The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-24 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES.

March ig. Daniel Ferguson, forrnerly of Creeruxk, master
at the ship Candlla, inerthant.., •
George Allen, of Fenchurch-street, London, upholsterer.
Robert- Chamberlain, Of Wisbech St.. Pero', Isle-Of lily,
Cambridgeshire, grocer • and wool- merchau r.
Thomas Clill'ord 'et Birmingham, me.ilmari.

PARTNIMSUIPS :
Elias Arnaud And john ShAW, of the Strand, grocers.
Timothy Fisher,lohn Buishaw, jun... 20 Ralph Ealshaw,
of Orinskirk„.

John Lees, 4.l:airfield, near Manchester, and' lames Lees; 0,
Robert Town, Yorlohire, muslin and dimity-menu-
pewter's. • _ • _

lohn.lones and Edward Forster, of Friclay-street.
Thorreas Holben, Samuel Bentley, and Edmund Wilson, of
Sheffield!, manufacturers of ra4ors.
'John Allen, George Copeland, and Robert Bradley, of Man-
Omer, drapers...
Pjohn Allen and Geprge:Grundy, of Manchester, drapers.
eter Young, Peter Young, jun. and l 8..5. Brockhurst,
a Wapping, rope and sail-rniikers. . .
1. 0. li,oxt,on andViames .Morris, of Manchester, hat.mantr.,
Cacti

join') Gibbs, of Portsea, Hants, tallovv:.chandlcr, and David
Gibbs, of Gmb-strect, I.undon, soap-maker.
ipsqvii • .t.orsyth and I aim Buchanan, at Hammersmith;

ichard Crombleholme, Richard Crompton, Peter Lawren.
bo,), <uid ktci-gard Hill, of Alauchester, dealers in cot
-
tun, &c.

Patien,:e Pinchbeck and Thomas Cable D4yis, of Fen.«
church•sCrect, coirce-inerchgis.

tuba W. Wood, V. A; Wood, and Mimi Wood, of Mai
o:idler, cotton. t mist': and weft dealers.

MAILS.

'ARRIVED-1 Dublin. Du a—a Gottenburgh, 1 Dublin,
3 Waterford.

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SWAM QUII DICERS lAMBUS/1 AUDE A T ?

L 0 ND 0 N,

WF,DNESDAY, FEPAII.JAIVE 24, 18087,

•Tu' Expedition under the command of General
SPEkcza, which; has been for some time detained at
Falmouth by contrary winds, sailed on Sunday,
The-Troops an-jaunted to about 12,000 Men, and
were embarked in -sixty-five Transports : they were

convoied by the Antelope; Miltrook, and Primrose.
The desthiation of this Force is not known, but it i$

generally. supposed to-be the Alediterrinean.

IT was yesterday regorted, that accounts bad been
received from st. Petersburgb, stating, that disturb-
ances. of. a serious nature had broken out in that
Capital. We en'deivourd, but in vain, to ascertain
the authority upon which this report w.is founded,
'and we are not disposed to give it' ny credit.

The Public wilbsee,with surprise thitt Mr. WWl'''.
BREAD gave notice Indt night, in the House of Com_
mons, of his kotention to oppose the Bill for Pro-
hibiting the., Exportation of ' Peruvian Bark from
this COuntry, representing it as a detestable
species. of wart e. .WO should admire the feel.-
ingi of this Gcutlematt .if they were not totally
inconsistent with what Mr. BURKE called " that
strong-nerved and long-sighted humanity" which
'bicorries the sound Statesman and the m.m truly and
wisely anxious.. for the 'happiness of his fellow-
lasipgs... It -.is evident that the Enemy aims at
-inothing short of our.destindiOn as an independent;
People, and if -he could accOrnpl:sh his objea, %ve
should be rendered much more miserable than any
other Country on the face of the earth that has
under his .cOntroul, .as ,we have made the
,tompst effeuaj resistance,' and Itre indeed the
,chief, bar-.to.t..ti progress of his insati.ible am-
When an enemy, therefore, has re.
risolgod't6 effeet our entire ruin, 'if possible,,eis this
'time to enter into contemplations of private sensibi.
lity ?*'. It :IS not our obje& to abridge the. comforts
•of, the'unhappy people of the Continent, but to
make. theni - sensible of what they endure from
' the tyranny of their enslaver, and to rouse them; if
possible, into a resisthnee of that tyranny, by which
means. the reign of ainbition would be at an end, the
proper intercourse between Nations be restored, and
all Eur Ope again enjoy that harrnony,..which is only
interrupted by the dreadful power of mat,* de's'
potism. ••• .

.I.wrreas 'were 'qestterday received from Calais,
dated the .9th. inst. which state, that seven American
Vessels had heetOiapturedthe preceding week, and
carried into that Port, and the crews made prisoners.
ZTllN,,sanie Letters. add, it at orders had been given
to "the Commanders of all French Privateers, to cap..
tore Atneric,an VeSiels—in the same manner as if
ligicret atlat War between France and .Anlel

'es day „.
at.Generar Board of ,the vire6tors of
'Greenwich Hospital. was held .it the AdioirAty,
when Curd HOOO and the rest of the Direetpro,at-
tendCd;

dO.---iciifollOwitig letters has been received from 'Ad"
mind DucttwOwries'sctiadroo :
Vo(,7)'it.kr. liii:',:..:l74.llll.sAii.l.tit,A‘'4an.d2co:7ol.:-.l4..olilei4atielldar,.nh}in' grretl:
.'gl r.4.di, tht..„iiitelligence that 'she,was chaied,•• on the
Ttoth, hy an Enenty's.'Line i,,,i, .bwde sii, . :nut v.,i-
,mite„ 'in ' I:tt. 30.; long. 60' lis h
`4l:--- ii det:Jlittined the
,fp'
Aditiirji to go after theni. - The Wagon i 4 now. in
silit ; the-seas are covered with .11,1( li,ineti:ShiPs
of a clispersett..convoy.) we Saw iibokit 40 sail yes-
terday, and there are now :about. 20 in sight. Sir
Jonta means to orderone'of 'our' Frigates ,to 'tako
charge
dispatch." of :the .stragglers: ~- . we shall procved. with all
• , Tne.late gallant and gteatli,t9'
be,lameritpd.oeoe-,
ral Lon! LAKE, has lett Male issue,. twolsons, .the
''eldest, Colonel FitAr“. IS GERRARD LAKE; Ofifie 0
s Ist,
Regiment Foot Guards, ~..,ucceeds to the•title;
the gectid(l., Lientenant-Colonel G-EORGE A. F:LAKE,
of the 2gal Foot,. *Who, though a-very.young 'roan,
Attended his fathe'r 'in all his campaigns in lreland
and in India. - ' ••• ' : . . .
, .
. .
. A Court'of °opinion Conncil.will behdld.to-mor-.
.row, for the general dispatch of publia.busindss.
The Common Hall, for the Eleotion of a Iliidge
rn'hier, in the room of the late I,llro•WELL§;..is ap-;
pointed for the tst of Mara) next.
'it has !leen reported that accounts have been re,
0 ved limn Lisbon, by way.'of •Helland;:thaCtita
R 1
stl'it`i Ships of. War at, thathave been Port *bn fdfr
. rs • • .
m. Ily'given .up to France, and are fitting o(ii as
,p,
Portuguese Fleet, tO,supply the place of tLia(i:afriP3
oft': to the Brazils by the PRINCP. REGENT. The
Russian seamen, it is added, :welt) W:'ltiltrcliedhonic.
to their own country by. rand. '' '
Salt' has become so .extretnely scarce in
‘lTlollancl,-,
that the Dutch suffer' greatly
front the want of that •
becTsszig'article„ Letters received yesterday state,
tiflitt it -11.e.XpeCted the Government will rel,tx the
qo'llinAe.rcial restriUto4, in ordci to permit Ito nu,
r-Idort4tlon.
•

NAV.AL°I4.EN,

• From the LONDON GAZETTE Feb. 2i.
•
Admiralty Office, Feb.,.23,=1808. • •-1
COP
• r
'

Jayqf a Letter from Admiral Montagu; Cominanler
In Chief of his Majesty's Ships ,and. .11,ssiAls` at
Portsniouth and Spithead, to .thr kh>n• Jr' 11'
Pole, dated on board the Royal lVilliairl, at 'Spit-
head, the 20th, instant.
Stn.—ilk pleased to lay before the Lords•Com-
rnittsiouers of the Admiralty the inclosH Letter from
Lieutenant Perdrieau, commanding !his :Majesty's
Gan-brig Hardy, stating the capturc.of lit Revois
French Lugger Privateer.'
1 have.the honour to be, &c.

(Sigped) GEO. MONTAGU.
locii pi,
Hu Majesty's Gun-brig Hardy, ofLittle
Hampton, Feb. 1„h, 1808:
. ..
, SIR-I beg leave to acquaint you, 'that at eight
o 'clock this morning, Beachy Head bearing E.' by
N. about five leagues, I diiicovered a Lugger dose in
1111 Ore; and made sail in chace of het. Shortly after
observed a Revenue Cutter also in chace, astern of
ils and from her superior sailing came up with her
first. Two other Cutters joined in the chace. , At
ten minutes past eleven she struck, and proved to
beta Revoti, Captain Friesmanton, mounting t 6
guns, from two to six-pounders, and forty-eight
nun; left Dieppe on the 1 sat instant, and had made
no capture. - •
I have the honour to be, Sze.,
To "G
(Signed) STEPH. PERDRIEAU.
'
eor (
ge Montagu .E 5.1. Admiral of
the While, e...4c.&c.&c.

PLYMOUTH,. FEB. 22.--Arrived the Virginia Fri,-
gtite, from Ireland.

Sailed the Plover Sloop of War, with three
Swedish Vessels and several Coasters, under convoy,
for Liverpool.
Sailed the Shannon Frigate and Rose Sloop of War
tsn a cruize to the Westward.

•VALMOUTH, FEB. 2 I.—Arrived His Maieiti's
Sloop of War Stork, from a. cruize ; JOlti Tar,
frem ifayak, with hides,, tallow, &c.; Jo/lu
i 174 Mary, RICHABD39I4, from Shields ; and the
43rothers, Pudtcy, from London.
• Sailed His Majesty's Ship dinie/ope,.oflooplls,
Capt. GALWAY, Primrose Erig, of 1 8 guni, Capt..
%trldoitY, and Milbroole Schooner, of 16 guns,
tient. LEACH, with 65 Sail of Transports nndi.f.'
tonvoy, for the Mediterranean, having ;on board
about 12,000 troops under the command of Gen.
SPENCER. Also sailed His Majesty's Gun-brig
bispetch, on a cruize; Pelle,. Gun-brig 'for Cork
Ivith a Fleet under convoy ; and Ann &Tu.. , and
Salerno, Pusi.tps, for Gibraltar.
The Duke of Kent Packet, which was intended
to have sailed this day for Barbadoes) is detained
further orders.
ri...offrea •
11
ELI G (A. A 7.411 WI • 1 •• --A•Ttie Rhine, Captain.
4A, from Hull, which had landed 150 bales of
g(x)(1s, having suffered much in her anchors and ca-
bles in the gale) left here with the remainder of her
Cargo, for fear of being driven on shore: Captdin
I'LA intended to return to Uull•

~: ~
i

tlEat, FEB. Sailed His Allijesty'i Ships S'kp
lark and Oberon on a cruise..

On Friday morning, at Et At.
Head bearing S. W. 10 or 12 miles, theA4iiing
vessel Brotherly Love, of Scarborough, MAR'
ILA") Master, was boarded by a French Cutter
ura„ teer of 6 guns. The fishermen having caught
41/ush,' the Privateer left them to chase a loaded
Brig), name unknoWn, which she came up
'With, captured, and sent away an Easterly course.
The Privateer was seen to give chace to moretVes-
Ws; which it is feared she would capture.
CHATHAM) Fan. 16.—Wedimsday morning, se-
veral of the Serjeants of the Brigade of Guards,
quartered in the Barracks at this place, went to Up-
,
'tor) for the purpose of deciding some wagers, by
*ring at a target, when the gun used by one of
them S , utHAARISON,
taeerated unfortunately burst, and
his arm in so dreadful a manner that he
was under 111.0 necessity of submitting to immediate
amputation.
:‘re%terd
811,31. e aY morning the-body of a man floated on
a most the back-of the Chest of Arms Tavern, !u
state •
est dreadful
part of lh the legs, thighs, and lower
`l.4e body have 'been either tern or eat away,
antl. the
liutte black
tight arm is wanting, the rest of the body is
apparently with bruises, and ,there were
• teed°cley about it, eteepe a kin," of handkerchief,
~o round his neck. It is conjectured that the uu,,
fortunate man has been either jammed between. two
vessels, or blown up with gun :possider.
Sunday night a'Soldier of the Gtards, who was
Posted as a sentinel in the Dick Yard, accidentally
mvr.QPPed his tirelock on the ground : the violence of
t'e Shock caused the lock to spring, though only on
h
e half cock, when the picce went off, `and shot
°V.nearly the half of one of his feet.

ll°Routts OF COUNCIL.—The Bill now beforetlA,
011ie °f Commons, as amended in the ConiMitt9o.,
,„.`iire6lB--That goods warehoused, taken out on pay-,
• "'Olt of home ditties, are to be liable to slut ies clot-
Withstanding the drawbacl:s. Vessels sailing before
limited in Orders of Council,. are allowed to
vrc)rsmed without payment of duty, Goods impiirted
4,hder licence, dated before _1 ith November, and.
vleared out And before the periods specified in the A&,,
Arenousod .for exportation, are exempt from
4.191 Y. Goods imported under licence from St. spo-'
since the It th N ov ember, only are charge-,
that upon exportation with a duty of utie...balf tit upon
do gut:e
charzeable,With pds of the ciew,rit iduton. Prize ot.,tis
11„ extort
b. 's 14 .

DUE 0'1" kEI&

kensitigton Palace, Feb,24, 402.

tittlt.-tol VESEY IS cr;nmanded by His Ro3 al
Highness the Duke of KENT to reqUest the insertion
of the following Paragraph in your Paper of this

evening.
To the E o ItOa of Til

Although the Duke of KENT flattei-s, himself
,that the Officers of the British Army with whornhe
has had the good fortune of serving in the Medi-
terranean, America,` And the. \Vest Indies,; will do
hiti the justice to believe, that his absence tiom
Gibraltar at this time, when that Fortress is mena-
ced by a formidable attack of the Enemy,
.is not
owing to any backwardness on his part to repair to
that station to which his duty calls him, or for
want of his using his utinOst exertions to be allow-
e'd to resume the a&ual command of your Govern-
ipent, he feels, that be owes it to his own charac-
ter no les. as a man, than as a soldier, to make
known' to them, nud to the whole artuy, and to his
countrymen in general, the terms in which be felt
it' hiS duty to address his Majesty upon this sub-
je&, immediately upon the arrival of the last ac-
counts from Gibraltar, and trusts that when these
have been perused, he shall stand acquitted in the
opinion of his brothei-Odicers, of the Army, and
of his Countrymen,' of having been deficient in
his duty.
" Sja,

The letters received by the 11.1:111 just arrived
froth the Mediterraneati, having brought the cer-
tain information that orders had reached Algeziras
from Madrid, immediately to make such prepara-
tions in the neighbourhood of Gibral►ar as put be-
yond doubt the intention of the Enemy to besiege
it, I could not, under such circumstances, recon-
cile it to my feelings were I to delay a moment in
not only assuring, your Majesty of my readiness
instantly to go out there, but in earnestly solicit►ng
your sanaion for my resuming the duties attached to
the Commission I have the honour of holding as
Goveruur or that Fortress.

" To your Majesty, who yourself possess so
nice a sense a honour, it is quite unnecessary for
me to represent, that on the result of your deci-
sion upon this request, which I beg leave in the
most dutiful, yet in 'the strongest manner to press
upon your attention, every thing most dear to
me in life, I mean my character as a .man, and
my professional credit as a soldier, are :at stake.—
I will not therefore presume to say more, than
that I place ikon in your Majesty's hands, .with
no less confidence in your justice as my Sovereign,
than in your indulgence as my parent.
",With every sentiment of the most devoted at-
tachment, and the most dutiful respect, I have the
honour to subscribe myselt,
"Your Majesty's most affeetionate Son,
" And most faithful Servant and Subjeta,
(Signed) "EnwAan."
" To the King."

The Duke of KENT conceives that it would be
'superfluous to add any observat.i.as upon the fore-
goirtg lines, except that he is not going out.to. Gib-
raltar, that being a sufficient explanation of the
result of his application) and his sole motive of
intruding the perusal of them upon eon public at
. this time being that of clearing his own charaeliT
from tlre aspersions that mat tmajoidahly attach to,
it in consequence of his absence from his Govern-
ment 'at such a inument as the priisent one, were
it conceived to be voluntary on his part, or that he
had been passive On'the occasion.

TRIAL Or GENERA WIIITP.LOCK.k.7",NINETEE MTH
DAY.—The Judge Advocate, it the sitting of the
Court, was proceeding to examine Major-General
Gowtnt on.solue part of his evidence of yesterdy,
respecting the causes which prevented frequent or
confidential communications bet ween him and Ge-
neral WILIITLACKE, when the latter obje6ted.to the
question being put, on the grounds of 'irrelevancy,
upon which the Court. was clatired about twenty
•minntes, the objettion over-ruled, and theroceed-
resnmed.
After a f;:w questions upon • this point, General
Gowot was cross-examined by General WHITE-
iocKr, and afterwards queitioned by' the Conn,—
His evidence closed about one o'clock, when"Briga-
dier-General Sir SAMUEL AUCHMUTY was called and
examined. He continued his narrative of the ape.'
Mims of the Army from the night of the 4th July
to the signing the Treaty with the Spanish General.
His details of the Battle were peculiarly interesting.
The= Judge _Advocate was proceeding to examine
Mitt' in chief, when the Court adjourned at three
olcloch. •

,11 ;The Argyle-Rooms opened for the season on
Monday last, before a very numerous • audience,
among whom were the Dukes of CAMBRIDGE and
Sussax:—Signor MIARTIWI appeared for the first
thue in this Country. He is a Bqfto Singer, with
a strong voice of considerable cotnpaas. He and his
.wife sung a comic Duet, which 'Was much applaud-
ed, and he also, sung a Duet with Mrs. BILLINGTON,
which way; very well received.: Wittcasum. led,
awl the Orchestra was well supplied. This Insti-
.totion may he Coasidered as a formidable rival to the
`OiNi-a House, se tar as the higher orders are con-
Cernled, as it is of course mach more select than a
public theatre.

L Mks,
iNPANT soar of EDWARD JER-

11341,
By Ma. lERNINankm.

Co, infant Spirit, to the iteJlins above,
`taste the full bliss of thy Creator's love v
Beneath his smite with forms Cherubic play'
t)u the bright sunbeams of eternal clay'.

FROM TILE FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, FRB. io.—Tbc Privateer the Roder+,
HURET, hag 'carried into Dieppe a three-mast-
ed Vessel, - called the Mercury, of New York, of
206 tons burden, Captain TtrOhAS WATSON, on its
voyage from Teneria to Haniburgh, laden with
200 tons of Canary soda, and 50 ditto of Spanish
wine. We do not know whether she will be de-
clared good and lawful prize, being an American ;
but the formalities required by the late Decrees -of
his Imperial Majesty will be enforced, in order to
ascertain whether this neutral has been visited by
the English, or taken shelter in one of their ports.
BERLIN, JAN. plan for the new organ-
ization of the Prussian army is entirely finished.
There will be a~ general conscription entirely new.
The army will he entirely composed of natives;
in consequence, all foreigners, whether officers,
.stlialterns, or soldiers, will be ,iistnissed. The num-
bes o Generals will be diminished ; the regiments
will only haVe Colonels. There will be only two
Captains oft he S tail' of each reg-imen t ;"*.the Quarter-
Masters and Almoners will .be suppressed ; there
will he Almoners only in time.oltvar. The troops
of the regirneiits doing' duty will .clioge their gar-
rison every year. •_ =

COPENiIAGEN, JAN. .26.—The Prince Royal
expetied here, on his- return from Kiel, within
fortnight. The Minister-of State, Count BERN'.
STORFF,i3 still here; and-on account of the-import-
ance of the events which may be expected to take
place, he will continue to reside at Copenha„o•en with
the nine Royal, as also with the Trench Minister,
M. DIDELOT.

The Chevalier ME YN RAS, Minister from Hol-
land; M. DE-Cms4g, Minister from Prussia; the
Baron DE RENDHIi, Minister from Austria ; and all
the rest of the Diplomatic Corps, are still at Kiel ; as
is alsp- JOAC I 'Xi BERNSTOIUTt Direaor of Foreign
Afthirs, and brother to the Minister of State.

ALTONA, JAN. 28.---The Prince Royal having
ordered that a Committee shall be appointed, in this
City, for the establishment of a corps of armed citi-
zens, this Committee has. presented to his Royal
Highness a plan, which the Prince has approved,
according to which this corps will consist of eight
companies of Wu men each, without recgoning the
Officers.

SEMLIN, JAN. 15.—The Servian Senate, holding.
its sittings at Belg►ade, has adopted, in its sitting of
the 2d of this month, the first snide of the Ptojet
of "Constitution, proposed by the Counsellor of
State Report:mat,: ; it relates to the sale of lands
and houses.

The thtee articles, containing the division of Ser-
via into distri&s, the establishment of custom-houses
on the frontiers on the side of Austriab and the
means of making industry and commerce flourish,
have been adjourned to the neat sitting.
On the 4th and sth the Senate was occupied sole-
ly in the nomination of the Members of the Tribu-
nals in the towns, and the J ustices in the villages.
WARSAW, JAN. 20.-.-BiS Majesty the King of
Saxony wishing to give to the Poles, who have (hi.
tinguished tlfemselves by their bravery and pa-
triotic devotion, some public inarks of his esteem
and satisfadion, has resolved, in a Decree' late-
ly published, that there shall be founded a
tary order of the Duchy of Warsaw. The de-
corations of this order will; in consequence of the
regulations enaaed in this Decree, be distributed
among the military in the following Manner;---

The Cross of Commandant to the Generals of
Division, and that of Knight to the Generals of
Brigade, Colonels and Majors; there shall be
given to each division six officer's crosses, and three
gold crosses, to be distributed among the Staff
Officers of the Division and the Brigades which
compose it. Eacb regiment shall have tour Knight's
crosses, four gpld crosses, and stX silver, to bestow on
Military merit and good condo& Each battalion
shall in like manner have tWo Knight's crosses,
two gold and three silver crosses.
There shall be placed, at the disposal of the Mi-
nister at War, six Knight's crosses, 'and six gold
crosses, for the Officers who do not serve' in any
corps, nor appertain to any staff.

STPPIIRN KANIBLE has bought a piece of ground
at Greenock, on which he is going to ereol a new
Theatre.

• Report speaks more favourably of Mr. COI4DELLIS
to the new Farce of the Illidow's Choice, than
of any of his former produelions, highly as they have
raised his charaaer as a composer.
Mrs. Sinniro is now performing at Hull, and has
other prrivincial engagements to fulfil before site
concludes the season at Covent-Garden Theatre,
It is said that Miss SMITH is in treaty with the
Managers of Drury Lane Theatre; for next season.

Thc.: LOUD CUANCELLOIt seems to have entered
upon the-management of the Opera HOuse, as 'he
has requested the Trustees to come forward in their
proper characciers so that Messrs. CoNs?, LowTEN,
and PALMER, will and it necessary to aZ the parts
of serious men, in that sphere of Discord.
It is said that General MortitAtt, whom we some
time ago stated
.to have left New-York, had gone to
the Floridas for the purpose of taking possession of
those territories in the name of the French Emperor.
It was added, that the Rochefort Squadron was
understood' to be destined to that part of America,
having been fitted out to support General MoaeAv
in the execution of this design.
The great improvements made at Snow-hill and
Temple-bar cannot fail of claiming the notice and
support of the Citizens of London. Tile Houses,
when inhabited, will have an elegant appearance,
being situated in a central part of the City: Holt Ns-
B,lr and Co. entertain not the sinalle4 doubt but the
rents will considerably increase so soon as the Lot-
tery is decided. The building tire' Substantially
ereSted, well finished, arid the value of each Hou,:e
not over-rafed. Tickets and Shares are selling by
lIORNERY and Co. 26, Cornhill, 42, Charing-cross,
and St. Margaret's-hi)), ...13orni%11.