The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-04 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MARCH 3.—Wind N.W. blowing strong.—Arrived
and sailed for the River the Essex, Barclay ; Ranger, Nay ;
and Mercury, M'Nally, from the South Seas; also, and re-
main, the Seagull, from Gottenburgh ; Falcon, Row ;
and Dyson, Collins, from St. Michaels ; and Harriet, Hope,
from Demerara. Came down from the River and remain, the
Lang, Lusk, for Van Diernan's Land ; and the Alice,
for Jamaica.

YouTsmouTH' MARCH 3.—lt has blown a gale the whole
day, accompanied with tremendous squalls veering from W.
to N.W. and N.—Arrived the Prince of Orange (transport),
White, from the Mediterranean.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Wind N.—Arrived the Sector,
Hart, front St. Michaels, in 18 days; and Diamond, Brown,
from Cork. Sailed the following vessels for London, viz.:—
Success, Active, Speedy, Blues, Wavering, Alliance, Mary,
and Ezer.—No vessels have yet arrived to profit of the convoy
of his Majesty's ship Pandora fur the Mediterranean.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.—Sailed the Orbit, Tuikham, for
New York ; Thomas Burrows, llawsen, St. Thomas's ; Hard-
ware, Eberal, Lisbon ; Blandford, Soper, Newfoundland; and
Glide, , Boston.
YARMOUTH, MARCH 3.—The sloop Margaret, of London,
Wald:' master, put into these roads yesterday in distress,
having lost her master, mate, and a boy overboard.
SHEERNESS, MARCH 3.—The following vessels have put
in here with loss of anchors and cables, viz. :—Lady Stewart,
Cassop ; Hector Barnett; John, Reed; Durham Packet,
Marshall ; and ate Ann, Barnett.

The Alexander, Bolton, from Hull to London, was totally
lost on Harborough Sand on Tuesday morning ; crew saved.
The Jasen, Warnack, of Grimsby, was abandoned at sea
on Tuesday ; crew landed at Yarmouth.
The Marquis of Drogheda, Rogers, from St. Michaels, was
driven on shore, near Kinsale, on Friday.

CAPTURE OF A VALUABLE SMUGGLER.—DeVOBpOrt, Feb.
N.—The Dwarf cutter, Lieutenant Gould, and the Essex
friate, fitted as a convict-ship to lie off' Dublin, under the
orders of Mr. Raven, assistant-master-attendant of the dock-
yard of this port, sailed hence for Ireland a short time since.
On the morning of the Ist instant, about seven leagues from
St Ives, and blowing a strong gale, the Essex observed a
large smuggling lugger some distance to leeward, and com-
municated by signal to the Dwarf, which returned orders
to chase. The Essex made all sail immediately, and being light,
ran the cutter completely out of sight. After a chase of eleven
hours, the Essex got up with the smuggler, and Mr. Raven ma-
naged his ship in such a manner as to cross the bows of the lug_
ger, and carry away her bowsprit, which prevented her escape.
The Essex being fitted for civil service, had not on board a
single musket or sword to enforce the surrender of the lugger ;
but luckily was well manned by 70 riggers from the dock-yard,
with the boatswain of the Shamrock, and Serjeant White,
of the Royal Marine division at this port, who were on board as
passengers. Mr. Raven immediately ordered Serjeant White,
who was armed with the cook's hatchet, the boatswain and sonic
others, to board, which they did, and drove all the crew (33 in
number) below. The Dwarf came up in about an hour and a
half afterwards. She proved to be a Dutchman, from Flush-
ing, with a cargo of nearly 1,000 bales of tobacco, 75 cases of
gin, and a large quantity of gunpowder tea. The prize has
been carried to Ksnrstown.

We are informed by the French Papers, that
on the 15th instant, will commence the sale by
auction of the whole collection of statues, basso-
relievos, groupes, bronzes, vases, tables, columns
of porphyry, and other Oriental marbles, the
property of Cardinal Fesch, at his late Palace,
No. 70, Rue de la Chaussee d'Autin, in Paris.
The antiquaries and lovers of the fine arts, on
such an extraordinary occasion, are expected in
Paris from all parts of Europe, to emulate each
other in obtaining the pessession of such valuable
rarities, collected at an enormous expence by the
Cardinal.

A few days since, as some labourers were
digging sand on the lands of W. TENNANT, Esq.
in the parish of Shenstone, they discovered, at
the depth of eight or nine feet from the surface,
a human skeleton, with that of a boar's head,and
some parts of a coffin not wholly decayed : about
three feet from the grave they found an earthen
vessel or urn, filled with a variety of curious in-
struments, a few of which are accurately de-
scribed in Shaw's _History of Staffordshire. Many
circumstances induce the belief that they are
British, and that some High Priest of the Druids
must have been buried there. The place in
which they were found is an elevated spot, on
the confines of Druid-heath, and centrally situ-
ated between two points which tradition has de-
signated as the summer and winter residence of
an Arch Druid.—(Stalford Paper.)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, March 4.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

The proceedings at the India House yesterday
form a subject of extreme interest. The Court
was completely crowded at an early hour, and
every avenue was filled by Proprietors. The
discussion that took place was anxiously antici-
pated. It was impossible the friends of Lord
Hastings could remain silent, or the charges
against him continue undenied. The Hydera-
bad affair and the loan to the Nizam, on their
first mysterious mention, arrested public attention
at once, and the doubtful answers of the Chair-
man of the Company at the last Court brought
more than implication to Lord Hastings, particu-
larly when connected with the previous negative
of the pecuniary grant for his distinguished ser-
vices in India. When the numerous rotes to the
Noble Marquis, as the reward of his administra-
tion, both in Parliament and that Court, were re-
collected—when it was remembered that a munifi-
cent grant of 60,0001. was decreed him in 1819,as a
test of the gratitude of the India Company—when
the disinterestedness of Lord Hastings was re-
called to memory with which he rejected a large
sum of prize-money, the result of his successful
direction of the Mahratta and Pindarre war—
when, farther, it was known that he had returned
home from India after a brilliant administration,
himself unenriched, but leaving the Company
with a territory in Hindostan great and peace-
ful beyond all former example,—it could not
but have created surprise that the mark of
gratitude which was dealt to -Warren Hastings,
to Lord Wellesley, and others, who had filled the
Government of India, should have been negatived
to this distinguished Nobleman ; and it was plain
that the change of feeling must have proceeded
from some causes known only to the Directors, and
only darkly whispered to the public at large. The
whole life of Lord Hastings was opposed to any
peculative charges. If the loan to his Highness
the Nizam, by Palmer and Co.'s house at Hyder-
abad, was tainted with fraud or exaction, it was
not even probable the late Governor-General was
in any way implicated. Such was the feeling
of his friends when they came forward so cre-
ditably in his defence; and such, we are sure,
was the feeling also of the public at large. We
do not think that Mr. Hume's remarks, on the
motion of Mr. John Smith, when he moved for all
documents connected with this Loan, were
,just;
because the production of these papers, if Lord
Hastings be free from criminality, would at once
form his best defence. Far from reflecting on
the late Governor-General, or connecting him
with any thing doubtful in this transaction, the
papers, when produced, must form the best
proofs of his honour. Though this particular mo-
tion was not carried, it led to the general resolu-
tion, which was voted, for all papers before the
Directors, connected with the government of
Lord Hastings, which will elucidate the whole
conduct of the Noble Marquis. We shall, in-
deed, be disappointed if their production will
not at once dispel all doubts that have
rested on the character of this distinguished
Nobleman. We can remember that pecula-
tion was one of the leading charges pressed
by Mr. Burke, with all the force of his
vituorant oratory, against Warren Hastings;
yet Mr. Sullivan, his private Secretary, solemnly
deposed that at no period of the fourteen years'
government of that great man, was he worth
100,0001., and that he never could be brought to
attend to his private affairs. Had not the India
Company subsequently paid the costs of his im-
peachment, amounting to 80,0001., and voted him
an annuity of 4,0001. for his own life and that of
Mrs. Hastings, that illustrious individual must
have been ruined. So easy is it to conjure up
shadows, and whisper dark charges against cha-
racter without the smallest truth or foundation.
The result of the present investigation will, we
are sure, be most honourable to Lord Hastings,
and his splendid services will ultimately meet,
we trust, the reward they so richly merit.

[THE TIMES.]
The feeling of the public with respect to the
finance plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
is at this moment very peculiar ; for, to what-
ever cause it may be owing, no one thinks the
plan settled. On the contrary, all seem to con-
sider the budget of the year in the light of some
college subject proposed to the consideration of
the students, and on which the best essay will
obtain the prize. We have written our treatise,
and are sure, also, that we have obtained the ma-
jority, or nearly the whole of the free suffrages ;
or rather that the free suffrages were with us ere
we began to write, and that we only said that
which every one felt before—" Repeal for us the
assessed taxes," and the vigour infused into the
people by that act will enable them to break the
fetters which controul their foreign commerce.—
The Chancellor of the Exchequer's system has
been the direct reverse. He is like one who
gives the rein to an horse not yet recovered from
a state of exhaustion. We 'would infuse his na-
tive vigour into the animal, and then, if he is im-
patient of controul, slacken the rein,•and suffer
him to bound into the open space. We do not
blame Abe principles' of 'the•Chancellor of the
Exchequer ; on the contrary, we approve of
them much us general principles ; nor 'are they
in truth' 'his--they 'are' those for •which every
liberal man 'has been contending for years ; and
it is upon this very feeling that lie has seized; it
is this' prevalent Conviction' that' he has flattered
or attempted•to flatter, in offering to us the al-
lurement-4 foreign trade, when fle•ought to have
removed- domestic pressure. But'who, we ask;
ever thought of relieving :the sufferings of a-ptiople
by operations of an external nature ? That-,
which is felt at home must be femoved at- hoine.
lie would place us at the goal,-when ire tire but
in the•middle of the course. In all'their'foreign
transactions, '-also, reciprocity is necessary be-
tween states:. '%Ve are to receive' the raw and
manufactured articles 'of our neighbours: what.
assurance' have we that- tliey' will' accept ours in
return ? The new project may give us silks : the

repeal of the assessed taxes would give us com-
forts, and luxuries would follow.—Besides, it is
proper to observe, that the present is not a con-
test between two parties which shall receive a
boon exclusively ; the contest is, whether a part
only shall be benefited (supposing benefit to
accrue from the change of the silk and wool laws),
or the whole nation, comprising that part, shall
receive the most sensible relief. For will not
the silk-merchant and manufacturer be re-
lieved, if their window and house duties be
wholly repealed ? But of what advantage
is it to the farmer and shopkeeper, and ge-
neral artizan, that silk should become cheap ?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has given up the
oppressive duties upon law proceedings on the
representations of Mr. J. Smith : in this respect
a good thing has been conceded to a good man.
But Mr. Smith perceives no less strongly, that
farther relaxation of domestic imposts is neces-
sary. We could say much of the manner in
which is proposed to waste the public money, in
repairs of Windsor Castle, &c., but shall delay
resuming our remarks on this subject, in the
hope that the provoking occasion may be removed.

[NEW TIMES]
The state of the weather prevented any com-
mercial expresses arriving in the City yesterday
it being also a holiday at the Bank, little busi-
ness was transacted in the Funds; but that
little produced a variation in the price of
Consols from 941 to 9482, at which they
closed for the Account.—lt is stated, upon
pretty good authority, that not only will France
follow our example in reducing the rate of in-
terest upon Government Securities from 5 to
4 per cent., but that such a measure is in con-
templation by Russia, Austria, and Prussia ; and
that from this circumstance arise the recent or-
ders from the Continent, for purchases in the Se-
curities of those Powers in the London Market ;
and to which may be attributed the late advance
in prices. French Scrip was yesterday done at
154- premium. The plan of the New General
Insurance Company, which was announced a few
days since as forthcoming, will make its appear-
ance in a day or two. The Shares are stated to
be all subscribed for, and are already at a
premium.