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N ITORTANT STATE PER-. TIM CASE OF KING )'OACHINI OF NAPLES. (Erum the ..igibrtrghlutte, Jan. 20) MEIfORIAL. (as FIJELISHT,I) IN THE ALLGE.MEINE ZEITUNG.) " Napier, .Dectraer 27, Before the prorogation of the (tritish) Par lia:neLt, Mr. WHITBREAD introduced some discus sions on the conincetions of England with Sicily ai4Na. , les, and there is no doubt of their being . "thesnbject of -fresh ilebates when it opens again. For this reason, and also far the better, under of the future decision of the Vienna Cono.ess,o'n this subject, we think it of use to relitiz i from good sources of information, how -Joltt:hinf, King of Naples, first formed his eon- Lertion . With Austria, and through this with the vt'aer Powers,. .As early as March, 1813, King Joachim be gan hiS first negotiations at Vienna, by his Mi nister the Duke of St. Angelo. He had been irri-• tat( - by the well known article in the illuniteur, which placed hint below the Viceroy of Italy. These negotiations did not proceed with any de= gree of activity till the month of June, when the King - of •Naples substituted for - the Duke of §t. Angelo, Prince Cariati and Mr. Schenina, Mar quis of St. Elia. At the time that the Emperor of Austria - was at Opotschina and Gitschen, ift Bohemia, the negotiations were again at a stand, and the Austrian Government once sufreeed forty= six days•to pass without answering a line to the pressing representations of its Minister at the Court of Napici, Count.Mier, or to the notes of the two Ministers above mentioned. At last, af ter Austrialtad decidedly joined.the Allies, Prince Metternichgave•Count Mier instructions in cy-. phers to "conelude a treaty. These diSpatches were delivered to the Neapolitan Plenipotentia ries, to send them by a courier of that nation ; it being feared that an Austrian courier might be shipped by the -French in the north of Italy. Mr. Cariati's courier passed, as had been agreed on, throtigh: Munich, to get there new passports. Bar•Mr.De Casraceiolo, the Neapolitan - Minister at the. Court of Bar aria, detained him sixteen hours for his own correspondence; so that he - did not reach NapleS till the 2d oF.Angust, where he Kissed King Joachim, who had left it on the Ist. This. Prince, who had been above-a mouth wiet.- out news from Vienna, thought himself betrayed or neglected, and had taken the only step which was left him, that of throwing himself into the at-n 0 of the 'Emperor of France. He had. received a short time before a. letter front Napoleon, in viting bins in very pressing terms to repair to him at his head-roasters at Dresden P t nimbly," said he, -" to celebrate the festival of peace, ma tlter than assist bins in continuing - the war ;, that. be had the more need of hiS counsel, and assist-- ance, as the Viceroy vas tar from him, .and.death had deptived him of two faithful friends,. Dunk and Bessieres He was sensible Ise was in want 'of peace, his army being disorganized, the finances or France in a bad condition, and age, which had increased his corpulency, rendering him less . fit for war duns lie had been." scarcely had King Joachim arrived at Dresden, when one of his Ple nipotentiaries•to Austria, who-suspected that the courier had been delayed, repaired - to him front Prague, to communicate to hint the contents of the dispatches sent to Count ,Zlier, The King,- to be §ure..of their authenticity, demanded a copy. it was sent hint from Prague,, and the Austrian Secretary Of Legation, who had accompanied , Count Btibua to Napoleon, had orders to &cy pher it to the King of Naples ; but the Armistice drawing, to a close, the Secretary had, out of pre caution, delivered the-cypher to Counfliubms, oft his departure from Dresden, and thus the instruc tion remained hid in obscurity ; a circumstance which gave rise to flesh suspicions, and which only the,most solemn assurances of the Neapoli tan Plenipotentiary_ were able to . dispel.. _Then the King of Naples did not let his troops joie the Ter,mch army ; but not.being able himself to leave it, he remained with Napoleon till the battle .of Leipsic. • On the 21st of October, King Joachim wrote to Buonaparte that be was going to return to his dominions ; and he, in fact, set out , the same day. Napoleon, in his, answer, tnade him sonic re proaches on thi4 account, and warned .him at the ;acne time not to listen to. any_ proposals on the. part of Austria. On the 11th of May there appeared at Napies an 01-dinance ire favour of the English commerce. The King authorised . • Casiati„ whom the Austrian Cabinet hadconmssioned.to engage hini to take pail in tbis- war against France, to nego ciate for this Impose with the Coalition. At the same time he sent the Martinis of St. Elia to Sicily to Lord W. Bentinck, to enter into ncgociations with . 1 4n t! !and ; but this last step.produced no et tees.... While this was pasing, Prince Metternich ir. - c posed to Khig Joachim to negociate at the slil4l time with Austria and England,' Lord Aber deen having powers from his Conrt for this par pose' While the necessary instructions were giv ing at Naples to Prince Cariati, Count Nupperg arrived at ti.at city on the 30th Pec. 1813. On the 11 th Jan. 1814,. the King of Naples signed, by the mediation of Count Nupperg, at Naples, a of Alliance with Austria, by which that Power guarantees to King Joachim the sovereign ty of his kingdom, and promises bins the same guarantee irons the other Powers, as well as Eel (inland theiloursh's renunciation of his rights- to I:iples, The same Treaty promises to King Joa chins an 'increase of territory, sufficient to give gi ?EA military frontier to-Isis kingdo:n. General communicated this Treaty to Lord Wm. I:entincl, who,repaired in perstm to Naples, and coucludcrl there, Feb. 3, 151.4, an Armistice with lira Duke dzt Gallo, Minister for FOreign Affairs. This Con:el-it:on stipidates, that' hostilities shall ceise bet wc,.n Great Britain and Naples, and that the. con nin:-relairehationsbetween tliettroStatesand tbeir subjects s be•ve-established: It was at the sonic time ri:sorved, that the Generals of the Airs tr:.-4„:F.nijisls, and _Neapolitan armies should form in concert is ptan of operations, according to which united armies should act in Italy fur the S: ,I IA , CatlsC - - - " Cl 7 Ile 623 d of - January Kin:.; .Toachira. set oic to grin his 11 "nY , det,chtueot, of which . had already be;;,in the e - e-uf Cefita Veeehia, - and .7f the Castle - of St.•:-liii;;eio ;-.2urt - aft ta - ant at - tlitiv, Gan.lssiogent toncimice afanas, Cotneation with the -Neapolitan General,Leeron. Abaut test: amity tiitte'the King of Naples-was informed by the AusST'-aw . `cabincetbat it had not ratified Us's:Treaty concluded with imins Jam 11, 1814, because Lord Castlereagh, after basil% deli 7 heratelyantittfttned it, bad 'made wait hia .tswtt hand chatfaca and additiaiss,. that the English GoVernment might Islak - e 116 difficulty - about agreeing to it. The suh'stanee of these e hangas was, tst, Joachim was to renounce 'ail his prctension•to an eilyaand cu-operate inseeariafg to the reigning Dynast 'y the possession of that country, and in procuring it an indemnity for the kingdom sif Naples. ad, That the augmentation of territory for Naptaa ta's to be regulated for a population of 400,000 souls, and be taken from the Roman States. -The Austrian (Subinet further declared, on this occasion, to that *of Naplea s that these changes were'to be discussed in concert With the 'Ministers of Russia and Prussia, and-that all were agreed, that if King Joachim subscribed to them, all the. Ca binets would accede to the Treaty by particular Conventions. This Nelaration was confirmed on the 10th February by a Note front the Austrian Plenipotentiary,. as, well as by a u'is patch from Lord Castlereagh to Lord Win. Bentillaks froth Basle, January 22, tehich Charged the latter to make:all hos tilities cease, on the part of England against ~Naples, and to take the must proper measures to induce the King of Sicily to do the same on his side. "e The King orNapleS adopted.these modifications, and im mediately ratified the Treaty, by a letter written with his own hand to the Emperor. of Austria. The ratification of this last Power dill snit take place till the 4th of March. " We refrain from all reflections on the campaign of. the Austrian and Neapolitan Armies its Italy—The- two Armies, or rather their Commanders, do not seem to have had that re= ciprocal confidence which would have beets necessary to act with success against the ViceraY'of Italy, who, notwithstand ing the inferiority of his numbers, defended himself for a long time with glary against the two others. We shall merely reMar k in general, that Naples brought into the field the 30,0UU Men stipulated - by the treat}', of which. about 17,000 were detach— ed in Tuscany, Worms Lealiurn, Civita Vecchia, time Castlauf .Saint Angelo - and Aileuta, maid the 13,00 U others- acted on. the Po and towards Parma anti Placentia. At the. beginning of Mardi, Lord W. Bentinck landed with an sknglu-aicilian division lIC3I Leglunn, thoualt it had been at first settled, , that this debarkation was to take place near Genoa ; some days afterwards Lord Bentinek repaired to Lteggio, the head-quar ters of Kiag Joachim, and required him to deliver up Tus cany, and to make the Neapolitan troapaevacuate it without deter, whith the King retuned—lst;llecanse Tuscany was oc cupied by hia troops merely to lie. restored to its rightful owner, theAteliduke Ferdinand." .2d, 'Because' this evasama tion, without any military purpose, was contrary to the. digs pity and interest of Naples. ad, Because such a eessiuti must at. leant he the price of a definitive treats , with , Engiatids which the K ing en/ulna:My prop.aed. 4th, iiecaUse the yicilao troops in Tuscany had circulated a 'Malatesta "of their Government, to enforce the pretensions. of the old dynasty to Naples. ,Tae -Kite; offered', not withstandina, to give up to Lard Bentinek the etiinumaial in Tuscans, provided the Administration of the country shoftlil be santifend in the name of the King, and his fl.mg . still upon the fortresses." Lord-Bentmuk de elated on the other hand : that ne considered the refusal of the .uneunditional cession of Tuscany as an act of -hostility, and that he should act' in eahsequeace. lie eves; spoke of raising the people of Tuscany . aaatast the Neapulitau at wy, .and threatened a diyersfan against the kiimgdom itself ; su that the King began to he alarmed,aad drew his troaps nearer . together, that he might •in every case secure hi. retecal... ".Duriugtnese discussions tae Russian General Pale-chuff cantata latimg Joachim, and hicaight bins -a letter in Ab. atm der's own hand-writing, which stated, that " renewed with .-pleasare the ft iendly relations n ud ti and - understanding between the tranpowers, and apatoVing at the principles and the basis of the treaty co:telt:at-if -between time Courts of Vieinat and Naples, he had given to General Bala a elsoffahe neeessary full powers to sign a treaty of alliance with the King?' It is said that this treaty watS entirely tit amans and wanted but the sigaatures, when liras was received of the taping of Park, and at the same time of the ptuelamationof time Emperor ofßussia, in which he declared that he would - not treat either with Napoleon or with any Member of his fa mily... General Balasehoft therefore hesitated to sign the . treaty at that tiale a and soon after that be left Italy.. It is doubtful whether he left the Russian General Tuyler (-flaw at Vienna) ill a, .half official capacity with the Kings or whether time General rethained at Naples tilt some weeks ago • merely on his-private business: In favour of King Joachins it is further added-- - • " Ist, That England, after all that has happened, cannot act against him without a breach of honuar. . " 2d, That Lord Castlereagh, as a testimony of the best , understanding, had formally aroniSsed to the Due de Campo , chiaro, and l'rince Cariati, 15,000 English muskets to arm :he Neapolitantroapa. " ad, Thats Lord Castlereagh had declared tl2 those two Mi nisters at Chasanont and at Dijon, that as there existed a treaty batacen Euglano and the King of :arils-, the former Power could not coniude a treaty with the King of Naples,- Mole obtaining in indemnity for King Ferditetad IV. but that the -King of Naples might depend alma the. hunuur of Emsglaad,. who. having co-operated in the engagements con clathal betweeti Austria and Naples, delayed only out of de . - I he conclusion of a Treaty of Peace with him; that iu ease icing Ferdinand did not renounce his right to. Naples, and wiinld nut accept aft imletunitv, England want(' not make war for ; and, lastly, that the GoveslllllCllt would act as Mediator between the a.:ourts of Naples and Sicily. . • " Lord Bergin's:ls received - orders to repeat the same aSSUI- Ract's to the Cals:aet of Naples, and delivered to the Dnc 'de Gallo, April I, 1814, upon this suajeet,. aia Odicial. Note of 'the -fallowing contents That the English GovellUilent wholly approvemi the 'freaty . of January 11, 181 4, hetween Austria and Naples, and it consented to the augmentation of territry promised to the King, in the Roman States; that if the Euglish Government refused to conclude -a Treaty.in it was solely 'tram a motive of delicacy, which obliged it to make this Negociation go on at the saute thue with that for an iuderanity to Kisig Ferdinand! 4tia'.oll time ad .of April Lord Castlereagh wrote to Lord, Betitincis, that-it depended upon the King of: Sicily. a hetaer he would tenounce the Kingdom of Naples or nut, hut that it was impossilde far his Brit:smile ,Majesty' to support his rights by his assistance, in opposition to the pits of tire Allies, alai to 'their disadvantage, or s to enforce his pretest- , sisals to rec-over the Neapolitan dominions. Lord Castlereagh added, that it attathe design of the BritiSh Govermeent to proceed at the aline time in its Treaty with the Kiimg of Naples, and iu an arrangement for the indemnificatiou of King Ferdinand; that if the .Sicilian Government were-re— solved to act in opposition to the designs of that cif England, the-latter would consider itself as released from till obligation ta interfere, having founded au armistice o'a the' principles of the Treaty concluded betweeu Austria and the Kim; of Naple . as aid that it, would even think itself obliged intsucdiatety• to conclude a Treaty with King Joachim. . ." sth, process verbal of the conferences at Chatillon, where, au a proposal of• the Dula: of Vicenza-concerning Italy, and Naples iii particular, the Plenipoteutiaries declared -that it was nut- fur Fiance to interfere in the affairs of Italy, because the-Allied Powers hadsalready determined its fate; asial that as far Naples, they had contracted eugaaements which gnarautced the possession of that kingdom to the reign ing Dynasty. - " It is - known that, among the various Committe6 farrile - 4' at Vienna, there is• one for . the affairs of Italy. It is cont posed of Messrs. Wessenberg 'far Austria, Count Nesselrode tar Russia, Count Alexander Noaelles-for. Francea Lord. Cas tlereagh Inc England, and this Count De Labrador forSpaia. The decision upon the Papal, Legations, -upon the indemni ties, for the Queen of Etruria and the Empress Maria Louisa,- -are in the province of this Committee. But many .persaas pretend that it eammat discass the-qu e stion re'lativ'e to Naples d and Sicily, an maintaia that the Ctuutgress assembled to dispaae of the possession of .these countries only which arc considered as conquesed from France, and as vet without ans. Sooe - rAgn. lit this case Naples would be - obliged to make ail its efforts to resist its enemies, and to olaaiii agaiiist them the assistance of, its ancient ;aid new allies." Note.---19.a Dispatch from Lord Castl ereag h t o L or d W. Bentinck, dated Dijon, 3d April, the. -former disap proves of 'the Proclamation ot.the Prince of Si c ily t o his troops at Leghorn, and desires Lord.B'entinek to communi cate to him the steps he has taken to disavow this in the name of-the English Government. proceeding Conti Excwxtiuni• FEB. I.__ 'e • had but few arrivals of any kind of Grain, but they were equal to the demand. Fine 11,iteat and Itatley supported Monday's prices. Fine Oats were I.s. dearer. in other hinds of Grain there v.-as no altera • Foreign Wheat 384.485. 535. Grey Pease - - • - - 265. 325. Floe ditto - -- Gus. —s. —s. New Grey Pease .-, (4........ § . English Wheat . - 50,605. 'Tick - Beaus - - - 32.3..3U5. Fific ditto - . • Gss. —s. ---s. Old ditto - • - -- - :11s. 40s. Old ditto - .- —s. ,--s. I Small Tich Beaus 27,;. 295. Rye - ~ - . 2..:5. '.2tii. ;Old djtto - - 32,,. 435, Fine dittb -- - - :12s. —s. [Feed Oats -- - ..-: 15s. 17s. Earley - - -15 s. '2o.i. —s. 1 rine.tlitto - - - 235. 255. l'ine. ditty -..,-. - - 21 s. S. I Polatol ditto - - - .15s. 184. • New ditto . •-.- - .'c'..!s. - , --s. I Fine, ditto .7.- .- I9s. 295. i 2.1.dt - - -.- 7 1i0s.G.Is. Potatoo ditto - - 33,. —s. Fine ditto -- - :- . 71:5. - --s-s. Rape Seed do!. 3-5.1..p . er lust. 1y Is it L. 1 1 ..as * t. (1)0i1,) • 41s, 425. Fan. FlOnr . -'•- - - 'sss Goo New White - I'Lv - 48 - i. --s. I 'Sec<filds • - - , • SOs., 346. The Mornirig Chronicle, which k not di Fry likely to be in the confidence of Government, has ex pressed its belief, this (lily, that Ministers " find it necessary toi•suyinit" to the opposition to the renewal of the Property Tax. That Paper is al ways ready to believe whatever may tend to em barrass Government. We believe, upon n►ucti better grounds, that Minister's have formed no po sitive determination on the subject, but after it has been fully dkeussed is Parliament will thr+w them selves_mn the decision of the Representative Body :itid the impartial judgment of the Public at large- We'shall re'stuie this - subject to-morrow. The length of the daily Reports .of tai's trial, ;and the influx, of foreign intribience 1. important subjects, which the approaching Meet ing of Parliament will 6134 fa'rward for 'eicainina tion. We trust, however, to be speedily enabled to promote thefree discussion of these topics, as well as to allow More space for. miscellaneoo matter. The Most interesting document we have . to ItlY before our Readers this day, is the ei;pos:itiOriOf MbRAT. in so tar as that Upstart is j implicated, or even as the minor kingdom of Naples is concerned, . . this Paper is of no great moment, but in so far moralily arid justice, and all the honourable feeling of mankind are involved, it is of the highest in.- portance . .; We trust it is the prelude to the (10 , v . - sition of the,last .. tif the, pynasty of NAvott . , . MURAT, OffelidCd by the insult offered him by nil, Erdther-in 7 law after -the Russian campaign, aud fearing further outrage from him, endeavours to' throw himself tinder" the protection of Austria :•ne-, gociations ensue, and,by some juxta-positions Of couriers he, not having an answer, naturally enoug4 fancies himself despised and mistrusted by the Eat peror FLIANCIS :—consniting, nothing but his own : interests, he again throws •himself into arms of his worthy Relation' at Dresden ; whom, being'' undeceived as to , the policy of the Austrian Ca binet, he again basely'deserts. We'khall not' follow. the diplomatic intrigues and double dealing which then took llace_it seems that every thing was miderstood - and no; thing agreed upon ; every thing undertaken find nothing clone; -every thing began dlid biog . ' concluded. We lament, as we did in the ease cat BUONAPARTE' that ever Great Britain was urged . by the force of circumstances to treat with this King orOstlers : !--wemore regret that any thing like an arrangement with approached to _con sistency. His, retusal to march outorniscany, bow • eVer, happily released us from all obligations, as the taking of Paris did the Etnperor AI,FILANDER, and left us at liberty to choose between a disgraceful alliance.and noble : perseverance in replacing 00 ancient Ally upon.his Throne. - That.such will be the result - we have not . room at present to argues nor time nor inclination to doitht. In another column is a copy of the New Ame rican Tarif, which it is .proposed to continue force twelve months after the ratification of Treaty of Peace. The - Exchange at New Yoria was.at par. The . new six per cents. were as Ws' pis ;front 77 . 0 78. The Provincial Paper' eras at 15 per cedt. discount. ait . 81, - 18{3, 2! Regiricht of Dragx , i .Guards, Hickwan Leland .11.0se, , t 6 Paymaster, v;,:e •Watson, who reigns : I.l.cgithent. II • ncy to be Ca!itiiitt, of t Troop, by p.dreliase, vice Fallon, who rrAircs. Lent: Geo. Sicker do be Adjutant, ?ice Grin dreti, rrho resig,is t.e Adjutancy only. 22.1 llitt,i, 11:4Varrtual,,Gent. to be Carnet, by puediase, vice Sir John Gordon, Bart. promotitil. • • 2.lth Ditto, A. C. ?..laeoiurd.), Gent. to he Cornet, without purchase, vice tVharton, ptottioted in the 17th Light Pro grams. ISt Regiment of Foot., hospital-Assistalit 'William Milne to be Assistant-Surgewi, vice Griffiths, who resigns - . 6th Ditto, Lieutenant Clement 2cat to be Captain of a Com pany, witiumt purchase, vice Hewitt, promoted in the Por tuguese Army. 12th Ditto, Hospitol T Assistant Hugh nowt to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Ralph, appointed to the 2d Foot. 2Zith pitto -To be Lieutenants, Ensign Robert. Young, vice Lamphier, deceased. Eniign 14.61.icrt Small, vice Fruit:, de wased. To be Ensign, George Henry Ilerbut, Gent. vice Young, promoted. 28th Ditto, George Byfield, Gent. to bt Ensign, by purchase, • vice Slocock, proinutatd. 46tii Ditto, Serjeient John Donnylly, from the 67th Foot, to be .Ensign, vice Ti avers, dece..sea. oth Ditto, Lientenant John Tcd - ner to be Captain of a Com . puny; without purchase, O'Tuule, promoted in the Portuguese Army. ,Ensign Richard Meredith to be Lieu tenant, vice 'limier. 41st Ditto, Hospital-Assistant William'Fiirsyth . to be Assis tant-Surgeon, vice Moore, promoted in the 59th Foot. 51st Ditto. Lieut. Julio M. Maitland, faith "the 10th Foot, to be Lienteinint, vice liictsS,whu retires uj,un thy halt-pay of the 10th Foot. , , • - ' 52d Ditto, Lieuteuant John DOWis to be Captain of a Com pany, without put chase, vice ,inodgr.iss,'. promoted in 1110. , Poi tuguese Army. :iSth Ditto, Assistant-Saigicon '.l'honiaa.Moore, from the 41st Foot, to be tiurgeoii, vice Dow.i:;hue, deceased. 60th Dinn, Lieut.-. John 11k4Causland; from half-pay of the Chasseurs Britannives, 'to he Lieutenant, vice Klesins, who exchanges. Seijeant Daniel HOWSIpan to be Quartcr- Master, vice Chattoway, deceased. 64th Ditto—To be LieutcJiants, without purchase, Ensign • 11'u►. Pears. S:tlntlel To lie E►►si h n, Ei.Ai g o W. Ci.l'utiii)Oll;froin halfliay of the'2d Garrison Battalion, vice - Pears. - 67th Ditto, Captain Hugh I'. DaV ' itison, front the 17th Light. Dragoons, to Le,Major, without purchase, vice Conuil, uc ceased. Ensign; Edward S. •Delauntin to •be Lieutenant, vice Cooper, deceased. J. T. Bird, Gent. to be Ensign, • without purchase, vice Fyans, printited. 69th Ditto, Ensign J. L. Harrison. to he Lieutenant/ without purchase, vice Alexander, who resigns. E. B. El. Dobbin, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Harrison, pro muted. 73d Ditto, Lieutenant John C. Steward, from the 84th Foot, to he Lieutenant, without purchase, - vice Burhridge, who resigns.. - • Royal Stair Corps; Lieutenant John Westmactitt to his Cap tain of at Company without porch:lSe, vice Shanahan placed upon half-Pay. Ensign :Thos; Harris to be Lieutenant, vice Westmaeott. Ensign Ernest Wilford, IrOut - the Foot, to be Ensign, vice Harris. - • •'• 4th West India Regiment, Licutenint George Allen to be Captain of a Conipanyi vice Rowan, deceased. • To be Lieutenants, without. purehmie, Lieutenant limas O'Keefe, front the lurk Light infaotry Volunteers, vice Coolie, deceased. Ensign- Thomas Gordon, vice sherlock who resigns. Ensign J. Buchanan, vice Thomas, who re signs. Ensign John Ken . , vice Alien. Ensign Arthur J. Gunue. TO be Ensigns, John Edden, Geut. vice Gordon. Henry Watts, Gent. vice Bilehannliat. Percival Brown, Gent. vice Keit. JatlieS Holt,.Gerit. vice Gonne. 6tli West India Reginient,•Ensign S. R. Gordon to be Lieute- naut, rice Cali:poen, deceased.. . . • , Bth.Ditto,llospitL,l•Assi ,, t4nt Richard Dowse to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Lawiess,.prornoted in the York Light Infantry Volunteers. York Chasseors,Liei4enant Charles Le Court, front the half pay of the Chas• erv't Brit:mangoes, • to be Lieutei - ,aa, vice Walshani, who exchanges. • - • • •'• , , De Rea, ii.eginieirt, Major, Fleming Thomas Roberts, from the dUtti Foot, to he Lieutenant-Colonel, by loirchasy, vice I)e Sonnenberg, who retires. • ILANKILL7I I John Tuck, of the T-Lynathet, victualler, to surrender Feb. 4, at ten; 15, at eleven, and Match 14, at ten, at Guild- bail. Attorney, Mr. Child, King-street, Borough. ~ Edward Gwyn, I , :eath, Glautorgansiiire, cot - WM:tor, Feb. 13, 15, and March 14, at eleven, at the Slop and Castle :tin, Itirat lt. Atturnies, -Messrs. Cardalcs aud - Yot;n1;, 61 - J} . :l . Inn, Loudon, or Mr. Powell, Neath. . William Lewis, Cwingwreloch, Glamorgansbire, glitter, ' Feb. 1:3, 14, and Mardi .14i at eleveii, ut the. Ship and Neath. Attornies, Messrs. Cardales and Yantis, Gray's Inn, London,' Or M;. Powell, Netttli. Titus Salt, Hunslett, Yorkshire, iron-founder, Feb,- B, 9, at • eletVen, at the' Bull and Month Inn, Leeds, Maid; .1.4, it six, at the Yotk Tavern ' York. Attornies, Mt, Richard liattye - Xhancety-litne, or Messrs. Lee and. ltaynar, Edward Buckley and Edmund Btickley,,Delpli,-Yorkshire, cultuu-svinneas,.lfc l ). 13, awl March 14, at ten, at time Mit.iley Arms Lin, Manchester. Alt.9ritieS, Mr. Jtjetniati I:town-Area, Mancite7.ter, or Messrs. SUpliard, Adlington :Mil Gregory, Bedforo-row, Landon. «llhatim t-lekes and .Thottve; .Itactileton,. White Liam-street, Norton:Folgote, seed - mcrchants , Feb. 11, 16, and March . 14, at eleven, a! Guildhall. Al tarnies, , MesstS. Cluitou and' Carber, :mt. Thomas's-street, •tioulltwarit. , • .7 Jurist llar, Overbary, NVotcestershire, miller, Feb.l7, 19, and March 14. at ele'ven, at_ the Northwick Arms. lust pi e i lg 7, vor tl i . Affinties, Messrs. Phelps afid)iinsey, Errs havn, -or Mr: Samuel Taylor, - John-rarect, B - edforti-ruts; London.. • . - David Keene, Clark's-place, Islington, cabinet-maker, Feb-. 4, at one4l 1, at twvlve, and March 1 , 1, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Laurence Williams, Ciirsitor-street, Chan cery-lane.. ' . • Sparks 3iutlne, Billiter-lane, merchant, Feb. ,11, 14, acid March 'l4, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attomies, Messrs. Bourdillon and Hewitt, Little Friday-strept: • • • . LDividolds„ &c. . . MAILS, At:HIVED-1 Guernsey and .lersy, 2 Dublin, 1 Waterford., Li.bou, 1 Mitltu, 2 tiollatid, 2 flautburgb, I Guern ' sey'aud jersey, .4 Waterford. • PRICE THIS DAY Al' T' STOCXS 'ELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, 3 per Ccnt. Red. 65H a per Cent. Cons. 65-ti 3 per Cent.l,ons. S 2 5 per Cent. Naryikuu. 91a4 Bauli L. Amu. IGi Gths Bowls, 18s. 19s. pr. Exclieq.•llllls, as. ss. pr. Onmitnii, I dis. CoHs. for Acc•uut, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 9 minutes after 8. I Evening, 34 minutes after 8 3QLP.,NI VIIIS DICEHR FALSII,I AIII AT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1915. FIE WitST INDLI FLEET. . _ . We trust thefollo . ving are only avant-coutie ri to the rest of the Fleet of which they formed tart , and that the Whole will arrive in safety. " The ship. Irlaw, of and fur Liverpoa, John' Illt,s.:•W Master, 'from Ilarbadoeg, last frusa St. Thomas's, arrived at c'oVe ") . esterday evening, €26th, after a pitssageof ! 4o laden with sugar, coliZe, 84.e.---She•ieff the West Iddics IJF company with 43 mote vesF,els, 'under eotivovuf his Majest)'s ship Qrontes, Palmer, and IL2iird, and partea the fleet 4 few days ago." , . . . , . . . . f , y ` Ealract frpm, a Lettci,froy4 Port4Tizouth, dater(' .Ton. ,-- " " Arrived the sovertigu, Att.'s. S:vierti, iNbsier„ froM q•,... Thomas's, which Island she left 'on the 14th I.lC&liihtii *g 44 sail, under convoy of the Orpntes, Hazard, Coltunbine, and Palma (the latter inie of the frigates captured by the 1 74- nerzible some time since , ,., The Sovereign patted conv9Y l T tile 15th inst. in lat. 46: 15. 1°11.37.15. W. in a. gale of wio" , , since which titue she has not seen thew." . • • - It reported that Mr. C. GRANT ig to SUCCee a Lord rAPIERSTO; , I a 3 Secretary at War, in t} , ° event of the latter being elevated to the Peerage• Letters have reached town to-day fr.om • Pari which mention that Lord CASTE.F.REAGH• W 3 * known to have left Vienna for England. most rcceut letters from France, and from v a rions parts of the Continent, announce, that the vourable turn to affairs at Congress had enlivetv.- ed the spirits of the German people ; and %vio l were now seriously looking towards a permarieiL t peace and a brisk trade. Commercial orders tee 4 great extent have reached this Country wititilr these few days from France. Not only does trici e revive, but Confidence - is very sensibly strength' ened, and enterprize emboldened. Yesterday were received Letters and PaPe° front New V - ork, to the 29th of December. it 14' contain a letter from Captain SINCLAIR, who coloi! elands in the Upper Lakes, confirming a repot . which formerly appeared, cf General M'ARVO. having forced a post defended by five or six 110 .# Bred Canadian Militia, about the half of whom b 4 is said to have made prisoners: The other arts` ties in the American Papers are thll.of despot" dency. The tax bills experience considerable oP' position in their progress through the two Huos °s , of Congress, and the letter of Mr, DAL4AS, 0t ; the exhausted situation of the Treasury, appea r to have diffused a general gloom throughout lbo United States. Yesterday. the Duke of Yoax held a Levee st his Office in the Horse Guards, nbich was nam e rously attended. o Earl BATHURST had an audience of the Dupe of 'Yoar yesterday at his Office. Viscount SIDMOUTH transacted business yest er .day at the Commander in Chief's Office. Yesterday the Earl of Hanflowiiy, L or a Pre sv dent of the Council, arrived in town, and too 6 -. acted business at the Council Office. • 4' Mails a:lived yesterday trout Malta and Coli,r` tar, and from Lisbon. The dates from 'the fir are to the 16th December, and from Spilt - 0 1 ,!` m P.ortogal to the 10th and 17th ult. The inteb i . gence by none of these is of any puHii.: intef.oll . THE SUN. ~l'A ~...