The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-14 00:00:00

parations for a contest, but the show of hands being
against the defendant he declined a poll, and, not thinking
himself liable, he refused to pay one-third of the ex-
penses charged against hith by the returning-officer.
The judgment of the Court was in favour of the
defendant.

SHERIFFS' COURT, May 13.
EVANS V. UPTON.
The plaintiff in this case is commonly known as Young'
Dutch Sam, the pugilist, and is landlord of the Black Bul.
public-house, Vinegar-yard, Covent-garden. The action was
brought to recover of defendant the sum of 131., monies al-
leged to have been lent to defendant at plaintiff's house on the
24th of March last.

A numberOfWitnesses were examined, who saw the money
handed to defendant, and .two 1 0 U's, one for 81., and the
other for 5/., given as acknowledgments for the same.
It, however, appeared that the defendant had lost the whole
of the cash at the game of " toss" before he let the house.
which was construed into a gambling transaction ; and the Jur,
returned a verdict for defendant.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)
LONDON, MAY 13.—Wind this day at noon light breeze
from the eastward, fine clear weather.

DEAL, MAY 12.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Venetia,
Boston, from Sierra Leone ; Queen Victoria, Teneriffe. Ar-
rived from 'he River and sailed, the Malcolm, for Madras ;
African, Africa • Marquis of Douro, Bermuda ; Canadian,
Montreal ; Zealous, Newfoundland ; Sovereign, St. Sebas-
tian ; Othello, Jersey. •
LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Plutus,
from Manilla; Zante, Masters, Tobago, sailed March 22;
Constitution, Neil, Charleston ; Dahlia, Brelmson, Malta ;
Eliza, Rathlin, laden with cotton from the Matthew Bell.
Sailed the Adam, Lodge, for Sydney ; Thalia, Bombay
Grace, Brown; Baltimore ; Symmetry, New York.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12. Wind N. N.E.—Arrived her Ma-
jesty's ship Monarch, from Sheerness; Josephine, Westerbury,
Bahia, sailed 19th March ; Robert Bonne, London, for New
York. Sailed her Majesty's ship Dee, for the eastward ; her
Majesty's ship Volege, ditto. Arrived off port the Mainstone,
Wimble, Calcutta.

BRIGHTON, MAY 12.—Arrived off port the Malcolm, Sim,
Singapore—sailed Bth January ; Sumatra, Duncan, Ceylon.
PLYMOUTH, MAY I2.—Arrived her Majesty's ships Belle-
rophon and Edinburgh, from Malta ; Alicia, Nichols, Sierra
Leone , May, Tate, ditto: Colombia, Rio Janeira, for Hamburgh.
Cuwcs, MAY 12.—Arrived the Comet from Buenos Ayres,
and sailed for Antwerp ; Rapid, Tooke, Bahia.
Toattiv, MAY 11.—Arrived the Bertha, Bovay, St. Mi-
chael's, with loss of mainmast and oiler damage. Sailed the
Hand of Providence, Consiantinople; Sister, Newfoundland.
NICWHAVIN' MAY 10.—Arrived off port the Mathilda, So-
derburg, from Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm.

VESSELS SPOKEN wil-I.—The Brothers, from Newcastle to
Alexandria, 17th ult., by the Christian Elizabeth, arrived off
Newhaven; Eliza, of Jersey, and Gilmore, of London, 28th
ult., lat. 44,.10n. 31, by the Catherine Elizabeth, arrived off
'the Start-:; Frisk. Buenos Ayres to Liverpool, 3d tit., lat. 3
N., lon. 30 W., by the Juno, arrived at Falmouth; Voyager,
Newcastle to Oporto, Bth 'inst., lat. 47, lon. 10, by the Sul-
tana and Selina, arrived in the Cm, k ; Sir Colin Campbell,
New Orleans to Liverpool, 17th ult., lat. 27, lon. 80; Treton,
Sr. Croix to C..penhagen, 29th ult., lat. 40, Ion: 45;' Sea-
flower, Jesey to Quebec, with loss of bulwarks, &c., Ist ult.,
lat. 41, lon. 41 ; Robert Parkin, Portsmouth N. H. to Cork,
7th ult., lat. 45, lon. 23, by the packet, arrived at Fal-
mouth; Baros, Batavia to AMsterdaM, 25th Feb., lat. 35 S.,
lon. 22 E. ; Admiral Jan Evertsen, Amsterdam to Batavia,
25th March, lat. 2 N., lon. 22 W. ; Vanguard, from Singa-
pore, by the 111em)leQ, arrived in the Downs; Columbian,
bound to Sydney, 27th Dec., in the Straits 'of Sunda. The
pazket from the Cape of Good Hope, 18th Feb., lat 36, lon.
21; Bombay, London to Hobart Town, 25th slarcb, lat. 3,
lon. 21 ; Star packet, Falmouth to Rio Janeiro.

REGULATIONS FOR THE CAR-
RIAGES AT THE BALL IN THE OPERA HOUSE,
ON THE 19th OF MAY, 1841.
The carriages of her Majesty and suite, and the carrbgos of
the Rol al Family only, will be allowed to set down in Charles-
street.

Carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Ladies
Patronesses, and Members of the Committee, will proceed
along the north side of Pall-mall, and set down with the
horses' Leads to the east end of the Opera Arcade ; after set-
ting down, they till turn and retire along the centre of Pall-
mall and St. James's-street. The company will enter at the
small entrance in the Arcade.

Carriages for the ball, from the north and west of Piccadilly,
will proceed by Piccadilly (south side), and down the Hay-
market (west side), in tile, and close to the side pavement, and
will set down with the horses' heads to the south, at the great
door in front of the Opera House; after setting down they will
turn round and retire by the centre of the Haymarket, Picca-
dilly, &c. The company will enter at the usual pit and box
doors.

Carriages for the ball fro.i the east will proceed along the
Strand, 'I rafalgar-square (south side), Cockspur street, and
wilt set down in front of the Opera House, in the Haymarket,
with the horses' heads to the north; after ,setting down they
will turn and retire by Pall-mall East, Trafalgar-square (north
side), Duncannon-street, Strand, &c. 'The company will enter
at the box-office door.

Carriages for the ball coming by Whitehall will fall into the
line with th,,so from the East, in Cockspur-street (alternately,
it numerous), and after setting down they will return also by
Pall:mall East, Trafalgar-square (North side and East side),
and Whitehall, leaving the Statue at Charing-eross 011 the
right hand. The Company will enter at the Box-office door.
The East end of Charles-street, St. James's•square, will be
closed at nine o'clock.

Carriages will take up in the same order as they set down.
Those to come down the Haymarket to stand in St. James's-
square, Regent-street, belo.v Piccadilly, Jermyn-street, &c.
Those to take up for the east or the south to stand is Tra-
falgar-square, Cockspur -street, &c.
The ponce will not permit any person whatever to stand un-
der the Colonnade of the Opera House at any time during the
night.
in order to prevent obstructions, the police will, if neces-
sary, occasionally stop the file (1 carriages proceeding to the
ball, in order that the public thoroughfares may be kept open.
100 del.y in setting down will be caused by thi,, as no carriage
will be permitted to cut in before the carriage so stopped.
Persons going to the gallery and upper boxes to enter at the
gallery door. C. ROWAN.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Brighton Gazette.)
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12.—1 t is confidently rumoured that
the appourment of Commander-in-Chief in the Pacifie, has
been given to Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, of the Blue
Squadron, as successor to Rear-Admiral Ross, and that the
Dublin, 50, is to be commissioned to bear his flag.
The brig tender Rapid, 10, Lieut. Tryon, has teturned from
the eastward from protecting the fisheries.
The new steamer Geyser, built at Milford, has passed by for
Woolwich, under convoy of the Driver steamer, and in charge
of the Master of the Ocean, guardship at Sheerness.
'1 he iron steamers, Albert and Wilberforee, were still at
Plymouth on the 7th instant, waiting final orders to proceed to
the coast.
The troop-ship Athol, Mr. Bellamy, Master, may be shortly
lool.ed for, from l3arbadoes, to which island she conveyed the
59th regiment from Corfu.
The new brig Bittern, 16. is at length to be commissioned,
and to be commanded by Commander the Hon. B. C. Cary,
brother of Viscount Falkland.
The steam vessel, Confiance, is ordered home from the Me-
diterranean to be paid off.
The corvette Iris, 26, Captain Nurse, touched at Madeira
from Plymouth on the 4th April, and sailed for the Cape of
Good Dope on the 7th of the same mouth.
The Volage, 28, Captain G. Elliot, remains at Spithead
waiting orders. She brought home Rear-Admiral the Hon.
George Elliot, C. 8., late Commander-in-Chief in the East
Indies, and, it is thought, will go to Chatham to be paid off.
't he new brig Siren, 16, according to report, will be commis-
sioned by Commander Lord F. Beauelerck.
The Woolverine, 16, Captain Tucker, is ordered home, from
the coast of Africa, to he paid off. She was at Prince's Is and
on ,he '2d April, all well.
The steam frigate, Dee, Commander Sherer, is hourly ex-
from the West Indies, to be paid off.
The Monarch, 84, Caytain Chambers, is hourly expected at
Spithead from Sheerness, our pilots having left her at the Nore.
AT :51'1TM:A D.—lndus, 84, Vernon, 50, Pelican, 16, Volage,
26, and Nautilus, 10.
IN llAanoun.—Queen, Victory, Excelent, Royal George
yacht, Bittern, Fair Rosamond, and flag tenders.