The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-19 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—The United Kingdom, Sun.
derland, to Quebec, 18th ult. lat. 41, lon. 45, by the Lord
John Russell, arrived in Pentland Firth ; Washington, from
Liverpool; Pandora, Waterford, to Quebec, 18th ult. lat.
45, lon. 53. ; Dragon, Palau, to Philadelphia, Bth inst.
lat 49, lon. 8, by the Onyx, Hogg, arrived at Thurso;
Maria, Groenwald, Amsterdam to Batavia, 3d inst., lat.
49, lon. 7; Adeline, Gibraltar to Baltimore, 26th ult.,
lat. 41, lon. 47; Rhone, New York to Havre, 27th ult.,
lat. 41, lon. 67 ; Venice, of Philadelphia, with loss of fore
topmast, &c. 9th inst. hit. 41, lon. 59; Elisabeth, Ham-
burgh to Newfoundland, 22d ult., lat. 52, lon. 37 ;
Ariel, Hamburgh to Newfoundland, 26th, lat. 48, lon.
30 ; Columbia, Batavia to Amsterdam, 28th, off the Wes-
tern Islands; Charlotte, Bremen to New York, lat. 4d,
!on. 34 ; Monongahela, Liverpool to Philadelphia, 7th
inst., lat. 43, lon. 47 ; Kensington, Liverpool to New
York, Bth, lat. 44, lon. 41 ; Lady Kinnaird, Dundee to
New York, 9th, lat. 45, lon. 36, by the British Queen,
steamer, arrived in the river ; Lady Harvey, Plymouth to
Prince Edward Island, off Cape Breton ; Traveller, Li-
merick to Quebec, 6th inst., lat. 52, lon. 22 ; Gazelle of
Savannah, Liverpool, 10th inst., lat. 52, lon. 11, by the
Atlas, Smith, arrived at Pwllheli.

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DOVER, AUG. 14.—The pavilion for the Wel-
lington Festival is now fast progressing towards completion,
and the decoration and ornamental parts of the same have
already commenced. The Marquis Camden, the Lord-
Lieutenant of the country, now in his 82d year, has signi-
fied his intention of being present. The contract for sup-
plying the dinner, desert, and a bottle of wine to each of
1,500 persons, including, waiters, glass, dinner services,
&c., has been taken by joint tender at 12s. 6d. The re- ,
quest for ladies' tickets continues as great as ever, but the
pavilion having already been enlarged (since the contract
was taken) to accommodate 500, no farther room can be
made, and, of course, the request of the fair ladies cannot
be complied with.—Kentish Observer.
THE LOST BALLOON.—On inquiry on Friday
at the Flora Gardens it was stated that no tidings had as
yet been received of the fate of the balloon with which
Mr. Hampton ascended from those gardens on Monday
last. After Mr. Hampton had detached it from the para-
chute it was visible from the metropolis nearly an hour,
and at last disappeared in a south-easterly direction. It is
computed, from the quantity of gas it contained, that it
would continue buoyant for about eighteen hours, and
probably longer. It is, therefore, impossible to calculate
how far it may have travelled. Mr. Hampton still re-
mains indisposed from the effects of the conc,►ssioa the car
sustained in its descent.

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We give the following statement as we find it in
the Observer
true : oAf myeesriceradneyp.apects isreccee
mention the capture of two Portuguese slave ships by
her Majesty's brig the Grecian, Commander Smith, shortly
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after the slavers had left Rio do Janeiro for the coast of
Africa; but no allusion is made to a circumstance con-
nected with that capture, at which humanity will shudder.
We can state, upon the authority of letters, for the perfect
authenticity of which we here solemnly pledge ourselves,
that the British officers, upon searching the slave ships,
found, among other papers, communications from the
owners or employers of the vessels, addressed to their
commanders, in which, after some violent complaints of
the exertions made by England to cripple the Slave Trade,
tie captains are enjoined to have each on board his vessel
aryl upon deck a cask of poisoned wine, of which, in the
event of capture, the English sailors would be certain to
drink, and so be destroyed. It was also enjoined on the
captains to poison all the water of which the captors and
slaves were to partake; and the captains were further de-
sired to suggest this wholesale system of murder to the
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commanders of any other slave vessels that they might
to fall in with on their voyage. To comment on
such' hellish atrocity would be a needless appeal to public
feeling."

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to the accounts which have appeared in the newspapers of
the interviews which have taken place between Lord John
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the Carlist troops.—Observer.
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