The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-15 00:00:00

stru&ions to Mr. ARBUTigNOT ; every line or

affords a complete justification of the principle up t-:1.
which the Expedition upon Copenhagen wit f.
founded.

We understand that there is no foundation for the
report which has been circulated, that Lord Mut,-
oRAVS is going out as Governor-General to India.

A new arrangement has been made in respe& to
the future communications between this country and
Sweden. The Post Office packets are hereafter to
proceed direaly to, Marstrand, and not, as before,
to Gottenburgh.
The Princess of WALES, accompanied by Lady
GLENBERVIE and Lord GLENBERVIE, and attended
by a Gentleman of her Royal Highness's household,
was in the Gallery of the House of Commons last
night, during the greater part of the Debate.
The Invincible, a 74, was to be launched this day
at Woolwich.

There was no Court of Aldermen held to-day ;
but the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to
be lowered id. per peck.
The number of Recruits raised for the service of
the Army, from Jan. 1, 1793, to Jan. 1, 1801,
a 3 far as can be made from the. documents in the
Adjutant-General's Office, 'amount to 36,70 Ca-
valry, 12,483 Foot-Guards, and 14,842 Infantry—
making in all, 209,093 men.
The Merchants who were lately compelled to
quit Portugal, yesterday met at the London TaVem.
The Meeting was called for the purpose of considering
the propriety of presenting a Memorial to Gove-nr
merit, praying for retie, under all the circumstances,
from the difficulties to' which they. were reduced in
consequence of the impracticability of procuring my
satisfaction, from the subjects of Portugal for the
claims which they ' still had upon them. Mont
fifty persons attended the meeting, from whose a
Committee was chosen to draw up the proposed
Memorial. - The convey, which in the first insonco
had been appointed to sail for the Brazils on the 22d
inst. has, at the request of the merchants, Seen
postponed to the 3ISt. Lord STISANOFORD,. as Am-
bassador, and Mr. GAMBIBIi as Consul General,
will sail about a week before the convoy.
GENEVAt WitertmocKe.—Yesterday being the
day on which the General way to enter into his de-
fence, a great crowd collededhefore the Court was
opened. The spedators were admitted at ten
o'clock, and a considerable struggle took place': It
was some tinie before the Military, assisted by the.
Bow-street Officers, could effeet a passage for- the
Members of the Court and the distinguished persons
who accompanied them. The DlikeSof KENT and
CUMBERLAND were 'among the number. The effea
of the struggle and the consequent heat was so for-
cible upon several Ladies, that same fainted, and
others uttered loud outcries, resulting from pain and
apprehension. When the disturbance had wholly
subsided, the General was, called on for his de-
fence. He began with firmness to read front a pa.:
per in his hand purport of the introdue.tory
part was to express his regret and resentrrient at the
various calumnies which had been affively published
against him, with the obvious design-to raise a pre-
judice in the minds of his cornitrymen. He parti-.
,cularly adverted to a publicnt ion, written by a subal-
tern Officer, u hich attacked hint in the most tender
point, his charader, which he held dearer to him
than life itself. At length he became
.soinuch affed-
ed, that he Wits obliged to pauSe ; and it was proposed
that his Counsel proceed with the remaining
part; but this was objetted to. The Conli, how-
ever, perceiving the staring 'agitation the Genetal
suffered, permitted his defence to be occasionally
lead by himself, 'by his brother-in-law, and by Ge-
neral MEAD. The General at length "resumed his
arduous task, and strongly commented on the man-
ner in which the charges had been supported, not
by dire& and circumstantial evidence only, but by
the opinions of individuals and narratives, of :con-
versations, He then entered into an accoent of the
whole transadions respeding Monte Video, in
which he had been concerned—the circumstances of
which have been often before the publiiL
After having detailed those matters, 'he observed
that be had the satisfaaionof knowing thin headed
from the best of his' judgment, and that his .cause
was in the bands 'or a competent and honourable
Tribunal, who would disregard'prejudice, and deckle
with truth and justice. Some written, documents
were then read respefting the eorrespendence be-
tween General Wurret.ock.c. and the ()thee Com-
manders employed in the Expedition, and the Court
adjourned till ten o'clock' this day.
March It,.—The Coutt precteded this day, and
was nearly.as much crowded as
,yesterday. An ex-
amination ;Of Colonel Boothe took place, which
seemed likely to last for a considerable time, and
there is no reason to believe that the ilia, Will con-
clude this day.---The Dukes of KENT' and CO4 mt.
i,AND were again prc.ent.

A new rnelo-drarnatie Baliet of A.6tion is in re-
hearsal at Drury-lane Theatre, written by Mr. T.
SUERIDAN.

Miss WALSTZIN, who has been for several 'sea-
sons the principal female perforiner in the Dublin
Theatre, will it is reported, l the successor of Miss
SMITH, at Covent Garth" the ensuing Winter.
Cooxals Richord; though so often seen, dreW a,
crowded audience ltiSt night to 'Covent Garden
Theatre, and' he performed the charatiler with his'
usual success. In consequence of the sudden indis-
position of Mrs. ST. 14SER, the- part of Me Queen
was performed by Mrs. EMERY, and that of Rich-
mond by Mr. LianwroH, instead of Mr: C. ICEMBLP.,
who was prevented from appearing by the recent
loss-in his tinnily. Mr. ButmroN acquitted
self with his usual good sense, and with requisite
animation.

The late Mr. SumoNs was in the sixty-sixth year
of his age. tie had been a very handsome man in
his early dayi, and the traces were very visible, not-
withstand* the course of time, and the act% of
long continued indisposition.
' Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, a fire
broke out at the bake-house of Mr. Smith, the
corner of Market-street, Old Gravel-lane, which
communicated to four adjoining houses in Cina-
aims-lane; 'the whole of which were scum reduced
to ashes'. Fortunately no, lives were Ipst, and a
number of engines arriving, the fire was got under.
The inmates of the destroyed housesNM un-
fortunately lost their all, - • - .