The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-28 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals, Aug. 27.—The Knox, from Singapore, off
Portsmouth. sailed April 18; City of Edinburgh, Regan,
from New South %Vales, off Margate, sailed from Sydney
Marc! 11 ; Earl Grey, Adamson, from Bengal, off Liverpool,
sailed April 2 ; Aliquis, M`Fee, from Bombay, off Liverpool,
sailed April 11, St. Helena July 4; Gulnsre, Henderson,
from Bombay, off Liverpool, sailed April 5, St. Helena June
30; Donna Maria, Brown, from Bengal, passed the Downs
on the 23d inst., bound to Stockholm, sailed April 4.
Arrival at Anjer.—The Vanguard, Stewart, from Liver..
pool, for China.
Arrival at Penang.—The Fortitude, Sly, from Ceylon.
Arrivals at Batavia.—The Mars, Velthoven, April 14, from
Rotterdam ; Plicani, from Middleburg ; Tropic, King, and
the Leyton, Austin, horn New South Wales.
apartures from Batavia.—The Paris, King, April 5, for
; Hintioo, Pearson, fur Canton; Royal Sovereign,
Moncridf, April 8, for Samarang.
Arrivals at Samarang.—The Henrietta Klasina, April 3,
from Passarveang ; Regulus, Vesmer, April 6, from Batavia.
Arrivals at Havre.—The Hoore et Guadaloupe, from Ma-
nilla ' - and Neptune. Salaun, from Batavia.
Ship Spoken With.—The Medusa, Purdie, from London
to New South Wales, August 10, lat. 39. 27. N., long. 14.
20. W.
Passengers per Triumph, from Bombay—Mrs. Glass and
three children, Mrs. Macgillivray and children, Mrs. Thomas
and five children, Mrs. Crockett, Mrs. Erskine and children,
Miss Parrott died at sea 27th of July, Lieutenants Gordon,
Erskine, Borthwick, Cameron, and childr"n.

CIIESTER.—The petition from Chester for a com-
mutation of the sentence was signed by the Chancellor of the
Cathedral, as well as by Dean - Davy (who was tutor to the
Queen) and several of the clergy. There is also a nume-
rously signed petition gone up from Tattenhall, the native
place of the convict, Dinah Jones, accompanied by testimo-
nials of previous good character; and a petition from Stock-
port in favour of Ann Byrom, being the place at which she
lived. The latter bore the signatures of the Mayor of Stock-
port, two county magistrates, and seven clergymen and
ministers.

Our readers will recollect that a short time back
complaint was made at the Mansion House, by a Mr. Barlow
Moore, of gross outrages committed towards him by a party
of the water-guard, stationed at Gravesend. The complaint
of that gentleman embraced several circumstances, but the
main outrage was, that upon one occasion his yacht had, with-
out any justifiable grounds, been fired at with ball no less
than eighteen times, from a boat belonging to the coast-guard
station in question. Upon these circumstances being brought
under the notice of the Treasury, an inquiry was directed, and
an officer of the Customs was sent to Gravesend to examine
witnesses on the subject. We are now enabled to state that,
upon a consideration of the evidence on both sides, the Lords
of the Treasury have come to the decision that the officer in
command of the boat from which the shots were fired should
be immediately dismissed. As yet we are unacquainted with
the decision of the Treasury as to the other parts of the case.
—Observer.

DREADFUL DEATII.—On Wednesday afternoon,
the 15th inst., a bricklayer of the name of George Platts, who
was employed in one of the shafts at the Clay Cross Tunnel,
near Chesterfield, was suddenly engulphed by a quantity of
loose earth falling upon him. The body was not discovered
until Friday, although a number of men were employed for
that purpose.—Doncaster Gazette.
VERDICTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS.—Amidst what
are now proverbially termed, " the glorious uncertainties of
the law," we have seldom known so fortunate an assizes as the
one just terminated for that generally losing party in an action
—the defendant. It is not usual to have more than some half
dozen verdicts given at these assizes for the defendant ; but on
the present occasion there have been no fewer than sixteen—
nearly one-seventh of the whole number of causes in the list,
more than one-fifth of the number tried, and nearly a third of
the number in which verdicts were given for the plaintiff. Of
the 117 causes in the list, there were verdicts in 54 for the
plaintiff, in 16 for the defendant, 13 were referred, in one the
plaintiff was nonsuited, and 33 causes were withdrawn or not
tried.—Manchester Guardian.

CORN-LAW AGITATION.—At the Bolton petty
sessions, on Thursday last, John Pilkington, a police officer,
was charged with assaulting James Hilton, on Saturday last.
Mr. Taylor appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Holden
for the defendant. The case excited a great deal of interest.
From what could be collected from the v: itnesses, whose exa-
minations occupied nearly three hours, it appeared that Hilton,
who is a huckster, or dealer in vegetables, had procured a pole
of three yards in height, on the top of which were placed three
loaves of different sizes, and labelled, the smaller one, "
England ;" the next in size, " 6d. France ;" and the
largest, " 6d. Russia;" intending to show the operation
of the Corn-laws. The novelty of such an exhibition
attracted the attention of a great many persons ; and,
amongst the rest, the Boroughrceve, who ordered the de-
fendant and Swingwood, another officer, to remove it as an
obstruction. They proceeded to do so in a forcible manner,
without inquiring to whom it belonged ; and the consequence
was, that Hilton made a resistance, and Pilkington struck him
on the hand with a stick, which rendered him incapable of fol-
lowing his employment. The Magistrates reprimanded the
police for proceeding to remove the pole, without first ascer-
taining to whom it belonged, and making known to him the
orders of the Beroughreeve ; at the same time, they said they
roust inform the complainant, that he was not justifiable in re-
ssting. them. The case was then dismissel—Manchester
Guardian.
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THE CULTURE CF WHEAT.--Three Specimens of
Wheat were gathered on Tuesday, near Exminster. —Of these,
two were soon on the same day ; one is the Old Devonshire
Lammas Wheat, and the bundle had fifteen ears, which
weighed one ounce, one drachm, twelve grains, and measured
iu circumiereece 7r inches. The other is the ilecklin Wheat;
the burnlle contained fourteen ears, which weighed two and a
',elf ounce::, one drachm, end one scruple, sod reeasured loz
i inches is circu ee fere ice. The third :specimen consisted of
ei slit ears of a species called " The Cußservative." These
i •
elget ears wei;,,eee olio ounce, two screples, eight grains, and
reeesured incites circurnferenee. 1 hie' sort, thoegli it, does
eot give many buAiel3 per acre as the Heeklill, is Of i2,:tter
gindity; ineeed, It is a %cry tine Wheet. The &ifereinen
I;owrvur,.lict-cre7n the end the OA D,,svenehire
Lammas is ransom kble, and it is thought the f;,:
epwards cf tee beshels reore per acre on the crop.