The Sun. — London, England, 1819-01-04 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning PAst ATTEMPT to EFFECT the ESCAPE of BUONAPATITE. A (;entleman just arrived from St. 1-11ena gi✓ev the lo:lo‘%itig particulars of 'he late atten:pt to efFt:cr the esrape of Btionaparte from that Isl4o. information is derived from i# most respect- :Aide sooree, and we therefore, without he,itd ti,o, lay it before our Readers just as we received lc : " An Anierican vessel, apparently dismasted and otherwise injuriql, hue purposely damaged. to at oid suspicion, made her appearance off St. He lena. The necessary repairs were entered on with the gieatest activity, whilst other schenaes were prosecuting t..ith industry in the interior. It had tar some time previously been der Merl expedient to have a daily view of the mists of linonaparte by a person appointed•tor that particular duty : his medical attendant, however, flaky CiallSrd it to be notified that the precarious state of the Empe ror's health WAS such as to. teltdcr it necessary that he should remain perfectly quiet at home, unannoyed by any personal inspection. In this leigued state at indisposition the wily Napoleon. secretly quitted his bed-room about mienight ; by meals the most artlial - he actually passed the guard, and chiding the vigil nice of no less than seteit sentinels, succeeded in reach iii the beach, was a juncture of high intere,t indeed! The means of escape which the Ex-Emperor was led so coufidently to expect were. 110,eyer, not yet perfected. It had been concerted that a e el - ta i l] siguiti should he given by hint on his art kal at the beach. Ihe signal was dilly given, by hoisting- a lantern at the end of a waileing siiek ; but the boat which wAs to receive him not having yi-t sufficientiy approached the shore, a single sentinel (of whose station on the beach Buiinapatte had not been apnriser!), on perceiving the light, came tip, and with a fidelity equal to hi: resolution S izcd the once Great Captain, whose very wone bad been the terror of millions. lie instantly forced him to the Guard-houSe, from 'whence he was eonvesied back to Longwood, where, it is scaicely iteceNsai y to add, he has ever since bre+) wetched with increased vigilance, though lint treated personally with any, the slightest degree of rigour." [The Times.] PRIVATE C.OIIIIEsPONDENCE. PARTS, DEC. 30.—M. de Cazes has succeeded in Inrming a new Nlinktry "bete the Doke of Richelieu failed. only former colleague who now remains in oflice with him is M. Cionvion de St. Cyr. Baron Louis, appointed to be Minister of Finance, is known for his connexions with I'i hire Tallcyrand. Ile embraced -in 1814, along with that :',li- . pister, the cause of the Restoration, and was imint (timely appointed Minister of Fi nance. M le Baron Port:-11 was lot meriy a mer chant of liontAranx; and is a Protestant. The itoe Minister, the M t (inis Dessolles, is a na tive oi the south of France ; he was horn at Auch, in 1767, and "vas among the moldier of those officers who early distingnished themselves in the Revolution ; he was actively engaged in the dif ferent wars in Italy, Germany, Spain, and Russia. Receiving no marks f Buonaparte's favour (on ac count of his former connexion with Moreau, at the heal of whose staff he was in several catn pjgns), lie joined Talleytand and the other indi viduals who, towards ?he end of 1813 or the be ginning of 1814, turned their hopes towards the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France. On the night of tote sth of April, 1814, the Emperor of itussia having received the iThtr shAs sent from Bnonaparte, who made the esta blisnotent of a Regency in favour of NlJria- Louisa the condition of the abdication of the Ex-Empe ror, called together the members of the Provi "lona; Gcrvernmenr, and summoned to this Council General Dessolles. The Emperor Alexander then pot the (pest ion regal ding the Regency. Talley. rand had already spoken some time against the project, when General Dessolles rising, protested likewise a:zainst such a Regency, and pointing out the dangers which would rustle Irons it, demand ed the restoration of the Bourbons. [Morning Chronicle.] It is understood that the Consorts of all our four Royal Dukes now abroad are happily ad vanced in pregnancy, and therefore there is the most gratifying hopes of securing the line of sue ce,sion in the immediate issue of his ;Majesty.— We lie4r with satisfaction, that the Duke and Duchess of Ken , are to proceed to Engl,tnd pre viously to the Duchess's accouchement, and surely it wohld he a becoming deference to public opi nion that thry slionld all do so. llihen it is con sidet ed by what rigorous precautions the ancient practice of the realm has guarded the Royal Bed of lingland, so as to give undisputed confidence to the pt ogle in the kgitimacy of the. Family, it is trot ti , that a Royal Duchess should bting foith a Ptince that may he the future So‘ereign of (=teat Britain, in sonte solitary chateau of (..;er many. , It is understood that the Parliament is not to lit opened by the Prince Regent in person. The hotice of the death of litr Most Escelleitt Ma jesty, which must be a topic, makes it fit to be entruved to Lords Commissioners. It would be too affecting for !iis Royal Highness to announce the calamity from the Throne.—As there is no hied of opposing the re-election of the late worthy Speaker, it . is expected that he will be presented to the Commissioners for approbation on Friday, the second day of the Meeting ; and consequently the new nicks will forthwith be movcd. They will be ini!nero , lS ; and in several instances the mo tions will he truly interesting, particularly that for Westininster.—(ltiid.) If is rumoured that Charles Warren, Esq. has been applied to by Ministers to quit his political triend,, and accept the vacant office of At tiqucy- Royal Highness, as Duke of Cut u t►alL—f THE NEW FRENCH MINISTERS. eThe Sk tclies of the Lives of the tonr new French Ministers, are taken from The Briiish llJonitor of yesterdny,a week Iv JoornalcoAncted by one Who,frot» personal k nowledge,long ex Rerience, :And active idtservation of their characters and con duct, is folly rptalified to appreciate their respcc- tive ,rperir4 altd 41rfects " Marquis Dessolles, President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs, is descended from an ancient noble family; at an early age he utverial the ;limy, and at the commencement of the Revolutionary war he wag Adjutant-General the Army of the Pyrennees. He was after wards employed under Baonapare iii Italy, and it was Dessolles who brought the Treaty of Campo Vormio to l'aris, for whip i he was promoted 'to the raek of General of Brigade. When hostilities commeuced in 1799, Dessolles was the Chief of the Staff in Mortniii's army,. and was his parti cular friend ; it was Dessolles who generally sign ed the official reports of that late celebrated Com mander. After the Peace of Lnneville, in 1801, he was appointed Counsellor of State, but baying t , ken a friendly part in Moreau's affair, he in corm! the Corsican's displeasure, and was exiled for a short time from Paris. In 1805, he was, however, again taken into favour, and was ;ap pointed Governor of Versailles, When Minna parte assembled an army at Boulogne, in 1805, lie ordered Dessolles to no there; on his arrival, having been informed that be was to act under Lannes, he refused to accept a command, which again brought down on him his master's displea sure ; he was ordered to leave Boulogne and re- , lire to his estate at some distance from Paris. He w as not employed till 1808, when he was ordered to rake a command in Spain. He was at the battles of Toledo in 1809, and. at that of Ocana, ia December the same sear. In 1810 he was ap pointed Military Governor of the Province of Cotdova, and soon alter to a similar post at Se ville. In 1811 lie again incurred Baouaparte's dis pleasure ; he was recalled, and afterwards exiled from Paris, and till 1814 he was not employed.— lie Was appointed Chief of the National Guard of Paris, alter the first entrance of the Allies, and continued in that command till Buonaparat's re mi from Elba, when he retired with the King to Ghent, After the second Restoration, he was re instated in his command. Atter some time, lie was succeeded by General Oudinot ; and the Cause of his retirement was said to be his refusal to ac cede to an unpopular organization of the national force of France. He is distinguished as uniting exteesive general eoltivation with the knowledge of o , e military profession. Indeed, those who had Moreau's friendship were all men of good hearts and sound uoderstandings. " M. Dessolles was created a Peer by his Ma jesty in, 1814, and enjoys the rank of Lieutenant- General; had lie not been the Wieud of Moreau, he would have been created a Marshal by Buo aaparte. "` M. Louis, Minister of Finances, was, before the Revolution, one of the Secretaries to the Par of Paris, and was an Abhi. He was at tached to the principles of the first Revolution, and officiated under Talleyrand at the religious rites performed on the grand federation day, in the Champ de Mars, in 1790. He disappeared from 1793 till 1805, when he was appointed by Buonaparte to an office in the Treasury (Chef-de- Divisiou). In 1811 he was created Counsellor of State, which place he filled till the entry of the Allies into Paris, in 1314 ; when, soon after, he was made Minister of Finances, in. which capa city he displayed ninch financial knowledge. Witet► Buonaparte returned, flow Elba, M. Louis retired to Ghent, and was reinstated i❑ his office atter the King's second Restoration, which he quitted in 1815, when Talleyrand and Fouche left the Ministry. " M. de Serre, Keeper Of the . Seals, was, be fore the Revolution, an Advocate at Bordeaux. In 1791 he emigrated, and served as an Officer in the Artsty of the Prince de Conde. He was ap pointed by Boionapat te President of the Court of Appeal in Colmar. He held the same employment atter the first Restoration, and during the 100 Clays he absented himself from France. M. de Sent! was President of the Chamber of Deputies durin t: . l the last Session, and was within tour votes of obtaining the same dignity this year. " M. Portal, Minister of-Marine, was formerly a merchant of great opulence, but held afterwards a situation in the Marine Department. He was appointed a Counsellor of State in 1814, and has been, for two years past, intrusted with the Di rection of the Colonial Branch, in the i Department of the Minister of Marine, over the whole of whiCh he is now appointed to preside." THEATRICAL REGISTER., Prifonnett on Saturday Ni;c,cht. THEATRE ROYAL, 1)11.111tY-LANZ.—(3d I Flodden Field: Pr.ricipal Chit:at:ter* by Mr. H. Keinble and Mrs. W. West. Alter which, Barmecide. Tup:ATILE ROYAL, co, , ENT-GARDEN.—The Castle Spectre : Osmond, Mr. Young - : Angela, Miss O'Neill. After which (7th time), Harlequin Mtmehausen. PRICE Tills PAY AT r F STOCKS W F.l ,V o't LOCK. A pet Cent. Red...... 77i 781 India Bonds ....„R05. pr. Cent .87141 Exch. Bills, 9d... lfis. 18s. pr. per ('rats. Cons. for cc0unt........79i Lank L. Ann..... 0.0 1-16111 N 1,111.5. iluviwzn 7 2 Dublin, 3 . Watercortl,_2 Gnerncey and Jersey, 1 I - 10limn], I Flanders, I France, I Li-0)0n. DUE-1 Waterford, 3 Stye( 2 liaml;:jrti, I Holland. IVATER Al LONDON MUDGE 'lO-MORROW.' Niaritioig, 4 niinates after 9. I Evening, 29 minutes atter 9. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICEHE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1819. Yesterday and this !miming we received the Pa ris Paptrs of Thursday and Friday last. The Chamber of Peers, on Thursday, agreed to the pr(ijet for granting to the Government six twelfths of the taxes fur the service of the present year, by a majority of 103 to 1 ; and the projet is pub fished officially as a law in The Moniteur of Fri day. The following are extracts : " PAHIS, JAN. I.—Yesterday grand Deputa tions from the Chamber presented their hotnage to the King, on the occasion of the new year. " The King granted an audience of leave to NI. de Nesse'rode, the Russian Minister. fin. Fo reign Affairs " Ilis Majesty transacted business surressivel:. with the Count de Cazes, the Minister of the In• terior, and the Baron Louis, the Minister of Finance. " Wednesday Monsieur paid a visit to the Duke of Gloucester. " The Chamber of Deputies was specially con voked yesterday, for the purpose ; it is under stood, of considering a proposition for praying his Majesty to present a projet of law, having for its object to grant to the Dike de Richelieu an honorary reward, as a testimony of national gratitude for the success of his negotiations with the Allied Sovereigns, of which the liberation of France has been the happy result. The deve lopement of this proposition will be made on Monday in Secret Committee. " Yesterday, before Mass, which his Majesty heard in his apartments, the King received the Baron Pasquier, who surrendered the Seals to his Majesty. The King then delivered 'them to M. dc Serre. " The Duke de Richelieu continues to get better. " The Swedish ship purchased by Ismael Gib raltar, at Carlscrona, for the Pacha of Egypt, and which bears the Turkish flag, passed Elsineur on the S h olt, laden will) cannon, ammunition, &c. and having a crew of 50 men, Swedes and Fin landors. She sails to Leghorn, and from thence to'Alexandria. The King held a Council on Wednesday, pre vions to which, the new Ministers took the oaths in the presence of his. Majesty. " The Countess of Gothland (Queen of Sweden) paid a visit to the King on Wednesday. FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday 65 f. 50 c. Thursday .......... 65 1. —c. DEFERRED STOCK.. Wednesday. Thursday. Of the 22t1 March, 1817.-79 t. 3.5 c.... 7S f. 10 e. 22d Sept. 1817...77 f. 45 e. f. 10 e. 22d March, ►BlB ..75 f. 25 c. f. 10c. 22d Sept. 1818...73 f. c.... 71 f. 75 c. " BERLIN. DEC. 19.—One of the first Jewish Commercial Houses i❑ this City has failed for 400,000 crowns. They have offered their credi- tors 75 per cent." Sir MURRAY MAXWELL, it appears, has quished hiS pretensions to a Parliamentary Seat for Westminster, because, as his friends &ledge, he had not the support of Government. It is now rumoured that Mr. llonnousE, in order to prevent Government Irons starting any Candidate to oppose his pretensions, has signified, that, though he hopes to get into Parliament upon what he styles the popular interest, when once he is fairly seated, he means to give his support to Mi nisters.—This conduct is by no means without example ; but surely the independent Electors can fit.d son►e Inhabitant of Westminster, whose ta lents, worth, situation, and public spirit, will qualify bins to be the Representative of one of the first Cities in the world ! times not dis tant the Heirs of great Families were anxious to come forward and offer themselves for the re presentation, and conferred honour on the City by its choice. Let us then hope, that some charac ter worthy of the favour of the Electors will in consequence of this resignation present himself to their notice, and rescue Parliament from the spirit of JACOBINW4, or interested .Craft, that the ho nour of the City and of the Empire may be duly maintained. As to Sir MURRAY MAXWELL, hav ing been so grossly insulted, and so deeply wounded in mind and body, by a factious and inhuman rabble, we are not surprized that, if he wants .the countenance, at least, if not more substantial support from Government, he was unwilling to persevere in the contest.—But why does mot his friend Mr. ECUs, who was so able a Coadjutor, now come forward as a Principal ? He displayed no ordinary share of talents, as well as of oratorical power in advocating the cause of his friend. He mani fested also a deep knowledge of the British Con stitution, as far as could be inferred from the solid matter, and pertinent reflections, which his Speeches OTI the Hustings, and elsewhere, con tained. The political principles which he pro fessed are sound, and he has so publicly pledged himself in avowing them, that be could not desert them without injury to his character. He ap pears, judging from the distence at which we saw and beard him, to be in the very prime of life, and therefore likely to ripen into a ►Vise States.' man and useful Servant of the Public. Much,'" therefore, as we regret the retreat of so gallant an Officer, and stycaluablc a man as Sir Muna.AY MAXWELL, we should feel no slight degree of plea sure in seeing his post supplied by his able, zea lous, and resolute friend, Mr. atm. We conceive that the countenance of Government could not be more properly exerted, if exerted at all in Election matters, than in giving encourage ment to Mr. ELLis to come forward. Otherwise, the spirit of Democracy and Jlcobinism will pre vail, or the Electors way find that they are left in the lurch as soon as the temptation of interest shall become a motive for Apost(icy. WILLIAM CORBEIT. This notorious character has addressed a long Letter to Mr. TiPPER, the Bookseller, one of his creditors in this Country, dated 20 Ii November, 1817, North Hampstead, Long Island, (Awe: ice). We have extracted the following passage front, this letter, as it folly nevelOpes the. peculiar notions of gratitude, morality, and justice of the Writer : " I hold it to be perfectly just that I should never, in any way whatever, give up one single farthing of my future earnings to the payment of any debt in England. When the Society is too weak or unwilling to defend the property, whe— ther mental or of a more ordinary and vulgar species, and where there is not the will or the power in the Society to yield him protection, he becomes clearly absolved of all his engagements of every sort to that Society, because in every bargain of every kind it is understood that both the parties are to continue to enjoy the protection of the laws of pro— perty." A more contemptible display of ingenious craft in a theory so detestable, and sophistry so dis— honest, has probably never before been attempt— ed, and certainly has never before been avowed wi~li such shameless audacity. It should be observed, that Mr. COBBETT abuses Government in gross terms, and charges it with confiscation, because it demands the Stamp Dit ties, which be had incurred by his publications, though these very publications were virulent li bels against that Government which it seemed to he his intention to undermine and overthrow. it seems that he is willing to waive the principle on which he refuses to pay his debts contracted in this country, in favour of Mr. TIPPER ; but then it must be observed, that he wants to publish - works in this country by means.of Mr. TIPPER, whose assistance on the occasion seems to be in dispensable, as he probably thinks that be can find no other person who has credulity enough to become his agent in the business. It appears that the letter in question was transmitted to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, enclosed in another Letter addressed to the Baronet himself, whose answer we subjoin from The Morning Chronicle, wills the introductory paragraph from that Paper:— " The difference between his (Sir F. B.) manly declaration of his feelings, and the mixture of con sciousness that he i 3 in the wrong, and bullying and embarrassed attempts to conceal it, in Mr.. COBBETT'S Letter, is worthy of remark . " TO MR. nILLIAM COBBETT. • St. James's-place, Jan. 31, 1818. " SIR S I have just received your's of the 20th November, and carefully, and according to your desire, perused the en closed to Mr. Tipper. " It is not my intention to enter into Any controversy re specting the honesty or hishonesty of paying or not paying debts according to the convenience of the party owing. It seems that if it should ever suit your convenience, and take nothing from the comforts and enjoyments of 'yourself and family, such comforts and enjoyments, and means too of dis tinguishing themselves, as you think they are entitled to, — all this being previously secured,—then you think yourself bound to pay your debts :—if, on the contrary, that , can not be effected without sacrifices on your and their part, in that case your creditors have no claim to prefer, and your no duty to perform. You then stand absolved, rectus in Aro conscienti;e, and for this singular reason, because those who lent you their money when you were in diflienity and distress, in order to save you and your family from ruin, were and are unable to protect you either against your own fears, or the power of an arbitrary Government, under which they have the misfortune to live, and to which they are equally exposed. These principles, which are laughable in theory, are detestable in practice. That you should not only entertain and act upon, but openly avow them, and blind your own understanding, or think to blind that of others, by such flimsy pretences, is one more melancholy proof of the facility with which self-iutere.•t can assume the mask of hypo. crisp, and bv means of the weakest sophistry, overpower the strongest understanding. How true is our common law maxim, that no man is an upright judge in his own cause: how truly and prettily said by the French, ' La Nature se pipe ;' nor less truly, though more grossly in English, Na ture's her own bawd.' In expressing my abhorrence of the principles you lay down fur your conduct, and concerning which you ch a ll enge my opinion a little Unfairly, considering the ridicule with which you at the same time Uneaten to overwhelm the un fortunate wight who presumes to differ from . them, I do not desire that you should act upon any other with regard to me; I should be sorry your family were put to any incon venience on my account ; should your circumstances ever prove so prosperous as to enable you to discharge your debts without infrir.•ging upon those new principles of moral obligation you have adopted. and which, for the first time since the commencement of the world, have, I be lieve, been; though frequently acted on, openly promul gated. As to complaint or reproach, they are the offspring of weahness and folly; disdain should stifle them; but nothing can or ought to stifle the expression of disgust every honest mind must feel at the want of integrity in the principles you proclaim, and of feeling and generosity in the sentiments you express. " 1 am, Sir, your most obedient and most huml)le Servant, " F. BUitvErCr w as Cu; n an -y P'o tok