The Sun. — London, England, 1814-05-23 00:00:00

INDIA SHIPPING. A FEW 11611.£ PLAIS e2t7ESTION% It imp btten.asked, but with little feeling oiltA triotism, Who are there to support the- Shinwrights of •Rngland ? the answer is obvious—All those Avho value the general interests of the Empire, and are not actuated by partial, narrow ). or personal • caoiderailons are indifferent to the Asiatic • -interest 'which ims_too. long intineneen and pre: , vailed in, certain quarters; and who are deter , . mined to retain, within the kingdom, the means of supporting its naval superiority, and maintaining, in future ages, the intlependeuce and the glory of s•-Great Britain. It is - contended (although there never was any -scarcity of oak timber in this country, which has been.. most unequivocally proved, throughout a -strict and dosi.-examination), that the ships built, in India ) of Asiatie.wood, whether the growth of the King's present dependencies or not, shall be • admitted to British registry, and to all the privi leges of British-built ships, for the purpose of trading to and front India and China, and to all 'the intermediate places Within the Company's Char ter, notwithstanding it has been clearly shewn, 'that their einploymunt by the East India Compa ny, in the tratte to India and China, has - created the present alahning depression on the ship-build ing establishments on the Thames ; so Much so, that Government, with the feeling which has hi . therto characterised this country, have been in •aluced) though on the eve of a peace, to increase the establishments ill the King's yards, by enter ing several hundreds of. the Shipwrights from the ; private yards ) who have been so• long out of em ployment. - On what ground-then is it, that the East India Company have given such extensive encourage ment to India-built ships ?- is it to save the oak timber of this. country for the navy ? or to render the lauded interest more dtpendent, in the sale of oak timber, on the individuals who have had the exclusite supply of the navy ? or with a view to great and immediate profit to the Company, in tke hire at 'lndia- built ships, i which has been shewn on a recent occasion ? It may he fairly - asked, what are the circum stances which have induced the ludia Direction, of late years, to give such encouragement to the Ship-builders of India, 'in direct contradiction to their reports on that subjtct, and to the vote of the Court of Proprietors against the employment Of India-built ships in the Company's service ? If the East India Company is to retain the mo nopoly of the trade to China, and the whole po pulation of the United Kingdom are compelled to 'bay, and of them only, all the tea they consume, why ought not the East India CoMpany to be . obliged to build all t heir ships for that trade within the United Kingdotn ? Can any rational answer be assigned why they should not ? Stitely these delusions ought not to prevail.— ' The East India Cotnp4ny ought no longer to be the medium of the personal aggrandisement oldie Settlers in India, but a benefit to the Mother Country !—lt ought not to be the mean 4 of esta blishing a naval power in the East, and of 'ac celerating the period of its separation front this tountry.. Let any man of common sense and ordinary pne netration read the works of persons of considera tion and ability, who have written on the state of liritis! India—nay, only let hint read the Evidence of Sir John Malcolm and others, taken before the -Committee of the (louse of Commons - in 1813, aced then let him candidly declare the impression it creates on his mind, and Will he not- - pause and say, that that event cannot he consider e d fenm e ,- or at any great distancit of time ? - Surely then it eau neither be wise or politic to dry tip the old and natural source of the mother country, on which its naval power has been principally founded ? Supposing difficulties should arise, in snaking permanent arrangements with those Powers of the Continent who had possessions - in the East, and that litany of them were of necessity obliged to be restored ; and that the subjects of those coun tries were to have access, free and unrestrained, into the interior of the Continent of British Asia, -would it be - prudent that we should rely on British Asia for the means of keeping up and maintaining - the N As , AL FoRcF, of the Empire Ii not, 'bow is that Naval Force to be produced (the private building yards of the Thames being annihilated •from :lie want of intervening employment, namely, ,in the building Of large ships fur the trade to-India and China)? certainly not by any exertions to be wade in the KING'S YARDS, according to their present extent. if . so, is the Public prepared to incur the ex pctice of extending and increasing the .means of the Ring's Irards„ and to continue the war esta- JAislinient of them, throughout the ensuing peace ? 11 any hesitation should be felt by the people in this respect, and the naval power of the Empire can be sustained by an adherence to the old policy of the country, by encouraging ship-building at bottle, which has proved so beneficial to the land ed and manufacturing interests, and to the nume rous and various artisans employed in this, the first and most important of. all manufactures in a maritime country, without continuing the :King's Yards on the war establishment ; there can be little doubt who will support the Ship-builders of .I.;nglancl in Parliament. The fallacies, the misrepresentations, as to the state of oak timber in this country—the impro per influence which has been exerted, objection able in principle as well as in the manner in which • it has been used and applied, will not avail the persons who appear to be so anxious to anni hilate the late English ship-building establish ments. It has been pushed to an excess, which will carry _with it its awn antidote, and: shews the measure now contended for is not founded on any genuine national feeling, or calculated to produce any general beneficial effect., but only to increase the wealth of a few individuals in, and connected with, India; whilst it will overwhelm -in ruin l undreds of individuals, who are entitled to the first and best consideration of the State. Under these circumstances, there can be little doubt but that the home interests will be main tained ; that in future the trade to India and China will be carried on by the East India Com pany in British-bunt ships; and that the India- built sh.io eitipioved htherS, *ill, on their 41'4 riVal within the Ijniteci Kingdom, be subj4t to sttc:i a duty cis ‘llll . enable the ship-bilifilei's iii tio tat ta:entet' on . ii fair tompetition With their.tritire favoured brethi•en in India, Who not being subject to a he:ill taxation, with lahout wood most durable, and indeed eveil , ar ticle necessary to build and equip vessels at a cheap rate; especially Cordage and Lanvass, possess ad vantages which the inhabitants tit this country can never, in the most favourable times, expect enjoy. _ }TEN CU PAPERS. BatusiiN, MAY 7.--Our Communications aro now opened with Hamburg!). Yesterday a nuns-' ber of Ilanoverians who were prisoners there arriv ed here they are about to join their battalions. CONI, MAY g'..---Bighteen thousand men, ca valry and infantry, belonging to the French Army of Italy, are - now passing through the depai tments of Col de .Tende and of Argentua. The road, which was impassible for artidery, was opened in Si- . hours. The necessary provision and forage were everywhere furukhed to the troops. CoPEN:NAgev, Arum. 30.-- 7 Th& following (k -claration. of the Swedish (3c.i . ernaient has been officially announced at the Foreign Office : " Ills Majesty the King of Sweden makes known to all the ‘vorld, by these presents, that Norway is in a state of blockade, and that, in consequence, all vessels destined for Norway, charged with warlike ifOres, corn, or provisions, shall be seized by the vessels.of his Majesty, and declared good prize. If the vessel is laden with other merchandize, she shall be sent hack the first time, and an intima tion shall be given to the Captain (after a me morandum shall have been taken of his papers), that if lie again attempts to enter a Norwegian port, he shall be captured, and treated as a prize. All vessels quitting a Norwegian port, whatever may be their cargoes, shall also be stopped, put under sequestration, and treated afterwards as circumstances shall require." CARLSRUHE, M. 11.—Iler Majesty •the Em press of Russia is to reside with the Dowager Margravine of Baden, -until the return of her au gust Husband. She will accompany the Emperor to Vienna and Munich. PARIS, MAY 18.—It is said that his Majesty, conformably:to his Declaration of the 2d of Alay, has named a Commission of ciOlteen Members (nine from the Senate and nine from the'Legisla tive Body), to consider of the new Constitution, .which his Majesty is to lay before these two Bo dies when next they assemble. The temus of the Treaty of Peace are not yet known, but the greatest anxiety is manifested to ascertain the real state of the negociations.'• If we do not think it right to indulge in speculations upon this subject, we may at least say, that the : ding of France has displayed the same noble character and exalted qualities in this ,negocia tion that for twenty years excited the admira tion of Europe.. The Father of Fretchmen has neither forgotten the glory of his Armies, the happiuess of his People, nor the dignity of his Crown ; • and we may expect an honourable and solid Peace from the good faith and justice of the Allies, awl from the harmony between all Nations and all Sovereigns. General Carnot, Commandant of Antwerp, and Admiral Verhuel, Were presented to the King.' PARIS, MAY 19.—The peace is signed ; such at least is the universal assertion ; and every one pretends to have received his information from au authentic source. It has not yet been published, it is added, because the ratification of the Regent of England is waited for. The following, ac cording to report, are the principal conditions of a Treaty which. must constitute the happiness of nations :—Guadaloupe, Martinique, and St. Do mingo, to be restored to France, who will i;lso recover the Isle of France, and have two factories on the Malabar and Coromandel Coasts ; one half of the ships and artillery in fortresses now.occu pied by the Allied Armies, to be restored to her : a part of Belgium to remain hers, together with all the districts inclosed within her territory, such .as Mulhausen, the Contat, &c. There shall be no talk, either of contributions, tvar expences, or any other extraordinary imposition ; no picture, nor any monument of the arts, will be removed. .(Gazette de France.) The word peace has something in it so agree able, so attractive, and so new to us, that we cannot avoid Mentioning the reports which have been in circulation for some days past, though we cannot undertake to warrant their authenticity. If we may believe our politicians, we shall soon sest. our former relations restored with St. Domingo, Martinique, our possessions in the Antilles, and on the coasts of Malabar and Coromandel.—Our territory, taking France as :he was on the Ist of June, 1792, will obtain an increase of popu lation 'when the Definitive Treaty shall have been signed. ___ - There will be no contribution for the expences of the prisoners of war. The French army will consist of 230,000 men, including the household of the King, which will not exceed 30,000. Se veral other arrangements will soon, it is said, be known, unless the High Contracting Parties de termine that they shall not be made public till after the signing of the Definitive Treaty, which will take pia . be in London. At any rate, what is already-known of the terms of this Treaty has produced a great sensation among all classes, and . hitd a finiarliahle influence an the public tund:3 . ,--- (J(thrioil de Paris, May 18.) PAIiiS: MAY 19.---On Thursday- the 12th, the ipffibbf6 of the King's Guard, commanded in 1791 by the Duke de 13rissac, whose name gives rise tti such glorious yet sorrowful recollection, had the howiur of being) presented to the King iind the Duchess of Angotileme by General De Preq% Ills Majesty received these Officers With that kindness possessed by the descendants of lieu. IV. mid said to them, " Your services are known td rue ; you have been a pattern of fidelity, and ,de= serve my gratitude." the Duchess of Atigottleme also received tile fininage bf these brave men with the same good neSs. • She appeared much interested on seeing the last servants of the King, her father, and oh= served to them, with her characteristic sensibility, that all who remained of a corps so devoted might rely upon her gratitude. She then asked for the names of all the Officers who had been presented to Tier. 'His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans ar rived yesterday in this capital. lie resides for the present in the rue Grange Bateliere. He gave au diences to-day, from twelve o'clock till two. The Duchess is expected in two or three days. It is confidently stated, that his Imperial Ma jesty of Auz•tria will set out from Paris before the 30th. At len g th C%-a rti • 1 ",)I,ttiry kne retri.ved • troth the Archiepiscopal Peilace. lie quitted it yester day, the 18th, rather early in the morning,• fol loWed by his family. It is said, he will shortly proceed to Italy. We arc assured that his Majesty has appointed the Members ot the Commission that is to exa mine the projet of the Constitution. The Mem bers of the Conitoist,ion arc, Messrs. Fermin!, D'Ambray, andMontesqttion. This selection is a new pledge of the paternal intentions of the King, and encourages u, to hope that France will at length have lawS that shalt ensure the splen dour of the throne and the welfare of the nation. PAR Is, MAY IB.—The _Me given the day be fore yesterday at St. Cloud, by Field-Marshal Prince Sch.a .ntzenberg, was very brilliant. His Majesty the. 1-loperor Alex•tri ler, the Grand Dukes of Russia, the King and P, traces of Ilettssia, the Duke Ale Berri, and a great nuMber r,fGeherals and superior ()dicers, Allied anti French, were pre sent. It was embellished wi:11 the Ladies of the Court and Capital, and all di,! foreign Ladies now at Paris, among whom e particularly remarked a great number ot English Ladies. The palace of Bt. Cloud was illum.uated in a most elegant style. The spectacle commenced at eight. The French Comedians acted upon a Theatre, erected for the occasion at the bottom of the grand -ittl lery, painted by Align:mt. The pieces —Le L ' ess, and La Suite. d' ;Sal illasque.—The latter piece afforded great pleasure to (lie assembly, and their Majesties expressed their satisfaction by frequent applauses. Ater the spectacle, the hall was opened in the Saloon of Mars. Confre-dances,• Polonaises, waltzes, and English dances, followed ii► rapid succession. his Majesty the Emperor of Russia and the Duke de Berri took an active part in the dance. The ball being suspended, ,the company descended into a spacious ball, where a magnifi cent table was provided. 'Phis hall, which com municates with the Orangerie,- was fillwd with shriihs and flowers ; the coup d'ceil of which re minded the Emperor of Russia of the green houses of St. Petersburg. The ball was res,ated alter supper, and continued until sun-rise. This assemblage of every thing grand, polished, and distinguished among the first nations of Europe, presented a curious and most interesting spec tacle. It is believed that the I....":ssionary Priests of St. Lazarus, the Foreign Missions, mid the Holy Ghost, who duriug preceding reigns rendered such important services to -Prance both at home and , ahroad, bt speedily re-established. When Count Lynch, Mayor of Bourdeaux, had the honour cif being presented, to the Icing, his Majesty asked if he had received his letter. " Sire," replied the Count, laying his II i . 111(1 upon his heart, " it is there."---" And there i t c ame from," repli e d the excellent Monarch, likewise clapping his hand on his heart. VIENNA, MAY 7.—H. I .H.the Archduchess Maria Louisa, being .solneWhat indispoSed, continues her joarney by short stages, and will not arrive so soon as was expected. This Princess does not proceed more than two German posts a (lay. She is expected on the. 17th or 18th instant. She will come, according as her health will permit, either through Upper Austria, or the Tyrol. He r Ma jesty the E m p re s s of Austria will go some miles to meet her.. Great preparations are making for the return of his Majesty the Emperor ; but we do not yet know when it will take place. It appears that the arrival of their Majesties the Emperor of Russia and. King of • Prussia in this capital is delayed•for some. time. • MAY 8.---The Austrian Observer of this day con tains intelligence from Constantinople, dated April 8. According to these accounts, Turkish corps are asse m bli ng in different parts of Natolia . to reduce the rebel Pachas. IVhile the Porte is engaged in quelling. the dis turbances which have broken out in the provinces of Asia, Ali Pacha of Janina has thought it a fa vourable opportunity of renewing his attacks on Parga, where is a garrison composed of near a thou sand French and Albanians, under the command of a Greek Colonel, called Nicolas Hazy. Ali Pacha has made all necessary arrangements for attacking the place both by land. and sea. We wait the re sult of his operations. -• The situation of the French in these parts, the occupation of Paxo and Fano by the English, the treaty of allian ce b etween the King of Napies and. the enemi es o f B uonaparte, have completely cut off the island of Corfu from all communica-- . tion with the coast, and all means .or correspond ing with France. _The King of Naples has for bidden all kind of communication with that island • from Otranto and the ports of Apulia. Some disturbances have broken out in Bosnia. The Porte h a s di recte d measures to be taken to quell them, but in such a manner that the Aus trian territory shall he respected, .and s o as• not to cause the slightest violation of the _treaties sub sisting between the two Powers, W4 . a t i;, ttt ii a A r a te i t i4 v 3 tu ji ;t i t il ; i' a l tic ° l appt ehi•nded there will he appeased. !rite N.'diF is resolved to execute the Treaty of Cession that he has •signed; Out Cabinet his re-eitablishe i ~i , , ii tif): l s i t li oti i ii ff : a,i , ,,h. hic ° l l : l,4.,°,l ; lito&d - intithat ties 'With .Enghantl,, by the Inter-. ireniiiin of Lord Castlereagh.. The Court of bon: &on haS promised our Court to procure an in dtinnity proportionate tO the loss of : Nnr" . "Y: gild ze ContiniSsioneis tire brdei'eil to that hittg-.. ,dcini by his MajestV;Virith orderg td make serkio, remOnitrances to Prince Christain; to bring l' itn .. back hither ; and at the sante time to give P °ss°- 51011 of NOI ; WAY . to Sweden, . i • v e - (lige MADK ID, :MAY s.—Most Of the iji . '",.",` :ff. ' ; followed the ekample of:the Duke del ini . " - ;:.; I ::-. and King Ferdinand is surrounded Will' i l d h r e „:dsO cipal chiefs Of the nobility. Malty I r r e ''' -- repair to that young Monarch. `,.re iii he Codes appear rieterniined to rier s c 7 ' „ 1 their system of rigorously giving the law , 'i' f ' ., hold up their constitutional charzer piiii' 2s " ic3 a lt decreed in the Isla, which was s h e lt e red IN° file dhngers of War... , A ,at. G t h e tf j c h l e .a lt i ii ii 67 3 ;le o f t r j ,( r ) i o 4 i i :s (} u r,i i,i i e li h j baS collected to sapport its . . cause. „ e 4 However, the. arrival of theKin4 is ann ( r" — ! : for the 14th inst. ; 'so that the ' str u g g „' e t itl2e proaches its close. Ferdinand has the 1 ",:.",., - ,'„l f_ neticeni -- Int.ai iknis , 6... t .... T ..„;,;,`„ I iris.- - ( I '. weakening, only inflames the pretnsion t tif . " e l party. ' old . • t h t h i il the s I . ) b e L e t rt i n i p tic f - t ;• . The Duke de San Carlos Escoiquiez , th e ; lid of the King, and Macanaz, ""v. -1 „1 /he napat•te had confined at Vi ncennes , a re _,, King. His c o us i n ; th e Cardinal de . lionr b° "' t o at the head of 'tlie,Deputation which sent to Valencidto meet their Sovereign. sli !1,;. nand presented to hint his hatid tO kiss, •111 d is id Valencia Journal remarks this as a decisiv e favour of the Royal prerogative. b le HANovEtt, May G.---Lord Val • pole arrive d .11 try on the 3d : be is to go to 'Peter'sburgh / 0 q u i vo Of Ambassador from England. x corps 0 1 ', ji l t lancers is still to beraised here. All the of army will pass through this to,vn in the c 0 "7. 3 - 0 1 . this month; the first_corps will arrive on tile' t he BAG ‘ tE; MAY 1 0.-410 E Imperial Highness o f Archduchess Maria' Louisa arrived on the O s ' be . this mouth, from Schaffhausen, at Zurich. 1 0. dined in a beautiful country-house, situate,s-0,, the banks of the Lake. The troops in gt lrri dt, the Evorr rt, al Zurich were on parade as she passed thr °l— town. wee . .... . Joseph nuonaparte has taken tin hiS rest",, in the C a stl e o f Allatnand, near Rolle, in the , (le 9 V e . a n i e l( l l .a . l Lattri ston , w h o was taken pr . 's° l ' er .c ' .. l the celebrated d ay o f t h e 19th of O cto ber; I turned to Paris a feW days ago. •- • • .. FRENCH FUNDS. -- 5 per rents'. - - Go fr. 40 cants.. Actions of the Bank 987 fr. 50 WAS. AnatvEN-1 Francc, I Holland, 2 'Yt te ,for'" Due-1 Malta, 2 GutteHburgb, 1 !Dublin, 11, 3 " ; _ _ Su GA ft.—The aver age P r i ce of Browno ca Mus,,iob ;-1 computed 'rpm the Itet9rns made io the weF 4 May, 1814, is 71s. sjd. per cwt. so, : ;;; PIIICh W TIII3 DAY A 1 111 ti'l C C;liS Bank Stock,. 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. "Cons. 61 4 per Cont. Cons. 82 4 4 . i oper ; Ct.Navy Ann. 9741 E. 1...rr0N 7 aid ivELvE o'cLocx. Bank L. A tm. 16 3-16015 l itit Bonds, is "xeliFq• Bills, * •)6. b , P r* thooitou, 167 C, •so. for 4- po _ccouo,+ ,Jrtt~~if~ Stock-Broker, 'tio. 2' No. 18, Covtutry-btrect• HIGH WATER. LONDON BRIDGE rf( )-11 ' .4 Morning, 37 IllillUtesafter 5. J I:veiling, 2 niiiitstO''ft%r Ti E SUN. SWAM DICERE FA LS M AU►IE•IT• LONDON, MONIMY, 1!J y 23, . 1814. '" bit. The Duke of C LARENCE h as certa iDlY.s4 er°° eti Flag in the Da wns . From this Lin 4.s P c • cumstance, we can no t h e l p . inierriot , • - obstacle h a s ar i se n t o prevent. the ir nll/6113 : 5 ; g 1 g nature of the P re li m i na ri es ; b ut w hethe r r to the Slave Trade, the line of Nortberfi ;I°ll° tier, or the bases of a Commercial rfr"tY' confess our inability to state. i v e trust t he 1 i lelilf anxiety and s us p ense occas i one d by t 1 ' 5 a . will speedily b e remove d , and that we shall le°. 1 t o that the imp e di ment to P eace was °t dii•-ctic ; 1 5 be surmounted. I n th e mean t ime, how ever ' ' impossible or to fix a date for the arrival c ' t. ° • • expected Imp er i a l an d R oya l 11 15 " 1- ‘s • Country. .. arc It has been truly said, _...., a short tinice not now so interestinc , as they were Gay brought its battle', and tl e, B sin ut ce greedy appetite of the Header was fed wit h 3 0, counts of thousands anti tens of thousands sb l a.e that the News Paper sterility ma y be imputed to the Journals, and however insignificant the d e ` ii` _ the c L , - ; Lion of fetes and feasougs ma y ap pear aft o tails of - War, it cannot at least be said , t" now upon the most important' topics whic h the public are left e cupy the attention Of mankind, 'destitute of information—such as it is. Wre , g l i „ to-day, for example, from Dutch and Frei . '" 2. " - ''' pers, two distinct outlines of the terms "P° wllich the Preliminary Treaty Qf 1 1 0! 'e is ' 44-4-4 ,".:vahteenveervery 1