The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-07 00:00:00

CONIBINATION.

MANSlOV.loose.—Ye.sterday Thomas Preston
and David flauthins were brought before the 1.401.1D*
MANOR. charged with unlawfully conspiring to.
cake a yontig man, named Holmes, to desert his
' employers, and join a combination society.
The prisoners, in appeared, were stonemasons,
and had in common with other tradesmen lavilt
deserted their work ~in consequence of the masters
reducing the wages, which had been raised in a
time of seareiry. The prosecutor was a young man
lately from the country ; and the prisoners after
trying every effort .to entice him from his employ-
ment, and induce hint to to " strike," at length
.threatened his life, and he acceded to their
wishes. Information, however, being obtained
of their rendezvous (a 1)11101c-house in Black friars),
where the' combined party assembled, Brown
and Clare, the officers, - Were dispatched to the
place, wherp they found the two prisoners and
the prosecutar drinking together. The latter
immediately made a disclosure of the facts, and
the tomer were taken into custody.'
; They were sentenced each tube imprisoned one
month in the House of Correction. ' , .

At the Pontefract Sessi9ns, the annual ,return
of the woollen manufacture was madej by which
it appears that there was en increase of 604,387
yards in narrow cloths milled, and a decreas9 of
262,025,, yards in 'broad cloths - milled. The
whole manufacture produced this year in' yards
17,044,325.

Sr.' PETERSBURGI-I, APRIL I:3—By the ne*
Tariff, -Which, though not yet formally published,
is knOwn in its leading points, theelifferent views
on the subject are reconciled. Both the Commit-
tee appointed to draw it up and the Conneil oi the
Empire having terminated their labours on the
subject after mature deliberatipn, and -the result
as well as the‘detail havit,g been laid before bit
Majesty for his approbation, his Majesty with
wise care for the progress of our own mannfae•
tures has been pleased, On the 'One hand to retain
the prohibitive system, and On the other, in or.
der to maintain the commerce nith foreign
CPAntries.-_eattformably to the prpseut wantg of
the nation, to allow several exceptions front
:Thus, for example, the importation of nearly
200 articles, mostly manufactures, is prohibited ; •
but others, such as cloth, plain and white '
cotton goods, porter, French brandy, tayence
(earthenware) of one colour, 4c. 'boy he inTorted
at a high duty ; cloth pays l roubles in silver
' per arshitte„ It is ttue,many of the friends
of unlimited importation, particularly in -the
Russian paper, rfhe,Spirit of the:. Journals,"
have announced that it vas allowed by the new,
Tariff ; but it has turnettout now that this was
'immature.

LLTTEti FROM THE FRONTIERS OF ITALY,
APRIL 12.

" According to accountv from 'taint, Prince
Eugene is to be indemni6ed for the dotations
which he formerly possessed in the Kingdom of
Italy, by the rowers in whose doruin;ons they lie,
according to their estimated value of 20 or 22 mil.
lions of francs. The Court of Rome is
said, pay from- 16 tip 18 millions of 'francs for the'
dotations that lie in the legations, rand the rest be'
paid by Austria for the Kingdom of Lomb'ardy
and Veal e."

FROM 'MIR MAINE, Aratt."2l,—;The King of
Wiirtentberg 'has lately invited other (iettnart
Courts, and among'the rest that, of Darmstadt, to

take common nneasiu•es against the ,Mediatised

A great many of the formerly in
\7...h1t,,4 0 f .1.11%
particularly in Swabia, have lately ail-dressed an
other petition to his :11.:jcsty the Emperor of'

Princes, Bx.

Austria:requesting his protection and mediation,
that the pivileges ussuicil and piotniseil to Arent
in the Acts of the Cutiletiei;ation, tut}y be roily
attended to j t the execution."

BRussEr.s, MAY Highness Field-Mar-
shal the Prince, of Waterloo arrived at-Valen-
ciennes on MOnday evening. He passed the fol.
ing day in examining that great fortress. Tu-day
the Field-Marshal will reach his head'inarters
Catnbray. A general change of the cantonments
of the army is expected; hilt it is uncdtain
then it wilitxtend to the whole line or only to the
right wing.

On his arrival at Valenciennes the Duke met: is
cogrier with important dispatches from Paris.
The courier returned to Paris soon after. The same

letters say, that great uneasiness prevails. in' the
Pepartment ut the North, on account of the nu-
merous tires, which arc believed to be the effect
of design. -Strict Incas:arcs' are adopted to dis-
cQvcr theperpettators, and several who are sus-
pected I'd being concerned are arrested. Two
persons implicated in the itfair of tile:Nain Tri-
eOlcire`huve escaped from France, and have pass.
ed through this citrwithout stopping.

The Duke of Kent has taken an hotel in this

city for 3 years. -
VERSAILLI33, APRIL. 26.—The Trial o Ftr R.
Wilson and his friends has in general h,,d no v,004
influence on the public opinion respecting ttie
present state of things. In the course of the
trial it was necessary to touch upon several tender
points, weaknesses, and et rocs of the piesent
Cioverment, which it'would have, been 'better to

pass over in profound silence. The turn given to
the business is also Considered as a false measure ;
but it is atfifined the Keeper of the-Seals or Mini-
ster of ;lattice, would never have done So heal be
not been compelled by the predominant party /Ix
the Chamber of Deputies'
Exchange on London, 34-7,

Six spots are at present cisible o►► the suet's
disc. One et them is of conshleralsle magnitude`,
and resembles a cluster of islands, situated very
near to each other. its breadth is at least equal
to the diameter of the earth. Another of tt►ctn
"is Very dark, and surrounded by an umbra, or
'fainter shads.

PAitLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MorinxY, MAY '6.

•
‘vus introduced with the usual
feirmittlities;alitt took the oaths and his seat. llis
.Lordship's supporters were, the Earl of Shaftes-
bpry •LITIr: St.Geetnaiiis.
'The Fishery canse4es`heard oat.
'The Cork Toultake,DutYllill, and genie Private
Mille:; ~ecri 14ouglit np inter the Itoternons, awl read a first
.ti rev
Teßnsport contrixtts tsilf4as committed and reported.
•Thv Custom, Itatieillilt.vviti'reall it third ti.ine,,-atidliasbed.