The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-15 00:00:00

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DEAL, Dec. 13.—Wind N.E. moderate.—Arrived from
the River and sailed the Severn, Wake, for Calcutta ; Red-
man, Flint, Trinidad ; Armistead, Fernandez. Cadiz ; Sove-
reign, (transport,) Grant, Westward. Arrived the Vrase
Maria, Dom, from Rotterdam, and sailed for Surinam. Sailed
the outward bound.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind E. N. E.—Arrived the
Quebec, Hebard, from London, and sailed for New York ;
Enterprise, Green, and Kingston, Potter, Waterford ; Rove-
hence, Duke, Dublin. Off port the Concordia, from Dant..
zic ; Express, Goodhill, Antwerp.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind N. N. E.—Arrived the Dn.
rade, Delan, from Bordeaux.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Wind S. S. E.—Arrived the Liver-
pool, (steamer,) Brooks, from Gibraltar, left 3d instant, Ctdis
4th, Lisbon 7th, Oporto Bth, Vigo 9th; Mumnira, Waterford.
Sailed the Ornen, Smith, for Rio Janeiro; Liverpool,
(steamer,) Brook, London.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14.—Light, variable airs, and bezY
weather.—Arrived the Commerce, Bristow, from St. Johns,
New Brunswick ; Ann Liffey, Lister, Pictou ; Intrepid, Serve'
gal. OEI port, the Perseverance, from Honduras ; Algonquin,
Philadelphia S Robertson, Quebec. Sailed the Appleton,
Evans, for Jamaica ; Rival, Sutherland, St. John's ; Chase,
Powle, Rochford ; Malaga, Havannah ; William Turner, Rosh:,
Calcutta ; Huskinson, Tastier, Africa; Alert, Suthon, Bahia;
Lucy, Stymudes, Trieste ; Marmora, Barnes, Constantinople-
COWES, DEC. 14.—Wind N.E. by N.—Sailed the Black
River packet, Wright, for Jamaica; Eliza, Gallon, Demerara;
Augusta, Dublin ; Harlequin, Constantinople.
MARGATE, DEC. 14.—Arrived the King George, Denni°,
from Ostend ; Ury, Claxton, Rouen.
RAMSGATE, DEC. 14.—Sailed the Neptunus, for the HOW
nah ; Jacoba Catherine, London.
BRISTOL, DEC. 13. Arrived the West, Farr, Honduras.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 14.—Arrived Two Brothers, Cork.
HOLYHEAD, DEC. 13.—Arrived off port, the Cumberland.
from Quebec.
SHIELDS, DEC. 13.—Arrived -the Emily, Reimer, fro
Dantzic ; Britannia, Gibson, Amsterdam • Liverpool, Dal'
seri, Honfleur ; Margaret, Gibson, Memel ; Amazon, Rob..
son, ditto.
DUBLIN, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Yanders, Lowther, froul
Antwerp; Walburton, Jenkins, Rouen.
CORK, DEC. 12. Arrived the Cherry, Godfrey, London.
KiNosrowN.—Arrived the Wilman, Legget, from Deme-
rara ; Protheroe, Ralfe, London.
IVIARYPORT, DEC. 12.—Off port, Ocean, Wilkinson, Quebec.
ABERDEEN, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Henry Holland, Reid,
from Riga.
PENZANCE, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Forsocket, Dahl, &On
Brury. Off port the Brighton, Roberts, from Waterford.
Sailed the Adur, Grebo, for Trinidad.
HULL, DEC. 13.—Wind light breezes from the North war
—Arrived the Jane, Tasher, and Loyal Briton, Storey, frogs
Quebec; Marmion, Smith, Copenhagen; William, Rigi
Ann Guthrie, Atkinson, Stanton, Casely, and Apollo, Reiter'
dam; Fairy, Poskett, Dunkirk. Sailed the Commodore.
Campbell, for Leghorn.
DUNGENESS, DEC. 14.—Arrived off port the Victoria
Shields, for Rio Janeiro.
SALCOMBE, DEC. 13.—Arrived the Agenoria, from Londnr4

Prince Regent, Pures, from Quebec, arrived at Nevvivr"
decks swept, foremast sprung.
Perseverance, Adams, from Messina to New York, is 011
shore near Tarrisa, and must discharge.
Transit (steamer), from Lisbon, bound to Madeira, put Wl°
Gibraltar with damage;
Catherine, Palmer, from Rotterdam, bound to Batavia, With
loss of bulwarks, arrived at Lisbon. out
The Courier, Lorton, from Louston, bound to Africa,
into Lisbon, with loss of bulwarks.
The Wilhelmina Maria, from Amsterdam to Surinam, has

put into Lisbon leaky, find must discharge. •
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The Ringwood, Smith, from Oporto and Lisbon, leaky, c
bound to Newfoundlard.
The A valon, Ritchie, from Newfoundland to Oporto ana

Lisbon, decks swept. part
The Convivial, Hamptor, to Lisbon, decks swept, and
of the cargo thrown overboard.
The City of Kingston (steamer), from London to Bab
i3'
put into Lisbon with loss of paddle-boxes, &c. ia,
The Banca, Teu Ham, from Rotterdam, bound to Bata°
was towed into Lisbon with loss of foremast
The Sappho, Bassett, from Plymouth. to Seville, Was
wrecked near Figuera on the 24th ult. ; crew saved. 4th
The Mass, Matzen, was wrecked near Lisbon on the 2
ult. ; crew drowned.

The Marquis of Douglas gave a splendid bell to
the family tenantry on the Isle of Arran, at the princir:
inn, on Friday last. A letter from an eye-witness info rO,
us that " the Marquis wore the magnificent costume of !'0
Jl(
Gordan clan ; and as for his dancing, the fair rustic be
of the isle declare his Lordship to be the best dancer 07_
land o' cakes' ever produced. A party of gentlemen.;
siting the family at Broderick Castle accompanied the No
Lord, and participated in the gay scene.
ROBBERIES.-On Tuesday morning, from the re:
sidence of Mr. Banister, 3, Huntley-street,'Gower-street,ti;
circular rifle-green cloth cloak, of a blueish tint, lined vr,l`.,
silk, and sable-minx collar. Supposed by a man about
years of age, middle height, and red face. On Wednest'a
morning, from %the house of Mr. Bryant, 3, Montague-str,to
Westminster-road, two silver dessert-spoons, three 0,
table-spoons, four ditto tea-spoons, two ditto tea-spoons °, J.
fashioned, marked "A. 5.," and a pair of sugar-tong`'

A. S." Suspicion attaches to a sweep.•
Yesterday morning the wife of a respectable tra.des;
man, named Plant, upwards of sixty years of age, res
in Worton-street, Paddington, was discovered by her J.
band suspended by a table-cloth to the rail of the bedsjaied
She was immediately cut down, and a surgeon was ,cahoat
in, who tried to restore animation by bleeding, but slit",tor
avail. The unfortunate woman had been labouring ttri, be
an unhappy delusion for some time past that she shoulei
reduced to the station of a pauper in a workhouse. a,
Two respectably-dressed women, sisters, were °dr
mined yesterday at Guildhall on a charge of baying of
frauded, of sums varying from 3s. to Bs., a nuraberr st.
housekeepers and other servants in the vicinity of St'
Paul's Church-yard, under the pretence that the sat° sere
due on pretended parcels of fruit ordered by their resP to
tive masters. The plan adopted by the prisoners wag
call at times when they knew the party to whom til,c to
cel purported to be addressed was from home, and tifi-dir
represent themselves as sent from some fruiterer's at -00
tance. They had succeeded in very many eases'
ges'
parcels, when opened, usually contained a few sour era° the
At first only one of the sisters was charged, but whe° se'
other appeared to prove an alibi on the part Of tbet the
cused, she herself was recognised, and being placed
bar, various cases in which it was alleged she bau table
concerned, were gone into. She said she was a resPecoro
woman, and could refute the charges. Both prisoners
remanded till this day. hie')
Yesterday the workmen removed the hoard nciii%
has been for some time placed round the statue o,`"bing
bered ova
tChheasrtloens,eawt
work Charinge-rcross,
for o
the Arms
P urpoaserc sc
o_fety
the pedestal. The old pimp is removed, and one °L
description erected on the north side of the statue. etors
Yesterday, at the meeting of the Board of Dicreodea
and Guardians of the parish of Marylebone, griTaLo t°
brought forward a motion to the effect, that, in adds Ens
regaling the paupers in the workhouse with the 01" doi,
lish fare, roast beef and plum-pudding, on Christen ether
they should receive a plentiful supply. of porter, ti-a
tae
with tea and sugar, on that occasion. There were eonlea
workhouse of St. Marylebone not less than 300 nor Put the
advanced to such an age, that he had no doubt bd then'
latter articles would be highly acceptable, and ale°. beett
a great deal of gratification. The motion having
seconded, was carried without a dissentient voice. chore'
A man named James Lennard, residing at ofeel‘'
rell, met with a most shocking accident on 'ruesdaY ble°11)
from the burstingof a gun, by which part of his nose wa.s, it 15
off, and both his eyes seriously injured,
feared will be entirely lost. His face is also
Other
greatly disfigured.—Wilts Independent. a Mi.
Dr. V. Beyne, Prussian High Chancellor an .0 the
instant,
nister of State, died at Berlin on the Bth
74th year of his age. o'clock,
Yesterday morning, between eight and nine siding
a respectable middle-aged lady, named Harris, red jr, be,
Marylebone-lane, St. Marylebone, was found dea earca
bed. On retiring to bed the previous night sbe aPtPthere
in her usual health and spirits. Sinoe MondaYla,s death ,a
have been no less than fourteen cases of sudden 'Le
one of oio
tl:e metropolis.
sclaY't
SERIOUS TITHE AFFRAY.—Last Wedncot
Correspondent informs us that there was a sefizpurublinfii
non-payment of tithes, at Pieldstown, county 0- ce -
A party of military and police went to the reside.. 'eett.
Mr. Ward, a farmer residing there, to enforce the
stataa
tion, at the suit of the Reverend Mr. Short. It sabre
that a son of Mr. Ward, and a labourer, receivca n.,to
• f the 5',.10
wounds, on attempting to prevent the opening ° .Aerau
a ono" three
and doors of the farm. Eventually,
amount of property was taken and conveyed nPacont
floats into Dublin. This is the substance of the ac
which reached us.—Dublin Evening Post.
on the
An inuest was held yesterday at Wapping, ,0 05
bo:V of adman named Wickett, a barge-keeper, vv,!',odoo
found dead in the cabin of a barge, lying in
Dock basin. The deceased had been missing for some "oh'
and was found lying below, with his face towards tt_rt.
the L'evtiroe,
way, the door being blocked up by some tobacco Wi true oc
the barge was loaded. There were no marks of vioti:sicep,
his person, and it was conjectured that, having gone .nioke
he had become overpowered and suffocated by the
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arising from the fire, as there was no aperture for il.sc_et,oel,
There was, however, no positive evidence to that effect
on the suggestion of the Coroner, the jury returned b-arge,
diet " That Williams Wickett was found dead bow
without any marks of violence on his person, bat ~ijencs
by what means he came by his death there was no ev
to show."