The Sun. — London, England, 1813-12-27 00:00:00

. . ii,iestY the Emperor delivered at the opening of e, = Legislative Body. More than 20,000 copies which were issued front the Journal, de Paris, ~ ere distributed before two o'clock in the after , )(in. In all,the public places numerous readers sinned for iheJournals. France and all Europe e x pected with impatience its historical monument of the frankness, mode l' ttil a m, and'dignity of the Emperor of the 'French. 4 What now can o ur enemies-Say ? What .tv,ill the , Titers whose disgraced talents are in the pay of ngland say ? 'With the speech of the Emptror in 111nr hands, shall we not always be able to reply [O. Ill tr ictorionsly to their declarations Is,, If " they they sPeak to us of the love of the enemies J France , for peace, we will answer thrum, peace If - in their power ; there is no obstacle to the re-esta. lishment of . .p:ar:'_r on the part of Trance. • An ho onrable and solid peace is the deareSt wish of ,be Emperor, of the French. '., , . . . Pations.cannot 'Hut with •security, extePt by dis. ' jlayo,7 their whole strength, This maxim, which - ;overnments never forget, without endangering leir independence, and: - the fate of the initial), i ught to be constantly present to the mind of the • , 'rc.nch• What are time saerificeS commanded by '.lle interest of all, when compared with the' evils , f every' kind with which we should be over , vhelmed,, if our victorious enemy dictated to 113 hc law ? The old proverb, If you•wish for peacl,s repute for war, is a trivial truth, but which i 6 not he less - strong fOr having been one of the first re ults,of the experience of men collected in society, Yes ; France will display all her strength to obtain peace. Already, from ali the departidents, ou; brave youths repair to the points menaced by the enemy. The levy of 300,000 men 'is carried Oil with success. Paris, that city so interested in seconding, the views of 6overnment, iron) which it has experienced so mutiny benefits ,has distill guiSlied itst If on this great oecasiOn. The vows of the country will accompany the brave men who , are destined to defend it. Glory and sue cess will crown their efforts. They Will find in 'the gratittide of their fellow citizens, and in the happiness of their families, the reward of their fi delity and zeal ; .and,,by 'fulfilling the first of du ties, will' become entitled to those, noble distinc tions which a Sovereign who loves to rewr.rd merit bestows on those , boidiers who distinguish them in the career olhonour. • ErtatsstroaT, .DEC: 9.—lt i 3 retnarlied.as an ex traordinary circutnstaur:c, that the tteperor Alex older, .having appointed a Russian General GO yernor-Gensral c t f ,Saxonys should just have de clared, that all the appoiotinents of Generals and Officers in the Saxon army should be 'at his dis positiOn. At the same moment, a Russian takes ossession' of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Berg,' and it is Ressia who complains of the preponderance that France has exer cised in Germany ! .Aild it is Russia who talks of moderation and independence ! When her , armies were conquered at Pi iedland, the Freurh armies were upon her frontiers ;=—what conditions of peace did they impose on her ? .NOt only did she lose nothing, but Prance consented, that she should increase herterritory at the expense of, her Ally`Prussis. Now that 'Russia .is upon the 'Rhine. what langiu does she hold towards France, what extoby......:' uroensions does she nos advance ? Let the epochs, and the cr.luner. iiiwittctt the two powers acted, be coMpared, all people of good faith who are in Europe will jad4e them, and all the world be convinced that the men who boast of their moderation are not ..the most moth:nate, and that those who exclaim the most against aui bition, are not the least ambitious. • Letters from Bremen announce, that that town has been declared an Hanseatic town, and that the former Magistracy have been established iii it which would appear to confirm the report that the Russians intended to organize. among the,mari time and commercial towns In Germany, •a confe deration, which in fact would only be an associa tion of factories i carrying.'on trade, on the ac count, and for the advantage of Estglisb. mer chants. It is 'well understood, that :.the Rus sians would have the potter of 'establish ing custom-houses in those towns, to collect. iii their impartation dutiss.. It is impossible to• tleScribe the .cunsternatitin which this re port bas-prodneed . anumg the Germatimanufsc-, terers. Alley have caleulated„that since the Ber. nit and 'Milan decrees,' and notwithstanding the eampaigits, of 1807, I SOD, and 181,(4,: their sdes have heed' double to What they were between the years .1800 and 1 805, during which their country, anjoyed prat - hind. peace. Thus they look 'lo6‘'ai'd with) the utmost uneasiness to that moment whets the rivers, after: the departure ofStbe French gar risons, which . block up their mouths, shall be opened ro IS'suglish commerce... Without doubt, tire opening of those rivers , would, afford great pleasure to an hundred conttnission merehatits established in the ..maritime places, hut they would carry desolation into thousands of families', whose industry, train that moment, could less than ever, support the cOmpetitioqof English . itierelvants, fully detesmincdto.empty their, ware , hoosesscrannned for the last six years, at any price. Bat it is nut to that thatsthe blow which the political ,system ,of ate RUssiatis intend to direct a ; s,ainst the German nation, will be:confined; it is, known that in Russia, the distillisig,of spirits and the trade in corn awl colonial products, belongs ,xelesively, to the Crnwn, and they very mach . Star that these pisivileges should he introancvd in the States ‘v.iii6b may. fall to the share of Ressia. The same thing -has 'taken place in the German. provinces. of Esthonia s Livonia,arld etwrland : eau it expected that there will be made, in faysitir of.. subjects VOto,• hut . lately, bore at ms against , RoSsia, exceptions. to a regnlaton, alets , A - th of time established in that sinVre i it will always he thought that enough has need done , for their happines, in leavit:g,them, like the peasants of thss• pecivinces of which we have just spoken, the power of dedicating themselves to the culture of calsbages And potatoes. •rcscrvett in virtue- of treaties. sob by p rit ,:iiit and Itlissia, had been given ity IVet.tphalia. by thc ":,tie of portions'; the new pro... iiri e rors were lo the. enjOyownt of their estates ;. some of the is t hurl{ even wid, them, 'but Allies retaUeti till :—,this is, the manner in which licktitm the batil:tity of Treaties. What rettaarkible is, tiatt the i'ritKe ItoyAl of Swc. ~. ~:~~~~ den had a very Sue estate in that country, and which has, like the others, been confiscated. At the end of November, the French tre.,e still master of a-great number of strong places; the French Army of Ilamburgh was in a formidable -, state Denmark had reinforced herSeff in Hol- Stein : It, was conceived e. ,that, to regularly besiege those places, and to fight those imposing forces, - considerable troops Were necessary.; and that, if to. their were joined the tnass of those requisite to, act front Holland to Switzerland, the nnlies Of the Allies could not lie so numerous and so for midable as certain pamphleteers in the Anglo., Russian pay wished to persuade us. "The high powers who acknowledge the' sovereignty . of the Princes of Germant,and the independence Of nations in all their proclamations; do not eqnally reiect them in the acts which emanate fromtheir auttority; they have just imposed an C.traordi nary contribution on the Grand Duke of laden, who, it is said, has found the burden: a little too - heavy, and who has, been much ustonishei- at finding he was not master is Houle, since the Allies had declared he was free. in the Urand Duchy of Berg, the Raisians call all dip citizens to arms y they do not force 'any person to enrol himself, but those who do not march, pay half'of their revenues, and their Cl ;tidies are snbjeeted to a war-tax. It appears. t hat the march of the French and •Neapolitan'troops into Italy has alarmed Austria, awl caused a diversion in her projects upon the Rhine. A part of the forces which ►ve:ie intended - to pass this river, has set out in haste..to (e►ieral Hiller, who sine his defeat at Caldiera, and the bad success of the expedition against min, has not been in a condition to undertake the least movement. Venice is provisioned for nine month's. 4 loan Which has been opened by General Semis is suilicient to insure the pay oldie garrison. Ibis Governor has placed all the small islands in a re spectable state of defence. Some Gerinan Gazettes announce, with a mark ed atiectation,.that reinforceniesQ 'are marching to the Russian ar , ,nv—thcv speak of columns which tire in march, but those papers do not mention the names of the Commanders of those forces—they do not mention their notnbers, aml announce neither the point of their departure nor their destination. • .The Hopi/ear of . the 21st December contains letters from the CollllllBllilet of 1.1 manger) end fort Monier, near old. Brisach*,, addressed to the:Ge neral of Division at Strasburg, informing him that attempts had been made on the part of the .Allies to settee them to betray tbeir country,. by the surrender of the fortresses entrusted to their care. Col • Chancel states; that on the Morning of Dec. 15, his Adjutant Moritz was sent .for express to Basile; where having been introduced to the Ba varian General Trauenberg, attached to .. Qeneral, Lichtenstein, he was promised, in the. event of his procur;ng the surrender of Huninuen, 250,000 livres, and a superior rank for himself', and 500,000 livres, the Cross of Maria Theresa, and an estate in Austria, for the Colonel Coin nimidatit. Capudn Sans, Connnandant of Fort Monier, says', that he ,had been invited by Mr. Herbst, a merchant of Old. Briseh, to a confer on au island on the Rhine, where Herbst in lortned hit,, ti cl at tne ra ; out nvi3eli, having applied' to the Austrian General ,Gitilay to spare the town, which was burnt in 1793, General replied, that it Must depend upon fte Commandant of Fort Monier and that he would authorise Mr. Herbst co see and oiler him, .on condition of his surrendering the fort; 1,000,000 franks in money, or any rank he might choose to ask for in the Allied Army.—French Funds, 'Dec. iratics, 5 cents. VRANKFORT GAZETTES. OFFICIA DECI,ARATION OF !riff.: EXtRAORDI- NARY HELvETIO DIET. " 'Zurich, Nor, 20. ‘, We, the Landamman of the Swiss and the Members of the Diet of the 19 Cantons of the Ilelvetie Confederation, to all the Confederates, greeting :—War, the theatre of which has been for a long time distant from us, has approached the frontiers of our country. In . this state of affairs it becomes our duty, as Rep resentatiyes of the States of the Helvetic Body, to deliberate tipon the actual situation of our native land, to make the. necessary overtures to the Belligerent Powers, , and to adopt such measures as" circumstances require, Faithful to the principles of our fa thers, we have, in virtue of full powers, and' of the ' commands •of our Constituents, unanitnoUsly declared the neutrality. of Swit zerland, and taken means to communicate, agreeably to established forms, the acts relative to this measure to the High Belligerent iowers: The observation of a strict neutrality' has, with the assistance tf Divine Providence, for several qges, secured the liberty and tranquility of Swit zerland. Now, as heretofore, that system is re quisite to. our wants and , situation: We ai - e, 'therefore desirous of maintaining,' it by all the nittt ns. ill our power. To setae the independence and the liberty of our country, to preserve our present Constitntion and the integrity of our ter ritory,is the only but important object of all our efforts, Confederates of ail the States of the il,elyetic Body, we cornontnicate to you this declaration, made in the name ,Of our common country, .41 or der that each of you may cwitribnte to faeilitate 'the execution of the general plan ti:at every one may ha,,ten to do that voluntarily which th e xve i. fare and . safety'of his country demands f rom hi m , and to show' hintself'worthy of hisoneestors, und cif the happiness he enjoys. Let us offer to the Most High that tribitte of gratitude which we '". owe bim, for the innumerable blessings which be bag bithyrto showcrCd upon our country, and let recotopend.to his 'po , ,verful protection the prc serratioil o f the tranq u ility o f Switzerland. (Siipied) " REINHARD, Landamtuan and P:esident of the Diet." [Here follows the Official Act, declaring the inviolability of Switzerland frOm the armies which surround it, the conservation of the relations of amity and good neighboUrhood with all States, Its perfect neutrality, and the most scrupulous im purtiality toward the Belligerent Powers." In order to maintain- this neutrality, the. Diet has re solved to occupy the frontiers with troops belong ing to the Confederation, and the act expresses a ccmviction that " after the interest and benevo lence which the BAigerents have ever Ehewn to this' country they will not-be induced, from any Military combinations, to violate the neutrality of alt independant people, whose existence .only depends upon internal and external tran quility,. impartiality towards foreign Powers, and perfect quiet." It" concludes with stating, that it expects the Belligerents to give the - most positive orders to their Generals' not to violate the neni.ral territory of .:witzerlantl, and still less to occupy any 'military iositiou in that country. Signed as the prewaing, by the Landamman, and also , by the Chatte'ellor of the Confederation.] GOTI'ENBURCH PROCLAMATION MI:1m I:•;11ABIP,ANTS OF BADEN. " Following the example of my predecessors, who have held the Goymnment before me, I made it my strictest duty to promote the happiness and welfare of my subjects, and secure the integrity of Baden. The engagements With France, into whieb the late Grand Duke entered,, on his join in;; the Conledevation, of the Rhine, and which devolved on me, I regarded as sacred, hoping, by the pnntual performance of them, to establish the tranquility of my people, and insure the welfare of my country; and ° although the' hardships of long'continued war, for which, according to my engagements with France, I was obliged to furnish wconsiderable body of troops to the French army, as Well as thestoppage of all' commerce, gave se vere wounds to our country ; yet my sole remain ing consolation was, the hope that a final peace would at length give Me, an opportunity of ,pres curing,,.through my endeavours, a compensation to my people for/ all ;their sufferings. Tlie Su preme, Providence 'which guides the fate of na tions and of unities, has plucked the banner. -of of victoryfrotnthe French :kr:o;6nd placed it in the hands, of the Allied Armies, Who arc fighting in the cause of Germany. . Having' thought tit to set bounds to the 'French su r,„,l„, 1t y th. • Anted Voire.t.t. . pusiAtti victorionsiy, forward from the hanks of the Elbe to the Mine, and I 'now made my lust effort to obtain peace and security for our coun try, which was threatened by the near approach of the ti,eati.e of war. I endeavoured to obtain.trom the French Emperor a neutrality fOr Baden, in hopes that.the high Allied Powers would on their side likewise consent to it, but the result was not favourable to my expectation ; and as I . could not by this means secure the tranquility of Baden, I now, find myself impelled tO join the Powers allied against France, and 'engaged in' 'war with her, and thereby connect the cause of our county with " The preservation of Baden, and the recon-• queriug of German liberty and independerice, is now the great object which we TflU“ strive to ob tain, and . which,. •in 'concert with the high Allied Powars, 'we have the best founded hopes of s►►c-- ceediug; ht. I cannot conceal from you; that out geographical situation, as bordering on the confines of France, renders our State one of the most iin • . , pottant, when compared with that of theotherAllied. States of Germany, and consequently requires every sacrifice being made which the imperious necessity of (lefendingyoUrcoutitry,yOutheatiths,and your fami lies requires; that consequently exertions of all kinds are necessary to ,contribute:on our part to the re storation of a general peace, and to the *nth tion'af :a Politic'" Glance of poster, which, era- . suritvits . uoutinuancei will protect the freedom. of commerce, revive national industry, and raise our depressed prosperity. . • Inhabitant., of . Baden ! Hely on your Prince ! Let the great end of defending your country, and Getman libeyty, animate every breast with sacred • enthusiasm for the general welfare, and penetrate you with laudable zeal, on my call, and on the mea sures which I shall take for that purpose, to enter voluntarily under the banners ot your country, anti lender yoursclv,es worthy of the glorious example which your Baden brethren in arms have long since set you in the field of honour. As the f r i en d of my people, I will share witri you 'in danger whereves' it appears, until, at length when 'we, sh:dl have conquered the re (wired end, a substantial peace, shall afford me the happiness of firmly establishing your future welfare, and ensuring the tranquility of our coma.; try a'gainst all storms. Cal Isruhe, Nov 20. (Signed) CHARLES." MATTA. AilittvEn--s. l G4ttentitgli, 1 bublin, g Waterford. Gottenburgh, 3 Heliguland, 1 Gueriiiry, I Jersey, Dubl:n, 1 Waterford. ST. JOA.—lioliday at theExcheciner, Bank ) and South Sea liouse. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BIUDGE TOMORROW , Morning, 31 minutes alter 3. tvening, minutes .after •5, Ti S'II.EAI QIIIS rAr.iitm Auur-vr ? • LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27. . 181;3. Frerich Papers to the 24th are given in our - ceding columns, and arc of great interest. The horizon clears, and we may now safely believe that no dangers:to Eurcipe are likely to arise from . that state of diplomatic intercourse of which the' Tyranchas matte the most he can., to delude the French people into the entertainthentof hopes of Peace. We Confess that the• impOsing language of the Corsican had somewhat disconcerted the equi libritun of our minds, and infused a slight and - • :easy suspicion that he might have outwitted the Confederates into a Congress, and by intate - • ornate sacrifices, . got them •to suspend their march of Victory. We could not help trem bling for the welfaie of ottr country, and the safety of the' Continent when Mr. Wit Ft F.!) and the Chrohicle praised the moderation of Mi nialers, and the wisdom of the • documents pi 0 - mulgated by the Allies. These fears have v,thish ed, thanks •he MOnsieur ST. JEAN D'..II , “;ELY He tells us, that the Confederates have refus ed co grant an armistice, and indeed we could have disco— vered this without his help, for the refusal of the Emperor 41,E ANDER, sub'seluent to theDeclarat ion - of the I st• December, to 'ratify the terms , on which Dantzig capitulated, is a convincing prOof that no snspenSion of active hostility , nod that nothing like an approach to amicable relations wit h , the Usurper had taken, o r .was likely to take ' 'place. The, steadiness of the French Funds is a,' corroboration of the fact, that even in Paris the , studiously dubious langnagi. of the Corsican hail tailed of making the desired impression on tit popular mind, and deluding the people 'into a be lief (3o readily entertained by the Party in this Country) that War was about to cease, • and Nu gociation s to co nntence--' "'l'herc is no such thing ; ".it is the bloody business"--- ipeech, we will perhaps be rivtlonea la t s o t s uch,soff;:(l if ~ta. , rethuiaail'istigasi " : I c s c r u t Z4 the topic of treating admire that act of • low them by saute I" w r i e th g t e h il a c t ra p i et ° •s b o s : r l v it tlatlii°,l'lst-t: on the 'insanity which wouldi t . ucl bad out the shadOw of accommodation is sn i p m e i c t e i en with hint. l tb le raced which he has av t t y h ‘ e vi t c l o i cleat testimony of its necessity to his c ontinuance in power. , No man as to•suppose is so besotted „ that iloo.s:ararric d es ires Peace for the love or , ; peace ;—all that he - has' said, therefore, on that point is to t,* referred to his inability to continue' • the war, and his aptitude for retnaining at the hem! of. France, in the hope of hereafter being enah;ed once more to devastate and dictate to riorope. Now, setting morality and juitice' entirely 0 1 . 1 t, of our view, and looking ilt this ituporiant gas - , tion strictly it, a - Ft.:Utica sense—is it wise or !my Pent to desire peace.with BUQNAPARTE Does h is Character demand ; :our confidence 5 Or' inaY eve not rather say, Cher all the examples we fiave had' of his perfidiousness and sanguinary nature, Who trusts again deserves , to be deceived. 'ln all treaties , the • different Parties bring int ° - the market certain commndities belonging to them , upon the ate l r terel:Clairee of which d satisfied. 'lge differences would BVONAPARTE br lug to the Congress for whic h he would have a right ,to ask tor otheir uonds' iA exchange.? tigurpatiootri Ike stegoiitiut' s fraud and force I What could rnbassa:ldr• say he Would give in return fur the °acknowledge" ments of his sovereignty and. establishment of lI I ' Master's power in France ?----ltaly What. titl e has he to' ft.dy ! By what tenour (1 0 0 the Netherlatuk?- - Spain . HoW obtant ed lie possession of that country • Why! be k'' s , t nothing wherewithal to negociate hat toe acca-, mutations of rapine;•and robbery, and oiktrd (l. . l •' 'Snell are his commodities t and Whom does is`' bring with him to the Congress • as.his frietn.. allies, whose possessions :are to be kid, saere,d' whose titles are ,to be recognised, w.1",3e mints are to )1.0% ideal for in • the uov : lance of of cEntirtohpreLuwit•Ainrtith;lB:OLf:e 1"14 c. )1111eilft:s11. the King'of Spain, Josnrti BtioNAFAIITV, rights to be receive.! in that cap acity rtre which a friendly MO rat. h " `'‘ grounded on the b:isc,-.t theft a: e d r .14 1 , a scoaudrel.—Second, the King of Westinl3.' I 1 E ~' '1 • l•ib Cite of i tE !/1 we l IIiI~ Eli e 1 ,1 44 y ; peo deli ►vssi, !lo se w h, tev. robes lite l V nlUr t r i urner ai t•i nce t; 18 ,ah, th, le di 111 COI :4;11 ( Irli ty t ruitl slic Ad the i t op tti ue Nisi 4 %141 r utit, rea~lfu tat .e s ue '°elar 'oltlly, I "eY w, I "Y Ite IC iv( Cdn be le Mitt lye ami fl enta We `-qtre su which llttry ril if( Tv 13'43 Car YeS tertf ; by t 14 Vie IsAa.rt. Priso n I . l eCti tHil att a~"1~~C11~ bate ed for 's W e b