The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-20 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SIIIPPING.

DEAL, JAI.Te V.--Arrived end remain the
EWort, :Miller, from Ba.vannah; 13riton, Martin, from Africa;
Elizabeth, Charlter, from St. John's, N. B.; Henry, Pen-
wick, from Alexandria. Came down from the'River and re-
main the Harriet, Clark, for the South Seas ; also his Majesty's
ship Ramillies, from the Nore. L.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived his Ma-
jesty's ship Surinam from the Havannah ; and the Princess
Royal transport from Jamaica.

Pr.vatotma, JaN.lB.—Wind S.S.W.—It blew a heavy
gale during the whole of last night. Arrived the Lawton,
Sergeant, from St. Domingo, in 44 days, leaky ;. Matilda, Cum-
mings, from Cephalonia ; Wanderer, Dixon, from Zante ; and
the Staff of Life, Briggs, from Charlstone.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Panthea, Huthaway,
from New York, sailed the .15th of December ; and Concord,
Mikity, from Newfoundland.

DovEn, JAN. 19.—Arrived the Flora pilot lugger, having
on hoard the Captain and crew of the Prosperous, of Wey-
mouth, laden with Ordnance stores, from London to Dublin ;
she parted from her chain-cable yesterday in Ness Roads, and
got on the Newcomb Sand ; she afterwards got off and sunk
in four fathoms water off Romney.

Arrived off Margate the Bradock, Hewson, from Jamaica ;
and the Scotia, Wylie, from Faro.
The Isabella, of Sunderland, Wardell, struck .on the Cutler
Sand, near Harwich, on Monday, and sunk ; crew saved.
The Dorset, Hart, from Rotterdam -to London ; Harriet and
John, Cozen, from Sunderland to ditto; Ann, Charlton, mid
Renown, ChatneSs, from Shields to ditto, sunk on the Sands
off Lowestoft' on Tuesday ; five of the crew of the Dorset
drowned.

The Ceres, Bowden, from Penzance to Wales, and the Prince
Regent, of Falmouth, were driven on shore at Penzance opt
Monday night.
The Maria Eliza, Phillips, from Cardiff to London ; Amity,
Previtt, from Bangor to Southampton ; Columbia, Chapman,
from Alexandria to Liverpool, were driven on shore at Mil-
ford on Monday.
Yesterday was launched from the Dock-yard of M.essrs.
Curling, Young, and Co. at Limehouse, a fine ship of about
420 tons, designed fir the trade to Grenada. At a quarter pas-
two o'clock she was, in the usual manner, christened the Jrfst
tine, and launched into her native element in fine style, amidst
the acclamations of a great concourse of Ladies and Genti.!-
men, which thefineness of the weather, and the interest attach-
ed to the scene, had drawn together. Among the company we
noticed several of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, and
a number of the most respectable Merchants connected with
the Shipping Interest. After which was given an elegant *-
June a fourchette, which was passed off with the greatest
conviviality to an assemblage of between 200 and 300 Ladies.
land Gentlemen.

ALLEGED NUISANCE IN LINCOLNS INN.

HATTON-G•R GEN.—Yesterday WILLIAM WAL-
TON', Esq. Barrister, of Lincoln's Inn, appeared upon a
summons issued on an information laid under the Act, gene-
rally entitled Mr. M. A. Taylor's Act, at the instance of
the Commissioners of Pavement of St. Clement Danes,
for refusing to remove a certain alleged nuisance in the
rear of his Chambers in Lincoln's Inn. The nuisance
alluded to was the wall which projects into Serle-street
from the termination of the eastern wall of Lincoln's Inn-
square to the entrance into the Inn, the rest of Serle-street
being commodiously spacious. The Barristers of Lincoln's Inn
were anxious to have the merits of the case fairly discussed ; and
although there were three or four other gentlemen equally in..
terested, Mr. Walton, pro forma, appeared upon the sum-
mons. Mr. ADOLPHUS appeared on the part of the Commis-
sioners of Pavement; Mr. Walton conducted his own defence and
that of the other defendants. After hearing the arguments
of these Learned Gentlemen, Mr. Serjeant SELLON (with
whom Mr. ROGERS concurred) was decidedly of opinion
that the Section of the Act upon which the information was
laid did not apply to this case. That it was necessary to
shew that there was a projection over the footway, or that it
had been encroached on, neither of which points were proved,
and that in fact the premises in question being regular free-
hold property, no body of men, no existing law, no authority •
could interfere with it. The information was accordingly
dismissed.

LAND OF PROMISE.—T 6 Concord Register
contains the following extract of a letter from a
gentleman in the upper part of Rockingham
County, to his friend in Concord. The Editor
adds, that the man alluded to in the letter passed
through Concord with his family last week, and
corroborated the facts by his own statement-:
" Last week, a man who seven years ago went
with his family from Maine to Ohio, returned
with them to this town. Ile had a one-horse
waggon. His family consisted of ten persons.
—He was in good circumstances when he
left Maine ; drove business largely in Ohio
—raised 1,500 bushels of corn—and, when cora
was iu demand there, could exchange 13 bushels
of it for a pound of tea ; but .sometimes the
traders would not give more for it than for chips.
He had, as usual, much sickness in his. family,
though he lost none of his children. The doctor's
bill was answered by giving up' his land and
building. When he left Ohio, he bought n pair
of oxen for 400 bushels corn standing in the Eel 1
—drove them 100 miles, and sold them for 13
dollars—travelled with his family 900 miles at
an expence of 90 dollars, and was quite rejoiced
that he had got so near borne again."—(dineritan
Paper.) • ,

A BAILIFF ON A WRONG SCENT.-011 Thurs-
day last the notorious informer Johnson, who at
present is one of the parish constables for Cler-
kenwell, was arrested on giving in his return mi-
litia papers, and taken by Liver) the Sin riff's
Officer, for a debt of 2941. 7s. Johnson t.ld
Laver that he owned no such sum, and, in short,
that he did not owe one shilling in the world,
and that his name was William Johnson, whereas
that in the writ was John Johnstone. Laver, not
believing this statement (although corroborated
by two other persons), put the informer in
durance, where he remained until he gave a bail-
bond in two sureties in the sum of 3001. eachi—
Laver, it is said, has since found out his error,
and Johnson threatens to visit him for prover
compensation for the false imprisonment.

SINGULAR ZEAL IN FOLLOWING AN
fellow named Jeremiah Basden was convicted at the is C SAfter
Session, for stealing at Barcombe 2 don keys, the property or -j-
Cripps and G. Awcock ; also for stealing at Hamsey I donkey,
the property of 11. Al orley.—Transportation for 7 years. Mor-
ley and another man, it appeared, with great patience and perse-
verance, tracked the donkeys, by the impressions of their feet, as
fas as Hawley, in Kent, a distance of nearly 30 miles, where
they were at fault, but nevertheless continued their pursuit, by
the way of Maidstone, to Canterbury, where, on a market day,
they had the good luck to meet with the donkeys, and with the
fellow who had stolen them. He was handed over to the cus-
tody of two constables, who on last Wednesday brought him a
prisoner to this town, and lodged him in the House of Come-
don. On his examination it appeared, that he had stolen i‘t
least a dozen donkeys in as many days.

We hear that three life-boats, built for the ulte
of the Royal National Institution for the pre_
servation of Shipwrecked Mariners, are now ly-
ing at the Tobacco-grounds,Rotherhithe, for in-
spection, preparatory to their being removed to
Brighton, Newhaven, and Biddeford.RAri w
'earn,
also, that seven more boats are nearly completed
for that institution.—(Morning Paper.)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning-Papers,Jan.2o, 1525.

{MORNING POST.]
The infatuation of Spain with respect to South
America has unquestionably been the sole cause
of the perfect independence of the whole of that
vast region. Ferdinand, by obstinately reject-
ing all terms with Colombia and Buenos Ayres,
when they had shaken off every visible sign of
external authority, took the most effectual means
possible to destroy the remnant of his sovereignty
in Peru also, which longer than any other pro-
vince manifested a sort of dubious allegiance to the
mother country. Had the mediation of England
been accepted in favour of the Colombians, and
amity established between them and the Cabinet
of Madrid, instead of the latter having now
to contend with the experience and talents
.of Bolivar and his brave troops, the one
would probably be reposing under the shade
of his own vine and his own figtree,and the others
have already worn out their swords as plough-
shares. The very terms of an arrangement would
imply neutrality on the part of those with whom
it was made, and consequently Spain would have
been able to direct her whole force to the subju-
gation-of the unassisted Independents of Peru.
ut by the opposite course adopted, the Colom-
bians -were compelled, in self-defence, to league
with the Peruvians, and in short to make common
cause with the revolted Provinces, their neigh-
bours. They felt that the success of the Royalists
in any one State would not be employed merely
for the preservation of the Spanish domina-
tion there—but to attack the rights and
liberties of the States which had established
their entire independence. Upon the whole,
perhaps it is fortunate for the future peace and
prosperity of America that such embecile policy
has been pursued—though certainly us regards
the power and possessions of the Peninsula, no
conduct could have been more fatal. Sore, there-
fore, as the Court of Madrid may naturally be at
the total loss of its former inestimable Colonies,
itself alone must bear the odium and the pain of
the sacrifice. England has not been even an ac-
cessary to the result ; but, on the contrary, has
laboured to serve Spain, and to impregnate her
Councils with some portion of common sense and
self-regard. In fine, there is no view which can
be be taken of our conduct between the two
parties which does not redound to the honour
of the country.