The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-27 00:00:00

ventured at any risk to make Louis Philippe's son the
instrument of insulting the British flag, and obtaining a ;
pilot at the.expense of English honour, trusting to time I
and circumstances as to the result. The only re-
paration
which the British nation has a right I
to look for is either the recall of the French
Admiral, if he gave the order, or the Prince, if he acted I
on his o;vn responsibility, to be superseded in command
of his ship when he would return to the parental care
of his papa, whose duty it will be to read him a severe
lesson how he again ventures to play with the paws of
a Lion, for he may feel satisfied it is easier for Van
Amburgh to tame all the wild beasts in Africa than any
Prince to tread on the toes of thesßritish Lion with
impunity. I am, Sir,
AN OLD NAVAL OFFICER,
Who would be more at Home at Fighting a Ship, than
Writing a Letter for a Newspaper.
United Service Club, Feb. 26.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY,)

DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind W., light airs.—Came down
from the river and remain, the Mary Ridgway, Chester, fur
South Australia ; Patriot; Calder, Odessa. Arrived and
proceeded for the river, the Mary Ann, Hingston, from
South Australia ; Europe, Melburne, Lines. The out-
ward bound sailed this afternoon, but great pat of them
have put back.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Wind N. W. S. W.—Ar-
rived the Magdalen, Bowen, from Litno..ck ; Augusta,
Doane, Youghal.

DOVEIt, FEB. 26.—Arrived off port—The Pazylora,
from Marseilles; Ralcad, Petley.
_ _ _

RAMSGATE, FEB. 2G.—Arrived the Virginia, Burden,
from London.

CONN E 3, FEB. 26.—Arrived the Rose, Do.Oceis, from
Lisbon; and sailed for Hull. The Garnult, \Vimskat,
dergen ; Abrasia, Antwerp ; Bracton, Luben, Amster-
dam ; Hortense, Lambert, Hamburg.
POOLE, FEB. 26.—Arrived the Myrtle, Carter, Dahlin.
HULL, FEB. 26.—Wind, N. W.—Arrived the Sea_
horse steamer, Borrat, from Rotterdam; Navy, Clgord,
Hamburgh ; Europe, Altona; Dorothea, ditto; Juno,
Antwerp.

SUNDERLAND, FEB. 25.—Sailed Braganza, for Oporto.
SHIELDS, FEB. 24 —Arrived the Energy, Fleming,
from Havannah. Sailed the Neptune, Bralie, Gravelines.
GUERNSEY, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Elizabeth, from
JERSEY, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Medusa, Le Brock,
from Rio Janeiro ; Nameless, Curril, and Swift, Cadiz.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 25.—The Mary Barry; Tewkesbury,
from Odessa, is off this port, with loss of fore and main
„Sts, having been on her beam-ends in a heavy gale,
19th inst ,in long. 9. She was taken in tow, on the 21st,
by the Ar.ow, Seaddin,- from Sarragossa. As the vvind is
at N. N. W., she cannot conic into port until next flood.
FALMOUTH, FEB. .25. Wind W. N. W., to N N. W.,'
strong breez2s and squally.—Arrived the Tagus, Burney,
from Lon;Lon; Williams, Adams, St. Michael's ; Eliza-
beth, Lisbon; City of Limerick, Moppett, London ; end
Hereulcs, Fulton, ditto. Sailed the Meerwen, for Bata-
via ; Leveret, Malta ; and Tagus, steamer, Lisbon,
Vigo, &c.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26.—Wind W.—Arrived the Mo-
desta, from liavi,nnah ; Lancashire, Savannah ; Sir Wil-
liam Curtis, Doyle, Terceira ; Paradise,' Manero, Genoa ;
and Coperneo, Gallero, ditto. Sailed the Caledonia,
'Caron:el, fur Bombay ; Gazelle, Roberts, Monte Video ;
Fulmar, Haswell, ditto ; and Rob Roy, Arnold, Mobile.
Off pun the Padre, front Laguna.
TORBAY, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Charlotte, from Liver-.
pool, with loss of fore-yard and top, and sails split.
SALCOMBE, FEB. 25.—Off port, the Beau Ideal, Forbes,
from Denia.

DUBLIN, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide stram•,•r,
from London. Sailed Lady Leitrim, Cltrnents, Amigo
KINGSTOWN, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Emerald Isle, Buck,
from London ; James Lemon, Fores, from St. John',,
New Brunswick ; Lelia, ditto ; Thalestris, Chambers,
Clyde; Whartinger, Scott, London. SAi?ed the Two
Brother.% for Bourdeaux.
GOOLE, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Triton, from Britilmos.
BRISTOI„ FEB. 24. —The Erin (steamer), from Live,._
rol, in coming up the River this morning got in contact
with the Palmerston, bound to Swansea, the latter received
considerable damage. and is on shore.
PADSTOW, FEB. 25.—The Rose, Anderson, from Trate
to London, in entering this harbour last night ran upon the
Dunbar Sands, but was assisted off wiLhout apparent da-
mtge.
WIIITEIIAVEN, FEB. 24.—The Alexander, Reed, from
Sligo to London, has put into this port with cargo shifted,
pumps choked, and must discharge.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Times of this morning has a leading artic..,
upon the subject of the outrage recently committed
en. the flag in the Gulf of Mexico, in tile
course of which cur Contemporary observes There
is matter of serious resentment against Ministers on
the part of the people of England, if they do not yet in-
sist t.e.on en ample measure of eatisfactioa for the glarilar
wrong we hive endured. The honour of the English Ilag
like that ef an Eng:ishwoman—it must nut he
blown upon, with impunity or without etonemait." Oer
Contemporary should
.have delayed firing off his
side until fu; ther and more specific information had
rec'eived- from Co.nteetiote Douglas.
' The Morning Herald, in no article upon Lenl .;
RuPell'a; Ecclesiastical Revenue's Bill, a,evs,
Willa professing to render Ecclesiastical
available than heretofore for relit ious purposes, 11ce
property nut beleaging to the State in a way which is .
(amount to a Legislative assertion of a right of owner-
ship." Further on, in the same article, our Con-
temporary adds, " The Bill, which we. cannot help
thitiking is in appropriate hands. goes to cut
whiff th coniiyeating shears of a miserable economy, the
cathedral establishments of the land." These estataish-
ments arc so exceedingly useful to the cause of pure C'aris-
tianicy—so exquisitely apostolical in their pecuniary cha-
racter—and so every way active, vigilant, tolerant, and
hard-working— that ee are not surprised at the Morning
II rald's pious alarm, lest they should be cut down by a
pair of "confiscating shears !"
The Morning Chronicle speaking of the Borough Courts'
Bill, says, " Foreigners will understand how the Leaisla,
turc of England has done its business, when they are in•,
formed that from want of a proper administration of justice
by iesponaible Judges in Local Courts, a vile substitute
called a Court of Conscience, has been suffered to
spring up as a matter of necessity in nliziost
every town, however small." Our Contemporary
has another leading article on Mr. Duncombe's
thee of motion respecting Lent theatrical entertainmente,
in which he shrewdly remarks—" It is singular that at ;lie
present reason the most religious people in Westminster
are the poor players. They alone keep Lent, and fast on
Wednesdays and Fridays. They neither work nor play.
Where shall we find the like piety ? The Clubs are till
open in the West ; the City is upon 'Change in the .Ea'st
Parliament fits ; Bishops dine ; and the band of the
Coldstream Guards is redolent of musical profanity
in the purlieus of the Palace. The players ate et the
summit of sanctity, But the worst of it is that thia
ascetic pre-eminence is enforced. This very trumpery affair
ought to have been set right the moment it was mentioned.
That dramatic exhibition is any greater offence against the
sacredness of Lent, than ten thousand things that are daily
done ireevery street, is an argument which it is strange that
any man should hold with a grave face." If it be orthodox
for stockjobbers to gamble on 'Change during Lent, it
surely cannot be very improper for actors to peacrrn
during that season ! To say otherwise, is to be guilty
of the worst and most pharisaic sort of cant.

The Morning Post, recurring to the subject of Sir F.
Head's appointment, observes :—" The Colonial Depart-
ment appears to have appointed him, in the igcot.ance of
his personal di: position and political principles 1 He
in no ,way pr, pared to amalgamate with the Democrats of
Upper Canada. He wanted to deal directly with the
grievances which they had pointed out—they wanted to
give
these the go by, and to go on hunting up fresh
grievances."
The Morning Advertiser, in a leading article on the
Factories Bill, remarks :—" The terms on which mill-
owners employ half-fed children, are, no doubt, oppressive,
the hours of labour being beyond the healthy endurance of
juvenile power: but to what is this to be attributed? To
what, but the infamous restrictions against the free supply
of food."

FIRE WITH Loss OF LIFE.—One of the most
dreadful fires that ever occurred in North Shields took
place on the night of Tuesday, on the premises of is../,.
Wilson, baker. A man, passing at midnight, poreoived
flames issuing from the premises, end the watchman raised
uusndfeurryatrofrouurpwo'acprldorecs.
an alarm. .It was with great difficulty that the family %vce:
roused from sleep. Mr. Wilson's eldest daughter leepoil
from- the second floor window, and received several brui..es,
of four hours.
The father, mother, two girls, and a boy, effected their
escape by the staircase; but a little girl, named Anne,
twelve years of age, who, unfortunately, was unable to
follow, perished amidst the flames, notwithstanding 11,0
most strenuous exertions to save her. Engines soon arrived,
ktseasf,tenrothbainn:
s apparel, the whole
ragedT h e
flamesvAitll trl'lectrnee ng:doot
Mr. Wilson's property, and two houses behind (in exit! of
which lived a poor woman, whose daily. bread depended
upon selling her wares), were completely destroyed, The
pcor woman had a very narrow escape for her life, and
every article she possessed was consumed.. Mr. Wilson
ilson's unfortue
emlpooreeslttrniainspeptstieilwimnhgoerrsn:ianttig: -,
I,briiscalso
savelost
ec„veenQathing
part thatof wasi;is foanmtihl
ye,
of the inmates having been glad to escape from the fire in
their night-dress,s. flow the calamity originated is not
ascertiined, but it is believed to have arisen from the oven
ati‘maillicidcsladt
daughter
hhatotearpth:oafibrfauociuk:sdp, anarttnsdeovf,iennt haoe,
flames first appeared. The body of Mr. W
Nothing remained of the limbs, and the trunk state.
Nothing con-
sumed to a cinder.—Gateshead Observer.

LIVERPOOL, FE8.25, Six (:) CLOCK.—NEW Olt-
-LEANS.—By the caravan, which sailed from the bar the 24th,
we have received New Orleans papers of the date of the
January. • They acquaint us with the welccme an
noueceinca that the waters of the Mississipi are rapidly
risingvand that the means of communication—the cessation
of 'whith has induced a stagnation in the trade of the
S ll) uti.teo-!s descend
rt'l-St'tte'iroiltn the speedilybe available: So soot, as
the north, the rich produce of the
upper eduitirc, so long and inconveniently detained, may
be expected-to arrive ; and a brisk and lively business is
anticipated: ',,,Tbe New Orleans papers do not contain env
jutciiir,ence'rebm Mexico, with which we have not already
been fUrnishedy
The new Niimber of Bentley's Miscellany, to
be published to-morrow, Feb. 28, will contain, in addition
r a thui
to the nt.l- anateiv. popular story, " Jack Sheppard," a
Epistlagom T. M. to S. R."
`"
We Mr. Bentley on effe":powerful aid tliusgr%cecnln to
s
Miscellany by this distinguished writer; for, without the
signature of T. N., this " Epistle" would be instantly re-
cegnlsed t'eo production of one of the most eminent
authors of our time.