The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-22 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SIIII'PING.

FALMOUTH, APRIL 20.—Wind S.E.—The Purser of the
Hon. Company's ship Regent, wrecked near Manilla, landed
yesterday afternoon from the American ship Fox, 117 days
from Manilla, bound to. Flushing, and immediately left by ex-
press for London.

PLYmouTit, APRIL 20.—Wind N. by W.—Arrived the
Elizabeth, from Leghorn ; and Cambria, from Chozzie.
Pon TSMOLITII, APRIL 21. Wind Westerly.—Arrived
from the Downs the Latona, Amy, for Demerara ; Seringapa-
tam Allen, for the South Seas; and Accession, Roadam,_for

-GIBRALTAR, MARELI 27.—" The Lady Wellington packet
arrived yesterday from Malta, last from Cagliari in 11 days—
saw on her passage a French frigate apparently cruizing off
Carthagena."
DEAL, Aran. 21.—Wind W.—Arrived to-day and sailed
for the River the Regent, Lamb, from Bombay ; Anthony
Story, flews, from the South Seas; Fly, Dobson, Gallipoli;
Alfred, Trist, Tobago ; Success, Shand, Cape of Good Hope ;
and Caledonia, .31azely, St. Domingo. Came down from the
River and remains the Hopewell, Crabson, for St. John's. The
Sarah and Elizabeth, from the South Seas, arrived yesterday,
instead of the Elizabeth and Ann: Sailed this morning the
whole of the homeward-bound, for the River.

SHEERNESS, Arnie. 21.—Sailcd the Commodore Hayes
with convicts, for New South 'Vales.

The Mountaineer, Ellis, from St. John's, N.B. to Liver-
pool, was wrecked near Cape Sable the 28th February.

OLD BAILEY.-31oxDA r.

(Before the Common Serjeant.)
Thomas Pearce, clerk, aged. 22, and Goodman Soloman,
aged 40, were indicted, the former with stealing divers articles
of wearing apparel, the propbrty of J.ll. Wrathall, and the
latter with receiving the same, knowing them to be stolen.
The prosecutor did not appear, when the Common Serjeant
made inquiries relative to his absence.
Mr. Anor.rutts' for the prisoner, explained, and alluded.
to the case of Moss Marks, a prisoner, whose name is in the
calendar immediately antecedent to it.
The Commolg SEtt.rEANT observed, that they could not gn
to trial without witnesses, and he was therefore bound to tai
the Jury that the prisoner must be acquitted.
The Jury returned a verdict accordingly.

Mun.DER.---(Deat, 21st April.)--A Coroner's
Inquest was this day held on the late Mr.
JOSEPH BELL, of this place, and, by a voluntary
confession made by his son, just turned of the
age of 18 yc“r4. it appears that the youth, alone,
formed the deliberate intention of murdering his
father, and carried it into effect in a manner
which his youth and appearance scarcely would
warrant as being possible. Although warned by
the Coroner of the consequences, on his trial, of
any confession he might now make, he freely,
disclosed every' particular connected with the
melancholy transaction.—On Wednesday even-
ing last he bought a gun for the purpose, and
having loaded it with a bullet, went ut the back
of the house about nine o'clock, and, firing
through the window, shot his father as he sate in
his chair, his mother sitting in the same room.
lie then threw the gun into a ditch, and went to
pay a lad for it, about half an hour afterwards,
having purchased it of him the same evening ;
soon • after he joined his companions, and after
staying out all night, returned to his father's
house in the morning. Ile did not make the
least attempt to elude the inquiries which re.
suited in his apprehension : when first examined,
however, before the Magistrates, he stated, that
one of his companions had shot his father—all
which he has since retracted ; and the Jury
having returned a verdict of Wilful Murder
against him, he will accordingly be committed
for trial,

The list which has been published of the
MAJORITY against the repeal of the Enlistment
Act' Is evidently incomplete :-----It contains the
names of two hundred and (teen Members only,
though the division is state in it at two hundred
and SIXTEEN. We have reason to think this
inaccuracy arises from the)pmission of the name
of Mr: CHAMBERLAYNE, the Member for South-
ampton, whose usually voting with the Opposition
may have occasioned this mistake.

A letter from Macaio, a port to the north of
Bahia, and dated 25th of February, states, that
on the .22d the squadron from Rio, consisting of
two large frigates, three sloops of war, and two
brigs, with 700 troops on board, appeared off the
harbour. They had disembarked, and were to
march in a few days to join, the Brazilian army;
which is besieging Bahia. They are described
as an uncommonly fine body of .men. The
squadron was to return on the 26th of February
to Rio de Janeiro.

Intelligence was received at Lloyd's yesterday,
that a Spanish privateer had taken a French ship
laden with grain, near Bayonne, and carried her
into St. Sebastian. This is the first capture since
the commencement of hostilities by land.
Great preparations have been made at Buck-
ingham Palace for the Drawing Roth, to-thor-
row, it being the first since the extensive repairs
within and without that building. The altera-
tions for the ingress and egress of the company,
will be found convenient. The exterior covered
ways in front of the Palace have been freAi,
painted ; and there is a new iron gateway 'fOr-*
the carriages to proceed by Constitution-hill, to
prevent the necessity of the carriages entering
and returning by the same gate.
So numerous' re the works of art sent this year
to the Royal Academy for the ensuing exhibi-
tion, that the Committee will be able to hang
little more than-three-fourths of them.

A County Meeting is about to be held at Bed-
ford, to consider of petitioning Parliament on the
subject of Widows burning themselves in India.

Samuel Fadlowes, who was executed at Chester
on Monday, offered the gaoler 10001. to connive
at his escape.—(Stafbrdshire Advertiser.)
BRIGHTON, Aram :.20.—Awre t. EVENT.—An- elderly
Gentleman, named !JILL, father of Mr. HILL., jeweller, &c.
in St. James's-street here, attended Divine Service in the Cha-
pel of that street this morning, and, in the afternoon, the set-
vice at the Chapel Royal, Prince's-place, in apparent 'good
health ; at the latter place, between three and tour o'clock, he
was suddenly seized with apoplexy, and almost immediately
expired.
CORONER'S IrtgrEsT,,--An Inquisition was held yesterea/
at the Light Horseman, Kensington, before Mt. GELL, Cor-
otter, on the body of a man unknown, found dead m file
Serpentine River.- It appeared that on Friday morking a. mar-
ket-gardener, coming front llyde Park-corner towards the Horse
Barracks, observed the betty of the deceased in the wa,er, rc ar
Rotten-row ; he called the boatman, who, with his assistance,
got it ashore. There were several bruises about it ; there
only one farthing, in his pockets ; the name of don aas
in the hat, Verdict—Found drowned in the Serpentine River,
but by what means he met his death there was to-evidence.
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THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY.

Extracts from the Morning Papers, April 22 .

•NEW TIMES.,
It was yesterday gravely put forth by an
Evening Paper that a French frigate, called la
Guerriere, had been taken by two armed vessels
bearing Spanish colours,• one of which was a brig
carrying 15 or 20 guns. " The frigate," says
the ►writer, 44 was peppered in high style."—We
rather suspect the paragraph has been a littlp
" peppered ;" for its real foundation seems to be
no more than the following notice which was
posted yesterday at Lloyd's:—

" PARIS, APRIL 17.
" A Spanish privateer has taken a ship laden with grain near
Bayonne, and carried her into St. Sebastian's."
To which may be added the following informa-
tion which was received in the course of the day :
" PARIS, APRIL 18.
An embargo has been laid on all Spanish vessels in the
ports of France, and Spanish privateers have already made
tome captures."
But from neither of these sources can we collect
grounds for inferring that a vessel of so large
force as a frigate has beest captared.—The same
Evening Paper informs us, on the authority of a
private letter, to which we attach no authority
at all, that Sir C. Stuart has presented a Note
to the French Ministers, protesting, in strong
terms, against the formation of a Junta of Govern-
ment at the head-quarters of the Duke d'Angon-
leme. The writer forgets to tell us what interest
we, as a neutral nation, can have in any such
question. We lament that a civil war exists in
Spain, hut since it does exist, each party will
naturally recognise its own Junta of Government.
We lament that a French army should have in-
vaded Spain ; but since it has invaded that
country, the party which it favours will naturally
court its protection.

[MORN' NG Pon.]
An Express yesterday from Paris brought
Journals and letters to the 20th inst. The for-
mer contain a telegraphic dispatch from the
army, but that dispatch only says that there is
nothing new from the scene of war ; that Pampe-
hula and St. Sebastian are invested, but have not
been attacked ; and that all the reports which
had been circulated on that point were "absurd
and ridiculous." Now as the rumours alluded to
announced the capture or expected surrender of
those places, it is evident that their absurdity
must consist in having represented as easy of at-
tainment objects of which the Prince Gene-
ralissimo bus now discovered the difficulty, and
that he is afraid his military reputation may
!wirer from his not being able to carry, without
much loss of time and lives, fortresses which his
Ultra friends declare to he mere ungarrisoned
straw buts. From this telegraphic reprimand,
these important and gratifying facts may be
inferred—that Pampeluna anti St. Sebastian
ate well garrisoned, that their fortilica.
Lions have been repaired, and that they are
capable of making. a long and obstinate de.
fence ; things w hich may give a new and
totally' different turn to the war. The army
of Perpignan was not to enter Spain till the 20th
or 22d instant. As it Nr ill have to march through
a more difficult country, and may possibly fall
in with Minn, unless that skilful and enterprising
Commander should prefer passing into its rear and
throwing himself into F'rance, it is probable that
its progress will be still slower than that of the
Generalissimo, and that it will have some obstacles
to overcome before it can fall into line with him
to strike the " decisive blows" which, we are
told, are in contemplation. That little conft•
dance is now placed in these anticipated triumphs,
or that the exposition of the intrigues and am.
bition of France, made by our Mittislers last
week in both Houses of Parliament, has produced
a deep effect on the people. of that country, is
apparent from the fall of two per cent. which has
taken place in the French Funds.