The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-16 00:00:00

THE LONDON JefURNALS.

['DAILY .EXTRACTS FROM 'THE ::tIORNING PAPERS.]

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Ligon-N-2w roi.r..]
There is no doubt that the present moment. is
favourable to the .eAterprizes ;Of • •the,..--G:reek.
I.w..urgeats. The military weaknesi- of the
Porte has hien. revealed by the faillire of its
11k:el-rift 'to', reduce An :Dacha to obedience;
any fho,:.?:1 a .Oorrinvinii-:ation be established:
between- .that bbld Chieftain "and "else vv alla-
ci'7!art InsUra et-its, the rest of Greece wOuld. mast
probably follow the impulse, end rise in mass to
th,kow-olf the Turk:o.ll°l(e. Upon this subject
we. deer&lit steep:o;l.l to ObSerVe, thal the: present"
in-I-tore:lA:7:ly the nio'nfaiit in which We.should
to..see 'the . overthrow attempted 'O-;en_of
tl'ie.tletasiYa-livrannv that prevails -fit Tinley ;
taut if Vie ent4!rprize has been co---tended, and
upOn...the, extensive scale stated., in the acroUriti
hav'e reacLeit us, we must rather wish it to
succeed than to cud fu th fuFthei' co:4(.4'1(11160n
I.yhich has only ohe %Ivo. rieopprq-.
iiothe,world—that of. a" pure democracy."
ve.3..do,,,estic,flgai..;tadc..of nations
w.1..a-.lzr.ake4.any disarrangement of,...the territo
bidance. -of. Europe 'seem now especially
aloripijg, may,really lessenits dangers, by, teach-,
Lug. s4o.v.ereigos the.policy of.rooderation and.inte-
grit? in I:Fwir ielitetteitt of a now equilibrium.
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[MORNING cIIRONICI.E.]
The.Connittitional.Party of Naples are by no
rrlitts satistird..,Niiit the conduct of the. Prince
Ile refused to.allow the publication of
the s.pekch of the Deputy Poerio, and he with-
-1,111 from .13.ailiarnent the communication of the
armistice he ..had . entered into twenty-four
hours, after it was posted. up at the corner of
every street. lii the midst of -these Indignities,
he however shetved.them some respect. lie ap-
plicil fr'inctrt.y. • But yet, it is said, be had de-
tertutted. Ip:rpair. to-Salerno! Has he found it
impossible to make his peace with the Austrians:
If, aVtlte're' is now every reason for suspecting,
the bEil.y.pf the ~.eapolitan People are with the
Concqitlitionalists, and the inactivity of the army
was the result of treachery on the part of the su-
perior officers, file Austrians may soon find them-
klves hardly pressed. The news of the Pied-
rnontesO RevoltrtiOn cannot fail to give fresh
courage to the Constitutional Party. The aspect
of :.;.ifaiN in Piedmont-appears to be very favour-
able. - Under. these circtunstances, we do not
ooncelve_tite affairs of Italy to be by any means
in, a 'hopeless state. The Austrians may soon
f.nd that they have begun to crow too soon, or,
to us a similar Mode of expression, which lately
re.cei% ed the sanction .of a well-known Statesman,
Ail they haVe begun to halloo before getting out
of the wood.

inurrisu rittss..]
"We were lately promised a revolution in Italy
—ti-rat hope is fled. We are now taught to ex-
pect a revolution in Turkey—the result, we fear,
-will not be more fortunate. Aloldavia and
Wall...znia are represented as the foCus of
the insurrection against the despotism of the
Ottoman Porte. These provinces have long
):ganifested the discontent arising from mis-
government.' The present insurrection might,
tiv.refore, be expected ; but situate north of the'
Eke-rube, they may be severed from the Turkish
e=pire -without endangering its existence.

[xzw TIMES.]
By,the next advices, we may expect to !earn,
thai::"in,l'iednlont, as in Naples, the war is end-
ed, a).-cl the rebel army has ceased to exist. This
catastr6phewillnot surprise those who have, 'de-
r;-.4d:their notionsof Continental affairs from the
infunnation contained in :The Nero Times, but it
appear strange indeed to-the readers of The
T` ties and The Chronicle. What ! it will be
saidj so little effort on the side of Illegitimricy,
intich on, that' of Legitinietcy ! Why, these
fiefortners of •the universe, these.Quixotes of tho
Spanish.Constitutioil; must be'a set of most arrant
I:tarlatans:and Cowards! The fact is even so.—.
brave and honourable, men will never draw the
surd but in. the last necessity sheath it until'
Aar a 'gloribus, if not a.successful conflict. But
the Leaders of the Piedinontese .and Neapoli-
tan robetlions:,were. of
.-a very :different class.
tirihing A. few:regiments:to mu-
and.then hopod to secure themselves from
lionisliment by stirring up revolt in all the neigh-
counnies. It was no part of their scheme
to fight their own-• battle on their own- soil;
1E1)4 —thofight that by. spreading the flame
throUghodt :Old; ellen into France and Germany,
Om. legitimate:Governments. would be too fully.
occupied to approach them and, in truth, had
Peri'prr.:,'in-those countries been generally cc-
tri-ste:ci%by,rev.olui,tidnary .sen-tirnents, the pro,pect
wttuld 114 e, been gloomy enough for Europe,
ag-ag-,-tkiHtieapolkan and. Piedniontese Traitors
'have passed for ileirdesand Patriots at-a
lilry'citrap rake— There '.Was. a moment, when,
tesult -apeared but too probable; and
Ole 'apparent, danger Was. niainified by the most'
thtringigysti:m_ of 4,ceptiou. NYe allude partiCu-
-I,,COuto 'the publication of a pretended•bulletin
of ilte -Go.Vernmeut, about a month ago,
MililolllCing,(Le• march of the Piecimontesearzny
on. Milan, and the 'spread of the• insurrection'
throughout Italy. It is now manifest that this
attoeitius fal;:iCation„ as well as those of pre-
tjt:Aeil Austrian 'defeats, issued, frorn:,the original
CAP./,te.Of these plot§,a,t-Raris. • From thence
u-spffey was sui2plied,for bribing the‘Piedinontese
84(.4. Neapolitan soldiers; frOm thence'erniSsaries,
w.craspot:ivith proclamations and incitements to
Nibß:in.; from thence expresses and bulletinS
weixtioued, for the purpose of spreading - ge-
ut!ral panic throngbout "Europe.

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LTHE TIMES. j
12..ve•received an express: from Pariz, dat-
ed il5 the afternrinn of' last Friday, which an-
zvillneeks the ariiyal• of well-anilienticitted'intel-
liojonF.efrararftaly,- that on Sunday selthight,: the
Hithinsf;iithe.Anstrians paSse4cthe Tesino, and
that in front of Novara they-iffet" the Piedmon-
tese troops from Alessandria, where a consider-

able body of the Constitutional force had been.
assernbled. The Piedinontese,' it appears,like
the Neapolitans, made no reSistance, but were
without trouble dispersed. The number of AuS-
trian.. troops in- Piedmont was calaulated at
25,000. I t was expected- also that in a few
houiS the citadel of Turin would be delivered up
to the:Royalists,- and-that the Whole 'of the revo-
lutionary tempest Would be quieted' in the space of
about 4.days. Should there facts be cenfirined and
these expectations be 'realized, as Zithers like them,
Were, unfortunately, with regard to Naples,
rrcactkind will , feel, :and be justified in
feeling, equal astonishment at the rashnes.o
could; venture so Much,' and contempt for that
moral weaknesswhich.was so little qualified to
support the most ordinary undertaking. For the
practical politician; however, who seldom carries
his: views beyond certain Obvious combinations
and :their
_immediate consequences, it may be
enough to point out the strange occurrence in
-modern tithes Of Austria being now in military.
poisessiOn of the of lialffrorri north to,
South ;, and the'entire overthrow of modern policy
(as explained and acted on at the Congress of
1814 and 1815,) :Which is effected by the ap-
proXimation.of the Austrian power to that of
France, shOtild the former .Government proceed
to sieze the whole of the Sardinian provinces.
The public perceives with extreme regret the,
Session of Parliament wearing away, and not one
act
.performed for the relief of those distresses
whiCh were stated to be so urgent, and the exist-
ence and severity of which no one denies. Re-
duCtion after reduction is proposed, and in vain:
some are declared impracticable—some too se-
vere upon those whose gains they are meant to
diminish—some useless by their minuteness. A s
,to the impractibility, we wish it were equally im-
practimble to take money out of the people's
pockets ; and that pity, which would spare the re-
ceiver of the national wealth, and continue to
exact upon the giver, is, ve think, under existing
circumstances, grievously misplaced. Minute say-
ings,teo,are riot contemptible; for how is the money
first gotten from the people upon the stamp and
almost all the. indirect duties, but in minute sums
If a little were taken back, therefore,. from every
public functionary, a little reduction .made upon
every establishment, there is no doubt but that
the nation might be sensibly relieved. As mat-
ters now are, we are come to this lamentable
conclusion—that at a season of the utmost dis-
tress, no reduction of any kind, or of,any kind
worth naming, can take place. But it is surely
a great pity that those whose offices , and salaries
create the expence, should be the people. Who
chiefly decide. in all the divisions, and assure the
public that that expence is necessary and Una-
voidable. . Less interested judges are, we know,
of an opinion directly the reverse. 44 The la 7.
bower is". said to be " worthy of his hire ;" but
it is nowhere said that the amount of the hire
should' be left to his discretion—that he should
be suffered to claim so much for himself, so much
for others of his own description, upon every en-
gagement, and himself prescribe the quantity of
WOrkovhether necessary or not, to be performed,
and the number of hands whom the employer must,
nolens volens, keep_ in his pay. . Whereas our
public functionaries stick together, each swear-
ing for himself and his brethren (" their name is
Legion, for they are many") that this department
will admit of no reduction, that establishment of
no diminution, that salary of no abatement; and
that, upon the whole, the public employer- must
keep and pay as many of these gentlemen as them-
selves choose ; it bein4 much more essential to
the nation's good, that they should be magnifi-
cently maintained, than that the people's dis-
tresses should be relieved.—(kid.)

The venerable pile of the Church of Ashton-
under-Lyne, was materially damaged by fire on
Saturday last, from a stove being overheated. The
organ and one of the galleries were destroyed.
The remaining tower of•the ancient gate which
formerly stood in Burgate-street, Canterbury, is
about to be pulled down, which will much im-
prove that part of the city.

Lord NORBURY, the other day, saw a witness make his ap-
pearance with one cheek much swelled, and observed to Solici-
tor-General BUSH, " He showed evident proof of his qUali-
fications•for the Bar." " How so, my Lord ?" said the witty
Salicitor-General. " Why don's you see," observed his
" hoW well furnished he is with JAW ?" "It is however
equally- clear, my Lord, how it unfits him for the Bench."
How so,-Mr. Solicitor ?" "Why, my Lord, it is ALL '
O?•,TE SIDE."•
A NEAT TOAST.—At a late public dinner at Welshpool
the-President gave the health of .Lady Lucy Clive," and of
the " Cluster of fuses" which grew up and adorned the unit-
ed Leek and Thistle at Powis

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KNOCKING'OFF KAATS AT TATE THEATRE.LAIIIong the
causes tried at Worcester Assizes was one in Which 'Mr. Hil-
liard, a teacher in a dissenting school at Dudley, sought. to re-
cover damages for an assault committed upon him :it the Dud-
ley Theatre by Mr. Badger ; the latter, it appeared, struck the
piaintifFon the head, and knocked off his hat, because he would
not take it off after being repeatedly requested to do so, during
the time the National Anthem " God save the-King" was be-
ing sung : an apology being .refused, the present action was
brought. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
One Farthing !_This leaves both parties. to pay their own
Costs. .

EXTRAOTIDIN'ARY FECUNDITY.—A sow in the posession
of Mr. Burtenstiw, of Webber-row, Blaelcfriars-road, littered
on Tuesday, last TwF;wr Y-E G pigs; and what adds to the
',7ig-alarity, of the circumstance, she destroyed FOURTEEN of
them, as if conscious that nature had been more prolific than
colo.. constitution:llly be sustained. The rernainmg fourteen
.atir at this time alive, and in a thriving state. •

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CAUTION TO IiAMBLERS.—About half-past ten
o'Clo'ck on -Friday night a novel scene took place in King-street,
St. Jamey's square. Information having been given at Marl-
borough-street Police Office against a certain gambling-house,
a warrant was issued, and the officers entered, seized,the bank,
and took the.bankers, croupiers, &c. (altogether abotit.7o gen-.
&amen) idio custody, and • conveyed them, • in 18 hackney-
coaclies,-to the office, when the ',bankers were discharged on
giving hail to appear at the Sessions, and entering into recog-
niZlinces of 3081. eadi. Some of the ovitlernen were discharg-
ed-on their .ownrecaxlisances,-and others without entering into
any. One gentleman
,attempted to.make.his escape, and Jump-.
ed out of the first-floorwintlowind sustained great injury, and
two esicaped from the top of the house. great crowd was
collected, and the partieSsafforded a good deal of •amusement to-
. the spectators as they w2re handed into tile coaches.. .„
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDEN,T.—On Saturday afternoon, about
threco'clock, as Mr. Monro, of .Norfolk-street, Park-lane, was
riding in the Regent's Park, accompanied by his groom, the•
h.orseof the latter suddenly took fright, and.soori became un-
tiana,7cable to the rider : he ran furiously across the New-road,
4nteretl Portland-place Ly the New Crescent, and continued his.
Course. down that street, until he reached the corner of New.
Cavendish-Street, when his head came in contact with a duSt;
cart with such force as literally to dash his-brains out. • The
groom, who had maintained his seat, was thron to the dis:
Dance of many yards; he was immediately conveyed in a sense-
, lien state .to surgeon Propel-es, in Duke-street, where he re-
' 4eived-e'very possible attention and assistance.. We are happy•
to add, that the surgeon's report is very favourable. . The horse
was valued at a hundred guineas.

DU,EL IN PARIS.

[EiTri.ACT OF A I.E7TER DAT'ED"yARIS, APRIL 1.1.1

In the papers there is an account of a fatal
duel which took place yesterday. The circum-
stance ; which led to this result are extremely
curious. The parties were M. Manuel, a Pole,
and I believe a Jew, a man of tfia greatest re-
spectability, and of immense fortune; he Ni'as
about 50 years of age, and the father of six chit,.
dren by the wife who survives him. • M. Beau-
mont, the-other party, is a single man, between
3Q and 40 ; he is also a man of considerable pro-
perty. He is a-native of Geneva. They were
both agents de Change, a class of men here of the
greatest respectability.

Ahout five or six months .ago•M., Manuel, who
lived on the most affectionate terms with his wife,
received an anonymous letter, saying that she
was unfaithful to him. He tore the letter with
contempt, and dismissed the matter from his mind.
In about a fortnight he'received a second letter,
with the same information; he treated thiS letter
like the first. In a few dayihe received a third,
which stated that as he was too-incredulous to
be convinced, except in ocular proof,. he might
have that proof the eery next day if he chose:
The writer then told him to go the next day
at two o'clock to -a particular .house in a par-
ticular street, and to make a certain signal
which lie described, and lie would_ then have n'o
doubt of the ivriter's.Veracity.' M. Manuel went.
accordingly at the time designated to the house in
question, and made the described signal. The
door was instantly opened by a female, whoin
he knc* to be his wife, bUt who did not at first
recognise' him, but throwing herself into his arms
called him by the name of Beaumont. The hus-
band was now convinced. He-determined to leave
Paris immediately : l►e converted his immense
French property into disposableeffects, and set off
for his native place Warsaw. Before he went, he
proffered forgiveness to his wife, and even agreed
to live with her-, provided she would totally aban-
don -her parathour.. The mother of six children
refused ; . and the husband went away without her.
A few days ago he returned, and on Monday (I
believe for the first time) re-appearedon"Change.
Here he met Beaumont, and a violent alterca-
tion immediately ensued the result was a dial-
lenge, and a- positive agreement that one at least
should not come out of the field alive.. They
t: et the next morning, fired, and M. Manuel (the
injured person, as frequently happens in this
chance medley mode of avenging wrongs) was
killed on the spot by a pistol-sl►ot in the breast.
He is extremely regretted, for he seems to have
been as much beloved for his manners in society
as 4 was esteemed for his probity in-business.

PARIS, APRIL I.2.—Beaumont has been forced
to run away to his native country, Switzerland,
from the storm of indignation which rages against
him at Paris. His colleagues on 'Change, and'
the merchants generally, came to a resolution
never to transact business with him again. As the
French are not peculiarly sensitive on -the point
of conjugal infidelity,.the extraordinary emotion
which this case has excited must be attributed 'to ,
the singular baSeness which characterizes-it.—
Manuel was remarkable for his attention to his
wife, whom he had raised from an obscure situa-
tion, and had heaped benefits on all her relations :
she is a Frenchwoman. Beaumont was Manuel's
friend, and it is reported that Manuel had been
of great service to him in the promotion of his
fortune. It is felt here that he ought north have
fired at Manuel, especially after Manuel had
fired without effect. The funeral procession of
M. Manuel has just passed through the Boule-
vards—a hearse and 12 mourning coaches, with
an immense number of private carriages.
P.S. I have just time to tell you some curious
facts which Occurred at the funeral of M. Ma-
nuel. When the body arrived at the church
(St. Denys, in Me Rue' Caumartin), they re,
fused to receive it, because M. Manuel had been
killed in a duel. An immense population, how-
ever, vehemently insisted on its reception, and
after some minutes the body was taken in. It
was then found that there was no priest. A
violent uproar followed, and at length a priest
appeared, but not in his canonicals. A fresh
tumult induced the priest at length to robe him-
self, and the service was performed, in the usual
manner. All the respectable bankers and agents
de 'Change were present : it was they who forced
their way into the church with the body,. The
whole multitude present could not be less than
6000 people.:- The body was afterwards carried
to the cemetery of Pere la. Chaise to be buried.