The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-08 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPLi-G.

River and .sjaAilied-,7ll—ie .--Wit N.N.E.--Came
, at?olvr ;Dl' efrir7.-La::?;
and Prince Regent, Lamb, for Cork. Arrived
.and remain, the
Princess Charlotte, , froM Ceylon. • The whole of the
outward-bound sailed this morning, and a large fleet ft.=
Ramsgate Barbour passed through.
Po tresmotrrir, JAN: 7...-Wind.N.E.—Sailed eie La Belle
Alliance,- Rolf; York, Talbot; and - Clyde, Driver. 'for
Madras; Cambridge, Barber,. for Bombay; Renewal, for
Antigua; Louisa and Somerset hire, for Jamaica; and the
'whole of the outward-bound for their different destinations '
FAnalouTii, JAN. 6._—Wind. N.--Arrived the Briton,
---, from London, for the Mediterranean, Sailed the
Trusty and Rose, for Michaels; Thetis, for Seville; Sisters,
LmivEEaitiliaPo:o.sal.i,le
for Naples; Hope and Venus, for Seville; and Prince-Coburg,
jdAtrie. 611-Arrived
-D:iedilotii,ae
jildellits:f Ppgisallii:Yet
for List-on. Remain the .Ifisebro, for Jamaica ; Fame, for
Naples ; and the Juno and Briton, for the Mediterranean'. .
fro
de/phia: sailed the lOth of December; 'Fanny, Mather:, New Orleans : sailed the 26th of November : Chariot, Pratt, Savan-
nah : sailed the I lth of December; Lady Hansah Ellice,
!Addle, ditto: sailed the 14th of December
Charlstone : sailed the 1I th a December; and the Europa,
Coffin, from ditto : sailed the sth of December.
POOLE, JAN. 7.—Arrived theilarriet,.Bristow, from New_
foundland ; in long. 14. spoke the American brig Paulina , from Richmond (Virginia), bound to London; with loss
of
her Captain washed overboard. The Harriet experienced very
bad weather:•

GRAVESEND, JAN. 7.--Arrived the Thaines, Haviside,
from China. Sailed the Duke of York, Carrlpbell, for In6a.

.The Euphrates, -, from Liverpool to New York, was
seen going into Cork with her bowsprit gone. -

•
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held- at the East Inc Fa.
House, when the following Captains took leaVe of the Court,
previous to departing for their respective destinations, viz.
Captain Henry Andrews Drummond, of the Castle Mundy ;
Captain Alexander Christie, Thomas Cutts, for Bombay and.
China; Captain Edward Maxwell Daniel, Duehcss of Atholl,
and Captain James Walker, Macqueen, for Bengal and. China.
The undermentioned ships were stationed as as follows, viz.
The Asia, Captain Thomas F. BaldveSton ; Marchioness of
Ely, Ciptarn Charles Mangles, for Madras and Bengal. Gen.
Hewett, Capt. Thos. Barrow ; ROse, Capt. and Prince
Regent, Capt. Henry Hosmer, for Bengal direct.

BALTIC SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

• ST. PETERSBURG 11, Dec. 13.—Last night I received an
express from Cronstadt with reports of the 23d, 27th, and 30th
ult., of which the following are copies:—
CitoNsrair, Nov. 23 —The continued rain and thaw of
this week, as well as the storms of Tuesday 'and Wednesday,
accompanied by the uncommon rise of water, have broke up
the ice in every direction, and it is now floating about at the
will of the wind and current.

This morning the ships made preparations for proceeding to
sea, the wind veering eastward, but as. it was slight, and the
weather very foggy, they laid aside their. intentions ; besides
which the sea was seen at intervals when the fog cleared up,
covered with ice, to the distance of at least 4or 5 versts. The
brig and galliot are still at anchor, but it is impossible to com-
municate with them. Wind SE.
Nov. 27.—A rri ved the Swedish brig St. Peter from Bordeaux.
On Saturday last the ice disappeared entirely, excepting a few
floating pieces, end the passage to the sea was perfectly, clear,
and continued so till last night, when the wind and water
increased, and the ice has in consequence returned,'CoVers the.
sea in a compact body, and no open water is to be seen even
from the mast head. The wind did did not allow the ships to
proceed. The galliot is no longer to be seen; it must there-
fore have put back to sea again.—Wind S.W.
Nov. 30.—The frost of the last three days hos knit the ice
together, and it forms, therefore, now one compact body r.s far
as the eye can reach, consequently the departure of the ships
this season may be looked upon AS impossible.
The weather here (St. Petersburgh) has been• extremely
changeable. Yesterday there were 10 degrees of frost, and at
this moment it thaws. A great quantity of stow his fallen
within the last week.

.1.
MELANCHOLY CONFLtzlitATToN.—t,et rr, n 1 Jest:ay
morning about four o'clock, the premises of 31r.• rennett,
landlord of the George Inn, in Ratcliffe, were by the watthman
discovered to be en fire; he immediately gave a'. alarm, at:el it
v.,; -s with the greatest difficulty Mrs. Bennett and four infant
children were rescued from their perilous situation in a state of
nudity, by the assistance of Bourn, engineer to the Globe_
of and the kind exertions of Mr. Antterson _.tad iVr. Dar-
vibe, who conveyed Mrs. Pennett and family to the Glob.:
engine-house. Mr. Bennett, unfortunately, was -dreadfully
burnt in his face and right arm; from the latter he is inform-
eel amputa:ion must be th:. result. _Henry Anisey. who was
sleeping in the second floor ,f Nt. Ber.nett's house, fell a vie-
tim to the devouring element, it being impossible t.,) render him
any assistance, and all that remeius of this anfortut:ate suf-
ferer is a mere skeleton. Mr. Bennett was not insured, an'f his
lets is estimated at upwards of 7bo/. From his general good
character, a subscription has been proposed, as the suffirers
are destitute of a home, and have lost all that honest indus-
try possessed them of, after a labola of 40 years. Every exer-
tion was used by the Globe, the two parish engines, and the
Sun, but the fury of the element resisted every effort until the
premises were completely gutted. The conflagration was first
discovered in Mr. Bennett's-slecping-roorn, in which, on ac-
count of Mrs. Bennett's ill-state of health, a eandThbad been
left burning, and being placed on a dressing tahln, .communi-
cated to the window curtains.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.-1( TAZ Day.)—These
Sessions commenced this day, before F. CONST,
EN. and a Bench of Magistrates, for the trial of
offences committed within the city and liberty of
Westminster. The Traverse Paper on the pre-
sent occasion is rather light ; but we regret to
state, there are a contiderable number of petty
larceny cases -for trial. The Grand and Petit
Juries having been sworn, and the usual formula
having been gone through, the Court proceeded
in the hearing of assaults, but nothing occurred
of public interest.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Nxtrieds from the Morning Papers, Jan. 8.

[THE TIMES.'

According to letters from Paris, dated on
Monday last, and received yesterday by express,
a Spanish cabinet courier had arrived in that ca.
pitat. on the preceding day, bringing a formal ap-
plication to the Allied Powers to become medi-
afors between Spain and her late colonies. To
'whatever results this step may lead, it is im-
portant at least to know, that by taking it Spain
at length acknowledges (what, indeed, was ma-
mifest to • all the world) her inability to make
conquests, and declares her disposition to enter
into any intelligible arrangement. That it will
procure no advantage to Spain, beyond that of
retiring from the contest with some slight remains
of dignity, is obvious. We suppose the Allied
Powers will hardly give themselves the trouble
of interfering ; for even if. a Congress should as-
semble in consequence of the invitation of Spain,
any decrees they might think proper to fulminate
against the trans-Atlantic States would only have
the effect of overwhelming with the ridicule of
Encore those with whom they originated.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We received yesterday by express the Paris
Papers of Monday, and the Etoile, dated Tues-
day. Their contents are not of great import-
ance. The Etoile contains an article on the
affairs of South America, in which it alludes to
the armament preparing at Cadiz, which has, it
says, " tortured The Courier" sadly. The writer,
however, while he insinuates that France has a
right to give support to Spain in her endeavour
to recover the Colonies, carefully abstains from
an open declaration of such views, and concludes
his articles by observing, that " it is very satis-
factory to see that the Radicals of England
are willing that the King of Spain should re-
possess his own, if obtained without foreign as-
sistance." There is probably more meant in this
phrase than is expressed; but from the continued
rise in the French Funds, and the general belief
in Paris that the French Government will not
interfere in the affair of the Colonies, it is but
seasonable to infer that the Elate, on this occa-
sion, is not the faithful organ of the influencial
portion of the Cabinet. The Constitutionnel of
Monday contains a letter from Madrid, dated
December 25, which states, that a rumour was
in general circulation in that city, of the disco-
very of another conspiracy in Portugal, on the
eve of its explosion. According to this letter,all
hopes of amnesty are at an end ; but we can
hardly persuade ourselves that Ferdinand, weak
and vicious as he is, has really resolved upon
:L1,711 a line of conduct.

Liv u.s.l
The Paris Journals to Monday night have been
received. The French Five per Cents., accord-
ing to the commercial Expresses, closed at 94
1.5, and were afterwards at 94 40 for the Account.
Scrip was at 51, and Spanish Bonds were at 264.
No political intolligence has transpired of suffi-
cient interest to produce so great an improvement.
The private letters state a confident opinion
that the French Minister would attempt a reduc-
tion iu the interest of the National Securities.
In consequence of the very favourable aspect of
affairs, Consols have still further advanced, and
present what is termed on the Stock Exchange
,c a healthy appearance." Having closed at 881
for the opening. of the books at the Bank, they
were subsequently at 884; and for the new Ac-
count ending the 2Eth-February at 89.—in the
Foreign Funds the French Rentes were done at
-94. 50. for investments made here, which leads
to a supposition that they will be still higher in
the French capital. Spanish Bonds of 1821
closed at 251. Most of the other funded Secu-
rities are upon the advance.

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[MORNING POST.]

The official accounts of the Revenue for the
year and quarter ending the sth inst. which we
yesterday laid before our Readers, exhibit the
increasing prosperity of the Empire in the most
flattering point of view. In order to justly ap-
preciate our present flourishing condition, it
shotild be borne in mind, that from the peace
until the year. now concluded some important
classes of the community were sufferers in con-
y
sequence of the vast revulsion in all descrip.
tions. of trade and commerce which a .sudden
change in our foreign and domestic relations ne-
cessarily produced. But little more indeed than
twelve months have elapsed since the distress of
the Agriculturists was depicted in the most de-
spairing terns, and not only a great reduction of
Taxes strenuously advocated by a considerable
party in ..Parliament, but a composition of the
National Debt, or, in other terms, a National'
Bankmptc4,: griyely,,proposed by Members of
both Ilouses as indispensable to the very salva-'
tion of the country. how different is the case at
this moment._ Within the last two years several
millions of taxes. have been relinquished, and the
Revenue, notwithstanding, has absolutely in-
creased ! Had the contributions of the people
remained stationary, and the income thence
derived, as, well as the expenditure which
it • is destined., to defray, also been sta-
tionary, the empire, after so tremendous and pro-
tracted a war as it had braved, might be deemed
highly prosperous. 'But haw much more gratify-
ing the picture whiCh it in reality presents for
contemplation. Tranquillity now pervades every
part of the United Kingdom, every class, nay,
we might say every individual, is satisfied with
the conduct of Government both at home and
abroad—no branch of trade is labouring under
even teinpory embarrassment—Taxation, in the
na time, has been greatly reduced, while the
interest of the national burdens has been ho-
nestly and legitimately diminished—and, toge-
ther with all these direct and indirect advan-
tage-, our Revenue is. daily increasing!.