The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-23 00:00:00

FEB. 19

'Thiginal Letter from Mr. FREDFRIC DUCHASTEL
tt; Lientengnt-General CANNEL, in answer to a
pa,agraph inserted, page 26. of Memoirs of
the War of • La Vendee in 1815, ty•.that
General.

Ti" paraL.rapb *rimq thus—'' The battle was
over, 'kvfnitiBooo Vedetes of Anion, at the head of
whom was O;,eIYUCIIASTEL, formerly an Officer in
the Army, known for the most extrAvagant
hiuism, arrived -at Mimi. At the sound of- the
'firing, which was heard a good distance off) the
half of his -troops ran away, and he did not dare
to advance with the rest ; he made his retreat
without even having seen the Vendcans, and re-
entered in a cowardly manner Montreuil. A few
hours before this hero promised to exterminate all
that came in his way, and so anxious did he appear
to march to combat that the troops did not collect
quick enough, and he feared to be too late!"
GENERAL;—Iie who is not afraid, in a work
circulated with profiv%ion, to accuse ofjacobinism
aod cowardice an old officer, might himself to be,
at least free from reproach, and feel a pure poli-
tical conscience, or lie exposes himself to hear
ru.blicly also harsh and disagreeable truths.
I will reply to your injurious calumnies, and
give in a few words the history of my political
life; I wilt also sketch a few traits of your's.
During five years I followed the military pro-
fession as a man of honour ; I have always che-
rished liberal principles, which render France
happy, since the best of Kings has consecrated
them by the charter. I have never injured any
one, and I have sometimes been fortunate enough
to be able to do good. I never was a Fedt.Cté, and
you seek gratuitously, General, to insult all the
inhabitants of the Carton of Montret►il in giving
them this appellation. 11. Jouv, your brother-
in-law, was at the head of my column with M.

GArN, the- Mayor of Montreuti; DUGAuGIEa,
.1113I;CC of the Peace. ESTIENNBIN, DANso, and
MAUGEIS BOURGUIDON, Receivers of the Dtoiei
and Taxes. OLLIVIER, lUII. JOSOCC of the Peace
at Done, &c. and marry others. Wire they
Feder& ?

If I accepted the comtmlmi of this troop, it
vas because I saw myself secotrde►i by persons of
worth, who only united themsolvtA with rue to
assist me to prevent the disor:lers to which a body

of men, without organiza►ion, is lietble.
NVottld you know, General, why ti►e Popola,
tine rose en masse? The .inhabitants had learnt
iltn! you mat Cheo in the ranks of the Royalists;
t►ot•one of them was ignorant of the manner in
+l►icb you had n►ade War against the Vc►ldeaas,
and the inhabitants oflicrri ;they feared the same
treatment, and all, even to your ❑earest relatives,
rushed to firms.

What can hare blinded you to suppose that you
%vete no longer known in your own Conotry ? Do
we not all know that you only arrived at the first
rank in the Army, at a time when Demagogic
fury took place of talents and bravery. litre you
not figured, tinder the eyes of your fellow citizens,

at the head quarters of the most revolutionary
Generals ? Have we .not seen you at the head of
these columns ; -every step of which was marked
with carnalze, fire, and devastation, in Vendee and
in Berri? What, since that period, are your ti,les
to glory ? What battle have you gained, what
campaign have you made ? You never displayed
your courage, but to combat Fienehmen and
those Royalists.
Why ! You do not blush to place yourself be-
tween those preux Ventleans, who always raithfnl
to their principles, never bore arms, but in the
cause of their King.

CANNEL, betlA'een the D'AUTICUAMPS and the
LA RUCHES•JAQUELINS! ! ! «%I►at can justity such
impertinet►t vain boasting. Is it ynur conduct at
Rennes and at Lyons ? It is true that the me-
morable trial of General FinAvoT, atEl the reports
of the Duke de RAGusA*, will convey your name

to the latest posterity.
I leave to M. D'AUTICHAMP, against whom
your work is-particularly directed, the care of ex-
posing the errors and the fal,iehoods which
understand it i filled ; he will state what considera-
tion you etijoveil in the Vendean Army, and how
Lieiiteirii,t-General CANNEL came to he under the
orders of the yoting LA aOCIIE-JA(2UP,LIN, then
CUFF D'ESCADRON, and at present only Colonel.
General, you have insulted toe with three
thousand of my fellow citizens. 1 have answered
you in their name an° my own. Were I a Gene-
al Officer, you should have already seen we ; it
is for you now, if you are really a loan of courage,
to filter nieloyally the opportunity of provii,g• to
you that I am as )rave as yourself.
(Signed) F. DUCHASTEL.
Stumur, Feb. It, ISIS.

P. S Pr;iv Genet al can yon explain, as yon say
the battle was veer, how the fit ink; could be heard,
which say you frightened the half of my men ?

* The secret notes of the Duke 11R;.7nsa, who was gent to
gnelJ the riots at Lyons in June li:st. prorud the Cl,ll-
- WaS fr.l Cannll and 01 i,f•! ; an.l by the blood
of their telhnl-citizens the; prove thewselvesactivc friends of
the Munareby.---ThANtirn

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Thursday and Friday last. It is singular that
there is still not a E. yllable mentioned in them re-
specting any discovery regarding the person con-
cerned in the attempt on the life of the Duke of
WELLINGTON. It may be said that if they have
nothing new to communicate on the subject, they
may as well be silent, but it must be recollected,
they asserted at the time that the Police -bad ob-
tained a clue which it was believed would lead tit
the discovery of the assassin, and therefore it
might naturally be expected some further.infor-
mation ere this would have been disclond.

The following are Extracts :
" PARts,FEB- 20.—1 n the Chamber -of •Depn-
ties on Wednesday the Projet for granting further
time to the Emigrants against their Creditors was
agreed to, 97 to 64, with. an amendment limiting
the delay to the Ist January, 18;9. Yesterday
the Chamber were occupied in their BureAux with
the Projet respecting the Customs.

" Fourteen libels have been seized, the Au-
thors, Printers, or Publishers of which are to be
tried by the-Correctional Police. To-motrow are
to come on the cause of Furet,' and that of The
Petition to the Chambers;' two seditious Parnph-
kts, -without the natite of eitlter Author or
Printer, written by soi-dissant Royalists, and
vidtich were seized at the houses of the Sieurs Ten-

e.rt.n, father and son, and the Dame Desgras4ers.
The4e three individndls are in eilstody.
'' The trkl Brunean, canine: hini-
,self Louis XVII. Continued on Tuesday and
Wednesday, and was adjourned till yesterdq
jiidgruent,
" The Committee on the Hurl et have appOinted
three Reporters, the first for the Expendi:ure, the
second for the Revenue, and khe third fur the
Droits Renni 46

" On Wednesday another individual pretending
to he Louis XVII., made his appearunee at the
'chilli!cries and wanted. to see the King. He
ivas taken into custody, and turns out to [;be
wad.

" Marshal the Duke dt Tarente is to make
the report to the Chamber of Peers on the Re-
cruitment Projet.

" The aihe of IVellington gave a brilliant con-
cert on Tuesday at his fiord.

" Wednesday
" Thursday

FIVE PER CENTS.
6r,' 1, 40 c.
611 f. M e.

" MADRID, FEE. I IS said, that an am-
nesty in favour of the Refugees will shortly be
published.

" The expedition preparing at Cadiz for South
America will be formidable. Besides the ships
comprising the Russian squadron-, three Spanish
ships Of the line, four large frigates, and twelve
transports, are to form part of it. the number
of troops which arc to be embarked is estimated
at 8,000 men, perfectly diseiOned and equipped,
a proportionable quantity of artillery, ammuni-
tion, and arms are ready. •This armament is ex-
pected to sail Lext month.

`QZL/HICII; NOV. 9.—The ci*-levant King of
Swedeo, now become a citizen of Bale, has, in
conformity with the fundamental laws of t Ire Can-
ton of B.t!e, formally renounced all the privileges
and all the distinctions aud prerogatives which he
heretofore enjoyed. Lie lies declared at the
same time, th tt be flocs not claim the right of
cHzenship for his children.
" PETEusnution, JAN. 24.—The Grand Duke
Michael will immediately make a journey ih En,
rope, and then Foceed to England.
" MADRID, F 12.3. 6.—Priate Letters state, that
Mina will be Conveyed to Spain to be tried ;
but this conjecture does not appear to be well
founded.

" tE\2va, Feß. 7.--The plan of the journey
of the-Emperor of Russia is Pik Mo-
narch will.proceed from Moscow to Pet ershorgh,
and from thence to Warsaw, where he has been
obliged to defer the opening of the Diet. From
WarsAw the Emperor will go to Odense, a ncl some
say from thence to Astracan
" The Journey of the King of Prussia to Pe-
ter.sburgh, to toe present at the accoucheinent of
his daughter, is indefinitely postponed.
" BALE, FEB. I 2.—The celebrated General
Aloys Reding is dead at
.Schwytz, his native
town.

" HANOVER, FEB. 6.—The Duke of Cambridge
returned Were the day before yesterday front Cas-
sel, %di h Prince William of Hesse, brother of
his august intended consort. Their Royal High-
nesses return to Cassel no the I I th."

New York Papers to. the 2Gth ult. Boston to
the 24th, Philadelphia to the 24:11, Baltimore to
the 23d, and Charleston to the 18th, arrived this
morning. The intelligence by them, if it can be
relied upon, is important :

(From The Commercial 4dvertiser of Jan. 21.)

BALTIMDRE, JAN. I9.—Captai3 Gantz,
ar-
tived here last evening in the schooner Elizabeth,
28 days front Campeachy, states, that a few days
before lie sailed, advices were .received there. of
General Mina's having been executed in the neigh-
bourhood of Mexico, on account of which the
town was brilliantly illuminated.. Captain G.
further states,_ that it was asserted, and fully cre-
dited, that the followers of Mina were .e1;ile:-
dispersed or annihilated ; of course, the Patriots
in Mexico must be in- a most forlorn state.
(From the Commercial -I%lcerllser Jtm, 24.)
EXTRACT OF A LETT!nt FROM AM.ELIA ISLAND,
DATED JAN. 9.

" The Patriots at Amelia are quiet, but the,,'
do not evince any great inel nation to leave their
nest. No sociability whatever exists between
AURY and our 021:7ers ; indeed, they have not
seen each other. They vri'.! certainly find it diffi-
cult to get away, as they will be compelled to pay
all debts doe to individuals, as well as for depre-
dation's committed during their stay."

(From lite same Paper.)

EXTRACT OF A LETT:: DATED ST. MARY'S, J AN 13.
" 1 have this moment been informed that ail
the shipping of the United States, at Cubit, have
been stopped, from one to two hundred sail, and
that three Spanish Officers have conic from Ha-
v,lnnah and St. Augustine, to Amelia Island, to
know can what grounds or cause the American
troops occupy that place.
Actual preparations are making for General

AURV's party to I?p,ve the i 3 CO6t
they t% Not get off un.fer 15 or '7O days.
tit! be a sitolig forter, of ships anil oleo.
" Last ii;glit Officer froio St,
AngriS.:inC; dispatches foi C•olonel 13aoldieud'
1111.161 are soppoSvd to vte front lYasbiiigton.
The Let!er also -midi, that *several mottles
and depredatiOns bad been committed by the
ludialis."
Later acctuut►ts from i3m.badoes state, that bi 3
Britanific .Majes'y's !nig Childers had been sellt
to the Spanish Main by Aluxalider,Aliltie, to de.
wand satisfaction for depredations Couituittcd
ots
the British eomtneree.

Churtsion Cowier of the 14th Jan. staifsl
that ad vices had been received there front
River, which say, that the militia under General
Gaines were erecting fortifications, and that 014
Indians had sent Deputies to sue for peace on tbe)
condititms formerly rejected by them, and that 11
was believed all hostilities would cease witboag
any further bloodsed.

•
The Baltimore .4dvertiser states, that the.SP'.
Nish Autlicritics, at Havanna!), had ecized Otl ibC•
United States vessels in that Harbour, sus a rt-°.
harlot" on the United States for tokiog possessi'"
of Amelia Island froth the Patriots; and
.o°l4l
Onis bad complained a great deal against it•

There Was a lepOrt StrOilgiv p.recaretlit 11'1"
11
morning, that a GREAT FL:N.: AL B SON AGE 1
departed this life, but as it originated in the
-53
and has not received the least countena9c6
Official Quarters, tvhere we inquired, eve-concluc-te
that it is the elicct of wanton or itltel:est(