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

taken steps for opening the Republican harbours'
to French merchantmen, in immediate further-
ance of its provisions. The amount of reduction
is from 90f. to sf. per ton, and that on the
Ainerican measurement : smaller dues, such as
pilotage, light-house duty, &c., shall be paid on
a footing of complete equality between the ships
of the two Powers. The produce of the soil and
industry of the United States, re-exported after
deposit, or transmitted through France, shall
continue to be free from differential duty.—
Goods, the produce of America, and imported
for consumption in American ships, shall still
pay such extra charges, beyond those pay-
able on goods conveyed in French bottoms,
as shall not exceed twenty-nine francs per
ton ; and the contents of a ton in several species
of merchandize are specified in an article of the
Royal Ordinance.—lt must be interesting to
every British merchant to know (if the Minis-
ters will vouchsafe to us such information) what
progress has been actually made by this Govern-
ment, in treaties of commerce with those of
France and America, or with either of them.
There is now a prima facie disposition in these
maritime states to institute mercantile connec-
tions with other foreigners ; and we have a posi-
tive right to ascertain whether, if they refuse
such proofs of good neighbourhood to this King-
dom, the fault lies at their doors or at those of
the British Ministers.

[NEW TIMES.]
We are happy to learn that the slight indispo-
sition which has impeded the Duke of Welling-
ton's departure for the Congress is nearly re-
moved, and that his Grace may be expected to
proceed on his important mission to-morrow. The
Noble Duke, however, must set off with great
depression of spirits, if he reads that won-
derful Paper The Times. He will there see that
he has been weighed in the balance of Printing
House-lane, and found wanting. The oracle,
which on Friday pronounced Mr. Canning to be
" no Statesman," discovered on Saturday that
the Duke of Wellington is not a man of " ex-
panded intellect "—that he has " an intelligence
of secondary rank." How mortifying it must be
to learn this from such unequivocal authority !
The Times, it is well known, is deemed infallible
by Alderman Wood and Alderman Waldman,
who are themselves deemed infallible by more
than half the Common Council, and each of the
Woodites and Waithmanites in the Common
Council is deemed infallible by a small but se-
lect circle of admirers in his own Ward. If the
Duke of Wellington has any respect for these pro-
gressive gradations of infallibility, he must be sen-
sibly wounded by the remarks in The Times; and
if he has not—why, then, he is a very unfeeling
man ; that's all.—But it is not only the Duke
and Mr. Canning that The Times convicts of
utter worthlessness : it observes, with a liveli-
ness and elegance of phraseology peculiarly its
own, that" the Administration generally are past
praying for." With similar felicity it describes.
an Ambassador's departure to the Congress, as
" the errand on which he is about to start :" and
alluding to the public anxiety for information
about the new Ministerial arrangements, it says
" the art of gossiping is of more than common
value" at present. Seriously, what are we to think
of a hackney scribbler who passes sentence on
all the first characters of the age in such low,
vulgar, maudlin prose as this ? What are we to
think of the readers. of such trash ? No doubt
the Proprietors of The Times would be at the
expellee of engaging writers above the level of a
washer-woman's style, if they thought many of
their readers were above the level of a washer-
woman's capacity.

EXECUTION.—BARNETT, the unhappy convict
whose execution was respited for a week, suf-
fered on Saturday last. at Horsham. He mani-
fested considerable :penitence: lie addressed
the populace nearly as folloWs I hope, my
friends, you will all take warning by my example.
I hope you will never do the most trifling thing
which is against.your inclination—it was that, in
the first_ place, which brought me to commit
greater crime, and now to be placed in 'this
situation. I first began with poaching, and
through that, to go on to further crimes, till at
last lam brought :to suffer in this Manner. I
hope—l sincerely hope, you will all take warn-
ing. Ido think it was poaching that was 'the
cause of my doing as I have done—Goo.hless
you all,—farewell." lie died almost without a
struggle.—During the time the executioner was
putting the rope round his !Rick, he prayed in-
cessantly, and very loud, continually,repeating—
" Have mercy upon me, Oh GOD !"--7-'-" LORD
have mercy upon me," &c. And after the -cap
was drawn over his face, repeated the Lonb's.
prayer emphatically, and exclaimed—" 0 Lamb
of GOD that takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy Upon' me."—" Goo be merciful to
me a sinner."—He would not suffer the execu-
tioner to take the Prayer-book from him, but
continued tohold it ten minutes after he fell.

The smugglers have. adopted an ingenious
method of landhig contraband spiritS, It
.con-
sists in their having small casks or tubs entirely
covered over with plaster of Paris, in which, at
indiscriminate intervals, pieces of seaweed are.
fastened. These are filled and placed along the
chalky cliffs about Dover, and, from their close
resemblance to the pieces that fall, are not easily,
discovered. Many persons are permitted to send
carts for the conveyance of chalk to lay on the
land ; and froni the frequent use of these Vehi-
cles, suspicion was excited of their having some
!.Other object 'in view. This led to a vigilant
examination of the carts, when the deception
was discovered, and some seizures took place.
Some of the tubs thus ornamented have been
sent for the inspection of Government; and so
exact are their appearance to irregular masses of
Chalk as not easily to be discovered.
In the, garden of Mr. HARRIS, at Gosport, is
some Indian corn, now in full ear. It has a
beautiful appearance.
The three waiters who went out in a boat for
pleasure, from Worthing on the evening of Satur-
day se'nnight, were drowned. Their bodies have
been since found..