The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-25 00:00:00

HAMBMIGHPAPERS.

STOCICITOLU, APRIL. 8 —The last half of the
dotations which were granted to the Officers who
served in the Swedish army under the orders of
the Crown Prince, in the Swedish campaigns of
181:3 and 1814 has been now paid out to them.
_Lich Major receives 2000 rix-dollars bane();
the Lieutenant-Colonel, 6000 ; the Adjutant-
(l6neral, 10,000 ; the Major-General, 12,000 ;
the LiNtenant-Generali, 20,000 ; and the Field-
Marshals and Generals in Chief 60,000.

10ita RHINE, APRIL 14.—The-following was
the Low which Counsellor Sack, COO Presi-
dolt of the Prussian Provinces on the Rhine,
wrote to the Superior Officers of his Government,
on the occasion of the suppression of the Rhenish
jilercury. It is of some interest, as disclosing the
rie.ws of the Prussian Government rehttive to the
ot the Press :—" His Moje!ty the King
by his Cabinet Order of the 3d of January,

tc, prohibit the coutiiiiiaact of the

The Paris Papers of Monday arrivv4 this tnorn-
lug, but as the trial in which the British Public
are so much interested, only tonic place on that day,
the report could not he published until the fol-
lowing. These Journals contain no news.

From Brussels Papers it appears that the Doke
tit IVP,L.LI NGTWNT haft passed timengh that city,
and may be immediately expected in England.,
We All4ll rejoice to see the marriage ceremony of
oar Princess graced by the presence of the first
of Heroes.

There is also home German intelligence, but it
is of inferior importance.

Not having it in our power to forget that Sir
H. WiLsots and his Companions are onr Gaon-'
tryoten, it is with great paid that we advert to
the eircumrtanees in which they have placed
themselves. We wish that our public ditty did
not impose upon us the task of mingling in the
controver3y into which nu► brother Journalists
have entered on the lUbject, and could ha, c been
well contented to have incurred the ceuisure of say-
ing nothing rather than of declaring the unfavour-
able opinion we entertain of the conthmt of these
pule*. But there, are such a,,sumptions made,
doctrines subversive of every just principle are so
boldly advanced, and misrepreseotations and dan-
gerous sophisms are so industriously propagated,
that our disgust gets the better of our disinclina-
tion to the topic, and we are almost forced to
break silence.

Heavy complaints are urged against the mode
of administering the French laws by previous In-
terrogatory, tending to the inculpation of the ac-
cused out of their awn, mounts. It is certainly
different from therrractice at this Country, and
in our judgment no improvement upon it ; but,
whether riglst or wrong, it has little to do with
the question at issue, which resolves itself in-
to this simple liroposition---t bat offenders in
any foreign country have no just ground of
grievance if they are tried aecording to the law
of that country whatever the code may he, and
however dissimilar to (heir own.. It an English-
man were to visit Turkey, and expose bialself to
the Vengeance of the Grand Seignior, by looking
into his Haram, it would he but a miserable de-
fence against the application of the'botv-string,
were he to assert, that it was most despotic
strangle him for peeping at a fair Circassian. The
laws of England truly would not sanction the
punishment, but the customs of Turkey would,
and the nufortunate wretch die justly, though he
" Quoted Paffe. afloat' and Grottos,
And froin Vattel proved very well,
Such a deed would be quite ittivciouc"'

Assuming, therefore, that a man is hound to sub-
mit to the law (Attie land wherein he transgresses
(as Frenchman would he hanged for forgery or
horse-stealing in England, which be would not
be in France), the case of Sir R. Wit.soN and his
associates is entirely divested of all the cha-
racter of orpressi veness which has been attempted
to be fixed upon their Prosecntors. It stands up-
on its own merits and demerits, and so viewed,
what does it exhibit ? an outrageous conspiracy,
full of intrigue and falsehood ; individual opinions
set up-on public matte's, in contradiction to the
declared inter;retation of the Governments con-
cerned ; and combined action giving effect to
the opiuiJus, in direct opposition to the will of

nil legal anthority. Persom may talk of the right
of Speech as they please, but when they are
found illustrating the dogmas they spread by plots
d contrivances, forging false news to prevent the
restoration of tranquility, and assisting convicted
Traitors to escape from justice, is it surprizing
that those affected by these machinations, should
'consider them as dangerous criminals, and endea-
, your to convict and punish aem.

On reading the Examinations of Sir.R• WILSON
and his letter to burl GREY, one cannot help being
struck with the great dissonance of tone. In the
former he is all the bold, manly, straight forward
Briton—scorning dissimulation; indignant at the
idea of uttering an untruth, and, in a word, the sol-
di►'r and man of honour. tlrhat is he in the latter ?
The conspirator, trembling with apprehension at
every random expression that seems to touch at his
mystery, ready with the subterfuge: to avo►d
suspicion, and with the falsehood to serve the
purpose in hand. To speak plainly, lie succeeds
tss he--fir C. STUART is deceived by an untruth
to grant passports—the most running untruth is
coined on the moment to divert the dreaded dis-
c►►very of the tailor—every bat rier and examina-
tion is surmounted by the deliberate utterance of
prepared falsehood, and yet those who resort to
them are—

" All, all honourable men"—
presuming to assert that they speak the senti-
ments of the British people, to -adopt the high
tone of insulted integrity rind virtue, to claim the
privileges of innocence and nnstained reputation !
But is this the worst of their course ? Would to
Heaven it were, and that we could say for them,.
"urged by butnanity they engaged.in a mad attempt,
and stopped so far short of atrocious guilt, as to be
only morally culpable in having accomplished their
object by the sacrifice of truth." It is in vain
we hope to do this. We see the most sacred
principles trampled. upon, the most imperative
(1,041 despised. Look at the cold-hearted treat-
ment of .the Aid-du-camp, who truly declared that
hik existence was at strike and in their hands. • A
noble and ingenuous British Officer was sacrificed,
with scarcely a qualm of conscience,• to the es-
cape of a French traitor. A man, with all the
claims of reposed confidence and of country, was
yielded up to destruction for a man recommended
to consideration by nothing bat his crimes and
their just sentence.. Nor did these newfangled
philanthropists stop here.- As if to afford a
further proof, that- things begun in ill make
good -themselves ift ill, we see: them at Corn-
,
peigne arming themselves, to add, if neces-
sary, murder to complete the catalogue of their
misdeeds, and in the cause of a convict have
upon their heads the blood of any.who, in the
discharge of their duty, might impede the purpose
of conspiracy.

" This is a sorry sight.".

Our hearts revolt at the picture of Britons so em-
ployed—so deeply involved in all the horrid con-
sequences of guilt.

When a Government, in times of financial dif-
ficulty, is trot only evidently disposed to consider
what retrenchments in the expenditure oh the
country can properly be made, but is actively em-
ployed in carrying them into effect, we think it
but fair and just that they should be left to pursue
their own course, without any direct interference
on the part of either branch of the Legislature.
That economy is at all times right, and under
present circumstances necessary, we most readily
admit ; but we deprecate the extravagant lengths
to which some persons, instigated by tarty mu-
Lives, and desirous of keeping up a clamour for
which there is no foundation, would wish to ex-
tend it. Those who, from the most honourable
motives, would carry the prnning knife into all
departments, and especially into our Military
Establishments, with so rigorous and unsparing a
hand, seem to act under an impression that the
Peacel acquired by the energies of the country,
the valotir of our arms, and the wisdom of our
councils, was to last for ever,—totally forgetful
of the extraordinary vicissitudes ire human affairs,
as tecorded in the eventful page of history. Of
the durability of the present Peace we see no
reason to entertain any doubt ; but we have not
/ •
forgot that in the year 1792 the prospects were
at least as flattering, which induced the great Mi-
ni'Ster of that day to reduce our Establishments
to so low an ebb ; end that in six months we
were forced into a war with that very Power,
whose internal state of disunion and distraction
seemed to guarantee the security of her neigh-
bours against any molestation or aggression on
her part. lino, not only our military operations
were conseqtiently crippled for the first two or
three years of that war, but an increase of ex-
pellee was in the end entailed upon the country,
iu re-forming and replacing our Military and Naval
Establishments. That reduction, therefore, how-
ever wisely conceived, proved injurios Doak

I

ways ; and that precedent should surely aki
present to us a lesson of caution. _
Most deliberately we give it as our °pimp'
that reduction in what may properly be celled tl
diSposable force of the country has, been cart+
as,far as is consistent with freedom, and en
with safety, and as the elevated position that v
hold in the scale' of Nations will admit of.,
we would maintain that greatness which we hit
acquired, and preserve that influence over
rl
reign Councils, which has produced such bent
cial results, and on which the future tranquilli
of Europe, and of course of Great 'Britain, !
essentially depends, we must still keep up, )
certain degree, that imposing aspect, to be ti
rived from strength alone, which is calculate
command it. In this view, we doubt Olga,
this important subject has received all the
tlOl
sion that it would bear, and to which We In'
perhaps revert. At present we shall coriOnenl
observations to the state of our domestic fore
namely, the Militia, Local MAitia, and Yeotasn
Establishments.
With respect to the first of these, we °di
stand, from good authority, that it, does n°/
present consist of more than 20,000 men,
of
that recourse will probably be had to a helint b
ciilici
o:
ls y
fore the end of the year to complete it to
establishment.
We sincerely hope that this ett
so
taken,
w hen
t s avoided
expense
i and inconveniencetinle f. tear, ‘v
iilb.c
t a i
country will be comparatively inconsiderablit
Add to this, that as we learn that a Bill is
be brought in to suspend the ballot for them
tefiria)yr,egteMilillietttva;rtirittyi b
in tehres oc
of
ttilri
sect bolt.. ant ofhe o
presentilril
sire
he reduced, the greater part of
present men having nearly reached their 00
period of four years. We have also heard 101!.1
is not in contemplation to incur the exPO.
calling out the Militia for training this yelif!/'
which a considerable saving would be Metle.;:
When we speak of the Local Militia Bii#
o.i!
ment, we seize the occasion of pronounciaxtl
,
admirable Institution, for which the Coontl
H
indebted to Lord CASTLEREAG, as one which.
alone rendered Great Britain absolutely I°
rable. With this feeling, we should haven!
regretted that the spirit of economy had beett!
plied to this force, for the present at least,.!!!
its principle had been judiciously preserved
tpwaceirn.rbei
entitled
:tihmt
leeadyo
nflitonctetaris; l
braenn di:haalarserogoet ef
t 10:
Oue
r
ti11..01
e hal/17
vantage which this description of forc
he
ian
cater
lllit! tranq►►illity, tiftaaitsama fltiloycrht
itanhsieet IPf eft
oeLsr eortrvidiaeLl tp:epf:::
►n out
internal disturbance, either in their 011161
an adjoining one, without even waiting for
1%3
o.r,
With ebe
front the Executive Government.

tin this is not the case.
beitins:vaitnlegi'notfheneyareloynoianneryhalf the expellee
the annual allowances from 4C:vtoall 2) pbeYrren"lal'i"
tVe see- no reason whatever why this ilitgrjt
as a ilisc
shotildmperate in the smallest degree
ragement to that invaluable part of our (Inine
1311''
strength, which we should exceedingly
AS Lord PALMRASToN, when introducing his
btietneantleise,dii:)footrmfoerdtrttarienitnigoutsheisthayteetth,eys::::
required number of days for their assembling°
a view to exemptions, is to be reduced from l""
to five. For this alteration, we umlerstOoll
4
INGTON to have given nofice, that lie 4
bring in a Bill ; who on the same occasioll
stowed on those highly estimable Corps the W
Ann

deserved panegyric—
" T anc
hat there had not been one single inste ilnc'
tt
estalilishateut of their having failed to chew
oily in obeying the call of the MagiStraiS inno' Pa"
kingdom; of
not one, in which they had Oa Ven call! I
successful in
quelling any commotion which thecalled upon to suppress; not one, in which they 113 J, i
f
bluoti
execution of their duty, shed a drop of the
y

Countrymen."
We have thus shewn, that in '
all the br3'lt
of our domestic Military Establishment, at►
siderable diminution of espcnce either "9 ),
or is on the point of being made, unsolicited Cr
ong
in or out of Parliament. We hope ere
resume this subject on more general groan"'

tyfielseteardeacynunt of this day
- 4.....:—.....,....-- 1304
s_tiltes, that the Earl of Lorancont, 'is latlet.l,
E'. The complaint which his confined bis,lL,'`
ship was a severe rheuntatiC affection in Oct.!:
horseback.
Lord t !
—ASTLERRAGH came to
town yester(
from ' his seat in Kent. from Coom I
the retsce REURN't -rade OU
tit_!rincess CHARLOTTE Of WALEs Will C 4
to IVarwick House hext lionday. The 01
remains fixed for Thursday. . , ,I? t
-1-430 y ELLENBOHoUGII, who has ueen soro-0
ill the most RIM Wing state.
much better tt3 to reVive at: I,u acs 0% al.
40d friends.
, The Theatres throughout the, A(01139 (1‘
c Iti
pious Wilt be shut for Wine WeCIC) Q't a Li
the death vi the iimpreil.

NAVAL NBA'S.

Anttti 24 from the Myer
• 24.--Cants own ,
end sai;ed, the Willerby, CaossETT, for New
South Wales ; Celerityi TOISIION, for New York.'
Wind N.E. L.
APRIL 24.--Arrived the Beaufoy
packet with a mall and passengers from Citxha-
'veil. 13 ailed the Nicholas Benjamin Aall,
sr)4). with' deals and, timber, from Portsground td
London.—. Wind
'PottIiMOUTFI, APRIL 24.--Sailtd his Majesty's
shin Terrier for the Mediterranettit ; his Majesty's
ship Britomart on , a cruise ; Speedwell;
11It3tTON, for London.—Wind
Cons, APRIL 20.—Sailed yesterday his Ma-
..
je!ty'l, ship Cyrus, with the British Queen, No.
139 ; lloerodino, 526; and the Quest, 27.4
transports, for Portsmouth, haviitg on board the
Mint Norfolk and Devon Regiments of
Wind South.

The Tigre of 80 guns, ordered to.be broken up,
is to be fitted as a magazine in the room of the
Braave, and to-be delivered to the Ordnance de-
paTtment.
The Braave, late a floating, magazine in, Ha.
umaze has been brolten up. The nails in this
ship's bottom (Dutch) thongh upwards of 14
inches in length, anti of course originally of a cor-
responding thickness, were found reduced to the
size of wire.
The whole of the workmen employed tin the
Plymouth4Dock Lines have been discharged. -
among the many experiments for stopping the
tlry rot in timher, that which is now in use in
Plymouth Yard is, a bole bored to the depth of 9
or 10 inches in the head ()leach titnber, and tilled
,with train oil: the hole is then plugged up, and
the oil left to penetrate into the timber.