The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-30 00:00:00

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" Taxis, ()GT. 27.—Private letters from Ma-
drid of the 13th instant say nothing iyhatever re-

s-pecting the pretethled offensive movements of the
Spaniards against Portngal. General O'Donnell,
WllO has been mentioned as the Commander of the
troops.assernbling in Estramadura, has riot 10;000
men tinder his orders; and there is nothing to
indicate any military operations on any part of
.the line.

" It is impossible that the English Journals
can have later intelligence than us, of what is

passing in►, a country f►•ont whence news can arrive
at Paris in six or seven days when of,any import-
ance, whilst from the frontiers of Portugal to
Lisbon, from Lisbon to Lrttulon, and then limn
London to Paris, is a journey much too long for
iatelligcncc to arrive with the same celerity. The
reports of a triple invasion attempted by the
Spoinsh troops are entirely unfounded.
Letters from Toulouse state, that Jansion and

who are confined in the prison called the
Capuchins, at Rhodez, were on the point of
escaping, whets their project was discovered and
frustrated.. They bad contrived to make a bole
in the wall), next the Rue Sainte 'Marthe.
Yesterday after mass the King received the
Duke of Orleans, the Spanish and Neapolitan
4%mhassadori, the Ministers, Marshals, &c.
" The Minister of Baden and the Prefect of
Bas Rhin have arranged the reciprocal surren-
der of the Islands of the Rhine, for the purposes
uf the demarcation of the frontiers, and the cere-
mony will commence the 25th-instant.
" Prince Eugene bas assumed from the 15th
inst. the titles of Duke deLenchtemberg, Prince
of Eichstad.

" Accounts from Switzerland announce, that
the celebrated General Kosciusko died lately at
-Solenre, where he had lived for some time quite
retired and devoted to his studies, but enjoying
tl►e society of 3 few select friends. He was very
charitable to the poor, to whom he has bequeath-
ed by. his will considerable legacies.
" Letters, from Lausanne state, that on the

17th inst. at three in the afternoon, a violent
shock of an earthquake :was felt at at Vvonand,

and in its neighbourhood.
" The Emperor et Morocco has presented to
the French Consul a Lion and Lioness, both
young, for the Menagerie o( the Jardin f!u Roi.
They are expected at Marseilles, whet e arrange-
ments are making to convey them to Paris.
" LAUSANNE, OCT. 21.—General Kosciusko,
who died at Soleure the I.sth; directed before his
decease, that his funeral should be extremely plain,
and that his remains should be borne by the Poor
to the grave. The death of General Kosciusko
has produced the sincerest regret.. To the name
of this hero is attached all the sublimity that can
arise from inflexible virtue, patriotism, land true
glory.

" VIENNA, OCT. 6.—Commercial letters speak
of a very serious insurrection having broken out
at Bucharest, in consequence of which the Hos_
podar of that place has been compelled to aban-
don the town.

" BERLIN, OCT. 13.—1 t appears that foreigners
are very ill informed with respect to our internal
affairs, stating as they do, that there is a party
amongst us who do not wish for a Constitution.
This is entirely false. There is in the whole
Monarchy, and amongst all classes, but one de-
•aire•with regard to this object, with which they
are occupied. The King is desirous of giving a

Constitution to his I.llA:ries Of th.nt
`CunStitistion are not yet agreed upon. Stef:ie
'people are for the re-establishment of the ancient
provindial States in the 'provinces iVhich liad them,
and forihe creation ofriew Stat'es in the Provinces,
in Which they have itht hitherto existed. Others
•wish that the States -should be established upon tin
linitoi in system, but that they should only have a
deliberative voice. Others again desire, that be-
side!: die Ste'eS in each Grand Presidency, there
ihould be a General National Assembly, com-
posed of RepretentatiVes, 'charged to co-operate
with the King in the malting et laws, ttre fixing
of the tnnual ?Adger, &c. • There are also agita-

tors tvho dream of au unity iu Germany, a slit:-
cies of indivisible republic, and other similar

" It is however truly consoling that the mo-

Berate party comprises au immense majority of
enlightened men ana citizens of property. This'
party wish fur a constitutional monarchy, and
rely entirely upon the promises of the King.

" It is understood that Geueral the Count de

Gneisenau is to preside at the Commission for
the trial of Colonel de Massenbach.
" It is said. that Prince Oscar of Sweden is
coming here to make a stay of some months.
" Letters from Sweden state, that a Treaty of
very advantageous to shat Kingdom,
haibeen'coneinded between the Court of Stock-
holm and- Ike Uriiterl States of America.

" STOCKI3OLM, OCT. courier from Pe,
terthurgh has brought heri the new Treaty o
Commerce concluded between otir Court and that
of Russia, which is expectedtto'be speedily pub.

" TRIESTE, OCT. 2.—We have received bete
intelligence, that the Danish brig Venus, bound
.from Lisbon to this port, with a valuable cargo of
colonial produce, ha's been found en the coast of
Grenada, near Almvida, abandoned by all tier
crew ; she is aupposied to have been plundered by
the Barbarians, who had made the crew prisoners.

"VIENNA, OCT. 6.—lt appears that the jour-
ney of their imperial Majestixs to nunich is post-
pone(' till next Spring. From Mould) the Etn-
perot will proceed to Mahheitn, to the Congress
of the Allied Sovereigns."

We can venture positively to state, that the re-
fusal of Lord AMHERST to 10 the itUlnilieit-
ill; ceremonies recptirenl of hint at the Imperial
Court of China, so far from having lessened his
Lordship's character at that Court; of injured
the object of the Embassy, is likely to be -pro-
ductive of ♦•ery beneficial cons:quences. The dig-
nified firmness slith which the Noble Lord con-
ducted himself, had made a po+verful impression
on the 'minds of the Chinese in general, and is
even said to have.excited the respect of the EM-
PEROR himself, who, we are assured, took parti-
cular pains to investigate all the circumstances of
the Embassy, and has resented the deception
which had been practised on him by some of his
Mihisters, who have since been punished for !heir
artifice and falsehood. We have, therefore, .rea-
son rather to rejoice than to regret that Lord
AtoHERST SO well sustained his oars character,
and that of the Country xvhich he represented, in
so firm and dignified a manner.

[Front the Quebec Gazette' ‘ll Sept.

STEAM BOAT BURNT.—We learn that about the
beginning of this week the Steam Boat Clump-
hart was totally consumed by fire ; it is reported
to have been done by anincendiary. No lives
were lost, and most of the furniture, &c. on board
saved.

(Front the same Paper.)

By a respectable Indian Agent now at the seat
of Government we learn, that in coming .up the
Ohio he met upwar►!s of a hundred Frenchmen
(Em►grants) directing their course towards the
new settlement on the Tombigbee.,

The Papers state, that the fur trade began to
be brisk. A schooner, with 322 pack of furs,
bear-skins, buffalo-robes, otter-beaver, &c. had
sprung a leak in coming down the Tigress, and
best part of her cargo was landed in a damaged
state ; the furs were estimated at 150,000 dollars,
and the damage is supposed to amount to 10 or
12,000 dollars.

(Front the Cenzntercial dtivertiser of Oct. 6.)

Capiain KEELF., arrived at Norfolk from St.
Jago, reports that when he left the fever cowl-
hued to rage with great violence. it was not un-
usual to see from nine to a dozen funerals of a
morning before breakfast. Such intelligence
should keep the quarantine officers of the United
States on the alert,

In Georgia and South Carolina .vast numbers
have fallen victims to the yellow fever, and other
epidemics, equally fatal. We have also a letter
from New Orleans, of the l6th of August, stating
that it wa3 extremely sickly at that place, that
the stores were principallidosed, and every per..

'son trho -c4-itilti it Ave tte city, it-4 to the
'wore healthy pi4rts• of the Statcs.

Sinee't he above we have seen another letter front
Nem Orleans of 'elle 13111 nit. ivhineb states, that
the sictfneNs bag.becri Ynote tVan was ever
knowti at that Ctiice-, affecting eit:e the natives

with strangers ; flint nearly ail the Physicians of
any note, had either 'tied, f)r Were taken down
with the epideilik ; that Yioi 21 to 30 died daily 3

and ttlat the alas*, ana c(iiisternation was such as
U) render it dilficult Ism the sick to putkure as-

sistance of any kind.

King CH P.ISTOHIE W0111(1 nbt receive Ili dis-
patches sent to Lint in the 'Congress frigate; be-
cause they were directed t(1) Cape Franguis inttehtl
of Cape Henry, in St. botniligo iusteaa of
Hayti.

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Amelia
Island to his Friend in Charleston, dated Sept. 26 :

" I had business which called me to Fcrnandift this morn-
ing. On my antral I found the place in the greatest cenfd-
sion. Colonels Posey and Parker had fled four days ago.—
M'Grcgor has re-embarked an board his brig, with his family
and furniture. Colonel Ervin has limn appointed-to the
temporary command; and a Council' of Officers is hourly ex-
pected to take place, to determine whether to risk a battle,
r to abandon the place peaceably; The Morgiana's men
and guns have arrived. They hare now three armed brigs
and three schooners, besides 80 men, exclusive of officers;
making in all 94. This morning the ship Margaret arrived
from New York, with military and naval stores, so that in all
probability there will be a severe engagement. The Spaniards
have a consider►ble force at Cedar Point, about 20 miles to
the southward of Fernandia, waiting for some transports
with ordnance and military stores from St.Augustiue. Se.me
of the Florida Militia are encamped at the Orange Grove on
the Main, In .Vie* of Peraandia, waiting to join the Spanish
forces, and it is generally believed here that Governor Cv-
pinger Will command in p€rson, but at present his.troups are
-under the command of lanker of the name of Drummond.
My opinion is, that the Patriots are more formidable now•
than at any'other period."

THE FUNDS.—The alarm created by the moye-
ments of the Spanish troops is completely set at
rest by the arvivpl of the Li,hon Mail, the private
letters stating, that the timops alluded to were
marching for their destination to embark on board
a Russian fleet shortly expected, in order to be
conveyed to the South American possessions.
Confidence is again reinstated, and Consols, which
the rumours had reduced to SO, were this morning
at 8211. The Commissioners were this morning
served at 82/ for Aloney, and were supplied ge-
nerally by the jobbers.--Several large purchaees
have been made to-day.

Timbaß Duttes.---47onsiderable apprehension is
enteitilified at the Outpotts, and in Bi kid' North
America, that in the Bill to be brought in for the
new consolidation of the Duties of Customs, in
the ensuing Session, a ditty will be imposed on all
Wood from. the King's Colonies ; but which we
trust, for the reasons we have often before stated,
will not take place; as it will throw out of cm-
ployMent from 1100 to 1200 ships, and set adrift
scverdl thousands of sailors, who tnusrof neces--
sity be Supported by their patishes, which are
scarce able to maintain their present poor : inde-
pendent of the injury to the English ship-owners,
and to the merchants who have erected establish-
ments iu British North America, on the faith of
theexisting system of ‘Vood Duties being node-
riAtingly adhered to.

,EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM ALGIERS, DATED

AUGUST '24.

" The plague appears rather to increase than to abate,
notwithsianditu,, tl4e excessive heat of the season. The
number of deaths has been almost since the beginning. of
the mouth between 150 and 2DO persons every day; during
the last week this number appears to be rather still more con-
siderable, as far as it is possible to have correct information.
In fact, the mortality is so great, that it .is with ditlieulty
people can he got to bury the dead bodie3, and the burial
grounds are quite filled up.
" The unfortunate crew of the Hamburg-her vessel lately
captured are treated very hadly, and put to hard labour,witL:mt
any other food than bread and water, exactly in the same
manner as the slaves formerly—there is not the least dis-
tinction."