The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-23 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, OCT. 22.

The General Steam Ntvigation Company's steamer,
the Lord Melville, arrived off here about about nine
o'clock last night. She experienced very severe wea-
ther, and was upwards of twenty hours on her pas-
sage. &me of her passengers were landed at East-
beurne. She was unable to getinto Shoreham harbour
until three o.'clock this morning.
BRIGHTON DAY-MAlL.—Since the day-mail ;IRS
been put on the railway some dissatisftetion has existed
at the irregularity in the delivery of the letters, and
the careless manner in which the bags are forwarded to
and from the station. It appeare that the duty of the
guard only extends to the railway, and the bags are
given to one of the cads of the omnibuses to be taken
from the pest-office to the railway-stivion, a distance of
upwards of a mile, and there delivered to the guard.
On the arrival of the mail train from London the bags
are again',deliTered to one of the cads, and a 5 they stop
to fill their omnibus with passengers and luggage, the
letters se:dom• reach the Post-office until three quarters
of an hour after time, and are then thrown into the
office by a party having nothing to do with the Rist-
offi,e, consequently wholly irtesponsible. Surely in a
town whore thirty thousand letters a week are delivered
this requires some alteration.
SPEEDY EXECUTION OF JUSTICE.—At the Lows
Sessions, on Wednesday, a sailor was convicted and
sentenced to twelve months' imptisonnvnt, for robbing
the Captain of the ship Economy, at Newhaven, at
ten o'elcek in the morning. The prisoner was appre-
hended at Lewes, e:ght miles from the spot, examined
before the Migistr.itea, committed, tried and sentenced
at four o'c'ock in the afternoon, six hours after the uffe. ice
was committed.

An ahrmiog accident occurred in Brighton a few
days hack. A horse, standing in a cart belonging to a
butcher in the Grand Parade, namel Champion, started
off at full sp;ell, dashing amongst the carriages in the
fashionable drivee. The animal pursued its course for
some dis4.anee round the town, and completely smashed
the cart, but was eceatually stopped without 'injuring
any person. Yesterday Mr. Soloman, the chief officer
of police, laid an inform.stion against Mr. Champion
for leaving . his horse unattended. The Magistrates,
after coninienting on the dangerous practice, fined him
40. and costs. Two gentlemen, named S'oper and
Warren, were also fined each 40a. and costs for racing.
It appeared that they were on horseback racing. in the
King4r-road, when a littls boy, who was dragging
truck, became a'armed,, and, m endeavourin to get
nut of the way, one of the tiefndants rode ov, r hiM.
'The poor litt2t fellow wile picked up and coove3ed to
ae hospit..l. On examination be was found to be
Seriously itiured
•

" I am a miserable fellv," said a hosier to:a•!
hatter, "my wife keeps her bed." "I am infinitely
more unhappy than you," said tho hatter to the hosier,''
" for irry uife has sold her hed."
'7ENbitittOOs StieLL-FisH.—The Citarna &gig)
'which exists in the Indian seas, is capable of snaPPing,
cables, acid performing other feats ; its shell is of 4"..
pounds weight, acid its flesh 300 pounds,