The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-15 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, APRIL 14.—Wind S. to 'W. S.W.—Arrived the
Charles Hamilton, Dickenson, from Hull for New York ;
de Famine, from London for Havre ; Eagle, Henly,.
from ditto for Quebec ; and Margery, Ferguson, from Odesra
for London ; and remain with the outward-bound as last-
reported.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL I4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the it-
mima, Watt, from Sincaporc, sailed 7th December, and front
St.-Helena the 22d February; the Alf.ed left St. Helena for
this port the same day. Sailed the Messenger, Pace, for Ham-
bur gl :
Cowls, Arrur, 14.—Arrived the Eyder, Tripp, 25 days
front Charleston, fell in with on the 27th March, in long. U.,
the ship Williehnina, of Alexandria (II.), Captain Crosby,
from Liverpool, waterlogged, and took out the crew ; the
helmina having been run foul of by a South Seaman on thz
Bth of March, who rendered her no assistance, but left her in a
sinking state ; the Captain and crew were landed here this day.
PLYMOUTH, 13.—Wind W.—Arrived the Tv.o
Brothers, Lawson, from Faro for London, out 29 days; Al-
bion, Duncan, from ditto for ditto in 23 days ; and the Units',
Woodridge, from Gibraltar.

FALMOUTH' APRIL 13.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the
Stanmer packet, from Lisbon, sailed 28th ult.
LivEkroot., APRIL 13.—Arrived the Indian, Mcrritit, frcm
Valparaiso and Buenos Ayres; Emerald, Fox, Bo ton ; Are.
thusa, Merril, and Europa, Allen, from Charlestor ; Genera
Brock, —, Wilmington; Alert, Chapman, Alt:;xandria ;
Magnet, Todd, Odessa ; Bartley, Clark, Sin;-rna ; Cris:e,
Martin, Marseilles ; and Washington, Jones, from Lisbon.
DOVER, APRIL 1.1.-011 the port the Aurora, Czvie.c, from
Rio Janeiro ; and Annwell; Anderson, from Sal;)e.

THE DISCOYERT SIII Ps.—The Lfala and Fur/
Discovery Ships are rapidly preparing at Deptford for thz
Polar Expedition. Every precaution seenis to have been tahea
that comfort and ingenuity can devis,t, to render their cucceN4
complete. The internal fittings are compact and elegant, and
the means of conducting warm air throughout the vessels, and
the contrivances for drawing off the moisture from tite stetim,
breaths, are worthy observation. They are famished wiiit
the propelling paddles, worked as the chain pump, to ersist lit
passing through the light ice, and their bows are about nin.:
feet thick, lined, as are their sides, with cork, and plated
ternally with iron. Both vessels are now receiving their
coat of paint. Visitets are politely received on board, and
every attention shown to gratify curiosity by the officers in the
most handsome manner. - The names of the visitera are it,_
seated in a book. A farewell entertainment will he given by
Captain Parry, on board the Merle, on the 7th of May, wheat
both ships will be completely ready for sea, and will be at the
Nure on the likh.

NATIONAL SOCIETY.-Yesterday the General
Committee of the National Society for the Education of th,.!
Poor in the principles of the Established Church, held their
meeting at St. Martin's Vestry Room ; present theA rchhisia,p
of York ; Bishops of Carlisle, St. Asap!), Chester, and iltete:..;
Archdeacons Putt and Watson ; G. Watson, Esq. Tr•!asurt
and other Members of the Committee. Eight fresh
were united to the Society, and twelve grants of money. in ;;2i:,1
from 301. to 11001. each, towards the erecting, eniarg.::g,
fitting up of school.rooms.

Letters were ri,cei
tivethe 1
yest:iit:ldiayor frircrribtAualyrtyi:
rado (Mexico), dated
They state that hostilitieS had been so,?eiicied
between the distil!! of St. Juan de Ulloa aud ti e
port of Vera Cruz, but the port reimilnell :!;but ;
but that event is now of less importance,. since
Alvarado has been resorted to as the general port
of entry for Mexico. Ilis Majesty's ship Cf1en,44.,:
lion remained at the island of Saerificios
lieved,

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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
_Extracts from the Morning Papers, April 15.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
When George the Third ascended the Throne,
he was pleased to declare, " that he looked
upon the independence and uprightness of the
Judges as essential to the impartial administra-
tiowof justice„as one of the best securities of the
rights and }Netties of his subjects, and as most
conducive to the honour of the Crown." At the
recommendation of the King himself, under the
influence of these excellent sentiments, a statute
in 'the very first year of his reign was passed,
which continued the Judges in their office, not-
withstanding any demise of tke Crown, which,
before that Act, vacated their seats.—We have
had.lately occasion, in observing upon the avidity
with which Ministers sized upon the patronage
to be created by the County Court 13111 (though
vested by the Committee who framed it in the
C2ISIOS R0(21101'11111 of each County upon Constitu-
tional principles) to deprecate the systematic
encroachments which are daily making upon the
independence of the Bar. Much, however, as
depends upon a proper spirit being preserved
among Barristers, yet, if the whole body were to
become sycophants, small would be the evil
compared with the destruction of the indepen-
dence of the Bench. It was considered, in the
early part of the late reign, that the mere fear of
removal might affect that independence, and no
act of the life of George 111. has added so much
lustre to his memory (however it may have been
misunderstood in the extent of the benefits it
conferred), as that which prevented the Judges
from attempting to please the next in succession
by their conduct, with a view to the preservation
of their places. But the Ministers of George the
Fourth have no such scruples. They doubtless
represent to. their Royal Master that his Father
was mistaken upon this subject—that Judges
never can have a bias—and that the interests of
the nation which he governs, require that Judges
should be kept to the performance of their duty
by the hope of advancement. Upon these
grounds it must be presumed, that they recom-
mend the promotion of Puisne Judges to the
Chiefships of
,the respective Courts. It has not
been forgotten how soon the eagerness to entrap
a Jury into a verdict, favourable to a Government
prosecution,was rewarded with the first place upon
the Bench. The encouragement was not lost upon
those who followed. An individual, in consequence,
has been seen distinguishing himself before all
his colleagues—not in a depth of . legal acquire-
ment—but in supporting to an extent, to which
even the Officers of Government hesitated to ad-
vance, all-the prosecutions which Ministers have
thought proper to institute. Under any circum-
stances, Judges can hardly fail to incline more to
• the Crown than to the people. In the first place,
it is not likely that Members of the Bar, dis-
tinguished for the liberality of their opinions,
will be raised to the Bench. In the next place,
Judges have relations like other men, through
favours to whom they can he more or less influenc •
ed. But when a barefaced system of promotion
according to favour is acted on—when every thing
like disguise is laid aside, the public will natural.
ly view Judges as completely identified with
the Executive—as, in fact, so many Ministers of
.the Crown. It is true they are not so completely
dependent, as if, like officers of the army, they
could be disthissed altogether; but if the Crown
were to -renounce the power of dismissing officers,
and to reserve merely the power of stopping their
promotion, could they be said to be-independent ?
Justice fsesti has been appointed Chief
Justice of the Com Mon Pleas—the. Attorney-
General, upon the same pecuniary calculations
which led to his acceptance of office under the
present A dministra flan, having declined it !