The Sun. — London, England, 1817-01-09 00:00:00

Fit LNC II PAPERS, PAMS, JAN. 5.--A letter from Saint lieruarii, elated Dec, 25, contains the•rolloWiug tetailti:--- Uti the 18th an avalanche bitried two her- Valli% of thy hospital, and four inch of the town or St. Plerre l ,•vithotit ii being pf4tibie to give them -any succour. roof of themitart ,ione from Or Convent with letters, th.,othve two IWI come it) Incur theta frOtil Ole town, ."Wileti (11V1 all yet r , • To heighten the taivfortune, of i clogs lntreinten lota In the snow ractpt one, t h ey were a long Ittie the hope of the tr.ivener, their race 14 extinct. It will irtivire witch time awl attention to repair this loss. "Ftsr the hit eight slays the *rind Inks been aceoustilating the snow. • 'fist haVa Completely changed the form of the:mountain to as ant to he known.— Ott the tooth side of the Convent they hang ewer isti-niutis at evet to en . danger thee place." The Minister a the Interior having eonsifirrati the afflicting condition of idiots, has thought that their state would be anteliOrateil by provldivig special kind cennentinestajilisliments in several de• pariments for the treatment of such, We are assured, that in the port of Cette le ver:A tholisami stand, of , stun. burr beets seized. They were nn board II ship, and • the specatator hoped t‘i twitke great profit by selling them to the lotleptittlents of Spanish America. CIIANIBF:it , BULLETIN or Tp The Chamber tnet at one o'clock,' After some discussion the President asked the Chamber 'whe ther it Would cUbctiss the Jaw relative to the re- Sponsibility of Ministers, or appoint a Special Commission for the examination of a Petition of the Kiiights of Malta. The ChaMber chose t he latter, anti accordingly mimed the Contritittsion. The Chamber adjourn. • to 4rettnestlay next. (MAMMA OF DEPVTILS. SITTING of TUC 4tH. The Sitting opened at a quarter to one. after some discussion, the following plan . of law on Elections was proposed by the Minister Art. 1. Seery Frenctiniatt enjoying civil and political rights, aged 30, complete, 'and paying 300 ft% of direst tax, is entitled to take pre in the election of Deputies for thedepartinent, what )3e lint his political domicile. The Count d'ilautef e uille p r op ose d, before the (16018400 of the 2d an addition which would tend to explain a disposition of the Char ter relating to the nomination, of deputies, vik. that the person should be 40 years complete, not Only that lie might be admitted, but •140 elected. This propnsitiou was done array (vitt* by a pre vious question. The President then read the 2d attirle, as it was conceived in the project of the Ministers t 2. To form the mass of taxes 'necessary to ca pacitate a mad train being an elector or candi date, the direct taxes which any Re may pay throughout the whole kingdom shall be reckoned. For the husband those of the wife shall be counted, even though there he no com sunnily of goods ; and for the Miller, the tax on the appperty of his sons, being minors, of which Ire shall have the enjoyment. Upon this article three amendments 't% ere pro posed : Ist, The ordinary 'contributions should be teekoned alone. 2d, 'Eke contributions of the wife should also be counted, although separated front her hulk h.tod Id, No other contributions than that of the fanciers should he reckoned, unless they had been paid for 2 succssaive years, including that of the election. The amendments of the tommisition were site ceselvely put to the vote and rejected. , The, sitting ruse in coissetwenca its being too late to continue the deliberation upon the other 1$ articles. it was adjourned to Moeda), next. • VIKNbiA, Dec. 28.—The Deputations of- the different . provinces of the Austrian Monarchy have, presented their ilitrerettt gifts to th , e , Em. press. , The Provincial States of iltdteittist offered 10,000 ducats ; those of M0e:444'10,000 Burins ; those of Styria 60.000 florins ; those of Upper Aohtrie s like stun I those of Lower Austria /100,000 florins. 'rise Hungarian Deputation is yet expected at Vienna ; ft will be composed !eir A 2 persons, and present 40,000 ducats of Cremnitz, but this offer• isig wilt not be made till the Coronation of the Empress as Queen at liongary, which will take risco next sprit* at Baden. The ceremony of the Cosorsation is very important for she Empress, (or, without this act she could not have "a right to the rich jointure of this kingdom. The report has bpicad heir, that the A chiltike thtulet will be appointed "field :L 1 1'3111:1 GrAerd) of the Gertiothie Cuutettcratiatn, riectoding to the dentaild of several Sovereigns of (lei - litany, who have already given instructioWe ttittleir iNtiitisters ut Frattkfort upon this subject. IlsNovae, Dec. 2 1 2 . —The departure of the Ltgat 'tor Rome, in order to regulate the future Ecclesiastical relations of the Catholic Churches of Otis kingdom,' iri delayed. Thix.. dglaY is attributed 'to a declaration of the lictly Fa ther, siz. That be is not disposed to trelt with the different States of Germany separately, and lie begs then' to regulate it 00 that the Eecle. siastical subjects be regulated between hint and the German Diet at Frankfort. CORSTANTINOPLE. DP.C. I.—The good intern geoce between the Porte Persia is completely re-established. WARSAW, 14C. 16.—The raising of Conseripts has commenced here, vs well US iu the provinces, anti bits extended even to the Jews. Several huo. (keels of then► had been enrolled, but they have kel►t only the most fit for service, It is,ol grest service to the kingdom the enrolment of the Jews, they are so. numerous as to fgru► several ,regi• r. menus. . MADRID, Dep,24,- , --M.. pc Carallns Is yet bare; and the departure of M. Ilardaxi fur his embassy of Twin is not, talked of. The loan demanded by his Majesty from the Commerce of this City experiences great difficuties in the raisin;;, Which may he attributed to the inactivity of our corn !tierce, caused by the dangers of the comnmi cation with our American possessions. llithertri our Merchants have not hel' ahic to offer his Majesty more than a very moderate and insufficient sum. The Royal Yak's have fallen 84 per cent. This discredit arises in the delay in the payment of in terest for Several years past,. The parer money in circulation amosons, it it said, to about ZiOD millions of francs. A new p 1 so offinance is esrnestly, desired by all sensible men. Rome, Dec. IS.---The Ansbassadors,n( .Spam and France have had lately frquent conferences, It would appear that the most perfect harmony exists between the two. Powers. The Count de Blaca,s often sees the august family of Spain. In general this NiilliVer is placed very bigti in pub lic opinion, and thvre is not any business done but it is said his Excellency took a pert in it. The Suite of Prince Italinaki was robbed in going from futtili. They nre• in porwit of the rohinra s who wounded two persons in the ecowt of the Prince. FItENCII. FUNDS. b per Cents. SA f. 9sc. Bank Actions. THEAI,'II.ICAL Pelfern'oed Lust Night. , Davity-Lair.—Macbeth : 'Macbeth, Mr. Kean t Lady Mac beth, Mrs. aartley.' After which, llarlegaiinVorficr. Cotlwr-tlattoss.--The Soldier's Daughter: ?rank ;partial, Mr. Jones ; the Widow Chrocly, Miss O'Neill.' After wlikh,,llitrlaguin and the 3yij.h of the Oab. • m MS. Marvin-2 Franey, I Dublin. hut-4 treeihergh, l Get terthurlh, 3 Holland, 4 Gueruisey and Jersey, :4 Water - ford. PRICE OF STOCKS ' ,R , c; , Tllll% lIAT AT V wr.i.vr, o'ct.oric. iBanl( Ctaelt, .. 42n I. Dank I. Ann , Isif 4-ICtI3 4 per Colo 0 hilt B,t , Imilx 11.111416,....,245. ea , . pi. 3 . pet' Cent•Coisoi. tilt 1 Kull. Ilill., ' lac, lU. p r ., I per (.;eciti.. I per (*aut.:Sl. litoli.9,liilli HtK; ti wATEtt AT 3.ONMIN stump, To.moitito vv. storniog, itlintst,s After 6.1 livening, 18 minutes after 7. THE SUN. Su uth' cots n►cE6l6 VALAUNt AVOCA?! LONDON, THURSIMY, JiINU4RY 9, 1817. 'nut coNGIO EXPltprrioN; The detailed accounts of thelixpedition to ex plore the River Congo, or &ire, have reached the Admiralty. • Melancholy as the result has been, from the great mortality of the Gaiters and men. owing to excessive fatigue, rather thin to the ef fects, of climate, the Journals of Captain TUCKEY and the Gentlemen in theicicrltilic tlepartments are, we understand, bight) , into - J:5611g, anti at'sr factory, as far as they go; and: we. itelleve they extend COUSiderithly beyond the first 'Rapids or Calumet. It would seem, indeed, front the extract of a letter from the Surgeon of the Congo, inserted below,. that the ,mortality was entirely owing to the lapd journey ht.youll these ittpitia, and that Captain TUCKRY died of, .c900041.t4 ru hanstitni, alter leaving the ri-er, and trat from fever. The climate, tee understand, irate r.entarita lily fine ; scarcely alto wer of rein, Or any humi dity in the atmosphere, and the snit seldom shin ing out hut for a few limits in, the tut the day; FAH Iheimortictsr seldtent exceed bik 76 degrees by thy, and neeettiestanoling.beloiv GO degrees at eight—such a climate, in fad, as one • ‘Vt)ll4 (o fit ; ti,; over.eagertiess to accomplish the ohjvcts of the expedition, and to atquite all the illumination that could possibly be obtained, seem to have actuated every one, from the lametittil Commander to the common seaman and private marine, anti led them to attempt more than the liftman constitution was able to bear. The total number of deaths amounts to 18, of which 14 were on the land expedition. They consist of-- 9optain Tvotror, Cornut.tneler of the Expedition. Lieut. liatextt , Lieutenant of the Congo. Mr. Profesaor Rotaniit. Mr. T. non, Comparative Anatomist.. Mr, CaaNcti, Collector of objects of Natural History. Mr. I.:ALM/KY, a friend of Captain Tucker, Who volunteered hole pure love of science. Mr F.Ynt, the purser. The names bf the remainder have not been re turned. The Dorothy transport 'that accompanied the Congo into the River lost but one man, and be fill overboard anti was drowned, 11X711ACT OF A LKI'TgR PHOM MR. MACKERROW, SURGEON OF TUE CoNCo. " Of the eighteen who died in the river, four teen had been on shore, marching for some time, and were far advanced before reaching the ship. " Professoe SMITH,IO SAW Malty Of them when taken ill, gave to some a doze of calomel, but to others nothing had been administered. " The fever appeared in some degree contagi out, 3$ all the attend.otts upon the sick were at tacked, aud before we left the river, it pervaded nearly the whole crew, also some at the trans port's ; but as fir myself, although constantly among them, I did not feel the slightest Wisp°. sision until rye left •tilt coast. when 1 :11'04 attacked ; however, I considered mental anxiety and disturbed rest as the sole canses. Captitin TucxnY bad been aillie;eil many years with chronic hepatitis, and on - returning trunt fire weeks on slime, he %vat so ex. festively reduced, tint sit attempts to restore, the energy t,t his system proved ineffectual. " Mr. Thong was io the lost 'rage of fever be fore I saw him, es were Messrs. CUANCIi nod GAMEY. !`• Protcssor SNITII died in two (kr after cpue under My cure, during which time lie iefus. ed every thing,lfbether its nutriment cir medicine. Lieut. IllwxEy wits taken ill after leaving the river, hit(' died 011 the fourth day : his case Wits rather siugulxr,•--symhtuttts•were, of stornoels, «itt► eXtrcitie litogitor awl debility, but lie i►ad neither !waits tier fever. " Mr. EVIiK 114(1 It violent fever, noel on the third day breathed his list : before death i yellow •iiffosiun hid taken place; , with vomiting of mat ter resembling coffee ,ground." The three days 'Paris l'apers to the 7th, which became dui this morning, arrived in course. The Prencb fonds are isuproving,,aud tm Satiorday, for the first time fur sevetal weekt, the five per cents. reached 56 fr. .20 centimes, and left off at 55. 95. Th e L a w of Elcatinui has undergone two uture n' ,tl4Cosiaos in ,the Gliatobef of Depnties,. and in t,ho Sitting of Saturday the i;ote, was come to pn several of the articles. The first was itilopteti, ?lid a liing and boisterotts,iisteopptiop . vf bitsi nese ensued. Article 2d. as proposed by Mini= liters and amended by the C0111111ISSigt), then un derwent a rather tempestuous debate. ,The trhirf point at issue was, whether the title to be air Elector should rest on the payment of 30(1 wares itt .direct taxes as 'declared by 411. 40. of the Charter, or that the tight should as now propos ed by Ministers, be extended to persons paying that amonnt either by themselves, their wives, or children' being minors. MM. I :n4.mA, Sou -01. LtYP.T s BENOIT, insister! QII the Char. cc, and inveighed against the innovation. The INlinister of the Interior trplitul ; nil tbi Amend= menu were negatived ; and the article, as it was offered by Ministers (inserted in our translation, see preceding column) carried. The 'other tirti., clew were postponed till Monday, and the Chain. her adjourned. 'i'i►e re►t of the news in these Journals ii iint4 much consequence. There has been some till avttlanehes un Mount St. Bernard, which hafe, it is said, changed the face-of this•"celebrated spat. Not the slightest mention is matte of the con piracy at liourdeatix, or troubles in the Sundt,. which we take it for granted have, as usual, been much exaggerated in some of the London Paper,. . —Our 'lint page tnistaiils eptift of the import.. mit deliberations the'Legithitive Assembly of The. proctedingi of the . Wesr India Au thorities at the present juncture 14.i1t meHt tt,u, e attention than we can now hestow then), but we %holt return to the ssibject. The kaity Papers are offering every reAson b it the true one for the rise of the public Funds, in spite of the public ruin upon which they insist. Tim/ ottlelitt it is tie tik:ly thin: in the work!, that every body should • inly the Stock of a Bankrupt. Government, at a 'Arc wtich does not yield the buyer the legal interest of fire per cent. for his Motley, Tlity !MUM the leo it credalous of their Iteallel l ' that no idea of the snperior security enters into the minds of the persons who m ac th e se foolish bargains ; but that, disregarding all their gloOt ,prophecies and hardy assertiems, the idiots wi.4 ' purchase Consuls are actually dancing (as if bit 1)7 a Ministerial Tarantnia) in crowds to the /U . " change, to give sixty-four pounds ten shilliaga for a scrap of paper, which will emmtitle them at best to but three pounds a-year, should the-atilla Constitution miraculously survive the pressureauss difficulties with which it is overwhelmed. The plague at Athens was not so universal And epidemic as this inveterate disease of purchssiog Stock. It is a John Bull madness, and while it lasts, all that the factious can scribble, the dig' _ contented prognosticate, or the desponding fray bode, it must afford to Britain 'and to time World/ an unanswerable proof of the stability of the Eta..., • pire, the amplitude of its resources, the eacellenea of its Finance System, and the wisdom and We' grity of its Government. 811IP NEWS. POUTSNIOUTII, JAN. B.—The following nu t ' ward-bound East Indiamen passed by to 111 ` Wes" nWurd this mornin g t—Martiois Camden, General !Lurk, lintuhay, Charlei Grant, Inglis, And Lowther Castle—they are for 1 3 ° 41313A 1 mad Sailrd from hence the Admi►al Gambp,r for i ll s and Ceylon; and the Agnes tor the Cape Of Good llopa. FAL.NrOUTH, JAN. 6.—AI- f ive t h e Heron gip' brig, from a eruize. DEAL, J.N. B.—Sailed the British Aril' Egfred, and Harriet, Indiamen, with thg rest the homeward-boaml, for the River. Came down tram the River atul remain, ( 114 Essex, for Jamaica ; Hibernia, for India ; nice, for Dominica ; and Margaret, for Ciihraltar. The Triton, for the Isle of France, has reraiti 4 her . damage, anti waits only for a wind. The Clara, ItotaiiitTs, from Jinsuiica to the 1 di'Art,eoa ,, t, sunk of St. Bias `23(1 Scptetabe.r; oe°' saved. • • llcr NiAivsry, vo: ore happy to state, is nitteig better. Vesterthty his itorsi thighne.s the Duke of Your left town 'on a viiit to itim. MAlFsvi aii \Vitohow, and in tlit• eveoioK Isis Itoyol fetus - o yd to York !louse, St. Joott•b's tO din tier. Yv.teiglay Vi‘eiwout and Visentinteas CAlrO", aaitnit arrived at tht it house 'in St. infttCl6" i t i t i K r e , from Brighton, and in the evedug tote* a.st-h. F t party with stetfillltver• VeteercidyCeSS ESTERHAZY paid a WI 111' . her linyol Hig.illeSti the I)fiehes4 'Cbti'attiLatin, at her retndetsce at St. Jame;'/ Vittrike. ' - Mitdsters have conimeneed honing their rnrds of invit.ittion, in order to entertain their friends, PO' pal'atory to the meeting of Parlia meat Mr. TWINING, illSt retired from, 0, East Initi , condocted himself in th o situation with such a u n if orm t o the Ira interests of our Asiatic poise:34ms, a 1 well the solid advantage of the CoMpany at horne7slo.l, the rtsiglintion- of such man is a subject of !**" gr't. There is a dignify in his manner. of retire' meat that even totem to the resoectahility character, tin. though not really disqualified in time or illness 'for efficient counsel, hr leaves I : snore active spirits t h e su pp ort o f t h o i e ititero l 4 , ,w,lirch.he can no, conger:maintain with his foot", !hour. - ln:a political p o i n t o f v ieW too, I , Gtpitlentan will carry 'respect and esteem i n t . ( ' Kfirentent, far the Coostitution was hislool -on" throughout his public life. The City Committee for relieving the distreo of the linty, have resolved to retail coals I I ` l4 winter at 9tl. per bush e l, bring esactlY 41.41 f fl 'i , price ut which they are sold at the t .heds ; lie Committee tor the cella of those in fields have provided abundance of 'saltucoti - fi Iterrinesweort rice, which. they are daily ttiylrui to of considerably miller prime colt.ich In addition to tie nuinerons_ w have been erected within the last , ye"" 1 Upper and Low e r Canada, we understand there '4 a most extensive one now buildi ng nee r the Ce, l i c. Inc ted Falls of MontillOrCllty, within t seven " lll4; s of Quebt-c. MORTIMRIt, who appeared : whit great eO -- f in ..the,: musical circles of this country a. YePr i . ° , iago, tool who promised to become 4 tirOsislied, ornament ot the ! noti c e' wotld, 1 1' :a• few months am at Her frame ivai t i ' r ; luridly delicate, tiAl her pr o f es3 i ona l studies 4 s t to touch for her stren t oli. She was time ter of the late Mr. Morrimati,fornierly, : 001 ' 13- for Shattsbury. • A Military. Officer, residing in Sloane-stee d ; gnat tiatge t i a t.•,Ma t ib oroug h. stre e t, sett gin. vault, on a Trad...soran's wife in thrord-11Y. - tl ~ with intent to ravish he r . Af ter a mitotic WI ligation into the cirennistanceo of the C" C ' :101 ,' soused WAS OrliqC(l to find bail to ans`ve r Complaint. The 'Officer 'healed the charge' - ,;.1 attributed it to a consp i racy, f or w hi c h h e silt?'" iu tei.llll seri( redress. Radiflrd i Wll9 mil some 0114 since , f d o -r ir attifoul ex, and sentenced t o b e tran sported too' rf S stithWoles, ha! perjury, h i s b e e n mauled' lb ;0 4 PUMA Officer of wind tamarind expect ati 01 !; who, by the (i o v ernor ' s permission, is . hgcti 4is resident with his Lady at Paratuatta.