The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-07 00:00:00

ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

On the motion .of the CIi4NCELLOR of the Ex-
citant/En, the furtbeteonsideratinti of the Petitions
kespetling the Orders in Council was postponed from
to-morrow to Monday, on 'which day the Witnesses,
Were ordered to attend.

Sir J. NE-IMPORT gave notice that he would move
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to-morrow for some timber Papers eelative to the
Linen Board.---Adjourned'. •

MAILS.
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THE SUN.

aot.iht QUIS TALSUM AUDItAT ?

LONDOIV,
Twunsiwir, APRIL 7, 1808.

Letter 'received from Rlymouth this morn;ng
states, that the Cuckoo .Schooner kW arrived there
from TiOrieni, with intelligence that Fri-
, .• - .
gate, cif 36 'guns, Captain' WOLFE,, had 'had a
very a6vere abort with two 'French Frigates, of 44
guns. each, off L'Orienl. itotwithstanding the
great disparity' of forCe, 1/4igle foiced the French
Frigates to sheet off, bUt hut was too much cut up in
her 'masts and rigging to pursue them. L'Xigle had
one man_ icillFd and seven Wounded ; Capt: WoLya,
We are sorry to say, is among'the latter, -•

Dispatches were this morning received at the Ad-
froin the Governor of New gonth
They do not, we understand, contain any thing 91
importance.

Captain PETSR 4AINIER,..or the Diadem, who 14
'jolt arrived from the 'Cape, attended yestfrday at the
Admirlitk, and reported; Ill& no intelligence what-
ever had been received of the alenloim or the Jain
rrigate.

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Via hark received a series of the Fre'ic) Paprre
down to the 26th uk. bnt their contents are very
uninteresting. They bring us no intelligence what.
ever of: the ApTrations in the Mediterranean, nor do
they state thaloßtroNArAasa had set out upon his
intended' j'outrttly to Spain and Portugal. General
MustAtcloweirer, who commands the French Army,

which hisrtim occupied er‘ry place of importance
in the former Kingdom, seems to be naively em-
ployed in preparing the way for the Revolution
which is, we hare no doubt, about to take place.
He arrived at Burgos early in March, and imme-
diately set about obtaining infoimation respea
log the " Useful Establishments, Economy, Ad-
ministration, &e," This disinterested satiety dis-
played by a French General, at the head of a.
lirench Army, must be highly gratifying to the
4panish. Government ! MURAT has also publish,
ed a Proubimation, addressed to the Governors,
Ike. of the Provinces of Burgos, Old Castile, and- 0
Biscay, in which be assures the-People of Spain of
the esteem which BUONAPARTR feels for than, and
of his desire to contribute' with all Ms heart, to-the
welfare of their Country.
Letters from Constantinople, of £6th February.
state, that the English Squadrons continue to have
the exclusive possession of the Archipelago. The
Dardanelles and the Ports of Egypt are closely
blockaded, and the trade of .the Levant is in a sfate
of complete stagnation.

WE feel great pleasure in calling ibo attention of
onr Readers to the statement made last night in
lionse.tA Commons respetaing our financial prospe-
:riir... Net withstanding all the lamentable predic'
? 'tions oftle • Opposition, the surplus of she Carlson-
Id:lied Lund is one million greater than. it Was last
'year ; but ivilat is still more important, the .last,.
;quarter exch:..e.ifs Olt carresponctin.quarter of last yes

six hundred thousand pounds.

The.. accounts from Porte al,. private letters.
dated the 13th ult. represent the condua of the nevi`
1: Government in the most deplorable terms. It
is indeed-hardly possible to describe the. misery of the ;:
• people. The exaetions of the-French Genetal are
enormous, and two-thirds of the mercantile Wises
have beeA obliged to, atop payment. The first 41°
stalment, amounting' to abollt 20,0001 sterling, has
been paid. Messrs. QUI NTEIAA, BAADEIRAs and
CALDAS ale separatel7 charged with* sum of about
90001. which k only the twentieth pert of what has
been, levied upon them: The reputed property of
those who are supposed to have any propel
has been the criterion by which jufvoT has
regulated his pecuniary requisitions. The. 'chore,'
Plate is to be estimated in the next instalment, and
hardly auy ecclesiastical property, of any value, has
been left for the necessary offices of devotion. pip
Sacrilegious ravage has more outraged the feelings of
the people than • all the severs exittions besides.-` •
The Head-quarters of JUNOT are at Qua:Tat-La.'s
house, a circumstance, however, that by no +Two'
tends to alleviate the condition of the unfortunate
owner.. The French, who have been indefatigable in
executing the orders of their Chief in the pursuit
and seizure of property of eaery kind, found, it lig
said, in the India House at Lisbon, 36,000 baleta
cotton, 16,000 bales of India goods, 13000
bales •Malabar Coast
.goods, a tag quantity of
coffee, and .various articles of considerable value.,
It cannot be too often impressed upon thes
who confidently- affirm, that a Peace may now bb
honourably concluded, and safely nanintained" With
France, that all that' Jiniivr is doing in Portugal, is
by the expressorder of the French Ruler, without
whose direklioits he dares not adopt any IneJsur''
and yet JuNoT prOlessed on his arrival, that he can:'-'
to relieve the people of Portugal from the oppre=ssion
of their former Government, that Governmtwt
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which he threw all the blame, while he .afriotO
to
commiserate the condition of the inhal)ilants,, ;$ll
promised them happiness and security uncles: the.t,
proteeting friendship of France ! !

.1011•00111.
Yesterday, at two ocl
...00
ock, his MAJESTY held a
private Levee, at the Queen's Palace, which was at-
tended by . • ~,
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Limerick,
the First Lo:d of the Treasury, the Lord President of Ow
Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the three Secretaries of Pat:,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master General of t!'e
Ordnapce, the Lord Steward of the Household, the CAPt,'"`
of the Gentlemen Pensioners, the, Duke of Newco,"s(;,
Earls—Bathurst aryl Harcourt ; !.aerie—Heathfieltl,tg`
.stick) and Amherst (in waiting); Sir S. Cotterell ; uill*,
rals7-Cotton, Payne, Maxwell, and Gordon, grown ia w -
int ..
Thelolloving had the honour of being.presented
to His MAJESTY :
.
Master George Allen, by the Earl of Ilareourr, upon lii'
bt-i,,g appointed a l'agc of Honour to Her M
a
c
s'
to tO-
. , t
The iiishop of. Lir:ler:a, . upon his promotion
Dishopriek. •
The Duke of Newcastle, upon his marriage;
Major-General Cotton
Maxwell, upo his .
' Liet trevant-General upponrotnotion his being
„pr• elint
Colonel o the 3d Veteran Battalion.
,
jot. mineral PAYg 14',t,
E delivered to his MAJosT
MGe_,
the-Order of the Knight of the Bath, .worn by
luteLord,lwviNtlTO.
HIS MAAItSTY held a Privy Council, and gave 1113
flake
dienCes.to the Cabinet Ministerspresent. I" -
I wr
cif PedTLAND's audience was the fiat he ItO ltd in'
Ithete eight weeks 'wit,. owing to his (race ''s- I
been set; erdy afilioted• with the gout in his woo,
of wilich he is now recovered. '

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