The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-01 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

boVar, sl-ot.v 29, 181 .---Being at rldst)ing
latelY, I wat. not a little entertained by occasion-
anY meeting many of Our English Free Traders,
at the public Houses, and at the Table D'Uotes ;
and at these Gentry are pretty communicative to
each other over the bottle and pipe, I overheard
Inittfy curioni Observations. But I was much edi-
fietl 'one daY•by listening to' a cobversat;on he-
ween a. decent lookim.; Englishman and one of
the Sn"itigitlers, who appeared to know him. The
s'ouggler ;boldly demanded how he dared sh-ew
hitosclf in a pririleged place (on enquiry, this per-
/on was Captain of an English Revenue vessel,
!lien in the Roads). lie said to the Captain, he
tild, by making -a signal, have him killed in a
tilonient. The. other declared he did not come to
look after them in disguise, but with his colours
eying, and under orders ; and, as far as I could
hear, displayed no fear whatever, but defied thi
smuggler's threats. At this place I. saw the
toaster of the:logger, and some of the crew, which
had the action in Robin Hood's Bay, with the
itevenue Cutter last winter, and several of the
people concerned" in the murder of the Fox's crew-
One party of sturdy fellows, nine in number, in-
varibly walk. about; each armed with a large
stick, and always in company ; and they publicly
boast, that, .next winter, they will fit out several
large cotters, which will carry too many guns for
the Revenue. Their vessels, at present, are laid
tip in the harbour. lam only astonished that our
Government do not 'secure the accused persons,
which might easily he ,done, ny,appliestion to
the constituted Authorities. You may rely opals
the correctness of this statement..

DEAL, JULY 31.—Arrived, and sailed for the
tive'r, the Bt i!annia, Ilr,Accr, in 43 days, from
Jamaica ; awl the Little Sally, GinsON, from
Leghorn. Came down from the River the lied-
'ilington, fur Jamaica, and the Mary Ann, for
Nt.w 'York. Sailed last evening the Vanslttart,
and the RecoVery, for the SOutheas.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 31.7—Arriied the Ross,
liAßarsON, from the Downs for Jamaica ;.Young
MALLABAR, from Riga ; .and the Ellice
transport from Malta ; she is under quarantine.

FALMOUTII, JULY )29.—Arrived, the twedis
trig. Verehliztog, WALLIN, from Antwerp.for SI

Übe's.

NI-AUG.ITC, JULY 31.--Arrived in our Roads,
and have proceeded this day for the River, the
Li-itannia, and another homeward-hound East-

Indianian•

ExTIIAC.:T OF A LETTER FROM snussaLs, DATED

JULY 24.

" This pierce is at present full of visitors, and
the beautiful scenery soound it may well be an
abject of attraction at this time of the year.—
The misery of the lower orders of people throtigt
my whole progress, and at this place, is lament-
able. Beggars besiege us every ‘vhere, and run
after carriages for Miles, imploring al ins. I ant
at the Hotel .&t J'ue, one of the best herr, in the
Grand Park, .four doors from the King's Palace,
awl Where the• Duke of WELLINGTON generally
resides.. 1 he Duke of KENT'S house is opposite.
His Royal Highness lives in the most recited man-
ner, strictly pursuing a plan of-ccomony, but his
hand is still " opim as stay to melting charity.''
Ile is unirersallv esteemed for his unaffected man-
/leis, and condescending kindness. In another
year it is not doubted that he will be aisle to re-
sume his rank in Pld Eogland, and become one
of its most splendid characters. He associates
chiefly with the Royal Family, when he leaves his
home, which is plain, neat, and comtortable.—
There are not so many English here as there were.
They comPlaill of high prices, and at last have
fonnd-omit that they may live-as cheap in England.
The Duke of RicumoND, and Lord EDWARD BEN-
TINCK, are stationary here.—The dress of the fe-
males in general is singular. They use a scarf of '
'black extending fruits. their heads to their
heels, and appear like women attending a funeral
in England. The appearance is quite gloomy and
mournful. Wooden shoes are generally worn by
rise lower orders.—The beggars are here abundant,
and most importunate, and arc so bare that- many
of them appear' like Statues, but not quite so
clean.—Tire KING it visiting various parts of his
territories. The Prince of ORANGE i 3 highly po-
pular. The carriage really taken after the battle
-of Waterloo, which b:!louged to BUONAPARTF,
'vas in the hands of the King's coaChmaker, with
whom it ''vas deposited, and was made a present
zo the Prince cfULZANCE,;IIId is now iii the King's
:private coach-house. That shewn its London be-
longed to Muaper —The Court has been here for
twelve !Plinths. In September, it will remove to
Ile Flag'' ---Th-e KING often wali.s about the
wirliont
streets, any attendant.—The population
tilßrussels is s'llil to amount to 60,000."

. Lord CoLCHESTEIt, the late Speaker of
fionse of C"l"nwns, has completely rusticated
)liinsclf a, malvern, which is now beginning to
'rival Cheltenham. His Lordship scarcely sees
Ilny body, tnd spends his ‘vliole time
.%% jai 4i is
eithe:r 14( ItOth,e or in 'contemplating the
sce;lo•y•—(Chelte.nhanz
A bcliniittil meteor 'vas Observed, un \Vednesday
Vvening, about 11 o'clock, passing with astonish-
West to • . , • •
ing rupidity'lrnm • and continuing in
Sight toll h m
lf a inute before its disappearance. It
brilliant lights resembling stars at
eonSidera'bie inagiiirwle and lustre. It did not
teem more t feet in !row!),
ljtvn-ot 0 and in form
like a comet.

A most glaring inctanre of thi's truth is now

before toe. A Mr. Fa ENP, who,e former attempts
in politics nnd religion are too notorious- to re-
quire explanation, has,, for several
made it his more innocent occupation to compile
and publish a sort of Alm.fflac, ,vhich he styles
" Evening Amusements, Ste."--lu this wink;
which is well planned, and not ill executed, he
undertakes to explain, in a familiar Manner, the
positiohs, movements, and remarkable pliosno-
mena of the Moon, and all the principal planets ;
with the apparent diameter, &c. of the Sun, po-
sitions of fixed stars,. &r. The honk has been
athnittedinto schools ; and has, I believe, a rea-
sonable sale; tolerably wdl established. But even
here the reforming mania discovers itself.- Some
years back the author was very properly admo-
nished, that there was no occasion, in such a
publication, to attack the doctrine of the Trinity,
nor any allowable pretext for it.. tic was quieted.
But for two or three years, past Ile has been malc7
ing, what he thinks, a regular attack npon the
whole system of Sir ham.: NEWTON : and so con-
fident is he grown of his imaginary success, in
this vain-glorious attempt, that he now racers to
speak of that system, which the profoundest men
existing'admire and uphold, in terms of unqualified
contempt.
His hit Almanac (for 1817) it now'before:Me,
and in the introduction, to the remarks, on July
these curious passages occur
" A stroke of the Sun, or a blow of a cudgel,
,may indeed deprive a man of his intellect; and an
evident reason may be given for this effect.: but
the influence of the heavenly bodie3, whether upon
ourselves or MI each other, by certain occult
causes, such as gravity, attraction, 01. the like,
must be placed among the dreams of the imagina-
tion." P. 90. _ _

A little further, " the Sun affords us light by
day, anal the Moon by night, and this is a sub—
stantial benefi: : that either of them can pull our
Globe to itself by invisible chnrds, is about as wise
as
,to imagine that Jupiter, Mars or Saturn, by a
liarticular position, produce the course of lite," &c.
exactly ranking gravity with the folly of judicial
astrology his dugu.7t remarks, after arguing,
not amiss, against the idea that the spots on the
Sun a';'_!et•the weather., he concludes thus _

" Away then with the idle notion that spots in
the Sun afl'ect us. Let it sleep with the gravity,
attraction, or pulling of Sir IsAac Newrox."--,
P, 105. •

Can folly go beyond-this , or the arrogant in-
fatuation of a Reformer be more strongly exem-
plified ? thinks he has completely demolished
Sir isnAc NnwToN ! Yet he—in this petty pamph-
let, has only escapes) refutation by its in-
sitoificance !-yet he cannot account for the falling
of his pen on the floor without attraction—nor
can have- an idea respecting the tides, Without
'calling in the influence of the Sun and Moon.
%Viten such men attempt to reform our Reli-
gion-, ~r Our Government, we, naturally look to
the positive evil they are likely to produce. Vlien
they carry their madness into the regions of phi-
losophy, they become simply ridiculous. Yet the
one effort ‘vell illustrates the others, and shows
how much they deserve to he trusted in any
thing ! Your's,
.•
Jul 30.

CANT

Every day affords proof of our reviving trade
and commetce. The accounis from tl►e manu-
facturing districts are most satisfactory, and,
coupled with the prosl►ect of a plentiful harvest,
afford solid grounds for hope that a period is fast
app►oaclriug when distress will no longer expose
the loVr orders to the machinations of the cor-
rupt and disaffected. 11y ships which left Quebec
on the 19th of June, accounts are received that
trade is - beginning to resume its former activity
there : azreitter demand for the interior was felt,
and appearances were much better, generally,
than last season ; indeed it appeari from the ad-
vices lately received from the other ports in Bri-
tish North America, that it no alteration is made
in the Duties on Foteign Timber imported into
the United Kingdom, a most beneficial trade
will revive between the Mother Country and
the Ring's North American Colonies, • inde-
pendent of the freight to the British Ship-owner.
'lime growing ilemend for British Man►rfactures
for Upper Canada and the adjacent Districts with-
in- the- United States, and the facility of -export
from New Brunswick into the Province of Maine,
will create a vast demand on this .coiatry, anti
progressively increase its exports to the British
North Amitricr►n Continent.

Earl CRAVEN arrived at Trieste on the 28th of
June in his yacht, the Louisa, accompanied by
the Countess and .alt his family. His Lordship
had touched at Venice. on his voyage,. His ves-
sel was originally a French schooner privateer,
L'Orient of L'Orient. Having -been captured,'
she was neatly taken to pieces at Southampton,
and rebuilt. She is fitted up very neatly, but in
a plain manner. Twenty persons frequently sit
down to tattle in the cabin. Lady CRAVEN has
an English Lady with her, Miss MesubocKs
his Lordship was accompanied from Naples by a
Neapolitan Nobleman. The family have ten Or
twelve servants with them, and about forty tett-
tocn. On the 2,1 alt, his-Lordsbip weighed an.
chor, and put to sea, to give the Governor
Trieste an ailing.
i\i. Fir'cr, the fcdc Ketch, of Versailles, his as-
sistant, and a third person, have been convicted
of a robbery, and sentenced to five years.' impri-
sonment. 'lie Paris papers observe that, for the
honour of the corps to which M. Fiery belong,
this case is without precedent. There ate-no fewer
than 400 candidates for his plum.,