The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-20 00:00:00

LLOYDS',.,Tina 19.

I.pnenrciot., JIJNZ 17.—Wind N. W.—Arrived Ow Orbit,
Gill, from Pant; Cordelia, Miller, Mobile ; Will,jrn Byinrs,
flaekstaff, from New York, sailed 26th May ; Eliza, llind,
Daphne, Cheesman, and Terra Nova, Potter, from Newfound
lona ; Stronebell, Mandrel), °deem; 'ashington, Jones, Lisbon ;
Asia, Tulloeh, Rio Grande ; Pandora, Knowles, Nova Scotia;
Treaty, Rose, and Jane, Davis, from St. Michael's.

Arrived off Dover the Martin, Weelip, from Junaica. Lusi•
tania, Gibbons, from Oporto; and Charlotte Louisa, --

from Cuba.

Arrived off Torbay the Eeho, Reed, from Lisbon; and Oscar,
-, from Alicant,

Arrived off Brighton the Victory, Fargnharson, from Bengal,
The Norval, Cawbora, from Liverpool to the Cape of Good
Hope and Bengal, ran on shore in Table Bay '7th April, but was
got off next day with considerable damage.

To EXTRACT THE SILVER OUT OF A RING THAT
IS THICKLY MUM, SO THAT THIC GOLD MAY REMAIN
—Take a silver ring that is thickly gilded, make a little hole
through the gold into the silver ; then put the ring into aqeefortis,
in a warm place ; it will dissolve the silver, and the gold will re-
main entire.

TO WRITE ON PAPER WITH LETTERS OF GOLD.
—rut some gum-arabic into common writing ink, and write
with it in the usual way, when the writing is dry, breathe on it,
the warmth and moisture softens the gum, and will cause it to
fasten on the gold-leaf, which may be laid on in the usual way,
and the superfluous part brushed off.
AWFUL AND SUDDEN DEATIL—Mr. Pocock, a
respectable sheep salesman, as also a miller at, or near to, St.
Alban's, Ilerts, dropped down in a lit in the Pig Market,
Smithfield, about hilf-past four o'clock yesterday morning, and in-
stantly expired. Deceased was, apparently, about ,55 years of
age, and so corpulent that four stout men could scarcely remove
him from the spot where he fell to the Bell Inn, at which house
he slept lilt night, and which he left, in seeming health and good
spirit:, hut a few minutes previously to his being conveyed back
to it a lifeless corpse.
PI It E.—Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Sunday
night a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Emery, a bookbinder,
next door to the Merlin's Cave (of radical meeting notoriety),
Spa-fields, which burnt with great fury to the danger of the ad-
joining houses. fortunately, the speedy arrival of the engines,
and the exertions of the firemen with a plentiful supply of water,
confined the devouring element principally to Mr. Emery's house,
which, with the greatest part of his valuable property, is now re-
duced to a heap of ruins. The back premises of the Merlin's
Cave, from the buildings being composed of wood, has been con-
siderably damaged. Mr. Emery's family got safely out of the
flames, but be had himself a narrow escape, having been obliged
to jump into the street from a first-floor window. The house
and property, we understand, is insured. It is but justice to add
that the firemen Were ably supported in their duties, by a strong
party of the 13ow-street patrol, under the conductors of Avery,
Upton, and Curtis, who were promptly on the spot, and prevented
the plunder of property.
We should like to see some well-digested plan
adopted by the public generally for the improvement
of London and its vicinity, as the basis of all subse-
quent proceedings, instead of the peacemeal and irre-
gular patchwork now too often resorted. to. To this
plan all individuals and associations should be com-
pelled- to' conform whenever their proposed under-
takings came in' contact with it ; and it should not
merely comprise lines of streets, hut secure ample and
adequate' spaces for markets, fountains, and the stands
for vehicles, &c 4 _ _

tlgie"(Bisill,he could not
FREE TRARE.—Extract of a letter from Ben.
tTet°llnoierntelfrlPro;irieesid:inus moret effectually.
muds, (bled April 30 :--,, This free trade will not
from England,
but lessen the value of Bntish vessels. Had Mr.
not be shippedT;hiet
from the United. States fully as low ass
have cut
ocwu t b tejBtl pg:fropt
This is what the
new Act calls relieving the colonies ; the Americans
now must not only be the sale carriers, but they come
coiPtil: releYdasati It(g)lhueeite' :air: ordered
rtd eidi from
here with their vessels, and retail their cargoes, with-
out either being at the expence of store-rent or paying
a tax of any kind. This certainly relieves us subjects
of the trouble of going to see, or being merchants,
and
commissary/vll das long Idonrag:bBfirie. havvvehiannythdeoieltietor
ex.
pended, we must either starve, or move elsewhere."