The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-08 00:00:00

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c(pant which reached us sokne days ago, of the
Einliz:irgo: being taken oft American Vessels in •the
Ifi;•noh Ports, appears to be true ; the Embargo
at first general, but it was afterwrds limited to
Ships belonging to the Alli6T of France,' in order to
prevent them from falling into the hands of the

English ; of course, theretbre, the ,American Ves-
sels were no longer restticled. There are some
strange rtlmours on the Continent, to which, ac-
customed .as we are to the. dlily Occurrence of
the most extraordinary events, ere not. dis-
posed to give much credit. One of them is,
that a sudden coolneis has taken place between
France, .Austria, and Russia, and..eVen that hosti-
lities were likely to take place. .Another report.;
and it certainly is not so improbable as the former, is,
that the GRAND SIGNIOR, at length convinced of
the designs of France. and Russia against his dcirni,
nicais, is anxious for the -restoration of Peace with
Great Britain.

It 118 been mentioned as a subjea of regret that
the Rozliefort Squadron -.had
.got so far the start of
Sic RICHARD STRACHAN as it
,appears
.they had
done. UndOubtedly we should haVe rejoiced .if the
.oallant AdMiral had been able to overtake them,
but as that was not the case, we shall not be sorry
to hear that they had time enough . to release -the
Toulon Squadron, and that they had proceeded to
Sicily, because we have strong reasons to lielieve that
both Lord COLLINCWOOD and Admiral 'num.:v..
BROUGH were cruizing off that Island, and would
there can be no doubt, give a very sntisfadory
account of the Combined Squadrons. Our Le%al
force i 9 the Medittrranean is more thin suffi-
cient to crush the Combined Force of France and
Spain in that Sea. As to the Russian Fleet in Trieste,
it is in such a condition, that it will not probably
venture to sea again during ;the 'War, and
the Turkish Fleet is up.. We are, there-
fore, we think, warranted in entertaining un-.
guine hopes that we shall soon receive the most
saiisfastory intelligence from that quarter.

It VeQuld afford us the most sincere pleasure dui()
could confirm the rumour mentioned in a Papei of
this morning, of the safety.of the ../ilenheirn an ihe
Java. We knOw not upon what authOrity this report
is founded—certainly no intelligence has'been re-
cently received from India, nor can, we fear, any
rational doubt be entertained of the loss of those
vessels.

The story of the tOdo Boats, which Were said to
hake: proceeded from trig Ports of Holland with
Troops on , board, took its rise from the Decree
lately issued by King -Lours, that no fiSking boat'
should put to sea without a s,)l.lier on board, tQ take
care that no communication should be carried on
with the. British Cruizers, 'One, of these Boats,'
with one soldier on board, was brOught into Yar-
.
mouth a day or two_ago.

'The Russian-Frigate which has been taken in the
Mediterranean;"was taken, we, understand, at Pa-
lermo. She had put into that Port,' ignorant of the
War, and was immediately required by the com-
manding Officers of the British force to strike. This
order'she'obeyed, but struck to the Sicilian flag, and
not to the British. .

NoTwmisTANDING all that we have said in de-
fence of:the Danish Expedition, a measure, indeed,
so fully vindicated by its evident necessity, we deem
it our duty to call the attention of our 4eaders very
:particularly to the State Papers presented last night
to Old' House of Commons ; because they preve, be-
yund a,doutat, what we have repeatedly asserted, viz.
,that under the late Administration the very same
measures were to be pursued, in case Of necessity,
.with Portugal, that have aanally been adopted with
res Pea to Denmark. The Into Ministers, there-
fOre, in condemning the Danish Expedition, are, in
7effea, only condemning themselves. We before
observed, and we. keg leave to repeat the observation,
that if . the present Ministers had negle6led to Pur.;.
sue, the measure against Denmark, and conseenently
had left her Navy to the disposal of France, the
present Leaders of apposition would have been as
bitter in -reproaching them for the omission, as they
are niSV.O lot .the adoption of that measure, and
would have resorted to the instructions given in
11406 relative to Portugal as a proof of their own
superior vigilance, sagaciiy, and patriotism.

Letters. were receivei yesterday from St. Do-
mingo'.doWti to the 'middle -of December. There
bethi much severe fighting betwem the forces
of Plittoic at-A.ola ISTOPHE.—We are not yet in
possession of the detail of the various coniliOs which
have taken place, but 'We Understand they have ter-
minated< generally in favOur of the former.
If the high' talents of Mr. CANNING were not well
known to the public, the unceasing attacks upon
liiy charaaer by .the Opposition Writers.would be a
StOcient'attestatiiin of his merits. The remark of
thoNli 'often quoted, was never. more ap-
plicable' than on this occision.:—" You may know
a eleVerlfello•A'," says the shrewd Dean, " by the
number of ti'‘lckitcadi that abuse him.",