The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-19 00:00:00

FINANCE.

Mr. HOBHOUSE brought pp the Report of the
Committee of Finance. On the Motion for taking
it into consjderation,

Mr. STURGES BOURNE complained, that in
making such a considerable alteratiOn in the system
of Finance, the House -.vas called upon to decide
upon it within a few days after it had been pro-
posed, without having the proper documents, or the
,proper estimates of the war taxes. There was in-
deed an estimate of the war and permanent taxes—
hut there the produce of the war-taxes was-only..
taken at fourteen millions instead of twenty-one
millions. He conceded to the propriety of imposing
no new taxes for three years, but disapproved of
the extent to, which the Noble Lord's Plan was car-
ried, which brought us at last to an increasing Debt
and a diminishing Sinking Fund. He disapproved
of the alterations made with resped to the Sinking
Fund, and of the plan of pledging the war taxes,
many of which it would be desirable to repeal in
time of Peace. The Tea and Spirit Tax might be
continued, care being taken to prevent smuggling
but the Ship Tax ought to be repealed ; and the
Malt Tax ought certainly to be modified, even if the.
Property 'fax should be continued in it& stead. He
really hoped the Noble Lord would not persist in
carrying forward this'measure to-night, considering
the lateness of the hour. Many persons in the
House did not yet ,understand the Plan ; and as a
proof, he mentioned, that an Hon. Gentleman, at,
the clOse of the discussion the other night, had pro;
ceeded to calculations which had astonished both
sides of the House. He disclaimed all desire of un-
necessary delay, or any party motives for discussing
this question : but- a measure of this magnitude
ought not to be pressed forward without sufficient
time.being allowed to examine it, especially as there
was ro necessity for haste. , 'His Lordship had not.
to raise any new taxes, and no inconvenience

LOII.UOIO,
THURSDAY, FLBRUARY 'l9, 1807.

SIR HOME POPHAM arrived in town yesterday
morning, and, attended at the Admiralty about three
o'clock. Upon his retiring from the Secretary's Awn],
the Marshal of the Admiralty took him into custody,
and lie now remains upon his parole of honour, to
appear when called for, to answer the Charges ex-
hibited against him. Sir H. PoraAM having been
superseded, and daily expected in England; directions
had been sent to all the Sea-ports to order him under
arrest the moment he arrived.
-One of the Transports, with the,Pheasani Sloop;
which sailed with Capt. DONNELLY, in the Ardent,
had arrived at -Maldonado before Sir H. POPHAM
left that place, on the 21st December last.
The Troops were all well, and it -was expeeied
that the whole of the Convoy must have joined in a
"reek or ten days. There were at Maldonado 2000
Troops, of which 400 were well mounted.

It was intended to attack Monte Video .the mo-
Merit Capt. DONNELLY arrived, and great hopes
were entertained of the success of the Expedition.

No intelligence whatever reached .Town this
morning from the Continent. It • seems obvious,
from the 54th Bulletin, that hostilities have re-com-
menced in Poland, and that the Russians will not
suffer BONAPARTE to place his Army in winter
quarters: we may therefore soon expect to receive
some interesting news.

Wz fear that the reports in the French Papers,
respecting the declaration of war by the Porte against
Russia, have some foundation in fad. It is stated
in our Letter from Plymouth, that Admiral Lord
COLLINGWOOD has detached the Royal George, Vice
Admiral DUCKWORTH ; the Pompde, Rear Admiral
• Sir S. SMITH and the Thindsor Castle, Captain
•,
lloyLE, to reinforce the Squadron under the com-
mand of Real-Admiral Sir T. Louis, at present
cruizing off the Dardanelles, in consequence of the
-Noble Lord haviug received intelligence of the Porte
having declared war against Russia. The presence
of such a force near Constantinople, will, we trust,
have,the desired effect, and induce the Turkish Go-
vernment.to adopt a decided line of condu&.

His MAJESTY came to town yesterday, about
twelve o'clock, from Windsor, and held a private
Levee at the Queen's House soon after two o'clock,,
at which wire presented—

Ler2. Scafbrth, upon his return to England from the Co-
vernorslyp of liarbattoes.

'Llie.Rev. Dr. Hall, by Mr. Secretary Windham. upon his
being appointed to the King's Professorship of Divinity at
the University of Oxford.
_

Captain Aim., by Lord Ileathfield, upon his promotion in
the Firbt .Regimunr. of Litt' Guards.

The CHAN6ELLOR, Lords GRENVILLE, HOWICK,
and Sinmourn, had audiences of the KING ;' after
which His MAJESTY held a Privy Council.
At five o'clock HIS MAJESTY. set off for Windsor..
• By the Lisbon Mail we received the Madrid Ga-
zettes to the 30th ult. inclusive. His Catholic Ma-
jesty continues to heap fresh honours on the PRINCE
of PEACE. By a Royal Decree of the 18th olJa-
nuary; he is appointed Dean or President of the
Council of State. The principal motive to • this no-
mination is stated to be, that the PRINCE may have
a precedency, corresponding to his new dignity of
Admiral General, over every description of persons
below that of Infants of Spain. On the 19th, 'the
PRINCE, by way of gratitude,' no doubt, to the real"
author of his new dignities, the Corsican Usurper,
addressed a circular letter to the Governors of Pro-
vinces, enjoining the Etridest vigilance in the exa-
mination of the passports of Frenchmen arriving in'
their jtarisdi&ions with the view of avoiding the con-
scription. In future no Frenchman, between 19
and 25 years of age, will be allowed to enter Spain ;
and persons of that class already resident there, are
to be secured, and placed at the disposal of the
French Consuls in the reipetlive distritts.
INDIA Housu.,--Yesterday a Court t)f Direaors
was held, when the undermentioned Commanders
took leave of the Court previous to departing ,for
their respeaive destinations, viz.
Charlton, Capt. George Wood, for Isombay direl ; Sur-
rey,•_Capt. john A. Cuinberlege, tOr Madras and Bengal ;
Ce3lon, Capt. T. liudson, for ditto; Walpole, Capt. 1.•
Sandilands, for ditto; Lord I iawke.ibury, Capt. S. Smith,
and the Airly Castle, W. Burger, tot St. liekna and Bengal,

TAL 1 ti

VLYMOUTI.I, PE/3. 17.—Privhti; Letters have been .
te'ceiv.ed. here' from Lord COL/A sGwoop's Fleet,
stating, that the Parapet', of $0 guns, Sir SIDNbY
SM,IIII, with Admiral Sir J. T. DucKv.-o;:l•tt, in the
Royal George, of i to guns, and Vindor Castle, of

JS guns, Capt. BoYLE, had ititiled for. the Darda.

ttellts to • join the Squadron ttuaer Rear-Admiral
LotitS. This movement IS .said to have been ocea,-
sioned by a Misunderstanding between Russia and
the POrte.

Sailed His Majesty's Ship Princest Royal; of g 8
guns, Capt. REYNOLDS, for Portsmouth or Chatham,
where it is said she will be paid off and laid lip.
Sailed the American Ship Golden Age, NYE, for;
Copenhagen ; the American Ship Renrietta, NI-,
cnom.s; for Tdmiingen ; and His Majesty's Ship
Indefatigable, of 44 guns, for Portsmouth.
Arrived the dTrovestein Danish Ship, JACOBSON,
Master, from Alicint, detained and sent into this
Port by the John Bull Privateer.

Arrived the Testimony's Rezvard,CauTnANs, from
Sunderland, laden with coals ; in going into I-la-
nioaze she struck on the eastern rocks of St. Ni-
tholas's Island, but was got off on the tide flowing,
without much darriage.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Arrived ,His Majesty's
Ship Brisk, 18 guns, Capt. CoODE, from Plymouth,
to take Convoy for Cork ; the Alpha and Entre-
prenante Cutter from a Cruise; the Maria and
Elizabeth Tenders from Plymouth for Belfast; the
Swedish Brig Orpheus, HARBETT, from Plymouth,
to wait Convoy for Lisbon; the Aurora JONES, from
London for Milford; the' George and Ann, LORE-
RING, from London for Whitehaven ; Portuguese
Brig Paramitta, JOAQUIN; Arbora, from Plymouth
for Lisbon ; the Efe, STEEL, from Plymouth for
Swansea, and Sisters, DAvls, from Wales ; also an
American Ship captured the 30th ult. by a Spanish
Privateer, off Rochefort, and re-captured the 10th
inst. by His Majesty's Lugger Nile, Lieut. NICHOL-
SON ; the Vessels advised as .having sailed yester-

day, put back again this day.
The wind has blown for the whole of the day from
the Southward and Westward, and this evening it
has shifted and blown fresh from the Northward.

The outward-bound Vessels are expeaed to sail
in the morning.

DEAL, FEB. 18.—Early this morning a most tre-
mendous gale of wind suddenly arose from the
lorthward, which did considerable damage to the
shipping in the Downs; (be East Indiamen, and
about fifty Sail of out ward,hound Vessels, &c. slipt.
their cables, and to the Westward ; nine Ves-
sels remain is the Downs dismasted ; a Brig ran on
shore near I,l:,,i:sdown, and went to pieces—all hands
perished. Ttle following Vessels are on ,shore be-
tween Deal Beach and the -South Foreland, viz.
the Griffin, DUNCAN, Magnet, JOhNsoN, Iris,
Baddingtons, SEAL, and St. Vincent,
JoulvsoN, for the West Indies; Alexander, Foas-
TER, for Virginia ; Affrow Catharina, from Lon-
don, for Charante ; Betsey, of Falmouth, a Trans-
port ; the George, BENNETT, Christiana, Provi-
dence, Stolle, and several other Vessels, names
unknown.

Cowns, Fes. ts.—Sailed the Danish Brig Specu-
lation, JANSEN', for Norway.
The Portuguese Brig La Jeira, GARRITZ, lying in
our Road, parted from her cables last night, in an
extremely hard gale.. of wind from the northward,
and is ashore, very much damaged.
An• Embarkation of nearly 1000 men has just
taken place here, and the Transports are sailed to
Spithead to join Convoy fer the Mediterranean.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Arrived Majesty's
Ship Crocodile from Guernsey.

THE ORATOuto.—The grand and impressive com-
position of Thejlessiali Was .the attraction last night
at Covent Garden. Theatre. To this great work of
HANnEL, . sublime in itself, the additiOnal ac-
companyments of the famous MOZART were intro-•
duced, and they are • so- well contrived as to assist
the main effeta. The Theatre was well attended, a
circumstance naturally to be expeded, as the Ora-
torios are brought forward in so able a manner. •
ANCIENT MurslC.-;•-,The third performance for the
season, at the Hanover-square ilooms, last night,
was under the direelion 'Of the Earl of DARNLEY.
The venerable stores of HANDEL furnished the chief
part of the Sele6lion. The Overture to Ariadne led
on the first Acct. litnong the most admired vocal
exertions of the night was an Italian quintetto,which
Was well supported by litatrasoN, BARTLEMAN,
W. KNYVETT, Goss, and Mr. VAUGHA N. " Let.
me wander not unseen" • was given with interesting
expression by Mrs. MOUNTAIN. 1--kititiSoN olis-
tinguished himself in DR YDEN's celebrated Ode on
.St, Cecilia. CARTER's beantiful Air of " Oh, Nan-
ny, wilt thou gang with ?" which is admirably
harmonized by HARRLSON, went off very well.
How far the introduction of such Pieces consist with
a Concert of Ancient Music may be doubted. The.
room had a large assemblage of the fashionable
world.

It is said that Madame CATALANI'S. engagement
at the Opera-House was only' with the late Mr. I
GooLD, and that his death releitsed her from an ob-
ligation to sing. only at that Theatre. She has,
Ihereforc,,according to report, engaged herself atl
figteen Concerts, at the race of two hundrerd guineas
each ; a circumstance which mu,t, of course, be in-
jurious to the Opera-House, as the novelty will the
Sooner Wr.:l7*