The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-12 00:00:00

FRENCH FONDS.

June 8, Five per Cents. -
.14. Bank Stock • 1590 14. —c.....,
z.ii, 4 • .
The followingare the contenes'of the 4. Flan-
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ders Mail received this morning :

" LILLE, JUNE 3.—At .a moment when all the
powers of the North of Europe have formidable
armies on foot, and which are even dispropor-
tioned to the population and their revenue,
France has not an army which she can shew with
confidence either to her friends or to her enemies :
it is even doubtful whether it will be e3m-
plete on the peace establishment by the
end of this year. The only corps which
have attained their full compliment are, the
Royal Guard, the Swiss regiments, forming to-
gether a total of 10,000 men, and the legions of
the Prince of Ilohenlohe, composed of 2,400
men : all the other corps of the army, artillery,
cavalry, and infantry, are very far from being on
the footing fixed by the Ordinances.
66 Since the events of the month of August last,
many officers who were in active service have
been placed on half-pay, and a great number of
subalterns, the term of whose service was unex-
pired, have asked their discharge. The levy of
40,000 men which is now going on is indeed to
serve to fill up the regiments, but they are young
soldiers, whom it will take some time to form.
In general most of the old soldiers, accustomed
to make war in the North and South of Europe,
cannot accustom themselves to the state of repose
which they enjoy ; the military spirit which gave
birth to so many heroic actions subsides but slowly.
The rich dotations, the military decorations, the
rapid promotions which took place when the
army was decimated every year, all this exists
no longer, and cannot return. A garrison life

appears dull to these old soldiers, who have been
accustomed to traverse Europe, to treat with all
the rigour of the right of conquest, and to enrich
themselves at the expence of the unfortunate in-
habitants. Some officers have gone to join the
insurgent Greeks, but the number of these is in-
considerable, the journey is long, their further
prospects uncertain, and most of them are desti-
tute of the means necessary to go to Turkey.
46 FRANKFORT, JUNE 1.-We have given an
idea of the complaint preferred to the Diet by
the little P►incipality of Anhalt Coethen, which
being entirely enclosed with the line of the Prus-
sian Custom Houses, is deprived of all free com-
merce. This is the most delicate affair which the
Diet has yet had before it. Prussia declines the
competency of the Diet, and the Minister of
Austria appeared to incline to the same opinion,
but the Diet has resolved by a majority of votes

to continue its discussion and to assert its com-
petency. It has appointed a Refendary and a
Co-refendary, who are the Ministers of Bavaria
and Hesse. The further progress of this affair

is looked to with curiosity and some anxiety-,
since it will show whether the great Members or
this Confederation will submit to the decisions'
of the Diet when they arc disagreeable to them.
It is said that Austria has offered its mediation.
Prussia, while it asserts its right to subject t 0
its laws of Customs the territories included within
its States, has offered to. the Duke of Anhalt
Coethen an indemnity in money,'which the Dulie
has however declined.
" AUGSBURGII, MAY 28.—A party of Servians
are in fact in arms. Some of their chiefs are at their
head : they are those whose lives are in danger/
and who were to have been beheaded at Bel-
grade, whither they were invited to repair. The
fact, however, is, that there has been no hostili'
ties between the Servians and the Turks, who
are stationed in the fortresses of that country.---4
The insurrection which was said to have broke"
out in Bulgaria is of no consequence. There are
besides so many Ottoman troops in that province
that it would 'be impossible. for the Greeks t°.
make the slightest attempt. The inhabitants 0'
a few villages have lied into the mountains, be",
cause they fear the vengeance of the Turks.
44 FROM TIIE BANKS OF THE DANUBE, MAY °'
—The Pacha of the Morea has applied to the
English Government of the lonian Islands,
plaining, in the strongest terms, that ammunitiol"
of all kinds and even carmen has been sent to th'
rebels. lie has threatened to employ the most
rigorous measures -against the EnglishCornmerc.;
and to confiscate the property of the English 'a
his power, unless proceedings so hostile are put t
stop to. It is affirmed that the Pacha has sei)
a circumstantial account to Constantinople.
" It is in consequence 'of these remenstrancie:
that injunctions were issued not only to tlll
inhabitants of the lonian Islands, but to art,
lonians inhabiting Turkey, not to take any Pct.
or to favour in any manner any insurrectl,,
against the Ottoman Porte all under threat
of some penalties. It is not believed, bowel'

that this order will be executed.
iC
46 DARMSTADT, JUNE 2.—The negociation-
g f
establishing a commercial alliance in the soutil:,
Germany continue. The Ministers and I",lerro
potentiaries of the States who propose to 'II° )1
this alliance had their 7th sitting on the Ot
May.
44 BRUSSELS, JUNE 6.—The Countess o.r
don,
ven, lady of the Russian Ambassador at T.°ll,ie,
going from Lille to Frankfort, with her s
and Count Narischkin, High Chamberlain to
Emperor of Russia, coming from Paris, have.)
rived in this city."--(Brussels Papers, Joe

A New York Mail arrived this roar"lng' pu:
the Papers are of old dates.—liatifax paper'
likewise arrived this morning to the 19th May.:-'
. • [From the Ilal.ifax Pape. o' the 18th May] col i 0
The Americans have been very success'
their fisheries at NeW South Shetland, discovered
last year by. Captain SMITii of Liverpool. Sist,"
Ave thonsand seal. brought from then ft
have been Udvekii;ed for sale at Stobington,C°ll:,
necticut, exclusive of ..those caught by vessel'
from-othervo.rtg._,-Tbe ship Ann, and brig LO',l
Trowbridge, of Liverpool (England)..and 504

Clothier, of Salem, were totally lost on that deso-
late coast in December last ; crews saved.

Acconnts from Havannah, so late as the 16th
ult., speak of a Revolution as being momentarily
expected In the Island, the regular troops having
shewn strong Iymptoms of disaffection. -
The St. Kitt's Papers contain a Proclamation
of his Honour DELAP WILSON, Commander-
in-Chief for the time being in and over St.
Christopher's, Nevis, Anguilla, and the Virgin
Islands, allowing, for the space of six months
from the 26th February, 1821, staves, heading,
boards, timber and lumber of all sorts, to be im-
ported from any Island in the West Indies, under
the dominion of any foreign European Sovereign
or State, into the said Island of St. Christopher,
by British subjects, and in British vessels, owned
and navigated according to law.
New Brunswick Papers to the 9th May do not
contain any news of importance.

xtract of a Letter from the agent to _Loyd's, at Constanti-

nople, datenOth May.)
" Though some most alarming circumstances broke out here
s°oll after last post, lam happy to add, that tranquillity has
prevailed for some days, and we have hopes of its continuance.
" Under existing circumstances, and in consideration of the
report of some of the Greek Islands being in a state of revolt, I
have suggested to his Excellency our Ambassador, the advan-
tage and necessity of some protection for our trade through the
Archipelago, which he has promised to take into immediate
consideration.

" The Allll, LONGRIDGE, Elizabeth, .CALAUDI, Cobourg,
FARMAN, and Daphne,LLE WELLYN, are detained in the Bos-
phorus by contrary winds."

We are as little disposed to justify any addi-
tion to the public burthens, and as anxious to
promote the diminution of them, as any of our
Competitors, or any of our Countrymen; but we
cannot view, without contempt, though certainly
'without surprize, the despicable comments which
have been made in a Morning Paper, on the re-
cent application of the Duke of CLARENCE for
an allowance which he declined when he did
-not think that be stood in need of it, and now
applies to the liberal spirit of Parliament for
what his own liberal spirit had then induced him
to refuse. Since His Royal Highness declined that
allowance, his expences have been necessarily in-
creased by his marriage, and by other incidental
events. Is it not inconsistent with the character
of loyal Britons to wish to make a niggard pro-
vision for any of the Royal Family, and not rather
to afford them all domestic comforts ? We
may be sure that the Duke felt the neces-
sity of the application, or he would not have
resorted to it, and we are glad to observe that the
Public Journal alluded to is the only narrow-
minded exception to the manner in which the
subject in question has been treated by all the
others. Yet that Journal, with ludicrous pa-
rade, speaks of " little souls and, great ones,"
upon a matter in which the generous feelings of
all true Englishmen, whether advocates or oppo-
nents of Ministers, will cordially concur.

We feel it to be our duty to direct the atten-
tion of our readers to the very interesting and
important Essay " On the past and present Cir-
cumstances of this Country," which has appeared
IP successive portions in our paper, because it
thnow. drawing to the conclusion, and because
remainder will contain the principal remedies
Which the Author suggests for relieving the exist-
'ng distress of the People. We may confidently
Say, that if any Member of Parliament who may
lead this valuable article would interest himself in
Me subject, and if the Constituent Body in general
-wore to recommend it to their Representatives,
something might be effected,even before the present
,sitting of Parliament closes, which might pro-
duce the most beneficial consequences. ;We say
thus much with the greater confidence, because
the Author has been a merchant and a banker in
this great city, and also an attentive observer of
'What has been passing for thirty years, and is in
every respect a useful member of society. His
utter is solid, and he conveys it In such a correct,
Yigorous,and impressive style, as few men absorbed
in business are able to attain. He writes, we know,
f,rom pure public spirit, and without seeking or
''oping for Ministerial Patronage. However, in
Me time of Sir ROBERT WALPOLE, the late Earl
°I. CHATHAM, and the late Mr. PITT, such a
IWriter would have beenanxiously sought for, and
Ills talents have been employed for the service
°I his Country.

DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF LIVERPOOL:It
18 With sincere and deep concern that we have to
"flounce the death of this truly amiable orna-
,Thebt of her sex, and valuable member of society.
the full extent of her power.—The Coun-
tess "s had been ill for some time, but it was
'°Ped that the issue would not be fatal. In
:very relation-of life a more exemplary cha.-
4"er never existed ; merit never wanted her
vrotection, or distress her- benevolence. She
,
:"4kl tire debt of Nature this morning at half after
1?r. o'clock, at Fife House, Scotland Yard.

HE LATE EARL OT SHEFFIELD.-The remains
of that excellent and respectable Peer, the late
all of SIiEFEIELD, were interred in the family
vault at the parish church of Fletching, Sussex,
0u Tuesday last. His corpse was attended to the
grave by his friends and tenantry. His Lordship
Ives twice M.P. for Bristol. When Colonel Hot.-
11(3YD, and M.P. for Coventry, his Lordship re-
si:sted Lord GEORGE GORDON'S mob in 1780, in
their attempt to force a passage into the House of
Commons. The Colonel, with his sword in hand,
placed himself in the •door-way, and told Lord
George, that if any man offered to enter, he
'Would immediately run him (Lord G.) through
'the body. This had the desired effect, and the
'louse was preserved from violation. His Lord-
ship was the intimate friend of the late Mr. Gin-
lloN the Historian,and the constant, zealous, and
disinterested supporter of the landed, colonial,
shipping and manufacturing interests of this Em-
pire, and throughout a long and active life he
availed himself of every opportunity to encourage
and promote them, and to maintain the GOOD OLD
l'oucY of the Country.

Yesterday Count MuNsTra had an audience
of 'the KING.

PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE

PARIS, JUNE 9.---The dreadful consequences
of gaming have been 'terribly exemplified within
these last ten days ; not fewer than three suicides
have been committed : one blew out his- brains
in the Bois de Boulogne ; another threw himself
out of the window of the gaming house in the
Palace Royal, No. 9 ; and on Thursday evening,
a young man who had lost a large sum entrusted
to him, went to No.. 154, in the Palace Royal,
lost it all, went into the garden and shot him-
self through the heart. Yet the Government
authorises these iniquitous establishments, which
are the complete destruction of morality and hap-
piness, because it obtains annually from this im-
pure source 250,000/.
Yesterday, the Law and Me.dical Students
assembled, under the pretext of commemorating
the anniversary of the death of a young man,
killed in the mobs of June last year ; they had
even the impudence to post up their intentions
on the walls of the Colleges. The Government
very properly defeated their efforts in every
way, and these pious Radicals could neither
pray for the soul of the departed Radical at the
church, rror pronounce an Oration over his grave
at the burial ground.
The discussion' of the Budget occupies the
attention of the Deputies and the public. Gen.
FOY thinks it strange that the Diplomatic-Agents
of the Convention and the Directory have no
pensions. To what shifts are the French radi-
cals obliged to resort! The Minister of Fo-
reign Afiliirs demanded 12,000/. additional for
his ministry, on .which the Liberals said he ought
to have no Under Secretary of State ; the good
sense of the Chamber did justice on such a ridi-
culous observation, by voting the sum demanded.
The Budget of the Minister of the Interior came
next; the Minister's salary they left intact ; but
that of the Director-General of Police was de-
clared by M. GIRARDIN (the Emilitts of Rous-
sEAu) to be the General of Spies. Ile related
many circumstances which we know to be false,
and distorted many others ; but is it the Liberals
who talk of spies ? Let them read their partizan
GREGOIRE'S work, they will find that in BUONA.•
PARTE'S reign no man was safe,—the wife was a
spy on the husband, the son on, the father, and
even also the sister and brother on the brother,—
that all" the ties of blood and friendship were
empoisoned, were severed by the system of
Espionage. If spies are continued to be em-
ployed, the necessity is evident, from the com-
plete dAmoralization of the people, with whom
"an oath is null." In France police agents are
as necessary to watch the motions of the disaf-
fected, as locks and bolts to protect us against
thieves.

EXPLOSION.--(Paris, June B.)—We (Gazette
de France) have received. the following account
from Valenciennes:—

" A terrible Occurrence has spread consternation throughout
this town. On the 4th inst. at a quarter to seven o'clock in the
morning, a loud explosion was heard. It was soon announced
that the Lisle gate, under which was a powder magazine, was
on fire. Alarm instantly became general, the inhabitants, pre-
cipitately flyitig in all quarters to avoid the danger. The garri-
son mustered underarms, and the Mayor and his assistant (Mr.
Dinaux) .and the Sub-Prefect of Douay repaired to the spot
without delay, and, by their presence, contributed to maintain
order. Some bombs and grenades exploded from time to time.
About eleven o'clock the four towers of the gate, in which were
a considerable quantity of arms, gave way: Happily, the
flames had not penetrated to the subterranean ,
magazine.; from
whence, at this perilous moment, some powder was taken out
and conveyed to the citadel. At the hour at which I write this,
the danger is over, but not the alarm. One man only has been.
killed; it is thought the deceased is the individual who impru-
dently caused the fire.—A thousand 'conjectures are advanced
on this point. The loss is immense; the lead, iron, and brass
formed a frightful torrent of burning lava. Of this immense
edifice there only remain the walls ; which are expected to fall
every instant. Thus a monument of the 14th century, which
has resisted several memorable sieges, has fallen in a few hours !"

ROYAL ANECDOTE.—Our late revered Sove-
reign, whose easy and affable, character is well
known, was in the habit of indulging himself in
familiar conversation. On one occasion, speaking
with his usual good humour to the late Sir WAT-
KIN WILLIAMS WYNNE, his MAJESTy jocularly
Said, " Sir AVATKIN, I am King of England,
and you are King of WALES." The ,worthy Ba-
ronet immediately replied , Vont...MAJESTY is
King of ENGLAND, but I am only King in WALts."
ROYAL VlSlT.—Orders we understand, have
been received, for putting the Castle of Dublin
into a state proper for the holding of the King's
Court, without delay. His MAJESTY will sleep
at the Lodge in the Park, and will ,hold his Le-
vees at the Castle. (Dublin Correspondent.)
The following is a copy of his Royal Highness
the Duke of
,YORX'S reply to his appointment as-
Grand Master of the Royal Orange 'institution :
" Horse Guards, Bth February, 1821.
" have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 6th instant, and to acquaint you, that Mr. EUSTACE com-
municated to me the Resolution entered into by the Members
of the Loyal Orange Institution, appointing me their Grand
Master, with which I felt much gratified; and I am sorry that
my acquiescence therein should not have been 'sooner commu
nicated to you, 1" I am, Sir, our 's FREDERICK.
" WM. WOODBURN, Esq. Grand Secretary.''
The Prince LEOPOLD and the Duchess of
KENT, with the little Princess, her sister, attend-
ed by Sir ROBERT GARDINER and Col. ADDEN-
BROKE, yesterday honoured Mr. MATTHEW
WYATT With a visit to vie* three of-the figures,
which are finished in marble, forthe Cenotaph to
the memory of the late Princess CihiniorrE;His
Royal Highness seemed much affected, and the
Duchess appeared to be deeply interested.—
Their Royal Highnesses expressed' the highest
admiration of the work.

Yesterday the Duke of CLARENCE and the
Princess AU6usTA took an excursion down the
RiVer ThameS. Their Royal .HighneSses took
water on board a pleasure barge at Vauxhall
Bridge.
The Borough of Petersfield, which by the de-
cision a few days ago of the second Committee
of the House of Commons, is now declared to be
free and open, and the right of voting to be
in every freeholder, without any restriction,
after having been closed for a century, forms a
striking proof of what may be done .byl)erse-
verance. Some old charters, found a few years
ago, brought to light the rights of the Petersfield
people, which they had so long been depriv-
ed of.— Chronicleo
A smart contest is • expected for- Kinsale, in
consequence of the death of G. CouSsmAKER,
Esq., who was nephew_ and pfesumptiVe•heir to
Lord DE CLIFFORD. •' • • .

TIIE CORONATION.

The following is a copy of his MAJESTY'S Pro-
clamation, definitively fixing the 19th of July for
the splendid solemnity of the Coronation :

BY THE KING.
A PAOCLAMATION

APPOINTING A DAY FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF. THE CORO-
NATION OF HIS MAJESTY.

" GEORGE R,

" Whereas, by our 116Yal Proclamation, bearing date the 6th
day of May, 1820, we did, amongst other things publish and
declare our Royal intention to celebrate the Solemnity of our
Royal Coronation upon Tuesday, the Ist of August then next
ensuing, at our Palace at Westminster and whereas by our
Royal Proclamation bearing date 12th July, we thought fit to
adjourn the said solemnity until our Royal will and pleasure
shotild be further.signified thereon. And whereas, tve have re-
solved, by the favour and blessing of Almighty God, to cele-
brate the said solemnity upon Thursday, the 19th of July, at
our said Palace at Westminster, we do, by this our Royal Pro-
clamation, give notice of and publish our resolution thereon
and we do hereby give strict charge and command to all our
loving subjects whom it 'may concern, that all persons, of
whatever rank or quality soever they be, who, upon our letters
to them directed, or by reason of their offices and tenures, or
otherwise, are to do any service at the time of our Coronation,
do duly give their attendance at the said solemnity, on the said •
19th day of July, in all respects furnished and appointed as to
so ,o'reat a solemnity appertameth, and answerable to the dignities
and places which every one then respectively holdeth and'en-
joyeth ; and of this they or any of them are not to fail, as they
will answer the contrary at their peril, unless by special reasons,
by ourself under our sign manual to be allowed, we shall dis-
pense with any of their services or attendance.
" Given at our Court the 9th day of June, 1821, second
year of our reign.
- "God- save the King."

Great additional activity was yesterday ob-
servable among the artists and workmen in West-
minster Abbey. Mr. Greenwood,. the scene-
painter, and his assistants, were added to those
who had been previously engaged ; and were
employed in canvassing and papering the trium-
phal arch, preparatory to its being painted, ac
cording to the model of Mr. Hiort, and approved
by his Majesty. The departments of the Earl
Marshall, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord
Chamberlain of the Household, the Lord Stew-
ard, and the Board of Works, are all equally on
the alert, in making preparations for the cere-
mony ; and their Officers and Clerks are required
to attend early and late, in order to enable them
to perform their arduous duties. The decorative
works are also in active progress, and Mr. Mash
is as usual indefatigable in his attendance--being
daily and hourly employed in inspecting the de-
tails which fall within his functions. Mr. Wa-
tier, Mr. Best, and Mr. Wharton, have to pro-
vide the Banquet, a work of no ordinary labour;
for, in addition to the Noblemen and other indi-
viduals who will dine in the Hall, in the presence
of the King, other tables will be prepared in the
Court of Exchequer, the Court of Common Pleas,
the old House of Lords, the Painted Chamber,
the. Committee Rooms of the House of Lords and
Commons, &c.; for the reception of not less than
2000 guests.