The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-27 00:00:00

SCARCITY OF PROVISIONS.

CARTHAGENA, MAY I—(CIRCULAR to the DEPART-
3IENT.)

By an Act of the 231. ult., the:lntendancy have permitted
the introduction of maize, rice, and every description of bread
stuflic into the ports of the department, free of all duties, for the
term of five months ; and have prohibited, for the same term,
the exportation of provisions out of the ports of the Republic.
The Intendancy, in dictating this measure, has taken into
consideration, aniong other very urgent circumstances, the
extreme scarcity of the articles of necessity which is felt in this
city, and the clamour raised by the Magistrates of the interior,
who declare -that in the country they are even in want. The
Intendancy hope that at the end of five months the present
calamity will be remedied by the new crops, and in these cir-
cumstances they hope that the measure will not only be grate-
ful to the inhabitants of. Magdalena, but also meet the appro-
bation of the • Executive as one of an extraordinary character
requited by the public necessity.
Carthagena, April 29. M ONF MA.

11,1ANNuErm, Jura- 15.—The Prince and Prin-
cess Royal of PuussrA arrived here to day, and
having stopped to view the grand Ducal Palace,
proceeded to Ems. A deputation of above 200
Students of Heidelburg went in the night of the
14th to Scheveguigen to receive their !loyal
Highnesses by torch light.
TuE DUKE or YORK.—The Corporatiou of
Dublin have resolved to present an Address of
Thanks to the Duke of YORK for his patriotic
and constitutional speech on the Catholic
Question.

The report of the state of Mr. Secretary Can-
fling's health yesterday was, the Right lion.
Gentleman was proceeding towards recovery.
Yesterday a Board of the Lords of the Trea-
sury was held at the Treasury Chambers.

the accounts brought by Captain CLAPPERTON
and Major DEstrAm from Soudan, and other places in the in-
tericr of Africa which have been visited by these enterprising
travellers, are very satisfactory, and much valuable information
relative to the inhabitants has been obtained. The surprise of
the former gentleman may readily he conceived, upon his reach.
ingSockatoo, in finding plates, dishes, basins, and other articles of
English manufacture, with the makers' names marked thereon ;
and during his residence, which was nearly three months, he
daily used wares of this aescription. The markets are regu-
larly supplied, in addition to flour, with fine stall-fed beef,
mutton, and kids ; as also poultry, including will ducks and
geese, eggs, &c. The existence of this place, which is to the
westward of Bornou, was before unknown ; it is governed by
a Sultan, who has several wives, and many children, and with
all the persons about him evinced every attention to Captain.
Clapperton. 3lajor Denham proceeded to the south 'and
east of Bornou, and examined the Lake Tsad, which is an
immense fresh water lake, visiting many towns and villages
in his journey. The country to the southward of Fezzan
may be considered as a new discovery, and extends front that
place to about the ninth degree of latitude, between the sixth
and fourteenth degrees of longitude east of Greenwich. It has
hitherto been deemed impracticable to travel in any part
of Africa as Christians until this time. Both these officers
performed the journey as such, occasionally wearing their
uniforms, and were deemed by many of the followers of Ma-
hornet as curious personages. Ministers have considered it an
object of such importance, as to again send another mission,
placed under the direction of Captain Clapperton, in which he
will be assisted by Captain Pearce (also of the Royal Navy),
and the Cav :Ilion sloop of war is preparing at Portsmouth for
their conveyance. Very sanguine hopes are entertained of suc-
cess, and of ultimately introducing, by the rome Captain Clap-
perton will proceed, many of our manufactures into central
Africa.

THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.-Tite rollowinz cu-
rious characteristics of this Prince are related in a private letter
from Paris of the 4th instant :—" Every body knows that the
Duke is excessively rich, but it is not generally known that he
is his own steward and accountant. lie knows his receipts and
expenditure to a centime. If he builds, he superintends, and
ascertains the cost of the materials. Where he farms, he is his
own Chapman. He cuts no grass to make hay, because he might
have idle fellows who would make two days work of one, and
the hay might be wasted. He therefore goes into his fields
with those who wish to purchase, and sells the grass as it
stands, so that all the expence of converting it into hay, and of
its removal, falls upon the purchaser. He then calculates how
much hay his horses ought to eat in a year, anti purchases at
the best rate to that extent. He does the same also with his
corn. Then the Duke has no kitchen, and consequently no
cooks He is supplied by a traitcur at so much per dish ; and
here he is so economical in the prices, that one tra2teur has, it
is said in Paris, failed by the undertaking. What-is left at the
Duke's table belongs to the traiteur, who suailies the 'upper
servants with it at so much per head; and what is left there
goes on the same principle to the lower servants—for all are
upon board wages. The Duchess is equally careful in. her
*ay ; 'arid thus the •ehbrmous fortune of the Duke becOmes (laity
more considerable."