The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-26 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

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LONDON, FEB. 24.—Wind this day at noon S.W.
DEAL, FEB. 23.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Arrd. the Victoria,
Johnson, Vera Cruz. Arrd. from the. River the Jannet, for
Mauritius ; Don Giovanni, Jamaica ; St. Christopher, Sierra
Leone. Sid. Henry Wortley, Singapore ; Charlotte, Madras;
Nichola, Odessa.

LIVERPOOL' FEB. 2.3.—Wind S. S. E. to S.S. W., fresh.—
Arrd. John Marshall, Baltimore; Conquest, Smyrna. Sld.
Wilberforce, Trinidad ; Brene, Havannah ; Medford and John
Cumming, New Orleans ; Frances de Pau, Mobile. Arrd. off,
Blake. The Alleghany, Michael's, bound to Philadelphia, has
put back leaky.
OFF DOVER, FEB. 21.—Saxon, Charleston for Amsterdam.
PORTSMOUTH, FF.B. 23. —Wind S.S.E. to S.—Arrd. Sir
Jan St. Aubyn, London for Algoa Bay. Sld. St. James,
New York.

COWES, Fan. 23.—Arrd. Odessa, Thorne, New York, decks
swept, &c.

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Orr THE WIGHT, FEB. 22.—Acteon, Demian, Lima, with
loss of sails, &c.

OFF THE START, FEB. 22.—Carl, Rio for Hamburgh.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 22. —Wind S. W., strong breezes. —Arrd.
Spencer, London for Demerara; William, Weems, Cardiff,
with less of jib-boom, &c., having been in contact off Padstow,
20th inst., with a barque.
BRISTOL, FEB. 23.—Sid. Essex, Richmond, United States.
CLYDE, FEB. 22.—Arrd. Fanny, Adams, Demerara.
KINSALE, FEB. 20.—Arrd. 'Perrier, Swansea, and sailed
for Cuba. Sid. Cantab, Rio Grande.
SHIELDS, FEB. 22.—Sid. Carro, West Indies.
YARMOUTH, FEB. 23.—The James, of Southampton, was
on the Scroby Sand, but got off without assistance.
LoNnox, FEB. 25.—Wind this day at noon Westerly.
DEAL, FEB. 24. —Wind S. S. W.—Arrd. Emma, South Seas.
Arrd. from the River,Workington, for Rio ; Competitor, Bahia;
Castries, St. Lucia; Clarence, St. John's, New Brunswick.
Remains Egyptian, St. Helena.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Martha,
Rogers, Mauritius ; Catherine, Coffey, Savanilla, sailed 9th
ult. ;. Blake, Gardner, Mobile ; Rochelle, Hawkins, Charles..
ton ; Plutus, St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Sld. Alice
Brooks, Buenos Ayres ; Emma, Maranham ; Vernon, Boston.
Arrd. off, Monongahela, Limena.
OFF DOVER, FEB. 23.—Harriet and Jesse, Charleston, for
Antwerp.

SHOREHAM, Fee. 24.—The William and Richard, Bulton,
of Sunderland, has been towed into the harbour, with four feet
water in the well, having been ashore near the Black Rock, and
assisted off.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind S.W. to N. Arrd. Ariel,
Dye, Sm) rna.
Burs Tot., FEB. 24.—Arrd. Ellen Gillman, Squires, Mes-ina.
ISlrtroun, FEB. 23.—1 t blew a strung gale last night and
this morning from S. S.E. to S.W. It is now (5 P.1N1.) more
moderate. The Totness, bound to Lisbon, has put back with
loss of topmast.
C ,BE, FEB. 24.—Arrd. Glasgow, Douglas, St. John's, N.B.
OFF BEACHY HEAD, FEB. 23.—Symmetry, Calcutta.
GnoucEsrEa, FEB. 24.--Arrd. John Fritehard, Leghorn.
DUBLIN, FEB. 22.—Arrd. Reform, Poole.
The Alea.nwell, Phillips; from Odessa, has not arrived at the
Motherbank, as reported on the 23d inst.

ESSEX ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION.—On Thurs-
day evening this Association met in great force rt the Bird in the
Hand, Stratford, as many as 800 persons peing present; and after
an animated discussion, agreed to present a memorial to the Queen
to remove the Corn-law Ministry. This is as it should be. Let
other Associations do the same.
COURT- OF COMMON COUNClL.—Yesterday a Court
was held fur the purpose especially of taking into consideration the
report from the Secondaries and City Courts Committee relative to
the Judges of the Sheriff's Court. The Court was crowded, the sub-
ject having excited great interest and emulation. After the motion
of Mr. Cope, seconded by Sir Peter Laurie, the Hall-keeper was
ordered to pay 101. from the Corporation funds for the
temporary relief of a poor labourer who was injured that
morning by a fall while he was at work in the Guildhall.
Mr. Richard Taylor then moved that the Report of the Committee
appointed to inquire whether two Judges or one should be appointed
for the Sheriff's Court, be col:firmed. The Report recommended
that only one Judge be appointed, with a salary of 8001. a year.
A lengthened discussion took place, when the Report was confirmed
by a majority of 27, there being for the motion 80, against it, 53.
ELOPEMENT.—On Monday morning last the family
of Mr. —, residing in the vicinity of the Regent's Park, were
thrown into a state of consternation by the sudden disappearance
of Miss J., a young lady of great beauty and accomplishments,
and the ward of Mr. --. A letter was found on the dressing-
table of the absentee, addressed to her guardian, in which she stated
that she had adopted her present line of conduct under the full
impression that it was calculated to ensure her future happiness
in life. It was quickly ascertained that a chaise and four, con-
taining a cavalier, had been seen in the immediate vicinity at
an early hour in the morning, and it was suspected that the fair
fngitive had flown " on the wings of love," in company with the
gallant-looking occupier of the post-chaise, and which it was
discovered had proceeded eastward, a somewhat different route to
the one generally adopted by parties under similar circumstances.
After considerable exertion it was ascertained that the chaise had
left town by the Whitechapel-road, and a pursuit was immediately
commenced by the young lady's guardian, accompanied by his
nephew. As the runaways had the advantage of a five hours' start,
the pursuers were considerably distanced in their endeavours
to overtake the fugitive, but after journeying some fifty odd
miles, performed at an extraordinary speed, they reached the
little village of Hillingford, within 18 miles of Bury St. Ed.
mood's, just as the parties they were in pursuit of were on
the point of sitting down to dinner. The pursuers, without
any ceremony, rushed into the room and proceeded to take
possession of the lady vi et aruns, but the disappointment of the
worthy guardian may be imagined when it was politely intimated to
him that lie
,might have spared himself the trouble and expense of
the journey, for that the " twain " before him had been united in
the indissoluble bonds of matrimony some six weeks previously.
After a scene of :mutual recrimination between the parties, the
lady's guardian, refusing all overtures of reconciliation, returned in
doleful mood to town, accompanied by his disconsolate nephew, who,
it appears, is a disappointed suitor of the lady in question, who will,
on attaining her '2lst year, become entitled to a fortune of nearly
40,0001., there being barely three months to expire before her mino-
rity will be completed.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The pub-
lic opening of this important line of railway yesterday was no less
auspicious than the private opening. The interest excited has ex-
ceeded anticipations. The train, which left at seven in the morning,
carried upwards of seventy passengers, and nearly as many were
brought by the first train from Edinburgh. This, however, was but
a beginning; the succeeding trains which left this city (Glasgow)
were filled in the first and second classes, and the third classes were
literally crowded. It is impossible to arrive with accuracy at the
actual numbers which passed along the line during the first day of
the opening, but the returns, which will be made out to-morrow,
must show many hundreds.—Glasgoto Courier of Tuesday.
ASTLEY'S AMPIIITItEATRE.--11 has been confidently
but erroneously asserted, that Messrs. Grissell and Peto were
about to rebuild this celebrated establishment. They have
declined doing so, and it is now of course, impossible that it
can be completed by Easter Monday. It will be erected by
Mr. Cobbold, who has obtained from the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, at a ground-rent of 60C/. per annum, a lease for forty
years. Mr. Batty, now performing at the Circus, Westminster
Baths, is to be the lessee, and succeeds Mr. Ducrow, on Easter
Monday, 1843 ; in the meantime he is engaged, with his stud
and company, by. Mr. Willis Jones, for the Surrey Theatre,
where the equestrian performances commence on the 25th of
March. Madame Ducrow's stud, &c , under the management
of Messrs. Hillier and Broadfoot, appear on the same evening
at Sadlcr's Wells ; where, by a new and singular contrivance the
stage (not the pit as heretofore) is to be converted into a circle.
The half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the
Incorporated Gener.al Steam Navigation Cumpany was held
on Tuesday, at the office of the Com?any in Lombard-street.
The chair was taken by Wolverley Attwood, Esq., at two
o'clock, The Report and half-yearly accounts were read, and
appeared to afford general satisfaction. The usual bonus and
dividond were declared, and after voting the cordial thanks of
the Proprietors to the Chairman and Directors, the meeting
eparatea.

OXFORD, FEB. 20.—The Rev. Mr. Garhett, the
new Professor of Poetry, deli►ered the first BamptonLecture for
the present yaar, at St. Mary's Church, this morning. The
church was crowded in every pat t. Mr. Grant, Commoner of
St. John's College, has announced his secession from the ela.-
blishment, and has followed the example of Mr. Sibthorp. Se-
veral of the junior members of the University are expected to
join the Roman Catholic communion shortly.
On this day, in 1723, died Sir Christopher Wren,
the celebrated architect and mathematician, aged CO. The grandest
works in and about tur metropolis are from his hand—viz„ St.
Paul's Cathedral, the Monument, Greenwich Hospital, Hampton
Court, St. Michael, Cornhill, St. Dunstan..in.the.East, St Magnus
London Bridge, St, Stephen, Waibrook, and others.