The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-13 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, DEC. H.

The Algonquin, Meirken, from Philadelphia; Canton,
Melville, Quebec ; Despatch, Richebucto ; Helen, Butman,
Charleston ; Ward, New Brunswick ; Idogheten, Newman;
Ware; Herald, Clark, Hondurus ; Charlotte, Fisher, Que-
bec; Esther, Montreal.
TELEGRAPHED.

Wind N. W.—Sailed from Holyhead the Cybele, for Per-
nambuco.
Off Point Lynas, inward bound, the Esther, from Montreal.
Off Voel Nant, inward bound, the Thomas Dickenson, from
Savannah.

We understand that, at the monthly meeting of
Friends, in the meeting house in this town, on Thursday,
twenty-two further resignations of members, consequent on
existing differences in the body, were received. This will
make the whole number fifty.—Manchester Chronicle.
BOOK OF ETERNITY.—III Signor Castagnetta's'
account of the Asbestos, we find a scheme for the making
of a book, which, from its imperishable nature, he is for
calling the " Book of Eternity." The leaves of this book
were to be of the Asbestos paper, the covers of a thicker
sort of the same material, and the whole sewed together
with thread spun from the same substance. The things
to be commemorated in this book were to be written in
letters of gold, so that the whole matter of the book being
incombustible and everlastingly permanent against the force
of all the elements, and subject to no changes from fire,
water, or air, must remain for ever, and always preserve the
writing committed to it.

We understand the Welsh residents in Liverpool
intend holding a public meeting to petition Parliament, for
a thorough reform in the Welsh Church, particularly for
providing efficient Welsh pastors, a more equitable distri-
bution of revenues, and to better appropriate them to the
spiritual and moral wants of the people. • The Welsh resi-
dents in Chester intend also to follow their example.—
Ca rnarvon Herald.

ST. JAMES'S PARK.-A great deal has lately been
said of the vast and various improvements made in St.
James's Park for the public convenience, and yet it is a
fact that the public thoroughfare there, alcng which hun-
dreds of shoeless wretches are daily compelled to walk is
ancle-deep in mud—for several hundred yards an all but
impassable morass is presented. The Buckingham-bog, as
it is now familiarly designated, is likely to kill off during the
present winter a considerable portion of our redundant popu-
lation. _ _

The old saying, " There is a providence for a
drunken man," was never more strikingly exemplified than
in an accident which occurred a few nights since at one of
the minor theatres, on the Boulevards. A tiler, named
Duquesne, who had been sacrificing copiously to the jolly
god, took his place, with a party of friends, in the third
gallery, and, in striding from bench to bench, made a false
step, and fell head-foremost into the pit, but fortunately on
a spot unoccupied by any portion of the audience. The
spectators of this frightful somerset of course expected to
find the unfortunate man lifeless ; but, to their general as-
tonishment, in another moment he was on his legs, and as
gay and alert as though he had experienced the most trifl-
ing accident. The physician of the theatre, who was im-
mediately called in, declared, after a slight examination of
Duquesne, that he had suffered no injury, either internal or
external.—Galignanis Messenger. (The same thing oc-
curred a few nights ago at Drury-lane Theatre, from the
same cause, aed with an almost equally harmless result.
The man, who was supposed to have thrown himself from
the two-shillirg gallery into the pit, made the descent
quite unintentionally. He was very drunk, and, falling
from one seat to ano.her, at last bounded over, and alighted
in the pit, with no other injury than putting out the bones
of his ankles.)
On Saturday last, at Union Hall, the Secretary to
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
caused a very brutal fellow, named Josiah Hall, to be im-
prisoned for the space of 14 days, with hard labour, in
Brixton gaol, for having cruelly beaten a poor dog with a
heavy cudgel, until the animal expired under his hands.
Although the offence took place ten months ago, the war-
rant for the offender's apprehension had been kept open
against him, and on Tuesday last police sergeant P 8 suc-
ceeded in capturing him. The Magistrates highly ap-
proved of the perseverance with which the savage had
been traced and brought to justice. On the same day, and
before the same Magistrates, an extraordinary ferocious-
looking fellow was convicted in the abominable and revolting
offence of skinning cats alive. Police constable L 62 proved
that the bodies of several cats were discovered close to the
poisoner's dwelling ; and, on making inquiries, four skins,
yet warm, were found in his possession, together with the
knife stained with the blood of the tortured animals. Mr.
Jeremy adverted in very severe terms on the infamy of such
a calling, and told the prisoner that the next time he was
brought there he might look to be severely whipped, in ad-
dition to imprisonment. The offender was then fined in the
full penalty of 51., and in default of payment, sentenced to
two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in Kingston
gaol. The society are making arrangements for the esta-
blishment of agencies in all the principal cities and towns in
the United Kingdom, more particularly at Birmingham,
Dover, Weymouth, Gravesend, and Brighton.
On Thursday afternoon, between three and four
o'clock, a dreadful accident happened on board the Mon-
trose and London Shipping Company's smack Eagle,
Captain Andrew Mearns, at present lying at Downe's
Wharf, Lower East Smithfield. While the crew were
busily engaged. in shipping and stowing the downward
cargo, a puncheon of yeast was being lowered into the hold
of the vessel, in which were employed three of the seamen,
immediately under the hatchway, when the tackle suddenly
slipped off the winch end, and the heavy puncheon de-
scended quickly, and fell with great violence upon John
Hanton, one of the three seamen in the hold stowing the
cargo. The unfortunate man was in a stooping position It;
the time. of the melancholy occurrence, and the puncheonstruck him on the back part of the head, and literally
crushed it to pieces. He was, however, taken out of the
hold alive, and a medical gentleman in Burr-street having
speedily attended, recommended his immediate removal to
the London Hospital, but he died in the hackney-coach
before its arrival at that Institution. The other seamen in
the hold did not sustain any injury.—Last night a Coroner's
Inquest was held on the body at the London Hospital, and
the foregoing facts having been sworn to by the witnesses, a
verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. The de-
ceased was about 24 years of age, a native of Montrose,
was an excellent seaman, and his premature death is deeply
lamented by Captain Mearns and the crew of the Eagle.
Saturday evening police Constable Thomas Bates,
106, C division, committed suicide by cutting his throat.
The unfortunate man, who was respectably connected, en-
tered the fore pin July, 1835. In consequence of some fa-
mily differences, which preyed so heavily on his mind that
it brought on a fever, he was eight weeks in the hospital.
On Monday he resumed duty, but was taken ill again on
Thursday ; and last night he was discovered 'n bed with a
wound under his right ear, which he had inflicted with a
knife. He was conveyed to the hospital, where he expired
at nine o'clock,