The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1535

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

SHIPPING lii TELLIGEN CE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 19.—The Racer, 16, Commander
Hope, arrived yesterday from Bermuda, from which she
sailed on the 28th ult., leaving there the President, (with
the flag of Sir George Cockburn) and the Thunderer (sur-
veying vessel) Commander Owen. Sir George Cockburn
was to sail about the 12th instant, for Barbadoes and the
other islands in that vicinity, and then return to Bermuda,
where the Vice-Admiral would remain until relieved by his
successor in the command. It was understood that Sir
George would not visit Jamaica previous to his return to
Bermuda. The day before the Thunderer left Havannah
for Bermuda, the Scylla, 18, Commander Carpenter, sailed
thence with specie for Jamaica, intending to take the
northern passage. The Cruiser was standing in for Ber-
muda when the Racer sailed.
The Belvidera, Flamer, Savage, Columbia, and Meteor
steam-vessel, were at Barbadoes on the llth of November.
The Rainbow, Gannet, and Magnificent, were at Port
Royal on the 3d of October ; th Wasp, 18, was off the
north side of Jamaica, on her way to the Havannah on the
Ist of October. The Champion, 18, arrived at Jamaica on
the 28th of October ; the Comas, 16, on the 23d of Oct.,
(from the Havannah,) and the Dee steamer on the 22d of
October, from St. Thomas's. The Pickle left Kingston
for Chagres on the 27th of October ; the Confiance steamer
arrived at Alexandria from Malta on the 26th of October ;
the Firefly arrived at Malta from Falmouth on the 20th
of November ; and the Alban sailed thence for Alexandria
on the 2lst. The Swallow brig sailed from Rio Janeiro for
Falmouth on the 30th of September.
The Vestal, 28, Captain W. Jones, is hourly expected
from the West Indies, it being necessary that she should be
docked.
The lEtna surveying vessel, Captain Vidal, and her ten-
der, the Raven, Lieut. Bedford, sailed yesterday on a sur-
veying expedition to the west coast of Africa. the Sulphur,
Captain Beechy, fitted for a similar service in the Pacific
Ocean, with her tender, the Starling cutter, Li,nut.
were paid advanced wages this morning, and will proceed
for their station, most probably, to-morrow.
The Seaflower cutter, Lieut. Roche, and her tender, the
Cracker cutter, arrived yesterday from a three months'cruise
between Jersey and the French coast, protecting our oyster
fishery.
The Actaeon, 28, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the sth of
October.
The Gossamer tender sailed on Tuesday last with thirty-
two seamen for the Scout sloop of war and the Speedy cut-
ter, both at Sheerness. There is an abundance of excellent
seamen at this port, waiting the commissioning of the Mel-
ville, the Pique, and the Madagascar.
The Ranger packet, Lieut. Turner, at Sheerness, is nearly
ready for sea, and will touch at this port in a few days, on
her way to Falmouth.
The Express and Swift, two new packets, have been
commissioned at Woolwich.
Captain the Hon. G. Elliot, one of the Lords of the
Admiralty, arrived here on Monday, and visited officially
the Excellent, gun-practice ship.
PURSEILS.—It if expected that the Pursers, both in com-
mission and on half-pay, will be put on a new footing in the
beginning of the year. The principal feature of the elle.
ration' will be to give them fixed pay, according to the
ship's rate, doing away with all tenths and necessary money ;
but as an incentive to a due care and disposal of the provi-
sions, slops, &c„ a bonus will be given according to the
correctness of the accounts which they will still have to
keep' ; coals, candles, and all necessaries to be furnished by
the Dockyards. A scale is already drawn out, fixing what
these bonuses shall be. The pay of a first-rate is to be
6501., and of a sloop of war 300/. per annum. The half-
pay is to be increased from the fund which has been ac-
cumulated for that purpose, from 3s. to 4s. 6d. ; from 4s.
to ss. ; and from ss. to 6s.
The Hampshire chartered transport, with the detach-
ments of troops (mentioned last week ), sailed on Monday,
for Gibraltar.
At Spithead—Sulphur, Racer, and Starling.
In Harbour—Britannia, Royal George, Excellent, Sea-
flower, and Cracker.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. the Hon.
B. C. F. P. Cary, of the Magicienne, is promoted to the
rank of Commander ; Lieut. W. J. Collins, late of the
Challenger, and Mr. E. Nicholson, College Volunteer, are
appointed to the Sulphur ; Lieut. T. F. Birch, late of the
Pique, and Mr. Christian, Mate of the Excellent, to the
Scout ; Lieut. R. Ward, to be agent for transports, and to
take charge of the Stakesby transport ; Mr. J. C. Clifford,
Mate, to the Royal George yacht ; Mr. Charles Fielon, to
be Clerk in charge of the Starling.
PETMOUTH, DEC. 17.—The Stag, 46, Captain Lockyer,
was paid off into ordinary yesterday, when Benjamin
Campbell was presented with a silver medal for his long
services and good behaviour, together with a gratuity of
151., and a pension for life of 28/. 16s. ; and Lawrence'
Plunkett, with a silver medal, a gratuity of 151., and a
pension of 281. 4s. per annum, and to Sergeant Holland,
of the itoyal Muiner, a silver medal, and a gratuity of 71.
The Pallas, 42, is to be fitted and appropriated for a coal
depot, instead of the Tamar. The Dido, 18, and the Har-
lequin, 16, gun-brigs, are to be launched from Pembroke,
and navigated to Sheerness, to be fitted out in the basin
there. The Sir Charles Malcolm arrived from Cork on
Friday, and came into harbour the following day to be
docked, having sprung a leak under her bows. She had on
board four service companies of the 90th Regiment, 450
privates, besides women and children, together with the
following officers :—Lieut.-Colonel Arbuthnot, Major
M'Slade, Captains Wilson, F. T. Egerton ; Lieutenants
V. Calwell, P. P. Galway, E. L Erytort, F. Webb ; En-
signs Lord H. J. Chichester, Lord T. Beresford, C. B.
Chester, D. T. Mackworth, T. E. Thackwell, H. Fane,
E. IL Rey ; Adjutant T. H. Cotton, Paymaster H. S.
Eager. The troops and her crew, who are principally Las-
cars, were landed en Saturday afternoon at the Dock yard.
The Carysfort, building at Pembroke, is nearly ready for
launching.

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AD VICES, ARRIVALS, AND DEPARTURES AT
THE SCOTCH WHARFS, DEC. 18. •
Honz's WHARF. —No advices. Arrival : the Arbroath and
London Shipping Company's smack Maria, Frederick Meke- ,
son master, from Arbroath, with a general cargo. Depar-
ture: the. Fraserburg ,Shipping Company's smack Craig-
Elachie, Andrew James master, for Fraserburg, with a general
cargo.
Dowrit's WHARF.—No advices. Arrivals: the Montrose
Shipping Company's smacks Osnaburg, William Keith master,
and the Vigilant, J. Strachan master, both from Montrose,
with general cargoes. Departure : the Bridport Shipping
Company's vessel Lark, VT. Welch master, for Bridport, with
a general cargo.
MILLER'S WHARF.—Advice : the Aberdeen London Ship-
ping Company's smack Duke of Gordon, Robert Duncan
master, sailed from Aberdeen 14th .instant for this wharf.
Arrivals : the London and Edinburgh Shipping Company's
smack Pilot, George Howie master, from 'Leith ; and the
Aberdeen and London Shipping Company's smack Nimrod,
James Philip master, from Aberdeen, both with general
cargoes. No departures.
LEITH AND GLASGOW WHARF. —Advice : the London and
Glasgow Shipping Company's steam- ship Royal Victoria,
James Mills commander, arrived at Leith at 3 A. M. 15th inst.
No arrivals or departures.
LEITH AND BERWICK WIIARF.—NO advices. Arrivals :
the London and Leith Old Shipping Company's smacks the
Duke of Buccleucb, John Jordan master, and Walter Scott,
William Dick master, both from Leith ; and the Berwick
Shipping Company's smack Stately, William Stevenson master,
from Beraick—all with general cargoes. No departures.

VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS•

TOM-HOUSE, DEC. 18.
Belfast, Middleton, from Calais ; Union, Couden, Calais ;
Britannia, Stranack, Rytterdam; Catharine, Hogen, Ham-
burg ; Matilda, Cousens, Mauritius; Lord Lyndock, Parsons,
Santandar.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, Dxc. 18.
Greenend, Earles, for Guernsey and Jersey ; City of Ham-
burg, Ling, Hamburg; Duke of Manchester, Griffiths,
Jamaica ; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend; Union, De
Jonge, Ostend, Bruges and Ghent; Symmetry, Dare, Bor-
deaux; Gazelle, Whyte, Lisbon and Newfoundland ; Marquis
Wellesley, Stayner, Grenada; Lady Fitzherbert, Perrier,
Madeira.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, Dm. 18.
Albion, Dare, Genoa and Leghorn; Harmony, Treadwell,
Sierra Leone ; Louisa, Trueman, New York; Mary Ann,
Shears, Santandar ; Henry, Murray, Cape of Good Hope ;
Lady Fitzherbert, Ferrier, Jamaica ; Francis Smith, Innes,
Jamaica ; Sarah Barra, Bessett, Jamaica ; Dart, Ormiston,
Madeira; Ramona, Bridge, Rotterdam ; City of Hamburg,
Ling, Hamburg ; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend; Forti-
tude, Fowle, Barbadoes.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, Dm. 18.
James, Solley, for Sierra Leone; Nova Sacremento, Aba-
lind, Figueira ; Henry, Gibson, Sierra Leone.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Don Giovanni, from Hamburg to Newfoundland, the
14th ult., in lat. 48., long. 48.—by the Eagle, Hunt, arrived
at r.ristel.
The Fifeshire, from Swansea to Nantes, the 10th ult., to
the south of Cape Finisterre.
The Baltic, from Quebec to Yarmouth, the 7th inst., in lat.
48., long. 19., by the Queen, arrived off Plymouth.
The Rocket Sage, from Liverpool to Jamaica, the Bth ult.,
in lat. 18., long. 32.
The Nimrod, from London to Valparaiso, the Ist inst., in
lat. 9., long. 25.
The Boddingtons, from Liverpool to AfriCa, the Bth inst.,
about 150 miles S.W. of Cape Clear.
The Hayti, from Hamburg to Newfoundland, the 16th inst.,
in Ist. 48., long. 39., by the Lively Cruizer, arrived at Barn-
staple.

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.
The Stranger, Miller, from Maranham ; Cintra, Johnson,
Lisbon ; Oporto, Martin, Oporto ; George, Day, Quebec ;
Sarah, Sinclair, ditto ; Ocean, Cullen, Rouen ; Rateau,
Ostend ; Liverpool, Bridges, Woodbridge ; Eliza, Rawlin-
son, Lancaster ; Pearl, Carroll, Wexford ; Huloab, King,
ditto; Alcyone, Bennett, Whitehaven.
ENTERED FOR LOADING, DEC. 17. •
The Jane, Irvine, for Barbadoes ; Inca, Harrison, Canton;
Warrior, Lister, Genoa Lnd Leghorn; Pelican, G. de. Heune,
Jersey ; Walter, Bock, Philadelphia ; Caesar, Alexander,
Pernambuco; Alcyone, Muir, Savannah; Effort, Orfeur,
Trieste.

CLEARED OUTWARDS, Dec. 17.
The Lord Stanley, Atherton, for Bombay ; Sanderson,
Taggart, Demerara; George Canning, Hurray, St. Thomas's;
Onyx, Nichonscn, Rio Janeiro ; Christian, Wood, Ramsey ;
Harriet and Jessie, Kohr, Charleston ; Sir William Wallace,
Johnston, New Orleans.
SAILED, DEC. 17.
The Ann M'Kenzie, Scott, for Africa; Nimis, Reed,
Seville ; Lady Douglas, White, Sierra Leone ;- Ceres, 'Week,
Villa Nova ; Brothers, Bell, Rio Janeiro ; South America,
Waterman, New York ; Carrol of Carrolton, Bird, ditto;
Betsey, Hunter, Buenos Ayres; Fenwick Keaton, Moran,
St. John's, New Brunswick ; Amelia, Rowe, Monte Video ;
Fanny Connell, Joy, Leghorn.
TELEGRAPHED, DEC. 17.
0.1. port, the Nailer, from Africa ; Sir John Tobin, from
Demerara; Isabella, from Buenos Ayres; Enchantress, from
Charleston. _

A schooner aground in the Rock Channel.

(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
DEVONPORT, DEC. 19.—His Majesty's ship Stag, 46,
Captain Lockyer, was paid off into ordinary on Wednes-
day. The Pallas, 42, is ordered to be fitted and appro-
priated for a coal depot, in the room of the Tamar. The
Dido, 18, and Harlequin, 16, building at Pembroke, are
shortly to be launched, and navigated to Sheerness, to be
fitted out there in the basin. The Carysfort is nearly ready
for launching at Pembroke.
The Reindeer, 13 days from Falmouth, was spoken with
in lat. 50. 30. N. long. 13. 2. W. She had experienced
heavy gales of wind. The Star, from Falmouth for Hali-
fax, was spoken with 7th ult. in lat. 57. long. 30. Con-
fiance steamer arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, from Malta,
26th October. Firefly arrived at Malta from Falmouth
20th November, and the Alban sailed thence for Alexcn-
dria 21st. Swallow brig sailed from Rio Janeiro for Fal-
mouth 30th September.
The Tyrian, packet, Lieut. Jennings, arrived at Fal-
mouth on Tuesday, from the West Indies, bringing ac-
counts to the 13th ult.
Remaining in Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide, Sir Charles
Malcolm, freight ship.

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numbers extending to the most remote parts of the kingdom.

EUGENE ARAM.—There is now living at Knares
borough an old pensioner, named Edward Day, upwards
of 100 years of age ; he was a hatter by trade, and was
in the employ of Mr. Francis Moore, the constable of
Knaresborough, who was sent in 1758, with a warrant to
Lynn, to take Eugene Aram prisoner for the murder of
Daniel Clarke, and says that on his master's return with
the prisoner, he was the man that assisted Eugene Aram
into the house, and dressed a sore on the arm for him.
Soon after Day listed for a soldier, and served 19 years in
the 20th regiment ; he lost a leg and thigh in the Ameri-
can war when engaged with-the Americans. Being a mar-
ried man, his wife hearing that be was wounded in the
battle, went to search for him ; a thunder-storm came on,
and she was struck blind by a flash of lightning as she was
opening the gate to enter the field on which her husband
lay wounded.. They were both got to the hospital. Her
sight was gone fur ever, and she died at Knaresborough
about six or seven' years ago. He has always used
crutches, not having a sufficient stump left to fasten a
wooden leg to, but quite sufficient to cause him much pain
in windy and changeable weather. He remained in Chelsea
Hospital from 1779 to 1793, when at his own request he
became an. out-pensioner, and has resided at Knaresbo-
rough ever since. His voice and appetite are tolerably
good, but his sight and hearing fail him, and he is growing
very feeble and helpless. He has one shilling per day pen-
sion.—Leeds Times.
INCARCERATION FOR PEACE-MAKlNG.—Rey-
nolds still remains in a dungeon ! He was committed
there by a legal " mistake" of course—for having been ac-
tive in keeping the peace; which was mistaken for heading a
" riot." It was an Irish mistake, a freak of justice, which
could not happen, we verily believe, in any country in the
world—except in Ireland. The case of Reynolds divides
itself into two distinct subjects for public attention. The
one is the aggrieved victim—and the other the outraged corn-
munity.—Pilot.
TITHES—MR• O'CoNNELL.--A powerful letter
on the Tithe question, by Mr. S. Crawford, M.P., to the
Hon. Member for Dublin, has been published in the Free-
man's Journal. The main object of, Mr. Crawford's ad-
dress, assisted by himself, is to entreat Mr. O'Connell—lst.
To accede to no settlement of the tithe question which does
not substantially and effectually relieve all persons in Ire-
laud not in communion with the Protestant Established
Church from all claims for its support, save and except
such temporory tax as may be necessary to answer de-
mands for the compensation of existing interests. 2nd—
To accede to no arrangement which shall not appear to you
suitable as a final settlement of the question. With the
measure of relief proposed last Session, and sanctioned by
Mr. O'Connell, he is greatly dissatisfied. He is also
strongly opposed to making " the Clergy pensioners of the
Crown, or in any way dependent on the will of the Crown,
for the amount of their revenues. In conclusion, he calls
upon Mr. O'Connell to make known to the people of Ire-
land the views he entertains of this important question.
REDUCTION OF TITHES.--The Rev. Charles
Gooch, rector of Toppesfield, has, unsolicited, made a de-
duction of 10 per cent. to his parishioners. The Rev.
Thomas Peyton Slapp, at his tithe audit for the parishes
of Rickinghall Superior and Inferior, held on the 3d and
4th instant, on account of the depressed state of agricul-
ture, made a further liberal reduction of 10 per cent.,
making in the whole an abatement of 30/, per cent. since
the tithes were valued in 1827. At the tithe audit of the
Rev. George Hunt, of Barningham, in consequence of
the depressed state of agriculture, with his accustomed li-
berality, he made his parishioners a reduction of 30 per
cent. The Rev. James Oakes, at his tithe audit for the
parish of Rattlesden, made a reduction of 10 per cent.
The Rev. Charles Brown, rector of J3lO Norton, at his
tithe audit on Monday last, unsolicited, made a liberal re-
duction of 15 per cent. upon a recent valuation, an example
worthy of imitation by clergyman and landlord.—Seb/k.
chronicle.
RAMADAN._ .Yesterday the Ramadan month of
the Turks' abstinence commenced. During this period they
are forbid to eat, drink, or lie with their wives from break of
day until the sun sets : the latter is signified by the lighting
of lamps on the towers at the top of the mosques, when im-
mediately after they commence feasting. They do most of
their business in the night and sleep in the day ; they call
Ramadan month holy and sacred, and affirm that the gates
of paradise are opened all the month, and the gates of hell
' closed. It is unpardonable to drink wine during this month.
Friday night an inquest was held before Mr. Payne,
at Guy's Hospital, on view of the body of George Sandy e,
a dyer's workman, aged 63, who fell in a copper of boiling
liquid, and was scalded to death. The shocking catastrophe
was evidently accidental, and the jury found a verdict ac-
cordingly.