The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

LLOYDS' SHIPPING

LONDON, AUG. 11.—Wind, this day at noon, westerly.
DEAL, Auc. 10.—Wind E., moderate.—Sld. Sir C.
Napier, Van Diemen's Land ; British Isles, Demerara.
PORTSMOUTH, Auc. 10.—Wind N.E. to W.—Arrd.
Hendrick Hudson, Morgan, New York,*sailed 20th ult.,
for London. Sid. her Majesty's ship Rolla, Chatham.
Arrd. off Cambrian, Dring, Bombay, sailed Feb. 5, Cape
April 7, and St. Helena May 24 ; Soto, Hast, Lake
Guayra, for Altona. ; Louise, Winke, Philadelphia ;
Albert. Baltimore, both for Bremen ' • Essex, Raynes,
Richmond, for Antwerp; Josephine, Leaper, Richibucto;
Leo, Ifoldforth, and Voyager, Quebec ; Mary, John
Ingu, Dunn, Riviere du Loup ; Matador, Jansen.
CuwEs, Auc. 10,—Arrd. Emma, Osthaus, Trinidad
de Cuba.
STUDLAND BAY, Auc. B.—Arrd. Funchal, Hamburgb,
for Newfoundland.

Et.vmouTtr, Auc. 10.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Orient,
Lenty, Quebec. '

OFF DOVER, Auc. la—Bertha, New Castile, for Rio.
OFF TORBAY.—Chatham, Oppenheim, Sydney, New
South Wales, sailed March 14 ; Vigilant whaler, Ward,
South Seas, left St. Helena, June 16.
FALNOUTH, Auc. 9.—Wind S., moderate.—Sailed
Thames steamer, Southampton.
GUERNSEY, Auc. 6.—Arrd. Caledonia, Havannah.
EarooL, AUG. 10.—Wind variable and light.—
Arrd. William Wood, Russell, Monte Video ; Elizabeth,
Brown, Montreal ; Laurel, Quebec, with loss of bow-
sprit and waterlogged, having struck an iceberg on the
Banks. Sld. Columbus, Pernambuco ; Lancashire Lass,
Mexico ; North America, New York ; Lima, Bahia ;
Tinamara, Ceara ; Isabella, Demerara ; Thomas Ed-
ward, Havannah: Sarah, Montreal; Calcutta, St. John's,
N.B. Arrd. off, North Pole, —.
DUBLIN BAY.—Arrd. Ringdove, Candlish, Trinidad ;
Princess, Vaughan, St. John's.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Medina, Liverpool to Ceylon, July 26, lat. 41, lon. 17 ;
Agenora, Monte Video to Havannah, June 7, lat. 31 S.,
lon. 12 W. ; Amoy, Cuba to Bristol, 2d inst. lat. 46, lon.
14 ; Bideford, llamburgh to St. John's, 6th inst. lat. 50,
lon. 12, by the Wilton, Wood, arrived at Liverpool.
Smales, of Whitby, 20th ult. lat. 40, lon. 36 ; Elizabeth,
brig, 20th ult. ; Adm.'s, of Castine, for Liverpool, and
Britannia, for Quebec, 21st ult., lat. 47, lon. 33, by the
Caledonia, arrived at Guernsey. Ann, Plymouth to
Quebec, June 29, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; Eliza,
Glasgow to Quebec, 2d ult. out 33 days, by the Wil•
Liam, arrived at Bristol. Success, Demerara to London,
7th inst. lat. 46, by the Thames (st.) arrived atFalmouth.
Mary Ann, Weymouth to Newfoundland, 24th ult. lat.
47,10 n. 34 ; Echo (barque) from Jersey, 27th ult. out
16 days ; Mary, Glasgow to Quebec, 31st ult., lat. 49,
lou. 23, by the Lady Colebrook, arrived at Starcross.
Ellis, Monte Video to Brest, lat. 38, lon. 41, by the John
Scott, arrived in the Clyde. Elephanta, Clyde to Que-
bec, 25th ult. lat. 48, lon. 36, by the Havannah, arrived
at Strangford. Stewart, from Liverpool, 15th ult. lat.
37, lon. 9 W ; Eliza Saunders, 16th ult., lat. 37, lon. 9,
by the Hibbert, arrived at Cork.
A

.NOTHER BLOW AT THE CORN-LAW.--We under-
stand that machinery is now ready, and about to be
forthwith sent out by the Admiralty to Malta, for the
purpose of making there the supply of biscuit necessary
for the Mediterranean fleet. This will be an immense
advantage to the sailors, as, at present, a three-years'
stock of bread is taken from this country, and much of it
becomes quite unfit for use before the expiration of that
time. Ships in the Mediterranean will now be able to
procure their supplies as needed. This arrangement will
also have an important effect in diminishing the demand
for corn for export from this country, and in conjunction
with the measure for permitting merchant vessels to take
their supplies duty free from bond, will virtually leave
the entire home growth for home consumption.—Liver-
pool Paper.
THE WEATUER.—TIIUNDER STORM.—The weather
during the last three or four days has been exceedingly hot,
more particularly on Wednesday, when the thermometer
at noon reached 90 degrees. In the morning the wind
was south, and soon after daybreak clouds appeared
gathering from the south-east, notwithstanding which,
however, the sun continued to shine brilliantly until the
afternoon, and towards four o'clock the gathering clouds
betokened an approaching storm. Shortly before five
o'clock a gentle shower of rain commenced, and the wind
suddenly shifted and blew up fresh from the west, and
soon :afterwards the metropolis, and for miles round,
particularly the south and western suburbs, were visited
by a storm of thunder and lightning, but not of so terrific
a character as that which occasioned so much damage a
few days since. The storm lasted about half an hour,
during which it rained heavily, but about six o'clock the
rain abated. Towards seven o'clock the heavens again
became overcast, and more rain fell, accompanied by
distant thunder, and at dusk the appearance of the
sky indicated a return of the storm, which occurred
about midnight, and continued with great violence for
above two hours.

CATECHISM OF A DIE VERNON.--A young lady in
Yorkshire one day happened to fall into conversation
with a not very young gentleman of that county—a some-
what slow and patent safety—when the following laconic
and pithy dialogue took place :—Lady—Do you hunt ?
Gent.—No. Lady—Do you shoot ? Gent.—No. Lady
—Do you fish? Gent.—No. Lady (rather provoked
and somewhat energetic)—Do you farm, then? Gent.—
No. Lady (out of all patience)—l wonder you don't hang
yourself —The lady was right; for, as Paley observes,
" Engagement is everything." In my humble opinion,
every lady should take the field, because, if she do not
become what is called " a crack shot," she must always be
" A pretty fair one."— The Modern Shooter, by Capt. Lacy
The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have
ordered the sale of the materials of the Old Thatched
House Tavern and the adjoining houses and shops, at
the Pall Mall end of St. James's-street, preparatory to
the new improvements projected in that quarter. On
the site of the Thatched House, which has been closed,
it is in contemplation to erect a splendid new club-
house, the ground having been taken of the Crown for
that purpose.
THE EDINBURGH CHAIRS OF PHYSIC AND PA.'
THOLOGY.—Dr. Home has resigned the Chair of Prac-
tice of Physic, on condition of receiving a retiring allow-
ance of 3001. a year, and is succeeded by Dr. Alison. Dr-
Craigie has been elected to the vacant Chair of Pa.
tb ology.
THE HARVEST AND THE VINTAGE.—FRANKFORT,
Auc. G.—Letters from mercantile houses at Maintz say
that the corn trade in that market has been very dull
this week. The accounts from Berlin of the failure of
several great corn-merchants, had discouraged pur-
chasers. The prospects of a good and abundant vintage
are everywhere favourable. White and black grapes,
perfectly ripe, and of excellent quality, have already been
offered for sale in many markets of our wine countries.
CRITICAL POSITION OP THE DUKE OF SAXE CO-
BURG.—AU Ostend Journal gives an account of a critical
position in which the Duke of Saxe Coburg was placed
on the 2d inst., whilst shooting sea-gulls. It appear&
that the Prince set out at four in the evening in his car-
riage, to proceed along the strand towards Blacken-
berghe. Whenever a sea-gull appeared the carriage
stopped and the Prince fired. The tide was coming in
fast, and consequently the carriage was frequently in the
water. After one stoppage, a little longer than usual, it
was impossible for the horses to move the carriage, which
had sunk up to the axletrees in the sand. The Prince
was obliged to get out, and reach terra firma on the
shoulders of the postilion. Additional horses were pro-
cured after some time, and the carriage was dragged
out. The Duke returned to Ostend the same evening at
a late hour.

A SON OLDER THAN HIS PAPA.—At Fremwalde,
near Berlin, a woman of 103 years of age, has just con-
tracted a fourth marriage with a man of 70. Amongst
the children which the bride brought to her new husband
was a "boy" of 83!
WICK, Auo. 4.—The herring fishing at this place
has been tolerably, successful during the week ; but is
considerably under an average fishing. The average for
each boat, up to this date, may be stated at twenty-two
crans, whereas we find, on looking over our files, at the
same period last year, the average was fifty. In 1840,
it was twenty-five ; and, in 1339, seventy-five crans per
boat. If the weather keeps moderate, there is still
plenty of time and good prospects of making a fair fish-
ing. Three cargoes of Norway timber, for barrel
staves, arrived here this week. The price is 8-kd. per
foot. We find on inquiry, that forty-eight cargoes of
this a:-tiele have been landed here this season, ,and twelve
at Helmsdale ; which is about a third more than the
whole importations of last year. Several more cargoes
are still expected.—John o' Groat's Journal.
THE INFLUENZA.—We have seen lately in the
newspapers that purging is condemned by one Doctor
when the influenza prevails. Other medical men say
that purging
is necessary,—which of the two is correct,
reader ? We say that purging by Morison's Vegetable
Medicines is the proper treatment, not only as regards
the influenza, but also every other complaint. Why is
not this important question settled by. a fair investiga-
tion, so that doubt may no longer exist in the public
mind ?—British College of Health, Hamilton-place,
New-road, London, Aug. 9, 1842.