The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-28 00:00:00

NAV/1L NEWS.

PLIIIOIITH, MAY 26.—Arrived the Spanish
.Iceteh Donna Ea!aria, %radiate
.master, from Ma-
hon and Gibraltar, with wine,. 4e.. for orders.

Sailed the &Ike, Capt. Burford, from the Cape.
of Good Hope, for the, River.
Arrived the Venerable, of 74 guns, from the

wc4xward.

The-coitirestado'r, of 74 guns, Rear-Admiral
Burhani, was 'till's day paid wages in Cawand:',
Bay, and is expected:to:sail this evening for of
Brest.

Arrived the Union, Hugill, from Suriderland.
Sailed the Orestes. ship'" of war on a cruize.

DEAL,, MAY 27.—Arrived lus liajeSty's ship
Rapid with a convoy from Portsmouth, which are
sailed for their different destinationl. •

Sailed his Majesty's ships 'Theseus and Resotution
outter for off Plashing.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 27.—Arrived his Alajesty's
.
ship Acteon from a cruize:
His Majesty's.ship Brisk has dropt down to St.'

Helens.

Arrived at the Motherbank the ship Mariner,
Rutter, a running ship froni the CiOe and St. ge-
I,lena ; left the latter place the 2d ,of April Po'

news. •
- Arrived the brig Neptune,llt ISM, from Madeira;
left that lsland on the sth inst. and reports that.
an American ship had arrived there as a cartel,
with the crews of twenty-two British and Ameri-
can vessels which had been taken and destroyed
at sea by two French frigates. Captain Gibson
fell in with his Majesty's ships Seen ir«mis Liti-
madryad, on the 24th inst. *a. little to the South-
ward of Ushant, cruizing for the said French fri-
gates ; he further adds, that. the: French
had taken and destroyed, in all, about 37 British
and American vessels.

NAVAL 'APPOINTMINTS .--Rear-A dmi Bro'vrt
has been appointed' Commander in Chief of the Cluern,ey
Lion, in the room of Vice-AdmiralD'Auvergue,Prinf_x f,f wail'
Ion; Capt. E. Douglas, to 'the Prince of W:ks ; C 2-14"
Davie, Leyden; Capt. 3aines Drury, Bucephains, vice Peliq'
deceased Capt. Staufell, to the Druid frigate; Capt. Wort'
to the Bulwarli, 74, the ilag-Aiip of Rear-Admiral Durham!.
Capt. Gorge' Bell, to command the-Ardent, in the roma w
Capt. Davie, rem,,:ved to th 3 Leyden; Capt. Sir T. Stain',''
commanding the Hamadryad, to have, the Briton frigate,
the room of Capt. Whitby, deceased; 'Capt. Chetharn, to th'
Hamadryad; Capt: Symes, to the rank of Pct Captain.

INDIA MOUSE.-YeStUdirf a Court of Dirzetoo
was held,, when tk: Captain:; tire°
stvorn into the command of their re3pectivc

viz. .
Captain T.
.Barker, Arorthai4l ptoii, 'Herbert,
Euphrates; Bengal•direct., • • •
The Court adjourned'at six 'o' cifick, 'due
day heft.
The Tigris arrived at St. Helens. the 2d of AP'4l:
and Was expected to sail ,for Beno-ai is about
days.
The Thames was to leave St. Helen-3. the 1501°
April for Bencoolen.
The Regulus, armed en flute, was to sail yestf
day from PortsmOuth, for Lisbon,. with detaco,
tents on board.
The Recovery, South Sea whaler, arrived el3s
Tuesday in the. Downs, from St. Helena, after
short passage_ At the departure' of the °Recovedi
the Bengal homeward-bound fleet, consis:liog
the Union, General Stuart; pevayne, Cainaid,Siet'
Ocean, :Sir- W. Pultmey, James S6bald, fludd6:,
'and Noi-tliont?erluiz4, were daily expected to Or':
at St. Helena. .
Mr. Walhouse, nephe# to the late Sir IFlllordr
Lyttletbn, opposes Sir John.Wlottesley, Bart'
the County of Stafford. •
Accounts from New'Efilstle, state that tumult
disorder yet prevailed i
Cumberland. 00 „tc
night of the 156.,instjthe corn mill at Monlo,;:
near Carlisle, (occupied by-Mr. John Kenne-9-Y1
.was broken into by a Timber of persons, Avbell'af
not less than 150 st. of oatmeal, and 65stp,',,rt
wheat flour; were carried away or wasted. 4" Toil
of the clothes were also taken from a bed, 11,,•
cut in pieceo„ for the purpose df reinov'er;
their booty.. On the 1-6th about twelve'
at night, --Geo. Johnson, and Margaret liarililosr
both,of BUrgh, were attackednear
two men ; bat footsteps being heard, they thcia:eiii
it prudent to retreat. The persons who eall'ovi
were Christopher Robinson, Drumburgh,
znetl
John RObinson,of Glasson, two industriouse
who had been at Carlisle reeeiyiug.pay for b
44rs,
work done, and who accompanied the two
mentioned persons,. They bad not proceeded a" 1%,i,
half a mi).e; When they were wrath assailed. io
a banditti, -IA-Itich consisted of seven, ,11
presented' their pistols, and after having .011j,,-4,
injured the.travelicrA- with stones and blvtagl:'`:0111
compelled them to.deiiver their property.
so,
C. Robinson they obtainet live guineas and ;.41,
silver ; from J. Robinson, some silver, auds.,a
yjicc
let containing prOvisions ; from Johnson, a
watch :—he was also in possession of cou?'.l`t 0
able quantity of Bank-notes, the major 13'Eivei
which he had the adLe,ys-to throw unperce,,re
into the road; whicll lie afterwards recoNcide
Soon after this occurrence, Mr. Joseph
ot'Driunburgh, guilig from the fair, was atte,e'i;o
ed to be stopped by the same gang, Nv-1°
611)1 ltr
hold of his horse's I:4•idle ; but Mr. F.
spurs' to his beast, 'dashed through and" esc&
e
thorgh not without receiving a very sner e
on the mouth with a stone.—A few minut! f.fil
elapsed, until Mr. R. Pattinson,
wits pulled'to the' ground by the robbers, ta4-1A
.40
rendered notes 'and cash- to between 30,aril)ry
—The unfortunate persons were all 1.1-01',,Fita„„ir,i,Lii
eeived at Mr. Christopher Elliott's, of
red,
draws, where they had their s.Voundsdres-
-5
every m3istanee given them.
--t halfl
The Dowager Lady FOrtesCUe vied svo
four o'clock on Tuesday, at her hoarse, in ,dlit
•
pole-street. Her Ladyship was in "
of Boustea,;sol
fifth year, and was mother to the present rj/11

[The following Article indicating the poll* which flweden
'ought to pursue, has been published in an .::t vial raper at
Stockholm.]
What is the system of policy at present most sy,it-
xible.to Sweden
It may, perhaps, appear _to some that the an:,
cient alliance between Sweden and France, and
the mutual ties of the two countries, ought still to
be maintained. -
But before deciding this point, we must first
draw the distinction between the reciprocal rela-
tions of two *nations, and the alliances of . their
GovernMents ; the former may exist in national
character and feeling, and the latter .no longer
continue. France,'which could do us very little
immediate mischief, but a great deal of oltr
-powerful neighbour Russia, was in regard to Swe,
den, while Finland 'belonged to -it, a Power
vilose alliance must have had more influence than
any other in preserving peace - between` `Sweden
and Russia, andin securing to Sweden the posses-
sion of Finland. In every .other -respect an
alli-
ance with France was of little consequence. Fin-
land, however, being now last,--that province
being no- longer the object of a war of aggression
On the part of Russia,—our geographical limits,
and the interests even of Russia herself, no longer
forming an inducement to that Powlr to engage in
Offensive war with us, an alliance with France no
longer possesses its former importance; at least is not
to be courted at -the expene- ofsgreat sacrifices,—,
such as involving 'Sweaen in new wars, while she
as sn much need of repose. Friendship, however,
II not alliance,-may stil be maintained between the
two nations and their Governments.
-In the present` 'state of political relations be-
• Veen France and RusSia, it cannot be doubted
- - that one conditiea of an alliance between France
and ,Sweden would be to endeavour to regain Fin-
but, doubtless, that must be a dangerous
enterprise, at least' whilelittle probability existed
France being able to give adednate support to
SwedLth arir.e lan-;e-1 in Finland. That Power
being unable to appear in the Baltic with a fleet
capable of meeting the nenel force of Britain and
rtussia, the English squadrons could easily cut off
communication between Sweden and the army
'Which she might land, in Finland; and which,
thus left to itself,• without reinforcements or sup-
Pressmust surrender at discretion, causing new
losses, both in men and money, to Sweden.
But this is not. all ; the coasts of Sweden would
be eyposed to all the mischief;' of war. The
Prench naval force; so inferior to that of Britain,
Could afford them no protection ; and while the
Swedish army was 'in Finland, the English. squa-
drons might burn our maritime towns,.destroy our
Dnfortified ports, and seize the greater part of our
shipping: Thus, for the precarious object of re-
eovering Finland, to fisk not only the ruin of
Sweden, but the less of a great part. of her army,
'would be the most dangerous policy of which we
Could at present pursue ; and for which,' even the
recovery of Finland would form no sufficient in-
It does not appear that France has any thing to
rer us as a compensation for- such dangers and
°sses. The restoration of Pomerania could be no
~equivalent. It would havebeenwell, perhaps, for
t'veden, had she long since :o rid of this foreign
ssedon;whicli'very often involved her in expen-
•lve.and useless connexions with the Continental
Po ,
•v‘ ers. The system which France pursues of go-.
1,1-ling the Continent with absolute sway, and°
en conduct in the recent invasion of Swedish Po-
, Terania, present no flattering prospects of the ad-
-I,alltages which Sweden would derive from her al-
ianee ; and which are not to be compared with
o'
Ur Present independence as an insulated country.
11 °ln' former declaration of war against Britain'
as hitherto been attended with trifling inconve-
bie,,,‘
"` ; but a closer connection with France
tODI-d doubtless involve us in real hostilities with
b: English. During such a war, Sweden would
unable to prdtect her commerce, and her flag.
ranee,
however, Inch inclined to assist us, could
,end us no adequate support by sea ; our commerce n
navigation would be destr6yed. : and such is
he naval superiority of England, that mir come
"leations even with the Continents might be
cutoff.
The inevitable and immediate effects, then, of
hqu alliance with France would be,—war with
ts,sia,----the great expellee of a large army in Fin-
D, its probable destruction, and a correspond-
ing loss both of men and money, which Sweden is
able to afford ;—war with Britain, the to-
tal
of our commerce,—the loss of our
-(7•ehanttrien,—our communications with the
te,untinent cut off,—and the danger of having our
11,.t.ns bombarded and our ports destroyed. The
te,i," Would be exhausted without object,. and
h,;4":;ened without the hope of indeinniffcation. A
n,,entlidiating peace would be the consequence, and
:1 leave us less able to defend in future the
littleAi that remained of our national independence.
ery different will be our future prospects, if
attack nobody ; if we husband our resources,
4fremaining always on the defensive, prepare
4llarans of repelling future aggression. Then
ink it we concentrate our strength instead of destroy-
-41,14 and 6eainingiriends instead of enemies, we
0/rail ourselves of our existing situation with-
' s ial,t"'onghtlessly changing it. in fine, ,he who
dearthink proper to attack us, will then pay
tiatiO~ls an attempt so contrary to the rights of
it
r(3
attain the great object of true independence;
at,
tai *ears necessary to cultivate - peace with Bei_
41-
riv, It is the only country whence
.we can de-
"el4t,„suPPly of our wants of the first necessity,
can
t'ailicularly that of salt; and that, in return,
kunuee Pif such of our exports as the annual
et
ock,oirn, pelfe `-' of th country can furnish.pelf 27, 1812'

to
'" ;Tsterday Lord Burghersh gave A grd'n(.l dinner
'rick. Lads of Bathurst, Westmorland, Lune-
Nlorton, Lords Borringdon .and Mplgrave,
atreeta large party, at his house in Seymour-
,
f
totil'esterday the Earl and Countess of" liarring-
eatertained the Duke and Duchess of Bed-
theth k e -Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock;
Ntersi',trquis and Marchioness Cornwallts, Lord
dihner"`4o-13 and a large party, with a grand s
444; at their house in the Stable -Yard, t.
,
11\'‘'

1.41 I'

HOUSE OF LORDS-WEDNESDAY, MAY 27.

Their Lordships Asseinbied bout two t-i'cloric,
•
and prayers being read,

_
The Edinburgh Police. Bill was read S !1.•
time, and referred to an out-doors Conuoittee.
The Scots Local Militia, :the False. Pret,:lces.
Act, Extension of the Government Securities Em-
bezzlement-. Bill, severally passed through Com=
rniftees of the whole Honse, and were.reported
without any Amendment. '