The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-11 00:00:00

Sill? NEWS.

• DEAL, APRIL 10.—Wind S.—Came down from the River
the Canada, Davidson, for St. John's, N. B. ; Expedition,
Brown ; Harmony, Hislop, for Leghorn : Fame, Robertson,
for Prince Edward's Island ; Charles William, Tate, for
Quebec ; Blenheim, Musselham, for Jamaica ; and Dawn,
Wickenden, for St. Christopher's.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived
his Majesty's ship Camelion from Plymouth ; and Sisters,
Sergeant, from the Downs for Demerary. Passed by the Rma-
nuel, from Norway for Southampton. Sailed the Ulysses, Daw-
son, for Rio Janeiro.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind S. W.—The Thetis, Par-
tridge, from Jamaica (sailed 25th January), was towed in here
by the Active Revenue cutter totally dismasted ; on the 17th of
February, in lat. 34.3. N: long. 65. 50. W. experienced a very
heavy gale, in which a heavy sea struck her and carried away
her foremast, bowsprit, bulwark, boats, sails, &c. ; when
righted she had six feet water in her hold, which took her 43
hours to clear.

FALMOUTH, APRIL 13.—Wind \V.—Arrived the Water-
loo, 11.1‘Donald, from Bahia, in GO days. Sailed a fleet of
about 40 sail of coasters.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the undermentioned Commanders took leave of
the Court previous to departing -for their respective stations,
viz.: Capt. C. Graham, Bombay; Capt. J. Minerva
Capt. T. Haviside, Windsor; Capt. W. Hope, Herefordshire
Capt. J. P. Wilson, Hythe ; Capt. W. Mitchell, Bridgewater,
China direct.

The East India Company's ship Earl Balcarras arrived off
Weymouth yesterday.
The undermentioned ships were at Canton when the Balcar-
ras sailed from thence on the 24th of November, viz.—Scaleby
Castle, Orwell, Marchioness of Ely, General Hewitt, Warren
Hastings, Princess Amelia, Lady Campbell, Thomas Coutts,
Castle HUntly, Prince Regent, Duke of York, Buckingham-
shire, London, Astell, Asia, Canning, IVinchelsea, and Dor-
setshire. The Lady Melville, Dunira, and' Marquess of Hunt-
ly had not arrived:

CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN.—The following docurntit was
inclos?Al in a bottle, and thrown into the sea just 12 months ago.
It was taken up on the shores of Martinique, on. the 4th Feb.
last. The bottle had thus travelled a distance of 2590 miles in
about ten months, 250 miles per month, or eight miles per day.
We ;:ive a copy of this instructive docudient, with the notice
subjoined:—

The bottle which contains this card was thrown into the
sea in lat. 5 deg. 12 min. S. long. 24 deg. 40 min. W. at noon,
on the 28th day of March, 1820, from the ship °spray, of Glas-
gow, which sailed from Greenock on the 28th February, on a
trading voyage round the world. Whoever find. this is re-
quested to insert a noticeof the time and place in some literary
or political publication, with the view of establishing facts rela-
tive to the currents of the ocean. •

All well."

This 1)ottle was found on the 4th Feb. 1821, near the eastern
point of the Salines, quarter of St. Ann's, Martinique, in the
best order, as will be seen by this paper, which it contained.
• T. Dourant, Printer, and Dircector of the General
• Post-Office, Martinique.
St. Pierre, Martinique, 26th Feb. 1821.

Mr. K
.EAN has closed his engagement at the
Boston Theatre, having performed sixteen nights
to crowded houses. Thg premiums on tickets
sold at auction, for the last night, amounted to
640 dollars, making the cost of some of the
tickets over five dollars each. The total amount
of premiums, since the method of disposing by
auction was adopted, is 3015 dollars, which has
been distributed to various charities.

Mr. H. JOHNSTON, late of Drury-lane Theatre,
s now performing at the Stafford Theatre, where
le has appeared as Shylock and Sir firchy Mac.

sarcasm.

The innkeepers from Salisbury to Exeter hav-
ing reduced their rate of posting to ls. 3d. a mile,
and their charges for beds, breakfasts, and din-
ners, as well as for wines, &c., in proportion to
the present pricns of these articles of consumption,
we trust so laudable an example will be follow-
ed on every road throughout the kingdom. Bread
being 7d. the quartern loaf in many places in the
west of England, and beef and mutton sd. and
6d. a pound, and veal 3d. and 4d. only, it is to
be hoped the butchers and bakers in the metro-
polis will shortly reduce their present unrea.
sonabie charges.