The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-04 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF NASSAU. FRANKFORT, JAN. 29.—The death of the Duchess of Nassau, daughter of the Emperor of Russia, is announced by the Wiesbaden corresponden t of the Frankfurter Journal in the following terms:—" It is our melancholy duty to announce an event which has plunged his Highness the Duke and the entire country into the deepest sorrow. Yesterday afternoon, the 27 th, her Imperial Highness the Duchess Elizabeth, Archduchess of Russia, was de livered of a female child, still-born, and early the next morning her Imperial Highness expired under a severe attack of spasms at the heart." The Cologne Gazette also announces the same melancholy event, and adds that her Highness waa born on the 26th of May, 1826, and married on the 31st of January, 1844. Her death will be another heavy affliction for her Imperial father. BELGIUM. DEFEAT OF THE OPPOSITION-TRIUMPH OF THE MINISTRY. BaussELs, FEB. I.—Ministers have triumphed. Last night it was decided, by a majority of 65 to 22, that no address should be presented to his Majesty, praying for the dismissal of the members of the present Adminis tration. Yesterday a petition was presented to the Chamber of Representatives on the part of Mr. Richards, in which he set forth the result of the inquiry instituted by him and by Mr. Hunter,% respecting the pecuniary resources of the Entre Sambre and Meuse Railway, whose names were published by Mr. Taylor, and to whom reference was made in your paper of last Thursday. M. Zeude stated that it had beea ascertained by Messrs. Richards and Taylor that many of the shareholders were unknown to the commercial world, to the Post-office, to the letter-carriers, and even in the streets where they had taken up their residence. He asserted that they were in general coffeehouse-keepers and writers. The lion. Gentleman moved that the result of the inquiry made by order of Messrs. Richards and Taylor should be inserted in the Moniteur. M. Rodenbach remarked that the country would derive benefit from the competition of the two English companies. He supported Mr. Taylor, because that gentleman did not require the guarantee of a 3 per cent. minimum of interest. Moreover the Com pany formed by Mr. Taylor had announced their inten tion of depositing a security of a million or half a million of francs. The document alluded to was finally ordered to be inserted in theiSloniteur.—Morning Paper. STEEPLE CHASE MATCH AT TIIIRSK.—On Tues day afternoon, the 21st inst., a steeple chase match, for 100 soya. a side, was run between Mr. Dawson's, of Sowerby, br h Highthorne, and Mr. Reynard's Hog-green, near Ripon, b h The Hawk. High thorne was steered by Mr. W. Scott, the steeple chase Cider of London, while The Hawk was rode by his gallant owner. The interest excited by this match, far exceeded that of any steeple chase hitherto run at Thirsk. The start took place in a large grass field. Betting was two to one in favour of the Hawk, whose condition was considered much superior to that of his competitor. The " go" being given, the Hawk went off with the lead, over the first and second fences, but took the third a little too much to the left, which mistake gave him three additional fences to clear before ho could get into the direct line. His superior speed, however, soon made up the loss, and he went on with the lead to the Mile-house, a few lengths only separating him from Scott, who was evidently acting on the waiting system, as his horse was not only deficient in condition, but overpaced. After a mile and a half had been run, Scott's horse showed strong symptoms of distress. A little beyond the Mile-house Scott again obtained an advantage for his tiring nag, by bearing more to the left than the Hawk into some large fields ; by this he avoided three or four fences which the Hawk had to take in choosing. his line across some smaller field. The Hawk, followed close in the wake by Scott, again took up the running after turning round the flag. But again, as ill-luck would have it, by g oing too much to the left, he was thrown among th e smaller fields, which Scott again avoided by shaping his course more to the right ; by this manoeuvre he saved his Row blown horse the trouble of jumping nearly a dozen fences. Both were again nearly parallel, though going on apparently different routes, each taking his fences in excellent style, until they came into the starting field, when, to Mr. Reynard's surprise, lie found Scott was a little ahead of him. A most. animating race now commenced for the gap, which Scott gallantly led through and racing towards the last fence, which both took nearly at the same time ; in jumping this the Hawk lost a couple of lengths by taking it too much to the left. Scott, meantime, steering his horse, straight as an arrow, landed him safely; and now the final tug came, and at it both went as fast as their gal lant nags could carry them. The judge's fiat was a dead heat, but the general opinion was that Scott had won by a neck.— Tyne Mercury. INCENDIARY FIRE.—Oa Monday night, about ten o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Horne, of Marston, by which a barn, containing wool and clover seed, a rick of beans, a rick of hay, a quantity of wheat and other straw, and a variety of barn imple ments were destroyed. The amount of damage of Mr. Horne's property is about 3001., but we are happy to say he is insured. The damage to the buildings is to a great amount ; but here again, fortunately an insurance has been effected. Two men have confessed being the guilty parties, and have been fully committed to take their trial at the assizes. One of them is a car penter's apprentice, named Mark Compton, and about eighteen years of age ; the other is a farm labourer, named Christopher Nichols. Compton has also confessed that he is the person who fired the stacks of Mr. Rose, in the same parish.— lViltsliire Independent. TSE DOra " TRACT FOB THE TIMES."—We are gratified to learn that signatures to the requisition for a formal condemnation of the Tract, No. 90, are rapidly pouring in. Yesterday one only of the Reverend Gentlemen who have consented to receive authorities to subscribe the requsition had by post no less than seventy-seven letters from members of Con vocation, requesting him to affix the names of the writers, and there can be no doubt that the names of a great majority of the members of Convocation will be subscribed before the 13th. No time, however, ought to be lost, because the more prompt and the more abundantly signed the requisition, the more confidence will the Hebdomadal Board have in its wise and manly course. IWe have already mentioned that Dr. Faussett, the Lady Marg aret Professor of Divinity, and Dr. Ellerton, Professor of Theology, will receive sub scriptions at Oxford ; so that all the members of Con vocation have to do, is to write to one or other of the Reverend Gentlemen ; but this ought to be done at once.—Church and Stxte Gazette. We learn from a late number of the Portafoglio Maltese, that a young countrywoman of ours, Miss Emma Bingley, has made the most brilliant debut at Malta, in the character of Amine, in the Sonnambula. Miss Bingley is a pupil of Pasta—a title which carries with it an awful degree of responsibility—but which, ac cording to our authority, she maintained with the utmost credit to herself. Her voice is rich, melodious, and ex tensive, and formed in the very best school. " Scarcely had she concluded her first cavatina," continues the above-mentioned journal, " when a unanimous burst of applause echoed through the house—not the mere en couraging plaudits that welcomed the youthful aspirant on her entry—but the homage awarded to an artist of real merit. The same success attended all her effJrts throughout the piece." Amen! say we, and proud do we feel that the fair vocalist should have succeeded amongst Italians without the addition of ini to her name —a problem, by the bye, far more difficult to resolve amongst her own countrymen.—The Pandora. BRIGHTON PAVILION.—Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the infant Prince Alfred arrived at the Pavilion on Saturday, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton and Colonel Bouvcrie (Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert). The royal chil dren travelled to Brighton by railway, arriving at the terminus of the London and Brighton Railway shortly before one o'clock, haying been exactly an hour and a quarter travelling from New-cross. The special train which conveyed the royal party was attended by two of the directors of the railway (Mr. Nash and Mr. Wigan), and the engine was driven by Mr. W. Cubitt. The mo ment of their arrival in Brighton was announced by a royal salute from the battery, and a merry peal struck up from the bells of St. Nicholas, on the tower of which, as well as from other public edifices, the royal standard was immediately hoisted. In the evening some of the royal tradesmen illuminated their houses. Yes. terday (Sunday) morning the Princess Royal and Prin cess Alice were taken out for an airing on the Cliff, in a close carriage. About 200 of the Scots Fusiliers ar rived by rail on Friday evening, to do palace duty. They will remain here during the stay of the royal children, and likewise of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who, secordin& to present arrangements, will arrive at Brigh ton by railway next Saturday. ABOLITION OF TR& SPY STCTEM AT TILE POST OFFICE.—On Thursday last much surprise was prevalent at the various departments of the General Post-office, in consequence of an order from the Postmaster-General, in pursuance of a communication from the Secretary at the Home-office, for the abolition of the Board where the practice existed of opening the letters of persons sus pected of having treasonable intentions against this and foreign Governments. This Board (which was presided over by Mr. Beade, of the foreign letter department, who had under him a few confidential clerks), was established uyLpolent during the Pitt Administration. In the course the la s t session of Parliament it will be recol lected that some motions were brought before the House by Mr. Duncombe, the Member for Finsbury, in conse quence msziai of the ee th b ed e iscov er y that a letter written by Mr. not bein l ened. It is supposed that the Go vernment, agitated, have resolvedto desiroust a have the subject again abolish the office previous to the meeting of Parliament— Observ er. His Excellency the tg`reevneeah A e ta r. bassador and the . Countess de St. Aulaire Manchestersplendid H entertainment on Saturday evening, at Ex cellency the Turkish Ambassador, hsi;eEnixsohcuelleiincylliPsrinc Casteleicala, his Excellency the Portuguese and his Excellency the Duchess Sotomayor, Minister and Baroness Moncorvo, 116 Excellency Vanish Minister and Countess Reventlow, his Excellency 11,1. Van der Weyer, his Excellency Mr. Murphy, his 7 Excellency Count Pollon, his Excellency the New Gra nada Minister and Madame Mosquara, the Countess of Tankerville, and Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, were among the guests of his Excellency and Countess; also Count and Countess &Harcourt, Count le Grange, and M. Rubandy. The Countess received a small circle after dinner, including his Excellency Count Dietrichatein, Countess Flahault, the Earl of Shelburne, &c. His Excellency the French Ambassador, the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, his Excellency the Duke of Sotomayor, his Excellency M. Van der Weyer, and Mr. Harcourt, were among the guests of his Ex cellency Mr. Everett (the American Minizter), on Tri flay evening. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TUB DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—As the Parliamentary - session ap proaches, rumours of a more liberal policy in the government of Ireland become rife. This and other scarcely less important matters of national interest have raised public curiosity—to ascertain the reality of what now rests only on surmise—to a pitch higher than has been recently manifested. The Royal Speech, at the opening of Parliament to-morrow, is therefore the point toward which the public anxiety is directed. That official proramme of the Government policy will indicate, if 'it do not explain, the course which Ministers mean to pursue with reference to some of the great questions concerning which men have been speculating and disputing in the dark during the last six months. The few short sentences comprised in the Speech from the Throne will shed light upon the darkness. In proportion as that revelation of the future tends to raise or depress the classes who have endeavoured to force an illiberal and restrictive policy on the Go vernment, will be the predominance of satisfaction or of discontent in the public mind. The Irish Tories have recently exhibited increased anxiety and alarm. The Anti-National Education party, which comprises the High-Churchmen, both clerical and laical, have deemed it necessary to assume a bold front, and to protest in a decisive tone, and in most explicit language, against the system of education which the state sanctions and supports—because the only one of which the Roman Catholic population can avail itself. We alludel lately to the manifesto of the nine Bishops of the Irish Church, in which they record their decided hostility to the Government plan of education, and appeal to the clergy and laity for their support and aid in counteracting the Anti-Protestant effects of that system. Such an appeal could not be made in vain. The Irish clergy in several districts have responded to the call. Addresses have been drawn up and signed by a considerable number of the Irish clergy, and presented to the Archbishop of Armagh. In these addresses the clergy deplore the necessity which is laid upon them thus publicly to condemn the conduct of the Government. But, seeing no other alternative, they determine to make com mon cause with the Heads of their Church; and promise to employ their influence to counteract the dangers with which the policy of the State threatens the Protestant Church of Ireland. The Church has induced the influential members of its communion to unite with it in this movement against the Government. The leaders of the Orange and Tory party met on Thursday last in Dublin, and agreed upon an address to the Archbishop of Armagh. In this document they pledge themselves to em ploy every means to induce her Majesty's Mi nisters to abandon the National System of Educa tion ; and to adopt, in its stead, one in consonance with the views of the clergy of the Pro testant Established Church. This address is signed by seventeen Peers of Parliament, and by twenty eight of the Irish Tory Members of the House of Commons. The Archbishop has replied in grateful terms to the address ; from which he predicates suc cess in his efforts to attain the object so dear to his heart, and to that of every true Protestant. What ever may be thought of the sentiments embodied in these documents, there can be no question that the combined movement whence they emanate must greatly embarrass Ministers in preparing and bring ing before Parliament any measures of liberal edu cational policy for the Roman Catholic population of Ireland. If an assault so formidable is threa tened upon the existing National System of Educa tion in that country, the same hostile influences will be brought to bear against any plans for pro pitiating the Roman Catholic population. If the Irish Tories thus object to things that are, they will yet more strongly oppose further proofs of liberality. If the Government contemplate an increase of the means now possessed for educating the Catholic clergy, or in any other way endeavour to raise their personal character, and thus extend their social in fluence, they must prepare themselves for a deter mined and combined opposition from their own friends. The present High-Church demonstration against the Government system of education is evi dently prompted by apprehensions—whether with or without cause we have yet no means of knowing—that Sir R. Peel has become impressed with the necessity of conciliating the Irish people ; and that he can only do this by concessions on a comprehensive scale. The tactics of the Tories are therefore distinguished by boldness. They have determined on a decla ration of war. Instead of waiting for further provocations, they have chosen the Govern ment system of education as a casus belli; and demand its unconditional surrender as the terms of peace. It is obvious that if the Government yield to this demand, it cannot propose any new scheme of Irish policy, conceived in the same spirit, or having the same tendency ; for it would be abandoned by those on whose votes official existence is dependent. Even if the Go vernment determine to take its stand on the National System of Education, and to defend it against those who have banded for its destruction, there will be an in disposition to provoke the Irish Protestant party by further concessions to the Roman Catholics in that country. Thus, the real purpose of the confederation will be answered. It may fail of getting the education of the Catholic people into the hands of the Church ; but they will succeed in preventing further incursions of a liberal policy into what they manifestly regard as their established, rightful possessions. STANDARD.—The Morning Herald gives an account of the Ministerial arrangements—and we have reason to believe that the account is not only correct in its details, but complete, as regards the arrangements at present determined on. The appointments speak for themselves—as many of them as have been guessed at, have met with universal approbation, and the others are r certainly as free from all objection. In this, as in most other respects, the Government appears to satisfy the wishes of the reasonable men of all parties. We do not indeed remember the eve of a Parliamentary session so promising of a calm and useful Parliamentary year as the present. The Whig party has absolutely disappeared from the scene, and even the Radicals have contracted their force within a very minute circle, and seem to be improving in good sense, as their numbers di minish. It is symptomatic of the public confidence in the Government and the Parliament, that men scarcely speak, or think, or write of anything cons nected with the progress of legislation. On this day, the last day of the recess, the Morning Chronicle, the great - Whig organ, entertains its readers with dis sertations on the state of the Conservative party in France, and upon the proper boundaries to bemaintained between the two great branches of the profession of the law—counsel and attorneys. The pendulous Times discusses harbours of refuge in an article nearly all borrowed, not to say pirated, from a morning Contemporary. The Herald exposes misre presentations of the new official arrangements, and the Post engages in a controversy with Lord John Russell upon the taxation of machinery and the Malthusian theory. These matters are all very well, but we believe that never before on the eve of a session were the public journals occupied by sub jects so miscellaneous and so little connected with the conflict of Parliamentary parties. These in dications of a quiet and useful session may be, however, fallacious; there is no knowing what may turn up ; another " Who is the traitor ?" case— or another " Mr. Stockdale's case" may turn up to consume the public time—and experience shows that the House of Commons always engages with such cases the more earnestly, the more trum pery they are. Meanwhile, the enemies of the Administration affect much apprehension of Sir Robert Peel's unsupported position, as they affect to consider the situation of the Premier since Lord Stanley'S removal to the House of Lords and Mr. Gladstone's retirement. This tenderness to wards a political adversary is no doubt amiable —but is it not a little too sensitive ? No one will underrate the value of such allies in debate as Lord Stanley and Mr. Gladstone, but is the session of 1835 forgotten—that session when, altogether unaided b 7 Lord Stanley, and deriving little help from Mr. Gladstone —then a very young man—Sir Robert Peel was able to fight his battle single-handed against a majority, and not only to fight the battle, but confessedly to gain the victory, as far as the mere debate was concerned ? Will he be less able to maintain his ground with a majority of more than one hundred at his back, and with the help of such seconds as Sir W. Follett, Sir J. Graham, and many ' others who could not render him, in 1835, the assist ance which they can DOW aflbrd. The truth, how ever, is, that all this supposed necessity for a corps of debaters to support a Ministry is absurd, except in extreme cases. What has Sir Robert Peel to defend that he cannot defend ? or what proposition has the Premier to make that he cannot himself make 1 with full force and effect ? If, however, the mere exertion of standing and speaking should be thought too much for a single Minister, let us in the name of common sense remember who are the persons to be answered—Lord Pal merston, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Macaulay. 'Why, there is not a Conservative Club or a Conservative Operative Society in . the United Kingdom, that would not produce half-a-dozen better speakers than any of the three, whatever these Whigs may be as writers, and even in that their pre tensions are not very high; and how can it be doubted that of the more than four hundred gentlemen by whom Sir Robert Peel is supported, forty, at the very lowest estimate, jo a h l (e John Russell, better and arineon,ergstualitortdo m debaters Mr. than A Ia cLorda ;Macaulay.? lay ? P a I l t has been we know the practice (more particularly of Conservative Administrations) to get through the public business in the House of Commons as much as possible in a business-like way, and that that House has in consequence lost much of its s old character of a theatre of oratorical die play. This is on the whole a great improvement ; but out of it has grown a system of mono poly among the few men who unite some ac quaintance with official forms to the smallest pos sible amount of talent as speakers. Now this, as far as it goes, is perhaps rather convenient than other wise, but the thing becomes ridiculous when we are told that, of more than four hundred Members of the hionse, not more than half•a-dozen are compe tent to support a Minister. The next session, if we are not mistaken, will tell a different story ; or rather a week will not pass, before it shall be seen that Sir Robert Peel can rally an efficient body of debaters. TIMES.—We trust that no obstacles arising from official supineness, or from a misplaced economy, will prevent the Government from bringing before Parlia ment, with the least possible delay, a system of public works on the south eastern coast, based on the interest ing report of the Commissioners for examining into the harbours of refuge on that portion of our shores. It would be a disgraceful neglect, and a culpable impru dence, if we were to leave undone all those works of defence, which every other Power in Europe has been carrying on with the utmost activity and intelligence during the whole peace. What answer could be made by those to whom the care of our national interests is entrusted, if, on the sudden outbreak of war, we were to find our coasts almost as ill-de fended on land as the shores of China by their sham forts ; and were then suddenly called upon to de vote large sums of money to works which can only be properly constructed with all the advantages of peace ? Can we, who have made so great an use of the new power which steam has introduced into mari time affairs, forget that it may be used against ourselves? Or are we to wrap ourselves in a foolhardy incredulity of a danger which is growing under our own eyes ? One would suppose that such indifference on so momentous a subject WAS altogether impossible, if we did not know that six years have already elapsed since a former report was made on the same subject, and that the great states men who have filled the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, from Mr. Pitt to the Duke of Wellington, have laboured in vain to put even Dover in a proper state of defence. The last ten years of the war, and the state of comparative security we have enjoyed since the first five years of this century, have lulled to sleep not only men's fears but their prudence ; yet it is obvious that if a war should break out between France and this coun try, we should have to deal with such a navy as that Power has never possessed since the battle of Trafalgar, disposing moreover of means for carrying on furtive ope rations on the coast which were utterly unknown till some years after the peace. In addition to her strength in ships, and to the improvement of her crews and the excellent education of her naval officers, France has achieved the great object of her ambition for more than a century in the creation of the vast fortified Channel harbour of Cherbourg. Another plan has more recently been pro posed for the formation of a similar harbour near Boulogne, by constructing another prodigious break water on the shoal or sand to the north of that port, known under the name of the Bassune, which would afford anchorage and shelter for a fleet of steamers or privateers within a couple of hours of the coast of Kent. And there can be little doubt that in the present temper of the French Chambers an expenditure of money which is supposed to strengthen the country against England would be voted with enthusiasm. Fortunately for us, the outlay required for the harbours recommended by the Commissioners in their recent report is equally well spent, whether it be for peace or for war. These stations are needed in the first place as harbours of refuge to the innumerable vessels engaged in the coasting trade, or endeavouring to make their way, often in the teeth of contrary winds, from the Downs to the Channel. The protection of our shipping, and consequently of life as well as property, ought alone to recommend such measures to the immediate at tention of Government ; but when it is added that the very same stations are urgently required fur the protec tion of the kingdom itself, there is not an Englishman who does not feel that not a moment is to be lost. The whole expense of the proposed harbours at Dover, Sea ford, Portland, and Harwich is under three millions and-a-half, a sum which, however considerable in itself, bears a very small proportion to the amount of capital which these harbours may save from destruction, or to the evil, loss, and disgrace of an attack on the coast. With a view to the naval forces which may be collected at Cherbourg—now the most considerable position of the naval strength of France in the northern seas, especially with reference to our southern coasts and our Channel trade, the improvement of the station, commanding Portland Race, is of the utmost import ance. The width of the Channel from the Cape de la Hogue to Porland Bill scarcely exceeds fifty miles. But a still more useful position for our shipping and cruisers, capable of resisting any surprise, might be formed in the island of Alderney, within seven miles of the French coast. The extraordinary activity displayed by the French Government in carrying on the works of Cherbourg renders it an imperious duty for the British Government to make the most of the Channel Islands ; and of these Alderney is best adapted by nature and po sition to become a strong naval station. The point more immediately before us, however, is the necessity of carrying into effect with the utmost promptitude the recommendations of the Harbour Commissioners. We do not effect to discuss tho relative merits of the schemes proposed on scientific grounds,—that duty rests with the civil and military engineers, upon whom also lies the responsibility of the selection ; but the public import ance and the political necessity of putting these schemes into execution are so obvious, that we trust the Govern ment is prepared to anticipate, rather than to obey, the demands of the country.AThe inclosure of Dover Bay may be retarded for another year, until the completion of the experiments recommended by the Commissioners as to the amount of the deposits from the tidal cur rents on that part of the coast ; but even this delay may cost us dear. " Dover," say the Commissioners, " situated at a distance of only four miles and a Nell from the Goodwin Sands, and standing out favourably to protect the navigation of the narrow seas, is naturally the situation for a squadron of ships of war. Its:value in a military point of view is undoubted; but the construc tion of a harbour of refuge there is, in our opinion, in dispensable, to give to Dover that efficiency as a naval station which is necessary to provide for the security of this part of the coast and the protection of trade." The improvements which are proposed at Harwich admit of no delay, and require no more than a vote of 50,0001. We hope they will be undertaken forthwith, and that they will revive the ancient importance of a port so favourably situated for north ward-bound vessels and for the protection of the Nore. In calling the attention of the public to this re port we trust we may have contributed to insure the prompt accomplishment of the very essential mea sures suggested by it. No laboured argument can be required to demonstrate the folly and danger of leaving the coasts of England unprotected by even the rudiments of defence, and ill supplied with harbours of refuge for our shipping. Without any especial reference to the political aspect of the world, or any immediate appre hensions as to the duration of peace, we affirm that no undertakings are even in peace more worthy of a wise Government than those which tend to diminish the risks and dangers of war. The people of England have in variably shown their readiness to'suport.the naval esta blishments of the country, on a scale suited to all the exigencies of the time ; but it is still more indispensable to strengthen the harbours and multiply the stations from which our naval forces are to act; and, in the pre sent state of our dockyards, we should find much less difficulty in equipping a fleet on the largest scale, than in completing, during a war, those breakwaters and close havens which may be needed to maintain the in violate security of Britain. POST.—The personal friends of the Prime Minister, no less than the political admirers of a strong Adminis tration, look with apprehension to the consequences of recent and expected Ministerial changes. Lord Stanley being removed to the Upper House, and Mr. Gladstone from the Ministerial bench, Sir Robert Peel will have to sustain the whole weight of the debating upon foreign, colonial, and general subjects ; besides sustaining the burden of the vast quantity of business which is not Parliamentary, but which, nevertheless, must receive the careful attention of the Prime Minister. Indeed, arduous as Parliamentary business is, it is not the most arduous part of the Ministerial business, for by the time a measure is ripe for Parliamentary discussion, the greater part of the labour attending upon it has been already gone through. Still the attendance in Parlia ment, and the necessity of taking a leading part in every important discussion, is very much the opposite of relaxation, though it occurs during the moments that relaxation, after the official labours of the day, is most required by an active minister. The health of many strong men has broken down under such severe trial, and the friends of the Premier are, therefore, not a little anxious lest he should undertake too much. The country has, unfortunately, had but too many ex amples of its best men falling sacrifices to the anxiety of Ministerial responsibilities, combined with the wear and tear of leading the House of Commons without suf ficient assistance. The temptation to undertake this is no doubt very great. We do not now allude to the am- ' bition of sustaining a great position alone and unas sisted. We mean something much more practical. There can be little question that, so long as a man can stand it, the business will be better done by one man than by two, or three, or four, especially if that one man be at the head. It is likely—at all events in respect to any important measure introduced by Government—that he knows more of the beginning and the end of it than any one else. He regards every clause upon which a debate may arise, not simply by it self, but with reference to the motives which led to it, and the purpose which it is intended to accomplish. He is more master of the subject than any one else can be, and he is aware how different measures are intended to bear upon one another, though belonging perhaps to different departments, the whole of his Parliamentary management (if he have to manage the whole) will pos sess a unity and compactness which cannot exist where two or three Ministers of departments divide the management between them. Thus, then, there is an advantage in the way of busi ness, derived from a sole management of the House of Commons by the Prime Minister, so long as it can last. But this life, whether in respect to public affairs or to private, is but a system of balances and compromises. If we have what is best in one way, we pay for it in another. The man of pleasure who revels in luxury, pays for it in exhaustion. The man of busi ness who undertakes all that his best faculties, strained to their utmost, can accomplish, pays for his temporary success too often with his life. It is on this account that the personal friends of the Premier are very anxious when they regard the" present prospect of business in the House of Commons. There is no reason to suppose that the ensuing session will be one of a light and easy character, and at present there appears to be small chance of the Government being recognisable in the House of Commons, except when Sir Robert Peel is there, and taking a part in the procuedingth THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4 1845. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 3. (Sittings in Banco after Term.) The Court was, engaged this morning in hearing motions for new trials. There was nothing of interest in any of them. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 3. (Sittings at Nisi Priis, More the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V TOPLIS. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that a verdict for 1001., on the second count of this information, had been con sented to by Mr. C. B. Robinson, on behalf of defendant. At the same time, he wished it to be understood that this consent was not the result of a compromise. The Crown could claim the full penalties, and it was resolved to enforce them. TEE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. TOPLIS, SUN. _ The SOLICIOOR-GENERAI, said that Mr. Robinson had consented to another verdict for 100/. on the second count of this information. TAE ATTOBNEY-GENERAL V. DESMOND. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that Mr. Robinson had again consented to another verdict of 1001. on the second count of this information. The jury in the first case was sworn in the other two, as their juries had not been summoned f)r to-day. We have already reported the proceedings against Mr. John Toplis, of Bermondsey street. It is out of those trans actions that these informations arose against the several parties concerned in them. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The fourth sessions of the present mayoralty was opened yesterday with the usual ceremonies, by the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and Alderman Hughes Hughes, &c. The grand jury having been sworn in, the Recorder proceeded to address them :—The number of prisoners, he stated, was 161, but it was more than probable that an addition would be made to the Calender ere the week would be over. Among the charges were several of a very serious nature, not less than three of rape, and in every case the object of attack did not exceed the age of fourteen years. Two of those cases, it appeared to him, required further investigation than the evidence which would be adduced would afford them. There was, also, a charge of sending a threatening letter, the circum stances of which clearly brought it within the operation of the statute. The writer threatened, that unless cer tain sums of money were given, the house of the person addressed would be set on fire. There was a very grave charge against a husband for having administered poison to his wife. He would not anticipate the case by enter ing into particulars, but it was decidedly a misdemeanour, and it would require their closest attention. It would be trespassing at too great length upon their time did he particularise all the charges which he thought of suf ficient importance to merit special consideration. On any point, however, that would arise, the Court would be happy to give its opinion ; and with these brief re marks he would dismiss them to their important duties. At the conclusion of the Recorder's address the Lord Mayor left the Court. The petit juries were then sworn. William Hunt, 29, was indicted for feloniously forging an undertaking for the payment of 1,739/. 10s., with in tent to defrand Thomas Rogers. In another count the prisoner was charged with steal ing the instrument, well knowing at the time that it was forged. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Doane conducted the prosecu tion ; Mr. Uumfrey and Mr. Crouch defended the prisoner. The circumstances under which the charge was made against the prisoner were of rather a complicated cha racter, and the case will be much better understood by the narrative of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution. Mr. Clarkson, in opening the :case, said that he must admit that the prosecutor came before the jury with a character very considerably tainted by suspicion, and he went on to say that he was the same party who, some years ago, upon coming, as a bankrupt, before the Court of Bankruptcy, represented that he had lost a sum of 12,0001. is sovereigns, and his conduct, and the answers he gave to the Commissioners upon this subject were considered so unsatisfactory, that he was eventually com mitted to Newgate, and he then paid the whole of his creditors in full. He admitted that this was a very dis creditable transaction but he said that if the jury should be satisfied by the evidence he had to lay before them that the defendant had committed the offence imputed to him, that circumstance ought not to influence them in their verdict ; and he observed at the same time that it was very possible that a wicked man, being aware of the former conduct of the prosecutor, might have been in duced to set ap this false claim, in the expectation that the prosecutor would rather pay the amount than have his name again dragged before the public. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the circumstances out of which the indictment arose. The prisoner, his father Reuben, and an older brother, also named Reuben, carried on the business of machinists, and the prose cutor had had money transactions with them for a great many years, and was in the habit of advancing them money by discounting bills of exchange, aed they became indebted to him in a very consi derable amount. The prisoner's father and his brother became bankrupt, and in the month of October, 1840, some proceedings took place in the Court of Bankruptcy respecting their affairs. The prisoner subsequently carried on the business, and he eventually also became bankrupt, having previously had a very considerable sum of money advanced to him by the prosecutor. Matters went on in this way until in February, 1844, the prose cutor received an application from an attorney, ou behalf of the prisoner, demanding the sum of 5001. 11s. 4d. al leged to be due to him from the prosecutor, and the next day a writ for that amount was served upon him. The necessary proceedings were then taken to obtain a bill of_ the particulars of the prisoner's claim, and upon this being obtained, it was found that instead of 5001. lie. 4d. the prisoner made out that the prosecutor owed him no less a sum than 2,9471. 16s. lid. for principal and inte rest. The sum was alleged to arise from bills of ex change endorsed by the prosecutor, and from an I. 0. U. for 1,7391. 10s., dated October 6, 1840, and another for 409/. bearing the same date, and the interest made up the amount. The prosecutor was satisfied that these documents were all forgeries, and he pleaded to that effect, and the trial came on at the Kingston Lent Assizes of 1844, when the bills of exchange and the L 0. U. for 4001. were produced, but after the trial had gone to some length, the Lord Chief Justice suggested that the matter should be referred to arbitration. No decision, therefore, was come to on that occa sion, but after the matter was ordered to be referred, the prosecutor found great dif ficulty in getting the prisoner to go before the arbitrator; but he at length did so, and in conse quence of what then occurred, the arbitrator unfolded the documents that were produced on behalf of the prisoner's claim, and it was discovered that the date of the I. 0. U. for 1,739/. 10s, which originally purported to bo October 6, 1840, had been altered to the 19th July, 1843, the reason for this alteration, no doubt, being to avoid the difficulty of havin g the two I. R U.'s the same date, it being very improbable that the prosecutor should have given two separate documents of such a de scription on the same day. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to say, that at the time when the prisoner alleged that he had advanced this large sum of money to the prosecutor, he should be able to show that he was in a state of the utmost poverty and distress, and that he had been in the habit of borrowing small sums of money from the prosecutor, and upon one occasion he sent to him for a loan of 305., to enable him to re deem some goods that had been seized by the sheriff. Upon this occasion it appeared the prosecutor wrote to the prisoner, and during the proceedings connected with the action this letter was produced on behalf of the prisoner, and it was made to appear, by the con cluding paragraph in it, that the prosecutor had said, " I will pay you shortly 1" Ho should, however, be able to prove that the expression really made use of by the prosecutor in the letter was, " I will see you shortly ; " but the word "see" had been erased, and the word " pay" substituted for it. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state sonic other circumstances in support of the case for the prosecution, and in the course of his observa tions he expressed his opinion that if the charge rested solely upon the evidence of the prosecutor, be could not hope to obtain a verdict; but he said he should be able so far to confirm his testimony, as he apprehended would leave very little doubt that the prisoner had really committed the offence imputed to him. Thomas Rogers, the prosecutor, was then examined. He described himself as a bill broker, and his residence No. 19, Gloucester-terrace, Mile-end, Old-town. Ho said there had been various transactions relative to money advanced by him to the prisoner and his family, but he swore positively that he never owed the prisoner any money, and that all the documents above referred to were forgeri:s. He also swore positively that the ex pression used by him in his letter to the prisoner was— " I will see you shortly," and that the word " see" had been altered to " pay." He likewise expressed his opi nion that the forg e d docum e nt s were in the handwriting of the prisoner. The prosecutor underwent a very severe cress-exami nation by Mr. lIUMFREY, and he stated that he was a bankrupt in 1838, and that he was made a bankrupt by a " friendly" commission. He declared that his real debts at that time wore not more than 200/., but the amount he claimed to be discharged from was 3,000/., and he said that he was in a condition at that time to have paid the amount, and have 20,000/. left. He always intended, he said, to pay his debts in full, but he did not pay them until after he was committed to Newgate. It was quite true that he was robbed of 12,0001., and he had 20,000/. left after that happened. The Court of Bankruptcy was not satisfied with his account of the transaction, or the answers he gave, and committed him to Newgate ; and, in about 27 or 28 days afterwards, he paid his debts in full, and the Commission of Bankruptcy was superseded, and he obtained his liberty. He said that lie never received any portion of the 12,000 k that he lost, and he added, that he very much regretted that transaction, and had done so ever sinee. millH-etliensaid that he was concerned in a paper occu pied by the prisoner's father in 1826, which was burned down in 1829, and 2,3001. were re ceived from the insurance -office, but he lost 4,0001. by the transaction. He also said that his own wife's father had occupied a mill at Southmolton, which was also burned down, he believed, in 1839 or 1840. This mill was not insured by him, but he admitted it was insured by his father-in law. He had a mortgage of I,oook on the prisoner's factory at Woburn. It was insured for 2,000/. in the Phu:nix office. That mill was also burned down, but witness did not get any part of the money. He had a mortgage of 1,0001. upon another mill occu pied by the prisoner in Berner's-street, which was also burned down; and he a :ded that he had no doubt the prisoner himself caused the fire. He said he had re ceived part of the money for which this last property was insured, but the fire-office resisted the claim for the remainder, and be had brought an action to recover the amount, which now stood for trial. Ile denied that he had any interest in a mill that was occupied by the prisoner's other at Bermondsey, or that he had anything to do with insuring it ; but, on being pressed, he admitted that he had advanced a sum of 111. to the prisoner's father, which he understood was to be employed in part payment of the premium for the insurance, and that this mill was afterwards destroyed by fire. In answer to a question from the RECORDER, the wit ness positively declared the whole of the documents re ferred to to be forgeries; and he said that he never, on any occasion, put his name to any dooument for the purpose of giving a fictitious credit to the prisoner. Evidence was then adduced in confirmation of the deposition of the prosecutor, and it was proved that the prisoner was in indigent circumstances, and not likely to have been able to advance so large a sum of money. It was also proved by his letters that he had borrowed, at different times, small sums of money from the prose cutor. The fact of the date of the L 0. U. for 1,7391. being originally Oct. 6, 1840, and that it was afterwards altered to July 19, 1843, was likewise proved; aiTtl a great num ber of respectable witnesses—clerks in different banks— were called, all of whom expressed a confident opinion that the signatures to the I. 0. U.'s and the bills of ex change were not the handwriting of the prosecutor. In the course of the case the prosecutor was asked to write his name on a piece of paper, and he did so. This ge nuine signature was shown to one of the witnesses who was called to speak to the handwriting, and he expressed his opinion that it was net the prosecutor's writing. Another witness also made the same statement. Some of these witnesses, on being cross-examined, admitted that there was a very great resemblance to the pro secutor's writing in the alleged forgery ; and one of them, a banker's clerk, who had been in the habit of paying the prosecutor's cheques, said that, with regard to one or two of the bills of exchange, if he had seen the same signature to a cheque, he should have passed it. Mr. HUMFREY made a very able address to the jury. commenting in strong terms upon the character of the prosecutor, and contending that inasmuch as there was very trifling, if any, corroboration of his testimony, the jury were bound, oven upon the admission of the counsel for the prosecutor, to acquit the prisoner. The RECORDER, before he proceeded to sum up, said he thought it would be as well if he asked the jury to give an opinion whether the forgery was proved. The jury deliberated a short time, when the foreman said that the jury, after a very careful consideration of the evidence, were nut satisfied that the signatures bad been clearly proved to be forged, and, as they thought the evidence not sufficient to make out the fact, they should give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt that ex isted in their minds, and acquit him. A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly returned. Mr. CLARKSON said there was another indictment against the prisoner for the forgery of the L 0. U. for 4001., but as the facts were precisely the same as in the last case, he should no; offer any evidence upon that in• dictment. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. CLARKSON then applied for the expenses. The RECORDER said that the case was one of a very serious nature, and involved consequences of great im portance to the public. It was a very proper one to be investigated, and as the prosecutor had shown his sin cerity in the matter by placing himself in the witness box to be publicly examined, and as the jary had not gone to the extent of declaring that no forgery had been committed, but merely that the evidence was not suffi cient to warrant them in coming to that conclusion, the Court would grant the expenses. SURREY SESSIONS. The adjourned sessions for the county of Surrey com menced yesterday at the Court-house, Newington, before Thomas Puckle, Esq., Chairman, and a very full court of justices. The calendar contains the names of forty five prisoners, four of which are misdemeanours, and the rest felonies. Lydia Lyons and Clara Ellis were indicted for felo niously stealing from the shop of Mr. Henry Hamer a piece of printed cotton, value twenty shillings. The pri soners were defended by Mr. B. Robinson. Police-constable Brook, L 118, was in pain clothes on the day of the robbery, in the Blackfriars-road, and he observed the prisoner Lyons take the printed cotton from the door, and handed it to the other prisoner ; he then followed them and took them into custody. Lyons said that she did not take the printed cotton, but it was given to her by another woman. The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and the Chair man sentenced them to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction—the one at Brixton, and the other at Guildford. John Beagley pleaded Guilty to stealing from the dwelling-house of Charles Lynn, at Kingston, a pair of window curtains and other articles, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour, at Brixton House of Correction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Christiana Mervin and Mary Barrett, well-dressed young women, were charged with robbing Mr. William Mallard, of No. 49, Burton-street, Burton-crescent, a clerk, of four sovereigns, one half-sovereign, and fifteen shillings in silver, under he following circumstances : The prosecutor stated that last night he hired a cab in the Borough, and directed the driver to take him to Bur ton-street ; he was, however, set down in Seven Dials, a neighbourhood he was perfectly unacquainted with, and was almost immediately accosted by the prisoners, who seemed to be well kniiwn to the cab-driver. He was induced to accompany them to No. 4, Lloyd's-court, where he sent the prisoner Barrett out for some liquor. At that time he felt his money secure. The other pri soner suddenly left the room previously to Barrett's re turn, and he directly afterwards discovered that he had been robbed. He gave an alarm, and the prisoners were secured by the police, but on searching them the money was not found. The prisoners strongly declared their innocence Mr. MALTBY asked the prosecutor it he was sober at the time?----The prosecutor said he was perfectly so. A police-constable of the E division, who took the pri soners in charge, said the prosecutor was very much in toxicated. Mr. MALTBY said he thought that under all the circum stances, together with the fact of the prosecutor being drunk, the evidence was not sufficient to detain the pri soners.—They were accordingly discharged. CLERKENWELL. Mr. John Au.iten, a solicitor, who gave his address u Bishopsgate-street, City, was charged with having been drunk and creating a disturbance. The landlord of the Skinners Arms, Coburg-street, Clerkenwell, gave the prisoner in charge for being drunk and causing a crowd at his house. He refused to go away. Mr. Austen was fined 55., which he paid at once. LAMBETH. The new Court was again opened this morning for public business, but it was in such a dreadfully damp state that, on Mr. Henry, the sitting Magistrate, taking his seat on the bench, he said it was impossible to renew the sittings in the Court in its present state. The MAGISTRATE directed the fires to be lighted in the front house in Kennington-road, which is at present intended for a station-house ; the Court will conse sequently be again closed for a fortnight or three weeks. A gentleman of the Stamp-oftlce applied to the Ma gistrate for his interference to prevent a breach of the peace, and handed a letter to the Magistrate, the con tents of which were evidently to provoke that gentle man to fight a duel. A gentleman who accompanied the applicant said that the writer of the letter had threatened to stab him with a dirk, and also presented a loaded gun at him. Mr. HENRY, after having perused the letter, said that the gentleman might have a peace warrant, which should be served in the course of the day. THE LATE MURDER at BETHNAL- GREEN. Yesterday morning, at half-past ten, Mr. Baker re sumed and concluded, at the London Hospital, the in quest, adjourned from Thursday night last, touching the death of Emma Whiter, aged 21. A report of the proceedings of the previous inquiry appeared in our im pression of Friday last. Henry Surridge, a licensed victualler, proved having seen, on Saturday week, a pistol like the one produced in Tapping's hand, at the Rising Sun, Manchester-street, Waterloo -town, and also, that a little time after the murder—viz., at ten minutes past one o'clock, on Tues day morning last, he saw the prisoner, Tapping, again at the Rising Sun, when, in a very excited way, he called for a glass of brandy, which he drank. Five minutes after this, Tapping's sister came to the bar of the Rising Sun, and threw herself into his arms and fainted. She was removed by Tapping and others. He never heard Tapping threaten to kill deceased. Thomas Capes examined—l am a chair-maker, living at 42, Air-street, Bethnal-green. I have known the prisoner Tapping for two years, and the deceased, Emma Whiter, for eighteen months. For a week previous to Tuesday morning last, at half-past one o'clock, I had not seen Tapping. I then saw him opposite to the Rising Sun public-house, just after he had come out of it. Tapping said to me, " Tom, it is all through you ; and what is done cannot be undone." He said this abruptly without having said anything before. I turned round, and said, " Jem, what is the matter ?" He made no answer, but appeared very much confused. By a juror—l do not know what Tapping referred to when he said, "It is all through you." I was not jealous of him, and there was no reason why he should be jealous of me. By the CORONER—On Monday night week deceased, Tapping, and myself, were at a dance at the Crown and Anchor, when she quarrelled and fought with another young woman. Tapping and myself separated them, and afterwards, when we left the house and were in North Conduit-street, Tapping struck deceased with his fist on the face, and told me that I ought to have known better than to have interfered with her quarrel. Tapping would not accompany deceased home, and I did a part of the way. I do not know why he struck her. By a juror—After he struck her, " I said Jem, if you have any pluck don't strike her, but strike me." He did not do so, and made no answer. Deceased pressed me to go home with her to protect her, and be cause she did not wish her father to see her with Tap ping. Nothing else occurred between deceased and me to excite Tapping's jealousy. Wm. Whiter, a brother of deceased, who keeps a beer shop in Brick-lane, said she came to his house about ten on Monday evening last, and went into the bar parlour. Tapping came soon after and went into the tap-room in which he remained until midnight. A' that hour he left together with my sister, and both of them shook hands with witness, and wished him good night. They had no communication with each other whilst in witness's house. Mr. Wm. Cumming, house-surgeon, examined— Deceased was brought dead into this hospital, shortly after two o'clock on Tuesday morning last. The body was still warm. I have since opened the body. Following the course of the wound on the left side of the neck, I traced it to the upper part of the spine, where I saw, and from which I extracted two bullets. One bullet had divided the carotid artery and other minor vessels. The injuries caused death ir..ne diately. Examined the interior, &c., of deceased, and not only was she not pregnant, but could not have been so. She died a virgin. The CORONER summed up at considerable length, stating that the case was perfectly clear, and that the evidence showed that James Tapping was the wilful cause of deceased's death. There was nothing in the testimony to show that he was of unsound mind when he perpetrated the murderous act. Verdict, " Wilful murder against James Tapping." HOME SPRING CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. Lord Denmon (Lord Chief Justice), and the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Alderson, the Judges appointed to proceed on this Circuit, have appointed the following days for holding the Assizes—viz. for— Hertfordshire, Friday, Feb ruar y 28, a t Hertford; the civil business, however, will net commence before the following Afonday, March 3, at eleven o'clock. Essex, Wefinesday, March 5, at Chelmsford. Kent, Monday, March 10, at Maidstone. Sussex, Monday, March 17. at Lewes. Surrey, Monday, March 2i , at Kingston. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEEL 2.—The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, was paid wages down to six mouths yesterday. She is getting ready for sea very rapidly. The Firebrand, steam-frigate, Captain Hope, is ex. pected here from Devonport this day to embark the per son and baggage of the newly-appointed Minister to the Argentine Republic. The Netley tender, with supernumeraries from the westward, in coming into the harbour yesterday, whilst in the act of staying, tailed on the Hamilton bank, where she remained three hours. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, progresses slowly towards efficiency for sea. The Nautilus, 10, Commander Robson, is ready for sea. The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, is ready to leave the harbour, which she will do, it is expected, to-morrow. She is well manned, and will proceed to her destination (the Brazils) in a few days. DEVOSPORT, FEB. 2.—The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, has had the water let out of her. Stoves are placed between decks to dry her again. She is now being caulked, where her seams appeared to have leaked, and otherwise repairing defects. The Espiegle, 12, Commander Harris, and Flying Fish, 12, Commander ThompsoH, which left on a cruise on Monday, returned to the Sound on Friday. The re sult of the trial has not transpired. The Persian, 16, Commander Coryton, completed fittings, on Wednesday, and will be ready for sea in a few days. The Rochester, Master-Commander Grandy, arrived on Thursday from Portsmouth with stores. The Hamoaze, Master-Commander Tozer, sailed on Friday with stores for Liverpool, and to report on the packet moorings at that port. The Devon navy lighter, Hicks, master, sailed on Fri day for Milford Haven with stores. The Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, will leave the harbour for the Sound this week, and after being paid advance proceed to the Brazils. The Canopus, 84, is in dock, having her copper cleaned and examined prior to commissioning. The Ranger, 6, Commander Anderson, will be ready for sea in a few days. The dockyard artificers have completed their work upon her. She is intended for ser vice on the coast of Africa. The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, progresses rapidly to wards efficiency for sea. The Volage, 26, Captain Sir William Dickson, was paid off on Saturday. The following supernumerary warrant officers of the San Josef have been superannuated, at the rate fol lowing : Gunners—Mr. John Collier, 661.; Mr. Robert Henley and Mr. Robert Jule, 601. each. Boatswain—Mr. Edward Garwood, 801. PROMOTIONS. Commander—The Hon. G. F. Hastings to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—Henry Chaas (1841) to the rank of Commander; John Gregory, John Finlaison, H. F. Bel- son, J. lanes, H. J. P. I'roby, and C. Chappel (all of 1808) to be retired Commanders on the list of 1830. Second Masters—J. S. Hill and B. Renaud to the rank of Master. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—W. F. Martin: to the Trafalgar. Commander—J. W. Morgan, to the Trafalgar. Lieutenants—W. W. Wilson, to the Lily; E. W. San ders, to the Comas ; W. E. A. Gordon, to the Superb ; W. G. J. Cunningham, to the Firebrand; E. M. Leyces ter, from the Orestes to the Beacon ; E. A. T. Lloyd, to the Orestes; F. Morris, additional, to the Geyser; F. E. Johnstone, to the Ceylon, pie. tem. ; G. Johnson, to the Beagle; W. F. Fead, T. C. O'D. Whipple, C. J. F. Ewart, H. Loring, R. Hall, and G. W. rreedy, to the Trafalgar ; C. J. Brickdale, from the Acorn to the Agincourt. Master—C. P. Bellamy to the Trafalgar. Surgeon—C. Smith, of the Dublin, to the Racer ; W. Bruce, to the Trafalgar. Acting-Master--T. Arundel, additional, to the Poic tiers, for service in the Janus. Mates—ll. G. Williams, to the Fantome; H. G.Wale, to the Cyclops ; W. G. Ilickley, to the Vindictive ; G. Bellis, to the Eagle ; F. Hornby, to the Excellent ; W. G. Mansfield, it. B. Beale, A. P. Ackwright, G. M. Jackson, E. H. Blake, and J. Simpson, to the 'Trafalgar. Second Masters—J. Hancock, acting additional to the Hart ; W. Greet, to the Albion ; A. L. Buist, to the Lynx; W. Betts, to the Crescent, from the Collingwood; W. Wilson, to the Gipsey ; J. North, to the Gossamer ; T. Fogden and J. J. Anderson to the Cereus. Assistant Surgeons—H. Trevan and J. Fisher to the Trafalgar ; J. M. Minto to the Poictiers, for service in the Janus. Chaplain—Rev. G. Lewin, to the Trafalgar. Naval Instructor—E. B. Barnes, to the Trafalgar. Clerks--H. S. Gibson, tt be Acting Paymastvr and Purser of the Lily ; W. B. Pearce (in charge), to the Dwarf. Purser—T. Jennings, to the Trafalgar. Midshipmen—G. F. Wellesley, P. Johnson, and R. Dawkins, to the Vindictive. Naval Cadets—T. B. Herbert, to the St. Vincent ; H. Batten, to the Lily. ROYAL MARINES. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Law, of the Portsmouth dirision, lolling worth (Chatham), Moore (Woolwich), and Ray (Ply mouth), to the Excellent, to study and practise gunnery. Lieutenant Crocket to join the battalion in Ireland, vice Fleming, resigned. COAST GUARD. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant L. Roberts, from St. Osyth, Stone Point, to the Royal Charlotte cutter, vice Miller, removed to Adelaide. REMOVALS. Commander Jerningharn, from Harwich to North Yarmouth district, vice Pullen, promoted. Lieutenant N. Welch, from Langton to Fleet, vice Brown, to Lalworth ; Lieutenant Hennah, from Eccles bourne to Hastings station, ♦ice Mann, promoted ; Lieutenant W. Coles. to Langton station. CASES of JAUNDICE and TYPHUS FEVER CURED BY MORISON'S PILLS, OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW ROAD, LONDON. TO MESSRS. MORISON. Sirs,—A grateful sense of duty, both to yourselves and the public, requires me to record the case of cure effected by the Hygeian Medicines on my youngest girl, about three years and six months old, who was, about two months ago, severely attacked with yellow jaundice, and in which she was very ill for a month, part of which time the complaint was so bad that some persons con sidered it was turning to the black jaundice. However, about the expiration of the above period she was com pletely recovered, and has, for some weeks, fully re covered her natural colour and voice, which was pre viously exceedingly altered. This cure, like many others around us, was solely effected by the Vegetable Universal Medicine, commencing with three or four at a dose of No. 1, at night, and No. 2 in the morning, and increas ing up to twelve, making now twenty-four pills per day, which was continued a fortnight, when au ascendancy was obtained over the disease, and the doses, conse quently, reduced gradually until her colour, &c., were restored. She is now, as she has been for these three weeks, in good health, betraying no ill symptoms o: any kind. This same child, with her sister, was, about six months ago, cured of typhus fever, wholly by the Vege table Medicines. There has been no other medicines used in our family for a considerable period but the llygeian, as we have too much confidence in them to think of any other, as on any and every occasion " Mo rison's Pills" is the reference, and upon invariable suc cess that confidence its established, and we always find the most speedy and effectual mode of treatment is that of taking high doses regularly administered, with such an increase as the case requires, by which means the mastery is more easily and quickly obtained over the enemy, and he is effectually eradicated. Yours, most sincerely, R. ELLIOTT. 15, Cambridge-place, Cambridge-terrace, Paddington, London, Jan. 31, 1845. N.B. No Chemist or Druggist is allowed to sell Mori son's Pills. SUCCESS OF THB OFFERTORY.---A churchwarden, who was requested by one of the new-light successors of the Apostles, to superintend that now important rite, says,'he was one,Sunday surprised to see a young man in fustian, apparently a. farm servant, very eagerly ap proach the plate, and deposit a shilling. As ho did not retire, the farmer asked him what he wanted ? "Me chaunge," replied the rustic, " hand yore nine-pence." The ninepence was accordingly handed to him (for the money changers have not yet left the temple), and the lad -departed in the odour of sanctity. On examination, however, the shilling proved a mere brazen faced decep tion, and the nine-pence change was, therefore, clear profit to the pious donor.— West ern Times. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY. Ro- CHESTER, FEB. I.—The differences between the PP - -1 ' and Medway Canal Company and the contre..' " avin g been amicably adjusted, the cylinders plates have , been restored, and yesterday severs we re per formed between Rochester and Gr,send, many parties availing themselves of the oppo-initY thus afiorded of a gratuitous journey by this co 4eyance. It has not been finally arranged to open thlitie to the public on Mon day, the 10th instant. THE WEATHER.—Sice our last the weather has been extremely val.:A°. On Saturday we had high winds and rain ; nday was a raw blustering day ; Monday somewis. calmer ; but on Tuesday there was a slight fall of R ow, to which heavy additions have since been made and with which a keen frost has set in. The winAohich is from the east, is pinching, bitter, biting.— earliele arlegm° — Y MARKET IN _E s.--( YEST 44. tioaN x:xunzrays. ~b wheat. During the past week the arrivals of Engt' t asite) Barley, and Malt, have been somewhat e i— j u tv though, owing to the humidity of the atmosPb ere ' t - be re' middling condition. Of all other kinds of horn the ceipts have been only to a moderate extent., st° we received a fair average of Wheat from -D,s se o lil Lincolnshire, but from other quarters the suPll, 4 latt i no means large. For all descriptions of that `" demand, notwithstanding the attendance of VI: gate , tolerably nuers, was in ver slugg i YolY at a decline m in ou the Qurrencie a s ob y tained o n jail° day last of quite is per quarter, a nd 1 0 0 00 t. portion remained over for Wedneaday's tee The show of fine Foreign Wheat was by lab an large, yet the sale for it was in a very slugg— , d prices may be considered is per (raf ter I) `:had Corn under lock nothing doing. Of Barley w d u ll. ° I large supply ; hence the trade was unusuallY depression of from is to 2s per quarter, an d 10 lb ' taoiet. of the quantity was d4osed of. ° v ?, ri gtig, , ,‘ l ,, large supply Malt, that article was a toer`i i ,,,fo' Is per quarter les., money. Althoug,h the sell; was not large. the inquiry ruled dull, at b:irelY 16 re nciet B- ans. Peas, and Flour h, av , at previous ctir,,e Seeds of all kinds were heavy,; and prices Y/' difficulty support , -.A. CURRENCY PER Lli Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red . ..... 38s to 47s Ditto, White...... 43s 54s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red..... 3iis 46s Ditto, White .... .. 42s 50s Irish, Red.. Ditto, White —a —s Rye—Old 3 New. ..... ....... 35'ss 3 .36 4 5 s Barley—Grinding ~.... 23s 28s Malting Chevalier 38s —s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- I'ERIAL MEASI.Tg• 0000 Malt—(7hevalier• • • • "; , Oats— Yorkshire NT 32 , 1 , •• 4 Lincolnsh., Ic e • 241 Potatoe . • • • • • • • '' . A r k Youg h a ll an.-co2To B l a ck • ••• • • • 05 ;•"44 Cork, Whitc,• 219 S co tch, Feea• •• " pi 4 , Bean:--Tick • ••• • • • vls 37 , Pigeons .•••• • ' ' • 354 Pease —Grey . • • • • • • " 369 Maple . ••••• • • • " 36s any White .•••• • • •' 36 9 4 9 Boilers • •'' g , Suffolk • • •,gorio'Y 3 34 • • Stocktit te I) FLOUR IN triD• , 240 o 0 Beans ••••••• • • ' • • • , A Pease .•••••• • • • • • " • 2 1 $ Flour—Amer ican •• • • 209 Baltic •• • " '' • • • folk • 58s 62s Brown Kingston and Ware 631 64s FOREIGN GRAIN Als Wheat—Dantzic 32s to 36s llamburgh Barley ..... .......... 27s 29s Oats--New ..... 17 s 19s Feed •• . . EMIT nee The weather having become milder in Ki ° ,,, ti osi s h ' of the ports are now open for vessels. 'Di' e c - fre ol , l o % has produced a large importation of live stc' e he y bS",: portion of the Continent for our markets-4.nd Cce amounted during the past week to 130 Oxen 7 . i01t, and 100 Sheep. As to the quality of these r o de , o may observe that there were some w e x i , r 'ag ( g o !' animals among them, but not a few were W t. - :1 1 061 the effects of the epidemic now so prevalent 'l s 6 0 •4 land and France ; we had on sale 100 flexes Sheep. The former found buyers, at I )l.l , c „ e s cl. from 161 to 201; the latter, 11 lOs to 2/ per t bisfi s . o largenumbers may be expected from Itotterdatad lle b ‘ e it From our own grazing districts the receiP t h s ov gb I do l fresh qualityp this morning were numerous. At o thi f o off , y was not quite equal to that obserYeu se nnight it was an excellent display. Olvi l t'a o, t i e f el to the approaching season of Lent, and th e cliP:es , ante of buyers, the Beef trade was excessive :0515 the primest Scots found buyers,t in 1 ° ,1 1:11 , - sotte 3 ' last week's quotations, but most other t eu - mr decline of 2d per 81bs, and a clearance wil s n° l soci tir e dh The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Ess i e % o oe br pti bridgeshire, consisted of 1,500 Scots n 0 5 ,1 500, 5 11 e• while from the North they did not exc ee- ; 0, 6)? 5 3 ' horns ; from the Western and Midland dist r • c f fte r 'ed refords, Devons, runts, &c.; from other pi l l 1) 000°,1 1 0 300 of various kinds ; and from Scothinu,o ore 'de , and polled Soots. The number of Sheep beiliF, 01 0 0 0' equal to the wants of the trade, the deman d er ° wee, 0 scription of stock was in a sluggish state, Y i , e , flee no variation in the currencies. C ilis cridsl, 4 s 4 limited supply, and active request, at las t ivy vaeoll hanced currencies. In Pigs a good basin : 20 0 if et at fully last week's quotations; upwards 01 , offer from Ireland. tO:' 6 Per 81bs. to sink the offal. 1 , ". ' di tto g 4 s. d. to s. d. tto. 3 5 Inferior Beasts .• • • 2 6 10 Second (Ma l " Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woollecld„Itto° 4 5 / q Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Southdown WeL'lng Prime Scots ...... 310 4 0 Ditto out of the 3 7 1 ' Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 4 I arge Hogs • 4 Prime small ditto •• 5 6 510 Small Porkers ••;:16 Suckling Calves, ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old F . 0 Inferior Sheep •.• • 2 8 3 0 Lambs ...... •... SUPPLY AT MARKET. $.lO Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 3,342 27,740 I 96 wrg1 0 1 " 11 4 DIZWISATE AND 1.13.6.735. -- , -- „, r k / In the past week, only moderato suPP" - ni arlt e- l'ill: killed meat have been received up to the' () lido° . f o iii they have come to hand in good saleable O rj beet l .d e tel meat slaughtered in the metropolis We ha: - coos' supplied, yet the general demand may steady. Beef and Mutton have produc e po ba and Pork advanced prices, and good clearalle" easily effected. tq At per stone, by the Car Case. 0. 6 s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior...... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, infe id rio . r "g". / 6 4 1 middling .... 210 3 0 ------- dit 0 4 prime large •• 3 2 3 4 priule 3 0 prime small .. 3 4 3 G Pork, large •• ' • 4 Vea1.......... ARRIVALS DURING TILE PAST } ~Calo~ Beasts W S O 5 0 00 40 600 20 100 30 80 -- _or 25 150 3 0 0 r- 60 20 200 2 ,5 20 300 00 0 . , ___ 50 40 P' 15 100 60 ,< 0 20 2 00 720.. Norfolk . . Suffolk •. • ......... . ....... .... Cambridgeshire .......... • • .... Essex... . Surrey ...... . Devonshire ............... Wiltshire .. Other parts • • • • • • 230 - 2,280 00 -4 Previous week's 192 2,390 27 0 A Difference since our last 35 - 1 1 ° ... ..,e090g BOROUGH AND SPITI/10. 4 , CILI" The arrivals of Potatoes at the water st" - e, di e t , if week, have been moderately good. A lth°ll ,l3 14 plies have now become extensive, the det °s- Ati at full) previous rates. BOROUGH HOP WOO"' o e pi' if The scarcity of really fine Hops still 0;0 demand for such qualities at extregle poor active though these kinds command but little at° value is fully supported. lg C°° o l co Jo, Woos. razzsgir. • IP The public sales of foreign and colon li/ d 00.0 11 ' 1 5 menced on Thursday, and will be continue et preci t . 4 3 the present week. So far as they hav e l„ their result has proved satisfactory to 0. 0(l 6 an advance, aided by most spirited biddiogoe( to 3d per lb having been readily Paid; frac° 01 during the week have been about 700 bailesog, quarters. Privately a good business illl4° quotations are on the advance. TALLOW PIARICOII. f y'ro This market is without any alteration, that Town Tallow declined 6(l ' per owt'° l3 o 01 ,k .° 1 0 1 1 '', During the week the demand for Foretutli been very good. A large portion of ;h i ? ' 4 ,10 lien and Russian Tallow, offered at pub e- o f$0 41; •1; soli freely a • full prices, several 100 's m olot 4 0 rican Tallow. Really fine Y. C. on the "'Ad t ° be bought at 404. Town Tallow is 405 le i cash ; Rough Fat 2a 4d per Blbs. ie COAL IVlAlZSOrn.ricet Prices per ton at the close of the te",; 6J; West Hartley, 17s ; Carr's Hartley, ,l'fiselse,°foo4'',ll Main, 17s ; Morrison's Hartley, 16s 6a , Oki 16 1 4 5' Hartley, 17s 6d ; New Tanfield, 165 6 ," ' Oaf lo ll') 16s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 16s • Old ' - f t113 16 5 ; Pott's Primrose, 165 ; Pontop Wind s " 19 5; worth West Hartley, 17s South PontoP',ioo3 1 75 ; , Moor, 20s ; Taylor's West ; Hartley. 7 , 6" l lo's3' West Hartley, 17s ; West Wylaro , 1 or, 0 4 19; 0 0 , 16s 9(1 ; W. E., Bell and Robson , 189,; l 000 t I ; tlt el jd' 16s ; W. K, Wharncliffe, 19s 3 d 9'1,0 0 0 Braddyll's Hetton, 20s 9d ; Hetton, 03 ,; 09 9a; , oa; 18s 6d ; Haswell, 21s 6d ; Lana bton, 2 00 ,j; 19s 3d ; Pemberton, 18s 6(1 ; Russell's 1 -' ol doc, oe ie ls Shotton. 20s ; Stewart's, 205 9d ; Cassop, 20s 6d ; Hartlepool, 20s 6d ; J Ileugh-hall, 19s ; Brown's Deaner'', jjetwil3tief Tees, ISs ; South Durham, 19s ; 'r r oof , figiie Claekmannan, 15s 6d ; Cow Pen Hartley, 17s ; Morgan Stone, 23s 6d ; 1 75 6 17s 6d; Wst Hartley Netherton/ arrived, 38. f On the e_ : ( o 2ll t 7i h atirl u e l ,u t oyft. t a, he Countess IlofSdlarendflAr' illy„ t, F i n O s n b u t r i ; -----Tilefee,te:sin',l,:of::::::: do g iw • ai h nime t j ah e i a t r .io n f tertoo e nni. s plarron: ee t_h , B : ife 0 ,1 : o ° ' v, fp,' , 4 f a son. Clarke,. ,1 11 , f i orooO sr.n n nr i Georgettthhl l oFee e ,f3s3 3 o o ):d t ih h :uu. auliKttl.st:io.iaagntte. ai Dulwich-common, AtiAaritid,uirsi a aughter. I iiogo' tO On the 30th ult., at Vincent-terrace, - 9 .„ t ia' Jackson, of a son. 9n the 30th ult., at Melcombe-place, fa 0 0 , o f $ lady of Captain Edward Ileathcote Sm °.street, ii, On the 31st ult., Mrs. J. Butler, of 13e0 11 ' ... e s iv On the 23d ult., Mr. iiretrigilltjoPl)6ll,-,' t°l:rl.Bll,,,,eTeigigild daughter of Mr. James Sadd, 'publican, 1, 0 10 - i e t"4,'"oliv On the 29th ult at a nxwell Major l'l6 tO g i d e C. 8., 13th Prince .' Albert'sj' Light Intar!,trY.2lio li ' ~61 1' daughter of the late Colonel Coore, of c l ''' IY II. of York. ~ 0001e,,e,"' .4 On the 30th ult., at Eaton Socon , B e ' s : r of 144 " Ilir Esq., to Arabella Louisa, fourth daUg hle O t ter liam Dyke. sito re , a il On the 30th ult., at St. George daughterriNefich° Charles ,Yourtnev Esq., to Juba, tt'sq., of Grosvenor-place. 1 0 sall, f ob Pr- Pv DIED . In Paris, Susanna, relict of C. 31. ger% well, ,10, Blackheath. aged 77 fort a V e On the 24th ult., .in Dorset-street, I toot OP Robert Collins. On the 29th ult., at .AnnandalenLe;',lo„oo° oriel Hope Johnstone, Esq. Ei d 00 1 ' „ A te , 4 , On the 30th ult., ly es ' o f Derks re, orase- DP - Vs Magistrate for the Spencer-squOt On the 30th - , fulser'lg I'o Manninv i-..• in 'penc 0, ,I • bill u 3- pc! g , _,,,' c ler I o ; 00th ult., at Champion'g- aP .‘i,,i.;elaes,,rcelaientldoefnt-htoe;lant.e B. Lawrence, l i of C g e ' . On the 30th jilt., Miss Maris. is.'orrilose " irr i o itr °4ll TZeiti=l7.llwmas n utiert;'" eld, , „., at i : rl itatif on 1-osos' d M r O o. n n l. t thjhe.ec33oolltesh.t Anthony u ; l jilt.,t3. ,a o t ar te i Francis On the orrolie-PlE:eet'ii, the .oife 31st ult., at 111Leaniolnaedete-,3:P95-1:11:111::' ' .rd. 9'l' rsoi494' On the 31st ult., at Epsom, William, w e ber , „WO 611i13 On the Ist inst., at Clapton, Charles 3 001 ' On the Ist inst., at Wandsworth, I%ll.it3treet. of Mr. Busick J. 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