The Sun. — London, England, 1813-01-15 00:00:00

-rittNeti PArtitS. The Moniteur, of the Oth. inst. contsins t. c: (co wing notes on a private letter, stated to have ,en received from Paris, which appeared in an tiglish pap er Eutaw PAPEIt..---" The EMptror continues ►be 'indisposed : but he has not, on that ac mnt; Ceased to employ himself in State affairs.!' Note Ist, in the Moniteul%_ ,, Neither With tutting three times a week ; marching : three '3'4lles on foot., amidst frost and snow :—but here is no persbn at Pari s w h o d oes no t kn o w hat the Emperor enjoys very good health. It :indent thatlids w as manu f a e ture d i n L on d on ." , ENoLisa PAPER.--" Ilis 'conferences with his I mistets, bat partieularly,with the Austrian Am )l aflsador, are very frequents' NoteAushian Observe, there is not at Paris either Ambassador or MiniSter." sere 1410145 u re s PAvEn.—‘"rhere is much speculation peetingnegoci a tions for a General Peace." 1N . ote you wi s h t o k now th e con di t i on s . It, ----read the since of Bassano's letter to 'Lard ,astlereagh." • • The frai ao ve Nate ...' 1S the L e tt er re f erre d to i n th e m ' 1)131 t 01 ' A LETTER ADDRESSED , Tvis BY THE TE -R - op F"EIGN AFFAIRS To LORI) CASTLEREAGH, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO BRITANNIC MAJESTY.. " Maloo " Paris, April 17, 1812. --y, constantly actuated by 'ntiment s friendly to ise moderation and peace, i tsd again to 'flake a so l emn a n d sincere a t opt to put au end to the miseries of war. _ I;he awful cir cumstances in which tbe world Present hind placed, have induced a reso l u ti on in of his Al...jcsty, the resu l t o f which htls to authorise .ine to e xp l a i n to you, Sir, his and intention. talast tty changes have taken place in Europe ten Y ell ") WhiCh have been the fie consequence of the war between France ;land, and many more changes , will b°. ` , )y the Janie cause. The particular cha liith the War has assumed, wily Rad 16 t an d "ration of these results. Exclusive 'ant principles cannot be combated but )Sidon without measure or end ; and the re*erYation iiud resistance, should have ‘artieter of universality, perseverance, ace of Amiens, if it had been observ (re prevented much confush.m.. wish that the experience of the past it for the 'future. itylitts often stpived When the most is lay before bins, and turned round ecure us he was by the advantages and spite of the confidence which bly feel in anticipations whieb.For 'o realiz e , b e made prop o s a l s to . .esty, which were rejected, on t h e m re • kshould be consulted.. 1808, - ade, in concert with Russia, se necessity of nn interve in orethan- th e resale ntion, ef the nt.- - 1 1 810, his Majesty, havin g t the .I,3ritish Orders in Conn - the cmiduct of the war in . i ndependence of Holland, 'es to be made.towards pro leace. rl oev were fruitless, tu, that nett. provinces Were are to be found united all e various periods at which c pacific sentiment s Which to.declare that he is': ue' which'Spain, and the I..merica softer, 'should of ail nations, and anxiety for their ter . in a manner which 'formable to the sin authorised to take; the sincerity and terms of the lan- ted to use. What ine to envelope weakness, which 't. and the Two 7.e. which appear.: I am authorises of' them, on . )e guaranteed. extending her The 'present' t, and Spain utitution of )f Portugal \se of Bra ty. 4 1 in pos .- Kingdom nt family s, I by the discus' is,' that other ,n of s : the tak ad- riye in ,,sts of th ce COM OIL COMMON COUNCIL, Yesterday a Court of Coalition Council Was held 'at Guildhall, which was Very numerously at tended. GRANT TO THE DISTRESSED RUSSIANS. The LORD 'MAYOR observed, that the preserit 'Court had' been convened by him, in consequence of a requisitiob which be bud received, signeclis . s several Members of the Court, to take into con sideration the propriety of granting a sum of mo ney, in aid of the Russian sufferers. Mr. DIXON expressed his hope, that the pro-. positionle was about to submit would meet with unanimous support. Every one wonici digree with him, that this was not . a paety.queiiona ques tion of \Vhig or Tory, principles---a question of Ministerial or Opposition influence, but one of humanity, and one upon which, be hail no doubt, every one of those ;Gentlemen who were in the custom of voting differently from him, op other occasions, would now -unite with him. Fie then rosseeded to take a review of the principals oc curt muses of the campaign, and to contrast the previous power , and reputation of Bitonaparie with his present situation. He would not detain the Court, es he Was convinced no arguments were necessary to induce those who heard him to agree with him, that the tribute of acknowledgment, which he was about to propose; was due to the bravery of:the Russian army—the sufferings of the Russian people—and an act of justice to our selves. He had heard large. sums mentioned on this occasion ; but hP would 'not . throw obstacles in .the, way , of the -gratit, ,, by proposing, a Slim which would, in itself, be ridiculonS,: , or one which, if acceded to, 'would prevent the Court s ; front coining' lot-Ward' on any future o coasion. He s had heard 10,0001. and he had heard 50001. men tioned,; he hintselfhesitated.between 10001. and 20001. and threw himselfaipon the opinion .of the court.—(Cries of 20001. front all sides). —Thus authorised, he would propose the larger sum: He concluded by moving, sSS That thi , Court, deeply sensible of the Kindel exertions and sacrifices made by the Russian• Empire, and the great suf ferings' and distresseS of that ; brave and loyal rpeople, arising' from the unprovoke d invasion of their country by the,French armies, - do subscribe the surd of 2000/. in, aid of the fund for the relief ; of the suffering Russian people." Mr. Qom seconded the motion. lob's opinion, the present vote had two. objects, policy and hus manitya the proposed donatiubt was due , ,as a, butt orayitipalliy, from one great city, the capital of a vast and powerful etnpite, to the suffering in habitants of another city, which had recently been great and flourishing also. Looking at the, ques tion in this point of View, he Was in favour of the grant ; but neither could he dismiss front his mind ' thiS reflection, that the Russiaes had alsoa claim - on our justice, as being sufferers in the. common cause of independence. It mattered not to him what was the internal polies , of Russ ia ; were a s s sufficient to. know, the Russians people who would fight to the last extremity in defeuce of their liberties. Ile ,trusted that he should be pardoned by tbe.mover !Vr suggesting, that, instead .of the relief heing forwarded from this country in specie, it 41100 d he forwarded in such manufactured goods its would prove "serviceable to, the -seeress s than; Whilst t ,we were baselyin o assisting the.' suffering Russians, we sit alsou r own manufacturers. He Concluded by expressing his hopes, that whatever difference of opinion might exist on other subjects, amongst them, yet that the present vote would pass as unanimously in the Corporation of ,London, as the opposi tion to the French armies bud been in the plains '! of Russia. Mr. Dixon observed, that immediate aid was required by the Russians ; and the quickest mode of affordiug it would be, to remit' the amount of what they might vote to Lord C a thcart, to be b. his Lord has pe Lordship placed, in the has Of rsons who 'Would see it properly appropriated. If sent in manufactured articles, it could not reach theM be- fore the middle of the summer. Mr. 4400 of, opiolots,that it would he impolitic, tO send out :Manufactured gOods to Itu4sia. He also warmly supported the motion. , ' Mr. /'Mite Nils hoped that this vote would, pass. unaohnously, and that it would prove a stimulus, to the. rest of tbe country. Mr. WAITH MAN Aid not Aswan' to -.oppose this proposition, 1101.74. was' brought forward -, bit, had no such ,subj4et been agitated, he should not have thought We were called on to exercise Our liberality on the .Present occasion. We were, not at all indebted to the liberality of the Rus sians—it wits not our interests, but their own, which' they had, sought, to promote. The :h y ad certainly made a brave stand; 'but they had made it for themselves, arid, by that stand, they had g given us an useful le sson. What Russia, ; sin le handed and by herself, had done against the f i n e n est army, unquiestionably , tha t Frante, 'had during the war, had shorn what, might have been thine by us, if our affairs bad .beets properly was naged, whilst we had all Europe with us,' acid not'so powerful an enemy to oppose' tt*, Surely, however, no one could contend that we hadato t t, borne onr share of th e burthen,—that we had no done our patt—or that we had not made greater sacrifices than any. other nation and Che.qiies tion with him was, whether Russia was not more able to: assist herself than we were to a ssistber? and whether . ; the stuttering people of this conotry did, milt stand in as much need of aid as the suffer ing people of Russia did With respect. to the suggestions, thrown outby his worthy Friend, .of sending the proposed ,uid in manufactured goods, be Was of opinion that eoutse oeght•to be adopts ed, on account. of the scarcity of specie. - It was contended by ,some Gentlemen, that our paper. currency, was as good as specie. ' He would not contradict.' their assertions on the present oCCUr sion ; eduseedins; to them' that paper' currency 'wag good at Write, Would it do . abroad 3 Would paper c urrency pay our troOps'? ere we . no t distressed to get specie to serend out W of the costars' for that purpose •? And ev wk. , . ing the sum - of 2600/. the present proposed .grop! Mit nf the kiegdom, yet, , when the state of ilur curreuey was cousuter though a stoat) stun in i tself, ed, he was ready tb contend., Was a ,seriou4 As acid. has been proposed, it wo uld be uns, r t i ; a :7l "s to put aiiiegativention the propositioP sints was, were the C ou rt irl caeuty Co of „ the vvbrthy,Gerit. frequently to Call on the titter Of tltc Court to say, what was the state of the City Chamber? and fia the answer given, be /immedi ately made it appear to the Court, that the Cor poration was under the necessity of borrowing money themselves, at a lo'ssOf 20 per cent. On., der these eiremotteces, he wished to know it it m udent to be voting away money by thou sands ? One circumstance he could not, avoid adverting to, and expressing his regret upon. It appeared that a certain High Personage had con - tribt‘ted 20001. in aid of the Find for the Relief -of the- distressed Russians, • whilst no more than '209/3iad beeen given by him for the relief of our own distressed manufacturers. One more topic be mast advert to he had: been in the habit of bringing forward on var;nus occasions, proposi tions for peace; he had not done so now for up wards of ten years, no occ asion having occurred for doing so ; now, however, he thought there was a fair opportunity for making overtures to the enemy. We at present stood high in military achievements, and the enemy wereredneed ; this, therefore, was the only time for obtaining a -Peace ;,,but if we were to talk of the restoration of the Bourbons - ,—the repetition of the march to Paris,—if these vagaries were to be repeated, Peace would never be obtained. He cared not from which side the overtures 'might come; but he who stepped forstard with the first proposition, was the man who; above all others, deserved t•be epithet of a great Statesman. Sir Wsz. CURTIS had hoped,' from the cheers kith which the proposition had .been received, that the question would have paped without dis cussion. The only question was, whether they should relieve a - people,.whe lead been suffering in the common cause, or not? The worthy Gen tleman who spoke last had said, would the Court proceed to relieve foreigners and strangers, and neglect our own manufacturers , ?. God forbid that they should.* -No man in the ,Court, be was con vinced, would do so. But in supporting the Rus sians they would most effectually relieve the dis tressed manufacturers of our, own country, by opening to them the door of commerce, which bad so long been shut, against us, and would'utore es sentially relieve them than - any Subscription, how ever liberal, which could he' raised for them in this country. He bad . been astonished at hearing his Priend's proposition of a grant of 2000/. only.; he had wished to set! the Corporation of London do soniething 'worti6 the Corporation :of the first City in; the world. 1 lad it been .10.,000/. it would have met his approving voice. - , Alderman Biueti spoke strongly in favour of the Grout. " Mr. TADDY, in adverting to what had fallen from '4,kfr. \Vaithman on the subject of Peace, said he - iVaS as anxious ,as any man could be to see Peace_ residred, bathe did- not think the present was the tinie - for obtaining It. He could not cote sent to enter into .negociation with a man whom no treaties could bind. He mos of opinion with the gallant .Rnssian General, that another cam paign must takeplace before we talkedof Peace. Mr. Fnvet,L ,could not agree-that this was an improper time to attempt the attainment of Peace ; it had always been the custom of this na tion to embrace the opportunity of an adversary's reverse of fortune to endeavour to obtain for our maoufaeturers the bleSsings Pease. If this were to be a war ,of extermination, it would, per haps, he a question as to the propriety of making Peace; but as such was not the case, and it was agreed on all hands that a day must arrive for Peace, he thought no more proper opportunity than the present could arise. With respect to the grant, under all the circumstances, be was,in fa vour of it. • , Mr. WAITHMAN gave notice that be thould, on a n early day, - propose a 'vote of a stun of Money in aid of the Fund fur the Relief of our distressed Manufacturers. The motion *as - then,put and agreed to in the affirmative, nem: con. • BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIBTY. Mr. PBAxcn, after a few observations on the great . objects of the British' and Foreign Bible Society, and adverting to the grant of the Court of 1001. in aid of its Funds, which, he contend ed, %'IIS beneath the importance of the Court to have given, moved, " That a further surnof 215/. should be given to the British and Foreign Bible Society." S.DIxoN felt pain in opposing this mo tion ; but when the situation of the City Funds were considered;he thought the motion was ill- NII . ..J.Acms was in favour of the additioupl grant The Court divitied—For the motion 29, tigninsi it 35. The Marquis of SALISRURY has given notice of a Oencral Meeting of the County of HertOrti, to take into consideration the necessity of a Petition againsethe Irish Catholic Claims. Last Friday morning, about two o'clock, a most daringg-robbery Was'coimmitted in the house of MrAtiehttrd Beach, of Willson Green, near Birmingham, by 4eVerill untied men breaking into the premises, and earrying aw - ay linen, wearing apparel, money, and plate, to considerable amount. It appears:i l l:that the villains alarmed Mr. Beach, who is an elderly gentlenian, and his female servants, Who alone - reside in the house, which is quite detached froM any other house,_ when they instantly' Went to the windows and threw, out what money they had ; but tiotivith;- ,standing this, the proceeded, with the grcinest deliberation to force open . the door with WI iron crow', -by which' time Mr. Beach and his servant bitd. dressvd Ilionselves when the mew entered,.they obliged him to shew them where the articles ware deposited, and remained in the house upwards *of two. hours, When they decamped with the property. ,The house,keepers' residing in the neighbourhood have very properlyassociated 'themselves for the purpoie of apprehending the offenders ; and as three suspicious- characters, one of them with a gun in his hand, and another with, a silver. cup, were seen early the same 'morning in the neighbourhood of Tipton, great hopes are antertalued Of their being speedily 'taken .1...80yte, of Weymouth, and Davis, of Chic- Dorsetshire, are committed to the county ' .001 for trial,- charged - with having .assisted eight French Officers, prisoners of war, on parole, at Andover in making their escape tea France, EAST INDIA CtlAttltli, The initmrtaiite attached to tiie question of .11 renewal of the CoMpany's 'Charter. renders it t 4 duty of a public journalist to place that questioi% lit the clearest point of view, 'wild to self of whatever luny tend to throw a lightupon the subject. We have expressed our opinions ) so far as we have had an opportunity of treating the subject ; hut are not so Self-sufficient as to place gonfidencd in those opinions,. and shall , therefore,, as often as occasion serves, present such extracts from works written by men of judg ment., experience, and observation, as may illtm 7 trate the question, and shew hoW• far an extension of our Asiatic commerce to British merchants in • general may contribute to the enlargement of that commerce, and the essential interests of the cut- Ore. Upon this principle we submit to our read ers the following passage from a work entitled, "The Right of every British Merchant to trade within the Geographical Limits defined by the Charter of the East India Company vindicated." Ste: The author, Mr. LEE, writes with teal, vi gour, and apparently with an extensive knowledge of the subject, and an enlarged view of the inter , ests connected with it. " If the general question of a. monopoly of a foreign trade, as applitable , to British subjects, were now to he agitated for the first time, it would not be easy to find principles upon which, in the present state of commercial ability, a - trading in» tercourse with any part of the habitable world should be limited exclusively to any one body of • men. The integrity, the intelligence, capital, spirit, and energy, which individuals may possess, seem to he the only natural or just bounds of such an; intercourse ; and oothing short of expedi. ency the most justifiable, Or of necessity the most urgent, may well be allowed to' charter the ex, istence of a system different front that 1141i5,11, it the course of things, thus appears to be both Da oral and just. • " When British commerce was in its infancy, disposable capital wanting, and intellectual energy dormant, or otherwise directed, it is obvious that the efforts of individuals. could rarely be success. Cully applied to the attainment of any very ex tensive commercial object ; and therefore those who were desirous a embarking in remote, and consequently very hazardous. speculations, would naturally combine their means, in order the more securely to accomplish their ends'. This may be imagined to have been the short and conclusive argument upon which -whature called chartered rights were originally solicited at the hand of Go« veanment. There is indeed a physical strength in concentrated power, whether it he intellectual or mechanical; and so long as energy, combined or individual, to svhatsoever object* may be di. rected, • continues 'to be exerted for the general ' welNre, so long may it be worthy of public sane-. tion and support ; and probably this is, or ought to be, the true touchstone of cVery institution around Which society may have thrown 'an exclu sive guard. • • • " It is not to be supposed but that the Govern. meat, in granting a charter which in its operation, was .to restrain the participation of alleged coin ,- Mercial advantages . :tu a certain unniber of qualified individuals only, Whist have been convinced that, although these advantages were to be thus limit ed, great benefits were eventually +to accrue by, such limitation to:10e *hole community. It,woul4 also' be apparent, that, unless the operation of many but defioed restraints Were unceasing, the prOjected advantages would be wholly lost to the public. To suppose that meo,inpower are only . influenced by considerations bearing an, imtnedt ate reference to the. public good, is in comnion charity ; but without casting upon present cbar.. tered Or incorporated bodies the obloquy that. Would arise, by a broad statement of the venal and disgraceful Means by which the rays of Governr went were 51) collected as to shine for them only, the questiOtt may be asked, Whether the Bast Inv ilia Company became entitled to demand of till( present British Government a renewal-0i a mouor poly, by the existence of Which the energies and' capabilities of the most stupendous counnerciak . public, recorded in the world's annals, is, atAct India and China, to be limited, repressed, or ex.' tingeished ? It is too late, it is said, to discuss this great qUestion upon Erst.principles ; and it may be true, that the good anti the evil of them°. nopoly, as it exists, are almost morally, it may seem that they are almost physically united with, each 'other since it may also be true, that all the evil cap of be extirpated without loosening and endangering the existence of very extensive good. The gross materials were cast up fortuitously, anti have been sorted and put together with so little judgment, and cemented with o little skill, that. the standing of the fabric Wel doubtful advan. tole, and its destruction certain injury.. (To be cootinyzed.) SMITLIFIELD mAnKirr, JANUARY 15. This day's Market had not a good sepply of the different kinds of cattle : Mutton is dearer ; Beef; lieul, and Pork, wapport last prices, and the track hi general Will not over brisk .—The .ales hi tile. May Market were inconsiderable : ChWer has dropped in price, I - lay and Straw fetched last priers.--The undermentioned prices and numberi are an accov,lte statement : To sink the 01141, per Stone of tilh. Beef, od. to Cs. od. Mutton, ss. -Id. to es. 84. "Veol o od. to Ss. Od. Lomb, Os. to 04, od, Poi% 4i. od. to 78. 04. Beasto, OD. Sheup, 4100. Citlve4, fiIIiTtIFIELD HAY-HARI:BT. Fifty, 41. os. to 51. as. Straw, iI. 15,1.. to tl. 51. Cluv Cri 'lg. 10s. to 10s, CORN-EXCHANOU, JAN', 15.—T0-day's Market was in general very dull, and' hardly guy sales made a V we had but few samples, :old nu variation in - price ; Oats were' plentiful, and but little (lone, buyers waiting the result of Monday's Market ; Barley mine ill considerable quantities, fine samples are 2s, per quarter lower, 'and or li n:try as.; ut other kinds, of Grain Ilk) alteration. AOs. sts. New Ditto 75i. Malt. Vine ditto -112 i. White PeMe (boil.) 975, lu7s, NOV 185. GreLditt6 . SO!. 1 14 ft. 1504. 4 4itt. SG*. Feed 'Oat '4 - 30$. 44 $ 4 Fine ditto - 445. 535. Poland ditto. 455. 645, Firm ditto !As. Potalnv ditto 494. 11 I~c Svoil (per last) 601. 704 ue Floor - - )(Ms. 110 s. - lOUs.