The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-19 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

MALTA SHIPPING.--ArrtiL 5.

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.
MARCH 30 —The British steamer Oriental, Ciptcin
Soy, from A►cmindria. 31. Her 141;jcity's steamer
Acheron, Cora. A. Kennedy, from Gibraltar. Ap:i 4.
The French Goy.irnmcnt steamer Leonidas, from Con-
stlntinople, Smyrna, and Syria.

DEPAR'ItRESoF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.
MARCH 30. The Alecto, for Maracilles. 31. The
Oriental and Peninsular Company's steam-reket
Oriental, Captain T. Soy, for Gibraltar and England;
the Oriental and Peninsular Company's steam-pack,t
City of London, Capt&n W. D. Evans, for the
lonian Islands. April 1. Her Majesty's ate: ner
Phcenix, Corn. Richardson, for Beyrout. 2. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Thunderer, Capt. M. F. F. Berkeley, for
Syracuse. 3. Her Majesty's frigate Carysfort, Capt.
H. B. Martin, C. 8., for Corfu; her Majeaty's steamer
Gorgon, Capt. Henderson, for Alexandrki. 4. Royal
Yacht schooner Githna, Corn. J. Proctor, for Candit; her
Majesty's transport Apollo, Com. W. White, f)r &t-
-raltar; her Majesty's frigate Edinburgh, Ca?t. Henecr-
son ; her Majesty's ship Bellerophon, Capt. Austen, C. B.
5. The British steamer Lcftus, Capt. J Moody.
In Pcrt—The Princess Charlotte, 120, hear!raz the
flag of Admiral Sir R. Stopford, G.C. 8., G. C. 51 G. ;
Ceylon, 6, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J.
Louis, Bart. ; Powerful, 86 ; Howe, 120; Benboi.v, 72 ;
Hastings, 72; Vanguard, 80; Carysfort, 36; Castor,
36; Dido, 18. Surveying vessels &aeon and Magp:e ;
steam-frigates Vesuvius, Cyclops, Stromboli, and Ache-
ron ; steam-packets Megrera, Locust, and Prometheus.
French steam-packets Mentor and Sesostris, and Ottoman
schooner without name.

NOTTINGHAII ELECTION.

The town ii all alive with the anticipated clection

The chief topic of discourse is, who is to be the man ?
The Journal, last weak, was E 0 obliging aa to name a
Mr. Fox as the candi late ready cut and dated fir us, hut
the men of Nottingham do not mean to have a Go-
vernment retainer, a " Ministerial hack," crammed down
their throats. A meeting of Liberals was held at the Ex.
change Rooms, on Wednesday night, when Mr. Larpent
was proposed by Mr. Close and Mr. Sands, as a sui able
mar,. A statement of his political principles was made,
and letters read respecting him from influential individuals.
One letter from the well-anown J. Morrison, Esq., M. P ,
says, " I have great pleasure in stating that I have known
Mr. Larpent for some years, as the active partner in one
of our most eminent houses in the East India trade, as
well as chairman of the East India and China Associ ition ;
and from my knowledge of his great talents, and his mer-
cantile knowledge and standing, I should say he is pecu-
liarly fitted to represent a commercial community, and Oat
the selection of such a gentleman wculd do honour to any
constituency in England."—Another letter was from ‘ll.
Leaf, Esq. tho eminent merchant, who writes, " I have no
hesitation in saying, that Mr. Larr eat is in every way
qualified to represent the town of Nottingham; ho is a man
of high integrity,: of great commercial knowledge, and in
every sense of the word, of sound liberal principles. Mr.
Travers, the eminent grocer, of Swithin's-lane, London,
says in a litter to Mr. S. Fox, " Mr. Larpent is a good
Liberal, in the best sense of the word—a man of great
intelligence and commercial experience, and a sturdy
friend of civil and religious liberty." On the faith of
these letters, and of the expositions given of his prin-
ciples, it was resolved that Mr. L. should be requested
to state his aims to the town. He arrived yesterday
morning, and in another column will be found his ad-
dress to the electors. In the mean time, the Tories
were not idle. We believe that several private meet-
ings were held at the George the Fourth ; and on
Wednesday night, there was a numerous meeting called
by ticket, at the Conservative-hall, on the Low-pave-
ment, Thomas Marriott, Esq. in the chair. Of course we
are not in the secret as to what took place there, but
the result is, that Mr. Waiter, the well-known ex-mem-
bee for Berkshire, the rejected of Sourhwark, and part-
proprietor of the Times newspaper, has been put for.
ward as a candidate. It was unanimously resolved, " That
this meeting having full confidence in the political inte-
grity and ability of Mr. Walter, pledges itself to use all
legitimate means to secure his election as a member of
Parliament for the borough of Nottingham." The
Chartists have also been very active ; by some powers
of ratiocination which we cannot understand; they
have come to the resolution of joining the
Tories. We are told, in a band-bill just published,
that at a very numerous meeting of the Chartist bAy,
held on Wednesday evening, in the chapel in Rice-
place, it was resolved—" Ist. That this meeting do all in
their power to support the election of Mr. Walter. 2d.
That a committee of Chartist electors be now appointed,
with power to add to their number, to carry the foregoing
resolution into effect. The following are the names of the
Committee appointed:— Messrs. J. Sweet, Edward Cox,
Wm. Bilbie, Wm. Colton, Wm. Parker, Chas. Merry,
Isaac Barton, and Wm. Carrington.
Such is the state of public opinion in this town. We
deeply regret that any of those who have for yeara sup-
ported Liberal principles, should now, under any pre-
tence, enlist under the banners of a Tory ; but we do not
for a moment doubt the issue. The good sense of the
electors will guile them rightly when the day of polling
shall arrive.