The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-08 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

I. Arrivals in England.
From Bombay—The Columbia, Chapman, at Liverpool the
Ist instant, sailed from Bombay the Ist January, and from the
Cape the Ist March.
From the Cape—The Thomas, Winspear, passed Graves-
end the 31st ult. sailed the sth January, and last from Ham-
burgh.
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Pi•om Bengal—The Duke of Lancaster,. Davies, off. Live-
rpool the 3d instant, sailed froM Calcutta the 20th December,
from the Sand Heads the 2d January, from Madras the 19th
January, and from St. Helena the 27th March.
The Albion, Swainson, from Bengal, off' Holyhead the 2d
inst., bound to Liverpool, sailed from Calcutta the Ist January,
from the Sand Heads the 11th January, and from the Cape the
19th March.
The Kingston, Bowen, from Bengal, off Weymouth the 4th
inst., sailed from Bengal the 12th January, from the Cape the
19th March, and from St. Helena the 6th April.
11. Arrivals at the Eastern Ports.
At Bencoolen—The Fame, Young, from Bengal, on the 14th
January.

At Bombay—The Sarah, Bowen, from London on the 30
December.

At St. Helena—The Marquis of Wellington, Blanchard, and
the Abberton, Percival, from Bengal.
The Henry, Thatcher; Palambang, Hyde; Recovery, Fo.
therley ; De Sisters, Committea ; and Don Denning, Sils, from
Batavia.

The Hero of Malown, Garrick, from Bengal and the the
Mauritius.

The Milford, Horwood, from Bombay and Ceylon.
Off St. Helena, previous to the lath April—The Ganges,
Cumberlege, from Bengal.
The Madras, Fisher, from Ceylon.
The Woodford, Chapman, and the William Miles, Beadle,
from Madras.
The Sarah, Bowen, from Bombay.
At Bengal—The Mary, Ardlie, from Loudon.
At Ceylon—The Alexander, Richardson, from London, and
was loading for England the 2d January.
At Batavia—The Henry, Thatcher; the Recovery, Fotherly;
and the Earl St. Vincent, Reeves, from New South %Vales.
The Palambang, Hyde, from Manilla.
The Levant, Cabut, from China.
The Maria, Moffitt, from London and Antwerp.
The Eliza, Cuthbertson, and the Dolphin, East, from
Bengal.

Sailings from the Eastern Ports.
From Bombay—The England, Reay, for London, the 30th
December.
The Milford, llarwood, was to sail for England the 15th Ja-
nuary.
The Aurora, Earl, the Ist February.
The John Bannerman was loading for England.
From China—The Buckinghamshire, Glasspoole, the last
shit) of the season, was to sail for London the 10th February.
roue St. Helena—The Marquis Wellington, Blanchard,and
the Abberton, Percival, for London, the 14th April.
From Rio aneiro—The John Bull, from New South Wales,
was to sail for London the 21st March.

The Admiral Bruyska, Hodges, for Rotterdam ; the General
llarris, Welstead, for Bencoolen ; the Palambang, Ilyde, for
Antwerp; the Henry, Thatcher, Hero, Garrick ; Britannia,
Luke; Mitford, Howard; Recovery, Fotherly ; and the Ma-
dras, Fisher, for London.
IV. Ships spoke with.
The Orpheus, Finlay, from London to the Mauritius, 30th
March, lat. 4. S. long. 24. W.
The Mary, Lord, from New York to China, on the 10th May,
all well.

The Marquis of Wellington, Blanchard, and the Abberton,
Percival, from Bengal to London, 2d May, on the Line.
The Asia, Pope, from Bengal and Madras, Ist instant, in
the Channel.

The Guardian, Sutherland, from London to Batavia, 25th
Feb., lat. 26. 55 N.

The Orpheus, Finlay, from London 9th April, lat. 1. 30. S.
lon. 19. 30. W.
The John Bull, Corlet, from New South Wales to Rio, and
Liverpool, 2d Feb. off Staten Island.
V. Miscellaneous Occurrences.

There were 11 sail of American ships loading at China in
January last.
The Vansittart experienced a gale of wind off the Cape of
Good Hope in March last, which lasted nearly 10 days; and in
the Channel saw about 70 homeward-bound ships waiting fora
wind to get into port.
VI. Ships sailed during the past week.
From Plymouth—The Cornwall, Bunyon, for Madras and
Bengal on the 31st ult.
From the Downs—The Salmon River, Gransmore, for Ba-
tavia and Singapore, on the 22th ult.
The Heros, Poppin, for Batavia, on the 28th ult.
From Liverpool—The John Taylor, Atkinson, for Bengal,
on the Ist of June.

VII. Ships expected to sail during the present week.
For Bengal—The Honourable Company's chartered ships
Boyne, Stephens; and the Claudine, Nicholls, on the 11th
instant; and the George Home, Young, on the 9th inst., from
the Downs.

From Bombay—The Katherine Stewart Forbes ; and the
3farquis of Hastings, Weynton, on the 9th inst. from Grave-
send.

The Lord Castlereagh, Durant, on the 12th instant, front the
Downs.

For Batavia—The Scorpion, Riyon, from Gravesend, the
9th instant.

For the Cape—The Mars, IVilson, on the 6th instant, from
he Downs.

For the Cape and Bourbon—The Cape packet, Kellie, on the
7th instant, from the Downs.

For St. Helena—The Resolution, Cibbs, from the Downson
the 7th instant.
VIII. Passengers Homeward.
Per Vansittart—Capt. James P. Hackman, and Miss Eliza
Haswell, from Anjeer ; Capt. Thos. M. Hunter, St. Helena
artillery, and Master Eden Baker, from St. Helena.
Per 'Warren Hastings, Rawes, from China, John Reeves,
Esq. from Canton.
Per Kingston, Bowen, from Bengal—Lieut.-Colonel Richard-
son, Bengal Native Infantry, Lieut.-Colonel Fitzgerald, do.
Cavalry, Lieut. liiscoe, do. do., George Meliss, Esq. ; Mis-
tresses Col. Richardson, Col. Fitzgerald, Tredway Clarke,
Major Alexander, Sevright ; Misses M. Clarke, E. Young,
Q. Kennedy, E. Kennedy, H. Kennedy, E. Alexander, C.
Richardson, A. Alexander, E. Meliss, A. Meliss; Master
Tredway Clarke.
IX. Passengers Outward.
Per Marquis of Hastings, Capt. Weynton, for Bombay—
Richard Turin, Esq.
Per Heros, Poppin, for Teneriffe and Batavia—None.

SIR HENRY lIARDINGE.—The Durham County
Advertiser of Saturday last, contains the following article :
" We, have heard with great satisfaction, of a letter written by
his Royal Highness the COMMANDER-IN-CIII.EF, to our
worthy Representative, Sir HENRY HARDINGE, expressing
his Royal Highness's entire and unqualified approbation of his
highly honourable and gentlemanlike coliduct in the recent
unjustifiable, attempt of .Mr. BATTIER, late a Cornet in the
10th Hussars, to fasten aquarrel on him. His Royal High.
ness states, that had Sir H. Hardinge acted otherwise than as
he did, it would have been in direct disobedience of his express
commands, and would have incurred his serious displeasure;
adding, after perusing the statement confirmed by Col. Wes-
tern's signature, it would have lowered the credit of that pro-
fession which his distinguished services and gallantry in the
field had so eminently upheld, and that by continuing to treat
with contempt any intrusion on his attention, he will best con-
sult the credit of the service, and best support a character which
is too well established to risk being affected by the failure of
any attempt by Mr. Battier, or by any other person disposed
to advocate his cause, (if indeed any such could be found after
his own exposure of his conduct), to provoke him to abandon a
course which it has been his Royal Highness's duty to pre-
scribe to him. The letter is dated Horse Guards, 25th May,
1824, and signed " Frederick, Coßimander.in-Chief."—We
have been induced to notice this most highly flattering testi-
mony of the meritorious conduct of our gallant Member, from
an assurance that it will afford infinite satisfaction to every
person of honourable feeling and principle ; and we sincerely
hope Sir Henry Hardinge will long, very long enjoy that confi-
dence his gallantry and approved good conduct so justly merits.

FATAL OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday five young
men embarked from Bognor in an open boat to visit the Light
Ship stationed on the Owers Rocks, off Selsca Bill, being about
11 miles from their place of departure. On their return the
boat upset at nearly midway from the Owers to the shore. The
Albina, a sailing boat belonging to J. Clark, Esq. of Bognor,
was the first to discover the accident, and crowded all sail to-
wards the spot; but being four miles distant, she could only come
up in time to rescue one man, named Potts (a driver of a London
van ), from a watery grave—four others had perished : their names
are Pollington, Sharer, Binstead (a bricklayer), and Smith (a
groom to Lord Arran). From the survivor's account, this
catastrophe was owing to one of the deceased attempting to
climb the mast to hoist a colour, which at once turned the boat
keel upwards. Four succeeded in gaining the keel, whereby
three hung till exhausted, and then disappeared. The owner
of the boat sunk at the moment of the accident: The bodies of
all the sufferers were taken up on Tuesday, when their relations
hastened to claim them. This heart-rending sight may be
imagined, but it baffles description.