The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-31 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, AUG. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed for
the River, yesterday and to-day, the Mercator, Eldridge, from
Antigua; Baltic Merchant, Laughton, Trinidad; Fortitude-
Increased, Manning, St. Kitts ; Britania, Davidson, Tobago ;
Ceres, Quebec ; and Martha, Virginia. Came down from the
River the St. Lawrence, Douglas, Quebec ; Thetis, Williams,
Cape of Good Hope; and remain in the Downs with the out-
ward-bound as before.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Wind N.W.—Off the port the
Blucher, Thompson, St. John's, N. B. Arrived the Aurota,
Hurley, from Topsham to St. John's, Newfoundland, to repair,
having been run foul of by a cutter. Sailed the Illartha, Watt,
from Oporto, and Elizabeth, Moor, from Miramichi.
Fal, st or TH, Au G. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Racehorse from a cruize ; Swift, Shugnell, from Ply-
mouth for Gibraltar, with loss of fore-yard; Stanmer packet
from Lisbon : sailed the 18th August; and Marquess Queens-
bury packet from the Mediterranean : sailed from Corfu the
14th July, Malta the 23rd, and Gibraltar the 13th August.
Put back the Princess Elizabeth packet for Lisbon and Islands;
and Providene, Wooldry, Malaga.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.—The chartered ship Kingston
passed through the Downs for the river, on the 28th inst., and
the Albion yesterday morning.—The East India Company's
ship Regent, outward bound, put into Rio de Janeiro, to repair
her main-mast, and sailed again on her voyage on the 3d July.
The Committee, at Lloyd's, have presented two elegant silver
mounted pistols to Lieut. H. L. Williams, for the protection he
afforded to the wreck of the Oakes West Indiamau, when he
was in the Preventive Service.
THE ANCIENT VESSEL DISCOVERED IN THE ROTILER.
—A large assemblage of persons, calculated at 3,000 in num-
ber, were present on Tuesday last to witness the floating of this
vessel on its proper element, when it was removed into the
main channel of the Rother, to the distance of about a quarter
of a mile towards Rye. On the 21st instant (says our cor-
respondent) " they (the workmen) found that morning a piece
of coin about the size of a half-crown, and a shoe or sandal,
with a last still remaining in it; the latter in a very perished
state." We shall be glad to be favoured with the inscription,
if any, on the coin, as that will probably determine more to-
wards ascertaining the date of the loss of the vessel than ,any
thing that has yet been discovered. Such, however, is the in-
terest excited by this singular antique, that among numerous
other persons of note, the Dutch Ambassador, or his brother,
has thought it of moment to inspect it. Among the remains
of animals found on board, we omitted to notice that of the
breast-bone of a goose, perfect, and of a size more than saf.
ficiently large to gratify an epicure of the present day.—,
( Kentish Gerzette.)
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BEDFORD RACES, WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28.
The Woburn Stakes of lOgs each, with 20gs added from the
Race Fund. (7 Subscribers.) Best of three two-mile heats.
Mr. Fletcher's b. g. Wasp, 4 yrs old, Bst. 21b. - 1 1
IA Grantham named Mr. Field's b.c. Peter Fin, 3 yrs 7st 2 2
The Marquis of Tavistock named Major 'Wilson's b. h.
by Juniper, 4 yrs old, Bst. 21b. - - - 3 3
The Duke of Bedford's Purse of 501. was not run for, for
want of horses.

THURSDAY.
The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Purse of 501. Best of three
four-mile heats.
Mr. Fletcher's b. g. Wasp, 4 yrs old, Bst. 31b. - 1 1
Mr. Field's b. c. Peter Fin, 4 yrs old, Bst 31b. - 2 dis
Mr. Peacock's br. h. Romulus, aged, 9st. 21b. - die
Lion. G. W. Mills's b. m. Lucinda, 5 yrs old, Bst. 121 b. dins
Peter Fin ran on the wrong side of the post.
A Sweepstakes of sgs each, with lOgs added from the Raee
Fund, fur all ages. Best of three heats, once round the
Course.
The Marquis of Tavistock named Mr. Field's ch. h. Chew
Bacon, 4 yrs old, Bst. 21b. - - - 3 1,,
Major Wilson's b. h. Juniper 4 yrs, Bst. 21b. - -1, 2 2.-.
C. Higgins, Esq. named Mr. Field's b. c. Peter Fin- 2 3 3"
A Cup, value 40gs, given by the Gentlemen of the Oakley
Bunt,
Bunt, and 40gs in specie, by a subscription of sgs each, waft.
not run for, for want of horses.

CRIC.
The Return Match between ti
was played on Thursday in L
in favour of Woolwich.

te Woolwich and Layton Clubt
n.d's Ground, and terminated

LAYTON'.
86 Ist Innings
- 103 2d Ditto -

WOOLIVICIT.
Ist - -
2d Ditto- .

107
32

,; _ 189 I 139
Woolwich won by 50 runs. .t
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GREAT MATCH FOR:TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.... • .
WONDERFITI. PElRFonuaxcE.—The4lecision of thisgrow
undertaking took place on Monday, the 1411 i of August —Lord,
EF.NNEDY had taken 40 to I,' in fifties, that he would, one
day of the season 1822, from 12 o'eloek -of one night, to 12
o'clock the following night, kill forty brace of grouse, on his
shooting ground, at Felar, at the head of Aberdeenshire; and
afterwards ride to his seat at Dunnotter and back to Felar; a
distance of 140 miles. Exactly at 12 o'clock on Sunday night, -
three watches were set together and put into a box by the Um.
pines, Turner, Esq. on the part of Mr. Farquharson, and.'
Capt. Barclay, on the part of Lord Kennedy ; Mr. Cumming,
referee. At four in the morning Lord Kennedy commenced .
shooting, attended by a great body of Highlanders, drawn to.
gether from curiosity. A great deal of rain had fallen in the
night, which made the hills very wet,. and the birds wild.
The first bird was killed a quarter after four, and the whole
forty brace in four hours and forty-one minutes. After shift.
ing his wet clothes and taking some refreshment, he mounted
hi s horse and started for Dunnotter, where he arrived at two
oclock, having rode seventy miles in four hours and a half.—
He remained about an hour there, and got back to Felar four
minutes before eight o'clock at night, performing the 140 miles
in ten hours and twenty-six minutes : and winning the match
by four hours and four minutes. The whole was done, shoot-
ing, riding, &c. in fifteen hours and fifty-six minutes. He re-
turned to Castletown that night, a distance of fourteen miles,
by ten o'clock ; making the whole distance on horseback 154
miles. This is the greatest feat of exertion on record, and Lord
Kennedy challenges any man in the kingdom to shoot against
him for a thousand guineas, at any thing that flies, either with
ball or shot. his Lordship did not appear the least fatigued.
Every thing was against him ; the grouse are uncommon
strong and forward this season : the road is any thing but
good, the first four miles a mere mountain sheep tract; and.
the remainder very hard and stony, with numerous short sharp
hills.

AQUATIC EXPEDITION.
Yesterday a vast numb rr of persons were attracted upun.
Waterloo, Bla.:kfriars, and London Bridges, to witness the
expertness and velocity with which a Gentleman, named
SCHEFFER, swam down the River with a machine which he
has invented to save persons in case of shipwreck. He passed
through London Bridge with such swiftness, that the boats
could not possibly keep up with him. He had a white•dreris
on, with a cap on his head, and lay upon the water with the
most perfect ease. When the KING lands at Greenwich, the
Gentleman will exhibit Lefore the royal yacht.

GREAT CRICKET MATCH-, AND DREADFUL.
ACCIDENT AT DARNAL.
(From the Shefield Advertiser of Aug 27.1
The great cricket match between 15 Sheffield and 11 Notting-
ham players, for which great preparations have latterly been
making on the new ground at Dania', near this place, com-
menced yesterday forenoon. The contest having excited a pecu-
liar interest in and around the town, the concourse of spectators
was proportionately great ; never, perhaps, on any occasion,
were witnessed an assemblage at once so numerous and respect.
able. Sheffield seemed almost to pour out the principal part of
its population, the roads being literally covered all the morning
with crowds hastening to the scene of the expected enjoyment.
Little was it then suspected that before the expiration of the day
the pleasure of it was to be dashed by one of the most afflicting
accidents that we have had to record for some time back. The
playing commenced ; the weather, with the exception of one
shower, was highly favourable, and all went on well till about
4 o'clock, when a large extent of scaffolding, which had been
fitted up on the ground near the road-side, for the accommoda- •
tion of several thousands of spectators, having 9 tier of seats,
and being near 40 yds long, suddenly gave way, and precipitated
its unfortunate tenants one over the other on the ground.—
Shrieks, screams, and groans rent the air on all sides and the
scene of confusion which ensued was indescribably affecting.—
Every hand was instantly engaged in extricating the sufferers;
every possible accommodation offered, and every vehicle put iu
requisition to convey them away to their respective homes. It is
with painful feelings that we have to add that two persons were
killed upon the spot, and between 40 and 50 more or less
maimed. We dare not vouch for our correctness, although we
have endeavoured to gain the best information we were able;
but amidst so much distressing confusion; the extent of the,
mischief cannot with accuracy be yet ascertained, and even the
names of the parties we could not procure. Late last night 23
cases had been admitted to the Infirmary, four or five of which
were pronounced very dangerous.

A detachment of the tuffs is ordered to embark at Dept..
ford, on the 2d of September, on board the Morley convict
ship, as a guard over the convicts that are destined for Vao
Dieman's Land.

THE LONDON -JOURNALS-.

XXTRACTS FROM TIII DA.ILY MORNING PAPERS,
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Angu§t. 31, 18`2"2.
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[BII.ITISLE PROS. j
The Treasury Journals emulously seek to shew
the displeasure of their patrons at the admirable
and highly constitutional speech delivered by the'
Duke of Hamilton at the civic dinner given to
the King by the Provost and Corporation of
Edinburgh. As the speech of the Noble Duke
has been sneered at by this class of writers, we
could have wished they had taken the pains to ana-
lyze it, and have pointed to the passages which
even in their opinions were unworthy of a Bri-
tish assembly to hear, and of a British Noble-
man to utter. If the speech' ths ells in the me-
mory of our readers, they will recollect that
the Noble Duke avowed in the warmest terms
his respect and affection for the King, and
the ready zeal he had ever felt to evince his de-
votion to whomsoever the personage may be
who wore the Crown of these realms. To this
he added, that while he felt this principle of
loyal attachment to the Sovereign, he could not
forget the claims which the other branches of the
State pressed upon his attention, nor that the
privileges and rights of the people no less formed
a part and parcel of the constitution than the
prerogatives that encircled the Throne. It is
most fortunate for this country that there are in
it Peers like the Duke of Hamilton, who are not
besotted by the maxims of the Court, but who
can distinguish between the proper respect which
belongs to the King, as the Chief Magistrate of
• the realm, and the abject submission which de-
grades alike those who offer it and the Monarch
who receives. it.

NEW TIMES.]
The Paris Journals of Wednesday arrived last
night. Nothing of moment occurred in the pro-
ceedings relative to the affair of La Rochelle on
the preceding day. The greater part of the
time was taken up by complaints of some of the
prisoners that they had been ill-treated in prison.
One of them stated that he had been placed in a
cell, with an iron collar round his neck, by a
gen-d'arme, because he would not make confes-
sions to him. The trial of Berton and his accom-
plices commenced at Poitiers on Monday.

[THE- TIMES.]
Attempts are made to raise into notice, as if
it were a matter of high national importance, the
removal of the depot formed by the United
States at Minorca. This event is the same in
principle as the removal of a tenant on the expira-
tion of his lease. An agreement had been entered
into between the Spanish and American Govern-
=entS, for a two years' occupancy of the pre-
mises now evacuated ; and the fixed period being
just at an end, Spain only exercises her un-
doubted right in declining to renew with a
tenant who has behaved slightingly, as she
conceives, towards her, by , the eagerness
and , alacrity which the United States have
shewn to recognize the independence of the old
Spanish colonies. Beyond this feeling of alarmed
self-consequence, nothing is expressed or im-
plied towards America in the way of angry inch-
nation. Spain may be vexed at finding herself
unable to convince the world that free States
have really escaped from bondage. She may, with
the soreness natural to misfortune, indulge a
passing twinge or two, that surrounding nations
-will not, for her sake, be guilty, of gross injustice
to those whom she regards as her enemies but
as for a quarrel., or any approach to a quarrel, be-
tween the two nations, there need not be the
most distant apprehension.

[MORNING POST.]
Paris Papers to the '29th ult. reached us last
night bY Express. They contain no fresh intel-
ligence from Greece,-Turkey,• or Spain. From
Vienna it is stated that the preliminary sittings
of the Congress were to take place in that capi-
tal, and that it would only be after the lapse of
a few weeks that the Monarchs would repair to
Verona, where the Kings. of Naples and of Sardi-
nia were expected to join them. The immediate
arrival of Lord Strangford from . Constanti-
nople, in the Austrian Capital, • was also re-
presented as far from improbable. The motive
for such a step on the part of his Lordship
it would be difficult to comprehend, did not the
late recal of the Austrian lnternuncio shew that
something has taken place between -the Porte
and its-Christian friends and protectors, which
has not yet found its way to the knowledge of
the public, but which cannot be kept secret much
longer. The Prince Royal of Sweden (Oscar
Bernadotte) arrived at•Wurtzbourg on the even-
ing of the 19th ult., and was received by the
Prince Royal of Bavaria in person, with all, the
honours due to his rank.

[MORNING HERALD.]

•
It is said that in consequence of the death of
Lord Londonderry, the Opposition have great
b'opes of coming into power; that they already
begin to count on the numbers they will exhibit
at .the next Session of Parliament ; and that
they are• almost confident, in the next Session,
of being able to outvote the Ministry on every
proposition for Supply. If this be true, and they
should in consequence paralyse the proceedings
of the Executive, his Majesty, as &measure of ne-
cessity, would, in all probability, be either obliged
to.select his Ministers altogether from among the
Opposition, or, as a dernier resort,- he would be
obliged to admit a proportion of them into his
councils. Now, whether change of Ministry,
either 'partial or total, would at presentror in the
long run, be beneficial to the country, it is. im-
possible to foresee. 'We are afraid it' would
effect nothing for the better. What could a new
Ministry do ? Could they find means to pay
the interest of the National Debt of thirty mil-
lions a year ; and keep up-the present Naval and
Military, and other establishments, of twenty
millions a year, without a Revenue of fifty mil-
lions a year ? Could they derive a Revenue of
that amount but from taxation ? And is it not the
kssening; of taxation that the Opposition,: this

last Session, Have been most intent on Have
they not called the present taxation the weight
which pressed ou the country ? Have they not
asserted, that nothing but a large reduction
of taxation can save the country ? Some of
the Opposition have said, that five millions
must be taken off the taxes : others that nothing
short of ten millions would do. And yet, in the
very same breath, they have professed the pro-
priety of keeping the national faith inviolate ;
that is, the payment of thirty millions a year to
the holders of National Annuities. If the latter
is to be preserved inviolate, then what be-
comes of the army, navy, &c. should taxes,
to the aFnount of five or ten millions a year,
be taken off ? Would those, who are advo-
cates for a reduction of five millions, discharge
one-fourth of the officers and soldiers of the army
and the navy ; tocrether with the one-fourth of
all the clerks in the different offices ; cut off one-
fourth of the King's private expenditure, one-
fourth of the pensions, and all other charges ?
Or, if the suggestion of reducing taxation to
the amount of ten millions a year be adopted,
then the one-half of the army, the clerks, &c.
must be discharged, instead of one-fourth.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We should not be surprised to hear of much
more being necessary to complete the Ministerial
arrangements, than merely supplying the de-
ficiency caused by the death of Lord London-
derry. To say nothing of the Chancellor's
threatened retirement, on which, as promptitude
of decision can hardly be expected in such a case,
it would be unsafe to calculate, there are other
Members of the Cabinet, whose infirmities of one
kind or another point out their speedy resigna-
tion as an event either necessary to themselves or
to the public.—We regret to say, that for a con-
siderable period Lord Harrowby's health has
been exceedingly delicate. We believe his
Lordship is much troubled with a nervous affec-
tion of the head, on which application to busi-
ness acts very injuriously, and which therefore
renders private life extremely desirable to him.
—To judge, too, from appearances, compara-
tively small as the duties are of superintend-
ing the Colonial Department, they much ex-
ceed what Lord Bathurst finds it possible or
agreeable to perform, with that close punctuality
which the public service requires. His Lord 3
ship is, of course, fully sensible that business
affecting the interests of the community should
be dispatched with promptitude, and that the
public expect something more than the obliging
attentions of an Under Secretary or any other per-
son of subordinate rank. It has also been long sug-
gested that the Secretary of State for the Colonies
might easily be dispensed with, and the duties
thrown on the Minister for Foreign Affairs. How
far this opinion has gained strength from the pre-
sent mode of conducting the Colonial Depart-
ment, it is beside our purpose now to inquire ;
but if such an incorporation was deemed feasible
and beneficial, while. Lord Londonderry was
obliged to head both the Foreign Office and
the House of Commons, it must be almost a
matter of course under a new arrangement which
should relieve a Foreign Secretary from one half
of that labour. For these reasons we think it
ought not to excite any great surprise if, in order
to form an efficient Administration, in the present
state of the Tory interest, changes to a considerable
extent were to take place before the commence-
ment of next Session.