The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-07 00:00:00

[SIOPNINg CII_IIOICI,E.]

The declaration of. the Chancelldrof. the Ex-
chequer, on Tuesday night, enables: the country
to see what, it. has to expect from Minigters.—
Mr. Vansittart stated distinctly and.without dis;-
guise, " that reductiorrof taxation would•be not
only nugatory but mischievous—that the-reduc-
tion of taxation; so far from atiordingL relief,'
would end in .disappointment, and --not. only
would end in disappointment, but aggravate the
distresses of agriculture." And yet- after, this'de-
claration, Sir E.Knatchbull, and the other Mem-
bers who have recently joined. in the cry against
profuse Expenditure, and the call for Retrench-
ment, continued. to repose confidence in Minis-
ters ! We knew that those who expected". any
effectual retrenchment from Ministers would be
disappointed; because the system by which, they
live ,and move requires the continuance of pro-
fuse and profligate expenditure ; but 'after the
language held in the Reports of their Finance
Committee=after the enumeration of the evils of
a high taxation, and the necessity .for economy
and retrenchment in-.the Report of- the Agricul
tural Committee, attributed to Mr. Huskisson—
(without dwelling on. the repeated declarations..
from Ministers in both Houses), we confess
this unqualified condemnation of all reduction,
all retrenchment—this eulogy of high.-taxation'
and great expenditure, does indeed rather stir-
prise us. We expected to, hear them, in de-1
ference at, least to their friends among the
County Members, profess a determination. to
make every, practicable reduction ; and we were
puzzled to think how. they would be .able
to reconcile the recent appointments. of, Mr. Fre-
mantle and Dr. Phillimore to the sinecure situa-
tions of Commissioners for Indian Affairs, and of
Mr. Keith Dongla4 to the sinecure situation of,
Lay. Lord of the Admiralty, not
,to mention a
number of other appointments .alluded to by Mr.
uivfc, with these professions ; but it certainly.
never occurred to us that even the very name
of economy was to be proscribed, and that
retrenchment and ruin, increased taxes and
increased prosperity, were to be openly and
undisguisedly declared. .synonitnous by
nisters in tile presenc.e of Parliament and the,
Country. The, country having thus been dis-
tinctly told that there is is to be no reduction, no
economy, will be naturally anxious to become
possessed of the panacea of Ministers for the
overwhelming distress. That they would gladly
tamper with the currency of the country is
pretty evident, from the measures to which we
are about to allude, and from the tentative decla-
ration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, deli-
vered by him withmuch complacency, that 44 he
knew there were marty who thought the most im-
mediate and effectual relief would be attained by
an extension of the currency." We cannot sufli7
ciently warn the country.against the ruinous ex-
pedient of again interfering with the currency.'

ANt *Sctr:snrre INTELLIGENCE.

[mum vmttous .soracgs.]

(No. XXX.)
ASIATIC SOCIETY.—At a meeting of this So-
ciety on February 11, the Marquess of HasTiNos
in the Ch*, the first volume of Malayan Miscel-
lanies, printed and published- at the Sumatran
Mission press, was presented on the part of Sir
StAmFonn RAFFLES. The novelty of such an
undertaking reflects great honour on the spirit of
its projectors ; it will, probably, eventually pos-
sess great interest.

A letter Was read from Captain PRICE, eluci-
dating the inscriptions on certain ancient plates
of copper, expected to contain the history of the
temple of Badari Nath, said to be written in a
character and language unknown► to the Brahmins
in attendance at the temple. They prove to con-
tain simply royal edicts, containing grants of
land ; and the character to be Sanscrit, though
in a different form of the Deva Nagari. The
dates' they record_ prove to be in the reign of a
king not known to history ; consequently, they
afford no chronological assistance.
An account of the trigonometrical and astro-
nomical operations for determining the heights and
positions of the principal peaks of the Himalaya
Mountains between hit. 31 deg. 53 Min. 10 sec.,
and 30 deg'.lB min. 30 sec. N, and long. 77 deg.
33 min. 4 sec. and 79 deg. 57 min. 22 sec. E.
by Captain llonGsoN and Lieut. HERBERT, was
read at this meeting; from which it appears that the
highest of the snowy peaks within these limits is
about 25,589 feet above the level of the sea : the
lowest is about 16,043 feet above the same level.
Within this space there are twenty peaks more
elevated than Chimborazo, the most lofty summit
of the Andes. This paper is peculiarly calcu-
lated to assist in estimating the proper allowances
to be made for terrestrial refraction, attending
the different levels of places, from Boo Net above
the sea to 11,500 feet, as well observed from the
plains to the hills, as from the hills to the plains.
It is ordered to be printed ; and will form an im-
portant accession to geology and geography.

STATUE OF ISIS IN- THE BRITISH -11/11i
Among the beautiful specimens of' Egyptian
Sculpture, which at once annihilated every argu-
ment of Winkleman's, who Would condemn its
principle's as meagre, hard; and unfaithful to na-
ture, may be cited the most exquisite fragment of
a fetnale • statue, probably of- Isis, now lying in
the vestibule of the British Museum. This figure
is perfect from thewaist and measures abOut five
feet. It is formed of one block of white marble,
and is executed with a softness and symmetrical
beauty which vie with any Statues of antiquity.
The faCe appears to be the Goddess Isis,
and while it ptesents the Nubian cast of
features, it is so delicately formed that it
breitheS a most. peculiar and winning softness of
expression. The cheeks are high and promi-
nent, but finely rounded and full ; the eyes so
sharply sculptured that they seem finished but
yeSterday. The.mouth is all but breathing; the
lips having the marked breadth of expression so
perfectly the Egyptian' style, with the small but
highly important 'edge that marks their curve in
speaking, which might appear on the eve of tak;.
ing place, frOm the masterly delineation of the
mouth. This fine head was crowned' by an asp, dia-
dem, with the usual folds or lappets falling down
on the chest, as-appears in all the figures of Isis,
and with the •Nulitaiifeatures represented on the
Sycamore Saroophagi %ditch inclose the mummies.
She has also the collar (the Rabid of the initia-
tion) which• is• most delicately sculptured. Indeed
the impressions which the contemplation of thiS
figure excites,' are those of wonder and astonish-
meta that a form of such beauty could haVe been
the workmanship of an Egyptian artist.
_ _

GEoLoo-sr.—Tire labonrs of the NaturaliSt
D. G. 131tocCUI promise to be of considerable
importanCelo this science ; his last work, intitled
Salto Stato Fisico del Sudo Romano, is the fruit
of a long residence at Rome. It consists of a
large coloured "chart, in royal folio, representing
the various superficies of the soil, with two co-
loured tableS; and -descriptive letter-press. The
author is- now ernployed upon a similar work,
which cannot fail to prove interesting to natural-
ists, as it will treat of the geology of Latium, and
of the Ciminian (Viterbo) mountains, respecting
which but little is._yet known.
NATURAL ISTOR Y.—A plant very celebrated
at Chandernagore, in the East Indies, under the
name of Chirayita, has been imported into
France, where a memoir has been published by
M. Virey, on the subject of 'its medicinal quali-
ties, Which he states to be very powerful. It is
a strong bitter, and is Celebrated in the East for
its efficacy as a febrifuge. There is no doubt
but that it might be advantageously employed in
Europe for the gout, and for weaknesses of the
.digestive organS At present, we have no accu-
rate and complete botanical description of this
plant;- but M. Virey conjectures, both from the
flowers and from the traces of the fructification
adhering to the specimens he has receiVed,as also
from the details respecting it in the Asiatic
Researches,- that it is a species of gentian, and
.accordingly denominates it Gentiana Chirayita.
Sir T. S. RArr.r.rs has sent-to England several
skeleton of animals from Suniatra; among these
is the Dugong. This creature grazes at the bot-
lont of the sea without legs, and is of the figure
and form of the whale ; the position and struc-
ture of its mouth enables it to browse upon the
futi and submarine algae like a cow in a Mea-
dow ; and the whole-structure of the masticating
and digestive organs shews it to be truly herbi-
vorous. It never visits land; or freSh water, but
lives in shallow inlets, where the water is two or
three fathoms deep. Their usual length is eight
or nine feet.- But a curious, and to some, per-
haps, the most interesting part of the detail of
the history of this animal is, that the flesh re-
sembles young beef, being
.very delicate. and
juicy.
The SOCIETY Of F ENDS •Of NATURAL His-
Tony in Frankfort reso,lved to send some corn..
petent persons to Egypt. In consequence of
this determination, Messrs,. Geist and Ilegl, ho-
noured with its speCial commission, and provided
with instruments and all the necessary apparatus
for catching birds, insects, &c. set out du the
27th of October, to be joined at Leghorn,•4
M. Roupel; one of the most active-members of

tie society, who has rendered-it important
vices, with whom they, are to proceed to visit that
interesting country. M. Roupel travelled thither
some,years, ago, and there the more reason to
expect that the object Of the journey will be
perfectly acconipliShed, becatise the society has
provided the travellers with every thing that can
contribute to the success of the enterprise.
Among other things, they are the bearers of a
diploma, (a masterpiece of the calligraphic art)
by which the celebrated Mahomet Ali, Pasha of
Egypt, is nominated an Honorary Member of
the Society.- It is written in German ;- but at
Leghorn an authentic translation will be added
to it, in the Lingua.Franca, which is spoken all
over the Levant, and with which the Pasha is
well acquainted. -
NEW METAL.—Counsellor Giesse, of Dorpat,
has communicated to the world the discovery of
what he at•present thinks to be a new metal, ex-
tracted from the residue of English sulphuric
acid, on distilling it to dryness.. 'One variety
left, out,of 16 ounces, 9+ grains of a white resi-
duum, •in which there was no sulphate of lead.
It changed colour several times during the ex,
periments made upon it, and he thinks 'it was
formed of the sulphur employed in manufac-
turing the acid. It is susceptible of oxidation,
and its alkaline combinations • form double salts
with acids. Still the Professor's details are
judged,- on the• whole, to be inconclusive.

S6ULPTURE.—'rhorvaldsoi is about to execute
at Cracow a monument of the young Count Po-
tocki, who fell in battle, at the age of 26. The
youthful hero affords a fiue•sub,ject for sculpture,
as he was- a perfect model of manly beauty at:
the period of its complete developement.- The
artist finished the model for the statue in the
short space of five days. He has now nearly
completed his exquisite statue of Jason,. after an
interval of ten years from its commencement ; and
also another of his master-pieces, the Mertnry,
intended for the Prince Esterhazy.- One of his
most recent productions is the buSt of the Crown
Prince of Bavaria, which; independently of its
merit as a work of art; worthy the chisel of this
admirable sculptor, is interesting for-the extreme
resemblance it possesses to the original.

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

DIVIDENDS.

Feb. 28, J. Crowther,- Huddersfield, Yorkshire,-Wood-tur-
ner-Feb. 19, A. Gompertz, Great Wincliester.street, ,tner-
chant-March 2, J. Am'Jews, Manchester, dealer-Feb. 19,
W. Lewis and •J.A: H en dertoh Little' Tower-street, • Wine--
merchant-Feb. 9, A..W. Jones, New Brantford,
corn and coal merchant-Feb. 26, R. °roiling, Broad-street-
buildings, merchant-Feb. 20, W. "Iltitciiinson' St. John-
street,,cheescmonger-Zeh. 26, J. and It. Clough, 14eaden-
hall-street, wholesale linendrapers-Vebruary 2t;, G.
and D. Akqttith
,and .T. New Kejit-road, ship-
owners---. February 2G, T. Richnibrid-,--Notiirighttnif grocer-
February 26„7,G, Syme; Ving-street,-.Minortes,'merehantH
1,.F, Shand,• Liverpool., iron. merchant-Feb. 26, J.
Wetton, W: Jatnett, and jtin.,'WoodlStreet,-riband
manufacturers-March I, j.. 1.1 isbeq, 'ThiXtedi- Essex., jobber
-Feb.. 28; --T.- N. Hirst:and J • Wool, itthierstield,
chants,-Feb. 27, it..*acqt(,..Weitbury under the, 'lain, Wilt.
shire innholtler-:•:-March Thbmpson, lie-ekl&-gtote, Cum-
berland, merchant. • - ". , .7
CERTIFICATES; FER. 26: • •
11. Wood, Whitelaven, grbeer-T. *Mann, Halifax, ricr-
chant-J. Croft, Kingston upon-Hall, draper G. Flower;
York, victualler-J; Porter, Lmiing-Rootiling; I:Ssex, farmer
I. and T. Bullman„. •Ntilne,orp, .Westmorland, mercers----T.
Kay, London, auctioneer-11. w.. Adcock,
Croaker, Crayford,-Kent; Itirnir.- • -
-PA RT NER Sri ISSOLVE a •
11. and B. Brownhill,, Stockport, corn-dealers-j. and W.
Simon, Liverpool, druggistsW..Steel•and
pool, plinnberSHW. Penson and A. RObertson;: kdinburgh;
music-sellers-j.'•lll'Tae'gart aa nntnelL-Manchester,
cotton -npuju facturers÷ J. , -.Lang.„
linen drapers-J. Andrew, It. eizi,ior, and -J. Robinson, ...Man_
chester, manufatturefsH'R. Gutter-lane;
silk manufactureth:-,t.,Braithwaite, and-T. Mason? Liverpool,
tobacco pipe.manufaeturers--J, 14ab1. 0P(I, J. Dickson, J.. Lee,
and K. Garrard,Fisli,street-h bab erdasliers HT.Vardon and E.
Baker, St. If elerics--place, meicliantW; Sharpies, J. Leather,
jun., and T. Dickinson, Liverpool, timber merchants-R. A.
Reddall.and J. Osbearn,, coal.; and timber merchants -R.• Fry
and 11. Day,,Ttittenham-court-road, linen-drapers-'.•
and A. Seward, Bullhertdcourti Netvgate-street, lacenien-D:
and T. Shirley,7Lime-street, wine.merchants. • • , •

It is mentioned . in a letter; from Berlin,:tbat
on the afternoon!.of the I.2thlilt..thatcapital Was,
at nearly the sametim. e. 5 the, scene of lAy9 very
shocking events.- A
.young -,.sfOgnt had „coin-
witted suicide by.sta.bbing himself; and, in.. the
street of the Moors, a young man,, .who earned
his livelihood by cleaning boots and shoes, .had
some words with his mother. .14 gave her se-
veral violent blows on the head,, with a hammer,
which deprived her of life. After committing
this parricidal act, he placed
.himself near the
body, and did many strange things, which would
seem to imply insanity. The police were occu-
pied in unravelling the mystery.... The writer of
this letter observes, that, as several suicides had
been committed in the Prussian capital and the
neighbourhood, an- hypothesis had been started
—whether the late very extraordinary and stormy
weather, now a high temperature, -and then a.
dense atmosphere, accompanied by electrical
phenomena, had not exerted- an. influence on such
individuals as were by temperament predisposed
to mental maladies? • • .

It is said that the.minotity of the. Faculty of
Advocates, being 4-4 in number, have intimated
to the Lunn PnovosT, through an agent ap-
pointed for the purpose of conducting their oppo-
sition, that, they, and several,, of their brethren
who were not, present at that meeting, do not in-
tend to waive their privileges, as Members of the
College of Justice, in behalf of the Bill brought
forward by the Committee at the Council Cham-
ber ; but that, on contrary, they mean to
appear and vindicate their privileges before Par-
liament.—(Edinburgh Courant.)

DEMOLITION OF EIitANDENBURCII HOUSE.—We
notice this splendid retreat of princely hospita-
lity and festive gaiety is about to be demolished
and erased from the face of the earth, instead
of remaining • a pleasing monumental,record of
the magnificence and liberality of a Prince of A N.;-
PACII ; where the drama, masquerades, and de-
jeunes, and banqueting treats, were for years
wont to delight the world of fashion. At our
visit there yesterday, to inspect the furniture,
pictures, &c. we scarcely remember, on a similar
occasion, so great a concourse inspecting the va-
rious objects to be exposed for public competi-
tion in a day or two.—(lllorning Post.)
In some of the districts of the Upper Marne,
in France, the rye has already shot into ear; the
trees have blossomed a second time, and the
fruit is set.

tAW iN'TELLiGENcE,

COURT OF CHANCERY, Fva. 6.

The A vronlcEr-GEfsit nat. was heard, in part, in theValilo'
ruptcy of " Howard and Gibbs." The cineszion is, witeer.er the
bankrupt, Howard, had the right to prove a debt, in thi Cha-
racter of an executor, against his own estate, under the Coin,
mission, and vote for assignees p—The LOAD CtiANCato.o
rose at half-past twelve o'clUck.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, -FEB. 43.
HENRY'IIUNT.
At the sitting of the Court, the Chief Justice handed to thS
Master of theileas' side an Order to the following effect, eon:
cerning certain complaints made by Mr. Henry Hunt, in-a let'!,
ter addressed by him to one of the Judges, dated-from Ilcheirl
ter Gaid
Whereas a representation by letter, addressed to one of
the Judges of this Court, has been made. by Henry Irlio4
under the sentence of this Court, that he had sent for his attor
ney to facilitate him in swearing an affidavit, tonehing_a,certig-
cate he was desirous of presenting to this Court, a;nl that.Ven
attorney had been denied all access tirhini and . that ilf-COese"
quence of a spasmodic affection he hail applied to a inedii
practitioner to. see- him, but that such medical practitioner dad
beendenied-admiision to his place of confinement for that par_';
pose : —lt is therefore ordered, that the gaoler of Uchester 1-4avi
do forthwith permit the said henry Hunt to see his attorney,
to enable him to swear to such affidavit as he thinks necessal7i.
in order to lay before this Court such certificate.as he thinks fit
and it is further ordered; that the said -gaoler do forthwith per"
mit•the said-Henry limit to see such medical practitioner as'ne.
shall thinklitto name.—By the Coutt."

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FErt.
DAMS, • ASSIGNEE OF nosnEzt, v.
Mr. Serjeant LE Ns, in the course of the last' Term, 11a.; oh':
tainedn rule to slew cause why a warrantor attorney, ands?l,ll
promissory notes, given by. the defendant for the am aunt or tti
debt and costs in this aAzon should net be set ride, th!
ground that!they were extorted the defendant, thtm residi9N
at Paris, under a threat of being attested by a• warrant from the
Marshal of the King's Bench, backed with the authdrity of bona,
Castlereagh, under which the- a,sist:smce of the Preach Poilc'
would be given to the Officer hearing tire warrant.
. The CounT said that the title should also call upon the o.fl.
firer to answer the matter contained in the defendant's affidaintl
Serjeant VAUGHAN yesterday shewed cause against tho.
the rule, on the affidavit of the Officer and his son, which
tally denied the charge made by the def.ndant.
The Coillur, after hearin Mr. Serjeant lAtt,ts -in reply,
tiered the whole matter to o before the Prothonotary, fort
-purpoSe of that Officer interrogating' the parties on oath ori the
subject.

Mr. WERTHEIMER of Vienna, who projected'
the scheme of the late lnttery, connected Witt'
ltoTnscunn's loan, had the good luck to dra',
the highest prize, 150,000 florins (upwards of
15,000/. sterling). Mr. W.'s wish was tO•
the highest prize at 120,000 florins ; he, 'wa3
over-ruled, however, and the result has shewil,
that a man can be enriched even contrary to
own wishes.

We are sorry to state, that the house of J 1);
SEPII OSY, Esq. at Antwerp, lately suspeudet'
payment.

Tuesday the pickpockets were very bal.
among the crowd assembled 'to witness his Ml',
EsTy's progress to the House of Lords. At
Horse Guards, a soldier seized one of the ff -
ternity while picking a Gentleman's pocket ;.1-113
he was immediately rescued by 'a numerous o'4
of associates. On the cause, being known,
spectators examined their pockets, and it
.v.-1.31
found innumerable depredations. ad been ,coim"
mitted.; among them Mr. COMP:LON, of P.ete.r-,
Street, _loSt bills, &c. to the amount of '2OQI,
Mr. WILSON, of Bentinck-street, twelve SO"
reigns ; and a young -man returning frog'
Banker's, 501. Sik noted thieVes were tidi-440-.

E Ir
tt. EmCaPa
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his
• •
Diets tinder- Sentilteln'esepeoirottfEtPol))le'ialst:l3rtii—fEt-ihsre'ersl.l!::;nill.
John Tye, for uttering forged 51. notes, and Win. Rivers, for
alike offence, were ordered for execution on Tuesday.next.
The rest were respited during his Majesty.'s pleastire.' -; • 1
A
. NEWPORT, I§LE OF' WIGHT, FEB.
quisition was held, Feb. 1, before TrioittAs
-Coroner, at the Guildhall, and by adjournment -to Feb.
the body of a poor unfortunate child, aged 10 years, appreit,'"
dCo4foYarintcelilvilegajt:tehE!we7l,:.
ed to a chimney" sweep of this place, who • died under erred
stances that excited the strongest suspicions of great croc,t)::
being exercised upon his 'person. -tile. Buckle, surgeon,s%
had viewed the body, deposed, that he never saw amore sh
ing object ; there were nineteen wounds, besides other niarg,4
'violence upon his knees, elbows, shoulders, and other part
the body. The knees and shoulders, in particular, 'were fx°':•
riated to the hones. Evidence was also adduced', provingvarlyu"
other acts' of wanton cruelty exercised upon this poor orphia''''.
The Jury, after sitting 13 hours, returned a Verdict of---Nlan.,;..
slaughter against the master and his wife,. who are coannitte
to take-their trial at the next Winchester Assizes. The inha;
bitants, in order to express their horror and
.detestation,
subscribed a considerable sum, by a penny subscription, to I),,iAe'
petuate; by a suitable inscription over his grave, the fate 011"
miserable victim.

- COAL-MARKET, FEB. 6.
Ships at Market. Ships. sold Price. es,4
5114 Newcastle - -19 A :. 33s Od to IC+ (r-7
MI Sun&rland - - 54 - 34$ Oa to 425. da
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