The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-21 00:00:00

AIERCANTILE Sill PPI NG.

DEAL, MAT 20.—Wind S.W.—Arriveil and sailed for tho
River the Ruth, Munro, from Jamaica. Remain in the Downs
the Severn frigate, and Diligence East India Pilot yacht.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20.—AVind S.E.—Sailed the Albion,
Best, for Van Dieman's Land.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 19.1—Wind E.—Arrived the Thisby,
Rethlie, from Jamaica, in 7 weeks. Sailed the Two Brothers„,
Lawson, for Faro; Resolution, for Ilamburgh ; and Aga, for
Quebec.

WHITBY, 311&v 19.—This morning a sloop, named the
Janet, of Lerwick, Thomas Boswell, was picked up by some
fishermen of this place, and towed in here, haying lost all her
sails and out of provisions : she was found aboUt 10 leagues
from the land ; the crew had no provisions two days prior to
their being picked up by the fishermen.

As it has come to our knowledge that the ship George Cann !n!:,
of Liverpool, Dit. George Forster, nmster, has not reached her
destination, bomeward-bound from the coast of Africa, and is
supposed to have foundered, we state, for the information of her
' owners and the friends and relatives of those on board. that she
was boarded by his Majesty's ship Cyrene.' commanded by-Capt.
Percy Grace, on the 19th September 1822,, in lat. 14. h. 5. N.,
long. 19. 55. \V., who put on. board of. her, far conveya.ne;!..
to ling-land, a large packet of letters,. which were lekibr that pur-
pose at Porto Prava, in the island ofSt. Ago, b y the Sir 'Edward'
Paget East Indianian, with -31 r. Samuel Hodges, the very.
obliging and respectable Consul from the Cluted States. e;:'
America. The George Canning was deeply laden with a'
valuable cargo- of Nlm oil, ivory, was very healthy,'
and had been about eight weeks from Prince's Island.—
A similar fate is supposed to have attended the Windermere,
of Livetrol, which left Prince's Island late in November,'and'
whose kroomen found a conveyance to this port on board 114,
Majesty's ship Cyrene.—(Sierra LAmx Afareb

Poott RELvilox9.—Etia, in titt London ithip,w,
zincof April, gives the following, not very charitable de«
scription of Poor Relations A Poor Relation is—the
most irrelevant thing in nature,—a piece of impertinent
correspondency ,- an odious approsireation, —a- hatinting:.
conscience, a preposterous shaddow lengthening in the
noontide of your presperiry—an unwelcome, retnembrapuer
,perpetually recurring mortification— a drain on your
purse--a more intolerable dun upon your pride—A draw.,
back upon success.-a rebuke to your rising-'-a stain in your
blood—a blot on your seutcheona rent in Your garment-,
a death's head at your banquet—Aged:odes' pot--a Mottle,:
eat in your gate—a Lazarus at your. door—a lion in your
path—a frog in your chamber—a fly 4n your ointment..-:::;
mote in your eye—a triumph to Your enemy—en apology tti•
your friends—the one thing not needful—the hail in. harvest—
the ounce of sour in a pound of sweet—the 'bore par 4reekq.z•ty"
,DumPitiES.,---Early on Saturday morning Alit
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town's tradesmen began their preparations .for the awltil
which-is to be exhibited to-morrow on the leaea ui
guard-house in Buccleugh-street—the execution of J '
APCana and. • Joseph Richardson—and it -was evident.
the sight made a solemn impression on the passeri.'. -
On that day, the distracted Mother: of poor Joseph
him for the last time. The particulars •of this inter
were afflicting in an extreme degree, the unhappy
having been so overwhelmed by bar .nlaternal feel::: • ,
as to -swoon (pike away again and again. Yesterday
young man bade adieu to a sister and a younger brotti.„
and to-day is to take a last leete .of his wife' who has been:
all night in -his cell ; after which we hope he will feel lbst -
the bitterneks of death .is past, and will be enabled to give his
mind Undistractedly to the solemn duty of preparation for the
world that is " unseen anti eternal.' brealini;
asunder his earthly ties will be still more affecting ; for be itntv
not only a widow, but seven orphans, to lament his untimely
end. Ills wife, on comint.,..r to -visit hint: from time to time, .has
been obliged to bring with der the' little ,sickly Matt which
observed. on her am when she appeared it Court, Wait was
heart-rending sight to see the father as' he reclined on the
iron bed to which he is chained, warming little irsbe. itt
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his bedcloathes, and bending over •it with a degrecuf tender.-
netts for which we had hardly given him credit:. 'This man
a Roman Catholic, but a liberal ;Ma-well-informed one. • Roii,
he and Joseph have, we understand, evinced much proper Ceti,ing, and we trust they are truly penitent. -Their prep.u-atit .s
for death have been unremitted, and they have appeared to 0-
eeive most gratefully the attentions of the eninitrcrs who hs sm
visited them,.—{ Eoligb-urg,44 Star.)