The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-29 00:00:00

•In doinryony duty 'at this great crisis, you have,
no impediment in your way. The late Cabine t
themselves have proved to you, .that for the tran-
quillity or safety of the State, their Catholic Mea-
sure was not, necessary, for they themselves , have
abandoned it.

'Tie. Catholics themselves have also declared it not
to be necessary : for at their last Meeting in alblin
they have .express;:, said, that it was a half measure,
which they never petitioned for, and that it had been
framed with a view to pacify some low insurgents. in
the West of Ireland, and not to answer their objetits
or views.

The Catholics' themselves have also consented for
the present to drop th6e Petition, which goes to de-
mand the repeal of all our Test Laws whatsoever.
In doing your duty upon this occasion, you will
have also little to regret if you entirely take away
from the late Ministry any prospe& of an early re-
turn to power for if we are to judge of them by
their measures and conduct, their continuance, in
power would give little encouragement to the hoin,s
of the Nation.

Did they, let us ask, shew any regard for the
Constitution, when, contrary to the principles of the
Ad of Settlement, which .was framed in order to
remove the Judges from ,being tinder any influence
of the Crown, they Made the Chief Justice of Eng-
land aCabinet Minister ?
Did they a& with any regard to public feeling
when they endeavoured to force the India Company,
to nominate 'Lord Lauderdale to be Grwernor-Gene-
ral of India ? and when upon the almost unanimous
rejection of him, they menaced that Company with
compulsory proceedings ?
Did they shew any regard for the loyal exertions
of th,e nation, when they lowered the charaBter of the
Volnnteers, curtailed their necessary allowances,
and stigtnati4ed their chara&er by degrading reflec-
tions

Have they shewn any wisdom or ability in their
modelling of the Levy en Masse, which 'is now so
formed as to be entirely incapable of being rendered
of service to the country, without producing more
danger than it .would avert?

Did they not evince a disposition to sacrifice the
feelings of the Navy to the spirit of party in the cap-
ture of the Cape of Good Hope ? This most im-
portant Settlement was re-conquered by, the gallan-
try of Sir David Baird, and the skilful conduct of Sir
Home ropharn, who originally suggested and plan-
ned the enterprise from the private information he
had fortunately obtained. Sir David Baird received
for his service a cold letter of common thanks and
acknowledgment, but Sir Home Pophain Avas treat•-
ed With the most marked contempt and indignity.

Does not such a' conduit as this to a Meritorious
Officer and a brave Squadron, who were resigning
their lives in his Majesty's service, and had been
crowned with success, deserve the reprobation of a
generous Nation ?
What are we to say with regard to the alteration
of the Military System, which is producing daily
embarrassments of a very serious kind, and which
is hourly increasing in expence? The mere Military
Pensions alone amounts at present to near 500,0001.
a year, and will increase to one million.
What are we to say as to their Negotiations for
Peace, which they carried on for nine months with-
out ever settling the basis on which the Treaty was
to commence; whilst they suffered all the exertions
Of the Nation to stagnate, and tamely "permitted .
Bonaparte to overthrow the Empire of Germany,
erect the Confederation of the "Rhine, and destroy
Prussia, without an effort on our side, or even a pre_
paration to make an effort ?
'Can you lament the loss of those Ministers who,
when every thing depends upon the resistance which
Europe can ,make against Bonaparte, have detached
13,000 of our best troops against Spanish AmeNca,
where their exertions, as far as the real objects of the
war pre concerned, are totally lost—lost in Expe-
ditions, which Lord Grenville himself stigmatised as
foolish, wild, and romantic !
- We know not yet the full extent of the proceed=
ings at the Dardanelles. It appears we 'have failed -;
and we can only say, that if the conditions imposed
by Sir J. Duckworth had been accompanied by a
force sufficient to command success, their imperious
severity could not have been justified in a Power
which appeared as a mediator; but, unaccompanied
by such a force, the harshness of the menace is lost
in its folly and presumption.
What have been the exertions of the late Ministers
for supporting our Allies in the North of Europe,
since the failure of the Negotiations ? Not a roan
has been sent to their assistance, not a transport pre-
pared to make a diversion, none of the supplies de-
manded by our Allies have been forwarded, and our
whole aid has been confined to the advance of eighty
thousand pounds to Prussia, a sum not equal to the
yearly emoluments enjoyed by the Grenvilles alone
when they were in office.
We say little of the abilities and condua of the
Ministers they have employed on foreign missions ;
but never did the interests of our merchatats Suffer
-so severely in any quarter of the world as they have
suffered in Russia, trona the miscondua of our diplO-
Macy.
The American Treaty is not yet before the Public;
the news of its failure is also, we believe, premature:
Happy Would it be for England were that failure to
•be the case, for if the provisions of that Treaty, as
detailed in the public Papers, are true, the ratifica-
tion of it will be the greatest blow that the Naviga-
tion of this Country could experience.
The Nation may feel pleased for a moment at the
Plan of Finance which prevents an addition of taxes
'at_ present; but they must be •sensible that, any plan
which is confined to the principle of borrowing on.
existing funds, must ultimately be ruinous ; as all:
'oney so raised, must be raised by Compound In-
terest; 'and when once the Funds are mortgaged the
Nation will be left Without resource.

After this short and rapid sketch of the measures
of the late Adthinistration, we see not why we
should wish their continuance, or regret their de-
parture.
Their successors cannot do less for the country,
and from their. ability- and habit of business, there is
every reason to believe they will do more. .Animated
by the coafidenee of the Sovereign, if they shall
-receive the support of the People, we may hope at
least • for greater wisdom in the National Plans,
greater success in our etiterprizes, - and we may rest