The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-05 00:00:00

" DEC. 30:

This day, si*, new Members to be comprised
he Central Committee on the Budget were ap.

pointed, viz.:—

By the 2d Bureau.—MM. de Magenval and
de Lastours.

" By the 4th.—MM. Dumarallach and Ganilh.
" By the sth.—MM. the Chevalier Lafitte and
Magniet•-6ratidpre.

The death of M. Paget de Baure, one of the
Vice Presidents, was announced, and the Chamber
appointed by ballot a deputation of 12 Members
to attend his funeral.

A grand Deputation Was appointed to coth-
,
pliment tue King on the Occasion of the new
year.
" Dec:3l.
The conferences respecting the Budget were

continued. It is them& they will be finibbed tbi
day after to-morrow.
" The Committee on Recruitment assembled,
and it is thought will be ready with its labours 01/
Saturday or Monday, when the next public sittilg
will take place.

PARIS, JAN. I.—The Committee of the
Chamber of Deputies- on the Projet respecting the
Recruitment of the Army, will, it is said, propose
an important amendment to Title 6 of the Projet
relative to promotion.
" The Princess Sophia Caroline Maria, Mat'
gravine of Bareuth, died the 23d ult. aged 81.
" The Gazette of Geneva announces the death
at Lisbon of the Baron Onatela, Farmer-General
of Tobacco, 'who has left property to the amount
of 15,000,000 florins. According to the direc•
tions of his will, his coffin is to be covered with
gold, and fastened with a golden lock, the key of
which, also of gold, has been delivered to
.big
next of kin.

The King yesterday, seated upon Lis throne,
received the grand Deputations of the two Cham•
bers. His Majesty afterwards presided at a Coun-
cil of Ministers.

" The Dulie of Wellington had a private au.
dience of the King on Tuesday.
" The cause between the Duke of Otleans and
M. Jullien has been again postponed for 8 days.

" We learn from Vienna, that Jerome litiona-
parte bad reggested permission to. proceed to
Trieste ; but which had been refused him on ac-
count of his breaking his promise when there in
1814.

" The Prince de Talleyransl has been with. the
King and Monsieur.
" The Duke of Wellington will, it is said, set
out on Monday next for Oambray. His
fp, race
will return to this capital in March.—(Anotber
. -
Paper says the 20th of January.)
" Monday evening there was an assemblage,
of all the Russians of distinction now at Paris,
at the= Hotel of Sir Charles Stuart. The Count
l'almela, the Sicilian Ambassador, was also pre-
sent.

The Duke de Feltre had a private audience
of the King on Tuesday.
" Madame Manson has decided on pleading her

own cause.
" The Journal de Rome states, that according
to an Official Census, the total population of the
Pontifical States is 2,425,222, including the po-
pulation of the City and Campagna of Rwuc,
amounting to 241,499.

" FIVE PER CENTS
" Monday 64 f. 75 c.
" Tuesday
Wednesday 64 f. 60c.

" VIENNA, DEC; Goiernment, in
order to open to the-produce of Austria an outlet
by the Adriatic Sea to the United States of A-11W'
rica, has issued orders to the Baron Charles de
Stormer to proceed. to Philadelphia, as Austrian
Consul.. General. His appointments are . fixed at
24,000 francs in specie,
,besides a personal salary
at 12,000 francs, -and 10;000 ducats for an outfit.
" FRANKFORT, DEC. 23.—Letters from Saxe
Nyeirpar stare,
.that the Present . system respecting
the Liberty of the Press will not :experience .any
change, it being 'founded in the -Constitution'of
the Grand Duchy; but no abuses of the Press
will be tolerated, and all offenders in this respect
will be brought before the Tribunali—siveral in,
formations have been already filed.
"Sr. PIERRE ,(MARTINIQUE), OCT. .29.--At.
cording to the details published in our Gazette,
respecting the recent hurricane, all the parishes
of the Island have suffered more or less. The
provisions are nearly all destroyed, several
Plantations destroyed, several negroes and
cattle killed ; every thing presents the image
of devastation. The houses at Fort Royal and
the-public edifices have been either destroyett
or greatly damaged. Tile same at St. Pierre.
The vessels at both these places were driven out
to sea, and no tidings have since been heard of
them.

We have reason to hope that Guadaioupebas
not suffered so much.

" PRAGUE, DEC. 16.—The report of an as—
semblage of Sovereigns next summer is altogether
discredited.

" HAGUE, DEC. 25.--• A Courier has arrived
here from Rome with dispatches. Lucien Buona.
parte had not quitted that capital, as reported iii
the English Journals."

This morning we received New York Papers
to the 2d, and Letters to the 3d of December;
Charleston to the 7th do. The New York Even•
ing
_Advertizer of the Ist states, that the Con..
gress had met as that morning, but the P, esideht's
Speech. had not then come to hand. The Charlestox
Courier of the 6th Dec. says, that the G:vertiot
of Dominique has issued a ProclamatioU that
vessels froni all Natioas are at liberty to enter that

Port for the space of. six months from the date of
the 13th November.
(From the New York Commercial Advertiser of Dec. 2.)
IMPORTANT.— The Executive. of this State re-
ceived on Saturday, by express, the following
important information :
Extract of a Letter from General GAINES, dated
ilead-quarters, Fort Gaines, Noy. 9, 1817-
E' had the honour to receive, at Fort
Alontgomery, on the eve of my movement hither,
your Excellency's communication of the 17th
`September, My disposable force, consisting of
Ale 4th and 7th infantry, marched on the 20th
by the -Ceneka, on our new route, and arrived
atithis place last night. I had entertained 'a hope
that the Seminole Indians, apprised of this move-
ment, would yield to my command, and thereby
obviate the necessity of marching to the frontiers
the military force which you were pleased to put
in readiness for the purpose. This hope has not
been realised ; on the contrary, it appears from
the best information I can obtain; that the Semi-
at'les
,have made arrangements to collect their
fc'ree, amounting to 2000 warriors, and attack
titay soon as we cross Flint Rivet% Although I
Put little faith in their threats, and believe
their numbers to be over-rated, yet, under all
the circumstances of the case, I feel it to
h my
.duty to request of your Excellency the
regiment of infantry and squadron of cavalry
designated for this service, and that they may be
ordered to assemble at Fort Hawkins on the 25th
inst. or so soon after that day as may be practi-
cable, Where the infantry will be armed and
equipped, and the whole mustered and inspected
by Major NM, of the army of the United States.
apprehend that it will not be practicable to arm
the cavalry but in part. It is thenceforth very
desirable that this part of the force should bring
their own arms and equipments otherwise I
Ault be under the necessity of putting muskets
into the bands of such as I may be unable other-
wise to arm."
Copy of a Letter from Major TWIGGS to General
GAMES, dated Fort Scott, Non. 1.

".S.rg,—Since my last communication nothing
of any importance has occurred in this quarter. I
have a Chaascter in confinement who was present
*t the meeting at the Mikasaka town last Sep-
tember. The determination of the Indians is to
Sive up no murderers or others of the Whites, and
" SQ" 28 we cross Flint River, to attack us. The
Chiefs counted the number present at the meet-
jog --there were 2700 wariors.
ee
Fn compliance with the above requisition,
eettere have been 'issued by the Governor for the
"rafted Alilitia to rendezvous at the place tip-
Pointed by the first of next Month."
k'llr'et of 0 Letter front St. Augustine, Nov. 28.
" CUAR, ESTON, Dec. 4.--Arrived here the
troop Randolph, eight days from St. Augustine,
voith hides and oranges ; the Captain reports, that
the tnarket was so dull that there was no business
glf" any kind doing; the Spaniards had assembled
a large force there for the protection of the place
against the Patriots. The Spanish Governor's brig
tact& Fernando had brought a reinforcement of
b.oops from Havanna!), besides a great deal of
I"tiey and military stores. There were from 12
t' 1500 regular troops in the Garrison besides the
tklitift, and the inhabitants were under no appre-
"lions whatever from the Patriots."
hy the arrival from Galveston we learn, that
that Port bad been entirety abandoned last month.
47a
enteen sail departed in the direction of Amelia
ud• From this circumstance the report pro-
"Ay originated, which has been in circulation, of
4 flot
illa having appeared off Apalachicola,--(Nett
%le
ans Gazette of Nov. 17)
.3r (Front the Charleston Courier of Nov. 6)
esterdaY passed this town 500 men, on their
arch to Fort Hawkins,with 4 pieces of artillery,
Futlnders each.

to 41"tnemOirs of the late Bishop of LANDAPF seem
tch,ll4v-e atipplied several of the Public Prints with.
41" which they-have discussed according to the
.at
Itl'e of their:views, and in conformity to their
‘itical principles. Such a use of the work was to
tie e.xPected, nor there much reason for blaming
url°'4e wlid so far.availed themselves of the opinions
an""inguished and respectable character ; but of
tit ttle reprehensible conduct- which relates to
wee %lit question, that of The Morning Chronicle
t: :111 to be the most glaringly offensive. Not satis-
sh, with Whet the Son of the departed Prelate has
pe-hught.pruper to give to the Public, and' it is,
It
or al l°, to he confessed that be might have been
to
are cautious, The Morning Chronicle wants to
"%'y the veil with which filial reverence had
: vered the
ashes of the dead. Surely it must be
Afore
that the Son of the Bisjtop would have
than l'egdr(l• to the memory of his Father
he
tafn
1111 the Writer in The Morning Chronicle, and
"bli
capable of. deciding oil the propriety of
c 4 as
"1" regret to say that the Bishop

was too much of a Politician for his sacred calling,
as, with his talents and attainments, if be had
calmly pursued the awful duties of his function,
there could be no reason to doubt that he might
have reached its highest honours. But the me-
mory of the Bishop has been exposed to
.ano-
ther attack from a contrary quarter, as a
Journal, of. politics totally different from those
of The Morning Chronicle, has attempted to
vindicate the suppression of which the latter
complains, allegi»g that, for the sake of " common
decency," the Bishop's Son ought not to be pro-
voked to publish any more of the work in ques-
tion. The charge implied in this insinuation is
full as censurable as the attempt of The Chronicle
to draw forth to the public eye what filial reve-
rence was induced to bury in oblivion. But we
may fairly ask the Writer who defends the sup-
pression, how he could possibly know the nature of
the matter suppressed ? It is not likely that the
Son of the departed Author would have consulted
a Newspaper Writer, previous to the publi-
cation, and would have been decided by his
judgment what was proper or not for publication !
But, what is the result of this indecent contro-
versy between Party Writers / Why, that the
Public at large will look up %,,tith less respect to
the memory of a Prelate who possessed great abi-
lities, with much private virtue ; who had
given to the world many useful works, and who
might have found sufficient employment in tl►e
duties of his sacred calling, but who permitted
politics to mingle with those sacred duties, and
thereby opposed obstacles to his own advance-
ment towards those high dignities to which he
would otherwise have bad indisputable preten-