The Sun. — London, England, 1815-01-31 00:00:00

THE SUN REVIEW. (No. LXVII.) J tryrEtt on the fittest Style and Situation for the WEL LINGI.ON TESTIMONIAL, about to be erected in Dublin. Addressed to J OHN LESLIE Fosma, Esq. one. of tbe Com mittee of ;Managers. By JOHN WILSON CHOKER, Esq. F.ft.S. •-• Pp, 5 . 1. Cann - fling and Si. N. Mallon, Dublin: J. Murray; London. • • • . • _ • A subscription haring been entered upon, and spirJedly supported in. Ireland, for the erection oi a Motniment to . perpetuate the honour able ' .felt . by his native country in the Duke of I . ViAAINGtos ; Mr. CitottEa has addressed a Let ter . to the Committee of Management, ream wending that style of Testimonial, and site, h be a dduces many forcible reasons for thinking.tlic best adapted to the object in view--; the noblest ornament of their Metropolis, and the grand and lasting expression of a People's ad- lll:i'1ZIi)fl. Before proceeding to notice Mr. CROKER'S spe cific ideas 'on this subject, we 'could dwell with pleasure . -on the general natnre of such works as that contemplated by Irish gratitude, and with .par ticular deli,glit upon one appropriated to that coun y. Woefully, often are our columns stained with tie follies and the crimes in which Ireland is too prolific ; and it yields us unfeigned joy to turn to trig aspect of more grateful kind—ko glance at a IYtt.LINGToN in all thehlaze of glory, and exclaim, . 1 * Tie country which produced this Hero cannot be debased !"—to analyse the feeling which 'ac tuates hisJellow-citizens on this occasion," acid prOnounce that the " Nation which thus appreciates what is gr-eat _and sublime cannot be destitute of I: enerosity aild greatness." Irideed it is ih'e essen tial p r operty of monuments like these; not built uP by lordly Vanity to flatter itself, nor elevated by prostituted servility to lawless power, (which are only mv.morials of shame and ignotnino; but fontided on the impartial love of a people, and springing • from the purest source of univer, sal esteem is the essential property of such monuments more to honour those whO erect, than those ; to whose fame:they are erected. It is not the solid baSe, the polished shaft, and thelofty capital of the stupendous-pillar it is not the fine proportions, rue:rich ornaments, and the impos ing grandeur of the splendid arch ; it is not the enduring pomp of architecture, nor the iverlastL . ing record at sculpture which can confer gloyy on WELLIN . G . roz , ; be is the architect ofhis own fame, the sculptor of his, own immortality. But the aspiring column or The magnificent arch, the denote to future generations that Ireland, far from being'insensible to the merits of her noblest Son, apprec;ated theirs fully, and rejoiced in identifying , her own character with his renown for ever. To promote this laudable national undertaking, by discussing, the best mode for carrying it into execution, it is not extraordinary that Mr. Cao- KER, himself, a Bard of Ireland; and fair candi date for distinguished remembrance in hei• annals, sboold have become warmly interested. The amor pidrim is a' certain inmate - m the Poet's bo som, and the Author of I;i4fiv'era. enjoyed a pre scrip:ire right to deliver his sentiments upon the question under consideration, 'even had he, as an Ir:,..hman, no title no offer his opinion on a point NV hiCh SO . mat CH ally concerned WELLINGroN and bis native land: But in both 'these qualities, as well as in those of a person of education and taste, the Letter of Mr. Caokea.,ought to possess much influence, and we arc glad-to think that we can co incide with all the arguments he has advanced re specting the nature of the Monument re- Bard to the site we are incompetent ti) form a judgment from actual knoWledge of the relative . situation of the several places mentioned, but may say that there is every appearance of plausibility in the theory maintained in the Letter befOre us. We perfectly agree with Mr. CaOttga prefer ring the Columnar shape to that of the Triumphal Arch, and.infinitely above the Colossus, whether ped.c!rian or egnestriam. There is, Are think.; one re, son which lie has not adverted to, or at leait but slightly, and which is, nevertheless, a strong inducement to this preference: An Arch, to be pleasing to the eye and alei l inite to the ex talent of congenial emotions in the tuipd, re tinir6'to be surrounded in its immediate vicinity with Buildings of an Order consistent with its Sple.ndonr, and even corresponding, :n Some de gree, with its Architecture. A. Column is of n ino-..eisolated genus it stands pc' se, • atilt is uri c otinected with the Building ar , ntnd. We can . With-as much difficulty conceive an associated CO lamn'as a' •iletached Arch. A vast plain, a noble . garden, •a grand s quare, any open•space with , re spectable houses in its view, offets a proper site for the - erection of the former. The difficulties at tending the choice of a fit,situation for the lattet.. have been so tthly shewn by Mr. C., that we _shall Only add our testimony to their being Of 41 cient magnittule to be an innperal)le objectioa to that-species of Monument, except on one. Sp(4-,- "and that none of the finest, in any part of even the vast eiti Loudon., \could seem, pre scum-- mote auspicious - 4enitigs, but still, we think, inferior to those which the Pillar claims a.l -proper to itself. We might suggest, too, that the generality of more apt tu.be struck with the co lumn, soaring so high towards the Heavens, than With the arch, which is only admirable for its more lowly beauties, the grace of its component parts, and the richness of its embellishments. The arch-may be exquisitely harmonious—the co lumn' is-sublime : the melt seems calculated *to an swer many purposes, the column to .perpetuatel that alone for which it 'has been raised.. When .S we look at the arch of the Porte Sr. Denis for ' 'example ) it strikes us :vs a grand entrance into ratis' - and retoires hisiorical infOrmation -to know that it is a memyrial of the triumphs of • Louis XIV. Bat when we view the column in the Place Nrdfidcime, it instantly and specifically explains - itself. We cannot doult, ,that *it was erected in commethOration of some great exploits ; and we peruse the relievos to instruct us.. what . they were. • Some objection has been intimirte.d, however, ;on accovut of similarity to the Nelson Pillar , :which already adorns Dublin. This appears to us invalid.--.WELLINGTON is peculiarly the property of Ireland, -- and we - could see no good cause why a Alontithent to him should nrot,stirpass'eVeri that to the Naval Hero, in Ivhont the Empire at large has a share. Were we ILhernian's, too, it would ' be a Soyt„of national boast to tts,-to have it in our power to elevate the memorial to our countrymen so big!) as , to surpass all others, - ** when we had • such an oppiiitunity Of doing.so, without exciting envy or envious.comparisons—and especially above that of the Capiral of Great Britain, like which, I no one could say of Tliqs.P o " n 4 d ll :::;;' s . Column t - ow'ring to the skies, Like a tail brill}, lifts his head and Hes. •.Soule, of these 7 consir!eratinns, together Avid' those SO Al 7 urged by M. CROKER, would cer tainly; were we to decide the ease, weigh down the scalein 'favour of a column. The site is more a matterfor the determivation of the Inhabitants of Dublin. As far as we can judge, it is evident that Merion•square is objectionable, from the want of long vista views" Upon its center—and equal ly cogent reasons exi;4 agiinst St. Stephen's Green. On the other Ikand, the_Cpllege Park, as recosin mended by the Letter, is locally eligible, if the obstacles ther6n noticed can be renioved, and should that be fUnntl impracticable, the Quay cer tainly offers the next favourable site. We 1101 r-take our leave of this publication, ex presOng.„in our own name, and the name of the Ptiblic, thanks - Jo its Author, for having lent his taleufs to the discussion Of :a subject of so much interest to the second:City of the Enipire. The Pamphlet is not susceptible of extract—it is clas sically written, and illustrated with a handsome plan, explanatork of the proposition it enfoi ces. * That proposed for Dublin is 220 or 230 feet. The Mo nuuuent of Loudon is 201. • VIENNA, JAN. 15.-The conscription for 1815 has been ordered 'to be enforced in the Austrian monarehy, - codfinmably to the existing laws, without any alteration whatever. Orders have also been given to complete all the regiments. They hegin tc, collect the new 'Supplementary Tax of, 50 per cent, on incomes arising; from in dustry. 'Merchants, artisans, and artiSts, com plain that .the landholders are favoured ; con sumers, on the. other hand, complain that every object of art and manufacture gets dearer, and. that 'the price finally falls 'on them. Monied and landed men, however, assert that their capital is unproductive ft orn the depreciation of paper, and burthens. which' daily increase.. But the Au strian Government, which is compelled: ter-meet considerable expenses,. does not the - less persiit in its system of finance. The poor annuitants and stockholders are the chief sufferers. When once the fate of Saxony is fixed, the high Powers will take into consideration the provinces un the left -bank of the Rhine, sand warm discussions may still be expected on this head. 'Those' people,, there fore, who fix a period to the sittings or Congress, and say with a sort of confidence that it is likely to last only three or four weeks, maybe much de ceived in *their -calculations. The Emperor Alexander declares that he will' not leave Vienna till all the important matters are definitively. settled. The Committee on the affairs of Italy attracts attention. It' is composed of M. Wes,senberg for Austria, Count Nesselrode for Russia, Count Noailles for France, Lord Claucarty for England, and M. Labrador for Spain. It is occupied in deciding the fate of the three Legations, the Mark of Ancona, and nther domains of the Holy See. Opinions are much divided on the point, whether 'this Corutnittce • will pronounce on :the affairs of Naples. and Sicily. It is 'said that Prussia, throughout the whOle of the discussions, has uniformly insisted on her re • tension.of the town and district of Leipsick. FRANKFORT, Jam. 17.—We are assured that the Principalities of Fulda and Ilanati_have been defi nitively assigned 7 by the Congress to the King of Bavaria. The Eleetor of Hesse will receive an indemnity for Hanau, which formed part of his states. ROME, JAN; I Holiness has caused a very spirited letter to be addressed to the Cheva lier Zuccari, Consul General of King Joachim at Rothe, in which he denounces the insidionS ma chinations of that kingly occupant, in order to disseminate, Anti-Christian and disloyal sentiments among the subjects of the Holy Sec. In this the Sovereign Pontiff is thought, to be countenanced by,some.of the High Allied I:!owerS. RAVENNA, JAy.'9.--a comparatively trifling af faiirWrainear producing very serious consequences in this quorter, Three Jews pretended an autho rity-14.041:0c Prince de lisuss,. to select and re move - loNienna rheiioSt Valuable objects of art to be fiinad in the 41,t4tp-Italian provinces, and were procettling to take some of the One picturts from our Cathedral, when the fraud was disco, vered. The effervescence which this produced was indescribable, 'and some ditficulty was fo'und in 'con) incing the peOple that _suct was not the in tention of the Austrian Government, and the Jew . ish depredatorS'received part...of their punish ment on the spot. CADIZ, JAN. 6, 1815. The weather Continues fine, and the expedition proceeds ,with great activity. It will sail about the. 15th instant, Brig•adier Salazar having already sailed in the ketch Hyena on the 31st of Decem ber for Rio de Janeiro. • Herewith the list of the transports and troops. On the 4th inst. sailed ,tlie Cantabrin,_ King's schooner, for Terra Firma, Porto Rico, Havan nah, and Vera Cruz ; and it is confidently said, that she carries positive orders for shutting the ports against all foreign vessels. ' - From - Lima we have had letters to the middle of August ; the Viceroy had not ratified the Conven tion entered into under the mediation of Captain Hillyar of his Majesty's ship Phoebe ; and to re commence hostilities with greater effect, has sent a reinforcement of. 800 men in the line-of-battle ship Asia for Conception, whet e the Lima troops remained - , waiting cullers front their superiors. The following is a list of the troops forming the expedition Ilegiments. Dragoons of the Union' - Ferolinand VII. - Coips of Artillery st of Leon - • - - - Union - - - - Balbastro - - - - Vittoria - - - Legion - - - Castile - - - - lingineers and Sapper§ , - W4ggon Train - - OffiCers. Men. 36 771 80 - 671 3 700 . 59 1,144 60 1,2.45 56 ; 1,305 55 1,148 54 1,06 59 1,392 19 366 16 350 Total number 487 9,960 They are embarked on board 43 transports; and there are besides the San •Pedro of the line, and the Efigenia, Diana, and Dianiante ships o war, which have troops on board. NI IILS. Annivr.n--1 Malta; 1 Surituun, 1 Dublin. Du France, 1 Holland, 1 llatnburgh, 1 Guernsey and Jer. sey, 2 Dublia, 4 Waterford. PRICE O THIS DAY Al T%: N STOCKS wEr.vE o'cLoqg. Bank Stock, per Cent. Bed. 3 per Cent. Cons. tp.fi • 4 per Cent. Cons. H2ll perCent.NavyAnn. 94 Bank L. Ann. 16 7-16ths India Bonds, 18s. 17s. pr. Excheq. Bills, 3s. 6s. pr. Omniuni, dis. Cons. for Account, 65 HIGH WA,TER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 28 minutes after 6. I Evening, ,53 minutes after 6, THE SUN. SOLIOI QUIS DIOERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, .1 TUESDAY, .71.1 N (IA RY 31; 1815. A pressure of various intelligence compels us f air 'thic t hity'v. lication. The following communication is con tained in . our private letters from Barbadocs of the Bth ult, " On Friday, the 2d of December, Military Oc cupation of St.. Pierre's, Martinique, was given by the British Commissioners appointed by his Excellency Sir JAMES LElTH,tO'the CommisSion ers Mo"St Christian' Majesty. Upon hoist ing the. Whitejlag,:'salvoes 'of.artillery were fired from all the Forts and Batteries, and the French Commissioners cntertained‘the British in the even- ing in a „very magnificent manner. Fort Royal WllB to be retained by the British for two ot• three days longer, as the whole of the garrison had not been' removed from the difficulty of procuring transports. The sametommissioners, on the part of the' British Government, were to proceed to Guadaloupe, and deliver up that.lsland ,in the same way.' By letters received yesterday from Jamaica, we learn that the force destined against New Orleans, consisting of about 10,000 troops, tinder General KEAN and Admiral Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE, sailed from .Negril Bay, in that Island, on the 28th - of NoveMber. The general run from thence to New Orleans scarcely ever exceeds a fortnight, so that the whole might be expected to be before that city by the 12th of December. Our Naval News and paragraphs possess to-day a little More than common interest, owing to the reports , of the dash made ; by the MADISON Go vernment to prop itself by some success on the ocean, to obtain which, it has risked the fate of two or three.of the American. men of war, which they call frigates. .The promptitude and vigi lance displayed by the Admiralty, will we trust discomfit this scheme in spite of the traitorous aid which the Enemy will receive from among ourselves. The Party.organ endeavours to ridi cule the exertions used to send out adequate Squa drons in search of the adversary wherever he is likely to be MOST IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE — (says this lively Joker)—The Admiralty Sparrows have had two Hawks come amongst them. Alarming in dced !--all is bustle and confusion—a couple of American frigates in the English Channel," &c.&c. What would he have said had the Admiralty not sent out the 4Lips alluded to By a letter from Boston," of , the 22,1 DiC.:2111•• ber, we learn that the Constitution Amerieln frigate, of 44 guns, had sailed from that part on a cruize. The American privateer Roger, of Wilmington , has captured and can ied into port a very valuable British West Indianian, of above 500 tons bur _Alen, laden with sugar, rum, coffee, &c. French Papers of the 2ith - riached 'us this morning, in addition to those.of the 20th, receiv ed last night. Their contents furnish little more than a condensation of - all the reports which have circulated since the opening of the Congress ;. but it is evident frbm the more formal and speclfic manner in which dates; the acts of certain of the parties, &c. are mentioned, that the end of the drama is at hand. The unravelling of all the•mysteries may therefore be immediately expected, and till then it would be worse than idleness to speculate on contingencies.—The lowing extracts further confirm us in what WC stated yesterday, that the arrangements agreed upon are_ essentially what we have from the be ginning anticipated. The French Funds. continue to rise—they are 78, and fluctuating to 78. 10. " MADRID, JAI , 7; I.4.—The entry of Cotton thread is prohibited. Foreign Soaps are sub jected to considerable duties. The •imposts are less rigorous upon Lint and Hemp, of which the nation is in urgent want. " Our Gazette has a long lamentation upon the loss of Lieut.-General Arthur O'Neille, of Tyrone. Marquis de Nord. This Officer died in his 78tli . , year, after having been a participator in all the wars in Europe and America which have taken, place during his life time. He was (need we translate it), of Irish origin. " SALZBURG'', JAN. 17.— . —Some General and silperior Italian Officers, who were arrested some time since, have - been sent to Germany and inv.. prisoned in the Castle of Oltnntz. " PARIS, JAN. 27, --Among the private news calculated to inspire us with great confidence, WC learn that it is almost certain that the result a 4 . the negociations will be much more advantageou s for France than could have been hoped. An aug' mentation of territory in the Departments' of the North is mentioned. Such a result. woUld be (O a ' to the.abilities of the negociator to whom the ill" terests of France have been entrusted. "PARIS, JAN. 28.--The King has condescende J to . sign the marriage • contract between the Afar,' quis 11. de Bonneval and Mademoiselle the COa li ' tens Dorsenne.: • " The Duchess.Dowagcr of Orleans has s lept well - the two last nights, and the pain in her leg is diminishing: " Mademoiselle Victoire Raunard, Countess (I° St. Sauvcur, died lately at her hotel, in the Fauxbourg St. Honor 6. Nothing could weakel l the attachment of this Lady to the House 01 Bourbon, and all ler wishes were gratified by t 4 return of his Majesty. • „ " Lieutenant-General Count Dupontpet out to) Tours, where he is to take the 'command of the Second Military Division. • " Lieut.-General Maisan gave a splendid ball the day before yesterday, at which his Roy 4l Highness the Duke of Berri was present. " FRONTIERS OF AUSTRIA, J. 17.—We ar c beginning to, obtain some information respectifl the state of ,the negociations. The Austria° Cabinet it is known first directed its views t ° Poland, which she desired to see re-establishe d as an independent State, which by its situatio o between Austria , and Russia, might keep theS. e two Empires from coming in .contact with 00" other. .The article then goes on to state the ir V rious turns which the Negociations took respeW . ing the fate of Poland, and of Saxony. Thes e details confirm the accounts which we have lai ti before our readers. Prussia has finally consent ed to give up her claim to the whole of Saxony, b 4.11 ' she is to'have a portion of that kingdom. " BANKS OF THE MEINE, JAN. 21.—The vate letters which we receive are very contradiV tory upon the subject of.the Negociations, but expect with great impatience the Declaration of England, which will be made in the course ° I next month, and which will have a great effect upon the affairs of Europe. ,• • " ROME, JAN. Holiness has just giv e° . a new proof of the firmness of his character, hi ordering the following letter to be sent to 01° Chevalier Zuccari, the Consul-Gene - rat of Nallics bete : " SlR,— , The Cardinal pro-Secretary of State has receM S the orders of his Holiness to acquaint you frankly, that can ho longer tolerate your conduct to the Government• r f j ' - Holy Father is net ignorant of the steps you have taken tti ' establish a system of Espiong . ; r. He knows the wreictles whom "you have taken into yOur pay, and who ec10 15 : destitute of public and of private virtue have sold thems eive" to serve the cause of a Foreigner in his unjusti.Sable procee d ings. His Holiness is acquainted with the writings ,Olll' s, you have caused to be circulated through the City and in I I