The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-12 00:00:00

C4,mrnment:in regard to the concTuaof the Officer;
crigaged i&1 the,Eitterprise, and 'on the following day
'th'eir.Jecall was notified in the'same Paper. With-
Otit referring to intimations at any,other tim in the
piibli Prints, it is notorious that a report :universally
prevailed that Sir H. PoruAm was recalled, and the
cause of hip recall was not. disguised. It' is •ma-
nifest, therefore, that the Members of the Com-
mittee, in voting a Reward to Sir ki...PorEA.,m;.have
prejudged his case, and are thus at issue with
Government on a question in which peculiar deli-
cacy was requisite, and in which delay at least was
an obvions-daty.. The principle on which the Patri-
otic Fund is established,-and the evident tenilency of
the Institution, attach a peculiar charader to. its deci-
sions, and to the rewards which it dispenses.

Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, Princesses AU-
GUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, attended by Ladies
MACCLESFIELD and WYNNE, rode to St. George's
Chapel, Windsor; where a Serrnon_was preached by
the Rev. Dr. MAESHAM, from the sth chapter of St.
John, 3gth verse.

The Budget will be opened before' the end .of
the present month. Last year's taxes proVed so
produdive, that the Minister is net expeEted to
move for a loan exceeding twelve cr fifteen millions:
If a Russian Subsidy be found necessary, it will pro-
bably in-crease the demand to three millions more,
for which the Capitalists of this opulent 'country
ate amply prepared.
Two, of, the Icing of PRUSSIA'S nephews (sons to
Prince WILLIAM) are dead. ,The Pritic..ss SoLms
lias been delivered of a dead child.
HYDE Pia.K.--This fashionable. Sunday ..Pronae-
nade was -yesterday, notwithstanding- the intense
coldness of the ptmosphere, very numerously attend-
ed by pedestri:in•`; and equestrians. The Ladies in
the walk were bat few, and Kensington Garden's,
from the Clamp, «ere almost wholly without:visitors.
• Letters from Guernsey say, that- the en-my is
making every exertion, at Havre and Cherbourg, and
all along that coast, to fit out Ships of War. A
Havre they have two Frigates of .the largest class
,and at Cherbourg a Ship of 'fifty guns, all ready for
sea, and full of men. At the litter port .they have
a 74 and a Frigate on the stocks,. 'in a very 'forward
state, These letters alsO add, that the drawing ctit
the -conscription hal; caused great commotions in
France. All the troops- froth the coast and interior
have been sent to the-armies. • - -

I 3 a lierlin Newspaper the following anecdote is
given
" On the(Hth of October', while the Emperor''
I'CAPOLEON had his head-quarters. at Auma, there
were two prisoners brought before him early in the
morning, who had been arrested as spies; It.Foon
became evident, however, that they .were very
honest when they were separately -examined,
and .their depositions compared. ' The one was the,
only son of a celebrated Scots Baronet, Sir Jontst
m ScLaili,who had studied at Gottingen, and having
been upon a visit at Gotha, was now travelling
through the midst of the PrtiSsian army to Leipsic.
His companion was a chaplain from Gotha. ' The
young Scotsman-had in his pocket-book a, plan of
study,. drawn up 'by his father, and soon manifested
his innocence. The Emperor had a conversation
with him junto his companion about 3 o'clock in the
morning, .and as soon as he had learned that the
Prussians as yet knew nothing of his being in their
neighbourhood, he turned round anti exclaimed,
" its se tremperant serieuseincnt, ces perruques :". (as
much as to say, " These, wise-acres have deceived
themselves most egregiously.") The young Gen-
tlemen were immediately dismissed in a friendly
manner, and provided with passports."

THE OPERA.—As CATALINI was suddenly taken
ill on Saturday last, the serious Opera of &infra-
inide was not performed, and printed bills were cir-
culated to:prevent the public from being disappoint-
ed. The Theatre; however, was a` ~well attended
aS if nothing new had occurred, for the truth is,
that fashion rather than taste is the great support
of, the'Opera-house. he new cdmie Opera was
substituted, but Madame PERINI was also too much
indisposed to be heard. This _sudden illness
~of
CATALINI was considered as a confirmation-of the
report that her husband had been taken into custody
as a person who had been too nearly connected with
poNAPARTE to be properly suffered to remain in this
country.—We do not, however, hear that there is
foundation for this story, ,
• ,
The Twelfth CAke the.wine that were ptir
loitied from the room 'in which they were deposited.
'at Covent Gard.nt Tlleatre, have at length been
covered. They s;verereinoVeld into a place in which
the Buss Viol is generally placed. But though
these delicions, refreshments have thus fortunately•
been recovered, the Musicians, it seems, have been
put quite,olit of trine, by the ridicule which the loss
excited, and instead of feasting in. concert, they all
went Off in afugue.,
'The
.so much talked-of trotting-match between
the Manchester mare; that won at Simbury a few
days ago, and another, called Phenomenon, takes
place this day, so far from the Metropolis-as Cam-
'bridge. They are to start on the road to Hunting
don, and go eight miles, and then return the same
distance. Many thousand pounds are pending on,
.this match.

Sattirday • a match of pigeon' shooting took place
between two sportsmen, of the names of Green and
Wilkinson,iva.meadow between Kilburn and Hen-
don, for -100-guineas, which should kill the greatest
number of pigeons at :5 shots. Mr. Green:missed
his second bird and his twelfth, and Mr. Wilkinson
his first and fifteenth. The competitors, conscious
of superiority, •waited the arrival of more birds, and
by mutual consent killed 25 pigeons, in shooting off
the ties. Mr. Green made the first missy after hav-
ing killed 1 1 birds successively, and lost the Match. .
A DANCE AND A BATTLE.—Capt.BETTESWORTH,
of the Crocodile Sloop of War, and hiS Officers,
were present at the splendid ball wirch was given
at the e-istle Inn, on Monday night, at Brighton.—
On retiring from the ball-room early in the morn-
ing, they went on board their vessel, which was at
anchor off that town. They had scarcely got on
board when they saw an Enemy's Privateer, which
they, pursued, attacked, and captured, in a very
'short time_