The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-17 00:00:00

relieved_by the Vesuvius. The Devastation will re--
lieve the Phcenix at the. entrance of the Dardanelles,.
from whence, it is said, the Vanguard and Cambridge
hay,: been recalled. The Thunderer is -to return to
Malta, and L'Aigle to proceed to Corfu, - to keep up a
row guard in the channel, in consequence of some pi-
ratical acts having been committed thereabouts by
small Greek craft. The Medea is said to have pro. .
ceeded from Ancona to Corfu, likewise to keep alook-
out for piratical craft. The Geyser, from England,
having relieved the Phcenix,- this latter will leave for
England immediately she arrives from the Levant.
The Prometheus is ordered to be in readiness to pro-
ceed to Marseilles at the close of the month with the
next overland mail from India, which will, it is ex-
pected, be a very interesting one. The Alecto will
convey the next intermediate mails for England to
Gibraltar.

The Iberia contract steamer has, at length, com-
pleted her extensive repairs, and has now resumed
her voyages between Malta and the lonian Islands
and Patras. During the absence of Lieut. Green,
leave, his Excellency the Commander-in-
Chief has selected Lieut. Hildebrand Stevens, R.N.,
of the Queen, to take charge of the mails by this
stew:nen She took her departure for the 'lonian
Islands and Patras on the 2d inst., and may be looked.
fig:! back about the lath.

FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS.
ATROCIOUS MURDER AT PHILADELPHIA.

The subjoined account of a dreadful murder which
was perpetrated this morning, is copied from a slip
issued by the Ledger. An inquest was held on the •
body of the unfortunate victim, by Alderman Brazier,
and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder -
against Smith.
A man named Noah Lougee, who kept a broker's
office in Third-street, above Chesnut-street, was -
murdered this morning, at about a quarter-past six:
o'clock, by a man who entered his office, it is sup-
posed, for the purpose of robbing him. Mr. Lougee.'
received one or two stabs in the side from a dirk, one
of which entered his heart and produced death almost
instantly, . From the appearance of the wound, it
would seem that the murdered man was stabbed across
the counter, although he afterwards got to the door, -)
and attracted attention by an indiscribable noise with „,
his hands tightly pressed against his breast. The as-
sassin, though he resorted to the stale custom of beinc
himself the loudest alarmist, crying, " Stop, thief ! •
" Stop thief!" and i` Murder !" was immediately pur-
sued by a number of citizens who heard the cries,.
and was finally captured, after a vigorous chase, in the
fourth story of a warehouse in Front-street, near •
Walnut, where he had endeavoured to secrete himself,
On being arrested, the only reply he made to ques-
tions asked of him was, "he called. me a liar !" but it
is reported- that he subsequently confessed to officer
Russell that he purposely excited a quarrel with Mr.
Lougee, with the intention of robbing and murdering :
him. The dirk with which he killed his victim was .- •
found in a heap of sand and mortar, at the corner of
Third and Chesnut-streets, where he had thrown it in
his flight.
The murderer first stated that his name was Smith,
but he afterwards denied it. His real name is
Alexander. •
• Mr. L. was formerly a broker in Cincinnati, and
kept alao an office in Louisville:
He was 48 years of age, and has left a wife and •
three or four children.

Alexander has been tried before the Mayor, and
committed for " Murder " on the evidence adduced.
—Philadelphia Gazette.
No DOUBT ABOUT western paper says that
young ladies who are accustomed to reading news-
papers are always observed to possess winning ways,
most amiable dispositions, and invariably make good
wives ; while on the other hand, those who read
nothing, or what is far worse, novels, are 'generally
unfit for either society or domestic cares, and their
company is but little sought for by either sex, farther
than the rules of common civility actually require.
ANOTHER AMERICAN INVENTION.—An enter-
prising American, resident in England, has lately in-
vented a bomb shot of the most destructive character. .
which he has sent to this country to be offered to our
Government. The principles of this infernal wea- •
pon are as yet' kept secret,' and will remain so until
experiments are made to prove it, We understand
that it as an explosive shell which bursts on striking ; '
it is provided with two edged cutters or wings, to
clear the way for it into the side of a vessel. John ;
Bull had better look out now or we will play the
Kilkenny cat game with him with this infernal ma-
chine, and a few Paixhan guns against his long
tems. - The model of this shell is in the hands of one
of our most intelligent engineers, who will shortly
proceed to Washington with it, for the inspection of
the Secretary of War.
THE BUNKER'S HILL MONUMENT.—The cap stone
of this monument was laid on Saturday morning;
July 28. At the first stroke of the public clock, a
cannon was fired, and the machinery was instantly in
motion. In sixteen minutes the stone was raised to
its proper height, • and in about fifteen or twenty mi-
nutes more, a salute of twenty-six guns announced
that it was laid on its lofty bed, where we trust it will
remain for ages.
The corner-stone of this monument was laid on the
17th of June, 1825, by General Lafayette, attended
by ceremonies more -imposing than we have ever seen
on any other occasion.. The address, or rather dis-
course, was delivered by Daniel 'Webster. The dinner
table on the hill that day was set for four thousand
guests, all under a single canvas roof.
ALLEGED SEDUCTIONS OF JOE SMITH.—The Go-
vernor of Missouri has made a requisition on the
Governor of Illinois for the surrender of Joe Smith.
Joe Smith seems to be in the same predicament in
which Mithomet found himself, when the Korcish
tribe repudiated his mission, and attacked his person.
According to the account of each of the other, his
,master spirit seems to have been overflowing with
love for handsome women, and has been endeavouring
to take to himself, out of the number of his prose- ,
lytes, at least half-a-dozen " spiritual wives :'
HAVANNAH.—An accident happened at the theatre
the other evening, which under other circumstances
might have been accompanied with serious conse-
quences.: the immense chandelier of the Tacon
theatre fell with a tremendous crash into the pit, and
though ne one was injured, a few were most dread-
fully frightened. Had it fallen during the crowded
houses of last winter, the consequences would have
been terrible.
ANOTHER SAM PATCH.—A fellow, who calls him-
self Don Collos, advertised to jump from the mast-
head of a vessel in the harbour of Rochester on Sun-
day afternoon. lie was also to dive and throw sum-
mersets in the water, &c. Disappointed in not get-
ting leave to jump from a vessel there, he came up
with a crowd at his heels to jump off the Falls in the
centre of the city. He was stripping for this purpose,
when JusticeiNarner sent him to gaol as a vagrant.
LET'S HAVE or I4MEDIATELY.—There has been
a Cardinal of every.netion except an Irish one—per-
haps, lest he should encroach upon the authority of
the Pope in making bulls. We can spare Bishop
Hughes for that purpose.--He would look well in a
red hat.
MELANCHOLY.—A lad nam,id M`Carty was sen-
tenced to fifteen days' imprison, :lent at Boston, for
crying newspapers about the stt:eets. Melancholy
times when a person is fined for Cryh...g.•
NEW MOVEMENT IN STEAM. 11, steamboat
Bangor, built in this city, is to be altered .into a steam-
ship and sent from Boston to the Medim-ranean in a
few days. She will take passengers, give ,them good
berths, clean linen, and* excellent soup at Avasonable
rates. We have always said that the Atlantic. and the
Pacific would soon be dotted with steam vessels as
thickly as abolition meetings of white people are' with
negroes, and we now believe that at least one ha if of
the steamboats that run through Long Island Sot tnd, '
up the Hfidson, Mississippi, and Ohio will be tur'ned
into steamships, with ga...od berths, clean sheets, and
good soup. This certainly is the age of steam.
A BONUS.—A penniless loafer at one of our hot tls
received the other day from his landlord a present of
a small bill of fifty dollars for board. Not taki xig
the hint, he was told the- nest day that Ws means •
would be wanted on the morrow. Upon tihis, he
packed up and and went to another house. " Why,
Sin," said big new host; " how came you to le: we the
House ?" " Oh, d—n it, they gave me a bonus
offifty dollars for my rooms, and I thought I'd give
'ern up."—Boston Daily American.
THE NEW EkCHANGE, ..13osToti.—This buil ding,
which is truly an ornament to the city of Poston, is,now
nearly completed. This building was conimenced on
the 2d of August 1841, and will be completed soon
after the termination of the first v.lar.
FIRST-RATE TIMES FOR TUE 'GI:MS.—The follow-
ing is an extract from an Act of the Secittislr Poifia-
ment, paased in the reign of Queen Bwrgaret,. at out
the year 1288 :—" It is statut and ordainit that daring
the reine of hir maist blissit Magestie, ilk maiden la
of baith high and love estait shall hae libert7 to 1
le-
speak ve man she likes ; albeit,.gif he refuses ±-.o IC
hir to be his wif, he shall be mulcit in ye sumo of an e
hundredth punis or less, as his estait mai be, ex eel:at
and always gif he can make it appear that he is be-
trothit to ane ither woman, that then he shall be
free."

The Malta Mail publishes a very curious docu-
ment. It is the excommunication pronounced the
Homisli Archbishop of Sinyrna of Mrs. James Wiffttal,
a .young Englishwoman, for having embraced the re-
ligion of her husband—Protestantism.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Europe (whaler), of
Bremen, clean, off the Cape de Verds ; Johann Freid-
rick, for Batavia, lat. 8 S., lon. 25 'W., by the North,
arrived off Beachey Head. Buteshire, from London,
Jute 22, lat. 19 S., ion. 30 W., by the Hudson, arrived
at Liverpool. Conradine, Bremen to Tampico, June 5,
Ist. 22, lon. 86 ; South Amer-tea, Liverpool to New York,
28th tilt:, lat. 48, by the Pearl. Caroline, of Salem, 2d
ult., hit. 4 N., 10n:23 W. ; City of London, for the SoLth
Seas, ult„ lat. 11, ion. 2.1,' by the Griming, arrived
at Liverpool,