The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-17 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

" NAPLES, MAY 3.
" The exportation to foreign countries of wheat and
all other descriptions of grain, pulse, and seed, is pro-
hibited in all our royal dominions until our further
sovereign pleasure, from, this very day, here, and from
the day of the publication of the present decree in fo-
reign states.

(Signer]) " FERDINAND."
NOTICES TO MARINERS.

REGULATION OF CHRONOMETERS BY OBSERVATIONS AT

GREENWICH.

A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's from the Ad-
miralty, dated the 14th inst., enduing the copy of a no-
tice issued at Elsinore, to the effect that in order to
make known the hour of mid-day at Greenwich to the
masters of vessels in the Sound, a ball will be dropped
from the guard-ship at Elsinore.
DISCOVERY of a.PASSAGE THROUGH GREAT
BARRIER REEF," TORRES STRAITS.
Copy of an extract of a letter forwarded to Lloyd's,
from the London, East India, and China Association :
" Her Majesty's ship Fly, Port Essington,
August 25, 1843.
" Sir,—l beg to inform you that we have examined
the Great Barrier Reef,' from Lizard Island, lat. 14 deg.
30 sec., of Captain Cook to Murray's Island, lat. 9 deg.,
54 sec., of Flinders, and that along the whole of that ex-
tended reef, we have met with but one passage, which I
could recommend for ships.
" This passage is in lat. 11 deg. 35 sec. S., and is four
miles wide safe entrance for ships having a vegetated
island marked on the charts as ' Raines Islet, in the
centre, on each side of which there is a good clear en-
trance, the best being however to the southward of it.
(Signed) "F. P. BLACKWOOD. Captain.
" His-Excellency Vice-Admiral Sir William
Parker, G.C.8., &e., &c."
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Hibernia, New Orleans to
Falmouth, Ist inst. lat. 43, long. 35 ; St. George, of
Jersey, 16th inst., lat. 49, long. 8, by the Margaret,
Parker, off Falmouth. Barque Neptune, of North Shields,
with loss of mainmast, &c. 22d inst., lat. 42, long. 53, by
the Hansa, off Falmouth. Hartland, from Bideford, 4th
inst., lat. 47, long. 59 (had been dismasted, May 12th) ;
Brilliant, Clyde to Montreal, same day ; Sophia,
Apalachicola to Liverpool, 28th inst., lat. 39,
long. 50. Ellen, Tobasco to Cork, off Gum
'Key Light ; Mount Etna, Mobile to Liverpool,
same day; George IV., Liverpool to Fortune Bay, 13th ult.,
lat. 46, lon. 44 ; Energy, Limerick to Quebec,lsth,lat. 49,
lon. 47, by the Thomas, arrived at Newfoundland. Con-
queror, Belfast to Quebec, 18th ult., lat. 45, lon. 57,
by the North America, arrived at Newfoundland.
Blakely, Liverpool to Calcutta, 10th inst., by the Helen,
Anderson, arrived at Swansea. James Gray, Newport
to Philadelphia, 30th ult., let. 35, lon. 28, by the Are
thusa, off Falmouth. Georgio and Manteo, 16th ult., oft
Cape Florida; James and Christian and Washington,
New Orleans to Marseilles, 17th, lat. 29, lon. 79; Laurel,
for Boston, and Callao, Matanzas to St. Petersburgh,2oth,
lat. 17, lon. 72 ; Olbers, of Bremen, 3d ins t.,lat. 46, lon. 31;
Dolphin, Gibraltar to Rio, April 4, lat. 2 S., lon. 20 W.;
Louise Caesar, for Buenos Ayres, 10th, lat. 3 N., lon. 22
W., by the George Heinrich, arrived at Hamburgh. Caroni,
Antigua to Dublin, 17th ult., lat 29, lon. 23 ; Legnan,
Clyde to St. Vincent's, Bth inst., lat. 49, lon. 14, by the
Calypso, arrived at the Clyde. Olive Branch, Halifax
to Cuba, 16th ult., off Bermuda, by the Griffin, arrived
at Halifax. John and Henry, Portsmouth to Mira-
michi, out 17 days, lat. 48, lon. 18, by the Isabella,
arrived at Newfoundland.
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Jraicututcrt.—iN ew discoveries are daily making
at Clobsden. The immense mass of broken Samian
ware, of exquisite workmanship, and the great variety of
domestic utensils, as well as funeral urns, the forms of
which can be easily traced and defined, even in their
fragmental state, prove that Dymchurch was an im-
portant station in the Roman times.—Dover Chronicle.
A COUNTERFEIT FEESRMAN.—A very interesting-
looking person, habited at all points like an under-
graduate, was brought before the magistrates on Thurs-
day, charged with creating a disturbance. So attractive
was the appearance of the handsome gownsman, that
hundreds of men, women, and children, followed him in
his peregrinations the previous evening. The anxiety of
the populace at length became so troublesome, that the
police interfered, and invited the youth to the station-
house. Their guest created an inexplicable commotion
amongst officers and men ; there was a mystery
not to be unravelled, until at length a sigh burst
from a gentleman in blue, and the truth was told.
"In one soft look what language lies !" No man, but a
lovely woman was under their protection. They invited
the lady incog. to make that house her home for the
night, and they would introduce her to the magistrates
of the town in the morning. On her appearance before
George Fisher and Julian Skrine, Esqrs., her name was
found to be Nestor Sale ; she had been induced to act
this counterfeit character by some ladies in Barnwell,
and she promised, if the magistrates would forgive her,
that although she might wear the cap and gown again,
she would eschew the breeches. With an intimation
that the repetition of her frolic might lead her to the
treadmill, she was discharged.—Cambridge Chronicle.
UNFREQUENCY OF ACCIDENTS IN RAILWAY TRA-
VELLING.—Captain Laws, R.N. in his recent vidence
given before the Ledger Bridge and Bradford Parlia-
mentary Committee, stated, that upwards of one million
and a half of passengers had been conveyed over the
Oldham Branch Railway since its opening, and yet not
the slightest accident had happened to a single pas-
senger; and this too, although the town of Oldham was
entered by means of a stationary engine, with a gra-
dient of 1 in 27—a freedom from accidents not to be
paralleled by any other mode of travelling, when the
number conveyed is considered.
Tut CROPS AND THE WRATH ER.—During the past
month, the wind has stood at N.E., with generally strong
breezes, and very dry and cold. A favourable change,
however, took place on Monday last, when the wind
moved to W.S.W., with every appearance of rain, which
is very much wanted in this neighbourhood, there being
great breadths of ground which cannot be operated
upon owing to its dry condition. The late sown
spring corn looks very sickly end bad, but that sown in
winter and in the early part of si ring, has a much b t-
ter appearance. For want of rain the hay crops will
suffer very much ; indeed to such an extent do :he inr
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mers complain, that, according to their prognostications,
there will not be half a crop, however favourable the
weather may wild= from the present pariod.--YorA
•Covrattec

By the arrival of the steam-ship Britannia,. from New
York, at Liverpool, on Friday evening, we are in receipt
of the subjoined intelligence :
Accounts have arrived at:Halifax of the loss of the ship
Saladin, Captain APlienzie, 240 tons burthen, on the
coast of the Island Harbour, situate about 90 miles to
the eastward of Halifax. It took place on the morning
of the 20th of May, and there seems to be little chance
of much property being saving.
'I he ship, which WAS built at Newcastle, in the year
1835, sailed from Valparaiso on the 17th of February,
bound to London, having on board a quantity of guano,
seventy tons of copper, and a very large amount of mo-
ney in dollars.
Upon the wreck being boarded, the survivors of the
crew reported that the captain, Mr. M'Kenzie, died from
fever on the sth of April, and also the mate ; and that
the second mate and two seamen had lost their lives by
falling from the yard-arm. The remainder of the ship's
company, six in number, being unable to manage the
vessel, ran ashore at the place as above mentioned.. Su-
spicions were aroused by the following circumstances
transpiring :
It appears that since the 14th of April no log had been
kept, and on that which was kept previously being exit-
mined, it was found to contain not the slightest informa-
tion respecting the captain's death, or that of the seamen.
The sailors, when spoken to on the subject, maintained
a strict silence, and, from their conduct throughout, it is
inferred that there has been some dreadful slaughter re-
sorted to in order to obtain possession of the ship and
specie en board.

There is little doubt, from the superb description of
furniture found in the cabin, and other conveni-
ences, but that Mrs. M.Kenzie accompanied her hus-
band on the voyage. A likeness of her, and some
portion of children's clothing have been discovered in the
cabin also. Whether she has met a similar fate as that
of her husband, or any of her children, it is impossible,
as may he seen, to premise. The crew, since the occur-
rence, have been expending money very freely, and in
one instance one of them offered a bag of dollars for a
passage to England.
Immediately on the information arriving at Halifax,
the Hon. Michael Tobin, Li()) d's agent, solicited Vice-
Admiral Sir Charles Adams to dispatch her Majesty's
war-steamer Hermes, for the purpose of preserving the
remains of the cargo and wreck, but as she could not be
got ready so soon as required, Sir Charles Adams for-
warded the Fair Rosamond on the same message.
The ship is insured in London to a very heavy amount,
and the chief portion of the specie belongs to several
firms in the City.
A strict investigation has been instituted before this,
Admiralty writs having been issued fur the arrest of all
the parties, ship, and cargo, and the next mail is looked
forward to with great interest.
DESTRUCTION OF THREE SHIPS BY
ICEBERGS.
Letters have also been received announcing the fol-
lowing losses :—The ship Anne Barry, bound to Ari-
chat, struck on the ice on the 7th of last May, and, in
the course of a very brief period, sunk ; the crew, how-
ever, quickly ascertaining that their ill-fated ship had
met with a mortal injury, lost no time in making their
escape with the boat, and, after beating about on the
wide ocean for three days, they were picked up by a
foreign ves-el, twenty leagues to the eastward of Scotia,
as may be conceived, in a very exhausted state.
The ship Lady Colebrook, 295 tons burden, and built
at New Brunswick in the year 1841, was totally lost,
under somewhat similar circumstances. She sailed from
Halifax for Quebec on the 6th of May, and on the morn-
ing of the 9th she fell in with the ice, and was com-
pletely cut in two by the mountain bergs. The crew
providentially saved themselves by taking to the boats,
and gained the land in safety in the afternoon of the
same day. The cargo is insured for 3,000/.
The other ship lost is the Lotus, a large vessel, called
a Quebecer, 397 tons burthen, belonging. to Whiti,y. She
sailed from Bristol on the 4th of April for Quebec, and
was wrecked on the ice on the sth of May. The crew
were picked up in a few days by the Swallow, of White-
haven, in lat. 45 40, lon. 45 30. Ship and cargo are par-
tially insured in England.
LOSS OF A VESSEL BY FIRE.
The ship Industry, belonging to Halifax, la as, on the
25th of May last, completely consumed by fire. It oc •
curred in the main hatchway, and so rapid was the flames,
that the crew were instantly forced to take to their
boats, and were ultimately preserved by the Lord Seaton
ship, since arrived at the above port.
The total loss of the above vessels with their cargoes,
is calculated to amount to at least 40,000/.
EXPORTATION OF CORN FROM NAPLES TO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
The following has been received at Lloyd's from the
Sicilian Consulate-General, June 15, 1844