The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-20 00:00:00

RESIGNATMN OF Tut. DUKE OF YORK.

Royal .Highness the Duke of You waited
upon his IVIAJasTv. on Saturday last, and tendered
lii,l/2reiq,,,ation of the office of commander in Chief.
Our te:tders will reaolled .that on Wednesday last
we announced such to behis Royal Highnes4's in,
tontinn,. Having obtained so complete an acquittal
of all corrupt motives, from the House of COm-
nrons, we conceive that this submission to what
appeared to be the public sentiment, will raise the
cha►ailer of his Royal Highness very high in gene-
ral Opinion:. That he had 'no participation or con-
nivanco in the base practices of the 'artful woman
and her confederates, even his bitterest opponents
have acknowledged, and all people of liberal feel-
ing,: have now only to regret that he should in the
stiOlest degree have fallen under the influence of
0' such an unfortunate connexion.

The substance of Royal Highness's Letter to
IVIAIIISTY) rind his MAJEsrx's Answer accept -
iog the' tender of resignation, will be stated "to
the House of Commons this evening by the CNA N
C I of the 'Excu EGLI ER, and we understand that
a Motion will be made, either by Lord AI:MU/11PB
ITBIt EA D, to-night, that in consequence of
the Duke's resignation, all further proceedings upon
the subject are unnecessary. Sir DAVID DUNDAS
hiss nor, as it has been reported, been nominated to
eutceed his Royal Highnesss, but we have no doubt
that that appointment will take place.

It is witlr much concern .we state, that dispatches
front the Baltic, received this day, announce move-,
raents in fSweden' which strongly menace,' a fe.
vohn kin in that Country. The Province of. Warm:.
land has been the chief scene of these revolutionary
viva tires, and Many thous.inds of the people of that,
rroy)nce wilre on their march from Carlstod to Stock•
fot' the pqrpose of forcing their Monarch to
convene a Diet. A Manifesto had been circulated,
vevvi'ely rain nitig the' War, the bur-thens On the
iyoplft, z4.,ze. and demanding an entire ehango of fiys-
tc,.). It i 7 thence probable that French art; have
f(,:lod way where French arms have hitherto been
FenCti:ate.

"I",,stei.‘l3T morning IToi MAJ STY, Princesses Au-
v.,l fin PA lA, and AM BM j accompanied by Lord
-11).:1,1V.t.,r), Lady 41,1311t.1 COMBERLANI), ald
Vazt:l)v„ rode to Stint. Peorge's chapel,
;H; it,-;irel a serniOti preaehi;..d by the Rev.. Mr. Nott-7:
and afterwards returned to the palace.
The Nile Cutter,. w two Messengers, him act sail'
f)r Lisbon. She carries out institt4iiims for bringing
the British and Portuguese Shipping iu the
It ,o,oin-& of Portugal, in the
.-i:xpeelatiOn of the
tflvagion of that country by thieneliv..

The boats of the drahu,ia and Resistance 'have
milit cut 'out of St. Sebastian's five French yes-
One of them, a Lugger, is arrived at Fat.

mouth.
i
A Ong, of War has been ordered to Liverpool, to
tiorn thence, under convoy, to St. Petersburg!),
Vessels laden with salt. 'This circuminanee, in
d. L,ree, strengthens the report of the approaching
recoil Nation het wee n this Country and Russia, as
it eat, not otherwise be supposed Government would
sanMion a measure of such important benefit to
Au,gia, unless SOITie corresponding benefit was likely
to he obtained by it.

Navy Board has entered into extensive con-
irVis fur ship timber, to be brought from Nova
Scotia. It is slid, that between five and six hundred
ships have sailed, or are about, p proceed, to Ha
fax and Canada, for timber af, various- descriptions,
ant of which 250 are on account of Governinnit
and that one house has engaged to funisii ten mil-
lion:. of feet of three and four inch plank.