The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-24 00:00:00

L 0 ND 0 IV,

WEDNESDAY,. JUNE 24, 1807.

LETTERS have been received from Holland of as.
late a date as the 20th, which
_mention the depar-
ture of. King Louis, but they are silent upon the
subje& of his Abdication. The following remark.;
able passage is in one of the Letters to which we
allude Since the departure of His Majesty,
commercial affairs have assumed an.extraerdinark
appearance. Four Vessels haVe been seized Under
the. Blockading Decree, bec;ause came: from an
*English Port." It is obvious frnm this Paragraph,.
that the disposition of Louts to• encourage the trade
of Holland was the chlefcanse ofBUNAPATE's
pleasure against him.. His. departure appears,to have
been the signal for the rigid execution of those D-
ecrees against all commercial` intercourse with 'this
Couuiry which B6.;sTAPARTE issued in his fury, and
which are calculated to destroy the small remains,of
_ the Commerce of-Holland.

THE strenuous and- systematic attempts of the
Opposition .to raise a formidable body for- the .pur:-.
pose of obstructing the measures of the present
Administration,. whatever those; measures may Prove,
must raise the inctgrtation 'of all reflecting Men, all
friends to good order and,. their country. The
proceedings of, the present, Opposition indeed, in
that respect, exceed every thing on record, and we
trust will only lend to defeat their own ends, since
it must be obvious that a. desire of power, and not
a regard for the national interest, is the motive of
aion. ,Proceedings of the same nature, though
not pursued with equal Violence, and equal dis-
regard of • decorum, it is well known induced
Mr. .BURKE to relinquish • his conneaion with
Mr. Fox—a connection that, as he hit*elf stated,
he relinquished with great reluctance, but which
nothing
,could induce hini `to renew. What Mr.
RURKE.Said on that occasion,-in -his memorable letter
to the Duke of PdaTLA•Nn,;contaiuing fifty-four
articles of impeachment against Mr. Fox, is-very ap-
plicable at the present moment ; with this difference,.
that the present Opposition 'are more more
deterrnined, and more • con.fident in
.avowing their
intentions to obstru6t the operations of Government,
than they were at the period alluded to. " I can-
not,", says. Mr. 13.1.1RKE, " conceive •it a matter. of
honour or duty (but the dire& contrary) .in any
Member of Parliament,- to continue a systetinOc
Opposition, for the purpoSe of putting Goverrnent,
Under difficulties, until Mr:' Fpx. (with all his pre-
sent ideas) ' shall have the principal direaion of af-
fairs placed in his Ilan& ; and until the pre,sent,
.body of Administration. (with their ideas andmea
sures): is of course overturned .and diSsolved." ',lt- is
proper -to remind those Members of 'Parliament who'
have entered into . this shatneful concert for a prey
determined opposition , to all , the. measures of that
Ministry which His Majesty ha 4 thought pro-
,per to appoint, instead 'of th6se who attempt-
ed to ensnare him into. a breach of his Corona-
tion Oath, that they are the Ilepre.entatives of
various :classes of. the people, and they-shoukt-ask
thernServes -whether they are complying with the
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wishes of their Constituents ,in entering into
party .obligitions as' may only. tend-, to prolong he=
burthens of War, by exciting division, ~
at hona.:6.•
Whatever a party, stung withresentment, and burn,
ing with anxiety to regain. nosse.ssion' of power, may
imagine, the peopleat large have too rnuch goed sense,.
too much liberality, and.too much loyalty, to approve
of such unprincipled proceeclir:gs,- and therefot:e those
Members of a predetermined, prejndging.,opposition
are absolutely disregarding the obvious sentiments. of
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their Constituents, in binding -themselves- by such a
disgracefal compaa. , But while we confidently rely
on the present Ministry- far a vigilant.. attention to
the awful duties of their situation, wearnesty hope
that their zeal to counteraa the' arts of their
oppOnents will' be proportionable to the aaivity
that will be direited against them, and that they
will be as firm in 'a good cause as their enemies are
y.
in a bad one. By such firmness they will; itahitain:
the honour 'of their Country abroad, .and-preserve. it
from the malevolerice-of faction at home,: till it sh ill•
please the Supreme. •Dizposer of • Ewrits -to. ik,sci'6
Europe front its present lamentable stateol
thraldom, and lamentable insecurity. •

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THOMAS BALLIE, the: Irish rebel, after
risonmeAt of nineteen months in the Temple. at

•Parig; has recently -.been' escorted by the Gen
d'Armo.s, -.who never lost sight Ofliim Until he was
shipped, to Bourdeaux,•for America ;„and very many
of his countrymen of the same description have
lately taken the same voyage.

THE observation of DEAN SWIFT, that you-May'
always know a man of abilities by the 'number of
blockheads who abuse him, is particularly applica-
ble at the'present moment. Mr. SiITRGES BOURNE,
who is so grossly attacked every, day 'in the Opposi-
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tion Prints, , has, therefore, reason to be Proud that
,he is seleaed for such persevering hostility. It is
ranch better .to have such writers as his enemies
than his friends, Their assaults are pe rfecaly harm-'
less, and are conveyed in . such a style of low per-
sonality as to be only disgraceful to the authors.—
Besides, •they know that Mr. BOURNE is a.mati 'of
such independence in fortune, as well as talents, that
none of the hackneyedtopiesOf abuse can be applicable
to him. He wants 'Au& of the emoluments of office;
his principles are truly constitutional, and his chief
motive for entering. into the public service„ and con-
se.quently exposing- himself to such pltry defama-
tion, is to siipport the national interests in the most
critical situation in which this Country and all Eu-
ropt: ever were involved., .

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, their .MAJEsTiEs,
Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIi.TRETH, .SopniA, and
AMELIA, arrived at the Queen's Pal3ce'from Wind;,
sor. Princess MARY remains at Windsor, 'being in-'
disposed. At two o'clock her .MAJESTY and the
PRINCESSES' honoured Lady C. FINCII"With a visit.
at her apartments 'in .St. James's Palace. In the
evening'their MAJESTIES had a seleel party.
His MAJESTY will bold a private Levee to-day at
the' Queen's Palace.

Viscount NEWARK will move the Address to his
Mitsi,,sry in the House of Commons, on Friday
next.

Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, K. B. is arrived from
heland.

The Deputy Paymaster-General, W, P. SurTH,
Esq. and his Thipartment, left town yesterday to
.proceed on the Expedition under the corrimand of
Lieutenant• General Lord CATHCART.'

Thct.whole of the Stag of our Expedition,• it is
understood, will set off to-morrow.
On Monday. last Col. JOHN McLeon, of Col-
becks; who commanded the late Regiment of Loyal
M‘Leoci's, arrived in England, after a five years
detention in "France:

Yesterdry a Battali.on of the German Legion Ca-
.
-valry passed through the City- from, Essex, and
proceeded ovet London Bridge, on their route to
Canterbury, supposed for the Expedition.
.The `Gazette ofilast'night contains the following
paragi a
".lirt.truiti in the• Gazette of the 6th of June.—An Address,
entitled." The humble Addres o-f the Provost, Fellows, and
Scholals of the Holy and Uadivided Trinity near Dublin,"
was io6erred by mistake, no Address baying been presented
to His Majesty from that Body." ' •

Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH is to hoist his Flag in the
Channel Fleck as second in command.

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Lord and the Miss Mims°Ns gave a superb Ball
and Supper on Monday evening, at his, Lordship'S.:
. house in Seymour-place. 'The preparations. on .the;
Occasion were in a superior style of excellence and"-
taste. 'The principal draWing-room was. fitted up
in a very tasteful manner for dancing ; the floor was
beautifully chalked, representing dancing figures;
flowers, &c; At eleven o'clock the Ball was opened
by MisS Monson,' his .Lordship's' lovely sister; arid
:.Pollingron, to the much admired tune The
Burton Hunt, followed by. Lady 8. Saville and Lord
Monson ; Miss Drummond, 'Lord H. -Moore ; Miss
Monk, Lord Hinton ; Miss. C; Monson, Mr. Dun-
combe ;,Miss Long, Lord Hamilton ; Lady ,E4a-
heal Butler,
.Lord, Lismore. At hdlf-post one .the
sapper was annouticed', 'which Consisted of all ,the
Micacies of the season. 'lt was prepared w the
library; and in
.a large temporary • room, in the gar-
den, where covers were 'laid for upwards of 250.
At three dancing recommenced, .;ipd continued
after five. Among the company present Were--r;
-his Royal Highness the' Prince of •Wales, Duebeises-,
of Northuniberland, St. Albans, Gordon ; Marchio-
ness Tieadfort ; Lords Henry Petty, Palme.rstan,
Rodney, Lonsdale; Hinchinbroke, Morpeth,Qssul7
stOn, .Louvaine; Percy, Carnarvon, -Stair; 'FL Mobre;
CoWper, Lindsay, Mduntjoy,MortOn;lLisle,Theren;
Ladies Ormond, G. Morpeth, Cowper, Townshends,
Cianarvbri, licheiter, Percy,' Gallo wok,. L. Moaners,
I-Leatlitote, ,CaStlerektgh, 'Hai.ri'ligton,' A. IGI. Stan-,,
-hope; OSsulstOn, Morpeth, De Clifford, ppwager
Dc elitford,'Hinchinbroke? Perth, Lansdale, Essex,.
Dowager,Essex, scc. , . • ,

'The regular, course of the Ladies' Subs.cription
,concerts has. been .finished some time ago ; but in'
cOnsequence of the extraordinary circumstance of a•'
Bf3rumer 'Meeting of Parliament, on Monday last,
Mr. SArzo was favoured with a supplementary con-
cert under the auspices of the most distinguished
Ladies of fashion. Her Grace the Duchess' of •
MARL,BOROVGH threw open the spacious and ete,-
g'atit rooms of her. splendid mansion in Pall Mall, for
:the reception of the company, which amounted to
upwards of "int) of the most distinguished personages.
-Madarne.CATAI.A.NI was encored in each of tour airs,
with Which She delighted the. company.

The creation a Marshal LEFEBVRE to be Duke
of Danttic, as well as sonic other such recent 'crea-
tions of BONAFARTE, must be deemed remarkable—
inasmuch as it affords.. an astonishing proof of the
contemptible fickleness of the French Nation, to
see them now reverting to the order of Nobility,
after haying so ..recently eternally disgraced them-
iselveS by unheard-of ads Of atrocity in order to
crush it. 'The progress and the result of the French
Revolution has for ever lowered the charaeter of
tlatit people beneath that of any other, either ancient
or modern.

The Doke of BERRY, son of Mcnsieur, is to em
Lakin a few days, in order to joiil. the,• artily of his
Swedish INldjesty at Strain:al
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