The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-09 00:00:00

FRENCH rAfrAIS.

PAIUS, SEPT. 30.-• It is probable that 'General
Lefebvre Desnouettes has entirely defeat" Gene-
ral Thielrnan, as we have tO.4lav received all the
letters dispatched Irons the 19th to the 24th in-
clusive. The letters of the 24th arc dated from
Harten, near Bisalloirs'atrdas, upon the right
bank of the Elbe, five leagues front Dresden upon
the.Silesian road. All those letters were probably
detained at thesame post station,
,where the e ern.
munication was. waited fur to be Te-establialied;
in order to forward them. 'VI avellara who at the
same moment arrived at Aloyeni.e, said that this
communication had never been interrupted but by
some patroles consisting of from eight to ten ca-
valiers each ; they reported that they were the
advanced guard of more considerable eorpa, ‘vhich
' have not appeared, and it was, us has been seen,
but a false alarm. It beSideS appears by the' ac-
-counts of travellers'' . that the roads - were never
shut, and !that it was only out of lirecaution,the
Estafettes suspended their Journey. What is cer-
tain is, that no Estafette has fallen into the
euemy's power.
, AUGSBURG, SEPT. 23,1—According to the last
intelligence from Vienna, the value of hills of 'ex-
change daily diminishes. All the measures 017,
temptett.hy Government to raise the course of ex-
change have failed, will this giradual depreciation
can only be attributed to the false system adopted
by Austria. As soon as there is a hope of peace
the'exehange gets better ; when war was a ques-
tion; vacillated : since the declara.tinn appeared,
it .has constantly declined, and it i no longer
.known where the evil will stop.
Tlie report of aw approaching towards an ac-
commodation between the belligerent powers,
particularly that • of Austria with France: was
lett)), spread at Vienna, and produced a moment
Ut.st, SEeT. 2,l—The cloud with ''which late
events were endeavoured to he obscured, has by
degrees diSsipated, and we learn with satisfaction,
that the reports circulated by the :.enemies of
France are entirely false and unfounded. These
reports, we must say it, were eirculiited by' cer-
tain classes of merchants, alwiya-Seeeetly attach-
ed to the British interests. Some spectilatOrS in
muslins and sugars believed that the happiness of.
France, depended upon. maritime' entnniercei but
forgot, that to insure-to all nations the *constant
:enjoyment of that happiness, the maritime tyran-
ny of a sin.fte one must be destroyed. Others, more
guilty, only thought of profit and loss
.; incapable
of any honourable speculation, they wished, to
gain millions by the sudden variations of the
ebullient exchange. Those two elasie.; of mer-
chants farm in every cbuntry in Etirope.en invisi-
ble Church, the members of which,lirmly united,
give and receive at the same instant the same im-
pulse. It is not therefore' astonishing, that by
means of this secret, but very active league, bad
news is circulated with rapidity.
'Nothing can equal the constancy with which the
French soldier has borne up against the bad ivel-
ther and scarcity. Whole divisions have hi
volt:Ached in the fields in our neighbourhood, in-
undated in tonseintenee of the violent rains which
fell on the 26th' and 27th August. The fruit-trees
have alitictl4.l a great resource for them. Our
garrison consistat of 8004). men. Posterity, as
well as. contemporaries, will admire the genius
which knew heti tit fortify, in some moments, a
city which offered so few.resources in this respect,
so as to resist an army of 120,000 men.
FRANKFORT, SETT. 25.-;--Tlte Duk& of Cas-
tiglione's coi-0, the beadquarters of which are
at Wurtzburgh, at the departure of the last ac-
counts, has received considerable reinforcements.
Yesterday and to-day a considerable Midler of
troops coming front France arrived bete..
SEPT. 28:—We recall the following reflections
in a German paper
"It is Icnuo that England, Russia, and Prussia, hays
created a paper money, guaranteed by the three powTrs. In
supposing the most fortunate case, that is to aLy, admitting
that this new riper money obtains in -the saints proportion
the sioue credit us each 'of these ettarantteiae ewers, it is
easy to calculate the. Into fide it can harel.--English hank
notes lose 30 per vent.; the Russian bank bills are-at the
rate of 450 ;set. cent. for money ; tile: notes upon the. Prussian
Treasury lose tin pc: cent. Now, each of these three Powers
guarantee a third of the paper money; ,thus,-at.the moment
even of its issuing the tlnrd guaranteed.by /England, is worth
in the proportion of 26 1-ad for 33 ; that by Itussia,_ . I 1-81 ;
and That by Prussia la stifling these thirds, i re-
snits, that one hundred florins in paper money is only ,eorth
47 4-21 in cash. It is. evident that those. Coalesced- 'salvers
wish to carry on.,the war at the expense of Vie Gerti)an coun-
tries, which they.would base inundated ssith then': paper, to
which they would liityc given a forced circnlatiu. • litre then
is a new Motive for the people of the Confedelo,tion of the
lthine to earnestly desire.tharsaeh enemies ;',1,0111d not. enter
001 territories."' • ;

PARIS, SEPT. 30.--The circles of the iapitidsare
occupied in discussions more or less interesting
relative to political and military events. The
most just observation, we have heard refers to the
parallel to be made between the contest %vhieli
now engages the attention of all Europe, and the
war which broke .out' towards the middle of the
last century. These liktiwic4l comparisons of
events' frequently hare au influence on our man-
ner of seeing and judging of things, and though
they may ,never have an analogy perfectly just,
they nevertheless make on the mind a lively and
profound impreqsion. Here th© relation of po-
sitions is by no means exact., but it presents some
points suf?iciently reinarkxble. The coalition w
formed by the same meanS, the war undertaken
for the same end, and kindled on the same theatre.
Frederick, a great Captain, a treat politician, be-
came formidable by his valour, and by his genius
attracted all the eyes of Europe. A Prince who
appeared so superior in the art of Government,
and raised himself to so high a degree of glory,
could riot but give umbrage to all others. Envy,
covered with the mask of policy, enters eveu into
Courts.

Austria could not forgive Frederick for his seizure
of Silesia, and his continually increasing influence
in Germany. She excited against him eveiy
.rind in 1757, at the time When be iOytified
Dresden, he saw burst upon him the united armies
of France, Austria, Russia, Sweden. and the cir-
cles of the Germanic Einpite: At the same mo-
ment the French army, mil that of the Empire
united, to the number of 80,000 men, penetrated
Into Saxony 20,000 Swedes- attacked Pomei a-
oin,loo,ooo Austrians invaded Silesia, and 00,000
Russians advanced through 'Eastern Ans4ill.--4
Surrounded hi, enemies so sane for In number,
Frederick falls with the rapidity of lizittuing,

smnetintes.on one, sontetimeson the other ; enters
hit() :Roitemia,menaces Pra;cue, defeats the French
had the troops of the Butpire at 1i,3 teach hastens
into Silesia, and gakis the decisive battle of Lissa
over the Austrians. Mancenvring around fiche=
ntia; covering Silesia, which •vas the object of the
war, and Saxony which he had madeohis camp.;
harassing incessantly his numerous enemies; Fre-7
derick seemed to find himself at the head of
armies. However, fortune was not always faith-
ful—beaten at Iloclikerk, completely defeated at
Kunerstlorf, lie saw his communications interruot-
ed, his capital taken, his provinces invaded, 41111
his own troops discouraged-who would then
have dared to •promise him the conditions which
he dictated at the peace of 1763 In fact, his fall
appeared imminent but he remained calm, ob-
served the mistakes of his adveraries, supplied the
inferiority of his numbers by the activity of his
mOvements, placed himself boldly between the
great armies of the enemy, defeated them in their
tunas at IlOyerswerda, at Leignitz, at Toi•gati,
regained at once Saxony and Silesia, forced the
allied powers to a peace, and re-entered his capi-
tal amid the 'acclamations of all EnrOpe, to enjoy
there the fruits of seven yetirs of labours and vie-
torie,J.

Certainly, if ever the hopes of a coalition ap-
peared to be %veil founded, it was at the 4inteWben
that of which we have been,speakiug, had et ushed
Ivith the weight of its numerous' forces, a poor
country, without resources, without finances, and
it may be said, without fv national army ;
yet, if that in its ertterprize, if a Prince
honed for temerity was able to vantittiih so. at tny
confederated Sovereigns, withwhat vain illusions
does the present coalititin flatter itself ! it is not
a state without population, a country without
wealth, a Prince without allies which it provokes
to the comb it , but-innumerable forces, vast and
fertile countries, an immense empire. It
.is
France, Italy, Naples, Denmark, Saxony, and a
great part of Gerripatty-,—it is a people familiarized,
during twenty years, with every kind of triumph
Sottreign who has taken the capitals of his Cite-,
sties, sub)ugated their provinces, and defeated
their armies. What comparison can be made be-
tween the resonrces which Prussia then possessed,
and those which the French Empire at present pre-
sents ? Between the genius which raised for a
moment that secondary power, and the genius
which presides over the eternal dest.inies of the
great empire :? ' •

we.rely less on the courage of our own
cltildren'th►►n Frederick relied on the constancy of
soldiers who were attached only to his fortune ?
No doubt 'l►ir first campaigns pail procured him
the confidence of his troops ; but what Were the
battles of Mollowitz and Prague compared with
the prodigies to which we have been witness din•-
lug twenty years, and that immortal clay of
Jena, on the next after which there remained
only the memory of the labours of this same
Frederick ?

Let uur enemies then renounce those deceitful
hopes, which have so 164 caused. them to drer.m
of the humiliation of a people of whom their en-
terprizes have founded the glory, and their ambi.!
ton COTlVAidated the power.
In vain may they colour their rash attacks with
the sounding names of liberty and independence.
They talk to us, with emphasis, of generous and
liberal ideas, and they mistake that noble sentt7
ment which causes us to repel the commercial ty-
ranny of England. 'They' declare against what-
they call continental preponderance, and they
blindly second maritime preponderance. But France
will never submit to the fetters which are proposed
to her. .Tortyinilhons. of brave and industrious
men will not endure 'humiliation, and sooner or
later the seas, shall be opened to .their activity,
us the roadS of Continent have been to their
courage.