The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

A statue of tilt late Sir David, Wilkie, by Mr. Joseph,
has just been erected at the foot of the staircase in the
National Gallery. It is a standing figure, not quite the
sizes of life, in white stone, pytaded upon a solid pedestal
of grey limestone marble.
General Espartero intends;_ it is reported, shortly to
leave England, and to take up his residence at Brussels.
On the Bth the ceremony of laying the first stone of
the new church of St. John, Notting-hill, in the parish
of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, was performed on the
yite chosen on the summit of the hill, known as the Hip-
podrome• bill, at the top of Ladbroke-grove, Notting-
hill, on the Uxbridge-road. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. John Sinclair (Archdeacon of Mid-
dlesex), the vicar of Kensington, who expatiated in feel-
ing language on the spiritual destitution in that neigh-
bourhood, 12,000 of the inhabitants being unprovided
with church sittings.
On Saturday last the Gloucester Farmers' Club held
their annual meeting in that city. Lord Ducie, who is
one of the leaders, was not present on Saturday. The
secretary read the usual report. It represented that the
farmers had fallen off from the Club, and that many of
them had found it difficult to make the two ends meet
with present prices and burdens. A good deal of dis-
cussion followed, and opinions were expressed that the
example of Essex ought to be followed in resisting the
efforts of the League to beat down agriculture.
At Tullamore (King's County) Sessions there were
517 applications for license to keep arms, and only 12
rejected.
. The Dublin Evening Post of the 6th announces that
an "aggregate meetinz of the Catholics of Ireland is
about to be convened for the purpose of denouncing the
grievous wrong and the gross insult offered to them by.
the Crown, on the recont occasion of reducing the spe-
cial jury list."

Mr. Steele summons the Duke of Wellington, Sir
R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, and Lord Lyndhurst, as wit-
nesses on his trial..

ARRIVAL OF THE CLYDE WEST
INDIA STEAMER.
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY,
EIGHT O'CLOCK, A.M.
The Clyde Royal mail steamer, from the West
Indies, with the mails, is now coming up the
river. Her mails will be-landed, and dispatched
by a special, or the 11 o'clock train, so as to be
delivered in town to-day. She is four days
over due.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.
Lorrpox, JAN. 9.—Wind, fresh breeze from S. to S.E.
and cloudy.
DEAL, JAN. B.—Wind N.W. to W., moderate; P.M.
N.N.W. to N.N.E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. George Fyfe, Pyke,
China ; Diamond, Dempster, Berbice ; Mary Caroline, St.
John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Diadem and John Scott, Cape
of Good Hope ; Islander, Barbadoes ; Donna Maria, Antigua ;
Perthshire, Savannah, with the rest of the outward bound.
To RBAY, JAN. B.—Sld. turenne, Para; Jean Morice, Mar-
tinique.
DOVER. JAN. B.—Sid. Ech0,.... St. Thomas.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. N.W. to N.—Sld. Lady
Kinnaird, Calcutta; Duke of Bedford, Madras ; Duke of Sus-
sex, Cape and Batavia ; Diamond, Valparaiso; Erin, Domi-
nica ; David Lyon, Jamaica ; Quebec, New York.
Coax, JAN. 6.--Arrd. Resistance (transport), St. John's,
New Brunswick. Sailed Freeman, for Jamaica.
RAMSGATE, JAN. B.—The Norwegian schooner, Nicoline,
which came off the patent slip, on the 30th ult., has been
hauled on it again to-day, being leaky.
BIDEFORD, JAN. 6.—The Arab, from Quebec, has been
got off the beach, without much damage, and brought into
Appledore.
BARNSTAPLE, JAN. 7.—Arrd. Two Brothers, Carpenter,
Newfoundland,
PLYMOUTH, JAN. B—Wind calm.—Sld. New Zealand„
Ceylon. The Cambridge, Turpie, repairing, took fire last
night, and was run into the Pool,. where she burnt to tir e
water's edge.
FALMOUTH, JAN. B—Wind N. to N.N.W.—Arrd.
w itch, Keitch, after striking on the outer rock of the Mar fl.cies.
Smarr...an-row, JAN. B.—Arrd. Theira (gteamee), Gib-
raltar, left 31st ult.
MILFORD, JAN. 7.—The Orbit, Robinson, from London to
St. John's, New Brunswick, put in here to-day, w ith loss of
bowsprit, foremast, mainmast, sails, &c., having b een struck
by a sea, on the 24th ult., in lon. 31.
MARGATE, JAN. B.—The greater part of the •cargo of the
Ocean, from Sierra Leone, has been saved in a dr.,na aged state
The wreck will be sold to-morrow.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—Wind N., mode-ate.—Ar rd. Frank-
lin, Thomas and Constantine, Sampson, New Orlca ns. Arrd.
off, a ship in tow of two steamers, supposed the. John Caro-
ming. Sid. Livingstone, Calcutta; Thistle, Bombay;
Ferris, Buenos Ayres; Kate, Rio Grande; II ivoice, Rio
ie I Janeiro; Mary Hannah, Africa; Parker, bemara ra ; Countess
' Durham, Guadeloupe. Agnes, Jamaica nge, Texas ;
Charlotte Harrison, Drooma, and WoVvilie, /,,r„ Orleans ;
Satelite, Mobile ; Sir H. Douglas, Savannah; Calista, Hot-
tinguer, and Montezuma, New York.,
SHIELDS, JAN. B.—The HarMony, Citizen, anrd Ann (light
colliers), are all on shore on the Herd Sand.

FREE CHURCH MISSION TO AMERICA.---I 3 y up.
pointment of the Free Church Assembly's Commivai en, our
townsman, Dr. Burns, Mt last night on a mission to the
United States, in behalf of the religions body he. tta.ue Is con-
nected with. 'the Hey. Gentleman goes out to Amor ica as a
companion to Dr. Cunningham, for the purpose of et :plaining
the position of the Free Church of Scotland, and for collecting
funds frt* its support. We believe it is the inten film" of this
deputation to continue in America for about four 3 nonthe, and
nut to retarn sooner than for the sitting of the Fres?. Assmmbly
in May next.— Glasgow Saturday Post.
It England paid her National Debt, it would take
46/. 9e. 2d. from each person to pay it ; it word d take
9i. 2d. from each Frenchman to pay the debt of ' ;ranee ;
it would take 55/. Bs. 4d. from each Dutchman to pay the
debt of Holland ; and it would only take 41. 13s, 9d. from
each Pennsylvanian to pay the debt repudiated.