The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-26 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS..

FALMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Dnnira,
HAMILTON, 110111 London .to China, last horn
Plymouth ; and at 11 P. M. arrived the Princes..
Charlotte packet with mails from•sale Leeward
Islands, in 23 days.

HARWICH, MARCH 25.—Sailed the Lord Nelson'
packet with a mail and passengers for
MILFORD HAVEN, MARCH 24.—Arrived this
.
morning the Auckland packet, Capt. RICHARDS, •
with two mails and passengers from Waterford.
The Leicester has sailed this morning with itte
last mail for Waterford. Sailed also the Acastiis
HAMMOND, for Liverpool. The different vessels •
which suffered damage in the late gales having
got repaired, are now ready to put to sea ova
the first fair wind. Just arrived the Leander,
from _Liverpool, bound to the iNiediterranean.—•
Remain the Britomart sloop of war, with the out-
ward-bound as per my last.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24.—Arrived the True
Briton,• HEAD, and Princess Charlotte, from Cal.'
cutta ; Ann Maria, WAITE, from •New
sailed the 25th February ; also the Alexander
Buchanan, CLEMENTS, from ditto—sailed the'
same clay. The Sarah, ADAMS, from this port
for Corunna, cut from both cables during the plc
of the 22d, and went on shore in Beaumaris liaYt
but has since been got off, with two feet water
in her hold.

WHITBY, MARCH following Green'
land ships have sailed for the Fishery, viz.
Valiant, AGAR; Mars, JOHNSON; PheaniX, DAW'
SON ; Esk, DUNBAR ; Volunteer, CRAIG; elta
Resolution, KERSLEY.

COWES, MARCH s.—Arrived the Lady Banks°
WALKUR, from London for Madras and Bengsf'
with her rudder broken.

CORK, 111Aacir 20.—The Jane, 111wGnsr, °f
and from Calcutta to Greenock, with cotton.
saltpetre, and indigo, was towed in here this dal
almost a complete wreck, having on the 1-4th Oti
between the Western Islands and the Banks °
Newfoundland, experienced a most violent elf'
of wind, in which all her masts, &c. were voile"'
away..

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The sailing of the Expedition for discovering the.
North Pole, and the Northein Passage betweits.
the Atlantic.and Pacific Oceans, has been deferred
for some days longer. Lord MELVILLE visited
the shipsyesterday at Deptford, for the purpose cfrf
inspecting. their condition, and the efECieney of the'",
preparations. His Lordship was to lie eiftertaiu"
ed by witnessing the activity_ and courage of th 6
Esquimaux, who goes out with the expedition a.O
an interpreter, in case of any cottltllllnieatioll WWI
the coast of Davis' Strait. This Indian has his
canoe on board, with his fishing apparatus. ll'
is not tall, but his form, though clumsy, denote!
great strength. His face is clear and fair, anci
being dressed like an English sailor, and working
with the other men, he might, at first vievv°,iii•
mistaken for a native of these Islands ; but
of
features are large, and the breadth and flatness
his countenance betray his origin.—The meet's
of the expedition seem quite confident that t
of
Dorothea and the Trent, under the command of
Captain BUCHAN, !destined for the DiscoverY,
the North Pole, will attain their object ; but 1,‘,;
are by no means equally sanguine of the suc`hlsl
of the Isabella and 0)45 Alexander, .under Cul',-,f
Ross, who is instructed to attempt the pass3gethe
Davis' Strait. As the 'ultimate success 64 ibc
Expedition must- necessarily depend 01'",eirs
subordination and discipline of the men, the c:i,nt
of the vessels are placed under martial lay'' ided
as the men !are all volunteers, and are pr°'imis
with every advantage which the utmost anit-ri
solicitude for their comfort and safety call
we trust that no occasion will arise for enforc -
the strictness of its provisions.

Ma. INcLgooN.---Letters were-. yt sterdtli rgo-
ceived in town, which remove the anxious fel'
entertained by the friends of this edebrateti,
Singer, 'who was reported to have died at 1'1,1„-:
York from rupturing a blood vessel. It is (1,70,
cult to account for the motives which could 004.
induced any one to invent such a cruel
Let, it suffice, however, to know that lig 11.nti•
enjoyed better health, and that his success 407
nued to a degree duprecededied.
reef,.
Yesterday as Captain :TONES, of Yorlvst,' (i1.1,'
MIS driving a one-horse chaise along 010°.,.
street, the animal took fright, arid ran with e°4
siderable fury towards Cavendish-square and ,
Mortimer-street, where he became quite
nageable. On turning round one of the corn‘ ;:s
the vehicle came in contact with a coach, and `-lf,
upset. Mr. JONES was much injured by the rilie
and was carried home in a hackney. chariot.
chaise was much damaged.
On Thursday evening, Captain Wilcocks
received information that Finnegan, the noted rfoy
her, under sentence of death from the
Assizes, and known by the name of Capt.Finneg:.'
was seen at his old walk near Two-mile-brit
recently before, sent his Chief Constable, I' 5
Keilly (a man whose activity We bad varion
occasions of recording), with a few otitis own 011,1
in disguise, to the neighbourhood, and they 5%,
seeded in the apprehension of Finnegan, in 3 s,
lic- house, armed with a highly loaded blunderblr,
which he had not time to use—as the parry
stantly on Mr. Kelly's seizing him, closed "Pee.
him, and effectually prevented any resist:l:oh
The populace, from that place hitt) the is`
exhibited a shocking instance of sympatil_!
° ors
this villain—the crowd following him
of lamentations at his. caption.—(Cionme-
i He'
raid)

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