The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-20 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, JAN. 19.—Wind W.N.W.—Remain the Honour.
able Company's ships Macqueen and Castle Huntley, for
China. The Thomas Coutts, ditto, is expected in the Qowns
this evening. Sailed the Ann, Whitmore, for Cape—Coast
Castle; Mary, for Oporto ; Tuscan, for the South Se;:s ; York
Merchant, for Charente; and Malvina, for Zante. Arrived
the Fame, Trickey, from Lisbon. Came down from the River
and sailed, for Plymouth, the Portsmouth transport.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind N.N.W.—Remains the
Lord Hungerford, for India.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 18—Wind N. XV.

.-FALMOL"I"IIS JAY..

N.ll'.—No arrivals or sailing 5.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. N.1V..---Arrived the Tus-
carora, Serrell, from Philadelphia, sailed the 22d December.
PonT GLASGOW, JAN.. 17.—Sailed the Guiana, Ill'Arthur,
for Demerara ; and the Pilgrim, Wilson, for Jamaica.
Coax, Jaw. 16.—Arrived the Susannah, Newman; and the
Dorchester, Swatridge, from London.

The Elizabeth, Jones, from Quebec to London, was totally
lost the 30th November off St. Roch, in the river St. Law--
rence; crew saved.

The names-of the Officers who belonged to the
Arab, lately lost on the Irish coast, are-44ieutenants W. F.
Sayer and T. Graham; Mr. J. Mahony, Master ; Mr. G. M.
Caldwell, Surgeon ; Mr. R. Williams, Assistant-Surge ;
and Mr. Michael Cassio Harris, Purser and Captain's ukrk.
Her complement of men was 110.

An oak tree growing on the estate of the Duke_
of SomtmsET, at Maiden Bradley, was in full
foliage on Christmas day last.
TILE HERTFORDSHIRE AIDRDER.----YeStPrdar.
morning, Sir R. BIKNIE read publicly a letter
which he had received from the Rev. Mr. Lloyd.
the visiting Magistrate of Hertford gaol, convey-
ing the most cordial thanks of the High Sheriff
and the whole Magistracy of that county, for
the able assistance which they had received from
h:m (Sir R. Birnie) and the officers (Bishop,
Ruthven, and Upson), in the investigations con
netted with the atrocious murder of Mr. Wears.
The conduct of the officers, the Rev. Gentleman
said, could not be too highly praised, and the
ju&ce of the country was under the greatest obli-
gations to them.

The story of a card of the late Mr. WicAtm
having been left at Petworth House, as told by
the London Prints of last week, was truly ridi-
culous. The fact is (and we state it on authority '
not to be questioned), that a Gentleman, re-
siding in the neighbourhood of Petworth, hes a
servant living with him, whose father keeps a
billiard table, and there he made an acquaint-
ance with Mr. Weare, who sometimes visited the
servant when he was in London with his master.
This man had one of Mr. Weare's cards :--" Mr.
Wm. Weare, Lyon's Inn;''—and his master
hearing of this card, took it, and left it upon the
table in Lord Egrernont's house, where the cards
of visitors are usually placed. This created great
surprise for a day or two, and until the Gentle-
man explained the joke, at which the Noble Earl
lanzbed heartily.—(Lewes Journal.)
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MURDER.—On the 10th. instant a person, call.
i3g himself John Lay, went to the house of
J chit Fitzgerald, farmer at Durrunurry, near Kit_
dare, and represented that. he was married to
Fitz'.4erald's daughter, and that she was then in
Manchester. He remained with the family, and •
a companied them to mass on the following morn- •
fling (Sunday.) The family retired to bed
about ten o'clock. Fitzgerald and Lay slept to-
get her. Fitzgerald's wife, their daughter Eliza- •
beth, and a young child, slept in another room
off the kitchen. About twelve o'clock the
females heard the cry of " Murder," and Lay •
was seen forcing the door of their bed-room •
with a razor in his hand. Elizabeth caught •
hold of the razor ; lie seized her, but she
soon disengaged herself and alarmed the neigh-
bours, when Lay fled. Fitzgerald was found with
his throat cut from ear to ear, which caused his
death immediately. Expresses were sent in every
direction, and the murderer was apprehend by
the country people, near Black Church, on Mon-
day, who conducted -him to Naas gaol. Had it
not been for the exertion of the girl it is thought
he would-have murdered the whole family. Lay
says he is a native of Lancashire, and-that he de-

serted from the 86th Regiment in April; and
that when he was quartered in Dublin he married
Catherine, the daughter of John Fitzgerald,
whom he murdered.—(Dublin Correspondent.)