The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-09 00:00:00

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tl'ith pet:sons of distinction in this co'
irgitnated thdt- our - lot -will- .soon be chA
It ap eats ' that -iu the. ne.‘v-- ,ingdotn which
is-about-to be formed in Italy, Venice will become
atapital.:- The Kingdom will comprize the Du-
elliessof Modena; the Legations of Ferrara, and
119!.qgna, the territory of Vicentin and that of
Venice,- and the countries of Frioul. and Treviso:
It is, thought that the lonian Islands will form a
Part of. this kingdom, but we must first know.
AvbEther it will suit the English.
" PArtfs, FEB. s.—The Basle Paper of the 31st
Jan, contains the following article :—The Ex-
-10or Sweden who is now here, has published.
a retnarkable'declaration signed by him, and ad-
dtessed in November 1814, to the English Ad-
?liiral,'Sir Sidney Smith, to remit -to the Congress
of 'Vienna.. It is in substance as follows :

" Having in 1809, been the victim of a Re-
"Yolotion„ in which the Swedish nation thought
light to sacrifice its 'lcing to its political
interests, my act of abdication was the conse-
tinc. •-I wrote it,. and signed it with my own
."11(1, being a prisoner, though I declared that it
.‘4,'as a free and yoluntary-Act. But in the present
-tate of things,.] think it right to revoke that act.
declare, at the same time„that I never renounced
-thF.throne in the name of my son. I had no right
to ciu It, and I.could not do it withbut dishonouring
'llY'3ttlf, -But 1.. hope that. my son, Gustavus, as
s-90n„ashe obtains iris ma.jolitv, will express him-
4flt' in a manner '‘vorfhy ofhirnsejf, his father,
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the Swedish nation, which excluded him from
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CONSTANTIITOPLE Dic. 2-I.—The plague
.118 broke out again this capital, pro-
1/14WY -in consequence of our tratle--with Smyrna,
Mrherq it- was entirely suppressed. •
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said that the In-
fant Don Carlos is about to enter into a religious
order. 'lt is thought that he will. gire'fbe pre-
ference to that'of St. Francis. The fleet destined.
fox America is still in ,Cadiz. There is an English
fledbeftire t'he port; and •apprehensions are en-
tertained that it'ovotad seize our fleet if it Were to

" The English Journals have been prohibited,
French Pa t
and it is thought-that It be extended to the
pet's also. -

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nothing .
important is expected, at
the Meeting
ref Parliament t.hl
nll. know,
Talents may ask sorne citi,:tst; D'l' S • hut we
day' The Catechists of the
that like their Speeches,
they lead to nuzi-1:'-g•
7..

• was lately stated in the D'uLtia Evcriiv
Post,
th'itke Population of Ireland amounted to six
Thifli.°Ds, of Vritiell'only 400,000 were Protestants.
lAz *dr, n
"ot suppbse that this Print has any autho-
rity..for this statement, but what arises from con-
jectitre '; especially as We have Seen a very dilfe-
l'ellt a.ceotint, 'founded- on an authority on which
eau ray.- 'The proportion of Catholics to
Pratestatit&iSabont 24 of 'the former to one of
the tatter, or certainly under -[tires to one. The
inquiry has been made, and such is the result.—
Truth is altvnys valuable; and it is wrong, On
%natters of Such importance, to give exaggerated
statements, or to represent, at random, the
number Of one class of his Majesty's subjects to
be so much greater• than that oof another, when
the fact hashemaetnally ascertained, and directly
contradicts the allegation of the Print alluded to.
(Dublin Correspondent,)

-ktAL'Dt7F,'L.---A fatal duel took place at the
Island of Booro, on the 22d February last. It
NPpeats, 'that in consequence of some inisunder-
tudiug which took place on board the Hon.
-cruiillrklahar, Lieut. P— awl Dr.
of 'that ship,- went ashore at• the Island
twnve-mentitMed, ..and—exchange'd shots, when
liis received a hall, which-went through
heart and killed.hini upon the spot.
AST Trichinopoly, on the
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`)(4 August, aged 52 years, her Highness HABIB
ITISSA BEGUM, wife to his Highness Hossam
At HULK BAIIARDEIS, the only surviving brother
the 'late Nabob' •of the Carnatic, and son of
grALLAJAti•
A* Meeting was held at Colombo on the 28th
August, for the purpose of calling upon the
Eu-
pean 'inhabitants of Ceylon to promote the be-
nevolent -intentions of the Patriotic Fund at
141crYb's. .A Committee was appointed at which
l'entenant-General BROWNRIGG presided. Sub-
eription Books were opened, when upwards of
4000 rixdollers were immediately subscribed.
_ is.absurdly reported that Sir JOSEPH YORKE
tvill take the
Nn port command at Portsmouth, next
tith, in'the room of Sir RICHARD BICZERTON,
Minse term of pervice expires.
Mit Roya
' l Highness the PRINCE REGENT is not
Sal to leave Brighton. until Sunday next.
;14stetday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council
i,was held at the Foreign Office, which sat till be-
eer' four and five.
al, A
e 11. US
s TRiAN AMBASSADOR transacted busi-
, Yesterday at the Foreign Offices."
,Cce
aterday Lord MELVILLE held a Levee at his
Admirals at the Admiralty. The following Officers
dmitted, and had audiende of his Lordship :
MANTLE Lord A. BEAUCLERK, ROLLS, and 'FREE-
vItatILE ; Captains Sir M. SEYMOUR, BUTTER-
PEARec,-and BOLTON.
. 'rE • upon et.,S AA•ta s arhamentary Levees commence
oaturday, the 18th lust.

NASAL NEWS•

CAPTURE EY THE AML:LICANS IN THE LUANNEL.

-L".:;tract VaZatcrjoini Vie .4 gen.!' 10 Lialltr.q at
.Plymoat 4.
"*PLY.mouTu, FIE. 7.---Captaiu Evans, of the bri,.;
lingtou,'.vho arrived here last evening-, hound from London
to Bristol, has itiiAked•to use that on Sunday last, the f;tlt
init. at 3 o'clock its the afterooon, an American privateer
captured, off and between the Boit Head and Start Point,
the Wig Amity, Evans, from Waterford„ bound to London,
and the sclioouer Agenoria, Williams, also, front ,Waterford
to London. The brig Driade, front Waterford, was likewise,
nearly captured, but she was seen to escape.,
"'the Master of a Smuggler that left Roscoe,' in France,
on Saturday last, states that three English vessels, names
unknown, had been carried into that port, one of the three
laden with brandy ; all of which had been captured in the
Channel by a privateer, fitteAout at St. M'aloes under the
American 'flog, and is commanded by a Captain Goodridge,
well known at this psrt, having beert.here fUr some time, a
few 3:ears ago, the Master of a large American ship."

DEAL, FEE. B.—Arrived his Majesty's ship
Desiree from the East Indies; having under con-
voy the Cambrian and Sherborn East Indiamen,
and the Hunter, of Boston, prize to the
Arrived, and sailinl for the River, the Asia East
Indiaman, from Madras ; London Packet and
Trader, from Limerick: Came down from the
Inver several sail of outward-bound \Vest India-
men S . IV.

LivEßrooL, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Goldfinch,
WoitsINGTON, from Bermuda ; sailed the 12th
January. The Amiens, WitionT, Wilk') was cap-
tured: by the Chasseur American privateer, has
been recaptured, and arrived at Bermuda. The
General Maitland, from Trinidad for Bermuda,
was taken the 7th January, within two miles of
the latter place, by the Dash American privateer.
_ HA:(WICH, FEB. B.—Arrived the Henry Free-
ling packet, with a mail from'Cuxhaven. Sailed
the Lark packet, with a mail for Holland.
PLYMOUTH, FEE. 7.—Caine in La Favourite,
from Rochelle, and Le Junon, from-Atartinique,
for Havre. Sailed his Majesty's ships Opossum,
Bloodhound, Foxhound, and Euro!...as, on a cruize.

The Desirie frigate, with two more of the East
irnliamen, have arrived in the Downs ; they part-
ed company with the Starling from Batavia, and
the Mary Ann from Bengal ; the day after they
fell in with some American privateers, and tears
are entertained for the safety of those-two ships.
A Erench. bi ig from Cette was lost near Veit-
zance the 4th iust.

The Eliza Ann, from London to Dublin, put
into Torbay a few days ago, being informed there
was a privateer in the Channel to the windward.

The Lark, CozENs, from Jamaica to 11(!.rittnda,
was abandoned near Cuba, on the Gth of Septem=
her, being in a sinking state. a

1.1)c Louisa, Di:GF,NEk, from I3erniqa to Hali-
fax, was captured by au American privateer, on
the 19th of November, and i!estroyed.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India house, when the undermentioned
Commanders took their final leave of the Court
previous to departing. fur their respective destina-
tions, viz.

• Captain 021ABB, Lord Melville; Captain enAin,
Pritice.s Charlotte 'of Wales; and Captain 7.%l‘T.annAit r.
'for ftladras and Bengal;. Captain H. t'corr, Ceres, fur S.
Helena and C bins.

• The following Captains ‘vere.sworn into the
.
command of -their respective ships, viz.:—
Captain Fortsrs, James Sibliald; 'and Ciptlin WAR:),
Fairlie, for Madeira and Bengal ; Captain TAitlauTr, Ari,l/4110,
forMadvirai-liengal,-and Bombay;. CaptAin 114"IING, baVid
Scott, for Madeira and Bombay.

Several -American privateers are reported to
have. been seen between lat. 22. and 34. north.

' The Duke of WELLLINGTON was proceeding
with all rossible expedition to Vienna--.--on the
29th he passed through Augslmrgh.
A cartel has arrived. at Havre de Grace from
New York, which place it left the sth nit. hit it
has brought no news that is now of any interest.
The Bramble which took out the first notice•of
the peace by dispatches to Bermuda, had arrived
in lomg.-42. after a very quick and favourable p'as-
sage. She left England the cud of December, be-
fore the ratification by the PRINCE REGENT, in
the confidence that it would receive his sanction,
and to take the earliest instructions arising upon
it to the Governor of the Burnnulas. The Fa-
vourite, a new 20 gun ship, which conveyed the
Treaty when ratified, has not been heard of, but
there can be little doubt of her having had a good
passage. She sailed from Plymouth on Monday
the 2d January, at eight o'clock in the morning.
The Laurel, from the River Plata,- has arrived
at Jersey, and fins brought advices front Buenos
Ayres to the 7th December. Very melancholy
news for the Independent Party had reached that
Viceroyalty. 'The expedition from Lima, fur
niched by the Royalists, had arrived at the capi-
tal of Chili ; had invested the place, and after suf-
fering serious injury it had surrendered to their
arms. A large portion of English property, which
had been conveyed by land carriage from the River
Plata, had devolved .into the possession of the be-
siegers.—We mentioned yesterday that the forti-
fications of Montevideo were to be razed, We
now learn that they have actually been destroyed.
by explosion. The Inconstant frigate, contrary
to expectation, bad not sailed from the River
Plata. The Perseverance had taken her depar-
ture. The freights on hides were 17/. per ton, on
tallow 141. and there were about 2 or 300 semons
of the latter• ready for embarkation.
Advices have recently reached us from the Ca-'
nary Islands to th.e latter end of November, by
which it appears that the proceedings of the Gro-
vernment there are carried in the same spirit
of rigour as those recently adopted by the mother
Government. His Excellency Don PEDRO 1-10-
DRIGVES DE LA BURIN is Captain General of Te-
neriffe, and through hint are all the acts of Go-