The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-23 00:00:00

basalt to disgraced to the Nationat Character, why
wai hot the sense of Parliament taken upon the sub-
ject any a Division ? why was there no Amendment
Proposed to the Address in the House of Commons ?.
When Gentlemen appear to have so titti6 confi-
dcilee in their own arguments, it is tiot to be sup-
posed they can make much impression upon others:

Two Protests .have been issued against that part of
the Address to his MAJESTY by the House of Lords
which approves of the Expedition against Denmark.
The first of these Protests, which is' a very short ene,
is signed by the Duke .of GLOUCESTER, Lords
RAWDON, LAUDERDALE, GREY, HOLLAND, the
Duke of NORFOLK, and Lord SinatouTtr. The
second Protest, which is a very lent one, is signed
only by Lord ERSKINE. The chief point argued by
his Lordship against the Danish Expedition is, that
at the time et our attack idle Danish Army was in
Holstein, which " France was menacing." But
it is probable that " menacing " was only a pretence,
while the Courts, of Denmark and France were
concerting,• measures to deceive us. But what we
conceive to' be, the most objectionable part of Lord
ERSKINeI Protest, Is that in' which he declares that
the a& of seizing the Danish Ships " ought to 'have
been left to the French Government to perpetrate,"
_because the atrocity of it would then have been
pointed against France instead of Great Britain.
This Declaration, indeed, is founded upon a pre-
sumption that such. Seizure would
..have been
without the consent of Denmark, and that she
continued faithful to her Neutrality.-----These
however, are presumptions so strongly against
all the probable circumotances attending the
case, that it is surprizing to see them advanced by a
Noblernan who has been for the greater part of his
life employed in the examination of evidence and
fael; ln his. Lordship's opinion, then, we ought to,
have suffered France to obtain a powerful navy, and
to have depended upon such sentiments in the
Coat of Denmark as apparently did not exist, and
as indeed were most probably opposite to her rea
feelings and designs.

Yesterday Earl Arusroau, the Lord Steward,
waited upon His MAJESTY, at the Queen's Palace,
with his white wand of office, and presented the
Address of the House of Lords.

Yesterdiy morning Her AIAJESTY and the PRIN-
CESSES honoured Lady CHARLOTTE FINCH with a
visit, at her apartments in St. James's Palace.
On Thursday the Prince of WALES dined with
their MAJESTIES, as did the Royal Dukes..

The Court Martial on General WH/THLOCKB will
Sit for the trial of that Officer, at the Royal Hospital
at citelsea, on Thumlay next, the 28 th inst.

_ .
.Adthiral Mu BRAY is arrived in Town : he attend-
ed at the Admiralty this morning., •
Admiral.CocHßAN e, is Iti4 Majesty'i Ship Belle-
isle, arrived at Barbadues, on the tith of December,
lrtim Tortola.

The Bodleian Library, in Oxford, has lately re-
ceived a present of a most beautifully illuminated
Alcoran taken from TIPP 00 SAIB'S Library, at the
Siege of Seringapatam.
The two regiments' which it was said‘ had sailed
from Madeira fir the West Indies, are 'certainly
gone to take possession'or Port Praya, in the Island
of St. Jago, one of the Cape de Verde Islands. • . •
The following is the substance of the. Charges,
preferred against .General WIIITELOCKE •

1. Having, conrrary to the Wnnr of instrations, in the
summons to Buenos Ayres, required that the Civil Officers
and. Magistrates should be Prisoners of War, which, it is
averred, is contrary to all the customs of %Vat., and hid a de--
cided ettia. in intlaMing the civil population to resistance.
2. Exposing the Army, in marching against I,3ueni.is Ayres,
to a-destrativediScharge pi nutsquetry front the town, with-
out furnishing that Army with any means Oldefence Or at-
tack..

43. Not being present' personally on the 'advance against
Buenos Ayres; tilSo not keePing open a communication
twet:in tile main bOdy.of the troops and the detachthent under
CF.AUFURD, which Cumpelleull that Officer' to sur"
rentia.

4. surrendering the Fottress of Monte Video Without
ne-
cessity, which was capable Of tuaking an etfeaual resistance
against tiny farce wlucti could bc, brought iiptitit it.

The private box, belonging to Mr. CANNING,
which was stated by a ;Morning Print to have been
lost by a Messenger; is erroneous it was lost by
one of the Porters of the Secretary of State's Office,
and was:returned:on Thursday, by the coachman, to
the:{./dice; who found it in his coach, after having
sot down a Lady *Fleet-street.
• x•xtTna,, JAN. 30...... This day Lieut.' HALIFAX,
of the 11'001 Lancashire Militia,' whose engagenient
to walk thirty miles per day, for twenty successive
'days, as has been :already several times noticed in
this-Paper, completed his laborious undertakingi'and
he was ushered' into this city in :triumph, preceded'
by the Regimental Rand'of Music, add accompanied
by au iminense concourse of people, both on horse-
back and ott UNA, who Celebrated' his vidory With
repeated hums.

Tua Anew Comedy entitled Some-.
thing N. vikiabiToukht forward lait night at•Drory-.
lane Theatre, Which, according to report, i 3 a
franslatiOn tiorn a German Drama, by a Cady.-.:-.
There4as nothing striking or amitiing in the
.Play
altogether, though the first two /kW' held forth it •
proni;se which the retitainder of it did not fulful:—
On the contrary the last three Ads' )aerit yet)? dull
and trilling. •
The Perftirrners exerted themselves with so much
ability,' that it is to be regretted that they had not
better materials for the exeitiott of their talents.
lhe discontent of the audience began to appear in
the third ad, and to increatt in violence during the
progress of the.t\%o last, that it was found tiecesiary
V.l ,
to signify iil4l. the rteee 29 witnurawp.