The Sun. — London, England, 1814-01-31 00:00:00

ANCLO-AMERICAN PARTY. • Otifteadets will recollect that, on the 12th and 13th of last August; we published an article from the ilkintrAal - Herald, which distinctly charged Very Yntinent persons in this country with lending trr ish money. to the American Government, by • which means that vile faction which has obtained She ascendancy in the councils ,of the United States were the better enabled to carry on the war • , against Great Britain. ,As this did not appear to Us, as Conductors of an independent and patriotic Journal, to be a business to palter with, we boldly published the names of such of the persons implicated -as had come to• our knoadedge, and . thus afforded them, 'an opportunity- of publicly wiping off the stain which was secretly destroying their characters. Of this opportunity, it will also be recollected, the most respectable house of. Bs, RING promptly and honourably avaled them selves, and a letter from the principal individual of that Firm, inserted at hii request in THE SUN (16th August). hot only distinctly disclaimehav int; negociated any loans with the enealy's Go vernment since the commencement of the war, but further stated, that so guarded had his House been in their conduct, and so cautious of in any way promoting the interests of the hostile Go vernment, that they had refused to transact busi ness with some of the new American Stock sent to-theni -for sale, lest by disposing of it (as would obviously he the case), they should aid our adver saries in giving their funds circulation in Europe. Satisfied - as we were, and as the Public must have been, by this explicit contradiction and dis claimer, the matter has since rested in silence— certainly not requiring to be broken, in so far as the parties are concerned to whom wg have al luded. ,Nevertheless, as we continue to be as firmly convinced• as we then expressed ourselves to be, that there is in this country an American Yarty, with British names and titles, but with ankee hearts and objects, which party it would be well for us to have uncloaked and disrobed, we have no hesitasion in re-publishing, from the same paper which before furnished us with materials, the following statement which appeared in its number for Saturday, Nov. 6. We hope and trust this new statement will help us forward to same elucidation of;the subject, and that at length we may procure a clue, by the aid of which we shall be able to unravel all the windings of political or commercial artifice in which it is involved, and trace to its source an evil pregnant, as we have seen and felt, wlth the worst of consequences to these realms. The Montreal Editor, after copying front THE SUN our remarks of the 13th August, and • the paragraph_ front The Times, which we adopted as-expressive of our own sentiments, thus comments upon them : We feel much pleasure, if not pride, in giving place - to the temarkS of THE SON rind Times, (London Papers). upon - our statement respecting the American War Loan of 16,000,000 dollais— not because it maybe thought our penetration.or information was better than our contemporaries; . but because rho respectable and irreproachable Editors-took the subject up in a manner which, its importance required. The Times challenges certain men to purge themselves of a foul accusa tion, which circumstances reproach them with, and implies • that nothing but a dis avowa l, sup ported by the most unequivocal proof, can screen • them frinn public ignominy and execration. Tan SUN is more eloquent, more pointed, and more ge neral in the comment, and insinuates that Minis ters knew something correlative to the 'matter.— We hope the wound will, with two such sharp in , struments as the two Journals alluded to, be soon probed tattle quick, to the end that the innocent may be distinguished from the guilty. There has al . ways been rather too much credit attached to London intormatiOn upon general topics, which run through the channels of diurnal papers ; but in what is laid before us, there is so much gravity ! and so much sincerity expressed, that the exist ence of a base and dangerous monied faction in Great Britain is unquestionable ! We have no hesitation in using the terns faction, because mo ney can be turned into purposes as destructive of of order as the demolition of the Bastile of Pa - ris . was, or the Baltimore mob last year. Religious fanaticism had its day, and cursed lucre has suc ceeded it; if British traitors affoid the sinews of war' to our rancorous enemy, they virtually cut the throats ' of their fellow-citizens, and un dermine the 4 majesty of the sacred throne.' Yes, it is no solecism to declare, that Members of the house of Commons, and Peers of the Realm, have lent aid to America, against the glorious em pire,' both in words and money, the latter per haps fraudulently acquired. We say, that the ho nest fruit of the sweat of the Englishman's brow, and the diamonds of Golconda, both sparkle. in the. capital at Washington !!I Has not a British Nobleman, , whose income from his English es tates,is about 140,0001. a-year, not lands in Ame rica of the extent of an English county, which he reckons ultimately to be s a greater stake ' than bib paternal domains in his own country ? Ask the Agent Parish whether this - assertion be true or false ?' Ask an Ambassador, who some years back brought his country into a dilemma not yet expounded, how he negociated -his great father's concerns. in the American stocks ? He will tell you nothing at all about it: neither Will our wise Ministers giveany information upon a subject so extraordinarily delicate. What is sto 19 5-Sths per centurn ? •In that ratio, measure the, question, and the importance of the answer, and be assured it will be Va,;o to expect any reply. Before con cluding this article, we think it tight, lest our memory shonld,be treacherous in future, to notice that the agent Parish applied to this Government, through au•oid acquaintanco here, for liberty to erect an iron forge at Ogdensburg, almost within the range of cannon shot from horn Prescott. T his - most worthy Briton promised to cast neither cannon nor balls ! , What answer he received, or whether any was sent him, is more than' we_ can toil--but tile subject will be kept in mind for another number."--(!Montreal Herald, NM 9.) rttr,Nt it liAPEllg, Paris, iittq. morning, at seten _o'clock, his Majesty the Emperor and King set • out to put himself at thelead of his armies. , Pants, SA.s.24.— , His Majesty the Emperor and King, previous to immediately setting out to place himself at the head of the Ariniesi has conferred, during his .absence, the Regency upon her Ma jesty the Empress and Queen, by letters patent, dated yesterday, the 231 The same day her Majesty the Empress Queen took the oath as Regent, in the presence of the EmPerol'i and in a Council composed French Princes, Grand Dignitaries, Cabinet Ministers, and Ministers of State. PARIS, JAN. 24.—11 is Majesty to-day reviewed in 'the Court of the Thuilleries several regiments of infantry, and a superb and very numerous corps of cavalry, composed of lancers, eclaireurs of the guard, drlgaions, chasseurs,- grenadiers of the guard, Bens d'armes d'elite. All those troops im mediately put themselves in march for the army. The four battalions of old troops, which on the 20th entered Lyons, are only the head of a con-i siderable column which' is marching upon that town ; in a short time there will be at this int, portant point an army, • which, marching upon Franche Comte and GeneVa, and" increasing by reinforcements, .which will join it froin all parts Of the country that it shall deliver from the ene- - my's presence, will be in a condition to Oct in an advantageous manner wherever:it 'shall judge ..ne cessar3l. PAnts, JAN. 23.--The officers of the National Guard of Paris, 'in number 800, had the honour of being today presented to the Emperor, in the Saloon of Marshals. • When his Majesty passed on his way to Mass, he was saluted with unanimous cries of Vide 11Em peretir ! On his return they were,reiterated with new force. The officers', divided: into 'Legions, formed avast circle, in the midst of which the Emperor placed himself. Then appeared'a scene, the most affecting, the most sublime., The.:Eni perm. addressing himself , to the,Officers ,of, the National Guard, told them, that a part of the French territory was invaded, that he was going to place himself at the head of his army, and that he hoped, with the assistance of God, arts! the va lour of his troops, to repulse the enemy beyond the frontiers. At this moment his Majesty's looks were tenderly fixed ,upon .the Empress and the King of Rome, who his August Mother carried in her arms, and his Majesty added, with a tre mulous voice, that he confided his Wife and his son to the love of his faithful City of Paris ; that he "gave it the highest mark c his esteem, in leav ing under its protection the object of his dearest affections ; that he hoped his capital would not be polluted by the presence of the enemy; that, however, if, in the midst Of the grand manoeuvres which are preparing, "some hordes of light troops dared to insult its barriers, he was sure that its brave inhabitants would not forget that their Sovereign had confided its Oefence to them. It is only possible very feebly to imitate this discourse, sa noble an'd so energetic. Oh that we could here express the' üblime. movement which transported all hearts ! At that instant a thousand voices resounded, a thousand arms were raised to swear to defend the precious trust .confided to a faithful people ; enthusiasm, emotion, were at their height ; tears flowed from every eye ; every father, in seeing that infant, the hope of the na- tion, thought of his sons; monarchs; princes, subjects, assembled by the same wishes, bound by the same sentiments, seemed but to form oire great family, and to confound, in the defence of the country, all their affections, all their interests, all their courage. How is it possible to attempt to represent such a scene without enfeebling it ? But even this sketch•is sufficient for Frenchmen. Their imagi nation easily conceives and pourtrays what belong to generous sentiments; and through all the cities, through all the camps, through all the ha►ulets, th'e sacred oath which Paris has taken to its Em peror shall loudly resound. BRUSSELS, JAN. 19.—We are assurert.that the enemy has retired from Arlon, and that he, has fe trograded. The Duke of Tarentum has just ar rived at Namur. LIEGE, JAN. 18.—His Excellency the 7sfarshal Duke of Tarentuin has arrived here. We expect General Sebastiani this' evening. • MoNs, JAN. IB.—The most active measures are taking for provisioning Valenciennes; Conde, 'and Maubo►trg. GAND,- JAN. 20.—The most. satisfactory ac-, counts have just been transmitted to the Prefect ' of the Depatameut, which he hastens to com mimicate. " By a manoeuvre, equally skilful as bold, Ge neral Maison has just disengaged Antwerp, re pulsed and beaten the encmy,.of whom he has killed many men, and effected his junction witll Marshal the Duke of Tarentum. " The English have retired upon Rosenthal; the Prussian; have gone into their old canton ments, and the frontier is sheltered from ail iustitt." LYONS, JAN. 21.---The enemy has made no movement ; we are arming ; we are organising with much activity. The sight of the troops which hate arrived within our walls inspires con fidence. We instantly expect more. The Lyon ese are determined to defend and support the re putation of bravery and of patriotism which they . have acquired by so many titles. We continue our preparations of defence. Our forces Augment every moment. 'lime enemy has . no: again appeared. Mashal Duke of Castiglione retutn'ed this morning. The Austrian fldvanced pots Lave eva cuated Montissue ; it is even said they have left ANGOULEME, JAN. 20.—We eonstantly sec pass this place . heavy artillery, which takes a northern route 4 : we are assured it forms iiart of a park. of 250 cannons and caissons, which is sent from this side, by accelerated conveyances. Vann all parts cavalry and infantry - cover the roads. CHALONS-SUR-MARNE, JAN. 20. The passage of troops here is continual. They are,marching cowards Champagne: 1 , - AGDEBURG, JAN. 6,—The garrison of Magde tsurg told.; a position in At4inee of tiie t both sides of the Elbe. The army which for the , b:ockade of it is: not strong enough to form the investment of it on both banks. This fortress, .which is well 'prOvistioned, is without, contradic tion' one of the strongest places in Europe. klAmvulton, JAN: lA—The 13th corps, com manded by the Prince of rckrhuhl, consists of four divisions. The enemy having penetrated into Holstein, the Danish division separated from the 13th corps, and has concluded an armis tice with Sweden. The Prinreof Eck-mull' has taken a position in advance of Hainburgh. A great road communi cates with Stadt. Hamburgh is extremely well fortifiet4 furnished with numerous _ artillery, and provisioned f0r,40,000 men for a ye ar. The in habitants who had not proVisiOns in it for a year have evacuated the town ; it is calculated that 60,000 have left it. In this• position, the 'armies commanded by the Prince Royal of Swedem,and General Bennigsen, keep at several leagues 'dis tance from Hamburgh. 'These two armies united are stronger-than that of the Prince of liekmuhl, but-they are not sufficiently' go to oblige him to, enter tie town, ,and 'invest the place. There has been no general affair, but several engagements of cavalry, which have been to the advantage 'of the Fte.och. MAESTRICHT, Jna. 17. Our Journal con,- tains the following PR OC LA IV ATION. • • " Head-quarters, l'ifaestrieht, Jan. 16. • Soldiers ! 'Your winter-quarters, are raised; in some mo ments you will he.assembled; in a kw days you will march to combats ! Remember twenty years of glory ! • The iiumuter atile feats in arias which - haye illustrated them; and the enemy- will still dread your yahibr and your intrepidity. " Our /contiers are invaded, hit at the innicsi of the Empe-• ror the nation has risen ;' the country' has called upon her children, they h av e rim t o arms; ttmy are marching, they are advanchrg the Sovereign is • at their heal, displaging in one hand the'Olive Branch ofTeace, and in the other the mur dering Sword. " Soldiery numerous hattaliOnS flew to your ranks; as army of reserve of 100,000 troops of the line is in a position behind you ; it'is followed by .2u0,000 National :_lnards, which have formed in Bretagne, in Normandy, in Picardy, and in the neighbourhood of the capital; these troops will be yet doubled andtripled, should it be requisite. "'S,nldicrs! Our•strong places are armed, provisioned, find their'deleuce is confided to. von; woe to tho-enemy, it' he pre sents himself, or if he dares to turn them. Indigirantly 're pulse his pertidiOns insinuations, tis fallacious promises; only see the devastation, the pillage, and death which :nark every step of these barbareGS hordes. " 'Frenchmen ! It is for the country that we are going to combat ; do not suffer it to be longer invaded and torn in pieces. The Emperor and France:have their eyes upon Us; to cdttquer m• die must be nnur rallying cry; and quickly shall the enemy find .tlint he has only passed our barriers to inert SlialllC and death upon the sacred territory. " The Marshal Duke of Toreatinn, MACDONALD. " by hit Excellency the General . inn Chief of the staff, " Baron GRUNDLER." Jan. 25 -26 FRENCII 1.1."'N65. 49 }'k>. FURTIIER EXTRACTS FROM THE FRRNCFI PAPERS. • PARIS, JAN. 21.—T0-day the Empe-ror left the Palace at two o'clock, attended only by an Aid de-Camp, a piquet, and a page, and rode on horseback into/he suburbs of St, Aetoine. As soon as his Majesty appeared, a crowd of people fl'ocked from all sides, who appeared pleased at this new proof of confidence. 'After having welcomed hint with repeated t •es of " l'Ent perear!" these brave people surrounded him, and spontaneously offered him their arms for the com mon defence. '' No, Sire," they cried, " no, the enemy shall not come to Paris, as they flat ter themselves ; they shall no nuiee come there than they did in 1792. We have once driven them from Champagne, and we will do so apin ; we will serve you, but we, desire to be in your guards. Many other traits, stamped with the energetic and familiar elniracter of the language of the people, contintially interrupted the affection ate- replies of his Majesty. The Emperor, moved by so many testinonies of devotion, walked his horse back, always surrounded by the people the crowds of whom continually increasing, fol lowed him back to the Thuilleries. His ;Majesty, when he returned to t h e P a la ce , mus t h ave s aid in his heart, like one of the ancient Kings of France, " the French are the bravest and the best people in the World:" The Emperor has called the French of Brittany and Norimindy.to the succour of their brethern of Alsace, invaded by the enemy, whose cries rend hiS paternal heart. It is impossible to conceive the eagernCss of the French to answe r to this call of their Sovereign ; from every quarter the levies of Conscripts, the National ,Guards, repair to the camp- at Meaux: the Departments of la Sarthe, la Alauctie, Calva dos, Seine and Oise', Seine and Marne, rival each other in ardour, and contend who shall best serve the Prince and the country. It is. affirmed that the Marshal Duke of Treviso has had, in the neighbourhood of Langres, an atfeir with 'a corps of Wirtemburghcrs, mid 'that he had , llestroVed The post from Lyons arrived to-day, and has brought very good nealeS respecting the situation of that city. His Serene Highness the Priece Vice-Constable, MajOr-General of the,Grand Army, left this City On the. day before yes'teeday, to repair to the head-quarters. "Iso-daer, in the absence of the Vice-Constable, the tient - el - lents of the national guard have taken their oath in the. hands 'of his Serene Highness the Prince Arch-Chancellor. To , morrow the sal-lieutenants will take it, and those officers who shall not have taken it to-day or'to morrow, will be admitted. to do so on Smithy at noon. A,deeree, dated th e 18 t h o f January, de cides that the law of the 3d of September, which fixes the interest of money in civil naatters at 5 per cent. and in commercial transactions at (i per cent, shall be suspended, from the publication of the decree, till the Ist of. January, 1815.-130r:- rowers and lenders will ,have, dining this period, the_liberty of fixing-, by contracts or other act,: e the rate of interest. LYON'S, J ate. 18.-e-The audacity of the pretend ecl flag of truce; which eame'here vesterdey, has excited general indignation. The levy ea inqsse is orgvinizihg, and the road by which the enemy might came has just ,been cut at tbree, different places. - General Musuier, who has just are fiver: to confer with the Mayor on several things relative to the supplying cet: his corps, has been welcomed, with cries of ‘e: !jive l'Empereur!" by crowds of people assembled in the Place des Terreaux. The Marshal Duke of Castiglione, who has been to Valence to collect troops,. returns to-day I'vith respectable force, which is coining in waggons.--- ~r_; The little *I tage of dainite had men en m asse ! extortions of every kind, of which the enemy been guilty In the department of the Aim, brite very greatly to keep up-the spirit of re s o , once ii•hich every ‘'vbere spews itself: pet fidelity to the Emperor; and tbe , tecollectio il t the favours vAich be conferred on Lyon s ; ConViction of the Miseries which the enemy o r° , bring down on'our citY ; inflanie the courqe all. We must be sensible that Lyons, Whiclb, its importance and its industry;excites such $t e tld jealousy, furry expect to be ivtirse treated any other place, it it does not shet'ri the cour i er requisite on this occasion. At.Meximetfx; haS'not,2,ooo inhabitarits, the eoemy have .10, , a contribution of 50,000 franks, to be paid is boors. The inhabitants of that little town such indifferent circumstances, that 'eight or persons must bear the whole burthert. Sailor fantry occupies at this moment the barrier of Clair, and part are paced at Lapape. 'lnc have made no progress sioce yesterday. 11 have 50 hussars at Mirebel, 400 men at i'viont l and 500 foot at Meximieux. idl, llubna is have ordered a ColUnin to the bridge' of .?ii" support the troops at, Meximeux, and mg,' Chalmonto JAN. I9.—The preparations for .dyfi done. The enemy lots' made no !nape: CHAIMBETAI, J AN. elieuiv scoo ‘ establish his line of posts on the river ILJses, SeysSel to Frangy and C:irsulles. '1 he def t of the territory is the concern of all ; on ever; energy eh plays itself, a:nl r iteG tons o' a woo' attitude, which promises the most vigorous re' ance. Our troops of the line are going to be inforced by a 'corps of 2,000 viten,. wl,lO are col from the south. no t i n. another side we a', formed, that 6,090 men are dAaished fro'' army of 7, ‘!,y route the the enemy, 'blinded by the intoxi.-?ittikni easy successes, will very sous repent his sumption. PARIS, JAN. 20.—1 n the terrible strug,g which France is engaged, two sentiments, al rently contradictory, ought to animate all hearr.3. Let ;is out be insensible to the tlatq,i but let us net be made to despond from us mistrust the vain protnisespf enraged enetil i ;O who announce, in their procintpations, ger' ' ti t sit"; belied by their excesses: Let us milt frightened by their audacity ; they will f i :; dearly for it. Their motions are disastrous, or l r Out doubt, for sonic countries ; but no real sli d cess, no battle gain -A, no fortress, yet give ti' ~1 any eonsistemee. Let us take Courage, when o , recollect the great resources Of our fine cer'' o i , try 5 when tae'. daily see troops and aotoo t ` tion pas: f r, ‘ehiel l advance on every side ; ‘I'' ) ; ( ) we remember the number and the streoi - o of all. those places wllich the; enemy hats /, thee passed by than invested. H ere itlen t i,, , Landau, Strashurgh, Seliele s t a dt, N ew Bris' c o l Huninguen, line and command still the course.. the Rhine ; there Thionville, Metz, Sarrel";; Luxembourg, Longwy, cut 'several inipor t. ;., roads; farther, Juliers, Antwerp, Wesel ) 1 %:( trieht, Venloo, Bergen-up-Zoom, Flushing o °v Belgium ; behind which is the line of Lisle) c o leneiennes, and Conde ; places less famous, op as Befort and Eitsche in the Vosgts,4'o,a)cr-4. the Jura, have biraved all the efforts of the " e ` Pi, who, notwithstanding the rapidiiy of a perlidkv ,, ., invasion, has nut been able to Make himself • ter of any places but such as were absolutcer, open. • Have we not seen towns without any gular fortifiCations, as .for eatnple, Langres flit Chalon Sur ,Saone, shut their gates against plunderers, and drive thetmaway. with ;heirlO lP t , kers. Already frightened at th e ir enterri t i the enemy's legions begin anxiously to ,to how they shall get,back to their country ?: us preserve that coolness, that c on tid euce , wil` c ; a .valiant countty ought to have ; b u t a t the o ° ',l time let us double, our efforts, let us not feo sacrifice', let us arm our bands—ler us elevate uu hearts to our country—let all the citizens, ali t ) soldiers forts but one single army ; and attic s lg e ; long horrors, the dawn of peace will. soo .. upon Fran-cc. An old supernumerary of cer bad bou&lt small. national estate between Spire and Lein], which lie had cultivi-ited for these tel., v':' 1111 and employed on it the fruits of all his cconco'' ) ; But the enemy having invaded his est.i;tc,. drys afterwards tiro persons arrive, "` t; called themselves collateral hei rs of time atici° proprietors ; and, aided• by a filrious they took away his money, and seized . on house and effects. 'This persob hos Metz, whence this account is sent uti. BAYONNE - , JAN. 15.—General St Jean Pied de Port on the nth, o , o; on the 12th. The Spani4.(ls, under t.;t: of Miaa, have retired. The .diviiion; has advanced as far as Hillette to sopoort .1 - ist:spe. The seen) very uneasy, Is even beli6ed tin t t they will trogf-aqc movernnt. " ClICe drvi PAU, JAN. troops tikfler the or: 1 '1, o f hi 3 Excellency the Pill: J.. of Dalmatia r‘..: 4 to I O,OUO men ; he h:as• •._ei:ived considerable [reinforcements. Th e vo uo: . C, couscrip4stre fall of ardour. the nmnb e r , tnany strong- tuen, Who cannot fail of Cenellt - SOldierS; The inaction of the enemy prfi'' . ; 7 that he is not in a condition to ,ui4lertake thing, and we believe that oui' General in Chi i c : r ' purposely allows hint to exhaust his means. :P °, • harasses bins on a ll po i nts, . and annoys hint in I'll! rear; General llarispe, who possesses the_ coofr. !fence of the Basques, cuts off his tounnuni 3 ", tints, and carries away iris Trovisions and ovens . The English and Spaniardl• do not live ulyin tlr most amicable terms. It appeats that the mistrust the Spanish, as the latter having :re-cO O4 (lucre(' their country, only deNire'peace, a nd di' not eoueeal their desire of adjusting affairs t%"" the French •Government. The En; sent the. Spaniards into their rent', dif.strut mo' t have E reivcd ,at the hit heat pitch, for w e 1;n(r' l how well the English manage their igen- Jt believed that the intention of the English Gen"' • would have been , to have taken winter-quarters f in Beam, but he is not sure of the dispositio9 the people of the country; he is observed by enemy . who will profit by .th~ slightest. of Ili' faults. 'The likaruois sbew great attaclunent