The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-31 00:00:00

I.' By the Judgment of the Cour Royale yes

terday, the sentence upon M. Ferret, the author
of l'Homme gris, was mitigated from two years'

to one year's imprisonment.
" In the evening of the 20th inst. a violent
storm did great damage in the .Communes of
Meylau and Biviers, about a league from Gre-
noble. In Riviera a torrent overwhelmed some
vineyards and cultivated fields, and surrounded a
house, the whole family in which, consisting of a

father and mother, a child, and a nurse, perished•
The house was filled with a mass of earth, stones,

and %ater.

" Letters from Bologna announce the death .o
Cardinal Lante, Legate of his. Holiness in that

Province.

" We learn from Florence, the 15th inst. that
on the 13th Lord Burghers'', the English Mini-
ster at the Court of Tuscany, invested Rear-Ad-
miral Sir Thomas Freemantle with the grand in-
signia of the Military Order of the Bath. There
was a grand fête given on the occasion, which was
honoured with the presence of the Grand Duke
and the Princes and Princesses of his family.
The Banqueting Room was decorated with busts
of the Prince Regent, the Duke of Wellington,
Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Perceval.

FIVE PER CENTS.

Monday

...77 f. 45c.

DFFERIIEt) bTOCIC..
of the 22d Nim ch, 1817, 97 f. 75c.
22d Sept. 1817, S 5 f. 75 c.
22d March, 181:1, B3 f. tthr.

" NURED.IBERG, JULY 20.--At the beginning
of August several Prussian corps, stationed in
Magdeburg, the Marche of Brandenburg, Pome-
rania, and the Prussian Dochy of Saxony, will
march to the environs of Berlin, to be placed in
cantonments, till the arrival of the Kiug of ['cassia
and the Elopet or of Russia.
" MAY ENCE. JULY 19.—Sinee Prussia has ac-
quired several fine Provinces on the two banks of
the Rhine, the Government has been occupied
with the execution of a general plan of defence
for these territories. The old places have been
repaired, great works have been continued, and
on different points new strong plates have been
constructed. The Court of Berlin extends also
its plans of defence to all the Western Provinces.
" A fortress of the first class has been con-
structed at :Minden, on the Weser, which will
cover Lower Saxony, and command Westphalia.
Several other fortifications are erecting in West-
phalia, and towards the frontiers of Holland.
" On the side of France, the works of Saar-
louis have been repaired and streogthePed,—

.11.-t Ll.Otetirbui'g works ar'e 'continually ettrqiilg i)itt'
in order to make it one of the first fortress°
Europe.
nri-i•
" Julit tl, the ~corks of s c re very c--5
vrtil
for
derable, is to be a grand plat d'al nes. '
"On the Banks of the Rhine, three large 01
resses are to be constructed between 11°/.30,
and Bingen, forming a line with Mayelice' ilji
clan, and the two new fortresses which are to
erected on the Upper Rhine. tliC
" The three grand Prussian fortresses on
Rhine will be Wesel, Cologne, and Cuble°l;
The last mentioned place is to become a forty
td
of the first class 3 the works are tube extended he
comprehend the ci-'levant chartreuse, and ell of
neighbouring neighbouring heights. The celebrated F°rt 0,1
Ehrenbreitstein is to be completely repaired, ad
it will serve still further to protect the t°
Coblentz.•
" Between Woe, and Coblentz, Cologne
conies a fortress of immense extent. The ancies
solid walls of this city, on which numerous t`”4l iri
are erected, has been adapted to the preseut 5143 g
of military Science, and surrounded by a girceis
number of bastions. New towers protect I' -
bastions as advanced works.
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" Wesel is protected on the opposite std` ° , er
Rhine by Fort Blucher. Cologne will be Wt.'
protected by the little town of Deutz, opeilgi

which is to be made a regular fortress.
ping
CARLSRUHB, JULY 21 —Yesterday e-v e.vej
the Duke of Ragusa (Marshal Marmon') aril to
here on his way to Baden, where he pro Pases

stay some time.
" Art-LA-CHAPELLE, JULY cha,pa i--100
Rohe, situated out of the gate of Maestriebt,ooo
a league from this city, has been hired for 16'
ore
francs , it is believed for the Emperor tilexree
der. The house Braumerz, in the great strut
de I3orcette, and that of Offermans, 00 the been
des Capucins, have, it is understood, of
taken for the Emperor of Austria and the 14:41$
Prussia.
P issiS
" BERLIN, JULY 18. The King of ripe
will return here the 29th or 30th installs' hi
period of the arrival of the Emperor of "fuss-
pot yet known."
spilt
A Letter from our Correspondent
which we received this day, but lot, late I°rin
sertion, states the favourable aspect of tiff3il:os
France, and confirms all that we have said us 0,
Conspiracy, the arrest of CANUEL, sod the Or:,
sion of VITRoLLES. It shall appear to-dOtras
M rill
"It is strongly suspected," says The ifts
Chronicle, with wbudetfal sagacity, ``l"l,loci
Conspiracy which has been detected in 141;00,
had some well-wishers, if not direct histl6o%oot
in other Countries."—" There needs ti° bg
tiu°
come from the grave to tell us this." - trieso
there are bete also, as well as in other Cad" ale
well-wishers to the cause of Treason and on be
tiou : and as to " direct Instigators," 114 p
found every day in the Paper in questio9' OA
be remembered that we first comentoic°%ose
account of this Conspiracy, and were to 013
quence assailed by the doubts, th,„areast""eo, it
the censures of other Journals. " th•filol.l
,ar I
now appears" that we were correct i 4
;nation, and all the other Journals, Ihuug
rise
may affect to ridicule the plot, and 10 t 0
Conspirators, are obliged to admit the sr d die
our statement, though none of them have ha
grace to acknowledge their error.
soon'
LIVERPOOL, JULY 29.—Arrived the 0.419
led th '66'
NEWCOMBE, from Savannah. St°
3 long'
June, and on the 30th, iu lat. 35. 4. • tide
59. was plundered by the indict/I Iluivoetril'es,
Spanish colours, of money, watches, c
provisions.

We have stated, upon the best Wort:l36°' lop
the Commissioners appointed to act teed
littouGHAM'S Act, as Stiled, Were SCleCrel
: tll6
as respectable Persons as could be found frln.eoll
Country. We have stated also that the two
.',l-
of Mr. BuoucirAm, who essentially assisted bleirte
preparing his Bill, made no application to Go dot
3/1
meta to lie included in the Cointuis:joo, 4
no application was made in their favour, al"yero,
pointed out the folly of supposing that 6° 011)1i
went was to go in search of them, liguelisr'
in
entreat them to condescend to he lin:hided td.o, its
The Chronicle th is day return.; to the suhieers'eciotls
usual malignant pet tinacity, but owlet' ibe 5P !
form of a letter, signed " eileiTlY t° are
The Chronicle forsooth, the col,,inus ‘vhis.-criier
jp
pregnant with incessant abuse ! lbesible
says that Lord SIDMOUTH detTlY lePc't) 00°1
this matter, anti the " the eyes “f theiieno 141,j
ought to be directed with undivided
Cucu
in
aatt the
edv
sercise of igielatiee'tava:.l(iles ltli
hint." Lord SIDNOtITII, tire
thing to four grow the mostobselro: sir
conduct, and if the eyes of L 11"

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