The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-18 00:00:00

ERCA NTI SII 1 NI NG; Re.

brit dovin from the
River and remain the NatiCV, ThoMpion, for Madras.. and
Bengal ; Pavolirite, Bravinder, for.POrt-au-Prince ; ,And Bar -
bara, Smith, for Pernambuco ; the latter sailed, bat put back
again. Sailed the Raikcs, Gardner, ;for the River. Arrived
and remain the 14(1.valist, .Parkin, from St. Jolln' ; and
Heworth,. BeachciOft, from St. Lucia. The Grand Sacl:tni
still remains.

DOVER, JAN. 17.—Arrived off, the port the Happy RetUrn.
Shillebere, from Waterford for London,; she parted from her
anchor in Margate Roads, but has been supplied with another:
PORTS3IOUTII, JAN. 17.—Wind N.-Arrived the Eagle,
Starbuck, from the Downs for the .South Seas. Passed by for
London the /lebe, 'Maitland, (late Wethenill) from India.
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Jax. 17.—An anchor, weighing 0. 3.26. marked
en.the crown and shank 3322, TEAM. . OF. Also on the
shank ANN, of ti hitby, with-75 fathoms 12i inch cable, has
been picked up near the West rocks.
SHEERNESS, JAN. 17.—Arrived the sloop Swift, from Eanfr
for London, with loss of anchor, cable and jib.
FALMOUTH, Jai. 16.—Wind N.ll7.—Arrived the Prince
Regent packet, with mails from the Islands, in 25 days, f'rem
St. Thomas ; she spoke on 12th inst., in 1at..47. 19. long. 19.
30, the Northumbrian, Lawson, from Batavia for London, all
well ; and on•l3tli, the Cecilia, Ilibburn, of and far Glasgow,
from Demerara, out 47 days, all well ' • also arrived the Jan,
Kelly, from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Prince EdWard's
Island, driven off the land, and has lost her boats, bulwart.:,
&c. Sailed the Lady. Louisa packet, with mails fbr America.
SCILLY, JAN. 15.—There have been lately picked up here
several empty orange boxes, marked S.B.C. on one end, •and
w .T. on the other. . •

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The Byron, Anderson, from Trinidad to Cork, was totally
lost on Cinegada Shoals the 23d November;—crew and pli4en-
gers saved.

SUlClDE.—Yekterday an inquisition was taken
'at the Mason's Arms, Horsemonger-lane, before_
Mr. JEMMET, Coroner for Surrey, on the bddy cf
Mr. W. CURTIS. The deceased was arespectable
householder in Ilorsemonger-lane, and carried on
the trade of a gold and silver wire drawer Wit It
considerable success. For- some time past J.
family observed with great 'concern, that he becarne
very reserved 4tid thoughtful, and abandoned hini-
self to habits of drunkenness,which instead of ame-
liorating the condition of his mind, cempletely im.
paired his reason: On the night of his death he \vent
nut,and the family, after waitinga reasonable
retired to bed, as he had freiluetitly. before stop-
ped out late. In the morning Some surprise was
expressed at the circumstance of his not coining
borne all .night, and it was proposed to dis-
patch messengers after him ; when some one
going accidentally to the, water closet, dis-
covered his • body hanging from the heatsn—of
the niof. The terrible shock which the. feel-
ings of his wift and 'children experienced on' the
occasion was most. poignant. Tt.'k body was cut
down, and a surgeon sent for; but the- unfortu-
nate man was beyond recovery, andhadbeca, in
the opinion of—the medical gentlemen, sonic
hours dead. - It is supposed that the deceased
came home in the night, and committed the crime
himself; at ail events it was not suspected that
any unfair usage had been offered to It
being the opinion of the Jury that the decas-kl.
was not in a sound state of mind when he com-
mitted the criminal act, they returned a verdictof
—" Insanity."
DR I:AIqUL' Accionrcr.—Llst night, at. seven
o'clock, an Inquest was held at the 'Crown, Duke's-court,
Martin's-lane, before T. HlGGseEsq. Coroner, on the Body cf
Elizabeth Branch, 45 years of age, housekeeper in the employ
of John Hearne Tremayne, Esq. 31. P., of No. 8, New-street,
Spring-gardens, who came to her death under the follpiving
dreadful circumstances:—George Beckham; of NO, 14, New-
street, Spring-gardens, stated, that yesterday about • one
o'clock, his fellow servant called him out of his master's house
in consequence 'of a body of smoke issuing from the upper
part of Mr, Tremune's house. The family were out of town,
and the deceased had been taking care of the house, arid wit-.
ness .being aware that there was no One else in the house sus-
pected there was a fire _ands endeavoured to gain admission into
the premises, but could receive no answer. The shut M-s
were closed, which was not usual, and he alarmed the per-
sons, in the next house ; he then proceeded to the roof of
the house; the place was. 'very hot ; the garret window was
fastened and he broke in the glass, when the flames rushed out ;'
.by this time the Piwenix engine had arrived, and the flames had
considerably increased ; the houses adjoining were in a danger-
ous state ; about two o'clock he heard that the body of the
deceasid was found, and 'on going up stairs he saw her lying at
the side of the bed, burnt almost to a cinder; there was a lar.lp
lying near The deceased, but the cotton was not ail burnt
out ; the furniture and upper part of the house were completely
destroyed. The house appeared to be in readiness for the re-
caption of the family, and witness did not conceive that thieves
had been in the house ; on searching nothing was missing.--
Mr. Fish, of Thomas's-place, Westminster, fireman, went up
stairs with a bucket of water to cool the ruins. On digging
some rubbish his shovel hit against the _scull of the deceased,
whom he found underneath ; her left leg was burnt 'off; wit-
ness was Of opinion that the fire originated by accident. James
Smart, a fireman, of the County Fire Office, stated that the ac..-
cident must have been caused by the negligence of the deceased,
or by accident; witness found money and other property in
the room.' .Henry Hatchard, and William Perry, • gate evi-
dence to the above effect ; and the Jury returned a verdict of—
" Accidentally burnt to death." , !