The Sun. — London, England, 1815-01-02 00:00:00

:TO TUG PUBLIC. The n - ew-born Year claims bee Custor3.-- Baltosrs 1 Si moturntrauna quaris? circantspice— toa around ; and put no limit, hut the confines •of the (Aube, to your delighted gaze. That for which you have so long and so nobly contended, th a t for which you have struggled with do , Jnestie priYations, that for Which you have bled in battle, is achieved. Ye are safe and honoured, a nation the highest among the high ;- 7 -through 'your perseverance, Tyranny has been quelled, and C3untry in Europe restored to freedQtn and ,•independence' —through your valour in a just war, the whole of the known and civilized world isi.atTeace s_ Tow, auspicious a moment have we then to igreet one• another on the opening of a term of time so full of blessedness, as not to have its pa ' t." - allel within the memory of man : to congratu late every citizen his fellow, on possessing the proud privilege of " I too am one of those British who have so gloriously performed their dutiei through this eventful era :'' to advance beyond this patriotic feeling to .another, only . grander because more enlarged, and, While we hail the people of other lands exclaim to the Rus sian, Brother Warrior, we have conquered to gether for the benefit, not of ourselveS: but of Europe,—to the Prussian, under the same title, : vre have nobly-fought for and attained your .de liverance from slavery,—to the Austrian, ancient Ally, in union with us, you have again ascended to your rank in the scale of Natioils ;—to the Spaniard, never forget that we have_ saved your . Country, fur lathich we ask no return but its hap piness ;—to the Portuguese, comrade and fel low-soldier, •ve have restored you to indepeu- . deuce, and seek no reward but- your long enjoy ment of it ; 7 --to the DlltChtlldll, friend, the first protector of your reviving liberties calls upon you to slew your gratitude only -by an interchange of amity in 'the coming time of out• mutual prosperity ; 7 -to the Frenchman, noble enemies reconciled, as we have convinced you that we wished not your degradation, but your welfare ; let us now prove to the world thatblessings-inore . unnumbered flow from our being sincerely at peace, .than ever evils sprung from °Ur repented eimitentions;—to the Swede, we have fought to gether bravely to, rescue - the North of Europe from opprossibn, le,. us now as cordially co-ope rate in pouring the title of commercial 'prosperity Auto - the territories we haredelivered;—to the Dane, too long forced to be subservient to a despot's nod, embrace'the opportunity now offered, and'in good offices .unite freely and Zealously n;ith us, vlio were never your foe, but when self-preservatimv s compelled us to preVent your being employed for our own destruction,' by a power from which you could not extricate yourselves ;—and even to • the American, you have wronged s,' but we forgive you, let the peace we have just sworn, be as geni'line and generou's, as the•war you waged was wiprovolted and unjust. • There is somethlog in a state of universal peace, which seems' to attune the soul to sentiments such as thee. We ought earnestly to endeavour nut to revive but to dismiss from our very toe tnt,ties the discordant passions which have so long destroyed - the, harmony of nature. The de mon of evil has had a horrid and a tedious reign, and mankind need repose. Many wounded spi rits 'require the bar na of comfort, many brokln hearts claim to be bound up—dreadful are the'ca - !amities which the period of past strife has left upon humauity to he soothed and healed. To the.se godlike rabours let us turn oursell;e;, and ev,-rt our deate,t influence to turn others.; let us cherish the works of concord and• social joy, let us ir•prove . the golden era of - general tranquil - lit yto demonstrate that mankind have indeed be conic enlightened, and that the result of intelli gence is to preserve immutable that condition of Peace which, thank God, we have lived to see established, throughout Christendom. , Should there, unhappily, exist•nien who desire again to unhinge society, and let loose havoc on their' fellow -creature; the maledittion of their race will rest upon their guilty heads, and future ages curse the hand that first draws the sword which has been so unaminionsly sheathed. To TILE READERS UP THE SUN.—We hare above glanced at the gracious state not -only of our native-country hut of the whole earth, and expressed upon the happy occasion of Uni versal Pacification, that prayer which we .think must touch a vsponsive chord in the heart of every Patriot and Christian. We shall : also else where detail the most remarkable Occurrences of the past yeAr, during . which Britain has 'conti nued to act t tie pa a her character and estimation de manded•—adding greatly to her fame, and no way tarnishing her rejiutation. Nothing, there:.ore, rearalas for nt is ID'ettiatei t O'nt tifinUAi (hay,. but to notice the single political measure ; *Melt is in an unfinished fain to allude to or two points connected with our intetnal situation ; and offer a very few observations on a private subject, very grateful to our feelings, but of a nature that rendcrs it indecorous to be dwelt upon at aletigth proportioned to the extent of out sense of ob ligation., The Congress at Vienna occupies the snit place in the minds ,of politicians. Of its proceedings we, have had circulated as many versions as there are interests. at stake. Every 'plan has its parti zans, and every partizan has recourse to the press to promulgate his opinions. Were this dime in the Nape of argument, the public. could not be far deceived ; but gross delusions are caused by the too common practice of these parties, which is to surmise, then assert, and finally, censure thkit which they desire not to have fulfilled ; while, on the other hand, they endeavour to procure the accomplishment of what they ‘iish, by repeatedly affirming that it has been resolved tipon.— Between these . false' lights the public mind is led astray, the innocent are - slandered, the undeserving commended, and men 'embroiled in unnecessary disputes, which beget heats and heart hiunings mO,I dal - igerons to the filially happy ar raiigeu,ent of the mighty and glorious and good, but err themselves sufficiently difficult, objects which have been solemnly, in tl.e face of Heaven •and Earth, declared to he those which the con gregated Powers contemplate. Having very fre quently laid before. our Readers the views WC . CLI- . Upil this momentous subject, we shall only now repeat, that we expect to see all obstacles which have imported, or may impede. these nego 7 ciations, surmounted by the temper, justice, and moderati'on of the principals concerned, and a bal,Juce of Europe established, which, though it cannot be imagined will reconcile all opinions,_ shell yet be so obviously for the general advantage, as to unite in its 'favour the.stafrages of the great majority of mankind. Th e wonderful change which has taken place in our foreign relations, has induced a change equally great at home. We have heard those ‘vho h a ve for_ many years been loudly and unseason ably clamorous for Peace, now that Peace (:►iul a glorious Peace) has arrived, almost as loud in their expressidus of distaste and disappointment. These are men whom no state of human' affairs will satisfy, and they must be left to the preyiugs of their vwn discontented spirits. Others there are who are ciissatiitied, because they actually sutler from Peace. Trade and commerce, though upon the aggregate bettered and increased, in some instances deserts the old aml seeks new channels. This is felt by ce;•tain classes, and be cause they are not so prosperous as they were be fore, they inconsiderately suppose that all are in, jured. But this error will be speedily dissipated as things gradually conform to their new organiza tion=-and we trust we need enter into no discus sion to spew that Peace must be ultimately for the gener a l %veal, however it may, fora period:id-Feet particular interests. The amount and application of the Revenues of the Country, and the entire subject of our Einaii -eial Situation, swill shOrtly - comae before the Pub lic for consideration—the topic is too copiou s to be ,more than mentioned here. --A great relief from our burthens may reasonably be ;Anticipated, and it is not too much to anticipate:. also,, from the patriotism, sense, and virtue of a tvell-in formed People, -a chearful resolution to.stistain those which are found to be still necessary to ►wind up the - heavy account of a lVar unexampled in niagnitutle,• continuance, exertion, and expendi ture. • From the notice of general matters, we beg to advert to what are more peculiar to onr4elves, Having experienced during the p;M year a very considerable augmentation of public favour, it is our pleasant task to acknowledge this kind ness. it is our . wish to be worthy of it ; and we may assure our Readers, that we spare no exer tion within the scope of our abilities, to render 'llia SUN aJournal deserving of their preference Ever anxious to ingraft such novel features Upon the plan of a daily publication, as, front the change of times, we think may contribute to the informa tion or rational entertainment of • our Readers; we, when Eraticewas new, set the example, since so touch "followed by our contemporaries, of a correspondence from that Country which we had the satisfaction to know, was very partially received by those whom it is our object t0,.p1,!a5e,.—. :4 gular series of impartial Reviews of new Works forms another, we trust we may say, improve ment in.TBE SUN, since we have been excessively' gratified by the approbation bestowed upon it by the Literary World. The abridgement of all im - portant Parliamentary Papers is another of the additions which we have made, the utility of which requires oo comment further than that it is extraordinary so obviously beneficial a featur e in any periodi a i p u bli cat i on should so long escape us and others.-Besides these matters, which are peculiar to Tut Suzy, we have not re laxed, , but on the contrary, increased our deli gence in the offices common to all Newspapers.— To procure the most atitheutie anti early intelli gence, to open new sources of political inforima tion, and to be as Tull and correct as possible in e very department have been the objects ()four un ceasing application. That we have so far 3tIC ceeletl weed y Ir.ereas;'n.; prot • 6.3 . to ns ; that cOntioue to be even mole suceeS4ui we 51,111 with ton Bence look to the same chei:.!..i lig test. • . To our frietirls.we 51i l feel•grea(ly obliged for every 'suggestion which can lead to any alteration which may give increased deserving•to.our Publi cation. 'hi some hint-f, already received, it is our design to attend with_ the rity guar. Oire—of these is, to publish rep:it - A.ly the list of. Scotch and Irish Bankruptcies, tkr. us requested by rat of our commercial friends-- T another, the very pattieular notice of the stateof the London and Country Markets, and observations thereon, :di rected to the defeat of monopolies andxtortiinis• wherever 'practised—a third, is the illustration of Provincial Newspapers, - by selecting some DI. their best lit's3ays.to bring, throtigh the medium of our columns, tinder the extended observation which a Metropolitan Print obtains. :This, we think, .will not only lie a source of gratification to our Readers, and a just tribute to our Fellow-labourers in-other parts of the Empire, butsl an . .sWer the purpose we have therein more particularly in view,—that of demonstrating the intellectual pre enCneticy,oLotir Country over' every other in the universe.—Where ,the Provincial Press is con ducted with the ability it is in thyse Islands, it is impoSsible but that the' mass of the coin, munity, should be . intelligent and r,:Ale of judging aright ; and has been, and is, and will be the tower of our strength and sure suiport of our - greatness. Various minor points we shall not waste time its enumerating, but again thank our Well-wishers, and repeat our determination, if in our vowel-, to requite them by augmented exertions and continuing .ituprove- ,FRANKFORT_ nk pnts. Frankfort Papers arrived last night to the 2Gth ult. The only article worth . extracting is the fol lowing, relating to the Congress : " FRONTIEttS or AUSTRIA: - n;.:C. M.—Within these 'few dais a courier has arrived 'from London, bringing, it is said, news of the most agreeable nature; and it is affirmed, that about the 25th or 26th, a publication, will take place of a de oi the Congress, which \yin excite general sat Maction. The Note delivered to the. Congress by 7 . ,;.gat ion of Wirten;butgh ss.ts very important in re , 1 ,, L.,: to 't lie coursf: of the uirairs of Certnany: 'lt state., amonz_other things, " that his Majesty 11,1 received the fir!tt firojet for a Ccrrnan Constitution with the wish to contribute to its execution as fur as was in his power,. thougl the first sight convinee.l. hies that many ntefliiieations tult;t be matte ill it; but duti! , 2;the deliberation-36n the tir-,t projet, (Aber Oitrecen: Lad been offered; his .Nlajesty therefore wished to the whole weceiveti })-efor; single rt: de , ciitecrupui.."' dilLerati e l i Imre, now he en remind to ht )!aje.ly's s4tiftactiitit, and the I.vgation ofWirteintnirgh Ssime acti,•e . part in the deliberations as before. Every hod) now sees that 11R; busiue:;s tit; the Congres.i cannot go on s! vapidly ; a,nl tb:A even those ib lib talie the leading pa.t cannot fix the tinic its conclusion. " By the latest accounts, all tlit tirst plans for regOating the affairs of Germany are set aside, itud during !he stispen 'ion of the eon ferviices a new one has ticen MOt,n up, which biresgrouniiy 144 r the fair,st huge,, fthd a gptxtb- ‘,` Letters from Landoll say, that the most ridiculous reports are circulated there concerring the mission of Sir Sydney Smith to the Congress, as that he is commissioned to iusiit oil tile-annihilation of the Ilarhavy Stales, :tad to ersileavo,;r to obtain tile total almlitcott of the Slave Trade: Th,!se re ports really originated Vienna, hut ‘ there seems to he uy ieason'to be ashamed if 40/11e 11C011 1 ,.e Fla(' them ridiculous ; is there ti ken any thing ridiculous in_ the sup - position that at a Core wheee all the Priti..e. itt thrjstettilom are present, either in person, t,h their representati,,,,t, the dear cat • - tercs:,s of humani,:y will be tliacu.seil."., FRENCH PA PERS. • VIENNA, DEC. 18.—It was reported yesterday, that the Einfieror * .of-fiiistria has gi%en orders for disbanding the Lank‘vehr, and reduCiii the army to the peace footing. —The departure .of the Sfi ver&gus is thought to be nearer than was lately expected. I.:Lie liankiag-house. of Fries-, which. conducts most Of their pecuniaiy tr4nsacitions, has, within these few (lays, nurchaied a great deal of specie. It is certain that the: horse, and egnipage of tile King of Wurteinherg have already set olf. Row, Dr.c. ILL—Something i, transacting at present so-very extraordinary, as at the:same time to excite our hopes and fears. The .I.Neapolitan army which occupied the Mark Ancona, hAs been just placed under the orders of Pield-MarslßJ Bellegarde. We know that that by treaties,con eluded betwegn Austria and the: King of. N,:plos, that Prince was nut bound to bring an army int() the field but in case of war, and then it v. a s t o be commanded by himself, Wh a t, then, is- the meaning of these new arrangements, and against whOin do Austria and Naples mean to tight France has no linger any possession in Italy. Is it, then, ;the intention oh the Austrian Court to occupy these Provinces, 111 order to restore them to the Holy Sec !—lt is again re.ported, that the greater part of the_Sovereign s 110 W at Vienna will visit Rowe : one thing is certain, that, notwith standing the poverty of our finances, the Paal architects h ave received orders to repair and-npew furnish the vast Quirinal Palace, CREMONA, DEC. 1 G.—tVe have seen with asto-, nishinent about 400 Italian ehasseurs, of different regiments, pass by our cit!,:r, who had received a line of march by the Tyrofinfo Austria and pry. They decerted with their arms, ba:kgage, and horses. We have received them as brothers, whom we . Were afraid we had lost. Austria is strangely mistaken in her plans on Italy; if the thinks'We will consent to see our sons exiled .. .in her, provinces, ‘vhile her own soldiers take their places here.—lt is said we shall have a Change in the Administiation of our Country ; ex pect nothing good. Accou, utsfroin Sun II of, Italy oeeasiou soute f ears t h at , re shall soon see oar fine country devastated anew,----Tbe Ai th:,ri ties no longer persecute our youth..—Many jta- Functionaries:have resigned, MAnai_n, Dec. I? .—Several persons belonging to the household of Ferdinand and his: brother Tio'tilin aVe viiTeSica uJ partisans Ol Liberales. - The English merchants sett:,d at s dii have refused to pay the 'forced lOart_ i hich s hai been imposed Upon the commerce of that town for the egniptnetit and chdrges of the eipedition to , America, which, it should seem; never will s:q sail. Some of the purchasers of nAtioird mains, who have been divested of the properly they had acquil - ed,lvithont receiving any indemni : . fication, have j;;St been burthened with forced nu.: positiOns. At Madrid, Dqn -Alvaro B.cuitd hits been .requirt4 to'pay.:3o,ooo piastres ; Barrer:is, merchant, ;;000 ; 2lt.d Zuurta, SOP°. The Men:- . hers Of the P.e.gency, Agat 4 and Ciscar, live I;ee4 taken front their prison, and sent ttp Chantantin, town about league . froM Madrid.. (h AvEr.INES, DEC. 15.--:-Snore days ago thq Engii , h !sung returned to this town, after inairyz years absence; occasioned by the disturbancLA oe the itin , ohition. TheY took refuge in England; oC Gossfield Park, where, for 18 months; they had• the happiness Ed 41i3re to that celebrated aiy:'unt with the King of France and his family. The good inhabitants of Glovelioes and its vicinity iiitui-; felted the grcatcst joy on the return of these nuns to their ohl cu'., cut. The authorities of the Cow mune; and th e principal inhabithnts, welcomed theth, and testitie I their satisfaction qt again hav-i lug them in their !0 'in, where their convent sub sisted for 250 years. P4ats, Dre. Dd.—TheTribunal of Correctional Police had 'condemned tot - lir, years imprisonment, .500 : 0 fr. fine, and to the loss of civil right!, for firs Years, Sicurs Angus, literary ni Ferri], sea. .I . lpokseller, iii Faris,. Mare-Rogan,. p;inter, at 'Mortaign, and frouile, foreman of the laiter, for publishing an anonymotis turi defamatory libel.-- They appealed front'. this sentence, and_ the torney-Gcner t d also appealed from the same sen tence, whi:.ll condemned another bookseller, of the paint: of Rousseau, to only 10 fr. The appeal tviis heard at great length by the !Loyal Court, in their sittings of the 26th and 27th; •and yesterday the Court pronounced their decree, cow: firming the sentence of the first Judges. The bookseller Deutz', fined in 10 francs -by a forniec judgm e nt, has been entirely acquitted. The posts and patroles".of the national guards, have rece.ived orders for some days past to Stop and *search ail , such haekney-coacheJ, driving abOut at - icy a cer-- t a in bout• of the night', as they Way deem proper. The Council-General of the Bank has fixed the last half year's dividend for 1814, at 30 francs per share.—The.Chamber of Depti!ies, nit the SBlll December, was principally occupied in healing. reports varions',Pctitions. MAILS Aaitfvf:D-1 T Jamaica, 2 1 . -Ealifax, 5 Dublin, U Lisho.i, 2 Uolland, 1 Hanaburgh, 1 z-u- , (incrmscy and iorsey. t r. r•: , i ilaitk 1...]1111. ial, S pci . (',,o. li.t.d. 651-.111.1 , Illidil Bonds, 14s. ls. pr. • , a rev Cent. C.ms... silt. - j Excheq. Bills, pur, 3,. yr. 4 pur ecut. C.:),ls. 823 i (Juoliqu4, 2 cli.:. a pci• k:unt. Nary ANL, shti.t - 1 Cous. for Opcniu:;, iiiiktij 67 —•—•-....25G5,rn.—.... PRICE OF Till S I.M Y r o'cLoct lial)1; Stuck, •1-11GI-1 IVATER AT LONDON L!',IDGE TO-M011;16!.y. Morning, 21 Li aiiiute•s after 7. Evening, 4G minute's s.Ctcr 7, VITT T'‘‘,T A ls QU1511.F.1 . 1:k1 ? LONDON, JANUaRY ISIS. imve received lialifax Papers to the Iothr hit they taring no news of importance: Oar Naval lute'iligence is partly extracted from them, athl, the collowirg are the only additlo►►s worthy of, b),inginKl!e lI.LI FAX , Dr.c. 9.—The 3elluoner drain !lad only e.:;ibt- days passztge from tluebec, and brought Papers to 11,e °•'d' ult. Coming down the river, sh.,. tell iti ►vitl► nearly 50 .axil of TrailsportS, Viet!ial:ers, whkr convqy of tIV4I or 03: e.O ihips of %val., from Fl,:i , ,•land an! C4rit, boutul to (Haiifita: •rreeirly Chronicle.) '' P.fuz.t,•, Capt. SKsi:EL, also arrived this wcek froal St, John's, from whence she sated on the sth inst.. with is' ditpersed in g:iles, The priiicipzd ne.%4 at this-time in Newfoundland from Arni:rica was , --that enemy wore busy hi organizing 3J,000 troops at New York for the defence of _the coast, that three line of battle' ships of 14 0 :,tins and 90) men each, were ready for sea, and that the C Commodore BAI ;nttrnnE, was actually (g) , ac ceuize."—(liamp.thire Chronicle) The FLTnds have iniproveJ tiiis,morning nearly per Cent. Consols, w4ieli opened at GGI, were at one o'clock done at. 67 for the opening.- We hare received Jamaica Papers to the 13th November. They contain jiie account, brought My the Vigilant, and inserted in this Paper of the 16th till; of a Treaty having been signed by CHRISTOPHE and PETIoN,-in which the surrendet _ . of St. Domingo to France was agreed, upon. The may additional fact stared is, that PETION is Saia to have fitted up an elegant house at Port#.4,ll" , Priircc for the reception of M. Auxtox .I. 4 Avais6l one of the Coturpissioneri of Louts XVIII. The Royal G(Lette of the 12th says, •' the Nee: frigate, of 36 guns, was in the cuing when thii Paper event to press. She %vas at the Saints itt August last, but as she appears to be full of troops', site is probably the forerunner of the L'ApectitioP front Bertuuda." Paris Papers to tree 30th bring down th; French Vieima news to the 19th, "which are to the plies 4; that nieattres are in gtadnal progress to the pa l , cific maturity so much desired by every Nation Europe. The rumours of What has and has no been settled are, however, as abundant and coo• - tradictory as ever : they are, in file?, 121. ere privat6'