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THE SUN.

SOLEM Qt_llS DIOERE FALSUM AULE4T

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL ig, 1815.

We wish the public attention directed to the
Speech of the Earl of LIVERPOOL in the House
of Lords last night, on the subject of the Corn
Laws. His Lordship admits the propriety of
some alteration in the existing system, but yet
he was not prepared to go into the question this
Session. He was anxious, he said, 46 to see the
thde of the country placed on the most liberal
footing, but when commercial principles were
applied to Corn, obstacles arose which were not
easily, Overcome." One and the chief of these
obstacles is the difficulty of stating what the
protecting duty should be, for periods and
seasons might occur in which no protecting
duty could be adhered to. On a former oc-
casion, in speaking of the Corn Laws, we en-
deavoured to shew why a fixed protecting
duty on the bushel could not produce any be-
neficial effect, and for that purpose adverted
to its very variable operation owing to the con.
stant fluctuations in the price of Corn ; and we
are therefore glad to see the Earl of LIVERPOOL
declare that " the present importation price
could not be maintained in consequence of the effect
tl produced on the value of labour." It is an obvious
principle that the operative classes should be en-
abled to buy bread at the lowest possible rate they
eau, after allowing a fair profit to the farmer,
Such profit being considered with reference to
our relaxed trading system and the great priuci-
Pies of free commerce. We have before stated
our opinion that the English farmer cannot enter
into competition with the foreign farmer, even in
The English markets, without a protecting duty;
and the difficulty is, to reconcile these opposite
iuterests. For this purpose the duty should be a
Protecting duty only, not a prohibitory duty ; it
should be just enough to equalize the charge of
each grower, leaving it for the public to judge
between .them as to the quality of the ar-
ticiet and so to determine which shall
41a vo the preference in the market. But
lmaking their amendments, the Earl of
vEttroot. says, 66 their Lordships would have
to
Proceed on one of three principles :-Ist. They
Fight alter the importation price, and in other
!SPects retain the system. 2d. They might alter
the existing system altogether, and adopting the
recommendation of the Committee of 1822,
im-
Pose protecting duties with a maximum, beyond
:Illicit importation should be free, and a minimum
Shaer which no d. A importation should be allowed.
.."'• general protecting duty might be fixed,
tang rid •
of tne present system of averages."—
11:4 last -Seems to us best calculated for
7e
r, Public good, for the great evil of a fixedt
°tectie e. duty may be avoided by simply
"ag the
tit • duty ad valorem at the port of impor-
jion, the price of corn at the place where the
"IPortation
whence
is made being the standard from
the value should be determined. A plan

so simple as ihio, by its flexible quality in per-
mitting the price of corn to regulate the duty, not
the duty the price of corn (as is the case with a
fixed duty per bushel), removes at once all the
obstacles that the Earl of LtvEaroot. alludes to
in his speech, and places the trade in corn
where it ought be, on the same footing
as all other manufacutures. The existing sys-
tem of averages may also be abolished.—
The very extreme case of great scarcity should
be left to provide for itself, but there -does not
appear in these times any objection of lodging in
the hands of the Executive a discretionary power
to remit, not increase, the whole or any part of
the duty as occasion requires. So important
does this part of our trading system appear
to us, that we are sorry, with a plan so sim-
ple and so efficacious, that the consideration
of the Corn Laws is to be deferred for an-
other year. If, indeed, it is true (and who
can doubt it) that the present system cannot be
maintained in consequence of the effect it produces
on the value of labour, It becomes imperative to
apply a remedy forthwith; and although we are
ready to admit the subject, for many reasons, re-
quires long consideration, still we think there is
time in the present Session to amend the law,
the great principle that some alteration is neces-
sary, being conceded.

Frankfort Papers of the lgth instant, arrived
this morning. Official reports from Transylvania
had reached Vienna, stating that the plague had
wholly disappeared in Wallachia. The two
Princesses METTERNICH, accompanied by Count
ESTEUHAZY, arrived on the 13th at Nuremberg,
and left that town on the following day on their
route to Vienna.

From the Paris Papers of Saturday it appears
that on the preceding day the Law of Indemnity
was brought back to the Chamber of Deputies,
in order that the Chamber might decide upon
the amendments of the Peers. The KING'S
Commissioner (M. de MARTIGNAC) proposed
that the amendments should be immediately
adopted, the most important of which is similar
to one which the Chamber rejected when brought
forward by one of its own Members. This preci-
pitate course was strongly opposed by M. B.
CONSTANT, as contrary to the standing orders and
to public decency, and it was resolved by a con-
siderable majority to postpone the discussion to
the following day.

The Etoile, dated Sunday, gives only the fol
lowing short notice of the sitting of Saturday'..:—

" At the opening of the Sitting, the debate on the amend.
ments, made by the Chamber of Peers to the Indemnity Law,
was began. M. Duplessis de Grenedan spoke against the
amendment to Art. I. The speech of the Hon. Member ex-
cited violent murmurs, and he was frequently interrupted by
cries of Order, order !' The Minister of Finance then made
a speech in reply to the preceding speaker."

A letter , from Bayonne in the Quotidienno
states, 'that M. UGARTE, the disgraced favourite of
the King of SPAIN, intends to take up his resi-
dence in that town, which would seem to be the
general rendezvous of the disgraced Ministers of
the Peninsula. At this moment there are three
residing in Bayonne—the Marquis de MATAFLO-
RIDA, General ALoz, who has the title of Envoy
Extraordinary to St. Petersburgh, and the Portu-
guese General SILVEIRA.
The Constitutionrzel states, that a Priest of
Darnetal has been charged by a great number of
the inhabitants of that town, fathers of families,
with having corrupted the morals of the youth
under his spiritual care. The particulars of the
accusation are too shoCking for the Journalist to
repeat. The Vicar-General refused to listen to
the complaint, which, he said, was only a Jaco-
bin conspiracy, but the facts have been since laid
before the Civil Authorities, and the prosecution
commenced. At Rouen there has been a tumult
arising from the interference of the Cardinal
Archbishop, who would not 'suffer the Tartufe to
be played within his diocese.
The following are extracts
PARTS, APRIL 22.
Lord Granville, the British Ambassador, will give a grand
diplomatic dinner, at Which will be present the President of
the Council, and several other Members, and the Ambassadors
and Ministers Plenipotentiary of Foreign Powers. It has been
observed that the English Ambassador was not present it any
of the-diplomatic dinners which were given during the stay of
Prince Metternich at Paris.
Prince Metternich goes directly to Genoa, and thence to
Parma • from Parma he will proceed to Rome, before he goes
to Milan.

f From the Courier Francais.J
We have received news from St. Louis (Senegal) of the 27th
of February.
The inhabitants of Martinique, who were transported to that
colony, had just received the notice that they were set at liberty ;
and though they regret not having been publicly justified, with
respect to the imputations cast upon them, and by which they
were marked as conspirators, they are sensible, that under the
circumstances they could not expect more from the efforts made
in their favour. Five of these unfortunate individuals have
sailed for St. Thomas's ; four others were to sail on the 29th
for the English colony of Dominica; the others are obliged to
remain till the Government has consented to pay their passage,
or till the merchants have taken it upon them out of humanity.
The Governor of Senegal has refused to let them freight a
small vessel, which those who were in better circumstances
wished to engage, in order to save their companions from the
rigours of a destructive climate.
When Sadi Mahmoud, Envoy of the Bey of Tunis, landed
at the Lazaretto of Marseilles on the 23d of March, he was im-
mediately complimented by the Board of Health, at the head
of which was the Mayor. The following are the terms in which
that magistrate spoke to this Ambassador
41. SlR—The Prince who sends you was always the faithful
friend of France. Never has he more highly appreciated his
rendering Sc
ha n
your
to a
ui
rre
Excellency
attachment to it than when he comes. to participate in its joy at
the hary accession of a Sovereign whom it adores.
e Board of Health (intciiiitold,rabnwyeeh
ery eanwr cshye hltl aei sss
the honourable
due to
Kminigss'siown
been so worthily chosen, and to the Prince who has confided it
is happy to fulfil the
to you."
h t some of the persons who were present and
It is said t a
heard this speech, .repeated in chorus, when repthey went out, the

failjwilig woydi of a well-linown song—'. Trive Albers Maroc,
et Tunis.' _ _ _

The atlair of ort was brought to-day.before the COurt of
Cassation, but was put off for a week.
FRENCH FUNDg.—Nius, Arm!, 2:l.—Five per Cpnts.
opened at 101 f. 90c., closed at 102 f: • Bank Stock, 2,12,0 f.
Neapolitan Renter, 89f. 70c. Spanish ditto, 13{.—Exchange
on London, one month, 21t.9.1:.; three months 21f. 80c,—
(Coors Autheutipte.)

The Milan Gazette, published under Austrian
authority and cOntroul,, contains the following
account of the movements. and operations of the
P.tcui Of EGYPT and of his son IBRAHIM, who
commands the expedition against the Greeks:—
NAPLES, APRIL 1.
We have received through an offiCial channel the tollowing
accounts from Alexandria, in Egypt, dated the 13th January.
His Highness the Pacha left that place on the 14th instant
to return to Cairo, where he arrived on the fith. He is gone
for the purpose of regulating more financial matters, and for the
new military armaments,- itis said, howeVer, that his Highness
has declared his intention of shortly returning hither. His High-
ness has kept up, and continues to.keep up,,the most active cor-
respondence with his son Ibrahim, by means of several ships
of war, which not only acquaint him with all the operations of
cumstancesrequire.
the fleet, but likewise enable him to give all such orders as cir-

Besides the several European vessels which have sailed from
this port freighted by the, Paella to carry provisions to various
pans of the island of Candia, and to Modon in the 11.1orea, 25
others are ready in the harbour to sail for the same destina-
tion ;"they are fur the most part laden with naval stores, which
they are to convey to Suds for the use of the squadron.
His Excellency Ibrahim Paella, after having.:dispased his
transports in two divisions, sailed on the 6th of last month
(December) for Marmarism with all hi ships of war. One of
the divisions followed his Excellency back to Candia, the other
remained at Rhodes.

His Excellency arrived happily on the 12th of the same
month in the port of Suds, where. ,he'' anded . both the troops
and the horses embarked on board ships. of war and the
transports. There his Etcelleuty: having made the troops
encamp, and received abundant supplies of provisions, which
were sent him from Canea, dismissed all the transports, among
which 40 were European.
On the 18th of the same month the French frigate Galatea
anchored there, the Captain of which having delivered to
Ibrahini Pacha what he had in charge for him put to sea 'again..
On the 20th, Ibrahim Pacha dispatched three brigs of war to
3lodon, with 400 infantry and Commissioners, charged to pre-
pare in that place quarters fdr the army which his Excellency
intends to land there at a proper opportunity : these brigs were
to take under their protection 16 vessels, laden with provisions,
which hail been previously dispatched for this port, and all
those which follow in the sequel.
After completing these operations, his Excellency sailed
again with the ships of war to Marmarissa, where lie arrived
on the Bth, to take on board the other troops which are at
Rhodes, and to escort those on board the second division of
transports, which were waiting for him there, and to bring
them likewise to Suda, as we have learned to-day by the Egyp-
tian schooner Pnpillon, which has arrived from that port after a
passage of four days, with dispatches addressed to his Highness
Mehemet Pacha.

On the sth of this month a corvette and two brigs of war
sailed from this port with ammunition and 400 infantry, des-
tined to join the army of Ibrahim Paella.

General Livron, employed in the Egyptian army, is sent to
France, for the purpose of executing various commissions given
to him by his Highness the -Paella, which, it is said, include,
among other things. the purchase•of a train of artillery. He is
furnished for this purpose with letteps of credit for several mil-
lions of francs, and it is thought he will be here again in five
months.

is Britntime Nes y s corvette, the .4Yren, which sailed from
M • t
this port on the 25th of last month, delivered to Ibrahim Pacha
some dispatches sent to him by his Highness Mehemet Pacha.
This vessel will afterwards go to Smyrna. •
On tile 27th the English brig Alacrity arrived here from
Syria, and on the 30th his Most Christian Majesty's gabarre,
La Cherrette,Srom Smyrna.
The symptoms of plague as well as fever
which prevailed at Alexandria in the months of
November and December last had wholly dis-
appeared iu the month_ of January.

The Official Journal of Naples announces in
the following terms the departure -of the Ktma
of the Two SICILIES

Their Majesties the ding and Queen are ahont to proceed
to Milan, where they will:reside as long as it may. be necessary
and becoming the gracious invitation of his Majesty the Em-
peror of Austria. The departure of .our august 'Sovereign is
fixed for the 1 ith of this month (April)
The Chevalier di Medicis, President of the Council of Mi-
nisters, and the Marquis Riau, Minister of the King's House-
hold, will Accompany bit Majesty.,.
The King, at his departure, leaves with his - -de the most
preciouspkdge
of his love, in confiding to the affection of his
subjects.the Duke ,of Calabtia, his august heir,. and all the
Princes and Princesses who constitute his family.
During the absence of the King, the presidency of the Council
will be filled by the Marquis Tonithassi.
His Majesty on the 4th honoured with a visit the Com-
mander Saverio Poli, his former governor. This venerable old
man, confined to his bed by his infirmities, nearly fainted with
emotion at the sight of his august pupiL

We have received a file of Sineapore Chronicles
to the end of September. The French frigate Thetis had ar-
rived there on the 31st of the preceding month, on her way to
Manilla. The Padrees of Sumatra, it, appears, who had been
beaten by the Dutch troops on the south-west coast of Su-
matra, had begun to extend their conquests and depredations
to the north coast, and had actually invaded the principality of
Siac, opposite Malacca. Numbers of the Siac people had been
driven from their homes, and several overtures had been made
to the Authorities of Singapore by the Chiefs of the interior
of that country for permission to settle and colonize per-
manently at Singapore. The Pirates are stated to have
again made their appearance in the neighbourhood of Sin-
gapore.

Count MUNSTER had an audience of the KING
yesterday.

COUllt-PALMELLA, Ambassador from Portugal
to this country, with his family and suite, ar-
rived at Portsmouth on Sunday last from Lisbon,
after a tedious voyage of 25 days.
Colonel CAMPBELL, the bearer of the Treaty
of Commerce with Colombia, arrived at Cartha-
gena on the 28th of February, on his way to
Bogota.

• Mr. Secretary CANNING, Nve _regret to say, re.
mained severely indisposed yesterday at Glou-
cester Lodge.—Dr. llot.r.arin attends him daily.
We are glad to find that the strongest hopes
are entertained of Lord CRAYEN'S recovery. His
Lordship is visited daily bi MATON, and
Dr. EDEN IS in constant attendance.
Colonel STRUTT, we regret to hear, has for
some time been confined with a ,severe attack of
the goat.

On Saturday last GEORGE 13gST, Esq.,
wa.m called to the Bar by the Ilonourable.Society of the Middle
Temple.

Mr. STANFORD, of Preston,liad 43 sheep killed
a few nights ago by a dog.

ALARMING FlR.E.—This morning, between
two and three o'clock, the neighbourhood of
Phcenix-street,Soho-square, was throw n into coo-
fusion and alarm in consequence of a fire which
broke out in the premises of Messrs. SPENCER
and IlonsoN, the eminent lamp and oil contrac-
tors, of PlnEnix-street. At one period of the
fire the flames were so very extensive, in conse-
quence of the oil on the premises, that the whole
neighbourhood was threatened with
destruc-
tion. engines
oesanrrtilvieedesioernon after it began,
alent,
but by six
o'clock five other houses were injured by the
i ( p
i Severalayed a
c etni
actively
flames, and the one in which the fire commenced
completely burnt to the ground. We did not
hear of any accident. Messrs. Spencer and Hod-
son was insured in the Westminster and Eagle
Fire Offices.

THEATRE.

His MAJESTY last night honoured CovENT-GannEN
MEATRE with his presence, and all possible preparations
were made to receive the August Visitor. The King's Box
was fitted up with the usual splendour for the occasion, and all
the Private Boxes over it were set apart for his Majesty's At-
tendants. A Guard of Honour, commanded by Major Ben-
tinck, marched at half-past five o'clock into Prince's-place,
Hart-street, where the King enters the Theatre. Sir R. Birnie,
the Chief Magistrate of the Police, accompanied by Mr. Min
shun and Mr. Halls, the Magistrates, and a numerous as-
semblage of Police Officers under their direction, arrived to
preserve order, which was admirably accomplished.—The pass,.
age and stairs on which his Majesty was to ascend to his box
were covered with carpet. A party of the Yeomen Guard lined
the entrance hall. At half-past six o'clock five of the Royal
carriages were in readiness in .the Court-yard of the King's
Palace, Pall-mall, the coachmen and footmen in their state
liveries. At ten minutes before seven. o'clock his Majesty en-
tered his carriage, dressed in a blue uniform, the same as he wore
at the last Levee, with four splendid Orders on his left breast.
The King was attended in his carriage by the Master of the
Horse and Viscount Lake, as the Lords in Waiting. In the
first carriage were Mr. Lewis and the Rev. Mr. Legge,
the Gentleman Ushers in Waiting, and also the Exons. In the
second carriage were Sir Robert Bolton, the Equerry in
Waiting—Master Paulet, the Page of honour—the Silver
Stick in Waiting, and Mr. Brent, the Deputy-Comptroller of
the Household. In the third carriage were the Comptroller Of
the Household, the Treasurer of the Household, the Master of
the Robes, and Sir Andrew Barnard, the Groom in Waiting.
—ln the fourth carriage were the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-
Chamberlain, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, and the Earl
of Harrington, Gold Stick in Waiting. The King followed
in the fifth and last carriage, escorted by a party of Life Guards.
—The, streets through which the King was to pass were
thronged with loyal spectators, as well as all the houses.—
The Royal cavalcade proceeded by Charing-cross, Saint Mar-
tin's-lane, Long-acre, James-street, Hart-street, &c. His
Majesty's alighting from his carriage was announced by the
flourishing of trumpets. He was received by Mr. Kemble and
Captain Forbes, two of the proprietors; Mr. Fawcett, the
stage manager, and Mr. Gardner, the Groom of the King's
Great Chamber, each of them with two large wax-lights to
light him to hiS box. On entering the royal box, his Majesty
was received with a universal shout of loyal welcome. The
Duke of York soon followed, and also received the warmest
testimonies of popular regard. The King appeared to be in
perfect health. The noble form and dignified action of his Ma-
jesty made a strong impression on the audience. His Majesty
indeed seemed to represent the grandeur of the British Empire.
As,soon as the Royal Party appeared within the Theatre, the
curtain rose, and the whole of the vocal corps came forward
to execute the national anthem of " God .save the King."--
The stage at this moment presented a very crowded appearance,
and many, both ladies and gentlemen, appeared among the
dramatic ranks, to catch a glimpse of royalty, who did not
belong to the professional groupe with which they were
for the time lint:Angled. The burst of applause which
took place on the first entrance of his Majesty, was rapturous
in the highest degree, and the anthem was encored the
moment the last verse had finished. The performances of the
evening were the opera of Der .Prelschnts, and the farce
of Charles the Second. The number of the choristers was con-
siderably augmented on this occasion, and all the performers
exerted themselves to the utmost. His Majesty, and his Royal
Highness the Duke of York, who arrived shortly after at the
Theatre, appeared highly gratified, both with the vocal and
dramatic exhibitions. At the conclusion of the play, a portion
of the audience again called for " God save the King;" and
others for " Rule, Britannia." " Rule, Britannia,'• was per-
formed. The agreeable little after-piece of Charles the Second ;
or, the Merry Monarch, then commenced. The play has been
so often performed, that it went off without any powerful
effect, but the farce was so well supported by Mr. C. Kemble,
Jones, Fawcett, and Miss Tree, that it afforded high entertain-
ment to the royal party as well as the audience in general.
There were many points in the farce that touched upon the pre-
sent times, and some in which Royalty itself was treated with
unceremonious freedom; but his Ilajestyappearedtobeasmuck
gratified with them as. were the audience in general. iYhea
his Majesty retired, the same zealous testimonies of respect and
affection burst from the audience, and the whole must have
been as gratifying to himself as it .was. to so Yost a body of his
loyal subj ects.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
General Sir Win. Cockbuin, Bart. at Fenton's Hotel, St.
James's Place, from Bath ; the Earl and Countess-of Abing.
don, in Saville-row ; Mrs. and Miss Bfausnont,- in Portman._
square; Sir Bethel Codrington, Bart. in Park-lane; Hon.
Captain Cadogan, in Berkeley-square • the Countess of Dart-
mouth and the Ladies Legge, in Berkeley-square; Lord and
Lady Dufferin, in 'Cavendish-square; Major and Mrs. Ed-
-1 mondstone, in Park-street ; Marquis and Alarchionesir. of
Exeter, in Connaught-place; the Dowager Duchess of Rut-
land, at her house in Sackville-street, from Belvoir Castle • the
Earl of Sefton, from Newmarket ; Sir Thomas Ormsby, nail.
and Lady, in King-street, Portman-square, from Essex; Mr.
and Lady Elizabeth Inge, and family, in Upper Brook-street;
Captain the llon. George Fitzroy, in Mount-street, Grosvenor-
square; Mrs. and Miss Granville, in Park-street; the Count
Hamilton, in Albemarle-street ; the Hon. Henry Legge, at the
Countess of Dartmouth's, in Berkeley-square; Mrs. andiMiss
Melvile, in Somerset-street, Portman-square ; Earl and Coun-
tess of Sherborne, and Miss Dalton, in Grosvenor-street ; Lord
Trimblestown and the Hon. Mr. liarnewell, at the St. James's
Hotel; Jermyn-street, from Paris • General Archdale, M.P. at
ditto, from Tunbridge .Wells; Sir J. Wells, Bart. at ditto,
from Cuckfield, Sussex; R. Price, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Price,
at the Burlington Hotel, Old urlington-street, from their
seat in Herefordshire; Colonel and Mrs. Young, at the Wa-
terloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour.

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HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO COVENT-GARDEN