The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-13 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MAY 12.—Wind Arrived and sailed for
the River the Lord Hungerford, Farquson, from Bengal;
Britian, Holder, Dominica ; Harriet, Taylor, Lisbon ; Re.
newal, Cromarde, Barbadoes ; Ann, Harrison, Philadelphia;
also, and remain, the Bengal Merchant, Brown, from Bengal.
The Renewal landed dispatches here from his Majesty's ship
Glocester, Commander Sir E. Owen,.which ship was at Barba-
does the 30th of March. The Lord' Hungerford has been sup.
plied with an anchor and cable from hence, and is now riding
oft* the North Foreland.

Pou T S MOU TR, MAY 12.—Wind S.NV.—Arrived the Guil.
ford, Johnson, from Batavia for orders sailed the Ist January,
and left St. Helena the 22d of March. His Majesty's ship
Glasgow sailed from thence a few days prior to the Guilfords
arrival ; and the Ganges, for London ; and Repulse, for China,
were lying there.
FALMOUTR, Mar IL—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Bee,
Wishart,. from Smyrna in 36 days, for orders. Sailed the
Duke of Marlborough packet, for Vigo and Lisbon; and Wa
terloo, Sutton, for London.—The brig Aurora, Crabtree, which
put into this port the Bth inst. from Havannah, in distress, has
proved so very leaky, that her cargo, consisting of sugar, cattei
cochineal, indigo, and segara, is discharging.

The Apollo, Bell, of Whitby, foundered on Sunday night
after scouring over the Gunfleet Sand—crew saved.
The East-India Company's ship Macqueen arrived off'
Dover the 10th instant; she sailed from China the 20th of
January. The Orwell, which sailed from China the 16th of
January, arrived off Portlaod the 10th instant. The 3lacqueen
and Orwell sailed from St. Helena the 25th of March. The
Prince Regent, from Bengal, arrived off the Isle of Wight the
9th instant; she left the new anchorage the 28th of December.
the Cape of Good Hope the 3d of March, and St. Helena the.
20th -of March.

CAPTAIN PARRY.—lmmediately on the ap-
pearance of the spurious statement which was
published some time since, respecting the Dis-
covery Ships, we were authorised to contradict it
in this Paper. We now insert the following
official contradiction which has also been giveu
to the same story, at St. Petersburgh, by Com-
modore KRUSENSTERNI--

HAMBURG/I, Arun. 9.—We hasten to publish the follow-
ing declaration :—" In English and French journals, which
have been copied by the German, among others by the Ilam-
burgh papers, it has been stated, that I had sent word both to
Paris and London. of the arrival of Captain Parry on the coast
of Kamtschatka; I therefore consider it to be my duty to de.
dare, that I have never written a line on the supposed arrival
of Captain Parry to any person whatsoever.—KßusErisTrux,
Captain, Commodore in the Imperial Navy.—St. Petersburgh,
March 26, 1323."

The Hon. GUSTAVUS HAMILTON, son of 'Vis-
count BOYNE, arrived in town, on Saturday even-
ing, with dispatches from Genoa.
Yesterday the KING roceived a visit from the
Duke of CI.AItENCE.—IIis Royal Highness the Duke of York
left York House, on Sunday, to attend the last Spring Meeting
at Newmarket. His Royal highness returns to town on Thurs.
day.—Yesterday morning the Duchess of Clarence rode to Ken..
sington, on a visit to the Duchess of Kent—The Duke of
Sussex, accompanied by. his son, yesterday took an airing in
his Royal Highness's private chariot, in Hyde and St. James's
Parks.—Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Glouceiter had a
grand dinner party, to meet his Royal Highness Prince Leo-
pold. —Prince Leopold dined with the Duchess of Kent on Sa-
turday, at the King's Palace, Kensington. In the evening the
Royal Duchess had the uke and Duchess of Clarence to
tea, &c.

'We have it from good authority, that his
Royal Highness the Prince LEOPOLD will pre.
side at the Anniversary Meeting of the Stewards
of the Feast of the Sons of the Clergy, at St.
Paul's and Merchant Taylors' Hall. on Thursday
next, in the room of his Royal 'Highness the
Duke of Yonx, who is not, we are sorry to learn,
sufficiently recovered from his late indisposition
to be able to attend.

His MAJESTY'S ship Glasgow, having on board
the Marquis of HASTINGs and suite, has been spoken with on
hei passage from Bengal. The Glasgow, it was said, would
touch at Gibraltar, where the Marquis, who is believed to be
destined to the Government of the lon= Islands, will wait
the orders of Government.

Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's
at Bilboa, dated the Ist instant The English
brig Thais, MILLS, laden with brandy, front
Charente for London, is arrived here, detained
by a privateer. The English Consul is endea-
vouring to liberate both vessel and cargo. Seven-
teen French vessels, with provisions for the
French army in Spain, arrived at this port, on
the 26th, 28th, and 29th ult.
Saturday the Bathurst sloop, Captain P. P.
KING, arrived at Deptford from New South
Wales. Captain KING, son of the former Go-
vernor of that settlement, has been some years
employed in completing the survey of that ex.
tensive continent. The Bathurst is the first ves-
sel of war built in that part of the world, and is
entirely composed of wood the growth of the
colony. An examination of the whole structure
and quality of the timbers is directed to be
made.

His Majesty's ship Seringapatam, of 44 guns,
arrived in Leith Roads on Wednesday. from.
Portsmouth. She is to sail from hence for Stoc-
kholm, with Sir BENIAMIN Lhoostrumn, our Am-
bassador to the Court of Sweden.--(Eglinburgh
Courant, May 10.) _

BIGHTON, MAY IL—DISTRESSING CATASTROPHE.—
The weather at sea on Friday was squally, and at intervtliA
the swell in the Channel tremendous. Our nutekeral boa;s,
in nets, suffered considerable losses : the boat of
Morley, of its aggregate, came in deficient of eighty.--
Allen's boat was deprived of from thirty to forty. Wingham's
boat left behind upwards of twenty, and various other
ters occurred in a similar way. ]Jut severe as were these inis-
haps,they. dwindleintoinsifinficance when compared to the me.
lancholy and fatal event winch attached itself to the boat ofJacob
Carden. The latter, with 5 hands onboard, viz. J. 'Carden, Jun.,
and his nephew, aged about 14, Mu rrel, a Waged 18, W. Darman
and W. Daniels, at between 8 and 9 o'clock A. at. was seen by
another boat, the Samuel and Mary, Virgo owner, south of
Ne*haven, as returning for thus place, and in the complete ob:
servance of the said Samuel and Alary, to ship a sea which in
one instant capsized her, and consigned all on board to a
watery grave. To render assistance was impossible, nor as yet
have any of the bodies been picked up. Poor Harman has left
a widow with seven children, and who is far 'advanced in
pregnancy with the eighth. An accident of a similar nature,
so perfect, in its distressing character, has not occurred titre for
many years; and we trust it is not destined to find a parallel
in the future.

A number of plucks of the reign of Charles
11. have been found on the race-course, Montrose, within
these few days. The ground having been lately, strewed with
mould from a garden in the town, it is probable that these coins
had been deposited there, and now brought to light by the
spreading of the earth.

CABRIOLETS AND HACKNEY COACHES.
Bow STREET.--..The driver of the hackney-coach, 735, was
brought before Sir R. BIRWIE, the presiding .llagititrate, on a
warrant for assaulting Joseph Reading, the driver of the ca-
briolet, No. 13, by eutting.lum in the face with a whip.
I Defendant, n answer to the charge, said he Was not the man
who committed the assault complained of, he could prove that
he was at the time in ;mother part of the town. • .
A young man stepped forward and said, he had witnessed the
whole of the transaction, and that the number of the coach
driven by the man who struck the complainant was 273.
Under these circumstances the present charge was dismissed,
but a warrant was issued for the tlriver of 275.
Sir IL Br tort E said, he observed a miniber of hackney-coaeh-
men present, and he wished that all of them should undersutotl.
that any tnisbehaviour towards the drivers of cabriolets should
be severely punished. Be t‘irtlicr remarked that it wo.thl per
haps prevent contention if the cabriolets were to sele:t o:her
stands titan those occupied by hackney coaches, anti which they
would find no difficulty in doing., as they were allowed to stand
in any street where the distance froth curb stone to curb atone
execeded thirty feet.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.
DAILY
Extracts from- the Morning Papers, May 13.

[Tilt TIMES.]
Paris Papers of Saturday last are arrived. The
intelligence they bring from Spain is, interesting..
The Cortes assembled at Seville on the 23d ult.
We present an account of their proceedings, the
most important of which is the Speech of the
President.—(See another column of TuE Su N. .)
This document is just and proper ; it announces
a fact which contradicts many foolish reports in
circulation here, respecting the opening of sego.
ciations ; it states that the invaders had hitherto
made no propositions for peace ; and that the
Cortes would receive such only at Seville. The
Speech, however, breathes a warlike spirit, and
reasons upon the certainty of a prolonged contest.
The Deputies to the Cortes are ridiculed in the
French Ultra Pa perF,on account of the unostenta-
tious manner in which they made their appear-
ance at Seville : so were the Members of the
'Tiers Etat mocked on their arrival at Paris at

the beginning of the French Revolution, by the
flaunting foolish Noblesse ; but a short time suf-
ficed to show where real power resided. The
French, it appears, had not thought it worth the
Nvhile to issue a declaration of war against Spain,
supposing, no doubt, they had a right to kill re-
forming Spaniards wherever they met them. The
King of Spain has issued a declaration, in which
he designates invaders as the troops of the
French Government ?

[NEW TIMES.]
Consols closed yesterday at 781, and for the'
new Account in July at 781; Spanish Bonds also
have fallen from 36 to 311. This depression is
merely owing to the manoeuvres of the jobbers,
covered, us is usual, with various rumours of a
political nature, not worthy the slightest atten-
tion. It was reported in the'City that a British
merchantman had been detained and sent into
Bilboa by a French cruiser; and what of thlt ?
Did not British cruizers, during our war with
France, detain and sendju thousands of neutrals ?
And did we not contend that it was the right of
all belligerents so to do, on reasonable suspicion
that the detained vessels had enemy's property
on board ? And yet there are people stupid
enough to suppose that one such incident, if it be
title, must plunge us into a will* with France ?
We say " if it be true ;" for we really believe it
more probable that the detention was effected by
a Spanish cruiser, which sent its prize into 13i1-
boa, not knowing it to be in French possession.
However, these matters are almost too trivial to
notice. We turn to the French Journals of Sa-
turday, which present the most satisfactory ac-
counts of the campaign. The head-quarters of
the Allies were on the 7th at Briviesca. The
Chronicle quotes the authority or" a well-known
Military Gentlernan,",to prove that 46 thiugt are
going on as well as the best friends of the Spa.
niards could possibly desire." We are ftilly of
that opinion. The best friends of the Spaniards
must desire that they should get rid of the
im-
becile and incompetent creatures who for some
time past have tyrannised over them ;.and should
establish a moderate Government equally re--
moved from anarchy and despotism ; and this,
the latest news from Seville seems to prove, is
most likely to happen.—The Chronicle has (un-
intentionally no doubt) paid a most flattering
compliment to the upright policy of the British
Cabinet,and to the diplomatic ability of Sir Wil-
liam A'Ctourt. It asserts that the anxiety of
Ministers for some accommodation of the affairs
of Spain is undiminished ; that Sir Wm. A'Court's
jealous and good offices have been renewed at
; and that, the present plan is not to de-
mand any direct modification of the Spanish Con-
stitution, but to get in Ministers more pliant and
tractable than the late ones, under a hope that
through their means a promise of future modifi-
cation may be obtained.

[4OItNING IiEttAI.DI
We have received by Express, the Nuevo
Diario of Madrid, from the '27th to the 30th in-'
elusive from which we extract the following
highly interesting intelligence :
We learn from Cadiz that the niereitat vessel Velez Ma-
riana, proceeding from Vera Cruz and Hevannah, with some
passengers and a million and A half of dollars and other pro..
petty, all belonging to private individuals, has been captured
by a French vessel in the mouth of the Bahama Channel on the
7th of February last, and conducted' to Martinique This scan-
dalous infraction of the right of nations must convince those
who are yet mad enough to lie under any delusion, that the sa-
tellites of the despot of France come only to make war against
liberal principles, and that our infamous enemies enter into
no other investigation in order to cause us the greatest losses,
than that resorted to by the rubbers on the highway, who never
ask any other question from the unfortunate travellers—except
—who are' those who have mast to be 'robbed of. If this in-
famous robbery---if this scandalous piracy, do not kindle into
passion even those who are most hostile to the Constitutional
:system, they shall he eleserving of the lot that awaits them.
Those who have hitherto looked with criminal apathy on the
entry of those robbers., may be certain that they will not get off
more free from the restorers of the Inquisition, than they have
from the soldiers of Buonepnrte. 'On the atli, at five in the
morning, our. troops were attacked by the factious, between
Torrence anti Picacenti. The number of the latter was' about
anti that of theConstitutinnale may have amounted to
1,000, between infantry and cavalry. The result has been to
cause to the enemy thelose of 40!i men, without our losing more
titan .t.OO. In 'Video ci titer. was ani net vivid tire of heavy artillery.
The Political Chief 'of the province of Jativa, in a dispatch
dated from Alicant on the Ilth, states he had just received, by
an extraordinary courier an official communication, in which it
is Said that, at four o'clock in the evening of the I2th, General
Mina entered Tarragona, where he remained half an hour, and
that he proceeded to form a junction with a division of 4,000
inun, which w.ut hastening in the direction of Valencia. By
another dispatch, from the Political Chief-of Alicant, dated the
18th, it appears that Valencia continued to defend itself he-
roically that the division of Martin, which had suAred some
slight miefortune, had rallied, and that information of assist-
unce &hill Catalonia was confirmed from Vinareux. Bertram
de (As was itt Akira with sonic force:

[nnurtstt enEss.]
Lord Grey brought on his motion with a most
obit. address last night in the Upper liouse,
calling for information from Ministers on the
subject of the capture of the Veloz, Spanish mer-
chant ship, by the Jean Bart, French cruizer,
previous to a declaration of war by France: His
Lordship afterwards dwelt on the Proclamation
of the Provisional Government of the Duke of
Angouleine in Spain, on %Ida; he else required
hformation. The third point on which his speech
reited was the situation in which France stands
with respect to the Alliance of Sovereigns as•
sembled at Verona. The Noble Errl then pro.