The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-29 00:00:00

Private Letters from the North furnish us with
interesting intelligence relative to the proceedings,
of the Norwegian Diet.

We ob*et•ve with much surprize that there is to
be another General Meeting.,in regard to Bonding
Goods. 'The attempt thus made by the Merchants
to obtain an extended indulgence from his Ma-
jesty's Ministers, spews with what avidity they
. seek for prat, and, how necessary it is for the
Governuttnt t'o interfere and protect the Public
against their machinations. A referenCe to the
Warehousing Act will spew that the.sole penalty
incurred by non-payment of the,cluties is to bring
the goods to sale; and it_.is this that
we have so many meetitrgs...

We doubt not, however, that the discussion
this subject, has undergone, and to which we may
flatter ourselves with travitig in some degree con-
tributed, will prevent any further concession, and
the Public will by that means be enabled to pur-
chase these commodities at a-reasonable rate,
and, as the Treasury Minute expresses • it,
,t‘ in
future the System of Warehousing Goods will be
carried on with regularity and order."
We have inserted a part of a Letter on this sub-
ject, sent under an appeal to our candour, of which
we think we could scarcely offer a stronger proof
than we have done by printing so fallacious .and
inconclusive a Document.

•
Mr. CANNING leaves his residence at Gloucester
Lodge to-morrow, to proceed On : his voyage to
Lisbon.
. The Duke.-of SUSSEX'S illness was only his
annual 'attack of the asthma, magnified by inte-
rested/v.B/v, from which his Royal Highness, we
have the pleasure to say, is now recoyered".--
.(Morning . .
The Earl of LIVERPOOL„ the CHANCELLOR of
the, EXCHEQUER, and Viscount SIDMOUTH, were
the only Cabinet Ministers in town yesterday..
The latter came from Richmond. in the morning,
and after transacting business at his Office return-
ed in the evening.
The BistwE of LONDON yesterday_at Ke-nsing--
ton confirmed 1025 persons. -
The ravages of the plague this year-at :Smyrna
have been unusually dreadful. It is stated, that
in June frequently upwards of alhousand have
been buried in one day; one-third of the inhabi,
tants had left their dwellings and the town.. Some
compute the number of deaths this year at 50,000;
the least computation is 30,000. Smyrna is said
to contain from 150 to 180,000 inhabitants. All
Asia Minor, Syria, the Islands, &c. experienced
this year a similar loss of about one-quarter or
one-fifth of the Whole population. The crops of
corn, &c. remain ungathered in the fields in many
places in the interior, for want of hands ; and se-
veral towns and villages have been entirely aban
cloned. In Smyrna_ the keys of 800 houses have
been delivered to the Governor, as many families
have been altogether, extirpated, and he Govern-
ment is heir where there is no very near relation.
. It is said, that in consequence of the trader of
the conveyance of letters between Eur Ope and In-
dia to the Post-Office, from the East.lndia-house,
a regular establishment of packets has been de-
termined-on, to sail monthly, with mails and pas-
sengers, for the three Presidencies, and the inter-
mediate settlements. •

The price of all sorts of fish is intolerably high,
except at Billingsgate. A' regulation should be
adopted by the Corporation of London to have
the price of fish published, according to .the ave-
rage prices at Billingsgate, in the same inanne:
that the prices of butchers' meat, flour, and grain
are published. Housekeepers, by such means,
could guard against the extortion practised in dif-
ferent parts of the town, and would find it their
interest to purchase at the original market, which
would soon cure the evil. •• -

Mrs. JORDAN performed four nights last week
at the Leicester Theatre to crowded and fas.hion-
able houses.

Joanna Southcott now occupies a house in Man-
chester-street, Manchester-square, usnally let fur-
nished, but on this occasion given gratuitously
by the proprietor, for the accommodation of the
Prophetess and her promised child, and their vi-
sitors.

JOE ANDREWS, the hackney-coachman, who
was lately fined by the Worthy Magistrate of,
Qugerl,square, now goes by the name of Field-
ing's Joseph Andrews,

Artist can paint this'saered silent darkness, with
the illuminated wreath-of the mountains all around!
i No Orator can describe how great and.glorions it
i seemed, and show the whole was impressed
1 with the expressible thought—" Every one of -ns
ithihks like all the rest;' All of us, when these
flames blaze, join hands and call the Inexpres-
i
'1 sible to be witness, in this - awful silence of
! the night, that we swear to maintain the new
Alliance, -his choicest gifts,—the repose, the
peace, and the welfare Of our country.
"'That was the vow -which the flames express-
ed upon the mountains, and with that meek elo-
quence which surpasses speech, filled the hearts
of both old and young with' enthusiasm. Such
was the night upon the mountains. It formed a
general:Sanctuary, a great Temple of the Nation,
in which Nature was the Altar of the Most Holy
God, on which a thousand torches flamed to the
glory of the Eternal, and to seal the new Alliance.
" In the towns and villages the loudness of the
joy was contrasted with the solemn silence on the
mountains. There was not -a hamlet in all the
country that did ".not join in the general joy.—
(Frankfol t Post Gazette, Oct. 21.)"