The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-28 00:00:00

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DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived and sailed for
the River the Wellington, Pestrsley, from St. 'Vincent's in 40
daYs; Ealing Grove, .Fation,--14aminiot.;./farsnony, itreedle,
Demerara; and Hive, tilatcr, fian'Jamaica ;
Hn, New York; and Hebe,•'Weetnan; Canaries. Came down
from the River and sailed -tita.,Sir.George Prevost, Morrison,
for Quebec ; George and Marxa,Trail, for Genoa; and Bruns-
wick, Blake, for Quebec.—The A derna did not come down last
night, as wag reported to us-by mistake ~—,Passed at the back
of the. Goodwin Sands the Wills= and Helen, Rowland, from.
Bremen for Gibraltar. - • -

PORTS3IOI+TH, MAT W..-4alled the Orieit,
Whlte, for Bengal; Albion, Beg, for New South M'aleitt
and Greenock, Richmond, for the Cape and Van Dieman's
Land.

FAr.storTru, MAY 26.—Wifld W.N.W.--Sailed the Dnlce
of Kent packet. (1), for .Lisbon ; George Home, for Batavia;
Otter and Cynthia, for Newfoundland ; Ann, for Oporto ;
Woodstock-, for Jamaica; Britannia, for Lisbon ; Hope, for
Sierra Leone; and Prince 'William, for Richebucto.
PLY stoueru, MAY 211.—Wind Vir,N.W,—No arrivals or
railings.
BonnrAmr, MAY 21.—The Nereitie Smith Seaman which
sailed from hence, has been lost in a storm--crew saved.'

His Majesty's ship Aurora has arrived at Callao, and was to
sail from thence the kith February, with treasure, for England.

PMACY.

IFront the Juntaira paperl.l
KINGSTON, APRIL 8.---We have been favi*red
with the following official partieulars'of the capture, as noticed
in our last, of the piratical schooner,Zaragozana, by the boats
from his Majesty's ships Tyne anti Thracian :—,-
Majesty's ship Tpie and, Thracian, after an anxious
pursuit of many days, sometimes gaining intelligence of the
piratical schooner, at others loosing all clue is " her, .at length
gained sight of
,her, off liaracoa, early in the forenoon of the
31st of last month. •

" Both ships, disguised as mueb as possible, to bear the
appearance of merchantmen, stoott.in to .close.with jwer, then
under easy tail, standing in for' the land. 1...0r three hours
sclidener remained under the deception wlikh had been
practised towards her; when she crowded' all sail and Made
for the' harbour of Meta, where she anchored. with her broad-
side commanding the mu-row entrance of „little...mare than
cable's 'length in breadth, and displayed. Spanish ctdeurs.
The boats of the ships were instantly hoisted ottt, manned.
and ,_armed, and under the Command of Captain Walcott, pro-
ceeded to ascertain whatherield character was, whan,.at 3,p.m.
the boots being within.gun.shot, she' opened her' fire under the
Spanish flag, which; after the firat shot, .was supplanted by the
black Jlag. She had previously landed a body of,u en. to fire
from a thicket on 'one side of the harbour's entrance, which
increased the -adirantagt:s of her already admirable position for
defence and placed our officers and men under an incessant and
most galling lire of every description, for upwards • of, three
quarters of an MUT, which Was sustained with the firmest in-
trepidity. At length the opportunity for boarding arrived,
.and with three cheers, our gallant fellows rushed in under a
heavy Shower of grape and musketry. The panic on board was
instantaneous, and with trifling exceptions, the entire of her
crew threw themselves into the sea.

" She proved to be the Zaragozana, of about 120 tons, an
uncommonly fine vessel, in length 79 by 18, carrying one long
18-pounder on a swivel, 4 long 9-pounders, 8 swivels, well arm.
ed, and every way prepared against boarding. Her deal were
covered with bottles filled with combustible materials. She had
a crew of from 70 to 90 men, chiefly l':uropenn Spaniards, com-
mand Odly 3ayatano A yogonez, who, with his crew, fought the
vessel, with a skill, and, until the moment of panic, with a
desperate courage, Worthy of a better cause.
" This vessel was fitted out, armed at the Havanna') as she
was ill ..lanttary last, with 50 men on board, for a port towards
the East end of the island, and partly laden with nierchandize,
underihe.designation of a merchant vessel, armed fur self-
, defence. •

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4"rhe pirates- bad 10 killed-, 15 wounded, 10 taken by the
Spaniards, and 28 brought to Port Royal for trial ; total, e 9;
" Many tif the remainder are supposed to have been drowned.
" Our loss.—Tyne, 2 wounded ; Thracian, 2 wounded, and
2 killed."

APItIL 14.-,His Majesty's cutter, Grecian, Lieut. Cawley,
Came to anchor at Port.ROyal late on Friday afternoon from the
wain of Cuba, where she fell in with and destroyed, after a
desperate conflict, four piratical vessels.—The following are the
patticulars•we have obtained of this gallant engagement :
On the '3oth of-March, at 9, 30,.a. m., observed st.teltooner
close in shore, at the entrance of the river St. John's, Ray of
'Phillipina, island of Cuba, at which we made all sail in chase
and at 1 p. m., being about two miles from her, she hoisted area
flag forward, and a white flag, having the bust rife death's head,
tr-ronutsitYtiec4nnrvonrneptlildsa,
‘twezithot.niirearr.o7.4bt;anfreostwat4utte
lunnutinfo and
dial six. short 9-pounders, ell brought_ over on one side, with a
vast numberof musketry. At 1,5, p.m. the Greciancommenced
action,. with: round and grape shot ; at 1, 43, the Greacian
took the ground in two fathoma water, About half musket
shot from the pirate, at which moment the latter blew up with a
tremendous explosion. The Grecian's boat At this time beim;
manned, for thepurpose of boarding, instantly put off the pirates
taking to their boats for the shore, distant halt a cable's length,
anti had but a few moments to form, when our boats reached, the
spot; a desperate conflict here took place for of short-time, when
the pirates flew in all directions, having about 33 Wad and
wounded ; live prisoners were taken, two of whom have since
died of their wounds. From the information of the prisoners
on board, it appears that the schooner's name was l.aa Gata, of
90 tons, commanded by a person named Joseph Sabina, a noto-
-rious.pirate, with a complement of 90 men; she also had a
felucca, with four carriage guns and twenty-seven stand alarms,
and two other boats, with a mounted swivel in each, and 24
stand of musketry, all of which were in action -against us.
The schooner had on board a valuable cargo of plan -der. all of
which was by the explosion, destroyed, with the exception
of five bales of indigo. This vessel had been for some time
engaged in this work of death and plunder, her. crew having
shared, for the last cruise, 3,000 dollars a man. She was af-
forded every assistance from the shOre jam there were about
30 horses foundleady equipped to fAvour their .escape.) The
loss of the Grecian is comparatively small, having only two
men wounded ; but she was much damaged in 'her sails and
rigging, and had several shot in her mast and bowsprit.

The orchards and plantations h this neigh-
bourhood, were never known.to present greater
prospects of a prolific fruit season than they dont
present. There is scarcely any specks of fruit
but what exhibits appearances of ari abundant
crop; tilberds, cherries, apples, pears, and
plums in particular, the blossom of these
being set unusually thick and strong. As
these fruits are among the principal pro-
ductions of the soil about here, and a plentiful
crop adding much to thewealth and prosperity
of all classes, we rejoice at the blessed prospects
held out, and. fervently hope they will be rea.
lized. 'the different sorts of corn also look re-
markably hcalthy and luxuriant, and appear likely
to yield an abundant harvest.—( 3101 stone Jour-
nal, Mali 27, 181-23.)

leswten, MA Y 9.33.—A few days since, aq
some carpenters were employed in putting down
a new fence in the church-yard at Earlsoham, in
this county, they discovered a feWe silver cows
about two-feet below the surface of the grond':
they are now in the possession of the Rev. ':3, 11
Groome, and upon examination proved to be
coins of the earliest date of lIENICY the 'nit ti.
and consequently have been coined about
hundred years, and are yet in a state of very
I good preservation.

CORN EXCHANGE, MAX 28.
The rash arrivals of Ova to this day's market are only
moderate, but there are' considerable quantities remaining on
hand front Mont 'Wheat sells heavily at the prig ht. las:
market day. In Barley there is but little doing. Beans are
very heavy in 'sale.. tind buyers very. tamely, at hardly
such good prices as Monday. •

!TOP INTEL Lit)ENtx.
SOUTTIWARK, MAY 9.0,-111+1'0 Is grnrral want of spirit
in the 'lop trade, though the accounts from the toianta..
lion* Itry very urtfavottrable. The Duty has beta titrtte or
.E 120,0000, in two or three instsitees.
atristons:, MAY 28.—The Plantationtt in this neigh•
bourhana.,evnertily speaking, appear very ...Weakly owing to
their liflng so much eaten witli the best; the cola nigisoi.heoe
also injured therib The fly has unite irs,apliettranee in a few
iTroltodit, 'tut not at present in any great ritirriber. Aeoottati
tread Fittrthant and Worcester are alike untayourahle,the flea
to those pLtcei being, as here, very tlestruetives

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 28,

[New Times.]
At length it will be admitted by all candid
,persons that the views uniformly given in the
New Timex of Spanish affairs have been as cor-
rect as they certainly were consistent. In an-
other part of our Paper will be found two docu-
ments of great interest ; the first is a Letter, of
the 11th of May, from the Count de Montijo to
the Count d'Abisbal, calling upon 'him to de-
clare himself independent until the King shall be
released, and asserting that " to put in practice
the Constitution of 1812 is physically and
morally impossible ;" the other is the answer of
Count d'A bisbal, dated the 15th, declaring " that
the majority of the nation does not desire to
continue the Constitution of 1812," and suggest-
in„ the adoption of the following 1. T measures, viz.
o notify to the Duke D'Angouleme that the Spanish na-
tion, in concurrence with the King, would alter their Consti-
tution.

2. To bring back the King to Madrid.
3. To convoke a new Cortes.
4. That the King should nominate a new Ministry.
4. That u general Amnesty should be published.
—By the French Papers of Sunday, which we
received last night, it appears that the Count
d'Abisbal caused the substance of his letter of
the 15th to be placarded throughout Madrid,
and that he added on the 17th a Proclamation,
exhorting the inhabitants to receive the French
army as friends. The Quotidienne adds, that.
the Southern province of La Mancha is in full
insurrection against the Constitution ; that Fer-
flinand is expected shortly at Madrid, and that
A bishal is believed to have acted in concert with
the Generals Morino and Ballasteros.

[MORNING Port.]
The letter of count Abishal is dear and pa-
triotic, and displays the sincerity of a soldier
with the capacity of a Statesman. Ile declares
that, as Commander of the Army, he will obey
the King's Government, however he may dis•
approve the conduct of the Ministers, and will
• not set, the example of a pernicious disobedience.
But as a Spanish citizen he claims the right of
expressing his individual opinion respecting the
• sittmtion of the country,. and the means of res-
cuing her front ruin.
This opinion is, that the majority of the nation is not solicit-
ous to continue the Constitution of 11112, but that " the de-
cided majority of intelligent persons distributed among the dif-
ferent parties which unfortunately divide the nation, abhors
both despotism and fanaticism, and only wishes for a liberal
Constitution, which may conciliate, as much as possible, all
awes of the State ; unite the will of the Spaniards, by insuring
the dignity and inviolability of the Constitutional Throne; and
do away the pretext that may be pleaded by foreigners for in-
termeddling in our domestic concerns, to the manifest infrac-
tion of the Law of Nations ; so as to compel them to desist
from their enterprize, on perceiving that Spanish wisdom
knows how to curb the fury of parties, and force them to retire ;
because the Spaniards themselves, in concert with their Mo-
narch, discuss like brethren the questions which divided their
opinions."

in order to attain this desirable object he sug-
gests that it should lie notified to the invading
army that the nation, in concurrence with the
King, proposed to make such alterations in its
present Constitution as experience had shewn to
be necessary, and that consequently it ought to
retire from the Spanish territory, and confine it-
self to an amicable diplo►nasic intercourse. lie
recommends that the King and the Government
should return to Madrid, that new Cortes should
be convened, with the powers specified by the
Constitution, that the King should choose a
Ministry wedded to no party, and that a
general amnesty should be decreed. He then
expresses his readiness to subscribe any repre-
sentation 44 which may bring about so sacred an
object."—Proposals, the first condition of which
is the exclusion of all foreign interference, do
not compromise the character or the dignity of the
nation ; at the same time their nature is calculated
to create confidence in all those whose professions
of zeal and regard for the happiness and indepen-
dence of Spain are sincere. Should they be adopted,
therefore, by the Spanish Government, they will
put to close unerring test the real views enter-
tained by the invaders and their allies. Should
they be rejected by France►, all parties in Spain,
Royalists as well as Constitutionalists, must see
that the subjugation, and not the► tranquillization
of their country is meant, and the war will then
be renewed, not as it has hitherto been waged,
with divided forces, hut by a people of brothers
rendered unconquerable by their union.

[MORNING CIIILONICLE.]
We understand the definitive formation of the
new Spanish Ministry has taken place,—a sub-
ject on which there has been some hesitation,
and, we might add, many intrigues. The names
are as follow :—M. Perez de Castro, Minister of
State; M. Zarco del Valle, of War ; M. Cala-
nava, of the Interior; M. Yandiola, of Finance ;
M. Capaz, of the Navy ; and M. Vadat°, of
Ultra-marine Affairs. The two latter have
been •in their place for some time.. The
Minister of Grace and Justice had not been
named. We have before us a letter from M.
Calatrava, dated Caceres, the sth instant,, ad-
dressed to the King, in which he says that
if his Majesty is determined not to carry his
resolution and appointment, although the task is

[7IIE TIMES.]
The Journal des Dads gives the stations and
courses of the several squadrons and vessels
cruising against Spain ; and the Moniteur, in a
triumphant tone, speaking of these exertions on
the part of the. French Government, says--" Let
" us hope that France has reached the moment
" of reaping the fruits of this disinterestedness
tt and of these efforts. It will have given to the
44 world the greatest and most noble example,
" and it will enjoy the pure and durable glory
44 which ought to be the well-deserved price of
" its generous intervention:" Thus should it
appear that the arrival of the French at Madrid,
which but yesterday was predicted as only the
commencement of their difficulties, is now as-
sumed as the consummation of their success. We
cannot join in these rapid conclusions. The
Cortes at Seville direct their attention chiefly to
the linances, for which we must refer our readers
to the proceedings themselves.

superior to his talents, he is determined to sacri-
fice himself for his country, in order that it may
not be thought that his wish to withdraw from
so arduous an undertaking arises out of any
personal interest or doubt as to the result of the
crisis in which the country is placed. We make
no doubt Spain will yet exhibit to Europe many
leading men'as firm and patriotic as Mr. Cala-
trava, who will manfully defend and save
their national honour. Mina is doing wonders,
from the avowals of the French themselves;
yet the real truth is hidden from us. We do,
however, understand that he has determined to
make no prisoners ; for he says the invasion of
the French, without any previous declaration of
war, or pretext, is unprincipled, and contrary to
the laws and rights of nations, and they are
therefore not entitled to quarter. This is very
alarming even in the Pavillon Marsan ; and on
this subject a most profound silence is observed.