The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-15 00:00:00

11?0,11 THE FRENCH
PAPERS.

DECLARATION Of PIUMSIA ACIAiNgT ENG LAND
" The4c.ing being oblige 4 by the 27th Article
of the Treaty of Peace of Tilsit, concluded on the
oth July, 1867, to shut, without exception, the
Prussian Ports and States against the trade and navi-
gation of England, as long as the present war lasted
between England and France, his Majesty has not
hesitated to take progressively the most appropriate
rrreasitrea to fulfil his engagements.
" In dire(ing theSe' measures, his Majesty `did}'
not dissemble the prejudice.; and loss which would
result to the commerce of his Dominions in general,
and that of his Subjeets, who by a long series of
misfortunes have acquired new rights to his paternal
solicitude and benevolence; but his Majesty yielded
to the consolatory hope, that the mediation offered
by Russia to England, by accelerating the return of
a definitive Peade between Great Britain and France,
would soon bring about an. order of things more
congenial to the particular interests of each Power.
The King has been deceived,in his just expec-
tation; the events that have taken place since; and
which are too well known to render it necessary to
recapitulate them, fur from bringing the so much
desired period of general peace nearer, have only
placed it at a greater distance.

" All.communieatiop is broke'n of between Rus-
sia and England. The Decltiratlon of his Majesty the
..Einperor of All the Russias, published on the 260)
Oelober, that there is no longer any relatbn bet Ween
these two Powers, His Prussian Majesty intimately
conlie&ed Lyy all his relations with the cause and
system of the Continental neighbouring aid friendly
Powers, has no other rules of Conduot than his du-
ties founded upon the interest of his Stiiites, and the
obligation contra6ted by a solemn Treaty.
Conformably to these . principles his Majesty,
setting aside those considerations which be-had hi-
therto respelled, in the vain hope of a 'speedy ge-
neral pacification and having refused, since the
mission of Lord HuTcnisrsom, to receive at his
Court any English Diplomatic Agent, :has just or-
dered his Legation at London to quit England, as
soon as possible, and return to the Continent.

" His Majesty the King of Prussia, in making
•Icnown the resolutions vvhiph his engagements and
the interest of his Monarchy impese upon him as a
duty, declares by these presents, that, till the resto-
ration of a deanitivo Peace between the two Belli-
gerent Powers, there shall be no relation between
Prussia and England.

c( FRE4EIiICf:-W1.14A4."
44 Meinc:l, r)erf. t, 1110." -

ROYAL DECREE.
" T.ions NArol.Eoci,

" Considering that every European Nation o'ight
to co-operate with all, its power to the triumph of the
cause of.the Continent, in a contest which 3.04 net
be of long duration, and whose result is not 44ht-
fol.

Conidering that our particular duty as well as
the dearest' interests of our people command us to
accede in all liointl to the desires of his Majesty the
Emperor of the Prat-mit, our illustrious grotlier,.and
even to surpass his hopes.

Considering that the indemnity And "relief
our Kingdom has a right to deMand and expea de-
pend entirely upon the pow4rft4 interveution of
Prance.

Considering, in fine; that kowever, great the sa-
crifidecititherto made by this Country may be, and
however powerful its situation, both. 'tinder the
relations of comtnerce nut' those of Finance, it is of
.much tit-cater interest to dissipate. all the doubts
that might exist respe6t to our intentions, and.
to'prove to Europe, in the most signal manner, our
attachment, and that of our peOple, to the common:
Causes

Art, I. From the publication of the present Decree
all the Ports of. our Kingdom shall be shut against.
all Ships, whatever be their denomination. Those
'Only are excepted from this disiposition, and provi-
sionally till a new order, of which mention is Made
in the ed Article..
H. Armed ships of our Allies are not included in
the. eiXclusioti directed by the preceding Article.
They mny enter and quit our ports, ntsd, bring in
their prizes, by conforming to the Ordinances is-
sued relative to 'the entrance and departure of ships.
,Of war.
Ships of the Allies or Neutral Powers, who
may enter our Perm to, avoid the danger oldie sea,
shall have no communication with the interior of
our Kingdom.—They shall be subje6ted to quaran-
tine, and be under the most severe superintendance.
The Columandant of the Port shall make them put
to sea as soon as the weather shall permit.--

I\;. Viid:inikboats arc under the direa superin-
teudance of the Civil and Authorities'upon
the coast. These Authorities shall take care; on their

m1)01141).114, that no Communication take place, by
means or the isheroltn; with the Enemy's ships
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Anti other ships, To that end, there shall, be placed,
29 sentinel, a soldier on board each fishin ,boat

On
the return of the boat, the sentinel stag :nab
his report of what has passel; during the fishery, con-
trary to the dispositions of the present Dveree, and
the owner of the boat and crew shall be prosecuted
with all the rigour of the laws. Given at Utieciit,,
e3d January.
(Signed) ',Louis,— .1

The Dutch Official Gazette contains'a very stropg
Article upon ' the condu& which the Dutch corn»
merce ought to pursue at present., The following
are the most striking passages :

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"Abandon common speculation; 'do not suffer
yourselves to be excluded with impunity from the
empire of the seas—Fit out privateers to wrest
the prey from the enemy,. to procure provisions,
become almost of the first necessity.: it-is in the
enemys ships that you; ought- to seek for yOur
Colonies it isat their expellee y6u ought to
furnish your correspondent's with the merchan-
dise they want—llecollect the courage of your
ancestors; recelleEt you aro fellow-countrymen of
IturrEß and,Tuostr.—Must the Danes be of the
least populous nations, the only one who date attack
the English in open sea ? Must history say that the
Danes were in the IA century what „the Dutch'
were in the 17t11.--Arm, Dutchnien ! let all your
Ports be filled with armed Vessels, ready to fall upon
the Enemy."

DON 10$11P11 MAMA Pt MSI.O, Titular Bishop of Aigalvat
Inquisitor. General in the Kingdom, Member of Her Ma•
jesty's Council, and her Confessor.

Ti all the Faithful-of the Holy Chuich, Health, Peace, and
the Grace of our Lord low, Christ out Saviour anti God.

" The place of Inquisittg-General of this King
dom, which we occupy, unworthy of it as we are
the Holy Episcopal Charaeter with which we are
invested; the exemplary zeal with which the rrioit,
eminent and venerable Cardinal Patriacii of_ Lis
bon bay just recommended, with so touching an
unction, in his last pastoral Letter, the preserve-,
Oen of tranquillity, peace, _and christian unien,
necessary.in all ,rimes, and above all in the present ;
all these considerations imposed upop as the'duty of
concurring qn our side, and as far as we can,; in
a ,salutary, °Wed, and .witheut which we CRE,
not hope for any happiness either 'upon earth,
nor, which ought more to concern usi in the
life to come. We address them to all the Faith-
ful of the • Holy church, to the inhabitants
of this City acid ; we conjure them
to be attentive and docile to the wise and pay ith'
instructions a their ,venerable father and
in a circumstance which concerns their present late
and their eternal happinesS. We can de nothinu
better than to recall to them the paternal adyite of
that great Prelate. Let them consider the situation
in which we • are, the faYoprs. which the Divine
Gooclpess has heaped upon tr, in the midst of Our
tribulations; let them bless God in all things; let
them adore with an humble and contrite heart the
immutable decrees of Providence,, and, let them be
grateful for the innotnerable benefits, we have receiv-
ed from his all-powerful hand.
" Let us ikon amongst these signal benefits,
the peace and food order which have and do reign
in this kingdom since a great army has come to, our
succour.—We are certain of our happiness if we
know how to profit by it—we enjoy equal flecurity
both in our houses apd out. ,
Let us not forget that we owe these advant
tages to the zeal and. aivity, of the General in
Chief who commands us, and whose virtues we
have lung known ; that the army which is in the
midst of us is that of his Majesty the Emperor
of the French and King of Italy, `l•l4rot.sort the
Great; that that Monarch has been- .sent. by Gore.
to proteCt Religion, and render people happy ;
that lie will pour upon us the blessings of peace,
if we love each other with fraternal charity--that
by that means Religion and ita. Ministers will al-
ways be respe6ted, and that' in fine we shall enjoy
all aorta of happiness if we shew ourselvei worthy of
such great prote6tien. It is thus that we ought to
condttet,*ourselves to, accomplish faithfully the Pm- '
cepts. of the loord, who commands, us to' ,obey
power, not thrOugh fear, but through- a duty of
conscience.

" Let us incessantly have before our eyei the
touching expalations which the venerable- Pastor
. .
of this Cicy and Diocese has addressed tp his flock,
to 'mite them in Christian charity, and to obtain
peace and repose, of which we hive so ranch heed ;
anti because that objet is of:the greatest importance,
even for the preservation of the purity of.our, faith,
we conjure All the Deputies of the'Council General
of Inquisitions, and other 14.qinisters of the Holy
Office, to unite - their zeal to.ours to maintain and,
consolidate the public tranquilliiii.

a We recommend it especially to 411 the, religious
in general, and to each in particular, to; give in all
circumstances the example of perfeft sUbtnisoion, as
it tkcemes the Ministers of a God of Peaee, who offer
(bib/ the sacrifice of propitiation, and who ought to
be Inodels of evangelical perfettion to the peoplo.—
We exhort then' to recall without "ceasiug the faith-

rut to their dutisi, and above all to impress' them
with this truth, that there never cart be too much
peace and union. And in order that our Father may
recall all the Tribunals of Inquisition in the kingdom,
we have caused it to be stuck up and published in
ihe churches of our distril, in the accustomed form.
`" Given at Lisbon, under the Seal of the Holy
.;;;
Office, 22d,Dccember, 1807."

Limos, juLt .12.—Taveru-keepers are ordered

not to receive Soldiers after seven o'clock at night.

1 The agio of paper-money is 25 per cent Th•
4 000 Spaniards who occupy Oporto observe the best
discipline. •
INo one has left this city for the Brazils. The

Head-quarters of the-English Fat;loiy at Lisbon have

been confiscated. We continue to enjoy the great.
est tranquillity. The city stud inhabitants only
furnish the troops with beds, furniture, fire, and
candles.

It is from Algiers that the English Fleets before
Cadiz annisbon draw their provisions.
VIENNA) JAN. 16.—We learn that the English
Squadron, which sailed about the 16th of Novem,
bar last with from ten to twelve thousand troops, is
arrived in the Archipelago.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 1 5 .—The Ottoman
Fleet which entered this port on the 4th inst. consists
of two Ships of three decks, nine Sail of the Line,
fire Frigates, and a Brig. .
On the bth inst. the Captain Pacha (Sam ALL
l'AptiA) paid A visit to the Ministers of the PONE
and on the 7th, had an audience of the
SZlGLigilt, when his Highness made him .a
presoL:v
of a'riclo. Pelisse and an Aigrette, an 4 bestow cid up,..::

birp the title of Gallyizi, (Conqueror of the Infidels'',
The Captain Pacha Last dime ttigittos in the last. a
don, which was fought near Tenedos j in the: war
tiefore last, he had 'his lower jaw cabled away eU.
wards the close of the salon which was fought in
the Black Sea, when he cut through six Ansel=
Ships of the Line.

Daq:. t g.—For sops days pest a horthwest wind
has prevailed, which has obliged the English Fleet .t:p
leave the Straits of the Pardanclles; the masters of
some 4evanterge,•sert that they have sustained such
considerable damage that they will be compelled 4.)
seek some port to repair them, but the Engiisl, have
no port nearer than Malta : already have seV,erit;
Ships, coming from g.gypt with prOvisions, taken
advantage of their absent:4 to enter ctie•Strait, anti
arrived the Capital.

P4als, JAN. 2> y.-The Senate yesterday held an
extraordinary sitting. We are assured that in tlikl
ittliag all organic Senailis • Consullunr was presented;
for the tzreation of a new grand ittguitary ut
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Empire, with the title of " Governor-General of thu
Department beyond ttio Alps ;" • hi, prerogatives an 4
funtlions will be the wile as' those of the Princu
Arcla,chancelloy.and Graud Elc.tactr..., Ile will reside
at Genoa.

COPENIIAGEN, JAN! Corps of CIAO?
Russians, with 144 pieces of caniiuti, is to bo as-
sembled on the frontiers Of Theie troops:
are still in their cantontrjonts, farther or-
ders.

-I.'ntnrra, bat. 1 t .—Yesterdaylour town wi,tnesso
a very unexpeaed sight ; all at once appeared a
Russian Fleet of 15 sail, which anchored in our
Road; amongst the number are three ships of the
line, two large frigates of 50 guns, and several cor-
vettes, Sec. It seems that this naval fQrce will
pass the remainder of the winter here:' their
visit will 'be doubtless advantageous to this Citya
to Which, the Itussians will insure tk defence against
England.

kbag with letters from Heligoland was received,
yesterday at the Post-Office, but it contained no
German Papers, and the private letters are destitute
of intelligence. There are eight Gottenburgh Mails
dm.%

Another socret expedition is in preparation It
will t;onsist of from 12 to 15i0OU men, under the
command of General Sir Joitti STEWART, the Hero
of Iklaida. Fifty Transports were taken up on aa'
turday, for this puppets.

The Cu A woe LLOR of the Excn Haus", we under-
stand, ,lias no new taxes whatever to pfopose in 11/5
approaching Budget; and from the great produaive
incretiae in the Property Tax,. and the advance of
three milliOns without interest, from the Bank, it k
expected that he will require no more than the
trifling loan of ten millions,

The Expedition under the command of General
Sir ROBERT PREVOST sailed on Saturday from SOn
head, under convoy of rhis Majesty's Ships lig-
.daunted, Penelope, and Banterer. it is bound to
North America, and consists of the 7th, Bth,
2.3 d, 38th, 40th, 51St; rifle corps of the 60th, 2,1
battalion of the 82(1,, with large detachments of oF-
and Statf Corps. This force, whit:4:llllMM i
to nbotit t 3,000 men, is to be joined by the fifth
l'ront liermudp, the, 99th, twat, and 30111
Veteran. Battalion, at Habtax. These tomes unite,'
will constitute a vet's formidable, army, and Wind.-
in the event of a war with the United States,
be competent to inflict destruaion on the 'whole ot
the maritime towns of thin country. Besides these.
reintorcroy,-,- , we tied by, the last accounts from
Halifax, that the most active preparations were tuak-
ing for arming the militia, and plaeing the frontiers
a Koper state of dpfeuce.

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NAVAL NEWS.

k!rost the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. t 3.

Admiralty-Office, Feb. 13 , 18 0 .
Cot" of a Letre, from Admiral Montague, Cow-
- tole:der in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Per-
i. ~sels at Portsmouth and Spithead, to thellon. IV.
TV. Pole, dated on board the Royal IPilfianz, at
Spithead, the 1 1 h inst.

SIR,

have much pleasure in acquainting you, for the
information of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, that His Majesty's Sloop Port Mahon, with
French Privateer she had captured, -is arrived at
Spithead ; the particulars of which are stated in the
inclosed Letter from Capt. Chinibera.

I have the honour to be, &c.

GEO-. MONTAGUE.

' ' His Majesty's Sloop Part Mahon, at
Spithead, inth Feb. isos.
On the Bth inst. at Two, P. M. Beachey-Head
hearing East six leagues, chace was given 'by the
.I'3°P I command to a Lugger bearing S. W., which
lye came up with at Ten P. M. and captured,; she
Proving Le Ifuret French Privateer, of Havre, oat
one day, conunarided by 3. B. Villain, carrying six-
teen guns, and having forty-seven men ; she had
not made any capture this eru6e, which is her
second' I am, &'c:'
. S. CHAMBERS.
To George 111o4tague, Esq.
,of the White Commander in Chief, •
&c. tec. the

I‘I4IIGATE, FEB.. I 3...:_,The perseverance, El .:.10T,
from Cork,ithe ayde,ljAcKsorz,. from Halifax, the
2710/nas. •
qnd , front Portsmouth, and the
Tenby,.NtAnoe tsr, from Waterford, 011:
for London, aro on short near this place; the crews
°f the two latter are dr‘iwned, and four of the Clyde's
cre',v•--The Countess.of Elgin Cutter is on shone in
()Ir ay, also one of our Hoys (the Governor): .
Two Loggers belonging to this place; in standing
aatof the harbour last,night, for,. the purpose
awering,4gtials of distress, ran. foul :of each other,
by which accident one of them sunk ,and two, of the
Crew were drowned.
The Slav Irintr the. Milian's,
Of Penzance; bound to London, are brought into
this harbour with. the loss of anchors and cables;
also the Brig tibcr, of Yarmouth, from Cork,: for
tond, on ; the Mariner Gun-brig and the Maack,
fr"nl Zante, for tondon, received much damage in
Roads yesterday; the..Nsptnne, LITTLE, from
Chatham for Chepstow, was driven on shore near
f'ingqgate, and, since burnt; the itpollo,_WtsuAuT,
z,rn London, for St. Domingo, and Abe Emily,.
"4uA, from ditto, for Jamaica, have put. into
'Nate with damage.

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