The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-27 00:00:00

‘; NOTICE.

" Masters of British vessels are hereby requested, on enter-
ing the port of Lisbon, to present at her Majesty's Consulate
an account of all charges to which they have been sajected at
the Portuguese Consulates in Great Britain, with reference to
their ships' papers, specifying the different items for which fees
have been demanded, and stating whether they have been
called upon at such consulates to present cockets of the'cargo,
and to pay a fee for attaching each cocket to the manifesto for
signature, on clearing out for ports in Portugal.
" W. SMITH.

" British Consulate, Lisbon, Nov. 1837." •
SOMETHING CURIOUS.--It is understood that Sir
Francis Burdett is now preparing an eloquent defence of the
King of Hanover. It is entitled Vindiciec Ernestiance, and
opens with the well-known sentiment from Horace ; " Justum
et tenacem propositi virum, non civium ardor prava jubentium
—mente quatit solids." It is to be garnished with quotations
from Shakspeare, Horace, and Magna Charts ; and these
last are also to be in Latin. It may be remembered that Sir
Francis, when arrested in his residence and carried to the
Tower for calling the House of Commons a mockery of re-
presentation, was employed at the moment in the interesting
duty of examining a translation of Magna Charta into Latin
by his son, and pointing out to tie boy the true sense of some
passage of that instrument, which greatly restrict the powers
of Royalty. The Tories laughed at the incident as a coup-
but that translation reminds Sir Francis of one of
tdhe coue
p-
.theatre; em.;
memorable sacrifices of his life in " the geed old
cause," and is now at dear to him as the original. The Latin
will have the farther advantage of being much more intelligi-
ble to the learned German than the rusty old English of King
John's days. He anticipates the surprise and delight of Prince
Ernest when he finds his proceedings vindicated by Sir
Francis Burdett, and on the principles of Magna Charta.—
Scotsman.

The amount of property lost in the Byteell, which
was wrecked oil' Lowestoft last week, exceeds 0,000/. The
cargo consisted of teas and manufactured tobacco, and the
whole loss will fall upon the owners, who were not insured,—
No7folk Chronicle.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUBLIC
BUSINESS.

The following are the resolutions moved on Friday night:
by Lord John Russell, in th, F.; liouse of Commons, and
agreed to
".That• in the preSent- session of Parliament all Orderi of
the Day set down in the Order-book for 'Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, shall be disposed•of before the House will
proceed upon any motions o` which notices 3111111 be entered in
the Order-book.
" That upon days appropriated to Orders, and a question
being put from the Chair that any Order of the Day be read,
no amendment shall be proposed, except that the other Orders
of the Day, or that any Order set 'down for she same day, be
dbw read; but that thi; regulation shall not apply to the case
of a Committee of Supply, or of a Committee of W.iys and
Means. •
" That no Notice shall hereafter be given beyond the
period which shall include the four days next following on
which Notices are entitled to precedence, due allowance being
made for any intervening adjournment of the House, and the
period being in that case so far extended as .te include four
Notice days falling during the sitting of the House."
The other resolution, on which Mr. Flume moved the
adjournment of the debate, was—
" That with the exception of Notices already given it shall
not be permitted to any Member to fix any day for a Notice
given by him beyond the term of fifteen days from the time of
giving such Notice."
After the division the resolution was, by leave, withdrawn,
though the reports in the morning papers represent. it:to
have been carried. The " Votes" of the House do not say
whether it is to be reconsidered.

SOUTHAMPTON.

THE LATE DREADFUL FIRE.

The Jury, summoned by the Coroner to inquire into the
cause of the death of the twenty-two persons who lost their
lives in endeavouring to save the property of Messrs. King and
Co., from their stores, durifig the fire en the night of the 7th
inst., brought their labours to a close on Tuesday evening, the
21st instant, without being able to elicit any evidence to
prove satisfactorily how the fire originated. They return
fifteen as having been killed by the falling of the walls and
other burning materials, and seven who were taken out alive,
but have since died in consequence of the burns and other in-
'uries they received—that the explosions were occasioned by
the quantities of turpentine, varnish, oil, and other substances
contained in the building; they complained of the badness of
the supply of water—the delay in the arrival of the fire-
engines, their defective state, and the inefficiency of the fire
department ; 'tis lamentable that so many valuable lives
should have been sacrificed. Charity sermons have been
preached in all the churches and chapels, at which considerable
sums for the relief of the sufferers have been obtained. Sub-
scriptions have also been entered into in Winchester, Andover,
Ramsey, and the neighbourhood, in the whole amounting to
near 3,0001. ; but, large as this sum appears, it is not at all
equal to the amount wanted for the numbers (at least seventy)
rendered destitute by this calamity ; and it is hoped that other
towns will follow the example set by those in our immediate
neighbourhood.