The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-04 00:00:00

8111 P NEWS.

SEPr. 2.—A IA vett the Myatt' cutter
11 a cruise. Sailed the Ashburton for New-
-1)(11auki ; Xransittari, for the Sotith Seas ; Pas-
for Seville ; xiutl Concortliii, for Alur-
Hles.

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.!Al.stouiqu, SeFi'. I. Arrived the Onyx,
'Lli•Ett, from :Nlonte Chris..o (St. Domingo), in
days, boond to Cowes.--Sailexl the Prince Er-
iwith a Mail for Lisbon.

?(IRTSMoUTIV SEPT. 3.—Arrived the Sher and
,Trtuna, CHRIZ-bN•.,oN, from Draw ; Palityra,
:111 the Downs; Thetis, CnatsTlE, from Me-
-11 and Echo, LIN6ER, from Jamaica for Lon-
she sailed the 2';lith .Lily; on the Ist Au-
parten company With the Jane oft the 11a-
'Inah, and the Pacific, for New Yolk , and on
`24th August spoke the Nestor, from Liver-

for New Yolk, out 16 days, all well.
'tAt., SEPT. 3.—Came down from the,River,
181441, the Henry, fur Honduras, and Atlas,

TRACT OF A LETTER FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
AT LIVERPOOL, DATED SEPT. 2.
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~qtred this day the following Vessels:—
eiivel-v Bußvli Am from New Orleans, sailed July 14-
2366 barrels Flour, and 72 bales Cotton.
4 °rizon, JouNSON, from New Orleans—cargo, 1114 barrels
17 ditto Wheat, 389 hales Cotton, 34 hogsheads To-
-11 ditto Bark, and 6u barrels Flax-seed.
I'. *Johnson, Gmils, from Philadelphia.
Ileart of Oak, 3ENKINSON, from Liverpool for Balti-
Was spoken on the 6th August, with loss of mainmast
ung her foremast; then steering fur Boston.
SNow, has arrived from hence at lluxbury,
irhu t ts.

in, purtation of Flour into this port, from the United
itles
, during- the hut 8 days, excreds 46,000 barrels.

Al A RIN E .—A beacon, 50 feet high, is now
olt the Carr Rock, at the entrance of the
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ut Forth. Front the smallness of the rock,

• :43 heel) found impossible to erect any building
it of sufficient height to be above the reach
:1 of very weighty seas, which would at once
!„. *al to the effect and apparatus of a light-
\,! •:14. 'file building is therefore to be covered
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large bell, in the form of a cupola ; this
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to be tolled night and day warn mariners
1,11145 t impending danger. But as the beacon is
thttt.7:ill, and is otherwise quite inadequate for
'/Al.)tat ion of a man, it is none of the least
til'esting parts of this design to devise how this
is to he produced, without the regular at-
'ince of a person to wind up the machinery of
bell apparatus. This is provided to; in the
manner :—ln the centre of the building
rsre is a kind of chamber or cavity, into which
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„ !lila! waters are admitted, by means of a small
'oh or perforation in the walls, and as the tide
on tile exterior of the building, it also
in the chamber,- and elevates a metallic float
‘alik wliich is connected with a rod communi-
"ig with the train of machinery to which the
Ptudicular rise of the title gives motion ; and
manlier the large bell is tolled. A weight
Lit the same time raised, and as she tank
\;, float is de% ated to the height of neap tides, to
the train of machinery is calculated, when
1.: tide has !lowed to its height, the weight be-
lo operate by its tendency to descend, anti
eps the machine in motion WI the. flood re-
L," aglin to lift the float and raise the weight,
t;,' in other words, to wind up the machine. In
manner the bell is to be tolled without inter-