The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A meeting of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners was
held yesterday, at the office in Whitehall. The Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Chancellor of the Ex-,
chequer, and other Commissioners attended.
Colonel Moody, It. E.; had an interview with Lord,
Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Committee of Customs Inquiry had a meeting'
yesterday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. Lord Gran-1
ville Sane►set, the. Right llon. W. E. Gladstone, and 3
other Commissioners, attended the meeting. . .
Mrs. Fry and Lady Pirie had an interview yester-
day with Lord Stanley, at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches from the Governor of New South Wales
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
VEssE,Ls SPOKEN WITM. -- Dash schooner, and
Harmonic, Rio Janeiro to Antwerp, 2d ult., lat. 17
S., lon. 32 W., by the Columbus, arrived at~Cowes.
Cowes.
Diana, Hamburgh to Bahia, 3 ult., lat. 12 S. lon. 37
W. ; Ann, Baltimore to Rio Janeiro, 4th ult., lat. 131
lon. 3.5 ; Mary, London to Tobago, 30th ult., lat. 23
N. lon. 33, by the Palestine arrived off Dover.
Gottenburg brig, from Rio, by the Fairlie, arrived in
the Downs. Marmion, Quebec to London 16th, lat..
49, lon. 10, by the Denmark, arrived in the Downs.

TRH WEA.THER.--Tile weather, which at the com-
mencement of last week was intensely cold, the frost
being some times severe, accompanied with biting
winds, has, during the last three or four days, assumed
a mild aspect. We have been visited occasionally with
fine gentle rains; but the evenings arc still clear and
beautiful, and we have seldom experienced so genial a
ISrovember. The year 1842 has hitherto been remark-
able for the beauty and seasonableness of the weather.
We might now naturally look for a time of storm and
severity ; but appearances seem to indicate that the
year will finish as it began.—Glasgow Angus.
The Directors of the Glasg•w Anti Corn-law As-
sociation met upon Thursday, and resolved to lend
every assistance towards raisin..* an adequate propor-
tion of the Great League Fund. The City is to he
divided into districts, and a large number of gentle-
men have undertaken the task of calling fur sub-
scriptions. It was announced to the meeting that a
lecturer appointed by the League was soon to visit
the principal towns in Scotland. The carzfignwhheasi.e
thus commenced in earnest, and. we cannot but augur
the best results from the spirit that is
evinced.— Glasgow Argus.

EXTRAORDINARY BIRTII.—A. servant girl of Mr.
Dodd, of Oscroft, Cheshire, who left her place a few
days
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A SNAKE STORY.—A black snake, which had dia..-
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the woodpecker. Alas ! when he would have with-
drawn, drawn, he found his throat so much distended by his
supper, that he could not get back, and so he died
with his length exposed, dangling from the wood-
pecker's hole, an admonition to all who passed by, not
to get into a scrape until they had contrived 'how to
get out of it.—American Paper.
A small draft from the Earl of Ilarrington's valu-
able stud was brought to the hammer on Monday at
Tattersall's, by direction of the Noble Earl.
The horses were few in number, and the
Honourable Henry Stanhope attended the sale
on behalf of the Earl his brother. The
principal lot was his Lordship's ivell-knOwn roan
gelding, driven for several seasons in the Earl's well-
appointed cab, which, after a spirited competition, was
knocked down to a Mr. Harvey for 150 guineas. A
large draft of bay bunters, described as well known
with the Duke of Grafton's hounds, the property of a
sporting gentleman, was sold at the same time, and
fetched moderate prices.
ICEELnaufaiso.—On the 13th instant, a sailor
underwent, on board the flagship at Rochefort, the
Punishment Of keelhauling, to which he had been
condemned, for some breach of discipline. This
Punishment consists in hanging the culprit by
the hands over one of the yards, with weights
to his feet, and suddenly letting him fall from
a great height into the sea. This is repeated two or
three times,. according to the sentence. It is surely,
says the National, in relating the fact, high time that
this practice, which is a remnant of barbarism, should
disappear from the nautical code of all nations.