The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-27 00:00:00

MERCANTI LE Sill ['PING.

DEAL, JAN.2o.—Wind N.E.—Remains in the Downs the
Sussex, Oak, bound 'northward ;—lit P. M. Came down from
the River and sailed, the Antelope, Reynoldson, for Valpa-
raiso, and Mu!grave Castle, Ralph, for the Isle of France.
JAN. 25.—Wind E.S.E.
NORTH SHIELDS, JAN. 26.-4Vind E.—The Two
Sisters, Armstrong, from Alemouth to Hull, loaded with grain,
put into this harbour with loss of anchors and cables, leaky ; the
cargo is sold and delivered, a part of which is damaged; the
Elizabeth and Mary, from Boiler, which was reported on the
20th to have lost her boats and.bulwarka;:has had her cargo
surveyed, a part of which is damagettrithe Croswell, Wall,
from Nearth to Lynn, with a cargo of oil, has been upon the
Herd Sand, a fourth part of which is clantageil, and the Whole
discharged—the vessel having been got off leaky.
DARWICH, JAN. 26.—WmtLE.....-Arrived the Prince of
°ramp Packet (no mails), from,Holland..
•PoRTSSIOUTII, JAN. 26 and 25.—Wind E.N.E.—No
rivals or !tailings.
OnAvrsrxu, JAN. 26.—This day Gravesend Beach is
nearly Covered with ice.

The Brothers, Thomson, from Maranham to Liverpool, was
driven on shore at Liolyitead on Thursday night, and bilged,
The Danish brig Maria, Diedrickson, from_ Copenhagen to
Leghorn, was driven on shore on Winterton on Satur-
day, and it was feared Would be wrecked.

The Placidia, Fairclough, arrived at Scilly on the 20th inst.
from Ancona; has a brother of Bergarni. a passenger, on board.
The Apollo, of Sunderland, Ca pt. Taylor, from Cheroot,
laden with Brandy, was wrecked near Ness, on Tuesday last,
And all on board perished ; a great port of her cargo has been
preserved. Eleven trawl boats, of lirixham, picked up 20
pipes of bandy'
.—(l3lymouth Paper.)

COURT OP KTNG'S BENCIT—(Turs Div).

THE RING v. SUSANNALt WR/CMT.
The Court this mor4thig was much crowded,
in expectation that this defendant would be brought up for
judgment. She, it will be remembered, was remanded to New-
Tate for contempt of Court at the Sittings'After Michaelmas
erm, when brought up to receive the judgment of the Court
for publishing some of Carlile's blasphemous and selitious
publications.

however, on Mr. Justic'e Br.sT's taking his seat ol the
Bench, he asked if the Keeper of Newgate or his deputy was
in attendance, and bein informed a person from the. prison Vas
in Court, the Learned Judge ordered Mtn to be sworn.
The Learned Judge then asked him. whether lie had seen
Mrs. Wright, and whether she was in a fit state for removal ?
The Turkey replied lie had, and he; considered it unsafe
to remove her,.

The IJearnetl Judge then directedidm to retire., 7
A Certificate was handed in from the Medieal Gentlemen of
the prison, who declared her extremely ill.
The judgment was then deferred.

THE NV. WM, AVE.
The judgment uponKl
this defendanCt
fora libel upon a Mr.
Ellis was also deferred fora week.

DEVON QUARTER SESSIONS.
TORTVAE TO. EXTORT CONVESSION.--ItSeti Potter, an
apprentice boy, was indicted for stealing some Money, the pro_
peaty of a servant living with the same matter, in the parish of
Cot high, near Honiton. It was a case of swipieion only, as no
money was found on the boy, nor was there any other fact to
prove his being the thief. It appeared, that after threats and
other mauls had been resorted to, the pariah constable, a man of
the name of Burrows, was sent for, who was guilty of the
ing atrocious cruelty to extort a confession i 'he tied small cords
round the thumbs of the boy, by which he suspended him, to .a
peg in the wall, with his toes just touching the ground ; and
whilst in this state, the day before Christmas-day, he poured
cold water down the boy's sleeves at the wrist, so as to ruts over
his person. tinder this torture he extorted some sort of con-
fession from the child, who was thereupon committed to prison •,
but of course this could not avail in a court, of 'justice, and
there was no other evidence.
The boy was instantly acquitted, and, in his tarn, was about
to be the prosecutor, but the matter was 'ctimptomised by the
constable paying him 131.
It is ahuost to be regretted that the Court did not insist upon
a prosecution of the constable, that a public example might
have been made of an officer of justice who could care to be
guilty of such a barbarous act of cruelty.—( .Eretcr Paper.)