The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-17 00:00:00

taelic.l. It appears from a ttatement made by one of her
crew, that when the itoman came head to wind, her fore
braced or pins parted, which allowed .14., head yards to run
square and give the ship a s'ern hoard. The moment the other
ship was perceived to be in stays, our helm was put hard up.,
but the ship would not pay off in time to clear the fAher.vessel.
The Richard Anderson has brought in the body of Copta.n
Salisbury for interment.--Liverpool Standard.

No commercial room is now considered to be
farni%hed unless it has a bell marked " Boots," and a letter-
balance, or pair of scales and weights.
The Standard always does things in grand
style ; even its correspondence is managed with dignity. Its
" West End Correspondent" has been famous ; and now it re-
ceives letters, advocating the Veto, signed " S.P.Q.R-"
(Senatus Populusque Romanus !) The Scotch must feel flat-
tered at the interest taken in their affairs by the republican lords
of the Eternal City.—Glasgow Argus.

DIMENSIONS OF A CHINESE JUNK, mea-
sured in 1796: f in.

156 0

Extren.r. length
Ditto breadth . : 3B 0
Ditto at bow 24 0
Ditto at stern
Height eff"water forward and aft 3B 0
Depth of hold from upper deck
Draft of water
Height of mainmast ........ ........... 112 0
Circumference at the upper deck... ...... . 11 0
Length of main yard 66 6
Size of cable
Number of men 120.
The mainmast one stick, and tapering away to very small at
the upper extremity.
The worthy Vicar of Monmouth, together with
the organist a: d the clerk, were in the vestry previous to the
commencement of last Sunday morning service, when the
large weight of the clock, weighing about 3 cwt., fell with a
tremendous crash, forcing in the ceiling of the vestry-room,
and then smashing a table to atoms, round which the above-
named persons stood, without being at all irjured. The sex-
ton received a slight graze on his right arm, from the falling
weight, whilst he was tolling the bell in an upper room. Had
it fallen only two feet nearer the parties, all their lives wOuld
have teen sacrificed.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday fornoon, be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, a fatal accident happened to
an infant named Robert Richard Shaw, :aged twenty months.
under the following circumstances .—He was in the arms of his
brother, who is eight years old, who was runnnino• out of a
street in Brick-lane, Spitalfields, into the lane, at the time that
one of the carts belonging to the London Parcels Delivery Com-
pany was passing. The driver of the cart is earned Henry For-
rest, and was going at a speed of about seven miles an hour.
He was called to by some persons, but unfortunately he looked
the wrong way, when the elder child was knocked down. They
were both taken up. and the infant was found to be seriously
hurt. It was carried to a surgeon's, where it soon died. The
driver was taken into custody, and, having been brought up at
Worship-street, Mr. R. Gregorie, a Magistrate, who witnessed
the accident, having stated the circumstances, he was bailed by
his employers.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON THE HIGHWAY.--•
On Thursday night, as Mrs. Taylor, the wife of Mr. Taylor,
the skinner, of Bidford, was returning home from Kiddermin-
ster, at about a mile and a half from A2cester she was met by
two ruffians, who knocked her down, beat her cruelly, and
robbed her of 262/. One of the fellows held I:er head on the
ground, with a knife across her throat, while the Dther tore off
the pocket containing ..he money. The poor woma.", who is
far advanced in pregnancy, was left renseless on the &round,
and now remains in a very precarious state. The money stolen
consists of 260/. in notes of Farley and Turner's Kidderminster
Bank.

LOVE OF FLOWERS.—IVIaria Malibran's ner-
vous temperament and romantic turn of feeling inspired her
with a passionate love of flowers. During her performance of
Desdemona, on the evening of her benefit above alluded to, she
betrayed her fondness for flowers in a singular way. When
Desdemona lay dead on the stage, and the Moor, in his frenzied
grief, was preparing to inflict upon himself the blow which was
to lay him prostrate at her side, Madame Malibran, fearing the
destruction of the bouquets and wreaths which lay scattered
round her, exclaimed in a low tone of voice, " Take care of 11,1
flowers ! Do not crush my flowers !"—Menzoirs of Madame
Malibran.

CHARACTER OF MR. HUSKISSON.—I am
glad you are become personally acquainted with Huskisson•
Besides possessing considerable abilities, and, upon some sub-
jects, extensive knowledge, he is cheerful, good-natured, end
obliging ; a man of the world of the best sort. When you come
to converse with him upon other topics than those to which the
purpose of your first interview limited you, you will find that
nothing can be more rational and agreeable than his conversa-
tion. Ido not think he has been well treated in the late ar-
rangement. He has surely earned a seat in the cabinet. 1:1!W
connexion with Canning, or probably, too, the lowness of his
origin, have, I suppose, stood in his way.—Lord Dudley 5
Letters.

All patties seem equally pleased with Prince
Albert. We have, within the last few days, seen three letters
from London, which all, in different language, agree in
speaking well of him. One says, "He is a real amiable
looking fellow." Another has it, "He is good looking, and
loeks good;" while a lady thus writes her notions of him,
" Prince Albert is a sweet-looking youth." It is but seldom
that the same individual centres the admiration of all upon
him. His Royal Highness, however, is fortunate enough to (10
this, and we trust that time will justify the opinions of those
who have reported upon his physiognomy.—Liverpool Albion.
E. C. LISTER, EsQ.—A placard has been
plentifully posted on the walls of the town, stating that this
gentleman, by having presented the petition of the Socialists
of this place to the House of Commons, has identified himself
as one of this body. Now the fact is, that on presenting the
petition, the Honourable Member stated his abhorrence of the
doctrines of Socialism, and expressed his regret that so many
females (ninety) should have been found in Bradford to sign
it, but that, as the petition had been entrusted to him by a
portion of the inhabitants of Bradford, he felt bound to present
it.—Leeds Times.

The Dublin Evening Post states that the
County of Tipperary has been convened by the High Sheriff,
to petition in favour of the introduction of railways into
Ireland.
MORE BREAD TAX HUMBUG.--A lady (1) of
Rearsby has been imitating on a small scale the example of
Lords, Dukes, et hoc genus omne. A petition for the repeal
of the Corn-law was sent by the Loughborough Anti-Corn-
Law Association to that village, which obtained about eighty
signatures. One for their continuance was also sent by other
parties, and this liberal-minded woman had three of her la-
bourers sent, for, and told them if they did not sign it, they
should have no more work from her. Thus, as the Duke of
Rutland lords it over the consciences of his tenantry, and the
Duke of Newcastle does what he will with his own; so every_
village has its petty tyrant, male or female, willing to do all
that can be done by force, or fear of starvation, to continue the
reign of unjust and injurious laws.—Leicestershire Mercury.
A widow, named Kelly, died on the 17th of last
month, at her residence at Brackloon, near Westport, in Ire-
land, aged 104 years, leaving behind her children, grand-chil-
dren, great-grand-children, and great-great-grand-children, to
the number of 218.

ALE AND PORTER PRESERVER.—In order to
save ale and porter in good condition for a considerable length
of time it is, for the most part, kept corked down in bottles ;
and though this method answers exceedingly well, yet it is sub-
ject to this inconvenience, that it causes, where a small quan-
tity, as one draught, for instance, is only required, all the
rest of the ale or porter in the bottle to go to waste, which
must prove both expensive and inconvenient. It is pressure
that is the main cause of keeping ale, &c., so well in
bottles, tired an apparatus is in use by which liquids may be
constantly under pressure in casks as well as in corked
bottles. The vessel is made in the form of a cask of strong
tin, strongly braced by iron hoops, which stands o its end.
At the upper end is a cock, soldered to a tube, which is la"
mersed to within an inch of the bottom of the cask. At the
same end is a condensing syringe, by means of which air can
be forced into the cask ; and whenever this is effected it is ob-
vious that the liquor will have a tendency to escape through the
tube and out at the cock with a force proportionate to the de-
gree the air is compressed by the action of the syringe. If
the cock be then turned the liquor will rush out with violence,
foaming, at the same time a great quantity of froth, or what is
usually termed a cauliflower head. Every time the air is
drawn from the cask, the air it contains is not exposed to the
atmosphere, whilst the liquor is kept under pressure, andne
vent-peg is necessary. It is said all the advantages of bottling
are obtained by the above process, without one-half of the waste
and inconvenience attending on the former system.
SPORTING.—" Judex," of the Morning Post,
in his character of Protecting Saint to Betting-men, after
stating that the Town Council of Doncaster have agreed 46 to
enclose a space in front of the stand for the better accommoda-
tion of gentlemen who bet, and for the protection of ladies,"
urges on Sir G. Heathcote the necessity of a post and chains
at Epsom, so that a betting circle may be formed. He next
visits Newmarket with his reform requisition, where the space
between the porticos in front of the coffee-room should be roofe d
in and enclosed.

FlRE.—Early on Monday morning a fire broke
out in the house of Mr. Eastwood, 'fringe-manufacturer, Fore-
street, Cripplegate, and did great damage. The inmates had
a very narrow escape with their lives. The premises are in-
sured.

Barons Court, the seat of the Marquis of Aber-
corn, was full of company during the assize week. His Lord-
ship gave a grand entertainment to Baron Foster and the lead-
ing gentlemen of the county.
Tuesday next is the anniversary of the birth of
his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, who will on
that day complete his 21st year.

CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORY.-Predictions °f
the weather are now as eagerly sought after as anything ; ingr
nuity has almost become exhausted in searching for reasonab'e
methods of predicting, and, as a last resource, or rather as
revival of an old idea, Astrology is, by some persons otherwise
well• informed, brought in to aid and assist in bewildering the
minds of those who believe in the possibility of foretelling the
changes of the weather for a month or a year ; but of all ideas'
that of introducing the aspects and influences of the planets as,
a lever by which to exalt meteorology, is the most absurd an"
unphilosophical ; I would not believe that those persons who
attempt to predict on astrological principles, who base their
flimsy superstructure on the influences of the planets, can be
ignorant of their great distances from us and from each other,
so great indeed, that they have not, nor cannot have, any in"
fluence over the variations in our atmosphere, though they.'_
have some slight attractive powers on the whole mass of the
earth; the moon, as it affects the waters, may have some very
i
slight influence on those large masses of clouds laden with
moisture, and floating but a few hundred yards above their
„
parent waters; but if any, it has hitherto remained undisco-
vered. The sun is the grand, and I may say the only cause ;
wind, consequently of weather, and until more rational me`'
are are discovered for accounting for its many changes, than tliati.e
the planets, an accurate prediction for any considerable i.!°l9
must be despaired of ; in the present state of meteorology
.g_ve
not possible, nor will it be till a great many observations ha
been made, and collected for the purpose of comparistra.:„_:t,eas
best way of forwarding this very desirable object is
observations be made as regularly as possible, and al °
public.—J. GLAISIIIRE.
HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPERS PROVIDENT
INsTiTtyriox.—The first annual general meeting of thermst
daY at
hers and supporters of this institution took place P.'•, the
the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill; Mr. Pagliano
chair. After a few words from the chairman, the secretary oof
read the annual report, which indicated the rapid frJg':e_ ,
the institution, and the interest taken in it by nn the trade tut.
neral, by masters, as well as cooks and waiters, and the ;
her of members was already 296, ninety-six being, life methe
hers, and the rest annual subscribers. The receipt 3 fO
past year amounted to 1,4661., whilst the expenditure ha.d. been
past 1301. The trustees had, therefore, invested vit_n.w.,,,
commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, the. '
of 1,0011.. and there was a balance remaining in the treasi_r:rsa'l
hands of 2631. The report was unanimously adopted. S°: the
resolutions were then passed, and votes of thanks give,nr
officers of the institution, to the chairman, and to •
g at for havin at different times gratuitously allowed tll,_.° the
of his committee-raom as a place ot meeting ; after which
members separated.