The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-01 00:00:00

AT a late hour last, night the Hamburgh. Mail,
due on Sunday, arrived. We have not room to
comment at any length upon its contents ; we can-
not, however, Avoid noticing an article from Ham-
burgh, which contains a new and more extensive
plan 6f Continential Partition, which it is said has
been agreed upon between •France and Prussia,
and to i.:Bich, it is stated, the KING "of Pxus-

SIA is endeavouring to • obtain the consent ,Of
Russia ; the plan, however, is so grossly absurd and
unjust, -C:at we cannot suppose that Prussia, with all
the disposition she has evinced to comply with the
proposals of BONAPARTE, would for a moment con-
sent to its still less can we imagine that the Cabinet
of Berlin would seriously propose it to the EMPEROR.
'of RUSSIA for his acquiescence. •

Private Letters from Holland state, that BONA-
PARTE has offered the Dutch the choice either to
have a King of his nomination or to be become a
Department. And this important measure will, it
is supposed, be the first subjea that will engage the
attention of the Dutch Legislature, which is to as-
' s.rnble at the Haugue this day.

Sir RICHARD•STRACKAN, WllO sailed on the 27th
January•last with six Sail of the Line in pursuit of
one ofthe French Squadrons, has never been spoken
with or heard from since. The period of his cruize
is now out, and had he not been in pursuit of the
:Enemy, he must by this time have rejoined the.
Channel Fleet. It is therefore almost a certainty
that he has either pursued SEitOME BoNAPARTE's
Squadron to the West Indies•or to the Cape. A
fortunate issue may therefore be cot,fidently ex-
,peeled. •

Since writing the above, we learn, that private
Letters to.the following elfed have been received at

LLOYDS :

" The West India Fleet which sailed from Ports-
mouth_ on the 2sth January passed Madeira on the
23d February. Sir RICHARD STRACHAN'S Squadron,
Consisting of seven Sail of the Line and.two Frigates,
arrived off Madeira on the 1 oth of:March (having
seen the above-Fleet to the Southward), and re-
mained off that-Island on the 14th : the day before
twenty, Sail:of Vessels were seen from the east end
of Madeira, particulars .unknown."

A very interesting conversation took place last night
in the House of COminOns, on The subje& of the new
Taxes. Mr. FitANcls,expressed his disapprobation in
general of the Taxes proposed by the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER; andalso declared his dissent from the
opinion entertained by His Majesty's Ministers with
respeat to the advantages which theqountry derived,
from-the Sinking Fund. Mr. Fox; in :a very able
reply, defended that measure; and complimented
the late Minister for the firmness with Which. he
bad adhered to, it. A considerable part of the dis 7

We under-

cession related to the PrOperty Tax.
stood from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
'and Mr, VANSITTART that the Tot l 3 to_onerate to

its full extent upon Incomes, above 1001. a year ;
but it is' probable'that some modifications will take
place when the Bill comes into a'Committee." •

-Mr. JEFFREY, of Poole, last night gave in
the House .of Commons, thaf -he'shoula. on Thurs-
day the 17th instant, 'bring forward 'a Motion, the
obje& of which_was, to lay the foundation of a charge
against Earl ST.- VINCENT.

Sunday evening their MAJESTIES had a party to a
Concert of sacred music. _

Yesterday morning the Dukes. of Yonk and CAM-
BRIDGE arrived at Windg:sr. The PRINCESSES took
their usual ride on horseback. '

- Yesterday the- King's Bounty was delivered,
usual, on the Monday before Easter, td a number
of poor persons at the Almoner's Office, White-
hall. •

THE EARL of .MA CA ETNEY.,—Yesterday evening,
at his house, in Curzon-street; between the hours
of eight and nine o'clock, died this highly distin-
guished and most respe6table Nobleman, in the. 69th,
year of his age, after a- life chiefly devoted to the
service of his country. To trace his condua through
the many arduous and trying situations in which the
public service called for his exertions, would furnish
an example of integrity, ability, and. wisdom, which-
all may desire, but. few can hope to attain. His
loss Must therefore be not less regretted as a States-
man than it will be by a wide 'circle of friends, as a
character in private life eminently endowed with
social virtues and rare and splendid acqpirernents.---
GEORGE MACARTNEY Earl;. Viscount, and Baron
Macartney, was created a Baron, July 10, 1776, a
Viscount, August 8, 1793, and Earl, March 5,
1794, of the Kingdom of Ireland ; and a Barbn of
Great Britain,-May.2B, 1796, by the title of Baron
Macartney, of-Parkhurst,.in Surrey, and: of Auchin-
lech, in the Stewartry. of Kirkcudbright, ,and was a
Knight of the Bath. His 'Lordship married in 1768,
JANE, Daughter of the late Earl ofßutE, but has no
issue. The. title is therefore extbiEt.

. .The Diligliice Sloop of War on Friday sent into
Boulogne Roads a Boat, with the Gunner, Purser,
aild twelve men, to endeavour to cut something
ult J. but they were discovered by the Frenchmen
on ghore, and taken and carried into Boulogne, It
is probable that the Boat has lost several of her Crew,
as she sustained a heavy fire.
The Astrea Frigate arrived at Cork on the 22d ult.
from Cuxhaven, with 35 Sail of Transports having
on board the German Legion. -
It is remarkable, that upwards of 100 of the Crew
of His MajestFs Ship Northumberland were raised at
Greenock.

Some American Papers of • the' 12th 'of February
state,, that the Committee 'on that part of the Pre-
sident's Message relating this Country, have pro-
posed ' several-- Resolutions ; • in which-Ist, The'
President is required to insist upon the restoration of
the American property captured and condertmed ;
and, 2dly, The expediency of the non-importation
,of BritiSh goods is urged. A motion for putting an
end to the intercourse with thWConntry has been
made by one of the Members.—An article from
NeW York, of the loth of February, says, "
subje& of the non-importation of British goods has
been deferred in, the Lower -HouSe of CoDgress
for a fe',w days; irl the mean time the SeCretary
of the Treasury is to lay before the House an ac-
count of Exports and Itni)Orts to and from Great
Britain." •

• Private letters from Dusseldorf say, that. two
French Commissaries have arrived in that City, and
announced to the Authorities, that a body of French
Troops will, cross the Rhine near that City, and
pass through it. 'lt is believed thAt these Troops are
destined fur Holland. •

. The Corps of MARIA TitEßEsa, newly raised at
Vienna, is to be augmented by six Companies of
Grenadiers. The Archduke CHAELEb is extremely
aaive in every thing that can ameliorate the condi-
tioit of the Austrian Army.

The late attempts to assassinate BONAPARTE,
though they miscarried; cannot but fill him with
alarm, lest the next ball aimed at him may be more
successful. Such is the condition of an Usurper--
amidst all his triumphs he cannot but apprehend
that every moment his career may be at an 'end.
Bi 4 the terror of such an event is not confined to
the Usurper himself ; it must operate with equal
force in the minds.of those whom he may employ
as the instruments of-his ambition, venality, and op-
pression over other States, whose rightful Govern-
ments he may abolish.
The Opera of Richard Cana dr: Lion, after having
been -banished from the French Stage for sixteen
years, was lately revived at the Theatre de L' Opp-a
Comique at .Paris.--The interest whiCh this Piece
excited after so long an' interval, and such a succes-
sion of dreadful events,, was very great. It is, how-
ever, rather surprizing that the French Ma ages
should have ventured to bring forward this Piece, as
the imprisonment of the Hero was, during the con-
finement of Louis SEIZE, COMlcaed in popular
sympathy with the fate of that unfortunate Mo-
narch, and was'consequently calculated to. awaken a
melancholy sense of the, oppression and disgrace
which have been hi-Ought on France be a detestable
and tyrannous usurpation.
Thursday last arrived at Dumbarton Castle the
74th' Regiment of Foot, from India, Where they had
been for many years, and whose uncommonly good
chargter and behaviOur Merited and obtained the
Commander.in Chief 's'Thanks,pretlions to their dn.;
parture for this Country.
The Duke.of NORFOLK, as Chairman at the An-
niversary Dinner of the Society for the Promotion of
Arts, &c. on Wednesday, last, propoSed, as a Toast,
the health of the Marquis of RAFFORD, and alert-ea
of the liberal and enlightened Patrons of the BRITISH
INSTITUTION, which is so likely to produee.an Eng-
fish School of Painting,, that will raise the honour
of t11:i country to an equality with that of any
other,' at any period, in the province of taste and
the fine Arts.

, -
A man al custody 61 two, constables, who were
condu6ting him, some evenings since, to Herefbrd,
from near FON)Vnhops, 'suddenly disengaged.liimself
from then in. the neighbourhood of Morditbrd, and
plunged into tht: 'river, wishing them a.goOd night :
but is suppo,s4to' have been drowned, not 'haV,ing
beea,sluce heard at.