The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING

Arrivals-John Bartlett, Bartlett, from China, off Torbay,
sailed Dec. 16, Cape March 5 ; Adino, Baxter, from Mau-
ritius, off Brighton, sailed Jan. 30, St. Helena March 11 ;
Auriga, Ross, from Mauritius, off Brighton, sailed .Feb. 6,
Cape March 2; Victor, Lukey, from Bengal, off Portsmouth,
sailed Dec. 9, Colombo, Jan. 16, St. Helena March 16 ; Mar-
garet, Murray, from Java, off Portsmouth, sailed from Soura-
baya Dce. 14, St. Helena March 13.
Arrivals at Sydney, N.S.AN -L'Aube, Dec. 28th, from
Bay of Islands. and sailed Jan. 7, to New Zealand ; Marian,
Watson, Dec. '29, from Hobart Town, and sailed back, Jan. 16;
Sea Horse, Jan 1, from Port Philip, and sailed back, Jan. 7 ;
William, Ist; from Launceston, and sailed back, 12th ; Dorset,
6th, from Adelaide ; Whitby, 6th, from New Zealand ; Sul-
tana, from London; Cape Royal Mail, from Launceston ;
Marchioness of Bute, 7th, from Liverpool; Wilson, from
Greenock ; Duke of Roxburgh, 10th, from Cork • Success,
from New Zealand ; Piscator, from Moreton Bay ; Earl
Durham, 13th, from;Valparaiso and Tahiti; Governor. Philip,
from Norfolk Island; Star, 14th, from Tahiti : Anne, Milne,
17th, from Dundee; Emma, 18th, from Port Philip; Agnes.
Ewing, from Liverpool ; Sea Horse, from Fort Philip; Sup-
ples, from Port Philip.
Departures from Sydney-Cintra, Dec. 28, to Society Is-
lands ; Terror, 30th, to Guam ; Cornet, Jan. 1, to Valpa-
raiso ;:Veldeipecle, 4th ; Anita, 4th, to New Zealand ; Wood-
' lark, 6th, Louisa, 19th, to South Seas ; Will Watch, 7th, to
Singapore, Watcrlily, 7th, to Hobart Town; Anne, to Port
Philip ; Arrow, 12th, to China ; Christina, 13th, to Port
Philip ; William Broderick, 14th, to London ; Brothers, 14th,
to India ; City of Adelaide, 15th, to South America ;
Georgiani, to Manilla: Victoria, 16th, to China; Liverpool,
to Newcastle.

Projected Departures—Emerald Isle, for Calcutta ; New
York Packet, for Bombay ; William Wise, for Port Philip ;
and Julia Willis, for Singapore, all to sail Jan. 19.
Arrivals at the Bay of Islands —Antilla, from the Cape;
Countess of Wilton, from Sydney.
Alauritius, Feb. 14—Loading—Thomas Snook and Spartan
for London. .

Mauritius, Feb. I—The Courrier, Plank, from Calcutta
London, put in here 26th ult., with loss of mainmast, having
experienced a hurricane 13th ult., lat. 20, lon. 73. The
Cheshire, Henrickson, from Bombay to Liverpool, put in here
29th ult., under jurymasts,
masts, and with five feet water in her hold,
having been totally dismasted in a severe hurricane 12th ult.,
and must discharge masts, having injured her bottom:
Fayal, May 11—The. Frederick Young, Wallace, from
Newcastle to Montreal, put in here sth instant leaky, and with
loss of bulwarks, beats, &c.; is discharging,

St. Helena, March 27—The Susann—ah Collins, Whyte, from
Mauritius to Cork, put in here to-day leaky, and must partly
discharge to repair.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business.
SIR JOHN SOANE AND HIS MUSEUM.

Sir C. S. HUNTER begged, in resigning the trust of the
museum of Sir John Soane, to give a brief history of the dis-
tinguished person who had left so valuable an inheritance to
the public. Sir John Soane was, the Hon. Baronet said, the
son of a nurse in the family of Mr. David Bosanquet, the
grandfather of the distinguished retired Judge of that name,
and of hitwelf. The fidelity of the nurse, and the ingenuity
of the son, induced Mr. Bosanquet to aid the latter in his
education, and to send him to Italy, to attain the best know-
ledge in the study of the great works in architecture and
painting. Soon after his return to England he found employ-
ment ; and his genius and industry was such, that he
speedily became, through the instrumentality of his early
patron, architect to the Bank of England, at which great esta-
blishment he had the best opportunites of exercising bis
talents. By care and labour he accumulated a large fortune,
which enabled him to form his splendid Museum in Lincoln's
Inn-fields. After having provided for his family, he left to
the public the rare collection of ancient and modern works, for
the benefit and delight of those who " revel in mental luxuries."
The Court of Aldermen were to choose one of their body to
associate with the distinguished men elected from the public
institutions, and it was not a little curious, that the choice of
one to represent the Court should have been fixed upon the
great grandson of the man who was the founder of the fortune
of Sir John Soane.—( Hear, hear.) That grandson now re-
signed his trusteeship to the Court of Aldermen, his term of
five years having just expired. If the Court, however, should
think proper to elect him for five years more (a term which,
probably, would exceed the duration of his life) he was willing
to submit to their choice.—( Cheers. )
Alderman COPELAND moved that Sir Claudius S. Hunter
should he elected Trustee for the ensuing five years.—Agreed
to unanimously.

THE SiLILIEVALTY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.

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The LORD MAYOR put in nomination to be Sheriffs for the
ensuing year the following gentlemen :
Thomas Hamilton, Esq., Lorimer.
Thomas Stokes, Esq., scrivener.
John Henry Borchel, Esq., clothworker.
John Walter, E,q., stationer.
Richard Thornton, Esq., leather-seller.

CITY RECORDS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF FRANCE.
Alderman THOMAS Woon handed in a letter from M.
Villemain, the Minister of Public Instruction of France, re-
questing that Mr. Julius Delpit should be permitted to examine
the records of the City of London, for the purpose of copying any
documents he might find connected with the history of
France; and also concerning the history of the Tiers Etat
generally, in completion of the very ourious and important
works, in those subjects now publishing bx the French Go-
vernment, and which were begun by M. Guizot when he held
the office now filled by M. Villemain, and continued by the
latter as his successor. The application alluded particularly to
the curious matters stated in the reigns of Henry the Fifth and
Sixth in the City records, and to the account of the coronation
of Henry the Sixth as King of France,: contained in a letter
addressed by the corporation of Paris to the corporation of
London, and not contained in any contemporary chronicle.
It wasnnanimously resolved that the application should be
agreed to, subject to the control or discretion of the Town-
Clerk.—The Court then adjourned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, May 24.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'Clock. _ _

A message from the Commons requested a Conference
with their Lordships on the subject of certain amend-
ments which their Lordships had introduced into an
Inclosure Bill passed by the Commons.
On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON,
Thursday next was appointed for the conference.
The Faversham Navigation Bill was also brought up
from the Commons, and read a first time.
LOCKING-IN PASSENGERS IN RAILWAY
CARRIAGES.

The Earl of RIPON said that a Noble and Learned
Lord opposite had put a question to him a few evenings
ago, to which he was not at the time able to give au
answer. The question was whether the practice •of
locking the doors on both sides of railway carriages,
which was attended with such disastrous consequences
on the railway near Paris, pevailed upon the railways
in this country. He (Lord Ripon) had made inquiries,
and he found that, with the exception of the Great
Western Railway, there were no Railway Directors who
locked the carriages on both sides, although some of
them did lock a door on one side, leaving the other un-
locked. Feeling that this was a most dangerous practice,
and that it might lead to the most deplorable consequences,
as in the recent accident in France, he (Lord R.) referred
to the Inspector-General of Railways, inquiring whether
the practice was necessary, or what was the object of it ?
To this that gentleman answered that it was a most dan-
gerous and unnecessary practice, and ought to be dis-
continued. Accordingly he (the Earl of Ripon) wrote
to the Directors of the Railway, recommending that the
practice should be discontinued. This was the utmost
interference the laws at present allowed the Government
to make ; but he had reason to believe that the sug-
gestion would be acted upon.,
Lord CAMPBELL was sure that the House and the
country would receive the communication of the Noble
Earl with satisfaction,. even though his Noble and
Learned Friend on. the Woolsack, had travelled.several
hundreds of miles on railways, without accident, or the
apprehension of danger. •
BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
THE TARIFF.

Earl HARDWICKE presented several petitions from
some places in Cambridgeshire against that portion of
the tariff which related to the duties on canary, carra-
Ns ay, and mustard seed.