The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-22 00:00:00

MURDER AT YORK.

On Tuesday evening a very shocking murder was per-
petrated in York. Mr. John Hall, of Swainton New
Inn, near Scarbro', was at York, attending the great
Christmas horse show. On Tuesday evening, between
five and six o'clock, being in liquor, he fell into the com-
pany of two loose girls, who induced him to accompany
them to the King's Staith, a dark, lonely place, near the
river Ouse. A little before six o'clock a man named
Sargent saw Mr. Hall with these two girls, who were
shoving him about with a view, it is supposed, of robbing
him, he having about 501. in his possession. He en-
deavoured to beat the girls off, 'but was so much intoxi•
cated as to be unable to do so. Sargent shouted to the
girls, "let the poor man go." but they took no notice
further than to laugh at him, and they persisted in
their attack upon Mr.. Hall until they forced him gra-
dually down to the water's edge, when one of them
gave him a shove, and he fell backwardsway off the
Staith into the water. Sargent immediately procured
assistance, and an oar was held out to the drowning
man, but, on account of the state he was in, he was quite
unable to help himself, and he sunk, and was sucked in
under a vessel lying close by the spot where he was
knocked into the water. The river was dragged for
about two hours afterwards, when the body was drawn
from the water, and conveyed to a public-house in the
neighbourhood, where it was found that if the girls had
intended robbing the deceased, they had not accom-
plished their object, as there was taken from his pockets
six Si. notes, 19 sovereigns, ss. 6d. in silver, and some
copper. As soon as the girls had pushed the deceased
into the water, they ran off; and from a description
given of them by Sargent, Isabella Campbell, of Ber-
wick-upon-Tweed, and Caroline Nicholson, of Middle
Water-lane, York, were shortly afterwards apprehended
not far from the scene of the catastrophe ; they having
just emerged from a dram-shop.
Yesterday, at noon, the prisoners were brought up for
examination before the magistrates at the Guildhall,
when the above facts were given in evidence, and the
girls were remanded.

SIIIPPIIVG INTELLIGENCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

LIGHTS ON THE RIVER ELBE.-NEW LIGHT AT RUGELBAAK,

AND CHANGES IN THE OTHER LIGHTS.

The following changer in the lights on the Elbe will take
place about the end of the month :
I.—NEUWERK FIXED LIGHT.

The low light on the island of Newerk, at the entrance of
the River Elbe, is intended to be screened, so as not to be
seen by a vessel when it is between the bearings of S. by
W. and SW. by S.; or when she is between the buoy No.
5 (V) and the buoy F, which carries a vane off Neuwerk
Island. The intention of this arrangement is to apprise
vessels coming up the river, that they are entering the nar-
row and dangerous part of the channel, and that it would
be prudent, therefore, to anchor. If, however, they per-
sist in standing on, as soon as the light re-appears they
they should alter the course from S.E. by E. to E. by S.,
and oven E., in order to allow for the indraft of the Eitzen
Lock, which is strong from first to half flood.

2.—KUGELBAAK FIXED LIGHT.
At Kugelbaak, on the Ball Beacon, a Fixed Light is to
be established, which will be visible between the bearings
of S.E. by S. and S.W., or from the buoy J. to the buoy
L. or4NI. 10 (X.) A vessel coming up the river, on open-
ing this light, being thus apprised that she is to the east-
ward of the buoy, I should immediately alter her course to
S.E., or S.E, or half S., until the Kugelbaak and Cux-
haven Lights are in one about S. by E. half E., and steer
directly for them till she shoals the water to six or four
fathoms, according as it is high or low water. She may
then take up a S.E. or S.E. by S. course, so as to bring
Cuxhaven Light on her starboard bow. When she has
passed the buoy L. she will lose sight of the Kugelbaak
Light, and be in 8 or 10 fathoms from aS. by E. course,
will clear all the shoals up to anchorage of Cuxhaven.
3.—CUXHAVEN LIGHT,
when seen from the lower part of the river, will appear as
a flashing light, and will thus be distinguished from the
fixed light of Kugelbaak.

TIME BALL AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
The Time Ball attached to the Cape Observatory, not
being generally visible by the shipping on the eastern side
of Table Bay, owing to the intervention of buildings,
another has been established at the opposite side of the
Bay. It stands on the Lion's Rump, and commenced
work on the 14th of last October. The observer should note
the time by the chronometer, when this ball begins to fall,
and by subtracting one second from that time, he will have
the moment to one o'clock p.m. by mean time, at the Cape
Observatory.

The Cap Observatory stands in lat. 32 deg. 56 min. 3
secs. 18 deg. 28 min. 45 secs., or 1 h. 12 min. 55 secs. E. of
Greenwich.

CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 21.

ENTERED INWARDS.—Tho Amalie., from Calma ; Mary
and Emily, Memel ; Ontario, Callao ; Maria Augusta,
Stockholm ; Marie, Aarhuus ; Eleanore Sophie, Dantzic ;
Ferret, Gravelines ; Justine, Bordeaux ; Margaretha
Louise, Memel • Paca, Helsingbourg ; Livonia, Riga ;
Venus, Rostock% Pandora, Saguenay ; Hebe, Seville ;
Atalanta, Antwerp ; Alliance, Leer ; Joven Soresita, San
Sebastian ; Union, Antwerp ; Enterprise, Archangel ;
Deto Brodre, Sackejoborg.

ENT.hatED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Navigator,
for Barbadoes ; Henrietta, Arendal ; Gode Moder, Laur-
vig ; Corsair's Bride, Colombo ; Julia, Dunkirk ; Governor
M`Donald, Bathurst, R.G. ; David, Aslenee ; John and
Sarah, Dunkirk ; James Gibbs, Bombay ; American Eagle,
New York ; Augusta, Geelong, &c. ; Annechiena, Rotter-
dam ; Agnes, Jamaica.

CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Hobo, for
Seville ; Atalanta, Antwerp ; Union, do. ; Alliance, Leer ;
Joven Tereseta, San Sebastian ; Triton, Leer ; Harlequin,
Sydney ; Elizabeth, Dunkirk ; Felix, Pernambuco ; Am-
stet, Sydney; Emigrant, Geelong; Jane, Barbadoes ;
Albatross, Dunkirk.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.
The Eleanora, from Arica, for this port, has arrived at
Queenstown, with a cargo of copper ore ; out 136 days.
The ship Fanny, hence to Africa, was in contact with
the Elbana (s), in Kingston harbour, and lost stancheons,
bulwarks, &c.

The Pt llok, hence to Apalachicola, with a cargo of salt
and coals, put into Queenstown, with mainmast head and
bowsprit sprung, main and tnizen topmasts, &c., gone ;
eight of the crew disabled.
The Leon, from Rejeujede, for this port, has put into
Beanmaris.
Off Port—The Jos. Cunard, the Lotty Sleigh, and the
Venus.
Sailed—The Sultana, for Valparaiso ; the Geo. A. Hop-
ley, for Charleston ; the Vanguard, for New York.

ANTWERP, Dec. 20.—The Daniel, of and for this port,
from St. Jago de Cuba, touched on the Florida Reefs, Nov.
27, and put into Charleston, on Dec. 4, with a bad leak,
and loss of rudder. She has thrown part of cargo over-
board.

HARTLEPOOL, Dec. 20.—During a heavy gale from S.S.E.
yesterday „evening, the followinc, vessels were stranded near
this port, on the aa,rids :—The Good Intent (schooner), of
Brixton • Pilgrim (brig), of Newcastle ; Achsah (brig), of
this pod; Jubilee (brigantine), of Jersey ; also a foreign
brig, called the Johan, and a Danish sloop.
PIRCEIIS, Dec. 7.—The Lord Collingwood, Barcelona to
Odessa, drove on shore on the rocks near Pyll, coast of Ne-
groponto, in a gale, 2d inst., and has a hole in her side.
One man drowned.

QUEBEC, Dec. 3.—Tho Breadalbano, for Penarth Roads,
is ashore at Point-au-Pan. The Volante, Montreal to the
Clyde, ran on shore coming down, but got off, and is dis-
charging, being very much cut by the ice.
The Clarence (brig), of and from St. John's, N. 8., to
Dublin, which was abandoned prior to the ?Ist September
in lat. 47 N., long. 33 W., was passed Dec. 14, in lat. 43
N., and long. 18 W., with only mainmast and part of bow-
sprit standing, by the Tartar, arrived at Plymouth.
A derelict, without any masts standing, with " Frown"
on her stern, was passed in lat. 43 N., long. 11 W., by her
Majesty's ship Scorpio*. (Mem.—See paragraph respecting
the Brown, abandoned from Quebec to Sunderland, about
fits► November.)