The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-11 00:00:00

NAVIGATION 01,"111E ELBE.

HAAIDURGII, JAN. 2, 1825.
SlR,—rll consequence of a personal communi-
cation from Mr. Dutton, the agent to His Majesty's packets at
Cuxhaven, who is just conic up from thence express with Mr.
Mortletnan, commander of His Majesty's packet the Vansit-
tart, I have to acquaint you, for the information of the gentle-
men at Lloyd's, that the floating light vessel and the red buoy,
which were fixed at the mouth of the Elbe, to mark the entrance
to that river, have disappeared, and there is every reason to fear
that the vessel and all hands on board are totally last.
I immediately made application to the proper authorities here
to cause these most necessary signals fir entering the river to be
replaced, and I have no doubt that every tiling practicable will
be done for that purpose, though at this moment I am not pre-
pared to report how soon it can be effected.
The continued stormy state of the weather is such as to render
it impracticable for his Majesty's packets to proceed from Cux-
haven ; and six of them, with seven or eight mails, are at this
moment detained- there, without any immediate prospect of
getting away. Three mails from England are also due; and as
the state of the wind would have admitted to their arriving
before this, we entertain serious apprehensions of the loss of
the packet by which they may have been sent; the more so, as
the ssof the light vessel and buoy at the mouth of the Elbe ren-
ders the approach to Cuxhaven so difficult and dangerous. For
want of any other more certain and expeditious mode of commu-
nicating at this moment with England, I send an express
with this to Ostend, to be forwarded from thence via Calais.
A great many merchantmen have been sheltered in the Elbe
during these gales, but there has still been much damage in the
river, the particulars of which you will learn on the arrival of
the mails.—l am Sir, &c.

(Signed) HENRY CANNING,
His Britannic 'Majesty's Consul-General.
John Bennett, Esq.,Secretary, Lloyd's,

SPANISH_ AND ITALIAN REFUGEES.

DEVONPART, JAN. B.—A highly respectable
meeting of the inhabitants was held at our Town Hall yester-
day, for the purpose of contributing towards the relief of the
distressed Foreigners who have sought refuge on our shores.—
Captain 'White, It.N., being called to the Chair, introduced
the object of the meeting in a short speech, and observed that
it had nothing to do with politics—the motives were solely
those of charity towards the noble but destitute foreigners who
had been thrown upon us for their political opinions, and it
was a proud day for England when people of all nations fled
to this country as the only asylum.—After some conversation,
subscriptions were immediately entered into, and the meeting
separated.

The Paris Morning Papers of Saturday arrived
last night after we had received by Express the
.Etoik dated Sunday) and like the latter Journal

the former do not contain any thing worth el

tracting.

Frankfort Papers and the Allgemeinc
to the sth instant arrived this morning, fro'
which we have eition tho following articles

CASSEL; DEc. 31.
Itis Serene Uializess the 'Duke saxe blieritngen
here this afternoon. It is probable that the marriage will IC
shortly take place.

WESMI.., DEC. S
The Rhine has again risen .5 feet in eleven days, _and
.is
day at 18 feet 10 inches. In the night of the 22d the inhab
tants of the village of Alfter, a league from Bonn, felt t 0
shocks of an earthquake which sensibly moved their. beds
On the 23L1 December the village of Walldorf was nee'
destroyed by fire; sixty-four houses, with all the stables, it
barns, and every thing they contained, fell a prey to the flame

MAPLES, DEc. l
It is well known that Count Canonci was condemned to
prisonment for life, in consequence of the troubles which to°
place some years ago in Lombardy, and in which he was
fortunately implicated. Application had been made from /nal'
quarters for a mitigation of the penalty, but in vain. At itng'
the Noble House of Mattel, at the head of which is
venerable Monsignor Mattel, Patriarch of Venice,
a relation of whom Count Canonci is married, applied to ti

Court of Bavaria, to which he has the honour of being krioo'
and addressed a respectful petition to his Majesty, imploro
him to intercede with his august son-in-law. We na
hardly say that the King of Bavaria most willing':
listened to this petition, and on his first interview Wla
the Emperor of Austria, solicited Canonci's pardon.
Emperor Francis readily yielded to the natural impulse
his own humane disposition, and the request of his father-O.
law, and we learn that Count Canonci has been restoreo
liberty.—(Bremen Gazette.

NI:RIMIER°, JAN. g'
A forgery has lately been discovered at Leipsig, which
caused an extraordinary sensation there. A M. Rower, °
Dresden, against whom a hue and cry has been issued, litir
who is said to be in London, was made, by will, heir to
wealthy lady in the capital; it seems she lived too long 0,
him ; he forged papers, and by degrees got possession °I
60 or 70,000 dollars of her property; lie is said to hat'
been assisted by a Counsellor Schreiber, who absconded. 01
has been arrested at illareinburgh. lie is now in prison,
as we hear, lays all the blame on Rower. The affitir would 01
have probably come to light if Rower had been able
Michaelmas to pay the interest which the lady bad till ill
duly received. However she perceived some irregularity, Al'
being induced on this account to visit Leipsig, the affair IS
discovered.—(Nuremburg Correspondent, Jan. 3.)

FRONTIERS OF ITALY, DEC. 29.
Letters from Italy bring a piece of intelligence which Ind.
highly interest all the learned of Europe, both as a suppletne°
to the history of the difficulties which oppose in some place°
the progress of science, and as an instance of the vicissitude
to which celebrated and excellent men are exposed/
N. Pons, famous for his discoveries of comets, Astronomer's
the Royal Observatory of Marlia, in the Duchy of Lucca,
no longer Director of that establishement. A rather strap?
reform in the system of public instruction in that country, or
pressing some Professorships in the Lyceum, has included, /SY
not known how, a place which is absolutely distinct from tls
This measure scents the more singular, because M. Pons, WW/
enjoyed an honourable situation in the Royal Observatorill
Marseilles, left it only after repeated invitations, and alma°
against his will, in compliance with the urgent entreaties of
late Queen Maria Louisa, Duchess of Lucca. A decree dal
at that time issued, promising M. Puns, if he wool'
come to Lucca, full indemnity for the loss of his place and °I
his country, and a provision for his family. Though it con
hardly be supposed that such a decree will fail of being OW
cuted, as honour and justice require, yet the uncertain-1i
respecting the future lot of so celebrated a man, ma°,
excite well founded interest, not only in the Academies u`
London and Paris, from which he has received honours and pris
for his numerous discoveries, but:in all those persons who bard
long known M. Pons as a man of the most excellent charactOr
—(Allgemeinc Zeitung, Jan. 4.)