The Sun. — London, England, 1814-03-22 00:00:00

1411ritiAi, TIOUSg OF LORDS, Mr;xDAY, MAncit A meeting took plaet., itt the , Ifstfai hour, pur `vnint to their Lorctsbiljs', last adjottrnrnent. The Earl of 11 1 1 . ANsFI LD, and Lord DouGtAs, of Douglas, tank the oaths and their seats. The new Bishop of PErEttaoaortnn was introduced with the accustomed forthalities, sworn and took hi. seat. His Ladship ' s suppOrters: were the BiQuip& 'of LOdori and `Choler. . , (Cii:e;;'g . Divorce Bill, was' ead a first time, ana ordered to be read a second time to-morrow fortnight., Mr. JOHNSON 3 from the I r i s h Secretary of State's Office, Ere4oted a Copy of the 14th Eeport, o f th e C omm i ss i oners o f nviry in that part of the United Kingdom, which was or dered'to tie on the table. A good deal of private and. ; judicial bUsititss Was disposed t.f, but nOne cf gener*l ironortance. On the Motion of the Earl of LAVDERDALE, a variety of .doeumentssespecting the Issue of Ikromissory Notes froin :Bank of England, at given periods: were ordered to belay] 'before the House. -About five o'clock the LORD CRANCELLoR put the question of Adjournment; when The Duke of.No.ttoLx. observed upon the pro priety of some - general Understanding prevailing, as to the particular hour at which public business, or private business likely to excite public atten tion, should in - future conmienk., It was of ge. neral,iinportance.thht sorne regulation of the kind should forthwith take place. - The-Earl of Livuut.oot. stated, it was always understood that five o'clock was the most gene rally conVenient hour for entering upon the pub lic business before Christmas ; upon grounds of particular convenience, it was agreed that half after four should be the time. But, as it did nut Seen' that any particular time was so much wished for, as some generally understood ,hours, he thought it would 'be the more adviseable -to fix it for the usual time of five o'clock. * An Adjournment (till to-morrow) then imme eliately took place. HOUSE OF COMMONS. • The House having. met pursuant to Adjourn inent, a vast variety of private business occupied its attention till a quarter past five o'clock. Mr. JonNsoN presented the Quarterly Report of the Irish Committees of Enquiry. Leave was given to bring in a Bill for th e more easily re:- covering ,mall Debts in various Counties. - Mr. KENRICK, in consequence of his duty at the Assizes, moved to postpone the second reading o f th e P oor Relief Bill till Tuesday, the 2Gth of April, which was agreed to. ' Mr. GRANT moved the second leading of the Stort Navi gation Bill, and gave some explanations respecting the amendments which had been introduced ; the object of Which was to authorise the raising of a considerable additional sum of money, to carry that measure into effect. The Bill 'Was read accordingly. - ESTIMATES. Mr. ARBUTHNOT presented certain Estimates for the Public Service, which were ordered to lie pu the table. 'the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice,' that he would move those Estimates in the Committee of Supply on Wednesday. Mr. WHITBREAD objected to the .bringing for ward of the Estimates at a time like the present. He did not conceive, under the existing circum stances, that it would have been possible to frame the Estimates, much less to expect that they would be taken into consideration by the House before the Easter recess. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, tt,e.t the Estimates presented by his rrieuu fictl nature, being only such as the current public service demanded. Mr. WHITBREAD said, be bad no objection` to their being entertained by the (rouse on that footing, taking it for granted that none of those Estimates on which discussion usually took place, such, for instance, as the Arniy Estimates, woUld be brought forward until after the Easter Recess. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that tsertaluly the Estimates alluded to by the Hon. .Gentleman woul,d not be brought forward with nut due notice, and probably not till after the EA3ter Recess. StI3SIDIES. Mr. IVIIITBAEAD wished to ask the Right Uon. Gentleman one, and only one, question. Was it true (as rumoured) that !aims of money had been sent to foreign powers, during the . intervals of their adjournment, without any cominunication to Parliament, and without any' vote of that House Ire wished to know how-far the report was true iliat such steps had been taken by his 3./eiesty's Ministers. the CHANCELLOR of the EzCITECtUr.R observed, that it must be in the recollection of the Honour able Gentleman, and of the House, that two mil lions had, during the present Session, been placed by Parliament at the disposal of his Majesty's Mi nister, added to which, there was a large balance remaining of the Vote of Credit of last year. Out of this fund great sums had certainly been sent to the Continental Powers, but he could not say that any sum had been so sent, the transmission of Which had not been sanctioned by Parnankin-. Mr. WHITBREAD remarked; that the Right Gentleman was the only person Who ought to be distinctly informed of the fact. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER added, tit. -- he . could only say he believed no stun sanctioned by - Parliament had been gent. A re fercnce to the accounts would show the. extent of the remittances.' If any su►n had been sent greater than that ,which Govelnn►ent were authorized by }'arliau►eut to send, it was not known to him. AMNESTY, Lord OSSULSTONE rose, and was commencing some remarks on the probability of an immediate hen he was called to or d er b y t h e (Man peace, w cAor of the Exchequer, and subsequently (on iiis Lordslip's persevering in his remarks) by the Speaker and Mr. Bathurst, on the ground that it was irregular, in merely giving ti notice of any 'notion, to enter into any argument On the subject Ot that motion. Lord OiSUGSTONE then declared, it was his in tention to !Wake a !notion, and after' recalling to the attention of the lloue, in a time of voice seldom audible, 'the Various periods at Which, on t h e co nc l us i on ()fa race, individuals, the subjects of the enewy, bnt Ivho had committed political. offences against the enemy', bad been wantonly, sacriticed.by a neglect oa our part to provide for their safety, mo'ved— " Th.it s n hemble ,\ddress he presented to hie Royal ilighoes.:•theTrinre Regent, pray.ihg that instrnetin trt seat to tile iyuteutiaries t t Chatillon, not to eutlclude iloi - tin : ALis an ; 4, .. 3 )n4ty . in ravo4 of allper;sssll9, stilject e s for 111)r olTe'!');:es oi t ppliticitl ria.tufe; coromitteit 6eTote Ole signink of the treaty."L'b katitvcrlt.i.(sa .the EXOEQ — UER, lament • int :tloit the Noble - Lord had trartsgre,ksed the usages (if the Holise, by 'a inotioriy such A tiatitre without previous ,notice, and deprecating interference on the part 'cif - the Ifou i se s'o delicate and itivoi•tant a iliatter, into which, or into any subject. connected with which, he thOught it his, duty wholly to tabstain from entering, ibov ed the previous queStion on the Noble Lord's pro position :The preViOus questiob was, agreed to without h division. , TilE SPEAXF.R'S SPE.F.CIT. Mr - . POssoNBV, at the request of a Noble triend of his, absent from the HQUSC in 'consequence of the death of a near and' dear relation, gave notice, that on the first dren day after the• Easter holi days his Noble Friend would submit to the con sideration of the House a motion on the Speech which the Speaker bad been pleNsed to deliver at the bar of the House of Lords, at the end of the last session of Parli,iment. Thie SPEAIiErt wished to know on what day the Noble Lord intended to bring forward his motion. Mr. PoN•SONBY replied, th a t not b e i ng aware of,th, intended lengtii of the adjournment, —whe ther it vras to be of the usual length, or whether, in considerStion -of the long adjournments that had already taken place, it was to be curtailed, it was impossible for Noble Friend to name the precise day On which he would make his motion. lie trusted, hoWevcr, that no inconvenience would result either to the Museor to the Right Hon. Gentleman, from the notice being left in its pre sent state, until his Noble Ftieud should, be able to ascertain the proposed length of the adjourn ment, on which he would immediately give a more specific notice. THE MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON. The CkI.INELLOR . of the ExcnEatlErt having moved that the House should adjourn, Mr. WYNNE expressed his surprize that the House should be permitted to separate without any notice having been given -by his Majesty's Ministers of a Motion for Thanks to Lord Wel lington, for the late gloriotis successes of the British arms in Prance. He ,should very much regret if this duty 'were to devolve into other hands. Mr. am-tuns-1! did not conceive that, because no notice had been given on the first day of the meeting of Parliament, that it was thence to be conelude4 that his Majesty's Ministers did not mean to bring forward the question. Mr. WHITBREAD ieclared that he believed it was the first time after such victories as those which had been recently achieved by the Noble Marquis, that Parliament had. been allowed to Meet for a single day without an intimation on the' part of his Majesty's Ministers of an intention to call the grateful a tt en ti o n o f the House to the subject. - .111 r. BATHURST replied, that there were several instances in which more days than one Inui been. allowed to pass after the meeting of Parliament, without any notice of that nature. • • Tile CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that an aaditional reason for deferring such a no tice. On the present occasion, was the hope that dizivc Lit PLl rthei out i ous successes of our arms. _ _ Mr. WHITBREAD--" Club. 'em."—Adjourned. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, 111Arten 17. EXTRACT OF A LETTER' WRITTEN TO HIS EXCEL LENCY TIIE MINISTER AT WAR, BY THE Wag- SHAL DUKE OF CASTIGL.IONE. " Villafranca, March 12, 1 914. " Slll—l had the honour to inform your kx cellency by my dispatches of the day before yes terday, of the motives which bad induced me to • repair to the right bank bf the Saone, to stop the . _ progreSs of Gen.,Bianchi, who with 15,000 nien was advancing by forced marches towards . Lyons by the way of Macon, while the division Ilardeek and ,the light brigade of Wieland were coming upon Bourg: I ordered Gen. Bardet, who had remained posted at Pout de. Ain, to advance upon Bourg, to keep in check this division, while I went myself to meet the corps of Biatichi. in fact, General Banta advanced on the 10th to Bourg, where he met the enemy's advanced guard; he overthrew it, took 50 prisoners, • and posted himself beyond the towli, observino- the town o f . Macon and St. Amour. During this time, I rapidly traversed Lyons, with the divisions Musnier and Pannetier, and three regiments of cavalry, and advanced to the place (Villafranea). The division Musnier, and the 12th regiment of hussars, com pOSing the vanguard, met with that of the enemy at St. George's, two leaguei from Villafranca, drove it from position to position, to , a league of Macon, taking two pieces of cannon and eight hundred prisoners, of whom four are officers. The 12th - hussars perforMed prodigies of valour, notwithstanding that it - was harassed with fatigue, and had four Austrian regiments to contend with. It was this regiment that cut down the cannonicrs belonging to the two pieces of cannon, and Wok them. Captain Plessen par ticularly distinguished himself ; he wounded the e - n - einy'sGeneral Sehnecter, commanding the van guard, .who escaped on foot in the confusion. " I wait for the junction of all the troops to continue lily operations. The Marshal of the Empite, (Signed) " AUGEIZEAU,Duke of Castilionc." Moniteur, March 18. PARIS, MARcii 17.,—The fortress of Huningen holds out vigorously; it is abundantly supplied with prorFsiOns. The enemy has erected a bat t'eY ici the village of Little Huningen, Composed. ().f howitzers and tiro tars, to bonibard the_Oaxe.. This tattery beOn to play in the begintiing of 111a . roki. The v;arti'siiii* returned 'the eneiiiiii'fire by thrOwring Sbille bombs into Bade-. The garrison of Befort frequently makes success ful sallies. It has not Only succeeded in proem.- , great quantity of proriSions; but has taken from the enemy, at two different times, all the artillery they had befOrb the plaCe. It released, ire one sally, three ,hundred French prisoners, and brought them ihtb the town. New Brisich is not closely blockaded, and communicates with the garrison of Schelestaik ; these two places combine their sallies. The garrison of Strasburg frequently makes ex cursions to the distance of three or four leagues, and .occasions great 'asset to the enemy. The manufactories of Neuhaulen are . for the most part converted into hospitals by the Allies they arc crowded with sick ; there arc already 5000 tick id thein, and 3000 wounded were ex pected by the sth of Marc All tfie great establishments in the Upperßhine are filled with the enemy's sick. There are 25,000 of them in that part of France; without reckoning the wounded. • 'l'l►e enemy's excesses have so intense() the in habitants of the Upper Rhine and the Vosges, that they but wait for the signal to fly to arms and fall on the enemy. • It , is now mor e th an s i x weeks that the agents Of liussia, at Basle, have been daily.anuouncing the news of their entry 'into Paris. In the be ginning of March they began to allow that the left wing of their army had been unfortunate, but seemed to reckon greatly on the junction of Blucher with Langeron and Winzingerodc. On the sth, they proclaimed that their army occu pied Meaux with 200,090 men, and "intercepted the--Emperol's communication with Paris. At last,' on. the sth, they announced as a :natter of certainty, that 30,000 Russians had-. entered Paris. I MANTVA, 111A4c119.—In spite of all the ho,i‘es which we allowed , ourselves to form, that the ,Neapolitan troops would refrain from contimuing hostilities,- particularly atter they had beeh in formed of the late victories of the Emperor, and the advantages gained by the army of Italy, the King of Naples at the head of his troops attacked the corps of observation which the Viceroy bad left At Reggio. This corps of only 2500 men bore the whole .day, the tire "of the Neapolitan 4rmy, whin formed several lines below iteggio, , but yet did not dare to'charge our troops, which, :recording to the orders they had received, after having thus resisted a far superior force, fell back. on the Taro. The eannonasle lasted several hours. We had ,not above 250 men put hors de combat in this action, but the army will learn with sorrow, that Gen: Sereroli; who commanded at Rer,g-Ho, %tits severely wounded in the leg by a 6innon ball. The enemy•must have suffered a consider able loss. '• PARIS, NARCH 1.- 7 Yestertlay, her Majesty the Empress, mid his Majesty the King of Rome, rode out in a carriage. PARIS, MA'acn I7.—They write from Lyons, under, the date of the 13th, that on that day 1000 prisoners ; made by the army of the Marshal Duke of Castiglione, were expected there. PARIS, MARCH 17.—A column of about 2000 Tprisoners to-day passed through Paris, 1 1 .4.m5, MARCH 16.-Her Majesty the Empress and Queen today 'held .a Council of Ministers. His Majesty the King of. Rome - to-day at noon took an airing. In getting into the carriage he perceived several grenadiers of the National Guar&on dtity, at the Castle of the Thuilieries ; he took off his hat to them; Saying—" I salute the Gentlemen V' the Guard of Honour." MILAN, MARCH 12. ARMY OF ITALY.--ORDER OF THE DAY. " Several reports having announced movements in the enemy's army, his lmperiai Highness the Prince Viceroy ordered strong corps to recon noitre along the whole line on the 10th of March. The corps that went from Montzathbano fell 'in with the enemy on the neighbouring, heights.— The corps from Goito, composed.of two batta lions and $0 horse, under General Jeauin reptiked the first posts of the, enemy, and penetrated as far' as Boverhella, where the enemy's rear-guard• seemed inclinsd to make some resistance. We took in this town Gf prism] ers, amoug whom are four officers. " The corps that went froth Mantu9, to march upon Castiglione, was under the command of General Galamberti ; he repulsed the enemy as far as Castiglione,. There was a brisk fire of mus ketry on both sides. The corps that went from. Govern°lo, under the command Of Gen. Paolneci, pursued the enemy, who did not cease to retreat before him as far as Astigiia. On this day the ,enemy had three hundred men.bars de comsat, and' we took one hundred prisoners, of whom four are officers. We had not above eighty wounded.-- The object object of the i enemy's retrograde moventent was to concentrate his farcts at VerotA, for fear Of being attacked by us at all points of, the lie haS kept two corps in advance, one t l)ll.l , l lrv t 'i Villairanca, and. one towards Castel Nuovo• army remains till further orders on the Aihic : " the enemy having abandoned the entrenchme nts ' they had thrown up at Porghetto ; they are ai present occupied-by oiir advanced posts. A : "..Marshal Bell e g ar d e entere d Verona, tt'e:;.--.'a;e -before yesterday, at eleven in the morn %pg . 3 grenadiers entered at three in the afternoon- , the baggage and the re serv e the Austrian W l ' are at Saint Michel.and Saint Martin. Cot 3t " The Ciernrat of Division, Chief the Ste , of the Empire, a viGN °LP , ' " it - lead-quarters at Mantua, ?,,larch 11, 1814.", - (.--- FRENCH F,uNDs.—Dividend of March ‘;2l March 16. 48 f. 75 C.—March 17. 48 f. 5 ° Bank actions 65 f. 75 c. [These Papers contain nothing relative to tl l negociations ; to th e Armies near Paris, or t il° ' under Soult or Suchet.l DUTCH PAPERS. ti BEBERLIN, MAttatu s.—Within the last few (fe— ).; no less than seven new Polish regiments hace e , ," tered this plan from the aichv of Warsa's'' They have been raised from among the v° l ` l % teers,' who are anxiods to join their county/17er for the subjugation of France. From the ow e districts similar rei n f orcements w ill soon arl`` to proceed to the head-q - darters of the :Allies, er We learn alsc? , that to additional Russian YD . f2 t/ regtments.have entered Warsaw from the of Riga, to take the same direction.. .1.A.41:c11r very huge body of Cossacks, principally fr<l s banks of the Don,. passed thrungl i rids their way to t;:c Rhine, and before this date will have passed that. Fiver. . The whole of our territorN exhibits the j!, , re'' iL t 4 rapidity in providing, rein fOrcements' for the of Genet:al d'Vorc-h, anti this duty is s-tiperlote''' s by several oflicers authorised by his .i.‘,Faje.ilY that purpose. BREDA , MARCH great many pieres ' l ", lic ." English artillevy entered (his place vest,.rday. cannon has hitherto aceonipanicd -the army Royal liighness• the Cro‘vn Prince of Swed"'"... it is now co nve yi ng to t h e n Ci :; hbourhoud werl:, in cyder to assist in the siege of that rtt r , Tbi, garrison have made overtures to sorra'''. but on terms that could not be acrepted. v 11.7 4 SUHAFFARDEN, Fes - . 2il.—His; Hahne:7s the has arrived at Nice, and it is reporteLl . be -hold a Council with the principal i%lewbevs of Church. The Al les have summoned Parma to surreno`., tumid have made a destructive moot. q a t- ARR/VED—c2 Waterford. —I Lisbon, I naita, M 44" tesiburgli, lielioland, I Holland, I G uernse y, 1 ve. 24)11bitU, 1 Waterford.- PRICE OF ,s'ICZ.!KS THIS DAY AT TWKS.VE O'CLOCK. gt 4 ' 7 l 430 n -sols . 70j 71 1 Chuniam ....... . -• • HIGH WATER xr LONDON BRIDGE TO-M° 14 1 ! * - -ti i ' Morn i Ile, 3.4 minutes after Evening, 50 initilite.s E SIJ N. soLLAI Qtl IS IYIQBItB FALSIIM ? LONDON. 7'UES 1.),1Y; Cll .-2,,*1814 ... . . A 'Messenger (Mr.CiJitvois‘srEit i understall 1.1 ItAS just conic itr from Lora{ CASTLEREAGII. nature ' of ii nisp:Atcoes is not yet aseerta--3 ie' Whatever Government pet-mils to tra:opire' ° Shall wiljiout,delay sutimit to the - The Princess Charlotte, a Fatutiath packer , arrived at that place from Passages, it 4 ' 173 . 1 sage of fived~i;•s. We have heard that 1 ; 41' WHITE (her. Commander) has just reached Ot 'and confirms the intelligence of . the captur e ' tt liourdeaux. It is 'too late to asceetain tort particulars before we go to press, but if any tl' iug pf importance transpires, ‘ve will lose no tilu e issuing .a Second Edition. It appears that it was Alaishal Bi - mcsFor,D ss•- ,:: entered Bourdeaux on the 12:h, nth, as we 518 ' ed yesterday, fifteen httndr e d ruen , a nd ," °s : fittcen , thousand i as mentitu in the Plylrv."" tip letter. in fact, the people of Bourdeaux them with open arias, and hailed the En:_*' ll 35 their deli, r erers: Corti iVELLINGTON W , el3l ; suit of Sou L-r in thie direction of Thonloose. The-, Mayor and 'Municipality •of 13 q ,n.rdo" (says a letter from an Ofiieer of high rank) out to meet the British with open arms, and 01 ` ; .. most ardent sh ou t s of 'welco me: Th e tore tri-coloured cockade frm their hats, trumpie' it under loot, and replaced it with the cockade of the .Bourbons. Cries pf " King!" " The Bouß4cNs• foreverl" resotOic throughout the city, and every testimony Of Li attachment which could be given' to the goo d 01 cause teas manifested by the entire popitia ti°rl. The Park and Tower guns Are now The supposed Ping- of Truce seen off Dove', !4 announced in our Naval News of resterdav, " /5 out to be a prize. We wish to Heaven. that 3 ll sirnilar anticipations might be explainvd by Ji ll ''' lar results. ( . 0 " LOVER. MARCH 21 .---ArriVed :n rc,c R"- the Pigmy schooner, and has sent in it (trench fish hag- boat laden with shot and shells, bound to Havre-de-Grace. This vessel bchig St:Ca at 4