The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-24 00:00:00

EItCANTI LE Sill SG.

DEAL, DEC. 23.—Wind E.N.E. —Came down from the
River and sailed, the Alphonzo, and Spey, Dean, fc!rCartha-
gena and Pensacola. Remain in the Downs the Severn frigate.
FaLMOUTR, DEC. 22.—Wind N. to E.—Arrived the Pro-
mise, Glasgow, from Quebec for 'London, out 39 days.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind E.—Put back the Roselle.
HARWICH, DEC. 23.—Wind E.—Arrived the LOrdDuncen
packet, with mails,. &c. from Holland.

GRAVESEND, DEC. 23.—Arrived the Earl Bathurst, Gibbs,
from Rotterdam ; this vessel has returned in consequence of the
great accumulation-of ice at Helvoet.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW.STREET.--ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.--011 Sunday
information was received at this office of the followiftg most
atrocious attempt at robbery and murder :—About three
o'clock that, morning an, attack was made upon the house. of
James Smith, Esq., near Dartmouth-row, Blackheath, by
a gang of burglars, one of whom had already bored Musa
three-fourths Of one of the square panels of the door in
order to enable him to loosen the fastenings inside, whrn .11r.
Smith, whO is Upwards of 70 years of age, was awoke by the
noise. - Flogbt out of bed, and throwing up his chamber Win
" Who's there ? What are you about ?"
had lamely. uttered these Words when a ruffian, standing.-at
some distance from the door, fired' a pistol at h k theshot front
which passed through the fleshy part of his arm, entered his
breastonstilo4ged between the ribs on the opposite side., The
villains made off immediately. The report of the pistol, and
the fall of Mr. Smith upon the floor of his room, alarmed tile
family, and he was found weltering in blood, and to all ap-
pearance dead. He was, however, restored to life, and medical
assistance was procured ; but he now lies in a state of extreme
danger, and, as the surgeons think, with no hopes of recovery.
Rutliven, one of the principal officers, was sent off immediately
and was engaged the whole of the day and night in endeavour-
ing to trace the authors of this villainous attack, but without
success. There is little doubt, from the manner in which the
attempt was made to break into the house, but that the pen,:gls
engaged in in were experienced London thieves.

COKE.—Coke produced from the coal used in
manufacturing gas is now generally preferred by rnalsters and
others. At Coventry and Dudley, which latter place is in
the centre of the collieries, where coke may always be ob-
tained in great abundance, such is the decided preference
given to that made at the gas-works in both places, that
the supply is inadequate to the demand, and purchasers
are under the necessity of bespeaking it before it is made
to prevent disappointment. The superiority of this descrip-
tion of coke arises from the coal used at the gas-works being
always of the best quality that can be obtained, whilst at the
colleries the slack or inferior coal is converted into coke.—( War-
wick Paper.)
CAUTION TO TENANTS.— At an Adjourrel
General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace, held at the Shire-hall
in this town (Carmarthen) on Monday week, William Wil-
liams, of Nautgaredig, in the parish of Abergwilly, in this
county, who had petitioned the Court for relief of Insolvent
Debtors, was heard, and remanded to prison for three years,
for grossly defrauding his landlord, the Rev. Th. Evans; vicar
of Pembrey, of three years' rent, besides the expences of seve-
ral most vexatious and unwarrantable law suits, to a very consi-
derable amount. After a suitable admonition from the worthy
Chairman, the prisoner made his exit, in company with the
turnkey, to his doleful habitation, expressing his sorrow for
permitting himself to be made a tool of such fraud and injus-
tice.—( Carmarthen Journal.)
The overturning of the Glasgow Mail, on the
evening of the 12th instant, happened about four miles south
of Boroughbridge, by coming in contact with a cart, as the
upward and downward coaches were passing each other.' Wm-
Crackenthorpe, Esq. the present High Sheriff' of Cumberland,
an inside passenger, had an arm broken. None of the other
persons inside or outside of the coach were hurt. On the sane
night, one of the horses in the Edinburgh Mail fell and broke
• his leg, about four miles south of Northallerton, in consequence
of the frost ; the :Ilan immediately proceeded on to the next
stage with three horses. Owing to a dense fog on Tuesday
morning last, the Edinburgh Mail was overturned on this side.
of Thormanby, between Easingwold and Thirsk. The Guard
was the only person hurt. The pole, splinter bar, traces, Ste.
were broken, which set the horses completely at liberty: They
went 2 or 300 yards, but the coachman got them stopped.
After they were put to again, being'irritated, the coachman, with
pulling, broke one of the leaders' reins, and they galloped
full five miles, the coachman and horsekeeper holding tit.-
wheelers with all their strength. These circumstances delayed
the Mail upwards of two hours.

TIPPLING.--The Magistrates of PolloCkshaws
(Scotland) have a most judicious plan to check
the custom of tippling, amongst the working-
classes, which is indulged in upon the Satur-
day evenings after the receipt of their wages,
and continued even during Sunday. A regulation
has been made public enjoining, that all taverns
and spirit shops shall be shut by 11 o'clock on
Saturday evenings, and that none of the keeperA
of such houses shall vend spirits to persons in the
house after that hour. Farther, that they shall not
admit into their houses persons for the purpose of
tippling on Sunday, and in particular that their
houses shall be shut up during divine service; A pa-
trol has been established to perambulate the streets
on Saturday evenings and on Sundays, in order
to enforce this regulation, the beneficial effect
of which has been already experienced.

THE LONDON JOOtNALS.

FIXTItACT3 FROM TILE DAILY 3101111TNG PAPERS
December 24, 1822.

[TITG TISI ESti
Papers which we have received from' Lisbon of
the 7th, and from Madrid of the 14th inst., pos-
sess considerable interest. The Ordinary Cortes
of Portugal assembled on the Ist. , The King
made an effort to attend in, person, but an indis-
position by which he had been for some days
oppressed, became so severe as to compel his 'Ma-
jesty to absent himself, and to commit the perusal
of his speech to a Minister. The speech con-
tains no distinct allusion whatever to the state of
foreign affairs. The answer of the President is
equally vague on this point. The omission,
however, is compensated by an article professing
to be official, and probably authentic,. in a
Madrid Paper, which states that an alliance,
offensive and defensive, has been actually settled
between Spain and Portugal, under which Por-
tugal is to dispatch immediately a corps of 5,000
picked troops to the assistance of the Spaniards
—this force to be increased as occasion may re-
quire—the old question relating to Olivenza to
be adjourned to a more tranquil season : the dis-
puce about Monte Video will doubtless take care
of itself. The negotiation of the above treaty is
an event the importance of which must be felt at
more than one side of the Pyreunees. The Por-
tuguese are said to be excellent troops. It ap-
pears to be confirmed that the Queen of Portugal
has declined to swear to the new constitution, in
consequence of which her husband has directed
her to retire to the Quinta de Rarnalhao, one of
her country residences, there to continue until
she shall have recovered her health ;I when, ac-
cording to law, as a refractory subject, she must
quit the kingdom.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Mails arrived in the course of yesterday from
various parts of the Continent. There were pri-
vate accounts also with some of the Journals
from Paris, of so late a date as the 21st. The
latter, unsatisfactory and suspicious as they
usually are, must still be the chief objects of cu.
riosity and interest. Judging by the Journals
and private letters, the question of ►war was still
involved in obscurity. The French Funds, how-
ever, had a slight rise, and this, coupled with
the return of the Duke of Wellington, seems to
have been regarded yesterday as a symptom of
peace. We hear, however, that the Duke soon
returns, and that he has come over for the pur-
pose of personal conference with the Minis-
ters. It would appear from the Paris Pa-
pers, that his departure from that city was
abrupt and unexpected. We regret to find
it stated that his health appears somewhat
altered for the worse when he came away.—
The French Journals still continue to dispute
over the Spanish revolution; but they only dis-
pate—there is no fact stated—and not an ar-
ticle put forth which possesses, or even assumes
any thing like authority. They throw not a
glimpse of light upon the question of peace or
war—but, wh'at is not without its value, they
throw some light
.upon each other. The Elate,:
which is the chief organ of the war party, charges
the Journal des Nbats ►with taking up the pacific
side of the question, ►with a view to influence the
funds—and the latter. Journal retorts by charg-
ing its adversary with a direct interest in the
fall of-the funds, ►which its articles are calcu-
lated to produce.