The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-14 00:00:00

Further. Varis Papers, to the 10thinst. reached

town last night.
The same system of dark allusion to the Army,
without any direct or official. account, is still'kept
up. An article from LeiNic, dated the 30th ult.
states, that the army, which had suffered much
from extreme cold, " Is posted behind the Nie-
men," and that this measure was necessary, on
stecount of the impossibility of finding good
winter quarters in Lithuania, We readilytelieve,
.that whatever troops were left of the Grand Army
found it utterly impossible to obtain Winter guar-,
tees in Lithuania; but what becomes of the state-'
means in the 29th Bulletin, respecting the corov•
munication of the troops with Wilna, and of what
lino is " the army" behind the NieMen emu-
posed ? Not a word is mentioned in these Papers of
the state and condition of any of the corps which
iormerly composed the Grand Army ; not a
'word of the number of troops which have thus
• taken a position behind the Niemen; not a syllable
of explanation of the causes why they did not go
to \Vilna, or why they went so far from it; how
hfoaA;r came to be separated from' the Army he
commanded, or why he went to Konigsberg.
Upon all these pointi, the most, mysterious si.
hence is preserved. It Is said, on the authority of
a private letter, that the Preach officers at Konigs-
berg, were actually prisoners of war on their pa-
ole. Whether this be so or not, we have no
means of ascertaining, the Gottrnburgh mails not
having yet arrived ; but we . should not be sur-
prized to find it a fact, and We think It , highly.
-probable,. that " the army" behind the Niemen
consists of little more.than Ithcooslatn's corps.
:flad any remnants:of, the other corps, forming the
main army that advanced into Russia, arrived in
this position behind. the Nieinen, it is scarcely
credible that Some exaggerated uecottnt of their
state and condition, and fitness for service, would
not have been given in the .Paris Journals. This
studied silence evidently tends to prove, that all
have been overwhelmed in one common destruc-
tion, or that the survivors onlyexist as prisoners :
the sear and alarM, also, which are betrayed,
strongly corroborate this supposition, Thus we
„find it stated, in an article front Dautzie,
that they have collected there 300 pieces
of artillery ; 'that they are working night and day
in the aralethiti and that the fortress is provisioned
for two years, Why is all this set find), if there
is not an .appichension that Dantzle is about to
be• besieged ? The measures resorted to in the
Duchy of Warsaw spew also tlieir fears, and thus
has this gigantic invasion terminated in anxious
preparations for defence on the part of the in-
. 'cadets.

A Nfeeting of the persons'interested in the build-
ing, equipment., or supplying of East India ships
in the Port of London, was held yesterday at the
City of London Tavern. They came to several
Resolutions, stating the injury that, in their ()pi.
nion, would result to their interests by opening
the East India Triure to the out-ports, and the
wimber of 'persons that would be thereby thrown
out of employ,
We readily admit, that injury may result to the
interests of these gentleman, and of some of the
persons they employ, by opening the trade ; hut,
as we have beMre stated, the partial interests
of the metropolis, however• important, can never
be put in competition. with the general interests
of the Empire ; neither can it be admitted, that
'because an immediate injury will be sustained by
zc definite number of peAsons, in consequence of
tipening the, trade, that rtl erefore that great
►and permanent benefit to the _commerce of the
Empire, which just rea►►oning, a►►d the principles
of sound policy, equally prove must be the result
of that measure, ongbt not to be re'aliLed.

VIC argument of injury to existing interests is
one which may be urged against all great and com-
prehensive measures for the welfare of the Sutte
but It can only be valid as m objection when the
interests injured overbalance the amount of betie-
fit produced bythe propos-
ed measure.' In this use, however, the interests
that may, be injured bear no- proportion to the
immense advantage which must inevitably be de-
rived hunt opening the, trade ; inasmuch as a di-
minution of the'profits of ft certain number of the
saertlant4 and ship-ownurA of Louitoa cannot be