The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-03 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SfiIPPING.

The Yarmouth, Keaghly, of Liverpool, from Campeachy for
London, was totally lost the Pth January off Boneas, Cape Sa.
lon (Spanish Main)—crew saved.

Yesterday a Court of Directors way held at the East India
House, when the following ships were taken up for one voyage,
and thus stationed, viz. :—Royal George, Orient, Rockingham,
Florentia, and 'Merton, fur Bengal direct ; and Fame, for
Bengal and Bencoolen.

ACCIDENTS FROM SERVANTS CLEANING lirt7i-
nows.--Another shocking accident has happened
at Hereford, by a servant girl falling from a
window in cleaning 'it. Perhaps it is not gene-
rally known that patent hinges are now used to
turn sash windows to the inside, which will su-
persede the dangerous practice of climbing out-
side for cleaning, painting, and glazing windows.
These hinges may be had of any carpenter in
town or country.
About one o'clock in the morning of Wednes-
day the 26th nit, the house. of Mrs. JAMES, who
keeps a small shop at Barking Tye, was at-
tacked by a gang of men, armed with bludgeons:
one man entered the bed-room in which she,
with her mother, aged 84 years, and a young
woman, her niece, slept, by breaking the glass
anti frame of the window ; another man mounted
the ladder, to support' his companion ; a third
remained below. The man in the room demanded
her money and keys, and taking her pockets,
desired to know how touch money was in them ;
and on being told about 41., swore that if
she did not get more instantly, he would kill
her ; but on the cry of " Murder!" from the
niece, he threw the pockets out of the window,
and the three departed. On first seeing the man
at the window. Mrs. James jumped out of bed,
and went down stairs for a sword that she had in
the house, expecting to attack the man before
he should have entered the room ; not finding the
sword, she took up a hook, which he, who was
in the bed room, on her return, knockrd out of
her hand, and gave her a very violent blow on
the right arm, and another on the face.— (Bary
Gazette.)
Yesterday the Landlady of the' Brown Bear
public-house,
at St. Alban's, who came to town
to pay her distiller 1.50/. for liquors, in going
along Newgate-street, had her pocket cut by
some villain, who is supposed to be aware of the
property she had, and was robbed of all het-
:no:ley.
On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, two
thieves attempted to cut a lead pipe fro,n a house
at the foot of Leith Walk, and one of them
climbed up for the purpose of wrenching out the
hold fasts; while thus engaged, one of the hold-
fasts gave way, when he 'and the pipe fell to the
ground, a height of two or tliree stories. The
Fellow was so severely bruised and stunned by
'‘e fall that he could not move from the spot,
was found lying there by some persons who

!ard the fall. Ile was conveyed to the -Royal
afirmary.—(Edinburgh Courant.)
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY ON A FEMALE.--
“dast night, about eight o'clock, a female.servant
al' a family residing in Cross-street, Islington,
was returning from Stepney Fair to Islington,
she was accosted by two ruffians, who addressed
her, and said, as they were going her way (from
Hoxton,) if she had no objection, they would
accompany her towards her home, When thepoor
girl entertaining no harm of their proposals (the
villains being dressed in a respectable manner)
consented, and they continued walking tend cow;
versing together until they came to a lonely part of
the Shepherd and Shepherdess-fields, when 'they
suddentfy tripped up her feet, and plundered her
of all she had in her pockets, consisting of seven
shillings and a few things--she had brought with
her from the, fair. Not content with this
ill
usage,, they proceeded to peisonal violence, when
her cries brought some neighbours to her assist.
ance, hut unfortunately not until they had got
clear off. The young woman says she can iden-
tify their persons from a thousand, and it is there-
fore to be hoped, for she ends of justice, that
they may be apprehended, and brought to answer
for their inhuman conduct.
About eleven o'clock on. ‘Vendesday evening,
the watchman. in Bell's Wynd being alarmed by
cries proceeding from a public house, near the
middle of that lane, immediately procured assist-
ance, and went into the house, where five
desperate charactirs were found. On searching
the house, a watch was found inn barrel among
herrings, and a chain and seals in another part of
the house. The officers of police then prepared
to take the wholeinto custody, when a fellow of the
name of ]'Callum took up a table knife, and,
with the most dreadful imprecations„ made a
thru4 at one of the watchmen---the diabolical
attempt was only frustrated by an officer break-
ing the knife by a stroke of his baton. The
whole party was secured, and brought to the
watch-house. On Thursday, Mr. M'Callum
was sentenced to 60 days' confinement in Bride-
el 1 --on eof his companions to 30, for return-
ing from banishment—two were dismissed, and
one detained till the watch could be accounted
for.—(Edinburgh Courant, March 31.)

Extract of a Letter from the. Agent to Lloyd's, at Cowes.

dated the 2d inst.]
" I have seen a passenger in the Ilongua who went in the
Portuguese ship Carolina, from Manilla to China ; he informs
me that the Regent was off Manilla on the 29th of October (ire
saw her very near the port), with loss of rudder : that a gale
of wind came on which drove her on the coast of China, and
that, when he left Macao on the nth of November, it was re-
ported that she was then on the coast."

DEAL, APRIL 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the
River last night the Royal Georgie, Ellerby, for Bombay ;
Francis, Benson, Van Dieman's Land ; Brutus, Smith, 'ditto ;
Samuel and Sarah, Campbell, Lima ; Thomas, Davidson,
Pictou ; George and Thomas, Hall, Naples ; also to-day the
Charles, Butebard, South Seas; Latona, Redpath, Quebec‘;
and Harmony, Currie. Jamaica. Arrived and sailed for the
River the Coventry, Horn, from Demerara; Isabella, from
Charleston, and Asia, Reid, from Batavia, and remain.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Dib,m,
Dale, from St. Aliehael's.—The Nautilus, of Liverpool, from. Petersburgh, was wrecked at St. Michael's the 12th ot
crew saved.
FALMOUTH, APRIL I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed. the Zeno,
Talbert, for London.
Poirrs scowl' it, A PRI L 2.—Wind W.—Arrived the Sisters,
Sargeant, from the Downs for Demerara.