The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-18 00:00:00

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A Morning Paper , has attempted once, more to
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revive the claim of the late Ministers to Ecqncye.
.tWe had thonght that this impudent pretensioA 4ad
been exploded.

The instance now produced isilie• Second Report
of the Finance Committee', relative to the iii-1
nagement of the Public •Debt (not. the lievenues,
as is ignorantly' stated), and the profits which
the Bank derives from the custody of the Ful37
lic kloney, - The. COmmittee • recommend, that in
consideration of these advantages, the Bank should
.
render further assistance to. the Public. In this re-
commendation, they' follow the example of Mr.
PITT, who 'upon the 'sarne..eptisiderations redutede
the allOWance for management m t 7sb,
,obtain'ed a
Loan of 560,0N1.Without inteitst (we:believe)
790,—and another Loan Of
.3,oetti3Otitiliiii 1.8°04'4,

.Themerit
.claimed by the4ate-Ministers, f9r.supe-
riOr. attention mit:economy, in,Opoiritiizg the Finei>lito
Committie,isa-rtiortirthe mostilaring of their presunip-.
tions. During Mr. Pirr's Administration, besides the
Commission for examining the Public Accounts,
which he found in existence,' two several Com-
mittees were *appointed for the parpose.t
gation.. The Onein T7_B6, under an' Aet of Parlia-
ment, which 'Consisted of -Sir JOHN D CK,, Mr.
MOLLESON, and the .present Sir FRANCIS BAnI G;.
the other a Committee of the House of Commons
appointed in 1797, of which the present SPEAKER
was Chairman:

When Mr. 13111DULPH in the beginnin'g of the
rcar moved tor the appointing a Committee of Re-
trenchMent;io anxious were the late Ministers loin/-
low the 'steps of Mr. thatiford H. PETTY took
the Motion out of Mr. 131DrA/I:PH's handi in order
to „frame it in terms corresponding exat:ily with ;Shat
adopted by Mr. PITT in 1797. Is it possible to coo-
ceiye barefaced-absurdity, .than those
Mini-
Ster: now taking credit to 'themselves fora spirit:of.
Economy'Snperior to.that of the man whose example,.
in their I.."6o'rionlical measure;, they 'professed .
plicitly, to follow. •

In.cither.respeds, the present claim of merle is'
rodnded,.as has always been.tlie'case, not on W at
the late Ministers D 11), but upon what they .wetriai.
Lave done. We shall be very Moe!' obliged to the
Morning chronicle -if ;they .will let us aiittie more
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into particulars ;—their general • vapouring asser-
tioni, 'they may rely upon it) have long ceased to
kie'ceive the Public.
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...Yesterday a meeting of American Merchants ;was
he15,4;t0 consult ou the incakires td be taken
,by.' the
Ordaera- critical state of the ttade between Great Bri-
tain and America. Nothing deeisive'was resolved;
litid the, meeting adjourned till this day. se'nnight.
It isjiaici that the Court of Direetors of the East,
India totnpaity have ordered the Gevertintent of
Bengal to provide a large quantity of flfrnil, tur
tlansuniption' of Great Britain, and 'hatie direted‘t'ic
df the*.tUltivaticiA of that articleiti
..Another Russian Ukase has been' received,.-At •
ielates Merely to,,the Militia which was establistied
ita ihe absence of the regular force last %var. -The
N•viiole of the corOs of this.description are discnissedw
but With an invitation to the individuals Conniosiugn
them to enlitt in' the regular army. .
SIR ARTHUR, PAGET.-- A 'Morning .Paper .con-
iiini a long article on the subje& of this.Gentlematt,
and his tols4idn 16 Constantinople. 'We can,
exr:res'sion in -thi:i article *hid) is not either a
or .ttousensa.. The latter i 3 not. worth noticing; the.
forMeif we hope and ,trust will be mpre,effeetbally
noticed elsewhere,

The King .of Swine' has given the most pTtitive:
assurances to the British. Oovernment of his intep-
- tion to oppose all inroads on hiS dorninions, eit,t4er
by Rtisiia, Denmark, or liance., The spirited
young 'Monarch, is upheld in his determination by
the voice of his people, who have advised, that.
fah* than surrender their navy to the.. purposes
proposed, it should be burnt in their harbours.—
Nothing can afford facility to the. projeCts of-the
erteinieS of Sweden but vseiere winter, and even in
that case a most determined resistance will be op;i.
kaidto the t'Airui,

Mr. litraks was attacked with all the bitterness
ofJaCtibinical. malevolence upon a false charge .of
having called the people '.4 Me Swinish Multi.,
tulle" when he only • spoke of, the lowest of the
mob as .." Swinish Multitude." But what-
must be. thought of BuomArwra's treatment of
th'e people of the variops States whom he has
deprived of their former PrinceS:, ata upon whom
he has imposed his own relations; or his servile
minions, without .deigning to, pay the least re-
gard to the national will. in the instance of 1-lotpi
und in partieular, he obliged those who have always
110 a rooted devotieri.to llePublicanisro tO,submit:to-
-44' MonarchiCal Government. , Now, it seems, • they
Are to lose their present Icing, because, forsooth
the eliMete does not . agree with. Ns. delicate nervesil
and they are to have another with a more robust
constitution, but who is probably chosen .beeause he
)yill more resautely enforce .the orders from France.:
mode of treating. the, people ,of the several
States.whieli fall into the power of franca;
.shows
hat Buo NA PAR T 6 indeed considers. the 'people of
every country- as
.a mere Swiniih Multitude,"
;'ho are to be driven about at his pleasure. For us
lie has‘dotibtless prepared_ a, form of' Government;
tp which the worst tyranny which be has itt
lbaed On any Continental State would be comr
parative 'freedom ;-yet we have
.restless spirip,at
I_;.orne Iltbotiring by their attempts to spread general'
Ilnicontent, and thereby. give ardour and hope to. the
designi of ;our inveterate foe._