The Sun. — London, England, 1815-11-18 00:00:00

11,0111URGII IRECRIVED THIS Md;i:Cl.kG.] BREMEN, Nor. 6.—We have received from Pions some interesting documetits respectiog the payments to be made by France, the evacuation of that country, the organizAiion of the army that is to remain there, and the departure of the other troops. 1. It is' kid down ns a principle, that in the three first years, from :he Ist of December, 1813, Trvnice not to nav above 270 millions Hminallv. '.2. OF these 2 7 0 millions„ 'HO arc to be in ►art of the imiemuity of 700 millions ; so that fil►is sum will be pai►l in five years. - The -other 130 millions are, to serve, un►lrr the following condition•, for the support of the occupying army 3. Though France engages itself to the corn, Oete support of this army, the Allied Powers, in order to afford that kingdom some relief will, if circumstances allow, lessen the number of troops from year to year,• in ordtr that in this manner thee 130 millions may be equal to the expellees of maintaining the whole force, which will mount to 160 ntillivna ; four of this, should this diminution not be possible, France will have to pay tl:e difference bet►veen 130 millions and the real exi*tices of maintaining the troops, but in no case more than 20 Millions anntially.- 5. As France in the first three years is in no ease to pay above 270 millions, that which is Wanting on account of the above difference, and in the most unfavourable suppositions, cannot exceed 100 millions for the 'w hole five years, shall be paid in the 4th years. )3ut should the French Government-. think itself then unable to exceed the 270 millions, this pay ment will he deferred to the sixth year, but upon Sufficient security. • • 6th.. If,. after the expiration of three );ears, the military occupation shall not be considered as ne cessary for political re cons, the number of troops will be diminished in proportion to the part of the indemnity in money still in arrear. ~France can iLen put an end to the occuraOoti h .paying the lest either in ready money, or in some other man-: ner which the Allies mayconsidtr as equally satis- factory. 7. The Allied Court will leave to the French (overnment the objects of Reclamation in the itnexecuted articles of the Trtaty of Nris 1814, and the French Government has to make pro po6als for t!:c speediest liquidation and repaynient of the st u ns claimed. An additional article of the 13th of October, fixes, that to accelerate as much as possible the evacuation of the French territory, except by the troops that remain to occupy it, a Comm4 , :ion shall be appointed, which is to re gulate the marching, and report upon the periods or the evacuation. Further, on the 22d Oct. the Ministers of the font . great Powers agreed upon the following dis positions Upon the armies that remain in France . .Secure the repose of Europe, and upon the departure nti the other troops. 1. To form the' European army, as it is called in the Proces Verbal of the conference, from which ice extrlct this, Austria, Prussia,• England, and Russia, furnish each 30,000. men, infantry, ca ialry,' and artillery, in the proportions to be set tled by the four Powers ; howerFr,. the cavalry shall not make more than a Gth, mie''less than a 10th part of the whole contingents. •liavaria fur-. nishes . 10,000 men ; Denmark, Saxony, Hanover, and Wurtemberg, each 5000 men.. 2. The Duke of Wellington is Commander-in- Chief of this army, with unlimited full powers to employ it, in conformity with the object - , ac cording to the instructions to he given him by the four Courts, paying however. all possible at-- tention to what is most suitable for each corps. The troops of each Potvcr, however, always re main together, and under the immediate commands of their Generals, and are to be placed as much as poSsible on. the line of 'communication with their State. All_ that relates to the internal eco nomy and discipline of each corps, is the busi-' ness of. the General commanding 3: The Commandets of each separate Corps are Under tit chief command of the Duke of Wellington, and have to send in their reports to bin). • 4. The French Government isio be desired to settle without delay with the Duke or Wellington respecting- the maintenance of the . ( occupying army, and every thing coo tlected with' it. 5. Respecting the relations of - the occupying At'tny and its Commander to the French Govern incur, the Ministers reserve to themselves to take definitiVe resolution as far ,as it has not been thready done by the Military Convention annexed to the principal Treaty. • (Nl,' awl lastly-- 7 -Ifespecting the evacuation of the French territory by the, other troops. The Duke of Wellington is charged to employ himself without delay upon the measures necessary to ac celerate this evacuation, as well as with the Ilr i,i'mzernelas to b e w ade on ,thii.nitibject with the French GOvernment, and with,,,,tke Commanders in Chief of the Allied Armic3..-4L retrklieGazsite,,' t~uo. 7.) Tiles PROF i titit TAX. MR. EDITOR,—Your Correspondent " CON - TRIBUToR," semis to have Undertaken a laborious task to very little ptirpose, io giving. his modified scale of the Tax on PropettY., I mean as far as reittes to the profits on trade. In fite first place, I object, most decidedly, to his arrangement of hi s Scale, as decending far too IoW, and making the Tam depend on the -hard earnings Of industry in its [nimblest stage. The modification so loudly called for, is, in respect to these honest, but at pre sent ninth burthened people, who, in fact, only live front hand to mouth, and leave nothing but their example as an inheritance to their children. I also object to the proposition for levying instantly . any Tax which equitably can only he exacted on a balance. Your " COWTRIBUT011" says—" ho merchant would speculate but upon the prospect of profit ;" now, Mr. Editor, I deny these pre , mises, as being calculated to produce . a false in , ference, namely, th...t " because a merchant spe culates, a profit certainly will ensue ;''but your Cor respondentassists his- assertion, by coupling a sort of presage of the merchant's futore caution ; "and when he is aware of I duty of 10 per cent. lie will be cautious to make his bargain so that he may obtain a profit, &c." This reasoning is .not quite consistent with experince,'and I very much fear, if " CONTRIBUTOR" will -Cast his eyes over the London Gazette, for a few years back; he will find sonic lamentable proofs to the contrary of his good opinion of merchant's for ;sight. 'Another part of this clever plan I materially object to — that is the subjecting the bill of lading,' and entry of imported goods, to a stamp. I should be glad to know of " CONTRIBUTOR" how any proper profit can be attached, nominallyto any Article of trade to justify the levying a Tax upon it Is the . Ciovernment to assume, that because sugar is im ported at the cost-price of 70s: cwt, and sold at 655. that tlnre is a profit. notwithstanding ? Or hemp (their own contract -last ',ear will advise them the contrary) imported at 56/. per ton, must yield a profit.? Ministers have been too long mer chants themselves not to undersiund this. Air. Pitt, whose authorty few men will venture to dispute, was well aware of the dreadful fluctuations of a merchant's profits ; and as, in reality, in a merchant's case it is a direct Tax upon indus try (hut which does not fall upon the consumer) it certainly is but fair to allow him a deduction of his loss, otherwise his case stand thtiS ..... Profit 1001. Tix - 10 Oct. 14. Loss 2001 Deduction (10 and so on, ad infinitum, at least, till he was , run, profit and all, into the London 'Gazelle. — It is a gret.t pity some commercial character of weight in the City and House of Com mons, does not afford his assist s nee in framing sUch a fill as might meet the views of all parties. Your friend CONTRIBUTOR" would throw us out of the frying-pan into the fire.._ I beg your pardon for thus intrudiag, my obserV.ltions upon you, and at so' great a distance, but the interest every commercial man must feel when the subject before us is agitated, has Urged the to the Cs FeS sion of my sentiments, on " CONTRIBUTOCs" pro positiou. Mrvanity may possibly lead me to sub tiiit one or my own, it is wilt meet with Attention.' I remain, Mr. Editor, • Your very obedient servant, Newcastle-upon , Tyne; Nov. 13. A 11ERCI' L To The Editor of Tiff; * The Editor of Tut: SuN will pay every attention to com munications ou this important subject. Convinced that a mil-modified Property Tax is the. most adekeable measure cf Finance which can be adopted fur this nation in peace or in war, arid most anxious to see a right scale devised for le vying it—a scale not descending too low to oppress the bumble, not' taxing casual profits like certain proceeds of real prO perty; but, in short, combining all the advantages which a happy theory can suggest, he thinks the columns of Time Sux cannot he better employed than in komulgating there upon impartially the opinions of the well-tinforinea. 111,111.5. Altaivrn-1111alta, 1 Hamburgh, 1 Halifax, I Guernsey and Jersey, 1 - Dublin. DoE=--3 France, 1 Lisbon, I liollaltd, 1 Malta, 3 Hamburgli, 3 Gottent?urgli, 1 Waterford. PRICE 01 THIS DAY AT T' F STOCKS 'W EINE. o'C ti Sank Stock, S per Cent. Red. GOi 3 per Cent. Cons. G 2 4 per Cents. 751 5 per Ct. Nary Ann'. 91i 92 Bank L. Ann. lb 5-16tIrs India Bonds, fis. 7s. pr. Exc.beg. Bills, 2s. 3s. pr. Ditto for Payment, 17i Cons. fur Doming, 62if 'HIGH I'ATEIZ. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 34 minutes after 3.' Evening,s2 iniuutcs atter. 3. TIIE SUN. SOLERI plll9 nICk:RE VALSIIM ALMEAT ? LONDON. 3.4ITURD,IY,'NOVE2iIBER'IB,I3IS: Nothing,. we cat) assure our Readers, has reached Government this day respecting the in teresting subject of the TREATY OV PEACE. We have reason to believe, that the only impediment at present - is the . state of the weather, and when that impeditnent . is rcinoved, Wefcanceive, that not • oniy Mr. Pf.ANTA will arrive with this im portant instrument of universal tranquillity, but that Lord CASILEREA . G It and his Suite inky be ex pected at the same time. The wind has blown so right into the month of Calais,Llatbour for three days, that not a vessel of any description could by pOssibility. get .out. The same cause his, doubt .not, hindered us from receiving intelligence front other ports. We. are quite at a loss to know where some of our fel low labourers get their French News, while.all we can gather with our utmost industry is " no arri vals." As the pnblic mind.experiences considerable atuxicty from the Unsettledstateof the Treaty, we s?►a]l be happy if in tie course of the day we are' e ►ab`ed to till tip this blank. A 1I»ii from llamburgl► was r4c4iiNtqtji4,plorn.. , ing. It eontaius a-seemingly distivi•t.,olo autho- Tized statement of the terms on whit!► France" is to make her payments to the Allies. They vary very little from thane which have already been mentioned in her London press : 270 millions of Francs annually (above 114 millions sterling) for three years ; of ►chich 140 millions per ann. are to he reckoned as in part of the grand indemnity of 700 millions, and 130 millions in pay to the Al lied Army occupying France, and under the con ditions specified. The halance:ttf :the 700 mil lions is to be paid in the fotirtlCand fifth years after the Treaty, or, in other words, the two years st►cceeding the three of military occupation. It . will afford satisfaction to all Europe, as it adds to its secttrity, to know that the Duke of `WELLINGTON is to have the " full, unlimited command" of the Allied Army of 130,000 men. The same circumstance must be a great consola tion to the people. of France ; for they have felt that there are no borthens so easy as those imposed under British auspices ; no evil so light as it is rendered by the mild, considerate, and humane ad n►ini.tratiun of Britons. The pay furnished by the French Government to the Allies left in France, at the rate of a franc per man per day, amount to above Thxee Millions and a half Sterling, per annum. The Morning Paper •that has so improperly brought forward a topic which ought not to have passed beyond the precincts of:the : Royal Family, has resumed the subject this day, and inserted an Extract of a Letter from her MAJESTY. We shall not imitate its conduct by inserting that Letter, satisfiekl in finding that the obtrusion of the subject on the Public is 'condemned by every loyal and liberal mint!. The Chronicle is dumb on the subject of the un exampled conduct of the Ministers of Lotits XVIII. Since it has learnt that they have precisely follow ed the precedent of the IlowAaps, RUSSELS, STANHons, 11 7 1. POLER, &c. of a century ago, when the Crown of England was the object of a double claim, as the Crown of France is now ; since it knows that its darling Whigs were at once the public Ministers, the hitter accusers and the remorseless judges of their adversaries, though not the NRYs and . Traitors of that prattling has stopped. and it revolves in silence' On the folly of venturing beyond its depth in poli'ical controversy. We com mend this prudence. Let, the Chronicle stick to its trade as Receiver of 11 the disloyal and mis chievous trash which Traitiars;at home, in. France, or Italy, may furnish, but it is too Shallow and ignorant to undertake the task of manufacturing and uttering base currency of its own. Yesterday a meeting.: of the Cabinet 'Ministers was held at the Treirgttry." There %‘'ere-presetit the Earls of LIVERPooL, And 11. , -,-AuRsT / • Lord SlDNiotrrii, and the CHAN;;ELLott of the ExcultuuEa. Yesterday Sir .TOSEPEI BANKS transacted busi ness with his Majesty's Ministers at tire Treasury. it is reported that the object of Sir H. 'in it- RENS' journey to Paris is to assist in the final ar rangements for the distribution, quartering, pay, and subsistence of the British troops, as well in respect to the funds and supplies to he furnished by the French Government, as those to be de riveil from home ; those latter being ,understood to be confined to making tip to. the Officers and men of the British coningent, - the`Oitierences be tween the British and French pay ;ind allowances ; it appears that the French give at the rate of a franc (about 10d.) per day, as to, their own troops ; and the additional twopence to make up the British) rate, constitute the whole amount to be drawn from England tinder the head of pay. The Archduchess BEATRICE of "AusTRIA, as heiress of the HOuse of EsTE, has claimed and received from" Paris the works belonging to that house, which had been carried off by the French. She has given then) to her son, the reigning Duke of MODKNA. The frigate which has arrived from Vera Cruz .at Cadii with treasure, mentioned iu our Paper of yesterday, has brought the specie and other valuable property, which hail been so long detain ed at Xulapa, on the great road between Vera, .Cruz and Mexico, for want of-a sufficient escort of troops. The same frigate is now put under orders, by the Spanish Guvernment to prOceed with the new expedition, preparing direct for Lima. Extract of a letter front Vera crttz,"Angust 11, 1815 :—" The arrival of manded by General MosnaEs,..bas:again revived our hopes. NVe have now, ,the pleasing expecta tion before us, that these troops, whose loyalty and excellent discipline is known, and who are commanded by distinguish6d officers, will be able to open our communications with the capital (Mexico), and that in consequence of this, all branches of trade will revive. - ‘3,!e expect that the Viceroy will scud a rich convoy in the course-of IleXt. September or October." An American paper states, that in October last a mail of the name of Ruggles .waS tried at New York, and found guilty of blasphemy, 'ill uttering certain expre ss i ons Of and cone'c:lnin"g JEsus CrtatsT, in co n t em pt of the Christi:6 Religion, and of the l aws o f N e w York. He was'sentenced t o pay a tine of 500 dollars.- SiicCOND SUN-oFricn, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The three clays French Papers (to the 16t1i) hive jiist arrived, kind tte hasten to state th eir •principal contents. There have been many glin:s:.tinns raised on the method of proceeding to he prit'ired by the Peerso in the trial of Marshal NEY. They are nut portant. • Twenty-five of the Deputies are, it ig saicf, fa be present on the trial. The Chamber, or Deputies have resolved t° diFctiss a proposition for begging the King t 4 take into consideration the amnesty promised fli r • the rebellion in March last, excepting person' who are liable to be accused before the tribunals. Marshal NEY has denied a passage reported d him on his first interrogatibn ;. instead of or, iug " My Wife believed . I , was mar ching against BUONAPARTR, and was sorry for it," t he Marshal said, My Wife believed before-hand that I 'marched against BUONAPARTE, and W°B . . sorry that it was not done." The Peers have named M. SEGUIER, PrP ident of the Royal Court, their Reporter on NEY' SUMMARY. All that we gather. from these Journals iSt that NEY's Trial before the Peers is paw to proceed—having settled all preliminaries, a reV rt • of whicli could not be interesting to our R eable° ' There is no important foreign news. The House of Peers was never so niunerotisif attended as on the 13th (NEY's trial). Ne ar 2 Members were present. The proceedings will be entirely new au orig ified - FRENCH FiLNDS. • 5 per Cents Bank ACtions. .s6t loc. DREADFUL VOLCANIC ERUPTION• Extract of a Letter from at O of the 591 h ileolgE°.' at WI;LTEIVREDEN, Ist,Aso or JAVA, 30th May, 131& ' " A few days since a dreadful 101 COMIC eruP tion took place in the Island of Sail harolp tuated• to the eastward, which has been alteode` with most destructiie consequences. At 5 ' t11 ,7 ' baya the atrnusubere wv.s entit'e two days, so as to give the appearance o f n night. At 'thi's place, which is at a co nsitle''' b ' e , distance, the ashes discharge" from the crater , in heaps. The noise produced f ro m this aw l° visitation is beyond d e scription, and ou sed "'Motion AltiOni; tnnatmants peculiary'l 'af l i t.er' ing. The sea. rose six feet above its ordi"l level, almost instantaneously cansing time destrtic tion of many lives, and also vessels. Ju short ' the damage sustained has been exceedinglY gr"ri7 and many who were in affluence before this dreil r lot catastrophe took Place' are re duced to the greatest distress." NA ;'A L NEWS. co D ru E l • l A ,a L c i ' i l : : :". ver ; also the Kate, from the Cape o va the Scaleby C'tsl and Swallow Indiamcn, fora h6l)° [lone, and the Alcmene frigate. C a me I . l° ` from the River, and sailed, the James, B SAGG ' for Jamaica ; Rosario sloop of war, arid remaius Albion, Dont), for Tobago, and. sailed ; and the Ocean, MoRRISON, for 'Feneriffe. Arr ived til Sabona, SMITH, from Archangel, for r crtg , ..2o days • mouth ; and Symmetry, SUTHERLAND , passage from New Brunswick, for Scarborciug"., an Pole o'clock.—Carne down from the Riv e A r '; - , "led, Deveron, GRAY, for Bnenu, s ,l e g- Planet, OsTEL, for the We , t Indies ; n u - 4 1 1 ) ,I r a o r o n k e; , 1418 N 1 i7A I L E R R P' for Alcmene frigate for the River.—Win il StV'S PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Arrived his n, for ship' Abundance front Halifax his 318je lk s -7 . i e s Y .l Sabine shits heartyfl'' the ~L'esr liali11:1;1115:;:alt'18.11:114(111:tiisc::searrlieleic:5111: ships tratis Primrose tahneaDo‘vn Surlys. oSaitlhoel h o is as t‘ t l : 4 lJ 6 7— . Wind N. • ship Clifton, with tobacco and logwood, ship Rollaforthe Downs.—Witid N. N.W. l o .e L:T i E n t, a N ic o al v t) . , Is.—Arrived ihe A illeriCa: Balti!uo RAMSGATE, Nov. state. of the vessels that have put in here for shelter.-- aiSka(ille;lrelsitei:lo:ll;je:Yos)t A part of the British Guards are at this Inonle ot embarking on board of two tratrpotts . France,- - • Pcymotrru, Nov. 16.--Put buck by contril winds t Woodburn, MAH. YARMOU TH, Nov, 17. — R ite Zantrees, of cLour.!tn,• Master, struck On Hasborough front Newcastle for New York, .I.l6nr 3 l'T FAN sld, where she was totally lost. The cargo consiste4 of coals, iron, and lead. The crew were 54ved, except two men, who were drowned. ------.....—_____ Yesterday a Conrt of Directors was held fit the East India Honse, when the destinationof the. ship Cornwall was altered from China, to St. Tie' Lena and China, and nrdvred to be afloat the 18th instant, ' sail sail to Gravesend the 30th, stay there 30 daYs , and be in the Downs the 6th of Janattry, 1816.—The s hip S ea l e by was taken for one Voyage in the cetnpaq'S ;I service. Castle, of 1240 tut'''