The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-29 00:00:00

HAMBURG!' MAIL.

LETTER FROM VIENNA, DEC. 15.—The
politi-
cal horizon is unhappily not so serene as there
was lately reason to hope. The hope is not,
however, given up (if soon seeing all happily
concluded.—(Yamb. Corresii. Dec. 23.)
akmßortntt, 23.—Our letters clireet from
Vienna agree, that some differences have again
arisen at the, Congress, which it will take some
time to arrange. ProfoundSt,atesmen.are of opi-
nion, that from the geographical position, as well
as by the principles W. sound policy for the main-
tenance of the balance of Europe, Poland
_ought
to he united with Russia, and Saxony with Prussia.
The Sovereigns and other distinguished visitors
will remain sonic time longer in Vienna, which
is proved by the circumstance, that very lately a
Committee has been appointed by the Emperor,
to provide measures to make the abode, of the .So-
ivereigns at Vienna as agreeable as possible. The
Kings of Bavaria and Wirtemb will have no
share in these new amusements, and have given or-
ders to make ,the necessary preparations for. their
departure.-(Harn. Borsen Ilctlt.List, Dec. 23.)
LETTER FROM VIENNA, DEC. 12:—On the 10th,
after a considerable interropion; flie first confer-
ence on the affairs of Europe took place. The
conferences of the German Committee which had
been suspended ev_er. since the lfith November,
were to begin again iminediatel3%
Wirtemberg is said to have ',relented a note in
favour of the union of Saxony with Prussia.—
The Committee of the minor German Princes is
.
employed on the plan of a Gerinad Constitu-
tion, in which the wish already expressed by them,
for the restoration of the Imperial dignity, is fiir
ther developed, and when their work is finished,
it will he laid, before the greater German Powers.
HANOVER, DEC. 16.—At the opening of the
Assembly the States yesterday, the Ladies ap-
peared magnificently dressed in the old Roman
costume.

As Hanover was the first German State to de=
dare for altvpresentative System, it has preceded
all the rest in calling► the States together, .and the
eyes of a great part of Germany are tinned upon
the course of the deliberations and their results.

The labours of so -many distinguished men,
whom time just confidence of their fellow-citizens
has chosen to represent the different provinces of
the kingdom, will justify the expectations which
we have a right to entertain, and put to shame a
pamphleteer who lately indulged in the most ridi-
culous diatribes against a Government whose con-
stant wish for a century has been to make its sub-
jects happy by its mildness and justice.
The procession from the Palace to open the As-
sembly was really splendid. The Hall was tastefully
fitted up, the throne in the middle, and the seats
for the Deputies before it. The two sides were filled-
with numerous spectators. The Royal Duke took
his place with great dignity. The manner in which
his Royal Highness deliVered his -excellent speech
was admirable; every word was marked with
animation and feeling. The Deputies. not re-
siding in Hanover receive 4 crowns, and those
residing in that city 2 crowns per diein, as long
as the Assembly shall continue. •
HANOVER, DEC. 19.—The propositions of the
States will, it is said, be published : it is also
affirmed that it will be considered, whether the
debates-shall be public, like
,those of the English
Parliament.

MUNSWICE., DEC. 18.—On thel2th inst. the
Duke named a CouLthittee to examine and regu-
late the debts of the Country. The Committee

t'onsists of the ancient Deputies, with the addi-
tion of some well-informed Burghers, who were

formerly not admissible; %Thence, it is. presumed,
that on the re-establishiynt of the States
,(which
is tee take place as his Royal Highness declares
after the Congress) som changes suitable to the
spirit of the will be introduced, and, at the
same time, the inconvenient, if :not oppressive
preponderance of some classes be abolished.
SLESWICKi DEC. 20.—His Royal • Highness
Prince Christian lately honoured this town with
a visit.

HAMBVIIGiI, DEC. 22.—The march route of the
Russian Army of Poland from this place .to War-
saw, is now published ; by which it appears that
the whole will have left us by the Sth of January,
1815.—(llayib. Car. Dec. 23.)
PETEASBURGH, DEC. 7.—The Persian Ambas-
sador to our Court, arrived on the 12th November,
at Nowotscherkask, with a considerable suite.
He was formerly in the same quality in England.

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LONDON,
7'IIURSD_4I% D.ECEMBER 29, 1814

A Hainburgh Mail brings intelligence from Vi-
enna to the IGth, which is, we are sorry to ob-
serve, of rather an unfavourable character. It
does not appear that the difficulties in the way of
a final arrangement of the affairs of Europe have
been overcome. When so many clashing interests
are at stake, so tuany_conflicting claims advanced,
and the views •of so many individuals and States
depend on the issue, it is, indeed, rather to be ex-
peeted t im wondered at, that very powet fit"! obsta-
cles in, the way of a perfectly acceptable and univer-
sal accommodation should. be presented. While we
offer this remark, we are far from desiring to insi-
nuate that we think the. renewal -of War at'
all probable. Yet we cannot help seeing in this
state of affairs a new proof of the wisdom of
Government in haviug.signed the Treaty of Ghent
to strengthen its hand at Vienna. To be vigor-
ously prepared for war is the surest mode of
avoiding that misfortune : a Country, like an in-
dividual, is the less likely to be struck at, when
either has assumed an attitude of self-protection.

An outcry has been made against the Treaty
with America, because MADISON, true to his na-
ture, tnny accept or reject it, as' his interc:4 dic-

tates.

We Will grant ►his fact, for, the sake of
argument, :tad are still ready to contend, that ail
the foiturc and contingent advantage thus given to
the treacherous President, is more than counter-
balanced by the immediate a act certain be4elit to the
Br►t►sh interests in Europe by the siguaturc of the
Treaty, were it even to twill out to be mere waste
paper. Before the determination of the ,Imerican
Government can be known in this quarter of the
world, we shall have accomplished our objects ;
and should war instead of peace be the result, it will
be far more eligible for us to renew
,hostilities in
the Spring than to have carried them on through the
Winter.—We shall not enlarge further upon this
topic at present : as a political consideration, we
hold it to be of the first importance, and unan-
swerable ; and should it be contraverted, we shall
make no apology for resuming the discussiOn.
The accounts in these Papers respecting I-la-
nover are very gratifying. In Germany, as in
Great Britain, the Councils of the PitiNcr. RE-
GENT seem calculated to excite the admiration of
the world,

Were the Country to be polled, we, take it for
granted that every individual member of the Com-
munity, upon being asked, "Do you wish the
Property Tax to be repealed or continued ?" would
reply, " repealed by all means." We further
presume, that Persons of the least Property would
answer in the most peremptory tone, as we oh-
serve those arc the loudest and longest Speakers
at the Meetings convened to petition apinst this
Impost, who, from the lowness of their cir-
cumstances, have the smallest cause to com-'
plain of its burthen. We have, indeed,, been
amused with the impressive earnestness of these
disinterested Orators, who have gone from ass'em-
bly to assembly to expend their lungs in declama-
tion against the heavy pressure and inquisitorial
infamy of a 'fax, which they felt not but through
the purses of others, This, wc have whispered to

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which no good ever yet emanated, ~tfor
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fancying that they could conterul) eir
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benefit of their native land enters .11°10 serum
limited Sphere of their deliberations.- s ti 4"
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party purpose, to insult a Sovereig"to offitcori
size a Minist,er, to. embarrass time G''verldeoci6iiii
to vent the spleen of low and little °able°
minds against whatever is exalted ai'd
theif
worthy of admiration, is die topnf,
bi•tion----t he very head and front of tbe'r-
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,
me
re-enactment of r.,e Property Tat''' r.
way, will now, we• suppose, be ai'di"-‘ief'f:
duced in its rate, is it possible to tligL.:oiiht.,
moment the express design of the I%j°vel,.: f°r
Meetings at this, or rat-her the late or'.
week or ten days makes all the
eventful age. Was it to strengtbe" tll%,ir /11
Government, as they pretended %vas
in the Meetings,respectin,,- the Slave r3lleil'otics.
it was to strengthen their friends, the I''Fitt'''ilr
Commissiopei:s at Ghent :as the Pre(' i)e
1,
was calculated to produce the' sacrifice °I at'
claims of England in Europe for. a
of morality, which after %v"
all was r'•,
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less, because its hot and unreflectingleic,
the opinion in other nations that it sPr'''c'lire(L,,
interested motives, and consequently Pr°
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to be as tenaciously opposed as it ‘vas it 111e,~
voeated. Yet thousands of loyal and ‘rc
- -mg men were duped by the connine:
signature of these petitions, whirl' nit
Party answered a double end, 1()I. 101°,1;
Jamilii;el dwatshesior cnti,ttimenhtrydwienk ittsipofnoreari::bolift:'
, „we,
the Nation heard more' of the, 110''''0,01:1
of the Slave Trade, than of all time rvlatg';
and inestimable advantages which the
perseverance of 'time Prince Re4-cnt's
procured for the Country by the
of Paris, which raised is to time biee'll
of national grandeur. Never for'
high ; never had people so much re3s`)l) ''l
orr'l
nest exultation ;
and yet, we wt it svid'6,l.
so successful were the pitiful arts of "
c
despised Fact ion, that they almost se':a)ji,ri'd
vide the opinion of the Country on time °l' 0131i6
on 0-.'imic,h scepticism could hang a doubt' Qr
hint fl suspfciori. tr 4
mb Eoldened by't his lucky hit, they* 31' ,
thesame game again with a different eilr`!..se'i
pr forty vestry, parish, and larger i‘lectitbrer
time subject of the Preputy,Tax; a Pt
long-winded tirades about rpmestions
neither informed upon, nor have minderst3ll ;1101
-.ledge even were they Sc) informed 3 cltol,re'e
suilicit of I:,ratuitous abuse of Governmee' 101
ed to by
,congregations of the idle and °el?
ing, will, they flatter themselves, agnin
the semblance of being something where
nothing either in strength or in character:,
111,''
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To warn the nnwary agaidst this stratilt
sling
consider to be our. ini,Portant duty; 'llOl.
be deterred float it by the aiiparent 01'! to
f'
which may attach.to our being reprcscut6 olio°
what we are not, Advocates for the Pact 10'
of War Taxes, and especially of the rfc'PcrtY
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It is an absurdity to accuse any onegut
in li
who pays this heavy but necessary,----this,
ijob
cases,• oppressive, but, in general, owst eq l
and merciful to the lowei- orders, as Wei I

.producitive levy.
What,—we put it to the sense of•the
what act could Ministers do whichthem at once so popular, and raise thews °113041
scendantly abcive even the, shafts of Politie:eino'
tility, as the repeal of this Tax ? Can it I—, tliel
glued that they are insensible to this---7ti'l-sorf,
value power so little, as not to desire t° reoticil
if they could, to that which would 9° 1000
strengthen them in it ? No the C°lllllloeie
may rest assured, that were it only f°l.•
own sakes, the Advisers of the Crown Mustbeos"
sirous of alleviating this grievance as mochas 's'ible
sible, consistently with the absolutely jail:l 6
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lities
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lower it, and they must produce sufficient ger49rdtlll
in a .financial exposition of the a4.airs °'
Country to convince the Legislature that thi°

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eel 'i se weighty obligations which an unf recedent-
ar has left-upon our shoulders.
to We, therefore, ball
upon the friends of good
cle Hnil -of sound principles, to abstain from
fu°llesnto teriancing the wicked machinations of the
-oth i—we adjure the true Patriots of this
the Empire, the disciples and maintainers of
these politics which have saved us from the de-
itit3dation which such noisy and worthless men
b4d nearly
accomplished : —the men who have
teen firm till how, we adjure, them not to relak
ft relinquish the illustrious struggle in the arms
04.,:ict.ry, and at the moment when all their past
u ate ripening into blessings upon them, and
Ilan(' they have loved.
tit) do he demagogues meet, and prate, and peti-
th gether—it is their trick and custom: It is
tecir business, as the disappointed and discon-
iti tett, who have been•laboUring incessantly, but
lelValn to invert that order of things which has
!tit' t the proud pre-eminence we enjoy. But
h.l°e who have had confidence in the measures,
It0:11 h'lre enabled us so gloriously to weather the
Egletle W ill, as they ought to do, prolong that con-
•
c' 14'w the calm has arrived, and trust that
G"vertitnent which has so honoured itself,
d; Istscl ‘
of its charge, and them, through the
i tsti'lks the straw*, will not disgrace itself
th
it;•;;; ion. There is no need of Petitions
tlsiet .` the Property Tax ; they may do tnis-
" brit can do Ho good.

itit7 'tse of General ExcEr..x.ms is converting
Ilk' P'tl'tv question with our Newspapers. We
11i" e 1 -iven the- facts, as we could best
tNert'lill them, to our Readers. There have been
\):i"teresting m
proceedings on Petitions fro
1111;1,"'sert4 13trovArArrrE's Tyranny, whiel: we
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141;t'iNi Ilext, in rewird to the deficiencies which
1'~p1~.4 on Wines anl Spirits durini; the time
k'Nltve been enjoying the indulgence of being
4)4lsed duty free. It is thus we see the real
c),Iti';F,II the opposition whin has been ni tde
(I,lal 3111/jeCt ; we trust, however, some indiv!-
160\‘'ili'ead the clause of the IVarehousing
3(i'lleitiv declares that duty shall be paid
4fieiencies, and will explain to the
cc of tat each individual knew of the exist-
jeache
tit a 41' L\ • before they put the goods into

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rlitt eceding columns will be found an im-
q. of
I.tin, le respecting the. Navy.. It is the
tiet.a4,le;t',l'ions for the Seamen of his IVlajestys
Marines, and Rules and
4 4 Regulia-
. ie
"Ile, pursuant to a power rested in
101 iv• 71‘v by an Act of the present Session, for
IN;
14 4()yli the System of Pensions, from the Chest
lospital at Greenwich and extend-
duckco
tr, the, petty and non-commissioned
c,t according to their length of ser-
-1140,,a1ik, although not disabled by wounds,
Ltler cause. •

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'l4l' CORRESPONDENCE.
Z(I
—.We have re-
It aPa
)tio eket of letters from all parts of the
, . lis , .
NI tiosing views so private, as to have been
i, (iere 1
'tlir (1 as confined to the breams of only two
Mire
tt, , SeelllerCd 'Monarchs, and so important
-a.. be I,
:'i'l'n t r'egluitit with consequences more vast
letiti 111.21)e has yet known : these it is our
'ISIt ,% to submit to the Public. We shall
:sttl .
,tsio,(llc any merit on account of the
tL,tqttl 11,4,1*.
.so much invaluable information on
'4 yt
or - ,bit pi( c
''ltieQ - • ) ectl to-morrow -with
\'• a serics of these Letters.
Cltttl ~, .......
tklyetir,ao,othe LORDTHANCELEOR and the Earl
Iv,' iit Q I, 6(1 aildleil•CCS of the PRINCE RE.
t,), , atitOti•liouse4
'il 11. 4111.
111,-int‘ir., "AF:n was sent with the dispatches
.`ta is mßlEtt, the American Commissioners
'itita,ill'ilted.dispatches by
:11.1t,t5i,,1() be embarked at- L'Orient•
way of „France for
1,1:A ClER.EloctiEs,
.Esq. Secretary to the
`l,('l!4(ix,",.g,ation, left Ghent 'on Sunday last for
tti, rte t embark on hoard the Transit, I
'll,tlell4l 'Q (1r the United States:
'lltit'llt il:4;11 D'EXCELMAN broke his parole
tit'' rt,„',ll. this country, during the late war* .
Itt,ttkrric."ol-) has arrived from licrmti.dru, and ‘10q,k),,,,,,th1 Quebec, both having sailed the
tt).' Wi."er, the former on the 29th of that
14,:gati l the 'tattler left the St. Lawrence
44.'1ei,,e" of the river was ropitily closing by
Illt I.ticilley of the season
01111,1 e fro p season,
e 8 , NI, arum attacks the Treaty. of
lilr,y (lad
„.4 ant' denies that the contracting
t?ii3 Pers,,llYright to transfer that Principality
'' :tile h. •c"neeted with BD-ONAPARTE) SO
l'ilt: it -!timate Sovereign or his 1 reset.'
rt )
fl:l4.olxlst-ettee. The oily ground on which
cli1(,(11e bi.,"A eau 'be received, it seems, is found-
"i:kitt`
t.)tetlion which may be expected in
A1r,,..:11(4 4tistria. Of 'the right- which
"titt:(ll:tilere '.,8 to Elba, according to the same
eNtie7(4)l)ot be a dobt ; the Allies had.
11414 a„(1 tilktiiisfer IO myiIII the Island) a
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