The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-15 00:00:00

Ri EItCANTILE Ski I PING.

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11 S.W.—Arrived to-day and sailed,
for the giver, the ilibernia, Alackintdah, and Providence,
Owen, from Calcutta ; Comet, M‘Phernon, from Madeira ;
Larkins, 'Wilkinson, Bengal, itc. Robert, itathgate, Mont-
serrat ;, Banger, —, and Caledonia, Lang, from Africa.
Curie do ‘n from, the Biver, and, sailed tlfr,,Portamouth the'
HASsar frigate. The Larkins, from Bengal, remains, and thth.
outward'-bound us per last. '
Pou'rsiouTH, JULY 5.W,.---Arrived the
Linnet cutter, from a cruize.

PAultou'r 11, JULY 14i Wind S.W.--Arrived the Leo,
Harris, from, Charlseone, in 33. days, loath hiss of maintop.
mast :
Marquis22.3o. of Wellington, of and for London, front Port Jackson, I,
out four rnotiths; and 'Spanish Patriot, for London. Sailed,
hi 4 Majesty's, ship Clinker for.PorAmouth.
ttoATE, Jut,y 14.—0 r the port, the 3larquis
ton, Martin, from Port Jackson: '

11'1117C TEETii.----Tile famous SilUndiOrSoll,
though taimpletely blind, and who opettpied lu No distingoishat a
manner, the chair of the mathematieeln the University of Cdue-
bridge, being one day in a large company, remarked of a lady
who haul left the room, but whom he had never befere tort,
nor even head of, that :the haul very syhite teeth. 'rlie cote- '
patty were extremely anxious to, learn how 'he bed discovered.
this; for it happened to he 'true; "" I have no reason," said
the professor, to believe that the lady is s fool, 11101 1 can
think of no other motive for her laughing incessantly, as alit:
did for a whole hour together.",
.
MAGDALtN AsyLuht.7—We are happy in beinz
able to state, that the elibrts made in this city to rescue from their
degraded situation imne of theunhappy females who disgrace our.
streets, have not been without success. Several have been laced,
at the Magdalen Asylum at Gloucester, anti it is hoped have
derived teal benefit from their residence in that, excellent
institution. It is in contemplation to establish it similar one,
in this thy, as soon as the funds will admit, and it is hoped
that an object uo.desirable will meet with increased encourage-
meth from a benevolent public. " Front the encouraging
details in, the Report of the last year's proceedings of the Lon-
don Female Penitentiary,
,and also from the, statement mtet.
by one of the Secretsries of the Liverpool Institution tf equtaly
remarkable success attending their exertions, it can be na
longer a matter of doubtful speculation. eVi:ll in the minds
the most prejudiced, as to the beneficial efl'ects resulting 'frOat
these truly Christian efforts."—( Worreeer Journal.)
GitEENOCK., JULY 8.---Yesterday, while the
officers of customs were rummaging one of the Belfast Packets
for articles of control:un" trade, they lighted upon a cask,
which being rather " questionable shape" in the mind's
eye of a revenue officer, and not unlikely to contain crystal
ware or some similar connnoditY, they middy poked it
with their, searching instrument. Then. olfactory nerves
however, soon convinced theM of their woeful mistake, anti"
more minute investigation satisfied thein that the cotite.nts of,
the cask hod already yielded, tribute, , though to no mortal
hand, and wait fir beyond the pale of their authority : in *lion,
that it had paid the great debt of 'nature, and ans neither
more nor less then the corpee of a 'fellow creature, dine
uncerteneniously packed up by the, unhallowed hands of
rettutTpetionio, and doomed, after', having " shuttled elf
this mortal coil," to traverse the seas, anti become the in-
mate of the artitiouilcal rooin, 'instead of tvutaining quietly
inurned amidst the ashes of its sires. The cask was Blinl.lX
addressed " John Duff, ()rutin, Register-street, gdin,
burgh t" but whether a genuine or tioditicitta oddrtsi we • can-
not say ; anti though the first stopped lit transit/as there is,,
reason to ,believe that a sitnilar, lotportatiouhasibeen more than
once forwarded from hence to the saute worthy gentleman, or
lres repreeentetive, without suspicion, ill, adilrgs nut being tot-
fistniliar at the carrier's quarters and elsewhere. We have mill'
tO add, that the body was interred in the new burying-groun
in course of the day,
I)ao ITW ICH, J U r.Y. B.—iii: storiolls of future
times will doubtless have to refer with plea eure to the present
generation as an epoch no less conspicuous than happy.
of the inhabitants of the world, because we have .had the
honour of giving birth to institutions eminently calculat-
ed to dispel. the darkness of Heathenism front the human
tniq, and to diffuse the blessings of the Gospel of Jesus
Chritt to all the nations upon earth. In centuries to
come, when the light of DiVine truth &hall have " covered the,
whole earth as the waters cover the channels of the great,
'deeli," the happy partakers of these blessings will look hark
with delightful emotions of gratitude to God, that he ever pit`'
it into our hearts to commentat our Sunday School Socteties,•
our Missionary Sooietiese our. British. end Eon** 434140
eietieS, with many others that highly distioguialt'ept age and
nation. But the sacred observance of the *bight) lay IA
ito,
the nominal Christian uiakts
hwa:ipty,yainateitteduelreig:lottftr,tlwhdautt:
ll "ric,ltiett tbe salt ZUSTiu.
time -immemorial, it hits been tn.
to every gvnume
EGifhbnu*suinesarhont;
in the grossest ignostinee Ond Y• , 4PY le!
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s It was the first S 4 -
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Warehoused, rine army *ork
and the tue,ineweeerti who never had been accuetotned to °h-
tic rye! a- tiahteath day, nearly all of theist last Stuttlay ittendell
divine worship.