The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-31 00:00:00

ILE NT 1.1 CAPERS,
luEctiv 'LA e 1 141GHTI

'NUTS, Auc. 57.—ti letter ;from Spain, of the
/I.6th instant, mentions.that 'the English squadron
vent against Algiers had passed the Straits of
Gibraltar some days before.
As we have. ahead)! stated,'tlte annicipal Body
•saf Paris, headed-by the two Prefects,
Iltortour tO be preiented to his ,Majesty on Sunday,
-as he was pasting tlrrongh the Blue Saloon on his
way to mass, His Majesty bad the goodness to
stop, which gave time to the Prefect of the Seine
~to observe to him-.-" Sire, these are children who
'come to • present their respectful lmmage to their
.4ugust father." His Majesty, receiving the words
with a smile of satisfaction and
,benevolence, re-
. plied,". A father always feels pleasure in receiv-
ing the felicitations of his children, and especially
of the eldest of his children," '

We learn from fire department of the !see, that
the produce of the harvest is likely to exceed by
a filth what it was last year. The proportion k
still greater in Normandy, where the excess is
expected tu,. he,* third.

• The tribunal of Tarbes lately tined a capitalis
'of that town 3000 fr. for having lent money al

vsuriolos interest.

His Holiness the Pope, by an edict of the' 7th
inst. has prohibited, under severe penalties, the
exportation of every kind of grain, either by sea
or land.

` On Sunday last the blind musicians of the Royal
Hospital of QuinzeVingts performed several pieces
of music in the Chapel, in celebration of the day.
The band composed- of the blind, was also led by
to blind man. In the evening was displayed an
, elegant illumination of the bust of the King, hav-
ing under it the following verse: ,
" Etrangez a not yeux, it regne daps nos mum"
The French Academy has proposed, as the sob-
ject of the prize of eloquence for 1818, the Efcge
of Itollin. The prize is a gold metal of the value
of 1500 francs.
The son of Count D'Osmond, his Alajesty's
,Ambas at London, has arrived at Pdrits with
dispatches.
Tice Court of Assizes at Perpignan condemned,
00 the fith, to fifteen months' imprisonment, the
Abbe Aurisse, Cure of Triton, cons icted of hay.
ing delivered in his church, on the ;;oth of
a discourse containing several expressiOns against
the Government.
The Prevotal Court will judge on Saturday the
cames relative to seditious transactions. Motet,
condemned to death by the Court for cruet ing false
money, havlng'obtained a delay of his sentence,
in consequence of making some discoveries, the
proceedings in that respect are carrying on with
activity, He has denounced his own brother !.
DIJON, Avo. 23:—The trial of General de
Veauu and Messrs. Hernoox, Lejeas, and Royer,
bag occupied our Court of Maize for several days,
The sittings of the 20th, al st,,i4nd 22t1, were em-
ployed in the hearing of 05 witnesses, both for
the prosecution and the di:knee. The arldienet,
is daily very numerous, and the greatest order and
decency prevail. ,
Bot,oosus, Atm; I2.—An Englishman, after
travelling through France, GerMany'," and Italy,
bas coroectttred that In the state of the different
meals ale pint (public institutions for'parenin
properly) will'be found the true thermometer of
the relative prosperity of those stater.• The fol-
lowing are some of the results of the inquiry :
Since the Ist of May •1814, the mont de piece of
Vienna has had in )motion funds to the amount of
• /20 millicms ; that. of Milan, 49 millions that
of Venice, 70 millions ;. and tlikt of Zi.s
millions. Generally speaking, all the institutions
of this sort in the
,cities of the Continent are sur-

charged with property. Such are the effects of
$ destructive revolution, ,c,hich haS, every where
carried its ravages ; but with order, peace, and
good laws, this evil must cease in time ; and it is
even remarked that the evil already decreases.
In some cities, such as Brussels and Ilarriburgli,
the balance has remained nearly what it was at
other periods. Italy has suffered most by the war ;
If these calculations are correct, it is the criuntry
%%mre the people have been most impoverished ;
its industry is gone. The Buglisb.have destroyed
the few mannfactnres which we bad ; they have
almost annibdated all commerce. It is high tithe
that a stop should be put to the introduction of
their inandoctisres, with which we.are inundated,

Ci4FNONLE, Ava.2.2.—Cousseau, implicated in
tht affair of tl►e d►ll of May, who was arrested on
the frontiers of Savoy, hits been delivered over to
tilt- Coiwt. Drevon, Rondo and Penin,
11:ive•storrerideiett themselves..

Arm), AUG. 15.—The, King retnrned to his
tapttat on the 112th, accompanied by his uncle Don
Attrotlin, and his brother Don Carlos.

1; RAN P;PORT, AVG. 22.—We learn from Vienna,
that Prince Stahremberg is charged with a mis-
sion to the Queen of Etruria ; sad it is fltitleil,
that the aildirs of this interesting Princess will be
speedily mrrartged. The Courts of France, Spain,
Naples, anti Rome interest themselves warmly in
her

The reduction of the Prussian army is pro-
in.
I'hc.disputert continue between 'Sweden and
DV11111116;, respecting the Treaty of Kid, which
;he firi.me Regent of Legiand insists sboll be
executed.