The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

t is floc! understood that Lieut.-Ge.n. :Lord
CONI3EILDIEnEi G-.C.13.. is appointed to succeed
'the late. Sir S. Anc.tiiitrriit's,' Commander of the
Forces in Trehmdt:z

lajor•.General Sir K.C.B. is appointed
Colonel 'of the 76th ' (111.ghland) Or Ross-shire Buffs, in the rood.
of At7CifMTTTY,
Atajor-General -Sir A. F.:I3ARNAICD,..&C.B. is appointed to
sqcc;:ed Sir EDWARD BARNgS.)-(0.9110 of the C°l°"l4-°(ffn-
maridan't of the Rifieilrigaile.- '
The.ship: Phylera arrived-on teheNSthinitant at the Mother
Bank, from Gibraltar,..having.„ori boardi49 Invalids from the
26th, 27th, 64th, and 7lith Regnnent.s. They are ordered to be.
landed at Chatham. '

MERCANTILE SI-UPPING.

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DEAL, SEPT. 6.—Wind S.lV:.—AiriVed and sailed for the
River the Melrose, Dempster, from Grenada ; Lively, Mit,
chell, New Providence eamden, Martin, Antigua ; George
-Hibbert, Scott, ditto ; Melpbmcne, Small, Jamaica ; and:seve-
ral others, particulars unknown. ...Caine down from the River
the Maria, i'owler, for New Yoric ;_Abeons, Lewis, Rio Js.
neiro; Royal George yacht and Forth frigate, for Portsmouth,
and .remain. : . •:'

_ . •
Pon T &iron T SEPT. O.—Wind .W:•.--Arrived the Que-
bec 'Packet, Atkinson, for Quebec ; Irood-louse, Foreman,
Africa ; Typhima, Wooden, Bilboa ;'Jane, Mosely,
. Frederickton Bennett, S. John's,,.N.4,; Triton, Marshall,
ditto ; Woodman, Ford, Neiv South Wales; Duke of Fork,Finlayson, Fayal ; Reyrroltg, Lisbon'; and his Majesty's ships
Phaeton and. Calliope, all from the Downs.
MO Tit, SEPT. 5. S.W.---Arrived the Duke.of
Marlborough 'P'ack'
et, fron Li bon in' 'YO' days. Sailed the
" Eliza, Abbey,Drummond,--for Antierirt and Francis, Sends,
London. •
• io N PAC/MT.—Tile. fo‘llOiting particulars relative
to the loss of this vessel, which elicited.-'at the time so much
sympathy; were communicated by Mb.' Everhart the only sur-
viving cabin passenger, .on his retur,u_ta, Philadelphia. This
narrative establishes the fact, that the noted General Lefebvre'
Desnoueites was one of`the sufferers When the ship was
thrown .on beam ends, a prodigious, destruction took place
below ; the dours of the state rooros,the tables bound with iron,
the furniture, were all dekroyed and thiiiivn into heaps. Many
'of the passengers were severely illja-red!; General Lefebvre
Desnouettes had one of his arms broken;. Colonel Prevost was
wounded in the face: She soon'
righted, the water which
was shipped in the cabin was let belovt-, so that the
_pasiengers
until near three in the morning were: as comfortable as they
could be under these distressing circumstances. . From the time
of her shipping the first sea at eight O'clock, until near three
in the morning, Captain Williams concealed their imminent
danger from the passengers, consoling them with the hone
of relief at day-light, and of the vinds coming off
shore. They were thus saved much anxiety and distress
for the five hours preceding the total destruction of the ship.
At about ten minutes before three, the captain perceiving
the ship to be embayed and near the breakers, communicated
the intelligence and ordered every one-on board forward,-which
Mr. Everhart considers was the most prudent thing-that could
be done. Mr. Everhart, from extreme weakness, was th: last
up the companion, crawling on his hands and knees. At the top
he found Madame Gamier and her child in great distress : he
assisted her as well as he could across the lumber on the d :.ck,
forward. The ship struck on two 'or three rocks be'ore she
came to the reef where she- lost her bottom ; and her de :ks,
barely hinging together, were floated inside the reef, mm •nse'
swells covering all the passengers from time to time. -About
an hour after she crossed the zed, the swells iner:ased in bulk
and frequency. Among the last persons he saw alive at
this time was young Mr. Hyde Clarke, 'holding his wife ; and
at this period the swells entirely cove-ed the forecastle, and
drowned all who were there. Colonel Prevost by Feat exertions
reached the rock which Mr. Everhart.. had gained, but was
washed off: Mr. E. hail barely room to stand on one foot. It
was a rock that jutted out from the main land. Mr. and Mrs.
Clarke's bodies were found and interred,' and Many of the pas:
sengers some weeks after were washed ashore, so much mutilat-
ed that it was impossible to recogn,ize them. ; The sailors at an
early period were in a state of insubordination : many- would not
obey orders, and got drunk."

MoanEa.—On Thursday evening an Inquisi-
tion was taken at the sign of the Britannia, in Golden-lane,
Cripplegate, before THOMAS SHELTON, Esq., Coroner, on the
body of Mary Faircloth, about 33 yearsof age, who was found
dead in her bed on Tuesday morning last, when the several
witnesses deposed to the following facts :—Deceased was a
widow,- but had cohabited with a man, named Thomas Lee,
for the last five years; they had resided for some time past it
No. 1, Nag's Bead-court, Golden4ine, and their child, about
three years old, lived with them. Ann 'Walker, an elderly
woman, who lodges at the corner of the court, stated that de:.
ceased had been ill since Monday, the 26th ult. ; that she fre-
quently visited her during her illness, whit!' confined her to her
bed; that she went to see heron Friday the 30th ult., and remained
with her some time ; that on that occasion, Thomas Lee being
present, deceased said to her, " I shall never get out of bed
again ; that rogue, Tom, has given me my death-blow ! he has
murdered me !" bee must have heard her ; he made no re-
mark, but stood by the fire, warming hisliands. The witness
further Stated, that the deceased subsequently and frequently
informed her, that on the evgiting of Monday, the 26th August,
Lee had used her in the in t barbarous manner, had streck
and kicked her, till she fell, and then „jumped on her left'
breast ; it was this treatment that cattaed her illness: witness
believed that the deceased was -fully aware of her dangerous
situation, as she repeatedly declared that she should never
again leave her bed. Sarah Colwyn and ;Martha Kendrick .seve-
rallydeposed to the ill-treatment of the Vaceased by Lee, to her
relation of his barbarous usage on Monday the 26th of August,
and to her statement of his giving her. " her death-blow.
Two apothecaries ascribed her death to the injuries she had re-
ceived. The Coroner aditressed the Jury at some length, and
in a most perspicuous manner ; he thoughethe facts would fully
authorize them to find such a verdict as should refer the case to'
another tribunal. The Jury immediately found a verdict of
Wilful Murder against Thomas Lee." A warrant was imme-
diat'ely issued against Lee, who has nut been heard of since he
left his house at six o'clock on Tuesday. morning. He is about
55 years of age, by trade a smith, and torked for Mr. flop-
craft, of Doswell-street.

M OST DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.--An Ameri-
can Paper says—" We have just heard of a most tragical
affair that occurred 'in South Carolina. Mrs. Brock, the
perpetratress, is represented to haye been (about eight
years since) a Lady of uncOmmon'unalerstanding. Since at
period she became melancholy, until. vfishin the last twelve
months, when her melancholy gava way to extraordinary
cheerfulness. A few dayi since her hAthftnd proposed to to
church. She decliuedv and also objectedlto her daughter's go-
ing, giving as a reason that her clotheslce ndt properly pre-.
pared. Ile departed alone, and soon after she sent her son
away on soine errand: The.-hoylabotit tteelve years old) re-
turned shortly, and WAS asked.by hislnolber if he knew where
his sister was.. On his replying/ Ala; heeilid not, she desired
him •to lobk info the \.-tr€ll7-tife did pp, and discovered his
sister struigling,,for• life. at she bettablilif it. His mother,
in the -meantime, bad followed Nin,,cbrid made a violent at-
' tempt ,to plunge him _into the same,.plane. He, however,
proved toostrong, and` aher 'a despetafe struggle succeeded
in overpowering and escaping from her. His first thought
*as teiliesene his young brothel frferetile 'horrible effect of
his molherbeinsanity,i and, !..with;.eittinbsdinary presence of
mind, Although exhausted from,hip Awl; t,truggle, he snatched
-up the' child, -and •succeeded •In iiettc'Mrig the residence of a
neighbour, -about: a rtnla..dattalat 1 Virft.H.l all haste they pro-
ceeded to Mr. llnckcs, 4ad-there barldtthe wretched woman
suspended. from a .plank v,, and life4t, They rushed to the
well-the child hi it Wittdfa4vri'uji—bbi its spirit too had fled
for ever. Just aethiainotnentlhe Inxbalcd was seen approach-
ing by the crowd. did the ;Ivreteht4 man dream of the
woe that awaited him, t:orhe seemed to be more than usually
cheerful. 'A few itiomenti'stilllecct46 IntdEn him of his hor-
rible misfortune—it ItAs too much foithublan nature to bear—:
he_ fell senseless."
On VVetines:lay,. at Ihedu'ilhall, Bath, the
following persons 'were finedfor havipg smuggled Tea in their
posse-siyn •

JoY.eph Torniey-1.:51 and 41b. of Tea seized.
M'illiarn Creech 4:51 Is, and 441 b. of Tea seized.
„. ,
As the above was packed hp in small parcels, apparently for
the convenience of selling to nouseleepertk we wish to caution
the public, as the purchaser of
.scaoggled,Tea is liable to the
same,panalties as the seller,:—(Rat4 IferJ4.)
SoLnEtt CAST-?T, ,
EEL.--=The substitution of
silver solder' for the usil'al spelihr Solder, or brass, for the pur-
pose of soldering cast Steelis strongly recommended. The silver
solder fuses with less heat, ~arul its white colour looks better in
the jAnts than:the brars. An excellent silver solder may be
prepared is folloris together Oder a coat of charcoal
dust, 19 penny weights. of line_ silvety one penny weight of
copper, arid, ten penny weights of brass;
HATT Mi.': AILL3N.—Ncs fewer.than seven couples attended
'to Make affidavits underrthe nevi Marriage Act, to hand to the
clergyman previous to their bans being published. Some came
provided with printed forms which they received from the parish
tlerk but so defeetiie, that there was considerable trouble
found it:trailing them agreeably to,the intentions of thz act.'

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

*4I4V/ten nzon TUE ITNILY MORNING PAPERS,
September 7, 18'2% -

[NEW TIMES.]
We certainly do not pretend to predict how
ttie'Cilasin produced by the lamentable death of
Sword Londonderry will be filled up : we have
li-0-personal reason whatever for wishing it to be
Ailed up in one way rather than another ; but it
-ivecir duty to state opinions which we know to
be those of a large and enlightened portion of
the community. At no former period was power-
ful and commanding eloquence so decidedly
called for on the Alinisterial side of the House
of. Commons as at present. The public expect,
and.h.ave a right to expect, great talents to be
there displayed and those who resist, if any do
resist, the just demand of the most enlight-
ened part of the .nation, do it under a very
heavy and serious responsibility. Ministers
have nut now, as IR former times, to de-
fend in Parliament their own conduct, as
servants of the King
,and of the nation ; they
have to defend the King and the nation
'against principles which would rob the one
of his Throne, and the other of its-Constitution.
We_need point•no farther back than to the his-
tory of the last Session, to shew that the conflicts
between the rival parties in the House of Corn -
ipous are no longer respecting matters of prac-
tical policy, which leave untouched the Consti-
tution, and the present order of things. The
principal points at issue between them are—
Whether the most comprehensive and vital
changes shall or shall not be made in the Consti-
tution, and the habits and regulations of society
—Under the name of reform are introduced
principles which go directly to
,revolution.—
The opinions distinctly advanced by more than
one speaker have been precisely those held
by,.the individuals on the Continent, who style
themselves Liberals and Constitutionalists, but
who have all a deadly hatred of England, and a
supreme contempt of the British Constitution.—
Whether these continental politicians are right
or wrong in their judgment, we shall not now
dispute they are, however, consistent in think-
ing Or political and social system fundamentally
41efeCtiv.e ; and their friends in the English House
gf Commons, unless they are grossly inconsistent,
rriusthink the_sarne.. But, in truth, there is no
such inconsistency to be found in the views or
projects of these latter Gentlemen. According
to those Views. and prejects, the composition
and character of. the House are to be wholly
changed-; and every one knows that this
would wholly change the composition and
eharacterof the Government :. the most sweep.
ing alterations are to be made in the
venues and constitution of the Church ;, nu-
merous laws are to be blotted out of the code,
and to be replaced by others of diametrically
opposite character ; and our foreign policy is to
be altogether reversed ; it is to consist of hatred
of all " legitimate" governments, and patronage
and support of all the revolutionists in the world.

[THE vimts.]
~We have given an article on Piracy from the
Ilk mend Enquirer.—(See another Column. of
THE STINO—It would be difficult to find terms
much stronger than we have repeatedly employed
is expressing the sentiments of the British corn.
mertial world on the daring outrages and dis-
graceful impunity of the West Indian pirates.-7-
All we now feel necessary to add is, that the
anited States themselves have begun to cast in
the teeth of this Government the meanness and
humiliation attachinr, to its conduct) when
ijEitish merchantmen receilk from the American
flag that protection which the flag of England is
unable to afford them ! 44 What though," cry
these Republicans, 44 what though the 1000
".ships of Britain have remained . inactive while
" their merchant ships have fallen victims, or
44 been only'saved from rapacity by the exertions
" of. our seamen! The disgrace is theirs—the
glory is ours." And again---" The British
44 cruizers seem to be as careless of protecting
" their defenceless merchantmen from the pirates,
4‘ as they are anxious to run. from port to port
" carrying specie" for their own profit. If this
be not wormwood, then there is no bitterness in
baseness, no reality in sllme.

IMO.RNING POST.]
According to a
,private letter from Frankfort,
the death of the Marquis of Londonderry would
not occasion any visible alteration in the great
projects which were to be discussed at the ap-
proaching Congress. The Sovereigns did. not
-wish. that his personal importance should be re-
cognized to so great an extent, as a change of
policy. would imply. They, are said to meet with
a determination, " to declare firmly and openly
agaitiSt revolutions of all kinds ;—to entrust
Austria with the safeguard of Italy and Germany;
-7--to enter into a secret Eriticle respecting Spain
renew the guarantees given to the other
States of Europe ;---4o declare themselves neu-
tral, at least ostensibly, in the affairs of Turkey ;
—to invite other Powers to.abstain from waging.
open war with Spain ; and to adopt general
measures of repression against the freedom of the
Press." •

. • [MORNING lIERALD;]
One of the best Bills enacted last Session was
that of Mr. Martin, of Galway, whereby unfeel-
ing drovers are prevented from openly torturing
animals. We fear, however, that "some of the
cruel Vagabonds will secretly wreak their ven-
geance on the poor dumb brutes intrusted to
them. Mr. Martin, we hear, regularly visits
Smithfield and the other markets, for the pur-
pose,of looking to the enforcement of his Bill.—
This isjust as he should do ; indeed it is what we
would recommend all those to do who succeed
r,I-currying Bilis, through the House of Com-
mons, otherwise in a short time their Bills be-
come quite null, upou.the statute books.

TBRITISII PRESS,j
AVe seldom see an account from the other side
of the Allantic --which does not speak of the
(lestructiye 'actiOty of the. pirates against the
property. of i.iritisit merchants. The. losses‘ hay.e

been so severe thitt a merchant freighting a ves-1
sel for an Atlantic voyage, finds at this moment
a sarious difficulty in inducing any underwriters
to secure the cargo. The preinium'in many in-
stances has been •20 per cent. and is seldom less
than 10 guineas. It is impossible not to feel
such a state of affairs to be highly disgraceful
to the British Government, who having at their
disposal a navy superior to all the other navies of the
world combined, should yet suffer the most im-
portant branch of our commerce to be made a prey
to pirates. Our merchants must feel grateful to
the naval force of the United States which

has been frequently exerted in defending
British property from the gripe of the robbers,
but it is very hard that they cannot look with
confidence to their own Government for protec-
tion in return for the enormous taxes to which
their trade is liable. When this subject was

noticed last Session in Parliament, it was pertly
and ignorantly observed, that the United States
were as much bound to watch over the trade of
the Atlantic as we should be to prevent piracies
off Spithead. The Lord of the Admiralty who
made this remark ought to know that the duty
'of protecting the ,trade of Great Britain is not
confined to latitudes or climates, but that
wherever the Britis'h flag is seen, there, too, it
ought to enjoy safety and respect.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We observe in the Legislatures of the States
of Germany, a conscientious devotion of the
Members to the most important of all subjects,
the simplification and amelioration of the law.
How happens it that the Legislature of England
has been so grossly inattentive to its duty, as to
leave the people so long a prey to the most op-
pressive of all systems of law, a system only sup-
portable at all from the absence of corruption in
the Judges, and from the existence of pub-
lic opinion ? It is chiefly because almost all
'the men of talent in the House, capable of
labour, belong to the very profession which
profits by the abuse. The House of Commons
is too exclusively composed of men of overgrown
fortunes ; and rich men, as is well known, will
not submit to much serious labour. They, will
make a speech occasionally on a subject which
admits of shewy declamation, but they can-
not bring themselves- to enter on a course of
severe- application. " Hence," says. a great
writer," the ignorance so universal among English
Legislators, and the thraldom in which they are
held by mercenary la:Wyers." It is the desire
to emerge from poverty to wealth which can
alone give habits of application ; and this is so
well understood at the Bar that it has been not
untrequently observed of Students possessed of
talents and in easy circumstances, that the latter
must prevent their success. What a contrast a man
like Mr. Hume, for instance, who carries with him
into the House the ardour and perseverance
which raised him from a humble situation to corn-
petence, forms to the great body of the Mem-
bers ! In the Continental Legislatures to which
we have alluded, the Members of the Lower
Chambers are not Mere belle-lettrists, but
generally men of business, and almost al-
' ways possessed only of moderate fortunes, to
whom, therefore, labour is not irksone. Were
the House of. Commons thoroughly reformed more
men of this description would of course find their
way into it, which would be productive of infinite
good. If only one individual acquainted with
the subject of law, and capable of devOting to it
the same degree of intense application which Mr.
Hume devotes to matters of finance, were to find
his way into the house, we should not despair of
much good being done. .