The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-16 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, DEc._l4,

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The Bride of Abvdos, Carpenter, from Zante ; Lockwoods,
Mackie, Quebec ; Thomas, Reid, Quebec ; Governor Troup
Alexander, Savannah ; Ranger, Jellard, Trieste; Fisherman
Naples; Nantasket, Crocker, Savannah ; Claremont,-Stevens
Jamaica; Irvin Clina, Larrinaga, Tarragona.
ENTERED FOR LOADING.

The Ellen, Johnson, for Bahia ; Jane, Sanderson, Havre
Standard, Peile, Monte Video ; Luna, Breeding, Odessa
Fairfield, Slack, Savannah; Vittoria, Mitchell, Sierra Leone
Indian, Lowthian, Singapore.
CLEARED OUTWARDS.

The Garrick, Robinson, for New York; Greyhound, Brew
lan, Halifax ; Ann IVPKenzie, Scott, Africa.
TELEGRAPHED. .

Off Point Lynas, inward bound, the Governor, Trop
from New York ; Ranger, Trieste.

Seventy of the students have been expelled from the
University of Virginia, at Charlotteville, in consequence of
persisting in forming a militia company in expensive uni-
forms, to the detriment of their studies and incomes.

We learn with satisfaction that Mr. Beaumont,

M.P., is engaged on an extensive tour through the southern
and midland counties of Ireland, for the purpose of ascer-
taining by his own personal observation, the actual state of
that unhappy and long misgoverned country. We have
been favoured with the perusal of a letter written by Mr.
Beaumont to a friend in Northumberland, dated Waterford,
Dee. 2, in which he describes with great feeling the
wretched. state of the peasantry in the districts through
which he has travelled, and expresses his conviction that
the great influence exercised by the Catholic priesthood over
their flocks is entirely to be attributed to their being con-
strained to act as political leaders, and the protectors of
the people against the rapacity and oppression of the Pro-
testant ascendancy faction ; remove the oppression, and
the priest will soon return to his proper station of a reli-
gious instructor.—Tyne Mercury.
At the adjourned quarterly meeting of the Town
Council of Newcastle, on Wednesday last, it was resolved
by a majority of 28 to 24; to sell the furniture of the Man-
sion House. This is in effect, though not in words, consi-
dered as equivalent to the total abolition of the Mansion
House. The subject, however, will be again discussed at
the meeting fixed for the 11th of January.—Tyne Mercury.
Shortly after the death of the brave Poniatowski, the
whole of Poland subscribed to raise a monument worthy
of him and the nation. In a short time the subscription
amounted to 600,000 Polish florins, and a resolution was
adopted to apply the money to the construction of an
equestrian statue of the hero. The execution of this co-
lossal* work was confided to the celebrated Thorwaldsen,
who had just finished his task when the revolution of Nov.
29, occurred. Some time before the Emperor Alex-
ander had consented to allow it to be erected in one of the
squares of Poland. Alexander had some nobleness in his
character, and an enlightened taste for the fine arts. A si-
milar observation cannot be made with respect to his suc-
cessor. He has recently issued orders that this chef
d'oeuvre should be conducted to the fortress of Modhn,
where it will probably be used in the foundries. In conse-
quence of the immense weight of this colossal statue, which
is wholly formed of bronze, it was found necessary, in order
to transport it. to the fortress, to break it up. Thus is ono
of the finest productions of modern sculpture lost.—
Courtier Francais.
On Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, a woman
of respectable appearance, apparently about 45 years of age,
was met near the Swan with Two Necks, on the road to
Finchley, and the man who met her observed that she stag-
gered a little, as if tipsy or ill. He asked her if she wanted
any assistance, or a direction, and she replied civilly that
she did not, observing that she only felt a slight giddiness in
the head, and could reach her destination without help. The
man Then walked away. She went to the Swan with
two Necks, and having had a glass of ale and a .biicult
went away. On the following (Wednesday) morning
the body of the same woman was found lying in a ditch
not many yards from the eighth mile-stone, and within
a short distance of the police station-house. The body was
lying on the back, with the head downwards, on the slope
of the bank, and the water, of which there was a small quk-o-
tity at the bottom, was just high enough to cover the mouth.
On examining her person, it was found that she had a black
eye, and a contusion on the forehead ; but no other marks
of violence. The body was conveyed to the station-house,
and inquiries were made immediately in the neighbourhood,
but it could not be ascertained that any one had been seen
with her on the previous night. Information was sent to
the different police-offices in London, and an experienced
officer was sent down to the spot, but elicited nothing mate-•
rial. The unfortunate woman had on a. black silk bonnet
of a figured pattern, a dark fine cotton gown, a shawl of a
(lark sprig pattern, black shoes, and silk stockings. She
had a gold wedding-ring on her finger, and a very valuable
pair of gold ornamental car-rings. An inquest was held upon
the body yesterday.
The following particulars respecting a railroad now
making between St. Petcrsburgh and Zarskojecelo, of which
a prospectus has appeared in this country, may not be un-
interesting to the public. The railroad is to terminate in
the Imperial Park at Pauloffsky, tn.° miles from the palace
of Zarskojecelo, and 17 from St. Petersburg. The village
of Zarskojecelo is a mere dependency on the palace, con-
tains no manufactures whatever, and its population is corn-
posed of the attendants on the Court arid the military quar-
tered there. The only returns that can be expected by
the shareholders must arise from the passengers between
St. Petersburgh and Zarskojecclo—a class of travellers.
which cannot long continue numerous, when curiosity or
pleasure, and not business, governs their motions. The
road is said to be so badly constructed as to insure the ne-
cessity of its repair when the spring shall arrive. The ab-
surdity of a railroad speculation in Russia must be obvious
to every person who reflects that nature has given the
Russians a natural railroad, by means of ice and snow, for
at least 6 months out of the 12 ; and during all that period
the iron rails must be so deeply imbedded in frozen snow
as to render any access to them impossible.
Considerable excitement was on Monday afternoon
last caused in Upper George-street, Manchester-square,
owing to the sudden demise of Mrs. Elizabeth Bell, an
elderly female, who for a long period had occupied the
house No. 19, and was so recluse in her habits, that for
years together she, although in good health, would remain
in-doors, unseen by any one, with the exception of a neigh-
bour, Mrs. Tett, by whom she was now and then visited.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock on the day above named it was
remarked by a passer-by, that the shutters, which were
usually opened at a much earlier hour, remained closed,
and in consequence thereof it was imagined that all was
not right within ; several' persons residing near the spot then
came to the determination of making an entrance, which
they did by getting in at a window, and on searching the
premises discovered the old lady quite (lead, and lying with
her clothes on at the foot of the bed ; she was bent almost
double, and her head lay in a pool of blood which had
gushed from her nose and mouth. A crowd soon collected
round the door, and information of the affair was promptly
conveyed to Inspector Thomas, who, accompanied by a so-
licitor, to whom deceased had long been known. examined
the apartment, and found therein upwards of 600/. in
note:, gold, and bills, some portion of which was tied no in
an old stocking, .and the remainder in a hankerchief and in
a trunk ; every room in the place was in a deplorable state
of dirt, for want of proper attention on the part of the de-
ceased, who, it is said, has a vast deal of property in the
funds. Her relatives are of the greatest repectability, and
reside in Leicestershire. It is supposed that the death of
the unfortunate woman was owing to a rupture of a blood-
vessel in the head.
Ou Wednesday the police received information of the
following expert and extensive robbery :—On the previous
day, between three and four o'clock, as Mr. John Bloom-
field, a Suffolk farmer, who had just arrived in town, was
walking along the New-road, he was accosted by two men
in his own provincial dialect, and with whom he entered
iato conversation on the state of the weather and other
matters. They kept on until their arrival at the Regent's
Arms, York-terrace, When they took their scats in a small
room, and had some refreshment. The subject of London
thievery was presently started by one of the men, who,
ascertaining that Mr. Bloomfield had a sum of money in
notes in his pocket, hinted to him the propriety of taking
down the numbers thereof, and accordingly he pulled forth
a bag containing 751. in Ipswich notes of 5/. each, and
laid it on the table the sham countrymen then took their
departure, promising to return in an instant, and directly
afterwards Mr. Bloomfield bad the mortification to find that
he had been plundered of the whole of the property by the
sharpers, who left behind them a piece of brown paper, re-
sembling closely the tied-up bag alluded to, and of course
neglected to return. One of them appeared to be about
fifty, and the other ten or twelve years younger ; the fer-
nier dressed in a shabby suit of black, and the latter in a
blue coat, kerseymere small-clothes, and top.beets,