The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-16 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

Dui., Ana. IL—Wind S.W—Came down from the Rivet
and remain the Magnet, Mount, for New York ; Sarah and
Elizabeth, for the South Seaa; Aguilar, for New South Wales;
Asia, for Calcutta ; Christiana, for Liverpool ; and Aretbusa
and Trial, for Jamaica.

PORTSMOUTH, A 11G. 15.—Wind W.—Arrived the Thalia.
Shand, from the Downs for Ilionunorenci ; and Hood, Irons
ditto for Quebec.

FALMOUTH, AUG. 13.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet
from Lisbon ; sailed 30th ult.

The Blune, Ilortsman, from London to Liverpool, has put
into Cowes, leaky, with loss of anchors and cables, baring been
run fowl of.

The East India Company's outward-bound ship Royal
George was all well on the 4th of January, in lat. 2. 30. N.
long. 20. 30. NV.

BALUA, JUNE '2l.—There is a report very cur-
rent here, that the schooner John and Thomas
(Yowle), which sailed from hence the 30th ult.,
has been captured by the Brazilian squadron,' for
a violation of the blockade, and sent to Rio
Janeiro for judgment.

The ceremony of opening the new docks at
Sheerness is now confidently expected to take
place about the sth or 6th of September next.
Great preparations are making for the accommo-
dation of the public ; labourers are employed in
clearing a large space of ground in the vicinity
of the dock for the erection of booths and seats
in an amphitheatrical form. All the public
Boards in London have signified their inten-
tion of being present on the occasion, and
we understand that a great many steam ves-
sels are engaged to bring down Metropolitan
visitors. The Prince Regent, which was launched
a short time since at Chatham, and is now most
beautifully rigged),the Spartiate,and several other
large ships are to be moored opposite the dock-
yard,to fire a salute; several bands of music will also
attend on the occasion. The Howe,.the ship to
be docked, is the largest in the British Navy,
her extreme length being 250 fuel.--(Kentish
Gazette.)
FATE.—Last Saturday, a young girl between
16 and 17 years, drawing water with a pail oat
of the Seine, at Paris, fell into the river, and was
on the point of being drowned, when a young
man threw himself into the river, and rescued
her from death. He immediately carried her to
the guard-house of the Sapeurs.Pompieri 1 and
while the process verbal of the affair was makipg.,
out, he was recoguised by a gen-Warm as a de-
serter, and led away to a military prison, where
he at present remains.
In Paris a mania, like the Toni and Jerry one
of London, exists ; anti tout le monde Rocks to
the Theatre, Port St. Martin, to see a piece
called Polichinel Vampire) whose hero is our
old friend Punch.

DUEL EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday af-
ternoon a knight of the yard•wand and a son of
Neptune met in a field at Preston, near North
Shields, to terminate an affair of honour. The
heroes were furnished with large horse-pis-
tols, but in their hurry they forgot bullets.
—This difficulty was obviated by their pur.
chasing a pennyworth of marbles, which their-
seconds (a pugilistic typograph and a Green-
land tar) wisely omitted putting into the pis-
tols. The fire was consequently harmless, and
the combatants, both full of Dutch courage,
were in high dudgeon at their seconds, who ad.
vised them to end the quarrel with their fists,
when black eyes and bloody noses were served
out with right good will, till the man of buckram
fractured his arm.

A recruiting private of the 43d regiment was
yesterday charged at Guildhall with being the
reputed father of a child, with which Eliza•
beth Brushwood was pregnant.—The woman
having sworn to the father, Mr. Alderman Com.
asked the soldier what he could pay ? " Why,
please your Worship," said he, with a smile
upon his cltere untie, " I think I can pay
s. 6d. per week, out of is. 4d. per day." Al.
deru►an Cox—This is a bad way of raising re-
aruits so young ! ►►nd, upon the honour of a sol-
dier, you will pay is. 6d. when called upon, per
week ? Yes, said the hero. Mr. Alderman►
Cox—And more if you have perquisites ? Upom
a soldier's honour I have but Ws. a week, said
the private. The Magistrate then told the pa-
rk!' officers the same warrant would again take
him, and lie was set at liberty.

.""EXTBNOIVE ROBBEILY BY A AXlLVABT.—Yesterday A
footman in the service of Colonel Merrick, of '27, ilerkelcv,
square, absconded from his master, taking with hint a valuable
casket of jewels.

HORRID MURDER IN CARNARVONSIIIIIE.—A
horrid circumstance occurred near Bangor, Car-
narvonshire, last week, which has .created a
strong sensation there—that of a woman hav-
ing cut her husbaud's throat it appeared
that the man and his wife were usually on
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very bad terms, and lived alone in a cottage ht
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the adjoining house were awoke by a noise as
of two persons struggling. This they disre-
garded, as such things were not unusual. Upon
entering the house, which was done by force, the
man was discovered with his throat dreadfully cut,
there were also ruts upon his face and hands; and
upon the woman's arms. The latter she affirms
to have been occasioned by her endeavouring to
prevent his murdering himself. Upon examination
proved to ha vo
s
imtration of the deed ; had ‘veshed his shirt and
rbeetfnoarientttldieiCn°trlamnehrott istilitifuoen4rtt'lltioPutrr's after the per. "
her own shift ; had lifted the body from the
floor, closed the eyes, bound up the wound,
and wiped the razor, Dot omitting to mop the
floor. Fifteen of the Coroner's Jury were for
returning a verdict of wilful murder against the
wife, but the one finally given was, " Wilful
murder against some person or persons unknown,
with strong suspicions against the wife." The
professioual gentlemen examined were divided hi
opinion ; the majority- thought he could not have
cut his throat. The women is committed to pri-
son, and will be tried on Thursday or Fridw,
next, at Carnarvon.—( Chester courant.)

TEE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, ,August 16

[BRITISH PRESS.]
Wednesday's French Papers, which reached
us last night, are utterly barren of any intelli-
gence. The illonilenr contains I\loncey's dis-
patch, in the usual bombastic style of the old
Marshal, dated from Villa Franca on the 2d, an-
nouncing Curial's movements. All this repetition
we had fully before. The French ministry and
their journals, in the absence of intelligence,
trumpet }end repeat every trilling account, as if it
were the bulletin of one of 'Napoleon's tremen-

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dons victories. The dispatch has it, that on the
L'Otb of Jul , at four in the morning, the Spa-
niards mad 3 sally from Barcelona, and appeared
suddenly the extreme left of the lines of in:
of
Ve-,tineitt ii the city, 1% ith about 5,000 men, six
pieces. :4f, cannon, and 80 cavalry ; these forces
were lifizi etl on Santa Mart 6; the right of the
Constitutill alists was supported by six armed
ehalatrpes. A. warm cannonade took place
from,the borders of the sea to the village of
Clot. The contest lasted several hours. The
Spaniards,thoughoccording to this account,utterly
repulsed, had only from twelve to fifteen men
killed, and a hundred wounded ; the French
loss, four dead and twelve wounded. Mina,

the dispatch states, according to all accounts still
an invalid, continued at Barcelona ; the invest-
ment of the place by land was complete. Milans
and Llobera, Moncey states, who were moving
rapidly by Mont Blanc towards Santa Colonna
and Ole Col de Santa Christine. appeared to have
directed their march towards the tamp of Tar-

ragona, on learning that of the French on Igua.
hula and Villafranca. Cadiz %%as said to be
fully provisioned ; more than a hundred sail of
vessels had entered it with supplies of different
sorts within a few days.