The Sun. — London, England, 1821-11-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, Nov. 18.—Yesterday being the King's birth-day, the Royal Family, the Princes of the blood, the Great Officers of the State, &c. &c. - waited on his Majesty, and presented their con gratulations on the joyful occasion. The Prince Royal of Denmark travels under the name of the Count of Oldenburgh. Re"cent letters from Lisbon state that the King of Portugal has just appointed new Ministers to the Courts of Paris, London, Vienna, &c. The mission to Paris is entrusted to Judge Botello, Ex-Governor of Madeira, and that of London to °Don Coustancio, a much-esteemed literary and scientific character. ;Letters from Barcelona, dated the 6th and Bth instant, have been received from M. Bally, an nounciug his convalescence. The disorder con tioues to decrease, and the French Medical Corn mig3sion is expected to leave the town towards the end of this month. It is said that the Public Authorities of Bar celona, having remarked that the animals in the town were infected with the contagion, caused " a flock of '2OO sheep to be brought into Barcelona, almost the whole of which soon died. Tortosa has no longer any inhabitants. The persons who enter the town are instantly attack ed by the disorder and are carried off in a short time. FRENCH FUNDS. Nov. 17, Five per Cents. Deferred Stock FRANKFORT, Nov. 12.—The Porte causes troops to march into Servia, whence it is conclud ed that serious disturbances are apprehended in that province. NUREMBERG, Nov. 11.—All the reports re specting some pretended political changes in several Northern States are destitute of any foundation. Our politicians now say that the journey of the King of England to Hanover had no political object whatever. It is asserted that the Persians have declared war against the Ottoman Porte, and that hosti lities have already commenced. It is added that one of the Schah's sons is at the head of 60,000 men, in the Environs of Bagdad. T R I ESTE, No v. 2.—( Extract of a Private Letter.) —A vessel has arrived here in eight days from Corfu, bringing letters up to the 18th October, from a most respectable merchant there, to the Director of the Company of Assurance of this City, giving the following information respecting the Turkish fleet. It consisted of 53 ships of war, with 37 empty vessels they had taken at Galaxidi ; it was attacked by 28 Greek vessels, be ;:!g the vanguard of their whole fleet, and en tirely dispersed, the Greeks recovering at the same time the vessels taken from them. One Turkish corvette was boarded and taken, and seven other ships sunk ; another in the port of Cheri, in the island of Zante, and four have not been heard of yet ; the remaining forty took re fuge in Zante, four of the largest without masts : a French corvette was present at this battle.— They write from Zante, that the Islanders have obliged the English Authorities there to send off the 40 Turkish ships that had taken shelter in their port, and that they had even killed four British soldiers. We expect soon to hear of the attack of the shattered remains of this Turkish fleet, and then we hardly think there will be one left to carry the news of the defeat to the sultan. A small vessel of Spezzia attacked two Turkish brigs, and sunk them. CORFU, OCT. IC. [PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.] Alre are told that a great number of Turkish corps are marching against the Greeks. The only troops which the Greeks have to dread are the divisions composed of European Turks, espe cially those who are now contending with the in surgents for the soil of Greece ; but most of them have perished in a great number of partial conflicts, which have proved very fatal to the Osmanlis of the country. We have now certain intelligence of the cap ture of Tripolitza, the capital of * the Morea, of which the following are particulars : " Calamatta, Sept. 27. " Tripolitza was taken by storm on the 23d of this month. The Turks guarded carelessly a part of the ramparts, which having been ob served by the Parganiote Colonel, Cephalas, he resolved on taking advantage of it. He commu nicated his plan of attack to the other chiefs, assembled his regiment, and after a short ad dress seized the labarum, and was the first who ascended the enemy's ramparts. This attack succeeded : the Colonel planted on the walls with his own hands the Greek standard, and followed by his men, dispersed the enemy, and attacked an adjoining battery, of which he The Ifydriot gunners, who got possession. served the besiegers' batteries, having joined this I band, immediately turned the guns of this battery against the town, and carried on a brisk fire : at the same time, the soldiers were fighting with the Turks, who were abandoning in every direc tion the ramparts, to retire into the square. Ge ❑eral Peter Mavromichale, who commanded the beseiging army on the opposite side of the town, apprized of the successful attack by the report of the cannon and the appear ance of the floating War= on the walls, went also to the assault at the head of the Mainotes. Colocotrone did the same on his side ; and the battle which began at eleven o'clock in the morning lasted until midnight.— The Turks having been driven from all their retrenchments, shut themselves up in several houses, from which they continued to fire ou the Greeks, and thus compelled the latter to set fire to a number of houses. The next day the Turks, who still held some strong positions refused to surrender, notwithstanding the re peated summons they received, and the con querors were under the necessity of reducing them by fire and artillery. " Our Chiefs treated with distinction all the Agas and other Turks of rank who were made prisoners. The harems of two Pashas of the Morea, who are now fighting under the orders of Chousrid, Paella of Epirus, were also found in this town ; and the women were treated with all the respect and consideration due to their sex and rank. Even the proud Kiaja-Bey of Chousrid Pacha,who at the beginning of the insur rection overrun and sacked Argolis, burnt seve ral villages, massacred and led into slavery all the inhabitants, was, notwithstanding these atro cities, treated by the Greeks with the modera tion enjoined by christianity to its disciples. " The Archistrategos Demetrius Ypsilanti had been absent for three days, and his Lieutenant Peter Mavromichale, Prince of Maina, command ed in his place the day Tripolitza was taken. The provisions found there were so abundant, that the Turks might have passed the whole winter in the town without inconvenience, if it had not been thus taken. The Mainotes and all the troops have obtained a great quantity of booty." (EXTRACT OF A LETTER.)--« LEGHORN, Nov. .—The meeting of the Greek and Turkish fleets took place on the 12th of October off the island of Zante ; the inhabitants of the island were as sembled on the shore. The advantage appearing to be on the side of the Greeks, as the Turkish flag was struck in some of the ships, and the banner of the Cross hoisted in stead, caused them to express their joy by loud acclamations and clapping of hands. The English perceiving this, gave orders for the guns of the fortress to fire on the Greek ships ; but while they were engaged in this, the inhabitants revolted, and the English were obliged to retire, and to shut themselves up in the Castle. Troops have since arrived from' Corfu, under the command of General Adams, and we expect, with impatience, further parti culars." li.tmauac fr, Nov. 13.--By the latest accounts from St. Petersburgh we learn that trade was very dull, and that the exchange had fallen a little. The letters which we have received from that city are, however, rather of a pacific, than of a warlike complexion. HAGUE, Nov. 14.—The First Chamber has adopted the project of law passed by the Second Chamber, respecting the continuation of the Land Tax, &c. upon the same footing as in 1820 —lB2l. A convention has been laid before the Second Chamber, concluded between his Majesty the king of the \etherlands and his Majesty the King of France, for the reciprocal giving up of deserters. The ship Flora, Capt. Kirchhoff, from Malaga, which was refused admittance at Cuxhaven, has entered the port of ..Arendahl. CITY BUSINESS.-The LORD MAvor, yester day held a Court of Aldermen, when his Lord. ship laid before the Court the most gracious An. swer of his Majesty to the Address presented on Friday last, which was ordered to be entered on the Journals. The Court unanimously voted their Thanks to the late Lord Mayor for his conduct throughout his Mayoralty, which was ordered to be advertised, and also to be present ed to his Lordship in the usual manner.---The Inquest of St. Dunstan's presented sundry ruinous houses, upon which th e Court directed th e A ct of Parliament to b e put in force. The Inq ues t of Tower Ward presented a serious nuisance near the Custom-house, which was referred to the Alderman of the Ward. The Court, upon bear ing the Petition of Messrs. Calvert, order e d th e proceedings a g ai n st th e m at the City's expense to be stayed. Precepts were directed to be is sued for the Election of Common Councilm en , and other Ward Officers, on St. Thom as ' s d ay next. The Court were pleased unanimously to vote an allowance to Mr. Wontner,in consequenc e of the lamentable accident he met with in the discharge of his duty. X 30,000 MONEY IN SHARES BY c.tanotr..— No. 11,486, drawn Yesterday a PRIZE of Tny it - TY THOUSAND POUNDS, was sold in Shares by CARROLL, at his fortunate Offices, 19, Corn hill, and 26, Oxford-street. It will be recollect ed that CARROLL also sold the very Last k30 ; 000 Consols ever drawn. LITERARY NOTICE. MEMOIRS of the CELEBRATED PERSONS coMposnig. the KIT CAT CLUB ; with a Prefatory Account of the• Origin of the Association. Illustrated with forty-eight Por traits from the original Paintings, by Sir GODFREY KNI:L LER. London, 1821. This is a volume of very considerable researcl and interest. It comprises the lives of the mos eminent men both as it respects rank and talents, l of the reign of Queen ANNE, and abounds with anecdotes, not only of the illustrious individuals whose lives it records, but also of the literature of that day ; we shall proceed to give a brief account of the association itself, with an extract or two from the body of the work. The Kit Cat Club, consisting of the principal Noblemen and Gentlemen who opposed the ar bitrary measures of James the Second, was insti tuted about the year 1700 ; for the purpose of encouraging Literature and the Fine Arts, and promoting loyalty and allegiance to the Protest ant Succession in the House of Hanover. Among the forty-eight members of this distingui s h e d as . sociation, were the Dukes of New castle and Marlborough ; the Earls of Halifax, Dorset and Wharton ; Sirs Robert Walpole, John Van burgh, Richard Steele, Samuel Garth, Godfrey Kneller, and Addison, Congreve, Pulteney, IValsh, &c. The Club is reported to have derived its title from the name of the person at whose house the meetings were held; this was at one Christopher Cat's, a pastry cook, who lived in Shire-lane, near Temple Bar, but subsequently at the Foun tain Tavern, Strand. The standard dish of the society at supper was mutton pies —for the manufacture of which Mr. Cat had acquired considerable reputation. Besides this, which may be considered as their greatest place of resort, they were accustomed to meet occa sionally atthe Flask Tavern, Hampstead, and sub sequently at Barn Elms, at the house of their Secretary, Jacob Tonson, who built a room for their especial reception. The Society appears to have died away about the year 17'20. Sir John Vanburgh writing to Tonson in 17'25, says, " you may believe, when I tell you, you were often talked of, and our former Kit Cat days re membered with pleasure. We were one night reckoning who were left, and both Lord Car lisle and Cobham expressed a great desire of having one meeting next winter if you come to, town; not as a club, but as old friends that have been of a Club, and the best Club that ever met." The Duke of Somerset writes to Tonson to the same effect ; indeed this bookseller appears to have been in high favour with the illustrious persons who composed this association, for pre vious to the dissolution of the Society, the mem bers (following the example of the Duke of Somerset) presented him with their portraits painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller, from which the engravings i❑ the present volume have been copied. From a copious and amusing notice of Jacob Tonson, we extract the following passage on booksellers:— " In the days of our ancient friend, Tonson, Little Britain was the grand emporium of books, and the resort of learned men, and as Dr. John son will have it, their patrons. The Bollards, famed for more than a century for their dealings in printed paper, and remarkable for their sound adherence to Church and State, had successively their shops in Little Britain. The Bollards, 'l'. Green, C. Davis, and John Whiston, were the first booksellers who sold books by a marked catalogue at fixed prices for ready money. This plan is now pursued universally, and thus people obtain a knowledge of the value of works they wish to purchase; and the trader, where the disposition to cheat exists, is precluded from the practice of any gross imposition upon his customer. Baker was the first who brought selling books by auction into vogue. This prac tice is much abused at the present day, but is found extremely serviceable in disposing of works to the trade ; at each of whose sales an auctioneer, chosen by general consent, presides, whose pro vince it is to offer the various works in sheets, sometimes to be knocked down at what they will fetch, but oftener with a reserve, not to be sold at a price lower than the proprietor may have previously fixed ; but we are, perhaps, discussing with too much minuteness the secrets of the craft. To return to Little Britain, the New View of London in 1708, describing the place, says— " This street is well built, and principally inha bited by booksellers ; especially from the pump in Duck-lane, which is also taken up by dealers in old hooks." Macky, in his 66 Tour through England," in 1721, thus notices the situation of trade at that period :—" The booksellers of an cient books in all languages are in Little Britain and Paternoster-row;—th o s e for divinity and classics, on the north side of St. Paul's Cathe dral ; law, history, and plays, about Temple Bar ;—and the French booksellers in the Strand ;" it was about the commencement of George the First's reign that booksellers first began to desert Little Britain and Duck-lane, and hive in swarms in Paternoster-row. The last of the trade who inhabited Little Britain was Edward Ballard, who died in 1796, at the age of eighty years, in the house in which he was born. We learn from Stowe that the company of Stationers, or Text writers, who wrote and sold all sorts of books then in use ; namely, A, B, C, with the Pater noster And, Crede,•Grace, dwelt in and about Paternoster-row. It appears that this neigh bourhood was also the resort of certain turners of heads, who were called Paternoster makers. Hence it may be presumed, originated the name of Paternoster-row, Creed-lane, Amen-corner, Ave &c. Caxton, however, our first Printer, was certainly not a Member of the above Association of Stationers, as most of those who succeeded him were. The first book he printed was in 1464 ; lie had a shop at the Sun in Fleet-street, near upon the scite of the respectable medical booksellers, Messrs. Under woods." With this extract we must conclude our notice of this amusing volume, in which the author has dons full justice to au tutcresting subject: The French Papers of Sunday, and Brussels Journals, have arrived since our last, from which we give extracts in a preceding column.—Certain intelligence has been received of the storming of Tripolitza, the capital of the Morea, by the Greeks, and the principal details are extracted from a letter, dated Calamatta, Sept. 27. The ability and bravery of the Greeks were as con spicuous in the attack, as their clemency and mo deration after victory reflect the highest honour on them ; the latter forming a strong contrast to the atrocities of their oppressors.—The French Chamber of Deputies elected M. DE VILLELE one of their Vice-Presidents in the Sitting of Satur day last. As a lamentable proof that the outrageous conduct of the Irish peasantry is far from being subdued, the Government of Ireland have deemed it necessary to issue Proclamations, declaring the City and Liberties of Limerick, and in the County of Cork, the Baronies of Duhallow, Orrery, and Kilmore, to be in a state of dis turbance, and requiring additional Police. This is a very judicious measure on the part of the Irish Government, and if acted upon with vigour, cannot but restore peace to the country. We have again to lament the disturbances, i we may style them by so gentle an appellation, which continue to render Ireland a scene of agi tation and alarm. It is evident that some deep plan is in view, and that the peasantry of parti cular districts have been instigated to their pre sent outrageous and atrocious proceedings by some secret malcontents, more artful than them selves, and to whom those deluded peasantry act as mere instruments. But whatever may be the occult source of all this violence, robbery, and massacre, matters have now proceeded to such an extent as to call for a vigorous interposition of the arm of Power. In hopes to hear that the deluded wretches who have committed such crimes had returned to peaceful habits, from a conviction that their views must finally be dis appointed, we have, in pursuance of the declared wishes of his MAJESTY, declined to insert many very interesting communications. For this reason we have withheld an admirable letter, signed SYDNEY, and dated Cork, and the liberal and judicious writer, we venture to hope, will rather approve than condemn the grounds of our delay. To-morrow, however, it shall cer tainly appear in our Paper, and we doubt not that it will be read with attention by our Minis ters, as well as by the delegated Government of our Sister Island. [Extract of a Letter from Savannah, Sept. 15.1 " In consequence of the low price of grain the Farmers of Canada, in the western district, are turning their attention to the cultivation of To bacco; a sample has been.sent to Montreal, which is said to be of an excellent quality. The soil and climate of the River Thames, and on the northern shores of Lake Erie, have been found to be well adapted to the cultivation of this plant, and the crops already planted have attained a luxuriant. growth. Our city begins to have a more lively appearance than it has hitherto done. Several vessels have arrived from the North with a num ber of passengers ; business has not yet opened for the season, as neither the crops of rice or cotton have as yet come in." A . letter from New York, of the 18th October, states, that the state prison of Auburn was on fire, which commenced in the workshops of the criminals. No account of the damages can as yet be ascertained. [Extract of a Letter from tienliawa (America), Sept. 25.] " On the 19th inst. four very.large skeletons wer e found in a field, which had for twenty years past been cultivated in corn ; they were depo sited in a mound, apparently very ancient. The first was discovered by the owner of the field having ploughed it up, which induced him to make a further examination, when three others were found ; the bones are perfectly sound, and much larger than common, particularly the skulls, which can be very easily slipped over the largest man's head ; the upper jaw bone has one rcw of double teeth only on the left side. It is lived that the curiosity of the public may excite them to examine the skeletons, dnd furnish some inte resting speculations on the subject." [Extract of a Letter from Boston, Oct. 22.] " It is the intention of several of our Banks is this town, to lend money at the rate of 5 pei cent. interest. The measure will no doubt hay( an important effect on the business of this city While, in many other places, complaints are made of the scarcity of money, which appears to be plenty here, our monied men have for some timt past discounted good notes and drafts at 5 per cent." FAILURE.—It was reported yesterday at a lat( hour on 'Change, that an eminent Northern Bank. in; House had stopped payment, and the report prevailed more strongly this day. THE KING. - Yesterday, a few m;nutes after one o'clock, the KING left his Palace in Pall mall, for Brighton. His INIAJcsTY proceeded through the Park, Pimlico, and Vauxhall-bridge, iu his carriage and four. BRIGHTON, Nov. 19.—Our Royal benefactor and beloved SOVEREIGN will be here on the 20th, to-morrow. There was another general meetiu4 of the inhabitants of the town, at the Old Ship, at four o'clock this afternoon. Sir David Scott, Bart. (in the absence, from indisposition, of the High Constable) in the Chair. A report from the Committee appointed to regulate the pro cession resolved on, to give a joyous character to his Majesty's arrival, was n.ceived, which an nounced that a communication from Carlton Palace had reached the Committee, declaratory that his Majesty duly appreciated the prepara tions which were making on his account, but al the precise time of his returning to the pavilio" was uncertain, it might be early or late in the day, or in the night ; and as at such a season that so large a body of his subjects should un avoidably be exposed to the inclemency of the weather for many hours, would he the reverse of acceptable to him, his Majesty directed that such part of their Royal design should be given up- The illumination, from various objectional causes ) as before stated, is also to be dispensed with principal speakers this afternoon were Sir M. J. Tierney, Bart. Sir John Doyle, the Chief of the Committee, and J. M. Cripps, Esq. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the Committee and the Chairman, Sir I). Scott. The Address will be presented as soon as his Majesty pleasure upon the subject is known, probably 03 Wednesd a y morn i ng . O ne common expression of grateful hearts and loyal unanimity here con stitute the order of the day. The greater part of the royal domestic establishment arrived at the Pavilion last night ; the House Steward, J. Watier, Esq. came in this evening. Last night's Gazette contains copies of the Ad' dresses from the Courts of Aldermen and Com' mon Council of the City of London, presented last Friday at Carlton Palace ; and of his MAJ ES' TVS gracious Answers. The LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed WIL:. Ll.tm ROBERT S , o f C o l e f or d, i n t h e county °' Gloucester, Gent., and JAMES Boon, of War uninster, in the county of Wiltshire, Gent., to be. Masters Extraordin ar y i n th e high C our t 01 Chancery. A letter from Venice, Oct. 30, says-----" Y es ' terday anchored in this port, a vessel in 12 day's from Corfu, bringing as passengers the five indi viduals arrested some months since in Corfu, vi z ' Count Anastasio Flamburiari Dinisio Flatoh tv Hari, his nephew ; Teodoro Sicuro; Stelio Str 3 ,: vopodi, and Gio rg i o P e t a . Sir Thomas Maitlan the day foll ow i ng hi s arr i va l at C orfu, or dered Signor Krumm, the Inspector of Police, to com municate to each o f th em an or d er wr itt e D English, and which Krumm interpreted to th eln in Italian, by which they were commanded !it quit the lonian Islands; and to live in exile tilt the troubles in Greece should subside, and r tl ct misfortunes of that country settle into peri e tranquillity." - Letters we have s een f rom one o f our r .--ion; vl5 at Malaga, state—" We have been a g ood ti e , threatened with the yellow fever, and I fear are not yet quite clear of all apprehension; ', le o , one-half of th e p o p u l a ti on h ave a l rea d y tie 4 . ,`q ' the country, and 1 also think of removing in days with my family."—(Glasgora Paper.) .Monday night was the first time of lighting la James's Park generally, with gas, and it is bar e o ' t justice to say that th e ex p er i ment excee d e d C or i .most sanguine expectations. The lamps 0 , placed closer together than those in the str ee and produce a most splendid effect. REDUCTION OF TITHES.—The Rev. Dr. ce TON, Vicar of B o st a ll, i n Y or k s hi re, h as rev° ft' his tithes ten per cent., and at the same tirl' e oi berally promis e d, if th e present depressed y et of agriculture should continue, he will a'a further reduction. 51 RIMSGATE, NOV. 19.—Yest er d a y, the 1 3 ,0 instant, the ship H o p e , b oun d t o Van Die ttl ii o Land, New South \l'al, with passen T ffer'7ol seized in thi s h ar b our by FREDERICK I'E T.I3I, Esq. Compt ro ll er o f his Majesty's Cust°wsoci Sandwich, for having on board a greater of passengers than is ally' red by law. l'u l " cumstance is hailed with peculiar pleasur ° every humane feeling as an event that trust, lead to a discontinuance of such iroe: es l)/ —too often practis e d f rom mercenar y mow ho t the promoters of emigration. Indeed it we c,,r already th e s a ti s f ac ti on of seeingROBERTIII, METT, Esq., a g e ntl eman hi g h i n o ffi ce his 3 l' ‘ lo l , jesty's Cust oms i n L on d on, persona lly ' l 4O the most ri g id i nvest i gat i on o f t hi s distru Gaz-ette, Nov. 20.) loft In New South Wales, peach es are so Pl enti t lt r that they are priacipally us e d a s food for I'o The 6 The Ladit's of th( , t:;wm:hip of Sand al, v f t Wakefield, .tered into a subscriP ti purchasin g waym ...othing for the poor ° f (1 0$ township, and have already distributed a oac tl!; tity of approp r i a t e ar ti c l es f or the 81 3 P r e winter, to th e mos t necess i tous o f t h e ir ueighD PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. R e d . 2393 Bank Long Ann. 191 9-16ths 77.{4j India Stock. per Cent- C0n5....784 78 78 India Bonds 71..7•2g. 3 per Cent B7i Excite+ Bills, 4 per Cent 96,ii Cons. for Account 78i 5 per Cent. Navy .Inn.lll 110:", HIGH WATER AT LONDa Morning, U minutes after 0. J N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 1 Evening, 18 minutes after 12. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIV DICERS 1 , ..11,5UM AUDE.-17' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SOVEMBER 21 , 1821.