The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-10 00:00:00

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL, MARCH 9.—Wind S. S. W., fresh. Arrived the
Thomas Snook, Brown, from Calcutta. Arrived from the river
the John Pink, Nixer, and Ruby, James, from Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9. —Wind S., and squally. Arrived
the Sovereign, Walnymph, from St. Michael's.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH B.—Wind N. W. Sailed the Marma-
luke, Mason, for Bordeaux, and Fly, Saper, for Figuiera.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 8. —Wind N. W. to N. N. W. Arrived
the Elizabeth, Cunningham' from Lisbon. Sailed the Scor-
pion and Espoir (packets) for Lisbon ; Eclipse (packet) for
Cadiz and the Mediterranean : Alert (packet) for the West
Indies ; Camden (packet) for Halifak ; and Sheldrake (packet)
for Madeira and the Brazils.
DOVER, MARCH 9.—Arrived off port the W. S. de la
Guarda, —, from Odessa.
DARTMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Arrived off port the Harvest
Home, Brown, from Oronoco, and James Bennet, Esk, frOm
Charleston.
BRISTOL, MARC!! 7.—Arrived Gun, Humpbries,from Lisbon.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH B.—Arrived the Harlequin, --, from
Alicati, and Frances, Brown, from Naples. Off port the
General Williams, —, from Mobile, and Fenwick, Keating,
from St. John's, New Brunswick.
CLYDE, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Franklin, Coffin, from
Virginia ; Charlotte, Doyle, from St. John's New Brunswick;
Harriett, Fisher, from Marseilles.
DUBLIN, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Hellas, Scanlin, from
Canton, sailed Nov. sth.
CORK, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Scotia, Rusk, from St. John's
Ne..ir Brunswick.

The Margaret, Fisher, from Whitehaven to Wicklow, was
driven on shore at Ramsay, Isle of Man, on the 6th instant.

Crew saved.
The Majestic, Nlearns, from Dundee, has arrived at New
York, very leaky, part of the cargo thrown overboard, having
been run foul of by a large vessel.
The Danish ship Malada was fallen in with in the Chinese
Sea, previous to the 19th Oct., a complete wreck, having been
run foul of by the Golconda. Crew saved.
The .Regulator, from Smyrna to Boston, was lost near Ply-
mouth (A) on the sth ult. Five of the crew drowned.

FORMBY SUFFERERS.—The sum of 1,500/. has
been subscribed at Liverpool for the relief the widows and
orphans of the men who were unfortunately drowned at
Formby by the upsettinc, of the life-boat.
The stoup was followed on Tuesday by a fresh fall
of snow ; and on Wednesday the mail from Edinburgh was
nearly three hours behind the usual hour of arrival. At some
parts of the road the effects of the drift were such that travel-
ling became a matter of life and death, and the guard declares
he never passed stv:h a night and morning since the time of the
sad catastrophe in the neighbourhood of Tweedshaws. At
Rammerscales, on the same day, snow lay on the garden and
grounds to the depth of 13 inches, and in various parts of
Annandale was considerably deeper than in the vale of Nith.
But the rain that fell so copiously on Friday, and raised the
Nith to a great height, has completely swept the snow from
the valleys, and left the husbandman at liberty to pursue his
labours so soon as the fields become sufficiently dry. The hills
still present patches of white, and may wear a wintry aspect
for weeks to come ; but after so much storm, and a winter pro-
tracted beyond what is common, we indulge the hope that
March dust will ere long appear, and that the spring, upon the
whole, will prove more favourable, and less subject to sudden
transition, than it has been known for a number of years.—
Dumfries Courier.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH POSTAGE.—The public
will be glad to learn that M. Conte, the able and active Di.
rectcur des Postes, and Mr. Frecling, of the English office,
during the late stay of the latter in Paris, came to a decision
upon the regulations to be carried into effect with regard to the
postage of letters between France and England, which are of
much importance to the two countries. One of the principal
advantages of this long and anxiously expected arrangenTent
will be the facility of paying the postage_ of letters, recipro-
cally, to the place of their ultimate destination. A great.
saving of expense and time will be the consequence of this
measure, by which a letter can be sent, postage free, or not,
to a correspondent, as in either of the two countries at present.
Another most beneficial regulation will be the power of re-
commending letters to the special care of the Post-office,
whereby letters will only be delivered to correspondents in
person, upon paying a slight additional postage ; this is a
measure of great utility, and will prevent many losses. Jour-
nals are to be the objects of a special stipulation reserved by
the Governments for future arrangement. The reduction of
the rave of postage, which is enormously great at present, will
also be effected. M. Conte, whose services in the adminis-
tration of the Post-office deserve so much gratitude from his
country, has ascertained by experience that the lowering of
the price of postage is of direct advantage to the Treasury,
without taking into account the indirect revenues resulting
from the increased developement of commercial transactions
which it occasions. Thus, in 1830, the general produce of the
post amounted to 30,000,000 of francs; in 1835, it was
39,000,000—an increase of 9,000,000 of revenue, due to the
good direction of M. Conte, in the reduction of postage, and,
in the general amelioration of the service.—Galignani's Mes-
senger.
BALLOT.—On Monday evening, an adjourned
meeting took place at Brighton .on the following subjects—
Newspaper Stamps, Vote by Ballot, Repeal of the Septennial
Act, and the tax-paying clauses of the Reform Bill.
The weather still continues very cold and stormy.
Heavy showers of rain have fallen, and the snow yet lies deep
on the hills. The aspect of the country is very wintry, and
unless a speedy change take place, the seed-time will be very
unpropitious, and all agricultural operations very much re-
tarded.— Whitehaven Herald.
THE NEW MARRIAGE BILL.—The following
petition has been sent to Lord Sandon, who will present it to
the Ilouse of Commons, and application has been made to
Mr. Ewart, the other Representative, and to all the borough
and county Members of Lancashire, to give it their support.
It will be presented to the House of Lords by the Earl of
Aberdeen, who is an elder of the Church of Scotland.
"To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain
and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, the petition of the
Lancashire Scottish Church Presbytery, Humbly showeth :
That your petitioners are ministers and elders, deriving from
the Church of Scotland their ecclesiastical authority, and
exercising the same in congregations consisting chiefly of
natives of the sister kingdom, of which congregations there are
throughout England upwards of 60. That your petitioners,
while most scrupulously anxious not to disturb, either by word
or deed, the institutions of that part of the empire where they re-
side, do yet regard with pleasure the change contemplated in the
law pertaining to the celebration of marriage, as indicated in the
Bill now before your Honourable House. That, seeing the
measure is designed to be comprehensive, and, so far as essen-
tials will permit, accommodating to all religious denomina-
tions, your petitioners humbly hope that the peculiar usages of
their communion will not be overlooked. That the uniform
usage of the ministers of their church is, to perform the cere-
mony of marriage in private dwellings, never in churches, a
usage arising originally from the anxiety to guard the people
from regarding the ceremony as a sacrament, and now con-
firmed by lengthened custom. That, therefore, the humble
request of your petitioners is, that the ministers of their com-
munion in England may, on receipt of a legal certificate of
registration, be permitted to perform the ceremony of marriage
in private dwellings ; and, instead of the registrar, the signed
attestation of the minister, with that of two or more compe-
tent witnesses, may be held in law as sufficient certification
that the parties have been united in marriage. And your
petitioners," &C.
On Sunday morning, the large rope warehouse be-
longing to Mr. Jas. Breed, near the White Rock, at Hastings,
was washed down by the sea, and completely destroyed. The
little town, called America, is now no more : what with the
order from the Woods and Forests, and the influx of the sea,
there is no part left.