The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-18 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS,

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BOSTON, Nov. 15.—The' President's Proclama-
tion, might be expected, has occasioned a con-
siderable discussion. It is the opinion of some po-
iticians, that Great Britain ought to have been
i •
neluded; and"to those•who can see no slate joggling
.in 'ail this business, such an expectation apears to be
Perfectly well-grounthd, arguing in this 'way i--
-Prance_declares to us, that her injurious decrees
Quill cease to be in, force, provided Great Britain re-
Teals. her obnoxioui Orders. - Great Britain gives
a similarasiurance, that her Orders will lose their
effect as soon as the French 'Decrees are rescinded.

Now the President having proclaimed that the
latter is the faCt;viz. that BL'ONAPARTE has revoked.

his Decrees, it would seem to follow of course that
the Edicts of both Belligerents, 'whose existencr
Was thus made dependent on each other, are now
absolutely; &fano-I.—But :our Government declares
that thiS is not the case, and that th'e French Decree's
alone are revoked, and it-is well remembered that
the second condition under BUONAPARTE'S
promise was made, is, that we shall'catise our rights
to be respe6led by the English.
If, therefore, the first condition annexed to this
Mighty boon has not been fulfilled by Great Britain,
are we not solemnly pledged by the President's pro-
clamation to fulfil the second, that i 4, to resist the
latter lower, /illl order to reap the-Avaittage of irn-
,
perial condescension?' And wilat kind of resi,tatice
must we use to make his Majesty's proMise valid
Let those who believe that BUONAPARTE is now and
has been all along struggling for no other of je6l than
the fieedum of the seas, pretend that he will be sa-
tisfied with our Non-intercourse and warlike resolu-
tioni: for our own parts, we are not 'of tha;

Minuet%
Such being our si.uation, We shall not besurpris-
, std to find the leading democrats indulging them-
selves in the most heartfelt delight. 'The glorious
Prospe& again opens upon them. Again they can
Make the welkin ring with valiant exclamations.
Once .more they .can call. upon tire people to arouse
from their slumbers, " arid be prepared with alacrity
and vigour, tb assert our rights against all aggressions
Upon them, let them come from what qu trier they
Way," We hope-thek will be again disappointed.
Our opinion was, on the promulgation of the Duc
de CADOK4'S letter, that the President would nut 'lien
issue his. PrOclamation, opening. the intercourse
-with
France; and not until after the :hue that NAPO-
I.Eoi'S Decrees should cease to operate. As the case
stands at present,- we must depend upon NApo-
I-zoN's construction of the phraseology of his
; but it is clear he may make a handle of the
" new principles of blockade" which they say Great
Lritain has attempted to establiih, very niuch to our
disaivantage.
There ought to be no reliance placed upon the-
, ,
story., that .NAPQLEoN rchtiquisli,.ourt conficat,
f-'tl property; all the reports, and they have been
Multifarious, which we hive hitherto received, have
been ,proved to be union-nded. If he delivers 'up
any property, formally, it will be fot the purpose of
loading-it with duties- and expences, which will
amount to contis6ation to the AMerican owner. It
is
,of no consequence-to the loser, whether his pro-
perty has been taken forcibly from him by a high-
*ayman, pilfered by a thief,' or stolen by a pick-
pocket. - • •
It gives us much pleasure in stating, that on Fri-'
day and Saturday last, there arrived at this port up-
Wards Of 70 vessels,. 34 of whom are from Europe,
9 from the West Indies and Nova Scotia ; and about
ao from ports in the !Jolted States, being the largest
number which has arrived in the same period, for
several years, and exhibiting a proud contrast to the
embargo and non-intercourse times.

Mr. MActc.zic, our Negociator, having experi-
enced many acts of personal kindness and attention
at Mot laix, was desirooS of evincing his sense of these
obligations to the inhabitants in a more expressi've
manner than mere words. He accordingly, as a
favour to himself, applied to his Government for
the 'release of TEN young men belonging to the town
of. N'i•orlaix, and the son.; of ln.-r citizens, who were
prisoners or war in England. His request was emu.
'plied with, and they were immediately liberated,
Without exchange or any equivalent, and freely re-
attired to their anxious friends. In consequence of
this display of beneficence and gratitud'e, the in_
habitants of MO. 101 K were vet-Lilly solicitous
of affording to Mr. IVlAzKEtvitg a proof of their ge-
faerositi and feeling for the obligatinti ; and under-
standing-that a cousin and a school-fellow of his, of
the smile name, was it prisoner at Ve-don, they made
an application to their 'stern Ruler, that tie (Mr.
IVIAt-AaNzus), should be set at liberty, in return for
the exertions of his relative in their behalf„ of which
at the same time they made a warm representation.
At;er waiting somei.time for die answer to their pe-
rnioil, they received it in these laconic terms, savour-
ing more of ,jacobinisat that) of imperial dignity—
" •Le Gouverurnent se vane de se rtJuser,"--and
MACKFNZIE is mill retained iii custc.ty at the
Voce' of his imprisonment.

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N 0 TE

I UNOt.

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Gene Eal JUNOT is known under the titie of Duke
of .4brantes. He is employed in the atmy of Por-
tugal: He commands the Bth corps of the army
under the orders of General. Mas,ena.

Junot is about. 40 years of. age. His height is
five feet four inches (French measure) ; his consti-
tulion is robust ; he is rather fat, his face is full,
very, ruhiclind, and indicates the ton-vivant ; his
countenance is .express.ve ofa despet ate bravery ; his
deportment is rather vulgar, and he is always splen-
didly dressed : be is continually in the Uniform of
Coknel-General of Htissars. His address is' blunt,.
and, his manners far from being polished. „.
The parents-of Junot were farmers,. in easy cir•-:
cumstantes. They got him' taught to fead, and'
write. He had not yet decided on any pursuit, and
was living in. idleness, when the Revolution- ca.used
the lormation of bktalichth of Voltinteers. He 'set
out as a private soldier, and attracted notice-by that
cool bravery wirh
,which filature had end Owed him.
He was successively corporal, serjeant, and, officer.
He was employed in that
.capacity, when
parte in reviewing his battalion took notice of him,
entered him upon his sta'ff,.and cnsde him, hio
aide-de-camp. • ,

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JU,''Ot had sufficient finesse to perceive ilur. the
surest w.iy to please Buottapaite was to make a
parade 01 great intrepidity. He -carried h s •ridi—
curous habit so far, as to play off his. nokle• of •
making court even in the midSt of entertainments.
Whoever came to head-quarters, and appealed de-
sirous of assuming consequente, was sure to be
challenged by Junoi. Nothing wad talked of but
his address in managing the sabre.. General LatineS
was not afraid of tin's DOh Qiiix(.lle; in conse-
quente of a thspuie, they fought a (Joel. - Cannes
gave Junoi a severe slete-cut, which L;i'd open b
neily, and, cutting, red tis life. This lesson .deter-
mitred him to renounce cold iwo. He was But sut-
ticiently elextcrous to Bias with 'the rapier or small-
sword. He devoted nimself to practising With pis-
tols ; he spent whole days. at it ; be became sui-e
an adept, and it is said could band din% n a :swallow
on the wing. A false importance arising trout so,
touch skill, restored to biro hi, twiner hi...cot:nee.

Appointed Commandant of Paris, his great amuse-
ment consisted in shining in' all places most gre-
glientedby the public. He was rheJsed like a citi-
zen. At Frescati, where he was playing at bil-
liards; he wished io exercise his supremacy ; he lot.
He gave way to some ungentlemanly 'expressions.
As he was ktioNA n„ he Was, intreined to behave mole
like.-a Gentleman. When it wets seen that mad
measures were of do avail, it was proposed to turn
Ilitn out. The violent chata;Aer of Junot was ex'-
asperaied at this attront ; he struck a blow, which
was promptly repaal with usury. [lard blows were
interchanged, and force was repelled by force some
one ran up to separate the combatants, but a-little-
.
too late for Junot, who was forced to keep his
-for nbout a :mouth

When Boonaparte was informed of the folly of
Ins first aide•de-camp, be put him under ariest; he
threatened him, in ease of relapse, with completedi r2Ce, .
As nature always teclaims'; her rights,
JOnot did not alter his mode of life ; but he took
:Ile pr. catition of getting himself aoi.inril,aoied in
his orgies by t oOi three good bruisers) to lend hitii
a hand in case id necessity.
•
Jonbt W•as never heard of as a-general till. he set
out for the army of ;Portugal. }lo had there two
Mentors ; Laborde 'for the info try, and Keller titan°
lor.the cavalry. It was it► vain that on his return
troth Egypt, Buonaparte Wished to get him a mili-
tary- reputation, .by• proposing for competition a
p:iinting, of the battle at Naz;seth, in which it wns
wished tci'exeite the belief, that with 300 men he
had' fought with success about 3000 Mussulmans. I t
justice had been done,, nll the honour of that retreat
would have been given to Coonel Duvivier; of the
i4oh regiment of dragoons. JunOt was beaten at
Nazareth. His corps of 600 men would have been
exterminated, in -spate of the talents and coolness Of.
Ppvivier, 'MAN:4- had. nut come to his assistance
with his division.

Some officers of the Army of Egypt testified, on
their return to France, the gteatest astoniShinetit at
the distindion conferred on Junot by Buoriaparte,
in causing his rash skirmish at ,Nazareth to be cele-
brated by the artists ,of Paris. They made knoWn
the true motive for Buonaparte's gratitude to his
Aide-de-cm) ; and they pretended th,it M. Grua
would have made d much more interesting pie-
ture, had tee, taken" for- ns subject the provisional
marriage of Buonaparte with the wife of a French
Qfficer under the direaion of Junot. _ The hus-
band received a mission for France, and was never
more heard of. The feelings re% oh at such immo-
rality ; and one can scarcely believe an att so inta
mous. But the fadt is incunt6tible ; I have had
confirmed by the person concerned. In his con-
tessiOn to the Abbe Maury, Buonaparte, gives details
which will leave no doubt on the subject even to
the most sceptical.
Itt single combat Junot would have many chances
in
.his favour ; in the dire6tion ot, troops he will be
always a novice, The first and last affair where the
self-called hero of Nazareth had the chief 'command,
was that of Vimiera. He was beaten by Laid Wel-
lington ; 'and if his rout, was not complete, be .was
indebted for it to General Keliermaim, who, by his
bi,ld and skilful tuanwuvres, made head ag +nisi the
English cavalry, and succeeded in keeping it back.
Ai incapable in negotiation as in the combination of
warlike operations, Junot_ merely lent his name to
the Convention of Cintra, The golden bridge made
on that occasion for the enemy, may be ascribed to
the address of young Keilermann. Junot had given,
him a carte blanche; it was, difficult to make a
better -choice: his success surpassed the hopes of
Junot.

There 'was reason for lordly exclaiming against
this Convention, which did nothing but change the
position of the 'French army ; since, some time
after,' it Made its appearance on the frontiers of As-
turia, after costing' an enormous sum fottranspPrt
by sea to the coasts of France : it uo‘Att have been
much
,more advantageous to have sent 'it' back by
land. That march would have -thinned its columns
a little mere effeaually than sea-sicknesS r as was
tnore,lately experienced by the corpa of •Gen.

Tie caplurti, of A4forga .0.-5 due to Gen. Clause!;'
':.tunot only arpeared. there ticyr form-sike, like Jou-
rdan at Mitestricht.: Theionly merit of Junot, then,
is his houndless deVotion.to Buonaparte. Even that
ha; often given him a false direction. At the period '
of the camp of .B(Tpdogne, he,.connnatided at Arras
a Corps •ot grenadiers. Buonaparte had intimated a
wish, that .the whole army should have their hair
hair cot .alal:ilus Tmm
he Generals counicated
that; intention jo the chierS of corps, ins iting.t hem
to confo'rm to it, it 'they did not believe. it injurious
to the service. Tuuut converted-into an abso-
lute order, and made the Captains responsible for
its execution. A Company tetUsed. The Captain,
who knew nothing but obedience, cut off the hair
of the first !nail of die company. The srenadier
turned round, and ran. himlbrungh the body with
'his sabry lair officer fell dead on the. spot. The
gri-nAdier was brought .to a, Coutt-Martial;
neinned to death, and, shot within four-and-,twenty
bunt's.- BuenapprtF reproached Juout tut' his impru-
dence, and. 'deprived him of his command, Ahich
:wAs'given to gen. Oudin t.
His courage, tit llien is that of all soldiers, becomes
tenigilty,ipaur ignorant General. I.t will be objeft-
editicar Yunot•,.neVertheless, cominarids • three klivt-,
toils, forming a total of !2.5,00U men. could re-
ply, that ;Charbooier, and. jou-rdan have haft inure
Inip,:rtant ; 1,c0111141.,* myself tu saying,
'dna BOutiaparte calculmes out the talents, but ttre
fidelity of the General's to whotwhe grams hs con-
fidence.. Junot rt-cei;es orders horn iclasei.a,i he
executes them 'very ~p.unctually einiduys the.
Chief of his Stiff to take. toe c ire cf the divisions,
and nicthing 'remains fur him 1;m to choose good
head-quarters. When fight-nig is ' necesaiy, you
tong depend upon inooi being alwa)s to .tir t
rait.o. He is CaLli in Ole tlndSi Of the laylltst.4re.
AS he has 'neither
,(111cline$i Of pereeptko4,
nor I(ndwledge irrat:Le,i% res, he has the•:great
fa,ling of •loilthOng‘ the ad. ice of the first prison
Who offers. ..An attack front Junct should never be
'waited, for. He must be taitett upon nnexpectedly,
and an attempt inade to sUt;:rise his canto ur cancou-'
merits ; you \vitt then be iirdc.l to wake good thing
'it. You 0u.1).. judge of trout his Ciinlptiign
of 1809, in Fiane-nla, against the Duke of Bruns-
wick and Gen. Kitinuayer.
To igooratikv Art I,is profession, this officer joins a
prodiginty wabout exsunple:
.when ai Burch:ilex on
h s return from l'uftaa', tie give tuou huts to a
figuraote of the theatre of that city, as a reward fur
her tacours'; it was hence cut...dude(' that he must .
have pliriged iminthse

Though absent from at is, he retai the title of
Governor of that cspiial, and continues to receive
piesents, which amount to 50,0001. sterling a year.,
Though he has pCrtormcd no military exploit that
can be cited to his hiniur, it is said that he is very
discontented at • not staving yet beta oppoinied
Mar,hai. Brame as a greitio licentiob4 to the last
degree, a great tri,tni to pitage, endowed with
,• • .
sonic natur.il spirit,atict man pcy gstcat quaiitin, but
destitute of useful kaowledge„ Jianot tnus, be regard-
el, since the death of Launes, as the most tnd.tul
Stid.of the He/u fis St. Joh-rz 71. Acre: