The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-27 00:00:00

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 26.—The Portugal mails ar-
rived here at half-past twelve last night, in the Oriental
Company's steam -ship Royal Tar, Captain Hamilton, and
were forwarded to London by the mail train at one A. 31.,
this day.

The far has eighteen passengers, a full cargo of fruit,
eggs, and twelve oxen. Fier dates are—Gibraltar,
November 16th ; Cadiz, 17th ; Lisbon, 20th ; and
Oporto, 21st.
DISTRIBUTION OF SHIPPING. Gibraltar—Her Ma.
jesty's steamer Virago, Flower of Yarrow yacht; her
Majesty's ship Vanguard sailed for Carthagena; a
French war steamer arrived on the 15th, and sailed on
the forenoon of the 16th. At Cadiz, in the bay—A
Spanish brig of war. Arrived on the 17th, a French
steamer of war, saluted with twenty-one guns. A Spa-
nish steamer, Sello, got on shore on the night of the
14th, and was not off when the Tar left on the 17th. It
was reported that she was breaking up. The experi-
mental squadron was in the Tagus, also French brig
Cygne, and the usual Portuguese squadron.
The Gibraltar packet Queen, Captain Weeks, will
leave the docks at three P.M., with outward mails, a full
cargo, and usual number of passengers.
The Transit steamer, belonging to the South-Western
Steam Company, arrived here this morning from Co-
runna, which place she left on the 21st instant, and
landed forty very fine Spanish cattle; also a full cargo
of fruit.

FATAL BURSTING OF A STEAM-BOILER....—LISTMEN,
MONDAY, NOV. 23. This day an inquiry was held in
the Court-house at Lisburn, before Thomas Johnson
Smith, D.L., Henry T. Higginson, William Gregg, and
R. Johnson Smith, Esqs., justices of the peace for the
county Antrim, on the bodies of Hugh Fleming and
William Rafferty, deceased, and after a lengthened and
full investigation, the bench came to toe conclusion,
from the evidence, that these two persons came by their
death on that morning, in consequence of the bursting
of a steam-boiler (cause unknown), in the boiler-house
of Mr. William Barber's sewing linen thread manu-
factory, at Hilden, near Lisburn, but that no blame was
attached to any person, nor did it appear to have taken
place through neglect. Four young girls were also seri-
ously scalded by the accident, and now lie dangerously
ill in the county hospital.
NRWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE, Nov. 26.—A fine
schooner was brought in here last evening's tide, called
the Rowena, of Jersey; she was towed in here by a large
schooner. She is loaded with palm oil and nuts from
the coast of Africa, and she was picked up off Ilfra-
combe. There were three men dead on board, one in
the cabin and two on deck ; one was lashed to the mast.
The Custom-house authorities have been on board of
her, and there were two boxes of ship letters, which
were forwarded to the General Post-office, London, this
evening. She fills with the tide.—From a Correspondent.
RAILWAY NOTICES.—A daily issue of the London
Gazette is taking place, in order to enable railway com-
panies to comply with the terms of the standing orders
directing the publication of their respective Parliamen-
tary notices therein. The Gazette of yesterday contains
51 notices of intended applications for railway Acts next
session. The majority of the current notices appear to
be from existing companies, who are desirous either to
construct new branches or works, or to sell or lease
their lines to the directors of other companies.
CANNING'S REMEMBRANCE OF A VOICE.—One
peculiarity he possessed, which is but partially known,
—his thorough remembrance of a voice, and his ability of
connecting it at any interval of time with the party to
whom it belonged. More than one instance of this
faculty is remembered at Hinckley. lie was dining with
a large party at Mr. Cheshyre's, the medical gentleman
before referred to, when a note was brought in and
handed to the host, with an intimation that the bearer
begged to see him for five minutes. Mr. Cheshyre left
his party with reluctance, and was absent some time.
When he returned he prefaced his lengthy apologies by
observing, he had been detained by one of the most re-
markable men of the day; that the gentleman was by
accident passing through Hinckley, and he could not
pause on his route; that he purposed placing one of his
family under his (Mr. Cheshyre's) care, and that he
rnek,shlhyirse will )hew name him,"
hliig.ra, The e obliged to listen to all his arrange-
ments.t(hM!.eudlii ,
,"s a said
latterC a Canning, ,
maygaily,
ie "andvery
easily managed, but the former will, I believe, baffle
even your acuteness, Mr. Canning." This was said with
some degree of tartness; for, among other affectations
which the wealthy quack indulged in was that of pro-
found mystery with respect to the most trivial occur-
rences. " Your visitor, Sir, was Wilberforce," said
Canning, stoutly. "How could you possibly discover
that?" cried his annoyed host. "We conversed with
closed doors; he sent in no card; as we parted he spoke
but five words." "Of which I heard but two." " What
were they!" "Conventional arrangements," said Can-
ning, imitating Wilberforce's distinct enunciation, and
dwelling on each separate syllable.—Stray Leaves by a
Suffolk iff (tor.
THE GRAVE-YARD NUISANCE.—We are glad to
find that the agitation against the grave-yard nuisance
is now commenced in earnest. Mr. Walker, whose pub-
lications on the subject of the grave-yards of London
are well known, commences a course off` lectures on the
present condition of metropolitan grave-yards this even-
ing, at half-past &ght o'clock, at the Mechanics' Institu-
tion, Southampton-row. We hope that a similar course
will be delivered at every institution in the metro-
polis, and that public meetings will be held on the sub-
ject for the purpose of petitioning Parliament ; for all
other sanatory measures will be comparatively useless so
long as large centres of corruption shall be suffered to
diffuse their pestiferous exhalations over the length and
breadth of the metropolis, polluting the wholesome air,
and rendering it a wholesale propagator of deadly
disease.

The Gazette de Vos states that the Prussian Go-
vernment has forbidden railway companies to construct
electric telegraphs on their own account, and preserves
to itself this mode of forwarding intelligence.