The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-05 00:00:00

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LORI) CARDIGAN'S TRIAL.

EXPENSE Oi Fitting up and Furnishing the House of Lords for
the TRIAL of the EARL of CARDIGAN, on Tuesday the 16th
of February, 1841.
Total Expense ...X990 2 0
DUNCANNON:
A. MILNE.
CHARLES GORE.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON,MARCII 4. —Wind this day at noon, N. W.

DEAL, MARCH 3. —Wind N. W. to N.N. E., moderate.—
Arrived the Cora, Melville, from Rio Janeiro ; Orion, Pernam-
buco; Harriet, Dobson, Milrush. Sailed the Royal Saxon,
Lodge, for Port Philip ; Glenelg, Biles, Bombay ; Fame, Dron,
Grenada; George Canning, Mustart, Savannah ; Rhode
Island, Charleston; Neptune, Miller, Halifax ; Westmoreland,
Whitehead, Saint John's, New Brunswick ; Renfrewshire,
Barnes, ditto ; Superior, Dinning, Sierra Leone ; Favourite,
Brooks, Gibraltar ; William Brodrick, Hindmarsh, Sydney,
New South Wales ; John Graham, Cape of Good Hope.
DOVER, MARCH 3.--*-Arrived the Wasp, Groves, from
Limerick ; EiMard and Mary, Wright, Westport : John Shel-
by, Bruchan, Yarmouth ; Agenoria, Shields, Bordeaux.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Eng-
land's Queen, Tul'och, from Shields, for New York ' • Charlotte,
Muyss Antwerp; Caroline, Williams, London, for Port Phillip,
without rudder, and was damaged. Sailed the Sophia, An-
derson, for Amsterdam ; Agnes, Cobb, London.
PORTSMOUTH, MA Keil 3.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the St.
James, Sebor, for New York.
DARTMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Arrived the Perseverance,
Lewin, Shields, for Alexandria.

FALMOUTH' MARCH 2.—Wind S.W. to W. N.W., strong
and squally.—Arrived the Star, Innes, from Port-au-Prince.
Sailed the Orientals, Log, for Alexandria.
'LIVERPOOL, MARCH -3. —Wind W. N. W. , fresh Arrived
the Madonna, Miller, from. Bombay; Lvaa, Swan, Demerara;
Minta States, New York; John Tayfor, Mallett, New Or-
leans; George Washington, Burrows, New York; Lady Falk-
Hali[ax ; Saracen, Dunkirk; Minerva, Ostend; Augusta,
Jaghire, ditto ; Augusta, Kirkhouse, ditto ; Mary Ann Peters,
Africa. A brig, with loss of spars, apparently abandoned,
was passed on the 22d ult., in lat. 49, lon. 10. The wreck of
the Uovernur Fenner was passed:yesterday-near Holyhead, bear-
ing N.E. by E. 9 leagues, by the Madonna, arrived here.
TORBAY, MARCH 2.—Arrived the Nymph, Shields, from
Oporto ; Avance, Hultman, London, for Mahawab.
WHITSTABLE, Maims' 3.—A further quantity of wheat,
about 30 quarters, has been landed here from the wreck of the
Amelia.

SCILLY, FEB. 24. Arrived the Gazelle, Laky, from Liver-
pool, for Naples, with loss of jib ; Barbara Catherine, Un-
rough, Cork for Louvain ; Pomona, Davis, London for Dub-
lin, Sailed the Gazelle, for Naples, March 2. The Barbara,
Catherine, Unrough, from Cork to Louvain, which arrived
here Feb. 26, drove into Sillary's Pool, struck the New Pier-
head on the beach, where she is beneaped.
NEW YORK, FEB. 12.—Arrived Virginian, from Liverpool.
DEmEttAßA.—Arrived previous to Jan. 21.—The Cam-
bridge, Dixon, from Liverpool ; Isabella, Thorpe, ditto ; Lady
of the Lake, Stewart, ditto. Ready to sail the Sandhack, for
Liverpool ; Salys, ditto : Robertson, Clyde ; Isabella, Lon-
don ; Marv, ditto.
NEW ditLEANs.—Arrived the Burlington, from Liver-
pool ; Barbara, Dixon, ditto ; Queen, Hoseos n, ditto.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Erin, from Liverpool to
Ba,badoeg, 28th ult., lat. 50, lon. 10 ; Margaret, from
25th, lat. 49, lon. 9, by the Lyra, arrived at Liverpool.
Niagara, Liverpool to New York, 22d ult. lat. 49, lon.
18 ;b i Algonquin of Warein, bound W., lat. 30, lon.
73; Mar'n, of Pcovi fence, lat. 36, lon. 74; barque Dela-
ware, a Boston, three days from Matanzas, for Philadel-
phia ; brig Cathelena, from Philadelphia, bound to St.
Jago de Cuba, ht. 36, lon. 70; the Amazon, from Suri-
nam to Boston, lat. 31, lon. 71 ; tl:e barque Brothers,
from Boston, 13th ult. with loss of boats, bu'warks, &c.,
lat. 29, hn. 52 ; the Pinenix, from Province Town, on a
Hhalit g voyage, lat. 32, lon. 68; Btitish brig Congress,
to New Orleans, out twenty-two days, Itt. 21, lon. 37.

MISS AGNES STRICKLAND'S " LIVES OF
TILE QUEENS OF ENGLAND."—TLC second volume of the
new and revised edition of this Caartring work has just ap-
Fearer, and the third volume is understood to Le also
nearly ready. " The popularity which this work has al-
ready attained sufficiently marks the public approbation cf
the valuable addi lin to our national history which Miss
Strickland has furnished in these deeply interesting " Liws
of the Queens of England." It is a production which has
been long wanted, and it is now submitted to the public
with a care suited to its important subject. From mate-
rials most diligently sought out, Miss Strickland has pro-
duced a work of surpassing interest and great historical
value, conferring a lasting benefit .on the lit( nature of the
country. It possesses all the sober truth-telling authority
of well authenticated history, with all the attractive graces
of romance. It must find a place in the library of every
lady of taste."
MACKAREL SEASON.—A mackarel boat came
into Brighton on Sunday evening with a cargo of up-
wards of 12,000 mackerel. They were immediately pur-
chased fax the London market, by Mr. Griffin, a fishmon-
ger here. The lucky fisherman is John Ancrews, who,
about a month since, drew upwards of 15,000 1 The
present cargo fetched upwards of 1501. The vessel is a
new one, making her first voyage, and so quirk a sailer
that she made the passage from Plymouth in about 24
hour,. She brought very satisfactory news from the little
flett, most of the boats having been pretty successful.
One, however, had been doing a little in the " free trade,"
and the adult portion cf the crew were committed to
prison. This circumstance has induced a very sharp
look-out here. It is stated that the mackerel fleet con-
sists of about 45 from Hastings, 26 from Brighton, the
same number from Worthing, and about 20 from the
Cornish coast. The latter, how ever, do not make the
best haul..
LETTERS BY RAILROAD.—One of the most
interesing portions of this long chain of vehicles is the
huge caravan-looking machine which follows in the rear of
all the carriages, and which reminds one of the old days of
Cross and Exe er change. On peeping ir tl it, an oblong
square, well lighted and fitted up with pigeon-holes on
every :Pe, shelves and tables, presents itself, the di eet
purport of which is very soon made manifest, by the intro-
duction of unwieldy and foul leathern bags, crammed full
of letters, which are being dragged in by men in the post.
uffice liveries : while the operation of sorting the said
letters is going on within. During the progress of the
train, smaller letter-bags are formed out of the larger ones,
which, being afterwards hung outside the caravan in some
opportune plat protected by a net-work, are, upon
arrival at certain p, ants on the road, snatched off without
any detention by a simple machine, whose alertness is never
at fault ; and they are conveyed to the respective offices in
the neighbourhood for distribution.—Granville's Spas of
England.
HATTERS' TURN-OUT.—On Friday and Satur-
day last the finishers, roughers, and djers in the hat inane-
facto.ics established at Oldham, Ashton, Stockport, and the
who'e neighbourhood of Manchester generally, turned out,
as a consequence of their not agreeing to the terms proposed
by the employers in their line of business. The reduction,
they assert, would be equivalent to 4d. per hat, or 2:. 6d.
per week, or about 16 per cent. on their earnings. There
are about 300 hands out in Ashton alone. They ropre
rd!se of
themselves as having a strong fund, to which up
5,000 hands have been contributing 10d.week
during many years, there being about 7,i
f
in this neighhbourhood. They had best take care
it their
fund, for if the Chartist spouters get to they
hear of
will flock towards it as surely as ravens crowd around
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L NITED STATES.

SU-PENSION OF THE UNITED STATES BANK.
We have received by the packet-ship George Washington,
which arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday morning, New York
papers to the Bth ult. inclusive. Their contents are highly im-
portant.
The Bank of the United States had for the third time sus-
pended specie payments. Having, it is stated, been disap-
point, d in the receipt of large amounts of specie, it was com-
pelled, on the afternoon of the 4th ult., to refuse the payment
of a demand of $lOO,OOO from New York, as well as the pay-
ment of some other heavy sums. A special meeting of the
Directors was held in the evening of that day, when the fol-
lowing resolutions were agreed to, and ordered to be pub-

fished ::--

" BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
" February 4.
" At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Bank of the United States, held at the banking-house, the
following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :
" Whereas the Bank of the United States, in compliance
with its pledge to the public, has made a fair and bona fide
effort to resume and maintain specie payments, ha-ing, since
the 15th of January last, paid out an amount little if at all
short (16,000,000 dollars in coin or specie funds, and whereas
the effort to maintain specie payments by this bank has been
rendered abortive by the intentional accumulation and extra-
ordinary enforcement of its instant liabilities :—therefore
"Resolved,—That this bank is under the necessity, for the
present, of suspending specie payments.
" Resolved,—That every exertion will be made by the Di-
rectors to collect the debts, and convert into cash the assets of
the bank, for the purpose of resuming payments iu specie at
the earliest practicable moment.
" Resolved—That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be
published:
" Extract from the minutes,
" A. LARDNER, Caslier."