The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-12 00:00:00

THE DISTRES§ IN IRELAND.

" I have no doubt that Londonderry, Belfast,.
and Limerick could still afford you a good supply
of meal for the distressed counties. It is a truth,.
Cita we are getting back from Belfast in meal,
to Galway, what the merchants in Galway had,
some mouths since, exported to Belfast in oats."

ÜBSCRIPTION FOR TILE IRISH POOR.—Duriag
he last two days the Churchwardens and other
principal inhabitants of St. Clement Danes have
gone round from door to door throughout the
parish, to solicit subscriptions in aid of the gene-
ral fund at the London Tavern, and we under-
stand that their benevolent exertions produced a
considerable sum. In' St. Giles's-in-the-Fields
the Select Vestry subscribed ahem e 501. and af-
terwards personally waited on the rest of th:
parishioners for their donations; we understand
that St. Martin's, Marylebone, and other We;_
tern parishe,:, are about to follow the examp'e.—
On Sunday a Sermon, which produce d about 10)1.
was preached at Christchurch, and the parochial
authorities have issued printed notices, stating
that they will remain at home for a week to re-
ceive the contributions of all ‘who could not attend
at Church.

iii ILDIIALL.—A DONATION FOR TREE DISTRESSED
Inisx.—.A respectable young tradesman, who gave his
name Thomas Johnson, was charged before Mr. Alderman
Burn°Es, with a violent assault committed under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—The prisoner had been out upon a
jaunt in his chaise-cart, and got inebriated, and on his return
amused himself with driving most furiously up Bishopsgate-
street. His first exploit was to overturn an,old woman's fruit-
stall : the passengers interfered in her behalf, and the aggres-
sor was not only compelled to make the poor creature mime-
diate recompense, hut would have received summary punish-
ment at the hands of the mob, but that a person who knew him
came up at the time, and perceiving his situation, got into the
cart with him, and prevailed upon him to drive off'. This he
at length did, much at his former pace. No further accident,
however, it seems, occurred until he got to Barbican, where
a Mr. Haynes, the complainao, who was crossing the road,
with the greatest difficulty imaginable escaped being run over
through the prisoner's careless and furious driving ; and u
Ton
stopping to observe his further conduct, was salute] dir.ctly
isth a violent blow over the face with his whip, which was
repeated several times until the prisoner had secured his
retreat into Mr: Dixon's stable-yard.—Mr. Haynes, how-
ever, succeeded in procuring a constable, and gave the pri-
soner into custody. Two witnesses confirmed the prosecu-
tor's testim- ny es to the furious driv ng, as also to the fact of the
assault, which was declared to have been wholly unprovoked on
the part of Mr. Haynes. The prisoner had nothing whatever
to otter either in justification or defence of his conduct. lie
appeared, however, perfectly aware of its consequences, and in
the apprehension of being committed for want of sureties, had
brought his bail with him. The bail were accordingly ac-
cepted but Mr. Haynes, having no personal object, suggested
his willingness to forego the prosecution upon the prisoner's
expressing his regret and contrition for his improper conduct,._
and subscribing 101. to the funds for the distressed Irish. To
this 'proposition Mr. Johnson acceded, and immediately de-
posited a 101. note in the hands of Mr. Haynes for that purpose,
and was then discharged.

MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

Drat, JULY IL—Wind S.W.—Sailed this morning the
Ruby, Corneley, for Lisbon, and the rest of the outward-bound
for their different destinations. Came down from the River
and remain the Heart of Oak, Robinson, for Demerara. Ar-
rived and sailed for the River the Planet, Barclay, from
Jamaica; Anteus, Byers, Antyne and Mayo, from Antyne.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 10.—Wind W.—Arrived from London
the Nassau, Tremayn, for Malaga, and Bramin, Rawson, for
Gibraltar.
PORT ShIOUTH, JULY 11.—Wind S.S.W.—Paesed by the
Borneo, Ross, from Bencoolen for London.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 19.—Wind W.—Passed the port- the
Patton, Bacon, from London for Quebec. Arrived the Forti-
tude, Crosley, from Bilboa.

GREENLAND FISHERY.
The following is a correct statement of the Green'and F;shery
received yesterday from an eminent mercantile house at Hull,
by a respectable house in the City :
" Annexed we take leave to hand you an account of the stave
of the Greenland Fishery, as received this day by the Juno,
arrived with three fish, damaged at Bo'ness on the 17th instant.
The fishery throughout, we ti ar, will prove a bad one, arthe
Juno left the ice on the 21st u't. after which time them is not,
much room to hope for a general improvement.,
LONDON. BERWICK.
Industry, May 19, clean. Lively, June 1, 2 fish.
King George, June 4, 1 fish. LEITH.
Mayant, do, 3 do. Juno, arrived July, 7 fish,
HULL. 338 tuns.
Cicero, June 20, 2 fish. KIRKALDY.
Cyrus, May 20, clean. Rambler, June 8, clean.
Duncombe, May 28, 1 fish.. MONTROSE.
• Eagle, do., 1 do. Spencer, June 3, 3 fish.
Evcrthorpe' June 1, clean. ABERDEEN.
Exmouth, May 28, do. Dee, June 1. clean.
Fame, do. 1 fish. Henrietta, May, do.
Kiero, June 4, clean. Jane, June 1, 4 fish
Mary & Elizabeth, May 24, do. PETF.
Mercury, do., 2 fish. Alert, May 4, 4 fish.
Neptune, do., clean. Dexterity, May 18, clean.
Perseverance, do., do. Eclipse, do., do.
Trafalgar, do., do. Eleanor, June 8, 3 fit•h.
Unity, do., 4 sh. Hope, do., 1 do.
Walker, do., 2 do. Jean, do., 2 do.
William Torr, do., clean. Mary, do., 2 do.
WHITBY. Union, do., 3 fish, 2500 seals.
Aimwell, 1 fish. GREENOCK.
Harmony,June l,seals 70 tuns. John, June 17, clean.
Seville, do., 20 do. LIVERPOOL.
Volunteer, IMay 18. 1 fish. I Baffin, May 20, 1 fish."
William & Ann, 2 do.

CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 12.
There was a large supply of every kind of Grain this morn-
ing ; but the trade was very dull, and the best samples only
brought Monday's prices; there were no purchasers for in.
ferior samples.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 12.
The market was but lmoderately supplied this morning with
all descriptions of Cattle ; Lamb was more plentiful than
Mutton, and the prices are rather higher than last market-day.

EXTRACT OF A kETTER FROM'A WORTHY
TARP OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND.
" It gives me sincere pleasure to hear from you
that your Committee are disposed, in friar e, to
send to our distressed country, provisions, in-
stead of money; I was always of opinion that the
two counties of Galway and Mayo had not pro-
vision equal to their consumption; for the county
of Galway, I trust I have so arranged, as to pre-
clude all present alarm of want of provision. I
have purchased about Seven Thousand Pounds
worth of meal, but a large proportion of it is not
yet arrived ; however, the merchants are in daily
expectation of this supply, having received the
bills of lading. Government has also promised a
considerable supply ; and your good Committee
have not forgotten us. I am, I fear, too easily
cast down ; on my visit to Galway, which I pay
twice a week, when I see a great demand for pro-
visions, and the supply small in proportion, and that
I do not find it arrive as fast as my impatience re-
quires, I become distressed and alarmed; but
I hope my proper trust is in Him who knows our
wants before we ask, and our ignorance in ask-
ing ; and if it be, I can have no fear.
" It. is hard to make even the people.of Dublin
believe our ►wants, and I hear that in England
there yet are many who do not give credit to cur
afflicting reports. Oh ! Sir, if such persons coul d
see ~what I have seen, or know what I know, the
hair df their heads would stand on end with terror,.
grief, and horror.

TIIE LONDON JOUR GALS.

EXTRACTS ritog kiLY 3.IOnNING PAPERS,
July 12, 1822.

• [MOP.NING CHRONICLE.]
The Greeks have taken a Turkish corvette
and brig of war, and three transports laden with
slaves :and-the—treasures of Scio of Metylene,
4:vhich have been sent to the Morea. On the
sth May the Capitan Paella was still with his
fleet in the Channel off Scio, and the Greek fleet
were in sight preparing for attack, having Con-
greve rockets on board, from which they expect-
ed great advantages. The Egyptian fleet, con-
sisting of 40 vessels, set sail on the•c2c2d May for
Candle. Si of these vessels (merchantmen)
were under British colours, laden With stores
and horses for the expedition. The Capitan
Paella had sent to Court 100 Virgins and 100
youths to be distributed as presents among the
Grandees of the Divan. There is no doubt of
the taking of Napoli de Romania. ao.

There is to us something unaccountable in the
apathy with which a people pretending to be
Christian, and hitherto supposed to be humane,
view what is now taking place in Greece. - If
any one had two or three years ago hinted at the
possibility of a British Ministry affording aid to
the most odious monsters that ever disgraced
the human form, in a project to exterminate
a noble nation gallantly struggling for their
ndependence, whiie the people looked on with
indifference, even after such heart-rending scenes
as those of Scio—lf, we. say, any one had hint-
ed, however distantly, at the possibility of this„,
a loud yoke of indignation from every quarter
would 'have instantly silenced him. But who
shalt be able to blot out from the page of history
the record of a reality which far outruns all that
malice could by anticipation have imputed to us?
No generous voice has boen heard to deprecate
the oppression of the Greeks in the British
Senate, while, as if to resider the deficiency the
more glaring, its eloquence was never so much
engrossed by the praise of our own philanthropy,.
and invectives.tgaiustour neighbours for the want
of it.—(ibid.)

[Ntlir TIMES.]
The French 'Ministry appear to b© acting with
a most injudicious degree of hesitation in the
case of the traitor Berton. Instead of bringing
him to trial as a rebel at once, they have sent
him before the tribunal of Poitiers, the members
of which many of them, revolutionists,
will probably suggest some technical objection
against punishing him at all. Meanwhile chances
are afforded for his escape ; and these, we may
be assured, will be eagerly laid hold of by the
Liberals. A scheme of this kind was lately
adopted at Poitiers. A house was set on fire, in
the hope of drawing off the attention of the sol-
diers, and thus finding means to snatch him from
destruction. The Commandant, however, was too
wary to fail into this trap: he kept the soldiers
in their quarters, and thus the scheme failed.-1
M. de Corbiere, the Minister of the Interior, ap-i
pears to mov,, in this business with a degree of
indecision, which is not very favourable to the
Royal cause, The Fri nch people naturally rea-
son thus : if you dare not punish treason, you
!rust doubt the validity of your own power.
Either Berton is a rebel, deserving instant and
ocemplary punishment ; or the Government
against which he conspired rests on a weak and
unsteady foundati,-n.

[THE TINES.]
The accounts of the British Consulates through-
out Europe and America have been laid before
the House of Commons. The most striking cir-
cumstance in our whole consular system seems to
be, that the :charges made at the several ports,
or, iu other words, the extra taxes imposed upon
British commerce, for the profit and gratification of
the Consuls, are in most casts (for" aught up-
pears) levied by the will, and apportioned by
the consciences, of these officers, without any
specific superintendence or controul from the Le-
gislature of this country, or even from the _Minister
who appointed them. With the exception,we be-
lieve, of th ePo rtuguese dominions and Leghorn, our
Consuls at foreign ports have raised what contri-
butions they thought fit : hut if we may judge
from the fair, legal, and authorized pickings of
these gentlemen, what their emoluments have
been, and are likely to continue, where they
have no limit except their own conscientious for-
bearance, it is probable that, if put up to auction,
the patronage of the Foreign Secretary in the single
article of foreign consulship might be worth the
attention of his Lordship's financial brethren
among the Ways and Means of the year. The
Consul-General in the Brahil3 has pocketed
within six years 57,5671., of which he owns to
43,500/., as clear profits made out of the mer-
chants of Great Britain. The Consul ut the
single port of Bahia has made in the same pe-
riod above 14,0001. The total receipts by our
Consuls in the Brazils only, from 1815 to 1820,
both inclusive, were 90,274/. 13s. 4d., or an
average of above 15,0001. per annum. The state
of our Consulates throughout France and Italy
demands considerable purification.

[MOlttil NO PO3T.]
Private letters from Constantinople state, that
the execution and sale of Greeks continue in that
capital. All the European Ambassadors bad re-
tired to their country seats, as the Feast of Ra-
madan had begun, and all business would be sus-
pended for several weeks. Several tessels had,
previously sailed to ieinforce the Capitan Pacha,
v.,ifo sill remained at Scio, and whose fleets bad
severely buffered in its crews, from an epidemic
disorder which had broken out amongst them.
The thousands of dead bodies unburied on the
shore, or floating on the sea, had created a kind
of pestilence, and the slain were thus taking
vengeance on their murderers,—The French
Pa'pers contain no additional details of the late
conspiracy at Colmar, although there are ac-
counts from that city, announcing that the Court
of Assize had opened its Sittings on the Bth inst.
for the trial of the individuals concerned in the

plot of Be'fort, which broke out on 60 Ist
of last January. The ConstituConnel states,
that all the artillery of the '6 Army of the
Loire," which. had been deposited in the arsenals
of Rochefort and la Rochelle, had been sent in
waggons to the Sanitary cordon on the Spanish
frontier. Baron de Rothschild left Paris on the
7th inst. for St. Petersburgh, in consequence of
the intention again expressed by the Emperor
Alexander to raise a considerable loan. The
departure of this great capitalist, and the pur-
pose for which he was hastening to the Russian
capital, once more revived the expectations of a war
between Russia and Turkey. The King of Sweden
has issued a Decree, allowing his subjects to
trade freely with the South American States, and
lowering the Custom duties on their merchandise
and produce.—The French Chamber of Depu-
ties did not take up the discussion of the Budget
for IS'2 on Monday, as it had been anticipated,
but continued that on the new project of law for
forming new canals in France.

[Barran Pans.]
New York and Philadelphia Papers to the
16th last have been received. Au Act has
passed Congress, the first section of which
authorises the President, " on satisfactory
evidence being given, that the ports in the
Islands or Colonies in the West Indies, un- '
der the. dominion of Great Britain, have
been opened to the vessels of the United
States, to issue his Proclamation, declaring that
the reports of the United States shall there-
after be open to the vessels of Great Britain,
subject to such reciprocal rules and restric-
tions as the President may deem expedient."
The second section authorises the President, in
the event of the commercial treaty with France
being concluded, to rescind the tonnage duties at
present in force. The above Act to continue in
force to the end of the next Session of Congress.—
The intelligence from South America is as favour-
able as the friends of liberty could wish.

[MO lINING lIERALD.3
In the debate on Wednesday night on Mr
Western's Resolutions, Lord Milton made a re.
markablo observation, and that was, that if the
Ministers at a certain period had taken off taxes
to the amount of ten millions, it would have
effected the salvation of many who are now
in a state of ruin. The Noble Lord expressed
his hope that the example of the freeholders of
[the county of Kent, in petitioning for a reduc-
tion of the interest of the National Debt, would
not be followed by other counties, but insi-
nuated at the same time that some imitations
were by no means improbable. Now, how it is
possible to reduce the taxation of the country in
so large a sum as ten millions, without at the
same time reducing, and that very considerably,
the interest of the National Debt, we are totally
at a loss to conceive. Were Lord Milton First
Lord of the Treasury, we think that he would
have a very difficult task to do the one thing
without simultaneously doing the other. We
have often before said, that the grand item in
the annual expenditure of the country is the in-
terest of 32 millions on the debt. This item it
is which causes about two-thirds of the taxation
of the country. The expenditure of the Army,
the Navy, the Crown, Stc. is trivial in compari-
son ; being only about eighteen millions per
annum, or little more than one half of the other,
or about one third of the whole expenditure,
and of the taxation required to meet that expen-
diture. According to the Noble Lord's propo-
sition he would bring down the taxation re-
quired to pay the Crown, the Army, Sze. full
one half. What would be the consequence
under such circumstances to the Army and Navy,

to whom, while Buonaparte was in his glory, and
threatening us with invasion, thanks for beating
him and his Generals were regularly voted'?
What, we ask, would be the consequence, if
one half of that meritorious Army and Navy
were turned off, without a farthing in their
pockets, and who have been, for the greater
part of their lives) accustomed to do no
other than Military and Naval duty ; and
who are therefore comparatively incapable of
applying themselves to other employments, by
which they might earn their bread ? If the
Noble Lord was either a Naval or a Military
Officer, and bad been all his life, or the greater
part of his life in the service, and incapable of
any other employment, we ask, how the Noble
Lord would, under such circumstances, like to be
turned off at a mbment's notice, without any
provision for his future maintenance ? Our opi-
nion is, that the Government and the Nation
were much too quick in their disbanding of the
Army and Navy ; that it ought to have been done
gradually ; and that in order to pay them in the
meantime, the property tax of ten per cent.
should have been continued. The cause of the
present situation of the country is, that Lord
Milton's ancestors, and the rich forefathers of
other Noble Lords and Commoners, did not pay
for their wars as they went on ; which wars, they
say, saved their estates. No, instead of discharg-
ing, at the time, the debts brought on by those
wars, They obtained money at an exorbitant
rate from the usurers of those days.

The celebrated Captain Rock, known by the
name of Walter Fitzmwzrice, has surrendered
himself to Captain Gerald Blennerhassett, of I
Riddlestown, in this County.—( Limerick News.) I
ALAarIINa FthE.—About two o'clock yester- I
day morning a fire broke out at a cheesemonger's
in Charles-street, St. George's in the East. The
flames were very extensive in the lower part of
the house when the fire was first discovered, and
great difficulty prevailing before the inmates
could be awoke, and made sensible of their
perilous situation, it was feared they would be-
' come a prey to the devastating element. They
were, however, at length roused, and, nearly
suffocated by the smoke, effected their escape out
of the windows in a state of nudity. The fire
raged with such fury that although there was a
Plentiful supply of water and several engines on
the spot, the house was nearly 'completely gutted,
and almost the whole of the stock in trade and
furniture were destroyed before it could be got
under.