The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-20 00:00:00

THE SUN.

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LONDON,.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, I'Bl6.

There are no Arrivals troin France to-day ;
and what the Flanders Mail has brought us, is
appended, under the usual title, to the extracts
from that which came last night.

Nothing more strange hai.giown out of the late
convulsed state of the .world than a circumstance
which, though daily brought before us inciden-
tally, seems never yet to have, met with distinct
attention from the Publiel or politico! inquiry
from any Gov m ernent. We AIM-et° te swamis
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of private ships of war, which arse committing de..
predations on the trade of all Nation*, from Cadiz
to Cape Horn. These Pirate's,' the desperadoes
of every clime, are called in our seas. Barbarian,.
and across the Ocean c.rei,agenisn,Pfivateers ;
but front all the notices we have seen on i
jest, these descriptions do not comprehend the
hundredth pm of them. They are in reality
BUCCillieerS, and their crews of lawless ruffians,
the refuse of every country, Americans, Eng-

list), Irish, Scotch, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
and NegrOes of all casts and colours. Some-
times w•e hear of then in Fleets, and at other

times in single Vcatels, undertaking expeditiOns,
or plipulerillg cite Ships they meet at Oa. They
ure she enemies of mankind, and messures ought
to be taken to proscribe them ; to prevent their

intercourse with legal authority ,on shore fur,
supplies, end to send them to execution -when
taken. If something is not done, thie is,, to
evil which 'kill grow tremendously. The situa-
tion of South America, by affording the pretence
of an independant Flag, is extremely favour.
able to its increase ; and the multitude of per-
turbed spirits which a long war has let Loose,
destitute alike of the means of tife• and the incliner.

tion to cultivate them by buuist industry, forms,*
utirsery fur recruits of this class almost loot-

Ilatistible.

We arc not advised what course could be pur-
sued best calculated to lituit the hpischief ; but we
think the subject well worthy of OM attention
which these remarks are intended to invite.

'We have been assured that the description of
‘VATSCIN, junior, is indeed very inaccurate. It is
stated, we know not how truly, thee there is no
distinguishing ma►k on his right cheek, and that
when well dressed he has much the appearance of
a young Clergymen•

We were puzzled to serest -betiarten two-articles
against the Sinking Fund which appent•ed ill some
of the Morning Prints. After- mature delibera-
tion, we have preferred the oration of Mr. Secre-
tary PuesToN (see another column) to the assay
of the Morning Chronicle. Nut thaewe mean to
eulogise the one and disparage the other, but be.
cause the phillippic of the Hortonrabte Secretary
is shorter, snore to the purpose,end'lels insane than
the diatribe of the worthy Writer._

" The affairs of the Mexican Patriots, it will
hc.obser%:ed, are rapidly advancing towards a state
organization. and it daily becomes more evi•
dent, that With them the United States will ha the
favoured Nation." So for the, fiftieth tirne says
the everlasting advocate for Rebels and innr.
gents in every quarter of the globe, and which,
bodied and overwhelmed with its friends in France,
Italy , Germany, Spain, and, Spa-fields, is stow
glad to cast a longing lingering look ail the-way
over to South America. Here, without the liar
of geography (so tatal to it in pktue tumor-

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luxuries of successfsl revolution. Defeated in
Prtn, it `tithes up t position on the River Pl+►te;
worsted in the Caraccas, Mexico is open to its
resources ; snored ►rith Chili, it resorts to victory
in Texas ; and in short with the vast Continent
of South At4rica for its operations, there ,is no
thing it to any two spots within a nea4or,spitcc

than two or three thousand miles. Avery
littcal Ogre with seventy League Mats, it soides
from Province to Province with„most wonderful
facility, and has upon a moderate calculation
utterly ruined the royal cause eleven hundred and
eighteen times. Oh, it is a glorions
.thing..to
have so fine a range of country for the empire of
opinion and liberal ideas !
As for the corollary from the text, that
sequence of their helping the Rebels
~w:Ac, at
peace with the legitimate Government,,.„the
United ''States will be the favoured Nation"
with the emancipated Colonies of South America,
and the tide-wind reflection upon the British,Go-

vernAnetst, for not having sought the same ad-,
vantage by the. same just course, it will bear a
word or two of ,explanation.' In the first place, it
is not likely to prove tine; and in the ,second
place, if true, it would be of very little conse-
<pence. What nre.the imports which South Ame-
rica wants, and North America can supply ?
Wood ? No, they have forest enough of their
own on the Southern Continent. Tallow ? No,

they have more than all the world beside.'
Cron? No, here they ere Rivals, rtot,purchaurs.
Wee? No, for they grol it theinselies more
abundantly. Coffee ! No, for in t‘is produce
they are equally successful. TobaccO ? for
in this also they are competitors. Rurii ? No,
for of this the United States are large im-
porters.—What then can the North sendto
Market in the South, should they come through
perfidy to be the " favoured Nation." Not the
touch wanted woollens of England—not our
'manufactures in iron—not our unrivalled ma-
chinery to work mines—nothing, in factiFli
the South' American requires, and whiall(,gratit

britnin only can supply.
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We may be told that this is the very reasnnikby
we ought to cultivate so extensive and valuable
a minket. We noid.--1-.lle it, No fair and

honest measure of policy should be left unirt.a,t.,
strengthen our mercantile.relations with this vast
Continent. But honour and justice are the bases
of British character and British conduct, and no
benefits, even if baseness and treacherreould ac-
quire them, would compensate for the loss of re-
putation from a faithless disregard of sacred

treaties with Old Spain. Let us remember what
we said and thought of those who took part with
our revolted C►►lonies against the Mothey Coun-
try, and applying the reflection to ourselves, learn
not to calculate 09 products I °untied on national
dishonour and cl►►l,►radlation.

.
The ExPedition which has siilcll from Sc.rilb
t
mingo for South America is, it seems, triidlteitte
of the younger MINA, who passed in Llngt,lail
by
the name of General Alms, hut was arte6vilr,4l
disavowed in the French Papers-by his ancle,tlse
celebrated Spanish Giterrilla leader. This -1044 g
man has fonna means to get together -II ntinther,of
adventurers like himself, and even to collect three
small vessels, the largest monuting IS pins, with
which he has sailed to take part with theJodePell-
dents of all nations and characters.thatsint In awn,
in various parts of South America. The pet-lona,
who acted as Officers tinder hits prolessclolq! to,
know their precise destination. -At Por
MINA, who by some means or other had become
possessed of a coUsiderable sum, of money, seduced
the crews of.most of the American merchantmen
to jobs him, Euo Aailed away with them, leaving
the vessels to which they belonged destitote.for
want of hands. On the other side,. however, it is
to be noted, that he himself was deserted at Port.
an-Prince by many whom he had tempted to joip
his standard. It is stated in the American letters,
' that a squadron, under Captaiii,Montos, is about
to sail for the Gulp!' of Mexico, to pet tect.the
trotte of the United' States there frontlhe &precis:
bons both of Spanish and piratical cruisers.

co. AtuiNt '!ooirtnbitegfali;:tipreeractninletasiinws tieciii foll,ttinnto.owingt
r .sayply:
ing the Paris Water•works with iron Pipes .frunt
England . '
- " We thought it, at the time, extremely in-
judicious in the English Iron-masters to boast so
.much of the inagnitode of the -concern. Their
statements alarmed the persons interested in the,
iron-trade in France, who •Itnntetliatiely! hart a'
.Meeting, and presented a Strong remonstr*rice to
their own Government against the measure. The
consequence was, that the arrangement which bad
been nearly concluded .by a-French agent in thii
,:country was broken off, and in all probability ail
parties will be the logers.. The French Onvern•
meat cannot get the pipes mantifactured in Fritne
for less than three-times the ammutc they could
have been supplied tor front England ; and as they_
are not in a condition to incur an heave arteil
pence, in all probability the people of liatii4ilf
go with-Out their water, and the is on-mastets both'
in France and England without their. ob." 1
Yesterday evening Mr. Ltrildtwooit:"Ki
King's Messenger, was Sent off with tliqiatcbc.
.frum the Foreign 011ice-toliord WILLIAta Batt-

DCAL,
PEC. .172 F-z-The wind last get nn-
favoutabie for the outward-hound, %Odell intuced
the rethaincler to get away, except the LordNriel-
rifle East Indianian ; Camillus and (Ammon, for
the West Indies : they sailed this' moroing. Came
down from the River, and !Riled, the Vittiri4,
for Ilavaunah ; Moffatt, for Madras and Benoit ;
and Perseus for Boindeaux.—Wind N.

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FALMOUTH, Dec. U.—Salted the l;i►teTnni,
Artois, for St. Michael's, and Union, GomaY,
Louden.—Witid S.W.

P►►lrrsMoUTH, DEC. 19 —Arrived the Minerva,
SUAttr, from Quebec, with loss of anchors,. anr!
NAPIER, from the Downs. Sailed his
Majesty's ship Inconstant fat Africa ; Quest, Ve-
nus, Fox, Trafalgar, and William and Henry
transports, for Guernsey ; Hussarcn transport for
Cork ; Cuba, for Charleston ; Dorothy Foster
and Sir J. H. Craig, for Jamaica ; William, for
Trinidad ; Robert and Ann, fur Leghorn ; and
Symmetry for Spain.—Wind N. N. E.
Pcxxotrtv, Dec. 18.—Came in tl:e Picton
sloop of war from Cork, and Echo, LINDER, front
London for Jatnaica.

RAMSGATE, Dec. 19.---Came in the Yolk►
SEXTON, and Peitz Amis, ALtvtta, for libelist.;
and the sloop 'Boston Packet, fiatn-London tat
Calais ; the latter, broke her bowsprit in coming
into the harbour. Most ot•the vessels bound to
the Westward sailed this tide.—Wind N. E.
Mmtoare, Dec. 19.-I'he schooner Clara,
ILLAID, of Dartmouth, from Tarragona for Lou•
don, with fruit, was brought into this harbour
this morning, with loss of both anchors and ""
bles.—Wind N.