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LONDON, DECEMBER to, iSoz.

THE great length of the Debate on Wednesday
night in the House of Commons, compelled us to
notice very briefly the contents of the French Pa-
prs which artived yesterday ; we have therefore
this day given some further Extraffi from them.
The Deputation at Ratisbon has, by its definitive
Conchisum, adopted the General Plan of Indem-
nities, with the subsequent Modi6cations.

We are strongly inclined to hope that the report
of the destruttion of Collitanting.pie on the 26th
OCtober, by an 12;artlipake, is unfounded, or at
least greatly euggerated, as Letters are said to
have been received from that City, dated the 28th
ult. which illerelystate that they had experienced
a slight shock of an earthquake.

The Mai! frorn Sr. Vincent's, which arrived yes.
terday, states that Tobago has been delivered up
to the French, and that the Dutch Forces had ar..
Jived in the West Indies to take possession of their
Colonies.

The QUEEN held a Drawing_Room yesterday at
St. James's Palace, which was numerously attended ;
the Company consistig of the Foreign AlTThassa-
dbrs,'ac. The (2's EN entered the Drawing-Room
at twp o'clock, and the Company assembled to
pay ;heir ft specs to E IR MA J E,TIEs, yiz. the
Friggf4jes E..TzpoETH, Aukv, So-
-0,:p.t3 .ItEpfS. rKil; Hiletni!ss the

PR INCESS of WALss, His Royal Highness the
Duke of GLOUC ESTER, and Princess SOPH I A ; the
Archbishops of CANTERBURY and YORK, the
Bishops Of LIMERICK, ST. ASAPH and ROCHES-
TER, their Excellencies the French, Imperial, Ba-
tavian, Neapolitan, Swedish and American Envoys,
the Right Honourable the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, Lords HAWK ESBURY, HOBART, and
PELHAM, Secretaries of State, and the following
Nobility of both sexes

Dukes—Devonshire, Portland, Roxburgh, Beaufort, Bed_
ford, and Somerset.
Dutchess of somerset.

Marreisses—Do‘Nnshire, Townshend, and Salisbury.
Illarch:(4.6:sses—Downshire, and Townshenct.
Ear/s—Harrington, Chatham, I'owlett, Mansfield, Cam-
den, Essex, Macartuey,L Macclesfield, Onsiow, and
S pcncer.
Cozollessts—Wrothurst, Carlisle, Essex, two Mansfields, Ely,
Carci4:an, Harrington, Aylesbury, Errol, and Delaware.
ViJc9unts —Howe, Wentworth, Nelson, and Chetwynd.
Viscountess Wentworth. -

Lo-ds—Blaquiere, Pelham, Melbourne, H,Paulett, Walsing-
ham, Grenville, Stoprord, Hawkesbury, Hobart, Boston,
Louvain; Gwydir, Keith, Somerville, Curzon, Bray-
brook; Minto, Folkestone, Gardner, and Brownlow.
Baron De Lenthe.

Ladies—Cranky, Walsingham, E. Courtney, C. Darner,
Grenville, Ni Cameron, Leslie, Hotham, Dalrymple, E.
Alacleod, Delaware, Calthorpe, Young, Brownlow, A.
Cumberland, Error, Metcalfe, Hawkesburv, Alvanley,
Pelham, Leslie, Hotham, Banks, Young, and E. E. Beau-
clerk.
Geneialr—Bertie, Pigot, Loftus, Craig, St. John, Forbes and
Tarleton.
Sirs—C. Bisshopp, Sidney Smith, W. Hamilton, T. White,
T. Metcalfe, H. Dalrymple, 1. Saumarez, 1. Heard, C.
Morgan, R. Berkeley, S. Cottrel, W. Fawcet, T. Hayes,
and W. W. Wynne.
Caonds—Greviile, Hewgill, Monson, and Macleod.
Captains—Kinnaird, and Flseming.
Dr. Turton.

Messrs.—P. Myder, St. John, Windham, Car, Ful-
ler, Adams, Walpole, Irby, Cameron, Lygon, Burnell,
Paoli, Hon. P. Burrel, Srny-th, Orde, 15ickens, Great-
head, senior and junior.
Mistresses—Gascoigae, A. Stanhope, Wirvi,am, Walpole,
Leeson, Lygon, Macleod, Onslow, ar,i :vl.;nrague.
Misses— Dighy, Garth, Collington, two Courtneys, Mark-
ham, Chester, Jenkiasn, Whitworth, Macleod, Onslow,
Vernon, &c.

The Nubility introduced to HE a MAJESTY were,
His Excellency M. Schimmelpenninck, Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Batavian Re-
public; had his first audience of the Queen, to whom he
was introduced by the Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury, and
conduced by Sir S. Cottrel, Knight, Master of the Cere-
monies.

Sir Thomas White, and Sir Thomas Metcalfe, kissed the
Queen's hand on being created Baronets.
Lady Metcalfe was also introduced to the Queen.
His Grace the Duke of Bedford paid his respeds to Her Ma-
jesty on corning to his title.

After the Drawing_room closed, Sir CHARLES
MORGAN laid before His MAJESTY Minutes of
Courts Martial ; and the KING having given audi-
ence to Sir SIDNEY SMITH, returned to Bucking-
ham-House.

The QUEEN had a card party last night at Buck-
ingham-house.

Yesterday the Committee of the Apothecaries
had an interv:rw with the Minister in Downing_
street, relative to the late Medicine A.
The Earl and Countess Of CHESTERFIELD left
town this day for their seat in llz`rbyshire,
during the Christmas Recess.
Letters from the Hague, of the z7th nit. state,
that M.-. LISTON, the British Ambassador, has
entered into a Negotiation with the Batavian Go-
vernment, in regard to a Treaty of Commerce be-
tween the two Countries.

Wednesday a Court of Direaors was held at the
East-India House, when the under-mentioned Offi-
cers took leave, previous to departing for their re-
spedive destinations : Capt. NATH. DANCE, Earl
Camden, and. Capt. ARCH. HAMILTON, Bombay
Castle, for Bombay and China ; and Capt. JoHN
P. TIMMINS, —, for St. Helena, Bencoolen, and
China. The following Officers,were sworn into the
Command of their several Ships : Capt. JAs. SAN-
D I LANDS, Walpole, for Coast and Bay ; Capt. H.
-MEarroN, Exeter, for China ; Capt. WM. ED-
MEADS, N. Ship, and Capt. CHARLES RAITT, Earl
Spencer, for Bengal.—The Court adjourned at six
o'clock till this day.
The Antiquarian Society, at their last Meeting,
Sir HENRY CHARLES ENGLEFIELD in the Chair,
voted a Proof Impression from the Plate . containing
the Greek writing on the celebrated Stone with three
inscriptions, lately brought from Egypt, as a pre,ent
to the Directors of the East-India Company, to be
placed in their Museum. •
Letters from Vienna state, that positive intelli_
gence had been received that Constantinople
almost entirely destroyed by the EarthquAe on the
26th of Odober. The Seraglio and a great part
of the City are stated to have been swallowed up.
This Earthquake was produdive of most extensive
mischief in several parts of Turkey, particularly
in Wallachia and Romelia ; Buchares, Adrianople,
and other Towns have been partly 'destcoyed.
The Earthquake of the 26th of Odober was pro-
dudive of the most destrudive effects in Turkey.—
A considerable space of ground between Silistria
and Rostock was entirely swallowed up, and con.
vetted into a lake. A mountain shared the same

fate, after exuding for five hours a fluid resembling
milk. The towns of Kragowa and Widdin were
considera;)ly damaged. The Castle of BuCharest,
built by the Rowans, has been rendered a heap of
ruins. The Prince and the inhabitants of Bucharest
quitted the City and encamped in the pl.;in. The
most disastrous accounts are expected to be received
from Constantinople of the damage caused by this
event, though no intelligence respeding it has yet
arrived from that City.
Several shocks of an Earthquake were felt at
Autun, in the night between the 26th and z7th ult.
The celebrated Statue of the Venus de Medicis is
on the road to Paris, where it is shortly expeded.
There are now upwards of eighty Adions pending
against Dealers in Coals, for selling short measure.
It is but fair, however, to them to state, that many
of these questions depend on a point of Law re-
speaing the construftion of the At of Parliament.
In the course of a Trial on Wednesday, in
the. Court of King's Bench, Lord Et.t.ErißottouGH,
upon the authority of Lord Chief Justice TULLY,
laid down a very important doatine, viz. tilat no
Witness shall be bound to rtnswer any vestion
which tends to degrade himself, or to thew 4itil to'
be infamous. This doctrine was very warnlly con-
trol/creed by Mr. EasiciNE, as contrary to paa,ice ;
bur his Lordship pffirme4 it to be the ;,41,,y of Eng,
14110?

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IV A I L NEWS.

, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 9.

ARRIVED at the Motherbank, and were put
under Quarantine, the following Ships, viz. He-
rald, of Hull, ROBlrtsnm master, from Maryland,
with tobacco, for London ; spoke Lu lat. 39. zB.
on the 14th ult. the Eliza, from Grenada,,for Lon-
don; and Ameba, PALMER, of and from Phila-
delphia, with block-tin and rattans.
Arrived the the Boreas, PARRY, from Demerara
end Martinique.

Letters from Sidmouth, mention the melancholy
loss of the Ship Orwer, Captain SANSON, of Ply-
mouth, from Dantzic, with a very valuable cargo
of deals, balk, and other timber, for Plymouth
and Tavisrock : she had weathered the gale of Wed-
nesday se'nnight, going large down Channel, but
off Bear and Seaton Cliffs, on Thursday, she was em-
bayed in the dreadful hurricane of that night, blow-
ing at South-west; being a lee-shore, Capt. SANSON
endeavoured to beat off the land, but in vain, as she
drifted right in shore, the sea then running moun-
tains high : her best bower anchor was let go, in
hopes to bring her up, which soon gave •way, and
she went ashore right an end, and soon tilled and
bilged. Captain SANSON and his ship's company
strove to get ashore in the yawl, but a heavy sea
upset her, and Capt. S. and three seamen out of
ten, met a watery grave. It is supposed a part of
the cargo will be sirved.

An English Vessel the. Liverpod, Capt. JOHN-
SON, from Newfoundland, was lost lately on the
Coast of Saint Domingo, and the Crew, consisting
of seven men, drowned, with the exception of the
Cook, who remained twenty days on a desert part
of the shore befpre he was discovered.

- PRIVATE THEATR IC ALS.-On Wednesday night
the Officers of the Guards resumed their Theatrical
Amusements at the temporary Theatre in Totten-
ham-street Rooms. The Play was SHAKSPEARE'S
Othello; it drew a Company more numerous than
any that has honoured the former Performances.
There were about .i.oo persons of rank and the first
respelability, assembled. The Room overflowed,
and nnmbers of the Company were obliged to go
into the Orchestra.

The principal Charatters were supported as fol-
lows :
Othello - - - Capt. CnuLtits.a.
Lodovico , - - -- PoRTER.
Roderigo - - -- BRYAN.
Brabantio - - Mr. CeBLTT.
CassiO - - - Mr. 12.t.rsprx.
Ingo - - - Capt. iircits.
Emilia - - - Nliss ASHDOWN.
Desciernona - - Miss NORTON.

The manner in which Captain CAULFIELD sup-
ported the Moor, would have done credit to any
Theatre. Captain HICKS supported the malignant
charaaer of /ago extremely well.

Upon the whole, this Piay was much better sup.
ported and got up than King Hcr.,y IV.

The Farce of The Apprentice followed. Dick by
Captain CAULFIELD ; Gargle, Mr. CUB ITT ;
Wingate, Captain BRYAN ; Scotchman, Mr. AN_
GE 1.0 ; and Charlotte, Miss N. NORTON.

The performance did not finish till near one
o'clock.

WESTMINSTER SCHOOL—On Tuesday evening,
according to ancient custom, the annual representa-
tion of a Play of TERENCE took place in the Dormi.
tory of St. Peter's College. The Play this year is
The Andria, and the Dramatis Persome were cast
as follow :

Simo, - Mr. Li v. Byrrhia, Mr. ANGELO.
Sosia, - Mr. L.VERNON. I.Csb!a, Mr. CLEAVER.
Davos, Mr. LONG L ANDS. Chrexnes, Mr. E Lis.
Mysis, - Mr. CHANIIIERS. CritO, Mr. P. VERNON.
Panwhilus, Mr. G.V ER NON. romo, Mr. BRIcKDALE.
Charinus, Mr. SMITH,

Mrs. SECOND is said to be engaged for four
nights .at the Edinburgh Concerts, and two at the
Glasgow, at so guineas per night.
The Dowager Lady GLYNN had a most provi-
dential escape on Tuesday morning last. As her
Ladyship was standing by the fire in conversation
wilh her son, Colonel GLYNN, her gown and petti..
•:7yat took fire, and in a few seconds the whole of
her clothes were in a blaze. The Colonel, with
much presence bf mind, instantly laid hold of his
mother, and rolling her in the carpet, fortunately
Fucceeded in extinguishing the flame ; and though
er clothes were completely burned, we are happy
to hear that her Ladyship escaped without any per-
sonal injury.

A man and' woman, whose appearance agued
with the description given of the persons smpeded
of the Murder of Mr. Steel on Hounslow Heath,
and who passed down Gansden Hill on the 17th of
November, as mentioned in a Letter from the
Mayor of Henly to Sir RICHARD FoltD, were ap-
prehended at Burford, in Oxfordshire, and com-
mitted as vagrants, by the Hon. and Rev. FttANCIs
KNOLL s, to Oxford Castle Gaol; from whence they
' were, by an order., removed to Town, and were
to undergo an examination before the Sitting Ma-
gistrates in Bow-street.
The business on Wednesday at the Old Bailey was
in general of a trivial and unimportant nature.—The
only noticeable proceeding was the trial of Thomas
Thornton, Esq. late Lieut. Col. of the Yorkshire
Regiment of Militia, on a charge which involved
the offence of perjury.—The length and importance
of the Debates precludes us from even offering a
sketch of this case—However it appeared to be of
that nature, and supported by such Evidence, that
the Court did not deem it necessary to put Mr.
Thornton on his defence.—He was of course hono-
tably acquitted ; and Mr. COMMON SERGEANT who
presided, took occasion ;o censure the prosecution,
After two very trifling cases were afterwards dis-
posed of, Mr.REcORDER. pronounced the judgment
of the Court on the inferior convi4s, wtich con,
eluded the business of the Session.
It is stated on authority, that the account of a •
Qentlerrjari having been found murdered on Salis- •
bury 'lain, is entirely without foundation, as it
has been fully ascertained that he died of an apo-
plexy, to which complaint he 14 fp; §Qw
Yni9FiSPtFIY qbje4.

PARIS, DEC. 6.

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AT the Diplomatic Audience of yesteralYi .ir
Wit rTw o rat presented his Letters of Cretience,;' ic
• his quality of Ambassador from His Baro:4
MAJESTY. 141'•
Mr. MERRY, Minister Plenipotentiary fr° of
BRITANNIC MAJESTY, presented his Letters
Recall, and had his Audience of Leave.
Lettec!
r!
The Marquis DE GALLO presented his ro,
of Credence, in quality of Minister from the l'iio
of the Two Sicilies, to the President of the Ita
Republic.
h Lf'
;s
Citizen FERRERI d'ALAssro presented ..- oi,
ters of Credence, in his quality of Minister Pie
potentiary from the Ligurian Republic.
l'
Lord WHITWORTH, Ambassador from HIS -,13 It
re,
TANNIC MAJESTY, presented Mr. '!. ALBoT, Jecf,
tary of the Embassy from His BRITANNIC INIAISS'Oi
Colonel WHITWoRTH, of the Artillery, brotheljr,
the Ambassador, Mr. HoncsoN, Chaplain, i'l,
BENJAFIELD, Secretary, . Mr. MANDEVIVI'aiI
Secretary, Dr. MACLAURIN, Physician, frj
t%
attached to the Embassy; Lord PEMBROgc, to I'CII
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CHoLMONDELEY, Lord CONYNGHAM, -Lora
BORINGDoN, Lord Mootvr-EoccumßEy „fr.-y,
FALKLAND, Lord OSSULSTON, the Chevalier )--0,
SOT, Ex-member of Parliament, , Colonel Cgi'ic,
EURO, Mr. CRAUFURD, his Brother, Ecolesiastsict
Major MACMAHON of the Infantry, CO; of
RAIKEs of the Infantry, Captain DALRYMPI:Toi
the Foot Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel GoaD°. o? ;it
the Infantry, Mr. MOOR E, Son of the Archifi Iv
of Canterbury, Colonel M'FARLANE of the
aol
fantry, Mr. KNOX, Son of Lord Nottrfuhisivrifuly
Member of Parliament for the University 011,40
lin, Captain UDNEY of the Foot Guards, to
MOTTEUX, Lieutenant-Colonel STEWART 0' 0,
Infantry, Captain LOVELACE of the Foot Gua 4,
Captain HAMOND of the Royal Navy, Lieutorto
Colonel ACHESON, M. P. Major DAtt,utAc °_,A,,'• 5,
Dragoons, Captain DALBIAC of the Drarcif
Colonel HAMMOND, Mr. DUFF, Colonel Foglfr
Mr. ROBINSON, and Major joHNSTONE.
el'
RATISBON, Nov. z4.—The Reds, so liww„,,
peed, comprising a recapitulation of all the '-irte
rations which have taken place in order to terrni";o
the great business of the Indemnities, has at leilba,
appeared; it contains the full adoption of the Ver.ts
tation of the General Plan of the Indemnities, vg
its subsequent Modifications.
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RATISBON, NOV. 26.-.. The Deputation 0-
llerl
Empire held its thirty-first Sitting yesterdaY, W
several Reclamations were communicated., n epot
The Troops of the Electoral Arch...C''cr.ity,
have arrived here, to take possession cif the Tita...
That Prince has notified to the Magistrates c"
ii bis
tisbon, that he intends to reside here, with all
Court.
miin
The Deputation is expected to assemble °bit,
tomorrow, when it will adjourn, as it is tboos
tbr some time.