The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-11 00:00:00

(co.)

" Candahar, February 14, 1842.
"My dear Father,--We are, thank God, all safe at this
place, although in daily expectation of the people in the town
rising against u , and the enemy, only twenty-five miles cif,
are threatening to attack us. Our communication with Caubul
and the provinces is cut off, and report says that Sir W.
111'Naghten, the Envoy and Minister, is murdered, with
several other officers. It is to be hoped in the spring troops
will be pushed up from India—for we can do nothing at
this season—when, please God, we will give them a lessen
they little think of. General Nott, with a large force,
went against the rebels, collected only eight miles from Can-
dahar, and killed and wounded 700 or 800 of them, but they
are increasing in numbers every day, and one of Shah Soojah s
sons (Safter Jung) at their head. It is said they dined in
their shrouds the other day, and swore upon the Koran that
they would either murder us all, or be killed in the attempt.
You may rely upon my writing whenever an opportunity
occurs, and should you see any of :planning's people or Hol-
royd's, you can tell them that at present we are all safe and well
at Candahar. I have not heard from England for the last
three months.—With my brat love to all, believe me, my dear
father to be, &c., "JOHN HOPPE."

" To Charles Hoppe, Esq.,
Withycombe Hanleigh, Exmouth, Devon."

ANOTHER FATAL BOAT ACCI-
DENT ON THE MERSEY.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.—An accident attended
with fatal consequences happened on the Mersey this after-
noon, about two o'clock. it will he recollected that a fatal ac-
cident occurred on this river a week ago, by the swamping of
a pleasure-boat, by which three young gentlemen were unfor-
ttn• lv drowned; and although a handsome reward had been
offeredi
ae.for the recovery cf their bodies, they have root yet been
found. A Runcorn flat running up the river at about half-past
one to-day, saw a corpse floating in the water, Beirq;
under sail, she could not make a successful attempt to recover
it, but hailed a boat off the George's Pier, and having told them
the circumstance, they immediately went in pursuit ; another
boat also went off for the same purpose. In the contest which
occurred who shoeld reach the part of the river where the
corpse was supposed to have floated, it is feared the boats in
question hoisted more sail than was prudent in the squally
state of the weather, and in the short sea that occurs in our
river, when the wind meets the tide. They were about the
middle of the river, when the boat capsized, and four hands
were instantly immersed in the water. The Egremoat steamer
fortunately witnessed the accident, and steering for the scene,
picked up William Woods, a married man ; another, William
.llartin, was very fortunately carried by the current athwart
the chain cable of a brig, lying out at anchor in the stream,
and held on until he was assisted on hoard; but the two other
men, named James Taylor, a single man, and Owen Griffiths,
a married man with a family, were unfortunately drowned;
and in the confusion caused by the accident, the corpse which
had been the cause of the pursuit, was not found.

The hexagon wood paving in the Old Bailey,
about which so many complaints have been made, is to be
forthwith removed, by order of the Committee of sewers for
the City of London, and the metropolitan wood paving sub•
stituteth

TREMENDOUS FIRE AT
HAMBURG.

By the arrival of the General Steam Navigation Con:-
patty's boat Caledonia, off the Tower, last evening at five
o'clock, Captain H. Cheeseman, news has been brought
of an immense conflagration which took place on Thurs-
day morning last, at one o'clock, in that city. The
district in which the fire broke out consists entirely Of
wood tenements, chiefly of five and six stories high,
and covering an area of ground of about thirty to forty
• acres. The whole of the buildings on this large space
have been totally consumed, to the number of (to our in-
formant's best supposition) more than 1,000. Tice tire ori-
ginated in the street known by the name of the Stein Twite,
in the warehouse of a Jew, named Cohen, a cigar inanufae-
, turer, and who, upon good grounds, has been taken up on
suspicion as the incendiary. The wind at the time blew a
stout north-west, which caused the flames rapidly to
spread ; and proceeding in the direction of Itodings-
market, and from thence to Deich-street, entirely con-
sumed the whole of the following streets, among which
is the Hoppen-market and St. Nicholas Church, a fine
stone fabric, and the hand.somest in • Hamburgh
Gratz Twite, Cressnon (back and end), Grosser Burstah,
Muhlen Brucke, Alto Borse, Bohnen Strasse, Mankedani
T ite, Altewall Strasse, Grosse and Kleine, Johannes
Strasse, Neue wall, (partially), Alter and Neuer Jung•
f,,rstieg Berg, Neue Berg Strasse, St. Petrie Kirke,
Kunigs Strasse, Geerhoff a Grasskeiler (partially),
Ratlihaus, Borsenhalle, Zuchthaus, Spinnhaus, and De-
tenwinshaus, Schmidt Wassenkunst, (Niue Bose), Zilch-
hauss Strasse, Kunst, Paulstrasse. liolzdain,
haus, Sperort, and Steinstrases. Tho flames were nut
subdued till tea o'clock in the morning of May 7. -
A body of one thousand Prussians were immediately
marched into the town, and waggons and ammunition
from the King of Hanover were brought do% n the
Elbe to blow up the houses and to stop the conflagration.
The principal houses and hotels, among which were
the Exchange, Strait's Hotel, St. Peter's Church, the
Post-office, the Bank, Spinnhauss's Hotel, and several
others, with their costly property, have not a wreck left.
The whole presents a mass of ruins, fallen into the
dykes which intersected the streets. Upwards
of 100 lives have fallen a prey. Owing to the inadequacy
of the engines, little could be effected, and the strenuous
efforts of the people themselves were of no avail. At the
time of its occurrence no water was procurable, owing to
the tide being low, so that the street-canals were dry.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
Some sales which were effected during the day caused a
decline in the prices of the British Stocks; Consols leaving off
at 921 92% for Money, and 921 921 for the Account; India
Stock, 167, 168; Bank Stock, 248 249; and Exchequer Bills,
38 40 premium.
In Foreign Securities business was principally confined to
Dutch Bonds, the prises of which were, for the Two-and-a-Hall
per Cents., 53 53*; the Five per Cents., 101 1011; Belgian,
102 103 ex-dividend; Danish, 801 811 ; and Brazilian, 64 681.
Railway Shares generally were better, The last prices
were, London and Birmingham, 90 92 ; Great Western,
`2B 29, and the Half Shares, 144 14-i prem. ; Birmingham
and Gloucester, 52 54; South Western, 63 64; Gosport,
63 64 ; North Midland, 65 67, the new Shares, 32 33 ;
Eastern Counties, 91 9%; Blackwell, 11/ 12 ; the New
Shares, 91 10; and Brighton, 36/ 371 per share.
The quotation of Mexican advanced upwards of one per
cent. upon the receipt of the intelligence by the Clyde. The
invasion of Texas has proved to be, what it was from the
first expected it would, in reality nothing—the hostile demon-
strations having been confined to some marauding expeditions
over the frontier, without the Government in the slightest
degree interfering.
The Exchanges generally were rather higher than on the
former post day. Paris was a solitary exception, being 25f.
50c., 25f. 821 c.; Amsterdam, 12 4*, 12 41; Rotterdam, 12 41
12 4i ; Antwerp, 12 ; Frankfort, 1511 151; Vienna,
9 52, 9 53 ; Lisbon, 53i ; and Madrid, 361.
On Elamburgh scarcely a bill was negotiated, the intelli•
gence of the disastrous fire there, arriving immediately before
'Change. It will be impossible, for some time to come, to ar-
rive at anything like a correct estimate of the damage caused
by this calamity, but this much is certain, that the amount far
exceeds what the shareholders in the various insurance offices
will be able to pay; and merchants here are perfectly willing
"to get off with a mere scratch." The confusion appears to
have been so great, that scarcely a letter is in London which
can afford information as to the probable extent of the ca-
lamity ; and many who for years have never been without a mass
of correspondence by each packet, are now, for the first time,
without a single communication.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The English Funds have been slightly checked in their up-
ward tendency by a sale of 30,000/. Reduced, and some few
others to a small amount for Money. Consols are 921 9.1 for
Money, and 921 921 for the Account. Three per Cents.
Reduced, 91/ 91%; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 100,
1001; Ditto Reduced 991 991; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India
Stock, 2481; the Bonds, 20 21, and Exchequer Bills 37 40 pm.
Foreign Securities are firm at the prices of yesterday, trans-
actions have however been principally in Dutch Five per Cents.
at 101 a.
Railroad Shares have been in good demand especially for
the larger lines. Brighton and South Western are both higher,
the shares in the latter being 301, the Scrip, 7%, and the
former 37. London and Birmingham, 1811; Quarter, 371 ;
Great Western New, 641 ; South Western, oi ; Eastern
Counties New, 51. 4s. 2d. ; Croydon, 14; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 54; ; and Paris and Rouen, 211. 13s. 4d.
The quotation of Mexican has advanced from 34* to 35*, and
is now 34/.
The only Tondo of the insolvent States which find a place in
the official lists to-day, are Spanish Five per Cents., which are
marked 231, and the Nevv.Three per Cent. Stock at 221.
Money continues plentiful on the Stock Exchange, at 2/ to
3 per cent., according to the time for which it may be re-
quired, and the securii y.
The West Ind,a letters by the Clyde present rather a more
encouraging accoant from Jamaica, and the other islands,
than those previously received. The weather had been most
propitious, and the crops generally promised to be abundant.
The labourers had returned to their employments, were peace-
able, and apparently well satisfied, to conform with the new
arrangements. Ihe departure of Sir Charles Metcalfe was
greatly regretted, and it had been proposed to erect a statue as
a testimony of the esteem in which he is held.
The accounts from Demerara are still unsatisfactory, the
negroes on many of the estates were yet standing out, and
although the managers had offered to comply with their
demands, they would not work, preferring idleness to employ-
ment; it is evident that some bad management has existed,
this being the only colony in a similar state. Trade also was
much depressed, and great stress is laid upon the fact of a parcel
of coals having been reshipped to England. This would cer-
tainly prove that commercial distress was great, but still it may
arise from some particular circumstances which obliged this
course to be adopted.
Trinidad, on the contrary, appears to be in a flourishing con-
dition ; the island, it is stated, is doing well, and will make a
large crop. A private letter states, " All the estates in
the district will greatly increase their produce this year—a
rare event in the West Indies in these times. Our owe crop
of sugar, a better one we hope it will prove to be than we have
had these three years, is now advancing, though not with rapi-
dity, owing to the frequent showers, and the canes not being
generally ripe."
By the packet- ship New York, intelligence from New York
to the 20th ult. has been received ; the vessel has made the
passage in the short space of eighteen days. The information
is of no great importance, neither does it add much to the
former accounts. In addition to the details in another column,
an extraordinary fact is to be noticed of the Americans ship-
ping cotton direct to Canton. This cargo had been purchased
at from 4to 5 cents. per lb., and sanguine expectations were
entertained that a market would thus be opened, rendering
them independent of England for the consumption of the lower
qualities. If this be continued, it will doubtless interfere ma-
terially with our East India trade, but no great alarm need be
felt for some time at any rate.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 9.—Sales were not
pressed to-day, and the market had a firm appearance without
change in prices. The quantity sold was about 5,000 bales, of
which exporters took 500 American.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 9.—South Eastern
and Dover New Shares were in good request and closed firmly..
A fair amount of business was also transacted in Eastern
Counties, New, 51 ; Ediaburgh and Glasgow, 55 ; Lancaster
and Preston, Three-fourths, 181; Liverpool and Manchester,
Quarters, 44 ; London and Birmingham paid up 321. Shares,
601 f Brighton, 36; and South Eastern, New, 3*.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 9.—We have had
a fair market to-day. Bolton and Preston, 221; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 55; Lancaster and Preston Three quarter Shares
181; Manchester and Birmingham, 291; District Bank
0/. 1 Is. 3d. ; Manchester Assurance, 91.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock l6-i India Stock ... 24Bi
3 per Cent Red. 9li Ditto Bonds l9 pit
3 per Cent Cons 92i Ditto Old Annuities ...
3fr per Cent Red 99i Ditto New Annuities... 90i-
New 3i per Cent
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities ..0 expire Ditto Small 4O pm
Jan. 1860 .... 12 9-16 Bank Stock fur Acct ...
Oct. 1859. .. 12j India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. .... 12 13-16 Consols for Acct 92j
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 pz,-. cent—. 'Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pci cent — Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian 80nd5.......... 67i Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres 6 per cert. Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent... Ditto, N1eta11ic.......
Colombian, 6 pet cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent...—. 23i
Ditto, 1824.......... ..... Ditto, Deferred....
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 33i 'French, a 3
percent — . —c,
Ditto, 6 per ceu::. 1637 Dutch, 2i per cent. 53
Peruvian, 1825, h per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 101
SHARES.

Bristol •-ntl Exeter (70 paid) ... .... . ... • 44
Cheltenham and Great Western (72/ paid) 161
Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) .
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 51544
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 94
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 644
London and Brighton (50 paid) 'i7
London and Blaekwall (25 paid) ll/
London and Birmingham (90)
.. ... 181/
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) ......... ... 37/
London and South Western
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 134
Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ..A.... 43
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto New Shares (40 pail) . ........
Ditto Third, ( paid)
Paris and Rouen (16 paid) •• • 174
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) . 30/
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) ......,.• 93/
Ditto New Shares (15 paid) ... ........ ... 33
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 7/ Gibraltar ..
Ditto, 46
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam .........2 U l2 7/ Genoa ... .............
Antwerp l2 7i Milan ll
liamburgh AI B. 14 0 Venice ..
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 !Palermo, per oz 120
Ditto, 3 months 25 95 !Lisbon
Marseilles
oourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 152/ Bahia
l'etersburgh, 3Us ... 364 Buenos Ayres —
- ,New York, 21 days sight 46/
'Philadelphia 46
PRICES 01 BULLION, PER 02
Foreign Gold, bars 1:3 17 9
Portugal Gold C0m...3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
!New Dollars 0 4 94
Silver in Bars... 0 4 Ili

Berlin
Vienna, etrec. ti. 3 Al. 955
Trieste, ditto
Madrid ..
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville ... 36

THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY.
COLONIAL MARKET..
There were few public sales, but a fair business was done bi
private contract, arid, with one or two exceptions, full prices
were obtained.

TEA MARKET.
Nearly 19,000 packages of Tea were brought to public auc-
tion. The attendance of the trade was good, but the bidding
were very languid, and prices were rather lesser from the small
quantity sold. _

_
TALLOW MARKET.
Russian Tallow steady at 46e. 3d: to 465. 6d. on the sit•
and at 48s. 6J. to arrive in the autumn, but the transactions
were limited.

W HITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.
The market was well supplied, and prices firm. Clove►,
2/. 7s. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 21. 4s. to 4/. 4s.

(From the London New Price Current of May 10.)
SITU AR. —To-daY the assortment at market of West India
Sugar was pret'y good ; buyers evinced little inclination to do
business, although the merchants were disposed to meet
them, and the demand both for the scale and to
was limited, the purchases not exceeding 220 WI.
and tres, and the prices accepted were 6d to Is under those 0
Frit:ay, making the decline since Tuesday last, when the
market was at its highest 2s to 31 per cwt. The inactivity
the market is chiefly caused by the continued large arrivals 0E
,
West India, -Mauritius, and Bengal Sugar.
New Jamaica Sugar to-day was sold as follows—strong
grey at 62s 6d, low yellow 63s tid to 645, mid bright 64s Oat°
655, good 6tis to 675, and fine 68s to 70s per cwt.
REFIN ED.— To-day the home trade operated with cautiou
in refined goods ; the refiners were desirous to sell, and so'
cepted 83s Gd per cwt. for standard lumps. Treacle was take..
sparingly, and lower rates were accepted—common selling°
275, patent 25s to 30s, and Golden Syrup 31s 6d to 32s 6d p'
cwt. Pieces met with a slow sale at 61s to 735, being cheaper,
but Bastards were in fair request at the rates quoted above'
In Bonded Crushed Sugar a few sales ere made at 28s per oft:
Mauarrius.—This afternoon importers were desirous ,!'"
sell, and the trade operated with caution, 5,679 bags at public
sale went off heavily, and prices further gave way Is to is °"'
per cwt, the whole of the Sugar, however, found purchaser."
low yellow went at 59, 6d to 60s, mod 61s to 62s 6d, gow
bright 63s to 655, and fine 67s to 68s per cwt.
EAST INDlA.—lmporters of Vengal Sugar have been anxiosy
to realize, and having brought forward large parcels bayed."
pressed prices 6d to Is for white and strong yellow sorts ;
demand however has been good, and most of the Sugar offerw-
has been disposed of, but brown and soft yellow kinds hart
moved off slowly, Is to ls 6d under laic Tuesday's rates. MatUY'
at 16, 6d to 17s for good brown. Java, at 17s to 19s 6d forlo°
to fine grey. Siam, at 20s to 21s for common and mid orbiter
and at I7s to 20s fur low to fine yellow.
FOREIGN.—Holders of yellow Havannah remain firm, .°4
have refrained from offering any at public Sale; by private Or
tract a good demand has existed. Holders of Brazil have be.°
more inclined to sell, and have submitted to a reduction 1a
previous rates of Gd to Is per cwt for brown, and 6d for whit°
sorts, this however has led to a fair business. Bahia, whit'.
at 225, and brown at 17s.

NOLASSES.—‘I e,t Indian Molasses have met with less 0.:
tention, and only a small business has been transacted ; holder
have obtained full rates.

COFFEE. —The demand privately has been limited for Vie.
India Coffee, the trade taking only ample for their immedio-
wants, thinking that as the market will shortly be better or
plied that they will be enabled to purchase on more advert
tageous terms. This afternoon there was no public sale r
Coffee, and by private contract few purchases were made;
the
j'arties that are disposed to sell have been compelled to I'S!,
easier rates. 75s is the value of gond ordinary Ceylon, 76s I.
fine ordinary Company's Java. The arrivals of East ler
Coffee have been 13,000 bags since this day week. The o_s
Vincent Planter has arrived from Jamaica with 267 trcs
141 barrels Coffee.

TEA.-The market has been in a very dull state for.
descriptions of Tea during the past week ; and so limit.'
have been the transactions that it is difficult to quute prieeSol
trifling parcels sold, however, have, been at rates in rayon*
buyers. The sales went off with much heaviness for both Bled.
and careen Tea; and although the merchants were disposed!
realize, still the trade could not be induced to take more Sb.,"""
their immediate wants required, at a reduction on former raw'
of id to ld.

itxcE.—Yellow qualities of Bengal at 6s 9d to 8s per e'
White kinds have declined 6d per cwt. Java at full rstet
Carolina Rice at 25s to 30s, and Patna at 14s to 19s per ail
This afternoon Bengal sold at 8s to 8s 6d for broken
dusty white, being the full value..
Rum, BaAnnY, AND HOLLANDS.— Wie The market is r"
supplied with West India Rum, 2,000 puns, Scc., having bed
received since this day week ; Jamaica 45 6d to 4s 8d for 4n ,0 nary quality, 30 to 32 per cent. over proof. Leewtir44
2s 4d to 2s sid for proof io 2 per cent. over. In Mg!'
ritiu4 and strong Demerara nothing has been
East India Rum at the high duty •at 14 -;„,
to Is 7d, and at the low duty at Is *I to Is 10d per gal 7
For Brandy we have a firm market. Cognac first brialirmo
the vintage of 1836, hhds Sc 7d, puns Sc 5d ; ditto 1837sVtio
5s 3d, puns Sc Id ; ditto 1838, hhds 55 Id, puns 4s-11d;
1839, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d; ditto 1840, hhds 49,:e
3s 10d per gallon. Geneva, common, at Is lld to 2s per
is
lon. English Corn Spirits, 10s, cash. To-day the to
was dull for all sorts of Rum, and prices are looking dotty
2s 4d accepted for Proof Leeward,.
OILS. —Linseed Oil, 35s for large parcels on the
for delivery at 35s 3d to 35s 6d per cwt. Rape Oils
selling at 475, and biown 46s 3d to 46s 6d per cwt. Olive t,'"
as follows—.Gallipoli at 601 to 61/, Spanish 56/ to 571, and
bary 541 to 551 per tun, Palm at 31/ to 31/ lOs for fine q 12.11%!
and inferior at 301 to 30/ 10s. Cod Oil 301 los to 31/ per trii
pale Seal 371 15s to 38/, yellow and straw colour 31/ to
10s, brown 30/ to 30/ 15s, Southern 28/ 5s to 31/ per tun 11'
common to fine quality. Sperm at 79/ to 801 fine -Britiab•
TALLow.—Rustian Tallow at 46, 9d for P. Y. candle
the spot; for delivery in the last three months of the yer,.
48s 6d to 485 9d per cwt. South American at 39s to 44 Y 7.
cwt for low to fine quality. Town Tallow at 45s nett cash:,
le,
490
To-day holders of Russian Tallow asked stiffer rates, an"
10
quired 46s 9d for P. Y. Candle on the spot,
an
for delivery in the last three months of theydear4B:ll-ii 'lay/
6d
business was transacted.

LLOYD'S 4trIPPING.
LONDON, MAY 10.—Wind thi3 day at noon, W.N.W•Aier,
STANGATE CREEK, MAY 9. Arrd. Centenary,

DEAL, MAY 9.—Wind N. W.—Arrd. Hebe, Wishartt 11:
bart Town ; Maria Elizabeth, from Monte Video. Arrd. fen
the River and sld. Duke of Manchester, Sydney ;
ral, Hobai t Town ; Oxford, Calcutta ; Industry, Table'
Coriolanus, Quebec; Recovery, Pngwash ; Vernon, Madeirtg
FALMOUTH, MAY 8. —Wind W. to N. W., strong breeT.
and squally.—Her Majesty's steamer Firefly, Barbadoes,
6th ult. ; Paradise, Robinson, Ancona. Arrd. off, Jamsr.
Antigua.
A at
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9.—Wind N.W., squally.—nrri• ,
Alonzo, Ancona. Sailtd Orbit, Quebec.
DARTMOUTH, MAY B.—Arrd. Felix, Stockholm, for OpLrtsf-
with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, cookhouse, &c., having °7O:
struck by a sea, and lost, one man overboard yesterday, who° '
Scilly.

COWES, MAY 9.—Arrd. General Baron Van Gien, Aingtee
—fh,
dam, for Batavia; Broeket, Nixon, Monte Video, for Falm°°'
TORBAY, MAY B.—Arrd.Haidee, London, for HobartTos/1/'
PLYMOUTH, MAY 9.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Mary 11_1;
Ancona. sailed her Majesty's ship Agincourt, China. A
off, Columbus, Bremen, for New York.
Coax, MAY 7.—Arrd. Bessy, Robertson, Odessa; Eby
Ancona.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 9.—Wind W. N.W., fresh.—Arrd. St
Trutman, Barbadoes; Eliza Killick, Davis, Barbadoes, 92;;r0
11th ult.; Swanton, Heath, and John and Robert, New t 7 ~
leans; Yohn Denniston Catherine, and Princess ViCt.,„6.'
Mobile; Rit,on' Apalachicola; Helen Mar, Mitchell, 8,...„,„0
"—;
nah ; Scotland, Iris, Romulus, Charleston, New York;
per, New York, 20th ult. Arrd. off, Cornelia and Selina,.
A brig was secs ashore on Florida Reef sth ult.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—For these last few'
much excitement has prevailed in Paradise-street, Laiflt
which had on Monday increased to so great an extent as to re° A
the street nearly impassable. Some years since, it aPPearitll
certain Scotch Nobleman formed an intimate acquaintance ,0);
a woman, by whom he had three children. At his death, j' ii,
d.
happened about six years since, he left by will to the eldest en
ar
a gill (now about ten years of age), the sum of 70,0001' r;:ri
annum; and to the two younger children he left the sum
30,0001. a year each, and to the mother 20,0001. a year. Eli' brib0e
ther, who at present enjoys the title, was appointed to carrY,l.
provisions of the wilt into effect, and to see to the educatiou
proper care of the children, who were to be under the gui'd.
dianship of the mother while she remained unmarried, Lett
conformed to certain other regulations, but some of
it appears she has infracted ; a knowledge of which bl'
reached the ears of the surviving brother, the noble° or
alluded to, application was made to the Lord Advocate 0,
Scotland, by whom a warrant was issued some mouths tirba
to remove the children from the custod of the mothers- 7'oo,
then lived in the neighbourhood of Glasgow ; she, baiveo,
fled to London, and up to last Friday has
contrived t°
elude herself; but through the activity of an Inspector (~ the
,10
A division her retreat has been discovered, and consta°o
have been directed to watch the premises, so that thechil e
should not again be removed, until an application should barea
been made to the Lord Chancellor. This has been df,:emteeld-Af
annoyance by the mother of the children, and on satoroo
night she presented pistols at the police, and declared tbtts
would fire at any person who attempted to enter the hers window is kept closed and the doors bolted, aud.:flowt
and provisions are drawn up by a cord to the first floor It if
from whence all applications and messages are answeredi), ob•
expected that a warrant from the Lord Chancellor will
tained, when a forcible entrance will be effected. ish (Jt
Out of 2,787 houses in Pontypool and the piar•-
Trevethin, nearly one-half are at present unoccupied, the IFQB
residents having emigrated.—Hereford Tinley.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Weil-1131
and Lord Stuart de Decies, came passengers in the Genera
Steam N tra° Navigation Company's mail packet Columbine -
Rotterdam.

On the 6th inst., at Rillenden, Kent the lady of Ca
o _ ••
M. Tweedie, of a son.
IvRIliS., Pta
On the sth inst., at Dublin, the lads, of the Right 14°:
Thomas Francis Kennedy, of Dunure, 'in the county of ,
of a son.
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On the 4th inst., at Milton next Gravesend, Mrs. C"a-
Becket, of a daughter.
On the sth inst., at Doddington-grove, Kennington, tb
lady of C. W. Jeanneret, of a son and daughter. tbd
On the 6th inst., at Wenvoe Castle, Glamorganshires
lady of Robert Francis
at Charles Jenner, Esq., of a son.
On the 7th inst., street, Manchester-square,° f
lady of Major Sir E. A. Elliott, of the Madras Army,
daughter.
On the sth inst., at Devonpert, the lady of Lieutena ot'
Colonel Young, 25th Regiment, of a son.
On the 6th inst., the lady of Louis Cohen, Esq., of Sou
tir
sheet, Finsbury, of a son.
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On the 7th tnst., at St. George's, Hanover-square' the
Chevalier Joseph Calza, of Rome, Captain of cavalry i„Diait,
Roman service, to Dorothea, widow of the late Admiral Ai
land.
On the 9th inst., .at St. Clement Danes, Richard Fir J,
Biackmore, to Mary Ann Winter, only daughter of the Ilte
Murray Laces', Esq., of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fiel'h",•roui
On the sth i: st., at Eweirne Church, the Rev. Vicesjilisf •
Lush, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, t° •of
Blanche Hawkins, niece of the Dowager Lady Tauot°''
Ewelme, Oxfordshire.

DIED.
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On the 21st of January, on hoard the ship Mona, . _
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passage f,orn Van Dirman's Land, John Ryffin Lloyd, late
tsin in her Majesty's 14th Regiment, aged 32. etlaPt
...
On the 21st of March, on board the Agincourt, ; e`t
Arthur Hill Trevor, of the 58th Regiment, B. N. ,o tb_f ".
On the 4th inst., at Weymouth, Captain R. Keating' enerw
37th Royal Irish Fusiliers, youngest son of Lieutenant-G
Sir Henry S. Keating, K. C. B.
On the sth inst., James Richard Hardy, Esq., of ppekila
read, Camberwell, Surrey, aged 71.

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112, :;trap,;. :a TheSrn. Office, No. 112, ""r—
the County of bliddlesex, Wednesday, May 11, 1842*

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