The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-10 00:00:00

DENMARK.

The law regulating the order of succession to the
Danish throne has been published. It is dated
from the Palace of the Hermitage, July 31, call
calls to the throne the Prince of Glucksburg and
his male descendants, to the exclusion of the female
line, in the order of primogeniture and aguatic
succession. The Prince assumes the title of Prince
of Denmark. Should his descendants also become
extinct, the reigning Sovereign will be obliged to
submit to the European Powers the arrangement
of the succession.

SHIPPING RETURNS.

-
The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the
month ending the sth of July again show a considerable,
increase in the general amount of tonnage entered On
cleared. Of this increase a larger proportion than bag
lately been usual consists of British vessels, although
the comparative rate of advance is still in favour of
those of foreign countries. The fact, however, that
every ship capable of service is now pressed into
employment causes these returns to possess little in;
terest as regards their furnishing an indication 01
the progress of competition between British and
foreign vessels, since the employment of the latter
must, under any circumstances, inevitably take place
when we have not an adequate home supply, and it
therefore gives no test of choice, since there is no alter-
native but to take them or to forego the means of ship"
ment. Among the continental countries, the empler
ment of whose vessels shows the greatest relative in"
crease, are—the Italian States, Portugal, and Spain'
s stanceew
Yorkt 0 bet
o accounted
Australia forh a
vbiyn g thefu r dttehihrneeetreruti
el enstsirstafn
In American vessels during the last month, as compare'
with July, 1852, there has been a falling off—a eirclini"
alreadysu Subjoined
joisnheodrtarsue ptphleygfeonrertahlettortaadlse of the
with Europe.
antes :
Entered inwards--
ToNNA.GE FOR MONTH ENDING JULY 5.
1851. 1852. 1851-a
British vessels 379,365 378,514 441,1
United States' vessels 87,472
83,443 101,465
~101,
Other countries 203,397 116,378 Ibat '
-- _.-------
666,205 596,357 6970311
The clearances outward were-
-1851. 1852. 853.
la 799
. 366,849 386,457 4-I'-',.'
dedc6:fr:lfr9:
. 90,224 76,372 5°.,,`2-8-3
143,087 159,425 2-31,'

British vessels
United States' vessels
Other countries

600,160 622,254 705,71
These returns complete the totals for the first half
the present year. During that period the increase
traffic, including both entries and clearances, has bee
about 11 per cent. on that of the corresponding had,
,
1852. The proportion of this increase for
ch
British vessels figure is about one-eighth.
With regard to the coasting trade, the tonnage elate"!
inwards was 1,076,443 in the month ending July 'l'
1851, 1,044,862 in 1852, and 1,097,472 in 1853. 1‘,13.18
clearances outward were 1,131,885 in July, 18'''
1,131,561 in 1855, and 1,196,888 in 1853.

THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, Aug. 9.--er
Royal mail steam-ship Tay, Captain R. Revett, took
departure this afternoon with the usual monthly ta4-,
for Lisbon, Madeira, Teneriffe, Cape de Verdes, -re a
nambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo,
B;III
Buenos Ayres, in charge of Lieutenant O'Reilly, •al
Admiralty agent. The Tay has 93 passengers, a la,
cargo of English and French goods, and specie vitra.
64,0001. sterling, principally in sovereigns, for the
zillian ports. The Severn, with the next homesva,;
mails from the Brazils and River Plate, is due at Sou;1
ampton on the 16th inst., but may probably arrive a "1,0
or two before that date. The Royal mail steamer A 4
Plata is appointed to leave on the 17th inst., witha,ht%
mails for the West Indies, Pacific, and California. fip
Parana will be due on the 16th from the West Inaj,;;
with the next mails from that quarter. The Penitiontla
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Mad,l
Captain John Weeks, left Southampton yester,,b,
(Monday) for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and trgel
raltar, taking the usual mails, 37 passengers, a
neral cargo, specie value 17,000/. for Lisbon, and the
bottles quicksilver on freight. The Iberia, from
too,
same ports, will be due on the 14th. The new st%ve
ship Vectis, Captain Powell, left this morning to re'oo
the Sultan on the Marseilles and Malta stations.
Euxine is daily expected from Malta. The ui;leet
States' mail steam-ship Franklin, with dates from shoe
York to the 23d ult., is expected off Cowes in the enreySl
of Wednesday (this day), en route to Havre. nee r St,
mail steam ship Teviot left yesterday (Monday) .1(°I
and
Thomas, to run on the station between that islan u,hbr
the Spainish Main. The Teviot has been thor,°,sner
refitted, and, being a very fast vessel, will no don," r
form her work satisfactorily. , vE
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.—Loss OF ....I-- ',op; ()-
subjoined details communicating the deplorable, 'deep
the Antares, are extracted from a letter, dated Sy are
are
April 24 :—" The unfortunate vessel, which i° jolt
aware, was on a coasting expedition from Enon the
struck on a reef of rocks near Flinders Island,
_foe
night of the 16th of March. The master and boat,
but
crew and passengers immediately took to the 'Ted with
before it could be got clear of the ship, it was filled et t°
water, therefore, it was every man for himself I"7drift'
the rocks, which they all reached in safety, the bead wbeit
ing ashore. It was low water when they got on, an 0 f the
it rose they were up to their necks in water. Threea ssfer
seamen got into the boat, and left to see whether re not
place could be found along the shore, but they wei.welfe
seen afterwards. The ship went to pieces sane." her ;
hours after she struck, the chief mate perishing:lll4lr
the other hands got ashore safe on some of tlieie:coo-
ments. During this period the master and bie ,eitioo?
panions remained on the rock in a most perilous P° toe;
clinging to the ledges the tide sweeping
s a °lstion, eaci;
Five of the sufferers 'length sunk from exhan aseeogee
were drowned, consisting of the master, a P
named Bourne, from England, and three sorsa bee
remaining three, with the aid of those who 11 were,
washed ashore when the vessel went to plece
on to
after much difficulty, hauled up from the
.rei:.„a
by
'another shelf. After some days great suaffneor.gto reksen
a raft which they constructed, they in
off Flindersbya
whaler,lsla nd Islands,
andw hoeornevetyheedy
to were
George'ssubsq
Ted
Antares was a teak-built ship, and was ins
Lit
the extent of 1,0001. 9.-- ,
Alio. • be
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—GRAVESEND, .
only
' at the osi
Tueonotlny taken
00
evening. when the Dryad steam-packet, viln°l' t" ober
tween Gravesend and London, touched rope
ville-pier, it was found in casting the linr_rAL ,sotroue n
to the pier barge, that a coil of the rope aanabefore
young woman's leg above the ankle, nou.,,aekeutrea
effort could be made to extricate her, orottnearly se° An
rope, her leg was broken, and the fn iodede 0,0
from it. The sufferer was immediately en
whoa it 600
carried to Dr. Ridge's surgery, Gravdeesleanyato iimP;nut:rder
found necessary to proceed without
al' that, sting
of the shattered limb. It would aPpweas about nateetly
to get out of the way of the man w
put one foot into the coil of rope, o
ruptotite
the rope from the steamer to the
sy
tient, although some unfavourab e
hibited themselves, is now doing well
P en hr;
she
d eicnk3.dvtie'l:r4set