The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-09 00:00:00

I%IERCANTILN SHIPPING.

nt A 1., Jut B—Wind \V N.W.--Arrived anti sailed for
the River, the Waterloo, Wilkinson; Waterhx), Leveque ;
Volusia, Raffles; Lady Rolland, Vowel; and George the Third.
Popplewell—all fmm Jamaica; Nile, Baker, St. Dominve
'
Arcs, Dunns, St. John's, N. 8.. Latona, Patterson, ' Mira-
michi I Charlotte, Stephenson, Bombay, for Amsterdam;
Balloon, from America fbr ditto ; Benjamin and Mary., Trot-
ter, from Quebec; Marchioness of Ely, Kay,. from Bengal,
and several more--particulars unknown. The Marchioness of
Ely remains. Came down from the River the George the Fourth,
Joy, for Rio; Union, Clinch, Smyrna; and remain, with the
outward-bound as Per lest, except the Mary for Calcutta,-which
sailed at 5 A. at. . .

PonTsatouTH, ,IttLY o.—Wiml W.—Arrived the Bahia
Merchant, Storey, from the Downs for Quebec; and Strong, from Ottlipoli.
P V3lOl, Tll, tt Y 7 —Wind W.—Arrived the' anderer,
Waygood, from St. Andrews, in 20 days ; Princess of Walep,
Etherby, from Miramiehi ; and Wallace, Baltin, Hayti ;
Spoke on the nth ult. the brig Gleentaunker, of Aherdeee.
from Belfast, 27 days from New Brunswick, with Duigrams.
Sailed the Ton: Cod,
•Borneo, fur London.
FA I, MO T T.—Wind W.—Arrived the Lativ
Arabella packet from Lisbon : sailed the 29th nit. Sailed the`
Illareltioneas of Salisbury packet for the Brazils. The Royal
•George stenweessel sailed i'rom Lisbon the 29th ult., for eftdl4.

SrrrAt.rixti..nsYrs.---,On .Monday, tho Lord I*..
Committee appointed to receive evidence, &C. respecting tho
Silk 31anufacture Bill, to rep -Ka the " Spitallields Acts,"- Closed
the examination'of witnesses for and- against such Bill. • ThLix.
Lordships ham examined about 30 witnesses. Mr. A thuns,(an the
part of the Journeymen operative Weavers, and petitioners agains t
the Bill, was heard in reply to the arguments of 'COUII3O,
(Mr. Harrison, &c.) fin the liiil, and to the witnesses heard in
support of such Bill, This reply occupied nearly four hours.
Yesterday, all counsel, witnesses, agents, and strangers having
been excluded, their Lordships, at two o'clock, proceeded to
discuss the several provisions of the Bill, and to debate
- whether any alterations could be introduced, so MI to meet the
objections of the Journeymen, and the apprehensions of some
of the Masters resident in Spitalfiehls, Mr. Hale and Co.. Their
Lordships, Lord Bexley being in the chair, continued in deli.
beration till the Lora Chancellor took his seat in the House of
Lords

The Gazette of last night contains a, Prods•
illation by the Lords of the Miniralty, abolishing, from the
Ist of `January nest, the use of his Mai tesTy`s Union Jack in
merchant ships for any impose whatsoever, and colleting that
the signal Jack to be worn by merchant ships, should have att
entire white border, such border being ont-tifth of the breadth.
of the Jack itself, exclusive of such border, anti that ow+
Jack so altered should also be in future used on board rnorchatA c
vessels as a signal for a pilot, instead, of the Union .lack at pr.:,
sent used for that purpose.

CORN RNCIi,ANOI.,:, .NLY
'There is plenty of Cornstill left tot hand in the market., but
the fresh supPlics of this morning are small. •vv.h,,a, sellx
in BarleY,lleansl and Peas, no alteration. Oats
very heavily, and none except the finest smnples attairtfti Alan,
day's prices.
of priuic quality find a few buyers but all otber sorts are so
slow iu sale, that less price s are submitted to in order to effect
sales. The Flour trade is txceedinily dull, but the highest
price remains undetermined,