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

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POP T 5 I'4 Fr, Clf ; -Yest crAny fttved' the
.E )11m jllie, 1.1:P,1, 0 uri'lll.;,:-ntl. rc ; the
'riven Suir Jana, D.4:49.f.LE, from VaLnit,l ;
B.RowN, frotrk St. Domitlo ; and Tre.l,c, it
teas Cittiss. (cur, Ctirraoa),,frotn Coo
Sailed the Comet, .I\j‘DoNr L.D, With Treop3,..fo:
Jamaica.

The Ship Ellza, passed by 6714 Part
last night, all well, on he' pa 6.1_,,t; from 21:ntel-datu
to 11;IiimOre.

Arrived this day the Thrasher G'un-brig, with' the
Cape Sly, FULLERTO2S 'George, IVlnTri ; Coud
(1 Nene; Wl-IE-6'I.EY j 'and, Hover,, Lt s, for Gitiraltar;
l.).urtoo late for the 'Mediterranean Convoy; they
••
having*led yesterday.. s'

DEAL, TrlAacn IViajeity's Ship
Skylark and Furious
,Gun-brig from a -ctuiLe; and
remain in the Downs with the Ships as per hit..

.. FALMOUTH, MATCH s,—Slllec.l the Cutter
for the Downs, and, a et of Uoeiterii tor Wales.

PORTUGAL

By the American ship Unic•e, letters were ye4er-:
day received in town from Lisbon to the 4th Feb.
which contain. infOrmation.of much importance. •It
appears by theta, that on the ead•'Deceinber last
BUONAPARTE signed at 'Milan a Decree, Ur Mai*
test°, by which he finally determined • the fate,uf
Portugal.—,-Thii Decree wa•; not' p.romulgated at Ls- -
bun until the Ist day of February.

SUBSTANCE OF DECREE.
It
.declares the throne of Poitugal „abdicated bf
the family of Bit Asmi.za,., whieli is 14CV.Qt more to •
reign.; 'and that I.)ncethr.vird tlie kingdom of Por,
tugal is to be united to and considered 'as part of the
dominions of France. . •
It recommends theCultivationoffriendship b'etween'
•
the troops of F d France and Pei ; to cethent which
be promises that those of Portugal shall 4reatter
be considered as sharers, and entitled to participate in
the glory obtained bY the troops—of Franco in tLe •
memorable battles of Marengo, Jena, Austcrli,z,
It dissolves the Regency formed by tl)e Prince Re-
gent, the Men of which are placed in variol:s
stations in the public departm,its„ and are, in
tore;to aet under the controul of the French GO- •
• vernment. •

. ,
In the be:finning of the month of February,Su Noy,
issued .in order for a further contribution On, the ":
people of 40 millions of ertiSadoes (itoout 4.00,0001
sterling) to oe-pAid by three inSt.thnents, the nest , .i. -.
Which was to be !Ad (m, the ) Out of Mafeh, the ii-•• . , •
',
cond in May, atid the third in Junt.:. The Chiela of
cities and towns to be allowed to tender the chinch-
plate in part of payment Of such contributions, it
being considered only ilo4:essary to retain in the
..
churches such a quantity of plate as'bhotild be deem-
id sufficient for use in 'the oKlitiar,r plerforrnauces of , .
divine worship. . .
The go oeis of British manufaaure, of ;thich i.e..
counts had hcen given in,'. Wer4 to
~be sold by WI
hQlders ; I.vh:), on effeeling the sales,, were to Fay ‘ .
into the treasury ()tie third 'part of the ainottrit a
. ,
such sales for the benefit Of the Stdte,
The Tax on Income, NA' L'i 1 iv 1S previously ait.lo
per cent: lis been augmented to ;;Q, attd is to 11,.., paid
by the people in ewery Tart of tae dOZ.1111)1011:3, eX"-
Cepting tilfisti .obly who reskle in thoie toTns and •
places tbOtigh which the troops of Frat“:e weie ne.:'•
cessarilY obliged to march on the way to I,id.)ou,
Such-are to be altogether exempt iron' this taX, in-
.consequence of the severity of theii: less6s on ithit 1
.occasion.

Cillign AL WnyrzwocKE.-7—The evidence fcr the
prosecutiOn dosed yesterday, iird the General is to
enter on his defence on Monday next.
The account which we copied from a D,loyning
Paper; of tin, fruit-forcing of liaibnrgh, St. r,eter:S,
„and Frontiniac grapes, in the hot-nonses Of. G.
liaboku, Esq. of .FLiughton Half; Shro'shire, is, it
seems, a silly hoax upon 'that Gentlenian, as lie has
no 'such grapes.'

Iflrpacl iernains at the satin price as 1:1“ week.

t,esterday morning, .a.,poor. woman, Mrs'. Saint,
:den, of No. 8, Angel-Court, .Strand,
was broivht
to;bea of tided fine children,. two boys and a ghl:
SINIMONA; Muantana.—This malefa6ter:was
executed yesterday, pursuant to his sentence, at..half
past eleven .o!clock in the forenoon; betw.!est Hert
ford and Ware. He behaved with film air of indif-
ference. which marked his mndtra during
tie shook hands with three porsonsWho Heroin pan ied
him to the scaffold; and whispered a few words 'tothe •
gaoler before he WAS turned ''! .
A fire broke out at a late hour last ni!tht, at the
warehouse of'a Rocking-horse-maker,' in Clement's,
lane, which entirely .CO/ISUllaVd the same-, together
with the back premises, and diAeon‘iiderable darnage
to the adjoining dwellings. Happily- no live S wcre,
lost. , • • •

yOung Lady‘, of the name of.‘ SPTON R, tivtas
burnt to death On Sunday,ovening, at the housed
'MrsSE`BTONii, leer aunt, on the Ham pstend 'Road. Oti
Stinclay:uight,:she was sitting alone in a back ,par-
ittinr, waiting for the arrival of a' lodgdr; and h was
supposed that her dress had taken foe wheu she was
dasetnir,..
A rtlelanchely accident happened on Son.liyaftor-
nonti oti the Thames, below W,m,iiwortli.
young men who had gone up the River in t Sailing-
linat, were returning in the. evening, when, by the
Unskilful managentent the boat was upset. ..Two-Pf.
the parsons of the names of! White and Ro ca. , tltu
loin* a lineh-draliq'S shopman, and the latter an
apprentice to a druggist, xere unfortunately drown-
ed : the thirl person saved himself* svvitutn;ng,
and he was Liken up by some bai-gcntea, when ot„
an exh9usted state. The bodies:tit the young Mt*
have ilot yet been sound,

Warranted,. Uadrawn.—The State tiottery began
drawing'thiS'aibrstihg, argi *ill clo4e, Vol- this day,
about thit4 in the aMerhoon. rioaNhl3l. anti
acqnaint-th&Public that UndrawnTickets and Sh4res
*ill he on Kale until Tuesday next, the Second Day
of Dr„ming, a their Ottice4,.. 5/6,, Corubill, 646
Charing-cross, and St. Margaret's litit, Borough.

objet.
You will, however, understand distinctly, that
this instruction applies only to the ease not„merely
, Of assurances, hitt, as I have already, expressed it,
of "vievorous and effective meast.ires, bona tide adopted
by the Portuguese Government for its own defence :
a rekiolvit ion which seems to be so strongly called for by
the urgency, of the present crisis, that One might look
%Alt some confidence' to its adoption, if former ex-
perience; did not give too mtietfreason to dooht, of if,.
even under such circuniStancei. Should it be found
that tit her the means or energies of the Court of I'or-
ttilgal are inadequate for such n purpose, the next en-
d:•avour must be to inspire that Government with a
;• resolution -Which they ariAmderstood formerly to liave
• entertained, and which, in the case suppo-,ed, is the
only ow that Could be adopted either with dignity
or.prudence namely, that et withdrawing at once
from, their European 'territories, and removing
themselves', with all that they ettu carry with them,
to their vossessions beyond the Atlantic. •, Should ;
Such b 6 the disposition of Court, every, en-
cotuagement
; must be giVen to confirm them in
tarot intention, and the strongest :engagetnents
may be entered into, that in such case
^his Ma-
jesty will not only by his naval hire es prote& and
secure such'retreat, but that he will- respet`t and even'
guarantee to the Court of , Portugal the independ-
mixt of, itS dominion..., 16 I,lle 13rpiiis, well as
the-'possession of. ail ships and other property that
maybe carried there by virtue of any such arrange-,
ment. A -case; ltowever, most be provided 'tor,
ditterent from either of the two preceding, and tan,
happily not the least probable; in which the Govern-
ment of Portugal, abunioning all idea either btu reskt—
anco or escape, should ;wait em fearful acquiescence
the.inpproach, ot the 'danger, leaving the country
with all that it contains, to fall, au easy and certain
prey into the:hands of, the Enemy. in that case
his Majesty would feel himself .itnpellecl,.as well by
every consideration of duty to as of regard,
even. forhis aily, to take such steps as might be be.
cessary to diminish the evil, by preventing the enemy
iron) aequiring,that aCces,siOn.of force, particuhirly of
naval:force, which the possession at'the Port of ,Lis.
bon, ita sncb eirencustaucvs,. would give Nina, .and
which may have had. a principal share in prompting
hire . 04e :present intended outrage. You must,
therefore, front the ',beginning, 50 regulate all your
Conde `as to ,:cep in view thti ultimate objeCti, the ,
only one possibly,Whieh Au at fast bó left to you
to acc,oruplish.
Thii, of course, should it ultiMately hecothe
nc-
cocsiary,'must not be done by Inc/elation, but by de-
moustrationcond possibly by aatial MeasUres offorce.'
But even in' this Case it is very material thaf you
shohld endqvo;tr to the utmost to impress'boilt on:
the GOVerritnent and on the People of Portugal, iliac
the stepsled to are taken %rith.no feelings'clr ob-
jea of lioltiVity. towards thetli,• but 'are the restil
only of that unhappy necessity which the 'it,j'utice
and violence of the eiretny,ltild the n'ealinss of Par.
algal, impse Upen his Majt.:Sty..--Conforthatily'te
theseimptessions, it at any period lic.foie the ghi-pi'
and troops of Majesty tire withdrawn froni the
coast, and even.' aftq -rneastii es of tbiCe.Shall have
- boon mutually tescitted_ to thiS Court a Poittigal
shall bb disposed:, ott,,better consideration and'fort her
c rleoce of the danger, to accept the.proliol-,:i! of re.
it uii I)V i tient.
yt,,o mill otfer niece every :hsistance for thatspurpow,

and make all such engagements as may best aorke.
,
and conciliate their minuS to so painful an extremity.
In all your proceelings, you will'avoid eareful4
any thing that may give to the Enemy, eey handle
fur misrepresenting the and upright intentions
of his Majesty on this occasion.
Nothing would be more acceptable to Ids :sla-
jesty than that the Court of Lisboo should continue,
if it were possible, in the enjoynient lel a 'secure and
undisturbed Neutrality; It is a matter of great tearer
to his Majesty, to look in any possible case to the
necessity of employing force against the territory of
a friendly Power ; and it is efgreat importance
that his' Majesty's conducton this occasion shotild
be represented in its true light both to the Court
end to the people
,cif Portugal.. It will, therefore,
be proper, not only to deliver in Official Notes
fo this etlea, but to print and circulate in the Por-
tuguese language, a Manifesto, in which those cir-
cumstances should be openly and frankly:explained,
which justify by the' evident necessity of the case,
the securing befoSehand those military resources
Which the Enemy has openly evinced, and forMally
declared his intention of seizing for his' own per-
poses.
His Majesty has no desire to derive from this mea-
sure any ocher advantage than that of depriving his
enemy of means of annoyance, which are intended to
be used both against the interestrof hia century, and
for the purpose oftittackagainst the Colonies of Portu-
gal herself.
sty authoriseft you to agree to any plan by which the
Portuguese ships of war, if placed in his custody by
that Government, without resorting to measures of
force, shall either, be retained in trustier Portugalsor
shall be purchased trent that Govert'wieut by his Ma-
jesty, according `to their full estimated value. He
cannot forego those measures which are necessary to
prevent the Portuguese Navy from becoming an ac-
cession to that of France; but he is desirous of ease-,
eating this 'purpose in such a way as may beleast of-
fensive to the dignity or injurious t 6 the interests of
an Ally, in whein his first :..wish would be to find the
disposition and the means of opposing FM of eanal re-
sistance againit the common enemy.---The general
.objects which are in view being thus explained to.you,
the particular course in whiciatkey ate to be pursued,
whether in measures of negotiation or force, or by,a
mixture of both, is lett with full confidence to, the
discretion of .the persons in whom his Majesty has
vestechsuch ample powers, and by whoseentire end
perfe& co-Olietation in every, step of whatever de-
scription' that shall become necessary,:the objeas in
view can alone be accomplished.
- The precise period of the demand "to be made. for
the debarkation of the troops, and for_ the placing
them in a situation of security, is perhaps the most
important among these points ; and 'next to'that, the
mode and time of the requisition, that the Portu
guese ships in the Tagus should be placed in such a
state as to be capable of being immediately renamed
on the approach of an enemy. It will not escape
your attention, that these 'are measurer which.
must, equally, be, adopted, in' each: of the three-cases
above stated. Its Portugal intends, with' the aid.
of this country, to defend herself; if *the Court
should tneditate'a removal to the Brazils ; or, lastly,
if a necessity should exist for measures of force,
with a view to the removal of the ships : in every
one of these cases the King's troops must be landed,
and a position must be thataipied, that will both
place them in safety, as far as possible, and will fa-
cilitate the execution of such measures as it may be
necessary fbr the King's naval fortes to adept for the
removal of the ships.
As this step therefore most at all events be taken,:
it would, seem desirable that as little time as is prac-
ticable should be ellOWed for the preparations of
measures of resistance against this indlspensable'
step. In the state of indecision in which it is not
iinprobable. the PettugueSe' Government may now
be placed, you must naturally expea; that the exists
ence, or at least .the urgency of the danger wirbe
denied to yen ; and it is indeed not abseiliately imposs
sible, that eircniustances may in fact occur to delay
the Mardi of the French army, new fixed, as we
are told by Ftaece, for the I ath of this month.-
01 this you will of course have the meads of pro:
cut ink, without difficulty, authentic intelligence
from Wymitie ; but you will remark, that the
measures now adopted are founded- on no light
:surniiies, but on: the declaration of the French
Government itself : that it is the habit of that Go-
•vernment thus previously to announce its aas of vio-
lence; that other measures of a like nature were in
like manner announced, and have actually been since
carried into execution ; and that therefore any tem-
porary tbrbearance that may occur in the executieti
of this particular design aUbrds no motive ler delay-
ing measures of necessary precaution against it.
It it'shetild be urged, that the admission of then
King's forces will be considered by the" enemy as .a
violation of the neutrality of Polingal, and: willaheres
fore, afibrd either a motive, or at least -a pretext for
the. invasion of that country, you will seroark, that
the neutrality of that country is at an end from the
moment that a design of invading its territory, and
subverting its Govertiment, is openly announced by
one °tale' belligetent Partiea ;
.and 'that neither. jus-
tice nor prudence require that we should wait for
the, aelual.execution of andh 'a 'menace, before we
;take measure* for, averting or lessenibg the evil.
And, experience has but too plainly ahewn, and in
ton many instance's; With what facility the, French
Govesourent finds or makea 'pretences for such
measures, when once announced: If on your
arrival at .Lisbon yeti aliduld find dolt, either
from filarrns excited by' any, accidental eiteposa
stances, 'or consequence of requisitimA and
inansla made by the French, the Country should
have beets put in suelea state:of preparation and de-
iease, as to rape the execution'ofany enterprize of
force more :difficult than it is hoped it would be
iSa,nd ; and particularly if you should judge from
these or any other circumstaoces, that thessately of
the army entrusted to yOur command would be
compromised by a deharkation, or by" the measures
to be afterwards pursued ; the King,:: relies on your
discretion not to adept any step which might lead-to
-the probable loss of the forces.
In that case the whole Negotiation would of course
assume merely a pacific shape% 'it would he stated,
that the troops are Sent to ctrat cwe
perat,eisainitilileetsitte;eaabcu,at
of Portugal, if , desired by
that such desire net being there entertaieed;. they

would proceed to their how( ,de4inati. on, In that.
case, however, as indeed in every case of.dis.cussioD
with that Governirient, it 11111.0 111Wari he impressed
upon them, that the certain cot) .equences of sub-
mission to FrLineemust br, tilt; loss of the Brazils;
which; in such event, this Country must' occupy
for its own safety. I ;tni, eze. C. J. Vox.

(To bt eh:win:ad )

LAID REPORT.

ROLL's copal', CIIANCERY.I.ANE, hlnacil 7.

TIU. RIGIIT,„11024. SIR WILLIAM GRANT, KNIGHT, MAS-

TEAL OF TH4 ROLLS PRESIDING.

VISCOUNT' M. AH ON EARL STANIIOPE, ST.-PARTE.

Tl)ifi Was a bill filed for an injtm(ition by_ the
Plaintiff, the sot-Child heir apparent of the Defendant,
to restrain the Defendant from concluding a. sale
of an estate in Derbyshire, did to prevent him from
cutting down ornamental trees on an estate in Kent,
and requiring him to give an account ,of all. monies
received for estates sold during the life time of the
Defendant's father, Philip, Earl Stanhope, from the
time of a settlement entered into between the De-
fendant and the late Zarl Stanhope, on the marriage
of the Defendant, in 1774.
Mr. SCOTT, Counsel for the Defendant, stated
that the answer was drafted by the noble Defendant
It' admitted he acted under the settlement of 1774 ;
denied he bad made use of any money or sold any
estate to the detriment of the Heir Apparent, or
made use of any monies arising from any sale, ou his
own account, contrary to that settlement ; denied he
cut down any.trees that were ornamental ; any trees
be had cut down, it stated, were deeayed, and so far
from injuring the Ornaments, he had planted upwards
of too trees, and he had expeoded avast deal of
time and money in preparing a philosophical comps-.
sition that stared trees from decaying, by which means
the woods on the estate had flourished; a wing of
the mansion had taken fireland by means of a corn-
; position of 'his invention, put, on;tlfe beams of the:
house, thofirc was prevented front spreading; that -6y
the settlement of 1774,.he was at liberty to sell the.
estate in Derbyshire, and to purchase another ; and
it Was his intention to purchase one it). Kent, near
the family estate.-- There was no .motley to be ac-.
:counted, for during the life of the late Lord but
2 t,OOOl. the amount of an estate sold in 1784, and
which money had been out. on mortgage ever since
that period, at interest at :b. per cent. 'That he had
not done any thing to, injiire the estates ;. had not
made any leases for lives, except in Ireland, where
they were customary ; and to show that he wished
and intended to, do what was right," he was willing
to have it left to referees, or .vested in trustees, and
be would name Earl Contact', be being a relative of
the family.
Mr. Prtcnaans, Counsel for 'the Plaintiff, stated;-
that the Bill preyed for an account of so much of
the estates as bad. been sold since the Defendant
came into possession, and.for. the Value of trees cut
down, and that it.might be paid into the bank. The
settlement of i 774 set forth the tenure, that the De-
fendant was to enjoy one-sixth of the estates during,
the life of the late Earl, and after his- death bt..
te-
nant tier life; then there Was a jointure of 2,0001.
a year to the first Lady of the present Earl', and, a
provision for 'younger children; also a. provision
for a second marriage, liable to be raised out.bf
any of the, estates, except the one in Kent ;
Temple
.and Lord Euston, were the Trustees of
that settlement ; and when necessary tn sell, that
the residue should be laid out in the ;,:archase of
other estates, or be, disposed of in Gov-eminent
security ; the Trustees.w ,ere, dead, and. the De-fendant had let 21,0t.)0.' remain ;0t) -mortgage,
the proceeda of. an estate sold during , the lite
time of .the late Earl ; and it is now stated, as a
reason for disposing .of the Derbyshire estate to
Mr. Cartwright for 76,0001. that he wanted to'pay
ref a mortgage of 50001. and buy a farm near the
flintily estate in Kent; Defendant had made the
sale without consulting any Trustee, and there was
but one he could consult, who was only a heredi,
tary Trustee, Mr. Dashwood, now. within the limitf.
of -the King's Bench. It could not be Contend-
ed that he was a preper: one, and it never was
the intention of the - parties to leave the deed
without Trustees, in which case it would be incum-
bent on the Court to appoint. Trustees.: 'l.l)e, De-
fendant intends selling another estateAn Bucking-
•hamshire, to which he answered, that the Plaintiff is
satisfied ; so he is as to the price but being also an
,expeaant tenant for life, he wishes to' have the
amount secured.- -The Defendant admitted that he
had thrown down an avenue; .it WlO true it miglit
not have agreed with his I..ordt-ihip:tt idea of orna
;went, but' it 'being plauted for ornament, a tenant
.for life could have no right vested in him to dr..l L. ay
:it. ' 'lt was so' well known to be a law of that Court,
that he could not see how the, Court could refuse an
injUnfifion. •

Sir SAM tin ROMILLY, on the same side, coil-
tended, that the Court could:tiot • refuse sending it
'to the Master to examine the .accounti,

Mr. M.k RTII4; Cot-Inset for the Defendant, arg,ned,'
,there flat atingle charge made out thatonght to
induce the Court to interfere. His noble. Client had
come forward in that,open manner that mti.,t do
`awaY all apprehensions of fraud. wfi's
,to have Trustees appointed ; why they -should he
asked to send the 'account before the Master he could
nok, perceive, •as the items Were plainly laid doWn in
•tlte,schednle ; and why an injtinihipn should :be laid
lon the Defendant to prevent• him cutting down or-
:namental trees, was laughable,, when they had nut
.silewti an instant:e where he had cut down a. tree to
the injury of the estate. He concluded by observing,
his Honour 'must dinniss the bill.

Mr. SCOTT, on the same side, in a. very able
speech, dtpi6ted how the feelings of his Noble
Client had been :injured. by the: allegations in the
Bill in itg original state. When fit filed in that
Court, tbere appeared,_ on the fitee of it, a -Opp
against the Defendant for defrauding the cAtes of
80;0001. This the Plaintiff had thought proper to
have withdrawn. When, sucil a libel_ was.
entered on the records: of. 4 Court ot Jthitice, by, a
son against his father, .the Court could well judge
what must be the feeling:3a the parent'; ' Ito enn-
chided by observing, that his, Noble .Ciieur li2it
11).001 aggried, that he he ad perm
dress•tht Court sus th;it subjett.

1.0 ND() .1'1!4`..C.C1 r.y P. C 11 41 ot i Nc),*4, Martlet!..:ourt; 13iiw'iunct.; and ed hti W :Vx Pc; fir ;•C iz I p r,t • M
.At tliiSitnki ChrlC V ,No. i lfz,Strar,d; 10Kic Advet tisenients,'urciers tor the,Paptr, f ettcr,iz

llis Itononr4he AIAsTER of lioryttalobvrv4l,
that it was tben after his kisual hour of adj 'urn-
mew, but lie.,.vould be happy to bear his Lor.iship
-on another opportunity.

SHIP •NElf'S.

'

GRAVISIMD,Atett 6.

Passed by—the Stisannah, Hall, from Dartmouth; Ad-
venture, Parker, from the South Seas; Cicero, Hind, front
Virginia ; Africa, --, from Memel ; Erinice, Hunter.
from St. Michael's ; Montzenna, Smith, from Philadel,
phia; and the Camel Storebhip from the Cape of Govd
!lope.
Sailed—the Essen, Beta, for Cibrattar ; John and Tian-
maa, Nickotson, for \Gottenbursh ; Galatea, Itennison, for
Mogationa; Albion, Wit:nab:la• and the John, Conyers, for
.Marta.