The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-20 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS:

DEM„ JAN. 19.—Carne down from the R.irer the Paremntt•,
Pranlilirf,• for St. Lucia.; George, Baxter, (Or Bourdeaux,
Spartan, Furnal, for Pernambuco; and Martha, Suns, fur
Charlston. Arrived the Ranger, from Leith for• Bahia; and
the Ceres from Jamaica ; the latter has sailed for the River.
Sailed the Argus Deal pilot butter on a crniXe off Dungeness.
Remain the ontward-bobnd at before.

FALMOU9'H, JAN. t7.=Arrire'd the Intrinsic, Foster, from
London for Jamaica. Sailtd the Robert and Mary, Atwoul,

fur London.

Mull-mount, JAN. 18.-=The Skylark; Puole.y, has been got
off Kapton Sands; and is now at anchor in this Harbour with
much damage;—all the cArgo is tinder lock at this place.

SCILLY, JAN. 16.--:•Arrired the Mary, L: arswell, from Tene.
rifle for London, with loss of boat and sails,Atid short of ho-
visions ; and Jupiter, Quarman, from Oporto for Bristol, wit Is
loss of boat and anchor ; she threw about 10 tons of her cargo
'overboard, and is leaky.

Pitmoutn, JAN. I S.-Arrited the Four Brothers, nouloff,
from Dant'zic ; and Margaret, Reavely, from Prince Edward's
Island; Ow latter is di'ainasted.

TIILJEMAGNANIMITY.—Our Readers,llo doubt,
remember,—that wiled' his Grace the Duke' of
WELLINGTON was appointed to the Governor 4
ship of Plymouth, vacant by the death of the
Duke of RICIIMOND, the factious press seized
that, as it seizes every opportunity, to throw sus•
picious slanders on the illustrious individual,
whose public services could never be rewarded
by that or any • other appointments. The .silent
contempt with which such baseness-is generally
treated, by the dignified and honourable, attend-
ed these malicious insinuations; .and their-true
and noble answer has only very lately conic to
our knowledge. The fact is so completely in
character with all the life of Britain's Hero, that
we have great delight in retarding it. The
Duke of WELLINGTON) we are assured; was no
sooner invested with the office alluded to, than
he transferred its whole revenue. about 3000 f.
per annum, to the widow of his -late friend and
predecessor, whose rank and circumstances ren-
dered this princely action every «•ay excellent:
Such conduct Would be injured by eulogy—its
reward is i❑ the heart.--.---(111or»ing Post.)

EXTRAORDINARY FRACAS.—Sir PAUL BAG:.
JIOTT, of Lypeat Park, has opened a Literary
Battery against Sir C. B. 'COMUNGTON, Bart. of
Doddington Park. The cattse of the attack will
be best explained by an extract of a letter from
the former to the latter, which appears in a pro•
vincial paper of this week—and which Nj'e copy
to gratify the curiosity of our numerous Readers
in the vicinity of the two Parks. The silence of
the Doddington Baronet, for the space of twelve
days after the occurrence, induced Sir PALI'. 13.
thus publicly to remonstrate ; as he thinks the.
relative situation in u hich they each stand in the
county, entitles him to expect, at least, common
courtesy :

On Tuesday, the 2611) of December, e,.bilz travelling. !Ir..'
on the box of the Cheltenham and Batt► Coach with other
passengers, about one o'clock at mid-day, I observed that a
hare had been caught by a wire, in a plantation a few yards -
distant from the road., upon which the coachman stopped
his horses, and descending from the box, I entered the plan-
tation and took up the hare, which appeared to be nearly de-
cayed, and whilst examining the skin, I was immediately tieized
by two labottritig men,. who violently exclaimed) " We've'
caught you a* last—you most go down to Sir Bethers Ott
this, I not only told these men my name, and that I Was-a Ma-
gistrate of, the County, and called upon 1 he coachman and•pas-
sengers to corroborate this foot, which they did; remonsti oting'
at the same time, with the men upon their outrageous cots-
duct ; but 1 likewise produced my pocket-book, and sundry let-.
ters directed to me, a 11 of which proved unavailing, and I was-
hy force dragged into the park of Doddington, and from thence
down to your palladium mansion; where, being ushered as a cri-
minal to the threshold of your lordly portico,and having under-
gone the sarcasm and gentlemanly remarks of your children,
their preceptor, and (I should imagine from the numbers bolts
male and female which surrounded me) every retainer 'of your
household, duringabe space of an boor, in a north-east wind.
I was admitted to the honour of an audience in the Open air ! !
—To remind you, sir, of what then passed, would prove,
certainty, no. less innulting to my own fet lings as a Gentle-•
man, than derogatory to my duty as a Magistrate 1---suffice
it to say, Sir, (and I thus publicly call upon you to deny-
my solemn statement) that you refused to take my word
when I repeatedly told you that I was Sir 'Paul Baghott ; re-
lating likewise every thing that had occurred front the ma- -
'tient I was seized call, moreover, upon Mr. Toylot, -
Wotton-under-Edge, (who politely conveyed me tothe Cross
Hands in his curricle, in order to enable me to procure a'
chaise to pursue my journey to Bath, where I did not arrive.
till three hours-after my unjustifiable imprisonment by,your
vassals,) to corrUbOrtie this testimony.-.-(Batis Her. Jun.l9 )

By the Jane and Barbara, PROSSER, arrive 4
at Bristol from Demerara, advices have been re-
ceived to the 6th ult., at which period, we-are
happy to learn, the Colony was generally
healthy, and that the rain, which had fallen to-
wards the end of the preceding month, had been
of considerable benefit. It is rather singular
that not a single Vessel had arrived there from
Europe,-front the 17th to the 30th of November.
A meeting of the County of Oxford is to be
held on Monday next, in the Town Hall of Ox-
ford, for the purpose of considering of a Loyal-
Address to the KING, and the following day the
Clergy of the Diocese meet to address his MA-.
JESTYb

EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE.-Thu'rsd'ay
night a young man, of the name of GEORGE
KETTERING, a weaver by trade, undertook to,
stand four hours on one leg, without any suit.
port, at a house in Smithfield. The wager
was• for ten guineas. When he stood in that
attitude three hours. and three quarters, he be-
came so weak that he could not speak, and with
difficulty could 'support himself ; however to
the surprise of all he stood it out, and Nras'ea'r_
ried to his chair, not being able to" move. After
his leg was fomented for song time, and some
cordial given to hitii he recovered.

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS.

E".,:TRACTS FROM' TETE MORNING PAPERS.]

r Yew Times.]
L
TiORRIBLF, .V 1 1 ENIVT AT AN,ACSINAT!ON

have to announce with feelings of horror.
a diabolical attempt to prevent, by assassination,
the-arriNal of. Colonel lieoivszt: in this country.
This Gentleman, against whose character such
infathens slanders have been circulated by the
pretended- fri;-nds of the Qur.r.sr,, some time ago
came ever to England, where having learnt the
partiChlar chart:es brought against him, he re-
turned to Italy try col:ect decisive evidence for
fie refutation of these calumnies. Whilst he was
Lore, he did net .conceal his belief that his life
would be attempted in Italy ; and he mentioned to
.the Gentleman from whom we receive this 'state-
meta, that he commonly carried pistols for •self-de-
fen e. He had nearly arranged his affairs at Milan,
and had already -forwarded all his papers to Eng.-
land, meaning to fellow them himself in less than
ten days, whets, on the Sth instant, returning
late at night and alone from the Opera, he' was
attacked by two Assassins, evidently with no in-
tention of robbery ; for though. •they disabled
him,-the-; did not attempt to plunder him of his
watch, motaey, or other valuables. The Colonel
defended himself resolutely and a violent struggle
ensued, in which' he received four :wounds in the
head, apparently with a knife, and one in the
chest. evidently with a stiletto. The last would cer-
tainly have been fatal, but for the thickness ofhis
streat coat, coat, and waistcoat. As it was, the
-weapon. penetrated on the left side of the.
chest, and. considerably injured the seventh rib.
The. Colonel's friend and physician, Dr. Ciceri,
v:as called in, who, on- Perceiving the nature- of
the wounds; hought it necessary' to require the
assistance of an eminent 'Surgeon,' Professor
Palette, of the Milan 'Hospital, and both of
them continued_ assiduously to attend their pa-
tient. Three of the wounds in the head were
pretty deep, the other slighter ; but the most
dangerenis was the wound in the chest front
which, - however, his .medical attendants are in-
clined to think that fatal consequences are' net
to be apprehended. ' It is attended with acute
pain, restlessness, -and difficulty of breathing;
but these symptoms have been alleviated
by bleeding. Upon the whole, the' Colonel
. is: going on AS well as could be expected ;
he is in the hands, 'of very skilful men,
d wilL receive every benefit' that care and
attention can give. The assassins have for
the present escaped, but the Government has
taken every step for their apprehension.-The
above account is contained in a letter from the
"Duke of Leeds to the Earl of Liverpool ; and
bulletin by Dr. Ciceri and Professor Paletta, up
to 6 p. rh. on the 10th instant, kas also beets for-:
-warded, for the satisfaction of the Colonel's
friends. tis hoped that he will himself-be able
to write by the next courier.

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• [Tice Times.; •
The public will by this time have perused the
kcJrnes and cautiously weighed the consequence
and character of those gentlemen who have sign-
ed the requisition for a meeting of the great com-
rnercial,interests of the city of London, in the .
Egyptian Hall, on Wednesdey next, to take in-
to consideration the present state of public affairs.
Though .the general purport of the resolutions of
Such men, on such an occasion, may be well anti- .
cipated, we shall abstain from speaking of them
till wehave them before us ; but that to which
-,
ve Would-at present point
.attention is the requi-
sition to the Lord Mayor to call a meeting. That
requisition is of itsclf an important document, for
it col:J.101v, in 'clear and proper terms, the base
and -Stieekingcustora, now first introduced in this ;
country, of furtively signing, addresses when no
meetinr, has been called ; and it states that the 1
occult origination of an address •thus signed, was
onkor-the impelling:causes for tailing' the present
meeting. We copy the 4ords of the requisition _
which relate to this subject :--
4,,We, the unilersiptett,Merchant, &c., of London, yield-
" ing 40 cane of . our fellow subjects in sentiments of loyalty
" to the Crown, attachment to.the •Constnution, and abhor-
., reace.of hlagpliemy and 4rdition, nevertheless cannot but
" feel great oljections to the manner in which the ahove-
" mentioned Declaratiln has been obtained and prinnulgat-
'' efi',intrpqrtilie- to represent the opinions of the otereaotile
" body of this great • city, -without • havinl.7 affi-dcti to the
", ivesohees of that holy the opport unity of as;ernliling to de-
" liberate upon, the necessity of soy socb'declarstion being'
" made, or upon the sentiments which it wotild.be expedient
" to express; if such a declaration should be thought. nececL '
OZlT:readPr will perceive by the above extract
ho.i.v accurately. the nOnion which we have al-
ways promulgated or r, the subject of :hele-and7.
comer addresses. agrees' With 'the TeCtit thA ' de- •
claratidn Of the Brest commercial interests in this.
metropolis, and, indeed,- I.4ifit the Sentirnents of
all :men of. spirit and candour throughout the.
kitagdom.....The King himself is, above all, injur-
ed and insulted by-these 'addresses.
.." You tell
" me•(his• Majesty has a right 'td say) that the
". Constitution haS enemies ; that thave enernies
" and that you•have enemies ; and yet yoti dare
" not face them in the field of fair discussion, but
" come whining-tome through by-paths and dark
" ways,-, to make your complaints. Why, what a
" sneakingunmanly tribe you must .be." '.'his,•
we •are •'sure,' is the : feeling of his Majesty
upon these addresses, :and might alsO With pro
priety constitute the ptirpoit of his replies. The
BrthSwick ;race, they say.; are none 'of. them
" timid ones :" -we 'know one that is nbt ; and:
therc4'ore should not , have timid defenders, or
rather 'shoutd:'not liave,otirnid -creatures in those
who pretend -to. be their defenders. Heaven have
meicynpon-that throne which is to I.y. ttpheld by
hole-and--cOrner gentletrien. . The Crown may'
support.thern, as.ittas done rather too runtit; tint
they will nev'er support the Crown. We shall
have:tceasion to'speak of a brutal' herd of this
'description some day at the be:Finniag•of next'
week.

[Morning I'oo.l
Tlle King comes to town this day., and go
in state tb tho'House of Lords'on Tuesday next,
to open the Session of•Parliarnent. with a Speech
from the Throne. Without, idly speculating on
the cours which Ministers mean to purbue, we

may fairly infer from the past, that it will be
dictated by an honest regard:for ' the public in-
terest. We have also a pledge in the wisdom and
independence of the'two 'Houses, that no measure
will receive their sanction which is not recoMmend-
ed both by the necessity of the case, and by its ac-
cordance with the great principles of the Constitu-
tion. It is an easy task„pnd apparently a gratifying
_ to make sweeping charges- of delinquency
ag-tinst public functionaries. This ;--,pirit of defama-
tion is probably as old as Government itself, and
it appears to have been virulent in the ratio of its
injustice. It is certain, that, in free States, where
facility of detection isn strong bar:to corruption,
and where a character of integrity is absolutely
favourable to lawful purposes of ambition„this
spirit is most preValent. It is an accompaniment
of liberty, as shadow is of light ; and it has, no
doubt, its adva`ntageS, as it has its defects.
It may be compared one of those base..sub-
stances _that:are eMployed to ptirify certain bodies.
However, the wealth, grandeur, and.morat cha-
racter of the -country- are the best refutation of
the calumnies that have been vented yea; after
year against the public administration. The al-
leged corruptions:. of Parliament are Coeval with
the 'first refinements
,that were made in the insti-
Jution ; and whilst the nation was moving with
qaparalleled rapidity to the elevated point- it has
reached, charges of misrule became more fre-
quent and violent. Perhaps these accusations
had no other effect than to make the Members of
the Executive Government and those.of the Le-
gislature more firm and vigilant inthe-discharge of
their high functions. They have usually shewn
themselves equal Un. the efirieigency. When dan-
gers threatened from abroad; their character al-
most invariably rose with their magnitude ;..and
domestic-fends have been- always 'met by a cor-
responding energy and wisdom. It may be said
that the strength of our institutions increases
with difficulties, and we have no doubt that- the
events of the approaching Sessiob manifes4
the solidity-of our remark. They will probably
' prove that Ministers may propose with confidence
such measures as the state" of The country shall
render necessary.' They will alSo shew that popu=
lar clamour and menace have 'no other influence
'on the proceedings of the 'Legislature than so
strengthen the laWs against tumult and insuhordi-
nation. •

[Morning' Chronicle.] . .
Letters from various:Parts of Brazil were yes-
terday received. Those from Maranhairr; dated
the 7th of November, mention that his Britannic
:Majesty's ship Creole had arrived there from Rio
Janeiro, in order to take-in specie on account ofl
private indiViduals, though it is stated, that
Messrs. Targani, Villa Nova, &c. were con-
nected With the operation. It would seem that
specie was scarce at Rio, •,nd very favourable
prospects had teen held out by those connected
with the Treasuty, in order to induce shipments,
it being represented that the Spanish dollar.wasl
worth 1000 reis,'and the half doubloon from 7 to
sOOO. It was also intended to convey the funds be-
longing to the Bank to the Capital. Unfortunately,
hoWever, for those 'interested in the speculation,
the people of Maranham had their eyes open,
and hung back. The fact .also is, that a law 'ex-
ists, by which the circulating medium of one pro-
vince cannot be conveyed to another. The same
proposal had also-been made to Bahia, Pernam-
buco, and'Ceara but had not been attended with
better success.. The news from Portugal had e.x.-
,cited the greatest joy.in Maranham, and it was
anxiously Wished and expected that a cordial union
witli the Brazils' would take place, to-which' no
impediment whateVer was anticipated, unless it
was the intrigues Ofsonte of the persons who un-
happily still held an ascendancy over the King. The
Perdambuco letters are dated the 27th of ?Nov.
and state";. that Governor Rego had put an 'em-
bargo on the Port for all -vessels bound-to Portu-
,gal, without waiting. for instructions from the
Court. His late military excursion into the in-
terior, and- what had been termed the Bonito' af-
fair,'was highly ridiculed, for neat ly the whole
Harrison had been put in motion under the plea
Of attacking Insurgents, wilo, it turns out, .were
:no other than a few miserable wretches, nearly
starving with hunger. To sanction the operation
at Court, a few oFthem had, l.aQwever, been seiz-
ed and shipped -Off for Rio.. The people at Per-
nambuco were eqUally elatedwith the news re-
ceived from Portugal; ' '

' • [British liress]
In the County of Kent', a Requisition,. very
numerously and respectably' signed, had'been
sent-to the High Sheriff, .to call a Meeting of the
Freeholders, but this worthy Magistrate,-. no
doubt anticipating the result of such a• Meeting,
did not choose to sanction by his•presence a vote
'of censure upon :his friends in the. Cabinet, and
declined to convene the Freeholders. This ,at-
tempt to controul the expression of the public
voice. by a kind of magisterial preccnsorship, was
not successful. The Freeholders were convened
14 severalOf the Justices of the Peace for the
!'County; and•assernbled at Maidstone on Thurs-
day. A Resolution in condemnation of the
Min:isters was proposed 'by the'Earl of Thanet,
and seconded by Mr. flonywood, one of the
,County Members,' and,- as haS beeh uniformly
the' case thrOngboat all parts of
.the King.
doer& _wherever- the . public sentiment could be
fairly collected, it was enthusiastically adopted.
The Earl 'of 'Darnley, in the course of, an able
speech, alluded to the-distressed state of the agri-
culture of the. Country, and warmly contended
.that unless- the ieer.ense pressure .of taxation
were diminished, it was vain to hope for any
arnetieration.in.the condition of the agricultural
classes. Taxes are indeed,' as his Lordship oh-
served,' the root of the exiStiu:cr evil in .the state
of the Country, for they control the exercise of
intlui.try by firnitiri, the ernploy'rnent- of capital,
and check the procruCtive- powers of the Courory
by fettering our intercourse with Foreign States.
The Addresg to the Queen, being adopted, Mr.
lionyWood'proposed Petitions to the two Houses
'of Parlie.merit,- to interpose for-terminatin:4.-all
proceediUgk against her Majesty. The lion,
Illernber.63narnented upon .the ungra-
cious tertninatiOri •-of last Session Parlia-'
merit, when the Ministers advised their Sove-

reign not to thank his faithful Comjnons for the
generous allowance they had made for the sup-
part of the Civil List. Ten words would have
aved the dignity and respectability as well of
the Crown as of Parliament, but not one word
was vouchsafed. The Ministers have yet to an.-
swer for this insult to the Great Councils of the
nation. —amass--

[Morning Herald.]-
This'evening, his Majesty is expected..to oar.
rive at Carlton House Palace from the,Pavilion
at. Brighton; every preparation being Made for
his Majesty's reception ; and it is now ascertain-
ed that his Majesty will open the Parliament on
Tuesday next; the Dike of MontiOse, the
Master of the Horse, having received *orders
to that effect but yesterday afternoon.