The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-24 00:00:00

MONDAY, OCTOI3ER 24, 1814.

VICTU.ILLIWG-OPPICE, Oct. 17, 1814.

TIE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING
H 1 21.11.1.1. F ,STY'S IV-iPT do her el. give Notice, That
On Friday, the 28th Instant, them will be ready to receive
Tenders in Writing.; sealed up, and treat for TWELVE
HUNDRED MILLE of GOLDSTONE or BROWN WILLOW
RODS (not less than Fort y-eiglzi Inches in length), to be an-
swerable to Samples Of not less 'than 500 each, great Talc),
to be producer:' with the • Tenders ,to be delivered into his
Majesty's Fie:nailing Stores at--. Deptford ; the first deli-
!cry, to take place in November next, and the whole to.be fur-
nished by the 00th t!f ..4prillallowing; and to be paid for by
Bills, payable with Interest, Ninety days after date..
The Conditions. of the Contract may be seen at the Se-
cretary's Office.
No Tendo-lbr a less quantity than )00 flhillc will be attend-
ed :tor nor will regard be had to any in which the Price
-shall not be inserted in words at length, or that skull not be
delivered to the BuctrY before One o'Clock on the said 'Fri:
day, the 2,3fi Instant, nor unless tfze- Person who nzakes the
Tender, or s.me Person on his behalf, attends, to answer
when called for.

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.BRUSSELS AND FRANKFORT PAPERS,
(RECE;VED LATE LAST N1911T.)

_GHENT; OCT. 17. r--We know nothing of the.
Congress in this town, except that the' Plenipo-
tentiaries of the two Powers receive from time to

time dispatches, and exchange diplomatic notes;
but the contents of both :the dispatches and the
notes are hidden f►om the public in 'impenetrable

secrecy. •
Thit.',American Negociators are upon the point
of makings a
,tour to Brussels and Antwerp, asp well
as the other considerable cities of Belgium, to
view all that isitemarkable in them.
NEWS FROM THE FRONTIERS OF FRANCE, OCT. 8.
FRANKFORT, Commandants of
the fortresses of,Alsace have received, it is ;aid,
within these few days; from the-Minister of War,
orders .tO put those 'places on the 'Peace Estabe
lishmeat. , These nteasures are to be put into-im-
mediate 'effect. The cannon which} defended the
outworks, as well as the greater part, of those on
the ramparts; are consequently replaced in the ar-.
senals ; the pailis-ades tire taking up,' the super-
fluous fortifications being demolished, and the
number of persons employed diminished. These
changess had not been 'made till now, because
the Decree which put an end to the state of siege,
continued these fortresses the state of Nvar.-
The duration of this state of war has been
hitherto very expensive. On the • whole, this
new measure proves how little foundation there
was for the apprehensions.of those who predicted
a new war, and fancied they every where saw in-
dications of it. The disarming of the-fortresses
along the -Rhine, and -especially the destruction
of the palissades; fwhich..cost.nch griiat sums last
autumn; evidently proves ho-w
much the French
Government counts on the du-ration of peace.
Last winter rite houses, the gardens, the plan-
tations round the fortresses in Alsace, were wholly
destroyed': this measure ''as executed with
particular rigour: at"Refort,, 'lluningen, 'at
Schlestadti; .The vast building§ of the Post-
office; and of several large inns before that, town,
were razed. ""]Toga tres; is left round Befort and
Huningen. The environs of Besa?lcbn are now
but a desert, • though 'that 'town was not even
'threatened with a serious attack. Since the con-
clusion of p6itee, the inhabitants bad begun to
erect afekV" buildings, and to lay out gai-dens with-
out side the gates s but, by an order of the Corps
"of Engineers, these works liaise been suspended,
and what has been done is•to'be denvilished, be-
cause it is intended to abide by the regulations of
an imperial. decree published three years ago,
which -forbids all building and-new plantations
svithin 300 toises of the outermost works ;
nn-
auerous remo-nstrinces have been In'ade on this
subject to the higher authorities, and' their deci-
sioii ifeXpected. •
SiMilar measures hate' 'been taken on the right
bank of the Rhine. The Austrian Commandant
.has Ordered -the inhabitants of the village of Kehl,
:which was beginning t`6' rise from its ruins, to
suspend their work building till the fate of Fort
iehl should be decided. It is said, that it will
be declared a•fortress of the German Empire, and
that the town and the- village, which, in a mili-
tary View, belong to the fort, will also be consi-
dered as belonging exclusively to "the 'Emperor.
Jo this case, the plan of the works would be
.wholly changed, and the most Ihrtified point,
which was on the-land side, Would he then orrthe
bank of the Rhine.' This is probably the ground
of the above measure. '
I At Strasburgh they ba've the plan to fortify in a
;formidnble manner the 'island in the Rhine, be-
; •
!tw`een that town and Kehl, anti to erect there,
ItoWa-rds'the grand 'arm of the Rhine, a new fort,
which would in some measure indemnify France
for the los's of Kehl. , But the execution of this
project would require vast eXpences, and there
being at this moment no funds for the purpose, it
will be necessarily deferred to a future time.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 19.—The. three bosons con-
structed under the French Government at Ant-
werp have been open since the 15th for merchant
ships and fishing vessels; uphn payment of a duty.
Some patriots celebrated yesterday, in social par-
ties, the anniversary of the memorable 18th of
October, which delivered so many nations from
the brigandage of Man of the Isle of Elba.

Professor THOUIN, of the Jardin des Plantes at
Paris, has made a present to the Hull Botanic
.Garden, of 145 packets of seeds of valuable plants,
growing in that astonishing repository.

D.M.TCP, 5tkPt:CV.-ItAt.Pilitti,ft4

, AMER ICA.

According to letters front Halifax, A part of the
naval force employed-on the expedition to the
Penobicot bad left that river; . And accomvanied
;Sir John Sherbrooke and Admiral Griffith to
lifax. The entire pdpnlation of those extensive
districts, conquered from the Americans, does
not exceed 27,000 souls,- the census of 1810 be-
ing only 24,289. The ground includes severk
millions of acres, and is' nearly divided between
the heirs of a Mr. Bingham and the family of
Messrs. Baring. The valuation is under one shil- •
ling per acre. . .
" HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA,-SEPT. 28.--" His Ex-
cellency Sir John Sherbrooke and Rear-Admiral
Griffith arrived in town this m Oro i g ; they are
both in good• The 'Endymion, Pyiades,-
and Sylph, have also arrived front Penobscot.
"- Gilbert Robertson, Esq, who came here last
week in the Newcastle, is now on his way to New
York, where he succeeds Colonel Barclay as Com-
missary-General of Prisoners of War. Colonel
Barclay goes frdm thence to England.
" The India country ship Betsey, laden with
pepper, &c. from. Sumatra for England, is arrived
here. The Betsey was captured by the Hyder
Ally, American letter of marque; 'retaken on the
7th inst. in Frenchman's Bay, by the boats of the
Pylades frigate, after some .resistance, in which
Captain Roberts and four seamen were slightly
wounded.

" The AmeriCan cartel brig Analostan, has
rived in 13 days from Savannah-, having on board
.110 British subjects. Among them are Captain
Wales, and,the surviving Officers and crew of his
Majesty's late brig t pervier.
We
,that. Sir Alex. Cochrane sailed from
the Chesapeak on the 22d. ult. in the Ton .ant,
for Halifax, accompanied by the Surprise fri,z•ate,
Sir-Thomas Cochrane ; 'and that- Admiral Cock-
burn sailed on the same day, in the Albion, 74,
for Bermuda. Admiral Malcolm was superintend-
ing the watering and victualling of the (Abet ships
of war and tranSports in the Chesapeake, which,
wuen ready for sea, it was imagined, would sail
for Ilalifax. The winter season had already com-
menced with severity. The body of the gallant
General Ross wds taken to Halifa*-in the Ton-
nant, where. it Would 'be interred-with all the ho-.
pours and attentions bestowed on distinguished
gallantry, when combined with great moral worth.
By a New York Paper of the 17th ult. we find
that the head of the Federalist Party, Mr. Rufus
King, formerly Ambassador in this country,. has
acceded to. Mr. Madison's invitation, and'aceeNell
the appointment of Secretary at Var. • Mr.
Monro has .been appointed Commander iii Chief
of the American armies. Several other changes
inferior departments have also iaht:o 4,l:tee.
There is not-hin_new relative to naval er
operations.