The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-03 00:00:00

MORNING SUN LITERATURE. UNITED SERVIdE JOURNAL. No. CL VII. Lord A nson ' s Cruise i n the Ch i na S eas i s pur -Bled in this M on th' s N um b er , and we meet with t he spirit e d d etails of his capture of a richly laden ,?Panisli galleon, whose immense treasure of sil ;he r a - d merchandise was afterwards drawn through London,in thirty waggons. His gallant an P , the Centurion, in which he performed this other exploits, was broken up, but her n-head " was rescue d. Th e hi s t or y of this relic of the ship an d C o mmodore that sailed r ound the world, in its recent topographical mu tations• ~.Is curious u 1 - 's "lion -head " was first placed on a pedestal in the ', a : 4 ' of a littl e i nn adjoining Goodwood Park, near Chi - N ester, with this inscription't— Stay, traveller, awhile, and view One who has travelled more than you: Quite round the globe, through each degree, Anson and I have ploughed the sea ; Torrid and frigid zones have past 'end —safe ashore arrived at last — In ease with dignity appear, The i n t h e H ouse of Lords, I h ere. • 2 ,, ihe late worthy Sea-King, William IV., accidentally this venerable relic, requested it of the Duke of le nond, and er ec t e d it at the head of the grand stair (Ja' Se at Windsor Castle, that most noble regal abode. r , this exaltati on , the aid of the " triple-trine" was a6ain invoked, and thus ran the numbers t Such was this travelled lion's boast; Contented with his humbler post, While Anson sat in lordly state, To hear his brother lords debate. lint travelled now to Windsor's dome, The lion boasts a prouder home, / ,\,hich our br ave S a ilor-King affords, • r- Lnan Anson in the House of Lords. 01; t was, h owever, f ate d t h at t h e trave l s o f thi s r a mpant teet were not yet at a close ; for an influential courtier 4,i l : e ting that a monster standing sixteen feet high, was lit tahle to the other palace videnda, his Majesty, re tkete ft to place it where it would be undeniably in cba )ihere sent it to the admirable sea-asylum at Greenwich, h appropriately decorates a department which, Ve the transfer was made, has been called Anson's ard. p os 4 British C o lo n ies considered as Military tbs the the actual strength of the islands fr o :e west from their past history rather than ”i ittn th e i r present esta b l i s h ment an d position ; retain the C ar ibb ees , B ar b a d oes , " the little of the West," is regarded by the writer e best co l on i a l acquisition possessed by us e ons l ese parts, for, ever since its first colonization, 4$ tant communication and reciprocation of good f ort e e.s has been kept up with England, and as a d ur . it holds a mos t prominent place. "Syria g the Campai gn against Mehemet Ali," t o ,wits the m oun t a i n range of Lebanon, re ari;ill4.ed of old f or i ts v i o l s an d vines, happiness of i f elicity, as now existing, under the remnant at , is few cedars, " in a more wretched state than tv 3 ; °,ther part of Syria ;" "late intelligence, how pror? from that country, adds the writer, " now t:es that, for the future, neither Turk nor (I.3lPtian can successfully misrule there." T HE JOURNAL OF THE WORKING CLASSES. Ir • Painter, of the Strand, has commenced e? Pablication of The Journal of the Working aBBeB in great penny as numbers. It is a production of pretence; bed, as is avowed, on profit and itigtriotism. It seeks the former by endeavour cl!' through the help ' of subscribing gentry and li tn r gY to undermine the present unstamped pub 4a7rs for the working classes, describing them bad .;;ownright poisonous or very husky and o,„• , and it displays the latter by an ill-dis to - eu attempt to reconcile the working classes d eteriorated condition, and to exalt the It er . i ts and increase the rewards of the clergy. Diar t so tnewhat tersely and at the same time th: 4 _ 'Y written, but while it pretends to benefit w°r king classes, its palpable object is to en duty Against such a publication it is our Lo guard the p eo pl e . Ie first c h arge, of seeking profit by the help o f by g L in g for aid an d d e p rec i a ti ng r i va l s , i s p rove d th e `,"e words w e h ave a l rea d y quo t e d, an d by 'allowing lithographic circular : h JOURNAL OF THE WORKING CLASSES. ie ets v .- A perusal of the enclosed will explain the ob- Cl asQ "Id design s of the " Journal of the Working hu t ,: , t , " It is desirable that it should be circulated by Plisb e - d e "' of thousands ; but this cannot be accom elerg w ithout the assistance of the nobility, gentry, th,r2:!,and the Editors of the periodical press. To and tbteuerefore, the conductors look for prompt help, PatriPatriot doubtless, the result will be such as tru_ ots b ad s and philanthropists must desire. The efforts ilr o ts f of th e jt e ss must be met by the yet more zealots . eff ros. P e ritY, u.n e a 4 P good press. The peace, happiness, P w at stak, -- established institutions of the country are no other r5l eirei:l 49 be sentially.promoted by a gene tlaStslZl ° this l u e r s nal among theworking and all '4 49 , ai n Sir, your obedient servant, if irle Se W. E. PAINTER. -- Seek ---‘‘ and more important charge—that terior s to r econcile the working classes to a de it pr ated condition, and exalts the merits, while lye ,PPoses to increase the means of the parsons, 4 0 81 ' 0 1 justify by these passages—we shall en 'Tour to establish. The third Number treats of " The people, final their duties in bad ti mes ," an d i n t hi s we qll . l the followi!ig passage . : Secondly, it is, the duty of " the people," in bad times, hatchpossible, and as far as may be, to econom i se. y v . us as in tentions e this word kindly, and with the most friendly 1 ; but we must speak out, or our Journal would ; useless. Now, let us give two examples of what . e working man has been used, when in constant work , a n re ce w quantity frig tolerably good wages, to have a certain yof bread for himself and family. Suddenly h i s bfade gets bad, his wages are awfully less, and he is em "a'ssed bow to live. If the poor sufferer persists in 1 2ing• the same amount of bread as he did when pro . - 417 115 , be will spend all his money in bread. This will st r c ) . B i read s undoubtedly the most wholesome and iu en g th ening food ; but when bread cannot be bought be: lich l arge quantities as before, for the younger mem- t, tt : of the f am il y, potatoes must b e use d as i ts substi (l44,_ We know that the t o late Mr. Cobbett had a great Potatoes, and always wrote for broad and meat. thev°uld we too, if bread and meat could be obtained by hie Poor in bad times ; but it is just because bread and p oo 4 ,, t i are always dear in bad times, that we say to the te o r , in such times—let, at any rate, your children eat more potatoes. And it is a singular fact, btit one to Yeea truth of 'which we can pledge ourselves, ,that every 41 1 4 1 1 ' ll France, potatoes are eaten in greater quantities, tlere ditre, but now asingly liked and relished. , About forty years pi gs potatoes, in France, were looked upon as food for the French eat potatoes in nearly twenty being forms, cooking thorn in all imaginable ways, and g fond of them in every one. be d n o t he Fourth Number, entitled, " What is to 1 . 1 ,e for the INloinent," there occurs :- I °ll4 4 e se Persons can do good on a large scale ; their tt re b - ,: s are sufficient to enable them 'to do so, and they the 4 D ,,,, - "liarly called on to inquire into the conditi . on of V 0 7, - ; l. ' They can found schools ; erect d!s . trect j9PPort c :,....stablish dispensaries and lying-in charities ,P 9B , f o ,i'llan asylums p ; provide institutions for found or)„,„ t he blind, for the deaf and dumb, and for the al l thi s : '' ' 11 : 411 d unhealthy. Thank God, they have done creat our own glorious land, but they have far Point than even these to perform, and we shall Yeai ot o ,j," some of them. First, to become better ac them in - " With the working classes • secondly, to visit m not om frequently ; thirdly, to 'learn their statistics wa E .„ r aerely of their numbers, but of their labour, tht4O - ' f ood, child ren , and wants ; fourthly, to take t hem tit of the hands of bad instructors, and to give Iri 1/ tl i l s :p . id useful books and other publications.,, p ui. , t; Fifth Number, in which the effect of po res P e b " u. Z. 11311 national prosperity is sadly misre weal:eu,a `•little man, dressed in black, with ti tln v °ice, but always listened to with atten a v 1n 4 ,1 1 meaningmeaningparson, is made the vehicle of te eo l 4 l Politi ca r Nis - dorn, - and, at the same time, Il lends emigration for the working people. Ver e r ecommendations first quoted wo uld be rta~ei if they were coupled withano another, but butto ascertain the cause of the bad times_ great care is taken to circulate sub is • is ar ; 1 ") and to fall back on potatoes when bread Aut -are.. , there is not one word said about the 104 of the people to inquire why the " times . Re a a d." They want bread. The Journal, %l eo._ d of informing them how they may get Urea d, , lowLinsels them to eat potatoes. Before they fol br ea s a ll ,eh advice, they should ask why they want and if unsatisfied by such vague words lts if f l a t' times," and " suddenly trade gets bad," Pe rf 'ese phenomena were wholly inexplicable, ti„,. e et miracles not to be inquired into nor ex ... 1 4., r ead '?) they should discoVer that it is because •ha ' 8 kept from them by certain pretended ,actors, then it is their first duty to insist on th e r t allowed to have bread, or to put an end, if Wi t Van, to the au th or it y o f th ose who persist in fret,.. l l , l ding bread from them. When trade is en no bread can b e go t, it w ill b e th e i r d u ty t o a wl Pa rt • L back on potatoes, and not before, f ro le nlarly- while those who withhold bread 4 ,7 them live on the fat of the land. Journal for the Working Classes con ' ( j et "' itself with recommending submission to etioration, without an inquiry into the means 1111Provement. In truth, its object is the by oer itl eal one of beguiling the working classes, • Y di s M ein P aYing a simulated desire to benefit ' I nto of sew patience in their present condition er e slavery. o 4 e singl y ?r the Journal is partial and unjust. .ri7 instance %vitt : Is the selfish manufacturing teacher will declare, th e blusking, th at G reat B r i ta i n owes everything to etlitueut ?Inst rls and spinni ng j enn i es ; an d th e ignorant agil bow teacher will insist that manufactures are and th a t t h e so il of the country i s exclusivei y th so urce of it s wea l th and happiness. So sometimes the iti f tinuf acturing poor ar e induced to cry, " Down with, Ik arrn er B ;" and the agr i cu lt ura l poor t o ex claim, l l'vn with th e manufacturers. " t i 0 o wn with f oresta l lers we have heard, b ut • wn with the farmers, is a cry unknown to us. It has certainly never been countenanced, and we believe never uttered in the manufacturing districts. Down with the manufacturers, so ciety can do without them, has been asserted in grave Journals, and those same Journals have falsely accused the manufacturers of wishing to injure the farmers. They have converted their false accusation into an actual fact on the part of the manufactwers, who have all along de clared that they ask for justice, and they believe that justice will be as beneficial to the farmers as the manufacturers. This Journal of the Worhiny Classes is, therefore, a false book, it is not based on truth, it is got up for a pur pose,—it is a hypocritical Journal, which seeks, in the guise of a friend, to perpetuate the pre sent political degradation of the millons, and render it permanent and greater. To the work ing men we say, be warned against the insidious poison. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRI- CULTURE. No. LV. A large portion of this part is filled with an account of the great meeting of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, held at Berwick-upon-Tweed this autumn. it was the most memorable held in that part of the country, and the Editor, therefore, has considered it only an act of justice to make it a prominent feature in the Journal. Besides this there are two valu able papers—one furnishing a history of insects most injurious to vegetables and animals, and the means best calculated to counteract their ra vages (a subject every way interesting to the farmer), and the other is a statistical treatise on the health of the labouring population of the dis trict of Kelso, in the county of Roxburgh. it appears to have been compiled with great care, and affords some most favourable results. Dr. Wilson, the author, thus states his plan and objects : It is my intention, in the following observations, to enter into an examination, as detailed as my materials will permit, of what has been the state of health of the labouring population of the town of Kelso and its adjoin ing district ; and for this purpose I have selected two distinct and somewhat distant periods as the limits of my inquiry. For the first period, I have chosen the ten years from the close of the month of November, 1777, till near the termination of 1787; so that the end of this term is removed upwards of half a century from the time at which I write. For the second period, I have selected the ten years following the month of October, 1829 thus allowing, if I may so speak, a veil to rest over a space of upwards of forty years, and lifting it up to re- sume the inquiry at a time when a new generation has come upon the scene, occupying the same locality, but under circumstances which have, in many respects, un dergone a material change. Briefly to note the nature of this change, to contrast the prevailing diseases of each period, to mark the varying causes and rates of mor tality, and to estimate the comparative duration of life, will form the principal objects of my investigations. The article, though of great length, will be read with interest by all those who are anxious to better the condition of the agricultural popu lation. SINGULAR DISCOVERY.-A poor boy was engaged last week in removing a stock of old clothes from a pawnbroker's repository, in Coventry, preparatory to public sale, when his curiosity was excited from the antiquated shapes of the cast-offs to examine the pockets of each, which he did very minutely ; bul , after great numbers had passed the ordeal: he was about to abandon the speculative task, when he felt an unusual substance in the breast of an old top coat, which awakened his suspicion that some valuable document might be concealed beneath the lining ; he accordingly placed a mark upon the coat, by which it might be iden tified at the time of sale, and acquainted a friend with the circumstance, who purchased the lot in which the coat was included for a very trifling sum. Im mediately on reaching home they commenced opera tions in search of the fondly anticipated prize, and which was, in a great measure, realized, for underneath the lining were deposited a variety of papers, very neatly folded together, amongst which were four country bank notes of 1/. each ; a bank post-bill, value 251., bearing date 20th of June, 1815 ; a cancelled check on Wyatt's old bank at Coventry, together with several memoran dums, valuable only to the original possessor, who, no doubt, has long since paid the debt of nature ; the name of H. or W. Butterworth is barely legible on most of the papers. FALMOUTH, Nov. 29.—1 t has blown tremen dously here to-day from the south and west, with in cessant and heavy rain. Her Majesty's packet Crane, Lieut. Hill, with mails from the West Indies, arrived during the afternoon, bringing dates from Barbadoes to the 28th of October, Jamaica 2d, and St. Thomas's 7th of November, with a freight of about 8,000 dollars and fourteen passengers—no news. Her Majesty's packet Sheldrake, sailed from St. Thomas's on the 6th inst., the day previously to the Crane, and therefore may be hourly looked for. The Montrose steamer, with mails for the Peninsula, left at noon, but in consequence of the tempestuous weather and heavy sea experienced on opening the Lizard, was compelled to return to port, and will now await a favourable change. Her Majesty's packet Express, from Mexico, may also be momentarily expected up. The Courrier de Lyons relates that a person of property, in the Commune of Saint-Chef, in repairing the foundation wall, has discovered at the depth of about 13 feet below the surface an antique mosaic, about S feet in breadth, 4 feet in height, representing Ganymede borne away by the Eagle of Jupiter. It is said to be of the finest execution, and in perfect preservation. GREEN PARK LODGE.—The sale of the effects of the late Lady'Wm. Gordon was commenced on Wednes day by Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis, preparatory to the demolition of the edifice by order of the Woods and Forests. The green dining-room, where the sale took place, was crowded to excess, and a party of the C division of police attended by direction of Superinten dent Baker, to protect the company from the depreda tions of the swell mob, of whom several sought ad mittance. MORE NEW TORY MAGISTRATES.—Our readers will be astonished to learn that the Tory Go vernment, with which we are at present blessed, have appointed a batch of eight Tory Magistrates for New castle. We wanted no new Magistrates. We had already fourteen, who were in all respects efficient ; and now we have twenty-two, where the town was formerly consi dered well governed by about twelve. The same ar rangement has taken place, or is about to take place, at Hull, Worcester, Liverpool, and, we understand, at almost every great town in the kingdom. What can be the meaning of this we cannot guess, except it be to give us Tory after Tory, in one office or another, till the coun try is overpoWered by a perfect nightmare of Toryism— till we may be rough-ridden at the pleasure of, hitherto the most useless, and perhaps it may turn out to be the most tyrannical, of all British Governments. There were no vacancies to supply—there was no necessity for new Magistrates—except, indeed, it were desired, as a friend facetiously observed, to make the Bench into an auxiliary police force, for which, in point of numbers, it seems pretty well adapted.— Tyne Mercury. ARUNDEL.--The liabilities of the Arundel banking house of Hopkins and Drewitt are supposed to exceed 100,0001. The greatest consternation prevailed in this town and neighbourhood immediately that the event became known ; and a partial run on the bank of Henty and Co. was the consequence. During the day a well attended meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held at the Town Hall, at which a resolution was unanimously passed of perfect confidence in the banks of Henty and Co., at this town and other places, and of the intention of those present to continue taking the notes of the firm as heretofore. It is consolatory to add that the above stoppage is said to be owing to a disagreement between the partners of the bank, arising out of a complaint by the junior partner (who is not an acting one) that the senior had engaged in a transaction which had not come legitimately within the business of the bask. The firm has caused a notice to be posted to the following effect : " Messrs. Hopkins and Drewitt earnestly request that their creditors will meet them to-morrow (Wednesday), at two o'clock, at the Norfolk Arms,"—from which it is inferred that Messrs. Hopkins and Drewitt are in a situaz tion to communicate a tolerably favourable account of the state of their affairs ; indeed, the general impression seems to be that the estate will pay well, if not in full. The inconvenience, however, which it will occasion, and the effect which it is producing upon business, are very considerable.—Brighton Gazette. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF TEN LIVES During the heavy gale of Wednesday morning, the 24th ult., about four o'clock, A.M., the schooner James Cooke, of Limerick, bound from Sligo to Glasgow, with oats, &c., struck on the Glashedy Rock, in the bay on the west side of Malinhead, and immediately went to pieces. The master and nine of the crew were unfortunately lost. One man, James Fitzgerald, was providentially saved, being cast upon the above-mentioned rock, where he re mained till Thursday, the weather being too rough, on Wednesday, to allow a boat to venture out to his rescue. At daylight on Thursday morning, the weather being more moderate, the Dunaff Coast Guard's galley and a number of country boats put off to the island, and the survivor was brought ashore in a very emaciated and ex hausted state. The Coast Guard officers and constabulary are protecting the wreck, but nothing has come ashore ex cept a part of the two lower masts, and some of the bul warks, hatches, and broken spars.—Derry Sentinel. DEATH OF LADY ANNE BERESFORD.— We regret to announce the death of Lady Anne Beres ford, which took place, after a short illness, in Har court-street, on Saturday.. Her Ladyship (who was in her sixty-first year) was sister to the Lord Primate, and aunt the ort M n o a r w q u the Romi sh party in has sf W. -Dub/mPaper. Dublin have resolved to constitute Mr. O'Connell per manent Lord Mayor, there being, itßiilsl alleged, i n th o e pr r o e : vision in the Municipal Reform after year. election of the same party to that office, year —.Dublin Evening Mail. THEjoining SUSSEX the SU riverssSin Lv this EcEouLnSt.y--arAe flooded d lowlands x extent scarcely ever before witnessed, rendering the roads in many places nearly impassable. The water on the Ouse levels has risen to a terrific extent ; and, in addition to a large quantity o f timber being washed down the r i ver , it i s rumoured that Isfield bridge has been carried away by the force of the current. At Lewes the waters of the Ouse are out to a greater depth than in 1814, when the floods were higher than was ever before remembered. The basements of several houses in the lower part of the town, adjoining the river, are flooded, and considerable damage has already ac crued. NORTHERN AN ii EASTERN RAIL- WAY COMPANY. A special General Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held yesterday afternoon, pursuant to ad vertisement, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of empowering the Directors to borrow a sum of money not exceeding the sum of 240,0001. WILLIAM CRAWSHAY, Esq., took the Chair, and called upon the Secretary to read the advertisement, together with the clause in the Act of Parliament, empowering the Company to borrow money. The Act of Parliament stated that the Company could not be in a position to borrow money until the sum of 360,0001. had been paid up by the Shareholderv. The CHAIRMAN said this clause of the Act had been complied with, and with the permission of the meeting he would read a motion empowering the Directors to borrow the further sum of 240,0001., which would be proposed and seconded for the adoption of the meeting. lie then read a motion to the effect that the Company required the further sum of 240,000 L, and that the meet ing thereby authorises the Directors to raise such sum. Mr. BRADSHAW proposed that the resolution read should be adopted. He had no doubt it would receive the sanction of the meeting, as it would relieve them from further calls at present. Mr. llowE, in seconding the motion, begged to ask an explanation from the Chairman with respect to what had fallen from Mr. Bradshaw, when he said that the meeting empowering the Directors to raise this sum would relieve the Shareholders from further calls ? . . Mr. BRADSHAW said that perhaps he was wrong in the expression. The CHAIRMAN said it would relieve the Shareholders from immediate calls, provided they had the debentures in time. Mr. RowE said that, if it would not be irregular, he should like to ask what were the prospects of the Railway ? The CUAIRMAN could assure them it would yield a fair remuneration. Mr. RowE would ask how the 240,0001. were to be paid, whether it would be by calls upon the shares? The CHAIRMAN said the already paid-up calls would meet that amount. Mr. ROWE asked whether the money now to be raised would be applied to the payment of any debt ? The CHAIRMAN said it would be first applied to the works between Spelbrooke and Hartford. In his opinion that would leave money enough without making a further call. A PROPRIETOR asked whether the money would be applied to complete the railway between Brookemoor and litirtford ? The CHAIRMAN said he had no hesitation in saying that if the 240,0001. were raised, that the Ware branch would be once completed. Mr. VizzARD inquired how many calls on each share remained unpaid? The CHAIRMAN said he could not tell without taking them out. _ The SECRETARY said that 1,200 shares were paid up n full. Mr. VIZZARD said he wished to know how many were ,n arrear ? The CHAIRMAN said, if he referred to the last meeting to the account of the forfeitures, he would at once see the amount. In answer to a question from a Proprietor, The SECRETARY said that there were 9,052 501. shares in the Company at present. Mr. VIZZARD asked if the calls were all paid up upon those shares? The CHAIRMAN said the actual amount of arrears was only 3,0001., and at the last meeting there were only 50 shares in a state of forfeiture. Mr. ROWE wished to ask if the Hartford and Weare branch would be completed with this 240,0001., or whether it would be necessary to make a further call on the 151. which were yet remaining on each share? The CHAIRMAN said they expected to require the sum for the line of 720,0001. The ENGINEER said it would require 35,0001. in addi tion to go to Ware, and 20,0001. to Hartford, making in the whole 775,0001. The CHAIRMAN said 360,0001. had been raised by calls, 24,0001. they were then borrowing, and they would then require 175,000/., which would be raised by calls on the 15/. per share yet remaining. Mr. VIZZARD inquired how many Shareholders were liable to contribute to that sum ? The CHAIRMAN-9,052 50/. shares. Mr. ROWE said he thought that more money would be required, as they must remember 1,200 full paid-up shares must be deducted, from the 9,052. The CHAIRMAN said they had 25,000 forfeited shares. Mr. ROWE was glad to hear it. The CHAIRMAN said that when another budget came out they would bring out theirs, which would be in Fe bruary next.—(A laugh.) He hoped they would on the Ist of March see the railway finished. Mr. SMALL said he hoped the Company would not adopt the principle of raising the fares; he thought they had done great injury to themselves by so doing. He had heard complaints innumerable ; in fact he had heard that no less than forty gentlemen had combined to start an omnibus, determining never to go by this railway again. He thought the best principle was to keep down the prices. In consequence of the high rates the coaches were doing its well as before the railway was started. The CHAIRMAN said he perfectly agreed with what had fallen from the last speaker, but the high rates were tried as an experiment. It did not meet the views of all the Directors, but it was, of course, carried by a ma jority. The experiment ,had one good effect, that of showing the Eastern :Company Railway that the more this railway increased its traffic the more advantageous it was to the Eastern Company ,and he hoped it would ultimately induce , them to red uce the toll. A long discussion then arose on the propriety of taking the third class carriages off the line and reducing the fares. The CHAIRMAN said they had reduced the number of third class carriages, as gentlemen were so much in the habit of travelling by them. A PROPRIETOR said they had to consult the interest of the Company before the public. The CHAIRMAN said he should never consider a rail way perfected until they had a dozen or two of sweeps, so that every one who was dressed like a gentleman, and took a third class place, should immediately have a soot bag placed next to him.—(Hear.) Mr. ERAITHWATE said there were many gentlemen in offices in London, and elsewhere, who were Obliged to dress well, but yet sixpence every clay was an object with them. It would half pay many of their rents. The CHAIRMAN said they could travel as cheaply now, as before the railway was opened. A PROPRIETOR said it was no such thing. The omni bus fare from Edmonton and Tottenham was only Is., while the railway fare was ls. 6d. A PROPRIETOR said it was a good proof of the pros spects of the railway, and the good principle of the pre sent prices, that so many gentlemeu complained about it. A SHAREHOLDER said, in answer to that, he begged to refer them to the diminution of the number of pas sengers by the third class trains, which used to carry 65 per week, and now the average was about 15. After a very desultory discussion the subject dropped. The original motion was then put and carried. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. LORD MORPRTH.-011 the arrival of Lord Morpeth by the last packet at Halifax, an address was presented to bim in the name and by the friends of Irishmen in that city. This address was pre sented by the Honourable ➢I. Tobin, accompanied by several other gentlemen, and was acknowledged in warm terms by his Lordship ; who, in reply, said— " You have accurately reminded me that nearly the last sounds which met my ears on the shores of the Old World, were the expressions of good will and approval uttered in the ancient capital of Ireland, at the termina tion of my official connection with that country ; you may judge how it must touch the inmost feelings of my heart, to fi , nl these accents echoed by Irishmen, and the friends of Irishmen, on the first ground I tread upon the other side of the Atlantic."—Montreal Courier. An accident has this week happened to Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, who is at present on a visit to the Ehrt Of Jersey, at Middleton-park, Oxon. On Tuesday 114 t; Mi Drake's hounds met at Middleton toll-bar, near that nobleman's residence, when his highness, while enjpying that fine old English sport, met with an unfor itinate-headent, which caused the death of a vet y valu able horse he was riding ; but we are happy to say that our informant states that the Prince escaped without injury.—Aylestury News. THE NEW TORY MAGISTRATES.—We are happy to learn that the Council are about to take up this matter. A special meeting of the Corporation is ap pointed to be held on Friday, at eleven o'clock, " to consider the letter addressed by Secretary Sir James Graham to the Mayor, announcing the appointment of six additional Magistrates for this city." Should they decide on making any representation to the Home Se cretary on the subject, it may not be amiss to direct his attention to the fact that the plan he is adopting of no minating Magistrates without inquiring into the senti ments of the inhabitants in regard to them, is actually worse than that which is obtained under the old regime. —Worcester Chronicle. THE ARMY.—We understand that none of the general officers commanding districts in Ireland will be removed until spring. It is said that Sir Wm. Napier is to succeed Sir James Douglas as Governor of Guernsey. Colonel Napier is spoken of as the successor of Colonel, now General D'Aguilar, as Assistant Adjutant. General for Ireland. Sir Thomas Wiltshire is to replace Sir William Warre (promoted to the rank of Major-General in the late Brevet) at Chatham. There is a rumour that the newly-created General, Sir Frederick Stovin, is to have the command of a district in Ireland.—Dublin Mail. , We nave great satisfaction in stating that his Grace the Duke of Bucckuch is to be the Lord Lieute nant of Roxburghshire, in the place of the Marquis of Lothian, deceased. The loyal subjects of her Majesty in both divisions of Great Britain will unanimously ac claim the appointment as the best that could hare been made. It is understood that the Lord-President will be the Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorurn of the West Riding of the county of York, in the place of the Earl of Harewood, deceased.--Post. FlRE.—Wednesday night, between nine and ten o'clock, a fire, which Ibr a time threatened the total de struction of the premises, broke out in the third floor of No. 57, Prince's-street, Haymarket, in the occupation of Mr. Reeves, bootmaker. It was extinguished after hav ing done considerable damage. Two BODIES FOUND IN THE RIVER THANES.—Wednesday morning two bodies were found floating in the river Thames. One was the b o dy o f a middle-aged, respectably-dressed man, between flfty and sixty years .f age, which was found off Shadwel). The other was that of a female, about twenty years of age, found off the Penitentiary, Milbank. The bodies were removed to the workhouse. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3.1841. EDINBURt..,H, DEC. CHAIR OF MUSIC. The Senatus Aeademicus, at their monthly meeting on Sattir r Oyi , postponed the .election of a Professor to the Chair of yesterday. An adjourned meeting of the Senatua w - as.aacOrdingly held at two. There were four candidates proposed. Mr. Bishop was proposed by Pro fessor Christison ; seconded by Professor Jameson; Mr. Donaldson by Professor G. J. Bell, seconded by Professor Cheape; Mr. Wesley by Professor Brunton, seconded by Professor Kelland; and Nr. Graham by Professor Na pier, seconded by Professor Hamilton. On the first di vision there were for Mr. Bishop 12, Mr. Donaldson 7, Mr. Wesley 5, and Mr. Graham 2. On the second divi sion there were for Mr. Bishop 12, Mr. Donaldson 8, and Mr. Wesley 6. On the final division there were for Mr. Bishop 14, and Mr. Donaldson 8, the votes being as follow : FOR MR. BtsuOr—Tiefessors Christison, Jameson, Graham, Home, Traill, Pillans, Spalding, Henderson. Syme, Low, Dnnbar, Munroe, Simpson, and Alison-14. Fon Ma. DONALDSON.—Professors G. J. Bell, Cheape, Chalmers, Ballingall, Welsh, Sir C. Bell, Forbes, and Hamilton-8. Mr. Bishop was then declared dul ly elected. • TC_ . !2.tt( TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. - Yesterday Baillie JOHNSTON gave notice that, at next meetin g , he intended to move " That it be remitted to the Lord Provost's Committ ee to consider and deviio the best means of counteracting the demoralizing practieeof selling spirits and other intoxicating drinks on the Sabbath-day throughout the city; to correspond with the Sheriff of the county and Commissioners of Police on the subject, and rep or t." I n d o i ng s o, he might take the liberty of stating that this was just following out a suggestion made by the Sheriff himself several weeks ago, at a meeting of the Magistrates, Sheriff, and Commissioners of Police, on the subject of Sunday trading. He mentioned this because it had been said that, in prosecuting Butters, the magistrates had attacked the lesser evil and left the greater unnoticed. The fact was, that for some time past the authorities had been dealing in the most serious manner with the most serious part of the charges; and he trusted that by next meet ing he should be able to bring under the notice of the Council such facts as would call for the most serious attention they, could give to them. Mr. ROBERTSON said, that if Bailie Johnston had con • tented himself with giving notice of his motion he (Mr. R.) would not at present have said a word on the subject, but as the Bailie had been allowed to address them, he begged to say that as he considered this to be just the commencement of a series of fanatical measures—as an attempt to get up a hypocritical howl over the length and breadth of Scotland, on the deSecration of the sab bath, he should give his most uncompromising opposi tion to the motion just brought forward. There was not a country on the taco of the earth where the Sab bath was more reverenced than in Scotland, and in no town more than in Edinburgh. He had observed, year after year, . a marked improvement in the observance of the Sabbath. If any one would just take the trouble to look at the streets of Edinburgh on a summer afternoon, and observe the profouria stillness which everywhere prevails, he would be decidedly of opinion that there was no ne cessity for the enforcement of penal enactments, or the imposition of any additional restrictions on the sub ject. Of course any obvious cause of offence, anything to violate common decency, or any outrages upon public feeling of that kind, he would be as anxious to put an end to as any one ; but he should most decidedly oppose all enactments which were directed against the poor. While the interests of this class of the community were constantly on the lips of a large number of indi viduals, it was a curious fact that the greatest part of the legislation of the little Parliament here, as well as of the great Parliament in London, went to abridge the little comforts and luxuries which the poor enjoyed. He re peated that he was decidedly opposed to all penal legis tlhatiisoonpuipnoionnthiniscsoumbjmeocnt ;waitnhd the h e ra w o a s s t s en sure n r l e g t h h t a e t n h e d e h d e most benevolent, and the most pious Bishops and Arch bishops that ever lived.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. _ The transactions yesterday afternoon were trivial in amount and importance, and do not call for any intro ductory remarks ; the only Derby bets laid were 400 to 50 against Col. Peel's lot, 225 to 25 agst. Col. Auson's Attila, 230 to 10 agst Meteor and Palinurus, 1,000 to 33 agst Mr. Maher's Ballinkeele, and 200 even between Palinurus and Nessus. The highest offer agst. Col. Peel's Chatham was 12 to 1. THE OARS.—Mr. Wilson's Sister to Yorkshire Lad was backed for a poney at 12 to 1, and 25 to 1 would have been taken about Lord George Bentinck's Topsail. Mr. Etwall has purchased Passion of Mr. Sadler, and she is now in John Day's stable at Danebury. A Steeple Chase Match for 2001. each was run yester day, neat Finchley, between Mr. Elmore's Gay Lad (rode by Mason), and Mr. Anderson's Crockby (Mr. M`Donough), and won cleverly by the former ; the dis tance was four miles. COURSING. NEWMARKET CHAMPION MEETING. CONTINUED.—WEDNESDAY. Chippenham Field.—First Ties for the Champion Stakes.—Lord Stradbroke's Magdalen beat Mr. Gillett's Ganymede, Mr. Eaton's 'Fantail beat Mr. Dobede's Douglas, Mr. Tyson's Fairy beat Mr. Bryant's Ella, Lord Eglinton's Waterloo beat Mr.Fyson'sFake-Away, Mr. Gillett's .Garcia beat Captain Daintree's King Cole,, Captain Daintree's Knob beat Lord Stradbroke's Merry man' Mr. Ilagge's The Toad beat Mr. Dobede's Finesse, Mr. Neale's Go-To beat Lord Eglinton's Chester. "The Draws" for Thursday—Go-To agst Magdalen, Fantail agst Knob, Garcia agst Fairie, The Toad agst Waterloo. The Consolation Stakes—Mr. Edwards' Antoinette beat Mr. Bagges' Telegraph, Mr. Caldecot's Delia beat Mr. Fryer's Dante, Mr. Moody's Rowena beat Mr. Batt's Crucifix. • Newmarket Stakes—Mr. Gillett's Gambler beat Mr. Nash's Charley Boy, Mr. Inskip's Isa beat Mr. Ed ward's Arsenic. DEPTFOItD MEETING (CornNnEn)—WEDNESDAY. First Ties for the Cup—Mr. Agg's Aid-de-Camp beat Mr. Biggs' Benham, Mr. Etwall's Westmorland beat Mr. Goodlake's Gracelius, Captain Wyndham's Whirl pool beat Mr. Locke's Commissioner Lynn, Mr. Good lake's Gruel beat Mr. Biggs' Beaumont. The Derby—Mr. Goodlake's Lambourne beat Mr. Locke's Count de Leon. First Ties—Mr. Goodlake's Lamborne beat Mr. Et wall's Will Watch, Mr. Biggs' Broadside beat Mr. Bowles' Bagdad, Mr. Etwall's Eton Boy beat Mr. Heatheote's Highflyer. The Oaks—First Ties—Mr. Etwall's Excuse-me ran a bye (Belissima drawn), Mr. Bigg's Beata beat Mr. Agg's A ithea, Mr. Bowles's Bassora beat Mr. Locke's Lady Godiva. The Sedgehill Stakes —Mr. Agg's Asp beat Mr. Bigg's Billingsgate, Captain Wyndham's Camilla beat Mr. Heathcote's Holiday. The Fisherton Stakes—Mr. Bowles's Boscobel beat Mr. Heathcote's Holywood, Mr. Agg's Airy beat Cap tain Wyndham's Widgeon, Mr. Goodla.k,e's Gratitude beat Mr. Heathcote's Hue and Cry, Mr. Biggs's Bentley beat Mr. Locke's Boswell. FRACAS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. • (From a Correspondent of the Post.) On Tuesday last a long investigation took place at the Board of Green Cloth , - before the Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, when nearly twenty persons of the Royal establishment were examined, touching an affray between Mr. Norton,. the Deputy Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, and Mr. Francatelli, chief cook of the Royal kitchen. It is well known that broils, jealousies, and ill-feeling, to a great extent, have been existing in the Royal es tablishment ever since the appointments (at the instance of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex) of the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray to the office of Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. That gentleman, imme diately on entering office, caused many old and valuable servants of the Royal Household to be pensioned, or sent to the right about, in order to make way for a large num ber of French servants, who now fill some of the prin cipal offices in the Royal establishment. Mr. Norton, by his judicious management, has done . much towards allaying the ill-feeling among the ser vants, which this injudicious change , naturally created, and, by his straightforward, manly conduct, has gained the respect of those over whom he has had control. Francatelli, on 'the contrary, has kept his department in continual broils, which have been the cause of many dis missals and numerous complaints to the Lord Steward. On Monday last Francatelli took an opportunity of in sulting Mr. Norton in the resence of all the Pages and about forty others, when high words ensued, which ended in a policeman being sent for to take Francatelli into custody - , but lie managed to make his escape before the officer arrived. The result of the investigation was the suspension of ) Francatelli until the matter shall be laid ' before her Majesty and his. Royal Highness Prince Al bert, when there is no doubt such measures will be adopted as may prevent a recurrence of such disgrace ful proceedings. We find th -- ' ----- e following account of a trial before the Criminal Court of Martinique, in the journals of that island :—" Gorce, an estate in the Commune of Sainte Marie,' had for several years sustained great losses from numbers o f oxen an d mules being killed by poison secretly admi nistered. At length a fine and healthy young , Bonneville negros ascertained to h ave been sent byhe same means . I n Janu ary on Bon ne t erre , t h e w if e f Madame fe proprietor, having a co ld, too k a cu p sedative; of drink given to her immediately o t hl aes out t, or l she complained of bur nin g heat in her throat and stomach, and, after lingering in torture for some days, died, and, us it was afterwards proved, from poison, which had no doubt been surreptitiously infused into the drink. Some time elapsed, when a conversation over heard between Modesto, a negro, and Tassianne, a negress, excited a suspicion that they were privy, at least to these atrocious murders. Modeste, on being arrested, con fessed that he had killed the young negro, by giving him verdigris mixed with meal of Manioeli, and declared that Madame Bonneville Bonneterre was in like manner poi soned by Tassianne. They were both brought to trial and convicted. Tassianne was sentenced to hard labour for life , and Modeste to thu like punishment for Mat" years." h _ Within the last t ree weeks P. i n o-- a c me serious frauds have been comm itted -.e Post-office of Glasgow or Edinburgh, by t- ,,1 creaking open of letters containing bills °I . tank - drafts, and the abstraction thereof. • For several years past the cultivators of the vine yards in and near Meaursault, hi the Cote d'Or, have, in turning up their grounds found Roman tiles, fragments of marble sculpture, figures in bronze and terracotta, a small statue of Mercury, rings, medals, and coins of gold and silver, and other relics of Roman art, on which M. Rossignol, Conservator of the Archives of ancient Burgundy, is about to present a report to the Commission d'Autiquites of the department. CITY OF LONDON ASSOCIATION FOR DISTRIBUTING COALS AND POTATOES, AT A REDUCED PRICE, TO THE POOR. A meeting of the subscribers to this Association was held on Wednesday at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate hill, to receive a statement of the accounts, and the Re-. port from the Secretary ; also to elect a Committee for the year ensuing, and to adopt resolutions relative to the Association. Mr. Alderman WILSON was proposed and took the chair, and in doing so said he regretted that a more effi cient person had not been chosen. Both the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Kelly had been prevented from at tending by illness. He had seen letters from each, apolo gising for their non-attendance. He then called on The SECRETARY to read the Report, from which it appeared that 780 tons of coals, and 268,000 bushels of potatoes had been distributed. It expressed a hope that the public Would come forward and assist the Committee in their exertions. The Report was then adopted, and ordered to be printed, so that a copy might be sent to each subscriber. Mr. HARTWELL read a letter from Mr. Alderman Kelly, apologising for his non-attendance on account of ill health. lie (Mr. Hartwell) had known Mr. Alder man Kelly for a long time, and he knew that no one felt more anxiety for that institution than he did. He had given it his constant attention, and he therefore begged leave to propose that the thanks of that meeting be given to Mr. Alderman Kelly, as Vice-President of the Institu tion, for the eminent services rendered by him to the Association, for his constant attention on the Com mittee, and general attention to the interests of the cha rity; and that he be requested to accept the office of Trea surer for the year ensuing. The resolution having been seconded, was put and carried unanimously. _ _ Mr. Deputy WESTWOOD proposed that Mr. Phipps be requested to act again as Secretary, and that the thanks of the meeting be given to him for his past services. The CHAIRMAN, in submitting the motion, said that. Mr. Phipps had been their Secretary from the commence ment of the institution, and he hoped they should still possess his valuable services. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. PHIPPS briefly returned thanks. The Rev. Mr. DURHAM proposed the thanks of the meeting to the Committee for the past year, for their efficient services. The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Committee, returned thanks, and begged to say they were much obliged by this mark of the approbation of the subscribers, for the services of the Committee, and on their part _he begged to assure them that they were ever ready to carry out the objects of the Society. Mr. HARDING moved that each subscriber present at this meeting be allowed the usual twelve tickets in ad dition.—This was agreed to. The Rev. Mr. DURHAM then proposed that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor; their Vice-President,Mr. Alder man Kelly, and the following gentlemen, be on the Com mittee for the year ensuing, viz., Mr. Alderman Wilson, and Mr. Alderman Gibbs, Deputy Westwood, and Messrs. Dartnell, Simpson, Donford, Farrard, and Lott. The long residence that he (Mr. Durham) had had in that city enabled him to speak most favourably of the character of each of the gentlemen named for the Com mittee for the ensuing year. He need not, and he would not, in the presence of their worthy Chairman, say any thing with respect to him, for he was ever rward in the cause of charity.—(Hear, hear.) Messrs. Gibbs and Dartnell were ever indefatigable in their exertions to promote that charity, and the other gentlemen were equally so. He begged, therefore, to propose that they be elected on the Committee. The motion, being seconded, was carried unanimously. The SECRETARY then read the statement of the ac counts, from which it appeared that the receipts were — Cash in hand, on the 30th of March, 1840, 340 L 14s. 10d.; value of coals in hand, 821. ss. ; sale of coals, from De cember, 1840, to March, 1841, 5601. 95.; sale of potatoes in the same period, 280/. 4s. 6d. ; subscriptions of 8401. 13s. 6d. ; making a total of 2,4441. Is. And the expenses were 1,7871. 17s. 5d., leaving a balance of 656 L 3s. 7d., which consisted of cash at the bankers of 2411. Ild.; coals in hand 11/. 2s. Bd., and one Exche quer bill for 4001 The statement of the accounts was confirmed, and ordered to be printed, and a copy sent to each subscriber. Mr. GOLDSMID said he hoped the different companies and liveries of the metropolis would come forward and assist them. He had heard that the Ironmongers' Company had recently had an accession to their funds of 10,0004 per annum. He had received a letter that morning informing him that no less than one thousand printers were at that moment out of employ, and he therefore begged to suggest that an early delivery would be advisable of coals and potatoes. A gentleman, whose name did not transpire said, he was a member of the Ironmongers' Company, and he could state that they had determined upon a subscription to this Society of 211. per annum. The CHAIRMAN said he could bear testimony to the liberality of the Ironmongers' Company, as well as many others of the City. Some discussion then arose as to the time the delivery of coals and potatoes should commence. Mr. Deputy WESTWOOD said he would read an ex tract from their book, by which it appeared that in the last season during the ensuing weeks only 600 persons ap plied for relief, whilst in the latter weeks they excoeded eleven hundred. Thus was the kitchen being carried on at a large expense without a sufficient beneficial result. This partly arose from opening it too long, and sub scribers keeping back their tickets for distribution. After a short discussion the subject was referred to the Committee. Mr. Scorn said a very pleasing duty had devolved upon him, but one which he regretted had not fallen into abler hands. It was to move a vote of thanks to their worthy Chairman, in which he felt assured they would all concur.—(Cheers.) The charities of London were its brightest ornaments ; for London stood pre-eminent in the world for her charitable institutions, and it was de lightful to think that so many Aldermen and gentlemen of the City, contributed not only with their purses, but attended personally to the different charities.—(Hear, hear.) During the few years he had been connected with that institution, he had frequently had the pleasure of witnessing their worthy Chairman forsake the hospi talities of the Mansion-house, in order that that Society should not suffer by his absence. They had a Chairman that evening for whose attendance they wore peculiarly indebted, because he had filled his magisterial duties throughout the day, and had come in the inclemency of the weather to that meeting. They would recollect that during the mayoralty of their excellent friend he had endeavoured to reduce the price of those articles they were that evening met to distribute, lie had great pleasure in proposing a vote of thanks. This was carried amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN said he was exceedingly obliged to them for that mark of their approbation, shown by the manner in which they had received that motion. That was the first charity he had subscribed to, and for thirty years he had not failed to attend at the various meetings. With respect to the question of coals, he would say that he had not accomplished all he could have wished, still he was quite sure they had coals much cheaper than for merly, and he thought they would still be reduced. The meeting then separated. BAPTISTS IN DENMARK. It will be seen from the following article, which we have translated literally from the Faedrelandet, a Copen hagen newspaper, of the 19th of November last, that there is no disposition in Denmark to suppress the statements made in this country by the Baptist mis sionaries on the subject of their persecuted brethren in Denmark : " Under the head 'Religious Persecution in Den mark,' the Morning Chronicle of the 11th of November gives a report of a public meeting which was held on the 10th, in a Baptist chapel in Southwark, in which the Baptist ministers, Mr. W. Dawson and Mr. J. E. Giles, communicated the result of their mission to Denmark. Mr. Giles said that they had obtained without difficulty, on their arrival, an audience of the King, who had listened with the utmost patience and kindness; and ultimately offered to set the Baptists who were under arrest at liberty, if they would promise to abstain from preaching until the law ou the subject' was altered; that he had at the same time proposed that they should in the meantime go to three towns which he named. From the King they had gone to the , Bishop, who received them coolly ; he had not asked them to take a seat, but had himself smoked his pipe the , whole time ; he would enter into no discussion on the subject, but abruptly met whatever was urged with the brief answer that such was the law. Yet he admitted that, with regard to dipping in water, they were by no means in the wrong ; the only thing he had to urge against it was, that they separated themselves from the Lutheran church, and there Mr. Giles thought was the secret of the opposition, as the Establishsd Church was interested for its fees. When the King's offer was an -1 nounced to the prisoners they refused to accept it, on this ground—that they found no passage in the Scrip tures which authorised them to accept it, and they thought that the King had no better right to exact their silence for three months than for three years, or even for their lifetime. Mr. Giles said,morever, that before they could communicate to the King this answer in an official man ner, he and his colleagues had taken their departure for England, to consult with the Baptist Society about the affair. Since his return he had heard that two Baptists were imprisoned, but he had learned from Mrs. Fry that the Queen of Denmark, who had constantly shown her self friendly to the Society, incessantly exerted her in fluence on their behalf, and that the lung himself often expressed his feelings in a way which showed that the law would be altered. Here, in England, the public , press was wholly on their side, and the Morning Chre_ nicle, the great advocate of religious liberty, was of pl con siderable influence in Denmark . . Mr. Giles co'..iained of the illiberality of the Continent on the wtiole in . ; mat ters of religion, and ascribed it to the P elfishness of th e clergy. la Hamburgh, he said , Chapel Dissenting cou ld not be opened, but . a brOtl,:a might. He h a d been t o ld that the police MBlR!tr . ....te would not gi ve a licenceen to a woman of the town "..,11 she was first confirmed in the . L u theran Church finally, he called on the meeting to subscribe for th e support of their persecuted brethren in Dentuar l ' for they were suffering, he said, great dis _., 07: ss , The thanks of the meeting were voted to Lord Palmerston, to Sir Henry W. W. Wynn, Mr. Fetter Brown, Joseph Young, Esq. (which is an error of the press, in DAWSOD, Sic. plae , e of Joseph Owen, Esq.), Messrs. Giles, AN IRISH CHRISTENING On Monday the christening of an infant, only one mouth old, was cele brated in a colony inhabit e d b y the poorer classes of Irish, called Prujean's-tsland, Wapping, and ended in a very serious manner. Some of the party got fighting, and many more got drunk, in which state they threw themselves upon a bed on which the child was laid, and suffocated it. Medical assistance was called in, but too late to save the babe, which is to be waked by the same party who inadvertently caused its death. DEATH of SIR HENRY FREEZING. INQUEST ON THE BODY. On Wednesday evening at six o'clock, an inqui- • sitiou was taken before Mr. Wakley, Coroner, at the Victoria Tavern, Hyde Park-square, on view of the body of Sir G. H. Freeling, Bart., aged 52, one of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, and eldest son of the latc Sir Krancis Freeling, Bart., formerly Deputy Post aster- General, whose death occurred under the cir cumstances below detailed :—Ophelia Gilling ham, housemaid in the service of Mrs. Lang, a lady of independent fortune, No. 7, Hyde Park gardens, deposed that the deceased Baronet, whose residence was in Connaught-place West, had for the last six weeks been staying on a visit at her mistress's house. Witness, at the de ceased's request, had been in the habit of calling him every morning. On Tuesday morning last, about half-past seven o'clock, witness, as usual, proceeded to his sleeping apartment, and having knocked at the door several times and received no answer, she opened it, and on entering the room saw deceased lying on his face on the floor, in his night dress. She approached him, and on raising his head found it to be quite cold. She screamed aloud, and on the housekeeper and footman coin ing up, a surgeon was sent for, who pronounced life to have been for some time extinct. Witness last saw deceased alive on Monday morning, when he was, to all appearance, well in health. Mr. Barker, a surgeon, said that the history of the deceased Baronet's health had been such as to leave no doubt that he had died of disease of the heart. Walter Phillips, butler to Mrs. Lang, stated that be saw deceased last alive at the tea table, at nine o'clock on Monday •night. He then seemed in his usual health. On witness going into de ceased's bedroom, after he had been found as de scribed, he observea that the bed had been laid in. There was nothing disturbed in the room, and witness had not the slightest suspicion that deceased destroyed h,imself. There being no other witnesses, Mr. Wakley remarked that the inquiry had arrived at that stage that it was for the Jury to consider whether they would have the body opened or not. After some discussion the Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the evidence that had been adduced, and returned a verdict :—" That the deceased, Sir George Henry Freeling, was found dead, and that the cause 'of his death was natural." COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of public business. STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, BY CHANTREY. Mr. ANDERTON requested to be informed in what state of progress the statue of the Duke of Wellington, by the late Sir Francis Chantrey, towards which the City of London had subscribed the sum of 5004 at present was? He believed that Sir Peter Laurie, from his connection with the Committee, might be able to give the Court some intelligence upon the subject. Sir PETER LAME said, that a short time before Sir, Francis Chantrey's death, that eminent artist expressed a wish that he (Sir Peter Laurie) should go to see the model of thd horse and of the Duke, so far as had been completed. The horse, which was a splendid model, had been since cast in bronze. He had seen the horse and the model of the head of the Duke, who had been sitting on the day he visited the, sculptor's stndio. The great task had been, therefore completed, and it would be an easy matter to get a sculptor able to do justice to the rest.(Hear, hear,) Sir Francis had had oue instal ment of 3,0001., and he had shortly before he died thought that he was justified in demanding the second instalment of 3,0001. He (Sir Peter Laurie), however, doubted the validity of the claim at the moment, and it was in consequence not persisted in. He should feel it to be his duty to call together the Committee on the sub ject, but he considered it the most prudent course to wait until Parliament was sitting, as several Members were upon the Committee. He congratulated the Court upon the probability that they would at no great distance of time see a very splendid memorial rise in theheart of the metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) THANKS OF THE COURT TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR. Deputy TYAS rose to move a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor for the able manner in which his Lordship filled the Chair during the last year, for his remarkable hospitality, and for his incessant attention to the duties of the Chief Magistracy. The Deputy gave a history of Alderman Thomas Johnson from his earliest days, and was particular in the details for the sake of the ad mirable example which it would be so beneficial to the citizens to see frequently followed. He also stated, what, indeed, was well known to many members of the Court, that the expenditure of the late Mayoralty far exceeded the amount of money allowed for the support of the office. This announcement was received with a hearty cheer, which showed that the Court were determined never to cease from condemning the cheese e paring system. Mr. WIRE seconded the motion, and delared that the late Lord Mayor performed the whole of the duties of the arduous office in a manner that could not be sur passed by the exertions of any of his brethren. Mr. ANDERTON said, that he had got hold of a curious list, containing accounts of the number of persons who dined at the Mansion House during several of the Mayoralties, and from which it appeared that some Chief Magistrates had many more guests than others. The 'reading of the list was not satisfactory to the Court, several of whom thought it was by no means fair to in terfere with the manner in which each Lord Mayor might think proper to exhibit his hospitality. Mr. KING did not think that the number of persons who appeared at the Mansion-house, was an accurate criterion of the good spirit or liberality of a Mayoralty. The Court should look to the number of checks issued for the charities of London.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. STACEY observed that the proper discharge of the important public duties of this Mayoralty was a stronger argument for the thanks of the Corporation than a suc cession of grand entertainments. At all events, the late Lord Mayor had powerful claims in all respects.—(Hear.) The vote was carried unanimously. A purse of 50 guineas was voted to Dr. Stebbing, the Chaplain to the late Lord Mayor. GRANT OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Mr. ANDERTON rose to move that the freedom of the City should be presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, in testimony of the deep sense en tertained by the Members in Council, with their fellow citizens, of the exemplary manner in which his Royal Highness performed all the duties of his exalted station, and advocated and promoted the numerous objects of be nevolence throughout the United Kingdom, especially the many public charitable institutions within the City and its vicinity, thereby adding lustre to his high birth and station, and meriting the attachment, re spect, and gratitude of the Citizens of London. The Mover eulogized the character of the Duke, by whom George 111. had declared that his Royal Highness had never given his father one moment's pain.(Cheers.) Thi Duke of Cambridge was as much beloved in Ha nover, where he exercised his authority with re markable mildness and effability, as he was at home. It would give an eclat to the day on which Prince Albert should come into the City to lay the first stone of the City, to have the Duke of Cambridge among thq tizens.—(Cheers.) Mr. J. WooD, in seconding the motion, stater!, that it was a reflection upon the City that his Royal Highness had not been long since presented with the freedom. The motion was carried amidst acclaw•Ations. It was also carried that the freedorA be presented to his Royal Highness, in a gold WT. of the value of one hundred guineas. Mr. ANDERTON then brought up the Report of the Police Committee, which wit,: agreed to. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. Mr. R. L. JONES brought up the Report of the Royal Exchange Committee, which stated that Prince Albert having consented to lay the first stone of the Royal Ex change, preparations were being made for a grand cere mony on the occasion, at which the Members of the Corporation and their ladies would be received.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Jones then informed the Court that the day appointed for the ceremony was the 19th of January. The Report was ordered to be entered on the minutes and printed. After some routine business the Court adjourned. MURDER AND SUICIDE AT PEN NINGTON. The neighbourhood of Pennington was th rown i nto a having suffo om'mitted suicide. state of great excitement, on Monday, in consequence of a poor woman, named Betty Thonapson cated her infant child, and afterward s c as to the cause w attributed by The most intense interest was manifested of this melancholy eccurrence, which was some to a feeling of recklessness, arising from treme destitution of dece ase d, w h o was reported tthoehe-alle been a woman of sober and industrious habits. She oc street, cupied a cellar in Smithy. w by weaving and occasionnll washing,hre sh e tos e op endeavoured porthersel Yherself and four illegitimate children. The father o f th e eldest (f father h b e o r y oarbtohuet othertwel thvei:eeyears of ag e ) b e i ng d ea d , an d t h e ib e (a man named William Wood) having scarcely cont decease was reduced t o c i rcums t ances o f peat sup port, distresscontributed anything towards their i sndt her earnings were found altogether ina dequateDurir.g thepast t w th e e ek t to supply w w i a tl s i the red necessaries aeed t o a 4ani sh il e y ex!,reme dest . • itution ; and having applied to Wood for some assistance, sotaftelifoef he sent her word that he would neither come to see er nor send her any help : In about two hours afterwards she was found hanging from a rafter in the ceiling of her cellar, and her infant daugh ter (usually called Elizabeth Wood), suffocated in a mug of water. On Wednesday an inquest was held on view of the bodies, before Mr. W. S. Rutter, at the Royal Oak, Pennington, when the following evidence was taken :—Elizabeth Marsden stated as follows : I live in Smithy-street, next door to the cellar occupied by the deceased, who was a single woman. The infant was about eight months old. Deceased had three other chil dren, all of whom are now living. The eldest is a boy father is dead. William His about twelve years of age. ' Wood, who lives in West Legh, is the reputed father of the other three children. She was sometimes employed at washing, and som etimes at weaving ; when at the lat ter she was not able to earn more than 2s. 9d. a week, and to obtain so touch it was necessary that she should work ' day and night. She was occasionally employed at Mr. ' Jackson's. She paid one shilling a week for her cellar. I last saw her alive on Sunday night. She came to our house to buy some onions and a little pepper. I was in her house about nine o'clock on Sunday night, and saw them eating their suppers. Perhaps she had no dinner, for she had very little provisions on Saturday. On Monday morning I understood she had sent one of the children to the father for money. About eleven o'clock she came to my house, and my mother-in-law MORNING SUN asked her if she had got anything from him. She said, " No." My mother-in-law advised her to go to him again. I saw no more of her until I saw her hanging. She belonged to Hindley, which is in the Wigan union. She told me that she had been at the Board of Guar dians once, seeking assistance, and they threatened to take her hildren from her and send her to Kirkdale, if ever she applied again. This was about two months ago. All the money she had ever received from Wood amounted only to 525. About sixteen or seventeen weeks ago she had 4s. from him, which she gave for her rent when she got it. On Saturday night week she had half-a-crown, and bought some coals and pota toes for the ensuing week. She earned Bd. in a house where she had been washing; and she got 3d. from me. On Thursdaynight she borrowed 6d., with which she bought 3d. worth of coals, and 3d. worth of jannock bread. On Saturday night she came in to pay me the 6d., but I would not take it from her, although I am very poor myself. This was all the money she had to support herself and three children for the last week. She was a very bard-working clean woman, and remarkably so accordingoto her situation in life. She had seldom more to live on, as far as I could learn, than 2s. 6d. a week. James Smith, of Chowbent, is the landlord 0( the cellar, and he sent bailiffs there twice for the rent ; but, seeing her destitute condition, they could not find it in their hearts to sell the few articles of furniture she possessed.—[A gentleman present stated that, on one ae casion; the bailiff was so much touched with her destitute condition, that he gave her half-a-crown.] The deceased had three children by Wood, the eldest of whom is a-boy, seven years of age, and the next a girl, about eighteen months old, and the child that was drowned, who was eight months old. - Alice Heap deposed as follows :—I live in strithy street, and was present when the cellar-door w"... s b ro k en open. I went in, and saw th e c hild i n th e ' mug, with its head in the water, and its feet up. One o f it s hands was on the edge of the mug, and were quite covered with the water. I ran out with it into Ellen Boyden's its head and shoulders yard, but it was quite dead, and appeared to Imve been so for some time. I believe the child was put into the mug by deceased. It was a fine child ; but, as it could not walk, it could not have got to the mug itself. The mug was about a quarter of a yard from the feet of the deceased. I have heard the neighbours say that she was very badly off ; but I never spoke to her myself. Edward Thompson, the eldest son of the deceased, every fine boy, about twelve years of age, was then examined. He said he sometimes worked in Mr. Jackson's garden, bat had not &no - anything for many weeks. His mother washed for one woman, who gave ber a shilling a week, and she earned 2s. 9d. a cu t by weaving. She could weave a cut in the week, but she did not do so rewularly. She had no assistance from the town. She applied once for assistance since her mother died, but got nothing. The Board threatened to put her into prison if she ap plied again. He heard her say so, and she cried very much at the time. She had told several of the neighbours the same thing. The deceased and her children had sometimes oatmeal porridge twice a day, and sometimes nothing at all. [Here the child burst into tears and be came so affected as scarcely to have the power of utter ance.] •On Sunday morning they had meal porridge for breakfast, and potatoes without anything else for din ner, and some potatoes stewed in water with an onion for supper. The porridge was always thin, and they hardly ever had more than a basin full amongst them all. As the inquiry was likely to occupy a considerable time, and appeared likely to be of great importance, par ticularly on account of what had been stated in reference to the Board of Guardians, Mr. Rutter considered it ad visable to adjourn the inquest till next day.—Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—Tho late promotion in the Navy and Marines has advanced forty Captains to be Rear-Admirals of the Blue Squadron ; fifty Comman ders to be Captains ; eighty Lieutenants to be Comman ders ; and eighty Mates to be Lieutenants. In the corps of Royal Marines, three Colonels are advanced to be Major-Generals, and seventeen Captains to be Majors. The Ardent steam-ship, Commander Russell, with de spatches for Rear-Admiral Sir Edward King, K.C.8., left Madeira on the 18th October, on her way to Rio de Janeiro. The Wasp, 18, Commander the Hon. Henry Murray, was at Beyrout, all well, on the 20th October, daily ex , petting orders to proceed to England. The Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, with Govern.or- General Sir Charles Bagot on board for New York and Quebec, left Falmouth on Thursday with a N.E. wind. The Benbow, 72, Captain Stewart, was at Suda, all well, on the 25th October. The rumour of the death of the gallant Captain is, we are happy to hear, utifounded. The Champion, 18, Commander Byron, kit Tenerife on the 13th September, on her way to the West Coast of Africa. The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Lapidgn, is nearly ready to proceed to the Cape and West African station. The Bel% idera, 42, Captain the lion. G. Grey, will proceed to the Mediterranean as soon as ready. Mr. George Voile Oughton, Purser of the Hastings, 72, has arrived home to join the Queen, 110, fitting for Sir Edward Owen's flag. The steamer Devastation, Commander Henry, is hourly looked for from Woolwich, with the new Bishop for Syria on board, and will embark a detachment of artillery at this port for Malta. The Castor, 36, and Wolverine, 18, are ordered to be expedited at Chatham for commission. The Pique, 36, Captain Forbes, is under orders for Bermuda, with stores and provisions for the Illustrious, 72, and as soon as the gale terminates will leave Spithead. The Apollo and Sapphire, troop-ships, are embarking the 18th Regiment for China, and will sail in a few days for Plymouth, to join the ships assembled there. At Spithead.—Pique, 36, and Atholl troop-ship. In Harbour.—St. Vincent, Queen, Victory, Royal George Yacht, Excellent, Warspite, Vindictive, Belvi dera, Hazard, Pantaloon, Sapphire, Apollo, Viper, and Echo steamer. LLOYDS' SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 2.—Wind this day at noon S. DEAL, DEC I.—Wind N. by W., variable.—Arrd. Washington, Bennet, Mauritius ; Mary, Honduras ; Goshawk, Berbice. Arrd. from the River, Britannia, Calcutta. Sld. Dart, Madeira. RAMSGATE, DEC. I.—Arrd. Agenoria, London, for Algoa Bay. LIVERPOOL, DEC. I.—Wind southerly, light.—Arrd. Tory, Johnson, Bombay—sailed from St. Helena Oct. 10 ; Young Queen, Chalmers, Monte Vid eo ; M ar garet, Couts, Honuras—sailed Oct. S ; Cybele, Fitchet, ditto. Sld. Linton, Bombay ; Eliza , Kincaid, Bahia ; Priscilla, Pernambuco ; Standard, Demerara ; Avon, Jamaica ; Pursuit, New Orleans ; Elizabeth Bentley, and Mearns, Mobile. KiNsALE, Nov, 30.—Arrd. Star, Marlin,. Fayal. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—Wind W. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Julia, Ries, Rio Gambia. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. I.—Sid. LiverpoQi steamer, Alex andria. _ _ _ ----- COWES, DEC. 1..--.Acrd. Mary Laing, Moulmein ; Ma jestic, London :or Bombay ; John Cailam, Oporto, in seven days. STUDLCMD BAY, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Amity, Sunderland, for Cor.stantinople. Ore HARWICH, DEC. I.—Elizabeth, London for Mau rtius, with loss of anchor, and chain windlass broken, Persian,Cllb aa.nd andotherSUNDERLAND, .iyrlpt tNov.t i d L a A m N l e i. , aonvd. 29.—Arrd. must 3o ._ R. comesNid.. Parker, E l l n i z t o harbour. a be tClark, , 30.—Arrd. Trade, Q eb A as mity, from C o l om b o Lon- got off to-day, a ft er b e i ng don, Quebec, owAvahEßißeh Constantinople. eaDwe Eua cGs.Hl,ashore,.leTy.h nw lightened, and brought into port, very leaky and in a da magedN an t Nantes, s , t a w t e a — cs totally a rgo wrecked discharging. . recked o Head ; crew saved. It bl.ew am, from Newport to MILFORD, Nov. 30.—The Sal • LIVERPOOL,a severe n ve r r oc e gkaslenleaasrt night St. A Ann's in th i i n s h m i, o: ,a i s n gdrfirveran on shore W ult., and it is feared would be W c si o d m . t i o n Nov. 31.—The Herald, hence to Mira at Disby,lizab Elizabeth, B s rabb l l B e t , h hen o c e e to to be D r, alh e o r u e s n i , e, The E • e e P a o lN in r t eek E ; sc e u r m ew in s a a c v s ed th . ]Florida, • S. 18th a? Hillman, was driven on shore in Rich slaysedwreclkhede m ond Bay, Oct. 18 ; crew saved. The Cherub, Duggan, from Dundalk to Miramichi, was driven on shore near Cape North, and has been sold. The Courier, Blair, from Antigoush to Port Wallace, went ashore on Go vernor's Island on the 24th October. The Rowena ' of Amlwch, was driven o n he shl4th ore near Grand Etang, St. Lawrence, previous to t ult., and was abandoned by the crew. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.--Thel on OS&TIS, Liverpool to Calcutta, 29th Oct., lat. 9 N., 25 W. ; Tyrian, lat. 25, lon. 61 , by Liverpool to New Orleans, 4 th O ct., ary Sept. 1, lat 8 S., lon. 28 W. ; Edward, Stockholm to the Solon, arrived at Philadelphi a. M Ann, of Troon, Rio, 9th Oct., lat. 6 N., lon. 22 W. ; Ship No. 2,873, Oct. 11, lat. 8, lon. 22 ; Charles, Liverpool to Rio, 14, pfriocalNAlGLiritius oiAnaniatshryte. lat. 9, son. 21 ; Gartshery, Clyde to Cape, 17, lat. 12, lon. 24 • Roman (American ship), 27, lat. 29, lon. 38 ; barque Edward, 10th ult., l a t. 49, lon. 10, by the Duke of Lancaster, arrived in the River. Trial, Boston, t o Macao, Belfast to Charleston, 7th ult., lat. 40, lon. 31 ; Prince Edward's Island, under jury-masts, and with loss by the ileaabuailweararksilvgeodingatintrArdeiacuhxa.ts,AUlar. S., y C lB ey tl l i o , u n it t ., o Cape, 30th August, lat. 28 S., lon. 45 E., by the Monarch, arrived at Liverpool. Milo, Dundee to Sydney, 6th Oct., off Panne, by the Ann, arrived at Bathurst, River Gambia. Lombock, INDIA IA Barnett, Siil Laing,Downs, Ellison, from August l%ieul l m 6, ei S a t. a t Helena, , sailedO c t._4 f r : Arrivals —Washington, Helena, Oct. 7 ; Collingwood, Guthrie, from in the London Docks. Arrival at St. Helena—John Calvin, Abercrombie, Oct. 10, from Calcutta. bercrombie, Arrivals at Swan River—Union, Deane, April 24, from Timor ; and sailed June 18 for Timor, . Diana, from Sydney. Bennett, Departures from Swan River.—T rue L June 28, for Adelaide ; Henry Todd, July- ove Coulton, Kilmaurs, Smith, 14, India. Moulmein; Arrivals at Mauritius.—Princess E mile, Bousses, Aug. 11, from Bordeaux ; Nantes ; Sumatra, Leport, Amphitrite, Collett, 14, 15, Calcutta. Bordeaux ; Salselle, Purss, Departures from Mauritius.—D to New South Wales. aphne, Dove, Aug. 14, OVERFLOW OF THE AVON.—In consequence of the recent heavy rains, the low lands through which the Avon flows have been flooded to a great extent. In the neighbourhood of Bath the fields on:the banks of the river have been transformed into broad lakes. Much suffering prevails among the poor in conse quence of the water havin g d r i ve n large numbers of them from their humble dwellings. We are happy to find that subscriptions are being raised for their relief. They are very urgently wanted.—Bath L• I vo. • ' 1 (107 3101 i3 i t l l t I),C 0 rg e° ter last the il ta e OP t y 1 to rtit deo 'lllll64 tio 0,0 , , , 03