The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-31 00:00:00

PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY.)

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day at the
Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeals.
Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the ar-
guments in the case of Kelly v. M'Gaffog, which was an appeal
from the Isle of Man. Their Lordships affirmed the judgment of
the Court below, with costs.
The Lords present were, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice
llesanquct, Mr. Justice \ aughan, and the Chief Judge of the
Ilankruptcy Court.
Their Lordship then adjourned to Monday.

CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.

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CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 30.—The business of the preliminaries
f‘ir this great contest proceed most briskly. Mr. Rice And Mr.
Pryme are actively inviting their friends to rally round the
standard of Reform, whilst Mr. Knight, the Tory candidate,
has commenced a system rather novel in the gentlemen of his
party ; he meets his friends at the yard in the Eagle Inn al-
most every alternate evening, and on Monday he delivered a
long address.

There will be a contest for the county, but Major Hall will
not come form rl, as was at first anticipated. Mr. Eaton is
named in his stead.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL, Drc. 30.—Wind S.W., hazy.—Arrived the Jules, Le
Cler, from Rotterdam for St. Melo, and remains, with a coaster.
PoaTsmouri2t DEC. 30.—Wind S.W.
PLYMOUTH., DEC. 29.—Wind S.E. to S.W., strong breezes.—
Airived the Menai steamer, from Lisbon and Corunna.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Wind S., fresh gales and squally.—Ar-
rived his Majesty's ship Espoir, from Lisbon—sailed the 22d inst. ;
Olive Branch, Peters, from Gijon; and Liberty, Fudge, Figueira.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Goshawk, Laing, from
Porto Cabello. Off port the Duke of Lancaster, from Demerara.
WATERFORD, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Martha Pope, Jones, from
London.

CoRK, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Patriot, Law, from Trieste;
Beiram, Easier, from Gibraltar ; Barkley, Gething, from Lisbon ;
Governor, Corney, London; and William Gray; Gray, Oporto.
COWES, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Cid, Amezego, St. Ande.ro.
DANTZIC, Dec. 22.—The Amphitrite, Bastel, from Pillau to
London, which was on slime en Hela, is totally wrecked.
CUXHAVEN, DEC. 23.—The Dorothea Marianne, Tukkers,
which was on shore near 011endorf, has bean get off with little da-
mage, after discharging greater part of her cargo.

The Sarah, Campbell, from St. Michael's to Bristol, is on shore
near Cardiff—cargo discharging, and with damage.
The Jane Ingram, Badham, from Rotterdam, was totally lost on.
the Long Sand on Sunday night—crew and passengers saved.
The St. Lawrence, Cully, from Pugwash t 3 Sunderland, put
'Tito Aberdeen, with loss of every thing on deck, boat, bulwarks, tkc.

Royal Swedish and Norwegian General Consulate,
17, Great St. Helen's, Dee. '26.
Sir—Permit me, for the iaformation of the Committee of Lloyd's.
and all whom it may concern, to hand you.at the foot hereof a no-
tice officially transmitted to me by the Royal Board of Trade at
Stockholm.—l remain respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servant,
CHARLES TOTTIE.
William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.

" Information having been received of the two new lighthouses
erected on the Niding Rock, on the coast of Holland, in the Catte-
lat, being now so far completed that coal-lights, under covered
lanterns, may be exhibited from them on the 15th of December, in
the current year, the Department for managing matters appertain-
ing to navigation do hereby give notice, for the information of ma-
riners, that the new lights will commence to be exhibited from the
said lighthouses on the aforesaid day, and that the lights in open
pans hitherto used will thenceforward be discontinued.

" The new lighthouses, which are built of granite, are of a sex-
angular form; their elevation above the rocks, including the lan-
tern, is 44 feet, and the rock itself 15 feet above high-water mark.
The width of the tower is 22 feet. The focus of the flame in the
lantern will be 50 feet above the ordinary level of the sea. Two
third parts of the towers, from the rock upwards, are painted in
the stone joints, the upper one-third part being whitewashed for
the better guidance of mariners.
" The lanterns are painted white. The true bearing between
the towers is N. 47. E. and S. 47. W., or N. 67. 30. E.
(E.N.E. ), •and 67. 30. W. (W% S. W. by compass, and at these
points the lights and the towers have the same bearing. The me-
dium distance between them 100 feet. The lights, viewed from a
chip's deck-10 feet high, ought, in clear weather, to be seen at the
distance of full three German miles; and from one of 15 feet in
height, at the distance of 3i miles.

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On the north side of the towers a stone building has been
erected 48 feet in length and 20 feet in height, with a roof 9 feet
high, covered in with tiles. The building is painted in the stone
joints, and has three windows on one side, and two windows and a
door on the other side. On the side of the western tower a steeple
is erected, in which a large bell is fixed, which will be tolled at
certain short intervals, or at least every quarter of an hour, in thick
and foggy weather. Besides which, a wooden shed for coals has
been erected, close to the towers.

" These lights will, like all other Swedish lights in the Cattegat
and the Baltic, be continued throughout the whole of the year from
half an hour after sunset until half an hour before sunrise.
" A boat will be kept in constant readiness at the rock.
" Stockholm, Nov. 20."

Admiralty, Dec. 9.7.
Sir—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty to transmit to you herewith copies of the translation of a
notice which has been received from the French Government, an-
nouncing that a change has been made in the lighthouse of the rdole
of Algiers.—l am, Sir, your very humble servant,

JOHN BARROW.-
The Secretary to the Committee for Managing
the Affairs at Lloyd's.

" REVOLVING LIGHT ON THE MOLE OF ALGIERS-
( Received from the French Government. )
" Notice is hereby given, that since the 18th of November, mu,
a revolving light has been substituted for the old fixed light on the
Mole cf Algiers, continuing throughout the night, and the light dis-
appearing regularly every half minute.
" In fine weather the flashes may be seen at a distance of five
leagues.
" The light does not disappear entirely at a less distance than
three leagues.
" Hydrographical-office, Admiralty, Dec.. 27."

VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM-

HOUSE, Duc. 30.

The Active, and the Maria Victoria, from Dunkirk—the HetV,F,
from Rotterdam—the Bowes, from Llanelly—the Christopher, front
Miramichi—the Union, from Gravelincs--the Commercial Packet,
from Rotterdam—the Canadian, from Quebec—the New Bruas—
wick, from Magazandria--the Union, from Calais—the Jane, frctra
Sierra Leone—the Margaret, from Lisbon—the Erasmus, from
Sourabayi and Batavia.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, DEC. 30.
The Sir Edward Banks, for Hamburgh—the St. Petersburght
for Gibraltar—the Arno, for Bilboa--the London Packet, for
Antwerp.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, DEC. 30.
The Ramona, for Rotterdam—the Time, for Malta and Smyrna
—the Janet, for Trieste—the Sir Edward Banks, for Hamburgh.

CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, DEC. 30.
The Lord Strangford, for Cardiff and Marseilles—the TA:flack
Nymph, for Sierra Leone—the Gloria, for the Baltic. •

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The Catherine, from London to Calcutta, on t1^.41 6th of October,
in lat. 8., long. 25. W.

The Caroline, from the 'Mauritius to London, on the 19th ult.,
in lat. 6. N., long. 22. W., and the Jane, of Waterford, from
llirarnichi, on the 21st inst., in lat. 51, long. 19., by the Jobu
Al'Lellan, arrived in the Clyde.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Perhaps you will have no objection to insert the fol-
lowing in an early number of jour paper.
TO THE BISHOP OF

My Lord, I am emboldened by the high estimation in which
your Lordship is held for learning, for a benevolent and
equitable turn of mind, and for devotion to the cause etreli-
gion, to address you in behalf of that meritorious but ill-re-
quited body of men, the Curates of the Established Church.
Your Lordship well knows that these gentlemen, brought
up like yourself in the English Universities, must unavoidably
Lave incurred considerable expense in their education, pre-
paratory to their entrance into the Church ; and that after
they enter upon their clerical duties, they are expected to
associate with the best sort of society. If they possess an
independent of that which they derive from the Church,
this may be done ; but if they have no other support than the,
stipends which they receive from their respective incumbents,-
how can they afford the expense inseparable from frequenting'
the circles of the more polished and enlightened part of the coin,-
munity ? Again, suppose that one of them, with such limitea-
means, were to become attached to an amiable and accomplished-
woman, without any fortune—that he found he could not be;
happy without being united to her—and that in the coarse 01
10 or 12 years he had five or six children—what provision
could he have for them out of a stipend of 1001. or 1201. per
annum ? Yet this, my Lord, is no extreme case. In tna-
course of a long life I have known many similar instances-
And I shudder when I call to mind how many of these deservw
ing but uncomplaining men have sunk into the grave from (l'."'
appointment and neglect.
But is there no mode of bettering their condition ? per-
Imps your Lordship will not deem it intrusive if I venture to
suggest a plan by which this desirable object may be attained.
It is this. That every Bishop do require . all the incumbents
within his diocese, to send him answers to the following
questions :

1. What is the annual amount of the stipend which you paY
to your curate ?
2. How many years has such curate officiated in the church.
Altogether ?

3. How long has he officiated in your parish ?
4. Has he performed his duties to the satisfaction of yourself
and your parishioners ?
5. Is he single or married ? If married, what number of
children has he ? . _

The Bishops to keep a register of the returns made
the
them by the incumbents, and from such returns to selectthe
names of those curates who appear to be most deserving f
recommendation to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the
Lord High Chancellor, for church preferment, as occasied
may serve. And whenever an Incumbent, who possessed two.
or three livings shall die, one of the said livings to be bestowed
on some curate on the recommendatory list.
The adoption of such a plan would silence the reproach
too successfully flung out against the Established Church'
that the benefices belonging to it are never offered to those,
who, from .long services and straitened circumstances, have
strong claim to them; but to persons who are relatives, con"'
nections, or aquaintances of great and opulent families, or sou'
have interest at court.

I have the honour to be, most respectfully,
Your Lordship'4 ypr
.y• obedient Servant,
December 29. A LAYMAN.

CAUTI TO ELECTORs.—it is not generally
known, that persons betting on or against the return of
.can-
didates, disqualify themselves for voting.—Liverpool Albwa•