The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-22 00:00:00

We received last evening by the Steam Boat, Hai

burgh Papers, to the 19th instant, and private letters
of that date. Neither contain any political news of
import:ace. The extraordinary heat which has pre-
vailed in most parts of Europe, has produced fevers of
a dangerous character in many places in the North.
The mortality at Copenhagen, Jever, and other
towns,. is described as having been very great. In the
vicinity of Elsinore, a turf moor has taken fire, and
the inhabitants •went psing great exertions to stop the
progress of the fire by digging trenches.
From Stockholm, it is announced that there is not
to be a Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Malta,
but the district of the Consul at Gibraltar is to include
Malta.

• The Swedish Government has again failed in its at-
tempt to sell by auction 'two frigates. 'No bidders ap-
peared.
The. Duke of CAMBRIDGE presided at a Chapter
of the Hanoverian Order, held on the 12th at Her-
renhausen ; and it is announced from Hanover, that
the ships of that .Kingdom are henceforth to pay in
the pats of the Netherlands the same tonnage, pilot-
age; and light-house dues, as ships of the Netherlands.
Hanover .was lighted. with Gas for the first time, on
the evenin of the 12th, the
l3trth tlay
its Sove-
reign. It"g is gratifying to see the practical benefits Of
ILLlglisil genius thus spreading themselves over the
world.

RxrifAtioics ON LONDON.
Avu, 4.-74? Motit,ht 37. 1.
Prrlticgtiltao, 7-32.
BFRLIN, App 15.—Three mouths, '7-Be.
ti CHRISTIANIA, A. 6,--Three monitor, 6 Sp. Doc 20 Se'
months, 10. H, 7

The following extract* of a letter from a Correopon?
dent at Rio de Janeiro, though containing few, facts
which have not before appeared? may be of some ante-

rest, as coming from an intelligent gentleman actually

on the spot : •
" Since my last we have nothing new hers. The Thetis, Sir
John Phillimore, arrived on the SOth, with Lord and Lady Pon-
sonby, on their way to Buenos Ayres; they take up their quarters
in Sir Charles Stuart's old house, and remain ten or twelve days.
The Chambers go on well, and appear firm and earnest in the
formation of laws and redress of grievances, without being fac-
tious. The war goes on in the Plata, but without an incident
except a fresh surprize on the part of Commodore Brown, who
attacked, with his small ship and a brig, the Imperial frigate /m-
-peratrice, anchored close in to Monte Video, and killed her cap-
tain and six men, and wounded nine, but the Netherhoy came out
of harbour, and Brown was obliged to start, with the Netherhoy
in chace, this was, on the night of the 27th ult. Lobo, the Ad-
miral, with all his blockading squadron, was close by, but did not
interfere. We hear the people of Buenos Ayres are tired of the
war,' which bears hard upon their commerce, and that some pacific
overtures are likely to be made, but this is mere report—they
must have the contested province." •
" The Chambers here are now sitting, and I cannot describe to
you how much I admire their proceedings, which I witness almost
every day. I. had no idea that the Brazils could have mustered
half the intellect and good information which bursts out in their
discussions. Lord Ponsonby has been for sometime in commu-
nication as to the war, but I fear much it will end in smoke, the
Emperor appearing determined to hold Monte Video coute
coute. In the meantime, our commerce is suspended, except by
smuggling, and it is the English who pay the piper."

We received this morning the Nurembut g Cor-
respondent of the 14th instant, but its contents are
merely of a speculative nature, having no certain
foundation in fact :

BERLIN, AUG. 8.
For some weeks past we have observed a very frequent
exchange of couriers between St. Petersburgh and. Lon-
don. If we may give credit to a report which is in gene-
ral circulation here, the dispatches brought by - these
courier's Chiefly relate to the affairs of Turkey, with re-
spect to which the two Calms are supposed to be
perfectly agreed, and to intend to publish, soon after
the coronation at Moscow, a manifesto, declaratory of
their intentions. It can, however, hardly be doubted,
that this report, in its present shape at least, is founded on
a misunderstanding, and that, if any declaration of the kind
alluded to'should be published, it will be issued in the
name of the Great Powers of Europe; Count Capo
d'lstria, Russian Secretary of
.State, is expected here
shortly. Many of our politicians have founded on this re-
' port, which is itself not certain, an inference that that ce-
lebrated statesman has been recalled to St.. Petersburgh
by his Sovereign, and may, perhaps, resume the post he
formerly held. It is now positively affirmed, in many
quarters, that his Majesty, our King, will have au inter-
view with the Emperor and Empress of Russia soon after
the coronation at Warsaw ; nay, Posen is now mentioned
as the place-where the interview•will take place.

We also received Frankfort papers to the 15th inst.,
but they are wholly uninteresting. It appears that'the
celebrated astronomer PI A zzi, discoverer of the planet
Ceres, died. at NapleS on the 22d July, in the 80th
year of his age.

Private letters from St'. Peterhburgh to the sth inst.
state, that scarcely a drop of rain had fallen for two
months (excepting two thunder showers), so that the
earth is parched, and every thing burnt up. Forests
are burning in all directions, arid the smoke is occa-
sionally so thick as to eclipse the sun.

' We are not much inclined to enter into South
American politics, nor to discuss the conduct of any
of the New Republics in the measures they have re-
sorted to for raising Loans, or for paying the interest
of them ; but the manifest injustice done to Coloth-
bia, by She remarks of a Morning Paper, induces us to
notice, the subject.
The Decree issued by the Colombian Government
of the 19th May, requires that all persons who are
owners in their own right, or administrators on behalf
of others, of property to the value of two hundred dol-
lars and upwards—or who derive from any office,
trade, or profession, a yearly income of one hundred
dollars or upwards, shall advance to the State, sums
varying from one dollar to a thousand dollars, and
proportioned according to the amount of their property
or income respectively : and the sum, which any man
thus advances, is to be repaid to him, by giving him
credit for one-fourth part of it in levying the direct
taxes due from him in each of the next four half-years.
It -must be admitted, of course, that this proceeding
is a very strong measure—that it is, in fact, a forced
loan ; but why is it 'resorted to ? Is it not, for the
just purpose of fulfilling the sacred engagements of
the State in another country, and for the payment of
those who are suffering from having advanced large.
sums of money, by which alone the inhabitants of
Colombia, who are now called upon to contribute to-
wards the repayment thereof, were enabled to,esta-
blish their independence, and assert the privileges
which they now enjoy ?
It is not just, we contend, to designate this mea-
sure " as an exaction as arbitrary as any that can be
imagined ;" nor do we think that it ought altogether
to be considered as " a proof that there is no regular.
system of finance amongst those who adopt it, and
, 'that the only thing to which they look is how to pro-
vide funds for the passing moment,"
An emergency which had not been contemplated
btsleytne
oerredsiiuit
islat
r;yfaaiintnhde,4hes
calls
ltsCo o lumopmepebl i a
the
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col vi
occurred : a breach of a solemn engagement had been
ffienlcoTte;
fitted by all who have bone-
fitted loans which have been made, to
pay . their parts of the sums instantly required,
at the same time securing to them the gradual
ta,ndunpabrele-
repayment of money so • exacted, In an infant
state, measures of this nature are occasionally un-
avoidable ; and it appears to us, that the honour-
able motive which has influenced the Government in
requiring, and the Citizens of Colombia, in submittitig
to this measure, ought to have saved t,lOl from the
imputations which have been tItyCVNII upon them, as to
folly and injustice i 0 the mode of raising the required
sum, and from the insinuations that the money so
ecliected has not much chance of being remitted to'
England.
We should view with telk4er.nesa the. means adopted
under such circnntstancaa as C9lo4lhia has been placed
in, for the fulfilment . of her engagements, and ap-
', plauding the honorable motive which influences her
Government in the means to which it has resorted for
raising the money necessary for this object, we ought
not to doubt its faithful application to its avowed lurpose.

ly the Lang, Captain LAIuK, fpm Van Diernan's
Land, arrived on the 19th of the Edystone, Hobart
Town Papers have been received at the. North and
South American Coffee Room, to the 7th April, inclq.
sive ; the .4ing having left the latter port 9 she 11th
April. The contents of these psaposs.l44jsh continua-
tion of the unhappy d4-agreements in that Colony be-

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tween the- Attorney-General and the Governor, which
seem to be carried on with great acrimony, and will
only be adjusted by a refertgice to the authorities here.
Private bills were at 22 per cent. premium; tenders of
wheat have been made and accepted by Govern-
ment to the extent of 10,000 bushels, at from 6s.
to 7s. per bushel. We are gratified by learning
of the total extinction of the bosh-rangers. Cody and
Dunne were yet at large. They had been seen in the
neighbourhood of the' Cross Marsh, and had, we un-
derstand,
very narrowly escaped capture. It is very
extraordinary that the public are, indebted to two men,
both prisoners, for the recent capture of Biary, and
also for the destruction of Murphy, Williams, and
Bird, and the capture of Tilley. Murphy and Williams
were shot by these men, after a powerful resistance
they also threw Brady and the rest into the hands of
the captors ; and finally shot Bird, and secured Tilley.
Important discoveries had• been made, and there is
little doubt but arrangements will be taken to prevent
the possibility of similar outrages again occurring.
The Jane Shore had put into -George Town on
her way to Sidney, laden with flour and salted meat,
procured 'at Batavia, and a similar cargo was on the
passage ; the depression of the times was severely
felt at Launceston ; buildings which were so rapidly
increasing, are standing still,. and mercantile pursuits
are rapidly declining.
.Upwards of 200 prisoners were
in Hobart Town goal, which was consequently in a
very crowded state. The editor of the Colonial Times
(Mr. Bent) had been brought up for judgment, and
sentenced to a heavy fine and imprisonment, in conse-
quence of an ex-officio • prosecution. The Mangles
had been chartered at Sydney, and was expected to
sail in May. The John Dunn had arrived from
Sydney, for Hobart Town, and would sail in about
18 days after the Sun, for England. The arrange-
ments for the new Bank at Sydney were nearly completed.
Price of wheat at the latter port :—Wheat' 6s. led.,
Maize 4s. 6d. and Barley 4s. 6d.. per bushel. Gen.
DARLING, who is much liked, had issued a notice pro-
hibiting ell persons holding situations from being concern-
ed directly or indirectly in any sort of traffic whatever.—
Five ofthe New South Wales Bush Rangers had been
captured, tried, found guilty, and executed.. Gen. DAR..
LING compels the Colonial Treasurer, the Naval Of-
ficer, and all the other public accountants, to send in
balance sheets every week, and to certify that the ba-
lance is in hand. The Almorah is sent to be con-
demned at Calcutta ; the ship and cargo brought.,:eerY
high prices. Sugar and tobacco are now grown .
extensively in New South Wales. Captain KELL It
of the Cape packet, had been put on his trial for shot"
ing at Valentine Hobby, a seaman of that vessel. The
Court had adjourned until the .following. Saturder"
the Jury wishing to see the ship, and new that et
of the vessel where the circumstance occurred.. t CO*
vernment ordinance had, been issued that on the Ist of
April all contracts and payments were to be. made in,
sterling money. It . was understood that the seat
Government would not be removed fttm Hobart Town
to New Norfolk, until advices had been received from
England on that subject. A gentleman named Young,
a Settler on the Macquarrie, had been plundered Of
1200 ounces of plate. A dreadful murder had been
committed on Mr. C. Robertson by s Captain Wil-
son, recently arrived from India, who resided with the
above Scotch gentleman. Mr. R. was found seated on
the sofa weltering in his blood, having been shot by
Captain W., who had discharged another gun at Min"
melt, which took effect.- The Coroner gave a verdict►
that the act was done by Capt. W. in a state of br
sanity.

The Colonial Times of the 7th April announce'
that most important discoveries have been brought to
light, and that in the next number the Editor of than
Journal will be enabled to give the public particular&
of a transaction of a most extraordinary nature..

The accounts from Ireland continue to present us
with a most lamentable picture of the distress which
already exists, and of the fearful apprehensions which
are entertained for the future.

The drought which has to long existed
'he•
with total destruction the late crop of potatoes.
oats have nearly failed ; the barley produces *Wu'
one-third only of an average crop ; and the tila hg*
almost universally suffered in a serious degree.
These facts, as they regard the South 000° r
have been re-stated in a letter which Mr. PA °
hss
Passage, has addressed to Mr. PEEL, by whom
been put IA communication with Mr. GouLautni 012
the subject. Mr. PARKER says— , ,„A
" A drought of general extent, and of unperal'e,-grest
tinuance, has desolated our once green fields, end L"'".tviisl
to the parched land that arid hue, which is of poll--
threaten
occurrence in warmer latitudes. 1. htiPi
" The wheat crop has fortunately. resisted the bit pot
effects of drought ; but the wheat of Ireland woulubos
feed one-third of the inhabitants. The early puto,Pl. pfor
most lamentably failed, being not one-tenth Of htoaf
duce of last year. The late potatoes, which form aro,'
eightestbuthe
of life of the Irish poor, do not afford the
pect of relief, es the seed in general, if not burnt "p /out
excessive heat, has been inactive in the grow' -
of moisture.
wl"1-
5
" The oat unfortunately affords no substitute, - .floored
all other plants, has suffered most. It may be_.s.C°l krip
totally destroyed, except on lands open to po
tion, or within the influence of the mountain
de:d of $
44 The barley may be considered about oneith kieti*
general average, but it is entirely burnt up 0° high
affording no food to either man gr 'beast. Whit Wit
" The last crop I shall refer to is the flax.
nse gr
article of Irish industry has participated in thil'Au-of,our
neral ruin, and which awfully affects the interest oson
poor. On the whole, such a dreadfully alarming on
has not occurred within the me of the oldest
Ireland."
We are not alarmists-...but we should wih"-1.1:1/c°,11tetrelili
e

thei truth if we did not candidyst;;OUr belief. dui' the
situation of the people of
most seiimAß apprehensions Must be entertained for ,
autumn and winter. Deprivedofal i°ll-
- usual , us,
the effects
of the season, andall other articles °' s 1 e
i oi-
tenance enhanced, as they 11 re °
will he, hy the failu , s
staple crops,
we cannot contemplate- any other il° ii
state of
the
bordering on famine, which must preblio,
among o.ng dense
population of many parts of Ithi,
is our duty,
'stress whet;
therefore, as Journalists, to state ~,r
conviction,,iti, t 1...
—wever painful it is to our feelings, our
, viewhe of producing any unnecessary alas thaw
of
distress
and charity, tend to mitigate
solelywhie tor the purpose of exciting those syniptene,
Ireland during the elibt;
may, by anticipated arrangements of
verity
volen ' the ,ezice
upon n0,,,0_
y Ireland. We have, it is . went,
/4 Consolation of knowing that the G°veern,iiipon
• being in possession of the most accurate inu.n.„l-iingc.
it bursts with redoubled "'true,
of the State of the Country, and actuated by 07
.trir
of. the most anxious solicitude for the poPle ° sig
measure
Siater Kiligdoin wWtMke every which liul
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means can devise to guard against and to meet the
calamity ; but the Government cannot feed a whole
population : we do therefore earnestly exhort every great
landholder of Ireland to proceed directly t'o his estate,
and by early arrangements for the employment, and
providing means of sustenance for the poor in his
neighbourhood, prepare for a season of more severe
distress than that which has been experienced in any
recent winter.

Mr. SOUTH, of Sloane-street, who is so distin-
guished as an. Astronomer throughout Europe,
,has
'received the following communication from the Royal
Observatory at Paris, which he has given publicity to,
relative to the discovery of another cornet.
Telegraphic Dispatch, received at Paris on 'Wed-
nesday afternoon, Aug. 16 :
" The Prefect of the Mouths of the Rhone, to the Board of
Longitude at Paris—
" On the authority of the Director of the Observatory at Mar-
seilles, I announce, that he has discovered a Comet, in the Con-
stellation Eridantis."

We learn that at the moment the proceedings at
Lancaster are going forward against the Wakefields,
their grandfather, Mr. Edward Wakefield, sen. of
Ipswich; has died at a very advanced age. He was
the husband of the authoress, Mrs. Priscilla Wake-
field, who survives him.

THE FUNDS.

CITY, Twelve e Clock.

The English Funds have remained all the morping quite inani-

mate, and very little business doing; Consols opened. at 17t3i it
both for money and account, and 78i for October ; the appearances
of the account are rather bullish. The Foreign Funds are with=
out any interest, Mexican Bonds are 45i ; Colombian, 32k.
All other. Foreign Funds are dull, with the exception of Brazilian
Mining Shaw which areil to 10 pm. ; every thing in the Share
Market continues flat.

India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 24 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 17
13 pm. •
Foustan Funtis.—Brazilian, 61 2; Buenos Ayres, 50 1 ;
Chian, 86 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 32i ; Mexican 5 per Cent.,
37 9,; Ditto 6 per Cent., 45i 6; Greek, 13 ; Russian, 83-1 ;
Portuguese, 72 8 ; Danish, 56i- ; Spanish, 1821-2, 91 101;
Ditto, 1823, 7.
Minn.—Anglo Mexican, 50 48 dis. ; United Mexican, 1/
11 dis. ; Pasco Peruvian, 11 10 dis. ; Castello, 1 1; Brazilian,
$ 9 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 10 20 pm. ; Bolivar, 1 3 dis. ; Colom-
bian, 1 2 per Share ;
SztAa.n.-....British Iron Company,• 29 '7 dis. ; Alliance Fire.
"lad Life, 6i 7 per Share ; Ditto Marine, 3 4 per Share.
Two o'clock.

No alteration has taken place in the price of Console, and they
continue with scarce any business at 784 4 ; and for October at
; 4 per Cent. 941 4 ; New 4 per Cents. 954. The Foreign
Funds hate remained at the same rate all day, except Mexican 6
per Cent. Bonds, which have advanced to 464 4. The Shares
continue at the same price, with the exception of Brazilian Mines,
Which are the only speculation in which business has been done;
they have been subject to considerable advance, and are now •124
lo 14 premium.

THREE O' CL 0 CK.

3 per Cent. Consols, 781
FOUR O'CLOCK _CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 781 , . Danish Bonds
Do. for Op. 74 Greek Do. 1825 13 i
Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825,46
Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian , Do. 25 26
Milian Do. 39-
Russ an Do. 83ft 84
Columbian, 1824, 32il 4,1 Spanish Do. 9.1