The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-20 00:00:00

THE GREAT TIMBER SHIP.

On board the City of Edinburgh steam-vessel'
Harwich Harbour, Oct. 19.
SlR—Since my communication of last night it has blown ex-.
cessively hard from the N.W., but is now more moderate,
and having dispatched a vessel into the offing for information,
she has now (5 P.M.) returned, the Master stating that he saw
the Baron of Renfrew at anchor in the same situation she was
left yesterday morning by this ship, which has been unavoid-
ably detained in consequence of the gales, and for the necessary
supply of coals ; but she will proceed to sea at four o'clock to-
morrow morning, after which I trust to report a favourable
result, not only in assisting to recover the lost anchors and
cables, but to put the bower on board the ship, and to get her
into a roadstead. (Signed) E. S. CURLING,
Agent to Lloyd's at Deal.
N.B. Since the above was written it has blown a tremendous
gale.
DEAL, OcT. 19.—Wind W.—Arrived the Jane, Furr, from
Petersburgh ; Barbadoes, Lee, from Quebec ; Lively, Baxter,
' from Bordeaux; and Nelly, Burrell, from Nova Scotia. Ar-
rived from the River the Samuel and Sarah, Watt, for Anti-
gua; Asaph, Bartlett, fOr Bahia; Charles Brook, Bell, for St.
Vincents ; Betsey and Sophia, Garraway, fer St. Domingo ;
anti Mary Ann, Mozeley, for ditto ; 6 p. m. a breeze is spring-
ing up from the N. E., and the outward-bound are nearly all
underweigh.
PORTSMOUTH, OcT. 19.—Wind W.N.W. blowing hard.
—Arrived the Planet, Barclay, from Scotland for La Guayra.
Arrived the Augusta, of and for Bremen, from New Orleans,
with loss of topmasts, sails, rigging, bulwarks, &c.
PLY3IOUT H, OcT. 18.-4Vind, W.S.W.—Arrived the For-
titude, Manning. from London for St. Kitts; Faille, Stephen-
son, from ditto for Bilbea. Sailed the Cygnet, Russell, for
Newfoundland.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Wind W.—Sailed the Rambler,
Watson, for Antwerp.

THE ARMY.

The Ist Division of the 99th Regiment of Infantry embarked
on hoard the Kains transport, at Portsmouth, and sailed on the
17th instant for the Mauritius. _ _ . _

The Ist Division of the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment
of Foot, has embarked at Cork for Corfu,
The 38th (Heretindshire) Regiment of Infantry has received
orders, on being relieved by the 88th Foot, at Corfu, to return
to England.
A Division of the 42d (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot,
is ordered to embark on board the Numb transport, on her arl
rival at Cork from Portsmouth, for conveyance to Gibraltar.
Detachments belonging to the 24th, 58th, 62d, 63d, and' 2d
P.egiments of Infantry, marched, yesterday morning, from Wes-
tminster to Bristol, on route to Ireland.
Detachments belonging to the 43d and 64th Regiments of
Foot marched, yesterday morning, from Westminster,
.for
Bristol, on route to Plymouth.
I,rmEn.fcx, OCT. 15—Detachments of the 2d battalion. of
the Rifle Brigade, from Dublin, have been passing through
this city these few back, on their way to Cork, from whence
they are to embark for Malta. The grand division arrived
yesterday, and this morning proceeded for the same destina-
tion. The Ist division of the 25th or Royal Borderers, consist-
ing of- three companies, under Major Wolseley, Captains
Priestly anti Stewart, marched yesterday from Dublin for Kul
kenny ; and the second division, consisting of two companies,
under Major M'Dougal and Captain Swyney, marched this day,
the former for Carlow, and the latter for Athy. The remainder
of this distinguished corps remain in Dublin until further orders.
The last and principal division of the 58th Regiment marched
from Waterford on Wednesday, for Dublin.

INFANTICIDE 11l Colonel
WALKEn's expedition to Cutch, his endeavours were unre-
mitting, both in that province and the Kattywar, to put an end
to the practice of infanticide, as regarded female children, and
for a time with some appearance of success. It is melancholy
to state, however, that according to the latest accounts from those
countries, the practice was so completely restored, that there
was hardly a female child preServed among the Jarejah Rajpoots,
though there were, it is supposed, several thousand families of
that caste residing in Cutch and Kattywar. This fact, and the
barbarous custom of female sacrifices, or suttees, prove how
difficult it is to eradicate any of the prejudices, however revolt-
ing to humanity, of the native Indian tribes.
A tornado occurred in Vermont, in the state of
New Jersey, on the 31st of August, the destructive effects of
which were very remarkable. Fortunately its width did not
exceed 500 yards, but within that space every thing it encoun-
tered was swept away by its fury ; houses, barns, fences, and I
even forests, were laid prostrate. A few lives were lost, and a
greater number of persons were seriously injured, but its con-
sequences
in this respect were less fatal than might have been
expected.
There is a custom in Jersey, which occurs,
fortunately, but once in thirty years, but when
it does come it is absolute, and from it there is
no appeal. Certain officers, who have the care
of preserving the boundaries of land, ride round
the island, and wherever they observe an en-
croachment, they touch it with a javelin, and
down the tree or building must come. But on
the same day there is a Saturnalia ; servants and
masters are on a perfect equality, and every man,
down to the very chimney-sweeper, has a right
to salute any woman he finds in the streets or
roads. This year, which is the 30t h , the Eng-
lish ladies were so shocked at the contemplation
of such freedom, that they all locked themselves
closely barricadoed in their apartments, but the
natives went abroad as usual.

SACRILEG E.--On Wednesday evening, the
Catholic Chapel in Alulberry-street, Man-
chester, was entered through one of the win-
dows; and the Communion Plate, consisting
of a silver chalice, plate, and spoon, was
stolen from a closet in the vestry, in which it

was usually deposited. In consequence of some
information conveyed to the Salford Police, Mr.
DERBYSHIRE, with his assistants, went to the
Bo'too packet boat on Sunday morning,
when it was about to sail from Oldfield.lane,
and took from it two men of notorious characters,,
named Andrew Hannah and George Pickering,
in whose possession they found the whole of
the stolen plate. With some difficulty they learnt
Where one of them had been lodging in Bolton,
and, on searching the house, they found an int-
MeliSequantityofsilk,cachemeres,and other goods,
evidently the fruits of several different robberies,
' Which it is supposed the prisoners had received
from the thieves.—Amongst other things dis-
covered, was a gold seal which was stolen from a
young man who was knocked down and robbed
near the Salford Chapel, about a fortnight ago.
The prisoners were brought up for examination
yesterday, but were remanded for further evi-
d p nce.—(Manchester Advertiser.)
ITAWICK, OCT. 13.—We had a sharp frost on
Thursday morning. Harlsgarth, Carter Fell, and the heights
of Cheviot, as also the mountain of Skiddaw, in Cumberland,
were covered with snow.
YAWL UPSET.—On On Tuesday last, a yawl
with two men„ which had gone off from Portle-
then to take up their parton creels, was some time
afterwards found on her side, with her mast and
sail in the water ; from which it is supposed it
must have been upset by a sudden squall. Both
the men, father and son, of the name of Craig,
were drowned ; the former leaving a wife and
family, as well to lament his loss, as that of the.
latter sufferer, who was a fine young man of 24
years of age, on the eve of being married. •