The Sun. — London, England, 1814-02-10 00:00:00

SPANISH PAPERS. MADRID, JAN. 11. ON PEACE frira BUONAPARTE. There is not a doubt that Buonaparte is mak ing all imaginable efforts to avoid the 'dreadful tempest which threatens him : unable to make head at all the points where he sees himself at tacked, and 'foreseeing his total ruin if he do not sward off the mortal blow which is aimed at , hint, be wishes to avail himself of negociatiotis, in 'order to scup the Allies in their rapid career. In critical situation, be can only escape ruin by acceding to peace to preserve the Crowd of I!'rance is now his only object ; and shoidd succeed so -far, his projects for the future will then develope themselves. With this view Buonaparte - would cbeerfully make peace even though at the expence of hu miliations which he would gloss Over with ho nourable terms, to deceive the ignorant. But, for our parts, it appears hardly credible that the Allies, after hating well nigh overturned the Colossus, should stop short in their progress, and consent that this monster shduld preserve his existence, and much more his political .ex istence. Peace with Buonaparte is a chimera ; arid in any peace with France, the head of the tyrant ought to be required as a preliminary basis. It, is with the Senate alone, composed of such men as, though weak, may still have been able to,p,e serre some remains of virtue and probity, that peace can he adjuted. To make it with Buona parte, is really to labour for the destruction of Europe, which, indeed, might in that case enjoy repose for a few months ; but this delicious calm w9uld be succeeded by a most horrible storm, and the Continent would again see itself inundated with torrents of blood shed for the ambition of the tyrant. If the Allies leave the usurper of the Ahrone of France' in the rank of a potentate, Ilttpingrte will have risked nothing in the gathe ; have gained much, when be had in effect losi,allJ and lie will mock them to scorn ! The confedera tion of. the Monarchs of Europe give him: the crown of France ! Most extraordinary N . votild it - be, should legitimate Sovereigns, who have seen Buonaparte make sport of the dynasties of Europe; dethroning Kings and Princes at his pleasure, and pl.scing their crowns on the beads of his upstart relatives,—must extraordinm y r ‘Vould it he, should Sovereigns, allied to avenge the iniquities and in famies of this.monster, consent to give the Throne of France to such an ITsnrper, at a time when they could eire it to its I . nrs;titti , re King, and when this. adventurer cannot even maintain himself on the throne without theit assistance. The Allies, perhaps, hope the conversion of Buonaparte Vain expectation ! As soon may the carnivorous vulture be transformed into "the gentle dove. They believe, perhaps, that re verses have abated his pride? Extravagant cre dulity ! They believe, perhaps, that Buonaparte will content himself . with the kingdom of France ! Unpardonable self-deception ! To Make peace with Buonaparte would, in fact, be to give him a military force with which to take vengeance: It would restore him three hundred thousand pri soners, and he would then have five hundred thousand warlike troops. Thus he would' bei'&nch stronger than all the States bordering on Wance and the more humiliating the conditions of peace were, so much the less would he, thirsting atter vengeance, observe them. With the formidable army which the return of the prisoners would give him, and especially that of the Officers and Generals whom he so greatly wants, he would soon he in a situation to inundate Italy and . Ge rmany anew, when the other powers:, and particu larly Russia, had disarmed. it is manifest self-deception to think of confin ing the torrent of Buonaparte's ambition. The Allies wish for peace, the whole world dewires it ; but it ought not to be founded on the basis of the uti possidetis, or on that of the status quo, prior to the present war, much less on the treaty of Pegs burg, or of Luneville ; it should he built ori - the status quo anterior to the Revolution, both in point of territory and policy ; by consequence, the cri winat dynasty of Buonaparte tnust return to its original nothing. Without this principle, which we regard as indispensable, Europe will in a short time suffer new horrors ; and the Cabinets which do.not now avail themselves of this favourable op -I:motility fur dethroning the tyrant, will have to (:eplore their irresolution, when it is too late to save themselves from becoming its victims. The Houses of Baden, Wurtemberg, and parti cularly that or Austria, connected by marriage with the new dynasty of France, may' perhaps. be come obstacle to the dethronement of Buona parte ; but only by its co-operation in this, can the House of Lorraine wipg out the stain, which,. ticcording to its own declaration, it. saw. itself, compelled to incur, either from overwhelmingeir-, cumstances, or to give repose to Europe. And 'will not the House of Lorraine prefer the peace of the world to the private interests of a par! - of its ? The same rnotive of [giving repose to Europe, which induced the Emperor to give his (Laughter to the Oppressor of the Continent; should now induce him to assist in the Tyrant's dethronement, because in no other way can that object be attained. CADIZ, JAN. 14.--'Yesterday, arrived the Spa nish brig Catalina, in 31 days from the Havannah. She brings 222,000 dollars, and produce; two Deputies from Pueble de los Angeles came by her. Also arrived the schooner Galatea, which left the llavannah in company with the Mino man of war . , which bad on board seven millions in specie,.and produce. The Galatea separated from tlieNino its tha Bahama chantn:l. MAft.; • Artnivr.b-1 1-143igolantl, Dublin, 1 Araterfora fityt-1 a- Lisbon, t Malta, 9 tiottenburgh, 6 lieligatan4l, 2 Hol land, 1 Watesferd. . PRICE OF STOCK'S THIS bAY Al T'C'ELVF o•cLortc. • 674 Ortniitual' • HIGH WATEII AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 35 minutes after 6.1 Evening, 3 minutes alter 7. `THE SUN. 30LEM QUIS .10CEHE FALSUM AUI/EAT? LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRU_IRY IQ. 1814. We have reason to believe, upon authority , which has never deceived us, that I\IIfRAT has ab solutely signed a Treaty of Peace with theEtri peror of AusTRIA, and is to bring-30,060 men into the field 'to to-operate With the Allies. This de fection of the Brother-in-law of the Corsican Tyrant will, it is to be hoped, prevent all nego ciations calculated to secure his usurpation of the Throne of France, and precipitate his fall. The Cow PRINCE, we are assured, bad en gaged to bring his army to the Netherlands by the 14th instant. The intelligence respecting the entrance of the • Allies into Brussels, .which we announced on, Tuesday night, and which, curiously enough, fur nished second editions to several newspapers of yesterday, is further . confirmed by tire ar rival.. of a vessel from Ostend, which left that Port in a state of utter- consternation, in 'consequence of the rumours whiCh Orevaiied of the rapid advance of the Allies under General,. BuLOw., After occupying Brussels on the Ist, ft is reported, that Ghent was' taken possession of on the 3d, that Bruges would be delivered on the ensuing day, and at Ostend they looked for a visit : on the day following. The garrison is repre sented as not exceeding 1000 men at the utmost ;. the_Civil Authorities, the Commissary of Police, &c. had retired to Dunkirk, and the merchants were preparing to secure as much of their pro petty. as possible by means of small craft to carry-' it off coastwise. Even Dunkirk, however, is not reckoned safe, and the want of a force to op poseinvasion in this vital quarter of the French empire, affords us great hOpes of speedily having our communications from the Continent by the shortest route, namely, from Calais to Dover. The garrison in Antwerp-, which is, of course, observed by a division of the Allied Force, has been greatly diminished in numbers by the secession of .General MAISON, who has retired inland, towards Ath and Tournay, leaving the whole coast to be dealt with as the invaders think fit. The French threaten to inundate the Poi ' der, in order to preserve Ostend. Should they resort to this measure, the effects would .be . dreadful. We have extracted from Spanish P.4pds, a very able and satisfactory exposition of the oblique policy pursued by BUONAPARTE with regard to Spain. While offering to restore FEPeDINAND-, the Corsican and his official papers continue to style JosEP " KING.'' Of what place is 'he Kirtt, ? Are we to have double Kings of Spain, as well as double Moniteurs?- One of them must be sum : • pressed. We this day lay before our Readers a mass• of selections from American Papers, which will be found to possess considerable claims to their at tention. Among the military events which have tended to the brilliant close of the second Ame rican Campaign for the Conquest of the Canadas, the taking of Fort George, the strongest and only commanding point ou the Niagara frontier, is by no means the least important. This event, which may be considered as nearly restoring to us all that was lost in Upper Canada, took place on the 12th ....._nectllnher,,..when..Colonel MUURAY drove the enemy across the Niagara without firing a shot. The wreck of their flotillas on both Lakes, the frustration of the projected attack upon Bur lington, the re-occupation of York Town; the disgraceful termination of the expeditions of HAMPTON and WILKINSON, are e.nongh, we should imagine, to sicken the Yankees of this most dis astrous war. Our North American accounts, in commenting upon the dispatches of the hater person, seem to consider him as labouring. under a lamentable infirmity of mind. They describe the commencement of the winter season about the middle of December, as having put an end it; all active military 'operations for some months, and speak in confident terms of the preparations to receive the enemy, had he penetrated further into Lower Canada, which would have aggravated his misfortunes ten-fold. They represent the Ameri-i can army as insufficiently clothed, ill fed, and miserably sheltered in their new quarters at French Mills, where- they are compelled to en . . . cant? fur .the prOteßion• Of their Ctitniiithis arid lery, till the establishment of the winter roads enable them to transport it toWards Champlain. We insert, among other thingt, the tWo Ge neral Ordei:s . to whicli We alluded Yesterday that.; relating to the treatment of prisoners, in reference to what has been called the retalia tory. system, demands not, only public no.; tice, but the firmest and most tletertnifidtt re solution on the part of his Majesty's Govern in.ent. • We. rejoice therefore to learn, that Bri tain will not consent to treat with America so long. as 'the vague and lawless chin etas of her President are set up in defiance of every principle hitherto recognized by civilized nations---that we A will enter into no terms with a . country which vio lates•the.firstund most sacred canon of national law, by visiting upon prisoners of war, under the plea of retaliation, for what I—for rendering Bri tish Subjects, wko have no power to throw off their allegiance, amenable to, the laws of their Country; Upon this point we must take our stand, if we do not desire to see the Forests of America made populous by persons seduced by every possible means from the service of their King and Country, and tempted to exeliange the . honest fame of loyal men for the infamous charac ter of traitors, by the arts And artifices, by the en couragement and protection, nay,we have reason to believe, by the threats and intimidation of the Ame rican Government.- As some proof (if further proof were wanted) of the truth of this statement, we beg to refer_to the following paragraph horn the ColuntLian Centincl, which developes the success of one of these decoys so unceasingly employed 4, On the lath inst. the Majestic anchored in Pruvincetown, to itivdid the storm. Next day she took possession. of the sloop Union, Berry, from Boston for New York, took oat. her cargo and gave her up, and she sailed on Sunday for Barpstable, in conipatiiwith a schooner from - Salem. to Philadelphia. • The -Commander of the Majestic agreed to ransom the sloop and cargo for 8.000 dollars. One of her lintenants went on thore on Friday evening, with two boats, to get the money, (which however could not be prociared,: i and left bis men in charge of astoall midshipman—during his absence 6 of the men, all well armed, took to their heels, and made off. Captain llArEs, thinking his men were harboured in the town, sent on shore Alstter, demanding their delivery up, and in case of refusal, , be'threatened todestroy the town, and all the vessels in the Aarbour—being assured, however, that the men had left the nv act of violence was committed. There were 16 men in tht 2 boats—those left made no exertions to stop the de serters." The MornOg Chronicle has accounts from Jer sey that some priest from Normandy has dissuad ed the Duke DE BERRI from landing on that Coast, as it is lined with guards, and a number of persons had " suffered military execution in the neighbourhood, who have been stupected of a disposition to •aid and abet the appearance of any branch of the BOURBON family within the French territory"—(we thought the whole population had been attached to BUONAPARTE !) The Morn ing Chronicle has brought Count MERVELT to this country, as Ambassador from Austria. By the Gentleman who favoured us yrith the report which be brought from Helvoetsluys, in serted: in our paper of Tuesday last, of the en trance of the Allies into 'Brussels, we learn that he had a few days before passed through the lat -tet place there were but tiO Frenchmen in it, who were in the utmost trepidation,• not only for fear of the arrival of the Allies, -but of the ven geance of the people at large. As a proof of the . \ disposition of the latter, a number of musicians had formed themselves into a band, in order to greet the arrival of the Cossacks with the sounds . of triumph. • A curious Speech front TEctrasEif, the Indian Chief, to General PRoc-roa, is given in ouf first page• The press of temporary matter has hitherto pre vented our offering any observations on the sin gular manner and nature of the communication which was made under the form of it suppressed Mon/tear, of the 20th of January; and, encourag ed by our .tilenec, it is not surprizing that the Faction, who iii every act of the Government find only ground for cenzmre, should have been loud and 'clamorous in their - yells of condemnation againse' some impropriety which they fancy they have discovered in this every way suspicious do cument;--suspicious as coming from an Enemy, .and cloably.suspicious. from the mone and circutn 6tances of its publication. Did. we expect any thing like patriotism or sound 'reasoning from these ?arties,.we should express our wonder at their, reception„ as 'an indubitable. and sacred Canon, of a statement evidently and 'avowedly put forth by the adversary, and in a clandestine way, too, to answer a specific purpose, viz.'to counteract the effect which the apparently pacific Proclamations of the Allies had produced on the 'public mind of France. So dangerous an impres sion, it was of vitaVnecessity to the Tyrant to counteract, and surely we know enough of his char . acter for duplicity;, falsehood, and villany, hot' to ihai moral tirtut which Would WitbliOld hire froin ut-; terilig a few untruthS.if he supposed they wo.ild answer to important a purpose.' fitroisidirArrs had then every reason that could weigh with him to make out as good a Case as he could;--his crown and lite vire confessed; in the Gazette de Pratte, to have depended upon it--and Mr. St.. AGNAIT'S ex-parte testimony must be congidered as founded on this oblique It will - strike every man at first sight, thk tb Story told relative tti the suppression, ihid the . causes assigtAtllor the after promulgation, of thii correspondence are altogether improbable. The • people bad begun ; to question the sinCefity of thg Cotsican--the " artifice" of the Allies was neat being successful," the people said," why not make peace, and end these misfortunes r. l --; • • " such was the state of the public mind, When the double- Moniteur revealed the trite state of the .questidn." This is the. picture drawn by thi • Paris Journals--=they describe the empire of Na as in the utmost peril, from the action of popular opinion, till the publication of these papers, like a talisman, allayed the ferment and rallied all ranks round the ThroUe of their be fore suspected Ruler. The, object of the cation being of such mighty import, how came it that the Tyrant was so; .tardy produeiag }ll3 remedy for the threatening disorder which pre- . 'ailed--haw dared he leave the people of France to trying conclusions" unfavoura'.)le to him for six long- and portentous weeks - . The trutiv&ebelieve to be, that these docull cnt s would not have passed current at an earlier pa riot! nay, we are firmly persuaded that he had them not to lay before his Senate and Legislative Body. Even now he has not the effronfery to publish them under official authority. Bence came 411 the shuffling about a Committee to in quire into and report upon the diplomatic inter' course between the Allied Pow and the Usurper- Hence, too, .cam,e the subterfuge, of a publcatio 3 which carAies.the authenticity without the re:spore" Act of the Go\ ernment The Airst Papers throW a degree of ridicule Over the Whele, and, in fact, M. ST. AGNAU'S as Sel" tions on indig'crent affairs arc so highly over-s: ,l ' loured as to induce an opinion that there is little credible in any of his more material points. C o unt.: METTERNICH has been openly accused of dupli - • city by the French Government—it was surely I' stretch of thii sort, if he said any thing about OF esteem felt by his Master for that wretch CAut,l l4- Diplomatic disingennity never requirS-:, so gross an aberration from honesty and rid, . dealing. But the grand question of hasty and indecen t attack upon Lord ABERDEEN has beau fourdedP ll the wording of ST. AGNAU'S memorandum, in t he paragraph which alludes to the maritime claims of France, The Party Orgaai insultingly and Oi l : jastly , tattl. his Lordship was entrapped by cunning Frenchman, and insinuates that the 0" 'sisters of the Allied Sovereigns winked at piece of bad faith ; another Print of a•rnore r e ' spectable cast, gives, partially, into tliis nnsur ; ported accusation, and decides at once, lightly on e indecorously we ‘vill pronounce it, upon the sufficiency of our able and accomplished A tn laass B ' ; , dor. Yet, before we look to thi s c b a r g e own merits, let ur.see how sorry an argument the Whig Organ has of it, even supposing that 1 % . , once itlh . ould ,be in the right, and that AnitaDgEN had.been gulled; as it asserts, bY ,tll ; tool ofCAULIgCMIRT 3 urn! the Representative' the Auttrian and Russian Emperors. What this prove That the three greatest Powers the Continent desired some modification, or and definite settlement, of those-maritime e , nations which, during the last 20 years, have 1); e ' 1 . brottght to incessantly an d angr ily i nto di spu te f,, And Would the faction, the advocates for peace uP 7 r almost any terms, the never-ceasing croakers ttl , entering into nagociationa, would they, we rePe l " have had Lord ABERDEEN refuse to allow the 1/ I ' . ragraph on this subject to be inserted in Mr- ACNAIT'S note ? If, as he says, " England . ‘ o ' not even listen to any pretensions of France t , l freedonz of co4unerce and of navigationsbe rather wage ., -wat' singly against the- world, ° /111, suffer a . q . claims *which that country imagil v • may be-justly urged to be mentionedin negoc i : tion----Ndrolu'may go and make your CO t ,. nental Peace, we are reso l ve d to a ll ow no 1335 5, which can alone lead to the accomplishment of General Paciflcation."—Sucha declaration w Ol indeed have been at a variance with all the tiOl vd ' als of.moderation made by the British Govern, went—and yet; such is the declaration -for ()di adhering to which Lord ABERDEEN is COlldelllU ed and it is gratuitously supposed, that in col' sl quence of th is error , i t b ecame necessary for Lop . CASTLEREAGH to hasten to Germany of We•grantoth*this question, lik e t h e apple ' discord, ititi'l:tbi , bwn in by the Frenchman, II COUL:T.