The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-08 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

FROM THE FRENCH FRONTIERS, 28TH AND
30TD JUNE.--Accounts from Alsace say, that in
the course of this month 1000 or 1200 men of the
Austrian Contingent of the Army of Occupation,
commanded by General Jument, have returned to
Germany, and have not hitherto been replaced by
others. Several detachments from the Bavarian
Contingent have also re-turned home.
The :French infer from these circumstances.
with much satisfaction, that the whole force will
soon depart. The Prussian corps, under General
Ziethen, remains entire, and they Hatter them-
selves at the head-quarters !bat the King of Prus-
sia will pay a visit to the Camp before he goes to
Aix-la•Chapelle.
Since the return of the Duke of Wellington to
his he•a4-gnartcrs he has sent Coutiers to London
and Vienna.

New institutions have been formed in regard to
the destination oldie Officets on half-pay in France,
It is now calculated that their
.number may
amount .to between 25 and 26,000,; of this num-
ber only 300 are placed upon actual service ; but
it is imagined that the nu►rtber will be increased
to 7 or 800.

BRUSSELS, JULY .-It is positively asserted
that the Duke of Wellington has hired an hotel in
this city, whict gives reason to presume that his
Grace will fix his abode here ; nothing, however,
is said of the time or manner.

HAGUE, JULY 2.—We hear that the ordinary
annual assembly of the States of Holland will be
opened here on the 7th

I Papers from Canada to the Ist of Jane state,
that cottsiderable discontent prevails in that Pro-
vince. The whole
.district of Niagara baying
adopted the principles and proceeded according to
the advice of a Mr G-URLAY, in an Address to
the resident Landholders, every Township held
meetings, and have each chosen a Representative.
These Representatives (fifteen in number, among
whom are several Magistrates) have met, and
chosen four to represent the District in the Pro-
vincial Convention, appointed to meet at York,
Upper Canada, on the 6th July, in order to send
Commissions to England, with an Address to his
Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, respecting
the conduct of the Local Government The Com-
mittee of Niagara Disliet have invited others to
follow their example. Saturday, the 6th June,
was appointed for Township Meetings, to nomi-
nate Township Representatives Mitch injury
had been done by flies in Lower Canada, in the
woods. At the German Settlement of the Clan-
diere, and in that of the Seigniory of St. Gabriel,
several houses and a quantity of corn had been
destroyed.
On Monday afternoon, about four o'clock, the
Grand Duke MICHAEL, attended by Baron Nz-
cHoLat, arrived a: Cumberland House, Kew-
green, where they were received by the Royal
Duke and Duchess, &e. In a short time after
they went in an open carriage of the Duke of
CUMBERLAND'S to Himpton Court Palace, which
they viewed, as well as the delightful gardens and
grounds attached to it. They returned to Cum-
berland House to dinner, where there were also
Count and Countess LIEVEN, the Marquis and
Marchioness of WoacasTva, &c. The Grand
Duke returned to town on Monday night. Yes-
terday his Imperial Highness attended at the
Russian Chapel, in Welbeck street.

The Grand Duke MICHAEL intends leaving town
on Tuesday next, on his tour through England,
Scotland,' and Ireland.

A duel was bight yesterday morning on Wim-
bledon Common, bet wren Mr. A— and Lieut.
which ended iu the former being wounded
in the thigh. The difference which occasioned
I the meeting originated in a gaming dispute.
The Mid Lothian Cavalry, under the command
of Lord MELVILLR, assembled on Wednesday, for
ten clays' permanent duty; the Musselburgh and
Dalkeith troops at the former place; the Barnton
and DaltnahOy at Edinburgh.
Thursday, the tlerot of the 74th Regiment,
under the command of Capt. CARGILL, marched
into Edinburgh Castle, from Fermoy, Ireland.
The inhabitants of St. Lucia have discovered a
most singular plant. In a cavern of that Isle,
near the sea, is a large basin, from 12 to 15 feet
deep, the water of which is very brackish, and
the bottom composed of rocks. From these, at
all tunes, proceed certain substances, which pre-
sent. at first sight
_beautiful flowers, of a bright
shining colour, and pretty nearly resembling our
marigolds, only that their tint is more
These seeming flowers, on the approach of a
hand or instrument, retire, like a snail, out of
sight. On examining their substance closely,
there appear, in the middle of the disk four brown
filaments, resembling spiders' legs, which move
round a kind of petals with a pretty brisk and
spontaneous motion. These legs have pincers to
seize their prey ; and upon seizing it, the yellow
petals immediately close, so that it cannot escape.
Under this exterior of a flower is a brown stalk,
of the bigness of a raven's quill, and which ap-
pears to be the body of some animal. It is pro-
bable that this strange creature lives on the spawn
of fish, and the marine insects thrown by the sea
into the basin.

OUTRAGE IN THE FLEET PRISON.--We are
happy to inform our Readers, that the tumult,
which we mentioned yesterday, is entirely quelled,
and the Military have quitted the Fleet. Several
of the inmates of this prison had been guilty of
uproarious proceedings on Saturday night, when
it was found necessary to commit the leaders to
the strong room, whence, however, they were
liberated by their insurgent friends, who, fortify-
ing themselves in a particular apartment, now as-
sumed such an attitude of defiance, as alarmed
the officers of the prison. This violent conduct
was continued until yesterday morning, when Mr.
NIXON, the Deputy Warden, with a promptitude
that cannot be too much commended, sent for
military aid, soon after which a party) of soldiers
came from the Horse Guards, secured the insur-
uents and restored peace., Pardon was then en-
treated by the offenders.

POETRY.

SALTASET.
Crowning the hill, and rushing down its side,
E'en to the murm'ring beach, appears SALTAsix,
Beheld with interest. I delight to look

Upon that street that struggles up the slope,
And mark those gardens tri►u on, either side,
That spread themselves to sun, and shower, and breeze,
Still rising o'er each other, fresh and green,
With here and there a venerable elm
Or poplar elegant ; and though the hand
Of boastful, spruce, and calculating Art,
Hath here no keel and right-angled streets,
And traces here no long unbroken lines
Of buildings uniform, there is a charm
To me, in this bold rush adown the hill,
And this continued dotting of its side
With gardens which the hand of Leisure forms,
Abodes of bloom and fruitage, flowers and shade,
And bless'd with matchless prospect, when Repose,
Sweet recompence for years of honour'd toil,
In many a tasteful, odour-breathing bower,
Waits on the *sons of Ocean.

N. T. C

Saltash has long been, and it still continues to be, the
favourite retreat of many gentlemen of the navy.

REGISTER OF FASHION.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Earl of Lonsdale, at his house in Charles-street, Ilerke-
ley-square,. from his seat in Rutland,shire; Lady Beauchamp,
in St. James's-square, from Staffordshire; Sir Thos. Hesketh
and family, at Mivart's Hotel , Earl of Harborough, at ditto;
T. Wright, Esq. at the Mount Hotel, Grosvenor-street ; --
Watson, Esq. at ditto; Rev. Mr. Hordere, at ditto; Major
Skelton, at ditto; MO. and Miss Stanhope, from Madeira, in
Conduit-street.