The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-23 00:00:00

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.
Our present Ministry stands low in its estimation,
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 sp'eak of the
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 and
kuperiority;that almost equals the glory and ham.
effcias of a decisive naval vietoty,
Nothing 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 Armypintencleti 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
NlAigsTy Ancl the PR INC EMS arrived at 'S, jameva
11. 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
Their Royal Highnesses the Dorm of CLARENCE,
Kv rrro atlti CAM 11 It IDO i 'the Archbishop of CAN.
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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, WCartneyt 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. 1144Leod, 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—Robertsi 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.

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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. 2z..--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 place,
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 271., so that it mostlikely belonged 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 of
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 sorted And dispatched to the
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 Di
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.