The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-10 00:00:00

nit Opposition Writers appear to darrive great sa-
tisfaction from the difference of opinion w1114:h pre'

vails between Lot:it litrrcnlNSON ani Hitt Majesty's
Alinistera, with respeet to Denmark ; but they seen

totally to have forgotten that the °pillion' given by

Lord lluTcurracm, in his speech on Monday, as
,
far asrelates to the cause of the rupture between this
Country and Russia, is dire&ly at variance with the
charges which they have so perseveringly and cla-
morously brought against Ministers. One of the
grounds upon which they have condemned the Co-
penhagen Expedition with the most violence wa%
that it had alienated the mind of the Emperor ALEX-
ANDER from this Country, and induced him to join
in the Confederacy. Now what is the language of
Lord HuircnrxsoN, as given in the Morning Chr.o.
nide

" It has been stated in another place, that I had
given an opinion, that if the attack on Copenha-
gen bad not taken place, Russia would not
have gone to war with this Country. My
Lords, I never gave any suck opinion, nor do 1
mean to say Mat if that event had not taken place
there would have teen no 11,ar with Russia, but 1
mean to say, that the result of that Expedition

`‘ did materially change the relations between Goat
Britain and Russia,and give rise to sentiments of a
" very hostile nature at the Court of Petersburgh."
What his Lordship means by the result of the
Expedition, as distinguished from the Expedition
itself, we do not know, but it is at least clear, that
he is anxious not to be understood as having given an
opinion that if the attack upon Copenhagen had not
taken place there would have been noWar with Russia.
If that was not the cause of the War, as we and
convinced it was not, it follows, almost as a matter/
of course,' that the rupture between this Country
and:Russia took its rise from the fatal interviews at
Tilsit, and the secret engagements entered into
there. It is true that in the interviews between the
Emperor of RessrA and Lord HUTCIIINSON, the
former is stated to have expressed himself amicably
towards this Country. If the dispos'itions of the
Emperor of ItussiA were really amicable to this
Country at that time—it there were no Secret Artiel4s
in the Treaty of Tilsit that were hostile to us, we
beg then to ask, what has occurred since to cause
War ? We have never heard but two grounds serious-
ly assigned as the cause of the War . between this
Country and Russia—ist, the Secret Engagements
at Tilsit; and, 2dly, our attack upon Copenhagen;
but Loup Hurcuissos thinki the War did not par'
coed from our attack upon Copenhagen. The ob'
vious inference then is, that it arose from the Rade
Stipulations at Tilsit, and must have been deter-
mined upon at the very time of these amica•
ble conversations to which his Lordship alludes.--
But if any doubt could exist upon this point, it must
be removed by the statement.of Lord G. L. Gower•
What were the steps taken by the Emperor ALSX•
ANIAR, immediately after his return from Tilsit,
with dispositions so perfealy amicable towards
Country ? He sends for his Minister of Marine--;
.he gives directions for the equiprnentof his Fleet--►
he visits Cronstadt, and gives orders for repairing the
Fortifications. Against whom were these preparations
made ? Against Great Britain evidently ; and what
ground had the Emperor-of Russia to expe& hostility
from Great Britain ? not because he had made Peace
with France, for theßrithih Governtnent 'had cfistinalr
explained its sentiments to his Imperial Majesty twon
that subje&. It must have been because he Ittle.w
he had entered into engageinents With BUONAPAUTE
which would force him into hostilities With tho

Country.
We shall take a future opportunity
of Mak jog
some further observations upon the details given by
Lord HUTCH INSOT ; we merely wished to shot'
that, with respeEt to the cause of the War with Bus-
sia,the Opposition are decidedly at issue with that
Noble Lord, whose opinion they think entitled to
such implicit deference.

We are concerned to see a Morning Paper Pelle•
vere in saying, that the want of provisioba Porn°
Sir It. STRACHAN to quit his station, and even to
insinuate, upon the repori ofa private letter, that Sir
It. STRACHAN himself made a complaint to that
ciftia, after the contradietion which we gave, from
authority, oft his groundless assert ion. We can ven-
ture to assert, that Sir it. STACtIAN, on the contrary,
has made acknowledgments of themost ample P 1.6"
vision, and that he was supplied in-due time for the
execution of any national service. -

Yesterday about twelve o'clock, their n0g51.159
and the PRINCESSES arrived at thc Queen's Pah°
from Windsor. Soon after, her MAJESTY, Prin.
cesses ELIZARETIT, MARY; SopitiA, and Arue.wA,
honoured Lady C. FtN cif with a visit at her apart'
ments in St. James's Palace. lit the evening their
,MAJEsrtES had a seleCt party to tea and cards.
His MAJESTY will hold a private Levee anti Privy
Council at the Queen's Palace.
Her MAJESTY will hold a Drawing-Roo:u, t°'
morrow, at St. James's Palace..
Prince ESTERMAZY, Cotint POTOCKY, Major 111 Alt•
five, rind sotne'other persons helougiOg- to ill° lUit9
trian Legation, left town yesterday' on their r 0.
etur?
the Continent.

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Admiralty-Office, Feb. 9, 1808.
Copy ftf a Letter tranpnitied by Rear-Admiral the
Right Hort. Sir Alexander Cochrane,KA. .
, 4 His Majesty's Gun-brig Attentive, Grenada,
Wider 24, 1807.
SIR,---I beg leave t o inform you of my having
captured, on the 17th inst. between Tobago and
Trinidad, the Spanish Privateer-lugger Neustra Se-
nora Del Carmen, commanded 'by Don Thomas°
Lisaro, rowing forty sweeps, mounting two carriage
guni,' with swivels, small arms, Scc. and carrying
d 3 men, three of whom were wounded in , the
Chace. She was only 15 days from Barcelona, and
, • had captured the Sloop Harriot;of St. Vincent.
I have the honour to be, &e.
li
(Signed) s ~.,
OULIIT t..emtn.
Rear-ddmiral the Hon. Sir Alexander
Cochrane, K. B. &c.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Thais Slhop of
War, Capt. FERRIERS, from the West Indies:—
. Likewise the Belleue Sloop of War, from the North
Sea,
The Druid Frigate went out of Harbour yesterday,
and anchored in the Sound,
FEB. 3.—Arrived the Shannon Frigate, from Ma-
deira, with six light Transports under convoy, which
• tcok ant the troops to oeCupfthat Island. The
Shannon brings intelligence that on her passage she
fell in with the Amethyst Frigate, Capt. SEymoutt,
i horn which she received information that on the pre-
ceding day the Amethyst had fallen in „with two
French Frigates, and had kept them cornp2iny for

several hours, but lost them in the night the day
before she fell in with them she spoke the Emerald
Prigate, also on a cruize. The destination. of the
French Frigates is of course unk no wn.
Arrived the Plover Sloop of War from a ereize.
Sailed the Druid Frigate, Orestes and Frolic Sloops
of on a cruize.

PORTSMOUTH FE/h g.—Arrived His Majesty's
Ship Locust from a cruize ; and the Virago, with
the Duke of Bronte, George., Princess Royal, Bellona,

_ - -
dgeonora, Henry Addington, and 'General Green-
kid, Transports, froril

Also arrived the Resistance Frigate, Capt. ADAM,
from a cruize.

Sailed the Brunswick, of 74 guns, Capt. GRAVES,
Et. Alban's, 64, Capt. AUSItN, and Dispatch Brig,
Capt. LILLICRAP, to the Westward ; Goshao Brig,
Capt. INNES, Cossack Sloop of War, Capt: DIOBY,
Pickle Schooner, Lieut. CALLAWAY, and Adonis
Cutter, Lieut. ArKu.Lor, on separate' cruizes.
Sailed also the Susannah Margaretta, LAMB, for
orway ; Industry, atvis,- for • Cardiff; Richard,
1)8"BY 'for Belfast; and .-Pomona, BotaN, for Stock-
holm. '

Went out of Harbour this day the kart bunzt!:).-
1444) of 7,1, guns, Capt. HAttc9ooo,,,arltrl 41000
Cutter, Lieut. MANTON.
The 'ilvenger Sloop of War,,,Capt• WRITE, takes
convoy to the Eastward.
The Transports from the Mediterranean were yes-
terday released from quarantine at the Mother Bank.
The weather has been- for some time back very
,13nfavourable, insomuch that the Guerriere Frigate,
apt. A. SKEME, having on bnord his Grace the
Duke of MANCHMTEIi, cannot proceqd
to the place
of her. destination until the wind changes.
The Hyacinth Man of Wit has the SignaLflyiPg
for a Convoy to the West Indies.
We understand that General PitEvoir and Suite
embark on board the Penelope, for Bermuda.

SHEERNESS, FEB. 7.—Sailed The CentinerGun.
brig, Lieut. KING, with convoy for the Baltic.
Arrived the Chichester Store Ship from the Lee-
ward Islands.

Hazy-rase-r vE,---Upwards of 30 Sail are coming
'gyp below the Nore for the River.
A Tender arrived from the Tower, with too im-
pressed men and Volunteers for the Fleet, and 20
French prisoners, with the latter of which she pro-
ceeded to Gillingham.
,
he Oriel Sloop of War is ordered from Harwich
to Woolwich, to be repaired.
The Franchise Frigate, Capt. DASHWOOD, sailed
for Portstnouth, having been completely refitted.
VII* B,—This day a Court Martial' was held on
board his Majesty's ship Magnethime, for the trial
of Lieut. James Lilly man, of his Majesty's Ship
Skylark, for drunkenness, &ce when the charges
being proved, he was sentenced to be dismissed his
Majesty's service.--The Court then proceeded to
try the Boatswain of his Majesty's Ship Lightning,
fur an attempt to commit an unnatural• crime with
G. Davis and J. Wood, two boys belonging to.the
said Ship, and the chates being fully proved, he
Was sentenced to be broke as a Boatswain, and ren-
dered incapable of serving his Majesty as an Officer
for ever ; also to be towed round the Fleet with a
halter round his neck, and his crime read, and to be
imprisoned in solitary confinement in the Marshal.-
sea, for two years, and then to be disposedOt as the
Lords Commissioners of the Adiniralty shall think
fit ; also to be mulaed of his pay. ,

WAstriti-aroti, DEC. 2 I.—We 'Understand, -tlir.t
when the Embargo Bill cane down from the Senate, '
it only contained the first Saaion. The second Sec-
tion was added by the House of Representatives,—
Motions were made to limit the duration of the Bill
and to confine it to American Vessels; both of
which were negatived. It was also moved, to ex-
empt Vessels from the oparation of it, which by
Treaty Stipulations were not subje& to such a pro-
vision; but this too was negatived.
The Opposers of the Bill were only answered by
a rude and vociferous call for the question, or by an
obstinate and contemptuous silence. The principal
Opposers of the Bill were, Messrs KEY, RANDOLPH,
GARDENIER, ROWAN, LIVERMORE, QUINCY, EL-
LIOT, and MASTERS. Messrs. NICHOLAS and
SmiLtu were the only two of the Dumb Majority,
who condescended to open their mouths on the Bill.

. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, DEC. 2e.
A Bill to provide for the Extinguishment of
Claims against the United States, by repealing the
Statute of Limitation, was read twice, and referred.
The Fortifications Bill was again taken up ; and
a Motion to add five hundred thousand dollars to the
appropriation, was lost. Ayes 34. Noes 79.

\V C MIVC 1.0 vtly ialt; ut.Lutilita Al VILA
lalifat•
The Ministerialists in Washington dee*e.thOm -
selves egregiously, if. they count upon the present
existence of the spirit which prevailed in July

That sensation was wholly created by the outrage
on the Chesapeake. That net being disavowed, and
honourable reparation having been offered or it,
that high spirit has subsided, having nothing to feed
upon.

GENERAL WHITELOCKE's TRIAL.