The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-26 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, OCT. 25.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed this morning the
Grenada, Dick, for Chili ; Ocean, Shuthers, for the Gape of
Good Hope ; Harris, South Seas ; and John Catto, Dunning,
for Arabe.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind S.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Iphigenia to the Eastward.
PLYMOUTH, Ocr. 24.—Wind S. by E.—Arrived the
Sylareor, bound to Lisbon, with loss of sails, &c.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 24.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Success,
Hicks, and Four Friends, from London.
NORTH SHIELDS, OCT. 24.—Wind S.E.—This morning
a sloop, on coming over Tynemouth Bar, was struck by a
heavy sea and instantly upset, and all on board perished : by
part of a boat's stern that has come on shore, it appears her
name is the Endeavour, of Scarborough.—The sailors have
struck this morning to assist the keelmen ; to stop ships above
10 keels, loading at the spouts, is what they demand.

Bishop SHERLOCK also told Mr. CHRISTOPHER
PITT, that upon a bundle of libels found among
the Archbishop's papers after his death, he had
put no other inscription than this : " These are
libels; I pray God forgive the authors, as I
do." These are two short, but striking proofs
of the charity and benevolence of a great and
good man. •
AMERICAN JEU d'ESPRIT I.—A Gentleman of
the name of WELLESLEY POLE, (according to the English
Papers), has unfortunately been so simple as to lose at
sport the trifling estate of sixty thousand pounds per an-
num,—and, what is still more distressing, has been obi ged
to retire to Paris to struggle for a livelihood on his wite's
miserable jointure of 7,000/. or 31,000 dollars per annum
—not above 6,000 dollars more than our President receives !
—To add still farther to his distress and mortification,
some of his creditors have been ruthless aid unfeeling
enough to seize upon a few moveables, found at his country
residence, among which atticles they had the meanness to
expose to public sale, " A mahogany Boot Jack, which
only brought the paltry sum of 31. 13s. 6d.—besides stripping
his windows of their curtains, a pair of which sold for no more
than 941. 10s.! ! ! Hard as adamant must be that heart which
refuses to bleed at the bare recital of the above distresses ! -The
sufferings among the poor. in Ireland in contrast may be consi-
dered as a mere flea-bite !—( New York Paper.)
ARROGANCE PUNISIIED.—A few weeks since
one of those gentry who fancy taciturnity a proof of wisdom, and
abruptness an indication of consequence, presented himself at an
hotel in the west of England, about eight in the morning,
when coaches to every direction were leaving, and in-
quired " how long would it be before the coaches started ?"
He was civilly answered, " In a few moments :—pray,
Sir, where are you going ?"' The petulant traveller angrily ex-
claimed " What's that to you ?" To repeated inquiries of clerks
and porters' he abruptly returned the same answer ; and added,
" They are a set of d--(1 impertinent inquisitive rascals."—
He threw himself into a vehicle, and the horses started.—
After travelling some time, the coachman asked the guard
" Where's that ge'mman inside going, he's not in the way-bill ?"
guard opened the coach door, and civilly repeated the ques-
tion. The traveller, choaking with rage, exclaimed " You ras-
cal, what is it to you ? I have been asked the same impertinent
question an hundred times this morning : but if I mit.ri tell you I
am going to London." The guard coolly replied, " Then, Sir,
you are rather wide of your mark, for you are now on your
road to Exeter."
The Durham County Advertiser says—An in.
quest was held on 'Wednesday last, at East Rainton, in this
county, on view of the body of J. Whittle, wife of a pitman, be-
longing to the Nicholson Pit, near that place. It appeared
that she had died in consequence of having taken poison.
The verdict of the Jury was to the following effect :—That the
deceased, by reason of the bad behaviour of her' husband,
having become delirious, poisoned herself.—The inhuman
husband and his wife, both very young, had been mar-
ried about a quarter of a year, and separated a month.
The unhappy wife had requested her husband to take her into his
house again which he refused, and the savage persisted in his
refusal when he knew that she had taken poison, and was lying
at his door in the agonies of death. The wretch did not charge
his wife with having committed any crime.
Four prisoners effected their escape on Satur-
day evening last from the waggon which was conveying
them from Marlborough Sessions to the New prison. at
Devizes. It appears that ten or twelve of the prisoners
were fastened together by a long chain, secured at each end
by a padlock • one of these padlocks they contrived to break,
and when within about two miles of Devizes, it being rather
dark, four of them jumped out at the back part of the waggon,
unknown to their keepers. Two have been since apprehended ;
and a reward of five guineas each is offered for the apprehension
of the other two. ,Mr. Cox, the Governor of the New Prison,
has hitherto attended the waggon with the prisoners himself, but
on this occasion he was absent on county business.
A young woman, named Mary Fletcher, was
brought to Bow-street Office yesterday, in the custody of the
Beadle of St. Giles's, in male attire, and charged under the
following circumstances :—During the Mee the Board of the
Parish Officers were siiting yesterday morning, they were dis-
turbed by a noise in the passage, which proved to be the prisoner,
who was brought there by a young man, who had met her
in the street, and recognising her to be a female, having
lived servant with her in the same family, lie concluded she
was in men's clothes for some improper purpose. The
only account she gave for her change of dress was, that
she intended to go for a sailor. Her mother attended
the investigation, who stated, that she was a servant, and
had had the care of a Nobleman's house. The account
she gave of the conduct of her daughter was, that it was of the
most depraved and dissolute nature, and it was not in her power
to do any more for her. The parish-officers furnished her with
female clothes, and she having slept in a shed in Norton-falgate
the previous night. Mr. MINSIIULL considered it an act of
vagrancy, and committed her to the House of Correction.
Yesterday evening, between the hours of eight
and nine, as a butcher's cart, loaded with sheep's
skins, was passing through the narrow part of
Wych-street, a waggon passing at the same time
coming into contact with the cart overturned it
into the shop of Mr. WALKER, scalemaker.—
The windows and shop front were dashed to
atoms ; the horse received little injury. 'f lie
waggon and cart were suffered to proceed, on
their numbers being taken.