The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-15 00:00:00

GATEWAY IN ST. JAMES'S-PARK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Slll,—lt would be a great desideratum if an opening
were cut out in the iron railing round the enclosures of
St James's-park, at the curve opposite to the Duke of
York's Column, as pedestrians and promenaders would
find it much more pleasant and agreeable (particularly
in wet weather) to walk inside in preference to the opt-
side of the enclosure, either across to Bird-cage-walk,' or
vice verso, or from and to Pimlico, on the north side.
The insertion, in your much-read and popular parier,
of these few lines will, I am sure, oblige many, but, espe-
cially, yours respectfully,
J. D.
Victoria-square, Pimlico, Jan. 10, 1853.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM SPRING MEETING.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
The Heriot, 5 yrs ; Isabella, 4 yrs ; Bell Tinker, 3
yrs ; Madame Landeau, 3 yrs ; Eliza, 3 yrs ; LongbOw,
4 yrs ; Benita, 4 yrs ; Vermuth, 5 yrs ; Appleton, 4
yrs ; Sir R. Trenchard, 5 yrs ; The Bishop, 4 yrs ;
Charley, 3 yrs ; Winter, 3 yrs ; Sylphide, 3 yrs ;
Cassica, 3 yrs ; Jouvence, 3 yrs ; b fby Launce-
lot, out of Wedlock, 4 yrs; Ethelbert, .3 yrs ;
Tickton, 3 yrs ; Madeline, 4 yrs ; Jullien, 4 yrs
Calot, 4 yrs ; Hatchet, 3 yrs ; Peggy, 3 yrs ; RUIStO-
rough, 6 yrs ; The Varmint, .4 yrs ; Bardolph, 4 yrs ;
Surprise, 4 yrs ; Allegro, 4 yrs : Quasimodo, aged ;
Miss Delamere, 3 yrs ; Ida, 3 yrs ; Father Thames, 4
yrs ; Prevention, 3 yrs ; Snarry, 4 yrs ; May Day, 5 yrs ;
FlungerfOrd, 5 yrs ; Narcissus, 6 yrs ; Henrietta, 4 yrs ;
Kate, 4 yrs ; Master Norton, 3 yrs ; Tavistock, 3 yrs ;'
b f by. Cotherstone, out of Wedlock, 3 yrs ; Anne Page,
3 yrs ; The Friar, 3 yrs ; Jack Leaning, 5 yrs ; Theseus,
5 yrs ; Evadne, 4 yrs ; Italian, 6 yrs ; View-Halloo,,
aged ; Sister to Singapore, 4 yrs ; Stamford, 5 yrs ;
Katty Darling, 5 yrs ; St. George, 6 yrs ; Miss
Emma, 3 yrs ; Bibette, 4 yrs ; Pancake, 4 yrs ;
Convulsion, 4 yrs • Glenluce, 4 yrs ; Little David,
4 yrs ; The Nabob, 4 yrs • Dulcet, aged ;
Tobolski, 3 yrs ; Indian '
Warrior, 4 yrs ; Conmore, 4
yrs ; Candlewick, 6' yrs ; The Mersey, 3 yrs ; Defiance,
3 yrs ; Don
Miss TennysYrson,'3
Quixote, 3 yrs ; Tonic, 5 yrs i Lord Fau-
conberg 3 •
Hercules, out of Mis's Shirley,
yrs.yFAarmgneers,,s .4B yrs
4; Ch.dtonf, 3byyrssir;
3oyy,rs yrs
Truth, ,b. 4
yrs ;
Koh-i-noor, 4 yrs •
5 yrs ; Prime Minister, 5 yrs.
3 yrs Antigone, , c. by the Emperor, out of Cowl,

SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND
management of this society took
BENEVOLENT
sent---Captavviniltlihe Hon. F I MARINERS' ROYAL
SOCIETY.—A meetui. gof the committee of
rancisp
maaceuydeestßerty..
(in the
Miller Lieut. Col
chair), Mr.
wiham Sotuuanr ;anßdevcZiaß.infiGH,ribistlep,,Croapixotanin,
of drowned aonrpdhHan'asll, R N..
wrecked seamen e cases of twenty-five widows And
nrieire considered, and 2111. Os. 3d.
mariners, and ninety-two ship-
the crew of the fitsobielfg.
awarded for their
smack Ariel, for picking up: at
sea and bringing A reward of 303. was voted to
Wasromer the crew of the foundered
ecemTported by the secretary that
brig Pursuit. It
widows
1,2211. 16s. id. had been
since the Ist of D
granted in rthelie4f4tso
mloa7riners Isrand orphans of drowned
Ir homes from various
mariners ;
agentss.of parts
wreck ; and hi passing to the
It appeared by
the society that
loss of clothes by ship-
of the coast 544 shipwrecked
,person
more applica-
expected.
reports from various honorary
many vessels were missing, and that mina;iyht
public,
tions from the widows of the drowned
It was therefore-unanimously resolved that tibiteehsecretai y
do appeal, in the name of the committee, to
and that the press be solicited to give itpublicity,e
committee then broke up till Friday nest.
The
she
THE FRENCH AT DOVER.—The French man-of
Corse, bristling with cannon, put into Dover harbourwar La
Thursday morning. It was imagined by sort's' that oul
was the avant courri m
er of an invading French squadron
and thoughts were entertained of calling, out the Dover
division of the East Kent Militia. It turned out, how-
ever, that our French brother had been induced to take
refuge in our friendly port, partly in consequence of ad-
verse winds, and partly on account of -running short of
water and other necessaries. In proof of the good feel-
ing subsisting, however, 'between the two nations, we
may notice that the officers of the French vessel were
1
do Friday invited to dine with the officers of the Western
Heights; Conimandei Heiiiek; and the naval officers of
the town, were also invited to meet them.—Kentis4
Ohervor.

PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 14.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's
ship Iberia, Captain John Bowen, arrived this af-
ternoon with the usual mails, and dates from
Gibraltar, Jan. 6 ; Cadiz, Jan. 7 ; Lisbon, Jan. 9 ;
Oporto, an. 10 ; and Vigo, Jan. 11..
The Iberia brings on freight four packages specie,
value 1,420/. ; 347 half-chests oranges, 81 boxes
Tangarine oranges, 15 casks wine, 108 barrels and
33 boxes dates, and sundry merchandise.
The ship Provinconist, of Londonderry, of 880
tons, John Shields, master, from Philadelphia,
bound to Liverpool, with a valuable general cargo,
foundered at sea on the 21st of December, in lat.
35.36 N., long. 51.31 W. The crew were taken off
by the Spanish bark Union, from Havannah, and
were landed at Vigo on the sth instant.
This packet left Lisbon on Sunday, the 9th inst.,
at one p.m., when the emigrant ship Africa, bound
to Australia, was going out. A French steamer of
war and her Majesty's ships Sanspareil and Inflex-
ible were at anchor in the Tagus. The Tay, Brazil
mail steamer had not arrived.

The Lisbon exchange quotations of the Bth for
bills at three months were, on London, 54k; Paris,
526; Amsterdam, 43; Hamburgh, 481 ; and Genoa,
524. The transactions on the Continent had been
limited, and few takers appeared on London ex-
cept the Board of Credit for dividend account. In
stocks and shares little had been doing at 371 to
38 for Five per Cents. ; Four per Cents., 31 to 32 ;
Bank of Portugal Shares, 220 to 210 milreis dis-
count upon 500 milreis. These rates were in
Lisbon bank-notes, discountable at 2i per cent.
Bank of Oporto Shares, 8 to 9 per cent. premium
in metal.

There was no political news in Lisbon since our
last advices. Considerable clearances of English
goods had been made from the 'Custom-house since
the publication of the new tariff.
The Queen had recovered from the cold which
prevented her opening the Cortes in person.
The weather had continued unfavourable, and
prevented the Deputies from the north from leaving
the Douro, so that the Chamber in Lisbon had not
met in sufficient numbers to transact business.

No further retrenchments had been made by any
of the numerous dictatorial d.ecre-is published in the
Lisbon Gazette.
Our Oporto letter, of the 10th inst., contains the
following
"The exchange has been done at 54d. and id. for
bills on London at 90 days' date ; Brazilian paper has
been latterly in the market, and on the whole a good
deal of business was done both for this and the last
packet. We have had no arrivals latterly from England.
The weather for some time past has been rainy and
boisterous, and there are very few British vessels in the
Douro. Business, both in the cotton and woollen trade,
rather flat. Brandy is now at 110, milreis and scarce.
Very few wines have been Changing hands lately. The
late change in the British Ministry seems to give satisfac-
tion. The Portuguese are beginning to learn the merits
of a strong government. No news in politics ; every-
thing quiet."
The accounts from Gibraltar are to the 6th inst.
inclusive. - The following British ships of war were
in the bay :—The Britannia, Albion, Trafalgar, Bel-
leroplion, Arethusa, Sampson, Retribution, Niger,
and Antelope. The Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's ship Euxine, five and a half days from
Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d inst.
and proceeded to Marseilles. The screw steamer
Arno,' nine days from Liverpool, arrived on the 2d
inst., and left for. Naples on the
,3d. The screw
steamer Arabian, 10 days froth Smyrna and five
days from Malta, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th,
bound to London.

In reference to the recent acts of piracy on the
north coast of Morocco the Gibraltar Chronicle of
the Ist instant contains the folloiving
" It appears that the coast of Riff is as insecure as
ever. A Melilla letter, of the 13th ult., states that,
three days before, a merchantman happening to be be-
calmed within about fifteen miles of the land, a boat
manned by eight Moors went alongside, but perceiving
that the crew. consisted of from 18 to 20 men, and that
an attempt to board the vessel was likely to fail, the
pirates contrived to prevail upon the master to.adrnit
them, and, when on deck, their leader ordered him to
steer his course towards the coast. The master refused ;
the leader insisted ; and the former, directing his
sailors to arm themselves with knives or razors, took up
a large one himself, and went to the latter, Who, on
seeing him advance, shot him dead with a pistol. A
young sailor, exasperated by such treacherous. Conduct,
fell upon the leader with a knife in each of his hands
and wounded him, but was, in his turn, shot at and
wounded by another Moor, and jumped into the sea,
evidently preferring the death that awaited him there to
the torments which he knew those barbarians inflict
upon their victims. The sailors, who were apparently
unprovided with firearms, then betook themselves to the
hold. Thither the pirates durst not follow them, but,
going to the cabin, plundered it, taking away, among
other things, four trunks full of clothes, a case of
sulphur, two watches, and a spyglass ; and subsequently
left the vessel • without searching her more minutely,
being probably afraid that the crew in the hold would
ultimately oppose their departure."

THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 14.
The packet brig Brilliant, Captain Allan, has
arrived here in seven days from Madeira.
The Brilliant reports the following arrivals at
Madeira : The Norwegian schooner, December
30th, 41 days from Hartlepool, bound to Rio de
Janeiro ; the British bark Sir William Holks, 30
days from Plymouth, bound to Port Philip •, the
bark Lancashire Witch, 43 days from Sunderland,
for Cuba ; the bark Phantom', 53 days from Lon-
don, for, Jamaica. January J.—The British brig
Pelun, 36 days from Hartlepool, for Demerara.
Jan. s.—The brig Richard Cobden, 40 days from
Newport, for St. Thomas' ; the Hamburg bark
Aleda, 63 days from Hamburg, for New York ;
the merican ship Europe, 30 days • from Liver-
pool, for Philadelphia—short of water. Jan. 6.
The British steamer Pirate, 24 days from Glasgow,
for Sydney—left on the 6th for her destination.
The outward African mail steamer was observed
standing into Funchal at noon on the '7th instant.
The homeward Brazil mail packet was hourly ex-
pected.
By recent resolution of the Cortes, promulgated
in Madeira, all vessels arriving at that island for
refreshments or passengers are to be free of port
dues.
The iron steamer City of New York, Captain
Hart, arrived here to-day from Oporto with a cargo
of cattle. Owing to very heavy weather she lost
upwards of 40 beasts on the voyage, and had to
put
into
icPorrtemlaanidn for provender and water for the
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