The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-01 00:00:00

List.

LOSS OF THE PREMIER,. BY FIRE.—PORTS-
mount, JULY 30.—8 y the William, from Sydney to London,
which passed on Tuesday last, we hear that on Wednesday.
the 18th of May, the Premier, Capt. Byron, with a cargo of
cotton, &c., reached the Island of Ascension with a leak in her
bows' which haying been made good she prepared for s7.iling
on the Sunday fallowing. Having weighed, stowed her an-
chor, and partly made sail, she was discovered on fire from
stem to stern: assistance was immediately rendered by the
whole of the garrison, as well as from his Majesty's ships
Britomart, and Fair Rosamond, then laying in the
bay ; but with their united exertions nothing could be done
but to warp her on shore, which was effected by seven o'clock
on Monday morning, when in an hour she was in a complete
blaze ; nearly the whole of her cargo was destroyed. It is
supposed she must have been fire some week:', and it proved
fortunate they had not left two hours earlier, or the whole must
have been lest. The captain and crew were waiting fur a
passage to England, and the Lascars to their own country.
The crews of the ships in the bay were obtaining fresh prol;i-
sions twice a week, turtle once, and with the quantity of fish
they caught were perfectly healthy.---fiampshtre Tdegraph.
BULL-BAITING. Information having been re-
ceived that the barbarous custom of baiting bulls for Wall-
sail, Bilston West, and other provincial towns in the course of
the ensuing months, Mr. Charles Wheeler, the agent to the
Ladies' Society for the more effectual suppression of cruelty to
animals, is about to proceed there without delay, accompanied
by several constables, it being the determination of this lau-
dable society to spare no expense ill suppressing these inhu-
man sports, and to have the Act rigidly enforced against all
persons offending, who will be taken into custody.
THE REGISTRATIONS.—A pretty extensive in-
quiry enables us to assure our readers, that in the western por-
tion of Scotland, the Liberals have been once more signally
triumphant. It is true, no doubt, that the gross number of
new claims presented is everywhere far short of the number of
those presented last year ; but this was to be expected, for at
last registration immense efforts were made, and almost every
qualified voter was enrolled. The claims of the present year,
therefore, are almost altogether those where the qualification •
has been acquired since last year, or, those where a change of
qualification has rendered a new claim necessary. Relatively,
however, the proportion of Liberal over Conservative claimants,
is as large as before ; and, come a dissolution when it mar,
Scotland at least will be found well prepared for it. The To-
ries of Glasgow have resorted to a notable expedient to em-
barrass and weaken, as they imagine, the Liberal pha-
lanx. They have lodged 1,500 objections to voters al-
ready on the roll ! We cordially thank them for doing
so. The roll is most foul, and requires purification ; and
we rejoice that the Tories have undertaken the expense of
the work. Almost all the objections are well founded, and
the consequence must be, that they are sustained. But
imagine not, gentle reader that the Liberal electors will
thereby be reduced 1,500 in number. No, no ; of these, we
venture to predict, that 50 will not be disfranchised. And
why ? because the objections arc directed against qualifications
which they have ceased to enjoy, and they are already en-
rolled, or are claimants, on the qualifications which they new
enjoy. The result of the objections will therefore be a mere
purification of the roll, not a disfranchisement of the Liberal
voters; and therefore we once more thank our Tory friends
for their liberal expenditure. Every one at all acquainted
with the state of the roll, knows that while it contained 9,000
names, it could not boast of above 7,500 voters. The Tories
will make this truth somewhat more palpable, by the approach-
ing purgation. At the same time we caution all Liberal
voters who have been served with objections, forthwith to
repair to the Secretary of the Reform Association, and entrust
him and his coadjutors with the duty of looking after the cor
rection of the grounds of their enrolment.—Scots Times.
DOVER, JULY 25.—This morning the Emerald
steamer, on her voyage from Btulogne to London, with 135
passengers on board, burst her boiler ; others say caught fire;
but we have not ascertained which is correct. She, happily,
being but about two miles from Boulogne, was enabled, with
some assistance, to reach that port in safety. The regular
Dover steamer had sailed ; but the one for Tuesday being in
port, got up her steam, and has reached here with some of
the passengers ; but only about thirty or forty had nerve enough
to attempt it. The weather has been very bad for steam ex-
cursions. The Royal George was yesterday ten hours going
to Boulogne, which is often done in less than three.
FROLICS.—This is the season when one of the
peculiar distinctions of the eastern side of our county—Me
broads—are made subservient to the amusement of a great
proportion of the inhabitants of their neighbourimods, as well
as to the amateurs of boating in more distant parts of .the dis-
trict. The beautiful inland lake of Wroxham, from its di-
mensions, central position, and delightful scenery, as well as
from the fostering hospitality of the Rev. J. llumfrcy, its
proprietor, stands first, and "the Water Frolic" was on
Monday. We know no diversion that maintains such constant
sources of pleasure as these meetings. The gliding motion
of the sparkling waters, the continual change and variety of
the scenery from the shifting of the moveable parts, the joy-
ousness which the passaging to and from imparts, and the
mirth which reigns amongst the crews of the vessels, the mu-
sic that bursts at intervals from instruments or voices, all con-
tribute to produce a general exhilaration, which is without
comparison the simplest, the freest, and the most enduring of
any that assembles a party for the pleasures of a social day.
Norwich Mercury.