The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-30 00:00:00

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DkCERE FALSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1817.

At a late hour this day we received the Paris
Papers of Saturday last. The tollowitig are Ex-
tracts :

"CHAMBER OF PEERS, Dec. '2G.

" The Minister presented to the Chamber the
Projet adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, for
thesprovisional collection of six-twelfths of the
Taxes. It was, after some discussion, unani-

mously agreed to.
The Report on the Projet respecting the
Journals was ordered to be received to-morrow.

" CHANIBF.R OF DEPUTIES, DEc. 26.

" The preparatory discussion on the Budget
coinnienced to-day in the Bureaux ; it will con-
tinue for several (lays.
" The Committees appointed to make reports
on the Projets respecting the Cuncordat and the
neeruirment of the Army, also assembled.

" The Projet respecting the Press, adopted
on Wednesday, has been delivered to his Ma-
jesty by the President and the four Secretaries.
No day is yet nmned for the next Public Sitting.

" PARIS, DEC. 27.—Yestereay his Majesty re-
ceived, at a private audience, Sir Charles Stuart,
the EnOish Ambassador, ‘rho de-livercd a letter
fron► the Prince Regent of England, in answer to
that from his Majesty, written with his own hand,
on the occasion of the dead► of the Princess
Cha►lotte.

" We learn from Marseilles the 17th inst., that
a dreadful storm had been experienced at Sardinia,
which had extended to the coast of Africa.

" Letters from Constantinople state, that a
violent shock of an earthquake wits felt at Smyrna
on the 3lst of October.

" A dreadful storm was felt in the Gulph of
Gascony, the 9th, 10th, and 1 Ith inst. ; a vessel
was wrecked on ►he bar of Bayonne ; and the
plains of the Adour and the Sive were inundated.
At St. Jean de Luz, the dyke which defended the
town front the ocean was notch damaged, and
the inhabitants seriously alarmed.
- " Several communes of the department of
Cher are infested by a multitude of wolves,
which ravage the sheepfolds and spread terror
amongst the inhabitants. Eighteen are frequently
seen together at one time. Battues have been
ordered.

" FIVE PER CENTS.

" Friday •
C 4 f. l L c.

" STOCKHOLM, Nov. 2S.—The German Gazette
and French Journals having announced, that the
agent of the Paella of Egypt in this country, Is-
mael Gibraltar, had concluded a Treaty between
our Court and the Pacha, who wag desirous of
shaking oft the yoke of the Turks, and that in con-
sequence some of our vessels had been pillaged by
the Barbary pirates. Our Gazette has published
the following official contradiction of these two
farts I--

We arc authorized to declare this article ab-
solutely false, so far as regsrds Sweden, and that
the Agent of the Paella of Egypt has no other bu-
siness in Sweden than what relates to commerce.
As the Paella of Egypt is the subject of the
Grand Seignior; there cannot exist between him
and the European Powers any relations hostile
to the rights of the Sublime Porte as a Sovereign
Power.

In Sweden there is no intelligence of any
vessels having beet, plundered by the Barbary

pirates.
There may have been probably a Danish
vessel suljected to this treatment.'
" BERLIN, DEC. 14.—The new Minister of Fi-
nance, .11.1. de filealtz, appears to be convinced

that the state of our finaneel can ugly be ante-
liorated by th 2 establishment of Provincial

States."

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Trinidad
to his Father in Belfast, dated Oct. 27, 1817.
" The Independent Party has the upper hand
of the Spanish Main, and by a Flechera, which
arrived 4here.yesterday with one of the Patriotic
Majors, we have the news of two or three iic-
tories gained over the Royalists."

trait of .a Letter from Antigua, , dated Nov. 6,

received in 'fawn this morning.

" On the 21st tilt., when we concluded the
hurricane season had passed over, St. Lucie was
attacked by a dreadful hurricane, in which the
Governor, his Lady, and Child, with almost
all the Garrison, Officers, and Men, were
killed or wounded, and the Island entirely
desolated. The same direful event has
extended itself to Martinique, Dominica, St.
Vintei►ts, Grenada, •and Barbadoes ; but I hope it
will turn out not quite so calamitous as at St.
Lucie. The two former .Islands we are most
alarmed for from their proximity. The three latter
are inure out of the way of theihurricane tack. We
expect further particulars daily of this dreadful
catastrophe, but for the present .you must excuse
my writing any more. Dominica is most to be
pitied, not having had such a serious misfortune
for the last 40 years ; and it will be an immense time
before the island is restored to its former state.
The sugar crops will, I presume, he entirely ruined
for the next year, and the coffee trees will Le some
years before they can bear properly.
Nov. 2.—Last Tuesday and .Wednesday we
were blessed with tl►e finest rains that could fall
from the. Heavens, which continued for many
hours, and have done great good to the remain-

ing clops."

Since the above, we learn, that, in addition to
the Antelope; all the ships on the Leeward Island
station are safe. General SEYMoUR died soon
after being taken out of the ruins. Mrs. SEi-
moult and her children were saved from the ruins.
M►ny vessels are on shore. St. Kitt's and Tu-
bago have ❑ot suffered any damage.

The Antelope man of war, Admiral lIARvitT,
which was reported to he loot ing the hurrieine
in the West Indies, on the 21st October, had ar•
rived at St. Kitt's previous w the 12th ult.

THE FUNDS.—This morning there was consider-
able hustle at the Stack Exchange, from an appre-
hension that the Commissioners would be served

the Jump by one Broker. At 12 o'clock the

house was crowded, and when the Commissioners
appeared in their box to receive the biddings, there
appeared a sudden reluctance among the Brokers

to come forward ; at length an offer was made to
supply them at Sli, which was immediately ac-
cepted, but a scarcity. of Stock was soon dis-
cernable ; they were compelled to give 81-1 for the
remainder, and were served generally by the
Jobbers.—Consols for the Account were 82igi.

It seems now to be reported with some degree
of confidence, that the Dissolutio►► of Parliament
will not take place until after the next Session,
but whether in 'the following autumn,•or in the
spring of ISI9, is not yet known.

It was not to In supposed that the race of
Modern Patriots, iu other, and more proper, words,
the Jacobins and Levellers, would suffer Mr. HONL's
acquittal to pass over without rendering it the oc-
casion of a,factions Meeting: .Acc'ordingly such
a Meeting took place yesterday at the City of
London Tavern, -Bishopsgate-street. It is suffi-
clew to say that Mr. WAITH MAN was in the Chair,
and that he, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, and Mr.
WOOLFR, were the principal Speakers, for all
the well-disposed people of this Country to
form a true estimate of the nature and pur-
pose of the Meeting. The declared purpose
was to raise a subscription for Mr. HONE. but
that was a subordinate consideration ; the real
purpose was to attack the Government of the
Country, and to accuse it of the basest designs
against the Liberty of the Press. As a proof that
Government had no such designs, it is enough
to state the object of the prosecution. Mc. HONE
was prosecuted for a blasphemous Perversion of
holy if for Sedition ; for if the latter
had • been ►he ground of the prosecution, it is
hardly possible that he could have been acquitted.
Even he, in his defence, stated, that it was not his
intention to ridicule Scripture, but to attack the
Government. Much has been said in favour of
the Juries who acquitted Mr. HONE, but we have
reason to believe that he was not acquitted by
the Great Jury of his Countrymen at large.—
. A vast number of Persons in the Metropolis were
astonished, and still are, at the verdicts, and simi-
lar feelings of surprise, we believe, prevail over
the niajotity of the people, THL rttovtticiat,

mil be supposed to express the
opinions and feelings of those among which 04
are chiefly circulated, by no means entertain Ole
same opinions as were manifested by the acquitl"'
Juries, and theft oratorical admirers at the Meet'
ing of yesterday. We have this day given tbe
sentinictnts of The Bristol Journal on this subject;
and we shall proceed every day to state those °
other respectable Provincial Papers. We 101°W.
that Mr. Host: himself declared that he woulk11;0t
reprint the parodies if he did not feel himself boond
to do so, in order to render his Trial complete.
Without saying whether this 'was an o(6'
rect mode of advertizing his Trial, it may
added that he exhorted people not to adapt
such profanations of the scripture any !Or''.
.'Assume a virtue if you have it not."--Astt:i
the Meeting of yesterday it chiefly consistc
of a herd of factious spirits, with very few excer
tions, and those exceptions were weak, ignortir
deluded men, whose vanity prompted theta
attempt to make a figure in public, and to bglife
their names recorded in the Newspapers of
following day. We regret the necessity of 4.1/.1
cumbering our Paper with the record of such trOb
as was tittered on this occasion by the tniscpW
vous, 'vain, and silly persons who attended, bu(
our vehicle must carry miscellaneous comt»odifies
in order to gratify the various tastes of our Ites,'l'
ers, and we have, at least, the satisfaction of fc'
Fleeting, that the not-se., nonsense, and setli(i`
tendency of such Meetings are calculated to
cite contempt and disgust among the great tic
of our loyal countrymen.

We are happy to find that THE PROTEST Of
Venerable The Archdeacon of BATti has so 11311 T/
attracted The Public attention, that it has p214°4
into a fourth Edition.--THIS AUGURS
the zeal shown by so large a proportion (Pl'
Middle Classes of the Laity, in sNpport of 31's1
Establishment, cannot tail to maintain it it) ''ll
tree exercise of its genuine Liturgy, and in the
possession of its rights and immunities ;
at the same time it consolidates and secures I'l'4'
Protestant Interests in general. The /tri
large increase, last year, of the income " of II':
'
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge',,,
cannot fail to give pleasure to all the friends
true Religion and Civil Liberty.

STRATFIELD PAY R.—Much has been said ab':
this place, which is an hereditary Estate
ing to Lord RIVERS. Considerable progress I,
becu made in the ncgociation for the purchase
it for the Duke of WELLINGTON, and it apPe'tr
to be very probable that the mutter will tettoW
satisfactorily to both parties.
Mr. GLADsToNE, of Liverpool, is mention-
.
one of the Candidates for the Borough of Std'
at the next General Election.
NITINDsor,, llsc. 29.—0 n Saturday evenio '',,is
QUEEN had a select Party at the Castle. 'e
morning Prince LEOPOLD arrived at the C 216.,
from Claremont, and visited the QUEF.N and rsi3O
CESSES, Mid afterwart:s returned to Claremool

dinner.
Friday evening the Doke of Yoax, rtccoglr:.
nied by Sir HENRY TORItENS, honoured COve':Ar
Garden Theatre with his presence, to see the
Pantomime. Saturday, about twelve o'clock,
Royal Highness, after transacting military bl),,e
ness with Sir HENRY TORRENS, left York fPu
for Windsor.

.Yesterday morning, Prince LEor oLD, attelA
cd by Colonel ADDENBROKE, left Claremont
coach and four, attended by outriders, for
sor, on a visit to the QUEEN and Princesses:,
His Royal Highness the Duke of CLAIIPpc
left Bath •on Thursday Morniuv, to pass
Christmas holidays at the noble seat of Earl V°l,o
LETT, at Hinton St. George, attended bst t 4."
Hon, Captain and Mrs. PoULETT, Sir Roo.',z,
and Captain BAKER, and Lieut.-Colonel Cooft
The Marquis of QUEENSBERRY has been pleivtcr
to appoint the Rev. W. WALLER, B. D. Mioi9i,if
of the Perpetual Chapel of Ingleton, in 14,
county, one of his Lordship's Domestic ChavP/1.),
LAS CASAS, the late Secretary BuoNAPAII„'',%9
resided some years ago, under the name of LA917,4
in the neighbourhood of Dtirham, and publis
at that time a Genealogical Atlas. , IJP
Sunday week, his Grace the Lord Arab° 0
Of YORK, ordained 13 Priests, and 12 Deaccos'

his Chapel at Bishopthorpe. • ,!e
Two new Episcopal Chapels, in a stiperior,tlia-
of architecture, have lately been built
burgh : one of theta is copied from the b:01
Church of St. Mary's, Beverley, o:pitting_ Q.

the square centre tower. Jr
RIOT IN :HE BortouGH.—The persons in
for the riotous outrages committed on fr'
night last at the Black Lion, (a full accoo;'-fel
which we gave yesterday), have all been orL'c„er
to find bail to answer the offence at the Q''''Al:ed
Sessions. Mr. Abbot and Mr. Davies, who "„,eo
the guns, have also been held to bail. The vs(o'
are believed not to be in danger. ez
SUDDEN DEATH.—SaturdAy morning I,4ftdr'
Mrs. ELIZABETH SIMMONS, of flare-street, 4
nal-green, was sitting down, eating her 1t1",116
apparently in good health, she tell back
chair, and instantly expired. The same eveesil„'.lll'
Coroner's Jury sat on the holy and returl,l;
verdict of—" Died by the Visitation of Got't
Futz.—Yesterday morning a fire b(okr 011,1)1,
the Arsenal at Woolwich, which did consider'
damages before it was got under.
The,inhabitatits of Caine and its vicinity Gi
resolved to establish a. pitching wallet fof
in that turdi.