The Sun.
London, England, 1817-04-11 00:00:00

INSURGENT PRIVATEERS.

The brig Dolphin, JOLIN PROWIINO, Master,
lately arrived in London from Jamaica, was
brought-to off Cape Oriental, Cuba, on the 18th
Feb. when in company with the brig Matilda, of
lireenock, Master, for Liverpool, by a
schooner under the Royal Spanish. colours; an
Officer and part of the crew of which boarded the
Dolphin, and plundered her of tillltrer
The Officer was particularly solicitous for rum,
and uulyattened the hatches to search, but ndt
finding any, be insisted upon having a tierce of
coffee, which Captain PeouTot; refused to de-
liver to him, and he had much difficulty in de-
terring him from plundering the Cargo. They
also overhauled the Matilda, and plundered her it;
a similarnianner ; after which they matte sail for
the shore of 'Cuba, wider which they stated they
anchored every night. She was, a long, low
schooner, "recently coppercd, armed with a long
brass 16-pounder, mounted. on a swivel just abaft
the fore-mast, and manned with about 60 men,
chiefly English :end. Spaniarde.
_Thelatesr. who
boailled" tfiebOlpliin represented himself to have
been Master of a, Droger at Kingston for about
three years, and stated 'the name of the schooner
to be the Congress. The echooner was, recognised
by many of the Dolphin's crew, who had, seen her
about a month before at Kingston. On the 20th
Pebruary, when off Saddle H ill, in the Ittlind of
Cuba, the Dolphin was irpeatedly fired at, and
compelled to bring .to,
.by another schooner, of
about 18 guns and.lBo men,. apparentlyAtheri-
can's, who, after detaining him about sit 'hour,
suffered him to proceed without boarding'
her colours
,were blue, white stud bltie; hori-
zontally.

There is really no pleasing persons who are re,
solved to be dissatisfied. The Government Offices
are reduced in the numbers of their etablish-
avd it is railed ugainit as A, PeitY saving
at theexpence of a few Cierks. The heads oldie Ad-.
ministration sacrifice& tenth of their officialinconseft

and it is called ;a misellievout ekample. The Navy is
dituini,bed, and clamour is,htard about starving
Sailots. War consumption has ceased, and the
'unemployed Workmen are thrown in the recd, of
Ministers. The Abolition of a multitude. ofylacts,
which by perverted and laetiOns reaserning
been rendered unpopdirr, coneedetk and the
very insignificancy of what has been held-tip as
so important, is invoked to disparage this economy,
In short, retrench where they will and how
they will, in the public departments, hr theower,
branches or in the higher branches of office, in
Sinecures, in Pensions; or in Salaries, there is
no merit, but rather demerit in Alinisters. Sub-
scriptions arc odious, savings niggardly, reduc-
tions improper :
Let 'ferrules himself do what he !fitly.
The Cat will mew, the dog will pare his day.
Rising funds are a proof of beggary; improving
Revenue is'a sign of bankruptcy; abundance of
money is the assurance of ruin ;--the Bank-note is
better than specie, and the stocks are above par—.
and Country is undone. We know not what
mental aliment our discontented Writers feed
upon : to us they seem like the conjurers, who,
whatever they masticate, vomit forth times,
while the credulous million gaze and gap around,
Paying far the wonderful sight their pence, on
which the said Conjurors regale •more substan-
tially in their retirements, and laugh at the public
for its gullibility:

in our Last Page will be fonntl some interest-
ing Extracts relative to 'Ore state of the Northern
Districtssecently disturbed. These we copy from
the Leeds Inlelligencer.—The following is:from the
Cant&ridge Chronicle, and stews; how desperate
were those schemes, the like of which, .we trust,
the increased vigilance and augmented vigour of
the laws will prevent front being agitatein future :
The design of the Littleport Rioters to destroy
the tOWII of Ely by fire has been matarsted by
a discovery, made within these • few days, of a
gnaw c9aihnst,Ve materials, which
.svcri:
founir to the wart IrmAe of Gotasf; a re-
spectable grocer of that place, secretly laid
im-
mediately under the floor where he kept hit casks
of. gunpowder : amongst these combostiblei was
a piece of elotreoal, the fire of ..1% hich appeared to
have- hero providentially extinguished from the
want of air."

13RIM-170.N, APRIL •)0 --aotrnestlay
Loa') CHANCE:6IMR and Mr. LPitc/4 Arriv (t
1)14v111011, ttlid dined with. the:PlttwcK It i:DRNT.--
Mr. LEACH retorord again to Seaford yegterdhy
afternoon. 'file LORD CIIAN,CELLOR rettotineo
with his Royal 1-lighnei, 'atill'took his iftipartiii.e
for London. at . eight o'clock this mottling. The
general report here is, that the occasion of these
visits is conuectell with some preliminary arrange-
ment previous to the retirement of Lord 'ELDON.
(TIM'S)_ _

y,...tetd,sy twine What is called settiing•day at
tie Stock, Exchange,
.tberst_ was, is unfortu-
nately nsnal on such occasions, several-sibrations
in the Funds ; and, what is worse, vibration4cri-
dentlyoccasioned by fabricated news. AVe shall
not disgrace our colnums by publiihing the atro-
cious mischief which was stated to haire occurred
at Paris., farther than by 'milt:log the eff;;ets which
were produced by the rumour. The 3 per et-nt.
ConsOls, which had ri3en, for money; ((gm
73k, and in the same proportitut (or.ataCcUitt, s?tul-
denly fell back to the former prier; ,wheo it
being observed that many of the sellers at the
high price became purchasers at the ilimy, it was
naturally concluded that the whole was a fraud.
The market for 3 per cent. Cousols closed at
72i for money, and 7:3i for the May atcount. .
• Private letters lion) Paris quote the Five per
Cents., which' had been clone on Saturdiy at
6,1 c.. Sc., it' on Monday. This is stated to be
the result of•purehases made by English houses in
particular; with a view to obtain a higher Interest
for their money, occasioned by the great and
rapid adKance w
of. our on funds. The payments
aremade by bills on Paris or by drafts on Lox-
, .
don, which have Ceil!Sed a great fall m our torilt,
exchanges. 'The • present rate is about 2.A:francs.
I'm' 1/. sterling, Should the Freneb'ftititts. increaie,
in value, the holder will of course obtain moet.
money than he originally paid 'for.; - big 'in the
event of realizing,. be will be unable to h.iVe any
return unless with great lois. The exchange basing
been in the year 1791, a period of prolotind peace,
as 'high as this or a nearly equal rise may.
be atiticipated.by the prospect of a good harvest,
which will prevent all input tation of grain to this
country,: as well by the meat_ slkiinetenttAtif all
coramodittet-tollie'Continent. The purchaser of
French stock, by the quoted statement of the rate
of exchange, will find, .that althoogh'he pays a
;price of 65.0n1y, he will Lave ultimately to incur
a charge of 82.—(ttiforning.Poper:)
There is not
any Treasury tVhrraut;` iten-
tinned. in some of• the Pa.pers, recommending a=eon-;
tribution froth official per Sons of l 0 per cent,,Alere
they have taluties'of 10001. R year and upwards;
'towards the public exigencies ; but the.Treitsart
have issued a 'Circular, dated 31st March,.141.7„ to
Public Thpartnients, Ate Clause addeal to
the Milt Act by the Committee oft he Howse o'f
mons, and stating, that the Lord's tit the TreaSuty
intend individually to liven tlt6selvete of the appor-
tunity afforcOcl by the Chime,- of contributing '
the public eervice ten per rent, upon their salaries
anti mohtments, and to direct the like deduction
to be made tr,Oto the Officers and Clerks in the
Treasury._ whose income-, from - their situation
amount. w.f. 1.9001. and upwards, nail who are Will-
ing to follow their Lordihips' example. The Cir-
cular further desires, the ['lead of Departments to
comettunicate the contents to the per*ooa under
them receiving not less titan one thousand pounds
per annum, and to report those who ate.anxious
trseontrihote Ice the shove ratio to the public sar-'
tice.--(Moraing Paper.)