The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-10 00:00:00

OFFICE OF SHERIFF.

On the motion of Mr. OLDHAM, it was ordered,
after some discussion, that such persons who have
been nominated by the Lord Mayor, to be publicly
put in nomination for the office of sheriff, as shall, on
or before the 26th instant, pay in to the Chamber-
lain, 4001. and 40 marks, with the usual fees, shall
be discharged from such nomination, and exempted
from being eligible to the said office hereafter, unless
they become Aldermen of London.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
Mr ..Tol4es complained that a resolution had been
introduced for the adoption of the Governor of
Christ's Hospital, the 'object, of whick.Was,to admit
ItWatildren of nor =freemen into that Institntfon, and
'thereby destroy one'of-the moat. important privileges
of the citizens of London. He therefore moved
`that a Special Committee, consisting of the 'Alder-
nien and 'such Members of this Court as were Go-
vernors of Christ's Hospital, together with seven
others, be appointed to watch over and report to
this Court the proceedings of the Court of Gover-
nors of that Institution.

After a few observations on the part of some of
the Aldermen present, the motion was agreed to,
and the Committee appointed accordingly.

BERMUDA, MARCH 12.—His Majesty's
packet Redpole arrived here on the 3d of this
month, after a long passage ; and on the sth, in
attempting to get out of St. George's harbour,
she got aground among the rocks, but fortu-
nately without receiving much injury, although
she was bumping:, hard all night. •Every assist-
ance was rendered her, immediately from the har-
bour ; but the dock-yard, where the squadron
is stationed, is at such a distance, that no as-
sistance could arrive from the ships of war till
the middle of the next day. If any thing could
convince the Commander-in-Chief of the pro-
priety of always keeping a vessel stationed in St.
George's harbour, one might suppose that this
accident would. A vessel goes on shore be-
tween seven and eight o'clock in the evening,
and although she fires minute guns all night,
none of the squadron know any thing about it
till the next morning ; and then, although pre-
parations are made with the greatest dispatch, it
'is near noon before any thing can be done. His
Majesty's brig Ringduve got under weigh and
made sail for St. George's, but, in the mean
time, the packet (having been rescued from her
perilous situation by the efforts of private indi-
viduals), gives her the meeting half way, being
on her passage to the dock-yard, for the purpose
of ascertaining what damage she had sustained.
She remained at anchor near the dock-yard two
or three days, then proceeded to Halifax. There
were but two passengers on board, one of whom
was Mr. Woodhouse, the Surveyor-General of
his Majesty's Customs.
SALES OF PROPERTY.—Yesterday, at Gar-
raway's, by Messrs. Farebrother, Wilson, awl Lye—A
Freehold Estate, situate at Toilesbury, near Maldon, in
Esser; consisting of the manor of Tolleshunt, and three
farms, with farm buildings, a public-house, windmill, and
1,697 acres of land, let to respectable tenants at 1,765/.
per annum, subject to a deduction of SS/. Ss. 3d. Land-
Tax, and the expence of 100/. per ann. for sea-will—sold for
44,7001.—A Freehold House in Lincoln's-inn-fke1d5,3,550/.
—Three Freehold Marine Residences, on the Steine, at
Worthing, and the Library, the corner of Warwick-street,
and two small houses, in Ann-street, produced 5,890/.
Ten Sixteenths in the Steine Hotel, let at 3501. per ann.,
was stated to have been sold by private contract for 2,8001.
and withdrawn from the Auction Sale.

We learn from a Correspondent at Court-
meshetry, that a vessel has been lying there from
a more Western part of the country, during the
last three weeks, wind-bound, with a cargo, con-
sisting of 220 beggars, destined for Wales,
whither they are going to beg.—Cork Paper.
Last Monday week, a school-boy, about seven
years old, with a lighted tar-rope in his hand,
accidentally set fire to a plantation in the town-
ship of Ovenden, belonging to the Hon. Lum-
ley Savile, which was extinguished by the inha-
bitants, but not till damage was done to the
amount of two or three hundred pounds.