The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-18 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, SEPT. 17.--Wind W.S.W.--Came down frorts die
River and remain, with several more of the outwatd.barand,itre
Hermes, Robinson, for Smyrna ; Elizabeth, Bunter;. forrApe
Coast Castle ; Lord Exmouth, Mills, for Malta ;
for Honduras ; and Waterloo, Bunyan, for India. Arrived
and sailed for the River the Delight, Frame, from renerilfe,
after being supplied with an anchor and cable from hence.--
Put back this morning the Promise, Glasgow, for PerroL
POILTSMOU TR, SEPT. 17.--Arrived the PrinconiCharlotte,
Lamb, from Madras t sailed the Bth of May, and. St. Helena
the 27th of July ; left at the latter place the 'Zephyr and
Granger, South Seamen, for England. Ilia Majesty's ship
Dauntless has been released from quarantine.
PLirato writ, SEPT. I6.—Wind W.S.W.—ArriVed. the
Lord Exmouth, Barrett, from 9uebec, in 39 days.
FALMOUTH, SEPT• ind W.S.W.—Arrivoil the
Montague packet, from Rio Janeiro : sailed the 24th •of July,
from Bahia the 4th of August, and from Pernambuco the I2th
of August ; Priscilla, Mitchell, from Prince Edward' Tabun.* ;
sailed the 9th of August.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the "t9i
!rouse, when the following ships, taken up on the U instant,
were thus stationed, viz.—Princess Amelia, Marquis of !Hunt•
ley, and Astcll, for China direct.

OLD BAILEY ants DAY.)—Charkso' tiara,
a young man genteelly •dressed, was put to the
bar on an indictment charging him'with stealing,
in the dwelling-house of Mrs. BULL, four silver
soup ladles, two silver spoons, &c. on the 10th of
August last. .The prisoner had the impudence to
walk boldly into the prosecutries house Whi!e
the servant was cleaning the 'steps of the door,
and took the property. lie .:then ran *Way, bu.t
was pursued, and taken with it in his potseasiotj.
The Jury found him aitilly--.-Death. •
The thunder-storm, in the night between &to-
day and Monday last, seems to have been very
destructive to the poor sparrows. More than t.)
dozen of these birds Were picked up dead, at
day-light on Monday morning, under - the trees
that surround the Small Pox Hospital at Battl;-e
Bridge. Tho storm extended its effectS, with
equal violence, for nearly 30 miles round the me-
tropolis, and several trees were struck by the
lightning. Other parts of the country had pre.
viously experienced. similar weather ; while it
was here fair on Saturday, it was so rainy and
windy at Doncaster, that numerous sportsmen
could not visit the race ground.
BALLooNs.—Yesterday morning Mr.GaAn.tar,
the Aeronaut, left London for Cheltenham. Since
the accident nt White Conduit house the bailoun
has been thoroughly- repaired and beautified, in
the course of which it has undergone the insptc.»
lion of many scientific persons. An experiment
is intended to be made for the inflation of bal-
loons by means of a hand engine worked by one
man, and which is now used for filling balloons
with common air. The engine is composed of a
wooden wheel, which is turned by a handle, and
round such wheel a line is drawn communicating
to another of a smaller size, which the line also
turns with great rapidity. A wheel of a much
larger dimension, but inclosed in a tin case, acts
in conjunction with the smaller one ; the larger
one, haying four tin flaps, reaching to every ex-
tremity of the tin case, is worked round with
great rapidity by the before-mentioned handle,
and causes a great concussion of air out of a vent
for the purpose, a hole being made in the side of
the tin case for the air to draw. The experi-
ment that is now intended. to be made is to place
the gas pipe against the hole in the side of the
tin case, which Would amply supply it with gas,
while the machine, being worked by a Man at
the handle, would flap it into the balloim with.
great rapidity.. This experiment has been con.
,sidered very admirable by several scientific gen-
tlemen to whom it has been submitted.

One CI Heti SISTANCE.-Saturday night. the
landlord of the Ben Jonson, Shoe-lane., beard
a noise in his cellar, which he attributed. to the
entrance of thieves. He armed himself accord-
ingly -with a broadsword for his protection,
determined to capture the robbers, or fall its
the attempt, having previously placed a friend la
the street, to prevent their escape. He tints
proceeded cautiously to the cellar with a dins
light, and heard a hissing noise, and on gently
opening the door he perceived something white, as
if it were a thief in his shirt ; he rushed forwarl
undismayed, but on levelling a blow at the object,.
it disappeared ! He next searched the cellar, and
actually found that two butts of porter .were
gone ! This certainly was passing strange ;, but
on searching further, he discovered that they had
actually sunk into an old well, the covering of
which had given way. The noise he heard pro-
ceeded from the fermentAon of the upper butt.
of genuine stout, and the effervescence from tho •
bung-hole, and the white object which he saw
was the froth. .
Roafterty.-I•Villiam Kitson (who has beets
brought before the 'Magistrates three times with-
in a fortnight,) was charged by Richard 'Pitt ,of
Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, yesterday, at
Bow-street, with having broken open his desk,
and robbed him of cash to the amount of nearly:
twenty pounds. lie saw the prisoner coming'
down the stairs of the house in which be lived,
and seeing his desk open immediately pursued,.
him, crying out " stop thief." In Belton-street
he was secured, and on his person being searched.
there 'was found upon him ten sovereigns, three
crowns, two half-cvowns, thirty-six shillings in
silver', a silver watch, a gold ring, and in his
waistcoat pocket 31. 19s. in silver..—Mr. Pitt
identified the ring and watch, and the prisoner
was committed for trial.

AIATIUMONIAL—BraetOII Saith." although it'
be lawful for the husband to correct the wife
with a lawful weapon, such as a broomstick, Ste.
yet, if he makes use of an unlawful instrument,
such as an iron bar, or the like, and death
ensue, it will be murder." The females of
the place where the author resided are said to
have been so little satisfied with this distinction
in their favour, that they (bagged our ancient'
sage of the law through the river, and gave hint
a thorough ducking. Judge Buller, in all
opinion be delivered in an action against a
husband
baraids
Ifl im
oi.sbiadvietrieanwt: " That a husband Was
treatment of wife, Laid it
down
privileged to beat lire wife, if the instrument
used was wooden, and no thicker than his thutnb."
It was on this occasion that the ladies of Exeter
addressed a round robbin to the Judge, in which
they requested to he informed of the exact di.
meusions of his Lordship's thumb.

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
.Estrods from the Morning Papers, September 18.

' ['MORNING CHRONICLE.)
Itwas very generally believed yesterday in the
etty,!-that Cadiz is on the point of surrendering,
and, what -.may appear singular enough, the be-
< fief tended to raise the value of Spanish Bonds.
We confess we do not like the negociations and par-
, toying, which have lately taken place between the
French and those within Cadiz. We are aware,
too, that that part of the Ministry which is more
thtn suspected of being corrupt, and particularly
s'ine Minister in a very important post, must have
iinsetk la-bouring to embarrass and counteract the
well affected. Still we, cannot bring ourselves to
believe, that their success can have been so.
great as to paralyze the latter, or that the mere
-WWI to.. prolong existence would induce the
Members of the Cortes, and other distinguished
Constitutionalists, to abandon their post till
thingii had come to the very last extremity. In
`the mean time, "assuming the possibility of a sur-
:render, and the consequent re-establishment of
.Ferdinand and the Inquisition, we do not well
ie-tiow the Spanish. Bonds ought to rise in value
aen that account. The French will never consent
to gnarantee the debt, anti we all know what the
'Government of the Monks would be. In time a

good and enlighted Government might, by the
•abolition'of restraints on industry and, the pro-
tection of property, obtain the means of revenue.
"But the reign of the Monks is founded in igno-
rance, and.. productive of -laziness. In fact, a
revenue equal to the payment of the servants of
the State, it will be beyond their power to raise.
As to paying ititerest on loans, the thing is ridi-
culous,

EN lEW TIME.]
The sum and substance of the news from
before Cadiz, contained in the French Papers
and Letteri of Monday, may be briefly given in
the following postscript of a private letter, dated
Paris, Monday night :—" We are in momentary
expectation of receiving the glad tidings of the
fall of Cadiz. Perhaps to-morrow morning may
bring the news by telegraph."—A very general
report prevailed yesterday in the city, that the
King of Spain was actually liberated ; but we
believe no later advices have been received from
Port St. Mary than to 11 o'clock at night on
the sth instant, at which hour the Duke de
Guiche, whO had been sent into Cadiz by the
Prince Geaaralissimo, had not returned to head-
quarters. It was understood, however, that the
Duke had had the honour of dining with King'
Ferdinand, and that in passing through the city
he had witnessed a strong expression of discon-
tent on the part of the inhabitants against the
revolutionary he4ders. The merchants, and others
Who had property to lose, murmured loudly
against the prolongation of resistance ; and the
Common people declared, that they would not see
the city exposed to the horrors of an assault for
the sake of a few desperate rebels. The capture'
Of the Trocadero at once put an end to all the
hopes with which the Chiefs of the rebellion had
till then buoyed themselves up. The. troops
which defended that post Were the most enthusiastic
the Revolutionary cause could boast—Ali young
men, deluded by the frantic harangues
,of Riego
and the other Orators of the Jacobin
Societies'
and. i;iho fondly believed themselves invincible.
Valdez, the rebel Governor of Cadiz, it is said,
openly declares that he can no longer maintain the
defence of the place. Alava was semen the 4th inst.
with a, flag of truce, and another letter from King
Ferdi6and somewhat different from the one which.
his gaolers had the audacity to force him to write
on the Duke d'Angouleme's arrival at Roil St.
Mary. The Prince refused to see Alava, but
sent an answer to his Royal Cousin's letter, by
the Duke de Guido! : his Royal Highness will
listen to no terms till King Ferdinand arrives at
head-quarters. On the 10th instant, the trenches
were opened before the Citadel of Pampeluna:
we regret, this circumstance, as it may cause a
useless waste of blood. • It cannot be supposed
that when the King is restored to his throne,
and' the pretended Cortes dissolved,
.the Gover-
mars of the Spanish fortresses will dare to pro-
long, the rebellion.

ri'LlE TIM F.5..1
Tke news from Spain, brought by the French
journals of Monday, and received yesterday con-
firm the antecedent statements respecting the
falling state of Cadia. It is bard to tax an offi-
cur of rank with treason, because he is unsuc-
cessful in the defence of a place, but we find
that some suspicions are thrown out respecting
-Valdes, the military commander of that place.
The French jourpals, unwillingly or unwittingly,
discover the sentiments of the inhabitants, and
thereby evincethelnjustice of the invasion of Spain,
with whatever partial or local success it may be
attended ; for It said that, upon the, unfound.;
ed news that th French had been repulsed in
their attack upon the Trocadaro, illuminations,
and every other testimony of joy, took place in
the,town. The Duke of Angouteme has made
KU offer to thase Members of the Cortes who do
not choose to remain in the Peninsula, to convey
them on ,board French vessels to any other part.
We know not whether humanity or policy dic-
tates this proposition.

The accounts from Lisbon afford room to be-
}foie that Lord Cochrane has been as active and
successful es is usual with him in harassing th►e
Portuguese, fleet on its passage from Bahia. Ills
Lordship is said by some of the vessels arrived,
to have plundered several of the richest ships,
and to have disarmed the soldiers. It is further
stated, that no more than 22 merchantmen, out
of 60 sail, had reached Portugal down to the 6th
instant , and as none of the tuen of war were
yet in port, the greatest anxiety prevailed
at Lisbon, to ascertain how many, or whether
s:ny of them, had escaped- the enterprising vigi.
ja,LICC of Lord. Cochrane. Now at least it will
be admitted, that Brazil exists no longer as a.,
rimb.Of European Sovereignty, and her fitness to
be self-govehted may be justly inferred from the
fact' of-her having shaken off a yoke, rivetted

more by habit, affinity, and affection, than by
power. How 10-ng. the Brazilians may retain the
form of an Imperial Constitution, and resist the
contagion of democracy which spreads on every
side of them, it would now be vain to speculate.
We much regret to learn, that Mr. Whitney,
Agent to Lloyd's, has been murdered in Portu-
gal, while travelling in the discharge of his duty.
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