The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-26 00:00:00

ERCA V'l'l 1,1 SW 111'1";G;

111 av 25.—Winti S.W.—Arrived and sailed for
Holland the Liverpool packet, fmn Canton. Also arrived and
sailed far the River the John ,Shanci, Rice, frotn
Came down from the River this evening, and rcinain, the lia transport, Oxley, for Cork. Sailed this morning the whole
of the outward-bound for their different destinations, except
the Supply Smith Seaman, which ship *ails to complete her
complement of mcn..
MAY 24—Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the River,
and remain, the Fortitude-In-creased, for St. K'itt's; St. Vitt-, cents Planter, for St. Vincent's ; Sovereign, for Quebec • go-
vernor Harcourt, for Demerara; Scipio, for Halifax;
for Quebec; and .Donalti, for Miramiclii. Arrived and sailed
for the River the Winchelsey, Adamson, from Bengal.
P.onTssiou'rit, MAY 25.--Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the ,
Orient, NVliite, from the Downs for Madras. Passed by the
Golconda, EcltrardS, from Madras and Bengal, for London.
FAL MOT; TH, MAY 24.—Wind S.S.W.--Arrived the Union
and Maria Ann, from London ; Albion, Colville, front Cepha.,
lonia ; and Lord Hobart packet, from 'Jamaica : sailed the I (tb
of April, and from Crooked Island the 23d. On the 243 th
hist: passed through a French fleet, under convoy of a frigate
and a sloop, nailed one which had troops on board, and was
informal they were bound to Newfoundland.

The East India. Company's ship IVinchelsea, arrived ofT. the
Wight on Saturday. bite left Bengal on the 30th of January,
and - St. 'Helena the' 10th of April. = The Thames, Genet al
Hewitt, and- 31archioness of Ely, were lying at the new an-
chores when the Winchelsea left Bengal. •

CAUTtON lIATHERS.-011 Saturday week,
n boy, named TA vr.on, of Nether-Green, near
this town, went to bathe in Messrs. AIIII.ANt
RHODES and Co.'s mill-dam, at Woodhouse.car.
lie first went into the warm water, and after re-
maining in some time, plunged into the cold just
above, whereby he recut ived such a shock that he
expired on the following Wednesday.--..(Leeds
Mercury.)

MELANCHOLY ACCInENt.--01% Saturday morn.
ing Samuel Furney, a youth of 16, son of a master Hackney,
man, who lived in `Little Ortnond-yard, Great ormond-strect,
was riding a spirited horse in the New-road ; the animal took
fright, and opposite St. Pancras New Church he threw the
.pritortunate youth, who pitched upon his head, and taken
tip with his scull dreadfully fractured, and conveyed to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital. At the same instant that the son
MI with this, accident the father was killed, being exiished by
one of the horses in flirt stable, who pres,*ed agoinNt tf;e.
stall with his hind quarters ; lie was tarried into the house and as surgeon sent, for, but he expittql heibre hip r. ii cal, ieuXine
distressed widow and four other children tol4ment his 10,S.
A melancholy accident happened. at Leith on "ruesday
non. After the Elie packet (,Mary Laing .1,1elson), hint got
within the pier heads, having by the fresh wind loins in whit a
good deal of way, it was found neeesmart to throw on shore n wnrk or rope in order to check her vtlocity. Captain White
and his erew did this immediately ; two or three turns tl'
which were then taken on a timber-bead on board the. Vagel,
1111heder the charge of an experientall realnan to ease out, to
cck the speed- of the packet. 'The rope , having run ,trat
inadvertently to the sailor,' it slipt through his hands, and
by the force with . which the vessel was going, at its tx-
Irerne tension, the end of 'the rope struck him with such •
violence on the • back, of the, head as to cause ills iono-
diate death. By this accident a widow, with five yo.,kt,i,
children, are-deprived of their only hope of subsistence.--Thi, -
unfortunate man's name was David Richard; he lit longed to
the town of Earisferry, near Elie, in Fife, and was a num of
excellent character.-4.Ediabargit Courant, :ifay 22.)
HACRNEV COACti OFFICE.—On Friday, the o=llll.B34in-
erS of Hackney Coaches convicted the following coachmen for th
Undermentioned offences;--'The driver of No. 230, in tho Tomah
of 10s. for exacting 6tl more than his legal fare ; the driver uf.
N 0.417, in the penalty of 30s. for being drunk in his employ.'
tnent, and furiously driving; , the owner and driver of No.
in the penalty of 105.,. for exacting 64. more than his le pi
fire, and feigning dearness, pretending not to understand
the complainant (a lady) when she remonstrated with him fc..r -
demanding Is. fkl. for a short shilling fare; the drivers of'
'Nos. 655, 675, 1,005, 1,111, 1,134, and 1,156, in the penal; y
of hits. each, for exaction. Several drivers having been rect ntl
fined for carrying persons about their coaches and. chariot:l,
without consent of their fare.--a practice pregnant with ruis..,
chief, and often leading to irregularities of a serious natio( -..
the 'Commissioners have determined to put a stop to Ntt h pr
ceedings, which might easily be suppreseedi if Ow public, ,f r
whoseprotection,it is intended, would lend their assistance in
indging complaints at the office for every offence of that de.
scription.