The Sun. — London, England, 1814-07-19 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF A_TRIP TO PARIS. (No. XVIII.) I set out this morning for a tamble'a Aserva tion through the streets of Paris; with the general bearings of which I had made myself acquainted by looking at a map sold every where. • The River Seine is one of the first points of attt•action. Upon this River there are no fewer, say the Pa= risians, than. sixteen bridges at Paris, of which number, four .have been built within these few years—the Irhemare of ancient dates, and as un sightly as they are old. But of these sixteen the number is 'rather nominal than real, and the bridges actually across•thc Seine m a y be stated at nine . ; but in order to understand this conclusion, it ought . to be mentioned, that there are three Islands in the middle of the River, and in the heart of Paris, viz._ the Isle Lonvier (a bare plot Of treadow•), the Isle of Ft. Louis, and lower down the Isle'de la Cite; both the latter covered with streets and public buildings. The Bridges then rifer 1. The Bridge of Austerlitz, which is the high cq up the river, and was built between 1802 and 180 G. It passes frOw near the scite of 'the old 'Baitile, to the Saiditi des Plantes, and is a hand- some structure of stone piers; with arches of cast iron.-=- 1 2. The Pont de la Tournelle and Pont Marie its continuations connect the Isle of St. Louis with the two sides of the rivet opposite its channels.-3. Petit. Pont, and Pont Notre Dame its continuation, stand in the same relation with the Isle de La etre, as the preceding do a little higher Up with the "Isle St. Louis.-4. Pont - St. Michel, and Pon.-au-Change, also cross the Isle cl ! e la Cite about its center.-5. the Pont Neuf is one continued series of arches, and clips off the lower extremity of this Island, which is thus crossed by three Imidges.-6. Pont des Arts, a neat iron' bridge, of nine arches, on wooden piers, .passing from the Louvre to. the Palais des Arts on the north bank.-- y. Pont Royal, alias Pont de la Reunion, of five stone arches, a few hundred yards lower down the river.-8. Pont de la Concord, originally, and now °ace more, the Pont Louis XV. built 1787, 1791, a very handsome bridge.—,9. The Pont d'Jena, begun 1806, and lately finished. This fine bridge consists of five equal and - very elipti cal arches. It is perfectly horizontal, and cer taiuly by much the most beautiful. building of this kind in Paris, or, I may say, in France. ft passes from the end of the Champ de. Mars oh • one side, to a precipitous chalk cliff on the other, at the base of which have been laid the founda tions of a Palais, never likely to be finished— namely, the Palace of the King of Rome. This design, however, like most of those adopted by BUONAPARTE for the embellishments of Paris, had something in it more of magnificence than of utility ; .and the Pont d'Jena is More ornamental than useful. It forms, however, a fine object from . the EcoleMilitaire.—The remaining Ponts scarcely deserve the name : 'they consist of -the Pont Grammont, a wooden machine,, which commu nicates over a narrow channel from the Port St. Paul to the' Isle Louvier ; the Pont de is Cite, a curious structure of stone, iron, and wood, which. connects the two Isles (St. Louis and la Cite), and runs not across; hut in the direction of the stream of the, Seine; the Pont aux Doubles, an old and miserable small, bridge with houses upon it, which, like the Pont- Grammont, crosses only a small channel on one side of - the river, and joins. the Isle de la Cite at Notre Dame to the - main land on the south; 'and, last Of all, the Port St. Charles, within the Hotel Dieu, a mere interior arch over a moat. I have crowded all my pontille remarks toge ther, though I did not make out my survey, nor traverse the whole number of these edifices in one day. Returning hy'the Pont des Arts, I paid disc „toll of one sons, and; •dusty with walking, re commended my boots to a shoe . -bk,ek, whose sta tion was at the end next the Louvre:- I found this Gentleman, like, all his countrymen, very con versible, and ready to'beguile the tedium of 'Work with chit-that. lie began by assuring me, that he Was one of—the best Artistes in Paris. Poor fel low ! thought I,- the pressure of the time has brought you low indeed. I-lcre I was mistaken ; for on expressing my commiseration at his unfor tunate fate, the. Ar'tiste laid down his brush, and, with a look of great complaisance, mingled with surprize at lily condolence, gave me to understand that, so far fro M--being unfortunate, be was very prosperous, did as much as any gentleman in the same line in the grand City, „„d, in shbrt, both in business, reputation, practice, 'and talent, was equal to the' first Artist in -the Capital for cleaning boets ! I could not help laughing at this curious misapplication of an honourable appellation ; but did ugt Igi . i,cet. bow names • are carla6tnted, in. -the same way with us in London. —After all, however, my friend on the Arts was a mereVretentler—Lthe very Thig;laparteni . B,de-blacks ; for:the real Artists, who siiine at the head of this and, if not polished, at least polishing, fra,4crnity, are to be found under the lw cades behind the PalaiS Royal. Here indeed the scene of black-balling is whimsical enough... The Artists have their shops round, which are seats in - the .form of a theatre, one rising above the other from the floor to the to-of. • Seated on these in due' gradation, their various' and numerous customers are submitted to the op ration} of eleauingand bri,ghtening, which is pethmued in a most scion tific and ilburistiing manner. -like every thing else: . in France, with a certain grace ‘vhich no Foreigner can catch, and :no other 4ation.ae ;e d attempt to imitate r Being of this indese - .7ibable essence, 'it' would be idie,i: • l me to emleatottr to• lay it'down iu detail--On thp contrary, having had my boots btushed, I am in:an excellina conditioU to bid pia good bye, and put to this letter the • Signature of VIA TOR. QUEBEC P:\ PiliS. AMER/CAN ACCOUNT of the ATTACK on OSWP.OO. giNERAL. ORDERS. Ikad-vearters, Sachett!s. Ilar6our, May 1-2. Major-General Brown ba'a 'the satisfaction . to announce to the forces under - his command, that the detachment stationed at Oswego, under the immediate orders of Lient.=Colonel Mitchell, of the 3(1 Artillery, by their gallant and highly mi , lita . ry conduct in sustainin g th e fi re o f the whole British fleet of this Lake, fur nearly two d4s, and contending With the vastly supetiot numbers of the enemy on the kind lon,f_ as. the interest of the country or the honour of their profosion, required ; and then effecting their retreat in good order in the face of this superior force of the en terprising and arteomplished,fOe, to the dept of naval' stores, whirl, it became their duty to de fend ; have established for'themselres a name in antis worthy of the pliant nation in whose cause they fight, and highly hunourable to the army. = He then states that he had, i» all, less than three hundred men, and that the force of the enemy by land and water exceeded three thousand! ! (Signed) R. JONES, Assist. Adj. Gen. EXTRACT FRI)M CoMnoOORE CHAUNCEY TO THE We have received French Papers to the 17th : the follo j wing are extracts " FRANKFORT, JULY 11 . —The Eniperor and 'Empress of RusstA are expected here on the 13th; and the King of PRUSSIA on the 17th. The Army of Poland flatters itself that it .will possess the Grand Duke"CONSTANTINE, who has been imbed Generalissimo of all the Polish troops, at War saw, on the 15th. " The duty (octroi) on the liavig'ation of the Rhine continues to be received at Mcntz and loser slovn the river, and applied to the use of the A llies. :This vrill raise a question of indemnities to the Princes, &c. "secured by the diet of Ritisbon,. in 1813. " " NAPLES, JUNE, 20.—8 y a Decree issued by MuRAT, it is ordered, that the passports of all Sicilians or Neapolitans desirous of going to Sicily shall he submitted to his approbation. • " BRUSSELS, ,JULY 11.—ACCOUlltS from 1161- . stein of the 24th June state, that the Swedes have penetrated the Norwegian frontier, after many SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. United ,States ship Genffal Pi lie, Saclictes.Harbonr, May 1, 1814. SIR,—I an happy to have it in my power to in form you, that the United States ship Superior 'was launched this morning without accident.— The Superior is an uncommon - beautiful well built ship, something larger than the President, and could mount 64 guns, if it was thought ad visable to put as many upon her. This ship has bc,.en built in the short space of eighty days ; and when it is taken into view; that two brigs of 500 tons each have also been built, rigged, and com pletely fitted for service, since the _first of Fe— bruary, it will he acknowledged, that the mecha nics on this station hare done their duty. I have the honour to be, &c. ISAAC CHAUNCEY. Hon. Wni. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, Washington. ' When our Ontario fleet, now preparing, is completed, it will consist of one ship of 60-guns, one 30,' one 28, three brigs, each 26, one ditto 18, and four schooners of 2 each. Two hundred and thirty American' prisoner's of war, front Montreal, have ,been landed at Cum- . ' berland A Plat:-s! urgh Paper of May the 28th, fisscrts, that the- President of the United States WS not ratified the Convention for an exchange of pri soners agreed upon between General Winder and Colonel Barnes, and'that the prisoners returned are to remain on parole. • MONTREAL,' JUNE is with extreme re gret We have to acquaint the Public With the urt fortunate,re-sult of agallant enterprise iiythe boats of our squadron on 'Lake Ontario, under,the cotn mand of Captains Popham and Spilshvy, of the. noyal Navy, against a:flotilla of the enemy's craft laden with-naval stores, which .had gut into Sandy Creek, on its way from Oswego to Sackett's Harbour. I On the morning of the 20th ult. a large boat with two . 24-pounders a n d a 1' inch inch c a bl e ' f or the enemy's new ship, was captured by our squa dron, having sailed from Oswego the evenimr, before with 15 others. Capts. Popham and Spilsbury, %with two gun-b Oats and some smaner craft, having on board about 200 seamen awl marines, enierell.the Creek on the mop;ing, of the 21st, where- the enemy's flotilla being shortly afterwards discover ed, parties were landed on 'each side of tl:e Creek-, and proceeded, together with thejmats, witliout opposition to within about a quarter of a - mqe of the enemy, 'when - suddenly a considerable fdrce, consisting of 150 riheinen, nearly 200 Indians, , and a numerous body of militia and cavalry, at tacked and soon hverpowered our small party, whose- gallant resistance to'suchnumbers proving unavailing, a surrender became indispensable, to save our brave men from certain death. Our loss on' the occasion was 19 killed, and 50 wounded.-- Mr. I-loan, Master's Mate of the Montreal, is amon g the killed, and Lieutenants Cox and Wag!' of the Marines, are severely wounded. The boats also fell into the hands of the enemy. _ -Tye Americans, in their late predatory expedi tion to Long Point, committed every crime at 'Welted to robbery and conflagration : nothing escaped which came within their merciless fangs: The Dover mills and hotise, .owned by Robert Nicoll, Esq. were'consnined to the ground : that Gentleman's loss is estimated at twenty thousand - chairs. Many private buildings, besides his, were also burnt by the enemy. " Whatever may be the tone which the British Government assumes in the' negociation at Got tenbuigh, or the part which the Baltic Powers take in the. 'questions depending there, it is in cttir►l►ent on the United' Stales gtipport witl► a manly firmness the rights for ‘Vhicli we contend. Cimfident in our resources, in the virtue, the pa iotism, and energies of our fellow citizens, -we have, nothing to fear from the hostility of Fing 7 land, should' her Government, by vainly attempt ing- to dictate unjust and d6honourahle cofvlitions; infipose on tts the necessity of proseetiting the war."--(National telligencer.) J 11,s. ARKIN/En-1 Frarke, 1 Dublin, 1 Wziterfor.J. DUE-1 Lis iron, 1 Gottenburgh, ' 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey; 1 Dublin, 1 Waterton& PRICE MI 111 r DAY Al Tr ,3 per Cent. Red. 6844 P,STCCKS vr.r.vs CLOCK. ' • [lndira Borkls, 13::. 14s. pi. Excheq. Bills. 36,135. pr. Omniuin, 27,- 3 pi'. Consols for July, 793 7 3 per Cent. Cons. figf 4 per Cent. Cons. 5 per Cqnt. Navy, 9741 Bank Lon Anu. 161 1-1601-s E. Evrox, - and i4tock-Brolieri No. 2, Cornbill, No. Is, Coventry -street. HMI! WATER AT I',ONDON BRIbCF.TO-NiORR6W. Mottling - , 26 niinittes after 4.1 Evening, 51 minutes after F i l F UN 6, a SWAM QV'S piCE!{EFALSUAT AUDLIT ? LONDON, TUES DAY, JULY Ig, 1814. actions. STRAW7EG,4IILY 1 1.--Prince METTERNICH, the Prince de LICHTENSTEIN, Baron KRAFT, and. the Austrian Envoy Baron de BENDER, yesterday passed through this city, on their way to Vienna. • " Major-General Sir ROBERT WILSON, and his Adjutant, also arrived on Saturday, in their route from Italy into Germany. '" PARIS, JULY 15.—The KING is a little better, 'but did not go to mars-y'este.rday.. MoNsiEuß dined with his MAJESTT. The Duchess of AN GOULEME experiences much -benefit from the ‘Paters of Vichy . , and will continue tO use them till the end of August. The appointment of VICTOR HUGHES to be,. Governor of Cayenne, is founded on common report. The K I NG has not yet man if es t e d hi s in tentions On this subject. 4, " The Duchess D owager o f O RLEANS w ill an . Fee on the 22d. The entry of this Princess into Marseilles was truly a triumphal march. " The Baroness of STAEL HOLSTEIN' is about to leave Paris for coppet, near GeneVa, and thence to proceed into Iraly.. • " ZutucH, JULY 6.-7-A letter from the Provi- sional Government of Geneva' has-been read to the Diet, announcing a . new.En6y from. that republic, to continue the negociations relative to the a& mission of Geneva into the Swiss Confederation. " The Grand Dukes NICOLAS and AIicHEL, of Russia, 'arrived here on the 3d, and on, the sth departed for Zug. " The English Minister, Mr. CANNING, arrited on the 3d, and had yesterday his first audience of the President of the Diet; the Burp-waster REINHARD, to sub orn he delivered his letters of credence. On. the 6th, , he gave a spl en did enter tainment, to all tie Foragn,34444wind Charges .4l4- d'Affaires in Zink!). .V,•• " BASLE, JULY 6.—The Allied Powers will, it is said, give a million and a half of crowns of the Empire as a compensation for the damage done by the passage of their troops through Basle and Shalfhausen. FRIBURGII, JULY 7.—The grand Council, in the sitting of the 4th,'tookthe oath of, fidelity to the New Constitution of the 'State. " MILAN, JULY 7.—The Commandant of the Neopolitan . Army having re-established the Spe cial 'and Extraordinary Courts at Ancona, on the Paiial territory, Baron ECKARDT, the Governor- General of Bologna, for the Emperor of AUSTRIA, suppressed them ! \ • ROME, JUNE 27.—The Tonnage duties, 4c. im posed by the French on merchant ships., have been abolished by the Pope ; and the ancient duty . on anchorage restored. CORI.II, JuNu 16.---The squadron of [lie King . . f F at, totrig XVIII. a'Oris - ed heir 611 or fl with Gen. B out ,Noi , On` 'third, to s .ree141111(1.,01 to G_ci)• J. CAYiPBELL, whit) has filk PoY er; t o the' ~,curt of Sc. anti the itiliea rergos. " re " '[lie ,„:*ycliducheSs'lMAßlA LOUISA . 1V35 t % 31 Aix on the I I th July, " and wil! conti" tbel , i at Vienna till O c t o b er , vrhen she is eiP e—c( gp to Parma (hot to E4ba.") kitracts from American' Papers to th' ,} from Canacla Papers to th e 12th 611. tail found in another p ar t o f otn; Itudressi3''• l b t l a he seen that the adventurous spirit a °111. 0 ;pe fellows has exposed a detach In , eut of di:W it an unegpal combat, and ultinurte the neighbourhood Of Sacitett's irtj t)ur. 'Lan lavers furnish examples o f the r e- K O of their Editors to crow Over I:ttle hut they arc, afteras drops o f v ,- ; iter 11- , 0 Ocean. Under our Shin . News 0 " ,will peruse the accounts of arrivals, %cl zicil on cause them to alter their tone. An''' v f t pc sailors who have reached Quebec are 10 biP crew of the Shannon--=an immense numbe r oF~ of wrights—sailors--and not only abu i7d3lice se; 4l naval stores, but the frames of severill t bl ready ,t© he put together and l a uac ll6l ° die Lakes.--about 35,000 mcn are 11°`° 015 Enemy's quarters. ,r , ' .411.( The Arnericans, in theft late predato r y g r Con. to Long Point, committed' every tacked 10 robbery and Conflagration eAcaped which came within their m ercile ss o sOf The. Dover mills, and house owned 13 5 7 11° 1 10 Nicom.,, Esq.' were cons ume d to the gr tii) ; :ill ls ' Gentleman's loss .i s es ti ma t e d a t o,o l° ,Many private/ byildinga, besides his', burnt by the Enemy. • f Cr ell"‘ Last night, the M essa g e f ar a vote °- usually preparatory to the adjournment a ' ment, was brought d own t o b ot h Houses fr°l o , PRINGE,IIEGENT. The Sum i s Three g ill° • f t l ; a The following is, said to be the cauj e t : t;s' rupture - between Lord COCHRANE and DE ta f GER.—The latter applied to his- 1,011151)T tf 11c4) „ sum of money; • to enable him to go av r-34 0 0 ' Iris imprisonment should _expire: C° : RANE took no noti ce o f thi s a pplicatio 9 : pt te sequence of which TIE BERENGEK wrotere 14 ! againoutimating, that unl es s his appli c3-i° ,o l€l? I tt complied with, -le should. publidi , which might not be pfiventagecit:s to his 'to.; Lord CoCUR ANE , it i s a dd e d , sen t the .2tt f{!;'' Viscount SIDMOUTH, requesting the 1-I( l6 ` e 1)' Nobleman as t o th e con dU ct w hich it g4°ll m9st proper for him to adopt. j 6 The public will, hereafter be enabled ,0 whether this is a bpnrt file transaction, or .collusion betwe en the ptrtiP-s•- k to 'We bad intended to offe'r a few reffi af " -s be t o; :, On the lament a ti ons i n t h e Ciro/tide , t l ,Og' e acceptanc of office by the Gemini L °l. ‘ .oc ci/ i IS and GRENVILLE. It is, hOW . CVErt sary, as all the Country at this motnentollrool rejoicings, because they Were not troul not only the Household,. but the s° ' 00' and lower /he British Flag to an -eaeolY'; their opponents have fought and conci tiere • (lig io .c'e:, ip _ l l (esteoaY, a little before two °'c.- rtli e : l r ‘l incess CHARLOTTE, attended by l' er i lj e . it ii, t r it; 'citing, 2,lrs. LEWIS, her dresser, &-e', „..-) 0 1 ; 1 4 ton-/louse n- /louse for Cranbburn-Lodge, ill,l‘t"fbil,'llie lit l o ) ( ri b3 l t N ea c i i C e ae E ' tr s fli s i l i e ligi l e r horses went before., g ponies were exercised in : 11., G ilai(lilic e es) stxp:::. s , : : :pilot: e a r r r it i a , 7a s l , . H a i t g t l e i : e a e s i s i :35 3 ,i5 , ) , : ,: r • e: ( 01 day, in , , expectation of being o rdereG , i. 0 notirn-Litrige, bur they did not leave '' j,ite l ,A t e h t e Fête given to the l'.Nl tlEf l i Carlton ~onie grand transparencies Will he es` l e ' lis iA t , the ° c lre ill vi ii l arlton House. on Thursday, 011 ti g iclrte l iii i iiiil t .e.ai tßloylibifl,:oit:4l:ll.o:4Crei.:sfi I,..l,,:,l:loiiiiig:,.),:ilas!ecel.y.st:cy,,.,!:tri,..! to meet her MAJESTY on a dress 1 . 1,'0. 1 ie b t : i ' l l s i ' s . l : l : e ac; s d t h f l i al t (e e l n:g:(;)nii;te:,toienint!ibli,e:ol Poland e tfi n ir c : l t i nc P c,e) :' , " ll ;l e i.ai r c s i i tc t i i t l e 1 1 1 t : 1 ‘" (11 drat, ti t i l e ie ex ß c i: his country is decided at Vienna. nit. state, • •" .4 111 . t he ' i v been . cli . same opportunity', advices have , was at 1 .' 4. 0 130' 1 . 1 , 0 c from Archangello the 23d May, at vil ' i r e the navigation was prevented by ' the ir rri' l .:l , l'es!erilaY, about ttree o'clocls, the p il: . , audience of the Pal NCF RFGFNT) PLATOFF, attended by his• Aid. de -Calsi'i flo lt ' is lii" and took leave of his Royal HighoesS't t o the` ; it exchange vas capital nt7 0 Last night the PRlNcti .REGE';,,r'r we n " ~00 : 4 , i,e litary Ball given to the Duke of Wo- i ' i ckti lts , t i :e llurlington House, with his state ace!) !lot's`' c' Lord in Waiting, h Ma ster the ll° ' g, •t he o f Vi''' Page of Honour, Ike. u r,sl , it iv The Earl of Lr.vsnroor.., Earl fur l; w itl ' spouts CNSTI 4 FIZ F:A G H and SlUNlOUliitiy • pl i dienees,of the PRINCE REGENT, ye''. .„ 1 01 0r ;,i s uite - A IL. , 'The Duke of ..' , ICE WEIMAII. 1;1(1 ,_ „I tbc On S un d ay, at I-karwich, 00 0 03;- i 1 , 1 V i pack -et, for liclvoesitty, - '• tr ansact. t , yesterday. the Duke of Vo BK tarn business iir,th time I.3BINcg it.sca.o-• ntCarito