The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-05 00:00:00

COVET-FASHIONABLE.

Among the fair debutantes in high life, says the Herald, :
who are to be presented at her Majesty's Drawing-room, on
Thursday next, will be Lady Adele Villiers, the youngest
daughter of the Earl and Countess of Jersey ; Miss Hogg,
daughter of Mr. Hogg, M.P. ; the Hon. Miss F. Scarlett,
second daughter of Lord and Lady Abinger ; Miss Lister,
niece of Lord John Russell. We hear that Lady Blanche
Somerset, eldest daughter of the Duchess of Beaufort, and
Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, third daughter of the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland, are to make their debid in society
this season ; but it is understood will not be presented at the
first Drawing-room.
The Duchess of Grafton and Lady Louisa Fitzroy have
arrived at Grafton House, Piccadilly, from Wakefield Lodge,
^ - 'Ph ;‘, f, his
of Jersey, on her coming to the
Countess Flahault and the Hon. Misses Elphinstone
Flahault/ have arrived in Chesham-street, from Hastings.
His Excellency Count Flahault is still fulfilling his diplo-
matic functions as French Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of Austria, and the precise period of his expected de-
parture from Vienna for this country is not yet definitively
settled.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton have returned to Egerton
Lodge, Melton Mowbray, from visiting the Duke of Rutland,
at Belvoir Castle. The Noble Earl and Countess are ex-
pected to arrive in town for the season at the latter end of the
ensuing week.
The Earl of Harrowby (whose state of health for some
time past has not been satisfactory) is at present very seri-
ously indisposed at his mansion -in Grosvenor-square. Vis-
count Sandon remains in attendance on his noble parent.
The Duke of Devonshire has been suffering for some days
past from an affection of the eyes.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and the
Ladies De Burgh, after passing some weeks in Naples, left
that capital three weeks since, on their return to this country.
MISCEZ.ZAILNEWITS.
The meteorological observations made at the gardens of
the Horticultural Society, at Chiswick, show the late winter
to have been the most protracted and severe for many years
past. From the Ist of December the mean temperature was
34 degrees, being lower than that of any similar period in the
present century, with the exception of that of 1813-14, when
it was one and a half degrees lower. March exhibited a lower
mean than any similar month since 1797 ; and the mean of
February was lower than that of any in the present century,
being 33 deg. 12 min., or 8 deg. below the average. The mean
temperature of December was 33 deg. 4 min., or nearly 7 deg.
below the average.
On Thursday night, between the hours of nine and ten,
some persons passing along the Hackney-road discovered
that a fire was raging in one of the rooms on the first fleor
front of the Refuge for the Female Destitute. The neces-
sary alarm having been given, the matron hastened to the
room, when she found the bed and furniture in a general
blaze. Without loss of time the whole of the inmates, to
the number of nearly eighty, were aroused, it being feared
at one period that the fire would extend throughout the
spacious range of premises; but, owing to the exertions of
the residents, they succeeded in confining the flames to that
portion of the establishment wherein they originated, and
the services of the engines were not required. The damage
is exclusively confined to the destruction of the bed and
furniture.

A few days ago an English vessel from China went ashore
near Etaples (Pas de Calais). The crew, consisting of 17
persons, were saved, and hopes were entertained that this
would be the case also with the vessel and cargo, which were
estimated at nearly 100,000/. ; but it appears, by an account
of some of the journals, that they have been wholly lost.
A great number of vessels cleared from the port of New-
castle, on Tuesday last, for Quebec, it being the first day of
the season on which vessels of the United Kingdom can, in
accordance with their insurance policies, sail for America.
On the following day a still greater number took their de-
parture, the wind blowing briskly from the west.
Very extensive and long-required improvements are about
being made at the Guildhall police-court, during which time
the examination of prisoners will be heard in one of the
chambers in the hall.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL S—P.M., Wind easterly, fresh breeze and
fine.
DEAL, APRIL 4.—Wind N.N.E., fresh, and thick fog.—
Sld. City of Derry, China ; Edmundsbury, Calcutta.
DOVER, APRIL 4.—The Petite Gracieuse, Fleau, from Bor-
deaux to Dunkirk, stranded off Dungeness, has been got off
and in here, after discharging her cargo.
DONAGHADEE, MARCH 30.—The Margaret Ann, of Belfast,
from Liverpool, was totally dismasted off Groomsport, and
has been towed up here.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 4.—The Champion, from La G
allant
encountered a severe squall 3d February, lost top-gallant
mast, &c.
nto Goole
was driven ashore on the Spurn, 30th ult., but is expected
without damage. Sld. Aurora and Latona, Quebec; Bon
Accord, Davis Straits.
RECOVERY OF SPE
CIE
SEAS.
FROM A WRECK IN THE
CA
HULL, APRIL 4.—The Three Johns, from Lyn
oft'
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Kong,fa
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reef situated in lat. 8 -deg. 61 mm. 13 sec. N. • 112 deg.
37 min. 43 sec. E. of Greenwich, by Captain Carlos 'Cuarteron,
of the Spanish brig Martinas de Tun Rin.
The Captain, on discovering the wreck, examined
dollars, giving
from t the accounts
sextant, as well as the specie above-named, but,
owing to the decayed state of the timber, having
reclt oof
deposited and
a
rotted, no clue to the owners could at present be found
The wreck is described to have been a ship ofas about 400 tons,
oak built, and apparently English. At Macao the general
belief was that the wr .1.- , • ec. . was the remains of the ship Chris-
tina, Captain B"ON •
ohfetrl'ie and took
. vurigg, which left that port on July 8, 1842,
for Bombay,
and was wrecked near the above spot ' • the
Captain and a portion of the crew perished, while the mate
and a boat's crew succeeded in reaching Manilla. The cap-
tain of the Spanish brig had deposited the whole amount in
safe custody, to be delivered to such parties as could prove
their right to it.

RAILWAY COLLlSTON.—Yesterday morning, while
the Ayr mineral train for Paisley was leaving off coal wag-
gons at the King-street depot, a goods train from Ayrshire
came up; the engine driver of which not paying attention to
the regular signal given at the station, his engine came in
contact with tine waggons in the rear of the coal train. The
consequence was, that three of these waggons, as also the
luggage train engine, received slight injury,.but little or no
interruption was experienced by the passenger trains.—
' Grolow Arra of Timidly.