The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, D.

Dominica 1
Antigua
Nevis 1 0 7 1 8 4 1 I°
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Trinidad

, re.

The German Papers state, that accounts have
been received at Petersbargh, from Lieutenant.
General WELJAMINOW, Governor of Georgia,
dated Teflis, November 7, according to which
the Persians who have invaded Asiatic Turkey
had really made themselves masters of that im-
portant city of Erzerum, after defeating the
Paella of Bagdad, who attempted in vain to de-
fend it. It is said that there were many French
officers in the Persian army with which Prince
MtazA, the second son of the SCIIA/1, has under-
taken this expedition.
Winter did not set in at Petersburgh till the
4th of December, when' it commenced with a
temperature of 10 degrees (Reaumur) below
freezing. The communication with Wassily
Ostrow is interrupted till the ice on the Neiva
is firm enough for the erection of temporary
bridges.
An order is daily expected to issue from the
Horse Guards, relative to a change in the regi-
mentals of the Infantry Officers of the Army. A
long coat is to be substituted for the jacket now
in use, and a plain blue frock is to be worn for
undress, with a Prussian or standing collar. Two
epaulets have been suggested to the uniform, as
in the cavalry, distinguishing the Field Officers
by lace round the wrists; but this improvement,
it is thought, will not be adopted.
Yesterday being the first Tuesday in the month,
one of the Magistrates from each of the Police
Offices attended, as usual, at the Home Depart-
ment, with their Reports on the state of the Po-
lice in their respective districts, and of the num-
ber of persons apprehended, &c. during the last
month; when Lord SIDMOUTH took his leave of
them in a most friendly manner, signifying to
them that it was the last time that he should
meet them together on the like occasion. His
Lordship, we understand, retires from his office
in the course of next week.
To-morrow the. prisoners, who stand commit-
ted on various charges of felony, will be removed
from the several gaols in the City of London and
County of Middlesex to Newgate, preparatory
to their taking their trials at the next Old Bailey
Sessions, which will commence on Wednesday
next.—The Sessions of the Peace for the Count
of M

,ddlesex will commence on Monday next,
at tne Sessions House, on ClerkenWell-green,
when the trial of traversers, and others on bail,
will take place, as well as of nuisance and mis-
demeanour.
•On Saturday last, a dog belonging to Mr. WIL-
KINSON, of Moor-town' was seen bringing -something across
the fields in its mouth, which, on examination, was found to be
the' head of a new-born infant. This discovery excited consi-
derable astonishment; and information was immediately con-
veyed to the proper authorities at Leeds. It was directed
that the dog should be tied up without food, till the follow-
ing morning, When Mr. Farmery, our chief constable,
and a medical Fendeman of this town, proceeded to the place.—
When the animal was let loose, it ran off to a shed which
was distant about 200 yards, and is used for the purpose of turn-
ing cattle into, where it began to scratch and tear up the earth.
—On searching the place, two bloody cloths were found, but
on the most minute inspection nothing else could be dis-
covered ; and there is little doubt bat that the remainder of
the body has been devoured ! It is conjectured that the child
was either still-born, or murdered immediately after delivery,
by its unnatural mother. Suspicion attaches, we cannot say
how justly, to a woman who was seen, last Monday morning,
about eight o'clock, at Chapeltown, apparently in a state of preg-
nancy • and the same day, about 1 o'clock, was seen sitting on
the shelvings of a cart, in a shed adjoining Mr. Frith's house, at Moortown, and about 100 yards from the shed where the
cloths were found. She had every appearance of having been
recently delivered of a child ; but she denied that such was
the case, and refused to have a surgeon sent for. She
wished to have shelter given to her for a few days, and
said her friends were respectable at Knaresborough, and
she should apply to them for some money ; she was taken
to a cottage at Moortown, where she still remains. The over-
seers of Chapeltown, we understand, were sent for, and they
gave her some relief. This mysterious case will he further in-
vestigated this day.—(Leeds Intelligencer, Dec. 31.)
• An extraordinary fat rabbit was exhibited in
our town, yesterday, which weighed upwards of
lOfibs. The kidneys, Iv hich were as large as
that of a common sheep,- weighed nearly 31bs.—
(Maidstone Journal, January 1.)

TRADE ON WEST INDIA SUGAR.
Custom House, London, Dec. 11, 1821.
GENTLE3tEx—Having had under consideration the present
average Tares allowed on Sugar imported, and caused experi-
ments to be made by our principal Surveyors at the West India
Docks, in conjuction with a Committee of the West India
Merchants, with a view to ascertain the correctness of the exist-
ing Table of average Tares, established in 1805, and to make
such alterations therein as might be considered just and equi-
table to the Crown and the Importers, the following Table has
been submitted to us as the result of these experiments, viz.:_

Hogsheads from
3to 12cwt. 12 to 15cwt. Vito 17cwt. I7cwt. &
Jamaica •
up warc.s.
Grenada cwt. qr. IL cwt. qr. It, cwt. qr. it. cwt. qr. it.
Tobago 1 0 7 1 112 1 2 0 I 214
St. Vincent's
St. Kitts's

Wehave approved the above table for hogsheads of Sugar
imported from the above islands, in lieu of the present ave-
rage Tare, which are to be continued on Sugar from Bar-
badoes only, and . on casks and barrels weighing under
8 cwt. ; and we direct you to apprise the Merchants and Im-
porters of Sugar at your Port, of the proposed alteration, in
order to afford all parties interested full opportunity of offering
any observations they may have to submit to us thereon, previ-
ous to the sth of April next. On which day, you are to cause
the above regulation to be adopted at your Port, unless, in the
mean time, you receive our farther directions therein.

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THE SUGAR COLONIES: --Extract of a Letter
from Grenada, dated November 12, 18'2'
ceived by the Leeward Island Packet:

" The next crop will be very short, owing to
he extraordinary dry weather that has prevailed
daring the whole of this year. Four times have
I planted Canes upon my estate, and four
times have they been killed by the drought."
Another correspondent writes as follows :---
44 The situation to which West India property is
reduced is truly distressing : and if some im-
provement does not take place, many of the es-
tates must be abandoned. The weather still
continues very dry, and the consequence will be
short crops in general. We had latterly some
fine shovers, but much more rain is wanted to
secure the plants lately put into the ground, as
well as to bring forward the other Canes."

As a proof of the uncon
following flowers were blowin
thered in a Gentleman's gar&
December; 1821 :-.-
1. Cowslip
2. Primroses, 5 sorts
3. Hose in hose ditto, 2 sorts
4. Polyanthus
5. Violets, 4 sorts
6. Stocks, various
Chrysanthemums, 7 sorts
8. China rose
9. Minimum China, ditto
0. Purple, ditto, ditto
1. Knight's single ditto; ditto
12. Quatre saison rose
13. 11.14^artneY, ditto
14. Antirrhinum major
15. Dlignionette
6. Upright Reseda
7. Campanula pyramidalis
8. rapunculus
9. glomerate alba
0• glomerate ex-
rulea
1. medium (Can-,
terbury bells)
22. Globe flower.
23. Blue Catmint
24. Single Anemones of sorts
25. Hollyhocks of sorts 7 co
lours
26. Welsh poppy
27. Oriental ditto
28. Gentiana verna
29. Laurestina
30. Arbutus
31. andracline
32. Sweet scabious
33. Fumana formosa
34. Heart's-ease 3 sorts
35. Creeping Greek Valeiian
36. White Phlox
37, Pirus Japonica
33. Botany BayXeranthernum
39. Cynoglossum Omphalodes
40. Lychnis flescuculi(Kagged
Robin)
41. - ilium' •
42. Verbascum thapsus (Shep-
herd's Club)