The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-05 00:00:00

111ERCANTILE,' SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, JULY 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the James Dunlop, Stephens, from St. Kitts; Caine
down and remain the Coldstream, for Calcdtta ; 'Aocturus,
Miles, for Malta,-and Phoenix, Weynton Bombay.
FALMOUTif, JULY 3. —Wind SAV.--2ArriVed the Active,
Quarn, from London. Off the port the Mars; Somersall, from
Demerara for London.
Conx, JULY I.—Wind S.W.--Sailed his Majesty's
schooner. Pike.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4.—Wind S.S.E.—Passed by the
Mars, Somersall, from Demerara for London.
The ship Jane, Captain Thomas, of 275 tons, is arrived at
the Btoomielaw, direetfrom New York, being the first vessel
of her class that ever came so far up the river.--( Glasgow
Courier, July 2.) •
BURNING or TILE SKIP FAIIILEY.—it is with ileep con-
cern we have this day to announce the. total destruction by tire
of the ship Fairley, Capt. DawsOn, loading in this river for
Bristol. It_ appears that On. the afternoon of Wednesday last,
between four and five o'clock, the carpenter descended into
the gun-rooni in order to draw off some brandy for the ship's
'use, Ho, was a steady trustworthy.. person,. and had been ac-
customed to draw off spirits occasionally in the absence of
the mate. ' He had been but a little time'below, when all was
in a blaze around. him ; his clothes immediately.caught fire,
and the unfortunate man enveloped in flames forced his way
through the cabin window, and in an agony of despair plunged
into the stream, where he disappeared for ever ! From informa-
tion subsequently, obtained, it appears that the carpenter had
lost the key, of the cask which contained the liquor, unknown
to the master or mate; and it is conjectured that having pulled
the cock out altogether, the candle had come in contact with
the spirits, occasioning thereby a calamity which has led to
the loss of much valuable property. The instant the fire was
discOvered the most " strenuous endeavours were made to extin-
guish it, but it soon.became obviqus that the fire Was irresistibly
increasing. Abontfi o'clock the conflagration became general,
and the decks were in a bursting State. Every hope of saving
the vessel was irrevocably lost, and it being at the imminent
risk of their lives'to remain longer on board, she was abandon-
ed. The work of destruction proceeded -with unabated fury,
and at two in the morning the vessel was consumed to the
water's edge. 'The loss to Captain Dawson personally by this
aistressing• calamity is, we understand,' very great, as he had
never thought of providing against any pecuniary loss, by in-
surance. The Fairley had taken in about 300 hogsheads of
sugar and 46 bales of cotton, scarcely any, of which will be
saved. A few of the latter were thrown overboard, and have
been picked up.—(Gniana Chronicle of May 3.)

The Hastings fishermen closed their mackare
catching last week. A more unprofitable seasoi
they never remember. The- mackarel this year
have kept lower down the Channel. So plenty
have they been on the coast of Cornwall, that at
Looe, within the last three weeks they were fre-
quently sold at the rate of six for a penny.
HORRIBLE occuitittisicE.—On the night of
Wednesday last, some wicked incendiary set fire
to the house of Mr. C. P. Cahill, of Cranaghmore,
in the parish of Drum, within two miles of this
town, in the county of Roscommon. The flames
communicated to two adjoining houses, belong-
ing to wretchedly poor people ; and entirely
consumed the same, and burnt to death a
young lady, Harriet Flood,- an inmate of Mr.
Cahill's. Next morning her body was dug
out of the ruins ; it presented a most frightful
appearance, being almost entirely burned to a
cinder. Every possible exertion is making to
discover the perpetrators of this horrible doing,
hut as yet without effect. A meeting of the Ma-
gistrates, we hear, is in contemplation, for the
purpose of 'recommending to his Excellency the
Lord Lieutenant the necessity of placing the
parish under the Insurrection Act. On Thursday
evening an Inquest was held, in•the abSence of a
Coroner, by Coote Mulloy, Esq., and the Rev.
George' St. George, magistrates of the county,
and a most respectable Jury, Sir R. B. St. George,
Bart., foreman. Their verdict was—"'Thatnarriet
Flood came by her death in consequence of the
burning of Mr. Cahill's house by some malicious
person or persons unipown."—(Athlone Herald,
June +S.)