The Sun. — London, England, 1812-05-19 00:00:00

MAI LS R a ivr n—i Guernsey, 1 lersey, s Surinam, t Dublin, watertord. 1. u. - t Cadiz, r Lisbon, i Guernsey, 1 ]ersey, r i Vvaierlord. j H ~i SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICARIL FALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 IV, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1812. it is with the deepest regret that we communicate to our Readers the followhlg account which we have received of a cireagul Earthquake in the West in- dies. ST. PIERRE9,NIARTINICLUE, APRIL 19, Is 1 2.—A most dreadful . account was received here yesterday, by the way of Curacoa, that the City of Curacoa, and the Town of La Guira were destroyed by an Eant- quake on. the 26th ult. Seventeen churches are said to have fallen at Cara- cas in a minute ; and as it was Holy Thursday, they were full of inhabitants. Private buildings, no doubt, also fell in great numbers from such a shock. Fourteen thousand persons are said to have perished there. At La Guira few houses are said to ternain, and about 1400 persons to have perished. The Congress and people employed in the Federal Government were at Valencia, I be- Leve, ark! expea have escaped this dreadful vi- sitation. The Anholt Mail which arrived 'yesterday, tho' it .does not absolutely state that war has adually commenced between Russia and France, yet is cal culated to remove all the doubts that have existed npon the .sulij:ea. The Emperor of RUSSIA has quitted his capital, to join' his army, and the French are advancing, with great rapidity, and in consider able numbers, to the frontiers of Russia. The King of raussix is now virtually dethroned; every for tress of any consequence in his dominions, as well as his own persOn, are in the bands of the French. ft is stated that BUONAPARTE very recently, made • offers of accommodation to the Emperor of RUSSIA, and that the latter replied that he would not listen to any terms, unless the French troops were with drawn from Ptussia, which BUONAPARTE refused.— Thia statement certainly rests.upon no better autho rity than the other political rumours that reach. us from the Continent, but at the same time it has the appearance of probability. We have, on former occasions enumerated at some length the various causes which must, under all the circumstances of the present times, render BUONAPARTE extremely cautious how he commits his fate upon a war in the North. We think it therefore very likely that he would for the present abate some of his preten sions, rather than enter into a war with Russia ; but the evacuation of Prussia is a point which he certainly would not concede, except in the last extremity. The possession of Prussia, or at least all that part which borders on the Baltic, BUONAPARTE will claim the right of keeping, for the purpose of enforcing his commercial regulations ; and the inhind fortresseS he will with equal justice insist u, on retaining for military purposes, in the event of a war with Russia. If, therefore, the Em perGr of RUSSIA has demanded the evacuation of P.ussia as a sine qua non, we may consider the war as a3ivally commenced. We are unable to speak with any degree of cer tainty with regard either to the numbers or the po sitioniof the Russian troolis. The reports- aze_vari -0116 upon these subjeas, bn't we have litile doubt that the accounts both of the Russian OA French -armies-are greatly exaggerated: Before the Ernpetor IsrtExANDrit left his cakita,l he . took the Sacra nlcat at the Cam, Church, and on his departup, , which .was on the 21st nit. he was _loudly chcered by the people. There is' every reason to believe that perfect understanding prevails between. Russia and 'Sweden,. and we have 'no doubt that the, treaty.be tweet-) Great Britain and Sweden will very soon be tOgned.. The following, letter from Stockholm con- clins some. interesting information " STOCKHOLM, PtIAY B.—A - gentleman arrived y,!sterday as courier from Count lovEriumm, at St. Petersburg!), with dispatches, with which he set off immediately to the King at Orebro. 'He left St. retersburgh on the 2 5 t h of April, being se ven days.later than the mail, and, brings the Midi li;;ence, that some five or six days before, a courier had arrives there from Paris, with proposals for set-' thug matters amicably ; to which the Emperor ALEXANDER'S ultimatum was—" That the French troops should evacuate all tha Prussian dominions, or be would go on with the . war." This was'a con dition which it was supposed the French would not agree to ; and accordingly the_ Emperor set off on Use 21st ult. fur the head-quarters of the army, at WViltiau, repotted to be 05,006 strung, well equip ped and provisioned, and more troops drawing toge ther from various quarters. The Emperor is det'er- Mined to make a bold stand, being ct.rtain that he has nothing to fear from the Swedes : on the con trary, it is confidently asserted, that a closer treaty of alliance between Russia and Sweden is going on at this very moment.. In Hungary there are very strong symptoms of disapprobation of the French alliance, fearing that it may lead the country into a war. This has caused a very considerable sensation at Vienna, and may lead to some serious alteration in the system of po litics on the German continent. • The treaty between England and Sweden is in very great forwardness; indeed, it may be added, is as good as concluded—the terms at present un known." With regard to BUONAPARTE, we are not yet accu rately informed whether he has quitted Paris or not. —A vessel that has arrived from Ostend,.brings , an account that he left Paris on the 13th, but whether he set out for the North, or for Dresden, to have an interview with the Emperor FRANCIS, we are not informed. The subjeas of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, particularly the brave and faithful inhabitants of Hungary, have loudly expressed their disapprobation of the alliance with- France. We are glad to find that the accounts of the dis graceful proceedings at Nottingham, on the receipt of the intelligence of the murder of Mr. PER CEVAL, have been exaggerated. it is true that some of the very lowest of the populace, did, in a part of the town which they exclu sively inhabit, parade about with a drum and flag, buzzaing ; but they were stopped by the Ma gistrates, and the bonfires which they lighted put out. The ringing of the bells had no reference to the sub je&, as the Society of Ringers ring every Tuesday night throughout the year. We noticed yesterday the various rumours which were circulated, with more confidence than accu racy, respeaing the new Ministerial arrangements. The Morning Chronicle of this day contains the . following article upon, this subjea ‘.‘ We believe, that up to a late hour last night no definitive arrangement was formed. It is under stood that the PRINCE REGENT, after the massacre of Mr. ,PERCEVAL, signified his pleasure to the remaining Members of his Cabinet, that they should deliberate on the means of carrying on the Government by merely such accession of strength as might be obtained, without a material deviation from the principles upon which it had been carried on ; and he left it to their discretion to point out to him the persons with whom they might be inclined to treat. Lord CAITLEREAGII, from a feeling that his presence might embar rass his Colleagues, if, under this instruaion, 'they might turn their eyes to Lord WELLESLEY and Mr. CANNING, desisted from attending the Ca binet Councils; and signified his wish that he might not stand in the way of an arrangement with Mr. CANNING. The latter Gentleman, in return to this civili'y, expressed no reluaance to ' serve with the Noble Lord, declaring, that thongh he had considered Lord CASTLEREAGH misplaced in the situation of Wer Minister he did not objet to thing with him in other sitna- The opening to an understanding being thus made, the Earl of LIVERPOOL has had several meetings with Lord WELLESLEY, but the Noble Marquis, as we are told, feels the crisis of our affairs to be so perilous, and the necessity of a strong Govern ment so essential, that he has nude representations on the subjea, which hay., up to this time, pre vented any conclusive settlement of an Administra tion ; at least, if arranged, the nature of it had not transpired when this Paper went to press." lions. Upon this article we have very few observa tions to male. It is true that last night- no definitive arrangement was formed, and the greater part of the above statement we are disposed to be hove to be generally correot. We shall most sin cerely rejoice ifsuch an arrangement can beformed as- shall give the Nation the benefit of the services of the Marquis WELLSLEY, 'Mr. CANNING, and Mr. HUSK' ISSON, in addition to the present Minis ters, and we have every reason to believe that our wishes upon that subjed are in unison with those of ,a great majority of the nation. Upon all the great and leading. principles of foreign and domestic policy the MarquiSWELIEStEY and the Gentlemen we have mentioned, substantially agree with the present Ad ministration. Upon the subject of the War in the Peninsula, the Orders in Council, the :discusSions with AMerica, there can be no difference of opinion between them, and therefore we confess that we see no obstacles to the rumoured arrangement that may not easily be surmounted. We shall,give our Readers the earliest information when any thing 'definitive takes place. We have indeed heard since we began' to write on this interesting sobjta, that Lord LIURROOL will certainly be First Lord of the. Treasury ; Mr.HUSKISSOL , T or MriVANSITTART, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that Mr. CANNING will accept Of officz. SUN - OFFICE- TWO O'CLOCK. Paris Papers have just been recei►•ed. Tho Mo nileur of the loth instant contains the following article PARES, MAY 9.—The Emperor set out to day to inspea. the Grand Army colleaed upon ,. the Vistula. Yesterday the LORD CuANctt,Loß, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, and Lord CASTLERgAGH, 11,13 audiences of the PRINCE REGENT 31 Carlton House. . Yesterday, at two o'clock; a Cabinet Council, which was summoned by Lord CASTLEREAGH, Was held at the Foreign Office ; it sat till half-past five o'clock. Lord CASTLEREAGH and Earl CAMDEN did not attend the Cabinet Councils which were held on Fri day, Saturday, and Sunday nights. - Yesterday, about three o'clock, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex had an audience of the PRINCE REGENT; et Carlton House, to know his .Royal Highness's pleasure When he would be pleas ed to receive the Address of the Corporation of the .City of London; upon the assliisivation of Mr. PER CEVAL; when the PRINCE was pleased to appoint the next levee day, which is expeaed to be next Friday. The Anniversary of the Birth-day of her Royal Highness the Princess of \Vales falling on Suoday last, the celebration of it did not take place until last night, when her Royal Highness's tradesmen, &c. ilitiruinated on the occasion. The initials, C. P. VV. and P. W. in brilliant lamps, enlivened many parts of the town. The Earl of UXBRIDGE gave a grand dinner yes terday at his house in Old Burlingson-street, to his Royal Highness the Pt.tNce REGENT, their Royal Highnesses she Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, and GLOUCESTER, the Earl of HARRINGTON, and seve ral other noble personages. Though it is probable that BUONAPARTE will hear with some degree of.pleasure of the melancholy fate of the British Mintster, whose energy so ably coon teraled his endeavours to ruin this country, yet it will hardly be unmixed with pain and apprehension; for if so virtuous a man as Mr. PERCEVAL, who could offend no man but in the conscientious discharge of his public duty, arid to whose personal worth the bitterest of his political enemies were anxious to pay ;hi homage of, esteem and veneration, could not escape the hand of an assassin, what has . that man reason to expect, who has wantonly trampled upon the rights of independent nations, overturned their ancient and venerated Government, compelled their population to join his armies, in order to fight for the support of tyranny, and who has been the cause of more misery in private life than any other man who, unhappily for mankind possessed the power of sacri ficing them to ambition—an ambition which, in the preSent case, nothing, perhaps, could satisfy but uuiversal dominion. , Extraa of a Letter from an Officer belonging, to the British army in Sicily, dated Palermo, March : " We have a fine division here of about 6,000 Eng:ish bayonets, and part of the 2o ..h Light Dra goons. Lord W. Bentinck makes this city his head quart•rs ; and so be must continue to do whiles the Neapolit2n clique continue their intrigues to prevent our doing-any real good to the poor Sicilians; , but we hope that when the new Ministry, with monte at their head, are once fast in the saddle, that matters will soon make . a different appearance. —:- When the affections 61 rile people are reconciled to their Government, and a strong force of militia is established, the island may bid defiance to Murat ; and a great part of our English troops may by made use of in some way or other, and may have oopor• ;unities of emulating the gallant fellows in. Spa;n. Lcrd seems to have something of this sort. in view already. They write from Messina that orders have been given to prepare 611 the transrmrts lying at that place. The conjecture is, that Gen. Maitland is to go with seven orB,ooo 1-3itish, and some of the. best of the Sicilians, to lay siege to Corfu. I suppose the Greek regiment, and some of 'the other troops serving in the islands under Gene- ral Aircy;will join the expedition there. A great quantity of engineers' tools, and soma heavy artille ry, have certainly been shipped both at Malta and Mtssina, and every thing seems to confirm the idea that a siege is in view, and that the Adriatic is the side upon which we are to act ; as yOur old (tieqd Robertson was sent there lately with 800tintLr the pretext 'Of garrisoning the little island of Lissa ; and a good many of our / grin and moilai boats have , been stealing oVer, by one or two at,ll time, from Mosina to cepha!onia._ i trust our regiment will not be left behind, for we are very * strong, and in the bigh- est order. There never W.+4 seen a fi..er body of infantry than 'what inayTbe carried from Sicily ; and we are told that all the it ! h-abitants of Corfu are ready to rise, and join us npon our . brst appearance." MATTiniwS was to have p,erfarmed at the Kim's Theatre for the benefit of Mrs. MuukTAll4, but the arrangements of the Haytharket Theatre, which opened the s - 31rie night, prevented him frOM assist ing on that occasion. In consequence of the dis= content which some part of the audience manifested in thedisalipointment, he ihought proper to publish' a letter to account for it.' To those, however, who know this performer; such a letter was wholly un necessary ; for, by all accounts of his character, he is always. ready to exert himself in 'favour of his brothers and sisters of the* Sack ar'd . • Gov . e.rnrnent has ac length deniratined that the Local Militia are entitled to their clothing at the ex piration of tour years from their enrolment, or to7s. in lieu of it, which the Cutnnlandatits are authorised to pay them at the expiration of the sixteen days training this year. They also the choice of receiv ing 54. 4d.• for their knaps:ick and stock at the end •of the training, or of taking them with . tl iK ir other 'necessaries at the - expitatton of the four years. EAD.—This day there Was no Court of Alder men. Ine Lord-Allynr, alter inspecting the re turns, order - al the pre,ent prices to retrain. The. quariein 'vat . NA.VAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MAY 16.—ArriVed late on Thursday evening in Cawsind Bay, the brig Snitke, of London, E. ButtFora), Master, from the Cape of Goo.] Hope, hound to London, laden with cotton, pepper, Bre. nine weeks passage. On the I lth inst. spoke the iota frigate, croizing to the Westward, all well. Sailed the HannittaPand Magnficent, of /4 guns each, on a crutze oil - tie coast of Ft l .trice. Arrived the Hermes sloop of war from a crulze ; and the Spanish ship Fier del Mar, Capt. BRLAUS. LEGUE, from the Havannah. By a vessel arrived here fr:‹n Malaga, the most deplorAle accounts are received of the distress of tli=tt city, on account of the scarcity of provisions ; hr, ad is an article hardly to be obtained at any rate, atie, the poor inhabitants - are daily perishing for want of food and necessaries; the excesies committed by the Frenc . n, at the same time, are beyond all parallel. Sailed the Bristol trnon-ship for Lisbon. Arrived the in ship Kamschatka from Charleston, with timber for Plymouth. May 17.-- , Sailed the .Nortfiamterland, of 74 guns, Captain H. HOTIIAM, to resume her station of UOrient ; the Medusa frigate, Ciptain Hon. P. D• BouVERIZ, on a cruize; and Favourite sloop, of War to the westward. Arrived several transporti from Portsmouth, to ake cavalry forPor Ogal; and the Jane, AIEXANDER2 'torn the coast of Africa. , FALMOUTH, MAY 15. tSail d his nijesly".. sl)iP Montap, -with the Est lodia convoy ; also his' Majesty's brig Fantome, with her convoy, for Por tugal. MAY 16.—Arrived the ti; indsor Castle packet, Capt. SUTTON, with mails, from Surinam, which she left in company of his Majesty's brig Oplssuifi. which was destined for Demerara : left at the latter place his Majesty's brig Lively ;' at Thrbadoes 1115 Majesty's ships . Dragon, Rear-Admiral Sir F. La's FORaY, Bart. Tribune,• . Vestal, Mercury, Lightning. Arachne, and Morne Fortunae. The Duke of Kent packet, LAWRENCE, arrive . 4 at Martinique on the I8!h ult. On the 24th ult. in lat. 24. 9. N. lon g . 62. 7. W. spoke his Mjesly's • ship Statira. 'On the 26th, in lat. 2.6. 21. long' 63. 22. spoke the snip June, from Tobago fa Glasgow. The Duke of Kent packet, destined for Lisboa. with mails, is detained till to-morrow, and ill° Prince Ernest till the igth, for the same place. The Manchester packet, with mails, for the Me' diterranean, sails on the 19th ; the Elitq, fOr diz, on the 12th is detained till to-marow. The Darlington, for the Leeward Is!ancls, the ) Townsend for the Brazils, and the Mary Ann pa" ket for Jamaica, sails on Monday. His Majesty's schooner Alphea, with mails fO America, is detained till to.dorrow. DEAL, MAY i B'.—Sailed this morning the whole of the homeward-bound East Iddiatnen for Coe is ver ; the San Domingo man of war for off FILIO' ing ; and the Attack gun-brig fcr off Dunkirk. • Arrived the Tickler gun-brig from off the Scheldt PoRTSMoUTH, MAY 1 his DlTeljestf4 ship Allissictoc, witn a convoy, for Guernsey ; dam vage, for Cluebee, with convoy ; C0m. , 1 for Ne"' fonndi - ind ; IVurspite for the Downs a1.).1 the 1 3 ' 41 nisses for Lisbon. The 4venger is this day appointed . to take the transports under convoy for Quebec, Nova Scotia► &c. &C. . N.B. The Quebec convoy cannot get forth...'c than Cowes Roads. . , • Mustc.-7lt - was with mach - pleasure that we O f , a - very numerous and elegant 'audienee on S.AturcPY last.attOcling the annual Concert of Mr. S A t,,omo l i i the Hanover-squale Rooms. This, di,tingoiih e professor has now been So lung among' us, thal-fr" - • way he considered' as- an, EnglAm4u. The re ; speclability of his chatacier, and the eminence of talents, §T,ve torn full claim .19, such ata ackno..7vle'!', went, and rendpr .it a. pleasure, on our part. I ' 4 Concert, like all which .he has ever cf)ndudedA tt of the niat admirable point of, selea la : and peH'ortnanc,...fie performed a' beautiful sP ir ' ie ;°' },r .ed and ,Playfol' concerti) of his own, with a "'l liancy of exeCutiOn which . placed him. on a . I ('',: re with any contetnpowy, and with 'a character of and expression peculiar to himself. It wayreceive, with enthusiast icperformers applause. :There "were two Il e ::: new perfoters introduCed to the peb'ie 01 1 111 ,-, - occasion: Mr. c.Topmottz perforated a Concifric a il •the piann-torte in a very masterly style, 0-41( 1 % j ,. doubtless.take very high .s , ztion among therr-iit .'Lessors on that ins!rument. t :ok par t i,eo a fine Septuor, Cotriposed by BEETHOVEN, ami perfOrmtid with great . ability on,• the vio/a. - 'other novelty was signor I.l , :saust,,,LAs, from SP' a c t i •a very pleasing singer, in voice and style very 1 1 ) 11 .0 . ' resembling TEEMAZZANI. Both of these pet fer ille e received' the - most, encouraging : a.prol)ation. r a P o rest of the vocal pet foquers were FISHER, MA l3 ; c l. BLANCH! LACY;and BRADANI, all of whom ex• ert ( o theinselveii most ably. The whole 0: the"ConcC'et wet,' •oti but a grand Sympboq 't; ol HAYDN, and the Stabca,Nater of WINTER, 4 5 0, ! - as SALOMON'S Vtotin Concerto, wee " mired and applauded.