The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-04 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PETITIONS.

Mr. WEBB HA.LL, (Secretary of the Board of
Agriculture), the original mover of the late nu-
merous Agricultural Petitions, and the Chairman
of the General Committee of Management ap-
pointed by the Agricultural Associations, has
published in the Farmer's Journal a Report, which
seems designed as a general reply to the argu-
ments employed in the House of Commons in
opposition to his Petitions, whether the argu-
ments of Ministers, Manufacturers, Merchants,
or abstract Political Economists. The paper is
too long for our limits, but we shall endeavour
to abridge it, without any change in Mr. HALL'S
words, and faithfully preserving all his argu-
ments.—The Report commences by stating
_ _

" That there hare been presented to the House of Com-
mons this Session, including the Petitions presented since the
reference to the Select Committee of that-Honourable House,
upwards of 280 Petitions, signed by upwards of 100,000 Peti-
tioners, occupying not less than four millions of acres of land,
almost all imputing the distressed state of Agriculture to the
impost of Foreign productions, duty free, which might be
grown in this Country, and almost all praying that all the
productions of the soil of the United Kingdom might in fu-
ture he protected from impUrt of similar commodities, duty
free, in as ample and beneficial a manner as the Merchants
and Manufacturers of the United Kingdom are by the Naviga-
tion Act and other Statutes of the Realm already protected
in their Shipping and Manufactories from Foreign cons-
petition."
The Report then proceeds to describe the fate
of these Petitions, of which our readers are all
sufficiently informed, regrets that the Petitioners
were not permitted to go into proof of the
•.cor-
rectness of their allegations and arguments—but
:assumes that the refuSal of the House of Corn-
mons to permit the discussion is a direct acknow-
ledgment'or the truth of the, facts advanced, and
of the fairness of the inferences deduced from
these facts. In answer to the argument used by
the Right Honourable President of the Board of
Trade—
" That it was impossible to charge the distress on the ex-
isting Corn Laws, and to maintain that the low price of Corn
was attributable to them, when the fact was, that no Foreign
Corn had been imported since Feb. 1819, before which period,
he believed, there was not a single quarter of Foreign Corn
in the. (bonded) warehouses. However low,. therefore, the
present price of Corn, it could not with any'justice and reason,
be attributed to any inefficiency in the present law."
Mr. llALL'sßepert observes—

" That Right Hon. Gentleman . has quite forgotten to re-
mark, or, if not forgotten, he has certainly omitted to mention
one material circumstance, on which indeed all the grievances
of the Petitioners rest, viz. That in the year ending the sth
of January, 1819, there were imported into this Kingdom,
duty free, the enormous quantities of 26,799.367 bushels of
Foreign Corn and Grain, anti 24,751,749 pounds of Foreign
Wool, at a duty of only one halfpenny acd a fraction per
.pound ; and that between the Bth day of .January, 1819, and
the 15111 of February following, the day the Ports.did close,
being a period of 41 days more, there must have been im-
ported at least, taking the import for those 41 days on the
average of the whole year, three millions of bushels of
Foreign Corn and Grain more, making • in all on hand in this
-country, on the day the Ports did close, full 30 millions of
bushels of Foreign Corn and Grain imported duty free, and
which, on its lauding before the 15th of February, 1819, or
being in sight of land on or before that day, became amalga-
mated with and formed part and parcel of our own Corn
and Grain, and could be as freely sold in any of our
markets as any of our own productions, which on their
growth and production contributed to all the taxes levied in
this Country; and which excessive 'quantities of Corn and
Wool (so permitted to be imported by the laws of this laud,
duty freo, as to Corn, and nearly so as to Wool, although a
triflingbut inadequate duty of Gd. per pound has since been
laid'on thelatter,) have been daily and hourly from that period
to the present time operating upon, am l is at this moment in
full operation acting upon the prier of similar productions of
all the. growers in. the kingdom, and compelling them by the
silent, but subtle and certain operation of such import 'duty
free, to sell their productions below. the legitimate and fair
price which the cost of their.productionS in this Country
ought to obtain, and which the growers would infallibly have
'obtained,- hut *tor such import of -similar couuuodities from

" It is admitted by all, that 0; exelusion price of wheat,
for instance, under the 55th Geo. 3, c. 26, viz. 80s. per quar-
ter, is so near the minimum or average price at which wheat
can be grown in this country, that it is obvious to the most
superficial observer, that time slightest undulation in price,
above the minimum at which wheat can be grovel', must
open the ports for the importation of foreign wheat duty free;
aid if on the opening of the ports, by the operation of this
law, its mechanism will admit 26 or thirty millions of bushels
of corn and grain, dray free,. before its operation will close
them again, as it did the last time they were open, then it
signifies little, as long as the exclusion price is fixed so near,
or rather at the minimum price at which corn can be grown
in this country on au average of years, whether such avera-
ges are accurately taken or not. Fur, whether such averages
are taken with the greatest accuracy, till they attain the price
of 90s. per quarter, or only on partial quantities of the best
samples, whereby the real average of 725. per quarter may, by
the Returns delivered to the Inspectors, be computed at SOs.
per quarter; yet, as the slightest deficiency of crop will be
sure to surmount either price, which ever way the averages
are computed (supposing there is ❑o stock of foreign corn in,
the Country, as in January, 1819), the interval upon a rising
market between the price of corn reaching its apparent, or
true average of 80s. per quarter, will be so short, and the
delay in opening the ports, arising purely from this difference
in computing the averages, of such tr►fling benefit to the
grower, as not to deserve another word upon this part of the
subject. Not so, however, if the exclusion price had been
fixed nearer the maximum at which corn could be rendered
in years of scarcity, for then every is. in the Returns, when
approaching the exclusion price, would tell ; but fixed where
it is, such a variation in taking the averages as the Report of
the Select Committee refers to, can have but little, or no
effect in protecting or injuruig the growers."
Mr. HALL concludes his Report with the follow-
ing appeal to the Mercantile and Manufacturing
interests, and the Legislature in general :

" That it appears the objection which was manifested in the
House of Commons to investigate the allegations of the Peti-
tioners, has arisen principally from the fascinating, but mis-
taken language of those who hold out to the public the ad-
vantages of cheap bread, and that it was often objected to
the Petitioners by individual Members of the House of Com-
mons, " That their object was to raise the price of bread,"—
If it be meant by Ibis observation, that their object is
to raise the price of bread to au higher value than it
can be imported for from Poland or from Russia, this
they admit to be true; hut in their turn they ask their
opposers to pause, and calculate what such bread will cost,
if it be purchased at the sacrifice of the Agriculture of Great
Britain and Ireland ? Fur the petitioners humbly contend
that the only way to eat bread, permanently cheap, and for
their labourers to earn the wages to procure it, is, by giving
such encouragement to the agr►culture of this country, as to
produce such a redundancy of grain, of our own growth, as
that wheat shall never be scarce, and if not scarce, it can
never be dear; and the means of procuring it will be always
at hand by the productive labour of producing it from our
own soil.

'4 What has paid for at least two-thirds of all the imports
and manufacturing industry of the country consumed at
home ? Undoubtedly the productions of our own soil ; but
these are reduced aHd degraded, and no longer able to supply
the medium through which the merchants and manufacturers
of this country derived their best trade.
" What has paid for the other third of our imports and the
manufacturing industry of the country consumed at home ?
The profits arising front our commerce and manufactures, and
the dividends of those fundholders who spend their incomes
in the country; and if those proportions be near the truth,
the framer of this Report may safely ask, can any infatuation
exceed that of sacrificing our agriculture to the fascinating
cry of cheap bread, which our present experience strews, de-
grades every sort of property (except the Funds, which it
,endangers to the very, foundation), and every branch of in-
dustry we can mention, to a level with itself?

" GEORGE WEBB HALL."

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR-At the beginning of this week a
pamphlet was sent to me, entitled, " The Royal
Exile ' • or Memoirs of the Public and Private Life
of herMajesty,Caroline, Queen Consort of Great
Britain ; a full and impartial account of the
Charges against her ; Contents of the Green
Bag, with other curious and interesting docu-
ments, never before published. By J. Adolphus,
I do not know whether the publisher, Mr.
Jones, of Warwick-square, intends it to be be-
lieved that I am the author of this Work, or whe-
ther he has some person in reserve who thinks it
Convenient to write under my name ; but, as he
tells us on the wrapper of his pamphlet, that
more than twenty numbers are published, and ten
Editions sold, I think it due to myself to request,
that you will be the means of communicating to
the public, that 'I have no part or share in the
w rithig or publishing of this book, and that I never
knew or heard of it until last Sunday, When the
first number reached me at Lewes.
I am, Sirs
Your most obedient Servantl
Temple, Aug. 2, 1820. • JOHN ADOLPHUS.

*** It is too common a practice for the public
to be surprized at the use which is often made of
popular names, in order to obtrude upon them
worthless productions under such a sanction, and
the eminent Barrister, whose literary' and profes-
sional talents are so well-known, naturally point-
ed him out as a fit subject for so contemptible an
expedient on the present occasion.

sentence, theA-epi
opposite Newgate,
tielorrdyay morning James.
pursuant to his
for perjury. At twelve o'clock he was
fixed in the machine, in the presence of a vast
concourse of spectators, and he'rethained in it,
apparently under the greatest pain, for one hour.
'lt appears that he gave false evidence fora female
named Dillon, who was charged with a robbery,
to prove an alibi, but the contradictions were so
palpable that the city commenced a prosecution,
and he was sentenced to twelve months impri-
sonment ; afterwards to stand in the pillory, and
ultimately to be transported for seven years be-
yond the seas.

The first part of this work, which was entitled
" The Tour of Doctor Systax, in Search of the
Picturesque," possessed so much merit, that it
soon went through eight Editions, and became
so popular, that it tempted several impudent
Scribblers to assume the title, and to affix the
Doctor's name to some worthless compositions
which soon expired in their own insignificance.—
Those swindling attempts, however, were attend-
ed with one good consequence, for they provoked
the ingenious Author of the original work to
come forward and vindicate his reputation by re-
saming the subject, and gratifying the Public with
a second part, relating the amiable but whimsicA
Doctor's farther expeditions. Our Readers will
remember that the Doctor had the misfortune to
lose his wife, as described in the first part, and
though he did not also lose his taste for the
Picturesque under this heavy calamity, his second
Tour was chiefly intend6d to divert his mind from
melancholy reflections, and therefore he was in-
duced to undertake a new journey for the purpose
of seeking for CONSOLATION. The adventures that
befel him in the last expedition are recorded in
this second part, which was brought forth in
eight monthly Numbers that now complete the
work. We shall not forestall the curiosity of
our Readers by a description of the nature and
extent of his rambles, but we can assure them
that the character of the Hero is maintained with
the same spirit and humour as at first, and the
Public have now a work that will always hold a
distinguished rank among the humoi oui and
moral productions of the present age. The name
of the Author has long been well known by many
other excellent works in verse and prose, but as
he has never annexed it to any of his former pro-
ductions, we do not think we have a right to
mention it on the present occasion. We can pro-
mise our Readers great pleasure in the perusal of
the resumed tour of the learned, pious, and good-
humoured Doctor, and cannot but express our
surprize as well as admiration of the Author's
vigorous and fertile imagination, at the advanced
period of life to which he has arrived, as an-
nounced in the subjoined brief, modest, and
cate Introduction. It is, also, but justice to Mr.
ROWLANDSON to state that the twenty-four plates
which adorn the Second Part, exhibit the full
spirit and humour which characterized all those
efforts of his facetious pencil, which gave occa-
sion to the former part of this original and divert-
ing Poem, and which so well illustrated its pro-
gress and adventures. .

66 INTRODUCTION.

" It .has, been the opinion of many whose su-
perior judgment commanded my submission, that
I was called upon to separate the works written
by me, as the Biographer of Dr. Syntax, from
those which have been palmed upon the public,
by others, who have pilfered that title. I have
submitted to this opinion, though my eightieth
year is approaching, and have written this book.
The first Tour of Dr. 'Syntax, in Search of the
Picturesque, the Dance of Death, the Dance of
Life, and this Volume, containing the second
Tour, are the only works in this style of compo-
sition, which have been written by me.
" This second Tour is, like the former one, a
work of suggestions, from the plates, by Mr.
RowLANDsoN, though not with such entire re-
serve as the first. Some few of the subjects may
have been influenced by hints from me, and I am
willing to suppose that such are the least amusing
of them.—For the sake of my Readers I might
have wished for more time thanswas allowed me,
and, for my own sake, that I had more strength,
—but if the work appears to be such, as to justify
the hope of affording pleasure, apologies are need-.
less ; and if such an expectation is doubtful, they
are impertinent.

,g THE AUTHOR."

FATAL AFFRAY.—A distressing affair has oc-
curred at Greenock. Between twelve and one
o'clock yesterday morning (Sunday, 30th ult.),
a dispute took place in a low public-house be-
twixt seven soldiers of the 13th regiment and
some sailors, when they came to blows, and the
soldiers were worsted. Maddened by drink and
the beating they had received, the soldiers ran
immediately to their quarters, whither they
were followed by an insulting crowd, and load-
ing their, pieces, commenced tiring from the win-
dows. The interference of the Police having
been in the mean time called for, a party of
them came up to the soldiers' quarters, when two
of the Policemen were killed by the tire of the
musketry, and a sailor so severely wounded that
he is since dead. The Officer of the 13th who
was on guard, immediately on being apprised of
the disturbance, proceeded to the spot, and se-
cured all the seven men, who have since been
handed over to the civil power. Such are the
accounts which we have heard of this most un-
fortunate
.event, but we have not been able to
procure any letter from Greenock on the sub-
ject. It is so far consolatory, that there was no
previous ill blood betwixt the military and the
sdnischiaLinage lostof duty.--(Glasgow
in the con-
sprocedure in this
their
inhabitants,ancl has
unfortunate
e been no n o manifestation
of such spirit uWaiting
for the ju-
dicial
affair, we
must, in the mean time, express our regret at two
uty.—(Glasgow
c() ro.ues innocent mo

LONDON %JOURNALS.

[DAILY EXTRACVS.]

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.

[lllorrzing Post.]
THE QUEEN.

It is an obvious and indisputable fact that the'
unfertunate QUEEN still permits herself to remain
under the influence of the most evil and perni-
c'ions Counsels. In her answer to the Berwick
Address she is made not only to put the most un-
warrantable construction upon the motives of
Ministers in the offer made to 'her with the lauda—
ble view of guarding the morals of the country
from the effect of a most disgusting and pernicious
investigation, but in the face of obvious truth
to assert, that fair open trial is refused
:hcr. This'is really :more than we could have
expected. even freM the mischievous advisers
'of her Majesty. It is indeed, nothing short
of a direct libel upon the just and constitu-
tionally establiShed jurisprudence of the land.
The. Tribunalby which she is to be tried is not
Awls the highest and most honourable upon earth,
hut that alone before which a Queen can regu-
larly be arraigned; and the insinuation that all
that ,nohle, high minded, and profoundly
]Warned in the land, can be actuated by undue
motives, is a libel of so atrocious a character,
that the cover of her Majesty's name, under her
Present circumstances, could alone save its
authors from the utmost vengeance of the
Liu,. So far from not having a fair and open
trial before a competent Tribunal, the whole of
the proceedings are to be of the most open and
impartial description ; the utmost latitude of de-
fence is to be allowed; aid, :instead of an Old
'Bailey Jury, she is to have the advantage of
'laving her case ,Investigated and .determined by
that Tribunal before which persons of high
I.lnk have hitherto demanded to appear, as the
surest means of obtaining pure and substantial
j qstice—the Peers of the Realm and the Learned
:I,tdges of the Land! If her Majesty be 'halo-
epnt, she need be under.no apprehengion from
ttte judgment of such .a Tribunal, and they are
'rut her friends, but tile secret enethiesof all law
End order, Who advise her against a becoming
deference to soltigh, so honourable, and so
au authority.

EAforning Chronicle.]

The steady advocates .of .despotism in this
Country are quite delighted •at the idea " that
the Eutperor of Austria will not be a silent spec-
tator of the Neapolitan Revolution." We have
no doubt that thore who brought about this
change in Naples are:perfectly s.-ware of the feel-
ings of the Austrian Cabiaet ; astd we trust they
have made some ..preparativas to meet the ap-
proaching storm. Wilatevetr•other qualities may
belong to the -cha-racter of the people of Italy,
they have never been accused of want•of penetra-
tion. It is not tanlikely, therefore, that the .
Austrian Government may find -a. sufficiency of
•employment a little nearer home than Naples.
Placards, it is said, have been poked up at Ge-
noa, calling upon the inhabitants to remember the
•deeds of their ancestors, and to take a lesson
from their neighbours—an admonition which may
not be thrown away on them. The Sovereigns
.it the Continent have had it all their OWR way. ,
They have all been in an admirable understand-
ing with each other. The press had Tendered
them great services in their struggle with Bona-
parte. But with the destruction of Bonaparte
ceased their affection for the libert-y of the Press.'
So long as a free press existed, they conceived
they were insecure. Well—,!.`he press was every
where put down—then the Universities were
dangerous. The Universities accordingly were
placed under strict surveillance. They were'
now at the top of their wishes. Not a press'
was to be heard—no demagogical intrigues—no
meetings of Students—all secret societies every
where strictly prohibited—secret policies and
spies kept prying into every corner—no asylum
for malcontents, but friendly Alien Bilis to se-
cond their august wills—daugeons filled with the'
advocates of liberal opinions, &c, &c. Bat fast
at this moment, when the Holy Alliance seemed
to have achieved its great work, and chains
seemed to have been forged and fitted to the na-
tions of seven-fold strength, up starts disaffection
in a more formidable shape than ever. Without
• seditious discourses to enrage and stimulate the
people, without the provocation of a daily press
to familiarize them with their rights, and point
out; the infraction of these rights, the spirit of
insubordination becomes snore fierce than ever.
The enemy was silent and invisible, but not
less numerous, and far more alert. The danger
was not the less because they did not hear and
see it. The power which they thought they
had for ever annihilated, has come upon them like
a thief in the night. They have sinned against the
age, and the age will trample on them in turn.

[Morning Herald.]
It is no wonder that the public mind becomes
more anxious respecting the business of the
Queen, as her hour of trial approaches. Ad-
dresses have poured in upon her lately, and it is
certain that, from whatever cause, whether from
the absence of her Law Advisers, or from what
other, there is a marked change of tone in her
Majesty's answers. She sometimes touches the
spring of passion rather than sympathy ; and the
criminatory vindictive bitterness-of her reproach
against her enemies, impairs the true character
of an accused, but innocent Princess. But this
no justification of the eagerness with which
that part of the press which is devoted to the
Government, prejudices her case, and stings her
personal feelings. The factions may vilify all
her adversaries—they may mischievously endea-
vour to identify the Queen's case with their own
views—they may prejudge, denounce, and de-
fame ; but this is no excuse for the partisans of
the accusations. A mere sense of decorous re-
serve should always distinguish the accuser. The

Government Papers should be silent as to the
Queen's guilt or innocence. The dreadful or-
deal which she is on the eve of undergoing-0v?
terrors which a public conflict with public shame
necessarily has for a woman, should induce them
to abstain from shaking her firmness, or agitating
her feelings, by sophistic or sarcastic misrepre-
sentations. If there be an unhappy woman, it is.
the Queen. The half, the one twentieth of the
guilt and sin imputed to her would, perhaps, if
clearly proved, render her unworthy of the must
distant associations with the Sovereign.

[Nezc Times.]
A. Court of Common Council was held yester-
day, at which a discussion took place on the re-
jection by the House of Lords of a Petition
against the proceedings in the case of her Ma-
jesty, which was presented on the 19th of
last month. One of the grounds on which the
Petition in • question was considered as un-
worthy of being received was, that it presumed
to dictate to their Lordships with respect to the
course which they ought to pursue in the exer-
cise of their functions. To this point allusion
was made by several Members of the Common
Council yesterday, but we do not perceive that
any of them spoke of another reason which ren-
dered the Petition unfit to be received. It was
observed with much truth by Lord Holland that
the petitioners had assumed to themselves a
know ledge of the proceedings of the Secret
Committee which they could not possess. It is,
in fact, one of the most singular features of the
unfortunate business which so much agitates the
public mind that assumptions and assertions are
unblushingly put forth, which ou any other oc-
casion would excite universal abhorrence, and
be regarded as flagrant violations of justice and
decorum. No lover of his country, no sincere
well-wisher to the Throne and the People, no
judicious and temperate friend of her Majesty
can peruse without the strongest feeling of regret
the violent denunciations which have been sent
forth by the professed supporters of the Queen,
whose case cannot but ultimately suffer from being
associated with opprobrious epithets, unaccompa-
nied as they are by a shadow of proof that they
have been deserved. Assuredly if all prejudica-
tion should be avoided on the one side, there
should be some bounds to accusation on the other.
The true motives of the gross misrepresentations
and inflammatory language of the open and insi-
thou; disseminators of sedition cannot long re-
main. hidden from the observation of the re-
spectable part of the community. Whatever de-
lusion may be spread, it can be but temporary,
and the worst enemies of the Illustrious Per-
sonage, whose name they use as a mask for their
mischievous designs, are those who expose her
cause to suspicion by their intemperance and ma-
lignity, while it is evident to common sense that
they must be ignorant with respect to the matters
on which they speak so boldly.

[The Times.]
NApx.r.s.—The following is an extract of a
Letter, dated Naples, July 14 : .

" Yestei day afternoon the first blood was spil-
led since the co►nmencement of the Revolution
but I am happy to say that it had nothing to
do with the general cause, which hitherto is
without a stain. The Farnese Regiment of
the line, having received orders to march for
Gaieta, refused compliance, on the plea of
having, for a considerable time past, had an undue
share of duty. With these feelings 330 men of
this regiment rushcd out of one of the for-
tresses, traversed the city in a menacing
attitude, and made off for the country. They
were overtaken in the suburbs by a party of
Cavalry, and an action commenced, in which
36 of the disaffected troops were killed, and
many wounded. The remainder, who were
brought back prisoners, are to be decimated,
and every tenth man shot. This circumstance
has rather served to give additional confidence
for it occurred in one of the worst quarters of the
town, and no advantage was taken of it by the
populace to create a disturbance."

THEATRICAL REGISTER..
Performed (lai Night. •
THEATRE ROYAL, HATMARKET.—The Beggar's Opera. After
winch, A Day Alter the Wedding. To which was added,
Tile Son-in-litw. • •
THE/trete, KoTAL, ENGLISH OPERA Housu.--Two Words.
After which, The Promissory Note. To which was added,
Don Giovanni.

***For the Contionation of the Evidence on the Ttsinen
DUTIES, see the Fourth Page, sod fur the LLIEKARY itz-
mw, see the First Page.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4,18 W.

,:-.....

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Tuesday last. The following arc extracts :
CC, PARIS, AUG. I.—Yesterday the King re.
ceived Gentlemen in the morning and Ladies in
the evening. In the course of the day his Ma.
jesty transacted business with the Minister o:
Finance, and the Duke de Richelieu.

" Yesterday at two in the afternoon, a dread-
ful fire broke out at the Barriere de 13ercy, in the

oil and eau de vie warehouses, occupied, it is said,
by the Sieur Cabanis, a liquor merchant. The
firemen, the gen d'armes, athe troops of the
line, immediately hastened tote spot, and mani-
fested all their accustomed zeal. At nine yes-
terdai'..- evening the fire was not got under.—
N. .
ti.(4.4O;triigtiye Paris.) •,,,,
'4'l.
vA.' di•eatful fire uroke out-at' two j;-esterray"
afternoon, at La Rapee, in the eau de vie ware-

houses of M. de Cabanis, which in a few minutes
made a dreadful progress. The flames commu-
nicated to the establishments of MM. Hartaux,
Benjamin, Madame Lavigne, and several others.
All the firemen of Paris were soon on the
spot, together with troops of the Royal Guards,
the Line, the National Guards, the G endar-
merle, &c. &c. The Prefect of Police, the
Commandant de la Place of Paris, and
the Mayor of Bercy were also present
animating the exertions of others by their zeal.
In spite, however, of all their efforts, the fire ap-
peared to increase instead of diminishing, and at
nine yesterday evening, it was not got under.
This unfortunate Faubourg presents the picture
of desolation, the firemen and others are mid-leg
deep in wine ; several lives are lost.—(Juurnal
des Debuts.)
" A dreadful event spread consternation yes-
terday in the Capital ; a fire broke out with the
greatest violence in the Wine and Eau de Vie
Warehouses of La Rapee and du Petit Bercy.
The flames communicated about half-past four to
the Warehouses of M. Cabanis, which in an
hour were totally destroyed., with all their con-
tents. The fire communicated to the neighbour-
ing warehouses, and the tons of eau de vie deto-
nating, it was impossible to get the fire under,
notwithstanding every effort; at this moment (11
at night), the fire is still raging. The loss will
be immense.—(Gazette de France.)

" Sunday morning an exhumation took place
at the Cemetery of Pere Lachaise, of the body
of a young Lady, aged 19, inclosed in three cof-
fins, one of them of lead, in Which were jewels,
&c. of extraordinary value. It is said that the
body of this person of distinction will be con-
veyed to Prussia.
" The Brussels Oracle of the 28th ult. says—
We learn from the frontiers of France, that the
report circulated some days since that several
of the corps in garrison in the 16th Military Di-
vision were to proceed to the frontiers in Italy,
is utterly void of foundation.'

" The Chamber of Commerce of Genoa has of
ficially notified, that the City of Tunis is block
aded by the Aigeriue squadron.

FIVE PER CENTS.

Monday ..

DEFERRED STOCK.

Of the 44J March, Ito() 93 f. 40 c.

" SCHWATZ (T ynoL), JULY I7.—A violent
shock of an earthquake was felt here about half-
past seven this morning, in the direction from
North to South. The shock was undulatory,
and though it lasted only a second, almost all the
houses were more or less damaged ; of some of
them the roofs and walls have fallen in ; a frag-
ment of stone from the Parish church was thrown
to a distance of several toises. The same shock
was felt near the mountain of Saint George, from
whence enormous fragments of rock were de-
tached.

" NAPLES, JULY 13.—The greatest tranquillity
prevails throughout the Kingdom. This morn-
ing the King swore fidelity to the Constitution,
and the oath of his Majesty was repeated by the
Duke of Calabria, Lieutenant-General of the
Kingdom, the Prince of Saletuo his brother, and
by the Provisional Junta. In the course of the
day the Ministers, the General-in-Chief, &c.
took the oaths in the presence of the Prince of
Calabria."

Since the above we have received the follow-
ing, which is in fact a day later than the Papers,
they being printed off on the preceding even-

ing :

44
PARIS, AUGUST I.—A deplorable event has
just laid waste the whole quarter of La Rap,
and a great part of the Bourg de Bercy at the
Gates of the Capital. Magazines and houses
have fallen a prey to a dreadful conflagration, to
an extent of nearly three-quarters of a league.
Among other losses, the destruction of 50,000
barrels of wine is mentioned, which may have
some influence on the price of that article. It
would be difficult at this moment to estimate
the damage, which however exceeds several
millions."

The following is from the Bermuda Gazettes

received this morning :
By accounts received at different parts of the
United States, it appears certain that the Yellow
Feder prevails with great violence at die Ha-

vannah. The intercourse between that Island and
the commercial Cities of that Country is incessant,
and the fact of the existence of that terrible
malady there at so early a period of the year is
truly alarming. The Guardians of the Health
of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Charleston, Savannah, and New orleankikill,
noiloubt, be oNtgealeres, and Nlgilant in -uktoPte
ing the means of prevention.—(From the Wash-
ington City Gazette.)

The Quebec Papers, which we received this
morning, spew the alarm which prevails in
Canada, from the apprehension that Government
means to make some change in the Timber
Duties which may be injurious to Colonial Inte-
rests, and consequently to the general interests
of the Empire. It is justly observed, that " the
Canada Trade, for years past, may be considered
as a gem to the British Navy, the Pride and Prop•
of England's Glory." Nothing that can pos-
sibly dim the lustre of that gem should be suf-
fered to approach it, for it is not a mere
ornament, like jewels in general, but a mark
that distinguishes our Navy as the National
pride, protection, and security. Our Colonial
Interests in the time of Peace may be considered
as the chief means for maintaining our Naval
Power and Ascendancy, independently of the
support which it gives to that Commercial in-
tercourse between us and all our settlements in
various parts of the world, which essentially coo'
tributes to the general prosperity of the Empire.

There seems to be a general expectation that
AUSTRIA will interfere with the affairs of Na"
pies. We know not under what Treaties the
former may feel herself obliged to interpose, but
we consider the matter in the light in which, We
hope, it is viewed by the British Government
as a Noli me tangere ;--that it is dangerous to
approach too near. Our voice is for Peace with
all the world, if it can be maintained with ho-
nour ; and, in these revolutionary times, a dif"
ferent policy is necessary than in former periods'
We trust, therefore, that, while we are not our'
selves injured or insulted, our Ministry will not
endeavour to sustain any arbitrary Government
upon earth, if a decided majority of the People/
and not an ambitious Faction, shall rise in the
assertion of those rights which belong to all
mankind.

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The following is the only article worthy O
notice in our Port Letters this day :
" PORTSMOUTH, Afro. 3.—Arrived off this port, the Dutcb
brig Cornelia, Vaudernieg, from Smyrna for Aiusterdalor
sailed 23d June ; on the 2d July, in Lat. 26. I. Long. 64.0'
saw at a great distance a schooner under French c.olouro•
which rowed up with great speed, the weather being cairn'
at half-past two o'clock, the schooner fired a gun, and at four'
came alongside ; she had a long brass gun before the fore'
mast, and bad a crew of from 25 to 90 men, and was evideer
ly a pirate. They hailed the Cornelia, and asked where frogs,
&c., after which Captain V. was ordered on hoard with hi°
passengers, but refused to go. The Cornelia was well armed'
and the pirate seeing tbat force would nut avail him, allowed
her to proceed, but continued in sight all that day and the
next, being very calm ; on the 17th July, saw the pirate
again, but was nut molested by her.

" Passed by the Mellish, Becher, from Bengal for Londe;
sailed 2d February—and from St. Helena 2d June; she spol‘c
the following vessels on her voyage:-19th May, in lat. 33. 41'
long. 21. 55. the Wellington, of the Cape ; on Ist July, i°
lat. 12. 19. long. ‘23. the Phoenix, from London for Bengali
13th July, lat. 42. £4. lung. 36. 9. the Princess Charlotte:
for Tobago—out 34 days ; the latter saw the Harriet whalrt•'

The last accounts from Yorkshire, Durhailli
and Northumberland, speak most favourably ()c
the present appearance of the various crops t 1",
weather is warm and genial, and every thing '"s:
dicates a bountiful harvest, though it will be
full fortnight later than last year.
:Yesterday the Duchess of GLoucEsTEa, c6,tb
Princess AUGUSTA, the Duke of CAMBRIDGF'7er
dined with the Princess SOPHIA MATILDA; atP
house oh Blackheath.
In addition to the Duchess of GLouctsll7
the Princess AuousTA and the Duchess of 10.--.1
who visited Prince LEopoLD, on Wednesdaillie
Claremont, were the Duke of SUSSEX and o
Duke of CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highnessl3P.-to
LEOPOLD entertained his illustrious relatibre,
with a most sumtuous entertainment at 05
mOnt. The Royal Party on Wednesday di
the
at five o'clock ; after dinner they walked inui`cii
delightful pleasure grounds and gardens, lir itb
are now in a high state of perfection, and:ted•
which the whole appeared highly delig",•ttle
Their Royal Highnesses left the Park a

before nitie o'clock.
fpGs
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAsns, Dr.
will not set out on his return to the Coutinen'

fore the latter end of the month.
.1149
A new carriage i 3 building for her 31A1 A°.
which will be in readiness by the 17th t)(10.01
gust. Report states, that she will be horses,
every day to the House of Lords by six Uf I/
richly caparisoned, and will be attended
es'
suitable number of servants in Royal veri
of es'
It was erroneously stated hi a P2Per, ?Er'
terday that the QU EEN dined with Laul
CEVAL, at Blackheath, on the preceding chTer
MAJ EST Y has not dined from home since
rival in Londou.—(Mornins' Pvst)

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