The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-26 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 24.—Arrived the Francoise
ROBBRT3, from Bourdeaux.

FALMOUTH, JULY 23.—Arrived off this port
the Denmark, LORICK, from St. Croix, in 35
tlaYs, for Copenhagen 5 and the Minstrel, BRIS-
7'°w3 from Penking for London.
LIvEUPOOL, JULY 23.—Arrived the Indefati-
ahle, SMITH, from Africa—sailed from Port-au-
the 22d May.

The Eleanor, HODGSON, from Yarmouth for
Liverpool, was fired into on the 15th inst. off the
,I'ddYstone, by a cutter, who sent his boat on
uoard the Eleanor, and took from him his Cus-
-1041 House papers. They could not learn the
utter, name.

We have yet (says the Hampshire Telegrapit)
1° learn the object to be accomplished by sending
"tro line-of-battle ships to South America. It
4PPears the ships (Superb and Vengeur) are not
'''tended
,as a permanent augmentation to the
naval force there, as they are expected to return
1° about ten months, and resume their respective
~,tati°4B, as guard-ships, at Plymouth and Leith.
The Superb has been equipped for sea with great
elerity, at Plymouth, where she waits only fur
Itien to complete her complement to 540. Lieu•
te"ants the Hon. H. FINCH and T% J. C. EVANS,
Bnti
Assistant-Surgeon 111‘DouGALL, are appoint-
Id to her, Commodore Sir THos. HARDY left
41Yruotath on Monday fur the Admiralty, to receive
1118 final instructions from that Board.—The Ven-
Cent', 74, r,
,apt. F. L. MArrLAND, arrived at Ports-
41°I.Ith ou Thursdav (which we mentioned on Satur-
day), from Leithondisfittinglwith the utmost expe-
'ltionforloreign service. All the Officers who say-
" under:the flag ofßear-Admiralarw AY, at Leith,
!re continued in her. Her complement on board
t° be increased from 300 to 540 men. The Quail
intended as a tender to the Vengeur, ar-
'ved at Portsmouth on Friday, from Plymouth.
,1
ebe Owen Glendower frigate has been commis-
7fled at Chatham for the South American sta-
n ; the Hon. Captain SPENCER is to command
her.io The Ganyrnede will take the station of the
e,
• evern in the Downs, which ship will remove to

the Sophia, Captain Simon, arrived in the
the from from the Havanna!), advices are received to
14th nit. by which we learn that the under-
9entl"ed Spanish ships of war had arrived there,
Nra. Sra. del Carmen, Capt. Quesada, on the
MaY, in 56 days from Cadiz ; Cud Gulga,
(*Ptah] Barandica, on the 13th, in 14 days
Itt°lll Vera Cruz ; Maria Francisca, Capt. C.a-
Canson, on the 15th, from a cruise ; Superior,
Btain Canna on the 22d, in 12 days from
2.anta Martha ; Diana, Captain Pavie, on the
from a cruise; Deamente, Captain Monte-
h-i°a, On the 30th, in 51 days from Cadiz; and
• frne
them Vera
Captain Nunez, in sixty-eight days
Cruz. The report of the cession of
Oe Island to this country by Spain, which has
eited so much interest, receives no confirmation
Y the advices through this channel, although the
4t,e
trierican
ect.
Papers still abound with rumours on
subj

Vett
--erday the Loap CHANCELLOR, Viscount
N.Arr-,
Aud-Ragacti, and the VICE CHANCELLOR, had
lences of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton-
Louse,
Captain F. C. CROTTY, of the 39th regiment,
114 arrived from Canada with dispatches from
Duke of RICHMOND.
tt(;Lord LOWTHP.R and the Right Hon. FREDERICK
ti(
4IN are appointed Directors of Greenwich
444.30 N
Vi.
Zt-CoUnt MELVILLE has returned to town from
ili Inspection of the Dock-yards at Chatham and
eernets.
f:T.,On Saturday the 9th and 12th regiments (the
efticelB), were reviewed on Hounslow Heath,
:kre the PRINCE REGENT, Prince LEGEOLD, the
of KENT, and Duke of IVEI.I.INOTON. The
ANI)!85 Of KENT, with the Infant Princess ALEX-
c
our:L_A. WaS Oil the Hea t 11, and an immense
ug
sco
1. spectators were attracted by the inc-
urpi of the martial scene.

;;;Ji-11AGE

" We have received the following letter from
Mr. BIRCiI, the Stockport Police Officer :

Newcastle-under-Lyne, Friday Afternoon, July 23.

' have arrived here with Harrison, the Preacher,
whom I am conveying through Congleton and Cheadle, to

Stu;kpurt.

I am, i❑ haste, your's,
6 WM. BIRCH.'

E( SECOND EDITION.

" HORRIBLE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE BIRCH, TILE CON-

LAISLE•

" Birch arrived with the prisoner at Stockport
about eight o'clock r. M., and conveyed him to
his house. This circumstance was soon made
known, and the houSe as quickly beset with num-
bers, who made use of the most daring language.
Thus situated, Birch deemed it necessary to take
advice of Mr. Llyod ; and for this purpose, under
disguise, he went out at the back door of his house
about eleven o'clock. Mr. Lloyd was not to be
found, and Birch, on his return home, being un-
fortunately recognized by one of the Reformers,
was immediately surrounded, and received the
contents of a pistol in his breast. The ball for-
tunately took a favourable direction, and lodged
in his left side. The alarm being given, an ex-
press was sent to Manchester, and a Troop of
Hussars (the 15th, we believe) arlived soon after-
, wards, and peace was restored for the night.
" Three persons have been taken up, and this
morning underwent an examination before Thomas
'f atten, Esq. the Rev. Charles Prescott, and
Peter Marsland, Esq. They are remanded for a
further hearing.
" Harrison was sent to the Lock-up-House,
and was afterwards admitted to bail.
" Saturday, July s 4, Eight o'clock, P.M.

" A messenger whom we had dispatched to
Stockport is just returned, and states that Birch
is still alive, but that Mr. Killer, the surgeon, has
not yet been able to extract the ball ; serious ap-
prehensions are entertained that the wound is
mortal.

" Harrison is stated to have expressed deep re-
gret for Birch's accident, and said he did not wish
to have been taken to Stockport, and neither was
it intended he should. He was expected to have
come by the Defiance coach to this town, and a
person was in waiting to prevent his going fur-
ther. Another line of road had been chosen for
his conveyance to Stockport, by the Manchester
Coburg coach, which runs through Litchfield,
Newcastle, and Congleton. It is almost needless
to add, that this horrible attempt.at assassination
has produced the most alarming sensation in this
part of the country."— (Macclesfield Courier,
July 24.)

His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT is
fully expected to make a visit to Portsmouth, and
to proceed thence in his yacht, commanded by
tire Hon. CHARLES PAGET, to Plymouth, to view
the break-water. The royal yacht was taken out
of Dock on Saturday morning, having undergone
a final inspection. Dr. RODDAM is appointed to
the yacht.
On Saturday morning, Sir ROBERT GIFFORD,
late Solicitor-General, was sworn before the
CHANCELLOR into the office of Attorney-General,
vice SAMUEL SHEPHERD, appointed Lord Chief
Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in
Scotland. JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, Esq. Ser-
jeant at Law, was at the same time sworn in as
Solicitor-General. _ .

On Tuesday Mr. Serjeant COPLEY, who bad
vacated his seat in Parliament on being appointed
Solicitor General, was re-elected for Ashburton
without opposition.
Sir W. GRANT, as one of the Duke of YORK'S
Council, went iota %vaiting on Saturday on the
KING at Windsor. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man relieved Lord HENLEY, who left IVindsor
for London.

A letter, dated Tunis, June 8, says—" The re-
volt which I.;ruke out amongst the Arabs on the
confines of Tripoli has been suppressed. The
plague having appeared in the Tunisian camp,
the BEY pressed the General to hasten his return ;
the latter entered into negociations offered on the
part of the rebels, and upon receiving contribu-
tions in cattle, withdrew his forces, and arrived
in Tunis vt:sterday."
The Waterloo steam vessel arrived at Liver-
pool on Thursday in 18 hours from Belfast. She
is completely rigged with sails, independent of
her machinery—two engines of 30-horse power
each, and as she carries 100 tons of goods, is in-
tended to become a regular trader between Belfast
and Liverpool.
RED SNOW.—Mr. FRANCIS BAUER, from a
number:of accurate observations, with microscopes
of great power, on the red snow, in a melted
state, from Baffin's Bay, pronounces the colour-
ing matter, to be a new species of uredo (a mi-
nute fungus), to which he proposes to give the
name nioalis.

RENNET, the stealer of Mr. HORSLEY'S child,
is on board the hulks at Sheerness, waiting a
conveyance to New South Wales.
BOXING.—On Saturday night, the following
matches were made at Gregson's—Cooper to fight
Shelton on the 12th of October next ; and Turner
to fight Martin, the following week. Proposals
have been made for a fight between Donnlly and
Spring.
Yesterday morning the Condemned Sermon was
pteacbed by the Rev. Mr. COTTON, the Ordinary,
in the Chapel of Newgate, before the unfortu-
nate Culprit Benjamin Noble, who is ordered for
execution on Thursday next. The Sermon was
delivered in a very pathetic and suitable manner,
which seemed to make a great impression on the
unhappy 111411 and the congregative that attended.

PO E'l fl

LINES
On a Piece of Sweet Briar's wft.tering in t/.e

Sweet little branch of an exquitlte tree
Now short is the time thou bast been with me,

And thou art dead !
Down drooping you gradually fade away,
No longer your leaves, are fresh and gay,
Fur the sap that nourish'd thee, Briar, has fled.

How sweetly you scented the sylvan bower,
Where I sat, and was elMrin'd with thy milk-white cower,
All fresh and gay :
But the moment I plucled thee from the wild tree,
And eagerly bent my dark eyes on thee,
Thy little leaves curled, and began to decay.

But although, pretty sprig, thy freshness soon went➢
Like the Ruse, ye retain that exquisite scent,

I loved so well.
And though from the fair cheek will beauty depart,
The goodness surrounding a feeling heart,
Will teataia till the bosom has ccas'd to swell.

When esteem, too, has once been engrav'd on the soul,
Tbough an ocean between those that feel it may roll,

From year. to year :
Though affliction may rage in the breast, and be

As turbulent as a tempestuous seap
The heart will change never—to friendship once dear
WILFORD.