The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-24 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SIIIPPINd.

POILTSUOUTII, SEPT. 23.—Wind N.—Arrived the Saucy
Jack, Bell, from St. Helena and the South Seas ' • 'left at St.
Helena the Catherine Medina, and Commodore Hayes, for
London; and the Albion and Mexbro, outward-bound. Sailed
his Majesty's ship Porte, for Chatham ; and the Admiral Berk-
ley transport, for Woolwich.
F ALMOU Til, . SEPT. 22.—Wind N.E..to X.—Arrived the
Times, Clark, from London, and sailed again for Cork. Sailed
the Marquis of Salisbury packet for the islands.
DEAL, SEPT. 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrived anti sitiled for the
River, the Amelia, Wilson, from the South Seas; Duxhenn,
Park, from Swansey ; also paSsed through the Britannia,
Richardson, from Memel, for Swansea.' Came doWn from the
River and sailed, the Hercules, Barbunti, and Margaretta,
Vulvero, for St. Übes.

LIVEIIPOOL, SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Marshall, Barnett,
from Honduras.

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Arrived off' Poole the Granger, BlenkintoNfrom Ifonduras.
The Vw. %Vickgardina, from Antwerp to Leith, laden with
oats, was on shore yesterday near Lynn;• cargo expected to be
saved.

The Enigkeit, Andrews, from Havre and Dartmouth to St.
Sebastian's, was abandoned by the crew on Tuesday near the
Start.

The Members of the PITT CLue (lined together•
on Saturday last, when the Right Worshipful the Mayor, IVni.
Crockett, Esq. presided. The Right lion. Lord Rolle, Patron
of the Club, and Sir Stafford Northeote, Ban. were among the
company present. The party separated At 11 o'clock, after
spending a most convivial evening, the harmony of which was
considerably heightened by the numerous songs with which
'the veteran Incledon favoured the company.•—(Exeter
Post Sept. 22.)
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Yesterday, a Court of Proprietors, orthe West
of England Canal Company, was held at the City of London
Tavern, for the purpose of considering a plan for uniting the
Bristol Channel with St. George's by means of a canali. and also
for the purpose of chusing aclerk to the Company, in the room of
Mr. Merryman, who had resigned. C. 'Wood, Esq., in the
chair. After the other business of the Meeting had been gone
through, which was of no public inaportance, the Chairman said
that he had received a communication' from the Committee
of the'Proprietors of the Bridgewater and Tatma) Canal Gem-
pany, in which it was proposed that the West of England
Company should effect an union between the extremities of
either Canal, or in the event of their declining to do that, to al-
low the plan to be carried into execution by the Bridgewater
anti Taunton Company. It did not appear when the latter Ca-
nal was expected to be completed; and the Meeting ultimately
agreed to refer the subject to a Committee for further consi-
deration.

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Wednesday a meeting of the !Cotninitiee for
commencing a Steam Navigation to India took place..=-Seveil
scientific Gentlemen in the service of the Enid India Company,
who had been appointed to investigate the Van, were present,
and they reported favourably of the undertaking. It Was final!),
determined to carry it into immediate execution. The route Is
intended to be round the Cape of Good 1I $ e, and not by the
Red Sea as was formerly intended.
Lord EARDLEY, who his been for some ;time
much indisposed at his seat; Belvidere, is getting
better. •

When Lord STORMONT lost his diamond, insig-
nia of the Order of St. Andrew at St. James's, George Selwyn
ran piping hot with the news to the Cocoa-tree, when Foote,
who was there,, instantly exclaimed, " then its the first time
that a Scotchman was ever known to lose ally thing at Court I'
STEPMEN KEMBLE and Mrs. lisTgx were cross.
big the Frith from Leith to Jiliighorn together,
when a gale sprang up which alarmed the psi.
sengers. " Suppose, Mr.' KEMBLg," said Mrs.
ESTEN, " stl.ppOse we ,become, fOod for fishes ;
which of us two do you think they. will eat first ?"
" Those who are gluttons," replied KEMBLE,
" will undoubtedly fall foul of tae, but the
epicures will attack you."

As SUET 10d BANNISTEIL were- one da walk-
ing along Piccadilly, a fellow on the roof. of one of the Bath
coaches roared over, a How are you,Dirki Gostipsl" " Now,
how," said Suet, " should that man . know me ?" " Easily
enough," repliedßannister," don't you see he's on the singe I"
MMIEU as SMITHS-I—Evi.ry body knows that
Smith is a very common name, but hardly any body would have
thought of turning its commonness to account An such a .queer
awl cruel way as a " gentleman" did, the other night, at one
of the theatres. Entering the pit at half price, and finding
every seat occupied, he bawled out-,.." Simith's house is on
fire." lin an instant, upwards of twenty Mr. Stoiths rushed
out of the pit, and the wicked wag, chuckling at the success
of his stratagem, coolly took possession of one of their vacated
I seats.

A remarkable marriage was celebrated•at Bor-
deaux on the 14th instant. The bride had reached her 85th.
and the bridegroom his 75th year, the united ages being Ifid
years. This reminds us of those' patriarchal times when a
courtship lasted half a century, and the :wedding took place
when the Parties had reached an age that is far beyond the du-
ration of life among' the present degenerate race.—( French
Paper.)
Monday Mr. GRAHAM, accompanied by Mr.
Holm), ascended in his balloon from Worcester, at four mi.
nutes past four o'clock, and descended at twenty minutes to six,
in a field at Aston Somerville, iive-cnilei from Eveshxm.
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About five o'clock on Wednesday evening,
the 111th instant, a small balloon, nine feet in length, descended
in a barley field, in the parish of Eastleach Turville, elouces-
tershire. This balloon was inflated with hydrogen gas, and
must have travelled with very great 'rapidity, as it left the
neighbourhood of Bristol, distant from the place of its descent
between forty and fifty smiles, • about four o'clock the same
evening.
• The new circular building erecting in the
Regent's Park, to the north of Portland-road; is intended for
the exhibition of Panoramas,- upon ft much larger. scale than
has ever yet been attempted.