The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-29 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

PORTSMOUTIT, SEPT. 20.—Light airs from the North.—
Arrived his Majesty's ship Champion, from a cruise ; Speed-
well, Ilannington, from Chester for London, with a leak in
her bows, which she is stopping ; Endragt, Seegar. firs. t
Memel; and Active,lWoore. from St. Vincent.
DEAL, SErr. 28.—Wind N.W.—The Friends, Todd, from
Jamaica, lost an anchor and cable last night off the North
Foreland ' • she has been supplied with another front Ramsgatt.
Arrived the Nautilus, Tripe, from ltio Janeiro for Ilarnburgh ;
Ibis, Summers, from Bordeaux for Petersburg!' ; and Breadal-
bane, Burgen„ Jamaica.
I.tvrttroor., SEPT. 27.—Arrived the Agnes, Farrall, front
Jamaica ; Columbia, Lee, and Belton, Clarkson, from New
York ; Orgood, Gardner, from Savannah ; Thomas Gelston.
Strachan, from Quebec; :lurora, —, from St. John's, N.B.
sally, osgrove, from Newfoundlant; Minerva, Anderson,
Petersburgh ; Lune, Bond, from Ilerbice ; and the Broughton,
Garland, front Carthagena, sailed 4th August ; Shamrock.
Smith, front Para, sailed sth August ; Euterpe, Whatley,
front Malaga.
_ SEPT. 27.—Wind N.—Sailed the Apollo ad

. ,
Industry, for Longsound. .1
Yanstourit, SE PT. 28.—The Agenoria, Carthew. was ruret.,
on board of last night by a brig, which carried away her bow- .
sprit and anchor-stock, and did other damage ; she is coining '. \
into harbour.
Aintantnor, SEPT. 25.—The Stockton packet, which raa ..,
on shore on Saturday night. list, has since gone to pieces, anti
the cargo nearly all lost; crew saved.

The Two Brothers, iVishart, from Newry, iunk at the en.
trance of the Old Dock, Liverpool, on Monday.

SMUGGLERS.-FATAL. AFFRAY.

On Wednesday evening, the fltl Sept. n party
of smugglers attempted to run a cargo of spirits, near N Tower.
Sussex, when they were interrupted by Lieut. BRAND
and the men under his command, and seven of the muggier*
taken, together with one hundred tubs of spirits. One of the .
blockade men jumped into the boat for the purpose of seizing
her, when the smugglers shoved off, and carried the man with
them. Three galleys immediately put off in chace of the boat
but without effect, and the body of the unfortunate man was
picked up in the morning on the sands below high water mark
with the head and face dreadfully bruised and lacerated.
A Coroner's Inquest was held on Saturday at the Wheat
Sheaf public-house, Little Compton, near M 1 Tower, before
Thos. Barton, Esq. Coroner for the County, when Lieut. Wru.
Henry Brand deposed, that being on duty on Wednesday
about half-past nine P.m. he observed a party of men go over
the beach towards the water'. edge. and shortly afterwards he
heard a noise as if of tubs being rolled out of a boat, and im.
mediately afterwards the same party returned over the beach,
and then he perceived the deceased Win. Welch lift up his
arm and fire his pistol in the air for an alarm. Deponent im-
mediately rushed among the party, and from that moment lust
sight of Welch.
Michael Maloney, seaman, deposed, that being on duty on
the beach on Wednesday evening, he beard the alarm fired, and
ran to the spot where he saw Welch in the boat, who called to
him by name to come to his assistance. Deponent went into
the water as far as he could, but was not able to reach the
boat ; the deceased called out several times, " Oh, Maloney,
Maloney, come to me." Deponent asked if he should fire his
pistol, to which he received no reply ; he was deterred front
firing his pistols lest he should shoot the deceased ; he was well
acquainted with the deceased, and could not be mistaken as to
his voice.
Randolph Hollywell, seamen, deposed, that lie was on duty
on die beach on Wednesday evening, when he saw a party go
down towards the water's edge, who shortly afterwards returned
laden with tubs; he then saw the deceased a little to the West-
ward of the party lift up his arm, and fire his pistol in the air;
was quite certain he fired it as a signal and not at any person.
Deponent heard the decased call out from the boat, " Maloney.,
Maloney, murdered;" he was calling out bitterly, and ap-
peared us if he were attempting to call out something mote, but
could not; deponent was well acquainted with Welsh, and
could not be mistaken as to his voice.
James Earls, seaman, was on duty at 50 Tower on Wed-
nesday evening, when hearing the alarm he ran out, and as he
was going along the beach he heard the cries of murder; he was
well acquainted with Welch's voice, and was certain the cries
proceeded from him.
William Fitzgerald, seaman, was on duty at 50 Tower, when
hearinhe alarm he went out, and as he was going along he
heard Welch calling out murder most piteously ; he knew
Welch's voice well, and was certain that the cries proceeded
from him. Deponent picked up the body of Welch on Thurs-
day morning on the smooth sand, below high water mark ; de-
ponent was quite sure that the body he picked up was the body
of Welch.
Sarah Simmons—Was outside of 50 Tower on Wednesday
evening, when she distinctly heard the cries of murder proceed-
ing front the westward of the tower, but she could not distin-
guish whose voice it was.
John Mussell,Quartermaster,was on duty between the towers
49 and 50, when hearing the alarm he proceeded to the spot,
and on his way he heard Welch calling out " Murder" several
times. lie was well acquainted with Welch, and could not tin
mistaken as to his voice.
Isaac Dins. Assistant Surgeon of the Coast Blockade, was
called up at five o'clock on 'Thursday morning to examine the
hotly of William Welch. He found a wound in the forehead,
which, in his opinion, was inflicted with some obtuse instrument;
was quite positive it was not a wound from a pistol ball, but
thought it might be from the but end of the muzzle of a pistol ;
part of the nose was also cut off by sonic sharp instrument.
Neither of these wounds would, in his opinion, have caused im-
mediate death, but they were sufficient to have stunned the de-
ceased, and tie proximate cause of his death was drowning;
was sure neither of the wounds could have arisen form a fall.
The Colton kat read over the evidence to the Jury, and lo-
formed them, that whether the was killed in the boat, and
afterwards thrown overboard, or whether he was knocked over_
! board by violence, or thrown overboard, it made no difference., ;
it would be equally murder.
The Jury considered for some tune, and then brought in a.
verdict of—Found drowned !
In washing the body for interment after the inquest, four
wounds were discovered on the upper lip, and one under the left
eye, all of which had been evidently inflicted with the
of a pistol. These wounds were concealed by the great quan-
titylimn
of blood that was clotted on the face.

CORN EXCHANGE, SEPT. 29.
There are very few lash arrivals of English Grain to-day,
but another considerable quantity of Foreign Oats. The Wheat
trade fully supports Monday's prices. Barley is again dearer,
being very scarce at present. Beans are also rather higher.
Peas are unaltered. '1
here
is not much doing in the Oat trade
to-day, but the factors hold this article at Monday's prices.
AR niv A t.s.—English Wheat, ;1,200; Barley, 170 ; Oats,
2,500 ; Irish Oats, 475 ; Foreign Oats, 36,000 quarters; Flour,
3,7110 sacks.

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experienced
wet weather is also very prejudicial, not only to the planter but
to many thousands of Industrious poor, whose earnings Are
painfully lessened by the protraction of their labour.
LI 0 lIT NI NG Co NDU CTO NS.— Professor LESI3 V,
Of Edinburgh, denies that there is any reason for supposing &bat
an electrical fluid exists. Ile also says, that " the effect of tho
thunder-rod is comparatively a drop in the
ocean. It s
us
:s be
easily shown, that, however pointed anti taerd it wold -
quire a thousand years to guard at the distance of an hundred
yards; it' terminated with a knob, it might take ten thousand
years. Such arc the vaunted Performances of thunder-rods,
and such the advantages of their different forms I 'Nor con
we appeal to experience; it never can be proved that thunder-.
rods have produced beneficial effects, but several instances may
be cited where they have atibrded no sort of protection. Nay,
we shall be convinced, that fully an equal proportion of the
buildings armed with such sOpposed safeguards have been.
struck with lightning."—" Atllte very moment (observes the
Editor of the Chemist) the Professor is so stoutly denying the
utility of thunder-rods, some of the means of the French In-
stitute, by the command of the Minister of the Interior, have
formed themselves into a cottunitteo to ascertain the best shape
and form for these instruments ; and the 'milt of their labours
has lately been brought before the public, ip a very elaborate
memoir, contained in the ilottateidc Chimie et Ph vique.”
a way
untilt o
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en kitchenrl.ived usi_iii stair,',
rnu. set.
M 4 lhovEt.costx ti UEST.—The inhithitants4 a house ID.
Grafton-street were, about eight o'clock on Monday night, pat
eoravteely‘atyurtioteltilitrohtetnatvi walked'
in no small alarm by the appearance of a bullock in the passage.
tot to quit possession but with life.. The bullcoacrkcas
The visitor, from his subsequent behaviour, seemed determ' --.61
he entllac , •
condenvied to die at a slaughterAnuke adjoining, but bean
khitsehaebnot'lerifovrettlieet to
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tlgatvdetlydshi down awegt7nh:det hhe if:: from
endwe proceeded
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until
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collecting a vast concourse of people together,
hudwasyinwveagina,eattntdallhye itonokthuep
yester-
day in the same place. The c' di night and
ncu stance had the dress or
sallies of wit were made against and map/ *mart
poor Mr. Dull itulhisiturieitt4
and unwilling hosts.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

•• DAILY
Extraelifrom the Maening Pipers, Sept. 20,

[BRITT sn PRES3.I
An absurd rumour was cjrculated on 'Change
/esterday, that Santana had abandoned the Pa-
triot cause, and united himself to that of Fer-
dinand. This rumour, we say, is absurd, be-
cause its only foundation• is a paragraph in a New
York Paper, copied from another published in
Louisiana. That an express arrived yesterday
irous Liverpool with this New York Paper, we
are aware; but, if we look for a moment into
the nature of the intelligence, and consider the
very circuitous route by which it has reached us,
we- must at once perceive that the chances against
its authenticity are very great indeed, as it is
'highly probable, particularly as the document on
which it was founded does not even pretend to
have a. date,that we have in our possession informa- '
tion ton much more recent period', by a more direct
line of communication. The fact is, that at the
present moment of calm prosperity, the jobbers in
the funds are glad to embrace every opportunity
by which they can cause the slightest fluctuation ;
for if the public securities were left to their own re-
gular advance, without any serious change, their oc-
cupation would be gone. However this may be,the
stratagem took effect, for the Mexican funds fell
nearky one per cent. in the course of an hour. For
ourselves, we have no faith in the report, but look
upod it as a ruse, similar to that which was suc-
cessfully practised last week as to the French
Beet, of Lord knwws how many sail, that was seen
in the South A tlantic, threatening with destruc-
tion. all the South American Republics, though,
by some unfortunate chance, no one could ever
discover from what port in France these vessels
'sailed. That said French (feet is no other, as we
believe, than the Asia, and certain other old Spa-
, wish men of war, which were fitted out by the
proceeds of a loan, raised, as we have under-
stood, in Paris, about the time of lturbide's eva-
sion from England, which loan, there has been
some suspicion, either has been, or is about to be,
in some shape, brought into the London market.

[MORNING rosT.l
At a late hour last night we received by Ex-
press, French Papers to the 27th inst. and the
Etolle of Monday. They contain grateful and
glorious intelligence from Greece. The long
threatened attempt upon Samos has been made,
end the result has been the conflagration of part
.of the Turkish fleet, and the total destruction of
the force which had effected a landing, before it
had time to obtain possession of any place, or to
.commit. any ravages. This signal victory has been
gained by the heroism of the Greeks on sea and
land, and by the admirable concert which prevail-
ed in their operations. The Captain Paella, it ap-
pears, was either allowed to throw his troops on the
shore,, or had succeeded in landing them, when
the Grecian fleet, commanded by the brave and
c'elebra'ted who. had watched all his
movementa.sinee the re-capture of Ipsara, arm
vtived'in hie rear,:'and attacked' him befofe'he had
FecOVered from 'the disorder occasioned by the
operation which had just been completing, or was
then accomplishing. A tremendous conflict en-
!we'd; both between the fleets and on the shore.—
For the Samians, seeing the retreat of the in-
vaders cut off, and their audacity appalled by the
Contest behind them, on the issue of which the
enemy, well knew that their existence must ulti-
mately depend, rushed upon them with a fixed
isIP-tertni fin doll not to suffer one of them to escape.
Miaelis and his gallant companions, who had pro..
triised to perish or to save Samos and avenge fp-
sara, fought on the other hand with no less en-
thnsinsm than skill, and victory at last declared
for, Ole just cause. `and
the courage
with which the Turks on board die fleet de-
themselves, they could not escape the fire
vessels heroically led amongst them by the Greek
sailors-, and one ship of the line, three frigates,
and' thirty gun-boats were destroyed. Some of the
latter ran aground to avoid a more terrible fate,
hut the crews spared by the flames fell a prey
to a scarcely milder death, for the Samians had
also triumphed over the wild and terrified hordes
NO lately athililleinK with howls of joy athirst for ,
hlo-oli and plunder, and " all the Turks who
landed on the island, whether soldiers or crews
of the grounded vessels, we are told, were put to
thsi S*Oed." •

[MORN }NCI HERALD.]
There appears for some short time a general dis-
positienon the part of indiViduals end' of the Ge-
lrernment to produce something like comfort and
improvement in. Ireland, bat most unhappily hi-
tliiarto with little tiucces.' It would appear even
that' one of' the. main BoUICCE of evil in that. CORD-
animosity—it rendered mere Vitt-
lent: arid Virulent by the very moans token, per-
hapS conscientiously, to instruct and enlighten
thepeople. A great variety of ,associations, pro-
fessing. it to be their object to get the poor in-
stiiutted'. haVe been exercising their teal upon
his Majoty's !Ash subjects; and with, accord-
ing' to their own accounts, prodigious succesii.-
140 the an 010114 ofpersinis well acquainted with
the condition and chati:dee of the Irish p(foi,
jeitted with other circtiOstatioes, have from tithe
to (irrie ehroWe'dotibts npott 01'6 report of these
assecitited Doilies: As, Ikng,, however, as it was
mere less of time and mAtiey to these gentlemen,
no Nit ohjection-could riff made to their proceed-
iugg. The occupation Naas harmless,• and, on the
mart of son ne doulte,'Well meant: At present
the face of things stierosichanged. some Or these.
hoefeties. have shown, more zeal than wisdom.
136%, •
Pit and luta/owed- attempts tit pro-
ewaketied the fears', and
,peor—,:and by coarse and con-
ittcre:ll4'lll:ei,6ll. :f,041H,4a the' Catholic religion and
were irritaied tire richgr and
Catholics. There is ~novi
,illsollelo-,ooi. Tract Meeting at WhicP Ca-
,;;;;:rqs "Ltd l'euli.);;ofnortviiril to protect their chit-
, , ces--,-urtd the Me titi—g
tonselne'ece,,eitailitea'ide .e'ss itt
ne uproarsand even
PersitinwF The tnisclnef of this is 'incal-
cokble.. It All ettake ti„. whole ',sitn
firma of flie`tiloecifl warfare. The en6duatraltilil.l

ment of industry, and of an elementary educa-
tion among the Irish, is an object of the first im-
portance—but it is quite obvious that industry
and even education are but secondary objects—
and that proselytism, by forcing the Bible into
every school, is the object, secret or avowed.

[NEW TIMES.]
Consok'were purchased at 951 yesterday for
the A cconnt, arrd closed. rather.uader that quota-
tion. There were numerous reports,arisiog from
the arrival of the packet ship from New York,
of Bolivar having met with a reverse in an attack
which he was stated to have made on Canterac ;
but we are assured there are no further accounts
received through this medium from Peru—the
report probably originating from the secession of
Gen. Santana, which produced a decline in Mexi-
can Bonds from 59 to 578. Colombian Scrip also,
which had been at 74, closed at 9 discount. Bra-
zilian Scrip was (Tone at a premium, and there ap-
pears a confident expectation that the next packet
will bring the final determination of Portugal re-
specting Brazil. As there were no further ad-
vices received yesterday from France, the busi-
ness was not very extensive in European Securi-
ties, but the prices were higher ; Neapolitan
9010 and Prussian 99k. Russian 941, and
Spa-
nish 201.
It will be most satisfactory to the Public at
large to learn the result of the Meeting held yes-
terday under the Commission issued against
Messrs. Marsh, Stracey, and Graham. It seems
tolerably clear, that the assets (without going
at all into the private fortunes of the Partners,
bat looking only to the books of the firm)
will not only pay all the claimants Twenty
Shillings in the Pound, but will leave a surplus
of from Eighty to a Hundred Thousand Pounds.
Another material circumstance is, that the de-
ficiency occasioned by the embezzlement with
which Mr. Fauntleroy stands charged appears to
be by no means so great as it was stated to be by
the disgraceful article in The Times. We say not
this with any view of lightening the' reprobation
which ought to be .passed on Mt. Fauntleroy's
offences should, they hereafter be proved ; but it
is certainly cruel to exaggerate prejudices against
a man before he is put on his tral ; and the base-
-111183 of such a proceeding is,equal to its cruelty,
!f it is done for the mere purpose of making a
market of public curiosity.7--(Mid.)

[THE TIMES,]
By the Columbia .packetorrived at Liverpool
from New York, Papers to the 2(1 instant have
' been received. Under the head of New Orleans,
August 3, it is stated, ,on the vague authority of
a passenger in the Dorothy schooner from Tam-
pico, that letters had arrived at the latter place
from Campeachy, with intelligence that, General
Santana, who had been intrusted by the Mexican
Government with the command in the province.
of Yucatan, had seceded' from the Mexican. fe-
deration, and had made an arrangement with the
Spaniards, by which the trade with Hammett was
opened. This statement, in itself deserving little
or no credit, is wholly overthrown by the fact that
the Forte frigate, which has arrived in England,
sailed long subsequent to the date assigned to the
departure of the Dorothy • from Tampico, and
brought no intelligence of the nature above-
mentioned. Other arrivals of recent date had
taken place at New York both from Campeachy
and Bavannah, places deeply interested in the
truth of the information, but which are wholly
silent on the subject. The adVices from Ilavan-
nah are to the 19th of August. They state that
the British sloop.of war Echo was at Havanna'',
where she had been taking active measures for
the suppression of,piracy,, which was ,*id to be
increasing among the group of islands in the
neighbourhood of Alatanzas. Independently of
the avowed Buccaniers, it is insinuated that de-
predations of a little less lawless character are
committed on the trading vessels by the ships bear.
ing the numeofColonibianprivateers,nnd that many
of these are wholly indebted toNorthAmerican ca-
pital for their outfit. This constitute.; a very old
ground of accusation against the trading part of
'the community in the United States, and is pro-
bably not without foundation in the present in-
stance. One fact is clear, that the extreme ac-
tivity with which the privateering system has
been carried on has almost wholly destroyed the
coasting trade of the island of Cuba. These pa-
pers contain accounts from Buenos Ayres to the
7th of July, being five days later than the arri.
vats in England direct, but mention no events
not previously known here.

IMORNINO OIiRONICLE.)
The present Lord Mayor has given great of-
'mice, to the friends of certain Magistrates, by

his departing so unceremoniously from the pre-
cedent set by than,' and considering Insults,
though offered only to females, Os very reprehen-
sible. After the fate of poor Mr. O'Callaghan,
who paid so severely for his want of temper, in not
allowing tile ladies Under his charge to be insulted,
it was quite natural that the certainty of impunity
should inspire with peculiar courage all those
who love to display their bravery in insults to the
fair sex. No change was remarked in Surrey,, for
for as there is one law in Surrey, and another in
Middlesex, with respect to riding on carts, so the
law with respect to the treatment of women
may also have been always different (the law in
twist cases is Whit. the Magistrate chooses it shall
he). Ant in the City, according to the Lord
Mayor, the Surrey. decision Was ahnost immedi-
ately followed by a violation . of every rule of
decency towards fetneles on the part of
duals in rank far below the distinguished Orna-
ment of a Church, of which he will one day no
t.loubt be one of the main pillars. No female-----
even arc'oMpanied by a bitothee n husband=
was safe. The danger was evidently one that
requited to filet tyy vitttrue and deterrnina-
tioti but had the evil et:4 teeli met iit
such is the influence of high example and high
patiOnage, thore is air saying to *hat a height
the Systetin, of taking irripiciFier liberties with re•
spectable females might have been carried: Some
of o'er ccititehipletarie's teeth anginas' to revive the
(pagans) as to. the merits of the decision in the
case of Mr. to,
as a General
Election cannot be far OIT, they wish that it

should redound to the benefit, on that occasion, of
those to whom the country are chiefly indebted
for it. Be it so. We shall even endeavour to
assist them with an appropriate inscription for
their election flags.

The Chief of the Commission for Liquidating
the British Claims on. France is a Mr. M'Kenzie,
who has a salary of two or three thousand pounds
a year, and a large house in Parliament-street,
where this Gentleman gives fine entertainments;
another of the Commissioners is Mr. Hammond,
a very particular friend of Mr. Canning, who
was the_ companion of the Right Honour-
able Secretary during his first visit to Paris.
There is Mr. Impey, another of the Commis-
sioners ; and a Mr. Baldwin, the Secretary, re-
cently married to the daughter of Mr. Boyd, the
largest of all the claimants on France, and who
had, we have heard, a very large sum of money
awarded to him in the first instance.—(lbid.)