The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-18 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, F. 17.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived and remain the
Clyde, Driver, from Calcutta, sailed the 31st of July, ft-cm
Madras the 3d of October, and from the Cape the 13th of
December ; John Troughton, Rovely, from Rio .Janeiro, in
76 days ; Harmony, Walker, from the Mediterranean ; Sarah,
Hammond, from Bilbao ; Europa, Anthony, from New York ;
Boyce, , from Constantinople ; and the Baws, Col-
lins, from Odysa. Arrived from the River and remain, wi h
the outward-bound as before, the Honourable Company's ship
Farquharson, Cruikshanks, for India ; Mary, Steel, for Bata-
via ; Amazon, Holda, for Jamaica ; Demerara Packet, Vena-
ble;, for Demerara; and the Bebe, Buller, for Buenos Ayres.
PORTS.MonTH, FEB. 17.—Wind S.W. blowing strong.
Arrived the Dart, Creath, from St. Michael's.
LIVERPOOL, FEU. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Meteor,
Gardner, from New York, sailed the 24th ult. ; Leander,
Leitch, from Alexandria ; Susannah, , from Cepha-
lonia; Pelorus, Goodwin, from Messina ; Belem Castle, Jones,
from Lisbon. Off the Port the Mars, Mitchell, from Maran-
ham ; David, , from Leghorn ; and Bootle, Blun-
dell, from Lisbon.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived tie Forti-
tude, Dupen, from Lisbon, in 12 days; and liero, Prawens,
from Jersey. Sailed the Countess of Chichester eacket for
Jamaica; and the Kingfisher, ditto, for the Brazils.
CowEs, FEB. 17.—Wind S. S.W.—Arrived the Congress,
Kinsman, from Batavia in 104 days. The lion. Company's
ship Royal George, Timmins, is in Yarmouth Roads wind-
bound.

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The lmperador Alexander, -, from Lisbon, was totally
wrecked off illaranham the 30th December.

The America, Lewis, from New York, was driven on shore
near Leghorn, during a gale on the 3d instant, but was ex-
pected to be got off:
The Baroness, Vander Copello, from Batavia to Antwep,
put into Bencoolen, with loss of rudder and much damage,
having been on shore ; cargo discharging in good order, ship
expected to be got off.
The Doris, Sefstadius, from Uleaborg to London, is stranded
on .Ameland ; cargo expected to be saved.
The Jonge Jacobus, Bonn, bound to Rotterdam, put back
to Bencoolen the 22d October, with loss of fore-mast.

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 18.

The arrivals of all sorts of Corn this week are tolerably
good. There is not much prime 'Wheat at market, but plenty
of other sorts ; the trade remains very heavy at last quotations.
Barley is also very dull, and hardly maintains the terms last
reported. Beans and Pcz,se have no variation. Oats, unless
of fine colour, are very dull in sale, and with difficulty teach
Monday's terms. The Flour trade is almost stagnant.
ARRIVALS—EngIish Wheat, 5,350; Barley, 4,200 ; Oats,
12,750; Irish Wheat, 290; Oats, 5,395 qrs.; Flour, 7,600 sacks-

SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB• 18.
The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and
prices at Smithheld Market this morning
CATTLE AT MAIIKET
Beasts 327 I Sheep
Calves llO 1 Pigs
of 81b. 0
To sink the Offal, Per s
Beef 4s 2d.to 5s Od i Veal 5B 8d to 6s w
mutton 3B otl to 6s ocl
Lamb Os Od• to Os Od.
AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
HAY A
Hay £3 Os to £4 lOs I Clover £4 Os to £5 10s
Straw ....... .C 1 16s to £2 Bs.
4s d Oto 5s 4411 Pork

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E LONDON JOURNALS.

• DA ILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers,Feb.lB, ISG 5•

[THE TIMES.]
The Etoile Journal, which is an Ultra Jour-
nal, and conducted by Ultra Editors,,ocessastih since
lavishes columns of abuse upon Ell,lalid
"
our recognition of the 11"1"e":1ceof the
thees British
Spanish American States. 1 t *
Government the British People, the •t s
Administration of her foreign colonies. it is
most likel that the authors of this abuse are
emigrants , y
fed by British bounty, after their
own country had vomited them forth, and whom
slrP will vomit forth again, if they do not, even
from hypocrisy, practise more moderation in ac-
tion and language. \lre shall bestow a few
words on the last article in the Etoile, which our
readers will find in the French news. We are
said to tyrannize in India ; and let it be
marked with what sagacity :—" Will the Jour-
" nal des Debuts and Conititutionnel tell us that
" Mr. Canning intends to unfurl his flag before
44 the 120,000,000 of subjects over which Eng-•
" land reigns in India ?" So, then, we govern
one hundred and twenty millions of subjects in
India. Will the Etoile tell us by what numeri-'
cal European force we govern these one hundred
;Ind twenty millions of men ? And if our physical
force, compared to this immense mass of popula-1
lion scattered over an almost incomprehensible
surface of territory, be but " as a drop in a buc-
ket," by what other principle can we govern them,
but by that respect and love which we generally in-
spire? I f we tyrannized ,and were consequently hat-
ed in I mlia,cur own subjects—to say nothing of the
hostile and jealous States by which the three
Presidpucies are surrounded—would almost blow
us off With the blast of their breath : whereas,
oil the contrary—no matter whether the natives!
dispute with each other or with Europeans—they
still flock to our Courts for the administration of
justice. The miseries of the Cape are of a tern.
porary nature, springing from the personal charac-
ter of one man, who cannot continue long. But
England, it seems, is not the protectress of
civil and religious liberty. We presume we
at least enjoy as much civil liberty as any
other nation of Europe ; and with respect to
religious liberty, much as we have suffered
from that superstition which began to spring
up within the third century after our Saviour's
birth, the professors of it are still at liberty to
practise their rites and ceremonies, and to fre-
quent their places of worship; and if they only
would not wish to give us a foreign Potentate to
rule over us in part, they might also share fully
in the executive and administrative parts of the
Constitution. But some of us, who think the
vices of our Kings quite sufficient, without sub-'
fecting the Realm or Church to the ten times
more atrocious vices of Popes, would decline this
foreign interference ; whilst others would only
admit it, because they think it would be ren-
dered impotent by the degree of intelligence
and information which the mass of the people of
England possesses.

[MORNING POST.]
The Opposition have played off a sort of inno-
cent juggle during the late discussion on the Ca-
tholic Association, which tine scarcely believed
they had confidence enough to attempt. The
Gentlemen to whom we allude founded an argu-
ment against Mr. Goulburn's Bill on the small
amount of the Catholic Rent, inasmuch as no
danger ought to be apprehended from any appli-
cation which might be made of a fund not ex-
ceeding hi total amount 10,0001. It was aiso
stated, in corroboration of this opinion, that the
Methodists and other Societies collected an-
nually sums much larger than the above,
without exciting alarm, and that what was
harmless in, them could not be prejudicial
in the Papists. The whole of this theory,
premises and conclusions, is erroneous. The
amount of the " Catholic Rent " hitherto
collected is not 10,000., but some indefinite sum
which the Association has never ventured to state
publicly ; 10,0001. is the surplus now in hand,
after defraying the expences of all the varied
and momentous undertakings in which that As-
sembly has been engaged from its formation to
..the present time.
..nothing but the balance un-
appropriated, and as far as strangers may judge,
unrequired, is ever made known, and that ba-
lance, Notwithstanding the fees of Counsel—the
costs of Solicitors—the charges of the House of
Assembly—the charitable bequests—the bribes
of the Press the " secret service money''
and the public " extraordinaries," is, clear of all
demands, upwards of 10,0001. ! Do the Metho-
dists or the Bible Societies exhibit a state of
their finluces in any respect resembling this'
Their expeoditure and their income generally
square in the course of the year, and most fre-
quently the former exceeds the latter. But the
Catholic Associat ion accumulates stock, and at the
expiration of lS months has amassed 10,0001.! To
point out so glaring a difference bet weer that body
and all others in the state, without adverting to
their with•ly different objects, is sufficient. Why,
we once more enquire, does it collect a surplus
so monstrously above its present or probable
wants, if the real ultimate object were not totally
distinct from any thing it has yet, in cunning de-
ference to the Laws and Constitution, avowed or
dared explicitly to propose ? If the 10,0001.
arose were suffered to accumulate for 20 years
at compound interest, what would be the fund
at the disposal of the Association ? But, if we
add every year a further 10,0001. with the ag-
gregate of compound interest on these several
sums,. how overwheluilug would be the power of
that mischievous Convention ?

[aitrT/Q1 Pars's.]
Mr. 13-mug-ham last night presented the peti-
tion of the Catholic Association, praying to be
heard by Counsel against the Bill for its sup-
Pressioll, which Bill will be found at length in
another part of this day's Paper. It is perfectly
uaturalthat-theCatholic leaders, who have raised
themselves to ephemeral .
ral importance by their ve-
hement orations -at the meetings of the Associa-i
=ion, should disliks the
extinction of that medium '