The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Pants, APRIL 15 —Mr. Rothschild left Paris
"on Saturday for London, in order, it is affirmed,
to negociate a loan for. the Austrian Government.
. • The Berlin Official Gazette of the 6th of April
.contains ,numerous promotions just made in the
Prussian ,Artily.
The letters.from Madrid (says.. the Constitu-
/„i9iinet), received by the post. to-day, contain no-
„thing important. • 11., Cortes do not sit during
the.latterpart of Passion-Week.
FRANKFORT, Aeutr,,B,---At present the Spe-
culators:in Government Securities are still in a
state of suspense ; but opinions daily become
Inore confirmed, and the general conviction now
is that hostilities will shortly commence. It
appears by several letters from Vienna, that the
.11ank. has opened a considerable credit account
with the Austrian Government, so that it will
tind ample funds to defray the expences occa-
..sioned by the military •preparations which are to
lae made in Austria. The most respectable
bankers of this city .have already manifested
. their intention to contract fora new loan, should
•
it be necessary. •
APRIL is affirmed that the King of Eng--,
'land and the Archduchess Maria Louisa, Duchess:
.of Parma, are expected at Vienna towards the
end of the month of May, this year.
News had been received atiOdessa, . that the,
Turkish. Government is fortifying Constantinople.
About 19,000 men are employed on these works,
which are throWn up in great haste..,.
The most contradictory accounts are circula-
ted respecting the Greek and Turkish fleets.—
Some letters still continue to affim., that there
has been .a naval, action, in Which the Greeks
were victors ; others. assert, that . nothing is, yet
decided • ' lastly, there are letters which pretend
that the Turkish fleet has returned tothe Archi-
pelago. We expect with impatience the news
from St. Petersburgh ; it is supposed that the ma-
,nifesto of RisSia will soon appear.
The Austrian Government publishes absolute-
ly nothing respecting the affairs of the East.—
The Austrian Observer remains mute. Private
letters say, that M. de Lutzow has not been
treated of. late by the Ministers of the Porte
with the respect due to him, both as representa-
tive of the Court of Vienna and for his personal
character. _ _

The German Diet will resume its sittings on
-the 18th instant. It is still believed that an im-

Portant communication will be made to that As-
sembly, in the name of Austria, relative to the
present situation of Turkey.
VIENNA, APRIL 3.—(Extract from a Private
Letter.)—The fears of war increase daily, not-
'withstanding the efforts which some persons make
to inspire us with a belief of the continuation
of peace. I have read the Note of the Reis-
Effendi : it completely fills ten quarto sheets,
and only discusses the ;)retended injuries which
the Porte has sustained from Russia. The ex-
tract which you have given of this piece is exact,
as far as regards its grossness. All the letters
agree in asserting that no other answer can be
forced froln the Divan, or if it does give one, it will
he still less satisfactory. The Note of the 26th
Feb:wasitinched in tei'rhS so insolent that Count
Lutzaw kept it with bina.until the 6th of March,
and used every exertion to impress upon the Divan
the necessity of sending a different one, but in
.vain, upon which he dispatched his messenger of
the 6th of March. The question is therefore de-
termined on the part of the Turks, and it remains,
to be seen whether the Emperor Alexander

-will carry his forbearance and love of peace
so far as to submit to these fresh insults,
And enter into new negotiations. There are
many persons who think so.; and it must be
confessed the" diplomatic carps of Pera is of
lhat, opinion; but the majority of persons at
Vienna think otherwise, one proof of which is

.:that our funds continue to fall. It ought how.
-eVer to be stated that the report of a new loan
of 50 millions of 11o,rins which Austria is negoci-
:siting with Messrs. Rothschild contributes in
,some degree to this decline in the funds;
VIENNA, APRIL 4.—We are Still' in the same
~uncertainty respecting the affairs of Turkey.—
he following are curious details of the Grand
-Sitting of the Divan., in which the question was
, decided :

The question was to know whether the de-
Anands of Russia were admissible or not, after
:that Power .had declared that the unreserved ac-
ceptance of its demands would alone be satisfac-
tory. The Sultan heard the deliberation in this
.Amportant sitting concealed behind the c.,urtain 'of
a. window opening fromhis Cabinet into the Colin-
.cil Room.. All the great' Officers of State; and the
Niziers of the Port- then at Constantinople were
invited to attend ; a similar invitation was sent

•to the Chiefs of the Janissaries and of the Ulemas.
I",t was• reasonably inferred that the question of
pe4ce or.-war vta3 to be decided. (Here follows
a list of many of the great Officers of State, &c.

who were present.)
The --Mufti and the Chiefs of tfre Memel
:having declared that several of the demands of
the Muscovites. were contrary to the principles of
..Islamism and.' the dignity of the throne, the
•• Grand Vizier, as, President of the Divan,, pro-
posed -thelollowing question :--
" Is it just and conformable to the principles of .the Holy
Coran, to raise the ,standard of the Great Prophet, and to call
to arms the MusSelmans of the East and of the West, when
demands like theseare addressed to the Prince of the Faith-
ful ?"
On which the Mufti said, " Yes, it is just." These words
were immediately repeated by all the Ulemas.
The following question was next proposed :
• "Is it just and wise to-withdraw the ?viusselmans from the
principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, while the Muscovites
have assembled •on. the frontiers a numerous corps which they
will not dissolve." To which all those present answered un-
animously, , " No, that would not be just ; it would not be
-wise."

The following qnestions were then discussed
:--
"Can the administration of the two fron-tier 'provinces' be in.
,trusted in' future, as it • has hitherto been, either to the perfidi-
ous and .traitorous. Greeks, or to Boyars ?"—The-answer was
timanitnous-4" Nooliatis impossible." •
IC 'Coil ,we restore to the rebellious' Rajas ill their churches
and 'their priyileges;-'io Jong as they”obstinately.persist in their
disobedience to the-SWAM-le Porte ? —" No, that cannot be:"
The 'Stittail .approved all thoSe decisions, and
•
gaveiorders;to the Grand Vizier to cause his in-
ttotped. by. the Reis Effendi to the
,Eareign Athbassadors, and to explain, to thern_at

the same time the reasons which had induced the 1
Porte to take such a resolution•. It is affirmed,
that besides this, it was also resolved in this
Divan, that in case of a 'ne4 war. with Christen-
dom, a plan should be put in execution, which
was for`merly.under consideration, during the war
of the Pirte .Aith Austria and Russia in the
reigns of•loseph and-Catherine, but the execution
of which was then hindered by the victory of
Suwarrow and Prince Coburg.

1!

CORRESPONDENCE.

The following article appeared in The Old
Tinzes of this day. The Letters are signed by
L. HESSE, Esq., Secretary to the State Lottery
Office, Somerset Place : -
Lottery-office, Somerset-place, London, Jan. 25, 1822.
Stn---Two advertisements for foreign Lotteries having been
printed and published in your Newspaper, contrary to law, I am
about commencing prosecutions againSt you for the same, under
the Ist and 2d Geo. IV., cap. 120, see. 38, by which you will,
(if the Magistrates find you guilty)` become a rogue and a va-
gabond, and be subject to a further prosecutioh for penalties.
The usual course would be to send the Officers to you after
the information is filed and received; and ivarran't granted ;"but
I shall content in self with giving you immediate notice Of
your being liable io'be taken into custody, and require your
surrender the day thitt the hearing will take place ; in the mean
tube, I request that rib wiltithmediately give me your assurance
that you will surrender in the'ivay I have above stated.
I am, Sir,.your obedient. servant, L. HESSE.
Your letters to this Office must be post paid.

[The country printer, in reply, alleged his utter ignorande of
having done wrong and added, that he would surrender him-
self if Mr. Hesse would convince him that he had offended
against the
Somerset-place, jan.,29,

Sin,—Your letter of the instant came to hand- this day,
and in answer to it I beg to say, that I thought I had assured
you you had committed an offence against a clause in the yearly-
passed Lottery Act (which has been inserted in it for 8 years),
and which I have made public by about 200 advertisements.
I refer you to the clause in question, and to the clauses for
recovering the penalties, and for punishing offenders, in the
statute ; to which, if there is any stay of proceedings, it must
be by your memorializing the Lords of the Treasury, and their
Lordships directing me to stay my hand,
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
• L. HESSE.
Lottery-office, Somerset-place, Feb. 23, 1822.
SlR—The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury
having had under their consideration the meinorialsofthose prin-
ters and publishers of newspapers in which foreign lotteries lave
been advertised, I am directed by their Lordships to stay the
proceedings, upon p.ayment of the sum of 101. by the proprietor
of each newspaper, in part of the penalties ; and I am to state
to you, that my Lords hope there will not be a repetition of the
offence, which might be the means,of causing the clause of the
act to be put in force without mitigation. The money must be
paid forthwith.—it am, Sir, your obedient servant,
L. HESSE.

Lottery-cffiCe, Somerset-plate, March 8, 7822.
Six,;--I beg to inform you, that it will be my duty to report
to the Lords of the Treasury, all those proprietors of newspapers
who shall not have paid the lOpounds (the amount to be paid for
staying proceedings) in the course of next week, that the prose-
cutions may proceed 'for inserting advertisements for foreign
lotteries.—l am your obedient servant, L. HESSE.

Lottery-office, Somerset-place, April 5, 1822.
Stn.—ln compliance with my notice to you of the Bth ultimo,
I have reported your non-compliance with the terms upon which
the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury desired me
to stay proceedings against you for inserting advertisements for
foreign lotteries in yourlNewspaper. And lam now to state to
you an extract from a letter received by me from their Lord-
ships, dated the 4th inst., as follows :—" That, provided
Mr. and Mr.—do not pay the mitigated penalty of 101.
each within a fortnight, my Lords desire the prosecutions against
them may be proceeded; Ari, and that you will give them imme-
diate notice thereof."
•
I now give you the nbtice required by my Lords, and inform
you, that at the expiration of the time mentioned, I shall move
the Attorney-General to Ale the Exchequer process against you,
'requiring bail for the amount of the penalties incurred, accord-
ing to the 62d clause of the 120th cap. of the Ist and 2d Geo. 4.
I am your obedient servant, L. HESSE.

7- ---
CITY, "U
-rEDXESDAY EVENING.

Only one mail arrived this morning, and it brought no politi-
cal news ; it was from Malta. No French mail was due, and
there is no private communication from that country. At the
Stock Exchange the ColisolS for the Account opened at 713 i.
They declined a little daring, the day, but before the close of
the market prices became the same as at the opening. Spanish
Securities are the only foreign Stock which claim the attention
of the monied interest, and their variations are nearly in pro-
portion to the prices of the Consols. The closing price of
them was 664 a 13. The -French Rentes are very little in
demand here, and the nominal price is 87, but scarcely a
bargain is done in them.- Prussian, Danish, Neapolitan, and
other foreign funds attract not the smallest interest.—Nothing
farther is known respecting the dispute betwixt Russia and
Turkey, only it appears by The Courirr of this evening, that
the CZAR is not permitted officially to know that the SULTAN
has rejected his Ultimatum. Some sanguine speculators in the
funds infer from this that his IMPERIAL MAJESTY, when he
is privately informed that he cannot obtain all he wants, will
be contented with a part. It is inferred from this Circum-
stance, that peace may yet be maintained. A short period
will shew the fallacy of these ideas.—Notwithstanding the
very moist weather which has been felt in this and the
countries to the north and east of Britain, it appears that ,
in Portugal, Spain, Sicily, and Italy, no rain has fallen for
some months. The Consequence is, that at the date of the last
letters there was great alarm for the crops, particularly in
Spain. No advance had then taken place in flour or grain, but
rain was immediately wanted to save the crops from serious inju-
ry. At the Corn Exchange this day, there is a further advance on
wheat of ls. per quartet for fine quality, which, added to the rise
which took place last Monday, makes this article 3s. a quarter
more valuable. Two causes have produced this improvement.
After the middle of ApriL,,the miller always requires good sound
wheat to make a sack of flour fit for summer use. 'The crop of
last season produced little of this description, and consequently,
the few fine samples which appear on sale, find more than their
usual demand. The principal cause of the advance, however,
must be attributed to thegeneral opinion that the peace of Europe
will be disturbed, and that the consequence will be an improve,.
ment in the means, liberties, and.happiness of its inhabitants.—.
For bonded grain there is more inquiry.—At the present price of
foreign barley, a good return can be obtained for it from Hol-
land, and also for the low qualities of wheat. Some shipments
are accordingly going forward from different ports in England for
that country ; for, with free ingress and egress, merchants find
little difficulty in affording living wages to the productive la-
bourer.—The Dutch know this fact well, and they have no Im-
port or Export Corn Laws. They are always ready either to give
or take, as the wants or superfluities of their neighbours require.
By these means they become a great depth for mankind, and
give full employment and remunerating wages to their own
workmen. There are also some speculations in wheat for the Me-
diterranean. Should the Dardanelles be obstructed, Italy will
require a supply, and a continued drought will also render Sicily,
Spain and Portugal very profitable markets for the shippers, of,
and speculators in grain. The prospects of the agricultural
interest are certainly improving, and that relief which was de-
manded and expected from Parliament, may yet, perhaps, be
obtained from natural causes. Good often springs from evil,
and a Turkish war may perhaps remove some of the com-
plaints of the British Islands, as well as introduce knowledge,
commerce, and freedom into the Levant.—At the East India
sale this day, 10,000 bags of sugar were sold at fair prices, but
not a quarter of the 20,000 bags of coffee was disposed of.
No abatement was made in` the prices of the previous
week ; 2,500 bags were sold at the sale, and about 1,500
bags more were taken after the sale was concluded.—Tal-
low is not. in demand ; still no purchases of the best quali-
ties on the spot can be made tinder 411. to 421. The increased
quantity of home growth, 114 t the very large stock of foreign
on hand, however, do not permit the trade to look for any ad-
vance here, whatever .may 'be ,the prices abroad.—Brandy is
again rather dearer in con Sequence of the reported failure of the
crop this season. The issock 'Of all kinds is large, and the de-
mand is extremely Provisions do not undergo the
slightest improvement in their value.--( Morning Chronicle.)