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

singularity or these accounts, we-are told that the
roads have been rendered, almost unpnsgable by a
thaw,which does not appear to have been preceded
by. afrost. Upon the whole, we congider the intel-
ligence brought by-these Papers as highly favourable,
because it is to be recolle&ed that, those statements
are given by the French themselves ; and if they had

any successes or advantages to boast of, we know
that they are not disposed to conceal them.
greater part of the French Army have crossed the
Vistula, and lave taken 'a position on the Bug and
the-Narew. It does not appear that the Allied
Army have changed their-position.

One of the Spanish papers, received by the Lis-
ton Mail which arrived on Saturday, states, that a
French Divison under ,Admiral ROSILLY, had reached
Cumand, on the Spanish Main. It is said to consist
of .5 Sail :of .the Line and a Frigate, and the names
of the vessels are mikritioned. We are however
enabled to state positively, that every one of the
Ships which ate said to have arrived at Cumana
were in Cadiz harbour on the 2 1 St. of last month.
The Nereide Frigate has carried into Madeira
a Spanish Corvette, laden with, arms, ammuni-
tion, and Officers (French and Spanish), bound to
the Caraccas.

_ DISPATCHES have been. received at the Admiralty
from Lord COLLINGIVd.OD, state, that be
had received ,Advices from _Sir SIDNBY Sturm,
mention that the Inhabitants' of Calabria had
again risen e/i masse; and that he entertained great-
hopes of the success of their exertions against the.
Fiench.

THE very high winds which pievailed ioon"after
the Expedition. under Gen. CRAUFpRI) sailed;: oc'
casioned some. uneasiness for Its safety. We are
happy. to have it in our power, to state, that on the
7th December it paased Madeira, all well. Theoh-
jea of. this Expedition is not course known, but
it seems to be the general opinion that it is destined
to attack the Mauritius and the' Isle of Bourbon; the
possession,. of which• have enabled the French to do
so much injury to our Indian Trade in the last and
in the present Wars. Privateers.of a very large size
have been fitted Out at those Islands, which, not-
withstanding the utmost vigilance of our Naval Of-
ficers in those Scas,7 have been but too successful in
their *redations. The capture of these Colonies
would therefore be of most essential service to this
Country, both in a Military and a Commercial
•
point Of view. Their capture would 'also be
most important on account of the immense pro-
perty which has been colle&ing in those Colonies
for some time, and which the .French have not had
an opportunity of bringing home. We are inclined
to believe that the Expedition has an ulterior objea,
and that 'is to attack
.Manilla, 'which was taken in
. .
1762 by Admiral CORKISEi and Sir W. DRAnnx.

THE Order in Council, respeEting the Trade of
Neutrals with the Enemy, appeared in the Gazette
of Saturday. We stated the substance of it accu-
rately-on Friday last.

Lord HOWICK'S observations on _the recall of Sir
H. Porn Ant and Sir D. BAIRD, and his' Lordship's
allusion to the Patriotic Fund,. continue to excite
the spleen of the Writers of Opposition. The case
was stated in THE SuN of the egth of December;
and it was represented that Lord-I-lowicK was
corn-
pelled, in hts own vindication, to-reply -to the ani-
madversions of Mr. CANNING, and to explain the
motives which induced him to advise the recall' of
those Officers. The reasons which influenced Mi-
nistem were then urged, and have since been 'so
much discussed, that they•ned not noW be 'repeated.
But as the jnstification of the CounUittee of
the Patriotic Fund• is' a daily pretence for the
condemnation of the conduce} of Ministers upon
this sUbje6f, the sophistly which is used may
claim some nonce. It is said that the Members of
the Committee " expressed their sentiments on
things as they appeared to theM and to the Coun
try—that they did not pronounce an opinion on the
whole case, but on so' much of it only as was known
—and that they did not decide. upon the PrOpriety oe•
Impropriety of Sir H. Porn Am's conduct in under-
taking the Expedition, but presumed; as they I A I a
right to 'presume, that the •Expedition was properly
undertaken." I f this argument be allowed to have any
weight, it must be fountlel on the supposition that the
candth of that alicer had not been previously ques-
tioned in this instance; that his recall tbr a deviation
from his•duty had not been rumoured ; :1,11(1 that, the
complaints, which have •: since been announcedr
were not then suspeaed, and much less subjeas of
:notoriety. The reverse is unfortunately the fail,
and a single circumstance will at once refute this
reasoning, and tend to elucidate and establish -a
ground on which disapprobation of. the Pairiotic
:Fund has been expressed. .The Gazette announcing
the capture of Buenos Ayres was published on the
evening of Saturday, 13th of September; the
Courier of Monday, the 15th, itaitnated some doubts

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