The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-30 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

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DEAL, JurrE 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Hope, Wilson, from Tobago; Caroline, Dunloaa,
Sierra Leone ; Margaret, Rook, Demerara ; City of Edin.
burgh, Wiseman, Calcutta; and Ruckers, Soper, Grenada.
Came down from the River and remain, the illiam Harris,
Beacroft, far Quebec ; Union Packet, Rae, Bordeaux ; Far.
traendit, Martin, Alicant.
JUNE 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Sarah, Thacker, from
Bombay ; Zepher, Ross, Jamaica; Roslyn Castle, Hepburn,
ditto ; and Percevel, Levintone, Grenada. Caine down front
the River and remain, the Mary, Boyde, for the Catep of Good
Hope, and Echo, Swordy, for the Bay of Fundy.
1 UT it, Jur; E 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ann,
Langridge, from Gibraltar. Sailed the Mitchell, Irving, for
London.

JUNE V.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Susan, Hamilton,
from the Downs for Bengal, and Zepher transport, from cork.
Fat.stotrrit, JUNE 28.—Wind W.—Arrived the Duke of
Kent packet (1), from Lisbon in 11 days; Lord Sidmouth
packet, ditto in 13 days; and Duke of Kent packet, ditto in
17 days. Arrived his Majesty's brig Trinculo, from Cadiz in
20 days, with messengers and dispatches; Hope, Wilson,
Tobago in 50 days.
PLYMOUTH, Ju wr2B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Har-
mony, Woodall, from London for Demerara ; Shannon, from
Rio Janeiro, leaky. Off the poit the Eliza, Croat Batavia fur
Antwerp.
The Constantia, Davie, from Bristol to Quebec, was wrecked
the 13th ult. on the island of Cape Breton—crew and passen-
gers saved, cargo expected to be saved.

THOMAS HOWARD GRIFFITHS, Esq. The
remains of the above unfortunnte Gentleman
were removed on Friday morning last, from his
late lodgings, No. 4, Maddox-street, Hanover-
square, to the residence of Mr. Wilson, under-
taker, of W el beck-street, Cavendish-square, from
which place the body was to be carried for in-
terment in the burial ground of St. George's
Parish. The body was deposited in a Land-
somely finished coffin, with the following inscrip-
tion :—" Thomas Howard Griffiths, Esq. diedJuue
'23,18'23, aged 57 years." By nine o'clock, the
appointed hour for the funeral to take place, se-
veral of the deceased's friends assembled at Mr.,
Wilson's house, attired in deep mourning, and'
among the party we noticed, as chief mourners,
Captain Griffiths, and another son of the unfor-
tunate deceased, two fine looking young Gen-
tlemen. The funeral was conducted as privately
as possible, and at the above hour, a hearse,
with two mourning coaches, arrived at the door,
on which the coffin, &c. were brought from tLe
house, and deposited in the hearse, which was
drawn by six black horses with plumes of fea-
thers on their heads. Tire hearse was preceded
by a man supporting a large plume of feathers,
and followed by tire two mourning coache., the
first containing the sous of the deceased. On
the arrival of the procession at the burial-ground
of St. George's parish, near Hyde Park-corm r,
the coffin was taken into the church-yard, fol-
lowed by the mourners in procession, and in-
terred with the usual ceremonials. After which
they returned in the same form to Mr. Wilson's
house.

PENMANSHIP EXTRAORDINARY.--A Gentle-
man of Brompton has transcribed the Lord's
Prayer, every letter perfect, and every w old
distinct, within the circumference of a common-
sized pea. This rare and unique piece of micro.
graphy we do not hesitate to pronounce a master.
piece among the productions of the pen.—
' Kentish Chronicle.

Counsellor Ltmu, an old man, at the time the
present Lord Erskine was in the height of his re-
putation, was a person of timid manners and ner-
vous disposition, and usually prefaced his plead.
ings with an apology to that effect, and on one
Occasion, when opposed in some cause to Erskine,
he happened to remark, that " ho felt himself
growing more and more timid as he grew older."
" No wonder," replied the witty, but relentless
barrister; " every one knows, the older a lamb
grows the more sheepish he becomes."
At the revival of letters, such, was the high es.
timation is which the works of the ancients
were held, that a manuscript of the. History qi
Litw, sent by Como de Medici to Alfonso, King
of Naples, with whom he was at variance, eon.
ciliated the breach between them , and although
the King's physicians insinuated that the book
was probably poisoned, Alfonso disregard►d
their suspicions, and began, with great avidity,
the perusal of the work.

In the year 1030, the price of an ox was two
shillings and sixpence, equivalent to 7s. 6d. of our
money. The difference in prices in the princi-
pal necessaries of life, between those days and
the present, is iifty-seven to one. The tenures
by which lands were holden in those feudal
times, furnish a very curious specimen of what
were the various luxuries which they afforded.
The sovereign, we may take it for granted, ,se-
lected the most choice. The tenure of some
land held of William the Conqueror, by otip
William Aylesbury, of Aylesbury ; to providp
the King's bedchamber, when he should con:lt
thither, with sweet he, bs for litter, and two grecis
geese, if be came in summer; and with three cdy,
if in winter; all of which he was bound to do
thrice in a year, if the King came so ofteu.