The Sun. — London, England, 1814-04-08 00:00:00

GOTTENBURGII MAILS. GOTTENBURGH, MARCH 29.--Af►er cutting the ice about six English miles, the packet is at last so near the open water, in a min harbour near Innerholin, that the first favourable breeze will enable her to get to sea. A ship that left Plymouth on the Bth February, from St. Übe's, with salt, for the Baltic, has been on the ice, off Marstrand, with the loss of cables and anchors,. ever since the latter part of that month.. Some men, with pilots from "Mar strand, have got on board her, and we learn that she has seen no packet whilst lying there. The passengers that were landed in Norway from the. Lark, Diana, and extra packet, have arrived here, after• having experienced the greatest hardships : they report, .that there appeared to be nn sort of order existing there, and that after• having been arrested and set at liberty by the Ci vil Authority, they were again errested by the Military Authority, and *were in the whole under arrest for i 1 days, when 'they were finally libe rated by order of the Crown Prince of Denmark. This Prince, it is confidently said, has declared himself Regent of Norway, 'and written a 4etter to the King of Sweden, recommending that the Kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, should be united, and he be elected Crown Prince. SPANISH PAPERS,. SITTING OF THE CORTES, MARCH 24. A message was received from the Secretary of State; informing the Cortes of a letter which bad, on the preceding night, been brought by the gar.. shal de Camp) non Jose Zayas, sigpFd: by King Ferdinand VU. and acquainting thelle;,..7ency, that, on the 13th instant, he Meant to set out from Va lency for Perpignan ; • and that he was anxious to arrive speedily in Spain, meaning to come by way of Catalonia. This information excited ° great enthusiasm among many of the Members ; and Senor Arispe proposed that the Regency sho►tild send the ori ginal letter 'of his Majesty:, as the Cortes must he anxious to see it. Alter some eonxersation, this . ' was agreed to ; and the Secretarrot State went to bring the letter. In a short time he returned, and observed; that the letter containetl,no secrets, but the Regency had at first thought that ought to be read in a secret sitting, from a principle of decorum towards the King. He, however, now re4it as follows : " The contents of the letter which theßegency wrote to me, under date of Jan. 28, and trans mitted by Don Jose de Palafox, were extremely grateful to me. From it r perceived: how anxiously the nation desired my return ; I myself do not Jess wish it, in order to dedicate my ef forts, upon my arrival on the Spanish 'territory, to form the felicity of my beloved subjects (vasalto►s), to whom on so many accounts I am indebted. (4 . I have the satisfaction to acquaint the Re gency, that my return will forthwith take place ; since it is my intention to depart. from hence on the 13th inst. on the route for Catalonia; and in consequence the Regency will take the measures which it may deem necessary, after having heard the bearer of this letter, Don Jose de Zayas, with regard to'every thing that may relate to my journey. " With regard to the re-establishment of the Cortes, of which the Regency speak to me in their letter, a well as every thing that 'may have been done, (luring my absence, usefully to the king dom, it will always merit my approbation, as conforinable to my Royal intentions. Valency, 'Match 10. (Signed) " FERDINAND." During, and after the reading of the letter, extra ordinary applause was testified ; and the letter was handed about to many of the Deputies, who were anxious to see his Majesty's signature. it was read a second time, at the request of some Gen tlemen, and on coming to the word " subjects," a voice exclaimed " We are not subjects !" Senor AR/SkE,---The voice which interrupted the Secretary, saying, g' We are .rtiri.ithjects,!' filled me with pleasure. We are not in effect va satins of any but, the law : bUt the nignlkunate Ferdinand, who has never seen the ,&institution, rm . ay be excused, since even from patriots words peculiar to the ancient despotism have occasionally 'escaped. He then apostrophised the King in an address full 9f patriotic and truly Spanish senti ments : concruding with the two folloWing pro positions, which were approved :-- Ist, That the Regency should be invited to adopt the necessary measures that the King may take the oath to - the Constitution, in the Hall of sittings of Donna Maria de Aragon. 2d. That the Cortes request the Regency to confer some mark of attention on the bearer of the King's letter. MADRID, Mancu 24. Iu relation to the ex.. pected arrival of his Majesty, we have only to add, that on the 9th he received from the French. Go vernment ten or twelve - blank passports, wherein he-might insert the names of any individuals he pleased. This night General Zayas set oil post, but we know not whither. MAvato, MAnott 22. --Gerona, Gerona, 016 t, a n d Puy ccdra, are now free ; so that, there remain to the enemy only three or four fortresses in Catalonia, together with Peniscola and Murviedro, TA RBA GON , nll 1 7.—The Of Bar celona continues to increase in strictness. The enemy's garrison having suffered severely in a late sally, have nut made another ; and though almOst constantly on duty, they.are unable to Cover the whole extent of the place. On the 2d instant Hubert, the Governor, issued an order for expel ling sw:ti of the inhabitants as had not prOvisions for scveral months. GRA LYADA, llnxca 13.--This day possession of the do:nain called the Soti de Roma was given to the Agent of Lord Wellington. Du rcu PAPERS, SWMF.RLAND, iNIARctI, 20. 7 —0 n the 13th of March the AuStrian and;Rassiatt:Ninistees, Che , valier de liebezelterti, and Count Capp D'lstria,. arrived at-Zurich from the Imperial bead-quar ters at Chaumont, which they left On the Next day they - presented to the Goverinnent of Zurich their new Credentials as I.;xtraordinary Ambassadors to the Swks contents of both are exictly coincident. Aat., of Count Capo D'lstria is as follows " We, ALExaNwER FIRST, by the grace ofGod .Emperor and Autocrat of all the hussies, &e. declare, by these presents, that on account of the friendly sentiments which weirave always enter tained towar6; the,Swiss nation, we resolved on those measures towards it, which we took at the moment that the success of our arms enabled us to put .a stop to the preponderating "influence, which France exercised, particularly over the neighbouring States. It was our wish that a country, not less celebrated for its political. Con stitutions, and its manners, .than tor the firmness and valour of its inhabitanis f should be enabled to obtain its entire independence by a free rege neration of its Constitution, to be effected upon principles •calculated to 'reconcile all interests, and' to give the union that common energy which might secure to the Swiss nation a suitable rank in the nevi - system of the peace of Europe. These considerations were the ground of the Declaration Which we. made, in conjunction with out angtist Ally, the Emperor of Austria. Difficulties, hovV, ever, arose, which, delayed a w or k so sa lut ar y for`' the happiness and the repose' of Switzerland itself. , The Diet will now assemble to deliberate on the Constitution, and we have resolved to appoint for our Resident at this Diet of the Swiss. Cantons, in quality of Ambassador: Extraordinary and Mi- nister Plenipotentiary, our well-beloved and faith ful Count Capo D'lstria, our actual. Counsellor of State, Knight of St. Anne, of the first class, and of St. Wlademer, of the third class ;' we authorize and empower him, by these presents, to declare in the most solenin manner the interest we take in the labours of the Diet, and to publish the prin ciples which guide us, and in conformity with which we and our high Allies, their Majesties the Emperor of Xustria and . King of Prussia, are ready to gu'rantee the new Constitution of the Swiss Cantons,. _and their independenCe.. In tes timony. whereof we have signed these 'presents, and caused to be affixed there e our Imperial Seal , . Given at Chaumont this 9.2 d February, 1814, in the lath year °Lour reign. (Signed) "..A.LEXANDER."' BASLE, MARCH 19.—Among . the French pri soners who were brought on the 17th from Troyes, by a detachment of Cossacks, were some Who had lately arrived frOm Spain. They:said that they alone had- latterly defended Paris and, Napoleon, the rest of the army being composed of raw troops. About fifty thousand men were come from Spain, but had been mast of them destroyed. in the late battles. Yesterday afternoon five thousand very fine Bavarian and Hungarian infantry passed through here. It is said that eight thousand German troops will cross the Rhine next week, here-and in the neighbourhood. Mr. Gau, who was shot by Napoleon's order, after the-Trench returned to Troyes, for having worn the cross of St. Louis, died like a man. lie would not have his eyes covered, and exclaimed to those 'present, " My' eye .sees clearer -than yours. 1 fall the last victim for the House of Bour bon, and therefore I die with joy." He hai left a beautiful young wife, and a respectable family, riuningen is much damaged by the bombard ment, which is vigorously chntinued with 120 pieces of cannon : deserters come oat every n i g h t. Befort, Schlestadt, and Strasburg, are - in great want of provisions. In Besancon is a garrison of 5000 men, mostly conscripts and national rinards. The soldiers receive no pay ; but daily 1 of bread, some thin soup, and 2 oz. of horse flesh. The Journal de Frankfort, of the, 23d March, contains the following Proclamation, published at Leon by General Bulow : GENERAL BULOW, COMMANDER OF TUE 3D CORPS OF THE PRUSSIAN ARMY, To THE FRENCH. " Frenchmen !—We are in the midst of you ; -your Emperor has forced us to pass the Rhine ; we have crossed the ancient, frontiers of yoto• country ; we have been obliged to penetrate into the heart of France, to purchase with our blood,. if it must be so, that peace which. is as necessary to you as to all Europe, Your Ruler alone re- fuses it to exhauste.l nations, he to whom you have confided your liberty, your welfare, your happiness ; he has alone brought.this war into - the midst ofyou, and converted the. fertile plains of France into fields of battle. " A terrible revolution had nearly made bAr harians of you ; it is forgotten ; let it never be renewed. It h as b een followed by the rule of a Tyrant, and instead of seeing your wounds heal ed, you have received more cruel and deeper ones. Profit by the present moment, which is favOnrable to you. Display a new energy ;we expect it from you, for we do not regard you as enemies ; break your chains ; return to the laws ; be yourselves again, The nations will again hiXt . .Autl„esreqin you r and an age of happiness will make You,iir get 20 years of still:eying. " The same Providence that .has, permitted Monvers to chastise an innocent nation,' and an ambitious man to make the blood of 'the French flow in torrents—this same Providence has pro tected the, life of the Pope, has aroused the pa triotism of the neighbouring People, and united in one will the hearts of the Allied Sovereigns.— This will is immovable, ; virtue produced it, cou rage preserves it, power maintains it ; its object is peace. ‘-‘ We do not come to dismember France ; it must always remain France. The Sovereigns do not propose to make conquests ; they desire to re store to every one what belongs to him. " We do not come to . revenge_ upon you the evils which your soldiers have brought upon our country. Your religion, your wives, yoUr children, your property, shall' be respected, ',the soldier who commits excesses shall be severely punished. I promise it solemnly. We fight with your sol diers, not against the peaceable inhabitants of the country. Lay your complaints with confidence before me, I will do you justice. You shall not be oppretied either by soldiers or by yout 4agisttates , Rut dpmot oppose critr operations. Receive the corpi under my command as we have a right to expect, as warriors, who, following the 1r0,a4, of glory, come to Merit your gratitude. • • Are come to establish 'anon; you tranquillity; order, commerce, your happiness,'as %All, al got, own ; 1 pledge myself f o r it. W ou ld' a Pritve, who ptefers honour to every thing; a great - dene- Val,' a Frenchman by birth, conic to France with his troops, unless it were with the intention of making you happy. Ile will cover himself among. you with new glory; his destiny calls' to combat for your happiness, after having so often com batted for your glory. • The CroWn Prince of Sweden will come with eighty thousand fresh troops, to add the oliVe of peace to the laurels with which lie will - have again crowned himself in the bosom of his cotoitfiyi" LOUVAINE, MARCH 28--Yesterday.; General Walthoden, with 4000 men of the Gentian Le gion, - arrived here. To-day and to-morrow we expect the remainder of that • corps, which is 3000 strong, anitaccompanied with much cavalry and artillery. BRUSSELS, MARCH 30.—0 n the 21st instant, .At eight in the morning,_Befort, a strong fort- ress 'of ; the 4th rank, 17 miles west from Basle, surrendered by capitulation. In it were found 57 pieces of large artillery, besides 'others' of small calibre, and a great quantity of military stores. Befort was the seat cif many smitheries and nowder The troops which have just entered Brussels consist of some thousands of IValtnoden's corps, Prussians, Russians, and Hanoverians. The first column of the corn: , of the Crown Prince of Swe den entered on Saturday, and will be followed on the 4th and sth by two others. The Crown Prince will lodge at the palace of Laeken. The head-quarters of the Duke of Saxe Wei mar are at present at Aalst. On the 28th be sent the following note to the French Gene ra l M a i son : . . "If you exercise any severities upon the inhabitants of Ghent or its vicinity, I promise you that y ou shall be very Spesqlily informed of the retaliation which thg Emperor of Ruisia will inflict upon the Fr e n c h G enera l s and I..a.fr-i>tticers of wkpin he has a great number in his power. LAW, trsec. "The Duke of SAXE IVEDTAII.." • • • 30th, in the evening. —By a letter . whigi Cdunt Lottuth has •thig moment received,- we learn that the enemy. bas evacuated Ghent, which was again occupied by our troops. 31st March 4 —The excesses committed by the French in Ghent, appeal. to haVe giv'en occasion to the above letter of the Duke of Saxe Weimer. 'As all the reports,. however, with regard to the putting to death of individuals are hithertouncer tain, we can communicate nothing - antli'dlitliel on that subject. In the mean time the Allied troops have manoeuvred with the view of cutting oil' the enemy's retreat either to Antwerp or Lisle. Under the bead of Brussels, March 29', these papers also contain some reports of the opera. tions of the Allied Armies down to the 27th ; but as they are anticipated by the Extraordinary Gazette of Tuesday, we mak e on ly t h e f o ll ow i ng extracts . In the battle of the 20tb, at Arcis, Napoleon himself is said to have been So closely en gaged, that he tvas obliged to detead himself sword in hand., AccOrding to all account's, he had with" him between 50 and 60,000 men when he crossed the Marne, and advaned to 44. Dizier. In his letter to the EmpreGs, dated Sonameralst . ; March 21, and which was intercepted by our troops, he says the object of his movement was to compel the enemy to retire' to a greater distance from Paris. The prisoners reported, that it was an nounced to the army that they were to march to wards the These reports, besides noticing the annihilation of Pactholl's diviSion, mention that Marmont's corps, when cut off from forming a junction with Buonaparte, lost in the battle between Vit•y and Fere Champenoise 8000 soldiers, 8 Generals, and 300 officers made prisoners, besides 62 pieces of cannon. THE HAGUE, AP/qt. I.—Magnificent prepara tions are being made here to welcome the Koval Family on their return from Ainsterdam to-mor row. 'A triumphal arch has been erected in the Von Hoot, where booths are now standing, and on a stage which has beeh elevated opposite the Palace, a grand display of fire-works; will take place. We shall have a general inutuinatio:r. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GOT TENBURCiIr, MARCII 12 " After many tniseries, I at last arrived safe here. There is little business doing here, and peo ple take as little interest in European politics here as if they did not belong to that part of the world. They care little about the incorporation of Nor way to Sweden, and-of the resistance of that coun try-. The Swedes are not strong, in a military point of view, but well-equipped and nourished ; the Norwegians full 39,000 to 40,000 strong ; but half-starving, badly armed, and unexperienced._ The latter are, and it fflay he said of all classes of the inhabitants, furious against the Swedes 3 the system of starvation practised by' hem against Nor way having made too deep an impression ever to be forgot. In the 13ishopriek of Dcontheim more than 5009 people have died, in consequence of living upon unwholesome bread, baited, or roasted ordried fish bones, moss, and fir•bark. OU opening the bo dies of these IN iserable victims, large lumps of ob sorbid turpentine have been found in their entraik. The conquest of Norway may be. pronounced ex- 1 tremely diflicidt, being, like the whole country, one Gibraltar. The inhabitants are well a'a are that the Swedes can starve them ; but they'have the foolish, idea that England will assist. them ; at least, they have no doubt that Great Britain - will allow the importation of grain. The intelligence of peace with England, not generally knoWn in Norway, on our arrival, made many cry for joy to whom we mad e th e communication. With Ont trade, Norway can never subsist. The Regelit, Prince Christian (of whose good sense, by the bye, we have had efficient proof's), they call here the Rebel Prince, because. he has publicly acted against the orders of his Master, the King of Den- • mark ; but it is supposed, that the whole is •a preconcerted plan between the King and Prince Christian. Should it come to hostilities, the car nage. will be dreadful. They say here, that it is impossible to break the ice for the convenience of the packets. Every thing, in fact, is ble in this country which requires ezettien." IVIAILN. • ARRIvEn-L24Gottenboro, I St. Sebastian, 1 Publ;n, 3 Vit terford. Dos -7 Goiteohorgii, 3 lioNand, HIGH AVA'I'EII AT LONI>( --- )N I;RIDGE TO-MOltltMi r • 'Morning, 57 minutes after 4. LEvening, 25 min ute..s after TBE SUN. 3!TLEM (LUIS LICERE FALSL!fq Al/DEAT ? LONDON,' 4PI?IL 8, 1814. By a letter from Dieppe, dated the 4t(, whiCli reached Brighton last night, we are confidentlf assured that the Whole of the SOUTH oF FglitqCo HAD DECLARED 'FOR ,THE BOURBONS. We have beard that there ace Letters ,of t h° 4th from Paris, and also minor Parisian Juuruo W its of a l a t er date than the 30 t h, in T , own. " have, however, neither bad access to them, O f been made acquainted with their substance. The Dover Mail Guard reported this morning st ' the Post Office, that there was, last nights . ~ firing, supposed to be off the French Coast.• Many absurd speculations are conitturted 41 ° the Supposed result of a supposed - applicati° frnin the Allies to BITONAPARTE'S • tools, the 'S r nate. They are too ridiculous for Seritias noti °6 and their f a bri ca ti on a disgrace to.:ast tnogt the meatiest understanding. • We yesterday-published the Official .D'il l°li; by which the rapist. progr e ss o f the Army Locler Lord WELLINGTON is manifested. His Lordshill Advance was„we understand, on the 250, Yii 4 : in six, miles o f Thoulouse and not only from 11 immense desertion,, which was daily thinoi 4 the ranks of the, enemy, bu,t.,,from the str° 4 , disposition o f the :people of 'Thoulouse, the country round it, in faVour of the / 3 . 0) Cause, - it was confidently anticipated thatil;' 14 : sistance could be Offered to . •'the. occupation that City by the British, and' the further flag of Sotaa. ,The next accounts will assure' add Thoulonse to Bourdeaux - and 'LYQII S ' id • 1 among the Royal Cities whic - h might be - le , up to ,the example , of Paris. Lord WELLO V TON,. it, is 'stated, divided his army into tad parts ;_ the one following tke :.enemy on tll6 lower road from Tarbes. to Thonlonse, svllil e himself conducted the upper one by SacnO l It is, therefore,:probable cthat his LOrdshiP vs . tor advance, and turn the - Enemy's'-right, tno- • cing him fiom the Garo nne , to seek safe)! mr. rapid march up dm Tara, iu the directi9u of d' • lac and Alby. eft Twenty-four Gottenburgh Mails have..lo ll( froth which, and . from private letters, vi' 4 gleaned some interesting extracts. The l' e p from Norway is of a singular complexioll• might be unwise at present for US t o sad we think of it. 1 5 t A Messenger from Lord WALPOLE, IVb° • D it Gottenburgh, came to town this morning' nothing of the Dispatches which be brought transpired when. this Paper was put to press' The :iipanish Papers, from which we haVe', 0 ,4 a few extracts, are more important than (4' l o, lately been, as th e y - state that FERDINAND 111C 110 . b 5) (for this is the era for restoring lawful i 1.1 0 .010 had announced to the Cortes that he Nvol l/ ` . IA 11 the 13th ult. set out from Valency for Madr'', - ! i o the route of P erp i gnan. The manner in `lllitr his Majesty' s l etter was received is most g-tio; ing. Their exultation at the return of thei' . P. rty did not tra ns p or t t h e S paniards into any fo 0' fulness of their newly acquired liberty. .A mendable jealousy was evinced on the applic%rf termof the " Vasallos" to the people, and et ' ,t thing tends to imp ress us w i t h the convictiont ti Spain, under her iMproved Constitution, regilin that consideration in iloirope has so long lost. Then, what an Any bas rile nerosity of Britain secured ! Gerona, ()lot, and Puyeeda have been cl ejlve. o o from the who now hold only re llisc. • and i'durviedro, and a few fortresses in Gotal.!! 3 , By .what ri lit docs EtIoNarARTE prete 4. t taro these, he makes a ' mer it of I;hi°s the King of SPAIN' to his Sabjects • The Morning Post stAtes, and very correc!:,),L. that ther e h ave b een no , French Paper" receib ro" 30 since the t,h ofMarch ; but the Ch Pictronicle'• ceeding one step further, ventures to CO the fact of the arri va l of accounts from fa. ril " . .' t t date later than abov e qu O te d , an d thus Lle" ies ,.i c authenticity of the b r i e f b ut i mpor t a nt le r ter we submitted to the Public in a Third of THE SUN Of yesterday. As it suite : ol o; c Party to foliad a long and a false Br g - s o upon this point, the Writer sets out by