The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-16 00:00:00

THREE OCL 0 CK.

Consols, 83, buyers.
FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 83 Danish Bonds 611
Do. for Ac. 83 Greek Do. 1825,
Brazilian Bonds 581 Mexican Do, 1825 68;
Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do.
Chilian Do. Russian Do. 91
Columbian, 182,1., 32} Spanish Do. 12i

SHIPPING IN TELLIGENCE -(T HI S DAY

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, MAY 15.—Wind variable.—Passed, the West-
brook, Hall, for Jamaiea ; Ellen, —, for the Isle of
France ; Zephyr, —, for Demerara ; Wildman, Burney,
for the South Seas; Moira, Hornblow, for India; Moffatt.
Brown, for China ; Earl of Balcarras, Cameron, for ditto ;
and the Colonist, Smith, for Barbadoes. Arrived frou
London, the Margaret, Craig, for Corunna ; Lord Sid-
mouth, Giles, for Quebec; Oscar, Handerwell, for Gib-
raltar ; and the Harley, Gibbons, for Malta. Arrived an
remain, the Stately, Edgar, from Jamaica; Cape packet,
—, from the Cape; Pursuit, Adea, from Porto Rico.—
We have had an amazing arrival of River bound ship,
during last night and this morning; the largest arrival sine(
the Peace in the same space of time. The Cambrian,
Robertson, from New York, in 28 days, all well, passed
through for London ; the Nepos, from Rio de Janeiro, fei
St. Petersburgh, is also arrived.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 14. —Wind S.—Passed, the Susan,
Harvey, for Lisbon ; and the Luna, Knox, for the Cape.
FALMOUTH, MAY 14.—Wind N.—Sailed, Lhe Creole,
Galloway, for Trieste.
PFNZANCE, MAY 14.—The Decatur, Sillirnan, fron'
St. Thomas's to Hamburgh, was towed into the Bay last
night, with starboard-bow stove, and other damage, hav-
ing been ryn foul of off the Lizard, yesterday, by the Ruth,
of London. She encountered a severe gale four days after
sailing, and became leaky. -

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS

The Right Honourable George Canning had
an audience of the King, yesterday, at his Palace, in St.

James'w.

The Duke of Clarence attended at the Ad-
miralty, yesterday. His Royal Highness transacted officia;
business with a number of Naval Officers.

The Duke of Sussex appeared at the Caledo-
nian Ball, at Willis's Rooms, on Monday night, in hip
Highland dress.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the
Princess Feodore, and attended by Captain Conroy.
honoured the Italian Opera-house with her presence last
night.
The Duchess of Clarence, accompanied by the
Princess Carlotta, visited the Duchess of Kent, yesterday,
at her apartments, in the King's Palace, Kensington.
'We are authorized to state that Mr. Mulock':
Letter to Mr. Canning, advertised in our present publica-
tion, 'grew out of a communication received from Mr.
Canning by Mr. /Unlock, on the 18th of April, six days
subsequently to_ the appointment of Mr. Canning to tin
Premiership.
BIRTH.--On the 15th inst., in New-street:
Spring-gardens, the lady of J. H. Tremayne, Esq., of
a son.

CONTINENTAL SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFU-
SION OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE OVER THE CONTINENT
or EUROPE.—The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Friends
and Promoters of the objects of this Society took place
to-day, at Freemason's Hall, Great Queen-street, whicl
was crowded to the utmost excess.

,
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The Cape Packet ,
Captain Dunkin, arrived in the Downs from the Cape o'
Good Hope and South-sea fishery, took off from the
island of Crozet the Captain, Mate, and thirteen of the crew
of the schooner Adventure, Capt. Fotherington, which ves•
sel sailed from the Mauritius on a sea elephant oiling party,
and having lost their boats, and in want of water, war
obliged to run the vessel on shore, on the above Island.
where she was wrecked on the 29th of July, 1825 ; th,
crew remained, until taken off the Island by the Cape
Packet, on the 6th of January, 1827. This Island is it.
47 East, and 47 South.
LORD GREY.—This is a man of talent, of
eloquence, of principle, and of honour—but of no judg-
ment whatsoever. He speaks when he should be silent ;
he acts when he should remrdn tranquil; and he is full of
surmise and suspicion, when he ought to disregard the one
and relieve his mind from the other. In 1809 he was in
and got himself out ; in 1812 he was out and could
have got himself in ; and in 1815 he closed the
door on himself and his followers for ever. In the first pe-
riod, he went out of office on the minor question, and wa;
wrong ; in the second period, he kept himself out of office
on the household question, and was wrong also ; in the third
period, he extinguished himself on the Waterloo question,
and was not only egregiously wrong, but ludicrously mis-
taken as to facts or to circumstances—as to information—
as to intelligence—and failed in point of judgment, of spi-
rit, and of foresight. Doubtless, he has no capacity
for acquiring power, and his cold and haughty man-
ner, added to his singular want of judgment, will un-
fortunately for ever doom him to deprive the King's
Councils of the benefit of his great abilities. This
is a loss ; for, mixed with men, and forced to mould
his plans along with those of others into a practicable
form, he could have rendered his country essential
services, in spite of all his formal, reserved, and
distant manner and habits—but he will never stoop to con-
quer ; and the consequence is, that he will never conquer
any person or any difficulty, except himself—the most un-
accountable man on earth. He would stop on the brink
of a precipice, and adjust his hat, or wind up his watch,
with perfect complacency, lest it should go down before he
fell. The whimsicality of his character is as striking as
hio impruticability.w.Freaman'a