The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-03 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS-
TONI-HOUSE, JAN. 2.
The Produce, Poole, from Hamburgh; Friends, Manning,
Harlingen ; Anternekueng, Christophers, Rouebeck ; Flora,
Manning, Harlingen ; Wave, Cumming, Medemblik ; City of
Glasgow, Fairburn, Boulogne ; Independence, Phillips, Dram ;
Hercules, Meyer, Stettin ; Robert, Moritz, Stettin ; Cathe-
rina, Schelatt, Altona; Monarch, Fox, Havre; Orbes, Ter-
vich, Riga.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.
The Anna, Griffiths, for Bombay ; Scotsman, Williamson,
Jamaica; Effort, Brien, Trinidad ; Matilda, Moore, Naples ;
Augustus Caesar, Croker, Sierra Leone ; Emma, King, Cape
of Good Hope; Rosendale, Curling, Calcutta.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.
The Conception, De Gochie, for Cadiz ; Parisian, Hopton,
Sydney; Marquis of Wellesley, Stayner, Grenada; Duke of
York, Brown, River Gambia.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST.
The Emerald, Neilson, for Tobago; Emma, Hood, Madeira.

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.
The Thomas, Hatton, from Ulverstone ; Lady Maxwell,
Ennis, Obairs ; Charles, Crockhill, Isle of Man.
ENTERED FOR LOADING.
The Grace, Pearson, for Antigua ; Winscales, Walmsley,
Demerara; Atlantic, Reath, Savannah; Ambassador, Upton,
New Orleans; Letitia, Sevatridge, Gibraltar.
CLEARED OUTWARDS.
The Fame, Whitby, for Buenos Ayres; Robert, Hamilton,
Curacoa ; Hankinson, Have, Africa; Helen, Hall, New York;
Harvest Home, Brown, Hayti; England, Waite, New York ;
Lady Stormont, M‘Minne, Maranham.
TELEGRAPHED.

Signals will not pass, dense fog all day.
Wind, at Holyhead, West. Off Holyhead, inward bound,
this day, Grace Brown, from Virginia ; Konahasseld, from
New Orleans. Off Holyhead, inward bound, yesterday, the
Hope, from Bristol. Off Holyhead, outward bound, yester-
day, the May, for Demerara.

THE WEATHER.—The thermometer yesterday
morning, at Hackney, stood at 14 deg. Fahrenheit, being
12 deg. lower than on Friday morning.
The Stockport Advertiser of Friday is full of abuse,
and Mr. Cobden, the candidate for the suffrages of the
Stockport Reformers, is assailed with an elaborate rancour,
that shows how much it is dreaded that he should get into
Parliament, and " move the straw."
On Tuesday afternoon last, an inquest was held at
Mr. Richard Thornley's, the Griffin public-house, Grundy
Hill, Heaton Mersey, before W. S. Rutter, Esq., Coroner,
and a very respectable jury, to enquire into the death of Ann
Highfield, of that township, who was generally supposed to
have died in consequence of some injuries occasioned by
two bailiffs, whilst distraining upon her husband's goods for
rent, due to a person named Brown, of Brinksway, the poor
woman having been confined in child-bed about 13 days.
After a lengthy investigation, the verdict turned upon the
opinion of the surgeon, that her death had been caused by
fits.—Stockport Advertiser.
On this side of the Severn, there has not been any
fall of snow, and the roads are consequently unobstructed ;
but in our communications with the metropolis we expe-
rience the same inconvenience as our neighbours on the
other side.—Cambrian.
The horrid murders which have been lately perpe-
trated at Kirton in Lindsey, where, in consequence, great
sensation has been aroused, have awakened the attention of
the inhabitants of those parts to the necessity and import-
ance of the establishment of a rural police.
Balfe has nearly completed his new opera, most of
the dialogue of which is in recitative ; but where it is to be
brought out is not yet settled. The subject of the libretto
is historical, and of the time of Elizabeth.
The skaiters in the Regent's Park commenced ope-
rations on Saturday last. The ice was better than could
have been expected, considering the effect which the drift-
ing snow had upon the water, previously to the frost set-
ting in, and the gale of wind which then prevailed. The
Skaiting Club met at noon. Soon after noon the spacious
marquee belonging to the Club, was pitched on the lawn
opposite the Ilindoo pavilion of the Marquis of Hertford.
A store of excellent provisions, cogniac, and cigars were
provided, with proper attendants, and many of the bye-
standers were liberally invited to partake. On Sunday the
scene was greatly improved, owing to the cheering rays of
a brilliant sun until the afternoon, and the spectators were
very numerous. A vast number of carriages graced the
road, filled with beauty and fashion.
DESTRUCTION OF THE THAMES STEAM BOAT.
—About half-past three o'clock Sunday morning a fire
broke out in the engine-room of the Thames steam-boat,
lying off Union-stairs, Wapping. The Thames Police gal-
leys and several officers soon rowed up to render assistance
to the captain and crew, and the floating engine of the
London Fire Establishment was shortly afterwards brought
into operation, but the fire had extended its ravages from
one end of the vessel to the other, and every effort to save
any portion of the boat was useless ; so the officers and
firemen adopted the plan of scuttling, and she went down
in twenty feet of water. The captain and crew arc suf-
ferers to a great extent by the calamity, for the rapidity
with which the fire spread afforded them only sufficient
time to cut the small boat adrift from her stern, and they
escaped with scarcely any wearing apparel on them. The
Thames steam-boat is insured in the Sun Fire Office.
The Governors of the Royal Society of Musicians
have voted fifty pounds to be distributed among aged and
distressed members of the musical profession, having no
claim on the institution. Several concerts which had been
announced in the country have been postponed in conse-
quence of the London performers being unable to travel ;
many of the latter have been obliged to pause on the
road, and to take a greater number of bars' rest than was
agreeable. Scarcely a single individual has been able to
keep strict time.
A family, consisting of four individuals, a father,
two daughters, and a mother, went to bed in a room in the
Wallace Fens, Dundee, on Monday night. On Wednes-
day one of the daughters awoke, but could not awake the
other members of the family. She immediately procured a
light, when, shocking to relate, she found her father and
sister dead, and her mother dying. The mother is since
dead. The daughter, who awoke on Wednesday morning
from her protracted sleep of 32 hours, becoming again le-
thargic, on Wednesday night was removed to the infirmary,
where the proper means for her recovery were promptly and
successfully applied, and we understand that she is now
almost well. The circumstances attending this mysterious
affair are undergoing investigation by the proper authorities.
—Caledonian Mercury.
In a village not many miles from Carroll Shore the
spirit dealers resolved to put a penny on " the gill," in
consequence of a " height " of a shilling on the gallon
" halesale." But their tippling customers, to a man, de-
clared that they would not submit to the " vile imposition."
So some of them went for the " drappie " to Carron, some
to Larbert, and others to Bainsford, where business was
conducted at the old prices. The strike succeeded. The
penny was " ta'en aff," and the spirit dealers, to indemnify
themselves, must just put a little more aqua in the cask
a practice as salutary to the consumer us profitable for
the seller.—Glasgow Courier.
ADVENTURES IN A FOG.—On Saturday week
the following very unpleasant occurrence befel the Rev.
James Tyreman, of Nurton, near Tintern. This gentle-
man had engaged to officiate on the afternoon of that day,
for the Rev. Mr. Thomas , of Tydenham, and was on his
return home, when, about 5 o'clock in the evening, whilst
passing through Caswell-wood a fog suddenly arose, and such
was its density, that, though Mr. Tyreman was within half
a mile of his borne he missed his path, and soon became be-
wildered in the intricacies of the wood. He continued roam-
ing during the whole of the night without being able by his
most strenuous exertions to effect an egress from his com-
fortless situation. At length, about 6'clock on the follow-
ing morning, the Rev. Gentleman espied on the opposite
side of the river, the fog by this time being somewhat less
thick, a man with a lantern, and accordingly he hailed so
welcome an object, at the highest pitch of his voice. The
man hearing the repeated calls for help, and concluding that
a fellow-being was in distress, hastened to the river and got
himself put over. Having procured assistance, he pro-
ceeded to the spot whence the cries issued, and soon found
the object of his search, who was unconsciously standing on
the edge of a frightful precipice, nearly exhausted from fa-
tigue, and the cheerless situation he had been placed in.
He was immediately conveyed to his residence, where an
anxious family had, in great alarm, been awaiting his wel-
come return.—Liverpool,Mail.