The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-14 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, Jtm-fr. 13:—Wind S.W.----Arrived last night and
to-day, and sailed for the River, the Commercial racket and
New Harmony, from Teneriff- e Christopher, Knight, from
Miramichi; Dorothy, Forster, jamalca ; Sir Geo. Osborn,
South Seaa ; Shannon, Peart, Quebec ; and Katharine, Knox,
Madras; the litter remains. Came down froth the River the
Admiralty yaiht for Portsmouth, tojoin the Royal Squadron ;
also the'Betsey, Cargill, Napier; Oscar, Jameson, Demerara ;
and remain with the rest of the outward-bound.'
JULY 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Carne down fromihe River di
Melantho, Falger' South Seas ; Bridges, Newton, ditto ;
Blacket, Murray, Jamaica; Swiftsure, Caddy, Rio Janeiro;
Thomas, Garners,. St. John's, N. N..: Madeira, Allen, St.
Thomas's. Arrived last night and to-clay, the SirT Edward
Paget, Geary, from Bengal Duke of Bedford, Cunningham,
Bombay; York, Talbot, Madras; Joseph, Patrick, Sierra
Leone ; Mary, Brown, Cape of Good Ilope ; Dedalus, Emt,le.
ton, Miramichi ; Edward, Dew, St. Vincent& ; British Tar,
Clark, Quebec; the whole have proCeeded for the River with
several others—particulars unknown.
PoitTSMOn T it, ,S.W.—Sailed his Ma.
jest Y's ship Tamar, for Chatham.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 12.—Wind B:W.—Arrived the Persz-.
verance, from St. John's, N.B. ; Heart of Oak, Jones, Memel;
and Charles, Barchan, Antwerp. - • •
FALMOUTH, JULY 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his 'Ma-
jesty's ship Clinker, 28 days from Sc. Thomas's, with a ;
and his Majesty's ;hip Lame, from Portsmouth for the East
Indies. Arrived the Margaret and Market Maid, for Landon.

The Orbit, Baxter, from New Orleans to hive 1, ran on
shore the 39th May on Ileadburg Iteef and bilged—the crew,
411 hales of cotton, sail*, &c. saved.
The Spanish Soklier, Brown, for New York, struck on the
Elbow Sack Bank, off Flushing, the 11th inst., and was hatd.
its; into Flushing nearly under water.

Dormit, Jutv distressing accident occurred here
yesterday morning. The Ann fishing-boat, John Clark master,
having landed.its fish in the bay about 11. o'clock, proceeded to
the westward of the harbour to wait for sufficient water to enable
it to enter the Port, it blowing too hard to ,allow the boat to
ride safely in the bay; when, on bearing up fiat the harbour, a
very heavy sea broke into the boat and immediately sunk her,
and amen, whose name was James Birch, disappeared almost
at the same moment; the remaining dirge men were observed
by the crew of another fishing-boat, which ran to their assist-
ance, but being at 'a considerable distance, it was some time
before they reached the fatal spot, and too late to save poor
Clark, who went down before the boat arvived ; the other two
men were rescued, although they were nearly dead when
brought on shore. Birch was an industrious man, and has left
a widow who was dependent solely on him for support. The
loss of poor Clark is felt by every one who knew him. He
was a most respectable young man,—an excellent father,
husband, and son, and had, by his perseverance and industry,
been enabled to purchase half the boat in which he earned his
livelihood ;—he has left a widow expecting to be confined, and
one child, to lament his untimely end ; and I never heard the
death of a man in his humble class of life so generally deplored.
Great praise is clue to the boatmen and fishermen who instantly
lent their valuable assistance, and particularly to the saves
men who launched in a galley at the risk of their own lives.

There are only twelve prisoners in Horsham
jail for trial at our approaching Assizes ; a less
number than has been known for many years.—
There Is, at present, an appearance of but little
business in the Nisi Prius Court.

There is at present a man who is in the prac-
tice of culling on persons with birds for sale of et
very beautiful appearance, which he says he has
brought from Savannah; but. which in reality are
nothing but sparrows dyed various tolours !
The complete carcase of a horse, in a standing
posture, was lately found in Eagleslield peat.
moss, where it must have been some centuries.—
The animal was unshod, and, by the teeth, about
four years old.
Camel of Encke re-discovered in New South
Watts.—On the 2d of June, 1822, Mr. Rumker re-discovered
in Gemini the periodical comet of Encke, which has excited so
much notice, and from which it appears, that the revolution of
this comet in 1204 days is put beyond a doubt. This comet
was observed in 1786, 1795, 1801, 1805, and 1818 ; and ,by a
comparison of all these observations, he calculated two sent of
elements, which represented the observations within two minutes
of a degree. In these elements, the revolution for 1819 was
1283, 452 days, 'and 1201,452, and half the greater axis
64472101 arid. 474042. With these data, AC Encke cotta;,;;
1 puted ephemerides or the comet fin• litlnt. lie annettosed •that
he bad little hopes of its being seen in Europe in 1822, as before
June it would be extremely taint, and always near the hori.toth
and in the month of June it would set at the same time with
the sun. lie added, however, " that in south latitude $4 de.
grecs, the comet,ln -the beginning of June, would be eleitated
24 degrees above the horizon at sunset, and would then be u
bright as a star of the fourth magnitude." Our readers can..
not tail to remark the singularity of the circumstance, that Mr.
Blnker: who armnpanied Sir Thomas Brisbane to New
South IV ales, should have discovered
,this comet ,on the 2d of
June, 1822, at Parumatta, in 33 degrees 48 minutes 48 seconds
of south latitude.

M nEtt.--Saturday morning a poor old woman
of the name of. CIIAMDEIMAIN, of Marygold-
streets Bermondsey, was found dead, with strong
marks of violence upon- her .body. A labouring
mail, who slept in the next room to thp'deceaspd,
was examined on Saturday,on suspicion of having
committed, the murder. His right hand was
stained with blood, but this, he said, was caused
by the blood of two chickens, which he had
killed for his master, whocould come forward i►►
his behalf. Ile was remanded. The Coroner's
Inquest will sit this evening._
CORONER'S I NQU EST.--A n inquisition was taken
on. Saturday night, before Mr. limas, Depitty Coroner for
IVestminster, at the Feathers, St. Martin's-street, Leicester-
square, ottthe body of Charles Watson, aged 60. Mr. F. Smith
of No. 12, Blue thowatreet, deposed that the deceased lived
in his house, and occupied the first floor. lie 'is became 'a
widowcr about four months ago, since which his mind had be-
'come much ikifectcd. It appeared that on Friday the deceased
was found suspended by a piece of the red cord.troin,the top of
the bed. Verdict---" Temporary derangement." •