The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-06 00:00:00

Stock.

FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish Bonds open 'd a
t 2.4, got up to -I, afterwards were done at 24i—
recovered again to 241.

NEW LAW APPOINTMENTi.—This morning, at
ten o'clock, the LORD CHANCELLO2, accompa-
nied by several Law Officers, &c., attended in
Lincoln's Inn-Hall, for the purpose of raising to
the degree og Sergeant at Law Wicr.rXst ALEx.-
.4"ER, Esq., one of- the Masters in Chancery,
and Sir ROBERT GIFFORD, Knight, his Majesty's
Attorney-General, preparatory to their being
sworn into the offices to which they were ap-
pointed, the former as Lord Chief Baron of the
Court of Exchequer, and the latter as Chief
~.
uslice of the Court of Common Pleas, and to
which they will be sworn on a future day.—The
Learned Gentlemen received the warm congra-
tulations of their Learned Brethren upon the
important situations which they are about to fill
in the country.

LOSS-OF THE ARAB SLOOP OF WAR.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A NAVAL. OFFICER ON

TILE NortTn-wEsT STATION.
" KILLYDEGS, DEc. 26, 1/In.—From the 11th to the 14th
instant it blew a tremendous gale of wind. I was fortunate
enough to get shelter in Broadhaven. On the 15th, as I went
out, I perceived that some vessel had been wrecked, but, from
the state of the weather and the heavy sea, was not enabled to
make out who or what she was, and not until the 24th, when I
was off the same part of the coast again, I was informed, and
saw a part of a ship's magazine, with the name " Arab"
masked on it, which was picked up, and left no doubt on my
mind that it was his 3lajesty's ship Arab, and from every ac-
count 1 could procure, am induced to believe that every person
on board had perished, particularly as none of her crew, or any
other shipwrecked persons, had arrived at or near Broadhaven."
The Arab mounted 111 guns, and was commanded by Capt.
W. Holmes. The loss of this ship has produced very general
and poignant grief in Cove and its vicinity, for she was so long
.on this station that most of the crew became connected with
many families in that neighbourhood.

Lord .GwYnYR arrived in town yesterday
from Paris. His Lordship was said to be the
bearer dispatches for Mr. Secretary CAS:NING.
By the Sarah, 'fowl:, arrived at Liverpool,
letters, dated the 18th of November, have been
received from Demerara. They state that the
defence of Smith, the missionary, was finished,
and that the Judge-Advocate had replied to it
on that day, but the sentence of the court-martial
hnd not been made public.
The paragraph in Tit.: SUN of yesterday, re-
specting Prince EsrrEattazy, taken from a Morn-
ing Paper, we are desired to say is incorrect.
Yesterday forenoon Earl COWPER. arrived in
town from the Royal • Pavilion at Brighton,
where he had been with his Noble Countess on a
visit to IliS MAJESTY. In the afternoon his Lord-
ship left town again for Pansanger, his seat near
Hertford, in order to be present this day at the
trial of Thurtell and Hunt.

Lord COULLTENAY has taken a magnificent
mansion in the Fauxbourg St. Honore, at Paris,
where his Lordship lives in great splendour.
Mr. BUTT has of late had several longinter-
views with the Lady who calls herself Chive,
Princess of CUMBERLAND.
BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)—J. Duncan,who
stood remanded, charged with stealing a quantity of lead from
St. James's Palace, was again brought up. On the former oc-
casion he said he received the property from a man at work on
the premises,
but neither that person, nor the man said to have
• -witnessed the transaction, were forthcoming, and he was again
ren'atided.
DREADFUL INUNDATION.—A flood, the result
of ten (lays incessant rain, has befallen the settle-
i,nient of Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope._
'I 'here
is scarcely ►a habitation left tenantable
throughout the district ; all are more or. less
darnag".l, many irreparably so, and a consider-
able number. destroyed altogether. Those situ-
Ite on low alluvial soils were exposed to the
°verwilelining rush of a torrent unparalleled in
the recollection of the oldest inhabitant, which
even extended to dwellingS' supposed to be re-
mote from the possibility of such a visitation.
ALA.RMING FlRE.—This morning, between
!ear end
live o'clock, en alarming fire broke out
ilk the
Arane,
Premises of Mr. WHELLEit, tailor and
,--•) Tavistock-street, Covent-Gar-
Whieb,f‘or ,or time, threatened very fatal
""Pcluence-s, particularly to the buildings in
iii'innlark-court, which are situated immediately
Ta.vistock-street ; but, through the usual
alacrity of the firemen, who soon arrived with se-
veral engines, the .progress of the flames was
,Subdued, but not Until the whole of Mr.
W
heeler's premises and much property was
destroyed. Happily no lives were lost, nor do
.we hear of any person being Burt.—lt ought to
I).e observed, that though the fire-men in general
f.were very active, the exertions of Mr. Easton,
oretrian
of the Beacon Insurance Office, should
beup PDltrticularly noticed. Ile directed an engine ,
NT;r.,s7,..inark-court, and, through the house of
venter; ms :I in that court, most probably pre-
Whole of the adjacent houses from
being involved in destruction.
PARIS (KtNTucicy), Nov.—On the 28th of
last month,
Alr• J. SCOTT, of Clarke County,
drove a steer through this place, on his way to
Cuivitinati, which was reared by him, and is said
to be one of the largest in America, or perhaps
10 the wood.. He is 8 years old, is judged to
be 17 hands high,, to measure from 11 to 12 feet,
from the end of the nose to the root of the tail,
and, to weigh 3,0001 b. nett, or 4,0001 b. gross.
(A utional Intelligencer, Nov. '24.) . ,

TRIAL OF THURTELL AND HUNT.

DIECEITED THIS DIY BY EXPRESS.i

HERTFORD.—During the whole of yesterday
evening the carpenters were busily employed in
the Court House, the Town Hall, and the ave-
nues leading to it, in erecting strong partitions,
barriers, &c. to check the expected throng. The
Court House has undergone considerable al-
terations.

Thp Local Police were in attendance during
the night in the Grand Jury Room, and the
High Sheriff, ROBERT SUTTON, Esq. prudently,
in order that the public should be accommodated,
took possession of the keys of the Court, which
opened at eizbt o'clock this morning. The rush
was most tremendous, but the expectants who
were in waiting all night were much disappointed,
as not one was admitted, the Court and avenues
being filled at the first rush.

Alr. Justice PARK arrived at seven o'clock in
his private carriage, and proceeded immediately
to his apartments in the Post-Office, the place
occupied generally by him during the Assizes.

The confident manner in which Thurtell asserts
that his defence will astonish the world, and that
he will, without a shadow of doubt, establish his
innocence, astonishes every body. It is certainly
true his deportment has been extraordinary, and
the near approach of his final doom seems to inspire
him with greater confidence. It is stated that he has
ordered a chaise and four to be ready to convey
him to Lo►►don on next Wednesday. Speaking
on this subject to Mr. `►'ilson in the presence of
a friend, he is made to say (pointing to a parti-
cular door), " Wilson, I should like above all
things, when I leave the prison, to go out through
that door."