The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-06 00:00:00

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. 01.1.1s.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
State, 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.
The fop owing 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
been so firemature, as that Officer' was on the eve
of embarking for Fort William, to present his
Credentials to the GOVERNOR Ggrtram.. The
manner in 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 him
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 raidoin shot from
one of the Soldiers entered the apartments of the
• Ambassador, and taking place in His Excellency',
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
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siticrciort or cooselueuct."

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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. SAs.
N
OE, 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'huxh, 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
thing. 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—thatt,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' admit. '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. cif 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 theme
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 rel
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 Co4ttenbagen, 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.

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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 Fre'
vented from taking such measures as may Strengthen.

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A..V. 4.

TUE Eleaion for this Borough came an this
day at_ten o'clock. The Candidates, Mr. GAR-
LAND, and Mr. H. ADDINGTON. The latter ar-
rived only on Saturday, and was so very successful
'on his canvass, that it was not expeded that the
former would have stood the Poll, the chances being
supposed to be four to one against bim. He
did not however decline the contest till this morn-
ing. 'Mr. H. ADDINGTON, on being nominated,
addressed the Eledors at some length, in a speech
.Which was extremely well received ; immediately
after which Mr.GARLAND gave up without calling a
vote. The successful Candidate was then, as usual,
chaired round the Town, We do not recoiled an
Eleftion 'here that appears to have given more gene-
sal satisfaftion.