The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-20 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, SEAT. 19.—Wind W.N.W.--Arrived and remain
the Dolphin, Hunter, from Sunderland for I3ourdeaux ; Anlaby,
Overton, from Hull for Oporto ; Elizabeth, Spence, from Sierra
Leone ; Rowcliffe, Dubois, from Honduras ; Venus, Lowther,
from Waterford; and Mandarin, Moore, from Virginia; the
latter experienced a heavy gale from the N.N.E. on 2d Sept.,
in lat. 43. long. 36. 44. Passed by the back of the Goodwin
Sand the Frederick, from Baltimore for Amsterdam ; and Pro-
spect Hill, from Rio Janeiro for Hamburgh. Came down
from the River and sailed the Bedford, Martin, for Sierra
Leone.

PORTSMOUTU, SEPT. 10.--Wiud W.N.W.—Arrived the
Caroline transport from Collis; and Paragon, from Quebec
for Shoreham. Passed by the Wellington Harman, from St.
Vincent's for London. Sailed the Briton, Pounds, for London.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 18—Wind W.—Arrived the Hope,
Carse, from London for Lisbon; Stentor, Harris, from ditto
for New Orleans ; Neptune, Bvans, from ditto for Trfeste ;
British Army, Stevens, from ditto for St. John's, N. IL
Autumn, Paul, from Petersburgh for Chepstow • and Maria,
Walton, from Havannah for Falmouth ; the latter had a passage
of eight weeks, and on the 6th inst. sprung a-leak ; she is now
under quarantine.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Wind IV—Arrived the Friend-
ship, Blake; and Hope, Kulloch, from Cork.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 18.--The Elizabeth, Isaac, from
Dublin, wai on fire last night. The vessel and cargo have re-
ceived considerable damage.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the undermentioned ships were thus timed,
viz. :

Earl of Balcarras, and N.S. (W. Hunter), for Bengal and
China; Thomas Coutts, and N.S. (K. Smith), for Madras
and China • to be afloat 11th October, 1821, sail to Gravesend
26th Oct. 1821, stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs Ist
Dec. 1821.
Dunira, Duke of York, and N.S. (J. Shepherd), for Bombay
and China ' • to be afloat 9th Nov. 1821, sail to Gravesend 24th
Nov. 1821. stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs 31st
Dec. 1021.
N.S. (E. M. Daniell), for Bengal araChina; Orwell, and
N.S. (J. Walker), for St- Helena, Bombay, and China; to be
afloat 24th Nov. 1821, sail to Gravesend 9th Dec. 1821, stay
there 30 days, and be in the Downs 14th Jan. 1822.
Thames, or Bencoolen and China ; to be afloat 9th Dec.
1821, sail to Gravesend 24th Dec. 1821, stay there 30 days, and
be in the Downs 3lst Jan. 1822.
Castle Huntly, and Buckinghamshire, for Bombay and Chi-
na ; to be afloat 7th Jan., 1822, sail to Gravesend, 22d Jan.
1822, stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs 27th Feb. 1822.
Lady Melville, Marquess of Huntly, London, and Canning,
for China ; to be afloat 7th March, 1822, sail to Gravesend 22d
March, 1822, stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs the 27th
April, 1822.
The following Captains were sworn into the command of
their respective ships, viz.:—
Captain Walker New Ship), building by J. Campbell; feu'
St. Ilelena, Bombay and China ; Captain Shepherd, Berwick-
shire, for Bombay and China; Captain Ilaviside, Thames,
for Bencoolen and China ; and Captain Daniell, Duchess of
Atholl, for Bengal and China.

e Newfoundland Gazelle of the 2Sth ult.
states, that ad vices had arrived there from La-
brador, with information that the fishery, which
at first proved very unproductive in that quar-
ter, had latterly become more favourable, and
was likely to afford those engaged in it a to-
lerably fair voyage. A serious quarrel is said
to have taken place between some American
seamen and Nova Scotia fishermen, near Cape
Charles, in which fourteen men were killed, but
no particulars had been communicated.
The Judges upon the present circuits have no-
ticed a prevailing practice of committing priso-
ners to gaol until the Quarter Sessions, although
the Assizes may intervene before the Sessions.
The Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT, at the recent
Assizes at Shrewsbury, liberated R. Hall, his
wife and daughter, who had been so committed
for want of bail ; and at Stafford, Mr. Baron
GARRow, in his address to the Jury, said that
he observed there were six persons in that calen-
dar remaining to take their trials at the ensuing
Sessions, according to their commitments. Many
gentlemen among the Grand Jury must know
that this was irregular. The Judges upon the
Circuit were bound to deliver the gaols of every
prisoner; and a Learned Judge lately presiding
in another county had found it his duty to dis-
charge a number who had been similarly com-
mitted. If the prosecutors did not attend before
the Court closed, the present six prisoners would
be liberated.