The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-23 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SIIIPPING.

DEAL, SEPT. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived and sailed fur the
River the Maria, Williams; and Lord Nelson, Duncan, from
Quebec; Prince of Orange, Huntly, from Mirawichi. Ar-;
rived also and sailed, for Hull, the Sovereign, Willis, from
Quebec. Came down from the River the Henry, Partridge;
for Jamaica ; 6 P. M. the wind having backed to the N. W.,..
the whole of the outward bound have sailed.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 22.—Wind N.W.—Put back his
Majesty's ship Seringapatam, and the Russian frigate Pread-
priate.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Mary,
Fairclough, from Liverpool for St. Michaels, after being out
12 days, very leaky. Sailed his Majesty's ship Thetis on a
cruize.
CoWES, SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Commercial, Talbot, from.
Port-au-Prince, with loss of anchors and cables, and part of
her cargo thrown overboard, having been on shore.—An open
•boat has been picked up of:' the Needles, with Cherry, of
Waterford, on her stern.

WHALE FISITERY.—The flzunawick, from Davis' Straits:,
with 36 fish, full ship, bound to Hull, is arrived at Aberdeen.
She left the ice on the 26th of July, and brings the following'
account . —Hull—Abram, 11 fish; Albion, 16; Andrew
Marvel, 14 ; Brunswick, 36; Comet, 8 ; Cambrian, 8 ; Dun-.
comb, 14; Enison, 11 ; Ingritt, 9 ; Jane, 8; Progress, 12;
William, 12 ; Zephyr, 18.—Whitby—James, 9' • Phoenix*
14
; William and Ann, 10. Newcastle—Cove, 13 ; Lady
Jane, 12. Leith—HomeCastle,.l6; Nortlipble, 14 ; William
and Ann, 10. Kirkaldy—Caledonia,l2 . • Rambler, 19 ; Tread,-
8. Dundee—Advice, 15 ; Estridge, 14; Fairy, 10 ; Horn,
22 ; Princess Charlotte, 12 ; Thomas, 20 ; Three Brothers, 10.
Aberdeen—Alexander, 8; Hon Accord, nearly full ; Don, 5 ;
Yt.han, 10. Peterhead—Alpheus, 10; Dexterity, I 8;
bal, 16 ; Resolution, 15 ; Superior, Traveller, 5.
Tsta HERRING FISHERY in the Isle of Man is more pro.
ductive than it has been for 40 years. Some boats have caught
140 mazes of 600 fish each. It is found, notwithstanding, that
little will be made of this important blessing, as the fishery has
been so unproductive for several years, that it was nearly given
up. There has been no preparation of casks for this season, on
the supposition that the fishing would not be worth prosecut-
ing ; and, in consequence, the herrings on hand are selling for
about four times less than their usual price. Several boats ar-
rived at Whitehaven in the course of last week from the island,
laden with herrings, which were sold for about 2s. a hundred
(six score).—f Carlisle Journal.)
PILCHARD Fisn ER Y.—Wc are sorry to state, that the tin_
favourable weather which has prevailed for the last week has
suspended the operations of this fishery along the whole of our
extensive line of coast.—( West Briton.)
CURRENTS 91, THE OCEAN--A paper, of which the fol_
lowing is a copy, was found on the sth inst. in a bottle picked
up on the coast of Pitten, near the Helder The brig Han-
nah, of Liverpool, Captain Davey, from Biterma Ayres, roar
Havannah, was in lat. 19. N. long. 10, 32. on Monday,
Bth of July 1823. It is desired that the same may be published
whenever picked up, as it will shew the current in this Fart,
both in velocity and direction.—(Signed) Thomas Davey.

PLYMOUTH DOCK, SEPT. 20.—A very flume-,
rons meeting of the inhabitants took place at the
Town-Hall on Monday evening, to receive the
report of the Committee appointed to inquire into
the most ready means of altering the present name
of the town. Mr.Roartur ItuNnLE, the Chairman,
read the report, which was approved of, and una-
nimously agreed to ; and -the adopted name of
Devonpart was carried by acclamation. At first.
some opposition was manifested to this recent.
mendation of the Committee, but was soon over-
come by th© arguments in favour of it by Mr. J.
0. SPARKE, Mr. W. D. SOLE, Mr. ELIVOILTHY,,
Mr. 'fain., and many others. After voting
thanks to the worthy Chairman for his conduct,
and to the Committee for their labours, the meet-
ing broke up in perfect harmony.

We annouuce, with much regret, that the lion.
Mr. TaErost, second son of Viscount DuNGAN-
NON, died at Stapleton Park, 'Yorkshire, la.t
'Thursday-evening, at nine o'clock, after having
languished in a state of insensibility, from the
period when he received the concussion on the
brain, up to the time of his death.--(Morning
Paper.)
SHOCKING SUlClDE.—Yesterday evening a re-
spectably dressed person entered the shop or
Mr. J. Mackay, hair-dresser, Brill-row, Somers
Town ; and, after being shaved, was going out,
but-remarked, us it rained fast, he would remain.
a little longer. During his stay he complained
of being hungry, and refreshment was procured
h!tn. While Mackay was absentobtaitting chaug,;
for a sovereign, he asked for a light, retired
to the privy, and nearly severed his head Irons
his body' with a razor, which he had taken from
the shop. From his conversation, it is not irn7
probable that unrequited love was the Cause of
this dreadful act. The deceased was a fine. look-
ing man, apparently about 95 years of age.7--A'n
Inquest will he held on the body this day. •
ANOTHER SHOCKINO Suictoc.—This morning,
James STEERS, Esq. residing in Foley-Wace,
called noon a friend of his, at No. '2, Brook-
street, New Road, and being left alone in the
drawing-room a few moments, he cut his throat
from ear to ear with a razor he had brought with
him. The unhappy gentleman was a Batchelor
and about 3p years old. His body now lies tor
an Inquest.

The village of liornsey has lately been setiuni-
ly alarmed by the appearance of a mad dog, which his dime
considerable mischief in that neighbourhood. It is indeed a
lamentable circumstance that notwithstanding the dreadful.
miseries which has been inflicted through canine madness. sand
all the horrors and agonies attendant on hydrophobia, so little
caution is frequently observed. Not less than six dogs haven!.
ready been destroyed which were bitten by the infected anitnott,,
anti it is much feared that theta are Many others injur4 0 '
whom the symptoms have not yet broken out.
Last Sunday, soon after one o'clock, as .the
congregation were leaving Kensington church, a fellow rode
through the town at a furious rate, and knocked down a ?canal*
who Was crossing High-street from the chureh : the horse tree,:
low continued riding at the saute furious rate, and turned into
upon her shoulder, and she was tagekennduoprzasenn:wvless.antT;,hhee ufe,,l:
owfasthseeizierdasbtyinnti:
Hyde Park. He appeared to bek
in mourning, and had a black shoulder knot ; the horse was' It
large coach-horse, with pieeee of leather or carpet round his
knees. The female was taken to the hospital in a very ;preen.
Last Wednesday
rioas state.
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cflosintchelgalebdotlutnsd,
etrlativing smnggled goods on hoard,
,
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officer on' the blockade service. !The boat and
.
her contraband-cargo were delivered over toltiii.
care of the Customs.
false night,
bottom, orie

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Ex:track from t:le Morning Papers, September 23.

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[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We received at a late hour last night the Paris
Papers of Saturday. The Courier Francais con-
titirrs a curious letter from Vienna, on the subject
of the approaching meeting between the great
Potentates. Our. Ministers have for some time
been receiving and dispatching couriers at a great
rate from and to the East, and we shall probably
snon,find an explanation of the cause for all this
bustle. A n Engineer Officer of distinction has,
we see, been dispatched over-land to the .lonian
islands, to inspect the fortresses there. We are
mow on the point of reaping the fruits of the pre-
dilection of Our Ministers for Legitimacy.

IMORNING HERALD.]
Last night we received, by express, the Paris
Papers of Saturday. They continue to give fresh
accounts of successes obtained over the Constitu-
tionalists. The aspect of affairs in Spain is,
however, on the whole, worse than it has hither-
tb been. The news from Port St. Mary comes
down to the 10th. At that time the Duke d'An-
gbilleme had moved his head-quarters to Chiclane
near the isle of Leon. The fort of Puntales was
expected to he taken without, delay,, and confi-
dent hopes were held out that Cadiz, for the attack
on which the most vigorous preparations were
making by sea and land, would soon be obliged
to surrender. Should Cadiz, however, hold out
for any considerable time, should the distemper
that has broken out among the French.' troops,
make much progress, and Mina continue his suc-
cessful defensive operations, Spain may still he-
saved from the dominion of the French. . Indeed
the quarrel between the Duke d'Angouleme and
the Madrid Regency is a circumstance highly
favourable to the cause of the -Constitutionalists,
because the invadersolthough lighting only against
one party, cannot any longer expect co-operation
or support from the opposite party ; and sup-
pose.they conquer every place in the possession
of the parties who still adhere to the Cortes, and
reinstate Ferdinand in his absolute power, they
will then have a -host of enemies in the bigots,
-whose excesses the Prince Generalissimo tried to
repress. The act of his recalling tire French
Al i-
ulster from. tire presence of the Regency at Ma.
algid is a strong presumptive evidence of the
breach between him and them .having become
wider than ever.

[1110,11.N/NG rosT.l
We received lust night, by Express, French
Papers to the 21st. inst. They contain no details
of the surrender of Pampeluna, but a long bul-
letin from Marshal Lauriston, detailing the
operations preparatory to the attack, which seem
to have been but little interrupted by the fire of
the Constitutionalists, This and the speedy ca-
pitulation of a place which it had taken our army
several mouths to reduce, and even then by
famine, must naturally create at first sifett an im-
presslon that treachery opened its gates. We find
however a statement, in this Bulletin, which,
though not written with that intention, has the
effect of rescuing the Constitutionalists and
their Chiefs from the charge of having be-
?rayed' their country. Marshal Lauriston rests
his chief hope of success on the" weakness of the
garrison," and says that he means to fatigue it by
incessant demonstrations on several points,. hav-
ing for tau purpose commenced works on the
other side of the town, so " as not to leave the
gunners, in the place one moment tranquil."—
There is no doubt, therefore, that besides the
original want of numbers, the losses occasioned
by the fire of the enemy rendered the garrison
in a short time quite incompetent to the defence
of so considerable a place, and that it only sur-
rendered' to prevent an assault which it could
not have 'resisted if it had been made. it is
ucfortunate that being conscious of their weak-
ness, the Constitutionalists should not have aban-
doned the defence of the town altogether, and
confined themselves to that of the citadel, as they
would have detained Lauriston's corps a longer
time before their walls, and would thus have pre-
vented hint front marching to the relief of his
COl:league Moncey in Catalonia. By wishing
to' maintain both, they crippled their own
means of ell'i%Clually resisting his first advances,
and' when at the last Moment they discovered
their error and wished to repair it, they
probably found that the citadel itself
was too closely pressed to be able to make an
effectual resistance. flow that could possibly
happen, however is a question involved in con-
siderable My'stery for, if n e mistake not, that
fortress occupies the summit of a conical rock, of
which it nearly covers the whole surface, and
how the French could find room to dig their first
parallel at a distance of 200 toises front its walls,
or even to reach that spot without being annihi-
lated, by its tire, remains to be explained.

[au ITT Hi re pis.]
The future career of the Foreign Minister of
this country is likely to be an anxious and a
troubled one. The clouds of war are again col-
lecting round the cliff's of Britain, and, we fear,
before long will burst upon its shores. it was
eleir to every discerning mind, from the first,
that the invasion of Spain, if once permitted by
this country, could not terminate there; either
France must he foiled her ambitious endea-
vours, or (if she succeeded within the Pyre.
naps) her ambition would increase, and the
same thirst of arrilitary domhiation attend on
the white ,flag that had marked the tri,coloured
standard and the Imperial eagle. These an.
ticipations are •tiow completely verified :
bon ambition is increasing with great strides
-the white flag has been dyed in Spanish blood,
slid is again recogulsed by the French soldiers—
•
the crisis of Spain 1,11, rapidly approaching, and
Cadit,(pressed en all sides) we fear must fall ;
with its qurrendey,the war in Spain will terminate.
Catalonia is the only province where any effective
show of resistance is maintained, aud there it must
cease before the Royal authority, and an over.
whelming French force. The question then will

be, how France is to be indemnified for her
vast expenditure during this war; and more than
suspicion already points to the American Colonies
as an indemnity. The French Cabinet, it is said,
has engaged to lend its forces to re-conquer these
vast possessions for Old -Spain again; and an
armed French force, it is stated, has already ap-
peared on the coast of Venezuela. We were
not without suspicion when we heard of repeated
vessels being detached, from almost every port
in France, to the West India seas, and a large
naval force lying off Guadaloupe and Martinique,
that something of this sort was in preparation.
The remnant of the Royalist forces of Spain in the
Caraccas, we strongly believe, have already re-
ceived aid and arms from France. Morales, who has
lately recovered Maracaibo and other places,
never could have otherwise done so, or maintained
a contest successfully from which Morillo, with
infinitely greater talents and resources, withdrew
in despair. One object of the invasion of Spain
by the Bourbon decidedly is, a renewal of the
family campact. The links of alliance between
the two countries will thus be drawn together as
closely as in the time of Louis the Fourteenth.
With such connexion, France will not see Spain
deprived of the mighty wealth, influence, and
resources which flowed in upon her from South
America. It is understood, and indeed now
positively avowed, that the French Ministers
have promised the aid of all their strength to re-
store the emancipated colonies to Spain. The'Ga-
' wife de France, a Ministerial Paper, positively
asserts that a pledge has been given by France,
to restore, in the insurgent colonies, the autho-
rity of the mother country. In fact, says that
Paper, in an article on the relative situations
of France and England, " On the one hand,
the commerce of England extracted from Mr.
Canning the formal recognition of the Spanish
American Republics ; on the other, France
seems to have entered into an engagement to
restore, in the insurgent colonies, the authority
of the mother country." Can England look on
and see the French flag triumphant in the New
NVorldas it has been in Western Europe ? Can the
Ministers of this country see these great colonies
appropriated by the Bourbon, and their vast
commerce entirely torn away from these shores?
Mr. Canning, in his speech on the 14th of April,
in the Lower liouse, declared," that this country
would not tolerate for on instant the cession Which
Spain might make of colonies over which she did
not exercise a direct and positive influence."
But it will be alleged the cession has not been
made to Fiance, and that the aid of that coun-
is only given to restore the legitimate sove-
reignty of Spain. Yet, unless France has a vast
object to attai►►, would she incur the immense ex-
pence attendant on the dispatch of a large arma-
ment to the New World ; and is it for the
interest of Britain that these colonies should be
restored by foreign force to the tyrannic gripe of
Spain again, either to revive again the ancient
mobopoly of that country, or divert its mighty
commerce to the shores of ,France ? These form
important and most urgent questions for the
consideration of Ministers. The ambition of
France is rapidly reviving; the white flag is un-
furled ; and a reckless soldiery, who ove, -
ran Europe, are again collecting round it. Within
the last few month's the French navy also has
swarmed over the Mediterranean, and its tailors
have been acquiring at once skill and confidence.
At Verona we laid the foundation of difficulties
now pressing on the country, and which probably
must yet be met by war. The apprehended re-
sult is now seer); the mercantile interest is just-
ly and generally alarmed, and the► merchants of
London meet, it is said, immediately, on the im-
portant subject which naturally interests all their
attention.

[NEW TIMES.]
The Times has been employed to prepare the
way in the City for
,a public meeting to embar-
rass Government by some resolutions respecting
the South' American, States—we believe the mea-
sure will take place,; but we shall state our
reasons for thinking it will not meet the sup-
port of the most prudent and experienced
part of the mercantile interest. The policy of
the British Government stands on higher ground
than that of any other Government in the world
for one great quality which it has evinced,
under temptations and trials of the most opposite
nature—we mean its consistency. Equally op..
posing the principles of despotism and of demo-
cracy, we have seen each apparently.triumph for
a time ; and at such moments the Opposition
have invariably urged 'us to deviate from the
straight line of an inflexible integrity. When
Robespierre and Marat were uppermost they
would have had us fraternise with Regicides ;
when Buonaparte was sweeping like a tempest
•
across the Continent, they would have had
us bend and crouch before his insolent do.
mieion.—South America has afforded a re.
markable touch-stone of our political integrity.
Since the French invasion of Spain in 1808, we
have almost at any moment had it in our power
',to obtain cessions of territory either from Spain
or the Colonists, as we might choose to favour
the one or the other. We might have irrevocably
detached from Spain her Colonies , we might
have created as many and as various States in
Spanish America as we thought proper, and have,
secured to ourselves an absolute monopoly
of their trade. Why did we make no such at-
tempt ? Because it was not just, it was not
honest, it was not consistent with the general
.Law of Nations, or with the particular ,Treaties
which we have concluded with the Crown of
Spain.—On the other hand, the march of events,
and the progress of civilization, naturally tend to
relax the bonds which attach such vast colonial
possessions as those of Spain to tho Mother Conn-
try. We have evinced no wish to oppose this
natural progress of events. A war has sprung up
between Spain and her Colonies: we have re-
mained neutral. This is the position in which
we stand, and in which it becomes us to stand.
With such large territorial dependgncies as we
ourselves, possess, it is as unwise as it would be
unjust in us to teach other nations to foment wars
between us and our Colonies. So Jong as
the struggle lasts, therefore between Spain
..and South America,, and ..so long as it is car-

ried on between them alone, consistency compels
the British Gozernment not to interfere. We
believe that that conflict is nearly at an end.
Spain, exhausted by civil warfare in Europe, has
not the means of making new conquests on the
other side of the Atlantic ; and perhaps a fair
compromise might leave to her some commercial
advantages of more real value to her than an un-
substantial Sovereignty.