The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-23 00:00:00

MERCANTI LE SHIPPING.

DEA L, DEC. 22.—Wind N.W.—Came down from the
River and sailed the Fortitude, Gibson, for Malta ; Wood-
stock, Paton, and Caledonia, Chrystie, for Jamaica; Ebsza-
both Gunton, for Naples; also and remain the Ruckers, Soper,
for Grenada. Arrived and sailed for the River the Venus,
Scott, front Oporto ; Sir William Densley, Young, Quebec
Aurora, Young, Almira ; Africa, Skelton, Sicily ; and A ctive,
Banks, from Falmeuth ; also and remain the Orb, Young,
from Gibraltar; Jane, Avery, Alalaga ; and Crocodile, Betts,
front Carthagena.
PORTSMOUTH., Dcc. 22.—Wind N.—Arrived the Pularn-
ham, from London, and remains with the outward-hour.d
as before.
PLY MO trr u, 21,-;-.Wind N. W.—Atrived the Escape,
Chandler, in 14 clays front Pam.
FAL HOUTTI'
A DIEC. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Act,
Pittery, from Lisbon for Liverpool; and. the George, NVise-
man, from London fur Terciera. Sailed the Duke of Rent
packet, for Lisbon. Put back the Neptune, Dawney, Terciera.
Ltvrt!moor., DEc. 21.—Arrived the Canadian, Wiley,
front Pernambuco ; Brilliant Star, Bryce, from Maranhant ;
Mims, Fowler, Trieste ; Lancashire, --,—, Lisbon ; Hawke,
Stanley ; Venus, Gawtioorp ; and Eliza, from New-
foundland ; Gilbert,Henderson, ;11in:wield; arui Ntury,_,
from Rielte!,ucto.
The East India Company'sohomeward-bhuncl ably Thames
arrived at the Cape on the 27th of October, and Wate,:expected to
sail for England about the tith or 6th of November. The ship
Bombay arrived in China on the Ist of Auguit,

BALTIC SHIPPING INTELLIGENtE.
The following are extracts of letters received
yesterday by a Dutch Mail

_
ST. PETERSBU no 11. NOV, '29—Annexed I have the honour
to forward you copies of he two last reports front Cronstadt.—
The weather for tile last forty hours has been severe, and .the
crest from 10 to 15 degrees; but dila morning there hits been a
sudden change, and it now thaws. I hear that the Fereihy,
Capt. John Stewart, is loaded, and has not given up all hopes of
being able to put to set:.
Nov. 30.-1 understand the Lbor, Berriman, and Provi,
hence, Forst, are loaded and cleared tOr sea. The weather is
quite mild, but the wind just now against them, being S.W.
CRONSTADT, Nov. 25.—The wince. having shifted to West
during the night, and blown with the greatest violence, luta
raised the water to an uncommon height, and Inonht
quantity of ice, which extends to the distauce of two or three
verso; from the Mole-head. Three sail of ships are in sight,
the two• headmost apparently foreigner, who cannot force A
paswe through the ice.
Nov. 28.—Assistance was sent to Captain Oerdes, of the
Sparsamkeit, who is fast in the ice two verses below die Able,
but it was nut possible to reach her.
lit,stsoat.:' 13.—The ships from the Baltic which
were detained here at the date of last advice of the 9th inst.,
proceeded towards the (..attegat On the morning of the 14th,
with the wind at S. by E.: some of them have been, however,
obliged to put back again in the course of yesterday, and are
at anchor in our Roads. The arrivals from the North Sea
have sailed as fast as cleared.

The John and :Mary, of Hull, from St. Petersburg!), with
tallow, skins, and iron, was totally lost on A Atilt on the 4th
inst. The vessel having immediately been broken to pieces by
the sea, it is unknown whether any part of the cargoltas been
iteced up or not. The crew and passengers arrived at Hahn.
moult on thu iith instant in the long.hoat. - The Brothers, Wil4
liamson, of Dundee, and the Hyperion, Stewart, for London,
both from Rigs, were lost near Vstadt on the lith inst. Th.
Antoinette, of Copenhagen, from llavannoh, which lirrived
here on the 9th instant, has been sent back to. Kauwe to per.
form quarantine by discharging her cargo.

EXECUTION OF BELL AND WEBSTER AT
MAIDSTONE.

Yesterday, at noon, Thomas Webster, aged
$7, as an accessory to the murder of Mr. Smith, at Lewisham,
and Joseph Bell, aged 19, for the murder of his father, at
Deal, underwent the awful sentence of the law on .Penenden.
heath, which is situate about a mile out of Maidstone.
After the trial on Friday last, Mr. Justice Park sent for the
surgeon of the jail, and the clergyman, with whom he held
a close consultation, the result of which was the confirming' of
the order tbr Bell's execution. On the morning following that
of trial, at an interview between the prisoner and the Rev.
Mr. J. Winter, the following conversation, in substance, took
place; and which, by special favour of that gentlemanl.we are
eeabltd to lay before our readers. it will be read with interest
sa tending to confirm a belief of Bell's duplicity 1...
,
When reminded of his situation, anti urged to a penitent
confession, he at first solemnly denied having shot his father ;
ind said it was done by Charlet. Walker, the yonng man whom
he accused in a former confession. On being asked why, if that
were the truth, did he confess himself guilty ; he replied, that
Langley, the constable, put him in his own gaol at Dover,
and there made him drunk, and thus forced the confession from
hint 1" The clergyman then in9uired of him, why he did nut
mention this at the trial ; to which he answered, " I had not
courage so to do." For minutes he persisted in this story,
till at last the entreaties and representations of the chaplalu
taking effect, he admitted his. guilt; and added, that he had
premeditated the deed upwards of three months, at first intend.
ig to effect it with poison, his father always keeping arsenic in
Cie house, anti to which he had free access. This mode was at
last abandoned for that which succeeded too well.
having thus relieved his mind, be sipontaneotutly commenced
the Lord's Prayer, which, together with the Belief, to the asto.
nishment of the Bev. 11lr. S 1 inter, he repeated without once
erring, and which correctness, in answer to a question put to
him, he attributed to having heard Webster repeat them the
over-night. This account is known to be false, as the two pri-
ors .rs were confined in sepurate cells.-4 Times.)

COUTIT OF SESSION.—FiItST DIVISION.—SCOTLAND.--
MAU et v. 111AuLE,—In this case, the Hon. Air. Mettle, de-
fender, has entered an appeal to the House of Lords agaieet
etc judgment (Idle Court, finding hint liable to pay his smart
alimeet of 000 b per annum. Th e Court, however, has granted
tx,xution of their sentence pending this appeal upon Lieut.
Slaule, the respondent, finding caution to repay the anunities
to be received by him I , n case the deciaion of the Court should
be reversed by the House ef Lords.
Dttitarmir. ACCIDENT ANA SURPRISING P.RE-
sEuvATlON,Tuesday foremen a serious accident Defused
at the weaving factory at Dalmarnock, near, alexgow_
A young woman, while in the act of combing her hair,
had the end of it caught by a shall turning furiously mud;
the whole bead was instentaneously .uncovered, • and the
skin and hairy scalp turned round with the machinery ;
the skin covering the brow, !,yelitis, and cheek buries, wait
also torn off ; the pour girl screamed, fuel 111 r. Jahn
Itl'Arthur, tenter master, who was in the flat below, with the
greateet presence of mind, instead of running to see what was
the cause of the outcry, instantly stopped the engine.' The
poor girl, however, was never off her feet. Alr. Smith,
surgeon in Bridgeton, was instantly aent for: in the meantime
M,Arthur put the scalp end covering of the upper part of
the face into It drawer. On the arrival of the surgeon, about
twenty mimics after the accident, Mr. Smith replaced the
scalp and the other torn portions, and dressed the head. 'Lite
greatest attention was paid to the unfortunate sufferer, and she
was subsequently sent to the Wyatt Infirmary. 4 %Aries, Clay night she WAS calm, end perhaps much better than might
have been expected ; the head has not been Ul4lll/1/4 ii yet ; but
the edges of the wound on the face, ettut, eye, and neck, Mere
bccorne swollen slightly, and Inflamed e indicating, it is pre-
*tunable, its adhering or growing together. There is a probe-
bility that the whole scalp will Italian. Between eight and nitie
years ago, a similar accident oceurreti to a pastors of the moue
of I)evon. She, however, had the scalp buried, and remained
in the Hospital upwards of twelve months. sieve that time site
has been marled) and lives at present in Bridgeton, OLsgow.