The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-05 00:00:00

Trrot)Cri we were Persua,led that, in tim-opi
pf all Men of sense and patriotism, no vin:lication of
.the eonduta, of Ministers, respeaing the, Danish
.Expedition, was necessary, yet we were anxious to
have the subject brought into Parliament, that, th©
sentiments Oldie People in general 'might be coo
arnied by tl;e judgment of their Representatives.
That the subjeti underwent a full and fair discus-
sion on Wednesday night, in the House of Coin-
mons,, and that the result was in the highest degree
honourable to the cause of Administration, every
rnan-of common sense will readily acknOwledge.. It
has been on All hands agreed, that if the necessity of
the ineasure had, been satisfatiorily proved by fair
induction, Ministers would need no justification, and
though there might tot be such dire& formal proof
as would be required in a Court of Law., there WS
enough to produce a moral conviaion in every im-
partial mind. The hostile disposition of Den park,
previous to our attack, was manifested by all the ac-
counts of Mr. GARLICXE, onr Minister in that coun-
try; and her inability to resist France was demonirabla
by her tame submisVton, after a French forte, had
entered her territories, after the contemptuowl man-
ner in which BUONAPAItTE had mentioned the Crown
Prince,.and his menace, in case that f‘little Rfince"
did not aEt in conformity to his will, and after the.
proposal made by hltraar to the KING of Swxnas,
of giving Norway to him—a proposal which that
magnanimous Monarch had communicated ta Den?
mark.. If any thing could have roused Danmark
into- a sense of duty to herself and this CoutirrY,
such repeated insults would have ind3ced her to ac;
cept the liberal proposal of Great Britain who
fered all the assistance she might need, and solemnly
:promised to guarantee her naval force till the ter-
mination of War.' gut it is evident that Denmark
thought to- secure her safety by sacrificing her hod
pour and independence, and bad. therefore resolved
to become an instrument of franca_ in: her eomitY ,
against this Country. The Only measure then !eft
to Great'Britain was, to possess herself of that which.
would have been employed in the attempt to o'4
her destruetion ; and every plea of policy, and
justice, and self-preservation, will abundantly
justify the
.course she adopted. The show of Danish
troops in Holstein, as if stationed there to resi.vt
the French, was what Mr. Witinna.m has
bett pleased to style stage-dea, when he poorly
attempted.to answer Mr. CANI!IING'S. 'lrresistible ar-
guments by powerless sarcasti. Denmarknevercould
suppose that ,her small army could oppose the vas
torrent of military force which France would have
poured. upon :her; if, it .had not been necessary to
keep up thejfatce in order to deceive this Country.
The wisdom and promptitude, however, of 00
British Ministry effeCtually frustrated the views Of •
the Enemy.

S

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As to the Secret Articles, of the Treaty:of Tils4
nothing more need be said, since there is every,
moral proof, notwithstanding the' denial of the.
Russian 'Ministers, that they were injurious to this
Country; the obstinate refusal of Russia to disclose .
them, upon no groUnd but teccuse she would not,
affords a ,well-grounded suspicion that they wer°
really hostile to Great Britain. It wa wise
policy
in our. Ministers, however, though well aware of
the tendency of those Secret Articles, to pito
for 'the disclosure, and to endeavour to keep LIP
an amicable intercourse with Russia, as it wasnet itu. probable , thiit the Emperor ALcxANDE4
might become sensible of his humiliating cots'dition, of the danger of connetting himself tog
intimately with such a perfidious-Power as France,
and. that he might listen to the cpnnsels of those
Noble ir who felt, for the honour of Russia, and, ill"
deed, to thegeneritisentiment of the Russian people' '
who .considered their 'Country d'sgraced by the Co-
duaof their Sovereign.
It is impossible to do justice to Mr. CANNINO lot
the clear, comprehen,ive, and eloquent manner ill
which he treated. this complicated and imporont
measure': His speech on ;his occasion was istortll/

of the best days of the House of Commons.

Yesterday a Board' was held et the Admiralty, for
the esknination of disabled Seamen and Marines,
candidates for Greenwich i-lOspital ; when tweu'r
three were admitted tO the House, and ninety-two
ordered the out-pension.
The Enrraeouta, Ca pt. HAR ttl, sailed on Wedrics-
day' morning from Spithead for the East biles.
Admiral HOLLOWAY attended the Admiralty yes,
terday, for the first time since his return from New'
'foundland, having been confined by the gout at 1119
seat in Somersetaiire.

Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at Burling-
ton House, which was attended by all the Member,6
of the Cabinet.
NATIONAL Dear.—Au aecount spewing what PP'
been iedeemed of the National Debt, the Land TIM
and imperial Loan : .
Redeemed by annual million: -
Ditto by ti., per cent. per alumni on Loans • 63.-11,6 i
Ditto by Land Tax 22,97(10.4;
Duo by 11. per cent, per ann. on Imperial Loan . B'943
-D Sinking Fund on 11,000,00ei. Loan,tBo7 749.4
‘i Tata' X: 156/3/2 '2a3
Tll4 79inni. lto nded in the enstliq Tlart4
i5.2,,400