The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-08 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

• DEAL,. 111,u1C11 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Helen,
Roxburgh-, from the Mediterranean: Came down from the
River and remain the London and three other ships, names

utrkrib•ivn•,

•Rlaatcx 7.-:-Throughout this day it has blown strong from
.S.W.' with rain.-several ships are riding i7i4.71.: two anchors

a-head.

'n)RT33IIoUTII, MAnCii 7. —Wind S.W.---:Arrived the
• Generil'Palrnei, Truscott, from the Dawns for Madras; Lang,
"Luik, aitto ; Stephen, alien, and Thetis, Newton, front
Shields; with lOss• of anchor and chain-cable eacli ; Frederick,
Sirott, from Simderland, with loss of anchor and cable,. There
are several vessels coming in, particulars Unknown. A heavy
gale from S.W. began at 3 a M. and abated at 3 1, sr.
I'LINVLOVTII, AiARCIt 7.—Wind W.—Arrived the Wan-
derer, Dixon, from 7,ante : Marshal Blucher,Pavis, Terciera ;
and Female, Chapthan, from Charente.
Far.siOnm, 31.titeir 6.—lVind-W.—The sloop Specula-
tion, Pott, from Youghall to Portsmouth, was. • brought into
this port by his Majesty's brig. Partridge, with loss of masts ;
her cargo is discharging. ..Thjs morning the sloop Susannah,
of fromaterford; Haulen, London to Liverpool,- was towed
in. here.dismasted ; the crew.abandoned her yesterday morning,
and were picked up by the Stanmer packet, arrived this after-
noon from Lisbon. - Arrived the Norton packet, from St.
Ttioniae,s' sailed 22d January ;• also arrived the Kingston,
Luckie, from London for Demerara, with loss of sails; Alex-
ander, • Boydle, from ditto for Alexandria, to join convoy.
Sa4ud hits. Majesty's brig Partridge, for Lisbon.; Francis Free-
ling packet, for the Mediterranean ; and Betsy, Miller, for
Petersburgh. •
-Mancrr 6,—Arrived the Alexander. New-
lsnds; from Jamaica : sailed the 13th ;January ; -Corinthian,
Davis, New York : sailed the Bth of February ; Richard Plas-
kett, Charente; -Levant, Walker, Alexandria t. Prince Leo-
pold, Sadler, Smyrna; Margaret, 111'Nairne, Marseilles;
Sarah, . Kindle, • aranh tun ; ?ltnity, Pearce,,. New York;
Hannah, Graham., Charlstone Portia,. Lillerman ; and Francis.
Adams, do.; Orogiinbo, Thomson, ; and Atlas.
Reid,: from Virginia.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
I. Arrivals in England:
From • Bengal—The London, Capt., Brown, as Liverpool,
the .3d, inst. ; sailed frcm ;the Sand Heads the 25th October.
and from St. Helena the 7th January. • • •
From:Batavia.—The American ship, Paket, Capt. Oxnard,
at Cowes the 4th instant; jailed the 11th November. -
From the'Cape.—The )1 ercur.s7, 31`Nally, at Pisyinouth, the
28th ult. ; sailed the 28th Decenther.
From St. Ilelena.—The. Essex, Barclay, on' Plymouth the
28th ult.; sailed the 3d January.
IL Arrivals at the Eastern Ports.
A t Bengal.—The Thomas Grenville, Manning, from London ;
the Minerva, Probvn, ditto; the Grenada, Anderson, ditto;
the Fame, Young, ditto ; the Orient,-White, ditto ; the A Wier-
ton, Percival, ditto; the Atlas,- Clifton, ditto ;- die Princess
Charlotte of Wales, Grioble, ditto.; the Florentia, Wintb/e,
ditto; the Rockingham, Beach, ditto;
,the ;Marquis Welling-,
ton, Blanshard, ditto; and the Lady Campbell, Babant, ditto ;
the Duke of Lancaster, Davis, from Liverpool ; the Ajax,,
Stirling, from
.Rangoon ; .the Maria, Ikeynolds, from the Cape;
the Caroline, Pearson, from Penang ; H. M. Ships, Liffey and
Alligator, from Madras. .
• -At Aladras—The Ganges, Cumberle7', from Lordon.
At Bombay—The Lord Castlereagh, Durant, from London.
At Batavia.—The Batavia, Fowler, from London.
At Singapore.—The Heroine,.Seott; front London.
At New South Wales.—The Henry, Thatcher, from London.
At the Cape of Good hope.—Tile Aquatic, Barkus, from
London; the Aloninouth, Simpson, ditto; the Hope, Norris,
ditto and the Aguilar, Watson, dittd; ti e lhirosSa, Hutchin-
nt
airns,
chant, from
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from
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the.l
cia:tl;:oldsati
Sept.;ertoti,l
from
Bengal Helena, Fairfax front St. Helena; the-Morley, Holliday,
ras.
lings from
Eastern
he Windsor, ilaviside, from
ina,
alliday, from London,
At St. Helena.—The Nortblk, Greig, from Beno.al ; and the
Bengal and. Madras.
;Ftrhr•me
Bridget, Leslie, from Liverpool, ditto; and the Stn, Addison,
for the Cape.
Ships to Sail.-.•.-The Madras, Clarke, for Ceylon and London,
the alst October.
From the Cape.—The Kerswell, Armstrong, for Londoe ;
the Earl Morley, Stayers, ditto; and the Mars, Bithop, ditto.
Front Batavia.—. The Diamond, Strout, for -Cowes, the 23
November.
Ship to Sail.—The Admiral Buykis, for London, in all
December.. . . .

IV. Casualties and Losses.

The General de K.O , sailed from Batavia to Sumar-
,-
ang, Oct. 26th; was taken by 8 sail of pirates, full of Malays,
after 3 hours' hard fighting, .off Indraticaya, Oct.-23.h. The
ship belonged to Messrs. Thornton and West, and laden with
English goods, 40. tons of iron, and 40 cases of piece-goods,
were among the -property captured. The captain. and mate
juniped overboard at night, and. clinging to some fish-stakes
until the morning, a schooner rescued their lives and conveyed
them to Batavia, where they arrived safe on the 2d November.
31r. Thornton, supercargo, was kept on board by the pirat-
ical crew, who demanded nransom for him of a few chests of
opium and 10,030 dollars. His friends had sent from Batavia,
and hopes were enterta'ned of saving him fro.pn those marauders.
The Straits of Java have been long infestei by these pirates.
A Dutch ship was attacked by twelve Malay prows, who beat
them off after three hours hard fighting.
The Stentor,.Harris, frcm Bengal to London, run ashore on
the ~d October, on 'the Long-sand near Sarger Point; there
she remained seven hours,• had been afterwards got off, and
proceeded to. Dian-loud Harbour, it was intended for her to re-
turn to Calcutta-to be dodted. The packets of letters for Lon-
don, have arrived in the Liverpool Ship, and distributed by the
Vost-office.

The Atlas, Clifton, has run r.ground in the River Hooghley,
Bengal, after getting foul of a chain-cable ; she was lying in
three :fathom-water, which covered her hatches, and appeared
sinking, but hopes were entertained some part of the.eargo
would be saved.

The Potton, WeThank, which arrived at Bengal the 25th
Septerhber, vas driven ashore the "19th, and it was' feared the
ship would be lost.
_ . .•

. . .
Slits spoke with—The Castle Fcrbes,.Ord, ,feorw London to
New South Wales, 13th Noiernber, ail well ; by the If er-
eUry, arrived sit the Cape. The Mars, Titeornbe, n.em Ba-
tavia to Amsterdam, Lth January, Lat. 13. 46. S. Long. 8.
W.

—V:Outward-bound—Siiips sailed the past week frcm Eng-
land.

On the n inst. the Britannia, lamb, from Deal, for the
Cape ; and the William Money, Jackson,. from Portsmouth,
for Madias and Bengal:
_

On the 4th instant; the General Palmer, Trnscott, for Ma-
dras ; and the Lank, Lusk, fur New South \Vales, from the
Downs. • '

The following ships are on their passage from Gravesend to
the Downs..

For St. lidenp., Ilencoolen, and China.—The London,
--

• .
For 'Bombay and China.—The Marquis da:n.-.7'en, Larkins.
For Madras and..fAina.—The•Lady ; and
the \B'illiam Fairlii„Sruith.

For 31aciras and itcngal.--LThe Larkins, IVilkintion.
For-Singapore and Bat:tvia..--The Joseph., Chlistoplicrson.
Ships expected to sail next week. •
For Madras and Bengal.—The Tyne, Nirarringt9n ; and the
Catherine, Mackintosh.

For4Sombay.—The Eliza,.Faith. _
For the .Mauritius.—The ',mach, Wert.
For the Cape.—The Hottentot, 'Sind -
! Passengers per • Thames, Letson, for CeylOn.-jMajor and
Mrs. Smith, and six children ; Mr.-Matthew Boyd, jun. ; Mr.
Shipton ; Mr. Bailey ; two b 1 issionaries from the Westleyan
Society; ten•OffiCers of his Majesty's I6th and'4sth Regiments,
And 70 men.

Passengers per Lady Melville, • for Madras and China.—Jas. -
Taylor, Esq. sen. 'merchant; Lieut.-Col. Boardman, 11. C. S.
Miss Boardman; L ieu t.-Col. Wallall, H. r.S., and rs. Wah all;
;. Capt. Symes, aad Mrs. Svmes ; •
i
Lieut. Kingston, H.C.S. ; J. Prinsep, -Esq. • Lieut. Bennet,
Ist. Royals; Lieut. Mac Leod, H. M. 89thReginient ; En-
signs Fraser and Taylor. 11. M. 46th Regiment ; Rev. Mr_
and Mrs. Allen ; Rev., Mr. Hollin•CP ; Miss Eliza and Mary
Thompson; Misses Compton, and Chaters; Air. Birle, sur-
geon ; .111. r. Hewitt, surgeon, H. M. 46th Regiment; Mr. Du-
merque and Crawford, writers ; Messrs. Ashton, Been, White.,
Mackenzie, Hunter, Follies, Pritchard, Cross, Roberts, At-
kinson, Prescott, and Pocock, cadets ; Messrs. Wren, Ste,
son, lqacintosh, and Clements ; 275 troops.
Per Joseph, for Singapore.—No passengers. ,
Passengers per \Valiant Money, .Captain Jackson, for
Madras and Bengal.-:-Aliss Nairns, Miss Becketts,. Capt. ar.d.
Mrs: Mallardaine, Capt.,. and Mrs: Senior, Rev. H. L Fisher,
Alessrs. Beetson, Taylor, Reddill.; Coats, Gaitskill, O'Brian,
Savage, Wilson, Maxwell, 11. Jackson, Lintsell, Itarroll, 6.
Powys,Tylee, oug
wDrellbahnt,k,TNutiicliolsßoonl:erritsoritnc, Hunt,
hurd, aa aMciarnosvoen;,
Dj jrrviiss,
Bell and Hopkinson. . .

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, March 8

MORNING POST.]

out inevitably excluding herself in the end, not
only from all chance of reconquering the former
Provinces, but from deriving the least benefit
from the acknowledgment of their independence.
More this Cabinet could not have done for the
future welfare of both hemispheres, nor for the''
honour of the British name. Our best exertions,
in short, have been used to stop the further waste of
life and happiness in a hopeless conflict between
parent and offspring—to tranquillize the New ,
World, and secure to it the enjoyment of that
liberty it has won after so long and noble a
struggle, as well as to prevent the disturbance of
the peace of Europe by removing the occasion
for interference in the affairs of independent bel-
ligerents,—and at the same time that these great
and glorious objects have been pursued, measures
have been adopted to fully protect the interests
of the Empire, political end commercial, on both
sides of the globe. Imagination itself is satis-
_

fled with conduct at once so wise, so humane, and
i honourable !

[NSW TIMES.]
The elections in France seem to have strangely
Puzzled The Times. It is surprised to find the
Radical interest in that country at as low an ebb
as it is here. What ! neither Manuel, Lafayette,
nor Lafitte, nor Delessert, nor St. Aulaire, nor
Ternaux returned ! Surely, there can be no
such thing as good Government in France with-
out these worthies ! We remember the time
when we had in our own Parliament a Cochrane
and a Waithman, and when Messrs. Cobbett,
Hunt, Wooler, and several other equally respect.
able Citizens were among the Candidates. Pro-
bably a French Liberal would be greatly scan-
dalized at finding our Representation destitute
of all these great names at present. To be sure,
we have Sir Robert Wilson, 44 himself a host ;"
and we are happy to find that his misadventures
in Spain have not wholly deprived him of
his powers of oratory. On Friday last he spoke
on the subject of military punishments, a topic on
which we should have expected him to he quite,
at home. We cannot, however, acquiesce in his
reasoning on it. No doubt it would be very,
desirable to be able to do without corporeal pu.:l
nishment ; but when it is stated that the French
do not employ our degrading mode, it must be
remembered that we should consider much worse
a universal conscription law. They take the sort
of a nobleman to be a common soldier ; and of
course an army composed of such elements must
be managed very differently from an army like
ours ; but taking the whole system together, we
think that of England infinitely preferable.

[BRITISH PRESS.
The French Papers of Friday reached us last
night. The most interesting portion of these
journals is that which contains extracts from
Madrid papers and letters : from the tone of the
Spanish Government Gazette, we are led to
believe that some enterprise is meditated against
the rising independence of Mexico and the other
South American Colonies. Private letters state,
that his Catholic Majesty has declined an offer
made by England to mediate beween Spain and
the Colonies, and that Russia has engaged to
render some assistance to Ferdinand in his attempt
to reconquer his American possessions; amongst
other reports, one is, that a negociation is on 'foot,
with the Court of Petersburgh,for the purchase by
Spain of several ships of war, which are to be
directed against Mexico. The Spanish Govern-
ment are said_to look with great confidence to
any attempt against that fine province, from the
Powerful Royalist and Church party, which is
ieported still to exist there, and from the cir-
cumstance of a Spanish force continuing to
maintain itself on the southern coast. A
private letter from Madrid states, that the
present occupation of Spain by French troops
leaves the Government a disposable force, part
of, which is now marching towards 'the coast.
From all that we can learn,, we certainly
think some attempt will be made-by, ipain to
recover possession of the American provinCes ;

We are convinced there is not;indeed we think
there cannot be a second opinion throughout the
country, respecting the course which Ministers
have pursued on the question between Spain and
South America. Their policy is at once charac-
terized by liberality to the American States—
generosity to the Mother Country—a provident
attention to British interests, and manly honest
candour to all parties directly or remotely con-
nected with the subject under discussion. Mr.
Secretary Canning's declaration at the opening of
the Session, that in deferring for the present the
recognition of the independence of South Ame-
rica, his Majesty's Government had hopes of
subsequently conferring the greater boon on those
countries, is mow illustrated by the express pro-
visions of the Right Hon. Gentleman's lucid and
powerful dispatch to Sir Wm. A'Court, and also
by those contained in the previous memorandum
of the conference with the French Ambassador. In
both papers•not only is the mediation of England,
as a negociairix between the Cabinet of Madrid
and the South American States, voluntarily pro-
ferred, but an inducement of the strongest nature
is held out to the former to accede to- such an
amicable adjustment of the conflicting -interests
of the two Powers, by a formal proposal on the
part of this Government that Spain should, as a
basis of the negotiation, obtain exclusive com-
mercial advantages from her ci-devant colonies.
—By temporarily postponing, therefore, the
recognition of the South American States,
this country has been enabled to mediate for
the acknowledgment of their independence
with the Mother Country itself, and thus lead
to their unnecessary recognition by the rest of
the European Powers. It will also be observed,
that in the same breath with this friendly pro-
posal, such an exposition is given of the policy
of England, as well with regard to our commer-
cial relations with the emancipated Provinces, as
on the subject of interference by third parties,
that Spaiu cannot decline our good offices wit