The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-19 00:00:00

MERCANI I LE Sllll'ls-1-NG, &c.

DEAL, DEC. M.—Wind S.W.—This morning, before day-
light, it blew a gale from the S.S.W. when the schooner
Mountstone, of Plymouth, went on shore on Sandwich Flats ;
the American ship Stepania parted from two anchors, and got
safe into Ramsgate. The William Fairly Bast Indiaman druve
considerably during the gale,, but with the rest of the outward-
bound, were all well this morning at day-light.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 13.—1 t blew a gale last night from
the south, and heavy squalls all this forenoon from S.S.W.
with lightning. Arrived the Fort William, Glass, from Bata-
via. Also his Majesty's ship Grasshopper, from Halifax : his
Majesty's ship Ontario, and the Raleigh, from the West
Indies ; and his Majesty's ship Camelion, from a cruize.
Fort William sailed the 12th of August from Batavia, and
from the Cape on the 6th of October.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Wind S.W.—Came in the Cyrene
slOop of war, Capt. Tozer, from Halifax, to be paid off; and
his Majesty's schooner Pigmy, from a cruize.
COWES, DEC. 18.—It blew hard last night from the south.
The Good Intent, Pearce, lost a boat, which is all the damage
we hear of.

DOVER, DEC. 18.—Owing to the gale last night and this
day, the entrance of our harbour is quite blocked up, the bar
extending right across the entrance, so that nothing could gtt
either in or out.

NEWISAVEX, DEC. 18.—Last night the French vessefla
•Tuane Faire, Silvester master, came on shore under Beichey
Head, and was dashed to pieces. The master and his son were
drowned ; four of the crew escaped. The gale last night was
tremendous.

The new semaphore signal-hose, erecting upon the roof of the
old Victualling Store, at the lower end of the High-street,
Portsmouth, lir the purpose of communicating with the shipping
at Spithead and in the harbour, is now in a great state of
wardness. The signal stall, which weighs about two tons, was
hoisted up and fixed on Frilly morning, and the building is
expected to be completed the beginning of the year. A light
about to be erected at Southsea Castle, to further the objects of:
navigation. This is a very judicious measure, and will materially
assist ships making for the harbour in stormy weather. The
mechanics of the Dock-yard are actively employed upon the
Semaphore House to be erected at Lump's Fort. - Part of the
maLrials were this week sent to .the Fort.---(Hanipshire
Chronicle.)

DREADFUL A CCI DENT.— This morning, be-
'tween eight and nine o'clock, the following
melancholy occurrence took place a short dis-
tance from London Bridge :—A large shalop, or
barge, very heavily laden, having just come
through one of the end arches of the Bridge, a
wherry, in which were two men and a boy, hap-
pening to be passing at the time, unfortu-
nately came in contact with the barge, and
was run down the river some distance ; on
coming near the craft moored off the Tower,
the boat disappeared for some minutes with the
three unfortunate individuals ; the boat shortly
after rose, but no one in her, and we are sorry to
find that the whole of them were drowned, every
effort to recover them proving abortive. The
names of the men are Hilliar and Easton, and it
is understood thatthe boy is a son of one of them.
PRESENCE OF MIND.—The sloop Union, of
Newport, bound to that place with copper ore,
was compelled to put into Penzance in distress
on the I2th of August last. Having been re-
fitted she was about to proceed on her voyage on
Thursday last, and on attempting to work
out without a pilot, during a gale from the
south-east, she missed stays, and brought up
against the back of the pier, where there was
every prospect of her going to pieces in a
short time, and but little hope that the crew
could be saved. At this critical juncture, Mr.
ROWE, Master of the schooner Venus, of
Fowey, seeing the peril of the vessel and crew,
who were calling to the persons on the pier to
throw them ropes, in order to save their lives,
sprung from the alcove on the pier-head, upon the
deck of the vessel, a height of between 40 and 50
feet, and happily alighted on the deck amongst
the astonished crew, without any injury except a
few scratches and bruises on his legs. With the ut-
most presence of mind he succeeded in throwing a
line with a lead to the end of it to the people on the
pier, and a six-inch hawser being instantly fas-
tened to this, the vessel was safely warped into
the pier again, by the exertions of the persons
who had collected on it, to witness her destruc-
tion.—( West Briton.)

THE MARKETS, 4.c.

CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 19.

We have had the shortest supply this day we have experienced
for many weeks, notwithstanding which, the trade is not so
brisk as on Monday, and the prices of that day with difficulty
obtained for a few picked samples of Wheat and Barley ; the
inferior sorts without demand. In other things but little doing,
and lower than on Monday.

The shew of cattle for sale in Smithfield Market on Monday
was greater than ever was before known byithe oldest salesman.
Every avenue leading to it was literally crowded, and upwards
of 500 head of beasts did not reach nearer than Islington. Of
those in the market more than one-half were unsold.