The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-04 00:00:00

RUSSIAN FINANCE.

The following is given as a correct statement
of the finances of Russia, as they stood on the Ist
of January, 1821 :____

DEBTS WHICH BEAR INTEREST :
Dutch guilders, 49,100,000 (debt in Holland), 1 £4,000,000
value in pounds sterling about -
Silver roubles, 12,615,752, debt inscribed in the 1 1,800,000
great book, bearing interest 6 per cent - )
Silver roubles, £13,250,000 ditto, ditto, ditto,
5 per cent - - - - 1,650,000
Paper roubles, £286,624,121 ditto, ditto, ditto, 1
12,000,900
6 per cent - . _ _ J

19,4,50,000
DEBT OF THE EMPIRE, WHICH BEARS NO
INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT BANK NOTES :
Paper roubles, £639,460,000, value in pounds
sterling about - )000,000

Total - X 46,450,000
Against which the Government Banks possesi
a capital of 35,799,531 roubles.—And 60,000,000
roubles of the revenue of the empire are annually
fixed for the payment of the interest of the
national debt, for that of the Sinking Fund, and
for the purpose of diminishing the Bank Notes or
Government Paper Currency. The Sinking
Fund has already a surplus Capital of 15,000,000
roubles, which, at 6 per cent. interest, gives an-
nually 900,000 toubies ; and it will have to pur-
chase, in the course of this year, nine millions of
the national debt which bears interest.

THE HARVEST.—From present appearances,
the Wheats in this neighbourhood are expected
to be a defective crop, both as to quantity and
quality. The Oats and Beans look promising,
and will, no doubt, yield abundautly.—(Devizes
and Wiltshire Gazette.)

Several hundred silver coins of _Elizabeth, James the First,
and Charles the First and Second, were recently discovered in a
field belonging to JAMES WILIJAMS, Esq. of Camanton, in
Cornwall, by some labourers employed in cleating the head of
a spring.

VOLCANO IN THE ISLE or BOtTIIBON.

tAccouNT or A LATE EXPLOSION, BY AN EYE WITNESS.]
On the 27th of February, at 10 o'clock in the
morning, the weather being cloudy, a frightful
noise was heard like that of a loud clap of thun-
der, produced by the explosion of a column of
tire and smoke from the crater of the volcano.
The clearness of the rest of the day prevented a
full enjoyment of this brilliant horror ; but on the
arrival of night a pillar was perceived, fornied of
, masses of fire and inflamed matter, shooting
majestically to a prodigious height, and falling
with a crash which inspired terror. The bright-
ness which it diffused was such, that over all the
extent of this quaiter a letter could be read by
the light of this prodigy. Towards the middle of
the night three rivers of fire were discovered
opening a passage near the summit of the moun-
tain, a little below the crater, and taking a direc.
tion perpendicular to the high road. On the 9th
of March one of them had passed it, leaving a
line of lava 6 feet high by 20 broad, and rolled
to the sea over an extent of 30 poles, throwing
up the water to such a height, that it fell down
in the shape of rain.—At the moment of the erup-
tion, a shower, composed of blackish ashes, of
gold coloured glass, sulphurous particles, fell in
the vicinity of the volcano. It rained thus for
two hours. On the 9th of March we experienced
an earthquake, which was of so short a duration,
that we could not determine its direction.
From the first moment of the eruption to the
day on which I write, the volcano has not ceased
to burn. On the first of this month, it threw out
such a quantity of smoke, that the higher parts
of the island were covered by it. On the .2.d the
rain was so abundant, that the arm of the lava
reaching to the sea was extinguished, and on the
4th it could be passed without much danger.
An observer, whom I placed in such a manner as
to seize the most minute circumstances which the
volcano in activity might present, tells me that
at this moment the second arm of the lava has
reached the high road on a base double the
breadth of the former, or 60 poles, and that the
third is 200. Having long resided in Naples
and Sicily, I have ascertained that the lava pro-
duced by the volcano of Bourbon does not at all
resemble that produced by Vesuvius and 'Etna :
the lava of the two latter volcanos is compact,
hard, and not porous : trinkets and snuff-boxes
are made of it, which take a polish finer than
marble. The pavement of Naples is made of
square blocks from Mount Vesuvius, and it is so
slippery that in time of rain we might skate upon
it as on ice. The lava of Bourbon is a species of ,
scoria, of a black colour, and presents the aspect
of iron dross.

(Signed)
The Mayor of St. Roze, PREYNE DE BALLEROLTE.
St. Rose, April 8.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

FORGERY ON THE PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday the examination of
Mr. GOULSTON and Mr. NEWMAN' was resumed, when Mr.
Alley attended as Counsel for the latter, and a Solicitor for the
former. Twelve o'clock was the time appointed for the at-
tendance of the whole of the parties, and at that hour Mr.
Alley attended, and it was expected that Mr. Maynard, Soli-
citor to the Bank of England, together with the Prussian
Ambassador, would have attended ; but Mr. Maynard did not
arrive until half-past one, when he came alone.
Previous to the arrival of the latter, Mr. ALLEY inquired
whether there was any evidence to prove an intention to de-
fraud on the part of AI r. Newman ?
Mr. For (of the Bank)—No ; only as to finding the articles
in his house.

Mr. ALLEY then submitted that he had committed no of-
fence. He was merely employed to print the notes in the course
of his business, and he did them in an open and plain manner
in his shop ; it was evident that he was not aware of the nature
of the articles he was executing, and consequently could have
no intention to &fraud, as the Act of Parliament requires, and
he was only paid the regular price for printing them. The only
course to adopt would be to allow Mr. Newman to become a
witness against the party who employed him, for the purpose of
convicting them.
The men employed by Mr. Newman attended, and all stated
that they had no idea what the-notes were Ibr when they were
printing them. Mr. Newman and themselves were only paid
for them a regular trade working price, according to the labour ;
and they were sure he did not k'now the nature of them.
By this time Mr. Maynard, the Solicitor to the Bank, had
arrived. After some conversation with Mr. Alley, Mr. MAY-
N'ARD said he had no objection to allow Mr. Newman to become
a witness ; but he had been guilty of a misdemeanour in print-
ing the notes.—[Here it is necessary to rectify an error which
crept in the report of yesterday in Mr. Foy's evidence.]
Mr. Foy now stated, that there was no suspicion whatever
entertained on the part of the Bank of England, that Mr. New-
man was in any wry concerned in the printing of other notes.
On the contrary, he rendered every facility in his power on the
arrival of the officers in his house to assist them in the pursuit
of their object, and the property seized was- lying about in the
most undisguised manner.
The defendants were now brought in, and the evidence taken
yesterday was read over by Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Chief Clerk.
Several questions were put to the witnesses to ascertain how far
the parties were involved in the affair. The Foreigner said, he
never gave instructions to Mr. Coniston where to have the note
printed. He corresponded with Ludd.
Mr. MAYNARD, at the suggestion of Mr. Alley, had no ob-
jection to take bail for Mr. Newman's appearance for a future
hearing. He expected further evidence. The office was exces-
sively crowded.
The books of Mr. Newman were produced to shew that he
regularly inserted the number of notes as they were executed,
and also the regular demand.

The books of Mr. (ou'stun were also produced on this oc-
casion.

Mr. Newman procured bail, who were present in the office,
himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each, on condition that
he should appear at the Sessions ; and likewise to appear at that
office in a fortnight, when it is expc,:ted that he will be made a
witness in the proceedings.
Mr. Goulston was remanded till the same day.
Mr. MAINWARING inquired of him whether he had every'
accommodation.in the place he was confined iu ? He answered
in the affirmative.

Bow-ST RE E T.—Yesterday four men underwent s short exa-
mination bef'cre 0. IL 31 INsituLL, Esq., the Sitting Magis-
trate, and were remanded, charged with being concerned in
robbing the Dover waggon, belonging to Messrs. Danbury, of
property to the amount of 3,83 M.

. ,
George Suckling, a genteel-looking young man, was charged
by Nlrs. Mary Ann Stump, of James-street; Buckingham-gate,
with stealing from her person her reticule, containing a watch,
silver, Ste.-3lrs. Stump was proceeding along the Strand, and
the prisoner came running along the same side of the way, and
as he passed her snatched the ridicule out of her hand, and was
making off, when he was secured by a person who had observed
the transaction. He was fully committed for trial.
MARY--LE-BONE OFFlCE.—Yesterday John Frazer was
brought to this Office, in the custody of Wellan, the officer,
charged by Sir H. Lushington, Bart., of Baker-street, with
having stolen several articles of table linen and wearing apparel
from his house. It appeared in evidence that the servant left
open the area gate, and during her absence for a short time,
the prisoner went down the steps, and got through the window
into the house, when he proceeded to steal the property men-
tioned, with which he was stopped when on the point of quit-
ting the place, and taken in custody.—lt is rather a remarkable
coincidence, that a short time ago a man entered the house
under similar circumstances, and stole exactly the same pro-
perty, for which he was convicted at the Sessions.—Sir Henry
Lushingbp attended, and for the•purpose of causing inquiry to
be made into the prisoner's character, to know whether he is a
proper object for his clemency; he requested the case to be
postponed. He was accordingly remanded.
HAT T 0 N -GAR DEN .—Yesterday ten of the persons appre-
hended at the Belvidere on Wednesday, at the time of the
ascent of the Balloon, charged by the constables with picking
pockets, were again brought up ; five of them were discharged ;
and the following five—James Bragg, Geo. Watts, Michael
Daly, W. R.oraley, and Saw.. Bretts were remanded for a week.