The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-03 00:00:00

SINGULAR RACE.

A match of rather a novel nature was lately made betwixt
two Gentlemen in this city, which was decided on Saturday, on
the Edinburgh and Glasgow road, near Westcraigs. A young
,woman from the neighbourhood of Quecnsferry was to run 15
miles against any Lanarkshireman. A lad turned out, in honour
of the county, from Dalserf. For the first eight miles the lady
took the lead, and finished them within the hour, but at this
point her opponent, who had hitherto courteously kept in the
rear, shot past. Upon this she made a great effort, and re-
sumed her position in front, but being again passed, the poor
woman fell down in such distress that the Gentleman who
backed her lost all sight of his bet in the apprehension he had
for her life. The lad continued at an unnecessarily quick pace,
and completed the 15 miles in sevim minutes within the two
hours, having run the last mile in five minutes. lie had pre-
viously declared that if he was beat by a woman, he would
• never again revisit his paternal mansion.—( Glagovo nova)

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JANUARY 2.

This day at two o'clock, their Lordships met,
pnrsuant to the prorogation from November last.

PROROGATION.

Soon after two. the Duke of MONTILOSE, the Loan litou
CHANCELLOR, and Viscount Mr LvILLE took their seats be-
fore the Throne, being robed, when the Yeoman Usher of the
Black Rod was directed to require the attendance of the Com-
mons in this House.

Whereupon John Henry bey, Esq. the Chief Clerk, attended
by the Officers of the House of Commons, came to their Lord-
ships' Bar, when the Royal Commission for the further proro-
gation of Parliament was read by B. Currey, Esq. the Addi-
tional Clerk Assistant.

The LORI) Ilion CHANCELLOII, in the usual style, then
declared, that the Parliament had been prorogued to Tuesday
the 4th of February next, then to sit for the dispatch of busi-
ness; and that, accordingly, this present Parliament stood pro-
rogued till the aforesaid day.

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

FOR THE SUN.

Deal, Jan. 2, 1823.

MR. EDITOIt—By a Pilot who has just landed
here from liamburgh, I have received, exclu.
sively, the following information, important to
the Shipping Interests :

On the 29th ult. he left Cuxhaven, at which time the follow.
ing vessels were detained in the Elbe, in consequence of the
Ice:—

Bark Hope, Captain 111`Ghie, of Greenock.
Hamburgh Packet, Bisset, of and from Leith.
Janet, Cochrane, of Leith, from Ilull.
Juno, Turner, of Bauff.
Star, 11.1‘Pherson, of. Dundee.
Two Brothers, Robson, of South Shields, from London.
Neleus, Grame, of London, . from do.
Robert and Sarah, Armstrong, do.. from do.
Thetis, Read, - do. from
,do.
Naug, -, of and from Hull.
Jon, do. do.
The brig Bee, of London, was hauled on. shore near Stadt,
without damage.
The official notification was given here yesterday, that ships
and vessels, under the following flags, are put upon the same
footing as the British, in regard to the Lights, and Ramsgate
and Dover Harbour Dues, viz.
Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese. Brazilians, and
Americans.

This alteration will no doubt save many a poor foreigner
from shipwreck on our coast ; and by removing the objections
hitherto so generally end justly made to the exorbitant demands
for Lights and Barbour Dud on Foreign Ships, induce the
Captains to avail themselves of our loads for shelter, instead
of keeping the sea in contrary and blowing weather, to their
imminent risk—and thus afford additional encouragement to
our skilful Pilots and Boatmen.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind S.S.E,—Arrived the Wilhel.
mina 3laria, I'ietua, from Mintz, leaky, and must discharge ;
Edward Fortu, Alwitt, from Baltimore and Falmouth, bound.
to Rotterdam ; and Sarah, Jones, from Messina. Arrived off
the port the Elizabeth, from Gibraltar for London.
PORTSMOU TH, JAN. 2.—Wind S.S.E.—No arrival' or
mailings.
DEAL, JAN. 2.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Brisk sloop of
war for Sheerness.

HARWICII, JAN. 2.—. Wind S. by E.—Put back the Lord
Nelson and Princess Charlotte Packets, not being able to reach
their destinations on account of the ice. -Arrived the Charlotte,
May, with mails, &c. from Gottenburgh.
I.ivz;itrooi.,,lAN..—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed the James
Cropper, Marshall, for Now York ; Georgia, Varnina, SW-
vapnali ; and Dido, Bliss, for Philadelphia.
FAL3IOUTH, J. E.S.E.—Arrived the Dnke
of Kent paCket, front Lisbon, in eight days ; Fox paelwt, from
Jamaica : sailed the 19th of NoveMber • and Walsingham
packet, from New York : sailed the Bth of December; the..
Commercial, Tallith, Trieste; and the Messenger, Peters,
Gibraltar; and Sir Henry, Stanhope, Messina.

THE MARK El S.

CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 3.

A thaw having taken place, we are in expectation of a revi.
val of business here; but this morning there has been little
14ratle in any article. The fresh supplies of Grain are small
this week, and prices of all kinds of Corn continue nearly as
last qtioted.

•
SMITHFIELD MARKET, JAN. 3.
There.was a middling supply of all descriptions of Cattle
at market this morning and the prices are much the saute as
per last market day.---1:Io alteration in the price of Ilay.
(To sink the Offal, per stone of Bth.)
Beef 0.4 Od to .33 2d I Veal
Mutton 2s Od to 2s 10d I Pork
Lamb Os Od to Os Od.
NAY AND STRAWS PER LOAD.

Hay £3 03 to £4 thi I
Straw £1

Clover les to ir4 AS
tIS to £1 WS.

BOXING.

The battle which took place onWednesday bet we en .11.Ptruder,
the Bath weaver, and Johnson, the Gosport black, lasted morn
than two hours, and confusion and delay protracted it until Sir
Oliver threw a light upon the ring. The battle was for 20 soy.,
and it was fixed to take place in a meadow between Nettlebed
and Dorchester, but on the commissary department marking out
the ground for action, some enemies were found bioonarking
there, and helter-skelter was the order of the move. over eight.
miles of ground to Acton Green towards Wycomb. Jone•;
seconded the Black, and Roberts seconded Fowler, who wori
the battle after fighting 24 rounds. The Black had chance
after the 14th round, when he sprained his left knee, and which,
being the advance one, spoilt his hitting. They were both
gluttons.
Minx Awn SPRtsto..—The match between Ben Burn and
Spring is off; as Spring's backer forfeited the deposit. A
match was made between those two heroes of the fist to fight for
100 guineas on the sth of February, 1823. Last Tuesday
night was the time fur making the whole of the stakes &od—
a deposit of ten guineas was down, and the whole of the 100
guineas was to have been made goodi at the, Champion Burn's
house amine o'clock in the evening. Burn waited until ten
o'clock, when no one appeared for Spring. Buhl received the
deposit.

Miss IlvamE.—This accomplished singer, and,
favourite of the Dublin audience, has entered the
holy state of matrimony with a namesake of, her
own. Mr. and Mrs. BYRNE have taken the Bel-
fast Theatre ; they have engaged Mrs. EDWIN
for a limited number of nights.---(Dublin Thea
tried Observer.)
JUDAS'S Kiss.—On Christmas clay, T. Carrigg
having asked a man, named Leahy, into a whisky-house,
near Dallinakelly, to drink with him, and while in the net of
kissing him, struck him with a short piece of wood, which ha
had concealed under his coat, a violent blow on the head, from
which it is feared that his life is in great danger. Carrigg,
who, we understand, is a most infamous- character, has ah-
sconded.—(Enair Clannick.)
An extract of a letter from Edinburgh, dated
December 30, says—" After a course of damp and thick wea-
ther, we have had, since Thursday evening last, sharp frost,
with a clear sky. The thermometer has been as low as 25.
The ice is now strong enough to allow the amusement of I.)plit.
ing, which has been accordingly prosecuted with great vigour
by crowds of boys, intermixed with men, on all the ponds and
lochs in the neighbourhood. Such is the general eagerness for
this amusement, that it is inmost cases attempted prematurely;
and, in consequence, at Daddingstone, the ice gave way, and
several individuals fell into the water. They were, however,
rescued, with no farther evil than a complete ducking. At
Canon 31111 s Loch a boy fell in and was carried house apps-
ready lifeless."

THE LONDON JOUIZNALS•

IIXTIIACTS mom TUE D %MY MORNING PAPERS,
January 3, 18'23.

[MORNING POST.]
The French Papers are generally barren of
Intelligence, and must continue to be so, until
an answer shall be received from Madrid to the
late dispatch. This can hardly be expected be-
fore the expiration of ten or twelve days ; for
though M. de Villele's note was sent last week,
it is not to be supposed that the Spanish Go-
vernment would give it a hasty reply. In
matters of such vital importance to the whole
country, time must be granted for consideration ;
and a week is but a short period to allow for
the discussions which will no doubt take place
on the subject. It was not stated' when the
note appeared in the illoniteur, to which branch
of the Government of Spain the French Ambas-
sador was to communicate its purpose, or a copy.
Had it been directed to be laid before the King,
it would have been a distinct acknowledgment
that he was still his own master, and not in that
state of supposed captivity which forms one of
the grounds of complaint against Spain. To
address it openly to the Cortes would, on the
other hand, have been an indiscreet admission of
their authority, which it is one of the objects of
France and the Allies to dispute.. In order to
steer clear of those difficulties, a middle course
seems to have been adopted. The note ,was ad-
dressed to neither, but to the French Ambassador,
at whose discretion the mode of communication
was left ; and it was believed that he would con-
tent himself with giving notice of the arrival
of such a document ; and waiting till a formal
request should be made by the Spanish Govern-
ment to bey informed of its contents. In this
manner it was considered that the dignity and
free-agency of France would not be compromised,
and that she would remain at liberty at any sub-
sequent period to give what interpretation she
pleased to her conduct according to circumstances.
Meanwhile the lingering hours of expectation are
spent in discussion and contentions by all the
French Papers, with the exception of the Mont-
tour, which is too dignified to mix with the com-
mon herd, and only speaks on great occasions.

LMOUNING CiIItONICLE.I
Duc. B.—Before this reaches you, you
will have seen and commented on the Note ad-
dressed by M. de Villele to our Ambassador at
Madrid. There never was, perhaps, an official
paper more vague and indefinite in composi-
tion and construction. But it could not be other-
wise. It was utterly impossible, after all that
has taken place, to retract at once all the foolish
things that have lieen said and done in opposi-
tion to the views of M. de Villele. But rely on
it there is now no notion of an immediate
war between this country and Spain. Should
even the Ultimatum of the Powers be refused
by the Cortes, and the Ambassadors of Russia,
Austria, and Prussia leave Madrid, ours is not
required to do so. As to the Ultimatum itself
various conjectures are afloat, but I do not pre-
tend to know what may be its decided character.
It it is couched in the shadowy language of M.
de Villele's dispatch, the Spanish Government
will find it difficult to understand it, and the
Ambassadors be puzzled in their line of action.
It is, however, to be supposed that some positive
demands are laid down.

[namsit Paco.] •
The whole object of the 'French Government
since the commencement of the Spanish Revolu-
tion has been exclusively to prevent a fresh revo-
lution in France. The other branches of the
Holy Alliance were sufficiently remote from the
scene to direct their attention to the general con-
sideration of revolutions, and to put forth their de-
nunclatfons against political changes. M. de Mont-
morency was the representatiTe of France at Con-
grass, and returned with: resolutions which the
French Government so far refused to adopt as
to oblige M. de Montmorency to quit the Fo-
reign Department. Two things seem -to us to be
clearly established by this fact :—first, that M. de
Montmorency returned with different opinions
from those which lie had carried to the Congress;
secondly, that the French Government is less
disposed for war against Spain than the Congress.
The note of M. de Villein was the result, of a
solemn decision of the French Cabinet.not to
declare war or to provoke war with Spain in the
manner prescribed by Congress and advocated by
M. de Montmorency. To this plain view of the
case it would be perfect folly to oppose an asser-
tion that war may yet be occasioned by the rela-
tive situations of France and Spain. Could any
termination of the discussions at Verona. and
Paris have prevented this possibility ?
being a positive act, would have been the only
unequivocal decision for our Ultra reasoners :
peace, being only a negation, cannot settle their
ingenious doubts and assure their troubled spirits.

[TU TI mrs.]
The Journal des Debuts contains an article on
the late changes in the Ministry. In this article M.
de Mo►►tmorency is spoken of with the most mark-
ed respect, ag we should conceive, by the present
Minister, or at least in conformity to his will. Still
the argument remains the same : if the ex-Mini-
star had been of the same temper, on the neces-
sity of immediate war, wit!► those who continued
in °dice, why did lie tender h►is resignation ? or
why did not ti►e rest, being equally ardent for
war, adopt the same step, if causes over which
they had no control)! prevented the execution of
their WibliCS, and go out with Montmorency ? It

is now also the fashion, we perceive, of the
war party, to praise M. de Chateaubriand,
person undoubtedly entitled to all praise he-
stowed upon him ; but if he had been (as is insi-
nuated) equally ardent for war with Montmo-
rency, how could he conscientiously enter a. Mi-
idstry which the oilier through conscience had
quitted ? There is a reason so obvious, why the
present Ministry speak with respect of their
late colleague, and why they travel to the
utmost verge of their principles in menacing
Spain with war, that it would be airectatiou to

attempt concealing it. The Chambers are sum-
moned for the 28th instant; and to speak with
entire decision upon that subject, upon which,
after all, it rests with the Chambers to decide,
would be premature, or rather 'precipitate.--
Neither does it indicate any doubt in the present
Ministry, respecting the opinions of the Chambers
on war or peace, to, leave the subject as much
untouched as possible for their deliberations;
respect for the Legislative bodies required so
short a suspension. But we are not the more in-
clined on that account to believe the two Chambers
capable of opening afresh the wounds of Eu rope, of
endangering the tranquillity of the French king-
dom, and of exposing the new Government to the
risk of an overthrow before it was consolidated,
for the sake of interfering in the concerns of their
neighbours. We would give M. de Villole all
the advantage he can possibly derive towards
securing his majorities, by the use of conciliatory
language towards his late colleagues, and a me-
nacing tone against the Spaniards; but it is an
absurd contradiction in the war-bigots, at once
to abuse him for his pacific principles, and still
to affect to infer from the articles which he is
supposed to sanction, that he is equally hostile
to Spain with themselves.

[NEW TIMES.?
Consols for Account left off yesterday at 80}
Spanish Bonds also have again dropped ; they
were done yesterday below 55. The illoniieur
of Tuesday contains au Ordounance convoking
the Chambers for the '?Bth of this month, which
is above a week earlier than they were expected
to assemble. A Correspondent judiciously con-
eludes that the policy of the newly arganised
Cabinet (if we may so speak) will not be fully
developed till the meeting of the Chambers, and
even then will take its hue in a great mea-
sure from the prevalent sentiments in those
august Assemblies. If we were to faim any
conjectures from the tone of the Journal des 1.).
bats, we should say that M. de Villele was much
less pacific than' certain persons have repre-
sented him to be. That Journal contains an
article likely to produce au impression some.
what different from some of its late produc-
tions. Its great object is to shew that M.
de Villele firmly adheres to the determi-
nations concerted with the Allies at Verona,
and -that he will " concur with them, in the
most energetic measures, if the essential inte-
rests of France continue to be compromised."—
It is justly observed that the Allies do not de-
mand of Spain any thing positive. They re-
quire that she should not pursue a coarse which
is alike'prejudicial to herself and to all the rest
of Europe. The French Note has been pub-

lished. It certainly contains no positive de-
mand, and holds out. no positive menace. The
writer in the Journal des D6bals asserts that the
Notes of Russia, Austria, and Prussia are not
more specific. And yet it is tolerably certain,
that If the Government of Spain treats all these
warning Notes with contempt, the consequence
must, sooner or later, he a subversion of that Go-
vernment, either by civil warfare, or by foreign
invasion.