The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-04 00:00:00

CAUTION TO SERVANTS.

Female sdrvants should' never, when thtir
tens or mistresses are out, open the door after
dusk witliont putting up the chain; ai eyen take
in a preel shat requires kiting chi vet the chain,
unless thy knosi, where it comes from; or set
proper pkinted ticket front the inn. Last Sun.
day et,ening about nine o'clock it sharper knock-
ed ttt N li'flust near Russell-square; told inquired if
Mrs, -;;-,; (mentitining the Lady's name) was at
home, the woman, servant; who had incautiously
opened the door without the chain being up, an.
swereti, " No, Sir." " Deno how unlucky," ex-
daimed " why 1 suppohe the family dillrd
out," " Yes, Sir." •44 1 come upon ,otheild,
ness; toy name is Johnson," rejoined he, " and
must see her early to-niorrow morning ;. dear Me,
how shall I nimble, I had better wki:e her a
note i prayfgive itie a pen and ink 1" npnu
the servats,cddmewed hint into the drawing-roons
and ran down for pen anti paper. to the. parlour,
where two or three young Ladies ,were sitting.
In a moment she beard hirer upon tke stairs and
WPM to meet him. '' Never mind; my dear, I
will not trouble you," said he, " he sure to re-
Member my natite is Johnson, I. will not write,
hut call at eleven it,-marrow," and. horried off.
This caused suspicion, and it was discovered that
he had snatched up a watch which Was lying cstt
the mantle-pima ; he probably fatrcied it was
gold, being in a leather cover, 'but fortunately it
was onlyan old shabby metal watch, worth very
little to him, though really a loss to the owner.
The man appeared about fifty years of age, With
pnwdered. hair, pitted with the small-pox, rather
under the Middle size, and looked something
like a ClentlemaiN butler:-44his servant had heel'
repeatedly desired never to open the dour with-
out time chain to tiny one, but would always take
it down tor a double knock, thinking it rude to
,kerbs gentlefolks waiting.

On Stintlay morning n melancholy accident oc.
culled in Liverpool. As a ship's hoot, contain•
ittg tire into, wtot going, front the Pierheatt to a.
vessel In the river, win:ohm a very short tlistattec
from the slime it unfottlittately oter*et by ruji'
litirg upon ti tttl'S hawser, by %Walsh aecitleut tines
men were clruwrted.

TRENCH PAPERS,
titSCEMED THIS moRNINII.I

Pants, JAN. I.—A dreadful fire broke ant on
lite 18(11 of November at Smyrna, and this city
would ham been inevitably destroyed but fur the
nteastires adopted by M. de Mont,cabrie, It Captain
of one of his Majesty's ships commanding the
naval division on station in the Levant.

By letters from' Chambery,}fated Dec. 24, it
appears, that the Royal Infant of Spain, Francoii
de Panic, had arrived in that city front Turin, He
'AS to set out the next day on his way in France,

It appears certain that the first Project of Law
which will be submitted to the Chambers .is that
upon instruction. It has already uudersone dis-
cussion in Ins Majesty's Council.
STRASUUROH, NOV. man has just been
apprehended for an atrocious crime. This mati,
named Lehman-Schinder, horn in the Canton of
Bischwiller, Was employed thereat n wood-differ.
Going one day to the forest with his two sons,
one seven 'and the other nine years of age, he was
artgry,with the latter, nod in a moment of passion.
lie struck hiM twice with his hatchet, and killed
He then buried him, and threatened
'to serve the other in the same manner if he
tier divulged what be laseen. Going borne
in the evening, and the mother seeing only
out of her children denianded" the Other with great
clamour. The: father coolly told her be bad run
away he knew not where, hut being ofdiged to
go away tor a few days, the child who saw the
murder committed took his mother to the wood,
saying, " Here is my brother, hat don't tell my
father, for he will kill me." The mother then
Informed her neighbours, .and took, measures .for
securing her husband on his return.

ANCONA, nee. 13.—We expect an American
Corsol. Nire are Deoinved that his Holiness has
signed it Treaty of Commerce with the United
States, by mewls of Mr. Pinckney during his stay
at Rome. This news is very agreeable, 10 it
gives our Capitalists new means for speculations.

Zttalcit, Ihc, 22.—A great 'lumber of the in.'.
habitants of lierne asietriblett I )11 the lltb of this
month, and signtql a protest, btating, that it was
with great affliction they had heard of the New
(.:hattges that were to be intrritlui7etl relmitig t:o
the est;ttes tit the Citizens, and,,hivnking the so
'whit flecianitioti of the 21st nt iitembkr, 18'1.5,'1
by their rights and privileges were god• ;,
ranteed. .

A Depntation of IS Citizens sczts then sent to
the Orem Council with an address, conformable to
the Constitution. The (3rcat Council' named 4.4
,Conintl‘stonof three of its Members, and of two
Members of the Municipal Council, to examine
,ond report upon the address.

'l'lre citizois then addressed n letter to the
tlunielpal Connell, stating that it had been insti-
tuted is 1803 for the Adminktratioo of the City's
domains and property, and the preseryailfn of its
Conictinently'they expected that it would,
glee ,in nn account of 'every thing that concerned
the common interest, that they had been much
grieved at heating of the euntinunications which
hto been given to the MuniCipal Cornell, tending
to the etablishnient Ot a new s:isietn Of Adwinistrit.
illl4 that they confidently awaited the deei-
s..loll Of the ti,ipteme Clltifien.

VitENCH ieUNDs,

11 pee Crttt4,
D4lll. Artioni .

lIAMItUitOR ;MAIL,
['IF:CP.IV Eil Tilts 5101ININ(1.]

T.V.7"f*NR, VrtoM FRANKrOitT,. Disc "18,--A So-
viet; of lle.neeotent Citizens bias Leen forma:
wh IA hos opened it 81thscriptiou for 150,000
doildrs, 01 which sum 120,000 flouts were sub-
serihvd in rt few days. Several. eotiettie'reial houses
have, stihserilted trout 10 to 15,000finrins. The
(hiect o' the Society is to purchase corn, and to
'h ,ve it mafte Iwo bread, which is to be sold to
too pow. at 26 crt'ttztrs, and at the new year, at
(24' crettzers for the six pound loaf. In a private.
1,,,i14e. here, there has lately been slrevvn a large.
try Kraft, in Hunan, representing the
two, 4,1 lxipsie. in which all the principal eat .=
arf. p Ctilted from life, and are very striking
Fkpocsses. This line painting is going to Lon-
don. in order to be engraved thcre•; it is then to
ht hrott;ht back to Germany, where a great Save-
reigp is said to haVe purchased it.
S mcamor,st, Dec, 13.-- From the printed do-
entnenti' respecting the svilful barnimg of the ma-
g.,?..;:te of the merchant P. IV, Berg, In -Gotten-
htircit, it appears, 6003 chests and hales, Mostly
Enctisti goods, consigned by Mr. John %Yaks in
Loudon, Of the valne'of 47,561 dollars, were con-
veyed three weeks before the five into another
wArelimise,-atol insurettin the Phrenix Fire Office
at London, to the amount of 56,000 dolhirs. It
'ha 141,6; n announced to Berg in the evening, that

tbe.goods Avere to he examined next morning by the
custom-house officers, the warehouse was found on
file the same night ; most of the goods, however, in
spite of Several obstacles pnrp►osely thrown in the
wayfT were save►i fren► the flames, but on beh4g

opened they %vete found to consist only of hay,
firewood, clot!►, flannel, &c, of the value of 4937:
on the other hand, on examining the house there
were found on the loft, over the first warehouse,
a number of the articles mentioned in the invoice.
Berg, a.td his chief Clerk, who were arrested im-

mediately after the fire, have denied Al knowledge
of the affair. Berg has been condemned byithe
Court of Customs to a fine of 90,000 dollars for
the contraband goods found in his houte; but
the Givil Tribunal has not yet passed judgment on
the subject of the tile. Bag is proved to have
property to the value of 'above 400,000 Bank
11011,thi.'
CON4TANTINting, Nov. I2.—A new, Tariff has
been N greed upon between the Porte and France,
which will'shortly be published.

The snub'-box which Count Italinsky received
as a present front the Sultan is valued at 12,000

piasters.

The Cmptaiti Pasha has lohl at the feet of the
Sultan the ►reasures taken from the beheaded Go-
vernot• of Smyrna. Yet the bitterest complaints
lose been ►►lr'udy received of the extortions of
the new Goveinor.

WARSAW, DM. 6.—The conscription both of
Christians and Jews Ins just taken
.plitee in

this city and the provippL;s. Several hundred
Jews who ate of the' lage which makes them

liable were taken, but tor this time only a part
cat them, who are the fittest for service, have been
retained. It is really n great advantage for the
kingdom that the Jews also become soldiers, their
numbers being so great that many Regiments may
be formal of them.

The Vistula has for some days brought down
drift ice, but is not frozen over. For these two
days we have had spring weather.
FunSt 'nut MAINE, DEC. 19.—The Cross which

u as set up ut Probsheide, in memory of the battle
of Leipzig, has been wiclieslly sawed (Aland thrown
tlown. The author of this deed had put two
Loi.isi!lors into the box near it, with a note, de-
siring that it might be published in the Leipzig
Papers. These words were composed of letters
which the wretch had cut out of a printed sheet.
Measures are taken to discover him.

COPIINHAGEN, ligc.2l:—Dr. Plum, the Bishop
of Pesbnen, has received from the London Bible
Assoch,ttione by the hands of the worthy Clergy-
man, Mr. Henderson, a collection of translations
of thr Whie in 20 elegant volumes.
A person here has made this proposal, in order.
to relieve the distress of the labouring class, to
establish a Colony in the Nicobar islands, and to
emnltiet It thither himself:
The price of corn continues to rise, and affords
the farmers great profit, for it. is, long since such a
favourable circumstance, took place. At this mo-
ment indeed the prices do not alter, vv,hich is to
he
,attrilmteil ,to the stoppage of the navigation,

littd peiltalrs ttli4, IA) the scarcity of money.

DANTZIC,'.DEC. 20.—Our corn prices are still
killing. There h.is bean already paid for speckled
wheat RHO IL rye 550 t. barley 346 to 350 fl.
pear 5001. it► other articles nothing doing.
ilAhnlyuGit, Dec. 27.7—.N0 Exchlinge
to•day, oo account of the holiday: London was:
ihme J:•f

DEC..O.---Al3lllllllg ctccnuntw are re-
cFivcil front various parts of the Aostrian:Alo.
narchy respecting the daily increiising ticarn•; of
provisions, Jo some parts of Tyrol, the SAL?,
burg Montitahle, Upper Carinthia, and till, crreatest
.part of
„Illyria,' there is such a scarcity, that
the 'peaPle have recourse to bread nt;►de of
,brin
and powdered b►trk.. of trees. In tl►e environs
of Agram the country-people farmed the woods,
in order that they may catch the rats in them,
which are smoked, and considered na tt deficacy.
The accounts frOM BoheMia are: also far from
consolatory, and it is feared that tha mountainous
parts may be distrssed by famine in spring, which
would have the most fatal consequences ,for the,
numerous Manufactories in those parts, '1 he
Capital itself, as the Tables of Importation *hew,'
Most he better provided than last year. It is a
melancholy circumstance which marks the cha-
,racter of this selfish age, hat one of the greatest
LIIIMOITI)CTS has ordered his stewards to suspend
the sale of corn till'the month of March,

TIIE•APRICAL It EGISTEIt.
Performed Last Night.
DRURY-LA:VV.—The Wonder ; Don Felix,' Mr. Rae ; Donna
Viulante, Mrs. Alsop. After which, harlequin Horner.
COvENT-Ciminoi.—Guy ;Simmering. Henry Bertram, Mr.
Sinclair; Lucypertrnm, Miss Stephens. After liar-
Isquitt ttud the,Sylph of the Oatc.

MAILS.
ARRIVCD—I France, ^ Ilaniburgh, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterford.
I)ux-1 tiulland, 9. tiottenburgli.

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HIGH WATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning', 27 minutes atter 3. I Evening, !AO minutes alter 3.