The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-05 00:00:00

r uays—Prussia, which had twice refused

vourable conditions et the instigation of'AtExt4ima,
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' 'found himself descrto, sold, and plundered by him!
Europe gazed with affright on thk dreadful abuse of
the example set " All the Talents but the
Corsican gained his ends !

Aware that Russia" was at his disposal, he now
conceived the pranicability of effeCting. the ruin of
Ibis hated country, by directing against 'her the com-
bined maritime power of the world. The plan was
certainly feasible, and pregnant with the most alarm-
ing and imminent peril to our existence as an inde-
pendent people. What argnments BUONAPART
used to overpower the reason pf the Emperor of
Russia, we shall one day know; but lie persuaded
him to join In his atrocious' views of conquering
what " the two High Contraaing Powers" are
pleased to call " a Maritime Peace," in other words,.
to assist in the conquest and destruCtion of England.
For this purpose a tremendous Naval Force was to
be organized in the Baltic : Russia resigned her
ships to the Tyrant ; Denmark, of whose devotion
to himself, and mad rancour to us, he had no reason
to doubt, was to lend her fleets, her arsenals, and
her ports ; and Sweden, thus surrounded on all
sides, and deprived of every possibility of succour,
Was to be forced into the unnatural confederacy.-
I\for'was this all : Russia had a strong Squadron in
the Archipelago, which was recalled, to increase the
fearful odds against us ; and Portugal was peremp-
torily commanded to
,surrender her ten sail -of the
line into the hands of France. Thus supported, the
cerfaintY. of " conquering a maritime peace" was
apparent to BUONAPARTE ; and in all the elevation
of anticipated triumph, he proceeded to fix the pre-
else instant when the Navies of Denmark and. Po-
rtugal were to hoist the flag of cilefiante to Great
Britain ;. thiS period, it. is now no secret, was the I
Ist of September, 1807.

Such were the views, and" such, among ,many
othe nefarious plans, were the purport of some of
the Secret Articles,. expressed End understood, of
toe Treaty of Tilsit.! Mean and dishonourable as
had been the conduCk of.ALEXANDER in the Osten.;
silile Articles, .by which. Prussia was betrayed and
pliindered, and Great Britain injured in the tender-
est part, by the perfidious cession of Corfu and the
coMmand of the Adriatic to France, an instant de-
claration of. war was still thought too desperate a
measure for the feelings of his Imperial Majety,
and therefore it was deemed expedient to prelude
to it by the offer --of mediation foi, peace the
constant resource of BUOYAPARTE, and one well
fitted to the first timid and unfledged motions in
tresehery of his August Ally.

. How the present Administration became posseis-
ed of the knowledge of these, and many other faCts
equally important, we neither know nor deem it
necessary to inquire. It certainly was not through
the medium of Lord HUTCHINSON', who, with a
spiritaltogether congenial to Mr. ROSCOE'S, so coi-
dially chimed in with the comical charges of At.tx-
ANDER against this Country—but they became =S-
tets of them, and with a promptitude and vigour
which will live for ever in the grateful remem-
brance of their Country, prepared to• avert the
dreadful consequences. The escape of the Portu-
guese Court from
_the fangs of the Corsican, has
enabled Ministers to declare that a part of their )n-
-formation was derived from it, and to add that the
Prince of Brazil, with inflexible integrity antLhol
nour, refused to submit to the menaces of the Ty
. rant, and resign his Navy. Denmark, it is well
known'through other channels, made no commu-
nications to this Couptry, but prepared, in secrecy
and silence, to become the nucleus -of this over-
whelming Confederacy, and to dire& all her efforts
to the " glorious purpose of asserting the liberty of
the Ocean, and procuring a maritime Peace !" Thus,
b% one of those miraculous events in which the pre-
sent times are so fertile, Denmark became the arbi-
tress of the world, r.nd the political existence of Great
Britain, -in despite of her immense Naval resources,
hung at one moment on a.fleet of 24 sail of the line
and as many frigates ! To discover the danger and to
evade it was the work of au instant. With the cele-
rity of thought an immense Naval and Military Veirce
was organized and dispatched to the Baltic; the de-
signs of the Enemy were anticipated', and their views
rendered altogether abortive, almost before they
suspe&ed that their gigantic plans of destrudion had
transpiied. The surprise of BUONAPARTE, which
wits only equalled by his rage, on the occasion; ‘Vas'
perfeetly natural. He had witnessed the delightful
apathy of " All the Talents," at the gathering storm,
end was perfe&ly convinced that if any portion of
their spirit reigned in the bosoms of their successors,
11,, should be. permitted to combine his measures for
the ruin of the Continent and the humiliation and
sehrni'ssion of Great Britain, without a chance of
molestation, (their subsequent' conduct more than
twitiel his conclusion) or a fear, however slight, of
dheeCtion or opposition ! Diis outer visum est. ,Their
successors tivere alive to the honour and salty of
tlieir Country, ,and Providence, that marked their
nprigh.nes,:, smiled on their efforts, and enabled
t!ican to secure and advance both. .

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