The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-19 00:00:00

eottpie of feet front the snrfitee of the ground.—
This Water is, besides, fetid and nnwholvsome,
and we are under the necessity of drinking river
wattr,.ANhich is alw*ys turbid, and which the
opnlent alone take mite ropnrify. The river and
the marshes are full'of alligators, some of which
I haie seen t 5 feet lung. They attack persons
only in the water, which makes it dangerous to
bathe in the river.

" Our explinces here are three times greater
than at Paris, and yet we lire much worse ; the
sttuallest lodging casts 100 fr..a mouth, tinfurnish-
-ed. The workman's daily pay is 2 dollars, or
10 fr.: unfortunately merchandise is not sold here
in the same proportion ; so great a quantity is
brought front all parts of the world, and espe-
cially front England, that stuffs are at the lowest
price. 1 have bought fine Englishprinted cottons
at 121 d. a yard. if this glut continues, many
mercautile houses will be ruined, for there is nu
sort of proportion between the abundance of
goods and the consomption."

FItENC LI FUNDS.

5 perCctits.
Bank Actions —.1153 1. 75c.

DUTCH MAIL.

ERECEIVPD THIS MORNING.]

neusseLs, Dec. G.--A Proclamation of his
liejesty has been published here, of which the
following is the substance :
On the 26th of Fehrnsry orders were given to

the Commissioners General of the War Depart-
ment, till a regular cartel for the giving up of
deserters should be concluded with France, that
all French deserters shall be detained who are met

within the Netherlands, and -should be given up
to the French Authorities, on condition that the
same was clone in France with respect to the de-
serters from the Netherlands. The Commissioners
having, however, stated, that though the French
deserters had been constantly stopt and given up,
this attention had met with no return, his Ma-
jesty revokes his orders of 26th February.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. 9.—A notice published. re-
specting the appearance of the plague in the Laz-
zaretto of Tripoli states, that up to the 31st of
October the population of the city had not been
affected, but it was feared that there might have
been some communication with the infected goods,
consisting of carpets, &c. The Polacre was from
Constantinople and Smyrna.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 6.—Mr. St. Martin, Counsel-

for in the High Court of Justice of Liege, has
given this city (Brussels) a proof of his regard,
by requesting the Governor of the Province to
accept a certain number of paintings to serve par-
ticularly for the instruction of young artists.
These paintings are thirty in number, and his
Lxcellency the Commissioner-General of Public

Instruction leis authorised the Governor to oc-
coptthis patriotic offer, and to place the pictures
to a convenient situation till the apartment in the
11 liversily which is preparing for them can be got

r "%Ir. St. Martin bas exerted hirnsFif to
get them removed hither.

There has appeared in Germany an interesting
account of the life of the famous Schnlmehter,
who has so often been mentioned in the public
papers as the most active agent and spy of Napo-
leon. This account throws a very different light
upon his character. The author states that
his account was obtained front pvracw.s to whose
custody Schultneister was confided, and from a
subsequent personal acquaintance with Seim!.
tneister himself. So tench had been said of hini,
that on the entrance of the Alliew into Paris in
1815 it was thou-ght proper to arrest him, which
was accordingly done by the Prussians, and he
was conveyed to NVcsel, where he was at first
treated with much rigour; but it appearing after-
wards that Ithe accusations against him were ill-
founded, that his papers were of no importance,
and the various examinations made having nt
length convinced his judges of his innocence, he
was set at liberty. Tile account of ills life is ex-
tremely interesting, and in some degree romantic;
it appears from it, that-his fiptelting the tr.
vice of Napoleon was not owing%to Any previous
disposition in his tavekor, but merely accidental,
and indeed almost compelled.

Mr. Wten, Consul of the United States at Riga,
is arrived at the seat of Government, with Dis-
patches from Mr. Halms, Chargé des /Waives of
the United States at the Court of Itus,ijl, So
much bad transpired, that the arrest, and confine-
ment of , Mr. liast.on,, the Russian Consuk Gene-
rid at Philadelphia, on a charge for no imputed
criminal offence, had, under the influence of
Mr. 'DASCHOFF'S representations, created some
dissatisfaction in the Imperial Uovetntuent, which
manifested itself in the temporary prohibition of
Mr. Ilattats from attending the Russian Cowl, and
in the orders which, it is'already understood, have
terminated Mr. DAsctixopr's mission to America.
So soon as the Government of the Vnited States
became acquainted with the tlilipleasure of the
EMPEUOII in the affair, ncr small alarm was evi-
dent at Washington ; attcqthe late Secretary of
the PRESIDENT was sent in the Prometheus with
Dispatches, containing unequivocal 113$11,ValICCS
the friendly disposition of the Americart,Govern»
meta towards Russia, and proposals
,which it ,was
fondly luilled ‘l'Pktl4 Lit entirely sitistaftory.to the
offended Monarch'.