The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-24 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

brsrnucst, Nov. s.—We too must join in the
accounts which are received from nil quarters re-
spewing the uncommonly productive harvest; for
many years we do not remember to have its tine an
autumn in our valleys as the present; for t e five
weeks we have bad a succession of the Attest
The inhabitants have been able to Whet see
the productions of the earth in fell perffilicrts.-
In South Tyrol, the. tintage has been eztreoidittarily
productive, and the quality of the wine if
dseel-
lent. All the old casks which have leli ettelesa
for years, have been pet in requisitioi, did the
coopers have had enough to do the whole autumn to
repair them and make new ones. Maley lasdhOlders.'
have a third more wine than they had calculated, be.
cause a beneficial rain, just before the 'Wage, re-
freshed many vines, which on account of the long
drought that preceded, had not strength enough.—
A Clergyman, who in 1810 received 18 casks of
wine for his tithes, has received this year 400. Le-
mons and peaches abound in the same manner; the
former are for the most part exported; the latter, on
account of their perishable nature and their great
plenty,„ are used to distil brandy. Other fruits are
less plentiful, particularly apples, which are twice
as dear as last year.
VIENNA, Nov. 9.—Soon after the return of his
Majesty the Emperor, we expect the arrival of the
Foreign Sovereigns. la honour of their presence,
the garrison will be increased, and in the neighbour-
ing parks, &c. preparations made to give theoa.iiso di•
version of the chase. • •
Mr. Payne, a merchant of this city, has lONA
upon bins the Agency of the London Insurance Core-1
pany. Many house-owner', particularly in the 066.1
beurhood of Vienna, have already insured their
houses, and pay a premium of 4 per cent. on the
lue rif theirbouses as stated by themselves.
For some weeks past our Course of Etchiags
has grown worse almost daily. Even the hope en-1
tertained (and which has now been realised) that the
civil officere and the military world be paid in silver,'
•footbratberlowsted the Eliekenge. 4 it. rinser-4W
sliellhat the well-knownßooker has for roe
time Ceased' to endeavoir .e the atuelforation of.
the Vienna paper currency. This man was a
male. cause of the amendment of. the Exchange in
these two last years, fro* 400 to Oa, and be would
probably have raised it still bighet had not the most
energetietneans been employed 'on all hoods to coon.
tweet him. Ile seems now himself to conjecture,
that es the Government now levies slmost all the
productive taxes in 20 creutzer pieces, and conse-
quently the Vienna is not the only currency, it is
likely to surfer a depreciation in comparison with
silver. It is even said, that in Huller, and Tran-
sylvania, from the 15tn of November, and in the
Hereditary Statel4, t month later, alit,' one of the
most productive sources of reveuuei Is net to be sold,
except for silver.

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PRIVATR GORRESPO4VDENCH.

PARTS, Nov. 19.—The sort of enigma which the
Mosquito brought you in such haste from St. Helena,
appears to have caused far less sensation at Paris than
in Loudon. We have, on this subject, only the con.
tradictory conjectures which your Journals kiss
published. Ours, as yet, hare not said a word on
the sulject, but every one speaks of the affair ac.
cording to his own fancy.
In general it was not believed that Bonaparte was
dead, because there would not have been the slightest
reason fur withholding for a moment the a tiounce.
merit of a very natural event, and which 'Dalai have
been rendered suspicious by concealment..
As little has any body supposed that be had escap-
ed, because it was to beelpected that that misfor-
tune, if it had taken place, would also have been im-
mediately announced. Bet an escape G considered
to be rendered impossible, in consequence of tbs pro.
cautions of every kind with which the prisoner is
surrounded; end as the means of defence afforded by
the fortifications, as well as the natural difficulties of
the island itself, are full securities against an external
surprise, any doubt on this subject would be injurious
to Sir Hudson Lowe.
On the other band, if a plot, which has had no
effect, base been discovered at St. Helens, why not
say so openly ? Why adhere to insinuations which,
by exciting curiosity without satisfying it, awaken
distrust and increase suspicion? Why not print the
papers that have been seized ; and as the defeated
conspiracy is contained in the letters, let every one
judge of it ?

I must not conceal from you, that the profound
mystery with which the object of the dispetci•es from
St. Helena has hitherto been covered, has crested a
supposition here—doubtless an erroneous one—that
there is some political object in view, to which the
highest importance is attached, and of which the name
of Bonaparte may have only been made the pretest.
What seems in support this conjecture, which the
publication of the letters would refute, is the other
plot, with the report of which all Belgium is at pre.
sent occupied, and respecting which such absurd and
incredible details are related. What ! a serious plan
to seize the greatest Monarch of Karol*, on his
journey from Ais•la-Chapelle to Brussels, by a party
of 600 smugglers, to carry him into a wood, and make
him sign a declatatioa contrary to ail Ike comments