The Sun. — London, England, 1814-12-24 00:00:00

THE PROGRESS OF LYING. The story of the Three Black Crows is so gene rally known that we need only allude to it—repe tition is unnece , zary, and our parallel will be a sufficient illustration. Rot the Progress of Lying is a broad and vulgar title ; mistake, misrepresen tation, error, deception, may be sugg:ested to soften the phrase ;—we cannot alter it, for here lying is the real truth. It is impossible for the most cautious newspaper that was ever written to -steer clear of innumerable inaccuracies and false reports, for the insertion of which they must throw themselves on the consideration and can dour of the public. But there is no apology for wilful and perverse malignity, for falsehoods knotrn ab Who to be false, and persevered in • with tl,a sante knowledc:e. Such, we are sorry to *ay. too•common to the British Journals. If any inrelligent person will look -back for half the a year, lie will he lost in astonishment at an- finite number, the audacity, the wickedness, and the absolute baselessness of the a.scrtions which have filled the daily columns of the. Newspapers. 'While we state this humiliating tact, we pretend to no superior merit, further than this, that we have never knowingly inserted what we .did not believe to be true, _and have ever been anxiously guarded in our language to distinguish between the flying rumour of the . day, the value of which no diligence of ours could ascertain, and the fact which we could vouch as authentic—But to our task—the Progress'4, Lying. • - The Morning Chionicle i l.certainly the most. pro lific in this species'tif .composition : of 4ny Journal in the civilized world, ,and which, please Provi7. dance, we, shall labour (without invading the other provinces of our publication), 'to make as despicable and hateful as it deserves to be, has of late astonished even those who know it, by the variety, impudence, and multitude of its pure fa brications. Not to -mention quarrels that never existed between the Duke of WELLINGTON and NBY and MACDONALD ; unfounded Conspiracies at Paris, with all their circumstances and " daggers of the brain;" riots and executions at Milan mi nutely described, and with appropriate reflexions ; the flight`of King FERTUNAND from Madrid with ditto, ditto ;—accounts of naval equipments sent to America of which the Admiralty never heard ; intelligence froM Ghent of all sorts except the truth ; front South America ditto ; letters replete with lies from Polish-Russians and .tiglish-Ita lians—not, in fine, to enumerate its contents from day to day, we shill take leave to elucidate our text by the single falsehood respecting the de parture of the Emperor ALEXANDER in disgust from Vienna. The progress of this invention of a fair specimen of the justice, candour, and truth of the Party and their Journal. Upon Wednesday the 14th, the following cau tions stateoeut of the fact appeared in the Chronicle ' " We untkestasugyoor drivellers: they understand nothing) from a source of great authoritg, that the Emperor Atxx- ANDLII has determined to quit Coniire.ss, and assent to the fervent and long urged prayers of a brave, free, hut cruelly sacrificed people, " We are further ;orotund, that this rneature was accele rated by a proposition for Russia to render up her former allotment of Poland, not for the purpose of re-establishing the political existence of that country, but that • a new divi eion might be made between her and the former partitioning Powers,which by rendering the.,different portions more equal) would tend more tjectually to repress the spirit of indepen dence.' %V OMR v 0 COMMENTS—(niodest toe IF the infor mation prove correct, Russia, no doubt, will publish docu ments to enable Europe to judge of the integrity of her pro ceedings, and the spirit which has actuated the Councils of her opponents. , g We presume that the event to which we have alluded, has ere this taken place, and we await with anxiety the de velopment of the consequences." This was laying the foundation in a workman like way :—great authority ! prayers of a brave, free, but cruelly fiersecuted people; further un just prtitions, &c. imputed to persons in the e are only surprised there was abstinence (;:i • t to accuse the British Ministry by name as wicked and abominable. But we snail find the gruel thicken as we get forward. On Thur day, the 15th, i. e. the day after the first spriding paragraph appeared, there having in the interim been no arrival whatever from any Continental port, this Conjuror of extraordinary news collies upon us with a bolder face :---- • fe rh e ilorning Chronicle, London,Thursday,Decenaer 15, laic —We announced yesterday, upon authority to which we gave credit, that it was the inception of the Zmperur ALEX.. ANDEr. to quit the Congrl,s, in cousequence of his views he iug thwarted. It is vow :;tatc,l that he has ACTUALLY quitted Rep t ift says ) that the proposition of his surrendering the part of l'uland allotted to Lim in the former partition- (that a new settlement alight he made), came from I.ord Castkrealls—CWTtlimight it Would con 4 to this—tha story would not Lase been worth a farthing but (or the appli cation.)—This is the riiiort. The event of ALEXANDER's leaving the Congress will ew doubt give rise to mnst import ant consequences ; and melancholy indeed is lhe'praspeet /or Enrape, ali!l bleeding with the wounda of twenty years war." ALL ! Low solemn and affecting ! bad we not been accustomed to this note, how oinin ins and sad must it have appeared. It was surely enough to break Europe's heart, especially when we con sider bow highly the Chronicle is prized, and how much (vide its own assertions) its integrity and troth are repeated in every pot-house on the Con tinent ! ,Now collies the application of the tale —a little of the pathos, indeed, but an Editor must - not mind that, when it involves a puff. "'Ms measure of the Emperor ALexxxistm makes the opi nions of the Russian Officer, printed is Tuesday's Paper, of more consequence." This is the Russian who did not know that Cra cow was a Polish City ! ! "Our valuable Correspondent; ANTONIO •tit RAvrtms, this day answers them*. The discussion is likely to throw con siderable light on the strength as well as relative interests of the parties, and cannot fail to attract the attention of every political Reader." ! ! ! * Another hired Writer of the Chronicle, who . scribbles nonsense with such profound dullness that the pour ignorant Chronicle imagines it is wise And deep reasoniug. The stupidity of this Paper is, however, Lou often preyed on in this way : bad men know that if they only abuse Eng land enough, whatever they send'will be admitted, and from this source we have a great portion of that tolly.and trash which the accomplished-Edi tor fanekt3s to be " valuable correspondence:' — Having, piaci' his adherents, this learned 't he ban thus closes his lucubrations of the 15th. " Is it. not lamentablc Muth he) that in a moment so cri tical to the indepehdeuee and happiness of so many nations— and when we may he on the verge of another, Var,this Coun try should he deprived of the Councils of its Parliament ? Surely this explosion might have been foreseen by Lord CAI.• TLEICEAtiU, who was in the secret of the disputed points, and it is scarcely to be !lc:lies-et] that he could have left his col leagues the dark (Truth a wonder). What shall be said of them (what, indeetb!) if, with the full knowledge that the Congress was likely to break up—that the league of So vereigns would be dissolved, and "that Europe might be re plunged in the horrors of war, they moved to adjourn the Sc.r sinn mare than two months It is a measure which, no doubt, will demand the severest condemnation." Why did not they sit, that the Monarchs at .Vienna might take their instructions from the Opposition ? is it not lamentable to think that two months of Mr. ‘VimmtgAp's ipielies, and Mr. TiEltN El.'s sarcasms, and Mr. FauemANTLE's *exiles, and Mr. PussoNßY's oracles, should he lost at this eventful crisis—but is it not more la mentable still, , that their able coadjutors,Tuarot4, HurcniNsoN, linotrGnAm, RoßsoN, TARLETON, and other worthies of .the satin! transcendant W ields, were not with [heal in Parliamenti—evhat tt pity that AVAITHMAN, and HUNT, and and the second BUU'►rnETT,_lined not been added to the phalanx, that Lo,it CocifkiAlsiß was 'prevented from attending—and, Heaven bless - us ! where..is Mr. CREtVEA But we have not time to waste in lamentations, like the weeping Chronicle, NVe pass to the third day (Friday the 16th) when the lie was consistent, complete, solid enough to be ar gued upon, and fit for all the virtuous purpos6 of the Faction.—We ought, moreover, to observe, that the whole merit of fostering it to maturity is their own, for still the violent gales had prevented the arrival of a single item of news from the Con tinent. But to the Chronicle— " The determination of the Emperor of RUSSIA to depart from the Congress, has made a very great :titration vs the public mina, as it is an event pre cant with the nest cli:as tralLY coruequince4" This is ail false ;•there was no sensation in the public mind for the other Papers, - with.few ceptions, pointed out the fallacy of the report, and gave sound reasons to induce the public to despise it, which it did accordingly. As for the disastrous consequences with - which the event was pregnant, they were unanimously regarded to be of the Skiloli kind, threatened by the prophets, but not forthcoming, " Our account of the matter is, that on the 2 , :th tilt. Lord C.tsrtuttuAon had a conference with his Imperial Majesty, in which he submitted to his consideration a plan for settling the affairs of Poland, of more equal partition than that which took place on the. last Violence; so as in future to quiet the minds of the people of that country, by spewing to them that all prospect of recovering their independence, or of their being.rc-established as ofle people, was shut upon them for ever. A pretty compendious mode of ptictitig a people." Is there a dolt in the kingdom so utterly aban doned by the faculty of reasoning, as to attach the slightest degree of credit to this brutally stupid and contemptibly malicious calumny ? Is there even a Partizan of the Faction so perverted in understanding, as not to scorn and despise a fa brication so gross, clumsy, and incredible ? We absolutely feel a sentiment of compassion f or th e afflicted Writer of it, of the same. species tie have felt on visiting the forlorn patient of a re ceptacle for melancholy lunatics. Unhappy crea ture! his senses have taken leave of him,—but he raves, or rather drivels on— " This plan necessarily required, that each 'of the three Powers should give up its pi esent portion of territory, that the whole-might be subjected to a new partition. This his Imperial Majesty peremptorily refused to agree to, and he sent off his brother, the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, who was, at the inquient dressed for a Gull pore, to Warsaw. (How finely theatrical—otl go the silk hose, and on go the boots !) And that he Alimsell might not again assist at the conference* of the Sovereigns (there have been nuac), he kept his room for an indisppsitiem. A letter from a Polish 'Gentleman (Cracovius, the Itassian—el► to a friend in Paris says," Sa Majesty est malade sus tams et pour nous." (A clear proof the letter was for Paris—it is in French, and this shows a knowledge of the language too But why sal. naus?,,!!) " Sick uliaa us is a nasty idea." His intention wets to set out himself for Warsaw on or about the first of December, where he will be declared King, which the Poles will universally con sider as relieving them from their oath► of allegiance to Aus tria and Prussia; for it is not necessary to inform our reader. that all Poland are eager to receive ALLxasuLa as their Sove reign." Bravo ! " FERDINAND MENDEZ PINTO was but a type of thee, thou liar of the first magnitude." But our able and enlightened Politician is not contented with this enlarged explication of the falsehood ; he proceeds to apply his sagacious arguments to the fact be has so unquestionably established. No doubts or fears retard him, and on he rushes— " The question naturally asked on this ouddrn stop to the negotiations at Vienna is, Will the oth er grea t P owers, Austria and England, tam e ly acquiesce in this arrangement? The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE and General TOLLS are busily employed iu forming magazines at Cracow, Lublin, and other places, and in reviewing the Polish and Russian troops. They announce by this their intention to support their project by force of arms. tVill they be opposed ? .or will Austria con tent herself by seizing in her turn on Italy, and perhaps on Switzerland? Is Europe again to he deluged in blood, or is the war of negotiation at a general Congress to be more fatal to the independence, freedom, and security of nations, even than the war of fire and sword As to France, she politically has been silent. on the subject of the views of ALexAsof.a. flee part of PrinceTA LLEYHA ND has been that of tke pourique morale. The Poles wish fur the Emperai ALExAstna, and there is no resisting the voice of Feopkt Lurd STAPliktr has been cutotailied at TALLcr- RAND% having started ne oVcctipn to ti.l.-ansfer of !Itigiam The French Minister has never alluded to it. No to be sure ! he has no need. Sot.nre trie Emperor ALEANDErS in the pos session of Poland, and he will say that the Mine is the na tural boundary of France. The secret understanding be tween them was obvious before the publicati..n of Ca:lx:wive Letter. 117,at a eonclusian-tnthe Cougress al Henna! " Crack, crack sicks, for I can hold no longer" —and are all these notable, these wonderful, these prodgions, these pr(tound remarks lavished on a dream—the mere creature of the Writer's brain, a shadow and delusion.—" Is it not lamentable, but it is even so !"-- 'tire are sick of this monstrous imbecility ; this worse than idiotic babbling, but shall conduct, our Readers to the end of these lucubrations, the best comment upon which is to bear in re membrance that they proceed upon data invented by the \\Triter, confirmed by other unblushing as sertions, and all alike false and unfounded. " Another surmise has arisen in the minds of the City speculators in consequence if /Ass (mid.. How will this si r fret the negoeiation at Ghent? -They are quite AWARE that the Earl of Lit - Lamm, ist.his present tottering state, has yielded up all the points which in an hour of exaltation he demand ed (another falsehood! as shamtless as the first); and that Mr. President NIADI soN being in his scat pethaps as insecure as the Btitish Minister, had also lowered his crest. We speak of the iwieetuity of the British Minister frosts the conviction, that the P"alNee- Ittass;Nt cannot be satisfied with the manner in which the business of the State is conducted ; and the debates in the American Senate will chew the situation of the President. In this mutual state of hu miliation, it was thought by those its the secret, that the Ne gociation bore a must favourable aspect ; and as our readers know, an immense Bull Account at the Stock Exchange has been the consequence. But this unexpected event has oc curred at Vienna, of which Mr. C tau FORD would no doubt apprize the American Ministers front Pari, as Lord CASTLE REAGH would inform ours from Vienna. Will the Americans, with the hoowli,ilge of this fact, sign Preliminaries? We ask the question, because it may be doubtful ; and this may serve to chew how dangerous it is for men to speculate on what that' conceive to he good iitformation !I ! ! I They had better trust to the Morning Chronicle! Upon the foregoing example of falsehood in vented and perseve;.ed in, then assumed as truth, and commented upon in - a manner most injurious to the Councils and Character of Great Britain ; we shall offer no remark, but that it is the com mon and accustomed course pursued by the Jour nal in question. The Negociations continue, and the Emperor Au:KA suca remains at Vienna ! :And vet after he has announced these direct coctr,i (fictions of his own impudent fabrications, the Quack of the Chronicle has yesterday the effrontery to begin his Incuhrations .!-The , intelligence from Vienna, brought by the last Mail, fu i 'h/ cotrm,v the account wag ye some days ago o f th e um brage taken by the Emperor A LExAN DERat the proposal made by the Brills - 4 Master to skhjeet.POlefied to a new partition." - Cat) anything exceed this unblushing disregard of every thing worthy of respect in a Public IVri tar, or. a good Citizen. Where is the honest avowal of misinformation, and recantation ofthe calumnies proceeding thereupon ? But we give such matchless disingenuity and baseness to the scorn of the British People. DUTCH iIiAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 17.—The American Ministers bad another very long conference with the Eng lish, in the hotel cat the latter ; at the conclusion of which, a messenger was sent to London with Dispatches, which are supposed to be of the highest importance. The next conference will be in the hotel of the American Ministers. It is positively affirmed, that in the new instructions brought by the Fingal, the American Government yields very much in respect to several points ; and it is equally believed the English Government is ready to make some sacrifices to bring about peace. The reports from the French frontiers still speak of military preparations. A distinguished Gene ral was expected at Lille to inspect the troops, arsenals, &c. Though these measures extend from Dunkirk to Strasburg, they seem to be viewed with indifference by the Allied Powers ; only it is said that the Prussian army tinder Gen. Kleist Von Nollendorf, which is in the governments of the middle and Lower Rhine, will concentrate itself. more in its cantonments, in order to be able to observe what passes on the French frontiers. Within these two days a courier is arrived from London, and another from Vienna : the dispatches of the latter must have been of great importance. Lieut.-General Tindal, Inspector-General of the Belgian infantry, succeeds Mr. Janssens here as Couur►issary at War. BRUSSELS, DEC. 7.—By a decree of the Prince Sovereign, the removal in the whole or in part into foreign countries of establishments of commerce, manufactures, &c. in Belgium, as well as the ex portation of all machinery belonging to them, and the decoying the workme❑ to go and settle in foreign countries, is prohibited. Another de cree allows the importation from foreign countries of all India white calicoes into Belgium free of duty, in order to be painted or printed in Bel gium, to be re-exported after being printed.— They must pass by Ostend, Bruges, Antwerp, or Ghent. VIENNA, DEC. B.—lt has been reported for borne days, that the indisposition of the Empe rors of Austria and Russia was merely political.— Nothing is more ridiculous than this report ; the two Sovereigns have not ceased to see each other, These Princes have repeatedly declared, in the presence of a great many persons that they are in dissolubly united ; but the deliberations upon so many different interests require time. The Con gress, besides, will use as much as possible of the the grounds of it s resolu tionsnrean e b o e n i vi t c b t l i i t s ) i n , e ; d will (they are already under the press). One of the first publications will relate to the Princes of the Rheniili Confederation, whose dominions, as a certain party affirms (and the number of which, according to Baron de Stein's work, on the central administration, is six), are to be• considered as conquests made by the Allies, and which they may therefore dispose of at their pleasure. VIENNA, DEC. 7.—The Russian Government is said to have proposed to make Thorn and Cra cow Polish Hans towns. If in respect to Poland t h e h a ppy agreement has not yet been accom plished which was hoped for eight or ten days ago, the most likely cause is said to be the late ac counts from America. England, so its adversaries think, now that the prospect of peace with America is vanished, will no longer be able to act with the same energy for the maiutenance of the ancieitt order of things, and ; it ic e j'' thebalance of Europe. But till diis be nothing red w has oceu from hich it eao 3 " il r i t If ' that Englad will n not condune to t a t great part ivhich it has taken tipon Congress, and o prSecute it with its acc'l'li 0 14 fiTinness. inarriaL.,e is spoken of bett -N: ''cc tl le° n Prince of ‘VtArteniberg a , " l 3 I Cr )6s l P rWARiIIeeSS. SAW, DEC. 5.-The reVe lltl eS Of ti n ' '' . e •lir sf lalldS of the King of Saxony,' in ( fli t Warsaw, are now lexica for 'the aceoolit 0t Government ; and the Saxon Clun ober t i l t , mains in this city is abolished. :„ f ed On the Ist ~ Prince Constantine revrt,` Polish infantry, and on the °d the ca"'rii.sliortip The organi zation of a Polish ant)" be commenced. Exchange on London, 31—e• r COPY OF A LETTER FROM A PERSON '' n 'os' . o TioN IN SWEDEN TO HIS FRIEND IN Stio l. ) , Sta,—A deputation from the Die t °i t ti - as headed by Dr. Beet), bishop of Aggi'l.,;;tii,„`'.;le nounced to his Royal Highness on 11)c ° :1. the labours of the Diet were terniinarL'otr; Crown Prince informed the deputaii" l : would repair next day to the hall of 11 ; 0 4t 0 0 ', between 3 and 4 o'clock, to dissolve-the 1,r110,1 On the 26th, the garrison being- lit!`l'ociit;,/ his Royal Highness, escorted by a ae rie : l ' l .4i Aggerhuus light-horse, and by the eitY.",,e ll `, 3 l honour, accompanied by Prince Oscar , 0 4..6 roy, Count Essen, the King's Connnisii°lle lid!c Counsellors of State, proceeded to th ep to l , l ,' t , where the Diet held its sittings, at the:sslll ()di of which were assembled the cers ° i t ; o °, 1- ',ll l His Royal Highness was received at t o e t, the staircase by a Deputation of t he 50 5 1 :111 was introduced into the hall, which wa-.04)05, fieently lighted up, 'and presented 2111 l i to ior , scup Ile then delivered a sPeecodir. Diet, which Prince Oscar interpreted ii !a c at , wegian language, and to which ther resl " cc. Mr. Christie, replied. ,„ bas r at' The Crown Prince having returne d dence, the Diet in a body, treaded by tbeto dent, waited upon his Royal Higb nc ! s i be - him for those gracious intentions whi ; e 10 - g t not ceased to manifest towards the nat' liven beg of hint to present to his Majesty ,°,, tbG of their attachment and respect. , „ it W r ie r( This was followed by a repast gisr-sses Viceroy, which their Royal d pleased to honour with their presenceNlit'hi 11` which all the Deputies, the Civil an' ts 01 principal m Authorities, and the• abit3 city, were invited. ; the pi ) A Deputation of seven 'Members oftp comprising a deputy from each hailli%r:iteetlci, peasants, and the President Christie, PreeSiis.ree Stockholm ; to present to his Majesty t c b t be 'ff sion of the fidelity and attachment °' weigian Nation. His Royal Llighiless Op the day after to-morrow by the ro 3d ( " to it , ' l ; l o vinger and Carlstadt. to return to the In the Speech addressed by the Pre° l'r' l l , 9 Diet, to his Royal Highness the CEO be in the sitting of the close of the Pi e ' to• ' ' among other things, prl " The King transmitted to the V ie , t „t le tions founded on an acknowledgell':lit'irtY rights of the nation ; they were presell';4l:,,llele spectable men, whose appearance inle c ot to e deuce, whose mode of acting gained ti e s esteem and approbation of the' Depu tie- r itY D ,c lv tual solicitude for the glory and pro ei ) of ° two kingdoms has produced the an i( !, ll. s llcj , and reciprocal cares will consolidate "' t our wishes—such are our hopes. „ gt , if " Be pleased, Sir, to assur e , the has acquired a people whose attaeb n ' el. lily it will depend upon himself to retlac ro able. "Be pleased, also, Sir, to ini° rni Swedish Nation, that the northern frontiers of Sweden are inhabited by 3 r t t 1 brothers, who in future will onlY 1 ` I's tUe happiness, the security, and the 0 )1 0 , 01 countries. Ore el " Colleagues and Fellow-Citizens po,,00; to our homes to devote ourselves t(' T j o tir ce employments. Guided by the love ";100,1d 011 try, we have decreed the union of c o' 4 a t , Sweden. As good patriots, we w". O to li " t o with unalterable constancy toward s 1- ;1tig 4 1,1 0 , 0 tion. We will explain to our felh' w . equitable intentions of Government, ototc omit to point out to them that th e y King a friend and intercessor, t a ry over their liberty and independen ce is their best safeguard. riv °l' 'II " Sir, when you shall return to te we hope will be soon, and that our r o f k i ll Q e ~ confirmed, the happy N or wegians ful press in crowds around your step"' and totta so . 9 sent to you the most sincere affection and attention." d or le 1,1° 11 . t1 ANOTHER ROBBER SkrOT." --1- 2:111,IY: .- i;e ARLETT, the poulterer, of 0 : 0 - c - lbh o e:: 00.i d' I s a t t r e e l e y t , t a ken having to been sleep r i e n pe a atedlY par l o ur 13 t ,0 0 ,0 1 0! ,0 i s i t: g 7 b , e t t o w p ee ro n te ti c i t re l e tis al p i r f p m e u r r ty. was awakened with a noise, %Yh jell :141 try to get up, and which he found proc e t e ; th - oev shop. On examination, he saW t 00 0 1, o f l E over the shutters bad been forced ' o at l i t? , ) man then in the act of taking t urki t e i s sri! ll :liA ri ;Gl window. Mr. Aaert•rT, being arr i li ie t . th,s" 1 0: 1 0 , ed pistol, presented it a t the rnbu e n - e 'gr J a ° l it, and seeing bins suddenly di s q t r atls ifr ,o °. i window, had no doubt but that he ' e 04 , „1 1 1 1 , The report of the pistol alarmed O r t he 5 1 r 1 ,, i t o j hood : a coachman going home tie ° The i . ' l O the time, saw two mn en runing io"Y,I Ol t ; `, O l men in the neighbourhood intone 0 , si t , o there is no doubt but that the fell° lice, 1 ; ifq leachingtaking the im t , u r k s had an aceorl l P, a nd ° nett atte r r an he o pursued closely, his escape, leaving his comp9"in" whom the watchmen came un ti r o ' ll7 s an vi d 'o : ll Y Eecue'tle- t d o l'l"l ti sl t iil him very much wounded in hi s 11‘' fy conveyed him to the Middlesex 11()Iing his wounds were dressed. This 01 s °. toet' fell fli not considered out of danger. tse maedy, residing in Fitzroy-ruarA" four years. NORWAY. 4 1 1.1 pt. A rt 4P4 ,(;; k VfjA t q th t , 4tr.