The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-23 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

toe account which you ger° in your paper,
of .the New Docks at Grimsby, the gr*et steam- boi.t lock
was stated to be 200 feet long and 70 feet. wide.
Toe true dinierbiona aro 300 feet long and 70 feet
it

As this correction may be important to the company ,
you will lam sure t;xcuse me asking you to insert this
note in your next paper.—l am, Sir, Ste.,
JAS. M. BEN DEL.
8, Great George-street, Westminster,
March 20.

SEABORNE DiALLS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the Genet
by Lae night—tad N ,Ty the MOt ning

Post-aftiCS

EF..~ v~.

When made rip in From wbat
4-everal Poet-office: port dia-
London: I • patebed.

When
due.

• ,
amarlea (by Brit. p kt.) N 1 March 14 .. . Liverpool •
America (by U.S. pkt.) N 111 arch 23 .. • iLiTorPook •
.4.lu4rica (by U.S. pkt.) St: AI arch 31 .. .. 'ziouthampt.
AfrizA (West coast).. N 14i.ti of the month Plymouth 'April 2
Alexandria* • • ...... N1196k & 30th of mo. Dover .. March 24
Belgium• < .. -• •di I Daily • • .. .. 11>over • • Daily
Brasil . .. .. .. Witt.. of the month ISouthampt. April 16
Buenos A.Yros .. .. M,9th of the month !SouthampL April 16
Callfornio(vlaCharrer) Mjid & 17th of month' Southampt. March 20
Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month ;Plymouth .• April 3
Coristiuttineple. ... •TT j7th 17th 27th faint° Dover ..I March 30
Central America .. Mjid & 17th of men. Southampt. March 20
Channel Imes .. .. IT' Mon.. Wed., &Frl. Soutkampt.,Tu. Th.t4at
Chili .. ..* .. . 34117th of the month Southampt. IMarch 20
Franco .. .. M & NjTvrice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedally
Gracee* .. .. .. Nj7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. March 30
liaroburgh .. .. li;Tuesday & Friday London .. Taos. Sat.
Rolland .. • • .. M ' Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mee.Thur
Hon?,nraa • N ,17th of the mouth ,tionthampt. Marsh 23
Ireland .. • M& N Twice daily .. ..IHolyhead Twicedally
India (via Bout), M. amp.) 20th of the inonthiiiloUthampt. (Arrived
India (via'Aaraeillos) IC fithea. 24th eimonth Dover • . April 2
Medi terranesut (via i i
Sor tharisTiton) .. M. 20th of the month idonthampt. Arrived
4 biediten Anson (viz i
Marseilles) .. ;April 2
Mexico .. April
Madeirs April 16

'Arrived
!April

N,Sth& 24ta of montbiDovek ..
M'ld of the month.. ISonthampt.
M .9th of the month !Sonthampt.
{ 7tn, I 7th,19t1a,27th I 1 Dover
I
& 30th of month j
Naples* , •
IS •• • • N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover • .
Papal States. .. .. ;sth 15th 25th elmo Dover ..
rani nsular .. • . .. AI ith 17th 27th ef mei Southampt. ,
Per .. • . .. AI 'l7th of the month 1 Southampt.
Tuscany. ..• . .. 1:4-5th 15th 2.3 th of mo ' Dover ••
vest wiles .. .. 31117th of the month ißouthampt.
Wert Indies (except ! ,
liS.vaana & Nassau) 42d of the mouth ..lkioathaamt...kpril
* The malls to those 0 oantrias thus marked (5) are conveyed by
llPAcch packet vi Marseilles.

Marcb, 2$

Malts"

April
April '2
March 26
March '26
April
IMarah

'REGULATIONS Ton STEAMBoATs.-On Saturday
notice was issued by the Board of Trade that the provisions
of the amended Steam Navigation Act, 14 and 15 Vic., c.
79, would be strictly enforced on and after. the 81st inst. AU
the river steamers have been surveyed, and some condemned
as unfit for the conveyance of passengers. On the 31st inet.
all steamers will be required to display in a conspicuous part
of the vessel their certificate to run, and the number of pas-
sengers they are allowed to carry; each vessel will now be
fariaished with a safety valve, free from the control of the
engineer. Penalties will be enforced on masters and owners
for carrying more than their number, and ON passengers for
forcing their way on board, or travelling beyond the dia.
tanc. for which they have paid. The Custom's officers on
and after the 31st mat-, will not grant tranhire or permit any
vessels to put to, sea, unless they are properly found in life-
boats, fire-engines, signal lights, and the other requirements
for the preservation of life at sea. ,
DECLINE or Tits LAAV COURTS.-Further evidence
has been afforded of the fatting off in the civil business of the
assizes. Sane cause fists have been produced iu Yorkshire
139, or nearly three-
held no older date than the years 1827 and 1828. In that for
1847 there is an entry of 41 causes in the North and 'East
Riding list, and of 147 in the West Riding; the total, 188
In 1828 the entry was of 17 in the former, end 140 in the.
- ----- latter: total, 157. For tbe present assizes the entry aft
ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASTLUM.-Yesterday the 13 in the one,
.and 33 in the Other; total, .49. T, It.; thew -of
annual general court of the guardians of this institution was tual decrease in the number Of causes is
held in the hall ot the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court. In fourths. But .what must be the relative decrease, - • el?"
the absence of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire- remembered that during those 25 years the population
when it is
land, who was to have presided, the chair was taken by Sir crobabh quadrupled, and wealth multiplied t bas
enfold? • h
John Heron Maxwell, Bart , one of the treasurers. The essened business, too, there is an increase of Wlt
minutes of the last quarterly court having been confirmed, it. In the face of such facts, what father will
ripetitors for :
the secretary submitted, for the sanction of the court, an now as to educate a son for the bar, unless h be so foolish
appeal in b 'halt ot the asylum, soliciting for it the support of an independence with his prOfession?-/.0 he give him
to Tunes.
all Scotchmen, which, with some modifications, was agreed Teta BRITISH MUsEUM.--A c
to. It was stated that although the asylum was built fur us that the trustees t.f the Briti-h s orrespondent informs
the reception of 200 inmates, the children of sailors, sol tiers, mined on giving increased fat."' • •• Inset= have just deter-
and marines, natives of Scotland, yet that, from want of that national establishment. 4aties to the public visting
adequate support, only 108 are on the books, and that these open from nine to four o'clock he Museum will in future be
are maintained at the annual expense of 1,000/. above the 1 ben December, January, during them onths of Neeeni-
income, the items for last year being-incon Jameso'clock during the months of FcebruarY- from nine to five
penditure, 2,5001. On the motion of Lord Stuart, and April-and from •8 - sAinteMber. October, March,
M.P., seconded by David C. Macrae, Eq., it was ordered of May, June, (
jui nine to six o'clock during the months
that the children be supplied with a pudding dinner one day, new arrangement Y. and August. It will be seen by this
in the week. His Grace the Duke of Montrose was elected front six o'clock , our informant adds, that the extension
vice-president, vice Lord Melville, deceased, and ths usual' been reduced • ' to seven in the four summer months has
roulne business havin een transacted, the proCeedings rooms w it h eyin been found afters lair trial that the
were all but unfrequented by visitors during that
terminated with a vote oft hanks to the chairman. space-and the ' - h vily on tart already
Socwry OF ANTIQUARIES.-00 fhtlFBday evening overworked nng tame pressed very
:dards, picularly
Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart, was the vise-president in the chair, , those coline.etaendd ill-paid class,. the at
and reading-rooms. The
with the libraries and
and introduced Thomas Leach, Esq. (nephew of the late k Pliblic It ' Henry Ellis for having •
Master of the Rolls), as a member, and the key. Mr. Fr, eerbrought the
• is aocled, Is indebted tos
_era.,_
~,,thetrustees.
matter under the con id 1.40 u of
Prebendary of Hereford, was elected. Two interesting' Alhenceum •
papers were read, both connected With royal expenditure P - ''' FIRES ON THE NORTH-
some two or three centuries ago. ‘ One of them was a .letter - EARPUL•"I4D EXTENsivE
-In many places
to Sir Henry Ellis, from Mr. R. Cole, on the re i• We.sranat RAILWAY "3111 A Nn
I cdjr El
rin o n h rf u
Charles 11., as formerly in the custody of Sir G. T lbga ia
of
between Rugby, -Watford,. a _
.__, t e ttt
line, s bs, •
a ot .. ad, slopee et the North Vs elite= 're
'other, a communication from Sir aG. yo , anu, trees, Fec., on the
giving very curious details of money paid on -thegi‘ burnin with alarm' -
liagarinoster, wy, are being burnt or adre now g mg
ra
ot Elizabeth, daughter of James L, with.the Electorarr-g4l 'PluitY. Yesterday, (Mol
destroying
more than 100 burning, pinta
tine. Thi
sh,
was the second of two very" disastrous Pala- .were observed blazing. everything in its course,
the utmost•ettorts of, a number of men who were
belonging to this period, the first being that . unions and defYing- - • h therms uis e fire.
Somerset, with the Countess of Essex which` rr, Earl of employed to exting ~..,. .
~
Tuesday
murder of Sir Thomas Overbursi: ,rhu. 2 wnicsVied to the A Hoag' KILLED BY -A ..1 MBA. ---: On .
by Sir C. G. Young 'related to the particnlart furnished , orning, as Hylton's menagerie,_ which has been exhibited
Pelanne, imtnediately-: after her journey of the Electrese I for the last few weeks -in the Grass-market, was passing
whither she was eccotapanied,hv the Duke
to Germany, l'aiong ;be road at the back of the. Castle, on its way to Lime-
Lord Lisle, who did -, not. travel e puke of Lennox and kilns, p jr,r which' was confined in one of the caravans, .
made itsla,
a regular itism agai st at their.own charges, but burst the iron bars of its den,' bounding inter the road,
gross sum of 100,0004 hl the , state, included in Lb.(' seized one of the hem- attached to the vehicle by the throat,
--iv Leby the - • tins from which its bold could not be relaxed until its 'victim
country, equal te at Islam, half • e,arglllmtnal cost
rency The. venerable Mr a million of our Meanwhile, ' throwing a .mass of
present cur- was rendered lifeless: by _ . .
AdY Repton closed the bashistal! ,ropes' over. the ferocious brute, the keepers effected its eap-
of the evening by a she - -
the iron instruments f ''rt letter, declaring tile opinion :thl,, turc.?and Consigning it to its cage the train proceeded on its
or dr • cif horsey, •
jOurney.-Edinburgh'Witzas.
which be had recent I agglug soldiers from tb
tinreociety,
y presented to the museum of , THE ENG/NEERS' STRIKE.-Another week, the
belOngkl. 'rather t 0.4, to the
the reigof Ea sad ill, ..-a° tenth of tbs. strike, has passed without .producing any ar.
period of the civil wars, n w , '
rs. :4,,..5e c,0,;. rangement of the dispute between the operatives and their ,
RAISING THE TLY
22 IND.--The following in°'''''' employers. On- Friday a reduction took place in the allow.
Cured lately in Upper Silesia. One night there app rellid to lance paid to members of the Amalgamated Society, who re.
a wealthy widow a Messenger from St .-Peters, surreal
fdo
it
eeived only IN. per man for the past week, instead of 15s.
a supernatural glory, and holding in his band a dratt it d
paid since the first weals_of..the strike up to Saturday, the
thalera, her by her lately e-
-13th of March. The nonosociety men received 10x. as al,
'Parable to bearer, drawn on
ceased husband, to meet the fees and °tab; rcerot I;iatsese wiron; • thusahlacing"the whole of the' skilled-workmen-belonging to
dent on his entry into heaven. The
~i.
ii,;.
natuie, and to trades, in connexion with the Amalgamated Society, tiptoe a
anxious to do all honour to her bus d I.
bbaanstenetito look up the • common footing. The reduction in the allowances to
facilitate his entrance into
f paredt
ihea'd only 70 thalers by her society men is said to have been made with a view a prepar-
money, but as she unfortunately a
`a elship to call agaie to.' tog against a lengthened continuance of the contest, rather
was compelled to request The .cliergyman of the place, on thanesm ths f
aetartobe acnoyirmddiate and severe strain upon
morrow tor the balance., d
rerailed on the widow to al- .urces
The
the society.
.labourers
man of the executive council of
being consulted the next
IlYto' pwitnese the
payment, so that continue in a mole. de losable
low him and the magistrstteaen.ntion; as an instance of the destitution to -13
wiener aeared again according to have which they'
when the heavenly M
and
been reduced by this act of the employers, to a hick
he was roughly seized y profane hands they were no party, it ma-
y be mentioned
that in the Wait
appointment,
A• bur the strangest part of all is, that next London Branch they h
incarcerate- , have only shared lls. Ba. per man
his prison was found empty, and his mode of escape since the commencement of the • k
morning strike, or Is. 2d. per wee
remains,' secret. for ten weeks.-Sunday Paper.
c• st VESSELS.-A return to the Rouse
....,TltA of Coln- At the Mansion House yesterday Charles Clifford
gives the number of voyages and tonnage of British was brought before the Lord lSi'ayor, in the custody of Fun-
steammons
essels which entered the ports of the United Sing- nell, of the City Detictive Polke, for final examination upon
v
dons, from France, Holland, and Belgium, during the year the charg
e of having, tinder remarkable circumstances, ut-
wet. From France the number of voyages made was 1,625; tared a forged aecountable receiPt-for the payment of 60L,
the tonnage, 285,999. From Holland the number of voyages With intent to defraud the London Joint-Stock Bank, when
was 184; the tonnage, 224,020. From Belgium the number some further evidence having been gone into, the prisoner
of voyages was 321 ; the tonnage, 69,211. A similar return was committed for trial. .
for foreign-steeps vessels shows that 2 foreign vessels together -_ .
DEATti OF J. 5,... T 3 END, Fgt.-John Sisley
of 149 -tons; enteredfrom:Fratice,-135 from _Rolland, of which Townend, Esq., who for many 3 4 -ears ailed. the. office of
the aggregate tonnage was 31,318 tons, and 88 from Belgium, Master in Chancery, died on Friday at his residence, in the
of which the tonnage was 22,151. county Dublin, at the advanced age 4 87