The Sun.
London, England, 1813-06-16 00:00:00

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21.4)4 : anitzic, 7 , iModlin, Stettin, and
Cestrie are to be victualled every five clays, anti
enjoy during the Armistice a French league with-
out their walls as neutral ground.---Magdeburgh
to possess the' same privilege. The Elbe, to its
mouth, after passing the Prltssian frontier, is to
lona the line of demarcation in this quarter, the
Preach army remaining in possession of the Isles
Is that river, and every thing it had on the Bth
instant. • The line of the advanced posts on the
9th of June, at midnight, is to form the line of
demarcation for the 32d military division, which
includes the Manse Towns.
L: Such are the lines and limits to be observed by
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[ ttecobtracting Parties, which however form only
"a inferisr part of the consideration this moment-
' °as Ittliject demands. Were we only to look at
tile
-Measure in a military point of view, it would
he satisfactory to observe, that after all the great
tlquries claimed by BUONAPARTE, and his boasts
ufannihilating corps, or sweeping these " Tar-
tars back to their own frightful clime," he has
agreed to a cessation of hostilities, in the beginning
of which, he yields part of the ground on which
he stood, while the Allies elo not retrograde one
footstep,
question is consideration of the
linlurteftelti•een.cgerat:dits moral and political
'effects; the spring whence it proceeded, and the
result to which it tends. In forming a judgment
upon these vitally interesting matters, it behoves
us to proceed with greater caution and with a
more comprehensive sweep of observation, than
fie coming to the less weighed opinions which may
guide our speculations on minor events.
If we look for the source .of this Astuistice (and
this is most necessary in endeavouring to ascer-
tin its nature, and arrive at a proper estimate of
its qualities), we discover in its terms that it
could 86t proceed from the relative situation of
It'e Belligerents, but must have flowed from the
interference of another great powers-;-•Austria,
which, independent of eireuMstances, was bound
by her own peculiar interests, to adopt .a system
of policy decisive in the existing contest.—Had it
S' arisen from the preponderance of warlike means on
either side, its conditions would not have been so
equable as they are,—establishing in fact a perfect
statics quo to last for the period assigned. Austria
leaving, from the situation of affairs, the power to
"rtureand the attention of BUONArMITE on the
°lle hand, and of ALExatanen on the other,
siPPears to have exerted the influence and autho-
• city she possessed to enforce a.Congress, at which
an attempt might be made to arrange and settle
a balance in Europe. Exclusively, too, of the
weight of Austria, the belligerents had rea-
ofts of their own to accede to this ; proposition.
uotaAsaa-re felt the inducement which the state
, . Of Spain creates, and had also a strong motive for
agreeing to the Armistice, in the knoWledge
lie possessed of the events taking place in
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1 s rear. The absence of this knowledge
.ope-
' ! ' sated with equal force on, the Emperor ALES..
ANDER• ant the igaorance in which he was placed
' With regard to Sweden, rendered bins more acces-
• sihW to the arguments used by the Cabinet of
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'eurta. To these facts, wo may add the sense
~t)# convenience, which was mutual ; though in
S Nard to the beneficial erects of the pause,
1 ' • ('uPPrising it to be followed by a renewal of
s ‘ low.
3 ' "'ties) they are 'all on the side of Russia.
-"tilt°, Armistice, therefore, not accruing from
Weakot .
ss on either part, or inability to sustain
with hopes on each side, a continuance -of the
struggle, but from the interference of a third
I"ver, possessed of' the means of supporting its
pretensions to arbitrate, it' is to the,natoral poll-
' lleal v'et's of that power we must look for the
prva
~t:ibltlbie
Consequence of
the Congress at Prague.
these views' are, and what they ought to
be, we had, in contemplation
of the great
event
tiwhich has just
,taken place, commented
then to list enlarged scale, in. the SuN of June
Bth, Ittld endeavoured to spew that the true in-
terests °f Austria, and the course of Politics she
Was ,sum •
. , Puig, pointed invariably to the reduction
of the exagyrsso power of nuoNaratim,,-which
left no nation the shadow of indepentlance without
tail •
• tinned resort to the very insecure
.principle
of eoufederating with other States. To that Paper
' We titian, from our confined bounds, referi.rather
than recapitulate the arguments we employed and
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' - facts we stated, taking it for granted that the
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s Phvioas interest of Austria is to 'procure the re-
!t°ration of the • territory wrested from her, and
• , teierTe.vicension to the rank of a first-rate Power.
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, , • hi' she Cannot do at the expense of Russia.;
Islie must, therefore, pare the conquests ,of
11110NAVARTit ' Which are incompatible with the
libessiss - e Europe,
_ . ' ol vs or by the basest corn-
'l rothise that ever country adopted, look for cont-
penkation in the dismemberment of Prussias'Here
we H ,
... may remark the very singular fact, that the
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°1 of Prussia's signature does .not appear to the
uttification of the-Armistice.
It 13 thus situated, and, as
,our , judgment

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leads us to believe, 'thus inclined, that the
Sovereigns of Ettrope will meet to attempt
the, difficult labour of bringing about a ge-
neral peace. 411 so far as the Continent is
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concerned, ''We are decidedly convinced that the
Agreement, if arrived at, will,be disadvantageous
to BuotctrAarc-r-aompalatively with the nature
of his power at the commencement of the Nor-
thern war. He has ceased to be what he was—.
the spell of his invincibility is broken—he has
been foiled and beaten—and now, though we
lament that he has been able to treat in so advanc-
ed a situation, and in so imposing •a posture,
yet even here, and in this, he has fallen infinitely
below the IIpotiAPARTE of-Marengo, Austerlitz,
Jena, or Vagrant.

With reipeCt.t6 England, the question assumes
a different, and, to us, more important form.--
Should peace be the event, it requires us to know

the conditions before we can speak precisely as to,.
the effect it will have on our interests as a nation.
But of this we are sure, that be the consegnence
peace or war, we are placed in a situation exceed-
ingly amended when compared to that from
which we started two years ago. The be-
nefits of the admirable measure of securing
Sweden by the cession ot, Guadaloupe, will, if
the great potentates agree, he felt in a variety,
of political and commercial blessings ; it confirms
the death-blow which the Continental system.
of our enemy has received. The exhaustion and
reduction of the strength of this bitter enemy is
also to be taken into the view of the advantages
we have derived from this war—and, Without
dwelling on particulars, we may assert that in
every way the prospects of Britain have been
brightened to a degree which there is nothing
in this Armistice or the present appearance
of affairs to cloud. We shall probably have to
resume this interesting subject—our limits forbid
further observation.

We were enabled yesterday fully to communi-
cate the intelligence received from America and
Spain. We have this .day received, Cadiz Papers
to the 2Gth ult. from which we have extracted the
chief articles. : They relate to the late struggle in
Sicily, and demonstrate the exaggeration and
falsehood with which the enemy's accounts of
these transactions are chargeable. All was quiet,
and the Government restored to settled order
when the latest accounts came away.

The PRINCE REGENT is expected to give two
grand entertainments. shortly upon extended scales ;
one of them, it is supposed, Will take place on the
29th or 30th instant.

Yes4rday, about
_lO o'clock, the Pitmen RE

GENT, attended by the Earl of YARMOUTH, 11111
Colonel BLOOMFIELD, left Carlton-house for As

cot Heath races. Ilk Royal Highness returned
at night to Carlton-house.
The last letters reeeired•from the Duake of Cum-
BERLAND were dated yesterday se'unight, when
his Royal Highness was in good health, and at the
Duke of MECKLP.NBURGHIS. _ _

Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at two
o'clock, at the Foreign Office, and which sat till
four. It had been summoned by Viscount CAS-

TIMIEAPH on Monday evening.
The Gazette of last night. besides' Lord Wet,
LINGTON;S dispatches, contains the particulars of
the capture of the Isle of Monza by a detachment
of Ms Majesty's forces in the Mediterraneani and
tif some other gallant exploits in the .same quarter
by the lion. Captain WALDZGRAVE and Captain
USHER.

BUONAPARTE intends, during the continuance
of the Armistice, to remain at Dresden with the
exception of sou►e time spent at Glougan.
Lord Sinmoirrn, *s Secretary of State for the
Honie Dcpa►ttt►enty is said-ta have in contempla-
tion an extensive alteration In the present instil&
tient system of our Police. '
The Debafe on the India Question was post-
poned last night in the House of Commons, on
account of the absence of Mr. TIERNEY, who was
thrown tra►n his horse in the morning. '

The reported capture of the Esser American
frigate is, we are sorry to say, somewhat discre-*
dited by the arrival of letters dated St. Thrnuas's,
sth of May, which are silent upon that subject.
A Baltimore Paper says—" The British made
an attack, and after being repulsed twice at
French Town,' succeeded in taking possesSion of
a small fortification there. They burnt all . the
warehouses at- that place, with a considerable.
quantity of goods ; they then landed at Whitehall,"
Washington Papers to the 2d, and New York
SO the fith ultimo, state, that the British fleet
in the Chesapeake made an attack upon Balti-
more on the Ist, but were repulsed. Another
attack was expected on the next day.
The American Go :.ernment ' having demanded
that British subjects naturalized in America, and,
taken on board their public or private vessels,
shouln be regularly exchanged as Americanciti-
zens ; Admiral IVARREN is said, to have given .a
peremptory refusal to this proposition ; and, on
the 10th ult. the American Agent residing in'
London, received dfficial information- from Go-
vernment, that, no cartels would be permitted to
sail for the United States until further- advice.
Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held at
whcu R.A. Cox was sworn into flies
for the Ward of Aldersgatc, and other routine
business was transctetl.
Yesterday morning a race of two miles was
run .between Captain BARCLAY, of pedestrian
fame, and Lieut. NEEDHAM, at the 7th Hussars,
which was won by the latter. It tools place in
Hyde Fart, on the walk by the Serpentine River,
and was well contested until the last half mile,
When the hussar' was too quick for the pedestrian,
and came in easy, being 40 yards a-head.