The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-12 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF M. BELLOT.

M. Bellot, of the French marine, whose volunteer of
services for any Arctic expedition was announced in our
journal a few days since, arrived from Paris on Saturday
morning. He Las hastened across to join the Prince
Albert, at Aberdeen.

M. Ballot, Knight of the Legion of Honour, is a dis-
tinguished officer in the French service, and was
wounded at Madagascar in 1845, in the combined attack
of the French and English at Tamatave. The generous
offer of his services on an arduous voyage to the Arctic
seas, in a cause so sacred, will be duly appreciated by
all lasses of her Majesty's subjects, and tend, we trust,
to cement that union between the nations of the globe
which is so ardently sought to be established by the
" world's fair."

M. Bellot is, as it were, the representative of the
French navy in the search for Franklin, for wc have
reason to believe that deep sympathy is felt by all offi-
cers of the navy of France, and indeed of all navies in
the civilised world, in the fate of that brave and good
man and his gallant associates.

SHIP NEWS.
NOTICE.

Leghorn, April 30.
Advices from Naples, of the 26th, state that the qua-
rantines lately established there had all been taken 131 Z
GRAVESEND, MAY 11.—Wind S.W., calm, fine.
Arrived—Wigerham, from the Mauritius ; Sorento,
from Alexandria ; Eliza Keith, from Callao ; Minerva,
from Barbadoes; Hugo, from Riga; Tar, from Valpa-
raiso; Ann, from Rouen; Alliance, from Guernsey; Spirit
and Eske, from Stettin; Sprightly, from St. Michael's;
Anne Dorothe, from Denmark ; Ann, from Bombay ;
Cicero, from Grenada; Ocean Wave, from the Mauri-
tius; Lady Hilda, from Berbice; Blanche, Ellen, Pan-
dora, Grecian, and Elizabeth, from Jamaica ; Alwina,
from Stettin; Germania, from Rostock; Malcolm, from
Dominica ; Violet, from Marseilles ; Thomas Hughes,
from Port Philip ; Tay, from Alexandria ; Csesar, from
Tarragona; Claret, from Bordeaux; Pleiades, from Bar-
badoes;
Hellespont, from the Cape of Good Hope; Con-
cordia, Ranger, and Giraffe, from Rotterdam ; Queen
and Lion, from Harlingen; Stadt Dordrecht, from Dord t ;
Thames, from Hamburgh; Menai, from Calais; City of
Rotterdam, frons Dunkirk.
Sailed—Scindian, for St. Helena; Bangalore, for New
Zealand; Comet, for Bordeaux; Caledonia and Elbe,
for Hamburgh ; Ocean and Attwood, for Rot-
terdam ; Sir E. Banks, for Ostend ; Fleche, for
Ghent; Victoria, for New York; General Wiltshire, for
Brazil; City of London, for Dunkirk; William Joliffe,
for Havre; Albion, for Boulogne; Fame, for Calais;
Antwerpen, for Antwerp; Batavier and Earl of Auck-
land, for Rotterdam; Lord John Russell, for Harlingen;
Catherine, for Norway; Ocean Breeze, for Malta; Dal-
housie, for Calcutta; Jane, for Adelaide; Amy Robsart,
for Newcastle; Mercutio, for Liverpool; Propontis, for
the Cape of Good Hope; Jylland, for Nykjobing;
Bonetta, for Ilamburgh; Crusader, for St. Thomas;
Norah Creina, for Liverpool; Henrich, for Wolgast; La
Societifs, for Caea; People, for Cherbourg; Mischief, for
Barbadoes.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Statira Morse, found west, with passengers, March 21.
Percival, of Newcastle, March 27, in lat. 49 N., long.
20 W.
Richard Thorntcn, from London for Batavia, March 27,
in lat. 2 N., lo3g. 21 W.
Wanderer, from Cardiff for Rio Janeiro, March 16,10ng.
22 W.
Lady C. Guest, from London for Bermuda, April 10, in
lat. 33 N., long. 42 W.
Nautilus, from Dublin for Quebec, April 23, in lat. 47
N., long. 37 W.
Ellen Forestal, from Limerick for New York, March 27,
in lit. 50 N., 13ng. 22 W.
Maude, for New York, May 1, in lat. 51 N., long. 13 W.

ENGLISH SWINDLERS IN PARIS.
AN OLD TRICK REVIVED.
The following story appears in the Gazette des Tri-
bunna4: "Two well.dressed persons, having the appear-
ance of Englishmen, went yesterday to the fair which is
being held on the Route de Versailles. They placed
before them a tray containing a great number
of pieces like those of 20f.; and with a
very strong English accent offered them ;for sale
at one franc each. The public suspecting that the
pieces were only a composition gilded, made few pur-
chases. Presently a cab drove up, and two other
Englishmen, also fashionably dressed, alighted. They
went to within a short distance of the other two, and
one said in bad French, Why, I declare it is Lord
Harrison trying to win his wager with Sir
Bathurls.' What wager?' said the second English-
man. ' What! don't you know that he has betted
1001. sterling that he would offer 1,000 guineas at if.
each to these silly Frenchmen, and that he would not
succeed in selling 50 in two hours; whereas Sir Bathurls
has betted that they will all be taken in less than
an hour.' I am of the same opinion as Sir
Bathurls, said the second Englishman. 'For my
part,' said the other, I think with Harrison." Let
us bet.' How much?' 101." Done.' They then
shook hands, and retired a short distance. Their
conversation was overheard by the persons standing by;
and, after some whispering amongst themselves, these
parsons hastened to the sellers, and bought as many of
the gold pieces as their resources permitted. Meanwhile
the two gentlemen of the cab repeated their conversation
a little farther off, and the result was the same. In less
than an hour the whole of the 1,000 guineas were sold.
The two gentlemen who had effected the sale then
joined the other two in the cab, and all four drove
rapidly off. A few minutes after, three other individuals
having also the appearance of inhabitants of Great
Britain arrived, and inquired what had taken place.
On being told, they cried It is they and at the sumo
time explained that they were detective officers of the
English police, and that they had been sent over to
watch certain notorious pickpockets of London who
have come to exercise their industry in France. The
statement of these cflicers spread rapidly amongst the
crowd, and the joy of the purchasers of the guineas be-
came changed into sadness. On examination of the
pretended pieces of gold, it was discovered that they
were not worth 15c. each. The secret police of Paris,
assisted by the English officers, have commenced a
search after the clever cheats."

IRISH SOCIETY Or LONDON.—On Friday the an-
nual meeting of this society was held at the Hanover-square
Rooms ; the Marquis of Blandford in the chair. The
report stated that nine new associations had been formed
in England in connexion with the society during the put
year. The receipts exceeded those of the preceding year
by over 261. The sum of 4,8551. had been collected by the
Irish Society, which, with the contributions from the
auxiliaries, amounted to over 9,0131; and, deducting the
expenditure, there was a balance of 1,525/. The report was
unaaialeugly adopted.