The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-01 00:00:00

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elasicift 'll7ll `4.teittfeect, had changed 1.
The itniver`sal, al-Ways to be respected, voice of
the Public had expressed itself so decisively against
all initutnti, s of this nature, that their re-esta-
blishment mi4ht not be adviSezble. The eirentn-
stances that the tax-free estates had been acquit'
ed or inherited as such deserved a reasonahl.-
tendon, but could not serve rts tare foundation of
a total exemption.—His Royal. was in-
clined to let the domains,- with the exemption of
' the Royal Pahces and gardens, be taxed equally
with the hitherto free estates.
• " -Lastly, The Minister -observed, that the
PrinceAloyal, when the new I't-ovine-4.s were hi;
corporated, would cause a plan to he draTn tip'
-tor the future fixed representation of the whole'
kingdom, as well as for the formation of a Cen-
tral Board of Taxation, (Central-Steuer-Beh-
oerde),:•Whieh should be laid before this Assem-
bly, with the addition of the DeputieSfrom the
new•ProYinces."
LETTER .FROM SCOOONEN, IN' SWEDEN, OCT. 22.
Act Ending to a report, Major-General.Von Staf-7
fehlt
.has m been condened to death by the, present
assembly the Diet of, \tit-Way, on account of
his conduct in the late war with Sweden. The
accounts state, that Major-General Von
.Ilasthansen, veh6 was guilty of many' -faults at
that time, having been able to justify timsell only
'swim some of the points a-a.ccoiation, .has been
condemned to pay a fine of 1000 ounces:of, silver.
It is added, that the CrOwn Prince of SWeden,
%rho had received from the King, full Powers on
this head, desired to 'give the_ t wi; Generals the
Royal pardon, the question being here of a will be-
tween the now united States ;`islet the-Dietnnani-
(untidy declared against it, alleging, that'as these
Men Were to..be punished for .crimes' co.rnmitted
before the nomination of his Majesty to he King
of Norway, and the Diet having been the only
lawful Got-ernment in Norway after the abdica-
tion or King Christian, the Diet alone had to fix
. the punishment for such criines, to
.which
_the
right of -pardon given to his 7sfajesty could not
apply.—(We expect further statements concerning
this report). • •
Sr. PETERSNURGH, OCT. 11 '—Ori the sth Of Sep-
tember, 0:S. the great ancient anti venerah!e.
city of Cacao was nearly rf. (bleed to ashes. A
furious storm rendered ail attempts to extinguiSh
the flames ;rnitless, Above 1000 houses and 21
churches, were a prey to 11-C. flames. The rich
depot of merehandize is alsci'destroyed with alp
the goods which it contained ;.•al,•uost all the
buildings, .the building within -the fun trcsSe's,'
&c.. The unfortunate inhabitants have made tents
in the plains near the city This. dreadful catas-
trophe was caused by the fire' in 24 hours. The
storm .thliew fire-brands through several streets. •
We do not expect the.Emperot,in.fore the 'end
of November: Several-Generals. and Aides-dc-
Camp of his rvlajesty.arall4o-we‘le
.- r already here.
'The weather is here cold and thy, with a contant
• '
east wind.
BRPSLAtI, OCT. '2o.—Prilire Constantineltpitssed !
through here'the tray he-tore yesterday; in his way j
to Warsaw.
Br.litAN, OCT. 21—.011 Stlnthill the 22'd, the.
ccielirmion of, the Anni,versary tif' the Kitt le of_
Leipsie, was combined With the:etimutettan'ation
of the beginning of a ntcW -centatf,' since the
.commencement of the glo`rious -ilytta'sly-• of llo•-
henzollern .00 .the Prussian throne, and h •hot
festivals celebrated hy, Alivanitsgiviitgs salt& M.
Donn in all tie ctturcltcs. Rally Al the morning.
all the troops were ussemhleit under .the
Lin-
den (Lime-tree Liis Majesty
ninnerons suite from-Charlottenburg, and re--
viewed. the troops ; . and as be ride -along the
hue, was saltited,hy each -battalion with a loul
hut rah ! \\lien his Maje-sey%got to the Pattie(, he
let the troops file"off before
Atm, anritgain form
in the garden, where .an altar was erected in ills
Open air. His Mitjesty mini the foreign Atttha,,a..
dors here attended Divine 'Set vice in the C-mtbe-
,thal, where the Conrt Chaplain, Mr. Ent-entali-4,
preached upon Ist .Samuel, 10. Mr: Hosbath,"
Chaplain to the Cadets, preached att eXcelient
sermon to to the troops in the.garden.
The Grand Dukes Nie.kolas -and MiCdtacl arrived
here in the evening with their suites,-and ItoOk
up their, abode in the Palace, in the. apartments
of Frederick 11.
Yesterday morning, as the Princes vslere pre-
paring to go to Charlottenberg to visit his Ma-
jesty, they were. agreeably surprised. by a visit
from his Majesty. After visiting the Princes its
Berlin, their Imperial Highnesses went to Char-
lottenberg to dine with the King, end- in the
evening hon On red the theatre with their presence.
The Rusk:A.ln Generals Balacholf :Lad .Czernits-
cheff, and also Lieut.-General Woilzogen, are
arrived from Paris, and General .Schoeter from
the army.

OLD BAILEY.-There was nothing of itnpor-
tance at the Ohl Bailey. yesterday. The Just„-es
did not come. The Recorder and. Counnon Ser-
jeant went on.with the business.
Bow-STREET.—On .Monday evening a most dar-
ing robbery was committed .at the early hour of
half-past seven o'clock, at the shop of Mr. Foulkes,
a linen-draper," in Little Russcll-street, Covent-
Gardrn, byviolently and forcibly breaking the
shop window ; the robber was caught, and yes-
terday, after his being.examined, Was fully com-
mitted for trial.

poKOUGH-STREET,-/lothard, the trouble-
smile pretender to the Norfolk title, was brought
for about. the twentieth time, charged with
exci!iug a riot oppoSite_the mansion of the Duke
of Not loth, In jr.' James's-street,--He was com-
mitted to Tot h Bridewell.

A fax—arth was, discovered a few days ago, at
Saul Fields, near Lichfield, when Mr. WtLDAY.
parry, dug the ground in the direction of
the run, and unearthed two mall terrier dogs,
whielt had, to all 'appearance,heen some days in
that situation. Rcynard was tiot ut home, or had
some. retired • apartments, and did not choosr,
see smelt company..

Pear was produced this year front a tree,,the
prop2rty of Mr. Pitt,. of Withington, Hereford-
which.nwasureti I round one tvny,
and. 1,3- inches the other, and weighed 1,8 ounces;
yery good .weight.—This tree grows against the
house, the pears. are reinarkably fine in flavour,,
th'e crop generally abunkliOt, and all nearly
large as the above.

rinE TnE Nr,Vir MINT:

L.FURTHEII PAIITI-GULARS.3

the flames were first seen to issue. From what
is called the shapin' Machine room' situate on
the smith of the bitildiug, which forms an oblong
square. This being the place when the specie is
Dried, it is supposed that the quantity,,of fuel in
that room was ton great, and that the lire having
penetrated through the funnel of the apartment,
caught the roof and adjoining building. The ut-
most ttlatin ItaS naturally excited at the threaten-
ed 'destruction of this immense concern, and every
exertion made to arrest the progress of the fire.
The engine of the establishment was immediately
put into play, and two of the Tower engines also
Speedily arrived to assist. These were soon fol-
lowed by a number of others, but before their
exertions could he brought into action, the tire
had communicated to the gold room, from theuce
-to ,some counting-houses, and eventually to the
silver or rolling room, on the eastern side of the
square. Thc engines were ably worked by the
firemen; assisted by a great number of artificers
and others from the Tower, The flames, how-
ever, for nearly twO hours proved it resistible,,and
in a short time the eastern and southern Wings of
the building were completely unroofed, and the
interior totally destroyed. In these Were con-
tained thk,.. great marli;nery of the works, includ-
ing 13, and 31) horse- power engines. The
whole (It :the therefore, may be-said to
have been demolished. The melting department,
oit the notth side, escaped uninjured, as did also
the drying: room, si-inted-betwind that part of the
building where the fire ennottenced. The mo-
itt-yer's hall and, escaped with little. injury.
During the fire several ingots were taken from the
ruins red hot ; and there was also discovered- in
one of the rooms, where the fire tool beets got._
under, !wanly ton and .a half of conper, in
sti revs, half-stivers," &c. which had not been_.
notch damaged. WLLLES LEY POLE, the 112157..
ter, did not arrive at the moil one.
-o'clock, when he.. .went through the concern, with.
Smin.K., the Architect,. Air. SAGE, and other
officers, issuing directions. By three o'clock the _
fire was,completely arrested in its progress at dye
northern wint..r, and continued to born hut sliglitly
in the southern part, adjoining the moneYer's
ball. The loss sustained by the destruction of
sttebr tt "concern, including all the implements,
maAittery, ac. of this, great national es,tablish-
mein. s-scarcely calculable ; it is, however, esti-
mated at least to amount to GO or 80,0001: Sol-
diers were stationed to prevent all ingress to per-
sons unconnected wilit the concern, attd every in-
:div,dual was searched on coming, out-of the build-
ing.. Every.p.ersou who was in that, part of the
whert: tl4 the broke out, was examined
:On oath, irnd it anpeared that the cause of the
tire was purely accidental,

NAVAL CI.JRTS MART:AL.—Oa Thursday Wil-
liam While, a seam-in belonging to his Majesty's
ship Trauve, %vas tried on board the St. George
flag ship, for desertion, and sentenced to receive
50 lashes.-11-illignt flrisell, corporal of the same
.I,ip, alter a impArtial investigation, was
co.auleinned .to suffer death, for the murder of
11. Tooms,.N, late -a corporal in the Royal
Fines, attar Iced to the same shio.. Thecircutn-
stances of tike latter case ha log appeared in all
the tx'A'SilaperS, mut.4t be within the recolfection
Of our reader,.

MttlActmous EsrAre.7.-A few days since 'a D'otcli
ship, hound %tit), cods from 0•:,,t.(..Th to Bour-
deaux, having :sprung Ft leak e4toHn oir IT,II-
- suddenly stink, When the Captaitrand three
men were compelled, with the folorn hope of
51Viitg•their Coltritte thCtiltick'eS to. the
ocean, io a.boat, scarcely large.rnongh to
contain thcni an,l the scanty.pvoviSionsthee oopni.
"(clue at the tlionivnt. In this trail convvyanee
they dritte.l for. three..tedious nights and t.‘‘ o lone;
dorinr; which one pf the crew. t. a' washed
°verb:l:ant by the waves, with one. Of then:
oars, while in the act of kec;ping the 'boat.'s head
to. the sea. At length the sum vivors descried the-
Eddystone light, and still drifting, were on the
point of being over-tvlielmed I.)y a tretnendons surf
at the eastern end of the Break Water. At this
critical, period, a Cawsand pilot borut providen-*
tieally observed thew, and hastening t0..-the .spot,
proved the happy instratiejit of rescuing them
trOna tamps nding destruction. •
. ,

On Friday last, the Jane, COPLAtiI), belongirt;
to Mr. CQLLEirI E, at the Kingholm, walliscu-
vered on• Wer beam-ends, off ,Maryport.,,abour a
mile or two from shore, all hands perished.—
S 4 hen fist seen from the land theme') were Cling-
ing to the rigging; hut from the extreme Streit,
the spectators were ona,l4le to give .any.assistance.
The crew consisted of the Captain, a man, and a
.boy, son to the former, with thettpercar go, Mr.
M`K UNF., a proinising yOnng -titan, 'son 'of; Mr.
APKoNE,. k house, K irk heat,, and a cooper.
The vessel waa bound for the hle of Attn.

About a fortnight ago, a small sloop sunk on
the coast of Caithness, ivith one hundred barrels
of herrings on board. :rite crew for, twat ely say-.
cd themselres in the boat, which they had re-
course to, when they observed the sloop going
down. UpOn Thursday the sth current, two
boats on the said coast, also laden with barrels of
herrings, which they were bringing round to
Wick, were overtaken k% it h a storm of wind,
which cante.on very suddenly, and unfortunately
one of the boats was lost near Clyth, and the'
crew, which consisted of three men, were com-
mitted to a watery grave. The other boat then
fortunately roil along the coast, but was wrecked
near \Vick, and the crew were saved. Ott the
saute day, the Huna ferry-boat, returning, front
Orkney With the mail, was unfortunately lost in
-the Pentland Frith, and the four 'ferrymen and
two urea passengers, 140ongiug to the said place,
were all drowned. The ferrymen were ell mat-
vied, and have left wives and voting families 1"
lament the loss of their husbands and fathers.
The mail' was accidentally observed floating on
the (Wean, andtwas picket up by a vessel in the.
Filth, and has been delivet4l safe :It the Vost-
Office of Thurso,