The Sun. — London, England, 1817-01-10 00:00:00

GERM AN l'A PERS. Auctstsuao, De.c.30.,,-An advertisement front the l'Enskitto . 1114110er of the Finances announces, that in all the Royal liortans in the Prussian Rliuttisit provinces, the accounts shall from the let of jatotory 1817, eetst to be kept in Frpnch money at they have hitherto been t hut in Ptak. shot cttriency at the rate of five francs for a dol• lar, seven grosch and six pennings. CONiTANTINCIPLE. NoV. mu) d expe• dition is said to be preparing in Egypt against the tVechabitei , , and that it will be commanded by ibrahtun Packs, %eermil • sou ctf Mehmed My Paella. (The death of the elder son by the plague is confirmed.) It is added, that the plan Is to march and attack * thCin In Della, their capital. lint as it will he necessary for this purpose to traverse a desert which is tell days' which will require great preparations, many months will pass before the fipliy can begin its march. , FOr a lung time no event has matte so lively an impression All .the Porte as the bombardment of Algiers. At•well inclined us it Would perhaps have been to assist the followers of M,hometanism in Africa,,lo..eltmOrinetl is it at seeinj the.tinex pieetett coiierirr wlticlr hos prevatird among the Christian Powers against its vassals in Africa,' a concert of which it' is ittipolsibla to foresee the toast openers. licutaw, 24.---;•The Captain Of Hot. e G4Sehyky has been arrested at Weimar at the re. (reit Of the CotOl of Prtisbia, and given Op at Er furt his papers are sealed, jilti he himself brought before Court Wriial. 'the same measures have nut been pursued against Colonel Thiele; it is 'unposed there must he home other cairns that) the duel which t 0 ! k pll4 a 6 , 71 wteti them, FROM riot LOWER Ei-se, DRo, 20.!-!-Atcording to the latest accounts front Norway, it was ex pected that the deputation which has' been spoken of would shortly set out for :Stockholm. Tile new CsOvernor, Cothit Werner, and Count IVedel Jarlsberg, are considered as the authors of this new plan. Couut Moerner is said not to he con• tented with his situation in Norway, and ardently to desire to return to his old post. The Commis. sinners !si;potitteil in Sweden for concerting mea• sures to cheek Luxury have ended their dclibera., thins, and a Proclamation aioinst Luxury is Short. iy'expeeted, which, however, will VrObsibly be first discussed at the Diet, which is to meet, as is itiougliti begiiming,of next year, at Nor. koepping. The nation expects a great deal from this Diet. SWITZeRLANDI• , Decii.27.--Thc change in tl'e bircctOry tHke place this yeti). with ont,,any , of the rftss ktistl Cat:mollies which sccoolitjtoictl this, tr.msa9tion, While the Ida of roctilittiott sit%ts iii t,rce. The . act will be , , dratsro at:7;:ir'ck, on the 31st of December, and clispatc!.ed to the Gterromettt of Berne. Co" (irtueci by the btal of the Lotifvtleratiott. At the market of !gable, on the 20th of this month, there were at least 8,000 backs of corn foe sale ; bnt there witcharilly any detultittl, which proves that people hare 'completely provided hem itelves, not pay the high prjces which the merchunt , i pendia in rrtltairing. . C~t.rtia;v Uec. 25.--I.4tirge cargoes of wheat, arrive daily, and the Government lug( filmi c fresh purchl,es at Le g horn. The French Govein., mem granted to our C'tinion the favour, to tr.tosport thrtitigit I:nttice the p tain and I,loorr bought in for'eign 'countries, which. are chiefly sent to Marwilles. Not witlitanding these. vantageS, the corn' of Mhe country is stilt dear. VI VAIN*, Di 260,-11/hen the State* of Lower Austria offered their homage anti the usual pre.. "cots to the timpy r eas ono!? her marr iage. her Ma i jevty iss istlowor siotid o " be ut,v,y, siiiected to contribute to> the happinvot of tlic toperor, mod to gaits the lOcie of •Mitt subjectt.-- 11 411CC;eeti irt bosh, I troll fitol my Wrest re. 'lvan, In having joit i6eil tits. choice of my hubbit ti ii mut the entifidetse,e of 4 the motion. " I gnitetolly accept the provnt of the State, of Lower Altoti:i r it will give int meano in o flout! oe'filifee%s alien , myself a, an affectionate toottmr to the people of Asiitria." ' FLANDERS MAJ Co,tteu, Pug. 10,--41te Governor has (1, Olt his arrival, a' Pr94lailliiticia, if) Which he ite(itiaints the ittliithil'atas or the Wands with the aelvautagentis result of liis nego. . c i at ion% with the British QUvernment. The .`it nate tomediately paid him a visit. The next day his Excellency repaired to, the_!" . .:nate, to which ,he ma de, iatportaot cotokintnications. It is affirmed that the 14;141),sli tio,,its will be augmented, ,atid that the gartlion or oor city Will be raised to 7000 men. _ Two ;Viigloit4liatt.eagitnents are expect , `et! here. The Austrian troops in Dalmatia have been con- cordon of hvaltli. The Anglo lonian regiment lois now nothiog 10, hi it but the name. ' IIIC lowan soldiers, little eapnble of submitting to the Europem, leave been sent buck to their twines. His Majesty the King arrived yesterday evening from his journey to the Grand DUCIIy. of Loxeni berg anti the Ardennes. ' A Courier, dispatchrd lit the Duke of tVellinginit to the head-tpiarters at Combray, arrived here on the 2rl with instruc tions relative to the present circumstances. It is said, that his Grace cull[ return to Catubray in a few days. The English Army is fully complete, of the finest nilitary appearance, and when furloughs are Owed anhalterns or privates to return to their country, they are immediately replaced by 'an equal number of pion, coming Iron) England. Bitussra.s, JAN. G.—People spoilt ot . a General Council of the Ministers, at irh the King pre.- sided. it is added, that a g,nerul titeasore for prohibiting the export atiOn of torn is m content pholon. Baron Barlders, Vice-President of the Aulic Council of Vienna, 'charged . by the Ei,rror of. Austria with the liquidation in Vranec, is expected in a tew clays_in 11111 city. Antwune, JAN-6 —Last o;ght, shunt three o'clock, a dreadful storm raged in this city and the neighbourhood ; many houses were gl•eatly damaged. Count 'Alison, Lieut.-General in the aereice of France, tiled at Liige on the 30th December, uged 4S; lie has left 500 fraiies to the ponr. We observe With regret th,tt toe crime of sui cide increases in a terrible manner in our country, THE—vriticAL ItRGISTiIt. B:ti Per Armed feat Night. . DRURY-LANE.--Ilanials Droo% t Captain Sidney, Mr: Cooke; F:1441141 Manguon. 4fter which, Harlequin Hortier, C;ovatcr-GattorN.—The Broken Sword : Colonel ' 8.101114 Mr. Terryi Ronan', Miss S. Booth. After which, Hark (pin awl the Sylik of ilie cuh, and Love, Law, and I'll)vic. MAILs. Aron vrts--I Malta I Flanders, Gottenburgh, Gnernsty and Jersey, I Dul;lin. PVE--2 [lambus gh, 2thitteniourgli, 2 Holland, 2 Guernsey and Jersey, 3 Wateatord. PRICE p F STOCKS wg LOCK. ' 4 • THIS DAY r Bank Stock, . I , er Cetit. Kett Giiii per Cont. Cons. 1 per Cents 799 f per (eat. N. Ai1it....,19,1111 Hank L. Ann - - 16 6-IGtlis India Stuck,— ~.; 19q} 191 India Minds, 450 . '263. pr. 14s. 159. pr. Cons. 141 . Account, ...... 644 i MO ‘v H ATF.R. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. loniing, 50 minutes after 7. I Evening, lb minutes after 3. EXTRACTS fron► PRIVATE LETTERS. Nuts, List. certain\ that the present Ministry have not the hest dispositions towards , the character, anti probably the inte rests o f Eng land. Their change of temper is discernable not only in the language of their , partizans, but in the false and envenomed sallies rvtiltn dally,pa ss theCensureship ot the prei4l., A great degree of freedom, in the publicettiOns that have just ap peared,sliews that the previous controul is feebly exercised. M. ROARRT has noblitilled n painphiet . , containing the most unqualified charges of oppres sion rtg,rinst M. DECAZK ; the only interesting fact which it discloses is, that, in the course ot hie iutetrogatories„ M. ROBERT was asked, whether he was not leagued with a harry that wished to change the Succession, to the Throne' ? which qtrestion, with his answer, was omitted in ;he, writ en examination. The Royalists are lit gene ral extremely alienated from the King personally, and there is little doubt that they.look to the pos sihility of his death as the triumph of their prin. ,ciples. lie Still Continues very ill, not so nltlell "front the gnat 145 froth a Olffienlty of respiration, which oppresses him principally in r.e night. The distress of the people In the capital increases every day to sack a. pitch, thit the 0. „overnmen t cannot Afford to rapply the markets without rais ing t h e pr ic e s ;it will, however, be arranged, at to fall exclusively thistl e who are not %.rith out meal's ; the, po, pi l eSeitlitlg .ticket, certifying their state of indigence, from the public Authorities of their dist i i c r., iii;e to receive ~,,,e;„1 at the prellept prig , rii i tire Iniker is ro be indeni nified by the Government. This regulation has not as yet taken place, b i n it is daily expecte d. PARIS. JAN: (i,...-‘lll e,xtrville degree ot anxiety prevails in c•insequerree ot the continued indispo.:, shim) of the King; the scuts 0,1- his health is at present conaidoetle.veo worse in consequence ot the fatiguing ceremonies. ot the trete year. • It is. tooter:swod here tint the rime of paying the 'Contributions ~has exteuiled to eight .Yearss and that the suits to be 'pahl 'at nresent are greatly reduced in proportion to .the payments of the net, and ,the foll Owing years, iii coustt quence,of the hooe of distress y' r anee. • The Duke of Wellington has , been joined, here. by the tuoit numerouir S a ri Staff*, With which he has been hitherto . known to he attended, It tiIIIOUMS to near chess liondrol persons, anti composedltr agreat proportion of foreign officers V;l3 Rxtract (root II Paris l'Aper the: following I alemew lespectiog the proceedings of tfit. French t optaitron scut ti t res9itie the eastern posses.j(Mi kisiigliCtl to Frltuee hy the treaty or P4rii French stinadrou svhich sailvd for the &lid Indies in. 111,1 y last, safely arrived itt h a t Louis, in the Ide of France, On the 15iii Atigust,, c, g , u , ll e s pu,ots, Peer fort»er intendant all,,the Vreneli, settleritents to the East ot the Cane, and who is ~now invested with the title- of their Civil Govertinr, was received at the above oniony in the inost-fri'endly inanner. The Epoish Govirour pgiii him eseery attenti'on, and requested hint to reside at his lonise. The,inhubitants came from (1441(3 districts' of the Want: to see and emnplinivat :hill), he lits+iitig been (inventor of that island,thiring nine years ofdiffiettliy, It is added, that the squadron left Port Louis iu the beginning. of tieptenther, aila sailed far Pondicherry, the ultimate object s,f the Governor's destination. On Friday serinight Joins Brantham, one of the patients in the York lawatic Asylum, ript his body open with u small metal button, about the seize ut a sixpenny-piece (supposed to have drops Irons the coat At some other patient) awl the edge of which hehad carefully shaipetidd for the par- Pose stud having pulled' on, part of his inteitines, he cut of about a yard. As soon as the .circuit stance was discovei ed , surgical assistance was, pro. cured, but it proved uniivailing; es the unfortu nate man died the next day, mortification tolviog ► talon place. No tiegleet of inastention appeared on the part of the Iteepets. An inquest. wes'held by Mr. Cowling, Coronre, cin the body, and the Jury returned a verdidt, " That' tlie deceased, himitic and distracted', by the means Eaesaid, kill Ilia:self." We have received an important Paper from La Vended, which refutes all the calumnies so in dustriously Froimilgated againit that lap) Pro vince. It dal appear in THE SUN tu-worrow. We are assured that the PRINCE R.RGROft , will return to Carlton House upon the 25th, and we understand there can be no doubt but that:hia Royal Highnes, will open the Session of Parlia. went in person on the 28,11. It will then be a seen how far the factious clamours against Ministers have been fonocled in truth or , falsehOud. No further Frenehroperti bud arrived when our Paper Was put No Press. ' The only intelligence worthy of notice derived from German Papers received this morning, 11 the notice of the importatioriolCOrn into varioui•parts where it is most wanted, and the eonsequifitidej: crease of prices. The shameful combination s keeps it up in this Country seems I o go on unchecked either by competition nr compunction. The new and scandalous rise in the price•of Beer, wl►ich'is noiv as much as it ev e r was when the 'Malt Tax exited, clearly. proves two things : first, that where tnonopoly exists the Public are iufamonsti. oppressed, '4 lid secondly, that the repeal of •tluat Tax has impoverished the RCvenue shoot three millions per annum for the 1)404 of the Brewing Trddv, and not for the-ireliet of the consumer. We trust the Cit'ANCULLOti of the EXCHEWJEU will remember these overgrown extortioners, the Brewers, in his next Ways and Means. The Spanish mail yesterday confirms our private informatiOn on S;lttirday last, respecting qte„Arsik il nancy'Ol the young QuaRN. The etiqupilje- , of the Court is to announce the joyful event. three months after it has been declared by time Physi ciaßs, n'hcn rogations wilt continue In ell "the churches. A change has 14ken plece.inthe.Ministry of Finances by the appointment of, `Don MARTIN GARAY, who held the same otiice under time late Cortes. • • . The privateiring systemtarried on by the South Americans, in cOnjuktion with • adventurers from the United States, becomes every day more alarm-, ing to the commerce of Europe. Yesteritay Cver e triew received in town 'several accounts of the depre - 1, , (lotions they halm recent l y eolumitteu on tile iun tish-trade. in one instance a merchant received. a:protest from his Captain, stating the capture ot his vessel by one of aloe cruizers antler South American colours. Every new account of these piracies which we receive, causes us to rejoice in having first at tempted to lead public attention to this growing evil. The Bahl Reformers were, we are told, thrown into' grand tribulation by an unlucky event—ouc of the most distinguished of the Oratore,'On pre senting himself to the Mayor,, with sinneresotii lions well as Resulutions, vas politely dtritn4B answer fur a natural child, whi c h, in F love fur liberty, he had abandoned to the fUster ing care of the coinmunity at large. The Parish, however On anti-Reforming one it ap pears), bad him some time on the look out fur the liberal Father, and took ibis oppor tunity to return him the favour he bad done it, thinking perhaps that the additional interest of his posterity might add a spur to his patriotism. The , friend to freedom gave securities for the maintenance of his llsrling ; but we have not heard whether a Parson with a double family of hi, own and two Ladies at 110111 e, or an, Orator tt it 11 also two families but keeping only his Lady, mid out tats wire at home, sum of good fellowship'. !t it , • NVe are glad to find that our Reforiners art at the same time so religions and patriotic. Lure° andluultiply, says the Scriptures, and they 0101/ the strength Of the country is its population, sq l the. Statist, and lo ! we find their children swing' ing up like nwshrooms from every dunghill" . Mr,,HuNT, after instructing Frome, intends, it is said, to.eulighten Salisbury. tin war( t t, 41 t e , 1 U I , •' Tuesday a ,Cabinet Council was ordered to be summoned to meet yesterday. it •assembled st the Fmeign Office at two o'clock, and Was attend' ed by the LOKO CHANCELLOR, the Earl of relVg al POOL, Viscount SID MOUTH, Viscount CASTtg: lICAGU, Viscount MbLV ILLE, the Citaaceautt art that, Ekcnuotien, and Mr. CANNI , :G. ' The Cotaill 'contintied in close deliberation for upwards of "" Mints. t Yesterday the Portnenese Anibassoulor trots., acted business 'at the Foreign pffice for a cool' derable Tuesday evening i Mr. FISHER, the King's Mef . senger, was sent off with dispatches to the Duk e of WKLLINGTON, at P.Aris. • • - ' The Right Hon. GEofiou CANNING left town this 'morning, on 4 visit to' the PaiNce TigGEN t at Brighton. Mr:,Cnoicait also left town 64 , morning for the sante purpose. Letters froM the Havininah, dated the 25th of last month, 'referring to official accounts fron t Vega the h itteriiaCrizof:r:t.id of tine m h e sae mont . , alleg e° and allied nations for the been theinTontea( to tliousldi ir t , fl i :r l ° li i. ajons. This is said to have been done by th g Viceroy Aeormca, in obedience 'to orders from Ids Sovereign. And it is further asserted, that tl ' e King of SPAIN, from feelings of regard for sits sithjects it Bouth America, engaged in a i neoarei 1.114 abject of which is to declare several ' Poi" ° A ' America free for the comtnetCe-of friendly art allied nations. . • Letters of the 4th of NoVember! from Go av loupe repreMent that Island asAtill lahnuri:lo and!! great sickness. There had been, and Was 0 111 , 1 continuing, p P eat mortality amongst all per so newly arrived, • A few- weeks since the Bank...advertiseu a dist they were ready to pay in cash, or to ex charigr o for Other notes, all those of one or two ril l !, value issued prior to 1812. It was supposed ,s` the time that there was little concession in 11 0 '' as the number of such notes =tiff outstandil ,nttm;- be small. They did, however, it is sx amount to full Hine hundred and fifty p&uudt. Of -this sum, not 15001. has neeii elai?" 0 ed in gold-, under the notice. New H oles 10 11 ,', amount of 50,0001.. have been requited for the (0" ones. The remainder are stll one. The nuptials between Sir W. W. WYNNZ, and Linty HARRIOT CLIVe expevted to be so lerunized the beginni•lg of next 'wevk. • Monday e'itttiglit. Admiral Sir D Mu.ta s" rived at lierwiek, nod took Hp his tt uedurn of (hal liorOugh, in conseqnenee of a vote in Guild, Imilsc j rifter the expedition against Atgiers, ilutisclimuots of tht. 4 25tti. Iteginiv o t,A t Bristol, Gioncesiter, and South Mika, Trove beers relieved by the 38th Regiment. , The last &toll' THE SUN. SOLZNI QUIS AUDEAT 'LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1317. lent, atntioned at Merthyr itod e r t he corn' mend ot Captain Bows and En s i gn H ett zpit'D commenced their march yesterday morning I ° l Northampton barracks. IjUitft,CANSS IN THE . WEST INDIES.—By leteta received in ifranee from Si. Domingo of the October, and from Martinique of the 15 ber, it appears that both these islands hove b" - sisited by most tremendous hurricanes, which hal 'ilbininitted great r a v ages on t h e p l antat i ons , 1 01 levelled numbers of houses and other huiltliDgi (‘) the ground, In consequence of the he,ivy rains last w eek ' the river Medway overflowed its 'banks to a eon' siderable distance; above Voiding the lands Pre; sent the appe arance o f a sea: At Maidstone 04 land on bo t h s ide s o f th e r iv er w a s covere d tvii water' to the depth of seven or eight feet. A Swiss'soldi e r, w h o b a d , se r v e d 22 yea's in the French m ar i n e, has ,lately gone to Genev -. 1 1 search of hi s coun t r y an d his parents. Car r ie d off et the age of seven ,years by 'some not far from a lake, he has but a - eoniosed idea v , the scenes of his ea t ly lif e . H e rem e m bers ing passed the fort of Ecluse, and slept ttt He has successive) traverse d tictso: o ► Thonon, and Le Vall a is, to recognize th e Pl ° o of his birth, b u t s t ilt without success. ( 14, Paper.) • Yesterday, between one and two, a nll9 o f hs name of Willis, a smith, residing in Derol" . 01 11 i. ° court, Strand, -in the employ of. Messrs. 140 and Bankes, Contractors for the Strand 1 . 11 1,,ii Company, itt passing' over the bridge, to B ' e i, walking on the clay went on the: coping 0°, 1) is which are not as yet plaCed on k.,level. 31 ',T p a taking a sudden spring, over-balanced [thaw; was prerlpitated into the water.. No board assistance being at band, he fell 'to rise no le o .He'has left a wife and three children to lameo r loss.. OttevnouNns.—lt is the,eustom, a 5 tee ar e t o formed, at all the great CourSing Meetings , wi (b t i i the owner of *the d o g should begin his name A of the'first letter of his own.:• thus the gr eyhotim' o d AsOrd RIVRRS 'begins with an It. and are t/ t Romulus, Ituntbusticle, Remus,"&C. &c . l ' l la long ago, when Lord -Rivers . was s heajoi l i c . greyhounds to the Queen at Windsor,. a P t i" ( Mall culled itt the kennel to inquire for hi' ship, when he MIS' told by the keeper, " : li- v st conld . noChts spoken to at . present, as liumbusticle to her Majesty." 0 1 The -interest Ittakally excited by the. draw!i n 'P r i,c a Lottery, will be consid e rably increased i t present ; :as independently of the wish. whic3•,c, venturers must naturally have for their 'cos t. o:be cess, the'attention of many, Wilii, douu to; called to the fate of Numbers 9,752 Quarter of one h4viog been presented to Ebel , tlio script ion for the Poor of Spitalfielfis, and ut her to that for the Irish .Poor in „d , fate will, however, soon he ticterar as the Drawing commences th e 21st of and 7, 0 '4. 0 1,0 Mouth.