The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-06 00:00:00

[N EW TIMES.]

The Jamaica Papers, which were yesterday
received to the 15th. of September, contain the
Resolutions of the: Merchants of that Island re-
specting the late captures in ,that quarter. They
complain " that the squadron on the station is
totally inadequate to the protettion of the Trade."
Whether this complaint be well or ill founded,
we have not the means of judging ; but some re-
marks occur to us on the face:of the statements.
The fact principally relied on, as evincing the
audacity of the Pirates, is, that a vessel which
had sailed from Port Royal was the same day

chased back and wrecked on the Palisadoes. It
is singular that no mention is made of this ves-
sel's—name or nation, of her, flag or destination.
But we believe we can supply this defect. Let-
ters received by the packet state, that she was a
Spanish vessel, under Spanish colours, belonging
to a Spanish owner, and bound to a Spanish
port. The supposed pirate was probably nothing
more than a Colombian privateer, which, in pur-
suance of the hostilities existing between Spain
and the Colombian Republic, of course chased a
ship which she met bearing the Spanish flag

[BRITISH PRESS.]
In consequence of the notice issued for the
meeting of the Common Council of the city of
Dublin, forty-nine members of that body met
at the Assembly House on Saturday ; one gen-
tleman, conceiving it to be an illegal meeting,
quitted the room, when the remaining forty-
eight proceeded to business. They commenced
by deprecating the conduct of the Lord Mayor in
issuing what they were pleased to term an illegal
Proclamation—entered into Resolutions that they
would persevere in dressing the statue—called
upon Mr. Allen, the Clerk of the Corporation,
to draw them up as the proceedings of " the Com-
mon Council" of the City of Dublin ; but this Mr.
Allen refused to do, saying they only composed
a small part of, the Council. , Mr. Sutter and
some other persons then volunteered to draw them
up as the proceedings of the Council at large.
The 4th of November is the anniversary of this
exhibition of the statue of King William, dressed
in orange rags, an exhibition as insulting to the
memory of the Sovereign whom its pairons affect
to honour, as to the living Sovereign, to whom
they profess loyalty and affection. It will be
seen in our extracts from the Dublin Papers of
Saturday, that a violent resistance was expected
to be made to the Proclamation of the Lord
Mayor, and the agitators persevered in preparing
for the ceremony. Their efforts, however, up to
Saturday evening, had been effectually resisted
by the Police, and his Lordship being supported
by the Government, his final success may be
confidently anticipated.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.;

[From the Glasgow Courier, Oct. 31. j

The subject of the Distillery Laws is now en-
gaging, in a serious manner, the minds of the landed interest
and the highest authorities in the country. A great reforma-
tion in this department can, and will speedily take place. Jus-
tice must ultimately prevail over error and prejudice. The ab-
surdity of confining one set of men to distill for the Scotch,
and another for the English market, and not only so, but con-
fining the monopoly of the whole market for the latter country
in the hands of fifteen concerns, is most impolitic and injurious
to the best interests, of the country,
,the revenue, and even of
the individuals themselves. By this means, the population of
England are compelled, at a greatly enhanced price, to drink
spirits of the very'worst description, which offers an irresistible
temptation to the illicit introduction of Foreign Spirits and
smuggling British to an enormous amount. It is incredible to
what extent the Revenue suffers by this injudicious system.—
By the monopoly as it now stands, the English distiller and the
distiller for the English market, are enabled to dictate to the
farmer the prices they will give for the grain, to the rectifier what ,
price they please to ask. There is no competition. At this mo-
ment the Distillers in and for the English market get two shil-
lings per all. more than the Scotch Distillers do, for the same
article. ' Thus the English Distiller sells to the rectifier his whisky
at 14s. 6d. duty 10s. 6d. while the Scotch Distiller limited to the
Scotch market, can hardly obtain 7s. 6d duty ss. 6d. In this
manner, the profits of the former are enormously great, and they
are enabled to crush, or as we hear, buy off any one who may
intend to commence distilling for the English market. It is
rumoured, that 10,0001. was lately given to a person in Scot-
land, who was preparing to distill for the Southern market, in
order to induce him to relinquish his intention. The quantity
distilled by some English distillers is very great. Thus, from
Parliamentary Paper of 1321, it appears, that the firm of Cook
and Co. made 325,711 galls. and that of Leader and Co. 267,970
galls within the year. Two shillings per gall. extra profit upon
the former-is 32,571/. Smuggling, in all its branches, seems to be
considered as a fair offset against this system, and the consequence
is, that in both Foreign and British Spirits, it is carried on to an
extent most injurious to -the Revenue,, and perfect destruction
to the interests of the fair trader. Nor can it ever be removed
till the population of these kingdoMs get as good an article as
can lie procured under heavy taxation, and not as atpresent the
worst. The quantity,of Spirits distilled in England and Scot-
land for the English market,is fully 5;000,000 galls. annually.
The same Spirits, and of even a superior quality, could be sup-
plied from Scotland and in England, at 2s. per gallon less than
John Bull now pays, a difference to him of 500,000/, annually,
which extra stun goes into the pockets of 15 distillers, licensed
for the English market ! ! The reason given for maintaining
things as they are, is, that under the present system in Eng-
land, there is no evasion of the Revenue (which we, however,
very much doubt) and that were the trade thrown open, and
the Scotch system of distillation introduced, smuggling and
evading the revenue would also be introduced. Tins is mere
assertion and apprehension. We cannot see why the English
distillers should be dishonest under a good system, and honest
under a bad one. On the contrary, the trade thrown open,
and put upon a footing that good spirits could be got in place
of bad, would make it the interest of every distiller to see that
smuggling of every kind was put down and kept down.

The Rev. WM. CoCICBUIt-N, the new Dean of
York, is the author of the following works :—Remarks on Vol-
ney's Ruins, Bvo. 1804 ; Authentic Account of the Death of
Lord Camelford, Bvo. 1804 ; Dissertation on diffusing the light
of the Christian Religion throughout 'the Eastern World, 4to.
1805 ; Letter to the Editor of the Edinburgh Review, Bvo.
1805 ; An Address to the Methodists, &c. Bvo. 1805 ; Essay on
the. Epistles of St. Ignatius; Bvo. 1808 ; Address to the Roman
Catholics, Bvo. 1807 ; Credibility 'of the Jewish Exodus de-
fended.against Gibbon, &c. BVo. 1809 ; Sermon on the Fast
Pay, 1809, Bvo, ; Strictures on Clerical Education at the Uni-
versity or Cambridge, Bvo. 1810.
CURIOUS KITTENS.—A. few days ago a cat,
_She
property of i%jr. Dewsbury, tanner, of Bodnant, brought forth
three kittens, which vie with each other in the singularity-of,
their appearance. One of them has two heads and apparently
three eyes, 'the one ey6 in the centre being common to both :
the. second kitten has .six legs, two of which will be useless
having no joints ; it is also furnished with a double spine,whicli
gives the back a very broad 'appearance; the third is formtd
as cats in‘general, but it is of a deep liver colour, a thing ne-
ver before remembered. A great many respectable people nave
been to pay their respects to the " lady in the straw,"
,who,
with her extraordinary progeny, is doing well.—(Shrewsbary
Chronicle. )
ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-WoßKs.—Between one
and two o'clock on Monday afternoon a young
man, of'the name of Freeman, a lodger in the
house of Mr. Keates, 6, Pelham-street, Brick-
lane, Spitalfields, making some squibs.and other
fire-works, held a paper of gunpowder in one
hand, whilst with the. other he went' to throw
some loose powder into the fire. The sudden
flash communicated with the powder in his baud,
which exploded ; his face and eyes were in con-
sequence shockingly burned, and it is feared he
will lose the sight of both his eyes ; his hair was
burnt, and his right arm shockingly maimed ; he
was immediately carried .to the London Hospital.
An apprentice to Mr. DunbtAd, pawnbroker,
Skinner-street; Sornerstown, met with a similar
accident in making fire-works, a few day's ago,
on which occasion the house had a narrow escape
from being set on 'fire, the shop-window being
blown to pieces, and several of the pledges de-
stroyed.