The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-31 00:00:00

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"Pla lo Iw hs c and I ble f a coolo str ict P aria io ,Dit, n ge, ; ec tv tth e 101 1 lb, the any °l cor 'Lug. a rP e it e" F i f e 1) tbe d el o o* s a re j Tbre e 99 t Dr s • V 24 ail i;. er „ re ve of 2 " ),don F 8 91 ) 1, .21u 171 ,0 'l7 e ..• ... __ - - -691 pt 33, n4l .••• c, • ••• 611 1011 MORNING SUN visi T OF. THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO ST. PAUL'S. His Majesty the King of Prussia attended Divine Service yesterday morning at St. Paul's Cathedral. It is understood, that when his Ma leuset t()n -ifirst caught sight of that wonderful pro of Sir Christopher Wren's genius —the stupendous dome of the Metropolitan Cathe dral —he expressed a desire to attend the solemnization of Divine Service within its walls. An intimation of this fact was given to the ecclesiastical authorities, who immediately made • arrangements for the gratification of his Majesty's w ishes, and yesterday morning was the time wed on for the King's visit. On Friday Mr. I'4 W. Harvey was consulted by the Cathedral _Authoriti es as to the Arrangements for preserving order on th e occas i on. Persons h av i ng t i c k ets the ch o i r were admitted at the D ean ' s gate °u di south side of the church, and were directed to be in attendance there be- ShoShtly nixie and half-after nine o'clock. _ oi . e ten o'clock his Majesty the King of Prussia arrived and was received at the door by the ecclesiastical authorities, and con ducted to his seat, that usually occupied by D.." Sovereigns of. England when they visit St. 441 ' 8 / in the choir.. The stall next to his Ma- Jes tY was occupied by his Royal Highness the Duk c of Cambridge, who, when his Majesty -e ctned at a - loss, pointed out to him the different xportions of the Service in the Prayer-book. e. lB Maj esty seemed Most attentive to the Ser ,lice/ Which. was well performed, a marked im 'l."ellient beinc , observable in the manner of I chan ting,,, the resPonses. The Bishop of London 31'aelied, taking; as his text the 14th verse of LlVllttetththetvci-Laj:ter f the Gospel according to St. Th,D. A city set on a hill shall not be hid." Lo rdth e Mayor was also present,. and occupied ' e "all I mmediately opposite his Prussian Ma ' 4 stY ' As soon as the Service was over his Ma- J s e _ s .tY left the Cathedral, and, attended by his Are, i... „ two Royal carriages, proceeded to the • -nsion-bous e where the Lord Mayor had the ho nour or entertaining his Majesty at luncheon. Aft er hula r emaining . • a short time at the Mans.ion ha Behi s Majesty and suite returned to Bucking co' ,Palace. The streets along which the Royal air;;ge passed were densly crowded, and his Li s - t e , B t.Y was repeatedly cheered in the course of tyr°gress. Great praise is due to Mr. D. W. 11 1 „ - „ 4.% _,eY, and the police force under his tom titlu, for the excellent arrangements made for KP Preservation of order and decorum. The s h ln g desired that his reception at the Cathedral 4 e c41 , 1 d be quite private, and consequently no thylation whatever was made in the character of e servi ces. FURTHER PARTICULARS. t , • Paul's at i s aa t niediately after the performance of service his Majesty the King of Prussia accom- Vatell the L ' ord Mayor in his Lordship's carriage to the tla_kansion-house,_ attended by Mr. Tyrrell, the City Re ie:ibrancer. His Majesty had been graciously pleased o !Tress to the Lord Mayor at the Christening of 4 341 Highness the Prince of Wales, his intention to „enour the Chi ef Magistrate with his presence under tTo na hosp itable ro o f o f t h e Mans i on -h ouse, an d prepFra - A were made accordingly - to receive his Royal visitor. the his Majesty had intimated that Sunday should be 1 ay on which the Royal visit should be paid to the ; 4 ‘ l ) :_d Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, and iritimated . lns 01Z,L1 that all, formality should be dispensed with, tthhaet.the. call should be . cousidered as a strictly private invitations were limited-to very few, so that at d th „, elegant dejeuner a /a fourchette, no more than 34 sat itolsincluding his Majesty's suite and the Prussian The 7. •h_ inhabitants of the City having' at an early !our ascertained that his Majesty was at the Ca- Tilted, ear of St. Paul's, assembled in immense numbers the streets, leading from that building to the Mansion report to greet him, although there wls a very general that he had promised to lunch with the Duke of S ,nsse, at K ens i ngton P alace. As his Majesty passed aiong the mu l t i tudes cheered him most enthusiastically, a nd his Majesty returned the welcome in a cordial m anner, that delighted all who saw him. The carriage in which his Majesty and the Lord ayor were conveyed to the Mansion-house was followed by that of the Duke of Cambridge, -who evidently felt high gratification in visiting the City on ueh an occas i on . Hi s Roj al Highness's carriage wa s followed by those of the suite of the King of Prussia and the Prussian Embassy. At a quarter-past twelve the Lady . Mayoress was in formed that his Majesty was o n hi s way from St. Paul's, latd in a very few minutes the applause of the crowds in the immediate vicinity of the Mansion-ho use , announced t he King's arrival. aestY The Swo r d-b earer a nd the Mace-bearer me t hi s Ma at the bottom of the steps leading to the public en tratee 1 , to the Mansion-house, and preceded his Majesty, 14 e Lord Mayor, and the Duke of Cambridge, to the wa?en, where the Lady Mayoress and Mrs. Fry were Ills to receive the King. It ay l n s Majesty, upon being introduced to the Lady boil at baby the Lord Mayor, expressed great satisfac anee wall the opportunity of forming an acquaint hs tier t. .11 44 Jesty sa r:lyship and upon perceiving Mrs. Fry, `' l4 pr esent m an earnest tone, which was heard by to s ee 7„ Ah, dear friend, lam Very, very happy, th e L ao l vtl . k . 11 1 s Majesty then walked arm-in-arm with the buiro'LlaYoress into the drawing-room, followed by ernh ass 1. Cambridge and Mrs. Fry, and the suite and .001 3 1 ; of minutes of Prussia. arriv a l eten, or a quarter of an hour, after the d th e t , his Majesty, the dejeuner -.vas announced, an sPlealldPia.nY proceeded from the drawing-room to the the Ln (lining-room immediately opposite to it, called deeora-tilg Parlour, which was 'lighted up with gas, and insistingcl The tables were covered with a collation, hereb of all the delicacies which could, at such a e Produced, and of Burgundy, Madeira, claret, and oth er wi first-rate nes, selected by the judg 'as - "ir• Robi nson, the Lord Mayor ' s stewar d , w h o laai4l Ag been ce l e b rated for his d i scr i m i nat i on i n such " S. *rkt th Lis 4 1 / ,e cross table sat, to the right of the Lord Fry, t he lef ajest Y the z f Prussia and Mrs. Fry, and to Bi t h the Lady Mayoress il-o and the Duke of Cambridge, -;: k ,nlist s :P Llandaff, his Excellency . Count Holberg, - "A• 0f,.. State to the King of Prussia, his Excellency Pr ussi a, -INatztner, General of Cavalry to the King of °t‘tliend his Excellency i Baron Humboldt. There were -? f a, o_er s -- 4 41 1 ! of Prussia's suite, besides the three great bl-Tve-mentioned, General De Neumann, M. De -61 ttr a i la ' i` he Councillor of the Cabinet ; M. De Muyeraux, t° the ki ° ti r the Court ;M. De Braehhitsch, Aide-de-Camp Ch ()lt he evali of Prussia's embassy, there were present, teller fer.-'''unsen, Ambassador; Baron Schlemitz, Coun- L 'egati o ", Legation.; Baron Camitz, First Secretary of Th e "' -Lat b u l i t e Were also present, Colonel Jones, Equerry to te, e of Cambridge, Archdeacon Hall , Mr. Canon kr, Elli s Rev Mr. Tho mas , Ch a pl a in t o th e L or d Mayor, l aetab t . ' „ ls, Mr. J o h nson, and Mr. Tyrrell, the City Re- The Peer. .H iss tvor i , ord 4-7-Layor's Chapl a in said grace in the follow -0 ids gra t a °d, bless these bounties provided for us, and ° ltrow ' at may use them to thy glory, as Amen.as t I t is n comforts through Jesus Christ, our Lord. With Proper to observe, that the dejeuner was all cold, aPos e d e ex ception of th e soup ; th at no toast was p r? - aje t, t h at every p ara d e was exc l u d e d , an d t h at h is ligh t exPressed at th e t a bl e , t o M rs . F r y, hi s ex t reme At lit the manner in which the whole was conducted. the Laid little after two o'clock, his Majesty took leave of and a Ti Njayor and Lady Mayoress in a very gracious rid 'rtionate manner, and was conducted to his car t, the th ,Y the Lord Mayor, amidst the acclamations of n 11 , s ands who were waiting outside to welcome -11 `' again the illustrious stranger. bt A `' , -1:11 OF CHARLES DAY, ESQ. Corp (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) 1 41(1 de.x. 28.—This eminent surgeon, and upright tve n - ' llo urable m at , b rea th e d his last at six o'clock last the slog, aft er a long and painful i llness, from cancer of ot . Aso mach ; he was in his sixty-seventh year. The pooroff leis l l s life w as one o f kindness and charity. The fri ends neighbourhood have lost one of their best tress.--"ne to who m th e y a pplied in ever y case o f dis kaw ° r difficulty, with the certainty of having his va lO wa nt a adv ice and assistance without fee ; and, if really He w, they knew his purse was open to them also. Peat e as the mediator in all quarrels—indeed, the general to ro r t naker. The foremost in all subscriptions, whether li o le ve the distressed, for the amusement or instruc towun°.lt,,,he young, or for the general - improvement of the th -t hough in his own house he was very economi e e lai:ge income he derived from his private fortune xtensive profdssional practice, was scarcely suffi th_ut„!o meet the numberless calls on his purse. He was friend of civil and religious liberty, and had been a In the and u ncompromising Reformer from early life— mol. worst of times he shrunk not. In the struggle for f or Reform Bill, he was selected as chairman of the Re ancelaers of the Isle of Wight at all their public meetings; p on __as a matter of course, had numbers of political op vuts, but no personal enemies—those who acted fartinst him honoured and respected him. He had the m d ric hihip of the members of the Royal Yacht Club, °. our fashionable visitors ; and there are few °tsl,,oonfsands who may read that he is no longer able exercise his labour of charity in this world, but will Zret it, As a trifling mark of respect, the shops have .closed ,• and it is expected that on the day I , l ° li f jtilido_aYfuner (Tuesday next), such a demonstration of e f eeling will be expressed, as was never before wit t. sed in our little town — l :he season is Particularly mild, frost and snow almost unKnown—bar. 29 60, they. 57 It is not expected they will s ue od • . • • soli ce m filling the Royal Yacht Squadron Re se this stiason. rrtAmbros Foot, Esq , Collector of the Customs at this ' aPPollited to * Waterford ;we regret this, as he is frgientleman, and a perfect man of business. Mr. Hudder, °int ,Rochester, has arrived here to replace him. proposed to have a floating bridge, to communi-. ,ate betwe en E ast and West Cowes. The buildings in unt Cowes Park are expected to be commenced in 2 ,000,0 a 0.0 bri month • cks ' . contracts are o u t f or t h e supp l y of PROMISING FAMILY.—,The young man (Motley) w h o was apprehended last week , on suspicion of having broken open the shop of Mr. Mannington, tobacconist, has been discharged, in the absence of suffi cient evidence. This youth is the last remaining member of a. family of five b rot h ers and sisters—the four others haling all been transported.---Brighton Herald. "- COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—At an early hour this morning his Majesty the King of Prussia, attended by his suite, quitted the Castle for town, but returns in the evening to dinner. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Sir R. and Lady Peel, Lord Villiers, Sir J. and Lady Graham, and Sir James Clark, arrived at the Castle to-day. Sir James Clark will leave to-morrow morning. The King of Prussia, Prince Albert, Prince Ferdinand and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, attended by most of the Gentlemen of the Royal suite, witnessed yesterday morning the evolutions of the 72d Highlanders, which regiment had a field-day in the Home Park, commanded by Colonel Arbuthnot. His Prussian Majesty afterwards left for town, but returned at half-past seven o'clock in the evening to dinner. Prince Ferdinand and his two sons, attended by a party from the Castle, had some shooting in the preserves near Virginia Water, yesterday morning. The Baron and Baroness De Cetto, Baron and Baro ness Brunow, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady Ashley, and Sir Robert Stopford, arrived yesterday on a visit. Lord Wrottesley also joined the Royal Circle at dinner. The band of the Royal Horse Guards, and her Ma jesty's chamber band, were in attendance during the evening at the Castle. The Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, Duke of Buck ingham, Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl of Haddington, Countess Delawarr, Lady Elizabeth West, and Lord Fitzroy Somerset, left the Castle yesterday. His Majesty the King of Prussia left Windsor Castle on Saturday for town, and, on arriving at the railway terminus, was conveyed, with his suite, in four of the Royal carriages and four to the residence of the Prussian Legation, on Carlton House Terrace, where his Majesty arrived at a quarter past two o'clock. The Chevalier Bunsen, his Majesty:s Minister Pleni potentiary, on a special mission at thieCourt, arrived at the Legation, in the forenoon, from a visit to her Ma jesty, at Windsor Castle, and conducted his Sovereign, on alighting from his carriage, into the mansion. A select party had been invited to have the honour of lunching with his Majesty, and had assembled in the Drawing-rooms. The Dejeune was laid out in the lower rooms at a long table, extending the entire length of the north and south parlours. The seat for his Majesty was placed at the south end of the latter apartment, the v. - "ils of which are hungwith portraits of Sovereigns, including a magnificent whole-length of his Majesty George the Fourth, in the full robes of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, with the collars of the Most Ancient Order of St. Andrew, of the Most Illustrious Order .of St. Patrick, and of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath ; a whole-length of George the Third, in his Coronation robes, and also of Queen Charlotte, and smaller portraits of his Majesty Louis Philippe, and several other Continental Sovereigns. At three o'clock the King of Prussia entered, and took his seat at the table, followed by the guests to the number of eighty. After lunch his Majesty remained at his. Excellency's residence until half-past six o'clock, when his Majesty, attended by the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, and the Noblemen and Gentlemen of his suite, returned to Paddington, and from that terminus were conveyed by a special train to Slough. His Majesty and suite, including the Earl of Hard wicke, Lord in Waiting ; M. le General Natzmar, Le Comte de Stolberg, M. le General de Neumann, M. Muller, and M. de Meyerinck, arrived by a special train at the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway yesterday morning, arid immediately proceeded to Buckingham Palace. His Majesty and suite were conveyed from the Palace in three of the Royal (dress) carriages to St. Paul's Cathedral to attend Divine Service, and afterwards went to the Mansion-house and partook of a dejeune with the Lord Mayor. His Majesty and suite on leaving the Mansion-house drove to the King of Hanover's residence, in St. James's Palace, where his Majesty alighted, and viewed the state rooms and other parts of the residence. His Ma jesty next honoured the Duke and Duchess of Suther land with a visit at Stafford House, which his Majes.y inspected.. The King attended Divine Service in the afternoon in the Royal German Chapel, St. James's. His Majesty and suite arrived at three o'clock, and were conducted to the gallery forming the royal closet, occupying the entire width of the west end of the chapel. The front of the closet is separated into three division's, by piers orna mented with carved mouldings, all of them being faced with crimson velvet hangings, bordered wich broad gold lace and fringe. His Majesty took his station in the middle partition his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen and part of the Royal Suite being on his Majesty's right, and the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, and the remainder of the suite on his Majesty's left. Divine Service commenced, and was performed by the Rev. Dr. Kuper. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Waloaum. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, and his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, also attended the Service. From the Royal German Chapel his Majesty, attended by his suite, went to pay a visit to her Royal Highness ,e Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, where his Majesty was received by the Earl of Westmoreland and Sir Samuel Gordon Higgins, who conducted the August Visitor to the Royal Duchess. His Majesty re mained half an hour with her Royal Highness, and left at five o'clock for the Paddington terminus, which his Majesty and suite left by a special train on their return to Windsor Castle. His Majesty, it is expected, will honour one of the theatres with his presence this evening, and will after wards dine with the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The Royal and Illustrious party to meet his Majesty have, in consequence, been invited for half-past eight o'clock. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Jones, arrived in town yesterday morn ing from Kew, and left Cambridge House in the fore noon, to attend Divine Service in St. Paul's Cathedral. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock on Satur day afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chan cellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbulr. The Council sat two hours. Sir George Arthur had an interview with Lord Stanley, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges com menced their meetings for the season on Saturday. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Cetto left town, on Saturday, on a visit to her Majesty at Win dsor Castle. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their residence in White hall-gardens yesterday, on a visit to the Queen at Wind sor Castle. Sir Robert, on his way, called at Apsley House, to pay a visit to the Duke of Wellington, and re mained a short time. After the breaking up of the Cabinet Council on Saturday afternoon, the Earl of Aberdeen returned to Windsor Castle. The Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunow left town on Saturday, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Marchioness of Queensberry has returned to Far rance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from a tour of visits. THE TORIES and the " WILD MEN." While the meddling, arrogant, and rebellious sect among:the Scotch clergy, who have acquired the epithet of " wild men," considered them selves secure under the protection of Lord Advocate Rutherford, and under-Secretary Maule, they coquetted with Peel and Aberdeen, hoping that the Tories would outbid their oppo nents and purchase their support and prayers at a higher price than the Whigs. To do Sir R. Peel justice, however, he never gave them any encou ragement ; he knew the character of the men too well to trust them. He kept aloof from them while out of office, notwithstanding the fawning praises bestowed by Chalmers on himself, and on the Sister Church—then, as well as now, all but Roman Catholic, and his still more exuberant commendation of the church-extending . Sir Robert Harry Inglis. When restored to office he takes care that there shall be no mistake on the subject, and through the agency of Sir James Graham, or rather that of the Under-Secretary, the grandson of an Archbishop with boundless Church patronage, he tells them in no very courte ous terms that he can dispense with their advice and assistance in appointing ministers to Crown livings. This was an unkind cut, after the old Whig Chalmers—the Pope of the Non-Intru sionists—had compromised his politcal and reli gious faith, by making approaches to a party that he had often denounced, and by holding up to the admiration of his countrymen a Church which rejects his fellowship, and which the Covenanters resisted to the death as worse than Popery. This treatment, of course, has created a terrible commotion in the camp of the Non-Intrusionists. They know not to what hand to turn themselves. The law of the land is against them ; the people begin to suspect their motives. The Town Council of Glasgow, located in the very heart of the district that once gave them the warmest support, last week declared off, and elected an Intrusionist in preference to a Non-Intrusionist clergyman. Rutherford and Maule, the Castor and Pollux of the Non-Intru sGtihorensham vain ists, are n a a re ddg, determined ambitious men totohwumhoblesaid i th n e t d h u e s ir t hearts " We will ascend - into heaven ; we will exalt our throne above the stars; we will sit also upon the mount of the ' congrega ti on in the sides of the North." At a meeting of the Pres bytery of Edinburgh, -held on Wednesday, the , whole truth was disclosed, and <consternation seized every Non-Intrtisionist countenance as THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1842. Dr. Chalmers described the " Slough of Despond," into which they had fallen. After ; painting in glowing colours the splendid pros pects opened up by this precious Veto Act, and the admirable working of the system by " making daily advances among the population against that infidelity and vice which alike destroy the souls of men and the peace and good order of the commonwealth," he thus proceeds to paint the back ground of the view, not forgetting to bedaub it well with the trea cherous doings of the ConservativeS : As far back as the year 1833, and a few days before the veto was first moved in the General Assembly, I mentioned in a company of friends, who were assembled for the purpose of consulta tion and deliberation, that as we had the power —which I conceived we were entitled to from the Act of William 111., which I conceived was not affected by the subsequent Act of Queen Anne —that as this power was in the Church to exer cise her free judgment in each particular case, in giving effect to the wishes of the people, so my suggestion was, that we should resolve on a vi gorous and faithful exercise of that power ; and if a new law was necessary, so that the people should have a share in the initiative along with the patron, it would be better to make a direct application to Parliament—not that the Church needed the authority of the State—and this is a misconstruction which is always put on this pro posed application of mine on the ground of a subtle misapprehension, which is not possible to be dis lodged from the minds of our opponents. I say, not that the Church needed the authority of the State to invest her with full power over her ministers and members in things spiritual, - but to provide against being disturbed by the State in things temporal. The apprehension of being so disturbed was felt by me then, and it has been justified since by what has taken place in the case of Auchterarder. If others, men of great authority, had shared these appre hensions with me, the privileges of the people would have been secured, and the troubles of the Church would have been saved.--(Hear, hear.) I confess I had at that time—and I must explain how I have not the same faith after the experi ence of the last few years—l had then great faith in tb2 efficiency of the liberum arbitrium , and I shall briefly state the circumstances which then inspired it. Besides the Evangelical majority which we still possess, there was a growing res pect for Evangelical doctrines among the upper classes, and a greater demand for it. The convic tion was increasing that popular education, and that the education of principle, was the grand specific for the moral and political disorders of our land, and that the lessons of the Gospel of Christ, which in all their depth and pecu liarity, were heard gladly by the common people, were no longer denounced and nau seated as Methodistical, but were held in favour - by the high as well as by the low—by the single dispenser of patronage as well as by the great body of listeners in our large and flourishing con gregations. That Ido not over-rate the disposi tion to foster and encourage these principles, is obvious from the experience of the first two years after the passing of the Veto. In that time 200 churches . were called into existence, which could not fail, from the popular constitution of most of them, to be filled with popular and acceptable clergymen. I did hope, when I saw that enter priso pushed forward by the aristocracy, and (with a peculiar emphasis) which was as good as taken in hand by the Conservatives them• selves.—(Hear, hear.) I did hope, when I saw all this, that a purer and better initiative of the Ministry would bring back the godliness of other days, and that order, peace, contentment, loyalty —a general well-conditioned people, both moral and economical—in short, that all the blessings included in that godliness which bath the pro mise both of the life that now is, and of that which is to come,—that these, resting on the solid basis of religious instruction, communicated in ourpacish schoolsandwell-filled churches,would return and reign, and flourish in our borders. I need not say how all these goodly anticipations have been scattered to the winds. Even before the evils assumed their present menacing front, I saw that a re-action had taken place. I first saw it in that monstrous measure by which the contri butions at our new churches were seized, and thus, for the saving of a paltry penny by the heritors, all our hopes were nipped in the bud. But these were only premonitory symptoms. By this time the Veto-law was declared illegal, and the prophecies of our deadly enemies, which, I believe, some' were at great pains to fulfil, were verified—that either the Veto-law must be rescinded, or the Church Establishment must be rooted from its foundations. I have heard that great pains were taken in some quar ters to fulfil these predictions—that it cost con siderable trouble ere a prosecution could be got up; and this at least is evident, that while the first summons in the Auchterarder case re spected only temporalities, the amended sum mons placed the Church entirely at the mercy of the Court of Session in things ecclesiastical. This amended summons was so extraordi nary when it was first put forth, that it met with the reprobation of a unanimous Commission. That unanimity is now so far broken that pro bably one-third of the Church is on the side of the most unqualified erastianism. And, to thicken our difficulties, another case—how got up or by whom, I shall not venture to affirm—the Strathbogie case, not only develops a plan of un disguised rebellion, but the actors in that scene are countenanced by many of their brethren ; and, to close this enumeration of the dangers which have gathered around us—for I need not mention the opposition to . our quoad sacra churches, which, as the opposition to the collec tions was the most deadly thrust to our Church extension scheme, so this opposition to the quoad sacra churches is the most deadly thrust to the mechanism which alone would make Church extension efficient for all classes. But to close this melancholy enumeration, it is now attempted by the most influential patrons to flood the Church with Moderates, and so bring back that withering regime under which the national vir tues of Scotland had well nigh expired. This is the picture drawn by the man who, with Sir James Moncrieff (now dumb on the subject), brought forward the veto ordinance in the General Assembly, which has created such confusion in that useful, venerable, and well constituted ecclesiastical establishment, the Kirk of Scotland. The party, seeing they have no hope of relief from the present Government— but, on the contrary, afraid that measures are in preparation for protecting those whom they have excommunicated and also preventing the repeti tion of such cold-blooded cruelties as they have inflicted on the ministers of Strathbogie—have resolved to overture the General Assembly against any legislative measure which does not recognise the fundamental principle of Non-Intrusion. The present Moderator of the General Assembly, Dr: Gordon, therefore was put forward on the occasion, and though a man of a mild and amiable'disposition, was made the instrument of the Non-Intrusionists in pro posing the following insolent memorial : " The Presbytery having considered the present cri ticalai, m p ui position e c s h o o f l t v t h e h e e as C General h fo u l r lo c l h v ' s s A : t s_ ff s r b s y a ' ss explained t e e in ha th v e e " 1. That the Church, during all her recent contend icni pgise, hasthat u n n ioform pastorly a b d e h r n e t d r u t d o e d h i e n r t fundamentalcongregation p rin contrary to the will of the people. " 9 . That while a proposal was recently made, as it was believed, on the part of her Majesty's Government, which was understood to be intended to leave the Church at liberty to act upon the principle of non-in trusion, in a form to which, although strongly disapprov ing of it, it was thought the Church might submit, it now appears that the proposal was not understood by the Government in a sense coming up to what was de clared to be indispensable, and that the only settlement contemplated has been on a footing which the Church has all along repudiated as inconsistent with the prin ciple of non-intrusion. " In accordance with these resolutions, and inasmuch as there is ground for apprehending the introduction of a legislative measure for the settlement of the affairs of the Church, which will not recognise the fundamental principle of non-intrusion in any form to which the Church could submit, it is humbly overtured by the Pres bytery of Edinburgh, that the. General Assembly do op pose and resist any measure which does not unequivo cally allow the Church in every instance to reject a pre sentee, not merely in respect of the reasons or objections stated by the parishioners against his settlement, nor in respect of their adherence to these reasons or objections, but solely in respect of the continued opposition of the Members of the congregation, founded on a declared conscientious regard to the spiritual interests of them selves or the congregation._ And further, — thlit the General Assembly, while they continue to give their earnest and favourable attention to the obtaining of such a measure as shall fully, and by a fixed rule, recognise the continued opp os i t i on o f t h e ma jority of a congregation, as a"conclusive ground for re jecting a presentee,. do also take into their serious con sideration, with a view to , the deliver ance o f t h e Ch urc h from her present difficulties, the propriety of seeking the abolition )f the law of patronage, as especially in the construction now attempted to be put upon it, in volving a violation of the constitution of the Church and Kingdom secured at the Revolution, an d una lt era bly ra tified by the Act of Security and Treaty of Union." A lengthened discussion took place, the result of which was, that Dr. Gordon's motion was carried by 41 to 17. The General Assembly (for • the section at Edinburgh represent the AsSem bly) will, therefore, not only resist any plan which does not recognise their favourite specific, but also call upon the Legislature to abrogat a law which is found mightily inconvenient in the way of their movements. Chalmers, Candlish, Cunningham, and Co., therefore—names as re markable for the alliteration of the words, as the Doctor's tripod of the Veto-law, patron, presbytery, and people —are resolved still to insist upon the consummat i on o f t h e i r pl an s, and give the whol e p atronage o f t h e Ki r k t o th e elite. of the people This is the term chosen by Dr. Chalmers. - Why does he not use the Eng lish word elect, and also tell us how the elect are to be known? But that would not suit his purpose. The Church has concealed objects in view, and we therefore warn the Government, and the people of Scotland, against their designs. No one is to vote for a minister but one of the elect, and these are to be appointed by the liberum arbitrium of the Church. This is the real meaning - of the insidious phrase now in the mouth of everyNon-Intrusionist. The election-roll is to .be revised by the Church, and a very select, expurgated list they will produce, if we may judge even from what they have already done, without taking into ac count the extravagant extent to which they will carry their inquisitorial research. They have debarred men from the table of the Lord for burying their departed relatives on Sunday. They debar men for not saying family prayers night and morn, for dancing, for reading certain books, for selling sweetmeats on Sunday, for keeping their houses open for the refreshment of travellers, for opposing the liberum arbitrium, and for every act which they may be pleased to consider a breach ofthe Divine commands. No in quisition so galling was ever established in any country. The following extract of a letter by a Non-Intrusionist clergyman will convince the in credulous that we do not take alarm without just grounds. It was written by the Rev. Robert IVleCheyne, minister of St. Pete'r's, Dundee, and appeared on Saturday, the 22d instant; in the Witness, the only organ of this tyrannical section of the Scotch Church. " Such of the Directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway," says this " wild man, " 4 as are favourable to the mails being carried on that line on Sunday are 4. infi dels, scoffers, men of unholy lives, the enemies of all righteousness, moral suicides, sinners against light, traitors to their country, robbers, and murderers," What can the Government do with such men but bind them with fetters, as lunatics? PROGRESS in the AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • SlR,—The' place from which I write, affords evidence of the progress of informati on o n th e question of the Corn-laws. The cen t re o f an agricultural district, which is moreover t h e seat of some peculiar monopolies, or attempted mo nopolies, of its own,—it has still been penetrated by the advance of knowledge, and though the " pagans" of the villages may continue in some thing like the darkness of . Thomism, the " oppi dans ' have the acuteness to know their interests and to maintain them. In the first place, it is clear they have scouted the delusion, which in some situations persuades the tradesman that it is necessary the agricul turists should rob in order .that there may be somebody to buy. Your - Maidstone tradesman cannot tell why the money should not, as much be there to buy, if it was left in the pockets of the rightful owners. He doubts the inference, he demurs to the necessity, so convincingly evident to his non-representatives in Parliament, that there must be cow-stealing in order to make beef. He would be content to eat his beef at the first hand ; 'and sees not how the passage through the hands of the lordly receiver, improves either the flavour or the price. But he sees more than this. He has his eyes open to the way in which meat is not only stolen but lost. "I take three-and-sixpence a week from the working classes," said a vendor of the inde scribable things called chandleries, " where if the Corn-laWs were away I should take ten shil lings." No use in telling this worthy tradesman, that the less there is to eat the richer we are. If this man could be pitted against the minister, the result would probably be like what took place at Lancaster, when the " MancheSter man" rolled in upon Lord Stanley like the prophet'sr barley cake. Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Maidstone, 28th January, 1842. THE VINDICTIVE FRIGATE. (mom A COn!tESPONDENTO . , PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—Th i s noble Ship was fortunately extricated from her perilous situation about eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, the crew having succeeded, by great exertion, in warpinc , her into deep water on the rise of the tide, and on the following morning she beat into Spithead against a strong westerly wind, (the pumps going the whole time,) under easy sail set upon her two remaining masts. This morning she war towed into harbour by the Echo steam tug and a hired steam-packet from Southampton, and immediately taken into the great South Dock, to undergo examination and repair. AS it will be late to-night before the water is pumped out of the dock, the extent of her damages can• not be accurately known, although from the quantity of water she makes, it is feared that they are of a serious nature. A Court of Inquiry will be held upon the offi cers and crew early in the ensuing week. In the opinion of most naval men there has been a great want of judgment and seamanship hi the affair, and we should say that nothing short of an open inquiry will satisfy the public mind. A fine frigate, and the lives of five hundred valu ble seamen have been placed in most imminent peril, and the good discipline of the service de mands that the investigation should be searching and uncompromising. Great apprehensions have been felt for the safety of the Lively cutter, which was despatched from the dock-yard with an anchor and cable for the Vindictive in the evening of the day she got ashore, but which never reached her. Ac counts were received, however, of her having been driven by the violence of the gale into Bognor, where she arrived in safety. The Hastings, 74, Capt. Lawrence, will be paid off on Tuesday. Mr. Elton, the midshipman, whose trial and sentence have lately excited so much indignation, came home in the Hastings, from the Mediterranean, and has since been sent to the Marshalsea Prison. Captain Wil liams, his prosecutor, and, we may well add, persecutor, also came passenger. to England in the same ship. Of the conduct of Captain Law rence towards the unfortunate youth, during the passage, you shall hear more anon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 29.—The Driver steamer was un docked at Woolwich, on Thursday, having repaired the damages she sustained in getting ashore on the Yorkshire coast, and the Volcano, steamer, was taken into dock. The Firebrand, Lightning, and Shearwater, steamers, were ordered to be in readiness at Greenwich on the 4th Feb. to take the King of Prussia and suite to Ostend. The Ringdove, 16, was commissioned this afternoon by Sir William Daniel. The Hastings, 72, Captain J. Lawrence, C. 8., will be paid off on Thursday next, into ordinary, as her decks require to be new laid; most probably such fittings as can be removed will be shifted to the Edinburgh, 72, which ship is likely to be commissioned fo r Si r T. Coch rttne'sFlagin the A . The marineslbn a oftheHastings will be sent to Woolwich steamer, now on her passa ge here for them. It is d ue to the officers and men of the Hastings to say, that few shi p s hav e been mustered on , as she does. Sh e i s equally a credit to the Captain, and a p r id e to the seamen which their lavnh da t marinesrae ma r n n h o.f ot n w a e , r ought present s o per f ect a picture of to be The Wolverine, 16, Commander Johnson, had the ho flour of being the only English man-of-war that sa luted his Majesty of Prussia. She had scarcely had ten working days since she was commissioned, but by great comingpout but it being deemed ad of Sheerness, in the exertions, she got to the Nore in time to compliment his Majesty on Saturday morning last. Capt. Johnson went on board, and stated that Vice-Admiral Sir Ed ward not to lose the flood tide up the River the Fire- N G va r rd owl ß er r , ac t e o wa s y s Fie brand did not wait. hexTe Wolverine was yesterday in the Downs, and may be pected at Spithead hourly, with Mr. Brown, second Master Attendant of this Yard, Lieut. Boyd, and 22 riggers, which she took out of the Lively, Dockyard vessel. e A Dock-yard vessel has been sent to look for the mized-mast of the Vindictive, which was cut away. An expedition left Demerara in October last, consisi,- ing of 300 troops, under Colonel Buck, to destroy a fort which it was said the Brazilian Government had erected within the British territory. In Harbour--St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Hastings, Vindictive, Carysfort, Rapid, Nau tilus, and Echo (steamer), Cracker, tender, At Spithead—Queen and Warspite. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINT3IENTS. PROMOTlONS.—Promotions in compliment to the King of Prussia—Commander Nott, to the rank of Captain ; Lieutenant George Henry Seymour, to the rank of Com mander; Mr. W. E. A. Gordon (late Dido), to the rank of Lieutenant. Lieutenants—Wm. Whymper (1802), to the rank of Commander, retaining his out-pension of Greenwich Hospital; A. Smith, to the rank of Commander. Mate—R. A. Moore, to the rank of Lieutenant. Second Master—W. Woodger, to the rank of Master. Assistant-Surgeon — Dr. George M'Kay, to the rank of Surgeon. Clerk —Joseph Maddock, tb the rank of Purser. AP :OlNTMENTS.—Commanders Robert Sharpe, to the Scylla, at Plymouth; Sir Wm. Daniel, to the Ring love, at Portsmouth; H. Mangles Denham (additional), to the Lucifer, for detached surveying service on that part of the coast of Lancashire comprising approaches to Nforecombe Bay, Pile Harbour, and Port Fleetwood A. Lowe, tathe Excellent, vice Nott, promoted. Lieutenants —NV. Crawford, to Impregnable; John R. Thompson, to Ringdove. Master—John S. Pritchard, to Ringdove. Secretaries—B. Waller, Esq., to be Secretary to Rear- Admiral' Sir T. Cochrane ; G. Smith, Esq., to be Secre tary to Vice-Admiral Sir E. Owen. Assistant-,Surgeon—L. L. Martin, to Queen ; Robert Steel, to Cary sfort ; John Gordon, to Rapid ; J. E. Walsh, R. T. Easton, W. D. Kerr, and J. H. Howe, to Illustrious. Purser—Mr. Fisher, to Ringdove. _ . Mates—M. Burrows, A. C. key, and F. L. McClintock (from the Excellent) to join Royal Naval College ; H. Kerr, to Carysfort ; H. Griffiths and G. Durbin, to Impregnable. Volunteers, Ist Class— Mr. Warrington Corneck, from Caledonia to Carysfort ; T. A. Doudney, Ralph Taylor, and James Gill, to the Queen, as supernumeraries. COAST GUARD.—Commanders John Mort Bate (Jan. 1836), to be Inspecting Commander, vice Gape, promoted ; Parker Duckworth Bingham (April 1826), to be Inspecting Commander, vice Pancy, appointed to Sappho. Lieutenant—Laurence Denneby (Jan. 1824), to be Chief Officer. Removals----Commander S. Ramsey, from Sunderland Coast Guard to Gosport; Mr. W. C. Forsyth, Chief Officer, from Kingston to Chichester Harbour ; Lieut. John Kempe, from Tor Head to Cushendun ; Lieut. J. S. W. Grandy (recently promoted),. from Hayling Island to Hardway ; Lieut. Richard Combauld, from Langton to Hayling Island ; Lieut. Wm. Welsh, from Alum Bay to Langton; Mr. John Morgan, Chief Officer at Hardway, and formerly a Chief Mate of a revenue cruiser, has been appointed to the command of the Lion cruiser, building at Hastings. Royal Marines—Second Lieutenants Schomberg, Bar nard, Roberts, and Kennedy, to the Royal Naval Col lege, to stndy for Marine Artillery. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., appointed Second in Command in the East Indies, hoisted his flag (pro tempore) on board the Excellent, in this harbour, on Thursday. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-I was much delighted on reading. your valuable journal on Thursday and Friday, to find the Anti-Corn law League had suggested the people assembling on the oocasion of her Majesty opening Parliament, and ex pressing their disapprobation of the accursed and inhu man Corn-laws. Permit me to suggest, what I think would be less objectionable to her Majesty, that the people should provide themselves with inscriptions, boldly printed. For example :—" No Corn-laws." " Down with the Corn-laws." " No Starvation-laws." " Cursed is he who withholds Corn from the Poor." "Give us this day our daily Bread, &c."—l am, Sir, yours obediently, A FRIEND TO HUMANITY. St. Martin's, Jan. 30,1842. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A new five act comedy, from the pen of Mr. Bell, of the Atlas newspaper, was produced at this theatre on Saturday with great and deserved success. It is entitled Marriage, and the plot is as follows :—Sir Harry Vivid, M.P. (Mr. Wal lack), a volatile man of fashion, and a recently elected Member of the Lower House, has fallen in love with Adelaide Temple (Mrs. Charles Pet tingall), who, with her guardian, Mr. Wortley (Mr. H. Wallack), is on a visit to Lady Belgrave in London. She returns his love; but, from a spirit of coquetry, conceals from him the con quest he has made. Baldwin (Mr. Stuart), the villain of the piece, a man who has ruined himself by gambling, also loves Miss Tem ple ; and, in order to destroy all Sir Har ry's prospects, he plots with Drouk (Mr. Webster) one of his gambling associates, to take advantage of Sir Harry's fickleness, so as - to render a union between Sir Harry and Ade laide Temple impossible. A charity bazaar is given by a Lady Pierrepoiut, and Baldwin takes a stall for Clara Irwin (Mrs. Edwin Yarnold), a simple country girl, over whom he seems to pos sess some mysterious influence. Sir Harry sees her, is smitten with her, accompanies her home, and is by her introduced to Drouk as her fa ther. Baldwin immediately circulates far and wide the story of Sir Harry's attachment to Clara, and in order to destroy him altogether in the es timation oeAdelaide, who is a girl of strongaris tocratic prejudices, he induces the members of the Pro Bono Public() Society, a Society for opening highways and removing fences, to re quest Sir Harry to take the chair at one of their meetings. He writes a note, refusing the pro ferred honour in rather a brusque sort of style, and at the same time, in reply to the note of Clara's, asking to see her the following day, writes her word that lie shall be happy to attend to her wishes. By some mischance, Clara's. note is sent to the Pro Bono Publico people, who are delighted at his condescension, and their note is • sent to Clara, who is disgusted at his rudeness. Adelaid. Temple, piqued at Sir Harry's neglect, suffers Baldwin to make love to her, and to repeat that they are about to be united. His schemes, however, fail, just as they seem on the point of succeeding. Clara confesses the whole scheme to Sir Harry, states that she is an orphan, who had been left by her father under the guardianship of Baldwin, who at that time bore the name of Mordaunt. He became a gambler, lost his fortune, and under the name of Baldwin sought refuge in London. She loved him, fol lowed him, and was induced to aid his scheme against Sir Harry, but when she perceives that the result of his success must be to make him another's, she reveals all. Sir Harry and Adelaide are of course reconciled, and confess their mu tual attachment. Baldwin says, as all villain's say at the end of the fifth act, that he intends re forming, and makes a tender of his heart and hand to Clara, and so all ends happily. There is an underplot, in which a Mr. Cavendish Parose (admirably acted by Wrench) a sort of modern Solus, who doubts and hesitates as to committing matrimony all through the play, takes a principal part, and in which a Mr. and Mrs. Doubtful (Strickland and Miss Maywood) create an infinite deal of fun by their very amusing domestic infelicity, lie having been up to the month previously a fretful old bachelor; but having married his young ward he thinks it incumbent on him to thwart her inclinations in every thing, while she, having high notions of her own rightsand dignity, is equally determined to thwart Mr. Doubtful. Sir Harry Vivid was admirably played by Wallack, who reminded us not unfrequently of Elliston. Mr. Stuart as Baldwin was very good. His opening scene with Drouk is one of the most forcible pieces of acting we have ever seen; he was excellently sup ported by Webster as Drouk, whose cool, busi ness-like villany contrasted admirably with the volcano bursts of passion of Baldwin. The one was a villain from inability to resist the impulse his own headstrong will; the other because it was his business to be so. It is to be regretted that the author has not worked out the character of Drouk ; it would bear greater development, and would be an agreeable relief to the comedy, which is rather deficient in fun and incident. Tile dialogue is written with the greatest care ; it is elegant, conversational, and sparkling with wit at every sentence ; but it would be improved by curtailment. It was eleven o'clock before the comedy was over, and four hours is too long for any play. Adelaide Temple was performed with great spirit and judgment by Mrs. Charles Pettingall, who has hitherto been known to play-goers as Miss Charles, and Mrs. Edwin. Yarnold made a most interesting Clara. At the fall of the cur tain the applause was loud and long-continued, and Webster announced the comedy for repetition every night next week. The comedy is exceedingly well put upon the stage, and, in accordance with an ancient custom, now becoming obsolete, it was ushered in by a prologue, delivered with good taste and judgment by Mr. Stuart, and was followed by a sprightly epilogue, which received full justice from Mr. Webster and Mrs. Pettin gall. The house was crowded. PROTECTION AFFORDED BY THE CLERGY. — One idea now inculcated on society by the lovers of priestcraft, is that the priesthood protects the people from the oppressions of the upper classes, and notably from the governors of society. We are grateful to the Tories for the admission that protection is now necessary against the rulers of society, but it is a mistake to suppose that the priesthood, who no longer possess muchindepen dent power, and are here the servants of the State, can give such protection. The priests are now the allies of those against whom it is pre tended they protect the people. They protect them as the dog protects the sheep from the wolf, to deliver them with greater certainty to the knife of the butcher. The people will be grateful for the admission that they need protec tion against their pretended protectors, but they will cast about to protect themselves. ITHE DIARY AND LETTERS OF THE CELE BRATED MADAME D'.ARBLAY.--We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great M ar lb orough -street, has this day published the First Volume, price 10s. 6d. bound, with portrait and fac-similes of " The Diary and Letters of Madame . D'Arblay, aut h or o f Evelina,' &e.oncluding the peri o d o f h er res id ence at the Court of queen Charlotte," edited by her niece, to be completed in about si x mont hl y volumes, un if orm l y with Agnes Strickland's "Lives of the Queens of Eng land." Orders received by all booksellers. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cummi ng , D u bli n . Licensed victuallers should be aware that the officers of Excise are making seizures of all spirits which they find under the proper strength. LEVANT MAIL. We have received Malta letters and papers to the 15th inst., and advices from Constantinople to the Bth, Smyrna 10th and Alexandria 2d. The news they contain is not of striking interest. The Malta Chronicle of the 11th inst. gives the sub joined account of a storm experienced in that port : " Yesterday morning at eight o'clock, Valletta was visited by a tornado which lasted half an hour. For about ten minutes the weather was truly awful ; the wind blew in terrific blasts, the rain poured down in torrents, the size of the hail-stones rendered them de structive missiles, and the peals of thunder were q u it e deafening. No damage of consequence was, however, sustained by the ships in port, though the Ganges, by a sudden shift of wind from N.E. to W.S.W., was nearly thrown on her beam ends. She heeled ever 5 deg., her larboard lower deck guns run themselves out, and heavy seas rolled themselves in at her weather ports. A number of hammocks were blown overboard by the violence of the wind, and some few were riddled- by the hail. The ensign and jack-staff were carried away, and picked up at some distance from the vessel. The anchor was turned over, and the sea completely discoloured by the disturbed mud. The Howe also felt the gale, and the Impregnable heeled over greatly. The Ceylon, from having everything snug before, rode it out most admir ably. On shore several disasters are reported. One of the windmills on the bastions overlooking the Quaran tine Harbour was blown down, and the Mandaraggio, a lowly situated part of the town, chiefly inhabited by the most indigent classes, was nearly under water, but as it happened by daylight, we have heard of no loss of life." We find the following in the Malta Chronicle :—" The Cyclops took her departure from Trieste on the 17th ult., with Sir Stratford Canning, who remained there two days. Between that day and the 29th we have no intel ligence of her, but on the latter day Sir Stratford Can ning landed at Corinth, and .proceeded to Nauplia and Athens, to one of which places the Cyclops would go round, and take him on board. If not detained long at Constantinople, she may be expected here about the end of the present, or beginning of the ensuing week. We have been favoured with the following authentic particulars of a sad occurrence on the day preceding her departure from Trieste, which threw a gloom over every one during the few remaining hours of her stay:` On the night of the 16th, Mr. G. P. Stewart, chief engineer of the Cyclops, while waiting in the dark for a boat, fell into the sea from-the Mole, and was drowned, though submerged little more than five minutes. It is generally believed that he was tripped up by some of the chain-cables which are most improperly allowed to cross the several stairs on the Mole. Mr. Stewart had been dining with some friends on shore, and was encumbered with a thick great-coat, which probably prevented his swimming. When found, his hands were still in the coat-pockets, and there was a very great contusion on his shoulders from the rocks. Most probably the back of his head also was struck at the same time. He was a uni versal favourite, on account of the mild and amiable man ners and respectable conduct for which he was distin guished; and there could not have been a more zealous and skilful officer of his class; so that his loss is something more than a private one, though he has left a wife and children, in addition to many surviving friends. As the ship was to leave Trieste at night, the funeral was or dered for two o'clock on the 17th, and to mark the well earned respect for the deceased, he was buried on shore, with all the honours of a commissioned officer; the offi cers of the Cyclops, the British Vice-Consul, Mr. Fon blanque. British Consul-General in Syria (who took his passage in the Cyclops from Malta), and several British and American merchants, followed the body. Captain Austin, C. 8., was the chief mourner, and the Rev. Mr. Yelverton, the resident chaplain at Trieste, read the fu neral service in a most impressive manner. Until this sad contre-coup took place, the Cyclops had been the scene of constant festivity, and several thousands of per sons of every rank visited her, and were delighted with the ship, and with the attentions extended to them all by the Captain and the officers. The British merchants (who are of a highly respectable class) were all grati fied at the Triestini having such a sample of our Queen's pennant." A correspondent of the Malta Times writes from Alexandria, on the 2d instant :—" We hear that Mo hammed Ali purposes procuring negroes to fill up the want of Arab sailors in his navy. This does not coin cide with the promises made by him to Dr. Bowring and Colonel Campbell of his purposing to put a stop to the slave-trade in these parts. The excuse, of course, is that the time has not yet come—that the Egyptians are not civilised sufficiently to permit such an act being car ried into force—and that he must first ask the divine pleasure of his master, the Sultan. Government has abolished the circulation of certain Constantinople coins; still to some of its employes it has paid their stipends in such money. The Paella appears to be about paying part of his tribute to the Sultan. This must be the cause of the late chang,es,in the monetary system in this country." The Malta Times says, under head of the Levant— " The Druises and the Maronites, by the latest adviceS from from Beyrout, had suspended hostilities. The Ot toman Envoy, on a special mission, was well received, I and it was expeeted that order would be permanently established." A letter from Beyrout, 29th ult., in the Smyrna Jour nal, says :—" Our town has been in an extraordinary state of excitement since the arrival of the Seraskier, Mustapha Paella ; but the means he intends to employ for tranquillizing. the people of the Lebanon have .not transpired. A week before the coming of the Seraskier, Selim Pacha assembled at Beyrout the Sheiks of the Druses and Maronites, with the intent of forming a divan, at which the two parties might be reconciled. The Druses showed distrust, and would not comply with the summons until they were assured by the Consuls ofFrance, England,and Russia, that their persons should be respected. One Sheik alone, - the famous Abou Neked, one of the first leaders of the conspiracy of Dair el Kainar, fled to the mountains. At this divan, as at the beginning of the contest, when the troops sent to restore order might, with less hesitation, have arrived in time to prevenl the events which ensued, the authorities have not known how to combine sufficient energy and prudence for bring ing about a reconciliation, and the task is reserved for Seraskier." The Malta Times in its naval news says :—" We learn from Constantinople, 27th ult., that the English brig Georgiana, Capt. Reid, bound to England with a cargo of wheat, is totally lost in the false entrance to the Bospho rus—the captain, his wife, and crew saved; and the Eng lish brig Edenbank, Capt. Lama, bound to the Black Sea in ballast—crew saved. On Friday last the staffofficers and detachments of the Royal artillery and Royal engineers, lately returned from the Levant, received praticjue. The former proceeded to England—the latter moved into bar racks at forts St. Elmo and St. Angelo. Before leaving. Syria the officers had the melancholy satisfaction of wit nessing the completion of a tablet, which they erected in the Protestant burial ground at Beyrout, over the grave of a late much esteemed and lamented friend, and commanding officer, Colonel Bridgeman, thus perform ing the last tribute of respect to that gallant officer and excellent man. The tablet was prepared at Malta, and bears the following inscription : " E. 11. BRIDGEMAN, COLONEL COMMANDING HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS IN SYRIA, DIED AT BEYROUT, 23D APRIL, 1841. In testimony of their respect and regard, 'the officers, who had served under his orders, erected this tablet to his memory." Extract of a letter from Constantinople, Bth inst. of the Malta Times :—" You can have no idea how popular our new Vizier is becoming. Disdaining the trammels of a pseudo civilisation, which has in point of fact hitherto consisted chiefly of drinking wine and learning' to waltz, he has taken to distributing justice in the old Turkish fashion. He goes about in disguise, and whenever he catches a butcher, baker, or other tradesman poisoning the public by the sale of bad provisions, or cheating them by exacting undue prices, woe betide the wretch I The Vizier leaves his mark upon him to a cer tainty. The other day he fell in with a baker who was really crusty, being decidedly a bad bred fellow ; he said more than he needed—he had his reward. One of his own loaves was hammered into his mouth, to the no small damage of teeth and cheeks. Other tripping tradesmen have also met with punishment deemed equally appropriate. The Constantinople world, offenders ex cepted, applaud the justice of their new chief. He has further recommended the 'ridjals ' to cut down their enormous expenses, to ride on one horse instead of step ping into a carriage drawn by two or four ; to use a small kaick with three boatmen, instead of a large one with nine, and so forth. This is very prudent, for how could the gentlemen possibly be honest if compelled by the usage of their rank to spend twice as much as they receive from the Government ? He even offered to cut down his own salary to one-half ; so did Tahir Pacha and the Shiek ul Islam, but their offers were rejected as uncalled-for." In the Constantinople correspondence of the Bth inst., of the Smyrna Journal, we find the following :—" During the current week there have been frequent Councils at the Porte, the principal objects of which were the differ ent questions of internal policy known to have occupied. the Government for some time past. In an extraordi nary Council held on the sth inst., under the presidency of the Grand Vizier ' and which was attended, not only by the Ministers, but all the higher functionaries, the matters which were weighed with the most an xious solicitude were the state of Syria, and the military organization of the Empire. After this, the Council took into consideration a note presented to the Porte by the French Minister, relative to certain essential points which that Power is desirous of having cleared up. We entertain no doubt that the relations between Turkey and France, which, in cotwequence of the late events, have been under some restraint, will resume the charac ter of friendship and harmony which had from time im memorial subsisted between the two countries. The Russian war-steamer Polar Star, which has been for a long time at anchor off the Palace of Topkapou, took her departure this morning for Odessa with dispatches from the Russian mission. By order of Tahir Pacha, the Grand Admiral, the balls, which have been annually given at the places of public entertainment at Pera, are forbidden. This measure has been received with great satisfaction, particularly by fathers of families, in conse quence of the opportunity afforded by these meetings for excessive gambling, by which many youths have been ruined." Under the head of Tunis the Malta Times says : " Advices from Sfax inform us that the duty on tobacco is reduced from three to one piastre per rotolo (pound). This is considered a great benefit for the population. During the last summer the whole tribe of Nael, con sisting of 10,000 persons, emigrated from Tripoli to Tunis. being driven by famine into the Tunisian terri tory. They commit some depredations, and are not 'suffi ciently checked by the Government." An address to Sir Thomas Reade, British Consul-General at Tunis, has been presented to him . from the principal merc h an t s o f that place, thanking him for his exertions in defence of the oppressed, and especially for putting down the slave trade in that district. A letter from Tripoli, 30th ult., in the Malta Times' MORNING SUN says that there was at that moment a Turkish schooner in the port, destined for Smyrna, with a large cargo of slaves. A Corfu letter in the Malta Times confirms, by a very brief statement, the account of the recent disturbances there, but gives no new particulars. It says that the name of the American missionary was Ruel. DUBLIN ELECTION. DUBLIN, THURSDAY EVENING, SEVEN 0 CLOCK.— The state of the poll was thus announced by Sheriff Porter this evening : Lord Morpeth Mr. Gregory 919 •••••••••=1 Majority to-day 3L9 Yesterday Gross majority for Gregory Before the poll was declared this afternoon, di. O'Connell addressed the people, dwelling upon the deep and indelible disgrace the citizens of Dublin would suffer if Lord Morpeth should be rejected. It was (ob served Mr. O'Connell) asserted that several persons re fused to vote without being bribed. But the Reformers would sooner lose one hundred elections than commit the sin of bribery.—(Cheers.) They left the disgrace and crime of bribery to the Tories.—(Cheers). SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--Famer. CHESTER Cup r-11 to 1 agst Lanercost ; 14 to 1 agst Rory O'More (taken) ; 15 to 1 agst The Squire ; 17 to 1 agst Bellona ; 18 to 1 agst Jolly Tar (taken) ; 20 to 1 agst Rhodanthe ; 22 to 1 agst Vulcan (taken) ; 22 to 1 agst Retriever ; 23 to 1 agst Marshal Soult ; 25 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn ; 25 to 1 agst Cruiskeen ; 33 to 1 Una ; 206 to 7 agst Satirist (taken). DERBY.-7 to 1 agst Attila ;10to 1 agst Chatham ; 23 to 1 agst Wiseacre ; 30 to 1 agst Joanna c. ; 40 to 1 agst Moss Trooper ; 45 to 1 agst Meteor ; 3 to 1 agst Scott's lot. OAKS.—No change since Tuesday. HURRICANE IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. BRISTOL, FRIDAY.—The Mercury cutter was towed into this port last evening by the Countess Pembroke steamer, having had a most miraculous escape from total loss in the tremendous hurricane of Tuesday and Wed nesday last. The Mercury cutter is a tender to the St. Vincent, now lying at Portsmouth, and she sailed from this port on Saturday last, to take some supernumerary seamen for her Majesty's ship the Queen, now lying at Spithead for orders. The following is the account of the occur rence given by Captain Scarlett, who is an acting second master in her Ma - jesty's service :—On Wednesday last, the 26th inst., the cutter was lying-to about thirty miles west of Lundy Island, under a close reef try-sail and storm jib, in a heavy sea, the wind blowing a gala from W.N.W., when a tremendous sea took her, which wash ed away her main -sail, the companion and the boat oft* her deck. She went down on her beam-ends, and was immediately half filled with water. The bal last in the- hold was shifted, and broke up the lower deck,. and the whole of the crew, six seamen, who were on deck, were washed overboard, and two of them were lost ; the other four recovered the ship. As soon as the confusion would admit, they set about cutting away the bwm and the gear, working the pumps, and baling the water, and by these means the ship was righted. When they came to muster the hands they found that out of the twenty-two supernumerary sea men, who were below in the hold, together with' Mr. Molesworth, mate of the Queen, and Mr. Francis Peel, nephew of Sir Robert Peel, who had charge of the men— it was discovered that two of the unfortunate men were killed, and six others wounded, one of them having his right leg and left hip broken, and who is now in the in firmary. As soon as she was righted, she was put right before the wind, and fortunately made the Bristol Chan nel and anchored in l'ennarth Roads, about half-past five o'clock the following morning. They were proceed ing on to Bristol when they fell iu with the Countess Pembroke steamer, and were towed by her up to Bristol, where she arrived on last night's tide (Thursday). This afternoon an inquest was held on the bodies of the two supernumerary seamen, Alexander Mackay and James Reed—who are lying on board the cutter, in Cumberland-basin—before J. B. Grindon, Esq., Coro ner for this city. • Mr. Montague Trevor Molesworth, mate of her Ma jesty's ship Queen, deposed to the above facts. Joseph Hollis, one of the supernumeraries, deposed that he and the other supernumeraries were lying down at the time of the occurrence, as the sea was too rough for them to stand up. Mackay's (the deceased's) head was on witness's feet, and Reed was lying close by on the leeward side. He (witness) was the first to get out of the hold by the companion way, and in two or three minutes the cabin deck was forced up by the water tank, which was full of water, and by the bars of pig iron, used as ballast, weighing about half a hundred weight each, and which were underneath the cabin floor. As soon as a light was procured they found Mackay dead and cold in amongst the ballast, and he afterwards saw Reed dead in the cabin. Joshua Newman, one of the seamen who Was - washed overboard, also described the accident ; and in reply to questions from the jury stated that he had been a sea man twenty years, and in his opinion no vessel was ever managed better. The witness also said he should never forgot the conduct of Mr. Molesworth, to whom he thought the survivors were mainly indebted for their safety. Mr. J. B. Prowse, surgeon to the Admiralty for the port, deposed to the death of the men being in all proba bility caused by such occurrence as the witnesses described. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of " Acci dental Death." The recent dreadful weather naturally causes consi derable apprehension for the safety of other vessels, and several small craft have been picked up disabled. A notice at the Commercial Rooms is the following : " The Captain of the BillOw reports having seen a vessel bottom upwards, and a large quantity of wreck off the Foreland, near the Naas Sands." I am sorry to say that the Shamrock, belonging to the Bristol General Steam Navigation Company, which sailed from Dublin on Tuesday last, has not yet been heard of. Her usual time is about 26 hours, and she has now been out about 70 hours. It is hoped, however, that she may come up by this evening's tide. P.S. I have called at the Company's office at the last moment (four r.m.), and they have not yet heard any thing of the Shamrock. BRISTOL, SATURDAY, ONE A.M.—Up to this hour, I regret to say, nothing has been heard of the Shamrock. The barque Mischief, trading between Lisbon and Liverpool, lost five men during the late gales. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The Mischief .barque, Captain Richard Downes, of and for Liverpool, from Lisbon, with a cargo of fruit, arrived here this morning, having sustained considerable damage in the gale of Wednesday last. The Captain reports that on the 26th inst., in long. 6 deg. 50 soc., let.. 51 deg., about 11 A.m., the vessel being hove to under s close-reefed main-topsail, wind at about N.N.W., a tre mendous sea struck her, which washed five seamen overboard, and carried away the bulwarks, stanchions, companion, galley, and boats. The severity of tlf gale was such, that the fore-topsail, which was furled, was blown out of the gaskets, and lost, with the main-topsail also ; and the vessel springing a leak, the Captain con sidered it prudent to bear up for Bristol. The names of the men who were swept overboard were as follow : Joseph Holmes, steward ; Thomas Abbott. second mate ; John Hoffman, seaman ; Wm. Blackmore, ditto; Alexander Collon, ditto. Captain Downes reports having fallen in with a large vessel, bottom upwards, about five hours previous to the accident happening to his own ship. THE SHAMROCK, BRISTOL AND DUBLIN STEAMER:-- I am sorry to inform you that serious apprehensions begin to be entertained for the safety of this vessel, which left Dublin on Tuesday, and was due at Bristol by Wednesday evening's tide. Up to the hour at which I now write, half-past twelve P.m., of Friday, no intelli gence whatever has been received of her. The Shamrock belongs to the Bristol Goneral Steam Navigation Com pany, and is their finest packet. Her commander is Captain John Hyde, who is a first-rate seaman. From the direction of the gale, blowing off the Irish coast, according to the accounts furnished in my former communication in the case of the Mer cury and the Mischief, there appears very little pro bability of her having put into any of the Irish ports ; the only chance of her safety now appears to be her having become crippled, and thus left at the mercy of the waves : in that case we may hear some thing of her from some port on the Welsh coast. Up to the present time the Company have received no letter whatever ; and from the subjoined, from Capt. Bailey, of the Star, bound for Cork, which left hero on Tuesday morning, it would appear that nothing had been heard of the Shamrock at Aliford up to that period. The fol lowing is a copy of the letter which was received by Messrs. Lunell and Co. this evening : " Gentlemen—l take this opportunity to inform you that the Star steam-packet put into Milford on Wednes day morning; at ten o'clo?k, in a tremendous gale of wind, with a heavy sea. We are lying at Pater, with two anchors down. As soon as the weather moderates we shall start for Cork. "Pater, Jan. 26. "WILLIAM BAILEY, Captain. WOOLWICH.-FRIDAY. ST. HELENA REGIMENT.—A corps for permanent service in St. Helena is in progress of formation; and will be organised at Winchester. The majority of the officers have already been appointed, and the men are to be raised by volunteers from other regiments of the line. When the announcement was made to the 15th Regiment at Woolwich, under the command of Lieut.- Colonel Lord Charles Wellesley, that men were wanted for this service, nearly two hundred expressed a desire to join the new regiment, but twenty only were per mitted to enrol their names for that service. Such ala crity on the part of the men shows that they are ready to engage in the service of their country in any pa" o f the world. div ß is O i Y on A , L un i te ß r iN th li e s. Ure a eho'noour dered to Woolwich to form part of the guard rich, still —The Cs:lhyaiharn! at the landing of the King of Prussia at G ree n - n,ll pro bability, remains in the garrison here, and will now, -in continue until his Majesty occasion form a guardrks for his own dominions, and will also on that ra of honour. e clock. Hi a -.3cmpe i r s a nil 0ri"• • • " • ---_, _ THE KING OF PRUSSIA. HIS Majesty ar• rived in town en Saturday by a special train on the Great Western Bailway sh ortiyan aftereleg elegan t an d al of the national establishments of the metropolis, M ajesty, attends by his suite, visited s ever inth'ptuous de and afterwards suite returned ; to Windsor in proceeded to the residence of Baron Bunsen, in Carlton terrace, and partook of jeune. 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