The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-17 00:00:00

NAVIGATION OF THE RHINE.

FRANKFORT, MARCH s.—The closing of the right arm
of the Rhine above Bibe'ich, by order of the Government
of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, has already giv,n rise to
many diplomatic surmises. Yesterday his Highness the
Duke of Nassau arrived in this city, and had a conference
with the Pre,ideet of the Upper Diet, Ceunt Munch
Bellinghausen. The Duke returned afterwards to Mc-
!id), to which place M. de Aotgen, the Envoy frum
Nassau to the Dint, had repaired. The wall which has
been so suddenly farmed in the Rhine to cut off the com-
munication with the port cf Biberich is five feet in thick-
ness, and is raised to half a metre above tl a water.
About 300 workmen were employed in building this
wall. They were assisted by a detachment of Hessian
gendarmerie, and directed by a Dutchman and some en-
gineers. Whilst carrying on the works the workmen sarg
Becker's song, " They shall not have the free GA--
manic Rhine." In order that steamers and other vessels
may communicate with Biberi h, the Nassau Government
has just ordered the erection of a landirg Place in an island
epposite that port. The commmunication between Bihc.
'lei and the island will be by means of a flying bridge._
Cologne Gazelle.
- The Cologne Gazelle, under head of Mayence, of the
2d instant, gives us the subjoined explanation of the dispute
between Hesse Dartnit ttit and Nassau, concerning the na-
vigat on of the Mine:—
"An eccu.rrence took place here 3-es'erday has
excited general inte eat. Otir merchants had petitioned
the lle sign Governtneet to take such measures as mitzht
prever.t a diverting of the current of the Rhine, which
would be the eff.,ct of the accomplishment of the works
proj:cted by the inhabitants of Nassau for the purjsose
of converting Bibeeich into a trading port. This mat-
ter eas also breught before the Assembly of the States,
and the Government was requirel to give the necessary
orders. The affair was hal forgotten till last evening,
when upwards of 100 barges, laden with stone, were
brought down from the Necker, and th, ir contents
sunk in the river above this town. By this act not
only have the works undertaken by Nassau been ren-
dered useless. but henceforth the river, in times of low
water, will find a current only along our shore, and Bibe-
rich, instead of being made a port, will scarcely have a
landirg-place for a boat. We have been astonished, but
at the same time are rejoiced, at the promptitude and re-
solution of our Government, which has shown its estimate
of the value of our town as a place of commerce by the
solicitude of maintaining it. If the water had been drawn
over to the Nassau side our commerce must have been
annihilated, and evea our transit trade, because all mer-
chandise sent from the Lower Rhine to Frankfort and the
north and east of Germany might be sent forward through
Nassau by means of the railroad."
The Gazette du Rhin et Moselle, referring to the mea-
sure taken by the Hessian Government against that of
Nassau, says :
, We learn that Urn Directors of the steam-boats beve
posted up public notice at Weistalea that thr ir vessels
cannot now reach BibeFich wi,hout making too gre it a cir-
cuit, and therefore that this pßssage is suspended. The Duke
( f Na:sau, learning this news while on his road to Holland,
immediately turned back in au haste to liberich,"

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, MArecir 16.—Wind this day at noon blowing
light from the southward.
DEAL, Al A act' 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from the river
and sailed, the Ulysses, Lakeman, for Gibraltar; Idris, Har-
ris, Malta. Arrived from the river, for Sheerness, her Ma-
jesty's ship Vernon ; Astalie, Barlow, Bombay.
PLYMOUTH, ?MARCH 13.—Wind S. S.E.—Arrived the
Plaid, Hayes, from Patros ; Port Fleetwood, Victualler, Mar-
sala. Arived off-port, the Py.roquet, for St. Michael's ;
Prima Donna, Phillips, ditto ; Hermoda, Albertson, Mes-
sina for St. Petersburgh. The wreck of the Prince Saxe
Coburg was passed on the 9th instant, in lon. 11, by the Port
Fleetwood, arrived here. Spoke the Consbrook, Belfast, to
Charleston, on the 234 ult., lat. 39, lon. 29.
FALMOUTH.—Arrived off the Sir .lames Cockburn, Davies,
from St. Lewis ; Eclipse, Martinson, ditto ; Orientsen, Burn-
shem, 4th ult., lat. 4., long. 23, by, the Sir James Cockburn.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Wind S. S. E.—Arrived the
Tulloch Castle, London, Jamaica. Sailed Robarts, Calcutta.
DOVER, MARCH 15.—The Bernard, from Rotterdam to Ba-
tavia, got cri the Newcombe Sand yesterday', but was assisted
off, with loss of two anchors and cables, and proceeded.
SWA NAGE, AlAucti 15.—The Don Pedro is stranded near
St. Alban's Head.
NEWPORT, MARCH 14.—Sailed the Bravo, Brown, for New
York ; Durham, Temple, ditto ; Venus, Nowell, Naples.
MILFORD, MARCH 14.—Arrived the Castili-n Maid, Scott,
from St. Michael's, spoke the Trinity yacht Denia, to Liver-
pool, in lat. 50, long. 9.
COWES, MARCrr 15.—Sailed the Henrietta Louise, Sang,
from Hamburgh.
HELL, MARCH 15.—Arrived the Rosetta, King' from Rot-
terdam; Amelia, Dougall, do. ; Bernard Etise, lesser, Ams-
terdam ; Ann Guthrie, Jackson, Rotterdam ; Robinhood,
Hodsworth, do._ _

HARWICH, MARCH 15.—Arrived cff port, the Therese,
Tampike, from Rotterdam.
SUNDERLAND, .11Aucn I4.—Arrived the Permute, Hauxie,
from Amsterdam ; St. Peter, Gravelins ; Globe, Booth,
Amsterdam.

PENZANCE, MARCII 14.—Arrived off port, the Industrie,
Lubeck, St. Übes, for Lisbon. British ship, No. 763 or 740
standing to the N. W. 14th January, the Cape of Good Hope,
bearing E. 60 miles; Sybilla, 'Mauritius to Bristol, Ist ult.,
lat. 7 S., lon. 16 W.
v 50th ths ye December.rs,from P
S
LIVERPOOL, MAncit 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the
Snowden, Ilanningvvay, from Africa, sailed from River Gab-
n, ,
Charleston ; Tyro, Gibraltar. Arrived off port the
Robert caaibleelllot.he In,repid, for Demerara ;
Champion
ort

THE BARQUE CATHERINE ELIZABETH STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING.

St. Vine nt, January 27, 1841.
We had a very fine run till we passed Madeira ; and on the
31st December, in lat. 31 37 N., lon. 24 27 W., we were
strn,k with lightning, which knock, d the main-royal-mast and
and toPgAllant-mast to pieces while we were :loft, cleaning ;
found the ship full of smoke below, called all downiand got off
the hatches. The lightning, had gone down the chain scuttle,
arid sit fire to a case containing medicine. There was also
four bottles of turpentine in the case, but we were fortunate
enough to put the fire out before it had touched them.

NATURAL IN
PROFES.SOR OF NAT
MARISCIIAL COLLEGE.—We underslL
nv,-ay, Conseivatur of ti:e MusTurosNd that Mr. M‘Gil-
of Sur. e -11 F , Edinbul g"), Lecturer on Royal College
the author of several works on Natural History,
&c , and
appointed by the Gove-nment to fill tl e Chair,
ii, to bc
the death of Dr. Davidson, in Marigcha ir, vacant by
I College U •
versity of Aberdeen. —Aberdrcn Herald. ) in-
PARIS AND ROUEN RAILROAD.—The •
cipal inhabitant; of Havre have authoiiied a notary orin-
town to negotiate with Companies who may be willingth't
continue the Paris and Rouen Railroad as far as 1-i% to
The municipality of Havre some tine ago voted 90,001er:
towards the preliminary surveys, and agreed to devote
60,0001. towards the execution of the line.