The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-10 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY-OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE
STREET

NOON NlAricil 9.
B Ammeter
30 48 In.
Thermometer
Highest ..... . 61
Lowest
..... 39.5
Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.
The weather within the-e few dap has undergone a
most agreeable change. For the month of March it is
mild in the extreme ; the wind has been generally from
the West, and the barometer remarkably high, viith a fine
clear atmosphere.' A 'seek of such general %%Tether will
bring forth all the verdure of the finest Spring.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, MARCH 9.—Wind this day at noon, S.W., foggy
DEAL, MARCH B.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Courier,
Dixon, from the Cape of Good Hope • Clarinda, Foreman,
Dominica ; Ambassador, Shields, for Gmstantinople. Ar-
rived from the River—George Fyfe, Pike, for Port Philip;
Forester, Parker, New Tangiers ; Renshaw, Taylor, Moga-
dore ; Expedite, Eckerman, Graml Canary ; Jane Smith, Stone
Trieste; Azariam, Philips, St. Michael's ; Audax, White,
ditto. Sailed the Carib, King, for Demerara; British Isles,
Muirhead, ditto.
Poatsmourtr, MARCg B.—Arrived off, the Essex, Roxby,
from Van Diemen's Land.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind W. N. Wp fresh breeze.—.
Arrived the Leeds steamer, from Gibraltar, which she left on
the 25th ult., Cadiz 26th, Lisbon Ist inst., Oporto 3d, Vigo
4th ; Asia, Pattison, Calcutta; Pigeon, Hiscock, Maranham;
Coquette, Morrison, Aux Cayes; Sir Charles Fitzroy, Hed-
with, fram Shields, for Constantinople ; Tagus steamer, from
Southampton, for Vigo, &c. Sailed the Star, Innes, for
Antwerp; Leeds steamer,' Parsons, Southampton. The He-
roine, of London, from India, was lost near Cape Espartel
about 18th ult. ; 25 persons are reported to have perished.
Vessels spoken with :—The barques Glasgow and Pekin, for
St. John's, New Brunswick, sth inst., in lat. 49 long. 9;
Pollux, from Newcastle to New York, 6th inst., in lat. 49
long. 5, by the Coquette, arrived here ; Iberia steamer, 27th
ult., off Cape Espichel; Royal Tar steamer 4th inst., off
Oreza Island, by the Leeds steamer, arrived here.
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH B.—Arrived the Leeds steamer,
from Gibraltar.
BRIDLINGTON, MARCH S.—Arrived the Perseverance,
Hogg, Shields for London, with loss of foremast and both top-
masts.

HULL, AlAucii B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the General
Rebow, Lord, from St. Alichael's; Ant, Utting, Dunkirk ; Au-
gusta, Antwerp. Sailed the Lord Nelson, Quinton, for St.
Michael's ; Sovereign, Markham, St. John's, New Brunswick ;
George, Berridge, St. -John's, New Brunswick ; Escort,
Smales, Halifax. The Princess Victoria steamer put in here
with damage to machinery.
COWES, MARCH B.—Sailed the Theodlre Korner, Berge.
dian, for Rotterdam.
OFF DOVER, MARCH B.—North Ash, Sprague, Villa Nova.
Sailed the Elizabeth Margeretha, Groot, for Amsterdam.
HASTINGS, MARCH B.—Arrived off, the City of London,
Morton, from the Mauritius.
The Newburn, from Mauritius to London, 11th ult., lat. 27
long. 27, schooner, No. 372, St. Michael's to Bull, and Har-
lequin, from Algoa Bay, spoken by the City of London, ar-
rived off Hastings.
LIVERPOOL, AlAucn B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the
Australia, Blanshard, from Bahia, sailed 17th January ;
Mol-
son, Bayres; Sir George Provost, Mackie, Savannah ; Cal-
liope, St. Jo'in's, New Brunswick ; Mary Ann, Chapman,
Oporto. Sailed the Hector, Anderson, for Pernambuco; Alice
Brooks, Jackson, Buenos Ayres; 111‘Leod, Patterson, Rio
Janeiro ; Robert Lawson, Rio Grande ; Stephen Whitney,
Popham, New York ; Susan Drew, Babbidge, Boston ; Se.
lina, Lythgoe, Africa; Falkland, Appleton, Naples; Osprey,
Langmaid, Genoa ; Eliza Mary Ann Ball, Messina. The Ac-
tive, hence to Lisbon, which was abandoned in the Bay of
Biscay, was carried into St. Thomas's 26th Jan. The Pretty
Lass, Price, is arrived from Holyhead, with part of the cargo of
the Adelaide, from Charenton ; Paul, Emilie, Martinique, W.
Bordeaux, Ist ult., lat. 28 lon. 61.
he Cossack, from Glasgow to Antigua, sth inst., lat. 51,
long. 7, by the,Brigand, arrived at Liverpool.
John Pink, Bermuda to London, with loss of tails, &c., 27th
ult. lat. 46 lon. 32, by the Australia, Blanshard, arrived at
Liverpool.

VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Claudine, of Greenock, for Bar-
badoes, 14th ult., lat. 22, lon 37, by the Surprise, arrived in
the river; Lord Oakley, Sunderland to Algiers, off Cape St.
Vincent, by the Waterw•itch, arrived at Gibraltar ; Henrietta,
Surinam to Amsterdam, lat. 46, lon. 26; Sybilla, Mauritius
to Bristol, lit. 13 S., lon. 9 W. ; President, Calcutta to Li-
verpool, lat. 9. S., by 15.

AN ECCENTRIC.-About a month ago a man,
wretchedly clres,cd, wearing a broad and shabb .hataaawd
"carrying a pair (-labors hung to hi; ne:: :theirent'
tuir, presented himself et the Hotel de Provence, at Gap,
kept by M. Borer. " I am," said he, " a poor traveller
who havd but just what I want to accomplish my journey ;
if you will shelter me for a night I shall be most grateful,
provided you do not put me to too great expense." " Sup
first," replied M. Bore!, ".and then go to bed; we have
vacant beds usually occupied by waggoners; you will pay
me what you please." After a humble meal the stranger
went up to the bedroom, expressing his wish for a change
of linen, which Monsieur Betel immediately complied with.
Next morning, at dawn, t'.e traveller, who was ready to
resume his jeurney, called fof the landlord, flung a fort)-
franc ; iece on the table, adding, that, his expenses paid,
the remainder was for the servants, and took his depar-
ture, leaving everybody astounded at • his liberality. On
the evening of the same day the arrival of a splendid equi-
page at the Hotel de Provence explained the mystery.
The poor pedestrian of the day before was no other than
Lord Alrord travelling incog., in order to study the
manners of Fraece, and followed at a day's distance by his
carriage and servants. This Lord is the same mentioned
irlirctineg,u)freciAgipittecsairerni.ageN,V, eansdawweatweAreixt,:heins
clageitii3peagire,i,cl
nhsei s
assurel that that wealthy Englishman had 120,000 francs
a month to spend.—Gazette du Midi.
'LIE LATE WILLIAM JONES.--In our obi-
tuary of last .wrek will be found the name of William
Jones, of Sow erby, near Thirsk ; and is so brief a notice
all that shall be said of Poor Bi ly ?. No, we will endea-
vour to pen a short reecrJ, to testae from oblivious for-
EcCulness the memory of a man so celebrated. Jones was
au untivalled artist in his profession, elevating to a science,
a business which in other hands is a mere vulgar and dis-
reputable calling. But during half a century of existence
he could never, with all his aptness (and many bitter lessons
he had), be made t) understand that hares, partridges,
and such small deer, were made by God for the rich
alone; and many a scrape hi; obtuseneis in that respect
got him int Biliy Jane; was, in short (not a
notorious, but) a f tmoua poacher. Did it not
trepans too much on your limits, we could tell many eteries
of his aiveaturas, his bold, unique, and successful stra-
tagems, and his suue.-liuman endurance of fafgue in pre-
secution of the predatory sre ns to which he was so en-
thusiastically attached. Poor Billy I H:s death will
make a sinecure of the places of half the garnekeeiers of
the North Riding of Yorkshire, whom Billy has sent on
many a wild goose chase, on Italy a wrong scent, for the
purpoic of catching him, while he has securely carried
on operations in the abundance of the heart of their pre-
aerves. Ye', for many 'ears has the chance of catching
Billy exe'ted tl a hopes and sharpened the wits of
keepers far ar.i 'lca:, but chiefly those of his Lartiship
f Feveie,l an, to whose preserves (to the secret
sati ifaa ton c f the Duncorribe teaantre, on whose
firms the unchecked abundance of game made great ra-
vages) Jones was a constant vls.tant. By the bye, Billy
used to claim (we don't know on what grounds) to be a
relativa of his Lordship, also clainair g part of the Due-
comte Park estate, and, therefore, as be used to say,
"where was the harm in a gentlemnn sperting on his own
manor ?" But we rather suspect, had-his Lordship's ic-
croa-singly numerous and much Itarrassed keepers suc-
ceeded in their e Igor desire of catching him, his kinship
would not hava stood him in much need. Poor Billy 1
We may say of him, as Prince Hall said of Falstaff, and•
the sentiment is felt by all who knew him, " We could have
better spared a better man."—Leedom Times,

PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—Ott Monday
afternoon the eighteenth nice ing of the subscribers and
fiends f this Ina' te.i. ni took place, at the London 1-,
vorn, Bishopsgatc-,treet, fir the purpose cf electing four
pensioners on the funds of the Sori.tty. .Al.haugh only
four were to be chosen, there were 25 candidates on this
occasion. The following prove' successful : —John Towns,
axed 75, compositor; Matthew Yates, aged 69, pressman ;
Sarah Anderson, aged 63, aid Susannah Jerrold, aged 66.
The meeting was very respectably attended, Mr. Riving_
ton ptesidiag in the Chair and immediately ater
the
close of the poll, the Secretary read the Report fur the
past year, from which it appeared that the funds of the
Society, although not materially diminished, were greatly
in want of support from the pressing claims of many of Vie
applicants, some of whom have remained on the list far
several years. The Secretary also acknowledged the very
liberal bequest of 200/., made by the late Mr. 'Wbittingham,
of Chiswick, which enabled the Committee to propose to
the subscribers the creation cf a new pension of 71. per
annum, to be entitled the Whi tingham
pension, and given
on each occasion to the candidate who polls the highest
number of votes without gaining his election. pre-
position was carried almost unanimously ; and Mr. R.
la.
Taylor baying consented to retkin the office of Tr,:•asu.ree
to the Society, thanks were 'voted to the Chairman, and t
meeting separated. We are very glad to be enabled to
add that although the Commit ee have up to the present
time f,•lt it imprudent to apply any portion of their funds
towards the erection of almshouses-, their Coll, ctor is now
authorised to receive sub:criptions in a'd cf the above
olject. The following subscrip:ions were acknowledged
towards the Almshouse Building Fund :—C. Baldwin,
Esq., of Bridge street, 50/. ; C. Baldwin, Jun., Esq.,
10/. ; and C. Cox, Esq., Parker's-lane, 51- ss.
Much activity now prevails at the factory of
Messrs. Seaward and Co., at Limehousc, ir. fitting out the
engine s and machinery for the Ardent and other steam-
frigates, lately towed up the river, which a: e to be equipped
with all possible expedition for the
Royal Navy. The
workmen in Messrs. Seaward s factory are employed day
and night in completing the boilers, engises, and ma-
chinery. The Ardentis in a very forward state, and
will soon be ready for sea, and to meet an enemy if re-
quired,

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