The Sun. — London, England, 1814-03-03 00:00:00

THE VIRTUES OF BUONAPARTE!!! BY THE GRACE or Goo (and the ffegociating of the Allies), EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH, TANG OF ITALY, 'PROTECTOR OF THE CONFEDERATION OF THEItHINE, MEDIATOR OF SWITZERLAND* &C. &C. &C. . MR. EDITOR—The epithets you lavish on the Emperor of the French, 'etc. may be excused as the ebulitions of passion ; btit, I am afraid, can not be justified on the score of judgment. You accuse this august personage of every possible crime—you speak of him as a pcinster vitils Nulla Virtute redemptum". a rare animal in nature, Mr. Editor; andio prove , to you that this fictions character is not realized in NAPOLEON the Great, 1 trust you will permit me to put a few - of his redeeming Virtues upon' record in your partial Parr. I request this.for your own sake too ; for when Peace is made you .. „,„,,di r d to alter you, as moat of your Contemporaries have already done, and be scatter those with titles and panegyrics whom you have so lavishly -loaded with vituperation, and so niggardly rewarded with encomium. The old house may fall. upon you. 'lat.! rat ! ere it be too late :—down on your knees, and worship thi's new God whoM these Idolators have fashioned out of the dirt, and set on high to be worshipped. By so doing your fall tivill be gentle and easy, though I cannot say your consistency will be laudable— But aloes to the. Virtues — Virtue I St. GRATITUDE.—The Gratitude of the Emperor needs no eulogy. He married JOSE.. rniNE, the cast-off Mistress of his Benefactor, BARRAS. Shew me the man who has done a more humiliating action to prove his gratitude. Virtue 2d. VtaAclTY.The Emperor is re markable for the fidelity with which he fulfils his promises.---He said he would sack Moscow, and kept his word. He said he would punish the King of PRUSSIA, and be did it to the letter. He said he would make Hamburgh feel his vengeance, and so he has. I need not multiply examples—they are as numerous as notorious. Virtue 3d. FRATERNAL AFFECTION.—He made all his Brother. Kings. 'Virtue 4th. MERCY.--He had MOREAU in pri son, and did not murder him. Virtue sth. GOODNESS OF HEART.—After seve ral bloody wars, in which he humbled the pride facimuLyymag4„ lU P a S, ME : 11 .. e was not only ... .11. V' l• a Throne,. but to console them fur all their suf ferings, he even condescended to marry a Daugh ter of the Monarch. A singular instance of a foregiving disposition, and enhanced in value by his sacrificing his first Wife to make room fur this glorious act of benevolence. Virtue . 6th and 7th. SANCTITY AND LIBERALITY OF PRINCIPLE.—He always professed the Religion of the Country in which he was ; and never per secuted any sect to make them conform to his own opinions. Virtue Bth. FRIENDSHIP.—The King of SPAIN and his people had been long the Friends and Allies of the Emperor. He rewarded the former, by relieving him from all the cares of royalty, and providing him with a delightful retirement.; the latter, by employing his own subjects to ease them from the trouble of defending their country. Virtue 9th. RESPECT FOR AGE AND STATION:-.-. He removed the Pope from the troubles which agitated Rome, and secured him an Asylum at Fontainbleau. That he might not experience any pain in the change, time Emperor humanely brought all his Holiness's property and pictures, &c. to Paris for his inspection. Virtue 10th. JUSTICE.—He tried the Duke D'ENonteN by a special Tribunal ; and was so de sirous of justice beiag strictly adMinistered, that he went imm person . (though an unpleasant duty) to superintend time execution of the sentence. Virtue 11 th. HUMILITY.—He never boasts of his Ancestry—employs no Heralds to blazon their fame. He is content with his own. Virtue 12th. CONJUGAL FIDELITY.—Though the Emperor is surrounded by all the Beauty of France his present \Vife has had a Son. So strong is this virtue in his Imperial Majesty, that, even now, he cannot refrain from visiting and consoling his repudiated Wife, JOSEPHINE—As for all other Women, RUSTAN, the Mameluke, has strict or ders to drive them from the Palace. These, Sir, are only a dozen by way of speci men ; should you want more to convince you, I could go through the whole list of Cardinal Vir tues, alit(' prove to you that the man you malign is Adorn'd with every Virtue under Heaven !" l am, &c. A CANDIDATE FOR THE LEGION OF HONOUR. Last week a Dutch Officer arrived at Perth, under .the authority ut Go lei nment, to recruit among such of the prisoners at the depot as were natives of Holland, Germany, or Flanders. He obtained 128 volunteers. DUTCH PAPERS. AMSTERDAM, Fan. 23.—Tourney, w here were lately the htad-quarters of General Maison, who afterwards retired to Lisle, has been taken pos session of by the Allies. Dwrztc, FEE. 3. —The General command ing,the Allied corps by !which our city was taken, has now officially notified to our Magistrates, " that Dantzick, with its territory, has again returned under the dominion of the King of Prussia." General Massenbach, the Prussian Governor, this day annonnced the same pleasing intelligence to the citizens in a proclamation, which concluded as follows :—" You have , as Prussians lived happily with Prussia ; disjoined from Prussia, you experienced only misfortune as 'russians, and with Prussia, you shall again be happy." The general joy was celebrated by entertain ments and illuminations ; and, what is still bet ter, by voluntary subscriptions for the sick and wounded. VIENNA, Feli 4.—A person unknown has pre sented his Majesty %with a silver service of plate, consisting of 128 pieces, as a patriotic crutribu tion for the wants of the State. Duke Albert, of Saxe Teschen, has : also appropriated from his Si ksian possessions 8000 ells of linen for the mili tary hospitals. According to a- report from Field Marshal Belle garde, dated Head-quarters, Vicenza, Jan. 24, the fort of Cessenatica surrendered on the 6th to Ge neral Nugent, and the greater part of the garrison entered our service in the Italian free corps. Our troops under the Marquis Sommariva had also ob tained a variety of minor successes in the vicinity of the lake of Garda.. Grado, Porto-Buso, Porto- Legnano, and Stoba, were taken. In all of them . .were found some pieces of cannon, and large quan tities of ammunition. On the Sth of January the fortres of Cattaro surrendered to the English Captain Hoste, of the Bacchante, who, with incredible labour, had brought several pieces of cannon to a height which commanded the fortress. The garrison, consisting of 310 men, were permitted to return to Italy, under an engagement not to serve again until ,exchanged. On the following day Captain Hoste delivered up the fortress to a detachment from the corps of Gen. Tomassich, and afterwards sailed for Ragusa. BaussEr.s, FEB-. 9.—His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Weimar has arrived here, and also his Royal Highness the young Prince of Orange. At Ghent, as well as here, the Allied Tro&ps were received by the inhabitants with every de gv—ratit"de. . or tie ..—rener; Delfzyl a treaty is now on the tapir, and we anxiously expect the result. On the 10th, in time forenoon, the corps of Volunteers commanded by Colonel Van Heemstra arrived at Gorcurn, from the vicinity of Koeverden, in order to proceed the next day to Appingedam. GRONINGEN, FEB. 10.—With respect to the Otiard of Honour which the Department of the Weser had been obliged to furnish, the•following account has been receive,t :—lt broke up with the 9th squadron of the 4th regiment, proceedin g from Lyons to Haguenau. Being separated from this squadron at Strazburgh, the Guard arrived at Metz on the 6th December, and on the 12th their horses were taken from them, and they were disarmed and treated as prisoners. From Metz they were subsequently taken in waggons to be conveyed to Grenoble, and since we have no ac count of these unfoitunate exiles. BaunA, FEB. 14.—h appears that the French have again made a soak from Antwerp, on the side of Lier and Hoogstraten. We have accounts of the capture of Maubeuge and Conde. The English head-quarters are at Zundert. We have also some English troops in garrison, and so►ic of the Westphalian Laudwehrs. The following may be considered as a correct enumeration of the Austrian force which has entered France through Switzerland : The Ist light division, under Field Marshal Lieutenant Count Bubna ; the 2d, under Prince Maurice of Lichtenstein ; the Ist army corps, of General Count Colloredo Mannsfeldt ; the 2d, of General Prince Louis of Lichtenstein ; the 3d, of Count Giulay ; the 4th, of the Crown Prince of Wurtemberg.; the sth, of the General of Cavalry, Count Fremont ; and the reserve corps, under the command of Count \Veisseuwolf.; together with one detachment of pioneers, another of pon tooners, and a third of sappers and miners.— These eight divisions are composed of 7 battalions of sharp shooters, 10 battalions of light infantry, 14 battalions of grenadiers, and 34 regiments of infantry. The cavalry consists of 8 regiments of cuirassiers, 5 of light cavalry, 5 of dragoons, one of Hulans, and 9 Hussar regiments. GENEVA. FEB. 1.-The head-quarters of Count Sonnat, which were at 'Phonon, have now been removed to Chamberry, since the French evacuated that country. Orders have been received here to raise regiments in the Departments of Mont • Blanc, and the Leman. A plan has been formed for fortifying this city. FRENCH PAPERS. AITLAN, FrA. 16.-11,e last Estafette arrived from the Army, left the Prince Viceroy's head quarters yesterday evening at Volta. According to the reports which we receive, it appears that the enemy's loss was much more considerable than was at,first supposed.' The head-quarters of Marshal Bellegrade were oa the 13th at Villa- ranea. On the 14th the enemy caused some columns to penetrate into the Val Trompia and Sahhia, in the ope of effecting some favourable diversion. Gen. Bonsanti immediately collected all the detach n►etnts which he had in the different vallies, and left Briscia On the .15th, before day-break, to murck upon Gardonia. He had with him a bat taliop of the 35th light French infantry, a bat talion of the 6tt► Italian regiMent of th.e line, and one hundred and fifty mounted gens d'armes. The first enemy's posts were met eight miles from Briscia, and repulsed beyond Gardona, of which we took possession, notwithstanding the resist ance which the enemy.attempted to oppose to us. At night the troops again approached Briscia. The result of this day has been the placing 2 or 300 of the enemy hors de combat, taking front hint 71) prisoners, including three officers ; among whom are two Majors of the regiment of Lendcnau. We had about 100 wounded and 15 killed, among whom is an officer. General Bonsaute praises the conduct of Colonel Duche, of the 35th light, and of Lieutenant-Colonel Gillut of the 6th of the line. GRENOELE, FEB. 18.---Marshal Angercan has put himself in motion with his army,' which is numerous, and animated with the best spirit. — Different reports inform us, that General llubna already begins to evince some uneaeiness ; he has caused his park of artillery, which seems to take the direction of Geneva, to retrograde. Every thing leads us to believe that in a short time there will not be a single enemy in our neighbouring departments. CHATEAU THIERRY, FEB. '2l. —Since the en trance of his Majesty within onr walls, we have enjoyed perfect tianquility. General Vincent, Commandant of the gardes d'honneur, does every thing in his power to mitigate our sufferings. — lie is employed in distributing arms to us. A thousand prisoners made by us attest our courage. PARIS, PER. 24.—The Government have re ceived official dispatches from Admiral Verheuil, dated the :12th inst. This Admiral, who com mands the Texel fleet, has been able, 'uy pus good dispositions and his courage, to preserve it en tire in the New Deep, and cause the fortifications which defend the Helder and Texel Roads to be respected. To this effect, he shut himself up in Fort Lasalle, with the 63d, and all the French men who were embarked on board the fleet._ Obliged to suspend the great work of the Niewe D.ep, he disbanded 1,600 Spanish prisoners em ployed there, and to whom we must do the jus tice to say, that they left him with expressions of attachment to the Admiral, awl with giving him, of their own accord, their parole not to serve before their return to Spain. It was to be feared that the Dutch seamen of the fleet would not be able to keep clear of the insinuations - that `might reach them. The Admiral gave leave of absence to all who wished it, and he got rid, by these means, of every thing that might afford him uneasiness, in his courageous determination to de -1_11(1 hithself to the last extremity. A small number of picked Dutch Officers, faith ful to the -)ath they had taken to the Emperor, swore to share the fate of the Admiral and the French crew, who, with sonic detachments of ar tillery and troops of the line, form the garrison of Fort Lasalle. The fort was first surrounded by the Cossacks, who could not prevent divers sorties by the gar sison. They have been since replaced by troops of the line, who every day announce attacks that are little feared. The Admiral has been thrice stmmoned to sur render—the end of December by the Prince of Orange ; in January by a Colonel Tetzen, in the service of England ; and on the 9th instant by a Gen. De Jonge, stiling himself Commander of the Dutch troops. The reply of the Admiral to these three summonses has been the same : it was, that unshaken in the fidelity he swore to the Emperor, defended by good fortifications, having under his orders a numerous and devoted garrison, abun dantly provided with provisions and ammunition, they might attack him, but not to propose to him to surrender. FROM AMERICAN PAPERS. On the Bth inst. an alarm existed at Platts burgh, which had prevailed without diminishi:ig, for several days, that the British were about to attack that place. A detachment of infantry bad been sent thither from the French Mills, and a company of dra goons from Burlington. One thousand effective men at Burlington had also been ordered there. A . small detachment ,of mounted men from Plattsburg proceeded on a I. ccret expedition Jan. 1, and unfortunately encountered an American piquet, and killed one man. The American of ficer was arrested on his return. A piquet of our army at 'French Mills was' at tacked on the Ist inst. by the British. They were repulsed without loSs on our side. - Col. Purdy commands at Plattsburgh. General Izard remains dangerously ill. General Wilkin son intends a journey to the Southward. He is in improved health. It is reported that the British have taken pos session of Ogdensh:u•gh. An expedition is said to be fitting out at the half way house between St. John's and Lapirie. There are disscntions in the Cabinet. One of the two great men who have been talked of as " Lieutenant-Generals," must fall. is not hard to divine which. The Vi , •giuian will triumph.— (Philadelphia American.) It is rumoured that a Cabinet quarrel between the Ministers has run high. Mr. M--o for peace, Mr. A--g for war. The Attorney- General has been sent for, perhaps to settle the affair secumdum legem.—(New Voile Evening Post.) From the Pittsburgh Gzette. • We have authority to state, that Russia, Swe den, and Spain, have lately demanded of the United States of America, their acknowledgment of the present government of Spain, and that an interesting correspondence between the represen tatives of those nations and our Secretary of State has lately,taken ; place, on the subject of our mea sures with regard to Florida. Should our war with Britain continue, there is reason to apprehend that Russia, Sweden, and Denmark will be arrayed against us. TO-MORROW, rnmAy, 1111 7 , LOTTERY BEGINS 1)11,071No. Annwriv--1 Lisbon, TM!)lin, (2 IVaterfnril. 1)u --L' :Malt IS Ciot teillurgh, 1i liolland, lichgoland PRICE OF sTc THIS DAY Al TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols I Red. Ann. 701411 THE SUN. SDLENI QUIS DICEKE FA 11.SUNI AU DEAT ? LONDON, TIIURS D.IY, M.l RC 11 3, 114. We have great pleasure in announcing the Cap ture of another French Frigate. A Telegraphic dispatch to the Admiralty communicates thi , event, and the arrival of the Prize at Pk mouth. The Rota of 39 guns, Captain SOMERVILLE, has added this new trophy to the laurels of the 13iitisli Navy. _ The i►nportance of the crisis in which we no*/ stand considered, the news of this day ally and remarkably barren. We have furthcr extracts from French Papers, and a fen• glcanin4 4 from a Dutch Mall, hut 'wither poF.sess us of single fact of Material interest. A letter frol 3 Chateau Thierry mentions that 1000 prisoners :It that place testified to the valorous exploits ' the :French Army. This number is very t;.iflin‘,!" , when stated as the result of IinoNAPAF,TE.'. mighty victories in that quarter, and, in fact , causes them to dwindle down to sonlewlier e ‘ about their proper standard. These prisourrs will, of course, he speedily paraded through and it will be well if one or two exhiFoitiou s of them satisfy their captor. To urine his force appear stronger than it was at p=ar burgh I ' 4 marched the same men, differently dresF,cd, ' t one gate and cut at another, and he has assure `"l as good a right to multiply the minibus of b';' captives by a ruse of tie same sort. All this v. however, neither add to nor diminish the real for c° of the Allies, and the only evil it can do, nrci in misleading the opinion of ;nen, and imposi l “ On the taint-hearted at a distance, who have Y ee to learn that the Giant is no lomysr t e rrible it ; war whatever he may be in peace. We have ht-' 3l ‘ ` i it stated on respectable information, that n'it's g, his vauntings, the force which the now heads in the field is not. so ehec ti`: ICY Twenty-seven thousand men, as it tars 1716E;'',. to his movement from lvogeint, c ,l bructry. The Allies, independent of the f"' c ' approaching from the North, are rendered strong by the coming up of their reserves, as were at thebeginnhig of last month. it is neverd'e; less doubtful whether they will put the fo:lnue the War to any extent upon the issue of a gen ell t Battle (which, if they do, will be fought 11 1)( ''' this date), or aet on the defensive till they C °l avail themselves of the powerful, and we overwhelming co-operation of our inimortal LINGTON, and the Crown Prince of Swu3s:c• Tournay, so famous in the Duke of M'' l;l- 1 aorwudn's wars, and lately the head-quarters `') the retreating French General MAtsoN, lg e c taken possession of by the Allies. DciiiY l 11 ‘ ' t proposed to capitulate. Dantzic has bcen re , it ell to Prussia, the don:inion larder whic ti flourished for many years. These Papers contain an account of the tre. ls()li t of VacITUEL, who:ie resistance, ata point furlL'c, removed I . roin the asistance of the Tyrant, reproach to the patriotism and spirit of Ile braves the storm, and eaten:: with a I ,o ' l° renegadoes arid Frenchmen to destroy the et, it assailed in his 'orkilications. Let a tree part" - s , protfered to all hi;sceiate.:i ; and if thereupon tlle. do not abandon this infamous Traitor to his r° °. thy, the iortress ought to be stormed ?It all havi 1 Better would it be, that the Texei Beet .1i0n 141) . 4 destroyed, than .that so baleful an ex a mple of tll punished clinic . : should cobtinue to exist, Or encouragement of a. similar guilt. 'Time accounts from Italy continue to be fav a ' ir able. The Allies ;ire not only earrying on II sue t cessfui campaign thro ug h the center of ItalY' ate eviib;atly tornibg the left of A p,NO l 5 ' b t occupying all the higher parts of the country' , time sources of the great rivers on which the Armies are actii:g. This ha': always a predt ) " ll : nating effect upon an Italian W• J .e, and sides, enables the Allies to make a 1:•oweri"1 lil version upon France itself, through Loinb 3rt and Piedmont. V l5 Oar Contempo rar i es h ave b ecome so for Peace with B UONA PARTE, that thec are: Ell l i lt' VOyling to explain away the meaning o f his "` . 1 1 , 1 words. Ile sa s •‘ the En :11, tin ow s evel 1111 , of obstacle. in the way of the Co ngress of Cl ' , tillon ;" or, accordi ng t o anot h er transitititio. • " throws every ot,,tae:,: in the way of .101 al t t 'X C: