The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-03 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL:, JUNE 2.—Wind W.s'.W.—Arrived and sailed for
the River the Llair Rumney, Turner, from Jamaica ; William
Bryant, Urquahart, from ditto; and Delight, Caste, from
Berbice. Comedown from the River and remain the Ganges.
Camberlye, for Madras and Calcutta ; Robert, NVrightson, for
Bilboa;_ Speedy, Andrew, Gibraltar, and Hariet, !lope, for
Sierra Leone.

FAr.MouTix, JUNE 1.--Wind N.—Sailed the Creole,
Cotesw•orth, for London.
PoursatouTli, JUNE 2.—Wind W.S.W.—The Malta,
Perkin, from London to Faro, has put in by contrary winds.

The Southworth, from Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope,
is supposed to be arrived off Cork.
His 3lajesty's ship Glasgow arrived at Genoa the 22d ult.
from Bengal.

A Commercial Letter, dated St. Petersburgh,
2d May, says that the Tariff, as established last
year, it is expected, will continue in force, with a
very slight modification. All persons in business
who carry on any trade to the extent of more,
than 1,000 roubles, are required to use the same
sort of books (every leaf being stamped) which is
obligatory upon the wholesale merchant.
DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION.—On the 9th ult.
the little town of Weissenstadt, situated upon
one of the highest parts of Germany, the Fich-
telberg, about nine miles distant from,Bayreuth,
was wholly laid in ashes, with the exception of
the forester's dwelling-house and three other
small houses. Fifteen hundred individuals, by
this melancholy accident, are rf.ndered houseless,
besides losing nearly all their little property.—
(Frankfort Paper, 20th May.)
IIouLsToN, of John-street, Oxford-street,
died on Saturday from the bruises and injury he
sustained by his horse falling with him on his
road home from Epsom races on Friday eveninu.
The horse took fright at some music, and rearin2;
Up fell ever his rider. Mr. If.. remained in a
state of insensibility all night, and never spoke..
lie has left ri large family,
MOST CALAMITOUS Pitts...--(Further Part:edam
• About half-past twelve, yesterday morning, a tire, attracted
with lamentable consequences, broke out in the King's Eked
Sublic-house, kept by Mr. Tooke, in Little 'White Lton,street,,
even Dials. It is believed to have broken out in the bar, from
the gas.light ; and in a very short time the whole house was
reduced to ashes. The two adjoining houses were consider.:
ably injured, but the activity of the firemen s'tved them from
destruction. A man, named Wellman, and his wife, lodged
in the King's Head, and so rapidly did the fire burn that,
they could not save themselves by coming down stairs; they
were forced, by the flames, to drop from the two.pair win-
dows, and were dreadfully mangled, the man hrving hip
legs broken, and his wife breaking her breast bone and her
arms, and her head almost dashed to pieces. They were carried
in a hopeless state to the Middlesex Hospital, where the woman
is reported to be dead. Report says that two children were lost
in the fire, but we could not ascertain the filet, and hope it is
not true. A female lodger, with a child in her arms, appeared
at another window ; she threw her child to the persons at the
street, who attempted to catch it, but failing, the poor infamies
thighs were broken, and it is since dead; the mother jumped.
out afterwards, and was most seriously injured ; she was
taken to the hospital, where she shortly afterwards expired.
Immediately behind the King's Head were premises belonging
to Mr. Pearson, a cow-keeper, in which were a horse and tive
cows when the fire broke out, and they, along with the whole
of his house and furniture, were consumed by the flames ;
indeed, it was with great difficulty that he and his family were
preserved with some hurts and bruises.
Information was received at Queen-square

Office, yesterday, of a daring robbery committed
in the King's-road on Sunday evening. I‘l.swrig

FORBES, Esq. riding a spirited horse, on his way
from a friend's house at Fulham to London, was
about dusk met by a young man, who seized the
reins, and by a sudden, turn, unhorsed Mr.
Forbes. The horse plunged, and ran off; Mr.
F. was thrown to the ground by the sudden jerk,
when the ruffian beat him dreadfully, robbea
him of his watch and money, and escaped..
MUROCR.—Yesterday morning an inquiry took
place before J. W. UNWIN, Esq. Coroner, and a
very respectable Jury, at the Horns Tavern, op.
posite Shoreditch Church, Hackney-road, touch•
ing the death of a female idiot, named Mary
Davage, who was starved to death by her own
mother. The ill treatment and starvation of the
deceased was proved by several witnesses. The
details would serve rather to excite disgust than
interest. The Jury returned a verdict of Wi(ful
Murder against Mary Davage, the mother, and
she was committed to take her trial.
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE BOROUGH
COMPTER.—Sunday night, between eight and
nine o'clock, two men, named Denis Walsh and
John Masan, who were fully committed three
weeks since to take their trial at the Assizes, on
suspicion of robbing the Cranhourn Waggon of
Country Bank notes to the amount of 1.5381. at-
tempted to effect their escape from the Borough
Compter. They had succeeded in opening the
locks of several cells, and forcing their way into
the passage of the prison by means of crow-bars
noise, repaired withand other implements, when the Governor, IVIr.
Law, alarmed at the unusual
his assistants to the spot, well armed, and
covered them in the act of piercing through the
main wall, with a brick borer of a new construc-
tion. They were immediately secured, con,
'ducted to a strong cell, and double-ironed.