The Sun. — London, England, 1815-01-27 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS:. [FURTHER EXTRACTS]; PARIS, JAN. 23.—Accounts from Viennil: men , tim,, that on the 10'11 a grand conference was held, but_ of the result nothing was -known. A nutiliwr of Italian troops had, arrived af e;cinnt Andreossy; late French . A Mbassador rt . ) 'thel'orte, left Constantinople ,on the 14than vember, on his return to France. - • . * The price of tobacco has fallen greatly. on ~ • , the-Continent, from on idea that the American war prevented the bulk of these crops from reach- • ing Europe. ._ • . • The 'sale of 300,000 hectares of woods, for the the'hehoof of the Exchequer, ordered by the law passed in the last session of the - Legislature, have airy idy commenced, and promise to be very pro ductive: Indeed, the' mrrked improvenient of Our finacial situ ation is a subject at once of asto nishment and satisfaction •to every good French man.- The state of exhaustion in ‘vhich the king (font' might be supposed to he, after such long wars, terminated by an invasion of pint of our provinces, has almost entirely disapiieared as_ if by enchantment. Everywhere the :citizens have Made laudable efforts to pay contributions whio 'they knew would be usefully employed ; and in the course of Novembet last the Treasttry receipts amounted to screntyrthrce williuns, . a sum much beyond the hopeS of the .Minister: In many communes, the people havegeneton;ly aban doned their claims for the reimahursenient of re quisitionsformerly imposed . , which must contri bute greatly to lighten the load of pubqc.debt , " Ali this sbews better than any general reasoning the perfect confidence* the jieople . of 'France iu the Government of our beloved Monarch: Thus, also;. public credit revi-ves, and governinent secu rities _are . every day pegociated i , at an improved. rate: Treasurytonds which, on the 7th of December, _were at a discount of six and two per_ cent. are now ,selling at the small dis . - _count of one per cent. 5 and we shall ilotd‘tless soon see tl'eni at par, and perhaps even at a pre mium. Such is our situation,.and . scarcelfuine months have expired since the King reitscended the throne of his ancestors. _ -••• •, . The Moniteur gives the. following - additional particulars respecting the late solemn iuter meUt : " The arrangement of seats in the church of St. Denis ivas as follows :—Motisieur,lhe Pukes of Angouleme and Berry,. the Dnke - of .01 leans, and the 'Prince of Coml6, occupied thq,first Stalls to 'the 'right in the choir; • the Duches.ses7 61 Or leans and -Bourhon,,and Mademoisellell'Orleans, sat exactly. opposite, Next to the Princes were two empty stalls, and in four l others.following were Cuuut Barthelemy, Lam& the Duke of :Dalmatia,. and Dukeof Reggio, whii were appointed by the King to hold ti7C tour corners of the pall, at the moment when- the coffins ivere bm fit! to the timrh. " In the upper and lower stalls to the right and left were seated Deputations from the Court cessatiOn and Chamber of Accounts, the Coun cil of .the University, &c. The choir was occu pied by the principal Officers of the King's House hold, and those of the Princes, by four of his Ma jesty's Ministers, and other personages. " The general anxiety to pay the last duties to the remains of Louis 'XVI.. and his Queen, had brought to • St. Denis a number of the Marshals Of 'France, of the Members of - the Chamber of Peers, .and that of Deputies, of Grand Crosses of the different orders, and of superior Offi cers of the army, who all sat in the choir. His Majesty, who never doubted the . , sentiments that would be manifested, bad ordered the Master of the Ceremonies to: reserve places - for ,all of those gentlemen who should present theMselres dnall "y. • Four hundred girls, ilaughters of Mem - tiers of the Legion of Honour, who inhabitthe old Abbey of St. Penis; were seated . on bendres under the window of the Choir I n all the ceremonies which have hitherto taken place, there has been none in which the goodness of the King and his august .family has.. not furnished an opportunity for renOrking those; ttlfecting traits whiCh belong only , to;the charac-' ter ot. our Prifices When Monsieur "and .the Prince's, his sons; descended into the 'vaulty where' the precious remains whiCtiProvidencOms ena bled us to recover 'arc for ever. to tepose, acid 'prostrated themselves. on the-tomb of their_ King, it wa,s matter of regret to Thosewhoni duty - snip- - woneci co that moUrnfUl:aboite That. all Trance was not witness of their prolotind-veneration and pious grief." AVAEsiw, 8.--" We - wait, with the'utmost -impatience, for the Congress of Vienna to pro- flounce definitively respecting our destiny. The magnanimous and liberal assurances Of the Em peror Alexander, as welt as the premium, Of, our countryman, Prince Adam Czartorinsky-,•at Con gress, tend greatly to pacit'us. The Polish army, since its return, has been ttstonished at seeing; the deep wounds which Buonapatte and- his system inflicted on their i country. This army has greatly contributed' to inflame the enthusiasm of the nation for its inde pendence. It retains its devotion to the cause of its country. The enormous debt of the Grand Duchy of Warscx, commercial interests, manners, and po pular manes, make us wish that a Russian Prinee may . be raised to, the Throne of Poland, provided ive.rective a free, uncomplicated, and economical tonstitutiou.. But one thing is certain—we will of Russia ; we se t too never be a mere province a Value on our prioritv:in.ciyilitation. There has heen talk of the re-establishment of free town's, such as. Cracow and Thorn ; but • the indepen dence Of Dantzic •would be intomparahly Incite importaut, as being placed at the month of the Vistula, the grand o utlet fur all our. commoditirs-. Public opinion in Polalul is hostile to :Prussia, jilt only power: or , Whial t re Pules. feel a real. ,antipathy, • " . E..ISSEL J JAN% 12.---.Aftd. the 'cNalpPle of other' ,German Princes, our Elector. has . .ptifilished Ordinance convoking the,4tiates-General for the Ist of March next, and making other regulitubits, of which the following iv the substance " As every law calculated for lasting heitefit.must be , a4pt:' ed to the times and manners, :eud as an equal distrihution'Of iirlp=st . 5, is an eSfenti:' . 3 prineinle of-gpod administtatints, 110,0. - w Ordei in the State Ora iii ftiture be exempt frog.. faXation. the ito . posts which the_ despotism of the hisi ser,n years inttoduerd, in. Opposition to our laws, are• ahn --Though it. is easy to f,rsee that the decisions of the Vienna Congress will exercise a mighty influence on the mu tual rekations of the States of Germany, it yet appeais to us a. matter of urgency . no longer to postpone the convocation - of the States-General. We therefore appoint a meeting of these States for the tat of March 1 - and its the yeasous'-w:hich ex eluded. the p e asmats,and' vassals from . these lisserhlies uo lousier exist, the itt.coyseqt!Oil - 0 grant to. that class' the• right of electing - and sending Deputies tothc approaching (Slimed) ".WILLIAM." Is yet Ileehled as mate title our tie ' C - ..tor will assume in consequence if the neW or ganuatlon of Germany. We arc certainly, informed that the,PrttWan - people will owe to the munific'enee tricir King a monarchTeld epustitiltion as free as that of any . . ottiet.:giinntry...:Prus6a is one of . tho - i:e countries ..has .. rnade the greatest pro and -,.Aith.eomelinently Etas most ne9l of 'heir* goyer . tred:•on,. , aterptinciides .lilted liberty . . - • ••••'' • o.'• '• 11,tsovER he Hanoverian Diet will soon adicurn for some, dine, tifier , appointblg a Committee of nine Ale-mbers;lWho - will'ivefrare a • report on various invortant objects, whjelf -will tif . !erwarck occupytileattention of the Diet. - BERLIN, 3AN.l2. = Ouir financial situation is graatly improved. Two_ years, ago .asigniiients on the revenue to the amount Of 4,500,001) rix dollars were issue 4 ; and only ablaut' 1,18.1,725 are now' iu circulation, which-, the Prussian Go .vernuient will forthwith call. in. TILE LIVERPOOL MEETING. The following is from the Liverpool Courier, and inasilie considered as an authenticlleport of 3.11kr. GLAIsTON E'S !S.peach at the above-Meeting :--- "- Mr. Mayor and -Gentlemen,—The patience 'with which you have heiird the Rev. Gentleman make his defence, on a charge-he -has adopted and - thought proper to -briog lit7.fore yl4-, induces me 'to look for the..sanie indulgence, whilst, in conse quence thereof, talso intrude myself. s , Mr-. Shep herd•informed me by note last 'evening, -that he was answerable . foi• the , Ationyinous'. information containetliitthe statement mad e by the . ralitor of the Morning Chronicle, on the- 7th inst. and of which IZontplained in my letter *of the 9th, as false amlniaTigiiant, and that he meant -to make his defence - 'here to day_4l-ere Mr. Shepherd inter . , rived Mr. G. antriaid,. oat when he. wrote the note- t.r hitt) he-liadhot seen the paragraph in ques . gni . , and firthatliarirgraph there was lint a line or t Words of it 'it must; therefore, either have Wen done by - the Editor or Some other person.]— Mr. G. continued_: - then, Gentlemen, -this para. giaph .eithei: . is Mr..Shepberd!sor it is not. The Editor of the. Morning Chronicle has stated, that he had received the, communication I complained of from a Niiell . -knoin - character ; and Mr. Shep herd dins informed us that his friendgave his name with his retter to the Editor : they - will, I doubt not, settle their respective shares in the compo sition, and 'perhaps Mr. Perry, in self-defence, may be induced to give the original communica tion and its, author to the public. Be this as it. way,` the paragraph which I am about to take the liberty of reading to you was the sole object of my attention : -it was that statement which I did, and, now again charge. with falsehood- and malig oite, of which the following is a copy : [Here Mr. G. read the paragraph . which origi nated in the-Morning Chronicle.]-- - ---(See Tna SUN - of Saturday.) . " Now Mr. Shepherd has not even attempted to spew that .1 bad received such a letter. from Lord LiverpOol as this statement describes.; if I understand him right,he says that be has beeithi formed and believes I did receive a letter, in which something was ,said about the Property Tax by. his Lordship, nor does -,be bring this informer, or any other evidence, forward to assist him : there fore, I contend, no justification is offered for the conduct of the - gditor of the Morning Upronicle. The Public or ,the Editors of Papers certainly can have no right to call for private letters addressed - to any 'individuals, in order to satisfy their idle curiosity, I Might; therefore, safely leave his anonymouS misrepresentatithis here! and 'pfocred, without intruding further upon your pa tien,ce, to the conkideration of the object for which We are called` together; butf,aS so'nnich has been said and written on the subject, Brave not tlieleast "br.unwillingness to state, in-this Hall, the'fa.ers as,tbey.ctecitrred.=-On the 28th Decem ber, being the day on the morning of which the public account was reCeiked 7 bere that a treaty of peace had been signed.witli . 40 - ierle.l at Ghent, received'a note or communication &dm my L'oril Liverpool, dated the- 26th December. I beg to be understood, that I considered this note in ef fect, to all intents and purposes, . substantially the same as a -letter, • when I ailthessedi mine to the Editor of the Morning. Chronicle, ..tbey-- Only differed in form. No man who knows me can suppose for a moment that I would descend to so unworthy and miser able'. a quibble r but the co mmun i ca ti on b e in g , a 'note, I state it as it -really vas made - two Communications to me on different sub jects :- the first was marked,privote the last, con fidential.—Of this letter I made such use.aS in the exercise of • my discretion I thought proper. I: communicated the contents,- ; in the manlier they were addressed to me ; to several gent l eme n, (amongst these, i n p a r t ieular, were the ifayor. and Deputy Mayor), by p4tting it into their hands for perusal. erred in so-doing (which 1 do ' not mean to admit), I consider myself accountable to my Lord Livorpool; but to no one else. I re'. gret exceedingly that this letter being addressed " - private and,cOnfidential," I do riot consider MY- , self at-liberty 'to-read-it, in this public rooinaS it would- at once show the ;: statement c'iade in .the Morning Chronicle to belalse, -- and what is. false -must. surely be, , -* as I:.,haVe 'said, without • foundation... But altbotw - h. I _Cannot, f or t h ese r, reasont - ,,produte the letter, •I can tenly, and do, i•with-out tear of..cont ra di et i on : . front any one, re , peat; that the contents- were -not what'-were; stated - in the - Morning 'Chronicle ; nor did his Lordship desire to have information‘ or nut any niiPctinnQ ttA me.—Confident ais I am in- the correctness of what 1 'hive said, I might decline further explanation or reference to this letter; 'but I do not wish to lea:yeit upon- this alternative, I, therefore, Make a proposal to Mr: Shepherd, whieh, -after ;acknowledging ,himself to be mixed up in the authorship of the anonymous paragraph, I trust he Will not rejZ.R.t. I propose then, to name two Gen tlemen, and he mayname two others ; they, if ne •ces.sary, 'calling in a sth : to these Gentlemen I will. confidentially deliver the letter I received; and I en gage to.anSWer any questions they may, put to me. Let Mr. Sheplierdagree to do the same, andl am ready to submit and abide by the opinion the ma-. jarity may form, and, publicly declare whether I Vas or was not correct, and fully justified itythe language and' matter of the letter - I addressed to the •Etliti)r - of the Morning Chronicle. For this purpose.l will.narbe two Gentlemen now present, for.whorn4 entertain great personal respect, but whose political opinions generally assimilate much more with Mr. Shepherd's thasr,..with Mine, and I hope they will do me the honour to tonder take mean Mr. Birch, and Mr. Thomas Earle. To the lasl confidentially communi cated • the' contenta 'of" the note the day I re.: it), and the snbstance of it verbally to the first 'in . a day or two .after, in consequence iri• their • applying to - Me: for this informa tion.—[Here Mr.Shepberd declined the proposal. He said, thatshe would , not put himself in any men's 'lands to be judged, however -much he Might respect ahem ; that he had appealed to the public, and by the public lie would be judged.] — Mr. Gladstone then proceeded, and said, then I have done with this part of the subject. • I have pit it fairlyin Mr. Shepherd's power to establish, if he can, the correctness of his communications, .btit which he has rejected. Those who hear me must judge of the proposal, and draw their own conclusions. I will now, Gentlemen, proceed to notice that part of the - paragraph. which ap _plias to myself only. lam described and held tip as the devoted and expectant friend of the 'Treasury ; a's one of their known Agents, prac tising insidious artifices :—the charge, I repeat, is false, and the motives of the writer malig nant; I put it to Mr. Shepherd, whether or not the' expressions are his.— [Here Mr. Shepherd denied that they were, and expressed great perSonal respect for 'Mr. Gladstone.] -- Mr. G. continued. thank Mr. S. for the manner in - which he has done me the honour to deny them ; and I appeal to any and every Gentleman who hears me, whether he can state a single instance of expectancy or devotion on my part ; it he has ever had the slightest cause to suppose me an agent of the' Government, much less a known one, practising insidiotis artifices—l challenge any man to speak—and again I declare the charge to be false and malignant. I am as indepen de-nt of the Government or Treasury as. any man can be ; I have no connection, of any de scription, with either ; and, as a test, 1 refer to my conduct on public occasions. 1 have always given my humble support to their measures when 1 thought them right, and I. have offered My oppo sition, however feeble, when I thought them not calculated to 'promote the interests of the country. In this Hall last summer I joined in successfully opposing the measure of increasing the average prices which gOvern the import of foreign corn, although warmly supported by the Government, because I thought the time improper for making such an experiment s and to-day I mean, with your permission, to offer my reasons why I approve of the continuance .of•the Property Tax for another Year. My Lord Liverpool has been blamed for addressing his letter to me, or rather for not addressing ! it •to General .Gascoyus, or the I Mayor. think it wonq be great presumption in me, Gentlemen, to pronounce upon hiS Lordship's conduct, though I felt the honour be did me ; .but I have, no hesitation in stating, that the communication was unexpected on my part. laavearot had the honour to addresS the Noble Earl at least twelve months preceding ; but I have that of being personally knoWn to him ; in consequence of the confidence reposed by this town in deputing ma to London, to take charge of its - 'claims to h - participatiOn in the trade with India, and for - other public purposes, _I was • introduced 'and had several interviews With his - Lonkhip, when I was honoured with such attention as was gratifying to me. Perhaps - The Mayor. is-notpersonallyknoWn to his Lord fl'[The Mayor said he was not]—thiS, then, is probably ':the reason why a letter marked " private and, ednfidential" was, 'in preference, addressed to me, without any disrespect being in tended to our Chief Magistrate. When Mr, Gladstone had concluded, Mr. SHEPHaRD replied in _the- following terms :—lt is with great regret that I say I cannot accede to Mr. Gladstone's proposal. For to what does it tend"? Why, to mix me with the. composition of a London Editor, in which 1 have already stated I have had no participation. This is an,atteMpt to call me into question for matters in which I have had no concern. Nor can:l comprehend ahe.nature - of these public private, or' private pub lic letters, which are shown to a dozen of, persons, and now are proposed to be shewn in 'secrecy to two or three more.; .hltAla4stone has pOisessiou of letters. "Let - him produce them in public,' and I will meet.him on any question - in which-thy actual conduct is involved."' . (To be concluded as early as possible.) TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE'SUI). SIR,-4 do not recollect to have read any case more interesting to the feelings of humanity than that of Mr. BiGo,and his. distressed - . family, who saffeted by the late dreadftil fire in St. Paul's Church-yard, not only as it regards the loss of all thch: property and two - of their children, but as it relates to the affectionate and heroic conduct of Mrs. Bt9o, who, , afthe.imininent risk id her own life, .succeeded in rescuing two of the -other chil dren from inevitable destruction. The prompti-, tulle with which some of the neighbouring Gen tlemen have 'stepped forward to their relief is highly praise, -worthy, and I trust that their exer tions will ite seconded by a benevolent Public. Your, &c. - - - _ MAILS. AnnivEn—l Lisbon, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterford. DuE---1 Lis bon, 1 Malta, t Holland, 3 Hamburgli, 1 Holland, I Dub lin, 2 Waterford. • PRICE Of THIS DAY AT TM Bank Stock, 3 per Vent. ltcd. 6503 3 per Cent. Cons. 654 , 4 4 per Cent. Cons. 8.:214i per Cent.NavyAnn. 9411 STOCKS ELVE O'CLOCK. Bank L. Ann. 161 7-16ths. India Bonds, 19s. 17s. pr. Excheq. Bills, 3s. ss. pr. Omniusn, 14 dis, Cons. for February, qsii HIGH WATER AT LONDON BlillfiGE TO- IbRItOW. Morning, 27 minutes after 4. Evening; 52 minutes alter 4. THE SUN . SULEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1815. There was a report this morning that a Mes-. senger had arrived from Vienna with dispatches for Government ; but on enquiry we found that Lieutenant-Colonel CARMICHAEL SMITH had-ar— rived from Brussels at Lord BATHURST'S Office, but we do not hear that he brought any thing interesting. The Duke of WELLINGTON had an audience of the King of - FRANCE on Monday, and took leave of his Majesty preparatory to setting out for Vienna. His Grace's functions are to be discharged, during his temporary absence, by Lord FiTzuoY SOMER.- SE'*, who was, we believe, Secretary of Legation. The following Extracts from a Morning Paper; relative to the American Squadron, are posted at. LLOYD'S, and under it is a Notice from the Admi ralty, stating that " their Lordship's know no " thing of any such Squadron, and that they only know of the 'Comtitution and .Congress American • frigates being at sea" :—, " We have already stated, that an American stria- , drop of three frigates was at sea, and that an ade qUate, force, under that gallant and enterprising Officer, Sir GEORGE COLLIER, wasin search of the enemy. The Admiralty, wishing to avail them" selves of the only opportunity which probably re-. mains, to strike an important blow against the American flag, have ordered the Chatham, of 74 guns from Portsmouth, and the Bombay, of 7 4, from the Downs, to proceed immediately in search, of the American squadron. Another squadron' consisting of the Liverpool, of 40 guns, &c. is or' tiered from Plymouth on the same errand. " The American frigates known to be at sea arc destined, as there is strong reason for believing, t ° the English Channel. Tlicy sailed from differ oc ports in America,' with instructions to meet iD certain latitude, and prosecute together their ul" terior destination. It is supposed that theyreck" oned on doing much mischief to British commerce , before any adequate force could be got ready Io meet them." The East India Company's ships, Lowther Cas' tie, Bridgewater, General Harris, anti Atlas, O f Madras, Prince of Wales's Island, and China; tl O the General Kyd and Herefordshire, for St. fle d lena, Prince of Wales's Island and China, it is e%' pected will receive their final dispatches about end of next week. Letters will be in time fot the India Ilonse (after being stamped at the Past Office) till to-morrow evening. French Papers to the 25th arrrivetl this morn' ing, and contain the following inte:ligence, being of one day's later date from Vienna than we 1 01 before received. Weknow not what dependance ig to be placed on the new plan said to be agreed to respecting Poland. Should the French authorit/ be correct, it will be seen, that the Kingdom r e ' erected under the influence of Russia would lie 01 7 tailed' (probably in favour of Prussia) towards tl' north and north-west. We must wait, ho wa g( ' for better information : " JAN. 23.—The Duke of Wellingt° 11/ the English Ambassador, took leave' of the hta to-clay in a private audience, which continued long time. The Duke of Wellington is going 4 . 1 the Congress, and -Lord Fitzroy S o me rs et is (0 i; supply his place in his abscn ce , i n the' character ° Miniiter Plenipotentiary.—Moniteur.) ".WARAII7, JAN. ,I.—The third-column 9- tl CossackS of the Den, composed of fifteen r e P merits, was received with great pothp in their - pita! of Novi-Tcherkasky. , to t " VIENNA, JAN. 12.—Saxony and Pohtrol form the principal object of the negociation s i o The fate of Poland whi c h cause d so man y di , culties is, thanks to th e e ff or t s o f t h e Conittli t _ t e e j nearly decided. Russia, which seemed '&l 3°s f to extend her power to Perlin and hVi e " „o has consented to reduce her, limits to 14 7 ° 1.5.3' ., • • 5 1 `' Poland is toform, under,theprotection of W s j, a state of the middl e s i ze , w hi c h will com pl'el lve n e on the Bast, the two Banks of the Vistula t° Bug and the Niemen, and on the West the t j of Cracow. Rds s i a h as a l rea dy - c ons° JO