The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-14 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

Extract of a Letter from the ziAreat to Lloyds' at Memel, dated
December 20. •
" Since last night we have had a sharp frost, and our Haff
is completely fast to the entrance of the harbour.
" In consequence of the repeated applications made from
home, against the late additional port charges laid on British
and other shipping, it is expected that an alteration will take
place before spring ; I, however, think it necessary to peint
out to Owners and Shipmasters, that all vessels which bring
liniestone, chalk, rubbish, or even atonestof little or no value
.as is often the case, from some ports in Scotland, Sweden, and
Norway, are liable to double port charges, the same as if loaded
with valuable cargoes, representations have been made against
this charge,:and it is to be hoped that, an exemption will be
made, which I shall not fail to communicate."

DEAL, JAw. I3.—Wind W.—The Edward, Draw, for St.
Vincent's, and Creole, Cotesworth, for Pernambilco, came down
on Friday night and sailed. Came down last night and sailed
the Fortitude, Martin, for Jamaica. Arrived the Dania,
Mathews, from Lisbon, and sailed for the River, with the rest
of the homeward-bound.
PonrastollTll, JAN. l3.—Wind E.N.E.—The wind being
Northerly, this morning the homeward-bound ships, with a
large fleet of colliers, (it having again backed), brought upend
remain in safety. Arrived the Vrow Alargaret.a, from Smyrna
in fill days, and placed under quarantine ; and Gletiner, Brad-
well, from Cephalonia.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. I2.—M'ind E.—Put back the General
Palmer, the William (leaky), and the Susannah.
FaLarouTn, JAN. 12.—IVind E.N.E.—Arrived the Dar.
set, Hart, from Seville in 27 days. Sailed th. 3 Arno, Samuel
and Sarah, Bedford, Union, and George the Fourth, for Lon-
don ; also his Majesty's schooner Pioneer, from Plymouth.
Ilan wren', Ja)r. 13.—It'ind E. by B.—The Packets which
sailed last Wednesday have this day put back, having had
strong contrary winds. Arrived the June Packet, from Got-
tenburg ; and Lord I)uncan Packet, from Holland. Sailed
the Castlereagh Packet, for Holland.

THE LONDON JOURNAL§.

reTRACTII FROM 'nig DAILY MORNING PAPERS,
January 14, 1823.

•
[Tme TIMES.]
The French papers of Friday and Saturday
are arrived. In the Drapeau Blanc of the latter
date is an account• ►irhich we have reason to sup-
pose may be true in the chief fact—namely, that
of the entrance of the. French territory by au
armed body of Constitutional tronps. We know
not whether endeavours may be used to give a
serious turn to this affair; but so far as the law
of nations is concerned, that will be satisfied
fully, if. the Spanish Government can show that
it ht.s given express orders to all its officers
110 respect the French soil, end if it punishes
severely the violation of those orders ; for it
is obvious that nothing can exceed the cri-
minality of an officer who affords st pretext
for the invasion of his country. The punish-
ment of such a man acquits the Government of
ail participation in his offence. With respect to
the conduct of France, we confess that we should
respect her more if she went to war on the great
but ieiquirous principle of dictating a Govern-
meat to Spain (her own being so ancient and
stable), or of ►raking Ferdinand absolute (on
account of his many virtues and transcendent
goodness), than if she were to seize any petty
friVQIOLIV occasion like the present of masking
her real designs and sneaking into the contest.
on false pretences.,

EMOnNING CHRONICLE.]
• American Papers were yesterday received
to tae, 17th ult. According, to these, it would
appear that the Congress had come .to a
series or Resolutions for the suppression of
piracy; as recommended by the President in
his Message.. These Resolution. are founded
on the concurrent opinions and estimates of the
Secretary of the Navy and the Navy Commis-
sioners, and, from the diSposition of the Washing-
ton Cabinet, and the clamOnrs resounding on this
subject in every part of the Union, it was
expected the new plans would be rendered
extremely effective. It is intended to use
steam-vessels, the precise plan some time ago re.
comraended by one of our countrymen here. It
.appear 3 also that some of our own vessels, viz.,
the S,etin;L:aoatarn, Redwing, and Grecian, had
arrived at. thivannah for the purpose of co-ope-
rating., in the extermination of the pirates ; the
ITYperion and Tyne were also cruizin,g on the
the,coast of Cuba. It would also seem that some
iNuiries have, been' instituted in 'Congress re-
specting an expedition which some time ago left
the United States with aview to revolutionize the
'Nand of. Puerto Rico.- •

[MORNING rOST.]
We received last night, by Express, French
Rapers, to the 19.,th instant. Their contents, since
the appearance of the Circular of the three
Monarchs, have once more sunk into comparative
insignificance, and wilt not •recover their In-
terest until they -shall announce the arrival of the
snswer of the Cortes. This answer is now al-
moitt uaily expected, and the interval is spent
by the difirent Journals in commenting on the
sentlinkts expressed by the Allied Powers, in
their Declaration. To some this document ap-
pears not only warlike, but full of disgusting
self-adulation and calumnious misrepresentations;'
whilst in the eyes of others it is a splendid monu-
ment of good faith, temper, and love of peace
Amongst the latter is the Journal des Debuts,
which has published an article worthy of the
,euutidienne, in which, under the pretence ofi
comparing the various assertions of the Royal and
imperial Circular with facts, the conduct of each
of the Sovereigns by whom the Declaration
is subscribed is bespattered with outrageous
praise. To Austria individually, however, the
targest hitare is given. When " unhappy Italy"
was threatened with the, establishment of free
Constitutiona in her bosom, Austria, we are
told, " rushed first to her aid," and " Naples,
Piedmond, all, the States of the Peninsula were
`sirved by the activity of her Cabinet and her sol-
-4)0.0 That is to say, the ;Amu promises
by.brltich Austria and her Allies induced the
Italians in 18.14 to assist in overturning Napo. '
icon were a second time violated, end absolute
Despotism was re-enthroned in all those States
velNre the Kings and Emperors of the Continent
had pledged their .oaths before man and tiod
that they would establish Constitutional freedom.

Et 4 FtW TIM ES:j
Consols for, account closed yesterday at 804.
This slight improvement was owing to the arrival
of an express, with the price, at which the
FaDell lientes c`osed on Saturday, viz.B7f. 65c.,
behig about 40 centimes higher than they were
on Thursday. This may probably have been
oviog to the moderate tone of the Note of the
three Powers, which was published on Friday.—
The improvement indeed is but trivial, and the
peneral complexion of the news is quite as war.
like as it 1,1,s been for some time past. The
ituche d'Aquitaine, a provincial Paper, mentions
sin orcnrrence, which for the sake of humanity
We to ust is unfounded. A detachment of 250'
of tin Spanish Republican troops, it is said,
entered the French territory, for the express
purpme of murdering; and did murder, in cold
blood, twenty of their wounded countrymen who
belonged to the Army of the Foith. We shoUld
wholiy disbelieve that Spaniards could be guilty
of such an atrocity, had we not before our eyes
the example of the blood-thirsty monster Mina,
whose oame will be marked with C.:Let:lll6On by
tte latest posterity. It is surprising how silent
all our Journalists who profess liberality have
been on the subject of the diabolicni Proela-
Mation of Casfel-follit ! Not one of them has
breathed n syllable in reprobation of one of the
most atrociriu. deeds that have been eommitted
since Bin= parte's murder of his Twelve undyed
Prisoneis ! flow lamentable, that the profession
of Libeidlity should be' accompanied with such
inerci le, 5 ferocity oil the part of these murderers,
and that a Free Press should endeavour to

smother the natural indignation of mankind at
such crimes!

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The circular of the Three Sovereigns is one of
the most important documents, and, in our opi.'
nion, the most auspicious of all the documents
which have hitherto graced the art of Printing.—
The fox is unearthed. Our enemy is visible,
and all his lineaments are cognizable to the
eye. For absolute power the sword is the
only weapon. Blessed be the day it drew the
pen ! The Declaration of Verona is the death-
knell of Despotism, and happy it is that
Europe affords only three Sovereigns to ring the
changes. It is an admirable document ; and
whether we are indebted for it to Prince
Metternich or the Philosophical Emperor of
the North, we are thankful for it. Even the
Courier shall not surpass us in gratitude and ad.
miration. We are, in the first place, highly
pleased with the declaration, because it confirms
our view with respect to the origin of those
threats of war which have agitated Europe.—
Not a word is found here respecting the humble
petition of France, and the gracious permission
of Congress, to make war against Spain. The
petition and permission are therefore all fictioni.
It is, in fact, the jealous alarms, and the instinc.
the hostility of the European ripity which de-
nounced the Peninsular Revolutions, and insti-
gated France to war. The French nation made
a tremendous impression upon the three impe-
rial and royal noddles, when, conducted by Na.
poleon, they dispersed their armies and _seized
their capitals. Now then, that France is the
dear friend of neighbouring Emperors and the
Prussian King, she must apply all her terrific
polders to their enemies, the nations who im-
prove their political institutions.

[MORN►NG HERALD.]
It appears by the Paris accounts of Saturday's
date, that the Verona Circular tended rather to
raise than depress public confidence. The French
Funds had a slight rise. This. proves at least
that the effect of the Circular was not uttfayour,.
able—even supposing the rising of the Fluids to
be the result of accident, or of contrivance. The
Ambassadors of the three Powers had received
instructions to leave Madrid on. the 'l7th ; and,
if we may trust one of the Paris Ultra Journals,
the French Ambassador was te follow _this example
" in a very few days," in pursuance, of a:dispatch to
him from M. de Villele, subsequently to the
transmission of his famous Note. The latter
piece of information, both from its vagueness and
from the source through which it comes, seems
entitled to little credit. With all the veering of
the French Ministry, it is still not.to belightiv
assumed that M. de Villele is such a weather-
cock as this Journal would represent him—
sending a note one day, which announced, if
it meant any thing, the openins orthe negocia.l
dons, and dispatching another the next day, re-
calling the Ambassador. The Ministers under
orders to quit. Madrid are expected in Paris
on the 98th. But their presence there will
hardly influence the great question that is pend-
ing. They possess no weight of talents or cha-
racter, and can bring nothing more with them
than the mere value of their information, as !key-
ing been on the spot. It was calculated that, the
Notes addressed by the Sovereigns directly and
specially to Madrid, would, on their appearance,
throw a decisive light on the conduct which they
would pursue towards Spain.

TIIE SERPENTINE Rrvec—Crowds of persons
occupied all the footpaths about noon yesterday.
The ice was thronged about two o'clock, and we
observed several skaiters of rank and fashion.—
Several accidents happened : five fell into the
water in consequence of venturing on parts re-
cently frozen over; and among them were two
little boys in pin-be-fores. Happily, all were
extricated by the promptness of the men be-
longing to the Humane Society ; they were
conveyed to the Receiving House, wherein a
medical gentleman and two assistants are in con-
stant attendance. in three cases the water was
from 16 to ep feet deep. Among the amusements
was the hurling of a Norway sledge, in which
three persons were seated at a time. The ice in
many parts appeared to be breaking up fast, from
the great pressure of shoals of people covering
the same spot. Long poles, with thttword " Dan-
gerous" were placed on marry points, and every
other precaution taken.
ANCIENT ARMOUR, —Two ancient shields,
which 'no doubt were worn in the celebrated
battle of Shrewsbury, and which were ploughed
up at Battlefield, are now in the possession of
Sir ANDREW Conarr, Bart. of Acton Reynold
Hall. The one is a specimen of those worn by
the horse soldier, and the other of those worn by
the foot soldier.—(Chester Chonicle.)
BURGLAR Y AND ROBBEIIY.----00 Saturday
night the house of Mr. CRUIKSUANK, in St.
James's-place, was entered by thieves, who forced
their,way through the area and kitchen doors by
means of centre-bits, and other instruments, and
took from the lower part of the house a few pieces
of plate and other articles. Being disturbed
they made their escape through the front
door, leaving behind them a part of their
tools. From the great labour, and apparent time
employed to enter the premises, the robbers no
doubt expected to find more valuable property,
but fortunately Mr. C. had had the precaution to
send away most of his small quantity of plate,
&c. to a place or security, as is his custom after
entertaining a party of friends, and which had
taken place the preceding week. (A circum-
stance which is supposed to have some connec-
tion with theliobbery on Saturday night.)—One
of the Bow-street Officers was sent for, and from
his information, coupled ,with other circum-
stances, it is hoped that the robbers will be
traced and taken into custody.—lf all house.
keepers were to deposit their plate and other
valuables, not in constant use, ho`wever small in
quantity, at, some bankeis or silversmiths, and
send for and, return it every time they enter-
tained company, temptation would be removed,
and fewer robberies would take place, as tlw
property remaining in the house would not be
worth the danger and risk of forcibly entering to
take it,