The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-16 00:00:00

NOTICE TO MARINERS,.

TREATY WITH SPAIN FOR THE SUPPRESSION
OF THE SLAVE TRADE.
The following has been received at Lloyd's, from the Ad-
miralty, dated Feb. 13, 1841 :
" Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 29th of last
month, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty to acquaint you, that as it appears the nature of tin>
certificate required by the 6th clause of the 10th article of the
Treaty with Spain for the suppression of the Slave-trade is not
generally known, their Lordshipc have directed me to transmit
to you a copy of the said clause, and to request that you will
communicate the same for the general information of the
trade. " I am, Sir, your most humble servant,

7" JOHN BARROW.

" To Wm. Dobson, Esq. Lloyd's."
ARTICLE 10.

" It is hereby further mutually agreed, that every merchan
vessel British or Spanish, which shall be visited by virtue of the
present treaty may lawfully be detained aud sent or brought
before the mixed courts of justice established in pursuance of
the provisions thereof, if in her equipment there shall be
found any orate things hereinafter incntionedruamely
:
CLAUSE G.

An extraordinary number of water-casks, or of other ves-
sels holding liquid, unless the master shall produce a certificate
from the Custom-house, at the place from which he cleared
outwards, stating that a sufficient security ha(l been given by
the owners of sash vessel that such extra quantity of casks, or
of other vessels, should only be used to hold palm oil, or for
other purposes of lawful commerce."

MR. HORACE SMITH'S " MONEYED MAN;
OR TIIE LESSON OF A LIFE."—The title of this forth-
coming work, by the distinguished author of " Brambletye
[louse," &e., has given rise to many suppositions as to the
individual whose lineaments may be traced in the person of
thehero. There are not a few of our city millionaires, whose
" Lesson of Life" will be found well fitted to " point a moral
or adorn a talc ;" and the public voice has already pro-
claimed more than one " citizen of sober fame" to have
formed the original from which Mr. Smith has modelled
his " Moneyed Man." The very multiplicity, however,
of these conjectures sufficiently denotes the questionable
basis on which they have been founded; and the curiosity
to recognise the real hero of the story will probably,
therefore, increase till the appearance of the work has put
an end to all doubt on the subject.
THE SPAS OF ENGLAND.—It is not a little
remarkable that, while our nobility and gentry have been
for years seeking to recruit their health at the continental
spas, it has never till now been ascertained that there exist
mineral waters in this country whose virtues are equal, if
not superior, to the moat lauded of their foreign rivals.
The merit of this discovery is due to Dr. Granville, the
eminent physician, who has recently visited every part of
England for the express purpose of making experiments
on the different waters, and the results of his observations
have just come before the public in the shape of a.small
volume, with numerous illustrations. The work is dedi-
cated, by express permission, to her Majesty.
HEALTH OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR.--
Yesterday the answer to inquiries respecting the health of
the Lord Chancellor was, that " his Lordship has passed
another good night, and is better this morning."
DISEASE IN THE METROPOLIS.—From the
returns made by the several hospitals in London of the
number of applicants for medical relief, it would seem
that the present winter has been severely felt by the sick
poor. The Royal Free Hospital in Greville-street being
the only one in London where the admission is immediate,
the presence of disease, coupled with destitution, being at
once a passport to its wards, its doors have been actually
beset night and day by suffering beings of all classes. Thi-
ther the destitute sick from all parts of the metropolis ap.
pear to resort, and it is impossible, therefore, to make two
strong an appeal to the benevolent on behalf of a diaper
that is at all times and in all seasons instantly accessible o
our sick and destitute fellow-creatures.
STATE OF THE ICE.—The ice, which as late
as Friday morning blocked up the river and stopped the
navigation, is entieely gone. The Gravesend, Itimsgate,
Greenwich, and Woolwich steamers have commenced
running from London-bridge, and the Red Rover, from
Herne Bay and Margate, arrived at London-bridge Wharf
on Monday evening with 100 passengers, an unusually
large number at this season of the year. The &crema-
tion of boats and barges during the late frost has been
very severe. Many coal-merchants are sufferers to the
amount of from 3001. to 5001. each, and the boat-biers,
ship-chandlers, and others who have waterside ptilethises
have also suffered extensively ; but the greatest loss has
fallen upon the poor watermen, who, in addition to the
great privations they endured during the hate inclement
season by the want of employment and the consequent
deprivation of food, clothing, and fuel, have also sustained
great losses by the destruction and damage of their boats,
their only means of subsistence.
Loss OF LIFE AT NEW ZEALAND.—The
following persons were drowned by the upsetting of re
boat, on the 25th of August, at Britannia, the new namo
of the capital of New Zealand :—Mr. John Pierce, late of
Birmingham; Mr. W. Elsdon, late of London; Mr.
Richard Hight; Mr. J. Lancaster, late of London ; Mr.
Josias Tucker, late of Cornwall ; Mr. Griffin, late steward
of the Cuba ; Mr; Rogers, late of Cornwall ; Mr. Mar.
tin, mariecr.
The Ilairis Independent contains a notification
on this subject to the effect that the electors are " requested
to suspend promising their votes to any candidate at pre-
sent, as two gentlemen of high character and respectae
bility will present themselves to their notice at the proper
time. These gentlemen are of Liberal principles and
supporters of the policy of the Ministers of our gracious
Suvereign ; one of them is of high rank in her Majesty's
service, and the other a gentleman resident in the county."
We have authority to contradict the statement
that has gone the round of the daily papers, copied from
the Brighton Gazette, which circulates a report of " the
projected marriage of the son of an eccentric and wealthy
Nobleman with the pretty daughter of a Kentish inn-
keeper," &c., such report being entirely without foundation.
RAILWAY THROUGH LINCOLNSIIIRE.—A
short time back we called the attention of our readers to
the recommendation of a gentleman, that the projectors of
the Northern and Eastern Railroad should alter their pro.
posed line, so as to have a terminus at Grimsby, thence
to communicate by steamers with Hull, instead of carrying
on their line to York : and we then showed that great ad-
vantages would result from the adoption of our correspon-
dent's suggestion. The merits of the scheme have since
undergone considerable discussion, and its practicability is
generally admitted ; that it would be the cheapest line yet
ihiatoreepdeci alarmed
that
laid down is beyond dispute, and its direction through, or
immediately adjacent to, the populous towns of Lynn,
Wisbeach, Spalding, Boston, &c., would secure for it a
great extent of traflic.—Boston Herald.
SUNDAY MEETINGS OF THE WORKING
CLASSFS.—( From a Correspondent.)—A larg!meetitugt.oo
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hear, after a comfortable tea, two of the society
the meeting on the difference
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tlitthkg,tiwining, Bermondsey,
and the Christiaity
quiry into what was truth,
and
of paying the priests
manner, that the people,
for
instead present
hundredshowed,
a-year,r forcible
of
the between true Chrislanity
some two, three, or
paying for them, must, in order to
thinking and
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given them. The meeting was-
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groat movement
amongst all classes in this metropolis.
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AGRICULTURE.—Tile Coating of snow which
lately covered the earth has naturally produced a stagna-
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the frost and floods ; in Somersetshire their appearance
is favourable, but the lambing season has not been a goo
one ; in Cambridgeshire no fears are entertained for the
crops ; and from other districts the accounts are of a simi-
lar character. This old-fashioned winter, we hope, wil I
render the spring and slimmer more favourable, and fill to
overflowing the hand of autumn.—Clichre
yord Cloonicle.
THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILROAD.
—The works on this line of railroad, near Brighton,-,
which have been greatly retarded in consequence of the
late frost, are now going on with great activity. There
are at present upwards of 600 men employed in the tunne I
at Clayton; this stupendous portion of the work is
expected to be completed by next July, and the embank.
merit and deep cuttings from thence to Brighton are in a
very forward state, and Me
ssrs. Hoof and Thornton, the
contract(.rs for this part of the line, are sanguine of being
able to complete it within the time specified.
OPPOSITION TO THE NEW POOR-LAW.—
The s pari aof St. Luke, Middlesex, have forwarded a com-
munication to the parochial authorities of Brighton, re-
questing their co.operaticsn to organise an opposition to the
Bill now in progress through Parliament, and the vestry-
clerk has been deputed to consult with them for the rbove
purpose.