The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-18 00:00:00

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.) ,
DEAL, JAN. 16.—Wind N. N. W. Jan. 17.—Wind N. W.
—Arrived the Regent, Allen, from Surinam ; Latona, Wat-
son, from Bermuda ; Castlereagh, Mould, mid Dart, —,
from St. Michael's - Victory, Peter, from Limerick ; Plym,
Davis, from Alexandretta ; Malvina, Buckle, from Leghorn ;
and Mary, Constance, from Mogadore. Arrived from the
river , the Lady Middleton, Barber, for Terceira ; Osbert,
Dalrymple, for Dominica ; Sarah harry, Bissett, for Jamaica;
Circassian, —, for Malta • Janet, Scott, for. Bordeaux ;
and Claudine, Kemp, for Madras. Sailed in the course of the
day the whole of the outward-bound, as well as the home-
ward-bound.
MARGATE, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Mountaineer, James, from
Demerara; and Bruce, Symonds, from Charente.
RAMSGATE, JAN. 17.—Arrived off port the Unity, Steven-
son, from Messina ; Killingrew, Maye, from Seville.
COWES, JAN. 17.—Arrived the Palid, Lindberg, from Rio
Janeiro.
JERSEY, JAN. 15.—Arrived the Brutus, Sorrell, Wilmington.
BRISTOL, JAN. 17.—Arrived the New Volunteer, Stewart,
from Demerara. _ _

BEitummus, AN. 15.—Arrived the Isabella, M'Caskell,
'rom St. Andrew's.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Golden Fleece, Baker,
from Bahia ; Stirlingshire, Brown, and Paidman, Hughes,
from Jamaica; Superb, --, from New Orleans ; Savanilla,
Ridley, from Savanilla; Emerald, Campbell, from St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Beiram, Carter, from Smyrna ; and Ad.
venture, Evans, from Messina.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N. E. Jan. 7.—Wind
N. W., light.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind N. N. W. to N. E.' strong.
Jan. 16.—Wind N. E., moderate.—Arrived the Lapwing
Packet, from Rio Janeiro—sailed the 12th November, and
Pernambuco the 12th ult. ; Lord Melville, —, from the
West Indies—sailed from St. Thomas's the 21st ult. Off
port the Victor, Green, from Mauritius.

The Persian, 'of Sunderland, was on shore at Bay Chaleur,
and filling with the tide.
The Medway, Robinson, from Newcastle to Liverpool, was
totally wrecked near the entrance of the New Channel the
15th instant, and only one man saved.
The Spermaceti, from Liverpool, was on the ,bar at the en-
trance of the Mississippi the Bth ult.
Rear-Admiral Sir B. Capel was at Trincomalee 9th Sept. ;
Ruttlesnake and Victor arrived from England 10th, and 6th
August—former sailed 31st for Bombay, latter despatched.
to Penang, via Madras and Calcutta, to assist Commodore
Barrow, of the Rolfe, in the suppression of piracy. Wolf
to sail on the 10th Sept. for Mauritius, with directions to
Capt. Chad of the Andromache, regarding a large merchant-
vessel on shore at Guajardo Camios.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Arrived, the Lapwing, from Rio
Janeiro—sailed 12th November; left there, Dublin and Hornet.

STRANGE OCCURRENCE.-011 Wednesday, while
the Belfast and Londonderry day coach was passing over.
Glenshane mountain, on its way to Belfast, it came repeat-
edly in contact with extensive and dark clouds of small flies
or midges. This very singular occurrence continued for
nearly a mile.
The illness of the Duke of St. Alban's, which was
at first considered merely a bilious attack, appears to have
assumed the more serious form of fever ; and it being pro-
nounced to be of an infectious description, the Duchess of
St. Alban's, with Miss Burdett, have removed from Stratton-
street to Holly-lodge, Highgate, from whence her Grace
drives every day for intelligence of the Duke, who, we are
happy to say, is considerably better.
At half-past 10 o'clock, on the night of the 3d inst.,
the sky being without a cloud, a brilliant meteor appeared
from the east of Noirmoutiers, in La Vendee, and after
being visible for half a minute, disappemeed in thewest. It
was of a conical form, six inches long, and four inches in
diameter at the base. Half-a-minute after its extinction, a
loud explosion was heard in the west, and continued rolling
back towards the east for about two minutes.

At the Court-martiallliely held at Sheerness on
Captain Hope, the following dialogue took place between
one of the witnesses and the Court :—" Are you a Ca-
tholic ?"—" No, Sir." " Are you a Pretestant
Sir." " What are you, then ?"—" Captain of the foretop.'
It is plain that our seamen are much better instructed in
their duty of defending their country than in religion.
A few days ago, a lady of apparently extreme cor-
pulence alighted from the diligence, at Blanc Misseron, ut
the Nord, and entered the custom-house to be examined.
The officers observing that she took extraordinary care to
avoid being pressed upon by the crowd, suspected all was
not natural, and handed her over to the female inspectors,
who soon extracted about enough to furnish a milliner's
shop. No fewer than eighty-seven lace caps, ready made
up, were found in her sleeves, her bustle, and other parts
of her ample clothing.
The mother of :family living at Toettleben, in Saxe
Weimar, went to the fair at Erfurt, to purchase new year's
gifts for her four children, whom she left shut up in a room.
The three eldest, aged eight, six, and four years, finding
empty a chest large enough to hold them, got into it by way
of amusement, when the lid, which shuts with a springt ock,
fell down upon them, and being unable to raise it agaiu,
they were all suffocated.—Gollignani's Messenger.
Mr. Trower, one of the Masters in Chancery, a
gentloman of very advanced age," has been suddenly seized
with paralysis, which renders his situation a subject of much
anxiety to his friends.
Solicitors, resident and possessing local knowledge
and experience in the several counties of Ireland, have ,been
appointed to conduct public prosecutions at Quarter Sessions.
Such a provision for the effectual attainment of justice was
particularly advisable in consequence of the enlarged jurisdic-
tion of the Quarter Session Courts. Their power extends
over that numerous class of offences, short of homicide and
other felonious outrages, which proceed from the internal dis-
sensions of the people, and stamp their name with the violent
and disorderly character which has long disgraced it. Com-
binations, way-laying, riots at fairs and funerals, faction-fights,
and every species of common assault, together with the various
forms of larceny and petty plunder, of which the humbler
classes are the most frequent victims, are cognizable at Quar-
ter Sessions. A strict and searching system of investigating
those charges is essential to the preservation of good order,
and the general security of society. And it must obviously
conduce to the success and moral effect of such inquiries, that
they be conducted by persons responsible for their just per-
formance, and qualified to prosecute them with skill and
fidelity. Heretofore the Magistrates, or officers of police de-
puted by them, have taken the office of public prosecutors upon
themselves. But besides that the greater, number of those
persons are supposed to have hostile feelings towards the com-
mon people—and consequently, convictions obtained through
their endeavours, have failed to produce that respect for the
administration of justice, without which the mere punishment
of offenders is of little value to the community—there was a
manifest impropriety in the Magistrates, who are judges of the
Court, identifying themselves in any shape with a prosecution.
This appointment, therefore, of local attorneys to direct the
proofs and arrange the evidenCe in cases which the Magistrates
may send for trial before the Quarter Sessions, is a wise and
excellent provision. The character of that tribunal will be
much raised, and its utility proportionally increased, when the
people see its practice and proceedings assimilated to those of
the Courts of Assize ; and the Magistrates, confining their
exertions to the performance of their judicial functions, will,
doubtless, find that the ends of
justice may be quite as satisfac-
torily attained without their intermeddling in its preparations.
There are a great number of Englishmen at presen.
in Paris, and foreigners arc daily arriving there, to be pre-
sent at the trial of Fieschi and his accomplices, which-at-
tracts much attention as the preparations for its commence-
ment are complete. The proceedings will occupy a great
portion of the ensuing month.