The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-08 00:00:00

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DEAL, JAN. N.E.--Passed by the Ariadne,
Gardner, from Harwich. for New Orleans. One of onr boat-
men has fallen in with the stern frame of a 'Vessel, marked
Ridlighton, .181 G, supposed to be part -of a vessel wrecked
during the late gales. Came down :from the River and sailed
the Cambrian, Breivnrigg, for the 'Cape of Good Hope; and
Susannah, Peters, for Dublin. The Diana, of Perth, from
Riga for.Hridport, got on the north art 9f -the Goodwin Sand
this Morning, lost an anchor Old cable, and. proceeded to Dover
Without. damage to her hull. • Anchors have been picked up and
landed here belonging to the Iris, Smith ; Lovely, Riclue,
Prince Leopold, Sicily, Cupper, Niger,Wa)ker, and American
ship Stephania. .A7sl one marktd 7,2, 13, with 10 fathoms
hemp cable; one of ti or 7 cwt. neWstock and 2 hoops; one
53 cwt., no mark,.new dye, new stock, and oneof 14 cwt., no
ring or Mark. • -
RAmso.ar F., JAN. 7.-..-Ati.altihor and stock, with about SO
fathoms chain cable, buoy and, buoy rope, have, been landed
here, supposed to belong to the Grant, Ogilvie, from Cope:,-
.
bagen. . . _

MARGATE, JAN. 7.—The Minerva. RotseY,-bas been get
off Fereness rock, and put in here.. The,masb.,_of a brig has
been towed in here this morning:
Yaninoirrir, JAu. 7.—The Albion, \Warren, which was
deserted at Sea by the crew, was found abeut fifteen leagues off
Cromer, and brought in here yesterday.
SrnouNEss, DEC. 27.—There are about 140 sail of vesscis
wind bound in Long Hope. We have had 'very blowing
weather for this month past from S. and S.W., but no parti-
cular losses have happened here. •1
COWES, JAN. 7.—The Highland Lad for Barbadoes which
was on shore, was got offwithout damage last night and sailed.
LIVERPOOL,-.JAN. 7.—The Glentannery, hence for Lime-
rick, was run foul of by the New John for Jamaica, and is
shore at Haylake, full of water. The sloop Mary, for Dublin,
with coals, was run down -in the river yesterday and sunk.—
Put back the Mary, M‘Leish, for Lonaonderry,liaving struck
on the North Bank. Arrived the Jolly BatchelOr,Jeffery, from
ArChangel, leaky.• • •
FAL3toinTii, .)Air. -N:N.E.—Sailed the Mar-
chioness of Salisbury packet, with mails, from the Meditera-
nean. The General Graham, for Jamaica; and Young Pro.
tens, for St. DoMingo, will sail this afternoon. The Cambria,
Veysey, for Jamaica, im getting under weigh on'4th instant,
cut from an anchor which she has left behind. .

MEVAGISSEY, JAN. s.—The Mars, Miss, which was
driven on shore on Par Sands, is expected to be got off: The
wind continues S.E.'

PLYZIOUTH, JAN. 'i.--Wind N..---Arrived the Sappho,
Hippendale, from London for Malta, leaky ; and Rebecca,
Falkner, fin. London. A line-of-battle ship is now coming in.
PORTSMOUTH, Jatkr. 7.L.Wind.N.—Arrired• the Hannah,
Dixon, for St-John's, N.B. ; and Friends, Alleri, from Hull,
with loss of anchor and cable each ;- one of the
-crew of the
former died through fatigue.
PtNZANCE, JAN. s.—Arrived the Susannah, Proctor, from
St. John's, N.B. leaky, sails and rigging damaged, deck freight
lost, and in went of provisions. The Amity, Prevott, from
Waterford, shipped a sea on Wednesday night, which carried
away her bulwarks, and a part of her cargo was obliged to be
thrown overboard.

HARIVICII, JAN. 7.=—Sailed the Jane and Emily packets,
for Gottenburgh ; and Princess Charlotte packet, foi Cuxhaven,
all with mails..

A smuggling lugger, of considerable value, has been cap-
tured off Ballylottallead, by the boats of the Semiramis and
Cyrus. Intelligence of the vessel being seen from the land was
communicated to Lord COLVILLE, while he was engaged in
divine service on Christmas-day. lie sent his advices upon a
Slip of paper, and they were fulfilled by those appointed to exe-
cute them. The boats separated in a thick haze, and only one,
containing seven men, fell in with the lugger,_ the Officer in
which practised a stratagem with success. He gave orders
audibly, as if several boats were at hand—varying: his tone of
voice, in order to make it appear as if the Officers commanding
the different boats were emulously inspiriting their crews.
When the crew of seven boarded the smuggler, she proved to
be manned with forty picked seamen, and well armed. No re-
sistance was made, and the remaining boats' dews having
rowed up when the fog cleared off, the vessel was safely brought
into Cove.—(Dublin Correspondent, Jan. 6.)

TilE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM TH MORNING PAPERS,'

January 8, 1822.

[THE TIMES.]
• The account of the last quarter's and of the
last year's revenue, up to the sth instant, have
been made public, as usual ; and a comparison
drawn, which we also present, between them and
the corresponding quarter and year preceding.
Briefly, we should say of these documents, that
they exhibit an increase of those articles in which
our foreign commerce is concerned, and a de-
crease of those which afford a test of our domestic
comforts. The Assessed Taxes, notwithstandina
:Mr. Vansittart's proposition that a man might
compound for an increase in his establishment,
have sunk forty thousand pounds in the quarter!
and fifty-four thousand in the year : Post-office
and Stamps have also decreased : but Excise,
of which beer is the chief article, and Customs
(which measure the quantity of foreign trade)
have increased, this year and quarter, so as
to afford a general excess over the- corre-
spo.nding quarter of last year of upwards of
four hundred thousand pounds ; and of this year
over the last of three hundred and ninety-seven
thousand pounds. Now this statement, though
ill for domestic comforts, would stand well for
foreign commerce. We must, however, refer.to
last year, and see in what condition the year and
corresponding quarter were, before we can con-,
gratulate the' country on the triumph of the pre-
sent year and quarter. The Customs, then, of
this year, are .503,2111. above those of last; but
the Customs of last year were 717,1381. lower
than those of the year before : so that, assuming
the Customs as a criterion of foreign trade, there
is still a great deNcit (viz. 203,9271.) in the
present year, when compared with the year
ending on the sth of January, 1820. Cus-
toms in that year, 9,349,0291. Customs in
-the year ending on the sth of January 1821,
8,631,6911.: decrease, 717,1381. Customs for the
yearjust ended, 9,135,102/. ; that is, 203,927/. less
than in the year 1819-20. Now we ask, is it
credible, while foreign markets are daily opening
to us, and the price also of our manufactured ar-
ticles is daily decreasing with the price of pro-
visions—is it credible, we ask, if we had been in
a condition to avail ourselves of these favourable
circumstances, that our foreign commerce, as
indicated by the revenue, should not have been
able to re-mount in January, 1822, so high as it
was in January, 1820 ? However, we are of
opinion that our foreign commerce must and is ill
improve, and that it would be even difficult to
prevent it, as the world becomes every day more
open to our shipping ; and we observe, that
though the whole customs of the present year
are less than those of the year before last, yet
the customs of the present quarter are something
higher than those of the corresponding quarter
two years ago. Customs for the quarter ending
January 5, 1820, 2,231,8731.: Customs for quar-
ter ending January 5, 1822, 2,486,8951.

[NEW TIMES.]

The very gratifying statement of the Public
Revenue, which we were enabled to lay before
the Public yesterday, produced a favourable in)
pression on the funds. Consols, which 'only on
Thursday last were at 771, opened yesterday
morning at 78 strong buyers, rose tot sellers,
and left off at 78g. It is true, that from what
we stated about a week ago, a favourable report
of the Quarter's Revenue was anticipated ; but
the official confirmation of our prediction could
not but give general satisfAction. Although we
are far from denying the pressure on certain
portions of the agricultural population, yet it is
certain that the nation, upon the whole, is im-
proving in comfort and advancing in prosperity.
The increased Revenue does not arise from ad-
ditional taxation, but from additional consump-
tion; and that consumption as clearly arises from
the state of tradei manufactures, and consequent
employment of the labouring classes. This is very
distinctly proved by accounts before us from various
parts of the kingdom. The manufacturers in York-
shire, Lincolnshire; and 'Scotland, were never so
busy. The same inference may be drawn from the
state of the market for various raw materials used in
our manufactures. Take, for instance, the state-
ment of imports into Liverpool, by which we find
that the consumption of logwood in 1821 was 1300
tons more than in .1820, that of barwood 400
tons, that of madders anti madder roots 1500
bags and bales. These articles are used entirely
by dyers, and when we consider how very small
a quantity of these articles is necessary to dye a
yard of cloth, we may easily conceive that the
increased production of linens and woollens on
which the dyes were employed must have been
immense. ln like manlier there has been an in-
creased consumption of shttmac in 1821 over that
of 1820, to the amount of 7300 bags, and this
article, being used by tanners, dyers, and hat.
ters, indicates an improvement in those.several
trades. Perhaps the most remarkable instance of
this kind is the increased consumption of rough
turpentine, exceeding that of 1820 by no less than
10,300 barrels. The principal use of this article
is to make spirits of turpentine for painting : so
that it may be sale: to prove an increased em-
ployment of labourers in the decorative arts,
and not merely in producing articles for human
support, or for the purposes of commercial ex-
change. We might easily multiply proofs of the
increased.hctivity of the national industry; but
we have said enough to chew that the improve-
ment of the Revenue rests on the solid founda-
tion of a real melioration of the national resources.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
City, Monday Evening, Jan. 7, 1822.—There
are no private letters direct from Constantinople
by the Mails arrived this morning, which is rather
extraordinary. Reports say, that great excesses
have been committed, but of this there is no cer-
tainty. There are letters, however, from Smyrna,
of the 28th November, where the greatest bar-
barities have been perpetrated. Some disputes
having occurred between the Franks and Turks,
one of the latter was shot. To revenge which,
on the 21st and 22d Nov. a great number of Turks

came into the city, and threatened the quartersl
of the Franks, which were, however, so well pro-
tected by tl►e shipping, that no attempt was made
on them. The Greeks, as usual, suffered severely,
and more than 500 of them were murdered in
their houses and churches. On the 28th every
thing was quiet, the Janissaiies having taken
charge of the peace of the city. The Paella is
represented as having become very nervous. The
Funds opened rather higher this day. Consols
for Account were done at 781, and rose to 781,
but finally closed at 78i. Many absurd reports
were atloat2not worth repeating; amongst others,
that the Pers►ans had made peace with the Turks.
During last week there has been a very large ar-
rival of grain in the port of London, consisting of
14,199 qrs. of English wheat, 14,156 qrs. of bar-
ley, 31,375 qrs. of oats, 700 qrs. of Irish oats,
3,430 qrs. of foreign wheat, 4,252 quarters of
foreign barley, and 8,940 quarters of foreign
oats, with 26,528 sacks of flour. It being now
nearly ascertained that the bad quality of the- last
crop must be equal to at least 1-6th of an average
growth ; prices of sound wheat are 2s. to 3s. per
Quarter dearer than on Monday last, and little
doubt can be entertained of a „further gradual
advance in this article. In Spring corn there is
no improvement, and stained barley is nearly un-
saleable. Baltic produce fully maintains its
value. The very low price of sugar (ruinous to
the planters) has caused a considerable increase
in the consumption of this article during the last
half year. A good deal of the increase in the
Custom House receipts may perhaps be attrihut-
ed to this circumstance. Nothing,-however, can
be more depressed in value than West India
produce is at the present moment.

[MORNING POST.]

In giving yestirday the correct transcript of
the new law proposed by the Ultras to regulate
the Diurnal and Periodical Press in France, we
expressed our regret and disappointment at the
nature of some of its provisions. French Papers
to the sth inst. have since arrived, but they cdh-
tain no itdditional intelligence on the subject.—
From the stormy reception which the project
encountered in the Chamber of Deputies,, even
on its first announcement, it was not unlikely
that its authors may be disposed to antici-
pate the Report of the Commission now pre-
paring in the Bureaux, and to propose some al-
terations calculated to render it more palateable
to the Legislature and to the nation. The prin-
ciple on which it is founded is a right principle :
but the great objection lies to the quarter by
whom offences are to be determined, and to the
punishment which is to be inflicted. If instead
of referring the tendency of a Journalist's wri-
tings to the Cours Royales, it was left: to the
discretion of a Jury, and the punishment on con-
viction was fine or imprisonment, instead of sus-
pension and suppression, but little objection-
able matter would remain. In its present state,
it is scarcely possible that the law should pass.;
and if the Ultras persist in attempting to carry
it through without any such amendment, we
should not be surprised if the result should prove
their overthrow. It only requires a coalition be-
tween the Liberals and the late Ministers to
effect their overthrow. They have given an ex-
ample which will be followed by their opponents
whenever they may find the Liberals disposed to
unite with them, and such a measure as the pre-
sent, if not disarmed of its undue severities, can-
not fail to produce that union.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The accounts from Spain possess no inconside-
rable share of interest. The armed force which,
under the specious title of " Army of the Faith,"
denounces the destruction of the constitution, is
said to increase, and that the large rewards it
offers both in pay and provisions, have had the
effect of withdrawing many soldiers of the con-
stitutional army from their allegiance. We are
obliged to use the word constitutional, to desig-
nate the actual troops of the King and his
Government ; for the friends of the Insur-
gents, not contented with their assuming a
title exclusively religious, are pleased also to
dignify them with the name of Royalists. The
northern provinces are represented as being
hostile to the Constitution, while the provinces
of the south are said to be.no less enthusiastic in
the cause of a licentious freedom. The Cortes
are assailed by one party, the Ministers by the
other ; yet we read of no energetic measures
adopted by either to repress the rising spirit of
disaffection. In the sitting of the Cortes of the
23d, the Committee made its report on• the affairs
of Seville, and it was agreed by a majority of
112 to 36, .that there was ground for a prose-
cution against Velasco, Escovedo, and the
other persons who signed the Address to the
King, demanding a change of Ministers.—
General Riego was expected to 'arrive in Ma-
drid, and this circumstance is spoken of as if it
were to be the signal for some important events.
A conspiracy cannot be very dangerous which
may be made the subject of common conversation
before the dreaded day of explosion. The intel-
ligence from Spain, or rather we should say the
eternal repetition of fears which finds its way
from Madrid to the Paris newspapers, is commu-
nicated by persons who fancy themselves friends
to the King of Spain, at the very moment that
they are doing every thing in their power to ex-
cite in every reasonable mind a suspicion of his
sincerity, and to inflame the temper of those who
might possibly be his enemies.

[MORNING HERALD.]
We yesterday received the Paris papers of
Friday. There is not a word of observation in
them upon the Ministerial proposition of a law to
govern the Periodical Press. Some unmeaning
common-place in The Journal de Paris is hardly
an exception. Nothing can more clearly prove
the utter nullity of the French Press at this mo-
ment. A great sensation has, no doubt, been
excited in Paris ; yet are the papers such abso-
lute non-conductors of the public opinion and
feeling, as not to give the slightest intima-
tion. We have heard from private sources that
a second shock will soon be given, by a more
comprehensive project for regulating the book-
trade) or publication generally, and that the re-

• •
publication ot Certain standard, but obnoxious
works, will be restricted. There is, no doubt,
much, that is deeply '.mischievous in the infidel
writings of the 18th century ; but will a law
of prohibition repress their circulation ? Did
the unlimited controul over the Press prevent the
circulation of infidel works in the reigns of Louis
XV. and X VI.? Far .from it. The only diffe-
rence was, that the books were published, or
professed to be published, in Holland, and thence
circulated in France. Again, let us look to the
Consulate and Imperial regime—when the utmost
latitude of sceptical controversy was allowed.
—Was this liberty abused ? No. It was
scarcely even used. The men who have most
extended the limits of human knowledge dur-
ing that period, in ethics, metaphysics, and
astronomy, have bowed to religion wherever
they encountered it in the circle of mind.—
Thus, in point of fact, it appears that restrictive
laws are in this respect not only inefficient, but
stimulants of the evil which they are intended to
repress. We would here be understood as
wholly excluding from our contemplation that
sort of licentious, illiterate ribaldry which
disgusts every well constituted mind, by out-
raging, at the' same time, all moral as well as
literary taste. There is another view which every
person who unites Christian Charity with rational
faith should take of this class of writers of whioh
we speak. Let him condemn and reprobate their
infidel doctrines as they deserve ; but why not
separate from their infidelity that moral philo-
sophy of the 18th century, which has done so
much to humanize and improve the state and
character of social man.