The Sun. — London, England, 1813-12-11 00:00:00

the Jews, and ,c cannot but praise. the eon« !istcneY of illese statesmanlike; and enli g ht l n'.. illustiatioUs, of the situation .of EuropeVllye' Lave next tin attempt equally Worthy of the :1014 and sublime mind of BUONAPARTE, to back, the defamer . of the bra;e Captors of. St. Sebastian. It consists in a lie, either invented by the Corsican . himself, Or sent from one of his Fellows at Cadiz. It will dolor the London Chronicle, and the Dub linFost :---elsewhere, such contemptible inven tions arc harmless. An account of Ta Deum, and il luminations on the anniversary of that day when the Tyrant bound care, and sorrow, and misery, ! 741 1, we' trust, Death to his head, in , the form ot' ar, Imperial Crown, closes these important iittails of important events, when France is sur %tided by 600,000 foes, aal her best blood is ileinandcd to be shed in the cause of the " best of monarchs" !! ! 1 1'!:e endurance of such folly kid absurdity, and frivolity, in tbe midst of deso lation and rain, is' a libel on human nature. Can such things be, That overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder. • Of military news these Paper& arc, as is now thtir v"tuni, batren,—quite barren. From Ho!- ' land, the scene of such momentous deeds, the z mn is, -that a party have reached . Gorman, and Admiral Veßun t., with a respectable force, se c6ll'l' the operations of the other Frenclt Generals. ~ 't is not said how far removed from him are these °Perations %vine!' he seconds ? From Spain, where tht expiring cause of the faithless invaders of an Mlied country, is displaying its last faint .straggle, 4 llihat is stated is, that MAR ISPE has led the way in the eva cuat i on o f Cat a l o ni a . H e h as arr i ve d at 1' 411 oti his route to reinforce SOULT.—Bc v, t eti Lord WaLLINGTON and the people of there is plenty of work for both, ts ese Generali. We need scarcely allude to 4 4 idle i nvention, that our army has retreated— '''. to "'Alter statement, from the same authentic source L jat dysentery is destroying the Allied Armie s 14, " oar own dispatches we hear of no, beyond what are common to such nu.t, ' i e.o ' ls bodies expos e d i n a certain degree to the l Luurs of the season. t- The Yoniig Prince of OR. :WE has landed at t til "th from Passages. He landed under a and set off for Loudon. He will imme :e proceed to. Holland, to lead his Country '44tainst their E nem i es , as b ecomes a P up il o f r .81 1nol of•WitiadfainON. One of his . bro ell arrived at t 6 Hague on the Bth.• Accounts. it i r said, have been received from • ' , .k,;nrywN PRINcs of Swznwg,dated the 28th ult. l it army was in the highest condition, and posted 441 ' itarburgh, and it was generally supposed lII ° ;in attack would be made upon DAVOUT 1111- 41elliitte LY. The French Army under this . Mar.: , that, it is thought, has been much over-rated, 4 11 i , Prohllhly does not exceedlo,ooo mcn. The tu,aui,li Army, though amounting to double this (1 1416. ' be could not depend upon, and. no bt e t , t h 4 -- I.(' b e entertained as to the result. After nlicr "tions the GitowN Put.vcs would pro wi th great part of his force to. Holland. Cti ii - i i' 1 " e Prosperous state of affairs cannot be better 4.4.4'Plified than by referring to the altered eon ,:4;°t) of the Coasts o r t h e Co n tin e nt. It wa s last Week th a t an O r d er o f Council wa s ts -1);(1, declaring the Whole Northern shores from 1,, (1 41 be t 0 Holland free from the blockade which t i „ l Pedecl com merce , i n consequence o f t h e oc - It l s tion of the country by the French . ) and now % merman(' a simi l ar O r d er h as b een determin )44'4l)4 be immediately issued by Govern 4t) for l a yi ng open an equal extent of coast l' of Europe, namely, from , the r ieve • % to the S out h ern extremity oi Da Ima titt— iitis i i hiPortant tract having also happily been tr ed fr ont the oppressi v e dominion of the itthy. 'rk, til 4 l 4 te letters state, that the Allied Command l'ii,ttilve resolved to agree to no Armistice, and tti ,, d winter campaign will consequently be pro ted . I with the greatest activity and vigour. ‘ l l li• '1- ighness the Hereditary Prince of ORANGE, k ' ii I M D , C , gets a British regiment, as a '''llatltreward for 0,,, ~ se rvices under the great WELLINGTON, Vt`stS eIIitISUIZI. 1 1 44 Nay, a few minutes. after 1 0 . o'clock, her it li.l'l, Princesses AuGusTA and ELTAABETII . , t i t Queen's Palace for Windsor, escorted by 'Y of L ight H orse. qtrl,;,. %Iv '4l B ALAscuot , r, and the Deputation from I N 1 4 wi ll , ' l h 'lte, f ,;„lealre Brunswick House, Hanover .."ll4l - . 1 Monday next, on their return to the 'iltN r e dt. via Holland. Count LEvarEa N I at the Brunswick, gave a tro ix; f. ll l suite. on Wednesday, to the 0, 41 . 8 :e1s have arrived from Carlscrpna, which 1 1 1‘ 1 ", `boor On the 2d inst.. They. were . nei-,,, if h,' i s t `es . ted by the Danish gun-boats nor from 41.0 1. '" Of EISitICIII% A Swedish frigate was 11 -eru ila Waiting to convoy two vessels laden ) P t tst ' , - Of AI ern, 8 ro4l the Court of Stockholm to the d - gitrs, NAVA L NEWS. The Ciitripany's ships li.onibay, , 'iphinstane, tadr 'Melville, leabalva, and iVejit4ne, : for Boolbay and China, and the Scaleby Castle, for St. lieLna, Batavia ; and China, all of which are Dow at Portsmouth, will positively be dispatched froth the East India House on this day se'unight. HARWICIT, DEC. 10.—A schuyt has arrived from Holland this morning with a number of pas sengers, but she does not bring news of much in terest. There have not been more than 1600 English troops yet landed on the other side, and they are reported to have advanced to assist in the reduction of the Helder ; Vitittiust. still obsti oately refusing to surrender. One of the young Princes of ORANGE bad arrived at the other side, and proeeedodto join his father. Dam., - Dtc, 10.—Yesterday a detachment of the 9:ith Regiment arrived'here, and our boatmen (with theiraccustomed alacrity) having volunteer ed their services to embark any numberof troops free of expellee, they were immediatelymarched to the beach, where the boats were in readinesp to receive them, and in the course of '2O Minutes three hundred men were afloat, with their arms and baggage, without a single accident occuring. The beach was covered with spectators, and Orange Bonen, with three cheers, hailed the de parture of this fine body of men.—The wind has blown hard all this day, which prevented the re 7 nialnder . of the troops from embarking. Came down from the River the Lady Neluille, for the East Indies. Remain his Majesty's ships as per last. PLYNtotrrir, Dcc. 9.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Challenger from Passage, from which the Prince of ORANGE landed this morning ; Achates sloop of war from a cruise. Sailed the Superb man of war to Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Ister (a new frigate) from the Downs'; El phinsione and Neptune for the East Indies. • FALMOUTH, DEC. B.—Put back the Helicon sloop of war, having been run foul of by the Ro bert Tod, bound to the Brazils, and she received considerable damage. ItotsGATE, 9.-:-Government have come to the determination of sending the troops to Holland in men of war, for which purpose every vessel and boat calculated to carry even a few men each, have been pressed to convey them . to the Downs. The greatest - bustle prevails, and the officers superintending the embarkation are using every exertion to get as many away as the title will admit, and have succeeded in getting from 30 to 40 sail of vessels to sea ; the whole except two transports, viz, the Lavinia and North Ash, are gone to the Downs ; these being better calculated than the rest to make the passage, are - ordered to proceed direct to Holland. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain C. I.IAfttIARD wits sworn into the cointnand of the, ship fl'exford, consigned to China direct. . AnAnterican East. Indiaman haying put•iato New South Wales, ignorant of the war with,Creat Britain, she was taken possession of anti sent to Buenos Ayres, from whence an Officer has attired with the particulari, At a inciting of the Officers of the West and North Itegiments of the Shropshire Local Militi a , held at the Lion Inn on Saturday last, they unanimously agreed to volunteer their services to Government, out of the county, for forty-two days. The 9th Light Dragoons, which returned some time since from the Peninsula, being again com plete, are to relieve the Bth Light Dragoons in I A battalion of Italian prisoners of war is now under orders of selection at Forton Depot, near Portsmouth. When organized, it is to be sent to Sicily, to be employed upon such service as the Commander in Chief there may direct. On Saturday last a meeting was held by Col, Naito and the Officers of the Nottingham Local Militia, when it was unanimously agreed to re quest his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, to offer their ser vices to Government upon the terms proposed by Lord CASTLEREAGH. Fute.—Early this morning.a fire' broke out in a 'small timber yard, xE the end of King -street, Snow's,fields, Bermondsey. The house in width the fire commenced was attached, to a small body of houses, standing apart from the general neigh bourhood. The houses with which it was imme- diately connected, being of bah and plaster, caught ,the flames in a very few minutes, and, at three o'clock, no hope was entertained of saving any of the gronpe. _ _ Dastniut, AcctnENT.---The following dread ful accident happened at Old Buckenham on TIMM.' day se'nnight :—A little girl, eight years of age, daughter of a labouring man of the name of lilackliorne, being employed by . a', farmer 'to keep the birds from a field of corn, took the child of a neighbour, named Moore, to bear her cum.. pany • the weather being cold and wet, they col lected some stubble and made a fire in the field, which the youngest going too near, her elothei .caughbfire ; the eldest took her in her arms: and lied..with - her to a neighbouring watering; with thejNytion they were both ,soon enveloped in llanies, whereby' the youngest was immediately bona to death; and the eldest, although able me dical assistance 'Nv . as obtained, l survived only till the following clay. l'ltNet 11.F.dtt9 1)174‘;1±,E: Yost right', tit t*ti ; the rmadE licld a Le'vte Carltmi f - Uitise, which tra3 nu meroasly attended: 'fhb i&owitig had the nom . , of heing . pretented to iti , l Royal Highness Joka Ilanter; Esq. his..ntjesty's Coii , sP.General in Spain, on his re ..appointment, up on w hi c h, occasion he received the honour of _Knighthood. Conuttissary-Genetal George- on hie Doing at Com miSSiencr for the Issuing -of Bills 'of 'Credit on the Conti nent, on which occasion he received the balletic of Knight -. Istain. • Siriteorge DetiY - •i; bn Tieing created a Bdranet. Mr, Sedrant Best, on his being 'appointed Soliciter Geuer.J to the Prince Itegent. The Earl of Craven, with the Addressfrom the City of 'Cu ventry. • Lord Lowther., on his beingappointed a Lord of the. Treasury, (:roper.. • .- The Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, iccoMpanied by M P.Dondus;with aft Address (rota the City of Edinburgh. Viscount Sidesouth, with an Address front the Corporation of Leeds. The High Bailili of Birmingham, Sir Charles Mordaunt, and Mr. Dngdale, with an Address from Birmingham. Mr. Crickett and Mr. Round, the Members for Ipswich, with an Address of Congratulation from the Borough of. Ipswich. Sir George Naylor, Genealogist of the Bath, on his receiving the honour of Knighthood by his Royal highness the Duke of - Tort. The Rev. Thomas Prince, by the Lord Bishop of ialisbury, on his appointment to be one a the Chaplains in Ordinary to his Itoyat Highness the Prince Regent. The Ilishopof Peterborough Elea, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Cul. It. A. Dalzell, to kiss bands, on being appointed Deputy Adjutant Generiel of - Ireland, and to take leave. Lieut,iGeneial the Duke of Richinu.nd, on- being appointed Governor of Hull. Lieut.-Gen. Sir T. Hislop, on being appointed CoMmander iu Chirl i.t Madras, and to take leave. Lord Milton, with an Address from Sheffield. lion, it. B. Bernard, by Viscount Bernard. lion. A. Macdonald, on his return from Russia. Lord Henry Paul t, on marriage and . promotion. Admiral Sir Robert Calder, on resigning the command at Plymouth, and his promoi ion. Sir John 'Jameson, Physician to the Fleet, on receiving leave of absence to go abroad. Iron. I ugh Lindsay, by - the Lord in Waiting. • Hun. Lieutenant Neville, Stad Fusileers, presented .by Lord St. Helen's, on his return from the Peninsula. Sir C. Saxton, by the Duke of Richmond. Lieut. Wombwell, 10th Royal Hussars, on his return from Spain. Major-General Conran, Royal Scots, on his return from Ir dia, and appointment to the Staff. Lieut.-General Mont:Het', by the Lind in Waiting. Lieut.-General Knollys, on his appoitatment to the Northern District. . Lieut.-Colonel Robarts, 10th Royal Hussars, on his promo tion, and return from Spain. . Admiral Kinght, Vice-AdMirat - Sir T. Bertie, Rear-Admirals Huthatu and Legge, Generals Lewis ;mini Law Son, Colonels D'Arey, Handheld, and FruminJutm, R. li. A. Major Charles Duke; Captain Rich, R.N. and Lieut. E. J. Crutch ley, it. N.—,m promotion. J. Croft,,Esq. of his Majesty's Legation at Lisbon, by Lord CuStiereagh. Lieutenant-Colona Palmer, Major Hartop, Hon.,and Rev. A. Legge, by"Mr..Desbrowe. Rear-Admiral Denham, on his being appointed Commander in-Chief of the Leeward Island, by Lord Melville. Lieut. HOod Knightom his retinas from the Mediterranean. Major Steiger, Roll's Regiment, by the Ditke of Claren ce . Hun. CaptainlliackwoOd, on his return from sea. -• (tear-Adiniral Nloure, by the Lord in Wait in:T. Captain. Lee, Ituyal Scots,. Aid-de-Camp td 'Major-General Conran, on his return from India. Mr. Charles Bidtlulph, by the Earl, of Egremunt: Major General Ferrier, on Promotion and return from the Peninsula. Captain O'Brien, on promotion and return (rota five years cap . tivity in France, by. the Lord in Waiting. Rev. Dr. &else . , by the Lord in Waiting. Major General Smyth, on his return (coin America, - • • ____ Rev. Dr. Harrigan, Oa Lem"; oppeinti,d Chaplain to•the Duke of Cambridge. • Major Werge, 17th Dragoons, on his departure for India. Lieut.-Col. Shaw, Mr. Young, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Thornton, an 4 Aleock, with the ' Southwark A drrss, • • Mr. . Prothrroe and Mr. Daviei, with the Bristol Addrasss. Captain T. Fellow% R.N. on his marriage, and return from the Westindies, Mr. Lygow, with the Worcester Address. Mr. Petrie, Deputy Commissary-General, on going to laud. Capt. Turner, Aide-de-Camp to Lieut.-Gen. Sir C. Gri en. Mr. K. Craven, un his return from abroad, by Earl Cri.ren. The PRINCE REGENT afterwards gate audiences to Lords CASTLEREAGH, Smmount ) and BUCK.- INCINAMSIIIRE, and Mr. Pi ERREPONT. The latter delivered to his Royal Highness the Order of the Bath, and the Ribbon, belonging to the late Sir WILLIAM MRATHAVS. The Sheriffs of London huh also an audience of his Royal highness, to know when he would he' pleased to. receive the AddresS of the City, when the Prince MIS pleased to up. point itAct Atendav". . " The l'auscii Itl OFNT, • in Council,- has appoint ed a day of General Thanksgiving for the late nu nterous and- splendid victories of the Allied At rules, to rake place on !Thursday, the 13th day of next • inunth, (January). ROYAL. ACADEMY. Yesterday the successful candidates for the wiles given by .this important National Esta lishment received the rewards due to their al'. (luaus and honourable exertions. in the class of Painting, we underst►ind, no prize was adjudged; but the following was the•distributiou in the other departments of the Fine Arts SCULPTURE. Afr..Kenrick, for a ilabSO relievo, a Gold Medal and Fifty Guineas. ARCHITECTURE, Mr. Villameau, a Gold Medal and Fifty Guineas. DEA W ING IN THE LIFE ACADEMY. Mr. Dighton; a Silver Medal. Mr. May, a Silver Medal. . MODELLING IN THE LIFE ACADEMY. Mr. Demntin, a Silver Medal. M. Wyon, a Silver Medal. mtawmo . lN THE ANTIQUE ACADEMY. Mr. Page, a Silver Medal. . MODELLING IN THE ANTIQUE ACADEMY. Mr Stoddart, a SilverMedul: The festive treat to be given .by the friends o Dutch emancipation, in honotir of that eminently glorious- occurrence, wjll, it is thought, exceed' itt splendour any similar vuOivial, meeting that • the City of London has witnessed. The casiP9 of it is, indeed, as s i ngu l ar aas the i -met - opt:4ton alit s'expertath he itoegeo 4 9 ; for . when, were• ever p4. , :iple thtr, known, ,like the 'Dutch, t o h a ve thrown down a foreign tyranny by 'a mere act of volition to have olissolvea ' the fetters which hound them, as it were, by the breath of their mouth—withott • aims, wit4out concert, without preparation, • to have burst into freedom by the spontunenus efl'ort of their own free ! This it is that the Dutch have,dnne : and this it - is that the friends and admirers of such' heroism mean to celebrate witlrappropriate festi, vities. Two of the Itopl Dukes, and the Cabi net and Foreign Ministers, mean to attend •and most other persons of distinction in tloe country will be present. iti',. THEAtii.t.,: The new Dratnade Prelude; entitled Eleven ; or, More 'nod News; the represdiitkitidd of which had been 'ret mled paving; to the taitl: dious piiriN of the LICENSER, was brOtight ward lash night at Drury-lace Theatre. The in-' set tion of this piece was to celetidie ihe bero;e . :!ndeavours of our old Allies, the Dutch; to throw off the detestable yoke of France. ThiA intention was laudable in itself; but, except that - a Dutehaiao formed part oft he . plot ,and that the dinlogne botoid ed with references to the patricide motto of Milian/I; Orange linen, it might as well have applied to other event of a similar description. The piece was, of Course, gdt `zip, as the plifask, is, hi a hurry, in order to take adv4ritage of temporary events; otherViiise; 110 donlit, it would have had a more iiranetliale relationto the affairs Of Holl a nd; and have- invoked matters evineing the tyranny of the Frenchi. and the , glOrioug.eflects Of the I)citch to recover their itaNpendente, floWeVer; by the assistance of dancing, i i which Miss SMITH anti Young BYRNE chiefly distinguished theinselveS, some strokes of popular feeling and . national sym pathy, and a superb temple at the conclusion, this . dramatic sketch we very SucteSsful, particularly ,as it Was supported by the humour of LOVE GROVE, in singing and acting, and the-vocal ex ertions of PYIIE and 'Miss KELEY. ATTIE also. deserVes conimendadon for the manner in which he performed the little part of the Dutchman; whose song was encored. M s. Eri‘vlNT spoke an appropriate addres. :The whole was written by Mr. T. Dillow, and the music selected and com posed by Mr. WHITAKER in a manner creditable to his talents, The following will give our• Readers an idea of the songs which were expunged by the Licenser . SONO. 'first a Corsiiii cadet, Ghsv to' cite!' 1t.14 he you'd git, Till (aniltition lllazing higher, In thb Revolution's tire), • Making war and strife his trade, A Ge!ieral be play'd, And with red tinged the laurel so green 0— • For, 'tis thought, Cunning elf, • He but fought For himself, Hey down—ho down; &fry, Jerry ilowfi, All to till up the wonderful Scene 0 ! To Egypt change the scene,. With ulter'd dress and stage printer goes to work, And hini a Turk, 'Till Sir Sidney and his crew, • Fur his exit gave the cue, And.wither'd his laurels so green 0 Sans adieet, Off he flew, Left his cause, • No applause ! Hey down--ho down, Jerry, Jerry down, All to fill up the wonderful Scene Q ! SONG AND CHORUS, FORMERLY INTENDED VOR THE FINALE. Boney let John Bull altine, , • He kaosmhow to difend his own, ' . • And ever did your tricks disown, And all your quackery, • 'And Mister Boney, if you please, Let alone the Portuguese, Tho' on that sAjeet we're at ease, And LosiLida free. Chorus..s4nd :Mister E3uaacv, Vic, DANGER OF A BAD •NAnE. Give a Dog an fll narn, and hang birn."---0/d Proverb. In the course of the Spring campaign in Oct- many, Robert Semple, Esq the traveller, who incautiously traversvd,through the very line of the hostile armies, without . having provided himself , with pa s sports from the Secretary of State's Of fice, presented himself at Wurtzehen to the Bri tish Minister, Lord Cakhcart, and told him that, under the dread of falling into the hands of the French, he had destroyed a letter which he heti for his Lord:4llp,, but-:that lie still hail one for the Rnssian Adiniral Cireig. , ..)llte Noble Lard, after examineiio ,11 . 4-1 C;erm4n vussports, said they Con tained uo "piami of his ,being a British subject„bat that liewas'avcaypily born in America. IL/is Lord ship,thenkft„hira, and after some time sent fm hint again. "It will he proper," said ho," that yon " should go to gorlitz, which is t large town, .where you wille4sily procure horses, and every acetnomodation for pursuing pint- journey t 4 Culber t ;, the near eit sea-port ;row left to ati • re •r, pgijsb lint). There will be an opportnmity this " even ing,and this Gen t leman pointing t o kt youllg Russian Officer, " will conduct you." An hoar at. terwards he again me his Lordship on borsebaCk, ivho asked him with much apparent nolitene , .% " if there was any thing that he could do for him Mr. Semple answered him that there was not— when he touched his hat'and rode off. After Ala's most polite and ' courtly salutation, Mr. Semple . Was conducted with great civility through Gorlitz, Lauhau, Laoenberg, POldberg, Leignitz and Breslau, to the fortreOt ~f Silbetberg, where be was confined a close prisoner in a cl,migeon for two months. Itt this dreary, abode he Was visited by -the Hon. Douglas Kinnairtl and Mr. lion• house, inn. who discovered the mistake which had , led to his confinement, namely, that he was stip, posed to be, a 'certain Major - Semple, who had made his ! appearance on'ce in Russia ; and l ad fitudly was.tfelitered HY' - the condescension of his iloyal:Highness the Duke of Kent, to whom ha had mitten front. Gorlitz, and who stated to Lord' Castlereagh, that upon reference to Dr. Cullyer, he had certified thitt Mr. Semple was the author of " Two ,lourities in Spain, uu 4 other Tours," and was a faithful subject wills Majesty. 'OkpoRT), FRIDAY, !O.—The followin g subjects are proposed f()1' :Chancellor's Prizes, .for the , ensuing year, :-- Fair Latin Verses--" Gurntanicus Clear Vara Legionihusque Ittiprentii 11611 V . FOr au English Etsay—" A Comparative Estimate of the English Literature of the anti nnti lath C.'entutir.. Far a sLatitt limy—a" De iphoruruna apittl Luctiartuwil,3 maiiittatu.