The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-20 00:00:00

CHARTS OF ANTIGUA.

London, April 17, 1824.
SIR—As Commander of the late brig Sisters, from Deme•
rara to London, which was unfortunately wrecked in De-
cember last, on the south side of the island of Antigua,
on .a reef of coral rocks off. Cades Bay, I feel it my duty
to inform you, that her loss was solely occasioned by the
incorrectness of the charts published for that island, in the
following manner :—The beacon laid down as Elms I3eacoa
has not. existed this some time, if ever it did ; and that the
pr sent distinguishing mark for English or Fahnouth Harbour,
is two signal posts, and barracks on Heights, which
are not laid down in the charts at all, and which is a material
guide to strangers to avoid the above reef, or when bound to
either of the above harbours. In hopes you will be pleased to
make thiS known to hydrographers in general,
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) G. R. DOUTII WAITE.
John Bennett, Esq., Secretary to Lloyd's.

SHOAL OFF BEACHY HEAD.
East Cowes, April 18, 1224. •
Stn-It may probably be of service to the shipping interest
in general to acquaint you, that the Royal Sovereign Shoal •
off Beachy-head has grown up very much within- these late •
years; so much so, that it ought to be avoided even by
the smallest merchant vessel, except at tide times. In
1806, when cruising off there in his 3lajesty's ship Leveret,
I had an opportunity of surveying it, and could not fiud
less than three fathoms on it, with Beachy-bead W. by N.,
and Fairleigh E. by N. ; last Friday, the 16th inst., I was re-
turning from Arils erdam in a merchant-ship, draxing 13 feet,
with the wind from the eastward, and the water tolerably smoWi,
at half-past seven in the evening, going at the rate of 8 knots :
to my great surprise the ship struck on the said shoal, but
did not stop, only whilst grinding over the bank, instead -of
going eight, she went about five knots ; and after going about
a cable's length over the bank she was afloat again, without
any injury. At the same time an English bark crossed the •
shoal a little to the eastward of us, but did not observe her -
strike. It 'was an hour and a half after low water, so that there.
cannot be more than 10A feet at low water spring-tides, with
Ileachy-head W. by N. N., and Fairleigh E. N. E. or E. by
N. •N. The shoal is much larger than is generally laid down.,
in charts, and 1 have no doubt that 'this shoal contains the.
Horse of Willingdon and Pemsey shoal.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
JOHN BATES, •
Master in tote Royal Navy, and King's Pilot
for the North and Baltic Seas.
John Bennet, Esq. Secretary, Lloyd's.

ROBBERY AT THE RIGHT IION. GEORGE •
CANNING'S, M.P.

130W-STILEF.T—(THIS DAY.)—John Gibbs, the
young man who was remanded on Saturday last from this .
office, charged with stealing from a hot-house, belonging to the
ltight Hon. George Canning, M.P., a large qUantity of fruit,
called Sweet Water Grapes, was again put to the bar for a •-•
second examination.
Johnston the gardener, in addition to his former evidence
stated, that on his return borne he found the marks of three '
persons' feet in the grounds. He clearly identified all the pro- •
perty. The witness named two or three persons whom he sus-
pected as being concerned in the robbery, against whom war-
rants were to be issued. .

James Dart, gardener to the Duke of Newcastle, deposed to
meeting a man, whom he believed to be the prisoner, at day-
light, with a quantity of grapes. This witness afterwards
pointed out to Johnson where some of them had been sold, be
having shown Mr. Greaves shop to the prisoner. Other corro-
borative evidence was taken, and the prisoner again remanded.

Earl FITZWILLI.%M has generously subscribed •
um. to the distressed settlers at the Cape of Good Hope.
itToN, the dram: tic Author, has retired ti)
his villa, on the banks of the Thames, near Read-
ing, in Berkshire, determined to write no more.
The turnpike people and Mr. Coast:TVs son
(in the absence of the father), had a hearing on .
Tuesday, at Battle, before a Bench of. Magis. .
strates, relative to the fOrmer taking illegal tolls •
—the toll collectors were fined.

dcetalioti:aewi ALARMING
:der,lo:yswar desrhsidisskcnti Moresby,
tr'eol
OCCURRENCE.—A few days since, •
nawiidtetshaworr
become
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‘tuivricaitt:lenlfheubpar ivietode attackutn
hds,
eowwwochofhnewtinalhenneddaore
driving
soonerrlit
enraged
twioch bsaaral
nnsuwiai
ised yn:
ngta,mrh.
abi
fateiny:
mal,
she gave chase to the girl, who, in her flight, took up a mason's
pick, which she threw at her pursuer, and it most fortunately
alighted on her neck, the point penetrating to the spinal mar-
row. The beast instantly fell, and thus, in an almost miracu-
lous manner, the child and the sister were preserved from the
fury of their dangerous enemy.—(Carlisle Jwa nal.) •
We have seldom had occasion to recorl a more
melancholy and affecting instance of mortality than has occurred .
in the family of Mr. Robert Henry, merchant, Woodhead of .
Fyvie, during the last week. Mrs. Henry, who had been de-
livered of a.chihl about a week preceeding, died en Sunday th
`filth ultimo; the little infant ended its brief existence on th
30th ; and. Mr. Henry, who had previously been in peifec: '
health, was seized with an illness about the timcof the death of I
his wife, which terminated his life upon the 31st ; and all three
were interred in'one grave upon Friday last. Few people in
their station possessed so large a share of public respect; and -
their premature and unlooked-for deaths have created a very -
general feeling of deep regret in that neighbourhood. They
have left behind them five children, too young to estimate fully
the loss they hays sustainAl:—(Abei•deen Paper•.) .

Yesterday se'nni,girt a Captain of the Royal
Navy, from the neighbourhood of Exeter, who had been residing_
at Pierce's Hotel, Falmouth, about a week, attempted to put
an end to his existence by cutting his throat with a pm-knif?..
After be had lost a considerable quantity of blood he became
sensible of his situation, and rang the bell, when assistance was
immediately procured, and we are happy to say be is in a fair
way of recovery. The cause of this rash aet appears to hilyc'
been his having lived too freely, being at the time in a state of
mental delusion. .

DESTRUCTION OF A PAINTING BY RUBENi.—
A very extraordinary event is this day the subject
of general conversation ; all the details have not
yet reached us in such a manner that we can give
them positively ; but the fact is too certain, und.,
the following particulars may be relied on. Some.,
days ago, M. de Forbin, the Director of the Mu-,
seum, received an anonymous letter from an in-
dividual, who said that the Government having
caused him to sustain a loss of 20,000 francs, he,
would destroy, one after the other, all the pie.,
tures in the Museum, if the sum in question 'Firs
not brought to him at an appointed place. M.
Franchet, of the Police, also received a simi4ir
letter ; and, thinking it the act of some madman,.
no importance was attached to it ; hut the day-
before yesterday, a person employed at the Mu,
seuro ran to the Director of the Police, and iu-
formed him that one of the finest of Roberts' pic-
tures had been torn to pieces. The author of
this net has not been discovered.- The doors of.
the Museum were instantly closed,- and we un-
derstand that a similar precaution has bees.
adopted at the Luxembourk.---.(Ztoile ofSa4ura .
daby.)
•

LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

;ttracts from the Morning Papers, April 20.

•[THE Timm]
Ferdinand VI!. is, after all, not quite the
Bing we took him for. In- the selection of re-
Wds, at least, he contrives to show some wit as
-Caen as" discrimination. Mataflorida, the Regent,
tkeltestorer of the Monarchy, is sent off Ambas-
sidor to Tunis. The Etoile now states, it as
matter of notoriety, that General Bourmont is
forthwith to be recalled from Spain. If this re-
moval be of -a nature to inflict pain on any party,
it ought not to be on . those who console them.
solves by foreseeing troubles and ill blood be-
tween the French and Spanish Legitimates from
their inauspicious connexion. Bourmont is con-
sidered an officer of superior talent, and a dis-
creet and moderate politician—an intriguer or
fanatic will but poorly supply his place. Nothing
stiort of the most eminent sagacity can now en-
able a foreign commander to steer any other
1 at• ;
y se- ti Spain, but such as shall render the.
.trAktley system of mis-government--dragged by
Verclinand and the priesthood to one side, by the
disappointed military of the Serviles to a second,
by the indignant and desperate Constitutionalists
ta.a third, and to a fourth by the partisans of
Vie French house of Bourbon—a prey tci, the
Inost irretrievable reverses. The dignity of Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Army of Occupation, ac-
cordingly, does not appear a very tempting object
to the military ambition of some French officers.
'he Etoile says, that General Rivaud de la Raf-
.
rqere has refused it, and that the Viscount Di-
jet n is to be Bourmont's successor. The Viscount
is not likely to enjoy a. sinecure post.

• [MORNING POST.]
We
received last night by express French
Papers to the lOth instant. The extracts which
welhave'given will show, that the task of com-
manding the,Army of Occupation in Spain is
attended with so Many difficulties or disgusting
circumstances that few are willing to take it
upon themselves. After being resigned by Ge-
neral l3ourmont, it has been refused by Count
Rivaud de la Raffiniere, and is said to have been
offered to Viscount Digeon, who it was hoped
-olvuld not reject the trust imposed upon him.—
That a command or. such importance and dig-
nity should go begging in a 'nation essentially
military; is the -most convincing illustration
which can be given '.of the -real state of things
in the Peninsula. Notwithstanding, or rather
through their efforts to constrain all parties
to. keep within the bounds of moderation, the
French have raised a feeling of general hostility
against themselves. Their situation is become
most precarious,'and they feel themselves on the
edge of a precipice from which there is scarcely
the possibility of a return. It would seem that
Ferdinand did not consider himself quite safe at
Aranjuez, for be was to repair on the 9th instant
tO'Toledo with the Royal Family, and to spend
some time in that city, where the Ultras prepon-
&rated and the Liberals had more than once
been exposed
.to insult and violence.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The French Papers of • Saturday and Sunday
li.ave little that is important in their columns.---,
The only subject of any interest agitated in the
Cthaniber of Deputies on Saturday wag," that
under the report of the Commission appointed
tcs inquire into the 46 projet" of ministers for re-
ducing the interest of the national debt. The
report, which is given at considerable length, is
plausible, and sanctions the plan ; but it can-
not disguise many difficulties which the French
ministry will have in carrying it into execution.
The report, however, states, " That the Corn-
sniseion proposes the adoption of the project,
'Without amendment." A letter, during the sit-
ting, Was read by the President, from the cele-
brated genjtimin Constant, the validity of whose
election has been most unjustly impeached,
stating that he was compelled to be absent from
tbe-Charrrber fur three weeks, for the purpose of
procuring the necessary documents to prove the
validity of, his return.—Rivaud de laßaffiniere,
it-is stated, has refused Bourmont's command in.
Spain, and General Dijeon is, in consequence,
nitrified as his SecCessor. Mouton Durtirnet will,
it is said, command at Cadiz ; Matattorida, the
Spanish lawyer, lately President of the infamous.
Eft;genty of Urg,el,.totel created a Marquis for his
services, has been named Ambassador to no less:a
personage than the Bey of Tunis, and quitted
Airgos on the, 6th for his high destination.
—4The important fortress of Lepanto is said to
:.hoe fallen into the hands of the Greeks on the
igth of March. The artillery' of the Philhel-,
leries, under the direction of Colonel Stanhope,
after some heavy firing, formed, a practicable'
bieach, and a summons was then sent to the
iriirkish Commandant to surrender. JusufPacha'
(who had thrown ,himself into Lepanto, with the.
remnant of his' shattered forces, after his defeats„
in the last campaign), refused, however, Pe-
remptorily to accede to the summons of the
'reeks-,- and the place, in consequence, was,
.stOrmed on the 'night between the 14th and 1 sth,
. ,taefore the break of day. Constantine Batzaris,
and the braVe Nicetas„ called '‘ The Turk' De-
, stioyer," led the assault ; and befOre seven in the
Athrtling of the 15th, the standard of the Christians'
ti4ted from the ramparts of Lepanto. Numbers of
the .Turks fell in the fury of the assault';' and' an
•inimense booty, in money, ammunition, arms, and
batgage„with all the spoils plundered in Aciatia
r h e ears shire, develOped to the Greeks.--.--:-
'
cilitssuf Pacha.is said to have fallen in the contest.
Pacha of Egypt is asserted positively to
hive been appointed by the Porte Commander-
of- all the forces now preparing to act
agitinst the Greeks'in the Morea and 'Stand's in'
, isle •itext.'cirtpaign,. and the' declaration of. his
-4ide-13.(14.ueer is r zain denied. We' shall be
mach surprised if Mahomed Ali accepts this pe-
ril-susresigns his' Present sirua-
titkli fin so dangerou-s- au office. The Greeks
ro 1.16;/' bejii'fid *ill fears "from ill'f;*
, .
. ktori. „ --'.l4te'Y 'never ,can be enslaved
aitaiti by iiirrinewed' effbiti-of this liarbattitti
statocracy. Their independence (by the con-