The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-15 00:00:00

MERCAN'T'ILE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, DEC. 14..—Wind S.S.W.—.Came down from the
River the Adeona, Syme, for Jamaica ; and Glatton, Lawton,
for Honduras; they remain with the rest of the outward-bound.
POILTSMOU TH, DEC. 14.—Wind S.—The Thomas Coutta
Indianian came tip from Cowes roads this morning, passed
through Spithead, and brought up again at St. Helen's.
PLI'MOUTII, DEC. S.W.—Arrived the. Maria
and Elconora Davis, from Hamburgh for Bristol ; Windlust,
Engelman, from Palermo and Messina, for Antwerp, leaky,
and must discharge, and the following outward-bound vessels :
Acorn, for Limerick ; Aurora, for Cork ; "'fiends, for Malta ;
Nlelantho, for St. Domingo ; Britain, for Dublin ; Sisters, for
Palermo and Naples; Nautilus, for Grenada; Kingston and
Duke of Manchester, for Jamaica; Harvey, for Trinidad ;
Eliza, for Teneriffe ; Jupiter, for Gibraltar ; Rolla, for Trieste ;
and Young Husband, for Cape de Verds. Put back the Gar-
land Grbve, for Jamaica. Several others are off here, and will
probably take shelter.

COILIZ, DEC. 9.—Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ships
Semiramis (Admiral Lord Colville), and Pliwton, from Ply-
mouth. Also the Fani,y, Loyal Briton, and Thomas and Mary
transports, with the 84th Regiment, froni Plymouth.
FaLmou Tx, Dix. 13.,--Wind S.W.—Arrived the follow-
ing outward-bound vessels :—Rover, Taylor, for Genoa ;
Rover, Pay, for Naples; Prince Regent, for Gibraltar; Duke
of York, for Bermuda ; and Skylark, for Smyrna.
HULL, DEC. 13.—The Orion, gouge, from Shields for
London, was left in a leaky state on the 9th inst. ; crew taken
out, and landed at Spurnet ; one man drowned. Arrived on
Sunday the Two Brothers, Pearce, from Seville for Grit:thy,
with loss of anchor and cable. She spoke the Vigilant in the
North Sea, from Portsmouth to London, With loss of burwarks,
anchor and cable, and sails split.
1'011.1'01;n, DEC. 13.—The Endeavour, of and for Cork,
from Cardiff, was stranded on. Sunday night in Waterford
harbour, and it Was supposed would be totally wrecked ; crew
saved.

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CL YDE , DEC. 12.—Arrived the Hercules, from St. Andrew's
for Belfast, with loss of anchor and cable.

On Tuesday last the Opossum brig was launched from the
slip at the North end of the Dock Yard, Sheerness ' • she went
off in the finest style, amid the huzzas of the thousands, whom
the fineness of the day had induced to the spot.—Previous to
the Pioneer's. sailing from Chatham, on Saturday, the officeis
and crew received thdr first payment of salvage for having ex-
tricated a valuable b"rig from a most perilous situation after she
had grounded on the Ooze.tiand.
The destination of the East India CoMpany's ship London,
has been altered from China direct, to Madras and China ; to
be - afloat 23d January, sail to Gravesend 6th February, stay
there 30 days, and be in the DoWns 14th March.

The remains of Cowen and Pearce, the two
unfortunate men who lost their lives at the Med-
way Brewery the 3d November, were interred in
Maidstone Church-yard, and their graves have
since been watched nightly by two men, to pre-
vent the exhumation of the bodies.-,-On Sunday
night, at a late hour, the watchmen saw two men
come from under the archway leading to Mr. Cor-
rail's residence, and advance to within a short
distance of the graves, when one of them fired a
pistol at the watchmen (fortunately without
effect) and immediately, with his companion,
ran away. One of the watchmen pursued the
man who fired, but failed in overtaking him. It
is said that the other man is known, and the affair
is undergoing an investigation.
On Friday morning some persons hearing an
unusual noise issue from below the grate belonging
to the road-sewer near the Angel Inn, Old Bridge,
were attracted to the spot, and upon digging a hole
in the road,they discovered that the sound proceed-.
ed from a fine sow, which fell into the river, from
the back of a house in Claverton-street, on the
preceding Friday during the high water, and.
was supposed to have been drowned. It appears
that the animal had floated down the stream un-
der the sou thermost arch of the bridge, and guid-
ed by the powerful instinct which pointed out the
only means of preservation, had effected an entrance
into the mouth of the sewer, whence it proceeded
under the turnpike-road to the place where it
was discovered. For the space of a week, dur-,
ing which it had no food, it had to stem the tor-
rent of mud, sand, and water which passes
through this channel to the river. The poor ani-
mal was however extricated, and is now fast
recovering.—(Bath Herald.)

carnal and G ie.:, lately convicted of piracy
and murder, have, we understand, acknowldged
the justice of their sentence, confessing that they
alone devised and carried into execution the mur-
der of Captain Johnstone and the helmsman
Paterson. The Jury on the trial of these men,
gave three guineas to the wife of the former, who
is still in town, and in great distress ; having
married him wlli:e a prisoner in France, she came
to Shields with him (of which place he is a na-
tive) on the peace. She is a French woman,
and bears an excellent character, and we heat'.
several humane individuals are interesting them-
selves in procuring small subscriptions for the re:-
lief of this truly miserable family.—(Edinburg/t,
Star.)

CORONER'S INQUEST. - Yesterday afternoon,
an inquisition was taken at the Black Horse pub-
lic-house, Tottenham Court Road, before Thos.
Stirling Esq., Coroner for Middlesex, on the
body of Mr. Abraham Slade, late of that place,
butcher. Mrs. 'Axton, of No. 6%, Edgware.;
road, stated, that on Tuesday week, betty en

eight and nine o'clock in the evening, as
she was sitting in her shop, she heard a noise in
the street, which was shortly after followed by art
exclamation of " For God's sake take it off, for I •
am killed !" On going into the street, she saw the
deceased led along by two men ; he complained of
a hurt in his head, and expressed his fears that his
leg was broken. A gentleman asked how the acci-
dent had happened, to which he replied that he
was driving towards home in his gig, when he
discovered something amiss with his harness, and
he was standing by the side of the chaise, ad-
justing it, when a stage-coach, which was driving
along at a furious pace, ran down both him and
his vehicle, although there was room enough
for the driver to pass without coming in contact
with him. A little further on, witness perceived a
coach lying on its side in the middle of the road,
and she also observed two females, who she be-
lieved were passengers, and had fainted from the
effects of the injuries they had received ; as
soon as the coach was got up, the driver mounted
the box, and rode away, taking no further no-
tice of the deceased. This testimony was corro-
borated by other evidence, and it was e•:en ascer-
tained from a great number of other witnesses that
the driver and his companions were drunk,
and that they had left a public-house called the
Star and Garter for the purpose of having a drive
about for pleasure. The Jury said they could
come to no conclusion until every step had been
taken to prove the identity of the driver, that he
might be brought to justice. Mr. Stirling ob-
served that he was of the same opinion, and the
Jury accordingly adjourned till next week.