The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-26 00:00:00

SUGAR COMMITTEE.

Sir JOHN •Se.tiittGitT g.tve notice, he 3would,, on
1166itay, nime that the names of some "additional
Orson* be annexed to the Sugar Comtpittele.
Lord BINMAG thought it proper on this occa-
sion fo',col'the attention of the [louse to certain
itateinents 'which appeared, in the public. News-
papers, 'purporting, that the Sugar Committee had
coma to a Re-solution to recommund the prohibition
of:the Use. of Grain in distill nod that tilt.. Re-
port, would be made in a week.
,The. Quinnaittee
had entne no Resolution,
sour could it kw-pre bum-
ed what Ittsolution they would come to. AiLhe

could say was, the Committee were Wfftng the in-
vestigatioo.with the diligence which the ImportitnCe
of the subjeCt:re-qUired, and the tida4. the trust re-;
posed by tile 130USe:clemancied. Her could not say
at what -Ole 'the Report; would he made, though
the Cortnittee, for its own sake, would be
anxious to terminate its sittings as soon as possible.
He thought it right ti) say thus much, in order to
correct any false or premature statements which.may
have gone abroad.
The SPEAKER wished to know-whether the Noble.
Lord meant to institute any proceeding on- the pub-
lications alluded to, on the ground of their being
violations of the privileges of the House.
Lord 'BINNING said it certainly was his intention
to call the attention of the House to the subjea.in
that view.

The ATTORNEY GENuttsrobtained leave to bring
in a Bill for the better Execution of Warrants issued

from the Court of king's Bench in England fbr the
apprehension of offenders in Scotland; and for ens-
bling, Sheriffs taking bails to transfer the bail' bond's
to his Majesty.
The Bill for prohibiting the Exportation of Cotton
Wool and Jesuits Bark from Ireland was read a
second time and ordered to be committed on Mon-
day.
The Irish Token Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Spittxtn informed the House, that Major
Vaughan Hart • had suffered the time fixed by him
to elapse without entering into a recognizance on
the first Of two PetitionS, presented by him against
the late Tatum. fur the County of Donnegal,
• Adjourned.

MAILS.
Alt It MD GOttellbllllll, I lanuica, i Dublin, 2. WAtCr.
told. E 1 Watt:aura.

PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAN At TWLLV o'CLoCK.
Conhols .. ... -64 ii

THE SUN.

SOLEM Q1:11 °manic 'ALSIP"( AUDSAT?

LONDON,
SATURDAY, MARCI! 26, 1008.

iris morning a Gottenburgh Mail arrived, which
brings an account of the Sudden. Death of the King
of Denmark on the 13th inst.—the Crown Prince
was proclaimed Kingion the 16th, but there were
no acclamations or demonstkations of joy on the part
of the public on the occasion. The King of Swdr.,
DEN has published a Proclamation, in answer to the.
:one issued by Russia. r It is given at length in our
'imbiegnent Columns, and we dre convinced that
our Readers will agree with us, that a more forci.
ble appeal, to the understandings and' feelings of
his oivii SubjeCts, and of the People of Europe,
could not have been penned.,
A very.severe.aetion has taken place between the
Swede?' and-Itussians, 'in Fintaiad, ii which the lat-
ter lost upwards .of &coo men ; but the former,
from the inferiority of their numbers; were at length
obliged to retreat.
,An Embargo has been laid upon
all Russian, Prussian, and Danish Ships in the hai-
'bours of Sweden.

We are happy to announce the arrival, at Ply.
mouth, of a part of the Fleet which was under con-,
vOy of the Sirius, when'she £ll in with the two
' French Frigates, ris mentioned in our Paper of Yes-

terday ; and there is reason to believe that only one
of the Fleet fell into the hands of the Enemy.

As General WHITELOCKE is now suffering the
Punishment which a Court Martial have declared
that his miseondua merited, the charaaeristie
liberality of Englishmen will,not receive any gratiti.
cation-by seeing that punishment aggravated by bit.
ter relleations on his conduct. He has displayed a
)aMentable want of skill in his profession, and he
has, been punished accordingly ; but surely no him'.

siderable portion of blame Must be attached to those
who seleded a man for so important a command,
who was in every respea so completly unfit for it.
An attempt has been made, ratber byinsinuation than
by assurtion, to induce the Public to-believe that the
appointment of General WHITELOCKB proceeded
from the predileaion of the Commander in Chief
tor. that Officer, and that he, was not selected by the
late Admioistration. We'assert the dire4t contrary.
We Maintain
.that the Commander in Chief did not
recommend that Officer, but that he was appointed
in consequence of the repeated solicitations of the
late Secretary of State for the War Department.

Sir JA MRS SAUMAREZ had yesterday a long inter-
view: with the Lords of the Admiralty. Admiral
ROWLEY. also attended the Board yesterday:
Dispatohes were received yesterday, from' the
West lodic; from Admiral DAcitas, announcing
the capture of several valuable prizes; the particu-
lars of ‘‘ hich will appear in this.night's Gazette.
The. , with the Fleet under convoy for the East
Indies, arrived at Madeira on the 27th February, and
sailed wain on the 29th.
The lord Duplin, BALL, 'sailed from Madeira. for
i London on the 28th February. • •
Thirtysix of the Fleet for the West Indies which
sailed from Portsmouth on the 18th December, were
411 well on the 17th January,- in. lat. Q 5. long. 34.
His Majesty's Ship panderer and three other Ships
of War in company.
Yesterday a Court of DireCtors was held, at the
East India House, when Capt. Col.-Liss was sworn
into the command of the Ship Travers, consigned to
_ MadraS and Bengal.—The Court adjourned at six
o'clock till Wednesday next. • ' •

GOTTENBUI?GN MAIL.

bt CLARATION,

ISSUED 'BY THE KING OP SWEDEN.

" That the Russian Troops on 'the 21 st;;:tiLlast
February • invaded Finland was first made known to
his Majesty by Telegraphic Dispatch, and soon after
Confirmed. by a Proclamation, issued on the part of
his Imperial Russian Majesty, and prOfuiely scat-
tered 4hrotigh the Swedish Provinces, , inviting the
people tosedition and revolt.
" A rupture made without any previous declara-
tiOn of War ; nay, without one single grievance
ing stated, commenced with treachery, and led on

by a traitor to his native Country, (t) is an

event of which but few precedents exist, and
which cannot but excite indignation- and 'dis
gust on the face of the transadion. But it the%
late relations between the two Courts be taken
into considerationif this proceeding be examined,
as far as it is direded against an Ally who always
concluded himself in a faithful and honourable man-
ner, it is 'difficult to mark the heinotis deed with
the term it deserves.• It.' will stand single on the
page of history down to the.latest time.
"At a period when his Imperial Majesty seemed
anxious to relieve oppressed Rulers and Countries—
When he seemed sure of the danger _which threat-
cited all Europe=-His Majesty, animated by the
same- sentiments, continued with him 'in close
alliance, placing implicit confidence-"iii .a triend,
a relation,. an independent' Monarch. tlitfftnssian
Emperor had entered into engagetnenti-tenetieial to
the general cause, and tending to checklhe destruc-
tive ambition of France. He was 'sufficiently pow-
erful to fulfil those engagethents. Majes.
ty therefore joined film as a friendanimated bYlhe
same sen:itnents, and is new invaded by
cause he was his Ally.- •
Never could a' Prince linter into •sitiiiltir,en.;.

gagemeuts with *nether Plivver with stronger beriek
of t heir beingsecurely fulfilled. TheEinperor had been:
personally calumniated by the:french Government
the Russian Government had kieen calumniated, and
publicly proclaimed as savages and barbarians. (2)—
A people, 'thei barbarity of whese manners apd
ways of life 'must be universally Abhorred. Go-;
vernment was intimately interwoven_ with the cOm-
rnon interest ; how then could any mistrust or
suspition possibly,be harboured, when the Emperor
expressly declared.—' That hit should rejetVall of-
fers of Peace, however advantageous they might be,
which could not be4econoiled wttG th(4 honour of
the Russian naine, the secarity Ofibe Country, the
interest of his Allies, and die general tranquillity of
Europe (3).' •

. _
‘,‘ How far this declaration is consistent with. the
Peace of Tilsit has already been declared by the pre',
sent age, and posterity will ot6rin the doom. 'l,lli
King stood on the. theatre; f War, and wasnot*-
quaiiited with the Negotiations fiir airAriniSiice and
Peace until the.latter was concluded, contrary to the
express stipulation of the Treaty Concluded between
Sweden and. .Russia on the of January, tBO5,
Art. IX. •

The intelligence of this unexpe&ed. eifent was
followed by an offer to contribute to the Conclusion
of Peace (4), which. induced his 'Majesty 'to' renew
the demand of an armistice (which was 'stipulated in
the Treaty of Tilsit), but met with a denial, and
then learned to appreciate the Value of the co-opera-
tion of Russia. The King being now unable to
defend any longer his German dominions, was
obliged to surrender them. After this' loss, occa-
sioned by the secession of .Russia, his ROyal Majesty
left, the theatre' of war, and merely endeavoizred to
enjoy in his kingdom that tranquillity which he was
entitled to expeol from his situation. tie had
fill-
filled his elfgagertients'.With" Russia, and now ex-
peaed to learn what, under a changed, system,
would be done in his favour.

" The King had supported the Russian 'operations,
with his Ships of War, had -opened to the Emperor►
hit' Magazines of warlike storeS, had rejeaed and
hardly noticed the offersinade to him by the French
Government (5), one of which was, that in case of
a rupture with Russia, itithemidst of a War in which
he Russian frontiers and the Capital itself were
perfealy defenceless, all the Provinces lost in the'
reign of CIfARLES XII. shoUld be restored to
Sweden, and that besides any.part of the Russian
Empire should be procured to the King, which he
should require.
(i) Johan Sprengtporten. •

•
(2) General Orders, Vienna, the 23d Brumaire, year 14
(Nov. 14, 1805).—These savage. homes, whose asaistance
will; for the last time, be claimed by the Governments of Eu-
fope.-25th Ifulletin of the Grand Army, s 6 • Nov. 18.5.
Were the Creek tenets allowed to be diffused between the
Baltic and the Mediterrancint,..we should, soon see our Pro-
, yinees attacked by swarms of enraged barbarians. A Pro.
'elamation published at. I-lead-quarters, Wirshaw, the agth
January, 1807, signed N. BIJOU A P ARTA. •
•
(3) Russian Manitesto, Aug..3o 1806.
(4) General Hu an ttG's letter to Baron WITT tit STACY,
Principal Secretary for koreign•Allkirs, of the lath duly,
1807..

(5) General BaRNADOT Tr made an oftbr of Norway to a
Swedish Officer,
.who was taken prisoner; the French Mi.
niter Houk itsitis offered to the Swedish charge tr./Oiling;
Nenel the o4th el November,. 1806; Central C,aatiOJAAN
to Colonel-Baran TA WAIT, the 27th of May, tail, any ax.
tension of the Swedish Frontiers that might be Litiitad
Cafe °la rujturc with Russia.

f' lis 'Royal. Majesty' is far fom claiming any
• '.•
praise tor.. baying rejected such offers, but his right'
Of eiwe6ling honourable proCeedings from the Power
spared was strengthened by his condu&. The ten,
dency-, and bearings 'of the Secret Articles of the
Treaty of Tilsit, which were first suspeaed to exist,
and-afterwards acknowledged by the—Russian
nistry,- began. to appear. The terrific menaces of
France to hem in the whole Continent of Europe,
and shut against the English trade, commenced
to-be'carried into effecq, and to,spread misery and .
want from port to port, and throughout continental
Europe from' State to State. The Government was
permitted to a& according, to its own judgment and
experience, and no medium acknowledged between
vassals and foes. Peace meant confederacy—confe-
'deracy,seletaion—and principles, laws, and, sys-
tems,weAdiatated by France to her so styled inde-
kndent, liies, who humbly received them from
Fitris, 'unmindful of the wounds which they should
iAflia on the common welfare.

" Preparations for a rupture with England-were
made in St. Petersburgli as early as last Autumn; and ,
merely a convenient season was waited fora to carry
them into execution, when, by a Note of the 6th
of 06tober,• it was propcised to his Majesty to co-
operati in the same manner as in 1790, in an at-
tempt to shut the Baltic against foreign Ships of.
War. His Royal Majesty returned for answer,
under date of the lath Of Noveniber; that
as lotek,:as .the French Government was lording
it over so' Considerable -a . part of the southern
parts cic,,the - Bahia, and praCtisiug its: exelud.
ing systein, there could be no tranquillity in the
Baltic; wherefore his Imperial Majesty must first
prevail on the French to quit them; and as the
above demand was repeated the 27th of the said
month, and compliance was required as an :obligee.
tion arising from the Convention of the year 1780,..
it was fully stated in 'a 'reply given the e Ist Jam.
nuary lest, that by the Convention concluded between
itussia''ind'E.ngland, in the year 3 8.01; and to which
• Sweden acceded by idle express desire of Reisies .
and under her own :guarantee, the former armed
oeutreliiyiwas perfealy,done away. That his Ma*
jesty then entered into (Urea engagements with
England, which he could not in justice violate al
long . as that Power =tinned to fulfil them on its
part. :That along With the other armed neutralitYs
the stipulation to shut the Baltic naturally fell to
the ground ; a stipulation which Was the leap fitted
for the present circumstances, at the former Danish
N.avi then reckoned epoe, did no longer exist, and
as England bad besides opened a passage through,
the Great Belt, but that as SWedeo was not et liberm
ty to contribute with• an armed 'force to preserve
tranquillity in, the •-Baltic, , she would • endeavour
to obtain,. by negotiation with England, that the
latter should send. ,thither no Ships of War, unlese
;some
,other PoWer rendered that measure necessary
by 'hostilities committed in that Sea.
"That Sweden should serve Russia for a bulwark,
since ehehad been pleased to provoke Eegland—that
6
Seredeni,shetdd sacrifice her Fleet and her Toile tot
l'161:a Ce
rplo.69,7Lac4tropss'ai certainly asking too.muebr,
1-10stil
were immediately comma
upon the Russian Frontiers.
" 'Hie Royal Majesty, however,, still I,o9ked with.
indifference- on them,, as long as no-grievance had
been started to him, and no claim preferred.
" The offer to obtain by negotiation. the trail.
ckuillity of the Baltic,. opened prospeas of peace and
profit for Russia, and 'for the whole North 0
Eur Ope, and therefore apparently could not bele'
'
fuseri.'''*
" The Ports. of Russia could then have condoned'
their trade undisturbed, and this trade could:not bat
prove extremely desirable -to his Imperial Majesty
after an unfortunate war and a still more unfortunate
Peace. The offer was made on the supposition
of :England's consent, which there were strong
grounds to expett, end his Majesty hoped to
.obtain it, before the English '.Fleet,
,which was
so much - dreaded, • should •be able, • to, reach the
Baltic. -A direa answer to this offer being avoidedo
• his Majesty's Ambassador was directed the 15th of
February to matte :remonstrances on that stlbje(.*o
when at once all official communications with Sr:
den "vv.41.,e tvoken otf," and-the Russian Troops enterffl
Vinland with the following Proclamation :
• [The Proelamations addressed to the Swedish SoldiVl°ll..
the Arnytio!finiand, and to the Inhabionis of that COI
tryts4irge.alteacty been given at tull length.,]
• : `f Every lawful Government, every manly and
honourable Soldier, every faithful Subje6t, on'
demos this proceeding. This sudden . invasion
of a friendly Country, commenced with treacheo
rolls attempts to stir up revolt, , is • tieptedf4a
dented even in our times, otherwise ,so rich an
in stanceof themost unwarrantable ears of violence nn4
despotism. The Russian Empire, allied with Fran
is not sufficiently powerful to overcome the resist.
once of a province which, on account of the seasta
i ,ii 'entirely- left to itself. Treachery and rebellion
' '; 'must riledbe in for assistance.. •
' " The Government endeavou-s to buy the Peg'
h•, ~
ple in a mass, and seduce them by offers of hsPPII:

ne4s.anl '11)E, C,atmmander in Chief en'
. • 1.
deavourSto i.A.irsol4kers by
,the piece, who had not
been able .tubuy serfs in the markets of l'eteksbutib
and Riga.
"- Faithful inhabitants of Finland, restiolable

people, 'your King since the beginning of his reign
has constantly endeavoured to diffuse knowledge'and
profundity through your country---a treacherous
friend is now attempting to disturb your.repose, and
throw you back into the darkness of antient times.

" His.sword.is unsheathed over your heads. Do
not rely. on his. treacherous promkei, which merely
tend to unnerve:the. arm of loyalty, And decoy you

from your faithful attachMent Co your King and
, Country..
" Concerned at the misfortunes attending on War,
Uut. convinced that he hai not provoked them,

your King feels satisfied that your attachment to his

person remains unimpaired, and you mardepend on
his making the utmost exertions, assisted by a power-.
ful Ally, to prote& and avenge you.--Stockholm,
March 11, 1808.

'GOTTIttIBI/11t3H,, MARCH 21.—'-A Courier has ar-
rived this morning from• Stockholm with Dispatches
for England. It seems there has been an.affair in
Finland bet Ween the Russians and Swedes, in which
the for Mer are said to have' lost 6000 men, and the
tatter 1700; but- the Swedes have however re-
treated. This happened near Tarvastchus. We
Babe wit yet received the particulars. An Embargo
was laid last Wet*, in this harbvur, upon all Russian,
Danish, and Prussian Ships.--,The following,' are
here,
iuno; Robertson, Albertina Marianne, Mohap, Undernem-
Mg, Rhode, and the Nikx; Hai,n, from London, for Memel ;
Maria, Auchlany, from ditto, for Pillau ; Preland,- klanna.
Man, for Palau.; and.the Friendship, Roman, frOni London,
fok,Koiligiburgh, ,ind two others ; also two at "Marstrand,
the Rudolph and the Fate.--Two others sailed, but
will; must likely be ,brought back. On, the rytit His Ma-
ryo'Sn.
n n
,V
and oansfanat sailedrd, t.ite
tut ly,
thNeasiu Sound. Quebec, Lynx,
'lc
NiArtcl4 Division of Spanish.
troops'are ordered 'to -,march to the Isle ofitugen.
OttxTEns''siDivision is alsO exp. e6,tecl to go lo Pow&
.A4cOants',.to which. we can give credit, state
tO amount to 44,800 plena viz.
in. Finland,'.under General KLINGSPuit'S • command,

1.7,006 ; inScbania, under • General• TOLL, 8,800 ;
iii Gittentnirgh and the neigobourbood, uniier'Ge
3,000 ; and in . the ProVinces be-
tend Stockholm, a,Corps of about 2,700 ; .a Reierve
of .1,300 in East Gothland, and a second Reserve in
the Northern. Pro,inoes. : •
HAMBURGH, MARCH 7.—Yesterday morning the
Prince of PONTOCORVO reviewed, abont 10 or. t.
trench .and Spanish troops : imniediStely after the-
reviel.v-,- the Spanish division received orders to tnareh
to the Isle-of Raged.
. .
HELSINBURGH, MARCH 19.—Yesterday a Cou-
il6f arrived' ftern Elsinetu— with accounts of the
death of the Xing orDeNAitAitk, which took place
inddenlY on the 'l3th of this month. .On the 16th
the Crown Priribe was proclaimed King on the,Pa-
rade; with the title of `` FREDERICK the Vith ;"
tut there was not theleait acclamation nor aPPear-
ance of joy on the occasion.
1311RNADOTTR had arrived at Copenhagen, and it
kiaid, that about four thousand French troops, bad
ayeady got over to Zealand, and that .mort were
daily crossing the Belts.

•
•I'HE KING OF DaNuattK:--The death of Cuttis-
.fitm. the Vlith, King of Denmark,, is announced in
the Gottenbergli Mail which arrived this day. He
was born on the 29th of January, '1749. In the
►ear 1766 he was married to the Princess CAROLINA
MATILLA, Sister of our revered Monarch. The un-
lettunate history of that Princess; owing; it is gene-
tally Supposed, to the enmity of her Step-mother,
long'been a subject Of regret in this Country.
The late King of DIiNhIAIIK came to England
year I 767;'and was received with every possible
well
Of respea by altranks Of people W; as ell
• AS by the illustriottS family to whom he had beentercefitly allied. Soon after hisreturn to Denmark, his fa-
culties,
.which were never bright, sunk int* a decay,
which wholly unfitted him . for the duties of hiS
situation., and his ,Kingdom has ever Since.been go-
yernecl under his name, withoOt the least chance
that he would be able to resume his Royal funaions.
liOore this tuelaniholy event in his life there was
Nothing in his charaaer 'morally or intelleaually
calculated, to exeite'adiniration fir provoke ceiistire.
A vessel which lOft.,Oporto on the loth inst. has
been brought in by one of our cruizers. The Cafain p-:
reports, that the Spanish Soldiers at Oporto
were about to be Superseded by a FrenCh force from
Lisbon. Various reasons are assigned for the
change; but the true one k, that the Spaniards
lave.a&ed with too much" lenity towards the Porte-
' gtiese, and suffered occasionally a ship td :depart
laden with wide. This_will be prevented in.future.
It is stated from Mexico, that m case -BuoilAratere.
succeeds in revolutionizing Spain, the peoples of that
country are not indisposed to threw off the yoke
of foreign dominion, and raise 'among themselves an
independent Government.. :
Advices fro'in Madrid state, that a Decree, bearing
date the ISt January, t Km, bad been published,
there, prohibiting the sailing of any Vessel belong.;
trig to tile nations M Alliance withlfra4c4);(ind,SPaiii.
The reason assigned for this a& of .the Government
is,'fliat such Vessels may not fall into the hands of
the British.
This is in conformity with the.Frepch Decree of
the 24th of December. ,
Mrs. BILLINGTON is going to Bath, to assist at the
Concert of the veteran RAlrr4t)n. • •
The Oratorio last night, at Covent Garckah'iwo
Tie Messiah. it was uniformly well suswtne4l
the Performers, vocal and instrumental, ini.e natien
applauded by a numerous audience. =•

. 1. 4

NAVAL NEWS

PLYMOUTH, MARCtI 44.--Arrived the Pappen-
,
burgh•Galliot GEIPAS, feotY 60110; wrth
wine and cork, for orders;. the American Ship .Lyett;
Guide, Cats, from New Orleans, laden with sugar
and cotton, for orders; . the OldenbUrgh. Galliot
Hermigna Relena, Sciftrartrt-v3, frord St. Michael's,
with fruit, for London ;• a Spanish Brig, name. un-
known, laden with rosin, captured by the Minerva
Frigat ; the Portuguese Brig; Nova Aniixade, Ro
BELLA, laden with cotton, from Lisbon, bound to
London ; the Transport Mary Frances; ATKINSON ;'

William, FRANCIS ; Amiable, GAMR.LR
tare, BRINE,aIf from Malta abd Gibraltar:

The 50 gtin Ship which arrived here yesterday,
with the Triumph, from' Halifax, is the Leopard,
Admiral BERKELEY.'

Arrived the Success, WCOY, from St. Michael's,
with 'fruit.

The Brunswick, off' 74 gunk, is Cottle into Har-
bour to be refitted..

Arrived the Sparks'and Rebecca, DYE, from St.
Michael's, with fruit bound to London ; also the
Susan, TUMMON ; Thetis, DAVMON ; Mentor, COL-
LINS; Charlotta "Inn, BARRETT; Hero, BARNARD,
all from Gibraltar and Malta, part of the Fleet which,
came under convoy of the Sirius Frigate.

It appears, as far as can be discoirered, that only
one.of the Fleet was taken by the two French Fri-
gates, as stated yesterday, but her name has not
been ascertained.

Arrived the Diligent Store-ship; of 14 guns,
Capt. TURNER, frog Malta and Gibraltar, laden with
timber and stares, bound to Poftsmouth, put in by
contrary winch ; also 'thi following Vessels from
Malta and Gibraltar, part of the Fleet under convoy
of the Sirius Frigate, viz. the George, LEWEPLYN
the thy;nouth, J. Lcwat.t.yr; ; . and the Caintriad;
PHIPPS, all bound to London ; the names of the
other Ships of the Fleet arrived here have not'. Yet.
been ascertained.

FALMOU.TH, - MARCH 23.—Arrived this day• the
Barque Patext, ANDgßsim, from Liverpool,. bound
to London ; the Sloop Fux, FIALROY, fipM
Limes, with fruit fur Hull, out 35 days, sprung her;
bowsprit ; the Success, WALLER, with, Brandies•
from G•iernsey, lost one man. overboard ) the Lind
'Nelson, Howe, from Plymouth ; the Ceres, Bow-
iqx, .from Padstow ; the Lively, WRITE, from
Cardigan.; his Majesty's Schooner Crane, Lieut:
rTiND4I.I., from Plymouth, and the American
,Brig:.,
Fame, HAM I, from Lisbon, 'with salt, 'wine and

fruit, bound to New Providence, detained on the
26th • 111 e. by his Majesty's Ship Coma, 20 guns,:
Honourable Captain PERCY. Capt..HAAirs and one
Seaman washed overboard and drow4ed on the Bth
inst. in a gale of wind. - •
Sailed the Ariadue Cutter to the Westward.

YARMOUTH, MARCH (26.—Sailed on a cruize, the
Vestal, Sappho, Mnsquito, Forward, Safeguard,
Bruizer, Archer, and. Sealark. -
Remain in the Roads; the Majestic and Roebuck.
Intelligence has been received here, by the For-
rester Sloop of War, of two French Frigates being
at sea; they were seen otf Flarpbro' Head.

PO RT S , MARCH 25.—Arrived yesterday
the Lord Castlereagh, Ky maa,,and Princess.of
Hass Acn, for India, from the IYowns ; and to-day,
the Pilot Brig Hop. Capt. WALroLE, froxu the
Westward.

Sailed the Coquette Sloop of War, CApt.
With four Transports with water for; the Fleet off
11,isbon •; Magnet Brig, mid Escort Gun-brig for tho
Downs.

Passed by the Centaur, of '74 guns, and Euryalus
Frigate, irdm Plymouth, for the Downs;

MARCII 2 L—Arrive4 the
from Gottenburgll; she parted from wtti Sail off the
floniber.
The Hata aid Success, ----, for this Port arc
ebming
The• Breinen Packet is lost, crew saved ; three
more Vessels are lost in the Humber, with:all their
crews.

Sailed the /Tardy Gun-brig, Lieut. PrAIDIREAU ;
.drat Schooner,. Lieut. BIRD ; and 4/phea.Cutter,
Lieut. MANTON, on separate cruizes.
The Coquette Sloop of War; Captain I!ORBE6,#,
gives Convoy ltistrations to Vessels bound to the
Mediterranean.

Sngratt4ss§; MAR6.II 2.—Ttici 'Diadem; of U 4
auns, Capt. CAISMIELL, W 34 paid•up to six rnontb
and the Subsidy for the King of Sweden on
board; with width she will sail imninvaiatoly the,
wind permits. ,
Saiked the Lighiniitg Sloop of War, Capt.ll. C.
DOYLE, far Portsmouth.
SHKEItti.ESB, MARCH 24; -Came down froth the
Tower the Demford.''rentler,;Lietit, with
Volunteers. and itnurest rnerr for the Met.
Passed by ,this day and, yeA6rday several outward-
bound East. Indiamen, for the Downs:

25.---Aboat too Sail of Merchantmen-3'
mostly Greenlandtnen and light Coll:ers, are under
weigh, with a fine moderate breeze at W.N.W.. ••
The Diaaior, 6.i., and ihnefici Frigate are also
expeaed to sail.--The l'orictrns, Capt. Russet:L.,
sailed with the Convoy (his day; also the Fthr,Sareth,
.and the John and,Thomas Transports Sailed this day.
Several Sail .uf outward-bound came -dOwti' the
iVO ri

:70_11 P4IINE.

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THOMAS PAINEIs PETITION TO.CONCRESp-,
rftrsrt:rr..o ON Tka 41'.11 FEB. AND REFlialtß9 1O ill/
OF CLAIMS., •

•7 • t

ratio, R n, thi:Be.preseniative;' of thi Unified SieteL,

The purport of. this Address is to state a ,claim I
"feel myself entitled to make en the United States,
leaving to tileir :ftepresentatives in Congress th de-
Cide,ort. its worth and its meritp._ The case is as.
follows :

Toi,vards. the letter end of the year 1780, the Con,.,
,tinental, money had beeeme so depreciated, a paper
,dollat not being worth-,More than - a cent, . that if,
seemed next to impossible to continu&the war. ~5.A..4,
the United States•were then in alliance with France,,
it becaine necessary to make France acquainted with
our real' situation. I therefore drew lap a letter '
' to Count Vergennes, stating, undisguisedly, the true
, case;.toncluding with the request whether France
could not, either: as a subsidy or. a, loan, supply the
United State's-with a million sterling,- and continue
thataupplranneally during the war ? I showed this
letter to NI., iVlarbois; Secretary to. the French Mini-
ester:' His remark: upon it was, that a million sent
out of the nation eXhatised it more than ten millions'
spent in it. I. then•sheWed it to Ralph hard, Mem-
ber of Congress from South Carolina. He borrowed
the letter of me, and said, " We will endeavourto
t- do something about in it Congress."
Accordingly Congress appointed Colonel . John
Laurens, then Aid-de-Camp to General Washing-
'ton, to go to France, aid make representation of
our situation, for the purpose of obtaining assistance.
Col. Laurens wished to decline
.the mission, and that
Congress would appoint Col. Hamilton, which Con-
gress did not choose to do. Col. Laurens then came
to.. state the .case to me.' He said he was enough
acquainted with the military diffiCulties of the army,
but that he was not enough acquainted with political
affairs, nor with the resources of the country; but,
ssidl-he, if you will go with me, I will accept',
which I-aereed to and did so. -
We sailed frogs Boston.. in the Alliance Frigate,
C.; ipt. Barry, the beginning of February, 1701, and
on 'ye.' 'at I.:Orient the beginning of March. :The
1,,1 obtained from, France was ,six millions of livres
as a present, and ten millions as a, loan, borrowed. in
ki,2lland, on the security-of France. We sailed from
Brest in, .the French Aeselution Frigate, the Ist of
tine, and arrived 'at Boston the 25th of August,.,
ringing with us two niillient and a half in silver,
andeenvoying a Ship and a,Beig laden with cloath-
!ng and Military, storei. " The money.wastransported
la s;N.teen ox..teaMs to the National. Bank at Phila-
delphia, which enabled the army to,March to York
Town to attaak, in conjunction :with. the French'
-army under Rocharnbeau, .the British:army-under
•Co'rn.wallis. " As,J, neVer had,a.cent for. thikaservice,,
I feel myself ,entitled, as . the country now is in a
State of prespeiitY, to -state the case to COngre4s..
As to my- political Works, beginning.:' With -the
pamphlet Co.rxtpipn Sane, published the beginning.
olJanuary, 177(J,- which awakened. Americans to a.
declaration, Of Independence, the President and 'Vico.
President both .Imosw.' -, As they] were works done
from. principle, 1 cannot-- dishonour that principle',
by asking any reward for them. The Country has ,
been benefited by them, " and I make myself happy
in the knowledge of it. It is, however, proper- for
7 niello add,--that-the mere independenceof America,
were it to have been followed by a system olgovern,
mem modelled atter -the• corrupt. system 01,-the
.English Government, would nut ,have! interested,
. ale with' thes unabated ardour, it did. - It was to.
bring forwardzind essablish-the representative sYstern
of government, as the Work itself will show, that
was .. the leading principle with the. in writing 'that
Work, and all :my other works, during the progre;s
of the Revolt ikan.' And I followed the same prin-
ciple in writing the Righls of Man in England,
There is a 11esolve of the Old Congress; while they
sat at New York, of a grantro mu of 3000 dollars:
The Resolve is put in handsothe language, but it has
a relation to a matter which .:it does nut, express.—
Eldridge. Gerry was Chairman of the Committee
:who brought in the Resolve. 'lf Congress shribld
judge proper to refer this Memorial to a :Committee,
I will inform that Cotnniittie of. the particulars of it.
I.ha% e also to state tO'Congress, that the.authoril,
ty of the old Congress was' become. so reduced to."'
wards the latter end of the war, as to be unable to
hold the States together. Congress could do no.
more than recerninend, of „whieh the States took-no
!mice; and when they did it-was never uniformly. ,
After the failure of the limper cent. duty, recom-
mended by Congresi, to pay the interest of a loan to
be borrowed id Holland, I wrote to Chancellor . Li-.
vingstonek then-Winister for Foreign Affairs, and •
-Robert Muftis, Alinister of Finance, and proposed a
method for getting over the whole difficulty at once,'
which was. by adding a: continental Legislatttre to
Congress, who should be empowered to inake.loilits
tot the Union, instead of recommending them. As
the method proposed met - with • their full approba..
;inn's. I held myself in reserve to' take tip the subject
wheneter a dire et occasion occurred. -
In a conversation afterwards with Governor Clin- •
ton; of -New York, it Was adjudged that for the pur-
pose of my going fully -into the subjeCl, and to pre-.
ietit any inisc,ntstruction of, my- motivea- or oiled,
it would be best that I -received nothing from -Con-
,
gross, but leave it to the States individually to make
' me what acknowledgments they pleased."
The State of NeW York; tnallo me a present of a
farm, which sitn,..c. pay return. to Ainerica, I have
tfound it neees)aq tp,4sell ;' -and : the State-of Pensyl-
vapia voted. n*Avo,hipdred peueds, their currency.'
But,noee of the,Siates to the eastward:of New York,
or to the soutlitiSard of. Philadelphia,
,made me the
least acknowledgment. Tlkey had-received benefits
frolii Me which they accepted, tindJltere the matter:
ended, This story will
.714. cell ,well in Alistory., All
' tlincivilized world knows, I. have been of great:ser-
viz-e to the United States, and have generously:given
. away talents that woeld,tlave made m , e a:fortune. .
, I inueli question wheth'er an ipstance is tot.be,
f y od,, in antient .or tilila',,!in time as, of malt .who
104'1,itil pet-Oita! interest in ;he, cause lie teak up;
flizii.-Of independence and the representative system
qt tr:o7.ernment, apd,who seuglit neither place nor
effiee alter it was established, that preserved the same
oodzviaiing principles as I have done for More than
th;fty years; and that in spite of dittic"ulties, dangers,
and inconvernettees, , of which I have had 114 share.
•, ~ - TuoraAs Lriltiii.

This word was lo marked iu the origihal.

'III6M THE AMERICAN P4PER;I'

WA; sitti-42-05,•.ti.4.--.'`i.5.--The following Bill
ilas§eFl she }ions() ofßepi•esenthtives, been taken !:p
in Senate, read, and passed to a second reading.
• ,

. • AN ACT, .
.
ZUPPieTeMtary.to.the Act entitle 1 "'An Ali to pro,
. hibit the Importation of certain.Coods, Itares, and 4
Mlirch.andizi." . •
Be it ena6ted by the Senate and. Eint:ce of R,!..•
presentatives of ~the United States,-in Congt:e4,
sembled, That nothing in the A& to which tbis'
is a.Supplement, shall be so (= vaned as, to pl•uhi
bitthe-itinioitation of the ft.glowing articles,_ that is.
to say:- _ . ,

First. WrapperS and Outside ,packages in whit:l4 r
gopds, the importation of which is not Prohibited,
usually are•and shall be, wrapped or picked at the
time of theirimportation.
Second. Bags or sacks in which, salt shall be int..'
ported..
That .olaSs boffins; or -phials, in which drugs,
medicines, bi , any other,article, the nnportation (if
which is not'Prohibited,,shall be,imPorted.
Fotiri ci. , Printed.books, maps, and charts.
- 'Filth.. Watches, mathematical, astronomic-31, and,
ntical 'instruments,
Shalloons, and woollen stuffs, muskett,
bayunets swords, cutlasses; and

Sec: And be it farther etias.tccl, That the arti,
cleiof the following description shall be held and
considered as being embraced by the description 'of
articles, the importation of which is prohibited b'y
the Ad to which this VI is a supplement, that
to say : All articles'inanUfaelured entirely of sidt
and wool, or of silk and flax; or, of flax and wool.
Floor cloths, .woollen cassimeres, carpets, carpet,
ing, and mats, whosinvoice prices snail exceed live
shillings sterling per square yard.
Sea, _a,, be it further enacted, That whenso,
ever otcthe trial Of any libel, or prosecution fig anf
fine, pennk, or forfeiture, accruing under the 44,
to..whichAk is a supplement, a question shall arise
whether any article or articles imported, or put oil.
board any ship or vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, with
the Intention of importing the same into the United
States, be embraced by the description of tutielesS
the importation of which is prohibited by the said
Acl, and judgment shallbegivenagainst the claim-
ant or claimants.pf said article or articles, and thorn-,
upon he or they shall pr.,Ec- or their I.eiirion;
and if, on inquiry thereon bent; ronf!)rtnably.
to the provisions of the Aa,, entitled, A.,Lt. to.
proyide for mitigating or rvibitting fotteit
penalties,. and disabilities," acci uit4 iii ec,rtain
thereitymentioned," it "appear to-the satisfac,
tion of the Secretary of the :Treasury of the UnUnited
States th?t there was,. front the nature, of said arti-
cles;tr,,eliiniable cause of doubt wliether- the same
were tidibiked'within the deseription of articles.: the
importatixt of wli elt is prohibited as aforesaid, that
he shall t} have prx:Ver to mitigate or remit
an4r such:..pue, penalty, or forfeiture, agreeably to
the pro Visions Of_the said list Mentioned Aet.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no arti
deli imported on board any :
vessel of the `United,
States, cleared out before the L4th day of Deeet-nbcr
last, from any port. within the Quited Stales, Or:
the tefritories thereof, shall be subjea to the prolik,
bition enaated by the Ad to which this Mt is a
'
NEw Yottt, FEB. 17.---A Letter from Wdshing7,
ton, of the 19th instant,
,says—".: I am :infor,lied
that the President Observed yesterday, to a Mr.
Wilson, of Philadelphia, that our disputes with
great Britam were in a favourable train of settle
invent, agreeably to his wishes."---(New York Ca.:
zette.),.
ltt contrroation of the above, another ,Letter,
raceived misr.erday, ,frorn a respe&able source at
washintoli, says-14 Rest assured, .that the
ffaences .lietween this Country and Great Britain
kill be amicably settled in a very short tithe, and
the embirgo raised."
Yortx,„Faa. 22.—A Letter from Wash-
ington says, That Mr. Rosa, has requested, as a
preliminary measure to discussion, the . rescinding
of the President's prohibitory Proclamation, on the
ground,•that as the affair 'of the Citesatfeake. Was ati
unwarrantable and unauthorised ad Of an individual,
which has been inurimediately disavowed by his
Government, the Government of the United Stated
has no cause to persevere in an' a& of tutional'
hostility; that if this ACI be reseinded, he is' pre-
pared to make every suitable reparation for the in.
dividnal act, and to proceed to other points dis-
cussion.
We learn by Letters from Mexico, 'that in case
Spain Should be liubjugated_by BoONAtAIITL; the
people of that. country are ready to throw oil the
yoke of foreign dominion.

WASHINGTONi FEB. 18;.—When the Sally lat
Havanna!), the Government were in daily expeklat,
tion pf .a visit from the British, and in consequence
.had nieunted bQt pieces of Cannon on the .Moro,
and Cavanias fort, atti4were making' every other
preparation'th give them a warm reception. There
were,jo.noo uuilitia enrolled, to. be in yeadinekis at a
moment's warning, who were a§tually training with
• the .regular troops. The Orrisons were doubly
manned; and a: inucWi,stricier watch kept, than
-twat by the centinels.

. .
. Among the last set: Pi.ipOrS, the follow-
ing Extra& from a 11):!,..;:11(2:1 by Mr% GAR-
ttcti.c, at Copenhagen, and datrd plaet.%, No% •
1806; giving a description Ot some ./...);.orisit Putt Ws,
is particularly entitled to the a tei ti ion of uur Readers,
as it seen's': to be appropriat,! to the eharaeterand
condnet pk son* persons nearer home
(4126 t charaCter and 'alai of these individuals
(many of IA horn I know personally) werutuidoubied
before the present Contittental:War. tool:
Their language in all the eliangeswhich octur,
leave nothing but a formal declaration of their prin. ,
Oipies, to ,convince ate of What May heexpeled
froM them When he enemy is in possession of.Hol-, ,
stein. They rill represent the • dander
,to be lefS
than it is, in order to:prevent the aeiVity pt: others,
and will exaggerate it with the chance of securiug
and extending their own authority. These 'persons
Will then be capable 9f imputing as a crime • that
more effi.etual means were tiot concerted for the dep.
fence of the Country; and will recornmencLan ac-
.commodation,with France, - through
.the voice of the
populace; •. not as an avowal of their choice, but as a
measure,.of ricouity #v which, they have ken re.
4iuced.':*