The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-12 00:00:00

IRELAND lEPE ; DIMIN, JAN. 8, Slx °tr.. ;c:, r. t after a powerful speech, during which his references to the State prosecutions produced a very visible impression amongst the vast asse•nblage imploringconcluded by imploring his countrymen to be peaceful ; to'nfrain from tumuli or confusion ; to obs'rve the law strictly, and they would have a repeal of tho union in connection with the Crown of England. While he lived he would prevent any separation, but when the grave closed over his mon tal remains, unless justice were done in the meantime, it would be impossible to maintain the connection with England.—(Cheers.) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then announced the Repeal rent for the week to be 539/. 121. Ild. After which Mr. M"rernan was called to the chair, and the meeting adjourned to Mon day next. THE STATE TRIALS, DUBLIN, JAN: 9.—Summonses were this day served, by the Crown, upon several members of the Committee of the Repeal Association, who are required to attend as witnesses at the trials. Yesterday and this day sum monses were also served upon most of the reporters of the Dublin newspapers, who are required to give evidence on behalf of the Crown. As all the witnesses are to be ex cluded from the Court, unless the witnesses actually under examination, this summoning of the reporters will pro duce extreme inconvenience to the various journals to which they belong, as well as disappointment to the public. There are various rumours afloat as to volunteer witnesses for the Crown ; but nothing has transpired of a character sufficiently authentic or decided to be relied Upon. AGGREGATE MEETING OF ROMAN CATHOLICS. The requisition continues to be signed by the most - Influential Roman Catholics in Ireland, chiefly anti repealers, and many of them gentlemen of large for tune in the country, who have never taken any part in political discus ions, but have been forced oat of their retirement by the exclusion of Roman Catholics from the special jury. Sir Robert Peel's subordinates in Ireland have raised a storm ehich be never can allay. It has been ascertained, beyond ail possibility of doubt, that several of the Roman Catholics struck off by the Crown never had been connected with the Repeal Association, et in any manner whatever identified with the rept al Movement. The attempt to defend the Government on this ground must, therefore, be totally unavailing. Mr. Kendrick, wine•merchant ; Mr. Dunne, and other Ca- tholic special jurors, excluded by the Crown, never had any connexion whatever with the Repeal Association. Amongst the new names signed to the requisition are the Right Hon. D. R. Pigot, Mr. Redington, M. I'. ; Sir Thomas Est - nonde, Bart. ; Mr. J. H. Talbot, Mr. Leni gan, of Castle Fogarty, & c . T wo R oman C at h o li c bishops have already sent in their names. There are to be meetings in Cork and other towns. The Freanan's. Journal contains the followilig Cork is in the field. We have now before us a private letter, written on Sunday last, addressed to an in fluential gentleman in this city, from one of the first Men in Cork, in which he thus speaks of the feeling excited there by the striking of the jury :—" We have had a large and influential meeting called at a moment's notice, and a requisition to the Mayor, call ing on him to convene a public meeting of the Catholics ) f Cork, to address the Queen and both Houses of Par liament was agreed to. I never witnessed a more deci• sive expression of feeling, at the shameful conduct of the Parties who sought to obtain a verdict by such means. ICork will do its duty.' We cannot doubt it, and so will r eland.. On S u nd a y nex t every C at h o li c congregat i on , leiugho u t Ireland will resolve itself into a meeting, after the devotions of the day shall have concluded, and %act& will give utterance t o t h e f ee li ngs w hi c h t h e act of the Government is calculated to excite. Addresses to s ec M ol ajesty, regation." and to Parliament, will proce e d fr om ever y athic Cong r r-RE FORGERIES OF WILLS AND TRANSFERS OF STOCK IN THE BANK OV ENGLAND. On Wednesday night, at a late hour, Daniel For wrester, the officer, arrived a t th e M ans i on -h ouse , av ing in hi s cu s t o d y a respectably-dressed female, W hom he ch arge d b e f ore th e L or d M ayor as a person ePly implicated in the nefarious transactions with Which th e names o f B ar b er an d Fl etc h er are m i xe d A. The p r i so ner i s the w if e o f a res p ec t a bl e t ra d es a a nin Oxf o rd- s treet, to who m s h e h as b een marr i e d out twelve months. Her husband accompanied her t d ° 116 Lordship's presence, and suff e r e d dreadfully ur ing the e xam i n ation o f t wo women, who were lirrituitcyed. by Daniel Forrester, as w it nesses to h er vs The L ORD MAYOR, upon hearing the statements of 1 : 1 ;e Witnesses, committed the prisoner, who will be svh°lolght up with Barber and Fl e tch e r, together with tln she i s represente d as h av i ng been a principal rformer in the forgery exhibitions at the Bank of 'gland. kr. Charles Freshfield solicitor to the Bank of t En g l and, attended the exam i na ti on , an d sa id th a t h e rd reaso n t o b el i eve that in consequence of the ex . rdina r y exert i ons and skill of Daniel Forrester, ; 13 Unbrok en c h a i n of evidence would be produced, i t tflecting the prisoner, not only with the cases of which ,Slack and Miss Burchard, the inquiry into fore flas been already, to a certain extent, laid be _ Il e the public, but with other cases of fraudulent c°,..spiracy under similar circumstances. bail:iwoefsthquite evident from the conduct of the hu-- e Prisoner, that he was wholly ignorant of the nature of the difficulty in which she is placed. INCREASE OF THE BRAZILIAN i) UTIES ON BRITISH GOODS. 'We.l l ( Liverpool Times) find, on examination, that the razilian Government has done nothing more than the terms the treaty between the two countries authorises it to do, in %,„ .111111 gati I, g the increased valu a ti ons o f B r i t i s h an d ot h er E7"48, which we mentioned last week. A friend of ours, who I:lstelf assisted in framing the valuations of the tariff which has th' t been superseded in several of its articles, informs us that w e _to?de of estimating the value of goods agreed upon by the li r ! I.!, vernments, is by a Commission of merchants, partly ,i. : 2 !tans and partly foreigners. It was by such a Commis tile! Jhat the valuations promulgated by the Brazilian Govern t "on the 31st Octob: r, and which came into operation on Mme day, w ere d rawn up. e .141 following are the principal alterations : tip.,, Old val. New vial. -At ne l 6 ereanellas Ain neat) tar barrels 5,000 9.,500 8 t e, sheet s e e l .or nails .Ib. 200 240 p i. _ , c.nglish . quintal 20,000 16,000 t e Z t lel, all colour; ... covado 300 400 : 44,,ttn_ 1 14'75 rilelir n a. s susi o; itit sv o o i; o i l or wool 600 QUIP 84 boots pair 3,000 6,000 2 000 4,000 : 1; Q . figured --vain ' 240 400 l 'tql zer ei, o: : din al r - eovade 6(.,0 800 ,ilk '''ruskdhat ary each 2,1100 3,000 eti 3 ..... . '''''''' 41$ 1 1 1 :! 4 qUiltin covado 1,800 900 2,000 1,000 ktm: il lerts ga.. vara 5,00 800 ..o,llr:!ines ....................... .covade 400 500 vo i „ d uti razors ..... . dozen 1,000 1,200 "itt er i etnero ori lb. 450 300 1'1 44 ) : In e -- k4t,,,1(31, ............... .• 450 600 `a t .. w°ol er cotton c ovado 500 COO we • .............. pair 2,800 3,000 are very 111444,,,tegret to state that the accounts of Lady 114%;4 health up to a late hour yesterday '" ) ur hl Il ter t ,• 4 e, and that no hopes of her recovery are lot p; " 7 l ' Nu.- l ed notice to the following at the several docks, it p .day at th e c t In-house, an d effect was whichposted on merchantst the,clrnlPort antto us° and persons having business at l et e -t "l'hoas e • “ The Board of Customs having l iii t lll e il tu vl t Z t t e e s d . and Pob!ished a . co t m he pi m la o ti , o ,t n h o o f fs b e e p g te e m ne b r e a r, c e w a rd h e ie r h s , t:- , 11 th e i 2 . _l‘sued . by them in Igrtati,ll,:nPortation and exporta t t h ion se of wi g te ood h s a , s a e n h i n p s r t e n s e er ss ib tn e t4 eti aet a for the conduct of ? . _pie at the custom-house, l 'l' ' the Dec application at the . co notice is . hereby given, that gi p lhok e same may be had 1 ) ,,,L li t h a,rul on payment of upon th esum o n t d eld m . ay A h s e im h i ad lar a w t work i°44',(.4s'slied monthly in future, a nd keok,...enlloned office." The above orer& rn n m co m n s s te eti m uence of Itleett;:dation of the Revenue Inquiry sineker,..b VICTUALLERS AND TM MILITARY of A M U :- A, a.------The four deserate and brutal Reid,ruffia e-.-4n e d . a e ic.Leit tea ce Jackson, Kir by , _ Johnson, and ruffians s ho were t, t t dlie.,_or fourteen days d for la a nd sa lo v r a d ge n a f t t t h ac e k p u ti p k o e n e tlr H . o S r o s n e- - allhiabliLved victualler an ell as upon Sergeants t ra 't Ulad nnuse, High-street, i tit e ta. ll, 37 R, returned " on w Wednesday to the Prison g kio..rediaiei to ne , and ae soon as the reached Woolwich they 117t11 7°1 t1.. 1 went to Mr. Sonnex s io h n o s, us a e n , where they made 401_ 41 _ (.4t dreadful imeca! and the b— d said r t n h i e t they e would when ejtYraame7r,lurn with the la ndlo rd __ _ r e, i, d 'en strong enough. Mr. Sonnex refused aft t e o rw se a r td ve s it 400441 ret_they left the house, but a short time b s M. It rued and tried to knock up to h .eor !litit ` t ,le fully expected that that a fi anotherht, but outrage could willn indiscriminately strZel le their by them upon any one A 4 0e have t a k e ay', especially the Royal etilleirya;hothnet,y,huhtowin itc to _ leen the precaution not to go sing 1, how sh, r e their rut:rattly assailants, should singly about, be required. Itee Q H'reie c . OF THE MACKEREL 0 -It k • •"--- OMMENcEmENT 13 • hton ette, Itv•--.Wn the last few days several of the rig ger, e left fo r Oft . s Plymouth, to commence the macrel ths t i etne of the Hastings boats have also shot their nets_ st t s 4 :_tke t : ,"in. and on Monday two ot them brought in the fi a r nd ttaOcts, .rwilliey, Which f etch loetthr'augt this season • one boat having taken 1,300 marker. Up ched on the beach at Hastings Ms. per h . „ if , . er e bought up for the Lon don .3_ eiNlht a. , 6 0 sof French fishing boats are reported off lih'heili- and the nei ghbourhood, and having letely !-Pftwnt t ,, , _t ti4lll._o encroich, her Majesty's brig Nautilus, Lie n u_ e i - s th" ert:Oneltas been sent round to Teoteect our Nautilus dan r),Pee , If h In th e Channel. On Monday the 4 1.4 11 o zneht on. IN -011110,,,' jOUANEYIIEN BAKERS' PROVIDENT oTveu_eisndsatyiteuvteionningwaa public meeting of the sub s;s held at Mr. James's, the ete Purpo sie "' ii!gh Holborn, Mr. Dweinble in the c o l t ia a ir n , meow for t h °f . r easillg funds towards the erection . 11, t o e relief and reception of aged and infirm journey kee step": and their widow s and orphans. Mr. Cruickshanks, le, ' Pied g i r 3 :' ,d several letters from millers, master bakers, eeevie re.,ls leemselves to support the proposed Asylum, and epiteelo:"ntlens favourable to the charity having been tOvelvsl wa rds of 160 millers, master bakers, &c., enrolled kiTtialtui tnevnbers, after which thanks were voted to the hatN1,,,,,. LE W the meeting adjourned. ktoitiotit.4o4l4oobLieuEst:olo:ritthel‘i: EAT —At Doncaster sessions, was ' indicted for offering upon his s , gs te at , 'me mutton for sale, and sentenced to two t4 .l, 4rd er :: +sone:lent and afi the Cro rm. e ft:seri I,.otl4.ssing sentence, seated that if any one else seas e,7 IA ~,,', .tvitted before him for the same offence, he should . ‘rail e m o re severe punishment. It is to be hoped that the ', eff b ad w Made will be a warning to butchers against palm 4tilt pet on the public. i a . Y ha, b:LiIaING EISHERY.—This week the Mid qi ti :l o f a t e, i the scene of unusual bustle and activity, by the lei, f resh h u nnber of vessels from the Kyles ot Bute-, loaded e o 7tie tive .r r ' l lense It appears that the fi shing has been so p.e o._.athe fishermen have ht•en glad to find purchasers 41, 41 447 5 ! , t 0 d per 120. Yesterday the herrings there f4„_°f hes r i r :r ". 4 4., and retailing at six a penny. fhe cheap ''llock „ I P ar:d potatoes is a great blessing to the p00r...... evergiser. DEATH OF SIR HUDSON LOWE. S:r from the effects of the severe attack of paralysis of which he was recently the subject. As the officer to whom was entrusted the custody of the Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena, his conduct toward the fallen monarch was strongly cen sured; although, as a military officer in com mand, obeying he orders of his superiors, he was merely the agent of others. Sir Hudson Lowe was an Ensign in the East Devon Militia, and served as a volunteer with the 50th Regiment in 1785 and 1786, nearly sixty years ago; and in Sept., 1787, was appointed Ensign in that regiment, and Lieut. in Nov., 1791. He served at Gibraltar six years, and subse quently at Toulon and in Corsica. He was pre sent at the attack of Martelio tower, the storming, of Convention Redoubt, and the siege of Bastia and Calvi. Whilst holding the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain he had in succession the following situa tions :—Regimental Paymaster, Assistant Pay master-General, Deputy Judge Advocate, and Assistant Inspector of Foreign Corps. He next served in Portugal two years, and at Minorca one. He had then the command of a corps of Corsicans. He served in the expedition to Egypt, and was in the reserve under :Major- General Moore. He was present in the princi pal occurrences of that compaign, and subse quently appointed Secretary of a Board at Malta fbr the adjustment of claims; he received a Majority in the Corsican Rangers, which was ante-dated the sth of July 1800, and, in 1802, was reduced to half-pay. In April, 1803, he received a majority in the 7th Foot, and was appointed permanent Assistant Quartermaster-General in the - Western dis trict. He was afterwards sent, at the desire of Lord Hobart, on a secret expedition to Portugal, and subsequently on a similar mission to Sar dinia. He raised and completed the corps of Royal Corsican Rangers, of which he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel Commandant, in June, 1804. He served in Naples under Sir James Craig, and afterwards, in Sicily, he was detached with five companies to Capri, and was stationed there two years and a half. The French attacked this post with 3,000 men, and after a resistance of ten days, the walls being breached, the guns dis mounted, and ammunition expended, Lieut.-Col. Lowe evacuated it, by a convention, which gave the - right of free departure with arms and baggage. In tae expedition to the Bay of Naples, under Sir John Stuart, Lieutenant-Colonel Lowe com manded the first" line of the advance; he was present at the attack and capitulation of Ischia. In the expedition to the Greek Islands he was selected to act as second in command to Colonel Oswald ; he was at the attack and capitulation of Zante and Cephalonia, and, subsequently, ap pointed Commandant and Chief of the Provi sional Government of the latter island. He was Quartermaster-General to the British Army in Flanders. In January, 1812, he re ceived the rank of Colonel, and the Colonelcy of the Royal Corsican Rangers ; the 4th of June, 1814, that of Major-General. In 1814 the honour of Knighthood was conferred upon him, and in 1815 he was appointed to have the custody of the Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena, in which charge he continued until the Emperor's death. This is the event in his life which may secure hint immortality. He was appointed L eutenant-General in July, 188 i). and obtained the Colonelcy of the 50th Foot, Nov. 17, 1842. He was K.C.B. and G.C., St. Michael and St. George. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. l'ottioualt.—The vacant command at the Nore is still discussed, and we understand that the successor to Sir Edward Brace will not be appointed yet. In the interim, the Superintendent of Chu: ham Dockyard, Capt. Shirreff, IL N., is acting Commander-in-Chief a t Sheerness. The Albion, 92, Capt. Lockyer, C. 8., is nearly ready for sea, and is intended to proceed to Cork, to receive the flag of Rear-Admiral Bowles, which is at present flying on board the Caledonia, 120. The free-trader, Zenobia, is to convey Sir Peregrine Maitland to the Cape of Good Hope, instead of the Ves tal, 26, Capt. Talbot, at Sheerness, the latter not yet ready for sea. Tile Hyacinth, 20, Commander Scott, having been found overmasted in her cruise on the coast of Ireland, has returned to Plymouth, and is to be fitted for the Cape station, and to convey to Bona Vista, W. Macaulay, Esq., appointed Slave Commissioner for captures on the west coast of Africa. The Russian corvette store-ship, Irtysh, Captain Von Liarski, bound to Kamtsbatcka, is still in the harbour, re-stowing her cargo and completing her fitments. The transport Pestonjee Bomaujee, Lieut. Still, agent, is to return to the West Indies, to bring borne the re mainder of the 59th regiment, now serving at the island of Barbadoes. The corvette Larne, 20, Commander J. W. Brisbane, is daily expected from the River ; but her destination is not accurately known. The brig Lily, 18, recently returned from the west coast of Africa, is to be overhauled, preparatory to being re-commissioned. At Spithead—No vessel of war. In Ilarhour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Pene lope, Satellite, Echo, Fearless, Pestonjee Bomunjee, and Russian corvette.—BriOron Gazette. THE NEW NAVAL REGULATIONS. The long-looked-f'or new naval regulations have at length been issued by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and are now in force. The book contains many alterations, but the following which we enumerate form the principal : _ _ _ CAPTAINS.—The pay of Captains serving afloat, for merly. was according to six grades or classes. By the new regulations they are reduced to four grades, the pay of the largest rate being less, and the lowest rate more, viz.:—Captains commanding first-rates (not being flag ships) formerly received 61/. 7s. 4d. per month ; they are henceforth to receive 53/ 145., which is the highest pay now to be given. Captains commanding sixth rates formerly received 26/. 17s. per month ; they are now to receive 301. 135.8 d., being the lowest class of pay to captains serving afloat. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—AII officers are now to be appointed by commission, including masters, surgeons, pursers, mates, and assistant masters. WARRANT OFFICERS.—The only warrant officers in the navy will be gunners, boatswains, carpenters, and engineers. PURSERS.—The designation of pursers is in future to be " pursers and paymasters." FIRST CLASS VOLUNTEERS.—VoIunteers of the Ist class are in tuture to he known as " naval cadets." ALLEGED HARSH CONDUCT OF WORKHOUSE OFFICERS. Wednesday evening a protracted and adjourned inquiry touching the death of E. Goldsmith, aged 34. a brick layer, was concluded before Air. Higgs, at the hint; William, King William street, Strand. Sophi a , the in wife of deceased, said that on Saturday last, a little after noon, he was seized with a fit, whilst working on a scaffold in Great St. Andrew's -street, Seven Dials. He was taken to a neighbouring public house, and two surgeons attends d him, one of whom was Mr. Bennet, a parochial surgeon. They advised his removal to Charing-cross Hospital ; but witness objected, and in sisted that he should be removed to St. Giles's Work house. The surgeons assented, and the parochial one wrote an order for deceased's admission to the work house. She conveyed him thither in a cab, and saw the head nurse, on whom she urged the immediate re ception of deceased, lest he should die in tne cab. The nurse answered, " Oh, you are in a very great hurry If you are in a hurry, I am not. You must go to the overseer and get an order before I can take him." She said the surgeon's order was of no use. Witness then went to the assistant-overseer for an order, and having told him all that had just taken place, he refused to grant an order, saying that it was an accident, and that deceased should be taken to an hospital. Witness told him it was not an accident, for that her husband had had only a fi!. The assistant-overseer still refused an order, and she had her I usband con veyed to Charing-cross Hospital, in which he died at four o'clock the same afternoon. A young man, named Mitchell, employed by deceased, corroborated the above evidence. Elizabeth Elston, the head-nurse referred to, said, the reason she had not admitted deceased was that hii wife told her he had met with an accident, and she, therefore, referred the case to the overseer. A written order from the surgecm, though sufficient at night, she did not consul, r sufficient in the daytime, and therefore desired a printed order from the overseer. By a juror—Though a rate-payer should bring a dying man witness would not receive him, without an over seer's order. I deny having used the unfeeling lan guage attributed to me by deceased's wife. Thomas Tucker, the assistant overseer, said he should have signed an order for admission had not deceased's wife said he had fallen from a tuaffold. Accidents are not admitted to the workhouse. The wife was recalled. and asserted that she never said her husband had fallen from a scaffold, but on one, in a fit ; and that the overseer said they did hot admit persons with tits. Two witnesses having corroborated the evidence of the wife, The jury consulted a long time, and returned a A,er dict—" That deceased died from compression on the brain ;" adding, We cannot separate without ex pressing our disapprobation of the conduct of the au thorities (,f St. Giles's workhouse, particularly that of the nurse." HASTINGS.--Several of our fishing boats have lately brought home a considerable quantity of fine mackarel. Yesterday Z. White made upwards of 321., and to•day he brought home about 3,000 fish, which sold at 31s. per 100. Two brothers Phumfrey, with two boats, cleared 1001. in two days.—Brightun Gazette. • CONSUMPTION OP BREAD AND FLOUR IN THE METRoPoLis,—It is estimated that 30.00,. sacks of flour are cortimed weekly in the metropolitan districts, the population of which, according to the last census, is 1,870,727; the con sumption of bread, allowing 51bs. weekly to each person, is 336,419 loaves, e6ch weighing .llbs.; and admitting that a sack of flour is manufactured into 93 of the,e loaves, it re quires 25,144 sacks to yield a sufficient quantity of bread for the metropolis, leaving, 4,t56 sacks for puuctings, biscuits, pastry, and other manufacturer. ST. JOHN'S NEW CHURCH, NOT TING-HILL, BAYSWATER. The ceremony of laying the first sLone of the above church to, k place on Monday last by the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, Vicar of Kensington, in the pre senca of a numerous, and, considering the inclement period of the season, highly respectable and fashionable assemblage. Among those present we observed the Rev. Messrs. Kenre ly, Phillips, Pitman, Sherringham, They re Smith, Howlett, Hessey, Burnell, and Rowlett. The Earl of Hop( to•tn, Sir John Conroy, Sir Henry Willock, and the Hon. Mr. Lascelles, C. K. Murray, Esq., W. A. Shaw, Esq., (trustees with the Venerable Archdeacon), Richard Roy, Esq. (who has munificently presented the site of the ground on which the edifice is to be erected), Thomas Allason, Ecq., and Messrs. Stevens and Alex ander, architects. Shortly after one o'clock the proceedings were com menced by the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, who addressed the assembly as follows : My Christian Brethren—l have long looked forward to the solemnities of this day with mingled feelings of satisfaction and anxiety—of satisfaction, from the hope that we are about to provide for the grievous spiritual destitution in this neighbourhood ; and of anxiety, from the inadequacy of our funds as yet for the completion of the undertaking. That additional church accommoda tion is most urgently required in this portion of the parish, no man can doubt who is at all acquainted with the circumstances of the case ; no man can doubt it Nyho is aware that there is a population of 12,000 persons, after all deductions, still connected with our parish church ; that for this vast number only 1,200 sittings are provided, and that of those only 80 are accessible to the poor, so that to our shame one of the most remarkable characteristics of Christianity was well nigh obliterated among us, that to the poor the Gospel should be preached. In considering how the deficiency in our funds may be provided for - I am not without hopes that our wants may elicit contributions even from friends and strangers at a distance. From them, however, no great amount of support can be expected. We must look especially to the inhabitants of this parish. I trust that all, to whatever district they may belong, will feel the strong ties of interest and sympathy which should unite them to their fellow parishioners, and induce them to co-operate in this work. I look with greater confidence to those who have attended at the parish church, many of whom have shown an example which I sincerely wish all will follow. I trust above all to the in habitants of this neighbourhood—to those whose spiritual wants we are about to provide for— to those who hope here to worship—here to be instructed in the truths of religion—here to be prepared for heaven. We read in Holy Scripture, that when Moses was about to erect a tabernacle in the eilderuess, he called the cengregation of the, children of Israel to gether, and gave commandment that whosoever had a willing heart should bring an offering to the sanctuary of God. The result of this commandment is ever me morable. 'The liberality of the people went beyond the exigency of the case, and it was actually necessary to issue a proclamation throughout the camp, forbidding them to give more. Again, when David was preparing to build the temple, we read that he also called a solemn assembly, and demanded of them, " Which of you is willing, this day, to consecrate his service unto heaven ?" The result, again, was ever memorable. The people, in a burst of generous enthusiasm, outvied each other i❑ bringing gold, and silver, and brass, and precious stones of all kinds, into the treasury of God, and instead of claiming merit for this unexampled liberality, they returned thanks to God for the opportu nity afforded them of expressing their gratitude for his mercies, and in the humblest terms of adoration ex claimed—" All things conic of thee, and of thine own have we given thee 1" And what, my Christain brethren, were the blessings which the children of Israel so eagerly and so magnificently acknowledged ? Their social pri vileges and advantages, their redemption from the bon dage of Egypt, their prospect of a Messiah. And do not we, as c►tizens of Great Britain, enjoy social privi leges beyond any netion that ever lived under heaven ? Have not we, as Christians, been delivered from an in finitely more galling yoke than that of Egypt, and are not we, as Christians, in full possession of those glorious promises of which the Jews saw only the shadows and the types ? Let us not, then, submit to be outdone by them in Christian liberality. Let us remember the ap peal of the Apostle to our Christian sensibilities—" Ye are bought with a price"—•' Ye are not redeemed with corruptible things"—" Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor, that we, through his poverty, might become rich." After a prayer from the Venerable Archdeacon, the cere mony of laying the stone took place, and the proceedings were concluded by prayer and a benediction from the Venerable Archdeacon. z'ic°S . !Duo 0 nir.ation iples of! P h S s ! el ion P °1 " 1 an ie subi ie sooiet7 I n esdeY vet, M el " 1 1 :, t he _ s fly COn Is of the In Cr° 4erge , ,ral of tb. ( . 5 of of ls. s eirdr vstreet-t ttr 2"I F. Of Eg an i er this investo he F ivi „ gents., wet(' 7 ,', sed Sharp °1 4# P' r 138. 01 to 12 t ; ? v lAresux'l ern Be d (0' iv.et •td thp., do ne t r of buss other lII' here , a nd s nl itp , vl wa s l 1 ' s ll6 iness saieNi e : —The "oi tern Old 23 7 ; eft ) n ionee , to -deP t bef .day o f conec, -14441 for O f 6 e ra te Dahe r 1 ;11 5 it/ C LI . , e sY S 7 O , of o f the P t y to tbs, l9 floosie(' I eL tio: o o t° the (I? ,ing _Pk nano , caber, rerf v ie Froze Pecovi ere 13 . j, the C 124 to r l iong le e 0, 111' ".•• 69I' A .••• 66 ct. t. • ceo ....... Lt..o • ..... ...... , ...... ./f'' • sj l • irp t ,• 10 00; jsi 10 tb o/ a lf ro il' s po ot e/ invis s it ) _ A i f ourc" 1 7 to • j 607., Leo, — t g re 0- to 1 60_ r ke b vl 51, ks jst, fa i JPIS r Off' vier itO ~. , - THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUAR 12, 1844. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 7.—The extraordinary consignments of cast-iron from Liege to Germany are terminated. It seems that the whole quantity is 12 millions of kilo grammes, not from 20 to 25 millions, as at first spoken of.' It is probable, however, that the proposed augmen tation of the import duty in the States of the Customs Union having been put off, the proprietors of the iron works of Liege have thought it most advisable to limit their consignments, in order not to overstock the market. The king will not return from Ardenne till next week BRUSSEI:;, JAN. B.—Fur some years past the Govern ment has caused a species of hops to be cultivated which is new to this country. It is called Kent hops, and proves to be so superior to all other kinds, that we think we ought to recommend it to the growers. Those who wish to obtain plants, may have them gratis by applying to the experimental farm belonging to the State at Forest. The total receipt of the iron railway during the month of November last, was 788,266 francs. The quantity of goods conveyed was very near 44 millions of kilogrammes, about 10 millions more than during the preceding month. To-morrow another vessel (the Jan Van Eyck) is to leave Antwerp for our colony of St. Thomas, in Guate mala. It has on board 120 passengers, most of them re lations of those who are already settled there. PoSEN, Dec. 28.—Considerable sensation has been occasioned here by an attempt made on Christmas night by tw,) Poles, \V. V. L. and V. M., said to be political prisoners, to escape by flight. The affair is in volved in some obScurity. Several young Poles, neither natives of the province, nor possessed of pro perty in it, have been living here, who, by their lan guage in public places, attracted the n ot i ce of the police officers,who, after repeated warnings having been disregarded by the younginen, thought it necessary to arrest them. Whether they are emissaries of what is called " Young Poland" is uncertain. Two of them, the above mentioned, V. L. and V. N. (a third V. D., b e . longing to a distinguished family in Poland, is . said to be confined in our citadel), attempted to escape from the third story of the police office ; V. L. succeeded, but V. M. fell on the pavement of the street where be was soon found weltering in his blood. He is now in the hospital and hopes are entertained of his recovery. An old tika,e has lately been promulgated in the kingdom of Poland which is of considerable importance; it ordains that no person in office in the kingdom shall be promoted to the higher departments of the Adminis tration unless he can prove that he has previously been in the service of the State for five years in the Government of Great Russia. The effect of this will be to throw the whole of the administration into the hands of Russians or of Poles wl.o have already become wholly or partly Russians.—A I/yen/eine Zeituny, Jan. 4. THE COMET NOW VISIBLE A FERIUDIC ONE. _ to THE EDITOR 01/ THE "TIMES." Sir,---I have great pleasure in transmitting you the transla tion of a letter which I yesterday received from my friend Professor Schumacher, and doubt not you will think a corner of the Times well occupied in diffusing over the civilised world a knowledge of the fact that the comet recently disco vered by M. Faye in the constellation of Orion actually belongs t 3 our system. In a postscript to his letter the Professor tells me that its period is six years and 219 days. It is much to be regretted, that owing to extraordinary unfavourable weather, which, since its discovery, seems to have pervaded nit only Great Britain, but even Europe, the observations of it are so few. Since my communication to you, published in the Times of November 30, I have seen it but once; and in Ireland mat ters are still worse, for neither the Earl of Rosse nor Dr. Robinson has obtained even a glimpse of it. Observatory, Kensington, Jan. 10. JAMES SOUTH. ( Translation.) "The importance of the intelligence contained in the follow ing letter of Professor Gauss, induces me to communicate it to astronomers without delay. " Altona, Jan. 5, 1844. ~ SCHUMACHER." LETTER FROM PROESSOR GAUSS, DIRECTOR OF THE 01- SEAVATORY OF GOTTINGEN, TO THE EDITOR OF THE A stron. Nachrichten. " The attempts of Mr. Peterson to reconcile the apparent motion of the Comet with a parabolic orbit having given un satisfactory results, I have induced Dr. Goldschmidt to com pute one independent of that hypothesis, from the observations of November 24, December 1, and December 9, and he has ob tained from them the following elliptic elements :- " Epoch of mean longitude 1843, December, 211876 mean time at Berlin, 58 deg. 31 m. 39 sec. (reckoned from the ap parent equinox). " Mean daily motion... 535 sec. 7079 " Perihelion " Angle of eccentricity 3l deg. 29 m. 39 sec. " Log. of semi-axis-major " Node " Inclination .. "Motion direct. "If the elements thus derived from observations made during so short an interval as 15 days can be confided in, the orbit of this comet approaches nearer to a circular one than that of any other yet known. " The accordance of the observations hitherto made with Dr. Goldschmidt's calculations stands as follow :-the sign + indicating that the calculated places are in excess :- A R. Dccl. sec. sec. Nov. 24.- 0.4 - 4.4 Paris. 26.-21.4 + 6.8 Paris. 27.-13.3 + 7.3 Paris. 28.-12.4 -11.8 Paris. 29. + 3.7 + 1.1 Paris. Dcc. 1. + 3.6 + 5.6 Altona. 2. + 0.3 - 5.5 Paris. 4. + 5.4 - 0.2 Altona. 9.- 9.6 -. 4.9 Altona. - 5.1 -10.2 Alton& (Merid. Obs.). 10.-13.5 -20.1 Altona. - 9.3 -24.8 Altona ( Merid. Obs. ). 11.-33.3 -30.9 Paris. -14.0 -24.7 Altona. -14.4 -22.4 Alto7a. (Alerid. Obs.). 12. -25.8 -38.4 Paris. 13. - 7.3 -27.0 Altolia. -23.1 -22.8 Gottingen. " From the 13th of December till this day the weather has been constantly cloudy. " Gottingen, Jan. 2. • C. F. GAUSS." COMPLIMENT TO TEI E TA A YER S.-To-m orrow being the first day of Hilary Term, the Law and Equity Courts will be opened in Westminster Lell with the usual formalities. —Stansforst of Wednesday. THE CURRENCY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • SECOND LETTER. SlR,—The great deficiency in our present currency, to meet the high tax-included prices of the United Kingdom, has become quite palpable all over the coun try ; and it has been proposed by the currency-men of Birmingham to extend the currency, by raising the mint price of the precious metals 50 per cent. ; coining the crown-piece into 7s. 6d. ; or, in other words, by re ducing the size of the coins in that proportion. But this would be no remedy. It must be clear to every man of common sense, that the only effect of such mea sure would be, to deprive every creditor by one-third of his debt without payment or satisfaction. But the cause of truth and justice never, in any case, can be aided by such means as the commission of one act of robbery as a set off against another. In the present case, it would not operate, in the very nature of things, as a sound means of extending the currency, for Is. 6d. would then be demanded for every shilling in the in trinsic portion of price at present, there being a neces sary connexion between the natural prices of commodi ties and the precious metals. The raising of the mint price of these metals, by reducing the size of the coins, will never, it is clear, increase the limit of these metals in the least degree. The remaining two thirds of the taxes, which at present enter into prices, would still raise prices above the limit of the precious metals, and therefore they could not form a sound medium of exchange. Even if such reduction in the size of the coins of this country could be supposed to have the effect of increasing the limit of these metals, it would be productive of no remedy, for the limit of the precious metals being the universal standard all over the world, anything effecting a change in that standard would produce no remedy, for the prices of commodities in this country being still Artificially in creased, to the extent of the two-thirds of the present taxes that would still remain beyond the natural amount of these prices, to which alone the precious metals are applicable as the measure of value, a currency of these metals would still be unsound, because insufficient in quantity. The proper remedy is evidently the taxing of the cur rency itself, in the same ratio as the prices of commodi ties are found on the average to be taxed or increased by our system of taxation, aave their natural amount ; for then the currency and the commodity being alike artifi cially raised, or increased, the (me above the natural limit of the precious metals, and the other above the natural or intrinsic amount of price, they would in that way become fair and just equivalents for one another, and bear the same relation to one another as before taxes were first imposed on commodities. In no other way can they may be made fair and just equivalents, without dis turbing the universal standard of value among ailcivilised nations. Sir Robert Peel laments the sufferings of the labour ing classes, but says that the Legislature can do nothing to help them—cannot raise wages by Act of Parliament —and that wages, like all other things, even if the la bouring classes should die of starvation, must be left to find their own level. He falsely asserts that the cur rency has nothing whatever to do with the present dis tress, that the distress is caused by over-banking, over-production, over speculation, over-population, and Over this and over that ; but all these over doings are evidently brought fore ard, as every sensible man must have seen from the begin ning, for the mere purpose of deception. True, wages ought to be left to find their own level. Why, then, does Sir E. Peel, taking ad vantage ofthe igno rance o fth e labour ing classes, and Lir incapacity for abstruse reflection, put in a secret hidden pin in his machinery, the existence of which he knows they are unable to detect, to prevent wages from finding their own level ? The precious metals being capable of measuring the prices - of commo dities at their natural extent only, without taxes, if the domestic currency, whether of paper or gold, established by law, be insufficient; even to the extent of sixpence in the pound, to cover these prices, with the whole taxes thrown into them, to the extent of that sixpence, it is quite evident, is the labourer effectually defrauded of his hire. . J,3ecause, the taxes being a certain portion of the precious metals, are evidently the immoveable part of price, and the wages of labour, therefore, must give way, and they are forced to give way, and are expelled from price, to make room for the taxes ; and this is the whole secret of the present distress. the value lu o e ccu o p f ie t d he th ß ei a r nk tim o e f end T e h a e vo ti r l i l n i g on to Co p m ro m ve itt t England's notes were depreciated, in reference to the value of gold and silver money as they existed in other countries where our system of indirect taxation had no place, which could not well be disputed. But that was not the question before them. The question at issue was, whether the Rank of England notes were depre ciated in reference to the high artificial, because tax included, prices of commodities, as then existiug in this country ; and whether, in that the true point of view, they were a departure from the universal standard of the precious metals. That they were not exchangeable for gold was nothing to the purpose; they were exchange able for commodities bearing very high artificial prices, 125 per cent. at least, upon the average, above their na tural amount. They were, indeed, a departure from the universal standard, but in the opposive direction front that alleged; for, numerous as the notes of the Bank were, they were still insufficient fairly t o mee t t h ose very high artificial prices ; and, consequently, short of their due relation to the universal standard. The tendency of a return to specie payments, there fore, recommended by that deeply interested Committee, was not to cause a rise of 4 or 5 per cent. only in the value of the then existing currency, as the cunning men who sat upon it falsely pretended. It did not create a rise in the value of the currency of 30 or 40 per cent. only, as the currency men of Birmingham afterwards erroneously asserted was the actual result of that mea sure; but the direct tendency of the return to specie payments was, to raise the value of money full 125 per cent. above its then value, that being the average amount to which the prices of all commodities had been artifici ally increased by taxation, as compared with their na tural or intrinsic prices without taxation. Because, the precious metals being limited by nature as already ob served, in amount, and incapable of measuring the prices of commodities except at their natural amount, the taxes fell either to be thrown back upon the producers of taxed commodities, who had advanced them, or the wages of labour were to be expelled from prices, to make room for the taxes; and th e mone y owner , therefore, was benefited, to the whole extent of the taxes, at the expense of the industry of the country, his money being available to him to the extent of 125 per cent. beyond what it had ever been available before. Had the Currency Bill of 1819, which carried the re commendation of the Bullion Committee into effect, borne its true title, describing its real objects, as it ought to have done, it would have run thus " A Bill to confiscate the means of every debtor i n t h e United Kingdon, for the benefit of his creditor, to the extent of 125 per cent. on the amount of the debt which he owed, irrespective of the true and lawful payment of the debt itself ; to increase the whole public burdens of the country, for the benefit of fundholdc rs, and other recipients of those burdens, 125 per cent. above their present amount ; to make over in perpetual slavery the whole of the labour ing classes, without any pentext whatever, or any con sideration in return, to the ~ Glass of money capitalists, to the extent of four -I ,: : pttrts, of their whole labour, end to render their conetitiern4Worse than ever was that of the black slaves of Jaftijact ;b e fore their emancipa tion ; and, finally, to cutliCindustry by the roots, and to sacrifice the country tb - foreign nations." This was the true title of that Bill, and had it borne this its true title, neither the plausible super ficial arguments of Sir Robert Peel, nor all . the bayonets which the Duke of Wellington commanded, could have passed that Bill. But Sir Robert Peel knew that lie addressed himself to willing hearers, who re quired no argument of his, but a pretext merely for passing that fatal measure. It is now seen by every one, that this is the true description of that deadly Bill, for one and all of these objects have been, and are fast being carried into execution. Let us, for a moment, compare the condition of the black slaves of Jamaica before their emancipation with the present white slaves of England, and it will at once appear that the difference in their condition is greatly in favour of the former. The former had their whole la bour made over to their owners out and out, but coupled with this important condition, that the owners were le gally bound for their comfort, able subsistence, in food, clothing, and house accommodation ; and the obligation by law was strengthened by its being also the interest of the owners themselves to /see to those things, for by attention to the comforts of their slaves only could they hope to make the most of their labour. The power of the slave owner over his slave was, no doubt, sometimes abused, but that was the exception, not the rule, for the very reason that the interest of the slave-owner lay in treating his slave with kindness. What is now the con dition of the white slaves of England. They have five-ninth parts of their whole labour confisca ted to the money-owner, through an insufficient currency, which necessarily expels their wages to that extent from the prices of commodities the produce of that labour, and they are compelled to pay, out of the four-ninth part of their labour remaining, the whole indirect taxes of the country, falling on them as con sumers of the taxed necessaries of life, before they can command these necessaries ; and what remains is utterly inadequate for their subsistence, even in the meanest way. The white slave-owner, the money capitalist, is entitled by law to draw five-ninth parts of the labour of his slave, absolutely and without anv drawback, or de duction or abatement whatever ; and the white slave of England may rot upon a dunghill for him. Look at the condition of the silk weavers of Spitalfields, who were among the first victims of the new system of currency— of the hand-loom weavers all over the country—and even of the power-loom weavers now —of the common sailor—of the agricultural labourer, who is now busy burning the ricks of his employer, out of revenge—and of all classes of labourers, without discrimination or ex ception, whose wages are now utterly insufficient for their subsistence in any way whatever ; while the prices of the necessaries of life, and of all other commodities, are still, by reason of taxation, beyond what they are in any other country. Look at the condition of the entire population of Ireland, who have all been reduced by the seine means to the lowest state of destitution and degra dation. When the Currency Bill of 1819 was introduced into the House of Commons, the .money power fixed upon Sir Robert Peel to carry it through that House for them. He was then a young man, but as yet unknown to fame. Being of ignoble birth, he saw that his road to power lay through the wealthy classes, and not through the ancient nobility ; and, notwithstanding of his own ample for tune, he stooped to be the mean tool of the money power, and to pander to their lusts, and to their sordid, avaricious, and greedy desires ; and he accomplished for them the passing of that deadly measure—their Cur rency Bill of that year, a measure of which he still boasts. See, Gentlemen (has he often said to them since), what I have done for you. It j was I who carried your Currency Bill of 1819, which has doubled the fortunes of every me of you ! It has, indeed, doubled their fortunes, but at whose expense ? At the expense of the humble but honest industry of his country. At the expense of the sons of those very men through whose toil, and the sweat of whose brows his father made made that ample fortune which he now inherits. Whether his re ward be a coronet and a pension, to which he, no doubt, looks forward to as the crowning reward of his services to the money power, or whatever may be his fate in this world, the name of Sir Robert Peel will descend to pos terity with undying and unenviable fame.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JAMES PEDIE. Edinburgh, Old Broughton, Jan. 8, 1844. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—" Beirniard," I presume, will admit that the Bank of England is compelled to redeem its notes, in gold, at 31. 17s. 1011 d. per oz. This granted, it is a matter of very little importance whether its notes are made payable to bearer in grains of gold, or in sovereigns of full weight and fineness. Either a banker's note is or is not not referable to a fixed and determined standard of value. The law says the standard is gold. Now, if a banker's note is not referable to gold it is clear it cannot be referable to paper ONLY, paper not being a standard, and intrinsically worth little or nothing. Nor can it be referable either to wine or sugar, neither of these articles being standards of value. Though the Bank of England note " did not go down" in London it certainly did go down in Paris and other European capitals, and, most assuredly, would have gone down to a very con siderable discount in England, had not Parlia ment provided against it. Now, if a banker's note, with reference to gold or silver as standards, falls to a discount is not the note thereby depreciated ? Yours, &c., GERMANICUS. Manchester, Jan. 10, 1844. • MR. MUNTZ. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I very much regret that Mr. Mintz • should have taken my remarks, on his proposi tion for raising the_ silVer coin from ss. 2d. to 7s. 6d. per ounce, otherwise than as badinage, or that the quotation used was a purposed insult on the town of Birmingham. Had Mr. Muntz re sided in any other town, and a quotation had entered my memory at the Moment, which I fancied would have dove-tailed, I should have used it precisely as I did the one I adopted. There is no better test as to the value of a pro position than ridicule, for if it will not stand such test, the proposer may be satisfied that that which he introduced is valueless. While I wrote I smiled—l did not sneer. If Mr. Muntz imagined I intended to hit him hard personally, no doubt now he considers that he has revenged himself by his letter to you on my jeu d'esprit, so, at any rate, we may now cry quits; and I trust, that any 'observations I may make in future on Mr. Muntz's proposition, will be in great good humour, and in kindly feel ing between each of us, for I purpose at an early period to address you on the sub ject of raising the coin, with the intention of demonstrating that it would be a DIABOLICAL ROBBERY to discharge debts, contracted in the present measure of our coins, in the tale of silver coin raised from ss. 2d. to 7s. 6d. per ounce. And in doing so, I shall have no more intention to insult Mr. Munoz, than the editor of .the Times intended a personal insult to Mr. Attwood, when he assertedthat " fir a nation to evade the pay• ment of a debt, by legislating to change the value of the terms in which the bargain is ex pressed, is a Piece of rascality not, we trust, in reserve for an English Parliament." By your leading articles, I perceive your opinions on money differs from my own, there fore your insertion of my lucubrations on this subject shows your impartiality; and your inser tion of currency articles, originally communi cated to editors of other newspapers, so concen trates the arguments for and against various pro positions on this affair, as to make your journal doubly valuable. Therefore, I trust you will continue to copy, in The Sun, the communica tions made to other newspapers, on the very in teresting subject of monetary affairs.—l am, Sir, your's, &c. GORDIUS. Ilfracombe, Jan. 10. 1844. MUTINY on BOARD an EMIGRA: TION SHIP at COVE. Informations were taken before Edward Millett, Esq., J.P., county Cork, on the Ist of January, against the crew for mutiny on board the Sea Queen, Government emigration barque, lying at Cove ; and also at the in stance of Mr. Curtis, Surgeon Superintendent of the said vessel, against one of the crew, named James Thomas, for assaulting him, and threatening to take his life. The ship, which was bound for Port Philip, is taking out over 200 emigrants ; when staving at Liverpool, the chief mate was dismissed the vessel for immoral conduct, and making use of the most infamous language (which was also pkactised by the crew) before the female emigrants. The crew then exhibited the first symptoms of insubor dination, declaring the ‘ y would not go to sea if the mate was not reinstated. F our of the men left the ship the next evening without leave, but returned on the follow ing morning. At. this time a mo s t d e t erm i ne d sp i r i t o f animosity existed amongst the crew against the Surgeon Superintendent, which they took no pains to conceal from the Surgeon, using every means of thwarting him in the execution of his duty on board. The assault was committed on him under the following circumstances :—On the afternoon of Sunday the 30th Dec., the Surgeon Superintendent had occasion to visit the agents on shore on a point of duty, and for this pur pose he was accompanied by the Chief Officer, (who had joined at Cork in the room of the one dismissed at Ply mouth) with four hands in the jolly. boat, of which num ber this James Thomas formed one. When the Sur geon's business on shore was concluded, he and the Chief Officer returned to the boat, but as the men were absent the Chief Officer proceeded in search of them. As soon as he left the Surgeon, Thomas, who it appears was await ing a suitable opportunity, rushed down from the heights above to the beach using the most dreadful im precations to the Surgeon ; stating that he had obtained leave to come on shore for the sole purpose of revenging himself and others upon the Surgeon Superintendent ; that he had long earnestly desired such an opportunity, and that in what he now said he expressed the opinion of the whole crew. A scuffle took place between them in which the Surgeon had the advantage. But on re turning on board, Thomas again attacked Mr. Curtis with a knife, but was again overpowered, and put in irepsill the next morning, when he was given into the :&itatiody of the shore police. The wind being fair, the'Cajatain gave orders to weigh anchor, but the crew refused unless another man was shipped in the place of Thomas. In this emergency he called a con sultation with the Surgeon-Superintendent and officers, and it was determined to signalise the ships of war in the harbour. The Captain complains loudly, and seems to have just cause in so doing, against the conduct of the officers of the th ree mon - o f- war , lying in the her. hour, in not giving him assistance after having made the following signals :—At daylight we hoisted the Ensign Union downwards forwards—a signal well known to be one of urgent distress, requiring imme diate assistance. No notice of any kind whatever was taken of this. We next hoisted No. 3,240 of Marryat's signals, implying " Mutiny on board," a signal which, flying at the main, could not have escaped the notice of the flag officers, or the officers of the other ships of war, since it was distinctly perceived and made out on shore. At eight o'clock A.m., no assistance of any kind arriving, we fired a gun. At nine o'clock no sign of a boat or answering the signal, we fired another gun. At ten o'cleck we fired a third gun, in the hope of attracting the notice of the Admiral, but all to no purpose, although the signals were flying until noon. Signals as the captain said, had the fiercest mutiny existed on board of us—had the vessel been sinking with 250 souls on board—it would have been the same ;we could not have made signals of more urgent distress, even in those cases, and in them alike we should have received no assistance from the ships of war in harbour. A boat now arrived from the shore, and it became a question whether we should apply to the Admiral or to the Civil authorities, and it was decided that, as we bad signalised the flag ship, it would, perhaps, be the proper course to go on board and explain the matter there. Being disappointed of any assistance from the Admiral, Mr. Curtis and the chief officer proceeded to shore, and a warrant was immediately granted by Edward Millet, Esq., for the apprehension of the crew. A strong party of armed police proceeded on board the Sea Queen, and arrested the men, taking them on shore in custody. The men were tried at the police-office the same day by Messrs. Holmes and Millet. James Thomas was sen tenced to pay a fine of Si. or to, be imprisoned for six weeks and kept to hard labour. The crew were sen tenced to be imprisoned for ten days, with hard labour, and forfeiture of any wages due. The ship is under a penalty of 20/. a day demurrage, beside the enormous expenses of victualling so large a number of emigrants. SINGULAR ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENON. Mit William Lassen, of Starfield, in a letter to the editor of the Liverpool Times, calls the attention of the astronomical readers of that journal, to a rare and beautiful exhibition of the planets which will in a few days adore the south-western sky. lie states that, "on Saturday, the 13th inst., all the planets of our system will be clustered together, and if the atmosphere be clear, may be all seen with the naked eye, except the two most distant, Saturn and the Georgium Sidus. The former of these will be a little too near the run to allow its pale light to be dis cerned, and the latter under any circumstances requires a powerful telescope to recognise it distinctly. enus, from its urpassing brilliancy, will first appear, and may be easily seen shortly after four o'clock, or about sunset, having an altitude of about 12 or 13 degrees. About seven degrees west of her, and at a lower altitude, Mercury will appear, Saturn being about 13 degrees west of Mercury, and too close to the horizon to be seen. About 12 degrees east of Venus will be the place of Jupiter. and .23 degrees east of Jupiter, Mars will appear. About six degrees further to the east than Alars will be the place of the Georgium Sidus, which at sunset will have an alti tude of about 31 degrees. So that if an imaginary line ke drawn in the sky about 65 degrees long, one end of which shall touch the sun when in the horizon, and the other end terminate eastward at an altitude of 31 degrees, the planets will all be situated nearly in that line, with the exception of Venus, which will be situated some two degrees south of it." Why was Murphy in danger of being frozen to death on the 7th inst. ?—Because he was out ia the colder weather. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL EN GINEERS. JAN. 9.—The first meeting of the season was held on Tuesday evening, the 9th inst., the Pre sident in the chair. During the recess several al terations have been made in the rooms of the Society. Along the sides of the gallery have been placed some handsome cast iron open-work shelves and brackets, cast and presented by Messrs. Ransome and May, of Ipswich, for sup porting a series of busts of eminent engineers and scientific men, and the theatre has been properly lighted and ventilated. The first paper read was by Mr. John Storey; it described a combination of cast arid wrought iron used in some bridges on the line of the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway. A. general review of the usual construction and ex pense of occupation bridges of brick, stone, tim ber and cast iron, was given, showing their de fects. In order to obviate these objects the author has introduced combined trussed beams of cast and wrought iron, which he contended might be advantageously adopted, and that bridges could be thus constructed at a less cost than those of stone, brick, or even of timber. The structure described consisted of longitudinal segmental girders of cast iron, resting on ma sonry abutments. A system of wrought iron tie trussings was applied, and struts were placed where requisite, to receive the pressure. When more than one principal truss was necessary, they were connected by transverse braces and distant pieces of cast iron, sockets being cast upon the girders to receive the timber joists, upon which Dantzic timber planking was spiked. The next paper read was a " Description of a Cast-iron Bridge over the Avon, near Tewkes bury, on the line of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway," by Captain W. S. Moorsom, Assoc. Inst. C. E. The principal novelty of this work, which was proposed and its execution superintended by Mr. Ward, of Falmouth, is the mode of constructing the two piers, which were externally of cast iron, in the form of caissons, each weighing about twenty-eight tons. The plates comprising each caisson were put together on a platform erected upon piles over the site of the pier. The bottom of the river being levelled by a scoop dredger, the caisson was lowered, and some clay being thrown around the exterior, a joint was formed, so nearly water tight, that two small pumps drained it in six hours. The foundation being then ex cavated to the requisite depth, the caisson, which sank as the excavation proceeded, was filled with concrete and masonry. - Cap-plates were then fixed for supporting eight pillars with an entablature, to which was attached the end of the segmental arches, 57 feet span, with a versed sine of 5 feet 2 inches. There were three of these arches, each formed of six ribs of cast iron, and two such piers as have been described, the land abutments being of stone work joining the embankment of tke railway. It was stated that this mode of construction was found to he more economies] in that peculiar situation than the usual method of fixing timber coffer-dams and building the piers within there; the total cost of the bridge being only 10,1921., and the navigation of the river was not interrupted during the progress of the work. The paper was illus trated by 18 remarkably well executed drawings by Mr. Butterton. A paper by G.W.Hemans, Grad. Inst. C.E., descriptive of a wrought-iron lattice bridge, erected across the line of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, was then read. This bridge, which in construction is similar to the wooden lattice bridges of America, only substituting wrought-iron for timber, is situated about three miles from Dublin, over an excavation of 30 feet in depth; its span is 84 feet in the clear, and the two lati ice beams are set parallel to each other, resting at either end on plain stone abutments built in the slope. These beams are 10 feet in depth, and are formed by a series of flatiron bars, 21 inches wide by 4 inch thick, crossing one another, at an angle of 45 deg. ; at 5 feet 6 inches above the bottom edge transverse bearers of angle iron are fixed similar to those now used for supporting the decks of iron steam-vessels, and upon these the planking for the roadway is fastened. The account of the mode of construc tion, and of the raising and fixing the lattice beams, by Messrs. Perry, of Dublin, the con tractors, was given in detail, and the author stated that, although it was expected that con siderable deflection would occur, which was pro vided tbr by formikg the beams with a curve of 12 inches in the centre, they did not sink at all, even when heavy weights passed over them. The total cost of the structure, including the masonry of the abutments, was 610/. It was stated that this bridge had been erected by Mr. M.1.C.E., in order to test the sound ness of this kind of structure before he applied it in a bridge of 240 feet span, to carry the Dublin and Drogheda Railway over a canal. The meeting adjourned to January 10, when it was announced that the annual meeting would be held for the election of the council and officers. The landholders of East Lothian held a meeting some days ago at liaddington. The proceedings—unlike those of the League—were kept strictly secret. But it has transpired that a resolution was adopted to form an association, like the new one in Essex, for the protection of agriculture. What this means we need not explain. Of course an attempt will be made to make dupes and cat's-paws of the farmers, by getting them to fight the landlords' battles.—Scotsman. The convict Sarah Westwood, sentenced to death at the recent Stafford Assizes for poisoning her husband, will be executed on Saturday next, unless the mercy of the Crown should interpose. Although the Rev. George Norman, provisional chaplain of the county prison, has, since her condemnation, been indefatigable in his endea vours to induce her to make a confession of her guilt, and of the motives which led to so dreadful an act, yet those endeavours have proved totally unavailing. The only feeling she evinces is one of anxiety for the welfare of her children.— Worcester Journal. NORTH BERWICK.—At a meeting of our Town Council on the 28th ult., resolutions were passed in favour of the North British Railway Company, and a pe tition is to be sent to Parliament in favour of the proposed line to the north of the Garleton Hills. The Council, at the same meeting, on the motion of Councillor Miller passed the following resolution relative to the late Robert Stewart, Esq.:---" The Ccuncil having considered that this is the first meeting that they have had since they heard the very sad intelligence of the death of Robert Stewart, Esq., her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Bogota, which took place on the 15th day of July last, who for many years represented this district of burghs, with so much credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents, beg to record their deep feelings of mpathy with Mrs. Stewart and her family, who have lost a husband and father, who lived beloved, and died lamented, by all who had the pleasure of his acquaint ance. The Council beg to record, that a more talented, zealous, and efficient Member, never represented this burgh ; and there is none who benefited the burgh more, by promoting the best interests, not only of the Council as a Corporation, but almost every member of the com munity.' CoioNEns' JURIES.—A short time since an inquest was held in a parish, not a hundred miles from Exmoor, upon which twelve jurymen were empanelled. With the exception of the foreman and two others, no juryman could affix his name otherwise than by making a mark. There were three who were in receipt of parochial relief, and six day labourers. Three or four of these jurymen were met on their way from the inquest by a gentleman, who inquired the verdict they had given. Ile first said he did'ht recollect ; the second thought it was " Died by stuffication;" and the third, " Died by the visit of the Cramer." RAILWAY COIOIUNICATION WITH IRELAND.—On Wednesday Mr. G. C. Glyn, Chairman of the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and Mr. Creed, Secretary; Mi. R. H. Collett, M.P., Mr. W. H. Thomas, and Mr. Duff, Directors of the Chester and Holyhead Rail way ; :Mr. W. H. Moss, chairman of the Grand Junction Railway; and some ether gentlemen interested in railway companies, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. The deputation was headed by Mr. Collett, M.P. Shortly after the members of the deputation had met, Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham joined the meeti ng . Th e o bj ect o f t h e interview was to obtai n the assistance of Government in facilitating the communication between England and Ireland. The deputation entered into the details of their plan, the prin cipal point of which was the continuation of the railway line from Chester to Holyhead, by which means the journey be tween the twe capitals would be diminished by some hours. Sir R. Peel listened with great interest to all that was urged by the deputation, and manifested the most perfect acquaintance with the subject. No decision was come to, but the deputation left highly satisfied with the reception they had met. The Observateur of Brussels notices, but without appearing to attach much credit to the account, the following relation, published in a pamphlet, of a mira culous cure at Tournay :—" Mlle. Dumortier, a young woman of great piety, 25 years of age, and daughter of the representative of the town, fell grievously ill on the Ist of November. She got gradually worse until the 14th of December, when all hope had fled. On that day the medical man. wanted to give her a new and ex treme remedy, but she refused it, saying, that as a neuvaine was being then performed for her, she felt cer tain that she should be cured next day by the miracu lous intercession of the Virgin Mary. The next morning, at nine o'clock, whilst a last mass was performed for her health, she rose, and dressing herself with great ele gance, was ready to receive the persons who had gone to the church. The greatest surprise was felt by those who knew her former state, and saw her restored to health. Letters were read from the pulpit at Valen ciennes, Mons, and Tournay, narrating the miracle, and a high mass was celebrated at the last-named place, the clergy receiving at the entrance of the church Mlle. Dumortier, who was led in by her father. A great crowd was collected to view the patient, and both she and her father replied by frequent salutes to the marks of interest exhibited by the spectators." RECEIPTS OF THE PARIS AND ROUEN RAILROAD FOR THE WEEK ENDING BTH OP JANUARY : Number of pa.sengers, 8,361, paying...51,769f. 50c. lierchandise Total 73,740 f. 30c. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. ADVERTISER.—The Anti-Corn-law League continue to carry everything before them. They are not only calling forth the loud plaudits of every meeting which the leading gentlemen of the Council address, but they are calling forth immense sums from the "vasty deep" of pockets whose bottom it has hitherto been found all but impossible to reach. There must be something very powerful in the arguments, something more than ordinarily winning in the eloquence, of man who, in addition to " thunders of applause," can elicit thousands of pounds from a particular meeting. This the League are doing —doing not once in a month or two, but doing almost every day. Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and the other working men of the League, are making a triumphant tour through the country. They may, with great propriety, adopt the motto, " We come, see, and con quer." They not only convince the myriads they address that the corn-laws ought to be repealed, but, which is an infinitely greater fact, they prevail on every meeting to aid by large contri butions of money in procuring the repeal of these laws. Thus to conquer men' s reluctance to put their hands into their pockets, is an achievement worthy of being recorded. The latest anti-corn law triumph was that which took place at Ashton on Monday, and which we recorded in our paper of yesterday. From that inconsiderable town the extraordinary sum of nearly 4,500/. was ob tained. One of the subscribers, who only gave 100/. last year, gives 5001. this year; while seve ral gentlemen who, in 1843, only contributed 1001., contributed 300/. on this occasion. Will the monopolists misunderstand this? What stronger proof, we should like to know, would it be possible to give them of the progress which anti -monopolist principles are mak ing in the country? The legitimate, con dition to be deduced front this increase in the amount of contributions by the same persons is, that the convictions of these individuals as to the necessity of corn-law repeal are doubly, trebly, and, in some cases, five times as strong as they were last year. Can any monopolist suppose that a system can be much longer up held which men are so anxious to see abolished ? Impossible. The men who have contributed such princely sums to see the bread monopoly put an end to, will never rest until they have accom plished their object. The question occurs, what, with all that is passing around him, will Sir Ro bert Peel do? Supposing it possible that up to this moment he has been an inattentive, or mis taken observer of the signs of the times, surely he can be so-no longer. Not only do justice and the interests of the country require immediate and total repeal, but, without such repeal, his Government cannot lung survive. If lie con tinues to oppose himself to the League, he-will perish in the unequal contest. his not now too late to retrace his steps; but if he persist in his present course for a few months longer, the de struction of his Gover nment i s inevitable, and his own character, as a statesman, will be irretriev ably ruined. TIMES.—Two errors on subjects connected with our foreign policy, but widely differing in importance, offer themselves to our notice for correction. The first relates to the affairs of Greece. Two foreign newspapers, both generally well informed, state, that Lord Aberdeen and B. Guizot, in the principles which they have laid down as the elements of the Greek Constitution, have expressly provided that the Sovereign should not only have the nomination to all civil and military offices, but also " should propose laws, and aid in drawing them up." This is not the fact. Both M. Guizot and Lord Aberdeen know too well the proper limits of a constitu tional government, and the becoming prerogatives of a constitutional Monarch ; both also feel too sincere a solicitude for the exclusion of all em barrassing accidents from their scheme of Greek polity, to dream of suggesting a provision which must- either make the people dependent on the Crown, or place the Crown at the mercy of its Ministers. M. Guizot must remember what was the effect of such a principle on the Governments of the Regency, of Louis XV., a n d Louis XVI.; a n d L or d Aberdeen, as an English Minister, is alive to the practical value of a theory, which prevents the Sovereign from doing wrong by dSvolving the necessity of the respon sibility of action upon his official advisers. M. Guizot and Lord Aberdeen are equally desirous of saving Greece from the mischiefof a Monarch who is his own minister, and the worse mischief of a Ministry which shields its weakness or its wickedness under the sanction of an irre sponsible King. A Sovereign who selected his own Ministers and proposed his own laws would soon be inclined to mimic the language, if not the designs, of Lous XIV, and to look upon the State as a mere function of himself. In Greece, as in other European States which enjoy a settled constitution, the power of proposing laws will rest with th e Chambers, whose suf frages are required to enact them. The other error relates to the right of search. The Paris papers seem to imply, upon the sup posed authority of M. Guizot, that England has consented to give up the right of search. No such concession has been made by the British Cabinet; and we may confidently assert that no such concession will be made. Most willingly would this country abandon a right the exercise of which is attended with involuntary annoyance and irritating disputes, providing the objects for which it was guaranteed were attainable by any other means. But she has obtained this right at a great and costly sacrifice ; she has used- it in co-operation with other nations of Christendom, to suppress a nefarious traffic, which as yet she has only been able to moderate, and not to sub due; and until the treaties on which this right is based, and by which it is sanctioned, are can celled or disavowed, she cannot court such an in jury to her own honour and the common inter ests of humanity as would be inflicted by the tame abandonment of a most precious privilege, and the timid compromise of a great duty. GLOBE.—The state of Ireland will, it is gene rally understood, be broup,lit before Parliament very early in the approaching session. If in the Speech from the Throne there be any allusion to the condition of the sister country—and it is scarcely possible to assume that the en grossing subject of Ireland should be 'alto gether omitted from the Speech of the So vereign at the opening of the Parliament—an amendment will be moved on the Address. If, aware of the embarrassing position in which they are placed by the State prosecutions, and the extraordinary proceedings by which the prepa rations for the trials have been marked, they be desirous of gaining a short respite from the coo sequences of a discussion in Parliament on those topics, and Ministers resolve on having an open ing Speech from which the most important and generally interesting topic shall be omitted, thea on an early day, of which notice will be given by Lord John Russell on the first evening of the • Session, the Noble Lord will announce his inten tion of moving that the House resolve itself into Committee, thr the purpose of taking into its most serious consideration the state, of Ireland. The Ministerial organs already de precate the inquiry ; and complain of the course which, it is understood, the Opposition will adopt in forcing on a debate upon the policy of Mi nisters in Ireland, in the agitated state of public feeling in that country, and while the trial of the Repeal leaders is yet pending. We cannot concur in the view taken by the objectors to inquiry. It cannot be forgotten that Govern ment last session refused a Committee. They preferred coercion to conciliation. They sought to intimidate, by a multiplication of military force, a country which they, as a party, had exasperated by injustice. They point to their strong measures as a proof of the superi ority of their policy. Upbraided wi t h t h e i r inertion, when promptitude was required to pre vent dissatisfaction from growing into disaffec tion, and agitation into open insurrection, Minis ters became suddenly active. But it' was . mischievous activity. They had far better have remained, as they were, indifferent and apathetic. Their prosecution of O'Connell and his co-adjutors----instead of inducing the Ca tholic population to desert him, or the pro ject with which he deludes their hopes of obtaining relief front the pressure of varied and accumulated grievances of which they complain—has but increased their attachment to the chief agitator. Enthusiasm for Repeal is raised to a still more dangerous pitch than while Parliament was sitting. Such being the state of things in Ireland—the country occupied by a mi litary force, as though it bad been recently con quered; the people fevered by excitement; a State prosecution against the leaders of •• the agitation pending, on the trial of not whom the Government has admitted— abcyts—equuleivraclanNiil'oortds,trabsut but a by Catholic juror, although the mem 8_ fi ' u n t rin et ista sto.... k fa e ni _ t ab il l a o t population; an aggregate meeting of against this community number as seven to one ofetritlfetec lies convened in Dublin to protestentireat o - injury and insult to the religion of th Irish people, and to that of a very large bulk number u of of the English—with these portentous appear ances, e nib tle r e i attributed to the policy of the Government, is there not a case for Parliamentary inquiry? Is it not demanded by the country as the necessary result of such a combination of facts, which in volve the tranquillity, if not the integrity, of au important member of the empire? Will not a