The Sun.
London, England, 1821-02-09 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

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Por rs UT FEB. B.—Arrived his Majesty's ship GreeLiri
from cruise.-... Put back the Thomas, Bell.—ailed his Mt.;
jesty's ship Camelion, en a crttii;e ; Caroline, Soupat, fee
ilavre ; Onyx, for Honduras ; Kingston, Forrest, for =laic re
and Jubilee, Fairburn, to the Nirestward.
SC' LL,t, t.E.2.1):—„5:,i,;-iarat 'casks of 'hater a'id'sone fffb;..q-;.;
have beef; up on - the shores of several e` 'the adjaurit
Islands. . •

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BEAT., 1 Ei,. ILL-Came' dovin from the River, the Barton',
Denning' for Jamaica; and lirestinorelaticl, Robinson, foi the
West The outward-bound -remain; but vrill•get-avay
as_soon is- the -ebb-tide makes.
ritt.lttitT -Fe TL 6.—Arrisied'.the Corddia,:,Magec, from,:
LOndon fqr. Batavia ;-.Amazon, Holder, and Latly,Pophatii,,
Jenkins, frOm ditto fot Jamaica ;' Ling, Clark, fivin ditto. fot-
Viticonts ;' Mary, Cleland, from ditto for St.--,-I.Ar4ie • Mat-.
set,. Simpson,: front clittofor. Teneriffc ; and 111;11...onoWlain4k:.
.am Newcastle. for Rio. Janeiro. • .
. PLYilOir 'Eli, FED." 7—Arrived the Harriet; Coming, from
St. Michael's. -Sailed the Two Brothers, Coatli, fdr,Wat6rford.
The Ann and William, Best, from Terceira, fonnclered at
sea on'the 6th ult.

OVERFLOWING OF THE Do otto.--0-iiorto
pers to , the 2.7 th ult. arrived yesterday.44-Theyi-
; contain further particulars of the datirage
by the late Rood in. the Douro, wloicit, how.,
ever, was not accompanied by atr-earthquake• a*:
stated in some of the forrner accounts.:4Arric.
, the vossels which were lir imminent peril. we find
the English brigantine, the. Fair. H-iberlria~ .i 3 lei ;s
'being. ready to sail for Loudon, with, a cargo of:
wine, was forced from her-moorings,4,n4 driv.er
on shore. Four rnew un fortunately lost their lives-
, The Alatilda, another fin& vesse4Gladeiv,Witig.
wine, aad,bound; for Dublin. or Greertoa,
,alsocarried away by the iurpett,,osity .of-the eticreut
and stranded. The Hanoverian' schooner, Anna
Margaritta, with a cargo of sUgar, 'l~jo4d f,st-
, Genoa, was forced Aver the .I.)ar vtitbout
single hand on board.. and ran aalroyiuk: git.ea.
• from Oporto. Four-Portuguese yactts upset kit.
the river, and sunk. A Spanish ve:,sel shared a'
similar fate, as did. a number, of synatl
,craft
every description- The damage sustained by tho
'vessels which withstood the force of the. torreuf„
in their hulls, masts, and rigging,. is enormous.
The waters rose to an uttprecedeuted height, aril
boats plied in the streets of the city. Several houses
were swept away, and mauy sulrered, much in-
jury. At Villa Nuoya„ a great part of the,wine.
magazines were destroyed, but. the ex4ent of the-
loss had not been ascertained. Accounts from va-
rious ports along the• banks of the Dottro, men-
tion great loss of lives and property-, hr cause-
queace of the rapid and_ extrt ,ordinary
dation,

13ELzoN1.-17e are sorry to learn tit Alla-3 en-
lightened traveller has been unsuccessfully pro-
posed to he a Member of the Royal Society..'
Ills' talent's and his works sttiely Offer fai, ptetert
sions for such a distinction.
Yesterday morning, Mr, iluNTErt, the Kiog'*
Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, •itt
Doi% ning-street, with dispatches front Lay tlo..`°>
-Mr. LITTLEWOOD, the King's 'Messenger, ar--
rived in town yesterday morning, -With-dispatchet;
from Paris.
Last night an Admi:ralty- Messenger left town,
with dispatches far Naples.. • •
A Board for passing invalids, as in and out-
pensioners of the Royal liOspitai, was held on
Wednesday at Chelsea, when ' 330, who' arrived
from Chatham the preceding day, belonging to the
following Regiments, were admitted, viz..
10th, 21st, 21st, 4Gtli, list, 72(1,73d, 75th, 60t1f, B.Bth,
and 91st.

Yesterday, about one o'clock, the Princess Aif,
Guvri left her apartments at the King's Palace
Pimlico, for Brighton.
Lady CAsTLEac tun commences her fashion-
able parties to-mor7ow etening, at her house, in
St. James's-square.
As soon as it was perceived that the advertise-
ment on the part of the Victualling Office, for
American flour, had given general dissatisfaction
to the British Agriculturist, notice was sent round
to the Mer Chants that they *ere not to Offer their
tenders ; and that British flour would be sent
out by Government to our Foreign; S-'ettlements
which would, under proper officers,' be previously
kiln dried. This ready attention on the part Of
Ministers to the Agrictilintists, does them•no small
honour.

The following Gentlemen were...yesterday
called to the degree of 13arrister at Law by thf'
Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn":----HENtor
117.11.KpISON, THOMAS WILLIAM WILLA.N, JAMES
CAMPBELL, CHARLES BLAKE. ALLNATT, and
HENRY FARRAR, Esquires.
HynnoanArnicAr. K,NOWLEDGE.—The Aid
sloop of war having been re-commissioned at
Deptford, by that scientilic-and-zealous officer,
Captain W. 11. SMYTI-!, is fitting with all possible
dispatch, for the purpose_ of proceeding to the.
Mediterranean, where Captain S. in co-operatien.
with the members of the Austrian and Neapc,ii-
tan bureaus, will put in effect his excellent:
design of conihming the inarithue survey of the
harbours and coasts of the Mediterriilieaft.: Lieut.
BtECII Y is appointed to AsiSt. 'Captain'
S. in his Africau research. It is with much plea-
sure we acquaint our readers that thelast four
years exertion of the ogicersof the Aid have been"
duly appreciated by the Lords of the. AdmiraltY,
and that every individual will receive,,the reward

they so much merit,:. •
RECORDER'S REPORTi—ltresterday the rtzcow
der made a ,Report to his IVTAJs:ry of the fol-
lolying prisoners under sentence of-.death in Nor-
gate, viz. . - • • -
.John Murphy, alias Gale,_ for rcturnn g from transTortation
Thomas Elliot, Joseph Wootteri, Nirilliani Bullock, Michael
Sullivan, and Midiael Harley, for highleay.-nibberies ; Tho-
mas Pratt, James Ryall, and James Anderson.. fir nurg/arY ;
Joseph Palmer, James PRinler, John Popki.ns,Josnpli
and Mary Gays, for stekLling in dwelling-libuSes • and 2->bra:"
ham llemmingway, for sr.etilego-when Tlio Elliot,. .10:4''Pa
Wootten,Win. Bullock, iliichael liarley, and,Algallam- Hein"
mingway, were ordered thr execution on Tuesday next.
On the return 'of his MAJESTYto Carlton'

House on Wednesday night, a. serious accident
occurred as the cavalcade was passing- down
Long-acre. Owing to the slippery state of the
pavement, the horse of one of the Likguardsmen
fell, and the rider
_fell to the gound. Some of
his companions,in their rapid careelfinnavoidablY
rode over h'in. It is •superfluous to, add that he
was seriously hurt.

IONnON:- Pri'ittlty J. B. CARSTAIII.3:—ori;:o, '29, fit "t
Ormond-stret, Qart h•-sqoare: puhliihed hv W. A:,
SRI CPVS, of No. 7, 'M) TN rls 11101 ton-street, at E ",""
Oirc.v, No. 132, trtrirl when: ;.I(ll:titiscrue-ots; o!4c;l''
/4-Itcrl, Itic„ (pbsc..aio).ninit he ariilreitett. •"