The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-01 00:00:00

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presuming in venturing to consider that eontinu-
nue,: of patronage as a proof of the uniform con,
sistency of oar con-.lnd. the security of our
Establishfr.ent in Church and State-has- been the
chief object which the Proprietors have always
had in view, and never shall we relax to our

effortS to tt,at happy Establishment to
the utmost of cur 14) rr. The
,revolutionary
(lot:trines of Fiance, whiuli have •:broialit that
Country to the inftst disgraceful and lamentable
state of bondage, and ,vhieli have spread misery
and ruin over other Continental States, have al-
ways been held by us in abhorrence; and it will
be -our pride to resist those doctrines, whether
they are sunorted by hostility without, or faction
within. But we shall not trespass upon our
Readers with professions; they know what our
condua has been, attd they li;“e demonstrated
their approbation of that conduel by a kind and
zeahous patronage. They way he assured, that,
in the ijeat principles of political duty, a:;,f in
our attention to the Arts, which soften and em-
bellish life, we shall maintain a' firm inde-
pendence, and a spirit of candour, which we
trust will secure us a continuance of the support
which we now gr.ttelnlly acknowledge, and shall
always anxiously endeavour to deserve.

MAILS.
AR" vED --I Waterford. Dul—t Cadiz, t Malta, I tercey,
2. Guernsey, t Waterford.

THE SUN.

SOLEM ',UIS DiCIRL FALSUM AUDZAT ?

L 0 N D 0 N,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1812.

Some private Letters have been received from the
North, which repeat the reports of the probability
of hostilities between France and Russia, and the
mouth of February is again mentioned as the pe-
riod when they are expeated to commence. We
have alwa:vs been of opinion that a rupture between
the two Powers was inevitable, but we entertain
some doubts .vhether it will take place so soon.

The Gazette of last night contains a a.spatch
from Lord WELLINGI%-N, which confirms our state-
ment tnat the enemy had made no movements.

It is nndcrstood that the Address io,the House of
Commons will be Moved by Lord J(itELYN, and
seconded by Mt. VISE.

Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a Military
ee at his Office in the Horse Guards, when Ma,
jor General Anson was presented to his Royal High-
ness upon his going to Portugal. There were pre-
sent Lieut. General .GRAY, Major General JENKIN.•
SON, Major-General Ta.soN, NidjoT-General Le
COUTEUR, Majut-General LEE, General Gwr NNE,
and others. _

Yes:erday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at the Foreign Office, which was summoned by
Mr. PERCEVAL. The Members present were the
LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl BATHURST; Mr. PERLE•
VAL, Mr. YORKE, Lord MULGRAVE, Mr. RYDER,
Alaiquis WELLESLEY, and the Earl of LIVERPOOL.
The Council sat till about five o'clock.
Yesterday the Commander in Chief transacted
business with the PRINCE REGENT.
Yesterday the Duke of CUMBERLAND visited the
PRINCE REGNNT.
Lietlt. General WILLIAM ERSKINE has obtained
two months leave of absence from the Army.
By the death of G. W. THELLUSON, Esq a vacancy
occurs for Barnstaple.
Lieut.-General Sir WILLIAM ERSKINE has ob-
tained two months leave of absence fiom the army.
Three hundred of the York Light Infantry em-
barked last week:
Two Captains and 250 men of the Royal East
Middlesex Militia have marched to Fort Cumber-
land, to assist in the duty'Of that garrison.
Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS has assumed the com-
mand at the Note, in the room of Sir.H. STAN-
HOPE.
The detachment of Royal Marines -in a fifty gun
0-lip, whether bearing an Admiral's flag or not, by
late Admiralty order, is to be in future command-
ed by a Captain.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord ELLENBOROUGH,
and Sir W. GRANT, atter the Queen's Council on
Saturday last, mere introduced to the KING'S apart-
ments, where they witnessed his MAJESTY during
his dinner, in order to satisfy themselves personally
of the state of the Monarch.
A very nnexpecaed alteration took place yesterday
in the Exci-ange between this metropolis and the
North of Europe. The rise in favour of this coun-
try is nearly ; o per cent. We understand numerous
and large remittances have been received from Rus-
sia by the Anholt Mail. This proves that we really
maintain an extensive commercial intercouse, with
that part of the Continent, in spite of all the eilOrts
of BUO NAPA RTE.
zA meeting of the Bristol Corporation took place
yesterday se'nnight, when a reyealul Petition was
crdered to to prepared and presented to his Royal
lighne.s tie PRINCE Rae zriT, praying a slispin.
uof "OM diminat ion. t.