The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-05 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, OCT. 4.—Wind B. by S., fine weather.—Arrived and
sailed for the River the Commodore Hayes, Moncrief, and Isa-.
belle, Wallace, front India ; also and remain the Lacy Davis
son, Williams, from Jamaica, sailed 29th July. Sailed the
following outward-bound vessels, viz. :—The Netherlands
frigate Proserpina, for Africa; Grenada, Anderson, for New
South iVales; Jane, Oyslone, Madeira ; Aurora, Jackson,
Mediterranean ; Ocean, Wallard, Africa ; Lark, Orfeur, Se.
ville; Apollo, Davison, Gibraltar; and Philip, Leslie, St.
Übes.
Poursmotrrit, OCT. 4.—Wind K. —Sailed the Cornwallis,
Henderson, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Shepherd, Leary, for
St. Kitt's; Pilchard, Coats, for Africa; and the Java, Parry,
for Dublin. Arrived the Success transport, from the Mediter-
ranean.
Yair.stouTsr, OCT. 3.—Wind S.—Arrived the Bienfaisant,
Grant, from Havre ; Union, Carder, from Guernsey ; Hero,
Wilson, from London for Malta; and Louisa, Brake, from
Cork. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon ;
' and Lady Louisa ditto, fur Buenos Ayres. Off the port the
William, 211‘Kenner, from Bahia in 59 days ; and the [high.
lender, Statt, from ditto in 56 days, and received orders to pro.
ceed to Hamburgh.
LIVE a coon, OCT. 9.—*Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Ben-
jamin, Byers, from Jamaica ; Liverpool Packet, Adams, from
Virginkt, sailed 211th August; Catherine, Young, from Pic.
ton ; and Brothers, Jarvis, from Gijon.
BRISTOL, OCT. &--Arrived the Asia, Leslie, from Deme.
Tara ; and Betsey, Hogan, from Bilboa.

The Provitientia, Steen, from the Cape tie Verde to Ant.
werp, has put into Dartmouth, leaky.

LOSS OF TWO EAST INDTA MEN.
Accounts were received at Lloyd's yesterday of the loss of
the Mary, ARDLTE, from Bengal, and the George the Fourth,
Pnissicx, from the Isle of France, both bound to London,
which were lost at the Cape. The following is the extract of a
letter from the Commander of the latter vessel, giving the par.
titulars of this unfortunate event
" IZltxnw, Ilivxn, JULT 16.—After having experienced a
series of heavy gales of wind from the 27th June to the Lth July,
in which tire ship was completely dismasted, having a clear
deck fore and aft, gunwale and quarter stove, and wheel broke,
both pumps broke and separated at the joints,end having sprung
la dangerous leak under the main channels, which increased,-
though all hands were employed primping. and baling, from
two to eight feet in one night ; and after throwing over the sugar,
at which the passengers, and every one on board assisted,
we discovered the leak, and stopped it. About the 6th and
7th of June, the weather moderating, I got jury masts up
with such small spars and spare rope as were left, and yester-
day, without ever 'teeing a ship, reached the entrance of this
Bay, when it wax my intention to put the passengers on shore ;
but a strong gale coming on from the northward, could not work
in, as the ship had scuttled so much by the head, as to be
quite unmanageable, I was reluctantly compelled, at the fre.
quent request of the crew and passengers, to surer the only
remaining small boat to be launched, when she, with much
difficulty, at two trips, succeeded in landing moist of the pas.
sengers, and such of the crew as were hurt or fatigued, on the
coast, to the southward of Cape Minnie. I left the ship at
seven last night, with fifteen men, and a young lady, passenger,
and, after rowing all night, succeeded in landing here this
morning, and have sent out waggons to look for the other pas-
sengers and crew."
EXTRACT OF ANOTUER LETTER, DATED JULY 18.
" The ship drove on shore on the 16th, ten boars after we
left sea, and her cargo and pieces of wreck are hourly washed
on shore; I could only save the mail, and escaped without
evert one suit of clothes, except those I wore."
The Mary, Ardlie, stranded at Mossel Bay, on the 9th July,
after experiencing some severe weather and making much wa.
ter. The crew and passengers were all saved, and hopes were
entertained that part of her valuable cargo, which was chiefly
indigo, would be saved, without sustaining much injury from
the wet.

[From the Cape Town Gazette of the 17th July.]
'We regret to state that the Mary, Capt. Ardlie, a ship of
550 tons, from Calcutta and Madras, bound to London, that
put into Mossel flay for water, was driven on shore by a strong
south-easterly gale, near the Resident's house. On the evening
of the 9th inst. no apprehensions appeared to be entertained for
the oafety of the crew and passengers, though it was much
feared the ship would not be got oft --Since writing the above,
an express has arrived from Mossel Bay, bringing u letter
to Messrs. Nisbet and Dickson, the agents for Lloyd's at the
place, stating the safety of die crew and passengers of the Mary,
and that the Captain had every hope of saving the greatest part
of the valuable cargo (Indigo), though in a damaged State, but
that the ship would in all probability be totally lost.

NAVAL APPOINTHExT.-Thomas Fitzgerald, Esq.,
Purser of his Majesty's ship Britannia.