The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-03 00:00:00

PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE.

PARIS, SEPT. 29.—The hatred of the liberals
to the new law of Elections is.now accounted for;
many of them are no longer eligible. Even the
great Leviathan, M. LArITTE, " the rich M. LA-
"pITTE, the first Banker in Europe," .is no longer
qualified to be a Deputy. The new law says,
whoever pays 1000 francs (40 guineas) taxes, one
half of whickrnust be account of real.property,
is qualified. Well, and is not M. LArirr c qualified ?-
No--J-this " great Banker !!" pays OIIirSEVEN
GUINEAS per annum of taxes, for all his:property.
real and personal !p. Impossible !-.--to convince
the most incredulous, he has only look at the
printed list posted up on the walls in conformity
to the new law, containingthe exact amount of
taxes paid by all persons.'qualified to vote ; this..
list is fatal to the pretensions of: many who are
ambitious of being thought rich; •..it proves that
M. LAFITTE would not be even qualified to vote
as an elector, if the licence he pays as Banker.
was not allowed to be taken into the .a.Cconnt:—
now comes he then to be at 'the head of the
" first Bank in Europe," to spend so much motley,-
to advance 40001. to have'an edition of the Clas-.
sics christened after, hire, and 12,0001. for the'
Montagnes Beaujon,'both of which sums are sunk"
for ever ?.--But we forgot, he receivewsubscriptions
for the -" Revue Encyclopedique ! !" and has be-
sides got two new. props to his house. Govern-
Ment declares, that he pays only 176 francs in
taxes, and it is his duty-to his customers to prove
'that they,,have security for the money they plaCe
in his hands. M. KERATRY at length plainly tells
us that 'he is ..the organ of the revolutionary fac-
tion. This silly man never weighs the:conse-
quence of his arguments ; he declares in . his pa-
per of to-day, that notsvithstandingthe law which,
fixes the right to vote for a deputy at 300 francs,
that it is not' a right, but a, condition; for all
Frenchmen have that right, which- is confirmed
by the Charter, stating 'that all Frenchmen are
equal before the law. It folloWS:then from M.
KERATRY'S argument of equality, that all per-
sons have an equal right to be Electors, Depu-;
ties, Peers, Ministers, and • 'Xings.-:. we do- not
know what place M. KERATRY has- fixed on as
his right, but the man who professes principles
at which the monsters of 1793 would blush; must
chuse between the epithets of a Madman or a
traitor ; he 'should be sent either to Charenton
(Bedlam) or the Conciergerie. - '

DEATH or THOMAS HARRIS, ESQ.—This high-
ly esteemed and universally respected Gentleman
closed his mortal career oft Sunday hightlist,' at,
:his cottage at Wimbledon. His age was far-ad.:.
, vaneed ; it was that of our late lamented Sovereign
nor has he long survived his venerated Monarch;
who, for so long a series of years, was his most
giacious patron' and kindest supporter. For
more than half a century Mr. llAnats most ho-
nourably filled the arduous situation of chief
Proprietor
,and Manager of Covent-Garden The-
sire ; when, some years ago, his corporeal powers
sunk under the exertion ; still no disease could
reach his mind, which, to the last, retained all
its active energy. At that period he assigned
over all' his theatrical property
.to his son, Mr.
HENRY HARRIS, and the chief solace and enjoy-
ment of his declining years, has been to guide by
ltis experience, and affix by hii- advice, his son,
in_ the exercise of the difficult duties of Theatri-
cal Management. FeW Possessed so many qua 7
lifications. as ,Mr. Mum's, for his . office. His.
manners were. those of a
,polished Gentleman,
his temper 'was firm, yet mild and conciliatory ;
his principles steady, and faithful to, his,engage-
ments—his dramatic _taste .and judgment, puie
and 'Correct, as those numerons highly talented.
Dramatists and PerfOrmers can testifY, who have
:received the advantage of 'his critical remarks
and' s tigges t on s.—(l'lforning .Paper.)
DEATH OF WM. FIELDING, ES44---We ..regret
to state that about six o'clock on Sunday even- ,
.ing, WILLIAM FIELDING, Esq, the senior .IVlag'o..
trate at the Police-office, Queen-square, departed_
this life, at his house, where he had been con-
fined for several weeks past, in consequence
of a severe attack of the dropsy. Ile was
attended by Mr.' Walshrnan,
.an eminent
physician, and Dr. Arundal, N.yht? entertained
scarcely any hopes of his recovery from the carn.
meneetnent. The persons present at.hii dissolu-
tion were'Mrs. Fielding, his only, SDR.
liam Fielding, and Charles Dew, . the office,
keeper, who was called up
:before he breathed
his last. Mr. Fielding's eminent talents at.the.
Bar, for a great series of years, have been well'
known, and 'need comment. He had also
been a Police Magistrate for about twelve years ;
and during that period, he discharged his official
duties with impartial ability; and, upon, all occar
sions, he was the strenuous advocate of the poor
and unfortunate. He was about 80 years of age,
and maintained his mental faculties to the last,
when he expired without a groan.
A-private letter from Boulogne, dated the 25th.
of September, states that 'l6 witnesses for the
QUEEN had jost arrived there, chiefly tradespeo-
ple, from Genoa, COmo, Pesaro, and Ancona.
More witnesses were said to be on tfie way from
Rome, and among them four or five ladies of dis-
tinction.

It appeari by letters from Malta, that the
BritiSh merchants in Sicily continued to be greatly
apprehensive for the safety of 'their persons and
property, and had applied to the Government at
Malta forßriti slt ships to protect them. The fol-
lowino. is an extract from one of them

" Mat,TA, Anc. 27.—At present all is anarchy and con'
fUsion in Sicily; moveable property is considered to he very
unsafe by British Merchants, who write in great alarm', and
applications have been made to the Government of this Island
for vessels of war to anchor otF Palermo and
.Messina, to af-
ford protection in case of need. Several individuals ti;iv,
barked their property in ships aim* the coast. I still hope
that the Sieilirs will succeed in their stir tiggle.for liberty."
The Marquess of lIERTFORD, We are con,.
cerned to state,
,is seriously indisposed at Hert-
ford House, Manchester-square.
Last night the Duke and Duchess oef. GLou-
CESTER arrived.at Gloucester House, froni Bagshetv;
Eight thousand three hundred and. seventy,fiv e
perions have arrived this season .from England at.
quaec • as settlers in British North. America,