The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-05 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

Loxnox, JUNE 4.—Westerly, nioderate breeze, and fine
clear weather.

DEAL, JUNE 3.—Wind N.T.E. E.S.E., light breeze.—Sld
Chieftain 'and .New'Brunswick, Africa ; Penelope, Trinidad
Nautilus, Quebec.

CowEs, Jinln3.—Arrd. HarMony, Edlp, China; Estafette,
Valparaiso'; Gloucester, Beard, Mountain Maid, Weyletson,
and Maria Brabander, Havannith ; Commodore, Exeter for
London, leaky.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Wind E.S.E. to W.S.W.---Acrd.
Eliza, Sierra Leone; 'Prinee Albert, LOndoli for China.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE •S)—Wind S.S.E,—Off,- Claiborne, Gil-
christ; Nei, Orleans for Havre ;.FianCis Caroline, Legrand,
Sierra Leone for Havre; Princess Caroline; eharleSton.
OFF THE START, MAY 30:.—Christina, Rani, Surinam for
Amsterdam ; Gorge Gaw Tange, ditto for Rotterdam.
OFF SEAFORD, JUNE 2—Albert, New Orleans for Bremen.
LoNcnroils, MAT 22.—Arid. Protector, Copenhagen, and
sailed for Newfoundland. .

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TOBERMORYy MAY 30.—Tlie Petseverance, Gowan,. from
Liverpool to Wick, struck on a .sonlren rock off Ardnamur-
chan, 28th inst., and remains, crew saved. •
FALMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. her
Majesty's ship Pearl, Rio, sailed March, 20,,Bahia April 4,
on freight about 6,000/. in gold and diamobds.; Susan, New-
castle for Ceylon; • Off, Eleanor," Barnett, Sandwich Islands,
out five months and eighteen days ; CreOle, Porto Rico for
Bremen ; Sophia' Havannah for Hamburghi , Syriue, Ha-
vannah -for Harubufgh t 'St. James, Meyer, New York.
OFF PENZANCE, JUNE 2.—Arlll; PryCe, Calcutta; Ellen,
Bluett,Tamalca. • • • • • •

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DARTMOUTH, Jrnc 3.—The Margarita; from, Cadiz
,to Lon-
don, and the Jane; of lirixham, were in contact on the 23d
ult., doing considerable damage. •
• LIVERPOOL, 'JUNE 3.—Wind S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Ca-
millus, Ashton,.Bombay; Vheresa Jane, 'Wight, Maranham
Regalia, Ponstell, Havannah; Constantine, Palmyra, and
Trenton; New Orleans •; Henry Duncan, Charleston. Sid.
Eliza, Valparaiso; Helen, Hamilton, Maracaibo, 0174 Ben
Nevis, Savannah ; Leigh, charlestort.
CORK, JUNE I.—Sld. Abbeiton,Tort Phillip, Off Assam,
Calcutta ; Regulus and British King; NeW Orleans; American
-ship• Columbus, —; George Canning, Kydd, Charleston.
OFF CAPE CLEAR, JUNE 1.--AShburton, New York; Ab-
botsford, New Orleans; • Heron, Charleston. -
MILL, JUNE I.—Sld..New Brunswick, Ichiboe, •

A idpcitilia BIRD.=—A few' days ago the inhabi-
tants of Gloucester were not whale' pleaied to see the
announcement made that Mr. Wilson, the celebrated
scotch vocalist, was about to pay them a visit and give
his popular entertainment of the adventures of Prince
Charles, with the Jacobite songs. It Was soon discovered,
however, that the announcer was not the real Mr.
Wilson, but an impostor, who had assumed his name as
well,as the - title, of his') most popular entertainment,
thereby going• a little further than,Mr. Wilson's'other
imitators. The impostor had•certiiv.ed to secure the
patronage-of the nias'or,'and fleeced his Worship out of
the price 'of a goodly 'number 'of tickets. From -the
mayor he went to several Other persons, and 'mentioning
the mayor's name, was equally :successful in duping
them, till at last he came to a gentlemanwho had seen
and heard frequently the veritable Mr. Wilson, and upon
his telling, the, ow: he was not Mr."Wilson,lie admitted
that he was not the Mr.. Wilson, but, his nephew. He
made his escape: with. the prize-moheyhe had secured,
and it was found that he had not engaged the room, but
merely had some bills printed,- which enabled him to
carry on his nefarious scheme. The police have been on
the search fth—him ever'since, but we have not heard
Whether they haVe yet SucCeeded in caging the mock-
ing-bird. , The, public in the provinces cannot too well
knoW the titles of Mr. Wilson's most popular entertain-
ments--they are, " The .Adventures of Prince Charles,"
" ANicht Burns,", " Anither ' Nicht *i' Burns,"
" Mary Queen ;of Scots," " Jacobite Relics," besides
several selections that he gives of the Songs of Scotland,
without definite titles. The'Gloucester folks should
have known that no: respectable professor would. bare
gone about selling tiCkets, and might have been assured
it ,could not be the real John Wilson, the Scottish
vocalist. . -
LYCEUM TuaznE.---,-The following• distinguished
persons have visited this theatre during, the week :--
The Duke and Duchess .of Leeds;"Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Normanby, Earl and Countess of
_Sheffield,
'Lord and-Lady Dartmonth, Lady-Villiers Stewart, Earl
and Countess•Kenmare, Lady Kinloch, Lord and Lady
Brougham, Lord Gedrge Loftusf Lord Marcus Hill,
Lord and 'Lady` Adair, Earl and Countess Wilton; Lord
Beaumont, Lord Hawke, Marquis of Huntly, Lord Car-
rington, Lady Mary Christopher, Lord Braybrook; Lady
Kinnoul, pit. Winston and Lady Barre*, Sir C. and Lady
Constable, Sir T. Gage, Sir R. and Lady Harland, Sir
JOhn Gerard, Captain and lion: Mrs. Ramsay, Mrs.
Mountjoy Martyn,, Hon. t Mrs. Ramsden, Hon. Mrs.
Murray, B. Botfield, Esq., M.P., and family.; R.
Travers, Esq., colonel Gwynne, George Wombwell, Esq.,
Mr.- Whithread,'M.K tc. 7 •

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MEMOIRS OF A BABYLONIAN PRINCESS.--Uncle;th
this title a work •
is on •
the point of appearance, which is
likely to excite considerable attention. The • following
.
is an extract from the prospectus :—" The"authoress of
these memoirs, Maria Theresa- .Asmar,,ii the daughter
of.thelate Emir Abdallith Asmar,' the • head of one of
the noblest and most wealthy families; of Bagdad, and
_Chaldean'ChriStien, whose stern and heroic adherence
to his faith brought him, to an untimely death. Since
the doisiifal'-of his houie his ill. starred daughter has
led
~a chequered and eventful life. Animated by the
same holy zeal which cost her parent_ his existence, she
devoted all her energies to the propagation of the Chris
thin religion, anclthe elevation of the &Male character
in the East. Her narrative embreces, her residence 'at
Mosul and Bagdad, and her ''travels to 'Damascus, Pales
tine, thici:SYria, in which country she remained for up 4
wards ,of. four year*. cencludieg with her arrival
Europe, her visit to Rome,. her residence in .Purts, and
her artiViat in' England- Independently of ,the interest
Which mist necessarily attach to a work written by se
remarkable a personage—perhaps 'the. only Ninevite whd
.eVertiod British soil,. and in all probability the only
Chaldean woman, at least, of modern days, who ever,
entertainingwrote ,a hook
fromthe
the .Memoirsmttn y found
particulars' particularly
ink r
terspersecl,coneerning,' Oriental manners, both in 'citie4
7initelirbesetin
and among the wild and lawlesadesett tribes. Het Mae
jesty the Queen-boiedger.,fiaS graciously permitted-they
Memoirs to hededicated to her: Majesty." .
THE NEW ROYAL NAV,tiL .. SCHOOL .AT 'DEPT
FORD.—The new RoYal Naval School, the first stone of which
wailaid,by PrinCe Alhert, is; now nearly complete, and iti
stated Will be ready fen the .reception of scholars early next
August. The. style of' the edifice is Italian, as adopted prett
generally in England i, .17the reign of Charles the Second, an
bears- some reseniblpce , to . Chelsea Hospital. I.The sehoo
*ill -be- capable ,Of.,4eceinniodaring 260 boys, together with
the masters, secretary, and officers of the institution, for whoin
apaitinenta have been specially provided., Large dorniito
riba for the boys, and 'containing fifty beds each, with cabins
at.elther end for the ushers and masters;. are nearly finished;
and adjacent to the building is an infirmary for such of the
initiates as be afflicted with any contagious disease;
The original contract for the. erection of the -School was for
the snm of 13,000/.;, but it, 4:supposed ;that its completion.
will coat at least 16,0.09/.
.• : . • .
A. frpm :the congregation who have
attended., the Preaching of the Her. John Lees in.tbei
Geelie
,language, presented' him with a farewell address
on the occasion of his removal from London.' The Rev.
. Gentleman,• in acknowledging this mark of' respect,
served that, after having laboured as schoolmaster` and
secretary to the •Caledenien -AsYlum for upwards of
twenty, years, he was C4llO in Providence to, the spi-
' 'ritual charge of his native parish,, Stornaway,in Lewis.
He has left his situation here for one with a .very• limited
income, and is an instance. of one, at least, of the,Esta-
' blishment, who has . voluntarily • made a pecuniary!
sacriAce. The fund -from, which he was paid lvaa sub-
.
scribedduring the late war for providing a clergyman
to perform the services of religion to soldiers and sailors;
&c., from the Highlands; in their. Mother tongue.
• • CORONER'S INQIIEST.--thi Monday afteoocin an in-
quest' was held by Mr. Higgs, at the Wilton Arms, Icinner-
tonstreet; Wilion-place; Knightsbridge, on the body of Mrs.
Sarah M'Dowell, a widoW lady of independentfortune, aged
50; wild' died' at 'her residence, .NO. 1, Wilton-place, .under
the fUlloWirig circumstances .7=44 appeared thet the deceased
was rather penurious in her h.dhits, and most eccentric in lier
manner.- She occupied two houses—one,in tbe Kleg'srread,
Cheiseit, and the other as abovementioned, residing alternately
-at each for two 'oijthree Week together., Sonic time since she
Made her
Will; appointing her brother-in-law and Mr. Win.
Farreti, the ,comedian, her -executors. In this will, she, has
bequeathed' portions of her property to his Royal Highness
Priece Albert and Lord john' Russell; and. frmetrinli,eta to
his Lordship's Clildreti. -'She also a short time„ego pent a
very handsome present to ,his Grace the Duke'of Wellington,
but 'which his Grace thought propef,to.return. This Oirnui7l-
-- offended the. deceesed exceedingly, and she • had fro
quently-since been heard to eklniess her intention of' never
doingnnything for the Duke again. Jane Sherrard.said she
wits in the service of deceased; " On. IlidaY, last;, about 12
O'clock -she was ordered by the deceased ..to clean out the
cistern, as the water was- very dirty, and she added, "Mind
Yoirdo' not fall in, 'Jane, or we shall, have a coroner's inquest
on yon." About half an hour after this, witness went into
deceastd's bed-roem, and found her bething,the heek of her
head with 'vinegar. , She Observed thet deceased looked very
ill, and wished to fetch a medical, man,' but she refused to
have- one, 'saying, "It is' only faintness; ; I 'shall. be better.
presently." Witness then left 11cr, and on going IT Again
some time after; Nand' deeeased lying on the sofa gasping for
breath. After' some delaY;as she 'had no One in the house,
she sent for a medical man ; and Mr. Henderson, ofßromp-
tofi-ro*, attended,'but .before his arrival life was extinct.
Mr. W. llnde of Brompton-row, proved that
when
.be was carsuoena..isur
deceased had ceased to exist. Taking
egeon,
all appearances into consideration, it was hiS opinien, that
death had resulted from diseaSe of the heart. The jury,
after censuring the- conduct of the fenuile Sherrard for not
having sooner gone for Medical aid, returned a verdict 'of
"Natural 'dehth. • _

CIitCTIMSTANCII SEA.-A; very sm-
gtilar circumstancehas been communicated to us by Captain
Vickttrs, of the 'schooner Henry Curvien, of this port, de-
serving'of the notibel)f scientific individuals. On the 7th, of
May last, in lat. 44 north, and long. 32
.35, about fotir o'cloCk
in the mornink,• it was ,clisoovered -that 'all 'ihe, watches on
board,, and the, chronometer, bad stopped; and, on' referring
to the compasses, of which there were three on toard, they
pointed to;differeut ,and were for a time useless.' In
about two hours afterwards the watches and chronometers
recommenced going, and the compasses became again a 4 be-
fore.—Liverpool Paper. • . ,

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