The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-31 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, MAY 30.—Wind S.E.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Woodford, Chapman, from Calcutta; Burden,
Richardson, Honduras. Came down from the River yesterday
a.cd to-day the Ant, James, Hayti ; Star, Bowes, Qudiec ;
Duke of York, Finlayson, St. Mary's. Came down'from the
River this evening and remain, the Hibernia, M‘lntosh, for
ibladras and Calcutta. The Bombay Merchant, Clarkson, for
Bombay, is at anchor in the Gulls.

FALmouTtr, MAY 29.—Wind S.--Arrived the Blessing,
Brown, from Youghall. Sailed the Dispatch, Be.rnett, for
Oporto.

POaTSMOUTH, MAY 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Re-
gent, Scarlett, fronCAntwerp.

GUERNSEY, MAY 28.—Arrivod the St. Geo., Grant, froth
Rio Janeiro, in 82 days.
RANSOATE, MAY 30.—The Constantia, Loth, still remains
on the Goodwin Sands, the water not having sufficiently flowed
toet her off.
PORT GLASGOW, MAY 28.-LArrived the Triton, Bruce,
from Gibraltar; liamilla, Mayne' from Jamaica; Paragon
and Clyde, from Demerara
;;and Phoely, Anderson, from
Savannah.
The Recovery, Fiamlyn, from New Orleans, ran on shore on
some rocks-JO miles S.W. of Carobletown the 25th inst., and
it is feared would be wrecked.
The Company's outward-bound ships Buckinghamshire and
Castle Huntly were all well on the 13th of April. The former
on the Equator, long. 20. 30. west : the latter in lat. 0. 20.
south, lotig. 20. 20. west.

POZTSMC TITH, MAY 29.—The East India ship Providence,
Cant. S. OWEN, sailed yesterday evening for Madras and Ben=
gar. The following passengers embarked from hence, viz. :
Sir Wellingharn Franklin, Judge at Madras, and Lady
Franklin; J. Savage, Esq., Barrister at Law, and Lady;' J.
W:Toosey, Esq., Writer, and Lady; Captain Cunningham,
Madras Native Infantry, and Lady; Lieut. Gray, his Majesty's
41st Regiment, and Lady ; Misses Stewart, Chilcott, and Eliza
Chilcott; J. D. Glsig and J. W. Lewis, Esqrs., Madras Civil
Service; Captain Temple, Madras Native Cavalry ; Captain
Treswell, Madras Native Infantry; Lieut. Proctor, his ilda-
jesty's 38th Regiment ; Messrs. Maclnlay, Brownlow, White,
Ensor, Menzies, and Stafford, Cadets ; Messrs. Peacock, Wool-
laston, and Robbins.

CORONERS' INQUESTS'.

INQUESTS IN TEE GENERAL PENITENTIARY,

MILLBANK.
There has been an unusual mortality within
thi last few weeks in the Millbank Penitentiary. Yesterday,
at five o'clock in the evening, an inquest was held upon James
Parkis, a convict, who was sentenced to transportation at the
Old Bailey in 1820, which was commuted to five years' impri-
sonment m the Penitentiary. He was in good health when Ire
entered the prison, and died of a consumption.—Verdict—
" Natural Death."

The Jury, after returning the above verdict, retired, and
were about to leave the prison, when they were called bak
again, and re-impannelled to hold another inquest on a convict
named Barnet Dean, who had died while the former inquiry
was being holden. The deceased was 28 years of age. He
was convicted of bigamy some years ago, at the Old Bailey.
He had several wives, was a notorious cha acter, and was com-
monly called "llarney Dean." His sentence of seven years'
trar.sportation was, commuted to five years' imprisonment ih
the Penitentiary.
Mr. Pratt, the Surgeon of the prison, was examined by the
Jury, and deposed that the deceased persons were daily visited,
during their illness, by Surgeon and Physician, and that they
had fish, fowl, wine, sago, and every thing that they, in their
indisposed state, could desire, or that was necessary for them.—
Verdict-4° Natural Death."

CAMBRIDGE; MAY 30.--On Wednesday ever-.
ing an inquest was taken at the Three Tuns, in the parish of
St. Edward's, before Mr. CHEN,ELL, one of the Coroners for this
town, on view of the body of Elizabeth Smith, who cut her throat
about noon of that day. A most respectable jury was summon:
ed upon•the occasion ' • from the evidence of the servant and others,
as well as two medical gentlemen, one of whom had been the
family attendant for some years, it appeared that the deetased
had for a long time past been labouring under a low nervous
affection ; that lately she had expressed herself to Mr. Farish,
who made an accidental visit, as experiencing something.,
very unusual in her feelings, and she said this to him with
so much earnestness as to attract his more minute attention; he
also spoke to her sufferings on two late occasions ; it further
appeared that she came down stairs that morning at her usual
time, about eleven o'clock ; not being able from illness to rise
earlier, she seated herself by the kitchen fire till dinner time
she sat at the table and cut out the pudding fur the children,
but could not eat any dinner herself ; she got up froth table
and left the family at dinner, and said she would go and lie down;
as she was in the habit of doing. She went up stairs, and told
her husband to go up and see her before he went to the hall.—
About five minutes after, the daughter went up stairs into her
mother's bed-room, and opening the door and not seeing her on.
the bed she looked round, and saw her on the floor, and thinks
she saw some blood, but was so frightened that she ran down
staN: The husband iminediately ran up and found the de-
ceased lying sideways on the floor, weltering in her blood, and
a razor which was bloody also lying on the floor. lie obser-
ved a wound on her throat, and although her eyes were not
closed, she was dead. • The wound had divided the-large-ves-
sels, the windpipe, and even a joint of the neck. After the
Coroner had summed up the evidence, the Jury, without he-
sitation, returned a verdict—that she destroyed herself by slit-
ting her throat in a fit of lunacy.

On Sunday night last a daring robbery was.
committed in the North Fen, in the parish of
Peakirk. The cottage of John Tyers was
attacked by four men, who, after meeting with
considerable resistance, succeeded in forcing'
the door from the hinges. It seetns that poor.
Tyers, upon the first alarm, seized a hay-fork:
and with that he defended himself . and pro-
perty for nearly half an hour after the door.
had been forced open; during which time the
ruffians threw two large stones and a piece of
wood at him, and' struck him repeatedly, on,
the breast with a long pole. Having-at length
driven him into a corner, they overpowered him,
tied his hands, and plundered the cottage of a
variety of articles, viz: blankets, sheets, wearing
apparel, and one hundred and twenty pounds in
country batik-notes, which had been received a
few weeks before for a small estate belonging to.
a sister who lived with him, who was more than
eighty years of age, and partially deranged.—
The above, we understand, was the whole, of
their:property.. There is the strongest reason'to-
believe that the robbers reside in the neighbour,:;;
hood, for when the old man, finding all resistance.
useless, asked them as a favour to put an end to:,
his" existence, one of them said, " No; John, you.,
are a harmless old man, we will not
.hurt
We are informed than poor Tyers is not seriously
injured, but we lament to say,
.that his sister
drowned herself the next evening in a fit of de-
rangement.—(Canibridge Chronicle, Afc...y 30.)

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, MAy 31.

The supply of 'Wheat and Oats was rather large this rum.
ing, and the trade very dull, there being little or no d.:spositidn
to purchase, consequently the prices were nearly the setae 2.3
they were on Monday last. There appeared to be a tilipeiltior
to wait Monday's Market, expecting a reduction in the price o:
Grain, from to-day's depression.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Ms-3-31.
The market was short in Oxen this turning, but there wag
a good supply of Sheep and Lambs ; the prices, upon the whole,
are rather higher than last market day, owing to there bring a
demand for small meat.
Beef 2s ed to 3s 4d Veal 1, ea to 4s lOci
Mutton 2s ea to 2s Ed I Perk 23 ea to 43 04
Lamb .... 41. Oa. to Le. Oti.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

EXTRACTS FROM THE DULY MORNING PAPERS,
May 31, Isv.

T,M TIMES:I
The arrivals or-American- Papers continue,
.afid- they, develop further the
.concerns., foreign
and domestic,,to which they relate.. Tjhes report
on the finances presents nothing new ~.to those
who are in the habit of attending to the subject.
'receipt and expenditure,. neither of which
amount to five millions sterling, present no very.
hag calculations to-the attention of the financier.
-Their army costs the Americans something above
one million; their .navy about aS much short of.
the same sum : their civil department, nearly
2!0,000/. Their public debt is upwards of 23•
millions sterling. This is no • very tremendons
.sum; but we presume their annual expenditure
will be found large in a republic. The President.
preparing'for himself the legal qualifications to
be: enabled to open the ports of America to Eng-
lish vesSels, trading between the British West
India Islands and the . Continent, .in order to
meet our expected permission for American
vessels to enter the ports of the West India Islands.
The policy of America is short and clear in the
regulation. of her foreign commerce. She grants
and refuses is other states, what they refuse or
grant to her. . potthey. impose a restriction, she
forthwith, does the same ; and her relaxations

•immediately follow theirs. She not vet so

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fettered by the necessity of holding up her
revenue us other states we could mention. .We
• sincerely hope the measures now 7 we presume,
in the course of adoption, will be• beneficial to
.our West. India Islands. The distresses, we fear,
in that quarter, have been long equal 'to those of
our agriculturists at home, though they have been
but little.talked of. The subject is not so near
-„• ;our hearts unquestionably.; but yet it is very
**rievous to knOw that an estimable part of the
',British mercantile interest has. been, labouring
under the greatest hardshipsfor a series of years.

NEW TIMES.]
By a private letter from a source deserving ,of
-credit we are assured that articles of 'peace have
keen signed between Russia and the Porte. The
terms of the peace are not accurately' known,
but it appears certuin (says our Correspondent)
that Moldavia and Wallachia are to be itrn'e
diately evacuated, and that Russia will. interfere
'directly in the interior goverment- of those pro-
vinces. The lot of the Greeks will:U(1141e sub-
ject of ulterior arrangements. It is: considered
certain that if that nation. does nOt obtain itg_inde-
pendence, it will at least be placed:Onio favour-
able a footing- as 'nearly tojesemble the• color
nies-. of other European POWers.4—TheFrench
Ministry appear to have ~been aniakened to
the necessity'of taking sorne decisive' measures
against their - political.. antagonists. • :Messrs. de
lialberg2. 'de Jancoar't, Mole, and Roy, all
:PeerS.and all Ex;Alii)isteri, have been.strUcli.out
of the list of the Ministres .d'Etat (nearly answer-
ing to our Privy Council), on account of the
active •.part they: took againt Government in the
late Elections. This act of vigour (for such it is.
deemed) has re-animated .the confidence ot. the
Royalists;'.atid made them rally•round a.Ministry
which theY.had.began to, regard as too 'destitute
of. energyfor.the,present state of 'political parties
.in Franc-k.= ;The consequence, we may fairly
hope, to give the Royalists an united
and commanding majority (luring the ttpproath-

ing

[MORNING POST.]
The Grand Ball at the King's Theatre, last
night, in aid of the Fund for the relief of the
famishing Poor of Ireland (the particulars.are:
given in our. 'Fashionable column), -was Otte of.
the proudest displays of the Spetidour, the glory',
arid above all, of the humanity and beneficence
of this great •country, that will 'perhaps ever be
recorded in its annalS. • It was a festival: that
Must stand apart from all. others in ithe. motive
out of whiCh- it arose; and -the superb magnifi-
cence which it. dis Played-, through perhaps•ttnpa-
raileled in its -extent, will be the' least of its
claims -to the adrniration, of mankind. •The
Fiearance of heartfelt enjoyment which per-vaded
every countenance was so distinguishable. from.
the common. excitements of pleasure, that no one
could have the slightest difficulty in perceiving
that all present Were anitnated by the reflection
that they were " feeding the hungry and clothing
the naked," rather than by the wonderful splen-
dour and beauty of the scene. The Ring, in the
distinguished goodness of his heart, gave addi-
tional interest to the assembly by his personal
attendance on the occasion ; 'and- altogether the
scene afforded perhaps the most gratifying treat
that humanity and benevolence have ever en-
ioyed.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The second reading of the Roman Catholic
Peers Bill, which stood forthis'day in the House
of Lords, was yesterday postponed, on.the motion
of the Duke of Portland,; until Friday; the 21st
of June.' The ground assigned for the delay
vas the absence-of Earl Grey, in consequence of a
domestiC.affliction (the death of his mother), and
of another Noble Lord, who was expected2to
take an active- part in the debate, absent from in-
disposition. It wag stated by Lord Rolle, in op-
position-tO•the motion for the postponement, that
for the- convenience- of the BishOps it should-be
limited to Thursday next, the day after Ascot
races. This amendment excited some laughter,
in consequence of its association with the turf;
but it was an evident misconception of the mo-
tive of the Noble Lord, who distinctly stated,
'that the delay proposed would interfere with the
VitifitiOild of the .Bishops in their. several. SeeS.

'The exertions of Mr. 0 wen, of Lanark, for the
improvement and happiness of the social system,
are at length .beginning to be felt. It is difficult to
overcome inveterate habits and prejudices. These
diffiCnlties Mr. Owen -has surmounted,; but to
attain this end great perseverance ,would have
been of little avail if not supported by solid and
•substantial principles. The British and Foreign
Philanthropic Society for the permanent relief
oC the labouring classes acknowledge themselves

Indebted to that gentleman,,V their adoption of
the leading parts of his system. It appears by
an advertisement in front of our Paper,—(see
the first page of THE SUN), that the subject will,
be brought forward to-morrow at Freemasons'
Hall, and we need only refer to the,list of thq.
Committee as evidence of the great and general
interest which it- has excited. The represen-
tatives of every nation'- in• amity with England
will be found among its suppbrters.---(Mid.)

IMORNINp
A Flail from Flanders arrived last night. It
seems to be the present determination of Russia
to remain at peace with Turkey. There is little
doubt but that„the remonstrances, and probably
threats of England, have induced the court of
St. PetersbUrgh to cotno to this resolution.
Should we be correct, in our supposition, it will
hereafter form a singular feature in history, that
" Protestant . England " should have so effec-
tually interfered as to prevent, pro tempore, 'the
overthrow of the political and religious system
of a people, which system and people our
ancestors, two hundred years since, described
by the name of the- " false prophet, " which
was to go into perdition." But, two hun-
dred years ago, " Protestant • England " was
not interested in propping up. the system of Ma-
hornet. The case now is different. Owing to
our possessions in the East Indies, it is our
interest to uphold _Turkey as. a barrier against
the probably ulterior views of Russia, as it re-
gards our possessions there. It is singular that
time should have produCed such a change. The
Protestant Divines who wrote a century or two
since, could not have believed that, at any period,
England .would have been so circumstanced,
as that it should have been to her interest
to support, not only- the Mahonietan, but the
Papal religious and political systems. .

[MORNING ctio.oxict.,.].
Several contradictory. statements were last
night made in the H m onse of; Commons, on the..
'subject. of the Tax on Foreign Wool..
'Wortley stated, on presenting a*Petitionfrom the
Cloth :Manufacturers of" Yorkshire, that the
Tax Exposed the t'ritish Manufacturer to be.
beat out of. the FOreign. Market injured -
the British 'Agriculturist, beCauie it prevented
the full consumption of British- Wool,' as
the more :of Foreign Wool was' used' by the
British Manufacturer, the more of British' Wool
. ..
was mixed: up with it." Mr. Benett, of
shire, observed, that " the -repeal of the Tax.'
wcitild eventually raise the price of Wool; but it
•4 • .
would not increase -the consumption of -British
Manufactures." There is something in this which ,
we 'are utterly unable ..to comprehend. If
the price of Wool rise, this of course can
only be- through an. increased' -consumption Of
British_ Manufactures, which; brings more Wool
into demand, It we are to. believe . the
statements in -the German Journals, the.
dung
,and,inferior cloths can be manufaCtured
much cheaper it). Germany than here, and they
say that were it not for protecting duties,. they
would inundate.. England with them If this be
true,..they of -course can beat us in the markets
of other countries, and to impose a tax on the.]
material is.only to. add tO-their advantage. Mr.'
Curw en endeavoured to alarm the House with the
extent ofthe *importation .of woollen rags.7-7'Khe:
feat'Of importation seen-is-to amount- now in most
countries. to absolutephrenzy--,All Wish to export,.
and not to import, as-if it were possible to. export
without .als'o• irnporthig.—:—We should- .not wonder
were it soon to, become the subject of serious de-
liberation, Iv:: interdict all foreign trade what-
ever.. Ihe , • agriculturists . imagine they have
.nothing to exclude every -thing
foreign:to. get high priceS, losing sight all, the
tine of the".ability of . -consurnerS. _Yet ,how
• often alseady. in .the history of this country has
a diminished ability to., purchase, produced. a di-
minished' prices We have. now before us. the
Agricultural Report Of the Manufacturing. County
df Renfrew, printed in 1794', When our manufac-
tories: receised such a ...51:*k from .the war, in
which it is-.said"..lti.this county, owing chiefly
to the: late sfagnati3On of trade.; butcher's meat is
fallen abOut.One;third:,in_priCe,.;as :are the. .wages
Of all the- inanufacitirers."- - •: .- •

. .
CAPE OP GOOD' i
ors he following very
unsatisfactory communication respecting the, new Settlement
has rehchecl u,. Sub-scriptionS fbr the 'relief of our fellow-
countrymen in that jlait of the wotld seem to be as.necessaiy as
for those at horhe

, .
"-Oipe Town 4 February 7,1U22.
" i am sorry to say I:4.cOntinue to' receive very. distressing
accounts respecting. the , ernigrants, many-of 'who'll are•abso-
lutely starving, on account of their crops havingtwiee failed,
and the 'Government rations hate been'reduced...,,.'The.Cora-
Mince for their relief at Cape.:Cown,liai.e already distributed
10,00 rix :dollars, and the balance nOw oli 119.na 0n1v.1600
rix dollarS. If any of our fyieniti...feel inclined to hefp.their
poor fellow-countrymen, donations *ill be thankfully received;.
and, • I think. I may. add; will be wall -applie4;thrbugh"the
means of the Committee." L--( E4l/.7t!ntri h Colitant, MO .27.)
On 111 ;day last the sifting-liouse to7ihe.p6Wder-
moni, at Cowinirst, -Stissex,,blew up,•and. *poor man, named
Peachum; was .unbappily killed. • ' ' •
. .
A snake of • ann-ordinary size :was killed a few
• •
days age at G osforth ; when opened, a large full
grown rat" was found in its 4kllf, full three times
the thickness of the-snake itself before swallow-
ing it.—(TVlnteharen Gazette.) •
AWFUL DEATH -BY the after-
noon of Monday se'nnight, during a violent thunder
storm, Richard Brooks, an industrious labouring
man, in the employ of Mr. Robert Frost, of
Teversall Nottinghamshire, was struck dead by
the lightning, whilst sitting under a;thorn hedge,
where 1:e ha taken shelter during the storni.—
The deceased had been ploughing in a field
on his master's farm, and the *lad who hail
been driving the:team took the horses home
and informed his, master, who, ',en going to
the spot, found the poor man a Corpse, sitting
with his back against the hedge. The elec-
tric fluid had torn off a• part. of his hat, the
lining of which was much burnt; scorched the
hair on the right side of his head, burnthis shirt
upon the breast; and disfigured various parts of
• his body. We regret to state that the deceased
has left a widow far adianced in pregnancy, and
three children to lament his losS. An. inquest
was held on the 22d inst. on 'view Of the body,
before T. WRIGHT) Gent. 'Coroner, when the
Jury found. a verdict--Died by the Providence
Of God;"