The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-25 00:00:00

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Strasburg to Bale• ••• •• •• •• 346 25 .. 346 25 .. 3,0
Avignon to Afarseilles• • •• ..1125 ..1130 ..1125
Bordeaux to Teste • • • • • • • • 232 50 .. 232 50 .. 230
Paris to Seeaux .• •.. • • • • • • • 705 .. 705 .. 705
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Aram 2.
St. Germain • • • • • • • • • • • • ••1095 • •1195 ..1190 ..1190
Versailles, R. 8.• • ••• • • • •• • • 660 .. 660 .. 640 .. 640
L. 8.•• .• •• •• •• •• 405 .. 405 .. 400 .. 402 50
Rotten •• •• •• ••••••••••••1165 ..1165 ..1145 ..1150
. 975
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.. 346 25
..1130
.. 231 25
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Rouen to Havre • • • • • • • • • • • •
.980 .. 980

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fltrasburg to Bale•••••• •••• 34R 75 .. 349 75 .• 345 . 345
Avignon to Marseilles•• ••••1145 ..1145 ..1122 50 ..1125
Bordeaux!to Teste • ..• ••• •• 232 50 .. 232 50 .. 230 .. 230

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.—Tho Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Severn, Captain Vincent, arrived last
night, at nine o'clock, bringing the usual mails in charge
of Lieutenant Oldmixon, Admiralty agent. Her dates
of departure are :—From Carthagena, Feb. 6 ; Deme-
rara, 19 ; Trinidad, 20 ; Jamaica, 23 ; Barbadoes, 24 ;
Jacmel, 25 ; Grenada, 26 ; Porto Rica, 27 ; St. Thomas's,
March 1 ; Fayal, 15.
The Severn brings as freight a quantity of gold dust
valued at 140,339 dollars, a box of pearls, value 3,800
dollars, 641bs. of platina, and a small quantity of coffee,
being the first ever imported in any of the Royal Mail
Company's steam-ships.
Her Majesty's sloop of war Scylla was at Jamaica, on
the 19th of February, but left on the same day for
Chagres, with Mr. Pritchard, her Majesty's Consul for
the Pacific. The Eurydice arrived at Port Royal on the
12th of the same month, from Antigua, and sailed on the
17th, for Vera Cruz. The Spartan also sailed on the
17th from Port Royal, for Havannah. The Pickle
schooner arrived at Port Royal on the 15th, from Nassau.
Her Majesty's ship Electra, Commander Darley, left
Port Royal on the Bth February, for a cruise ; and her
Majesty's steam-ship Hermes, Lieut. Carr, left on the
same day for Bermuda.
Jamaica papers are remarkably barren of intelligence.
It appears that the small-pox has been raging with
great virulence at Aux Cayes, Gonaives, and several
other places in the island of St. Domingo, and great fears
were entertained that the pestilence would be introduced
into Jamaica. The Governor, Lord Elgin, laid the
foundation stone of the new General Penitentiary, at the
east end of Kingston, on the 18th February, and made
an admirable speech on the occasion. The building is to
be of great extent, and the boundary wall will encompass
rather more than an area of nine acres.

Their Excellencies Sir C. Fitzroy and Sir Henry
APLeod, and their ladies, had been en a visit to Lord
Elgin, who has given a series of entertainments, consist-
ing of a ball, ecc., on a most liberal and splendid scale.
A public entertainment was also about to be got up in
the city, in honour of the distinguished visitors.
From Grenada we learn that the island was in a very
healthy state. There had not been any rain for some
weeks.

At Tobago much sickness prevailed, and a great num-
ber of deaths had taken place ; amongst them was the
Governor, General Darling. There was scarcely a family
in the town seine of whose members were not afflicted.
The principal disease is scarletina. It also prevailed in
some parts of British Guiana.
It appears that the account of the late fire in the island
of Barbadoes has been somewhat exaggerated. A calcu-
lation has been made, and it appears that the outside
amount of damage sustained is about 100,000/. The
principal sufferers are the merchants. The extent of
the fire, too, is not so large as represented, not more than
a fourth part of the town having been destroyed. Two
men have since died of the injuries received at the fire.
At Demerara 220 emigrants had arrived from Sierra
Leone, in the barque Arabia. They were all in high
spirits, and seemed pleased with the change. It is ge-
eerally thought that the system of emigration will be
found to answer exceedingly well in every respect.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(raw/ OUIL OWN CORILISTONDIENT.)
MARcri 23.—SIIIPWRECK.—A foreign vessel, said to
be a Dutch galliot, laden with fruit, was driven on shore
at Black Gang Chine about four o'clock this morning.
The only particular at present known is. that the crew
are saved, which, at such a dreadful place, on such a
night, is quite a miracle. It is blowing very hard dead
on the shore, and very thick.
The weather is the Isle of Wight has been unusually
severe—more so than ever before remembered. Severe
frosts continued up to the morning of the 21st instant,
which have been ruinous to the farmer. The turnips
are nearly all exhausted ; and such inroads have been
made in the stock of hay, that there is hardly any to be
obtained for money. What last spring would not pro-
duce 50s. per ton, would now bring 61., and is expected
to be worth 71. Not a blade of grass is to be seen in the
fields; indeed, everything like herbage has disappeared,
and the sheep and cattle are, in many places, starving.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, 'Salto{ 24.—Wind Westerly, fresh breeze and
fine clear weather; it rained hard last night.
DEAL, MARCH 22.—Wind W.S.W., strong breezes. 23,
Ditto, ditto.—Arrd. Emma White and Bilton, Starks, Cal-
cutta ; Duchess of Buccleuch, China. 23. Pacific, South
Sea ; Alexander Baring, Hale, China ; Margaretha, Baner,
Batavia ; George Lund, Batley, for Copenhagen.
SHEERNESS, MARcit 23.—The Thompson, of and for Sun-
derland, which was on the Grain Spit on the 21st instant,
was assisted off last night without damage, and has pro-
ceeded.
OFF MARGATE, MARCH 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Acrd. Ro-
bert Stride, Calcutta.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 23.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., fresh
breeze.—The John Kaox, Cleland, from Bombay to London,
was wrecked on the Goodwin Sand this morning ; crew and
part of cargo saved.
DEAL, MARCH 23.—The Union, Middleton, from Mauritius
to London, ran ashore en the Main, near Dover, early this
morning, in very thick weather, Ivith loss of anchors and
rudder, and making eighteen inches water per hour, and
brought up in the Downs.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22.—Wind W.N.W., light.—Arrd.
Uruguay, Kelso, China, left St. Helena Jan. 27 ; Beethoven,
Taylor, Paragon, Coleman, and Zulieka, Montgomery, Cal-
cutta.
CARNARvoN, MAnczr 22.—The Ann and Catharine,
Hughes, from Liverpool to this port, came ashore on the
north bank of the Bar yesterday afternoon ; crew saved.
Two sloops, name unknown, are also ashore on the north
bank. It blew very hard last night from S.S.W.
HOLYHEAD, MARCH 23.—The Oakland, Barry, from New
Orleans to this port, got ashore this morning eleven miles to
the southward, and is a complete wreck; about 100 bales of
cotton saved; two men drowned.
MAnvroffr, Mattot 22.—1 t blew a heavy gale last night
at S.S.W., during which the Albion, and the Nancy, Prat,
from Dublin, in running fur the harbour, got ashore behind
the North Pier. The latter has since been got off and
brought into the harbour; the former is expected off to-
night's tide. The Cottager, Bean, got within the Pier, but
backed out, and is supposed to have gone to Carsthorn.
PETERHEAD, Mita,cit 20.—The Gleaner, Johnson, of this
port, hence 9th inst. for Greenland, has put back for the
northward of Shetland, leaky, and has gone to Aberdeen to
be put in the patent slip.
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in here after being ashore at Lowestoft, the former with loss
of rudder.

COAINITTEE-ROOM, STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 19,
1845.—At a Meeting of the Committee for General Pur-
poses, held this day, it was Resolved, " That the hours
of business in the Stock Exchange be from ,-past ten to
,}-past 3 o'clock, with the exception of Saturday, when
the House will close at 2 o'clock ; and that the Com-
mittee will recognise no bargains that may not be done
within those hours. The above to commence on the
26th inst."

ANOTHER " FREE" DESERTER.—We understand
the Rev. Mr. M' Phie, late an ordained minister of the
Established Church in the Island of Harris, but who
joined the Free" at the disruption, has since seen the
error of his ways, and been restored to the Establish-
ment, which he regrets he ever left. Others will soon
follow this example. We expect to record rather a re-
markable one in the Gazette of next Saturday.—Scuts
Reformers Gozette.,
MR. WALLACE, 111. P.—We regret to learn that the
Ilonourable Member for Greenock became seriously un-
well last week, in London, while attending his Parlia-
mentary duties, and that he has returned home to Kelly
House. We hope the fresh air of that beautiful locality
will soon restore him to his wonted health and vigour.
We are afraid Mr. Wallace has been over-working him-
self in the House too early this session ; and certainly
he has undergone more drudgery and fatigue than any
of our other Scotch Members.—Scots Reformers' Gazette.
The First Lord of the Treasury, who has not since
coming into office occupied his official residence in
Downing-street, has given instructions to have several
of the principal apartments prepared for the accominoda •
tion of the Duke de Broglie and Dr. Lushington during
the negotiations connected with their commission. Suit-
able
provision has been made for their respective
secretaries.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday considera-
ble alarm was created in Tooley-street, Southwark, in
consequence of the issue of a dense smoke from the
house No. 12, in Fox court. An instant cry of fire was
raised, when a female, about 26 years of age, who occu-
pied the second floor, on seeing the smoke ascending the
staircase, and thinking that all escape was cut off, pre-
cipitated herself from the second floor back window, and
fell with fearful violence on the stone pavement beneath.
Several persons hastened to her assistance, when they
found that the poor creature was unable to walk. They
immediately took her to Guy's Hospital, when it was
ascertained she had received such severe injuries that
very little hopes are entertained of her recovery. The
cause of so much alarm arose from the fact of a quantity
of straw in a cupboard on the first-floor landing taking
fire. The damage done to the building was fortunately
inconsiderable.