The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-27 00:00:00

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141ENCII. DEei, egs Ix PeR t uGAL•—An°9'er.,of
' General JuNor's Decrees, Merits attention !pt.' Vie,
eenning policy which has dielated it. liuderpl
. , fence of giving aid to agrieulture,he commapd4 that
.. ~, every.Porteguese soldier W Ito has not serve4ixponths
, 1114 have his discharge.; and that non-e?nlmis-
-:- sinned officers and soldierS, after eight years service,
- may obtain their discharge. ' There is also an article
1.;
to enforce the 'payment of, the half pay' due to such
discharged non-tommissionecfofficers and soldiers.—
Thus both the veterans of the Portuguese army, who
might be, most dangerous should any popular tumult
arise againAt the invaders of their country, and the
newly-raised troops who have not yet conquered
, . the full repugnance to a military life, are bribed to
consider those invaders as benefaelors !
Thursday the Duke of Ironic transacted. business
- with his MAJESTY at Windsor; stopped and—dined
with the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, and afterwards
returned to London. .
..Neither his. MsJasry •nor the PRINCESSES rode
Oat yesterday. '. •
• ' ' ' Extra& of a Letter received by Tnos. LANGLEY,
from 'Aberdeen, - dated 21st February :—" We beg
leave.to advise you that this day's post has brought
a Letter from Captain PHELP; of the Lynx, . dated
Gottenburgh,,t Bth January. The Lynx, with about
30 Sail of Merchant Ships, was theo under convoy
of the Kite and Constance Gun-brigs ; but although
the. wind was fair, they were' prevented from sailing
by a Danish 74-gun Ship, that had , come out of
Norway to watch them. Captain PRIMP mentions
, IhZt. the 74. bad been seen the day on which he
wrote, and that she had chased the Quehectinto Mar-
steind." ' ' : .
~, Y. accounts from Gotteuburgh of the sth of Fe-
uri,l'a,q', the Fleet ,under convoy of his Majesty's
'ups Kite and Constance was detained by c'outrary
Winds.
. The Nassau and Stately Men of . War, Quelec
170 gate, and Lynx Sloop of War, were then at
Gottenburgh, and the Vanguard Man of War at
• -I.Warstrancl,
01 GRNERALWIiITELOCK.--On the twenty-second
daYs' trial yeterday, the examination of Brigadier-Ge-
neral LUMLEY was 'resumed. Major VANDALEUR,
of the 88th, then closed his account of .the misfor-
- ,tunes which betel his division on the sth of July.—
'lle was followed by Brigadier-General CRAUFURD,
who was' proceeding in his narrative when the
Court adjourned. The Duke of CUMBERLAND was
Present yesterday.—This day (Saturday) the exami-
nation of General Ca,tuvuno was resumed, and
was likely to continue for a long period.—The Duke
of CUMBERLAND was present.
The following additions and alterations have been
Made to the List of Sheriffs fold the year -ensuing,
, . since His •MAausTv pricked for them on the loth
; .. inst. and which will appear it‘ this evening's Gazette:
.", Chester —Rehert Bamford, of Upton, Esq. in the room of
Charles Trelawney Brett:ton, of Kutwick bark, Esq.
ClarnorganHolin Nathaniel, alien, of Catloxunie, juxta
'Negli, Esq. in the room of the Hon. William' booth
_, ' Crey, of Onirrin... • •
Anglcsca—john tones, of l'enthose Brodwen, Esq. in.thc
room of hAlwatil }lines, of Croinfeek; Esq. '
' X)etby—Mattriaduke'Middlcton Middleton, of Learn, Esq..
. Statioid—William Cary, ur.Cannack, Esq. .
tVartvick Hohn Full:atoll, of Barton-on.the-Heasti, Esq.
trecon.Rees Williams, of Gwiiin,Liwth, Esq. '
Lord PAtiter has gut the Regiment of Lord LAKE,
,
, 4114 Gen. VaLgrras that of Gen. LELAND..., ,„ ~
•
' Wllle ik7eaS) of and from Shields, CLARK, Master,
en witkooals and glass, for. Londjon, is on shore
• , ;war Oaketield. • Two. ther Vessels are on shore near
, •*- Lowest/4E - • '
,„
Ibe Neptune, *SMITH, coal-loaded, is on shore
11eiir..Scarborough ; and, it is feared, will be lost.
1 The. Hoy Dutchman, Buowte, Master, froM
1,,,4,n.d0n., -with . wheat, fur NeWeaStle, pot
:into
';'o7, on-the 25th inst. and seon:aftcr sitink, 3.car-
• , isa landing . , .'
The Eitze, Capt. TORUN (a missing vessel), from
Jamaica, is:arrived at Holyhead. • • . ' .
..),,The new
.Musical Farce of If holFins?. or, ..'Tice
,r4ozv's Choice Was so well received last night,
that .the Manager and. Author will certainly win,
2(.1 the Piece„, we doubt not, will. lopg continue' to
I'le Mc Public Choice. The Pegormers are uniformly
excellent, and the Music shews the hand of a
inaswe.

• PLymotTit, Pm; 25.---Arrived Lci Pah,: Sloop
-W4r, from Ireland.
, Sailed the Cane Sloop of War, on a Crnize to
111'e Westward.j
41
_.PuttrsmouTtz, FRB. 26.—Nothing has arriVecl- or
led these three days past of any .consequence.
Arrived this day the Sally, BROWN, front
Phila-
eelphia, for orders.
S;ik.,(l.,the Sloop Of. War, with a Convoy
for the tiowns. •L'tNsuN •
IrAa.m°uThiPEJA,. Ship IlJa..csiscippi,
Riranded lesterday on Corton, but got oft'
oatltt":vith 4"lstalice from the Shore, and is now in
• The n "
orea,
A Master, from Shields to
11°1/' la." eaiinh;7; wrecked.
•
AD 7', ''F'PR. 26.--Arrived •Majesty's Ships
, rotn the West Ward, and Avenger,fromPOrt,i-
...rPh? with. a Convoy,. which are sailed for the
• J. also' the Foutecteour, JONES, from 'Belfast.
FA)
•IVOUTtI, Fan. his Majesty's-
TlSlVEilair,' from a Cruize, and the Aertericaq
tip
Tr
bt - /t° gC 044 Mary, rivAry, from Plymouth for
.‘tlode.fsland.
./.) tiled Majesty's Ship Stork; for Guernsey ;
ike nr 4
„,S'/ ix-ent eat:l:et, 'Captain 1.1 R h.' NC R for.thl
eward Island ; : Traveller,' lIALDOA•ry.; Rata;
a? RING-AL; and the 17nion, BrowELL, for Liver-
• Pool:

ofofone who solicits public favour , must feeln,
wvat Pleasute when. the article they have to dliposo
•
Batt affords a general satisfaaiOn. HoatstsaY Itnl Co;
vouch feof this -remarkable occurrence attending
the present Lottery, because the Purchasers of
ttatul Shares invariably express their approbation
°yr,
ut the Scheme, and lay out theiranoney with cheer-;acss; at the old State Lottery Offices pi' 1:1-011.s.10(
Ca C 5• Charin -cress -and St,,
Corn hill, , g
blargaret hill, Borough.
A. young Wotnan was seen on Thursday last, 'by
Prisoner in-the.GAol, at Windsor, dep6sitiog -her
“(lvv;,borti infant in a.ditch in the fields, called' tlio
temvelk- Then!'Keeper immediately .diretied. a
,;11.e,_11. the body waa found, the unnatural mother•
L'.4* 'men apprehended, and the Coroner's Jury.
uroUght their verdia ihifurM"rder'

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENI.

HOL,SE OF PEERS,
FRIDAY, FEB 26.

M. Nolan wag beard fur the Respondents in the
Appeal Crawford v. Sheddon, Patrick, and other'.

The Wank-Loan Bill, and the Unclaimed Dit i-
dends' Bill, were read a thrd lime; and the Brazil
Trade Billvent through the Committee without auy
amendment.

The Petty Custonis Bill, and the Ten-Million
were brought up from the
Commons, and read a first time; and the Bill for
regulating the -Otiice of Paymaster of the Navy,
was read' a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted.

Lord ALUEMARL4 wished
,to be informed by the
Noble Secretary, whether any steps had been. taken
to fill the place of Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Northlk, which has .been so lung vacant. In Ilia
opinion, such delay at such a moment must be pro-
duaive of much inconvenience.
Lord liMi;KEißliltY was not sensible that the de-
lay had given rise to any inconvenience, nor was such
a delay any thing unusual.
Lord ALBEMAULE said, he must abide by the opi-
nion of the Noble Secretary, that no inconvenience
arose from the delay ; but without the sanaion of
Such an opinion, he must have been brought to
think otherwise.

Lord HAWKESBURY presented some further Pa-
pers conneeied with the Correspondence with Rus-
sia, which were ordered to lie on the table, and, to
be printed.
Lord LAUDIAIDALE moved for an Account of the
Number of Neutral Ships brought in, pursuant to
the Order of Council of the t ith of November,
up to the latest period to which the same could be
made up.,—Ordered.

AMERICA.
The Order of the Day was then read, and. Lord
BATHURST rose, mid Moved the third reading of the
American Intercourse Bill ;, when

Lord AUCKLAND 're-stated his former objec-
tions to the Bill, its violationg,the Law of Nations,
the contradiction it involved :with the Orders in
Council in ;short,. the violence and injustice that
characterize the present conduct of the British Go-
vernment towards America, and which would raise a
blush in the cheek of the Dey of Algiers.
Lord BATHURST was at a loss to know what
was the conduct on the part of his Majesty's Go-
vernment which could provoke such harsh ltin
guage. The object .of the present Bill was to con-
tinue our connnercial arrangements with America
until the necessity arose to break it otf. It should be
recollected that the Non-Importation. Ad was, on
the part of America, an act of commercial hostility;
and the exclusion of British ships and British mer-
chaudize from her marketS and ports something
more than an al/41 of commercial hostility, in as much
as it indicated a hostile spirit, and a preference of the
interest a one Belligerent over those of the others,
,by which preference she no longer preserved a strict
neutrality', but betrayed a disposition to favOnr the
enemy of Great Britain. As to thoOrderii in Council,
they ought not and could not be considered as hos-
tility directed against America. America, he trust-
ed, would view them in another light ; he
,V6S not
without hopes that the next dispatches: would bring
an account of the repeal of the Non-Importation
••

Lerd GREATILI,E expatiated at great length
on the euntradidory bearings of the two niensnres,
the present Bill and the Orders in Council. Hew
disgraceful must it appear to the, British Legislature,
when it was considered that at the moment the pre-
sent Bill was piny to receive the Royal Assent, by
the advice of both Houses' :of 'Parliarnent,‘ another
Bill was kpown to be belbre Parliament, which was
at variance with, and Contiadided every thing con-
tained in the Bill now under consideration. It was
said, Ametict! bad betrayed a spirit of hostility
against this Country, 'lv the passing of the Non-
,importation Mt, and- by 'the exclusion of British
shipping from the Atnerican harboUrs. These kis
were termed aas of commercial hostility ; but had
not every independent Nation the right of regulat-
ing its commercial system in what manner it thought
proper ? Bet; from every thing he heard, from
every thing he saw,. he could not but be convinced
that Ministers were bent upon a war with America :
they haVe caught the spirit which several priblica-
tions on this Subic& have endeavoured to propagate,
and which they may have mistaken' for the opinion
of the Country. 'The Net* Lord then commented
very, pointedly on the answer of Mr. Canning .tu the
Atiferican CointnisSioners, which, he contended,
breathed,. in every sentence, a
.provecati(in to. war.
Of a similar tendency was the refusal to make tile
lite. Treaty with.. America the basis of the present
Negotiation, though it was evident that that Treaty
was a conditional ones and signed in the spirit which
civiliked nations haVe ever observed in all negotia-
tions, or as the Diplomatic expression was, Sub spe-
rati. lie mist entreat the House not to be led away
by this cages for extending hostility. lithe failure of
passino the present Mt involved any inconventeneits
or dienities, be 'they bn the heads of those, who,
of their own accord, and without consulting
Parlia-
moot, have put forth Ads that must expose the
Country to much more serious ditteulties, and not
be impiited to men who warned them of their clan-
; gers, and entreated them not thus wantonly to vio-
late the Law of Nations, the Statute, and the Com-
Men Law dare Land.
• Lord 1141HCES.RURr Would combat assertion
,by assertion, which, however, he pledged him-
' self to prove, when the proper time came fur
that discussion, that.the Orders in Council violated
no law—as little were they specially hostile to
-America. They were. an at of drstind, legiti-
mate warfare, wholly unconnected with any dispute
with America, and which would have equally taken
place had we remained in the most perted state of
amity and good understanding with the United
States. They were aimed at France only, and her
Allies and. dependencies ; and if in their general
scope they embraced America, it 'wee, that America
might afterwards see the distinEtion that would be
Made in her favour. The Noble Baron contended,
dim every independent nation had a right to make
what"commerdial regulations it thought propeK ; but
Would he Say. that the Non-importation A&, that
the excluston of British ships from the rivers and-
harbours of America, .while those of the enemy
adatted, did not ilidicate an bOstile spirit; and

alliiposition to abe'ttile.i:anso, and:promote the in.;
terests of the Enemy. Yet the British C4overtiMent
did not wish to consider these acts as a&f.4 of boiti-
Illy, because they grew ont of the onfortunate affair
between the Leopard and the Chesapeake, which,
however, had.heen 4i-avowed by Government. No
man deprecated more than he did a war with Ame-
,
rica ; and no_ man would go farther to avert it : but
it .was pot Jo- .be averted by any thing like a sacrifice
of our-maritirne.rights,. which was agreed on all
hands should never be surrendered, be the danger
and difficulties of .the, Country what they might.
The Noble Lord concluded wit-h
an able vindication
of Mr. Canning's note, •and an unanswerable awn-
meal, to prove that the late Treaty with America
was a complete instrument, drawn op and acted up-
on as such, and not merely. a conditional Treaty. •
Lord ERSKINE took. the same line of argument
with Lord Grenville ; and after some explanation
between Lords Hawkesbury and Auckland, the Bill
was read a third time, without any further opposi-
tion.—Adjourried, till to-morrow (this dly).

HOLISB OF COALYONS.
FLECTIOhi COMNIITTEiS.

Mr. BLACKBURNE reported (runt the Horsham
Committee, that Sir Samuel _ Bart. and
Jones Parry, ESq. were not duly elected ; that Jo-
seph Marryatt and Hello.' Golding, Esqrs. . were
duly eleCied, and ought to have been returned ; and
That the opposition to the Petition Was not frivolous
or vexatious.--The Chairman of the GiimSbN,' Com-
mittee also reported, that Charles Andrew •Pelham,
Esq. was not duly eleeted; thtit John
,Henry Loft,
Esq. was duly eluted, and ought to have .been re-
turned; that the other Sitting Member was duly
ele&ed ; and that neither the 'Petitions nor the op.••
position to them were frivolous or vexatious.--A
Report was also made from the Saltash Committee,
of which we could not • collect more, than that
Thomas Freemantle, Esq. had not been duly eleeled.
-'--Thp'Reports were • severally given in at the table,
and the Deputy Clerk of the Crown ordered to at-
tend to amend the dill rent Returns pursuant to the
•
decisions of the Committees.

A Person from the Bank of England presented,
by order of the House, an Accotint of all the Bank
of England Notes which had 'been in circulation
including Bank Post Bills, between the Ist of Fe-
bruary, 1807, and the Ist of February, 1808, distin-
guishing the amount in circulation in each quarter,
"and also the amount of those under ' five.pounds,—
Ordered to lie on the table.

The Inspeaor-General of • Exports and 'lmports
presented an Account of the uan t ty tsl Star i avert-
ed into Great Britein in the year r 307,;and of the quan-
ty exported to frela id. Also of the quantity of Peru-
wian Bark imported wi t hin certain s'pecitied periods,and
other Aecounts, purseant to order of the •House.--,
Ordered to lie'en the-table, and to be printed.' The
Acceutit .df Bark imported was withdrawn, the
motion of Mr. VANSITTAWC, at)d a new order made
,for the produttiun of an Account of the Amount ;of
Peruvian Bark imported in the six years; ending the
Ist of January 3 796, '180:3, ,and.lBoB, respeaively,
distinguishing the home consumption, the .qu.intity
exported; and the respedive perieds.
.•Mr. MELLISH presented a Petition front. the
Bakers of the City of London, praying an -Amend-
! meat of the diGrent Ads for Ilegnlating their
'Trade; as did Sir FitANCIS;IitYRDETT, one train the
Journeymen Bakers in the .City of Condon, and
wit hiniwelve miles round, stating that the Aa ,of
the :34th of the,King; for the :.better, Observance of
. the Lord's Day, had proved inefficient to.its objeft,
in consequence of the smallness of rise penalties,
and praying the relief of the 'House, ; both Petitions
.being read, were ordered to lie on the table,
The Secretary of the ,Naval Asylum presented 'the
.Papers moved Or on a former day :by Sir Charles.
Pole; which,were ordered to lie ,on 'tire table, and,to
be printed. • , .
Mr. DA VEICPORT presented a. Nation from the
Inhabitants of the Town of Stoekport, iu.favour of
Peace. .The Petition, was accumpanied by a Bill,
'containing 2000 Itaine3; but on a statmnent,made
by Admiral Betty ey, that the greater part of the
sigriatures were apparently. written: by one hand,.
and the fion. Member 11Qt_ belt% able, to itecthuit
for this matter, the Petition having. only been put
into his bands that morning, the Petition alone was
alloWed to be brought np, andi. on its being readl
was ordered to he on, the table. • ,