The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-11 00:00:00

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NAVIGATION OF TIM TRAIVIES, . .
Ma. 'BOrroti-Witen I hear' of •profusion
of unemployed capital, the east and 'celerity with
which li'dreign- Loans-can be nceoMplished,• the
tow rate of interest at home•to otlite and aceele.;
rate that
,ease and speed, and vitett I view the
IttarciCef science, and a 'corresponding 'progress,
in improvements, it has often occurred to: me at
matter of regret that .noae of the patriotic mer
chants of London have ever. publicly attempted to
improve the Navigation of the river Thatues •
Sir, 1 have read the debates. on the :London.
Bridge. subject, and I Metre renal the reports of
engineers on the . daugers - anticipated -by the,
removal of the, Bridge:to.the wharfs and Thames!
side propertyabove, Bridpfand .whilst E reserve
my own.oPinieu cAqot. ))ut ex-
press surprise, and ?ask „why, if the proprietors
et such•property do.really anticipate such e frec tal
they .do not take. some Step to avert. that an-
ticipated danger ?—for danger it should
,proye
to be, there i3yet time to avert it. Although now
the New Bridge is commenced it gains upon them
daily.—To avert the danger, real or imaginary,
I have most respectfully to suggest, through the
columns of your universal paper, that Parliament
should be called upon for its permission and aid
at the earliest possible opportunity to enable a
Company Ott the mean time to be funned) to
cut a passage through Greenwich .Marsh into
'Woolwich Reach, es large and deep as any.ethet
branch of the river, so that all sorts of shipping
may be enabled to pass through it, and thus avoid
the circuitous and tartly passage .by Wad:wail
Docks and the Gibbet Beach,' if I may so term
it, for the sake of illustration !

The New Branch which I now suggest will
run nearly parallel with the river-front of Greets..
wich Hospital, into Woolwich Reach, and the
distance to be cut, though the peninsular meadow
measures about a mile on the Chart—so that up-
wards of two miles will be saved in a sweep that
requires Else seaman to sail round three-fourths
of tho compass., and frequently to expend more
tide and time thap in sailing fifteen miles in a
less complicate chaOnel ! It is too well known
and authenticated , gm the loss of a tide has (sc.
casioned a delay' ar montlig in voyages, and its
gain, vice versil, limsequrntly, the adoption of
my plats must, be of infinite service and benefit to
•

the merchants of London, to whom dispatch is of
importance. The reach may be easily completed
in three years, and the expellee may he estimated
at 3t0,0001., exclusive of the purchase of the
meadow Should Government not contribute for

the vessels pas,ing to and from Deptford, even
then the shareholders Would make tei► per cent,
of their mouey,and in twenty or thirty years the
surplus would pay off the capital, and leave the
channel free. lam calculating on a light tax to
be Imposed on all boats and vessels using the
reach; and these, I presume, would be nine-
tenths of the whole navigation of the Thames !
The adoption of this plan, or suggestion, would,
in my humble opinion, effect two important put..
poses ; first, it would facilitatb the navigation of
the River, and be us desirable to the seaman, as
valuable to the merchant; secondly, it would
adopt and embrace the superfluous waters which
are now dangerous, and on the removal of the
bridge anticipated to be more so ; and it would
consequently allay the fears of those proprietors
who are alarmed for their-property above bridge.
May I mention or repent a third object ? it would
give the share-holders ten per cent !
It has been truly observed by an elegant wv?..
ter, that " if the now neglected Thames was
46 choked up, the metropolis of England would
46 soon be as ruinous as Nineveh or Babylon !""
My suggested plan, Sir, is practicable; it would,
if adopted and carried into execution, be highly
useful and lucrative. We read in ancient history
that one of the Saxon Kings, to avoid the Tower
of London, cut a passage for his fleet from Dept-
ford to Battersea. To avoid delay in uavigation,
and to be useful to the public, let us imitate him
.1 am, Sir, yours respectfully,
HUGH V. CAMPBELL,
Master Royal Navy.

ITALIC LETTIZRS.---The invention of hallo
Letters in printing is due to the celebrated
ter, ALDUS MARRATIUS. Observing the many
inconveniences arising from the numerous abbre-
viations, then SO common among printers, to get
rid of those abbreviations, and yet, not greatly
increase the size of the hook, he' Contrived the
/folic letters, first called the "Udine.

IVIINISTNIIIII.---FLORIMOND ns IttMOND give

the following etymology of this word.—ALUVLI.T
BABINOT having been n student in the School of
Equity nt Poitiers, called La illinistere, used to
be called, by CALYIN Mid others, Mr. Munster,
whence afterwards CtuYtti give the name of Mi.
nisters to the Pastors of Ida church.

111. of Spain was a weak bigot, and
erns A patriot
41
Third,irecl la°t"—" presenti'°
i:l alwaysilwv governed by his Ministers.
anxious to open his eyes, but unable to reach the
King, bit upon the following method of convey.
ing his censure. Ile had a sealed letter placed
one
King
upfosn
plaiiisn,tajb)luelnipththtehis
in the service of the Duke of LERMA."
tiengo

At 2 o'clock OR Thursday morning a fire broke
out at Mr. MERRITT'S, baker, Store-street, Bed-.
ford-street, Commercial-road, and another at
nine o'clock, at Mr. RonytTs's, baker, Grauged
road, Bermondsey ; both of which buildinp./ere
greatly damaged. The first would have been
down to the ground, but for the exertions of the
firemen.

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FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Monism:, Sept. 11.)
Manua) Auo.V..--The col/owing' the
translation of a latter from tho Minister of War

of his Catholic Majesty, which announces to the
.4-'reneral-in.Chief of the French Army the satis-
faction of the King of Spain at the retaking of
Tarifa :

" EXVGLIZST Slit—Ths King, my august mater, has

howl with.marks of the most lively satisfaction and with genii.
tude, the interesting report which your kxeelleney has been

pleased to communicate to ms by your letter dated yesterday on

the affair of Tarifa.

" His Majesty has experienced a lively pleasure in acimew-
'edging that the French army, always ready to answer to the
contidertce of its Sovereign, and the hopes of his allies, most in.
timately united, has distinguished its abode in Spain by exem-
plary discipline ; and that it has constantly supported, with a
courage and a devotedness without bounds, the cause of legiti-
macy. If any proof were still necessary to serve as a compli-
ment to the efforts of the French army in this restoration of the
Legitimate Throne of Spain, it would be found in the events of
Tarifa, the extermination of the rebels who had seized on that

illace and its island, and.the glorious results of 'this expedition.
The conduct of the army- afford's the most authentic evidence,
that the French generosity ends where acts of rebellion begin,
and that the criminal and foolish hopes of the conspirators of
these perpetual enemies of the order and .tratiquillity of their
country must. venial. Instructed by terrible experience, of
Which they have just received a last lesson, they will be forced
• to acknowledge, that.the title of rebel against the Prince is the
most execrable title in a Legitimate Monarchy.
" The King, my master, feeling convinced of this truth, or-
ders me to address to you, in his name, the expressions of his
gratitude for the brilliant conduct which, your Excellency has
not ceased to observe fie Commander.in. Chief of the Array.
" The King orders sae, at the name time, to make known to
you, that he desires that all commanders, officers, and soldiers
of. your brave army should likewise receivw.through your Ex-
,cellency the thanks of his Majesty.
. " The King especially expresses his gratitude to Lieutenant.

lietieral Viscount FOIIISAC Latour, commanding the Division of
-Cadiz, and to Count .Astorg, Colonel of the Lith.Chasseurs,
,wl►o commanded the expedition againstilis rebels •who had

.neized on Tarifa.

14 Ills Alajesty, desiring-at tho•same timo to make a peculiar
distinction, and to recommence the important services performed

,un this occasion by marks of Ills sovereign s,erstitude,bas iltiigned

-to confer on your Excellency, and on LieutentmatAienerall'is.
'count Voissaclatour, the (rand Cordon.of the Order of St.
'Ferdinand; and to Colonel Count d'Astorg the Cross of 'Knight
of tha third Class of the same Royal and Military Order.
" !fit Majesty ilesites besides, that your Excellency sbOtild
propoee to him the "individuals whom you shall judge worthy
of military insignia.
" On my part, M. le :Vicomte, I feel peculiar satisfaction
in making known- to your ExCellency decision of my Sore-.

•
reign, which proves the high esteem that hie Alsjogy feel* for

yuur merit, and 'that of diet:rove French army. In such flatter-
, ing circunastonees, I take pleosui,e la renewing to your Excel.
• Lency the sentiments of the highest.consitlenniun, runt pray to
WI to grant you long,life.
(Signed)
" Madrid, Augulit U."
Prrn the Stuck, _dated Sept. 9.,)

"../03EF DV: LA CRUZ.

• .
Tho iclng, heard Mass'in 114 ipariments„ and
afterwareta provided Caunuil of Vinisters,
which sat from twelve till halftpiat ouu.
IFrom tha Conatitsaitninelo
Russ! A.-111 the month of Juno last,-the
im-
,Tortation of foreign merchandize at time port of
.Archangel unmounted to (18,000 rou Het, tilld the
exportation of Russia, produce to I ,‘216,81i roe.
Ales, out of which there were •U 3,810 roubles
'• for flax, and 408,500 for film'.
They write from Orenbourg, dated July 9,
(new style) as follows :
" In the course of June last, two caravans arrived hers from

by the Carts Of Qrsk and Sonotschikowtk, with 1431)11,3

.• of tnereitandize, consisting for the most part of spun and un.
I bleashe4 cotton, a. certain quantity of cotton anti silk •stuffs,
• eitins and berries, caned Kochfinisch. According to the decla-
ration of the Asiatics, who have arrived .with the caravan at the
," fort of Serotscitikowsk, there is the danger ,of being pillaged. In
the steep, which delays the journey ; the latter one was pillaged
'by the girguises, and abandoned near the -fort by the guides,
who took part in the affair."

" MADRID.
" ROYAL 4UDL lt, ADDRESSED TO THE ROYAL COUNCIL
ON 9'IIEIBT INST. UT TUC MINISTER OP MAU.
" in consequence of the event which took place in the street

• St. Antonia, of this city, in the afternoon of the 26th July last,
• the Ambassador of France has represented to the Secretary of
• State for Foreign Affairs, that the peculiar circumstances which
• marked that occurreueo originally, began only as a quarrel be-
twem the soldiers of the two nations, occasioned by excess of,
drink, which proved that in blood uud party spirit aro continu-
ally at work to bring up differences, at:d to disturb that good
understanding which the Vrenelk alloy is so desirous of preserv-
ing. The Ambassador has Oded, that he trusts that proper
measures Mill be taken to stop the progress of those-seeking to i
"indent° these feelings. r. ,
,L The Kitts" our master, whom immediately informed of
• the ?tote of the Ambassador, whieh wr.. cominitnicated to me
by the Secretary Of'State, h. ,persuaded that these circumstances,
as well as the information whieltis received from different parts
• of the kingdom,
.sliew that the Re•volutiorusts, in the deplor-
able condition in which their crimes hoe placed them, are
eirotinually at work to disturb the , peace and harmony' of the
.troops of the two t*otrns.. and torkeep :the public mind in a
Perpetual agitation, -without neglecting,' in order to succeed,
every meant that their own despair and diversity of opinions
can suggest, even among such of them as have never failed
• in love and fidelity towards their Sovereign.
" The King, well convinced of the imporsonce and neces-
. airy to put ,a stop to an evil, the continuation of which may
occasion to the State irreparable damage—the most Marne-
, diate being that of delaying the s ilid re-establishment of the
..public tranquillity, without which it is impossible to heal
the wounds that die itevolution has inflicted on the Nation,
lota condescended to decide, that the areal of the Civil and
Military Authorities of the Kingdom should be excited, in
-order that by them, .aid thusz under their influence, more
tltided steps may btu taken to' put a stop to excesses, to pre.
ment.tbese, otearrenee ms, al to guide the mind ,of the com-
monalty, by inflaming thi: inhabitants of the abominable pro-
jects which those persons entertain, who, reports,
by false or
in any other manner, pretend to weakenthe honour and re--
• spect which the French army and his Government deserve
on so Many accounts (or the enlihettt services which they
have rendered to religion to our august Sovereitm, and to
the whole of the Spanish
• FitENCII FUN os.—l'a itzs, REPT. 3.—Five Per Cents , .‘99.
Rennes. fn.—Spanish Reines, 19h. • Sprt.nish
Loan, 11123, fib f.—Lxchstige on I motion, tole 'moths, 25 11)
tthroe months, 24. 96.—( Cour: Atithentique.) ;