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EVENING EDIT tON
LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA .)

LONDON, APRIL 27.—Wind this day at noon, light airs
f torn S W. • fine clear weather.
DEAL, W.
26,—Wind S.W., moderate. Arrived—
Montefiores, Paul, from Calcutta; Burnhopeside, Pratt, Mau-
ritius ; Franklin, Virginia; Ontario, New York ; lbis,
Oporto ; Henry Bell, westward. Arrived from the River—
Maria, for Calcutta; Charleston, for Singapore ; Loyal Ilritort
for Miramichi • Robert, for Quebec; Thos. Young, for Mon-
treal; Saucy Lass, westward; her Majesty's ship Cockati ice,
for South America.

ARRIVED OFF DOVER, APRIL 25.--Gusid, for St. IThes.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Wind W. S. W. to S.—Arrived
--lustina, London for Cilcutta; Union, Atkins, from Cotk,
with loss of bowsprit ; Septina, Cherbourg for Miramichi.
SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 26.—Arrived, Taus, M'Leod,
from Gibraltar, left April 15th, Cadiz 16th,-Lisbon 17ih,
Oporto 20th; and Vigo 21st.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Wind S.W.—Put back, Mary,
Pill, leaky.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 25.—Wind S. S.W. and S.W., fresh
gales.—Arrived, Braganza, for Vigo; Daphne, from Guern-
tey for Montreal.
STA NGATE CREEK, APRIL 26.—Arriva, Redesdale,
B ailey, Mogaare.
MARGATE, APRIL 26.—The VOIDS, Thomas, from Sun-
derland, got on shore on Foreness Ruck this morning, aad
remains.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived the
Bounty, Hall, from Maranham, sailed 17th ult. ; Alecto,.
Ashford, Jamaica, sailed I lth ult. ; Richard Anderson, Char-
•
leston; Elizabeth, Sinclair, New Orleans; Virginia, Eaton,
do. ; Robert Burns, Apalichicola ; Margaret, do. ; Lotus, Yea,-
ton, Savannah • ' Ganges, Charleston. Sai;et te Albatross,
Bowey, for Calcutta; .Nlargtret, Jamaica, not Demerara as
before reported. The Earl Percy loading at Maranhr.in for
this port took fire on the 14th ult. burnt to the water's edge.
and sank; she had on board upwards of 1,600 bales of cotton,
400 baskets annatto, some India rubber, oil, &e:, nearly the
whole of which was destroyed. The destruction of this vessel
has caused the promulga'ion of a report of the burning of the
President, and to which allusion may be made in some private
letter from this. A few bags of flour and some spars, appa.-
rently belonging to a small vessel, were passed 6th instant,
lat. The Maranheuse steamer was totally lost on the
Island of St. John's (between Maranhatu and Pava), previous
to sth ult., crew saved. The Napoleon, Sherman, which
cleared out for Mobile, 23d ult. for this port, was reported to
be on shore on the a tuth eridzifiAtid Band, 25th ult. The
Barbadoes was to :41-4(40%.
.for Cork 291 ult. after
being repaired.
CORK, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Sir Walter Scott, from
Sierra Leone, sailed about • Feb. 13 ; Ann and Mary, front
Sunderland, for Quebec, with loss of spars, sails. and bul-
warks. Sailed the John Wesley, for St. John's, New Bruns-
wick. It Lim a hard gale this morning at N.E., which slai ted
to the north after daylight, and continues.
BEERHAVF.N, Amur. 24.—Arrived the Omen, Steele, from
Sunderland, for Quebec, baring bore up from lon. 20, with
loss of bulwarks and cargo shifaid. Vessel much strained in
her upper works.
LLANELLY, APRIL 25.—The Caledonia, Ainsworth, bound
to America, is wrecked on the North Ridge.
SUNDERLAND, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Protector, from
Ro,tei dam ; Arthur, from do. ; Aspasia, from Hamburg ; Or-
well, Dordt. Arno, ditto; Loui:a. Treport.
HULL, Aran 26.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived. the For-
tuna, from Neintadt ; Resource, from Memel; Louise, Gotten-
burg ; Dagger, Hamburgh; Abus, do. ; Thirsk, do.
•

DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR. L. W.

HALSTED, G. C. B.
We have to announce the demise of the above gallant
naval officer, who died on Thursday last, at his residence at
Plymouth, at an advanced age, after a glorious career of
upwards of sixty years in the service of his country. The
deceased Admiral, who was son of the late Captain Halsted,.
R.N.,
,had a numerous family, ten of whom are living, sever..
daughters and three sons, who are in the service of the Eat;
India Company. 'I he gallant deceased, when Lieutenant in
the Canada, first distinguished himself in Lord Rodney's
action with the Count de Grasse in 1782, and from his
return to this country in the winter of the same year,
until 1791, saw but little service, When he was arpouited
to the Atalante sloop in the East Indies. In 1791
he was removed to the Fleeter, 74 guns, under the command of
Rear-Admiral Sir George Montague, and subsequently was ap-
pointed to the command of the Venus, of 32 guns, which
formed part of the squadron of Rear-Admiral Harvey in the
North Sea. While commandiug.the Phcenix. in 1793 he cap-
tured, after a gallant action, the Dutch frigate Argo, of 3G
guns, and was favourably mentioned in Lord Duncan's des-
patches to the Admiralty for his gallantry on that occasion. In
1800 he was actively employed in the blockade of Cadiz, under
the ecremand of Sir Rich. Bickerton, and during his service in
the Mediterranean commanded a squadron of frigates, and suc-
ceeded in capturing La Canere, a French frigate of 40 guns,
and the Success, of 28 guns, and completely de,troyed La Pra-
voure, a French frigate of 46 guns. He was subsequently its
1807 selected by Sir C. Cotton, then Commander-in-Chief of
the Lisbon station, to serve as captain of the fleet under his
orders, and he was destined to perform the important and ar-
duous duties of that appointment with credit to himself and sa-
tisfa lion to the Home Government. He returned to England
with Sir Charles Cotton in the llibernia, in 1803. The de-
ceased Admiral was also a participator in the glory cf Sir Rich-
Strachan's victory, and for his eminent services on that cicala-
: sion was rewarded with a medal. He was in the receipt of a.
good service pension of 300/. a year, being the senior flag of-
ficer enjoying that liberal allowance, and had an honorary re-
ward from the Patriotic Fund. His commission was dated as
follows:—Lieutenant, Dec. 8, 1781 ; Commander, Nev. 22,
1790 ; Captain, May 31, 1791 ; Rear-Admiral, July 31, 1810 ;
Vice• Admiral. June 4, 1814; and Admiral, July 22, 1830. In
consideration of his brilliant services her Majesty was pleased
to nominate the Gallant Admiral a G.C.B. Feb. '24, 1837.

COLLEGE LIFE AT CAMBRIDGE.—Wearing
a gown in the dny time is the cluracteristic et Cr.mbridge
of freArtretroad reading- urea, no one else does it, and yet;

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every one is liable to a fine if caught without the ecatlemical
dress. At Oxford they used to inflict the fine. It was a
feat t t be performed twice a sear to take a 66 hat wais,"
for it is impossib'e to take a long walk with the oreiscry
cap and gown hanging about out. A student was once
met by his tutor with his hat on during a violent witte..
" What do you mean, Sir, by coming out without your
car, Sir?" said the tutor. " Because the cap won': stay
on in this wind, Sir," said the pupil. " Well, Sir, and
don't I keep mine on well enough ?" exclaimed the tutor-
The next moment the tutor's cap was floating down the
W.I. It is told, we believe, of the fattier of a pier rwv:
living, that presuming on his intimacy with the authnri-
ties, he ventured to appear in the High-street i.vithow his
gown. " Whit do you mean, S:r, be this. conduct ?" sail
the Proctor, meeting him ; " take care I raver see- you
again out of academical dress ;—tLe statutes, sir, must
be enfurced, and we shall not suffer you to ciiobey
them." Away went the ungraduate to his tailor, and
ordered a dress precisely in conformity to the statuter,
consisting of a scarlet gown of a most extraordinary
make—tutu statutes, be it remembered, arc many hundred
years old—and several other appendages equally extra-
ordinary. With these be paraded the High-street. The
Proctor, when he met him, seemed to distrust his otvrt
eyes, and could only stammer out an indignant threat.
" You will find, S;r," said the undergradua..e, "that my
dress is in the strictest conformity to that ordered by the
stwute." The Proctor was a sharp fellow, and saw that it
was best to enter into the joke. "No such thirg, Si:,"
said the Proctor; '6 on have not got your bands on, and I
shall fine you accordingly."—" I Leg your pardon, Sir,"
said the undergraduate, " fur here. they are." lie pulled
up his scarlet gown, and disclo:ed a pair
.r-f immense
bands hanging down about the os sacrum.
,The statute
did not specify where they were t.) be worn.

• - -
Yesterday morning, the men belonging to the
first battalion of Scotch Fusilier Guards, stationed at the Wel-
lington barracks, Bird-cage-walk, St.. James's Park, we, e
called out upon parade to hear the sentence of a district court-
martial read to private ili'Dowell, and Reed, a drunnacr,
who had been found guilty of desertion and insubordinate eon_
duct. The culprits took their station in the centre a the
squate, and the wrjeant-major of the battalion read the sen-
tence, which expelled them from the regiment and uafittecl
ltTioc‘ev edlleshearsteble,eannd23l,
:syecaoit-tsdams,tolttlitert;tiie.or
them from becoming. at any future time, soldiers in any of her
tames
1‘
1 aie(:subtrYain'ssgfs°ttihrbtaject3ciiitTli‘eh an to such length enthle,cleh
bp.:aptrii!(ci cplsiiatf. i
11:i;
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1 active..l:o, tit's,
iwhatieil.::s
impri-
sonment, that he has iaised nearly half his time in 'nllll-
- etee,rimheasd bzeunmemxtt,rigemoeulyt
ainssuotimotredr_inayttez..,
back,Ro gs,nee'.s,
vas
sr ch
departedatu thfreott.tnoatt-n beingt hts torn
in sl
afartoeme,
again, as we understand, to be renewed by the househcld
tflitseerbtalrigees,eanntednaelelowyraesdrteoac
'altkhueninneontie‘evedrethir7ues-hntiret
their discharge,
barrack-yard gates.
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day Mr, Baker held an inquesEti
• CURIOUS CAUSE OF
on the body of Matthew PowßealYlt:ol.:PgeEdL
tAI, Si
ret—y..tYie
ve:n.l7,a-
WaS a man nam'Aeldileg , Londonospi....,
aptiasthteereLyfiOand, Monday week last .leceased was drinking.
end-road, with others, among whom
called
from his mouth a pipe, wh:ch he had teen smoking, and
flung it against the well. A fragment of the pipe•stam re-
bounded and struck deceased sharply under the right eye,
making an incision, from which the blood flowed. The wound
was washed with brandy, and deceased, making light of it,
continued drinking to a late hour, when he returned home in.:
toxicated. On the Wednesday f, 'Bowing the wound ba-
neath the eye becoming much inflamed, deceased applied
to the hospital and was admitted. It was then discovered
that ha had bruises on divers parts of his person, which lie
could not account for. After his admission he was at-
tacked by erysipelas and delirium tremens, and on Filthy
died of the former disease. Mr. Gilbert, house-surgeon,
had examined the body internally, and from appearances
beneath the wound under the eye he was orepinion th,t
erysipelas (the cause of death) was produced by that in-
jury, and not by the bruises on the body. The
turned an open verdict, viz.:—" Died
doted by severe injuries, but by whopmlsa.°coefsrho.fwithn
caused, the evidence was not sufficiently clear to sh"ow." were
LONDON.—London in length is eight•
. miles,
.in
breadth three, and in circumference t
shynnuasgesogftol:s dissenters, 43
In43lkingso2NCtlL),-;1$ It eon
tains 8,000 streets, lance, and alleys, and courts,. and 65
squares. It has 246 churches and chapels, oci- Ciiing-
chapels for foreigners, and 6
ship. The number. of inhabitants during the sitting cf
Parliament, is estimated at 1,250,000. in this vast city
there are 4,000 seminaries for education, 10 institutions
for promoting the arts and sciences, 122 asylums fox the
indigent, 17 for the sick and lame, 13 dispeosaries, 704
charitable institutions, 58 courts of justice, 4,040 profes.
sional men connected with the law. There are 13,300
vessels tradhlg on the river Thames in the year, and 40,000
waggons going and returning to the metropolis in the
same period. The exports and imports to aod f..om the
Thames is estimated at 66,811,222/ annually, and toe
property floating in the vast city every year is 170,000,000.
sterling•.
EARLY AND RAPID VEGETATION.—A spcci-
men of grass grown in a genii at Chester-le-Street has been
shown at our office this week, upwards of twelve inches long.
It has grown from seed sown in August last, and is as vigorous
and green as if it had been produced by the influence of the
summer's sun.-I\eu•castle Journal.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage
of Lord Bruce, eldest son of the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine,
to Elizabeth Mary, only daughter of D. L. Cutcming Bruce,..
/O.P. for the counties of Elgin and Nairn, took place at
erysipelas,jel
public
euv r.w)p.
or!
wor-
ship.
Kin-
naird House, Stiriingshire, on the 22d inst.

It appears that in several parts of England the
peasants have determined to put a stop to hunting, at 1, ast to
the trespass of hounds, for they are said to have surrounded the
cover on hunting days, and refused to let the fox out; the
tenant thus asserting his right to prevent trelass from
committed on the land he occupies. being