The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-18 00:00:00

CHAMBER:Or DEPUTIES, MA got 13.

The Project of a law, tending to authorise the
Finance Minister to receive two more twelfths of
the direct Contributions, on the same terms its
those of 1815, was adofited by the Chamber 14 a
majority of 195 to 2(i.

In the Close Sitting which took place before
the foregOing, M. de Blowy'lle read the Project
of a la to the Deputies, •for setting aside the il-
legal alienation, which took place during the usur-
pation, of 5,500,000 francs, in rents appertaining
to. the Caissc d'Afnortissen►vnt ;, and to render re-
sponsible the authors of that proceeding.
The discUssion of the. Budget will be continuo!
to-morrow.

MAactt 13,--The health of bis‘Najesty
is Intuit better, tbo'►gl► he still bears prayers ►n
Itis'chau►her.

Disaffection has endeavoured foe sane days past
to spread alarming reports, which are'coMpletey
belied by the accomati" we. i.eceive
ifroth different
parts of the kingdom. Some gendarmes arrested
at Villefranche two Officers whose papers were
not regular, and hence have been supposed dig
torliatiees at Lyons and 13ourdeaux, where all is
perfectly tranquil. , Trpops from the garrison of
Paris have been placed at Vincennes, and hence
newsmongers have imagined that they, were .dis-
patched to the South.' It is to he hoped that the
firm march oftiovernment will put an end to these
tactics of agitators, and that those who are the
dupes of them will soon bin3h for their credulity.

It is confidently said that Madame Caullani Will
soon leave ns, and entirely relinquish the Theatre
tie l'Opera fluff». linked the Theatre is *msi ex-
pected to close altogether, us M. liter, to whom
site has transferred her patent, it is thought, 'will
not proceed with the nutlertakiug.
The marriage of Madame de Steel with the
Dulte..of Eroglio will be celebrated at Pisa, on.
the .20111 at this month. Fitst, by an Italian
Priest, and subsequently by a Reformed Minister,
Ott acconat of the different religions of the parties,
A female neWs-vender Was yesterday candemned
to-two months' imprisonment, for having, on the
19th of January, hawked about the streets ex-
tracts from the Offieigl Gazette, anti bawled out
that they announeed the alarming news if the
re-entrance of the English into Frances and of a
great conspiracy,

We learn from the Al-curt/le Journal, that 21
,tnilitroy have been transferred Ilion Luneville to
the prisons of Nancy. The cause of their arrest
li n; 4WD
ARAer itlinert 1,1. —The King's health im-
proves, and though he ,has not yet heard mass in
the Royal Chapel, he presided' this day in a Ca-
binet Conneil.
His majesty has ordered the ereetion a tno.;.
nument
,to the memory of the Duke D'Enckien,
in the Tease of the castle Of Vincennes., on the
siuit where that Prince was murdered. On th'e
21st his remains will be exliumated, and
so-
lemnly depOiiitcd in' the toink cortsc-cratiol to his
alemory.-

By the destruction of the Theatrf (4Santarlos,
the proprietors are s'uppoued to lithe sustained, a
101 of 150,00t1 dnents, in, dresses, deeoralionit
&c. The King of Naples means to rebuild it ;
SOO workmen will be employed for thin purpose.
Soule persons have been arrested at Coutal for
sedition.

The proceedings against General Bonnaire are
in train.

The Adjutant-General Boyer has bulged an ap-
peal of revision, not for„the purpose of annulling
a jridgment which he confesses just, but to obtain
time to solicit the Royal clemency.
Letters from Petetsburgh of the 15th ult. state,
that no Frenchman comprised in the Ordinance
of the 24th July will he permitted to reside there.
few of them are said to be settled at Riga, and
some others at Casan.

Recent necounts from Guadeloupe state the in-
habitants hail with joy and gratitode the RQyaL
Government, The Notables of the island have
sent on address to Count Vaugiraud, Governor-
General of the Antilles, imploring him to expe-
dite his reurn.

VIEtINA, Ma.scit 2.--Forsotne days, past little
bas been clone at the Exchsangi. The filifinei#l
n „
Project of Couut 'Stadion is ortly tvxpectcde---

Owing to the absence of the Count, and the .conse-
pucity of foreign visitants, the Carnival is.
badly attended.

The Arc!►duchess Maria Louisa will not ref nut
fir Parma until the return of her t,ul,,,ust Parents,
which is not expected before the close of this
moult). The Princess intends to pass the Sommer
in ht.,. Italian dominions, and will after wards re-
turn to Vienna.

The Project for the military reduction, by
Prince Schwartzenberg, has been approved by
the Emperor. The total peace establishment Will
not exceed 1(18,000 met), viz. 130,000 infantry,
and 18,000 cavalry.

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ARitIVRII-2 France, 1 Flanders. I Jamaica, 2 Did,lin, nWa-
terford. Due—l 11011 and, 2 liatuburgil, 2 Guttenburgb,
Lublin.

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PRICE. OF STOCKS
TIM DAY AT TWELVE O'CUICE.
Raul Stock' shut India Bonds, Is. pr.
3 p,,r Cent. Hot. stint Exibeq. Bills, 3%. dis. par.
2 p(l' ( 'cut. Cnns. tillii
~ Onmintn, 1811
1 i.cr Cents. shut : Ditto for Payment, April,
5 per Ct. IN:Ary Ann. oi i I Cons. for Account, (144
Bank L. 41111. stint

SM./M.—Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar,
computed from the Returns made in the week endingthe lath
(ley of March, 1804 is Us. Md. per cwt.

HUM WATER AT LONI)ON BRIDGE T 0.11013.14 W.
Morning, 51 minutes after 5. I Evening, I I minutes aft, :r

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LONDON.
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Extracts from [?tench and Dutch Pajmrs arc
given, under their usual 'heath, in other parts
our impression.

We have received .German Papers, which ,are
nut of any importance, and which, in consequence
of the pressure of other, matter, we most defer,
the insertion till a more convenient time, The
following is the only notice worth extracting at
present :

" ITALY, MARCH I .--There has been a tt;mult
at Rimini on acconnt of the dearth of corn, which
has occasioned a very severe proclamation to be
published by Monsignor iTtrratmaz l'ioccA, the
Papal Delegate in Romegnii, dated 18tht February
Two of the chief ringleaders ware dent to the
gallies for life, and a third for 20 years, all is 1 t
is expressed in the sentence) without hope of
pat don,"

We have Jamaica Gazettes to the 28th January,
but they contain no news of consequence. Gen.
MowraLvo, appobited Governor of • Carthagena
by Gen. Mottita,o after it's capture, issued a pro-
clamation on the 12th December, congratulating
the people on their restoration• to' the Spanish
Monarchy, promising them protdction, and assur-
ing them that no reactionary vengeance should
mark their return to their allegiance and duty.

Accounts were lately received at Cntnana of the
Independents hiving obtained possession of the
island of Margaretta, and that the city of Cas-
tello had been set fire to and destroyed by the
Royal troqp.

The, excellent Petition of the Bankers, Mee
chants, and Traders, Of the City of London,
which we inserted Oil d.ky, hits not been ma-
tured, at least so far as concerns ita•presentation
to the House of Commons. At the time we went
to press on Saturday, several hundred (We be-
lieve 700) most respectable slgnattmes had sanc-
tioned this el/moment in the course of the
two hours it had been prepared. Some persons
however, ,either. hostile to the measure' or luke-
%min in the cause, succeeded in pefsuading the
Petitioners, that as the discussion come on to-
night in the House, they were too late with the
expression of their sentiments. In consequence
of this persuasion, the Petition was withdrawn,
though it WAS notorious that had it been set
On foot'ouly a few days earlier, it would, for nUnt-
bet s, wealth, and character; have at least equalled
the Petition against the Tax.
We do not know whether under these circum-
stances the Counter Petitioners will think it 'ad-
viseable to ,complete their design, so far as to
'manifest the feelings of the City in a Petition to
the House of Lords, for which there is yet
sufficient time. Should they do so, it will be seen
that extraordinary ns the spectacle of aiding the
hands of Government in the imposition of a heavy
Tax, there exists in London as well as in the
places we enumerated on Saturday, and those we
mention below, that spirit of true patriotism which
does not shrink from self-infliction for the good
of the Country.

A 'Morning Netvspaper hiving asserted that
the Counter-Petition lay fur "some days" artlite
City of London Tavern, and was signed by
" Men" persons, it is our duty to correct two
trifling err ors oi the press, which are then—for

" days," -read " howl," and for /coven, - rea,
" seven hundred."

J

As for the quipps at the Tavern, we ,must ba
content to hear them, not having a patriot LO :231
MAYOR with an Egyptian HalloOn our side of the

question !

The County of Worcester has adopted a Pctim
:Aim), recommending public economy and a • odi.
fied Property Tax.—A similar 'Petition, we ob.
serve from the Sheffield Mercury, has been agreed
to at Sheffield, and is lying at the Town Hall for
signatures.

LETTER FROM CHINA, OF A VERY RECENT DATE.'
" H. M. S. Alpheus, Buce:t Tigris, Nov. 4.
" All is quiet with the Chinese. lye have just
returned from a second trip to the Manilla, wiu-.
titer we went to obtain a freight of dollars, either
for China or Bengal. We procured ten tons al-
, together. Had not a Decree existed, prohibiting
any further exportation of. specie for the present,.
we should•have obtained a much larger amount ;
for there is a very considerable quantity at stick
disposal of the Government at Manilla. We took
over -Messrs. Pattie and Fraser, of .the Select,
Committee of the Factory.
" A galleon arrived there in July with three
millions and an half of specie ;
and the Vittoria is
expected ream America in January,. wide •a$ mach
'll
more, when the reasons for the prohibition An
have ceased. The Leda, Captain Sayer, left Ma-
nilla on the 15th October, with silver
Jars to rile
amount of 200,000 dollars, for Bengal ; and tile
Bevolutionnaire, Captain WoOlcombe, nu the
24th or Angnst, with bars, also for Bengal, value
100,000 dollars.
" The Owen Glentlour, Captald Hodgson, is
collecting the first fleet for England, which is to
sail hence in the next mouth.. The Thais, Gov
Weir, and Hecate, Captain Mathews, are ploced
tinder our orders in these seas. We are prepar-
lug again for Manilla. The Macedonian Ameri-
can brig, which came here with provisions for
Commodore Decatur's squadron, sailed from.
hence a few clays sitice, on her retiiKo to All)eriCa ;
had be reached the country, he was intended for
a corvette. We chased her tin her out Ward-honnd
passage, but she escaped in a fog. This ship hs'
•not lost an 011iceror a man siuce we left England'
We have experienced-three typhnons, but being a
good sea-hoat, without experiencing any to!'
We now find her so rotten (although lately nei'),
that it will be absolutely necessary to return to
England in,the next year. This goes by an /Wee
rican schooner; whielcsails direct for Cowes,"

The QUERN and two of the Pail*Masses are eV'
pccted in (own to-morrow, previous to her At"
3ESTY's holding a Drawing-rooill on Thursday.
Yesterday the Mike of -YORK, tinti itumeroul
assemblage of the Nobility, attended Divince Set•
vice at the Chapel Royal, St. James's palace.
Yesterday a Mail from Juta►aira wits reretved•
and mlbo dispatches at the GOVerilllitiltliCeS
from thence.

Lord EXMOUTH may be daily expected\ to ar•
rive in England. His Lordship was to leave'
Leghorn on the 3d inst. with the whole of his
fleet, except the Leviathan, 74, Capt. T. Hatoli‘
On Saturday the Earl of LtventooL, Viscount
CASTLEREAGH, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
IHEQUER, and Mr. AREUTHNOT had a constant.-
tation together for upwards of two honis.
The last accOnnts received Of the Piincess of
IVALTS, state that her Royal Uighness had no in-
tention of returning to England at present, having
determined to visit, early in the sprint,. all thC/
creek isles in the Archipelago.
Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the
Duke of KENT arrived at bis residence; 'at Kew.
singtnn Palace; from Brussels, for the benevolent
purpesa of taking the chair this day, as. President
of the Society of- St. Patrick. Ills RoYal.High.
miss will leave Kensington Palace again in the
conrsa of thisiweek for the Continent.

. .
e .ndisposition. of the Prince of SAXS Co'
souRG arose front a violent attack of the tieeuntv,
tisrn in his head, which .was caught-from traVel-
ling in an open carriage from Vienna on, his wit,'
to. England, Weare happy to say iris Highnesshas recovered. froth the • attack. nv
His joneY' t°
Weymouth appears to haVe been postponed.
elslse cjilfi sstprtiion Pus Princewrihnoceissst C° nhaa tic el. otT4Te h
E , ars:
It We arc nut mistaken, named LEoecii.D'Guottoo
CHARLES, sec. the Continental custom
nnntbcr of eirtiriiap7)rtananitelee to oS.
Wscrgege'%s we
e 'of
dent rank or an
winch, though arising in our humble minds, might
yet he useful---.it is, that his Royal. Highness, UP".
on the solenmization of his nuptials, should call
himselfGeottoa.-. How delightful wwild it he to
hear him say, I ;Geoitoa take thee:GUAM:OTTE,
thus reviving the happy' recollection• ill- the hest
KING and QUEEN that ever graced a throne.
There has never been any intention of fitting
up Chesterfield House for the Royal Pair. The
clause in the will of the late Lord is well known
it prevents the disposal, or-'Otherwise, no one bac
the heir entail can occupy it:
Mr. Hasa gave notice on Friday of the inten•
Lion of the Minister to contract I.r a newlotiery
this day.
GlatioNs and Co,'s fl olvethampto.n bank stop
pcd paymenton Monday.
We regrct the failure of another banking-house,
that of Messrs. BIICKVALA and Co. Taunton,
Somersetshire: •
Governmeut have given directions that sugars
should he admitted here for home consumption.
from Guadaloupe, on the same duties as from the
BritishOe-st India Islands', until the first of fill/.
neict.
The West India Planters and Merchaats Ora:
on Saturday a splendid entertainment the %T.,!.
Vetllol3 lately appointed to the Islands of Anti-
guit, Grenada, Dominica, Sr. Kitt's, and Tohago,
at whirl) his Royal Highness the nuke of (rent(:,
and all the. Cabinet Miiiisters, with litany otha•
distinguished personages, were present.

CITRIC ACID.

A fetter from Sit. Gll.Bitirt- BLAN.II to Dr.
Har.NEss, entitled Private, but so generally dif-
fused as to have nothing of privacy abont it, ex-
cept the above word 'on the envelope, is the
foundation for the following Afidress from Di..
IllitINE” to the Writer, Our limits to-day pre.
ventms from inserting this correspondence entire,
but we shall as early as possible publish Sir.Gtr..
Batty " private " letter, with perhaps a,
tuna or two of our own upon the subject. In the
titan time the controversy is fully elucidated by
1)V. HARNESS's very able reply, and as the (pies-
.
itott Is one nt infinite interest to the Navy and to
the Public, we trust that no apology is necessary
for diverting the attention of our Readers from
PolitiCs to Science.

•TO Silt GILBERT MANE. • . •
111Ve as little taste for a newspaper cor-
respondence as yourself. I have no dispncition
tolprovoke it, and it is with reluctance I ioviie
that it is ht}wevt.r '' a mode of correspondence
unbecoming a liberal man," as vol are pleased to
assert, I have yet to learn. It is indeed sometimes
the only safe mode to which a liberal man coil
Lave recourse fur his defence against insidious'
attacks or illiberal designs.. Had I +glee() ad-
dressed you in the spirit of that private letter
which, after such; very mature delitlerotio!!, and
such friendly ad vice, fon have addressed to me,—.
you would have had reason to complain, and Ito
be ashamed.' But it contains only a plain state-
; of facts established, approved, and applaud-

- -
Id by the first naval characters of that day in the
kingdom, and upon these facts I take my stand,
and venture to appeal from your judgment, and
lbet of your friends, to the public, and ncinkiiid.
Your Pamphlet, entitled " Comparative State-
' ThentsAce. &r." which contains 0 Tr 4,4 sele-ted
',ripest this occasion, and as I suspect for a special
Purpose, from a volume of medical miscellaneous
Tracts, published some time ago, was seat to me
inscribed " from the author," but. tioaccom-
',noir& by a single line from yourself to introduce
it to my notice t it came therefore as I coneeiv.
ell, in no " questionable shape," bat hearing on
the face of it a silent rebuke to me, for having
dared to lay any claim to merit for my services in
the exercise of my profession as Physician to the
Mediterraneau Fleet.- Whether I was right or
not in ditch construction of your design, in pre.'
' seating we with your pamphlet, you best eau judge.
But snider the impression of such construction, I
'eves desirous th:ir upon a public question you should
speak out to the world, and I gave you an oppor-
tunity of doing so by athiresiLi:g you in one of the
public papers (THE SUN)—this .yQu
setirrjUy decline, and this opportunity you dis-
-41444, Ats seize; but utter having written a private
letter tor eireidition among your friends, after
having received their flaw, jog approbation and
their urgent pressure to communicate it to alc,
you triumphantly forward the original wit:, era-
sures, interlineations, and Corrections 'to me at
the end of two ingnihit from the publication of my
letter to you. Written, as your letter apparently
was, iu the haste of the moment, bad it been sent
at that mom: nt, impulse and agitation tat ht have
excused its petulance and spleen ; hut now, its
style and its matter are without excuse, since it
bears the stamp of deliberation, and the seal of
reflection. The, ennremiAnons tone which it as.
slimes, whether real or assumed, neither surprises
do affects me : but I ,confess it did surprise me
When l read " I have not the least recollection of
any one cficumstance wt you relate respect-
" log the Medimirranenn Fleet.'' What, Sir, can
believed that ,you should sit as a Commis-
sioner at a eublic Board perfectly regardless of
*very thing that was passing before, it, and en-
tirely inattentive to a conversation then. held Ilion
a subjeet,however lightly you may talk of it,
and affect to despise it .of the utmost importance
to s he British Navy :—and eau your recoli\ect ion go
tro,further back than to the yeas 1800, when Lord
Si. Vincent commanded the fleet,, and Dr. Baird'
was its Physician Is it possible, let me ask again,
that sitting thus as a Commissioner upon public
deity you should not have heard a conversation of
so marked a nature, or havitig hearth, year shoidd
.Lave lost ail traces of it in your brain—Yes! for I
am told, " I have not the least recollection of
tat
any circumstance which you relate respecting,
." the Mediterraueuu Fleet."
No communicatiou, it was true, was made by'
ane to the Board during the three years to which
I refer, for no communication was necessary.—
What watt passing in the Fleet as to the medical
treatment of the crew, was matter, of great no.
toriety,-ant.could out hut he known to the Medi-
cal Board at home,.from the many Bills drawn
litiou► it for lemons issued, &c. how is it possible,
therefore, that you could be " entirely ignorant"
of it ; or if you were so, how you can be .acquit.
ted of " the most gross ignorance" and " criminal
'neglect of ditty" it is difficult to conceive.
That Dr, Lind's Treatise out the Scurvy, 17h3,
was written, and that the virtues of lemon-juice
wereknown before my service hi Antigua anti in
the Mediterranean I readily atisiit:; but that the,
knowledge of that valuable medicine had been
pritetietilly applied to the benefit of the Navy, tit
the same extent, at least, whenthe largenesSof the
fleet is considered,andAe longperiod of time during
which it was applied previously to the large and
liberal use made of it by me in the Mediterranean
Pleet, itt the year 1793 and two following year's, I
Absolutely deny; nor had any former application
of,' this remedy and preventive the same beneficial
"nsecinences, for it was folloised up, almost jag'
mediiyely, by the order tier a general supply of le-
mon-jniee to the Navy. Upon this gruntid, Sir,
it is that I feel a conscious pride and solid sat!"
factiontar 11" n 1114faetio of which no mail can'ue—
nie, in retketing that to my es:Oat:Ws it .was.