The Sun. — London, England, 1815-03-25 00:00:00

FACTIoN's We yesterday promised our Pleaders a treat of • the Queries in the Morning Chronicle, of the 22d 'of December, 1810, the pure .absurdity of which iF now so ludicrous, that we think those o f ycs - terditY must be confessed to he inferior. We would thank the loyal trtiter to answer us only onevicstiou,, _What are ". THESE INFRAC TIONS:' of which - lieyesterday spoke ? A. , the solution of the follow ing .iliteries ad ' e-essed to Mr. John Bull will greatly affect his iii - rcsts, it it , 'submitted ,to the judgment of his iends— If if 'should turn oat that I\l'arAal Massena had only 12 000' men at Salamanca,: \\lien he y:ar. di rected to form the magazines of the army destin 'ed to iiivade Porttig:ll, whilst Lein! Wellington was a.tithiu three 'days march Of Salamanca with a dispOs'able force of -10,000 it n ; If it should. tutu out that Marshal N.ey remain ed a month a Salamanca so exposed, and then, to prevent - a 4 o attlek: inoved forward with 14;()0 men to the i'lgue'a If it should turn nut that without any addition r to t! , is force he invest , ,-d Ciudad Irodrigo, 'b,i(lcd. it ; and for ten till vs co n! ton - ted Lord on and ti posat;le. force of 50,000 Alrit ; If it shOuld turn oat that during . or after the action at BilsaCO, tilvl;e4l L.Ord pOSitto . O by a 1111th movement. which is always tlanerons, andrentered still inure so _Cry the road between mountain, on the ridges of which Lor;I Well . ington, by facing his army to the. left, ;night have in.e.tot e d a regidi o • cOhtnin rif,att.ick„ lia,scna hivitig a line Of march einnon:jell wit) artillery trOtt, gaits, &c. and extending above teti . .coulLl 'not - lia - ve . closed his force so Its to 'crowned the ridges, and oppocd a tegular order of hat tre ; It it shonhl,turn out that Lord iVellington !mew in .ttliicient titne of Colonel Trant's in;ibility to arrive at tiardaci to detach a suflicie.tt'foree front hip own arniy to opias'e rila'ssena in front„ x'vhiltt the flank 'attack - tendered that opposition prac ticable ; If it I.l,ottid- turn - out that Colonel 'frant having l~tlrt tub weak brigades of wiritis under his: coot- nm 11(1, wits always. inadequate to the proposed obit'et if it alrotrltl turn out that the position taken up at /Tahoe°. to cover Coimbra was i,nperject without tlic occuPiitiOn . of - the' envi; Otis of Sardao (or - rather the country between the Ouzo and the left of the conibined army on the heights et Busaco), with a force •of Lifi'icit , ut: strength to oppose the fends of Massena's columns endeavouring- to pene rtaie on the it road from Coirobta to ()novo ; • If it should turn out. that Mznscna crossed the • Mondego With orti' 50,000 effective men ; if it should turn out that although f . autine ,was the princi'pid :feature lri Lord Wellingt o n , !s_ for the destractiOn of Aisfena's :army, that ail. the country in theline of Thomar and Santarem was left o)sran.;acked, and alt` the. public and pri— vate stores in the towns and villages of this dis trict were left entire for the enemy's use ; • if it shou1:1 - inn) out that illaSsetia blockaded with 35,000 :hen for One month, the combined army of 36,000 effective British :35,,000 effective ProtugueSe ieginients; 9000 effective Spurt irds, alai I I,OA efictive whilst with the re ronitider of his force lit occupied Thoniar, fortified Santarem, constructed two bridges aeross the, islochaded the .garrison of Abrantes, oc cupied the fet:tile tract about that city, establish ed pots at Sobrciro,,Formoro, and armed his pa trollt s to Villa Vellia, thus embracing an exterior .line ,tie 130 inilcsfrma .the point of Ins right rin front of ; If it shoulii turn - ont that Irai,senit reniaincd orpo,ite to Lord:Wellington with a very small . portico), of artilltry, and of his cavalry, the main tornes or which were refreshing at Santarem It it should turn out that Alassena remai!ied in _this most an;lacions position Mail he had accom plisixd his Objects, when he withdrew•to await sticcour3,. as Jile maintenance of t•nel: an adt'en tut otts line was no longer justified upon any mill.- tary ; 1E it should turn out that the river Zezere, from the natp,re, of -its eastern backs, could have been defewkd SO'do men, without i _any risque to, them, it ultimately forced ; lt I;ould tutu out that the ,enemy passed that _river without Oppo-ition, as the garrison of :ab ranteS was too letble (according to the report of the tiovernor) fcr its Own defence; If it . slnndd tarn out that by the removal of Romano with 10,000 men from Estremadora, to toiin a pal t of the garrison of the lines of : ( sla;ri, • Nor; ier hay been itnabki to quit Andalusia, and the Sp;,liards: have been dinbled front profiting by the opportunty to menace Seville ; If it should torn out that Lord Wellington conthuntding superior force, evacuated 400, miles of country, where numerous positions of-' foided opportnuity.to - cheek the enemy :Lven by a proportion of his force; If should turn out that Ma*na has been alloW . cd to establish hiinself in the best milit ar y situatio;t far the por...aing•of his ulterior Object; II it slimild turn out that Mas , .ena,.about the end of November, was reinforced by 30,000 m'en, and sopp;ierl with the ammunition, &c. that he greaily needed ; • • If it s:poidd turn out that Masscna can take Ahrantes, and that oncIe;• the cOver or his guns he ca n eononand tlze passa4c of the Tagus vlienever between Santarem and Vida Velha ; • If it should torn out that the British shipping must withdraw 'below Libott tviien itiassena throws it corps into the Aleutego.; If it should turn putt that the solid defence - of Alincid a hit ye Bern neglected ; It it "II :tild turn out tout Lord Wellington, is ht;inbarded troin those heights, must res . ' I in of 30 miles extent, night and -day, ti:t: riite.riirjz t e f):; aii ctitti, a concentrated, a l icl a Jnore•iniittary coiritittited force ; .It . it SiotiN. turn out toot ill addition to the 25,000 or 30,000 . teen already s;:cured by die junction of Drottet, and conbinerable reinforce- ! trents are Oh tbeir march to join this wary General possesses .an entitety of lines of operation andenminimication with ithmense gazines, 81. e. ; If it should turn but that instead of rising in mass the Portuguese are crowded into o'br lines, for the purpos.:e of creating farniiib and disease., and that our only resource is in Our shipping'; If, conclude thiS"nielancholv'string of proba bilities, it should at last he proved that the pro tracted campaign in Portugal has for its o'4ect on the side of the French the tlraining Great Britain of her best troops, in order to expose this country and Ireland to insult, if not tti serious invasion ; If these things should he proved, what is Jolla Bull to think of the conduct of our o;peditions ? VIENNA PAPERS OF THE 12TH. ITALY .—lnteiligence from Genoa of the 3d of this month announce that Napoleon landed on the Ist of March, in the Gulph of Julian, not far from the little, town of Cannes, in the Depart ment of the Var, and immediately after made an attempt to get possession of Antibes. Here, on refusal ,of t.ile Commandant to surremkr, a coup-de-main was attempted, which failed. On this failure, he moved into the Interior by the r.rad to Grasse.'.4-(./mstrian Observer, illa'rehs 12 ) _ . It is just mentioned front Leg•horn, t lint Napo leon secretly tool: his departure flow Elba in the night of the .26-',27th of..,Vebruarv. The greater part of the troops in the island had followed him. des;gu seems to have been adopted for along time: lie hrigantine T lM'onstant; which lay in .the Ivirbour of Porto Ferrajo, and some hired vessels ; conveyed hills over. Some arms and pro visions were 'on hoard. - Their course was directed to tlicTl:toch coast, in t'e Dcpartrilent of the Var. The expedidon I,hp!cd near Cannes. An attempt on the !jute fortress of Antibes Lnled, and alter that N;iptileon dirett - cd his march towards Grasse.—( Vienna Zietun,4 - , szi we date.) TALI'. We have receiveq the following communication from Palermo " PALERMO.—SICILIAN PARLIAMENT. " I have received,a Note from the-Secretary of Mate and of Financial Department, prescribing to me what follows: " EXCELLENT Sin—lt is the ,King's cominand that you - com:nnuleate to Parliament the folloiVing Nla jesty is n.ut ignorant of the efforts the Chamber of tip Com mens have wade for fixing the Ways and Means for the cur rent triennial convocation ; the Committee focused for that purpose Isis not failed to apply- itself to this essential object it .r 1 st certainly be aware of the notable disproportion in the national exi , enditure with the revenue, and the necessity of speedily tindiag- . a remedy to,avoid-that insolvency which . .his 111ajesty - nev , r permit. ' 6 The delay of the above expediency which was so hilly displeasiirg to Li.; .7tfajeSty ; but which was owing, perha'ps, to smile circamstances, has rendered tl►e necessity of it still 'nine ~ perions. Moreover, a novel and unexpeete6l event lids taken place, which it behoves you,to itrlke known to Parliausent, that it may ;Cdopt, with efficacy and dispatch, such invasures as way he tequisitc. " By au Official Note, dated the 12th of October last, the Envoy and,Minister Ple'niputentiary of his Britannic .lajt-sty i ,gated to the King that lie %vas authorised to pay the ball of the war :übsiey in monthly ilisbursements, wed further .orders, Ivhicli Las been punctualli to the ist of present month of ant: in consequence of the favour able rate of exchange, this subsidy has produced, in (ice months, 154;1Gi; °infers*: 11 , . cr however, the above LtivoY, by another Note, has made it known to his Majesty, that ,he no longer aut horised• by the British Government to make any larther " The cessation of a subsidy, corresponding to nearly thirty-onv thousand ounces monthly, Would have most sen sibly afiEcted the-Royal mind of his Majesty, if he' were not more than certain - that Parliament will immediately provide for th;:desciency. " If such were our urgent wants, even during the period we received the above subsidy, that the Chamber. was continuall}• occupied in providing, the necessary supplies, it will be obvi ous that now more innueniate _and efiicaciou3 remedies must be adopted. Thti above subsidy was paid with the greatest punctuality, the first d..y of every month, and it vas as regularly applied to the payment of toe subsistence-money of the army, which never admits of delay. • tiicily has ever given the most brillant proofs of its readi ness to support the State by an 'adequate force.' The army has signalizA itself on a:I occasion:, and at the'present mo- ment your attention ought to turn to it wore than at other times, until a full peace secures the tranquillity of the king dons; and exempts the•ilation from those tuties now locum- bcat on it. " FL.b. - 17, 1615. " Tu D. Francis Peus4benc, President of tilt ManiVer of the Commons." *The ounce of Sicily is nearly equal to 12s. Yesterday a solemn ceremonial was duly and religiously observed throughout • Loud on and Itiestininster, all the shops of whiCh were decently .closed, and the temples of divine worship through out the metropolis reverently tilled. - Lottery annals are without a precedent of the interest which appears to have been excited in fa your of the Scheme of the Lottery to be Drawn • the sth (.1 'April next, contitiaing Three Prizes of 30,0001. and Five Prizes of 1000 Guineas each, to be.paid is Sterling Gold ; but it appears upon in mtiry that it is not these great inducements, un aided by additional stiinulants, that has given en ergy to -weenlation ; it is the extraordiiwg success that attended tire Dikes of AHT pl and Co. No. 8, Corrthill, and 120, Oxtord-street ; who sold in S'i.ire iii the• last No. 261 a Prize of 20,000/ and b e ing . ; ;lie Drawn above 251. entided to 24-,000/h more, maiiin g - altogeth e r a Prize of 40,0001: the greatest Prize ever sold- lie any person in existence. (iedrisect i cot , )ol‘;jticq 1).11-14'i c.lll-ci the Siills-' To cOitnE:voNoLf, Al AILS. AnitlvrA9-1 Guernsey and .Isirsey, I Dubli►l. like..-4 Hot laud, I Fra►►ce a I Gottenburgb, I Waterford. PRICE OF sTccics Tins i)At u'cLoCi;. Bank Stock, I Bank L. Ann. shut 3 per Cunt. Red. shut I India Bonds, Is. (Fs. par 3 per Cent. Con s . 631{, SS I Excheq..Bills, ss. 2s, dis. .4 per Cent. Cons. shut Omninua, 5 per Ct. :Nary,Ann. Cons. for April, 59i1 58k HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning, 4 mitiotes after 3. I'P:wet - ling; .-21 minutes after a. E ITT. .1"T QV 18 DICERF; FA LK t/NI AU i) EAT ? LON DON, .4 7 ,1f.,//:cli 181,5.. AVethis (lay extracts - that aie afforded by V;cli;id Jotr;lids O the 12th, whic:4 leached . us too ta . telor . 0(1 . r implc:ision-yeztterday. Tlicy the tir,t ptiblie rio,tire of the esc:lpe of- BLIONATANTL: Which has appeared in - that Capital. • ll'e yesterday. laid before tlt! public aLetter from the same intelligent Gentleman to we are indebted for. the foilowing, ririeh We'lcnow may be.depenclecl upon.:' It contains' several facts of npconnuon interest, wilich we sulimit coillinVot "DOVER, M . Incil c - 21, 1915. " The•Eari and Countess of CHAIMEMONr, wily, and S , iite, General I riS. , ll',. General MAG- KENZ:E, as ni a grent'num . ber of other passengers, ‘vith 7,1r..`1ir.t.5, the AlesFenger, arrivpi last night at Deai from Cala i i!z , aft er it most teMpestuo•is All was quiet in ; the reiylc!, as ,isgeneVally thf; ease thronghollt Fr,:nce, LOyalis . ts, •the military friendly-to • the Usurper.; this is 'ex emplitiod in their conduct - on the art Cal a is of several Caissons:loaded ivith spetie, which it was intended to have enii.tarked,---imptudently they were left fora whole tin exposed.in•atrlnn Yard, were noticed by. the solgiers, and an inti- voyage. station . given by them to' Continao4;tot, that they 'wo . tibt not perniit it to be taken out. Of tlie country---the eonst‘tittence has been, that it has tuov&ci oit-1' hope, it wi',l reach 411 e, but'llear it tint. " Oa Tllesidav last, the Body Gmird of Lotus to the uolabcr" 6? 2000, passed thrrio'gh Beauvais for Lille. " It -is creditable to Calais Mid Boulogne, that at each place a number of. respectable young men turned out voluntarily to torn► an escort for KING from Abbeville, which place .he left ; on Tuesdly afternoon. Ainrtier Is at Lill " Some oirenee gi - ven to the people o f R ou l ogoe , by the crew of a boat belong ing to an Englihi brig off there, firing at a stnugiing-boat so dose in-shere; that Abe' shot went upon the beach—there Was"lnach al4.rtn One more we s a y, th at weare Pe rs-I'' lo' lll . t tc mass of the; the Nation are thC q°i :;, t ose i)' lovers Worder, and the loyal :-L•TheY 3.1. e - wluliff war and hlotnl.ihed.. are the rut's[ 6)1.1;110' hie evils, and who, over‘vhehned„by the ness Or the incursion of the Rebel, or 11° 1 notion of escaping a c i v il war, haVc heel' . ti r'4 l) to present submission. I n this case. t he l st a l lid ° r may -be violent, but we must t 4) that it %yill not be protracted. For this I_ls lose no titne. Oh ! Let us. lose not 3 I° : ) r ool' # in grappling with the roam. The Fr eileh Would not fi g ht against hint,— :!et tls o° ' t , 3 40- 4 that they have • not yet fought for. their Monarch, the laws and liberties of Assoc:l as they shed hioo d for th e /.I`)e,,l' Nation of that overthrow which . they : 01 .' •e ``, t oK ° lessly, perhaps, so nnconsciOnsly t hc firs t 1. : e :e0 5 effected, so soon do theyag-ainst:the and to overthrow•the rights of the Freoci) ‘ il ,0 1 ` These rights and int ere sts are such; iv ni)is° l,eol )l6 the warmest titshes and inelinations of ' tic / of France. But there is yet higher associ3ll t i:(o 6 these rights and interests are indeutitied sf,itople of every Nation, every,Govcrnment surd that thei:r Europe, and with their wishes so .d" r/Y best heart's be 'r blood will ate i°clo obts e defence. Who is the Wrc rch • tj'it o f this ? llas he for of the Declaration ) IS I4. Allied Sovereigns on the 30th 'Afore!), forgot. the whole career of the 1 : 111 s ie l l e :;1 .;' These Sovereigns, and these Armies 5" org t.c' With the- principles of that Pecloratio" art on their rh 11 , "n i i . c et fl ie g : 'They esupport the French lawless and stein tyranny of the FQttla •ht.a:led by a flObbe:—an. Assassio---31 9 00' 1 .nft They .1011 OPP ' w 314 am etes . .s Usurper. leg " to btzt and. 43ga i r , we viclaini, among the English in Boulogne, t9asequence of the fei•went occasioned by this event.• " In La Vendee, in Picardy, .11)(1 in som. , . other departments of France, it is understood that the people are organizing themsek:es in support of the Royd Cause, and it is not stippo•ed that 'the '1 rant will hold much more of Frapce 'than his Army stands upon, as the Allies are uri,derstooil to bc'fast advanciiu " There - are - some English families in Paris so infatuated its to remain, in confidence of thL - »iiicl, ineasurt'a which BUONAPARTE professes it to be his; intention to adopt." stittition It is impOssible to press strongly enough the necessity of not loin„ a single hour in Perform ing the great duty of executing . vengeance rhe usurping . Rebel and his traitotous Abetiors. To this Country and to every Nation . in - Europe the path of d..ty is.plain; the ,necessity of pressing on is urgent. There can be no second thought evhich shall not add force' to the first i and to do the. work %yell it is only necessary to do it quickly. This is. no tittle for hesitation —there mtist be no• scruples about commencing —and when once be . - gun we must have no relaxation—no breathing time, until all ire accOmplislied—till justice be ap peased—fill the tranquillity of the world be es-: tablished and conhimed by the destruction of a ruffian soldiery,-- 4 nd by the conumniation of vengeance on the Arch-Fiend whom they obey.--- It we delay or hesitate, the danger will increase, the rebel force will have time to consolidate, the respectable part of the French people will des pond: We must not fall into the mistake of sup posing that the Yoke of the Fter:li nation is ex- l '4'' M.:my i* . xceitut..Ciitniudriicalious...l“ o; Covrostieuts, . • 7 c trit 1 i I l i t ' thieb the itiimdi of e:••..tf;iorililutry . ecent's, tud eitrisequt , ht ; IS 1"1 "C"S°: li". illi'3 "Is----"! ' : 'l ' l‘ t ; 4 4 CO pres:3l.lre of p,,hti6ii infarav4tidri, li•Ji tuni ,, clled .11.140,ne. i inu.st licar ft . Iron' a faction even ill this ~, ' git.et for the wom e nt, hilt ‘‘ T , si ii i,,,h, .11, oplufilui.it y. try ; but . " ilo a:." III:ink • (!, -it is vi f(itii, ( I t! ' ' ' the I,:tise which the l'aili:u ar heuly ke. ,, ,,s and Aoiii;i7;;e La ahie- in tntaiher---,lcspirable in ability —c . b French 2ilail. alio.rds us, iu give them all due consideration:- Aorilii o.f, cVen in Its ovi.n emnuation, thot'g' It b expected to revive abd codcavour t° its head .again at a crisis like the I)re'el t to preach up submission to an tisurpiry; febeFiun agaitist legitimate Govcrinnt ° t ' the loyal people of France shall not be belled; we must not- confound them n% l- ' tl re al armed traitors by who m th e y are kept ' ‘ , l , awe. If they must su b m it, we know .th e y th yield . willingly. The short period of repos e "' ; I l e t hey enjoyed hailer their Monarch, at leas t e tls , IL; to do them justice 'i n t hl s respec t: , c 1 let its. not be deluded by atiy rtt () f an . argument.—For :if th e whole Vrench .c e were of such a mould, a s ' tame ly to been"wilfing slaves of a murderoUS,ainbititius6l-11`, if they were to m a k e th emse l ves t h e base i' 1 • 511:11 „ , c ar, mews With which this 'Tyrant-Rebel - • 1 0 •fire and swwword, rapine' and devastation fli ri34 o , l •l the world, till he b a d ex ti ngu i s h e d all t ilitl9 . independence,'.' blotting out civil hoe:rtY' that is fine Or v6ierable to the: C 0 ° 1 ,4 ; Lion of States; and the Itmg logue tat . mltll cipal Customs and Pri . the combined wisdom of th e i r mincesto rs _hag/ lif various: moditication„ consecrated •to . the Sr • siljb , . rerent'countrieS of Europe as he re ditary hic'' substitute for all these; that which, tile co' ingenuity of . ev e n deb ase d J aco a 4 . . en -bled by a mbtture' of so much ttriiitary 101-C ' sofflCient to cnSlave, and so much brutal lice'' ll o ness as is enough entirely' to banish justice,. and religion; calliUg this a '' Code," —a t pe deed, of tindisgnised national •Curse 6--i . t .e : tl)° French 'Nation,' 'with ' one consent, ininisters of him who now, slink on th e Il:r or of. usurped pomp," knows no thought 001 Is e bent to this'" bloody busine§s," why, berr ' , o ,,lti _have only the same duty to perform.. W ` `c kid ill th . at rase, indeed, have a greats I Work t ° " Th note bitter thow z OitS to Stiliiu!atc n!1 the (1,1 • -would know b ow to treat' a people so th° l.- D 1 tt, I %di ° the enemie s o f ev er y : . of ex st:tiCe in. a state capable of . .agglc s 'capable even of (;rowing(;rowing ihe..sticog rh :011 cient aggression, , ivould be ineouinat ib'' sir t ips t'Aie safety of all that is worth preservia social state —nay, inure, tdiose condition not U tter l y I ncapa bl e of nii"" i l ief; r ) 4 be a crying sin against . God and man------ - s•‘ . "`' . d iery with all that valuable to the latter, : , 0 611 ' - ' 4 ' .ofr lug the meaos which the bounty of tsc 4 has c,:mnittiii to our use for such high 1.1 „to 0 ' 4t is now to late for the arguments o :‘ t 1 1 5 be listened t o , w h o would tr y to nersnaile . 11 t ' • • ;„ the vigorous prosecution of a war •case is inhuliniu--,-a tear of exterininati o '' 0 1) 1( ' a war of vNt.erininati'im I. B e it au , iii . (e l . lll l ' l ;i4 io) war, if that in'av be cancel 4o h -citb -long as our liberties,: , out or Ouf 1 • are in danger. .. I