The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-26 00:00:00

PA ttLIA SI EN T. - - SOUSE OF LORDS--MoNDiY, Also. 25. i FROM THE GERMAN PAPERS. I'l`J LY. ,A•Prctclamation has appeared in the Milcn Ga.• zgUe, .staling that the annual fairs held in various places are a chief cause of the spreading of con tagious distempers, and the Imperial Government has therefore ordered, 'atilt no fair shall be held in any part of the kingdom of Lombardy without sliecial permission. The fair of Bergamo, which is. at Ike end of this month (August), will conse tit:citify riot be held this yeas•. The same is the case With ate fairs Of Pavia, Chignole, &c. As soon as the danger of infection is over, the Go v( rnment will allow the fairs to be held. The Proclamatinn states, that the disease has happily_ greatly diatinished ; and it is hoped, with reason, tint a pursnanee of the same precautions will soon put au e'nt►re stop to it. SabtioGATtovr. This day at a quarter atter t wo o'clock the LORD 'CHANCELLOR came down to the House, the Earl I.IVERroOI. and Lord ST. HELENS also attend ed, and being robed, their Lordships took their seats on the Beach in trout of the Throne, as his Majesty's Commissioners. Mr. Quartile, Acting Usher 'of the Black Rod, was then sent to order the attendance of the Commons; who (represented on this occasion by Mr. Rickman, one of the Principal Clerkt, atid other superior Officers of the House, and also by one Hon. Member, General ito4nton) forthwith appeared at the Bar. His Mijesty's Commission, authorizing the, - Lords therein named; or any three or more of -them, to declare and notify the Royal will and pleasure respecting the further Prorogation of Parli,famot, Was then read. Mr. Edward ‘Valmes- , ky officiated as Reading Werke The Lords . named id the Commission are generally those of the Privy Council : the last native inserted was that of the Junior Peer, viz. Charles Lord Col chester. The LORD CHANcaLtme then, as organ of the- Commissioners-, addressed the Assembly as fol lows : Mg lords and Gentlemen, virtue of the Commission under the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now read, We du, in obedience to the comtntuda of hit Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the oo the behalf of his Majesty, pro . tvue this Parliament until Monday, thi, 3d day of November pert, to then here holden and and this Parliament is 4dcwrdine:ly ii - rortigited Until Monday,: She 3d Ity of Novem ' her next.” :The Commons then withdrew to their own EktnaS - E, and their Lordships retired. NEAPOLITAN CONSTITUTION. The following history of the Neapolitan eon ! . signed by Murat, is said to have been written by Agar, who drew it up. The article is 'extracted front thee German Observer Ou his arrival at Naples, M. Agar proce , ded to regulate the finances, which Joseph and litederer had frit to gloat disorder, and to form a statistical register, the plain of which lit had taken with him twin Dusseldorf. While proceeding %‘'ith tl,ese.la beurs, a Constitution Maine also the subject of consideration, and M Apr was commissioned by Joachim tas draw lip tilt plan atone. He accordiogly did prepane a hhsa, thofigh it has been constantly asa soled ofifve Ministers, that theyoid not wish to have say Constitution; but iiu doing this, ha had it in view to give mote regularity and certainty to their administration. The mist°, tune waS t that the King to o wa s constantly impelled 14 a certain restless- DeSs, was every day for making some new law, or new arrangemenrl and would not give tine for the old last's id take root, and prove their effect on society by their Operation. It was Agar's inten tion that the constitution sloiold correct the rapid and destructive movement of the State machine. It was necessary, he said; that power sl dald be limited., to prevent its breaking by its own weight. Had there been a constitution, we should still have governed in Naples. The King had all the properties of a good ruler, except that of having been born to the throne. The view lie took of affairs was penetrating and just, and he had an excellent heart. He, however, did not like the idea of limiting his authority by a constitu tion. He did not perceive that an hereditary Mo narchy cannot now subsist unless governed by firm Jaws. Several persons who had access to him confirmed him in the opinion that he ought to be an absolute Sovereign, anti untortmottely lie relied touch on police espionage. By that system men often insinuated themselves into the Cabinet of the Prince iyho ought not to have been admitted there, and enjoyed a confidence they did not merit. Nothing was done with respect to the Constitu it was always postponed, as utually is the ,se when men have neither the courage to do a great action, nor to say it shalt not be done.— Buonapatte returned front Elba ; the King al lowed himself to be drawn into the whirlpool. WhLti we were beaten, and all flying, he called Ire to nun anti said, " My dear Count Mosburgh, draw up a constitution." Every one who saw tnia flight, and knew Naples, was convinced that the Government could nut subsist there above three days longer. The other Ministers, who were Neapolitans by birth, urged me to execute the King's older. " It is the last service," said they, f: th at you can do the country. If the constitu :iou be completed, we may perhaps prevail on the new Sovereign to accept it." DM in}; the retreat Agar prepared the outline of the Constitution. When the King returned to Naples he signed several blank sheets of paper, slid left the city in order to embark. On his de parture he desired Agar to bring away with him sell tbe portrait of his mother (who bad been d ea d some years), which hung in his bed-chamber. A Council of State was called. The Constitution, as Agar had drawn it np,was adopted with a few alter ation!, transcribed on the blank sheets of paper which the King had signed and sent to the press. Agar, %vim had now completed his labours at Naples--who had paid off 100 millions of old debts, and 10 millions which King Joseph bad contracted before he %cent to Spain, proceeded to the King's bed-chamber, cut the picture of his mother ont of the frame, rolled it up, and left the palace. The constitution was printed, pro tnulgaLd, and posted up all over the town. With . In 24 . hourslfrer, on the colranCe of `tiit Ao4tr;an araty, the people of Naples tore down the cialsti tution and trampled it under their feet. k,.. WISBADEtt, AUG. 15.—1 t is said there Wk s a ilisturbance ycsterctay at the Corn-market at Mentz. The Makituilists found the prices on, l nt a bl e t o their specOlations, and tried to raise them. The peasantt asking '9 florins for a challEr orcOrn, a servant of The circumcised and uncircumcised Jews offered 15, and had some sticks put by for his account at that price. Somebody -not i n th e secret heard the affair, and struck the servant of usury. A mob collected, as usual 00 'such occa sions ; indignation against all those who, rig lit or wrong, were reported to be monopolists in corn (called in German Corn Jews), bloke out, houses were attacked, windows broken, and many persons ill treated. The persons attacked called soldiers to their aid, and the garrison was under' arms till after sun set.—(Frankfort Gazette, Au- - gust 17 ) GHENT, AUG. 23.—The celebrated Carnot leads a very retired life at Magdeburg ; be goes but little into company, chooses the most reined places for his walks, but is much employed in his Cabkiet. It is 'said that be is On the point of finishing a most important work on the French Revolution : it embraces, it is said, every thing of the most consequence, from 1789 to the second restoration in 1815. Such a work must be highly iii cresting, the author having been almost always an actor or a spectator in the great events of that period.. We learn from Antwerp that M. Regnante de St. Jean d'Angely, whom some writers represent as mad, arrived un Sunday in that city from New Yolk. He is going to Aix-la-Chapelle to his wife, who is ill there. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Teazing Made Easy : Prin cipal Characters by Mt`. Terry'and :sliss Matthews. After which; The. Actor of Alt To which was added, The Travellers Benighted. Nr.w THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OpenA-House.—The Wi zard : Principal Characters by Mr. H. Johnston and Miss M. H. Buggins. After whist), Fire and Water, and The Adopted Child. MAILS. slantyzu—l France, I Guernsey and Jersey. DUE-1 Dah , lin g I Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT tWELVE o'cLucE. Bank Stock,.:. sal f Bank L. Ann..... 21 1-16th 21 3 per Cent. Red......Sliiiff 1 India Stock, .. , 231 3 per Cent. cons... Ali ?in./ I t ' India 80nd5,........ 1235. pr. 4 per Cents 98iii I Exch. Bilk. 30s. 345. pr. 5 per Ct.NavyAnn.loU 105 ii Cons. for Account,— 81f 30ii ...., HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIORROW. Morning, b 9 minutes after 2. I Erening, 4 minutes after 3. THE SUN. SOLER QUIS DICEItE FALitiM AUUEAT. LONDON, TUESD4Y, AUGUST 26, 1817. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Saturday last. The Moniteur gives the details of the ceremonial of delivering the hat to Cardinal de Perigord, which it seems was brought from Rome by M. Brancadoro, in the character of Envoy or Ablegate, for that purpose, and by him deli vered to the King, by whom it was presented to the Cardinal. This most important ceremony is, it appears,' to be repeated upon the presentation of each Cardinal's hat, as, according to the form of the Romig' Church, each hat must be sepa rately entrusted to an Envoy, and thus the three French Cardinal's hats have been actually brought to Pa.ris by three Personages of this description,. from Rome. The following are Extracts,:— /it PAats, AUG. 23.—The English Ambassador Dave a fate yesterday evening at the Hotel of the Embassy. The Count de Ruppin (King of Prussia) on Thursday again visited the establishment of Beau- Jon. " The Emperor of Rus s ia manifested, during his stay at Paris in 1814 and 1815, his desire of founding at St. Petershurgh an Institution simi lar to the College of France, and of having taught in it particularly the, oriental languages. This project we learn has been carried into execution. Two 6leves of the special school and of the Col lege of France, have been engaged to set out for St. Petersburg!), to teach, in the new establish ment in that capital, Arabic and Persian. " The Count de Ruppin dines this day* at the Hotel of the Foreign Department. " The Prince Alexander Kourakin, Privy Coun cillor of the Emperor of Rossin i has arrived here from Carlsbad, with the two Princes his seas. " The Ex-King of Sweden quitted Frankfort the 18th instant, to establish his residence at Basle, " Madame de iirudener has left Switierland un der the care of an Officer of Police; she is at pre• sent at Kempton, in the Kingdom of Bavaria. "FIVE PER CENTS. " Friday 6B f. 40 C. STUTTdARD, AUG. 17.--It is expected that the Constitution, as arranged by the Xing, will he carried into effect, with the difference of having only one Chamber, composed partly of great Pro prietors, and partly of Deputies, elected by the peop'e, instead of two Chambers as proposed. " BF RLIN, Auc. 12.—A ire broke out at Goer- litz on the 30tta ott.Lich educed' to *lid the 'prison, and upwards of 20 houses. ic AuG. i2.—The examination b'F the gold mine discovered on the estate Of the Printe de Saini, in Moravia, presents the inost 'satisfaCl tory result. " According to th'e accouna from Hungary, the harvest there is extremely abundant, and the vintage highly promising. " HAMSURGII, AUG. 13.—The King and Queen of Denmark are expected the 19th inst. at Altona. " LAUSANNR, AUG. 15.—Our harvest is superb both in quantity and quality. " GENEVA, AUG. 15.—Bands of robbers infest the frontiers of Piedmont and Ita:y. The roads of the Valais have become dangerous for tia- Yellers." Stocks rose yesterday nearly one per Cent. The price in the Morning was sin, but at the close of the market they reached 81. morrow will he the settling day', and of course much will depend upon the capability of the Bulls to take the Stock they have purchased ; in this, we learn, there can be no difficulty, money being so very plentiful. The price of Consols, when our Reporter left the City, at half-past twelve, was 81. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE AGENT TO LLOYD'S AT CoRLINNA, DATED 6TH INSTANT. " Sailed yesterday the Tunisian schooner Taflu on a cruize. It is reported that a vessel of war, looking like a Swede, chased the above schooner off the Island of Sescorga, and that after a short resistance she yielded." Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, dated July 14, received in town yesterday by the Ja maica Mail : " ST. TuONtas's, JULY 12.—Last evening a vessel arrived here from Augustura, plovince of Guayana, which, on Tear ing the port, beheld the fortress of this place in flames, and conjectured that the city had surrendered. They further added, that the Independent Chief Pna has had another en counter with General Moati,Lo, near the city of Calabozo, iu which he, was again triumphant; which, it is said, made General Mortuto determine to retire on Caracas., but which he relinquished on learning the arrival of the reinforcpMent from Spain, consisting of 1800 men. They further state, that his Britannic Majesty's ship Rifleman, of IS guns , C apt . FELtx, arrived here on Saturday last from Jamaica, and con veyed hither 40 privates of the 7th West India Regiment, natives of this colony, who enlisted in that corps when it was stationed here. Brigadier-Major NOEL, under whose orders these men were, has informed us, that on his discharging them, each individual received one month's pay, and that he bad also orders to furnish them with rations for the same pc rind, should circumstances have rendered it necessary. They also state, that it was reported that Bouvaa had gained a complete victory over the Royalists, on the ()mitotic., but the particulars they had not heard at St. Thomas's, nor either from him since he sailed fur the above neutral lace, but eX pected dispatches daily. All provisions were very dear at St. Thomas's, and the Island not very healthy." Visoonnt MELvtLLe will not bold any more Levees till further notice. Yesterday Lord STEW ART and Count MUNSTER had an audience of the PRINCE REGENT at Carl ton-house. Lord CUOLMONDELEY arrived in town on Sun day night from France, and yesterday paid his respects to the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday dispatches were received by Govern ment from Rear-Admiral Sir C. N. PENROSE, Com mander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. Baron ROTHSCHILD arrived in town on Satur day last from Paris. His Serene Highness the reigning Duke, LEo- POLD FREDERICK FRANCIS, of DeS2 , lll, died in that city on the 9th inst. in the 77th year of his age. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecx- LENBURGII STRELITZ was, on the 12th instant, solemnly betrothed to her Highness the Princess MAni4, daughter of the Landgrave FREDERICK of Hesse. The King -of PeusslA dined on Thursday with the Duke of WFLLINGTON. At a quarter past two the Count arrived at the hotel of his Glace, and took his seat at table between the Duke de Riche lieu and the Duke of Wellington. _The other guests were Spanish, E ng li s h, Rus sian, Netherland Amb assa d or s, t Neapolitan,the A us andti• iait' Marshal the Duke of Reggio, and a French Offs- cei• of the Legion du Pas-de-Calais, commanding; the guard. at his Grace's house, &c. The band of that Legion executed a vatifity of choice airs dur ing the repast. Yesterday being •the anniversary. of St. Louts, his Excellency the French: Ambassador gave a grand entertainment to the Foreign Ambassadors, most of the Cabinet Ministers, and a numerous party of distinguished Personages, at his resi dence in Portland-place. According to a French Paper, there entered Calais from Dover, between the 11th and 19th instant, I English transport, with 2 officers, 45 soldiers, and 8 horses ; upwards of 23 ,packa boats, with 674 passengers, 32 horses, baggage, and carriages ; and there kit Calais during the same period for Dover, I transport, with military effects and 19 packet-b oats, w i th 3 8 0 passengers, 3 hors es, baggage, and carriAges. ; Extract of a letter from a person on board the Congress American frigate, dated at the mouth of the Alississippi :--" SEPTIMUS TYLER, ES(I. is appointed by out Government agent to settle our affairs with the Black Princes on the island of St. Domingo. Lie arr ived here in the Boxer. We are to carry him to Port-au-Prince and Cape Francaise, where he has a demand to make of h a lf a w itli on . From the Cape we go to,Marga• retti o .near the Spanish Main, now in the posses sion of the Insurgents; thence to Martha and Cartbagena.". SHIP NEWS. DEAL, Atm. 25.--Arrived his Majesty's 514 Newcastle from St. Helena, last from Porte' mouth, and remains in the Downs with his Ma' jesty's ships Severn and Alert, and the Siiif t Etsi India pilot yacht. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 25.—Arrived the ilfra• coral), Crown, and Medusa transports, frog Goiernsey ; also the Maria, lionrts, from Corn' !lager) for Havannah ; Nimble, from Havre ; and Coventry, HORNE, from St. Luck : she sailed the 10th July, and left there the ships Helder, LatlY H. Ellice, Portia, Pilgrim, Mary, and May; the two last are of Liverpool. FALMOUTH, AUG. 23.—Arrived the Eliza , HERRON, from Madeira. Put back theWalsilif,' ham packet. HARwlcht, AUG. 25. - -Arrived the Eclipse packet from Holland, and the Alliance peke from Gottenbnrgh, both with mails. The William, 13ATHGATE, of Whitby, and the New Prosperous, of London, were wrecked 6 11 Brighton Beach on Sunday morning. His Majesty's ship Narcissus is ordered to be docked at Deptford, and repaired for service lin' mcdiately, The Southampton anti Venus ships, helongl►tg to his Majesty, at Deptford, are nearly ready for_ service. LORD AMHERST'S VOYAGE TO CHINA; TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN. STR,-Your well-known impartiality and loiri of justice, your wish td render unto Cassar the things that are Caesar's, will, I am sure, iodute you to insert in your loyal and popular Paper a correction of your quotation last night of the in teresting article bearing the above title—that first appeared in " The Portsmouth Ttlegrapb," which is circulated in the Country oti Sunday Mornings, and is in a course of delivery in Town on Monday Mornings, nearly as early as " The British Press,' to which you gave credit for the article in ques~ tion. Now I have no objection to the hates' Paper-1 mean as to the mode in which it is con ducted—but its politics I reprobate, and 1 merely desire, in sending these observations to you, to do justice to a well-conducted Provincial Paper, in order that its character for early and original communications may not be given to a Loudon Pura. 1 think, Mr. Editor, you will agree vrith me that Mr. MURRA7, the eminent Bookseller, is entitled to the thanks of the Public for tile promptitude and dispat c h %pith which he is bring.,".- int! out Mr:- ELLIS'S Account of Lord AssllEnsT's Embassy to China. Four's steadily, PORTSEAN. flungetford Coffee-honsr, Monday Night. ** As the article in our Paper oP yesterday respecting the Chinese Etnlias:y was ( , :f inte-0 resting nattire we rook it from The Brills!. Press, and, conformably to our constant practice, stated whence derived. Our politics certainly differ from those of that Paper, hut it is merely justices to acknowledge that it supports its cause without that spleen and acrimony which too often appear on both sides. SAMUEL WOoDFORDE, Esq. R.A.—We are very sorry to announce ale death of this gentleman, which happened during last month, at. Ferrara in Italy. Mr. WoODFOuDlit possessed great talents as an Artist, - which were improving every year. He 'particularly excelled in subjects of a senti mental nature, derived from Poetry, end in the representation of poetical characters, such as Sy bils, Sze. His works were marked by taste and feeling, and a skilful management of light and shade.—He was modest, amiable, good-humoured, and intelligent in private life. His constitution was naturally delicate, and he had doubtless in jured it by too much application to the study of his art, which he pursued with higher motives than merely for emolument. The ROYAL ACA DEMY have 103 t ah ornament in this gentleman, and his friends a truly estimable man. The Durban) Chancery Sittings will be holden on Tuesday, the :.';3d of September, in the city of •Diitharn, before the Chancellor of the County Palatine. We understand that the Right Honourable the Loan CHIEF BAnort has generously - granted liberal deduction of rent to all the tenants on his extensive estate„ who stood in need of it. Such laudable conduct, on the part of great proprietors, tends much to keep alive that spirit for improved husbandry, which has been for several years past so conspicuous over a great part of Scotland, hut which seems now to be upon the decline.—(Edin. burgh Courant, Aug.. 23.) In Mr• IVEAVRIGHT's late C on t rac t, a l arger Sum Total of Prize Money was put into circrtla. tion than in any Contract for many years past, and it is computed that not less than 2000 persons have been bentifited by various Prizes, from the sum of 2001. up to 20,0001. sterling ! What a gra• tifying reflection for Mr. SivEwatbuT ! and what a convincing refutation of the objections which some have entertained against Lotteries ! In that which is to be drawn the 10th of next Month, although there are only 2900 Numbers, yet there are Two Prizes of 20,000/. and the enormous stun of 40,0001. Sterling Money 'nay be gained by pun ,hasing Two Tickets of the same Nutnber. No Small Lottery ever presented such a chance, and the price of Tickets contiunes moderate, the pre sent Cu n having liberally foll Owed Mr. SIVE W ZUG LIT'S example.,