The Sun. — London, England, 1814-02-16 00:00:00

4 1; at tile 7114416.1 triitti on Sattrda:. t ,, 111 , t.) iibse;ve, ri("t DiartamoTiq - thf!rn appva -• sidged it prudent to give thi sanction of Lis sig-na ' 11: 4 0 it. With deference to the ecriteF of thist para tra:)l, • , ' "ve conceive that it is neither correct in 'wet nor in deduction from the absence of sig t,. , .._ • 'cs• , ro style men the advocates of intermi , bat in war, because they are averse to a (rice, ger the name ref a peace, with ttIONAPARTE,. is : 11 easy, but We d o not ac k now l e d ge it to he er YJ"st. In truth, we imagine we might, with gie;iter correctness, retort the charge, and say th at t hose ar e th e advocates of interminable war, whou YaCCOrding power to, andacknowledging the N P ir e of the Corsican, would consolidate in him k at3tt e ngth, which, if their own character of the ( 1 6. °118t " is to be believed, will never cease to he ` e ted to. the commercial and political subver ti,n °` Great Britain. Yet they would make peace ki tl I '4 • ' lll41 —establish him on the throne of France, , ari col Empire greater than LOUIS the 'XIVth,, ltr "st to' his amended nature for lasting tran- Tiili t Y and unintemipted repose. We, having no l 'ith in the Ty-rant—not relying on his word, ex . 1 " by reverses—but, on the contrary, really to be unchangeably what this Journal has. always paint:ed him, dan- . a rotes, treacherous, and unprincipled; think that i firomiSe with , ' him would be a mere'mockery k . Pca se ; the prolific germ of future wars, when to e e0 111(1 scarcely hope for so powerful a league re4 iit the aggressions of•our enemy. - - . wr 4 i s for ti.le want of signatures,- we will ass ire the 481 te ' , that th e parties are neither afraid nor of the cause in which they have en lack of truth and argument would b ase been a better objection. At the same time, when we offer these opt ;ti' we profess, as we did oil Saturday to be, 4 otirn I lltnon with all the' conductors 7 of Public o al , ' msufAciently informed as to thegrounds our Government has proceeded to treat ii t ' ' l l Ambassador of BUONAPARTE . S. We have tai t hat there probably do exist most cogent unanswerable reasons on their 'part for t, li g a paintul sacrifice of private• feelings ar , a sense of public duty. In this *e h it confirmed by the following queries, which th : c heel, h an ded to us from a Correspondent of s oundest judgment, and possessed of the first Ipft4 lliation, who reading Tat SuN of yesterday, fit hout reference to all our arguments at prior s t od , has supposed, that in lamentingthe neces ty lq sloe case,we too vehemently and unadvised 41t " the questlon ainse any ntgeociations IiC) STAPARTE. .• • c r QUERIES. CA tz vk lat ground is there for supposing that Lord 1411 zAG H could direct the motives that should • ge e the conduct of the Allies ? all the P ro b a bili ty i s t h ere th a t the conduct of le Allies should be guided by exactly the same _ e • 14 / 6 111d it have heen prudent (would it not have i e n tl rn aOness) to have risqued the disanion of the t e s i i n ee, by refusing to concur in whatever might ) e Preponderating opinion ? t he British Government had so acted, what t ee have been their responsibility in case of I°ll3 reverses ? ‘ Vi lat prospect have the Allies of overthrowing 11 I , ° ".PARTE 4 ' a ve his armies and subjects shewn any dispo ti°"o that effect, or even to desert him ? tf 1 ; 13 the whit e coc k a d e s l iewn it se lf i n a ny part ti e t ratl Fe a)iy symptom of a wish to restore ° unßoris ? th: .ari any thing be more extravagantly absurd, tl, ll I.or foreign Powers to attempt to restore 1 . 1 % against th e w i s h es o f th e People ? tti !,there th e sma ll est analogy between the cir tiy4lBtanees in which France and Europe stood at of the Peace of Amiens and the present ? tt . b e form e r was an ex p er i men t, an d a p ro p er 4 ,; e ; At p resent , Fiance h as a ll E U) one combined k . her, not merely by Treaty, but in active b ee .f4re • She has lost all her conquests, and has tin alp. She by all her Alliances. Every Con eat. oPAtej 41 Power has felt her injuries, insults, and • . sl °ns• She has been completely foiled in 01 " rnost disastrous campaigns. Her wings are P P e d to the b one . I n case , th ere f ore , o f a on ° Nproper terms, what probability is there, a, " I nlay ah noat say p ; nsi b ility, of her b eing able :;ain t t''disturb t h e repose o f E urope, at l east f or treat length of time ? Is it just to suppose that a Government, the lic lic r lir of whos e measures h as b een un i versa ll y ti n'itted, would have lent itself to any Negocia i"' unless th ere h a d b een very strong reasons fo r it? Are them:those who h ave b een hi t h erto un if orm i n support. of . that Government, warranted. in QPP°Biii iir it; before aiey Luow what those reasons*re ELLMIEO US. tth eirs were 'yesterday obtained from St. Jag,6 in Chili,' of the 2d and , sth of October, and from L3nenos Ayres of the 12th November. In the former it is - mentioned, that the Insurgents had been uns4sesful in their measures, and that SAN `cr3E2 who commanded for the Government . party :maintained his authority. General. BELGRANO, it 'is likewise said in 'the same letters, had been de feated by the successor of GOYENECHE within the territory of Peru. At Buenos Ayres a fine is unposed of 500 dol lars upon any person sending a letter to Great Britain,, not conveyed by one of his Britannic Ma jesty's ships of war. We understand that all the specie embarked,on board the Aquilon and other ships destined to this country, has been bought up by an Agent of the British Government, sent for that purpose to South. America. *Yesterday morning, atter the • Duke of Yoax. had transacted military business at York House, he rode out on .horseback about twelve o'clock, and proceeded over Westminster bridge, and, we no= derstand, proeeeded.to view the ruins of the Cus tom-house. His Royal Highness returned, soon after, two o'clock, and paid his respects to the PRINCE REe;ENT at .Carlton-house. Afterwards he went to his office in the Horse : Guards, and held a kvee. Among those who had interviews,. were, Sir SAMUEL ACHMUTY, General BALFourt, General STEVENS Lieut.-Colonel G. P. TUCKER, of the 41st regiment, Lieut.-Colonel MA r SEL; Lieut.-Colonel MoaLANb, Colonel- BALFOUR, Ptc. Mr. FlscsBlt, the messenger, who arrived at the FOreign Office, .7ith dispatches from Lord CASTLEREAGH, of the 10th, came by way of Calais; where he met Mr.SenAw,"the messenger, who was carrying the answer of our Cabinet . to Lord CAS TLEREAGH'S former dispatches. On the arrival of MnFiscuett, Lord LIVERPOOL ordered a Cabinet Council to be summoned. The Members were as seMbled by one o'clock, and continued their de liberations till about half -past four. At the breaking-up of the Council, we did not understand that any messenger was ordered to hold himself in' readiness to proceed to Lord C.%STLEREAGH ; but dispatches were sent by the mail to This day the Cabinet Ministers will dine with' the Earl of HAReownY. Col. - BuNIWRY brings no account of any con siderable action. 'Die. army was -in. the highest possible condition in point of spirit and discipline. The Valaisins have taken possession of the Simplon. Both fhe Prince of ORA,tSGE and the Emperor of AUSTRIA have recrnitingbfficers ern ployed in raising regiments from the,populaiion•of Switzerland, In Savoy and Piedmont all.the pub lic acts arc passed in the name of,EmAtiiJEL, the first King of Sardinia. . , The Provisional Government of the Republic of Geneva rontinues. its labours with spirit and success. it was stated in the illmatteur, , that this Government had been dissolved by the Austrian' General within twenty-four hours alter its for mation, and that justice was again administered in the city in the name of the• French Emperor. This, however, is a gross misrepresentation. Ou the contrary, a proposal has been submitted to the Helvetic States, to erect Geneva into the twentieth Canton,, with an enlargement of its territory con venient under such a-aircunistance. .rie ahanrlon meta 'of o Nr . rrAnTE by 14 tkfte,:f..;, and his going over to the Austrian Comman,der in-Chief,- Count BELLEGARDE, with an army of 30,000 men, as originally stated in THE SUN, is corroborated in a letter from Trieste of the 13th ult. wherein it is mentioned that this event has been royi r mllv uotified.to Admiral FREEMiNTLE, the British Naval Commander'on that station. The French Funds have risen, and English Om 7 niuni has fallen within the last two days.—Such are, die different effects in different Countries of the prosp , :et of Peace. • A Meeting of the Magistrates, Clergy, Free men, and Freeholders of the County and City of Londonderry, took place yesterday se'imiglit.— This :fleeting was attended' by more than 500 Persons of the first respectability, Mach - an Ad dress to .the PRINCE REGENT and Lord WHIT WORTH, together with strong Resolutions, were carried unanimously, expressive of the general Sentiments which prevail amongst the loyal inha bitants of the City and County of Derry, to put down the spirit of anarchy and turbulence which so unhapnEy prevails through the mischievous in fluence of the Catholic Board ; and praying, by those Addressses, that the &turd maybe annihi lated. • • Letters from Paris state, that a Monsieur JAMES, who had been treasurer to JosE} BUONAPARTE, had absconded with two and an half millions of livres. The Lords of the Council met this day to hear and determine Prize Appeals. The Earl of AYLESBURY, we are sorry to state,. still contitmes dangerously ill. A few days ago, a bat was found adhering to the •inner ledge of Stramondgate-bri'lge, Kendal, and a few -evenings after, another bat was ren flying over the same bridge. This seems a singu lar and rare occurrence in so rigorous a season ; as it !s well known, that in a moderate degree of cold, bats remain in a torpid state all the winter. However, itis said to have been lately discovered by an eininent naturalist, that when bats are se creted in a situation much exposed to the welt an extreme,degree of cold, has the power of en enlivening them from a state of torpidity. They then fly about in search of a place of retreat, more sheltered from the severity of the frost ;. and no doubt but the cold ,was the occasion of arising those above noticed. MECHNNICAL INGENUITY.---Watches have been made so minute in their movements, as to form an useful ornament for a finger-ring, but the public have seldom heard of a small watch seal contain ing the musical principles of .the organ. §uch a one is, however, now in possession of a Gentle man in Chester : • on touching a spring, it plays melodiously and - correctly a short symphony,- which it repeats at pleasure ! A youth, named James Millikin, announces, in the last Whitehaven -Paper, that he has iliscorer ed—what has puzzled the Wisest phifaiopher4 of all ages—the PERI'ETUAL MOTION ! and intends shortly to submit Lis machine to the irispection of the curious. diticlNAL POETRY. • PARODY. " WEEP, baughte: of a Royal Liner Dabh!er in dal) partj , Tby wilid's disease, thy r,,twe's disgrace, Ah, 14ichy! if the baud of Time SI:ould all thy crimes effaze! M,JußN—for thy lays are Rancour's lays-- DiTracefoi to a Briton born ; And hence each theme of factious'prai.se Cocsigns thee to thy (..: , )untry'F ?,Corn. THE FINE ARTS. BRITISII INS rrrwrox—(No. rtr..) isc.--T4e Dead Mn restored to life by touching , . the gongs of the Prophet ALEATON. " Aa.l the hands of the 2,luabites invaded, the land. And it came to pass as they were ryiug a man, that, behol.f they espied a baud of men ; And they cast the wan into the se puh;hke of 2hsha : . and when the man \vas' let down,. and troncbed the Ingies of I..n.i4ha, he revived."-11. Kings, chap. XII ver. CO, ' This is a very large picture, the largest in .the ' rooms, and possesses consitlerab;e merit in a way which has few charms for us. It is altogether an academical painting, and in the display Of the anatomy of the hrinaii figure in a variety of atti tudes, the artist seems to havethortglit the secret excellence lay. We are of a ditlerent opinion,' ,Aesides anatomy we'w a nt char ac ter ; i n at to the exhibition of muscles, we desire that the skin which covers them should be flesh-coloured, and not of the hue of Bath-brick ; 'to a multitude of persons in a multitude of positiorrs, are of opinion that it Would be a singular recommenda tion if they were grouped and blended together ip a manner which Would shew, the skill of the painter in harmony and composition. But in' the present instance, the figures are scattered about . in the strangest manner, possible, and so far from approximating consistency or union in otte design, they appear like so many pieces cut out, and pasted the one over the other •an a fire-screen, as we sometimes have seen done with whimsical caricatures of cyphers or letters of the Alphabet: We would not speak thus slight ingly of a young Artist, and especially of one aiming at the highest rank,•but that this picture is the most prominent example of a false taste Which we have vet seen exhibited in - these rooms ; and as Mr. Allston is a countrythan and pi o;:ege of Mr. %Vest's, there is some danger of the mania taking effect. It therefore behoves us to point out its. demerits. It is in the worst manner (n - the French School, whiCh we (in England) have ever condentzed. Pretending , to resort to 'first the School of Painting, these Philo- . sophs, in painting as in politics, perverted the style of. Michael Angelo, and in copying the grand in ;Nature, ,on which hisarl was founde4, froril the refleclion of Le Brun's Theatrical and Arrificial Mirror, they fell from the height of sublimity into fluttering friv'olity, ,and olaring affectation. To this succeeded the new rage which at the Re volution referred every thing still further hack to the purity Of the ancient Model—the rage which made.Buonapartes Brutuscs and Davids the tatois of the 'imaginary Monochronts, and, Poly , citron's of the remote ages, in' so far as these could. be guessed at through the :ess perishable Medium of ancient sculpture. Of, a mixture from these two sources is the new French style, onwhich Mr.Allston has formed himself, composed, and no wonder that front such a combination the result should be an unnatural compound. For the ideal simplicity of antiquity is a bald and insufficient basis, and the gusto . grand (as it is termed) of the Roman school has never flourished out of the hands of its 'first masters. The man who is Competent to ex cel in tic union of the two, would posses too high a degree of genius to be a copyist, and we will venture to predict, that whenever such a hi mioary arises, he will be original, extraordi nary,—the inventor of a new style, and the founder of a new era in the history of painting . .. No. is.—'Tic Disgrace of- iVolsey—HENttv Moxnar—.(froui Shakveare's I - leiirlr VII. Act 111. Sc. • It is with pleasure we notice this able effort of a young artist. It. is a very promising picture; and proceeds towards thefulfilment of the expecta tions we had formed respecting his success front preceding productions in the Exhibition at So, merset House. The'disposition of his oaraeters, and varied expression of their countenances, espe, eialfy in the contrast of 'the brutal, unfeeling ' haughtiness of the King, the conflicting emotions of the Cardinal, and the surniie of the Page, are well conceived and executed. Neither is there any deficiency in colouring ; the effect is good, and the whole work extremely spirited, end cre ditable to Mr. Monro's pencil. No. 20—Higk-street, Oxford.—G. Jorrs. A beautiful and highly finished cabinet. picture. We have rarely seen a view of inanimate nature Made so interesting. The manait - ernent or the light is exquisite, and the execution, so perfect throughout, as to Merit unqualified aliprObation. No. 25 The Town Miss_ visiting her Country Relations.— W. COLLINS We have done ample justice to Mr. Collins's Favourite Lamb, which is indeed the Ouly picture he has in the Ciallery which is,afayoUrite with .ug. There is a sad off: in the thing before us ; and when we recollect his Little Trumpeter, we are surprised at, the declension of poWer, not 'only in this work, but even in that . of witch We have spoken so favourably. Iris a hAd symptoth' When Artists of established 'reputation begin to derogate from that reputation, by the pre.loct)on of works so very inferior to themselves. A sub ject like the - present,•ought to Osses's finish, the result of h.:bout—here tlere is none. It is an attempt to dish off' that species of ,work in which excellence can only, be attained by minute an'd carefuLapplication. 'Even the high talents, of Mm. Turner (front th'e same cause) itink greatly in'the competition between his free and rapid sches with the laboured productions of 'Wilkie. Ljject is not the proper attribute of such pictures ; and Collins, in future efforts of the same description, would do well to recollect the higiifinish and find ro4cLeti of Sharpe's best works. (ro be colithiued.) NATAL NEWS. The following inform., 'oil Iron) Plymouth was only reteiveJ this morning in ;he City : PLYMOUTii, FEB. 9.—Sailed the Pomona, Hotspur, and &troths frigates, Pelican and Fox : - hound gun-brigs, to the westward, in quest of two Fyench frigates, whi c h c h ase d t h e Spar: ow' 'brig of war into the Chops of- the Channel," The Constitution American frigate sailed from. Boston the 30th December on a cruize. Enterprize and Rattlesnake brigs of war sliied from Portsmouth (New Hampton) the 10th : iitst. on a cruize. • DEAL, FEB. l..—Came down *cirri the Rise: the Sarah Ann, GIBSON, for Havannab.—Wind N.E. • PORTP;IOUTPT, FEB. 4. .Ned ti)e ";.,10!: Aids •frigate and Growler gun-brig., fleet sailabout 40 ; among which are the-Europe and Asia East rndiomen ; Cape Packet, Srlz - A ; Argo, Charlotte, Hector, Adams, LOttd6n, and the Ann. Arrive the Desire frlt;ate from the North coast of Spain. Yesterday evening sailed his Majesty's Ship Wolverine, with specie on board, for Pas sage. Sailed to-clay the Snap sloop of war on a cruise. The West India fleet still remains; but the ships fromthe Downs t:avior; arrived, we fully expect the whole will be away e4rly in lhe morn., ing..--IVind N.' E. HAityrtca, FEB. 15.—Arrived the Belvidere, Peggy, Helen, and Friendship transports, from Holland, in ballast.----Wind N. E. DOVER, 15.—Two divisions of the 524 and King's German Regiments came in to-day, and will proceed to Deal to-morrow, .to embark for Holland. , PLYMOUII, FEB. 14.—Arrived the Halcyon sloop of war from Passage, and Eallgaroo from ditto With dispatches. Sailed the Insolent gun brig with a fleet for Spain, Eridanus frigate on a cruise, and Joseph, TREMAYNE, for St. Jean de Luz. MILFORD, FIB. 12.--:Arrived the Foxhonna sloop of war from Plymouth, Sailed the Brisk sloop of war on a cruise. HULL, Fr,B. 14.—The Robert and-Ann, trans sport, of this port, rr:ls driven out of St. Jean de Luz in a violent gal: of wind on the 19th ult. and, totally lost. The crew, it is to he feared, arelost. with the exception of the Capthin and a Swedish seaman, who were on shore at the time. FAYAL, JAN. Majesty's ship Majestic pnt in here the other day in quest of the Consti tution American frigate.. CORR, FEB. 9.—WEsT I,rnr.n CONVOY.—Yes 7 terdly larrival his Majesty'S ship Congnestador 74 guns, Lord Wm. STEWART, from Portsmouth, to take charge af the convoy appointed to Fail hence the 25th in'st. for the West - Indies.. - Majestrs, ship .0-rvntes, C-ipZrtti N. D. Cc:c.a.. RAgE, will Sail this day or to-morrow ; as will also his Majesty's ship Castilian, Captain IfeE mr.n.—WNr. AYRES, &q. Secretary to Afitn - r4l SAwYr.R, and his 'Lady, arrived here on Sunday morning,' in his Majesty's ship Teazer, Captain IJARGRAvE, from Plymouth. His Majesty's ship Protector, ; Lieut. MITCHENOR, arrived also on Sunday from the Shannon. EXtRACT OF A LETTER FROM ROTTERDAM, DATED FEB. 11T/I. " After being a few days in the army, I pril ceetied to see the attack on the shipping, at Ant, werp. " The army formed between four and five in the morning of the 3d instant, at a small town called Breschaant, about four miles f:Tim Antwerp. The light brigade advanced by the high road, and were some time afterwards followed by the bri gade of Guards, Who covered the artillery. Gen. Sketrett's brigade took a bye-road on the left, which leads throng!) woods, to take the enemy on their right flank. It was with this brigade I pushed on. We were hardly a mile tilt , the bush-firing began With the riflemen, which gradually increas ed as we advanced. At last we got sight of the church steeple of Merksham, which is a small town about a mite from. Antwerp, and it was un derstood the enemy meant to defend it to thelast extremity. The light brigade being rather in ad vance, they .scetned to engross the whole of the enemy's attention. By this time they were driven out of thu woods, and a general chace was ;given, our brave fellows brushing through hedges and ditches, up to Weir middle in water to get at them, but they run So fist (many of them, having thrown away their muskets) that we only caught 200.0 E them. Several of them in their hurry to cross the ice, broke it and were droWned, and it afterwards freezing, about twenty of' their . bodies • are'now part above the ice and part below. So great was their penic, that 24 of our inen took 100 of them. Two of the guns called Napoleons were taken, •and I should supeose they had at least 100 killed and wounded, Just about the time our troops hail got pos• session of the town, I met the Duke ofttmtENcE,,, who had been sharing the clangers of the field; Oily five minutes before a ball had passed through hid coat in two or three placed, I walk ed some little distance with the prisoners they were merely young conscripts fromls to 22 years old. A Highlander was walking besides them, they viewed him apparently with the greatest ter ror and astonishment. " As 1 passed through Breda, 12,000 Saxons were niarching'ta join the Prussi:tus. Bo•th Prus. Sian and 'Saxons are much stiperio.e looking men to the French.—l cannot help noticing. the con duct of General Skerrett, in the attack on were : he was confined, a few Or: \ ago ; stith 'a broken leg, anit snch was his ardour, that he %%en; to tbc•tiehl, his servant carrying a pair of crutches, 'showld• he be °Wised io dismount, which he Wait