The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-21 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind at Noon, W., light breeze,
and finQ, but cloudy at times. The Jessie Stephens of
Irvine, 'Quebec to Belfast, which was abandoned on the
12th of December, has since been fallen in with (Jan. 10,
in lat. 47 N., long, 22 W.)
DEAL, Jan. 20.—Wind, W. to W.S.W. Arrived—
Plantagenet, Calcutta ; Paradise, do. ; Olive Branch,
Callao. Arrived from the River—llindeeps, for Buenos
Ayres. Put back—Glencoe, for Melbourne, Port' Philip ;
Despatch, Algoa Bay ; Cockermouth Castle, Trinidad.
The Kate, Sunderland to Rouen, has been wrecked at
Dungenness ; crew saved.

RAMSGATE, Jan. 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Hendrika,
St. Domingo. The Aquila, from Hartlepool, has been goi
off shore.

MARGATE, Jan. 20.—The Jeume Ochille, of Calais, is
very leaky, having been on the sand.

PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind, W. Put back—lromo,
Coast of Africa. The Civility, Orega to Bristol, and the
Ashland, Antwerp to New York, have been in contact,
and both received considerable damage ; the latter has put
in here, and the former, which was abandoned by the crew,
has been taken charge of by pilots, and will be brought in.
FALMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind, W.S.W., strong breezes,
and squally. Arrived—Caroline Schenck, Pernambuco ;
Neptune, Havannah.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Cathcart,
St. John's, N.B. ; Dicky Sam, Valparaiso ; Joseph
Wheeler, larbadoes ; City of Manchester (s), Philadelphia ;
Australia, New York. Sailed—Harriet Hope, Melbourne ;
Isaac Wright, New York. Put back—The William Miles,
for Savannah, leaky ; Pandora, with loss of bowsprit, &c.,
from contact with the Excelsion, for New Orleans, yester-
day, off Point 143 aas.
MILFORD, Jan. 20.—The Sopia Burbridge has put in
leaky, having been h contac:; with the Asiatic of Cork,
which sunk immediately afterwards ; master and a female
passenger drowned. Tho Clasper of Cork, and the Kate
Kowe, for New Orleans, have been in contact—the former
received much damage.
SHIELDS, Jan. 20.—Arrived—Pekin, Columbia River.
GREENOCK, Jan. 19.—The Sir Edward Jackson, Liver-
pool to Valparaiso' has put in, having been on shore.
DANTzIG, Jan. 17.—The Stockton, from London, is on
shore near Passawark, Dec. 28, and has been condemned.

FREIGHTED TROOP-SHIPS AND CONVICT-SHIPS.—The
Lords Commissioners of the Board of Admiralty issued
the following important notice yesterday respecting the
manning of ships freighted by Government for the con-
veyance of troops to our different foreign possessions
and colonies, and also for the conveyance of convicts :
" That in. consequence of freightships for the convey-
ance of troops and convicts being now taken up by the
register ton new measure instead of the old measure,
as formerly, the number of men in freighted ships
conveying troops shall not be less than at the rate of
four men for every 100 tons, and in proportion for the
fractional parts of 100 tons, and two boys to every ship ;
that the number of men in convict-ships shall not be less
than at the rate of nine men for every 200 tons, and in
proportion for the fractiional parts of 200 tons, and two
boys for each ship ; that the crews in all cases, exclusive
of the boys, shall consist of not less than one-half of able
seamen before the mast, and the remainder of officers
and ordinary seamen who have been at sea ; that ships
chartered for the conveyance of stores shall be manned
as in the merchant service."
The head clerk of the goods department at the North-
ampton station has absconded, taking with him about
1,000/., the property of his employers.—Leicester Mer-
cury.

DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION.—LIVERPOOL, THURS-
DAY.---A most destructive fire broke out yesterday
afternoon, in the rice mill and starch manufactory of
Messrs. Irving, Son, and Jone, in Blackstock-street,
in this town. How the fire originated has not yet
been clearly ascertained,
but the rice mill was entirely
destroyed, the outer walls only remaining, notwith-
standing the indefatigable exertions of the men belonging
to the West of England Fire-office, and the fire brigade
under the direction of Mr. Hewitt. They, however,
suco3eeded in preserving from injury the starch manu-
fact ory and the adjoining offices. The amount of the
darnage is estimated at about 10,0001., but we under-
stand that the parties are amply covered by insurance
in. the Norwich Union Fire-office.