The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-17 00:00:00

fled: We stated yesterday, that some of the Con-
tinental Papers mention report§ of an,intended Con-
gress .for aeneral Peace. These are, very pro-
bably, only vague ramours ; but, were such a Peace
to take place; we are convinced,- that in the
present situation of affairs, it could be little bet-
ter _than an armed
__truce ; ..the perturbed „spirit_
of BONAPARTE could not rest, and his attempt to
carry into execution some proje&s hitherto con 7
sidered.as romantic, would soon inevitably re-kin-
dle the flames of •War. Much, however, must
be done by the Allies by means of dexterouirnanage-
ment; •and the reserved exertions
.of Prussia,..how-

ever unpromiSing- at prc3ent in appearance, may at
a future period be found eminently serviceable.
,
Little,' we are afraid, can be done for the
of NAPLES; whose dominions seem to be, for the
present, doomed to be swallowed up in the vortex.
of French power, but means may probably be found
of maintaining His Neapolitan Majesty in the pos..
. .
session of the Island of Sicily.

OUR Port Letters speak of the recent heavy Gales-
having been seVerely Telt but we rejoice to find'
that the damage done amongst our Shipping is
trifling, compared to what might have been ex-
peCted.

Among the senseless charges that have, been
brought against Mr. PITT in the Opposition Papers,
one of them, alluding to the late military operations
of the Allied P,:?Wers,"says, Before the effort was
made, it ought to have been perfealy ascertained
what forces were to be brought into the field, and
under what Leaders.;" and the whole tenor of the
reasoning in that Paper is to skew, that Mr. PITT
was the' person who should have ascertained these
matters. But a few days before it was 'insinuated,
in the, very same Paper, that the failure was chiefly
imputable to Mr. PITT,' because,he had insisted Upon
pointing out what Commanders should be selealed
by the Allied Powers.—lt is needless .to dwell on
• the absurdity of supposing that Mr; PITT would
have made any such requisition ; but what Must be
thought of a Party who first declare that he has
done 'what they afterwards censure him for, not
doifig.—it is also said in the:same quarter, that,Peir.
PITT ".counselled a new War
:with as much pre-
sumption and vain confidence as if he had been
about to attack an Indian Rajah, instead of the first
Military Potentate'in:the world.- Such is the can-
dour, as well as the consistency, of Mr. PITT'S oppo-
nents, and, such is their mode *of prejudging a
question whiCh they area to say ought to undergo
the most. solemn Parliamentary discussion. We
have only to observe, that we.rely on the prudence
as well as the integrity of Mr. PItT, and we doubt
not that when he is able to attend his Parliamentary
duty, he. will effeelually discountenance the rash-
ness Of falsehOod; and the artifice of sophistry.

Yesterday, 'at. two o'clock, His MAJESTY held a
Levee at the Queen's Palace, for the. Foreign Am-
bassadors, and others, which was attended by his,
Excellency the American Ambassador; the Prince
of CASTELCIC_ALA, Ambassador for' the Two Si-
cilies ; Mr. Macxo, for Wirtemberg ; Count
Woßorgzow,' Russia ;, Baron incost KLOST, Prus-
sia; `.Count.STAILR.ESIBII4G, Germany.; the. Hes-
sian Ambassador; N. sousA. COUTINHO, Portugal ;
Count ST. MARTIN DE FORANT, Sardinia ; M. DR
REit/tussr.,' Swedeti; M. ARGEROPLE, Turkey.—
Likewise Count STRONGENOUQH, General SABLE-
NOUGII, Count PARLIN, and Baron NICHOLA, four
.Russiah Gentlu-tfign;_ and Baron NOLCKEN.
Sir. STEPIIE* COTTEREL .attended. their Excellen-
ceosniaens.d foreia-n strangers as Master of the Cere-
n

There were also present-77
The Secretaries of State.
His Grace the Duke of Montrose.
Marqusses--Wellesley and Hertford.
Earls—Nelson, Dartnibutli, Winclielsea, and Chatham.
Viscount,Castlereagh. . - •
LordsHawkesbury and Mulgrave.
Sir Charles Pole.
Mr. Herbert; &c. &c.

. Count WorioNzow, the Russian Ambassador, in-
troduced to His MAJESTY Counts STRONGENOUGH
and PARLIN, Baron NICHOLA and General SABLE-,
NOUGH, upon their arrival from Russia. The Noble
Strangers, were dressed in the Windsor uniform.
Marquis WELLESLEY, was introduced to His MA-
JESTY by Viscount CASTLEREAGH, upon his return
from India; Earl N,Er.sop.i was :introduced to His
MAJESTY by Lord IiAWKESBIRY, upon his creation
to his title-; upon which occasion the Noble Earl
had the honour to.kiss His: MAJESTY'S hand.

The Levee CloSed soon after three o'clock, when
HIS MAJEsTYgave audiences to the Duke of MON,-
TEOSE, Marquis WELLESLEY, Marquis If Ennui),
Earls NELSON, CHATHAM, and DARTMOUTH, Vis-
6LintCASTLEREAGLI,LOrdi'MULGRAVE and HAMMES-
BURi, and Sir' \CHA. POLE, who' had the honour to
lay before His MAJESTY the twelve voluminous Re-
ports of the Commissioners of Naval 'Enquiry.
Earl WI..NCIiELSEA was the Lord in Waiting, and
Mr. HEREERT the Groom.

Yesterdaymorning the DUKE of Youx transaaed
buiness with His 111440rY, and visited HER MA-
JESTY and the IPRI.NCEssEs.
The' PRII•LcESS -of •GLOUCESTER visited
MAJESTY apd the PRI;CCESSES yesterday morn-

" Yesterday, at one o'clock; the PRINCESSES ELIZA-
BETH and MARY honoured Lads' CHARLOTTE FI/401
with a visit,. at bet Ladyship's apartments in St:
James's Palace. • • • - •

Eis
.1163741 Highness the PRINCE of WALES visited
HER MA J EST Y 'and the' PR ticcians. yesterdaY about
••• • '

MAJeSTI will bold A Privy potincil on Mon-
day, i„