The Sun.
London, England, 1817-04-09 00:00:00

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EXTUACTS.3
PAM", • API4IL 5.--The Council of War that i,
to try -Geller:II Grouchy par coniumate, after the
reversal of the judgment of incompetence pro:
nuanced by the First Council, is summoned for
of April. ,
At•lloill.ogne :i loan' of 150,000 fr. has btrn
VlPPAtlif)r. the ilm.rhose.of ~;r•ain, for the. purpose
of furnis.b4ig bread at a cheaPer rate to the work-

ing flasies.

I

The worlo at Pompeii are pr'aee'etliiift cetry (14y,

with more sncre;s, and the di,coverie's in ctatoes

are very i►ret.io►ns. 'They have. c!iscovere►l CI)11.11-
.
.sai stat►re of Parthenopi, of tlie greatest beauty.
Tp the c,)iirs.e of the next month a Proinguese

squadron Is expected bere'from Rio Janeiro, end

%which will remain in our harhour a feuf„days be-
fore It'proceeds to Leghorn, where it goes to meet
the Archduchess of Alistria, destined for the
Prince Of Brazil.

The Portuguese Coves nment having transfer-
iv, to Brazil some seedi of the tea-tree, have suc-
ceeded in 'naturalizing this plant Rio Janeiro.
it is cultivated at this moment with success by.
se oral Chinese, who have gone there for that

purpose,
. It is aimunced, that the piano nn which Paesi-.
ello composed his master-pieces, is to be sold at
N3pies. It is, expected that aniatehrs will press
forward to the purchase, and that the price will he
highs. Our composers ought not to let 'slip the
, Opportunity.

Rottn, MARCII Is.—The Ambassador of Pol.-
tog,t, toptw Fnnehal, Iris had a private audience
of his Holiness. It is said, that he presented to
the Holy 'Father an autograph Letter of his So-
vereittn, in which he thanks .lihn for the happy
male by Win for recalling the Egli-
.
gjoui Orders to their ancient ,discipline, and re-
law ing to the Cloister, ainnx.with its austerity,
the sanctity of its ancientinclirotions.

Suveral Franciscans avei.lestinerl for the Brazils.
In grnPral they are respecratie both for their
knowledge and their religious
By the interposition of his 11,,Iiiies4, the J,ws
of, the Brazils will enjoy the same toltration as
thutrof Rome.

It is remarked, that several English have lately
'bad the honour of being presented to his Holiness.
It is conjectured that they are charged with the.
fru irs of the Catholics of Ireland. Several of them
have • had conferences with Abbe Taylor and his
Excellency Cardiall Gonsalvi. It. is rumoured,
- -
that the latter is to proceed on a mission to London;
.but it is to be,wished, that this Minister may not
#lO his post, where he watches with so much su6.
cess over the happiness of the pcople, and the glory
of religion. For some days past, much printing
Las been. going on at the Propaganda. It is nut
known what can have ocdasioned the extraordinary
labours of this establishment.

. Cardinal Gonsalvi appears to be tbe genius of
the fine arts, as he is that of our legislation and of

ourgovernmcnt.

There are many Spaniards and Lombards at
Rome as well as French. They appear to forma
_
,crusade in favour of the arts. Never were stu-
'dents of sculpture, painting, turd all the fine arts,
so
,numerous. There will be a public, exhibition
of the productions of all the young artists, and of
all the works bespoken by purchasers.
Basta, MARCH 24.—The species of apostle-
ship which Madame tie itrodner has exercised on
our frontiers, and on those of the Grand Duchy
of Bitten, has been variously spoken of. It ap=
pears to us, that an opinion may be An med on this
subject from a quotation of a printed letter, ad-
-dressed by; Madame Krodner to M. de Bergheim,
'Minister of the Grand Doke of Baden 1—

Grenzaclier.Horn, Feh. 14, 1817.

" Seeing myself publicly accused of resistance to consti-
tuted authorities, a conduct which I have always condemned,
and contrary to the spirit of mildness which I have always in-
culcated, I feel myself under the necessity, for the first
of breaking silence; a silence which, ln the midst of the in-
justice, Outrage, end persecution to which I been inces-
santly exposed, I have hitherto religiously observed. I de-
time, therefore', that I never wished tteretaist authorities, in
so far as these authorities have not, by their measures, placed
themselves in opposition to the commandments which I ought
above,ali to respect, as coming from God,'and for which I
should he prepared to lay down my life.
" It is thus that, in spite of the' prohibition:Which I re-
cei'vcd, to give no asylum to any person, 'either in my own
louse or in the apartMents Whiihl hired in the neighbour-
hoOd of my !Muse, and in which at first I was permitted to
shoW hospitality, I could not, a itbout a crime, yield obedi-
ence to these measures. TleSides, Sir, you know that no one
is received in your country without paying a heavy line for
pity:ring it. without express permission. As soon wt I could,
I always sent to solicit this permission ; but some times it was
Impositible it, on account of distance. I repeat it,
I should not' be called to defend myself, had I not to traverse
the desert of civilization, and to struggle against laws dis-
countenanced in the only cede which I acknowledge--that of
God."

IKSPtitYCK, MARCH 25.—The state of health in
Lombardy is better than could' have been believed

No French Papers have arrive() to-day. We
have made some more copions extracts from those

received yesterday.

The East India packet Eclipse arrived Yesterday
off Portsmouth, and 'allied her mail, n'hiel: has
been received in London this morning, and the
lettets by it deliVererl vnur;e. The paeltet
touched at the Cape of Good Hope, and left it on
the 26th January, and at St: Helena, and left it
On the 10tb February. The Alacrity and Ernest,
from London ; the India Packet and Dinorhea,
from Copenhagen ; and the Maria, frion liuenos
Ayres, had arrived at the Cape. The Earl of
Buckinghamshire, from Bomlpy, and the Nor-
thombrian, from Bengal, had also art ived a! the
Cape ; the former sailed the 2211 January for. Li-
verpool, the litter on the same day for London.

It is with no common degree of satisfaction,

that in common with 11 the Londott Journals
which we have seen of this thtte,,, we insert the

Report ot Mr. Owarea Platt for astparaeiling
present intolerable system of Pours' Raies, and at
once ameliorating the condition of the lower ordcts,
and relieving the middle and higher classes of a
most grievous bur hen, and consetinently advancing
the 'national prosperity to an almost incalculable
extent. This Report, as we originally stated,
was laid be,fore the Committee for improving the
Condition of the Poor, and by that truly excel.
lent and benevolent body, remitted to the Legis.
lative Committee of the [louse of Commons, to
which the consideration of the Poor Laws has
been referred.

When we had the honour and happiness exClus,
sively to bring this subject under the public eye, we
invoked our fello-labourers in t hi Press to enntri.
bate their powerful assistance in investigating',
and, if convinced of its efficacy, in,promotingthis
plan ; and we have rarely enjoyed a higher grist
fication than on thii day, in witnessing the unani-
mous effort of this mighty engine, uninfluenced
by Orivate or party feelings and Only inspired by
the single wish of benefiting the, country, to en
sure universal attention mid discussion to this, as
we think, inestimable proposal.
Of the Morning Papers, the Post and Day and
New Times, have spoken with unqualified praise at
the Plan, the Press and Herald have inserted the
Repot without comment, the Chronicle bestows
the warmest encomium upon Owwor and the
.
importance of his services, without. niedgingits
opinions further, and the Times, which has re-
cently devoted much investigation to this subject,
taking the same tone of panegyric (if just ap-
plause may he so termed), states several donbis
which occur to it on the practicability of the
project. These doubts are—first, .thac the Plan
" appears to encounter at its outset the fatal oh-,
jection of being irreducable to practice, al least on
a scaleconimensurate with the public necessities"—.
andsecondly, that the remedy is insufficient as it pro-
poses " a species of establishment which requires
for 1,200 souls a previous outlay of near, 100,0001. ;
.and whiCh, by consequence, would idemana for
1, 00,000. pauners number much \below the
real aggregate of those no s' the objects of lmrn•
chid relief in England •••••11 'sum of nOt less than
one hundred millions sterling." •
These two objections resolve themselves into
one which acts indeed two ways, supposing either

the inadequacy of any mensute possible to be ac- I
complished, or tic impossibility of carrying into
e'trect any measure on a scale pr'oporl itineti to the
wants of the times. Tq our ..rninels, hoictver, it
appears that the !Atter notion is unfounded; as for
.the former, --weltsve no wish to see a partial ex-
periment attempted, Which would do mischief in-
stead of producing good. Mr. theis't's Plan catt.,
not graft upon the present system ; they cannot co-
exist or be united together in any way. The question
must therefore beaaken as a ahole, atol even tspoli•
the spewing of the Times, we think, that not only
the practicability, hut the twilit vof the plan is de-
monstrable, Suppose the prodigious sum of 1 00 mil!.
lions of capital were require 4 to complete the In-
stitution. It is not wanted at once; it is not:want-
'ed in money. It would he formed of the ground
used, of the materials for building, &c. and of the
labour of the multitudes employed in these works.
Thus a large amount of dOrmant wealth would
as it were be instantly put in circulation, and
speedily added to the Capital of the Country.
And this is the soul and spirit of Mr. OWItN'S
plan—it is to create it new source of riches
and productiveness. • Again, suppose the en-
tire of. this value (howvver composed) were to
he in the State of borrowed money. The inte-
rest at 4 per cent., would amount to no more
titan 4,000,0001. per sun, or not one hall' of the
sum at present paid in Poor Rutes. 'Butt then we
come to the still stronger argument ;—the sum.
now paid annually in Poor Rates is absorbed by
idleness ; it goes into a guild', returqing nothing;
it is uttetly swalowed up and consUwed by the
wretchedness which it scarcely aNvlates. Bat
according to the New Plan, the expenditure is like
seed sown upon a productive soil and certain of a
harveit. You at the same time relievenfisery., and
render; it prodoetive because .you render it indror
triotts. And again (we must write in a desultor.,y
marine; from the want of time and matare prep era
tion) it is a prominent . fea: ore in Mr. OWEN'S
project that by. the discreet management in cort'
gregated masses, of that, 'which scattered alsoitt
and 'exert ising
.separate Consumption, costs sp
mach more, you will save above two thiedz,r,":
We tulip that the:rennet. who spouts the Pctiish
in the 'existing mode fifteen pounds a-year, and.
returns nothing, he, suppor led and infinitely
rbetter supported in these shments 'at four
pounds ti-year, and 'be also; a profit to the Com-
munity instead or A
,dead loss.
So 'much f.,,r the pecuniary que‘ition ; but what
man shall appreciate the moral tolv4ntages to be

reaped hour this noble Plan`? ‘Ve confess to

haring imbibed a. portion of the enthusiasm of its
virtuous .and truly great Proposer, awl we dare.
not Winch thiSlelile, but it is One that
must worm the Coldest hearts, and stimulate the

mast emulous natures, and unite the most con-,
Meting sentiments a, least in the wish that it may
be practicable, anti may be adolitstl
To conclude these hasty remalks, we must no-lice the. honour which the Press of Lo\Liion has
done itself in tHs matter ; and wei, have also ob-
served with great pleasure the exertions ,of
the Slieilield 111ercnry,. Bristol Journal, Cork
*, and other provincial Paper,
the same good cause. It is deserving the
aid of all true Patriots ; and of all the `Pa
trims who have distinguished the atnl6 of Graai•
he the •only tribute we pay,
to Mr. Uwitty)—its Inventor and zealous AdvoT:
cite may rest assured his name will rank among
the highest to the latest posterity.

PA l'aluefi letter on the subject of extendilt;
the Plan to ire-land, which We observe iu.thii Paper, shall be
copied into THESuN to-niortow; • . •

CORN-EXWIANGE, APRIL 9 —We had a few
fresh Arrivals this morning, and a large quantity
of Grain left over Irom.hist day; bnt no.dcznand
for any kind of Grain except fine Oats, which
sold at Monday's prices other articles are no-
minally the same 4s.6rt that day. •

:(17e:Are e‘trerogiy, !nippy to.lte.ar.,, thatit haa..at
•lengtli been determined upon to propose a tax of
20 per cent. upon the. property of all Ahientees.
A More popUlar, itst,. or necessary measure, it is
impossible for the policy of Ministers to devise,
or the wisdom of Parliament to adopt.—(Mor4-,
ing Post.)

Through Spain letters have been received from
Vera Cruz to the end of October, stating; that
the cwt. ot- French 'Beans were selling at 25. do-
llars, and the same quantity of Yeast., for )00 (101-
Lira. The stock of flour on hand could:only; last
one month.
,Great fears were there Fntfrtained of
NitNA's Expedition; the Spanish Charge (I'nfliiires
had given melanchnly-acconntiOf it. • In thse Nand
of Carmen, near Campeachy, a great storm had
been experieurell, in::•tiv bin :14- thunder-bolts
had .ial:en.—(illorning Ch
equrtlay , a holiday at the Bank, fur-
nishod Oie,speeitlatOrs'of the Srnck Exeliange.with
oppniliplity‘ of indulging their spirit of adven-,
ture. The fonds, in thtA private bargains moiich
were made, for the first time for several
.1.45
experienced a decline. The 3 pe'r• rents.
slink from 744, to 731- for money, and from 74* to
i 4 for May account. At the close of the maikel
they left off rather better. '• For money they were
about 73k, 2tnti Jar May 7441. '