The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-20 00:00:00

BRITISH SHIPPING.

11.
ditil66Pttrig to. the statistics of vessels, entered inward;
the port of London shows an increase of 35 vessels and
,18-,73f tonnage, the difference between 187 vessels with
97,595 tonnage in 1854, and 152 vessels With 78,861
tonnage in 1853. Liverpool exhibits an increase of 10'
vessels and 7,814 tonnage, the arrivals in the former
period having been 63 vessels, with 39,095 tonnage,
-and thelatter 53 vessels, with 31,281 tonnage. Bristol
figures for an increase of 3 vessels and 3,166 tonnage,
the difference between 16 vessels, with 7,118 tonnage,
in 1854, and 13 vessels with 3,952 tonnage in 1853.
The return for the Clyde presents an increase of 8 vessels
and 4,141 tonnage, the arrivals in the former period
having been 24 vessels, with 10,052 tonnage, and in the
latter 16 vessels, with 5,911 tonnage. The total increase
exhibited is 55 vessels and 33,490 tonnage, the difference
between. 290 :vessels with 153,860 tonnage, and 235
vessels, with 120,370 tonnage. .The principal arrivals
have been from Madras, Bombay, Ceylon, Singapore,
Mauritius, New South Wales, Philippine Islands, .and
the Cape of Good Hope.
The statistics of vessels cleared outward show a general
decrease. In 'the' case of the port of London it is 59
vessels and 11,748 tonnage, the difference between 168
vessels with 88.016 tonnage, in 1854, and, 227 vessels,
with 99,764 tonnage, in 1853. Liverpool figures for a
decrease of 43 vessels, and 13,341 tonnage, the departures
in the former period having been 73 vessels, with 46,068
'tonnage,' and in the latter, 116 vessels, with 56,409
tonnage. Bristol presents a decrease of 1 vessel and
211 tonnage, the difference between 2 vessels with 473
tonnage, and 3 vessels with 684 tonnage. The return for
the Clyde exhibits a decrease of 19 vessels and 1,803 ton-
nage, the departures having been 24 vessels, with 11,803
tonnage, against 43 vessels, with 13,606 tonnage, in
1853. The total decrease, as exhibited by the general re-
turn, is 119 vessels and 26,419 tonnage, the difference be-
tween 267 vessels with 146,360 tonnage, and 386 vessels
with 172,779 tonnage. The chief diminution has oc-
curred in the departure of vessels for New South Wales.
New Zealand, &c., the decrease having been 71 vessel!! ;
but the amount of tonnage in those cases has not seriously
declined, being only 6,873 tonsbelovthoefcedrercersepaosnedianrge
period of last yew.. The other items
connected with the number of vessels which have sailed
for Calcutta, Bombay, China, Singapore, and Penang,
Java and Sumatra, and. the Cape of Good Hope.

* DEATH IN A TUN.-Mr. Charles Dick, brewer, has
three large stock tuns placed in his yard, at the back of
the connting-house, one of which had been, emptied
about a fortnight ago, and required cleaning previous to
being used again. Mr. Dick had issued strict orders that,
before going into them, the men should lower a lighted
candle through Ale hatch to ascertain whether or not
the air was strong and required to be purified by
pouring in water. A man named Bird, after having
descended into the tuu for the purpose of cleaning it,
fell to the bottom in a state of insensibility. His com-
panion went down almost immediately after having
given the afarm, and was also suffocated. Three inert
went down one by one, but they were rescued in a, greatly
exhausted. state by another of the brewers, who took the
precaution to go down •with ropes `for the purpose of
having them pulled up at the risk of his ' own safety.'
Bird and poyle were both deka tiefore they could be
drawn up,--Edinburgh` New&