The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-29 00:00:00

the iiariburgh which arrived‘ yesterday. It is,
t a ted ln.an article. rt-m .:onstantinople; dated the.
I.2th, that .the. Portz has acknowledged BONAPARTE
. •
asEmperor.: it is, however, sing,ular,- that theYrench
Papers; of as late a date as the 20th, are perfealy
silent.upon,thesubjea,. It 'appears that BoxAr-ARTE
has not yet completed his systcaa of changes on the
and that Switzerland is soon to Undergo.
--•
the same fate. as , her, neighbours.. The ".occupation
of ,Hanover, and.the-other. measures lately adopted
by the Court of Berlin, created considerable- alarm
among.the Prussian Merchatts, and, they applied to .
Count HARDENBERG,tb know 'upon- what 'footing
-their Commercial concerns were likely to continue.
To this application Count FIARD4NBEau gave the'
following ans-s,Ver :

;'.. " The Elders of the two Commercial Deputations
:of this City are informed, in answer to their request,
. that circumstances at,present are not'uch as to. oiler
sufficient ground to apprehend hostile treatment
of tho • navigation, mid- the property of , Prustan
.Subjeas, on the part ot7 the English Government.
ShOuld any change of Circumstances occur,-the rner-
chants. Will be. infornaed of Them with all pdssible
expedition. His Majesty's special command. .

" HARDENBERG."

" Berlin, March 15, 1506."
During His Majesty's. stay at Stettin, the Mer-
chants of that place; received a similar assurance.

.PR IVA ZE Letters have lawn received from Holland,
.whica state, that the utmost consternation prevails in
that unfortunate Country, in con Sequence of the ex-
.
peaect change the Government. It, was very
generally reported yesterday that the Bank of Am-
Merdam hax;l` bech declared insolvent, and that pay-
ment had been stopped Upon allpublic securities.

WE yesterday stated-to our -Readers the:terms
upon -Which the biadtor the service of the Year,was
Contraeled ; they wece highly beneficial' to the Pub-
lic, and-we have no doubt but that they will prove
so to: the ContraCtors: Nothing can be a stronger
,proof of the immense resources of the Country,. af-
ter, many years of war, after so great an increase of
the publ:C burthens, than to find a; Loan of rwenty
contraaed for at an interest of
only. 41. 9s, 7d. per cent. „exelusive of one per
cent. for the Sinking Funit llmmediately after the
Terms were 11726 kilOWn, tfie OLTIUini rose to a
FernippLo

The. Per c*: of WAT-13S' has signified Hs intent
tion of: honduring City with his' presence at
thesMansion-house Easter Antler andhall, and the
most splendid-pr'eparation§ are Makiit by:the Lent) if
MAYOR for the: reception of his Rovaidligness', in
a .Manner,worthy.of so•ill.tistriuus a visitant.:'; •
It has been Stated in seve,ral of the Publjc Prints
that Sh-l-comv_PorPn'Aivi was to be- superseded, but
we • ha-,c:ivisonio Mieve that there is no, intention
of removing so galiant,-•aaive, and experienced an
Officer, and more particularly after his late distin-
guishedservice in 'so brilliant an action as the capture
of the Cafe of IGniad. •
. Yesterday, at tweke o'clock, a Military College
Board . was held at the -Dvx,E of Yo K'S Office; .
which was .attended by the Dtflus of YOltk, CAM.?
BRIDGE.; KENT, and GLOUCESTER 5 Lor-ds HAR-
.RINGTON- and CATHCART ; the-Adjutant, Quarter-
Master, and Barrack Master General, and a num.=
ber of other General Officers. - - •

Accounts have been received by Admiral, Lord
COILINGWOOD of the arrival at . Palermo of Their
Majesties. the King and Queen 'of NAPLES, with
the Royal Family; with an immense quantity, of.
property; specie; plate,, diamonds, &c.- in His Ma-1.
Jesty's.Ships Excellent, 74, and Intrepid, 64'; Their
Majesties arrived at Palermo in perfe6thealth. ,Abouf
twenty.empty Transports were taken and destroyed'
in the Bay of Naples; but no Troops were on board,
at the time, nor any property of value. The King
and Queen. of Naples were pleased to express their
_high sense of, the -gallantry, politeness, and
tion they received at their: embarkation and during,
their voyage to Palermo; to the tespe4ive Captains:
and Officers of the'Excellefit and Intrepid. - •'
ORATcaw.—This sublime species-of ehter-.
tainnient; dosed.last night 'with The illes,ilah;
has been supported durinc, .the season in ,a.roanner.
highly creditable_ to,the public taste. It -is but. jus-
tice to add,': that this proteaion was fully deserved.
by the merit .with which- the Performances have',
been, uniforinlY condu6led under the able and liberal
management bf = •

• .A Paragraph-having appeared in this Parer a short.
.tune ago,. stating; that it was the intention of Go-
vernment,..in future, to give notice in The Londoe
Gazette and•certain other Public Papers; when the
Staff •Pay and , other Services • of- the Army-Were in •
course of Paymeni,- that those who were concerned •
might recei,:,e,what was due to them without 'delay;
it being the.praaice of. Army Agentsqo' retain those •
.monies in their hands; we are called upon, in justice
ito•the—Public Office which is most conCerned, .as
well as to the Army Agents. .to state; that,'with re=
spee-eto:the loaner,• it his invariably been the_piac-- •
tics of that Office to give public notice "some day 4
previous to: the issue' of Army Services;---and with
respeEt to theL.A.rrny Agents, it is a.well-known faet,
that,k) 'far from retarding •the payment of the Ser--
vices alluded, to, vit. Staff-Pay and Contingencies,
they are unavoidably in advance at- least ,two-thirds
of the amount befor,e the issues are ordered
vernment, the Staff Pay being.always. nine or ten `.
Months in arrear, . and the. Coutingeneies much
longer.

Capt. N. D. COCHRANE, _who brought the dis-
patches. from Vice.-Altniral 'Sir J. DUCKWORTA, is
prop4t9d to.ihe rank of Post Captain. .

On Satcirday the-. 22d infti: died. at •his hciyise in
most sincerely lamonted,
NY.ui'sz; Esti: in liis 44th year,":

"h--.r~'^'* 's=~,a~'~.js.kx~ ~'~v~.",~y,-.ss~"r"--~-«-'r-.s~~'_S-_:~:^`'y,~~