The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-05 00:00:00

'4 . Ater it an impu,ieut irripQ‘sit ion, which is a libel Upon the Emperors of Russia and Austria, Who are said to have given their consent to its adrnis among tht.acts of the Congress. Thee folly of loth' consent would. he - equal to its injustice; for if , 1 !)e principles iqion'W high t he'usurpat ion was found - ed should be introduced in the dothinions of either of those Potentates, and a Revolution should hurl them frOm their Thrones, they would by this do cument have given fheir sanction to the destruction of themselves and the elevation of• some Military I..uffians to Imperial PoWer. therefore, till we hear more of tie matter, we shall consider this Piotest, though. we insert it, to grtify the curio- sity of our Readers, as a mere attempt to shake the Throne.of the Bourbons, and to effect, if possible, the restoration of the vile Corsican line to the seat of power from %chid!, for the happiness of Europe, the bead of it was so justly discarded. Among the minor causes of doubt as to the au thenticity of this curious Document, we . may ob serve,that the.Ex-Empress, as she is stiled, does not call her THE KING OF ROME, but PRINCE CHARLES NAPOLEON, and it iS not probable that she would sink time imigher in the inferior title of tbis offspring of usurpation and tyranny of the most odious and horribly description. Our Readers will he gratified in seeing the tottitinuation of CRANm ER'S admirable Letter in our last page! this day, and we trust that it will Make a due impression upon those who are absurd enough towisli for the Legislative Restoration of POPERY in this land, which possesses the . purest Religion that ever contributed to the happiness of mankind iu this world, and leads it to a better. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PERPIGNAN, JULY 18 When the Spanish Government sent orders, af ter- the sentence passed on General LACY; to send him to Majorca, it was because fears were enter tailed that the numerous friends whom LACY had at Barcelona mighe be able to'excha'a commotion in his favour. The most urgent representations Were made in favour 'of the - General by seve ral officers :of the highest distinction, in order to obtain a -mitigation. of the sentence of death, but they were ineffectual. On the arrival of Gene ral Lacy at Majorca, .his sentence was read to him, told he was shot on the morning of the sth. Sh;s officer, who had so twiny times shed his blood for the service of his country, died with equal emitpos(lre and -fit moess. ".All. that I regret," said he, " is to (lie by the hands of my ancient brethren in arms it was on the field of honour, hile combating the enemies of Spain, that a warsi•n• liks me Ought to finish his career." Ai;er these words tie said to the soldiers, " Fire !" Yesterday afternoon about four o'clock the ri,Ncr. REGENT, accompanied by the ltev. Mr. emßEtio, arrived at Carlton-house from the td-house. A Gertnao Paper, received last night, has a rtt rnour that the Son of BIIoNAPARTE, tVii , ) is now extruded from the soccession to the Duchy of Parma, is intended for tike Church— EROIGNE DE MERICOURT,, who acquired an unhapPy celebrity in the first years of the Revo lution, has just died in Paris, at the age of 57, in La Salpetriere, where she bad beak shut up for a long time. She had fallen into a state of com plete mental imbecility ; and was in the habit, even in the most rigorous season, of throwing three or four pails of water over her bed before she entered it. Letters from Oporto, dated the 15th ult. state, that seven vessels, with troops on board, sailed on the 9th, under convoy of the Don Pedro, 44 guns, Captain. SANTOS. Their destination was not known. We are happy to inform our Readers, so great Las been the improvement in the silk trade of Spitalfields for souse weeks past, that notwith standing raw silk has advanced full 20 per cent. -every good hand is fully employed. On Saturday last, an unexpected . order was issued to the troops in garrison here, commanding Ahem .to assemble before Government House, in reeks* order, at three o'clock on Sunday. An immense number of .persons witnessed the spectacle on that day. The 64th and 90th Regiments of Foot, with cavalry and artillery, were first formed into a rectangle, then wheeled into compfolies and underwent a minute inspec tion by General Blom- accompanied by Aides-de-Camp. They afterward , marched round the ground its slow and (pick t ime, and went through all lire manceuvres used on the 4th of Jnne, or )2th - of 'August., with the exceptiou of firing. This has Strengthened. the report of an approaching visit -of the PRINCE .REGENT, and partivolarly as the orders direct that the spection, or review, shall take place every Sunday at the same groom,! and 'time, till further notice.— (Plymouth and Dock Telegraph, Aug. 2) Letters received in the course of last week, at Ports:nolo h, state the.deathuf Colonel CHAMBER LAYNE, who was serving IR the Patriot Army: he fell at the capture of Barcelona. He has left a widow (daughter of J. HAYNES, Esq. of "Ports motith Dock yard) and two orphan children. Tuesday the 36th regiment, nearly 900 strong, commanded by Colonel CROSS, embarked at Ports mouth on heard the Dorothy, Aheona, Regulus and Trent transports, for the purpose of proceed ing to the Mediterranean. They will sail as sti)on as the wind will. admit, under the agency of Lient. brtIALIT, Royal Navy. • hn consequence of there riot being apartments for many of tire Officers of the Royal Marine Ar tillery, at Fort Moncton, it is understood di e t part of Haslar Hospital will be appropriated for their reception, in order to save lodging money. The plan has been submitted to the cowidera t ion of the' Admiralty and- instruction for carrying the &ma bare into elect are daily expceted. PARIS, :TULY 30: THE LATE DUEE. WIT) I Wrote to yuu the other day, I told you I would endeavour to learn all the particulars Of the affair which terminated so fatally,in the death of General Count ST. MoxYs. By the gleateSt good fortune I have been pertnittcd to see several important documents in regard to this cruel busi- ness, and which throw considerable light upon most parts of it. The whole of the affair, which concluded with the duel between Gtmeral de St. Morys nod a M. Barbie'. alloy, is generally' considered here as an affair purely-political, •and the aletails I have since procured strongly 'confirm this fact. It is uni versally talked of, particularly among (lie higher circles, and all seem to think that the General has, iu faLt,- been sacrificed to intrigue and which can be traced back for a considerable period, and to persons of no small consequence.— Before relating the events of the last four months, I mast state a few facts of the two individuals themselves. M. le Compte de St. Morys was a Marechal-de-Camp. a General in the Army, and Lieutenant in the Due de Mort chy's company of the '' Garde du corp du-Roi." He had emigrated with his lather at an early age, aml had served- in the . nifty of the Prince de Cond6. His father perished in the unfortunate business at Quiberon. In consequence of their attachment to the Royal Family they lost neatly the whole of a very large property, with the ex - -. ception of a small • portion, - which the . Count's': mother, who is still alive, managed to preserve by remaining in France.• He was one of the first persons to declare himself for the testoration of the Monarchy, both in his person and by his writings. He followed the Icing to Ghent, and returned with hint on the Bth• of July, 1815. Ot his private virtues it is unnecessary to speak. His friends and acquaintance know them well—his enemies cannot but acknowledge them. This man had enemies ; and who was that: enemy who dared to lift his arm against such a man ? How will be appear before his Maker ? what will he be thought of by his countrymen ? His name is Bar bier Dufoy, and he is, I believe, from the neigh bourhood of Comte de St. Morys' estate. I know not whether .he was born a gentleman, but he entered early into the Revolutionary Army, where he became a Lieutenant-Colonel. He is said to have.been guilty of great extortion. He did not remain . in the army, but purchased with the money he bad procured about the half of General St. Morys' estate, with the family chateau, which he pulled down. He lives there upon one he built. It is said also, that he was a spy in the pay of Buonaparte, and that at pre sent he is on terms of friendship; or at least con nected, with the Minister of Police.—On the 21st of this month these two men fought, first with pistols, which were ineffectual, and then with swords, when the Count was run through • the heart, and instantly expired. It is per haps worth - while to remark, that the latter was most extremely short-sighted, and the former was a left handed swordsman, which till that moment was unknown to the Count.— There is said to be a Frenchman now in Paris, who has• fought an immense number of duels,. and who has always. killed his adversary. He begins the contest fencing with' his right hand, and then suddenly changes •h is sword - to his left, which so put his antagonist off his•guard, as to become an easy victim, not to his valour, bit to his murderous tricks. But to proceed, it is not very difficult to conjecture -what was the cause of quarrel, knowing that he had in many instances injured St. Morys, and naturally hated him. When the Count returned to. France, he had interest enough to get returned to him a disputed part of his estate, which was not sold. M. Dtany immediately insisted that this part belonged to the estate itself, and, therefore, as be had pur chased half that estate, he was entitled to a moiety of what was now returned. He brought the mat ter to a legal issue, and, of course, was defeated. There is said to be a letter extant which Dufov wrote to the Deputy of the Count (St. Morys was Mayor of his Commune), in which he said he would either cut the Count's throat, or get it cut by his comrades of the Garde du Corps, for lie must be dead before April. Another cause of. the quarrel bas been stated to have been the de mand of the count's daughter in marriage, which, if made, was properly and indignantly refused. — The Count had, and perhaps in a certain degree justly, incurred the displeasure of the King, and most. certainly the hatred of the Minister of the Police. He had interfered (he was too good a Royalist not to interfere) in the last Elections with the interests of M. de Caze; and it is said contrary to the wishes of the King. The love of his country' got the better of his character of a Courtier. At the elec tion for Beauvais he exerted himself very mach for the Royalist C:lndidate,- and, it is said, was the cause of his being chosen. And this after No - had received a message from the king, by the Duke of Estissac, not to vote for this candidate. He is even said to have matte this message public at die election, His motives were good. He meant to serve his king and his country, but his conduct was misrepresented. Nay, it is said, but with what truth I know not, that the king shortly . before the duel said to the Diie'de Mouchy, " Is M. St. Morys to continue in your company ?" Such a question from a Sovereign is, we know, an ab solute expression. Such a speech, I know, will account for ,the Due Ale Moucley's strange and va cillating measures, in first approving. M. de St. Mot ys' conduct, and alterwardS ordering hint, not to take- his turn of service ; but I must - hope and believe that the King could not make such a speech of a' faithful and devoted servant, unless his thiud'hadVeen i tioisoned‘ against him by mis representation and calumny. However, upon the business of the election I mean mot to justify him. His motives were good, but he forgot that he was a servant of the. King. If his conscience permitted him not to vote for the candidate of the Minister, he should have absented himself from the election, and not publicly oppose!! him, I .fear this was more the cause of the Count's being ordered by his Captain not to take4kiv turn of duty, than dissatisfaction at ht . § coniluct in regArd boloy; he Dfic d,e :slouchy niuSt per sonally iiitve Leen iiiisfied not Only 'with what all the Marshalis in France were satisfied with, hut also what'll e had hiniself on the 1-ith June de clared to the ofEc'erS Of his Company to he his Opinfoti. The :slinkier was determined on his dismiss 11, and in this covintry what cannot a Mi nister do? They also tall: here of rather a violent attack. in presence of the Prefect at Beauvais, which he is said to have made, and at the same time against one Of the Alinister3, wits) wished to interfere rather tdo much in the - elections.' It seems, howeVer, vet y that from this period yon may date the ,Origln of those unforttin4te 'cir cumstances which •tihimately cost him his life.— It is Well known, that soon .after this•period they more than hinted that hi; - resiriAtion a; MayOr would he agreeable: He refused to resign, and the Prefect had not sufficient cnergp to displace him. He was afterwards advised 'to give in his commission as Lieutenant of the Gardes (hi Corps. He declined doing so. The other day lie Married his daughter. Here it is the custom for the Kind to sign the contract of marriage for the children of persons of rank and office, and it is considered as a mark of favour. His Majesty was advised to refuse this gratification, upon the plea that the Count's son-in-law was not of a rank sufficiently high in the army; when a few days after he sigh ed the contract of an Officer who was below him. Such are the consequences here of the hatred of Ministers: Such thinks are reported ; if they are true, I blush for my country, rand almost wish to return to your shores, where I •was• formerly so well received, and no longer serve in that army, where the honour of a Gentleman and the bravery of a soldier are not all that is neces sary to obtain the suffrage of those in power. SHIP NEWS. DEAL, AUG. 4.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Bina, POwELL, from Jamaica ; Jane, from Quebec ; and .Union, WILLIAMS, from Ca diz. Came down front the River the IVaterloo, for Bengal.- HARW/CH, AUG. 4.—Arrived the Prince of Orange packet with a mail from Holland. PtiaTsmotmi, AUG. 4.—The following out war&bound ships are detained by contrary winds : Dorothy, Regulus, Trent, and Abeoiia transports, with the 36th regiment of foot on board, bound to Malta ; the Ross, for intim;Ca ; 'Tamerlane, for the Cape ; Hannah and. Eliza, and the Reco very, for the South Seas ; and the Ocean, for New South Wales. The Lucy Maria, Captain BARCLAY, has come hub harbour, HO it is ex pected thPt the troops (the SClar regiment) will disembark to-morrow. PLYMOUTPI-DOCK, AU.G. 2.—By a recent or der from the Admiralty, there i s now fitting at -this Doc k-yard a machine in all respects similar to a part of the gun •deck of a man of war, having quarters for three pieces of ordnance, and which, when completed, is - intended to be placed in the rear of the Marine Barracks, for the purpose of exercising the - whole division of marines at this port in - the necessary manoeuvres of great guns for sea•service ; and as the ?different iirties are deemed sufficiently skilled in this exercise, they are to fire with shot at a Mark from the battery at Devil's Point. Lieutenant 'II:OOLRIDGE, of the Royal Marine Artillery, is appointed to this par 'dollar service. As Britain's best bulwarks arc confessedly her wooden Avalle, we view this al.-. rangement with peculiar sAtisfaction, and we think the Board .deserve well of their country, from whose wisdom so patriotic an order has emanated.—The repose we are at 'present enjoying should not lull us into a fatal disregard of the means when occasion shall call for our resuming that attitude 'our naval power his ever main tained ; and since the necessities of our country have occasioned so vast a diminution, nay, al most annihilation, of herliest defence, it is ne cessary that the remainder be so composed ; that on an etiiergeney they be qualified to instruct that mos't important part of our sea duty, the skilful management of great guns.. Our resources from the merchant service; in the event of a war, will furnish 'us with seamen qualified to conduct . oitr fleets to sea ; but much time and incessant application is necessary to make them expert in gunnery :.hut this arrangement promises much— the dispersion of six thousand marines.through our ships, so qualified by repeated practice, will so materially assist the Officers, that half the usual time and labour will restoreto•the navy its native lustre and pre-eminence. MR. ROGER O'CONNOR. DUBLIN, AUG. I.—This Gentleman left New gate this morning, in order to proceed to the Gaol Of Trim. accompanied by Sheriff Read, Mr. Bournes, gaoler, and undereScort of a strang de tachment of the 16th Dragoons, or Lancers. The Assizes commence on Monday next, when he will be arraigned, and the trial probably proceedad on the following day. The prqserution is . carried on by the General Post-office, and the indictment charges the prisoner with being concerned in a conspiracy to rob his Majesty's Mail. A Jury from the Grand Panel of the County has been summoned on' the 'occasion. 'Air. Justice DALY will preside. Very general anxiety appears to be manifested respecting the issue of this important ease. The town of Trim is already crowded to excess ; all the post-Chaises, and other vehicles generally travelling that road, have been engaged for sonic days past. Several .distinguished cha racters from the r sister kingdom have also come over to be present at the Trial. ROWXNG MATCH .—Yesterday the Annual Prize Wherry, given by the Gentlemen_ of the Funney Club, was towed for by six pairs of oars. The competitors starred from Westminster Bridge", - at hal:%past four O'clock, to row to the second wind mill above Vauxhall, and return to Westrninster Bridge. The first heat was disputed in grand style, 13nd the boat was won by Peter of Pepper-alley, and James Castle, of Wandsworth. The-race afforded great pleasure or; -the River. E 'l' E A 'F!: E. F I NGLI:sH 111-oitAta of Midas, truce in high popularity,. was - re‘ivetl at this Theatre last i v ight. ► Al.3's J. STEVENSON, Who Matte so promising a debut in Rosetta, pctfortned the part Of Daphne on this oechsion, and was (It.- servedly well received: It is httrt4 heces•ary to Say that .1 1 . 7 001 reeeked ail reqnitire styptitt tront iLe cloitic spirit and humour of PEAIIIIAN, one of the oew importations tit (ilia Theatre; acquitted toltrably in Apollo, anti CHATTERLY diSpiliyed much grotrstpie and laugh* able bniontir in Jostire Midge. The litirleita alto gether wits btoiight forward With sbewei effect, ahrl was rittich applanded. BUONAPA R l'E'S CARRIAGE. In our Paper of Friday last we inserted an ex tract from a Brussels letter, in which it was said that the Prince of ORANGE had. BUONAPAIATE'S carriage, and that the one brought to our Go vernment really belonged to MuRAT. We have taken some pains to wicertain this fact, and cart rioWt. confideutly . affirm, in the most , positive fermis, that the - carriage taken at Waterloo by. Bartio Von KELLEn, end brought by him to the PRINCE REGENT, at the express desire of Field- Marshal BLUCHER, is that in which the Ex-Em peror made the cantpaign of Russia, which he afterwArds had At Elba, and in which, accompa nied*by BRRTRANo, he came to WATEttLoo. The assertion that it belonged to MuRAT is absurd, as MURAT was not at Waterloo, and as every article in the carriage i'efuted such a notion—they were all covered with the imperial arms, the initial N. the bees, and of BOoNAPARTE, together with his port-feuille, containing his mannlcripts, since ,published ; - therefOre we may repeat what we have before said, and which our Brussels cor respondent wholly overlooked, viz. that ML7RVI• was not at any time near the scene of action. It is but justice. to Mr. BULLOCK, who has been lot' some time exhibiting the carriage, to correct our correspondent's error. Mr. BuLLocK.purchased. it and its. contents from Government at a consi derable price, and on he express condition that he sbould publicly exhibit it throughout the country. It is rather ludicrous to think that a doubt should slow lye thrown on the identity. of the article, after. it has beets exhibited to more than half a million of people, many of whom, particularly . military characters, have seen it at Elba and IVaterloo, and who were in the habit, at the Exhibition, of making particular allusions to circumstances connected with it, which the sight of the carriage recalled to their memory.— As to Mr. BULLOCK himself, he is so well en titled to the respect of the Public for having so often administered to its gratification in s the va rious assemblage of rare and valuable articles which he has submitted to their inspection, anti is so incapable of lending his name to any impo sition, that we teel it to be a pleasure as well as a ditty to contradict a statement which arose wholly from misrepresentation or mistake. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES. The Marquis of ChOlmondeley and Lord Henry Chol!xende ley, for Paris; yesterday the Hon. Mr. Sloane, on a tourt Miss Morant, fur Sussex ; the Lord Bi.liop of Salisbury, on a visit to his Diocese ; Hon. Mrs. Harvey; on a tour; Lady Mus grave, for Kent ; Miss Dehancy, for Hayes, near Bromley, iq Kent; Lady Blacliett, for her villa, at Thrope-Lee, in Stirrey; Dowager Lady Sheffield, for Lincolnshire ; Dowager Confitesi of Dunmore, for Twickeulnuni Lady Waßace and Mrs. Bar- row, on a tour. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, AUG. 4. SIR MARK WOon Ver SUS GRIFFITITS. Mr. GRIFFITHS 'ittitiresied the Clr.mcellOr, staty lug that he wished to call his Lordship's atten tion to an Act of Parliament, and a legal opinion given in the House of Lords, which he thought bore:particulaily on this case (the, facts of which .have -.already been fully reported in our paper), and were of.great importance in the view he hadl taken of the question. The statute was the 4th Henry IV. c. 23. and the opinion to which he alluded occurred in the decision' of the Lords itt the case of the Duchess of Kingston. His Lord , ship would find it in Hargrave's Hi.ports. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would look cartfuily both at the statute and the opinion. THE VICE CI-h COURT: CHANCERY SOLICITORS. About a pdozen cases ‘vere called over without any person appearing for either side. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said he had talien his seat at ten o'clock, and an hour and a halt had p 59% v elapsed without any business being done, in consequence of the absence both of Counsel awl. Solicitors. Complaitils were often ma.le of the delay of proceedings in Chancery, but this was a delay for which there was no excuse. lie .ti.t blame the Counsel, because they might be cm- • plOyed in - the other Court, but it was the brisinea , . Oche Solicitors to he esent when their causes were called. It was absurd to suppose that he should have the trouble to send the Officers of the Court to look. after Solicitors. If this waste of the tune of the Court continued, his Honour stated, that he would strike out of the roll • alt those causes fur which, when called, no Solicitors appeared. AGAR V. DRINK WATER. Mr. A9AII said, this was a case of exception oil It report of the Master, in which he himself was persollally interested, as were also the Ptoprietois and Managers of the Regent's canal Company.— The matters in questirn were alreddy well known, to his Honour and to the other Court, and it was therefore unnecessary for Dina to detail them. :What he bad now to state was, that notice of the :notion before his Honour had bee:: sereetl'on the opposite party, to which no answer hid been made. fle.- had an affidavit of thi s , an d h e be lieved t h er e was no IlveeSsity for his proceeding f art h er , as h e evils of opinion no opposition would now be made by the Regent's C ftl.il Company'. The Vica-CuascELLon said, since it is so, lq the case . be put down as decided.