The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-12 00:00:00

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" So all our pack upon the floor is cast,
And all I boast is—that I fall the last !"

Son, cried out, with a loud voice, " The race or
MAHOMET is going to be extinct ; and the reign
of the Ottomans is at an end ;" at which words
he plunged a dagger into his heart, and expired
before the eyes of the Janissaries. It does not
seem to have been observed that this heroical
catastrophe is closely copied from that of Torn
Thumb, where King Arthur, in like manner,
slaughters himself upon a pile, composed of his
daughter, Queen, and courtiers, exclaiming—

Surely there is some grace in the Turks, when
their Sultans are so well read in Fielding !

We give extracts, in our preceding columns,
from the French Papers of Wednesday, which ar-
rived this day.---An article from Vienna of the 29th
of December, taken from The Universal Gazette,
revives the report that the Turks have accepted the
Russian Ultimatum; but it is rather remarkable, if
this be the case, that The Austrian Observer of
the same date, the official organ of the Cabinet
of Vienna, should observe the strictest silence on
the subject. This Journal ha• always shewn
great readiness to publish every intelligence at
all favourable to the Porte ; and from its silence;
it may fairly be inferred that there is no truth
in the report, and that, in all probability,
it has sprung from the same source, and fabri-
cated with the same views, as that received from
Frankfort a few days ago. Yesterday it was said,
in some of the Foreign Journals, that the King
of WURTEMBURG was to take the command of
the troops of Poland ; and by an article from
Frankfort, in the Papers received this day, it

Appears that his Majesty is on the point of setting out
for Petersburgh, for what purpose the French
Censors chuse to leave us in the dark, as they
have judged proper to suppress that part of the
article which probably threw some light on this
Point.

PUBLIC SUtSCRIPTION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE
IRISH PEASANTRY.-We have heartfelt pleasure
in referring to the letter of " An Englishman
and a Freeman of Cork," and to the Advertise-
ment announcing the commencement of a Public
Subscription, "for the purchase of food and fuel
for the distressed peasantry of Ireland," inserted
in our Paper of this day. We cheerfully under-
take the task with which our benevolent Cor-
respondent has thought fit to honour us, of re-
ceiving the Subscriptions, until proper persons are
aPPointed for the application of the fund to the
i'llPortant objects of its formation. As, however,
the Subscription cannot fail to proceed rapidly,
and to be large in its amount, we think that the
sooner a public meeting is held, and the final ar-
rangements are determined on, the better. The
exigency, too, is pressing. No time should he
I°st in adopting the necessary measures for avert-
H 1 the horrors of famine, with which the Irish
l'oor are threatened; and which already stare
them in the face. All feelings of indignation at
the criminal conduct of the infatuated peasantry
are lost in commiseration for their wretchedness,
!NI for the sufferings of their destitute wives and
innocent families. We have added our humble
to the sum which has been handed to us ;
441 we most earnestly implore the prompt and
effectual aid of the benevolent for the relief of
the greatest calamity to which any people can be
SUbjeCled.

to another column we have inserted an au-
thentic statement of the noble conduct of Earl
ptTzwit.u.tx toward his numerous tenantry.
generous sacrifice which his Lordship has
rti.a.ge fur the preservation of his tenants from
li111) is, we believe, unexampled, and excites the
Ciest admiration of his Lordship's disinterested
reficence.
i,l'etters dated the 3d instant were received
to-3,t,,"day from Madrid. The question relative
de.e dismission of Ministers had not then been
ot-It,lided• At a Council of State, however, held
that preceding day, it was voted unanimously
o.:` two of them should retire. A division of
qlntli°rl afterwards arose, whether the dismission
trlitilti be immediate, or be delayed till the sub-
iiir,"si€4l of the authorities at Cadiz and Seville
4641(1 take place ; when 17 were for the former,
1114 13 for the latter arrangement. As soon as
sol j4cant offices in the Ministry were filled, and
the restrictive. laws had been passed against
thetlisturbers of the. public peace, the sittings of
ter .u-Atraordinary tortes, it was expected; would
144:11i Ijuate. The tranquillity of Madrid remained
tsturbed.—(Morning Paper.)
bOtract of a mercantile letter, dated Corunna,
tip iertlber 22 A new Address has been sent.
qa° the King from this place, requesting him to
tellinge his Ministers, and it is hoped that this
ever'ilstrance, joined by so many others from
Part of the Peninsula, will be attended
ha: success. This step alone is necessary to
the it4lllise the whole country, and it is hoped
the his
will have the good sense to see this.
left this place some days ago, conformably
bell orders of Government, and he is now un-
Puente Deume. Here the greatest tran-
sir TtY prevails."
I\iew nom As RunnoN, of West Jesmond, near
AN„castie-upon-Ty ne,lately made his usual aunual
110 'llt
od uf Coals to the Poor of the neighbour-
,
1443 ' L• 0 which was added a purse of Ten Gni-
' t.O b ,I*st •
e distributed among them.