The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-22 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, Nov. 21.—Wind W.—Came down from the River
the Georgiana, Warren, for Babice ; Tryphena, Wooden,
Gibraltar, and remain with the rest of the outward-bound.
Arrived and sailed for the River the Raicks, Gardner, from
St. Vincent's; Robert James Haynes, M`lieller, St. Lucie:
Clementine. Tozer, Bahia ; and several more, homeward-
bound, particulars unknown.
PLYmounr, Nov. 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Sarah,
Scott, from London for St. Mary's, river Gambia; Princess of
Wales, Wales, Quebec, in distress—sailed 17th October, on
the Ist November, in lat. 45. 15. long. 44., sprung a leak, and
on the 9th became completely waterlogged ; on the 16th, in
long. 11. 45., fell in with the American ship Columbia, from
Liverpool for New York, who supplied her with some bread
and provisions, 6 of the crew, together with a female passenger,
abandoned the vessel and went on board the Columbia, leaving
the master. 10 men and a boy on board the Princess of Wales,
who, at the imminent peril of their lives, succeeded in taking
the vessel into this harbour. Arrived the Lapwing cutter, from
a cruize.
FAL mou TH, Nov. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Dili-
gent, Curtis, from 'Labia in 40 days.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind W.—Arrived the Liver-
pool, M‘Lellan, from the Downs for St. Übes ; Nymph, Su-
mary, from Gibraltar.
RAMSGATE, Nov. 21.—Embarked this morning at 8 A.X.
her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, accompanied by
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and suite, oil
board the Dasher steam-packet, which vessel immediately sailed
for Calais, with a Westerly wind, moderate breeze, and fine
weather.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

!EXTRACTS FROM THE D AMY !HORNING PAPERS,

Nprember 2'2, 182'2.

[THE TIMES
An Ordinance has been issued by the King of
the Netherlands., directing that as Flemish is the
language of the arrondissements of Brussels and
Louvain, all public functionaries who, by the
Ist of January, 1823, are not masters of that
language, shall be displaced ; that all public
pleadings, proclamations, arrests of Government,
civil contracts, and acts, shall, from the time
above specified, be drawn up in Flemish. We
believe that this ordinance will be agreeable to
the great mass of the inhabitants of the countries
specified ; but
.as it is fatal to the numerous
French who are employed in the Courts, Bureaus,
and Offices Of Brussels, it is of course most
clamorously decried by them and their adherents;
and a hot paper war has commenced on the subject.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The Spanish Constitutionalists have, by the
confession of their enemies, made enormous ex-
ertions, and seem to approach rapidly to the ob-
ject they have in view, the complete clearance of
the Northern Provinces of the bands of Priests
and marauders, instigated and chiefly supported
hitherto 'by the French Government. The pro-
gress of Mina has uniformly been marked by
success, and seems to indicate wisdom of plan
as well as skilful execution. The taking of
Castelfollit has been followed by the taking of
Balaguer, and the Insurgent Regency have
deemed it prudent, before he approach nearer to
them, and while they have yet time, to remove to
Puycerda, a place on the frontiers, from which
they may next make good their retreat to France.

IItISH PRESS.]
The Paris Papers up to Tuesday have arrived.
The best possible comment on the official arti-
cles relatively to the policy of France towards
Spain, which have lately appeared in some of
their columns, is the confirmation given by those
Journals to the statement that Quesada, one of
the leaders of the Army of the Faith, had enter-
ed the French territory, and proceetied to Paris.'
Is it to be supposed that if he did not feel as-
sured of the protection of the ruling Powers in
that country, that he would take refuge in the
very seat of Goiernment ?—The accounts from
Spain of the progress of Mina and the Constitu-
tionalists are very satisfactory. The Cure Me-
rino, who has distinguished himself more by the
courageous pertinacity with which he has baffled
his pursuers than the greatness of his exploits,
has at length been taken prisoner.

[MORNING POST.]
The Paris Journals to the 20th inst. commu-
nicate no intelligence respecting the intentions
of the Government ; but that those intentions
are growing more pacific may be inferred from
the little notice taken of military movements and
preparations, which, a short time since, filled all
the Papers. A courier from Verona had brought
dispatches on Monday morning to the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, but their contents had not
transpired, and rumours were immediately
spread which had the effect of slightly depress-
ing the Funds. Two couriers were dispatched
the same day from the British Embassy, the one
to England, and the other to Verona. The at-
tention of the French Public, however, had been
powerfully diverted from the contemplation of a
Spanish war, by electioneering hustle and the
struggle of Parties to secure the return of their
respective Candidates. In this kind of internal
war the influence of the Government has been
generally triumphant, except in La Vendee, the
Department where it might have been supposed
to prove irresistible, and where, on the contrary,
AL Manuel, one of the most zealous and distin-
guished leaders of the Liberals, has been returned
by kt large majority.

[NEW TIMES.]
Mr. Bridle the object of Hunt's malignant and
relentless persecution, was yesterday brought up
for judgment in the Court of King's Bench. Our
space would not suffice even for an abstract of
the very numerous affidavits, with which Mr.
Bridle was furnished ; for perhaps no man ever
stood before a Court for sentence, with testimony
to his general conduct and character so unequivo-
cally satisfactory and so truly honourable. We
have had the satisfaction of perusing, all these
affidavits ; and they certainly do exhibit a most
gratifying picture of active, persevering, and
constant humanity, in a situation 'in which that
virtue is, peculiarly beneficial and praiseworthy.
They show,
,too, what is very pleasing to ob-
serve, a powerful sentiment of gratitude in the
breasts of a vast' number of individuals, who,
even in the fgrlorn and degraded state of pri-
soners, have experienced kindness and attention
from their Gaoler.—Such is the man who has
been sacrificed to the vindictive, malignity of a
being like Hunt ! An error of the most
slight and trivial kind possible was, committed
by Mr. Bridle. Worn out with annoyance
from a brutal wretch, a convict of the name of
Gardner, he acceded to .the Surgeon's applying a
blister to this fellow, who was perfectly un-
manageabfe, and who in the vulgar phrase
" shammed sick." We do not justify this
offence ; but trifling as it is, we say it ought to
weigh as less than a feather in the balance against
a life so truly honourable as that of Mr. Bridle
appears from the mass of affidavits before us to
have been. •