The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-10 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MAY 9.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived yesterday the
Standard, Lotherington, 37 days from Jamaica ; and Amity,
Grey, from London. Passed through this day the Electra,
Robinson, from Philadelphia; Sceptre, Milky, from Domi-
nica, both for London ; and the Chieftain, Pattison ; Coventry,
Purdie ; Elizabeth, Wickham ; and the Fanny transport, from
London.
PoitTsMO77TlI, MAY 9.—Wind E. S. E. —Arrived the
Spring, Quelch, from the Downs for Demerara; Lord Am-
herst, Lucas, ditto for Madras ; and his Majesty's ship Cal-
liope, from a cruize. Sailed the David Scott, Thornhill, for
Madras. The Thalia, Munroe, which put in here in distress,
still continues to make a great deal of water ; about half her
cargo is discharged, but very little appears to be damaged ;
we are apprehensive she will have to be discharged and the
ship repaired before she can proceed.
PLYmOtrrit, MAY B.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Ca-
therine Maria, from Dantzic ; Nymph, Watkins, from Mes-
sins in 38 days ; Vigilant, Fox, from Cadiz in 13 days. Sailed
the Golconda, Edwards, for Madras ; Concord, Freeman, for
Hamburgh ; and Lycurgus, Jowsev, for Lisbon.
FALMOUTH, MAY B.—Wind N.N.W.—Off the port the
Highlander, Stott, from Bahia in 60 days. Arrived the Hebe,
Jones, from Bristol for Philadelphia, leaky, and part of her
cargo thrown overboard ; has been out 24 days, and as far
West as long.. 23. 30. ; arrived also the Lady Wellingtonpacket,
packet, from New York, sailed thal3th ult., and from Halifax
the 20Lli ditto; Prince Regent packet, from the Mediterranean,
sailed from Corfu the 21st March, Malta the 9th April, and
Gibraltar the 28th ditto. Sailed the Duke Of Kent packet, for
Lisbon ; and John, Wills, for Naples.
LivEgPooL, MAY B.—Arrived the Mars, Mitchell, from
Charlstone. On the 25th of April, in lat. 42. 40. long. 38. 50.
at 4 p. lit. saw a vessel on fire with nothing standing but her
bowsprit, passed about 20 fathoms distant from her, and was at
caabtownattc2roOstatonnasii; with a fiddle or billet head, the
that time burning as low as the bends with not the least ap-
pearance of any one on board : she appeared to be a vessel of
gverraytlie'rarsptLit out from the stem : at the time
we saw her, she was a solid mass of fire ; at 11 p. m. we left
her.

EXTRACT from the Loa-Boot: of the ship Electra, C
GEORGE ROB i xsox, of and from Philadelphia for Londoa,
arrived off Dover Bth May, 1824.
" April 25, 1823.—1 n lat. 42. 43. North, long. 39. 15. West,
at ti P.M. perceived a smoke to windward, in a few minutes
after could plainly see a.,vessel on fire, distant about 7 miles,
her masts gone, bowsprit standing, and her head to the West-
ward ; hauld by the wind, and stood towards the fire ; sent
officers and crew aloft to look out for boats, but could not see
any. At half-past 7 tacked ship and hoisted a light, and
shortened sail. At 8 layed ship to; the vessel on fire to wind-
ward, distant 2 miles. At 9 a consultation was held between
Captain, officers, and passengers, and upon a due consideration
of all the circumstances, it was deemed of no use to lay by the
dur-
ing;
ItLielf_wplaioslte,dawyo,reatsiitllipthaonudghntliatdiem
fire any longer, as the wind had been strong and sea-high dur-
psaoisls;ibwlehfi(lier. ainbotaltietoaclijoef.
doing so, could plainly see a vessel pass between us and the
fire."

Two vessels from Sierra Leone arrived here on
Thursday evening. One of the vessels is the British Tar,
Captain Newby ; sailed on the 12th March, and had not heard
a word relative to the battle. The other, the. Britannia,
Captain Fulbester, sailed on the 13th, and had heard no-
thing. Captain F. is of opinion that the story is altoge-
ther strange, as from what he heard the Ashantees had
been for some time wishing to cultivate friendly commercial
relations with the English, and they only objected to the me-
diation of the Fantees. Among the merchants reported to have
been killed in the engagement, we perceive the name of Mr.
George A. Robertson, a gentleman well known in Liverpool,
and who had resided many years on the coast of Africa. Mr.
Robertson has left an amiable wife and three young children.
The last intelligence received of Mr. Robertson was in a letter
from a friend at Cape Coast Castle, dated the 17th of January,
in which it was stated that he bad gone on an expedition against
the Ashantees. The defeat of the troops is stated to have taken
place on the 21st, four days after.—( Liverpool Courier.)

NETHERLANDs.—Tite six Universities of the
Netherlands contain the following number o
Students :
Ghent
Louvais -
Liege
Leyden -
Utrecht -
Groningen •

286
326
44d
402
377
290

Total

2,127

Earl BATHURST, we regret to be informed, is
confined by indisposition.
Earl SPENCER has lately been indisposed ; but
we are happy to hear, that much respected No-
bleman was yesterday pronounced to be in a con-

siderably improved staff!.
The Duches of BEDFORD, we are sorry to
hear, is much indisposed at her house in St.
James's-square.

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General SAN MARTIN arrived at Southampton
on Thursday from Havre, and is sojourning at
the Star Hotel.

By the death of the Marquis of LOTHIAN, the
Lord Lieute►►ancies of the Counties of Edinburgh
and Roxburgh have become vocaut. It is said
tl►at the former is to be conferred on Lord Vis-
count MELvir,LE, and the latter is to he put into
Commiss►on, to consist of the following, viz.:—
Lord MONTAGU, Sir ALEXANDER DoN, Bart., Sir
WILLIAM ELLIOT, Bart., and Mr. RUTHERFORD,
of Edgertone.
Lord WILLIAM BENTINCX, it is ►said, will suc-
ceed the present Governor-General of India, who is obliged to
return to England on account of the ill state of his health.—
Lord WI wast is expected to leave England in the fall of the
year.—( Hampshire Chronicle. )
The Journal des Daats of Wednesday con-
tains a long, warm, and elegant eulogy on
her Grace the late Duchess of DEVONSHIRE,
whose death •at Rome we announced about a
month ago. Her loss to society and the arts is
compared to that of tl►e late Cardinal Gonsalvi.
whose tastes she shared, whose friendship she
enjoyed, and whose memory she was preparing
to honour by a monument, when she was called
to leave I►er own to the care and affectionate gra-
titude of her surviving friends. The manners
of her Grace would appear to have been ex-
tremely popular, both with the native inhabi-

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tants of R;rne, and with the foreigners who
visited it ; the patronage which she extended to
artists was constant and well directed ; and the
mode in which she employed an income, greater
than -what usually is possessed by people of rank
in the quarter where it was spent, gave her at
once a character for discriminating taste and
munificent liberality. In order to promote a
know ledge of places described in ancient poetry,
she caused to be published an edition of Virgil,
for which all the eminent artists of Italy were
employed to make topographical engravings ;
and a translation of the Fifth Satire of
Horace, in which he gives an account of his
journey from Rome to Brundisium, was pub-
lished under her auspices in the same manner, and
with the same design. But the undertaking in
which a portion of her wealth was extended to

join with the distinguished and refined portion 01
society in lamenting her loss.

the best advantage, and produced the most strik-
ing result, was an excavation in the Forum,
which led to the discovery of the purpose served
by what is now called the column of Phocas. It
is mentioned to the honour of her Grace, that
her bounty to charitable establishments kept pace
with her patronage of the Arts, and that the poor,