The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-17 00:00:00

SI-I I NEWS.

DESTRUCTION of tl►e Ship HARLEQUIN, of London,,
captain DONALD, by a Thu►►derbolt, of illorlaix,

the 2d inst.

Fowav, MAacn 14.--The I 1 trlequin, Do-
NALD, of and for London, from Lisbon, was on
the 2d inst. struck with a thunderbolt, which
went through her, enteting the deck near her
cabouse. Cawain DONALD and elevth of the
crew took to 'the long-boat, which, after their
best exertions, filled with water and went down.
The carpenter and two of the crew, in the small
boat, were taken up by a sloop belonging to
Morlaix, and carried into this port. 'rids singu-
hr accident happened 16 miles from Morlaix, at
half-past eight p. m.—JOHN RUTTER, one of the
crew, and a native of Tarpoint, was landed near
this port yesterday, and gives the above informa-
tion to the Agent for LLOYD'S."

PorttsmouT H, MAacit 16.—Sailed yesterday
his Majesty's ships Conqueror and Hardy for St.
Helena, and his Majesty's Chip Leander tor Ha-
lifax.—Wind S. E.

Dent,, MARCH 16.—Sailed on the 14th, the
Waterloo and Ulnaelsea, for China ; Itose,
Princess Charlotte of Wales, a►id Streatha►n, for
Madras and Bengal.—Wind E.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH B.—Sailed yesterday the
L'Elephant French frigate for the Isle of Boar-
bon.—Wind E.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 14..--Arrived yesterday the
Grace packet from New Yolk, with a mail, in
18 days. The Prince Ernest packet, for Lisbon,
has gone into the Roads.—Wind var4ble from
S. E. to \V,

HAnwten, MARCU 150—Arrived the Beaufoy,
Henry Freeling, and Lady Nepean packets, With
inails from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Lark packet for
ditto ; Prince of Orange packet for Holland
and Jane packet for Gottenburish—all with mails.

The Paris Papers of Friday state the Funds at
601. 80c.

The Marriage of the Princes of Mryrciztucti
and the Prince of Worn -Emma°. was celebrated
on the 22d nit., by proxy, at Vienna.

General MAITLAND has arrived at Corfu, and
assembled the Senate for the definitive organiza-
tion of the Government.

The Seine has begun to falt.

The Duke of WEL•LtNiaroN gave a brand Ball
on Thursday, and was to leave Paris on Saturday
to meet the Grand Duke NICHOLAS at the Review
at Manbeuge.

A file of American Papers, to the 22. d
reached us this morning. We have Writers in
this country whose aim seems to be to make us
unsettled and wretched at home, and if they fail
in that scheme, at least to persuade as many
idiots as they can, to emigrate to where they will
hare a certain chance of being miserable. They
paint America as a perfect El Dorado : we sub-
mit the two following paragraphs for their consi-
deration :

" There are 417 insolvents now advertising in
this state fur the benefit of the act ; 163 of them
are before. the Recorder in this city."—(New
York, Feb. 12.)

" New Soup Ifouse, Franklin-street, near the .4r-

semi!.

" This forenoon i 279 have been fed with soup,
with which, at the same time, each has received
a proportion of bread. The co►►tributions this
day have fallen far short of the expenees."—
abidern

Can it be supposed that Strangers will be pros-
perous where the Natives are so wretched ?—Let
our Patriots reconcile these facts with their de-!
veitful. theories !

The House of Representatives has been warmly
debating a Bill " to prohibit all commercial inter-
course with ports or places, into, or with which
the vessels of the United States are not ordinarily
permitted to enter and trade."

The following are the only Extracts which
I4ave occurred to us on a hasty inspection of these
Journals : •

Extract from a Letter, dated New Orleans, Jan. 20, 1817.

" Times nre very hard here, produce continues
high, money scarce, and drafts on the Atlantic
States cannot be negotiated.

"Cotton 251 a 26 cents cash; sugar 10 a 11
cents ; molasses 36 cents ; pour 10 dollars ; to-
bacco. S cents.

" At New Orleans, on Christmas-day, there
was a sanguinary qoarrel between the seamen and
Kentuckians. In the day time the seamen were
victorious, but at night the Kentuckians being
reinforced were too strong for their antagonists.
The battle was with clubs, dirks, &c. several
seamen were killed—and General RIPLEY fOund
it necessary to turn out the United States troops
to suppress the riot.

(From the National Intelligencer, Feb. 11.)
" The Senate, it is. understood, have before
them a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, said
to have been concluded'between our late Minister,
Mr. RUSiell, and the Government of Sweden.—
As on these subjects the Senate acts with closed
door, we are not of course apprised of the terms of
the Treaty, nor of the proceedings of the Treaty,
nor of the proceedings of the Senate thereon.
[From the Newburypo t Herald, Feb. 18,3
" rhsTen TuAna.—We were last evening fa-
voured with a St. John's N. B. Gazette, of the
sth inst., containing the Proclamotion of the Pro-
vince President of New Brunswick, and the Act
which is now in force relative to the Plaster 'Dade.