The Sun. — London, England, 1814-05-12 00:00:00

ENGLISH OAK TINIBEIt. It is said the Ci . rand Junction and other Canals have derived great 'hehefit from the carriaze of Oak TiMber, from the interior of the country, to_ Lon'dbn and the Out -ports ,for Ship-buildiv; and from the carriage into the interini - ol foreign Tim ber for House-bnilding yet, that the persons con 7, ccrne.l- in the inlara Ovigation the - kingdom 'are lndifferen't to the : result of the grent'ireleton uow de pcnllin - g, e'rber.. a y_tno.re. 1a r ge . o,dt Tim ber shall he brought:fron the interior to London am! the Oat-port for 'flaval‘put•phses. It will, 1;-i; w e cr., tip,;eai•, ty . r eferenee Funks- of •t Canals e,l% , ing: coMmunicatiOn vith London aml the Ou'-,x~rtthat tlie.earriage ol• the (lift:event specieA of Timbers lieflire tpeniioned con4itutes a. very great proportion of their ne.t.teral etUUloyment And that there is no reason . to doubt they feel a strong interest on 'this' stibjert. It is also ,s,aid, the 'price acirainaffeCisintiterially, the Land e d Interest ; wie Ncifill to know whether the price of Oak Timher will not be nitfr,4l depressed, if . the building of lar t teips shOnld In.:: discontinued . in . fireatTritain ? It likecrise utiOt not be 'uninte .res•ting to ascertain, whether the difference in the value of theTitni•!er at the liedge,rows of fields, (hies not generally exceed the value of the rent of the elds It will alio afford another' object of in teresting research ,to persons tvido have considera ble property in Woodland, to a.F.certain, notwith 'standing the ship-bnih!ing which it is alleged hits t.l4eu Once at the Out-ports and in the King's yards during the two wars, uthcihr±r therc" not . .?t•i.)?, Mroughout all the Timber Counties, a gene rat fill of in the prke of Oak Timber fit for ship. building. We shall fo r bear to press this suhjet, untii the examination now going on, as to the state of Oak Timber in England, is closed ; hut, webare no doubt, it will appear there is no ra tional ground to stippose country incompetent to the Supply of all the Oak Timber wanted litrthe Navy and the Merchant's Service. Indeed.we know the annual: consiunption for both has been ex , Arentely exaggerated ; and so it will be evident, if the sam e is ,t r i c tly itiquired into. A delusion has too long prevailed on this interesting subject; yet, not withstending the prejudices which are still re tainccl elle establishment of this impOrtant fact, we do trust :he Legislature trill cause io be sifted to the bottom the circumstances which have led to Stich 2111 in j hn inns impression On the ,public mind. We are surpriSed to observe so rooted and fixed an inclination to disbelieve the competency of Great .Britain to supply Oak Timber, in size and quantity, equal to all the wants of the Navy and the Merchant's Service! .We ate satisfied there never - was a scarcity--and that there never will he a scarcity—if•a fair indwentent is held rut to the Landed Interest to_persevere in the sys tem which has orevailed during the last five-and twenty years, in extending and protecting the growth .of Oak Timber. The political grounds of the objections to I.he proposed measure in fa vintr of India-built Ships we do. not at pre sent notice : they are self-evident. Indeed, we .cannot suppose that, after a war, founded on and upheld by the maritime superiority of the. country, any rational Politician' would venture to • eecomumend an abandonment of the Ship-building Establishme.ats of the Kingdom, because ships . may. be built cheaper ii foreign countries, or of a more dUrable material in British India.— The restive cost of Ships built in England and` India does- not .appear to he. of any moment, compered to.the great question to which the in vestigation of this subject must- lead, namely, whether the friends of the Bill to give British registers-tied) chat acter to the Ships, clump mit Asia, for the purpose of trading to amid front time United Kingdom -to , India and China, and to the inter mediate places within the East, India Company's Charter - , .are prepared to declare, that an moue diate breach shall be made in the Navigation Sys , tent of the Country, and the present Laws re pealed, and hi; Majesty's subjects allowed to buy Ships in Russia, or ot her places, wherever they may be; had at a cheaper rate than in Great Bri tain. UnksS they are disposed to go this length, toe BM can; i t be supported on any broad grounds of national policy. *Avrty are the East India Mer chants to be allowed advantages over those en im the West India Trade Codependent of the freleat to England from India and China or the former) ?' We Mean with reference to the employment of Ships built in India, which are to, be from time British Colonial Trade. If there . :is•any good Sense,,sound policy, or national timis measure, India-built Ships ought to he admitted to participate even ill the Coasting Trade of the . E-epire ! Vet the Advocates of this proposition have not had the courage to go this length. Under a supposed scarcity of Oak Tim ber for Ship-building, this measure has been sug gested. How, long it will he maintained, will de , rod on the good sense of the Goverment, and the patriotisui of the Legislature ; but; \ surely, it iS too late to try problems on vital questioos.of this nature, though it may not be too late for the 'iodelef-a to acknowledge their .Aneestors were en - mTned With more practical tiiddid sense and wisduar. than 11u-tie-mei...el, :mod that Great Britain is " - an ex eeption,' io all its features,- .political and com mercial, and does not fail within the dicta of the . Economists, which have, unfortunately, so be numbed the faculties of some of the omen of the present day, thatthey appear to be disposed .to try every • species of experiment to - reader du bious time grooods on which the 11,'.iticne Glory and independence of the Country have hitherto been nuruntained. NVe therefore bur. the Home interestS will receive, in the coutse of time present S e ssion of Purl:ailment, that protection to %chic!' they are so pie-eminently eittitleda and when it is recollected Cott so many indastrious indivi duals, on both Beaks of the Thames, are, at this time, piniug ill ini,:try., from the want of em ployment, with no prospect-. 4 relief, if this ques tion is not inunediately set at rest but an nett frod,tion o f distress, from time numbers of their fellow-artizans who will be thrown on time world town discharged from the puhlie service, we erinnot hesi,tate to express our firm conviction that, in time cour4eof this Sei6in, their case will be decided Upoll by the Legi,htuce, wit' , that re- occasio:ls, .1, whicp I ral goof. "as, on :ft:Ill their cieetsibi,s, and , tkerchy, secure, on ail great atyl emergencies a continuation of a te:- sonrce at holm., %vhich has been, at many former periuds, o s;) conTictinsisz I,e;ieficial . to the Nation. , , MA 1 L. Brtr.lEN,- MAY 3.---General Fonchi, who, as Coiontissioner frow the King o; Fra.nee (according to the 3d artiae OT . the Convention of . the 234 nit), is to cause flanibingh to be delivered up to the Allies, nassed through this town to-day, on his way to Handwrgh. BREMEN, -MAY ..---Accounts from Blankenese of the' 3(1, say, that the day before above 30 of die principal ,citizens of Ilamburgh visited Altura, with French passports, to the great joy. Of their. friends. Cc:mild Bennigsen fixed his head-quar ters there . the same day. LEGllliax, Arum 11.—l'he brigantine, r+.;e St. Catherine, which was diipatched yesterday after- , itoon, at two o'clock, by the Provisional Govevo.... meta at Bastin, arrived here to-day ItiitM't flag of truce, and with French coloniA; a b ove 300 men of the French colonita battalion. Half . an hour after arrived a f‘itlt'ea, with four -Depu tiesfroM the . Provisiaoal i Government, from whom, we learn the fitittir.ing particulars : The iithdiirants of I.l;e,tin, weary of the 'French Cy:eminent, and incensed by tir violent men - uve s which General Bet thier songirt to employ in' order to compel the payment of 500,000 francs,' !natio, on the I ith instant, an attempt to deliver themselves. I\l r. tie La 'may Govt rnor of the rorttess, who had :.?"000 men, pointed the cannon against the town but the inhabitants bad alreAdy seized the St. Gacorge's-gate, and General - who endeavoured to bring vp a reinforce ment, was compelled to retreat by the firing which the inhabitants kept tip. . The citadel was then taken, the garrison , disarmed, and the Cont mordant, with his Staff, placed tinder arrest.--- Three hanared Croats, who were thus set free, now form the garrison of the town. Similar scenes have taken placeat . St.FiorenZa, Capraja, Porto Ferrol°, in Corsica, and other places.-- , -General Berttiier is at' Ajaccio, amid seems inclined to defend himself against the citizens.— The next day a Provisional Government was formed of 13 members, of which Mr. Vidcau is President, and a new Cicione, President. All the Priests who were in prison are liberated. 1 appears that the Deputation desires to ask assistance from Lord Bentinck. BRUSSELS, APRIL 26.--LThe following particu-.. lays respecting the fate of the Empress, on the approach of the allied troops to Paris, have been made known upon authority that may be depend ed on : " The eyes of most people were turned upon the Empress. Many proposals were made to this Princess to leave Paris, and to throw herself on the protection of the Allies, but she rejected theM all, and declared at last, that she desired to be spared all persuasion to this • and similar steps, as she was firmly resolvedlo share the fate of her husband, whatever it might be. She abided by this resolution, and because, Napoleon either wished that she shot:ld not leave the city, except in case of the ufmost necessity, she remained there as long as possible, and it is, therefore, not true that site left the city `by Napoleon's order. As the Allies approached nearer, every hour the dis order and confusion increased. The real adhe rents of Nrpoleon shewcd more and more that they knew not what to do. .Their Councils and orders, pat tly contradictory, partly im,practicable, • only increased the confusion. As the coming of the Allies was wished or feared, various reports for or against the probability of it were spread.-- A crowd of people assembled on the Place Ven, dome, and :were preparit,g to pill down Napo leon's statue, when they were deterred by ano ther swarm, who :inserted they had heard that the Einperor would enter the city in the evening as conqueror. Ott the • 28th of 11 larch, a disiote • rested spectator might foresee what-would happen. Already white cockades were distributed, and . the adherents of Napoleon diminished more and more. Those, however, who either out of inclinaton or interest still adhered to him, ardently wished that the Empress might not leave Paris, as they hoped to obtain, by her means, a reconciliation with. the Emperor of Austria, and through bim with all the rest of the Allies ; but the majority, • who were already gained for Louis XVIII. endeavoured to obviate this resource. To this end, they mixed among a crowd of people, whoM they strove to convince that any•mediation in - which the Empress might succeed, would prolong Napoleon's sway, and with that the•misery of France. The peoptc flocked to the Palace of the Empress, and uttered threats if she did not withdraw. " This Prinevis kid . now no choice; and she left Paris (uot on the '4Bth of Alafth, as was said by sonic, 1)111) on,the 30th, not 24 hours before the Allie entered it." . The ,great preparations that are here making for the reception Of persons of - distinction, are probably -not .preparatory to a Congress, but to the arrival of the Vrince Sovereign of the Nether . latids, to whom it is affirmed that Austria is to cede the N - Kherlands, and to receive how 4-hem a large sum. from England, which sum is to be employed in redeeming the Vienna paper money. A Vienna. 2rticic of the 2rst of April states, that England is to be indemnified by keeping the Dutch Colonies ; and that not only the Emperor of Russia, but also the Emperor of Austria, are to go to London, more to accelerate important busi ness than to pay•a mere formal visit. The•sum to be paid by England - is to be p . aid in ten years, by instalments. On Saturday next, at eleven o'clock, the Com rnittee of the House of Commons, selected to re•-• port on Cap tain MANBY's inventions, h a v e inti t mated their intention to examine his method for enabling one person to convey an apparatus, and apply the same, for communicating with a vessel stranded on a lee shore. The design of slid' a production is for a coast thinly inhabited, • or an island. where, perhaps, only one family is resident. - The great hatrle between Painter anti. Oliver I will be fought on Tuesday next, within 20 miles , TotiLousa, Al i ve 3.=—Marshal &chit (I.)7tke of'Alhufcra) arrived in this city- on the 29th ult. His:Excellency immediately went to thy Royal P a l ace , whe re he was most graciously received by his Royal Highness the Duke of Angoulcine. On ap/mmelting the illustrious descendant of so .many King, the Marshal bowed respectfully, and, kissing the Princes hand, said, with etut?*.s.: l , , " My Loid, both my army and tuysei.!: Irclong to the Bourbons, in life and in death." • MONTLEMART, Aran. R5,,,..-Inuoli on Sunday last in tH'S town,. at six o'clock in the eveni and 311 t. ng, pane arrived again at nine, after supper. A his a rrivahv7.s eLpected, a number ofthe inhabitants we4t 1- 0 the Post-house to view this extraordinary 'man, who so la teiv uptde his name resound through out Europe ; but be, in a great measure, disap pointed them by the quickness with which he rushed from his carriage to his apartment. It was obvious that Buonaparte was tar . from tranquil.— The conversation which he had with several per sous, particularly with M. (2h:thanes, the Master of the lintel,shelved that he entertained the most serious apprehensions respecting the remainder of his journey. The following is the substkince of tilt , conversation : " Are you the Master of this Hotel i"—" —‘4 At svhat o'clock do you think I shall arrive at Avignon " I —." To .morrow, bet:ween six and seren, in the morning."—" The-Devil ! •then I shall arrive tlitre by clay-light ; ''the roads then must be very bad i"—" They ate not good, sire ?" Sire."~ Bnonaparte then put his hand , iipon his fore : - head, and continued to. mutter the following broken sentences "Six or seven in the morning-L-wl,-, it will be day-light 7 --broad day-light—The inLabitants are madly fond of romaine—The inhabitants Gf Avig non urea hot-headed people; like all Provincials —The famous G laciere is in that country—l will not enter Avignon—The horses for the relays shall be brought outside of the ramparts." At that moment some persons employed in the administration of the Forests, demanded to see liinr ; he ordered them in, and having spit en to them for five ininuzes, dismissed them with the folloWing philosophical and consoling expreS sion :—" Gentlemen, follow my eianyle—re sign."—ttionaparte at length quitted his apart ment to return to his carriage ; the crowd, which was very numerous, was perfectly tranquil ; but one of his attendants having given money to same soldiers to cry out " live l'Zhpereur," their voices were drowned in•exclain.ations of " Vivent les Bourbons ! Vice Louis XVIII. !" ['Ants, MAY B.—The Parade 'yesterday Was most magnificent. The 12 Legions of the Na.:. tional Guard, and all the French troops of the line, both infantry and cavalry, were present.; among other,Regiments, we remarked the Horse Grena diers, the Hussars, the - Chasseurs,.the Lancers of the Ancient Guard, and. the four Regiments of the Guard of Honour. They were reviewed by the . Mike Dr. BERRI. They completely filled thc_rlace eau Carousel. The troops afterwardi,defiled before his Majesty, who was placed in one of the bal , conies of the Court of the Thuilleries, with the Duchess d'Angouleme. They all shouted "Wive le Roi !" with an enthusiasin which is is impossible to _descri:Je. The dragoons of the An cient Guard waved their helmets on the points of their sabres. His Majesty made a. sgnal with his hand, when the most profound. silence ua His Majesty then said, w ith a loud voice, " My children, I ant satisfied—perfectly. satisfied.," AUGSITTIRG.H, APRTL 20.—We learn from Ve nice, that on the 20th the Cotinnissioneri of the Allied Powers triv ed there. The English were already in the pat; - and the Austriani were to en ter• the city next day. There are dktin bailees in the neighbourhood. of Ancona. LISLE, NAY 4.—Marshal Mortier, Duke of Treviso, ExtrJordinary.'ConinlissiOner of his Ma . jesty, yesterday received the Authorities of- the departnient of the North and Of Lisle at his Ho tel'. His Excellency's first attention ‘Vas directed to the prisons, and le _learned' with satisfaction, that, by the orders 'of the 'Prefect, more tha n forty individuals 114 been already restored to -liberty: . " The twels•e fortresses of the department of 'the North bite . been.freeti from•a state of siege __ FiiANki-oRT, imAy - 3.-4--Th c ! Duke of Saxe Co bonrg wiii to-morrow t - akepoS,;ess.iop of Ment z . We expect With inipatiency the arrival of the 'entz boat this evening.; 'ilsyaccording to recent intelligence, :the garrison of that town is in a ,sate of insurrection. The Officers have arrested one of their cli:els,.. whom they accu se o f having retained money desti:ned for their pay. The Na tional Guard hens taken up arms to maintain tran quillity. Wvatzrwaox; MAY 2.—Prince Augustus, in • the service of. Bavaria, arrived here on the SOth nit. It is believe - 0 that he has brought dispatches relative to the evacuation .of our fortre. , s. The :sending a•Bavarian Officer fOr the evacuation of the fortress would confirm the opinion thin Ba varia gives up the lim-Viertel and the Tyrol to Austria; that the Grand Duke of Wurtzbnrgh will 'be reinstated in the Grand , Duchy of Tus cany. But as It oppears certain that Slcntz will . he aho given up to the Bavarian troops, we may augur tltnt Asclu and some other dis ., tricts will serve to- connect . Mentz with the other Bavarian possessions. " There was on Wedne:“lwy A " PARIS, F6iisl"*., „and review Of the Russian and Prue. CP:tards in Paris; ~f tuts former to the of 30,000, and o f the lattei' from 3000 tri qOOO men. It was one of t•la military spectacles I ever witne s ce' ,l-r '" " :,tiered every wa)r interesting, not c tiiy bY re ' Election upon the perils through tvlaich these warriors- had passed to this gallant and hlourtesi r ,16 shew, but-also by the . •. and the Sovereigns who graced the Parade, o r surveye• of the Commanders who directed, for, the march of the troops. It is imposi words to convey an adequate idea Of the-impoSift! power and character o f nature-of this fine scene. All the morning "'' front tlreir occupied &c. through n t emarch barracks, take up their stations on the extended line, Whi every adjolnio str'e'et' e ' ! was. to defile along the noble Quids de l'E C°le ' du Louvre, des Thuilleries, and de la Conference; frOm the Pont Neuf to the Place de I.Jutd , ; „1, and in front of the Temple of aFlora riCS forms the wing of the Palace of the Th " 'e nearest the Seine), where 'the INlonarcb ot ' fbe• Continent were assembled together' to hat - body of men. whose valinir an d dis the •e -pline had contributed so es , entiallY t° Pre storation of order and peace in EttroPe' I took au Ol violas to the formation of the' line, portunity of inspecting separately mo st ct l corps of which it was composed. They "PP to be all pic4ed troops, and the Russian Juleri`t Guard, in particular, the finest hotly of in et ri ,' ever earned glory in the field bf battle. heP are absolutely gigantic in stature and in c ireng :!: warlike, and at the saint time s appearance.; steady and firm in their !not wheeling, advancing, retiring, anti changiag i t every various shape, like animated clock•tc°r: Conceive from 5 to 6000 men of this descriPtic:: licil 4lll from five feet eleven inches, to 61 feet in „„ robust, active, vigorous, and pool in P rwi° r f tion, and you will have before you a pie tu ' e these truly Imperial Guards. Neither the '! 11) ,,, sian infantry, nor the other regiments of the good-humourcu 5 sian Guard, are equal in siz e t o th e se ; hu t 111 ,4 dierly appearance, stren g th, an d ex cellence ., are not inferior. The cavalry of . both 11°, beggar desc r iptio n . Our Lif e G ua rds or e - 1 „ connterpart of .the men who are like th'' n ' t. elite of the national forces ; but the eav rin d g ‘ tering appearance of th e b razen cu irasses °I ; - ° ; , 3 part, and the antique an d war lik e I°` 7l ‘ let d : oar • black .cdirasses of another (covering eO tirel bodies of the soldie:'s, like ancient attlWur'' i r e novel and striking elect upon persons t' 7l " ) , J .; )e only seen similar spectacl es in Ent4 l " ° ' L h et horses are of the finest ki n d, and time a e condition. Every cannon was drawn /Is' l ` wr .‘e six of these superb animals . ;.suc'h as %v" . ;'" esci wonder and admiration in a Royal Czitt i3 Wl,.. . have already noticed (in a former letter) that Russian uniform is a d ar k green , a nd they ll:. 'sin) blue ; the' Cuirassiers a chevai a re, ho' s•-c in ‘l•h. te, the same as Austri ans . The gro"'''' i kept by Don Cossacks, a guard of whom f° ll the rear, and W•ith their high round bonnets' primitive cut of hair, and beard,, offered a lott o. Contrast to the othe r tro o p s , an d g re atlY beig r a eel the attraction of the shell% The streets crowded to excess a ,and the parterres of th e (I . ' t ; den of . the Thuilleries nearest th e r i ve r, lino' art` f .11/ multitudes of spectators of bothisexes, and `)l ranks. o r- Aboult three o'clock the Allied Sovereig ys. lid rived . at the Thuilleries. They were atten,Y(l a combined suite of from 150 to 200 Ge nc rail &c. on horseback 11 R ~m p e res of Austria in the cenv.e, dressed in a plain - white 1 1 " 1!°t1 ri v il the Emperor of Rus s i a , on hi s I r ft, in prc en rw form,. with a Star and Blue Ribbon ; apid th e rYTfof Prussia on his right, i n , bl ue , With 9 acti ton and Star. Behind them f ; anie 'mob Pr i3c-1 and Military Heroes, whose names are ift' lrl4) ; talized by their achi evements i n t h ese " .3rs. ' lc , t ? L T : are too numerous to be particulu s rized in this Sclpviartzenberg, Blucher, Natoli; the f‘ relid% Constantine, Witgewtein, sce. gtc. Bv-'• <<'<<~~ 11G~ con spiel: n:T7 ong the foremast s • haps -such an opportunity will never cur of seeing altogether so splendid al' blage of Sovereign Power and ;Military Ile rla ‘‘ —of Princes elcratc‘d by their statiott:,. a nd ". Heroes more exalted by their deedc,. Ti le ` 1. ti ' ir rent as they passed with shoats of Live the lied Monarchs I Live the brave Alexander ! the King !" The salutations of the per)i):': most graciously acknowled.zed on all sides' the Russian anperor scented particularly to r`• urn hit acknnwlcdgments f or the a cclamat i ' s with which be was reCtlliarl Y Th ()ugh last, not least in this glorir'u s tege, catne Briton's favourite Hero, the lib t°r " rn of tb; Peninsula, the irumortal