The Sun. — London, England, 1813-12-25 00:00:00

feel him to employ, language foreign to his ,I sentiments; and, master as he is of simnla 11' apd deceit, he could not so tir overcome the terucss Whis feelings as to conceal altogether ,I. Pangs of rage, disppOintment, and revenge *5 prey upon his soul. iThe original documents of the intercourse be ten him and the Confederates, on the subject the preliminary bases, arc to be laid before a fittukee of the Legislative Body, and the Orators ' 4 t 6 be to them sue oracles of the will of their L 'tet ' For these papers we look with impa :'!uei they will thaw new light upon the poli ' l'4lll4stein of Europe. :j% 0 next paragraph is of greater depth in im . )1 1 than at first meets the eye :--- 4 OS may sitie there is no obstacle to the re-establishment l' e sce• I know and liartake all the sentiments of the . er ' 4 " - I Bay of the French, because there is not sue of ,i: e bu es iv s e e i i i i ld c e de o st f re t p h e e ac , e ll e ie t s tli ti e m p i ri l e i e es of i b n ou t o h u i r s ,': iuota. ° L The assurance of there being no obstacle ° Petice on his side, is what is, and may be safely t ve n by every Belligerent on Earth. The mea -I)thei:tg 1- : every l.4 c i : e n !' ' e l . inion, that the : lite l :e t tavt u lisi f it ; o ; sf ;i tii! i inie s ) ee i A, - s i as gi o A tei t rrret a ii., : ,) , ,h d ni : t t l ii e fs: s :a i lo i e ; f a or b tlo ! p e , ilone ' L of his adversary 1 11 i Is th e obstacle in the way of returning ' ll-et. O f the truth of the next member of the . . Mkt:eh ~. i., ° we entertai n more th an d ou bts : that `the 1. Pent knows the sentiments of the French, 'lt tee ner of his present conduct evinces ; that he llt t otskes of these sentiments, the whole tenour Of 6is life contradicts: He kn , .,ws the French want . P ea 1 . er, and therefore he submits to flatter them 'slit, the hope of obtaining it ; but if he par k of their wishes, if he had ever felt a Ni_lno . ri i nterest with ' them, • the :Spam, incontrovertibly for personal e lll l the 1111 d invasion of RUSSia' : nth iettial system against Englai)d , unjust . war ambition the wild anti which aimed o t initiring us through the sacrifice of every en iltYment by France, in fine, all the sanguinary J , eu ggles of time last twelve years would have been t' re d ; be might, as Consul, have, conducted after ii the wasting fury of. the Revolution subsided, Ilf ' d !ler► through the paths of honest policy sld ''„ b ''lleahle r e lati on s with other States, to' great i , r4i Pel'ity and happiness. Rut he has not done ti ' l '• R av i ng no s y m p a thies congenial with those u. Rance, he has plunged her into incessant 11 4 sAtinl nnecinalled in6eriesto gratify 11',s. own L eh6 h passions—to subject country after country, "'t to Peones, n ut to hi mse lf , t h at h e m i g h t ag► trintlize his own ignominious family, that he night place upon one throne the Attorney Jo. I ttlr, on another the wife-deserting JEROME, 011 a third the robber MueAT, and so through the Mg 4 4 of banditti and assassins,while he degraded the t 'll name of King, provide suitably . for every ac nligtce who rose with . him to power, on the etl it's of all that was venerable for antiquity and. IPlentlid for virtue in France. , Tile last branch of this paragraph .is not very -nte il tli g ill te If it means that. the French have as :i`"ed ~h onour" With his rule, .and have the "rin ua of . that high qnd chivalrous senti -7 eat with himself, in the name of our species , we °e rn/ th e n'sumption. We especially deny the .11 1 °8sii)ilit Y of any true Frenchman believing that e annour of his country is consistent with ,the 1 411 "ged sovereignty of the Corsican, or that kt ide a of an honour a ble peace is connected' with the ren lization of the personal projects of the "Irßnt. They see around them the dreadful re f'itati°°,—thev feel in the dismal' vacuities which a b their h earths of cheerfulness an d j oy ,—th e y rli )11111iu the losses they have sustained in friends :Id' children, and fathers and husbands,—they : itst e in the bi tter n ess o f poverty, aild the wretch tlii"n d slavery, ; --they have proof - in the unit edthe of. the world against theni,—that c4ase of the honour of their Despot is 'diet) tO their own. Else, wherefore is theii: f " fi lled with s orr owings for the slain, where ' - are th ey b ecome as v i per S i n the eyes' wherefore are myriads of awned nations entrenched upon their 'very , frontier, and the sword' c ' t desol at i on and s l aug ht er , red with blood on the 1.? . 4 happy d oma i n ,o f t h e Lil y ?—but because t ra nce is faithless to herself, and 1110 'suffered a 1 , "finer in birth and affections to estrange her '. °llll the social system of ',Europe, to break.the t Ns asunder by which her Citizens were linked ‘l.O t he rest o f t h e workl, and by an unparalleled iilt ur3e of 'trea c h ery an d f rau d, an d v i o lence and ha lt4 v, t rentler t h em , as his vile instruments, 2ful ° the earth, an d o bli ge the rest of their C ies to j o i n i n common league against them lit: wit - preservation. e r eservation. It is thus the.. : hanour Of fir " ' P ' E rrE, which they have pursued till they eitiiellcd from the pale of the social compact : i; t hen) re store themselves to their proper sphere d " E °Ying the source of their: calamity, and leekine they resume their rank, Ind the entire population of the globe rejoice in their fellowship. We yesterday shortly animadverted on the de mand for new sacrifices. The ;agorae:W(or their necessity is politiCally wise. No nation can ex , pect a favourable peace unless she negoeiates.with such a force in the field as demonstrates her abi lity to prosecute war with vigour and effect. Still the sound,must be horrible to the People to whom it is addressed. Could they be assured that this was their last sacrifice ; that the victims now re quired were only for pomp and shew, to crown the horrid spectacle atter the hecatombs who have been immolated on the prodigious altar of insa tiate ambition ; could they but deceive themselves into the hope that it was only to secure tran quility that these preparations for strife were made, then might they deck out their children in the trappings of triumph, and for once with gra titude bug the, demon of conscription to their bosoms. But their fears surmount their !lopes, and they know the character of their Oppressor too well not to he convinced that if he has the power, if his hands are armed, th , yrr„, is no rest for them,' no safety for others. In our view of things, the agreement of the Allies to nego tiate has unhappily enabled the Usurper to delude the people with greater promise of a ge ncral pacification—had he not acquired this potent engine to work on the popular mind, we are convinced that the celebrated Dynasty NA POLE(ISI WOUld scarcely bare diigraced the Freneh Nation at the beginning of the approaching year. Upon the financial question we are precluded from entering _by the extent to which it would lead us--suffice it to say, that it well becomes him to depreciate loans who can obtain no credit, and to contemn paper-money, whose promises 'to pay could obtain no believers. We shall now hasten to dismiss the other points in this Speech as shortly as possible. B.uOsIA. PARTE assures us that he is satisfied . with his (his!) people of Italy—so are we ! If Denmark and Naples, or rather the besotted King of the former, and the upstart agent of the tyrant who con 7 trouls the latter, remain faithful to him (ot which with regard to one, at least there is great reason to be doubtful) we say let them be punished for it. Policy, and Justice, and Wisdom, and Mo rality, demand it. AMerica.teo, as .she merits his eulogium, so does she deserve the reproaches of all who are the friends of liberty among mankind. But that wretched Government has to receive a long Wreltr of v engesaeu front- Britain on liar own ac count. Sorry we are that the payment has been so long deferred. Our opinions on the subject of the neutrality of Switzerland are toq; well known to require repetition here—we shall, however, take occasion to return to this important queStion of national policy and public law. The Speech then concludes in a style worthy of the most inveterate foe to , England, and of the mast arrogant ImpOtor that ever cheated a cre dulous world :--- " You are (say* be to the Senators, Counsellors, and De puties) the natural organs of this throne: it is for you to give an example of energy, which may recommend ourgenera tion to the generations to .come, Let them slot say of us, ',Thcy have sacrificetl the Gest interests o►f their country ! They have acknowledged the laws which England Aae in vain flPfght, during four centuries, to impose on l'raneel' " My people cannot fear that'the policy of their Emperor will ever betray the national glory. On my side, I feel the confidence, that the French will he constantlywerthy gi them selves, and of ALE I" Let us, Countrymen, and let our Allies receive astruction from au enemy. Let them not say of " They have sacrificed the' best interests of their Countries !, They have acknowledged the laws (the laws dooming thou► to cifirkness and slavery) which Fiance has, in vain, for centuries, sought to impose on all the Nations of the Garth." Let it never be told of us, that, after all our gloriotis resistance, after our years of toil and, oceans of blood, we were made the dupe of a crafty Tyrant, and • stopped, in the full career of victory to put it again in his power to rivet those chains which an unanimous rising of every people had ,just broken to pieces. Let vs het hope for bi mi lac unanimity to repel similar designs hereafter. Let us not delude outselVe, and knowing the difficulties, the dangers, and the losses which have attended this consummation, close our vision against the light ottruth and reason, expect' mo deration from a mind notoriously incapable Of it, mercy from a heart which never experienced the touch of pity, justice from a soul which has spurned at every moral obligation, or repose Irma a tyrannical Usurper, whose elevation has been tumult and butchery, and whose possession of power must be secured by the same means. 4 ( Crowns got with blood, must be with blood maintained." Advices were received in town yesterday from the Hague of the 2 . lst inst. They contain no prominent feature of intelligence. NOne of the strong places in possession of the enemy ha d fallen s ince the previous accounts. nor had the Texei fleet surrendered. Th e Fren c h w ere in occupa tion of Zealand, and continued with great activity rn strenffthca the tortificatiouL THE noyn FAMILY. 11..1:it/80/i, DEC. 24.---The PRINCE Rgarwr ari rived las,t evening at the Castle, abont halflast six o'clock. In the course of the day, the Prin cess CHArCLOTT.7., attended by Duchess, of ',teem, her Croverness, and her daughter, Lady C. O BORNE, arrived at the Lower Lodge. The Arch bishop of CANTRRIIIIRY arrived at the Upper Lodge. • This day, at twelee o'clock, beltig the time np4 pointed for the prirnte Confittnation ()flier Royal Highness, the Princesss CUARLOTTE of WALEs, agreeably to the forms and ceremonies of the Church of England, her MAJESTY, the PRINCE RitiGENT, and the whole of the Royal Family at Windsor, attended la the appointed time in the private Chapel, when the ceremony was perform ed by the Archbishop of Yong., the Bishop of SALISBUR,V, the Dean of WINDSOR, &c. _ . The PRINCR REG E NT very unexpectedly leaves us to-flay, which is said to be in consequence of receiving an express from London. About half past eleven. o'clock the PRINCE'S Page gave, direc tions to a footman, who was dressed in readiness to attend the. PIUNcE, that he must lose no time in going to London, to order the Pars•cs llu oE,:vr's horses to..be . . in readiness to meet him at Hounslow. The footman undressed, and pr - ceeded with till possible speed. His' Royal High ness left.h e re tihout half past three. -The :Dike of. Yhat....ealle4 Aitj.lie . Castle ,about, ball past one, on. bis way to. Outlands. The continuation of our ser:.es of Lisbon Crit zettes to the 15th inst. came to hand yesterday, They contain some little intelligence from South America, and it should seem that in the whole about 4000 Spanish'troops had reached the shores of La Plata. This accession of strength to the Old Government bad occasioned considerable tin. easiness at Buenos Ayres, ,and about 5.00 Span iards, who had been permitted to remain in that city, had been sent into the interior of the coun try, to prevent their interference in any manner injurious to the revoletionary party. A letter from Bremen, dated the. 12th instant, gibes an account of the retreat of Marshal DA VOIIVT into Hamburgh ; and in addition, it is said , that this Commander bad obtained leave to send a Conrig. to Imperial Master, to learn his pleasure es ; to the terms of capitulation that shOuld be offered to the Allies, to prevent the utter destruction of that magnificent city. It is also confirmed in the same letter, that the Danes had abandonetithe French standard, and had re tired into the interior of nolstein. • Yesterday morning the Duke of YORK transact ed military business at York House, after that left • there for Windsor, from thence to proceed to Oatlands to dine with the Duchess and party, to keep Christmas Eve, agreeably to anneal custom, also to enjoy the festivities, and gambols of the season, of the numerous assemblage of Children whom the Duchess so laudably patronises. The Royal Duke is ,expected iii town again on Monday. Viscount eASTLEHEAGiI sent the result of the deliberation of. the Cabinet Council held . on Thursday,, to the PRINCE REGENT at - Windsor, the linportwoor:7l. vsbi-cly reirtire& the PIIIINOW4, presence in LohdOn, • which induced his Royal Highness to give up spending the festival of this, day with his Royal Parent, and in consequence gave directions for coming to town yesterday morning, and a servant arrived yesterday at Carl tonsnouse a little before two o'clock, announc- ing his Royal . 114;liness's returti. , HiS Royal Highness returned to Carlton-HoUse 'at 'ten mi nutes past five o'clock. Should the business be arranged, which brought his Royal Highness t c ) 'town, it is expected tte will return 'to Windsor to-day. Yesterday at three o'clock a.:nbther Cabinet Council assen Med at the Foreign Ottce, agree ably to the stnanioNs c,f Viseount• CasTLEKF.Aon They continued iu deliberation till about liVe. By the brig Wasp, which arrived at Halifax on the 19th of Kpygmber. from Boston Bay, intern : gence Was i'ccciveti to the 12th' preceding, stating that " the attack on Montreal would be given up 'for the winter. that Sir J. Yao hail taken the command on Lake Champlain, and was within a few miles of the United States tieet, under COUl modore M`DONQUOT." The Wasp left in the Bay his Majesty's' Ships Jll4Oll and Nimrod, watching the United States frigate Caustitution, which still remained blockaded in Boston harbour. Intelligence of u recent date reached town yes terday from Palermo, that new disturbances had broken out at that place, which'were ascribed en tirely to the intrigues of the French. Two of the leaders of the disaffected party had been arrested, and were upon their trial whe►► the last accounts Came away, _ _ o n the even i ng of the 6th intztant, the Emperor of RUSSIA and the King of PUUSSIA, accompanied by Lord and Lady .BtraGneasn 4 Sir CHARLES STRWAIiT, Sir 11.013ERT WILSQZ4., &c. were at the Threat' e at 'Frankfort. Mtinitt, it appears, by an article from Naples, bad very narrow escape in one of the late actions in Germany. - Prince IlLtutr, of Pausst arrived at Stuttgardt on the Bth. A leather-seller having been defrauded by his servant of various articles in his trade, applied to at► attorney for advice, as to the proceedings lie s h ou ld adopt, who recommended, without hesittt tion, the lex lalimas, a good horse-wbipping, wheeeby his servant would loose leather' also, A few evenings since, a hearse was robbed near Chancery-lane, of the, ostrich feathers belonging to it and tour horses, of considerable value. A few nights since, the ‘vhole of the commu nion plate, to a large amount, belonging to ►he parish church of Grandborough, in Warwickshire, was stolen from the house , of Mr. Calloway, The 41.01 ?martin the Sight .—T h e Author of this little Cs say deserves considerable praise for useful hints mid interesting ()Wet vatjon.,, detailed, 'whops, in a way that may displease the scientific re n der, yet in a manner which must be considered a s the most useful and the mcab site for those whom he wishes to serve,--for the molly! We reCninntend this tract strongly to their notice : much dQt this subject require the public attention. NAVAL NEWS, ittßwrcii, We. 24.—N0 foielgti tittiVals ttj4 day. The embarkation ,of horse 3 finished th!s forenoon, mitt the whole division of trahsports proceed to Se.i in the morning, timid. the convoy of the Regtiarol sloop, Captain SINCLAIii j tlittriWtl gun-brigs. DRAT., Disc. back by conttliry winds the iilphinstone, Neptune,- and &dell . ' Castle East indisMen, and remain. Sailed the . Grißbn sloop of war, with a convoy of transports, for Ifollatul, YARMOUTH, DEC. 24.---Sailed six Dutch schuyts with arms and ammunition for Holland. Also one Dutch sehuyt, with Mr. Pattsoxsi the Mes- , senger, antl.4 Dutch Courier, fir the Hague. PORTSMOUTH,' DEC; 24.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Diomede' -from Halifax, Nemesis from Bei muda, Dexterous from the DoWns, and the pri= fo/i from the Westward.. Came into• harbour his Majesty's ship Dover, from quarantine, having troops on board. Also came in the Ruckers 'West Indianan. Sailed his Majesty's ship Woodlark for Plymouth, Hannibal and Seahorse for off CherhuVgh. His 'Majesty's ship •I'tneraPle, ruhDutitj M, still remains wilid-tbonnd. tit# Med , way man of %vat is appointed convoy for ! the Cape, Brazils, and the .Est Indies, and 'the, Medina for the North coast of Stain. PLI - Nourti, Dec. 23.—Came in the Reren nant French schooner, of 14 guns and 75 . men, captured by . the Ifelieon sloop of war, whiCh vessel is also arrived, and his Majesty's ship Challenger from a cruise, 'Sailed the Itriton gate fOr Portsmouth. CoaK,iDEc. 20.—0 n Friday ; arrived his Nia. jesty's ship Castilian, Captain 13HAIMErt ; and Tar , torus, Captain ,Nsccm, they sailed hence soma time ago, with the convoy, laden with provisions, horses; reinforcements; Sic. for our gallant trout! under . Lord WELLINGTON. We regret to that in their passage out. they met with a (trot& ful gale, which surpassed in violence any that had ever been experienced by the oldest Seaman in the convoy—in that latitudea separation was the coniegnence, and fears are entertained ,for 'the safety of many of the merchant vessels. The Cas. titian did not put into St. Andero, but cruis ed for, .a few days. to collect the shattered ships One ship, the George of LondOn, she saw safe into the port of St. Andero, though dismasted. We .feel considerable pleasure in stating, that Captain Baatmtu's zeal has been rewarded iu coming . home, by the capture of the American brig Spirie!, ladesi with Silk, champagne, hitt. windy, and claret, from La Teste, near flour ' deaiii, bound to rhiladelphia, euFmtucs master. He states, that ,three days before Lie left P,001 , 7 , sicaux, he went to the Theatre, where between the acts placards were thrown abunt„ and . hung over the boxes, " Down with the Tyraat,—Vire Loai. s X1i.(11.---The Castilian saw the prize into . Plymputh. We are sorry to state, that the French privateer schooner, La Jwion, from St. Makes, tea gun 4 tuui 30 men, has during the month hack made . ,:everal captures, among whom are • The brig .o.tuse, of Whitekavtn, from St. Ander), loam! bente. She was taken the '2 7t h Nnvember, and destrtqed, 41.1e,xtiader ltickerby, wafter. • '.l'nc sloop Tuo *others,. of Queriissy, in hallast, M. Par rel, master, taken Nue.2i, and destroyed. The brie Liberty, of Sunderland, Wrn. Storey, master, from Seville to London, with a cargo of Spanish wool. Sha' was cappred the sth inst. in lat. 48. 13. N. loa. 7. &D. W. and sent fur Prance, • A Prinzlais vessel, Antonio Savanna, bound from Lona Orr to St. ;kilt:allies, was tilcen on the eili inst. and given up to the prisoners, who arrived in Custlehaven the Bth inst. The Junon privateer wos plain yellow sided, and sailed re-. Workably fast, Four other privateers di the same description, front St. Mulves, were cruising in nearly the strut latitude. The Victory, Outot, frpm, L.:onion to Grenada., Was t o w e d int o Portland Roads yesterday by the Swinger, with loss of boom gib and damaged. The Janutieq., NVat,LAce, front. Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, Was abandoned at sea on the sth inst. being in a sinking state.. • The .F 4, ..STEWAVT, from Prince rlw.irti's Island to Liverpool, foundered at sea on the 27th The Melpomene frigate, which. sailed from Ports • month with a fleet for the West :Indies, put into Lisbon with considerable thon:;ge. There is no foundation' for the paragraph a Morning Paper, that '' a new boa of Athuir.th is . about to issue by command." The' Morning Chrmiicle, with ita usual aceuraf:‘,. and Perversion of Nets, states the sailing of Alf , . thiral Dor t uANs from PortsmOuth, who is still at t hat place. - Perhaps the learned author at the pa ragraph will state, 1101' a man of war can from Portsmouth down Channel with the wind at Eight troops of the 2d Royal North. British Dragoons (or Greys), consisting of 80 men eart h troop ; received orders and commenced their march on Monday last, from their different quarters, to Aylesbury in .littekinghntushire, there to Arita their further destination. The deptt of the regi ment will remain in Birmingham. Captain Com - zit:4llmq, of 0)056 regiment, is appointol by the Marquis of w.4I,L INGTON to h e Commandant of Fontambis, Oar, frontim of ;;pain. •