The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-06 00:00:00

CITY, 11 -'II,IDAY EVENING.

Two mails have arrived from Flanders, by which letters haVe
been received from Antwerp, dated on Tuesday evening. By
these it appears, that an express had been received there from
Frankfort on that day, bringing information that the Porte had
rejected the terms of peace offered her by Russia. By the same
conveyance extensive orders to sell foreign Stock were received
at Antwerp, and a decline of from 3 to
.4 per cent. took place
on every description of foreign securities, but more particularly
on the Austrian Metallic Fives, which fell fully 4 per cent.—
This was a close holiday in the city, but still considerable
iety was exhibited by gentlemen concerned in the funds. Some
iGd not believe that any express had been received yesterday
from Paris, and relied on the Monday's quotation of the Rentes
being the latest, the papers published under Tuesday's date be-
ing known to be printed on the preceding day. That there was
an expres§ yesterday, however, there can be no doubt, and that
this express quoted a decline of nearly 3 per cent. from the quo-
tations of Monday is equally certain. Scarcely any: private
transactions took. place here in Forei,gn Securities, with the ex-
ception of the Spanish Bonds, in which bargains were made at
67i for cash, and at GB4 payment in the. end of April. The pub-
lic observe, with great satisfaction, that there is an increase of
the revenue of the last quarter of upwards of 400,0001. because
it will enable the :Ministers to reduce at least the Salt Tax,
and to perform their promises to the-country.. There is scarce-
ly any business doing in any department of commerce, and
prices remain nominally the same for the last two days._
(Morning Chronicle. )

FUNERAL OF SIR JOHN SILVESTER.
This morning the remains of the above highly respected
Gentleman were removed from his late residence in Blooms-
bury-square, for interment in the family-viult, at Chingford in
Essex. At half-past 10 o'clock, the mournful procession began
to move, at a solemn pace, in the following manner :—llorse-
men two and two ; the plume of feathers ; supporters with
staves ; the Hearse, drawn by six fine black horses, followed
by four mourning-coaches and four, containing the following
Gentlemen as mourners, viz.. P. C. Silvester, Esq. Captain
Hardy man, Mr.' Comiatissioner Reynolds, three Mr. Davis's,
two Mr. Trains ; Messrs. Cook, Arabin, May, Bellamy, Dyne-
ley, and Williams. The Deceased's private carriage and pair.
—The procession was closed with upwards of twenty Gentle-
mens' carriages, including those of Lord Chief-Justice 'Abbott,
Chief-Justice Dallas, Mr. Common Serjeant, Sir Francis Free-
ling, Messrs. Shaw, Lefevre, Reynolds, Mdy, Holford, Tur-
ner, Roberts, Williams, Eagleton, &c. &c.

The title of the' deceased descends to his heir male, Captain
Silvester, of the Army, who, it is stated, will, at the death of
Lady Silvester, inherit also the deceased's not inconsiderable
property. The circumstances attending . the death of the
Baronet hare not yet been stated with accuracy. Sir John
was in bed with Lady Silvester at the time he breathed
his last, and his dissolution having taken place, was discovered
by Lady Silvester's maid, who entered the apartment to
dress her • Lady at the usual hour in the morning ; and on
her going round the bed, on the side where her master lay,
to fetch some articles of apparel, she was desired by Lady
Sylvester not to make a noise, as Sir John went to bed late,
and she did not wish him to be disturbed. The maid, in conse-
quence of her lady's remark, looked round, and ' accident-
ally saw the face of Sir John covered with a deadly pale-
ness; she was convinced,' on looking more particularly at him,
that he was a corpse, and determined to conceal the fact for a
time, lest the circumstance might be so alarming as to be dan-
gerous to Lady Silvester, if suddenly disclosed to her. She
proceeded to attend her mistress, but her agitation was so
extreme that her lady demanded the cause, and she was
compelled to state that she wa fearful Sir John was dead.
—Lady Silvester's distress cannot be adequately described.
—Medical aid was called in, but it was found the deceased
had been dead for some hours. The Coroner for the county
attended at the house of the deceased, on being informed of
the event, and, after, hearing a report of. Sir John's previous
illness from the Medical Gentlemen, he decided that an in'-
quisition (which it was thought could not be dispensed with)
was not at all necessary ; for though the death was sudden,
yet the deceased being subject to spasmodic attacks of the chest,
such indisposition was likely to prove fatal.

BRIGHTON, A NUL 4.—The KING, in excellent
health, has been on the Palace Lawn to-day, but
has no otherwise been in public. The weather
has not been very inviting to out-door exercise.
Yesterday afternoon, Viscount CHATEAU-
BRIAND, the newly-appointed French Ambas-
sador, arrived at the elegant mansion in Port-
land-place, lately taken, repaired, and magni:
ficently furnished for his reception. his Excel-
lency was accompanied by a numerous suite, in
five different carriages. A sumptuous dinner
was prepared on the occasion, and a numerous
train of servants were in attendance, dressed in
grand state liveries of scarlet, richly embroidered
in gold lace.

Yesterday a solemn High Mass; and grand
Te Deem, was celebrated in the different Catholic Chapels in
town. At Warwick-street Chapel most of the Catholic Nobi-
lity attended Divine Service ; and the musical department
received the additional assistance of several of the most dis-
tinguished singers of the King's Theatre, who gave great effect
to the various solemn pieces of Handel and Nlozart, which
were chaunted.

We understand that Sir JAMES MACINTOSH will
accept of the office of Recorder of the City of
London should he receive the appointment.—
( The Times.)
Yesterday, being Good Friday, the DEAN of
WESTMINSTER preached before the Nobility,' at
the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
It has at length been decided by the Commis-
sioners of the Insolvent Court, that the benefit
of the present Act does not extend to married
women.

The King's Palace, St. James's, had been, for
some time 'till lately, in a very disorderly, state, occasioned by,
fiumerous persons of the lowest and most depraVed..state
re-
sorting there, and also to the srenues leading to the Palace,
many of the persons of this description sleeping in corners and
' other parts of the Palace, remaining there all night. The nui-
sance had got to that pitch, that the Duke of Ironic and others,
residing within the precincts of the Palace, could not pass to
anti from their residences without being annoyed and insulted.,
The military, on duty on the King's guards were not equal to
remedy the evils complained of, when the Dake of YORK ap-
plied to the Board of Gieen Cloth, and upon an inquiry it was
found that constables had not power in the Palace, and the
only civil power was the Marshalmen, and the consequence
was, one of them was ordered to attend regularly in rotation,
which has been done for some time past, and the greatest order
and regularity now prevail, the disorderly persons alluded to
being prevented from remaining.
Mr. Bnowli, the keeper of Newgate, having obtained the
appointment of the situation of Waren of the Fleet Prisop,
a vacancy arises for the Governorship of his Majesty's gaol
,of Newgate. Several, persons are already mentioned as the
successor to Mr. BROWN, and among others, Mr. TEAGUE,
the keeper of the Giltspur-street Compter ; but 'that Gentleman
declined accepting the appointment when offered him on a former
occasion. We have been informed that Mr. WONTNER, the
City Marshal, is the person who is Most likely to have the ap-
pointment.—(Morning Paper.)
SINGUL*R. AND AWFUL CIRCUMSTANCE.—At
the Warwick .Assizes, on Monday last, an action was brought to
set aside the codicil of a will, and thereby, got possession of a
legacy of 2001. and about nine acres of land. Two of the wit-
nesses for the plaintiff were guilty of such gross prevarication,
that the Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the de-
fendant ; and the Judge, after indignantly commenting upon
their criminal audacity, and observing that two others (whom
his Lordship did not more-particularly specify) appeared to be
implicated, ordered them to be committed for perjury. At this
moment a person informed the Court that the plaintiff; who was
apparently in good health in the, morning, had died suddenly
at one o'clock in the day.

The Workhouse at Frome, was broken open
and robbed ,on Wednesday last!