The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

MERCANTI LESHI PPING.

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DEAL, DEC. 152--Wind E.—Came down from. tie River
iast_ night and sailed, the Pigot, Tomlin, for Bombay; Dora
they Forster, Reward, and Africa, for. Jamaica ; Rober.t, Jams
Haynes, Barbadoes ; Recovery, Potherby, New South Wales,
and Success transport, Martin, for Barbadoes ; and his Ala-
jestTy's ship Glouster, for Plymouth ;-14th, Briton, Cram,
Trieste.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11—Wind E.-Arrived the Maria,
Greenslade, from London - for Corunna. Sailed the Dash,
Wicklow, for Leghorn ; Boneo, Ross, Batavia. his Majesty's
ship Valourous went out of harbour for Spithead, and his Ma-
jesty's ship Leander came into harboUr from Spithead.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind IstE.:—Arrived the Eliza-
beth. and Jane from Seville, in 20 days, with sails split ; at d
the Princess Charlotte, from Lisbon, in 15 days • Berwick,
GeOffry, from Van Dieman's Land. '
Sailed the In( Inn, Mayir,
for Port-au-Prince.

FALMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Wind. E.N.E.—Sailed th! I 4r
Mary Pelham packet for the Brazils ; Hercules, Not, bibri It
and Harriet, Anderson, for the'South Seas.
DEC. E.S.E.—Sailed the Henry
Freeling packet, withh-wails for HoliAnd ; Lord Duncan, ditto,
for Cuxhaven, and Charlotte, ditto, for Gottenburgh.
GhAVESEND, DEC. ls.—:—Sailed the Earl St. Vincents,
Reeves, and Ann, Franklin, for New south Wales.

The Starling, Douglas, was lost near Constantinople during
a gale the Ist ult. ; crew saved. TwO Imperial vessels were
lost'tht same time. .

:The, East Intlia Company': ship Generil Hewitt,- outward..
i&opionuescr.proceedtil on her, vo—ysaqi froth the Cape on the 13th of
.

,DIATRESSWG , ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning
the ivifA of. a man of the name of Taylor, (a labourer living at
Crobthe;' and the 'fattier of eight children), was entreated by
one •efi. her boyS, a fine -child about: five years of age; -to be al..
lowed a fire :in an , upper • Apartment for himself and .brothers
and sisters,. or they Nt.toUld be starved with cold. The me-
ttier occupying the fire below; complied with his request,
and 'lighted one accsorditigly, in a room upon the first floor.
ail,• She; h 2uitted the room but ..a few minutes, and was
engage
ddressing an infant in arms, when the
Joy ire
(potion,' vTho Ind set Ms clothes on fire in lighting some straw
'to imitate his father Us he told the other children) smoking his
pipe, presented himself to her on the stairs, enveloped in flames.
The terrified woman rushed to his assistance, and, inlier alarm,
loosed her hold of the infant, which fell to the ground with much
violence, and was stunned. She, however, picked it up again in-
stantly, and clasping the burning boy to her, in the endeavour to
extinguish the fiaMes,•set herself and also the infant on tire.
'The poor woman, as she herself relates; row deeming the ee-
struction of herself,and. children inevitable, in a state of frenzy,
exclaimed,-" O Lotil, if it be thy
.pleasure, we three will born
arid swooned away ! Most providentially at this crisis
some-of-the neighbours entered the house, and found the three
help)eg beings in the situation above described, their clothes
suit bdriiing.— Haling
.put .out the flames, 'and recovered the
• mother, itirgiuni aid was promptly obtained, and the unfortunate
sufferers received ever attenfion which skill and the best feA_
inks could' siiggest.- Happily the mother' sirstained no injury
of a Serious nature ;• her. hands were much burnt, but her
life is ,spared to ,herAmily.• and ,the infant, although much
burnt; in the face, it is hoped, will do well. The only fatal
victim of this cidaiiitiih the inntecent originatOr of it; the mis-
he-Sustained„was , beyond,. the reach of human skill t 3
avert. After languishing through
.the night, the poor boy,
we undcistand, expired. this morilink.;--(TVorcester
HDec..)3.)