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

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTITWAII.K. DEC. 3t1..---We have been doing so little this
month, that we have not troubled you with any account of our
market ; and we still continue to have very little demand for.
Hops, but rye support the prices for all sorts, except Middling
Bags, and they are offering on lower terms.

In the journal of North Brabant, for the year
1819, there is Is curious narrative of the comp!ete
removal of a windmill, over a space of 5,520
feet. The removal of the mill was effected in
twelve days, from its original site to that which
was subsequently chosen for it. No part of this
large mass was shaken, and the mill con-
tinued in full work during the operation.—
Even a glass, filled with water, placed in the gal-
lery, suffered no agitation, although the mill ad-
vanced each day a distance of 4(O feet. In the
same manner was effected the transportation of a
house attached to the mill, 23 feet deep and 27
long. This house was chiefly built of stone: its
removal was effected in five days. The machi-
nery for the purpose Is said to have been con.
structed in the simplest manner. The engineer
who directed the operation was M. llotnberger
d'Osterwich.

LunICROUS SEIZURE.—A short time since, an information
was laid that CO casks of gin were buried in the park of a gmtt
Norfolk commoner, upon which hint two officers of Ex:i.c
accompanied the two informers to the grave of the tubs,
and speedily raised their spirits. Rather at a loss for a convey -
ancer, they pressed into the service the tumbril of a neighbo,,r-
ing farmer, which they loaded with their liquid treasure, and
mounting iemselves, started in tip-top spirits for the adiate:lt
receipt of Customs. How frail are all the hopes of inan !
Exulting in possession, it never occurred to these worthies tii:.t
linch-pina are sometimes taken from wheels, until convinced of
the fact, by finding the cart, the tubs, the excisemen, and ih_
formers, whelmed in one prodigious ruin. On re-collecting the
stock, some tubs were found much injured by the full, and the
contents of several had sunk into the barren sand. The rt..
mainder being secured, the party resumed their journey,
but on starting, Old Dobbin, releas,d, as if by magic, from
the ties which tiound him to the tunibril, walked quietly
forward, leaving, his cargo of cares behind him, and the whole
party of girt and gentlemen were again precipitated into the
road. 'We have not learned what other impedimenta presented
themselves to the broad arrows of these resurrection.men,
it seems quite certain, from the mishaps we have recorded, that,
on the Eastern Coast of Norfolk, it is not always sate to Ineetth,
with those " who call spirits from the vasty deep."

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—Between three
and four o'clock, in the afternoon of Christmas..
day, the inhabitants of Handsworth were thrown
into great consternation by an alarm being given,
that a number of boys and girls were drowning ill
the mill-pool opposite to the gates of the Soh&
Manufactory, the ice on which they were a'r-
sembled having broken and let them in. 41cen-
siderable number of persons immediately hastened
tp thq spot, and every assistance was promptly
4fforded in extricating the nnfortunate sufferers,
and in endeavouring to recover them as they 4ere
taken from the water. 'though the means used
to restor'e animation were in several instances suo-
cessful, we regret to add that live out of the
number were found to be past recovery. The
parties who thus unhappily lost their lives were
two girls and three boys, from 13 to 17 years of
age, all of them belonging to families of the
working class.—(Birmingitam Paper.)

THE LONDON JOURNAL-,.

11110RACTS FROM TUE Dll Ly MORNING PIPERS,
annuarN 18`23:

[MORNING CHRONICLE.,

There have lately been several meetings be-
tivon the Directors of the Bank and the Ulan-
cellor of the Exchequer, and it is confidently re-
parted, that the Bank has agreed to advance' a
. considerable surn .of ;Honey on the Pension List,
'for two or three years. This measure will occa-
sion.a great influx of money into the market,but
the wisest and most experienced Merchants and
.Bankers entertain considerable doubts as to its
policy. Some of the largest holders of Bank
Stock in Ibe kingdom say the Bank ought not' to
part with its funds, under any circumstances, for
a longer period than one year, and after the full
sad deliberate discussion which the subject re.-
ceived last year, they see. no cause for bringing
it fo'iward again now.

[rue Times.]
We know not that much more can be said on
the change which has recently taken place in the
French Ministry. The principles of that change
and its cons( quences seem to be sufficiently lin-
den/toot!. A faction ardent for war has been
cast out ; and a party intent upon the preserve-
tiny of pence has been retained. It may still be
said that the latter party will ultimately find
itself obliged to attack Spain. This may be ;
but a Ministry of pacific views will he much less
likely to perceive the necessity of going to war,
than one intent upon'hostile measures. In truth,
bad the past hopes, the predictions, the assu-
rances of the war party, been verified, Madrid
would ere now have been in the occupation
of the French troops ; the victorious Ferdinand
riding over the heads of his enemies upon a
French 'charger; and the Holy Inquisition
reinstated in all its lurid lustre. May not
these prophets err in their future, as well
sty itr OA. past predictions ? The truth is,
that if M. de Montmorency bad remained
master of the Ministry, he would have seen the
necessity of going to war immediately. M. de
Viltele, who does net see such necessity at pre.
se:rt, they not see it hereafter, so soon as his enc.
mies expect. We will ;fever cease from assert-
ing, hi beledf of the rights of nations and of hu-
manity, that ;so long as the 'opinions maintained
in Spain, be they just or erring, confine them-
selves to the Pettitisnla—so long as they are ap-
plied only to the affairs which pass there, and no
systematic or official attempt is made to ob-
trude or propagate them elsewhere,—so long
would any . hostile irruption ;lac) Spain by
the Bourbons, for the suppression of opi-
nion or the control of action, be as atrocious
an act as the invasion of that country by ,Buona-
parte ; and we should fervently pray that the
two Iniquities might have the same termination—
that is, in the destruction ef the authors. But
we hope better things of the restored family of
France, and of the counsels by which, at least,
its chief is governed. It is, indeed, pleasing to
us to observe with what confidence the new Mi-
nisters and their adherents look forward to the
support of the two Chambers, now on the' point
of assembling.

[namn( elms.]
The official announcement of tho appointment
of M. dr. Chateaubriand ns the successor of the
Duke de Montmorency, appears in the Moniteur
of Sunday. The Courier, with ifs usual ability
and consistency, labours hard to prove that the
retirement of the French ultra-minister arose
wholly from the disappointment of personal
feelings, and not from any essential political
difference between him and his colleagues. It
closes by one of those exhaustless panegyrics on
The new French Foreign Minister, which, it has
always in reserve for influence and power in
every, country. It happens unfortunately for the
infallibility of the Co.trier, that all its antici-
potions and prognostications on the issue with
Pain have proved utterly unfounded, as much
so as its futile attempt at reasoning on the dismis-
sal of Montmorency, and the promotion in his
place. of M. de Chateaubriand. The, latter at
the Congress of Verona appeared before the
Holy Alliauce as the representative of the mo-
derate.
.party of the French Cabinet, and, as it
now turns nut, the real Wishes of the king. The
former was in fact the Ambassador of the Pavi-
Hon Marsan ; his success has been rewarded by
a Dukedom-and dismissal from office, and M. de
Chateaubriand, opposed to his embassy and prin-
ciples, occupies his place.