The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-24 00:00:00

tijesty nn lodge' reels hi, poly atiectlims; *II induces uS to hope that lid will be aisle to receive, on the Ist of .littitary, the homages of his Court and 'of the Pnl3!ic Authorities. The attdck of gout which his Atkjesty experienced was not very violent. The Kiug , never 'ceased to get up every tl.;!y us usual, to itino with. his finnily, give his orders ut nine o'clock, and transait business with his Ministers. The - King heard mass yesterday in his mews, and afterwards received the Spanish Am- bassudor. This day being the Anniversary of the birth of lser Royal flightless the I).lehess of Amp('!vote, several Ambassadors, 111inIsters, Mart halc of France, and other great Personages, and the Of• cell of the Royal Guard, presented their homages to her Royal Highness. The Russian Army having eauscd some da mages in the arrohdisseinent of Aveihits during its last manceitvres, count Woronzow charged tt4e Sub-[ refect and Chevalier de Monteloox, to esti mate their amount. They were computed at 2775 francs, which were inituediately paLl to the suf ferers. • On Tuesday next the 'meow! Court-martial w try the Ex-Gett, SavarY, Duke of itovig4, absetv M. Talleyrand has not gone to his estate at Va. lencay as stated in some of the papers. Lord Lowther, one of the Lords of the English Treasury, has been in Paris for some days past. hi the cause of opposition to the marriage of ltighe and Mildentoiselle be St. Saran, insti tuted by the mother of the latter, the Court has decided that the partics having both attained the age of 25, were at perfect liberty Cu) marry with out the consent of parents. One of the robbers who stopped the mail at Rauthouillet is be the hands of justice, nod the Police is close at the beels of lti cnrnp Every where the greatest ('igilance ‘hewn to titiZr those despermloes, who, under pretext of thee high price of bread, commit all sorts of eXCe‘Seil. A man named Delaniarre, lately employed in the Mtuistty 6t War e was condemned the day he. fore yesterday by the Court of Asiizes to six years iMprisonment ) , the pillory ) , and to be branded, for too et h lrested to the King, the Prince s , end several Ministers, denoticiations directed against en ilnlividned, to Willa were aifised false signatures. The Rennes diligence, !erten with money for the Treasury, was storped on the 7th near Wt.- Twill, by several armed men ; but before they had effected the robbery, hearing the mail come up, which was guarded by Gendarmerie, the robbers decamped and made their ebCilpe. The ship Ernest, from the Isle of Bourbon to Thome, on the lot of December fell in with, about 7,0 leagues from the island of Tcrcera, a sloop in a dismantled and abandoned state. She scented to have been laden with runt, On her titan was the Hibernia of Portsmouth. A new pamphlet of M. tie Chateatibriand has matte its appearance ; or rather a collection of political tracts, preceded by a preface, and followed by a postscript. CIIANIBEIL OF PEER% SITTING ca , DEcesdnuit 19. 711 e Minister of Finance, accotripanied by [tarot) Dundon, cenincillsir of fitateilte. presented the I'rojet Lawadopted by the Chamber of Deptt 'tiei, respecting the Provisional Collection of the rs t four-twelfths of the Conttibutions for 1817. The Projet wag sent to the•Btoreaits, roomed, the discussion opened, and. tin objection being nose it was agreed to. Reports on the Projets regarding Divorce were made, and ortivred to be ininted..Adjourned till Tuesday. cliAgnEß or L)E'UTtES. t.i stvriso OFTHR 19111. At read the repoct of the central Com mittee oo the plan of law authorising ecclesiasti. cal estabiklinseuts to receive donations. Ile said that the plan had given rise to tears of the revival 'Ol the Ohl order Of Cleigy with all its farrow,- fives ; that the patrimony of families would be Invaded ; and pad the Clergy ‘t mild be actuated by a sordid zeal for their own interest, instead of a religions zeal. lie considered these fears as merical in the present state of public opinion. Ile added, that the salaries now paid to the clergy by the State were trifling and uncertain ; and, hence no respectable fainily wishedthat their son should enter that profession. Means should be taken to met ease its respectability. The report was ortler..tf to be taken into conj. aeration on Monday. ' M. Bowden(' t;ien delivered a' long report from the Central CoMmittee, on the phitt of law rela- - tive: to elections of IN:pities to- the Chamber.' principal amendment by the Committee re. fated to the taxes %Wien an elector should pay in thdee to entitle hint to vote. The Committre proposed "that no taxes hat the hind-tax s hould be reekohed, unless they had been paid two years successively, including that of the election." ' After the report was finished, a crowd of Mem. bets rtislied to the tribrow for the purpose of ob. twining a priority in the discussion on the law, which was fixed for Thnrsday, y . FRENCH FUNI)S. * per Cents _ Sr f. 80 t. think &taunt i WOE; rin",...~.4.o.4worriroweirtirwanniTlMAlßl:c h as been a kind of alarm on the froelers of West ylaip.. and particularly at Menin. The inhehitants of French klundert are in great Want Of torn ; they get therefore bid and dear bread, and come into our frontier totthis to buy bread that is better and cheaper. At the beginning. this was not per ceived, but as they hive come or !Ate in greater lumbers for the saute purpose, the inhabitants in terfered, and by foree"ilindered thein from buying. The Magistrates, however, interposed between the !Mutes, and hirVe taken measures to prevent the ropetition of similar disorders. ‘Vithin a few days, several detachments of Prussian troops !we passed through the (3,•ati Melly ot Loxemburg to join the Army of Occu -I►Htion in France. The garrison of Thionville has been reinforced by .500 men. Other detachments are divided Among the cantonments along the Meuse. DEC. 18.—The dearness of 'provisions has caused distributions in several places on the French frontiers. The Government has signified to the inhabitant% that several cargoes of corn have arrived at Havre, destined for the Allied troops in France, the overplus of which will be distributed among the inhabitants. All the pur• chases made by Fiance are paid for in ready money. Tile payment of the military contributions con dunes with the greatest regularity. GHP.NT, Dac. 16.—LAst Sundiy there was a serious tumult at the market of Lille, caused by the dearness of provisions. PotutOes, the price of which in former years , never exceeded 12 sons for Ate site:mire railed //once, were sold in the morning floc 30 sons ; in the afternoon the dealers wdOted to raise them to 40 acme., The soldiers of the garrison- who could-nor pos- silly purchase at that price, had hung their kettles reversed, as a sign of distress, nut of the windows t h * b arrac k s . S e .m e 114,1(1 . 441 of the Legion went to the market and bought two measures of potatoes at 30 suits the measure. But when they had got the potatoes they refused to pay more titan 15 sous per measure. The dispute which arose came(' H considerable crowd to assemie. An Agent of the Police at tea►pted to restore or.lcr: be was forced to re• treat. Then the people followed the eaemple of the-soldiers. All the potatoes ‘‘'ere carried off' at the rate of 15 sons am, even 1,0 sou' per measure, and many dealers have complained of not having been paid at all. The market was cleared its an instant. The military (infantry and lisessars) proceeded, followed by a numerous crowd. to well-known warehouses. The potatoes were sold in a ,pretty orderly man ner, at the sale of 20 sous. The Police Officers, sub mitting to imperious necessity, presided at this forced salt. The Mayor, however, made art at tempt to harangue the people. lie was not in sulted, but they did not listen to him. Bausset.s, Dec. 17.--The Court of Assizes passed sentence yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, in the cause of Mr. Maresca! ; he was condemned to five years hard labour, and to the payment of 100,000 francs under the title of damages to the city of Antwerp. (ft appears that he seas ac cused of having been eosseerued 'with one La' cost e, to wlsons he lent bilnatne, end with the Mayor of Antwerp, in embezzling the produce of the Octroi [excise on all provisions entering the gates). Lacoste and the Mayor were acquitted in I Pil,3 of the crime of embezzlement,' and act at liberty, but Marescal has beers 'less fortunate than las superiors,,,,whose orders he executed,) 5041 lately, that " the public safety was threatened At ilrussels by I►ar►icular causes ,- 8 40 , &e. It Is with the most lively tisut we can now announce, that the evil has ceased, ►►nd that all the quarters of the city are patrols(' every night by numerous military patroles, who, in concert with the Civil Authurityi maintained he 111108 t perfect order. Under a paternal and just Government, it is sufficient to point out abuses, and they immediately disappear : if the honourable task Were better appreciated by certain «•titers, they would"not so often abuse it. VEPUCK, Nov. 30.—We have received the tunst afflicting news from Albania. The phgue spreads the most dreadful ravages, and carries off innu. weruble victims. The most robust are antidettly att►►cked, and he whom you have conversed with in the morning has sunk under the contagion before the evening. Dalmatia is afflicted in an etfut►l degree. precautions taken in n Lit erale will 'revent any tiling in!cctions knot being exported or •mpurted. The Semiiu i4ts of Ahoils4 are indefatigable in their charitable zeal. The contagion se e ms to revect their sell-tievotiou, anti - -11ot to dare to Itfect them. His Alsiesty the Emperor (*Austria, has sent BRUSSEO, DEc. 18.—A report has been spreattt in this city, that the first Chamber tif the States- General bad rejected the Project Of the Law which has. been presented to ft by the second Chamber, relative to'the prohibition of the ex portation of corn. We believe wp ; may affirm, that these reports are destitute of foundation, since the central section eharged to make a report to the first Chamber on this importaut• has not yet presented it up to this clay. Every thing makes us hope on Olio solemn occasion, don pri vate interest trill not prevail over the general iu• terest. BUUSSELS, DF.C. news. In the Sitting of this Day the Second Chamber received R Message front his Majesty, accompanying a Pro ject of a Law, tending to prohibit the exporta tion of corn by the land frontier to countries whence it is not perm'tted to export to the Ne. Ordain's. It is stated in the Mes , :s4e, that his Majesty has provisionally given orders for the execution of this IncastltC, that it no.) , not be eluded and rendered partly fruitless while their high Mightinesses are deliberating. sou ill AMERICA. By at* wily of Guernsey, letters rearlied town yesterday from Buenos Ayres to tile 251 h of 9e tober. They Are silent on the illbjeCt of the Pot.. tuguese expedition, and it is probable that the Portuguese will now wait the arrival of the new Spanish' expedition from Cadiz before they will COllllllOlCe their operations sigoilist Monte Volea, and the territory on the same: side of the river By the byc, there is 3 report in Ait Amsterdam pa per, that the slowness of the operations sif the Portuguese proceeds from a misttocierstanding with the Spanish Cvernment, which, it is added, has not renounced tts claims to proViner4 which the Portuguese now wish to appropriate. We should suppose, however, that this 'miner must Satre been settled can the occasion of the late 1114- tiimonial alliances. In consequence of hides liqving adranced con siderably in priee at Buenos Ayret, persons made junruies to a great distauee in the interior, to make purchages for exportation, and such (polo litiei had reached the river Mate when the last advices came away, al greatly to reduce the prices. schooner Leon, that MIS li:tended to have been fitted out as a privateer, !old heen. resold, and was to proceed to the United States with ii cargo. The Congress privateer was agsin pr c. paring for a et ttise. Extract of a letter from Buenos Ayres, dated lie 6th October :—" The in ivateers front tltir port are very suceessinl in bringing in Spanish prizes. The only ve-Aeds of %Tar at Sett from hence are, the Ilawke, 30 guns, and 200 men ; !ler cules, 30 gums, and 200 o►cu ; Monmouth, Iti guns, ►lntl 100 ►uecu ; kind thc Montezuma, Ili guns, and 127 men. Frii►n the Bet ntida (Itzette, Nov. 23.—" at Ilse Wells, on StllldaY last. his Ma.. jesty'a ship Forth, Rear-Admiral Gait:Tyro ; leis Majesty's shit► ractolits, Captain DonDIE ; and his Majesty's ship Saractm, Captain Goat, tro►n Oit Monday they weighed from that atnchor►ge, and came to at his Majesty's Naval yard, Ireland Isle." Tfi ArRICA REGISTF.II, • l'olormq Lost Night. Dittiv-L.&Ne..-11..twith Droug:'(4tptain Sidney, Mr.T.C.nokt; !iiiss Mangeon. A(ier which, Itlsisini; the Wind. CAYIiXT-(;ANDEN.—'IIIe Slave : lianibia, Mr. Mc:ready; Ze linda, Mks Stephens. Alter Blue ~Y;11 L!5. AaittvEn—t France, 1 Fland,rs, 1 I)alrlin, 1 Waterford. Dso K —l If t ilim),l, 1 Gottritinirgli o 1 CAkerosey and Jersry, 1 Waterford. I'ItICE 0 Tests nAy r 8 per Cent. 3 per Cent. CmiA Ctiut per . 7 44! b per Coil. N. A u,shut N STOCKS wr.r.vr. o'ci.ock. I Batik 1.. Awl.-- 16i 3-Intits India 1/c+iittgt••• 1 . 1. pr. Excti. Bilis, ........45,7%. pr. Gine. fur J.inuAry,....... tiS/i tlrrrl ivivrF.tt r.o.NnoNT im,LIDnE To t minuto w . .14 O. I En:plug s :ll afttr SCN. *44L,1 ibicene AOuLATt LONDON, 7VESD.IY, DECEN BER 24, 1816. A Moniteur, but sio minor Papers, of Saturday ;came to hamd this morning, and supPCP but one extract. There it is Howie l3AßAsnot4 in Lon. (ion, slut it is not the' House of BARING, 41 here tofore supposed, v.hien is interested in the ing PARIS.-ItOYAL " SITTING OF TIM 20TH DECENIIRI. . . " In the *atilr at the Honie. ai linrandan, M, Qnequet, A►lvocate•General, si►►►punced, that the Conferences he bail had with the Agentb of the Civil List ►ind for their result to disembarrass the cause from the neivprnceedings that ha , 1 been demanded. Therefore, he asked the rm. ponetuent of the cause to Monday the 30th Dc. ceiber, which was granted.", FRENCII FUNDS. S per Cents.... Bank Actigns.. ...551. so c, ....11:5 1 3f. 74c The I)utch and Fidaders Mails which arrived this morniiig, bring information of the riotous Lisle itt parti'eulttt the insubordination of fig ditty and l'optilate teat:heel a high pitch, astl 1 lied the Legal Authorities. We will nem, fumed the advocates of riot, which Ctill only, k i gravate the evil against which it is directed; butt!l.l,; heavy opptession of Forestallers and Itegrateo ., ill to be endured. it is the curse of these tit both in its immediate effect upon thesomfort ---,:, the poorer orders, and in its ultimate effect' embittering their spirits, and fitting them to be/ cotile the tools of the factious and revolutiottarp;ft, l The Newspapers .hostile to M,riisters, unikk formed as they are as to the nature and extent the retrenchments which will be laid before Polio went on its meeting—ignorant of the amount of-flA;k. reductions made in the Public Expenditure, 4 those proposed, and of the general or partiealsl , measures which will make out the case of GO'' . : vernment for the approbation of the Countrin. have not the justice to wait a few weeks for thiti. exposition ; but fancying e terisely what suits theirk. ~ own views in the modification of Offices and ditt charge of Clerks, these candid Critics are bib*, in raising an odium beforehand, anti doubly pit' , " boning the popular mind, by condemning w itlio , .. knowledge of what has been dune, and exeitiai ~ expectations which they hope will be disappointetik , This crude and premature mode of arraigning. , an administration may, we think, be left, witl this briet notice, to the sense of th e peopile. 'bit e,: . integrity of L ug lish character will reject sues H base artifices to disparage the Rulers of the ain Aire, and Britons will hear what steps have bee3r4 taken to meet the pressure of the times, without .;,. compromising their dearest interests, before theyf, juin in' thc tailings which partiality or disconteat are in such haste to raise. 1 Yesterday there was anot h er public examinpo. :ion at the Mansion House of the persons in eta ' toffy upon charges connected with the late riot' ; when two were committed for irk', upon the gri,und of felony ; Once, including Prestua itotl Hooper, were ordered to find bail one was tOP' .churged and one remanded. Nothing is yet settled ati9ut the expellee eataseil by selling bread cheap in Faris : is still sold sins within and 24 . w Wont the gates 41. 0. 0 4 of course makes it necessoly to forbid hread Wing taken out of the cif y, and rather a strict. search is instittned to f hiN cifcct. A well , many osb a " Wants of the suburbs were io the habit 14 1 ," ) : : • fug bread in Inc city, and in Wage is 110 Other place to supply them, which caul:filo. first a good di of confusion, till thin,;` had into a more regular course. of The QUEEN rosin's to lieigionts ora the CI" January, when a test townher Al.sulo: , d 4 . ! both Houses of l'atliatuent will be invited her MaisisTY. t C Yesterday his Royal Highness the Do FURS arrived at Lurk-house, St,thlelattl , Jaintes, from °glands, and transacted business at his office at the Horse Guards. The Duchess of Cu tttIEttL.ANU was bottr - y c ! " : terihiy. ller Royal I.li4iniess expects to be is the arrow early "text :vet k. A sh , .'fifePElNcti ItEuRNT has Made a spieu ou tillion to his araltillry trout the trophies field of Waterloo, con , isting of entrassOs • li e d mots, Sables, anti carabines, suniC rit WhiC h beautifully inlaid with silver ,terl urnaTar it llis 11° Y 41 Ilighoes‘' 4 vollemou of ancient, aP moor is novv the finest in the kingdom, The. Paisccx aaGENT has tir t i e. red ten bnUockti and a proportionate quantity of broad, to Ire 11 - limited itt the parish of St. James, on Clir i ' lB"- Day., The extent of his Royal Highness's ty , will render happy sonic thou3aoth of lO ivi ; dodli• who would trot have known where sear.e 7 to have obtained it meal. The distribution if making with niost praisetvotthy ciremnspecdoll' and. the gratitude or the pel*misi receiving rife bounty is, we are happy to hear, poured uot t tt payers for his Royal. Highness's humane COl's:, :titration of them. WV have }heat satisfactifa' a contemplating the sentiments and feelings of a father, with his wife and 5 or 1 children aroon" fi him, sitting ducat; Ic► this but~titifitl ren,►st, , the boy anti delight with which they will pt ,ry f 0 Isis gracious attachment to them. YestettlAy Viscount and Viir“llllteSS CAsrty EltkOit left town for their seat, Nolitt" yiA Kent. His Lot dship iutends to return to :WI un Thurld,iy. , , On :Sunday his Excellety.y Count LIEVES gore a grand dinner to most Of the Fore;uu dors in town, Yestertiq the E trl of HARR6WBV left toin to joiv his Noble Cuuotess and tathily at his soat Statfordthire. 'itt• Mr. GEOItGE IiOLTON NIAINWARING 'IS 11)1391 ect the new Policy Magistrate, awl goes Jo ship-streetOffice:—Sir \V, l'AitsoNs sat at Mad " borough -street 011ice.yesterday, he having ha ° appointed to succeed GeottGe 1.1 1 CK.s, E t .q. WOO appointed toliow-street. Letters Irony Ilanibitigh, of the „ lion, that the Proonatt Govo u riovut had W I ". malting con.ziderable purchases of wheat, tY c, 46 ; Wt: cnpied front a Aifittling Paper yesterrl")'. ll story about Lord .Ox Fa being, robbed, 8 ; • , Italy. ging Important Pelson, ix, we lion , England, and the paragraph in question a tattrt cation. r/ 191 0", Lord AkTELIOS BE ' , Ucutttx has tece no i 7 i „,,41 'info' int° Vat kslitre a s e , ch 01 * urn of tins , .' beautiful coloor and texture, which in a novel mode. Ms Lordship prOP ° ' oot the raw matetial, andtinplov the labouring p in manufacturing it.