The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-13 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, DEC. 12.—Wind W.—Arrived the Anteus, Ayres,
from Prince Edward's Island, in 31 days ; Defendant, Carr,
from Miramichi; Prince, Bradford, from St. John% N. B. ;
Eliza, Hudson, from Petersburgh ; Expedition, Watson, from
Aberdeen. for Jamaica ; and the Governor Halkett, Dixon,
from Hull, for Sierra Leone. Came down from the River and
remain the Colombia, Wilson, for Tobago ; St. George, Brown,
for Grenada ; Boddington, Sims, for St. Lucia; Ind the Vemi-
h a,_, for Bermuda.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Mar.
c`tioaess of Salisbury packet from the Leward Islands, last from
St. Thomas's : sailed the 9th of November ; Princess Eliza-
beth racket from New York: sailed the 6th of November, and
from Halifax the 19th; and the Stanmer packet from Lisbon :
sailed the 2d inst. Sailed the Lord Wellington packet, for
Jamaica; Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon; and the
Prince Regent packet, for the Mediterranean.
PORTSMOUTH, DFC. 12.—Wind W.—Put in the f :h w.
outward-hound vessels wind bound, viz. r—Elizabeth,
Collins. for New South Wales; Stockholm, for the
Alecilterranean ; Nesbit, for Jamaica ; Nautilus, Win hard,
for China; John Lang, —; John Shand, ; Seho.
field, Evans ; and Pahl, Child.
I~lvEiti.ooE, DEC. 11.—Arrived the Gleaner. Neal, from
Newfoundland ; Providence, Muir, front Sa.yrna ;
Knowles, from Bordeaux; Sir William Corgrev-, Davise.n,
from Maracaibo; Margaret, Pllkington, from Miramichi ;
Charles Scott, Wilson, front St. Andrew's, N.B. ; and the
Derwent, Harrison, from St. John's, N.B.

[From the Agent to Lloyd's at Sunderland. Dec- 10.1
" There is now scarce a vessel at this port but what is laid
up for the winter, a circumstance rarely known at so early a
period of the season. There is a large fleet expected, which it
is supposed they will lay up as they arrive."

The Noonnabull, Scott, from Sincapore, has arrived in the
Downs.
The Mercator, Thurlbeck, from Petersburg)] to London,
was driven on shore the 20th ult. near Liebau.
The Janna, lia%king, of North Shiells, was abandoned he
6th instant in lat. 47. long. 16.
The Quay, Brown, bound to London, on leaving Oporto
the 20th ult, struck on the Bar, but got oir and put back, and
was discharging.

QUEBEC. Nov. B.—We experienced a very violent gale
from the East to North East on 'Friday and SatLrday, attended
with snow. The weather was not cold, but the snow fell to
the depth of four or five inches. We had no other arrivals
than a number of coasting schooners. The snow storm would
probably prevent vessels, where they could come to anchor,
fom sailing.
We have collected the shipping intelligence and other in-
formation respecting the damage done in the river, which
follows

The gale was first felt by several outward-bound vessel'', on
Friday afternoon, abreast of Green Island. The Fisher, Kay;
Dryail, Fell ; Jane, Hossack ; Anglin, Earley ; and Princess
Royal, Townshend, with three others, put back to the Brandy
Pots ; at which place, the following day, the Fisher lost both
anchors and bowsprit, and the Anglint one anchor, cable, and
bowsprit, by parting their cables and getting foul of each other
during the gale. They have both returned to this port.
The Emma, Reid, lost both masts and anchors the same day
at Hare Island, and it Is thought is in a very damaged state.
The Maria, White, lost both anchors at flare Island, Satur.
day evening. She returned to this port this morning.
The schooner Victoire, with rum and sugar from Halifax,
went on shore near La Pointe de St. Vallies last Saturday even.
ing ; one man was unfortunately drowned. A schooner was
dispatched this morning to bring up part of the cargo; after
lighting her, it is expected she will he got off.
A brig, supposed to be the Mary and Jane, from the WeSt
Indies, was at anchor yesterday in the Traverse, with loss of
rudder and main-top mast, and had a signal of distress flying.
She will soon, it is hoped, get up to this port.
A pilot, arrived yesterday, reports that a ship was on shore
last Tuesday morning at Green Island, dose to the light-house.
The pilot says he landed and saw the captain, crew, and pas.
sengers, the latter six in number; he does not recollect the
name of the vessel, but remembers to have been told that she
had a general cargo of dry goods, and sails and rigging for
seven new vessels; he feels confident the ship wrecked is the
same that Mr. Finch launched this spring. From this it is
supposed that the vessel is the Harlequin, Hall, from London.
She was at the time he saw her half tall of water.
In conttadiction of the above, we have been favoured by
Captain Hobson, with the following extract from the Log
Book of the Royal Charlotte, arrived last night from New-
foundland.

" Tuesday morning, 2d instant, above Cape Chat, saw a
new ship, deeply laden and full rigged, boun► up, had plain
varnished sides, and a figure head of a man in an inclined po.
skim. Thick weather followed, and lost sight of her. saw
the same vessel on Thursday, a few miles below Bit,, in emu.
parry with a brig and a schooner, all bound up."
From a comparison of the foregoing, it is certain that ►he
pilot if correct in his report of the Harlequin being on shore at
Green Inland, is incorrect in his statement of the day on which
he saw her.—(Quebec Gazette, Nov. O.)