The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-27 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

The Prince of Wales, from Bengal, has arrived at Graves-
end, sailed Feb. 25, Cape, March 28.
The Sutlej, from Bengal, has arrived off the Wight,
sailed March 11, St. Helena, May 13.
ST. HELENA.-Arrived, the Roompot, May 6, from
Akyab, and sailed to ZieFikzee ; Athelstan, from Akyab,
and sailed to Liverpool ; Zorgvliet, from Java, and sailed
to Amsterdam • Vier Gebroeders, from Batavia, and
sailed 7, to Rotterdam ; Leidzig, from Moulmein, and
sailed 7, to Queenstown ; Adelaide, from Calcutta, and
sailed 7, to Demerara ; Hougemont, from Madras, and
sailed 7, to London ; Jane Pratt, 7, from Calcutta, and
sailed 8, to Liverpool ; Beatrice, from Batavia, and sailed
8, to Amsterdam ; Priam, from Calcutta, and sailed 9, to
London ; Ardjoena, from the Cape, and sailed to Holland;
Margaret, from Bombay, and sailed 9, to Liverpool ;
Gemini, from the Cape, and sailed 13, to Barbadoes ;
William Simpson, 8, from Batavia, and sailed 10, to Lon-
don ; Brooksby, from Adelaide, and sailed 11, to London;
Lady Head, from Bombay, and sailed 10, to Liverpool ;
Wanata, 9, from Kurrachee, and sailed 12, to London ;
Catherine, from Calcutta, and sailed 9, .to London ; Cor-
nelia en Henrietta, from Java, and sailed 9, to Amsterdam;
Johannes Marinus, from Java, and sailed 13, to Middle-
burg; David Malcolm, from Bombay and Coast, and sailed
11, to London ; City of Peterborough,' from Moulmein,
and sailed 11, to London ; Perfecta, from Manilla, and
sailed 11, to Cadiz ; King William, from Akyab, and
sailed 12, to Falmouth ; Robin Primero, from Goa, and
sailed 11, to Lisbon ; Eliza Hart, from Algoa Bay, and
sailed 11, to London; Xerezano, 12, from Deptford ; St.
Andres, from Namoa ; Westerwick, 13, from Akyab ;
Union, Canton ; Courante, from Calcutta.
TABLE BAY (Cape of Good Hope).-Arrived----the Har-
mony, April 25, from London to Melbourne ; Frances,
from Liverpool.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Albert Gallatin, bound West, June 4, lat. 46 N.,
long, 49 W.
The Niger (brig), June 7, lat. 47 N., long. 37 W.
The Euclid, from New Orleans to Liverpool, May 16,
in lat. 24 N. long. 80 W. .

FALLING-IN OF THE TIINNELL FOR A NEW SEWER IN
HOLYWELL-STREET.—Loss OF LIFE.—Abo ut twenty
minutes before 12 this day, the greatest consternation
took place in Holywell-street, Strand, in consequence
of a report that a portion of the tunnel for the
construction of the new sewer in Holywell-street,
which has been some weeks in construction, had
fallen in, and that two persons were buried beneath
the superincumbent earth. The report, in a few seconds,
was found to be too true by the workmen employed at
the upper part of the shaft, which was sunk at
the eastern end of Holywell-street, close to the
house of Mr. Step, carpenter and builder, hear-
ing cries from the man below, who was at the
opening end of the tunnel, in which the other
man was boring, that the tunnel had fallen in ; this
man fortunately succeeded in making good his escape,
the other poor fellow being immersed in the brick
work of an old sewer running parallel with the
tunnel, the sewer being constructed in a series of
lateral shafts and tunnels. Mr. Baker, the beadle
of St. Clement Danes, who was passing at the
time, promptly obtained a large body of police to
keep back the crowd, and by their exertions the curious
were kept off, so as to leave free the number of men who
were immediately set to work,(on the catastrophe being
known by the clerk of the works to extricate the man,
and by dint of superhuman exertions, men being placed
at different points and then boring and clearing the
earth round the position where it was known the
unfortunate man must be, they after about an
hour's exertion, through an opening from a dep cellar of
Mr. Steps's house which was formerly a public house,
succeeded in extricating the body, and from its appearance
there is no doubt that he was immediately suffocated, life
being quite extinct ; there being but very few injuries on
the person, medical attendance was of no avail, and on
the body being got up it was placed in a shell and con-
veyed to the dead-house of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The deceased's name is Phillips, and unfortunately he
was a married man, and has left a wife and family of
four children, and are thus suddenly deprived of their
scanty support. A number of workmen were engaged
in shearing up the several houses adjoining, to prevent
further accident. Information will be conveyed to the
coroner, and an inquest held on the body.
STATISTICS OF CRIME IN LIVERPOOL.—The total num-
ber of offences committed in 1852 was 19,026 :—murder,
6 ; manslaughter, 7 ; cutting and maiming; 23 ; bigamy,
3 ; deserting children, 4 ; concealing births, 3 ; rape, 2 ;
indecent assaults, 9 ; the number of assaults on police-
officers was 557. We do not appear to have attained the
same eminence in the calendar of drunkenness as our
sister country, Scotland, in whose metropolis one in
every 15 of the population is said to 'be appre-
hended by the police in a state of inebriation, which
renders a short period of imprisonment absolutely re-
quisite. In Liverpool, during 1852, 3,211 "drunk and
incapables" were apprehended, which is hardly as bad as
"1 in 15." 59 persons were apprehended for wilful
exposure of the person, 3 for being keepers of houses of
ill-fame, 43 for bastardy, 102 for gambling, and 30 for
deserting their families. 529 robberies had been com-
mitted by pickpockets, 554 by girls of loose character,
and 402 by other means. 541 robberies were com-
mitted from vessels in the docks, 359 from the dock
quays, and 627 of goods from the streets. Of the number
taken into custody 11,809 were males and 7,217 females;
summarily punished, 10,296 ; committed fur trial, 522 ;
bills ignored, 7 ; acquitted, 99; imprisoned, 517 ; trans-
ported, 93. The value of the property stolen was
14,0421. 12s. Bd., and of that recovered 4,8461. 10s. 10d.
Of the persons taken into custody on charges of
felony, 3,366 males had been previously is custody
and 2,211 females-425 of this total number of " old
offenders" being under the age of twelve. The number
of prostitutes taken into custody and summarily pu-
nished for being disorderly in the streets was 937, of
whom 842 were committed. The informations laid by
the police were, in the town, 4,208 ; of these 120,
were withdrawn, 235 wrongly laid, or summonses not
served, 625 acquitted; and 3,228 fined—the amount of
fines being 1,663/. Bs. The dock informations num-
bered 2,809, and 2,298 offenders were fined—the fines
amounting to 7281. 12s. It appears that there are
484 lodging-houses registered in the town, 2,999
empty houses within the borough, 33 house in which
stolen property is received, 162 old clothes shops, and
191 marine stores. The number of public-houses doing
business was 1,406, of which 83 were irregular, 22 of
them having music saloons. The number at present
closed is 18. There is an increase in the north end of the
town of 19, and a decrease in the other division of the bo-
rough of 8. 918 beer-houses do business, and of these 95
are irregular, and 59 have been added to the last since
1851. Of the 96 coffeehouses in existence 15 are ir-
regular. Although no fresh licenses have been granted
during the year the increase has been occasioned by
transfers and removals, particularly from the neighbour-
hood of Wapping. The brothels kept by men number
-113, by women 461. The total number of pros-
titutes is 1,706 ; of men residing in brothels, 262 ;
of other houses 'of bad repute, 49; of houses
where prostitutes lodge, 69. 44 disreputable houSes
have been removed by the police, but there is still an in-
crease over the previous year of 16 houses, although the
number of prostitutes has only increased from 1,703 in
the previous year to 1,706. The number of professional
thieves at work in Liverpool, male and female, is 884,
62 belonging to the fair sex ; the occasional thieves, ,
106 • and the suspicious characters, 90.—Liverpool
Standard.

THE CONTEST FOR CLARE.—The authorities are taking
ample precautions against the recurrence of such a cala-
mity as that which signalised the last election for the'
county of Clare. Mr. Pierse George Barron, resident
magistrate, Limerick, and Mr. Joseph Tabuteau, resi-
dent magistrate, Waterford, are directed by his Excel-
lency the Lord-Lieutenant to attend the election on
special duty. Mr. Barron has arrived at Dublin Castle
to receive instructions for the maintenance of the public
peace and the protection of the electors during the con-
test. These functionaries will be attached to the Six-
mile-bridge polling station. The stipendiary magistrates
are to attend during the Clare election, two iu each of
the polling stations. In addition to these preparations
a large military force, both cavalry and infantry, has
already arrived at Ennis, in the event of any disturbances
taking place.
FALL OF A WAREHOUSE IN THE CITY.—On Saturday
looming, a very large warehouse in Joiners' Hall-build-
ings, Dowgate, occupied by Mr. Anthony Nichol and
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bcahseemtniecnaltsw, &c.
used
sfeedll
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but at the time of the fall there was only one horse
remaining there, and which, it is needless to state, was
; crushed.