The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-26 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, APRIL 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for
the River, the Honourable Company's ship Castle Huntley,
Drummond, from China ; Eliza, Johnson' from Jamaica, and
Glory, Pope, from The Sir Edward Paget, for India ;
John, for St. Kitts; Mulgrave Castle and Columbus, for St.
John's, N. B.; and the Medina, for New South Airales, and
several others remain, the three first having sailed yesterday,
and since put back, the wind being light and variable.
DOVER, APRIL 25.—Five or six large ships are in sight to
the westward; some of them are Indiamen. Off the Port the
Betsey and Sophia, Garraway, from Dominica, and the Dia-
mond, ----, from Batavia.

PORTSMOUT,H APRIL 25.—Light airs from the South-
ward.--Arrived the Louisa, Burn, from St. Michaels. Sailed
his Majesty's ship Orestes, for North America; Rains transport,
for Jamaica; and the Sovereign, ditto, for Chatham.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind S.W.--Passed by for
London the Clydesdale, M'Oill, from Calcutta, sailed the M
January, and landed passengers. Arrived his Majesty's
schooner Pike, lis days from Sierra Leone.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind S.E. to E. lt airs.—.
Arrived the Competitor, Gadby, from Norfolk (-Vighirginia), in
30 days. Sailed the Caldicat Castle, Heik, for Quebec ; Ebor,
Anderson, for St. John's, N. B. • Southworth transport, for
Barbadoes ; and the Latona, Gibson, for TenerifFe.
COWES, APRIL 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Blucher,
Pastle' from St. Domingo in 47 days; Concord, Freeman, from
St. 31ichael's ; and the Zepher transport, from Leith, for
troops.
GRAVESEND, APRIL 25.—Sailed the Honourable Com-
pany's ships Warren Hastings, Rowes ; Lowther Castle, Baker,
and the Bombay, Charride, for China.

Arrived off The Wight the Barrossa, Hutchinson, from the
Mauritius.
Arrived off' the Start the Camerons, Trundle, from Berbiee.
The Hon. Company's ship Inglis, Serle, for Bombay -and
China, was all well on the 18th ult. in lat. 2. S. log. 21. W. ;
the Inglis has 500 troops on board for Bombay.

The East India Company's ship Castle Huntley arrived off
the Wight the 23d inst. She sailed from China the 19th Dec.,
and from St. Helena the 3d March.

ATTEMPT TO ROD TILE DUNDEE UNION BANK.
—A very important discovery was recently made, whereby it
appears that a completely organised plan to rob • the Dundee
Union Bank, was formed by a gang of the most daring house-
breakers from London; who, it is believed, have been in
Dundee many months, preparing for the nefarious attempt. It
would be of no use, except to satisfy idle curiosity, to enter into
particulars, in the present stage of the investigation. It is
enough to mention from authority, that early information of the
intended felony was obtained, and that steps we 4,, promptly
taken for completely frustrating the accomplishment of the plan.
--( Edinburgh Paper. )
ROBBERY.—EarIy on Sunday morning the
dwelling house of Mr. STE-lIEN PONDER, N 0.21,
Fish-street.hill, was feloniously entered by some
daring offenders, who, it appeared,• obtained ac-
cess by picklock keys, and robbed the premises
of a variety of bills, and acceptances, with cash,
&c. to the amount of about 10001. The villains
also contrived to carry away with them no less
than 12 dozen ivory handled knives and forks,
besides five very valuable pearl handled knives,
each containing 24 blades,• and other articles,
with which the depredators'escaped undiscover.
ed, and for whose apprehension a reward of 501.
has been offered.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
. .
Zetracts from the Morning Papers, April 9.6, 1825.

[TitE Toms.]
The Gazette accounts from India, published
yesterday, would be read with the greater satis-
faction, because they demonstrate how little the
Indian empire had to dread froth any military
qualities possessed by the unfortunate Brrrmans.
When we.see it written by a gallant officer,—
'who takes, by the way, his full share of credit
for the achievement,—that four British and
ten or eleven native battalions, reckcining, we
presume, on the outside five or six thousand
effective men, attacked and totally defeated an
army of fifty or sixty thousand, our admiration of
the boldness which impelled the British troops is
even exceeded by our mingled compassion and
contempt for the wretched multitude from whose
halt-di they escaped with impunity. Between two
and three hundred individuals of all ranks, ern-
ployments, and colours, constituted the sum-total
of the British loss, in the course of what, for want
of better words, we must calf a "-general engage-
ment" with these barbarians. Why, brickbats
were scarce, or they must have pelted us all to
death, had they tried it. Then, again, the
artillery brought into the field by the Biiimans
were no less thau 64 300" guns, of' whith 44 240"
remained in our possession but on looking into
. the returns, it appears that of these 240 captured
cannon, 195 were swivels. NoW we have no
desire whatever to disparage the skill of Sir
Archibald Campbell, who really seems to'
have understood his enemies, and to haie prac-
ticed upon their ignorance and stupid insolence
with equal dexterity and success ; as little is it
our intention to detract from the bravery of the.,
soldiers; their readiness to face such an imposing
array of force was in itself no common effort of
heroism; and if—their enemy was unworthy of,
them, the fault was not theirs ; but we do allege,l
that the military incapacity of the Burmans was
not more surpriiiiig than the civil or pOlitical bar-
barism of the Bengal Government, which threw
away sects immense preparations, and incurred an
expence so ruinous; upon an occasion so little,
adequate to either. The object of. the Burman
General was plainly to annihilate Sir Archibald
Campbell in the first instance-, so as to have his
whole force ready for operations on ihe Chitta.
gong frontier, undisturbed. by any fear froth' the
Rangoon division of the British troops. The
folly of our own Government was repaired by
that of the Burmese. liadithe latter but threat-
ened an attack, instead of making one, Sir
Archibald Campbell could not hire advanced
into their country, nor enibarked his-troops with-
out discredit to the British cause. What is to be
the end of such a contest, it not easy to con-
jecture. What is to be ou'r' indemnity for so
much waste of life and mottey•?=;.what our-secu-
rity against,future incursions- upon the' 'frontier ?
What are the spoils or acqdiSitions froni such a
war? If it 'continues long, we shall creaete:an
army for these hitherto uhdistiplined. savages.
• We- shall 'at the sattns-time; sap the rescittiCeS'of
our-=own power : that most etivialale.orresources,
the reputed wisdom of ourrAtiatic Councils, is
already compromised. In writing his dispatches
we could wish that the gallant officer conitnalid-
ing at Rangoon had consulted the national taste
with better diligence, and left his countrynien to
measure out the, panttirit of applause Which
might be due tOthitit rather -by his actions than
his words. I


pIOrtNING CHRONICLE.
- • 71
A. Lisbon Mail arriVecligsterday, with dates
to the 9th inst., and p.cliet, which was
to leave the TagOt-irip-tYIC-VlKWAlocaily ex-
pected.. We haie,4iiic4-veraltelters received
,yesterday, which. •cirriticiti.;'in statinviot _the
policy the British Q4.knment :intends. to 'par-
sue with regard to.Por,lngal,:thiouglvthe medium
of its special Miiiister,:hpl not-;yeti yekun. to sheds
itself publicly. Sir Pl-4ili.::-s'f44art.,. since his
arrival at Lisbon, had
.;• Lte en. -chiefly.engliged
,in
friendly visits
_to his ?id acritiaint,atiCes, acid his
affability and suavity of mariner- hadfrendered
hint extremely popular. -Sulficfent Was, Koff-
ever, known of the'rriancenvreg of ;the' Govern-
,
meat, anti .ihe movements of .those- Supposed to
harei.influence over its acts, to render it evident:
that there . were two iMporjane ri)eitsures..the
were anxious, to Carry itr Portugal and
these' were, the arlinowledgthent 'of Bratiliatiiii,
dependence, and. the fultilinent:of the King's
pledge, given to his people at Villa Franc-a'. The
first of these rrit;isnies has for-ionie time been.
followed up* actively X'CoUrt, the
resident Minister, and undei- the' linerieditite au-1
spokes of.- Our GoVernment, conferences were
opened in London between the Portuguese and
Pyrazilian cinitinued for
several weeks with great activity.. The, result or
theSe'cortferen,:es was at lengtbreferred to the Lis-
bon'and4tio diJaneiraGovernmenti, Whet-04er'
-considerable foss of time, the foriner-seut an invi-
tation: to- the Brazilian- ,Coromissiotte!rstn,coine
over:to Lisbon-, to;tfeAt on the subject'.
tion, on the part of the tortugueset was supposed
to arise out of a VriSh— tO hive the 'negociations
carried, on in te. manner more independent -of- the
On-ash Government but whateve:l-'o'as- the
haS had. the Alert of gaining
tittif,264 in-other Words, delaying the formal re-
ectilitiouraTit is understood that 144 Brazilian
CtitiiiiiiilibiterS" &airier]. going to I.s!Orttigal, on
-
tAV plea of their having no' instructions to that
eltegt., mean tinie.,.llas afforded
tlfelirvlte* pYreyi in Vcirttighl, Which
_may •now
fairly be said headed by the .Queerr•rtild,
the InfantePocOliguelohe opportunity of.rais=
ing,a clarnouc against the Bing y not-only for-hiS'
juste and liberal. intentions with regard. to Bra-.
but .also on account= of. the: earnest and sin--
cere s isle he _has to keep
.iris, royal, word, and
grapt, to hisr people those liberal- institutiottg
prOrrised—.a lint of policy he. is urged- to adopt!
btts-bestadvi,sers. The enemies of the' two'
measures al:4ldeti to are. supported by.a' larke
portion of the II oly.Allianre,..and most strerrir-
ously. )4. Spain. .short. time ago Kiri* Ferdi:,
nand,. vote his sister,. a very strong. letter, in
which be protested against the ado.ptionof

institutions in Portugal, and exhorted her to use
her whole influence-and-power to prevent innova-
tions dangerous to both countries ; adding, that if
his advice was not followed, and she (the
Queen) continued to be ill-treated, she was
instantly to join him in Madrid. During the
last Lent, the pulpits and confessionals have
been disgracefully employed to excite an
alarm against the intended reforms, and
all the prejudices of the people have been roused
by a band of fanatics, spread throughout the
country. The effect, however, has not been al-
together such as the enemies of the King were
led to expect. This furious hostility has united
the friends of the Crown, and drawn them nearer
to the person of the Monarch, so that now the
Fidalgos and rich proprietors of lands have be.
come favourable to more liberal institutions, in or-
der to save themselves from falling a prey to a
fanatic and vindictive party that seems deter-
mined to stop at nothing. The King is a timid
man ; but he must have derived great courage
from the recent demonstrations on the part of his
friends and supporters, and the presence of Sir
C. Stuart will have afforded him both confidence
and consolation. From all appearances, it is
therefore presumable, that, with respect to the
two great and important measures in which the
Government of Portugal is engaged, it will not
be long before they are carried into full effect, as
they are recommended' and supported by the
foreign power that has most influence at the Court
of Lisbon, and are specially confided to the ma-
nagement of dexterous and experienced Diplo-
matists.

[TIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
The intelligence which arrived yesterday, both
from France and Germany, must dissipate any
alarm which previous advices might have raised.
It completely does away with the strong interest
which had been attached to the meeting at Milan,
where Italian subjects alone will be treated of,
and with a view to conciliation chiefly. Neither
the interests of Greece, nor of any other country,
will undergo formal diScussion ; and it is fully as-
certained that the Sovereigns of Russia and Prussia
will not attend. To she w, the profound calm which
prevails at present in thepolitical world , the period
usually assigned in the kingdom of Hanover for
military exercise has been materially curtailed
this year ; and it is manifest, from a variety of
other circumstances, that the very best under.
standing exists at this time between the European
Courts. In further corroboration of this, we find
that the French troops, who are not necessary
for garrison duty, have begun to evacuate Spain,
and every thing indicates harmony amongst the
different Powers with a pledge of, its long con-
tinuance.

[MORNINIG HERALD.]
Exchanges still continue falling, and as they
fall so will gold be exported. This shows that
the balance of trade is turning round, against ,
England. This is not to be wondered at, for j
the balance of trade has been, acCording to
the Parliamentary Returns, too much' of late''
.years in favour of England to last. Should this
state of things continue; our gold coin will in-
;e4itably fly away from us, in Which case. Mr.-
',Peel would be obliged to' repeal his
'and then, instead of sovereigns being the circu-
lating, medium, we must again have recourse
to one and • two pound notes. Well, there
would be nothing detrimental in this. We got
on well enough before with one and two pound
notes, and why should we not again ? If Mr.
_Peel should'repeal his Bill we would recommend
an issue of thirty shilling notes, in addition to
those' of one and two pounds. They would be '
convenient on the score of change ; for, after
gold disappears, silver would be next exported.
The great objection to notes of a less value than
-.five pounds, is the increased temptation to forgery,
and the consequent imprisonments, prosecutions,
arid' punishments. If it were not for the lat-
ter consequences, the abSence of gold would
not be felt. Indeed, a paper medium is More !
convenient for the purposes of trade, especially
as a remittance from one: part of the country to
another. The present state of the Exchanges
May be probably one reason why our own and
foreign Stocks are so flat in the market. It would
be curious if, in proportion to the. fall of the Ex-
changes, and the rise in colonial produce and
home manufactures,' our own funds and foreign
funds, as well as scheme shares, should tumble,
and let all this looks. probable enough.

• [BRITISH PRESS.
That important subject, the Corn Laws, was
yesterday, in some degree under the Consideration
of both Houses of Parliament. No subject of
Legislation is environed with so many and such
Iserious difficulties. The fairest mode to all par--
;ties, and that which would be least open to fraud)
,
would be a protecting duty; but it is obvious,
that there may be seasons' of dearth when no
fixed rule could be Maintained.. The system.
of aierages, however, is sp notoriously de-
Tectiye, that believe there will be no ob-
jection. on 'either side to its removal. Mr. Bus-
ki.!lson announced that it was• his. intention, at an
early period of the next Session, to bring. the
entire subject. before Parliament. On ThUrsday
e'vening, on Mr. W. Whitmore's motion, it
isr the intention of the Board of Trade to'
state tie considerations' that have influenced
hiM. In answer • to a question frOM M. 11'.
~ti`i'lson, lie slated that he should persevere
in recommendiog- the abolitiotr of. the prohibitory
duties. The Right lion: Gentleman also mode
known his intention shortly to propose that the
corn which has been under lock for several years
should' he admitted' into' the market. Mr. Gooch-
Made an attempt to sound the trinupet of alarm,
but though he' doirchitled with a quotation,. he
failed in arousing the sensitive fears of the
CoOntry gentlemen. It was gratifying upon the
whole to remark the friendly spirit in which
re IVierribeiS re tire§iinting' two great' in..
*rest's. -nf. the country eklifessed thettisetves to
ilkards each The only' Oetititrian- who
Aid'• not- frOre: to.- his advantage in
)111e 'distussion, was Nir..Caleraft, who, in his'
tjtvii'ety' to, -find -stiniethin'g' blameable in the Cork
icluct. of IVfitiiste,el-;l4preliiiiid-theinSbarpl9'edidOt
:giving notice of what they did'not intend to he

Order Book is sufficiently crowded with notices
already. We know not to what length it would
be extended, if all that Government does not in-
tend to bring forward were also entered upon it.

[MORNING POST.]
The business in the House of Lords yester-
day was of more than usual interest. The
Heir Presumptive to the Crown, the Staunch
Defender of the Protestant Church, in a word,
the Duke of York, presented a Petition from
the Dean and Chapter of St. George's, Wind-
sor, praying that no further concessions might
be made to the Catholics. In discharging
this duty, his Royal Highness addressed a few
observations to the House, in which, to strength
of argument was added the still more power-
ful and impressive expression of genuine feel-
ing. Seldom has a more modest and pathetic
appeal been made to the judgment and sympathy
of a whole Assembly. The filial piety which
breathed in his allusions to the sentiments of his
departed Monarch and Father, and the honours
paid to the memory of the 46 ablest, wisest, and
honestest Minister whom the country ever had,
displayed the real workings of the heart, and
wrought conviction upon every mind, that
whatever may be the ultimate vote of the
lower Branch of the Legislature, the danger
which threatens the Religious Establishment
and the Constitution will be steadily repelled by
the unshaken firmness of
_the Hereditary Cham-
ber. In several parts of his speech his Royal
Highness was sensibly affected, and many of
their Lordships could not conceal how far they
entered into his feelings. The following decla-
ration from an Illustrious Personage, who is
perhaps one day to fill the throne of this Em-
pire, is a pledge which cannot be too deeply
valued by all who are interested in the
maintenance of the present Religious, Civil, and
Political Establishment :—" I have been brought
up from my early years in these principles „;
and from the time when I began to reason for
myself, I have entertained them from conviction;
and in every situation in which I may be placed,
I will maintain them, so Help me God." The
important subject of the Corn Laws was brought,
last night before both Houses, in consequence of
a question from the Earl of Lauderdale in the
Lords, and of the presentation of the London
petition for a change of those Laws in the House
of Commons. The explanation given by his Ma-
jesty's Ministers in bOth places being nearly the
same, we shall simply state, in Mr. Huskis-
son's own words, that 64 it was not the inten-
tion of his Majesty's Government to propose any
general alteration or revision of the Corn Laws
during the present Session ; but that, early in the
next he should suggest to Parliament a general
revision of the laws for regulating the importa-
tion of foreign Corn into this country. At the
same time he thought it right to inform the
House, that it might be his duty to submit a
part of this great 'question to its considera-
tion in the course of a few days. He meant
that branch of the law by which foreign Corn
being once imported into this country could not
be again removed, and so much of which had
been locked up in our warehouses for so many
years." The second reading• of the Irish Free-
holders Bill, and the Committee on the Emanci-
pation Bill were postponed in the Commons to
this day, in consequence of- Mr. Littleton's wish
to make some alterations in the former, which he
thought would remove the objections started
against it, by preserving existing interests.

•
[YEW TIMES..
In the. House of Lords last night a very great.
sensation was produced, on the occasion of his.
Royal Highness the. Duke of York presenting,
a Petition from the Dean And Chapter of the
Chapel of St. George's, Windsor, praying that
no further concessions might be granted.. to
the Catholics. His Royal Highness avowed
his fixed and determined purpose to persevere
in his opposition to the claims of the Catholics.;
in whatever situation'he might be '.placed, and
concluded with an earnest and solemn assevera-
tion, in proof of the sincerity and fixedness of
his resolution.—Petitiotts adverse to the.CAtholic
Clainis were also presented by ..;the Bishops
of Lincoln, Latidaff, and Bath and
The Earl of Liverpool made a very important
communication, in reply tna question- from Lord
Lauderdale, respecting the Corn Laws, by. &tat-
in.g, that although some alteration in these-laws
was necessary, . yet he had no .intention of pro-
posing any such alteration during the present
Session of Parliament.—The Noble Loyd.added
some obseriations, full of wisdom and. enlarged
views, on the necessity of holding the balance
even between the commercial' and agricultural
:classes, which
,have been represented as having
conflicting interests, but which, -in truth, When
well understood, have the same identity of . loss
'and of gain.--;111 the House of Commons a simi-
lar declaration was made by Mi. Huskisson, that
it was not the intention of his 'MajeSty/s Minis-
teri tnpropose any revision of the Corn Laws in
the present Session, but that he was .ready to
state, that they intended to do so at an early
.pe-,
riod-in the next Sesiiim. Mr. T.Wilitin presented
the Petition praying for a revision it; these laws,
signed 'by not less than five thousand of the
Bankers, Merchants, and Traders of London ;
and the Honourable Member stated.,, in some
judicious and sensible remarks,: the oPitiibir
entertained on the subject. Mr. 4Goocii ex-
pressed himself strongly in opposition to the
prayer of the Petition. Mr. Whitmore, Mr.
`Alderman lliompson, Mr. Baring, and several
other Mernbers,•took a part in the conversation.

_ • ,
REDUCED PkICES.—A " Company of ComITIP,7
dians fbarii 61asgow" ate now yerforMink in gt. Jarnescs.str,eet‘„
Paisley, whose prices of admission' are, front sears 2d.,' bI.6K
seats.id• 1 ! I—‘4 To what base uses must we corne,lforatio r
'rEditiliure; Observer. )

-INCENDIAILIES.—SeveraI attempts have lately
been made' by a set Of villains.to set tire to dif-
ferent dwellings iu the tfiVenof; Risbops Stortford.
:The Bow-etyeet officer's. liave.aiiiirpiiO4.44l.e•
persons on suspicion., One- of Whom, it is
said h,5
:ciffered to turn King's" evidence against ,Itis ac-;
-complices.