The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-25 00:00:00

THEIR sp AY, Al AY 25, 1820.

LONDON JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

[Morning Herald.]

.\Ve have been given to understand that a warm
and pointed conversation took place, a few even-
ino since, al Brookes's, between a distinguished
Member of the Opposition, and a Noble Peer, the
result of which tended to confirm the report that
the Hon. Gentleman alluded to, purposes, at no
great interval, to take his seat on the Ministerial
side of the House.

It has been reported that Alderman Wood had
left toun Faoce In order to join the Queen on
tire retort, to -ibis country. We believe thAt it
the wor. by Alderman has really set out for the
Confittent, Le Id b,,with no inteution lit meeting
h. r Ni-jesty, whose return (we wo'illd observe ea
passant) is involved iu all its uncertainty, with
this difference, that public curiosity is by this
time near ..ut wholly worn out on the sub-
Another repoit is that Mr. Alderman
Wood set out front motives connected with the
cud,' (A public justice.—(Mid )

In addition to this dec'sive step it is'stated, that
all the troops who_had intfilled their period of ser-•
vice had'been disbanded. Full two-thirds of the
expeditionary army were in this predicament.--=A
letter from Angostura, dated March 7th, men-
tions an event which, however horrible, is but too
.liaracteristic.of the exterminating mode of war-
fare carried- on between the Royalists and Inde-
pendents- on the Spanish Main. On the 11th of
February a party of Spaniards entered the town
01 Santa-Barbara, and as there was no previous
intimation of their approcti, the place was com-
pletely taken by surprise. Their object-appears
to have beeh the eaptiire of a British Of Beer of
rank in the service of the Republic of Venezuela,
who hail divinguished himself in the openitions
against the Royalists, as their first step was to
sorround-rhe house in which he had resided, and
where he. had been previoudy Confined for a long
pet-hal-by indisposition.. Fortunately he had been
removed but a few days before to head-quarter.
at Mattlrin. The Spaniards then proceeded to the
hospital, where they found 25 sick men of the
British Legion,
.and a Lieutenant Pointer, of ,he
same corps, whom, with the Commandant, anti
all the men of the town, they put to death in the
square, by cutting their throats. On retiring
they carried off with them the greater part of the
women.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

[From the Chester Courant, May 23•]

PARLIAMENTARY DI6CUSSIONS.-The discussion
which is appointed for Friday next, upon the mo•
!ion of the Marquis of LANsDowN, fora Com-
mittee to inquire into the practicability of extend-
ing our foreien Trade, will probably b.e the,most
important and interesting of any one during the
roesent Session of Parliament, The Earl of LI-
VEEPOOL has announced his Intention of taking
that opportimity to enter into a comprehensive
view of the aetnalcowtiti;)n of the country, in
its manufacturing, agricultural, and commercial
relations. How such a topic will be treated by
tbe Noble Earl may easily b r anticipated. The
motion, also, being' brought forward with the
concurrence of Ministers, the Committee will, of
couisC, be Onted ; -and. as the Noble Marquis
has judiciously confined the proposed inquiry to,
one definite object, the information that will be
obtained will doubtless tend to eincidate that very
important question. It will neeessatilretakace.
the doctrines so temperately urged in the City Pe-
tition,- presented by Mr. Baring, and ascertain
how far our present systetn of probibitoty and
protecting dirties operates injuriously upon our
foreign Trade, ns well as the degree of relaxation
in that s'ystenr4liich may safely be adopted. We
cannot, however, hut deprecate the attempt Which
seems to be making, of exciting'a. sort of angry
rivalship between the agricultural,• the calmer-
cial, and the manufacturing interests of the coon-
try. It they are to run a race for relief, and to
seek their objects upon separate claims, they will
either mutually obstruct each other, or win a bar.
ren.triumph. The merchant cannot be exclusively
prOteefd ; v
the farmer cannot be exclusiely pro,
tected ;~the manufacturer cannot be exclusively
protected. 'Die prosperity of the whole depend.
.upon the co-ordinate prosperity of the parts.—
This principle has, perhaps, been too much ne-
glected hitherto in our legislative enactments; we
have too often listened to individual representa-
tions, and passed latvs to protect insulated por-
tions of the national industry, Whether we can
now extricate our Selves from this piecemeal sys-
tem of. legi;lation, is extremely doubtfol. But
we can, at•least, avoid a repetition of the error,
and, in whatever-we entity do, act upon general
and comprehensive views of the subject.

Dust.,-7-A.theetiug took place, early yesterday
morning, in a field on the verge Of Kenniniton
.Comintin, between' K. D. s
sporting.genileman from the North ol.EngLnd,
and P. S. \V—r-,!•e, LK!. n citizen, The iltspire
which l:(1 to the meeting originated in a bet re
sprcting Pindarrie and The Sailnr,,forthe'Derby.,
The first tire was ineffectual, but- in tbe•second
Mr. C. was wounded severely in the upper.part
of the hip; the ball,
.however, fortunately did,'
not lodge.

GReAT SHOOTING.—At tlie.second..meeting
the Midgbam Pigeon Club, on Monday, no less
than 110 birds were killed in 102 shotsfr Four of
the members killed upon the average 19 birds
from 21. The gentleman who is the best shot in
the Club killed but 16 from 21, whilst an ordinary
shot killed 24 in succession. Mr. Thorpe won
the silver cup and cover in shooting 'off the tie of
19 with Mr. Waddington.

SUICIDES.—Two most extraordinary acts of
suicide were committed last Tuesday morning, in
Union-street, Somerstown, by two men whit
lived neighbours together in that street, and Who
were in habits of rite greatest intimacy. John
Ayliffe, a 'respectable inhabitant of that street,
sixty years of age, after breakfasting with his wife
and family in good health and spirit's, got Up from
table, saying he had some business up stairs, and
would be down shortly;' but remaining too long,
and a pet son coming in who wanted him on busi-
ness, his daughter went up to call him, and on
entering his bed-room, she found him suspended
front the iron rod of the bed-testerY quite dead.—
At% the saute time,. an alarm was given that his
Arthur.Boxhall, a butcher; residing
in the same street, was discovered banging by
rope from an iron book in the stun:pact i.house,
quite dead. , .
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PRICE SEVNT'Nf

FOR THE SUN.

TIMBER TRADE.

MR. EDlTOR—Perceiving that yon have joined
in the general rept:ehension of the attempt which
has recenay been made (inconsiderately 1 k.,pe)
to divert the Timber Trade from the British North
American Colonies, I Dave no doubt that you will
wi!lingly place the following facts before the
Readers of THE Su Y:— •
In the last year, the Shipping which cleared out
from Grey Britain to Norway amouut,d to
British ships
Foreign Ditto , 64,305
Sweden—
, British Ships
Foreign Ditto

You perceive, therefofe, that the liutish
ping employed in this Trade, amounted to dilly
18,827T0n5, whilst the Foreign Shipping unwont-
ed to 81,740 'funs.
I will now spew you the state of the Canada

Tons.

The Tonnage cleared out from Great Britain in the -
last year, to part, beyond the sea, amounted to 2,254,937
Of this Tonnage, cleared fur frelanth 795,495
Jsk of Man •
Guernsey ... 01,909
Jersey
Aiderney

22,280

857,723

Leaving .
of which, cleared for the British Coloi,ies in
NorthAinerica, 34-0,537 Tons ; being neArly one-
fourth of the witule Foreign carrying Trade of
Great Britain.

Is it then to be credited that, under such cir-
cianstances, any E,glishtnan should he found to
advise or sanction the lopping off the greeter pare
of this branch of our Trade, in o'rder that it may
be triinsferred to Foreign Countries; that. as-they
can now get their supplies cheaper, will: no
.longer take our Colonial Produce, which once
formed the great bulk of our Expors, and who
Would only require one-third pare of the Tonnage
to carry it on to the same extent, and who em•
ploy neatly. three Foreign to one British .Ship

A SHIP OWNER.

FAIRS in the VICINITY of the METROPOLIS:

The public attention having been Mitch excited
by the alArming increase of juvenile delinquents,,
it is to be hoped that the present Session of
Parliament may not be soffered ro expire without
some. steps being taken by the Legislature to put
down, or regulate, the numerous Fairs 1114( are
held for days, every year, in the iminediate vi-
cinity of the Metropolis. It appears, froM the
Report of the Committee on the Police of the
Metropolis, that those Fairs continue for no less
a period than 82 days in the space of seven months;
doting whiA time, as is truly stated in the Re'.
port of the Society for the iteJormatiou at Juve-
nile OffenderS, " every species of debauchery
and profligacy is encouraged and 'promo-tett;
gambling, drunkenness, seducttoo, and all
the train of vices necessarily concomitant with
unrestrained licentionsness." Those only who
live in the neighbonihood of the pl'aces
where such fairs are held, and have hail. the
opportunity of observing the' crowds of young
persons, of both sexes, who throng there between
the hours of eight and twelve at night, Can torn
correct idea of the dreadful consequences that
(mist of necessity ensue to the Mk, ,he.0„;,,,gh,„
less, and unsuspecting, froth Visiting 810'
li-
censed nurseries for depravity. " All ihe'efforts
of the 'Magistracy, to suppress. the
licentious-
ness which always prevails, have been utteily
unsuccessful, and the mischief at present arising
ftoni them -can only he t natty prevented by an
entire abolition." Until the Legislature .siialt
think fit to interpose its authority, it becomes un-
doubttidly the duty of those who are appointed
Js' Magistrates to watch 'over and preserke the
peace of this and the adjoining counties,, to
adopt such "measures for terminating the sports
and amusements of such places at an early hour
of the night, and thus prevent the Moral min of
manyof those who would tithe, wise be uncon-
taminated.

•
CLERGY ORPHAN CORPOBATIoN --The- half-
yearly Public Examinantio the Children irr the
Two Schools, of this Corporation look phi'ae on
Monday last at the bChOOI House, Saint John's
Wool, -Mary-le-bone his Grace the Arehbishop
Of CAN'iERRUIZY presided on the occasion ; ..there
were also present the Bishops of Ely, Exeter,
Llandaff, and-Sali:-.bury, Lords Kenyon. and De
Dunstativille; Gird ti.ntanerous assemblage ol La-
dies and Gentlemen of Distinctioo —The:Cnil-
drcn weiit'throuli every part of their examina-
tion sdth the greatest preciseness and, accuracy,
and highly to the satisfaction of his Grace ii~td all
present, who expressed their approbation in the
'most unqualified ternis.

OLD BATLEY.—Yesterday thirty-one pris-oners
were tried, one of whom wris capically Convietcd,
viz.- George Peititt, for stesling in the dwtiliuti-
\house of James Francis, a she,.s- glasl containing
a quantity of pocket-trucks, &c.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, WEIINESDAY, MAY 34.

Counsel were finally heard respecting the Srots
Cause—" The Duke of Roxburgh v. Wauchope
and others." Consideration of judgment post-
poned till to-morrow.
The. Earl lf,Powls,.l.4prd LYNnocHR, and the
Bishop of tEIGHLIS and FERNEI (one of the Iriqh
Representative Prelates), took the oaths anti their
seers.
The Stage Coach Regulation Bill, the Irish
,Stock Transfer, and the South Sea Company's
Bills, were read the third time and passed.
Some routine and private business was disposed
of. Atter which the House adjourned till to-
Morrow.