The Sun. — London, England, 1814-02-19 00:00:00

l e :if tct s , „ • "iar;l , 5., -- ten.thousand prisondrs.:thil is to s e In round ntimbers, and savours nothing of, 14` ; ,die r'• vi re : vor` b i c li; rev tr;•f ' • '!nit accuracy. We arc -not, hoWever, disinclined to credit the rePlrts which h ave reac h e d us , f rom var i ou s 'guar ter3' "'I which concur .in:stating that , another battle had been fought-. on ,the . , 15th between ;Br t ,; ( .„ Pnfl RucircirAßTE, and that it took place ti n • ' m a the very . ground covered with Unburied tsa r and crimsoned with , recent blood from the allir:uinaty contests of the I lth'add nth,' And if this 1n• - • am fact be true, what becomes of the t • '1 victories of Champaubert, of Montmirail,, and, of Chateau' Thierry Have - all the . annihilated r "Ps of ittiss:;a and 'Prussia risen again from •.,., Barth ?•:Have-they sprung up armed. men „ the serp en t' s t eet h o f CA nmus ? or were all te farmer claims of conquest mere creatures of l e brain, ideal glories, and empty boasts ? It is 4t least most satisfactorily shewn by the results th at „, were, as we affirmed them to be, gross e. :: , erations, and, with, this appreciation Of the "A -sounding triumphs of the former days, we ta° have no hesitation in ascribing exactly the a nle character of falsehood and gasconade to the bow vaunted victory of the 15th. Instead of imagining that the first pretended c;errt -"row of BLUCiHER.and his 'separation from rri ttep • QCHNVAETZENBBRG was the result of a brilliant mancetivre'Oh the part of the 'Enemy, it te e , '" 5 to be ascertained, even `from the French !lee n" , fro m nrs, that the operations of the Tyrant sprung ° ' l3 absolute necessity. Er.u.t.mF.a, if he had "en, could have preserved his communications the Main Army—from their respective military and geographical situations, and, from the ",lation of BUONAPARTE—irI these reipects, there Was nothing in the range of possihility . 1 ° interrupt this, except a voluntary movement °rl the side Of BLucumt... It was the Allies, then, ° led th e fighting. towards the North, and: ' uo NrApAnTE's following them in that line was '4lpulsory upon him—he did it to save' Paris at 411 hazards : how he succeeded the next au; lbe ntic intelligence will, in all probability, deter- Bit it SU:llls'as if, in this desperate attempt to f ence off the immediate and more threatening d anger, he had certainly expoSed himself not only t° the same peril from another clulrter, but ulti lilatelv to utter ruin. While engaged in contend 4ng with BLUCHER from the Seine to the Marne, ."( 1 , ,as we yesterday 'supposed, with the same tirtnnander, reinforced by Vot YORK and WIN- , 74 ' 1 ERODP., back aiain fiOnl the Marne towards t.l l , zc 'tle, he afforded the opportunity' to Prince trw,k l Capit . "qz.ENDErs. to striiceagyeat blow at the a • 'This it is positively said, he had done - , and at monl o gne - it currently ,believed' on IrBd4 Y, that the Ilistrian_ force had forced its day by Provins, and reached the Environs of ati s on the preceding day. It possible that 13tio ' l4l 'Aterp might be aware 'of this event ilue.ing th e con s equence ' of his movement agarnst L "RErt th a t he felt his incapacity to re s t he attack on both sides, and that, tinder alI eir elmistances, lie preferred the alternative of leis ri Ve and' Son and Tre&opolis falling into the ballets (Iran AUSTRIAN, 'rather than of a Itussr.o4 end ttusslA force. Thi s • • is, .howe - , , er; only a conjecture of our tow n . , and reits , on no intelligence received from the ar nlies. With respect to the supposed defeat IlLuenea on the 15th, we are - perfectly at. ease - the lea : Even were the Conzican's ac °'"its true to the letter, they would fill us 1.741 ' 11 0 apprehension, and far less with that - of dismay which has seized upon Of °"r cotemporaries; wh,o, by a strange !lev yeisi ..• on of reasoning,. appear to have con sitie BUOI4APARTB as Vincibli when be was zenith of his power, and Only Invincible that he has sunk to the bottom of his despe- T te • fortune. Continued and endless reinforce -1411, ' s are pressing forward to the Allies every cc ~ ur--- while the 'adversary is exhausting his last st a i o `, a great proportion of the provinces lvhenee leis r al l K,s should be recruited are in the ,military Pos se • 581 0 n of his enernies,.and in those which have (I t o been spared the c'ontroul of invw,ion, the 'Lost turn -dpiu apathy prevails. Stupor reigns , Pgbout, and th e mas s o f th e pe o ple are , '" to that delignitun into .which no spirit can b e i pe ' 1 "0, and which . dies all the experiments °f th e r saorsrean to anhnate- or restore to activity. T h e report of the Preliminaries of Peace having bee n Slgued is revi . t o.lddy, we kndw not on the ' t f ciatio: It is probably derived from the Coast, where that which is so ay dent!), xvished obtains easy and implicit credit. • Neithe r are we at home untainted with.the vice °I most .superficial and interested speculation on thi s Inotnentous subject. - It is presumed that Mi llisteYs have changed their minds since the depar t4re Lord CASTLEREAGII, and' hate sent his LotAship new instruct:ons of a d onttarvnatgte tc those with which he originally departed 3 , and up on this bold conjecture they are arraigned and con detimed. The Courier, it seems, own - sthat i~zr.sri ass' was. the bearer of Dispatches not of . a pacific nature ; and the Chronicle,ctaking it fof granted that Lord- CASTLEREAGH'S mission was of a pacific nature, and that these dispatches cannot relate to any fresh question which may have arisen,' ex. , claims, '' it is a fyightful thing to see the Councils of a Nation so swayed l" In order, however, to put this writer out of his fright, we will assure him that Lord CATLI;- REAGH went out, in, the first instance, with, ftill powers, and fully possessed of the sense 'of the British Government; that the British Government are, have been, - and continue to be, .unanimous, and therefore there has been no occasion for re' versing our Negotiator's instructions, nor has it been done. Neither Mr. SHAW , nor the Messen ger who sailed yesterday at noon from . Deal, with dispatches for hiS'Lordship, have carried contrary or inconsistent advises to Lim. Our Cabinet re tains its first opinion, and abides by its 'first de termination, Which we take to be this—that from their natural abhorrence of the Tyrant, and their . want of confidence in any obligation on his part, they are most unwilling to enter into a treaty with him : that they are most desirous of making Peace with France under another' Government but that if they fipid no motion in the population of ,hat country for a change in their rulers, and if they find the whole Allied Powers it:solved on making peace with the Usurper, if they can (po litically speaking) accomplish what they conceive to be a.fit and proper peace, that then, however painful to them, they will consent to become.par ties in a general pacification, rather than remain alone the enemy of France, backed and encourag ed by the opinion of the whole world ! • Such, We say, are the pi inciples on which our Government act—the sense of the country will decide on• the merit'or demerit of the policy they have adopted ; and we conclude with affirming, that in that,policy there has been no change what ever since the departure of Lord CASTLEREAGH. Our extracts from the Dutch Papers possess con siderable importance. Avesnes where AVINZING RODE'S head-quarters were on Abe 11 th, is about 100 miles north of Paris, so that he might readily form a junction with the force on the Marne, by the 13 th and 14th. The rEINCE REGENT has not left Carlton house. for some time past, in consequence of se vere illness. A few days ago, his Royal High •ness:s symptoms assumed so unpleasant an ap pearance. that repeated bleedings were judged ne cessary 7 his Royal. Highness is. now, however, considerably better. . Yesterday, soon after twelve o'clock, the LORD CHANCELLOR had an audience. of the PIUNCE E GEN'i at Carlton-house : his Lordship remained with.his Royal Highness till past two. The Earl of LIVERPOOL 11:“I a long audience of the PRINCE afterwards. Earl BATHURST follo.r.vetfthesEarl of LIVERPOOL. . Yesterday tlie Dukes of Youts. and KIINT visited , the PRINCE REGENT:- - . -•-- The Russian Ambassad.tr ha.',,a long interview %vitt' the Earl of LivENP , uH , ves•-rd irninrniag. In the event of a ; - ! ,•enei:4C - iiifgite7:4 - 761 7 Teace being held, his Excellency Co' Er, RNA V NU NET. will be Ambassacler for Spain Tilt Spanish Go- Ve7 ment htls . appo:nted EvARIsIOPERP. 2 DE,. CASTRo to he ins .5,.:-!retary upon this' occasion. We had letters yesterday from Paris, but - they are not quite sn late as' the dates of the 'public papers. They give, indeed, a very different ac count of the condition of the,French capita] from 'that which appears in the Journali ; iustemPol. joy ,and enthusiasm, they speak only in the language. of grief and dismay, and it is evident that a terri ble shock was apprehended. We have. also the -following through Holland : - - " BASLE, Jan. 21.-- , .".The Prnssian Minister, Chambrier, has gone from hence to Nettfeha;xl, - Gi bac possesion- of that province in the name of the ic.ing of Prussia. All the Rus sian ,trords hare left us, and there ,are only remaining a few Hung Huna ri':rs, who had attendedthe Emperor: a Auktria as. his Body (=hard, priorto . his departure for. France: - • '" On the ISth the :garrison in the fort of.Huningrn made a sally, by which, 10 - N.ANer, we hist only a few men iu some skinniihes. TI.L. town of Der is in the hands of the - Atlies,_ hut the enethy still retains possession of the citadel."--Ifoi'n. Chronicle: • • • .. . Private letters from Hambur ,h, ,of a date more recent; than'the Bugetins; hint that the city, if not previously.surrende'red, was t.o be stortned.ou or about the present ciao. . .„., • According to the letters from .Cadiz by the- Mail, which arrived vesterday,, a person habited like a Priest has been taken up at Granada on suspicion. After . examination , it appeared that — he belonged to. no order of but that he was. a military .oflicer in the, service of 13t1,0,Na- PAIiTE,. and he has in consequence. been detained as a - spy. .:He was provided with letters of credit to avery large anionat, on several houses in Spain of the first respectability, and it. is supposed that these means of corrurtion were to be employed to. facilitate the new designs of the French Ruler at the Spanish Court. • . By letters from Wives of the..l4th instant, .it• •appears,. that almost the whole of. Flanders was.% •.:i - rated from French tyranny.. Ostend was .3611 occupied -'by a garrison of about 7 or 800:men, but it was not true that the surrounding country had been inundated. The young men of Flanders .were joining the standard of the Allies in great .nurnbers daily: , , • According to advices of the 4th instant, from • Hambusgh, the Russians were, at. that' time at Hamm, and Horn, about a mile and an half distant from the city, Vcrit . ritre natostritm—ErHE coßsvcAs - cit,ol Dooni'd by Li, Conetut.t to retreat in France, " Dcratcritid to ciiulb, and haelisvaed to aklianceo" n72,.tv. - LEN naktiTV There two Miss liuNTtits in Wincl.citer town, Ant near them dwelt Mone, a yoling man of renov.'n; Ile was youthful and handsome ; would settle for life; And wish'd to make one of these Ladies his. Wife: He weigh'd in his mind, but the conflict was .strong, For MARIA was lovely, good-tempered, and young ; SortrY was heiress to wealth in great store, •And this had attractions to cli:irm the,youni AionEt With MARIA tie enchanting, ah i how could he part ? Yet could he resolve to tear wealth from his heart? for ti ; it rir!'.er should come to an end, ;He ash'd " dezi:Tst y01;1‘,7 the, sage Mentor replied, " Vlwn Livice is thus ask'd, it cannot be - depied ; Arid since you intreat it kith sillnucb good veal, "freely shall give'it;—so don't take it ill : If your heart was e'er'•open to Beauty and Youth To the charms of Simplicity, Virtue, and Truth; Then take young MARIA, in her you will find The beauties of person surpass'd by the mind ; In her you will meet a sweet partner for life, A pleasing companion, .an amiable wife." - " Your advice," replied MORE, " is most certainly good, And worthy to follow; I Wish that I conic' : But I, when I marry, my fortune would make, And,Therefore, my friend, your advice I can't take." " And I," said the other, " am sorry to say, That Ambition has foolishly led you astray; Lsee how it is,---Man is never content; And he that has looney oft wishes it spent; Whilst he with enough, would still add to his store; And one that has wealth is the Hunter fur More."' kiELEN. WINDSOR, FEB. IS. None of the ROYAL FAramy left the Castle from the time of the Duke of YORK'S arrival on Sunday, with the account of the death of the Duke of MECKLENBURGII, the QUBCIsI'S Brother,, till yes terday, when the Court went into mourning. The Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, and NARY, took an airing in the Park this morning, with several attendants. Princess SOPIII A did not not leave the Castle. On We+duesday were marched into the Foot Barracks near three hundred fine young. men., all of them volunteers from the East Middlesex Militia, with eight Officers. The Band of the sth. Regiment met theth at Eton, and,.‘dlayed through both the towns to the Barracks. The Re giment, when. they came to •Windspr, only Amounted to GO,. including. the Band ;..now they are upwards of 800 strong, of well 7 disciplined men, tram other Regirnent4. INVENTION. •' [Froi;ll . a - .11oriting Parerl - ' • The following- . interesting Letter was recently intercepted by the Officer..connnanding,.an , ads vanced party of Cossack , ,, - within thirty league of Paris : (COPY.) . . . „ . • " FATHER AND SIRE, ‘f Your dauirhter.prostrates•herself Mt your feet-for instant succour,! The tat% ciiicf. of,vbich is yottes'i unmace at t!,;.; moment the depTruction of the,F,i'mach capital; the thlrradllon of yonibWriirifslirinz, mid the overthroW' of that fdv,tasty which was auspicionsly ratified.b:y youeluiper.u.l name! The. Northerp honk.: .are at ou.gate.i!.. Oh, Si if I have, a claim remaining on' y. r affectiois;' stt`p forth to our deliverance ! 'Withdraw j , te.ir -from-this sangni nary.lengue, and the peril'ons 'confederacy is dissolved ! If you pause but for a ipouteilt-,all is lost!. . • " MART A LOUISA." . . The THEATIIR.----Mr. KEMULE concluded his en ,gageuunt last night:in the character of Cato, and was attended, as his merits \veil deserve, by crowded auditory. ;He received throughout dant testirnonies •of general approbat ou, ‘vhich was ratified oil the close of his performance with such zealous and continued plaudits as have hard ly eYer been exceeded. •, , THE PITT SCHOLARSHIP.—Mr. M.LAvcrsoN s of St. John's College, Cambridge, was on Thursday elected into the Scholarship, being the 'first election on the.,toundation.—The following no tice was issued by the Examiners : SIDNEy-Lo'nuE, FEB. 17, 1814. PITT'S SCHOLAR : Lawson,.. : .... , John's. • It was the nnaniorions determination of .the Examiners to express their high opinion of the knowledge, and ability dis-, played by Price itt the examination, They wish also to testify their satisfaction atthe ezaminzi-' thin passed by Graloun'and Hare. . Blundell, Chevalier, Rice, Stainforth, Whitcombe, aud. Wollaston, al.o hare acquitted themselves with ci;Bif." OXFORD, FRB. 18.—On SatUrday the 1-sth - scant R Convocation was holden, in which it was Unanimously resolved to affix the. University Seta to , a. Congratulatory Address to the PRINCE. RE GENT on the present prosperous state of affaiis on the Continent ; a Delegation has. also been no minated ; and his Royal Highness has, been 'pleased to appoint Friday next, the 25th inst. for receiving the Address. , • • . Duct,, , ----Tnesday 'morning, two'gentlemen, one bearing the appearance of a naval officer, - foUgliCa duel in a field, inuned . nuely behind thr.t.Terrne; at Kentish town. TWo shots were fired by each Terson, and by the last .the. naval ,officer was . wounded in the side : he immediately fell, aid was carried to a post-cbuiseoVitich conveyed with his friend, towards-London. • _ . , VILE T RA NSLATION.-4- . -Whellthe*glish trans lators, in _the meeting between Lord CASTLE ur.A6u and the murderer CAULINCOURT, gave the French words sur les.meilleurs formes," as mean ing the most .unconstrainedlioliteuess, they en tirely mistook the matter. In their civility; illy just added one syllable too much; 'viz; un ; for , the literal translation is the most constiained potite ”essi and there can be no doubt that Lord CAS7 , TLEIiIEAGPI, his urbanity. andood breed, ing, found it difficult to constrain himself.in such company. THE CONSCRIPT KING OF Romi,By a person. from Paris, we tinderstand there is nobody suffels more for the " Anior patrice" than thiS young gen. - - : for when he was first forced into regi mentals, be had a great antipathy to the accou trements ; in consequence, after the manner of the conscripts, he was soundly flogged, and then volunteered immediately and displayed " the Most ardent patriotism.'' NAVAL. NLVS. DEAL, ''ELF. Islyrtiph ctittet a Alessengo• for Calitish-- , -Wind NV: - 'PORTSP.I.OUTII, FEB. 18.- - --Atrircd the Be 2 fuwi W r oollViCh, t ith StOreS. ships rep/NJ, Growler, Oild stores:lip, with a fleet for the Downs. Went out of harbour his Majesty's ship Wanderer.—Wind Westerly: HARWICH, FFB. /lothland packet for Gottenburgli, and the Lady Franck fov Heligoland: Also sailed—lkout 20 transports for - Holland,L-Witid AV, No letters , received to-day. from Plymouth or Falmouth: Th . e Devon, from INlAeira to London, was 'taken by the Prince of Neufchatel American privateer, and carried into Quimper, the latter end of last month. . The Lord, Collingwood, flocuint, f..oni New foundland to Oporto, is stranded near Villa ,Nova ; crew and part at the cargo saved. \*Qsterday the Dispatches Were firially closed ac the East India Ficnse, and delivered to the - Pur-; secs of the following ships, viz : - - • Winchelsea, Capt. MoyrArr, and .IVlarquis of: Capt!M'l . .non, for Madras and China. Royal Charlotte, Capt.; R. i/SLI 'and Surat Castle, Capt. lto nr.a.7sov, for littavia•aad Castle Huntly,, Capt. P.vrEasoN, for Madras, Prince. t4' Wa,k3's Island, and:China. Glattnn Capt.' HALInEtlyaN, for St. Helena andeltina. Astell, Cant. HARIMIAN Europe. Capt. GELfTON ; and. Asia, Capt.VizEmENtir.F., for Madras and Bengal. Passengers per Zrinehelsea.—Por Bengal : hfr. Money jilt'. merchant ;• Mr. Lend, :writei , i Messrs. Williams and Winch, cadets. For Madras : Mr. De Mierne; writer ; Mr. and Mrs. B e ll. Pe'r - Okitton.—For St. Helena : Lnsign•ilaulsay, Mr;Baydt and family, Mr. Aitton and 'family, Mr. and Mrs. Lowden, Miss Moss, and Mr. o:Conuer. . . Per .—For Be pgal MSISt'S. PArLer and Phil:iv, Messrs. Bro*n, Impey and Dault.l, Assistan;-L,rgetp:?s ; ,2r. Brown and fainily, ivl,. Forbei;and ' Uutchiw;, Mr. and Miss Terranean, Mt2ssrs."WiLike.Delamaer, Raulivion, Baker, Bonham, allci , (iarslen., Fir Madras : Miss Weston ; Messrs. Barnard and I'aeba, -Cadets. 1 Per Castle Hantley.—For Madras : Captain Ednibncl4 MistresseS - Barrell and Fraser; ',Messrs. Hazlewood an 4. Campbell. . • • Fur Prince of WaleS• Island : Messrs: t'e la CMnb and An ;• Messrs.'Scott anti - -• - • For Bengal: Messrs. Turner; Money, and Courly. Per Adell.—For :, J. Allinnty„ Lsq. and Lady, Messrs. Carey and Lieutenants 'Cliainher, and Charter, Blabey, 'Mrs. i3oseawen'; Messrs. Nichol, Paton, Jervis, Sanerith, 'Nicholson, 3100)130S, Wheafield, Heysham, and. .Marshall, Cadets. • . FM. Madras : Mr. Crawley, Willer, 'Mr. Edwards, Mr. • Denton; Captain and'Mrs. CadelUMeksrs. Hele, Taylor, and , :.Inderson,;Cadets. . • I - • Per -Royal Charlottc.—For Bengal : Mr. Craucdrd. For Batavia: Captain and Mrs. Grant. Per Marquis , of' limntley.For Alidras : Lienk.-Colonel 'Boles and Fatally, Messrs. Will Eadards,aud Turnbull, Mr. Boles, Mi3ses Brrithouglkt,,`.Vii , Th Werner` 'Per Et:ro ,, e.—For 'Benk;al . 7 Bayley, Mrs. Sweedland 'and family; C. Pears" M. P. 'acid Lady . M.' and Misi-Marshall, b e s, .Messrs. Pennington And 1,.1i.1rj;. , 141,15, Cadets., . • ifiadras :—Messrs. Desovmen:s; aeddqu,. Ensign Terri:nt : and Lady, and Mr. Ball, For Bombs}' : Brown. • . • - • t i er aßit Gastlee—, For Bombay , . . • ,Ptivaterletters. of the .14th • kustant from Pm - 4, state, -that the Government secretly encourago the enin,burs: ,of -the appcoeli, the ,Cossacks, hoping thereby to Fepare_ ; the inhabitants for a vigorous resistance ;,but.the,sioneletters . add a .t4t the stupor antLapathy_whiehare, so eonspicnotis the Depart,ments, a:so hang over the Parisians; Tlicy arc almost at the 'end of their Miseries, and they expect the close railrer with terror aid. de pression, than \‘.'ith the unlit - 11160n which a sense of justice throws . over the last scene of the falling patriot'. Not a day passes, that numbers' of individuals, and even of families, '(10 not an .. trive on various pretexts to withdraw from their rLsideiiceS, and seek retnge as .far as possihlit frOrn the din' of arms ; and though in other tithes this would he attended with difficulty, owing to the regulations of the police, it is now easily ac complished;' for among other indications that the wholeframe of the tyranny is paralysed, we may notice, ,that even the system of espionage is at a stand: The Chief Officers': of the Police are pro viding for their, own safety : and the com Mo n. gens-d'armes are ashamed or afraid to seize de serters,. or scrutinise passports, as they used to. do. It has been mentioned as a fact, that a party of young men belonging . to thenewly raised battalions of \ IuoNAPAATE's guards GI-ailed thein selves of the consternation of the moment, and' 'having merely changed their'dress,'aud• sat off fo r Flanders in the Diligence as ordinary passengers, they reaehed their destioe,ion Without beipg once asked for their passports, or interrogated asi to their names and business. It has been erron,eonsly . stzted that Colonel BuNsttßY acconipaniad the.Diike to • Lbrd WELLINGTON'S head-quarters. We un-\ der,Stand, however, Royal. that, his Royal. Higbncis did not arrive_out till the day on, Vg, !deli the., - Colonel ;eft the army. The former sailed in a packet, the. latter in a ship of war. • ; IN...detachment of 200, fine men of the 37th reai- Ment, under the eolurnalid of Captain - WA-lAN, ikoy came heave from Spain with the Pato pluna prisoners, marched a few days since"ctrom Silsfef nil" barracks, to join the, 2d battalion . in • '.,, G RINI .^.lSr • SYFFERERS.-The followirw . sums Wtre voi cc! yer. , terUay by the Commiz;c!c ' • Stettin and Damm, and vicinity , • • 1503- -Exiles from Ham burgh st . ,oo • • Holstein • ;ILcippip, Chemnitz,Freyberg, and vicinity Milo° . - Dresden and vicinity 2OOO The soh of a Noble Duke, who absconded from Harrow School on Thursday st:nnight, was" lis 'covered on the Portsmouth road •on Tuesday evening. - All the Fire Offices have, it is said, refused -the claims of the Company of Customs for the vat-ion.; mils insured, to the amount of more than I 00,000/. on account of the three barrels of gunpowder which -were kept and blown up in the Cuttoin House. s , Alre understand that a new Review is immedi ately to he commenced in Edinburgh, under the title of The North British Review; or, Constiu aortal journal. it will be . published every two months,' am! we are happy to say that ics princi ples will be s trictly constitutional.