The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-09 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, Nov. B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived about 3 A. M. LE?
Royal George yacht with his Majesty on board, and the whole
of the Royal squadron; from Calais, all well ; at 8 A. M. the
yacht got under weigh, and proceeded to Ramsgate to diserr—
bark his Majesty ; after winch she returned to the Downs arid
proceeded to Portsmouth. Sailed the Alliance, Amery, for
Gibraltar. Came down from the River and sailed the Alice,
Blake, for Jamaica. Two handspikes have bee' picked up at
sea, marked " J. Chrisp," and a piece of a boat painted light
blue on both sides, supposed to belong to some vessel wrecked
on the Goodwin Sand.

RAMSGATE, Nov. 8.--This morning, at 8 o'clock, the
Royal George yacht came into this Harbour with his Majesty
on board. After his 'Majesty landed, the yacht proceeded to
Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. B.—Wind E.—Arrived the Stephani,
Burke, from New York for Antwerp, out 24 days; and Phenix,
Wishart, from the Downs for New Zealand, South Wales.__
Sailed the Mevagissey, Bowden, for- Naples. Passed down
Channel the Recovery, for the South Seas; and a fleet of out-
ward-bound vessels from the Downs.
WEYMOUTH, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Pallux, Comber., from
Sunderland, with loss of anchor and cable.
PLYMOUTH. Nov. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Cheerful
Revenue cutter from the Isle of Man, to be paid off; aid Po-
mona, Coath, from Bilbao for London.

1.
Y 311 NoTbx, NOV. B.—ArriveYthe Martin, Livericed,
from Sunderland, with loss of anchor and cable and sails split.
LivEitPooL, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Fame, Malcolm, from
Pernau ; on td inst., off the Lewis, passed the ship Lark, of
South shields, water-logged, and part of her deck torn up,
both sternposts' out, and no one on board; supposed timber
laden.

FALMOUTH, Nov. 7 —Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Venus,
Rowe, from 31evagissey for Havre.
YARMOUTH, Nov. B.—The Lord Wellington, of this port,
is lost off Stockton ; crew saved. The Myrtle, Hubbard, was
run down on the sth by the Duncombe ; crew saved, except the
master, who was killed between the vessels.
Hum., Nov. 7.—Arrived the Thomas, Brass, from Davis'
Straits, with 12 fish, 300 butts. The Margaret, Creighton, has
arrived in the r(t.ds ; Success not known. The Grace, Bartlett,
from Exeter, has put in here with loss of main-mast.
k‘.lllTuv, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Valiant, from Davis'
Straits, with 12 fish, 120 tons. During the fishery, they struck
and lust upwards of 30 whales.

NORTH WEST EXPEDITION.
[From the Liverpool Courier, Nov. 7.]
We have been politely favoured with the fol!owing letter,
just received by a gentkinan of this town from his brother, an
officer engaged on the voyage of discovery to the Arctic Re-
gions. The intelligence which it conveys is the first that has
been received from the expedition since the vessels entered

the ice,
" HUDSON'S STRAITS, 16TH JULY, 1321.—The day after
the transport left us we. entered these Straits, which we found
choked with ice.; we entered it nevertheless, and at first made
considerable progress, but, as we expected, were, at length,
beset, or, in other words, the floes of ice having coalesced on all
sides, we found ourselves firmly impacted in the midst of it.
Ever since, we have been moving to and fro with it, at the rate
of five miles an hour, according to the flux and reflux of the
tide. Sometimes the ice, dividing, would allow us to push on
a few miles, and again uniting, incarcerate us for days. By
this mode of progressimr, we have contrived to advance about
70 miles in the Straits.

" When I wrote iy the transport, I think I expressed an
opinion, that we had left England much too early. This has
been verified, not only by the difficulties we have met with, but
also by the circumstance os the Hudson's Bay traders having
overtaken us. These vessels did not leave the Thames until
the end of May. They go on to the Company's settlements,
and return immediately. Although the conveyance is not very
direct, 1 cannot help availing myself of the chance, to let you
know that all is well, and that we are now on the point of
making a more rapid progress. The ice, by dint of rain, at-
tended with a tolerably warm sun, has been dissolving daily,
and we have this day bored through upwards of ten aiiles of it.
We expect, daily, to have some Esquimaux visitors. I regret
that these vessels haVe joined us so soon, for I should have been
glad to have had something novel to communicate.
" I expect this letter Neill find its way to you about November ;
and when you see it, you will at once conclude, that the expe-
dition has returned. However glad I might be to see you again,
I cannot help wishing that it may be, at least, two winters before
I can have that gratification."

A French squadron, consisting of the frigate
l'Amazone, the corvette l'Esperance, the brig
Le Curieur, and the galliot La Lyonnaise, sailed Brazils.
On Brest the 20th ult. for the
On the east side of Whitcombe-street, near the
western entrance to the Mews, the workmen em-
'ployed in excavating the earth for foundations for
new buildings, discovered on Wednesday morn-
ing, about 14 feet below the surface, a portion of
an old wall, about four feet thick, composed of
Kentish rag-stone, so strongly cemented, as to re-
quire c9nsiderable force, applied to an iron wedge,
to break it to pieces. Close to this portion of
the wall were also found three skeletons, lying
nearly parrallel with the wall. The roots
of several trees have been dug up in the
same spot, which, from these and other i.;rcum-
stances, and the depth of vegetable mould, ap-
pears to have been formerly cultivated as a gar-
den. The thoroughfare, latterly called Whit-
comb&-street, it will be remembered, was pre-
viously known by the name of Hedge-lane, and
the neighbouring church still preserves the dis-
tinction of St. Martin's-in-the-;fields.