The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-28 00:00:00

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FAA's, IDBc. 24.—A rrantouian Gazette:asserts,
th:itbe news of the reduction of the Austrian
army, anti the tat the landwehr; is pre-
mature; and' that up to the present moment, the
army remains 'complete, and ready to take the
field if necessary.
Almost all the rich Jews who- had settled at
Rome have-left • that city to establish themselves.
in Tuscany,- where they fiiid security and pre-'

tectiou.
The Chamber, of Deptities for the last two days
has been engaged in diseussions'on the plan of law
relative to the constitution of the Court of Cas-
sation. In the sitting of the 22d, General Ex-
celnan presented a petition, complaining of ar-
bitrary detention.
MALTA, Nov. s.—The late war, and the•vio-
lent decrees of ,Buonaparte against English
.com-
merce, gave to our Island a commercial- import-
ance which it never otherwise could have expect-
ed : and though these causes exist no longer,
others have- arisen which will produce the same
effect, and make of this Isle a permanent entrepot
in the Mediterranean.
The Levant Company formerly carried on al-
most ail the trade of England with the Levant ;.
the subjects of the Porte never risked so distant a
voyage as that to England, and carried on no di-
rect commerce with it. They were first drawn to
Malta during the existence of the late war with ,
' Turkey ; that port being the only one open to
their -ships and commerce, by means of English
licenses. They found there an excellent, Market,
where they could sell their own produee,and par-
rhace abundance of Engli;hrartminufactures, and
()tiler articles for their own consumption : in con-
. sequence.t.hey continued to come hither.
There is -hardly, a doubt that •this. island will
.
retain this. trade, the rather as the English Go-
vernment has now determined to permit the im-
mediate entrance into England, of nierch.tudis:e ,
which shall have performed quarantine at Malta,
and because it proposes on the other hand, to pro-
hibit the import of all Levant merchandise, which
shall not have performed quarantine here.
the inhabitants of the Ilcirbary coast were
equally attracted to "Malta by the same causes, and
while they now bring their produce hither, they
at the same time purchase many articles which
.they formerly derived from ports of Italy and
-France.
' The inhabitants'of Sicily, Sardinia, the lonian
Isles, and of the coasts of the Adriatic, have long
regarded Malta as the market where they could
supply themselves with colonial produce as well
as English manufactures, and sell their own goods.
There. is no reason to'prestnue that they will seek
another entrepOt.
The chief coininercial towns of Sicily are nearer
Malta than they are to Palermo or Messina ; Sici-
lian produce may, therefore, be transmitted
through Malta with as much advantage as by, the
old channels of Palermo and Messina.
The constant and regular intercourse between
Malta and the Morea, the lonian Isles, and time
coasts of the Adriatic, also enables our merchants
to execute,, on equally advantageous terms, orders
for the produce of these different countries; the
corn trade, in particular, has for . many years
passed alMost exclusively through Maha. ,
The situation of, our island is so favourable for
concentrating within itself the different articles
of merchandise and produce of neighbouring
countries, that it may be asserted to he the best
port in the Mediterranean for furnishing assorted

cargoes.
The flourishing state of the commerce of our
Island has . given birth to a great number of pub-
lic establishments. We haVe now two Banks,
several respectable Insurance Companies, an Ex-
change, &c.
The English government has recently manifest-
ed an intention to open to Malta a direct trade
with our Colonies in the West, and probably
those in the 'East Indies. This measure would
be particularly advantageous to our commerce,
and would give it a character to which it ought
to aspire, since our Island now permanently
united to Great Britain, and placed under the im-
mediate protection of a libel al, and enlightened
Government.
MADRID, DEC. 13.—Intelligence from America,
which unhappily appears but too true, has .spread
here the greatest consternation._ The patriots and
insurgents of Mexico-have united, and proclaim-
ed with common consent the political independ-
ence of the northern of our American possessions.
NUREMBERG,-DEC. 16,—Yesterday it was re-
ported that the Correspondent of,and for .Germany
vas prohibited- in the kingdom of Saxony. We
know not why the Correspondent has brought upon
itself a measure of such severity. All that that
Journal contains is chiefly derived from other
public prints, and the editor has always been
anxious to spew the greatest impartiality by re-
jecting all anonymous articles, of which an infi-
nite number are circulated in Saxony. The Editor
hopes the liberality of the Saxon Government will
soon induce them toremovetbis probibition.—(Cor-
respondent).
LEonortN, DEC. 10.—The intercourse with the
Isle of Elba is rendered extremely difficult, in
consequence of various orders from the Podesta
(the Chief Magistrate), and the Royal Commis-
sary. We have just heard, however, that the
Bishoptof Lorca and the Duke De Palos have
landed at Porto Ferrajo, charged with a mission
from the King of- Spain to Napoleon, the objeet
of which is, to teqttest the surrender into. their
custody of the Prince- of the Peace, in the event
of having taken refuge, or should hereafter
take refuge in that island, as be had intimated his
intention of (king.
We are assured that Bonaparte returned for an-
swer, that as he could not accede tb the proposi-
tion for giving up this old Minister into the hands
of Spain, ,at the same time not wishing to give
umbrage tb that Court, he would engage not to
permit him to land on his territory
It is reported that our Sovereign has,, in like
manner,. notified his intention not to receive him.
King Joachim of Naples has officially contra-
dieted, in Ane Neapolitan Journals, the report,
tliA lie had ever consented to give the Prince of
the Peace asylum ; and that it is impossible to
diVili'e whither he can go for refuge,