The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-24 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The John Francis, of Cork, and Helen Douglas, of Ahnan,
both bound to North America, on the 9th instant, lat. 61.,
long. 19. ; Caledonia, of the Clyde, for Quebec, on the 10th,
lat. 50., long. 17., by the Tom Cod, arrived at Bristol ; Nep-
tune, from New York, on the 24th ult., lat. 6., long. 22, and
Harriet and Jessie, on the 6th instant, lat. 48., long. 11.,
by the Experiment, arrived at Falmouth ; Edward, from
Sierra Leone to Liverpool, on the 31st ult., lat. 35., long.
35. ; Greyhound, from South Seas to London, on the 2d in-
stant, lat. 28., long. 32., by the Eucles, arrived at Liverpool ;
Malcolm, from Liverpool to Batavia, lat. 5. N., long. 23.,
W., by the Leonio, arrived at Bahia ; Friendship, from Ham-
burgh to New York, on the 16th ult., lat. 41., long. 55., by
the Palmetta, arrived at Newfoundland, from Trinidad; Han-
nah, from Philadelphia to Quebec, on the sth ult., off the
Magdalen River, by the Brothers, arrived at Flint; Clyde,
from Calcutta to London, on the 29;h ult., lat. 13., long. 31. ;
Jean Baptiste, from Quebec to Demerara, 7th inst., hit. 14.,
long. 43., by the Falcon, arrived at Liverpool; Ann, from
London to Quebec, on the 10th inst., lat. 45 , long. 21. ;
Barrow, from Ireland to Quebec, on the 17th, lat. 50., long.
8., by the Melanctho, arrived at Swansea; Joan, from New-
castle to Alexandria, on the 14th ult., off the island of Sar-
dinia; Perseverance, from Liverpool to Demerara, on the
10th inst., lat. 43., long. 14. ; Sinclair, from Liverpool to
Constantinople, on the 15th inst., lat. 46., long. 10., by the
Emma, arrived in the Downs; Wilkinson, from Demerara to
London, on the 6th inst., lat. 44., long. 36 ; Arabian, of
Liverpool, on the 18th ult., lat. 2, long. 13. ; Malabar, of
Greenock, on the 24th ult., lat. 10., long. 25. ; Leanore, of
Liverpool, on the 16th inst., lat. 48., loug. 10. ; Lady
Clarke, on the 10th inst., lat. 49., long. 7., by the Robert,
arrived in the Downs; Margaret, from Boston to Trinidad,
on the Ist instant, lat. 32. ; Princess Augusta, from London
to Pictou on the 13th instant, lat. 44., long. 32. ; Mary Wil-
lard, from Helvoctslys, on the 12th, let. 44., long. 26. ;
Amity, from Liverpool to St. Andrew's, on the 13th inst.,
let. 40., long. 25. ; Rapid, Cochrane, from Liverpool to
Alexandria, on the 14th ult., off Malaga ; her Majesty's ship
Pelorus, from the Cape of Good Hope to the Mauritius, o,i
the 10th June, lat. 35., long. 22. ; Repulse, from London to
Madras, on the 21st. ult., lat. 13., long. 26. ; Brooke, from
Bombay, on the 22d inst., lat. 44., long►. 27., by the Inglis,
arrived in the Downs; Nimrod, of Liverpool, on the 29th
ult., let. 38., long. 58. ; Caroline, of Havre, from St. Do-
mingo, on the 11th inst., lat. 44., long. 32. ; Lavinia, from
Rio Janeiro to London, on the 19th ult., lat. 13., long. 25. ;
George Canning,from London to Mauritius, lat. 19. S., long.
22. W. ; Hero, from Bremen to North America, by the Jo-
hannes, arrived at Correa; Sarah and Hero, from .London to
the Cape of Good Hope, on the 31st of May, lat. 34 S ,
long. 16. E. ; Alexander Baring, from St. Croix and London
to Canton, on the Bth, lat. 11. N., long. 23. W. ; Pauline,
Sailant, bound to Bourbon, on the 9th ult., kit. 11. N., long.
24. ; Victoire ( French whaler), for Havre, on the 11th inst.,
lat. 43., long. 28. ; Antanelles, Speelman, from Surinam to
Amsterdam, on the 13th, lat. 35., long. 26, which had spoken
the day previous the Onde Alblass, from Batavia, out 1I
days; Vesta, from St. Thomas's to Hamburgh, on the 19th,
lat. 50., long. 7., by the Elizabeth, arrived off Dover; the
,Rapid, Simpson, from Liverpool to Pernambuco, on the 12th
of August, lat. 47. N., long. 10. W. ; Indian Chief, Slade,
from l'oole to Newfoundland, on the 17th. lat. 49., long. 10.,
by the Adrastus, arrived at Falmouth; Ann, M'Alpioe,. from
Liverpool to Batavia, on the Bth ult., lat. 11. N., long. 23.
W. ; Tyne, from Sierra Leone to London, on the 15th, lat.
18., long. 29. (crew very sickly), by the St. George, arrived
at Liverpool; George Washington, from Liverpool to New
York, on the 9th inst., lat. 47., long. 30. ; Try Again, from
Cork to Quebec, on the 10th, lat. 57., long. 27., by the John
Porter, arrived at Liverpool ; Admiral Moorsom, hound to
Quebec, on the 28th ult., let. 40., long. 56., by the Nelson,
Wood, arrived at Liverpool ; Cognac Packet, from Rio Ja-
neiro to London, on the sth inst., lat. 40., lon. 36. ; Mid
Lothian, from Clyde to Now South Wales, on the 17th inst.,
long. 16.. \V., by the Melby, arrived at Liverpool; Rose,
Binning, from Hamburgh to St. John's, N. 8., on the 21,4
ult., lat. 43., long. 59. ; Apollo, from Bremen to Baltimore,
on the 23d ult., lat. 43., long. 53. ; Hamilton, from Liverpo, 1
to New York, on the 24th ult., Ist. 43., long. 51. ; Restitu-
tion, Moon, from Gloucester to Quebec, on the 9th inst., Ist.
49., long. 14., by the Industry, arrived at Gloucester; Princess
Royal, from Richebucto to Hull, on the Ist. inst., lat. 49.,
long. 43. ; Nile, from Miramichi to Wales, on the 12th inst.,
lat. 51., long. 10., by the Adelaide, arrived at Cork ; Char-
lotte, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, on the 11th inst., out
16 days, having encountered a severe gale, and lost sails ;
James Bailie, from Belfast to St. John's, N. 8., by the John
Taylor, arrived at Liverpool ; Phoenix, of Clyde, on the 6tii
inst., lat. 49., long. 29. ; Martha and Ann, from Dantzie to
Newfoundland, on the 7th inst., lat. 49., long. 29., by the
Lochiel, arrived at Cork.

OUTRAGE ON AN ENGLISH VESSEL—The
Severn steamer left Hull for Harnburgh on the Bth inst.
Captain Knocker had his father (75 years of age), the wife
and two daughters of the latter, and a number of other pas-
sengers, on board. On arriving at the Stade, on the Ha-
noverian side of the Elbe, the vessel went as usual very
slowly, to allow the Stade boat to approach and inspect the
Captain's pass. Captain Knocker was just in the act of
handing his pass to the people in the boat when a musket-
shot was fired from Stade, whereupon the people in the
boat refused to receive the pass unless the Captain would
pay one mark for the shot that had been fired. Neither
the Captain nor the pilot being at all aware of irregularity
on their part, nor the people in the boat being able to assign
a reason why any such fine was to be levied, Captain
Knocker refused to pay it. During this_ discussion some
time had necessarily been lost, and they were still parleying
when a second shot, but this time from cannon, was fired
from the Stade shore. Not to be detained any longer,
Knocker offered to pay the mark, but now the people re-
fused to take it, demanding an additional eight marks for
the second shot, threatening that if the nine marks were not
instantly paid they would fire with cannon-balls on the
steamer. Everybody on board expressed the strongest in-
dignation at this treatment, and persuaded the Captain to
cast anchor, and go on shore himself. He did so, remained
there a considerable time, and experienced much vexation,
but was obliged to ply the nine marks, in order not to ex-
pose the lives of his family and passengers, for else the vessel
would most certainly have been fired upon with balls !
Knocker was given to understand that Captain Goddard,
who had commanded the vessel on her preceding voyage,
had not come near enough to the Stade side of the river ;
to which Knocker replied that not he, but either the pilot
or Captain Goddard, ought to have been made responsible.
The affair has been placed in the bands of the British
Consul at, Harnburgth—Hambuovk Paper.