The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-31 00:00:00

CUSTOMS LIST.

Entered Inwards, Dec. So.—Amphitrite, Murdoch, Tenc-
riffe ; Richard Plaskett, 'Fully, Odessa; Vrow Jantina, Panja,
Groningen ; Hoop, Styntjes, do.; Ann, Reynolds, Bombay;
Mary, Jefferson, Brazils; Clio, Richardson, Demerara; Juffer
Harmina;• Viesser, Norden ; William Pitt, Cunningham,
Quebec; Silver Eel, Breansma, Worcurn; Twee Gebroeders,
De Jonge, do. ; Goe6 Hoop, Smit, Groningen ; Centurion,
Mead, Calcutta,

Entered Outwards,Dec. 30.—FairEllen,Briggs, Dotninica;.
Robert, Finch, Tiieste ; •T Hanna, Arnie, Copenhagen; Jane
and Matilda, Chandler, St. Lucas; Concordia, Berg, Bar-
.
(Aorta.

Cleared Ordwards, Dec. 30.—Tel us, Chalton, Pernambuco ;
Rambler, Knight, Smyrna; Lowther Castle, Mortlock,China ;
Essex, Nib et, do.

New Orleans Papers to the 4th November ar-
rived this morning :

(Front the New Orleans Chronicle of the 2d Nov.)

WASHINGTON, OCT. 25.--It is conjectured
here that Spain has already permitted her hands
to be tied by Great Britain as to Florida. To
Spain the cession would he no injury ; to Great
Britain it would have interesting, if not formi-
dable, bearings.

The accounts in the letters from Jamaica,
brought by the Larne stoop of war, are to the
15th November. horn Kingston. No Newspa-
p,•rs have been teeeived by this conveyance ; but
we find by the letters which have come to baud,
that the Legislature was opened on the 24th Oc-
tober, in a Speech from the Governor. The
island in general was sickly. It had been in •many
places inundated by heavy rains which had fallen
for many days. The communication with the
interior from Kingston had been suspended,andin
consequence the packet, which was to have sailed
the 16th November, was postponed until the
23d, when it was supposed that the communica-
tion would he,again opened. A letter of the latest
date from Kingston mentions, that on the Saint
Andrew's mountains the rain has fallen in the
greatest q'etantities, anti that the people there had
suffered more than in any other situation. The
Sybil frigate was to sail from Kingston on the
20th November, for Vera Cruz, and was to take
specie on hoard.

Private, letters from Calcutta, to the 29th of
July have been received in the City, and by them
we learn, that several ships had been taken up
there for the purpose of forwarding reinforce-
ments to Ceylon. Although the military there
were getting the better of the natives, still fur-
ther supplies were considered necessary.

Letters from Rio Janeiro to the 14th October
are in town, but they contain no other than
commercial information. Trade was extremely
hat there.

The Archduke MAXIMILIAN of Austria, and
suite, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday evening.
Ou Christmas-day his imperial Highness attend-
ed divine service at the Roman Catholic, Chapel,
Storehouse, morning and evening, where he was
received with due respect by the Rev. Mr.
SPOONER, and placed by him in the Bishop's
chair within the sanctuary.
The Sophia sloop of war, Captain Sir WILLIAM
WISEMAN, is ordered to proceed without delay to
St. Helena, with dispatches for Sir HuesoN
Lowe. As the destination of this vessel was
fixed for Jamaica, it is said the dispatches must
be of great importance to render any deviation
necessary.

Yesterday a Ballot was held at the East India
House, for the Election of a Director, in the
room of JOHN Lumsn'EN, .E..q deceased. At six
o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to
the Scrutineers, %,rho reported the Election to
have fislien on WILLIAM TAYLOR MONEY, Esq.—
The numbers were—Mr. MONEY, 627 ; Mr. PRES-
COT, 334 ; Mr. lAVENS►IAW, 524.

Four hundred and thirty-two packs of foreign
playing-cards were seized last week on board of a
smuggling vessel off Harwich, and burnt by order
of the Commissioners of Stamps.
This-morning, between tour and five o'clock, a
dreadful and alarming fire broke out at the house
and shop of Mr. READY, • oilman, Swan-alley,
East Smithfield. On the premises lay a quantity
of gunpowder, which in less than an hour blew
up with a dreadful explosion ; they had no time
to remove it, through the rapidity of the flames.
The shop and warehouses are entirely consumed.
The engines were playing at ten o'clock this
morning. Happily no lives were lost, neither
any one hurt, as we could learn. It is not yet
known how the fire was occasioned.

We are sorry to find' that the contagious fever
i,s still on the increase at Aberdeen ; but the Coal.
mittee having, through the kind interference of
the LOUD LIEUTENANT Of the County, procured
the use of the Barrack Hospital, in addition to
the House of Recovery formerly fitted up, they
trust SOOll to be able to give a wore favourable
report.