The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-18 00:00:00

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CoLmAn, Jilt." 3l.—The news which several
Officers of the left.,xiog of the Army of Occupa-
tion are stated to have spreatift the Baths of Ba-
den, viz. that preparations were making in their
corps to le re France in the autumn, and that
several orders had already been issued to confirm
this opinion, is wholly unfounded in respect to
both the assertions, since no measures have
been taken in any of these corps, nor orders re,
leive Icy:At-ell been issued. To draw 'positive 'Con•
elnsions front conjectures which are freipteriily in-
setted in the 1:;'t cock Papers would be very preci-
pitate, especially at the present moment, as the
question is not to be decided till the approaching
`Congress of the Allied Sovereigns.
The Duke of Wellington will indeed begin et
the end of the month of August the review of all
the corns of the Allied troops, ot which he is the
Commander-in-Chief ; but his jinn ides for this
purpose will probably have its little influence on
the departure or further stay of the Army of
cupatioo, as those he has made in each of the

preceding ye:►rs about the same time. That the
Emperor of Austria may probably honour these
reviews with his presence, is indeed the ardent
wish of tl►e Austrian corps, which has so long
been separated from its Sovereign and country ;
but there is no order, or even hint, which can
give confidence or even probability to this hOpe.
Natures, Juts 16 —The monetary law of his
Majesty the King of the Two Sicilirs, dated
Portici, the 20th of April, indicates a great ad-
vance in this branch of political aconomy, which
the Neapolitan Government has made before that
of any other European State, not excepting even
England ; since by this law " the silver coiti,
alone and exclusively, and without any reference
to the gold coin of the State, is assumed as the
standard for the valt►ation of all objects of trade
and commerce." This highly•improved mone-
tary system is the fruit of many years meditation,
and of the exertions of the Minister of Finance,
Chevalier de Medici. It was to have been pub-
lished so long ago its the year 1805, but war and
invasion prevented it. Though it has been hut a
few months in force, the happy effects of it al-
ready shew themselves, and money flows so
abundantly into the mint, that the value of above
a million ducats lies in bars ready to be coined,
and it is not possible to execute all the orders.
Under the title of " Ordinance of the Minister of
Finance for the execution of the 14th article of
the law on the Monetary System of the 20th
April, 1818,'' the Chevalier the Medici has pub-
lished an admirable and masterly explanation, and
t►vo tables, Which merit the attetutou of every
this►lcing man. It is a remarkable phenomenon
that we should see issue front Naples (which ge-
neral opinion in Enrope would represent as the
most unenlightened country), rays of light, while
in other commies it is yet clink.; and this is not
the first example in legislation and administration,
in which Neapolitan writers, if they have not
opened the way, have, however•, tendered it more
practicable, as may be instanced in Filangleri's
and Gulliawi's writings on the Corn Trade. It
may also be observed here, that Naples is the
only country in Italy where they have had the
good sense to reject hardly any of the good mea-
sut•es of administration, which had been intro-
(limed there in consequence of the late !evolutions,
as an indemnity, though an insufficient one, for
many evils, and are besides seriously intent upon
extending them to Sicily, which stands so much
in need of them.

PERSIA.--It is asserted in England, that the Ca-
binet of St. Petersburgh demands the Aras or
Araxes as a frontier, anti to insist that all the
Persian ports in those waters shall be ceded to
Russia. This extension of territory would com-
prehend the 'thole south-east of Armenia, and
bring the frontier line in one place to within
about 50 (German) miles of Tibrenz ; whereas,
the Russians hare at present no possessions On
the South of the Fier or Cyrus ; but a good route
for caravans is already open to them on the north
of the Caspian sea,to Bochara. The well-calculated
advances of the Russians excite the continually in-
creasing ealousy of the British Cabinet, and theex-
pectatiou of au approaching breach bet ween Russia
and Persia, which might easily have a great in-
fluence on the telat ions of rhat Empire with England.
Ruhrem Khan Uzbeg is encamped with 16,000
men on the banks of the Georgau or
.Koorgan,
and as soon as he has completed his negociations,
about the hostages to be delivered to hint by the
Turcomau tribe, it is expected he will advance
against Khorasan. The loss of the fortress of
Aserairad, on the Caspian sea, which was consi-
dered in some respect as a palladium of the em-
pire, is very sensibly felt at the Persian Court.
The Persian Monarch has just taken measures re-
specting the politically important island of Bah-
rein in the province of Oniaa, which show his
apprehensions of its being occupied by " Infi-
dels." This island is one of the finest in the
Persian Gulf, or near to the Arabian coast, and
covered with villages and plantations of datei. The
town of Medina, which together ‘vit it the fort colt-
Cailis 91)0 houses, carries on a great trade with
Bussora and other ports in the Gulf. The port of
Medina is accessible to ships not exceeding 200
tons burden, and with 'a good wind they can sail
in 14 hours trout Bueshire to Bahrein. Near the
Island is a bank where the fittest pearls in the
veorld are fished. They are found in small shells
fastened to the bottom of the sea bv a thin and very
long thread which the divers cut off. The King of
Persia has strongly recommended to the Arab Shirks
and the Imanoi Muscat.not to allow theoccupation
of the Island of Bahrein by the infidels, and pro-
mises powerfully to support the measures they may
adopt for the purpose. A divir:ion of the Persian
army has lately besieged J-lerat, or hieratic, the
capital of South Khorasan. The Governor of the
city, Schah Zadu-Feerogsden, ins applied for aid
to his father, Schell Malimud, upon tvEivb the VI-