The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-21 00:00:00

LONDON MAILS.

We understand that a light mail coach, with two
horses, has been contracted for to run between
Glasgow and Carli,le, at the rate of eleven miles an
hour, which will bring rite London letters there
three hours earlier. We also hear that it is in con-
templation to attempt a similar conveyance on our
line of road, from Newcastle to Edinburgh ; and
Messrs. Spears and Peacock have offered to lon a
similar coach at the same rate, by which we will re-
ceive our newspapers and letters nearly two houre
earlier than at present by the curricle. Besides the
accommodation of such a conveyance to that perk
of the country, we hope the Post-office will adopt
such an offer at once. We copy the above pa-
ragraph from the Weekly Journal ; in reference
to which, we m.y remark, as somewhat sin-
gular, that among the various modes suggested
for accele:•ating the mail, the plan of running
between London and Edinburgh, a light curtiele
with two horses, such as that which now brings in
the mail from Morpeth, was never before proposed.
The carrying of passengers has no necessary con.
flexion with the forwarding of the mail; that part of
the business could be managed with equal advantage
to the public by the proprietors of the coaches; and
in this case there is little doubt that in bringing the
mail from London to Edinburgh three or four hours
might still be saved. If, in addition to this obvious
improvement of not clogging the progress of the
mail with the encumbrance of the p,s,engers, the
read was shortened, as it might be, by about 30
miles, letters and intelligence from London would
arrive here five or six hours sooner, or about e'eht
or nine o'clock in the morning. The late •a•
pressea sen' by The Sun arrived in 36 hours Lotri
the Metropolis, or in six hours less than the mail,
and as the Post Office claims the exclusive privilege
of sending letters, from which a large revenue is
derived, the public have a right to expect the utmost
possible despatch in this important branch of our
domestic concerns.—Edinburgh Evening Courant.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MA RKET,THURSDAY,!
—The import of cotton having been extremely heavy to-
day, prices have shown a slight tendency to give way.
The salee amount to 2.500 bags, at previous prices, which
were, however, with difficulty maintained.
PUBLIC MEETING OF INHABITANTS.--
Yesterday evening, a special meeting of the Inhabitants'
Reform Committee was held in the Waterloo Rooms._.
ROBERT HUNTER, Esq. advocate, in the ch.lir. It was
resolved to convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of
Edinburgh, to draw up a petition to ti,e Ilou,e of Lords,
praying that the Reform Bill may speedily piss into a law,
without mutilation, or any departure fri-in the effective
principles of the Bill. It was agreed, af'er some discus-
sion, that the meeting is to be held in the open air. This
resolution havitus been adopted in a meting composed of
members from the various committees appointed by dif-
ferent bodies of the inha itants who have separ,tely advo-
cated the cause of Reform, we rejoice to think that their
union will insure the largest and most respectable meeting
that ever took place in Edinburgh fur the purpose of
strengthening the hands of the ministry. The tneeting is
to be held on Tuesday; the place at,d hour will be duly
advertised. We have beard that it is the general intention
to shut up the shops for two hours during the meeting.._..
Scotsman of Wednesday.

THUNDER-STORM.—On Friday, a sudden
clap of thunder literally shook several dwellings in this
town and its vicinity : a window was closed, and a door
violently shut, in one house. The electric fluid and the
thunder were simultaneous. We have not heard of any
losing Eves, but of much terror and providential escapes,
A lady and gentleman, with their servants, were proceed-
ing from Ludlow to Worcester in a chariot. The two
former were riding on the dickey, in order to enjoy the
scenery, and the servants were riding in-ide. Shorly after
•hey left Tenhury, a storm of thunder and lightning came
on suddenly, and the lady and gentleman put up their
umbrellas; the one held by the latter (in his left hand)
had a metal stick ; this, it is suppo-ed, attract-d the
.lectric fluid, which appears to have passed down it ; the
left arm of the gentleman's great ceat was torn to shreds,
and his arm much eeorched,—the other parts of his dress
on that side were singed ; the lady was also much injured,
and parts of her dries burnt. The fluid pamsed through
the cushion, severed a large iron bolt, and struck dead
the horse on which the postboy was sitting, the other
horse being at the same time thrown to the ground ! The
fluid entered the ground in four different places, making
marks as if the earth had been forced up by an iron bar.
The postboy escaped unhurt, as dirt also the persons in-
side the carriage, The lady and gentleman (who had been
married a few days before) were conveyed hick to Ten-
'nary, where they still remain under the care of Dr. Lewis,
of Ludlow. They are doing well, but still unable to pursue
their their journey.•.Slaretcsbstry chronicle.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF
LIVES ON THE RIVER.— Yesterday morning, about one
o'clock, a melancholy accident occurred in Limehouse-
reach, which terminated in the loss of eight lives. A
party of ballast-heavers, seven in number, in the employ
of the Trinity House Corporation, together with a boy and
the mate of a ship lying in Limehonse-hole, where they
had been at work, left the ,vessel to eo ashore in a very old
and damaged skiff, and bad proceeded about half way, when
the great weight of the passengers forced a plank out of
the boat, which immediately filled with water and sunk,
•mmersing the whole party in the stream. They raised
loud cries for help, but there was no a.sistsnce near, and
the ballast•heavers and the boy, neither of whom could
'swim, were drowned. The mate swain ashore, which he
reached in a very exhausted state, and gave information of
.he sad fate of his companions. Several boats instantly
put off to the spot where the boat was swamped, but no
haunfortunatevebmn yseutffefroeur
found.
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bodies
were tall athletic Irishmen, and a majority of them have
left wives and families. This tne:ancholy dis•suer has
•aused a painful sensation in Licaehouse, and ti e fate of
the suffers is universally deptervi.