The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-06 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

DovEa, MAY s.—Arrived, front Boulogne, the Britannia
Stoam-boat, with,hia.Qrace the Duke of Bedford.
,Mr. Jlunter,, jun, t?e.lllcs,...tiger, arrived this nrornjng, with
diopatebea from tit he Foreign thlice for 'ir llentyWgllesley atVActuus. The pitc4t,fpF, Gala's had wiiied just before lie arrivetl,
1114.4(t ittunediatelkpOuepded in, an open lwat.
DIPAT., 'll.l4,y,gt,t,WOut transport hark, N. 10,
arrived frotin,!Oginetitwartl, +tad tvniain. Arrived the
Sin*wt?o4,':frmn Sierra Leone., P/IS,CII from the Mier, the
Orpheus, Duff, for New S(aith Wale;; acid Industry, for
Jamaica.
ppiasmouTltt Nay ".E.--Passol by for Cow,,
the Brighton, Se.boi,, for New
FA Lail)Wrgt IgAlr S. E. to E.—Arrived Off the
Port, the Milo, Winslow, from Bostonin 20 'clays, for London.
LivEttroot,, N.l.—'-Off the Port, tits Roch-
dale, —, from Oporto.

The Don Voileur, 3antzen, from Dantzie to Dublin, which run
upon Harborough Sand on Tuesday, floated off, and has been towed
on shore near Southwold.

The Mary, Maynard, from Boston to Gottonhurgh, was ahem•
dotted the 28th of March,' Vut afterwards carried into Mailo,,herol,

By the Milo, arrived of Fahnouth froth Boston, we collect the
following arrivals out, previous to the )oth of April, viz. :—A t New
York, the Manchester, Lee ; Baltic, Barker ; Sylvanua, Jenkins ;
William Byrne, Fame, --; end Panthers, !hallway,
all from Liverpool Redpole Packet, end Prince.Eartott, from
Falmouth; Earl, of I,,iverpoOl. from Bristol ; Atlantic, Vosdicks ;
and Carolina ,Ann, Batch, from llolfast ; Eliza, front bitinke ;
and the Regent, from Enghind,-,—Arrived at Thiston, the Henry
Puke, Bliss; and ,Jasper, Crooker, front Liverpool. At
Baltimore, Herald,. Grahame, from Liverpol. At
Charleston the William Dawson, fr,on
At Philadelphia the Algengiun, bilvy, from Liverpool ; and the
Electra, Harris, from London. Great fears are entertained for
the safety of the Crisis, 'Van Dyke, 'from London, out 9U days,
and had not arrived at New York on 10th April.

Boston Papers of the 13th of April,. state, that a
duel bLid been fought On the hanks of the 'Potomac,
between the Secretary of State, Henry. Clay and Mr.
Randolph. A shot went through Randolph's coat,
but did not hurt him.

Yesterday morning a large male elephant arrived in
this country from the Continent. The animal was
brought over in a vessel from Rotterdam, and was
landed in his cage' at Brewer's Quay; a little below the
Custom House, 'where a large concourse of people had
assembled on the occasion. The. vessel which con-,
tained the animal was brought alongside the wharf, and
the cage, with the prodigious inmate hoisted, . out by
means of the crane. This elephant was specially'sent
aver to Mr. Cross, of Exeter 'Change, to supply the
place, of poor Chuny, who was destroyed at the Me-
nagerie a few months back.
COLOMBIA.--CARTHAGENA, FEB. 21.—A con-
siderable improvement has taken place in the society of this place
within the List twelve months. A meeting of the ,British resi-
dents has lately been held, the object of which was, to raise funds
for the establishment of a place of worship, and tl;.> purchase of
a piece-of ground for a burial place. The British Cloternment is
to contribute one-half the expence.
The Cherokee Indians, in national council, have
dete,imiaed to establish, a printing press, at Newton, the seat of
Government, for the purpose of printing the New Testament in
their language, and the laws, &e. in English; and also to insti-
tute an academy for the youth of the nation, and have appointtd
the clerk of the Council, Elias Buudinet, to receive donations for
these objects. •
A GOOD PUN.—Tolling of Americium liberality to
I...,figtish actors, F. 11. Says, " Why, the ,bait must be tempting,
fbr I find Yates has taken it.".-:-44 That cannot be," said for
he's making a good thing here."---4, You may depend upon it,"
thisto even-
ing.---The he replied, 4, for I met him on his.way
o
dat make brave de-
ing.— The Ass.
said
i°'n'ecel‘rel?::"r__NY'6:ll"slBtdaWtatlteicriaeFot lii,irerei:lpylfiedeethe man of office.---" Den
I can," said Mungo----" it is Massa'-long-eyel"—Jtitt.