The Sun. — London, England, 1814-12-28 00:00:00

.~ FRENCH PAPERS. LRECEItinD THIS mottNiNal VIENNA, DEC. 14.—The fortress of Mentz ems, as it were, to stand a siege in the Con• Sever al Powers are contending far it, and it is not yet determined to whom it shall belong. Brivaria claims it, and for a long time it was thought she would succeed, but the Ministers of Prussia opposed it, with the view, it was supposed, of inducing Bavaria to accede to some proposi tions to which she tvas,averse. Other Members of the Germanic Body proposed that Mentz should -be declared a fortress of the Confederation of Germany, and as such garrisoned by the troops of the Confederation. greys. . Austria and Prussia arc the only Courts which Lave hitherto:made any propositions to the Con gress, respecting the affairs Of Germany; the other Powers seem to be there . Cinly, for the pur-i pose of giving their adhesion. It is _not then wonderful that umbrage should have been taken, and ,uspicions entertained. Much has been said of.the conciliating note de livered Ou the Bth by the Russian to the other Ministers, but nothing is known of their answer. it appears as if - they were waiting for the return of ;he Couriers that were sent to London and. Paris. . . VENICE, DEC. 10.—For some. (lays past our intercourse ivith Malta has become very active. -7 Tite...nglish-consent that we should go there to purchase their manufactures, .and their colonial produce, the importation,of which is allowed intfp ...Iw3trianl;;;niiire ALtua4p, Dec. P.—The King has conferred the rank of Matshat of the Camp upon Brigadier Doti twin Martin, called Empicinado, who corn mantled • a corps of Partizans, which. incessantly harrassed the enemy iu the province of Madrid. The departure of our double Maritime EXpedi tion seems to be adjourned indefinitely. A new sentence which has been passed by the Commis sion agitimt; some Members of the Cortes, but the turn of the most distinguished Members is not yet arrived., A number of reporti are circulated in this capital, whiCh' seem to have no other founda tion than the spirit of justice which is known to mark the King's personal character. According to these reports, a plan is in agitation for a general T ecouciliation, to be cemented by alotal oblivion ..of all wrongs and of all animosities. It is said tbat.this - proposal originated with the Council of Castile, in Consequence of a wish expressed by the King to that effect. la the mean time, the property of the absen tees continues in a state of sequestration. The proceeds of those which have been sold, are de posited in the public treasure ; and the entailed property which could not be sold, has generally been given to the next heir of the absentee. PARIS, DEC. 24.-Letters from Stutgard, state the indispOsition of the King of Wirtemberg is so serious. that his Physician has been sent for to Vicuna. Letters from Rouen state, that the activity of trade is so great there, that it is diffictlt to obtain workmen. Since the arrival of English manufac tures in France, we have had an opportunity of ascertaining, that our cottons are not inferior• to those of England ; and our manufactures will of course profit by the discovery. A number of medals were lately found near Beaume Cote D'or ; they amount to about 400; the series commences with Vespasian, and comes down to Salomns Csar, who was killed in Co logne hi the year 268. VIENNA, DEC. 13.—Wc are assured that the Emperor of Russia has proposed to make the city of Cracow and 2:horn free cities of Poland. k They speak of •tliE marriage of -the, Prince of Wirtemberg, who is divorced from his wife, with a great Northern Princess. The Uominerce of Naples is daily increasing ; the port is crowded with English, French, Swe dish, and Spanish vessels. BRUSSELS AND .FRANK FORT CAPERS. [ARRIVED THIS MORNING.] 13rivsseLs, DE C . 23.—The magnificent regiment of carabincers on horseback, which is organizing in this. city, will soon be completed. The corps of Officers is composed of men who have already distinguished themselv;:s in the French or Austrian service.—The erg inization of the different corps of infantry of our national urnly proceeds ra- pidly. Some.ltalian Journals announce, that the cele brated Prince of Peace •is going to the Island of Elora. I shall shortly give an interesting account of the Prince of Peace,Twhich will make known some circumstanccs,hitherto unpublished, relative to the beginning of his elevation and his ta‘our. I served inany years with him in the Body-guard, and nollocly, I believe, has been better acluaiatel with him from 1787 to 1792. VIENNA, DEC. 13.—1 t is affirmed in a manner which seems positive, that.the affairs of Saxony and Poland are terminated to the satisfaction of the Allies.—Very satisfactory accounts have been received from Dresden. Titzre is the best tinder - - standing bet Ween the inhabitants and the Prussian , authorities. The University of Wittenberg will not only be preserved, but measures are taking to place it in a most flourishing condition.--(Oracle, Dec. 24.) STATE PAPER. TREATY OF PEAtt. BETWEEN MIS MAJESTY THE KING OE4 DENMARK; AND HIS MAJESTY TILE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, Concluded at Hanover on t he Bth of February, - an . d ratified at Vienna on the WO of Nov. 1814. In the name of the Holy Trinity, his Majesty the King of Denmark, and his, Majesty - the Ein perm- of Russia, equally animated by a wish to tettninate the differences which for a short time have subsisted between them, and to restore on firm foundations that union andtood understand.' ing which so long prevailed between their re spective states, have for that purpose named and authorised as Pholipotenti2ries. viz. his Majesty the King of Denthark, Mr. Edmund Bourke, his Chamberlain,'&c. and his Majesty the Emperor of" Russia, BaronFeter -- ,Suchtelcm, "General (,'; Engineers, &c. who having exchanged their full powers ) and found them in good and proper order,' have agreed upon the following articles : Art. I. There shall be henceforward peace, - friendship. and good understanding between hiS Majesty the King of Den :mark and his Majesty the Empertir s of 'Russia. Both the. high Contracting Powers- will pay the greatest attention to the. maintaining of complete harmony between their respective states and subjects, and will carefully avoid every thing that might interrupt the harmony so happily restored. 11. The political relations, as well its the old-treaties, which existed between the -two PowerS before the_ war, that for a moment broke off their operation, are again restored to full effect by the present Treaty, in so far as they do not militate against Treaties which have recently been concluded between . the Emperor of Russia and other Sovereigns of the North. 111. The relations of navigation and commerce are again restored between the two States, the same as they existed before the war. They shall be subject to the same regula tions, and•enjoy the same advantages as before the breaking out of the war. IV. The sequestration laid on the property of both Sore reigns, and of their respective szthjects, as well as the em bargo laid on the shipping of both nations in the various ports of Russia and Denmark, at the time when war was de clared, shall be removed as soon as the present Treaty is ratified. V. `!'he two High Contracting Parties formally bind them selves to conclude no separate peace with the common enemy. (The 6th article regulates the mode in which the Russian troops in Holstein were to he supplied.) VII. The two high contracting parties guarantee to each other the possession -of their present states, so as they shall he found at the period of a general peace. VIII. The ratifications of the present treaty shall be ex changed within six weeks at Copenhagen, or earlier, if pos sible. • In oonfirmation whereof, we, the Plenipptentiaries thereto authorised with full powers, have signed this present treaty, at-Hanover, this Bth Feb. 1814. (Signed) E. BOLTRKE. P. VON SUCHTELEN. MAILS. . Lisbon, • I flailiburgb, I Guernsey and Jersey, L Dublin, 7 Wat&ford. INNocENTs.—Holiday at 'the Exeheytier, Bank, East India and South Sea H6uses. HIGH WATER AT LONDON KRIDrjE TO-MORROW. Moroiug, I minute after 4. Eveaiug,26,tuiputes after 4. T 1 E SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICER& VALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY,. DECEMBER 28, 1814. The Treaty with America, for Peace we cannot yet call it, forms almost the, sole subject of poli tical cogitation and discussion. - Never did there exist so great a difference and diversity of opinion every. man seems to have his, own theory, and though, no one either wholly "approlies or, wholly condemns this measure,, so neither is there any one who does not partially do both. — There certainly does exist in the:Country a strong feeling of regret, that the unprovoked aggression of the. Enemy has ,not been more signally and se verely pUnished before he was permitted to march out of the contest with what his • vanity and arro gance will doubtleSslydisplay as flying-colours. On the other side there is a Well-founded argument that very solid advantages have been reaped by the conclusion of this wasting and useless war--ad vantages which it would have been grossly imp— litic and unwise to sacrifice to fear, least the ad . - versary should exhibit his customary vain-glorious boasting and ridiculous egotism on the occasion. Those who call themselves Statesmen, say, " a real, substantial, important; national good has been gained—would you have thrown it away, be cause the Americans may exult in the comparative triumph with which they have escaped ?" The question is thus reduced between the gratification of a vindictive feeling, at a cost which the country could ill endure., aNd the not dishonourable sur render of that feeling for a great and permanent. public benefit.. • Those who delight to exaggerate this plain case, may talk of naval disgraces, of the trident being withdrawn from Britain .to be placed in the grasp of laurelled RODGELS, and similar stuff; but were they called upon to particularize these disgraces, Bi.c, it would gravel them exceedingly. True it is, that we could have wished the li,:ierny bad been less Succes-ful with .Lis piiraterrs, and in ,t.. 0 actions, where a superiority of force has enabled him to sink or capture British ships of war; but in the' whole list cf these encounters, there is not one fair subject fur triumph on the one side, or a sense of disgrace upon the other. While occupied with' the more momentous. la 'hours which demanded all their diligence, and the employment of all the, resources of the Country to bring the war in, Europe to its glorious termina tion, Ministers may well be excused for having confined their exertions on the other side of the • Atlantic to defensive operations. So soon as the Treaty pf Paris released a portion of our force upon the Continent, time utmost expedition was used to transport the Conquerors of the Garinue to the banks of the St. Lawrence. Persons who imagine' that such things can be done with a . wish,.are little versed in the actual history of those details which are necessary to fit not only com plete regiments but even individuals for a,service so different .as.that which .existed between the South of. France and the North of America. — `What Ministers.did achieve in this respect at the close of a most protracted, expensive, and obsti nate war, would have been viewed with astonish ment at any other era of our History. But our _political .FGrtuaotusse,Y make nothing of requiring • The conditions of the agreement,at Ghent being yet very imperfectly understood, we shall not, en ter into any remarks upon the points which are known generally-to he decided. What has been waved is so material, what ha been settled is so trling, and what has been referred to future ad justment is so much of the essence of all that was is dispute, that we are not surprised our Correspondent at Ghent, On the preceding Satur :day, should have thought this a continuance of the War, rather than the conclusion of a Peace. Whe ther he was misinformed as to- the rupture of the negociations, or whether only one week before this document was signed it was a question whether a Commissioner left on either side would not be as efficient a measure, remains to be ascertained.' Of course our Informant was not one of the Ne gociators ; and we are convinced that what he stated to us was of the next best description, and that on Saturday the 1 7th afLtirs bore the appear ance stated in this .Paper on Thurs-darlast. It has been thOught that Mr. Momtot's Letter is at variance with the act of the Commissioners at Ghent ; but it is absurd to raise any argument upon the mere tone either of State papers or State pretensions.. They are .used for the' purposes of the hour, and may very naturally differ in tone in America and Europe without having any real dif ,ferenee as to . the object contemplated. The contents of the French Papers to the 26th, of Frankfort Papers to the 25th, and of Brussels Papers to the 20th and 21st, will be found in our • preceding columns : they offer no news deserv ing of special notice. The language which has been used in the French Journals, and adopted by some of those printed in England, respecting the Netherlands, must either be founded upon a complete ignorance of the his tory of that part of Europe, or upon a wilful per version of the knowledge which they may posi'ess. From the arguments of the French writers, one would be led to suppose that the Netherlands formed an integral part of France, and_ that it is an act of injustice -and oppression to-sever them from that Empire: . In Order. to meet pre tensions so unjust, not to say absurd,. it may not be out of place to take a short review of the His tory of that Country. The Netherlands, neither, in ancient nor in modern tithes, ever belonged to France,-except at . the periods and under the cir cumstances which we shall mention. That France has always been anxious to obtain them is true; . - but the only.time she had an opportunity of accom plishing this cherished object, she last it by the folly or the violence of her own Sovereign. The writers and politicians of France . have always pathetically. lamented that solecism. in politicks committed by Louis XI. when he. suffered that valuable ter ritory to be transferred to Maxim' LLIAN of Germa ny; instead of annexing it to France, byluniting his son, the Dauphin, to the Heiress of CHARLES the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to whom it belonged. By the marriage of MAXLMILLIAN to the daughter of the Duke of 4HUGUNDY,. these rich provinces became vested in his family, and :from bins de 7 wended to his son Pit SLIP, and his grandson, the celebrated CHARLES V., .from whom they again, descended to his sort PHILIP 11. of Spain. The tyranny, both civil and religious of that Prince, led to the Revolution so celebrated in, History, by which that part of the Netherlands now known by the name of the Seven United.,Provinces, were severed from his Crown. The remainder continued a• part of • the Dominions of the Spanish 'Monarchy. Latns XIV. who coveted the l U ok °if° ovcl rigniy Of Europe, Ticit 1e0 45' indifference to the p os sessions of the N ei 0 0 b l 'and a small part of that territory, 'ffi' w 1 : 11 lit e " il the name of French Fhinders, was by ) to France. In the succession w ar of Q i; " - isa s all that part now called Austrian F.and.ersio.Es also takenfrom Spain, and traltsfel re d ti)C,l4t:tlie Germany, and remained gtPehea Ot iv ii Austrian Empire till the War of l be jc p :: . o" t ` . It is true, that io the ;val• which was 1114 S, by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle' ittbefiv France carried on the ‘,..-arsticcessfollY fisir v therlands, but they were all resu'ret-i t4) ::: c f perort by that treaty, at least - ail that Par be b r at now-form an object •of dispute` is ol° i ginning of the Revolution Vijar, the def e3 c 0 i 1 0 'rince of COBOURG Gen . 111FArr (iir r ° 0 01 1 ' again into thepower of France, by t ilci :! (l' pire i t" mi were united by a decree to the Freacil ").eftv but that decree could. no more bind the rest the er sir e dr rope than the decree of -Cnaai..ss Sovereign , by which these Provinces olOt dared to be for ever inseparable. ground then, we may ask, claims Upon the riglit•of conquest ! n ut he ' tltil t surely be a hardy disputant who a° t0 111 • 05/ the right which has been o do bu t t l i l nlh e : "liic „ : ;: sc h t riot be lost by do feat.—What t icit" urge to the Netherlands, that she Pi et ; ipi equal justice advance to. Holland, to . T IA Hantburgh,to to Bremen, or to Pant's - tiP advocates i of _France say she Can ceeet-0114 ienever she pleases, but surely to asse rt t.. ,,t 116 balance the power when she pleases to destr°'erov • ance of Europe, is not the most CO ment that could be used to induce th e -1 : 1 augment her strength.—As a Military ree f rope alreadyknows that herphysical n n o ( c i v a l s ia a rd N ly av c a o l u o tt , ib b l e e r w po ii r li t t s i l u re t r c e ;:; s l o , o ° : a , the Ocean, and hi the Mediterranea n) l dent for any Sovereign, whose viewsalre' d 11 1/ tothe security and commercial prosP eriti o o 4 subjects, and whose ambition d o es 1 0t him to Make France' the mistress of t b i e t ' ment, instead of being what she 0603, and always will be, a '. powerful. andiatiov . _ • Member of the European ConuitunilY' mxcviite A lt(slic t e.ta h in a g l e f- r p: r s r t ive s a ix hi o D 'c o lo ,l ck iin y g e . s s t t e r r e d e a t Y a t tli . rfio ° o4 l l? , , ,, l: ll' PP ° duplicate copy of the. Treat y of r e- go' 'between Great Britain and th ' 0 ,Sta l t e e a ' front , States on l t the e f s A e n c t r e e r t i a c i a . y . ,, 0 1 •Dispatches for Amer' t .- a • o v ii l 4, • l a st „ i ii to be forwarded iuim sel, which; -front the -wind ,b'ein.;l;vo4ll - this . day. • e , t etil Al lo 4 ,, 'he Duke of YORK held a Levee Pi - A , o'''' 0 1 1 l t i i i i s i l l Office as Comthander- in-Chief, wl" - be t) i , ily - attended i. the follow in g beiOg tat" General Officers who- were - ---- 61- 1 CONVE L L , BEAT S 0 N , q i i l i (aCisTRI(Vb)e-itEefeNi Ce.sfrfe(:.re-113'4it'iltbfl'if'.5Clii‘° Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOg ti l d e r il f ;f is _ of LIVERPOOL had long audiences of l '4 - 0 ,1 1) " REGENT, at Carlton House. Visconar --,,,.5 ~l, had - also an audience of hiS•RoVal ilig lll4 , - I;t iu 0 1 I . Ve have' (says a - Morning Paper) mwi.'.;ilPoli state, - that notwithstanding the cog e : (1 0,0 ) p reace with America, Lieut.-General '''. his i c- 0 RE.VOST will demand a Court Martia l ' 3 4.40c1it. duct, immediately on his arrival in Martial t i e ( consequence of the char-4 - e . preferred 3 f'' ' : I l e- t t iO by Commodore Sir J. YEO in his oflic' A ' t 0 - to the Board of Admiralty, as plibli sbe'. $' Landon - Gazette. n c f i i -... It is said, that two vessels will sail, ('-oci P fec'llif lifax, and the other for the-Cltesapeake Of iie' Admiral HALLowELL is arrived ill t° i f itr il e has received notice from the Judge A d ` ii ° g c G'' Feral, tiac t ol to give si.) hjs evidence at the eo u ' l7 4 ) 1 01). v ti ' tlie 4. l ,y l' P consequence of the severity or several of the Mails did not arrive Yes tel‘. I, several hours after their usual time. sere, The Earl and Countess of LorEarn°,,.; G_,," ( V night• in the Duke of YonK's 80% 1.- A ir' ° ,4 ol garden Theatre. We were ulgul to toll'see °-,i'df man, whose mind is constantly and Loci' pied its the service Of his country, able .10 0 , e some relaxation from his toils. 0 0 1 01 BRIGHTON, DEC. 26.—There now r e lb pf 1 orl i ' doubt of our being . again honour e "f g ail les . PRINCE REGENT'S royal presence, il t . c' k 10 e 0 j1 New Year's -day. sa r t l u l r e da a y nn e t v ta e l ni C ns hri a s t tm o a a s - a f a e i s l t d i s iti t e 7c s i t : 6os( ,1 0 . : eve. het . ° 7, . A list Of the criminal causes broug l " , iv , i' i ( er thefts, of Assize in Paris during ril ls Y e e- 3 14 ` V their nainher amount to 358 ; of wh ic '. l / 1 l l ,, t i l t i lent e s ' and 2 rapes. button-maker, at PariS, found gol i l t Y ( l io e i V h 6 assassinatioooo'e ,noetto:3,ol; tempt to violate the person of a _girl a ' ' ,.,1, 9 '; 2 1 of age, has been condemned to `2 O P':. p v i Pr labour, and 3000 Fr . for the insP cctit' ll 131 ' High Police,- under which he is to r et9'll 1/ life. plc, 1 al A French Paper says :—" Mall P e j 111 ‘ , ..i ,' felt as that Madame CATALAtr(l7llrttr,, fuse 40,000 fr. and a free benefit, t - ': i - , e ts' P t y the the Managers of the Opera for 50 o'gi c i . 60 . 1.it y , mance during the year; but they 0 . hi'' er t IT I sider• the reasons of that celebrated 5-1.01-10,' thar f'' or e 6 , , fusal : Madame CATALAN' Says, eight years she made in Eaglatid . 9 t 4 iif f . 250,Q00 fr. a year by her talen t ; tii'leflg 50,000fr..are too trifling a sum to s ; tit a fixed engagement, to do without. She means to retro ° III :. and employ her talent ou her own '' cctlLl. ilk which her fortune e; ii! 1 1114 , ‘. , k 4 1 ' t4, t k~ra o } s } '~i Pt H~•~ ~ 'tt.