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

LOCAL MILITIA.

, .
Lord Ciisrt.canitou moved the Order of the Day,
for going into a Committee on this Bill. He stated
that it. was not his
.intention. to discuss it 'in this
stage, but to go into the Committee pro Arma, and
till up, the blanks. He found- it would be 'convenient
to have separate Bills for England and. Scotland, and
be would. therefore move, ',that it,shouldhe an in-
struetion to tho Coniniittee- to divide the Bill into
two.. . . . .

'The House then went intO.the COrnrnit,e aiul
Mi.Wit.iwroN brought up the separate 13i11s; which*
,were.ortlefed to be taken into further consideralion
t;ti this play sesnnight.

DARDANELLES.
Ur. W. TAYLOR postponed his motion mlating to
the Expedition to the Dardaneflet.,lrom to:morrow,
until'ttiat day se'liniglit.

MAILS. -
Dos-2 GOttenblifgh, z Dublin, 3 Waterford.

PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAY A.T TWILYIL O'4LOCK.
Consols'

LONDON,
THURSDAY, MAY' 5, 1808.

A Letter was received yesterday by a Gentleman
of the first respeaability,cfrom Heligoland; which'
states, that
,accounts .had, reached that Island from
Paris of -au aetion having taken place. in the Medi-,.
terranean; between 'the British and French Fleets;
in which the latter were so completely defeated;
that not a single Ship, escaped. It would afford
the most .sincere satisfaaion to be able to confirm
.this Intelligence,,but wo fear it is unfounded. -The'
last accounts froin- Paris stated; that the Roche-
tort and Toulon Squadrons lied returned
Toulon, ands this circumstance is mentioned from
so' many quarters, 'that we have little doubt of
the fad. Our. Readers will find in the Haniburgh'
Papers Letters. from Venice and Naples, which.
give rather a vague account of the operations
of the Combined Squadrons.' But the -fad, ‘'‘,
have •no will turn out to, be, that the.
united Squadrons did go into the Adriatic certainiT
for some more important purpose than that of rais-.
ing the blockade of Corfu ; but, receiving intelli-
gence-that the British Fleet was in pursuit of*„ them,
they thought it must prudent to make the best of
their war back to Toulon.

Accouwrs were yesterd received from. Bayonne,
which, if trice, mast remove all doubt as to the in-
tentions of BuoNA tewards..iltpericai,
state that the French Ruler issued a Decree -at
Bayonne, on the sth-ult. ordering the Seizure and
Condemnation of all Anierican Vessels. This state-
ment does not appear .by atiy means improbable,
though. We cannot vouch tier the truth of it. •

' SOME further„extradts from t Hamburgh Papers
which arrived yesterday, wiil be found h a subse-
quettt Colitnin. The Rnifsian accounts of tie pro•-
-gress of, their arm.sin.Finldnd, are in direct opPOSI-

tion to thme which have reached us from Sweden.

The Letters from SL Petersburgh state, that the
whole of Finland, with the.exception oflhe fortress
of Sweaburgh, had been conquered by the Russian
arms; and the Expenott of Rus eta published a
Proclamation, dated the 16th of March, in Which;
after reciting some frivolous grounds of complaint
against Sweden, he informs. all the European

Pciwern, that. from this moczent he consider 4 the
former Swedish Finland, which his Troops have not
been able to subdue bUt 'in consequence of several
a&ions, as 14 province conquered by his arms, Which. he'
incorporates for ever with his Empire..'! _Ther6 is how-
ever verystrong reason to believe til3t hiSlMperial 'Ma-
jesty has been much too precipitate on this occasion :
he ought certainly to' have been quite sure that his
troops had conquered' Finland, before heproceeded
to annex it for-ever to his dominions. The accounts

which we have received from. Sweden are of a much
later date than 'those from St. Patersburgh, andthoy
itate'poSitively that the Russians had retreated with
considerable rapidity.
The Emperor ALEXANDER appears to become
every.,day more and mote the instrument of 800-
Lomas., He has recently published Ukases, by
which every Vessel entering a Russian Porte is made
liable to confiscation it in the course-of its voyage
it shall have tonebed at a Britiali Port, or have been
.e'AMined by any'Britisli CrUizer..

Me accounts from Denmark are of a curious and

interesting nature : BOONAPARTE. has, it appears,
a-lFeady begun to`manifest some symptoms•of displea.!
sway against his zeilotis Ally. the KIN G'of DEI4SIIRS.
General BERNADOTTR has had frequent conferences
with his Danish Majesty, in which he complained
very bitterly that the Danish Military Force was not

only not in a condition to uniertake the Inrasioa
of Sweden, but that it was-net even in estate to de-
fends Zealand from the English and Swedes; and
indeed so convinced was General BERNADO;rT:IS Uf
this fia,that he made (as we stated sonye tittle age)
a most Precipitate retreat fr,mi Zeilath!, upan the
first appearence of e British Force. That General,
it leititicr, lately reptesented in the 'strongest
terms to BUONtiARTS the impiaaicability of
in-
vading Sweden from 'Zealand) but his Corsi'
can Master replied, that he desired to have ne
more disPatehes from him upon butt subjea,
unlese they were dated from Stockholm. The 4'
King of Penmark has already received a specimen
of the.treatment he is to' exped from his Imperial'
Ally. • the Spanish troops which were 'lately qua
tered in ,Hantauegh, received orders to march in
Altona, and quarter themselves there. order,
it appears, was given 'without any previoue notifica..
tion to the. Danish Government, for. the Cota-
'maudant at Altona detlared that he, had received no
direaions upon the aubjea. Jibe. Spanish troopgi
hoWevet, entered Altotia by force, and billetted
themselves upon' the inhabitants.,
The writers in the Continental Papers Fa conti-
nue to amuse thernselees upon the slibiea of the
united French and Russian. F.:iPeditinn to Lei*.
General NlAamoter, it is said, jeto I.e Commander-
in-Chief.
The Letters from rtaly contain the ietelligence
which we have for seme timecxpeaecj. • The tem-
poral power of. the Pope is at an end.' The State.;
tot* the' Church are occupied by French Troops, and
the Wench General Ale:mete, who commands se
,
y, p Rome has lately, published a 'Proclamation or
"
dress toctla-.Pkipal,Tioops, irr which he tells. them,
.that BUpICAPARTE is highly satisfied with their co-
.
dui,; an d thhat in future they shall, not receive orders,
from. Pxiests. or. Inonen. . •

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.• YgsTEßDA*:.the Traitsports with the trnops
board got wider weigh frotit-iiirswicli, but this wind_
becooattfg fiol-,thtty-'‘yere obliged to brink up agairk
cvnea-al FR A ba red yesierday evening tit'tbat:
port on board the Ranger, with the iutention ofitt4.*
lug the'inotrthot the wind 'permitted.

Yesterdayat. twelve o'clock, their 111AsEsris4
'PrinCeSSeS AtIGI/STA, ELIZABETH, MARY, and 60*-
PHIA, arrived in their tr,“ ellngcatriage. from Wind',
sor, at She Queen's-Palace, where'they'were
e 4 by the ROYAL P.,CFES: At one o'clock Wl', M 4",
Jasrt and the PEINCESSES went in the Duke .0
COMEERLAND'S carriage to the apartriaents 'of Lady
C% FINCH, in St. Jaraes's Purace, 'and honoured her
Ladyship with a morning visit ; they were followed,
soon after by the Dukes of Yonft,' enmsEpLANP,
811 d CA MaitLDUE. , A tlO klit4u
some chiinney-sveepers, full diessed.in .their May'
day holiday ornaments, accompanied by a drum, &C.
am/dancing merrily, to the beat of it, their brushes
and shovels, appeared opposite the windows of bet.
L.Nlysltip, which look into Pall-mull. The novelty
• of their uppearancoand noiae attracted the attentioa
of .her MAJESTY and -the ROYAL FAMILY : at the
.conclusion of theirAance the Duke of Ca•maiii992
threw • tlierra a.guigea, the, sight di, which bread/
elated the little plotessors or• - the- brush,- Soon
after three o'clock the ROYAL FAMILY" left her
jadyshipla Puk; and the fineness al the Weather
,aNluced theta) to walk to York ficiuse) to dine with
' the Itilte and' Duchess of Yong. -Herllit"l
took the.DUke of YOltlt.' arm ; gf
Royal giglincis
-walked with his hat in his band. They were to;low'
ed by the MiticeSses AUGUSTA and MattY, leJniog
upon the -Dttke,of CAMERIDGE's arm the Princ,,ss
ELIZAESTIS Upon the Duke of COMBERLAND*6
! The-Duke of Strpiax arrived on! horseback
Palace-yard just as'her MAJESTY and the.Patt4chlt
were leaving her Ladyship's ; his Royal Hig
jumped otf, and 'Concluded the Princess Sornags
Miss FINCH held her MAJESTY'S, train, an,
when they got to.',-York-kioutSe dinner *as servo
up. After the- Royal 'Party Walked in 11):-I
,tardeni behind the house, and the Duke: 01 ii °g"
let them oat of his: private door 'into the Great I
Park, where they walked for 'sbnie time. AP"Il
half pasi five o'Clock
(.le3• set of i on their. wtorll
•to Windsor. .• •
• •
Hts NIAJESTY at two o'clOck bele a-private Le':
vee at the. QuestilsiPaluce, whiCh was attended by '
The Arehbishopof ITork, thG Lord Chancellor, the Firis; I
1.0 !awe Treasury, the Lord President of tie: uuw~it,
Ira
Chinn:elicit of thF Lxo.lelliier, the Se4;rectry et State for
140,1,e Depart:twat, the iiiastl.(;-envro he Qrduana, Icy
Lord. Chauttsertain t 04.11 tVi,nnari old Scarborough i
Heatiitield and C, Sponcei; AittnivilS and sir ii•cir
Neale; Colonels Catitud and Liroivri Cis Moorsorn• Sir
S. Cotterell, and Mr. Foster.
ted
Tie following had the honour .olbeing pro"
to His MAJESTX.:'. "•: ' •
The Earl of Shannen, upon coming to andil. ar•
cotoitel Cadton, upon tits promotion, being
•
ders toe Ciinada, by the 'Earl of
The,Eart 6/ Scarborough, upon corning to his title; '
• AM Augustus Forster, ins Atajesty's secretary of 1.01;311" of
to the Potted States ul, America, on Aus return on 14:4" •
absence. • •
A, dlnlral BalercupOn his prOtnotiOn. fir
Lieut.-C*lM EirolvtrA.Aid-de,,catrip to the Coininat
in Chief,: 051111 U protrUitioii.
Capt. Moooi, i'llVdte Secretary to Lord Mulgrave, uiwa
Moor
his being appointed - Colonel the LOA! Marines.
His MAJSiTY held, a Privy. Coiancii, and ~at'e •
&netts to the Duke of Porri.mgb, the
nisters, earl -SHANNON; and Mr. ItYncit,
Athiocate,. who laid before Fps, AlmasTY. tut' 1)1'.

ceedingi o f several 'Courts Martiat.
Soon alter six. o'clock His idAJP.SfY set Oit on --hi.
ret9rn to Windsor.
Two EngligitLiclieslanded at Deal on INfoadsf -,
night from Holland. They gay the Ei,,b3ro., fail

been taken off-the Dutch Krts.
Itlpta HOUSE.—Yederday a Coti:t Of 1) :1•;''::,g
was held, wiieti-.the` todowing Common
leave previous to departing for their iesp, ° I
nations, viz, nAt.
Monarch, Capt. Hawes, Madeira, afadris, and „
Lord Elston, %)%apt, j. W. Yawls, Aelitbire •
,