The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-14 00:00:00

THE PRESIDENT STEAMER.

We are sorry to say that it is not in our power to
communicate any favourable information with regard
to this long and anxiously expected vessel. It is
now thirty-three days since she left New York,
and from that time to the present nothing has been
heard of her. The rumour of a large steamer seen
off Falmouth, and conjectured to be the President,.
brought by way of London, and another rumour et
a similar vessel seen off Cork, on which the Dublin
papers founded an anticipation of the arrival of the
missing vessel, have both proved to be unfounded, and
we are sorry to say that a report which was cur-
rent in Liverpool yesterday, to the effect that Mrs.
Roberts, the wile of the captain of the President,
had received a letter from her husband, announcing
his safe arrival at Madeira is equally so. For about
an hour this report was confidently believed, and even
announced at the Underwriters' Rooms, but an imme-
diate inquiry instituted by the Superintendent of that
establishment, proved it to be entirely a mistake, ori-
ginating, we belie,/e, in the stupidity of a servant. In
the meanwhile, the conjectures as to the fate of the
President are innumerable. Some suppose that she has
put back to New York ; others, that she has pro-
ceeded to Bermuda, or the Western Isles ; and others
fear that she is lost. All this is mere conjecture. It
is by no means improbable that the Caledonia—the
Halifax packet of the 3d, and which would sail from
Boston on the Ist instant—will bring some information
respecting her. The Caledonia will be here either to-
morrow or on Thursday.—Liverpool Times.

" The British Queen and Statesman," which
was published far the first time under the above title on
Sunday week, has, we understand, procured for itself an
increase of circulation and a degree of confidence not
equalled in the tame space of time by any existing journal.
It is a Family Journal, and is conducted upon truly national,
loyal, and independent principles. The splendid Portrait
of her Most Gracious Majesty, which was presented to its
readers, has never been excelled as a work of art ; and its
spirited Proprietors hare, we understand, determined upon
striking off an additional number for the gratification of
these who could nit procure copies of them on Sunday
week. Portraits of Prince Albert, Lord Melbourne, Lord
John Russell, Sir R. Peel, Mehemet Ali, Commodore
Napier, and other distinguished parsonages, are announced
as being in a state of preparation. The advertisements
amounted to no less than nine columns, and proved, by
their number, that it is only necessary to conduct a Journal
upon pure, exalted, and independent principles, in order to
command the support of the public. Literature, and
Music, and Fine Arts, and the most recent discoveries in
Science and Art, form distinguished features of " The
British Queen," and are evidently written by gentlemen
intimately acquainted with the• subjects upon which they
write.

It is said that the sudden retreat of a particular
class of persons from the neighbourhood of Waterloo-
bridge-road, has caused so many vacancies, that although
nearly in the centre of London, houses and lodgings are
cheaper in that district than in any country town.
GREENWICH FAIR.--THE RIVER. The
unsettled state of the weather, the north-east winds, and
the rain and hail, which came down heavily in the after-
noon, considerably marred the enjoyments of the holiday
folks on Monday, and the numbers who visited Greenwich
were far below the average of Easter Monday, and the steam-
ers were less crowded than on any former anniversary. The
park and fair were at one time well attended with visitors,
but the rain and hail, which fell between four and five
o'clock, dispersed the lads and lassies in very quick time,
and caused them to take refuge in the public-houses,
refreshment-houses, and tea-houses. The bill was too
uet for a run down, and the weather damped the spirits
of the visitors, and interfered in no small degree with the
profits of the showmen, booth-owners, and the keepers of
houses of public entertainment. The fair presents no new
features, and there is the usual variety of shows, round-
abouts and swings, and gingerbread stalls. The famed
Clown and Anchor booth and " Richardson's Theatre,"
conducted by Nelson, Lee, and Johnson, where a tragedy
and a pantomime were performed ten times during the day
to crowded audiences, were the principal attractions,
and are certainly well conducted. The behaviour of the
people was orderly, and the police arrangements excellent.
The steam-boats on the Thames were very numerous,
and followed each other in rapid succesion up and down
the river. la the evening at eight o'clock, the fair was
tolerably crowded, but the weather was cold, damp, and
foggy.
THE PARIS TELEGRAPHs.—There are in
Paris five telegraphs, viz., the central telegraph in the
Rue de l'Universita, which about to be transferred to,
the Ministry of the Interior ; the telegraph at the Ministry
of Marine, which corresponds with the line of Brest; the
telegraph on the church of St. Eustache, for the lino of
Lille ; and the two upon the towers of St. Sulpice, one
of which (the north) corresponds with the line of Stras-
bourg, and the other (the south) with Lyons and Italy.
At the central station accounts are received from Calais in
three minutes, by a line of 27).elegraplis ; from Lille in
two minutes, by 22 telegraphs; from Strasbourg in, six
minutes, by 46 telegraphs; from Lyons in eight minutes,
by 50 telegraphs ; and from Brest in eight minutes, by 80
elegraphs.