The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-28 00:00:00

LONDON, JANUARY 28, 1803.

We received this morning the Paris Papers to
the 25th inst. The Diet at Ratisbon having
nearly terminated their labours upon the,subjed of
the Indemnities, seem now likely to be' involved
in a discussion upon another question, which, though
it probably will not occupy so much time as the
former one, will nevertheless be disputed with

great pertinacity.
The EMPEROR of GERMANY, through ,the
medium of ills Minister to the Diet of Ratisbon,
has made a very important proposition to that
Assembly respeffing the future composition of the
College of Princes, 'as far as relatei to Religion.—
, His IMPERIAL MAIEsTr proposes that the num.
her of Catholic Votes shall amount to Seventy,
and the Protestant Votes to. Sixty-eight. The
Diet have not yet taken this proposition into
consideration, and it is probable that it will meet
with very strong opposition from the Prussian
Party,

The Intelligence which is taken frOm the Ger.
man Papers respeeling nide), are, as usual, ex-
tremely contradictory. Some Accounts state, that
the defeat of the PACHA of CAtao was not so cam-
plete as has been represented, though it is admitted
that he cannot advance against the Beys without
very considerable reinforcements; and that the
English have observed the strictest neutrality dur-
ing the whole of the contest. Other letters say,
that the English pi ivately supplied the Beys with
Light *Artillery and Ammunition, and thereby
enabled them to defeat the_ Turkish Troops.—
, The Porte, it is said, has applied to France and
Russia, to prevail upon the English Government to
evacuate Egypt.
Some very incorrea accounts of the disturbances
at Gii)raPar have reached Paris; they are inserted

in the Mon;var.
Letters froni Gentiti state, that three Vrench Sail
,F the Line had arrived in that Port, for the pur-
pose of conveying the Polish Troops to Si, Dooiago.
The Funds are 56. 95.

Yesterday a few minutes before one o'clock, HER
MAIVITY arrived at Sr. James's Palace, from Ifuck-
i'iivliam.hou.,e, in her carriage, accompanied by the
I'tctt M 1 and 1....1.tzn 1:11 ; they were
loon after followed by the PR INC EssAmELIA, at-
tended by Miss GuLnswoß rtay.—Hrs. MAtEfiTY
did not arrive till half-past ont', soon after which
the Rot At., VANI ILY catered the Drawing-room,
which was attended by Her Royal Highness the
DUTCH ets of yOAK, (who came in state), Their
Royal Highnesses the Durt;:s of C!.ARENI.'. E and
Cu MUER LA ND, the Lord Chancellor, the Chancel_
lor of the Ekchequer, the Secretaries of State, the
Secretary at War, the Foreign Ambassadors, the
Lord Mayor and Sheriff:i of )..,ondon were present=--
and the following Nobility

•
The Duke or Portland,
Mailwines--,Circellot Sligo, and Chatteal;.
illarchicnes,es—B3tl), Ely Circello;• Dovienshirc, Sligo, and
Chatwak,
N.:dr—Morton, Dartmouth, Harcourt, Harrington, Chester.
field, Glandore; Etttpshaiu, 11,14unt Eclgecumbe, and Sand.

%via
Coonevet -Harcourt, flArrington, Effingham, Woronzow,
' Suttblit, Ashburnhain, Cupatlen, Aylesbitry, and
Pot tnitiouth,
Vi,rounix—SydneyAnd Crawley,
Vitcwmiesser—Sydney and CrAilley, ,
Lards-Soniervillp (in Waiting'), Poston, Willoughby tip
kroke, Cathcart (Gvid Stick), Hawkeslitiry," Andover,
Luton, C. Fitzroy, •castlerpgh, Glenoervie, peuArn,
Notthwipt, ligbart, 'Henley, Siitiwick, and

Carrington. . •
L 44444.— Y.l lenbarough, Bolton and daughter, Sheffield, Glen.
bervit%Triglm, Ncpc4ll, twoct.tuAltters, ftl,
tiitl+i. Andover, GoObril and cLugliter, M. Wynyard,
AshOur.lharni Sowell, Col litlgtogi and daughter, Castle.
Curry,' BAytting, M;iyores3, M. i'arkor,
C. Towt;slicticl4, I)ccrilktri,t.'ll49vinti. Kingston, Ciau.
ford', C. Collier, Cavan, 1; iyunt A. M. Starthape,
Itughart, Pitt. Cumbcrlawl, two Thyntwo, posport,
Bank.s, Call,' Dalrymple, or, and 110-

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fishop......Roche,..er,iSt. Asap h, Hereford, anti. Chester.
,sirs—C. Bolton. H. Dalrymple, ,T. Trir,ge,G. Yong,,, S.
Sinith,.l . Collington,T' Metcalf, J. Crawford, C. Mot-
-2,n, C, C. Stryith,'W; ritt, T. r 4.l3cham, and W. Call.
daimirati—Dig,hi'4; and Lord Keith.. A.
Gosis rah —Sir (i Osborn, ,Forbesi D undas, • and Manners:
cd2,,,,./s_gtoptoid, ttawgill, Chester, 'Beaumont, Calvert,
' Glynn, W. fitratford‘ and Brown. • . , •
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Caplains-,Digby (Noy i, alai Chchter. , ' .
1•11(3.411.- •Cteville,, A. Stanhope, Heatheote, fagel, Dutton,
•imry,,,pie, yi),k, wilutimin, Welsh, Bugge, .Dcrit, 'C.
N'Orite, Legge, Halel.Chicbester and Bouvene.
Afwee,:c..»,-I,);trn pier', c hichester, Johnston, S. Smith, Heath.
. cote, M,iiiw iting4 A. Stanhope, Chester, Yo;-.1<, Beau-
ITlOlet,'Caivert, Svindham, Pool, Barrington,. Version, Bro.
ticria,„ whams, and Lockhart. . .
Nisse.i—Nlm.:lv Mainwaring, •Stanhope, Jenkinson, Ver.
non, Che n,ster, Love, Egerton, 3 lierocris, an Thynne. o•
ihnbaLkjArs—itus:i;in and Lady, Dutch and Lady?, linperial,
French and Suite,yrussian, Neapolitan, awl Hanoverian.
The' following Presentations .to Ht 4 NIA JESTY
tobk Oace ;
fOuntesa:Ctitherina Woronzow, and Miss larch:ie.
.44 • Ejlenburouxh, and • Lady. Nrpean, foss Corning to her
Title), by Lady Hawicesbury. 0. ~
‘``l,3, P,4wricrE (the I,34ofthe Bishop of Rochester].
NM, I...hicnce.er, and Mrs. Spencer South.
~\::•iii,istattilok, by lair Mother, Mrs, Antiur Stanhope.
iscotant and V iscountess Andover', on' tli44r NI ar dap, by the
N V4rf iiritt Countess of Surt*. ' ' "k' - - • . ... ,
.4? Sparrow. i• . ; .4 ct -.1, • ~...
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Lady Kingston's two Daughters, by bet Ladyship—and
Miss Wingfield.

Soon after four o'clock the Drawing-room doied.
At five o'clock the ROYAL FAMILY left the Pa4ace
for Buckingham-House "for dinner. The PRINCE*S
AUnUhTA and Sot,LtT A were not present, the Faculty
not deeming it prudent for them to leave the house
so early after their indisposition.
His MAIEsTy will hold a Levee next 'Wednes-
day, after which the ROYAL. FAMItor will honour
the Concert of AnCient Music with their presence in
the evening.
The Loan MAYOR wore the same superb dress
as he did on the Birth.day.
On Wednesday Captain Bui-i• and Captain HoL-
L is, of the Royal Navy, wete'presented to His MA.
gJETY at the Levee, by the Eitl'of Nroiuroti.

Sir THOMAS Tatocc, K. 13. is going out to
Gibraltar immediately. The •Ainazon• Frigate is
preparing at Portsmouth to carry him to that place.
Ve rejoice to learn, that it is4n contemplation to
make the stipend of that deserving class of men,
Half-pay Officer's, payable without expense, in their
own. distrids. . By the regulation intended, an
rialf-pay Officer will have but to transmit his cer-
tificate, properly attested, to the War Office,
anti -in return . he will receive an order on the
nearest colledor of taxes for his money. This
will save the individual ten per cent, on his whole
yearly pay : and the Army Board. that is to
be established,, will, it is pres Urned, diminish the
number of Army Agents, at the same time that
lit will simplify and expedite the payments to
. .
tary men,
The Dutdbess of DORSET. has ordered her annual
bounty of coals and meat, distributed byffer Grace's
order every winter to the pbor inhabitants of Seven.
oaks,. East Grinstead, and Wythyham, to be doubled
this year, on account of her absence in France.
We have reason to hope and believe that it was
not Dr. BLAIR, Physician to the Fleet at Jamaica,
that was drowned there same time ago, as mention.
ed in the Papers a few days ago, but that the report
applies to an accident which happened some weeks
before, of a Mr. BLAIA, a Surgeon of Port Royal,
and two other Gentlemen being drowned by their
boat being run down by a rice barge.

I3:y the late Packet from Jamaica, weore given
to understand that the system .of Robbery so
loudly complained of, amongst the Merchants of
this Country, is daily spreading to a degree
which if not timely suppressed,. bids fair to sap
the very foundation of its Commerce.—Amongst
other Merchants who have recently suffered by this
species of depredation, the eespeaable house of
Messrs. Aoutt.4tt, Dt As, and Son, of this City,
have received information from one of their'Corre.
spondents in Kingston, stating thatrsundry
,packages
shipped by them per the Ship Matibew, from Lon.
don in September last, have come to hand in apparent
good order, but upon being ..opened, were found to
have been robbed of their contents, Silks, Muslios,
and Laces, .to the amount of poi. and in the lieu
thereof, billets of wood, rope yarn, paper, &c. were
found substituted for the purpose of filling up the
packages. Grievances like these, at once so serious
and Oa rtnint,•4 to. all branches .of the community, call
eland for thes strenuous
.exertions of every hottesi
member of which itis,composed, in order to pursue,
convia aid punish the perpetrators thereof.—it is
with'pain we learn that the late reward offered by
the Committee of Merchants, ands sanctioned by
the Lord Mayor, for bringing to justice the nest
of secret villains who have commitred those
roliberies, haS not yet had its desired effea.—We
however trust that every new ad of hostility corn.
mitred on the property of the industrious Merchants
of this Country, will stimulate them to unite and
rcdouh!e their efforts for the purpose of couriteratt.
ing so dreadful an evil.
YeSterday morning a mceting.look place. in Elyde
Park, 'between a Mr. B. Lieutenant, and Mr. A.
Surgeon, both of the Royal Navy. They stood at
ten paces, and fired by signal. ldr. A.'6 ball en.
tered Mr. IL's right breast, and passed out near the
left, without entering the inside. The Seconds then
interfered, and the business was adjusted. Mr.
A. declares Mr. B. is in no danger,- and proceeded
home with him to dress him. The quiirrel arose at a
billiard table, at Cape Nichola Mk, in the Island
of St. Domingo, in December 4757. •

Three interesting Bulls are said to have been de.,
manded from the PONTIFF by the• Court of Ma-
drid ; the first to nominate the FRINCE of PiAcgi
Visitor General of all the Orders and Cloisters
in the Monarchy ; the second, to secure to Go-
vernment the income of all, vacant Livings fOr
twent, years ; and the third to invest the Arch-
bishop of To4apo, brother to. the prince, with
full 'lowers to dissolve as many cloisters as be
thinks proper.
-Yesterday the LORD MAYOR nolo a court of
Common Council at Guildhall, at which were .piesent
18 Aldermen, 014 RE CORlnft) COMMON SaajenNT,
Surat Evs, and nearly all the Members of .the Com.
mon Council.

After the proceedings of the last Court were read
and confirmed, several Petitions were read and rc•.
ferred to Committees tp examine, and report to the
next Court.

Two Petitions (to he presented to Parliament) for
regulating the Coal Trade, and for enlarging Smith.
field Market,' were read, agreed to, and ordered to
he signed by the Town. Clerk, and presented by the
SHERms,attended by'Mr. RetvismaitAnceit, (the
City Parliamentarl Officer). • • • • •
The Court proceeded to the F.tetlion by fiallor,
of an Under City Marshal, in the room of WtLLiAM
CANNER, Esq. lately deceased and the several
Velitions of, Ole capiiidates for 'that Office '`being
read, upon casting up.the'Billot, the Numbers'were
as follows,

. .
NI:, 1./An. NAI4r, .. 91 Nrir. penj. Cii .. rris, i%
Atr. Win. "ereppass, : '34 14r. Ile.iii. f'./rreY., '''':-.. • Iti
Mr. Win. Crave, -' so Mr. Wni. StViensori, . 'S
Mr, 1110$. PALS, • 0 , zz Mr. folili Iluk.fia, - 6

Whereupon his Lordship declared 1\11";2. WILLIAM
NALpER duly cleacd Under Marshal' 44114 ,City,
during the pleasure of the Court, and in a neat
speech informel him of the ardu'ousllu. ties of the
Office, and ihe very great attcritioo required t,,c)
cute:
c%ve the same, ,

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, JAN, 26.

ARRIVED the Lord Lenox, Capt. LLOYD, from,
Lisbon, hound to London ; the Pandora, Capt.
BIRNVRNU, from Virginia bound to Guernsey;
the French Brig Ajax, Capt. PORTAL, from Mar.
tinique ; and the Jenny, Capt. floNosLoP„ from
Charante, laden with brandy, bound to London.

Sailed the Dutch ships Phabe, Capt. RADDER.
mnotEti for the West Indies; Zeewersi, Captain.
LUNDERT, and Yrow Aida, Captain Porprs, for

Lisbon,