The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-10 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

Po ItTsmorTri, SEPT. 9.—Wind W.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Helicon, on a cruize.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 8 —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Ro-
bin, Sutherland, from Prince Edward's Island. Off the port
the Arno, Crow, from Leghorn.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 8. —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived of the
port the Faith, Deloit, from London for Barbadoes.
MILFORD, SEPT. 7.—Arrived the Elenor, from Kingston.
DEAL, SEPT. 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed for
the River the Emerald, Murray, from Belfast ; Percy, Bruce,
Jamaica ; Polly, Wheatley, Quebec ; Fortitude, Martin ; Sir
Edward Hamilton, Bell; and Lady Juliana, all from Jamaica.
Came down from the River the Princess Charlotte, Blyth, for
Van Dieman's Land ; Foxhound, Mattison, South Seas ;
James, Smith, Africa; Hope, Perry, Liverpool; Brixton,
Lusk, Van Dieman's Land ; Woodstock, Whinne, Jamaica;
Simeon, Roberts, Malta; Venus, Champlin, Philadelphia;
Rebecca, Scott, ork and Fanny, Donovan, Cadiz. Also &-
rived and remain with the above the Favourite, Sims, front
Memel to Cork ; and Dispatch, Forster, ditto to Bristol.

The Happy Return, Munro, from Flint to Nantz, was driven
on shore near Beaumaris on Sunday morning, and it was feared
would go to pieces ; cargo expected to be saved.
The Annabella, 111'13°1-laid, from Liverpool to Tobermory,
sunk off the Isle of Man the 30th ult.

PLYMOUTH DOCK, SEPT. 7.
[From the Plymouth Telegraph.]
The Navy Board have been officially employed in the Dock-
yard every day during the present week. esterday the ar-
rangements respecting the discharge of clerks from the different
offices, and the classification of the remainder, were carried into
effect. The clerks dismissed are—Messrs. Pleadwell, John
Grills, and Joseph Burdwood, from the Check Office ; Thomas
Gill and William Grills, Storekeeper's Office; Leddra, Tim-
ber-master's Office ; Wharton, Master-attendant's Office ;
Tucker and Bulky, Master-measurer's Office.
' The clerks retained in the various offices (43) are separated
into three classes.

The number of the first class consists of five. The tninimvm
of the salary of this class is 3001. which is to be increased
101. annually, till it shall amount to 4501., which is to be the
mazi m um.

The second class consists of twelve clerks, the minimum of
whose salary will be 1501., and the maximum 3001. to be in.
creased upon the same principle as observed in the first class.
The third class is composed of the remainder of the clerks,
viz. 25. the minimum of the salary of which is 801., and the
maximum 1501.

None of the salaries enjoyed at present by any individual re-
tained will be reduced, except by the operation of the Superan..
nuation Act. R. Ellery, Esq. is appointed Secretary to the
Commissioner.

Seventy men are ordered to be discharged from the books of
the Dock-yard on Friday next, viz. 25 shipwrights, 2 calkers, 3
riggers, 2 riggers' labourers, 6 carpenters, 4 sawyers, 6 smiths,
2 scavelmen, and 20 labourers.

MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
[FROM A DUBLIN PAPER.]

A singular marriage is likely to be regularly
announced in a few days. Unprejudiced towards the parties, we
shall give a detail of the atlitir with as much brevity as possible:—
. A short time since a summons was obtained at the Head Of:
lice of Police against two individuals,_ who answer to the
names of C. and M. P , to appear before the Magistrates
there, to hear the accusation of W. N—, for aiding and
abetting in procuring the intermarriage of M. P—, aged
about fifty-eight, with a Miss M‘G—, about thirteen years
old, contrary to the form of the statute provided in such case,
&c. The individuals who had procured this summons were
aceorninnied by the young Lady, her mother, and by their agent,
Mr. T. DOWN LNG, and their legal adviser,Counsellor Hun/orb.
It was stated to the Magistrates that on Sunday, the 11th of
August, Miss 211`G--, who had been induced to leave the
boarding-school by what. she considered to be the mandate of
her mother, but which that mother now declares to be a false
document, was brought to town and met by Mr. C—, who
it seems had been left one of the executors to the will of the
young Lady's father, and by Mr. P 4 the bridegroom. The
juvenile bride, it seems, next signed a document, termed an
assignment of property to Mr. C—, and, as now stated,
imagining that her mother had approved of the union, she ac-
companied her admirer, Mr. P--, his friend Mr. C.
and a clergyman, to Bridge-street, and thence to a mansion in
the vicinity of Lucan, where, in the presence of a select few,
the clergyman pronounced the nuptial benediction. The young
bride on her return to town having, as it is stated, been inform-
ed that her mother disapproved of the union, immediately
burst into tears, declared what had occurred, and enumerated
a variety of circumstances connected with this singular case ; •
she was immediateiy separated from her admirer, and all the
parties who protested against the marriage, sought redreis
from the Magistrates. They, however, were not certain that
it came within their jurisdiction, and declined to proceed for-
ward
in the matter until the opinion of the Judges of the Court
of King's Bench was first obtained. Meantime affidavits were
filed by the parties who defended the foregoing appeal, and
Mr. M.P. and Mr. C. obtained a writ of Habeas Corpus, and
by virtue of such document the young wife was brought before
Judge BURTON, &c. a few days back, and there regularly
claimed by Mr. P. as his bride
The whole case was heard by the Judges with great pa-
tience and attention.
Mr. DnlscoLL attended on behalf of Messrs. M. P. and C. ''
Mr. Ilu BAN D on the other side.

The Habeas hqvinrr, been- dismissed, the little girl was
handed over to her mother's care, and Mr. HUBATI'D informed
Mr. DOWNING that he was at liberty to proceed against Mr.
M. P. and Mr. C. :hwith • accordingly a summons was cb.
tamed at the Head Office, before the Magistrates of which this
most singular case will be again discussed.-

ARREST FOR HIGH TREASON IN IRELAND.—The twenty
prisoners confined for same time past in Kilmainham gaol, and
who obtained an order for their discharge on the last day of the
Commission, were brought up yesterday (6th inst.) to the Head
Police-office, and on giving bail before the Magistrates were
discharged.— (Dania Frecnzan's Journal.)
On Friday last, ;tiosforth was visited by one of the most
dreadful and tremendous thunder storms ever remembered
by the oldest inhabitant; it came on about eight o'clock in
the evening, and continued for about an hour ; the black
clouds appeared to hang upon the house-tops, and the peals
of thunder followed the lightning almost instantaneously ;
the rain poured down in torrents, and in a short space of time
all the roads were completely inundated. The electric fltdd
struck a chimney-top, at Catch Ground, in the parish of
Irton, and severed it, descended down the chimney and
knocked two of , the family down, proceeded up stairs, tore
of the plaister on the staircase, entered a room up stairs.
A few days ago as Mrs. Carrington, wife of the
Reverend Mr. Carrington, was preparing some fancy work
at the residence of her father W. Adair, Esq. of Heatherton
Park, near Wellington, some varnish, which was heating,
caught fire, and the blaze communicating to Mrs. Carring-
ton's dress, she was instantly in flames. Mr. A. Adair, her
brother, ran to her assistance, and covered his sister's face
with one of his hands, while with the other he endeavoured to
extinguish the fire, which, we lament to state, was not sup-
pressed until Mrs. Cyrrington was dreadfully burnt ; and not-
withstanding the prompt attendance of eminent surgical assist-
ance, the unfortunate lady expired on Tuesday last.
FATAL AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The following is
a deplorable instance of the shocking consequences attending the
use of spring galls : it took place a few days ago :—As Mrs.
Whitly, of the King's County, was walking in her garden, she
stood on a spring gun, by which both her legs were shot off. It
was half an hour afters ards she was found dead by the ser-
vants, who were alarmed at her long absence.—.4.Datin Fret;
man's Jo-urnal.)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

AINtaCTS FROM THE r) %MT WINING" PAI'EItS,

September 10, 1822.

LEIRITISTI ettEsm.]
The modification of the Ministry, consequent
upon the death of the- Marquis of Londonderry,
is uot yet finally settled. The general opinion
yesterday was, that Mr. Canning will be per-
mitted to go his way to India ; that the Marquis
of Hastings, on his return, will be appointed to
the Vice-ROyalty of Ireland ; and that Marquis
Wellesley will succeed to the office of Secretary
sf State for Foreign Affairs. This arrangement
will require six or seven months for completion ;
tot ;Parliament is not expected to meet until
February next, and in the mean time the Duke
of Wellington will manage our continental in-
terests at Vienna and Verona ; and should Par-
lament meet before the return of the Marquis of
Hastings, Mr. Peel, it is presumed, will be able
to bear the brunt of the battle in the House of
Commons for a time sufficient to prove his
strength, or if it should not be found adequate,
to -call in assistance.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Such is John Bull's avidity for foreign secu-
rities, that the expected Portuguese loan already
bears a premium on the Royal Exchange of three
to four per cent. It is said, however, that it is
very uncertain whether the Portuguese Govern-
met will favour John Bull with a loan on any
profit-getting terms. Portugal not being much
in debt, the financiers of that country have the
conscience to ask 1001. money for every 1001.
bond to be created, and the interest they pro-
pose is only 5 per cent. per annum. These terms
are so very different from what John was accus-
tomed to during the last reign, that he does not
like to buckle to. He would much rather give
only 501. in cash for every 1001. bond to be
granted. The Portuguese Government, unfor-
tunately, only want about a million : but there
are already names put down in the various Fo-
reign Stock Brokers' books to the amount of two
millions. Time only will discover whether the
Lisbon financiers will relax in their exorbitant
expectations, and gratify John's wishes, by per-
mitting' him to add another name to his Stock
List of Foreign Securities.

[NEW TIMES.]
The present vigour and efficiency of Opposi-
tion would be very little if it were not for their
connection with a large party out of doors.—
The shades of modern Whiggism and Radicalism
run so imperceptibly into each other, that, for
all purposes of hostility against our national
institutions, they may be considered as forming
one-body. Nor is this all. There are unfor-
tunately in the House of Commons, as there are
in most public assemblies, many individuals
highly respectable in character, and perfectly
pure in intentions, but who know little of human
nature, and less of the practical principles of Go-
vernment. These Gentlemen are naturally swayed
in the first instance by popular clamour; they are
eager to meet it half way, and to buy off the
whole of its demands, without examination, by
the concession of a large part. On such men the
invectives and clamours of the Reformers pro-
duce considerable effect ; and the fear of incur-
ring imputations of bigotry and servility more
than half disposes them to be led away by the
doctrines of a spurious liberalism. Yet their real
integrity and good sense makes them listen at-
tentively to a great orator maintaining the arse
of the Constitution, provided he does so with
poWerful and convincing argument. Dry, cold,
Lifeless matter of fact speeches will not satisfy
such hearers : their understandings must be en-
lightened, their judgment won over, and even
their passions captivated.