The Sun. — London, England, 1806-12-11 00:00:00

. by you antecedent to yohr &latices, and Whith has oLtiived them. " Although it is only with in these she tfibtaltS that the veil which concealed the secret Coinhinations of theltst War, has been rent, it is, notwithstanding, true, that the Continen t is at peace. Austria, your prin cipal Ally, made a Separate Peace with us. whose armies were for aome time on the war establish.; ment, has concluded an alliance, offensive and defeTh s4e, with us. Sweden does not deserve to he Men tioned. As to Russia, a direU proposal of Negotia tion exists between her and us. By her power, she bas no occasion for any protection, and she cannot call for the interposition of any Coen towards termi hating the difference's between us. Her distance places her so much out of our' reach, as it does out of the possibility of injuring us, that peace or war produces no other change in our respective re . lin ions, than Diplomatic alterations. if, under such circumstances, the Emperor should agree to ne gotiate faintly with England-and Russia, would he not relinquish all his advantages ? Would he not, re recognize the existence of a war which he has gin.; • -riously terminated ? Would he not, in fact, concede to England the principle of equality already agreed upon between us? " If you, Sir, with your usual discernment, will examine the arguments which ,I have the honour . of submitting to you, you will agree with Me that such a Negotiation would . be far more prejudicial to us than war, or even a Congress. •In fact, in a Congress, if England, Sweden, and Itussia, should contend for the establishment of the principles which have laid the foundation of the third Coalitiou, Prussia, Denmark, the Porte, Persia, and Amorica, would protest agaius,t these principles, and require equal Maritime Laws, and a fair division of the dominion of the sea. Without doubt ; in such a diseussion,the diminution of the French power wonlo beofteff voted for; but then, on the other hand; the diminution of that of England would also be required. Some Powers would call for the restoration of the ba lance of the South of Euro;se ;. but others also would -Call for that of the North of Europe. A great num ,ber would occupy themselves for the balance of. Asia; all would - feel interested for the' restora.; tion of the balance of the seas; and if, from - -among such complicated and stormy discussion's, it were possible to •expea a conclusion, such - conclusion would be right, betause it would be complete; and certainly his Majesty has de clared, - on every occasion, that he would have no 044:1i0n to make sacrifices for the public tranquilli ty, when England, Russia; and all the great . Powers, would. be each disposed to recognize established rights, to prote& feeble States, and to adopt principles of justice, moderation, and equity. But the Emperor • is tOg.good a judge of human nature to be seduced by 'chimeras ; and he is aware that -he should only per-. ,plex himself by seek ing forpeace in a la'oyriti tit of ttit • years • discussion, dining which time the - warlwould, Ise continued, a!:d which would only render its termi s nation more aifficiilt and uncertain. It would then be 'necessary to take a new road, as was done at Utrecht ; leave he a,ties to waste their time in endless. and use less debates ; treat from one to -another ; discuss,• as was then done, the interests of the two Powers ; and '`those of their respedive apices ; conclude a-peace for one's self, and to make it sufficiently just and ho nourable, that it could not laof being agreeable to tall tlie Powers interested. This is the way in which • two Powers, .such as France and England, should terminate, not-in ten years, but immediately, their Alispotes, and establish at the same time the rule of their rights, and that of the interest of their Allies. "To return to the subjeft, Sir, I see in the proposed - Negotiation only three possible forms of discussion - negotiation with England and the Allies which she -acquired at the formation of,the third coalition ; ne gotiation with all the Powers of Europe; with the ad- - • ditien of.the Americans ; negotiation with England alone. , The first of these forms is inadmissible, 156 7 . copse it would subject the Emperor to the influence of the third Coalition, which no longer exists. The Emperor would have negotiated in this way if he - had been ,beaten. The second form of negotiation would render - the- war perpetual, -if the inevitable incidents which might arise in it at 9very moment, and the passions__ which it would engender, did not put a violent end to the discussions; within _a fe‘; years after their commencement. The third, there fore, is the only - form desirable by those who really wish for peace. His - Majesty is persuaded that the equitable and moderate disposition . , which he is happy to perceive in the tone and language of .His tritannie Majesty's Government, iS - in unison with the . pacifie sentiments of which he is more than ever --determined to afford proofs to his fri?nds,, and es en to his:enerilies ; and that the Nations exhausted b y the efforts of a ,War, the interest of. which it is as` difficult to discover, as to understand its real (Nei% at length see .arise out of tiv! proposed. . Nego Peace which every wish iint evcry neces sity of theirs calls for. Accept, Sir, &c. " Lti. MAUR. TA I.LEV RAND. " Prince at Beitevento."' (Tote c4.i.ilinnid.) MAILS. A ARIVED=2 Hamburg'', 4 Waterford. I) (IE-2 flarnburet, z Gottenburgh, z IVaterlord. PRICE OF STOCKS •••• THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols for Op. 60-41 I Red. Ann. •59-fl Omniunu THE SUN. SOLENT QUIS DICERZ FALsum Aunuti? LONDON, • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, ISOG. This morning we received llambargh Papery, by way of Husuni the following nre the only ar ticles whiCh we have room to insert:— , ' • BERLIN, Nov. 29. 20.—According to an accOnnt, of the date of the 16th, from the General of Division DoUßßows . to. Knight of the Grand Order of the Leg s ritin".of Honotir, and Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown, the brace inhabitants of the Woy wodschaft LenczyC, under the conduct of their Ge • ncral, M. DOMOtOWSKI, have taken the Fortress Of Lenczyc, and formed a Confederation, under NA. POLE' ON the Great. All the cannon, ammunition, and magazines, are in the hands of the Confederates: Some Prussian Cavalry came to the aid of the For= tress, but were bravely repulsed : several of them were killed, and twe• Officers and a number of dra goons. made prisoners. His Excellency Marshal DA votST, as' soon as .be received advice.of the` enthu siasm manifested by the inhabitants of Woyivod schaft Lenczyc, sent a body of 'French Cavalry to their assistance. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO Tlll3.lvAn. AND ''THE BLOCKADE OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. it:essage of His Majesty the Emperor and King to the Senate. • • ' SENATOtS, Under the circumstances of the present state of the general affairs of Enrope, - we have resolved to make known to you, and the Nation, the principles which we have adopted for the dire&ion of our poL tical conduct. • . Our extraordinary moderation at the, close All -each. of the three fotir-r wars, has been the cause; of that which irrtmediaW .olloi.ved. Thus have welad' to. contend against a . arth Coalition, nine mouths after the dissolution of the third—nine months after that signal victory which Providence vouchsafed to. 1.11-and which held forth an assurance of a long re. kose to the Continent. The influence of England, however,, sooner or. later, extends itself over a great number of the Euro- Cabinets; and N.vit Final a durable Peace with this . . . Ppwer, our People cannot enjoy those benefits. of Peace, whiCh have been the first aim of our labours,, . and the sole obje& of our existence. Nutwithstancki lug our triumphant position, we were, eyes • itt the • , •12ist Negotiation With •England, still .more stmck, by' the-arrogance of her language, than by the stip:i 7 , ritesshe was disposed lb exact trom us. The Llatici, of Malta; et v which it seg,u4oti as it •• the bunout of TIUESTE, OCT. 29.—T0-day the. Russian Ship•of 'the Line, the Remiles, sailed from this t but a se cond, named the Moscow, of 84 guns, is still here ; arid an English 'Brig, of 22 guns, has also arrived. 'I he RussiJo and English Ships of War crnize along (11,,,c0a5t,, and blockade alt btria tu the stridtest sq ° tho oirat aelienjed, ttibich thgland in - 'contempt' tit manner, by witch all intercourse ant trade is ens ' treaties retained, and hid was the first cause of tireiV . prevented, war, - we agreed to cede. We agreed th a t, Besides . • . , Ceylon and the Kingdom of Mysore; England should IL (BERG, Nov. 21.—Our. Gazette contains the also.retain the Cape of Good Hope. following article: ‘ - ""-But alt our exertions were frustrated when " Breslau,' the .capital of Prussian-. Silesia, has • the Cabinet Councils of our Enemy ceased to be anis opened its gates to the vidorious imperial and Royal mated by the noble ambition of uniting the happi ness of the world with the actual prosperity of one's French Army. • , Country, and the latter with.a permanent state of . "On the 13th. passed throug h Bayreuth his prosperity; and_no prosperity can be permanent for Royal Highness Prince Nes of Wirtemburgh. He England, which is founded in an extravagant and en- is returning to Stutgard. On the ii th bid Imperial just policy, that would depri v e . o f a ll commerce, an d all navigation, 60 millions of people, who, are their Highness Prince JEROME was at Culmbach, oh his neighbours, and who are - both rich and brave. 1 return 'from Berlin to Paris." " Thus, - after the death of the English Prime Mi- -ERFbfern Nov. ts..---The day before yesterday nister we easily perceived that the Negotiations Were i his ExCellency Getieral DORSNER arrived here to continued with no other view than that of throwing a veil over the formation of th e f ourt h C oa li t i on, w hi c h take the place of Governor, vacant by th e d e p ar t ure has been strangled in its birth. of General TstouvExoT. It is said that the latter In this new Situation, we have adopted as the has been appointed, by his Majesty the Emperor-and 'immutable principle of our condu&, .the resolution . King, Governor of not to evacuate Berlin, Warsaw, and the' provinces which may come into our possession by the three of On the 14th inst. the Prussian Lientenant=General arms,- until a GENERAL Peace has been concluded— 1 and late Governor here, Count WARS'ENSIABEN, ar until the. Spanish, Dutch, and French Colonies have rived here with a number of Officers, who, after the been restored—until the foundation of the Ottoman surrender of the Fortress of Magdeburgh, were re Power has been secured, and the complete lode- leased on their parole. pendence of that great Empire, one of the most s Faost THE WESER, NOV. Dites:DE‘s important interests of our People, has been irrevo• has his head-quarters at Embden. cably consecrated. Nienburgh according to accounts received he r e, ," We have placed the British Islands in a state of ha s surrendered. 0 blockade, and ordered measures to be taken against • ~,- HAMBURGH., ANON'. 28,—0n the 25th inst. ab o ut them which excite a struggle in our heart. It has - (ion French Infintry and 150 Cavalry, under the cost us the pain of a victory to render the interest of command of Colonel Deems; entered Cuxhaven. private individuals dependent on the disputes Of Kings, and, after so many years of c ivilizat ion , t o " nun! rnit - MAINE, Nov. 22.---Lieutenant-Gene return to those principles which charaderize the ral Baron KINCKEL, late Governor of Berg, has been barbarism of the first ages of nations. But the wel- appointed by the. King of Bavaria Commandant , fire of our people and our allies has compelled us to General of the Tyrol. ' employ against the common toe the smite Weapons- The Baden contingent ; of 7000 men, is on its which he uses against us. march for Spandau and Custrin. " These determinations, which are di&ated by a Just feeling of reciprocity, have originated neither in passion nor in hatred. The same Offers which we made after the dissolut;on of the three Coalitions, which contributed so , much to the gloryiof our peo ple, we are still ready to make at the moment our arms have gained new triumphs. We are ready to conclude Peace with England ; we are ready to make peace with Russia and Prussia; but on such principles alone must it be, concluded, as that no one, be who be may, shall presume to claim any things of us, on the pretence of superior power. The Colonies mutt be restored to the mother countries . ; and to our commerce and industry, that prosperity of which they are susceptible, Must be guaranteed. " Should the - se dispositions, in the whole of their extent, tend to retard for a time the period-of a gene •ral peace; the delay, howeVer short it may be, will.to our heart appear long. But we are convinced, that our people will duly estimate the wisdom of our poli -tical motives,- and perceive with us, that a partial peace,is only : an armistice,. by which we risk the logs of all the advantages we have gained, and furnish occasion to a new war, and that France cannot find her prosperity but ie a general peace. • ", We find oerssalves its one of those critical'tunc tures, which have apt important influence. on the fate of nations; and the French people will strew theni selves worthy of that destination which awaits' them. The Senatus-Consultum,which we have ordered to be laid before you, and which places atour disposal, in the first month of the year; the Conseription of 18', which under ordinary circumstances would not have commenced until the month of September, will be eagerly carried into effe& by fathers and children.— At what more attradive .moment could we invite the French youth to take up arms ? lit marching to join their colours, they Will pass through the capitals of our enemies, and fields of battle rendered famous by the victories of their elder brothers in arms. " Given at Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806.. ' • (Signed) " NAPOLEON. • 'By the Emperor.. - ' " The Minister HUGHES, " Secretary of State, - B. MARE T," Last night we received a great variety of foreign intelligence of the utmost importance, the whole of which our limits will not permit us to lay before our Readers this day.. The French Government - have published all the Correspondence which passed be tween the Ministers of the two Countries dur ing the late Negotiation : this Correspondence is of course very voldrninous, and unless we are grossly , blinded by national partiality, the advan [age, in point of argument, sincerity, and frank ness, is decidedly on the part of this COuntry.-•••• BONAPARTE has sent a MeSsage 'to the Senate explanatory' of his 'motives foi issuing - the. Decree for placing the British Nes in a state of blockade;; . . and in that Mesage he ag,ain:repeatt-his fixed deter mination nit to evacuate any part of his Conquests '-until a General Peace ,shall be conClUded, ana until the Freneh, - Spanish, and Dutch Colonies are re store!. It is stated that the Kited PRMSIA :has refused to ratify the Armistiee concluded at Charlottenburg,h on the 17th: indeed it would be an abuse of terms to call such a Couven am an Armistice, because it was in fa& an un conditional surrender c,i the whole of his Domi nions. In consequence of this refusal, BowarAnrE left - Berlin for Poland on the 25th ult. The utmost exertions are employed by the French to excite the Inhabitants of Poland to assert their « Independ ence," as it •IS called; Polish Regiments are about to be formed, and BONAPARTE has'declared„ that as soon as 30 or 40,000 Poles are embodied, he shall conceive the Nation worthy of being deelar ed 'independent. A Letter from Constantinople, of the i Gth 06tober, states, that all the ditlerehces be - tweenitussia and the Porte are happily adjusted; • but vie fear the: subsequent successes - of the French Will produce unfavourable effeets upon the wavering. policy of Turkey. The Creole Sloop of War has ar rived in France from the Isle of France : she brings intelligence of the capture of - the IP-curet Hastings • by the Serveillante ; and it is also stated, but we hope, ini:Orreetly, that four-other. Indiamen. have been taken and destroyed by the same Frigate.' His MAJESTY arrived yesterday about twelve o'clock, at the'Queen's Palace frOtn Windsor, eKeort ed by a p irty of light • horse. Sbon after the Dukt of YORK . , KENT,. and GLOUCUSTER ; • paid their re spells 0 His MAJESTY.., At ,two o'clock His MA JESTY held a private Levee. After the .W.Vee His MAJESTY held a Privy Council; His IV4lv,sTy gave audiences to the Archbishop of CANTERRURY, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord . GRENVILLE, Lord H. PETTY, and Viscount. Ho- WICK. The Sessions of Parliament will be opened by Commission. Vestaiday afternoon a Duel was fought at South sea 'Corinnon, -near -Portsmouth, by two Military Officers, one of whom is said to be dangerously wounded.—Wehave,not heard the cause of dispute. A new Farce was represented last night at Drury Lane Theatre,'under the title of Mr. The hero - ofthe piece is a Mr. Hob flesh but as he had always found'that his name had excited disgust, he only assumed the initial, which gave rise to many whimsical conjectures and mistakes.i . The piece was roughly' handled, but,. with much curtailment, may yet be successful. PLYMATiTir, DEC.. 9.—Arrived the Spanish Lug ger Privateer ,ElEspadarte,.mountiilgsix`guns, with -40 dii:11; DLit 1.5 'days from Vigo' without making any dliptures, taken on the 26th ult. by the Flora Frigate ' Capt. BLAND. The Channel Fleet, consisting of ten. Sail of the Line, from :Torbay, passed by last evening to the Wet‘Varcl, to resume their station off Brest.. They were joined from Cawsand Bay by the Princess R&01, - of 98 guns, and Hero, of 74 gunS, and from the Siund by the Decade Frigate. Sailed the Ramillies, of 74 gins, for Cork. ;STifTE PAPERS A.NS*Efi +6 'int KING'op Pt WSiA'sMANiViSTO.f t - Plf2tirSHED . Bs THE FRENCH .dOTtitN'IENt.) . . The King df Prussia, upon . suddCrdy taking up arts against Fiance; thought it incumbent on hirrt to retrace to all &trope the fuels wh;i.h.made it his duty to'da so." i,*rtjesty this aced very wisely for all Eul'ope Was ignOraitt of , the grievances oi \h is M ajesty sets ow by declaring, "that French' 11)06c:111 . fad for Been ieen the scourge;'hug By going se far batk for the motives of his dis-; , content, ,his Majesty the King of Prussia gives France a right to remind him how he was the first to abandon the cause of Kings in 1782 ; with what indignity the defenders of the throne were treated in his own camp, : and how his defeeion was the first sant:bon of so dangerous a change. Certain ly, when neither the punishment of Lewis XVL 'mir the expulsion' of the Stadtholder, a relation of his Prussian Majesty's, nor the invasion of Hol land, which Prussia looked upon as a family proi perty, nor other conquests, nor, in fine, the progress of a system which menaced all Monarchies, were able to shake the friendship that Prussia then bons to France, when her Ambassador, preceding all others, was seen to it at those civic banqu As in which the destrution of Kings was sworn, the af , feClion of Prussia Might be . thought proOf - agairs't every thing. If so many motives could not alter fot an instant her conne6tions with France, the which' now drive her' into a - more dangerous War must also be of a more serious nature, and con neded with more important consideration 3. The King of Prussia has just enabled Europe to jUdge of • • them: People will be astonished teo see, that in a Paper which should treat only of the relations- or• the re speEtive interests Of France. and Prussia, the-Cabinet of Berlin should lay a stress only upon grievances which are foreign to it, and should consider as per sonal injuries, aggrandizement& made over Powers whoin it might have more efficaciously succoured if it had thought, them unjust. Now that the disputes between France and Austria.are regulated ;glow that the fate of Italy, S'.vitzerland, andifolland, is•fixe& the re9rinninitions of. Prussia are as Wanton.as they are useless. France at first: oiILY wished for peace; but her safety required that she should make allies of cowl"- tries which she might keep as conqu;sts.. Her ene mies still conspiring against her, forced her to as sume new advantages. The King of Prilgsia hay{ seen the efforts which were unceasingly renewed against her—he has Often acknowledged the legi timacy of the means which she took for her. de fence. Having had in view only the availing him self of the weakening of the belligerent parties, or selling his ina&ion, it ill becomes him to complain at this day of the effeas of a system which be en couraged. The wars of the three Coalitions were foreign to him ; he has no right to revive their grievances. If the policy of France has been .1 scourge to Europe, Europe may accuse him of having been the accomplice of it his decla rations 'and this regrets, were they well founded, would leave him only the shame of having seen the good cause, and'the cowardice of having betrayed it. However, at the period in question (November, 1805), Prussia wished to aLithe part of Mediatrix of Europe; she pretended . to he- the rampart of the PoWers of the Ncirtli TO hear the complaints she alledges at this day,, it would seem that she was more offended than the others. A Coalition was formed in the midst of Peate;' Prussia'fignred in the discussion, of the intereits, but did not appear in the 'field of battle: She was announced every moment, At Lon . don,thff.Opposition cried out; that Austria and Rus sia could do nothing useinl without the co-operation of Prussia, and the Ministers gave More than hopes; at 'Vienna and St. Petersburgh, they gave positive assurances of it; at ..Berlin, the very 'affe6ting inter. view of the Emperor Alexander and the King, left uo doebt of a speedy co-operAtion. But" Whilst the Prussian Cabinet NiiS bargaining, the.war began by thunder clips, and the fate of AUStria was already • . • • decided under the wells of - Ultn. ' It was then that a' French division passed, rapidly, over the territory.of Anspach, with the most friend ly charaEter, and without leaving the least traces of violence, from .the sole necessity of executing movements, upon which the safety of the army de pended. Never did any passage, executed with that tran quillity,. excite .any thing wore than explanations between friendly Powers. Austria and Prussia have Often given the example of it. Austria had frequent. ly marched troops across the neutral, territory of Bavaria, to send them into the Tyrol and Italy.— What.gave the.last..invasion- of Bavaria a decided character of Violenceinci hostility, was, that it was followed by Co6tribiitions, by forced incorporations of the Bavarian : Army; &c.; but nothing. of the kind bad taken' plae upon the tersitorY of Ansyach.