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

ORDERS IN. COUNCIL.

On the Order of the Day being read,
Lord L'IUDERDA LE rose to make his pro-
mi,Al motion, respeting the nature of the inter-
course that . under the • operation of the Orders in.
Council was to be adopted respe.c.tiog our allies by
the British Government. The Noble Lord con-
tended, that in many respe6ls the provisions of these
ineihures must prove wholly incousisteut with one
another, or that they would expose neutrals to in-
convkitieneies• and difficulties by which they would
nut ztl. ide. What were our explanations, and the
rpsiqt. exnlanations, wi,ch the Court of Swe-
nen . Was bweuen and our Hines to adopt a system
similar to our Orders in Council ? If Sweden were to
(to su, it Must be under certain conditions ; and if that
Court submitted to these conditions, it would be int-
possioie to negociate with the Swbdish Government
on the arms of our Orders in Council, ;without al-
tt,rditig Sweden an opportunity of rising in her de-
mands, either respetting the at wint of subsidies, or
respe&ng the terms upon which, she might judge
if prryerto corer iolo any, negotiation With us, on
ql:ltt3rs that regarded the, regulation of the neutral
trade. kle:slioqld,not.nerw inquire under what cir-
cumstatices we were placed with regard to our other
; but it was material for the House to know
%Om explanations •had been entered into by our Go-
vernment with respeht to the Court of Stockholm,
on the subject
.of the Orders in Council, The Noble
Lord cowauded with moving (a motion similar to
thit -made in the House of ,Commons by Lord FL
1' try), • that there be laid before the House what,
Correapoodence had passed between the British and
the SWCfliSil Governments, with rope& to their
tlaltUAl-co.operatiun- in the system of the Orders in
Cooncil.

, Lord HAwicesuorty was sorry he could not ac.-
qnsce'in' the motion of the Noble Lord. What
lead as yet been etTet`c.,l into with our
respecting the operations of the Orders in
C "OW' pertycty satisfactory to his Majesty's
tioveeninott ; but, the ultimate arrangements were
t7or yot icy a state to he laid before Parliament with
L ,rd Litt cY advised his Noble Friend to withdraw
hin motion, in ..”oosegostice of what had fallen from
th,.! Nobie Secretary of State, in which advice Lord
J.,,wpww4L,gucquic ced and after some observa-
tion on the kin of ,Lord AUCKLAND, Lord Hot,-
and. Lord KtNG, Lord LAUDERDALE With-
citOW nib Motion with the consent of the House.'

Lord LA4DiCKDAL6; , again ruse to make his pro-
nioed Metien fur the Answer of the British Minister
in America to the. Note of Mr. Maddison of the 291 h
March, 1807, respeding the Coasting Trade. Much
depended on the nature of that answer, respeaitig
the unpression produced on the American Guvern-
mein by the'Order in Council of the 7th January.
lie was therefore de.ikous the Reuse should be in
p'obsession of. it. The Noble Lord Concluded with
moving for the production of that document.
Lord 'FlAwraseuaY .a.,sared the Noble Lord that
no such document .was in existence, and, eonse-
fluently, that it could 'not be produced.
Lord Howarp And Lord KING professed them-
sekles.satistied with the Noble Secretary's answer;
tor all they, wished to ascertain was, that no an-
6tk'er bad been returned to Mr. Maddison's note.

. The question was then put on Lord LAUDER-
DALE'S Motion, and negatived without a division.
Adjourned till to•tnarrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, MARCIJ 7.

The SPZAKER acquainted the House that be had
received 4 Letter from Brigadier-General Sir 5, AO-
amity, dated the 4st instant, in answer to one from
him, transruittiug the Resolutions of the House of

the 16th April last. He then read the tatter, which I
contained a brief hut neat achnowlec4ment to the
ft House lor,,the .* distingued hm oerr that they had
,Corifer (1/OO the Genera!, -oli Brigadier-General
Lumle ikera,n4 on the Ot4ers and TrOops compoiit%
the-ArtaY that, ttac:ktd ,Monte Video, all of whoin
felt highly grateful lur this marl( of the approbatiOn
of their fellow-subjeos, thus conveyed to them
through the medittin of their. Representatives.
Mr. SINILON brough up the Report of the Grant-
poUnd Committee, which declared the Election for
that Borough to be null and void. Writs were
immediately ordered for the ,Eledion of two Bur-
gesses. ..
,Mr. WILBERFORCE brought up the Report of the
Newcastle-under-Line Committee, which stated that
the Sitting Members were duly eleded, and that the
Petition that had been presented against them was
not friiolous or vexatious.

Mr. JOHNSON, from the Office of the Chief Se-
cretary for Ireland, presented an Account, of the
amount of Irish Bank Notes in circulation : and an
AccOunt of the produce of the Ordinary Revenue of
Ireland.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. IttvsNe, fiom the Commissioners of Customs,
presented an' Account of the ntunber of Neutral
Vessels that had been brought into British Itrts
under the Orders in Council --Ordered to lie on the
table.

Mr. PARNELL presented a Petition from the Free-
holders of the Queen's County, praying for a Com-
mutation of Tithes. He observed, that the Free-
. holders of that County amounted to 4000; that this
Petition expressed the unanimous sense of the
County, being no party business whatever; that it
was signed by several beneficed Clergymen, and that
. every Clergyman with whom he had conversed on
the subject had declared his decided approbation of
the obje& which the 'Petitioners sought. He trusted,
therefore, that the Petition would meet with that
attention from the Hose to which it was entitled,
for he was convinced that no measure that could be
proposed would tend more effeaually to allay the
discontents in Ireland, than the Commutation or the
Tithes of that Country. Under thiS impressionlie
gave notiet, that if his Majesty's Mlieisters should
not take up this subject, he would, on an early day
alter the recess, .muve that that Petition be reterred
to a Committee. of the whole House r• he would de-
lay his motion, because he understood that several
other Petitions of a sirnliar nature were in prepara-
tion, and particularly 'from s.orte of the Grand Juries.
The Petition was ordered to lie on the table.

The Mutiny Bill having been read a second time,
The SZCRETARY at WAR, in moving that it be
committed to-morrow, .gave notice that his Noble
Friend (Lord Castlereagh), in pursuance of his
former intimation, would propose a
.Clause allowing
Recruits the option of. enlisting for a term of years
or for lite. It was alui intended to introduce -tvio
Clauses; one respecting Scotch Apvremices, the
other regulating Courts Martial.
Sir J. NEWPORT condemned very pointedly what
he termed.a moit.extraordinary mode of putting an
end to a system that, after repeated discussions) had
received the sanEtion of Parliament, by a clause in a
Bill in a Committee.
The CHANcEtzowof the EXCREGUER denied that
the mode adopted by 'hts Noble Friend was an im-
proper one; and proved_: very thatindly, not only
that there wag no otlitor way of making the alter*.
firm that was deemed advisable, but that this was
the very way taken last. year by the late Admi-
nistration.

Mr. CALCR/47 refire tted that the Noble Lord
had not given a more dis taut notice of his intention,
as that would have afford ed opportunities for several
debates on the subject.
Mr. PARNELI. asked, ‘-thether it was intended to
alter the Clau,a.; by, whit It Catholic Soldiers were
not compelled to attend di rine service in Protestant
Churches ?

The SECRETARY at WAR. replied, that no alteration
in that Clause was in contimphnion.
The Bill was then or.ijered to be committed to.
morrow.

Sir A. WELLEst.ev bronglit rip the Report of
Lord Lake's Annuity E;i11; wkaztt • was agreed to,
and ordered'. to be read A thii'd time to-morrow.
The American Cain plissiotierg 13i11 was read a
second time, ant! after A short conversation between
Sir W. CURTIS and Eivskessols, ordered to be
coininitted to-morrow.

The Sugar brawbor'k Bill and the Sugar Bounty
Bill went through Corn.rnittees, the Reports cat which
were ordered to ure reCei ved to•nuorrow.

Mr. lip N 1:3 11 rose to move, ‘!. That such part
of the, Papers presentca l to the House on the loth
and i tth of February, as related tc, the Fees and
Gratuities paid On I. sit ences for Navigation anti
Trade, be mimed to the Committee on Public:
Offices."—The subject .)f these Licettses resolved it-
self into two parts. Th e first, and by far the most
important, was the. acki lowledged anomaly in our
commercial system whit. It they had occasioned, and
the encroachment which 'they ' bad made upon the
Coustitution, by placing i'.he whole of the fbreign
trade of the. Country uudt ir the controul of the Exe.
cutive Government, than my interference by whom,
itt commekcial affair, all ri t lei concurred in de-
claring not any, tlkig could be more prejudicial.-
But it was not to this great: branch of the subject he
at present wished to dra w the attention of the
house; abotdd his Majest;.i's Ministers, who, from
so many circemstancer, to iust be infinitely better
qualified to bring it under ti Se consideration of Par-
liament, neglect to do so, he pledged himself, at
some future period of the Se. ption, to undertake the
task. At present all he de: fired was, to investigate.
the minor branch of it, tiatt) ly; the amount of the
fees obtained through tfu m dium of ,the licences,
and the nature of the authority by which those fees
Were claimed. It appealed to him that ill hese
tenses were considered as generally necessary, it
Would be much better cot tic to the Legislature,
and render the trade, to the c irrying on which they
were the sant-lion, legal .tbr a time to be limited , in
11111lati011 of Mr. .Pitt, in .179, s, at whose instigation
the importation of Spattio,l gc xids was permitted by
of Parliament. Advertic.g to the Returns of
the Fees, Gratuities, arc. he of )iserved, that they were
not quite satisfatilory. It w ss stated in those Re-
turns, that the fee for a licet ice amounted only to
1.21. gs. rid. ; now he knew that on every licence
that had been granted, the fe es had exceeded 141.
and sometimes 201. ; and rite t where one Merchant
had obtained licences for se Feral ships, instead of
an additional guinea only ha sing been charged for

each vessel, as stated in the Returns, not Tess Tian
651. or tiril. had been charged for a licence for six
)Jr.i ROSE observed, that So long since riS Au-
u:
us,t• last his Majesty's i'slinistertitad instituted an
inqui.
ry: into this subjeCt, and,thaNsome weeks ago
t Ite'Privy Council, finding the amount of the tees .to
be so considerable, had taken the matter into serious
consideration, and .had entered into a striet.
tion of it. Before the reference of the subjea to the
Committee of Finance, he thought it would be most
desirable to have before the House the .proceediogs
of the Privy Council, and he therefore recommend-
ed to the Hon. 'Gentleman to postpone his motion
for a short time, in order to give an opportunity in
a few days of moving,an, Address to his Majesty
for the produCtion of the proceedings of the Privy
Council. Nothing could be furtherfrom his wish,
than to suppress inquiry on-this Subjeti, which, on
the contrary; be was desirous shOuld be thoroughly
sifted.,

The ADJ'OCATE GENERAL remarked, that'
the ground on Which these licences had been gram-
ed, was, not for the purpose of placing foreign trade
under the contrcmt of the Executive Government,
but. to permit British subjetls to trade with the ene-
my. In 1805, a General Order in. Council had
been issued,. to enable British perchants to trade
with the enemy, in certain articles of great import-
ance to agriculture and to manufaOures. In Feb.
1807, an extension of that Order had been made ;
hut the merchants had nevertheless continued vo-
luntarily to take out licences, although they had been
repeatedly told that they were unnecesiary.
After some limiter conversation, in which Sir
JOHN NEWPORT, 'Mr. THOMPSON, the CHAN/31.-
LOU of the gXCHEaustu, and Mr. W. SMITH, par-
ticipated, Mr. HORNUR agreed to postpone his
Motion. . .

• On the Motion of Sir FRANCIS Buitea:rr,, an
ACCOMIC was ordered to be laid befOre the House
of the Total Sum issued under Warrants front his
Majesty out of the, Registry of the Court of Admi-
ralty, being Proceeds of • the Droits of the Court of
.Admiralty, or of the Druits of the Crown, from Jan.
1792 ,to the latest period, to which • the same could
be made out; and also of the Balances remaining in
the Registry of the Court of Admiralty, out of the
said Droits.

' Mr. Secretary CANNING presented Copies' of
the Correspondence between Mr. Secretary ,Fox,
and Mr. Secretary Windhatn, and the Earls of
Rosslyn and St. Vincent, and Lieutenpt-General
Siincoe, in August and ocptetnber, t 80. Urdered
to be printed.
'On the ,Motion of the CHANCELLOR .of the Ex-
citeQuea, the Report of the Orders in
,Council
.Bill was taken into further consideration, and
agreed to :
But on the Motion that the Bill be engrossed, a
short conversation took place between' Mr. PON..
SONBY, Lord HENRY PETTY, Mr. ALEX.BARINt3,..
Mr. EDEN,' the CfiANCRELOR Of the I;xcnEctutirt,
Mr. ROSE, and Sir JOHN NEWroty, upon several
of the Clauses; atter .winch the Bill mitts ordered to
be engrossed, and read a third time on Thursday
next. .

Mr. WND11.431, understanding that notice had
been given ot an intention to introduce a Clause into
the Mutiny Rill, which would have the etted of
overturning the w.hule of the military system adopt-
ed last year, gave notice that he would oppose the
Bill in every stage in which the thrills of the House
would enable hini to toe it opposition.
The SECRETARY at WAR presented several
Military Returns ; which were Ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr. HUSKISSON 'was sorry to be again obligee};
in conseqUence of the indisposition of' his Hon.
Friend; the President of the 4oard of Coutroul, to
deter the Motion which stood for to-morrow, reht.
tive to the affairs of India; to Friday next:
Mr. G. PONSOAIi Y reminded, the kion.Gen-
tlepian that an important Motion had airtaitly been
fixed for that day by an Hon. friend ot his (Mr.
Shairpe), and intimated, that if the Motion ot the
President of the Board of Controul was likely to lead.
to any lengthened discussion, his Hon. Friend could
not give it precedence. •.
HUSKI,sSO. replied,' that his Hon. Friend
might not on that day be able to attend, but if the
state of his health shoulthbe such as to allow at his
attending in his place, and the motion he had to
ni:11:e should' be lii;ilY to lead to any debate., he had
no doubt that he would consent to put it int to some
oilier day;
. .

Tile .other orders of the day were then disposed
of.--Adiournetl.

FROND THE FRENCI- 41A'D DUTCH PAPEIL§..

UTRECHT, V'EB..ll4t—thithe th of last month
los Moje,t), our King, issued the following Decree,
relative to the abrogatlon of the Kniphausen Flag :

ROY II DECREE OF THE 24th lAN. ar..B.

LOUIS NAPOLEON, BY THE GRACE OP GOD AND

coNsyrruTloN ov Tito, KINGDOM, KING Ort

HOLLAND, AND DONSTAALL UP 'FRANCE,

Pursuant to the atlual ratification of the Treaty
concluded at Fontainblean, •on the I ith of Nov.
t 807,• by which the Lordships of. Kniphausen and
Varel are united to this Kingdom, in like manner as
the territories whic.h are comprised in the possessions
of the Princes constituting a part of the Contede.!
racy.of the Rhine, we have decreed, and do Hereby
.decree, as

Aar. I. The Kniphausen flag being abrogated in
consequence of the union of that territory- with this
Kingdom, shall be no longer recognised or valid.
The consuls and, ther Agents of Count BENTI CK,
as Lord ofVarel and Kniphausen, shall be no longer
recognised in the said capacities.

Ir. All inhabitants of 'the Kniphausen and Varel
territories shall be at liberty to carry Dutch Co-
lours, They are charged to change the ancient Co-
louxs, which they may have Watling to their Ves-
sels, the same being utterly cancelled.
All .requests made to Count BENTINCK, for
leave to sail under the ancient Flag, shall immedi-
atelybesent_to our Minister of Finance.

IV. Our Ministers of Finance, of the Interior, of
Justice and Police, and of Marine, arc charged with
tile execution of the present Decree, which shall be
Made public in all places where it may be deemed
pece,ssary.

Thu Lesi,s,'give I3ody, whicia was proroguud ever

since the first 07 this month, was again assembl,!:l
yesterday, and will continue its deliberations on
Friday next.
FEB. 28.—The Minister of Finance being autho.
rised by the King, has given the necessary directions
that no more cockets shall be granted for the expor-.
tation of salt.
PARIS, 'Fn. 24.—The Grand Duke of BERG left
this city on the 21st, to return to his own dominions;
and it will soon appear whether the cession of the
territory of Munster, and some smaller Principalities
in that neighbourhood (which has for some time
been
,positively asserted to have been made to the
said Prince by our Sovereign), will be confirmed.-;--
We are informed that the eldest daughter of the
Grand Duke aforesaid has obtained the title of a Prin•
cess of ELTE:I.

In the menth of January , sundry reports were
spread respetling the sailing of some Squadrons from
the ports'of France and those of her Allies. The
alarms of the British appear to be the principal cause
of several of those accounts; so we cannot tell whe-
ther it is from England, or elsewhere, that they
have reached the Continent. Arnong.the rest there
was a report at-Genoa, in the beginning pf Fe-
bruary, that the Fleets of Carthagena and Cadiz bad-
put to sea.
The conduct of •the British Ministry affords to the
Opposition Papers such a wide field of censure, that
they are hardly prevented by any thing but the dif-
ficulty of diming the topics. Thus we daily see
articles appearing, which, (although they are writ-
ten for the sole purpose of derogating from the party
Which differs from that of the writers,) • instead-of
being polemical cavillations, become well-founded
treatises.. which the nation reads not with a smile, but
with a sigh.
FaONTIuRs.OF To It mai, FEB. . —The Russian
troops on the left Bank of the Danube seem ,to.
make preparations fot .opening a vigorous campaign.
in the beginning of the Spring, When the Armistice
will expire, unless an attual peace should 'prevent
the re-commencement of hostilities billore that
time. In the Conquered fortresses of ChoCzym and
Bender, *and at Jassy, Fokschati and .Iticharest,
the Russian gunners are employed without
mission in the preparation of ammunition of every
kind.

NAPLES, FEB. s.—lt has been long foreseen, that,
as soon as the,new internal regulation of this king-
dom (which had become necessary from the chango
,in the dynasty and the political situation) should
be sufficiently established, and as 3 001108 political
circamstances should permit or require, our Govern-
ment ' would be seriously bent upon obtaining p9s.•
session of the transmaritte part of this kingdom, the
Island of Sicily. But before this is actually taken
in hand, it is required to drive the English from the
only post which they have occupied in the.Conti.!
nental part of this kingdom, nay, of all Italy, name-
ly, the fort Scylla, situated on a rock in the Straits
of Messina. The s'.ege of that fort Will,,it seems,
be one cf the first einploy metnhte o
s,oti.)et,l:tetioanrsmofwitiywliicch
is assembled in Calaeria, and
cannot fail ()tope:es.. The King ), preparing to gq
to the said army in person, so, tiro may soon est
pe& to hear some timber tcclunt of its operations..
VALIINTIA, Jilifig',"'-414ether with the stria
measures taken by' rr.t.,"iirict her Allies against the
Communication wittb .'");;latid, the nor:diet precau
bons are taken to' t'ltt!ent slips, belonging to the
Continental Powers, ',rum fatting into the bands of
the British. The Intendant ut the Army, Don
FRANCISCO XAVIER on ASPE HOS, has made the fol-
lowing communication to the Company ut Merchants
in this sea-port town
Whereas his Highness the Prince Grand-A&
miral has interned me, that the Emperor of the
French and King of Italy has resolved, that no
Danish, Dutch, Spanish, or other Ships of Ids
shall be permitted to sail Irons any French
Port, that they may nut run the risk of being captor-.
ed by the English ; DOW the King, animated by
similar precaution, has thought proper to resolve
tiust the sante nieasures.shall be adopted in all ports
of his Kingdom, and that no French, Danish, Dutch,
or other Vessels,.belonging to the Countries of his
Allies, shall. be permitted to sail, and this solely with
a viewthat they may nut be exposed to capture by
the English.

ST. PLTORSMIRGII, Fen. 3,—Thrirg the interval
of repose which the Ruisizin Armies have enjoyed
since the Peace with Prance, and the Armistice with
Turkdy,
our Curt has been very mindful to recruit
their numbers, and improve limit condition. Gen.
BuxnovuzsN, during his stay in Russian Poland, has
there organized a force, estimated at 180:Regiments,
consisting, fur the greatest part, of fresh recruit°.
Of
.those Regiments only 26,
or 30,. have remained
on the spot ; the rest have marched partly to .Mola,
dtvia and partly to Finland.
In the Conunissariat and 'Victualling Department
for the Armies, an important change has taken place.
Both these departments are now united in. the Wag
of the Privy Counsellor Da ROOM
The Duke of RICHELIKU, iVlilitary Governor of
Cherson, is arrived here from our Southern Pro-
vinces, and the Mjor-Cieneral IVlus.r.ga is arrived
from Paris.
CAssrc, Fez. Deputation of the Jews in
the kingdom of Westphalia has assembled here, con-
sisting partly of Rabbis, partly of Eiders. On the
Bth the Deputation were.introduced by M. liama.
JACOBSON, Counsellor of Flounces, to the Minister
Of State, M. StMlioN, and afterwards to King Js-
ROME. JAC(43sON addressed his Majesty in a
short speech, and the following is part of ttie reO
which was matte :
" I am satisfied with your speech. That article
in .the Constitution of my Kingdom, which ego'
bushes the equality of all religions, is in perfect
son with the feelings of my heart. The law cu.• 4111
to interrupt no man in the exercise of his w0r,;1,113x
Earth subject is as much at liberty to observe the
rules of his faith, as the King is to follow his le"
ligion. The duties of the Citizen are the .0114'
objeCts which the Laws of the Government can ra-
gulate.''

.111111...110 •
HAataunott, Fan. 2V.—Nearly all the Powers °I
Europe have now followed tile example of the De-
cree issued by the French emperor for the exclusion
of England iron) intercourse with the Colitineni,,,
The Duke of MECKLENBURG/I has recently issoe
cl
a, very severe Decree, prohibiting ills subjeOts from
every kind of, coinmunication or 'commerce Will'
England. . .
COPEN}Witatt, FED. -16....+1f the continuance, ond.

item
-several -qUaTICTS, Can voia.:l2
for thelmth -Of a militia-, the should almost be in dined .to believe those two reCciived from Sweden,:
• orating, that a Ruisian al-My has entered •Swedish
"Fintind776-cr that a small division of English -oi•
rather Hanoverian" -soldiers was landed at Gottenli
burgh. On the :13th instant, a Courier from otifCt
11.04‘xn (our Envoy -at the Court ,of Sweden),
crosied the•Sound,-and the reports respeeting
land have since'gaind strength. •- • • _ ,
It is even added, that a great number. of Swe-
dish troop are sent with great speed by waggons
-tt) Finland. 'At.Elsineur it was believed, that two
•Ships of the Line and thirty-one Transports had`
arrived at Gottenburgh with 3000 Hanoverians,
and more were expeeted to follow; ' It Must soon
appear, whether these accounts are true, and what
part our Court will take in thoe cireumstances.—
. Theexchange of Couriers continues very brisk.
The Queen of PRUSSIA is lying-in gt. Konigs7
:burgh.- •
•
AUGUR/1194r, FEB. 17.—A1l cord Ons of Austrig •
troops are diswlved, except those on the frontiee.ctf
Turkey and the coast of the Adriatic. Count STADION, the Austrian Minister of Foieigh
Relations, has very frequent conferences with " the
French :Ind Russian Nlinkiers, which are supposed
to relate to the measures which Ausiria shall take
With England. • •• •

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FOREIGN INTELLIGEKCE.

Id Vow...*

HAMMIRGH AND AtitoNA PAPERS.
• NAPLES, Fah. t.--=Our town Ana been 'thrown
into the utmost 'consternation by a dreadful cataa-
troPhe in the night between the 29th and 30th
•January ; a wing of the palace of M. SALLItET,T,
Minister of War and Police, tumbled down through
the explosion of a quantity of gunpowder. The
room where the 'Minister. was has ben preserved
• undamaged by a 'kind of miracle, but he was wound-
ed while hastening to. :relieve his daughter, the
Duchess LAVALLA, who was found with her husband
atnidit the ruins. She is severely wounded, but
l'apPes are entertainedi .that the consequences +)t-• that,
accident will prove less dangerous than was at first,
supposed. A servant lost his life on the occasion.
loeuiries are dready, set on foot to discover -the
outliers of that horrid deed. The Apothecary of
the late Queen, who was implicated in. the late con-
&piracy, and received the King's pardon, has been
arrested ; this man has a shop , near the palace of
SALLICETf, and strong 'suspicions are entertain-
ed of his having'colletted a li•rze• quantity of gute-',
• Powder iii the cellars, which were separated from
those of M. SaLeievrtMerelk by a partition wail.
'The buildiug which contained the ditYereut War
Ottices,has been rendered uninhabitable by the ex-
plosion.—(f.iamb. Curre,,pond. Feb. 23.)
'VENJC,E, Fels. G.—The Russian Fleet, which has
been eipeaed here for several weeks, arrived this
.th.orning before-the city. Of the smaller Ships
et.!!'t ur nine are to winter. here, but, the three Sail
ot It and two Frigates are, we understand, to
,• 'Proceed'.,) Curt() Re, on the coast of Hungary, and
remain there till the fine' seas.on shall set in. In the •
-port of Trieste the Russian Fleet -Would not have
been. perfealy 'safe from an attack of the English'.
Several American merchantinen,••which escaped
the vigilance of the English'cruizers, have lately ar-
V4O at
..Lrgivra, 'Porto-Ferrajo, and Marseilles.
• Ilome, JAN. corps of French troops is •
Defy marehieg • from Etruria ,to' the Ecclesiastical
,
under' the orders of•Qen. Mfor.Lis. Various
re'PertY are afloat on the probable cte,tivation of that
ecz-Pi, but they are alyetionnded onmere surmises.
t;asser.; FEB.. IS.--,The Westphalian Noiziteur
contains the folloWing article. , • -
`` The' introduellen of any kind of. English corn.-
Ittedities is. now forbidden throUghout the Whole
'(inguoin, ;111c1 411 public otticers.are. to 'make the ut,-
14,',"4t exertion to carry the erder•into complete etfea.
11-1-10 e Prete& of' the Department of, the Werra, has
~,readY given a pro-of of his a;:tivity in this respeet,
i tich has received the approbation Of his Majesty.
On the Ist inst,sever.il balesofEnglish rnerehan,
kc;!tte evert seized al.Narbourgh;' whiCh were imrrae-
-1)44101y publicly- burnt, according to
,the. Royal
ctaineo'• The English may therefine continue to nc-
1, ululate- their commodities in the 'warehouses, .and
lament the loss of them, but they *ill find that'
~.'n.gng the French and their Allies there is industry,
'arleient to supply all the wants of the Continent,
ve4 that every precaution is vigilantly taken 19 pre-
. ht the treacherohs inirodu6tion-of -the commodi-
ties oftheit enemies.-
0 YAL DECREE •or TnE STH Or FEEELYAEY, 'lBOB,
RY WHICH IT IS OH) RED THAT THE ENGLISH
--„EiIe"NDIZE FOLYN-D. AT' MABBOLIRGH. SHALL
b
PUBLICLY BLIINT.
117 J
e ERGNIE NAPOI EOV 011 the report of
our Minister • •• . ' • - . tcrier,
• cat Justice and Affairs of, the ti
4V.LI-)ecreed and. do Decree, as follows :••—•
der of:v. I.
he_ English commodities,. which, by or
th-
n Prefectthe D • t''l" he' Werra
were seized De , _
, , °II the lst inst. at Mathouri.;ii, and which
• 1‘ been astertaineti to be English tui,nufaclure,by
the
j;trchauts and Assessors' of the DePhtfion of
heetna,lelice" appointed make the inquiry, and
‘by
printed notices of the Commercial House Of.
wit vUe4xctt and CO: at" Wet7.l.ir, shall be forth
byrnt in the p
f Our Mintstet
public. places at Marhourgh.
of Justice and 'the Affairs
O
•
dle litterloy.. Coniumisioned• to cagy into.c.lcOcu-
i the present-Detree- Which albeit be inserted in
~
Bulletin cu Laws:
m in
I Givc, •••
dur Royal Palace at :Cassel, the Sth• of
1808, and in the second year of cur TeigH..

•••••••....6
Cot)
tN/TAGIIN Fes. t 6.—A Courier, sent by the:
t:111 h Enyoy at the Court of Stockholm, Count
4°L'rite, arrived on the 13th inst. at 4lsioeur
in, ter which the report of the entrance of the Russians
`? Swedish Finland gathered new strength.
It WAIS likewite reported at psinetir that a ecri-.
it1"41)1e number of Swedish troops had been set) a
the greatest haste in carriages for that country.
un the Rh inst. there was a report at Elsineur
rit!.t,,3oQo then of the llanoverian Legion had-
ar-.
vc,'"4, at Gottenburgh in 31 Transports, under con-
illoYrt. of
Frigate and two. Ships of the Line, and that
troops were expe&ed
c
1.? %/T. PETIIIiSEURGH, FEB. 3.—The following ;s an
tot It Lettr from Moscow, dated Jan. 20:-.7
(:;tr ~Uttttt7
ALEXIS Ontow, who- formeqy .burnt ,the
us*lait Vice( at tikes.mai, died hire last week's. on

eightyyears of age, who had once sat-ed the iife ot.
the Count, and who had lived with hitil thirty
In4lie same house, on' a pension which the CoL:ii
iillaW.da'hini,caMe into the hall where the of
'the:Chi:int lay. He wore his uniform, his'i:c
ill6dalst's and assisted in takit`ig the coffin down stAirs,
;though dissuaded from attempting it ou ac"ount
tislgreat age. 'Wfien the coffin was.put into the
hearse, he' again with tears in his'eyes took leave of
his deceased master, declaring that lie had never sup-
posed that he should have survived him. So great
was his-agitation that he fell motionless, and died
in a feW, miudt'es. •

. AterreanAsr, Yee. firs,;The Royal Gazolte con-
tains-the following article
-• • ''Whert we , read with attention the English
Papers we , clearly perceive, that the English
Minsters, not‘vithstaeding , their 'confidence- and ,
apOrent tranquillity, tremble when they think
of , theseesequences with which they are threaten-
. ed:lly -the plans and the` power of France.—
They. firmly believe that a plan is formed for
ilie.,conquest of the English possessions in -In-
ilia, and, what is More, they believe in the possibi-
lity of its execution—Not only they believe, but
they begin to perceive, to their shame and humilia'
lion, that the exclusion of Great Britain from a great
part of the Continent of Europe, at which they
at first laiaghed, begins to be a&ually effected—
They see nations whose particular interests
made them. hope that they would not break
their conne6lions with England,. geutrously sacri-
fices he interest of the • moment to join in the corn-
• , mon cause, in order to obtain solid and durable ad-
vantages. , They see wretched Privateers, on which
the proud English Navy looks down with contempt
from the height of its greatness, disturb and destroy
the British commerce, and even gain vicluries over
English Ships of War. This has lately happen-
ed in the West Indies to the English Brig Happy,
which, besides wounded, lost her Captain and thirty-
two men,, in • an :engagement with a French Pri-
vateer, which came out of the battle safe and uncle-
, magcd. In a word, they see all the forces of Eu-
nipe, and even. of the other' parts of the world,
:ready to turn against them ; and, notwithstanding
national pride, they know but too well that England
alone, and abandoned to herself, hiving against her
all the world, must infallibly fall in this contest.".
HAMELN, FEB. B.—The carelessness of some
Artillery-then employed in- emptying bombs and
shells, occasioned d most -fatal ',accident yesterday,
between a and g O'clock in the morning, the powder
took ,fire (in what manner is not known) in a bar-
rack where the'soldiers were assembled, and 'occa-
,aiened an explosiop, which cost nine of them- their
lives. The Officer, who surseys the wOrkS had, fel-
tunately for himself, left the barrack but a few rllO-
- before, with two Artillery-men, to provi
the implements necessary for this work.
IstseoN, JAN. t a.—On the t4th hist. 'Admiral
SINIAVIN gave a brilliant fete on board his Ship ;
the Staff Officers, and agrdat number of Portuguese
of the iirst distinetion were present ; the General
in Chief Jinso-r, is to give a ball, within a few drys,
to. the Admiral and the Officers elhis,Siptadron.
VIENNA, FEB. 6.---The 'news front Turkey is
warlike;, two armies are assembling, consisting of
150;000 men each, •for the purpose of being pre-
pared on all points ; and the fleet is nbundantly pro-
•
visioned. The Porte semis inclined to the side of
England, and it is feared that tlso English 'may oc•
copy Egypt and. the Alora With the consentiof his
Highness. - • ' .
BA N'FIS OP THE MAIN G, Fret. e.-7-It is said that
Prussia- svishecto -accede to tee' confederation of the
Rhine. The instliveions of Prince “ILNRY of Pius-
sia relate to this object.
It appears certaie,- according to the last Letters
from Paris,- that the country.of Harlan will be the,
'portion of the Prinee Pritnate, and that that Save.
!reign will cede, in eichaege, the town of Ratisbon.
• KoNzes BERG, FEB. 2'.—yesterday evening, at half
past teti b'cleck, leer ISiajesty the Queen of Prussia
was safelY delivered of a. Princess; public prayers
were ordered to be made in all the churches on ac.
casion of this happy event.
Ainong- the number of Officers who have soli-
cited and obtained their resigoation, it is said, his
Majesty has. been pleaSed to include the Duke of
-Babstswies.Oct,s, who has likewise solicited, his.
• STRASIIVII(M, Fua. 4.—sWe learn, that in con-
:•,cenence of the adherence of Austria to the Conti-
neetal sysfien, ail the EtigliSh will be
,oxpelled the
Attatrian State-S-., Colonial produce has risen here in
price, a necessary etTed of preference they en-
joy in all themarkets of the Continent.
. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 1 to a notice
piablished by the Board of Quarantine, the yellow
tever has broke out in thecity of Charlestown, ,in
.North -America. •

LUBEC, FRB. ts.:—We this inorning received in-
telligence from iliga, per estafe.te, that Russia had
declared War agatnht Sweden,

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L 0 ND 0 IV,
TUI+SU IY, MARCU 8, 1808.

LAST night we 'received Paris and Dutch. Papers,
the former to the thult., and the latter to the Ist
Inst.m fro which we have translated some interesting
articles. Our Readers will also find some farther
extraas from the Hamburg! and Altana Paperr,
which 'arrived yesterday. It appears -evident that
ljtiortAgAttvt is 6eriomly determined upon mak-
ing: an attack. upon Sicily, and there can be
iitt littt ,doubt that the Rochefort Squadron
wai op/el ed it)to the Mediterranean for the per-