The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-07 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, SEPT. 6.—Wind S.W.--Came down from the River
and remain, the David Walter, Phillips, for Newfoundland ;
Adolph, Bell, for Bahia ; Liebe, Bennington, for Lisbon ;
St. David, —, for Sierra Leone. Arrived the Vinelia,
Gilmore, from Antigua. The brig which was on the Goodwin
Sands yesterday was the Traveller, Burrows, from Demerara ;
she was assisted oil' last evening and brought into the Downs,
with loss of anchor and cable and leaky ; she-has been supplied
with a new anchor and cable from Deal, and with extra assist.
mice at the pumps : she will proceed to the River.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 6.—Wind S.W..—Passed by the
Elizabeth, Boyle, from Petersburgh.
PLY mouTH, SErT. s.—Wind W.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Genoa, from Lisbon ; Ilamoare, Sl‘Causland, from
Algiers; Surry Transport, from I‘lalta; Lyra, Smith, from
the South Seas, and Atalanta, Volberts, from Surinam.
the Port the Admiral Cockburn, Briggs, for Van Dieman's
Land.

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. s.—Arrived the Rapid, Callan, front
Jamaica : sailed the 24th of July ; Barton, Banks, from Bar-
badoes ; Thomas, Pike, from illessina; Tantiyy, Parrett, from
Leghorn ; and Lord Whitworth, —, from Quebec.
FALMOUTU, SEM ti.—Wind W.—Arrived the Brighton,
Thomas, from Cadiz, in 37 days, for Shields.

Arrived off Dartmouth the Lovely Cruizer, from Oporto.
The Andromaque, Chess', from Mauritius, is on shore, in
he Garonne.

SOLDIER, OR NO SOLDIER.

( From the Dublin Evening Post of Thursday last.)
Yesterday, a young man of gentlemanly ad:
dress and very prepossessing appearance, was brought hand.
cuffed, and in custody of a military guard, to the Head Police-
office, under a charge of desertion.
When before the Magistrates the prisoner stated his name to
be Clement Harris ; that he had served his time to an attorney,
and that in the year 1817, he enlisted in the 46th regiment
for seven years' service; that after remaining a year with the.
regiment, lie obtained a furlough, for the purpose of vieitin!,:
his friends in Monaghan, where on his arrival he was shortly
afterwards arrested for a debt of twenty-three pounds and
placed in jail, from which he wrote to the Adjutant of his
Regiment, informing him of his situation ; but the amount
of the debt being three pounds over that which entitled hint
to his discharge as a private soldier, he remained in custody
until last May, when lie had himself removed by 'lobed:
Corpus, to the Four Court 61arshalmea, in order to obtain
the benefit of the Insolvent Act; but after his arrival its
Dublin, being enabled to settle the debt without having re.
course to the benefit of the Act, he obtained his discharge
from the prison on Tuesday, and on his being about to inhale
the reviving air of liberty, he was handed over to the Provost
Marshal, under a warrant from the Magistrates of the Head
Police-office, as a deserter. The prisoner submitted, that, as
he had been confined for six years under a civil process, and
had served one year in the regiment, the period of seven years,
for which' he had originally enlisted, was expired, and therefore
he could not be considered its a deserter. The prisoner tdo
stated that he was entitled to a property of' AWL per annum,
through the Maseareene family, and it was the object of those
who were keeping hint out of the property that he should by
sent abroad to some of the condemned regiments, in order to
prevent him prosecuting his claim.
It appeared that during his confinement in Monaghan gaol
he married the gaoler's daughter, and that shortly after his
arrest a warrant and committal were transmitted from Dublin,
directed to the gaoler of Monaghan, charging him as a deserter.
The prisoner's wife and her lather (the gaoler) arc now both
dead. The same vigilance which procured the warrant for his
detention at Monaghan as a deserter was exercised on his re-
moval to Dublin, and the new warrant obtained upon which he
was now brought before the Magistrates, and he complained
that the warrant was so strictly executed as not to permit his
returning to his room in the Marshaleca, where he had in his
trunk bills and other property amounting to SOL ; nor would
the officers permit him to change his jacket, that he was accuse
totted to wear in the prison.
The MADISTIIATEB remanded him to the custody of the.
Provost Marshal,until the circumstances should be made known.
to the Commander of the Forces.

EXPERIMENTAL REFUGE.—Our Readout, we
believe, have heard of an experiment—in the nature of a Re-
fuge for juvenile offenders—conducted by a Committee, of
whom Lady Carnegy and Mrs. Fletcher are leading members.
It was commenced at Water of Leith, and has now been con-
tinued, with better prospects, at a little to the westward and
southward of Coates Crescent. The immediate superintendent
of the boys—six in number—is a shoemaker. Their residence
with him is entirely voluntary. They have plain fOod—plain
clothes—and are carel for every way, rather in the hornliest
manner for children of working tradesmen. Their master in-
structs them in his own trade of shoemaking, and they are also
taught reading, writing and accounts. One boy has been 15 months
in the Refuge, and has made considerable proficiency. Other
two have been eight months, and they are not less promising.
Another has been about seven, and the other two about tett
weeks. In writing, in particular, they are all making wind.
derable progress ; they are not complained of as inclined to idle-
ness ; and two of them can already make shoes in a tolerably neat
manner. There is a bit of garden ground connected with the
house, which they assist in cultivating, ilnd which is also
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that the experiment, on a larger scale, which has been contem•
plated for some time past, will, it' properly conducted, provv
eminently successful. I,et us hope, therefore, that the larger
eexopuer.riwnitic,nstciltil.l2.l))e made, without much delay,.....(Ediinb„rth

On Saturday night, a man who resided in ISt.
Enocies-lane committed suicide by hanging himself. Hie wife
had some time since been obliged to leave him on account of
the irregularity of his conduct, and he occupied a small garret-
room by himself. About 7 o'clock he was observed going hat°
the house in a shameful state of intoxication, and he was never
afterwards seen alive : on Monday night and Tuesday the neigh-
bours were very much disturbed and alarmed by the incessant
squalling of a cat which was confined in the house. The wife
of the deceased was sent for to set the animal at liberty, anti
on entering the house, she observed her ill-fated husband
pended by the neck with a small cord attached to a joist, with
such appearances as left no doubt of his having been dead
sure
Saturday night...( Glasgow Chronkir.) sus.

THE LONDON -JOURNALS.

DA I IX
Extracts from the Morning Papers; Sept. 7.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
loVc are happy to learn, that the official ac.
counts received by Government from Buenos
Ayres are of so satisfactory a nature that it is in
contemplation to enter into arrangements with the
Government of that State, in which it will be
considered as independent. This measure will
be followed by the formal exchange of Ministers.

Roy 4r. EltOG AT' VES.—The Kings'of France
and Englind indisputably possess some enviable
attributes, the union of which in one person would
be unspeakably desirable. His Most Christian
Majesty, it seem!, can never be ill, and it is a
constitutional maxim that the. King of England
never dies ; nay, what is more remarkable,
though he never dies, yet he may be born just as
olten as► is agreeable to him, and in that season
which best suits his convenience,—thus our pre-
sint Gracious Sovereign has two birth clays every
year, and might have three hundred and sixty-
live if it seemed good to him. The Kings of
England also can never do wrong, and the Kings
of France may keep as many concubines as King
Solomon, without shocking their Bishops ; it
would seem, however, that our sovereign has the
advantage, all things considered, for the privilege
of tint being able to do wrong gives the hand-
somest and most desirable sweep to Royal
actions.—(Xbiti.)

[Tile TIMES.]
Letters were received yesterday from Rio de
Janeiro, dated the '2'2d of June,and which bring
down the intelligence from that place four days
later than the previous arrivals. The alarm was
still kept up respecting an armament from Lis-
bon, and had hod the effect of almoit wholly
paralysing commercial operatic:ns. The Emperor
and his Ministers manifested unceasing activity
to place the city and harbour in the most com-
plete state of defence. An order had been issued
to put in requisition every fifth•sluve for the ser-
vice of the Government, to be employed in tile
cepair of the fortifications. This state of things
hod hail the elfcct of provoking great animosity
on the part of the Brazilians against the native
Portuguese resident in Rio de Janeiro, many of
whom felt so insecure on that account, that .they
were endeavouring to convert their property into
money or biils ,in order to retire to Europe.--,
The Getters! Assembly of Deputies from
the Brazilian Provinces held • their first sitting
at. Rio de Janeiro on the 21st of June, but the
Emperor did not attend on that occasion. His
proceedings, or rather those of his Ministers, fur
Don Pedro himself has credit'for honest
tions,ivere watched with some distrust, the source
of which it is difficult to collect from the events
that transpire publiCly. The only circumstance
alleged at all bearing a suspicious character, was
his •uhceasing endeavours to create lIMOng
ranks of the army a strong attaehmentito his'
gerstp),_ which is more easily explained by his
fears of the ascendancy of the Republiciiii party,
than by any treacherous intercouse with Portugal,
the danger of which was every day becoming
greater. A considerable number of the troops
had been embarked for Praya Grande, on the
opposite side of the bay, where the officers and
men were gratified by splendid 'entertainments;
at which the Emperor assisted in person. Whitt-
ever his secret views may be, it is not difficult to
foresee that the future history of the heir appa-
rent' to, the throne of Portugal is pregnant with

great events.
A mail arrived yesterday from Buenos Ayres,
with letters to the 26th of June. By this packet
has come passenger M. Itivadavia; through,.whose
wise administration for the last four years .that
State,has been enabled to make such rapid ad-
vances in prosperity. Ile was in fact at the head
of the Government, though he bore only the
title Of Principal Secretary of State. It is said
that M. ftivadeviahas entirely dosed his political
career with his- resignation of his late office,
and that he intends to retire to private
life ; but it- is ObVtons that his residence
here, or in any part. of Europe, may, by
the very general knoWledp of, and confidence
in, his character,: be'made - -productive! of great
good , to Ayres,. as •,5,‘411. ,as to the
great cause itself/of. South American independ-
ence. The' following- is• tin extract from the
Buenos Ayres paper entitled The Argos, of the
Zid of June, which came by the same convey-
ance the various articles of
price Communicated from Salta by the last cou-
riot., who arrived at the end of the preceding
week, is the report that in Cabija, a port of Ata-
cama, had disembarked General Miller, belong-
ing to the Army of Independence, with the title
of General of the Vanguard. In this army were
expected 2500 destined to act against the, Roya list
General Olaneta. It is positively stated, like-
wise, that Brigadier Espalier°, the particular
friend of Gen. La Serna, and much compromised
in the' plans of commatid in which that Gene.
ral insists, under condition of playing the prin-
cipal part,, had embarked under pretext of pro.
seeding tn. Spain, but with the real object of go.
lug to another quarter to combine plans of im-
portance. By the same convoy it is communi-
cated, that the Constitutional General Valdez,
having I.),:;en much weakened In Morn, had been
conducted to La Paez, where he died in a few
days. If this news be true, Olaneta has lost one
of his principal rivals, Ferdinand VII. one of his
greatest enemies, and the cutuse. of independence
one of its most zealous supporters."—(/bid)

LMOUNINa tiosT.l
Our express brought us last night French
Papers to the sth inst. and the Etude of Sunday.
The King still transacts business with his 1191-
tasters, but it. is only nominally, and Monsieur
seems to he to4lll iot.nt,. and purposes the pre-
sent Regent of the country ; for inunettiately on
leaving the reigning invaiid, Mr. de Villele, or
hie colleagues, regularly !it s into the apartments
of his brother, and lay Ilisoir plans before him,
m
or receive his 'comands!' 'fhis is called in the
Monsieur : "
Journals " -ptryint' their Court to