The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

zliglit'not have_ possessed sufficient force to give
the prepouderinCe to pacitc-cotincils.

• FRENCH FUNDS.--DEC. 13. •
Five per Cents. Opened at
Highest
. • • Lowest 9O f. 75 c,
Closed at 9l f. c.
Neapolitan Five per Cents.
Cour: ilattlientique.)
At four o'clock, the• .5 per cents were 90 f. 65 c.
Spanish Bonds,of 1820
1821 ' • 59-00
Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 45 C.
Three Months 25 f. 30 c.

[From the American Papers.]
Extract of a Letter dated Camp Calvas, near Pensacola,
Oct. 16.

" The revenue cutter Louisiana, arrived here a few days ago
from a cruize on the coast of Cuba, having made five prizes.
The vessels captured were schooners from 80 to 100 tons bur-
then. Two were burnt, and three sent into New Orleans; one
loaded with coffee, and another having a quantity of dry goods
on board. The clew of one only was taken, consisting of seven-
teen, who are under guard at. this camp, having been detained
for trial. The •other crews escaped into the woods, after hav-
ing burnt a quantity of coffee, &c. they had on shore. The
vessel to which the prisoners here belonged in addition to their
small arms mounted a large swivel.—( Mobile Register!)
hlExico..--By accounts received at Charleston from Ha-
vannah, it appears that the Emperor Iturbide, maintained his
usurped power, down to- the last of September. This circuM-.
stance, and his again permitting the transportation of specie.
frordthe' mines of Vera Cruz, had induced an opirdun that his.
authority had become more respected. Of the proceedings of
the republican General Victoria, nothing had been heard of
late. Information had reached Havannah, that 'the Briti4h•
Government had at last turned their 'attention seriously to
the subject of piracy in the West Indies : ten fast sailing
schooners had been contracted for; which were to be completed.
in 14 days time, and dispatched immediately to cruize in the-
West Indian seas.—A SpaniSh feet recently fitted out at
Havannah, was actively pursuing the pirates,- and had made
some captures.. .

The anxiety of his. Honour the VICE•CHAN.
CELLO R to relieve the. Court of Chancery from
the imputation under which it has long laboured,
of being injuriously dilatory, and to distinguish
the proceedings in his Court from those before
the LO RD CHANCELLOR, IS pretty well known,
not only to the .suitor, whose cases are heard
before him, and who have felt its effects, but
to the Public generally. This anxiety on the
part of his Honour gave rise, on Friday last, to a
remonstrance from Mr. WETHERELL,. who ex-
pressed the feeling which we have reason to be-
lieve unanimously pervades the Bar, as well as,
every person in the habit of attending to hear the
proceedings in the Court of Chancery, that cases
may be decided without being sufficiently heard.
We should have allowed the circumstance to pass
unnoticed, in the hope that it would of itself have
led to the correction of the evil complained of,
had we not seen it animadverted upon in an
Evening Paper of Saturday last, with an unmean-
ing flippancy that greatly surprised us. The pa,,
tagraph in question, as it seemed to us, was little
calculated to exalt the character of the Vice.;
Chancellor, whilst it cast an imputation upon the
Bar, which was as uncalled for as it was unjust.
It is very far from our intention to folloW
the example which has thus been set to us,
and to vindicate the Bar at the expence of the
Vice-Chancellor. The Bar ranks too highly in
public estimation. to need it.; but we, think some-
thing is due to the Learned and highly Honour-
able Individual whose sense of duty compelled
him, in support of the interests of his clients, to
resist an attempt to dictate a line of argument,
which, however much it may tend to the dispatch
of business, and to relieve the Court from trouble,
is introductory of a practice that may eventually
defeat the ends of justice, .and destroy that confi-
dence in the proceedings of the Court, which it is so
essentially necessary that the public should feel.
It must at all times be most painful to an individual
placed in the situation of Mr. WETHERELL to
have such a task imposed upon him, but to have
shrunk from it would have been a dereliction of
duty and a compromise of character, which we
should have been little prepared to expect from him.
The Bar ought always to evince very great de-,
ference and respectfor the opinion and character
of the Court ; but whenever Counsel sacrifice
their independence, and become absolutely sub-
servient to the will of the Court, our juris-
prudence must inevitably lose that high cha-
racter which it holds in the estimation not
only of the English people, but of foreigners.—
In his endeavour to curtail the speeches of
Counsel, it is doubted whether the Vice-Chan-
cellor has not introduced as .a substitute, (a bad
one it must be confessed),•Long and incoherent
.conyersaticas, in which, all tbe dignity of the.
Court ,is frittered away, and by hicii brevity
itsey; the very object which' has led to the in-
novation, is, lost.

There is a very general belief that it is the
intention
.of Government -to propose in the next
Session of Parliament, a Tax upon Property, but
not a Tax. on Income, arising from Professions or
Trades.—lt is likewise said, -that
.the old Four
per Cents. are to be paid off in the Three and
Half per Cent. Stock; but this rumour is not
credited in the City. • •
After the attacks that for a long time have
appeared in the chief Radical Paper, it is some-
what surprising to find it this day contain the
following paragraph, which we readily insert, in
order to encourage its new-born loyally, though
we. cannot but still suspect that it is miching
malicho, and means mischief" .

." Nothing can be more consolatory to the country than the
reports, apparently from authority, of the improved state of the
KING'S health. It would, no doubt, be more gratifyin to
many loyal subjects were his MAJESTY to shew himself a
little more in public, however satisfactory to them it may be
to know that the wish for seclusion is in no manner occasioned
by indisposition."
THE CANADA CLUB held on Saturday 14st
their first meeting for the season, at the Free-
masons' Tavern.