The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-17 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, J.N. ld.--Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Swallow,
Ross, for Bombay, with the whole of.the outward-bound.—
Arrived and sailed for the River the Dublin packet, 111‘Niece,
from Dublin ; and Letitia Tennant, Montgomery, from Bel-
fast. Came down from the River and sailed the Isabella and
Ettphernia, Cormack, for Lanzarotte ; Lavinia, Broks, for
Gibraltar and Lima ; Minerva, Morley, for Seville; Beaufort,
Sainthill; Ocean, Nl‘Neilagi ; Mary, Dawson ; and William
Bryan, Davis, for Jamaica-; and several others. The Grand.
Sachem, and the Ratkes, still remain.

MARGATE, JAN. 111—The Adelphi, Stewart, from Antigua
for London, now in Pansand Hole, has sent on shore for an
anchor and 'cable.

LI V E nrooL, JA N. s.—Arrived the Scotia, Robinson,
from Prince E Award's Island, with loss of boats, bulwarks,
&c. The Prompt, from Quebec for Clyde, was lost on
Island. ..

Po AT SMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the Sappho,
Lamb, from the Cape of Good Hope: sailed '27th October,
and from St. Helena 13th November. Sailed the Prinetss
Mary, Clarkson, for the South Seas ; and Harmony, Woodall,
for Demerary.

HOLYHEAD, JAN. 18.—The Elizabeth, Graham, from
Waterford for Liverpool, with wheat, drove on shore last night
in this Bay and is bilged ;—about one-third of the cargo saved.
HARWICH, JAN. 16.---Sailed the Vansittart packet, for
Holland ; and Castlereagh, ditto, for Cuxhaven, each with a

RAMSGATE, JAN. 10.—Two anchors and cables slipt from
the Union, Ilore, have been recovered and landed here. The
anchor and cable belonging to the Catherine, Peyton, of Bel-
fast, have also been landed here.

WHITBY, JAN. 15.—1 t has blown a gale from the N.W.
for two days Past. The Ann, Taylor, of Sunderland ; and
another brig both parted; the former drove on the Sand a little
to the north of Whitby; crew saved, and if the weather mo-
derates, she may be got off; the other is supposed to have gone
to the southward.
CLYDE, JAN. 14...--It has blown a tremendous gale all night
from the NV. to N.W. and still continues, and it is feared may
have done great damage to the Channel and entrance to the
River. A ship is on shore on I.Vhitefarlane Point a little below
Greenock, and appears to be lying very ill.

PENANG; MAY 15.-1 am sorry to say that the report we
had here some time ago, of a vessel haring been cut ofl•' at the
Nicobars, is confiimed beyond a doubt. Capt. De Souza, who
came a passenger with me from Rangoon, has given me the fol-
lowing particulars, and which I send to you for publication :
Capt. De Souza was at Bompoka, one of the Nicobar Islands,
in December last, and learnt from an Englishman residing
there, that a ship from Bengal had been cut off and all hands
massacred by the Natives of Noncowry, another of the Nicobar
Islands. Ile is perfectly satisfied as to the truth of this report,
as he had been an eye-witness to the Noncowry boats coming to
the Island he was at, with Silk Piece Goods, Dooriahs, Rice,
Sugar, &c. bartering with the Natives of Bompoka for Tobacco
and.4Dollars, and at such a price which leaves nb doubt as to
theli being the produce of rapine and plunder.—(llladras
Courier.)

YeSteiday a Cofirt of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the following ships were taken up in addition to
those already engaged for the Company's service, viz.--Cold.
stream, 733 tons ; Astell, 871 ditto; Warren Hastings, 1064
ditto ; Dorsetshire, 1260 ditto.; Winchelsea, 1331 ditto.
Yesterday the dispatches for St. Helena, Bombay, and
,China, by the ship Macqueen, Captain J. Walker, were closed
at the East India House, and delivered to the Purse* of that
ship.

THE LiTh 1)04)i JOURNAL',.

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM TIIK MORNING PAPERS,
January 17, 1822.

[BUITISLI PRESS.]
The order adopted by the House of Commons
last Session, requiring the Estimates for the ser-
vice of the year to be laid upon the table within
fourteen days after the meeting of Parliament,
will be found particularly advantageous in the
ensuing Session. - It is very desirable that the
members should be apprised as early as possible
of the extent to which the Ministers propose to
carry their intended reductions. Upon this point
will, as we think, depend in a great measure the
future conduct of the independent members dur-
ing the remainder of the Session. They will
have an early opportunity not only of proving
the sincerity of the promises held out to" the
country by the Ministers of the Crown, but they
ivill also be enabled to see, nearly at one view,
the total amount of the supplies required by the
Government, and to compare it with the ways
and means which, to their own knowledge, the
country may be fairly able to afford. This com-
parative view of the capability of the nation with
the demands of the Ministers -ought never to be
absent from the mind of the Members of the
House of Commons. The wants of Ministers are
iu,cessant, and their ingenuity can never fail to
allege plausible pretences to justify their de-
mands, if they will find men weak enough to be-
lieve them. But why should the homespun wis-
dom of private life be neglected in the manage-
ment of public affairs ? We all can fancy a• thou-
sand wants which our resources cannot easily or
prudently- cover ; and there are few who may
not find tradesmen credulous or good natured
enough to indulge the desires of vanity or
luxury upon promises of future payment.---
But the man who yields in private life •to
such temptations is regarded as morally unfit
to manage his own affairs, and he is set down
by the prudent as a foolish fellow and a dan-
gerous companion. 'Such ought likewise to be
the maxims of prudence in the management of
public concerns. The necessities of the people
ought to be considered as of more importance
than the wants of the Ministers, and the amount
of the expenditure ought never to be finally de-
termined without a direct and immediate refe-
rence to the means of defraying it. The order of
the House of Commons, to which we have here
referred, was framed and proposed by Sir John
Newport, who has thereby added another claim
to the gratitude of the country.

[MORNING POST.I
By the arrival of the Triton at Liverpool from
Boston, we have received files of American Pa-
pers to the 23d ult. They have brought the
annual Report from the Treasury exhibiting a
view of the finances of the United States. This
document is drawn up ih a manner which throws
more obscurity than light upon the subject of
which it treats. The first part would make it
appear, that so considerable an increase had
taken place in the revenue, as to raise it far
above the yearly expenditure ; but the subsequent
statements, however involved, suffer the real fact
to transpire, and show that the utmost of which
the Americans can boast is, as the National
Intelligencer observes, that there is little " appa-
rent probability of a deficiency in the Revenue
for the ordinary purposes of Government."
The fever which had raged so long at St. Au-
gustine had at last disappeared ; and the Board
of Health had announced that the place was free
from infection. Accounts from the Caraccas
state, that a Spanish squadron had appeared
off Laguira on the 11th of November. A schooner
belonging to it having fallen into the hands of the.:
Independents, they were informed by her crew
that the squadron had sailed from Porto Cavello
on the 10th, and was composed of a frigate, a
brig of war, a privateer, a cutter, the captured
schooner, and four transports, with eight or
nine hundred troops on board, who were to be
lauded to the windward or leeward of Laguira,
under the command of Brigadier Morales. On the
19th that force effected its landing on the coast
of Cata and proceeded to Occumare, a town in
the vicinity; but it was too insignificant to excite
any apprehension, or to attain any object in a
country which is now wholly in the power of
the Patriots. The latter had collected several
Battalions of Grenadiers and squadrons of ca-
- valry, besides 1500 militia, and stationed them
in the positions best calculated to arrest the
march of the enemy and to cutoff' his retreat if
he should hesitate in abandoning his enterprise
and returning to his ships.

• [TISE TIMES.]
The Secretary of the American Treasury has
addressed to the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, the annual report on the state of the
public finances. As there are some of the official
tribeamongst ourselves, who,though not very prone
to be enlightened by the fruits of their own expe-
rience or observationmay, nevertheless,be shamed
by the living example of their neighbours, we
transcribe for their use a few brief statements of
fignres from the above-mentioned document, with
remark or two in the way of comparison between
the•tinanCial management and prospects of the
thiited States and of a Government nearer home.
-The whole estimated expenditure of the Ame-
rican Government, for the year 1822, now coin-
MCncing; is less than 15,000,000 of dollars ; or
consisierabiy less than 3,500,0001. sterling. This
covers • the charges of the Civil List, the Army,
the. Navy, and. the interest of the Debt, and
.4 •
constitutes about one eighteenth part of the an-
nuat,outlay of the English Government, under
tiiV:saMe'lleads.-1. The Civil, Diplomatic, and
Miscellaneous, 'head of charge, amounts to above
1;600,000 dollars—not near so much as 400,0001.
.--not half .SO, much as the cost of his Majesty's
own' HouSebold •kstablishment here—a dispro-
portion which, after making due allowances for
the -excess. of pageantry, which always- has
existed, and some of which doubtless ought to
exist, ~between a Monarchy, however limit-
ed, and . a Republic, may still justly give
rise to very serious reflections . among the

thinking members of this impoverished and
distressed community.—td. The interest on
the debt of the United States, including also
a sum for the reimbursing the holders of
a certain portion and description of it, does
not exceed 5,700,000 dollars, or about 1,270,000/.
—3d. Besides the above sum, there is a clear and
real sinking fund of about 4,300,000 dollars,—
equal to more than one-fourth of the whole an-
nual expenditure ; and equivalent to one-twen-
tieth part of the whole unredeemed debt : where-
as the real sinking fund of this country does not,
we apprehend, on the highest calculation, much
exceed 1-300th.--4th. Again, the military force
of the United States, including ordnance, fortifi-
cations,
and pensions, is stated at little more than
five millions of dollars—actually less, if we re-
member right, than our ordnance estimates alone.
The charge for the American navy, which in-
cludei not merely the vessels building, so for-
midable for their size and force, but the squa-
drons which keep the sea in 'all parts of the
world, and which maintain with so much vigour
and efficiency the commercial rights of American
citizens, and the honour of the national flag, is
estimated at the modest sum 0f‘2,450,000 dol-

lars, or less than 700-,0001. sterling.—Let the
country Gentlemen of England look to this, and
see how nations, whose wisdom is but of yester-
day, accommodate their actions to their means
and their resources.

[MORNING HERALD.]
It would appear that the doctrine of the para-
mount authority, or right divine, of the King of
France, professed by the Ultra party in the
Chamber of Deputies, has excited_some surprise.
Possibly it will excite still more to find this doc-
trine expressly asserted and reserved in the
French Constitutional Charter. In the preamble
to this important document, a few lines after the
words " Louis, by the grace of God, King, &c.
&c." we find the following sentence, supposed to
come from the King—" We have considered
that although all authority rested whole and en-
tire in the person of the King, in France, never-
theless our predecessors did not hesitate to mo-
dify the exercise of it, following the changes of
times—that it is thus the communes owed their
enfranchisement to Louis le gros—the extension
and confirmation of their rights to Saint Louis
and Philippe le be/—that the judicial order has
been established and developed by the laws of
Louis XI. Henry 11. and Charles,lX.—Lastly,
that Louis XIV. has regulated almost all parts
of the public Administration by divers Ordon-
nances, the wisdom of which had not yet been
surpassed. Considering the aforesaid, we (Louis
XVIII.) have thought it right, after the manner
of the Kings, our predecessors, &c. &c." This
appears to us quite decisive, as far as the Charter
is 'concerned, in favour of the doctrine main-
tained by the' Ultras. The consequence too
seems irresistible, that upon the same principle
which was acted upon by the several above-cited
Kings, from Louis le gros to Louis le desire—
viz. the convenient and flexible one of" the dif-
ference of times,"—the next King of France,
suppose Charles X., may, by another Royal Or
donnance, revoke those of his predecessors—as
Louis XIV. did that of Henry IV. (the Edict
of Nantz)—and 'establish a pure monarchy for
the benefit of his subjects, and in conformity with
" the change of the times." 'I he only question
is, whether his own Ordonnance is binding upon
the present Sovereigr. In looking into one of
the pamphlets of M. de Chateaubriand, we find
it stated, that if the Charter is binding upon the
King (which he appears to doubt), it was binding
upon him only, and " not upon the world." " Le
monde," says he," n'tt pas donne sa parole comae
monarque." But it may be said there is still
the change °Nimes," which is one of the con
ditions. This is not by any means an impossible
or even very improbable condition.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
City, Wednesday Evening, Jan. 16.—None of
the Foreign Mails due this morning have arrived,
nor have any private expresses been received
from the Continent. The Funds opened at 774
to 77i, and continued very steady at these prices•
till near the close of the day, when they declined
to 771 for the Account, and closed at this price.
The market on the whole is extremely heavy. The
New Orleans Paper of the 19. th Nov. last, states,
that the Spanish Authorities have declared the
whole coast of Columbia, except Porto Cabello,
in a state of blockade. Their naval force' con-
Isists of one frigate, two brigs, four schooners,
and six or eight privateers. They have captured
six American vessels going into the Republican
harbours with provisions, one British cutter from
St. Thomas's, and a British ship from Barbadoes,
and carried them into Porto Cabello, where the
whole have been condemned. In consequence of

this blockade, the markets at Curacoa and St.Tho-
mas7s, for American produce, were very dull. If
the opinion of the Russian merchants, resiecting the
conduct of the Russian Government, may be infer-
red from their operations in tallow, it is bynOmeans
in flavour of peace. They have advanced this artirte'
to 47s.per cwt. though the-supply is certainly more
than equal to • the regular consumption: The
speculation, however, began on the time bargains
made last year for a delivery on the 31st of De-
cember last, and is now probably continued on
the chance of a change in the politics of the
Northern Powers, which, no doubt, would much
enhance the value of the article.—The. supply of
hemp and flax is not more than equal to the de-
mand, and prices are fully maintained.—West
India produce is improving, and both sugars and
.coffee are again rather dearer. The quantity of
rum on hand prevents any advance in its price.

[Niw TimEs.]
A little before St. Thomas's day the Radicals
of the City. usually make a stir about some mat-
ter which they think will have an effect on the
elections of Common .Councilmen ; and a little

before the opening of the Parliamentary the
Whig Radicals in the country at large usually
assemble Meetings and hold forth on topics which
they think calculated to help them into power in
the course of the cnsuing Session.—We have
seen them try a vast variety of games, and select
with great skill their heroes and heroines, from

Col.Wardell and Mary A.nno Clarke, to the Queen
and Bergami. The subject given out for declama-
tion on the present occasion is Agriculture—anal
the heroes are Joseph Hume and Wm. Cobbett !!
We sincerely deplore the distress in which Agri-
culture is involved, and most heartily shall we
rejoice if any measure can be devised for alle-
viating it. We are the warm friends of the agri-
culturists, not more from their forming the most
important of the bodies of which the nation is
composed, than from the systematic uprightness
of their couduct, and the unsullied character
which they have uniformly sustained. It has
hitherto been their proud boast that they have
stood aloof from faction—that they have trod,
often alone, the path of independence—that
neither distress nor temptation has been able
to shake their patriotism and loyalty—and
that honest unsophisticated old English feel-

ing, by whomsoever discarded, has been by
them fondly cherished. Their public meet-
ings have always been distinguished by mo-
deration, good sense, honest discussion, and
the absence of all party scurrility and fanaticism.
We wish them still to follow, this conduct, and
to preserve this reputation. We do not wish
to see such rnonst'ers tolerated among us as
country gentlemen demagogues, and farmer radi-
cals. Let one body in the nation, at least, re-
main honest, independent, patriotic, and English.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

(FROM THE LEEDS INTELLIGENCER, JAN. 14.)

We noticed in our last, that the printers and publishers of
John Bull' had been convicted of a libel in some of their early
Numbers on the character of the late Queen. Without enter-
ing into the question as to the propriety of the line of conduct
adopted by the conductors of that Journal, we must express
our decided conviction of the impolicy of the present pro-
ceedings of the ex-law officers of her late Majesty, in continuing
the prosecutions for libels on her character, after herdecease ;
when it is essential to the best interests of the country, that all
angry discussion, and all recrimination, should be discontinued;
and that the late investigation should be consigned to obli-
vion. In the present case, there also appears something still
worse than impolicy.: there appears a gross and glaring in-
consistency in the friends of , the liberty of the press and of
free discussion persecuting men who have been already ad-
judged to a punishment, unequalled in severity, for an of-
fence which was atoned for as soon as discovered, as far as it
was possible that such atonement could he made.—Notwitli-
standing, however, every consideration, either of policy or hu-
manity, (if the latter word is to be found in their vocabulary,)
the late Queen's law officers have thought fit to prosecute to
conviction the libellers of their immaculate mistress. And
witnessing this; the country is astonished that the King's law
officers have as yet done nothing towards bringing to justice
the libellers of their master, and of the parliament. It cer-
tainly does appear, by their supineness, that the Sovereign of
this great and mighty Empire is the only person in his wide
domains that is to be libelled with impunity : and that it
is attended with less danger to attribute, falsely and mali-
ciously, the most atrocious crimes to him, than to repeat of the
late unfortunate dupe and Victim of the radical faction, that
which a large majonty of the House of Peers pronounced to be
true. If with the death of the Queen the proceedings had been
stayed against those who had deemed it their duty to express,
in firm and decided language, their opinions of her conduct—
then it might have been right to have overlooked the crimes
committed by the retailers of faction against the King of
England. But, as those liberal lawyers, Messrs. Brougham
and Denman, have thought proper to proceed with vin-
dictiveness against those who strove--and strove success-
fully —to dissipate popular delusion on a recent occa-
sion, every loyal man looks with astonishment at the im-
punity which is extended to those atrocious offenders who la-
boured with such indefatigable activity in the work of se-
dition. This is not, at least, dealing out even handed jus-
tice to both parties. Ont, is pursued with unabated rancour,
for what was certainly an effervescence (even if we admit it to
be an unjustifiable one) of loyal zeal : whilst the other is un-
noticed, though labouring, with the most cold blooded ma-
lignity, to root out those just and natural sentiments of allegi-
ance in British hearts, on which the security of the Constitution
depends. This ought not to be. -

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 16.

EX-PARTE CAiU'OLL IN THE MATTER. OF HOWARD AND

GIBBS, BANKRUPTS.
Mr. HORN concluded his argument in opposition to the ap-
peal, and was followed by Air. TRESLOVE and Mr. BLAKE.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then directed the Attorney-Gene-
ral to postpone his reply until to-morrow.

EX-PAItTE KENT IN THE MATTER OF HOWARD AND

GIBBS.

The petitioner in this case, Mr. Kent, had been refused per-
mission by the Commissioners to prove his debt against the
bankrupts, on the ground that his transactions withthem had
been of an usurious character. Mr. Kent presented a petition
of appeal from the decision of the Commissioners, which was
heard before the Vice-Chancellor, who confirmed the judg-
ment of the Commissioners.

:11r. Kent now appealed to his Lordship from the decree of
the Vice-Chancellor.

As the merits of this case were fully discussed when it was
heard before the Vice-Chancellor, we need now only state, that
Mr. CULLEN and ROSE were heard in su.pport of the ap-
peal, and they contended that the transactions in which the ap-
pellant had been engaged with the bankrupts were not ob-
noxious to the charge of being of an usurious nature. Mr.
HORN and Mr. MONTAGUE were on the other side, and, of
course, took quite a.different view of the subject from that
adopted by their Learned Friends who had preceded them.
The pleadings were not concluded when the Court rose.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 16.
DRAPER V. DRAPER.

This war a petition praying to supersede the commission
,ot
bankruptcy issued against the petitioner, on the ground that the
pctitioning creditor had not proved any debt. The petitioner
had got into his hands upwards of 13,0001., the property of u
Mr. Wyatt, who died about 10 years ago. About 9,0001. of
this money he paid to creditors of Mr. Wyatt; the remainder
he retained as due to himself. In IM4 he made a disposition
of all his property to trustees who were to satisfy all demands
upon him. He Afterwards went abroad, and after his return
was committed to gaol for debt. The mentors of Mr. Wyatt i
had repeatedly demanded payment-of the trustees, and had filed
a bill in Chancery for a settlement of accounts. This bill was
neglected, and no result was obtained by it. The executors at
length sued out a commission of bankruptcy against the peti-
tioner, and the present petition prayed to have that commission
superseded.
His H crionil said be could not supersede the commission,
for the petition itself admitted that the petitioner had received
13,0001. of the property conveyed • to the executors, and it did
not appear that he had fully accounted for that money. There
seemed to be quite enough of debt admitted to support
the commission. He would dismiss the petition ; but in the
mean time he would suspend the order till a settlement of ac-
counts might be made, and the balance might be distinctly
shcwa.
Some conversation here arose as to the further steps to be
taken, and his Ho:moult said he would consider it till to-mor-
row morning.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, J. IP►.
ni6litranioN v. SIR THOMAS, NEAVE, BART.

This was an action against the Sheriflof Essex. Sonic per-
son unknown sued out a writ against Win. Richardson, and,
under that Writ, the plaintiff, William John Richardson, was
arrested. It turned out that the proceeding was fraudulent,
the writ not being founded upon any debt or judgment • and
Mr. Richardson accordingly brought his action. The li4onD
CHIEF JUSTICE left it to the Jury to say, whether the plain-
tiff was or was not the person really pointed at in the fraudu-
lent process ; the Jury thought that he was the perion, and
found a verdict for the defendant.
Mr. SCARLET T some time since obtained a rule nisi for a
new trial.
Mr. GURNEY, in shewing cause against tlie rule, contended,
that where a Man had moft.i, Christian names•sthan one, it was
sufficient, in a writ, to describe him by the first.
Mr. E. LAwES, in reply, insisted that there bad been negli-
gemie in the Sheriff and his officers.
The Conn.T took time to consider of the case.