The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-17 00:00:00

Tilt ARMY,

The Governorship of Pendennis-castle has, in conseptence
of the death:of Felix Buckley, which took place on the 14th inst.
become vacant. Gen. Buckley served as a Captain in the 2d
troop of horse-guards, in 17M. He received the brevet of
Major, the 6th August, 1762 ; Was appointed Guidon and
Major in his regiment, 28th Sept., 1764; Cornet and Major,
Bth February, 1765 ; 2d Lieutenant and Lieutenant-Colonel,
6th March, 1771 ; Ist Lieutenant and Lieutenant-Colonel
28th July, 1773 ; Colonel by,brevet 19th Feb. 1779 ; Major
General 23th Nov. 1782 ; Lieutenant-Colonel and ,Colonel in
his regiment, 18th Nov. 1790; Lieutenant-General 3d May,

1796, and attained, on the Ist January, 1801, the rank of dici-
neral. General Buckley was in the army upwards of 72 years,
and died at a very advanced age.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of

Chester.
The King's Cheshire Volunteer Legion—Tabley Troop—
Cornet Robert Thorley to be Lieutenant, vice Wallace, de-
ceased; Joseph Dunn, jun. Gent. to be Cornet,,,vice Thorley,
promoted.

Ashton,Hey's Troop—James Calveley, Gent. to be Cornet,
vice Palin, resigned.

11ERCAN'1'II.0 SIIIPPI NG.

DEAL, SEPT. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Cambridge, '--.,- and Harmony, Currie, from
Jamaica ; Georgiana, Watt, from Grenada ; Magnet,. —,
from Alexandria t-Thomas, Bell, from St. Vincent; Britannia,
Libston, from Portugal ; Ibis, —, from Qporto ; Eliza-
beth, Gunston, from Naples ; Ranger, Spence, from Sierra
Leone : sailed the 15th of August, and Ardgour, Duncan,
Irons St. Domingo. Passed through the George the Fourth,
Salmon, from Gibraltar, for Leith : sailed the 22d of August.
Came down from the River and remain, the John Palmer,
Clark, for the South Seas ; and Margaret, Lowe, for Glaigow.
His Majesty's ship Brisk, in turning to the westward this
forenoon, carried away both topmasts off the South Sand Ile-ad,
and immediately put back into the Downs.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 16.-IVind W.S.W.—Arrived the
Elizabeth, Boyle, from Gibraltar; and his Majesty's ship
Madagascar, from the East Indies, and is put under quaran-
tine, having touched at the Island f Ascension his Majesty's
ship Glasgow went out of harbour.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT.,l5.—Wind S.—Arrived the Henry and
Isabella, from Trieste ; Louisa, Le Bas, from Gibraltar ;
Tynemouth, from Petersburg!' ; and Bengal Merchant, from
London, for Madras.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 15.—Wind W.—Arrived the Blucher
packet, from Lisbon : sailed the 7th inst.

Great apprehensions were felt on account of the Dove, of
W ' almer Capt. Tap, which sailed on the tith inst. bound from
Deal to Pevensea, with 13assengers ; but we are happy to find
that the Captain through great exertion made the desired port
and landed his passengers-in safety, after encountering with
very tempestuous gales. Immediately on Ig.ding he took
post for Deal, to acquaint the friends of the parties concerned
of their safe arrival. Too much praise cannot be given to
the captain and crew for their intlefatigable and almost unex.
ampled judgment in the management of the craft at such a
dangerous crisis.—(Kentish Gazette.) .

ALARMING FIRE AT BRENTFORD.—On Sunday
night, about seven o'clock, the inhabitants of
New Brantford were greatly alarmed by a fire
breaking out in the house of Mr. Dw v mt,
chemist and druggist, opposite the Church, which
'burnt with unabated fury for about an hotir and
a half, by which time, although the engines ar-
rived immediately on the spot, the house, stock,
and ,furniture, were totally destroyed, leaving
nothing but the bare walls. The fire then com
municated to the adjoining house, Mr. CALuts'..t,
broker, and undertaker, which was seriously in-
jured, fortunately the whole of his property was
saved, through the prompt assistance of the fire-
men. The above-houses and property have only
been insured within the last few weeks) since the
fire at the Castle Tavern.

IPsWIEri, SEPT. 15.--Last week, on emptying
a pit on the premises of Mr. Downing, at Mellis, a solitary
pike was found near the bottom, which weighed upwards of
771 b.: it had been remarked, that whenever any young ducks,
on making for the water, entered this pit, they soon ,cliesp-
peered ; and it is pretty evident that they became his prey, as
well as every living thing in the pit. When taken, it had a
large water rat stuck in his throat.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.--On Wednesday even-
ing, (10th Instant), as two poor women, one aged about 70
(sexton of the parish of Ilingmore), the other a young woman
about 20, who lived with hers were gathering sticks on the
edge of a tremendous precipice near the Ness, at Sheldon, the
younger one missed her footing, and her aged companion, her
nurse and friend from infancy, caught hold of her hand to save
her, but, shocking to relate, both were immediately hurled
to the depth of 200 feet ! The only person near was a wo-
man, a neighbour of the unfortunate sufferers, who procured
assistance from Sheldon as soon as her emaciated frame,
rendered doubly weak from terror, would suffer her to crawl
so far. Some honest sailors, ever ready in the hour of danger,
immediately got off' a long boat, and with great exertion
brought her round the Nes.a, though a strong east wind was
blowing upon the rocks, and the surf ran high ; when at last they
reached the objects of their compassion, and were getting the
young woman into the boat, a high sea washed her out of their
arms; in a second attempt, both she and one of the seamen
were washed down, and the poor fellew in struggling to save
her was nearly lost himself, but happily two of the other men
succeeded in getting them out of the water ; they were then all
compelled to return with the boat up the Teign, leaving the
bleeding creatures on the rocks. A number of people who had
assembled on the cliffs, watching the event, saw that the only
means of saving them was to get ropes andhlankets to draw
them upi which, with the assistance of lights, (for it was near
eight o clock), and at the risk of the lives of those who ven-
tured in a circuitous way, descending from craig to craig, to get to
them, theyeffected. They found them living, but in a dreadfully
mangled state; anti the poor sufferers are now lying in one
house near the church in Ringmore, about a mile from Sheldon.
The poor woman who was with them when they fell, lives also
just by • she is the mother of five children, and has long been
in an ill state of health. The humane efforts of the sailors, too,
who evinced all the kindness and fortitude of human nature,
will, we hope, be effectually remembered. The Rev. Clergyman
of Ringniore, or of any neighbouring parish, would, doubtless,
receive any sums for the sufferers, or for those who rescued them
from their perilous situation. The women are yet living, and
the younger one may possibly recover.—(Exeter Barrette.)
HORRIBLE ASSASSINATION%--.ollSaturday (Gth
inst.), at 10 in the morning, N. Dclaye, formerly a merchant,
was assassinated in his own house. He was pierced by a
poniard in various parts of the body. His servant, on hearing
his cries ran to his assistance, and endeavoured to arrest the
villain in his flight. In the attempt he received two wounds
in the shoulder which are supposed dangerous. The perpe-
trator of this horrible deed is a person named Dupuin, sheen-
date of law, and formerly a traveller in the employment of N.
Delaye, with whom he had some altercation on pecuniary affairs.
After murdering the master; and wounding the servant, he
made his escape in the direction of the AV:e de Brotteaux.—
They began to despair of taking him, when a corporal of the
43d perceived the assassin running towards him. Hearing the
cry of " stop," and seeing a man bareheaded endeavouring, at
the same time, to turn in another direction, he bravely came
up, not considering whether the villain was armed or not,
and though much inferior in strengh and size, stopped him
until he was taken into custody, and conveyed to the Hotel.de-
Ville. He was soon after brought to the place where the
murder was committed, where the King's Attorney and the
Judges of Instruction attended.—( Lyons Gazette.)
GRAPE-STEALING EXTRAORDINARY..--. Mr.
PHILIP BOWLES, butcher, of Ragland, has a very
large vine in front of his house, full of fruit, which
for several weeks past he has observed to dimi•
nish very perceptibly in quantity. Determined
to detect the thieves, and bring them to justice,
he sat up all night with two friends on Satur-
day last, but nobody came to disturb them. Abeut
five o'clock, however, on Sunday morning, they
heard a rustling noise in the vine, and going gen-
tly out of the house, to their great astonishment,
they saw eleven rats descend from the roof of the
house into the vine, and gorge themselves with
the fruit.