The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-24 00:00:00

SKIP NEWS.

DEAL, APRIL 23.—Wind E. N. E.—Came down from the
River last night and sailed the Arethusa, Frankland, for
Jamaica ; Betsy, Duncan, for America, and several others,
particulars unknown.

GRAVESEND, APRIL 23.—Sailed the Minerva, Mills ;
Bombay, Graham ; and Bridgewater, aliitchell, for China. '
RYE, APRIL 23.—The Hebe new fishing smack, of 22
tons, Head, master, was run down last night, about 10 o'clock,
six miles west of Dungeness, by a large ship going down
channel. The master and crew were, saved with difficulty.
The master showed his light and hailed the ship several times,
to which no attention was paid, nor did she heave too to pick up
the crew of the smack after she had sunk her, but kept on a
steady course down channel. The loss to the poor fisherman is
upwards of 3001.
FAL MOUTII, APRIL 21.—Wind S.—Arrived the Duke of
Marlborough packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in 11 days.
Sailed the Fox packet, with mails for Lisbon and the Islands ;
and the John and Adam, Knight, for Leghorn.

Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Barbadoes,
dated March 18th.

" The military signal post at Briton's Hill is furnished with
Capt. Marryat's code of signals for the Navy and Merchant
service, and communicates with all vessels which arrive at and
call off this Island, and conveys the intelligence to our commer-
cial rooms, and it may be useful to make this from
known.
His Majesty's ship Sapphire is arrived here from Guadaloupe
with seven of the mutineers on board the Kate, Purdye ; their
names are Peter Kidd, Richard Jones, Thomas Murdoch,
David Ramsay, John M'Donald, James Mitchell,. and Peter
Fisher. The Admiral is here and their trial will come on im-
mediately. Thy have acknowledged their guilt, and .1063
dollars found in their possession have been taken charge of by
the Provost Marshal for the Owners."

THE AnTs.—We were the first to notice the
intention of a public exhibition of the works of
living Engravers in this country, and we have the
pleasure of stating that it opened yesterday, and
manifested such a display of talents in this pro-
vince of the Arts, that in point of beauty, force,
and variety, it is in the highest degree honourable
to British genius, taste, and skill. Some of the
best works of our own living Painters, and some
of the rare compositions of the great foreign
Artists of former times, have given scope to Eng-
lish Engravers, and they exhibit such specimens
of spirit and fidelity as may of course be equalled
but never can be excelled, and such as demand
the warmest encouragement of a liberal and en-
lightened people.
A rich 'vein of silver and lead ore has been dis-
covered on the Wheal Golden lode, in Wheal
Penhale Mine, Cornwall.
The Commissioners, Assesors, and Collectors
of Assessed Taxes of the southern division of
Pevensey, Sussex, have memorialised the Trea-
sury, declaring their conviction that it-is impos-
sible to collect the half year's taxes coming pay-
able, without levying the same in many instances
by distress—memorial prays a delay of collecting
till June.

Au American Journal reports that one of the
p"incipal roads in the Province of Chaetas is
become impassable from a species of non-descript
Mosquito ; they attack both man and horse, and
their sting is so destructive as to cause death in
three hours.

The Methodists are now raising subscriptions
to convert the gypsies to christianity. In a late
report, they say, « We have been running to the,
ends of the earth to convert the heathen, while
this body, which has subsisted among us for 400
years, and now amounts to 18,000 souls, has
escaped our notice."

Mr. BASTALL, of Grantham, in Lincolnshire,
has at this time growing in his garden an apricot
tree in full bloom, with several young apricots
upon it of the size of cherries.
One hundred and fifty-two convicts were
transhipped on Saturday last from the hulks to
the ship Grenada, at Spithead, bound to New
.South Wales,