The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-19 00:00:00

of foreign grain, subject to an advalorent duty of
so much per bushel. The price ofrthe same kind
of grain in England, at the port and upon the
day of importation, being taken as the standard
whence to determine the duty payable. By
these means no fraud could at any time be
practised ; the price of foreign grain would al.
ways be more than equal to the price of English
grain, and the fluctuations in the market prices,
now so constantly occurring, would be almost en-
tirely removed, and with it, therefore, all just
complaints against the Corn Laws.

COMET._ ACCIDENT NARROWLY PREVENTED.)—From
a Gentleman who came up from Gourock late last night we
learn, that though the attempts to raise the Cornet have hitherto
failed, she has nevertheless been moved from her first position.
Her stern has been hove completely round, and now lies nearest
the shore. The hawser which was fixed to the capstane ashore
was hove in five fathoms, so that the distance from the shore,
after that operation, was only about thirty feet. About finly-
. jive people remained on board of the lighters on Monday night,
and they were nearly all run down by a large brig which came
up in the dark. A dense fog being in the Frith at the time,
the brig did not perceive the lights (four or five) which those on
board the lighters had out, till almost close upon them. On
seeing her, the men raised a loud shout. The helm was im-
mediately put down, when the brig was enabled to clear them
by about six feet ! Had she not answered the helm at once,
the lighters and all the people on board must have been sent to
the bottom. The chains keep a firm hold on one side, hut in-
variably give way on the other, which shews that the vessel
must on that side be severely shattered.—(G/avow Courier,
Nov. 17.)

CARIALF..—The following laconic note was
exhibited this morning in the front of CARLIE.E'S
shop in Fleet-street :—" Watson, I am no longer
a prisoner.—Dorchester, Nov. 18."

Mr. WARREN, the King's Mescenger, was sent
off on Thursday evening from the Secretary of
State's Office for Foreign Affairs, Downing-street,
with dispatches for the Continent, supposed to be
for the British Ambassador at Vienna.
General MINA arrived at Clifton on Sunday
morning last. He is staying on a visit at Captain
HEDGEs'.—We are happy to say that his health
is very much improved.—(Bath Herald)
England produces more wealth than France,
Russia, and America, put together. The produce of England
is nearly 37 millions stirling, France about 18 millions, Ame-
rica nearly 11 millions, and Russia between 8 anti 9 millions.—
( Dublin Evening Post.)
A SINGULAR STORY iS related in an article
from Lucerne, in Switzerland, respecting a murder commit-
ted about nine years ago. The person assassinated was 31.
Keller, a Magistrate of Lucerne. Five persons lately arrested
as the perpetrators of the crime have confessed their guilt, and
ascribed their act to the instigation of M. Corragioni, Doctor
in Medicine, and N. Joseph Peyffer de Ileidigg, at that
time Prefect of Lucerne, and both now Members of the
Cantonal Government. The Central Commission, charged
with the investigation of the affair have demanded the
arrest of the two ;Magistrates, and the Council have
agreed to it. Those two Magistrates, after a solemn declara-
tion of their innocence, have solicited the most rigid scrutiny
into their conduct. They have been sent to prison, and their
papers put under seal. It is proper to mention, that the band of
murderers consisted of six, and that the sixth contradicts the
statement of the other five. The following is the account
given of the death of M. Keller, in a journal of the 20th of
September, 1816, some days after it took place lie was
returning from the town to his country house, situated near the
Reus, when he fell into the river, and perished. His two
oldest daughters, who accompanied him, were witnesses of the
event. The night had been stormy, the waters were high, anti
nothing could save him." The trial has not yet been brought
to any result.
MU R DER BY PrRATEs.--An account from Bor-
neo gives the particulars of the murder of several persons by
pirates. N. Van GREVE, Resident at Sanabos, having arrived
from Java, on board the Thalia, anti being desirous to reach
his post as soon as possible, embarked in a small vessel for
Sambos. He was accompanied by N. Pelletier, lately arrived
from Europe. They sailed on the Ist April, in the evening,
and in the morning discovered 8 proas, which they recognized
to be pirates. The Captain desired the two Europeans to keep
below, that the pirates might not be rendered more desperate by
the hopes of a large booty. After an hour's firing, N. Pelle-
tier was mortally wounded in the cabin. M. Greve then leaped
on deck, discharged his two pistols, and then with his arms
crossed, awaited his fate, which seemed inevitable. Ile was
soon struck by a ball, which put an end to his life, and the
distressing situation in which he had been for some hours.—
About noon the vessel received a shot between wind and water,
and sunk. Four of the crew escaped in the boat to the river of
Pentianaka, where they related these melancholy particulars.—
Besides the crew there were on board 4 native servants of the
Resident, and one of 31. Pelletier,so that no fewer than 16 per-
sons lost their lives. N. Van Greve, who had gained general
esteem by his conduct during three years' residence at Sambos,
was generally lamented by the Governor of the west coast of
Bormo. He was formerly in the army, and made several cam-
paigns in Russia and Spain, where he greatly distinguished
himself, and had the Cross of the Legion of Honour.—(Dublin
Correspondent, Nov. 15.)
THE Wor.srES OF CROATIA.--Letters from
Agram, in Croatia, say that the wolves have increased in a
dreadful manner in the begining of August, and seem to pur-
sue the human species rather than cattle. The magistrates of
the district have sent about 4000 men with muskets, hay-
forks, &c., against them ; 50 florins reward are offered for
every female wolf, and only .1 florin for every male; the people
searched the woods a long time in vain, at length they made
use of the following shocking stratagem :—They sought out
an eminence in the wood, on which some children were
placed ; marksmen, with loaded muskets, placed themselves
in ambush close by. Five wolves appeared from different
parts of the forest, and advanced cautiously towards the emi-
nence ; two of the beasts were shot dead, the others escaped.
—( Vienna Paper, Oct. 30.)
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN FRANCE.—The frightful-
fire which has just reduced to ashes a pars of the Commune of
Vizille (department of the Isere) began at one in the morning
on the 10th instant, in a printing-office attached to 31. Augus-
tin Perrier's manufactory of coloured cottons. The tempest
which prevailed through that disastrous night extended the fire
with dreadful rapidity. The chateau belonging to 31. Perrier,
and all the manufactory, have fallen a prey to the flames. Forty
houses of the town have been entirely consumed, of which num-
ber twenty-two were but just rebuilt in the quarter, called that
of the Chateau de Paine, which only two years ago was burnt
down. The engines of Grenoble and a detachment of the gar-
rison arrived at eight o'clock in the morning, and assisted to
confine the ravages of the fire, which they began to subdue on
all sides by eleven o'clock. Nobody perished in this conflagra-
tion, but many of the labourers were wounded. The damage
done is estimated at about two millions (of francs). The build-
ings of the manufactory were insured. The valuable cotton
spinning works, with the webs, owe their safety to the wind
having blown in an opposite direction, but the loss of the ma-
nufactory of coloured cottons is immense; it will deprive of
employment, during the winter, 1,200 workmen, of whom
some were proprietors of the buildings which have been con-
sumed, to whom remains no source but to implore the cha-
rity of their fellow citizens. A play has already been per-
formed for their benefit at the Grenoble Theatre, and a sub-
scription opened for their relief.—(Etoile of Thursday.)
THE RATH, OR BURMESE IMPERIAL STATE
CARRIAGE.—We were yesterday gratified with a •
private view of this truly magnificent specimen of
Oriental splendour and ingenuity. We have not
room to dilate on the merits of this grand spec-
tacle, which will probably be more attractive of
public curiosity than even the carriage of the
departed Emperor of France. The design is a
proof of taste as well as of genius, and the execu-
tion throughout is admirable. But it is evidently
the work of science as well as of taste and
genius, and considering how little we knew of
the Burmese 'till the late unprovoked intrusion
of their Tyrant upon our Asiatic territories, the
whole must be viewed with astonishment as well
as admiration.