The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-16 00:00:00

[NEW TIDIES.]

It is really edifying to observe The Times,
with grave indignation, declaiming against
" schemes of gigantic speculation, which have
their authors in the City of London, and half the
people of England for their dupes l" - It is plea-
sant to hear The TillieS censuring " the madness
Which has within these two years ruined such
numbers of prosPerotis families by their dabbling
in Fol'eign Laws !" There has been one great
speculation in Foreign Loans within these two
years, and only otte,' which has ruined many
families—namely, the speculation in Spanish.
Bonds :—and what Journal prornoted by every
art in its power the ruinous delusion ?—What
Journal ?, The Timei—the Old Times.—W hat
Journal, again, . exposed the fraud, stated
distinctly the real situation of the Spanish
Finances, and warned '. the adventurers of
their certain ruin if they persevered ?—The
New Times. And yet now, our unblushing
rival parrots our very words, and has the face to
say, " we do earnestly entreat our countrymen
to examine somewhat further into the allure-
ments offered to them than merely their market-
!able value."—Yery singular and curious is the
fact, that while million after milliou was go-
ing out of the country to alt. parts of the globe,
for years together, The Times was either silent;
.Or promoted ttir most gross of all the delusions
.practised ; but as soon as schemes begin to
be set ou foot for employing money in • the
country, then for the first time the virtuous anger
of our competitor is roused ; and then he ends
that the temporary value of a transferable share
in any alluring project is not all that ought to
•be calculated. We trust that The New Time:
will never be found encouraging popular delusion
deny kind ; and we certainly have braved much
'unmerited odium in our endeavours to guard the
public against error and misrepresentation ; but
'we cauuot say that the spirit of fair and honour-I
viea loss matters rs ofu herein internal
competition ought to be checked, especially
iu n
improvement. Even pri- 1
at
public gain ; and though
ill-laid or ill-managed projects ought to be dis-
ttmtet
countenanced both at home and 'abroad, yet
somewhat more latitude of speculation may 'well
:be indulged,goto where expenditure must at all
events
the
encourage
national industry, than
where it is to be lavished on foreign objects and
interests, with little or no certain prospect of
.any
adequate return.

The following' aneedote,' related by the Cap-
tain of 'Devenport Gnlnearnan, is from a United 'State's' Paper:
now intolerable, had mite us no languid,
--,"• The, bosom of the ocean-was extremely tranquil; and the
thateh,,;a
at
overcame us,. on the approach of the
whichin :tot • abvgaatelsnmeraifil -wtilsrell. waters 'of Congo; however, Myielf
and Johnson were deterred from it, from the •apprehension
of sharks, many of whichme bad observed in the progress of our
voyage, and these enormously large. At length, Campbell
aloneovho had been making too free with his liquorcais, was
ohstinately. bent on going nYerhoard ;. and although we used
every means in our power to persuade him to the contrary,
dashed •into the watey element, and had swam some distance
from the vessel,- when we on the deck discovered an alligator
making towards him from behind 'a rock that stood a short
distance from the shore. . His escape I now consideredimpos-
sible; his 'destruction inevitable, and I applied to Johnson how '
we should act, who, like myself, affirmed the impossibility
to save him, and instantly seized upon a loaded carbine
to shoot the poor fellow before he fell into the jaws of the
monster- I did not, however, consent to this, but waited with
horror. the tragedy we anticipated ;. yet willing to do all in our
power, I ordered the boat to be hoisted, and we fired two shots
at the approaching alligator, but Without effect, for they glided
over his covering like hail stones on a tiled pent house,
and the progress of the creature was by no means impeded.
The report of the piece, and the noise of the Blacks from the
sloop, -soon. made Campbell acquained with his danger--:-he
saw the -creature Making. for him, -and. with- .all the strength
and skill, he.. was maater,of,. made for, the shore. And now,
the mon:lent arrived in which a scene was exhibited beyond the
power-of my humble pen perfectly to describe. On approach--
mg .within a very short distance of . some canes and shrubs that
covered the bank, _while closely pursued by the alligator, a
fierce and ferocious tiger sprung towards him, at the instant
-the jaws of• his first enemy were extended to devour him. At
this awful moment Campbell was preserved. The eager tiger, by
overleaping him, encountered the gripe of the amphibious mon-
ster. A conflict then ensued—the water wits coloured .with the
blood of the tiger, whose efforts to tear the sruly covering of the
aligator mere unavailing,, while the latter had also the-advantage
of keeping his adversary under the water, by which the victory,
was presently' obtained; for the tyger's death was now ef-
fected. They -both, sunk tolliebottom; and we saw no more 'of the
alligator. I,4mpbell,was recovered, and instantly conveyed'on
board. - He spoke not while in the. boa; thougls the dangerhad
completely. sobered the moment-he-leaped on the
deck, tell tin his knees, and returned thanks to the Provi-
dence who had so protected him ; anti; what is most sing filar,
from that moment ,to , the. time I am writing, has never:been
seen the least intoxicated, nor has been heard to utter a single
oath. If ever there was a perfectly reformed being in the uni-
verse; Campbell is the man."- • • •
£01.1.10f. CIBBEIt visited Lord WHARTON at

'inchendnn, and taking an airing with his