The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-04 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, JAN. 3.—Wind S.S.E.--Came down from the River
and sailed the Ida, Taylor; Eclipse, Horn ; and Kingston,
Lever—for Jamaica ; Belina, Grenada; Lamb, Jamaica ; Jo.
seph, Demerara; and Hero, Genoa.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind E.—Arrived' the Hayti,
Marshall, from St. John's, N. 8., sailed 19th Ult.
FALMOUTH, JAN. S.—Arrived the Juno, nit-
chard, from Jamaica, sailed 6th November; Agnes, Cundy,
Messina, sailed 15th November ; William and Henry, Par-
tridge, Leghorn, sailed 22d October, and from Gibraltar 18th.
November, with loss of boat ; Gleaner, Bardwell, Cephalonia
in 50 days; Mary Young, Bilboa in 20 days; Nancy, Clark,
and Hope, Lowe, Seville; Augusta, Talbot, Cadiz in 24 days;
James and William, Dench, Oporto in 17 days; and Unity,
Taylor, Terceira.
LysfaxmoTort, JAN. 3.—The Purser of the Mellish, Cap-
tain Ford, from Bengal and Madras, landed here this after:.
noon, reports the hull of the Mellish to be much injured,. the
copper being all off, and in want of. provisions—left Madras
25th August last, spoke the Medina from* Bombay, Captain
Owen; left at the Cape the late ,Captain Mattison, who was
killed at the island of Rodriguez by the swerging of the ca
lk
Stan ; the Woodbridge, far the Isle of France, was left at tit.
Helena 4th November, rind Catherine, American ship, also at
that place.
YOUGHALL, DEC. 30.—1 t has been feared the Hoye, of thiii
port, has been lost off this coast, and all her crew pCOSheti, as a
boat marked " Hope, of Youghall, Michael Cashman," wai
driven on shore at liedmore yesterday about three o'cleck.
When she was first seen in the oiling four men were in her,
but the heavy surf on the shore washed them out.

SCOTCH' CAUTION.—During the Milt Rebel-
lion of 1798, a Scotchtnan happening to be in a public-house in
Dublin;pereeived 'tweet disposition in the rest ofthe couipany to
pick a quarrel with him. It hanily required the calculating pre.
den cc for which Scotchme.o are distinguished to foresee the danger
'to which an nnconnected stranger would expose himself by any
unsuitable display of sensitiveness ; and accordingly he aftcterl
most complete ig=ance of the object of all the sarcasms and
inuendos levelled at him. At last Irish impatience could hold out
no longer ; and two or three of the company starthig from
their seats, told him frankly, that they had come to a rest).
lution to baste every Englishman they fell in with tt,at night.
—" Gentlemen," said 'the Caledonian, in raptures at the
prospect of escape which now presented itself to hitn—" Gen.
tlemen, I ant happy to be able to undeceive you—l am no
Englishman, but a native of Scotland."—" Wane, by .I—s, a
hundred times," rejoined the others, " than if you' hili'been
an Englishman ;" and their actions immediately proved the
sincerity of their language.
EXECUTION.---Thursday last, Robert Hartifi
was executed on Penenden Heath, near Maitistonci pursuant to
his sentence at the special Gaol Delivery holden at Maidstone,
for the County of Kent, the Ifith December hut for wilfully
stabbing Captain OWEN, of the Bellerophon convict ship, lying
at Sheerness, on the 29th August last, where the ptisartet was
confined as a transport.
CALF'S lICAD Arriast.-7-Monday night last,
Mr. JOUN ARMSTRONG, assisted by a.number of
constables, apprehended, under a warrant from
the Right Hon. Lord OnsEL, seven men in dif-
ferent houses in the vicinity of this town, but all
in the county of Laub. We understand they ate
charged with being concerned in the disgraceful
act of placing the calf's head on the Altar of the
Catholic Chapel.of Ardee. After a long investi-
gation before Lord Onset., on Tnesday, at Colson,
one man was admitted to bail on.his own recog.
nizance, and the other six were committed to the
Castle of Ardee, for further examination,-,-
(Drogheda Journal )

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

TXTRACTS FROM THE GAILY MOICNING PAPER
shitillaq 4, • iw-23..

r [NEW TIMES.]
The Message of the President of the,United
States on the opening of tho Congress was re.
ceivpd yesterday. Although it is necessarily
confined
.principally to domestic affairs, it will
not be read without interest. The state of
America cannot indeed be at any time entirely

unworthy of the attention of the people of Great
Britain. After explaining the alterations which
have been made in the commercial relations of
the United States with England and France, and

mentioning the establishment of a Government
securing to the inhabitants of Florida the full
enjoyment of their rights and liberties, and ad-
mission into the 'Union; the Message notices the
condition of the Finances—from which it appears
that three millions of dollars would remain in

the Treasury at the end of the year just termi-
nated.

[rnE TINES.]
We publish a curious paper—(See THE SUN of
tiar.do),--r-respecting the Verona Congress, and
the view of the chief personages there assetubled„
on the subject of Spain,. We. hardly know
whether we can describe, the. production as a
State Paper, inasmuch as it seems 'rather a sepa-
rate communication from -the. personal agent of
one,of the French Ministers, to his principal
,or
employer, than a document intended for the
perusal of the whole body. it should appear,
that r before M. Montmorency joined the poten-
tates at 'Verona, he had either commissioned, a
certain M. jottlfroy, or this person had Volun-
tarily applied himself to the ta!,,k of ascertaiuing
the precise views of ,the " Holy Allies" with re-
spect to the Spanish affairs,- in order that the
French Minister might go better prepared to
enter upon the business of the Congress ; end
this paper, supposing it to boauthentie, contains
the intelligence gained by Jouffroy, and imparted
to Montmorency fpv his guidance. After giving this
descriptiowof the paper, we shall enter upon its
matter. The vivws which it imputes to the High
Allies, and in conformity to which 111. Montme—
reney is advised to act, (in conformity also to
which it may be feared he has subsequontly
acted), are most striking. They complain that
France, in her transactions with Spain, has
always sought to impose a charter upon the N.
ainsUlit. Now, this charter is not at all to'the
taste of the absolute' Monarchs of 'Russia,

Austria, and Prussia. It concedes too much vto
( • revolutionary principlei ; it tampers with revolt,
and affords public encouragement to the discon-
tented and ambitious. Neither, it is asserted, is
a charter the thing which the good and generous
and noble Spaniards themselies desire : they and
their illustrious patrons of Russia, Prussia, and
Austria, wish for a more simple form of goVern-
tnent—an absolute Monarch on the side of the
Sovereign, and, for the subject unqualified obe-
dience.