The Sun. — London, England, 1815-01-04 00:00:00

, v't l .) the five of hl4 people, and the ~f A rrn v ,a N i n -1 - ‘vhntn - Me Con 111Pr ;4 4 fir e r 'file Chamber ordered the President's speech 'to leyritited. ° • I i ! . . . ___... . Messrs. the Abh 4 Montesqnion, "Baron Louis, Ind atodre, were then introinced in - the accns onied tom. The Abbe Montesitnion approached lie table, and delivered to one of the Secretaries a 'roclatuntioll of hi's Majesty. On being handed .o.the Presidint, he read it hs follows : . " Lonis, b y t h e G race of God, Ki ng of France Ind Ntiarre, to all to whom these presents come, t.„reetin,2::— ,`_.` The Sesion o f th e Ch am b er o f P eers an d t h a t o f th e : "'" , i , er of Denr,ties of Departments, are prorogued, and belt. !•-itting ftilfwtriled t <<o the Ist of M a y, ists. The present Proclamation ,hall he carried to . the Chant tru. of Dainties by our Mi n i s t er S ecretar y o f Mate for the t'erior, oar Minister of Finance, and our Director-General PGl;co.•- qivrn at Paris this 30th of Dee. 1314, and of our Reign the2oth.- • (sidled) " LOUIS • " fl the King, (S".zned) ." The Abbe MONTESQUIOU." , ille Presi:lent then added :—lt only remains 'or m e to rea d the formula contained • in the 4th irt. of the regulation of the Kin : (::--- ‘‘ The Chamber separates, if a Proclamati on tired the cksing of the qession, the adjournment or dissollt :ion of the Chamher." Tie Deputies immediately rose, and the Cham ber Separated:- CHAMBE R OF PEI:FRS.-11i, Chamber, in its Sittin g of the 2 - Btlt, resolved, that in consequence of tke approaching close of the Session, it ad iourne:l, till the resnmption of its sittings, the leliheration on th e plan presented by the Special Committee, appointed to examine the :,proposal made by Marshal the Dulie of Tarentinn, relative to the.giving of indenlnitiet to enlirants who'ce p r "P ert Y had heeH sold: a 4 nd to milit'ary men who had ioit their dotations The Chamber, ho" Fver, charged tlteir w President to request his Ma jesty to cause his Miniitry to prejutre all the in forniation Which may enabh: the Chamber, at its next meeting, to decide upon the proposal in question: • •In the Sitting of the 30th - , the• Chamber of Peers was also prorogued, the proelama i tion of the singing hav been read by the Chancellor as Pre sident of the Chamber. ITALY, Dy.c...5.—A ship from Corfu which ,has strrivvd at Rimini, has brought intelligence that a violent ferment prevails in that island ; that the Populace have insulted and abused - the English garrison, and ciompelled it to retire into the fort ress. In consequence of these circumstances, se veral of the islanders have been tried by a Military Cointros,i on. `Pie Princess of Wales, on leaving. Naples, pursue her travels to Palermo, or, according to others, to Corfu. u uE -- 1 Lisbon ) 2 /Saint/U{lh, I Waterford. PRICE W.' ''re CKS • • AY 47 c:i.v e o'ci.oe• Bank Stoek, , Tills DI w I Ilauk L. Ann. i 64 5-16ths i 3 P et " I ' 3 ' Red. 654 fir (i 5.1 [ India Bonds, 15s. las. pr. 3 per C ent. Cons. hloit Exetieq. Bills, pat s ;35. pr. 4 per p Cent.et Cons. liiiiii Oinnintn, l m dis• C. Nary Anu.shut Cons.. fur Opening, Ci 67 I 111G1-1 . WATER AT LONTiON BRIDGE To-MORROW. 'Morning, 50 ulinutes after 9. I livening, 15 minutes after 10 THE SUN.. QUIS DICERE FALSUNt AUVEAT LONDON, TrEDYESI)-41, J.1.V171R1- 4, 1815. We have some further German Papers, which are more observable for the opinions of their Conductors than for the facts they communicate. Even from the tone of their speculations, how ever, and the few glimmerings of truth which have lately shone out from the political horizon, we think we may safely anticipate that the ties tiny of the Continent is pretty n ear ly deter mined :---that Poland will become, with some imodifications an a part of ; if not ppenda ge t o R ussia ; a great all Saxony pass under the dominion of Prussia ; while Austri a may per haps " take ground" towards the South, for what, in common with Prussia, she will sa:rifice on the side of Poland. This was our first per suasion when the Congress met, and we expect very 50011 to see it converted into a certainty. A ccopnts from St. Domingo overturn the al ways doubtful supposition founded on the Jamaica Intelligenc e , that the Chiefs of that Island were disposed to surrender to the French. The Com missioner, Mr. AUXION LAVAISE, did proceeti to Port-att‘Prince, and was hospitably received by FETIoN, but he fell ill soon after his arrival, an d so continued when the latest advices left that place, and no political intercourse had ensued between him amd the sable President. That Ruler has affoNted a sufficient indication of the manly and independent line of policy which, he had resolved to pursue, by publishing' the Decree, of which we give, - in another column, an authentic Copy. In 'this, it will be seen, that- he gratuitously concedes to the British nation a eemme.icial benefit of the highest value, by reducing the import duty on our manu tures to five per cent. while those of all other nation 3 pay ten per cent. This measure, at the sam e Innment that it spews a resolution to main tain t ae most perfect independence in commercial z!latte ri, affords a solid testimony of public gra titude to • a nation which set, the noble example of `l)c)lisbing the Slave Trade, and has since labour- en with so much earnestness 'to procure a general _renunciation of that criminal traffic. The formalities observed in the prorogation of the' French Chambers., and the Address of Mr. LAINE to the Representative Body-which we had not time to translate yesterday, will he found in a preceding column. There is nothing more of po litical nature in these Paptrs worthy of extract. An extract from a real letter, from Milan is contained In another part of our publication. We have been amused to find that our credit is so well establishea that even the Max.Laters which we intended to ridicule the. inventions of the Morning Chronicle have been received in various parts as authentic, which is more than those they were meant to expose ever were ! , -- , lThe Chronicle is, of course, well paid for being the organ of an Italian, faction—we have no interests but those of Great Britain. A Supplement to the Gazette, copied into a pre ceding page, describes an extension of the Order of the Bath, so important as almost to amot.lt to. the creation of a new Order. of- Knighthood. The Order is now divided into three classes, Knights, Grand Crosses, Knights Commanders, and Companions. Thefirsi includes the existing Knights of the Bath, with a few additions, and is limited, exclusive of the Royal Family, `to seventy-two, whereof 60 are to be Military or Naval, not below the rank of Mitjor-Generals and Rear-Admirals, and 12 Civil. The second consists of ISO British 'Members, not under Lieut.-Colonels in the Army, and Post Captains in the Navy ; and ten Foreign Offleets holding Commissions -in our Service. The third Class is unlimited in nuother,, and the honour is to be bistowed on Oflieens who distinguish themselves in the cause of their coun try ; who are indeed so numerous, as not to be readily inclosed within a list of Heroes. — They have no title but to take precedence of all Esquireg. Sir GEORGE NAYLEa, so distinguished for his heraldic knowledge, has been named the Herald of this Order. There have been several Meetings in the Coun try on the subject of the Property Tax, at which speeches have been made, resolutions passed, and petitions agreed to, resembling those •in and about the Metropolis. We should lament these proceedings did we believe that man) of the right minded portion of the community lent themselves to a business so evidently needless and superero gatory. . But we are persuaded that the Pro vincial Meetings • are like those which have taken place under our own immediate observation, ,—.the work of the common Agitators, whose sole design is to keep alive as much discontent and elamotir as they can. It ►could be truly mortify ing were they, by mixing up their mischievous schemes with a question so personal to every'sub jeet who possesses property, and yet so distinct from their aims, enabled to obtain even the sem blance of that support which they neither possess nor inerit.--This is no Party question : whoever i 3 Minister, must provide the Ways and Means adequate to the national expenditure, and it may surely be granted in behalf of any Administra tion, that, it will endeavour to do this in a mode the most equal, +►noppressive, awl "agreeable to the People. Why then should the Country act as if it _withdrew, its confidence froth a Government which, not only from feeling that the pressure of extraordinary circumstances irn our times was sufficiently grievous, -but from a sense of duty (no dereliction from whicl► can even be al ledger' against them, while innumerable in stances of economy and retrenchment are on their side), have ever been seeking ways to al leviate the burthen of taxation, and not to raise a single farthing unnecessarily ?• Such nu ! justifiable suspicions may suit the views of an Op,- position Party (they cannot now embarrass the Government, or injure us in our foreign relations), but are surely unbecoming in that part of the po •pnlation w hi ch feels that What is due to our Rulers for their past conduct, entitles them to our confi dence for the coming time. It is "worse than idleness to protest against a most productive branch of revenue, unless it can also he shevvn that the produce with out it is sufficient for the .experiditnre, or that a better source of taxation can be' suggested. We have mentioned an increase of the Assess ed Taxes—not as a threat, but as an alternative and one that must be looked to, it the PropeliY Tax is annihilated, instead of bein g , as we sup pose it will be, modified and contintred for a limited time. Let those tvlio exclaim against .both these courses, take a general view of the Finance of the C ountry, and demonstrate how the interest of our debt and the cost of ourindis r.t.nsible services can be defrayed without either, - and we shall become willing and hearty. converts to their opinion, which would relieve 03 from a •Tax we individually feel as much disposed to . shake off as they can possibly feel. IJA iv• 1 XTR4C77 OF A LETTER FROM MILAN, NOV. 30 " The people in the north of Italy, in general, are by no .means well-satisiied ; not that :..they threaten any thing,. hut wish for Much : a sepa rate Constitution at least, and that (as all the world seems to cry out for now) on We model of the English. Those %vim have attained a certain age, however, are aware of its impraqticability in any other country than Great Britain, and its utter ,impossibility here. Not content with re- . • eciving kerseytneres, cottons, sugars, &c. &c. they expect to receive a separate form of thivernment also from the hands of England, and say she has deSerted them if they have it not. The specula tions of the common people on this subject are highly amusing :—one tells me be expects - an other conscription, for Austria'atfirEngland wiil go to war for Italy--another hopes. they shall he British.subiects—another fears that England and France are forming too strict an alliance—but England seems all. in, all.'' REPUBLIC OF HAYTI. LIBERTY -- -EQUALITY. DECREE, REDUCING TO 5 PER CENT. IHE IMPORT. DOTY ON MERCHANDIZF, OF ENOLISEI,NiA , Nu.FAcTuttE. Alexander Petion, President of Hayti, Considering that the trade with Great Britain has been very advantageous to the Republic, and has even aided it in the most critical circ ► tntstances in which it has been placed,. and wishing to en courage the same .more aud'more, l►as decreed and does decree as follows : Art. 1. Reckoning from the Ist of Jan. 1815, merehandize manufactured in countries under the dominion of his.Britim nic Majesty, shall be subjected to a. duty of o.ily the per cent. .according to the tariff of the 22d May, 1810, upon•t their im port into the country. 2. All merchandize, other than the above described, shall, continue, as before; to pay an import duty or 10 per cent. according to the same tariff. T.... present decree shall be printed, published, and trans mitted to the adminktrators and directors of the Ciktorns, registxred wherever necessary, and put in execution by the Administrator-Gcneral of Finance le:"I'l()N'. By the President, 8.-INGINAC, Chief of Squadron and Secr.tary. Given at Port-an-Prince, Oct, 15, 1814. • yrar of Independence, The Privy Council sat yesterday on the case of Baron D'ImBERT. It was attended by— The Lord Chancellor, Earl Bathurst, the Earl of Ilucliinf,-- havashire, Lord Viscount Sidmonth, Lord Vi , count the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Coulmon Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, the Dein or the Arches, the Chancellor of the Exclacyter, wild the Yiee-Cha'neellor. Their Lordships xvere occupied fur several hours upon this case, when they adjourned for a few days ; after which illey will meet tor the purpose of finally deciding upon it. The Council, we conclude, considered the quustion as one HD: c ling the political interests of the State, and they as sembled, therefor., in their character of Private Councillors of the Ici ng, and not strictly in . their judicial capacity. They . sat, of COtirSC, tlwsis fora.*; and we are consequently unable to siate what passed before their Lo - rdihipi. • Yebterday hisßoyal Highness the Commander in Chief held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, which Was attended by— Briglulier-General fenry Fox, on his return from tlitz. Bombay Estallishment; Major-General Michael e;or:lon Lieutenant-General Air (;eortv. Beckwith, Lient,Gencrai St. LA:ger, Brigadier-General BrownriFg, Sze. • • It appears by adviees, that off Antigua the Plantagenet sjmke the Itarossa frigmte, Captain Al'Cint.oct4, 30 guns, and was informed by her that the Islands ceded to French bad been surrendered to that Power. The affair of General ExcsuslANS having_ been referred to the Government, orders have been is sued by the KING in Council, that he shall be tried m the 16th Military Division ; and the M a rshal D u k e de TREviso,,, in quality of Gover .nor, is to bring the business before the Council of War of that Division. Louts BUONAPARTZ'S novel has beenlatelypub lislied in three small volumes at Paris. The scene is in Holland ; the principal' characters L sre Dutch ; all the virtues and si:fferings .he *exhi bits are those of Dutchmen : the criminals are French; the crimes those of the Re%olution the chief calamity is the conquest of Holland . ; and the miseries of his hero arise froni his hviog male one of the victims of the accursed cortscription, enforced for French objects against a people whom the author paints as endowed with every human virtue. French laws, French principles, seem to be viewed with deteStation by this alien to the BuoNAPAhTE blood. He dwells on thebap pinest of domestic life with the e nthu s i asm o. a private English Gentkman, when the English character NvaS in its Tarot state ; And deplores and'reprobates the new Jacobin systrm of divorce, with the just feelings of a:Moralist awl a Christian. Mad:une de •STsEt,'%is said to have left Paris in disgust. it is said she offered to write a Military :History of the reign of IitToNAFARTE, but that her proposal was rejected by the Government., A Grand Festival is to. take place in Edinburgh, early in the Spring, similar to the CommemoratioU-of HANDEL, in Westminster Ab bey, tl:e receipts of which are to be. divided amongst the ,Charitable Establishments of that City. THE FRAUDULENT ATTORNIES.—We hear that more deeds, with Int:ld:dently:li:fixed stamps, have been found in this town, •on the different parties referring to them, during. the• last week ; more discoveries of the 'kind may be expected. There' dues not seem to be any other means of legalizing theSe deeds, than by giving the. Commissioners power, by an Act of Parliament, to re-stamp them, on payment of the proper duties.—(Leeds intelligenoer, Jan. 2.) ' • PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3,—Yesterday, after post, arrived from the Downs the Ibbetsons, KIPPEN, for Rio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres. Arrived to day his Majesty's ship Curacoa, from the 3Nlediter ranean, and put under quarantine at the Mother bank. Sailed a fleet of transports for Cork, un der his Majesty's ship Hope. Went out of har bour his Majesty's ship Malabir. Admiral's Office, Jan. 3.—" The Havoc will proceed immediately to Cork with the vessels bound to Bermuda and the Bahama Islands that have received instructions from the Montagne, to enable them to join the convoy under his Majes ty's ship Leonidas."—The Havoc will sail to morrow at daylight.—Wind Easterly. PLYMOUTH, J. 2.—Arrived the Dutch frigate Daageraad, bound to the Mediterranean, much damaged, and 'the Dutch frigate Ysel, bound to ditto, dismasted. Arrived the Tyrian sloop of war from off the Land's End, and brings an ac count that the Long Light-house has been washed away in the late gales. Sailed the Brazen, Fa vourite, and Insolent sloop of war, to the West ward. ciRAVESF.NP, JAN. 3.—Arrived the David, Colburn, from Memel; 'Mentor, Stephenson, and Ann, Brown, from Peters burgh; Orspeck, Hickner, from Riga; Spring, Howe, from Quebec; Sarsh, Lucas,. from. Seville ; Louisa, Rodrigo, from Bahia; Juno, Reynderts, frees. Hamburg') ; and Three Bru thers, Spa,:demans, from Cadiz. "Sailed" the Providence, Sinith,.and kiarmonie, Potter, for Antwerp; and the it u . i , 0 , Bottcheu, fur Trieste. The Charlotte, LINDT, front PiWan to London, Was lost near Dantzic, between the 4th "and sth ult. The Flora, H0t.1 , 4, from. Copenhagen to St. Thomas's, is'on shOre near Calais. The 'Triton, STEINGARDT, from Newcastle to Konigsberg, is lost near Marstrand. .The Yrow Torn egina, CKTALL, from Elbing to ID rc, was stranded, during. the late gales, on the Islam! of Vliel4nd. The Clifton, UNION, from Barnstaple to Bristol, is lost on the Holmes. The Arinus Mations, LANGEVELD., from Rot terdam to Bitavia, was stranded on Goree Beach on Thursday la,t, had 11 feet water in her kohl. Part of her cargo and stores will he saved. The Ocean, SCOTT, from Quebec to Pcrts month, s totally lost on Byron Island. Crew saved.. • The Friends, BuoAn, from Plymouth to Liver pool, was tt'tally wrecked on Carnurvon Bay, on Saturday. Crew and most of the cargo is .saved. Extract of a Letterfroin ",'-rncra -(Switzerland), dated -I 9th Dee( mho., 15 14. " We hate the pleasure to. inform you, that . in consequence of an application to our Government by several' EnOish familles residing in 0r near our , to%vn for a pla.:e of worship, a neat Chapel has been fitted up for the purpose, in which Divine Service ill be celebrated, according to_tl/e. Rites of the Church of England, On Christnuis Day next, and every ensiling Sunday. We 'have here two English Clergymen of abilities, who have undertaken to officiate alternately. This new stittition has been received with univers4 satis-' faction, and we all wish it may rest On some permanent foundation. Imbed it is not a new thing ; for we read in our Records, that is the' lith century a similar establishment was formed likewise in this city." ANIRBACA.—By the arrival at Liverpool on Sun day of two ships from Pensacola, we are enabled to explain *the report of the successes by the Arne ricao General JAcKsox, in which it was said 400 British were lost. Some time ago, the Spaniards invited the British to take possession of 'Pensa cola, the capital of West Florida, and to protect it against the Americans. The American Gene ral, JActi.' , •mi, then issued a Proclamation, saying; unless the British retired, he would attack the place. When the British failed in their attack on the Nobile,.they retired to Pensacola. - General JACKSON followtd them, having collected 3000 men for that purpose. In consequence of the ap proach of this force, the Seahorse frigate, with four sloops of war, left Pensacola •with the Bri tish troops early in Novetaber. The ships ar rived at Live! pool left Pensacola in haste, with 'imperfect cargoes of cotton. They bring no ac count of any fighting, though it is probable some skirmishing took place as the British retired, and the loss of a few lives may have been exaggerated. The Americans, it is supposed, will seize ;upon IVest Flor,ida, unless they, should (head • a war. with Spain. New Orleans is said to-be well fortifi— ed, and defended by 5000 AtnericanS. The.Eag lish force destined against it is said to amount to 5000. CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.—We had, large ar rivals this morning- both with Wheat and Oats from our own coasts and abroad. Oats may 19. e considered 2s. per quarter cheaper. ‘Vhcat was nearly unsaleable ;-• and where the sales were forced, lower prices must be submitted to, say 2s. per quarter. Barley, having a large supply, was 2s. cheaper. Pease and Beans were each Is. cheaper. Malt was dull in sale, at the close of the market on Monday. FlOur declined ss. per . sack. English ‘Vheat - 5 is. 60s. NCR' White Pease - 575. —s. Fine ditto - 645. —s. —s. Grey Pease - - - 335. 405. Oid (into - - —s. —s. New Grey Pease - 436. —s • I , ;' ! tlicign do. - -40 i. 50s. 60s. Tick Beans - - -33 i. 41s. Flue ditto - - this. —..3. -s. 1 Small Tick Beans Sss. 445. Rye - - -90 s. 20s. J Feed Oats - - - -17 s. 20s. I. (1;e ditto - - 365. —s. Barley - - -18 i. 335. —s, Fine ditto - - —s. Ntw ditto - - -85 s. —s. Malt - - - Fine ditto - - - 244. 265. Poland ditto - -17 s. 20s. Fine ditto - -20 s. 30s. Potatoe ditto - - 325. —s. Rape Seed 301.371. per last. Fine ditto - - - 765. —s. Fine Flout, NilbitePease (boil.) 495. 535. Seconds - 555. 60s. -50 s. 553. Nothing done in Consols—Omnium in a Som nium, that is, "fast asleep all speculation at an end, but the Lottery, which begins the 18th of this Month, and the- Scheme will aim what a Illiae of worth it,coutaih3...