The Sun. — London, England, 1807-03-31 00:00:00

MAILS, AAR TV En —r Husum, i Lisbon, 4 4 Dublin, z Waterfoid: Dot —2 Gotteuburgb, i Dublin, z Waterford. • T H E • UN. QUIS DICERS FALAAWLAUDELT ? 1, 0 1V I) 0 N, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1807. t rxis Morning a Mail from Denmark arrived, and last night we received Paris Papers to the 23d, and, Dutch to the 27th inst. They bring no intelligence of importance from the Airnies',: . it is stated, bow . . ever, that on the 3d inst. the French got possession of a Russiaa Magazine at Guttstadt, .and " having giventhe Russians this new lessbn,,the French Army is - immediately to go lito winterquarters." The Spa nish Government have, in obedience to - the orders of ;•TAPARTE, adopted the Decree issuedbyßosrApAßTE against the trade of this Country: all British property, dough in-Neutral bottoms, is to be seized, and the cargoes of Neutral Vessels, bound to this Country, or any of its Colonies, are also liable tb seizure. It would be idle to comment upon the absurdity of such a De cree; the Spanish Government must be in a state of .the most slavish submission to BONAPARTE when it could be induced to adopt such a measure. Since writing the above, we have received some further extracts from the Mail, which state positively that the French General Dußoc had set out for St. Petersburgh,.no doubt forthe purpose of attempting to open a Negotiation. The reports of Austria hav ing commenced hostilities against France are repeated from various quarters, and with great confidence ; .but we entertain very strong doulAs of their truth. Government, we have the .strongest reason to be lieve, have not received any accounts to that effea., We received this morning the following Letter from Dover, dated yesterday ."DovEa, MARCH 30.—8 y a S upwhich arrived in the Roads this afternoon from the Texel, we learn, that accounts had reached Holland of the. Anstrians . having taken the Field against . the 'French, and that the latter were .retreating out of Poland in all direc -'t ions.. It was as"certaMed tb,4,the Diplomatic Corps of TaLLEYRAND had already arrived at Berlin, and *had brought - miserable accoUnts . of the state of the French Ariny ; the Russians- had. cut off all their supplies of provisions, and were continually taking prisoners, and a' great deal of baggage had fallen into the hands of the viElorions Armies." THE more we consider the circumstances which led to. the dismission of .the late Ministers, the more , . ' are convinced, not only of thejustice,but of the indiseen , iible necessity of the condua which .Hls MaJEsTy has thought proper to adopt The. late Ministers had first, by bringing forward a mea sure uppn which- HIS MAJESTY; was known to enter tain the strongest scruples, founded upon the most pure and conscientious motives; an& afterwards, by expressing their determination to give their support to that or any measure of a similar tendency when . ever it should be brought forward, reduced . ffis MA JESTY to the' alternative either of employing as his confidential . Servants men who bad expressly avowed their intention, not only of .acting in 'opposition to his wishes and sentiments; but of supporting • those' measures to which be could not 'give hiS sane ion :cithour .a violation of that sacred obliga . tion into which he entered with his People upon his accession to the Throne ; or of calling to his Coun cils men of. whose abilities he' had had long expe rience, and in whose principles he knew he could repose the fullest confidence. We have upon a for mer occasion stated, that we do not blame, the late Ministers for resolving to adhere to the principles which trey entertained, but we are, we confess, - at a loss to find an excuse for their condud in endep youring to defend themselves, at the expellee of their Sovereign, by concealing - , if not .by nnsrepre . stnting, a part of those transactions which led to their dismission' from office. It was. generally believed at first that Ministers bad not brought in the Bill until tfiey had taken Ills MAJ IiSTY'S pleasure upon the sub jeet ; that they had 'afterWards withdrawn it in con- formity to his wishes ; and that, notwithstanding this compliance on their part, they had afterwards he'en disMisSed froM office. But this appears, by the..explanations given by Lords GRENVILLE and Howlett, as well as by some documents which Have since been made public, not to have been a fair or accurate state of the case. The extent of the Provisions of . the Bill which was brought into Parliament, cer tainly were not explained' distinaly to HIS MAJESTY. \Ve must' here repeat, what we stated On a former oCCas:en, ;hat we cannot for a moment suppose that Lord GRF:NVILLE. would attempt to deceive his. SOyereign upon any point, much less upon one of such high importance; but there must" have been an extraordinary and unaccountable degree of arn biguity in the Resolutions of the'Cabinet upon this . for not, only His IVIAJ,FAI4 - misunderstood • the extent of the intended Concthisions, but also Lord SMMOUTH and Mr. ELLiot, the forrrier a Cabinet mister, and the latter Chief Setretary in The former expressly declared in the House of Lords (if the reports of his Speech be - cOrre6), " That' hi . undekstood that there Was no intention to extend the measure further than ft was carried by the Irish Act of 1793 ;" and Mr. ELLtur,_after the receipt' of the Dispatches from England, did not seem fully to corn • prehend the extent of the indulgence 'which it was intended to allow to the Catholics. These , fa&A tend, we think; very strongly to invalidate .that part of the explanation of the late Ministers which is founded upon the previous assent, supposed to have been given by HIS MAJESTY to the introdu&ion of the Bill into Parliament. There was not, we are convinced, any intentional misrepresentation, but surely an assent given, under—such circumstances, ought not to be relied upon (to adopt a fotcible ex pression used in the House of Lords in the Debate Upon this ,s,ubjea) " in an issue joined between the Sovereign and his Servants." With respeal to the subsequent part of the explanation, we have already stated that we do not blame the late Ministers for an adherence to the opinions which they had formed, but certainly it was not consistent with candour, not . to use a stronger expression, to suffer an impression to go forth. that His MAJESTY had resohed to dis miss them from their offices notwithstanding they had expressed their readiness to withdraw the ob noxious measure, concealing, or, at leaSt; not stating, that they had accompanied their consent not to press the Bill, with a solenin declaration of their deter , . mination to support that measure, or even the general Catholic tluestion, if either should again be brought forard. We feel Ourselves compelled to state these sentiments with regret, because, we have Al ways entertained a very high opinion of the talents of Lord GRENVILLE ; and, of his prinCiples, as he had acted so long with that great and lamented Statesman, Mr. PITT, we could entertain no doubt. We, therefore, willingly gave our support to the Ad ministration fOrmed under his auspices, although many of the Members of which. it was composed were men whose politics we had invariably been in the habit of opposing. But our confidence was placed in Lord GRENVILLE, and in the other Mem bers of the Cabinet immediately conneeled with him ; and we felt it to be our duty to give our sup port to His Majesty's Government .as long as we could do it consistently with loyalty to our Sove reign,.and with thOse. 'pritieipieS of attachment to • I the Constitution, in Church and State, from which we have never deviated. • We 'lament the occur rence of any event which may tend to create ' dis union at•home at a moment when the most perfea unity is necessary to enable us to repel the dangers which threaten us from abroad-, but we shouldcon, sider 'Ourselves as highly - culpable if, -at thiS eventful crisis, we shrunk from the performance of our duty ; if we hesitated to employ our D est . errorts - n support of our Sovereign, and of what we conceive to be a most 'essential part of that Constitution under which we have the happiness to live. Yesterday,' about twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY arAved at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. A t two"o'clock His MAJESTY held a private Levee, which was attended by • The Lord President of the Council ; the Secretaries of St a t e for the H'ome and Colonial Departments ; the Chancellor o f the Exchequer ; the Master-General of the Ordnince; the Dukes of Portland and Montrose ; the Marquis of Titchfield ; Earls Bathurst, Ay lsford, and Derby ; Lords St. . Helen' s , Mulgrave, Heathfield, and Ossulston ; Sirs G. Osborn, S. Cotterell, V. Gibbs, and 1. Pulteney ; Messrs. Wallace, Rose, and Fawkener. The following had audiences, were presented, and had the honour to kiss His MAJEsrr's hand upon their several appointments : The Duke of Montrose, upon his being aPPPlnted Master of the Horse to His Majesty. Sir Vickary Gibbs, upon his being aPPolnte4 Attorney- General to his Majesty. ' Sir fames Pultency, upon hi s being appointed S ec retary at War. • , Mr. Wallace, upon his being appointcu one of the Com missioners for tile A flai r s of India. The Marquis of Titchfield, upon his being aPpointed one of the Lords of the T reasury. Mr. George Rose, upon his king appointed Vice Presidentof 'the Board of Trade. • s • The. Earl of DERBY resigned to.Hi hr - -.AJESTY the Seals of Office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster. It was reported Mr. PERCEVAL was appoint ed to suCceed . the Noble Earl in office. • Lord QSSULSTON attended, with' hi's `naiad of Of fice, as Treasurer of , hip Majesty's Household, and presented the Address of the House of Commons against granting th;... Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster for life. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which Sir JAMES PuLTENE,i - was introduced, and sworn in a Member, and took his seat at the H6nourable Board accordingly. - - His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke of PORTLAND, Earl of eiliprAm, Lords iIAWKESBURY, and CASTLEREAII. At five o'clock His MAJESTY set off on his return to Windsor. Every exertion is viaking to send out the Officers and troops destined for India. With the largefle4 now proceeding for India, besides the 2d Battalion of the Scots Royals , the Duke of KENT' S regiment, and the 2d Battalion of the - Pompadours, there o out large detachMents for many of the regiments in, India, and fOr all the regiments at the Crape. A very strong detachment proceed at the same time for the New South Wales cusps—the Officers and men volunteering from other regiments. Manv more turned out for this service than cckfid be cepted. HUgUM WARSAW, MARCH Jo.—His Majesty the t - npe,.. ror was expe3el hereon the Bth, and the City was illuminated on that account although his Maj'esty didltot arrive on that day, we still flatter ourselves that we shall have the happiness of possessing hirn,i, shortly within our walls. The .Emperor NAPOLEON has presented to the Polish National Treasury the sum of one million of fancs, to assist in meeting the extiaordinaries of the moment, and has besides direEted that there shall be delivered gratis into the depot at Posen whatever may be necessary for the comp lete equipment. of 30,000 men. Marshal MASSBNA set out yesterday to visit his cantonments at Pultusk. • BANKS OF TFfE ELBE, MARCH 23.—We have re-, ceived accounts from Osterode of the 14th instant s it does not appear that the head-quarters would be removed so soon as was expeaed ; since the latter end of Febrtiary nothing of consequence had occur red in that neighbourhood': the two armies are occupied with receiving new reinforcements: the French dire& themselves in great strength towards the corps of Marshal MAssErst4, at Warsaw, which, according to every appearance, will not long remain inaaive. A.-Frankfort Paper says, that beside, the English General HyrcnticsoN, General PUMGVRIER is also • with thq Russian Army: Gener4l BENNIGSEN was still at Konigsburgh the latter end of February, and was ill .with 'the fatigua of the severe catnpaign he had made. The arthy: under his command, which was never so numerous as was stated, was much reduced by the losses it-sus tained at the battle of Eylau : the reinforcemixittS; which it receives come on sledges from the falitl4t l provinces ; among them are the Regiments of Guards from St. Petersburgh. The Court of Prussia is still at Memel ; among the persons who are with the King are, Mess._KORCK RIZ, LOMBARD, and. BEYME. Since the Battle of Eylau there have been two reports of Peace, to which, however, not much confidence is attached ; I t is said even at this moment, that the Marshal 4. the Palace, Duaoc, is gone to St. Petersburgli kit 'this purpose. (PRIVATE LETTER.) ALTONA, MARCH 24.—LatO yesterday afternoon the.arrival; of seven English Mails in Denmark was announced on the Egohange of Hambro', together With the intelligence contained in the London Ga zette of the 14th inst. announcing the most rigorous blockade of the mouths of the Rivers Elbe, Weser, and Ems, a measure which will completely fill up the miseries of the Hanse ToWns, particularly those of the city of Hamburgh, where it is impossible pub lic distress should go to a higher pitch than that to Which it has aEtually arisen. The Hanseatic Merchants look upon 'Great Bri tain as their guardian angel, but their . hopes; of a speedy deliverance have hitherto' been wholly .frus... trated. Every moment rumours prevail of .British' Expeditions having landed in Cuxhaven, in LUbeck; in some of the Ports of the Baltic, &c, The nos-, arrival of the Mails far so. long a time seemed to 1 1 sakiiOn these reports to such , a degree, that the French Minister BoURIENNE himself felt so frightened that he hired carriages to pack up , his valuables, and left orders to his attendant! and Menials to hold themselves in readiness to set out at the shortest nolic7, Even Marshal BRUNE felt so awed, that he left Hamburgh for Lu beck, where he summoned the Citizens, and de- sired the Magistrates to arm them for the 'de:•: . fence of the City, in case of a descent on : the part of the" British 'at Travemunde. So, far, ,were NAPOLEON'S satraps and lictOrs frightened quarter ; but the arrival of the ,Mails, alas !:nride ceived them. BRUNE is also going in a few days to make a voyage of inspection at Brenien, and gite orders of defence in case of a descent. • • The Bamberg Gazette of thet 7th of March states, odthe 4hority of travellets arrived from Brannan at 'AugsSurgh, that that neighbourhood is P2r fealy tranquil ; the report which was spread, that they Worked with the greatest aCtivity at the Idr tification9 of Brannau, is destitute of foundation.: HAMBURGH, MARCH 23.—His Excellency Mar shal BRUNE . arrived here this evening from LU-. beck : he was received with a' discharge of -ar t . : , tillery. ALTONA, MARCH f24.—On the l gth instant the , French Toll-ship, stationed. at Stade, carrying .12 guns, and 75 men, (soldiers and sailors) was board ed by two boats belonging to the British 'Frigate stationed at the mouth of the Elbe, and carried, with out the loss of a man on the part of the British. EAST PRUSSIA, MARCH 1 8.--The Imperial French head-quarters were still at Osterode yesterday. The Corps of Marshal MAssEN.A. is in motion, and im portant operations are expeaed. o.—Several families from Courland RIGA, ItEB. and Livonia have removed to St. Petersburgh, and other cities in the interior of the Russian Empire.— The fortifications here Will be repaired and 3tengtit ened; the ,militia Will bc.i exercised with the utmost, diligepce-; reinforcements are continually. going to the CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 19.—The English Am- bassador, Mr. ARBUTHNOT, - having left Constanti _ !elm)* ~without taking. loave, the Porte cannot but consider his departure as a Declaration of War, and has therefore sent off Tartars to. Smyrna and,othec Ports'', with orders to detain and take possession of ali English Ships that may be found there.—(Hami, Correspond. Mar. 25). VIENNA, -MARCH 1.--4rhe Court Gazette ofthis. day contains the following article, under the head of Turley : " The English Ambassador who has left Con- stantinople on board the Frigate Endymien, sent for Jam by Admiral Louts, still continues off Tenedos, • whence he carries on diplomatic communications with the Captain Pacha." CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. B.—The Porte is taking the necessary measures to prevent the forcing the passage of the Dardanelles ; the Fortifications are strengthening, and Floating - batteries prepared ; while the Squadron under the command of the Cap tain Pacha is daily augmenting, Batteries are like wise erecting from the extreme point of the Se raglio to the Seven Towers. The same is like wise done from the Tower of Leander to the ex tremity or Scutari. Near -Gallipoli 20,000 troops are assembled to.prevent any landing which may be attempted by the English. On 'the ith inst. several.per-Sons . belonging to the ID4lornatic body received" letters from - Mr. ARBUTII:. NOT, datedirom on board the Adm s iral ; s Ship Oa (lnc in 1 2101 - #S, . off which assigned tho 'treasons already alledged for his sudden •departure, Ind declared that he had no other motive for it than .to :place hiniself in _a situation in which' he cQuld carry on his Negotiations with security. • These are in fad still continued 'liar the intervention of the • Captain Paella: . - - Tri the meaty.: titne;;a ~C ircular - Note, which has been published, affor& little hope, that the Ottoman Alinigtry will. accept the Kopositions made to th4n; and to 7 day we undeistand that an ultimatu m lias been sent to the English Minister to the following purport " The Porte finds it unsuitable to continue offi cial Negotiations with an Ambassador who haleft his post ; it is. in consequence resolved to send - the eltpi#nations required-by His BRITANNIC MAJEATX dire& to London." In the beginning of April the grancl Vizier will set out, with the standard of MAIIOHJET, to take . the command of the Grand Turkish Army assembled cir 4 the Left Bank of the Danube. The Persians will enter Georgia at' the . same time. A Treaty of Al,. liance has been concluded beteen the Porte and Persia, to which France will accede.--(Hamb. Cora 11;arch 24.) A Private Lotter frOial gamburgh, of the 24t11 A says, " I cati - assure yoti,.fir a certainly, that Dut ruc is gorie to. St. Peterseurgh.!' EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROvt LISBON, MARCH 18. " We 'are all quiet here, and according, to 4,•p• f pearances likely to remain so ; for the French go!. vernment,. instead of pressing Spain to march troops against Portugal, is requiring most urgently that she will send a reinforcement to France. 1 ova may soon expeet.to hear of some naval news from Cadiz. The Enemy is quite ready for sea, and will certainly make an attempt _ to sail." ' We have received Boston Papers to the 15th tilt. We extract' the following .Articles' respecting the 'Treaty between this Country and Anieri, a BALTIMORE, FEB. Glieral, SMITH has this &y received Positive in6irtnation Iron) Washington, that the Treaty between this Colin:1-y. and G,leat Britain has been sigoed. air. I\l'oNuo will be the bearer of it, and he may be soon expected." . • The following has transpired as part of its con tents ". The India Trade is placed on the same footing as it. was in JAY'S Treaty, and. the West India Trade I. we are to enjoy on the footing of the most favoured 1 'Nations z ; importers of produce from Enemies' Co lonies will be allowed to export in another vessel, I after the duties have been secured, and thepropeilY Lstored for one month. What relates to the seamen is not !Iluded to in the Treaty. itself, but given by way of Appendix.", lam inOlined to believe that i?gland will not resort to a general blockade of the I d liorts of the Continent, now that they have come to 1.•-_a proper understanding with this country ; at l eas t 1 I should suppose our ne , otiators would not have conceded what they had done, if.they had not been pretty certain that our trade to Europe would be left • 'unmolested. (ANOTHER LETTER). BALTIMORE, FEB. s:*" Accounts from Wash ington state, that the Treaty with England has been received, and that Congress have been deliberating upon it with closed doors, it is said to contain stipulations of a most favourable tendency to Ame rica." • • Amongst the new Clauses in the Mutiny ACS', there is oue which imposes a penalty of one hail dred po.unds,On persons, not authorized Agents, ne" gociating for the purchase and sale of Army Coal missions.