The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-17 00:00:00

POOI, RATES, &c.

The Report of the Select', Committee.oppbinted
by the House of Commons to incinire into the amotnit'ind ap-
propriation of the sums levied on' account of the poor in. En-
gland: and Wales; has just been printed and distributed.
The Committee begin their Report by observing, that the re-
turns referred to theth; containing statements of the'amount of
sums levied by way of poor-rate, and•tif..the sums expended on
the poor in the year ending March 25, 1821, are coMplete, with
the very inconsiderable exceptions noted in the margin.--[These •
exceptions are Baildon and Manningham townships, in the
IVcst Biding of York.]
,Connecting these accounts with previous ones laid before the
House, there arc now ram els for me successive years, compos-
ing three triennial i.eriods, ending March, 1821.
The result of the comparison or these accounts is, that it ex-
hibits a " continued reduction in the levieS, from the year
1817-18, so that in the last year the- amount was less by about
300,0001. than the year 1819-20, and less by 900;000/. than in
1817-18.—It appears, however, that the amount of expenditure
for other purposes than the relief of the poor has been increis-;'
lag in the last three years, viz.':
1818-I9 - - £1,300,534
. 1819-20 - 1,342,658
• 1820-21 - 1,315,868
The Committee declaie'theniieries unable to state positively
how this progresiive increase has arisen.
It may he interesting to learn the proportion in which the
poor rates have diminished since the years 1817-18; premising,
that the whole expenditure, as compared with what it was in
1812; has increased. In that year, for example, the 4,v-e-
gate sum levied was 6,123,1781.;• but the increase has not been
progressive year by year since 1817-18, nor is it now pro-
gressive. On the _contrary, each' of, the three years of the
third
,period has- exhibited a'diiiiinution, as compared with' the
year preOding, yiz
In 1817-18 the amonpf was £7,880,148 •
.In 1818-19 ditto - 7,531,658
In 1819-20 ditto - 7,329,594
In 1826-21 ditto' -• 6,958,445'

ECCLESIASTICAL PliOlf6TrONS.—The following promo;
tions'arCapoken of in the hi:sliest circles as those likely to take
place in consequence of the `deprivation of the Bishop. of
Clo&ther :-=-The Bishop of Down to be translated' to Clogher ;'
the Dean of St. Patrick's to be the new Bishop;' the lion. and
Rev: Mr. Pomeroy -to be Dean of St. Patrick's,;: and Mr.
Plunkett'S son to haVe the parish of St. Anne.—( Dublin
Freeman.)

•
A few days ago two Vessels, partly laden with
apples, arrived at Leith from the Continent; but the shippers
finding that the selling price of that commodity was Tess than
the duty charged at the Custom=house, they resolved on' thrcnv-
ing this part' of their cargoes into the sea. This uncornmon,
occurrente gave rise to a scene truly ludicroux, in which many
a good ducking was voluntarily submitted to by the multitude
engaged in the scramble. In the recollection of any person
living the crops of fruit of all kinds were never so abundant as'
this season. In Edinburgh market place apples have been sold
at the same price as potatoes.—(Edinburgh Courant, Sept. 14.)
Under the flooring of 'the cloisters at
dalen College, Oxford, were discovered a few days ago several
curiosities, amongst which arc a kind of medal, probably struck
to commemorate Queen Elizabeth's visit to that University.;
also some ancient coins, and 'some letters addressed to the an-
cient inhabitants of the apartments; one of them is dated 1627,
and directed as follows :—" For the celebrated Master Petal.
Heilin, Fellow of Magdalen:"

AFFAIRS OF GREECE.
PARIS, SEPT. I3.—The Austrian Observer gate
Ir •lme extracts yesterday on the affairs of Greece,
Its afflicting as they Were. incorrect. We were
consoled by referring to dates. kri general, that
Journal must be read with the greatest mistrust.
It may be instructed as to facts, but it perverts
them, evidently to its own purposes. Wlien any
news favotirable to the Greeks is circulated in
Europe, the Obierver, preserving silence concern-
ing things which it knows to be true, seizes hold
of some petty advantage gained by their enemies,
which it recousits with all its details, and trans-
forms into a victory. By its Volitical relations,
it is able to be precise in its narrations; which
thus always appear credible; While the Greeks,
who have not yet been able to establish regular
communications with Europe, and are more occu-
pied with fighting than Writing, can only say,
" on such a day the Turks were conquered at
such a place, and they postpone the relation of
the details to some other opportunity." The
Austrian Observer, not finding any thing favour-
able in the recent news, returns to what is passed,
and gives us the details of those events which
took place between the 4th' and 22d of July,
while it ought, at the same time, to haie been in
possession of more recent intelligence, but not of
so agreeable a nature. We shall abstain, there-
fore, in order to avoid confusion, from repeating
minute details, now become useless, and in their
stead shall supply a recital of the affair at Ther
mopylat, which was so long doubted, and we
shall afterwards give a history of the events in the
Peloponnesus, more recent than that contained
in the Austrian Observer.—(Constitutionnelj
The disastrous news. from Greece, which ,we
gave yesterday., can no longer be doubted; Our
Augsburgh correspondent confirms it by his let-
ter of September 7. It is less by his victories
than by the publication of an amnesty that
Chourschid Pacha has succeeded in disarming.•
the population of 49 villages between Thermb-
pylat and the Isthmus. Traitois surrendered to
his Lieutenant, Mahmud Pacha, the citadel of
Corinth. The Greek Senate, which took refuge
at Argos, caused these perfidious men to be
beheaded. Colocotroni, with his Alainotes, has.
saved himself in the mountains, as we supposed.
One circumstance alone seems favourable to
the Greeks. • Chourschid Pacha has returned to
-Thessaly, where new insurrections render his
presence necessary ; but, it is' added, he leavesia
large force in 'the Morea ; it is reckoned at
50,000 Turks, which appears to us exaggerated:
The Turkish fleet is at Patras,--(Journal des
Debats.)
PARIS, SEPT. 14.—Letters from Toulon, dated
the 29th ult., 'say,—"'Muskets' are daily for-
warded to Perpignan. ' Each chest is marked
thus 24 Infantry Muskets for the Arsenal of
Perpignan.'---•-•Bombs and balls .are also daily
despatched from this port,. which We are assured
have the same destination."
(eirculany