The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-22 00:00:00

MT RC..‘NTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MAY 21.—Wind E.N.E.—Came down from the
River and sailed, the Jane, , for Naples ; and West-
brook, Hall, for Jamaica. Arrived the John, Elbeck, from
Jamaica. The Ann, Nixon, from Jamaica, is off Dover.—
Sailed the Ruby, Hall, for the River; and Rambler, Ander-
son, for Whitby.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrived his Ma-
jesty's ship Blanch, from Chatham ; Triumph, Green, from
the Downs, for Bombay ; Lady Raffles, from ditto, for Madras
and Bengal; Zepher transport, with troops,- from Jersey ;
Zepher, Ilamersmith, from. Honduras; Glutton, Lauton, from
ditto, in a leaky state, but intends proceeding. Sailed his
Majesty's ship Martell for Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.—Wind W.N.W.--Arrived the
Hein, Kayhorn, from Newcastle, for Miramichi, with con-
siderable damage, has been as far west as long. 39. 28. Sailed
the Pomona, Lam, for Prince Edward's Island. The Mantle,
of Newcastle, was spoken with in a sinking state, and four of
the crew taken out. The Union, of London, dismasted' and
in a sinking state ; the crew taken out by the Thetis, of Bur-
lington. The Ruby, Hall, with loss of Mainmast; on the 13th
of May, in lat. 49. long. 10. 30. by the Ilebe, arrived at Ply-
mouth—the Master reports, that in lat. 44. 30. long. 32. 28. he
saw six vessels in distress.
LIVERPOOL' MAY 20.—Arrived the Charles, Jackman,
from Newfountlland ; Leander, Fisher, New Orleans ; and
Faith, , Charente. The Francis William, or Prince
William, of North Shields, was seen dismasted and abandoned
on the 2d inst. in lat. 46. long. 31., and the Sarah. ,

from Liverpool to Newfoundland, dismasted, and returning to
the first Port. The following were spoken with, all well, viz.:—
Emerald, of North Shields ; Middleton, Kitty, and Man-
chester, of Whitby.
Off Pot tland, the Windsor, Haviside, from China.

The East India Company's ship Atlas arrived off Portland
the 19th inst. She sailed from China the sth of January, and
from St. Helena the 23d of March. The General Harris, out-
ward-bound, was at St. Helena when the Atlas left that island.
The Windsor, homeward bound, was also left at St. Helena by
the Atlas ; but on the 3d inst. she was in let. 34. 6. N., long.
36. 53. W.

Yesterday the dispatches for Madras and Bengal, by the ship
Asia, Capt. Thomas Francis Balderston, was closed at the East
India house, and delivered to the Purser of that ship.

'CHARGE OF PARRICIDE.

George Gregory, tlw lad who stabbed his father
on the 2d inst. with a case knife, from the effects of which the
unfortunate man lingered in Guy's Hospital until the 13th, and
then died, has been committed for trial by the Magistrates of
Union Hall, on a charge of wilful murder, notwithstanding the
Coroner's Inquest returned a verdict that the wound was acci-
dentally inflicted. The grounds upon which this committal hits
taken place, are the facts stated in the evidence of a Mr. Marks,
who had had a conversation with the deceased, soon after he
received the wound. " I have (said the deceased to Mr. Marks)
a wound in my side anti a wound in my 1 part ; but I dreaded
the event, for it was only a week ago, that my son John took
a pot of boiling coffee off the fire to throw at me. He was,
however, providentially prevented. It was all owing to the
mother taking the part of the children, and not suffering me to
correct them, as John and George work for their living, and I
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and said to the deceased, " Don't say how it happened ; say
you fell over something, and upon a knife and cut yourself."
Mr. Gregory shook his head at this, and said to Mrs. Gregory,
" I don't think that story will do." I saw his wound dressed,
and called to see him in the evening. His wife came up
at the same time. He told us he felt somewhat better, but was
very bad, and he burst out crying. I told him mot to fret, as
one of the surgeons had assured me that if he should fret the
consequences might be very serious. He said," My cruel son
has stabbed me, and lam sure I shall die." Mr.s. Gregory
said," It is your own fault; you were always haggling and
quarrelling with the children, and never could be quiet; you
struck George."—" I declare to God," replied the deceased,
" I never haggled with the children—l never struck George."
—All this time the deceased spoke under the positive impres-
sion that he should not survive. a M y dear," said he to his w ife,
" you don't know the rights of it. You were up stairs, but I'll
tell you, before my God and myself, and Mr. Marks. My son
William wanted some bread and butter when George came to
breakfast • I told him Iliad cut him a thick round off a quartern
loaf, and I thought that quite sufficient. I was standing by
the wir•low, cleaning (witness believes) my son George's boots,
which you know I did every Surday,.as well as the boots of all
the rest of the children. George came towards the cupboard-door
with a case knife in his hand to cut some bread and butter for Wil-
liam. I said to George, " you shall not cut him any." George
said he would. I then took him by the arm and shoved him
away from the door. He then turned round from the place and
made, as I thought, a violent blow at my side. I then took a
long hair-broom, and no doubt should have knocked him down,
as I felt very angry ; but es it caught the line, and my hip and
thigh failing me, I. fell down : upon putting my hand to my
side, I found it. wet and bleeding. I said, "My God, George,
you have stabbed me ; I shall die, and you will be hung."—
( Morning Paper.)

THE AinlY.—LieutPriant-Colonel Thackweil.
of the 15th Hussars, stationed in this city, we understand will
shortly inspect the whole of the East Kent Regiment of Yeo-
manry, upon Barham Downs. The same Officer is also
appointed to inspect the Sussex Yeomanry. —( Ketaisit Gazette,
May 21.)

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An Inquisition was
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st. James's-street on the body of
Mary Rapin,
who had cut her throat., Evidenceof the diseased
state of her mind of late was adduced, and ihe
supposition was that the failure of some specula-
tions in Spanish Bonds had severely affected her
mind. Verdict .....m Insanity,"

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 22.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

German Papers, to a late date, reached our
office yesterday. Accounts from Trieste, to the
4th of May, state, that several vessels had arriv-
ed at that port from Egypt, in twenty-seven
days, and brought the accounts of the conflagra-
tion at Cairo, of which we were previously ap-
prised, and which appears to have been most se-
rious in its consequences. W heather it was con-
trived by the Pacha, to disguise his plans, and
enable Mtn to withhold the succours demanded
by the Porte, against the Greeks, or was pro-
duced by other means, is not yet known. It ap-
pears it first broke out in the Palace of Mehmet
Ali, blew up a great part of the magazines of am-
munition and provisions, and buried more than
4,000 individuals in the ruins of the buildings.
Letters from Alexandria of the 31st of March
state, that the Paella's troops, which were to com-
pose a part of the expedition to the Mores, were
prevented by the plague, which had broken out in
t.airo,from occupying their quarters near the maga-
zine, otherwise they must have fallen victims to
the explosion. This certainly appears suspicious,
and looks as if the affair had been contrived, at
all risks, but the loss of his troops, by the wily
Pacha. Cairo, it is added, was a scene of con-
fusion and dismay, and a great number of the in-
habitants had fled from the city. The Pacha
was coolly using every means to procure money,
probably to make his peace at Constantinople ;
and had sold, it is added, thirty thousand bales
of cotton to English traders. This would be a
terrible importation from a city desolated by the
plague. Subsequent letters from Alexandria to
the Bth of April, which reached Trieste in 24
days, state that a great part of the city of Cairo
was destroyed by the exposion, and that several
thousand inhabitants, with many foreign officers,
and among the rest the celebrated Ali Bey, who
held the office of Selictar, or Sword Bearer to the
Pacha, had lost their lives. The streets of
Cairo were said to be covered with ruins and
dead bodies. The loss sustained was calculated
at the monstrous amount of sixty millions of
piastres. The result of the business, however,
was what the artful Mehmet Ali probably anti-
cipated, that no expedition from Egypt for the
Morea, it was thought, would sail ; and up to
the Bth of April no troops had been embarked at
Alexandria. The object of the Pacha is not to
strip Egypt of all defence, and while his bands
are in Syria or Greece, subject himself to the
mandate of deposition, accompanied probably by
the bow-string from the Seraglio, without any
means of resistance. He cannot as yet openly
shake off all allegiance to the Sultan, or venture
to deny the aid demanded against the Christians ;
but he has no inclination for the unprofitable
crusade in the Morea ; to him it could bring
with it nothing but danger, and he has sought to
accomplish, probably by deep-laid contrivance,
what he could not venture to bring about by un-
disguised rebellion. To the Greeks the conse-
quences must be most important ; Mehmet Ali
would be a dangerous adversary, from his supe-
rior ability and resources.

[THE TuxEs.]
Wednesday's Paris papers contain hardly any
thing worth notice. The Constitationnel hints at
the extreme difficulty which Ministers are likely
to experience in carrying th,eir finance measure
through the Chamber of Peers, and at some irre-
gular expedients to which recourse may be had
for sparing them a severe disappointment. A
letter in the Journal des Debals boasts of the
tranquility prevalent throughout Spain, and of
the resources which she is about to derive from
her western colonies. There undoubtedly ap-
pears to lurk sore matter for suspicion under
the perpetual recurrence to this prophetic lan-
guage, in the partisans of legitimate Government.

The Hague Courant presents us with a copy of
the Treaty concluded between Great Britain and
the Netherlands for the exchange of territory,
and arrangement of commerce, throughout the
Indian Archipelago, to which we some time ago
alluded ; and, in truth, we may say that the
Dutch diplomatists have no reason to be ashamed
of their work. England, by conquest, had got
into complete possession of every inch of land,
and every ounce of produce, that Holland was
ever mistress of beyond the Cape of Good Hope.
By one of those numberless sacrifices of the na-
tional interest which marked the disgraceful
career of Lord Londonderry as a negociator,Java
and the Spice Islands were given back to Holland,
without even the shadow or pretence of au, equi-
valent—without one attempt at a stipulation in fa-
vour of British industry or commerce. These fine
acquisitions were, moderately speaking, worth
twice over all that England retained of her con-
quests after twenty years of war. Our good
friends, the Dutch, however, were not yet satis-
fied. Instead of expressing any gratitude to this
country, they began to grumble from the very
starting-post. It was not enough that we should
throw away Java and the spice trade—they act-
ually insisted for a long period on our surrender-
ing Sincapore, a post commanding the Straits of
Malacca, which the discernment and enterprise
of Sir Stamford Raffles had led him to occupy as
a British settlement, with the hope of compensat-
ing to his country, in some small degree, the disas-
trous abandonment of her glorious and valuable
conquests, and amongst them the absolute con-
trout over the Straits of Sunda. The diplomatic
discussions upon this subject were carried on
with considerable warmth. We ourselves did
not neglect our duty, in impressing upon the
minds of Ministers and of the public, the extra-
vagance of the Dutch pretensions, and the neces-
sity of maintaining Sincapore at all hazards. It
has, indeed, been preserved ; but at what a
price ? We have agreed to give up Blincoolen
and the whole footing we had so long enjoyed
in the extensive and important island of Su-
matra. And we have further pledged ourselves
against so much as establishing a factory on any
part of its coast, or concluding a treaty with any
title of its native Governments. \Ve have
stipu-

fated, that British ships shall pay in Dutch East
India ports, just double the dirties of Dutch
ships; and that, on th other hand, Dutch
ships shall in British ports pay a corresponding
duty ; but this nominal reciprocity vanishes when
we come to enter the ports of the Spice Islands,
where the said clause is to have no effect ; and
where the Dutch are permitted to charge our
ships whatever they please, and as long as they
please—that is, so long as it may suit them to re-
tain a monopoly of the spice trade. England, on
the contrary, makes no reserve as to the entrance
and rights of Dutch merchantmen in any of her
harbours, beyond that of charging double the du-
ties payable by British ships. We hope Mr.
Wynn will oblige the country with some plau-
sible defence of this new compact ; for, although
being " bamboozled" is bad enough, being laugh-
ed at is still more vexatious.—(lbid.)

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
Letters have been received at Lloyd's, from
Malta, dated on the 29th April, and from Genoa,
dated on the Bth May. Their information is
important, for it spews that an Algerine squadron
has actually arrived at Alexandria, notwithstand.
ing the assurances transmitted by Sir H. B. Neale
that all the Algerine navy had arrived, and
were dismantled at Algiers. On the 27th March,
four frigates and two brigs, under the Tunisian
flag, arrived at Alexandria, and on the fol-
lowing day two other frigates and a schooner
entered that port. Finding no British men
of war there, one of the frigates hoisted the
Algerine flag, and took a list of the British
merchant ships, which had created considerable
uneasiness to their crews. Not less than fifteen
English vessels were at Alexandria, loaded for
England, and much anxiety was expressed for
the arrival of some British men of war to pro-
tect them from the Barbarians. These letters
also confirm the destruction of the military ma-
gazines at Cairo, and farther mention that a
mutiny had broken out amongst the Egyptian
troops in consequence of their having been or-
dered to embark for the Morea. The Paella
is, however, an enlightened statesman, and
it is .impossible to doubt that firing the arse-
nal, and the disturbances amongst the troops,
were adopted by him to excuse his reluc-
tance to invade Greece, a service attended by
much danger, and no recompence. If these
ships actually be Algerines, the next news,
most probably, will announce their arrival at
Malta, for the British Consul at Alexan-
dria had transmitted the necessary information
to the British Admiral commanding in the Me-
diterranean Sea. A letter was this morning re-
ceived from Maranham, dated on the 20th March,
at which time that district of the Brazilian Em-
pire continued to enjoy the most profound tran-
quillity. His Majesty's ship, the Blossom, was
expected to sail from Rio on the 20th March,
and hopes are entertained that by this convey.
ance the ceremony of swearing to the new Con-
stitution on the part of the Emperor Pedro
will be received. It would be well, how-
ever, if the Brazilians could get some security
that his Imperial Majesty will not after-
wards change his mind, and, like other Le-
gitimates, alter his engagements to the people.
The Blossom has on board upwards of half a mil-
lion sterling of specie, remitted from South Ame-
rica, in exchange for British labour. So long as
the markets of America remain open to the con-
sumption of the surplus labour of British subjects,
the money lent to their Governments by indi.
viduals is not thrown away, for it will be drawn
back in a few years three-fold by the manufac-
turers of Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, &c.
&c.; and when it is taken into consideration, that
the continued freedom of the different American
States is a perfect guarantee for the future pay-
ment, both of the principal and of the interest of
these loans, the industrious classes of British so-
ciety are fully warranted in displaying much
anxiety for the immediate recognition of their
independence on the part of the British Govern-
ment.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The decision and opinion delivered by the
Court of King's Bench, in the case of the Ken-
sington Road Trust, is likely to have a beneficial
effect in breaking up the system of jobbing which
prevails s• much in similar concerns. It would
be a good general enactment, if no public mo.
ney were ever allowed to remain in private hands.
Besides the temptation it affords to misapplica-
tion, it generally retards payment, and therefore
increases charges. The best man is warped by
interest; and if it be of importance to him to
keep money i❑ his hands, there is a proportionate
reluctance to disbursing it. Such an enactment
would be mercy towards individuals ; it would
save them from themselves. How many men are
there ruined by Receiver-general and Treasurer-
ships ; while those who, from the most laudable
motives, become sureties for their friends in such
offices, too often become involved in their ruin,
or,, at all events, hare their own property tied
up for years—no person's estate being saleable
while he continues in any way an accountant to
the Crown ? In the Government Offices, treasurer
means nothing more than accountant ; and so it
should be in turnpike trusts, and every similar
concern. The Bank of England, and known bank-
ers, are the proper treasurers ; and the nominal
treasurer should only be the hand by which the
drafts are signed and the payment and receipts
regulated. If this were the case generally' a
much better arse would be made of money ; debts
and long-standing accounts would be abolished,
and nothing like failure or defalcation would oc-
cur. Let every man be fairly remunerated for
his trouble, but do not let our understanding be

insulted with the assertion, that a treasurership,
without a salary, is therefore not a place of profit.

[MORNING POST.]
The Committee at Lloyd's hare taken active
means of opposition to the Bill of Mr. Fowell
Buxton, now before the House of Commons, for
abolishing the exclusive privileges of the Royal
Exchange and London Assurance Companies, as
to the right of underwriting the Marine. The
object of such a measure is clearly that of esta-
blishing new Companies who shall compete with

the old ones in the rates of Insurance. The Gen-
tlemen at Lloyd's see in this the germ of future
destruction to the Underwriters and Brokers of
that establishment ; and in support of their case
they have reverted to the Parliamentary pro-
ceedings of 1810 and 1811, when the question
was before the House of Commons, much in its
present shape. A speech delivered upon that
occasion by the late Mr. Marryatt, the comments
of that Gentleman upon a report of a Parliament.
ary Committee which was favourable to the repeal,
and the subsequent proceedings of the House up-
on a Bill which it rejected, have just been pub-
lished in the form of a very substantial Pam-
phlet. Mr. Marryatt's speech appears to us to
be argumentative upon many points, and alto-
gether a good one to the question. Mr. Perceval,
Sir Vickery Gibbs, and other great men of the
day, opposed the innovation, and it was conse-
quently rejected. For our own part, we have
only to say, that our support or hostility to the
present measure will entirely depend upon the
degree of public advantage or public injury which
it shall appear calculated to create. We shall
not treat it as a question between monopolists
and speculators, and therefore it will not be
enough to say either that the Old Companies
have Charters, or that the new ones are seeking
profit. If it be proved that our merchants suffer in-
convenience, insecurity, or impositions from the ex-
isting system of insurance,then we say,let the doors•
of competition be opened. As far as we at present
know upon the subject, we firmly believe no al-
legation of this nature can in the remotest de-
gree be substantiated ; and it will not, we think,
be disputed, that existing rights, if fairly ac-
quired, ought to he held sacred, so long as their
maintenance shall not be detrimental to the pub-
lic interest.

[NEW TIM Es.)
The Paris Papers to Wednesday evening con-
tain no further intelligence from Portugal. The
accounts from Greece represent the approaching
campaign as likely to be decisive. They are
filled with the usual anticipations of success, but
communicate no authentic or important informa-
tion. IN an article, dated Zante, April 6, it is
stated that a letter had been received there from
London, announcing the success of the Greek
Loan, and that 100,0001. sterling would be im-
mediately remitted.

The feeling of alarm respecting the situation
of the Portuguese Government, created by the
late intelligence from Lisbon, appeared yester-
day to have subsided materially, and there con-
tinued to be a strong belief that affairs had sub-
sequently taken a more favourable turn. Con-
sols which opened at 95k, closed at 96f for the
present, and 967 i for the July account. South
American Securities also recovered from the de-
pression of the preceding day. Colombian
Bonds advanced from 844 to 85i. Scrip of the
Mexican Loan, from 54 to 68 prem. Portuguese
Bonds from 922 to 93.—(Ibid.)