The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-17 00:00:00

SAILED.

The Cicero, Tranord, for Malta ; Harold, Hall, Charleston ;
Der Strabl, Stettin; Richard Watson, Martin, Bahia; Mi-
randa, Bolton, Demerara L Alexander, Stewart, Jamaica.

TELEGRAPHED.

Off Holyhead, inward bound, the Sheffield. from New
York ; John Scott, Tortola ; Brian Boru, Dublin.
Off Point Lynas, inward bound, the Leonora, fro—
ram ; Zante.

Deme-

Off Point Lynas, outward bound, the

PORTL,kNT' CEMETERY BILL.

TIIP
- HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED

lIINGDOM OF
_t BEAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN

LIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
The Humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of
the City of London—of its immediate Vicinity—and es-
pecially of the Northern Districts.
SIIEWETH,
That your petitioners have heard with much alarm, that
a Bill intituied " a Bill for establishing a Cemetery for the
Interment of the Dead, Northward of the Metropolis, to
be called The Portland Cemetery,'" has already passed
through Committee in your Honourable House, and is
appointed for the third reading on Friday next.
That your Petitioners are surprised to find that the said
Bill contains clauses, empowering the Company to en-
close Lands in the Parishes of Hampstead and Maryle-
bona, which will enable them to take a portion of Prim-
rose Hill or the Chalcut Estate, and the open fields north-
ward of the Metropolis, over which your Petitioners have,
from time immemorial, enjoyed the privileges of rambling
and recreation.

That your Petitioners deem the privilege of enjoying
such open Fields an hereditary right sacred to themselves,
and necessary to the health of the population of the Me-
tropolis and their families. And they respectfully but
forcibly beg to appeal to your Honourable House against
the Enclosure of any part of -Primrose Hll, known by the
name of the Chalcot Estate, or of any other open Fields,
over which they, as inhabitants of London, have hitherto
enjoyed the privilege of recreation.
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Hon.
House, specially against the said Enclosure of
Primrose Hill, the Chalcot Estate, or any of the
adjacent open Fields northward of the Metropolis
and against the said Bill. And that the same may
not be read a third time, or may not pass into a law.
And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.

EXHIBITION OF FIRE ESCAPES, Sze.—A.n im-
mense concourse of people was collected on the wharf in front
of Hungerford-market on Wednesday evening to witness an
exhibition of fire-engines and fire-escapes. A compact and
powerful engine belonging to St. Katharine's Docks having
been put into thorough repair since the late fire, by the builder,
Mr. Merryweather, engineer, of Long-acre, was drawn up on
the edge of the wharf, and, by means of three lengths of suc-
tion pipe, drew a supply from the bosom of father Thames,
which it delivered about twelve feet above the flag-staff on the
top of the Dolphin, a height of nearly one hundred feet from
the ground; and above a hundred feet from the surface of the
river, from whence the supply wns drawn. A set of Mr.
Merryweather's improved fire-escape ladders having been
raised against the -Dolphin, to a height of about forty-five
feet, several ascents were made to the great amusement of the
lads who were thus lowered, and the satisfaction of the as-
sembled spectators. Among those who took great interest
in these performances, we observed the ingenious Captain
Manby, Mr. Baddeley, and several other philanthropic and
scientific gentlemen.

An extraordinary act of suicide is reported to us as
having occurred at the Rutland Arms, Newmarket, on Mon-
day ; the keeper of the tap having been missing, was at length
found drowned in a butt of beer containing 500 gallons. He
appears to have taken off the Rd and precipitated himself into
the butt, the contents of which, having overflowed, led to the
discovery. 1t is said that he was behind in his payments
through same losses in gambling.—Bury Herald.
The depressed state of trade has not extended its
influence over the Lierpool and Manchester Railway, the
number of passengers who traversed it during the first three
months of this year being greater by 10.000 than during the
first three months of 1836.—Liverpool Chronicle.

A NEW Wortp.—An official order, published in a
New England newspaper, calls upon certain persons to pay up
their " behindrnents" (arrears) before the ensuing court day.

On Weanesday night about half-past twelve o'clock,
a female respectably dressed threw herself over the parapet of
Southwark-bridge into the water : the tide at the time was
rather high, and the unfortunate woman immediately sunk, and
was seen no more. The body has not been found, The
female must have been wandering about the bridge for some
hours, as no female passed through the toll during three hours
before the time above mentioned,

It is under consideration to dispatch the French
mail by pwerful steam-boats from Greenwich every evening
at nine o'clock. They will reach Boulogne the following
morning about seven o'clock, and the letters will then be de-
livered in Paris within thirty hours from the time they start
from Greenwich.

The general appearance of the grain crops is good
throughout the north of Ireland. The only deficiency com-
plained of is in the early sown oats; but, even in these, it
is admitted that favourable weather would produce a fair ave-
rage crop. The potato crop is very promising, so far.—
Belfast Whig.

The following singularities in ornithology are stated
from the department of the Maine and Loire. At the mints
of Halelongue, a large sized crow, having been tamed, was
suffered to run in a farm yard with the fowls, and the conse-
quence was the production by one of the hens of a chicken,
which partook of the characteristics of both birds. The shape
and habits of the young bird were those of the mother, but the
Plumage and gait were representative of the father. A goose
belonging to the Mayor of Autoigne, lately laid an egg of
extraordinary size. On being broken, it was found to inclose
a complete smaller egg with a yolk, and perfectly formed
shell. The outer egg had two yolks, one at each end, having
the inner egg between them.—French Paper.
BEARS AND BUFFALOS.—Having forded Wind
river a little above its mouth, Captain Bonneville and his three
companions proceeded across a gravelly plain until they fell
upon the Popo Agie, up the left bank of which they held their
course, nearly in a southern direction. Here they came upon
numerous droves of buffalos, and halted for the purpose of pro-
euring a supply of beef. As the hunters were stealing cau-
tiously to get within shot of the game, two small white bears
suddenly presented themselves in their path, and rising upon
their hind legs, contemplated them for some time with a
whimsically solemn gaze. The hunters remained motionless,
whereupon the bears, having apparently satisfied their curio-
sity, lowered themselves upon all fours, and began to withdraw.
The hunters now advanced, upon which the bears turned, rose
again upon their haunches, and repeated their serio-comic-
examination. This was repeated until the hunters, piqued at
their unmannerly staring, rebuked it with a discharge of
their rifles. The bears made an awkward bound or two, as
if wounded, and then walked off with great gravity, seeming to
commune together, and every now and then seeming to com-
mune together, and every now and then turning to take another
look at the hunters. It was well for the latter that the bears
were but half-grown, and had not yet acquired the ferocity of
their kind. The buffalos were somewhat startled at the re-
port of fire arms.;
,but the hunters succeeded in killing a
couple of fine cows, and, having secured the best of the meat,
continued forward until some time after dark, when, encamp-
ing in a large thicket of willows, they made a great fire,
roaste.l buffalo beef enough for half a score, disposed of it with
keen relish and high glee, and then " turned in' for the night
and slept soundly, like weary and well-fed hunters.—Adven-
lures Captain Bonneville, by Washington Irving.