The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-15 00:00:00

APPREHENSION OF THE PRISONER.

Yesterday, at about ten o'clock in the morning,
Hunt was apprehended at Six-mile-Bottom, on his
road to London. He was conveyed to the Cambridge
station-house, and will be remanded to-day, by a
Magistrate, until Saturday next, when he will under-
go an examination at the Town-hall.—Cambridge
Advertiser of to-day.

A General Meeting of the Subscribers of Lloyd's
was held yesterday at the South Sea House, G. R.
Robinson, Esq., in the chair, when, after the business
connected with the internal arrangements of the esta-
blishment had been disposed of, the following votes
from the funds were unanimously agreed to, viz.:-
121. to twelve fishermen for saving the crew of the
barque Watt, from Quebec to Plymouth, run on shore
near Eastbourne, 26th October; 121. to twelve inha-
bitants of Biarrets, near Bayonne, for rescuing the
crew of the Restigouche packet, from Gibraltar to
Bilboa, wrecked near that port, 24th October.
RETURNED EMIGRANTS.—AIthough it iS usual
during the latter part of the year for numbers of
persons to return in the steerages of the ships from
New York, this year the number has been much
greater than usual. The majority of them arc
people who emigrated early in the year, and who, dis-
appointed on their arrival in the United States at
not getting employment, have returned, many of
them in a state of utter destitution. The Liberty,
which arrived in the early part of the week, brought
120 in the steerage, and the Hottinguer, which ar-
rived on Friday, brought 200. From the scarcity of
employment in the cities on the seaboard, it is likely
that hundreds of disappointed emigrants will yet re-
turn.—Liverpool Albion.
THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO WEST-
MINSTER BRlDEwELL.—Shortly before one o'clock
on Tuesday his Excellency the Turkish. Ambassador
accompanied by Monsieur De Place and his Excel-
lency's dragoman, inspected very minutely the differ-
ent departments of this establishment. His Excellency
expressed great admiration of the cleanliness and good
order of the establishment, and was pleased to com-
pliment Lieut. Tracy in very high terms, remarking
that the excellence of the arrangements exceeded any-
thing of the kind he had ever before witnessed. His
Excellency is a young man, about 25 years of age,
possessing a very pleasing manner and countenance.
He has been Ambassador at the Court of Great Bri-
tain about six months.

TIIE MODEL PRISON.—The Commissioners for the
government of Pentonville Prison held a meeting ox
Monday. There were present the Duke of Rich-
mond, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Chichester,
Lord John, Russell, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Fer-
gusson, Major Jebb, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Russell.
It is understood that the rules and dietary are finally
settled, and that the prison will be occupied in the
course of the present week.
TIIE POWERFUL EFFECTS OF A DREAM.—On
Saturday morning last, between two and three
o'clock, when Mr. Robert Tempest, of Howell-croft,
butcher, was sleeping in bed with his wife, he dreamed
that she had gone out of her mind and become insane,
which had such an effect upon him, that he got out of
bed and jumped through the room window, breaking
eight panes of glass, together with the frame. He
alighted on the pavement in the street, and in a short
time rose up and walked into the house. He has re-
ceived a severe fall, and now lies in a weak state. He
was attended by Dr. Bancroft, who paid every atten-
tion in dressing and attending to his wounds.--Bolton
Free Press.

MANCHESTER, DEC. 9.—An odd illustration of the
present working of the mails between Hull and Man-
chester, occurred here yesterday. A steam-boat ar-
rived at Hull from Hamburgh, on Wednesday after-
noon, with a very valuable cow for a gentleman in this
town, the steamer bringing also at the same time her
Majesty's mail bags, containing a letter of advice to
have some one one on the spot to receive her. The
mail-bags, in conformity with the new arrangements,
remained at Hull all night ; but the cow having been
disembarked, was immediately forwarded by railway
to Manchester, where she arrived at ten o clock tho
same night. o one, however, knowing to whom she
belonged, she was sent to a stable, where she remained
until near noon on Friday, at which time the letter of
advice that arrived at llull with the cow was received
in Manchester by the mail! Her Majesty's mail
was thus fairly outstripped by the cow by about four-
teen hours !

PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL IN THE SOUTH SEA
ISLANDS.—Nothing in the history of the human race
can appear to the reflecting mind more gratifying or
extraordinary than the establishment of a mission
under the auspices of the chiefs in the islands of the
South Sea for the propagation of the Gospel. It may
be granted that their notions of the Christian system
were far from being enlightened, while their motives
unquestionably retained a strong mixture of earthly
ingredients. That this was the case to a very consi-
derable extent, is not concealed by their instructors,
who, in reference more especially to the two clusters
of the Society Archipelago, describe the religion of
the greater part of the people as being at first merely
nominal ; and that at the time they assumed the pro-
fession of Christianity, they knew little more of it
than that it enjoined the worship of one God instead
of many, required no human sacrifices, no offering
except prayer, and abstinence from labour every
seventh day. The change applied almost solely to the
outward observance, and had not yet reached either
the decisions of the understanding or the feelings of
the heart. Still it was a most important revolution,
which must necessarily be followed by a movement in
advance. Idolatry could not again resume its empire;
the chain of the captive had been broken ; and the
appetite for new views both in human arts and divine
knowledge would necessarily seek gratification at all
hazards. The result corresponds in no small degree
with this anticipation ; the tree planted among them
by the missionaries has brought forth fruit both good
and evil ; tares have grown up with the wheat, but the
land is no longer a desert ; and the ample produce
denotes as least the inherent powers of the soil.—
Edinburgh Cabinet Library, No. XXXIIY. Polynesia