The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-25 00:00:00

DttCii PAPS 8,

Viott,tA,-MAY. B.—The -following official ac-
cotints)*lth respect to the Armies in Italy, have
been iitttlished here
According to details
,received by a Courier
from_ Field-Marshal ,Bellegarde, General Count
Neipperg, with the van of the Austrian Army of
Italy, after having, on the .26th of April, taken
possessiOn of the fortress of?Pizzighetone, entered
Milan on the .28th, amidst the rejoicing of. the
people. On the same day the Italian troops eva-
cuated Mantua, which was entered by the Aus-
trian column under,General Mayer. The Muni-
cipality received him with great soleinnity.
There, as well as at Milan, and in all the towns.
entered by the Austrian troops, the popular feel-
ing is excellent.
GeneraltStanisavlevieb has also taken pos-
session of the s►nall fortress of Boccal'Anso, in
the valley of Sabia ; and all the -Italiin troops
have provisionally taken up their quarters at Ber-
gamo, Crema, Montechiaro, and in their vicinity.
" In virtue of the Convention lately entered
into between Prince Borgimese and idarshal

garde, for the evacuaTiou. of Piedmont and its_
_fortiesseS,• General Count Nugent has been or-
dered, '‘.\:ithorit losS of time, to advance to Alex-,
andria, and to take possession of that fortress, as
well i'lsSal, oft the Bth of May, -the day
pointed for its evacuation
.by the French.—
. Fern:well-es, Tudn, and the other. fortresses on
the right bank or the Po, will in like manner he
• occupied, as soon as the Austtima troops shall
have advanced.
" Marshal Bellegar,le trusts that the-occtipa-
tion of Piedmont will be carried into effect in a
short time, although General Grenier, who was
appointed. to conduct the French into France, has,
contrary to all expectation, infornted him, through
the General of Brigade Comity, that he (Gre-
nier) had received orders croan the Prdisional
Government of France to conclude au Armistice
by which the Tesino and the Scrivia were to form
the line of demarkation. Marshal Bellegarde,
however, declared to him, that he had strict or-
ders to take possession of Piedmont, and that the
Convention with Prince Borghese placed hint
(Grenier) a second time under the obligation of
retiring to France without delay. • This declara-
tion, and the solemn assurance with which it was
enforced, that Marshal Bellegarde would resort,
if necessary, to force of arms, to compel General
Grenier to fulfil all the Articles of the Conventions
entered into, must, in all probability, have, ere
this, removed every impediment ; and there is
little doubt that Pimins9nt is now in the prowi-
sional occupation of the Austrian troops."
FINANCES OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.
The Thiteh Minister of Finance, in a speech
lately delivered to the States General, gave the fol-
lowing account of the expenditure and income of
the United Provinces •
" For the current year, 1814; the ordinary and
extraordinary 'expences of the State may he reck-
oned at 63,500,000 guilders. The revenue to meet
Clis expenditure could not be estimated at more
than 38,480,000 florins, thus leaving a deficit of
25,020,000 florins.
" This picture might, at first sight, seem very
disheartening., tint when more closely looked into,
would appear less alarming ; for this deficit was
caused by circumstances Of such an extraordinary
nature, as, by the blessing of Providence, were not
again likely to occur.
" The expenditure of. 63,500,000 florins might
be distributed under the following heads :
" I. For the income' assigned by the Constitution to th
Sovereign Prince and the Hereditary Wince, 1,600,000 f.
" 2. For the Department of the General Secretary of State,
including- the expences of the meeting of the States-General,
and of the Council of State, 339,581 f.
" 3. For the Horne Department, including the expences of
Dykes, &c.,(waterstaat), 7,180,230 f:
" 4. For the Department of Finance, including the-interest
of the national debt, 22,500,000 f.
" 5. For the Foreign Department: 891,000 f. -
" 6. For the Naval Department, 3,300,000 f.•
" 7. For the-War Department, .23,658,034 f.
" 8. For the Departments/ of Commerce and Colonies,

3,000,000 f. •
" 9. Extraordinary and unforeseen expences, 1,022,132 f."
The Finance Minister proceeds to assign the
reasons why these charges are likely to he greater
than may be expected in future
" The public chests were carried off by the
-enemy as effectually as they could ; the operation
of all the taxes stood still forl., while, and the
loss upon indirect imposts could not be recovered;
the war for a considerable time raged in our in-
terior; the fortresses occupied by the French,
with their environs, produced nothing to the
Treasury ; it required some months. to re-organise
the system of indirect taxation ; and the produce
of convoy duties and licenses only now becomes
considerable from the re%-ival of our commei ce."
After observing that the two first branches of
expenditure would 'remain the same in future, he
proceeds--to state, that " the expellees of the
maintenance, and restoration of dykes would pro-
bably be much diMinished in' future. The ex-
treme neglect in which the late French Govern-
ment had suffered these most esssential establish-
ments to remain, in order to save money for other.
objects, necessarily occasioned extraordinary
wants this year ; but the dykes, when once re-
stored, will not cost more than usual for their
maintenance. ,
" For the department of finance less would also
be required in the ensuing year. On this point it
would he sufficient to state, that the payment of
the interest of the public debt was -so.much in
arrear, that in this year it was necessary to pro-
vide for one and One-hall year's interest. In
future, however, the interest will be paid half-
yearly, and each year will be charged with, its
own burthen,"
The Secretary then proceeds -to state, that undek.
the head of the foreign department less would be

SOLEM QUI S C1.:2.. FALSUAI AUDEAT ?

N,D N,
Tr EDNES DAY, MAY 25, 1814.

We are still without an arrival of French Papers,
and we do confess that this breach in the regular
communications between tire Countries does ap-
pear to us to be not a little extraordinary. 'Some
of our Contemporaries deprecate the anticipation
of evil 'from' this circtimstauce, and others pre-
tend to state the reasons from France why- they
have not heard from that_ Country ; .which
we take to be rather an Irish mode of ex-
plaining the matter. A difference of opinion be-
tween Austria: and France respecting the line of
-boundary is now mentioned as the cause of delay
'in the signature Of the Preliminaries. We shall
nnt repeat the conversation reported to have taken
place between two Crowned Heads on this point ;
nor do we often indeed amuse our Readers with
.these inventions, some of which' are calculated to'
do greater mischief than the innocent one to
which WC have just alluded. •
We mentioned two dayS ago that an obstacle
had arisen to protract the conclusion of the
Treaty... No information has since reached us,
and we can, therefore, communicate none. The
following is front a Morning Paper :
" The latest private accounts which we have
received from Paris, lead us to believe, that
the great work of pacific negotiation will not
be brought to an "end so soon as has for
sonic time past been expected. The chief
baits, And indeed -all the principal points in
the, Treaty, are understood to have been
long since agreedsupon, and the outline' to be
nearly the same as that which appeared in the
Moniteur ; but the settling the boundaries of the
pew States, and weighing our the various indem-
nities, are works of nicety, requiring no small
portion of time and debate. It is now understond
that these matters will not be settled at a Con-
gress, but by Commissioners, named by the late
Belligerents. Our Correspondent writes, that be-
tween 30 and 40,000 of the British troops arc to
be einbarked it, the Garonne fur Ireland; and a-
latge body for America."

,The American Papers, by the Chauncey, are to
the 10th ult. 'one day later than those from which
we extracted, the chief contents on Tuesday, the
17th inst, and consequently add little or not43ing to
the information there given. The Private Letters,
to which we have formerly alluded (and which
we have not seen), assert that the Embargo and
Non-IMportatiim Acts have passed in the ,House
of. Reprtsetitatives, and will pass in the
.Senate.

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Which story we most potently disbelieve
tioleebPell'ag'r r°Ceeda bto'Y Cl': I iEt° -P.:
(ICtiv6ml.l:mitinetlY;
'rib et;e.accounts thhi, that the new
aAinflesll:o°o'lo,lo'l
was for 25,000,000 Of dollars, n
more in the nature of Exchequer Bills, and o(71
10,000,000, as bas been assert (l ; and 11'41.' c':3;
ilieglists were
trary to what has been said, harn•C
about with very little effect. It was bored that
t!
•
Commercial facilities afforded, by witi"."'"c!na'
the restrictive laws, would give eff,st"' •
once to the loan. 'The military prepaiat'''
eve
u
been carried o with great activists:, but theY''
suspended in some &wee, under the sir' or 1-,
Ili
suasion that peace would ender theta'inexPedie
.
and Unnecessary. Tw6 Ritssian Vessels were rea
to sail from NeW Yo'rk, the blockade with reg'
leo,,
rrl
il
to them having been removed by instructions fr'n
the British Admirtil.
seen
The Americans and their Government Seel-
e cd
think that it will be quite as easy'to make 2-3 .
S
when they chute, as was to make War. Peci:jri
lation is already- busy with them to ionvidc-
,
the new Cominerce which thry are afloat.°
atilt
cede to Great Britain.—flappilv for prit3'l' be
•
for. Europe, however, there are two parties t°
oc
consulted on this-business,' and this Count', tdr
, •
has a will of leer own. According to- that
we have ?, double object to keep in view 'in ell-c
ing again into-pacific relati-ons with ,Z Goverl'icot
which so basely and unprovokediy plt.ngecl'ntc'd.
war against us. We have to look to thefirtrics` -
rt
broadest setthnnent of our inter.:sts,tc: atorial,e
ntercial, and political—(all old treaties beidc.
- j
stroyed by existing hostilities)—and-in d";'"'' .s.
of
we have narrowly to examine the charaete''
•
those with whom we are entering into a C('"'' 1,5 t
By the latter we shall, he obfe to ascertain `cich
kind of binding is likely to be permanent with sir
•
op.
slippery Gentlemen ;' for as a Man would on` 're',
the word of a highwaymaa, or rely upon t" Poe
mise of a convicted felon, so neither ought - •otol
tion to repose confidence-on a GoVernaleat 11sty
rious for forgery and concealed hatred,'"
would upon an honest, honourable Cabinet.. to,
We acknowledge that these are serious
Lions upon a Government, and we deem it
to mention onr grounds for making, them•
few days since, warmly recommended to tbe'''.
si".
lie a masterly Pamphlet, which sets the Ve rher
of Impressment utterly at rest. There is "r°.,ou
Publication, which is equally conchrive' -
t re
the subject of the had faith of the.Americii:s clt
sident and his partizans, and Which prese'':- sbeir
a collection of their mOnstrous acts.to Pr°:et re-
unworthiness even to be treated with, conllooll
spect, that it ought never to be lost sight 6."-i tit
a It
elating with persons of the descriptioo tlle'
;, )
tuere established to be. We allude to the adiulitii,e
review of Inchiquen, the Jesuit's, Letters' k" 0`
r
last number of the Quarterly Review----o'.
ratlje
the American Jesuit, INGEasoLL's, Prudlic,:cao
under the above false name.; for are A;neric°-
scarcely publish a book without a stratagd
The undeniable evidence of fraud and b'isej
r pr's
T
detailed in the animadversions upon ti;'; s air)
Atlantic puff-national, we:l Merits the in°st ''°l;sl#
tire perusal of the Public, as well as th' c-„it.6
deration of those who are appointed to n°`
°'
with Yankee Commissioners. co°'
As: for the war ivith America, sO puny en" 3
temptible is it considered, that even-our Ilevel:10f
Divines are puzzled how to perform souse Pr.rti;-.)c
the Morning Service.—The prayer, "In tlic •ez
0. pi-
of war and tumults," entreating Cod t° e'ar
and deliver us from the bands of °(".er of
.rb
mies," is now omitted by a great nu'4l,ose
our most devoted and. loyal Reader'
sod •tv
ern
who still think it necessary to adopt -e tor
G
pause ; for while they sincerely thank„orate
having saved and delivered its from thcii);--
„ laic
foe with which
,• our country way tioa
threatened, the idea of such a "PPlic:loo'
an
tothe Almighty `tto 'abate the pride, 11 t/le
found the devices;" and to avert from °
Mgr'
evils which JAMES MADISON'S- Govern'wellt scr
• r, 15
inflict on this Land of Freedom and Liber''‘,'i the
ludicrous that. it 'puts the risible muscles -
most pious to the test.

•cell

report on the' Corn Bill The re • t, the'.
night in the liobSe of Commons, and tbe :-Irs . i
consideration of this most important q"e-tis°;*
postponed to the 6th of June. 'We 11311 this Pi°- e•
pisonae..nit
'late
tr
eit
i;leirlitoedwoofrctliiseosuieldssiowne_ll—autcliievv6ets
().of‘' hype
lion
ihoant
o thist..., i
fd eal
any;
del:►y
~.. i s I 1 (-1 the 3(1°11‘.
only tie pre.u-e to ,
i—o the
a very temporary ineasUre I
present, to afford time for a close and ill•
ti'l-
vestigation into all the bearings of this ,s
tiOnal subjccr: was reeet.
, i point
for an ' instant determination upon this vi"' ,
, rre,
have beertrstaggered by the arguments of the ._ll,
and the very general expression of
It is evident.thai then:l:lit'
the °Pii'lur,
of the Pt'epie. Let tbese arguments be eve .Y..:
liouel ill ag

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. , .
wderlY, quiet, and cOnstitutional attrel., tO•cte-
c'arerhy Petitions' to "the Legi's attire, their ap-
Prehensions of tlie'obvns tt.,,delie.y of the pro-
\
Msed ;oils
enactine!lt, and wti
e will e bound to. say,
that the entail of high 'prices upon the Country
toast be abandoned.
%11) knows !
tiu,, • every article of human consump-
" IS soinehoW or other. maintained at prices
4fileiently . exorbitant. 't 'e are told from the
(lit
Y,
the nay, we see it on the face of the returns of
-4arkets, that in all mercantile, commodities,
aril
in all colonial importations, there has been a
l'ery .
fully Peat declension of price:- on an ,up average,
Y3O per cttit. How comes it, then, that the
artilles which thus fall in the 'wholesale, are kept
tip in
th
p
iti d.,1 e retail; and that neither mercantile m.-
°-""es
',l: nor colonial produce are, in an adequate
eree' cheaper to the consumer than they were
t
Ito el
""tlis ago I . The smile observations apply
Theil: cliarges for butchers' meat. We read in
u'rliiitn'lllthtl Journals of-meat at from ,1t1...t0 Sad.
noticed 3----i n AJA'')qon and its vicinity, as we yesterday
. .
llighei' It
-is kePt up to from 10d. to 15d. and even
it w. Puner, too, with malt at half the price
-s• a ye• • - still s'l per pot, and the
al ago, IS 72' •
9sttig.litLl riot Milelt improved. All these things we
ti, state
"t only with the view of proving that
t)el's soniething rotten" in the compacts and
:.111°ioations by which, even in a fair compete-
;un,
-dii
11 e high rates of necessaries are continued
al, le Purchasers, but also' to deduce thence an
gt""
ado tof Dow extremely uncalled-for` it is to
to
of I.f, the probable- expellee of that prime staple'
0f,:.; Corn, by a Legislative enactment in aid
1114le natural disposition' of the sellers to get as
jtth ft n' it as they can. • i.,
Colki,i,
a proud thing for the Press to have ac-
Th: 'shed what it has done ; and ,We pledge
41;4N to the Country, pot to abandon these
0 Jetts e
till it has improved the eoncli,ion of 'the
V or duct ini?hiling classes.
117,, be
4(ivt... g to point attention to the PITT Club
litteinerit inthis.day's Paper. How sublime
•
at tin,
of n 4 bright era is the triumph of the principles
Avi.-lat great' Patriotic and revered Statesman!.
In 1 how 'illicit consciOns pride have his Fol-
vve ,
4pe,t4ecivarttse to -rejoice in the-salvation of Eti-
-41 ,
ected by- an unshaken perseverance
'ale „„,.
4t,,,,,...,:(1'1tieal system which•emanated from hii
it,[1,,‘,..ti." antic!, checked the course of daring
Peace ' aid finally' secured the, happiness, the
it ha4;41.1d the infiepen- de' rice .of all Nations, while
aisd „ „ ,
Pitch of i• , our own Country Wadi' unexampled
iory.

_ .
16 leCatholick Question is not to be agitated. in
t
' atlialnent t`'ls Session. Its Supporters think it
14f4jeat for the present year to distract Ireland.
LO d
n., NIELvILLE held this
N-4,44 morning, at the
R oAda-i
),,a Levee for the Officers of the y, 4v5, WC b
• The Earl
numerously attended.
4)1(i
le"
was
T. the lion.. Capt.
I.iLke4Ll44vAY, Admiral r. SMITH,
V1(w°"11.-iic.13tc. were present.
,
Iva•()'leiaY at two O'clock a Cabinet Council
"e'
• ' - • - Office.
Tii dI the Foleli,.n
4ti e it'lssian Ambassador had 'a long audience
:" PRINcE REGENT ) esterday. .
Iviti,',liklite of YORK' transacted military buSiness
x; the PRINCE REGENT est6rdaY*
4.
Duke f CLARENCE paid
Iti„"tway morning the °- • t Carlton
11.4 "espects to the PRINCE
-.01„,e
slid the Duke
REGENT a
of C t)" his arrival in London, as li
st, Amili,th,..,E.
J.lle_p. -
1 t party to ilin-
ter „ 4LNrCE REGENT bad a select
tel, Jeszerd:,y,
-,4e liuke of y , hem his weekly Military
4s-cveoet.YeStet(lay, at( his Oilice in the Horse Guaids,
.011ander • Chief.
Letters . to
r‘ :. trout Petersburg!), to the 30th
,tiltitlnnoi:
Ili t!`)11) that in that Capital an Official Coli)! fed:t:l" hadtannotinced the entrance of the
.tCon-
the
of
Lid."' Imops into Paris, and the generosity
,c-io ll'lltreir ALEXANDER. In honour of the
i(ur.
io,, titi`' %ere had been public rejoiehls, and cti .d.
ca" )It'ele tlights the illuminations were contin
thee
lan"
00 London had not varied, and
the
event,
.itill,4l.itteti. In lie full exifietation of
In the IN''°4l,oo of roubles had been, deposited
.
a sit • 'lti°llal sank, to take advantage of such
uation
lite lit, •
‘11) fistages •in America ~had not been given
nogo the lutil
of
Apr.,.
ii The produce vt co
sititedritnt!le greater part of the finite(' States,n(ii 441.37 htl,-vlts growth, was much ' below the „ A. te
."t•
AlAy cltusitiort bas been received by the Loan
r
e4ll-in" fru"' a great number of the Livery, •t(
ahiee
4., a Common Hall on an early dap, to con: 14''' the
Propriety of petitioning both Houses f
‘lorri:11141-'t -.against -the proposed alteration in- the
1)e thou awl to devise such measures as may
iciaallbi°t;g:laltiiir7st effectual to prevent so great a
upon the mass of the people, and
k•in,l°E(l3llip has appo',ltted Friday next for holt--
~-,le Paarle ' Also to submit_ to the Livery some
the "641°, s. relative to the Older in Council for
(:lAn'°`-lia(le of the ports of Norway. HENRY
„--- \:Rtt l'as paid the fine of "400/. and 20 marks
kr L
,be Chamber, to be excused serving Sheriff
)10 • )11`10n and Middlesex, .to which he was lately'
iniinlted.
...,r(line Cr.Yer of Wakefield was ordered to cry, in
Lattle•Alarket i Wednesday, the following
ttatice , o'
•--- lo all stockjobbers, butchers,
_and
trh•ciets.._.c • •
.
Niel : Ins to give notice,. that tallow has
wil t ni price 2s. (id. per stone ; sheep skins,
tn:i it w0"1°0, 7s'. each ; beast hides, 10s. each ;
t, is•expected cattle will this day lower iu
Pr.cTurtiou,

'l.
NA VAL NEWS ;

Saturday last; being the Birth-day of the Du-
chess of OLDENBURGH, iliC fleet in the Downs,
under the cournand of hi.s Royal
,HighneSs the
Duke OCLAgEt;ce, tired a Salute on the oeca-
sion, and the Officers of the Jason frigate gave
a grand Dinner and Ball, in honour of their late
Illustrious Visitor. It wills be remembered • that
the Duchess came to England in the Jason.—On
Sunday last the Officers of the JaSon -dined on
hoard the Royal Sovereign yacht with the Duke
of CLARE CE and yesterday the Duke was ex-
pected to dine on board this Jason. His Royal_
Highness's affability and great condescension,
to
the Officers under his command is universally ad-
throughout the fleet :—they are not ex-
pected to sail from the Downs for Calais until the
29th instant.

DEAL, MAY 24.—Caine down from the River
the Lord Duncan East Imliaman, and remains:
Arrived his Majesty's ship Alonzo from Jersey,
Tigress frigate frOm.Shevrness, and about 40 sail
of transports, &c. from Portsmouth, the chief
pert of which, with the Earl Moira East India-
nian, are sailed•for the River.—Wind N.W.

FALMOUTH, MAY 22.—Sdi:sed the Speedy packet
for Lisbon, with a mail.

MuroßD, MAY 21..-00 Wednesday last, the
sloop Perseverance, HARats Master, was, in a
calm, driven on the Bishops,
,and immediately
sunk , and disappeared. The crew, fortunately,
saved themselves, by getting the boat over the
side the instant she struck the rocks.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Apollo from the Mediterranean, and is put
ander quarantine. Arrived his MaieSty's ships
Conflict, Growler,' Tyrian, Hope, and Misletoe,
from the Fiend) Coast, having landed prisoners
from England. Also arrived the Belvidere and
Regent, with•troops, from Guernsey, and a few
other ships, not itnrirtant. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Steady for Cherburgh, and the following
transports for Woolwich, without convoy, riz.—
Bridges, Emperor. Alexander, William Sihba
Marmion, Thomas and Mary, Unison, Liberality,
and Rover. Put back to Spit,hrl his Mljesly's
ships Newcastie.and Erebus, treti sailed yesterday,
fOr Alt ricer.—=Wind Westerly.

The Fox, Hone, of and from Pool, to New-
foundland, 'vas taken on the 16th inst. by the
Surprise scho:wer privateer of Baltimore, of 10
guns, IS-rounders, but suffered toptoceed, after,
taking out the most valuable part of her cargo,
and putting on board the crew of a brig she•had
captured the day hefgre.
The Fidelity, HUNTER, of North Shields, and
the James and David, of Dundee, were captured
on the 18th inst. Off Cape Clear, by an American
schooner prirate\er, of 10 guns, 18-pounders, and
9G men. She burnt the former, dismasted, the
latter, and then gave her up to the crews of the
two vet..elS : she was towed into Ballewore the
same day.