The Sun. — London, England, 1814-08-06 00:00:00

.'OI..3IINAL s) r' Prq,il) 'TO PARIS. (No. -X X I.) Paris., Thursday, Jab/ About noon to-day, (haying been employed ivriting letters all the morning) I set out in my usual promenade. • With the Cmtducteur de l'Et rang-er a Paris in one pocket, and the Noreau Plaa de Paris in the ether, auc. dispensing with the at-,: tendance of a guide, a dostription of persons,who except for an; specific anti pa'rticular put pose, are always more tronhlesorne than useful, I steered my course through the garden of the Thuilleries, the_ Place Louis XV., and across ,tlie , .'Pont de la Concorde, on which I encountered a cavalry regi ment of the French National Guards. They were, generally speaking„ stout good looking men, and well mounted. Their uniform, blue faced with white, has a shewy appearance, and the great . ,utility of this respectable body, in preserving order? in the Capital, and promoting the restoration of the Legitimate Family, caused me to look upon them with more than common feelings of regard. I need scarcely say, that they consist of the first order of Citizens in Paris. Many of them were attended by their sons, children from ten to four teen years of age, in uniform, and it was a pleas ing consideration to trace, in this delicate mark of attachment, the promise of much ftiture loyalty and devotion to the House of Bourbon. I also saw at the same time a few of BUONAPARTE'S old soldiers, invalids ; they continued to wear the Eagles on their coats, while the White Cockade graced their hats, or hung suspended from impe rial buttons. Facing the end of the Pont de la Concorde stands the Palais of the Corps Legislatif (now of the Chamber of Deputies) ~one of the handsomest structures in this City. . It was built in 1722 for Madame de C01...1DE; became in revolutionary times the Palace for the Meetings of the Council of Five Hundred, and latterly, for BUONAPARTCS House of Commons. These changes have c?cca..- gioned great alterations, not only internally but externally, and its present appearance very little resembles the pictures of the original Palace. A fine and broad flight of steps leads to a noble portico, which, like every other building here, is surmounted by a. representation of some exploit of the grand NAPot,coN, in alto-relievo. The portico is elevated on twele-e magnificent Corin thian pillars, and in various parts arc the statues of SULLY. COLBERT, de liflopiTAC, (IC D'AGUES onv, and of fume/cc& anti Nance, well exccuren, and producing a good effect. A figure-of BUONA TARTE • stood in the middle of the great Saloon, but that was removed within a few hours after the Allies entered Paris. The jute' for of this, edi-_ Lice is extensive, and admirably suited to the pur pose for which it is assigned. The conveniences attached to either of our Houses of Parliament are not to be compared to its accommodations, whether for magnitude or splendour. The Saloon where the Legislature sits is superb in its decorations and in every respect a grand apartment. In niches, on the right and left of the President's chair, are statues of LYCURGUS, SOLON, DEMOSTHENES, BRuTus, CATO, and CICERO; and the Chair itself, as well as the Walls and Cieling are beautifully or namented with carved work., and paintings in fresco. The gallery for strangers is small, and the Hall for the sittings of the same shape with the andienee-part of Covent Garden Theatre, supposing the chair to be placed in front of the Stage. In the adjoining , apartments, halls, &c. are several modern paint ings, among which I noticed the Battle of Ma i engo, and three or four others, devoted to the mi litary glories of BUFNAPARTE. I have forgot the Arti#t's name, but they are excellent productions, and both for spirit and colouring excel any works by DAVID which I have yet seen. In the Impe- rial robing and audience room is a whole-length of MARIA LouisA. The person who sl►ewcd the place assured ineit was an excellent likeness, and that the EmperorFaAscis had expressed the highest admiration of it when he visited the Palais. The drapery of white satin, richly embroidered., is clever ly painted; and it is in these unimportant branches of the art that the French Artists seem to aim at pre-eminence. The higher eifOrts of the Painter do not enter into their contemplation. Give them anatomy and drapery, and they regard not CX pression, elevation, character, or, in fine, any Of the more difficult and superior achievements of the -easel. Having examined all that was remarkable in this ply►ce, 1 strolled down the left bank of the Ri ver , where a scene of a very different and novel kind almost immediately presented itself. A,stnall lirty of the irregular Cossacks had pitched their bivouack about a couple of hundred yards be low the bridge on the channel of the Seine '! !-- 1t resembled the encampment of a great gyFey party. Several - waggons, about a dozen of horses (with every appearance of never having bad their state of nature violated ky scissars f currycomb, or brils!i) standing ioosi>ly at cribs like large ben- coops, one long and low covered tent, with travnes,, cooking utensil 3, the remains of fire, &C. lying scattered about . the ground, furnished as pit ture.,:que and wild s scene as ever DF. Lou ottltc, st;erched. The men themselves are a strange and terrible-looking race. They are, am:zinly Strong, and capable of undergoing incredible fa tigue and I)rivatitsns. They were at dinner, stand ing round a pot upon the channcl, and with spoons conveyei its contents in tolerable masses into their mouths, by in7rinnatiug the spoon imost adroitly through More hair than any "'VIM horse Dobbin " has upon hip tail.— ViThen . they arrived at a lump of tricrt, it was toil) to pieces with dispatch, and with the cere "nniny acannibal. A striking feature the appe:.rance of these hardy men arises out of the mode in which they wear their thick 10.4 d: hair, cut squarely r3und, at the length of two or three inches from the hcad, like some 'of the oldest pic tures of our Heroes and Kings in Britain. Add to this their prodigiously bushy beards And mus tachios, their leathern coats, and curiously patch ed habiliments, and you Will have a pretty accii rate idea of these elegant pronienaders on the cul tivated Banks of the Seine. VIATOR. AMERICAN PA MONTREAL, JUNE 18.—We have licard with great pleasure that Lieut.-Col. M'Dowall has ar rived safely at Michillimackinac, with twenty four b a tt ea u x s l a den with provisions, stores, and ordnance, and conveying a detachment of the Newfoundland regintent, some seamen and ar:ii /lery.• The flotilla left Notawasaga Creek on the south side of Lake Huron on the 22a of April, and atter experiencing the greatest dangers, hardships and difficulties, from immense fields of ice, and encountering several violent gales of wind, in one of which a batteaux was stove, but the crew and lading saved, reached M ichillimackinac on the 18th May, having performed half the voyage, up wards of (30 leagues, in the last four days. We cannot too highly praise the talents and energy of the active awl enterprising officer who coin mantled this expedition, and the steady and per severing efforts of - the officers and men under him, that have thus, amidst the most formidable oh stacks, conducted in safety so seasonable a rein forcement to this important post. The garrison, we understand, is now placed in so formidable a simc at ui 010 urnaut.,, of the enemy to reduce it A large body of of Indians had recently arrived there : new works had"b'een constructed, and a.eonsiderable supply of provisions laid in. We are happy also) to find, that the Indian presents which had been sent by tile Grand River, under the charge ut Captain La Motile, had reached Michillimackinac in safety. - On the 14th inst. Commodore 3: L. Ye° was at Kintr g ston, taking in stores, with which, it is said, he would proceed to Niagara. The American Commodore remained in port. At the latest dates from Lake Ontario, the Bri tish squadron had again sailed from Kingston. The American squadron had nut then made its ;ap pearance on the Lake. . NEWYORK, Jane S.—This afternoon the French National brig Olive Branch, in 45 days from L'Orieiit, with despatches from the new govtrn- Mem in France to the French Minister in this country, and the American government. Th e captain informed u - s that Bonaparte had taken his departure from Fontainbleau for a small island in the Mediterranean ; that King Louis was, expected in France from England in two or three days, an d that a Congress.for a general peace was shortly to be assembled in Paris, at which all the crowned heads in Europe, and the American Ambassadors, were invited.—The 0. B. has the new national flag displayed at the mast head, and the hats of the officers and crew are decorated with white cockades. Accounts from Barbadoes state, that when. the Swedes take possession of Guadeloupe, a large British force would be disposable, and that the 25th, 63d, and 30th regiments, and three co►n panies of rillemen would sail for Canada.. The American Newspapers of the ruling Party express a good deal of alarm at the present posi tion of that country. Some of them flatter them selves that they will be included in the general pa cification. _ The 90th Ret;iment, excepting a few invalids, is gone up the River in the transports. The wilid being now fair, they will reach Montreal to-day. The Gloucester, 74, (lid not come to Quebec, and has again sailed for the Wescindies. AMERICAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION AT SANDY CREEK. Head-Quarters, Sarkett's Harbour, June Ist, 1214. GENERAL ORDERS. " The Brigadier-General has the satisfaction to announce to the troops under his command, the . defeat and capture of a British force, consisting I of one hundred and e i g ht y six m a r i n e s and sailors , L with two gun-boats and live barges, .under Capt. Popham of the Royal Navy, by a detachment of one hundred and twenty riflemen, and a few-Oneida Warriors under the command of Major Appling, of the Ist United States' Rifle Regiment. Major Appling had been detached to protect the cannon and naval stores at Oswego, destined for Commo dore Chauncey's fleet. they were embarked on horn-d a flotilla of iiitts in charge or ca l m Wool sty, of 'the Navy, and had arrived safely into Sanity t Creek :---They were pursued by the enemy, \Alio was gallantly met by the riflemen, and after an action of a few minutes, beaten and taken with o ut the lo :3s of a man on oily part—One , tifleman, ‘vounil. The Oneida warriors %vere not in ac tion until the enemy had began to retreat. The riflemen were most judicioudy posted along the bank, a short chstanee below Captain Woolsey's boats, where the Creek is narroiv and sho a l.-- Most of the men having been taken from the boats, the enemy, amused perhaps with the idea that even tlw sight of a British force, had been sufficient to aitiml American riflemen, gave three cheers at the prospect of the rich prize be fore him joy was of short duration, for.at this moment the Ilint-fflen poured forth their dead ly fire, which in abort ten minutes terminated in his total defeat ; leaving an Officer and thirteen men killed, two ()Meets and twenty-eight 114C11 womided, (the Officers and many of the men dangerously) and the residue, - consisting of two Officers and 133 uttn taken • prisoners.—The greatest praise is due to Major Appling for the very judicious manner in which his gallant little corps was posted, as well as for the cool (It:liberate valour displayed throughout the action, and his prompt exertions in arresting the tragic hand of his warriors as soon as the enemy had struck. - " Major Appling speaks in the highest terms of the courage and good conduct of his officers and men. The officers were, Lieutenants 11P-Intoeb, Calhoun, M`Farland, Armstrong, and Smith, and Ensign Austin ; Captain Ilarris, with his troop of Dragoons, and Captain Melvin, with two field pieces, ,had made a rapid march, aril would.in a few minutes have been ready to participate in the action, had the enemy been able to make a stand. (Signed) "E. V. GAINES, Corn. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, AUG. I.—Monsieur arrived at foul o'clock this afternoon at St. Cloud. The Guard de Corps are already in attendance. _ _ The Doke de Berri will set out this evening for Douai, whence he will go to Lisle. He will em bark on the ith for England. The Duchess of Angouleme will pass through Lyons, on her way to Paris. ti CHANITIER OF DEITTIES. PRESTDENCY 0? 7.4ONSIEUR LAINE. A great crowd assembled to-day to hear the re port which was to he Made by M. Ileynouard up on the subject of the Liberty-of the• Press. Mr. Reynouard ascended the .Tribune, and read for about an hour - a most excellent and loyal dis course upon this subject. He Lail searcely:began when the Minis - ters M. L'Abb6 Montesquibn and Baron Louis entered the Chamber, and took their seats. • M. Reynonard began by recalling to the re- of the Deputies, that for.. a long time the liberty of the Press was substantially tolerated in France, although it was never formally autho rised by law. Government gave way to the ir resistible force of opinion, and the Press conti nued in that state till 1782, when the liberty was positively claimed, with the proviso that those who abused it should be responsible for their writings. A long and stormy period succeeded ; at length Louis the Desired, restored to the wishes of his people, acknowledged by the first acts of his au thority, the Liberty - of the Press, as an essential part of the public morals. The Constitutional Charter, which we hold from that Monarch, has formally consecrated it. But this is not all ; the very preamble of this very law acknowledges the light of every Citizen to promulgate his opi nions. The Report then .proceeded to observe, that the faculty of thinking, the noblest that belongs to. man, would be imperfect if be' had not the privilege of expressing it by writing. It is certain, that our ancestors enjoyed the liberty of the Press. Works of , religion were examined in the time of Francis I. by the faculty of theo logy, but it was after they were published. It is.t.rue, that Louis XIII. ordered ,the Chancellor and the Keeper of the Seals to examine new books, but they had the liberty to exempt authors in whom they could place confidence from this examination. The Reporter cited two historical facts, to shcw the prOgress made in a few years in restrictinit the liberty of the Press. 1699, Telemachus, a: book in which there are so many allusions to hurt the feelings Of the Court, was published with the King's privilege, and 24 years afterwards the prhiting of another work was prohibited in France. We were obliged to foreign presses for the production of the Ilenriade, one of the monu ments of our national glory. In countries which have a .written constitution; the liberty of the press is the greatest arid surest guarantee of civil liberty. The right of petitioning, so solemnly granted by the Charter, is inseparable from the liberty of the press. 'The Reporter then arned against that part of the proposed law which permitted the printing of books in foreign languages in France, while, at the same time, it exposed a Frenchman to punishment who should translate it. M. Reynonard then Went into a detailed examination of the arguments against the liberty of the Press„ which he contended were futile ; and concluded by proposing, that the CllarnLer should rject tLc vroposed Ittvc, an" t): o' so doing; prove to tile their ; ttachi t the (',olisiitutionill Chamber. Tijefe w ere Orn es ' tt tb '.l.llen it tvas iiiioger•)ii•s to spe.als. but the ioveti truth, and he I,.'its wort 11). c The crowd of Deputies who 'oe,,iecr,el bone, ‘vir.ll i';.cynou Ird Lidfinished , great that the P:.e.siden7k7a.S 01)1/ ki eagerness, by desii ing thosc ed to si)e` l .; favour of the report of the C onz m t t o ha names inscribe) on the tighty by M. E L and those woo meant 'k<: op l iose it, to 11 3 " names inscribed on ills left, bY u. lively , eve was directed in.mediately the course the r‘leinber:4 1001 - .; their ninnb' c ' ed to be alyout equal. About fo;•tv na,nes " inscribed, they will he heard if pos,;ible ou The Chmnber -then took the Civil consideration. A Motion , vas made I;) ere to address the King, d ad lie wou ld aid er Plan of a Law for rek;ulating the Civil laid before them. The principal proPu'itli:4 which he urged were that. the 0 61 1)1 : t° should be twenty-five millions of li v o s• paid monthly ; that, the Louvre, the 'l'l°o levies, and also the buildings and palaces' Marli, St. Cloud, &c. Should tarot a part 01(0, portion of the CrOwn, and also all pietnrc s ' „ I v mantis, libraries, &e.&c. ; that the Prince' () ; V Royal Family should have eight millions Oltle to be aportioned by the King, so as that ci.. 1 0 Prince shall have more than three millious• was the arrangement in 1791. These Pr`)P 0' hearing tions were ordered to he printed. WARSAW, JULY s.—Preparations arc for the reception of the Grand Duke Const''''-gr BURLIN, JULY 16.—The Comunis,iwletsi for pointed by the King leave this on the' tiot Dresden, "We are assured that they will , name of his Prussian Majesty, take ps s ro'` ° all Saxony, or at least of the greatest p art kingdom. The corps d'artm':e of Count C'''''clll;o# is destined to protect this measure of session. T\linnto, JULY 25.—A Commission of `—i r c o Officers has been created under the Pres i ' l f eli t ,!li am infant Don Carlos, for the purpose, o 11 f ' ‘ ,l' organising the army. It is compose d 'of Iliecos' lowing Members :—Captian Generals Al."" %l l ' i tl!° tanos, and Joseph ; Lient.-Gellerj. eireVls Margins of Castellas, and Vi!hdb,,,, ; Charles O'Donnell, O'Donoghn , WIJ phen. Secretary the ;11arquis dc /tocl'o„,4l:' taro of the Guards. It is remark: t'rne Arr that the three Major-Generals are of f"rei7l,ol traction, and that M. M. Palalo,K, O'D° l°: ;tl l° the Marquis de la Roca, have just co llie ° tll dungeons of Vincennes ! „bj e" Nothing has yet been discovered o n tae !li of the forgery of the Official Orde r -6 11° fenced to death Generals Elio, CrPn°c; Villavicencio. It is very astorrisiog, ti n° 9 , c oo' • it dispatches were taken at the time by °vtt e. ' Tiers, their traces since the detection °I t r e d a tl have not been discovered. rri r ,is tlr Ole Government, is much more serions abuse of the liberty of writing, f `s:'scr; Journalists have been guilty. It is bc l ' e , ‘ . l ll ,l l the Tribunal of the Inquisition will be d st :t 51°1 attentive to watch over every thing .0 4 hereafter be printed, iley There has been published here, by °I 0 1 • if King, at the same time as the def Icllcc v O f - Escoiquiz, on the subject of the Majesty to BayOmoe, and of the Neg °cl ; t o Valan (la y , a s arrival at en e ( bY r9ees:ec i l' ic 'l I t o ;\111 / ''' King on leis hers of the Cortes, inviting hin i to c°l drill , to stop disorder, and to sa" lire ii t „.,),i 1(111, di These Deputies denounced the bad !f le i of a large party of their Collea;oeso tc.ijot two official d ocumen t s throw a gre3to.olllll(''it the two important points of our 1 it 0 0 namely, the origin and completion o f ' 1. ., e be confessed, that as the ab ha o senc e o f the , c oo ; of those by whom he was accompanier" cs o or all our evils, the iettirn of his .11'1je.5 GS hurl,.„l" those persons who had followed pot an end to them. The re-esNbli'l':::eolift which existed in 1808, sin ce the reig f. '4ll I t , s _4O the Second, has stopped the mo o .0%.0 . 11 1e 04 innovators, and has freed the esistin.,:sio.,jo , 1 1 from the pal nful embarrassment of di' • Or i n ja r modern theories ! b e COPENHAGEN, ;JULY 19Ht 1- „er e tO : fA te doubt, that Our Islands in AincricA l " pcor i tre tiot e stored to us on the I st of JiCy. , Pl' t iotd and two transports have Sall" 1 4,1 f purpose. • 11 0( ROME, JULY s ICA ° .e ther sensibly - improves, an ( a pt. I l e , OCC ° , e lI the least uneasiness on 11 0 . 4 v iloC • it state of impoverishment rai ont , been placed by the lets (I°° 21.4—The healtb 0 , - c tr o zo t \;•01' Is