The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-18 00:00:00

CUSTOM-HOUSE REGULATIONS-

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. •
SIR,—I trust that the influence you so deservedly exercl
as the organ of public opinion will be directed to abate a In°s,
intolerable nuisance with regard to passengers arriving by 'le-
ads from French or other foreign ports. j
I arrived on Saturday evening by tke Quite ad
re d a
steamer, from Boulogne, and at Gravesend we were boar
by a Custom-house officer, who immediately commenced tivld
moving hat and bonnet-boT.es, small sandwich baskets, 11,0
every. article he could I.ay hands upon, into the hold, where
071,
heavier luggage had been previously deposited. Rein
strances and requests were made that articles of wearing kin
parel, which could not be dispensed with might be takent,,
the hand ; but, on the positive assurance of the officer that
luggage would all be restored in half an hour after our bll'u
ing, they were surrendered.
Judge of the surprise and vexation of the passengers Oen,
on arriving at Nicholson's wharf, at eight o'clock, we were
formed that the luggage would not be cleared till ten o'clerr,
on Monday. Many persons who were anxious to proceed to °-
country were compelled, at great inconvenience and expense' t:
remain nearly two days in town, and all must have been suffgreri,
to some extent, seeing that everywarticle of wearing aPPa the
&c., they had with them was retained in durance, because
Custom-house officials do not choose to attend to the duttlicie
the public pay so largely for, after four or six o'clock i"
afternoon.
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But the evil does not rest here. Upon every sePartons-
tick of luggage a sum of 6d. must be paid at the C to
house, and hence the anxiety of the Gravesend om r that
secure as many parcels and bundles as possible, in ° ,d
or de may
upon every Lttle basket, hat-box, cloak, &c., a tax 0, rally
be levied from the unfortunate traveller. You will n7r-ttea•
say that the grasping is over when tie luggage is sc hall
the sixpences paid, and the articles removed to the ente_reds to
but there is a little more to come. The passenger prof` age;
call a coach, and requests Jarvey to stow away his infritterl
but this is prohibited. No coach or cabman will be a ur
within the Custom-house gates, and you must either trust-
portmanteaus, &c., on your shoulder, or employ the
and three
house porter to carry it a distance of beta een twoan
tO
yards, for which another sixpence or shilling, according
cumstances, must be paid, h'elt
Talk of the annoyances and inconveniences to w--; let
yellers are subjected abroad as much as you please, but at• the
hear no more of the boasted liberty and independe"c°f pea
British nation, so long as this most disgraceful system
extortion and annoyance is practised upon the public•to. orbit!
I trust the independent advocacy of public rights, p tlll-
your Journal is distinguished, will induce you to take tElN,matter.—Your obedient servant, A
17th September, 1838.

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS - ~
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DEAL, SEPT. 17. —Wind E. N. E., fresh breeze. cabe"
down from the River and proceed. d, the Earl Durhaill'Ursulai
for Sydney • Reform, Knight, for Newfoundland ; cape
Put cell, for Isle de Los; Kirkman Finlay, Scott, fur
.130eir°'
Good Hope ; and Flamingo, Falconer, for Ri° ,•J If
Arrived and remain, the Duke of Manchester, from ",, I
fro'
Peter Proctor, from
Grenada Arril:cl
Sydney ; and Forager,
PORTSMOUTH, SPT. 17. —Wind E. S. E., nue' --
,a -ft;
Arri/t. Ja'
the Elizabeth, Ile idle, from St. Petersburg. gio i.ts
the Patriot, Lesham, from Ceylon ; Gipsey, "mod `:l.-0
nrir.); Vansittart, Downes, from St. Petersburg; Glye'n
K.rkbridge, Whitfield, from Bathurst. Sailed the wojora
(steamer), Mason, for South America ; and C°3l
Sad
Malnigran, for Mauritius. the
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 17,—.Wind E. Arrived off,
..•
Catherine, Evans, from Van Diemen's Land. Dep.,,e,
nd fir Tr. 0
FALMOUTH, SEPT. I6.—Wind E., light breezes a
y. fie
Arrived off p:rt the Brilliant, Gilkinson, from SYd7vie,Qoecil'
South \Vales ; Vere, Roberts, and Rawlings,
vied,
from Jamaica
HASTINGS, SEPT. 17.—Arrived off port the Carolio:610.01,
from Laguna ; Arethusa, Beard, from Antigua; .
SYI
Segebarth, from Memel. JOY, n Folic
SALCOMBE, SEPT. 16.—Arrived off port the ,
rod'
from Jamaica.
.1., 101? ° 111
DARTMOUTH, SEPT. 17..—Arrived off port ,i,--;,5°14 .•
Eaqbourne, from New Orleans; Oxenv;erg, Nilson,
Quebec ; Zulima, 1[3.-,.m, from Lisbon.
BRIGHTON,
....,-,i'T. 17.—Arrived. eft' port the Galate9'
frog
from P.Aart Town. ,o‘,
OpP
....13STOL, SEPT. 17.—Arrived the Arid, fleibult"rd,u. 0
fro
orto.
DROGHEDA, SEPT. 15.—Arrived the Tour, Co
Quebec.

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CORK, SEPT. 15 —Arrived the New City o' V
i °
,
St. Lucia. ll-
ABERDEEN, SEFT. 15 —Arrived the Kincarcllne're fa
Sydney ;C. B. Valeria, Rietshe, from Mem l• h co, If; a
SHIELDS, SEPT. 16.—Arrived the Toms°, Our-3011; -1.1
Archangel ; Thomas Holt, Dodds, from St. l'etelbury ,
17,1.
Victory, SEPT. from Dantzic.
Hem., SEPT. 17.—Arrived the Intrepid,
lan ; Veaus, Meyer, from Kiel ' d'rs
fr°
; 'I wee Gebro L , of
burgh ; and Sts Horse (steamer), Rotteidarn• cisters•
Ynamot.: . .TII ROADS, SEPT. 17. Arrived the •'-'•
Icet7'
ton, from Dantzic. Li bon cPoanc
LocuINDAUL, SEPT. B.—Arrrived the 5 , roe-- •
Davison, from Liverpool, very leaky, bounds o Aue prest
• • listed iPdi•aus_%-
,onnon, was - por -_-
;, bound to
Roberts,
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The Diana, Lane, from L,
very leaky, having struck on the Saints,
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On the 16th inst., at Prince's-place, Ken'
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J. D. Woods, of a son.
On the 9th inst., at Hardwick House, Oxan, tbels'l °
Powys, Esq., of a son.
occasioned
D/ED.
(from grief ee„rvvi%l
At Bideford, on Saturday, the Bth inst., . , ‘jary, the, circle
by the loss'of her sister, on the 10th July last,) ,•nurnerau'
c:tild of Admiral Cochet, deeply regretted by a
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