The Sun. — London, England, 1815-12-28 00:00:00

'~= TO Tilt ALLIED 'MONARCHS. OF THE TRUE INTERESTS OF SWEDEN. AND THF. NECES‘zITY THAT SHE SHOULD RETURN TO HER LZGITIMATE SOVEREIGNS BY M. LE .CHEVALIER. D** DE ST" A** .j Enrope need; a general peace ; she is weary of nevolutions—long enough has she been drawn ti!At stormV - carert lomz enough has the i)rogress of civiliiation beep+ :,topped ; whilst in ria! , ee Forei;n Barbarian paralyzed c . oinmcrce, indumry,destroyedthepopniation,ele gr:nled the ch;trkrter and the Ammer of a geneion3 mviol), and employed in the destruction of man the capital and the harveAts, which would the means of prosperity. Sn'eacii 'rave the most dreadful example of ingratitude, to it King, whOse whok care had been tl gOvern iTr as a father. ha! men, certain of itn pitnty, l a id a criminal hand on him who hail not ceased to load them with benefits; a prison be .roMe the asylnin of the ilinstrioas son of the great Ciistavns. Enr( T e has been deceived as to the c a use and efr,..cts of the Readation Of 1809, ih Sweden ; the..,secrrt movers were interested to keep it in the sllade. Uet ns tear the veil which has hidden 'it frtnr. all eves, Gtvoavos Adolphus owes his misfortunes solely to the relieions observance which he had- pre scribed to himselt", of the principles which had k!etermined the Treaty of Piluitz. Ile had per :trivet! that the cause of. the Bottelton;; was the vaose of all,Sovereigns, nod not being able alone to delend'it, he had at least refused to introduce in his States the Contioerwil System, which had for ()bier!' to consolidate the power of the Ustr . ner. So noble a character was dangerous to hint who Tom sworn the destruction of all thrones, and the ren ovation of all dynasties. lie had recourse to vorrnotion, and soon a spark of the revolutionary fire 1 gilled up a horrible Conflagration through all Sweden. Admiral Cranstedt—the ungrateful Cranstedt quitting the line of his .deity, forget ting what he owed to the M emo ry of Ins hene factor, Gustavus 111. put into the hands of the ]tu(sian Generals the fine and imposing fortress of -Syeabourg, the rampart of the kingdom (1). This unexpected event produced a great sensa all_Siveden ; minds were disturbed ; the ill-disposed inspired a certain distrust into the most generous souls ; and in spite of the wise dispositions of the King—in spite of the con stao cy and coorage_with which he struggled against the un ited cfforts of Russia and Denmark, all his o'perations were calttmoiated. After enure months of a difEcult government, Custlivus Adolphus saw the sacred oaths which , .united his army of Norway, broken. Alta. l : , oly the regiments of his guards, forgetting - what they owed to their rennWn, had lied hOlfor the ehelltiCS of their King. Licuteratit-Colonel Adlesparre, - .fast raised the standard of revolt ; at the head of :A:3;9 men he marched to the capital----a handful of malcotoents. the scum of the people raised cries o f joy at t his news, and swore to overthrow the Throne. The 13th of March, 1809, at the mo. whet, the Icing, who had reached St o ck_ ,bolm .the evening before, was about to recal the brave soldiers. whom crime had misled, to their ditty—he saw in his apartments his own staff lay r aki,:al hands Ott hiS" august person : it was in yain he drew his s'vord to punish treason ; he was disarmed by numbers. 1 o thlfi extremity., the intrepid son of Gustavus 111. hireaking from •the hands of his assassins. , seized the Sword of Ge neral Stormfeldt„who had entered with the crowd, but it was• Soon snatched from his hands. Sbon !e-anintated,by a sopernatural force, the King ;again .seizul the weapon which hail been ilk= ted with him, and Went out of one of the !toms of the apartment which had not been pbseryed by the factiops. Ile would have succeeded, and virtue • would have trittninhed over critne,_ fO _the_ti niappy Gustavus plells had not und two conspirators in his way. The first did not dare:tolitt his hand against his miocr„ but the second. who was large and robust, after having warded with his lett hand, the thrust 'which ‘vcittld hare rakers his life, seized his King, and held hint fist grasped, till the moment when the -other conspirators appeared : thus was the' braves'; the - mOst reli•sfions„ and the most generous of.Mottarchs made captive. ','tic Field Marshal Klingsporr, General Alder creatz,l and the Aide-de4:amp General Silives parre, (') who had condticted this infernal plot. and u ha,dsheavn themselves the boldest in its execntion;ntade' haste, in the middle of the night, 10;telno - ve fheir unhappy Monarch from his royal e,istlc, to bury him alive in the fortress of Glips -11.61m. ~, • :i.lltEuroAltnows that the ReVolutionary States tonvokttllotruse out the noble heir of the Vassas and alt . his posierity from the tltronc-of Sweden, thatiie crown Was offered to the Duke-of Soder- - um:La ; that the Prince of - Augnstenburg 'was eleCiVd Hereditary Prince ; and after the natural, or violent death of that Prince, Marshallierna- Ovite was called - to the honour of one day govern ;lug the Sweetish people. .• Tiotsilte• first , cause of the reverses Which Gus tavus Ado'rplots experienced, had its beginning in the hatred , which litionparte bad. vowed against w„-athe hatred of llttonaparte again finds its the , honourable sentiments of • respect (.3tlstavMi Adolphus bare to the House of Bonrboa. _ But if ti!e(good people .of Sweden were not to ail., in tirii,ereatdisaster, if they haxe depiorEd M the 44 . their Kiog— • if they. evtry day offer inch. virws. that. ire may. be restored to their loVe, •Niiiat Must we think of • those conspicuous exam ples of lograti:lLdV; who have propagated the Itevo :luti.marY• flaMe; who -IJtave• only acquired rights to '•the conadence of their master the tnor4 safely to (I i Sveahourg contair.t. , l t) )t only the provi3ions necessary to •n I •itself six.tunnths ionizer, with garrison of 6000 /n en ; hot it prolecteil in „vs walls, and among its ricks, the light st l iaittoo,oi -- Finnish flat,iiia of sixty sail. This squa , Aron Wits araied mid-equipped in a insist c,mplete manner-The instruct ions whic't King. Gustavo. , haul giyen to the coutinatad iant t:ranstedt, contained • his precise wash.. that the fortress should lie ilefended to the. last extieanty, and the flotilla 'burnt, ritthr than he „suffered. to fall' into the hands of the enemy; but the wisest precautions are useless with traitors. et) It was he wbo disarmed hie King. betray M , ail What ranfit We think of that factious 1 minority which, in the - Assembly of the Stotts,: I pushed its audacity so tar as to proscribe Fitt, whom so many virtues rendered estitnable, to dis claim as legitimate heir to the throne, a young Prince born amongst them, and whom so noisy . lo ;giant dualities had already distinenished We roust sea- the onpunishedassassim of Gustavus 111. are not, perhaps, absolutely strangers to the fall of Gustavus IV. and the accusation of their con science alone produced in them the desire to expel from the palace of Stockholm the silent witness of their crime, the latit a er of their'comitry. •Ssi edes arise t_ 'tally complain of your jost af flictiou while it is-Yet tune ; tear the act of abdi cation which grief wrung front the hands Of your Bing, pronoonce the oath of a new alliance, 'mid heroine again what you Nrer e under a Government essentially just and paternal.' 'You do not, nor will ever know all the outrages which viSue Kint antlered in the Castles of Droo _ nisigkolin and f.;sipsholot ; there is a hind of tor sore for feclieg minds iahove all human still, ring : Sil!Vesoasag: and his dreadfUl iig:nts knew all its theory ; and he who reigned. over you twenty wears for yosir liappintes, drank large di aughts in the cup of :giiet. The germ of Revolutions is ' amongst you ; a fortunate soldier reposes on the traces of-the throne—once a declared enemy of all 'Sovereigns, he now aspires - to reign ; resnember that be cannot establish his rile amongst you but in the midst of blood and carnage; however mode rate Ire turfy be, the pride of your Barons can ot ver forget the Obscurity of his birth ; the Sove rt igns of, Europe, will never bestow ma, him that degree oleonsideratiou which belongs by so mail titles to your legitimate Kings. Europe will ne ver lose the recollection that he wits the apostle of dethocratical principles : Christianity will not be lieve his oaths who made-his faith bend before the hope of possessing a throne. It is iii vain. that he has made himself itlastrious by his sword ; it is in vain' that he trittinphed iii your ranks ; it is in vainothat be has aggrandised your territory by treaties ; the greater he is, the more magnanimous he should spew him , elt ; let him be the first Captain of the armies of his legi timate Sovereign ; let hint become the friend, the most zealous defender of Gustavus Adolphus, these will be rewards worthy of his anibition.—. But if resting his rights nit the.r-ebellion .of the minority of the States, he consent to remain among yon the brand of civil discord ; if he aspire to seize the sceptre of the Vasa ; if he af flict his King eveo in his dearest affections ; if he pursue hint in every place, Of refuge ;' if he seize the goods which have falleu to him by the death of his august mother ; if be pay foreign journal ists to pour on all Isis actions, the poison of cm hnny ; if he stifle the emulation of the y oung Prince Gostarns,' at the nit:anent he springs for ward into public life, at the amine:lt when he is about to prove that he is the descendant of heroes, _his conduct is atrocious, the imulous work of per fidious counsellors. Swedes, listen to the voice of honour ; become again in the eyes of all nations, what you were at tl:e end of the last century. ; imitate the example of France. Ali ! we, aiso had seen the throne of the lilies °vet sureed ; we saw a sacrilegious hand Ltill on our !tines. We saw a Foreign Barbarian establish over our sons a dreadful domitration ; he had also; this Foreigner, done great things. He had decttplcd our territory ; he hadspread throueh all the earth tie glory of the French name,— Happy, if instead of aspiring to the first rank, he had shewn himself a faithful subject ;-.he would not no w be wandering over the face of the waves to seek an asylum, which might take him from the just. fury of the people whom be haS ravaged, and the, Sovereigns whom be has debased. He has fallen—this proud ruler has fallen in an eternal fall ; and the son of St. Louis at last conies to dry our tears, and heal the wounds of , our hearts. - Alay tl►is, metn►►rable event open the eyes of Marshal liernailotte !. May it, stifling every sen tin►cnt of ambition, prepare' himself tl►e restoration of the throne to his King! At this price, he will he great i►a all ages•---Tl+e justest rewards await him ; the most honourable titles will ennoble hi: house, and be perpetuated in his posterity. • But if,'on the contrary, a fatal blindness fix his steps between the capital and ; c:sr Tarpian let•hin► tre►ntble ! ,The moment rrnprolaes whutr the cause of Gustavus Adolphus is to iriu►►►p_h, .as that of the Bourbons in Sicily. In effect, can the Allied Monarchs, rdter havirg • adopted the principle of" the legitimity of SOve reigns, in the order of ?lit:cession to the throne, leave Marshal Bernadotte in Sweden After having united their efforts by the most .holy of crusades, to stifle the hydra of Revolutions, will they suffer a new Revolution to 'germinate in a comer of butope ? This cannot be expected. — The World is in want of a long peace, a gel ! eral peace- 7 -a term must , he set tip the ambition of in dividuals, their mad hopes roust he annihilated. Let tic leave to Asia the sudden spectacle of those military expeditions, which make the sworll tlie.only title to; the Throne. Holland, Spain, Westpl;alia, Sicily,. Italy, and France have seen Aetz; men reigning over them ; all these States are now replaced' under the tutelary sceptre of their Kings. Sweden . alone offers the spectacle of a motley..poliey.; it alone is in open opposition with tile European system, to say nothing more of it.. it meditate . on its position, it will soon perceive that there is an absolute necessity of re turning to its legitimate Sovereigns ; no irresolu tion, and above all, let it not wait till the Allied Princes command the Marshal Bert4dotte to retire into the class* citizens. Imasion and Civil war may. be the consequence of the desperation ,of the guilty faction ; it is thus that it would he true to inaintain that convulsions are always fatal and disastrous to nations, and that the late eter-s nal laws of order are not violated with impunity.' . 'Thursday last was shot, at Cliire, in the Linn dred of 800, by Mr. W. Sr.AssAave, ate eagle, weighing 'about 14 Ihs. resembling that species. of bird so common in the North of Seotl ind. lt is of a brown - amber colour—the wings tinged with yellow—beak Mack• and yellntV, and l arg e bl ac k eyes-;—measures between the extremity a the wings 7 feet 6 inches. r. VI AND ItOADS. rtE6ULATIONS 'NECESSARY FOR THE razstiutrA- TioN ot , THE PAVEMENT. There are few who will not anticipate that the principle on which the stability of paving depends, is that of an arch, although this is tint so evident in large open spaces as in the streets ; but the fre quent pressure or--heavy carriages does nut apply to the former case, nor is there any complaint against the state of the paventent in such places.-- It might be- tedious to demonstrate in what man net the .principle; of the melt applies to street pavement, Atilt it is not necessary, because every person knows, that a sin le stone placed on its end in sand or loose earth, may be driven down without much labour, but When forming p.t of a good pavement, cannot be so driyen down. The *tability of pavement, therefore, depends upon the coherence and mutual pressure of iti t irarts ; and when its contionity bas once'heen Violated; no thiog short of the greatest care, that is, of inte rested care, can be expec.ted to consolidate the new work woli the old. But what uto -we see ? Those who by law, or .by sufferance„exereise a right of, bi.eat.ilig up the pavement for their own-purposes, have no reason to extend their care farther,and the removed stones arc usually tossed in without ceremony, to the im minent danger of all carriages which move On springs, until the paviour at a [wore time is sent to place them in a better torm ; .but it rain inter venes,a hole is formed full of mire, which scarce ly adhlits of solid repair. Nor in any case does the law of chances afford a 'reasonable hope of replacing the pavement with s original sta bi;ity, to-Which it is indispeusable, either that the same stones be laid dowi, in their original or d er an d p os itioo, or that a choice of new stones Should be at- Itioul, to inSul'e the arch like wedging, which alone is etiteacions ; and even thus, a level with the rest oldie pavement cannot be insured at one attempt. The first of these precau tions is impracticable, except in very small spots, the second is seldom or never raciised, because expensive ! whence it follows, not only that the pavement is constantly uneven, or broken in, but that the renewal of the Whole becomes necessary in a space of time to which custom has somewhat reconciled the inhabitants of the Metropolis, but which, elsewhere, is without example. The result of all this seems to be, that allowing the convenience of the subterranean works,which produce such frequent deformity of the surface, they do not fairly repay or etimpensate the pave ment for the detriment they occasion, inasmuch as the renewal and replacement of the stones creates not only present injury, butt progressive ruin. The only effectual remedy trust: be by a legisla tive provision, fair between ti.A: patties, and there fore beneficial to the public. • Suppose, for in stance, an enactment, that all Commissioners or Trustees for Paving .he empowered to contract with their paviOur for the good condition of his work for five or seven years after the pavement is first laid down ; and to enable him to undertake this. with safety to himself, .a further enactment would be necessary, to provide that no person ex cept himself shall break up or relay the pavement on any pretence whatever; that when, for the purposes of sewage, water-pipes, or gas-lights, the pavement MUSt be violated, t i 9 tietishall be given to the paviour to that effect, 'and he shall break it up as,far as required ; that similar notice shall be given when the subterranean work is coin pletetl, le,t unnecessary delay of replacement in tervene ; in other words, that time paviour shall be made responsible for the immediate renewal of the pavement for the - accommodation of the public. . As 'to the accuracy and solidity of his work under .t he above conditions, there can be no doubt, he being interested by .the nature of 'his contract to have a view to permanence in his ope rations. Regulations must he added, as to the charge which he shall be authorised to make cgainst those who are thus bound to employ him ; in jus tice it should be considerable enough to rehu burn hint for the hest of workmanship, and some thing more, as time renewal of the entire pavement must; in spi:e. of al his care, be accelerated by every breach, of its continuity. In reality, an al lowance for. thrice paving may not perhaps, on due investigation, appear to be too mush ; 1:alf the allowance to go to the contractor, half to those who must in process of time renew the pave ment. in truth, those who break up the pavement are indirectly ansWerable for the whole of its defects, whether. caused immediately by themselvesor otherwise ; ior if an additional tier of pavement Could be laid on that which now have, it would go near to outlast the life of man, or the duration of loftier buildings : for tmozonry might then be applied to it. Bit the subterranean ac cess so often required, operates as a complete bar to such a Solid, Roman-like pavement. Au Act which should' contain the regulations above specified, could scarcely appear phjection able to any Pavement Commissioners, or Parish Committeest . as . merely conferring on them polyer, without requiring any duty at their Bands ; and the Sewage Commissioners have no real cause .to make objection to such increase of their even diture, sehith would gn to lower the pavement rate levied on the same individnals; who, in fine, would be gainers in povkct as well as in pave ment, by thus 'enabling the Pavement Couriis - - sioners to pave more elhetually. The Pipe-water Companies, who have the usual motives for frugality in the administration of their own affairs, would he watchful that the le galised scale of remuneration to the-paviour should not be exorbitant ; anti their claims,ought to be fully discussed and settled on equitable grounds ; after which they -would, no doubt, concur tOge titer in raising their seater-rents;anttnat with no more real exp-.lsse or-detriment to the public than its the.case of the sewers. _ _ _ . As to , the Gas-light Companies, their interfer ence With the pavement stands on very recent usage, and if the p r ,;),) oscd law gives them a_qua lified right to break. up ..the povement for their purposes, they would gladly be put under t h e same condiaous as the %Voter-pipe Companies. The custoni • of protruding cellars under the streets util;ht be aboliblied.by an injunction to :11, district sprVC:,tots, unless they r9uld spew cause for a continuance of that usurpation. Some surprise may possibly have been excited in the mind of the reader at such parts of the pro posed law as empower the pavement Commis• sinners to make coniracts which they are already at liberty to make ; but some of them are under circumstances that require them to be so em powered by a general law ; and others of them might he moved to a new practice in consequence of the suggestion. The constitution of the authority by which the streets are paved, shall be the subject of my next Letter. X. Y. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL. C,ItiLD-STEALTNG.-iinn Velveren was brought up on a charge of child-steatiug, under the fol-i lowing curious circumstances :—On - Skturda evening, May was sent for to the house of Mrs. Endimore, in Amicable-place, Kent-street, and was informed Mrs. Endimore's infant, about three Weeks old, had been stolen, and an attempt made to Mutder the- nu rse; who, on being questioned, said she was sitting in tine parlour nursing the in lant,when the door was opened, and a man dressed as a sailor rushed in, and seizing her by the throat, cut it in three places ; she fell down in sensible, and on her recovery the child was gone. ills. Endimore stated, that she was alarmed by the noise the nurse made in falling, and went down stairs to see what was the matter, whets the found her lying on the floor, and insensible, and missed her infant. These circumstances ap peared altogether's° improbable, that the officer's .suspicions were excited, and he proceeded to exa mii►e the Wound in the woman's throat more closely,when it appeared to be not ping more thane scratch with a pill or needle. This opinion was confirmed by finding a large needle sticking its her dress, which had still some..blood remaining upon it. Mrs. Nurse had also the appearance of being far advanced in a state of pregnancy ; but from what the Officer had already seen, his.sus picians led him to suspect the truth of this fact. 1-le therefore desired some ferm►ales who were pre sent to examine her, when it was soon discreferea that the protuberance .ryas occasioned by a false stomach, formed Jaya pasteboard case well stuffed, with flannel; these circumstances induced the Officer to take her into custody ; she had not been long in his custody, when a respectable wo man, who lives in the neighbourhood, and who hats a 'slight knowledge of tine prisoner, called om May and produced the lust infant, which she said had been left with her by the prisoner about twos hours before, who said she would call for it agana in a short time. The infant was of course home restored to its parent.—The prisoner has undergone two examinations, and still persists its Iner first story ; she - was therefore again remanded for another examination. QUEEN -SQUARE. Si,►ce the examination of- Roberts, on Saturday; he has written a letter to Mr. COLQULIOV'N, the. Magistrate, expressing I.is indignation at the con+ duct of some of the ►vitnesses who gave evidence against him, but declaring his thanks to Mr.'C.: l'or the impartiality with which he superintended the several examinations. The vigilante - used with respect to this very--in.; tricate case has been very great , and it has been ascertained, that notwithstanding the ability with which Roberts and his colleagues have acted fot . the purpose of concealing their union and their plans, no less than seven belong to the gang, each' of whom supports w•clilferrot character, which bd can change upon any emergency. .Upots this sys tem they have acquired vast sums. Roberts most probably was %tot the man who took the parcel. front Mrs. Flower-, but no doubts are entertained as to his having been a particeps crintinis. Mr. COLQUJIOVN . yesterday ordered that his examiva tint) (whiCh is expected to be the final one) should take place this day. A meeting was bilid at 114 on Monday, th e 18.11 inst. for the purpose of taking into.consider . atiou the state of the Protestants in the South of France, when a number of resolutions were en— teted into in furtherance of the declared objects of the reci.mt meetings of •, Dissenting - illini+tera int London. COAL XIARKET, DECEMBER 27. Ship -at Maritet . Ships sotd. Price. 681 Newcastk 20 Sunderland... 1 11 1 Stone Coal 1 Burnis. On Tuesday, the 46th inst. at Uffington-Hause, Stanift , rd, the Countess of Lindsey, of anon. - On the 24th insc. at Ilesusted, in the County of Kent, Mrs• Hodges, of a son. In Ilrunswiek-square, on the 9.6 th instant, the Lady of Joh* lanes, Eq. of Ibston House, of a snn. tfn the Tith inst. the Lady of Shafto Adair, Es . of Dar.... sharu-Hause, Suffolk, of a sot►. MARRIED. .On the 24th inst. at St: Andrew's, Holborn, Mr. J",',,.. eg Rauncay, of Liquorpond-streel, l'anbrolivr," o Eli za beth ,. • eldest daughter of James Brown, Esq. of New North -4 rd-lion-square. t)ti the 23d,. inst. at Lewisham, M. W.' Kennedy , Su M rs . Ann Li nrttle c "' It. N.' to Frances Mary Ann, daughter of Mrs. Lewisham. • On Tucsday last, at Mary-le , bonne Church , R obert Fri..: lokt-es, jun. Esq. of Shotisham, Norfolk, to Louisa, second: daughter of Ralph Sheldon, Esq.•M.P. of Weston, Warwkk— shire. _ DIED. At Sloane Terrace, on Sunday night last, aged 18 years, Mary, 'only daughter of 1.1.: Byham, 'Esq. of the Orduanc, Department, Pall-Mall. The same erening, Mrs. Donaldson, at her house in White..- hail-place. • At Grenada, Najor-General Sir Charles Shipley, Knt. 00 verncr of that island. On the 23d inst. at Watford, Herts, aged 63, Dr. Charles Kilby. 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