The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-27 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.,

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Camden,
lIILLINGHURST, and Edward, Loo KEY, front the
.13owns ; James and Ann, WILKINSON, froM
itig4l; Thomas and Mary transport, from Guern-
sey ; and Mersey, FLINT, from the Downs—the
latter with !rang damage, having been run foni
4)f last night by a galliot. Sailed the St. Jo-
RABERG, for Cadiz ; Earl St. Vincent,
3111140 w, for Holland ; Impoiter transport, •for
latvford ; Caroline, RANDALL, for St. Michael's;
-411,1 Hope, EDWARD!4, for Seville.
DeAt.,'Ocr 26.—Arrived the Orient, GALLIE,
tratll the Mediterranean. Caine down from the
„River, and sailed, with the rest of the. outward.
boutsllt the Ciieerful, BURKIDGE, for Rio Janeiro.
'the Princess Charlotte, from Tobago, is put' un-
der quarantine.
PLymoUTH, OCT 25 —Arrived the Economy
DOUGLAS.`frnm ; HENDEE-
'I", front Memel , and A geliOlia. Haunts, from
Cork, with loss .of mast and hill wat ks. Sailed
/14 env's', Dow RING. for Trieste ; Eagle, PRATT,
fOl Sierty Leone ; Valence, BFST, and Eliza and
JENKINS, tor St. Michael's.
.__FA,.stotrit, OCT 24 —S .i!ed the Dolphin,
Wltumus, lor Rom deaux. Remain in the Roads
his Ni+sty's ships Spartan, Lre, and Pigmy.
BRIDLINGTON. OCT. 23 —On Friday last the
lizaheth, TawsoN, of this port, from Sunder-
Ind, made so much water that the crew were
!bilged to leave her, and she immediately went
mown.

THE HON. F. S NORTH DOUGLAS.—" The OD-
linlety death of the Hon. F. S NoitTu DOUGLAS
demands more than common notice. Indefatiga-
ble in his attention to public business, ha brought
to the .e onsideration of every subject a clear, vigor-
°l4l,..and active understanding, a copious fund of
rfoiniation, the spirit and the tact of a man of
business. He had devoted, at an early age, all
'lit faculties to public life, and in the opinion of the
,1110 s! judicious among his contemporaries, he would
zilve obtained the highest distinctions of Podia-
tuentand of the State. As s classical and a general
rhotar greatly accomplished in languages and in
lets, few wet e his superiors; but it is for his friends
*IO"Is to speak with justice of his social merits.
ttil)eriting with th• name the humour "of Lord
""itTH, the characteristic humour of his family,
Itt,ich appeared to be rather the effusion of playful
%piths and of social enjoyment, than the effort of
wit, and being free from spleen or vanity, was in-
e4Pshle of indicting pain ; be enlivened every
11:ciety by his presence. A cheerful and agreeable
-6°"Tatiion, a warm and generous friend, a kind
OIL ',GC:6OIIOC 5011; nothing remained to make
Ptirate di:am:ter more amiable, but that most
endearing relation of all, which, with ever? pro-,
"et at happiness, he had undertaken only a few
141,11111 s before his lamented death."
We have taken the foregoing paragraph from
1110 riling Chronicle of this day, because, from
a Personal knowledge of the departed Gentleman,
we htily concur in the character which it has
re". and heartily sympathize in regretting the
°3 that the Country has suffered in this most
Plontising young scan. However we might have
differed with him in political opinions, we are
lipersuadedi that he was animated by pure public
Ir'rit. and that, as his abilities would most .p 1
bahly have raised him to official employment, he
Hare proved a zealous and enlightened ser-
*lnt of the Public. lie displayed taste, learning,
Iftll4 judgment, in a valuable work on " Certain
ril"s of tesemblance between the Ancient and
I"ietn Greeks," derived trom the observations
I.,iltich he made timing his travels in that country,
NA
lich will always be interesting to Lit etature.
tieedleis for us to touch upon the ;ravish
.11'il:11 must be felt by his noble father, on this
4l!'rto able &priva ion of so promising a son,, his
cI
1Y t,ff,ltt tug ; but his excellent undetstanding,
it:•tptiience of the instability of all human
1111(1 the bill of Religion, w ill, we hope,
cuusulatiou to hit aflieteg