The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-31 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

[FROM LLOYD'S.]
DEAL, DEC. 30.—Wind N.W. light airs, with thick hazy
weather and snow.—Arrived the Marwood, Peckett, from St.
John's for Hull; Cordelia, Watson, from . Passed
through from the River the Juno, Stour, for Alicant; and the
Fairy, —, for Gibraltar.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind N. with a thick fog.—
Arrived the Laurel, —, from Cork. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Royal Oak, for Bermuda; and the Ceasar, Fisher, for
Sierra Leone.

Pr.rmoUTll, DEC. 29.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Eliza
beth, Hauzell, from Pictou in 23 days, for Newcastle ; Europe,
Lemon, from Memel; and the Onyx transp(zt, from Dept.,
ford. Sailed the Medea, , for St. tlbes; and the
Atlas, Longren, for Terra Vechia.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Wind variable, light airs.—Ar,
rived the Newton, Forster, from Memel ; Commerce, thicken,
from London ; Brothers, Jenkin, from Milford ; and the
Gnat, Codd, from Wexford.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29.--Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the
Miranda, 111‘Leod, from St. Michael's; Atlantic, Wright,
from Duntzic ; Henrietta, Groat, from Riga; and the General
Bolivar, Atkinson, from Petersburgh,

The Don, Hall, from Miramicbi to Leith, has put into
Shields leaky.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the following Commanders took leave of the
Court, previous to deporting for their respective destinations—
via. Captain John lnnes, of the Abercrombie Robinson, and
Captain Henry Bax, of the Edinburgh, for Bombay and China

Mut:amt.—lt gives us extreme concern to find
committed within, or upon the confines of, our
county, one of those inhuman barbarities, at which
the mind sickens, while it deplores alike the fate
of the sufferer and the savageism of the guilty.
Thy following is an
extract of a letter di-
rected to'our respectertieiihbour Brigade-Major
BEEVOR

" Newtownbarry, Dec. 26, 1825.
" I am sorry to inform you, that a most atrocious and wilful
outrage has been committed on Saturday night last, in this
neighbourhood, near G. Warren's, at Ryland, on the body of
a man named H. Hughes, who was inhumanly murdered about
the hour of nine o'clock. An inquest has been held yesterday.
1 have been on the Coroner's Jury, and a verdict of " Wilful
Murder" has been given against Nicholas Jordan and Simon
Cowman, They have both tied the country."—(Carloro Morn,
ing Post, Dec. 29.)

A most SHOCKING INSTANCE Of CRUELTY was
exhibited on Tuesday, in Old-street-road, at two o'clock, by a
horse-dealer of the neighbourhood. A small mare, with two
heavy fellows in a chaise or break, were driving the poor ani-
mal to its utmost exertion, twisting it round with great force
from one side of the road to the other, in the form of a figure of
eight, applying the whip with all its power, without intermis-
sion, on the ofFshoulder, till it was cut through and through,
nor did the cruelty cease till the savage inflictor was quite ex-
hausted, and the animal unable to move, panting for breath.—
Such was the ferociousness of the savage, that the spectators
were deterred from interfering, dreading the vengeance of such
a monster. If the animal is alive, it must exhibit a shocking
spectacle. Surely there should be street-keepers in every con-
spicuous part of the town, to prevent such outrages of humanity,
or to secure the persons of the offenders, that they may undergo
an exemplary punishment.
Awrtrr. INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DF.ATII.-OR
Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, as Thomas Barnes,
coachman to Mrs. APQuean, was attending to his horses in
Plurnix-yard, Princes-street, Cavendish-square, he fell on his
face on the dung heap. lie was immediately taken to the
Plicenix public-house, when the poor fellow gave three groans
and expired three minutes after he fell. The deceased had been
remarkably cheerful the whole of that day, and had but a few
minutes previous to his death eaten a very hearty supper.—Ver-
dict, " Died by the Visitation of God."

SUDDEN bEATII.-AS Mr. JAMES SHALE, a re.
spectable tailor, of Clerkenwell, was going home, on Thursday
evening with a coat to one of his customers, who resides in the
neighbourhood of Kennington Common, he dropped dowa
in Gloucester;street, Newington, and immediately expired.
The deceased, it has been since ascertained, went into a
chymist's shop in Blackfriars-road, and there complained of a,
spasmodic affection at his stomach, to which he said he was at
times liable, and begged to have something administered for
relief. The person who attended in the shop accordingly gave
him a draught, calculated to remove the spasm, which the de-
ceased drank, and then walked away. flaying reached Glou-
cester-street, in which some relation lived, he fell down in the
manner described, and immediately died. Ile has left a wife
and family.

Yesterday afternoon a smart cabriolet was ob-
served passing along Bridge-street; Blackfriars, with the novel
equipment of an overgrown chimney-sweeper seated behind it.
The driver perceived for some time that something about hint
attracted general attention, and at length stopped ; but•having
as much power of seeing into the bowels of the earth as to the
back of his vehicle, was unable either to detect the intruder, or
even dislodge him after he was pointed out. At length a gen,
tleman, passing on horseback, took compassion, and flogged
down the obstinate. attendant ; after he had been carried, it ap.
peared, by the unconscious cabriolet driver, all the way from
the Elephant and Castle, for the public amusement. •
EA RTHQU AKE AT STRASHU RG.-011 the 23d
inst. about five o'clock in the morning, some very
strong shocks of an earthquake were felt at Stras-
burg and its environs. The weather was perfectly
calm, except a slight wind which blew from the
south. The barometer, however, had experienced
.a decline of nearly two degrees during the night;
the thermometer, with Eteautnnr's scale, was about
l at five o'clock in the morning. The guard on
the tower of the Cathedral; after having struck
the three quarters for five o'clock, sitting on their
bench, felt three successive shocks,sn powerful that
they were much alarmed. It is not surprising
that, at the height at which they were, the os-
cillations were much more violent than nearer
the earth. They assert also, that they heard,
between two and three o'clock in the morning,
an extraordinary whistling in the air. It appears,
front inquiries which have been made, that the
direction of the shocks was N.E. to S.W. Some
persons further state that they were accompanied
by a rumbling noise.—(Etoile.)

The -MASTER TAILORS of this town have
turned their men off, and are determined to re-
duce their wages at least five or six shillings per
week, which is likely to cause much distress.—
(Leicester Journal.)
The introduction of the beneficial practice of
inoculation was not generally effected without
great popular opposition. in the year 1768, when.
two philanthropic gentlemen (Messrs. Sutton and
Bond) opened a house at Yaxicy. near Peterbo-
rough, for inoculation, the mob totally demolished
the building, and compelled its humane inmates,
after shooting one of the gentlemen in the arm,
to save their lives by flight.
PRIVATE DiSTILLIERy.-Early on the morning
of the 23d instant, Messrs. M'Donell and Rode,
officers of Excise, Busby, accompanied by a party
of the sth Dragoons, discovered a private dis-
tillery at work in the muirs of Eaglesharn,
consisting of a still of eighty gallons contents,
a mash ton of 250 gallons contents, four fer-
menting tuns, the contents of each 220 gallons,
one cooler 160 gallons content, 241.5 gallons of
worts, 365 gallons of fermented wash, 6 spirit-
casks, and 16 bushels of ground malt, with 4
variety of other articles, which, aloug with the
distillery.huts, were effectually burnt and de-
stroyed. This distillery having been carried on
in a remote part of the hill, and the smugglers
keeping a watch, discovered the approach of the
party, in consequence of which they made their
escape.—(Glasgow Paper.)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers,Dec.3l,

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The news from Greece begins again to be
highly interesting. Several important advantages
have lately been gained to the cause of inde-
pendence. The siege of Missolonghi, it is already
known, was finally abandoned in the middle of
October, and Karaiskaki had subsequently at-
tacked the Turkish encampment in that neigh-
bourhood with brilliant success, and carried off a
rich booty and many prisoners. By the German
Papers which arrived yesterday, it appears that
the Turkish commanders had quarrelled, and
that iussuf Pacha had been disgraced for not
properly supporting the Seraskier, Redschid
Pacha. Meanwhile, victory attended every en-
terprise of the patriots. General Gouras, with
some others under the orders of Constantine Boz-
zaris, having resolved to drive the Turks out of
Salons, attacked them in their quarters, and,
after killing 'a great number of them, com-
pelled their advanced posts to take flight,
leaving in the hands of the Greeks all their
artillery, munitions of war, and baggage.—
This achievement recovered Salona, and its in-
habitants were returning to their dwellings. This
event had excited the ent,husiasm of the Greek
population, and under these circumstances the
military chiefs of Missolonghi had resolved to
send for such assistance as would enable Bozza-
ris and Gouras to attack the camp of Redschid
Pacha on every side at once, and destroy it. The
troops required had been furnished, and were
proceeding to join their comrades when the last
advices came from Missolonghi. In the Pelopon-
nesus nothing had taken place since the arrival of
the Egyptian fleet. Every precaution had been
adopted by the Greek Government in defence of
the public safety. Hydra, Spezzia and Psara had
been fortified, and the people of Candia had been
supplied with every thing necessary to their
maintenance against the enemy. The regularly-
disciplined regiment formed at Napoli di Ro-
mania was increasing daily, and Colonel Fab-
vier was organising another regiment at Athens.
At Gastouni a regular body of cavalry was
forming under the directions of the Neapolitan
General Rosarol. The Greek General Suffini
had enrolled himself in the regular army, and all
the prejudices at first so strongly felt against the
introduction of regular discipline were at last
disappearing; the success of the Egyptian force
under Ibrahim Pacha having quite convinced the
Greeks of the necessity of conforming to the ad-
vice of their military friends. The Government
have lately manifested great jealousy of the
French Officers who were assisting them. The
intimacy subsisting between the French Govern-
ment and the Pacha of Egypt has probably led
to this feeling. From whatever cause, however,
it may have arisen, it is carried to an extreme
length. General Roche, and all the other French-
men, were suddenly dismissed, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Arnault, who bad just arrived with 20
artillerists, and all the materials of a cannon
foundry, had suffered the mortification of having
his services rejected.

[THE TIMES.]
A letter, which derives more than common it
terest, as well from the name of the writer as
from the nature of the subject, was published
lately in Galignani't Messenger, and will be found
among our French extracts this day. It was re-
ported about the beginning of last month that the
difficulties which Mr. Huskisson a ppeared to
have experienced in negociating a treaty between
France and this country, had been enhanced by
the interference and opposition of some or the
leading manufacturers among our neighbours,
and by M. Ternaux specifically, the most emi-
nent of them all. The letter in question
completely contradicts the above statement, and
on no less respectable authority than that of M.
Ternaux. This gentleman declares, that so
far from employing any means to induce the
French Government to reject such propcy,i-
dons as might have been made by Mr.
Huskisson, he never had the slightest communi-
cation upon the subject with any one Member
of the Ministry. He goes further, and offers the
strongest assurances of the value which in his
contemplation belongs to a free commercial inter-
course between countries so contiguous, so intel-
ligent, and industrious, as France and Great Bri-
tain ; expressly stating his conviction that " a
" reciprocal interest established by enlightened
" and honest negociators, might be so combined
ff and arranged as to produce advantages of the
-44 highest hnportnnce to both nations." M. Ter-
naux thus gives the decided support of his well-
.merited reputation, to a system of liberality in
the intercourse of states which the English Mini-
-sters had the meat of anticipating but
*bid) those of France, less instructed than
another class of her subjects, cannot yet be
brought to appreciate. We conceive, however,
this manifestion of opinion by the great repre-
sentative of the French commercial and manu-
facturing interests, to be a point of incalculable
value gained for the cause of general industry, as
well as of peaceful policy, throughout Europe.—
It is difficult to imagine on what grounds the
.Government of France could object to a removal
of the barriers which separate her trading opera-
tions from those of England, except'on that of
such a change being hurtful to French manufac-
tures. In truth, it is pretty generally under-
stood that M. Villele's argument against Mr.
• Huskisson's propositions amounted to nothing
more. than the inability of France to contend
with this country on a free and equal footing ;
• her inferior progress, in skill and capital,
not enabling her yet "to afford it." Here,
then, by M. Ternaux's letter, the contro-
versy is quite set .at rest,. when he, a ma-
nufacturer, and expressing the sentiments of his
most respectable and enlightened colleagues,
. 'gives his voice against the Minister, and himself
refutes the objection which professed to have the
security of French manufacture for its basis.—
We are pleased to find,. under M. Ternaux's
hand, the following liberal, wise) and unques-

tionable maxim—namely, that " in treaties, we
" cannot procure for ourselves substantial and
" lasting advantanges without having regard to
" those of others." Had such a policy been
present to the mind of the British Minister who
negociated the commercial treaty of 1785, a
peaceable and permanent intercourse with this
country might have been more valuable in the
eyes of the French Government and nation.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
We have received the Paris Papers of
.Wed-

nesday, with the Eloile of the following day.
They contain the Russian Official Account of
the death of the Emperor Alexander ; but it
adds nothing to our previous stock of informa-
tion on the subject. It appears, that as soon as
it was known, severe regulations were adopted
on the frontiers of the Empire, such as placing
videttes on the adjacent roads, who suffered no
traveller, whatever may have been his rank or
nation, to proceed ; and we are told of an Aus-
trian extraordinary messenger, who evaded the
regulations, by quitting his carriage, and making
his escape on foot, probably at the risk of
being shot. These, however, are said to
be usual precautions on the death of every
Russian Sovereign ; and the same is said
of another precautionary measure, which was
adopted upon the same occasion, by vir-
tue of which, all the walled towns in the
kingdom of Poland were kept shut, till the Func-
tionaries, Civil and Military, had taken the Oath
of Allegiance to the new Emperor. These ar-
rang.ements may be merely the effects of custom ;
but coupled with the character of Constantine,
they look rather suspicious. Be this as it may,
our contemporaries, both psuedo-liberal and anti-
liberal, have opened their throats in concert,
to cry down, or hark down, every on- who has
expressed himself to the effect that the present
pacific relations of Europe are endangered, in
consequence of the change that has taken place
on the Russian throne. They affirm, with all
becoming gravity, that the chances are very
faint indeed ; and their reasons betray equal good
faith and ingenuity. One of these profound sages
says that it has been the fashion for some time
to present a greatly exaggerated estimate of the
resources of that empire, and that they are in
fact only formidable in the description. In reply
to this novel discovery, we can only say, that ever
since the reign of Peter the Great, that Power
has never entered into a war, that she has not
come out of it a very considerable winner. Nei-
ther the ability, nor the imbecility, of the Sove-
reign made any material difference in this respect;
for in every reign the boundaries of the empire
were enlarged. Neither the genius of Fre-
derick the Great of Prussia, the consum-
mate skill of Maria Theresa, the enterprising
character of her successor Joseph ; nor the active
reign of Gustavus of Sweden, were equal to stem
the tide of success, which in their times, as well
as ever since, has regularly flowed in upon that
colossal empire. Both Austria and Prussia, even
when best governed, and most prosperous in
their affairs, saw themselves reduced to the mor-
tifying situation, and this more than once, to be-
come whippers-in to that Power, because they
either saw the excessive danger or utter inutility
of opposing its systematic scheme of aggrandize-
ment. In our own time, we have seen the liberal-
minded, philosophical, and eminently pacific
Alexander, add abotit 100,000 square miles of
territory, and nearly 6 millions of souls to his patri-
monial possessions; and yet we are told with ludi-
crous gravity, that there is much exaggeration in
the usual estimate of Russian power. Another of
these sages says that Russia is too poor to go to war,
though she is much richer now than she was at
any former period ; and as if the► Russians are
not in the habit of helping themselves in the ter-
ritory of their enemy. Another argument is the
power of Prussia, Austria, and France If there
be no other guarantee for the present peace of
Europe, but this, it is placed in a very preca-
rious state truly ; and we only hope that the
Porte does not trust to it as a safeguard against
the ambitious designs of its hereditary enemy.—
The present legitimate Government of Prussia
would sooner make a voluntary cession of its
part of Poland, and add Silesia into the bargain,
than provoke a rupture with Russia under any
pretext. As to the next Deus ex machisna,
have we not seen the French Government forced
into one of the most wanton, cruel and unprin-
cipled aggressions, by the orders too of that very
Power, against whose ambition she is now held
up as a bulwark ? Of the right direction of
Austrian policy, at least in this instance, we have
no doubt ; but with regard to its efficacy we are
extremely sceptical, seeing in particular the irri-
tation which that Government has created by
its vexatious proceedings, both in Hungary and
Italy. As members of the Holy Alliance they
never will be able to afford effectual resistance to
Russia, because their subjects, oppressed and
betrayed as they are, will not make the great
sacrifices that a contest with that colossal
Power would require. But let them disclaim
the principles of that odious and hypocritical
league, and substitute others of a conciliatory
character, in this case we should estimate their
means as highly as our contemporary. If they
purpose securing themselves against the future
projects of Russia, they will not oppose their
despotic systems to hers, or their mercenary
armies to her million of bayonets ; but they will
array on their side all the energies that -are to
he found in a perfect union between subjects and
Sovereigns.

[MORNING POST.]
We received last night, by express, French
Papers to the 29th inst. and the Eloile of Thurs-
day. From the latter we have extracted and
give in another column the Russian official ac-
count of the death of the Emperor Alexander,
which leaves the subject involved in as much ob-
scurity as ever. It enters into no details,"specifies
no particular cause, but ascribes the melancholy
event in general terms to " a cruel malady," as
vague an expression as could well be used. This
is the more remarkable as the Ministers must
have been aware that the amplest information was
desired by the whole people. It is also remark-
able, though an attempt is made to explain the

fact by the prevalence of custom, that the Russian
frontiers should have been closed for several (lays
to passengers and letters going out of the country.
Was it apprehended that they might convey in-
telligence which it was wished to keep secret ?

, [MORNING CHRONICLE.]
It- gives us great pleasure to observe the good
sense and judvinent with which the present Lord
Mayor discharged his Magisterial duties, and we
rejoice extremely to see a Magistrate of his high
character discountenancing the persecution of a
sufficiently unhappy class of females. While the
Lord Mayor recommends what is necessary for
the suppression of nuisances and the preservation
of order, he disapproves of giving a power to
watchmen to take in to custody the persons to whom
we have alluded except when they are seen acting
in an indecent, riotous, and disorderly manner, for
watchmen, he justly observed, were notoriously
in the habit of abusing that power, those females
who gave money to them, being sure to escape
with impunity. The Lord Mayor, being a man
of the world, well knows that persons of this
description must always be found in a great
city, and that all that can be done is, to take
care that they shall give as little offence as pos-
sible to public decency. There are some zealots,
however, who are for sweeping them away alto-
gether, without considering whether, in remov-
ing one scandal, they may not create another,
of infinitely greater magnitude. In these- days,
I such an attempt would be particularly ail timed.
But the persons whose modesty rages with such
exemplary fury, can never have reflected on the
consequences of the measure they propose; they
thoughtlessly talk a particular cant, because their
character thrives on it.

[MORNING II ERALD:
Some members of the Common Council feel
very indignant, in consequence of its being re-
cently stated, in a Mansion-House report, that
the system of housebreaking and
.other depreda-
tions carried on so extensively within the City,
originated from the notoriously bad state of the
Police, and the negligence of the Common-
Councilmen, who allowed public-houses to be
kept open at late hours, for the shelter of
thieves and prostitutes. The Temple chambers
have been lately so exposed to plunder,
that one, without any great stretch of imagi-
nation, might suppose the precincts of this
nursery of the law had the ancient privilege
restored—of giving sanctuary to all thieves and
vagabonds who had the good fortune to get with-
in v the consecrated bounds. Do the Common-
Councilmen of the ward of Farringdon-without,
in which Fleet-street is situate, deny the fact ?
Not at all. They only deny the cause—
namely, that their negligence, along, with the
inefficiency of the Police, creates, or at least
perpetuates, the nuisance. They would show
more 'wisdom in setting about the removal
of the evil, since it is acknowledged to exist,
than in taking up th.., time of the Lord
Mayor and the public with solemn and sonorous
dissertations on th& probable cause of this
dis-
grace to civic government. We observe that a
Mr. Vale was particularly busy in making
speeches on this subject at the Mansion-House,
and that he characterized the: report in question
as a " most gross calumny against the Alderman
and Common. Councilmen of the Ward." It is easy
to make ruch assertion ; hut we imagine that
Mr. Vale's eloquence has its answer in the noto-
rious fact of the shameful and scandalous state of
t Fleet-stree. by night and day, under the very
noses—delicate as they maY be--of the " Alder-
man and Common Councilmen of the Ward."
If the Ald erme n and Common Councilmen of
the respective wards, would take a becoming
pride in clearing their several diStricts of the
many nuisances that, are a reproach to the me-
tropolis, the Press would be as happy to com-
mend their efforts, as it is now ready to censure
their remissness. Louden wants active, in-
dustrious, and intelligent Magistrates; not great
talkers. A modest female cannot go along that
great thoroughfare, Fleet-street, without having
her feelings shocked and distressed by the
many instances which she is obliged to encounter
of the shameless depravity of her sex. As to those
dens of profligacy—these hot-beds of crime, the
night houses to which thieves and prostitutes resort
to share their plunder and concert their schemes, it
is impossible that they could exist,and pourout their
banditti for nocturnal outrage, if the Civic Au-
thorities (lid their duty. It is in those places
that the most noxious vices are engendered, and
the most criminal designs matured. It is of little
use to rut off a straggling wasp now and then
from the venomous swarm, while we leave their
nests undisturbed. Justice appears in its most
merciful character when it is fonder of cutting off
the material of crime than the criminal, and loves
prevention more than vengeance.