The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-24 00:00:00

LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Nov. 24.—Wind this day at noon, light
northerly airs and hazy.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23,—Wind W. fresh.—Arrived the
Santon, Huxtable, from Calcutta. Sailed the Catherine,
Coffey, Santa Martha.
TORBAY, Nov. 22.—Arrived the Dart, from London
to Liverpool, with foremast sprung, and other damage,
having been ashore off Folkstone, and in contact with a
brig in the Downs.
HARTLAND QUAY, Nov. 22.—The Grecian, Buckley,
of Waterford, struck on a reef of rocks to the eastward
yesterday, during a severe gale, and went to pieces. Crew
drowned. Part of cargo saved.
ST. IVES, Nov. 22.—The Emily, Welsh, from Youghal
to Portsmouth, has been assisted in here with loss of both
anchors and cables.
MILFORD, Nov. 22.—Guns of distress were heard about
7 yesterday evening. A vessel appeared in the offing with
two masts, and very deep in the water. A gale blowing
at N. W. at the time prevented any assistance being sent.
CORK, Nov. 21.—The Vesper, Harper, arrived here
from London tc-day, with loss of topmasts. and mainmast
sprung. Cargo supposed to be damaged, will discharge—
bound for Trieste. Sailed, Fortune, Halsell, Jamaica.
MUNDESLEV, Nov. 23.—The following vessels are on
shore between this and Sherringham, viz., Diadem,
Leslie—a total wreck, crew supposed to be saved ; Jason,
of Whitley—master and three of the crew drowned ; Sup-
ply, Edmonds, from Newcastle to France—crew saved ;
Leander, of Whitby, coal laden ; and two or three others,
names unknown, belonging to Whitby and Scarborough.
RAMSGATE, Nov. 23.—The Traveller, Russell, from
Limerick for London, has been towed in here with loss of
fore-mast, &c., having been in contact ; Harrington, Mer-
cer, London for New Zealand, towed in totally dismasted,
having been in contact also with a vessel ; Lancer, Parkins,
Wyburg for Cardiff, leaky, with cargo shifted and loss of
anchor and cable;_ Equivalent of Sunderland is on shore
near Klugsgate ; Galway Lass is sunk on Sandwich Flats,
dismasted. A quantity of loose tallow has been picked up
and landed here.
MARGATE, Nov. 23.—The Claudine, Brewer, frcm
Madras, on shore near here, is dischargiag her cargo in
good order; Westminster, Malinson, also on shore, is dis-
charging her cargo into steamers to proceed to London ;
Catherine, from Trieste, has been forced further into the
Bay, and is in a better situation ; Catherine, Nixon, from
Sunderland, was driven from her moorings in the harbour
yesterday, and bilged in the Bay.
DEAL, Nov. 23. Wind W. S. W. Arrived the
Augustus Caesar, Lacey, from Sydney. Put back, the
Tropic, Slader, for Jamaica ; Amy, for St. John's, New
Brunswick ; John, Glover, for Valparaiso. Sailed the
Rapid, Armstrong, for Demerara.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 23. —Wind W. N. \V.—Arrived the
Ave, Smith, from Quebec ; William Metcalfe, Phillipson,
Lomboek, sailed 26th July, with loss of boats, bulwarks,
sails, &e., having experienced a hurricane 17th inst., in
lat. 9, long. 9.
, SCUTHAMPTON, Nov. 22.—Sailed the Numa, Tullock,
for Sierra Leone.
DARTMOUTH, Nov.22.—Sailed Johan Christopher, Bahia.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. - Schooners Wave, Alpha.
and Margaret, from Malaga, Bth inst., in Frangcabl?
Bay, by the Mary Ann Bilton, Faulkner, arrived at Gib-
raltar. Shakspeare, Liverpool to Bombay, 3d ult, lat. 15,
lon. 26 ; Elizabeth, Rio Grande to Hamburgh, sth, lat.
11 S., lon. 27 ; Dumfries, bound to South Australia, 9th,
lat. 2, lon. 27 ; William Metcalfe, Lomboek to Cowes ;
and China, Calcutta to Liverpool, 17th, lat. 9 N., lon
24; Emma and Louise, Rio Janeiro to Hamburgh, 21st,
lat. 14, lon. 27, by the Maria, arrived in the Downs.
Barque Bolivar, 7th ult., off Bahia ; Robert Watt, Rio
Janeiro to London, 14th inst., hat. 41, lon. 22, by the
Alert packet, arrived at Falmouth.

NARROW ESCAPE..—On Friday evening last, a
man of the name of John Bennett was employed in driving
a cart out from the bottom of a coalpit, and having to cut
through a strong rock, he had to employ powder in the
in
way usually adopted blasting rocks. Whe.n he Lad
charged, and was standing in the cart ready to give notice
to the men in attendance at the top of the pit to be drawn
up out of danger until after the explosion had taken place,
he applied the watch to the fusee, when it almost install:
taneously exploded; and
.notwithstanding that be was only
a few feet distant, being immediately in the bottom of the
pit or shaft, which is not more than ten feet in diameter,
when the explosion took place, he remained comparatively
speaking unhurt, only sustaining a severe shock from the
concussion of the air. The poor fellow, dreadfully alarmed,
and with the exploding mass full in his face, gave the usual
signal to be drawn to the top, when it was discovered that
be had been drawn from a depth 01160 yards, clinging to
the chain attached to the rope, which he had grasped with
his hands, the cart in which he witstanding being blown
to atoms from under his feet. —Hereford Tunes.