The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-28 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, AuG. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Came dawn from the
River last night the Atalanta, Smith, for Barbadoes ; Mars,
Somersall, Madeira; Zepher, Arrosmith, Honduras; Felicity,
M4Dougle, Bilboa, and remain with the outward-bourid as
before. Arrived and sailed for the River the Mariner, Herbert,
from Quebec; Palambau, Twist, St. Lucia ; James If s-ri
Irmes, Jamaica.

FALM.OUTLI, Atm. 26.—Wind W.—Arrived his Majes:y's
ship Owen Glendower from Madeira ; Jane, Coulding, fro:n
Bahia, in 67 days; Eliza and Abbey, Drummond, from Virgi.,
nia. Arrived off the port the John, Smith, from New York,
in 28 days for Amsterdam ; Emily, Coupland, from Baltimore,
in 30 days to Rotterdam ; Speculation, Clime, front Prince
Edward's Island.
Airm 26.--Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the
Speculation, Climo, from Prince Edward's Island.
The Kingston, Bowen, from Bengal, Cape of Good Hope,
and St. Helena, is arrived off Hastings.
The Eliza Ann, Douglas, arrived at Liverpool, from Hon-
duras, was plundered of specie and stores by a pirate off Cape
Antonio.
The vessel from Nova Scotia to Liverpool, that was lost in
St. Mary's Bay, was the Spence, Wilson, from Richebucto.
A British brig, with steam-engines on board, has arrive 4 at
Tampico : supposed to be the Statira, from London.

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Of the individuals who perished on board the smack Cathe-
rine, which was sunk by a steam-packet, the number now got
ant buried here is 28. These bodies have been raised from a
depth of 120 feet water, by the unremitting and, Laborious exer-
tions of part of the relations who came from Mull, assisted by the
seafaring people of Gourock, and were interred here yesterday,
(Thursday, the 22d instant.) The conduct of a female relative,
Mrs.M‘Dugald, who has lost a son and daughter, is certainly
calculated to impress with feelings of something more than asto-
nishment ; she is constantly in one of the boats which are em-
ployed in trawling, and only when the remains of her beloved
daughter were for ever closed from her sight, or nailing don-n
the coffin, has she been observed to be relieved from the weight
of her sorrows by a flood of tears. A number of the ladies
and gentlemen residing at Gourock have, with a prompt and
considerate humanity, subscribed and deposited a small sum of
money forprocuring refreshments to those engaged. in the oc-
cupation just alluded to. The procession of the funerals pre-
sented a spectacle of truly sorrowful interest to the inha.
bitants of Greenock. Such a number of coffins carried to-
gether, and accompanied by the female relatives, could not
fail to excite in the bosoms of all who witnessed the scene
emotions of the tenderest sympathy. We are anxious that this
feeling may not he confined to those who witnessed this mourn=
ful spectacle, but that a kind interest may be propagated on
behalf of the distressed relations, should they be compelled to
ask public assistance for defraying the expences incurred by
this shocking accident.—( Greenock Advertiser.)
During the foggy weather on Wednesday evening last, the
Dumbarton Castle steam-boat, in her way from Grangemodth,
with a great number of passengers, ran aground near Gran-
ton. The thickness of the weather preventing the crew
from ascertaining her exact situation, guns were immediately
fired, with the view of obtaining assistance from the shore.—
The LORD PRESIDENT went off himself in the first boat to
her assistance, and by his assiduity and attention, the alarm in
the minds of the passengers was greatly reduced, and a great
part of their luggage was at once placed in safety. The steam-
boat- got off on Thursday without material damage.
THE ANCIENT VESSEL DISCOVERED IN THE CHANNEL
OF THE RornEn....:Since our last notice of this singular rem-
nant of antiquity, it has been perfectly cleared from the sea sand
and mud, so as to render both its external 'and internal parts
visible, and is found to be in a state capable of being floated
several ship carpenters have consequently been employed to
repair and fit it, so that it may be conveyed by water to London,
where, with the antique remains found in it, it is intended to
exhibit it; for this purpose the attempt to float it will take
place this day.—" It will indeed be (says our correspondent) a
very novel and astonishing occurrence, to see a ship which was
lost above six hundred years ago, raised from what was once
the bottom of the tea, and performing another voyage on its
proper element."—We fully agree with our correspondent as
to the novelty and singularity of the occurrence, but we cannot
concur with him, that the vessel is of that remote date which he
has fixed, much less with others, that it is one of the vessels
used by the Danes, in their attack on this country in 894. We
are more inclined to adhere to our former conjecture, that it is
of Dutch or Danish origin, and was wrecked in the great tem.:
pest of 1286, which diverted the Rother from its ancient to its
present channel; in fact, some of the articles found in it were
not of general use prior to that period.—(Kentish Gazette
August 27.) ,

CORN-EXCHANGE, AUG. 28.—There was but

little New Wheat at market this morning, owing to the demand
of last market day for the above article, and samples of fine
quality obtained this morning last Monday's prices; very little
is doing in Old Wheat ; Barley is Is. per quarter dearer. In
all other articles there is no alteration.

NEW MARRIAGE ACT.-The following notice
has been given by the Clergy of Lambeth :
Third of GEORGE the Fourth, cap. 75.
" The Clergy of St. Mary's, Lambeth, give notice, el at in
obedience to certain provisions of the above Act, which will be
in force the first of September, they must, on or befor! that
day, abstain from solemnizing marriage by virtue of any banns
published, as under the old Marriage Act • and the banns al_
ready published will only have effect untifSaturday next, el e
31st of August."
Lambeth church, August 23, 1822.

An unfortunate disagreement, we understand.
has for some time existed among the Hawick stocking:weavers an :1
their employers—a circumstance that menaces, in no slight
degree, the prosperity of that populous and spirited town.
In Illewick, it is said, more than one-half of the popula-
tion (betwixt 4,000 and 5,000, souls) are employed in the
different branches of the stocking manufacture. Some time
in May last, the manufacturers attempted to reduce the wages
of the stocking weavers, a proceeding which the latter openly
resisted by unanimously " striking work." The spinners arq
still going on, but the weavers, a prey to ennui, are seen stroll.
ing about in every direction, and are supported by means not
very palpable to the uniaitiated. In the meantime the manufac-
turers get the yarn, which is spun in Hawick, worked into
stockings in the town of Leicester ; and, if report speak true,
effect even by this round-about method a considerable saving
compared with the wages demanded by their own operators—
( Edinburgh Courant.)

A sparrow, pressed by a hawk, flew into the
window of a dwelling-house at Bear-gate, in Exeter, last week;
and so eager was the pursuer to obtain possession of quarry,
on the wing of which he had already fastened his talons, that
the window was closed upon them, and both were captured.—
The hawk is of a very large species, and beautiful plumage.
At Copenhagen is the youngest female writer
probably now living. Her name is VIRGILIA
CHRISTIANA LUND, and she is not above eleveii
years of age. Last year she published a family
picture, " Clotilda ; or, Two for One ;" and lately
she has published a small dramatic piece, called
" Infidelity Detected."

FLYING CLOW N.—Yesterday evening KIRBY
took his benefit at the Surrey Theatre; and, by
way of draw, announced his intention, by large
placards posted round the metropolis, of tak-
ing. a flying leap from the top of the building
to the Obelisk. About five o'clock every
avenue was blockaded by an immense concourse
of spectators ; and notwithstanding a violent
storm of rain descended' in torrents upon the
assembled multitude, no one seemed inclined
to forego the expected gratification. Early in
the morning a flag was hoisted on the top
of the Theatre, with an inscription—Kirby's
Starting Post ; and another over the Box en-
trance, with Kirby's Flight this Evening.—
Exactly at half-past five Kirby made his appear-
ance, and was received with acclamations. He
was dressed in his theatrical costume. Every
preparation being made, and the rope fastened to
the railings which surround the Obelisk, he at-
tached himself to the rope by rings at his wrist
and ancle, and gracefully descended, " like the
feathered Mercury," amid the enthusiastic cheers
of the populace.

THE LONDON JOURN 4.LS.

EXTRACT'S FROM THE DULY AIORNING PAPERS,
August 28, 1822.

[MORNING POST.]
gLORIOIT3 TRIUMPH OF THE GREEKS.-We
received last night, by express, French Papers
to- the 9.6 th iest, They contain highly gratifying
and triumphant intelligence from Greece. The
great -blow seems to have been struck ; and i-f the
.accounts- be not grossly exaggerated, the fate of
the war may be considered as
.decided. Since
the month of June both parties had been collect-
.ing their forces for some mighty enterprise, which
would- bring the contest to a termination. The
Greeks, on quitting the Morea, and driving the
detached corps of the enemy. before them to the
very extremity of Thessaly, had been joined pro-
gressively, by ail the patriotic divisions, which
had long maintained a partisan warfare in
.the
p.revinces of Greece Proper„ and leld not only
produced effective diversions, hot Ind acquired a
degree of d'scipline and experie”ce which rendered
them equalto more than double their numerical
strength. The latter, however, was by no means
inconsiderable, and after their union with the
Morean army, the whole presented an imposing
mass of force, which gave a new character to the
war. The Turks, on their side, had not been
idle. Though worsted in almost every encounter,
they still retained a great superiority of numbers,
and when' they found that, instead of being able
to invade the :Korea, they had to repel an inva-
sion from that quarter, they rnada the most vigour-
ous efforts to do it With effect, and to annihilate
at one blow the collected strength and the whole
-hopes of Greece. Chourschid Pacha armed as
many of the inhabitants of Macedonia as he could
;trust, and having with much difficulty effected his
junction with the Paellas of Negroponte, Larissa,
and Joaonina,found himself at the head,according
to some accounts, of 70,000 men,and according to
others of 90,000, but badly disciplined and daunt-
ed in spirit by the successes which the Greeks
had obtained by sea and land. With this force,
teowever, he awaited the might of Greece, and on
the 7th -of July succeeded in repelling all its
attacks in a sanguinary action, in which the most
active and enterprising of the Greek Chieftains,
the brave Odysseus, was killed, and the Greeks
suffered considerably. This temporary success,
however, -was the cause of his ruin; .for thinking
his triumph complete, he blindly .pressed forward
to annihilate his wary opponents, who had made
an orderly retreat to the other side of the Ther-
nropilx, leaving a strong portion of their force in
ambush cn the mountains.. These Chourschid
Paella took no time to explore, but on the Bth
engaged his whole army in the defiles of Zit-
tory (the ancient Thermopil) on the one side,
and in those of Neopatris on the other. No
sooner had he penetrated too deeply to be able
to extricate himself, than the Greeks attacked
him in front on the ground which had drunk the
blood of Leonidas ; the ambushed legions fell
upon his flanks and on his rear,. and the result
1,785; that three Pachas and 11,000 Turks were
taken, and between 30 and 40,000 killed and
wounded, Chourschid escaping with only 4,000
men back, to Larissa.