The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-29 00:00:00

VINANCE COMMITTEF.

. Me; c 44'6' "iAORrof the Ek -CREQUER,
in pursuance of his notice, •roomed fors the re-ap-
pointment of the Finance Committee. He expressed,
the stiong sense winch he entertained of
value
of the services already rendered_ by that Committee,
ty. the two Reports which they had Madc---the one
relating to the Oftice of Paymaster of the Navy-r--!
the other relating to the. Bank. With respect to the
first ofthese Reports, it happened, thatio the princi-
pal Officer In that ()like, t hereon-, rnittcc'weo indebt-
ed for the chief stiggettions' in their Repirt. This.
V43s a security that the Teplations which had beert
made in consequence in that otico would be carried
into effect With the utmost zeal-and ability. With the
Bank ihe (the Chancellor ofthe Exchequel) had had
a corresponden&, .which produced, an arrangement
in which the Bank behaved with, all the hot:rainy
by which they had ever beset) distinguished. This
arrangement, "34 well as-the other;` rleithatild soon
.lay befige: the House. it was :hiS intention to pro-
pose on this Committee the .same Ckentl:non that
formed the last, with the c:icepfion of 0;le, Mr. Ry-
der, who wai not i,ow•a Men:ther. Alth:Pigh it was
wobble that this Gentleman would snow be iv.,
turned to Parliament, yet considering.the iwportaot
public duties which he had to perform, it appeared
to him advise:ll)le to relieve him trout this tatitioual
pressurp. EJe proposed to substitute' &tr.' 9'.
The Committee was then appouite.i, Conslsting
of We same Mn:nbers as the last with the substitu-
tion of Mr. Ellis for'Mr. Rater.

'rho Reversionary C;rants Bill went through It,
Committee, in which a'attirt oonversatieu took plaerg
between All:. limouts, Nlr. WARD, and Mr. qao-
ltutt.—Tha Report way ordered to be recctived.to,-
morrow. _ '

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0,114.1te Motion .or 111 CILANCELLOIt of tie EX.
qtlLT:l,tot it ‘N-4S Ordered, that the Chaplain Qt thy
ti0'3,..i4 oi 'Commons should nreaeh o.Serent.in bafore
tl4,ttou,se at St, Marllaret's Church, Westminster,
on SneurOity, the 3011 J ~f lanuary,--xliljocreeed,

den, h;..s Majesty festerday passed the folowing De-
cree :

LOUIS NAPOLEON, EY' THE GRACE OP GOD AND 711E'
CONSTITUFWN OF THE KINGDOM OF HOLLAND,.
AND doNstAnLE or ruANcE.'

Whereas we have received inforination that the Or_
ders adopted telative to theßlackade of the British
islandsrhave not been carried into execution with
like :force, gainst. SweiliSli Ships ;• and whereas
this `Kingdom is A:coolly at' war with Sweden and
England ;
We have decree:l, and hereby decree as follows :
Art. 1. Every Swedish Ship which shall enter the
Part 5...)f this Kingdom shall be' itninediately seized,
and also all Swedishmerehandize shall he confiscated.

e. All Swedish Subjects, who may have hereto-
fore exercised diplomatic functions within our king-
dom, or who may have served as Consuls or Com-
mercial Agents, and who still remain in Holland,
are required to leave the kingdom immediately upon
the publication of this Decree.

3. Alt ottier Swedish Subje6ts who may be found
in (Air Ports, or other parts of our Kingdom, shall
immediately be arrested, and treated as Prisoners of
War.

4. The measures at present in force for.-the
blockade of the British Islands shall, in like man-
lier, and 'without exception, be 'made applioble to

5. Our Ministers of Finance, Justice, 'and Police,
and charged with the execution of the present be,
cNe, which shall be proclaimed at all places where
its publication may be necessary.
Given at Utrecht this 18th day of,Tannary; in the
year 1808, and of our reign the third.
(Signed) Lotus.
• By his 'Majesty's Command,

J. H. APPELIUS,
Secretary of the Council of State.

T.,Eanotts, Dr.c. ihp towns. and pro.
vinces of the former kingdom orNEtruria halm now
taken the oath of allegiance to the Emperor And
King NAror.2ol. The gtrurian troops are gone.
into Upper Italy, and in their stead /.numerous gar-
rison it' arrived here. The numerous towers along
oar sea-coast, which Served the inhabitants as a pro-
zpinst else Barbary Rovers, have been in like.
mannkr ,ceupied by the, French, and put in a better
state of defence. In our fort, which preteets the
town and harbour, preparations have been made to
receive the English with red-hot balls, whenever
they may venture to attack us. Within a short time,
some frigates will be set 00 the stocks. -

'l3r.al JA N. 6.-7-;By a Royal Mandate, dated the
Bth of December, his Majesty has commanded that
The payment of the debts incurred in the ProvinceS
of East Prnsshi and Lithuania, during the Wor,, shall
he made in bond's to the city of Konigsburgh'; but
they are-not to amount to ..more, that 3,700,000
crowns. 'l'he4 bonds,ye to be secured by an
cOrne-tax The'proprietors of these bonds are gua-
ranteed for Their capital, and interest by the King and
succetsurL •

Ao.ttcvan -t Dublin, 2 Waterfn,rd.' Dur,-3'Gottenburgh,
t Waterford.

PRICE 011 STOCKS
-nits I,,SY At Twr...vc. o'cLacK.

(:ousop

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T E S. Ur N.

S)LLM 04; DICE,Rit FI.JIUI4 AUDICAT?

0 N D 0 IV,

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2i, 180

Dutch Papers to the :!gth inst. yesterdsy reach.
ed (own ; the only article of 'importance which
they contain i t a' Decree issued by Louts. BuoT
pAy.mtlit, in compliance with the commands of his
Ilrather, which extends to Swedish Ships and
t;wedihlt Subjeas• all: Vie. 4egulations ..which had
previously been adopted with regard to the Suh-
jeas and Ships of Great Britain. From this eir-
eilmstance we may naturally infer, that all the at.
totnpts of Franca 'and to detach the Kwo, Of
. SqViDUti from bix- alliance with this Country -have
Lt11%.1 that. Buot,TAP,IiITE: 'feels no ordinary de-
gaie of rochtni.eut upon the Occasion. Formerly his
direned.,against. the person of the Sp
i u only,n9w it i.+, extended to the whole Swedish
It is a subietl of deep. IT-get td find that the
17,•.0 pgßoa aItUSSIA has become so cempletely the in-
s! rument of BtrONAPAATE, that he has threatened
to invade. Sweden unleis she .jpins in the Conic
deracy asainst this Country. But we cannot yet
believe that ALEXAungit Venture upon BO un-
.pr:pular a measure `as a War 'with Sweden. The
gussitns, part:•cularly the Nobles and the Merchants,,
mnit now begin to feel the privations necessyilf re-
froin a War skith, Great Britain, and their
ivlins, of discontent would be very moat increased
if they %v,,re to find themselves plunged into another
V/sr, it, which they have no interest, merely to
tra;itY they situ sof the Ruler France.

No inteliiger,ce had rt.,..;11t;c1 Town when this

Paper W 35 put to Press respecting the Rochefort

Squadron, Vol as there are two Scipadrons in pin.-
uf ti)ern,we-entertnip strong hopes timt they will
'Viot be able to escape. A report, of which we

c ;Aid not trace the source, was this tnorning cir.
c %Aimed that they had returned to Itochefort; but
railer thulk, a; we stated before, that they wilt ,
make a psl-1 for the West h Letter, 'hew-
ever, fr?ta Cork, dated tire 234 instant, states,
thet five Sail of the Line were t that morning
of that Pat, and that the /I.dtniral had sent out a
,irkte to see what they mere. It is pt piOle that

this may have been. the Rochefort Squadron, be.
gamic soon afier they sailed the wind came round
to the Westward, aria therefore they could not shape\
a dire& westerly course ; and when they were seen
by the Phochix, the Squadron only consisted of five
Sail of the Line, the tvo-gurt Ship, hawing sepa-
rated from it.

We Cannot relit the subject without adverting to the
unfounded' charges :Which have been preferred
against the Board of Admiralty. h appears that. the
triometit it was known that the Enentyhad escaped,
two. Squadrons, each equal to that which left Roche-
fort, sailed in pursuit of them, and, one of those
was Sir RICIIAILD STIIACHAN'S, Which it was
positively asserted in the Opposition Papers could
not follow.the Enemy for want. of provisions. Tkt
assertion is now known to be unfounded, and e
arc now told that it •is " a matter of very little
importance whether hi. Squadron was sufficiently
vi4ualled or not." The absurdity of such a state-
ment requires no cortUnnt. They first accuse
the Admiralty of not taking care to have Sir R.
STR4CHA'N'S Squadron viaualled, mil when they
,findthat it was amply supplied, they then, without
hesitation, declare tivat it was of littleltuportauce
-whether it wad vietwilled,or not,

Government have received advices from Botany
Bay, dated the 18th of March, which state, that a
plot to overturn the Government had been discover-
ed to have been entered into by Dwyau, BYRNE,
and others, who had been transported from Ireland
for.political 'offences. , One of the instructions given
by them to the. slaves or servants who were con-
cerned in the c•nepiracy was, that each, upon the
breaking out of the insurrection, should murder his
master.

The chief subjea of disctlssloti in both Houses of
Parliament last night, was the Motion for a Vote of
Thanks to .the Army and 'Navy employed in the Ex-
.
epedition to Denmark. This Motion was intro•
duce& in the Upper House by Lord HAwx.Esuoay,
who mad; a very able speech on the occasion, in •
which he was laudably anxious to prevent the opera-
tion of party feelings upon gronnds of difference
in opinion respetjng the expediency ,of the Expe-
dition itself, and to confine the question wholly to
that honourable tribute of, public aPprobation'which
was., due to those to whom it had been entrust-
ed, and who, as his Lordship ably stated, had
Performed their duty 'with the utmost zeal, ability,
perseverance, and humanity, and whose.meritorions
exprtions hid been crowned with complete success.
After 'a very slight opposition, from Lord ifoLLAND,
the Motion Was jtgfeed to AvitlioUt it (livision. In
the House of .Commons a division took place, but
only nineteen Members could be found to vote
as linst the Metion4
0.-

'Yesterday morning early, the Duke of YORK ar.
rived at Windsor, anti tronsaaed business with his
1111.JESTY upwards of an hour. His Royal
'less aiierwards rode on,.
,horseiziack with his NIA—
L.4e Dike of .KENT, Princesses AootrsTA,,
Soratit, and A:4I3LIA, accompanied by Lady Hume,
Generals AlAsititonA,st and Fig zitoy, Colonels
frowArtn, cLtivIPIIELL, ancI.TAYLON. In. the even-
in,° the Duke of Vinttc returned to London. • -
Apartments in. kensington, Palace are to befitted
up ter the Princess of WALliti, and Duchess of
BsuliswicK•

After the surrender of the Island of. Madeira, Sir
S. HOOD, it is now suppoi4d, proceeded against ibe
Island of Thneritre. This 'has been long regarded
as a Valuable station for pf.epar:ng our troops for. a
West India climate, and a favourable. point. for
affording a facility tothe extension of our commerce
with the American coast.

Sorne accounts positively state, that, Spain has
ceded the Floridas to France. This intelligence was
received,' yesterday by one of the first commercial
houses in the City and' a supposition
.is in copse.
(11411ce .haiarded, thitt, the lt061)efull Squadron is
destined for that quarter. Of this Squadron no fur-
ther-accounts haVe yet been received.
An Order has been made, directing that no Flag
.of Truce from France should in future he suffered
to laud aAressen,or at Deal, but that iu the event
of any such arriving, she i 3 to proceed to Dover,
and land the Messenger at that Port.
Yesterday the Judges of the several Courts met
in the King's Bench Treastiry Chamber, for the
purpose of choosing Circuits for the next Lent As-
nes, which are as follows
No rr ros.x. Cractivr..-.--Thrt Right Hon. Edward Lord M.
lenhorongh and the lion. Mr. lusuce Grose.
Mrrir. n x n.—The Right Hots. Sir (acne► Mansfield, Knt.
and, the lion.
_Mr: parer) Wood.

Hoer E.—The Right Hon. Sir Archibald 11;lacdonald, Knt.
and the l lon. Mr. lustice Heath.
N.--;The Hun. Mr. Baron l'homson, and the lion.
Mr. justice Rooke._

NeqtTHERN.—The lion. Mr. 1 %mice Lawrence and the
Hon. Mr, lustke Le Blanc. 2. _

?troati. —The Hon. Mr. lusticeChambre and the Holt.
Mr. Rum Grah.irn.

DRORt•L'ANE THEAT...—.OII Wednesday
meeting of the Renters'of this Theatre was held,
Sir JAMES ALIA..ANDER in the Chair; when a long
investigation of the Proceedings under the Trust'
Deed, and the present state of the concerti, took
place. A motion was made by Mr. HOSIRR, one of
the 'lnvitees, and seconded by Mr. SHERIDAN, the
*Proprietor, to appoint a Committee invested with
foil powers, to iiatnine more minutely the affairs
of the Theatre, since the establialithent of the
[Trust, and ter report to a future Meeting. This wRs
tigreed to, and a Committee. of fifteen Gehtletben
was accordingly zippoiiited.