The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM TUB DAILY PIPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—If there be a question connected with the present condition of Ireland upon which the friends of that country may expect to find themselves, in the coming session of Parliament, stronger than on any other, it is that which involves the position of the Irish State Church in reference to the education of the people. The grand error in the govern ment of Ireland has been the division of the people, by English influence, into two distinct factions, and the employment of that influence to support the one and oppress the other. The dividing line was one of religion. It is, as yet, but half effaced ; and more than half its evil consequences still remain. Much may be done to ameliorate the various collateral evils which centuries of blind and obstinate perseverance have produced from this divi sion, but their source can be affected only by revert ing to the first great error, and abolishing, as far as may be, every trace of the original division. In doing this, it is possible that it may be necessary to go somewhat further in concession to that portion of the population, from which equal rights have been hitherto withheld, than might be altogether requisite or expedient had no previous injustice been done. It is not our present intention to impugn the State policy which upholds a particular form of religion in preference to all others. That policy may be a wise one when accompanied by as strict a regard to justice as will consist with it. But it ill be comes those who, confessing the commission of a grievous wrong, and long perseverance in it, at length tartly approach the task of reparation, to be over-nice in the measure of what they yield. It may be expected, too, that where the population of a country have long had the just regard of Government dealt out to them with an uneven hand, confessedly on no better ground than that the religion of the majority was not the religion of the ruling few, there may be something not altogether reasonable in the tone or the demands of the oppressed party. It is not to be wondered at, that those who feel the wrong are not those who most clearly see the remedy. But let a spirit of fairness—en open and candid purpose to do whatever shall be found just and practicable—be clearly displayed by those who may have to apply the remedy, and much will be done and wisely done towards making it acceptable. It may be difficult to know how best to deal with the relation of landlord and tenant, or with the electoral franchise in Ireland. Both are in a bad state, and plainly susceptible of great improvement ; but there may still be much difference of opinion both as to what should be done, and as to the best mode of doing it. The position of the Irish State Church, its undue ascendancy, and its influence in preventing the establishment of a more just and extensive system of education for the Catholic population of the country, is, however, unincumbered by any similar doubts. It is now quite time, in the estimation of every liberal-minded Englishman, that we ceased to visit dissent, in any form, with civil disabilities. It is bad enough in England, but in Ireland, where it has been productive of evils so enormous as to keep the whole country in a constant state of agitation, almost entirely precluding the social or political ad vancement of the people, it has become the merest madness to persevere in what is so palpably iniquitous and mischievous. We are glad to see that the pressure of more imme diate topics of complaint does not prevent this one from engrossing the serious attention of a most re spectable portion of those to whose well-directed and disinterested exertions Ireland must, after all, chiefly look for that elevation of her condition which she so ardently desires. The present system cannot, it is clear, be permitted to continue ; and its overthrow, and the substitution of something better suited both to the necessities of the sister kingdom and the spirit of the age, will be matter for congratulation to the friends of civil and religious liberty throughout the kingdom. STANDARD.—It is not for us to disparage our calling, but we must, in the way of caution, remind the public of the proofs they have lately had, that if newspapers are sometimes useful they can be some times eminently mischievous. The absurd Otaheite affair, which really never had any political cha racter, was nevertheless very nearly causing an European war, and though that calamity has been avoided by the wisdom of the British and French Governments, the price paid for peace has been the serious agitation of the French people. Now, supposing this matter had been fairly reported in the first instance, is there the slightest reason to be lieve that a knowledge of it would have extended beyond a few hundred people outside the Go vernment offices, or that the memory of it would • have lasted beyond a week. Let us suppose it fairly stated, that Mr. Pritchard, a highly re spectable gentleman, who had filled the office of British Consul at the Court of Queen Pomare, upon the 'forcible oonquest of that island by a French squadron, resigned his consul ship ; and at the end of a few months from the French conquest had become, justly or unjustly, an object of suspicion with the French rulers of the place, who, in the exercise of an undoubted right of sovereignty, had removed him from the island. So far, whatever opinion we might have of the conduct of those who had seized upon the dominions of a defencelesss female, we should have no• right to interfere in any manner. The French authorities had as much right to remove a suspected Englishman from Ota heite as the British authorities would have to re move a suspected Frenchman from liong-Kong. But it is added, that Mr. Pritchard was re moved with circumstances of unnecessary hard- I ship, and that he sustained a pecuniary loss by his removal, and then came the ordinary, the almost every day case, of one Government claiming a pecuniary compensation for losses suffered by one of its subjects from the acts of an other Government. The compensation was granted and allowed ; and within these narrow limits the matter ought to have lain from the first, and within these limits it arrived at last, after kindling a flame that nearly spread over Europe—a conflagration to cost millions of lives, hundreds of millions of money, and to throw back the civilisation of mankind for a century. " Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth." Well might the Apostle, speak ing of every organ of falsehood, say, that it is a " world of iniquity," " setting on fire the course of nature, and itself set on fire of hell"—" an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." These are harsh expressions, but they are not more harsh than just, and they are not ours ; and what St. James says of the tongue may be said, even with greater correctness, of a greedy, mercenary, lying, and incendiary press. The proof is before us. What magnified the simple affair of Mr. Pritchard, such as we have described it, into an occasion of danger to the peace of the whole world 2 The greediness of one notorious journal, always eager to get hold of an exciting subject, or to garnish an indifferent subject with excitement, because, as the profit and popularity of gin-palaces prove, nothing pays so well as excitement. By the false representatiot. of Mr. Pritchard, as British Consul, at the time of his removal—a statement the falsehood of which must have been known to the narrator of the event —an ordinary case of individual injury, which might be compensated without involving any political consi derations, as, in fact it has been, was magnified into a national outrage, to be atoned for only by a national submission. in this sense the event was, in consequence of the first lying report, received by the people of this country, and all resolved, at whatever risk, to vindi cate the honour of the British flag ; while our neigh bours, fully as high-spirited and, at least, as excite able as ourselves, answered defiance with defiance. But when the truth came to be known, the reflect ing men in both countries became heartily ashamed of the intemperance into which they had been betrayed by a stupid falsehood, and the thinn► sank in their estimation to an affair of pounds, shillings, and pence, due to a British gentleman, be cause of some losses and injuries sustained by him through the, perhaps, necessary arrangements of a French colonial government. The ill-feeling, however, we see, still rankles in the breasts of many Frenchmen, and not altogether without some excuse, for the French authorities were the parties, the gross misre presentation of whose conduct bred the original quar rel. And yet France is the only party that, under the circumstances, can make any reparation. True, as we have some ten times said, all this is purely accidental ; true, Mr. Pri tchards claim • Is personal, and not in any respect national. After having ourselves, upon 3, misinformation, con founded th e twocannot considerations tht of national and Iper sonal, wel speedily distingelS: lt them anda all all thisisthe Frenchmenwork of one greedy and unscrupulous journal, the share of which in producing so much danger is already for gotten—of one greedy and unscrupulous journal that, with a like hope o f p i n end of prompt oblivion and pardon of its misconduct, would fling another fire brand of the same kind to-morrow. BRISTOL . SUGAIL-MARHET, JAN. 31. —We have no which still improvement to notice in our sugar our last, continues dull. The sales in West In dira, amount to about 250 hhds., and which are s fO t r c tmenedia use ; grocery descriptions are rather more in request,; but t 3 the supply is indifferent. In Bengals and there is nothing doing, but this chiefly arises from urititul e want of a proper assortment.—Bristol Mercury. th EFFECTS OF TIGHT-LACING.—At the fancy dress ball, on Monday evening, a gentleman bearing her Ma jesty's commission was suddenly seized with faintness, and was borne from the field in the arms of his brother officers. On examining into the *ease of the attack, it was found to originate in the over-pressure of the gallant soldiers's uniform, which, it seems, in these "piping times of peace," he had not worn for some little time. The narrow escape of the valiant son of Mars from so inglorious a fate as would have befallen him in a coro ner's verdict " Died from tight-lacing," is a warning to his brethren how they sacrifice too much to the Graces, of to the &mot of the Pablo Z.Brigliton licald, STEAM POWER SUPERSEDED. For centuries upon centuries, till within our own days, water, as the origin of motive power, . as had the supremacy over steam. For the last 40 or 50 years steam has been making rapid strides towards the complete subjugation of water ; but, like all unnatu ral or forced operations, its victory appears near its end, and the power of water once mor:. assumes its wonted superiority, and eclipses once more and for ever the power of steam. No one can be surprised at this who reflects that, while the power or laws of matter are innate or inhe rent, the power of steam is only acquired, and may be said to be artificial or unnatural, being forced by the ingenuity of man into that state upon which its power entirely depends. We have been led into these remarks by the cir cumstance of having been favoured with the inspec tion of an invention for which a patent has lately been taken out; and if we may be permitted to judge of it from the opinions of some of our leading scientific men, who have investigated it, and who declare that "they cannot (however astounding its effects) see any error or fallacy in it, or any reason why it should not answer," we must look upon its success as certain. But what inspires us with even more confidence is, that while the structure of the new invention is so ex tremely simple that a child may comprehend it, it does not violate any one law in natural philosophy, More over, the inventor (a professional gentleman) is a man of scientific acquirements, well acquainted with nature's laws, and perfectly aware of the various in ventions and the causes of their failure, which have of late years been devised for the purpose of superseding steam, whether by condensed air, water power, me chanical contrivances, electricity, &c. He does not, he says, pretend to have created power; this, he properly observes, is impossible, but has merel y availed himself of those laws or properties with which the Creator has endowed matter, and by a combination of the same to make them (as the inventors of steam engines, water-mills, &c., have) subservient to the use of man. The fundamental principle on which the new en gine is founded is precisely similar to that of the hy draulic press, the power of which, every one knows, can only be limited by the strength of the materials of which it is made. But what has hitherto rendered the power of the hydraulic press inapplicable to th production of motive power is, that, just in proportion as the power is gained speed is lost, and vice versa. In the present invention, however, unlimited power is gained without the loss of speed, the piston of the large cylinder travelling, at each stroke, with the power gained, just the same distance as the piston of the lesser cylinder. This power and this speed, which are in inverse ratio of each other, appear by this most important invention (however paradoxical) actually combined. We are not at liberty to give the public a more particular account of the nature of this invention than the words of the title of the patent—viz., " The Hydro-Mechanic Apparatus, which, by a combination of hydraulic and mechanical properties, on well-known scientific principles, is intended to supersede the use of fire and steam in working and propelling all kinds of machinery and engines"—thus effecting an enor mous saving, and avoiding the imminent danger arising from the explosive nature of steam. It may well be asked, where will human ingenuity end ?—From a Scientific Correspondent of a Morning Paper. • STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, JAN. 31.—We have no change to notice in this branch of trade since our last report. Only a moderate amount of business has been done, but prices are very firm. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JAN. 31.--We do not vary from last week's report, transactions being about the same extent, and prices unaltered. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JAN. 31.—There continues to be a steady demand for all kinds of combing and clothing Wools. Prices are very firm. LEEDS.—There has been more business doing at our Cloth Halls this week than in any week since the begin ning of October ; the demand is principally for Tweeds and cloths of low qualities, but fine and middle qualities continue dull of sale ; there has also been considerable deliveries of goods of light make for shipping during the week. On the whole there is a full average business doing in balk goods for the season. Many of the larger buyers have been in the market, and there has been more finished goods sold than for some time past; the shipping houses are also a little more on the move than has been the case for some time. HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, THURSDAY, JAN. 30.—There is no alteration to report since our last. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—WOO I : There is no change worthy of note since our last. Yarns : The business doing is tolerably fair, but the prices very un satisfactory, as they bear no proportion to the cost of wool. Piece : The merchants are rather active to-day, and a fair business has been done. In prices there is no alteration. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—WO have had upon the whole a good business doing in cloth, and manu facturers, if they have not generally obtained an advance, have in a few cases obtained rather more money. The market is scarce of stock, and the feeling is of a decidedly upward tendency. The yarn market is very brisk indeed for the season, and the appearances are most flat tering for the spinner, owing to the almost certainty that the staple will continue at a low figure for some time to come.—Leeds Mercury. FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. (From the World of Fashion.) CARRIAGE HATS AND BONNETS are more remark able for their elegance than for their novelty, as they vary but very little in their form from these that have already been adopted —retaining all their favour, the colours alor.e constituting their novelty. Mcst of them are composed of velvet. BALL HEAD-DRESSES are principally compcsed of hair, and we observe that ringlets, or ai they are termed Anglaises, are, if possible, more numerous than the bandeaux. • THE TRIMMINGS OF FULL-DRESS ROBES most in vogue are called Les Montants, that is to say trim mings placed on each side of the skirt. For velvet or satin dresses, rich broad lace is the most favourite trimming, put on in the form of volants, those robes of a light hue being decorated with white point lace, whilst those of darker shades are ornamented with black. DRESS HATS FOR THE THEATRE are principally composed of white or black lace, and lined with a light-coloured gauze, such as pink or blue, decorated with marabout feathers, either white or black, tipped with the same colours as the linings. PELISSES.—VeIvet ones are much in favour for the public promenades, and as the weather is at present very cold, several are trimmed with fur, dark furs being most in estimation. Among those that are not trimmed with fur, we have noticed several of satin, the corsage turning back, and fastened with beautiful buttons. Spencers a basque are also much worn, made of velvet, and sometimes trimmed with rich black lace. They look very rich when worn with jupes of satin or watered silk. BALL DRESSES—ROBES A RUBAN.—The colours of the ribbons are so pretty, and the fringes so fresh and light in their appearance, that they are generally put on in eight or ten rows, particularly when in tended for trimming of those becoming and youthful style of crepe and tulle dresses. We must also men tion those very elegant dresses composed of velours- F atin, of a rich pink colour, the front part of the jupe (that is to say, the front breadth) entirely covered with a rich lace, upon each side of which is posee two wreaths of small flowers, having a very large rose at the end of each wreath, also encircled with very small flowers. Plain corsage, very low and pointed, and decorated with a berthe composed of two rows of lace, open in the front, and only reaching on each side as far as the side seams of the corsage, where it is attached with small wreaths of flowers, descending on each side as far as the point of the waist. Plain short sleeves, with manchettes of rich lace, headed with a petite wreath of flowers. FASHIONABLE COLOURS.—Dark hues are in favour for out-door costume, such as purple, different shades of green, dark ruby, and, above all, black. For evening dress, light colours prevail, such as mauve, pink, blue, pale lilac, and white. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING' Arrivals—Bahamian, Pearson, from China, at Liver pool, sailed Sept. 30, Anjer Oct. 29, St. Helena Dec. IS ; John Edward, Bissett, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Sept. 12, St. Helena Dec. 12; Louisa, Pallot, from Van Diemen's Land, off Portland, sailed from Launceston Sept. 3 ; Isabella, Noble, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed Nov. 6. Arrivals at St. Helena—Blucher, Scarrow, from Ichaboe, and sailed Dec. 13 to Brazils ; Bolton Abbey, 13th, from Ichaboe ; Athol from Bombay ; David Mal colm from Bengal and Mauritius ; Governor Halket and Caesar, 14th, from coast of Africa ; Apprentice, 12th, from coast of Africa, and sailed 14th to Barbadoes ; Duke of Cornwall and Lady Feversham, 17th, from Madras ; Hortensia, from the Cape • Courrier de St. Pierre from Bourbon ; Delhi , 13th, from Bombay, and sailed 14th to Liverpool ; Theodosia, 17th, from Cal cutta ; Bengal from Moulmein ; Dauntless, from Cal cutta ; Indus and Nile, 18th, from Ichaboe ; her Ma jesty's ship Ringdove, from Ascension • Elizabeth Law, from Ascension ; Jeune, Marseilles, from ; Arab (off ), - 18th. Arrivals at Mauritius—Earl of Lonsdale, Nov. 1 ; Donna Carmelita and Robarts, 2d, both from Calcutta ; fEronaut, from Crozets; Charles Ileddle, 3d, from Mada gascar. Departures from. Mauritius—Lady Emma, Nov. 3, to Aug. Bourbon ; Margaret Wilkie, Nov. - 6, to Moulmein. Departure Crail, 22 f , Arrivals at An' r t o u m Au S ek y i d a n u e d y, N.S.W.—Prince Albert, . Charlotteand John Ch r is t ia n, ' jor—Challengar from the Clyde ; China. from Liverpool—all to We understand that the Lieutenant Stewart, who recently 50 gallantly saved the life of the marine on board the Superb, is the son of Capt. Houston Stewart, R.N., C. 13., and nephew of her Grace the Duchess of Somerset. E StN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1845. positively dangerous. If better vessels, out of all sight, can be built by private companies than at the Government dockyards, then the Government owes it to the nation to give orders to private companies for the construction of national vessels. Government has had its agents on board, scrutinis ing the qualities of the Great Britain. Should they report favourably, a great step will have been gained. The vessel will, no doubt, have first to go through the ordeal of an Atlantic voyage ; but should she prove successful, then we think there is a fair and reason able chance, on applications being made in the proper quarters, that this city may obtain orders for the con struction of one or more Government vessels. No other place, perhaps, could be selected pos sessing equal advantages. The dock where the Great Britain was built, and the immense machinery em ployed in her construction, being already at hand; whilst the vicinity of Bristol to the iron of Wales „gives her great facilities in cheaply procuring that material. The Great Britain, though possibly a ' failure in a commercial point of view, may be looked upon as a great experiment in naval science, which may yet have a national influence. Should she succeed, and should Government wish for vessels like her, surely Bristol possesses claims superior to any other city to be favoured with their construction. It is to be hoped that this subject will not be lost sight of by those who have most interest in looking after the matter.—Bristol Mercury. THE WEATHER—THE TEM PERATURE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) Since our last the weather has continued to increase in severity, there being heavy falls of snow during Tuesday night and Wednesday night, or rather Thursday morning. The frost during Thursday night was intense, and the temperature lower than we have experienced in Manchester for a great num ber of years past. In the cold frosty weather of De cember last the temperature fell from 31 deg. on the 3d, to 20 deg. on the 6th; and during the night of Saturday, the 7th, or rather at an early hour of Sun day, the Bth, it reached its lowest point, 19 deg. But the temperature during the last few days has declined much more rapidly , and to a much lower point. On Monday the lowest point was 33 deg.; on Tuesday, 26 deg.; on Wednesday, 23 deg.; on Thursday evening, 13 deg. ; and yesterday m ornin g the mercury was as low as eight degrees of Fahrenheit, or 24 deg. below the freezing point. As this temperature is ) ae unusually low, as oc curring in this town, we have been careful to make inquiries as to the circumstances under which it was observed. Messrs. J. B. and J. Ronchetti have a carefully graduated and tested thermometer, sus pended on a low wall, bounding a garden, at Higher Ardwick, and not contiguous to any house; and at midnight on Thursday this instrument indicated the temperature to be 12 degrees. Struck with the low point, Messrs. Ronchetti tried three other instru ments. They drove a piece of wood into the soil in the middle of the garden, and hung these instruments upon this wooden upright, at a height of about three feet from the ground, and they all indicated the same degree of temperature. At one o'clock yesterday morning (an hour after midnight) they again looked at all four instruments, and found them alike to in dicate 11 degrees ; at two o'clock they found the temperature 10 degrees ; and at three o'clock in the morning they were again observed, and at that hour they all indicated a temperature of nine degrees. They were not again observed till an ad vanced hour in the morning ; but, being all self registering, they were found alike to indicate, as the lowest temperature attained, eight degrees. We un derstand, that, in this respect, they agree with other instruments in different parts of the town and suburbs. Mr. Lawrence Buchan, who resides in Hyde Place, Higher Ardwick, and has for many years been a careful observer of temperature—re gistering his observations, made with excellent in struments of his own construction—found the lowest temperature registered on Friday morning to be eight degrees ; exactly agreeing with the observation of Messrs. Ronchetti, in the same suburb of Man chester. But we have received one communication deserving of attention, from the well-known scientific attainments of the writer, which certainly exhibits a much lower minimum than that just noticed. The following is the note of Mr. Joule, whose experiments and researches in physical science are well-known : " Sir,—This (Friday) morning, at half-past seven o'clock, the temperature of the air at Oak Field, Upper Chorlton-road, was four degrees and a half below the zero of Fahrenheit, or 36? deg. below the freezing point. The thermometer was placed in an open field, its bulb being five or six inches above the surface of the snow. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " AMES J. JOULE." This, it will be seen, is 12. degrees below the ob servations of Messrs. Ronchetti and Mr. Buchan. But Mr. Joule's is not the only thermometer which has shown this extraordinarily low temperature. We have been informed that a gentleman residing at Withington observed his thermometer, at eleven o'clock on Thursday night, at six degrees ; and at half-past six o'clock yesterday morning it indicated two degrees below zero. This is not the first time that we have noticed that, in the district to the south of the town, within the range of . the town fog, the observations of low temperatures have indicated a point lower, by several degrees, than in other localities about equidistant from the centre of the town. We know but previous of one occasion in which the temperature has been observed so low as on that just noticed. On the 13th of January, 1826, the thermometer indicated 10 deg. Fahrenheit. On the morning of Thursday, the 4th of January, 1827, the lowest point observed in the town was 6 deg. above zero ; but in several parts of the neighbourhood self registering thermometers were found to have marked a temperature of 4 deg. below zero ; being at that time the most intense cold ever observed in this neigh bourhood by any person in the habit of registering his observations. During the great frost of 1814, the lowest point was 6 deg. above zero. It is a fact worthy of observation, that both in January, 1827, and during Thursday last, the barometer was un usually low for a period of severe frost. During the whole of Thursday last, it stood at 29.11, and the mean pressure on the 3d of January, 1827, was 29.45. January being the month of lowest temperature, we have taken from the registered observations of Messrs. ltonchetti the lowest temperatures recorded by them during that month in each of the last sixteen years : January. Degs January. Degs 1830. 19th l7 1838. 19th,11degs.;20th 9 1831. 26th and 27th 1832. sth 1833. 10th 1834. 28th 3211842. 23d 1835. 21st 2 0 11843. 2d 1836. llth 1837. Ist To these we add the two lowest temperatures known in Manchester or its neighbourhood : Below Zero. 1827. Jan. 4.—Neighbourhood of the town, 4 dt-g. 1845. Jan. 31.—Upper Chorlton-road 4} deg. 1845. Jan. 31.—Withington Mr. RANDALL urged upon the Court that he was at a loss to understand why this cause should be so pressed, when it could not be questioned that the trading sought to be invaded had been carried on in the City of London for nearly, or more, than a century. Mr. RYLAND, in reply, stated that it was of the utmost importance that the question raised should be set at rest with as little delay as was consistent with the interests of the parties concerned. The ward mote inquests had presented about 1,000 non freemen carrying on business within the City, and of these 999 were awaiting the issue of the proceedings in this cause. With these observations he left the mat ter in the hands of the Court, willing, as those by whom he was instructed were, that the defendant should have an opportunity of availing himself of the best legal assistance. The RECORDER, after some desultory conversation, granted the defendant fourteen days' time to plead, with the understanding that if the Court was, at the expiration of that time, satisfied that with due dili gence the pleas could not have been prepared, an ap plication for further time might be made. The order of the Court was then formally made, and the proceedings terminated. The Court was crowded with auditors anxious to hear the result. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN• SQUARE. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.—On Saturday, as the ma gistrate was about retiring, Miss Elizabeth Osborn, a tashionably-attired female, of about thirty-five years of age, who gave her address Earl'e-court, Brompton, and represented herself to be the daughter of Sir John Os born, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a pot of potted meat from the shop of Mr. Edward Allum, oil and Italian warehouseman, Brompton. J. Russell, shopman to the prosecutor, stated that at a little after three o'clock that afternoon he was serving a person in his master's shop, when he was attracted by the hurried manner in which the prisoner, who was being waited upon by another person, spoke. He saw her take up one of the pots of meat from a little stand on the counter, and then it appeared to him that she put it under her shawl. A boy, who was then in the shop being served, informed him that he had seen the prisoner take the pot, and witness, on examination of the pots, missed one from the number. Prisoner having paid for a small piece of soap she had bought, left the shop. Witness followed her, and after she had proceeded about thirty yards, asked her if she had paid for that pot of meat. At that moment she had a pot of meat in her hand, and said at first that she had purchased it at Archbutt's, and then at Gunter's. She then gave wit ness the pot she held in her hand, which was a pot of tongue, whilst that she had taken from prosecutor was either a pot of beef or of game. He asked her whether she had any objection to accompany him to either Arch butt's or Gunter's, when she replied that she had not. Witness and the prisoner then went towards Mr. Gunter's, and on arriving in Sloane-street, at the very moment she was crossing a grating, prisoner dropped a pot on the grating ; it broke, and some of it went down the grating. Witness picked up all that he could, and found it was a pot of beef, and se marked on the outside, with also the maker's initials. 'Witness then asked her if she had any more of them, and if so, not to drop them. Prisoner then took one from under her arm, and said she had purchased it, and then immediately afterwards that a lady had given it to her at Fulham ; that was a pot of game. They then went to Gunter's, where witness ascertained that she had purchased one pot of meat, but as she had the other he detained her. Prisoner then said she would pay him for all the pots, if he would let her go, and she then said she would give him three times the value. He, however, refused to let her go, and sent for a policeman. During the time they were waiting for him, prisoner amused herself by tearing the covers off a ream or half a ream of note paper, which witness picked up. She was given into custody; and, on her way to the station, tore up some of the ream of paper, three or four sheets at a time. Some rice and groats were found on her person, which she said she had bought at Arehbutt's. He found, on part of the covers of the paper which he had picked up, " 179, Sloane-street." Prisoner said she bought the tracts, four of which were also found upon her, at that address ; but she did not say much about the paper. The pot prisoner purchased at Gunter's was tongue. The maker of Gunter's was the same who made for the prosecutor. Thomas Gosmer, a lad about 15 or 16 years of age, said he lived with Mr. Edwin Faulkincr, 3, Edward street, Knightsbridge. Witness was at Mr. Allum's at a little after three that afternoon, when he saw the prisoner take a pot of meat and place it under her shawl. Witness told the young man. Thomas Rowland, 135 B, said that he took the prisoner at Gunter's door, in Matcornbe-street. Prisoner said she would pay for the pots, and then there would be nothing more for witness to do with it. She started with witness to the station, when she offered him half a sovereign to let her go. Witness replied that he could not, if she gave him 1,0001. Prisoner then said that if he would let her go she would give him her address, and he could call, and she would give him much more than she had said. She tore up some blank paper as she went along. She was searched at the station by a female, and nearly half a ream of note paper, half a pound of rice, a packet of groats, half a pound of soap, and a purse with half a sovereign and four shillings were found upon her, be sides some religious tracts. The accused attempted to have the dock, and on being informed by the magistrate that he was most desirous to hear any answer that she had to make to the charge, Miss Osborn handed a note to the magistrate, observing, " You will be kind enough to look at the address on this note which I received this morning from a friend. I merely produce it to show that I am the person I repre sent myself to be." The lady then stated that when she came out . f the prosecutor's shop, into which sbe went, as she had been in the habit of doing. to make a trifling purchase, the shopman followed her and asked her if she had got a pot of tongue, and not, :as :hefhad stated in his evidence, it pot of meat. She replied she had bought it at Gunter'S, which was the fact. She had been in the habit of making purchases at Archbutt's, Gunter's, and other places in the neighbourhood, and had bought some of the things found upon her at those places; the rest she had brought from home with her that day. as she was about to take them somewhere. As regarded dropping the pot, she assured the magistrate it was entirely accidental; and, with reference to making an offer to the shopman to pay for the pots, it was, of course, a most disagreeable affair, which she was much annoyed at. She was entirely innocent ; thera was nothing proved against her, as the shopman evidently (Ld not know his own pots, they being all alike. The lady, after a slight pause, continued, and observed that she had brought the potted meats from her own house that day, and the paper she had purchased, she believed, at Murray's. This, as also the former por on of her defence, was given in a very incoherent LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, Feb. 1. HAIGH V. POWELL. The plaintiff in this case sought to recover compensa tion in damages for an injury he had sustained by fall ing down a hole, which had been carelessly and negli gently left open by the defendant. The defendant ad mitted his liability to the present action, and paid 50/. into Court, as a sufficient compensation to the plaintiff. It appeared from the evidence of tko plaintiff's witnesses, that he is a hosier, carrying on his business in the neigh bourhood of Covent-garden, and that the defendant was the proprietor of a temporary theatre, erected at Green wich, and that the plaintiff had fallen down a hole close to it, which had been carelessly left open by the defendant, and had broken his leg. One of the plaintiff's witnesses stated, that he (the plaintiff) was the only man in England who could make what were termed among theatrical personages " fleshings" which gave an apparent symmetry to the shape of the legs of those whose unfor tunate defects in that particular required " the foreign aid of ornament," and that his artistical talents were consequently in great request, not only among members of the theatrical profession, but the nobility and public in general. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS inquired whether the plaintiff manufactured false legs ? Mr. HUMFREY explained that the plaintiff's talents were limited to the manufactory of false calves.—(Loud laughter.) The witness furiher stated that he considered the plaintiff had, by his absence from business, in conse quence of the above accident, sustained a loss of not less than 150 /. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 701., being 201. more than the amount paid into Court. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, Feb. 1. (Before the RECORDER, &c.) THE CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE NON FREEMEN—THE CHAMBERLAIN OF LONDON V. STURT. This was an action brought against the defendant, a highly respectable wholesale dealer in the City, by the Chamberlain, for and on behalf of the Corporation of the City of London, to recover certain penalties in curred by the defendant by reason of the violation of the bye .laws and customs of London, in carrying on his trade or business of a wholesale dealer within the City, he not being a freeman. The case is one of many actions instituted by the Civic authorities against a numerous body of non-freemen, and the greatest anxiety as to the result necessarily prevails. It will, however, be seen by the subjoined report, that this day's proceedings in the cause were only of an initia tive character, but still possessing abundant interest to the many parties concerned. Mr. RANDALL moved, on behalf of the defendant, for a month's time to plead to the declaration. The cause was one of vast importance, involving many in tricate points of law, which called for, and required, grave consideration. It was well known that the Corporation had long contemplated these proceedings, and that being so it was not too much for the de fendant to ask for a reasonable time to prepare his defence. An understanding had been come to between the respectable gentleman to whom the defence had been confided and the City Solicitor that every reasonable facility should be afforded in order that the question should be tried on its true merits, and he submitted that this could not be done unless the time to plead he prayed was granted. The Learned Counsel added, that the declaration had not been filed until the 13th ult. Mr. RYLAND, who, with Mr. Laurie, appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, at once opposed the motion. The RECORDER inquired the date of the bye-law upon which the declaration was framed. Mr. LAURIE replied that it was dated t he 15th I April, in the 4th year of the reign of James I. The RECORDER (to Mr. Randall)—And you think that, as the Corporation have had about 240 years to prepare to bring this action, you ought at least to have a month's time to plead to it ?—(Laughter.) Mr. RAND ALL repeated that the Corporation had possessed every facility to prepare, and that as yet the defendant had not been allowed sufficient. time to place the question fully and fairly before the Court. Mr. RYLAND stated, on the part of the plaintiff, that he was only anxious that everything connected with the question should be brought before the Court in the moat open manner, and that it was with that object that he and his Learned Friend (Mr. Laurie) now appeared to take the opinion of the Court as to the propriety of granting the request now made on behalf of the defendant. The RECORDER inquired whether the declaration in this action differed from those which had been pro ceeded upon against the retail dealers ? Mr. RANDALL—There are meters alluded to in this declaration which required much grave con - sideration. The RECORDER -1 am informed that this declara tion contains a count which is framed on a different form from the declaration filed against the retail dealers. Mr. RANDALL—I am not aware that such is the case. The RECORDER --It appears to me that in this re spect the form of this declaration differs from its predecessors. Mr. RYLAND said that he, on behalf of the plaintiff, should not object to time being granted to the defen dant to plead if the Court should so think fit, pro vided that his Learned Friend (Mr. Randall) would give an undertaking not to move the cause by cer tiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench until after verdict—a step which could only lead to vast delay and great expense ; for, like the case of Clarke v. Denton, it would be sent back by writ of procedendo, to be tried by the jurisdiction before which it now stood. Mr. RANDALL replied that he was not in a situa tion to give the undertaking required, inasmuch as he was not aware what view the common law counsel who advised Mr. Sturt might take in the matter. He must repeat that he only sought to bo allowed such reasonable time as to be enabled by the pleas fairly to raise the question before the Court. Mr. RYLAND said that the Corporation authorities did not object to grant a reasonable time, provided an undertaking was given that unnecessary delay should be avoided. In a fortnight's time, when the Court would sit again, the defendant would surely be in a position to say whether he would give the under taking or resist the imposition of any terms. It should not be lost sight of that the time to plead expired on the 19th of last month, and that on the application of the defendant time had been granted by the law officers of the City until the 29th ult. The RECORDER said he was not disposed to take away, or interfere with, the right of the defendant in any stage of the case to carry the proceedings of the Court for review before a superior jurisdiction. On inquiry, he found that the case, Clarke v. Denton, which had been referred to, differed from the case now under consideration, inasmuch as the declaration here sought by the introduction of a new count to recover a penalty from the defendant for carrying on the business or trade of a warehouseman. Under these circumstances, he (the Recorder) was inclined to give to the defendant further time to plead, but not to the extent demanded. The pleas ought to be filed on or before the next sitting of 'the Court. The CITY SOLICITOR (Mr. C. Pearson) remarked that the Court would resume its sittings that day fortnight. The RECORDER—Then, that will give the defen dant fourteen days to plead, reserving liberty to move the Court for a further extension of time. Mr. RANDALL remarked that fourteen days would not afford a sufficient time for settling the pleas ne cessary to bring the que stion properly before the Court. He had not seen any other of the counsel engaged in the matter, and unless a longer period was allowed, he feared he should, at the expiration of the time; he compelled to submit a second motion to the Court. The RECORDER intimated to the Learned Counsel that if he did so he must be prepared to satisfy the Court that the defendant's pleader had not been allowed sufficient time to deal with this declaration. He (the Recorder) did not think there was anything in the declaration which would require very special pleas. Mr. RANDALL observed that such might be the fact, but Mr. Kelly, who had been retained to conduct the defence, could not, with his multifarious avoca tions, give that consideration to the matter which it demanded before the next Court day. The RECORDER hinted that it would form no part of Mr. Kelly's duty to prepare the p leas, and it was almost a libel upon the pleaders of the Inner Temple to say that in fourteen days they could -nut prepare pleas to this declaration. manner. Mr. BURRELL asked her if she had any witnesses to call 7—The lady replied in the negative. Mr. BURRELL intimated that she must be remanded. Prisoner exclaimed, Remanded 1" Mr. BURRELL repeated the observation. Miss Osborn—l bought the things. The shopman can't prove anything against me. Mr. BURRELL—He does to a certain extent. Prisoner—l am Miss Osborn; of course you will allow me to go home. Mr. BURRELL—I cannot ; I really cannot. IPrisoner—l have had potted meat and other things at my own house for some time. My servants can prove it. Mr. BURRELL—Have you any one here who can prove where you bought them? Prisoner—l purchased them some time ago at some of the places I have mentioned. You will, of course, Mr. Burrell, permit me to return to my family. lam Sir John Osborn's daughter. Perhaps you will come and see him in the course of a few days. Mr. BURRELL—I cannot ; I must do my duty. Prisoner—You must take me home. My father will come and take me away. He'll not allow tins. Mr. BURRELL—You must be remanded on this charge. Prisoner—lf lam not to go home, Mr. Burrell, where am I to go ? Mr. BURRELL—You must go to prison. I must do my duty. It is painful—most painful—but I must do my duty. Prisoner—You must come home with me and see my father. Mr. BURRELL repeated his last observation, and the lady was removed from the dock crying, and imploring the magistrate to release her. She stands remanded until Thursday next. The prisoner, who was much excited, was accommo dated with pen and ink, and addressed a note to Lady Osborn and to a female friend, which she requested might be immediately conveyed. She was then removed to Tothill-fields in the prison van. [ADVERTISEMENT.] CONSUMPTION. —AN Ex- TRAORDINARY CURE BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS ♦ND OINTMINT.—Mary Gilmore, aged twenty-one, the daughter of Mr. Henry Gilmore, :residing in Church street, Shoreditch, was in the second stage of consumption, and considered past recovery, when, as a last resource, large quantities of Holloway's Oint ment was rubbed twice a day into her chest and left side, which was imbibed into the lungs, and there stopped the ravages of this otherwise fatal disease as effectually as though the remedy had been applied to an ulcerated sore palpable to the eye. The Pills were taken as di rected, and the young person was perfectly cured in three months. Sold by every medicine vendor, and at the Establishment of Professor Holloway, 244, Strand, where advice may be had gratis. MORE ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—We believe it was never before our hap to record, in three consecutive* publications, instances of illicit distillation occurring in the North. Such appeared in our paper of last, and also of the preceding week ; and a fresh instance has just been brought under our notice. Until now we fancied that smuggling wan almost entirely put down by the strong arm of the Excise. It appears, however, that there are still parties who roam about among the rocks, "where the snow-flake reposes," making a livelihood by defrauding the revenue and evading the law. Glenlivat was, at no very distant period, one of the strongholds of smugglers. On Thursday, 16th instant, Mr. Bain, Excise officer at Grantown, the officer at Tomintoul, and a party of three cuttermen, whilst going their rounds through this secluded glen, came upon a large still in full operation. The delinquents got off with the still before the arrival of the party, who, upon entering the boothy, found that it contained the enormous quantity of 475 gallons of wash, and 51 gal lons of low wines, also 8 bushels of ground malt, a large copper kettle, 4 large tuns, a mash tun, 8 casks and 4 tubs—making 18 utensils in all. The whole were de stroyed by the officers and their party. The country people were collecting in scores, armed with stones and bludgeons, but luckily before they arrived Mr. Bain and the p irty had finished the work of detrucLion,ilna wero at a safe diatauce. This active ofti,;er has been r:urvey -1 ing the district of Gienlivrt GA nowards of 17 years, and this is the most extensive illicit 'distillation which he has dimmed during that period.--Inverness Courier. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAIL WAY. A special general meeting of the Shareholders in the above railway was held on Saturday, in the great room above the terminus at London-bridge, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors relative to the works in progress on the extension line to Portsmouth. Capt. Kelly, R.N., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The SECRETARY having read the report, which ex pressed the regret ft it, by the Directors at the non-pro gress of the works, but ascribed the delay to circum stances over which they had no control, The CHAIRMAN rose to address the meeting. He had to express, on behalf of himself and colleagues, their dis appointment at not being is a condition to submit a more pleasing account of the progress of the works upon the line, but they must all have seen the extra ordinary convulsions in the railw ty world, the number of new companies formed for carrying o ut schemes of the most extended character, and the consequent de mand for engineers to prepare plans and specifications. Every engineer was engaged, and among the number was Mr. Rastrick, whose services were of necessity and entitely taken away from that Company. But still they had not been altogether idle, for on the 30th of November, having lodged their plans, they then de voted their whole attention to preparing specifications to enable them to call for tenders to complete the works. On the 16th of December they were fully prepared with these, and on that day advertisements were inserted in the newspapers. On the last day of the year the tenders were opened by the Directors, and he had the great satisfaction of informing the shareholders that two of them were accented, with most respectable contractors, at sums much below the Parliamentary esti mate. Those contracts were for work on the permanent way. The Directors considered it more advantageous to separate the stations and other works for another con tract. The engineer was then engaged in preparing spe cifications for these buildings, and, when ready, contracts would be entered into for them. As stated in the report, their time was not altogether lost. Their solicitors had devoted themselves to the duties which more particularly belong to their department, by placing themselves in communication with the proprietors of land on the line, and thus they were in advance of the contractors, by getting possession of such parts of the line as was re quired. Negotiations were then going on, so that the Directors hoped that as the works advanced laud would be prepared for them. He (the Chairman) was not aware that be need remark upon anything else. He was, how ever, perfectly ready to answer such questions as gentle men present might choose to ask. He begged to move the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded by a Proprietor. Mr. D. W. HARVEY considered it not the least ad vantage of these occasional meetings, that Proprietors had thus an opportunity of expressing any opinion they might entertain of the course adopted by the manage ment, and by their observations, perhaps, assist in pro moting the common benefit. That was a meeting of such a character, and although the Chairman could not congratulate them on the progress made on the line from Shoreham to Chichester, where the Board of Trade had willed it to stop, yet ho (Mr. Harvey) begged to con gratulate the Directors on the nice position they had held during the last six months. —(Heer, and laughter.) The capital orginally proposed was 300,0001. ; but they were now told that this calculation was likely to be di minished by the advantageous tenders made by the contractors. Their capital was a small one when con sidered in reference to railway extensions ; but still the shareholders in little concerns were not always satisfied with little dividends.—(Laughter.) He was always one of those who spoke their mind- openly, and it did appear to him that a Board of eight Directors, with a salary of 1,000/. a year, was too large for so trifling a Company as their own ; and as he understood that the line was to be connected with the Brighton Company. he did not see why their affairs should not be placed under that Board. They had a, directory sufficiently numerous, and this would add but little to their labours. One thousand a year appeared to him an enormous sum for attending to a little affair of that kind—especially when the union would be a step in advance towards a common object. He should like .o know whether it had ever engaged the attention of the Directors that the decision of the Board of Trade was final. He knew no rea on why it should he challenged, for they could not move across the &tit of the House of Commons under a cost of 12,000/. He did not see, therefore, why they should attempt to fight against that decision. There was no more reason why they should have a costly Board of Directors, with all the costly paraphanalia, than that Shoreham should also have one. It was a general principle—and he contended it was a good one—that where the business of two or three could be brought under one control—the smaller the better—because the larger the number of Directors the less the individual responsibility ; but if they gave their money to two or three men, they secured attention, therebeing no tie so strong as that of self-interest. It might be desirable to confer with the Board of the Brighton Directors to ascertain how far the suggestion would meet their views. Should this union take place, then the capital necessary for completing the Chichester line might be raised by the Brighton Directors. Another thing surprised him. They had given notice for this s ession of a line from Chichester to Portsmouth. That egg was, however, addled, for the Board of Trade had sat on it, and it would now produce no chickens. — (Laughter.) Now it occurred to him that it would have been wisdom if they had thought of this before, and when (during last session) they got the Bill to construct the line from Shoreham to Chichester, they ought to have at once secured powers to extend it on to Ports mouth. The Chairman had told them that the railway world had been in a state of commotion, and that their engineer had so much work to divert him from the business of that Company, that the progress of their works had necessarily been delayed. (Hear, hear.) The Directors ought to have tested that, and if they found that gentleman really so absorbed in business, it would be no matter of delicacy to congratu late him upon it, but at the same time to insist that their works should not be delayed, and unless he could give his attention to them, they must find some one who could. He threw out these remarks without any intention of giving umbrage to the Directors, or to any one, but he thought that, by the arrangement he had suggested, 1,0001. would be well saved to the Chichester share holders in the meantime, and ulterior advantages also be derived by them. Mr. GREENFELL objected altogether to the snggestion. The Brighton Directors had already sacrificed the inte rests of that Company, and he would not like again to trust them. After a few words from Mr. SCOTT, Mr BRUCE expressed a hope that some arrangement would be made with the Brighton Company, for he thought such a consolidation of interests would be most beneficial to both Companies. He would, therefore, move that it he recommended to the consideration of the Directors, whether it would not be beneficial to both Companies that a proposal of amalgamation should be made to the Brighton Company. Mr. Jowixit seconded the amendment. Mr. RASTRICK (the engineer) said that some observa tions had been made respecting the delay in the progress of the works. Some misapprehension appeared to exist as to the cause of that delay, from the wording of the re port. In the first place, it was well known that the whole of the line from Shoreham to Chichester was very diffieult of construction, and necessarily caused a delay in the preparing of plans and specifications. Further delay had been caussd by disputes between the proprietors of land upon the line and the Directors of the Company. Those disputes had now been removed, and he (Mr. Rastrick) had no hesitation in promising that the whole line would be finished in nine months. — (Hear, hear.) He had the more confidence in making this promise, that the sanction of the Board of Adini ralty had been given to the passage of the Arun, and therefore the last obstacle was overcome to the further progress of the works. Mr. HARVEY suggested that the proposed amendment should be made a substantive resolution, and that the meeting should afterwards adjourn to that day fortnight, to receive the result of the conference with the Board of Directors of the Brighton Company. Mr. FAITHFUL, solicitor, said it would be necessary that the Directors should first be re-elected, as their term of office expired on that day. The Act of Parliament rendered such a proceeding imperative. The Directors were 'then re-elected, and the resolu tion, as altered, put to the meeting and carried. The meeting then adjourned till the 15th current. INTERESTING SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS.-011 Friday at one o'clock, a sale by auction of a large collection of autograph letters and historical documents, the property of a well-known collector, took place at Mr. Fletcher's Room, 191. Piccadilly. There were 275 lots, consisting of a complete series of autographs (excepting the auto graph of Geo. I.), and including some fine specimens, of the kings and queens of Great Britain from Henry VIII. to Geo. IV., various foreign sovereigns, noblemen, states men, naval and military commanders, literary characters, poets and dramatists, scientific men, artists, &c. Two letters in the handwriting of Mrs. Jordan sold for 7s. Of statesmen, a letter of Charles James Fox sold for Bs., and one of George Canning for the same sum. A letter of W. Pitt, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, dated Walmer Castle, May 13,1803, sold for 15s. Lot 100, a letter of the celebrated G. Washington, dated Fairfax, count‘ of Virginia, June 24, 1771, brought the large sum of 21. ss. Lot 101, a frank of Lord Byron, 6th of November, 1813, very fine, sold for 11. 2s. Lot 109, autograph letter of Dr. Benjamin Franklin to D. Hartley, sold for 1/. 13s. An autograph letter of Shenstone (W.) the poet, to the Hon. Mrs. Knight. sold for 135., and an unpublished poem of Robert Bloomfield, in his autograph, sold for 1/. Is. The autograph of Henry VII. fetched 175.; Henry VIII., 195.; " Marye the Queene," IL 25.; James 1., 1/. Is.; Charles Prince of Wales, 135.; a beautiful letter of Charles I. to Viscount Falkland sold for 1/. 25.; the autographs of Charles 11. brought small sums ; James ll.'s letter to Dr. Zouch sold for 145.; the auto graphs of William 111., Mary, Anne, George 11., George 111., and George IV.. brought sums of from ss. to 14s. each. Lot 154, ten original state letters, addressed to William 111., from Christian VIII., King of Den mark, the Emperor Leopold, the Dukes of Saxe Gotha, and various other German potentates, sold for 21. 12s. 6d. Lot 164, authograph letter of the Princess Charlotte, sold for 1/. Bs. The next lot, " A leaf from the same lamented Princess's copy-book, the text, ' Fame Animates,'" sold for 1/. Is. Lot 174, a beautiful auto - graph letter of Margaret of Austria to the Queen of France, date 1610, sold for 24 25. Lot 224, Casti No velle Galardi, an unpublished translation 9 f five tales into English verse, by Lord Byron, partly i n the auto graph of Percy Byshe She lle y , by whom t has been prepared for publication, sold for ail guineas. The next lot consisted of a folio manuscript of 358 pages, every page containig a utograph of Sir alter Scott ; this 3,11 for the s n luall sun' of 2/. 105.., w W hilst, earlier in the stlle, n one utograph of the saneLrought Es. he e,ate excited consid,srabl, , ,nroq, toP principal pur chasers being Messrs. Thorpe, Simpson, Upcott, Boone, Rutherford, &o. A CHANCE FOR BRISTOL. The Great Britain has, according to the various accounts of those who went in her from Bristol to London, made a most successful experimental trip, under circumstances well qualified to test her capabi lities. True, she had only ballast on board, and was, consequently, light and buoyant as a duck ; but she steered admirably, and so conducted herself through out a boisterous passage, as to leave the impression that, under any circumstances, she will be able gal lantly to face foul weather. The fair presumption is, that she is a capital sea-boat. Now, Government wants good sea-boats, and builds very bad ones. With Government steamers, failure appears to be the rule—success the exception. Bristol builds good steamers—witness the Great Western and Great Britain. The fair inference is, that Government cannot do better than give Bristol an order. A writer in a morning paper, evidently conversant with the subject, shows that in almost every instance Government steamers have turned out, on trial, lamentable blunders. The Gorgon, on her first trip, swam so much by the stern, that, in her passage from Sheerness to Longreach, " the lower ports on the main-deck had to be caulked in ; and, notwithstand ing this, the officers' cabins were filled with water." She would only go eight miles an hour, and her builders were compelled to "caulk in the ports fitted for guns." To make up for the Gorgon being so much by the stern, the Victoria and Albert swam so much by the head that 200 tons of lead ballast had to be placed aft to keep her on an even keel; and she steered badly. The Firebrand, in her experimental cruise, " rolled and jerked about to that degree in a sea-way, that it was impossible to cast the guns loose for prac tice." The Cyclops, the Retribution, and other vessels, were equally failures. The Examiner, in reference to these official " mistakes," observes— " If you happen to fall in with a steamer at sea, mak ing bad way and bad weather, you may be sure that she is a man-of-war. Slowness, awkwardness, and uneasi ness, are the certain characteristics of the man-of-war steamer. The common trading packets beat them wherever they happen to try their speed with them. It is curious, indeed, that the managers of these things in the navy have so contrived matters as never yet to have produced a tolerably good man-of-war steamer. The uniformity of the failure is quite extraordinary. In so many experiments it is singular that there has been no solitary deviation into success. The surveyor, however, takes his measures so as to guard against any such irre gularity, and no one of his steamers shames the others. When they are put to shame, it is by packets with cargoes of pigs, oxen, and the like." It is not a little strange that England, so long the first naval power in the world, should, notwithstand ing her great experience, hav failed so often and so signally in the construction of her war vessels. Is it not lamentable that the service should have been crowded with "Forty Thieves"—" Donkey Frigates," that could " neither fight nor run"—and gun-brigs, facetiously known as " Coffins," in consequence of the " alacrity in sinking" for which these vessels were distinguished? It is notorious, too, that in the last war many of the best ships in the British navy were those taken from the French. We won our naval battles, not because we had better ships, but because our sailors and officers knew better than French officers how to handle them, and because our seamen were better than those of our neighbour. So well known were the superior sailing qualities of the French vessels, that it used to be a stupid boast that British ships were built to fight—French ones to rtua away. But, as it is well known that the superior sailing qualities of a ship frequently give her crew immense advantages in taking up a position, it is clear that in this respect, as in many others, we won our battles against odds. We mention these circumstances, because what was true of Government -built ships at that time is true of Government-built steamers in the present day; and favouritism the frequency of failur e then, as now, leads to the p resum ption that there must be somethin g amiss in the Government system—inefficiency, , wrong-headedness, or want of science. Now, con sidering the immense importance of the naval service in upholding the honour, interests, and reputation of this country, and considering the increasing import ance of steam-frigates as a branch of that naval ser vice, the repeated failures in the building of efficient Government vessels are worse than disgraceful—are SPORTING TNTELLIGV4I' BATH SPRING NIEETING 1845. , Aceepta;ices for the Sumersevhtre Stoll:: lb. 1 0 6 What, 5 ............................................ .. ..... St. Lawrence, acred .............. k , 6 3'r , ................ 4 4 7 Captain Flattiooker, y. F.tusta, aged .................................... . 8 Pharaoh, ' - a yrs ................................. !.. 2 Barricade, 4 yrs .............................. 7 9 Roderick, 6 yrs ....................... 7 ,, 0 Young Lochinvar, 5 . Y . i . ..s ..................... , 1 3 Idleness, 4 y ri ......................... 6,„ Jane, 4 yrs it Yhoeman Sc Knuck, 4 yrs .................. 6 1 1 , Europa, 5 yrs ..................... , ........... ° 1 0 Strathspey, 4 yrs .............................. ! j 0 Glendower, 5 yrs ......... .. .............. . ... b , , 6 Pugilist, 4 yrs ................................. 6 °_ 7 Yates, 4 yrs .................................... , 6 Seaweed, 4 yri .............................. v 6 Agriculture, 5 yrs ........................ •• d 4 Cornet, 5 yrs ................................. `; f, Temerity, 5 yrs ............................. ; 1 5 Sweetmeat, 3 yr 5............. .... ......... ' 51 5 Eclogue, 4 yrs , ................................ , 7 Bg by Mazeppa, out of Busk, 4 yrs ...... °, 6 Bastion, 3 yrs ... ........................... ; 5 Pegs 3 yrs .................................... 5 4 Velox, 3 yrs... ................................ 5 4 Cabin Boy, 3 yrs .............................. 5 1 4 1 2 Plenitude,, 3 yrs ............................. • 4 12 Giantess, 3 yrs ....................... •••• .. Worthless, 3 yrs ............................ • 4 4 I Wildßose. 3 yrs ............................... Sister to Ds- vil-among-the-T a ilors, 3 Y 11.6 CHESTER, 1845. Acceptances for the Chester Cu? 10 g 14. I : . Alice Hawthorn, aged . ...................... 9 Is Faugh-a-ballagh, 4 yrs ............... .. •••• 8 Corranna, 6 yrs ......... . .................... • 0 19 Aristides, 5 yrs .............................. 8 IS Gorhambury, 5 yrs... ......................... 8 19 Zanoni, 5 yrs .................................. • a ls The Era, 5 yrs ................................. ; 9 St. Lawrence, aged .......................... • 8 6 Winesour, 5 yrs ................................ 8 Trueboy, 5 yrs ................................ • 8 4 The Cure, 4 yrs .............................. • 6 Ratan. 4 yrs ................................. ••• 8 9 Counsellor, 6 yrs .............................. • 7 10 Mickey Free, 4 yrs ................ .. ......... • „ 1$ ... • ' g Sorella, 4 yrs ............. 7 Peter the Hermit, 5 yrs ....... , ............ • 7 0 Semiseria, 5 yrs ............................. ' 7 6 • Extempore, 4 yrs ...........................•.•• . Alamode, 4 yrs. ......................... • Queen of Tyne, 6 yrs ..... . ................... Porto Bello, 5 yrs ................. Beatrice, 6 yrs ........................... ~ Defender, aged ............................. Polish, 5 yrs ............................... the man ac Knuck, 4 yrs .............. Dr. husband, 4 yrs - Everton, 5 yrs Portrait, aged Cataract, 5 yrs The Pride of Kildare, 4 T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs .„, Veluti, 4 yrs Little Hampton, 4 yr 5....... 11 , -mp, 4 yrs Prince Royal, 4 yr 5............ The Dog Billy, 4 yr 5........... Milton, 4 yrs .................... The Dean, aged ... ................. Agriculture. 5 yrs ................ Patriot, 4 yrs .......................... Intrepid, 4 yrs ........................... Ss-aport, 4 yrs ............................ Dr. Phillimore, 4 yrs ................. Strathspey, 4 yrs ...............•....... Little John, 4 yrs ................. • Blot' Jacket, 4 yr --, ........................... Obscurity, 4 yrs ............................... •• b Celeste, 4 yrs ............................ '''' 5 ;‘ Susan, 4 yrs ........................ "'" 5' 7 Ambition, 4 yrs ...................... ''.. 5 9. April N d.ly, 4 Yr; ......................... •• 5 c) British Tar, 4 yrs ............................. '''. 0 (1 The Hermit, 3 yrs ................ '' 6 a Fitzallen, 3 yrs ... . ................... "*. 6 0 Young England, 3 Y;s . ....................... s ty hlarrowmat, 3 yrs ................. .5 i Devil's Dust, 3 yrs ...................... " . 5 "0 Robin Burns. 3 yrs .............. •'''' 5 0 Blunderbuss, 3 yrs ............................. •"' 6 8 ` ........ ' 6 0 Cabin Boy, 3 yrs . . ........ ...• 5 • Ould Ireland, 3 yrs ............... ".. , 4 IS Bastion, 3 yrs ................................. ' ,:. 4 1 9 ' Mystery, 3 yrs ......................... ~ i 5,, Br fby Master of the Rolls, 3 Yr s .....' 4 Pug, 3 yrs .... ......................... hall 4 Sister to Devil-among-the - T at .. ••,., fi t r i Extravaganza, 3 yrs ..... ............ if f s,(if' t i l e A I WORCESTER STEEPL c a for t y9 The following horses have been ne ll)e f ert e ll AI Birthday Handicap• Sweepstakes, to be ' ails 4 r A tot /t March :—The Page, Discount, Wil t° ,, l3 Vb e ' t i l el t D r y Cu verthorpe, Robin Adair, Ha,retielt" „ IJit" 0 1 4 Brilliant, Albert, Agriculture The roniiiefwg i v,s Peter Simple, Gaylad, Tully, T h9 eo ek.Jito r Sri Vanguard, The Knight, The lle,, tti t ," e C''' Viii}j'' Tom Tug, Preissnitz, The Rector, . 1- ' a gar , le , tri Knight Templar, Veluti, The sco , „. p iec ef,,, Sinbad, Tamworth, Babylon, Hesliog tif lio o ; 0 1 •_, 1 Sarriesfield. The Novice, Lazarus, ... n v ti : f liPe Swii,es. Light of other Days,_ De e i lln Tlie v Daddy, Chance, Pickwick, Galopau e ' 46 1 1 ,1! V Roarer, Ploughboy . _ . _____.,.....,•••'..:./' 00 Th ere t i 4 THE STATE OF THE STREETSP",nd tb`vy A to t g same complaint to be made resPee ti "„ r erO t eli '0 r pt condition of the foot-pavements in dneircof, otg, A O They are far worse after a fall of e n o,onerbi,‘ place on Thursday night or Fricl e Yo c. 6 1, of, house and shop-keepers almost in t ea on 7 - 1 00 0 9 clean away the filth that is accutoula",iog eihetllo,ool partial thaw and the successive trarart 50 of otiov pedestrians. But we wish to point u l t fall° of requiring instant abatement. whilst it is still freezing, it i tfter 1 7.,,,0w, to ,f; the ' o rtetar9o7/ number of slovenly shop-keepers W f 0 9 • o f 0 ,iii i ii the frozen snow by an application o,.tbelty§lifii table result is, that whilst a portion ° b ` ,0 0 3 1 .0 1 96 1 the remainder is converted into el ° f aii e re etlf4, the stone pavement rendered beei d , ° l o s p h,- .„ 0 cold to the feet. This dirty praet l % be e oeff r o r po er il the not onl of the comfort, but 1 " ci ° 00 0 .0 450/ trians, audit is strongly to be dee i h r : 10,, 0 4 90 I be taken to compel those whom t" - f the'p e I do, to clean the footways in fron t ° n er• ~,o.„P d r p proper, efficacious. and effectual Ma ll o ws a Or pr , allowed to remain, the poor Pe de f s h,e li 0 0 4 lr trudge through all the filth, mire , e''' 9 v , prePpyli which the housekeepers may el_Vngepolicaie? Why should the clause in the .New be is 0 and repeatedly quoted in this ]purer Tb °° 1, „,, ,, magistrates to remain a dead lettef,itit doh positively unbearable, and must he r t o 64, is Sir Peter Laurie a bout?---r i ' lle e s. os , , C e f t p ,ig cl b° 6 , 0 0 10) ,/ The galliot Phoenix, of Mali n arrived here on Wednesday', with , ~,„r O v ties O r ' in, bowsprit broken, and much ).I";tperl46 gtf,i' on her voyage from Liverpool t n n uaol'os.,l, o o ll / tact with a large barque, tiara" u: tr iveLl v ie ", early the same morning. Al' ° "o o pta lli gtf "407 the schooner Fanny, of JersoY , w ith rc 0 V . 1 from Demerara for London, lad en •Is, fil d 1 ; 0 / 1 anchor, part of chain, several salsoN ..„ r hull and rigging, in the gal e °ll _d r ( Chronicle. .00 es t , " The -: th e r,,, r ot t DELTRY..LANE THEATRE.'" VI bI i n 1 this establishment will be Emp lo y wbi c ..,o oe O r kiir the grand ballet of Les Danaidel, giv:W il teW duced here to-morrow evening. uite. Pe 1 ,0 0 1 1 from the Academie Royale, is . c , 1 , 0 /le t 1 14° 00 but she brings a high stnsreput•ati of . id i mime and danseuse. The 5 o rs I t/ ,A.,r 50 daughters of Dalian? (lod e danc er _ A y, 4 Ir mice of an unheard of corps L ' a f• 0 0 ;0 .10' A sow fed by Miss Palmer, ° she g oer / last week, and weighed 41 ston e y ,' o p ° ~fr short-eared breed, and only fly ° o r filar f , Or 131 11Ti f 010 011 f col ' AO . 0 On the 30th ult., the Cous e get j On the 27th ult., Mrs. Jaynes ce, ,it.' r, Finsbury-squar.!, of a daughter. n .tstr s b err On the 30th ult. at Ilarnilto c o , is Mrs. George A. Kilgeur, of a B°°. „we, j ar is , On the 30th ult ,at Addingtee r ‘l , o lfv 0 I.'' , / Morris, of a daughter. ~,030 , . os . On the 30th ult., at Dulwich.cou- 1 6 / Clarke, Esq., of a son. # terro• c ' e ' ost o p On the 30th ult., at Vincen t- pp 0 00' , ' 0 t• Jackson, of a son. bo olal, of ts ee lady iiefttubtle°r, ef ° P 4 es of E ul d t i . v , aartd hlelconle , e eal e t . .' O O ,4,00 . On the 31st ult., Dirs. J. ,CIA l popid ij koPtet's'ie On the 23d ult., Mr. Georg e 000%10' te:i i lle vi i daughter of Mr. James Sadd,ll, 9,1100',01,60 V if On the 29th ult., at Ilan° i f ht 1 11 1 11 f+. f C. 8., 13th Prince Albert'S Lf o re, o 00 0 0 1$ 8 1 daughter of the late Colonel 13e 6 Ter o f - 1 of York. Socon, _.„h 0 ..., On the 30th ult., at Eaton. four claw" 0.9 Esq., to Arabella Louisa, fou , g o ti ov e rift ly liam Dyke. e s, r St. G e°rg drier On the 30th ult., at • Ju lia, Charles tourtney, Esq., tf__ e. sell, e.sq., of Grosvenor -p V''' Y 0 ••• 6 1 ° 6 1 6 1 0 6 10 610 yrs '''''''' .• 9 4.C o e ' ' HOopnetJhoeb2n-istthon:ltE.,sq. pf f ;1),,,, i ierf el' .4 ,04 t i Blackheath,R o l ciob n nne r r ttt a hhc r ee i o s 2l , 319 O S i ntat t h t sig s : e a d n n 7 1 7, - ili relict of C' j " .. Portgliv..) i Dorset-street4 ' et CO ult., at Anafulciale tAci atrille'l Ci void d .., „ m oo A m l ao a n g nn i s ti t nh r ge a , t 3 e Eo f st o qh r . the uit , c , oljuVrtn.%Serts:oll..fe_ tone' e r) ", 11 0 al" l'D9 c e e t : P io nt ( ih t ,:e d i fi 6; :i ~c s'i bill, if ll - V.o4' 1.l On the 30th ult., at soils,Charor -0001., it,' rveinlciaes,,rcelaicnitdoefnt.htewlatt: K. A $ Sot° TO 9 , On the 30th ult., Miss gart 0j • ' 1 Pct.' (l el / out,er, 00 l‘e On the 31st ult., Th 01035 i johollief ail Tower-hill, aged 71. ~,, ,„-roinore-P ~ tO" On the 30th ult., at tiac"PrThilll' DesPf A. .1 ,21 Er On the 31st ult.! at 1,41 79. fli a. Francis Anthony blore r 'l i ge te lirrel' Ileir_o9l;6l On the 31st ult., at ,-e g a ' ~. .47 eb ell r , Mr. I. J. Cole. a 1811"11;01.' Ar" /' On the 31st ult., at Eps--61, cor .-110 et. ~ " ntoo, u p are „ 4 , On the Ist inst., satki.iir asprort'",,tr .)t, , On the Ist inst., Wsll,..hddereb - A., • 1 ' of 11Ir. Bnsick J. 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