The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-16 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SiIIPPING,

DEAL, JAM. 157—Wind N.W.—lt came on to blow hard
early this morning from E. by 'S., accompanied with snow,
during which the brig Manly, of Yarmouth, Clark,• from Se-
ville to London, laden with oranges, drove onshore, with two
anchors down at the south end of Deal, oppOsite his Majesty's
Dock-yard, where every assistance was rendered to secure the
vessel and cargo; the storm is quite abated, and if it continues
moderate, we have no doubt it will be effected ; the cargo is
getting-out, which appears to have sustained little or no da-
mage. The outward bound brigs got away to-day and pro-
ceeded down Channel, the rest remain with the homeward_
bound as per last, apparently all well. Several of the vessels
drove during the gale.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 15..—Wind N.W.—Sailed the whole
of the homeward-bound.
PLY MOUT Ti. JAN. 14.—Wind E.—Arrived the Samuel and
Sarah, from Cape Coast ; Chriatea and .lane, Rewards, and
Dolphin. from Newfoundland ; Kitty, Quilten, Lisbon ;
Orange-branch, Churchwood, ditto; Vittoria, Barker, Palermo.

The Majory, Ferguson, from Newcastle to. Odessa, was
driven On shore yesterday morning near Yarmouth—crew saved.
The Sea Nymph, Young, from London to Shields, was to-
tally wrecked on Orford Beach yesterday morning—crew saved.
The Fame, Johnson, from Bilboa, was driven on shore yes-
terday morning near Sheerness.
The Providence, Dobson, from Loudon to Scarborough, put
into Sheerness yesterday with 7 feet water in her hold, and
touch damaged, having been on shore on the Sore Sand.

(From the Aberdeen Chronicle.)
On Sunday last a bottle was picked up by a fisher lad of
Footdee, upon the beach, close to the New }IA Town, contain-
ing a paper, which, when the bottle was broken, the cork having
been forced hard in, he found he could not read. The bottle was,
as the lad expressed it, a common porter bottle, but with the smelt
of wine ; and the paper bears the marks of having been long ex-
posed to the rays of the sun, and partly to moisture. It is, how-
ever, perfectly legible, and bears the marks of having been writ-
ten under great agitation, the word " deux" before " batteaux;"
being twice repeated, and the writing of the two last lines much
more indistinct than the rest. The great improbability, that
a bottle committed to the waves on the coast of Jamaica, oa
the Ist of April, 1022, should reach the eastern coast of Scot-
land, early in January, 1823, does not escape us, nor the water
mark of the paper, J. Dickson, Kent, 1822.' But as it is
easily to be ascertained, whether such a vessel was, at fie time
mentioned, taken by pirates, we give the document to the pub:,
lie just as it reached us, and as it remains in our possession,,
without altering a word, but merely giving more distinctness to
the breaks in the conclusion.
" A bord de l'Agile„ aupres du port Antoine dans l'lsle, de
Jamaica, nous le Capiusine et le second certifions et attestone,
que faisant voile very Martinique, nous aeons ete nit:nine par
une bande feroec de brigands, qui nous aborderent dans deul
batteaux au nombre de trente, et ayant pris possession nous
sommes maintenant dans le danger le plus cruel, attendant a
cheque instant, le mane sort qu'on eprouve deja deuX de nos
matelots, que ces barbares—anais ils jette par Is
fenetre.

I Avril.

'MISSAL:C.
CE."
On board the Agile, near Port Antonio, in the Islartd•uf
Jamaica, we the Captain and Mate certify and attest, that
steering for Martinique, we have been attacked by a few..
cious band of Pirates, who boarded us from two boats to
number, of thirty, and having taken possession, we are in
the mean time in the most cruel peril, expecting, every ;install:
the same fate which two of our sailors have now undergone.
whom theie barbarians they are coming—::-.4 throw
from the window.

1 April.

L. DES. AIN.
L. LA P.LACE.

The circumstances respecting the atteMpt to
break into the house of the Reverend Mr. Beckwith, of Tilling.
ham, Essex, are as hitherto published, very incorrect; we
believe the following relation may be depended on :—Mr.
Beckwith, who is curate of Tillinglusm, being from horrie
two or "three days, leaving Mrs. Beckwith, had desired the
church clerk to sleep in the house, as a protection, in
addition to the female servant. One morning, about three
o'clock, a youth of the name of Fletcher, about 16 years of
age, tapped, by assignation, as it has since transpired, at the
maid-servant's window; and forgetting that the ears as well
as the eyes of love are always open, he made so much noise as
to convince the girl that her mistress was alarmed. To screen
herself from the fact ofhaving been the principal actor in the
intrigue, she ran to her mistress's bed-room, ,and basely be-
trayed the youth into a snare of another description, in which
his life narrowly escaped being sacrificed. Mrs. Ilecksiith, with
more courage than females usually possess, flew to the pistels,
which were loaded, but not primed, which she however per.
fected, and then went to the+window, where the unsuspecting
youth was still waiting, expecting a very different kind ofrecep-
don. Mrs. fleckwida fortunately tempered her courage with
mercy, and did not fire, notwithstanding the author of the tois_
chief frequently urged her so to do! The young man, on Ob-
serving his situation, became so much alarmed; its to be
incapable of making a retreat, but stood fixed to the spot,
and without the least resistance surrendered himself. Brig
taken before the Reverend Thomas Schrieker, ifcctor of
liradwell, the most satisfactory proofs of the simplicity of die
youth, and the base character of the woman, were exhibited in.
so glaring a light, as to induce the worthy Magistrate to ifis.
miss the case, after expressing a strong disposition to cause thtt
• vile tempter to be prosecuted for perjury, she having sworn not
to have been accessory to the young ufan's visit, notwithstatul.
big the clearest evidence was, produced to the contrary.--(Std; -
Prdshire Advertiser.)
DEPLORAULE OCCURRENCE.--011 Friday hist a
melancholy circumstance occurred In the neigh-
bourhood of Broadholme, near Lincoln. Mr.
COOONG, a respectable farmer of that place, in
company with a visitor, went out for the purpose
of shooting rabbits. Whilst in pursuit of their
pine, a rabbit afforded a good opportunity fora
shot, by passing in a direction which, however,
was obstructed by Mr. COCKING'S friend standing
in that quarter. Mr. COCKING presented' his
piece over the head of his friend, who accordingly
crouched doWn a few paces off—the trigger was
pulled—the powder flashed in the Tan—and, as
the gun did not instantly go off, the young wait
who stooped conceived that the piece had missed
fire, and arose from his bonded position, when,
shocking to relate, the contents of the gun were
exploded within a few yards of his head,- which
shattered as to cause his onme-
was so dreadfully
diate death.—(Boston Paper%)

THE. LONDON JOURNALS.

SVI,RACTS FROM TIId: DAILY MORNING PAPERS,

January 16, 18'23.
[nitt•'rrsii ritEss.]
AU Europe is familiar with the pretensions of
absolute Governments to interfere with a nation
aiiio dare to change their political institutions,
pr, in other words, to effect a revolution. But
audi alteram partem—hear and consider well
the possible pretensions of nations who feel the
necessity and hazard the chances of a revolution.
It there is danger to a stagnant despotism from
the fervid energy of a revolution, is there no
(bluer to the experimental and delicate opera-
trims of revolution from the jealou3 spirit and
hired armies of the despot ?

[:yew T 1 M EL]
The funds both in France and England cones
tiuue to fluctuate within narrow limits ; but the
gentral indication which they afford is that of
The atrocious. violation of the French ter-
ritory, which we were slow to believe, is, we
erne to say, but too fully verified. It is not
'Ojai. 'we should think much of a mere violation
of the territorial limits, if occasioned by acci-
dent or in the heat of a violent coact ; but
the object for which the Spanish Republicans
penetrated into the French. Dominions was
9f a nature which we recoil from contem-
plating. These cowardly monsters came to
attack an hospital, in which their sick and
wounded countrymen had found shelter—and
they murdered the wounded men in cold blood !
he Times, speaking of this horrible unmanly
rece of cruelty, says," the affair has been ami-
cably arninged."!!! We are to believe that the
French Government has amicably arranged these
IVO murders! The moral sensibility of this ex-
prossion is truly astonishing; but to suppose,that
it is in the slightest degree consistent with fact,
would be a libel of the grossest kind on the
French Government. -

[THE TIMES.I.
The French Journals speculate upon the pro-
bability of peace or war, like our own. There
of course, nothing certain to be extracted
from them upon a subject respecting which no.
thing is decided. The conjectures that we should
form on the forthcoming incidents of the drama
ar,2 these.:—That the Spaniards will answer
courage and firmness, and that there will be, in
oonsequence, fresh menaces and new demonstra-
tions on the part of France and the Allies; but
that no war will actually take place, till some
tremendous event in the interior of Spain should
seem to provoke the vengeance of those who
have nothing to do with it—namely, foreign
Powers. However, we are far from being Con-
falent in the verity of our predictionS. Our
chief reasons for presuming that war will not be
waged, are the extreme iniquity of waging it,
and the much greater probability that it will
oveftlirow the new Government of, France, and
send the Bourbons adrift again, than that it will
reylaye that bright orninnent of legitimacy, Fer-
dirmnd VII., in his nbmilute powers. It appears
from the eY.planatiou given in these papers, that
Constitutional troops cannot be said to have
violated the French territory.. If they entered
on any territory, strictly French, there certainly
was no intentional violation. 'lke Memorial
Bearnois, an Ultra Journal, states, that the.ter-
ritoiy on which the Spaniards entered, is common
to both countries ;, and the very circurnstaoce of
the officer asking for guides, seems to skew that
lie was anxious not to give any ground of coin.
plaint to the, French authorities.

CMOI:NING CIUIONICLE.I
t Appears that the Turks are not yet satisfied
w the sufferings of the, poor Sciots. Trusting
to flu. promises held out tt) them, and impelled no
dot,ht by their necessities, some of the fugitives
wici escaped the massacre returned to their
forimi, where they have, fallen the victims of
a second outrage, There is something truly ap.
palling in the way hi which the effiirts of Greeks
are spoken of in the Circular of the Holy. Allies.
When men who are protected by no laws, who have
sect» i ty for neither life nor property, stimulated at
length by wrongs which exceed the measureof
man patience, endeavour to emancipate themselves
frond a set of ruthless brigands, and to obtain for
thernst:lve* the blessings of GovernMent of some
sort, the Holy Allies dare, in the face of the
worlds unequivocally to condonu the attempt.
The end and object of Government is altogether
lost sight of, and the only feeling in the minds
©f three Legitimates is the danger of the prece.
dent of a re:Astance to power, however acquired
and however exercised.

It must be consolatory to the friends of free-
din to know that the !rripaitiartis, in spite of the
numerous provocation.; they have received, have
never yet sullied their came by .the excesses
whieti Coo often follow in the train of revolutions.
Indeed, so far from Meriting the abuse whiCh has
lee►► heaped on' them in the Ultra Journals of
Fran& and England, they are liable to the oppo-
site charge of excessive forbearance. It Is cer-
tainly a singular circu►nstance, and one which
redou►►ds highly to the honour of the Spaniards,.
that_tho Qonstitutionalistsshould have used their
victory of the 7th July -with such moderation,
that the deaths in consequence. of the rebellion
are not equal to tire` number of sacrifices to the
Bank of England in one