The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-02 00:00:00

DUBLIN, Nov. 25.

The following- Letw from Virm. NIARSDEN, Esq.
to the Bight Hon. the •Lord Mayor, was on Satur
day posted in the Cdramercial Buildings Coffee-room,
for information of the merchants : •

Artrnitalty-Office, Nov. qt.

Mat LoR

" The Niel:hams .Of having applied to my
Lords commis-poi/iris of the Admiralty, that the Convoys
from the West Indies ,to. England May be appointed to 'sail
at the periods mentioned hereafter, :I am cotninanded by
their Lordships to &sire yew will let 'me know whether
those periods will he Sill tabic to. the Tiltrte of Dublin.

" I am my Lord,
tV/1%.1. !MARSDEN.
,4 The Right lion. the Lord !Mayor of Dublin.
" Front Demerara direct, ;about the beginning ofMareh.
• '
• kinnt the general rendezvous of the Trade of the-. West
.Irutia I slinds, Pith May, xuth tune, ist August, and loth
OCtGibvt."

The Letter from lirs- MAJEsTY to the Nmloii of
the CARNATic, which Sir J. CRADDOCK took out,
was presented to his
.1-Tightiess with great ceremony
in February last.
The cultivation of cotton in most of the distrias.
of the Nurbudcla has been attended 'with unhoped
for success--the-..annual, produce is computed, at
40,000 bales of 3751 b. •

Avast range of Warehouses is 4uilding on the
south beach at Madras, in. consequence of the 'ra-•
pidly extending commerce of that Presidency.
The grand coiledion of birds and beasts for the
use of the College of Calcutta has been transferrett
to Barrachpoer, where an appropriate building has
been erected for their exhibition. The Receivers,
ColleEtors, &c..'Sze.. in the Provinces, are instru6led
to. lend their assistance in completing This already
very fine Museum.
The Bengal Governmeht has given 8000 rupees
to, assist in .the building of a Protestantehnrch in
the Danish Settlement of Serampore. . • .
The Court of Dire ors purpose to- send'out, by
the net Fleet,..several 'fine horses for hunting, as
presents to the
.Nabob Vizier.
The east wing of Bedlam, formerly appropriated
to the reception of male !mimics, is now pulled
down. The other wing ternains, with its unfortu-
nate, female oceopants.
The new western side of the Bank is .nearly
finished. :It is to be regretted that the. art hitedure
of this building is mit more uniform: it at present
presents a 11105 t unsightly confnaion of'orders.
It was, on .Saturday decured.by the Amateurs of the
Fist, that the pugilistic 'contest 'between the .Qame
Chicken and: Belcher is to take place on Saturday.
next, instead 'of Friday, on which day a .Committee
of Amateurs will meet at Doncaster,' to deeide on
the spot of 'aaion. The backers of the.combatants
left, town yesterday.
•
Mr. Oakes, the Banker, of Bury, last .week paid'
a legacy oflool.. to a cook.-rnaiti in the service of a
Gentleman in that town her joy was so 'etcessive.
as to embarrass her in her business—'every thing
went wrong—it was past dinner time, the viands..
were still raw—the pot would not boil—the fire'
would not burn—she pulled an old newspaper from
iver and thrhst it into the. bars, forgetting
~that ,she 'had Wrapped 'her Bank-notes in it, and in,
instant tim y wore consumed.—lt is }easier to,con-.
eeivc:.ilioal to 04:scribe her feelings on'Aiseoverine
her loss 3 the Linker, however, had the numbers,
and mum. giving': the necessary security•to the Bank,
the property will of course be recovered.

On Friday- eening ,the body .of a well-dressed
female wwi found :on the.. owing-path ofthePad-
dington Canal, .below Uxbridge, having apixtreutly
been drowned, and dragged on the oth. She was
taken' to a neighbouring house,- and attempts were
made to restore animation,
,but in yain. The_body
Was oWll4'Yesterday morning, and she appeared to
have been the French Teacher of a goarding School
near London. It is.not ascertained how' she came
her.death, or what were the.ruotives that led-her
frOm town, she having quitted her abode with leave
to spend a day with her; friends at 'Paddington on.
Thursday evening.

About seyen o'clock in the evening of Tuesday
the warehouse and workshops of; Messrs.
Kerry and Co. of Wakefield,,wool-staplers and yarn
tnattufaCturers, were discovered to be on,tire ' • arid,
tint vithstanding 'every. assistance was iminetliately
rendere,l; Nvere in two hours entirely, coniunked,
The timely exefrions, of the military and tseltiliahl-
tants', aided by the stilluers of the eveniug,preV'ented
the fire front .conunnaicating to the adjoining. pre,
fl] iSeS. • .