The Sun. — London, England, 1814-05-27 00:00:00

JOURNAL Or A Till? TO PATtI. (No. XI.) In. my last I stated the general price,Of guar= Ws at hotels, the common mode by Which strana. ge , .-s 'make tlremselves at home in Paris. Many, liowever;.prefer ,private lodgings, and these are 310 t tliffidtilt - triThe - obtainect, thong!) conveniency dictates that they ought to be provided by soirie friend or agent before you arrive in Paris ; other ivise you are apt to be annoyer{ in searching for ..them, and more irnposed'upon in your bargain. "Ptivate lodging-hattses, as well as the hotels, are bete tinder the superintendance of the , Police, from Which they have a licence. Should they grossly cheat a stranger, which they are very .apt to do, either in their charges for his apartments, or for the necessaries be may employ them to purchase for him, it is merely requisite to hand their bill over to the Licencrrs, who not only reduce every item to a reasonable scale ; but punish the attempt at extortion, by depriving tile parties of - their licence. I have s. known some of them strike off one-third of charge, rather than have it pass through the or deal of a review at the Police Office ; and an inti mation, that you intend to resort to this plifg'arory step, is a most certain mode of redUcing the amount of your costs in Paris. Very good lodgings for a family were to be bad at from 300 to 1000 francs per roonth—at the former price they were genteel ; at the latter, \su4 perb. There is another want which occurs to most . travellers on arriving in Paris, and Lyon the pro-' per, or rather lucky (for it is a complete lottery, with only one prize to a thousand blanks) deter mination of which much of the comfort, and more of the purse depends, than upon any other point whatever. I allude to the hire of a French servant. Shoals of this description of ever-ready persons are to be had at, ten minutes notice, and from among the crowd your choice is to be made. Fortunate is_ the man who chances upon an honest, faithful, and diligent attendant. Leading, as these. people do, a life of uncertainty, apd of mingled toil and' idleness-=sometimes 'engaged, and theft fur weeks unemPloyed—it is to be suppmed that they are not only generally needy, but addicted to bad habits. I fear this is too universally the case, and will illustrate my position by an anecdote of what occurred to myself with the Garcon whom I engaged to wait upon me while in this metropolis, and who had somewhat wormed himself into my green confidence by taking inti nite paini to warn me against the impositions of others ; which, by the way, I. afterwards disco vered to he a trait in all their characters ; every one putting you on your guard against his bro ther or sister cheats, that he may have,the richer harvest of pillage to himself. But to my anec dote—to shew how low these rascals will descend in the art of spoliation :—I was anxious, one clay, to send a packet to London, and being engaged in another direction, 1 intrusted it to my knave to carry to the Post-office, giving him strict injunc tions as to its speedy and careful conveyance; I also, unfortunately, had to give him six francs to' pay the postage; and the postage way a tempta tion too great for Monsieur's conscience to resist: , In the evening he assured rue he bad put my letter into the Post-office, and paid- with it 4 fr. 6 sous. Three days after, I found it lying at oui• Minister's; for being addressed to an official Gentleman in Lon don, my Varlet had consulted its safe transmis sion by carrying it to the Ambassador's, and put what he thought would be fair postage into his own pocket !! ! I got rid of Monsieur Thom, and the servant of the hotel answered all my purposes afterwards. There are so many topics which, occur' to.a stranger as worthy of being touched upon,--so many observation s suggested by the first views of Paris,--that I scarcely know with what to begin ; whether with animate or inanhaate nature ; the city or the citizens; the houses or the inhabitants;. the streets, the gardens, the females, the chil dren, the general manners, or the peculiar cu riosities ; or, above all, with the monuments of art, inglorious in their acquisition, but splendid in themselves, which demand to be recorded with accuracy and minuteness. The great City of Paris is a very miserable, ill-built, irregular, dirty, and disgusting place. The streets invariably narrow, filthy, noisome, and dangerous, What is splendid in it, is only to be found in the palues and pitblie build ihgs ; and even there, the toe of meanness does so tread upon the heel of magnificence, that it galls its tribe. - Paris, with its appendages, ap pears to be about half the size of London—and, like London, it is divided into two parts by a river, which is, however, unlike the Thames. In this river are several islands', covered with houses -and in this - respect is presentied one of the most tween the two capitals. The only other marked dissimilarity i . indeed, consists in the Boulevart•, certainly► the greatest iirnattients , of this , city. These fire a circle of broad Streets, planted with a row of treet,bn each side, run entirely round Paris, properly so called; the streets', &c. on the outside of this line being denominated the Fauxbourgs.-2-1 have already mentioned that the streets are Universally narrow and inconvenient— the best oethein are not broader than the narrow part of the Strand. But even this is not their greatest defect. The gutter, in ceaseless activity, purls down their• centers, and there is not a foot pavement to protect the pedestrian from the en croachment of carriages upon his body--a danger to which he is incessantly exposed, as it is barely practicable for two vultures to pass each other without coining into contact, and taking a rub en passant.---, VIATOR. [The influx of temporary matter eninpels us to put the sig nature of our Cortespomknt .to the middle of this Letter, lA - ltich we shall continue to-morrow, and follow it closely-with dthers which N't have received] FIIENCII. PAPERS. ORDONNANCE OF THE KING. " Lour?, by ,the GraCe of God, King of France and Navarre: _On the report of our Minister and Secretary of State for.the liVar Department, we have decreed, and do decree, as follows : " Art. 1. 'Flit Mlnister of State and Lieut.-General Dts fiite OorntiSarDier in Chief of the Parisian National Guards, is appointed Major-general of the National Guards of the Kliigdom, under the orders of our dearly beloved Bro ther, MoNsrE;:tt,- Colonel-General. • " Are.. 2.• Our Minister of War is charged with the execu- thin of these presents. " Given at the Castle of the Thuilleries, May 11, 1814. (Signed) " LOUIS. (Countersigned) " DuroNT, " Minister and Secretary at War." PARIS, AMY 23.—The following intimation has been published :—" The Officers who are now at Paris are invited to present themselves daily, from two till five o'clock, at the Office of the Minister at War, in order there to receive authority to re pair to some one of the Departments of the King dom, for the purpose of stating to the Inspector- General of each Depart►nent their services and claims to be admitted as candidates for the new formation of regiments of the Army.'' The Due d'Angonletne is appointed Grand A miral of France. It is said, that the grand state carriage of Na poleon has been sent into Russia, and it is be lieved that his buit, which was placed at the top of the column in the Place de Vendome, will take the same route. A cordon of customs has been provisionally esta fdished on that part of the old French frontiers which borders on Belgium. Her Royal HighneAs,the Duchess of Angouleme visited yesterday the Jardin des Plantes. The Due de Berri reviewed yesterday the 6th regiment of Chasseurs, at St. Germain-en-Laye several other corps assisted in the ceremony. His Royal Highness was received by the troops with every mark of respect and. devotion, and tl►e air resounded with the shouts of lire le Rol ! To-morrow will be celebrated, in the Cathedral, a solemn mass and thanksgiving, for the restora tion of his Holiness Pius VII. to the estates of the Church. BUONAPARTE AT ELBA. POZTO:FERRAJO (ISLE OF ELBA), MAY B.—On the 3d instant, at six in the evening, there ap peared in our roads an English frigate : it hoisted out a boat, which landed several Officers of the Russian, English, and Austrian Staffs, With two French Generals accompanying the Ex-Emperor Napoleon, who was on board the fiigate. These Officers having officially communi,:a.ted to the Cotnmandant of the port the events which had taken place in France, the aodication of Buona parte, and his arrival at Elba, all the necessary preparations werc made during the night for the reception of this famous Personage. All the Au thorities were required to attend the ceremony of his entrance. Next morning a flag, sent by the dethroned Emperor, was brought into the town with, some sort of solemnity, and immediately hoisted on the Castle, amidst a salute of artillery. This flat; has a white ground, interspersed with bees, and in the centre appear the arms of Buonaparte, and those of the Isle, united by a rose-coloured stripe. Some time after the flag was hoisted, Buona parte landed' with all his suite, and was saluted with 101 rounds of cannon. The English frigate replied to the salute with 24 guns. Buonaparte was dressed in a blue great coat, under which appeared a suite richly embroidered with silver, with a peculiar decoration : he had a round bat, with a white cockade; three fidlers and two fifers preceded him, amidst a mul titude of people rather, curious than eager to see bian. He was conducted to the house of the Mayor, where he received the visits of all the superior Civil Officers : he spoke to each of diem, 11, - .ly oiliinga number of questions relative tO the isle. Alta reposing some m'onientS, Buotiap, , rte 8 - fit on horseback, and with his suite visited tit,: harts of :dal clans, CaniiSo, Capo; i,iviti, gnd the morning of the sth, the Ek-Emperor; attompanied by the CounniSsaties 'bf the Allied PowerS, 'notated his hose, aiiil iiide to l'ortO Longone, five miles from this ton.. lie also visited the iron oilue t , which efinsiiilnie ihe weaithi of the isle of Elba. Ile asked those aro 1111,1 him what nfglit be the revenue of these milks " 500,000 These 500,000 lip re; will then :be mine."—" But, Sire, you know,, that by a Decree you appropriated them to the Legion of Honour." -- Where was my bead when T gave this order ?. I have 'issued so many foolish _Decrees in my life-time !" Hitherto we have not remarked thatßuonaparre would , hare a very In suite , Yesteillay some fine horses, carriages, &c: were-landed ; %ye expect more equipages, and a coi•ps of troops he. longing 'to the Allied Poweis. General Palesme has posted up a Proclamation, in which he recom mends Buonaparte to the,inhabitants of Llba, " PALERMO, Aran, 26. DECLARATION. " Ferdinand IV. by the Grave of (hal, King of the Two Sicilies, attd ofJerusalem, Infant of Spain, &e. " Profotindly indignant at the perfidious report spread by our enemies, that w e have renounced, "r that We are disposed to renounce, our rights to the Xingdoin of Naples, we think it our duty to wake known the fait:elm:id of ditch n'port to the powers, one Allies, to all nations, and particularly to our sub— jects, and very dear children of the Kingdom of Naples, by declaring sitlemuly that we newer have renounced, and that , we are unalterably resolved never to renounce, ottr legitimate and inconteStible rights to the kingdom of Naples, and that our fried and unchangeable will is to accept.of no offer of in detnnity, nor any compensation whatsoever for the said king dom, vi.ich we ar4,tletermined to present 'e for ourself, and to transmit to our immediate successor in the.4ne manner as it has .been transmitted to us by (mr Father, of highly glorious mentors , All the measures which we haZe hitherto g• • • taken, and which we. are now executing in the employment of our troops, and thrie,union with thes.forces of our august and ancient Allies, have had,' and have no other object, but tueo-olierate with them, with a view tie the triumph of the 3n t. and general caase, and of concurring i 9 their magnan bonus views, sit otton manifested, for the overthrow of all usurpations, and for . zite re-establishment of justice aud gitiwate anthority. " FERDINAND. " Palermo, April 24, 1814." STR:IABURGH, 31.11 S.----TEQ Commissioners charged with conducting the retreat of the allied troops are arrived in this vicinity. Several columns of French prisoners have arrived from Germany. Doitaniersest'ablis n ed along the banks ,of the Rhine are supersedexl. Tour.ousF., MAY IF3----The Dttl , e of Wellington returned to this city from Parilat.SaturdAy. 'The Citizens immediately seized the opportunity of re newing the assurances of their high veneration for so illustrious and so exalted a character. TURIN, MAY 14.---TRe Council of Regency have recalled "to the banners of his Sardinian Majesty all the non-commissioned officers and soldiers for merly belonging to them, who have since served in France or Italy. The reception of our Sove , . reign at his entrance. into Genoa was of the most brilliant kind. His Majesty visited the Hospital de Pammatone, and lett 'there some substantial proofs of his piety and munificence, VIENNA, ZVIAY 11.-The visit of his Majesty the Emperorqo England is relinquished. We cannot hope to see their Russian and Prussian Majestic; in this city ; partiy on account of their'intended visit to England, and partly because affairs , of state will not admit a protracted absence from' their respective States. Intelli;;ence was yesterday received that the Archduchess Maria Louisa will not be at Moelk before the 17th, which is . 22 leagues front hence. Her imperial Highness is to arrive on the 10th at Kempten, and to set out on the llth for Ills pruck. The Empress gins to Moelk to meet the Archduchess. FRANKFORT, MAY 17.—The first column of Russian troops, which' passed the Rhine at Cob lentz, arrived yesterday'at Wish:►den. This co lumn, which is composed of cavalry and infantry, is . expected here 011 the 19th.—the Prince de Metternich, ho, 'according to the Lausanne Gazettes; had gone to Geneva to proceed to Italy, has not quitted Paris. This Prince, it is said,' does not accompany the Emperor of Austria to Vienna, but will go to London. It is more and more confirmed that the affairs of Germany will be settled at Vienna. .FRANKFORT, MAY 1.-1 he German Journals have published the following conjectures, which, however, we do not guarantee : It is reported that the King of Naples, Joa chim, will cede that kingdom in perpetuity in exchange for Sardinia. The King of Sardinia will receive, as an indemnity, the Milanese, With the' title of King of Italy, but he will innnediate 1y place the crown upon another head, that of his cousin, the Archduke Francis. This Prince., in heriting the rights_of his mother, the Archduchess Beatrix, to :Modena, will possess an extent of territory rendering him sufficiently pan erful to • guarantee Italy from all foreign invasion." LEGHORN, MAY 10.---Suave yesterday .there arrived in our port three small ,vessels froni the Isle of Elba, bearing a white flag with a red stripe in the middle, "on which • we observe three bees. The populace assembled opposite these vessels, and insulted. their crews, reproaching Orem with having given an asylum to Buonaparte. . Nothing can equal the hatred which the people of Italy now chew for the man who. so long subjected them to his iron yoke. ZURICH, MAY 13.—The Deputies from Geneva have presented a' memorial, in which they beg to form an alliance with Switzerland, and that their city and territory may be occupied by Swiss troops. This memorial has been sent to the Di plomatic Committee, and also that from the De puties of Neuveville, who desire •to be incorpo rated with a Swiss Canton, at the sanie time pre serving their form of government, rights, privi leges, and franchises. • COBLELNTZ, MAY 15.--Russian columns are at this moment traversing the departtnent of the L7Oll . Gi tiltil lt, 1-..1,••• • Thirteen teginients of.Cossacksovbieb preeedet CalltOile(i in OM. he tirtq .corps, under the orders Of Count •llTttgelistein will in a few diiys t•i•ic'e On the batiks of the Rhine. tluother Riissian coriis is atliittneing Ilagtienati'to F'or't Loiti,.to cross the Rhine Nine thduSatid of Ythck's cot p. r e t ire upon . ihefe to take tip crintOnnieuts, 11W coluaiio of the army under. Geteeral AVrede occupy! Lor raine. l'he . Austrian; troops arc also in ineive bienl I\lsY;l6.Comte De Boi 4 g e . li " Extraordinary Coin; is from his Majesty iti . the Bth illilitary Division; Made his public " s intothis city on th e 14th (SaturdaY)• - 6 " : 1 c . poSi hono urs due to the happy anti i►upot•lat inci case elf territory, by •. hich the coulttt }'hill to ttulcr brill gain much by these new actitiisiti°l*. DUTCH l'AtithiS. LEYDEN, MAY 23.-z The P f rifice S' vereig9 o:: fro' the Netherlands set off on the 20th 4 Hague, for Paris; - where his Royal flig lu ' es- d l ic .: pass some days. Every thing gives - rea' °l/ Neve, that this journey is connected tae proaching Peace„which is to give repose t( ,l 4 , ) the people of the Couti u e n t, an d a ll o w Sove rc ' l " ; time to heal the wounds which a desolating "'II.' to unparalleled in history, has i n fli cte d. It -i , . longer doubted but .this peace will be signed bt the Sovereigns in person before they' sc P ci- f,:: Thus the month of May, 1814, will be a ren)-1 . able period i n th e °hi story o f t h e age; and P 3161 already celebrated , for so many glr -I°lls ti? So. many painful Pecollections,g o' flziiiirc new lustre i n th e - 'eyes of a ll " t o ' ,. TheY will nor be able to remember , ` ll ll , out lively emotio n , th at ,i t i s w i t hi n its bc'' in that'same Palace, stained with so many ) by the Despot who lately threatened ra..w l with gen era l d estruct i on, that the compact „ great European Family destined to end so rust'sl „ al' misfortunes :110 ‘ 118be s e e n t1d ti s l(" il e e r ( a l b O y i 11 actinwe them the most glorious' title for I ' r-le t /6 that of friends • to humanity.—(joim Polite Leyden, May 24) •* BRUSSELS, M AY 'M.—His Serene liig hnes Flif Duke of Brunswick arrived here yesterbY . Highness visited Baron Katte, the Corn i ' ll' i r, of this city, the thivernor-General ot. 13c14 " 1 .0 0 and Lord Ly ne d oc k. Hi s Highness na t [d i ii to Malines, to his cor p s o f 10 , 600 me n, e in that neighbourhood, and will in'a few a3 r 7 01 torn to this place to g o to paris„(Nretil':, Cour. May 25.) f GHENT . , MAY 1 English corps ° or , men iirrived here the day hefore yesterday*, C°. iti fromAutwerp by way of Brussels ; ve stet(l'' l proceeded to OStepd. It is the remitioder el th e English Regiment that suffered very mncli i , to fatal attack on B ergen - o p-Z oom , an d is g nit ,T oo o . England to recru it. • W e expect , to day' English troops, horse and foot, from which are to form a part of our a ..*()11• flatter ourselves that we shall soli; to-morrow, our worthy Bishop, 1 Broglis. BRUSSELS, MA-Y 19.—The army of G ener4ll3d... • low is still in Fl an d e r s, principally OW" t s f a* wherO that Ge nera l h as hi s head-quariers. the Regiments of l an d we h r are gone W rari-I s tbei The whole Saxon army, comprehe °l-1 ; 0 0 corps of Thielman and Lutzow, is on it s - 400 to Germany ; it i s to receive f urt h er instr uct upon the right bank of the Rhine• , For some days past bloody contests b ay ' taken place between the Prussian troops tha t ar still here and the Belgian soldiers, iu tlo have combated with a degree of viole nce to be lamented. Some are always killed at i ct peaceabte ,wounded on - such occasions, and the tizen may think himself happy if be does fl o ot r b come a victim. in Some days ago there .was .a sharp action , • which both sides fired with small arms bef nre Via barrack occupied by the Belgian tro°PS' Military Authorities have displayed the erie r ill A entl WhiCh tkt► 'l 4 and ‘visdom that might be expected to put aP laca to this national-variance, which may be a tte ‘ P with the great es t ev il s . All the Pro sian triw E tha_t , were still here have been march n the rat .s.cd greatest haste to Wesel: General Bulow t• Go bete yesterd a y eve ni ng , to consult SVI I*COrP S “ vernor-General about the march of-i the Rhine.—(Huarlem COur. May 21: BREMEN, MAY 18."-Every day, tQ w3111 :: : art ag ain 'g ro h i t r: f fall, we See Fren c h crap/oyes and douatiial • Hamburgh, arrive here, dep )egiectej break of day% Several Officers, who lov e * this precauti o n, (Sr thought it onn eeessa, been ill-treated by the people, and thp soldiers of