The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-17 00:00:00

THE REV, C. C. COLTON.

COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS.:
Yesterday being the third and last Meeting of the Commis-
sioners under this gentlernan's bankruptcy, considerable num.
hers of persons were attracted to the Court of Commissioners,
Basinghttll.street; amongst whom were many of the personal
friends and acquaintances of the Reverend Bankrupt.
The Commissioners were .101114 fIeAUCLEILK, JErytura
fiNtalsciEn, and Jolts DYNELY, Esquires. Amongst the
Gentlemen present the mysterious disappearance of the bank..
rupt was the subject of animated discussion ; and the laSt
tune be was seen by any of them was in St. Ann's-court,
Prince's-street, Soho.square.—The first debt proved was
due to alr. Charman, jeweller, Piccadilly, to the amount
of 263/. as. 10d. for diamond and ruby finger-rings.—
Mr. Charman replied to a question from Co the n-%
ntissionerts that he supposed the jewellery was for the
Reverend Gentleman's own use. The' debt was admitted.—
The next debt proved was due to Sir John Lubbock, Bart.
banker; the bankrupt having overdrawn his account to the
amount of 431. A debt of 2021. was proved in favour of
Messrs. lloares, bankers of Fleet-street. Mr. S with, an nil.
man, in Blackman-street, in the Borough, proved a debt of
16/. 10s. upon a bill paid by the bankrupt to a • .Mr. Darnsford,
for clearing out wine from the Docks.
Mr. Wheeler, a wine merchant in Crutched.friars, claimed to
prove a debt due to him by the estate of 4401. Ile produced two
of the bankrupt's bills for the amount, and the considerations
given for the bills were various quantities of 'CM This gen.
Clem o's debt was rejected by the Commissioners at the Second
Netting, on the ground that the wine was sold by him to the
Rev. bankrupt, knowing him to he a trader. Mr. Wheeler
now stated, that the wine was sold by his clerk to the bank.
rupt, who told him, " that the bankrupt was a man of the
first respectability, and was a capital judge of
He did not know that the wine was not , for the bankrupt's
own use. The debt, under these circumstances, was then ad-
mitted to be
.proved.--Mr. 'Hawley, jeweller, of the Strand,
and Mr. °moot, of Mark-lane, were chosen Assignees to the
estate.
The Bankrupt will be declared an outlaw if he does not ap.
pear by 12 o'clock this night.

BOW-STREET—gintS PAT.)
ARSOONOTWO FROM 8A11..-11,ilaain Shipp was this day
brought up in custody by one of his bail, he having absconded
and tailed to appear at the last Middlesex Sessions, to answer
to a charge, of assault. The person who bailed him stated that
he met the prisoner about 0 o'clock in the morning, anti took
hint into custody ; but he made his escape for a time, but was
subsequently secured and lodged in St. litartin's watch-house.
The bail now wished to know how be was to bet with him, its
he was unable to lodge him by himself; anti having become
bound for 401., he bad no other resource than to secure him,
and thUs save his recognizances. The worthy Magistrates
directed him to apply nt the Sessions-house, where he would
obtain the necessary mformatione—The prisoner was ,ordcred to
be detained.

DIPLOMATIC: 'MISTAKE AND ItEi i•Nnc.---•Count
SrActtcr,nran was sent as Ambasbador from Cs.
TiII:RINE 11. of Russia into Poland, and Baron
TuuouT came in a like capacity ham the Km-
peror of GERSIANY. These Ambassadors being
strangers to one another, when To UUUT l'f'paired
to the audience of the Polish King, he was
USlnblud into a saloon, where, seeing one nrait
magnificently clad, seated, whilst several Polish
Noblemen stood respectfully around him, he c"oii-
eluded it was the King, and addressed him as
such,. 4.4 -TACKELBERG, for he was this dignitiia
character, received this unexpected homnp with
pride, and in silence. The King e;ot ring n
soo
after, TnuouT perceived his mistake, and retired
much mortified. In the evening, both the Am-
bassadors playing at cards u;th the King;
Tiluutpr threw down a card, sayir, " The King
of Clubs." " A mistake," said the Ting, 4( it is
the Knave." " Pardon me, Sire," ext :,;:tned the
German, throwing a Significant gianCO at STAVII.•
ELBERG, " this is the second tiwe to-day have
mistaken a Knave for a King." ST A( a e LhtlitU
though prompt at repartee, bit his lips, and was

CORN-EXCHANGE, Dtr. 17.
The arrivals of this week ere—Wheat. 3100: frarley. 33004
Oats, 49110 ; Irish Oats, 2160 quarters ; I lour. 3700 suits.; the
few samples of pod Ailheat that appeared to.day korai sale
readily at Monday's prices; Barley also well supports the ad-
vance of that day ; in Bears and Peas there is no further alto-
ration ; Oats find axle with tolerable freedom at the quotations
of last market-day. The Flour trade is lively; Clover Seed is
tis. per cwt. higher.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Eltraets from the Morning Papers, Dee, 17.

[THE TIMES.]
The Paris Papers of Sunday lait contain no
political intelligence of importance. The trial
of the widow Loamle and her son, for the mur-
der. of
,Illadame Jerome, terminated on Saturday
night. Lecoup, the son, was declared guilty
on all the,questions submitted to the Court the
mother was acquitted on the question of implicit,
tion in the assabsiation, but convicted of having
concealed the articles stolen, with knowledge of
the holnecide being wilful. Both the prisoner:,
were condemned to suffer death. A long ordi-
tiaiee for regulating the fetes and rejoicings
which were to take place on Monday last, in ce-
tebration of the return of the Duke of Angou-
leme, is given in the Journal des DOW:.

The Spaniards are still harping upon their pos-
sessions in the " trans-Atlantic Continent. In an
article in the Madrid Gazette of a late date, they
assert, what we should not have expected, the
sovereignty de facto of the ancient possessions.
One of their arguments is of a singular kind : it
says, that the money with which the merchants
of Upper Peru pay for the cloths of Britain is
ornamented with the effigy of Ferdinand VII.
If the writer had ever been in France, he might
by a similar argument have proved that country
to be still in the possession of Buonaparte ; as,
not only is the chief coin ornamented with his
effigy, but it is even called by his name, Napo-
leon. A. variety of little districts, with pompous
titles, are summed up as still appertaining to the
mother country. This is like augmenting the
honours of the King of England, by styling him
Prince of Petty France, and Autocrat of Ped-
ler's Acre.—(ibid.)

[I4OItNINti cuttorticti.]
No adVices had been received during yester-
day, by private express, from Paris, but as the
date would haVe been on Sunday, no disappoint
'meat bad been experienced on the Stock Ex-
change,. amongst the speculators. The Post-
'Office Mail, however, arrived from France, in
due course, by which letters have been received
from Constantinople to the 11th ult. At that
period the capital of the Ottomans enjoyed tran-
quillity, and it was generally supposed that
amicable relations had, ut length, been re.
;wed betwixt :the two Legitimate Rulers
of the Russian and Turkish Empires. It
was also rumoured that the Captain Paella's
fleet had been attacked in the neigh boerhood of
Salonichi by a detachment of the Grecian fleet,
which attack had not only been repulsed, but,
it was also added that twenty-eight of the Chris-
tian ships had fallen into the hands of the Barba-
rians,-though not until the crews had escaped in
their boats. Letters, however, from Constanti-
nople, of the nth Nov. make no mention of this
reverse, but on the contrary state, that the
Turlthit fleet was in a Wiest,deplorabla coadition,
havhig severely buffered by famine, and all the
consequences which naturally result from habitual
filth and irregularity. The independence of Greece
is hourly gaining strength, and the interference
alone of Russia can prevent its final triumph.

[BRITISH' PRESS.]
Sunday's French Papers and Ike Mode of
Monday reached our office yesterday. They
contain almost nothing of any public interest.
It Is stated, under the head of Constantinople,
November the Pith, that all the differences be-
tween the Ottoman Porte and the Christian
Powers were finally adjusted, and that the Sul-
ten, by a firman dated ILI. 3d, ;had ordained the
re-establishment of all the relations with Russia
on their ancient footing. The latter Power has de-
ferred it.r designs on the Turkish empire only,for a
while; its eye will still rest, without sleeping, on
them,and its hordes yet rush upon these provinces,
like famished wolves ravenous for spoil. The medi-
tated plan was probably concerted with Alexander
at Czernowitz, but dissembled until the lit day
for execution arrives. In the interval, the de-
spats have been extending their impotentmenaces
to the Brazils ; and the Eioile of Saturday says,
that the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors had
received instructions from their respective Go.
vernmeuts relative to despatches from Lisbon,
transmitted by Baron Binder, the Austrian Mi-
nister, to the Court of Portugal. These relate, of
course, to the fruitless mission of the Portuguese
Conenissioners. Those instructions, the Etoile
adds, are said to have been communicated to
our Cabinet, to ascertain its views, if the pre-
sent En,peror of the Brazils stiould persist in
retaining his title, which would force the Great
Powers to adopt measures for reducing it under
the dominion of Portugal, in conformity to a re-
solution ;which is said to have been taken at
Czernowitz, by the Emperors of Austria and
Russia, eot to recognize the independence of the
Brazilit‘tis. What measures can these Powers
adopt againtit the distant Empire of Brazil ?—,
Where theit navy—where their resources for
such an eqeditiun ? if this country disapprove
the crusade, and menace opposition, dare they
stir a* single step, or send a French or a Russian
ship o 4PA. ? It is fortunate for the liberty of
the civilited world that the resources of the
con federated Despots are so unequal to their
vieus. Were it otherwise, they would endea.
tour to ,hold universal man in chains, and tread
out the last spark of liberty throughout the world,

LMORNINt, HERALD.]
I arrivals in the course of yesterday from
P4rit, and Madrid throw no decisive light on the
policy or projects of the new Spanish Ministry,
at least as to their plans of domestic administra-
tion. Their foreign policy seems to be some-
what more visibly formed, Many circumstances
tend to induce a belief that, they are fully re-
solved to attempt the subjugation of. South Ame-
rica. Thu Male quotes from the official journal
of Madrid an article which treats very superci-
Howdy the lucubrations of some of our London
oontemporaties on the subject ; and then goes on
to assert, that the mother country has still
a strong hold, not only in the affections of the

people, but in the very territory of South
America,. especially in Peru. We incline to
doubt the fact, as most persons we think, would,
after looking over the map of that vast section of
the globe, and comparing the somewhat obscure
and inconsiderable places still possessed by the
Spaniards, with the,states and territories that are
beyond all question independent. We also ob-
Serve, by an extract from a Coracpa Paper, re-
ceived through the American Journals, that 13o-
liver was vigorously disputing the footing pos-
sessed by the Spanish troops in Peru, and that
he hoped soon to attain his purpose, and---a new
Cincinnatus—ba enabled to turn his sword into
a plough.shnre, or cultivate cabbages, like the
Emperor Diocletian. As to the resources of
the mother country in the affections of the
people, it is a point not so easily determined.
One thing is certain—that if Spain possesses
Ole affections of South America, it is not by de-
serving them. But this, it must be udmitted,
proves nothing. There is nothing meritorious in
the Inquisition—or in Don Victor Saez—and yet
the state of abeyance of the one, and the retire.
went from office of the other, find persons who
express affection and regret, both at Madrid and
Paris. Another reason, in addition to this semi-
' official notice of the Madrid Gazette, for suspect-
ing that the Ministry of M. Casa.frujo means to
attempt the subjugation of America, is that such
II is notoriously the wish of the Emperor of Russia,
whose influence turned out Suez, and appointed
his successor. Perhaps his Imperial Majesty has
on hand another half dozen rotten ships, which
he wishes once more to dispose of to his Ally fmr
the conveyance of his troops across the ocean.

rfs;w Tneits.j
The Madrid Gazette of the 4th instant gives a
long and laboured answer to the assertion so fre-
quently made in England, that the South Ame-
rican Colonies are de facto independent ; and it
enumerates several extensive districts, particularly
in Peru, where it asserts all the inhabitants to be
decidedly attached to the Spanish Government.
It is extremely difficult for persons either in
Spain or in England to ascertain how far these
statements are
_founded in truth ; but taking it
for granted that even a large part of South
America acknowledges the Sovereignty of King
Ferdinand much larger part certainly renounces
his authority';
,the countries are torn to pieces
by factions and civil wars, and to bring them
under any sea of subjection to the Mother
Country would. demand exertions infinitely be-
yond any that Spain can make. The scrupulotis
good faith which our Government has shein
throughput the whole dispute between the Mother
Country and her Colonies, ought to be most highly
appreciated by the Spanish Government, when it
reflects how very different a conduct Spain pur-
sued in 1779, when she interfered . between us
and our Colonies, and joined the. coalition which
compelled us
,by force of arms to recognise
the independence of the latter. It would, there-
fore, he wise in the new Spanish Cabinet to avail
itself of the good dispositions of England as a
mediator to .negocinte a peace with the different
portions of South America ; and Without disput-
ing whether they are independent de jure or do
facto, to, endeavour to convert the independence,
which sooner or later must happen, to the advan-
tage of both parties. Principles of Government
analogous to those of Europe may by pacifh.: rtr
rangements be established in South America, and
even particular bonds may unite the Spanish and
South Atherican Sovereignties ; but the vain
'attempt to re-establish the ancient ascendancy
will only prolong a state of anarchy, which must
be pernicions to the cause of good govertmsent
all over the world. What we say of Spain we
say of Portugal'. Two attempts have been made
to persuade the Brazilians, whose country has
been so long called an Independent State, to sink
back into the rank of a Colony : the only effect
which. is a prosecution of that idle project can
produce is to drive Northern Brazil into repu-
blicanism.

[MOONING POST.
I
The Meeting in the Hall of Aricaln's Inn on
Monday evening, for the purpose of voting an
appropriate tribute to the memory of Lord
Erskine, seiiiis to have occasioned very general
digappointment. The signatures of so runny
eminent Barristers to the requisition, created, we
fear, an undue eXpectation of abundant oratory,
as well as of abundant contributions in celebra-
tion of the acknowledged talents and virtues of
the distinguished individual whose recent, death
is so sincerely lamented by his Lordship's
kindred and friends. How the failure happened
to be so signal) notwithstanding the zeal with
which the subject was previOusly forced upon
public notice, can only be accounted for, we think)
on two grounds : In the first place, the,
prosperity of the country is so-universal, and the
satisfaction of all classes of the people with his
Majesty's Government so perfect, that although
the, name of LordErkine is associated with almost
i
every poPular topic of declamation, t was at pre-
sent considered an unprofitable waste of time stud
speech to descant on themes which could find but
a partial or feeble echo in public sentimeht. In the
second place, his' Lordship, if we may so express
ourselves, had outlived himself, although he was
still contemporary with his own fame. It is now
nearly 17 yiars since Lord Erskine may be said
to have retired from professional, and with it,l
from political life, 'and during that long period,'
when so. Many of the present generation have
reached and enjoyed the Manhood of reason, and
so many, of those who flourished in the hr:ght cit.
ree'r of his Lordship's day have sunk before him
into eternity, we believe there are very few
public acts indeed of this Nobleman upon record,
which posterity would with to see inscribed on
his tomb, or upon which a prudent but rapper:
would endeavour to sustain his reputation, ai
a Lawyer or a 'Statesman. We therefore deem
the present, to be an unfortunate conjuncture
for expressing the real opinion of the country
on Lord Eskine's great and unquestionable
Merits. Those who remember hi, splendid -tri-
umps at the bar are small in number, and have,
lost most of the ardour with u hich either his
fiery eloquence or their own passions theln in-H
spired them; and those who only recollect his

later and declining years find' it difficult to esti.
mate the glory of 'his former life, while its efful-
gence is obscured by events still present to their
imaginations. These reflections lead us to the
conclusion that Lord Erskine's fame or talents
should not be appreciated by the result of the
Meeting in Lincoln's Inn Hall on Monday even-
ing. We should rather say, that it was at least
unkind towards his Lordship's memory to convene
such an assembly, if it were not intended to
take the trouble of stating the grounds upon
which the profession were required to express an
opinion of his character, and having convened it,
to render the occasion a subject of jocularity
by the insipidity and heartlessness of the pro-
ceedings.