The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-18 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

. BriosseLs, Dec. I 1 .—Her Majesty the Queen
bas subscribed the snot of 1000 francs her mouth
for the relief of the poor 01 this city. His Ma-
jesty's Consul at Gibraltar has given notice to the
Dnour of tl.e Levant Trade at Amsterdam, that
the Emperor of Morocco has replied to the repre-
,
sentations of Vice-Admiral Van Capelten by A de-
chration, in which lie gives the etAsurauce that all
vessAls belonging to nations with whom lie is at
race, which may be taken by the Corsairs, shall
he restored, %yid' their crews, cargoes, &c. (This
news is dated the sth November. Later accounts
have already announced the restoration of the two
Netherland ships taken by fhe Corsairs of Mo-
rocco. j

learn by news from Leghorn of the sth
Nov. that. the plague has appeared in the.l4azza•
veto at Tripoli ; that five persons were already
dead, and seven others infected with the disease.
A Turkish polacre which brought the disorder
was obliged to tirpart again with twenty-eight.
passengers, and all ite merchandize, which was re-
.embarked. it is to be desired that this ill-judged
measure may not be attended. with ,fatal come-,
fouences for the coasts of the Mediterranean where
this vessel way attempt to stop.
• The Second Chamber beau! to-day the report
on tie Budget, both languages. The discussion
on the hudget teas fixed fur Saturday. To-mor-
row the reports of the central section, on the pro-
position of Mr., liotfichids and of Mr. Pyke, the
first tenting to prohibit the exportation of corn
from the Grand Duchy of Lnxertibufg, and the se-
cond to prohibit it throughout. the whole k'ngdom.
The .discussion on these two propositions is to
take place if possible in the wrote sitting.
The Ghent • Junrnal contains the following ar-
' tide The prohibition of the exportation of
corn seems to exist ; in fact we leant from Ant-
werp, that the licences have been withdrawn which
bad heen granted to several ships loaded and ready
to *oil,-

ANTWERP. Dec. 10.—This by sailed from this
port the Dutch vcssel Wendlust, Captain Engels-
mall, with wheat, and the Belgic smack Colette,
with 600 hectulitie% of oats, 60 of barley, 200 of

wlicat„ and a (pawky of applcs, for London ;
four English vessels, loaded with wheat, have
,sailed from Flo,4hing for London.

VISCOUNT DE CI-1 ATEA ÜBRIAND.

[From a Correvondilit.)

Another important publication of this eloquent
Nobleman has just appeared, and is read with
great avidity „in Paris. It is the speech which he
made in the Chamber Of Peers on moving an Ad-
dress to the King, to direct an inquiry to be made
Into the irregular proceedings at the late General
Election of members to the Chamber of Deputies.
The speech itself is short; but what gives the
chief interest to the work is the collection of do-
etinttnts in proof of the charge of unconstitutional
interference, which documents are preceded by a
masterly analysis froM the Fen of the Viscount de
Chateauhriatid himself. It will he remembered,
that i,t proposing the new law tor what is inge-
niously termed the " Liberty of the Press," the
Minister of Police stated es a sufficient and indeed
the hole guarantee of that liberty, that the speeches
made in tl►e two Chambers might be published
without restraint. '1 he' fallacy of this last- miser- •
able pretence •of freedom is manifest from the
statement of M. de Chateaubriand, on this very
first occasion of bringing the Minister's sincetity
to the test. Ile had sent his speech to the regular
riuter of the Chamber of Peers (►ll. Didot), to-
gether with the docuinents which he had laid on
the-table of the Chamber in support of his allega-
tions the printer, of course, undertook ti►e im-
pression, and proceeded so far as to strike off'
some proof-sheets ; but, a day or two afterwards,
AI. de Cl►ateanbriand, calling at the printing-
office to look at the proofs, found that M. Didot
had, been menaced with danger to himself if he
continued the impression : that, as a father of a
ho feared to compromise the interests of
bitnielf and his children; in short, that he begged
to discomitme the work.

Irt addressinl; the Chamber of Peers, M. de
chmeaubriaml, carefully guarded himself against
any formal objection •to his motion. lie did not
propose that the Peers should invade the province
of 'the Chamber at Deputies, either by impeaching
any individual, or by judging the validity of any
election.: but he observed, that it was the duty
of each branch of the Legislature, and more par.
tientarly of the Chamber of Peers, to guard against
say attack which might be made on the constitu-
tional laws of the State. As hereditary Protectors
of the Charter, therefore, when a case should be
out to them of gross, flagrant, and system—
atic violathin of the freedom of election, they
were 'called upon to take the only step left tti them
for defeating measures by which the Charter
might -be rendered a nullity—namely, to address
the King, supplicating him to order a legal in-
eairy to be made into the proceedings which had
taken place. Tins case the noble Viscount eon.
„tended lie had made out ; and in support of it, he
referred to a voluminous body of evidence which
be laid on the table. It is perhaps needless
to add, that the same persons who had contrived
to carry their point at the elections complained
of, wete also able to procure the rtiection of M.
4,1 e Chateaubriand's motion. Whether they acted
in this respect according to the fair result of the
evidence before them or not, the French paha
will now have an opportunity of judging tram the
proofs themselves;, that is to say, if the Minister
of Police does not matte a further attack on the
Vreedom of the Press by seizing the work in
huestion.

An attempt V4l3s made early in the morning of
Tliiirsitty last by several prisoners confined in the
New Bliley, Alancliesftr, to effect an escape, hut
owing to the vigil4nee am! activity eel the 00*
VerilUl' aSsit:talltii it Jailed.