The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-06 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, DEC. s.—Wind S. E. by S., fresh breeze, with
rain.—Passed through from .the River yesterday the Mary,
Hodges, for Barcelona; Gulnare, Lunt, for Charlcston ; Ann
and Mary, March, for Alicant; Arab, Rolstone, for Lisbotr:
The Susan, Banks, sailed about noon for Hamburgh.
DOVER, DEC. s.—Off the port the General Palmer, Tres.
cott, from Madras, sailed 30th July, and from St. Helena the
22d • October; Jonge Anthony, Jaconette, from Ilatavia for
Antwerp, out four months and a half.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. s.—Wind E.S.F. to S.W.—Arrived •
from the Downs his Majesty's ship Dotterel, for Halifax. ; his
Majesty's store-ship Dromedary, for Bermuda; and the Re. ,
trieve, Steel, for Lisbon.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Save.
reign transport, from Gibraltar in 21 days; Goodwill, Pullen
from Faro ; Fly, Sampson, from St. Michael's ; Margaret,
Boorman, and Dalphin Jones, from Lisbon. The greater
part of the outward-bound shipping have put to sea.
FALMOUTH, Dzc. 4.—Wind N. E.—Arrived the Ann,
Alexander, from Jersey for St. Thomas's ; Traveller, Mo-
namy, from ditto for Cadiz. Sailed his Alaj?sty's ship Dis-
patch, for the Coast of Africa ; Louisa and Indian Trader
transports, for Kinsale and Barbadoes ; and the whole of the
oatward-bound.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4, THREE P.M.—The stew-I:packet
from Dublin has brought an account of the Juniata, from this
for Java, having been driven on shore near the Sherries (Ire-
land), and bilged. The Margaret, Bigland. from Newry for
this, is totally lost at the Isle of man ; great part of the cargo
saved, four of the crew drowned.

The Dove, Wood, of Bristol, was driven on shore at Dun -
garvon on Thursday.
The Richard, Bennison, from Kiel to Hull, is totally lost in
the Cattegut ; crew and stores saved.
The Nancy, Evans, from Newport to Cork, and Brilliant,
from Ross to Cork, were driven on shore near Youghall
on Thursday.
The Mayflower, Callow, from Whitehaven, sunk in Derby-
haven Bay the 2d instant; cargo expected to be saved.

(Extract of a Letter from Rath, near Drogheda, Dec. 2.)--
" Last night, or early this morning, a ship called the ja Item,
Captain Kirk, bound for the Island of Java, laden with cott(
cankers, &c. &c., was cast on shore during the storm of the
night, about a mile from the town of Skevris. The cargo is
valued at 70,0001. and principally belongs to Messrs. Evans
and Co. Liverpool. The ship is an American—the crew all
saved."—(Dublin Evening- Post. Dec. 3.)
PIRATES IN THE INDIAN SEAS.—Extract from the log-
book of the ship Honqua, arrived at Cowes from Canton in
197 days :—" June 29, 1825, latitude 2. 25. North, longitude
130. 52. East, steering W.S.W., with a light breeze frost: the
Eastward. At five A. st. made the Island of Lord North, bear-
ing S.W. by compass, distant about three leagues. Six—Dis-
covered several prows in the offing, and a number standing out
from the island to join them. Half-past six, 18 prows, with
from 14 to 20 men in each, stood down towards us; called all
hands to quarters and cleared the ship for action. Seven —Four
boats succeeded in coming alongside, holding up cocoa-nuts
and other articles, pretending they wished to trade; and on
finding we refused to purchase of them, appeared determined
to board us ; fired two muskets over one of the prows, and al_
though the balls struck very near, they laughed at it, and
would stand down within 10 yards of the ship, and make the
most frightful grimaces imaginable, apparently defying us to
injure them ; the other 14 did not succeed in cutting us off, bat
as soon as the ship had ranged a-head of them, they set a larg•
latteen sail and stood after us, each man using his utmost exer.
tions in paddling to overtake the ship. A t this time the wind
was light, and they coming up with us fast, which, if they had
done, would inevitably have taken the ship, although we in-
tended and should have made a desperate resistance with board.
ing pikes and small arms. At half-past eight o'clock, a.m.,
breezes increasing, the 14 began to drop astern, which appear-
ed to exasperate the four alongside, who kept continually
beckoning to them, and would haul off, and hold an argument,
'considering, as it were, what was best to be done, and then
stand down on us, with every appearance of boarding, which
we momentarily expected. At ten the four alongside, finding
it impossible for their comrades to come up, (although they
continued after us) hauled their wind and stood to the east. It
is the opinion of every one on board, if it had fallen calm
(which at one time has every appearance of so doing), that al-
though the men were cool and determined to defend .the ship
to the last, that she would have been taken, as the beach
_was
lined with prows, who were ready to assist if an attack `was
made ; and we could distinctly see the blood-thirsty wretches
taking something to exhilarate their spirits."

ARIGNA IRON AND COAL. COMPANY.—In con-
sequence of great dissatisfaction on the part of some of the
Proprietors of this Company with the conduct of the Chair-
man and Directors, and the manner in which its affairs were
carried on, a meetiatiof thg Subscribers was yesterday held
at the London -Tavern, for the purpose of considering the
propriety of removing the Chairman and certain of the Di-
rectors from their respective situations as such, and of consi-
dering the general state of the Company's atThirs. Whatever
may have been the grounds upon which the complaints against
the direction were founded, it would appear from the very
rigorous system of exclusion which they adopted on this occa-
sion against every person not entitled as a shareholder to be
present, and against the gentlemen of the press in particular,
that they were not very conscious that their proceedings would
bear the light, without casting back reflections in some quarters ;
at least, it was pretty evident that they did not anticipate a Wry
triumphant defence. So far did they push their excluding
plan, that Mr. Rosson, a most respectable barrister, who at-
tended as counsel for Mr. Flattery, (a large sharel older, and
the original lessee of the mines,) and who, in.such capacity,had
a strong claim for admission upon more than their courtesy,
had the door closed against him ; and all his arguments to
prove the injustice of refusing to admit him, when Mr. Serjeant
Adams (who, however, was certainly a subscriber himself) was
present as counsel for the directors, were unavailing. Our re.
porter came away, leaving the meeting, apprrently, from the
noise which reached his ears while going down stairs, in a state
of great uproar; so much so, that a gentleman who had been
present, and left the room in disgust, likened it to a Dutch
concert, where a hundred musicians are playing at once, each a
separate tune.-4 Times. )

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-A dreadful accident
happened on Tuesday morning last, by the fall of a building in
James-street, Thomas-street, Manchester, by which two per-
sons were killed on the spot, and one very severely injur-
ed. It appears that the building in question comprised two
houses which Mr. Heath was converting into one, for the pur-
pose of adapting it for a public-house. With this view he had
taken down a considerable part of the front wall, and propped
up a beam on which the weight of the upper stories mainly
rested. The prop placed under this beam was, however, un-
fortunately placed upon an. old half-brick wall, ill calculated
to support the weight thus thrown upon it. In addition to the
instability arising from this cause, a considerable part of the
back wall had been undermined in sinking the cellars, and
had been very insufficiently under-set. About eight o'clock
on Tuesday morning, Mr. Heath directed one of the io:ners
to remove a small upright post which had been placed under
the beeam, for the purpose of marking out the limits-of
the lobby, but which was not intended or supposed to bear
any part of the superincumbent weight. It would appear,
however, that the foundation on which the main prop
rested had gradually given way, so as to throw a portion
of the weight upon the upright post ; for the latter _was no
sooner removed, than the whole building fell at once with a
tremendous crash, burying in its ruins all the persona then on
the premises, consisting of Mr. Heath, Robert Dilworth,
a mason, two joiners, and a bricklayer. One of the
joiners,. and the bricklayer, however, made their way out
without receiving any material . injury ; but the others re-
mained under the rubbish. A number of persons imme-
diately set to work to remove the mass of timber and bricks
by which the unfortunate men were overwhelmed ; and in
about ten minntes succeeded in extricating Robert Stanley,
the joiner, who had removed the post. Ile was found buried
to the middle in bricks, and his legs and thighs were severely
crushed; but most providentially a large beam had protected
his head and body. lie was carried off to the Infirmary, and,
we believe, is likely to do well. Nearly an hour and a half
elapsed before Mr. Heath and Dilworth, the mason, were
found, and they were at that time quite dead. Mr. Heath had
been forced by the weight of the falling materials into the cellar;
and was found lying between part of the floor on N.: inch he read
been standing, and a part of that which was over him when
the accident happened. Tile house is entirely destroyed, all
the walls having fallen completely level with the ground.—
(Manchester Guardian.)

General nowyErt, President of Ilayti, has lost
one of his daughters, aged 21 years, of whom he was very
fond. Wishing to surrender himself entirely to the indul-
gence of his grief, he quitted Port-au-Prince and retired to
the country. In crossing the seas,- this news has become a
plot of the Negroes against the people of colour. . This ru-
mour having had currency given to it by a Journal. found
some credit, hut we now know to what credit it is kntitled.—..
The event which we have stated above is the only --circum-
stance of importance mentioned in the last correspondence from
St. Domingo,

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, Dec. 6, 1825.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
Our readers will see from the Extracts from
the Paris Papers, that the Constitutiannel has
been acquitted. This decision will afford great
satisfaction, and will, indeed, be attended with
the most important consequences. We will not
say that the decision is honourable to the French
Judges, because to say that it is honourable to a
Judge not to act contrary to his conviction, is to
libel the judicial character. The French Judges
under the old regime were often men of the most
unsullied character for integrity, and we should
suppose that the greater influence acquired -by
public opinion since the Revolution, has not
lowered the character of the French Bench.
Though we do not imagine the Papers will be
soon prosecuted on this Law of Tendency, the
sooner such an iniquitous law is repealed the
better. The trial of a paper for tendency, of
which the evidence is to be derived from the file
foryears, is a downright farce. It is a great conso-
lation, however, to see that there is one bulwark
against the alarming conspiracy of the Catholic
Clergy. To pass a law of sacrilege and a law of
tendency in the nineteenth century was, indeed,
disgraceful to the French Legislature ; but the
evil at all events has not been heightened by the
Judges.

It is very confidently asserted that Sir Charles
Stuart,as soon as the ratification of the Brazilian
Treaty arrives at Rio de Janeiro, from Lisbon,
when the high commission with which he is now
entrusted will be closed, in pursuance of instruc-
dons transmitted to him, will proceed round Cape
Horn, previously touching at Buenos Ayres, visit-
ing Chili, whence he is to proceed to Lima. We,
however, understand that l►e is to make this in-
teresting tour in the simple character of a voya-
geur, for the purpose, no doubt, of looking about
him; but without any ostensible mission.—(lbid.)

[THE TIMES.]
The French evening papers of Saturday, which
arrived last night, communicate the important
intelligence of the acquittal of the Constitutionne/.
The French Judges have thus vindicated their
character for independence,. and the Cour Royal
has shown itself a worthy successor of those
ancient Parliaments which sometimes withstood
the power of the Crown, and at others resisted the
encroachments of the Church. In -the present in-
stance, the influence of the former and the bigotry
of the latter were brought to bear with full force
on the consciences of the Magistrates, and found
them impregnable. The Ministry who advis-
ed this prosecution must see in its defeat the
impossibility of restraining the freedom of dis-
cussion by means of the Courts of Law. It re-
mains to- be seen whether they will not now re-
sort to a censorship. The subscription for Ge-
neral Foy:'s family, though not ,so great as was
stated in some of the Papers received on
Sunday, is daily increasing, and promises to
amount to. a sum unprecedented in the voluntary
contributions of Prance. The feeling displayed
at the gallant General's funeral, and the splen-
did monument about to be raised to his memory,.
show on what side of politics the wealth and the
opinions of the Parisians are ranged. The Ultras
and the Jesuits,- who ultimately compelled-M.
de Villele to march a hundred thousand men
into Spain, could not command 'from the
fanaticism or the charity of the whole of their
partisans in France, half the sum to relieve
all the fugitive monks and soldiers of the
Faith, which was raised in a single day to honour
the memory of a single Patriot orator. As Ge-
neral Foy was only known and respected of late
for his parliamentary displays, and his opposi-
tion to the'enemies of liberal institutions, we may
take the feeling evinced at his death as an indi-
cation of an increasing attachment to constitu=
tional rights and freedom of political discussion.
The Cour Royale seems by its decision to have
appreciated this feeling, and to have consoli-
dated these rights. The Journal des Debals
contains part of an address to the Diet of Hun-
gary, on which we refrain from-remarking till we
see the whole document.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
We have received the Paris Papers of Satur-
day, with the Etoile of Sunday. The tenchncy
of the rentes to a considerable improvement con-
tinues, as we repeatedly anticipated ; thou►gh
the Etoile, in an exulting article upon this sub-
ject, displays at once a pitiful spirit of misre-
presentation, as well as gross ignorance. It
ascribes the late depression to the embarrass-
ments of the London Market, which, though
partly true, still betrays a want of stamina in the
French Securities, which are thus liable to be
affected by every adventitious circumstance. After
exhibiting as many blunders as it was possible
for it to introduce into the space occupied by its
remarks; it concludes with pointing out, in an
exulting tone, truly laughable, " the difference
between the situations, resources, and disposi-
tions, of the two countries." Had an ignorant
person read this, as wellas the rest of the article,
he would have supposed that France was in a
state of unparalleled prosperity with respect to
her finances, and that the English Govern►nent
was on the brink of insolvency. . Yet the Finan-
ciers of France cannot accomplish any great pro-
iect without the aid of English capital : and if
they venture to embark in it without the concur-
rence of the monied men of this country, it is
sure to fail, as has been exemplified in the
recent attempt to,convert the rentes. The cream,
however, of the argument is to be found in
the following passage, in which the Etoile rather
broadly insinuates, that the English Treasury
would have been obliged to compromise with the
holders of Exchequer Bills, had it not been for
the timely indulgence it received from the latter
in the critical moment of its difficulties. " In
England," says this well-informed Journal, " the
public Treasury has had difficulties for the pay-
'dent of its Exchequer Bills, and the holders have
consented to renew them." The rest of the ar-
ticle, particularly where any allusion is made to

ale ficancial situation of this country, is in the
some style of blundering sand misrepresentation ;
but as ignorance is the prevailing sin, anger is
certainly not the feeling we experienced after we
had perused it.