The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-10 00:00:00

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P 744 7 I rt t. tq N , T) it till ort yJi On Thursday afternoon Louis Philippe, accompanied by Count de Alontalivet, General Durosnel, Colonel de Chaban ties, the C ount d e Strada, and two orderly officers, visited St. Cloud and Versailles. His .Majesty returned at seven o'clock to the Tuileries. In the evening their Majesties re ceived the President of the Chamber of Deputies, the Duke (le Broglie, the Prince of Salm Dyck, the Counts de Boudy and de Germinv, General Sebastiani, &c. The Constitutionn e l announces that the French and Eng ush Governments have determined to interfere in order to put a period to the war waging by Roses against the republic of Monte Video. Fourier, the ruffian who was sentenced to death for strangling' and throwing a man into the Canal St. Martin, was, beheaded this morning at half-past eight o ' c lock, at the tiarrier St. Jaeenes. • A great conc=ourse assembled to witness the exeentio:% Tile Bre. , ;.tit Gazette inforaig us that. the tlitferint German States are at this moment occupied with a plan for the elga blialiment of a uniform postal system for the whole of Ger- A,A. l etter from Vi enna o f th e 31 s t u lt. s t a t es th a t P r i nce 4u t i,eri, the P o p e ' s L egate at t h e C ourt of A ustr i a, h a d j ust , - 4',lved notification of his having been raised to the dignity to ardinal• He will shortly quit his present post to return Rome. his successor has not yet been appointed. A statue, in h onour o f Ch r i stop h er C o l um b us, i s a b ou t to oeerected at Genoa, his birth-place. __The Scientific Congress of France will hold its thirteenth 7sion this year at Rheims. It will assemble early in Sep tember, and sit for ten days. letter from Rochefort, quoted in la Flotte, states that ' t juer are now being fitted out at Bordeaux two iron steamers, ti esi oned for Oceania. They are the Australie, of 160, and e Pingouin, of 70 horse power. '1 he same letter also says larchwill. A I -L etters from the neighbourhood of the Pyrenees and the • far "peak of serious accidents having occurred from the late : a ()fs now- Several avalanches have buried houses, and -u sed the death of many persons. At Lunimont, in the s‘nreondissernent of Belley (Ain), not less than four feet of n 'pw had fallen within a few days. In Languedoc, where l i °l v is almost a rarity, it lies at present a foot deep. The ,t7 e rse illes mail was stopped, a few days back, near St tha snow. n t''e,and thirty horses were required to drag it through C °UAW— PAIIIIMIoIo sit 36. - i , 7 ,!1e Duke of Buckingham left Buckingham 'Ruse, Pall en Saturday to join the Duchess and family at Stowe, ere her Gracel; expected to sojourn until Easter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are ex - 1 1 te ciav t m ed to leave Holderness House for the north in a few t The M arqu i s and Marchioness of Clanticarde, and the q d , e '" de Burgh have left Italy on their return to _England. Marquis of Bute has left town for Cardiff Castle, here his Lordship is expected to arrive on Saturday next. 4 1 he Marquis of Sligo is daily expected to arrive in Mans ratfd-steet from the Continent, intelligence of his noble h er's demise having been forwarded to his Lordship. The T . f i 'ioness and the Ladies Brown are staying in town. lei L ue Marq u i s o f E xeter has left Grosvenor-square f or Bur ka Rouse, Lincolnshire. ttue Countess of Wilton has left Grosvenor-square for 11 , ,et , ton Lodge, Melton Mowbra. The Noble Earl remains wn for the present, liv -the fo Earl and Countess of Albemarle are expected to ar e,.n Berkeley -square on Monday next r the season. 11,,,t oble Earl intends visiting Newmarket en route to town Quiddenham Hall, to inspect his racing stud. The ". Col land Mrs. Keppel and family are still on the , one t br l ' u rd Stanley, though conval e scent, i s no t y e t qu it e re - Ik l er ,,ed• His Lordship's continued i n di s p os iti on p revente d fro participating in the grand b anque t g i ven b y Si r rt Peel on Saturday ev en i ng . LTd De Ros's eldest son, the Hon. Dudley Charles De has entered the army as Cornet in the Ist Life Guards. trhe ha - • valuabl e rectory of St. George's, anover-square, i so 'erl s been so long vacant, and which has been the cause ilio r i , llll eit dissension, has at length been conferred by the St. Jol of London on the Rev. William Howarth, 8.D., of 4t College, Cambridge, Rector of Mipershall, Bed .cp,hire. Mr. Howarth was formerly one of the lecturers of `e v v. Sydney Smith is progressing favourably, though leaa era state. n Saturday y w , e at k the usual weekly meeting of the Mary and St ' Ves try, a deputation from the parishes of S. James lafi ve ; A nne, Soho, had an interview with the vest r y re • Sir R ,.° t he Propriety of their sending a united dep u t a t ion t o Gali" uer t Peel, to re p resen t t o hi m th e d es i ra bl eness o f re (l,lg the window-tax. The suggestion was adopted, and I ' 3 S -4 P t i 6 a appointed, and the cle t k was d es i re d t o wr it e tt n i e 'ehert Peel to ascertain on what day it Would be con w:it to receive them. e et, ia t i are given to understand that the charter from the As 4 lid w r or General Practitioners in Medicine, Surgery, and $i 3', the heads of which have been forwarded to the tl 'l°ll ' , the Secretary of State for the HomuDepartment, liv e a 11?ost liberal description, embracing the represent- It_tta am il etPle in an elective council, composed of nietropeli ‘° by tieountry members, and that it was unimously assented c.i.ep T titai4 e lar ge'provisional committee of that Association. ''claination for South Wiltshire, vacant by the ac 'teth er ?' Pr the office of Secretary at War by Mr. Sydney Oenrjo;3 Axed for the 15th instant, when the Right Hon. O n the ;Lit is said,will be returned without opposition. -11, 1 tve L„,,,"th of the present month a day mail (down) will 11 ,•=e p rese — n . t e . n for Exeter, but there will be no up mail for GITERNSEY 1 OLITICS. (From the Guernsey Stir of Feb. 3.) it to ROYAL COURT, FEB. 1. _ 4 4 4 :1' OF HE R MAJESTY IN COUNCIL ON THE COM CLIZI'S OF THE ROYAL COURT AGAINST MAJOR ft44I, W. F. P. NAPIER, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Nti n — „ r the Court had disposed of some matters of 4 4 % 411 iff banded to the Deputy-Greffier the follow -4g V 'elnents, which that officer read: fe Si r Guernsey, Jan. 30, 1845. I.!alati have the honour to lay before t you ! for the in- Algh t oi of the Royal Court, a communication from the or ree. the Secretary of State, directing the accompany er of her Majesty in Council, dated the 13th inst., ap- Nerg a rep ort of the Lords of the Council for the affairs ns eY and Jersey, u on two petitions of the Roy . al t hat l e VJe re g i stered in upon two petitions of the Royal be registe in this jelalid • and I have to desire ' s aid order may be duly registered accordingly. hav e the honour to be, Sir, you: obedient servant, W. NAPIER, Lieutenant-Governor. The Bailiff of Guernsey'. olr,--.I Whitehall, Jan. 25, 1845. ~_ . ns teit citai directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to Lo veil da°ted You the enclosed order ofher Majesty in approving cou th n e cil lZt r h u l e nstant_ _ a repoit of the 1 14 , ° 1 th e affairs of Guernsey and Jersey t i tle e5,,,,'" Pefitions of the Royal Court of Guernsey touching „,_` ll 4,l l:e t of the Lieutenant-Governor of that island ; and ' 4l4 ler e ,, d ' ° request that you will cause the same to be re -- 4 'l the island of Guernsey.—l have, &c., k t i o H. MANNERS SUTTON 1.-General Napier, &c. 40 ~,t it co tRT AT WINDSOR. THE 13TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1845 —PRESENT : The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1.., rd I, HiS Royal Highness Prince Albert, ' to , &resident, Lord Stanley, bor.d Privy Seiti, 1: 4 4 p of Wellington, Sir rrßd Peel,Gobrearntvil I\ll l or Jersey i Sir James Graham, Bart. lGranville Somerset, Bait. . tll qt . 14rheat8iithere was this day" read at the Board a report of , lltr ns on. the Lords of the Comin:tee for the Affairs ilit.torti3tioatlns4. Jersey, dated the 20th of Decteraber last; and k i ti et,,ords of the Committee, in obedience to your ~4 1t he 4i Je s said orders I_ :) f reference did, on the 10th,. ,`N• ii'''t/fs and 1 8tIt ta k e the said petitions into coiis a i s 4 1. 4 b 4 h . rn , and °° rd counsel as well in support. thereof . our t."l4,ti" thereto, and understanding that it is, -avi s : is pleasure that their Lordships should .. ne ) r e el u y t Yth - 3'°ur Majesty upon certain questions arbang e, 0 _ "tVa•e*'„'aid Pr•tition4, as regards the laws and u‘ag :te _ r f 11)irl,:co-'1, their Lordships agree humbly to report t. l 4413ra',t.,1,,°.3'0ur Majesty upon the following questions le ~_1 - - `m 1Z the eases of the petitioners in this matter. iltr,,greelletti, tale first questio e n h domicile in Guernsey as ItallitlbeCare statewt t n :r a e c il u t ir s e u l bj s e n ct to be deported but in such Sitli et a,'-' the - tail] with the advice of the bailiff andaur , 4 . order , I• k • ' i n th is re sp ec t ." (*l t . I , ; tit appoint of .‘ ith° ' alid j urr as is not nee, scary for the purpose . n n ed , ,41,412aifis question. That under the term "cap.tat hisi i" 4 e. ne,rclslti.ps consider that the Governor, and in '`' l Nt e c ' (4 ' 1 11 ease there should be no Governer,.. the kiv 1.14nt-Gover the person exercising the b_. t. s of , nor, or 'ta t, _ --/overnor or Lieutenant-Governor for the time 14 rare included. ,4,_ theaPtFet of the second question— 'ttlly entitle !'e bailiff and jurats of the Royal Court are indivi -1,14,, l' . ..x ceiieil d . to take part and speak in all conferences with e,r / 23 , the Lieutenant-Governor!' 14. 1 4 ,0in k) r r h u : s iIla are of opinion, that the Lieutenant lice Pla ce c sole authority of appointing the time 1,9 Roy , ° f conference and that the bailiff and jurats of spa i Court are individually et,titletl to take part ic,- 4 t11.. 4 a ll conferences with his Excellency the In re:',l`tovernor perll.tket of the third question— tae,;`' the aforesaid 't of pardon ought to have been Nte d ,`,' a nd r • svil 11 4 ,•• egiatered by the Royal Court before it was ex i l , ll thst,7dfliips are of opinion, that the ‘Arit of pardon I :rifie,r !Itlons mentioned did not require to have been 41 1 ex,o44d r%•istered by the Royal Court before it I n 4 Uted. for-.Pl4,Ptrt,°f the fourth question-- nii!:/gobedici:ht,iivenstaernonr-Goverr tor was not warranted lnen- Th 1 . 4 3' fc re l e er ,tee to t. t .ie said writ of pardon by a threat of Z i t „ P ut ti er iretiletr e of ,pinion,_ that . it was the duty of tn_ ti t. pr0.,11.. lately W have discharged the priso s n .g er .). 41 . ', io n to hu rl of the pardon under the_ sign -""qit, &Int the Portion gilt being the servant of t 1V t , , ' ant.G,,, . i _ 'a! p r i„ . erner for the purpose of the custody . . t . i . eatTi -'n,er, their Lordships ,s re of opinion that the - It-ne ° Nt•rti o . ath t o the r, %as n t warranfei; in enforcing ob ta , for writ of pardon by the threat of military or ;A lt er A :e. lirprlttio;,:je..s.tY, having taken the said n-port , Into_ con; t i v 3 l enon'•s pleased, by and with the advice of he z .tiP it,- tistr, t , ( ( i l , l : to approve the same. Where of the 41 3 1 bein,„ the v.rnor Or Commander-in. Chief for the o!h,t'r hkiliff and 'tira•s of the R. yal Court, and wtt,!li„ h er M a - , 3 . ' - concerned t hy ~ the said M a -y .; officers and petaons el 4 to lsland, are to pay due ohekita re and C)r,r ":I:l4'lVeS a-cordingly. C. GREV . fi.I 4, E . • ton - ! 11.( if tin t , h . il e a 1 .,_ .t e foregoing order of ,er Islay zta in " regiqerEd. it _----......,.......,................._______ . _. . botlrth2.°l3-r OLIERB.--The turn-outs in the neigh- a (1 (1 - "` I Of Wigm t' t„,,,„errbintw,.., . c . c: !I Inoue to ll t ec i i ;,,i)et by the masters with b t4.,-3 nion. At several ether is 1.3 be_ng made -to suPPIY ii;cile4l;eoB tii;"ill'ailbytit.sk.,3ie ; ; 4 0 e r r u n ek are still q. 4", gl.)(l,,eyerZ their p laces ,i it . , ,-LA i rie:' 14Mera, laboure% Ar ers• , --Preston Guardia THE INCOME-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your leading article in this day's journal leaves no doubt on my mind that we are to he subjected to this bur densome impost for an indefinite period; 1 therefore beg that you will allow me a small space briefly to state my own case in illustration of its unequal bearing. I am an engraver, end by great exertion have lately earned evt;r.,-e t:zle:11 turouie of 5001. At the time of my mar rnige 1 insured my life for 1,000/.; and at the birth of each of my four children 1 have insured a further sum of 1,0001., so that I have now to provide for premiums on policies amounting to 5,0001. This would have required an annual sum of 1801., but I am so fortunate as to have insured in an institution where success has enabled the Directors to reduce my payment to 120/. This is still a serious call on my limited means ; neverthelass, my wife and I prefer abstinence front every approach to luxury, and even privation of come com forts, to the risk of leavit g our children chargeable to our friends or to the community. . Should my health; and especially my eyesight, be provi dentially preserved, so as to enable me to continue my pay ments to the insurance company, my wife and four children will, at my decease, inherit 1,0001. each, producing a scanty income of 301. The case of a friend and close neighbour offers a marked contrast to mine. He is in the enjoyment of a clear income of . s(}o/. derived frnr.l trcelloN land, occupied at present by g,,rdenerz, but which may shortly be in demand for building purposes. He has five children; but as he is a widower, our families are equal in number. My friend, being of a literary turn, spends much time in his study, and in the education of his childrer, thereby saving those schol charges which unavoidably fall upon me. This gentleman can spend his whole income without solicitude, as, at his decease, each of his children will inherit a certain income of 1001., with expectations of future improvement. Nevertheless our re turns to the Commissioners are necessarsly the same. Now, Sir, is it consistent with equity that I, with my pre carious income (necessarily reduced by life insurance to 3801. to secure a pittance to my family), should be called upon to pay the same amount of tax as my friend, with his inde pendent and certain income of 500/. ? I do not pretend to contest the advantages of an income and property-tax based on equitable principles, neither am I unwilling to bear my just proportion of the burden. In my humble opinion, a tax on property of 5 per cent. and 2 per cent. on earnings would meet the justice of the case. This would, I am persuaded, give universal satisfaction to the industrious classe s , and would raise a large sum, enablinc , the Ministry to take off many imposts bearing unfairly on the am, Sir, your obedi en t servan t, G. 'l'. Camden-town, Feb. 8. THE WINDOW-TAX. TO THE EDl7'Ol? OF THE SUN. Strt,—Your leading article; of tie sth contains an earnest expression of a very natural wish for the removal of the window-tax, on the ground that attempts to avoid its exactions frequently lead the builders and occupiers of dwel lings to stop up windows that should be open ; and, by doing so, risk injury to their own health, a n d certainly disfigure their houses. If these evils were inevitable consequences of the tax, your strictures upon that impost would be perfectly legitimate; as the tax is at present levied, these are the con sequences that must naturally to expected but I think it is quite possible to adopt a mode of assessment which would not be open to this objection, and would have the further advan- tags of distributing the burthen of taxation more equally among those who have to bear it. At present, window-tax is charged according to the number of windows, the amount varying, according -to a graduated scale. The builder, is therefore. tempted to put in as few windows as possible, and frequently, nay, generally, houses are rendered less commo dious and healthful than hey otherwise would be, in conse quence. W. E. Hickson. Esq., one of the Commissioners of inquiry into the condition of the hand-loom weavers, was, so far as I know, the first to propose a plan by which the t em p ta ti on to t hi s ev il m i g ht b e avoided - without injury to the revenue from the window-tax. Mr. Hickson proposes that the tax should be charged ac cording to the size of the house, not according to the number of its windows. Let a man live in a glass house if he please, he should pay no more window-tax than another who has only a little peephole in each room. It has been objected that such a mode of assessment would operate as an induce ment to build low rooms. It will operate as an inducement to inhabit small houses, but i•o do all rates upon such pro perty, but it need not be made to operate as an inducement to construct the houses in any particular form, except that which individual convenience dictates. It would be easy to construct a scale of charges regulated proportionately to the area of the ground occupied, and the number of stories in the house, assuming that the number of windows ought to be proportionate : let the window -tax be charged accord ingly whether the windows be made or not. It would not perhaps be just to apply the new mode ofassess ment to houses constructed to meet the present law, but it would be easy to give the occupiers of houses already built the option of being assessed according to the present or an improved plan, and apply the improved plan imperatively to future houses only. I need not, however, enter upon details. You will perceive that t• e adoption of some such principle as this would remove the principal objections to a tax which, 1 fear, we must for the present at least submit to. Those of your readers who desire to see more argument on this subject may refer to Mr. Hickson's evidence published at pages 436-7 of the first report of the Health of Towns Commissioners.— Yours, &c., X. Manchester, Feb. 7,1845. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION.—A number of no blemsn, gentlemen, and farmers, representing the agricultu rists oflhe country, waited upon Sir Robert Peel by appoint ment, on Saturday, and laid before him the present depressed state of the agricultural interest, urging its claim upon the Government for a share in any remission of tax ation. Several tenant-farmers addressed Sir Robert Peel, stating, from their own practical knowledge, the existing distress in their own particular districts. The Prime Minister received them with great courtesy and at. tention. The Duke of Richmond read a letter from the Duke of Buckingham, expressing regret at his unavoid able a' sence. The following were present :—The Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Essex, Earl of March, M.P., Sussex, West ; Lord Beaumont, Mr. G. Bankes, M.P., Dorsetshire ; Mr. T. W. Bramston, M,P., Essex, South; Mr. Darby, M.P., Sussex, East; Mr. E. B. Denison, M.P., Yorkshire, Wert Riding; Mr. Du Pre, M.P., Buckinghamshire; Mr. W. Miles, M.P., Somerset, East; Mr. Newdigate, M.P., Warwickshire, North; Mr. Stafford O'Brien, M.P., Northamptonshire, North; Mr. Pusey, M.P., Berkshire ; Col. Rushbrooke, M.P., Suffolk, West; Sir John Trollope, Bart., M.P., Lincolnshire, South ; Sir John Tyrell, ißart., M.P., Essex, North ; Mr. Wodehouse, M.P., Norfolk, East; Mr. J. J. Allnatt, Berkshire; Mr. 11. G. Andrews, Somerset ; Mr. R. Baker, Essex ; Mr. W. Bennett, Beds. ; Mr. Brickwell, Bucks. ; Mr. Blandford, Somerset; Mr. Brown, North Wilts ; Mr. Cramp, Kent; Mr. I. Clarke, Lincolnshire ; Mr. 1. Ellman, Sussex ; Mr. Hilditch, Salop ; Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Essex ; Mr. Hudson, Norfolk ; Mr. S. Jonas, Cambridgeshire ; Mr. S. Mills, South Wilts; Mr. Moseley, East Suffolk; Mr. Oat - ley, Herts ; Mr. Pain, Bedfordshire; Mr.Rodwell,West Suffolk ; Mr. G. Shackel, Berkshire; Mr. R. Smith, Rutland; Mr. Stevenson, Lincolnshire ; Mr. Turner, Devon ; Mr. Warsop, Huntingdon ; Mr. Weall, Surrey; Mr. Edward Wyatt, West Sussex. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF ELY.—The greatest alarm, a few days since, pervaded the palace and town of Ely, in consequence of its being ascertained that the Right Reverend Prelate was suffering from a serious fit of apoplexy. His Lordship ban, it appears, been found by a domestic, stretched on the floor of his bed-room, seemingly lifeless; and, medical aid being instantly called in, he was in some measure restored to sensation. Up to Friday night, he remained in a very precarious state. Mr. Josi, the ki-eper of the prints at the British 111useurn, died on Friday last, of consumption. The taste and judgment displayed by this gentleman in the perform ance of hi. 4 duties must render it no easy task to find a suc cessor to him, who will not, to some extent, suffer in the com parison. SUICIDE AT WATERLOO:BEIDGE.—Yesterday even ing, shortly after five o'clock, a respectably dressed female threw herself off Waterloo-bridge into the river. She took off her shawl and left it in the first recess on the east side of the bridge from the Strand, then climbing over the balustrade, divested herself of her bonnet, and, before any person could arrive to her rescue, jumped in. Boats immediately shoved off, but she had sunk before they reached the spot. The bonnet and shawl of the ill-fated woman were taken to Bow-street station-house, for the purpose of identification. THE CASE OF CARUS WILSON.-THE WRIT OF HABEAS.—The States met on Tuesday and Wednesday and discussed with closed doors the subject of Mr. Wilson and the habeas. It was decided after a rather stormy debate that the writ, should be obeyed under protest, and Mr. Dupre, the So licitor-General, and Mr. Godfray, constable of St. Saviour's, were directed to proceed to London to represent the interests of the States and the Royal Court. They will leave the island this day by the Monarch, and Mr. Wilson will go in the same vessel. Colonel Le Couteur left this island by the Transit, on Wednesday lass.—Jersey Times of Friday. We understand that the marriage of the Mar chioness of Hastings with Captain Hastings Henry, will be solemnised at the beginning of April.—Court Journal. A NEW MODE OF PASSING COUNTERFEIT COIN.— Yesterday, whilst a collection was being made at the doors of St. Clements Danes for a charitable purpose, an elegantly dressed female, about forty. years of age, and of lady-like manners and address, expressed her willingness to contribute a small sum towards the object sought to be b^nefitted, but regretted that she had no small change in her possession, at the same time producing a" sovereign from her purse and offering to give Is. 6d. if they would oblige her with the change. This request, after some delay, was complied with, and 18s. 6d. was handed to her, and, having leisurely placed the silver in her purse, she left the church. A short time after the sovereign was found to be counterfeit. \VEST-END — CLußs.—Although the great west-end clubs have in many instances damaged, and in some ruined the proprietors of the comfortable old-fashioned taverns and coffee-houses, they are to a certain extent compensating, at least mitigating, the evil, by the unquestionable services ' which they render to the poor of the metropolis. There is not one club of any respectability which is not in the habit of contributing to the maintenance or relief of the indigent in their respective parishes. We may illustrate this state ment by a reference to the Union Club, which distributed in the year 1844 to the poor of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, under the control of the officiating ministers, no less than 3,1041b5, of broken bread ; 4,5561b5. of broken meat, 1147 pints of tee-leaves, and 1,158 pints of coffee-grounds. DEPUTATIONS ON' THE COTTON TAX.—We under stand that Sir Robert Peel has signified Ids willingness to re ceive, on Wednesday next, the different deputations which have been appointed to wait upon him in reference to the repeal of the tax on cotton. Amongst them will be three from Manchester, namely, one from the Town-Council, one from the public meeting of merchants and manufacturers, and one fro m the Chamber of Commerce. We understand also, that most of the large towns interested in the cotton manu facture will also send deputations, so that the number of gen tlemen who will assemble in London for this purpose is likely to be considerable. DRINKING TO DEATII.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an Inquest on Saturday forenoon last, at the White Lion, Edgware-road, on the body of Thomas Stamford, aged forty one. Deceased was found dead by his bedside on Wednesday evening last, and his wife said he had drank himself to death. He bad been a hay salesman and corn chandler, once well off in that neighbourhood, but becoming embarrassed a year ago, he abandoned himself to intemperance, and had not been scarcely a day sober until within three days of his death. Hiss trregular habits had brought on a violent cough and dis ease of' the Jana, Verdict —Natural death. LONDON FEVEit lipurrAL —On Sunday morning a sermon on behalf of this highly , 1;4.;,-.p3 institution was • preached at the church of St. Peter's, Vere-stree„;;;;. M it yy_ Ithopa f by the Rev. Edward S cobell, M.A., &c. 'Them mense gtiay pf such an establishment in so vast a metro polis as that of feO44PP/ WI the benefits of which were alike available both to the stcg'.and o thp ppor in the hour of con tagion and danger was very warmly and elpmently ,Dwe lt upon by the Rev. Gentleman, and at - tbe conclOion p n spry energetic appeal, the sum collected at the doors amounted to 150/. 14s. 4d., exclusive of annual subscriptions. The total amount of patients received into the wards of the hos pita' since its establishment in 1802, exceeds 17,000. Tfih S T. LONDON, MOND tit Y EVENING, FEI3RITARY 10, 1845: LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES. B RIGHTO►N_SATURDAY. LITERATURE. This morning, at nine o'clock precisely, her MajeL and Prince Albert walked out of the Csstle-square en trance of the palace to the chain-pier entirely unattended, and reached the pier without being recognised. Her Majesty and the Prirce promenaded for about three quarters of an hour on the pier, which was kept entirely tree from visitors during the time they were there, and then walked back to the palace. Her Majesty's visit to the pier was entirely unob served till she was about to return. Her Majesty looked remarkably healthy; she was dressed in a tartan-plaid pelisse of French merino, trimmed with dark fur, a straw bonnet, trimmed with red and black velvet, and a black 'doe veil. Prince Albert u ore a kind of velvet shooting-jacket As the royal pair were leaving the pier about 200 persons, who had congregated on the Marine Parade_, ran f orward so as to head them on their passing through the toll-gate. From this spot to the palace is somewhat more than 100 yards, and while this space was being traversed, some curious and imper tinent visitors (we have never recognised among the parties who have thus acted any of the inhabitants of Brighton) pressed round her Majesty and her Royal Consort, some of them even peeping beneath the roj al bonnet. Her Majesty and the Prince at length escaped from the increasing crowd by entering the private en trance of the palace. Later in the moaning, Major Allen (one of the Sussex magistrates acting for the Brigh ton division of Petty Sesvions), enter td the police court just as the business was closing this morning, and with considerable warmth addressing Mr. Chase (the chief officer of police), said he had to state, with great re gret, that her Majesty had this morning been subjected to great annoyance while walking in the public streets. Her Majesty and Prince Albert had left the palace un attended, and had for some time enjoyed a promenade on the chain pier ; on returning from which she had been surrounded by ,a crowd, some of whom imperti nently placed themselves before her Majesty, and looked up under her bonnet. Now, if her Majesty was sub jected to a repetition of such annoyance, the conse quence would probably be, that Brighton would be de prived cf the honour of her Majesty's occasional visits. Her Majesty was very desirous of privacy, and parti cularly objected to being surrounded by policemen, but he hoped some means might be devised which would ensure a proper degree of privacy to her Majesty in her walks. LIVERPOOL SUNDAY MORNING. The fine packet ship Yorkshire, commanded by Captain Bailey, arrived here last night, after an excel lent passage from New York, whence she sailed on the 16th ultiino, bringing papers from that city two days later than those previously received. They con tain no news of striking interest. The annexation of Texas was still the all-absorbing topic. France, it would appear from the tone of the New York Sun, is now viewed as an enemy of the great Republic, and is said to have designs upon Mexico ; to the intrigues of French emissaries and the influence of Gallic gold is attributable the downfall of Santa Anna; and the marriage of Prince de Joinville with a Brazilian Princess is spoken of as the first pa: tof a gigantic scheme for establishing French supremacy in South America. A Bill, authorising the preliminary steps to bring about the annexation of Texas, was presented to Congress on the 13th of January, by Mr. Foster, of Tennessee, and was received, and various petitions for and against that measure were presented. In the House of Representatives there had also been debating on the same question, without any practical result. The resolutions were read and referred to a Com. mittee of the whole House. The illadisonian coolly remarks that Colonel Benson will not deem it necessary, in the present po sition of Mexico, to require the consent of that coun try to the annexation of Texas. A meeting of the Abolitionists of New England to oppose the annexa- ion was to be held at Boson on the 29th ult. A report made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the State of Pennsylvania goes far in support of the promises made a short time since, that the future interest of the public debt will be punctually paid. Some unpleasant occurrences have taken place between the Government of New Grenada and the American Consul, Mr. Sancha, that gentleman having been forcibly ejected from his office, and anotherperson appointed in his place. Full particulars of the affair are not given, but the American citizens appear to have been in favour of Mr. Saneha. Mr. Chase said he would in future station policemen at the pier -gates, while her Majesty was on the pier. Major Allen said that would defeat the object, fur it would soon act as a signal that her Majesty was there, and would cause a crowd to assemble to witness her exit. Mr. Chase said he would :end the men out in plain cluthes. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL MARKETS, Major Allen said this annoyance to her Majesty was a disgrace to the town. The rersons who surrounded the Queen were chiefly tradesmen's boys, some of them with baskets on their arms ; and the tradesmen ought to know that such conduct on the part of their servants would be likely to drive her Majesty from the town, and deprive them of the advantage of her occasional residence at the Pavilion. JAN. 16. Favourable accounts from England have rendered the Cotton Market more buoyant and firm. There is little doing in exchanges. We quote bills on London, 110 to 1101 ; on Paris 5.2 k to 5.214. Mr. Polk, the President elect, is expected to arrive in Washington, on the 15th instant. The New York Herald announces that the return of Mr. Webster to the Senate of the United States, for the State of Mas;achusets, is certain. Colonel W. Polk, brother of the President elect, has been appointed, by President Tyler, to the post of Charge d'Affaires of the United States at the Court of Naples. -Some further conversation took place amongst the magistrates, after which Major Allen expressed a hope that Mr. Chase would take means t) represent the case to all the tradesmen, as far as he could, in order that they might prevent their boys from continuing such annoyance. This morning her Majesty was obliged to run into the palace from the entrance in Castle-square. An elderly gentleman who was sitting at the table, said he witnessed the behaviour alluded to. It was most disgraceful ; and, could he have got near to some of the boys, they would have become acquainted with the strength of his walking stick. Major Allen said he was authorised by Colonel Buckley, equerry in waiting to ht-r Majesty, to speak thus publicly of the annoyance to which the Queen had been subjected, and he trusted that there would be no necessity to recur to the subject. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD ( RAILWAY. Operations on this line will be commenced almost imme diately. On Wednesday the contracts are to be let, when there will be thirty miles put in hand, taking a direct line from Chester to haghilt, and the Pemnaen Bach Tunnel, which is 440 yards in length, and is to be made at the instance of the Admiralty. In another month the entire distance, 84 miles, with the exception of the Bangor portion of the line, approaching the Menai Straits, and the passag e over th em, which stands in ab e y ance at the request of Government, will also be under contract. It was originally contemplated by Mr. Stephenson, the engineer to carry th e ra il way over the pre sent Menai brid g e, b u t this was objected to by the Woods and Forests, and by Mr. Walker, the Government engineer. He now recommends the Directors to construct a permanent bridge over the Britannia Rock, to be used exclusively for the transit of the trains, and application for the necessary powers will be made in the ensuing session. The works at this point will be the weightiest on the line, and the proposed bridge over the straits ofstupendous construction. There will be two arches of 350 feet span, the segments of the arch to be formed of iron. They are proposed to be built without centerings, and of such a nature as to prevent any obstruction to the navigation ; fear of which was the principal reason for not granting this portion of the line last session. Within the last few days engineers have been taking plans and soundings at the Britannia Rock, with the view of giving evidence before the House on the subject. The line was originally laid out by Mr. George Stephenson in 1838. In 1839 Commissioners were appointed by Government to select the best lines, and the best harbours to be adopted, so as to furnish a better and more direct communication between England and Ireland. The harbours to which the attention of the Commissioners was direeted were those of Holyhead and Portdinnlaen. The lines were four, viz., from . Holyhead to Bangor and Chester ; from Portdinnlaen, via Carnarvon, to Bangor and Chester ; from Portdinnlaen, by Bala and Shrewsbury ; and the fourth from Ormshead to Chester. The latter lines, from Portdinnlaen mid Ormshead, were rejected by the Commissioners, who conceived that, being open road steads, they could not be well adapted for mail-packet stations. 'The Chester and Holyhead starts from the Birken head line, runs parallel for five miles with the Dee, and sweeps on to Mostyn, Flint, Abergele, Baghilt, and Llandowlais, skirting the seashore until it arrives at the pro montories of Penmaen Bach and Pamaen Mawr, where the chief engineering difficulties occur. Owing to their extreme steepness two plans were proposed by Mr. Stephenson, either to carry a ledge along them, or to perforate them by a tunnel. The former, he thought, would be the cheapest, but he had been induced to adopt the latter, as it will prevent the trains from exposure 'to the sea, which beats powerfully at those points. The line sweeps by a viaduct over Bangor, and through Anglesea on to Holyhead. From Chester it will run for thirty-five miles on a level, which, in an engineering point of view, is almost unprecedented. A deviation, with the concurrence of the landowners, is proposed to be made in tne route at Bangor, in consequence of opposition from the bishop, whose palace it originally proposed to pass on a viaduct. The proposed modification will entail an increased expense of 50,000/. We understand that arrangements have been made with Colonel Pennant, one of the principal landed proprietors, that the works between the Ogwm river, near Bangor, and the Menai Straits, may be proceeded with immediately. The line, when constructed, s ill be employed in the conveyance of the Government mails, troops, and ordnance stores. It will cost 2,100,000/., and bring the metropolis within 270 miles of Holy head, by a journey of ten hours. Ten thousand tons of rails have already been contracted for. DESTRUCTIVE INCENDIARY FIRE NEAR NOTTING.. HAM.—On Monday morning, a destructive fire, for which no cause of origin can be assigned, and which is considered to be the work of an incencrary, occurred at the villege of Linton, about a mile from Nottingham. The building which has been destroyed was a lace fac tory, belonging to Mr. Peter Coxon, of New Lenton, having been erected about twelve months since at a large expense. It was fitted up with new machinery for the manufacture of lace. It was three stories high, with machinery on each floor and completed with every re quisite fur work. The fire was discovered about half past two o'clock, A.M., and about four a large engine arrived, with post horses, from the Nottingham Fire brieade, but the roof had fallen in twenty minutes after the discovery of the fire. and nothing but the bare walls remained standing. The machinery contained in the building was valued alone at 1.5001., of which only 550/. was insured. The building was quite new, and its erection cost several hundred pounds, but its exact worth is not known.— Worcestershire Chronicle. WRECK OF A VESSEL AT PORT TA LBOT.—On Saturday morning last, as the barque Margaret Hardy, of Aberdeen, Johnson. master, laden with copper, wine, beer, coals, &c., for Calcutta, was being towed out of Port Talbot harbour, by the Don steam-tug, she struck on the south side of the river, when the ropes parted, and the vessel being left to the mercy of the waves, drifted to the north side of the river, where she remained until Sunday morning. It appears that at the time the accident occurred, the Chieftain tug was also attached to the vessel by means of a rope from her quarters, and our informant attributes the oc currence to a sudden start of the Chieftain, which bad he effect of driving the vessel ashore on the south side. On Sunday morning, by means of the breakwater capstan, she was hauled to the river, but most un fortunately a heavy sea beating at the time, she was carried on the breakwater, where, after knocking about for a considerable time, she ultimately sunk, the sea clearing her decks. A portion of the wine and beer had drifted away, while all the cop per, with the exception of one or two cases, were dis charged. About twenty tons of coals were thrown overboard, while the portion of the cargo that could be saved, consisting of wine and bear, has been dis charged. Her stores also were greatly damaged. The evening tide carried the stern of the vessel right across the river, a position by which she completely blockades the port, there being neither ingress nor egress for vessels. She is now embedded in eight feet of sand, and about three hundred tons of coal remain undischarged. Some seamen's chests drifted ashore on Wednesday. On, that day some divers arrived at the place to inspect the vessel, and it is reported that they had undertaken to raise her, but the prevailing opinion seems to be that she will become a total wreck. The cargo, we are informed, is fully insured, and the vessel partly so. About four feet of the stern has parted eft; and she continuos making more water than her pumps can raise. There are about thirty sail of vessels in port ready to leave, and about ten or twelve ready to enter the port, but are obstructed by the wreck of the barque, which has the effect, for the time being, of stopping the entire trade of the port.—Cambrian. GREYFRIARS' CHURCHES.—The ~cene of the confla gration of Sunday week, which we have described, has been visited since then by thousands of individuals—all of whom are much struck with the total ruin presented by the walls of the Old Church. From the gateway, at Candle maker-row, the scene is quite picturesque, and as one approaches nearer, or gets within the shell of the once strong edifice, the fire appears to have worked, in a few hours, upon the arches and abut ments, the slow effects of one or two hun dred years upon some of our older ruins. Al though no permanent arrangement has been made, it is understood that on Sunday next the congregation of Old Greyfriars meet in St. John's (Rev. Mr. Fraser's), and that the Rev. Mr. Robertson, of New Greyfriars, is to officiate in Newington Church, which has at present no stated minister.—Scetsman. TWEED BANS DIVIDEND.-011 Tuesday the audit of the affairs of the Tweed Bank bankruptcy was held in Newcastle. The business preliminary to the de claring of the further dividend was gone through, when the Commissioner resolved to hear no more proofs of debts until the said dividend had been declared. At this stage of the proceeding the business was stopped in con sequence of the Commissioner having to go to Lon don, when he adjourned the sitting until Monday the 10th of February, when the dividend will be declared, and the days for paying it fixed upon. The amount is expected to be 6d. per pound, making, with what has already been paid, 10s. We understand there is a pros pect of a still further dividend, the payment of which, however, is by present appearances at some distance. The amount will also be small, probably one penny or twopence in the pound.—Bertvick Advertiser. _ _ THE SToasz.. l. --On Sabbath morning last, a violent storm from north-west raged on the coasts of Wigton shire. The tide in Lochryan rose tc au unusual height; and as the wind blew directly up the Loch, the vessels in the roadstead at Stranraer required all the precau tions that could possibly be taken to make them hold their ground. The brig David of Stranraer, Captain M'Dowall, with coals from Newcastle to Carthagena, was driven, when off Dublin, by a south-west wind, to the entrance of Lochryan, where she came to anchor on Saturday night ; but the wind suddenly changing to N. W., and blowing a hurricane, she slipped, and ran up to the roads at Stranraer, where she brought to, and was driven ashore, about three o'clock on Sunday morning, near Sandmill. She struck violently, and filled soon after. The crew got safely on shore ; but the vessel is very seriously damaged. About the same time that the David ran ashore, the schooner Isabella, Captain Davidson, of Stranraer, was also stranded at a short distance from her, but being very light, she was driven much farther up the beach than the brig, and has suffered no damage. The Lady Brisbane steamer, which had brought to in the roads, beginning to drive, the engines were set to work, and ~he steamed to windward the greater part of Sunday, dragging her anchors. Besides two female passengers, ivito — must have got a sad fright, the only persons on board were the engineer and two men, who deserve much credit for the manner in which they managed the vessel and brought her safely into the quay at five pat. It was very fortunate that the steamer had a supply of coals on board, else the gallant little craft would inevitably have been driven ashore.—Ayr Ohsera:r. BaisToi. SUGAR MARKET, FEBRUARY 7.—We have no alteration to notice in our sugar market ; the trade c.mtinne barely to supply their immediate wants, and prices are not more than supported. No sales reported in Mauri tius and West India, and the rum market is quite neglected. —Bristol Mercury. The following is an account of game bagged by the lion. Col. Lowther, Lieut. Lowther, E. W. Hassell, Esq., Dalernain, and E. Wilson, Esq., Abbot Hale, Ken dal, alter two or three days' shooting in the preserves in the vicinity of Lowther Castle:—Hare: , , 541; pheasants, 500; Pa - ilFil i ges? 21; woodcocks, 12; rabbit, 4; giving a total 0f1,078-heitti.—Lcfncqe?r Guardian. DRURY-LANE TugATitts--,AMongst the greatest " hits" for some time past, may'he'cbilsidiAN gpind Wet of Les 11,qnait.leF, which is nightly this thearo 00 1 .0 ihp plßygoing and fashionable folks in London. A move brtiliitn eoir.hiHation sai - inot imagined than The Daughter of St. Mark and Les Danaides. THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. I London. Jackson and Watford. The principles of this new publication, religious as well as political, are liberal ; and while evidently leaning to the side of Dissenters, are sufficiently im partial to merit the attention of other denominations. A work of the kind was wanted, for though there are plenty of Reviews opposed to Toryism and the de fects, nay, grievances, of the Established Church, they only occasionally, and that rarely, advocate the interests of a very large and unprotected portion of the community. Those Without the pale of the Church are probably as numerous as those w ithin the fold, for we will not class under the Establishment, as is generally done, those who allow themselves to be called churchmen, while they neither attend public worship nor care anything for religion. Taking into account, therefore, all those who are Christians, the Dissenters are in the majority ; yet if we look to worldly power, and wealth, and interest, they may be regarded as comparatively helpless. They have no church lands nor tithes; they have no prelates to advocate their cause in Parliament, nor Peers who take an interest in their religious establishments for the sake of patronage or fat livings and bishoprics. But, I nevertheless, without these they have gone on and prospered, and like the primitive Christians, their religious zeal has prevailed, and they have bnome a great multitude. The Editor of the British Quarterly states very briefly the plan and spirit of the work. Like other similar publications it will occasionally take a view of the progress of literature,' science, and art, and on po litical questions its sentiments will be thoroughly liberal. With regard to religion, the principles witl be those associated with the names of Watts and Doddridge, but its pages will be enriched by contri butions from able men of different religious con nexions, with a view to render it an efficient organ of revealed truth and of enlightened public opinion. This Number contains several articles of fresh interest —among others one on the Life and Discoveries of Dr. Dalton, and another on the Factory Systeha and Factory Legislation, which may be usefully studied in reference to the motion on the subject of which Lord Ashley has given notice in Parliament. In a review of Lord John Russell's works, including his Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, some hints are given to his Lordship on the part not of Dissenters only, but of all the friends of liberty, which merit his attention. The subjoined extracts will show the spirit of the article, and we grieve to say they contain too much truth : " In the Church, which his Lordship so much de lighteth to honour, he has found his great antagonist. Whatever he most values as a statesman has been op , posed, in the greatest degree, by the ministers of the church which he upholds in that capacity. In his Lord ship's view, no tree of its kind is so good as that tree. Did it never occur to him to inquire hew it has come to pass that a tree so good has borne fruit, to the experience of his Lordship, so much the reverse of good ? Whoever also may have failed to cross his path, the clergy of the Established Church have not so failed ; and the measures which his Lcrdship has prosecuted with the greatest solicitude, are those which have been always resisted with the greatest determination from that quarter. * "It may be much to the credit of his Lordship's Christian forbearance thus to repay good for eviL We know not that we have any right to - indulge in censure, if it should be his pleasure to show so much affection in a quarter from which he must know it will be utterly vain to expect any grateful return. But such displays of generous feeling in one relation, naturally dispose men to look for indications of similar magnanimity in other relations. In so looking, however, many noncon formists have been disappointed, and have sometimes de claimed with much warmth on this unreasonable and inconsistent favouritism. Even Toryism in a church man, it is alleged, is manifestly more acceptable to his Lordship than Liberalism in a Dissenter. The clergy man, notwithstanding all his repugnance to large and generous political principles, is preferred to the noncon formist minister, notwithstanding his adhesion to such principles. Thus, even in the case of Lord John Russell, the ecclesiastical is placed before the civil, and the sympathies of his Lordship with an established priesthood, are manifestly stronger than his sympathies with general freedom. Civil liberty is good, but the civil establishment of religion is a greater good. Pro mote the former so far as you have the power, but, at all costs, preclude every kind of danger from the latter. " We regret that there should have been anything in the conduct or language of Lord John Russell, that may seem to warrant such imputations. But it is unques tionable that his Lordship has often acted inconsistently, that he might do favour to churchmen ; and that there have been occasions on which he has so acted, much to the injury, rather than to the advantage, of Protestant Dissenters. When men become inconsistent that they may conceal the faults of their enemies, we can place an honourable construction on their conduct ; but when they forego consistency, apparently that they may mag nify the real or supposed errors of their friends, the moral conclusion is of another complexion. Lord John Russell once volunteered: a defence of the princip'e of compulsory support for the ministers of religion, alleging, from his place in the House of Commons, that where no such provision is made, it must be true of re ligious teachers, as of all other servants of the public, that— ' Those who live to please must please to live,' " His Lordship was not left in ignorance of the pain which this allusion had given to the mind of noncon formist ministers through the kingdom, but he never deigned, so far as we remember, to teat), or in any way to soften, his expressions." THE LONDON JOURNAL, 6.c. The present number contains a list of all the recE•nt English, Scottish, and Irish patents, and reports of the judgments of the Courts of Law in all recent. cases of disputed patents. From the scientific notices we extract the following, on the preservation of statues and monuments by means of oxide of copper. The subject is one well worthy the attention of the public authorities : " There is on the Place Caroline, at Munich, an obelisk made of bronze, ex ere calto, erected by the king to the memory of the 30,000 Bavarians who fell in the Rus sian campaign. This obelisk is surrounded by several steps of stone, which are washed by the rain running down the obelisk. Baron de Bourgouin has observed, that this water preserved the stone from the species of greyish rust which generallyaccumulatesupon old monu ments, and which appears to be produced by moss or very minute insects lodging in the pores of the stone. The four angles of the pedestal, which do not receive any water from the obelisk, present a great contrast, by reason of their blackish colour, to those parts washed by the water which has passed over the bronze. May we not conclude from this observation, that water, impreg nated with the least portion of oxide of copper, will de stroy seeds of moss, &c., as well as the eggs of animal cube, which adhere to all unpolished stones. It is from this cause that the marble statues at Versailles, and those in London more particularly, are so much dis figured with black and grey mould. In order to preserve the beauty of statues, ornaments, and monu ments, it may be sufficient to wash them periodically with water, containing oxide of copper in solution. Re-cutting, or scraping is not only very expensive, but does not last : as witness the facades of the Louvre, which are now of the same colour as those which have not been touched. Advantage should be taken of the lesson afforded by the obelisk at Munich. The discovery of a process for preserving chef-d'oeuvres of architecture and sculpture, should be proposed amongst the prizes offered by the learned Societies, and even by Government." A CONSCIENTIOUS BOOKSELLER. A bookseller who exposes books for sale in his open shop-window in the City, having recently observed that he lost a number of books, notwithstanding he always found the exact quantity, abating those that were sold on taking them in at night, and besides this, finding several books among his own, of which he had not the slightest knowledge, was the other day induced to watch a demure-looking young man rather closely, whom he had constantly seen looking at his books, but scarcely ever making a purchase. In this employment his sur priie was very soon increased by observing his customer put a book in his pocket, and pull another from under his coat, which he placed amongst the rest on the board, and then deliberately walked away. Being, however, desired to walk back again, and account for his conduct, the trembling culprit at length acknow ledged that he had been in the constant habit of exchanging good carnal for what he called indifferent spiritual books, which he consi dered advantageous to the bookseller ; and as a proof of his assertion pulled out of his pocket a volume of old puritanic divinity, for which he averred, and the fact proved it, he had deposited a well-bound volume of the work.; of Pope, by way of a conscientious exchange ! His youth and simplicity had such an effect upon the bookseller, that after making him sensible that even these exchanges would expose him to a prosecution for theft, he let him go. with advice in future always to con sult the owner of property before he attempted to trans fer or exchange it under any pretext whatever. EXTRAORDINARY PROGENY.—Widow Rutherford died at Aberfeldy on the 20th ult., aged 92 years. She was the mother of five children--three sons and two daughters. By her eldest daughter, she had 13 grand children and 57 great grandchildren. By her second daughter, she had 15 grandchildren, and 17 great-grand children. By her eldest son, she bad eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Her second son had no children, and the third son had three children. In all, she had five children, 39 grandchildren, and 79 great grandchildren—being 123 of a progeny ! Her eldest great-grandchild is rising 21 years of age, and several of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, were at her bedside when she breathed her last.—.4dfn burgh paper. A LEVELLER.—A Correspondent informs us that a clergyman, not twenty miles from Truro, caused a new road to be made through the church-yard, which passed over the grave of a widow, whose remains had ogly beau x .,. weeks ; and also over placed "in the narrow house" si several more graves belonging to her family. Not con tented with this, his reverence gave orders to the sexton to level all the graves on each side of the path, because of their unsightly appearance. This the sexton ref do; but the lady of his revere7ice,4 - 4iglit 4 n at"th . 9 i , 6f641 of the subordinate and' defdirnined not to be fo4hl, 'direbte'd her gardener to level the graves, and tr a a t ti b o y n i . n . literi4canrrLadgievsssuptectri4edntdhinagt tthheisfewe'olir:g,,?f:di,ets,uee li jr;g arc severeiy wo.Anti(d by these proceedings.-- {Vest lb iton. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel. Captain Edmond St. John Mildmay was in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. The Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, on Saturday, at Cambridge House. The Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. George Bankes, M.P., and a deputation of about forty members of the Agricultural Protection Society, waited upon Sir Robert Peel, on Saturday afternoon, at his official residence, in Downing-street, and had a conference with the Right Hon. Baronet. The Ecclesiastical C , mreissioners for England bad a meeting on Saturday afternoon, at the office in White hall-place. There were present the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Lord President of the Council, the Earl of Chichester, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. A deputation of spirit-merchants, including Messrs. Barnes, Currie, Clark, and Ruck, dan interview with Sir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Marquis of Bute had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Viscount Sandon, M.P., and Mr. Cook, had an inter view with Sir Robert 'Peel on Saturday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Despatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong, and also from the Governor of the - Cape of Good Hope, were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, and Sir Fred. Trench, attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The prayers were read and the sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Horsley Dakint. The Lords Hawarden, Wh arncliffe Marquisses of Sali s b ury, N ormanby, and Winchester,— and Cantalupe, attend e d the daily service in the Chapel Ernest Bruce, Colville Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Horsley Dakins, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London. The anthem was, " 0 Lord, thou bast searched me out" (Croft). Sir George Smart pre sided at the organ. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council sat on Saturday. The Lords present were the Lord President of the Council, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, resumed his address on an appeal from Madras, " Namboery Selapaty v. Kauso Colanoo Pulliah." Mr. Loftus Wigram, Queen's Counsel, The Court then rose. was heard in reply. Lord Brougham gave judgment. ----- TILE INTENDED NEW POOR-LAW.—AS another session of Parliament hes commenced, the public will do well to be alive to the additional Poor-law Bill, as respects pauper settlements, which the Government is intending to introduce —to confine all settlements to the birth...place! It has just been well observed by the able editors of a legal weekly publication, called the Justice of the Peace, that " the Bill seems to have been framed with one object—parsimony, the narrowest and meanest motive of action; that as to any consideration or feeling for the immense pauper population of England and Wales, these seem not for a moment to have influenced the mind of the framers of the Bill. They are to be dealt with as burdens and incumbrances, to be shifted off and evaded, no matter at what expense of suffering to the objects themselves; that the first consequences, it the Bill were to pass, would be frightful, not only as re gards the well-being of the poor, but the enormous litigation to which it would give birth. Immediately would be instituted a general and searching inquiry into the place of birth (with a few exceptions) of every pauper head of a family of children, and his or her removal with the family to that place, and so likewise of every single pauper without children, regardless of all old ties or as sociations, or considerations of health, or means of gain ing a livelihood. Concurrently with, and even after this earthquake among the pauper population has subsided, if it ever shall subside, commences the contest among parish functionaries and rate-payers to prevent, as far as possible, the birth (which would constitute the settle ment) of the poor amongst them. All those paupers who had gained settlements by any means—by mar riage, by apprenticeship, by hiring and service, by pay ment of rates, by estate, by rental of a tenement, by relief—all these must be examined anew, and if found to be born elsewhere than in the parish in which they are settled, rooted up and sent to their birth place, however distant, without respect to age, infirmity, kindred, predi lections, associations, temporal or spiritual welfare or comfort. 'We question whether ignorance or wilful im policy, whichever it is, could be carried further." This Bill is another landlord's trick, and it must be watched with the utmost caution and care, in order to prevent its becoming a law. —Front a Correspondent. MORAL EFFECTS OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS.— The magistrates were occupied on Monday week several hours in investigating charges of drunkenness, theft, &c. at the Town-hall, by persons who came, as severa l of them said, to see " the poor man hung." On Friday night 30 persons made application for board and beds at the Union house, and avowed they came from the country, some ten, others fourteen miles off, for the purpose of beholding the execution. Twenty-four were accommodated with supper and bed. Six got their suppers only, as there was not lodging room in the house (which is fuller than ever known, containing 350 inmates, of whom 60 are able-bodied). The twenty-four requested their breakfast in the morning, but the conditions were that if they partook of breakfast they could not go out till after twelve o'clock ; these conditions were considered hard, they all, therefore, took their departure. —lpswich Express. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT STRATFORD.—About half past ten o'clock on Saturday night much alarm was felt in the village of Stratford, Essex, owing to a disastrous fire at the extensive premises of Messrs. Curtis and Son, builders, adjacent to the parish church. It appears that it was first raging in that part of the works termed the drying stores. The watchman on duty gave the alarm. Before, however, the enginescould be brought into opera tion, the flames had gained a most alarming ascendancy, and had extended to the painting warehouses, threaten ing the entire destruction of the premises. A copious supply of water having been gained, and the brigade engines from Wellclose-square, Jeffreys square, and the chief station in Watling street, under the charge of Mr. Braidwood, having arrived, by half past twelve o'clock they were safely got under. The damage effected will prove very heavy, the drying-stores being all but con sumed, and slight injury to the paint-rooms. The over heating of the stoves is supposed to be the origin. The property is insured in the Phoenix Fire-office for a very large amount. ROYAL BUCKS AGRICULTURAL A SSOCIATION.—The annual meeting of this Society took place on Saturday, at the George - Inn, Aylesbury, which teas as vapid and insipid' `a.;3 MeAt: , ,gs The' palie of Buciciilgfiain was in phe cliair. Th . e League was, of course ; abused, awl the unfn-tneate members of thp ciety erj ded and flattered by the speeches of their leaders. THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR AT NOTTINGHAM. NOTTINGHAM, FEB. B.—The investigation into this extra ordinary affair—some particulars of which appeared in The Sun of last week—was resumed on Thursday, when Mr. M. Browne, the borough coroner, and jury, assembled at the Milton's Head tavern, Derby-road. The inquiry "was strictly private, reporters and the public being refused admittance to the inquest-room. Through the courtesy of the coroner, however, we are enabled to give some extracts from the depo sitions. The first witness examined was Mrs. Ann Campbell, of Derby-road. She said the deceased, Hannah Wilmot, was fifteen years old on the 19th of last October. Up to a recent period she enjoied good health. On the Bth of last August she went to live with Mrs. Farmer, who is a milliner and dressmaker on the Long-row. She boarded and lodged in the house, About two months ago (witness con tinued) I perceived that her health had undergone a serious change. She became gradually worse, until about three weeks ago, when she came to my house, and has remained there ever since. She was confined to her bed for the last fortnight, and died on Sunday night, about half-past nine o'clock. During the time she was at my house I had several conversations with her as to the nature of her com plaint. She told me her illness had been occasioned by some powders which Mr. Farmer had given her from eight to ten weeks previously. She said that she took three of those powders, in succession, at night, and had never been well since. Mr. Farmer got her a packet of them, but she only took three. I desired her to bring me one of the powders she had been taking; and called to see her, at Mr. Farmer's, about ten days afterwards, when I found she had got a bad cold. She came to see me en the Sunday following, and I then asked her if she had brought the powder. She told me that when she returned from my house on the former occasion she found her box had been broken open, and everything taken out. I did not see her again for a fortnight; her cold was better, but she had still a cough, her lips were very much swollen, and her mouth looked blistered. I did not see her again till the following Frid a y week, when her moth er b roug ht h er to my house. She went home with her mother that night, and returned the next day to my house, where she remained till her death. A few days afterwards she appeared to be very ill, and I asked her how long she had felt so. She told me that she had not been well since she took the powders ; and on my asking her why she was prevailed on to take them, she said she was ashamed to tell me the reason. She, however, went on to in form me, that Mr. Farmer had given her the powders be cause he supposed she was in the family way by him, he having taken liberties with her, in a great degree by force; and he was assisted in the matter of the powders by Miss Matheson, a young female living in the house. Miss Mathe son, when giving her the powders, told her that if there should be anything wrong she must not bring her (Miss Matheson's) name into question, as she had done it for her good. Mr. Farmer himself put the powders and a lotion into her box, and Miss Matheson, after some few days, kept the key of it. The next witness examined was Miss Ann Matheson, the young lady already referred to. Her evidence proved no thing but the good understanding which seemed to exist be tween her and Mr. Farmer. Mr. Henry Attenburrow, of Nottingham, surgeon, said—l was called in to see Hannah Wilmot on the 20th of last January. I found her labouring under constant sickness, and, after eating, pain in the head. There were then no other remarkable appearances. The next day 1 found that her breath had a very strong mercurial fmtor. Her gums were very spongy, and a good deal receded from her teeth. I continued to attend the deceased. From the constant sickness, I could give:her nothing except gum water, beef tea, and matters of that kind. The medicine which I first ordered produced such distressing effects that I immediately discontinued it. The pain in the head continued, accompa nied at times with loss of sight. For the last two days be fore her death she appealed to be rather improved, as food stayed on her stomach. On Sunday morning last, when I called, she had been sleeping much longer than I had allowed her to sleep, and she seemed to be sinking. I stopped with her for about three-quarters of an hour, and gave her some port wine and beef tea, which rallied her, and she appeared much as she had done the preceding day. Between eight and nine o'clock that evening I was sent for in a great hurry, and when I reached the house I found she had just died. In the morning of that day I was not without hopes of her recovering ; but when she began to sink, she sank so rapidly that it was impossible to have her dying declaration taken in the presence of a magistrate. On the third day of my attendance on her, she told me about the powders which had been given to her, and that confirmed my suspicions as to her being under the influence of mercury. made apost mortem examination. The only part of the body where disease was found was the lower part of the brain ; there were small tubercles, containing matter, in the cere bellum, and over the greater part of it, just where the spinal cord commences. The disease of the brain would account for the pain in the head, the loss of sight, and, in some measure, for the constant sickness. She died from that disease of the brain. I cannot say with certainty how long the disease might have existed, but judging from the circumstances, I think about two months. The disease might be produced by mental excitement. There was not any appearance in the stomach or bowels to indicate that any corrosive mineral 4ioison had been administered. The spongy appearance of the gums, and the state of the breath were the only indications of her having taken mercury. She was not pregnant. She told me of powders having been given to her at Farmer's; that those which she had not taken were pillaged from her box but she did not know at what shop they were procured. Several other witnesses were examined, and the evidence was generally corroborative of that given by Mrs. Campbell and the surgeon. The CORONER, considering it useless to examine any more witnesses, summed up at some length. He expressed his sorrow that Miss Wilmot's dying declaration had not been taken before a magistrate ; as it stood there was no legal evidence to convict ; and, therefore, however, painful it might be to the feelings of.the jury, they would be compelled to return a verdict of " Died from disease of the brain," and this was the verdict recorded. The greatest disgust and indignation were expressed by all the jurors, and several of them regretted that they could come to no other conclusion. ' THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. During the past week there has been a return of winter weather, and a most intense frost has again set in. The thermometer up to the night of Thursday last had not been lower than 31 degrees, but on that night it fell to 25 degrees, and on Friday it was again down to the same point. On Saturday night it was 26 degrees, and at 8 o'clock yesterday morning 27 degrees. About neon the mercury rose to 31i, and the wind veered round to the south ; but, as the after noon advanced the mercury began to fall, and at 8 o'clock last evening it was down to 29 degrees, with a keen and cutting wind from the E.S.E., and a cloudy sky. In St. James's and the Regent's Parks, and in Kensington gardens, so severe had been the frost, that skating commenced so early as Saturday, and numbers ventured on the iee without any accident of a serious character occurring. The ice in the Serpentine, yesterday, was not above an inch thick; and, through the exertions of the icemen of the Royal Humane Society, no persons ventured on, except a few boys, who kept c l os e t o th e sou th shore. No accident occurred. In Kensington-gardens, the ice on the Round-pond through persons venturing on it too soon, has been in several places ; and, therefore, is in a bad and broken nd dan gerous state, the thickest part being scarcely two inche s . Several of the icemen were , on Saturday and yesterday, stationed both at the Round-pound and at the Long-water, and rendered most essential assistance in preventing acci dents, About three o'clock Mr. W. Smith, of Claremont. house, Hammersmith, broke through the ice, but was extri cated by iceman Smith, by means of the new ice. sledge, but not before he was himself immersed in the water. The n o u th n e t- r ber of skaters during the day was Daub , 1,000, and accident of a serious nature occurred. On the Long the ice at the Bayswater end is the strongest, water and on that part there were about 2,000 skaters. The marrinA. Skating Club was on Saturday ag a i n i d the bank, anti a number of thilemomemeboe,- C 441 the north Were yesterday skating on the ice. No accidents The ice in the Re4eos. Inrk is not above an inch and three-quArters Yesterday the number of skaters was about 2,000, and the accidents Di numerous. About a quarter before 12 o'clock Mr. of No. 20, Easton street, Spa-fields, became i o mme . rs edln Y eigyt t'e.e water, but was extricated by Charles au ice-sledge. About 11 , f a u l t11, o)A , , the icemen, with .w rkaf _ o4 t cit ,_ A 51 1 -. _Yr or an ho_ r afterwards Ao. 42, uollege-street, Camden- town, VkdVe' thiongi . near the Suspension-bridge into, six feet water, and was rescued by iceman Edward Collins. About half past one o'clock Mr. Fennell, of 22, Gloucester- place, New. road, broke through the ice ea the Broad •water, but was got out by iceman ;glitruan, by means of a double-breaker ;adda.i. About three o'clock Thomas Summers, of Stamford area, Lisson-grove, broke through near the Suspension bridge into eight feet water, but was rescued_ by mean 8 bat SW. o tee-boat by iceman George Ciapson, and m less than - - hour afterwards no less than six persons became immersed by the ice breaking in two places. The first accident took place off the island, near the Humane Society's marquee, where Mr. Bower, of No. 1, Powis- place, Queen-square, Bloomsbury ; Mr. Morrell, No. 14, Charles-street, Portman square; and John and Henry Davis, of No. 1, Great Barlow street, Marylebone, broke through into eight feet water, but were extricated by icemen Southern, Winnott, and Griffiths. The second accident took place on the Broad-water, where Mr. Warren, of No. 37, Gloucester-place, New-road ; and Mr. Townsend, of High-street, Camden-town, broke through into seven feet water, but were rescued by icemen George Clapson and John Winnott. All the above persons were admitted into the marquee, and received assistance from the Society's servants. Two of them (the Devises) were so ex hausted that it was fonnd necessary to put them into warm baths, &c. The ice in St. James's Park is also very slight, not being more than an inch and a quarter thick, and it will today (Monday) be highly dangerous for persons to venture on. The number of skaters during the day was about 5,000 and about :40 accidents happened. Amongst the persons who broke through were the following :—Samuel Sebley, No 14, Arnold-place, Walworth ; George Legg, No. 2, Rochester row, Westminster. ; George Barker, "No. 27, Berwick street, Pimlico ; James Gardener, No. 9, Broad-street, St. Giles's ; George Ladwick, silversmith, 106, Vauxhall-walk ; James Purser, 11, Cross-street, Hatton-garden ; James Pawlev, Bedford -court, New North-street, Red Lion-square ; John Farrance, 1, Heron-place, Vauxhall-bridge ; William Ed ward Rangford, 346, Strand, John France, Primrose-street, Bishopsgate ; Daniel Lardner, No. 4, Ranelagh-walk, Thames- bank ; John Feakins, No. 4, Peel-terrace, Deptford; Joseph Duke, 26, Lambeth-terrace ; John Leaden, Star -court, Chancery-lane ; Charles Hodset, 3, Gardener's -cottages, West 'muster ; Joseph C a ld we ll, P ost-office, Southwark ; James Beckworth, 27, Wootton-street, Cornwall-road, Lambeth ; Anthony Reading, .Highbury-barn ; Richard De Leon, artist, 145, Goswell-street ; Thomas Newland, 4, Douglas street, Vauxhall-road : Thomas Baxter, Charles court. Hungerford-market ; Frederick M oo dy, 10 , P a l l-mall East and Joseph Male, 24, Buckingham- s t ree t, S tran d , &c. ' The whole of the above persons were, when rescued, taken to the Humane Society's marquee, and placed in warm baths, and received every attention until able to return home. icemen and other officers of the Royal Humane So ciety deserve the highest praise for their exertions in all the parks, to which may be attributed the preservation of so many persons from a watery grave. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ---...-- PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9.—The Commander-in-Chief, Sir C. Rowley, Bart., returned from leave yesterday and re-assumed the port duties. The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., is alongside the jetty preparing fur sea. Rendezvous are opened for the entry of men. A rumour is in circulation that Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., will hoist his flag in her to command in the Mediterranean. The Sparrow, 2, Commander Otter, left to complete her refit alongside her hulk on Friday. The Medway, royal mail steamer, was towed into this harbour on Friday, at high water, to be docked, having tailed the ground in the Southampton water, and scraped her copper, and lost ber rudder. A steamer was secured on either side of her at the bow, and another steamer was towed astern to act as a rudder. She was taken into dock yesterday. The Rattler, 8, screw-propelled steam sloop, Comma n d er Smith, is in the harbour, painting and preparing for sea. She is short-handed. Squadron in the Pacific—The Dublin, 50, Captain Tucker, slag of Rear-Admiral Thomas, was at Callao, on the sth of No vem b er, waiting the arrival of the Coll ingwood, 80, Rear-Admiral Seymour, to take the command. The America, 50, Captain the lion. John Gordon, was at Callao on the above date; she arrived on the Ist from the Cape. The Cor morant steam-sloop, Commander Gordon, was at Callao on the 3d of November. The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, and the Salamander steamer, Commander Hammond, were at Islay on the 3d of November. The following notice to pilots has been issued by the Lords of the Admiralty :—" Notice is hereby given, that on such occasions as it is found necessary to employ a steam vessel to tow any of her Majesty'sships or vessels, only one pilot will be paid for such service (except in extraordinary cases), and that such payment will be made for which ever vessel draws most water." The Cygnet, 6, Commander Layton, was cruising off the Bight of Benin on the 25th of November. She bad captured a slaver on the 15th. The Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, was at Symond's Bay on the 20th of De cember. The Wasp, 16, Captain Usher, and the Star, 6, Comman der Dunlop, were cruising off the Bights on the 2d of De cember, at which date the Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir William Daniel, and Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, were at Benguela; the Growler, steam-sloop, Commander Buckle, Sealark, 10, Commander Gooch, and Ardent, steam-sloop, Commander Russell, were at the Gallinas ; the Alert, 6, Commander Bosanquet, and Alert, 3, steam-sloop, Lieute nant-Commander Cumberland, were at Sierra Leone, ex pecting the arrival of the Commodore in the Penelope, 22; the Eclair, steam-sloop, Command er E s t court, t h e H ydra, 4, steam-sloop, Commander Young, and the Tortoise, guard ship, were at Ascension. The Albatross had made two prizes DEVONPORT.—The Espie g l e , 12, Commander Has, and Flyish Fish, 12, Commander Thomp son , " ma d e t h e i r num bers" on Wednesday, and put to sea again. A private letter from the former states, that since their departure froth the Sound, on the 31st ult., they bad encountered very rough weather, which, during the first three or four days, was really awful. During a heavy squall, the Espiegle carried away her jib-boom and narrowly escaped being dismasted. They had encountered also a severe snow storm. The Espiegle proves herself a most weatherly vessel, and far superior to her competitor, the Flying Fish, as a sea boat; but the latter had some advantage over the Espiegle on a wind. They showed themselves off the port again on Friday, and stood down Channel. The Vanguard, SO, Captain Willis, is alongside the jetty titling. Her complement will be, we believe, 580. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, when ready, will join the Espicgle and Flying Fish in another trial cruize. She has shipped her ballast, and was to be afloat again on Satur day, her bettom having been completed. The Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, was paid advance on Wednesday, and sailed on Thursday for the Brazils. The Wellesley, 72, is alongside the dockyard to be com pleted as an advance ship. The Persian, 16, Commander Coryton, left the harbour for the Sound, on Thursday, which she will leave in a day or two for her destination. The Firebrand steam-frigate, Capt. James Hope, left the harbour for the Sound on Saturday. The Canopus, 84, was to be undocked for toasting, 80., on Saturday. The Acheon, 26, Capt. Mansel, and the Banger, 10, Com mander Anderson, were expected to go into the Sound ou Saturday. The Amethyst, 26, recently launched, was ordered to be docked en Saturday to have her bottom examined. The Superb, 80, Capt. Corry, is progressing very favourably in her equipment. The Express, 6, Lieut. Herrick, was towed out of harbour on Friday, and sailed for Falmouth, to take out the next mail to thee Brazils. SJI Et:I:SESS.—The Trafalgar, 120, Capt. Martin, fla-ship of Vice-Ad m i ra l Si r John Chambers White, is completing fittings in the Basin; the crew of the Queen, 110, turned over to her, are hulked on board the Minotaur. Some dis content has recently been manifested by the crew of this ship, at what they consider their over-work, and certainly, we think, not without cause. This crew fitted out the Camper. down, 104; dismantled her in Portsmouth harbour, and were turned over to the Queen; went to sea in her for the trial cruize; dismantled her at this port, and are now turned over to the Trafalgar, which they are now equipping. In a time of peace, no crew could have been much more employed. We are informed they wish to be paid oft: The Dido, 18, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, is dismant ling in the harbour, and will, it is expected, be paid off to morrow. The Erebus and Terror bomb-vessels are to be fitted for another expedition, and have left for the river for that purpose. The Monarch, 84, is expected to be shortly commissioned. at this port. PROMOTIONS. Commander—George Truscott to be retired Captain. Lieutenants—J. Orlebar to be Commander ;S. Allen to be retired Commander. Surgeon—James Allan (A), M.D. (1815), to be Deputy. Inspector of Hospitals and Senior : Surgeon of Hasler Hos pital, vice King. Mates—E. E. Morgan (1836) •W. C. Grierson (1837) ; Harry Smith (1839) ; W. Armitage (1840)_; A. P. Ark wright (1840) ; J. E. D. Kay (1841) ; IL N. Burroughs (1840), to the rank of Lieutenants. Assistant-Surgeon —W. Brown (1837), M.D., to the rank of Surgeon. Clerk—J. de Vries to the rank of purser. APPOINTMENTS. Captains—E. Collier, C. 8., to the Rodney ;G. W. Wines to the Vanguard. Lieutenants—G. W. Sanders, J. Nourse, E. B. Rice, and the Hon 0. Lambert, to the Rodney; F. H. Stanfell, W. Tottenham, and R. C. Tetuan, to the Vanguard; B. Young to the Persian; H. King to the Lily; M. Bouchie r , f rom the Excellent, to th e V anguar d ; J. G. Moore to the Excel lent; 0. Cumberland to the Racehorse; W. H. Webb to the Firebrand; J. F. Cornall to the Comus ; F. G. Leigh to the Stromboli. Masters—J. APDonald, to the Rodney; P. C. D. Bean, to the Imaum ; S. S. Flinn, to the Vanguard. Surgeons—Alexander M'Kechnie (and medical store keeper), to Hasler Hospital, vice Allan, promoted; J. Algernon, of Greenwich, to Deptford Dockyard ; W. Bruce, of the Trafalgar, to Greenwich, vice Algernon; D. Finley to the Rodney; J. Caldwell, to the Spiteful. Paymasters T. haiks tothe anct a Pursers—J. . Maddocks, to the Rodney ; Shanks Assistant-S urgeons—C. A C L r D ami ( c a ll et at in ll ): G t.top . o tr oph W eti t ri o r fl oc eut a ot( r hr ; h . aiond t s g o : the R o d ne y; W . pita! ; R. Pottinger, to the Radamanthus ; ` ) `. Seecombe additional)a(dacdtiitniognal)toti e s an t o the Josef;Sa San J. ; R C e id, tlitional, for service, at Ilaslar. Masters' Assistants—L. Fisher, W. H. Burke, J. Imrie,and R. Smith, to the Rhadamanthus. Midshipmen—W. G. Douglas and W. J. Fead, to the Ex ceneut ; J. J. Dickens and C. Didham, to the Vindictive. Clerk—D. Goodwin, to the Rhadamanthus. Naval Cadet—W. Temple, to the Albion. Promotions.—Licute7aYnAL tt l' Aus lAugiNEsCus Fleming,tO the rink of Captain. • , COAST ctunfi. Moor Appointments--Lieut. J. Broom to Torquay station, *ice Remo e, appointdd to the Roll a b r i g. vals—Lieut. W. Boys, from Nro. 2'Battery, to Kingil . town, vice Loveless, to Pegwell Bay, Vice Trappe, deceased; Lieut. R. Goodridge, from Hop e C ove to Sidmouth; vice Edward, to C awsand Bay, vice Foot, superannuated ; Lieut. Coleman (b.), from Lassiemouth to Frazerburgh, N. 8., vice Glover, removed. Chaplains in the Navy are now made eligible to receive half-pay after eight years' (foreign or home) service. TITE GAME MALTA.--Whilst the odious game-pre. serving system continues—whilst our " English country gentlemen" continue in the condition of " poulterers,' as the Duke of Portland properly termed them—poach iug (with all its evils and consequences) will also con tinue. The extent to which the preserving mania is carried is a premium for poaching, as much as giviag to gamekeepers half of a penalty . (which they get when penteties are paid), is a premium fur perjury. The mania gentry are so jealous of each other, whereut toys, estates adjoin, that they quarrel like children Abe they find ail' Farmers are, no doubt, righ t g w haveey rie sub stantial the poachers have surplus ga me ; nightly .ri s k, good stock of the stantial reason for being glad. cl fi ed an th d Mr. Cardwell, h the newly- appointed tedidr Home ltht e r r t e h t o r f y tha of the Treasury, as se d epar t m ent, to be his private secretary. Mr. Rushworthi had, we understand, previously acted, for the last three years, as private secretary to Sir George Clerk. Observer. 1