The Sun. — London, England, 1814-01-04 00:00:00

SINGULAR STATE PAPER. Znstructions transmitted - to the Director SERVILLOI by General BU;NAPAETE, the 18th Brumaire, in the Fifth Year of the French Republic, being the same as thane transmitted the 21st of the same Month to the Directory. Rome, divested of its two-fold species of au-' thoritv, by a nation which would not haveachiev ed • its conquests, but for the advancement of li berty and reason, we abhor with a mortal hatred, which no measures can extinguish, and which one measure alone can soften into flexibility. . This implacable haver!, active, but prudent in its de clarations; works with an indefatigable zeal by all those means which promote its advanCement, and these are far from being despicable ; and if • France When victorious over Europe is formida ble,- it may he supposed that it will be peculiarly so to the Cisalpine Republic.- In vain has France attempted an interchange of. good offices with Rome, and no,twithstanding that certainty, I myself have considered it very dangerous to destroy that power ; I have with held its ruin, of which I had the means .in my hands, apprehensive of increasing • its power amongst us, by destroying it in its second child hood ; and I have ,exercised the most profound, yet the most cautious, reflections respecting the state of those remains . of human superstition, and the conduct which you have seen me observe towards the Pope have resulted therefrom. The people of France itself, 'as well as „those all over the Belgic provinces in Brittany, Normandy, Languedoc and Provence, are far removed from those lights of reason which direct the govern ment. Philosophy alone regulates the one, and prejudices, but above all those of religion, en slave the others. • But as the strength of Government depends on the will of the people, it follows, that without it we cannot accomplish our wishes, and that it becomes necessary to elevate the minds of the so vereign people, in order to employ the whole of their force and abilities. •- If such is the state of France, in Italy it is even worse, because there exists an absolute opposition' between the philosophy of the Directory, and the opinion of the people in religious matters, and that to such a degree, that you know the excellent reasons which yourself opposed to the public to leration of different religions. 'These reasons were prudent, and experience has proved to he Directory of the French Republic, that the public spirit of the Cisalpine Republic is still in petticoats. Such is our-situation with re spect to Rome, and certainly it offers many diffi culties ; the powers of Europe increase them un ceasingly, by thickening the clouds of error for the purpose of securing to themselves the fidelity of their subjects. These serve to uphold tins old and decrenid idol, whose worm-eaten throne would De overturned by-its own reet, it not suppor,,,l toy these different subjects. This old idol shall be annihilated ; this liberty and philosophy detnand ; - but when and how, po•-• licy alone will determine. Ott this account, you know that the fare of Rome is a subject of 'great consideration; and you can attempt nothing by yourself alone; but the Cisalpine Republic ought to assist, us to prepare its people to despise the CatholiC Doctrine, to make them desirous of the ruin of this religion, and to engage then by mo tives of personal interest in its destruction. Af terwards, in order to alienate their regard from the clergy, deliver those over to the ignominy of quackery; the tricks of which. can be exposed by your writers. During this time, you should pro pagate the philosophical principles over the entire Papal territory. France places the greatest confidence in you, in respect to this affair, because, by speaking the same language, possessing the same habits and the same genius, your philosophers ought to de stray superstition by all those means which are afforded by a great influence over the heart, the genius, and the spirit of the people. There might occur an event, in my opinion very disagreeable, which would oblige the French Go vernment and its Allies in Italy to exceed' those limits, and to depart from that prudence 'which policy has imposed, and this would be the death sit' Pius VI.; it is to be ttished that he should live even two,years, to give to philosophy the time ne, cessary to complete its work; and to. leave this Lama of Europe without a._successor ; but if be should (lie before that period, 7 presume that the wishes of the Directory would be to permit him to have a successor. Policy arid secret obligations, to which it is obliged sometimes to stibmit, may con strain them to have recourse to this measure in pre. ference to all others ; before that happy period shall arrive in which it will be supported by the gene:, ral influence of public opinion, but before this arrive at its. height the Pope ,may die, in Which case I repeat,. that I have reason to believe the Directory would consent that he should have a successor. The election of this personage is a negotiation of the highest importance ; for the motives which may influence therein the different Towers of Europe place in this election peculiar interest. This event, which every day may come to pass, has demanded of the precaution of he Directory to take those measures which should anticipate all its effects ; for this purpose, when it should occur, they have already dispatched a General with French troops into Lombardy, that he may march With all his force into the State of the Pope, and afterwards to place 3000 men in the garrison of Milan, and two thousand' in Mantua.. You w ill send thither the Polish Legion, for which:purpose it is placed under your orders, and in that situa tion they will await those of the Directory. The Minister of the French Republic will con salt deliberately with the Cisalpine Directory re specting the presentation of a candidate for the Pontifical dignity and this MiniSter will forma lize•his demands in the conclave, which ought to terminate the election in the space of eight days. The troops will march towards Rome,.it ne cessary, to support the demands of the Directory, will impose on-, the Court of Naples the most strict prohibition from nied,!)in,g in the ne gociation of Rome during the vacancy- of it't;. See : and if Naples should send trolps into the terri tory of Rome, the French have orders to resist force bi- fci r ce. • I kntlw that the Directory of the French Re public. has flattered ,itself with the hope, that, in the midst of these contests, the Romans may re volt: I believe this to be an atEtir easily accom plished, and so I have said to .the Directory ; but the people of Rome are much more enlightened than those dispersed throughout its-States. On the Other hand, the extirpation of the Pope dom is not solely the object of these negotiations at Rome, butt also the overthrow of all _those coun tries poiioned by Catholicism; it will therefore he necessary to correspond even with these, in or der to estimate how far we can proceed with them, Without endangering the advancement of our views: Before two years the extinction' of the Popedom may be impossible, but it may he necessary in four ; and the people are most impo litic who propose such weak measures as to per mit a Pope to live, deprived of his temporalities. In that case, some Monarch would possess himself of this idol—which would adore aitd en- Slave ; ,by the respect paid to it, he would attract the hortiage of ail the Catholics ; and, instead of destroying, the Pontifical power, would increase his strength with the ruins of-that State ; which, in its turn,. would re-establish and support its own.' The Directory require, that the Pope should ab solutely perish when an opportunity ofirers, and when with him his religion can be deposited in his tomb ; but whilst this Lama of- human superstition is allowed to exist, it necessary that it should reserve a sovereignty of its oWn, but held at the discretion of France, for the purpose of undermining its real security, and to allow it to retain .only as much as ought to be posses"sed by a people already enslaved bypiperstition.. . . The wise memorial presented to the Directory by the citizen Sieyes on the 30th Nivosc, in the fifth year of the Republic, is to he the basis of the policy which should prevail on this occasion, and I have transmitted a copy thereof to citizen Moscati. The forces of the Pope are not to . be feared by the Cisalpiue Republic, notwithstanding that, with the greatest facility:he can send -24,000 men into the field. Our Minister in Rome has orders to impede its enlistment and its discipline. However, although there is..nothing to be fear ed from the Cisalpine Republic in this respect, (here is a great deal to he suspected, i n the midst of a people peculiarly superstitious, deaf to rea son, and involved in intrigue. From this motive I have frequently resisted your solicicitations re specting the punishment - of any, because great . criminals as they are, in some respects, never theless they are very ,useful instruments in demo lishing religion, because having been Priests, their example holds the most dicacious influence over the people. In order to destroy religion, you must imitate the -4c,nduet of France, but with prudence : you must excite discord aniongst the Priesthood, find them, and of those form Apostles of philsophy. Disperse these new philosophers amongst the people, and their persuasions will have more in fluence than a thou Sand periodical publications. Chastise those Bishops Who . may endeavour to disturb those missionaries of liberty, and 'repri mand those fanatics who refuse to assist them. I have been very prolix upon this subject, be cause it is of the highest importance. BERLIN PAPERS. FURTHER EXTRACTS.-(ORIGIN.11.). The French Generals included in the Capitula tion of Dresden were the following •—Marshal Count Gouvion de St. Cyr ; th&Generals of Divi sion Lobau (Mouton) Du Rosnel, Dumas, Bon net, Claparcde, Duveruet, Berthezene, ,Razou.., .Dumonceau, Gerard, C assagne, Teste, Frcvre ; die Generals of Brigade Borelli, Schramm, Pa vo letti, Couture, Bertrand, Godard, Goguct, Le Tellier, Edm.d'E , tlevin, Stedman, Jacquet, Te zensac;Dciuget, thartrancl, Gobrecht, Weissen hof, Poskosky, Baldus, O'Meara and Bernard, (the last in the service ache King of Westphalia). The following is an accurate statement of the superior and inferior Officers and privates iu Dresden on the day of the Capitulation : Ist Corps of the Army , 452 Officers 6,507 Privates 14th Corps Garrison of Dresden In the Hospitals ------- 1759 ANTI ULF. Ry. • Belonging to the Corps•.... iS howitzers C 9 pieces of cannon Oa the aamparts 8 mortars 46 117 8 aloft. 51 howitz. 186 cannon. VIENNA, Nov. 17:—The army of Italy has, in comparison of its strength, made extraordinary progress during the last campaign. It has ,con quered not only what formerly belonged to Ca rinthia, Carniola, Vriul, Istria, great part of Dal matia, and the Venetian States, together with Southern Tyrol, but in that short period Of the war, has taken from the enemy l general, S staff officers, 72 commissioned officers, 5782 privates, 14 pair of c►►lours, and 11 pieces of cannon, ex clusive of 47 pieces captured in the fortified places ; besides which he has lost 2000 deserters, and 4000 men, formerly Imperial subject ~ who have come over to our side. limpEsuElm, Nov. 10.—By virtue of a Con vention between his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of England and his Majesty the King of Prussia, the Principality of I-Ijldesheini is incor porated with the German dominions of his Royal Highness. Conut Walmoden, Lieutenant-Gene ral iu the service of Russia and Great Britain, commanding a corps on the Elbe, was commis; sioned to take possession of the Principality, be•did at Hildesheirn on the 3d, and a Pro chthation iii the name of the Prince Regent, tr noulicing the change, was published on the Bth. , When King Jerome left Cassel on the 26th Of October, he paid neither the officers of his house= hold nor his servants. A very small number of at tendants followed Only 29 of the Body-guard (which corps consisted of several hundreds) who accompanied him to the Rhine), had reason to boast of his generosit,, for their horses and arms were taken from them, and they were - dlsmissed with the assurance, that on his return they should be the first who should be reinstated in their posts. New Georges d'Or, dated 1813, have appeared at Hanover. They bear, .as before, the arms of Great Britain, and the inscription " GEonorus 111. Rex, Del Gratia Britauniarum, Fidei Defensor ;" and em the reverse :—" Bruusvicensis et Lune burgi lluxiSancti ROM. Imp. Archithesaur et Elector. FRANKFORT, DEC. 16. The High ' Allied Powers have laid the foundations of the perma nent prosperity of this city. With this view they caused to be published, on the 14th instant, an Ordinance of Government, in consequence of which this city, with the territory which ante riorly belonged to it, will form a separate govern= ment, under a free constitution peculiar to itself, under the high protection of the Allied Powers. The Pretor (Stadtschultheis) and the Ist and 2l Burghermasters, who .are already appointed, are charged with 'providing for the execution of this, decree, by measures conformable to the old Con stitution. The citizens of Frankfort look for ward to this new form of Government with senti ments of the most lively gratitude. General Baron , . D'Hangeranville arrived here yesterday, on his way from the head-quarters of the Russian army, and on his return. to Mentz. Baren•de Schell, Austrian Minister at the Court of 'Wurtemberg, and M. D'Alopens, Russian Mi nister at the Court of Berlin, have passed through here, on their way to the Russian head-quarters. The equipage of the King of Prussia set out to day for the Upper Rhine; that of the Chancellor of State, Baron Hardenherg, has taken the same route. The wife of General Dombrowski arrived here yesterday from Leipsic. WURTZBURG, DEC is believed that•the absence of our Grand Duke will . not be of long duration. He addressed, some days ago, an ap peal to the inhabitanti of the Duchy who are able to hear arms. Zuiucii, DEC. B.—His Excellency Count Tal leyrand set out from hence on the-4th for Basle. He will, however, soon return. The corps. of the Austrian army, which was marching 'upon Lindan, - has received orders to advance. imme diately from Memmingen upon ,Stockach. Axis, trian bakers have arrived at Lorrach and its vici , nity, with field ovens made of iron. After the date of the Ist of January, 1814, all the Swiss al loyed money will be reduced 10 per cent. in value. That of Lucerne wit.. undergo a similar reduction ; but he P Chanced without loss at the mint till the end of tie year. DUSSELDORF, DEC. 13—.7—The Prince of Solms lich, a General in the Prtissian service, has 'been appointed Governor General of the Duchy 'of Berg. • BAMBERG, DEC. 14.—The brigade, Composed of the infantry regiments of Zach and Joseph Colloredo, which formed part' of the corps of Ge neral Klenau, arrived here yesterday on its route to the Grand Army. The 21.1 brigade, whic:: con sists of two regiments of infantry and two of ca valry, will arrive to-morrow. On the 12th, more than 24,000 men'of this corps had passed,throtigh Hof. An epidemic disorder• prevails on the fron tiers of Saxony and Bavaria, which carries off . many people. STUTGARDT, DEC., 12.—At the Levee which took place at Court to-day, the Russian General in Chief, Count Wittgenstein, bad the honour of presenting to his-Majesty Lieut.-General Prince Gor•tschakoff, Major D'Auvray, Count nisei:kin, &c.—A great number of • other Russ:an, Atistrian,. and Prussian Officers, were presented. Afterdin ner the King reviewed the Ist division of Count Wittgenstein's corps d'Artnee, coturna•ldNl by Lieut.-General Prince Eugene of Wurtemberz.— These troops were admirable in their• appearance. The head-quarters of the General in Chief, Count Barclay de 'folly, are hourly expeefed here. BRESLAU, DEC. 6.—The fortress of Limos , : has capitulated. The garrison, consisting of 2,300 men, of whom 900 are sick, remains pri soners of war. ,Modlin has also capitulated—but as the garrison .has demanded permission to re turn to France, 'we are ignorant whether the ca pitulation will be ratified. CARLSRUUE, DEC. U.-Our Prince has pub lished an Ordnance relative to the landwehr, in which he obsorves, that the efforts,and sacrifices required by existing - circumstances, are not con fined to the completement of the army 'of the line, but must also extend to the formation of a landwehr. By the articles of this Ordinance, the landwehr is only to be raised during war, and, is to consist of 10,000 men, 8,000 of whom are to act with the troops of the line in the field, and' 2000 to remain at home. All . males born be fore lig!, and' who have : not 'completed their 40th year, are to form part of the Luck-chi-. The males boro in 1791, 2,3, and 4, are reserved for the completement of the army of the line. By another article every individ.ial of good constitu tion is bound to serve in the landwehr, though the Director and Counsellors of the Circle may grant exemptions for various causes. The men of the land vehr are to clothe and equip themselves ; but if ir,;:tbility be satisfactorily proved, then it will be done at the expellee of the Treasury. The 'Committee of each Circle appoint the cap tains and Officers of superior rank, subject to the confirmation of Government ; and these Officer's again are to choose the subalterns.. Muskets will be furnished to the landwehr at the -expence of the State. When the landwehr is formed into battalions, it will have the same pay, be subject to the same discipline, and placed 'on the same footing, as the troops of. the line. The whole of them must be. organised by the ISt of February, 1614. 11.4E'T in 'a Hackney Coacil, wilicb stopped Rt Samerifq-ttm , e :last night, ROUGH (',O F';. MONSTRATIONS, &c. of tht• SCIAWE of PERSPEC TUVE, in a Port-folic. lirltmver will. in-inEr, the saute to 5 1 r• catroen Ann,streyt leo, the Corner of Harli,fr. gt;tet, receive TWO GUINEAS' REWARD, if hrongllt before Tilursday next, or a Guinea, if brought within a W"l4' No go - eater 8e.,..;...ra will be t,ffert(l. - • 111. 1 .,1L1. ' ArmyEn--I Guernser, i Jersey, FDAlin, I WAN - ford• 114,1z-=-3 Gotteuburgli, 1 Gile: asey, I Jersey, e Vaterfurd• PRICE or IsTc;;Ks Tills DAY AT TWELVE I: . CLOCK. Consols;2 13 CO 64 II Ited.Ann.... G 2 41 j Oinnitirn'...."l HIGH WATEII AT LONDON TO-NIORTIn t . t I.llc?riiing,s6 minutes after 12. I Even; ng, '23 m inutes after l' S UN. SO LEM Q[) IS 03 CF.I4. FA LS UM ALI i ? LONDON, TUESDAY, .f.iNU.4.RY 4, 1814! Paris Papers to the ist inst. have reached towli this morning : if 1,1:e may judge from the consl:' derable advance, not . only in our own but in .r )., l .' e French- Funds, we may fairly presuthe that, ' cg ' least in public opinion, some of the-obstacles to Peace have been removed. Our Omuium bas ad. sauced 2 per cent. and the French Fnuds ev el.4 !; more. It ;s rumoured that Sout)r has further retre:!' by the road of Mont de Alarsan, at the head `' t an army almost entirely disorganized. A Danish Officer, of the name of. KnucEß, t ir rived in Town yesterday, from Husum, via Liclig ° ' land, and was the bearer of .Dispatches i t . rom 11 ' 5 ' Government to that of Great Britain. They I ' l4 understood to contain a copy of the Treaty 3 1° which that BuoNAnttm-loying•Cabinet has h'ir pily been soundly drubbed, and to which the se' cession and concurrence of our Governmen t i ! • ° desired. We have for some time anticipated l b arrival of this document, and we trust that the I ' o, inanity of the Allies towards this besotted Cabi n- et Will not impede thedueadministration of thatinst ce - to upon those criminals, whose devoted adherenc e the foe of mankind has doomed Hamburg' ) t° slaughter, and many valuable lives to destruct- oi ' itt• The Right of Conquest is now added, in a cOP I " degree, to the other principles upon Whie b treaty with Denmark' would have been conclo cift' noricid_t_ A - r2:stc ram; 0.0-;;; - ed, the Cabinet of that Country has to titanic. I , own perversity and obstinacy for all the losses.{ • . _ may sustain, over and above the-Bisbopriel; Drontheim. tr "We have continued our ExtractS,from Fe' 3 Gatcttes, which furnish mans' cnrious particullts: among others the official exchange and annexat iu ; of 'llidelsheint to Hanover—The intelligence fr ail , the banks of the IthineiS remarkable for the 9°lll' ber of diplolnatie movements which it notice Those of a military description, though fee • are ttliogether indicative of the immediatitg4 / s . sion of ' France in great force. 'Among ta 11) •prominent kulieles of this kind is one from Z'lr ic of Bth December, which states that the Atislt, corps which was m arc hi ng on Lindan, 0 0 Eastern end of the'Lake of Constance, had b c ` 7 ordered to advance from - Memingenon StocP and that bakers, with a di,isiOn of field-061" had proceeded to Lorrach. Lorrach is ately oppOsite to Basle, and from this aecoo° l° . drawtwo inferences-Lthe first that the ac:_e ssic'. ~,' of Switzerland to the common CaliSC may ?' 11 ,,, t rendered the march to Lindan, which could be designed aglinst that country, unnecess : and the second, that the advance of the Ausrrt', corps in COITITDOCI with the main f o rc e o f thc ' s o o lies through Baden, &c. to the Brisgatt, to"' ): high as Basle (where, of-course, the difficiiltc r ; procuring provisions KO transports of every l` l ' would 'be materially augmented, f ro m \chat e%' s f 11' ed al Frankfort and Hanau), cou ld on ly yolo - o f the speedy passage of the ithine, and invasi,° the Vrench territories on that side. 3t • i t The establishm en t o f t h e Free-Govern:7lc l ' ' i l l Frankfort is at on ce a 'blow to the Usorpoty '4l(' ar t° stimulus to xll countries who ill hold ), With him.. • From Dutch Puperi and private Letters, )1 , have given some -interesting intellience fromland. A. long proelprxtation, said ' to be issu e ` DECAENS, at Antwerp, is given in some ft , to morning's Popei:s, but we doubt its an thci)t i oti and if true, it is no t wort h i nsert i on. Th e isv" of Brabant in force is talked of, and Bergen,°'zoom, the ch e f d' muvre Of t h e ce l e b rate d Collal,' is invested by the British. ii U II , The Spank!' Pai ers concailt a sj ir . te 16-° i 5 Of the late battles of Bayonje, in which it' lst ' ec 3 tli j .do:le to the c :trEundiaary of the —l.l lot a Ist ertet Spi - -,9ng t he ad e xciti r C al re Lord 1 th e de ` l spot r~~~ ~il~ 141, ! , ry li tit i ai bl ood , hillnb ell ara ilOw / co n a c i eat n'a tio ns the } p r i ab,l risen that - A. nil thi n trot, 1 th e tile Catl IC OII tI RI. pea, t 111 e, tio l ))() 11 CEO', 1, l