The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-15 00:00:00

~u.,~ ti 'w 4( 1 9 dr of MORNING SUN AMERICAN 7'.fk-EWS UIT STATES • ARRIVAL OF- N T HE ED PACKET SHIP . GARRICK. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 13.—The Garrick arrived Sh e this morn i ng s h ortly b efore eleven o ' clock. ',he was tel egrap h e d yester d ay as h av i ng passed 41 -alpie6il in the aftetnoon, and the storm ,which 86t 'at night preventing her arrival, serious vkl,i,i.;,'Artrs for her safety were entertained. The Gar lek was wrecked off Saudyho.k some twelve .111611111 s since, while going into New York, owing .to a sudd en storm arising-, and it was feared she • '9%1 ,,w 0u1d have go ne t o pi eces . She, however, rode • out the storm of last night triumphantly, and arrived this morning in excellent condition. • The most important event noticed in the P r tPers, is the death of Mr. John Forsyth, Fo ' teiga Secret ary d ur i ng t h e P res id ency o f V an -uuren; The deceased expired at Washington, after as illness of three w ee ks, from congestive e ver, and his death is - the subject of general F re gret amongst a ll parties in the Union. Mr. o r syth filledtt various periods influential situa :.: 11 a in the A mer i can R epu bli c . H e was a man tly-,.:!zlf considerable. talent. A t new Orleans the mortality was on the in 's'l;:-„the"e• The y e ll ow f ever w a s more v i ru l en t Dan It had been for several previous years. - tIE, the week ending October 11, the number ifieit,,f deaths amounted to 188, of which number 118 been carried off by yellow fever. . Tiie steamer Columbia which carried out Lord Qr laeth, arriv e d a t H a lif ax 'aft e r a boister ous Tia g e of somet hi ng more th an fift een days. ri same steamer would sail again the 3d inst., , tenerl nu * taay be looked for to-morrow. She was aly expected to have made her appearance h er e to-day, th e w i n d h av i ng b een so muc h in v e r favour. Th e i nte lli gence b y t h e i n - com i ng ‘ ',..earner will only be five days later from New ,1113,r,k than th a t b roug ht to -d a y by the Garrick, 1 - Loch : br oug h t news s i x d ays l ater t h an b y t h e ast arrival. M`Lend' had arrived at St. John's. All the ti e l eeants of his having left for England prove, er efore, incorrect. h e t o T A.mericans are paying high compliments 4 ,,,t,he Prince J o i nv ill e . H e was visiting Boston, to the good citiz e ns, were putting themselves r ex traordinary pains to give him a suitable eee pt i on. 4 The Mo ney M ar k et h a d ra th er i m p rove d. p r „ tt rge amount of Stock Securities had been sold it th, -;l °as to the d e p ar t u r e of the Garrick, at d e ' atl eed prices. The principal sales of other o ; seri ptions of Stock were Delaware and Hud il, * United Stat es Bank, and Harlem, .which thy m ved considerably upon the sales given in. flu Vast accounts. accounts from Europe do not seem to in tnenee stock tr a nsacti on s generally, to any ex et' th oug h i t i s the prevailing opinion that ve'netary affairs there have _now reached the f al r ,Y lowest point, and any change must be of a ° I-Irable _character: • 4gu NEY andMMERCIAL NEWS. , . 4 (From The -Sun of-Saturday Evening.) ha vtß Pool. COTTON M_4:EKET, Nov. 12.—We have and a Very heavy Cotton Market throughout the week, • etili Pr "a of all descriptions have declined id. per lb. Spe •tnrs have taken 500 American, and exporters 500 h uat and 100 American. The public sales to-day have decfi t v "..Y Poor attendance, and Sea Island sold at a sal e 3 "(' of id. to ld. p er lb. compared with the public " Oct. 8. - , IV E r „ actions ' ‘ ,O l. OLIARE MALMET, Nov. 12.—The transd .4'.B at the Stock Exchange this day are thus reportc 75. Ch-land Counties, New Shares, 32* ; North Union, ti es ; ,E dinburgh and Glasgow, 431 ; Eastern Conn -1.; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 53. 11 4 4I ,NettESTEIt STOCK. EXCHANGE, Nov. 12.—We ae t i o e 'lad a rath er d u ll mar k et .to-day. Our only trans the,T na ar e: —Manchester an Birmingham, 22; Man ther and Leeds,,s6; D i itto shares, 23. Man ski : Quarterly Averages of the Weekly Liabilities 0 2 ' l , 'sets of the - Bank of England, published in the all a o l e ` t e of last night, compared with -the last returns, ti e ," a decrease in the circulation of 320,0001. ; in the a/ I L :fl i ts of 144,00 CL ; in the securities, of 301,000 L ; Tl ll the bullion, of 222,0001. ' New York pack e t ship Garrick has arrived off b e head from New York. The day fixed for her leaving 041. w as the 25th u lt. , w hi c h w ill b e s i x d a y s l a t er th a n Th e advis es . t h e Colnmbia s t eam - s hip, w hi c h was t o sail from to t o n On the Ist, and Halifax on the 3d inst., is expected • 414 1 7 4 at Liverpool either to-day or early to-morrow ,Th n i . g : 4 .41 0 1;„% e is not the slightest alteration in either the 1)14r Y"e7tertolary!oreign Securities from the leaving-off price Consols are, fur Money, 89*, and for the m b'p ese ili n t, 4CCount, 891 - 4 1 ; Exchequer Bills, pe: -- c -l e u nt Aketiv e Stock . is no v 211-i; Portuguese, lo' Five Pkim,k, 29130; Ditto Three, 17i_ 18-1. . . p Cent. OF HUSH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 11. Ilit e :,"'nt• Consols ' a ild Half Stock 97i Grand Canal Stock — bce Red uce d ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ili l t ° New 1830... ...... 981 Ditto 4 per cent. . --...-.. II :. Cent. Debs. 40 Royal Canal Stuck — here has been but little business doing in either the 11,''sh or Fore ion Securities. Consols arc flat at 80 for . Ile t i: 37, and 89* for the Adeount ; Three per Cents. tits (',. e€l , , 8 8i 88 ; Three-and-a-Half ditto, 97i 88 ; In teilic)(3,, 245; Exchequer Bills, 10 12. l' gran glan Bonds, 1001 ; Spanish Active Stock, 211 1 Kitt " I' , 5 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Hair per Cents.,. 51i ; ~ T i c : F i ves, 9 9 i 1 . 117, 4 Share Market is flat, and but little doing.—Great '4l b (11 1 : 11 , ' 79 4 1 ; London and Brighton, 371 ;'London ' 4 oeth pinghatn, 158 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 214 e ,astern and Dover, 194. N1, ° 2 1.1 . °18 , Money, 891 ; Ditto Account, 891 1 ; 'Alexi ..)l.l 4, ' A 4 ; Spanish, 211-i. li ki counts received from Hamburgh state that there 1.,, !k 4. Shiers some large purchases of wheat there recently ° at Pwent to Jersey, where it could be entered with are 411 Y restriction from the Corn-laws, which l ' i 'es 40 , 1 1 in force in that islai.d. These ad 4,iri a tSO , remark that it had been supposed, /t n etil ( l, t ",7 high price of wheat, that the poorer classes . `gis snake to rye bread, but that the-attempt to bring he,sriele into consumption had always failed, even :lzWheat was dearest. t g, ti n e t , s urprise is felt that the Bank of England should 44 d ue reducin g it s c i rcu l a ti o n, but as its bullion 1 (34 ,° " r rea 'ing, it is perhaps, however prejudicial a-4111),1)re m anufacturing interests, still a ricces gt' eauti wn If the Private and Joint Stock Banks 'irtti,% i( l 3 4tl. the country should follow the example, we may increased tightness in the money market. IL, CLOSING PRICES. g 1) ;( St ook . BRITISH FIINI4 t S o . ck ... ..... 0 46 a 4 ,4 l 7: r et ct c „: t t :a s .................. *::: — Bg B9s t Ditto Bonds . Old Annuities ,li "li R ed........ 98 i Ditte New Annuitie . s — to, 5 P" 99* IlEz. Bah, 1,0001....21d 12 pm „e knit......... A E I , r i Ditto 500/... Jo., A tlities t 0.... .: .. .... • Ditto , Sraall. . 3 11660.,%,.. .................. 1 1 2 2 i ,- () ct 14-;( ;• "Plre 716 Bank • Stockier Acct — °• , l ha Stock for,Acct -- Au lt Consols m for Acct B 9ll ......... •••••• 0 _ . RA I FOREIGN FUNDS. -tel i i 5 l ir 14), 5 pet r cent.... iPortuguese, 5 per cent. htikziliail cent loo* 'Ditto, New Ditto — C 4 9° ' 4 3r 04d1. - 'Prussian, 5 per cent. ... Cal -- Chili 6 eS ' 6 per sea IRusstan, 5 per cent — bitrnbi Per cent... .... Ditto, Aletallic.. 1) 0 ,1 /. 2 4 : 6 Per cent. Spanish, S per cent 2 lll e k4 il.ll -' .... Ditto, Deferred •• Oi hT e ek,'l u B ., l) .. e r c ent....... '... --- French, b per cent. —f. —n e . Cxic a , 4 ,° , 5 per cent. Exchange —l .• • hitt % t 0 per cent. ... French, 3 percent —f. •—e 'o44iatiPer cent,Dutch, 21 per cent 5111 ' 825 , 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. qr SHARES eat western Railway (65 paid) . Lon don and B r i g ht on (50 paid) 37 L ondon and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 9 LDitto New Shares ( paid ) 2l 14s 2d ondon and Birmingham (90) ......... ... .. 158 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) 22 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... 20 r 4" 1 THE SEWERS. CO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. t nh _ Nov.l se I,lr of the 841. ‘ ; % - Considerable doubt ex L is o ts ndl as ol to , the power Ole imtikinners of Sewers acting under the au thority of sktu tat ute 23 H enr y VIII., c . 5, and several subsequent htt to make new sewers. I therefore h conceive that ilitio'4l render an important service to t public by ° Pi ll ig Publicity to the following truly f constitutional )11 ; ) t il g i ven by the present Lord . Ch . ie J i usti e ce i o n f athne 4tt ° l' Queen's Bench and Sir William t _ c ' t kie t ,* ° a case submitted to them by the Commissioners • th, - 7 3 for Westminster, and printed in the Appendix 'Oll ll4 - "ePort of the Select Committee of the House of )( t)li s (p. 1 9 ) dated August 8, 1834. our 0 1 0 _1 ' A RATEPAYER. . vuient servant Y o QUESTION. QUESTION. th,-oare requested to advise whc ther the power given e. - 'otelnissioners by the Act 2 William and Mary, 141 4.4,,.. (5 • 8 , and confirmed by the 47 Geo. 111., ." To order . Itlid. w skeet the making of any new vaults, sewers, drains, 4tereourses, in all or any of the streets, lanes, and d authorityl,lll.ct:ti.ewtias),lloristhaento them to give orders an building of sewers in those streets, A4r;°rPublic ways they have been omitted lf so, to wh the order and direction for the titte r ,4 ll .g_, or such sewers should be addre:;sed, and if not If ,t",,u scow it should be enforced ? . 4 0 11 - 0 . ; 11 ld be of opinion that the Commissioners such old call upon the owners of houses to wsd , se wers in those streets where they have been omit tlto th elt eb , i, the C onarnissiorers give orders and directions i..44e you u e ing built by their own workmen, and in that `lplatierre requested tl,ad advise how such sewers aro to ...._.;llthorize ,_ l k o ~o i .. - ar e of° . OPINION. ,'Pinion that no inference can be strong enough ;, 1 ? h t , ly of a tax upon his Majesty's subjects, kt, the ~.. 1 1 % d zlt ti le rer of directing works to be dune will not 11,.) eof doi_ otninissioners to raise Anoney for . the pur %‘'ers d o u_gotthem. We also think that them general 4 extend to inakinc , ne* Seivers: ° k t.IiENMAN. W.M„HORNE. 144,, t.. ,, te s _i nn, Tan .it,,,,, ..,..... , 27, 1832. .. , of verb Iltile''' 4AOIIDINARY FACT.—A plate 4 4 , ulb zit, l'aspherries, good in quality 'it t V. tQat this summer has produced, was gathered : 1 . t; t ‘ and fine in relish, as I ltli % I?, 4 farm garden, oceu .ied by Mr. J. Edw tuck', A ~,,, • .4m. treueoz ' - 9 5 e7,, too. t. e • ne.ar ootton as . ' W I 13. 'sett —Wiltshire In- DUKE OF CORNWALL'S BALL. Within the next fortnight a " Duke of Cornwall's Ball," fur the benefit of the poor, might be got up in every parish in England. The sum that might thus easily be raised, being devoted at once to the immediate re lief of the most necessitous allover the kingdom, would of itself produce a manifest effect upon the poor generally, and unite all classes in rejoicing over an event for which all classes are grateful. We earnestly press this suggestion on the attention of our readera; three active minds in each parisN, if united, could accomplish an object so desirable. This suggestion need not •interfere with any such plan of permanent commemoration-oas is contemplated at Eton and elsewhere, by the appoint ment of Committees to consider of the best means of celebrating this event. During the fortnight every theatre in England should be opened for the " Duke of Cornwall's night" with the same view. Thus the young Prince might be made a general benefactor even in his cradle, and the poor be taught to bless his name almost as soon as they can know that he exists.— Atlas. SUNDAY PERSECUTION IN EDINBURGH. TO THE EDIT 01? OF THE SUN. SIR-I hate and abominate' oppression in all shapes, but above all that which assumes the part of religion. The industrious and poor are suffering quite sufficiently from the cruel and life-destroying provision laws, without the addi tion of religious persecution. The Scotch have been always, I am proud to say, remarkable for their observance of the Sabbath; but such con duct as that which yOu describe on the part of those in authority, in the case of the person who was sent to prison, and his family reduced to the greatest distress, for selling sweatmeats on a Sunday, must tend, instead of keeping up that proper respect, not only to destroy it, but also to engender a feeling of hostility to religion. Should the case be as you describe, I beg you will send the enclosed to Mr. Robertson, in order that the man may be liberated forthwith. Your obedient servant, 23, Brook-street, Nov. 13, 1841. KINNAIRD. [We have had much pleasure in forwarding-the. Noble Lord's bounty '(three guineas) to Edin-- burcb.—En. Sun.] The following is the report of the proceedings in the Town Council, respecting the victim of the Church, to which his Lordship's letter re fers. We had not room for it at the time, and on that account, in noticing the prosecution, we adverted to the conduct of the guilty parties in more moderate terms than the actual state of facts warranted. The case, as will be seen by the report, is still worse than we represented it; and we trust that subscriptions will pour in, not only to compensate the sufferers, but to mark the indignation .of the public against these inhu man religionists. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The Council met on Tuesday, the Lord Pro vost in the Chair. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. Mr..-RENTorr. called the attention of the Coun cil to the case of Butters, inserted in the Scots man of Saturday, a case which he considered most oppreSSiVe, and of which the Council ought to express their entire. disapproval. He' (Mr. IL) approved as highly of a proper observance of the Sabbath as any man, but he did not think that the best way to attain that object was to prosecute -persons on such paltry charges as that of selling a pennyworth of sweeties, while they left coaches of. all sorts at liberty to ply on. Sunday as they pleased. Not only were hackney-coaches allowed to .ply on Sunday, but ifa coach proprietor should refuse to do so, he would be liable to a fine next day, in the Police Court. He appealed to the members of Council, if they themselves were not in the habit of occasionally employing these to convey them to Church and elsewhere, and when such was the case—when they actually compelled coach proprietors to break the Sabbath fur their own and the public convenience—how could they approve of prosecuting a rr_an for selling a pennyworth of sweeties ?-- (Hear,, hear.) But the prosecution was not only bad in itself; it was of the most oppressive kind. The man was, it seems, fined Bs.; added to which there were ex penses of Court, amounting to 1 ls., and Mr. Dy mock's fee, which amounted to no less than 21. 2s. Now this last item required, he thought, a little explanation. Mr. Dymock had a salary of 2001. as Procurator Fiscal and why lie should charge such heavy fees in addition he (Mr. R.) could not well understand. In these circum stances, he begged to move that it be remitted to a Committee to inquire into the reasonable ness of the fee, and to report. Bailie JOHNSTON said, that as he was one of the Magistrates before whom the case came for consultation, and as he had- taken no small share of the responsibility of the 'prosecution, he thought he was entitled to take up' their time for a few moments. And, first, they had been told that the man was fined for selling . a single pennyworth of confectionaries. proi,v,.how stood the fact? The same individual,,Wia been'brought before Bailie Grieve on a prgimus occasion, for numerous offences of the saute ikind ; but the case had been dismissed nierelyrtwith a caution. The man then, in order:to , eValdh , the law, while he still sold the confectionaries; pllt'up , the word " druggist " over his door; but he had again been brought up notwithstanding, and fined, as they had heard. Therr, in the second place, they should bear in mind, that the Magistrates were, from the very nature of their office, im peratively called upon to prosecute those persons who sold sweetmeats, or trafficked in any way on the Lord's-day. The Magistrates had nothing to do with the circumstances of the man whose case was now before them; they had nothing to do with his family distress ;. they were bound to give protection to the public, and when this man opened his shop on the Sabbath-day directly in front of St. J ohn , s Church, they were imperatively called upon to put it down as a nuisance. The chil dren attending Mr. Guthrie's church or his Sab bath school were getting into the habit of going to the shop and purchasing sweetmeats, which, in dependently ofthe impropriety of the conduct al to gether, rendered it impossible for them to attend to their instructions as they might otherwise do. As to what Mr. Renton had said about hackney coaches, he (Bailie J.) would .be glad to assist him in amending the regulations regarding them, ,but the fact of hackney coaches running on the Sabbath could never excuse or justify the gross -ness of this case; two blacks would never make a white.—(Hear.) He would just say a word as to the unwarrantable attack which Mr. Renton 'h .d made on the Procurator. By the old law, the Magistrates were allowed to fine the guilty person five pounds Scots, amounting to eight shillings_ and fourpence of the present currency. Beyond that they unfortunately could not go, and, therelbre, that was the fine in the present case. But, besides, there were two guineas charged as a fee fur Mr. Dymock, and I ls. of other expenses. The two guineas, in this instance, did not go into Mr. Dymock's pocket—for, in order to guide him in the case, it being among the first of the kind for a length of time, he had, for his own guidance, paid the two guineas to counsel for advice. So far, then, from gaining anything fur himself, Mr. Dymock was at this moment out of pocket by the case. Mr. ROBERTSON said .he was by no means satisfied with the explanation. He was, in fact quite the reverse of satisfied; for he thought muffle Johnston, so far from improving the case, had made it worse. It was now admitted that the case was considered so doubtful that the Procurator Fiscal did not feel warranted toproceed: without the opinion of counsel. This was an import ant fact,and showed how determined the partywere to carry out their tyranny and oppression. He (Mr R.) had seen the man and his family. He had, infact, just come from seeing the latter, and he must say that the description given of the wife was not at all . overcharged. She wag indeed an interesting, heartbroken-looking woman; and the child, from the cold to which it ked unavoidably been exposed in the shop, wav fast dying, if it was not already dead.—(Hear, hear.) He , had . also seen the man himself in gaol. When he waited upon him on Monday he found he had gaol 18 days, and that his term of impri bsuenein in nent expired on Wednesday, so that he (Mr. R.) felt it unnecessary to take the measures he had intended for his liberation, seeing that he did not choose to sanction the abomination of the Procurator Fiscal—a man with a public sa lary—accumulating exp a er sme e o sin do s o u b li s a of case the The Fiscal, it seems, h constitution, that Was tha i t t spirit did of o t ourgive it ti c o a o s t e t ; he wh l y a - N , v t a h o o d i, ld a doubt have the t person benefit supposedthat I t v o h e b r e e v g e o r i t l h ty ere sh Ns o ' u a s man was a poor man, and doubt ?—(Cries of " Hear d , t l h ie e a y r.: o ) al ß d u o t ot no a ktl r i d e There r e t hWeat interests o a ti e r i s g toid e s. e portione ros iot of the tehneo community lo to o d o o i t t y l re la w t. ho Owfhtol le I poor ives constantly ari tly o devotedit o p their ers lips,ut butpersecuting the_ w pr h oe o ov s i e e.. —(Hear, hear.) With respect to Bailie Grieve he would say that them never wasa nest or more conscientious magistrate and he was sure he would not have convicted the man but from the best of motives; but even if he had been bound by the statute to im pose a fine, was that any excuse for heaping such exorbitant expenses on the case? If the, Pro curator Fiscal was ignorant; he had no right to be where he was ; and certainly he did not see why the poor man should be taxed for Mr. Dy mock's ignorance. He might mention that the Governor of the gaol gave the man an excellent character for good behaviour during the time he had been there. When he (Mr. R.) saw him on THE SUN, LON'DON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1841. • . • , DESTRUCTIVE TIRE. . About two o'co c k y ester d ay morn i ng :a firebroke out on the premises of Mr..Kindon, floorcloth manufacturer, at the corner of Wellington -street, Blackfriars-road. On the first alarm being given, the police were fully occupied in calling uptinethe. surrounding neighbourhood to quit their beds. ' :The , epgines from the Waterloo-road station and Farringdon-street were soon on the road, promptly followed, .by the , various other metropolitan stations. Owing to the unremitting exertions and undaunted per severance of the firemen, , to whom the greatest praise is due, the conflagration was happily confined to the factory in which it-first broke out, and which was totally de stroyed. At the first outbreak the inmates of the house, known as the" _Notorious No. 27," were seen escaping in a state of nudity.. -Th e con fl agra tion raged for some time with uncontrollable fury, and at one time threatened the surrounding: neighbourhood with destruction. It had, in fact, caught the back part of the contiguous dwell ing -house, but, owing to the plentiful supply of water,, the devouring element was confined to the premises on which it first broke out, and which were completely re duced to ashes. At half-past three all danger of the flames extending was at an end. FURTHER PARTICULARS. TWO FIREMEN FILLED. We regret to state the loss of two lives, irethe'pers.otiS of William Webb, aged 24, - and No. 78 of the brigade, and Joseph Henry Packs, N0. , 61 of the same ferceoend, which has thrown a gloom over the whole neighboffs ) hood. From the statement of Barrow, the `deputy fore man of the West of England Fire-otlice,. find who 'Wit nessed the distressing catastrophe, it appears that during the whole of the morning the bond timbers in the: upper part of building were still burning, - and .presented what are termed bull's-eyes ; . and although no further extension of the fire could take place, the two deceased, anxious to show their efficiency, got the branch and hose screwed s on, and entered the ruins,- from .the entrance in the ..I3lackfriars-road, about :half-past seven o'clock, and eentinued there until the . accident occurred which deprived,theln both of Wei, although the danger was pointed,out.• At a quarter ::to , eight o'clock the upper part of the north wall, andelliat which formed the back of Mr. Truscott's premises, , suddenly gave way, and fell with a' tremendous crash uport•the - two deceased persons. As soon as pit was observed that all danger was passed, the men who were left began to clear away, and about nine o'clock the. remains of Packs were discovered, and . about ten o'clock those of Webb were dug out. Shells were procured, and the bodies were conveyed to the workhouse of St. George the Martyr, in Mint-street, where the bodies were examined. That of Webb pre sented a most,shocking appearance; his arm's, legs, and thighs were broken, as well as his neck, and death must have been instantaneous. Packs, on the contrary, pre sented not the slightest external injury, and death was no doubt occasioned by suffocation. "We regret to state that both the deceased were married men, Webb having a wife , and . two children to' l ament hi s l oss , an d Packs a wife. - When . the - accident came to be known the gloom which pervaded the faces of the fire men was visible to the most casual observer. This is the fifth death, of. firemen within eleven months, - and are as ' follow:--Loader; - who belonged to the Watling-street station, was killed: at the fire of Messrs. Goodhere's sugar bakers, Ratcliffe-highway, on the 26th of Decem ber last; West, of the County, was killed at the fire at Salmon and Moss, Piccadilly, about three months ago; Wevell, of the B or Chandos-street, was killed on yester day fortnight at the fire at the Tower; and now Packer, of the A or Wellclose-square, and "Webb, of the C or 2dorgan's-lane. By a singular coincidence, four out of five of the deaths took place on the Sunday. So reckless are some men of their lives, that although the front wall had l f temerity in Wellington-street was cracked, and shook at each England, tn s a t a t n d a beneath the place kept for the purpose of attempting to subsequent of wind' period Howell,o extinguish a small body of fire burning under the parapet, fth o a f d t a l y ie West s t t h e o and was only recalled by the men at the engine being desired to stop working. The following is the official returns of the property destroyed and damaged : Messrs. Kindon and Bathe's premises and stock entirely destroyed ; insured in the Hand-in-Hand and West of England. Mr. George Craffer, solicitor, Blackfriars-road; back front wall and roof dangerously damaged ; furniture in jured by fire and water. Furniture insured in the Royal Exchange ; building unknown. Mr. Roberts; gentleman, ditto, similarly damaged ; furniture damaged by water and removal. ' Building and contents, Royal Exchange. Mr. Truacott, printer ; the whole of the back premises destroyed by the falling of the wall. Furniture and stock in the Sun ; insured for 4,0301. : building in the Royal Exchange. The damage done here is very great. N 0.27, Wellington-place ; Mrs. Sarah Hichinbotham's lodging-house, roof and back part of the premises de stroyed. Furniture damaged by fire, removal, and water. Building and contents insured in the Phoenix. Wellington -street and Blackfriars'-road ; William Gould, greengrocer, seriously scorched by fire, not insured. George- Shut-pet:at, the back of No. 171, - Blackfriars'- road, hairdresSer, seriously scorched, not insured. No. 1, Wellington-street ; William Richards, private front nearly burnt out, and furniture injured by water . and removal, not insured. And, in Wellington-place, the backs of Nos. 25 and 26 damaged, and Mrs. Snoxwell ; none of them insured; the loss about 3,0001. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. On Sunday morning, about two, the inhabitants of Blackfriars-road, and those residing in the immediate vicinity, were aroused from their slumber .by a piercing cry of fire, which was uttered by a boy, who happened to be passine• the extensive floor-cloth manufactory of Messrs. Rindon and Bathe, situate within one door of the corner of Wellington-street, and about a hundred yards distance from the Magdalen. The policeman on duty immediately sprung his rattle, and, in a short time, a good sprinkling of the brigade were present ; in the meantime, information having been given of the outbreak of the fire to the Waterloo station, the power ful engine of that establishment was on the spot in less than ten minutes ; the County, and several other engines followed in rapid succession, and a plentiful sup ply of water having been obtained from the plugs, a powerful jet was projected on the building. At this time the upper part of the premises were in a complete blaze, and such was the combustible nature of the material, that in a short time the interior of the premises, from the ground floor, presented the appearance of a furnace, while the flames were issuing from every win dow, and nearly extending across the street ; so great at this time was the heat, that the opposite neighbours felt it sensibly. In a short time the roof of the building gave way, not, however, in a body, but piecemeal ; and nothing remained but the outer walls. The fire now finding vent, shot upwards to an amazing height, and illuminated the atmosphere for miles around. There was an immense stock of floor-cloth on the pre mises, which burnt with terrific fury. Added to this, the building appeared to be composed chiefly of wood, and that of the lightest description, which materially assisted in adding grandeur to the truly awful scene. It was extremely fortunate that there was scarcely a breath of wind stirring at the time, or the consequences must have been by far more serious, for net _only must the houses in Wellington -street have fallen a sacrifice, but those also in Blackfriars-road have shared the same fate. At three o'clock - the lie was so far got under that no farther apprehension "of danger was entertained, though the mass of burning matter below appeared in a perlct glow, and threw out dense volumes of smoke, w hi c h, being acted upon by the gas issuing from a broken pipe on the premises, a pale light was thrown on it, which imparted a notion that the fire was still actively. raging. One individual was knocked down by an en gine' which, passing over his legs, exushed them both in a frightful manner. We could not learn the name of the unfortunate man. _ At eight o'clock a portion of the inner wall fell with a tremendous crash, and with a noise resembling thunder, and in less than half a minute another immense mass of brickwork was also levelled with the ground, burying two unfortunate firemen in the ruins. Monday, he was busy picking oakum Was that a punishment to inflict upon a Shop keeper of Edinburgh for such a paltry of fence? Was it not a well-known fact that hun dreds of respectable people went into druggists' shops on their way to church to piJrchase lozenges? Why, then, did these gentlemen not prosecute Mr. Duncan and Flockhart, and Mr. Baildon, and Mr. Butler? Why did they not shut up the New Club, and the United Service Club ? The fact was, that those self-righteous in dividuals were fast bringing Christianity and the Gospel of peace into contempt and hatred. For his own part, - he would rather be an infidel than the prosecutors of this poor man on such a miserable charge, and under such circumstances, that his. poor child would, in all human proba bility, be dead before he came out. It might be a short road to the eldership to give information upon this poor man; but he doubted very much ifit was the quickest way to Heaven.-.-(Hear.) Mr. BANKS also expressed himself strongly against the oppression v►hich had been practised in this case. Mr. MACAULAY said, that 'when he first saw this case mentioned in the newspapers, he doubted if it really could be true; but he had since made some inquiry into the case, and he must say, that never in the whole course of his life had he heard of one more iniquitous than this. He agreed with Mr. Robertson that the persons who countenanced such prosecutions were doing great injury to the cause of religion. Why, where was the great heinousness of the case ? Was purchasing sweeties on Sunday any thing so very rare ? He was satisfied that even the Lord Provost ate sweeties on the Sunday ; but whether they directed his attention away from the sermon or not he could not say.— (Laughter.) Was it not a fact that many gentle men were in the habit of buying lozenges as they went along to church ? For his part, he must confess to having done so. He supported the motion of Mr. Renton. Mr. GRIERSON wished the case had been of a different description before such exorbitant charges had been incurred. He was perfectly astonished to find that a minister of the Church of Scotland had gloried in his place in the Pres bytery that he had prosecuted a poor man under such circumstances, and had boasted that it would be a long time before the man would be able to pay the fine by selling sweeties. Shame be to the man whose lips could utter such a sen tence l—(Hear, hear.) Could they not have got some other case than this, if they must prose cute? Were there not hundreds of public houses open in the district, out of which they could have got a strong case, the prosecution of which would have been sanctioned by public opinion ? The LORD PROVOST could not allow the ques tion to be any longer discussed, without entering his protest against the charge of tyranny and oppression having been exercised against this man for keeping his shop open during Divine Service. He could not shut his eyes to the fact, that it was a crime both by the law of God and man to buy and sell during Divine Service on Sunday. It was reported to the Magistrates, that the keeping open of such shops was a grow ing evil, and one which ought to be remedied. It was not wished that more rigour than neces sary should be used; but it was thought that as this man kept his shop open exactly in front of Mr. Guthrie's church, setting at defiance, as it were, all moral feeling, he should be made an example of. Mr. Macaulay had asked him whether he did not occasionally eat sweetmeats himself on Sunday.—(Laughter.) Perhaps he did; but certainly he did not purchase them on the Sunday. Some gentlemen had talked of apothecaries' shops, as if they were on the same footing as the shop of this man. There was a great distinction. Human life might often depend upon a druggist's shop being open on Sunday. If such a daring and wilful violation of the law of God, however, were not put down as the one in question, all reverence for the Sabbath w ould soon be lost. He could not go along with the feeling of Mr. Robertson, who certainly spoke as he always spoke—strongly. He hoped, however, that in this case he had spoken more strongly than sincerely, when he said that he would rather be an infidel than en gage in punishing the violation of the Sabbath. Mr. ROBERTSON—I said rather than have been guilty of persecuting this man. After some further discussion, the Council unanimously agreed to the following motion, suggested by Mr. Loa•an:—" That the proceed ings in the case of the Procurator Fiscal against Butters, for the profanation of the Sabbath, to• gether with .the Fiscal's account of expenses, should be laid before the Lord Provost's Com mittee, witbi a-view to'determine whether or not it was a case inwhich the Fiscal was entitled to make any charge in the shape of fees." COUNTY POLICE. The following letter: refers to the cruel treatment of Mr. Mackay; beerLseller, Stgike-upon-Trent, of which an account appeared in The Sim' on the 9th. This version of the story does not mend the matter much. .The Ma gistrates and police in that quarter mustbe a singular race. Even their apologist admits that the prison was so bad, that prisoners were chained to a ring like wild bulls kept for baiting : • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin---You have inserted Mackay's statement, and I am rather surprised that the correspondence did not em brace the proofs which were adduced before the Bench, and thereby show what verbose detail had been em ployed: parturiunt montes et nascitur mus. They were only, that Stonier had improperly detained Mackay, longer than was necessary, as every day a police-court is open ; and that the cell was so insecure that chaining was in a manner indispensable, while the accommodation was also unsuitable; and that Stonier had assaulted Wantling for resisting search of premises without a proper warrant. Had cruelty or scoundrelism attached to the cases, the bench, T. B. Rose, P. B. Broude, and J. Harvey, would immediately have discharged—not fined and suspended-- Stonier. There was great pertina city in the manner of bringing forward the case, and much of what was merely adapted to degrade the police force in the opinion of a deficiently educated population. As the name of your correspondent does not appear, I ought to be excused also ; but having been present, and having taken very copious notes of the whole, Ican vouch for what I state in contradiction.—Yours, Tunstall. SIMEON SHAW. THE ASSESSED TAXES. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) SIR—You have of course seen the shamefully mean and evasive article in the TiMes of this day, headed " Assessed Taxes." Is aot the question relating to their future collection sadly begged and bedivelled? Sir, from beginning to end, it is a base untruth and fraud. " The Collectors of Taxes," forsooth, are the persons suspect ed, and whose payment& alone are henceforth to be looked to ; and persons whose distressed circumstances justify an extension of time, will, as usual, have it I Is not this mean, drivelling conduct? And so the late and present Government are not to blame! Oh, no! The Commis sioners of Stamps and Taxes are alone the actors, and the Collectors the persons only to whom the " screw " is to be applied. Read the circular of the present Govern ment, or the Board of Taxes, whichever you like, and then say who and what is meant. [The writer here quotes the circular, of which we gave the substance on Saturday.] Such, Sir, is the letter of the Surveyor to the people, not to the Collectors ; and after such a letter, the writer in the Times has the unbounded assurance to say that "the question, therefore, is not really between the Board of Taxes atSomerset-house and the public, but between the former authorities and the Parochial Collectors, and we (the Timp, the people's advocate !) entirely concur with the Cominiioners of Taxes, that some means are necessary to prevent Collectors from making use of the public money '— U The force of vileness can no further go." What an opinion the Times must have of the intellect of the people, and what an intellect the writer of the arti cle must have! How exculpatory is that 'article of the present Government and the Board of Taxes, and how just it is to throw general odium and suspicion upon the whole body, of Tax. Collectors 1 Why, these latter will owe " a Testimonial ". to the writer in the Times, and ought to lose no time in offering it. Are these the times for the Government, or its a g ent, the Board of Taxes, to concoct such a letter and hold out such threats—after such a year of general suffering, and an absence of anything like an average amount of business done—after such a harvest, and such calamities as fire has brought, and famine threatens? My assessed taxes amount to more than 1001 per annum, and the business done by me has been exceedingly small this year ; yet the taxes of Michaelmas have been applied for within less than a month after they became due, and in addition to the merciful hopes held out in the above letter, the collector has hinted in intelligible terms the propriety e an immediate payment. It is said that already, through sheer fear, many have paid—l have not as yet ; I say I ought not to be pressed until Christmas. I will then pay, however inconvenient; but I shall return my letter and recommend every one to do so, and be prepared for a distress warrant ; the Session will open admirably well with a speech from the Throne in which we shall read " I regret to tell you that many of my' subjects, indeed a large number of them, have refused to pay, or are incapable of paying, their quotas of taxes, but I rejoice to say that their goods have been levied upon, and there is every prospect of the arrears being obtained with all costs and expenses." What an admi rable illustration this would be of the Times' assertion that the screw is not intended to be applied to the people, but only as a means of preventing collectors from making use of the public money."---[Query, should not the Times say the people's money ?] DISTRESS IN CARLISLE,.—I know families in Carlisle, of five and six of a family, who are compelled to live on 4s. or ss. per week, who have nothi ng b u t a pallet of straw to sleep upon, with little or no covering ; and in order to keep in life, and that each day may be as miserable as another, when they divide their scanty vic tuals over the week they sometimes have five potatoes fur each meal, and six human beings for them.—Corre spondowe of the Carlisle Journal. DUKE DE BORDEAUX. Extract of a letter from Vienna, in the Gazette of Upper Germany : " The Duke de Bordeaux, after passing a few weeks in this city, will go, it is said, to Goritz. The following particulars concerning his Royal Highness and the exiled Roy - al Family, are not without interest. The Duke, who attained his majority on the 29th September, is now in full possession of his estates, consisting principally of forests purchased for him in France during the reign of Louis XVIII. The sum belonging to the Duke an his sister is about six millions of francs, two of which are to form the dowry of the Princess. The Duke d'Angouleme is. comparatively speaking, without fortune ; .he pos sesses, at the outside, 50,000 f. a year, and yet with these small means does a great deal of good. He has always de clined in the noblest manner the offers of pecuniary assist ance made him by different Powers; and his conduct has excited for him the respect even of those who do not participate in the political feelings of himself and the Duchess. The Duchess de Berry posseses co ns id era bl e property, and has a superb chateau at Goritz, furnished , at the period quite in the French styl e. The Chate au of Kirchberg, in when hhaiecnhh hasty 3a.rmannerlwithout x . faenlbl i lyyerh on external Dukree t attractions, duernßraoema s Prague. The was purchased winter residence of the Royal family is Goritz, where they possess three hotels, not having been able to find a single mansion capable of a ccommodating all the family and the numerous suites. The Duke and Duchess d'Angou leme occupy the chauteau, and the Duke de Bordeaux, when at Goritz, occupies another building. At dinner, they all meet in the chateau. The Duke de Bordeaux is on visiting terms with several families of the town ; a position which the Duke d'Angouleme cannot partici pate in on account of the strictness oc the etiquette he observes. The numerous .visitors who arrive from France are obliged to take u p their r esidence at public hotels in the town; ladies only are allone fi d n t e o y s o t ug ay n inthe chateau.man, been a talk for s o me time of marry in g his Ro y al Highness with the daughter of a Ge rman Prince ; it t h r icure a s ce o is T the h accident cc Duke i complete, de n t andde Bordeaux left. TThere willis has a. appears, however, that nothing is decided, and now the subject is not men tioned. Several matches have been proposed for Made moiselle, but none have been considered suitable. The Duke de Bordeaux is to make a long tour twit spring.'' -- :--- , TORY COMMISSIONS. —If Sir Robert Peel' were sincere in his desire to obtain " additional facilities' for " the commerce and m anufactu res of the country"— if he did not oppose the la te Govern ment in utter igno rance of the principles en which they proposed to act — he has all the materials at hand , all the inform a ti on re quisite for preparing the m easure necessary for such a purpose. To issue a Commission, then, is a mere excuse for delay—an _attempt to deceive the public into a belief that something is intended to Le done in the right direc tion, when the real object is to gain time for the better consolidation of the monopolists in the Cabinet,—Car lisle Journal. CHIEF MAGISTRATES OF BO ROUGHS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. The following is a list of the'Chief ,Magistrates in several of the boroughs of the United Kingdom. We trust to be able to make it more complete in a few days— London—John Pirie, Esq., Tory. Edinburgh—Sir James Forrest, Bart., Liberal. Dublin—Daniel O'Connell, Esq:, Liberal. York—Henry Cobb, Esq. Liverpool—John Shaw Leigh, Esq. - Manchester—Henry Thompson, Esq., Liberal. Birmingham—Samuel Beale, Esq., Lberal:— Harwich—Francis Freeling Hart, Esq.,snrgeon, Liberal. Chester—W. Brown, Esq., Liberal. . , •• ' Bath—George.Norman, Esq. Kerry— Fitzsimon, Esq. ' Boston—W. H. Adams,'Esq., Conserntive. Bristol—'Geo. Woodroofe Franklyn, Esq., Conservative Cambridge—George Fisher, 'Esq., 'Conservative. Weymouth—Charles,4ridg%lEsq.' . Wisbeach—Thomai Steer, Esq., -Conservative. Hastings—William Dike, - Esq.; Liberal. Browning; Esq., Liberal. Oxford- {Sheriff Hint, Esq. .. , ,Poole—Richard Penney, ,Esq., ,Liberal. StOckportWilliam'Nelstrop, Esq., Liberal. Wallingfoed:e-Holland Thos.*Birkett, Esq., Reformer. .Stafford:—John Rogers; Esq., , twice Mayor before. Walsall—Thomas 01340 P, -Esq., Conservative. 'Lreds—Williatii Pawson, Esq. Ripon—John Walbrin, Esq., re'-electsd Warwick—George catteltGreenway, Esq. Cork—Thomas Lyons„.Esq., Liberal. . Derby— Gamble, Esq. - Plymouth—George W. Soltau, Esq. Worcester—E. Evans, Esq. Evesham—T. White, Esq. 1 Kidderminster—W. H. North, Esq. Bewdley—T. S. Cartwright, Esq. Tcwskesbury—C. Porter, Esq., Catholic. Gloucester—M. Meyler, Esq. Hereford—Captain Benett. ' Shrewsbury—T. J. Badger, Esq. Oswestry—J. Hayward, Esq. Exeter—C. H. Turner, Esq. . Wells—W. J. Welsh, Esq., elected three years running. Newcastle-on-Tyne—James Hodgson, Esq., Reformer. Gateshead—George Sowerby, Esq., Reformer. Launceston—J. E. Prockter, Esq. '-' Lyme Regis—W. M. Tartt, Esq. • 'to "''''""1 (.( 1 I'' • Falmouth—Robert R. Broad, Esq., Reformer.' ' ..f ` .' I. -11 , Penryn—W. Corfield, Esq. ' ' -, —) ill b • . Lymington—Edward Hicks, Esq. ' l ' "tar "" 11 ". t Windsor—John Clode, Esq., twice eleetedliefote: Kendal—John Wakefield, Esq., banker. Sunderland—Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. Tewkesbury—Charles Porter, Esq. Inverness—Provost Nicoll. Colchester— Vint, Esq. Chesterfield—G. Crompton, Esq. Blandford—A. S. Hodges, Esq. Sherborne—R.-W. Spicer, Esq. Devonport—W. P. Billing, Esq. Nottingham—Richard Morley, Esq. Devizes— Crocket, Esq. Chippenham—Harry Goldney, Esq. Winchester—W. W. Buepete, Esq. Bury St. Edmund's—J. Greene, Esq., first Conservative Mayor for this borough. Doncaster—Thomas Johnson, Esq. Pontefract—William Clough, Esq. Lincoln—G. W. Webb, Esq. Retford—Francis Thornhaugh Foljambe, Esq. Canterbury— Browne, Esq. Sandwich—W. H. Rolfe, Esq. Dover—E. Poole, Esq., re-elected. Deal—C. Kingsmill, Esq. Stamford—Joseph Phillips, Esq. Grantham—E. H. Lough, Esq. Godmanchester—J. Kisby, Esq, Grimsby—B. Harrison, Esq. Louth—T. Lowther, Esq. Dorchester—H. Williams, Esq. Blandford—A. S. Hodges, Esq. Chard—R. W. Spicer, Esq. Shaftesbury— Cotton, Esq. Saffron Walden— Empson, Esq. Hull—T. Thompson, Esq. Leicester—T. Stokes, Esq. Truro—William Warren, Esq. Bodmin—John Cole Grose, Esq., retired draper. Liskeard—Bernard Anstis, Esq. Penzance—Capt. R. L. Davies, R.N. Ives (St.)—Richard Kermick, Esq. Totness—T. Shore, Esq. Dartmouth—Sir John Henry Seale, Bart. . Barnstaple—Gilbert Knill Cotton, Esq. Richmond—C. Croft, Esq. Coventry—Thomas Morris, Esq. Warwick—George Cattell Greenway, Esq. Llanidloes—T. Haywood, Esq. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 13.—The Acheron, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander A. Kennedy, is ordered home from the Mediterranean.—The Devastation, steam-fri gate, Commander Hastings Reginald Henry, ordered to be ready at Woolwich by the 20th instant, is appointed to convey the Rev. Michael Solomon Alexander, who was consecrated, on Sunday last, Bishop of England and Ireland in Jerusalem, to the sea port of Joppo, about 40 miles from the holy city, the scene of his future la bours. The Devastation will remain on the Mediterra nean station. STYX STEAM FRIGATE. The accident which lately happened to the machinery of this vessel has been promptly rectified. A new connecting rod came down from London on Thursday, and was soon adjusted to its place. On Saturday last the Styx left Portsmouth Harbour, at the commencement of the flood tide, and made a trial voyage round the Isle of Wight, perform ing the distance in six hours, against tide nearly the whole way. The engine was found to be in excellent order, and acted most beautifully, making from 18 to 19 revolutions per minute, with a superabundance of steam blowing off; enough for three or tbur more revolutions per minute. Mr. Taplin, the Government engineer, attended the trial, and expressed himself highly satis fied with the result. The speed, by log, was ascer tained to be full ten knots ; that is nearly 114 statute miles per hour—a very excellent speed, when it con sidered that this vessel is of 1,100 tons burthen, and drawing 14ft. 7in. of water at the time, and having engines of only 280-horse power. The breaking of the connecting rod appears to have been entirely accidental, and not through any fault of the machinery. The en gines of the Styx are furnished with apparatus for dis connecting the paddle-wheels; the object of this is to allow the paddle-wheels to run round free when the vessel is under sail, and under which circumstances the engines are required to stand still. It was thought ad visable to put the engine through one or two revolutions with one wheel only, to which the effect as the crank passed the centre, in order to discover the cause of an unusual noise in the working of the engine. For this purpose the starboard wheel was disconnected and se cured by the chains and compresser ; the engines were then started, and, as it appears, with two much steam, which broke adrift the starboard wheel, and the crank coming into contact with the broad part of the connect ing rod, broke it instantly. It is understood to be in contemplation to razee the Melville to a double bank frigate. The number of men victualled last week, at this port, was upwards of 5,300, being a larger number than dur ing any week sicce the peace. We have just received another proof of the value of Grant's. fuel. The coal bunkers of the Albert, which held 18 tons of Grant's fuel, will only stow 16 of coals; and, as these 18 tons are equal to 27 tons of coals, a ship is thus -enabled to keep the sea 27 days, instead of 16 days. Several of the men of war at this port are having Blake's patent fids fitted to their topmasts. Rear-Admiral Griffiths has been appointed the head of a Committee or Commission to inquire into the system of pursers' accounts. We trust that something will be done by this Committee to render a profit certain to pursers of small vessels. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 12.—The Elizabeth and Jane—The Court this day decided against the appli cation on behalf of Mr. King's executors. The particu lars we reported on the 20th September. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 11. The Volcano and Avon steamers have arrived this week from Liverpool, with 220 newly raised men for the Navy ; the latter has taken part of them to Portsmouth, and the Volcano has returned to Liverpool. The Siren, 16, Comman der W. Smith, and Ferret, 10, Lieutenant C. H. La pidge, were paid advance wages on 'the 10th. The Siren takes out Captain Ogle to join the Southampton on the South American station, and afterwards proceeds to China ; the Ferret will proceed the Coast of Africa.—The Cambrian, 36, Captain H. D. Chads, sailed for Bombay, on the Bth, with Lord Ellenborough, Go vernor General of India ; she will proceed from thence to join the China expedition.—The Malabar, 72, Cap tain Sir G. R. Sartorius, was towed into the Sound by the Avon steamer on the 7th.—ln Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Belleisle, and Spartan.—ln the Sound—Ma labar, Siren, and Ferret. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenants—E. S. Sotheby (1836), of the Madagascar, and Wm. M. W. Dmiglas '(1839), to the rank of Commander ; the latter upon 'the hauling down of Commodore Douglas's broad'peltidittit. Mate—B. F. Helpman (1834), senior of the Beagle, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS.—Commander—J: B. Woodthorpe, to the Alfred. Lieutenants—E. Shadwell,. to the Madagascar ;F. Cannon and T. C. Woodman, to the Queen G. Cas well and W. Saumarez, to the Apollo ; John Nepean (1806), to the Peninsular Mail Agency, vice G. L. Wol ley (1820), to Astrea ; G. Snell (1825), to the Hope ; C. W. G. Griffin (1814), to Tyrian ; T. Creser, to Star packet ; W. H. Molyneux and Thomas Ellis, to the Al fred ; Henry Barnard, to the Siren ; John Davies (c), from Wickham revenue cruiser, to be Chief Officer ; Charles Moss, Chief Officer, to the Wickham ; Charles Griffin Clarke, Chief Officer, to the Nimble revenue cr. Pur .ers—W. L. Freeman, to Alfred ; R. M. Jeffery, to the Aigle. Masters—Peter Loney, to the Siren ; G. Heather, to the Apollo ; G. Burney, to the Viper ; W. Blills, t o th e Styx Mr. Pope, to the Illustrious. Surgeon—W. Graham, to the Apollo ;A. Stewart, to the Malabar. Second Masters—Horatio Norway, to the Malabar ; J. Wilkinson , to the North Star ; O'Brien, to th e Sapphire. Chaplain—Rev. G. Austen, to the Queen. Mates—W. G. Herbert, J. Pritchard, L. Place, and G. Williams, to the Queen ; E. J. L. Cooper and G. R. Halliday, to the St. Vincent. Volunteers First Class--Hon. W. Lysaght and E. Daley, to the Queen; James Black, to the Gorgon; J. Armstrong, to the Cyclops; W. S. Jordan, to the Ganges; G. W. Watson, to the Apollo; G. Addison, Edward Couch, and H. Glover t tkiate Queen. Clerks—John Pascoe, to the Belleisle; G. Elkins, to the Queen ; Joseph Hayward, to the Admiral's-office. The following Midshipmen pa . ssed for Lieutenants at the Royal Naval College, on Tuesday :—Mr. Thomas C. R. Gill, late Samarang, and Mr. J. A. H. Boyd, late Castor. Messrs. James Stephen, Frederick H. Need ham, and John Sykes, qualified for naval instructors and schoolmasters. SHIPBUILDING in the ISLE of MAN. When men begin to be pinched in their income, they usually begin to look about to economise it by small savings ; and manufacturers, when trade is bad, turn with an eye of narrow scrutiny to the price of labour and raw material, and weigh the advantages of their position relatively to those of their rivals. The trade. of shipbuilding, for a long time carried on so extensively on the coast of Cumberland, has recently been in a very depressed state ; and we learn from the White haven Herald, that the shipbuilders of that port, and of Workington and Maryport, are looking with an eye of very natural jealousy towards those of the Isle of Man, who, close at their doors, and with all the advantages of British registry, are allowed to build with timber almost duty free, and, consequently, are driving a floe• risbing and increasing trade. On , the motion of Mr. Attwood, some returns have been laid on the table of the House of Common!, of which' the following arc the ,leading particulars :- Ist. That whilst the rate of duty payable in this country is 565. 6d. per load of fiftY cubic feet, the duty actually paid in the Isle of Man from the year 1820 to tile year 1840, has been at the average rate of 4s. 7d. per load, being less than one-twelfth part of the duty pay able by the English shipbuilder. 2d. , That whilst the duty actually paid on wood from foreign parts, imported into the Isle of Man during the aboye period, amounts to 11,771/. 12s. 6d., the same tim ber, if it had been chargeable with the English duty, would have Tealised a revenue of 140,995/. 9s. 5d., show iugja bent* to the shipbuilders and timber merchants of the iSland of 129,223/. 16e. lid. That whilst the duty actually paid upon foreign timber, imported into the island in the year 1840, was 2d., the same timber would, if it had been chargeable with the English duty, have yielded a re venue of 13,2331. 17s. 7d, showing a difference, in one year alone, of 12,0981. 2s. sd. As respects the present state of shipbuilding in the Isle of Man, compared with former years, it is shown by the returns that, during the ten years ending with 1829, the trade had been confined to vessels of small burden; that the vessels built in 1829 amounted to 194 tons, and that the average annual amount of tonnage f o r th e w h o le ten years was 236 i tons, and the average size of the vessels 29k tons. In the year 1830 the building of larger sized vessels appears to have been filtered upon, and in this year we find the amount of tonnage stated at 691 tons. In the year 1831 it had increased to 1.558 tons ; and in the year 1840 it had reached 3,180 tons, being an increase upon the year 1839 of no less than 2,986 tons, or at the rate of 1,540 per cent. nearly. We are far from grudging the poor fishermen of the He of Man the privilege of building their little barks with cheap and good timber ; but it is a very different affair to allow capital'is'ts' from Liverpool and elsewhere to go there and build large ships for the foreign trade on terms with which no other part of the three kingdoms can compete. Some of the finest ships sailed out of the port of Liverpool have been built in the isle of Man ; and we find that in the year 1840 there was paid on timber, which in this port would have been taxed to the extent of 13,242/. a duty of 1,13.5/., of which by far the largest part must have been used in shipbuilding. The island possesses every facility for the successful prosecution of this branch of industry. It lies within sight of the coasts of Lancashire and Cumberland, and shipwrights can be conveyed from the ports of either at a mere trifle of expense. It has, therefore, the less occasion for a bonus of this de scription. The injustice is too manifest to need argu ment. The Isle of Man must be placed on the same footing in this respect as the rest of the empire, or else vessels built in it must forego the advantage of ? British registry. The policy of allowing Manx fishin g -boats any privilege not shared by those of England, Ireland, and Scotland, is extremely questionable. The abuse is no longer an insignificant one ; it demands prompt cor rection. If it be a fact, as we find it stated in the London Shipping and Mercantile Gazelle, that " very many of these vessels built in the Isle of Man have been sold to foreigners at a remune rating price to the builders, and at such a price to the purchasers as has enabled them to oppose successfully, with a lower rate of freights, the owners of vessels built in other parts of Great Britain," it is one which adds very great practical force to the many arguments in favour of a reduction of the duties on tim ber. It is a very strange anomaly that the shipbui!de s should be, as a dams, the one most strongly opposed to the measures of free trade, of which the admission, on low terms of foreign pine and oak, will be a part. This arises principally from two circumstances ; the one, that they are extensive owners of a class of ships trading to British America for timber, and scarcely fit for any other trade ; and the other, that, as ship owners, they fear that, by the cheapening of the raw material, the price of ships should be lowered, and, consequently, their capital in shipping dete-io rated. The apprehension is a very natural one, and we arc far from saying that some of them might not suffer very materially by any sudden and violent change in the timber duties. Though we have no syrnPathy with all the nonsense they talk about "protection," " British interests," " ships, colonies, and commerce," and other hackneyed claptraps, we see very clearly how their interests are likely to he affected, and acknowledge thei they ought not to be lost sight of. But that has nothing to do with the interests of the carpenters, riggers, sailors, and others. engaged in the actual pro duction, whose interest it certainly is that as many ships should be built in the country as possible. and that the raw material shall be as cheap as possible ; and we cannot but deplore the blindness and violence with which the great majority of importers and ship builders oppose a change which, if it be not brought about gradually, will most assuredly -come when, with the emigration of our capital and -artizans to countries where the raw material is untaxed, a still larger portion of this, one of our greatest and peculiarly national ma nufactures, shall have passed into the hands of foreigners. In this respect, as in many others, steam is working wonders. A recurrence to the old code of navigation laws is, for many reasons, impracticable, and steam will very soon do for Hamburgh, Stettin, and Bremin, what it is so rapidly doing for the Isle of Man and the ports of British North America. If we are not to bring our timber to our workmen, the workmen will go to the timber.—Liverpool Journal. UNION WORKHOUSES. A considerable sensation has been created within the last few days in the town of Croydon in consequence of certain facts that have transpired in reference to the treatment of a casual pauper in the Union Workhouse at that place. The following account of the occurrence has been, obtained by .one of our Correspondents, and its correctness may be relied upon. On the Morning of Monday, the Bth instant, a man ap plied to the police station at Croydon for the assistance of the police. He appeared to be very excited, his nose and face were cut and bruised, his clothes were hanging in shreds about his person, And it was evident that he had been treated with very great violence from the character of the complaint he made. Collier, the Inspector on duty, advised him to go at once to the Town-hall, as a Magistrate was then sitting, and make the complaint to him, and take his advice upon the subject. Ile accord ingly went, accompanied by the Inspector, to the Town hall, where lie made a statement to the following effect, to the presiding Magistrate, Mr. Currie. The man said that being on his road home lie had made application as a casual pauper to the workhouse, and he was admitted and placed in the usual ward ap propriated for the reception of casual paupers, and re ceived the allowance of food with the others. In the morning, shortly before he was about to leave the work house to proceed on his journey, he was told that before he left the !tense he must have his hair cut off. He objected to this being done, when lie was told that it was of no use to make any objection, for that it was a regu lation of the workhouse that it .should be done, and that they would - do it by force if he did not consent. He again begged them to allow' him to leav4 the house, but they refused, and, he: was at length seized by so me personi belonging to the workhouse, who forced him into a chair, and; in spite of his resistance, his hair was cut, and he was then turned out. During the struggle his no se was cut, his face was burned, and his clothes were torn nearly off his back, It wasst aunnedeerotrhetsheecistricaugmis: sought redres s foror the as assault the si and ill usage he htsrtall A nte l "c r e . tees C otih u ov r abed r tt ie hi en asked the applicant, whether, when he was admitted into the workhouse on the over-night, any thing was said to him about having his h a i r cu t ? The man replied th a t nothing was said to him upon the subject ; and it was only in the morning, shortly before he was going to leave, that he was told his hair must be cut. In answer to further questions, it appeared that the been a e s n nut‘l, working rk i what ng n ii i l a t y i e be termed a regular vagrant. lle man had home, where he was 1. b ‘ a. v ec. o et r a k beci i ri N oi i : t h masters who country, and was on his way being fearful that if his ü bi t la tl b i f e oorr e em x e p r e ly ctation of obtaining gao., that they employed him, and cropped performed. m a ed . 1 the appearance_of having would scruple to give tinil employment, he was induced the more to resist the Mr. CURRIE, having heard the man's statem ent, and made furth e r i nqu i r i es , expressed his opinion that the matter was a fit subject for further inquiry • and if the story told by the applicant was correct, he had been very improperly treated, and he directed that amessage should be sent to the master of the workhouse requesting his attendance, in order that he might give some explanation of the conduct that had beenpursu ed towards the applicant. Accordingly, soon afterwards M r. Andrews, the Clerk to the Board of Guardians, acco mpanied by som e of the guardians and the master of the workhouse, came to the Town-hall, and the nature of the complaint made by the applicant was stated to them. In answer to the sta tement, the explanation gi ven was, that it was one of the regulations of the work house that, for the preservation of cleanliness in the workhouse, all cas ual paupers admitt for a night shoul h ave their hair cut, but, owing t ed o its being 6undayd evening when this man. was let in, the party who generally performed the office was not in attend ance, and, in consequence, the man was placed in the usual ward without his hair being cut, and when ROM MO RNINa` SUN he was told' hi the morning that he must submit to the operation,- in accordance with the regulations of the workhouse, he became very violent, and drew a knife, and threatened to stab any one who laid hold of him, and it was necessary to use violence, but no more was exercised than was required to enable the parties to per form the operation ; and the applicant received the in juries of which he complained in consequence of his own violence. The master of the workhouse said that some times a great number of paupers were admitted of a night, and it was absolutely necessary that the regulation referred to should be put in force. Mr. CURIAE inquired whether the regulation referred to was not to the effect that the hair should be cut upon the admission of the party. It was admitted that the regulation was to that effect. Mr. CURRIE then observed, that he could very well 'understand why the operation should be performed when a pauper was admitted to the workhouse, but it was a very different thing to do it by force on the morning, and he thought such a proceeding was very improper. The man had been taken into the workhouse and in order for the regulation to have been of any avail, that was the time at which it should have been put in force, and it was quite useless after the man had been all night in the workhouse, and when he was about to leave it, to carry it into effect, especially in such a violent manner. After some further discussion the parties retired, and the Magistrate intimated that he should feel it his duty to bring the matter before the Board of Guardians ; and here the matter rests for the present, but it is understood that some further proceedings will be taken in reference 1 to it. CORONER'S INQUEST. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. G. BENNETT.---On Sa turday afternoon a respectable:Jury was empaneelled before Mr. Baker, at the Birdcage Tavern, Birdcage.. walk, Bethnal-green, to is quire respecting the death of Mr. G. Bennett, aged 64, which occurred under the awfully sudden circumstances subsequently detailed. The deceased, who had travelled as a missionary into the interior of Africa with the Rev. Mr. Tyerman, M.A., and through many other unenlightened portions of the world, was a member of the Religious Tract So. ciety, and a liberal subscriber towards various other religious and scientific institutions. Several gentlemen connected with the Religious Tract Society were present. Mr. G. M. Searle, No. 11, Grove-place, Hackney, said that deceased resided in the same house. He was a single man, and was always in perfect health. He breakfasted with witness that morning between seven and eight o'clock, and had a cup of coffee and a slice of bread and butter. He made no complaint, and shortly after left to attend to his occasional duties in town. He was never in business, but bad .a coasiderable•indepen dent property. In answer to a Juror the witness stated that the deceased was a most abstemious man. He never partook of fermented liquors.. Smith Robinson, a labourer, residing in Morning lane, said, at a little past eight o'clock that morning he observed the deceased before him in the Birdcage-walk, walking slowly. He suddenly stopped, and tried to support himself by his umbrella, which was in his right hand. Witness was in time to support him for a minute, when be fell. He was taken to the Birdcage, where he was seen by a surgeon, who found deceased dead. Mr. JoneF, landlord of the Birdcage, produced de ceased's property found on him, which consisted of a 5/. note, 61. 10s. in gold, a gell watch, chain, &c. He stated that Mr. Wallts's assistant saw deceased, and said that he died in a fit of apoplexy. Deceased's name and address was on his umbrella. Mr. Oakley, deceased's nephew and executor, and who inherits his property, sa'd that the gold watch de ceased had with him all round the world. He also kid before the Jury a manuscript note, written by the de ceased that morning, and which he (Mr. Oakley) stated referred to a manuscript which bad been presented to the Religious Tract Society, and which bad been sub mitted to him for his judgment. Mr. Searle, see., stated that the deceased officiated at family prayers that morning, as was his custom, and that there was no appearance of any change in him. The Coroner observed, that, from the suddenness of the death, it was likely that the deceased died of a rupture of a blood-vessel of the heart. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." Her Majesty has just presented the liberal do nation of 5001. towards the funds now being raised by subscription amongst (Id Etonians, and others who feel an interest in the institution, for effecting several ex tensive projected improvements at Eton College. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has also presented to the Committee the sum of 1001. The subscriptions.amount o very little short of 10.000 E AN 02JECTION UPSET.—WhiIi some beau tifully-made wheelbarrows were placed before the Prince Royal, one of - the Persian noVemen (who always affected to despise European improvements) said,—"'Phis is all very well, but it will consume a considerable time to empty these wheelbarrows." Sir James Sutherland said to him, " Indeed, Sir, it will not ; and if you will on) , get into the wheelbarrow I will show you-it will not." The Prince insisted on making the experiment. Sir Jathes trundled him away at a quick rate ; and, ap proaching a muddy part of the square, he gave the wheel barrow a cant, and to the great entertainment of the Prince and spectators, turned the Persian Khan into the • mud.—Bridge's Mission to Persia. - DEPLORABLE POVERTY.—TIC rector of West Hackney has offered his parishioners the benefit of an evening service on Sunday, if they will furnish the means of lighting the church. There is 0) Church-rate to meet this expense ; and it is understood that out of a congregation of 1,000 persons, many of them till now supposed to be wealthy, a candle fund cannot be raised RAILWAY CLERKS.. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—We are most gratified to learn that the Di rectors of the Great Western Railway Company have very handsomely raised the salaries of the clerks along their line. Both the leading Companies, the Birmingham and the Great Western, stand high for the character of their officers, and the liberality of their establishments . , and it is by feelings of good will being cultivated, both on the part of the employers and the employed, that this reputation is to be maintained.—Railway Magazine. GAVRIGAN MINE —A correspondent informs us that a very rich lode of tin has been cut in this mine, near the Indian Queens.—Cornwall Advertiser. DESCRIPTION OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ARDAGH.—Ardagh Cathedral, which is already in a state of great forwardness, will be of the purest Greek!). architecture, and entirely built of the very finest cut stone, joined throughout with sheets of lead. Its front will exhibit six magnificent lonic columns, enclosing a spacious portico. The tower (nearly two hundred feet high) will be partly composed of alternate tiers of Co rinthian pillars. The interior will be divided into - three aisles ; will contain seven marble altars ; and the roof will be supported by twenty-six lofty lonic columns of polished variegated marble. Its site is the town of Longford, the very centre of the diocese, and of Ireland. It will be dedicated in honour of St. Mel, first Bishop of this ancient see, and nephew of St. Patrick, by whom, at the very commencement of his apostleship, he was con secrated, in the same parish where the Cathedral now stands. For the last three hundred years, a Catholic church of this splendour would not have been tolerated in Ireland ; nor indeed had the Catholics up to the pre sent adequate means, nor were they in sufficient numbers in Ardagh, to accomplish so glorious an undertaking. When finished, it will be the chastest, most extensive, and most eleput church of modern tunes, in any part of the United Kingdom.—Dublin Evening Post. AIDS TO AMATEUR STOCK ROBBERS.—A singular publication has just made its appearance in Paris ap rthe completes." T hVshape explains Ope r t Operations n t s o of th t e h e uninitiated Bourse at of oo t ffsifiloieeusre., pocket volumes, compri:ia,g the meaning of bargains for the Account, anti time bargains, as well as the different modes of speculating. The second passes in review all the French and foreign public funds, which are negotiated at the Bourse of Paris, the "Temple of Mercury" (or thieving), as the Cliarivari calls it. The third is devoted to a treatise on money, and the various European exchanges; and the fourth comprises calculations made expressly for all descriptions of monetary operations which can take p la c e in the public funds. The whole (say the publishers), comprises an invaluable ensemble of useful and instructive " notions" explanatory of the puzzling tables which 4 P" pear in.the daily papers. learn is' below the THE POTATOE CROPS.—We regre t ; w that throughout Wales the potatoe crop S ' i! f -the country average. In some of the earlier no the long continuance of wet weatilerti"9 being taken up, and large quantities , other parts of the ze ; be rer e e n nt i elth d e t i o r have rotted "in the ground ; countrY 'they have failed to a no Carnarvon Herald. MAID.--Mrs, Sarah. AN ECCENTRIC insiderable extent.— Bedwell, spinster, at Woadbri„ 'housekeeper to Mrs. aged 90. OLD. stre died on the 15th ult., e l n n a tin canister were found more considerable property. cash in the bank, and reortgeges h"e'aesp formerl y urou habits had accumulated Doughty, and by than 70 sovereigns,while 25 silk gowns, four dozen da mask7s chemises, 30 bonnets, fi and a chest o bed-clothes ; and yet table-cloths, . amounting to about 1.r,000/. She had in her possession she expired covered with mere ) a piece of old carpet, Sunday 'I imes. without a nightcap.— H OP INTELLIGENCE. —WORCEST ER , Noy. d ema nd for New Hops continues steady, and 12.—The prices • arc firm as last quoted. The supplies from the p l an t e rs are got very small Duty expected to be k nown in a fortnight. Weighed o n Saturda y l ast , new, 335; and old, 85; and 205 new , a nd twelve old pockets in the week. We understand that Sir James Graham, after the fullest consideration, felt himself bound to reject the appeals made for a commutation in the case of the con vict Up to a late hour on Saturd ay no ire prieve had been dispatched from the Home - office, li Mr , at tt e desire Lill y ' t ofle Queen' s nurse, was, her Maj esty, appointed some to a landing waitership in the port of London. t l i e n : c ott ba ofr NEW •Bislior s PAL A CE.--I t is believed that St. Albans Abbey will be made the Cathedral of the new See, when the contemplated alterations take place in the diocese of London ; and that Barrington Hall, at Hat &inroad Oak, will be converted into the new Bishop's -Palace. THE MARCHIONESS DE BROGLIO SOLARI. - —We take this opportunity of info rm ing our readers that the noble family of the Marchioness are natives of " Astia in Piedmont," and have no relationship with the family Solari, of the "Reviera de Genova,' men tioned in the affair of tho Exchequer bills. The stock broker now alluded to, some time -since was the ex hibitor of_ a painting of the travels of Queen Caroline in the Holy Land.—Brit Queen. _~,~.` ~ ,