The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-19 00:00:00

AIERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, FEB. 18.—Wind S.iV.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Ardent, Boyd, from Belfast ; Castlereagh, Vidal, in
75 days from Jamaica ; Lively, Mitchell, from New Provi-
dence ; and Johanna, from Seville. Also arrived the Marshal
Wellington, from Shields for New York ; and Resolution,
Smith, from ditto for Gibraltar. Came down from the River
and remain the Tobago, %Vest/not-eland, for Demerara ; and
Cecrops, Langdon, for Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH, Fan.lB.--1% ind S.W.—Arrived the Esther,
Johnson, from St. Michael's; and his Majesty's ship PhHton,
from Plymouth. Sailed the Briton, Champion, for London ;
and Assiduous, Wood, for Bristol.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 17.—Wind S.—Arrived cif the port the
Mary, Drew, from Gibraltar for Havre. Sailed the Greyhound
cutter, on a cruize.
WATERFORD, FEB. 16.—The Manlius, Rose, from Ja-
maica, has put in here with loss of sails and spars, cargo shifted
and damaged, and makes water. She has been nearly eleven
weeks at sea, and the crew are much exhausted.
COWES, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Voltaire, Smith, from
Batavia.

Dov FEB. 18.—The Echo, Pomery, from 'Rotterdam
for Newry, ran on shore near the harbour during a thick fog at
two o'clock this morning, but was got off without damage : ahe
had cut from her stream, and slipped a chain cable, but they
have been recovered and landed here.
HAnwinx, FED. 18.—Arrived the Prince of Orange packet,
with 'a mail from Holland. Sailed the Leicester packet, with a
trail for Holland.

Jati. NI. Brydone, late Surgeon of the Active, is a-
pointed Assistant-Surgeon of' Portsmouth Dock-yard, is the
room of D. Cowan, Esq. appointed Surgeon.

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MELA NCH OLY SUICIDE.
INQUEST ON JAMES GORDON, ESQ.—The Inquest on
the unfortunate Gentleman, (whose melancholy death we yes-
terday announced, and whose name is (Coßporr,) took place
yesterday morning at his residence, 29, Hill-street, Berkeley-
square.' The first witness examined was the deceased's head
butler, from whose testimony it appeared, that about eight
o'clock on Sunday morning lie was alarmed by a noise in th,
water-closet, and on proceeding thither, he was shocked to
find his master weltering in his blood ; a pistol laid near him
on the ground, and both sides of his head were dreadfully
shattered with the ball. Witness immediately sent for medi-
cal assistance. The Coroner summed up, and the jut) n-
turned a verdict of " Insanity."

A Correspondent informs us, that on Thursday night the 7th
inst. between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock, while passing the
south eastern extremity of the Cheviat, he was most agreeably
surprised to see a lunar rainbow. This singular phenomenon,
from the distinctness of its prismatic colours—its renting, as it
were, upon two opposite and beautifully green hills—together
with the perfectness of its arch, had a very imposing and mag-
nificent appearance.—(Durham Adverti4er.)
It is with pleasure we state, that the Lady of
A. R. DOTTIN, Esq. of Bugle Hall, has distributed
a number of blankets and bushels of coals to se-
veral poor families in 'Southampton.
W. M. PITT, Esq. and E. P. PORTMAN, Esq,
the Members for Dorsetshire, have ordered a re-
duction of 251. per cent. on their rentals.
A gentleman one day having been engaged is
the investigation of a rather intricate affair, and
not finishing it to his satisfaction, postponed it to
the following day, remarking to one of his friends,
" I really don't know what to make.of this me,
I wish you would revolve it in your mini -whets-
you get into bed." "'That would be making a
pillow-case of it at any rate," replied the other..
Those silly Radicals, Little .WADDINGTO::,
DOCIPT WATson, and GALE JONES, made Speeches
yesterday to " some quantity of barren spec-
tators," at the Paul's Head, Cateaton-street.—
Resolutions were agreed to, expressive of syria.
pathy with HUNT'S misfortunes, and of disappro-
bation of his imprisonment.
In the early part of last month the followina;
horrid murder was perpetrated at St. Peters:.
burgh :—Mr. ----, a wealthy German Printer,
was on the eve of returning home to the land of
his 'fathers, to enjoy that fortune which he had
acquired by honest industry, when he was found
murdered in his bed in the morning ; seteral
stabs with a knife having been inflicted on the
body. In his clenched hands were tufts of dif-
ferent coloured hair, which he had torn from the
assassins in his conflict with them. They were
disappointed, however, in the booty they had
expected to find : an insignificant sum was
all they carried off, the great bulk of his
fortune being in Notes and Bills, which had
been carefully concealed under a carpet.--
What renders this tale more shocking is, that.the
murderers were some of his own workmen
The eye of Providence, however, was upon them,
for though they quitted the town in a travelling .
carriage, and were driving furiously along the
road, the Police satin overtook them, and lodged
them safely in prisim till such time as they are '
made to expiate their foul crime upon the tafold,