The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-12 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

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• PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 11.,--Put back yesterday the True
American, Bancroft, for Boston. The Kent- East Indianian
ha 4 anchored at the Motherbank from Cowes. Sailed the Olive
Brinell; Mann, for London. • Sailed to-day the Jean, Renny ;
and Margaret, Thomas, for London.
DEAL, 111Aacir 10.—,Came down 'from the River the Post-
hun;ous, •M!lver ; Sisters, It egmaiden ;• and St. Mary Bur-
ton, for Janiaica ; Alfred for Leghorn ; and -Good Agreement,
Robson, for St. John's, N. B. The schooner Vittoria, Berry,
of Dundee, froth Ireland for London, was lost on the Goodwin
Sand an Friday night ; crew saved. Arrived to-day and sailed
for the River the Amity, Vaughan, from Honduras and'Cork ;
and Minerva, from St. Michael's. Came down from the River
and remain the Lonach, Pea:sell, for Madras and Calcutta ;
Mar h, Hunt, for Grenada ; and Sir James Kemp, Steivart, for
St. Michael's and Quebec: ,
H.A.RWrcia, MARCH 11.—Sailed the Henry Freding packet
for Holland ; Jane, do. for Gottenburgh ; and Lady,N-epeini
packet for Cuxhaven, each with a mail ; and his Majesty's ship
Brisk, on a crdize.. • . .•
DARTMOUTH, MARCH 10.---The ITociier Ceres, Van Ryn,
of. Maasluys, is so leaky as to be obliged to discharge her cargo.
ILFRACOMB, MARCH 10.—The Bynont was
wrecked under ,Hillbro Hill the.otli inst. ; saV4.l.
M Jar o RD, MARCH I.o.—The IleaTy, frem New
port and Bristol, for Oporto, has been found' to niva Strained
as to. be obliged to discharge. ,
andF Icy
AlVrouTH, 'MARCH 9.---Arrived the 'Albury tran9oit
from Plymouth for Dublin; and Duke of Dent packet, with a
mail, from New York ; sailed 113th February. Sailed the Foal,.
Friends, Roberts ; and Union, BroOkender, for London John
and Thomas, Miller, . for Boole ;. and Orange Grove, .Taylor,
fOr Plymouth ; the John and Adam, Knight, froM Richmond,
which bat in here 4th inst. leaky, is discharging to repair. The
following packets are now in the-Roads i—Duke of Kent (1),
and-Duke 'of Kent .(2), for Lisbon ; Lord. Chesterfield for the
Mediterranean ; Lady Louisa for America ; Marchioness of
Queensberry for Jamaica;
.and Marchioness of Silisbury for
the -Brazils.
'WEYMOUTH, MAncit 10.—Only about 100 bags of coffee,
arid 10 bags of cotton, have been saved from the French brio-
Young Arthur; the remainder of the cargo is totally lost, aria
the vessel has gone to pieces.
PENZANCE,, MAitcir 9.—Arrived the Amity, Heath, from
Cardiff. for London,- with her bulwarks damaged, and cargo
shifted. . • -. .

It affords us great pleasure to hear, that it is
really his MAJESTY'S intention to visit
_lreland
in the summer.
The Princess A-c-ausTA was expected in town
this morning.
We understand that the establishment of
Deptford Dock-yard is to be entirely given up.
A few persons will be stationed there to protect
the property. It is supposed that it will make
a saving of about 40,0001. a-year.
On Saturday her Royal Highness the. Duchess
of KENT arrived at her apartments at Kensington
Palace, from Claremont, where her Royal High-
nesisale:' has been on 0 visit to her brother, Prince
LEOPOLD. Yesterday her Royal Highness was
visited by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of
scssEx, Princess SOPHIA, and the Duchess of
GLOUCESTER. •

- Yesterday morning Divine Service was per-
formed at Carlton Palace to his Majesty's House-
hold.bythe Rev. F. W. BLOMUERG. -
His Royal-Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER,
we are concerned to state, is confined to his
room by a severe cold. .
A Mail from Lisbon has arrived with letters
and papers to the Ist inst. On the 24th ult. the
Cortes receivedd-a report from the Committee on
the claims of the British Officers in the Portu
guese army: It recommended that they should
be dismissed with honour, and with the thanks of
the nation ; that those who had served in the
Portuguese army during the late war should con-
tinue to receive full pay for as many years as
they had served.; that those who had not so
served should receive one year's pay : and that
Brigadiers' should be made. Commanders, and the
Colonels and the Lieutenant-colonels, Knights of
the Order of the Tower and SWord. On the
26tit'ult. the discussions on the basis of the new
Constitution was resumed, and it was carried by
59:t0 26 that there should be only one Chamber,
by 78 to 6 that the ICINa should. not possess an
absolute veto, and by by Si to 4 that he should have
a-suspensive veto,- a-S: proposed in the basis. On
the 27th and 28th,all the-remaining articles were
passed, with the exception 'of that respecting the
nomination to civil, ecclesiastical, and military
appointments, which was sent back to the-Com-
mittee. Considerable opposition was made to
the article assigning the initiative in legislative
proceedings to the Cortes, but it was finally
agreed to its its original state.
A Correspondent
.recommends that Mr.
PLUNKETT, before he improves our sociability,.by
a mixture of PnorEsTANTism; and POPERY, shall.
try a safer experiment, by a " Bill to amend
and improve our sallads by a. more rapid and
efficacious union of Oil, and VINEGAR." It may
be easily hurried through the House before the
Oil-shops or dry-salters kaow any thing about
the matter.
• CoaN:ExcuANGE, MAacn 12.—The Market
brisk the early part of the morning, but the
supply being large, the prices could not be main 7,
tallied the latter part of the day—from ls. to 2s.
lower than Monday last,
Wheat - 36s —s 65s Beans 0.7 s 32s
Barley 913 293 Oats 183-26 s
White Pease. 34s 36s Rye • ')!s 323
Grey Peas 98s 30$ Flour, per. sack sos 55s
The Botodtho, transporti Lieutenant STEWART,
agent, arrived from India last week, with Captain
VURNEAUX, and the surviving officers and part of
the crew of his Majesty's late
,sloop Carron,
wrecked in the month'of July last. The Boro-
dino left Madras as far back as the 28th Septem-
ber, Cape of Good Hope 2d December, Sit. He-
lena 17th, and Aseenrion.2sth December. Rear
Admiral Sir HENRY BLACK-WOOD, in the Leander,
Capt. C. RICUARDSO sailed. from Madras for
Penang a few days before the 'Borodino left that
place. The Eden and Curlew We're up the
Persian Gulph, and the Liverpool and Dauntless
gone to China. The Brazen, Capt. SHEPHERD,
Was at the Cape of Good Hope ; and at St. He-
,
lena,the 'Vigo, Menai, Sheerwatervand Rosario.