The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-18 00:00:00

PIE AMY,

It is expected that the 72d, or the Duke of Albany's ow?
Highland Regiment of Fuot, will embark in a few
ilia Cape of Good Hope.
Detachm c ents
P, the 29th, or Worcestershire Regiment
of Font, the 82d, or the Prince of Wales's Volunteers: and
the 99th Regiment of Foot, embarked at Gravesend on the
15th inst. on board the freight ship Joseph Green, to join
the Service Companies at the Mamitius. days for
The Depot of the 16th, or Bedfordshire Regiment of
Foot, and the 4.9 th, or the Princess Charlotte of Wales's,
or Hertfordshire Regiment of Foot, are expected shortly to
embark to join their Regiments in India.
Detachments of the 57th, or West Middlesex Regiment
of Foot, and the 63d, or West Suffolk Regiment of Foot,
have been ordered to proceed from Chatham to Deptford.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JUNE 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from London,
the Joseph Green transport, for the Mauritius.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 17.--wind S. S. E.—Arrived from
London, the Lord Cochrane transport, for Ceylon. Sailed
the Dace of York steamer, for Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar;
and Rockingham, Hornblow, for Madras and Bengal.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind S. to E.--Arrived the
Osborne packet, from Bermuda, sailed the 4th of May, and
Halifax the 25th. Some doubts were entertained at
Halifax for the safety of kis Majesty's ships Acorn and
Contest, they bad left on a cruize, and had not returned
when the packet sailed. Some very bad weather had been
experienced on the coast. Sailed the Belfast steamer for
Oporto, with the Marquis Palmella and suite.

HE DUKE OF CLARENCE'S BREAKFAST.

We have seldom seen the river present a gayer aspect
than it did this morning, in consequence of the Public
Breakfast given by his Royal Highness on board the City
Navigation barge, which was moored off Whitehall Stairs
for the purpose. Long before two o'clock, the time ap-
pointed for the embarkation of his Royal Highness from
Somerset House, the Ordnance, Treasury, and Navy barges
arrived at the latter place, where also a number of
naval officers, in their gigs, appeared for the purpose
of accompanying the aquatic procession. At Whitehall
also the river presented a lively spectacle. Adjoining the
Navigation barge, on board which the breakfast took place,
several of the Companies' barges were moored, with gal-
leries covered with green cloth, leading from each to the
centre ene, from which innumerable colours were flying.
Upon the whole, we have seldom seen Old Thames present
a gayer spectacle to his visitors than those of this morning
were amused with. A grand boat-race will, we understand,
take place in the course of the afternoon, for a prize given
by his Royal Highness.

OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
REFERRED TO IN MR. C. GRANT'S SPEECH LAST
NIGHT.

Number of seamen employed in the trade of the United
I.Ci9gdom with all parts of the world:—
Great Britain. Ireland. Total.
British. Foreign. British. Foreign. British. Foreign.
1825 162,614 48,943 ' 65,921 3,779 228,535 52,722
1826 151,327 37,137 73,301 2,701 224,628 39,838
1827 41,508_ 71,913
,2,028 237,401 43,536

British increase, 1817 12,14331 as coMpared
Foreign ditto ditto 3,6141 j with 1826.

A statement of the total number of vessels, with the
amount of their tonnage, and the number of men employed
in navigating them, that entered inwards and cleared out-
wards, from and to all parts of the world, in the year
18 1 4, and in the subsequent years of 1825,1826, and 1827.
British. Foreign.
Vessels. Tons. Men. Vessels. Tons. Men.
1814 16,065 1,846,670 114,049 5,109 566,516 35,581
1325 21,786 2,786,841 162,614 6,561 892,601 48,943
1326 18,960 2,478,047 151,327 5,439 643,922 37,137
1827 20,457 2,777,338 105,548 5,820 715,824 41,508
A list of the amount of all Foreign and British tonnage
entered inwards, exclusive of Ireland, from 1825 to 1827
• •

lialusive :

British. Foreign.
Tons. Tons.
1525 2,0z7,469 892,601
1826 1,796,250 643,922
1827 1,972,780 715,824
THE COASTING TRADE.
In the year 1823 it amounted to 7,899,602 tons
Ditto 1824 8,101,337
Ditto 1825 8,300,756
Ditto 1826 8,368,812
Ditto 1827 8,186,701 _

An AccountOf the Number of Vessels, with the Amount
of their Tonnage, which entered and cleared Coastwise
at the several Ports in Ireland, in the years ending sth
January, 1826, 1827, and 1828, exclusive of the Inter-
course with Great Britain : _

- -
Inwards. Outwards.
Years ending Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage.
sth Jan., 1826 2,974 107,455 2,939 82,976
Ditto, 1827 2,882 97,443 3,203 102,575
Ditto, 1828 3,052 141,093 3,0415 129,053
A Statement of Shipping entered inwards into the United
Kingdom from Foreign Parts, employed in Foreign
Trade :

- -
British vessels. Foreign vessels.
Ships. Tonnage. Sbips. Tonnage. Ships, Tonnage.
1825 13,503 2,143,317 6,991 959r312 20,484 3,102,629
1926 12,473 1,950,630 5,729 694,216 18,202 2,644,746
1827 13,133 2,086,898 6,016 751,864 19,179 2,839,762

SPRING GUNS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-It having been recently stated in two or three of I
the newspapers, that it is not now lawful to set Man
Traps or Spring Guns in private grounds, except between
sun-set and sun-rise, and as it clearly appears to me, from '
a perusal of the Acts 7th and Pith Geo. IV. cap. 18, which
received the Royal Assent on the 28th May, 1827, that it
is unlawful to set those engines of destruction in lauds or
grounds of any description, at any period either of the day
or night, you will, perhaps, not think a corner of your
widely-circulated Paper unworthily occupied in setting the
public right upon such an important subject. --
The following are the two most important Sections of
the Act :
" Sec. 1. Whereas it is expedient to prohibit the setting
of spring guns, man traps, and other engines, calculated
to destroy human life or inflict grievous bodily harm ; be
it therefore enacted and declared by, &e., that from and
after the passing of this Act, if any person shall set or
place, or cause to be set or placed, any spring gun, man
trap, or other engine, calculated to destroy human life
or inflict grievous bodily harm upon a trespasser, or other
person coming in contact therewith, the person so setting
or placing, or causing to he set or placed, such gun, trap,
or engine, as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour."
" Sec. 4. Provided always and be it further enacted,
That nothing in thi► Act shall be deemed or construed to
snake it a misdemeanour within the meaning of this Act,
to set, or cause to be set, or to be continued set from sun-
set to sun-rise, any spring-gun, man-trap, or other engine,
which shall be set, or caused or continued to be set, in a
dwelling-house fin• the protection thereof."
The 6th and last Section provides that nothing in the
Act contained shall extend to Scotland.
I remain your's, &c.
WILLIAM DAWSON 3
Northampton-square, June 13.

IMPURE AND 11/4.1.111111Y WA TER.-A cor-
respondent observes, the public can have no longer cause to
complain either of the filthy state or impurities of the
river water, since the official documents of the first medical
men in England have proclaimed the remedy to be in their
own hands. If, after the public exposition before the
Committee of the House of Commons, viz.—That a con-
siderable quantity of human excrement, in a subdivided
and undecomposed state, actually passes constantly into their
cisterns, they can resist the certain means of purifying, as
well as cluystalising, all the water they can consume, they
ought at least to cease to complain. The remedy is one of
such vast import to the health of our readers, and at the
same time so refreshing (in as much as it cures both the
smell and taste), that we have deemed it expedient to have
ocular demonstration of the facts, which had previously
received the high sanction of all the respectable part of the
medical world (and to which we earnestly invite attention),
and the result we unhesitatingly proclaim to be moat com-
plete and salutary. The price of this God-send (for so we
must call it) is an additional inducement 'why no respect-
able family should be without it. GEORGE Roatws is the
patentee, and his Office, at No. 69, Strand, daily and
hourly attests its invaluable qualities.
DESTRUCTION OF A WHOLE FAMILY BY
Elm—We yesterday stated that there were seven persons
missing at the fire which took place on Saturday morning,
in Red Lion-street, Holborn. We have now the melan-
choly task to state, that a whole family, seven in number,
consisting of Mr. and Mrs. TINGLE, THOMAS TINGLE,
(their eldest son, about ten years of age), EMMA TINGLE,
CAROLINE TINGLE, JAMES TINGLE, and FANNY TINGLE,
were all consumed in the fire. The workmen, who were
in the morning employed to clear away the rubbish, eon-
tinued their labours up to a late hour last night, and be-
fore they discontinued their anxious task, they had disco-
vered the mutilated remains of two adults, and, as some
say, the remnant of two, consisting of bones only, and part
of the body of another of the children ; the latter was a most
horrid spectacle—the lower extremities were all burnt coin-
pletely away, one of its arms anti part of the blade-bony
were demolished ; the hand of the other arm, and the head,
except a small portion of the skull, were all gone. There
were other bones found, but only sufficient to say that they
were hi man—identity was out of the question ; they were
indeed only a mass of burnt hones, Some parts of them
were found upon a bed or mattress, so that there can he
no doubt that the little innocents were suffocated in their
beds. On the second floor, where Mr. TINGT.E and his fa-
mily slept, there were three rooms ; in the front slept Mr.
and Mrs. TINGLE, and in the baek, or, third room, the poor
children. From the situation that the remains of the adults
were found in, it may be fairly presumed, that both father
and mother had gone to their children for the purpose of
rescuing them from their perilous situation, and, in this last
act of filial affection, they met their most shocking of all
deaths. The remains that have beep found were placed
in a shell, and conveyed to St. Andrew's Workhouse, to
await a Coroner's Inquest.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
No case of the slightest interest was decided in this
Court to-day.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
POW EL V. SCOTT.

This was a rule obtained by Mr. BROUGHAM against
Mr. Scott, a physician, residing at Winchelsea, to show
cause why a criminal information should not be granted
against him, for assaulting Mr. Powel, an Alderman of
Winchelsea, at a Vestry Meeting. It was alleged, that
Mr. Scott called Mr. Powel " a liar, a scandaler, and a
scoundrel," and held up his hand to him with an intention
of pulling his nose.
Sir JAMLS SCARLETT now appeared to show cause
against the rule. He said the facts of the case were really
trifling. sir. Powel upon being asked fur some money,
excused himself by saying, that he would pay it when Mr.
Scott paid him 1001. which he owed him. The fact was,
that Mr. Scott did not at this time owe Mr. Powel a
farthing ; but the report coming to some ladies' ears it did
not rest there, but it reached Mr. Scott, who wrote
to Mr. Powel to ask him to explain what induced him to
circulate the report that he (Mr. Scott) was his debtor.
Mr. Powel never answered this letter, and Mr. Scott told
him that the next time they met in company he would
state his opinion of Mr. Powel. They met at a parish
vestry, and Mr. Scott applied the words liar and scoun-
drel to Mr. Powel, but as to the assault that was impos-
sible, as there was a table between them.
The COURT ordered the rule to be discharged on pay-
meat of costs.