The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-03 00:00:00

CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, AUGUST 2, Igl9.

For SALE (by Order of the Honottiahle Cormilissiouers
of I3is Majesty's Customs), on TUESDAY, the 10th,p
WEDNESDAY, the 11th, THURSDAY, the 13th, and
FRIDAY, the 13th instant, at One o'Clock in the -After-
noon precisely, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-
lane,

rill-1E following GOODS, for EXPORTA-'
jaL TION :—East India and other Foreign prohibited
Goods,Pictures, Prints, and Deals. For. House Consumption,
Foreign Spirits, Whiskey, Wine, Mangoes, China, Tea,
Coffee, Chocolate, Sugar and other Grocery, Tamarinds, suc-
cades, Verdigris, Soap, Drags, Tobacco, Filtering Stones,
Canvas, Unrated Alkali, Muslin, Lace,-Watches and
other Jewellery, Prints, Pictures, Rough Amethysts and
Topazes, Deals, Mahogany, Rose Wood, Boats, Stone, and
sundry other Goods as mentioned in the Catalogue.—Clear of
all Duties.

The Tobacco and Snuff in Lots 3i6to 873; to be viewed at
the Tobacco Warehouse, tendon Docks; the llealS,
hogany, Rosewood, Boats, and StMieriiThe Tobacco Ground,
Retherhit he ; and all the other Goods at 'the Kings Ware-
house, Custom-House. and at Globe Yard and Lingham's
Warehouses, Lower Thames-street; on Thursday, the sth,
Friday, the Oh, Saturday, the 7th, and Monday, the 9th
instant, front Ten o'Clock in the Morning to Three in the
Afternoon.

N.B.—Goods bought at this Sale, must be paid for at the
Receiver of Fines and Forfeitures ptbeco Custom-Hone, on
or before Tuesday the 31st instant; or the Depositssmade
thereon will ah.olutely become forfeited.

Catalogues to be had at the King's Warehouse, Custom-
flouse, ou NVedncsday, the 4th instant, price One Shilling

each.

TO FAMILIES ARRIVING FROM ,ABROAD, Acc.
CURIOUS• INDIA SHAWLS.

FAMILIES arriving from.lndia, 4c. are very
respectfully informed, they may DISPOSE of (:LTRI-
01.1S'INDIA SHAWLS; or exchange them for the ChoiCest
Articles iiv-Fantily'LinOis, or. the most faShionable Articles
for Dress, by, applying at, MILLARD'S EAST INDIA
WA)LEHOUSES, No.. 16, CH EAPSIDE„ where lite greaiest
Assortment of IndieShawls, with superb Imitations peculiar
to the Honse, the choicest India Muslins for Ladies' wear
and Gentlemen's Cravats, and onions British ditto in plain
and elegantly wrought DresQes, Pelisses, and Draperies.
Irish Linens of the improved Bleach, and 6ne Sheetings are
kept, and where Selections for Family and Individual Esta-
blishments may be conveniently made. Irish Linens, Mils-
lins, French Cambrics, Foreign Lace, Printed Catubrics and
uslins. Chintz Furnitures. Damask Table Linen, &c.
taken entire, or hr the decoy, are at the wholesale price.—Pro-
prietors of Country. Establishments supplied. The lowest
price is made without deviation.

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.--Tuesday evening,
abort eight o'clock, a man,: whose name _is not
known, but who is understood to be a Ger-
man Officer, belonging to a ship which was.lyipg
off Gravesend for upwardS of a week, bound
for North America, went to inquire for lodg-
ings in ,the New-road, Gravesend ;. the
.person
who kept them not agreeing to let them at the-
terms be offered, he went away, bitt in 'a short
time returned and offered more, which being ae;'
cepted; ha , took possession of, his apartments
immediately. All the evening he appeared very
restless, and was continually going in and out
of the room. The mistress of the house suspect-
ing he intended •rob her, as she takes in wash-
ing, locked her things up at night and went to
bed, but was unable to sleep. in the middle of
the night,' hearing him move about, she dressed
herself, went down_ to his room, door, .and asked
him if he wanted any thing ? He said he
wanted some water she told him there was some
in his room-; he said he could.not get at it, as.
he.:hati done something and .could not get so
far, but.wouldtske the key anal rush. it under the.i
door, by which means she let herself in. Oa enter-
ing she saw' him'sitting on the bed with a dagger'
in his hand, he had stabbed himself in three or
fsur places. He said, " Look thereil have been
doing something." She took the dagger from
him, bot in her fright left it on the table it)
his roam, while she went over:for Mr.jtichard—
son (the nearest surgeon). On aeir return, they
found that when left alone he had inflicted two
Other wounds on' hitosif. One of the wounds,
which is consideredthe most,dangerous, is upwards
of 3 inches deep ; hot be is now in a fair ‘vay of
recovery. ,He says. if he recovers he will do it
again. He is at present so' ill that they cannot
learn from himself the cause of this rash act.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCH.-Yesterday, about
the middle• of the. day, a. very large flight of
Wild Ducks was observed on.th,e river, between
the Old and New Passages. Ten of them were
taken by some of the boatmen and found 7to be in
very good condition ; and about 5 o'clock'in the
same afternoon, the neighbourhood of the Prts-'
sages was visited by a whirlwind of the greatest
violence :—it appeared to proceed from the towns
of Newport and Thornbury, and created no tri-
fling consteinatinn ; it was not accompanied ei-
ther with thunder or rain.—(Bristol Journal,
July 31.)
DJscovEßY.:—Lientenant VARNBAGEN, a Ger-
man, io the Brazils, has
.made an important dis-
covcry, namely, that saiv-dust, particularly of soft
wood, mixed with gunpowder, in'equal parts, has
thrice the strength of powder alone when used in
blowing up rocks.