The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-24 00:00:00

THE RHENISH AIERCURY.

The Rhenish Mercury, a copy c' Which we have
received this morning, contains a long and angry
Essay on what it considers as the Failure of •the
Allies in' the Negotiations with France. The
'Writer, under the date of Paris, asserts that the
. French have neither consented to the cession of
fortres-.s, nor the payment of contributions : and
that, Prussia alone demanded Lorraine and Alsace,
but was not supported even by Austria. lie then
goes on to state, that Talleyrand Meddled so long
with the Electoral Colleges and the mode of Eke-
don, till at last the Chamber is chosen quite con
trary to his intentions, composed mostly of No-
bles and Royalists. The people think themselve4
betrayed, the Bourbons are not trusted, and it
can as little trust' the Chamber, but will soon
consider it, as it does that.of:Buonaparte, Nvhich
is now -universally .termed,.' The 'Chamber, calling
itself :the Chamber of the Representatives of the,
people. Fouchc has now retired, and the party
which was supported by his being in the Mini-
stry, must naturally prepare an opposition. The
second report exceeds in completeness every thing
that has yet been written on the interior situation Qf
France. Indeed there was nobody in the kingdom,
so able to compose such a work as-he, because no-
body has so. manythousand ways as he to know what
is wished, feared, hated, and done in every town;
in every village. The Report embraces numerous
objects, and presents them in a clear light, though
they are very complex and intricate.'' It is like-
wise interesting on account of the freedom anal
the art %yid) which lie speakS to the Bourbons of
constitutional ideas—a task as difficult as Coper-
nicus had to philosophise with the Pope upon the
motion of tl.e earth. Then it was believed that
the heavens, even 'the starry heavens, belonged
not to philosophy, but to the C bnrch : just as the
Royalists now think France belong's not to the
French, but to the Bourbons.",—(Rhenish
cury, Oct. 15.)

PARIS, OCT; 13.—The 'formalities which are
still wanting to complete the conventions with the
Allied Powers are said to tonSi.t. iit _;lie deter
titillation of the sums, which I.,:sides the contri-
bation-, of 700 millions, the Powers demand to
liquidate the demands of their subjects. upon
France, and which are to be paid by instalments.
It is said that the claims of England alone amount
to 200 millions of francs, for sums in the funds for-
merly sequestrated and confiscated, which has not
yet been inscribed in the Grand Live, and which
are now -claimed together with the interest for
the last 23 years. These reclatnations were made
last winter already by tlie English Ministry.—
(Svplenzent to the Leyden Journal Politique,
Oct. 20.)

j3:,•r,;..tx, OcT.3.—A division of Prussian troops
took possession of Swedish Pomerania, on the
first of this month, according to the treaty con-
cluded with Denmark.

VIENNA, OCT. 7.—The return of the Austrian
army through this neighbourhood to Moravia and
Bungary still continues. The whole reserve,
under‘the Archduke Ferdinand, will go into guar-
ter in' Bohemia. It is believed that all the troops
that return will he put on the peace establishment.
The Austrian corps that is to remain in France
will, it is said, be commanded by Field-Marshal
Pi, nchi; tylio will have under him Generals Ra.
desky, Stutteshcint, and Nicpperg. The summer
abode of the Imperial Family in Schoenbrunn ap-
proaches its end. The Empress returns to her
apartments in the Palace here on the 15th, where,
by a news regulation, the Archduchess Darla
Louisa and her son will pass the winter.

LONDON,
TUESIMY, OCT ORE!? 24, 1815.

REFRACTORY SEAMEN.

END OF • THE COMBINATION'—SAILING OF THE
SHIPS FROM SHIELDS, &c.

We are rejoiced to have it in our power to state.
oti the authority of authentic accounts received
this morning, that the ,Ships so long under em-
bargo by ' the lawless Seamen, have all been
brought out of Shields harbour, and arc on their
'voyage to London.
The supply of Coals which will thus be brought
to market, will reduce the price of that necessary
article, and we hope we may consider the sailing
of the ships as a proof that the disgraceful com-
bination in these ports is completely terminated.
The following, we are authorised to state, are
the cirenmstances which led to the con-cinsion of
these alarming disturbances :-,-The MAivoa of
NEWCASTLE went on board the Tariants, at two
o'clock, on Saturday last, and with the other Ma-
gistrates, so disposed of the Military and Naval
Forces, that by six o'clock, 25 ships had sailed.—
The boats. with which the refracy Seamen had
before commanded the harbour were taken
possession. of by the Marines, without opposi-
.tion, Major-General RIALL commanded the
Military, and Captain .'JOKER the Naval Forces.
To the prompt and resolute conduct, of the Ma-
gistrates, and the zeal, activity, and vigilance of
General RIALL and Captain ToxErt, therefore, are
the Public indebted for such a firm and vigilant
exeeutio.l of the measures directed by Government,
as promises a full termination to disorders, which
at one period threatened the mast-alarming con-
sequences. But other measures we know, were
in readiness if the above arrangement had not
happily proved effectual.'

The following is a Copy of it Letter from Lord
SIDNIOUTII to the IThAvott of NEWCASTLE :

()cfcber 19, 1315

Si:,--As the hopes, which had been long entertained, of
a favourable tennination of the disturbancus at Shields and
Sunderland, and of the speedy return of the seamen engaged
in them to a state of obedience to the laws, have proved fal-
lacious, I am commanded by the Parsct REnr.'r to signify
to you his Royal Highness's pleasure, that you, and the,
Magistrates within your jurisdiction, do forthwith , adopt, ;n
concert with the Magistrates of North Shields, of South
Shields, and of Sunderland, the must effectual means within
the seope,of their authority, for the purpose of putting an
tad to these criminal and disgraceful proceedings.
A considerable naval 'and military force is collected, and
stationed on the spot, with the view of affording support and
assistance to the Magistrates, if. necessary, in the execution
of a duty which is indispensable, and which his Royal High-
ness confidently trusts, arid e:‘:tiects, wabe duly performed.
I have, c.&c. •

(Signed) • • SitiMOU'III.
The Worshipful the Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. •
A Letter, to the same effect was- scat to the
Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, and to the Bishop of
DURHAM, as Custos Rotylorum of the County of
Durham,

Mails from Flanders and Holland, and Ham -
burgh Papers to the 18th instant, arrived yester-
day. Amongst our extracts will be found a Treaty
between Prussia and Denmark, by which the for-
mer exchanges with the latter Lunenborgh, lately
obtained from Hanover, for Swedish Pomerania
and the Island of Ruben, ceded to *Denmark in

exchange, for Norway by Swetleu.—Prussia has
taken possession of Swedish Pomerania agreeable
to treaty.---We had intended- to offer sonic re-
marks on (he. conduct of the Duke of ORLEANS
and the Minority in the French House of Peers,
but more interesting home intelligence has arrived
to occupy our space.

Many proposals and vigorous remonstrances
seem to have been made att to the ultimate
ar-
rangements concerning the Provinces of Lorraine
and Alsace. Wuriemborg, Baden, and Bavaria,
besides Austria and Prussia, are the Powers most
closely concerned in this matter. But what
is most strange is, that Austria stated to
have taken no part in these demands :=Prussia,
on the contrary, is stated to have been most
urgent. , " PrUssia demanded Lorraine and
Alsace alone," says, M. CiOERRES, in the
Rheni,m, Mercury of the 15th. Does tbli menu

that Prus%ia demunded tfiese.Provinces for her-
seq alone ? If so, it cannot be matter of much
wonder if such a demand met with no support.
Whatever question might arise, in regard to the
policy of depriving France of these Proving's
with a view to the general arrangement
,of
Europe, none could certainly ever be ente,rtained

as to the expediency of givin thentto Prussia;
such a distriluition of territory in that quar-
ter to that Power, would overturn and totally
derange all that has, even been thought or settled
as to a balance of power. A food deal of Im-
portance is to he attached to the contents of the
Menish Mercury lithe Editor of that Paper does
tint absolutely write under the especial protection
of the Prussian Government, at least what he sa;•s
cannot be supposQd to be very contrary to the
feelings of the Court of Berlin, as he writes un-

der the avowed protection of General CNEISEN Ali,

►> twin whose -weight in the councils of his country
is we4l known.

Firmly as we are of opinion, that the interests
of no-two countries can-more decidedly be united,
as to the benefits of a close alliance, than Great
Britain and Prussia, yet that the former could sup-
port so extravagant a demand as that of the lat-
ter upon Lorraine and Alsace (Supposing it to have
been for herself); is out of all reason.—Indeed,
although we are at a loss what construction to
put upon the words we have quoted, we cannot
think they imply any thing so monstrous in Eu-
ropean policy, and so contrary to the true interests
of Prussia,. Hpxv, on the other han:l, to account
for the indifference of Austria, if\this was not the
case, we know not, as the question concerned her
very closely.

In the meantime, the great arrangements with
respect to Germany are asserted to have been so
jar settled by th-e Act of Confederation having
been ratified by all the Princes. The Austrian
Observer asserted some time ago, that Prince MET-
TE Rtilmi had Ordered the printing of the Acts
of the Congress to be suspended. The Courts of
Vienna and 11(71.1111 are said to he perfectly agreed
respecting the future sit,Ation of Germany.
Harmony between these two Courts, on this
subject, is a happy omen for the tranquillity
of Europe. All accounts .f!om Germany agree in
stating that the Prussian Monarch is exceedingly
popular in his:own Kingdom; and,, although, like
his predecessor, be is an absolute Monarch, yet
there seems to be no doubt that he iss-qnite se-
rious in his intentions to give a great share of li-
berty to his subjects. Indeed we have private
accounts from the North of Germany worthy of
implicit credit, which state that the arrangements
for this purpose are very far advanced. Prince HAtt-
tjEtcnErs.o the Prussian chiefMinistcr, places much
confidence in the advice of M. NIEBUHR, the well
known author of an excellent history of The
latter is a man of first-rate abilities, but has been
represented to us as holding very peculiar opinions
respecting the welfare of nations, from which no
fact, however authentic, no chain of reasoning,
however clear, can induce him to deviate.—He is
opposed by-HUMIOLDT, a man whose character has
gained hint the esteem and confidence'of the ma-
jority of the Nation.

This seems the land of unlimited toleration. The
Trish Agitators in Boards and Aggregate. Meetings
are tolerated till half a dozen of Counties are
wottied into a state of insurrection--the Seamen
at Newcastle are tolerated till we have six or eight
•
thousand desperate men in organiLed opposition
to the law—the Conspiracy of the Dealers in
Bread is tolerated, and we have, according to their•
annexed Bulletin, the Assize of Bread, which
was abolished by Act of Pat !lament, fixed
at about 3d, or 31d. the quartern loaf more
than it ought to he, according to the average
prices of Wheat and Flour.

" BneAD.—Accortling to the Assize Tables lately in use,
the best Quartern Loaf Wheaten, weighing 4th. 5'2-oz:, from
the present stated price of •Flour at Market, Would not ex-
ceed told. for the ensuing Week."•

Really, this toleration is most intolerable,

The. crop of potatoes this season, weyejoice to
find, has been unumilly abundant all over Eng-
land, and the quality excellent. •

Letters from New York were yesterday reedv-.
ed of the 2St h ult. The exchange had fallen one
per cent.
Great alarm prevails at Dunkirk, in conse-
quence of a report that the fortifications and
docks of the town are to he destroyed, under an
article in the new Treaty.
• By private letters from Paris, it appears, that
the tebel army b.ehind the Loire is not yet re-
duced to submission. The veterans in iniquity,
the nlenthers of BETONAPARTE'S Guard', though few
in number, exercise Considerable influence over
the others, and have occasioned various distur-
bances. The Minister of War has sent several
Officers to reduce them to order, but • hitherto
without the desired effect. - Such arc the troops
.on whose fidelity the KING is gravely desired to
pl4c.F. P4l, er,quSive'reliance i •

felt it is
cc?--Faith, saiv it not;--"hut:l "
her breath."—CosxEDY or ERRORS.

It. is no small misfortune, that our abhorrence
of vice, and our dread of its extremes, often eraluis
us within a middle course, whose narrow o°6°l.
prevents all spirit anti extinguishes all energy.
i 9
This, as one of the consequences 0f vice,
.one of its et Tales ; antl therefore should be brotight
in aggravation of its punishment.
It milk:. be traced, perhaps, to the mischiecoll4
~ lot
subtlety of the crlminal, that his vice' sham(' -4
attired in the prb of virtue, anti sent nhrnad i";
or
her nn me : so that he may sWindle himself 00' of
suspicion, and obtain credit Upon .false pretences;
Thus, the Rebellion of France; witkk
ut
Inul been so long conceivina, was afifs
birth styled her Revolution ; and its maturitrvai
far advanced, ere the hottest loyalty of Englant
detected the imposture. Every man amour
possessed not the eagle intuition of a PITT aPu
BURKE.
e°ll
We thought of our own Revolution, t he
no blood was shed, (to property was al(ere4'
institution was .sobverted : and in the reenliee-
tion, we trusted to France that the seulbilic
realitY
was the substance, that the name was the
But, when massacre, confiscation, and co,
o
slop, covcred France, we arrayed nurscives trifle
stay the whelming mischief. It ill accorded
our principle,, to see Thrones destroyed hecnats:.
of their dignity, and dunghills raised beeatleal:i
their vileness. In our eyes, anticiuitY 'vas not
offence, neither was novelty a merit. I, re
The result is, known in our triumphs. We Rts.
Gre:NOTN,ise. (~.la. it,
Annals,
the proudest honour of °llit
anareoi:
he has restored iworld, and qxpelleci
)tehnaete,
tottftetr '26 years of
the pestilence of Revohnion. to the
" Revolution !"—Let ,us not relapse
f Re"
misnomer. Fie has expelled the pestilence -1
gea
W
bettiou. o must beware that she is 'tot disgnii;a9
under a,fraudulent name.—llcr entire carg°

not been consigned to St. Helena.
And here again the mischief recurs !----gren
11 should
volution must not beadmitted, lest Rebelli°
te I,
fon-owl') the train. Old abuses must be tolera
reu,ec;
and old misfortunes endured, lest their
should introduce a yet more fatal dis°lller
disorder, which will yield to no lighter Care
than

the caustic and the knife.
have th,.
Revolution may The'
dove ;--b.nt Rebellion has serpent cunning:-
lied,
snake, which we have only scotched, 00t
karmlessr;ess of the

Whither do these observations
. .
cart again wriggle itself into activity. 0 rt,at
On SPAIN.—On that cuntiy,terid ?"---- b''
country do %ye put these sayings ? •
1 re the PIA'
‘r ie.
despairing Agents.of Rebellion now
a restioglii'P
a fresh ,experiment. Give them
for their lever, and they will raise the world. it
not Pave" i,,
That resting-place they must
matters little o Europe, whether Revolatian
the pretext of Rrlbellion, or the cause. nte
r nn, • .
Spain is now the onl
y coun r t y—for xve DO 0,
.„:0,
take France into the account, humbled., contPlel
__.,
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and punished—l.vhich manifests a
cure Spain,
symptom : and, as sYmptoms grow into disc° :o',
and diseases end death, we must endeavour.
of
calculate 10;
Ineurabks. • ir, c
51i...! has the tokens upon Tier. The full l''''',::,
may not 1
Jaye vet broken out but Ire Pei it '' '
before we send her to the Hospital

in iier breath.
twjscAtriernpdseo:t, aa
tiflefauri Prognostic,fnaltspahi that Or J'''c
o-
while rc . Lance,
bins, or our Napoieonites, no matter whic
cistth, w"
hould now
%rhea it isate S°ve"
directed against her legitioa

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reign. , st ding
In their eves, the Cortes, %chile ivitb- 3" ,
a BuoNApAnTE, -were lAA, and .foolish, awl eri-
:—to, withstand a 13ourtso,
minal, NciS(10111, t.les
same rnadnoss sanity, the sal" fallY reniers the

the recommending
same crime virtue. fi, C
And why ?—Because aBotTREO:4- possessc n°
chart» ofusurpaiion,..
tifying merit of illegititnacy.—With oar thorougb'
paced Dernagognes, bastardy alone is not base.
thitil its evil' tWICIICd herself, Spain took n°
trouble to resist the general contagion. all
years have gone by, since BORNE assured us that'
her aid
was an hopeless calculation.---" What, •
said this, patriot philosopher, " What can cv°
expect i—SPAIN IS LINE A Vif HALE "CAST 011 511.'
the 521.0
SEA SHOEE:'
•
And if she has, started from her torpidity', if her
sluggish stumbert;have been broken, if Ler inerC
mass has been Stimulated with any vital pri"ei.
• „fir in'
IP,she ninst not exercise her new vig'", .01.
oundering about, and reviving the storm Isin
she did not help to allay. as'
at Briefly, since Spain was idle while 17•00Pe vv_ if
'7', Spain must not,be active whil..; :Europe ,
at peace. TO,
, F.; I', it! '' ,
.it. she did at length arone to a I.y.e.ll.ecoot
' --c did at length.contcal Pgqit'st till "jll‘