The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The following has been received at Lloyd's, front the
Hydrot.,raphic-office, Nov. 27, 1844
LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF CORSICA.
The French Government has announced that the f°:
lowing lights have been established on the western siu.
of the Island of Corsica :-
1. A fixed light, ;'on Revellata Point, at the westerllo,
entrance of the Gulf of Calvi, in let. 43 deg. 35 Tit),
10 see. N., and 8 deg. 43 min. 50 sec. E. of Greenwl,c
The lighthouse is 28 feet high ; the light stands 200
wi leo
above the level of the sea, and in clear weather it ll
seen at the distance of 18 miles. ari°
2. Anintermitting light, on the summit of Sanguin 41
Island, at the entrance of the Gulf of Ajaceio, in tat' 5,
deg. 52 min. 50 sec. N., and lon. 8 deg. 35 min. 50 see'r•
of Greenwich. This light is varied every four tote° -•
by a strong flash, which is preceded and followed t?,its
short interval of darkness, but the light will not c 1,1,1.
disappear within the distance of ten miles. 'The Ito
house is 52 feet high, and the light stands 321 ft et eu:'
the level of the sea. It may be seen about 20 miles ro
3. A revolving light, on Cape Pertusato, at the 013tei0
entrance of Bomfacio Strait, in let. 41 deg. 22 rub i!
sec. N., lon. 9 deg. 11 min. 20 sec. E. of Greenwich. As
light will revolve once every minute, but will not quip
disappear within the distance of ten miles. The ligos
house is 52 feet high, and the light is 324 feet above .of
level of the sea. In very clear weather it may pool
be seen 27 miles.

11
SINGULAR CAM—During the last week, s 0$
named Mary Hewett, made application to the 11'7/
trates under the following peculiar circumstances •ri.
She was the widow of the late Thomas Hewett, For
vate in the 48th Regiment, to whom she had heell.,,lial
ried 40 years, and had shared active service *"."1404
for twenty-seven years. Whilst in the regiment she eta
seven sons, five of whom are dead ; of the two surnviso
one is in the Coldstream Guards and the other in ca
12th regiment, now lying in the Isle of 1110
This female veteran accompanied her husband to
his peninsular campaigns, sharing all his harda....if,
and being present at ten general engagements, °n o,
Talavera, Albuera, Rodrigo, Badajos, Salanto.
Vittoria, Pyrenees, Neville, Orthes, and Thoo7oo
She had lived as servant to General Hamilton, and sa 0
battle of Albuera, when the Duke of Wellington h5..,•01
interview with that General, she had the honor re
handing his Grace a glass of water, being the 011, ca
freshment he would take. At that battle the o°,loo
which she rode was frightened by, a shot striking;cal,
to her, and she was thrown off. She took care 0' 50
Minto when wounded at the battle of Vittoria• sly
was taken prisoner by the French in the retreat 011.ite,
manes, and made her escape disguised in W10;10
By the death of her husband she was deprived°,,itr
means of support, and having three daughters to 0,101
tain, she applied for relief, and wished to be foral'ot
to London, to see the Duke of 'Wellington, WhQ,tbo
was confident would assist her. On Monday la",,
Deputy Mayor wrote a letter recommending her 011'11/1
the Noble Duke, and the guardians agreed to alht sr
expenses to and from London, provided they we,,,'-faft
sured of the Duke of Wellington's being in WO "-see°
she is so.. there. We understand that, in consegtif,to
of Mr. F.eeman's letter, the Noble Duke has writle,;.o
the Rev. J. D. Burton to make inquiries on the snipe'
and in the meantime has, with his characteristic 'o+
ness, sent the poor woman a present of nsoney% gt,
Hewett is a tall respectable-looking person; 01)"„ tr
Wilde, the City Coroner, in whose parish she no
ye"
sides, has taken a great deal of interest in her 0'
Norfolk Chronicle. heid
HousE DRAINS.—The attention of the public
now very much drawn to the subject of house drsieciW
it would appear to be extremely desirable tlAthoole
views oF the elementary principles of the subject °betel
receive the utmost publicity, to the intent that a is;
mode should speedily succeed the present bad 4°oo
efficient system of building house-drains. TheY
consist of thick strong clay p;pes, of from four inc ,ide;
eight inches in diameter, well buret and glazed In sso
made of an entire piece, nearly of a circular fore gilt
of a length convenient for use, so that the end of
'
,could fit into the next without forming a rdire:,
within it. Drains thus formed, and carried 10 of
lines with regular inclinations to sewers, with P.ciovi
curved junctions, all properly laid, and with an Alva i°
and well-regulated supply of water, would be effect
per
carry leg off the sulliage and keeping themsellesvillg
feetly free from accumulations, for the calibre olio
smaller, the stream would be more contracted, soot''
consequence would have greater velocity. vas Ofolie
ness of surface produced by glazing would di obeli
tate passage through them. With proper apparsttiely
could be cleansed, if required, at any time, preci.copie
the same manner as chimneys are now swept'
xepiti
quently breaking-alp floors and paving, with
companiments of foul stench, and matter distrielb
ab aft, would be rendered unnecessary. The above 001'
would ensure the perfect cleanliness of drains' re'
properly-constructed trap to every inlet would 102: eito,j
ventive to any noxious and offensive exhalati°P;fset,
letting from them. In laying the -tubes, the pol
should be cut as near as possible to their form' 1' to 6,
lower half should be thinly bedded with mortarrouet
up any little irregularities in the cutting of the
the tubes would then have a solid foundation
Builder.
1 Vir Robert and Lady Peel left their re9icliae°ol'ol'
Whitehall-gardens yesterday for Drayton I'l°o •
Staffordshire.
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Lord Stanley left town yesterday morn=
tour.
BIRTHS. , ?JO"
On the 2d inst., in Hercules-buildings, Lambeth' 01
Finch, of a son.
•
On the 2d inst., at Ackworth-park, Wakefield, the 14
ii•l'
John Gully, Esq., of a daughter. bf".
On the 6th alt., at St. John's, New Brunswick,
of (ID
Sturdee, of a son.
On the 27th ult., in Lower Seymour-street, the Wife ty
K Rickards, Esq., of a daughter. is et
On the 28th ult., at Hackthorne, Lincoln, the
gr
Rev. Edwin Jarvis, of a son. bill,-
On the 29th ult., at Milan Cottage, Haverstock- ,
stead-road, Mrs. Henry Bird, of a . datiohter
. bfrSie°
-
On the 30th ult., at Argyle-street, New-road,
_.,,itli
r•
Harvie Linklater, of a daughter. Cheri°
On the 30th ult., at Clapham Brewery, Mrs- if•
of a daughter. ay '
si.
On the 26th nit., at Polmenna, Penzance, the 1
_Af
Saunders Cave, Esq., of a son, still-born. Wad
1 ofa Ckt 1,•
D
On the 29thson ult., at Grove-park, near eS.
,
ormer, . ,
J
On the 30th ult., in Savage-gardens, Mrs. A. °113;of °i,
On the 30th ult., at the Cottage, Romford, the sat'
11. Clifton, Esq., of a daughter.
ti de-P 00
On the 30th ult., in Westbourne-street, .--Y of 1011
dens, the lady of Thomas Arbuthnott Whitter, Ea' the
On the 30th ult., at Castle- hill, High WYeew k
of John Neale, Esq., of a daughter. ,%, DO.
On the 30th ult., at the Grove, Stratford, Esti— •e'
Fell, of a daughter. ketio'
go
On the let inst., the wife of the Rev. Charles . a 0
OnSt the 2lave's, d
i Sonst.,uthwark at Brighton, Mrs. W. B.
of a daughter. r-
Eddie°ll' or
daughter. r 000
On the 2d inst., Mrs. G. E. Parish, of 11PP.
street, of a son. 0
ricr
MARRIED. Johll itqf'
On the 30th ult., at Tattingstone, Sago]. hi sho ,
Price, Esq., of Duffryn, Glamorganshire, Hof the late to
that county, to Alicia Grant, second daughter ui
IBURIaIy, Esq., of Great Cumberland-place. f Janie; A I
At Lambeth Church, J. T. Cadien, Esq-'llollsa9te°'
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Joht:i___________„--/
of London.

HASWELL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. --- Sermons OR
behalf of the fund for the relief of the destitute widows,
orphans, and relations of the sufferers. at the late ex-
plosion at Haswell Colliery, were preached on Sunday
morning in Sunderland Church, by the Rector, when
upwards of 12/. was collected ; and in St. Thomas's
Church, Bishopswearmouth, by the Rev. Richard Skip-
sey, 8.A.. the Incumbent, When 8/. 15s. was collected.
A general meeting of the subscribers to this fend was
held a few days since at Castle Eden, the Rev. H. G.
Liddell, M.A., Rector of Essington, in the chair ; when
it was announced that the total contributions up to that
time amounted to the munificent sum of 3,952/. 7a. 6d.:
a sum much larger than was ever before collected for a
benevolent purpose in this district, and showing the
great and extended sympathy felt by the public with the
surviving relations of the sufferers in this very sudden
and terrible visitation. The following gentlemen were
invited to form a committee for the application of the
suhscriptions:—The Revell. G. Liddell, Rector of Easing-
ton ; the Archdeacon of Durham, the Rev. J. A. Park
Elwick, the Rev. W. C. King, Durham ; the Rev. J.
Graham, Castle Eden ; the Rev. J. Edmunds, Castle
Eden ; the Rev. R. Douglas, Easington ; the Rev. W.
Mackenzie, Easington ; the Rev. T. A. Slater, Hutton
Henry ; Rowland Burdon, Esq., Castle Eden ; John
Gregson, Esq., Shotton Hall ; Thomas Richardson, Esq.,
Eden Vale ; John Fawcett, Esq., Durham ; Lieut.-Col.
Tower, Elemore Had ; Henry Morton, Esq., Lambton ;
Ralph P. Phillipson; Esq., Newcastle ; George Hunter,
Esq., Belmont; Edward Potter, Esq., South Hutton ;
Nicholas Wood, Esq.,aillingworth ; and John Taylor,
Esq., Castle Eden. There were upwards of 30 widows
and 6) children, besides numbers of aged parents,
rendered destitute- by this awful calamity, to whose
succour and relief this well-timed and truly Christian
thesubscription will be 'devoted. kit 0,0
DIED. Alof A
THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND THE BATH COM- Gloucester,relict so
At Staverton Court, county of Glonce.
40,, .0, 0,
MITTS:E.—A deputation of working men. weathers of the son, on the 29th of November, aged 91, AMP. Fosbirdere
above Committee, were received by his Grace at Dal- late William St. Clair, Esq. of Skedawalioyall3%, 044
keith Palace, on Wednesday; The Duke conversed Colonel of her Majesty's 25th Regiment, oreveektino°
with the intelligent men for an hour and a half, and took On the 22d ult., at Dunkirk, Joshua 0.0",
ter
full notes from the .information they gave him upon the A.M., T.C.D., aged 26. e Geese
.0e-
ter
of the sanitary, or rather unsanitary state of Old On the 26th ult., at the Glebe, F thlr.Ztore, P.
ea
f 5,
Edinburgh. They dwelt particularly on that hotbed of Woodward, Esq., of Milton-street, Dor°c
,ereet, Sod
at-law' fever, the West Port ; and expressed a hope to see it Regent-- tre,
On the 27th ult.. R. T. Gill, Esq., of .„(00
buddy remeved, and repleeed by wholesome dwellings
for the working-classes, with gardens where there arecount"' P"re daog
Witham,
n the
,28th Lartington Hall, hot °
Esq., Hi&,h Sheriff of the thl ore'
now tanneries, slaughter-houses, end piggeries, infecting On the 29th ult., at Scarborough, Jane,
the air all around, and endangering even the troops tvf Samuel Caldwell Brandram, Esq. 41eltlittcl'' °f
the Castle. The deputation tre invited to a lunch, and On the 29th ult., Mr. J. 1.1. Hutcbinsen,ol_ll;oo,!.....„..„„e;
left the Palace much gratified with their ree(ltii 41. On the 29th ult.. in l'icce(illy, Surrey
(1101 e. viiinA
0,
Scotsman. Been-common, late Captain of the 2(
The Rev. Dr. Cramer, Prineipei of New Inn ----
Hall, and Professor of Modern History the Univer- Lowion : Printed and 'Published by sue 016;00
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sity of Oxford, is appointed by her Majesty to be Dean No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tbl
of Carlisle. Strand, in the Product of the me:.
Middlesex, Tuesilay, December 6,1"."