The Sun. — London, England, 1815-03-02 00:00:00

5,11 e Sovertige.,3 have also declared their inten tion of putting an end to the dissentious which still agitate Sw•itze►land. • The Austrian army is going to be put on the , . peace establishment ; it will he composed of about 300,000 men, of which 42,000 will he cavalry : 180,000 men will be gradually disbanded. Prussia - lets formed the plan to retain under arms an army of 240,000 men. I RUSSE LS, FEB. 25.—1 t would be difficult to paint the sensations which the inhabitants of this. city have experienced since yesterday evening ; every countenance was impressed with the trans ports of joy and happiness with which every heart was animated. Brussels, but lately plunged in misfortune, its inhabitants deserting its walls, its commerce annihilated, is suddenly the ca pital of the United Netherlands ; its destiny is fixed, and it becomes one of the most flourishing cities in Europe, as it was already one of the most agreeable, from its situation and the urbanity of its inhabitants. The public joy was expressed with that fiankness which be longs to the Flemish character; and which twenty years oppression have not been able to destroy. \ll the city was illuminated, and till late in the nirht the streets were thronged with people of all ranks, wishing each other joy. When the dispatch was read at the Theatre, ►h.e enthusiasm of the audience broke out iota cries of joy, and waving of hats, Which were frequently repeated. The public attention was attracted to the Hereditary Prince, who, standing in his box, s-emed deeply moved at these testi►nonies of the general satisfaction. The - Netherlands are now united as they were under Albert WICI .exeept ,:lrtois and some parts of Flanders and Halt:it:lit, but we obtain the country of Leige and it... 5 dependencies in Brabant. The Netherlands never flourished more than when under the same Prince. MAILS. Gottenburgli, 1 Waterford. DV n-1 France, . I :11,iita, 4 Hausburgb, 2 Guttenburgb, 1 Holland, 1 Dublin. PRICE 0 THis umr AT T' ' STOCKS • , F.I.VE n'cLocg. Raul: L. Ann, 16i C-6ths India Bonds, ss. 7s. ss. pr. Excbeq. Bills, 2s. dis. 2s. pr. Oninitin!, 441 r!is. Cons. for April, 64 63g G 4 1121nIr Stook, d pet Cent. Red. 63a 3 per Cent. Cons. 83a 4 per Cent. Cons. SI py r Cent. :try Ann. 934 fl /GM WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Moming", 3G initiates after 7. I Evening, 7 minutes after 8. THE SUN. Q 1719 DICERS FAL4tfII AUDEAT ? LONDON, 7'kURSD,IY, I.JRCId 2, 1815. Mr. PLANTA, Lord CASTLEREAIiS Private Se cretary, has just arrived at Downing-street. His Lordship, we believe, will arrive in London about the time we stated yesterday, and be in his place in Parliament on Monday. REPORTED CAPTURE OF THE AMERICAN SLOOP OF WAR WASP. • - (Front the Plymouth Chronicle, Feb. 29.) " The Ganny . nicde frigate spoke a vessel,. the Captain of which informed her, that the Castilian, of 18 guns, had been- seen having the American s l oo p cif war Wasp in tow, which she had cap tured, bound Co Plymouth. " The Castilian is stated to have token her men out of a prize she bad in company previous to the commentomemt of the action.—The Gunny ynede frigate arrived at Bermuda from a cruize, on the 24th January." The above is from the usual source whence the Newspaper Naval' News are derived, .and we arc ielined,to hope that it will turn out to be well founded, as we know the Same"report not only very generally vrevailed, but was very generally believed in, America. There is some discrepancy between the_ruinours as:to the name of the Cap. following are the American accounts, which we extract fiom our Papers received yes terday : "Wz us!' NGToN, (.C.)pcc.l .—Capture of theTTasp.—We understandU letter is in town, elated Fay6tville, stating the enture, off Edisto Inlet, of the United States slooi; of war Wasp, by the Lacedemonian frigate. The action is said to tavt lasted two hours. We sincerely hope this may prove without foundation:" " The Wasp Sloop of Won—We have a report, through, the medium of a letter from North Carolina, that the Wasp sloop of war. Captain Blakely, after an action of two hours, bail been captured by the Lacedemoi - iianAigate. ThiS repot t, t hough of 10 or 15 days ;tandiug, has never been traced to a credible source." ..„ 7 •By'raii s ' Papers of Monday. xye learn, that the CougreAs.at Vienna is still occupied with negocia• . . tions, but, the points to which they relate are not stated. The Duke of WEIL' NQTON has been pre sent at several conf erences . A n idea seettis / to be that the King Of ~Sa'xi ' _;ny will not ac cede to the decision of the Congress. Iu that/case, the administration of the country is to he ~.:ntruste j t0 the : Duke of SAxE,WEInAft. The Corn Bill, founded on the Resolutions tYhicli live occupied the flous(1 of Commons for bo-ne time past, was broug - ht intaSt'night,. and, as is customary, read a first tins!. On a motion for reading it a second time to-rnocrow, Mr. 13Aatxo moved; as an amendment, to substitute [friday se'nnight, and dixided the House upon it ; but the nunthecs were 109 to 30 apinst Se- vcral Mew Lets annooticed ri rit detern;ipation to oppose the' 13il1 in every stage, and others de clared that thimgh they had thus far supported the abstract principle of the measure for protect ing the Agricultural interests, they (lid not con sider themselves pledged to' agree to the rite of 80s. for that purpose. Thus then the.question will take something of a new shape, and in Ect, the only point on which the public generally is interested, viz. the amount of the Protecting Pricc, will come to be specifically decided. To the Legislature as to the people, on this most vitally important . point, we. humbly, earnestly, and anxiously recommend deliberate procedure, impartial reasoning, and inyesigatiOn founded 00 a►ithmetical certainties, instead of loose assump tions and baseless conclusions. We have attend ed with pain to the ratiocination on both s:(les. The extreme arguments of each are mutually con vertible into tiieii• opposites, and in these ex- . tremes both are wrong. An opportunity may occur of dissecting these matters to the extent they merit ; in the ►neanti►ne, we desire only to state a few of the axioais winch form the ground work of our opinions . , and upon which we are prepared to maintain them. 7 Ist. There is uo doubt, in any rational mind, that the Agricultural Interests must sod otrght to be supported : otherwise a National Bankruptcy must result from the shock they would receive from absolutely free importation. 2d. The question is, then, one of Ivan tum—and, 3d. The 'quantum ought to be ascertained with regard to these two grand principles•—to preserve the capital invested in agriculture in that state of elevation which will enable it to meet its proportion of the, demands of the State, and afford_a fair re►►►uneration to the class of the po pulation it involves—to afford', at the same time, sustenance, which is the criterion of the price of labour, to the manufacturer, at as low a rate as possible, i❑ order to enable our commerce to rival that of foreign nations in foreign markets. Calculations on acknowledged data, and applied • by enlightened men are alone necessary to fix the zero of this momentous political scats. Our in clination' is certainly towards a lower rate than 80s.; and our ideas are strongly in favour of a graduated scheme and of a terminable enactment. But we do ❑ot apprehend any thing like ruin to our inanufactures, and, far less, any material in jury to the labouring classes, even should the propositions now before Parliament pass into law. If half the ills predicted of the Bill take place, they will very speedily cure themselves. It is of all things the most to be deprecated, the excitement of anarchy and mob legislation. Why tell the people that their bread, will be at a high price, without telling them that their wages will be proportionably high ? Why tell them that the necessaries of life are only halt as dear in France, without shelving them also that •the labourer in France is nut paid half so much ? Why not shew them Poland—the cheapest country, with the most wretched population in the whole world ? %Ire have not room to pursu e our subject, but it is one of such moment, that .we must daily resume it. There was a quarrel in the House of Commons last night between Mr. WHITBREAD and Mr. Davis.llaxr The former, the Thersites of his Party, is in general so very personal and virulent, that we confess we are astonished that his Parlia mentary License -. protects him from being oftener called, to account. Ike have, just had an ex ample of the fatal. effects of intemperance of tongue in Ireland, and we could wish that cer tain public Speakers on this side of the water were,as little.pione to give offence as to,diselaiin, apologize, and retract, after they have Offended against every rule of good manners, and outrag ed every honowrable feeling. it rests with Mr. WHITBREAD to what extent his prudence may push his vigorous species of argument. On reading the debate of last night, we confess it appears to us that be went purposely out of his way to insult almost every Minister of the Crown in a personal and injurious manner. Accounts received- at:- Paris from Martinique state, that intelligence bad been received there of Lima having been taken 11- the insurgents, and of a great number of the European `Spaniards bay ing been put to death. It •w'as reported at Bermuda, that the Expedi tion under Admiral COCKBURN, Which had suc ceeded in taking Cumberland and St. Mary's,-was to proceed higher up the river to the attack of Savannah, and that it consisted of 1500 troops. — We rather imagine it will continue its operations down the Coast of Florida. Yesterday Lord MELvLE held a Levee at Ids Office, at dire Admiralty, and gave audience to Admiral GEORGE CAMPBELL, Captains SHERKIDT, GLYNN, BUTTERFIELD, CHETU BRoANING,-Bw. On'Tuesday a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which was attended by all the Ca binet Ministers.—After the Council broke up, Mr. liftowN, the' King's Messenger, waS forwarad with dispatches fur Vietraa. AIR. Will i BREAD _.;AI) Ai t. 1):',.'...13. The following is an exact account of the cir cumstances which took- place in the Lobby last night, in consequence of what. passed in the House of CoMmems. Mr. HART DAvis, address ed himself with much warMth to Mr. WHITBREAD, on the subject of the attack made by the latter on General WHITTINGHAM in the House. Mr. WHITBREAD endeavoured to vindicate himself on .the ground that he had no personal enmity towards the General; and proceeded merely upon the • information which he had receiv ed.—Mr., DAVIS ,replied with unabated warmth, alleging that the information, from what ever source, did not justify so outrageous an at tack upon a meritorious Officer and his relation. Mr. WHITBREAD persevered in the same ground of defence ; and as Mr. DAVIS vehemently declared that this was by no means a satisfactory vindica tion, Mr. W. \VYNNE, who witnessed the dis pute, and was apprehensive of consequences, im mediately went into the House, and informed the SPEAKER of what had occurred.---The SPEAKER, with his usual discretion and promptitude,. sent to desire4that Mr. H. DAVISand Mr. WHIT BREAD would return into the House. Both tl!ese Gentlemen obeyed the call, and were ad dressed by the SPEAKER in the manner usual on such occasions, requiring from each an assurance that nothing farther should pass on the subject. Mr. DAVIS, as we understand, declared that he " reluctantly submitted" to the decision of the SPEAKER ; and Mr. WHITBREAD observed that he should submit of course. 'Yesterday the Duke of CLARENCE visited the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House. . • The Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES is expect ed in torn in a few days-from Cranbourn Lodge. The old King of Sardinia, CHARLES EMANUEL,' who has lived at Rome since his abdication, on the 27th of January, entered the Jesuits' House of St. Andrew on the Quirinal, there to devote himself solely to religious exercises. Lord Wm. BEN'TINCK left Rome on the 20t1a,of January, on his return to Florence. Prince CASTRLCICALA, the Sardinian Ambassa dor, sailed on Tuesday from Dover, for Calais. The Duke and Duchess of ANGOULEME were to leave Paris on the 27th, for Bourdenux. A Morning Paper of yesterday, in speaking of the Southwark Nitwit, tells us that "distant shouts gave notice of the near approach of the mob." Another Print says, it ha . s authority to deny that Major DISNEY or hi's Friends have been con cerned in any Newspaper statement on the sub . - ject of the late affair of Staines. It is certainly. not an easy matter, as the world goes, to say who are a man's Friends ; but we declare that the Gen tleman who furnished us with ow narrative, and who ‘y a .. s well acquainted with all particulars, pro tested a great friendship for the Major. On the walls about the Metropolis the Chalk ists having written, ." Down with the Beer," some wag of their fraternity.has scrawled underneath, " Down with the Brewers; the Beer is Low enough." A meeting:of the inhabitants of Southwark took place yesterday at one o'clock, to consider the proprier, , of petitioning Parliament against the Corn regulations. Mr. CALVERT and Mr. BAk-, CLAY, the two Members, were received with the most enthusiastic applause, and severally address ed the meeting in support of- the petition, amid loud and reiterated acclamations. The petition was unanimously 'carried. A number of persons who were taken up on Tuesday night in Kennington, charged with riot ous and outrageous behaviour, were examined yesterday at Union Hall. Several were remand ed for further examination, others admitted to bail, and some whose conduct appeared to be the effect of inadvertency rather than of design, were, on expressing their contrition, receiving a suitable admonition from the Magistrates, and making a compensation to the Officers tor their trouble, dis charged.' ' . . A French Officer who bad been .confined on board one of the prison ships its the Medway, Was, sent home with many thousands of -his country then, at the tertnipation Of the war.— On„ arriving at his native, place., he found, himself entitled to ,a considerable property, and having made the neeessarV.,arrangements for,se euringperManent po3session<of it, he last week returned to Eat land, in order to find out one of the Officers of his ship, on board ofv‘hich he was confined, for . the prpose.of.making him a consi derahlepresent, for the attention and kindness he had e'xperienced during his captivity. The mere relation of this fact is a sufficient, panegyric Ott both. parties. . PrfiLAN'enROPY.—A .Medical Friend (MOs the use, of the common yellow soft S oa p, made into a strong lather, as an iinmediate appli cation_by washing the wound, in the case of the bite of a mad dog, and there is every reason to hope'fi.i . n the detergent as wcil as drying q u ality of this Soap that it may prove efficaeious, since it not only washes off but stops the spreading of other infections matter when received upon the skis. It would be adviseable if the .Part bitten can afterwards be dissected out by a Surgeon, to have it done es soon as possible. A paragraph having appeared in a Morning Paper of this day respecting the illness of Mr. Alderman ComlsFf, we arc autherised to state there is no• truth in the - report.—Mr. Co.mnE has,been advised by his Physician to abstain,' for a short ti tee, front attendance to public business, and his absence must bare given rise to the: report.—We had the pleasure of seeing him on horseback yes. terday.—Marcll2, 1315. Tii f Oi A I)i 1O . . • DRuRY-LANE.----The Selection at thisthealre, last night, was deprived of the aid of Mada me 'SESSI, who, as we yesterday stated, was prevent .ed by indisposition from. going theoug,h her par t at the King's Theatre the night before, and w r i %vas unable to aslist in the Oratorio. Pri" te— Bills were issued before the p e rf o rmance began' apologiiing for her absence. To supply the 10 5, ' the Miss BUGGINS' gave " Hear my Prayer-" -- MozAwr's Requiem, and the celebrated Battle S in " fonia, were th e most a dmir e d compositions.Pf ibe night. ‘ - COVENT-GARDEN.—There was also a Selection at this place, judiciously diversified. The most prominent compositions were a new . double C ll°- ins by Mr. S. WESLEY, and GLUCK'S Overture t° ,lphigenia. The vocal department was well sus . ' tallied by BRAHAM, Mrs. SALMON, Miss STEPUEN S) &C. &C. ST. DAVID'S DAY. The loyal and honourable Society of Ancient Britons held their 101st Anniversary Meeting yes terday. They met at the School in Gray's In tl Road, and proceeded from thence in grand Pro' cession to St. George's Church, Hanover-squar e ' The day being uncommonly fine, the concour se of people was immense. in the absence of th e Society's Chaplain, the service was performed i l l Welch by the .Rev. 0. JONES, of iLewisham, and an excellent Sermon was preached by the Bishop of o.xr:ißn. Soon after five o'clock, about 5 0 sat down to an excellent dinner at the Freemason' s Han. Just after grace had been said, the nan l4 of Sir W. W. WYNN Was announced, every pert son got up, and, the welcome he met with. tug s ' have made a'lasting impression on his mind company continued to cheer hint until be took his seat. In the absence of the Earl of PLYMOUTH/ al c e i Chair was taken by Lord DARTMOUTH, supporr e t by many Noblemen, &c. &c. After the usi nt „ toasts of " the King," " the Prince of Wales , &c. &c. which were all loudly applauded, and ae" companied with appropriate music by a militarl Band, and Mr. Jones, the Prince's harper. children walked around, first the girls, then t i " boys,. who marched and saluied the Chairman 65 e they passed, in a manner that would not 10 disgraced. a regular company of soldiers. ve The Chairman rose, and in a neat speech g n v " Our gallant and patriotic Chief, Sir W. ~ Wynn, and welcome home." It would be lines possible to describe the enthusiastic appist l° which this received. Sir W. returned than k : and said, that he would be ever ready to lead °;, Ancierit British Band in defence of his country, O r from the earliest times they were renowned far loyalty and valour.' He concluded by sayings tint for for the many, many marks of your kindness t cY ; wards me and my family, I beg. you will acre? my grateful thanks." The Treasurer then read over the subseris tions, which amounted to more than 1,40 • l Soon after nine o'clock, the Chairman left, O e , Sir Watkin was requested to preside for the t winder of the even mg; but the juice of the gre s ° bad warmed the hearts of the honest Cambria,. l3 s 1 which caused their tongues to run so fast, ti`, it was with. difficulty Sir W. could procure silent After giving a few appropriate toasts, he retir c o j , accompanied by his brother, Mr. C. W. Wynn amidst the loudest shouts. Several songs, duets, and glees, were snob 6c , Messrs. J. and G. Smith, Broadhursts, Parry, air &c. ; and the following glee and chorus, to the 4 ,, l of " A noble race was Shenkin," (from Par r) , Welsh Melodies,) was particularly applauded- O'er the chords with rapture sweeping, Strike the harp to the Race of Shenkin ; Bid adieu to sighs and weeping, Pallid care and anxious thinking; - To the festive pow'rs Devote your hours, In mirth, in song, in drinking. With lays of romantic story .. The halls of their sires resounded, At the call of love or glory, O'er their native hills they bounded; Midst war's alarms They rusted to arms, And their country's foes astounded. Releas'd from martial duty, They retuiu'd to their peaceful pleasures; And then at the feet of beauty They wood in welting measures: On the waud'ring poor Ne'er closed their door, ' But freely dispensed their treastue. IMPROMPTU. The Melon, long fordiddeu fruit,. At last is purehas'd Coute qui Coute. A new Dramatic Sketch has recently bee n presented at the Bath Theatre under tbe tit le d% A Large Luaf ; 'or, Better Times. By its rCe e off tioll it appeared that no crusty cr iti c was'Pr es br d , but that the whole of audience were NV'el l- 0 .6 and seemed to'think that they li a d 'bore .than - Crumts of comfort: tits e Yesterday, B6:JAMIN TRAVERS, Esq. 'l" 3 , s nimously elected Surgeon to St. Thomas's tal, in the room of Jiq!: 'Ol BIRCH Es(j. deCe lls. > " • 1111tT1).S. ' yatli On the 22d ult. at Greel : •a:ood L o dg e , ll'iMovv, e 4 the Hon. Mathew Plunkett, of a w son. „f S'' Tuesday tact, Upper Goer-sire,ei the Lady >r day, Ef ina .on-cy • • , t ac The s4n Portland -,T;lace the Lady of I :wc -rij xally,E'sq. of a son. • t or° 4' , . . . Yestarday,' St. Pancras Church Middlesex , Coutt, E. to Mist,Harrict Melion, of liurLy Lut i g t "' gate. os' Ou 'rue,day morning, 'at St. George's Chvircb, „ sqnare,, Thomas Thornhill, E sq . o f B er i v telcsquar' Wood Wood, relict of S, T. Wood, Esq. „.,--, \ : DIED. M it.d -- On Sunday last, aged 57, th e Rev. Sir R. She&la 'braO• Normaohy-Hall; .Lincolnshire, having survived b is . n the late Sir J. Sheffield, Bart. o nly t wen ty-two d n Y s ' e ty doh ' On the 28.th . u4. at his house in Frochurch-st“: . „, iv , ' Wilkinson, Esq. in his 87th year... ' ,- fD” ilif On Wednesday last, aged Sr years, the Rev.Pc.,•er 170 U. fur upwards of tweoty-eight years Vicar of To-:;,'", s ;t pa t. ' the last century, there have only three Vicars of 1 i ce Cr 4: or" LONDON: Printed by J.:11: CAI:STAIRS, NO. ' sl .o ‘,ise ; and published by W. A. SCRIPPS, () .A drer',l. at tilt Sus-OF No . L 12, Strand.; w here ,4 1 cr: • weals ; Qrdcrs,l,ettors (nost-paid) ;ntizt 13 C a(' •• • . , acL