The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-19 00:00:00

NAVAL 'INTELLIGENCE.

Pole:sawnTh. M. 18. Letters have been received from his
/laiesty's ships Warspite and Volage, from Madeira, dated the 23d
March ; but as lettere of a subsequent date had been previously
received froth these chips at Teneriffe, their contents are the less
interciting.

The iarspite had proved to be a most magnificent man of war;
64111 superbly, and beats N'olage on and off the wind.
letters hive also been received from the Druid and Galatea,
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Madeira, on their way to Barbadoes, and coast of Colombia.
Mat lb.—Sailed the Dutch sloop of war, Drank, to the east-
Irsrd.

Thia evening, went out of harbour, his Majesty's ship Blonde,
and anchored in the Sound.
MAY I 8,—Arrived his Majesty's cutter Nightingale, Lieut.
aitehin, from Falmouth, and remains.
!4AT 17.—Ships in Harbour.—Britannia, Windsor Castle,
Aurora, Forte, Java, Success, Trinculo, and Vigilant cutter.
Under Mount Will—Nightingale.
Iletwoen the Island and Main—Beagle.
IL' the Sound--Blonde and Adventure.

[FROM LLOYDS.I
ilk [FROM
MAY IB.—Wind, 5.5.W.,--Arrived and sailed for the
'liver, the Waterley, Bruce, for Jamaica; Charles Brook, Bell,
St. Vincenta, and the Royalist, Cook, for the South Seas.—
S'ilod the Rawlins, RegMaden, for Jamaica, and not the Reco-
'"Y. for Bombay as reported yesterday.
P6RTBstotirtt, MAY lE.—Wind W.—Arrived the St. An-
lagw Deepar, from Sierra Leone, in 65 days. Sailed, in com• om•.Y with the Sir William Wallace, for Liverpool, having the
"wly of the late Governor Turner on board, and family.
NPaLstotrut, MAY 17.—Wind W. to N.W.—Passed by the
o, Taylor, from Sierra Leone, for Leith.
LivritYoo4 MAY 17.--. Wind N.W.—Arrived the Hercules,
/1"odel, from Buenos Ayres. Sailed 14 th February, the Coon-
-I'4 of Liverpool ; Mary Ann, and Margaret, were to sail on the
"1; the John, and the Doris, sailed onthe 30th January, all
fur this port. Also, arrived the Commerce, Ortt, from Malaga,
414 the Idris, Lancaster, from Campeachy.
Arrived off Brighton, the Nepos, from Mauritius; sailed
Pebrtuiry„
Arrived off Scilly, the Brilliant, Barton, from Havanna.
th 'he African was to sail from the Mauritius a few dare after
,e 2cl Februa y
14e ry ; the Wallace, and the Pallas, were to sail about
20th February, all for London.

,hik medal has been struck to General Foy, on
ch the artist has represented him when at the point of death.
Irk tk e Planet Afars may now be seen every evening
ter, south-east. He is equal in magnitude to Juin-
„,at'd of 11 true martial colour, being a deep red.
rof e h
frier, 1 eve good authority for assuring our. country
of 11% that no alteration will be enacted this Session
ttluipa'Lliarnent in the laws that regulate the butter-
,to b;' Qin that a considerable improvement is intended
by „-- in,ade in the next session, accompanied, however,
butt- reuuction of 50 per cent. of the duty on foreign
kßri:'; This is a point of essential importance to the
t ultutztl interests of Ireland, and should be deeply
i eaaide,„
übli,;`'" by the landowners, landholders, and the.
lute is `n general, during the interval between the fits-
tiev, ion of the old Parlianient and the meeting of the
°flet--Leinster Journal.

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY )9, 1t326.

Paris Papers to the 18th instant reached_ us last
night ; their contents are not important.
An article from Lisbon, in the Journal de Paris,
contains a letter from Don MiGun'to his sister, the
Princess Regent, expressing his affliction at the death
of his father, and disclaiming any intention of inter-
fering with the Government of Portugal, or counte-
nancing any attempt which may be made to disturb
the tranquillity of the Kingdom.
The doubts expressed in some of the French Even-
ing Papers of the fall of Missolonghi are hardly worth
noticing, as the accounts of that unfortunate event
rest upon the best authority. The following are
extracts of the Papers
(From the Journal de Paris of Tuesday, May 16.)

LISBON, APRIL 2.9.
Last Friday, the 24th inst., M. de Merona presented his cre-
dentials as Charge d'AtTaires from the Court of France to our Go-
vernment, till the arrival of the Duke of Rauzan, the Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
On the 25th, the anniversary of the birth of her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, the forts and vessels in the harbour fired salutes
and displayed their colours, as usual on these occasions.
The courier sent to Vienna with the news of the death of the
King, returned to this capital on the 24th. According to his
account, which is confirmed by the Baron de Villa Secca, our
Ambassador, the Infant Don Miguel was seized with extremely
violent nervous convulsions; however, when the courier left
Vienna, on the 6th of April, his Royal Highness was much better.
The following is the letter which the Prince wrote to his august
sister 'the Princess Regent of Portugal, in answer to that which
she wrote to him on the 10th of March, to announce to hint this
fatal event : _ .

"My Tender .Sister,--A prey to the most profound grief,
caused by the irreparable loss which We have just experienced,
toy desire is to see tranquillity prevail in our country, and to
respect the sovereign decisions of 'our dear father and master,
whom it has pleased God to call to himself; and though the fi-
delity which the Portuguese nation has always observed towards its
Sovereigns be unalterable, it is, however,' possible that evil-minded
persons, actuated by sinister end reprihensitile views, may seek to
excite in the kingdom criminal commotions, perhaps making use
of my name to cover their perfidious views. -
" Under these circumstances, and considering the distance which
separates me from Portugal, I have thought that it was not only
suitable, but absolutely neceesary;to expreNs, by the only means
in my power, that, far from authorising, diiectlY or indirectly,
any seditious machinations, tending to disturb the tranquillity of
our country, I positively declare that nobody respects more than I
do the last will of our august father and master ; and that I shall
always disapprove every thing that shall not be conformable to
the dispositions of the decree of the 6th March of the present year,
by which his Majesty the Emperor and King so wisely provided
for the public administration, by creating a Junta of Government
for these kingdoms, till his legitimate heir and successor, who is
our dear brother and master, the Emperor of Brazil, shall have
provided for it as he, in his wisdom, shall see fit.
"I beg you, therefore, my tender sister, in the improbable case
that any one should dare rashly to abuse my name, to serve as a
cover to projects subversive of good order, and of the legal exist—
ence of the Government established by him who had the incon-
testible right to do So, to take care to cause to be published and
declared, when, how, and where you shall please, by virtue of the
present letter, the just sentiments which it contains, which spon-
taneously emanated from my heart,
and are inspired by the fidelity
and respect due to the memory of the last will of 'our dear father
and sovereign.
" I pray to God, my tender sister, to preserve you for a long
series of years, &c. &c. (Signed) " MIGUEL.
" Vienna, April 6,1826."

(From the Courier Francais.)
" The Evening Papers endeavour to call in questiOn the taking
of Blissolonghi. They oppose to this fatal news only letters, of
which they give neither the source nor the date. Would to God
they might be right, and that we may have been led into an error.
The news of the taking of Miasoloughi was brought on Friday
night, to Sir F. Adam, now at Paris. Ile received a Courier
from Corfu, by way of Ancona, bringing delpatcbes, which, it
is said, contained an account of the Wang of Missolongbi,
given to an Englishman of rank by a Greek, who escaped from
the massacre of the inhabitants of the city. We subjoin the se-

counts which we lave been abl,y to collect to-day, and which bear
marks of probability:—

.4 ':One of the -defenders of Missolonghi who escaped, by a
miracle, the general massacre, relates, that famine had been
more fatal than all the effiwts of the Barbarians. It seems, that
for a fortnight, the inhabitants were reduced to the must dread-
ful want. DUritez this whole time, they existed on the moat
disgusting -aliments. Their hope wail kept alive by the ap-
pearance of part df the Greek Fleet, which cruised opposite
the town, and made every day some new attempt to take
.possession of Vassiladi, or the entrance to some canal, in
order to send moieties to Missolonghi. Unhappily, none of the
fire ships which were launched took effect, and the .9reeli ships
were Much too weak to contend with the large. Egyptian men of
war, or to expose themselves.to the fire of a battery on shore.
After having held out till the torments of famine became insup-
portable, and after a council held by the chiefs, it was resolved,
that in the night of the 22d, four corps, formed of warriors, in
the centre of whom the women and children should be placed,
should succesfully sally from the town, and endeavour to pass
through the enemy's line, and reach the mountains of Etolia.--;-
The unfortunate people thought they acted in concert with Ka-
raiskaki, and that by means of a simultaneous attack they might
leave a place which was no longer tenable. But whether they
were betrayed, or whether fate had so decreed, they put their
plan in execution at 11 at night, on a signal Which they thought
was agreed upon, and the first corps came directly opposite to a
masked battery, and was almost entirely destroyed by the grape
shot. About 100 men who escaped took refuge behind some
ruins, where they sold their lives dear. The other three corps,
terrified by the fate of the flower of their warriors, endeavoured
to return into Missolonghi, but the confusion was great, and the
place without defence ; the Turks soon penetrated into it. It was
now one o'clock in the morning. All able to bear arms were
massacred without mercy; only the women and children, to the
number of 4,000, were spared to be sold as slaves.'"
The Etoile, dated Wednesday, May 17, has no news. The Mo-
niteur gives a list of one Archbishop and 24 Bishops who have ad-
hered to the declaration of April 3, in addition to the 45 who had
already expressed their assent to it.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, M-AY 16.—Fire per Ceuta. 96f.
25e. ;—Three per Cents. 64f. 20c.—Bank Stock, 2,010 f
Neapolitan Bente', 73f. 40c.—Royal Spanish Loan, 441.—
Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 55c. ; three months, 25f.
Sac.—Court Authentique.

Dutch Papers to the 18th instant, were received lasi
night, by express. The following are extracts :

UTRVCITT, May 10.
" Major-General Hennepin, of the Engineers, who was im-
plicated in the affair of Colonel Lohry, relative to the fortifications,
and was here under arrest on that aevount, committed suicide this
morning.

" RACITZ, MAY 16.
" His Majesty, our beloved Sovereign, being now entirely re
covered, to the great joy of his subjects, attended Divine Service
on Whitsunday, in the Klooeter Church; and, as we hear, will
go, at the beginning of next week, to the Loo.
" It is confidently affirmed, that the new negociations com-
menced between our Government and the Court of Rome, give
hopes that the obstacles will be removed which have hitherto pre-
vented a final arrangement with respect to the affairs of the Ro-
man Catholic Worship in the kingdom of the Netherlands.

" nytussims, MAY 12.

" On the 9th, at three in the afternoon, the lightning struck
the steeple of the Church of Floreffes, and set it on fire, but for-
tunately it was soon extinguished.
" The eCtitraot for making the Canal of Charleroy has been
approved by his Majesty, and the contractors have already given
security.

" SCRIP:DAM, MAY 16.

" On the 18th, with the permission of the Magistrates, there is
to be a. grand concert of vocal and instrumental music, in the
Dutch Reformed Church, for the benefit of the Greeks."

The proceedings of the House of Peers last night,
did not possess any feature of striking interest. Some
discussion relative to the Corn Laws, on the presen-
tation of a Petition, took place, in the course of which
the Eail of LIVERPOOL again stated, that the ques-
tion would be completely open for determination next
Session—whether the prohibitory system should be
continued, or the importation allowed under a gra-
duated duty. During the discussion, of the Criminal
Law Bill, (some clauses of which sanctioning the pay-
ment of the expenses of prosecutors were objected to
by Lord MAL:11E8111.111Y, as adding to the hurthens of
the Land Owners,) Lord LIVERPOOL admitted, that
it was to be regretted that such expellees, and the
Poor Rates generally, did not fall on every species of
property.

The variety of subjects which occupied the House
of Commons last night, and the great length of the
Debate, prevent our attempting to give an analysis of
the Proceedings and. Speeches.
Mr. CANNING would not be induced, by the repe-
tition of the question before put by Lord MILTON, to
say whether Ministers had any intention of granting
relief to the distressed Districts by a
.Parliamentary
Vote, but reserved the statement of the course of policy
which would be recommended to the House, till the
Motion of Mr. P. Mooitz, which stands for this even-
ing, should come on.
The A TTORNEYrG ENER A L obtained leave to bring
in a Bill, to carry into effect the recommendations of
the Commission on the Practice of the Court of
Chancery. The Learned Gentleman prefaced his
motion by a speech of great eloquence and power of
argument, in which he satisEctorily showed the evils
of some of the existing forms of the Court of Chan-
cery, and the benefits which would result from the
adoption of the recommendations which had been
made; after a long and laborious investigation of this
most difficult subject, by the Committee, composed of
the most Learned and able of the Profession. The
principal objection urged by Mr. J. WILLTays, Mr.l
M. A. TAYLOR, Mr. BROUGHAM, &c. was, that the
Report did not go far enough. Mr.. PEEL sliewed,
that by other persons the Report was. censuo as
going too far, as throwing discredit on our Ahcient
Institutions, and encouraging innovation ; and he
argued, that as he found the Report did not give
satisfaction to those who entertained extreme opinions,
he must conclude that it steered happily between these
extremes, and treated the subject fairly,.candidly, and
with rigid impartiality. The Right Hon. Gentleman
pronounced a warm panegyric on the LORD CHAN-,
CELLOR, who, he stated, on all occasions had listen-
ed to the accusations- of error in his Court,
.and lent
his aid to reform them with a readiness which entitled
him to lasting honour.
The Bill is, however, to stand over till next Session,
so that abundant time for consideration, and op-
portunities for the discussion of its clauses, will be
afforded.

Mr. W. WYNN gave notice, on the part of Mr.
CANNING, of his intention to wove that the !louse,
on its rising this day, should adjourn to this day week.
The Session may consequently be considered as vir-
tually closing this evening.

We firathat an Address was carried in the House
of COMIIIOII3 last night, praying ,‘ That the attention
of his Majesty's Government may be cortinued to.
wards procuring the most extensive and definite infor-
mation respecting the prices of Foreign Corn • and

Grain ; and that, in their communications with his
Majesty's Consuls abroad, it should be required that
every circumstance affecting the passage of Corn
through the several ports of Europe, whether levied in
the shape of transit duty in the interior,' or of charge
at the outßorts, should, be specifically and distinctly
explained.

We are far from wishing to fetter the aspirants to
legislative fame, by discouraging their exertions to
procure seats in Parliament ; nay, if such be honour-
able men, and friends to the King and Constitution,
we should be the first to applaud their laudable am-
bition. But our attention has been called to a subject
which requires peCuliar notice, and to which we shall
direct the attention of the Electors of the United
Kingdom—we allude to the practice of starting a can-
didate for the representation of a county, town,i or
city, without the slightest chance of success—for the
express purpose of driving others to an expeuce. In
this light do we view the intended contests in-several
places, where subscriptions are to be raised from a great
number to support oppositions, which can have no
other effect than that of dragging a few thousands
from the pockets of individuals. We
.are at a loss
to designate such conduct : the moral turpitude, the
cold-hearted motive, the deliberate guilt of such a pro-
ceeding, is scarcely less than that of the more fraudu-
lent offender against the laws who publicly robs his
neighbour of his watch or coin; for the wanton can-
didate has no other tatisfaction than that of gratifying
an envious disposition—a passion as baSe as it is mis-
chievous.

We shall watch the progress of several of these con-
spiracies against the property of individuals, and shall
not scruple to expose them ; and we would suggest the
propriety of meeting such attempts on even ground.
If a candidate who has no chance of success be started,
by subscription, to vex and harass those who possess
the confidence of the electors, he should be met by
subscription ; for it is notorious that valuable men
have occasionally been induced to withdraw, rather than
expend a fortune in contesting with persons who are
contemptible as opponents, disreputable as friends, and
degraded as members of society: by means of such it
is impossible to alter the voice of the electors, but it is
easy to cause a waste of 20 or 30,0001. Such men
being comparatively pennyless themselves, nevertheless
find crafty men, .who will gain by a contest thrice the
sum they subscribe, ready enough to set it on foot,
and dupes in plenty to follow the example. It mat-
ters not who the candidate may be, the prime movers
are the knaves who profit, and the political
enthusiasts are the fools who pay the piper ;we say
that such oppositions as cannot be justified by the
rank, talent, or other claims of the Candidate, are
highly reprehensible, and reflect discredit on every
party concerned.

We have great pleasure in giving a place in our
columns to a very
,sensible letter from a female Cor-
respondent, on the subject of the too common prac-
tice of Ladies and their Grooms riding alongside of
each other. We have observed the recent prevalence
of this most improper custom in the Parks, and
although, as a general principle, we do not approve
of publishing to the world the name of every indivi-
dual who may be guilty of an act of indiscretion,
we consider the breach of decorum in the instance
alluded to by our Correspdndent, to be so great and
so pernicious in its consequences,, that we shall not
hesitate to let the public know the names of the
Ladies who, after this warning, may continue to ex-
hibit such a proof of want of modesty and female pro-
priety.

Letters have been received from Constantinople to
the Ist April, bringing accounts from Smyrna of
the 23d and 25th March, which state that
in consequence of the danger in the Arches, con-
voy would be granted to the vessels through that
sea, and it is believed this will take place once a
month. Upwards of two hundred vessels have
arrived with the southerly winds, and bring accounts
of continued piracy and robbery committed by the
Greeks. The English flag has, however, hitherto
escaped better than any other.