The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-31 00:00:00

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FROM THE FRENCH FJPEII3.

Nit's, MARCH 18.—By an Imperial Decree of
the day before yesterday, an. University is establish-
ed, to which is entrusted the care of supervLing pub-
lic instruction through the whole French Empire.
The following is the El,th to be taken by the neW.
Nobility :
, .
" I swear to be faithful to the Emperor and his •
kinasty ; to be obedient -to the Constitution, Laws,
and Institutions of the Empire; to serve his NPjesty
as a good, upright, and faithful subject ; to educate
Lily children in., the same feelings of fidelity and;
obedience, and to march in defence of my Country
a, soon as its territory shall be threatened,, or, as hls
Majesty shall go to the Army." -
Further, a Council has been established for the

sealing of titles, consisting of three Senators; two
Counsellors of State,' one Attorney-General, and
• one secretary-General. The expences of this Conn-
C,l are to be discharged out of that which persons are
to pay for their patents of Nobility.
KONIGSBUROIIJ MARCH 8.7-0111' Court has pub-
lished the following Declaration :
" His Rpyal Majesty the King.of Prussia, our most
gracious Sovereign, has been solicited by both Impe-
rtal doUrts of Paris and St. Petersburgh,consistently
With the system of the other Powers of theConti-
rent, and the Declaration against England, to extend
the same measures against Sweden which have been..
taken against England, on account of her fresh alli-
ance wiih that Power. In imitation of the Declara-
tion 153ned by the Emperor of Russia on the loth
(22d) of February, in this year, his Majesty has ac-
cordingly broken of all relations with. Sweden, and
commands all in office under him, under the.penalty
' of severe punishment, to refrain from all cotninurii
ty or intercourse whatever with Sweden: hi
suance of this, from the present moment, and till.
farther orders, all Prussian harbours shall be utterly
closed against Swedish vessels Prussian vesels shall
no longer be sent into Sweden, neither shall Swedish
or neutral ships, or wares which come from Sweden,
be adrijitted into Prussian harbours.
" Itionigsburgh, March 6."
A meeting of the States (viz. Parliament) of East
Prussia was held on the 2d of February, and
solved on the 17th of the same month,. in order to
consult on the means of relieving the country from
the consequences of the disasters it had endured.--
The• owners of laud, not proprietors, were called to
the meeting, so that the Diet consisted of 23 , noble
and 13 civic Deputies.

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The following Letter, sent by General RAMP to.
the Chief Magistrate of Dant zic, in. the beginning of
"last month, proves that English inerchandize, partir'
milady Colonial produce, finds 115 way to the Conti.:
sent, in spite of -all the efforts of BUONAPART.E to
exclude it

RA rP, General of Division, Aide-dc-Camp of his MAJESTY
the E sir z oss and Ks NO, and Governor General of Dant-
zic, to the President of the Free City of pantzie.
" I have received information that, contrary to
the commands of his Imperial Majesty, uncertified
Colonial merchandize is introdoced into the country..
,1 am also informed that Yrench waggons have been
employed in this criminal undertaking. I have,
flu:at:lore, issued, .the strictest orders that all provi-
sion, ammunition, or other waggons, shall be sub-
jed to the inspection of the Custom-house, Excise
Officers, and others concerned. ,I. have likewise. di-
reeted the Commanders of the troops posted in the ,
forts to give all necessary military assistance to these
examinations. But it is farther necessary
that )ou,
on your part, exert the greatest vigilance, and give
positive initiations to your officers not to permit the
entrance of any colonial produce whatever, anti! the •
place of its crigin beiatisfkiorily proved to the In- •
tendants, conformable to the certificates required by
his MAJESTY'S Decree of the 13th Nov. last. It is
only after due inspection of the attestations that M.
Citonst can authorise the introdnEtion -of the above
goods. You will, therefore, notify to all the inba-
lajtati;s of your 'City, and its territory, particularly
the Jews, that I ani determined to make a terrible
example of the first person who is loan& violating
the Euriatoit's Decree, and .that I have taken
such Measures that no person who attempts to coun7,
tcraa it can escape.
(Signed) " RAPP."'
General lUsvr has also ordered a Military Tribunal
t• be formed for the• trial of • all offenders against
IttiONTAPARTE'S Decrees:

DUBLIN, MAncu 24.—Thq ball at the Rotunda,
on Monday night last, was, :as might well be ex-,
peaed, crowded, and had to boast of 411thO Nubility
and Fashion in and near the metropolis, attra&ed
thither by the presence of their Graces of RI cn motln,
whose condescension upon that ocoesion, as an every
other, has so conspicuonsly a horded relief and ad-:
♦antage to the manufaeturers of Ireland. All the
Ladies, agreeable to the intirrunion of our illustrious
Representatives orMajesty; •were decurated-with the
drapery produced from the I fish ,o6m.

We have had too niueb occasion to expres* cc
surprise and indignition at the lamentable dege-
neracy of `JI e Esses.ttost of-.Russta, but his-eat:l(lnd.
'towards Sweden almost exceeds theurgli
ii.issunfortnitately proved hp docuMents which must'
obviet,eAdbubts, even in the most sceptical. minds.
It appears from seine dispatches sent by, Count Rd-
MANZOVE! to the 'Russian Arnbaisador, ALorEus; at
Sweden, which ,were .fortunately intercepted, dist
the Court of Rdisia has resorted to. every thing that
the. most dishonourable . and peraieus policy ,or
artifice could- suggest, in order to eirea the destrue,
tion o! The KING of SW ED. IrN, The following is:afi
abstraa of tisese intercepted clii4satclles, which were
found on -a. Russian Cdurier, and,which speak for
themselves so emphatically, that it is heedless for us to
dwell upon so disguSting a stasjed as the shocking
degradation of a:Menarch to whom the Continental
States of Europe looked with hope and confidence
for assistance and relief in their present state of Op-.
presSintf ansimisery, but who now seems disposed to
givalis support to every measure calculated to con-
firtwand augment thatmisery and oppression.'
No..t. is a-dispatch from Count • 1.1.6!1A NZOFF td
M. ALopEtrs at SteckholM.
_The Count states),
that he understands Baron AR NIFELDT is to have
a prinCipal command in the Swedish army ; that
in consequence of the treatment he received frdni
the King of SWEDEN, while serving in Pomerania;
it is not probable that he Can be .welt affeeled to his
Majesty or his Government ; and if such should
prove to be the fact, it would be most deniable to fix
the General in the interest of Russia. He; there,
fare, would recommend to hiss xcellency. to take
measures to that end ;- 'but lie cautioned hiM before
he proposed the question in direet terms; to sound
well the General's dispoSition) and to inquire how his
character stood in the general opirfioti. If the Ge-
neral inclined a willing ear to him; he was to be
careful to flatter his ambition, and to talk of liigli
reward ; but the Mtnister was, above all. thiegs, to
be mindful not to commit himself in Writing, or
othdrwise, before he hhould be certain of his inclina-
lion to-•catcti at.t he bait. " Baron ARM veL6T;" ob-
set* the Count, " is a Fin by birth, and therefore
the rfOre likely to hearken to your proposal."
1, from the same to the same, the Count
gives .hisA Eite'ellency M. Au:Tilos notice of some
inclosures, consisting of the. Russian Declaration,
and some Proelanidtions, to be distributed in Fitt-
land. All these; he observes), area. secret to the
Swedish Ambassador ; and with, respe4 to the De-
claration, his Excellency Was 'to remain ignorant of,
it for some days to
,come. He therefote enjoins
M. ALiIi'EUS to 'remain iletit on the''Subjeel.—
COPENHAGEN -
MAUCH 14.-011 r Court has at To the Danish Minister 'however he confided every, .
thing, and ALorcos was to assure him further
length published a Manifesto against Sweden. It '
of the lasting friendship of the Eniperor of Russia to
appears in the Courant of this metropolis to-day, his" Master. The Count. then proceeds to dircti in
though it is dated the 2gth of February.: At the •
what matinee, he is •to Conde& toWard4 the
same tune is published in the same Courant, a list
Contetif'SWAii . reeoimnends Particularly that
of the foreign troops which are marching into Den-
M..As.OPEUS should contrive to pidtiiel his stay at
mark. They consist of two Freud, one Spanish, c .. . .
toe iiolll3, order to give as mucus nsehu infostna-
and one Dutch division) constituting a force of "
was- possi.ble ; but be was not to reirethy an 0-
.32,870 men, and 619 horses. His Serene Highs "(
reasonable time', so as-to endanger the '32;:.ty of his
gals the Prince of Pomite Corvo, who coMinencht
this army in,chief, is expected here to-morrow ; hiS E r- nerson •
No. 3 is a aware!) to the 'Russian Ambassador at
head-quarters are to be on the Irriedricksburgh.---;- ' "
Ilia Highness receives a guard of houout, and the the Ceurt "of Copenhegen, giving him intelligence
military honours gisen to a reigning of Russian aliairs; and other treaters conurfunicated.
to M. Ainrcus, In this it
_is-achy:m:l.o4'st',
Yesterday at Elsineur, by beat of drum, all corn-
that the army were but tardy their inarclies, and
municatidt with Sweden was -forbidden on pain'of
death. were likely to make but slow 'progress for want of
provisions.
CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 6.---Intelligence has been
General BUXIIOVI7E27 had, besides the above, writ-
received here not only of the honourable reception ten a letter to General _Kt, I NGSPON, tile Swedish'
of the French Ambassador; General GAsiDN NE, at Commander in Chief'in Finland, wherein he makes
the Court of Persia, but also of the beneficial effects him_ large offers, in shied terms, to betray his King
of his first negotiation. It is, for instance, affirmed, t and Country, by causing the troops under his coin-
that the antient Treaty between France and Persia mand to lay dovtin theinarins, and submit to the do-
has been, renewed. These tidings, which are.con- minion of Rusia. In this letter,. PUILHOVDEN used
firmed by various letters
.received here, have enticed I the nibst opprobrious language towards the King of
several French mercantile houses, which were set- SWEDEN: ' General KLI NGSPO aced as every man,
tied at Constantinople, to establish- themselves. 'in of honour would do on the occasion ; he transmit-
Persia. • ted the letter to his Master, and 'observed to the
•f writer a contemptuous silence.

limps Arians not only attempts to prop the
.pre-
cations dynasty of his House by the revival of titles
in France, but by in-;..'iting artificers, manufacturers,
and all persons .c.nnver,,ain with trade, to settle in
Iris dominions. By the former expedient he win
certainly Confirm.' the attachment of his minions,.and render them more anxious supporting his
fatnily, fro di , motives of 'vanity as well as interest;
but he necessarily outrage the.feelings.,6f
.the
great majority of Frenchmen, as those whose opi-.
nions'are it, I.ivour 44 monarchy must wish to see
the rightful. lieir 'in. possession of the Crown, and
those who aro republicans must secretly detest him
for 'reviving any marks. of the Government which
they Overthrewiat the expence of so much bloodshed
and horror.

•
my. PATERSON, the Gentleman who so 'recently
arrived &on) France with Dispatched from General
ARMSTRONG, in Pari4, to Mr. PINCKNEY, is brother
to the Lady who was so unjustly sacrificed by can
senting to an union WitliJettomE BoONAPAItTE.

By Letters from Holland, dated the-it:th of March.;
it appears that French
.Privatcers, cruizing on that
coast, pay nn. respth to Lic•etires. granted by. the
Dutch Government for importing goocls.frotn, Ett.g
land. -

It is not true that the manuscript of Mr. Fox's
historical work is in the hand-writing of his Reba.
The -manuscript is in the author's own land; but
Mrs. Fox Ould not be induced to part with it.
YAlipL4v, 4U old writer on tradaind navigatinn,
says, tharcm his day otily Dutchmen, in bargain-
making, could out-trick, an Eaglightnan, a Genoese
Dutehntan;',i,Lelii6ese a Gencese, and only the
Devil. hiolSelfa Chinese.

ALPHONSUS., King of Spain, used to say that he
only knew one happy maKtied pair in his dorni-
nions,--the man was deaf,-and the woman Mini.,
It is said that the famous Mademoiselle D`EoN is
new in London,, and is preparing ..for
.the press'a
history of her eventful lite. That lite has heA so
,extraordinary, and has .abounded with so Many vi-
eissitudes, that no exaggeration can be micessary,
for even truth must wear the aspea of tietion.
The late Dr. Stur.ru, one. of the Senior Prebends
of Westminster, and late 111 aster of the West!, r
School, VlOB- interred in Westminster Abtoey this
orning.
In. the ide4it set Of the last fortnight, ie.,: than
.eight loAatun been committed tu on at
. 46ertlecup cllarzed With uttering base or eut:oterfeit
coin. • •