The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-16 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, Dgc. 15.—Wind S.S. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived
the Dart, Ormston, from Madeira. Came down from the
River and remain, Isabella, Canning, from Demerara.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. Is.—Wind S. to S. S. E.,, fine, fresh
breezes. Arrived her Majesty's ship Hastings, from Lisbon ;
the Deux Amis, Ferret, from Charente. Off port, the
Rhoonan, Pendrecht, from Batavia.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind S. E.—Arrived the Mart,
Blucher, from Fayal.
FALMOUTH, Dac. 14.—Wind S. to S. S.W., fresh breezes
and squally.—Arrived the Alchymist, Wills, from Miramachi ;
the Black-Eyed Susan, from Constantinople; the lonia,
Giles, from Patras; the Nonpariel, from Patras; the Candi-
date, Godwin, from Cophalonia ; the Urania, Birch, Zante.
WEYMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Arrived off the Portia, Spratt,
from Monte Video ; and Labina, Chelcott, St. Petersburg.
POOLE, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Brothers, Veale, Cadiz.
SCILLY, DEC. 13.—Arrived the Christina, Geolc, from
Berbice ; Sarah, Webber, from Charente : and Elizabeth,
Cumming, from Lisbon. Off port the Catharine, Tody, from
Buenos Ayres.
MILFOHD, DEC. 15.—Arrived the John Cabot, from
Africa ; Earl Bathurst, from Quebec ; Alarm, Rowland, from
ditto ; Brown, Dodd, from Archangel ; and Curdelia,
M'Mahon, from St. Petersbvrg. Off the start, the Elizabeth,
Marriet, from Quebec.
BRISTOL, DEC. 15.—Arrived the Shannon, Fletcher, from
Odessa • Bezateel, Hayes, from Fayal ; Alfred, Liston, from
St. Michaels ; Charles, Hodges, from St. Übes ; Adventure,
from St. Petersburgh.
BELFAST, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Rowena, M•Whille, from
St. Petersburgh.
LONDONDERRY, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Straham, Doherty,

from St. Johns.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15 —Arrived the Imogen, Reilly, from
Calcutt3; Jane, Strachan, from Lima ; Greenbow, Bishop,
from Maranham ; Strathmore, Nuny, from la Gwyra ; Janow,
Hoare, from New York ; Promise, Shearer, from Quebec ;
Pearl, Fletcher, from St. Johns, New Brunswick ; Charlotta,
Warren, from Newfoundland; Buzzard, Pickering, from Si-
erra Leone ; Maria, Johnston, from Figueira; Avan, Long-
muir, from St. Übcs ; John Ormerod, Dickson, from Oporto;
Mary, Walker, from Russia.—Off port, the Ganges, from
Calcutta; Havanna Packet, from Africa, and Superb, from
Trieste:
KINSALE, DEC. 14.—Arrired the Clyde, Reed, Quebec.
GLOUCESTER, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Brenda, Watkins,
from Odessa; and Archangel, from St. Petersburgh.
The Emelic Constantia, Schmedt, from St. Thomas to
Flushing, was stranded on the 3d instant, at llogen, part of
the cargo and materiali saved.

The Caledonia, Casander, from Stockholm to Marseilles,
has been considerably damaged, having been in contact, and
must discharge.

• _ _
The Duke of Devonshire Intends to remain at
Chatsworth until the end of March, and then return to town,
to re-commence (after a lapse of two years) his splendid parties.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, YESTERDAY.--.
The transactions of the week hare been in some measure with-
out excitement, and moderate in the extent, without change in
prices, our quotations of today being about the same as at the
close of last week. The Surats at auction to-day went off at
about the current prices, and of 707 bales offered 310 bales
were sold at 4i-d. to Sid. The sales to-day are 3,000 bags of
all kinds, and the market, if any thing, languid. Speculators
have taken 2,000 bales of American and 200 Surat. _ _

DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF A COTTON MILL,
NEAR LANCASTER.—About three o'clock on Sunday morning
last the spinning mill of Messrs. Samuel Greg and Co. called
The Low Mill, at Caton, near Lancaster, was discovered to be
on fire. The manager, who resides near the mill, immediately
gave the alarm, and the inhabitants of the village, together
with the resident member of the firm, John Greg, Esq., Mayor
of Lancaster, were quickly on the spot. Unfortunately the
nearest fire-engines were at Lancaster, a distance of' four miles,
to which place an express was immediately despatched. The
flames originated in the cotton room ; and there being no
means of hecking their progress that wing of the building
was speedily enveloped, and the chances of saving the other
portions of it appeared exceedingly small. The walls of the
mill, which had been built many years, were found to contain
an unusual quantity of wood, and, the fire raging with great
fury, the efforts of the bystanders were directed to the wing
containing the steam-engine. Two fire engines from Lancas-
ter arrived in a remarkably short space of time, but a great
part of the roof, the floors, containing the machinery, and the
walls, had already fallen in. The flames, however, had not
reached the engine, and upon this part of the building thPy
commenced playing. Their exertions were so far successful,
and the engine is comparatively uninjured. The fire was not
got under until six o'clock, and the mill is now little better
than a heap of ruins. The value of the property destroyed
is said to be nearly 15,0001., and it is stated that Messrs. Greg
were insured to an amount exceeding that of the loss. The
cause of the fire is not known. Upwards of 150 persons have
been thrown out of employ by this calamity ; and it is feared
that the extensive mill of Messrs. Greg, in Lancaster, will
be stopped in consequence, as it was entirely dependent on
the Low Mill for cotton twist. The consequences, to the
town and trade of Lancaster, should this supposition turn out
to be well-founded, will, at this inclement season of the year,
bo most disastrous.—Liverpool Mail.
In the neighbourhood of Thame no less than thirty
sheep have been stolen within a few weeks; and in one far-
mer's premises the thieves had the audacity to leave the fol-
lowing written warning—" Take care of your sheep, or we
shall have more of them."

Tho. Duke of Roxburgh, it Grosvenor-street, from his seat
in Roxbutglishire ; the Earl of Winchilsea, in Wilton-cres-
cent, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire the Marchioness
Lansdowne,of at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, from a
visit to the Earl of Shelburne, at Dolor; the Earl Talbot
and the Hon. Henry Talbot, in Piccadilly, from their seat In-
gestrie Hall, Staffordshire ; Viscount Maidstone, M. P., in
Wilton crescent, from Warwickshire ; Lord Hill, in Belgrave-
square from a visit to the Queen Dowager at St. Leonard's-
on-Sea; Mr. and Mrs. Flood and family, at their winter re-
sidence,. Belle Vue, Chelsea, from the Down Lodge, near
Hastings.; the Lady Large, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel,
Cavendish-sguare, from Brighton ; Miss Ackland, at di:to,
from the Continent: Hon. Cant. Spencer, in St. James's•
place, from Bowdray Park, Medhurst ' • Mr. Bulwer, M. P., in
the Albany ; Mr. Lan bton, M. P., in Chester-street, Grosve-
nor-place ; Major Drummond, in Dover street ; the Bishop
of Salisbury, in Portman-square; Lord Fi•zalan, from Arundel
Castle • Lord Staverdale, in Burlington-street, from Oxford ;
Mr. Tharnley, M. P., in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall ; Lord Hill,
in' Belgrave-square, froro St. Leonard's-on-Sea; the Duke
and Duchess of Montrose, in Grosvenor-square, from a visit
to Lord Douglas, at Castle Bothwell, N.B.
DEPARTURES.
The Marquis of Bristol, from St. James's-square ; for
Brighton ; Mr. and Lady Theodosia Hale, from Bolton•
street, for Somersetshire ; Col. Davies, M.P., and Mrs. Da-
vies, for Leamington Spa ; the Earl of Chichester, from Cur-
zen-street; for his seat in Sussex; Lord Bra%brooke, from
Burlington-street, for his seat, Audley End, Newport, Essex ;
Mr. Estcourt, M.P., from Grosvenor-street, for his scat, near
Devizes ; Lord Albert Conyngham, for BSrons, his seat near
Canterbury ; Earl Spencer, from Spencer House, St. James's
place, for his seat, Althorp Palk, Northamptonshire; the
lion. H. Fitzroy, M. P., from Chapel-street, for Lewes ; Mr.
Joseph Neeld, M. P., from Grosvenor-square, for his scat,
Grittleton House, Chippenham ; Mr. John "Neeld, M. P.,
from Grosvenor-square, for Red Lodge, Crkklade; Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarenee, for the Burlington Hotel, for St.
Leonard's-on-Sea, on a visit to the Queen Dowager; the
Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, from Chesterfield House,
South Audley-street, for Gloucestershire; Countess Ba-
thyany, from Portland-place, for Brighton ; Mr. Maxwell,
M.P., and Mts. Maxwell, from Mivart's Hotel, Brook-
street, for Hastings ; Lord Jermyn, from St. James's-
square, on a tour ; Lord and Lady Chesterfield, on a visit-
ing tour; Lord and Lady Cadogan, from Piccadilly, for
Beaudesert, near Lichfield ; the Chevalier Narishkin, fom
Long.'s Hotel, Bond-street, for Paris ; Lord Erroll, for Rich-
mond Park ; Admiral Sir Byam Martin, G. C. B. ; Colonel
Rushbrooke, for his seat in Suffolk ; Major and Lady Augusta
Baring, from Eaton-place, on a visit to Earl Howe, at t'enn
House, Arcersham, Bucks ; Capt. and Miss Hope, from
Thomas's Hotel, for Brighton ; the Hon. Geo. Stewart, from
ditto, for St. Leonard's-on- Sea ; Mr. and Mrs. Norris, from
ditto, for Cambridgeshire ; Captain Stanton, from Marshall
Thomson's Hotel, for Brighton; Mons. and Mad. Macura,
from ditto, for the Continent; Bradshaw, from ditto.
CHANGES
The Earl and Countess of Sheffield, at St. Leonard's, on a
visit to the Queen Dowager, from their seat Sheffield Park,
Uckfield ; Lord Douglas, at Bothwell Castle, from Douglas
Castle, N.B. ; Sir Henry Strachey, at Bath, from Chelten-
ham ; Archdeacon of Raphoe and Mrs. Diiney, at Ealton
Hall, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 15, 1837.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW 'PARLIAMENT.
BOROUGH OF MIDHURST.—The Hoa. Frederick Spencer, of
St. James's-place, Westminster,•a Captain in the Royal Navy, in
the room of William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., who has accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds.
BOROUGH or SUDBURY.—Joseph Bailey, the younger, of Gla-
nusk-park, in the county of Brecknock, Esq., in the room of Sir
James John Hamilton, Bart:, who has accepted the Chiltern Hun-
dreds.

WHITEHALL, DEc. 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Marquis of Queens.
berry to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the Shire of Dum.
fries, in the room of Charles Marquis of Queensberry, deceased.

WAR-OFFICE, Dec. 15.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. F. W. Arkwright,
from the 47th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wodehouse, who ex-
changes, Dec. 15.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain H. A. Jackson. from
half-pay Unattached, to be Paymaster, vice W. Graham, who re-
tires upon half-pay, Dec. 15.
4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant R. H. Monypenny to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Fyans, who retires; Ensign M. Mac-
laine, from the 91st Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Robertson, who retires ; Ensign J. C. W. Vivian, from the 66th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alonypenny, Dec. 15.
6th Foot—Lieut. M. G. Dennis to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Aforden, who retires ; Ensign W. Reed to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Dennis ; H. M. Johnson, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Reed, Dec. 15.
20th Foot—Capt. C. Smith, from half pay Unattached, to be
Captain, vice C. Connor, who exchanges, receiving the difference,
Dec. 15.
21st Foot—G. Deare, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by par
chase, vice Campbell, who retires, Dec. 15.
23d Foot—H. H. Lake, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Birch, whose appointment has not taken place, Dec. 15.
42d Foot—Ensign 11. M. Drummond to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Stirling, who retires • R. Murray, Gent. to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Drummond, Dec. 15.
47th Foot—Lieut. Hon. B. Wodehouse, from the 4th Dragoon
Guards, to be Lieutenant, vise Arkwright, who exchanges, Dec. 15.
48th Foot—Captain C. A. Young, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice R. Woodhouse, who exchanges, receiving the
difference, Dec. 15.
58th Foot—Lieut. W. A. Stewart to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Varlo, deceased ; Ensign J. 11. Laye to be Lieutenant,
vice Stewart, Dec. 1 ; Serjeaut-Major M. King to be Ensign, vice
Lays, Dec. 15.
66th Foot—J. H. B. Birch, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Vivian, promoted in the 4th Foot, Dec. 15.
74th Foot--Lieut. J. Campbell to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Maitland, deceased ; Ensign C. Edwards to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Campbell ; Quartermaster-Serjeant J. Inman to be
Ensign, vice Edwards, Dec. 15.
95th Foot—Quartermaster F. Feneran to be Paymaster, vice
F. J. Ranie, placed upon half-pay, Dec. 15.
MEMORANDA.
Surgeon J. G. Hibbert, of the 59th Foot, has been restored to
his original rank in the Army, viz., 26th May, 1814.
The appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Oakes, from the half-
pay, to be Major in the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, on the 20th
January, 1832, was, vice W. C. Coles, who exchanges, and not,
who exchanges, " receiving the difference," as stated in the Gazette
of that date.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 14.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Major W. C. Ward, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Harper, deceased ; Second Captain T.
Batterabee to be Captain, vice Ward; First Lieutenant S. H.
Wentworth to be Second Captain, viec Battersbee ; Second Lieu-
tenant. W. W. Fuller to be First Lieut., vice Wentworth, Dec 9.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General E. Pritchard to
be Colonel-Commandant, vice Sir J. Smith, deeaesed, July 3.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
Quarterly Average of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of
England, from the 19th September to the 12th December, 1837,
inclusive, pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 97.
LIABILITIES. ASSETS.
Circulation .........£17,9`93,000 Securities £22,727,000
Deposits 10,195,000 Bullion
I

£25,193,000
;-street, Dec. 14, 1637

£80,899,000

Downin

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
JOHN STEAK, hosier, Oxford-street.
THOMAS KING EVERETT, brick-maker, Cheshunt.
EDWARD GOODWIN, merchant, New-court, Crotched
friars.

BANKRUPTS.
GEORGE WILLIAMS, Irish provision-bviker, Union-court,
Broad-street, City, to iimender Dec. 29 and Jan. 26, at twelve,
at the Court of I3ankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official
assignee; Billing, King-street, Cheapside.
JOHN BRITTY NORTH, wine-merchant, Taunton, Jan. 9
awl 26, at eleven, at the Castle Hotel, Taunton. James and Ter-
rell, Businghall-street, London ; Terrell, Exeter.
JOSEPII TURNER, woolbuyer, Grantham, Uncolnshire,