The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-09 00:00:00

" TO OUR READERS.

" We think, after the extraordinary exertions we
have made, and the decided priority of our intelli-
gence in yesterday's 114orning Journal, that we are
-entitled, to take credit for, and to invite attention
to, the merits of this superiority. t►i%e had yesterday,
exclusively, two long communications, sent by ex-
press, the one on the proceedings of the Dublin
Catholic Association en Thursday evening last,
and the other descriptive of the Ceremony
of laying the _Foundation Stone •of the New
Harbour at Scabam, near Durham. We had also an
exclusive account of the Catholic Meeting at Leeds,
not one word relative to which appeared in the
Herald or the Post. We state these facts merely
to show the extent of our connections and the acti-
vity of our agents."

Now, although it is not for us 'to fight the
battles of our contemporaries, who are well
able to fight their own, yet we feel bound
in charity to the readers of that alarming
paper the Morning Journal, to explain the
nature and " extent" of those " extraordinary
exertions" which the Editor, in a fit of som-
nambulism no doubt, made for their especial
benefit. We do this the more willingly, as we
being occasionally one of the readers of the
Morning Journal, (to our shame be it spoken,)
arc invited to attend to the above " superiority of
its merits." First, then, the two long communica-
tions by express, and exclusively too,—why the
proceedings of the Dublin Catholic Association on
Thursday arrive in London by the regular mail
early on Sunday morning—and may be copied
from the Dublin papers by all the London daily
morning papers on :Monday—and these " exclu-
sive" proceedings did appear in several of them.
But the " ceremony of laying the foundation at
Sealtam". was reserved for the " decided priority"
of the Morning Journal—and that by Express
in ten days ! • for the ceremony actually took
place, according o its own showing, on F,iday,
the 28th November. The enterprisins Editor
must surely be a Freemason to perform such an
exclusive feat. Only ten days from Durham,
that's news 1 But then, on the same Mon-
day morning,' he had an exclusive account
of the Catholic meeting at Leeds on Friday.
Happy man and the Herald or Post had not
one word of it. Doubly happy man; he had it
all to himself! We hope he will continue in
this delusion. Should he see some of the other
Morning Papers of yesterday—the long columns
of the Times and
Chronicle—all about the
Exclusive" Leeds Meeting, it would

" Blast his eye Intel sear his heart."
But we hope he will continue blind to these
awkward thin -
gs—and it will be well for his
paper that its highly favoured readers may also
,
continue to partake of the " exclusive" blind-
ness of their Leader, for---•
Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to he wise."

IfVe have received further accounts from
Gibraltar, of the 20th ult. By the subjoined

medical report it will be seen that the fever is still
on the decline. We are sorry to learn the death
of the Assistant-Surgeon of the 73d Regiment ;
the wind was easterly with fresh breezes, the
thermometer in the atmosphere from 60 to 64.

MEDICAL RETORT.
Nov. 18.—Remain ill, 505 ; admitted, 29 ; dead, 8 ;
unapt- observation in comp, 10; officers sick, 19.
Nov. 19.—Remain ill, 51 ; admitted, 28 ; dead, 7 ;
under observation in attnii, none ; officers sick. 20.
Nov. 20.—Remain ill, 489 ; admitted, 17; dead, 5 ;
under observation in ramp, 26 ; °Misers sick, 18.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE---(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, DEC. 8.---Wind S.W.--A brig, name
unknown, drove foul of the brig Charlotte, for
Jamaica, and is reported to have proceeded for
Ramsgate; has kat ca:ltead, sprit-sail-yard, and
sustained some damage about the bows, and remains.
The rest of the outward-bound appear to have rode
it out in safety. A brig and schooner each lost
anchor and cable, the former proceeded to Margate,
and tLe latter for Ramsgate. Arrived the Morley,
Williams, from Batavia ; and Heroine, Tapley, of
Liverpool, from Pernambuco.
PORTi;MOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.
—At eight o'clock last night it Caine on to blow a
gale at S.W., shortly after shifted to S.B.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 7.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived
the Matilda,. Cumming, from •Mesqina ; and Perse-
verance, Cornish, from Oporto.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 7.--It blew a strong gale last
night, aad shifted to South. Arrived the Sandwich
packet, from Lisbon. Arrived off Port, the Eliza-
beth, Henzill, from Pictou.
MARGATE, DEC. 8.--Arrived the Pleiades, Allen,
from Rio Janeiro, sailed the 30th of September;
and London packet, Hunt, from Boston.

The Charles, Oliver, from Dublin to London, was
driven on shore, near Pwlheli, during a violent gale,
on Sunday, and had 31 feet water in her hold.

The Haabets,Aniter, from Rochelle to 'Frederick-
stadt, was driven on shore in West Bay.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CIT Y, TwßtrJ 0' CLOCK.

A general impression seems to exist in the. City
that the English Funds are at a price which ought
to deter speculation in them, and under this feeling
there seems to be an indisposition in the dealers to
extend their o;►erations further at present. Coa,iols
opened at 871 lb were buyers at , but have gone
back to their first price, and are now sellers ; these
quotations are nearly nominal, the business hitherto
done being extremely limited; the Commissioners
purchased in Reduced, for which -they gave 861.
India Bonds are 65 7; and Exchequer Bills, 64.6 pm.
A state of complete apathy seems to attend the
Foreign Funds, and the business of the day is now
confined to a few transactions; below arc the quo-
tations.

Shares are equally dull, and prices the same.

A vessel has arrived off Margate from Rio de
Janeiro, which sailed on the 30th Sept., but no
letters have been received from her.

Three pc Cent.: CAiosolf, *hut ; Ditto, for* Ao-
count, S 7-4 ; Three per Cent. Reduoe4, 86i ; India
Stock, bbut ; India Bond's,' 65 6 pui.; ExcLequor Bills,
64 6 pm.

TWO O'CLOCK

The Consol market remains in the same calm
state, and the prices arc still 871 I; the house is
newly deserted.

THREE' 0' CLOCK.
Consols for Account, 97/
FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols Danish 631
Do. for Ac. 871 il Greek, 1825
Brazilian Bonds --I .44Axican, 1825
Buenos Ayres I Peruvian

Chilian Do.
Columbian, 1824 22i

Russian 96
Spanish lOa

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Lady Mary Hill, in Arliugton.street; Major Churchill, in
Pall-mall, from Minorca; Captain Petceval, of the Grenadier
Guards, in St. James's-street, from the Netherlands ; Captain
Vivares, in Brook.street, from Lisbon; Captain Coale, in Con-
naught-terrace, from Paris; Major Allen, in Pall-mall, from
Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone, in Glouoaster.plaeo, from
Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, in Baker-street, from Ha r -
rowgate