The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-20 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, SgPT. 111:,

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Admiral Sic B. lIALLO..w accompanied
Major JONES, of the Royal Engineers, have been inspecting'
the improvements, &c. carrying on at Sheerneis. The breath.
made by the sea in the wall at the entrance to the Newt
Docks is nearly repaired, and of course every mean) are re-_
sorted to for preventing, if possible, the recurrence of a simi-t
lar paisfortune. The new Docks are entirely composed. of
stone, with steps on either side, and when' completed will -ha
capable of either building or repairing the largest of the First
Rates in-the Royal Navy, exclusive of being the most-useful•
of any jo the several Dock Yards. A circular tunnel facel
with Biome has been formed for the canveyance,of the Ships'.
ii.lasts from the Mast Pond, And is one of the most elegant
specimens of masonry that probably warever seen. That'
most useful invention. the Diving Bell, capable of containing.
six men, is vtked almost daily under the Imperintendance
and managementof the respective Officers of the Dock Yai-d,
• and ,Mr. Tkiostas, the resident. Chief Engineer. Froth thts
admirable improvements in this machine, the men Ire en,
abled to remain several hours under water, who apparently
work with-the greatest facility-and - east. 'A Steam Engine of
fifty horse power works regularly for keeping the works (ree..l
froth water, and the whale promise% to be .one of :the.firtt
INaval DepOts in the Kingdom, -retleding the highest credit'
on those under whose thrections the work was-commenceil.;
The Forte Fr,igate, of 4:1 gon,s„
.Captairt.Sir THamns Coot-
RANK, is fitting at Chatham. The Hotspur and Havannatt,
Frigates are in Dock at Sbeerness,'undergoing.the necessary
repairs for service. - • - •

Cowes, SEPT. 19.—The sloop Foxhound, Edwards, of
tpswieh, from 'reigtiniOutti, with pipe clay, was towed in Ii re
this morning by apilot boot, which fell in with her otf
land in a leaky state:
Mau, SEPT. O.—Came doWn from the River and-'retnain;
the Mary Jane, Cormiek, for the Cape of Good Hope. •Ar-7,
rived the Mariner, Thompson, trip St. John's, .N• and
r'emain with the rest of the lionieward-hontid. Sailed the
Cirotighton, Wilson, fur Quebec; anti Mary anti Jane, Cur:
wick, for the Cam-.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19.--•-Arrived the Zephyr, Crown, Fox,
and Caroline transports, 'from Cork. Sailed the Anrortk
transport, for Cork, and Lady Wellington, Fozard, for litsvttl
Doves, SEPT. Margaro,M'Kensey, from Sander.
land, with coals, was brought in here by a Salvage Sinaj,,.l.4ile
morning, having lost her niiiasatisi.tbileats.nto,gnf.oo.ttrieilt
tlapsne;cs:t.
sails, off Fairleigh, yesterday.
LIVEEPOOL, SEPT. 18.—Arrived,..the StreathaKnitneCarads.iiinfei
Oliver, 'from Archangel; Meridian, late Jenkins', .fruit 1"w
Orleans.; and CO4Sack, 'Walker, frum Ottehec.' tb
Y,.:11N101/1"11, SEPT.• is.k.,—The Marys, Bruwn, of
kfro9wmestßO:lffgea;;ltt(s7e'rLdaTilicnnt'
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LONDON JOURNALS.

UM IL I EXTh4eTS.I

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.
[Alorning Chronicle.]
dobt now eatertainect of the fact of the
1-'6a-ruouEst att-c-scx having given orders, as
we stated yesterday, to convene the Cortes ; the
was brought over by a British Mes-
!..coger ; it is also announced in the illonileur of
";,I,`x-day. The latter Says, the Cortes have been.
conveilrd " by virtue•of the powers with which
the 41,egency are invested ;" but, if we judge
r;z.litly, this is a case by no means foreseen by
the Sovereion when he delegated his own power
ts.) the:, atZd., consequently, not specially pro-
for; being warranted only by the exigency
f circumstances. Difficulties evLiently
_began.
to press upon the Lisbon Government, and they
recurred to the only alternative
.left them, ex-
cept that of embarking for the Brazils, as they
matt have had full .opportunitjeS-of seeing that
they could place tit) great reliance on the troops,
ant that they„Would be'.deserted by the, people
as soon as a point d'apprii was at hand. ' The cir-
cumstance of General Partilillone.s regiment de-
s'erting and joining the Constitutionalists, when
ordered to advance, mast have been appalling,
more particularly to Count Amarante. This
Oilicer, it is well known, was originally in the
Oporto scheme, with
and
brother, now the Pre-
sident a of the Junta, nd it was through him the
whole was secretly denounced to the Lisbon Re-
gency, an event that hastened the breaking out
of the affair in Oporto. In this Count Amarante
seems to have followed exactly the late example
of Count Abisbal in Cadiz ; it remains to be seen
whether the smile reward awaits him.

[New Times.]

The ADVICE'S from PORTUGAL induce us to
hope that the late disturbances in that country
will be brought to a reasonable and amicable
adjustment. In some other continental kingdoms
wild theoretical notions of representative Go-
vv..rnment have been hastily adopted, but in
Portugal, we are induced to believe, there is
reasonable desire to recur to the Cortes, as
they formerly existed in that Country. This
gratifying account of the state of Portugal was
probably one reason. far the fivourabie turn
that the Stock seemed disposed to take in
die course of yesterday- There had been va-
rious rumours of an army intended to be sent
out under the. command of the Duke of Welling-
ton—of an armament in France, and of menacing
declarations held out. by Russia, all of which
statements are entirely false. The Austrian
forces are indeed moving towards Naples,
,and
?rill probably occupy that country ; but we trust
that, this will. not occasion any great bloodshed.
The Neapolitan soldiers are confessedly weak
and cowardly, and cannot be expected to op.
pose any formidable resistance to the Austrians,
-71.40 conquered them so easily in 1815. We
hope, that should this event take place, care
will be taken to establish the throne of the
King of Naples on surer and better foundations
than those on which it has hitherto stood ; that
the. Muratists will be removed from power, the
mutinous army disbanded, and a fair representa-
tive system of Government adopted, which may
secure to the people at large their best interests,
aul to the Throne strength and permanence..

[Morning Herahl.l
The colour of our FOREIGN 'ARRIVALS is as
variable as that of the Cameleon. According to
all recent arrivals, the Emperor of Russia was
about to stride over the South of Europe and
chastise the constitutional innovators. Now it is
stated from Frankfort, that his intentions are di-
rectly the reverse, and that his Minister has ac-
qutinted the Diet at Frankfort, that his Imperial
Majesty does not recognize the right of one Na-
tion to interfere with another on account of any
internal political innovations of the latter. We
remember also, that some time since a diclairner
of, the document purporting to be " a Russian
Declaration," issued from Frankfort. Austria,
we are told for the hundredth time, is about to
enter the Neapolitan territory with an over-
whelming force. But first an Austrian army will
enter, amicably, the Roman States, and occupy
ionte Corvo and Benevento, described to be at
.present in a state of Anarchy. Austrian occupa-
tion will, no doubt, tranquillize them. In Sicily
there is general repose—and the Port of Palermo
is -open for trade as usual. The ruling party in
Palermo is evidently in the Austrian interest.
the Austrian Consul there has published a high
eulogy upon the Junta. The Austrian paper
falls every day. In fact, it is scarcely possible to
conceive. how, in the deranged and impoverished
state of the finances, that power could make- a
single step in war. The old system of being
subsidized from this country is now at an end. It
was mentioned in some German Papers that Car-
sipt had fled from Magdeburgh, the place assign-
ed for his residence. There was no truth in this
account. lie soon returned, after having been to
Ilfalberstadt, to direct the publication of his Me-
moirs;

' 7'imes .1

We look with extreme anxiety and pain to the
&FrA I us of PoRTITGAL: she is our old and faith-
ful Ally. It is our duty, certainly, to leave her
to herself in the arrangement of her domestic
conOins ; and we are afraid foreign Counsels
are-lik little listened to in the fury of civil
,Bat let not the advocates for a new Constitution
shed blood needlessly, or adopt violent courses,
when the more peaceful seem as likely to pre-
sent a favourable result. If a people can legiti-
snately obtain their rights, they ought not to cast
,off their allegiance to a Sovereign, who, as a con-
stituent part of the Constitution, may .conduce
Bch to their happiness and comfort. Civil wars
seldoin end otherwise than in military tyranny.
The affairs of Spain are.in.a perplexing situation.
iLiego has been banished, but only to hii.native

town. If the charges against him (not
but rumoured) be true, he should appear to be
a coarse unmannered man. In &pular tumults,
however, we must not always rely upon the
total defeat of a party because it is at one time
depressed. .

[iliorni.ng Post.]
It is with much pain we return, even for a
single moment, to the subject of the PROCEED-
INGS of the HOUSE of COMMONS 011 Mondry even-
ing. 'Certain minor gentlemen and. a few old
womfn thought it a fit opportunity not Only to
make a general attack upon his Majesty's Mi-
nisters, but to comment in terms the most un-
candid and unjustiliahle upon the proceedings
against tile Queen. It has generally been con-
sidered as the.duty of Judges to hear the whole
ease before they decide; but here we have
Judges who feel themselves warranted in decid-
ing even before the case has come before them.
—We do not wish to question the purity of the
motives which have induced these young gentle-
men and old ladies
.to invert the general course
of proceedings, and to give decision the prece-
dence -to inVestigation; but we confess the sur-
prise which we felt was not a little increased by
hearing seine of them censure in no gentle terms
certain Noble Lords who were stated to have
evinced a strong feeling upon the case before
them, while they were only conscientiously per-
forming their duty. Thus we find, in every in-
stance, and in every stage of the business, that
the_ prejudging is entirely with .the leaders of
faction ; and that while reason, candour, and
justice are the governing feelings on one side,
sentiments of party, of passion, of hateful prejn-
dice, and wilful error, prevail on the other, to
the exclusion of calm,, solemn, unbiassed senato-
rial judgment.

[British Press.]
Some of the speeches delivered in Parliament
on Monday evening, were characterised by -ex-
treme severity of language against the Ministers
of the Crown, and all who had participated in
the proceedings against the Queen. We were
sorry to perceive that even the House of Lords
did not, on that occasion, escape the harshness
of invective. We are as ready as any person to
censure the Ministers of the Crown for having
instituted the present proceedings against the
Queen, conceiving that they must tend to -de-
grade the dignity of the Crown, to disturb the
tranquillity of the Country, and to establish a
precedent of a dangerous and alarming character ;
but even this cannot be fraught with worse
consequences than an attempt upon the part of
one branch of the Legislature to degrade the
other in the eyes of the people, and to shake
that basis of public opinion upon which the
authority of that branch ini a particular de-
gree rests. The judicial proceedings having
commenced, her Majesty's friends evince but little
wisdom. in seeming to anticipate a . conviction
of guilt, and nothing but such an anticipation
could ever induce them to indulge in violent and
unconstitutional invectives against the integrity
of her Noble and Learned Judges. For our-
selves we repOse the most religious confidence in
the justice of the House of Lords, and feel as-
sured that the Bill of Pains and Penalties will
never be read a second time, unless the majority
of the House of Lords be conscientiously con-
vinced of the truth of the allegations contained
in the preamble. There are two classes of rea-
soners among her judges,, who would feel it
their duty to oppose the Bill : those who may
not think that the evidence amounted to convic-
tion, and those who yet believing the evidence
sufficient, would. be unwilling to establish so
dangerous a precedent as the enactment of such
a Bill.