The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-12 00:00:00

• , • 101 • / • • 1% • j4O . • 0 • • 1% • ~ • , . A • 3? • si . FLANDERS MAIL. „„ COURT CI RCULAR. w alk ` Queen and Prince Albert took their acAtstozned 04 Yesterd a y morn i ng i n t h e p l easure - groun ds of Tyeue lloporn u,• • r Royal Hi has-.es the Prince of Wales, the ta l i' s ' yal, and the Princes% Alice, were taken in . a ilitial'egxeye.sterday -forenoon to the sea beach fur their The rcise. 1 4c r° ” !..ol:lition to the roya,l dinner party at' Ty e Rouse on Wednesday evening. tbeube,bulze Cambridge visited her Royal Highness Lebps s of Gloucester on Wednesday, at Gloucester um b h Yesterday his Royal Highness inspected the t ; eid Club Prize Cattle Show at the Horse Bazaar , E il i,L i ll g - street. In the afternoon the Royal Duke, at• `orby Baron Knesebeck, left town for Petworth, to Or Colonel Wyndham with a visit. 4 4%. ° ; -(-) rge Cooper left Frogmore House on Wed- L e a " N ',, u e Willey Court, Worcestershire, the residence 41 r - ' a jesty the Queen DoWager, to attend her Royal 4 4 , t o i t ' S the Duchess of Kent on her return to Frog- Sir P i le. I . o 4 ies Grah am v i s it e d Sir Robert Peel yesterday. thelPanish Minister transacted business yesterday ureign-ofee. tr v k J agent f or Jamaica and Captain sWinniett had in ",e.s With Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial k; h e"'an, Chairman of the Customs, and Mr. Wick k r 4'thi t airtnan of the Stamps and Taxes, had interviews e Chancell or o f the Exchequer yesterday, at his 4, r a e sidence in )wning-street. ,Auson left town on Wednesday night on a nis sister, Lady Louisa Tenison, in Dublin. )„ Th e h ' OF LONDON THEATRE. Bto of Othello was represented here last 1 11 4 p '°r the purpose of introducing a gentleman, his 4ikrliarattee on any stage, in the character of the ker it b e hi s fi rst a pp ea r a nce on any stage, it ig a most promising one. In person he is k at M er the middle size, but very well formed, and Ptq li tir !. are goo 1, and possess great power of ex ti °' His voice is well modulated, and albeit he "01,.' al 'Y Spoke in too I..sw a tone, that is a defect Llt4 experience of three nights on the stage will ait, i i ro to r o remedy. His reading of the part was jl i at;'god his acting was elaborately careful—in some k t i z i‘reful, that he scarcely gave himself fair play. k i; )til fli i ! in the jealousy scene was very fine; and it "! k t ," te been first-rate had he not been afraid to tl ttee to his natural impulse, and the conse 011'1% he underacted rather than overacted ▪ ; and thi s can scarcely be reckoned as a t k kiti, a young actor, or, if it be, it is, at all b t tli• a fault full of promise of future excellencies. bo practice will make this gentleman feel quite : 0 :n th e stage, and there is stuff" enough in qat akg a good actor. Mr. Ryder, as lago, was • ef , arse, but hrs. R. Honner was the gentlest :N„:" 4l onas. The farce of My Wife's Det.tikt rot- N t : l which J Webster assumed poor Wrench's • of Dick H aza rd, and acted it with much spirit k kN, l " 3 '. We c o u ld not but admire the espiegle sin which Miss M. A. Egan acted the part of r , e lady's maid. This young lady bids fair to of the most admirable soubrettes on the Th e house was very well attended. % i t ,q,„ „-: GRAHAM'S CON CERTS. 04 s,"",ottncement that Braham was to give a concert N p ldaines's filled the theatre in every part last Z 0,1 1 414 before the commencement of the perform -11, :„•- r dlam himself, who was in excellent voice and Itle ;;,",,_Q - Sanc , as well as he ever did in his life, gave kl," 4 1 ""Pe b r and deeper still." and " Waft her, G, 414 41.°111 th6orotorio of Jephtha, " The Death of ' 1 tt l ,,, , 4 new duet entitled the " Volunteer's Ni ', ' with his son, Mr. Hamilton Braham. N.L 4 bl • ~ , ,, oY given by both artists); " Molly Bawn," fa , L'44,' 4 Call for its repetition, he substituted " The ' ''q e : . and " The Bay of Biscay, oh." But this ti 04 .4 1 , 1. The gem of the evening we have yet to t i l4l; 'le gang Uandel's song, " Gentle Airs," accoin ,rtfq ): Lindley on *he violincello. On hearing this de ,Z4 i' 1. 4 0 ,11r though h -tindered back to days gone by, ~, t ak , , „lue musical worl•l, at least, there were titt tui. urahain and Lindley are the last of their race, 4 4 ,'theC,Z e much of them while we yet have them, for, 1 04 4 , ' - ''',e3 , may " We ne'er shall look upon their like Vs 4 „flessrs. 'Charles and Hamilton Braham are k, l '% 3s ' i linproved since last season. he . latter gave ( 1 4,,,Ni " When time has bereft thee," admirably. and t ,l l ll tt - ; is .'ed the applause with which he was rewarded. tpt l a• B. Hawes was deservedly encored in the 'Oll, w r e, infancy's bud," from Mehul's oratorio of 1 4.'‘i "" i ch she sang with great taste and feeling. o 1, t: sang Moore's delightful melody " The harptkikult through Tara's halls," with exquisite expre- N 4„ 0044 08, and gave Balfe's ballad, " Then you'll ; t , th ` tee," with more taste, power, and expres '.,i e r , 44 has ever yet been infused into it. gi l li e plately devulgarized it ; and Balfe is M t at oblieatioms to her for having raised this 1.,,` 4 1 As; ) „ t he dignity of h_lie concert.room . . In her hands i„,. 1 3 „ quite a new an d cery beautiful song. Miss f :C iii a s eacond in Knigh:'s song, "Pretty Dove," , 41i0 Cubitt was much apply tided in " Homage to ' l , The Misses Williams were also there, and of : 0 8 ;,t as they have done at every concert, for, we '7 , 5 h ,:nture to say laughing Fairie how manT s seasoi:S, Button ' s duet, --,,ree gay l a ug h .7 ." M.Cly ---___- )1 We ( l 4l, ACADEMY OF ARTS. l'ttl nosday, the 10th instant, being the seventy k., et4,,atitiverzary of the foundation of the Royal ,''4a '',. ° E Arts, a general assembly of the Acade i,o when held' in their apartments in Trafalgar :,il)ll‘,:c:evri; the following distribution of premiums % k r .z. : - k,,,tise . „'hites Clark Hook, for the best Historical i' 4 4 4 - 4`.„" Gold ' Medal, and the Discourses of the V ti„ Reynolds and West. . !'lllt tip " Alfred Brown, for the best Composition in 1 t, t 414:', the Gold Medal, and the Discourses of the ti f/ t 41 t3 i . Reynolds and West. 0 , t z Arthur Johnson, for the best Architectural 14 t 4 tie Gold Medal, and the Discourses of the Pre t'o l' t aYnolds and West. O k i'„ P ; Thomas Clark, for the best Copy made in ki; t lng School, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures 10: t i ti4uiessor s Fuseli, Phillips, and Flaxman. 104, s ' .William Gale, for the best Drawing from the Qi, k t ! i verMedal, and the Lectures of the Professors 1 15 - 1 11 iPs, and Flaxman.-(The books were not Ll't rtts "aVing received them in another class on a 4 Lon.) i~li, " . .„,Gustaviis Ellenthorpe Sintzenich, for the o st . li ra wing from the Life, the Silver Medal. t 6".,.• Thou-ins Clark, for the next best Drawing " „ j4i fe, the Silver Medal. hth " Alfred Brown, for the best Model from the /kli3hS;ilyer Medal, And the Lectures of Professors Q 4, 'dips, and Flaxman. i; N lg . ,' John Wilton Walton, for the best Drawings Van t IA ~nd Front of Somerset Howe, the Silver Me ' lifls x "'e Lectures of the Professors Fuseli, Phillips, , 1 / 4 1 ti %an . . k;'?i t ,, t 2 Silvester Charles Capes, for the next best f i,4:Vlthe Strand Front of Somerset House, the rm. ! 4 John Alfred Vinter, for the best Drawings St I) - 4ntique, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures 11, 1 4 4°tessors Pilsen and Phillips. 't lt is t :',, - George Bernard O'Neil, for the next best ° ki,'"a 4 l4 the Antique, the Silver Medal. )it ki • William Henderson, for the next best DrasrP V I )4, t he Antique, the Silver Medal. ! a'' ti • George Mossman, for the best Model from ,I t lte, tltl ‘ the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of the i,,; l it t a Pilsen and Flaxman. r it!' Charles Samuel Kelsey, for the next best t t ,V l t), the Antique, the Silver Medal. 04' L eonard Wyon, ' for a Medal Die of the Head ki l 'e tt Polio B e l ve d ere , th e Sil v er Medal. ItA lv u ltr ds an address from the President to the Stu read by the Keeper. i f e ueral assembly then proceeded to appoint or '' * the en su i n g year, when Sir Martin Archer krat at 1 , t k hi - nai:inaously re-elected President. . 1 ik tli 4b, - --Nzw LIST.-Charles Landseer, William 1 Iltk (l. C:ani Cooper, and James War, Esqs. . . 1 NI b4 kir- -John Prescott Knight, Henry William i liv . 7 lir Charles Robert Cockerell, and Joseph Mal- L'ltat *,, zin ' Turner, Esqs. 0, 4 , 1 °-8 IN THE LIFE ACADEMY-NEW LIST.-Ed 'iu,'ltsOes Daily, John Prescott Knight, Charles Ro- T4ri k i Charles Landseer, and William Frederick I .t, ^ Rtee E. ' 1 1? Li ' SCIB. V Y V i B , T.-William Alulready, Daniel Maclise, h t ils h l uiam Pickersgill, and Thomas Uuwins, Esqs. if i '` , ls a rts , IN THE. SCHOOL OF PAINTING-NEW LIST. ,I h 4 N ferek Eastlake Charles Landseer, Ramsay •ii -0 t, "magle, and Tho ' mas Unwins, Esqs. l'' l' s.r .-William Etty. Solomon Alexander Hart, ),Attit''4eott Knight, and Daniel Maclise, Esqs. ' .L 1 I , l ' ° f`'S RE-ELECTED.--William Mulready, J. M. 1.- "' , Eiqs., and Sir Richard Westmacott. I tt . ' ltl k eA t ,tt, l lor t . 11 TEIt'S MAMMOTH HORSE.-The stupen 'Oth:l. " General Washington," the property of Mr. i, r ' 4 ,.', dy e l ion king, continues to attract numerous visitors • • „ttl t he room at the Egyptian Hall having been 4 14 . kii,, 1t n ladies and gentlemen. We understand that 1 -100 th horse" will soon leave town for the pro- LO th 4,, t hkail ST ANLEY'S DEctsiow.-Wednesday's over iitto, fro tli 'lege us the unwelcome intelligence that a clis yt; a c l. , ord Stanley, hostile to the int . erests of the ~it01,`01 . :1 of the community, and conveying full power ,'4'ttl ti , 'Me; to carry out his new squatting regulations, `t k : . . l Jl c 4l : 3 (lifi eat ;, - ;ns as he may think proper, has reached ~ t er, i '")' the Fat rus:;' P(4l-"°ffice packet.- tLfelbourne 1' i t 41 3 7 2. NdSk lk Neol VERSUS TUE BOARD !.. 1F TRADE : - ‘fti . "4 °I th e Pe ace count y o f Lancastei. ”otwith- II tmk th e for the , - . 1 , ; ,„ i, order of the Board of Trade to the contrar., - Vtli ul l 'eteive• railway plans and books of references on 4 144 '4 t ° the and the agents of such lines as were thus h •cl t , 4: last day, and they were eelmny, made the re • i 1t ,111• 01 .2it.• on I,l,lnday morning th st of December it q l %th7„t• Amongst the number of lines in this predica ,tl N u x urness Railway, fer its intended extension to N t kls l 4l4 d branch to Broughton.-Cumberland Pacquet. i! 1 :01 1 ,,,, - . 1 ' AND LIVERPOOL JUNCTION RAILWAY. - ti A c 'kei : I , l g letter has been addressed, by the authority of Ilt (1 ,‘ Of I ' : A dMiralty, to Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and 4 tri 3t ?radon, the solicitors to the line of railway called al, of sad Liverpool Junction Railway :"- W ' th ti e 4n e ,„ "Admiralty, Ist December, 1845. ~,11 , ,411,- : en-liaving hid before my Lords Commissioners ill e ` e / t,,, - :T 4 ItY your letter of the 28th ultimo, I am corn 'ith ti' 'gulfs - to -ou their Lordships' assent to the prin -14 tie th ""° l • in connexion o t , ei i - pose bridge across the Severn, 014, t tie' ~,rhis”tol and Liverpool Junction Railway, but before k ti the ''' c eed to carry it into execution, my Lords will °Lt. working plans - to be submitted to them for appro- I a mp 4 4 G ~ Ge ntlemen, your most(illv ot, J3 ,e4i.en... HAMILTON. t • .servanr. 3. Johnston Farquhar, and Leach, OS, Moorgate-street." - . AMSTERDAM, DEC. 9.—Privte letters froin Java of the beginning of Octoberanneunce the arrival at BaLavia of his Exoelleney. M. J. J. Rochustien, appointed 1)3 , his 'Majesty to thu important post o!' Governor-General of our possessiors in the Ea.t Indies. The letters give m nute details of the honour paid to him, and the cere monies of his reception in the colony. THE HAGUE, DEC. 9.—The Second Chamber of t,le States-General will discuss a second project of law at the end of this week, and then, as we hear, adjourn till the middle of February—that is, for two whole months. FRANKFORT, DEC. 6.—The Customs' Union of 1846- 1848, in the Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Baden, the members declared that the - agreement for an effectui 1 protection fur cotton, linen, and woollen manufacture which has not been brouebt about, might be confi dently expected at no distal k >r . I'OSEN, Dr.c. I.—lt was vtry generally reported that the day before yesterday (the 29th of November), the anniversary of the revolution at Warsaw, was fixed upon as the time at which a great movement in favour of Polish independence should take place; at least that day was indicated as of great importance in the threatening letter addressed to the President of the Police, Baron Von Mussentoli.. The day, however, has passed over without any disturbance, as was to be expected, for there can be no great reason to dryad revolution, the breaking out of which is formally announced to the public before hard. MuNicu, Nov. 28.—Dr. Edward Schnedtstein, pr i fessor of jurisprudence in the University- of Erlangen, Member of the Senate, who has been long expected to embrace the Protestant faith, has now given formal notice of it to the superior authorities. - - DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, DEC. 9. Money. Bills, Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 59% GO Ititto, 3 per Cent .. ••.•.• • • • • 72!4 733( Ditto, 4 per Cent..................94.............•••4 94% Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent.. • • .... 99y, 99% Ditto, 3% per Cent.. Commercial Company, 434 per Cent • . 159 ' 159% East India Loan, 4 per Cent•. . ... 94 94% Exchange on London, at sight . •... 12 20 Two months.... On Harriburgh, at sight •• •• 35 56 25 Two months •......... 35 18 75 On Paris •• •• •• •• •••••• •• Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • —Dutch Papers. Dec. 10. _ PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, DEC. 6. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent Foreign Exchanges • • • . • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • ' Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 2 Months. 6 24% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149% 149 - Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months . 79 2-3 -Universal Prussian Gazette. Dec. 7. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, DEc. G. Bills. Money. kastrian 5 per Cents .. .. ••• • • ....... 113 Bank Shares •••• • • • • ......... . Anglo-Russian Loan ...... • Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate lO3 102% Ditto Ist serieslnscription.• .. • . • Ditto, hope and Co., 3d and 4th series 99 411• Ditto, In Certificate.. .......• New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 91 Ditto Stleglitz . ....... Spanish New 5 per Cent... .. . ... 20% 20% Ditto 3 per Cent •••••.•••• • • • • • • • • 31 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. • . • . — Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 82% —• Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .. 85% 85% National Bank Shares.• ••• • • . THE BISHOP of EXETER v. SHORE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—With this letter I send you a few extracts from the Forms of Service for Ordering Deacons and Priests. Does it not appear from them that such ordination gives merely a conditional authority ? viz.- Ist. That an ordained deacon or priest is only placed in a state of qualification to hold a bishop's license to perform the functions of those offices. • 24. That, as an ordained deacon or priest, he is not entitled to perform the functions of those offices in any case, if he be not possessed of such license ; so, as a matter of course, a marriage pretended to be solemnised by an ordained priest not having a license to perform the functions of such offices is voidable. 3d. That the ordination vow is a covenant which runs only during the term of a license, and that during such time as an ordained person is without such license he is not under episcopal jurisdiction. If such be the case, how could Mr. Shore be under episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Exeter after he had withdrawn his license from Mr. S., and he (Mr. S.) afterwards did not attempt to perform the functions of a deacon or priest in a consecrated church or an episco pally-licensed chapel ? The ordination services of deacon and priest, being part and parcel of an Act of Parliament, may be con firmed by a court of common law ; and it appears to me that the parson and the attorney are on the same footing. Thus, the young lawyer, after having received his certifi cate of twalification from the examiners, and been ad mitted by the court, cannot legally practise as an attor ney until he has obtained a license, duly stamped ; and the young ordained parson cannot legally practise as a deacon or priest until he has obtained his license, also duly stamped ; and neither of these parties can hereafter practise when their licenses are either with drawn or not renewed, according to circumstances, the licenses being the only authority for exercising the functions of each office in both cases.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, DEVONIA, Septentionaria. Dec. 8, 1845. (Extracts Isom the Service for Ordering Deacons.) Question—The Bishop : Do you unfeignedly believe all the canonical scriptures of the Old and New Testa ment ? Answer—Candidate:: I do believe them. The Bishop— Will you diligently read the same unto the people assembled in the church where you shall he tippointed to serve ? Ans wer—l will. The Bishop—lt appertaineth to the office of a deacon in the church where he shall be appointed to serve to assist the priest, &c. &c. ; will you do this gladly and willingly ? Answer—l will do so, by the help of God. The Bishop, laying his bands severally upon the head of every one of the candidates, humbly kneeling before him, shall say, " Take thou authority to execute the office of a deacon in the Church of God committed unto thee," &c. &c. Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of them the New Testament, saying, " Take thou authority to read the Gospel in the Church of God, and to preach the same, if thou be thereto licensed by the Bishop himself." THE ORDAINING OF PRIESTS. The Bishop—Are you persuaded that the Holy Scrip tures contain sufficiently all doctrine required of neces sity for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ ? and are you determined, out of the said Scriptures, to instruct the people committed to your charge ? &c. Answer—l am so persuaded, and have so determined, by God's grace. The Bishop—Will you then give your faithful dili gence always to minister the doctrine and sacraments and the discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath com manded, and as this Church and realm bath received the same, according to the commandments of God ; so that you may teach the people committed to your care and charge with all diligence to keep and observe the same ? Answer—l will do so with the help of God. The Bishop—Will you be ready with all faithful dili gence to banish and drive away alt erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word, and to use both public and private monitions, as well to the sick as to the whole, within your cures, as need shall require and occasion shall be given ? nswer—l will, the Lord being my helper. The shall deliver to every one of them, kneel ing, the Bible i:." 0 his hand, saying, "Take thou audio rity to preach the wort: of God and minister the holy sacraments in the congregation :"'here thou shalt be law fully appointed thereunto." THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE..—Wednesday morning workmen commenced laving down the main pipes leading from the Horse Guards to Buckingham Palace, which will in future be supplied with water from the Trafalgar-square wells. The pipes will be carried from the Treasury across St. James's Park. Their Highnesses Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy and family, it is understood, will prolong their re • sidence in this country until the end of May, when they re turn to Hungary. The Prince and Princess are staying on a visit to the Hon. Captain Frederick and Lady Elizabeth Vil liers, at their seat near Towcester. . THE BERKESWELL URDER.—NATHANIEL SHARP, THE SUPPOSED CULPRIT, IN CUSTODY.—III the course of the morning of yesterday (Wednesday), police constable Holmes, of the Coventry force, took a young-looking fellow, of about twenty years of age, before the Mayor of Coventry, and other magistrates, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Thomas Tranter, an old resident in the parish of Berkeswell, but who was killed by some person unknown on the 17th ultimo. The Hall of St. Mary's was much crowded. The prisoner gave his name as James Reed—same name as the person who is supposed to have committed the murder, and who has likewise absconded, and the particulars of his appre hension are these ;—He is a labourer, out of employment, and came from Denham, in Buckinghamshire, twenty-three miles from Aylesbury. He was detained at the Aylesbury Police cffice, as applying there on Saturday night last for a bed, on his giving the name of James Reed. The attention of the officer in waiting was more particularly directed to him on givi ig this name, and examined him closer. It appears that, n his opinion, lie corresponded with the description given in the Government Gazette of Young Reed, of Berkeswell, and he was accordingly detained. Holmes brought him to Co ventry on Tuesday night, he was examined yesterday, and will be further remanded until to-morrow (Friday), when he will be taken before the magistrates of the county. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—The trial of speed between the Fairy and Wonder, so long sought for, came off to-day, on the occasion of her Majesty's steam tender Fairy taking the Ministers to and from the island. The Wonder went down to Cowes on purpose to meet the Fairy on her return. The two fast vessels, the best possibly of their respective plans, screw-propeller and paddle-wheels, made a fair start from the Brambles (off Cowes), and after a rap l run to the Southampton Docks, the Wonder beat her com p e tito z ' by four minutes in time, or about one mile and a half in distance, showing a superior speed eqwal to nearly three miles per _hour. The time occupied by the Wonder from the Brambles was 39 minutes; the distance is roughly estimated at 11 miles. Her Majesty's Ministers arrived at and embarked from the Southampton Docks at half-past 10, and were received by Mr. Forbes, Deputy-Chairman; Capt. Ward, R.N., superintendent; and Mr. Saintsbury, the secre tary, and returned at half-past three, and immediately pro ceeded by special train to town. Mr. Lobh, the mayor, re ceived the distinguished party, and handed the buke of Wellington to his carriage. The Whitehaven junction has been completed, and its opening for public traffic was to have taken place on the 2d instant ; but Captain Coddington reported unfavourably of the gauge, and the Board of Trade have refused to certify its security, &c. The Company have, consequently, po4- poned the opening, in order to relay the rails, which will cccupy some time. — Tyne Mercury. NATIONAL GLASS COMPANY of IRELAND.—We are most happy to announce that this truly Irish Company has already so far progressed that it will be in a position to supply glass of native manufacture ye 7 early in the spring,—Dub , _li a Evening Post. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING. _DECEMBER'I2I-1845. RAILWAY 811.AIIE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Mx. 10. SMITHFIELD CATTLE CLUB. LIGHTHOUSES. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 414 p.—.Bucking.banishire, par—Cam brid;:,4 and Lincoln, 2 p.—Derby and Crewe, 2% o.—Edin bur.;ll and Northern, 151. Shares, 21s. 6d.—Grated Jut:ction, 234y,,—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 33 p.—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 32 p.—Ditto, Eight Shares, 1514 p.—Goole.and Don esker, ss. p.---IlldderAeld Canal and Railway, 4% p.— La:Taster and Preston, 71t z p.—Leicester and Bedf , rd, ss. p. —Liverpool and Leeds Direct, , 8 dis.—Liverpool, Orntskirk, and Preston, 1 3 / 4 p.—London and Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 20 p.—London and York, 1% p.—Leeds and Thirak, 2 3 ,{ p. —Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 9if, p.—Matlock and Midland, 2 p.—Midland, 141 1 / 2 —Ditto, 401. Shares, 13% p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 3% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Thirds, Half Shares, % p.—West Wexford,Riding Union, 90s. 9d. p.—Dublin and 2s. 6d. p.— Limerick and Water:ord, 2 3 / 4 dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 2% p. —Paris and Lyons (Lafitte's), 4s, p. MANCHESTER, DEC. 10. STOCK EXCILANGE.—The sales are—Halifax, 'rudders field, and Bradford, 51. 12s.—Huddersfield . and Manchester Railwrfand Canal, B—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 425. —Leeds Dewsbury, and Manchester, 4%—Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, 84& 61—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 11%—North Eastern, 2 1 4—North Staffordshire, 995. Cd.— Sheffield and Manchester, 117—Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 6% — South Eastern and Dover, 35 1 /—Ditto, No. 2, 9. BRISTOL, DEC. 10. This exhibition was opened to the public on Wednesday morning at eight o'clock. The visitors even during the first hour were very numerous, and as the day alvanced, increased numbers continued to pour in. His Grace the Duke of Richmeed, the Earl of Lei cester, Lord Portman, Lard Leigh, Mr. Posey, M.P., and Mr. J. W. Chillers, M.P., were among the earlier visitors during the morning, and Major-General Wcmyss, who it sill be recollected has the honour to act in the capacity of "steward" to the Prince Consort, also paid a visit to the exhibitiou during the morning. The annual meeting of the members of the Club fer the transaction of the usual routine business was held it One o'clock in the Committee-room, the Duke of Rich mend, as senior vice-president, occupying the chair. After the usual formularies had been gone through, Mr. HUMPHREY GIBBS, late honorary secretary to the Society, addressed the members, calling to their re mem brance the severe loss that club had sustained by the lamentable death of its late president, Earl Spencer, an event (he said) which they must ell regret, not only as a public less, but as an individual deprivation, when the valuable service which the late Earl had ever ren dered to the cause of agriculture was - recollected. Tl:e Society, having however lost Ead Spencer's valuable services, it became their duty to seek a nobleman calcu lated to supply his place, and he was sure it would only be necessary for him to mentioe the name of the Duke of Richmond, who had been long closely connected with the club, es one of its vice-presidents, to ensure his unanimous election to the vacant office.— (Cheers.) The success which the Noble Doke had met with as a com• petitor at those exhibitions, and the great service he had rendered to the club by his able advice, and in many other ways, alike contributed to point out his Grace as a nobleman in every respect crialifieil for their future pre sident. Mr. Gibbs concluded by observing that hsving had the honour to receive the Noble Duk. 's permission to propose his name for the office, he should abstain from all further encomium upon his Grace, and at once submit the proposition he had had the gratification to intro duce. Mr. MILLWARD, one of the stewards, seconded the motion, which was then put and carried by acclamation. The Duke of RlduatoaD returned thanks in a few words, expressive of the pleasure he should always feel in forwrading the interests of the Society. The Judges' awards having been read by Mr. B. P. BRANDRETH GIBBS, the Honorary S:cretary, were then confirmed, after which The Duke of Recetatospealled the attention of the meeting to the vacancy in the list of Vice-Presidents caused by his own elevation to the office of President ; and proposed as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Earl Spencer, that his brother the present Earl should be elected a Vice-President. There has been recently delivered, pursuant to an I order of the Hou,e of Commons, dated August 1, a bulky " blue book," of upwards of eight hundred pages, con sisting of the report of the Select Committee on light houses, and the minutes of evidenceupon which that re port wss founded. This Committee was appointed by the House of Commons on the 20th of February, on the motion of Mr. Hume, for the purpose of inquiring into " the state and management of lighthouses, floating l i lights, huoys, and beacons, under the charge and manage ment of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Dept ford Strove], of the - Commissioners of Northern Light houses, of the Corporation for Preserving and Improv ing the port of Dublin, and of all lights, buoys, and beacons in the hands of any other Corporation, public body, or private individuals ; also, in the arrount of the gross end the net revenue of each, the expenses of managing the same, and the appropriation thereof ; also into the authorities under which the respective dues are collected and applied; also to inquire into theeircumstances attending the purchase of private lighthouses by the Triuiiy Llutise, and the amounts paid tor the same, and the state of the accounts of coca lighthouses ; also to ascertain all the changes and improvements that have been made in lighthouses, &c., acid .the extent of relief which has been afforded to shipping by reduction .( r alteration of dues in the United liingdom since the passing of the Act of 1834 ; and how far the recom mendations of the Select Committee on lighthouses, in 1834, have been carried out ; also to consider whether any and ia hat ::Iterations can be made in the light and other dues, and the management of the same, to re lieve the shipping of the country." This Committee met about thirty days, and during that period examined nearly forty witnesses, the mi nutes of whose evidence occupy nearly three hundred aid fifty folio pages of this volume. The appendix oe. cupies about the same quantity. The report extends to thirty-one pages; but the following is an abstract thereof, presenting its most material and interesting portions. It commences with a review of all that Parliament has done with respect to the lighthouses of the United King dom, since the investigations of the house of Commons' Select Committee on Foreign Trade hi 1822 (when va rious inquiries were made into the revenue, management, and expenditure of the lights and lighthouses belonging to the Crown, Trinity House, and private individuals), and thus concludes this branch of the subject:—lt there fore appears that, by the sacrifice of more than a million sterling, the recommendation of the Select'Committee of 1834. " to have all public lights placed under one board, and free from private claims," has finally been carried into effect as respects England; and Parliament will thereby be enabled to legislate freely respecting them, in such manner as shall be considered best for the public interest. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Brist©l and Exeter, New, s%—Manchester and Southampton, 3—Midland, New, 19%. SHEFFIELD, DEC. 10 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arc—Sheffield and Man chester, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 6 1 4 —Grimsby and Sheffield, 10% c. n.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 31. 6s. 6d. HULL, DEC. 10. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 18N—Aberdeen, s—Axhohne, 21. 13s. 9d.—Catn bridge and Lincoln, 3 —Derby and Gainsborough, 235. Cd. Grand Union, 1% —Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 2N—Not tingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 2 %- .7 NorthStaffordsbire, 5. HUDDERSFIELIV DEC. 10. STOCK Excli;;GTE:---The sales are—London and York, 4 —West Riding Union, 6%—Grand Union, lIA —Hudders • field, Halifax, and Brafiford Union, 6'4—North and South Junction, par—North Western, 2/. 12s. 6d. YORK, DEC. N. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and North Mid land Extension, 25 1 4—Newcastle and Berwick, 11 1 %—North British, 22 1. 4—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 2 1 4—London and York, 4—Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 21. 2s.—Manches ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 ' , ‘ —North Staffordshire, 474—York and Carlisle, 2%. EDINBURGH, DEC. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 51. 55.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 21.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 21. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.- Ayr and Dumfries, 2/. 155.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. Bs.- Banffshire, 2/. 55.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 12s. 6d.- Caledonian, 12/.-Caledonian Extension, W.- Caledonian an d Dumbarton, 31.-Caledonian and Northern Direct. 3/. Os. 6(1. -Clydesdale Junction, 191.-Direct Northern, 21.-Dundee and Arbroath, 35/. IN.-Ditto, New. 171.-Dundee and Perth, 61. 10s.-East of Fife, 21.-East Lothian Central, 21. 35.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 3L-Edinburgh and Glasgow, GU-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 1016-Ditto, Quarters, 15.'. 10s.-Ditto, New, 12/. 10s.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Duna barton,lBs.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 21. 55.- Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Direct, 1/. 155.-Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, 21/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 181. and Northern, 41.-Ditto, Newport, 1/. 75.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 1/. 145.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 25.-Edinburgh and Perth, 51.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 21. 55.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 701.-Ditto, New Stock, 23/. -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 21/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. 55.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 2/. Bs. -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 451.-Glasgow and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New, 10/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 2/. 5a.-Great North of Scotland, 31. 2s. 6d.-Granton Junction, 2/. 10s.- Inverness and Elgin, IL 155.-London and York, 4/. 55.- North British, 221. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 5L 10s.-Ditto, Fifths, 6/.-Perth and Inverness, 21.-Scottish Central, 13/. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 31.-Scottish Western, 2/. 10s. -Stirling and Dunfermline. 21. 10s. 6d. ilfhe motion having been seconded, was unanimously agreed to. The vacancy in the trusteeship caused by Earl Spencer's death was filled up by the election of Lord Portman to the office. Mr. W. Fisher Hobbs and Mr. Tanner were then elected stewards in the place of Mr. Millward and Mr. J. S. Turner, retiring by rotation. At the close of the ordinary business, and prior to the breaking up of the meeting, Mr. HUMPHREY GIBBS gave notice of two motions to be submitted on Friday next, the first having reference to the revival of a class for Scotch cattle, and the second to the increase of the prizes in the sheep and pig classes. The meeting was very well attended, and the proceed ings went off with perfect unanimity. The quantity of stock sold during the day was un usually large, and the facilities of railway transit were never more clearly exemplified than by the distant lo calities for which many of the animals were purchased. Coventry, Southampton, Wolverhampton, Windsor, and many other places, are each destined to receive a pro portion of the fat beef prepared for the London market. The short-horned ox bred by the late Lord Huntingfield, and fed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to which a prize of 101. was awarded by the judges, was purchased early in the day by Mr. John Banister, of Threadneedle street, purveyor to her Majesty, for the large sum of 80 guineas. Mr. John Banister also bought the West Highland ox, fed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, which the judges commended, as well as the following animals :—Mr. Fonracre's Devon steer, which gained the first prize of 301, and a silver medal to the breeder; and the same gentleman's steer. to which a prize of 101. and a silver medal was awarded. With regard to the debt incurred for the purchase of these lights, the Committee states that it requires the serious consideration of Parliament, as the burden is almost entirely borne by the commercial shipping of the country. It may be divided into two separate portions, the first incurred on account of liabilities on the Con solidated Fund under Acts of Reciprocity ; the second incurred for the purchase of leases granted by the Crown and by Parliament. The sum of 205,4521. was paid by the Trinity House to the lessees and proprietors of seven of those lights leased by the Crown, for the purchase (calculated at 22} years) of the sum of 9.1311. payable yearly to them from the Consolidated Customs, under the Reciprocity Acts, in compensation for the reduction of light dues on foreign vessels,, according to conventions of commerce with foreign powers. The Consolidated Customs having been relieved from the yearly payment of that sum of 9,1314 the Treasury should, in jtktice to the shipping interest, repay the debt incurred by the Trinity House on that account. The amount of the first portion of the purchase-money and interest thereon up to June, 1845, paid by the Tri nity House, was 256,9081. And your Committee submit that, under no circumstances should that sum be allowed to remain a charge on the commercial shipping of the country. This heavy charge was incurred on political grounds, for the benefit of the nation ; • and the nation should therefore pay it. Your Committee further observe that the sum of 977,0931., the second portion paid for the purchase of the leases and possessions of lighthouses, ought not to be charged on the commercial shipping, because the grants of these lighthouses were originally made by the Crown, by the Trinity Board, or by Parliament ; and the Treasury, therefore, and not the commercial ship ping, ought to be obliged to pay that amount. Your Committee would further observe that, although, by the purchase of the private lights, the union of management contemplated by the Act of 1836 has been obtained, yet the reduction of the dues recommended by the Select Committee of 1834, and also kept in view by that Act, has not been obtained, and cannot be wholly effected until the debt so contracted be discharged. ON THE PATRONAGE OF RAIL- WAYS IN FRANCE. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) It is worthy of remark that, in France, the value of railway shares is net based on the importance of the line, or on the length of lease granted, but more invari ably on the reputation and credit of the banker or pro jector of the Company. When, therefore, a new line is proposed, persons seek first to inform themselves who is the projector. This observation is not applicable to the Orleans, Rouen, or St. Germain Railways, the daily re turns of which are ascertained. _ _ Patronage is then of great weight in France. As proof of this, we may cite the example of what occurs on the Versailles right line (rive droite), the Versailles left line (rive gauche), and that from Strasbourg to Basle. The shares of the left line (rive gauche) are worth 295 francs (11L 15s. 2d.) ; it has, notwith standing, a debt of four millions, and has not, as yet, made the least return to its shareholders. The right line (rive droite), the shares of which are worth 455 francs (181.), produces less return than that from Stras bourg to Basle, which has a far fairer prospect of ul timate success, although its shares are only 245 francs (101). The line of railway from Paris to Strasbourg, of which the works are in active operation, that from Dijon to Mulhouse, from Zurich to Basle, from Stras bourg to Lauterbourg, opening a communication with Belgium and Holland, will be shortly in progress, and will constitute the future prospect of the line from Stras bourg to Basle, which will join the main lines, whilst the railways in the vicinity of Paris will deteriorate in value in proportion as other lines are established. The divi dends, in 1844, were very large, a result to be attri buted to the federal games (du fer) ; this year, they promise to realise as much as in 1843, notwithstanding the disturbances in Switzerland, which have exercised a baneful influence on the receipts. Whence, then, arises the difference in the prosperity of this railway compared with others ? It is to be traced to the influence of patronage, it being well known that the Council of Administration for the line from Strasbourg to Basle receives no pay, excepts no indem nification, and does not endeavour to force the sale of the shares? As a last example of the power of patronage, we may quote the Northern line, the shares of which, in the commencement, were at 380 francs premium. This enormous difference is only to be accounted for by its being assigned to the Princes of France ; in other hands the premiums would have been inconsiderable. The following were the other principal purchases made up to a late hour last night :—Mr. Collingwood, of Lamb's Conduit-street, bought the Hereford ox, fed by Mr. R. M. Layton, of Thoraey Abbey, Cgmbridge shire, to which a prize of 2(1., a silver me d al to the breeder, and a gold medal as the best ox in the yard, has been awarded ; Mr. Banister, of Windsor, purveyor to the Court, purchased Mr. Woodward's short horned ,teer (priz.i of 15L) ; Mr. Comfort, of Islington, pur chased Mr. Goodall's Hereford steer (prize of SL) ; Mr. G ut•rrier, of Islington, bought Mr. Umber's North Devon steer (prize . of 101. and silver medal) ; Mr. Ryder, of Southampton, bought Mr. Bennett's improved short horned heifer (prize of 101.) ; Mr. S. Morris, of Coven try, purchased Mr. Lythall's Durham cow (prize of 50: Mr. Lucking , of Walbroa, bought the Earl of Leices ter's North Devon cow (prize of 151. and silver medal); and Mr. Ryder, of Southampton, purchased the late Earl Spencer's short-horned ox, which, although not com peting, was highly commended by the judges. Very few purchases of sheep and pigs were made yes terday. Mr. Wall, of Jerrnyn-street, bought a pen of Bedford and Suffolk pigs, fed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert : but a 78-weeks old pig of the same breed, fed by the Prince, had not met a customer at a late hour last night. CITY MEETING on the CORN-LAWS REPLY TO THE LORD MAYOR. To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of London, &c. &c. &c. My Lord,—We, the Committee of the requisitionists, beg to acknowledge ,vour Lordship' s lett e r of the 9th instant, informing us that you have appointed a meeting of the electors of the City of London, upon the subject of the existing corn-laws, to be held at the Guildhall of the said City, on Monday, the 15th day of December instant, at one o'clock precisely. We beg to express our full concurrence in, and ap proval of the distinctions so well drawn and so clearly expressed by your Lordship in that letter. We regard the act of calling this meeting as on your Lordship's part a ministerial act.. We observe and shall respect your desire to avoid mixing your personal opinions with the discharge of your public etudes. We maintain for ourselves, as electors and citizens, ou r undoubtt d right, on all prope r occa sions, fully to ex press our opinions, whether of sati s f ac tion or alarm, and ou r views of public men and publi c • m easures, whether those opinions assume the shape of approval or disap proval ; and we are grateful to your Lordship for the confidence you have expressed, that in our proceedings we shall, as far as we are concerned, manifest due pru dence and discretion, and avoid creating unnecessary alarm. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE DERBY. The only bets laid in the room were 7 to 1 agst Sting to 1001. (8 to 1 also laid, decidedly a point above the market price); 500 to 20 and 300 to 10 agst Malcolm ; and 500 to 15 agst Traverser. In the course of the day the following bets were made at one of the club houses :-400 to 10 agst Humdrum ; 600 to 15 agst Hoorrah ; and 1,000 to 20, and 1,000 to 25 agst Tug-net CHESTER CUP. 500 to 10 agst The Baron—taken. The Duke of Bedford's Prologue, by Camel, died a few days ago. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING& DEC. 10 (EXNLNG FIELD). ALL-AGED STAKES (CONCLUDED). Mr. Vipan's Vampire beat Mr. Batchelor's Marmion. Lord Stradbroke's Maiden beat Ms. Chitty's Cotherstone. Mr. Gurney's Aspina - beat Mr. - Fyion's Farmer. FIRST TIES. Dewdrop beat Trumpeter Spinster beat November Merry Monarch beat Destiny Captain beat Vampire Omen beat Aspina Ben Caunt beat Crocus Probity beat Sarah Bate Magpie beat Maiden STAKE FOR PUPPIES. FIRST TIES. Clear-the-way beat Dunkirk Figaro beat 1 esty Marshall beat Varna Confidence beat Treasure EATING STAKE. Mr. Bennett's Who'd-a-thought- it beat Mr. Batchelor's Mystery. Captain Daintree's Melody beat Mr. Fowler's Kizzie. Mr. Tibbitt's Take-in beat Mr. Parkinson's Slyboots. Mr. Caldwell's Rupee beat Mr. Fyson's Fullsail. Mr. Villebois's Duncan beat Mr, B, smyth's Selborne. . o ..tldwell's Regard beat Mr. Bagge's Top. Vipan's 6 1 - •hftt. beat Mr. Morant's Mayfly. -• Mr. Nash's Oloak. Mr. B. Smyth's Sam Slick be.. • 9 WINMARLEIGH OPEN MEETING, - • ' The Pattena Arms Cup, for 12 dogs. was won by kr. Woodburn's Will-o'-the-Wisp—his Wilton ran up, The Moss-side Puppy Cup was won by Mr. Wilson's Alice —Mr. James Clark's Clara ran up. The Bank Hall Stakes were divided between Mr. Powell's White Lion and Mr. Wood's Nettle. THE MOLD CLUB (HAWARDEN) MEETING, Dac. 9. The Hawarden Castle Stakes, for 8 dogs, were won by Mr. Barker's Hector—Mr. Ball's Baron ran up. The Bretton Stakes, for 8 puppies, were won by Mr. Voller's Alice—Mr. Mostyn's Messmate ran up. The Field Stakes, for 8 dogs, were won by the Hon. Mr Kenyon's Lucifer—Mr. Lloyd's Greenmantle ran up. THE MATFEN COURSING MEETING, DEC. 9. A stake, for 8 dogs, was won by Mr. Surtees' Jessie— Mr. lackwith's Madeline ran up. We have felt it due to your Lordship thus to reply to the several points of the letter with which you have fa voured us. And as evidence of our wish to act with prudence and discretion, and with due attention to every constitutional form, we beg to repeat and confirm our request that your Lordship, as being the chief magistrate of this city, will be pleased to preside at the approach ing meeting of the electors. VVe have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient servants, (Signed) ed ) JOHN DILLON, and others. Faith beat Britannia Seidlitz beat Wiltshire Eunoch beat Ringleader Topsail beat Mealey BEQUEST OF UPWARDS OF 6,0001. TO HER MAJESTY. —Wednesday morning the funeral of an eccentric but wealthy individual took place. The deceased, Mr. Wiliam Akers, was aged 87, lately residing in lodgings at No. 17, Dean street, Fetter-lane. The deceased had begun business in early life as a ladies' fancy fan maker He was a bachelor, and by assiduity and parsimony had accumulated a large fortune. For the last 20 years he had retired from business, and resided at the house of Mr. Sydenham, where he died. His habits whilst there were miserly, his only luxury being sometimes a little gin and water. his property was invested in the Funds, and at his death was found to amount to about 8,0001. For the last seven years he had been nearly blind, but otherwise in perfect possession of his faculties. A fort night since he was taken ill, and was attended by Mr. Kelly, a surgeon, of Fetter-lane. On opening his will, it was found that to a poor woman who attended him in hie illness, by a codicil made a day or two before his death, he bequeathed 2001. He had no relatives living, nor any acquaintances with whom he was on friendly terms, with the exception of Mrs. S','denham, and to whom he has only left 1004 to her son 1001., and to each of five grandchildren 100/ ; also 300/. to a young man residing at Wimbledon, whose father and mother had many years since lodged with deceased's sister, who being . fond of the child had made her brother, whilst she was living, promise to do something for him. This he refused to do until a day or two before his decease, when he made the codicil. There are several other legacies to per sons of whom he had only a slight acquaintance. The resi due of his property, amounting to above 6,0001., he bequeaths to her Majesty, to be applied, he wishes, towards the liqui dation of the national debt. He has not left anything to any charity or the poor of the parish where he has so long resided. Amongst the numerous instances of parsimony, he engaged the first floor at twenty guineas a year, but he could not rest until he prevailed upon his landlord to take off the odd shillings. The only ambition he expressed in life was that he should be buried with pomp, and yesterday morning he was iuterred at his own request, in Wimbledon church yard, where lie the remains of his sister and her husband. The funeral procession consisted of mutes, plume of feathers, javelin men, hearse, drawn by four horses, decorated with plumes and housings of rich velvet ; three mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, similarly decorated. His execus tors are Mr. Kitchen, jeweller, of Dever -street., Piccadilly, t and Mr. Jones, a retired jeweller, formerly of Henrietta - street, Covent-garden, to whom he has left 501. each, These goliemen were only known to him by his doing business M thew in the former part of bits career ut life. EFFICIENCY OF THE LIGHTS. Your Committee has the satisfaction of reporting that, " according to the evidence before them, the public general lights on the coasts of England, under the management of the Trinity House in Loudon ; these on the coasts of Scotland, under the management of the Northern Commissioners in Edinburgh ; and the lights on the coast of Ireland, under the management of the Ballast Buard in Dublin, are all maintained in an efficient state." The complaints made in petitions to the House of Commons, and by witnesses before your Committee, have not been in any case against the efficiency of the lights, but against the high charge for light dues, or the mode of levying them, or the irregularity of the rates. In 1834, there were in England 126 lights (of which 128 were fixed, and 18 floating); while, in 1844, they had increased to 175, containing 1,152 burners alto gether. The aggregate number of lights in the United King dom in 1833-4 was 219, cnnsisting of 105 public general coast lights, of 93 local or harbour, and 21 floating lights ; while the aggregate number of lights in the United Kingdom in 1844 was 309. consisting of 121 public general coast lights, of 29 floating lights, and of 159 local or harbour lights. There has consequently been an increase in the United Kingdom of 83 lights since 1833, viz.:— In England of 8 public general, of 8 public floating, and of 33 harbour lights In Scotl4nd of 4 public general, and of 10 harbour lights In Ireland of 4 public general, and 16 harbour lights 20 Total The Isle cf Man lights were not returned in 1833, but are now included in the total number, and will make 90 The total gross receipts for the public general lights in the year 1843, by the Trinity House, Commissioners of Northern Lights, private individuals, and the Ballast Board, were 240,304/. The total gross receipts of dues for the public general lights in 1843, were 356.905 L It must be evident that so large an amount levied on the commercial shipping for the public general lights, besides the amount levied for local or harbour lights, must form a considerable portion of their expenses. It appears by the return for 1843, that the aggregate amount of light dues collected for the United Kingdom in that year was 356,905/., and that the charge for col lection was 15,814 L, or nearly ss. per cent. ; and that, by other returns before this Committee, the stamp duties of the United Kingdom are collected at the rate of 2L 2s. 84d. per cent., and the property and income tax at the rate of 2L 16s. 61d., whilst, in the parish of Marylebone, the parish rates are collected at a charge of IL 6s. Bd. per cent. ; and your Committee submit that, in case the collection of light dues shall be discon tinued, the above sum of 14,953/. would be wholly saved; and if continued, there is no reason why the charge for collection should not be greatly reduced. Your Committee further submit, if light duties shall continue, they ought to be collected by the officers of Customs in every port of the United Kingdom, free of all charge whatsoever, in like manner as was enacted in the case of Ireland by the Acts of the 51st and 52d Geo. 111. PRESSURE OF LIGHT DUES. Your Committee are convinced, on the clearest evi dence, that the light dues press heavily on the commer cial shipping of this kingdom, especially on the coasting trade. They are heavy on British shipping as compared with other countries. In Russia, France, the United States of America, and Prussia, no separate charge is made for lights. The British over-sea trader complains that !.hips, from the continent of Europe bound to the East or West Indies, or any part of the south of Europe, pass up and down Channel without paying any light dues, whilst British ships sailing with cargo from the United Kingdom to the same ports must pay heavy light dues ; that vessels wait for a full cargo, or go in ballast up and down Channel to avoid the charge of light dues ; and that it consequently often happens that merchants cannot execute the small orders they receive at home or from aliened at the time IA tkated, and thereby often lose the markst. COASTING TRADE SUPPLY OF SEAMEN. The rates for light dues are not only unequal in the amount charged by the boards in each of the three king doms, as shown in another part of this report, but they press also, in the opinion of the witnesses, more heavily on some branches of the shipping than on others. Thus, whilst every class of shipoNners complain of the burden of light duespthe sailing coasting traders have the strongest ground for complaint, as they say their trade has been a losing one for some years past. They allege that the value of all shipping, and of the coasters in particular, has been deteriorating, whilst they have to meet the competiton of the steamers, now generally employed between the principal ports of the kingdom ; and the competition of steamers daily increasing has obliged them to lower the freights so much that the owners are now compelled to seek every possible means of lessening the expense of sailing their vessels, and they consequently look to relief from the light dues, which form a large part of their expenses. Indeed, in some places, the sailing coasters have already much de creased in number, and in others have entirely ceased to sail, leaving the tr ade to the steamers. The steamers also complain loudly of the burden of the light due, which become very heavy, as they make more frequent voyages, and pay every time they pass the lights. Your Committee is most anxious to submit to the House the claims of the coasting-trade to immediate re lief, not only on economical, but on political grounds of the highest importance to the maritime interests of this country. The great support of the naval power of the United Kingdom has been the facility of obtaining a supply of hardy seamen from the mercantile shipping, whenever required for the service of the navy. Great Britain has lied several brat - wiles of cemnaerce, the nursery of that , hardy race which have so ably maintained the honour pnd power of the country on that elerneut where hey force has been, and we trust is destined long to continue, paramount ; but the earliest attention of Parliament is requisite to obviate the results • that may take place from the changes that are going on in the world by the intro duction of steam ; and in our own country in particular, amongst the coasting shipping. Your Committee are the more anxious to direct the attention of Parliament to this important subject, be cause some other branches of our trade which have hitherto supplied the hardiest of our sailors have of late years considerably- diminished, from various causes, which it is unnecessary to detail. From our colonial trade in the'Eaat and,Weet Indies we have had, and shall continue to have, a supply of seamen ; but the Greenland and the South Sea fisheries, the Baltic trade, the Newfoundland, and, beyond all the others, the coasting trade, have supplied the hardiest of our sailors, and a decrease of the supply from- those sources must undoubtedly affect the future manning of the navy ; and consequently lessen the naval power of the country. From the evidence before the Committee, the coasting trade, which has, beyond all other trades, afforded to the navy the largest supply of the hardiest of cur seamen, is likely to decrease,- unless Parliament shall adopt timely measures to protect it. The coal trade from the north of England must he consith red the chief branch of the coasting trade ; and the evidence respecting the rising competition of rail roads, deserves the particular attention of Perliameer, with reference to the burden arising from the light diies. The late increase of railroads from the coal distric is in the north, and the expectation that they will soon Le employed to supply London with coal, are so well knee. n, and the consequences to the coasting coal trade so evi dent, that your Committee consider it unnecessary to do mere than direct the attention of Parliament to the subject as one of vital interest to the kingdom. The coasters also on the south and west coast of Eng land complain of the light dues, stating that they have been losing of late years, and that the trade has been much depressed. Your committee are of opinion that the extent of injury to the shipping, to the trader, and to . the con sumers generally, from the light dues, will be best un derstood by perusal of ,the evidence row submitted. to the House ; and Mr. Ogilby states that the merchant, the broker, the shipowner, and the consumer, are all in jured by these dues ; and that a great spur would be given to the coasting trade it the light dues were taken off altogether ; and in that opinion your Committee en tirely concurs. AMOUNT OF OVER-SEA TRADE. In considering the policy of abolishing light dues, and of providing from other sources for the maintenance of the lights, buoys, beacons, and the eitablishments requisite to manage them, it was ne cossary to ascertain what proportion of the amount of light dues now received was paid by the coasting trade, by the over-sea British trade, an by fo reign ships respectively, and what amount of relief con sequently would be given by such aEolition to each of these separate branches. And your Committee having called for returns on this point, for the year 1843, it is shown that the amount paid by foreign vessels is in this case only about 13 per cent. of the whole. Your Committee, therefore, are of opinion that the small proportion of 13 per cent. of the gross amount of light dues thus paid by foreigners should not operate to prevent our own commercial shipping being relieved from the remaining 86} per cent. MAINTENANCE OF LIGHTHOUSES. It is alleged, and with great justice, that the commer cial shipping have hitherto borne the wl.ole expense of the erection and maintenance of the lights, whilst the Royal Navy and revenue vessels have equally had the benefit of the lights, but without any contribution from • tEe public Treasury towards their support. Your Committee request the attention of the House to the increased expenses attending the outfit and sailing charges of British vessels, as compared with foreign vessels, their competitors ; and express their conviction that the British shipping require reduction of those ex penses to enable them to compete with foreign shipping, and with railroads. It may be, moreover, observed, that ships employed in foreign trade have had some relief by being allowed to take in their provisions from bond ; but the coasting trade have not had that indulgence. The higher wages of the British seamen, their more expensive and better food, the increased charge of many articles of outfit, of artisans' wages, of increased rate of insurance by taxation, and many other charges, which the shipowners submitted to whilst the trade was pro fitable, are now become burdensome ; and in the pre sent depressed state of the commercial shipping, it ap pears inexpedient to compel them to maintain an establishment kept up for purposes essentially national. Your Committee, having duly considered all these and many other circumstances, are of opinion and recom mend to the House, " That all expenses for the erection and maintenance of lighthouses, floating lights, buoys, and beacons on the coasts of the United Kingdom, be henceforth defrayed out of the public revenue ; and that, as the Trinity House has incurred a debt, under autho rity of the 6th and 7th Will. IV., c. 79, in purchasing the rights of private individuals for their lenses and pos sessions of lighthouses, the Oovernment ought to take upon it that debt." PROPOSED TONNAGE RATE. It was originally suggested to the Committee of 1834, and has egain in various ways been urged upon the at tention of this Committee, that, supposing it should be deemed advisable to continue any special tax to provide for the annual expense of the lighthouse, buoy, and beacon establishments, it would, nevertheless, be proper to abolish altogether the present light, buoy, beacon, and other dues, and to impose a tax in the shape of a small tonnage rate—it is considered that Is. per ton per annum would be amply sufficient—to be annually levied on all the registered tonnage of the United Kingdom, and on all colonial and foreign vessels entering its ports. And it appears from the evidence, that a decided pre ference is given by almost all the witnesses to that mode of providing for the maintenance of these establishments. It has also been suggested to your Committee, that it is of great importance to have an adequate sum col. lected towards a fund for the support of merchant sea men; and that if the light dues were taken off, a ton nage duty of one shilling per ton, once a year, would be willingly paid by shipowners to provide means for forming a merchant seamen's fund, which your Commit tee have stated in another part of this report to be a most desirable object. Your Committee, after mature consideration of all the circumstances relative to, and connected with the present state of the several establishments for managing the lights, &c., in the three kingdoms, are of opinion " that all public and general lighthouses, and floating lights, buoys, and beacons in the United Kingdom, should be placed under the management of one board, re sident in London; and that that central board in London should be the Trinity Board of Deptford Strond," And at the same time, with a view of carrying out the recommendations of the Committee of 1834, your Committee recommend " that in future one-third of the members of the Trinity House of Deptford Stroud be nominated by the Crown." Taking the total of British tonnage registered, and the foreign tonnage entering our ports, in the year 1844, at 4,781,128 tons, and charging ls. per ton, the sum of 239,0561. would be produced (at the least). If these plans were adopted, the tonnage rate could be modified according to the time of employment of the ships ; and your Committee would certainly recommend the plan of tonnage duty in preference to the existing system. If the mode of assessment by a tonnage duty on vessels be adopted, it may deserve to be considered whether the tonnage of the Royal Navy, of the vessels employed by the customs, preventive service, and excise, should not also be included, with the view of lessening, as much as possible, the charge on the commercial shipping. By a return, it appears that in the years 1813, 1814, and 18 . 15, years of war, the average tonnage of ships of war was 304,583 ; and in the three years 1842,1843, and 1844, the average was 165,655. CENTRAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. Your Committee have had under their serious consi deration the system of managing the lighthouses, buoys, and beacons of this empire by separate boards in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland, each constituted in a diffe rent manner, and charging different rates of dues, and acting under different rules, authorised, some by patents only, and others confirmed by Acts of the Legislature. The constitution of these boards is either by self-elec tion' or by ex-officio appointment ; and although there has been some degree of control given to the Trinity lb.use over the Scotch and Irish boards, as to the placing of lights, buoys, and beacons, yet the admiui stratio'n of each may be said to be independent, and not subj , et to any superintendence or control in their gene ral management, except in so far as the Queen in Coun cil has power over all. The magnitude of the department of lights, and its importance to this commercial and naval country, make it an object of great interest. PENSIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES. As the Trinity Board has continued, contrary to the recommendatiors of previous Select Committees of this (rouse, to apply, out of the light dues, large sums yearly to pensions and other charitable purposes, it is requisite that your Committee should notice, somewhat in detail, the state of that question, as it is one of importance, both in principle and in the amount of funds dealt with. tour Committee, after mature deliberation, are of opinion that all pensions and charitable allowances now paid by the Trinity Corporation out of the surplus light dues (except retiring pensions to servants belonging to the establishment) shall cease with the lives of the indi viduals now on the pension list ; and that the sums requisite to pay such pensions bo provided for by rex liament. At the same time, your Committee, whilst they ex press their decided opinion (that no more money ought to be distributed from the surplus dues in charity by the Trinity Board), de strongly recommend that a com prehensive measure be brought forward by Government, to form a fund for the relief and support of all destitute and aged masters, mates, and seamen of the merchant service, their widows and children, upon a scale adequate to their wants, and your Com mittee hare t o state with much satisfaction, that t he shi p owners exa m i ned by the Committee, distributed w hilst i n eha objecting tori t 3, declared th emse l ves eny part of the light dues being willing to contribute to such charitable fund as would hold out to all British merchant seamen liberal induce ment to remain in the service of their country, by en titling them to receive relief from that fund under sick ness and accident, and also support in old age for them selves and families. rCONOITY IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LIGHTS. Your Committee has already expressed an opinion that the public general lights are inefficient in brilliancy, but it is difficult to ascertain correctly how far the seve ral expenses fur the buildings, fittings, stores, attendants, wages, 840,, are regulated with duo ec.momy or not. Several witnesses have complained of the lavish expense in maintaining the lighthouses, and of the large esta bliiltmetits kept up to manage them ; but, whether any change be made in the mode of supplying the funds to maintain the lighthouses, or whether the present mode shall 'continue, your Committee must express a strong opinion that every possible reduction of the expenses ought to be male, consistent with the eflicitucy of the light, and the comforts of the attendants. In 1834, of all the public .-enetai coast lights, the sum of 5081. - was the average charge for each light in the year. By the above statement for 1344, taking an aver age of alt the publicgeneral coast lights, the sum, of 459/. is the.charge per light ; and thus for the whole of the 121 public- general lights, the sum of 55,539/. would suffice, in future, to maintain them. If the 29 floating lights be taken at 1,2001. a year, the sum of 34,300/. would be required to maintain them ; and these two classes of lights (in number 150) would con sequently require 90,339/. to maintain them the n hole year. The charge for the managing establishment, if the whole of the lights be Milted under one, woultl be small when compared with the gross amount of 356,905/ paid in 1843. Ard your Committee are of opinion that the relief to the shipping, the benefit to the coasting trade, and the advanteg , to the naval service, by taking off the light dues altogether from the commer cial shipping, and paying the e.‘pen,e nnl unaiur.enauce item the Treasury, wound be great ; and i 8 roost desir abl. to . be effected. The attention of your Committee ba3 been called to the erection of fixed lighthous, , s where floating lights are no :v. maintained, and to the subtttution of ir.n for stone and brick houses ; and there is reason to believe that a considerable reducti,n of expense in the light dcpart mem may be effected by the adoptkn, it: part, of these improvements. COWES, ISLE OF 11.1611 T. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DEC. 10.—The 110 . 5a1 Family are expc'eted to leave on Saturday. Prit.ce Albert visited Northwood House, the seat of G. H. Ward, Esq., - on Tuesday, with Sir Edward Bo water. The house has cost above 20,000/. lately for embellishments by foreign artists. The grounds are beautifully laid out, no expert: e being spared about them. Mr. W. is considered to have the finest collection of evergreens in England, wit' the grounds are the most beautifully situated. His Royal liighnes; spent nearly two hours in going over the house and grounds. The "Court Circular" tells us that the Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Plantations of Osborne House on Monday ; that on Tut slay the Queen and Prince took their usual early walk in the pleasure grounds of Os borne House. On Wednesday the Queen and Prince Albert promenaded in the plantations of, &c. If this acedunt of the doings of her Majesty is to convey to her subjects what:is really taking place at Osborne, it is non sense. Why, her Majesty and the Prince are out in all weathers. Let any one conceive to himself a country squire and his lady, after a Loudon season, once more back into the country, to their own pet place—their " turtle dovery," if you like—that they are having some alterations made in the shrubberies and grounds—that they are superintending them—that the squire, or the Prince, has a spade in his hand (not made for show but use, the same as the gardeners and labour: Ts use), and is digging a hole in the pleasure grounds to plant a shrub in—that his lady, or the Queen, plants the shrub, and holds it while he treads it in. This may daily be seen at Osborne by all persons having business at the house, and no more notice is taken of the parties or of the children . , who are playing near them, than of a squire and his lady. A piece of ground is being laid out and planted, to screen the view of the stables Irons the house and grounds. One gentleman sent 100 curious ever greens, and quantities have been sent from Windsor, &e.; and we know instances that, where the land Las not been dug deep enough, and a certain person cannot send the spade so far into the gravelly soil as it ought to go,; we know he can make the pickaxe turn it up. The work being completed, the lady takes his arm, and with 02147 Child on each side, away they trudge together across-. the park to admire the views, or observe the progress of some improvements, like an old English squire and his lady. POOR-LAW UNIONS.—The guardians of the poor the Isle of 'Wight have advertised for tenders from per.. sons willing to supply 1,4001 b. of good beef, 12011). of currants, 1201 b. of raisins, &c. &c., to furbish the in mates of the poor-house (569) a dinner on Christmas.. day. We hope the inmates of all the poor-houses ini- England will be as well provided for. NEW LIGHT AT TILE R.Y.S. HOLISE.—A splendid gtu light, with four burners, has been exhibited during the last week in front of the R.Y.S. House, It is a fine ob ject for vessels making for Cowes harbour and road stead, and it is so powerful that the various yachts will have no difficulty in finding th e i r b uoys in the night time. It burns from sunset to sunrise, and can be dis tinctly seen from the mouth ofSouthampton waters, from which it bears S. by W. LIABILITY Or APPLICANT'S FOR SHARES IN RAILWAY COM2ANIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your City article of yesterday you say " Pt omptly ought applicants for ';hares to perform their duty, so as to prevent law suits—escape from liability there is none." The Attorney-General and Mr. S. Pitt Taylor say " We advise quiescence, and if any legal proceeding be instituted, defend them." It I might be allowed to offer advice, it would be that the instant par ties receive. letters of allotment they should, by adver tisement, call together all parties concerned in the com pany, and should demand of the Directors the position in which they stand, as regards surveys, ex penses, &c„ and they should then determine whether it be advisable or not to prosecute the scheme; and if it be determined to dissolve the company, let the affairs at once be placed under the charge of the Court of Chan cery, under the provisions of the Joint Stock Company Act, 7th and Bth, Vie., c. 112, for the settlement cf the affairs of the Joint Stock Companies. From such mo ment all suits must be stayed, and no further expenses incurred—and each individual will have only to contri bute his fair and equitable propurtiun of expenses in curred. All bubble schemes will be exploded by allowing only legal expenses—by bubble companies I mean schemes which originated with attorneys, engineers, sur veyors. &c., solely for the purpose of getting an imagi nary line surveyed, and plans deposited, and having enormous expenses paid out of deposits calculated on being obtained only by means of extortion, by threaten ing law and equity suits those who have been silly enough as to write for shares in the scheme. If tiro whole body of applicants for shares go to the Court of Chan cery to dissolve the company, and engage attorneys of the first eminence, I feel assured it will be found to be the cheapest and best way of getting out of the clutches of designing men. I cannot conclude better than in your own emphatic words, "ESCAPE FROM LIABILITY THERE IS NONE." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT WILLIAM DICKENSON. Ilfracombe, Dec. 10th, 1845. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Government, thanks to your noticing the subject, has at last turned its attention to the alarmingly defenceless state of the Humber, and it is currently re ported that something will be done at the mouth of the river to render it more difficult for the steamers, in case of war, to get up to this town unseen. A fort on one of the Sands is talked of. If this were done the Humber, perhaps, might be improved as a harbour of refuge. At present it is not a bad one, compared with many, but it might be made better.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. Hull, Dec. 9, 1845. SUPPOfIED DEATH FROM VlOLENCE.—Wednesday afternoon, Mr. William Payne, the City Coroner, held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Mr. John Clarke, master mariner, who resided at Swansfieet, Yorkshire, and who entered the above institution on the 26th ult. with a compound dislocation of the right thumb, which was in a state of mortification, from the effects of which he died on Sunday last. The only account given of the accident was by the deceased to some of his friends, but at the time he was not aware that the injury was likely to terminate fa tally, it could not be received in evidence. The statement of the deceased was, that on Friday, the 21st of November, he was going along Park-street, Scutbwark, about nine o'clock, when he was knocked down by some men. He was found by two policemen, who thinking him drunk, threat ened to take him to the station-house, but, finding him se riously hurt, they took him to a house where lie found that his thumb was broken, and that he had been robbed of his pocket-handkerchief. There being no evidence before the jury in reference to the accident, they returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from exhaustion, arising from the injury to the thumb, but how the injury was caused there was no evidence." GAME TRESFASS.—On Monday, Mr. Thomas Cheesman, solicitor, of Gravesend, who is joint occupier with his brother cf a farm at Luddesdown, the property of Wm. Masters Smith, Esq., of Camer, appeared before the county magistrates at Rochester, with two other parties (Mr. Walter Cheesman and 3fr. H. Price) on a charge of trespassing on the farm in search of hares. It appeared that on the 24th of November the parties with others, two on horseback aid two on foot, with four greyhounds, were observed by Mr. thbeeelidefence committed that a • Smith's keeper b ea ti ng a p i ece o f th e i r own turnips in se arc h o in f violationh T of h a The offenceelausewa ins e their i d ea t c o e, h a a m v i d e they had always coursed with the knowledge of a former.. keeper without molestation, and that the whole of the Earl of Darnley's tenantry in the neighbourhood were allowed to, • . do so. The defendants were convicted in a penalty of is. each, and 14s. 6d. each costs. HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOU NDS. — Wednesday will% IL by-day, the meet taking place at Gerrard's Cross-corm : non; ;, notwithstanding d fi i e n l d g , thefix includingttn. e the h ad Earl not of Rosalynbeen publicly and officers from London, Windsor, and Hounslow, nurn uncearly. two hu n d re d . U pon an untried deer being isa:eairl:d several al o t turned recornu out on the Common it took away to the Pied Horse, doubling back by the French Horn towards Fulmer, leaving the village to the right, over the Common to College Wood and Wexham Church, and thence over Mr. Hen r y N as h' s farm to the Slough station, crossing the railway on to Salt-- hill. The deer, after doubling round by Chalvey, and away for Chippenham and Dorney, and thence to Eaton Wick, was taken close to the Bath-road, about half-a-mile below Salt bill, after a very excellent run of an hour and three quarters. The country was in excellent hunting order. The meet to morrow will take place at the Black Dog, Bedfont. STATE OF TRADE.—There was a considerrble im provement in the state of the market yesterday, and pur chases, both of yarn and goods, were made more freely than last week. In prices, there was no absolute change to be noticed, except that they were steadier and better defined. than some weeks past. We arc sorry to state that a rather extensive failure of a calico-printing house was announced. The engagements are stated to be about 60,000/.—ltechda/a Flannel Market, Monday, Dec. B.—The flannel market is decidedly worse, and very little business has been transacted at any price. Wool is a drug, and very difficult of sale. In. fact there is no demand either for manufactured goods or the raw material.—Manchester Guardian. THE GRAND DUNE CONSTANTINE.—PLYTAc i v n i, DEC. 9.—Last night the Russian line-of-battle ship 'lnger p manland, Captain Melt, bearing the flag of Adm iral Lutke, and having on board the Grand Duke Constanti n' , of Russ i a, winds. She w as atleom puther er cbouncsktita, the coin e t through contrary iaarschafsky, anied by evotain Glassenap. The wind at this time (3 PAL) Is tone from S.W. to W,N.W., and continues veering towards the north. In all probability the Russian ships Ay . , morrow morning. P l . - leave the Sound again to- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, T UESDAY. --1-The Alecto steam-frigate, Commander F. Austen, arrived here from Woolwich on Saturday. She has ordnance stores on board, and will sail in a few days for Rio de Janeiro and the River Plate. Her crew was paid advance wages yesterday af ternoon. The Alarm, 26, Capt. Frankland, anchored at Spit• head yesterday morning from Chatham, and saluted the flag of the Commander•in-Chief. Sir Charles Ogle, Bart. Her destination is the West Indies. The Nautilus, 10, Lieut. M'Donnell, is at Spithead ; she came in yesterday morning from her station on the coast of Sussex, where she has been employed in pro tecting, the fisheries. The Vindictive, 50, with the fla„0 . of Sir F. Austen, was at Bermuda on the 20th ult. She had, on her pas sage from Halifax with the Rose brig and Vesuvius steam-frigate, encountered a very severe gale, in which both those vessels suffered conshierablf. The Pique, 36, Capt. the Hon. M. Stopfurd, was at Antigua on the 14th tilt, The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, arrived here yesterday afternoon at four o'clock from Devonport. She was inspected this forenoon by Sir Charles Ogle, and came into harbour at three o'clock, to be refitted and docked, as she is reported leaky. The Rodney, 90, Captain Collier, and the Superb, 80, Captain Curry, from Devonport, anchored at Spithead this morning, and saluted Sir Charles Ogle's flag with 17 guns. The experimental squadron is now broken up for the season, and with so many different accounts of the capabilities of the tvvo•deckers which composed it, it is difficult to give an epinion. It seems, however, cer tain, that both the Vanguard and Superb have much improved in their sailirg qualities since they docked and re-stowed at this port. The following midshipmen passed their examination for lieutenants yesterday, at the Royal Naval College: — Messrs. Cotton, Sullivan, Alger, Couch, Fade, Colville, Sugden, and Gwyn. ROYAL alanmEs.—Captain Payne, of the Plymouth division, having been duly qualified on board the Excel• lent as an instructor of naval gunnery, has been ordered to return to his division. Lieutenants Daniel Budd and Ward are on a month's leave of absence. Messrs. Lamont, Giles, Croker, and Gunn, are under ! going an examination at the R o y al Naval College , pre -1 paratory to receiving commissions as second lieutenants. --- LIBERAL MANAGEMENT. -- O n the will of the late Mr. Robert Bristow, of Lincoln, being read, it was discovered he had altered his mind with respect to the Blue Coat School. By a former will he had bequeathed to the Governors the sum of 2,000/., and 5001. to the apprentice endowmont fund. On St. Thomas's day, when the scholars go to St. Mark's church, the boys had been in the habit of marching to Mr. Bristow's house and singing a hymn. Before they left the premises, Mr. Bristow (who had been a Blue Coat boy) gave to each sixpence and a bun ; but on the Liberal governors taking posses,ion of the management of the school, they voted the practice a piece of antiquated absurdity, not at all in accord ance with liberal and enlightened principles, and the boys were accordingly forbidden to call upon their old friend on the day in question. Mr. Bristow was so much offended with the governors, that be at once resolved " r•uch a set shouldn't have the fingering of his cash," and revoked the bequest in his will, so that the carrying out of liberal principles has cost the unit rtunnte institution the sum of 2.500!. Of coarse the Liberal governors will not allow the institution to suffer from the adoption •of their ricketty crotchet.—Lincoinshire Herold, '' ... • ig . I . 1.... , . , . . , • ~,II 1 .... r ~or ' 5 4 , 1 01l '5l: 9~ 1 d'~ „i iii . - ••• / $ 1 1 134 ~1~ 4 4 ■