The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

PoRTSMOUTII, DEC. 24.—Arrived. Y'esterday, the Leridon,
Newton, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Britannia, Strange,
from London, for the Havannah; Nlatilda and Susan, Hooper,
from Patsas; and Active, Hall, from Leghorn,—Arrived to-
day, the Lady Ridley, Weir, tenn► London for New South
Wales; his Majesty's.ship Cameleon, from Deptford; mid
Fortitude and Caroline transports, from the Downs.-,-Sailed,

the Earl of Wellington, .King, for Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived the Cotinfess of
Chichester packet,with mails from the Mediterranean; sailed
from Gibraltar the link inst., the Montague packet,with the
Brazil Mail, was repaired, and was to sail' in a, day or two.
Also arrived the Elisha Tapper, Bishop; from Gibraltar;
Lively, Smith, front London for Africa; and Lydia, Higgins,
from Virginia. Sailed the Manchester packet fur the Brazils;
and the Doke of Ks nt for Lisbon. eM:h with a Mail; and
Auguste, Gaillard, for Havre. The Matlliocrough packet for
Lisbon ; and Fox packet for the Islands, are in the Roads.
• Datermotyrn, Dec. 23.—Arrived the Graces, Francis, from
Lanzarow. She was brought to soon after sailing by a Pa-
triot brig privateer and two armed schooners, but was al-
lowed to proceed.
Mn.roun, DEC. 22.—The Thetis, Peregrine, from Tenby
for Cork, was lost on the Irish cerast onthe Itah inst.ovith all
her crew and two female passengers.
De. r, Dec. 24.—Wind N.E.—Came down from the River
yesterday and sailed the Tyne, Brodie, for Madras ; Citizen,
for Bahia; Ida, for Jamaica ; Henry Cyr f, for Trinidad ;
Olive Branch, for the ('ape; Henry, for Sierra Leone, and
several others. Caine down from tire River to.drry the 'Cont
petitor, Low, for Madras and Ceylon ; tipike, for New Smith
Wales ; Martha, for Autlgna--; Henry, for Honduras ; Water-
' loq, for Leghorn. Boone Heorietta, for Konen ; and William,
for Lisbon. Sailed the whole of the Outward•bound.

Madame MARA, as we stated, is. at Bath,

but without any view to a public performahce.
She has, however, been induced by long friend-
ship for ASILE, and regard to his numerous and
accomplished family, to.sing once, and only once,
at his Benefit Concert in that city.
FREE MASONRY.—W tir have we not a new
edition of Brother PRESTON'S interesting " Illus-
trations of Masonry," a work that has passed
through eleven editions, and is now out of print,
and very scarce ? 'A-Society, founded_on bene-
volence and religion, should be zealously sup-
ported by all friends-to humanity.
At the last Meeting of the Leicestershire Dio.
cesan Society, in ail of the Society for promoting
Christian Knowledge, held on the 19th instant,
CLEMENT WINSTANLEY, Esq. in the Chair, the
unanimous .and" cordial thanks of the Society
were giVen to the -Rev'. Dr. MEADAN, for his
able, judicious, and well-timed Discourse at St.
Mary's Church in that town, in support of the
funds of this excellent Institution.

•It affOrdi us great pleasure to observe the nu-
aierous subscriptions which have already been en-
tered into, in support of the Leicestershire
Framework Knitters' Friendly Society. The
most beneficial effects'have resulted from the
establishment o‘f this excellent Institution.
WESLEY AN METHODISTS. The. late 'Kr:
DIXON, One of the. Ministers of this respectable
class of people residing at Stockton, died about a
fortnight'Since,..at.an 'advanced age,
.This gen-
tleman invariably attended throughout his life
the Church service every Sunday, whilst he was
aslregular, in' his•attendance at the morning and
:Oiniiigservites'Of his own chapel.
The Leicester Town and County Ball is fixed.
for the eighteenth of :January next. The Stj4-
ards are, Mr. POCKIN, Mr. MANSFIELD, and
MT. PERES, junior.
We, hear that a Ball is to be given at Laugh-
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borough on or about the 10th of January. next,
for the benefit. of that admirable Institution, the
Dispensary Establishment at that place.
PACIa, of. Prestwold, and Mr. CHESLYN, of
Langley;having kindly assented to act 'as Stew-
ards on the occasion, and most of the leading-
gentlemen of the county condescended to patron-
ize it, 'we have no doubt of the result pronigas
beneficial to the Institution
,as every friend and.
well-wisher of it can desire:':?
Lord and Lally Cu,azoN
regard for the comforts of the Popr ate t'..:
of the year,. made a most acceptable:'preseitf of
blankets and clothing'to tin' indigent fainiiie's in
the neighliourhood of GopsalL
The Board of LongitUde have issued an order
for the•payment of 50001:to Captain PARRY and
his companions, for having reached the 110 deg.
W. longitude in the Arctic Circle. It. is said
Captain PARRY is
.to go out again in the Spring,
and take a more southerly direction.

THE °LONDON JOURNALS.

EXTMCTS FROM THE -MORNING PAPERS.I
. . . „

•
{Morning Herald.)
Me only article of interest in the :French papers is the
sperttiof the King of France from the Throne-on opening tine
11,v6-ttlivrithers: • Its tone is decidedly pacific :in referring to
of France, and to the general state"of
‘For'ispe. ' It states the revenue to be so flourishing, that a di-
klil-fritimi 'of .the pUblit: imposts would he submitted to the
There is stimethin,•very affecting in the allusion
tai tlivVrativt.st the Dolce of Berri, and birth of the infant
Prince.' •• Mourning; 'says the King, -" was in my house; a
lifinyas beerigranted to my Ardent prayers." In alluding to
+:3e pulitieal institutions of France, he says," We might not
ttidOmaild Omit lofaiitiastitutions what cars only he expected
•frrii 'their comp,rete del'elovernent. and the morals which:
aVe :destined to form. then, let us be wise enoui:b
it' iick,lowledge that in public affairs, patience and moderation
• itre':ils.o powers; and 'thoseOf'al[othets Oriel+ deceive us the
i;,:ist:"• It is; upon the whole, an interesting document. All
Me 'speed:tee that have conic from the lips of this Sovereign,
distingiiished by two characteristics from most other pro-
c'..SetionS alive same kited—great purity of composition, and
the iorioduct inn of eloqU'ent touches of pathetic feeling. These
attributed, the one to the personal good taste of the
• and the other to'hii pecnliar fortunes.—The school of
eAnesite in the' composition of state- ofrations, is whollr
etrri'nged,since the restoration, which can only arise from the
influence of the Sovereign, as the state orators are still for the
ricistt• part the' same. •

[New Tunes.]
The accounts from Naples continue to hold out bodes,
-which we. apprehend will prove fallacious, of the ultimate
predominance of the Revolutionists. It is now said, on the
•a.uthetrity- of letters from the city of Naples to the fith inst.,
that the French Government has offered its mediation he-
tween Naples and Austria ; but we apprehend„.that whatever
furia may be given to the proposed arrangement, it must be
in substance a submission of the Rebels, who have taken the
.Neapolitah people under their direction,' and have (as is fair-
iv admitted) in a few weeks t'educed the kingdom to a state of
the utmost distress. Meanwhile we are tuld with great exul-
tation by, ne Times, that there has been it ball at Naples,
-attended by all the great Muralists, in honour of our Cien.§
acquittal And what is most happily appropriate. the " hortL.
onts were dune by the Margravine of Auspacirl" This vene•
rabic Lady no doubt looks back with regret to the epoch at
which her own marriage with Lord Craven was dissolved,
wfreti there was nit popular clamour to rescue her front
pUhishracht, and nu " Misleading Journal" to excite such a
clamour.

Aeviees from Madrid to .the 9th inst. have arrived. On
the morning of that . very day, the English Minister. it is
said, had received'a courier from hiS Court. . Nothing can
'demonstrate more effectually the blessings of misrule than the
Cadienesit of the Ist of the present month.. when the.PbPll,
lacelhought proper to collect in crowds, vociferating " Jus-
tice!". and demanding the dismissal of those-inimical to their
.ileaigns, from. ecclesiastical and judicial and civil offices.--
(•I bid.)

[British Press.]
The King of Franey-, in his Speech, alludes very generally
to the •toreign -relations of France, but be represents their
cfiaracter to be eminently pacific. His Majesty sedukinsly
avni4t.all allusion to the arlairs of Naples ; but the Legisla-
Chatub-ers being now assembled, the sentiments of hit
fiovernitient Cannot king he concealed
;/! upon this most import-
rt sttiver. private letter from Naples informs us, that on
tht- t-St Dec. the 111-inster fur Foreign-Allairs proceeded to the
• Parliainent, for Ibe purpose of Sufunitting to it some topic of
gr'eat magnitude, andt hat'the l'arliament-immediately formed
it.'.elfintiy,Secret CoMmittee. The native of the communica-
ticat-is not stated, hot it is conjectured to refer to the propo-
sitirms transmitted,by the Allied Sovereigns at Troppan to
Ihe Neapoli!an Government. The diScussion is said to have
Mien Very animated. and it is'stated that when the Minister
apprised-the -Parlii,.ment that by accepting the terms proposed
might still he avoided., several of the Members repelled
,9",-;411 violence every- proposition which tended 'to effect a
change 'in the fundamental bases of the Constitution. It is
added., that-the Parliament filially resolved that it could not
tirdrrtAhe the co,..fiirieration of any sohjrct which in-
itcrt‘crc with the 'dismission .of those modifications in the Conr
which had been referred to the Pam liaine.nt hY the
- if suet; a resolution were really paQsed by the
-Perliar.rewt, it wmild-he tantamount to the. irj,ction of the
propusitiolts of the Allied- Sover4;igns, and must lead to o'er..

[T4e Publ:c .Ledger.]
it appears front the Madrid Papers, teat the recent popular
.f,interit at Citdil was greatly exaceerated in the French Sc.
chants of it, IMtli as to its duration, and the circumstances
which accontp3nied. it. - The people were guilty of no exces
seil nor matt it hound necessary to call out the military, the
itilerptisition of th, MuniCipal Authorities-alone, having been
sollicient for the-restoration 'of public order. Justice, how,
cert., ninstlitiekin ber pace, before the inhabitants of Catli;
cast becompletely.tranquillized. it is not surprising, that the
loin! delay Which has- taken - place' in bringina to trial the
Alitkors V;the iaraglii.nary scene of the loth of March, should
hoe excittdupprelnensiOns of a design to let them ultimately
c:s,."?oe with impunity. The silly efforts of some ntemberi of
tl Patrintii So'beties in the Metropolis, to produce an alarm
of an attAck on •t he Part of Russia, are justly. ridiculed by the
Edit.r.-01 The tlti;callanea, ft,ossia, whatever the inc'hirt-
ti-ttis cif: her Gov't.: intient' 'may be, has' not the means cif etti7
in-;nth a Qiinciitic enterprise as -that of ,uhverting
tft rinseent lihertic4 of Spain and if,her Councils are actu-
al cd. by coannoi sense atnt common prudence, they will find
aihple occOfialpiii tar many' years to-come, in consolidating
Wit h"lier Pecribtftly overgroWn empire, the additions made
Oen:to by ..444 iuilluitutts aggfessions fur' the last bill,fernOiry!

•
[Morning 6-h 2'o 721C1e n
The Speech of the King of Frazier, at the opening the
Chanihers; was' re&it'ed on Saturday. 'We shill now merely
advert to that p.xt. of it which will be read with must inte-
tr4, in. other countries, namely, the pas•ag.e relating to the
goneral affairs of Europe. " is there said," has
Ohlfloore cloitly'united the alliance, of Which France forms
a*rst. This alliance, whilst it averts the causes of war,
ought to inspire confidence againit the dancers to. which
social older; or the - politiCal",egnilibrium, may he exposed.
'rle:de'daners'are'daily'receding.from Thi; language is
cc-11111:1)y far from bents explicit; hot if, it have any meaning
1,11911 it must mean that the FrenehPovelmneut is hostile to the
'oanyitition of Naples. The occapation of Naples by the troops
iit'Auttrin, 'must necessarily 'place all' it aly at her disposal.--
T.he eery- claim of Austria to• interfere in the 1 rkterna(affairs
of Naples,lsan assumption of a right of suprethacy in Italy,
'altogether irreconciteable with' any thing like political egni-
libritim. We, therefore', think Ave may conclude, from what
is here said with respect to political equilibrium, that the pre-
tensions of Austria Marc been am! will Continue so be resist-
ed.by the French Government..

One good :consegiterace, among many, would result from a
chance of. Ministers. The successors of the present men
wevtild certainly recur to that policy with, respect to foreign
Atitionif, whiclrEheland. followed in 'the days of her glory.
They wnnld not only refuse to join in the present conspiracy
of Sovereigns against the liberty, independence, and prosperi-
ty•gf maul:int!, but they would endeavour to, counteract it
ar Ix 'as they possibly could:- They would not look tamely
nit while the same scene was acting in Naples, which
• before acted in Poland. They would endeavour to re-
instate England' in the good opinion of the World, which it
•liits•long fost: Every Englishman who has visited the cow-in-
chi •-•knows that the people every where attributte most of their
miseries to the 'thisellievoos'influence of the present Govern-
siA'ift 'of England. If their successors'iltd• nothing inure than
this,—if they merely wiped out the disgrace with. which the
diplomacy of,_C4Wereagh has covered our foreign policy,
they' would confer the greatest benefit on mankind, -and
Alien-by render the most essential service to their cduntay.-;-
(L.id )

[Morning. Toast.]
The Thig and Carotinc GAzettes have at length (mind
that' the Senate (if l'latinver are likely to• fake some
st..tier of the conduct -of. the Queen and the proceedings
',inst. her in England. What wise and wonderful foresight!
-
Could it ever for &single minutia he see ppired'ilist the pen-
fill—of flaunter are,inattrativelo what hat rassed in the first
Com t of Judicature in the ‘Vorld ?..Though they may have
succeeded lit deluding for, a time a certain portion of the un-
sn,picions among us, they cannot, its 'the height of their
atrivraner,.rxpect titat-thir'gross misrepresentations and de-
cetitions will pass current on
,the Continent, or impose_ upon
the people:6i Hanover, -so as to dictate to then) what quali
tits they shall require in their Qaten: If they do they will
find themselves wofully mistaken. The case, indeed, is nut

so urgent in
.Hanover as it is,in England, for there she does,
not threaten 19 fltatitilh a' Court. It.is ptetty certain that
she will nut re,Sidetit edit' theiteighbooritog 'tlehy of Brillis-
wie,k, for it may have been oblerved, that in all the Withler-
ifigs slid in.the long "exile.;" of which her ..answers too he
3thtresses say soluach, she has iarely, if ever, s4wti any
`partialit) l'uf the phice of her birth.

[The Times-.]
The changes in the ministerial arrangements, which will
attenifind result from Mr. Canoing's judicious retirement
from other, are not yet made; or if therkstre been decided.
n'pot, 'are not yet publicly known. ratinoured that Mr-
Peel has declined to take -a parg in- • the adiniaistration—t hat
Mr. Vausittart Will withdraw, make way for Mr. Hos-
kisson ; and a somewhat contr.tidietoiy report asserts that till
the connections of Mr. Canning is ill go out. ‘Ve attach little
credit to'any of these runiours„and only state thrum to sheen the
nnecrtainty which a• present prevails as to tlie best method of
remedying the serious loss of ability and eloquence sustained he
Ministers in haingdeltrived of the late Presittent of the Board of
Conti 61,if haply a :Substitute can befound of sufficient talent and
suWerviefiey to boliter up their acknowledged imbecility. We.
hope the report concerning Mr. Peel will not prove iocOrrect,
and that be will resist the blandishments of poWer if place
tab be 'procured only by the sacrifice of prioCiple,- and the
-approval of injustice; for the late secession of Mr, Canning
proclaims most authoritatively to the nation that Minis-
ters have neither 'sliirribered nor slept in their machina-
tions against her .4-p' V& he justly and adyisedly. described
to he the grace a,i'd .ornament of society; but that the
Meeting of Parliament. on the 2111 of .January will be the
signal for renewed efforts to insult their Queen, and irritate
still further the angry feelings of an indignant
be
Theconuni sion- of errors is the lot of all men; but to be con-
vinced of error, and knowingly to proceed in the same ColliNet
beliings to folly alone. What term, then, can be applied to
the men who, 'having found themselves compelled, through a
total want of evidence, to throw up their abominable pro-
ceedings,,are wicked enough to meditate a second attack, and
foolish enough to undergo the disgrace of a second defeat?-
1
and Wickedness ate but. weak terms to characteriza con-
duct like this. The destruction of public morals; the sacrifice
of it:lsiah:ll honour, the endangering of internal peace,—all
these thiogs seem to be slight and ot` no importauce, when.
put in competition with the charms and emoluments, of of-
ficial situation. A disapproval and exposure 'of thit,systeta
is a!tm mord to be stifled by affixing upon the cons-
plainant s opprohrintis epithets. The Sovereign, too, is gross
ly insulted by the endeavout S which the creatures arouud
hint constantly urmke to assure hint of " peace where
there' it uti petite"—to exhibit as the true and unania
Mous sentiments if a great people, the uncalled for effusions
of a few placeinen, pensioners, and preferment-hunters, and
carefa!ly to the really loyal addresses Of his Majesty's
,ent,iyets-, who, while the" acknowledge the blessings enjoyed
uude.r our happy Constitution, and derived frOm the House of
Brunswick, respectfully but faithfully pray. his. Majesty to
open his eyes -to the dangers which his advisers.have know-
ingly and wantonly brought upon the country.

THE COLONIES.

Ramsay. The linage is placed upon a fine stream:of water
named the Clyde.
The Earl of Dalhousie has been highly delighted with his
route through the new settlements 'on the Ottawa; has esta-
blished eln Agricultural Society at Richmond, of which he is
patron, and taken a location of 400. acres: His Excellency's
Son Lord Ramsay and Colonel Cockburn have also located,
each of them, the same number of acres, and all three intend
to be 'competitors for premiums on crops the ensuing season.
The Governor has -given 4001. towards building an Epis-
copal Church at Richmond, and ordered a great mi;itary
road to be cut from,that settlement to 'Kingston : the road
is actually begun.
LUMBER TuAnt.—The greatest anxiety prevails throughout
the four Provinces on this subject. If any alteration in the
present Duties on Foreign Timber takes plaCe, it will pro-
duce theanost extensive and ruinous depression on the gene-
ral interests of these Colonies.

Au LTU RE.—The spirit of industry and enterprize which
the establishment of Agricultural Societies has produced in
British North America, has excited surprise and adtuiratioa
throughout the whole of the American Continent, and under
the auspices of the Fart Dalhousie and Sir James Kempf,
aided as they Are by Mr. Yonng and the other intelligent
individuals who arc the Secretaries and Members of these
patriotic Institutions, there is little doubt that in a few years
these colonies will hear a• fair 'comparison with the best culti-
vated Districts in the Mother Country.

KINGSTON, (U. C.) OCTOBER, 'addition to a recent
contribution of nearly 501. from his Niaje4ty's 70th regiment
stationed at Kingston, for the relief of distressed emigrants,
we have the gratification to announce the donations of 151. to
the Presbyterian Church now erecting, and the further sum
of 251. for a new Episcopal Church intended to be erected in
this place next summer. These donations are entirely the
voluntary contributions of tile non-commissioned officers and
privates of ,the 70th Regiment, of whose disposition to gene-
ral charity we cannot speak too highly, and who in this last
act of liberality hare given an unequivocal proof that the
British soldier is not met ely possessed of the virtues,of courage
and humanity, hut that be entertains a due sense of piety
and.a,bigh respect for the Institutions of religion.
The public will find below the Accounts of the Quebec Emi-
grant Society. We have no doubt but that they will Trove sa-
tisfactory, and that the Society will still meet with that liberal
sttppo►t to which it- is entitled by its exertions in favour of
those who are visited with the greatest of all misfortunes,
sickness and want in a strange land.
It is expected that the Town will he considerably relieved
by the offer of the Government Buildings and furniture at
Drummonville, for the i►se of distressed emigrants, on the
part of his Excellency the Commander, of the Forces.