is necessary fed; the cessicn of Trinidad, - The last kebuiits from lay were-latexi. on the rith s(lvice; we ho:ee_,..tp hear that the Squadrondestined - fee the West - ribs dies has sailed. - Lord ST. VINCENT'S "conduft, when . syrnistoms of Mutiny appeared on board his 'Fleet off Cadix, is a good assurance .that in any - similar case, his Lordship would recommend the most vigorous and; decisive measures for its suppression. 14is, Lord ship, • upon the occasion ailtldeti to, had some of the ringleaders seized, tried, and executed-without de lay, which completely quelled the dangerous and alarming evil. • Earl ST- Vilicrn-r, it is said, will soon try *k4 air of the South of Prance. for the recovery of his health. 'M. OTTO has been dignified in the Mornini Papers, with the 'cult: of LIEUT.-GEN. OTTO, because his initials are L. G. O. 'lt was his hap_ piness to be Christened Louts.GT2trt.LAIJY.E OTTO ; had his name been Loots CHARLES, he could not have aspired' to be more thin it Lieutenant-Cdone/.. The PRINCE of . CoNoi has taken Tikey House,. at Wanstead, for ,fiv :3 e years, at a rent of 501. per annum. -The taxes are about 2501. so that the real produce will be no more than tool. The house is lett that it may be kept in coudition, The present owner being a child. • - , ' The SOTIS of the Duke of MATTEI were lately killed by the ieitsants,-in a seditious commotion at Rome. ' - Friday last two companies of the Berkshire Militia came into Reading from Winchester, on their route to Henley, which they pursued next morning; and on Saturday two more companies came into Read, ing, and the remainder of the regiment will follow in the course of this week. - On entering the town, they gave three joydus'cheers. It is now near hirre . years since they left their native county, in the de_ fence of their Country. Five companies of the. Third Royal. Lancashire Militia, commanded hy col; Sir H. P. Hoti , 9lvt.o.N, Bart. which passed through Lancaster last week; are to 'remain at Preston (which is to be the head-% quarters) it is understood, till disbanded. he re; maining companies are arrived at Liverpool for the same purpose. llte Hop Duty is now found- to be zoS,OOOI. for. the present year. • The Report of the Proceedings of the Court of, Chancery kr some of the Morning Papers, in IVhich the LORD CHANCELLOR says, the decision on the question of Newspaper Reporting, is a mere nisi prias determination, must he erroneous. .The deciz sion underwent the considerafiqn of the court on• Motion for a new Trial, and the only dOubt enter-• tained by the Court was, not a; tc the Law of the Case, but as to the form of the .P;eadings. - Without entering into an investigation of the Law, upon the Subject of Law Reporting,. we may venture to expresS our decided opinion ot,its utility. if it were not for faithful Law Reports; those Les sons'of Morality which Lord KENVON SO frequent ly delivers from the Bench, would be completely lost to the Public. Mr. edwgair l ., at the last Common, Council, moved,,ztliwtheliiiival gift to MARTHA MIDDLE. TON (ofT - _•zi-A4),'ta , !tineal descendant of Sir. +Ivo! be.increased to soh per annum. Mr. CoWLEy then read an abstraCt from STOW, wherein it was stated, ".that Sir Hunti MIDI)LETON was a public spirited man, and had rendered great services to the City .of London ; particularly, by bringing. the New RiVer to London, anti thereby expending his whole fortune, which was the cause of the pre sent Petitioner being in want,": Tbe,AnnOty was vosed, NAVAL N TVS. PORTSMOUTH, DE;. 17. SAILED a number of West Indiamen, with a file breeze from — 7 7 Came into Harbour the Lady Shore, STEw ART, and- Aril's Transprirtr-----•• Arrived the Chaths, TATE, from. Dantzig. Arrived from the DosTin§, the Venus, COBBY ? from London to i4p;ton.. : .c ,Cars, Warren, Catir , !tine...Crcen;.,Stolu, Trelawney -Plan ter, M‘Donald, Lady. Mackworch, Jamaica Planter, Carter, Berwick, -, Sovereign, Elizabeth and Mary, -----,, from London to the West Arrived,. John and Robert, West, Earl Spencer, Penny, and Prosperity, Mitchell,' from London Jane, Shelton, from► Riga ; jenny, Morkle, from Leith to Cadiz ; ..Neptune. Fisher, from Chepstow ; Happy Cotiple, Clark, front CardillS Ceres, Davie, from SunderWid ; Charlotte Anni Howell, from Plymouth ; Richard, Cuming o ditto ; Hebei Carder,' from Swansea. SHEERNESS, DSc. 17. Tins day arrived His Majesty's Sloops //ma and Diligence,. from Yarmouth. • L'Erpiegle and Gier Brigs, are paid off: also tiv: Wravler and Patel- '0 -tin-brigs. • `Dec. tl. THE . Prlnce of Oravi e Post-Office Packet, Cart ! : BiTD9R, sailed from hence early this morning," - with the Hamburg') and Bremen Mails pf yesterday. No arrival from the Continent. Yesterday - advice was receive(litt the East - India: , house,. of the safe artivalin the bowns of the Ship ., , S'et;P/47a4atti - 7n ft:Pfn the Seoth - Se4s, bklast from -the • Island of St. Helena, with bispatchesf rom - Col. Rossg N, Governor, which !lace s h e l e f t on -the zi) . th of .06.ober. Theserii4apikii,' 7.6po k e , Vessel during her pas - saix,c . iorne. We are'nfo rmecl that not any sh i p ,belongling to -the - -East Ind. C o m.. pany- was, left 9.-bp‘kittanct when the SA.:;fga.• -pirtan tookler 41141j,14 . 0 - Rrp f :thence, The . Indiamen . immedigtebt_zettpeeted at;•the Island•ipt tlieir voyage - 1 - ioiffe 'txte,rtilkyiev - i; g ham, .0yr:1;1 :•TfIomAsBUTLER; Madras arid - Bengal ; tlt Melville. Castle; .Cipoin LA: 4E ; the Tee. ; :viers',: $ . 41 1 1-.D.ER'S ; and the SkePor Captain MATH E w IsAAc E, from . Bengal . On Monday a court. Martial was held on board His NlajeSty's' ,, Frigate, ifraak,zamheid, lying in Sheerness-Harbour, nn two: Seamen -elonginfr to His." Majesty's Shriikr/i;iueux, for gtternprieg to set re to the Magaini of that Ship 'when on" her passage to India. The against one - of there could not be proved; the . bthee was in part, clearly proved ,against him,. but he being in a deranged state of mind, his seriterfe - e - was left for - the de-ter. mination 'of 'the Lords of the Admlralty.. nn Cput syttp held on board. the same Ship on the Mister of chi' .Wrphni, fat unofficer and ungentlemaii-like conduct} tpwards thc rest of the Officers of,that Ship. The charge against . ' him being clearly. proved, he was septenced to • bc' dismissed' His Majesty's Service, and rendered irk' capable of ever serving as an Officer in the Navy, Amonast the number of valuable Charafters znci brave Officers, who fell in the recent glorious 04 memorable Expedition to Egypt, we find the fol* lowing of the 9 zd Regiinent, or Gordon Highland4Fs On the 25th March last, Lieut. Cal. Erskine, of wood§ received when figlitiug that Cprps so gallantly; 13 th Marctli. On 14th . March, Lieut.-Tomlin carrphell, of Wounds 14 1 ceived on ditto. : ;,;• Or', tto 23d ditto, Lieut.. A I I lax—tiarke of ditto, teceivo4 osnn t4th April, .' , U-rtittrTe . s?l)o•ll; of ditto, receive 4 on ditto- Oa t4thune, Lieut JcOnn Forman. by the climate. On 6th July, William Findlay, 'Esq. late Surgeon to the 9 2d Regiment, by the climate. OLi rsth ditto, Lieut. Norman IPLcod, of wounds: and tite climate. - The new Militia Bill fixes the number of flame') as allows s---For the West Riding-of the County of York, with the City and County of the City of .York, az?, men; tor the North Riding of the County of- York, 683 : for the East Riding, with the Town and Comity of the Town of King' sfOn-upon-Ffirll; 423. For the County of Durham: 369. For the. County 'of Lancaster, .1830.. F° t the County of Lincoln, wifh the City, and Count); of the City of Lincoln, loz6. For The County °L Nottingham,, with the Town and County of al° Town of Noitingham, 44.3 ; and < for the Counti or Westmoreland, 18z. • The. ...,oxn-CHANCE-LLOR .has been pleased t°. appoint Roll taT- TOPLIS, of Mansfield, i n -the County of Notts, Gent. to.be a Master Extra, in th e 'High Court ,of Chancery. Amongst the numerous feats of aaiyity and cc', ertibn, none have exceeded_ the performances 0 Lord SACxviLLE, and Mr. Ross the Messenger' the former of whom rode up from Oxford, on. fivf different horses, to the New Humrhums, being 57 * miles, in three hours ; and the latter 'rode to Edin burgh, 4.00 miles, in forty-eight hours, and re' turned in forty-seven hours and a half. To excel in rapidity of Motion seems to be the great object of emulation between England and France. at present, but our ingenious ne ighbour s seem to have the best of the contest ; for while 1 is pons,i4ered as an extraordinary feat in England t 0 walk six miles an hqin t A l tnap,itt.France undertake' to go 300 miles a daE,comi 1 frbes—But their S U' periority over us in pcitint, : .o*fed is. not of a r ecent date. According to the accounts of the inefficacy of t he Law in Portugal, respecting Assassinations, the 60 1 vernmcnt of that Country could not do better " 1 order to guard against a French Invasion, then let_ the pradice:continve ; for if, by calculation, 01ie native is killed every day, it would be strange , 111 ; A deed, if there were ,not a much greater consuet t° of • Frac-hi/rm. Tip ~ a procai Inenti i resolve of a~l Guildt Privile and to merite The several Was u * LORD Mint the GI votini ell in dresse SIR Lord A don, in Thank; of St. j Army a flint your' g the hoi the Svc not, Si firstorz been co hypv acCuire to-reim ihe day invina ir— of Lorne; I am . b to ex p J‘ly co was st ap p rob oi)jda clez:.sec ity, Zinc= tions honour /a Pe-a zhai I and fo r $144,4e. BA' lawt sl the la He w I)R last IT aitjor It see deters znent. enaise at Bri No Write 'ln Once eoncei tvide I\4edi trarsr •Egypt It Sint d drc ss — , Petzan, stilt of stink i '9 pul i:reser