The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-11 00:00:00

rftiVATE coitiutspoNDENCE.

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A Private Letter troai th“,:d
6th, says— - e
A most alarmingdispositirin has mapiftsted
it elf, purticillarly within the last two days, among,l
the lower classes. The cause is, not less alarm-
ing—a rise in the price of breLit beliaviottr
of the populace in the Rue St. Denis, and several
other parts of Paris, has been so violent,,tbat
many individuals were arrested by the Pol4ee.
One man carried about a print nf the King, shew-
ed it to the people, and heape upon the Bourbons
the most seditious and scurrilous reproaches ;he
harangued the rabble, and recalled to their recollec-,,
lion, that it was a rise in the price of bread, from,
nine to ten sous, that produced the Revolution.
and the catastrophe of Louis XVI. -It is said there
will be a rise of three sous more by to-morrow
but extraordinary measures are taken for the main-
tenance of public tranquillity. The Commissaries '
of Police of the capital, who amount, I believe,
to about seventy, were assembled yesterday, for
the purpose of receiving, particular instructions.
Several pieces of artillery, have, also arrived, for.
the real or pretended purpose of being reviewed
to.day. It is certain the harvest has been very
r bad throughout France its .general, though great
pains have been taken to produce the contrary
impression upon • the Parisians. The expression
most common amongst the lower orders is, that
bread is now double the price it bore at the corn-
mencement of the Revolution, When Paris was
considered In a state of faniiiie.—lt is observed,.
that among the rioters arrested for seditious cries,
in Consequence of the price of bread, theroure
discovered ;some eii-officers of the
,old army; who
inked with-the crowd in order to inflaMe the pub-
lic feeling. One of the persons,taken up cried
out to the populace,--.` ;et but tsooßuonapartii:t.s:.,;,
like me, unite, and we shall see what wiii happen.'
—Such was the state of the public mind 'yesterday,
that some Royal carriags which were seen -pass-
ing through the streets, covered np, in the direc-
tion of Font ainbleau, gave rise to the report tka
the King and the Royal Family werg afraid to, re-
main in the .cripital., 711111 intended, retiring private-
ly to .one of the most. distant of. the Royal Pa-
laces. The fact was., that these were hunting,
'carriages' belonging to the Princes., which fre-
quently- leave Paris covered in the sante manner."

AFFAIRS IN TULE MYER PLA'rE.

Tay the' Gleaner, front Buenos Ayre4, arrived at,
Guernsey, we are put in pots Sion of inteirgenee!
from thence to the 14th of Atighit.-- At this,pc.
Hod 00 fresh tidings had. been heard of the Por-.,
tagtiese expedition. Some itneashtess had been.
felt Lac the BritiSh, lest their jut et esti. shotbld sof,
in tic expected warfart: b,:tweett the South
AthcricAns 'imd, the Portogueic, in the absence .of
a 111 it Sit buiMf afarin had subsided by
the arrival of ComModore 110wLas with the Hya-
cinth and Ampition frigates. ARTIGAS 11C41011-
Stratea by his
/actions that he is the inveterate foe
of the 11uenos Ayres PoVernatent ii he molests
their trade on every possible occasion, and thwarts
all their views'as much as lies in his power.

• Much mystery still liana .1 over the proceedings
Of the BuenosAyres government xs to their. relit%
Hong with the Poi toguese. A constant intercourse
is kept up between them ; and there are those in'
riverthe that the Portuguese are.
fairin tt l'laie w
waytogbo gaits their object by Itegociatio:ti,"
without the risk of an experiment of force' Of
arms. ‘Vith the few letters that reached town
yesteeday,oliere cam also a protest relating to
some trifling' irregularity of a British vessel in land-
ing her goods. This doctlmentisuntlientirated btr
mi.. I' ,eho kialis himself 'Cousid of his
Britannic Majesty. This latter oireutus:ance
occasioned Much - speculation on .`Change;
the merchants -trading
.to Ittienus.* Ayres. knew of
no person there.who has of late officiated in that
character : they therefore suppose that some change
tray have taken Pace tit the ileinciples and cbtiLr
duct of the government to induce this geatteroao
so to 'autiotince himself: Some • time
Staples was sent out to Buenos Ayres in tine!aoiL
racter of British.C-onsul, but not being ablei. cotw
sis:ently with the amicable relations and.friend-
ship which subsisted, between the Spanish. and
British ;Government, to recognize the insurgent
Governments; he' obtained his passport and re-
turned home. The British Government deeming it,
however, expedient to have some person at Bue-
nos Ayres to watch over the Bri:ish interests, sent
out Mr. Staples in h. 4 private character, to purchase.
dollars, he. on account of Government, in order
,to be ready to act' neeoreting -to eirettinstztnees
the event of any change in the portlics of the go-.
verntnet t. it wig therefore supposed that Mr.
Staples Was acting only as the inivate itgult cif
government., and that he would. contioue to act
in that capacity until the government assumed a
new character; by declining in -a formal
"nuihner
its indepenndence. Whether this bits been the
or not, we. have still to learn ; but this nte.fsiire`
was more or lesS anticipated, when it WAS'
that the Congress in Tucuman h at. puldiitaira'
formal declaration of their independence, whitit ilea
claration, it wits suspected,would short lybe followed by,their putting.themseives c, .aer the protection
of the.gorrrnment of Brazils. The idea,. however.:
that, the golf rnment.:4lllluenos ATres may 1,a%,c,
now formall'..: their iliat:,,euttnice., :irises
entirely front the
.understanding that r , Staples
had. instructions front 'his government, that sir
soon as
,the.prOvittecs_ of 'the river rlite had so
declined, he was at liberty to arsume the charite-
ter'of British Consist', which.he hits done, 113 ti it.
peari, by: tlte.protest before allutleit to
Artigas's plan (says the Journal which prtten.ls
to know all the pitios•of all Rebels) is to a
sufficient force in Motile-video,- andiLthe
geese do attack the territory of the- United p,,,.
,vintis, immediately to -penetrate 'into the'Silii*
districts of the Wail Lis irriiielar

41eclate frceantn- to the tklietti, tarirtitut
For thiS style of warfitri. his troopt tt a pei,
toiteti, 'king etfliirleee lianas of Tai-rigrii
-plotinted on the-fleet eot horses. 1t ts. thei.cfore
iivobable that, if the L'ortugnest persiitkiii''Y
,tiring down results on their own hood df whicla
they are by 1114311 N aware:
On the otlier.band, our accounts from flip J3l
netiro of 20111 August informs us, that the tro4
had been landed t tit. Catlierincloil I)c'
gat) to proceed towards Rio Grande, some, alio'
being- landed on• the coittiovict,..by Lind; ','"lllhd
others in large pirogues,: They .fortber.ada; th"'
the troops" so long stationed on the ttOuticii h,cl`
[wide an advance inoventeut.

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Lisbon, 1 HollaAir, I Nriaha. 'Due 2,2 Go
burgh, 2 Dublin ; 8 Wateitorr •

PRICE OF STOCKS
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• HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIM; F. TO-Nlololo‘l.
Morning'. 3.9 minute:4 after 5. I..F.eetlitig. 5d iltiouteiatta