The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-20 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SIT/PPps-G.

SEPT. I9.—Wir.d N.E.—Arrived this mornirg 2n3
sailed fur the River the Triton, Darby, from Ildfast. ltPinart
in the Downs the Severn frigate ; aed Diligence, East Ind 's
pilot yacht.

PORTS:4OI7TH, SEPT. 13.—Wind \.E. Put in by con-
trary winds the Carahalton Park, Clark, from Jamaica;
nor Harcourt, Wilson, Demerara.. Put bark the Alexander,
Young.

PLYMOUTH., SEr.r. 13.---Wind `.r.—:brined the Hiram,
Watts, from Leghorn ; Golden Spring, Stion:z, ,Tarnaira.
Sailed the Speculation, Richards, for Prince 7.7;dward's Isl;,nd.
SEPT. Trafalgar, from Greenland, is sup-
posed he in the iluntbcr, with I fish, about 15 tuns of 'oil ;
she is much damaged.

The following ships have arrived at from Circe n
land :—Perseverance, 4 fish, 60 tuns of oil ; Gleaner, 8 ditto,
'O tuns; .lean, 4 ditto, .5.5 tuns ; Mary, 1 ditto, 2d tuns.
The Dutch ship Wilhelm Frederick, Ncrman, from Riga t
T0..10n, which put into Cowes the 6th October, 1821, with lou
of three top-Masts and leaky, were into dock there yesterday to
be repaired.

DAVIS'S STRAITS WHALE FISHERY.

Abstract of the Journal of the Ship ;:reese arrived at
Hull on the 12th instant, from the Davis's Strait; Fishery,
as kept by the Surgeon of the said ship •
" The Brunswick's ship company was mustered on the
sth of March, sailed on the 7th, and was anchored at Strom-.
ness on the 13th. We got tinder way the following morn
ing, and beat oat of Iloymouth with the wind. blowing fresh
from the W.N.W. On the 7th of April we w becalmed
off Cape Farewell. At noon. on the 12th, We Were in lati-
nide, by meridian observation, 60 (leg. 40 min. N. and V.
deg. 45 min. W. by dead reckoning. A stream of ice and
several icebergs were seen from the deck. On the 19th wa
were as high up the Straits as Wyberyord, in the district of'
Holsteinburg, where we were detained (ivaitineeha..breaking
up of the ice to the Northward) till the morning of the
2fith, when we experienced fresh breezes from E.N.E. Two
Esquimaux (whom the Governor very kindly allowed to ac-
company us) acted as pilots the length of Smith Bay Island,
where they left us, leaving a favourable impression on or:
minds of their accurate knowledge of the coast. On the
2d of May all hands were employed towing and werping the
ship through ice, leading from Dog to Whale Islands,
and the Island of Drisco. Several white whales weee seen,
hut none of the black species. On the 3d, 4Ji, and
several black whales were seen, hut we were not so fortunate as
to harpoon any one of them. On the Ur we spoke the Cam-
brian of hull, then clean. The two ships attempted to enter
South East Bay in the hopes of falling in with the fish, but after
standing some tune in that direction, the passage was discovered
to be choaked up with ice. The ships then tacked and stood
off to the westward. On the 9th, the gull seeeies became un-
commonly numerous ; the Larus:llisa, L'Arcticus, end La
Glancus. It was, I think, the prevailirg opinion among
the masters of the different ships now with us, that the ice
to the southward was much lighter than that which they had
seen in tOrmer years ; owing to this circumstance it Was ex-
pected that the barrier of ice which extended from the
north end of Drisco to the westward, would form little or no
impediment to the progress of the ships northward this year;
accordingly we ran to the northward along Drisco, with the
Albion and Cambrian in company, to ascert tin the •.a-t; but ta
our great mortification, on the morning of the 11th, the harrier
was seen as compact and as solid as in former years.. We again
put about, in order to beat to the southward. On the 12th,
we were again at the south end of Drisco; the Albion and
Cambrian attempted to force a passage into South-east Bay,
but were completely frustrated by the compactness of fhe
—At noon on the 15th, the ice seemed to be in motion, and
apparently drifting in a solid body to the southward,: we tooa
advantage of mooring to an iceberg, in order to allow the
flaws to drift past uc. At one o'clock, P.:11. the ('ambriaa
harpooned a whale, which took . into the pack. and short)!
afterwards came up along side of us, when our beats argil
the Aihion's assisted to kill her. We got through this
blockade on the 21st, after sustaining some heavy blows ie
, boring through the pack (ice). It fell calm at noon, all hand,:
were therefore called to man the boats and commence towing
northward. At two in the morning of the `22d, we passed Par
Island Point, and in the evening were ih -the open of N:E. Bay
our latitude at noon 70. 45. On the 24th.we seemed to be in the
headquarters of the whales, and were fortunate enough tp cat).
tore two, the length of whalebone' measuring 9 ft. 4 in. in time
first one, and 9 ft. 10 in. in the other, • •We then moored to art
iceberg, for the purpose of flinchiage we kept plying about
in .thilatitude till the 29. h, when we succeeded ill harpooning
another whale; but in the capture of this One,' I'have to Mtn-en t
the death of a brave seaman, whom she struck with the fork
of her tail. Three other men were hurt achhe same time, but
they recovered. On the 6th of June a dead fish was seen by
one of the loose harpooners from the mast head we suc-
ceeded in securing her as a prize ; the bone measured Ila
feet ; this was the last whale we saw during the •season.—
Early in the morning of the 10th, we were up with that
barrier of ice which lies off Faeroe Islands, and were un-
der the necessity of lying-to to await its opening ; but a
few hours soon relieved us, and the ships that were in coin.
piny with us, from the anxiety which the blockade occa-
sioned. On the I Ith we got into the water, and about two
a. at., on the morning of the 12th, the lowering aspect
of the western horizon indicated an approaching gale. At
three our conjectures were verified by the presence of one
of the heaviest gales of Wind ever remembered by the oldest
seaman in Davis's Straits. ' On the 23d we were abreast of
Duck Islands, Sugar-loaf Hill, bearing south. Here another
blockade was formed. We made fast to the flaws, for the pur-
pose of waiting its opening. The flaws separated a little on
the 45th, when we entered the channel of water caused thereby,
but did not gain more than two miles north. 'd'e again moored
to the flaw, the Active, Hero, Bon Accord, Lady Forbes, Wil-
liam, Cato, and others in company. Early on the following
morning the flaws again opened, and we got through into a gOOO
deal of water. In following our example, the Lady Forbes got
jammed between the points of the flaw, and in a very short time
was a complete wreck, the men having scarcely time to save
their clothes before the flaws crushed through hr. The Cato
likewise got materially damaged. The intrepidity and skill of
our Captain were here eminently displayed. Leaving t} e land
flaw, where upwards of twenty sail were in dock, he penetrated
through the ice,:undatinted by the dreadful collision of the dash-
ing flaws and icebergs, which carry all before them. On the Mit
a very heavy press came on the ship ; the ice was running set
the rate of three miles an hour, and large fragmental were
dashed and curled up the side of the :ship'a side. At this
time the rudder was unshipped, the hatches thrown off, and
nothing but ruin before its. The breeze from N.N.W. was
succeeded by a perfect hurricane from S.W. Such, a hurri-
cane, especially from this quarter, could not fail to make at
havoc among the flaws to the southward, where the greatest
part of the ships were lying, crushing and destroying all
.before
them. Accordingly, on the following. morning we saw three
ships wrecked, the Eliza, Valiant, and Invincible. On the leth,
after much difficulty, we got the ship-off the flaw (where she lay,
embedden with masses of ice many hundred tons weight),'and
tracked, warped, and towed to the northward. On the 28th
we were lying in a dock with the William and Old Middleton.
There again we were near being crushed by a large iceberg.
All the seamen's chests, beds, &c. of the three ships were
taken out and left on the flaws, we expecting to see the
ships crushed every instant. At midnight we saw the'crtw
belonging to the Calypso launching over the fin* the r
boats to the fleet more to the southward. The Calypso was
lost on the 27th. On the 30th we quitted Our dock and warped
the ship more in towards land, the William. and Middleton
following our example. August 2n.1, the idea of the ice
clearing away to 'the northward, and leaving rpassage for the .
ship in that direction, in order to prosecute the fishery. si'ds
now completely given up. Nothing but a solid- field of ice'
could be seen as far as the eye could reach to the norft-
ward, on which the easterly winds had little or no effect I:,
drifting it offfrom the land. Dark nights were coming on; hay
ice was making rapidly, and cementing the hawse flaws together;
in fact, it was morally impossible for any ship to gain a passage
this year to Prince Regents Bay, although Captain Ross hes
given it as his opinion that a passage may he fOtrnd every-year.
Experience is therefore at variance with his, opittion. We
bore up for the southward, anti were accompanied t y the
William and Middleton. It came on thick in the evening,
and we were necessitated again to saw a dock in the flaw, for
the preservation of the ship. We there learned the loss of the
British Queen, and at noon, on the sth, saw the Hem %leek.
cd ; here we lay till the 14th August, when, after an amazing
deal of labour, we forced our way through all danger, tow.
ing, &c., till the evening of the lath, when we got into the
open sea, leaving sixteen vessels beset to the northward. I
have no hesitation in saying if a passage is found this yeter
to the West-land, it must he more southerly than has yet
been attempted; in our passage down the Straits, twice were wa
led into the ice in the hope of discovering it, and both timta
fail2d. The latitudes which we attempted were-73 first, and
71 the second time. We bore up for England on the sith
August, were off' Cape Farewell en the Ist September, ran
through Hoy Sound (Orkneys) on the Bth, and finally arrived
in the Humber, with four fish, 130 butts, after a passage of
thirteen days unexampled for its celerity."

TILE LONDON JOURNALS.

7~ITIt:ICZ3 FROM THE 13111,Y MOftnING PAPERS:

September 20, 1822.

[HORNING HERALD.]

The accounts in the German Papers represent
the affairs of the Greeks as hopeless. Their
'Thil;tary and civil government, within and without
“te Felopunnesus, are described as wholly dis,
organised. We have not for a moment 'advo-
saied the armed interference of this country for
their emancipation—not because such a measure
was not within the limits of strict right and
justice----but because it would be politically un-
wise, even to extravagance, in the present situa-
tian and relations of England and other Powers.
-Neither were we very sanguine as to their
-ultimate and unaided triumph over their bar-
.barian tyrants. But there was some ground,
from the energy and perseverance which
thoy had hitherto shewn against the enemy,
that they would be able to maintain or
improve their position so advantageously, as to
nthie them to better terms of pacification, and
nothorise the Christian Powers to demand more
favourab:e conditions at the approaching Con-
gress, from, the Porte. It is true their cause has
heen:advocated with enthusiasm and exaggera-
tion,.and their heroism exalted beyond its value.
Yitiat could be more natural among a free, edu-
cated, and Christian people ? We believe the
.;reeks had at least the best wishes of Fatgland,
in her actual situation, was all they could
-have. There was nothing unreasonable even in
contemplating their conquering independence
with their owtr swords. Men knowing the value
of freedotni and fighting to gain or to defend it,
'lave a powerful ally in the principles and
ils.zincts of their cause. Even tyrants them-
eves have done homage to this power.

rstOaxism canolucr.E.ll
As might be expected, Mr. Canning's appoint-
-rrtent has rather changed the views.of some po-
litical aspirants, than defeated their hopes. The
interest- which that Right Honourable Gentle-
p9ssesses at the India Board is supposed to
place the present disposal of, the Governor
Generalship in a great measure in his hands, and
he has iii consequence become the Idol which
the admirers of Eastern magnificence and power
now worship. As yet, however, we believe, he
has. not_ decided among the candidates. We
understand that the first day Air. Canning
ttended his duty at the Foreign Office, so
anxious was one, of his Cabinet Colleagues
to congratulate him on the occasion that he
-w-itited for an audience, in Lord Clanwilliam's
k.;!ffiCe, during a period of two hours, while the
itew Minister was transacting business with the
Russian Ambassador ! Several other instances
.t..f profound respect are also said to have been
-.liitnessed at Downing-street and elsewhere since
Feiday fist ; but hitherto, unfortunately, with-
out producing the desired effect. Should Mr.
C. Wynn be ultimately nominated to succeed the
.....arguess of Hastings, it is rumoured that Mr.
'.itlarges Bourne will be raised to the Presidency
cif the Board of Controul.

[hIOIIXING POST.]

Paris Papers-to the 18th hist: reached us last
bight by express. They contain fresh extracts
frorrr they Austrian Observer, but that Journal
stterned to have exhausted its stock of news or
fabrications (for which they are is not yet clearly
accertained), and having nothing to add with re-
sp'ect to milithry operations, expatiated on the
ravages occasioned by the plague in Albania,
Porn whence. it is stated to have followed the
into the Morea. '!'!re inhabitants of Joan-
idna had quitted that taw•n,,and dispersed them-
selves throughout the country, which only served
to extend the contagion. Two of them having
reached De!vino, died the day after their arrival
at that and left it a prey to the scourge
under which- :they had, themselves fallen. All
the lonian islands in the neighbourhood of
Corfu had been protected by the establishment
of-a- quarantine of 15 days, and the usual quaran-

tine fegulatiens were strictly observed in all the
pOrts of the Adriatic. On the 30th of August at
one o'clock, p.m. a smart shock of an earthquake
-wes.felt at Agram, accompanied with a subterra-
CeOUS sound resembling thunder. The concussion
—w most-sensible amongst the mountains which
surround' the town, in a direction from the West
to the N.ortb. It lasted five seconds. Two days
before, on the 28th, at 40 minutes past 10, in the
&nothing, antl in serene weather, a similar shock
Lid been experienced at Venice. With respect
t 04116 ev'enfs Said to have taken place in the Mo-
res, the greatest uncertainty still prevails. An
article -from Trieste, dated the 2d instant, and
publiShed in the .dugsburgh Cazcile, confirms
1.1114° irrilplibn of. the Turks into the. Peloponne-
sus, bUt unjustly ascribes their reported successes
to. the influence of British gold.

[NEW TI M ESI

It will be, seen that the Bank Meeting went

off yesterday without producing the result which
many persons had anticipated. A Dividend of
5 f)ei.cent. for the half year was unanimously
agreed't6... Yank Stock afterwards advanced 2
per c'ent.; but the other Funds experienced no
ait.ration. The cause of the Greeks in the
lii >rea sero. to be hopeless, by the dispersion and
lii,!!ht of the.aelf-constituted Senate. Most happy

bhould we have been to have hailed the

vival of civilization in Greece, and therewith,
of national independence ; but we have been
all along persuaded that the Greeks are quite
incompetent to make such a rapid advance in po-
litical light and: power. They must advance
through progressive stages.of melioration, under
the guidance,, and with the helping-hand, of
wjser States. This aid, we trust,' they will re-

• _
ceive at the approaching Congress; and that they
will thus he led into, the path of real improve-

merit, until, in " the fullness of tiine,'° all their
chains shall be broken, and the brighter days of
Grecian freedom shall return.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The Paris Papers of Monday contain intelli-
gence of a melancholy character for the cause of
Greece, whose struggles for liberty, we had
hoped, would have led to an happy issue--=.-to an
issue, if possible as glorious as that which
crowned its efforts against the voluptuous and
despotic Persian. Certainty is said to be at all
events, better than suspense : that may hold in
matters not of an important or desperate nature,
out of which do not proceed "the issues of life ;"
but when the case is that of a whole people en-
deavouring by patient endurance of discom-
fiture, and by courageously encountering all
those difficulties which., in a less sacred cause, or
with less ardent followers, would lead to dis-
heartening and despair, we anxiously seize on
every doubt which can fairly be attached to a
relation of the defeat of the oppressed, and
the triumph of their oppressors. The political
bias of the Journal (the Austrian Observer) so
strongly pervades the article in which the
Greeks are said to be so decidedly without fur-
ther resource to oppose the power of the Turks,
that we would willingly believe the picture
(though some of the features may be in part cor-
rect) is highly coloured. It announces the dis-
solution of the Greek Senate, and the complete
triumph of the Turks in the Morea. They are
also said to have gotten possession of Corinth; the
latter statement, unfortunately, is supported by
so many different authorities, that it is scarcely to
be doubted. The Observer, too, quotes letters
from Corfu of the 13th of August, proclaiming that
the war in Epirus was concluded by the capture of
Suli. Other accounts say, that the Suliots have
been, in some instances, successful. It then pro-
ceeds to state, that Omer Pacha. Brione, who
was engaged in restoring tranquillity in Albania,
!;ad made application to the English Government
at Corfu for an asylum for the Suliots. But a
difficulty of an insurmountable nature presented
itself—the plague was devastating, and the city
of Janina in particular was nearly depopulated ;
so that all communication was on the point of
being broken off with that country;