The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-25 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MARCH 24.—Wind N.B.—Sailed this morning the
Charles Grant, Hay, for the Mauritius anti China; Madras,
Clark, Madras and Calcutta ; and the rest of the outward_
bound for their different destinations. Passed through the
Downs the Mary Russell, Whillis, far Rio Janeiro ; and Down,
Bank, for Honduras, and a fleet of outward-bound vessels from
Ramsgate Harbour.
HALF-PAST Six, P. M.—Came down from the River and
sailed the Competitor, Ascaugh, for Van Diemen's Land, anti
Loyalty, Graham, for Marseilles.
Porrsmouwit, MARCH 24.—Wind S.—Sailed the Maria,
Ronaldson, for Rotterdam, and not the John Howard as re-
ported yesterday.
FAL/LOOT/I, MARCH 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the Lady
Arabella - packet, for Lisbon, anti Countess of Chichester
Packet, 'for Halifax and New York.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Mary, Wilson,
from New Orleans ; on the 16th of February, in lat. 24. N.
long. 81. W. exchanged colours with two British frigates,
with a fleet of twelve sail under their convoy, steering to the
westward.

THE GREEKS.---It Will give pleasure to every
friend to the independence of nations and of man-
kind to learn, that a Committee of Gentlemen
has been formed to forward the cause of the
Greeks. The meeting was held at the Crown
and' A nchor, Strand, and is to resume its sittings
from time to time as occasion may require. Mr.
HUME was in the Chair,—and from the inde-
fatigable character of that Gentleman it may be
inferred that no zeal or labour will be wanting to
promote the object of a Committee founded for so
meritorious a purpose.
Yesterday afternoon the Princess SOPILIA ViSitel
the Duke of YORK for about an hour. Tho

Royal Duke afterwards walked out in the Park.
An Extraordinary Gazette was published last
night, containing some omitted details of the
operations of the armies in the East Indies, and
extending in dute from January, 1817, tolanuary,
1821. They have long lost all interest, and
present nothing remarkable but the fact that their
communication should have been so long delayed.
Instructions have been given for ensuring great( r
regularity in future.

TUE LONDON JOURNALS.

EITRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PArtRS,
March 25, 1823.

[MOANING POST.I
The turnings and windings of Faction In this
coisntry have been so long and so constantly, ex-
hibited, whenever any subject of importance has
arisen to engage the attention of the public, that
by this time we should imagine the least atten-
tive or intelligent of the people must have de-
tetted its habitual manoeuvres, and arrived at
a pretty accurate knowledge. of its unvaried
machinery. Its workings are indeed neither
sufficiently ingenious nor complicated to elude
the slightest observation. Is the nation at war
—it hoists the signal of pence or ruin ? Is the
nation at peace—let 'any difference of opinion
arise between Governments, and the alternative
then at once becomes war or degradation ? Fac-
tion knows no medium, permits no adjustment,
descends not to the indignity of amicable com-
promise, endures not file mention of mutual ap-
proximation, its diplomatic resources begin and
end with a categorical demand ;• the final and
decisive yes or no, unincumbered with modifica-
p.tions, and unfettered by Conditions, is the only
idea on which it founds its/futile speculations,
and pronounces its ridiculous censures. Timid
and abject, when the national spirit should be
roused, sustained, and fortified ; bold, imperious,
and unyielding, when the national feelings should
be calmed and moderated by the suggestions of
prudence and moderation. At the present mo-
ment, Faction is affording the most convincing
proofs, and the clearest illustrations of its
character. With respect to the invasion of
Spain, in the absence of all accurate information is
to the course of the negociations in which Go-
vernment has been engaged, Faction is bold
enough to present this alternative to the choice
of the reflecting people of England—either the
moral influence of England has not been fully
engaged to prevent the meditated aggression, or,
having been fully engaged, its failure amounts to
a proof, notwithstanding the immense sacrifices
for Continental interests which she has made
during the last thirty years, that her influence is
even now the object of contempt. Such is the
exquisite dilemma to which faction flutters itself
it may at the present moment reduce the English
Government and people.

[BRITISII PRESS.]
The Paris Papers of Saturday morning and
ovening have reached us by express; we have
also several private letters, which represent the
state of public feeling in that city and throughout
,France as most violent against the war. A Royal
Ordinance appears in the Moriiteur of Friday,
commencing, " Louis, by .the grace of God King
of France and Navarre," framed for no less a
purpose than 44 striking the name. of the Sieur
Mercier, serjeant in the 4th Legion. of the Na-
tional Guard of Paris, out of the muster-rolls of
that regiment," and charging his " Minister the
Secretary of State of the Department of the In-
terior" with the execution of the all-important
ordinance. What would we think iniEngland of
a. Royal mandate appearing to take away his
halberd from a serjeant of volunteers ? But
" Louis le I)esiri:7 has, by this mighty decree,
hurled unexampled vengeance on the affrighted
Serjeant Mercier.

[THE TIMES.TIie French papers of Saturday last have
arrived. The only remarkable fact they an,
trounce is the dismissal of M. Mercier from the
National Guard. Without considering whether
this may not be a boon instead of apunishment-
-whether it may not count with the snuff-boxes
and sabres presented to the Sergeant as testis
monks of respect, rather than with the orders of
the day meant to disgrace him--we must still
thirik the dismissal is most ridiculously ill-timed :
for when does it take place ? 'Not till after the
National Guard had expressed their appro-
bation of Mercier's conduct. Had the dis-
missal been immediate, such expressions of ap-
probation might have been prevented. Under
existing circumstances, the Government subjects
the act of dismissal to a censure previously pro-
nounced by the National Guard in its commen-
dation of Mercier. The approach to war is so
,dilatory, that we can hardly notice the pro-
gressive steps. There are said to be two kinds
of motion, that elude sensible observation—one,
from its inconceivable rapidity ; the other, from
its extreme slowness : the former was the motion
of the last French Government, the latter is the
motion of the present. 1.3 y the one, an object
seems to be every-where at once, like a firebrand
'whirled in a cirle : by the other, the object ap-
Rut; immovable, becputie the space which it
travels in a given period is too small to be mea-
sured by human organs.

[N.W Tf m Es.] •
The Funds were but little affected yesterday
by,,the foreign arrivals; for though, from various
parts of the world, intelligence was received of
sufficient importance in itself, yet, as the events
were but distantly connected with the political
interests of this country, they could not be ex-
pected to produce an immediate impression on
our money market. Consols opened at 74, and
continued steady until towards the close of busi-
ness, when they improved and closed at 74i.—
Spanish Bonds were also steady. Bank Stock
advanced to 206. The most marked improvement,
however, was that which took place in the Co-
lombian Bonds, which opened at 52, Wand closed
at 541. This circumstance is decidedly ittri-
bulable to the receipt of advices, through the
United States, of the appropriation of a part
.of the Funds, raised` by the late Mr. Zen,
to the service of the Colombian Government. It
is reasonabltepough argued that such appropria-
tion of a part goes a great way toward an ac-
knowledgment of the whole debt; and cense.
queotly weakens the force of the objections which
have so long depreciated these Bonds. Add
to this, that the last advices from Curacoa are
very favourable to the Independent cause. Still
aenerat Morales held possession of Maracaibo