The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-12 00:00:00

houges of Messrs, Fecrox, which frentea the York
Houser are entirely destroyed, with a very large
quantity Of prize, gootla taken from the Danish
Ships `l,the Oldnance stnrehouse at the back of the
Storekeeper's house is alto entirely consumed,and
many of the adjoining buildings materially damiged.
The fire was at such a height-at one-time- 4.1-W
threaten the total destroEtion of the Whole square
called the Buildings; but, thank Heaven ! there
was little or n 4 wind, and providentially the water
had been kept up in the Bason, or else. the whole
must inevitably have been consumed. A Greek
Ship Which: lay dry at the Quay, opposite the store-
houses, was several times on fire ,in her hull and
masts, and but for the exertions of an enterprising
seaman, who in the shrouds din:Lied an engine-pipe
with great effe6t, would have been destroyed. The
principal apprehension arose from some of the ad-
joining buildings being depositories for Mr. Cori-
GREVE'S rockets, powder, and other combustibles;
and although the greatest exertions were made in
removing them into a Vessel in the Harbour, the
flames were so rapid that the whole could not be got
out,. consequently several alarming explosions took
place, the last of which was by far the greatest, and
carried away the roofs, ratters, and materials of /he
buildings, and caused such an alarm of what might
follow, as to prevent the people approaching to ren-
der assistance ; happily, however, no fartherexplo-
sinus took place, and between eight and nine the
fire was got under, but is not all out, yet.

" There was a general terror that the tire would
communicate to the magazine—many of the houses
were in consequence entirely deserted, and numbers
of women and children hurried into the country--,a
great many indeed went to Folkstone for the night.
The property destroyed is immense—it it said to
exceed. 30,0001. but it cannot' be estimated accu-
rately ."

• or Mr. &tilt u whose mime is sufficient to ststnii any °pi-
'llion al moot on corn irtemin I a...fnirS'lVith a consirk.i able Oepr6e
of credit, observed last night, in the House of Commons,
that it was his opihion thitt the rise in the price of Stocks
was chiefly, if not entirely, to be attributed to the Warn of
means to employ great Capitals in commerce as heretofore."—
Nurnive Chrodele.

We differ exceedingly from the Writer of this
article, as to the prodigious degree of credit to which
the opinion of Mr. BARING is entitled. For our-
selves, and we 'speak upon due consideration, we
do not know a Member in either House, whose
judgMent; in any thing that regards the true inte-
rests of this. Country, we should not rely •on with
mere confidence than
.on that of Mr. BAR-
ING. What entitles this Ge:itlen*ii to such woO-
derful respea ? As a partisan of America, we believe
that he may be listened to with etfeCt : his Pam-

phiet, in which (to speak the jargon of his. adopted
friendS) he adinkated the Callbt: Of that ;Country
with all the artifice of a hired pleader, sufficiently
proves it. But this should render his political
creed an object .of just suspicion to every English.
man, with whonr.Mr. BARINg has neither art nor
part ; his connexions, his property, his soul, being
in America. Much, however, as we
.reprobate the
barefii.!ed attack oft us in that Pamphlet, which the
inalignityof to lion,. by descending to the. meanness

of pulling it in their speeches, carried through two

editions, we 'Certainly rejoice at its • ptiblication.—
, Under the appearance an English Merchant,
Bitatigo might ,have maintained that unfortu-
nate influence which has been exerted over more
than one Administration ; as ad open impugner of
our condu&, as a. counsellor for those that
,envy,
and those that hate us, against the tocosures
of Administration, we suspect that he will make

few or no proselytes out of his own party. Tile ar-

duur of youth has led him to break through the
cautious restrictions of his ; and his credit,
as a politician, since the appearance of liks patti.
plilet, wiil juit go fur as much as it is worth, like
that of any other , aut►lrr4.3l afiettt Aaf 'Orly other
country.
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respell to the opinion which chew forth the
high.sonncling panegyrick of the Morning Chronicle,
it is not of so recenditc'a nature, but that it might
have occurred to TA I,Llipt AND, or Mr. JEFFERSON,
or any other person who,was equally anxious to dis-
prove the prevailing opinion, that the prosperity of
the Funds depended on the prosperity of the Coun-
try. Upon this head, however, we beg leave to
offer our sincere congratulations to Mr. B. As, in

his opinion, "the rise the price of stocks, is
chiefly, if not entirely, to be attributed to the want
of commerce," the Funds of America (now in this
happy state of commercial want), in which Mr, B.
is far mere deeply interested than was generally sup-
posed before he torned author, will naturally expe-
rience a proportionable advance, nod console him
for the ill success .of his political speculations op
British injustice and British tendency to ruin,
We ought not to conceal from our Readers, that
many of our must respeciable Merchauts,:-who Have
not married American Ladies, transinitted uncount-
'ed thousands to support American Funds, 'orlaid not:,
the prig: of provinces. in grubbing up 4tneTican

forests, differ somewhat from Mr. B. as to the cause
of this odious " rise in the price of stocks.",. They
_attribute it in a very imperceptible degree. to the
reason alleged by this Gentleman;, but " chiefly, if
not entirely," to the stnal/ness of the loin, to the
late period at which it is called for, to the largeness
of the,sums daily taken out of the market--by the
Sinking Funds to the excellence of the new plan of
Finance, to the confidence of the Country in the
wisdom and vigour of Administration, and, above
all, to the utter removal of the men who enjoyed
the cordial support of Mr. B. and whose truckling
and temporizing politics sunk and debased us in the
sight of Europe and The world.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a
Private Levee at the Queen's Palace, which was at-
tended by—
The Lord Chancellor, the First L6rd of the Treasury, the
Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the three Secretaries of State,
the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Lord Steward of the Household, the Sycretary at War, the
Secretary for Irish Affairs ; the Dukes of .Gordon and Beau-
fort • the Marquisses of I luntley and Tweedale; Earls Stam—
ford 'and Lansdale; Viscount Falmouth; Lords Willoughby
De Broke, Heathtield, and Lowther ; Sirs C. Cotterell and
H. Mildmay ; Mr. justice Bailey ; Admirals Loiack, Ro-
binson, and Nugent ; Generals Tharnton,Campbril, Phipps,
Benson, Finch, Gwynne, Sian wix, I-lope, and Brownrty,g ;
Colonels Brown and Barns; Captains Rainier and W. I.osat;k.

The following bad the honour of being presented
#o his MAJESTY

• Viscount Falmouth, upon his coming to his title, by the
bulcc of lieautbrt.
• .

Lord Lowther, by the Earl of Lansdale.
Copt: I'ctcr Rainier, upon hiS return from India, hnir in
consequence of the anion he fought ist Batavia Roads, on the
'Hal of odober. t 806.•
Mr.' lustice bailey, by the Lord Chancellor, upon his
being appointed one of the lakes of the Court of King's
brach, upon which occasion hi.; Majesty war pleased to
confer the honour or Knighthood upon him. •
The Marquis of Huntley, upon his being appointed Lord
Lieutenant of the county of Ab4deen.
The Marquis o/ Twerdalc, by the Duke of Gordon, upon
coming to his title, being of age, and being appointed a Lieu-
tenant in the First Regimrot of Guards.
Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson barns, of the Royals, upon
his appointment, . •

'The following were presented on their promotion:
"'Admiral Nugent ; Rear-Atirnirals Mark Robinson mkt G.
Losaek ; Generals Sir 1. Pulteney, Campbell, Gywnne,
Lords Heathfieid, and Stanwix ; Major-General the Hon. A.
Hope ; Lieut.-Generals Thornton, Phipps
,Benson,
Sir ,A. Wellesley, and Brownrigg; Colonel Brown, of the
rub IM!goons ; Captains W. losack and Cramer.
His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and cave
audiences to the Duke, of I'oaTLAND, and the other
Cabinet Ministers.
On Tuesday the Prince of WALES, the Dukes of
YORK, CLARENCE, and other Royal Dukes., visited
`titan MAJESTIES and the PwiNcassEs, soon after
their arrival from Windsor. In the evening THEIR
MAJESTIi:s had a- selea party to tea and cards. -
Yesterday at one o'clock, her MAJESTY and four
of the PaINCESSES set otf from Buckingham House,
through the Birdcage Walk, in two coaches and
four, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons, in order
to pay a visit to their Royal Highnesses the 'Princess
of WALEs and 'Duchess of liatrNswick, at Black-
heath, and returned a little before five.

Elis Excellency the Portogueso 40.1tratisadov's
amuse, in South Audley-street,. was splendidly
minated last night, in honour of the safe arrival of
the Royal Family of Portugal at the Brazils.
Ten thousand pounds a year is the annuity pro-
posed to be granted to the Duchess of BRUNSWICK.
The expedition which sailed from .Yarmouth-
Roads on Tuesday morning, consisted of between
two and three hundred sail, and presented a most
Magni tiCOnt hpeOacle. It is a most powerful arma-
ment, and ;is it proceeded with a fair wind, we hope

ji will scion' be able to commence its important ope,
rations. • The Gun-boats which accompany it draw
only two feet water, and are supposed to be intend-
ed; to cover the landing of the troops.
A• gentleman is arrived in town who left Cadiz
the toth of April. He says, the change is almost in-
eredible which has-on a sudden taken place in the dis-
:position of the people of Spain towards the French,
,whom they now-execrate, and consider As a banditti
of cruel plunderers. They would, he affirms, rise in a
mass, if not induced by the 'Proclamations of their
Government, to refrain from violence. The same
Gentleman states, that be lately made an excursion
into Portugal, whose unhappy inhabitants wish only
for 10,000 men from England and 30,000 stand of
arms, to assist them in expelling their cruel foes from
the country.

PATO(); le late Ady)1111 RAl-
rimit has left property to the =cunt of nearly
tk'250,000 ; and alter providing amply for leis near
relations, has made the following bequest

" I bequeath one-tenth part of my personal property to
the Chancellor of the: k xchequer, for the time being, towards
the redudion of the National Debt, in acknowledgment of
the generous bounty of the national establishment of the
Royal Navy, in which I have acquired the principal part of
the fortune I now have, which has exceeded my merit and
pretensions.",

The Cork Chronicle of Monday se'nnight says :
" We'are sincerely gratified to'be able to state, from
indispUtable authority,. that there is in this country
a supplyof provisions fully adequate to the consump
tion of the season. The stock of oats iri this City
and in pmerick amounts to 140,000 barrels, inde-
pendently of what the distilleries have stored, and of
what may be in various other hands."
The gold mine in the County of Wicklow has
been fbr some time, and at present, working with
success, as also some copper and lead mines in the
same county. The ore, in general, is very rich, and
the copper and lead strongly impregnated with par-
ticles of gold and-silver. The pursuits of these useful
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undertakings must necessarily turnout highly advan-
tageous to the Country.

His Majesty's Ship Procris arrived at the Cape
of Good Hope on the 20th Fob. from Portsmooth,

and sailed again on the 24th for the East Indies.—
The Abundance Storeship and Sally Transport, from
Portsmouth, arrived at the Cape on the .Bth Feb.
The Danish East Indiaman Marian, Capt. Boreal',
and the liarregoard; --- from Bengal, have been
captured and sent into the Cape, the former by his
Majesty's Ship Corraranl•, the hitter by his Majes-
ty'; Ship Otter.

DVOHFSS OF MONTROSE.—Ii is with much
pleasure use inform the public Quit this truly amiable
• and accomplished ornament of the iLitish Nobility,
who tia been for some *tithe alarmingly indisposed,
is now in a i-,Jy promising state of amendment.