The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-02 00:00:00

Commons of the United Kingdom, thank you' for
,the zeal, intrepidity, and skill,, di,ldayed by you in
the °pentium necessary for c,onrhvting the c,;:...,ge of
Copenhagen,-‘ihich led to the sormnder of that city
and the nava) arstlnarot Denmprk."

_General FINCH then rose, and begged leave to
return his thanlis to the Speaker for the manner id,
whichhe hadCenveyed the Tharqcs-of. the House.
If he were to juidge by th©. feelitigs with- whiCh he
was then impressed, he Could as3ure the Chair and
the house, that nothing could be considered by him
so high a distin#ion as to be thought Worthy of;
their approbation, .--
-General GROSVENOR said; it was impossible fox:,.
him 'to receive, the high honour conferred,, upon
bYIIIQ approb,ition of that Hot se, wititOiat its e
,citing' in his mind a sense. of gratification and pride,
;which lie .was unable to ex presit. The: highest *re-
ward; the. Most" v,aluable retntineratiott ithat could
fall to the lot of :my British cotisidetc.4*
the Thaillirs of that House to be, 'When, his horn-,
hie services:had been thought worthy of such .a dig
tinetion, ho could only say that' he fete Oppressed by
the great honOitr that had been conferred upon 1)1,i,
Sir APTIVIR 11/131,L.ESLi.L'rexiidertd
self fortunate int aving'becn tinii.,loyed in a.servici
which had 'induced the'.Fiouse to Contltt upon those
engaget.fi in it tlitt eminent
.lionour of its approba-
:tion. This honour thus b6revtiocl upbra his Hon.
'Friends and himself, was an ol)ka of high and ar-
dent ambition to every Queer orthe Army 'and
Navy, and the principal moti4lor those aets of va-
lour ancl,hcroiecourage,which had raia!x‘l the, glory
!of the Brit isharrn,s; and swelled therepptation of Eta-
tish prowess to its present.eminent state. 1-le beued
leave to returi thanks' to the Speaker indivicluctily„
for the terms in which his feelings' of private-frit:l,d-
-' ship had prompted him lolconitrtunlat., to him per-
sonally this,;(nstinguished nulls of the arprk)b,,tioil of
the House. - „
The SidE4Kl,2ll thtm a'idrWd Sir !Tome -Pop.
ham, and 'congratulated hilU':f.lat.';ii'll'hatuestuod TO-
torCied amou th gs.t e tiatnesot . Otlic,r4
to Whom the Thanks of the I.190:e h.t I hoc.l voted
communicated to him the Vote of that
Heusi, for , jUdicious distribution of the liav,il
force employed in the Epedition ;---far his aslive
co-operatiun with the attny ; and for hi.; zeal, ac.
tivity, and exertion, in equipping naniih Fleet,
and bringik; orr the naval stores from the arsenal of
Copenhagen.

, .

Sir HOME POPIIII3I then- rose, and retnrntA,
thanks to,the. Howie for t he
,a ppruhat;en, which thqz
laad been. pleased to bestow upon ilk humbli
to CO...oprate wash the roiiitary t,:e: recluaion
copOttbageu. He eonl4..n3§nri.: the 1-I)use., that ago
man. could be insensihleof the
tion, .so.no.person could it than he('siaa,
The only retiirn he cou',.l wo to assure tia;
,
flees-it may cwt. 1;11o, shOQl,l-_ouoevoted to, Ow
vice of his beloved Sovereign. anJcsteemed Coutpfy.
On the l‘lotion of, the qlll, cry thq ):;,41!
OHLovek, what the Speaket 113tl coaunti4ty
eating the Thatfas. oC. the Ho44ooothegallaot„.„(4,
fi ee rs, . and what, they. d .reiily; we re. orklort4
to be printed itt the Votes,of the,4riitme.
Mr. 'TY ALott (as we'culaerstooct,hiat) gave notico
ofa Motionto-tnorrow for certain I"apers, relative w
.the Danish .EApedition.....VVe also understood,Mr.
CREE,VgY to have gii-ett, ootice qt .a Motion to-mot*,
row for, Dispatches from 4dka. to, the Courr of Di.;
restors.

• AMERICAN TREAT'ti.

Mr. Enzx gave notice that be sliould to-morrow
mov© an Address to his Majesty, that: he would 44
graciously pleased to direct that any authentic or of-
ficial Copy of the Speech of. the President of the
United Stales to both Houses of. Coniness, on the
27th of Wtober Ist, which inay have been received
by his Majesty's Ministers, should be hlid before tha
House. His ohject was, as it had been stared in
the Speech, that the American Treaty did not tals,„
place in consequence of the refusal o(the VTo4ent'

io ratify, to call the attention Of the House tO* that
subje4t, and to correa a mis-statement which other-
wise might naturally prevail upon it.

AMERICAN INTERCOURSE BILL.

Mr. Rosa brought .up the American intercourse
Bill ; which Was read'a first time, and ordered to b
read a second tline tomorrow.

OFFICES IN REVERSION PREVENTION BILL

The Reversion Grant Prhention Bill .was' read a
third time and passed, after afeow observations from
Sir SAM.- RaMIiLT; apressive of his surprise-that
this Bill should have reached its last strlge without
any declaration.On the part of his .A.,lajesty's Mini-
sters of their opinion respeaing the..neasure, and a
brief answer from the Chancellor .of the Exchconer,
stating, that as the Bill had„.passed the House, nport
the-recommendation of the Finance Committeelatit
Session, and gate to the other liciuse; where it had
been lost, as was represented, by a kind of surprise,
neither he nor his friends were called upon to give
any opinion upon the subje6t, and it had appeared.
best to him to suffer the Bill to attain that stage, which
it -reached last: Sessions .in -order to give the other
branch of.. the Legislature an opportunity of recon-.
sidering its decision.

Mr.IIIi.NX.BS wag ordered to carry )3ill to the
Lords.

NAVY ESTIMATES.

Mr. WARD presented the Ordinary and Extra-
ordinary Estimates for the Navy, Transports,
Ordered to he on the table.

Mr. WARn gave notice, that be .114ould
these Estimates in the Committee tit
INI011(lay‘ se'nnight.
MreSecretary Caßst-so preseutt(l Cupi,2s of ce,r.
win Letters from Lord Ciranviiid..Lve.kon GtAver,
to Mr. Secretary Canning, dated St. Pctersborsh ;
which' were tittered to he on the tath-,i antt.ct4,oe
prii-Aoil. Mr. Secretary Ctnning er thv.,..4unt Coe