The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-22 00:00:00

FRENCH DISCOVERY SHIP.

We have already mentioned the appearance of the As-
trolabe French corvette, in the roads of Sydney Cove, on
the east coast of New Holland. The Commander of the
corvette, 1,1. Dumont d'Urville, has addressea to
ter of Marine a report of his voyage, of which the principal
circumstances are as follow :
On the sth of October, 1826, the Astrolabe discovered
Cape Hamelin, and on the 7th she entered the Bay of
King George. Captain d'Urville employed the sixteen
days that he remained there in repairing the damages that
he had suffered from the squalls of wind in August and
September. The naturalists of the expedition profited by
this delay, in augmenting their collection of observations
by drawings and specimens. The scientific produce of the
expedition consisted, at this period, of four eases of goolo-
gical subjects; and, in addition to those cases, which will
soon be received by the Museum of Natural History, a
naemoir and an atlas has been addressed to the Academy of
Sciences, the result of the observation of the naturalists of
the expedition on the animal kingdom. The Astrolabe
quitted Port King George on the 25th of October, passed
Basses Straits, anchored on the 12th of November in Port
Western, arrived on the 26th in the Bay of Servie, and on
the 2d of December at Sidney, where she cast anchor in
the same spot where, thirty months before, M. Duperra
had anchored with his Majesty's corvette Coquille.
The crew of the Astrolabe were in the most satisfactory
state of health ; her worthy commander was to put to sea
again on the 20th of December ; he proposed to visit the
Feejee Islands, the Archipelago of New Caledonia, the
southern coast of New Guinea,land the intermediate islands,
where it has been asserted that a cross of St. Louis was
found previous to the other discoveries of which mention
has been made lately, and which have inspired a hops of
finding some traces of the shipwreck of La Perouss.—
Quotidienue.
LA PEtousx.—The East India Company's surveying
vessel Research, under the command of Captain Dillon,
has sailed from Calcutta (January 7) for the purpose of
proceeding to the Malicolo Islands in quest of the unfortu-
nate La Perouse and his companions. The Research is
fitted nut with the greatest possible attention, and Captain
Dillon has taken with him a number of articles suited as
presents to the natives of the Islands he will touch at, as
well as a New Zealand Prince and his suite, who are pas-
sengers for the South Seas. Dr. Tytler who, with his
usual spirit of liberal enterprise, volunteered his services on
this occasion, is attached to the expedition as Naturalist as
well as Surgeon, and he is also to keep a separate and com-
plete journal of all occurrences, and every information con-
nected with the main object of the voyage. A Draftsman
is also attached to the expedition, and, in consideration of
the natural interest that must be felt by the French Go-
vernment in the object of the enterprise, E. Stranow,
Esq. of the French Consulate Department, is accommodated
as a passenger on board the vessel.

On Saturday se'nnight an officer of the Bth
Hussars, quartered in Beltuthet, whilst sailing in a boat
opposite the barracks, made a bet of a sovereign with one
of his brother officers that he would leap into the river with
his clothes on, and accordingly did so; when he went
down under the water, and in all probability would have
never risen again, if it had not been for the intrepidity of a
young boy, who immediately dived after him to the bottom
and brought him up. The officer exclaimed he had won
the sovereign, and with it instantly requited the boy for
having preserved his life.—Dublin Evening Mail.

QUARANTINE LAWS.—(From the Hull
packet.)--A letter, of which the following is a copy, has
been received by our Representative, Daniel Sykes, Esq.,
in reply to a Memorial forwarded by him to the Lords. of
the Treasury from the merchants of this port :
" Council Office, Whitehall, sth June, 182'7.
‘i sir—The Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council, having had under consideration the Memorial
presented by you from the Merchants at Hull, I am directed
to inform you that their Lordships had anticipated the pe-
tition of the memorialists, by having given orders for a con-
siderable reduction in the list of articles requiring consular
certificates or declarations, and by having extended the
same indulgence to all ports of Europe without the Straits
of Gibraltar, that had been granted to Russia and Prussia.
" The only articles for which certificates or declarations
are now to be required, are the following, vic—Cotton
wool, silk, carpets, ostrich feathers, sponges, e cotton yarn,
and mohair yarn, which must he accompanied with a certi-
ficate or declaration, to show either that they are the pro-
duce of the country where they are shipped, or that they
are not the produce of Turkey.
" Cotton or linen rags, also, are to be accompanied with
a certificate, to show that they have been washed or other-
wise purified.

I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
" JAMES BULLER.

" To D. Sykes, Esq. M.P."

NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. toe. d.
Beef 3 4 4 3 Veld 3 9 3 4
Mutton 3 6 4 8 Pork 3 9 S 6
Lamb 4/.. FM. to tis. Od.