The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-08 00:00:00

ERCA NTI 14E Sill PP! NG, &c.

DEAL, Disc. S.S.E.—Sailed the' homas Couttse
Chrystie, foi India. A ship has arrived and sailed fOr th.-
River, name not known. Remains his Majesty's ship Severn,
Seim o'clock.—Wind S.S.W. fresh breeze.
POnTsiuo Dr c.7.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived from the
Downs the Britannia, Strange, for Grand Canaries;
Foreman, for Africa, leaky ; La Belle Alliance, Rolfe, for
Madras and Bengal ; Lady tilennaway, Beach, for llega.l
Barbadoes Planter,, Redman ; and William Lushington,
Sughrue, for Jamaica ; LadYllaretrood, Young, for Grenada ;
and Regret; Welhaitiz, for Batavia. Christopher, Row, from
Newfoundlind ; Highland Lad, from ditto ; Sarah Ann, Mel-
drum, from St. Petersburg ; and Apollo Russian frigate, from
the eastward for Kamsehatka. The whole of the outward- .
bound have sailed, except the Pliwnix for New South Wales ;
Prince Regent, for the Mediterranean ; Hibberts, Sir Edward
Hamilton ; and Princess Charlotte, for Jamaica. It has blown
a strong gale from the S.E., nearly the whole of the day. •,
PLYarouTir, DEC. 6.--Wind E.S.E.--Arrived his Ma..
jesty's ship Camelion from Portsmouth, with specie for the
Dock-yard. Sailed his Majesty's ships Semiramis and Phaeton,
for Cork, with 2 transports, having the 04th Regiment on
board ; Harriet, Cuining, for St. Michael's; Glory, Pounder,
for Honduras ; Royal Eagle, Gibbs, for St. Michael's ; Boston,
Wilson, for Lisbon ; Britannia, Rubie, for ditto ; and several
others bound to the westward. •
FALszouTi[,.DEc. G.—Wind. .--Sailed the Sir Sidney
Smith, be Ores, for Rio Janeiro ; Union, Vittery, for Lisbon ;
and Britannia, for Seville.
Liv La boL, DEc. 6.—About 500 bales of cotton have been
saved, from the Isabella, from New Orleans.—Sailed the Coluen-
bianvlhearrnan, for Java.
N iIAVE DEc. 7.—The brig Hebble, Wake, from Sun-
derland, in attempting the harbour last night struck on a pole
and went on shore ; she has received considerable damage in
her hull, and was with great difficulty kept free by pumping ;
she has been got off and brought in here. A brig is on shore
at Shoreham, supposed to be a collier.
H.anwicit, DEC. 7.—Arnved the Brothers, Davidson, from
Dantzic, with loss e: anchor and cable, and Isabella and Jane,
Darg, from Dunbar. leaky, having struck upon the Cross Sand.
It has blown hard all day from the S.S.E. S. and S. by W.,
and a number of vessels have put in for ;hater. The Swift,
steam-packet, 11PGregor, passed a loaded vessel on shore on the
Gunfleet Sand ; several vessels were attending her.
-.lllltronD, .DEC. s.—The Arid, Ritchie, from Glasgow
for Savannah, cut her cable on the 2d inst. On the 4th the
Commerce, M4Clea, cut her cable ; the Fame, Gilmore ; and
Cygnet, of Bristol, aLso cut their cables ;—a number of vessels.
have received damage by running on board of each otlur, but
not to a very great extent.

It is stated, in a cotemporary Print," that Go-
vernment have it in contemplation to abolish the
present system of the Coast Blockade of England
and Ireland for the prevention of smuggling, on
of the enormous expense of that .. esta-r
blishment." This is erroneous ; the truth is, that.
•the CoaSt Blockade, which extends only from the.
SWale round the coasts of Kent and Sussex, as
far as Beachy Head, is considered so expensive.
as' compared-with the Preventive Water Guard,
by which the coasts of the rest of the kingdom
are protected, that it has been contemplated to
abolish it, and substitute in its. place the Preven-
tive Water Guard ; which system; independently.
of its benefit to the Revenue, has been found to
pay the whole expellee of its establishment.--'
( Kentish Gazette.)
WILLIAM llotiGnAm, Esq., at his annual rent
dinner on Thursday last, made a deduction' of
twenty per cent. on his Pasture Lands, and ten
per cent. on his ]lop-grounds; which, added to
the allowance of Iv. year, makes a deduction of
25 per cent.—G. USBORNE, Esq., of StaplehtirSt„
kindly threw off from 101. to 151. per cent. on the
rent of his respective tenants, due at Michaelmas.
last.--(Kentish (Gazette.)
Amongst the applicants for relief at. the Men-
dieity Office, yesterday, was the brother-in-law
of CIIRISTOPIIE, late Emperor of Ilayti !
A steam engine of the immense power of .Or e
hundred and forty horses has lately been erected
on his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND'S estate at
Kirkby, in the county of Nottingham, for the
purpose of draining an extensive tract of coal.
The cylinder of this stupendous machine is 70
inches in diameter, and the beam, which is. twelve
tons in weight, raises at every stroke fifteen tons
of water, and when required, delivers at the sur-
face from the depth of the mine, which is 170
yards, between 700 and 800 gallons in a minute.
ACCIDENTAL DEATI.I.—This morning a man,
who was employed in plastering the front of a
house next door to the English Opera House, in
the Strand, fell from the scaffold and was killed
on the spot.
On Wednesday evening Mr. GEORGE RISDON,
Commoner, of University College, rowed down
the river in a skiff, accompanied by a friend ;
when within a short distance of Iffiey, in at-
tempting to change his seat, he felt into the
water,. and, by his endeavours to save himself,
upset the boat ; both swam for the shore, but his
friend, on reaching it, could no where see Mr.
The DEVON and EXETER HARMONIC SOCIETY'S RISDON, though he had observed him following a
CONCERTS for this season commenced on Thurs- considerable way, and heard no sign of distress.
day evening at COLE'S Subscription Rooms, and The alarm was immediately given, and every ex-
never was there a more admirable performance. ertion was instantly made to recover the body,
Miss WOOD and Mr. ROLLE, from the Bath Con- and has been since continued, but without slit-
certs, delighted the assembly with their melo- cess.—(Oxford Journal.)
dious voices and fine taste; the former excelled Tuesday morning, at half-past six, 44 female
in Bisuoios " Bid me discourse," and Rossrst's convicts were removed from Newgate, uuder a
air " Una voce ;" and Mr. RoLLE was equally proper escort, in hackney-coaches, conveyed to
successful in " Come Bacchus." Miss ROVE- the Dundee Arms, Wapping,- and forwarded in
DIN° displayed much „science in a pleasing song a Gravesend boat to the receiving-ship, lying at
of •RossiNfs, "Di Placer." Mr. S. MARSH, the Nore, preparatory to their being sent to New
jun. of Sidmouth, touched the Harp with great South Wales. Their behaviour, from their quit-
sweetness and delicacy,. particularly in his bar- ting Newgate to the time of embarking, was
'monies. Among the company present, which was quite exemplary; many of them are banished
numerous, of the first description, we noticed for life ; amongst them the notorious Bill Soatnes'
the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, Sir T. Acland, Sir wife, together with Amy Steel, the young woman
J. L. Rogers, Sir 11. Carew, Sir J. Davie, Sir T. who was ordered for execution on Tuesday
Drake, General Adams, several of the Dignitaries se'nnight. Cadman's wout 9-ife s
00till
and remawillins isail in a
n New-
of the Church, &c. &c. &c. —(Exeter 1411ying gate. The ship takes
Pest; Dee.'.6.) few days..