The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-29 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
CAUTION TO MARINERS.
REEF NEAR WHYTERTACH (SOCIJTY
ISLANDS).
Extract of a letter from Captain Harens, of the
Thomas Dickenson, inserted in the Bay of Islands
Observer, of July 20, 1842 :
"Left Whytertach, June 20. On the 26th, at
5 A.M passed a reef to windward. It being dark at
the time could not ascertain its size, but think it
about two ships' length. N.E. and S.W. The ship
was going eight knots an hour; blowing a gale, and
the sea was washing over it with great violence (sup-
posed not laid down in the charts); lat. 21 32 S., and
long. 168 54 30 W., by good chronometers."
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals-13ritannia, Hardie, from Bengal, off
Dover, sailed July 17, St. Helena Nov. 9 ; Matilda,
Livesay, from Van Diemen's Land, in the Downs,
sailed from Hobart Town Sept. 8 ; Assam, APAlpine,
from Bengal, off Liverpool, sailed Aug. 2.
Arrivals at St. Helena.—Egyptian, Stretton, Nov'
5, from Berbice ; New Jersey, Barry, 6th, from
alcutta, and sailed the 7th to Salem; Canton,
Crouch, from China, for Halifax ; Staat Tiel,
Bth,
from Batavia to Amsterdam ; Currency, Freeman,
from Calcutta to Liverpool ; Atalanta, from Batavia.
Arrivals at Hobart Town.—Olinda, Crickmay,
Aug. 20, from Oporto, sailed Sept. p to Sydney;;
Emancipation, Winter, 23d, from Port Philip;
John Byng, 26th, from Sydney ; her Ma:esty's ships
Fly and Bramble, 28th, from Plymouth and the
Cape ; Naiad, 28th, from Port Philip, and sailed the
30th back ; Haidee, Marshall, 29th, front London ;
Sultan, Muir, Sept. 4, from London.
Departures from Hobart Town.— Water Witch'
Aug. 28 ; Port Philip, Challenger, 28th, to Launces*
ton; Elphinstone, Fremlin, 28th, to India; Caroline,
Coombes, 29th, to Sydney ; Tobago, Ramsay, 25th'
to New Zealand. •

Arrival at Tongataboo.—Sultana, Scott, Sydney.
Arrival .at Launceston.—Belle Creole, Purchase,
Aug. 30, from Mauritius and Port Philip.
Departure from Launceston.— Deborah, Wirq'
Aug. 27, to Sydney.
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—lndus, Bombay to
pool, 24th ult., lat. 2 N., lon. 20 'W.; Ellen, Wr'
coast of Guinea, to Liverpool, 11th inst., lat. 29, I°"'
35, by.the Matilda, arrived off Dover. IVharoPcia'
London to Demerara, 26th inst., 44 miles S.W• of th°
Lizard, by the Braglia, arrived at Plymouth,
ltathbone' Bonny to Liverpool, sth ult.,' lat. 1 S"
lon. 6 E., by the Snowden, arrived at Liverpool. CO'
trian, Africa to Liverpool, 23d inst., Lt. 47, lon. Ott.
by the Grenada, arrived at Liverpool. Canadian, 0'
Stockton, bound to Aden, 10th tilt., lat. 4, ion. '22;
Sarah Mills, London to Monte Video, 12th, lat. 5,
Mon. 22, by the Oscar, arrived in the river. Orissa,
Manilla to Cowes, Aug. 30, lat. 1 S., lon. 127 E. ;
Gresham, Bordeaux to Mauritius, Oct. 23, lat. 36 S"
lon. 22 E., by the Canton, Crouch, arrived at St.
Helena.
Her Majesty's ship Favourite arrived at Sydney''
New South Wales, from Tongataboo,
passed a reef °jl
July 27, in lat. 24 deg. 35 min. W., lon. 180 ilegi;
49 min. E. (magnetic), seven miles distant, with
breakers on the S.W. of it.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 27.—1 t seems that the Ado
ratty have determined that the inhabitants of Potty
mouth shall have the advantage which would accrue
to them by the paying off the Cambridge at this port;
Although her three years period of commission IT,
expired within a month, she has been ordered to rell'l.
and proceed to Plymouth, where, as a matter °`
course, she will be dismantled and laid up. The a re;
voil
cent Conservative demonstration there may
for such favour being shown to those in file Wc;t'
and as to the expense, it is of no moment when Po".
tical partisans are to be served.
COLDURN'S NEW 'MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND litji
MOURIST.—Under the Editorship of that Prin CC
Humourists, Thomas Hood, and with the aid of lost
own numerous contributions, and those of the
distinguished writers of the day, this favourite 1\130;
zinc maintains its high position among our Monthly
periodicals. The First Number for the New .‘
will present, we understand, some unusually attrile);
tive features ; the commencement of the publication I
the Letters of the celebrated Lady Hester Staithokle
being one ; and among other popular contributors tdt:
the January Number are the Editor, Thomas lic,
Barry Cornwall, J. Sheridan Knowles, Horace Smitil'
• " Peter Priggins," Laman Blanchard, Mrs. Trolope;
W. T. -Moncrieff, the Old Forest Ranger, the Aledici_3;
Stndent, &c.,-'&c; and we would recommend those 011_
are desirous. to commence taking in this attractistoe
Miscellany to lose no time in sending their 01*(1°11
their booltsellers, so as to secure the January Nliman
WIGAN—POOR RATES.--The -Magistrates Of Wig,lie
on Saturday last, signed .a new rate of 3s. ill it,
pound. This is the third call upon the inhabitlied
since March, and makes a total of 7s._ in the pea%
The overseers, in consequence of the heavy
upon them from the Corporation and the Ward
Guardians, are compelled to lay this extraordinalt
rate, notwithstanding that they have within the hi:s.
month collected and paid the whole amount
dem:o f
rate to satisfy the claims upon them. The new.ra
must be paid immediately, as there is an order from
the Corporation• for nearly 3,0001., and one from_ toe
Guardians for a considerable sum ; and both are re:
quired to be satisfied in a few days, or the overseer'o'
who are opposed to them in politics, must eNll°'Ll'ir
quarter, and may, as repeatedly threatened,
goods and chattles seized for the amounts.,--lw"
chester Paper.
._.this
THE GIIEAT ANTI-CORN-LAW PAVILION."'"
buildinge
is fast progressing, notwithstanding
ctri
recent bad weather and the holidays. Its gel' e,
form and arrangements will be better adapted to
he
purposes of sight and hearing than the last; nliasegira
acoustic contrivance for aiding and throwing t'r"'"
the voices of the speakers, will be devised. Thcreiii,.
to be a gallery or galleries. The invitations. are hise
issued to various distinguished Members of- ".
Houses of the Legislature, and to many out of ParlL
od
ment, who by their efforts of voice, and pen' f
• purse, have advocated and helped forward the ca',-;o°g
free trade. We hear that the second evening nlee-de,
in understand avilion will probably•be a sort of promefialo
We that for each meeting a chturrnall
two secretaries will be appointed, to conduct and for
gulate its proceedings. Everything is preParil)g. in.
these occasions On a'seale of great magnitudethoo ,
sand;
deed must be indispensable, where so many if
I are to be seated and provided with food, both for tll`r,
physical and intellectual appetites. Manchester 0114.
dian.
POACHING AND Loss OF LlFE.—Thtelligelicerol
on Friday received in this town of an inr°''
poachers upon the lands of Kirkley Hall, in this cotto
the seat of the Rev. J. Saville Ogle, Dean of IVilenibefla
ter. It appears that the gamekeeper of that geribletors,
was watching on Thursday evening, when the po.ae"ron,
who were discovered on the grounds, fired offtheir tiy
and fled, leaving one of their party,who was subsequ'n, .11
found dead, having received the contents of a An''
his thigh, evidently from his own party in Illie.l'Ae,lol
Mr. Ogle's keepers were without fire arms.
aid was immediately procured, but life was 0141311 e
fillet, the deceased having received nearly the
charge of shot, which had divided the artery, ii,rfor
which he had bled to death. The body has not 'I."-
identified.—Tyne Mercury. isro•
COMING OF AGE OF THE HON. ALIIEHIC -tie.
LouGuny.—On Sunday last the above Hon. Gen,-I,v
man, only son of Lord and Lady Willong"dy
D'Eresby, completed his majority. Lord and b 3
Carrington and a family party assembled at Gr"ros,
e..
thorpe, Lincolnshire, but from the sacred day theroho
joicings attendant on the event were deferred. let
tenantry on the family estates in Wales would 1101 the
the opportunity pass of celebrating the event 01 of
coming of age of the heir of the ancient house
cat
Gwydyr, and a splendid dinner was to have t‘a:j,
place on Tuesday at Carnarvon, at which 'gr. lire
Nanney, Commandant of the Royal. Carnarroin,' or
Militia, was to preside. There was a public (11' try
at Llanrwst on Monday. The Lincolnshire tenan
intended to dine together on Tuesday at SpilsbYl:o„,
re were to be rejoicings at Drummond 01-
Perthshire, and the neighbouring town of Criett is
The number of ships that passed the S°"‘ the
November was :—From the Baltic, 704; frOmr„„iii
North Sea, 241. Of these the English were, 12
the North and 323 from the Baltic ; or 335 13.11'
1,005, or one-third of the whole.