The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-24 00:00:00

EVEN IN G EDITION . lor other officer, he furnished by the public ; that a ' moderate assortment of table plate, of cabin furniture, of cutlery, and tab!e lieeti, and of cooking utensils, should be supplied f, ow public stores in the several dock-yards, for the use of the captains on taking a command. aceortline to a an .le and rates to be 'fixed by the Board of Mreiraite It appears to us reason able to subject the captain to a certain per tentage for the use of these areeles, which miabt be applied to form a fund for the future supply. The most equitable mode of proceedine Oeat occurs to us, in regard to these ( articles of cabin equipment, would be to have a fair valuation made of the articles supplied, and to lease them to the captain for the term of his command, at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, with an under standing that he week; he litble to the full cost of any of the articles missieg, itekss it were shown that the cause of the deficiency arose out of the casualties of sea-service, and that i,. was in no way ,ittributable to care lessness or neglect. 'l'nis propetition e e are qui!e aware is entirely strange to tar practice of the service. The arti t cles of plate, Bte..winol it is our recommendation should J be supplied by the public. have hitherto been furnished at ! the cost of the officer. But feeling that these supplies are actual!y necessat3 for a public purpose, that the expenditure at the captain's table is mainly devoted to a public object, and that it is, in fact, essential for the well-being of the servic7, we should, in our opinion, be shrinking from our duty to Sour Majesty if we failed to press it seriously upon your Majesty's consideration, that it is not corisstent with the position of a naval captain in the British service, that the mere equipment or this table, which he must maintain for the advantage of the discipline of the navy, should be, as it too often kg, a matter involving him in serious pecuniary difficulty. The sea-pay of the captain does not appear (0 us to be fixed at a rate which would render the in,!u!gence we propose to extend to this class anything more than might be justified by the scale of expense in which the officer holding the commission is, for public ends, compelled to maintain his establishment. The following are the rates of sea-pay in round SUMS :—... Captain 6th rates 3501. a year. sth -- 4001. 41 h WO/. --- - 3d --- 6001. -- - 2(.1 7001. -- -- Ist 8001. The ship being paid off, generally after abut three 1 years' service during peace, the captain falls back upon half-pay at one of the following rates : The first 100, 14s. 61. a day, 2641.125. 6(1. a year. Thenext 150, 12,e 6il. 2281. 25.6k1. The rest 10s. 6(1. 1911. 12s. 6:1. L. If it were necessary to offer any further grounds upon which our preceding recommendations should rest, we feel that it might derive some support from a reference to the position of the officer's family during his absence on service. We might urge that in the captain's case, an establishment in no way benefited by the cepense of his out-fit must be maintained at home for his tar:lily ; that sacrifice must be made by them, to enable him to secure his pos:tion as an officer on service, under any circumstances, and that it must in all cases be necessary for the officer to infringe largely upon his private re sources, or to forestall his accruing income from his ap pointment, by procuring advances from his agent, to prepare for the habitual and almost daily expenditure arising from cabin charges, which he not only cannot 1 avoid, but which it is almost his duty to incur, to assist in the maintenance of good order and discipline in his ship. It does not occur to us to suggest to your Majesty the adoption of any other changes in regard to the captain's pay or allowances. Various propositions were made to us to recommend the establishment of a retired list for officers of this rank, as well as for other ranks in the navy, the particulars of which will be found in the evidence given in the appendix. The whole of these propositions had, however, reference rather to claims arising out of seniority on the respective lists than of service performed ; and they did not appear to us to be calculated to advance the public interests to any extent commensurate with the charge they would entail upon the public revenues. We, therefore, upon a full consideration of these suggestions, have refrained from eeering any recommendation to your Majesty to extend the vrtnciple of a retired list beyond the present prac tice, except in the cases of mates and commanders, for the reasons we have explained in our observations on those classes. The most important question connected with the rank of captain, which came under our consideration had relhrence to the system of promotion to the rank of flag-officer. By the evidence in the appendix it will be seen that, ' prior to the year 1747, flag-officers were taken from any part of the list of captains, from which the Board of Admiralty thought proper to select them ; and that in consequence of complaints preferred by certain cap -1 tains who had been passed over in such selection, the I rank of retired rear-admiral was established ; this re tired rank being in the first instance limited to such officels as hail distinguished themselves in the recent Spanish war. In 1771, by Order in Council, it was de clared that this boon of the retired rank—for such it was stated to be, should be conferred upon any captains who might be passed over on selection, provided they I had served with approbation in any war immediately ' / Ince i , din , any promotion which passed their names. So striatly was this rule as to approved service being necessary to establish a claim to the retired rank of rear-admira! enforced, that in Lord Howe's naval admi nistration, when sixteen captains were selected far flag officers' rank, and twenty-nine were passed over, there were only five of those passed over who were consi dered entitled to the retired rank. This exclusion pro duced great discontent ; and by a subsequent regulation on the 19th Dec., ISO 4, it was established that every officer who had served at all in the last preceding war, should be entitled to be placed in his turn upon the active list of flag-Ai-ears, the retired rank being given to those who had not served in the last preceding war. Difficulties and embarraisments, however, grew out , of this regulation, and cases occurred in which officers of good service were excluded, even from the retired rank, because they had not served in the last war, the terms of the Order in Council operating severely and infairly against Ilion. To remedy this state Dr things, and to secure to sitery captain of unblemished character, who had not declined nor avoit!vd service, the rank and pay of a flag officer, an Order in Council was issued on June 30, 1827, which first prescribed the conditions under which a captain might be qualified for promotion to be a flag• officer on the active 'tilt, viz., lour complete years in command of a rated ship during war, or six complete years during peace. or five complete years of war and peace combined. F.,iling these terms of service the officer would be pi •e; c 1 upon - the retired list of real admirals, with admit. l's pay, !Jut eligible neither for further employme:t nor for promotion. In proof th.:t the rule for exacting the requisite period of se..-vi:e t. qualify a captain for his flag is very rigidly enco-emi it , s stated il evidence that an offi cer who had lost an arm in the service, and wanted but • one day of four year:' war time, was compelled to serve ono year and a day, to inak,!. up the fire years of war and peace comblocd. to entitle him to the active flag. But it might recur iltat an officer having an equal cLim with the one in quv•tion, and with as little dtli , eieney of service, migl,t not succeed even in obtaining, 1 as he , did, the ~ p portuni. v of completing his period, j 1.1 which case Le would b'placA irretrievably in the . I retired list. Upcn a fall consideration of this question, we confess that the ituprcasiou oo our minds is, that the distinction between the actiii! and retired list of officers is pro ductive of little, if of an) r.,al Advantage to the pubic, it operttel Mo,t fist essingly ire some instances upon the ledings of invritcri:)us and gallant officers ; anti it is our opittioo that thiie retired rank might with propriety be aheii•hecl. It e ►►not he s.ti,l to have z.ucceeded as a measure of ieconomy, iflasamelt As the reared rear-admiral receives 1 Y the same rate of pay as the re,r-admiral of any of the frf..:F.lfied squktdrom= of your M j , !stv's fleet, and the ,vosig upoi, this , nroreed reti:cment would therefore aris. 4 merely from - Nttblioltling, hoot hint the various in , ereast.:' of pay whi , ,At he would oYaiii on the active list it pro„. nt2on to the steps of %:et.-- dmiral an h d it a n dmiral: i,. ) ,. c „,., L cis arbitrary regulation, u,:der • acti‘c and a t , le effice,s may he Waned to retirement, 1 cl.i'ot oi'•ers ecti;ely disabled bt' infirmities, are t, . . ••, • . y artr advanced on t h e active list, be defended as founded upon any distinctim in point of efficiency in the two ' IT lists. As economy 1,4 cot Ul as , eri . aii 11 y supported, and as the retired list is in itself grating to the feelings of naval officers upon whom it it , enforced ; and as it has no pro . cedent in the practice of the army, where the offer to I serve is held to he sufficient to ensure a brevet advance -1 meet to correrpondMg army rank ; ixo . feel justified in submittin7 our earnest recommendation .to your Ma jesty, that the rank of retired rear-.ld rural be hence. forth discontinued. It is shown by the preceding state,rent, 'bat for nearly a century the Admiralty endeavoured to maintain the principle of selection in the promotion of captains to the rank of flag-offieers, and that the priti4iple and practice . arieg been repeateci:y modified, were. after all, fosnd so difficult in execution that they were totally , abaar donee., anti the advaneenient:o fisg-officer s rank has since been determined h) semoritv alone We desire to complete ibis :Arrargemert b - ' alai . er .d . ing your Majesty to rera:..ve, for . the re ' ' Y ree() dis.sanetion which etigs between the bare .given , the rear-admiral;, active and the re:lreil het of r promotion to the Dnring the anxious consideration lral'3. wen to assi gave to this subject, a proposition came unthrwilich, milate the position of fl.. - and o•en r d f is " . ( . . , atiral establishment of a uniform rate of c h a l lf` p ' clicB i t .: , by the rrank, to he reliecred by the partial distric 7 --I. all fla g iiiions to officers selecteol by the Board etni:r of pen.. LI , for ciistinguished sca-service, the fund for S ti ilf,pensions ari:ling from the difference b“ - ween that I); and the present scale for the higher rinks f fl , „7 n "e c,s officers, so as to Avoid additional expense to the puLtit. But as this, unless extended to a much greater degr ee than was contemplated, appeared to lead to a renew a l of the same difficulties which resultal irom the old system of promoting by selection to the rank of flag officer, :re cannot support the scheme by our recom mendation. We would, nevertheless, humbly suggest to your Ma jesty to maintain the same distinction as to pay v.hick at present exists. A captain not having the required period of sea-service would, under the present sy.tems, be promo' ed to the rank of retired rear-admiral, with the pay of iU. 5s , without any prospect of advanced rank, and consequently without any increase of' pay. Our recommendation is that all captains, according to seniority, if they shall have offered for service, and not declined an appointment when proposed to them, should be promoted in their turn to be roar-admirals of your Majesty's fl,.ct, and should be advanced with other flag officers of their standing, from that rank to be vice-ad mirals and admirals ; but if they are deficient of the terms of sea service required, we would suggest that they should obtain no increase of half-pay with their advanced rank, unless they shall have been selected for command, and 5h7.11 have completed as flag-officers the period of sea-service they should have rendered while holding commissions as captains. The effect of this arrangement would be to remove the objection which many gallant officers must entertain to a rank which places them beyond the hope of employment, more espe cially in cases where a very short period of sea-service may be wanting to make good the claim to rear•admiral's rank o• the active list. In our progress through the ranks of the navy, the classes of officers we have yet to speak of are masters, secretaries, medical officers, and pursers. According to the regulations of the navy, the half-pay of masters is fixed at the following scale : For the first 100, being qualified for first and second rates For the next 200, being qualified for thi r d and fourth rates For the remainder, having served five years in the navy, two of which as acting or second master And their sea pay would be as follows, in round sums : First rates l7Ol. a year Fifth rates l2Ol. a year Second rates... 1601. do. Sixth rates Third rates ... 1501. do. Sloops ...... Fourth rates... 1401. do. 1 The master's outfit is represented to us to be as ex pensive as, or even more so, than the lieutenant's ; while the advantages of resuming service are not more apparent in his case than they are in that of the lieu. tenants ; and, moreover, the master has little or no hope of promotion beyond his rank. All that a master can gain by appointment to full pay in a first, second, third, or fourth rate, will be from 401. to 301. a year. Those qualified for fifth or sixth rates, or sloops, will receive as full pay from 281. to 291. a year more than is allowed as half-pay. This is eel tainly not a sufficient encouragement to obtain the prolonged services of a very valuable class of, men ; and we cannot hesitate to recommend an increase of the full-pay of all masters. The scale we should propose would be for the first, second, and third rates, I Is. Bd. a day, or 16/. 16s. J. per lunar month ; in all other rated ships 10s. a day, or 141, per lunar month ; and in sloops, &c., Bs. 4d. a day, or 111. 14s. per lunar month. With regard to the secretaries to flag-officers, we have to report that the se o ffi cers are very frequently appointed from the pursers upon half-pay, and their complaint is, that whatever may be the length of their service as secretary, they obtain no reward whatever for this duty, reverting merely, if pursers, or other naval officers, to the half-pay they vacated to assume the ap pointment. When we consider the important trusts that may be communicated to these officers while ful filling their duties as admiral's secretary on a foreign station, and the necessary ability they must possess to discharge their duties in an efficient and satisfactory manner, we think that in justice they are entitled to some reward on relinquishing their employment, and that their pay on service is not sufficient for the responsi bilities of theiroflice. At present a secretary to an admiral commanding in chief has 1/. Is. a day ; to a vice or rear admiral, also commanding in chief, 16s. sd. a day ; and to a junior flag officer or commodore, Bs. 2d. a day. We should recommend that the full pay of secretaries of all flag officers commanding in chief should be 400 b a year ; and of all other flag officers 300/. a year ; and further, that after twelve years' service as such, secre taries should be entitled to a half-pay of 12s. a day. During the course of our examination of the witnesses from the marines and the navy, our attention was re peatedly called to the difference in the position of the naval or marine officer, as compared with that of the officer of the land forces, with regard to losses of clothes and baggage on service ; the latter receiving compensa tion according to a specified scale in certain cases, whereas the officer of the navy or marines is not allowed any such compensation. It is proper, however, that we should explain that the principle of the army regulations in regard to indemnification for losses on service is to enable individuals to re-equip themselves for the held ; and the allowance is not to be considered as given for the purpose of making good the full amount of loss sus tained. It is also regulated, in regard to the army, that no compensation shall under any circustances be given when the loss might have been prevented by proper °are and attention on the part of the individual, or of his ser vant or other person in charge. These principles might in our opinion be extended to the na% y ; the more es pecially as shipwreck is one of the cases in which com pensation may be given to a military officer, and it might not wnfrequently occur that on the wreck of a ship-of war, the military officer embarked in that ship would re ceive an indemnification for his losses, while the marin e officer, who has no responsibility in regard to the ma. nagement of that ship, would be refused any compen sation. It is impossible to deny that this difference in the treatment of officers, equally relieved from respon sibility as to the charge of the ship, must present an appearance of injustice to that officer who receives no compensation ; and we were not surprised to find this point urged upon our consideration by the corps of marines as a prominent grievance. With respect to the officer of the navy who may be really responsible for the navigation of the ship, it is to be remembered that by the law and custom of the service, the loss of a vessel under his charge, necessarily subjects him to court-martial, where the real facts of the case must be ascertained upon oath, and his culpability cr freedom from blame must be satisfactorily established. With this obvious security that neglect or inadvertence will not be overlooked, we think that it is reasonable and just to place all the officers in your Majesty's service upon an equal footing ; and we beg, therefore, to re commend that indemnification for losses should be granted to the officers of the navy or marines, on the principles adopted in respect to officers of the army ; and we would suggest that the Board of Admiralty sin uhf have authority to establish a scale of remunera tion for loser s on service, on the footing of that which :s in use for the army. (TO BE CONTINUED.) CIL ANGn RINGING.—On Monday last the change ringers of Shrewsbury, rung at High Ercall, in this county, a complete peal of grandsire triples, consisting of 5,040 changes, and completed it cleverly in three hours and five minut es.— Selopian Journal. AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS IN SUSSEX.— The Duke of Richmond is reported to have said the other day in the House of Lords, that the wages in Sussex to able .bodied labourers were 12a. or 13s. a week. We should like to know wh it able-bodied labourers are receiving these wages? We do not say that it may not be the ere in a few in stan':o ; but even were it true to the full extent, what is the state of those who are not able-bodied ? They do not earn so much ; ci they are placed upon their own resources by this Corn law Du!.e and his humane associates equally with the others. If by the aly,ve statement the Duke meant to insinuate that th 2 labourers generally were sufficiently well off, we can only pity his want of attention to facts, and his equal want of Immune feelings. The Poor-law is giving way, its oppression has pro.. duced e fliartism and the necessity of a rural police, against which the Du!:e of Nee castle (though he will do what he likes with his own) has most admirably protested. Even Board of Guar dians formed under it are petitioning for modification, for greater powers, for, in fact, permission to revert to the excellent 43d of Elizabeth, which found the willing labourer work, and did not separate liu , ly•inds and Gives, parents and children. Nay, the fierce advocates of the Poor-law slow say, that the act would have done beautifully, had the Corn-law restrictions been first repealed ! The Duke of Richmond is not one of these par tially relenting ones, he is for dear bread, and no help to the poor ; but be is still a fa vourite with the clergy ; they find him just the sort of intellect that they can manage; and being admired by them, he must of course be worthy : so at present on his merits and demerits we shall say no more. We think we can safely leave them in the hands of the public. We cannot, however, leave him with out congratulating the public, on his getting a little angry. The Duke dislikes the agitation of the Corn-law question. Poor man, he is doomed to have what he dislikes in an incips in"egree• Sussex has not yet been agitated. All the pa. rjshes comprising the West Hampnctt Union have, under the Ducal influence, sent petitions begging that the law may not be _use altered.sthere iTsheenfioughreof agitation has not the same material in butS on which t o f ee d as t h e manu f ac t u ring districts supply ; o , w w n h e e rs n u it nle is ss pr t o hey ped d y e m see an nd ag f e r d o[n to th m eir ak st e ilt i s t too hot for th e l an d and consult the welfare of the operative and labouring classes. Briyhton Guardian. SLAVERY.—The General Anti-Slavery Confe rence will commence its sittings at Freemasons'-hall, London, on the 12th of June, 18.10. A book is prepared for entering the names and other particulars of bothtl delegates who may be importance, m a at o h r o ta m e e e and e, In a case of such singular interes ' t andd appointed by anti-slavery t b friends e a br abroad. ad o . f will not . be backward, Com mittee earnestly hope. and fully c upect, that the requested the, cause in the United Kingdom either in the appointment of delegates, i bodies will s w end b an Te immediate official attend ance as delegates wbrn appointed . ltparticularlyor in their ee a t t he office of that all anti-slavery notification of the appointments them, addressed to J. 11. Tredgold, Es ay be made by the Anti -Slavery Society, 27, New Broad-street, able to and London. The venerable Thomas Clarkson has announced his intention of being present in a letter to Mr. Stwge, in thefollow ' " I had a hope, and still clieri-h it, that by nursing myselfgses incessant care, I might so patch . myself up as to b e at tend for an hour your great meeting on the 12th of June, just to showmyself as the humble originator of the abolition of sla as ever .. in the cause. At very i 4 this country, arid as one who, though he has kept at work in it fore Mrs, !, not only not tired of the pursuit, but that his heart now beats P; ;",trm!Y the same time that I cherish such a hope, }t is extremely doubt ful whether I shall be alive at the time of the meeting."---A r fi. Slavery Reporter. Mr. Trotter, baronial constable of Meath, who abs t ac m d ed , 1,200/ in debt, w as taken on board an Amer ican P"seriger , ressel ' I . n Dublinlmast meek, and the magis tr a te s of the Head office e 4O l Mi hi tted THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1840. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION COM. MITTEE. The Committee met again yesterday morning at eleven Mr. Eden was examiacd by Mr. AUSTEN--.I am a soli. citor at Cambridge—(A paper was here shown to the wi, ness). I know the handwriting on the endorsement ol that paper. It is that of Mr. Winter, a clerk of Mr. Twiss.—(The witness identi:ied a few other papers as being in the same handwriting.) By Mr. WRANGITAM—This is not the first time I saw those Bills. I looked over them last night. lam not an agent for the petitioners. I merely assisted Mr. Cooper in looking through the bills. There were two other per sons looking at the bills with myself and Mr. Cooper. I believe one of them was the Committee clerk. I remember Long's going away. I saw him for the first time when he wasbrought before the Magistrates. I was at the station-house the night before. I saw there some scattered fragments of papers ►which had been found in Long's possession. I went to the station-house, as far as I recollect, to see Long. I might have gone there through curiosity. I remained the;e about a quarter of an hour. I slid not go there again. The witness was then ordered to retire. Mr. ANDREWS applied for permission to have documents examined by persons whom the sitting Member's Counsel might choose, in the same manner as had been done by Mr. Eden. The application, after some discussion, was granted. Mr. Thomas Emey was then called in and examined. By Mr. Au:TIN—I am a publican at Cambridge. keep the Marshal Blucher. The witness was here desired to produce his acccunt book, for the purpose of showing whet sums were paid to him during the election. Mr. ANDREWS objected to the proceeding, on the ground that the book was not evidence. After some discussion the witness was again called in. The examination of the witness was then continued— copied the account from the bill sent in. The first item in the book is dated 1736. The witness was then told to look through the dates of his other entries. Mr. ANDREW objected to his being called on to do so, on the ground that the witness should not be re quired to lock at a►,y items but those ha had himself written for the purpose of refreshing his memory. Mr. AUSTIN said that he was entitled to call on the ti I ness to state the items, for the purpose of showing that the entries in the book were fraudulent. It was agreed, however, that the examination of the wit ness should be continued under another form. Examination continued—(An entry was pointed out to the witness.) That entry is in my hand. There is no date to it, and Ido not remember making it. I think I made the entry from the bill. I cannot say whether I made the bill from the entry or the entry from the bill. I keep :so book for daily accounts. I keep a score and enter things on a slate. I am a tailor by trade. There are entries relating to my trade in this book. There is a memorzndurn in it of things supplied at the election. Did you supply the articles ?—I do not know what you mean. I certainly supplied the refreshments. I will not answer if I supplied 27 electors at 3s. 6d. a-head. I was not myself at home at the time. I breakfasted at home. I will not swear :here were not voters in the house at the time. I left home about twelve, and I did not come back till four. I cannot swear if I gave orders to my wife to supply the articles in my absence. I had no or ders on the subject from any one. I sent my bill to Mr. Twiss's office. I received no directions about sending in my bill. I received an order from Wm. Swan to furnish a half barrel of beer. That was at night about ten or eleven o'clock. I furnished the other articles on speculation. Ido not know who paid me the bill. I received a cheque from Mr. Bishop, after sending in my bill to Mr. Twiss. I cannot say how many voters were drinking at my house. There might have been twenty or thirty. By Mr. ANDREW3—The House was full during the day, but all were not voters. If Mr. Twiss had not consented to pay me, I could not have forced him to do so. Mr. Fetch, the attorney for the petitioners, has had a copy of my bill. He showed me the Speaker's warrant, and threatened me if I did not show it to him. By Sir W. SOMERVILLE—I did not furnish the names of the persons to whom I had furnished refreshments. There was no remark made to me about the items. By Mr. DIVETT—The persons gave their names to me as they came in, and it was by that means I knew the number. I live in Barnwell. Mrs. Mottrom was then called in and examined. By Mr. AUSTIN—I keep a public-house in Cambridge. It is in King-street. I have sent in a bill for things fur nished during the election. The amount of my bill was 101. 15s. I cannot say on what day I famished the re freshments. It was after the voting. I made a memorandum on a slate, and made a bill from it. I sent in my bill to Mr. Twiss. I do not know who gave me the cheque. The cheque was cashed at Mr. Mortlock's bank. Ido not think I furnished anything till after the election was over. I know Mr. Long. Ido not remember seeing Long on the morning of the elec tion. I had no order at all to furnish refresh ments. I did it on speculation, as at elections before from Whigs and Tories. I always trusted to the honesty of gentlemen on both sides of the question. I saw Long pass my house during the election. I have no doubt but I had some conversation with Long, but I do not remember if it was before or after the elec tion. Nothing passed between Long and me as to his furnishing any refreshments. I cannot say what passed between us, as 1 am troubled with a very bad memory. —(Laughter.) My husband works at Mr. Swan's. I do not know that I saw Mr. Swan during the election. I made no application to Mr. Swan as to the payment of my bill. I was told by a young man at Mr. Twiss's to go to Mr. Bishop's for the payment of my bill. By Mr. WRANGHAM.—Long was in the habit of calling at my shop. He lives in the next street. I have my spe culation in furnishing articles, succeed with the Whigs as well as with the Tories. There was another house in the neighbourhood open for Whig voters three or four hours before mine vrus open. By Mr. COCKBURN—Ic was my husband who thought proper to open our house this time for the Tories instead of the Whigs. I believe he did so because he gave his vote also to the Tories. Mrs. Skinner was then called in and examined. By Mr. COCKISURN-Aly husband is a publican. I sup plied refreshments on the polling-day at the last election, to parties witnout their paying me. I furnished breakfasts that morning without being paid for them. I think that was about eleven o'clock. My bill was made out from entries marked on the door. There is an entrance in the bill of breakfasts for 27 gentlemen, and luncheon for 18. There is also 1/. for tea and eating. The tea and eating were given on the polling day. There are 16 watchmen at two shillings, but I cannot say on what day that was. I had an order for half a barrel from Mr. William Swan. I spoke to Mr. Swan this morning. lie did not speak to me about this business. I have seen Mr. Sutton, but I should not know him. lie was at my house, and he addressed the people from the window once. There was 31. 6s. for liquor furnished on the polling day. It does nut take lung to (Link that.—(Laughter.) There is 30a. for breaking of glass, and other damage done during the night. I cannot recollect when Mr. Swan ordered the half barrel of boer. I think that was the day after the polling day. I was nut paid for any rooms used at my house by Mr. Sutton's friends. By M. ANDREWS—I know the Race-horse, and I believe a barrel of beer was given then to the Whig voters. By the COMMITTEE_I gave refreshments to any per sons who came in and said that they b...longed to the Watch Committie. Charles Oliver was then called in and examined. By Mr. TALBOT-1 am a publican in Barnwell. I supplied refreshments on the polling-day. The night be fore, the watch and their friends had some drink. Mr. Bishop has paid me part of my bill. Ila has paid me 15/. I got a cheque at Mr. Bishop's, anol it was paid me at Mr. Mortlock's bank. There are still 16/. due to me. There was a charge, dated 23d of August, an.l before the elec tion, for gentlemen who used a room. I put them down on my bill as a Conimittte. That went on for a few days. I sent my bi.l to Mr. Bishop, because I thought he was one of Mr. Sutton's friends. I read an advertisement in the Tory paper, and then I sent in my bill. I do not recollect seeing Mr. Twiss about the bill. I will not say positively, however, that I did not go to him. I have seen Mr. Long in and out at the Commit tee-room. There is a charge in my bill of 6/. 13s. for thirty-eight men. These men were electors. No one gave me any orders on the subject. I did it out of my own head—it was a speculation.—(Laughter.) I did not look to anybody, but I had hopes.---( Laughter.) I never opened my public-house before; it was a new thought. I gave the voters refreshments on their telling me they had t:o led. Some of them had a slice of ham before polling, and others took a cup of tea. There is an item in my bill of 15/, for five barrels of ale drank during two nights and one day. The two nights were those w hich preceded the election day. The parties who drunk the ale were the watch who were looking after Mr. Gibson's friends.— ( Laughter.) I drew almost the entire of the beer myself. I had but ono hour's sleep during the two nights. The five barrels make 180 gallons. It was all ale of the best sort. I was either drawing it, or off and on to the room during the time.—( Laughter.) When the watch were drunk I used not turn them away, but I used to say to them Be up and looking about.—( Great laughter.) By Mr. WRANGIT A 111—I called my room a Committee room merely because a few gentlemen used to come in and out. There were several men at my house for the pur pose of watching. I went with them to see that Mr. Gib son's friends did not interrupt or disturb our friends. I mean by disturbing, taking them away. I had heard of attempts of that kind. I did not tell Mr. Bishop when I went to get my bill paid that I had given any refreshments before the polling. I never got any payment from Mr. Twiss. By Mr. TALBOT—There were perhaps thirty or forty persons comoosing the watch. They got what they liked in moderation.—( Laughter.) I used to go about with the watch, and we called at other public houses occa sionally. I di l not know of any persons havbig been mo lested by Mr. Gibson's friends. By Mr. DIVETT I allowed ell the expenses out of speculation; those of the Committee-room also. By Sir WNI. SOJMERVILLE.-I do not know who op came in I gave them as p m o u i e n } t i e d d r t i n h k e w as " t t c h l e , y . N p V i e h a e s r e te d v . r rthe' I; y 1d no orders about it. I knew that as they had night-work they wou ld want some thing to drink. The polling commenced at eight o'clock. I gave breakfast to some voters between eight and nine. I cannot say they had polled. By Mr. Diver r—l do not know how much the watch were paid. By Sir Wat. Someitvitex—When I showed my bill to Mr. Bishop, he said he thought it was too much. Paul Webb was then called in and examined. lly Mr. Coceeries-1 am a publican in Carter-lane. I are, a voter. I have voted at the last three elections. At the election before the last I voted for the Whigs. At mind yoted h t ( e l ov however r o for til the l.. m 8 u o t r t n o i n n : tz the faSt e : f erit i on I promised ply vete to Mr. Gibson. ' o l f had the n p o o i l I m i n a g d . e ui sup plied p rPlY plied refreshments to Mr. Sutton's voters after the polling. I afterwards sent my bill to Mr. Twiss on seeing an advertisement in the papers. Mr. Twiss's clerk told me to leave it and call again. I went a second time, and I was told to call again. I afterwards met Mr. Twis in the street, and he told me he had nothing to do with the matter. I went to Mr. Fisher and afterwards to Mr. Bishop, and they too told me they had nothing to do with it. I sent my wife, however, after that to Mr. Bishop, and he gave her a cheque for 301. I have no books touching this matter, and I have brought none with me. I kept my accounts during the election on the door, and I afterwards took them down on a slip of paper. The refreshments were given merely on the elec tion day and the chairing day. The giving of the ale began a: eight in the morning, and continued the entire of the day. I delivered the ale on the polling -day and on the chairing day only. My bill is 30/. for 10 barrels of ale. The first item of my bill is from August to September, 1839, from from the commenceeient of the canvass, and is 101. I supplied refreshments before the,polling. I did riot un understand the question when I said all the ale was drunk on the polling day and chairing day. The order was that persons should first vote and afterwards have refresh ments. There was no order on the subject. I wit placed my answer before. There is a charge of 20/. for the lunch and expenses of the polling day My entire bill is 601. 12s. I was paid 301. When I went to Mr. Fisher he told me I should have an order from some one. I got an order from Mr. Wagstaff. Mr. Wagstaff is the brewer who supplies me with beer. He took an active part during the election on Mr. Sutton's side. There was no Committee. I have charged two guineas for a Committee-room. It was engaged as a Committee-room for Mr. Sutton, by a parish constable. Other persons came with him, but Ido not know who they were. The rooms were not used. Mr. Sutton addressed the people from one of my rooms. Mr. Bishop and Mr. Fisher were with him them. On that occasion all the beer supplied was paid for to the best of my knowledge By Mr. WRANOIIAM-I had no orders to give refreslinnt to any one. Mr. Wagstaff give me his name on the occasion. That was some few weeks before the bill was paid. What ever I did, I did on my own account—it was all specula tion. I gave my vote to Mr. Sutton, after having pro mised it to Mr. Gibson, because I found his principles different from what I had imagined. By Mr. COCKBURN-Mr. Stephen Rowley said to me that he did not wish that electors should receive anything till after they had voted. Mr. Rowley knew what was going on in my house. Mr. Wagstaff, lam s ure , a l so knew it on the chairing-day-- I do not know that he knew it before. _ _ _ By the Earl of DARLINGTON-Mr. Gibson addressed the electors from my house, and I had before that heard of his principles. It being then four o'clock, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow (this day). POLICE INTELLIGENCE MANSION-HOUSE. A poor woman, named Jane iiiilie;:was brought be fore the Lord Mayor charged with having attempted to hang herself. A policeman stated that an alarm having been given, he ran to the apartments of a person with whom the de fendant lodged, and found the unfortunate woman with a rope round her neck.l The Loan Mavort—What could have induced you to try to destroy yourself, my poor woman ? Defendant—Why, my Lord, I came over from India and had 100/. pound with me, and I was fool enough to lend 811. of it to the man and his wife I lodged with. The man promised to get me a passage back to India, and to pay me my money, but I can get neither the one nor the other, cud his wife is tired of my company, so I thought the best thing I could do was to hang myself. A man here stepped forward, and said that he was the woman's debtor, but she was not quite correct in the account, for instead of lending him 81/., she had lent him 891., 20/. of which he had returned to her. The LORD MAYOR-Why don't you pay her the rest ? Debtor—The fact is I failed in business, and am not able at prese❑t However, I shall pull up, and pay her in a short tine. The LORD MAYOR—You see what mischief you might have caused. Debtor—Oh, my Lord, it's nothing new to her. She did all she could, some time ago, to cut her throat. The defendant said that she did think it better to be out of the world than to play the fOol so completely as to trust her money in the hands of such a fellow. She however regretted that she had made the attempt, and requested the Lord Mayor to make the man procure her a passage as speedily as possible. The debtor then promised not only to procure her a passage, but to support her until her departure. The LORD MaYon—l shall expect that you will do so, and I shall expect that this poor creature will pa tiently wait till you are able. The Defendant—l was angry, my Lord, at being such a fool as to let such people have my money, but I shall not attempt anything of the kind again. The police were then directed to see the promise of the borrower carried into effect. A ticket-porter named Newman was charged by Mr. Glass, of No. 167, Oxford-street, under the following circumstances : Mr. Glass said that he had had occasion to take a lady in a cab to the Calais steam-vessel at two o'clock that morning. When they reached the wharf the de fendant seized a light band-box which was in the cab, and ran with it, without being at all employed, to the steamer. Witness upon going on board found that the trunk was safe, and handed the defendant fourpence, which was twopence more than his fare ; and this being refused, he became so violent and abusive that it was- . necessary to put him into the custody of the police. A policeman said that the ticket porters were in the habit of demanding more than their fare, in the expecta tion that those whose luggage they carried were going abroad. The defendant was drunk at the time. Ticket porter—Drunk ! What do you call drunk ? I was no more drunk nor lam now. It was jist wicey warcey, for this here policeman as says I was drunk was drunk hisself, and no mistake. Call the cabman. He'll tell true. The cabman stated that the ticket porter insisted upon having the sixpence instead of the fourpence, and said he would not let the door of the cab be closed without the larger sum ; and the man acted in what might be called a drunken sort of a way. Ticket Porter—Not a bit of it. I have been twenty years a ticket porter, and no one ever complained of me afore, and I thought that, as it was two in the morning, sixpence might have been given to me for my trouble. Mr. Glass—You snatched up the trunk without permission, and you received more than you deserved. I appear against this man, my Lord, on public grounds. The LORD MAYOR—I am aware of it, and I thank you. He has been a long time a ticket porter, and perhaps, if he makes an humble apology to you, yon will forgive him. Mr. Glass having consented, the ticket porter apolo gised, and was discharged. BOW-STREET. John Everden, a letter-carrier, employed in the branch Post-office, Charing-cross, was yesterday brought before Mr. Twyford, charged with stealing two letters containinc , sums of money, which ca me i n t o hi s posses sion in the p discharge of his duties. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, conducted the prosecution. Wm. Abbot, a letter-carrier in the Twopenny Post department of the branch office, Charing-cross, stated that while on duty about twenty minutes before eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, the prisoner was em ployed in sorting paid letters, and he saw him examine in a particular manner, a letter similar to that produced, by feeling, as if to ascertain the contents. Witness thought at the time that the prisoner appeared to ob serve the direction, and then he (prisoner) placed it at the back of one of the letters he was sorting, instead of placing it with others in the sorting-box be fore him. When he had sorted all the letters before him he did not include the letter in question, and he began to sort a second bundle, still keeping the one which he had been examining in his hand. He then took the letters belonging to his walk from the sorting table to t he desk, and the letter he had been examining with them. Witness, suspecting something wrong, im mediately made a communication to Mr. Gapes, the inspector of letter-carriers, upon the subject, and he demanded that the prisoner should exhibit his letters and the bag he kept them in, out of which he took an account-book and the letters produced, directed, the one to Mr, Seymour, gold-heater. 38, Long-acre, and the other to Mrs. Montagu, 4, Storey's-gate, St. James's Park West. Dlr. Thos. Gapes, Inspector of Letter-carriers, proved hat in consequence of information he had received from the last witness, he went to the prisoner, who was about to leave the office, and in his bag, which lay on the desk, he found the account-book and two letters pro duced. On showing him the letters, and asking him how they came into his bag, he said that he did not know, but he afterwards added that he must have taken them up as two dead letters. He also said that some person must have put them into his place where he had been sorting. He had been on the same evening employed in sorting letters, and the two produced might, in all probability, have passed through his hands in the course of his duty. They both appeared to witness to con tain money. The prisoner was one of the letter carriers in the Pimlico district, and neither of the letters produced were addressed to any person within his delivery. They also bore the two-penny post-date stamp of the night in question, and neither of them could have been in the office as dead letters. The letters which the prisoner was to deliver on that even ing wore laid outside the bag tied up, but not with the letters produced. Mr. James Seymour, of Long-acre, identified one of the letters produced as being intended for him, or for his father. The witness, on being directed to break the seal, found that the letter contained a remittance of 11. 10s. 4d., which had been sent to him by Mr. E. Butler, of Reading. Mr. TWYFOIID inquired if the prisoner was allowed to sort as well us deliver letters at the several houses in his walk. Mr. Peacock said that it was occasionally part of his duty to be employed in sorting such letters as he was obliged to t - ake out for delivery. Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu identified the other letter as having come from her mother at Cheltenham, en closing- a sovereign to her. The prisoner in his defence denied that either of the letters came into his hands during the time he was oa duty sorting, and there wore two other persons sorting with him. Mr. TWYkORD criteria the witnesses to be bound over, and the prisoner to stand committed for trial. The prisoner was again charged with stealing two other letters containing money, addressed to persons not residing within the district of his walk. Inspector Martin, A division, proved that he searched prisoner's lodgings in Eceleston-street East, Pimli co , where he found in the grate the six fragments of paper produced, apparently the cover of a letter, addressed to Mrs. Drewer, 14, Holles-street, Wardour-street, Oxford-street, and in the drawer of a wash-hand stand fragments of another letter addressed -- Blaybey, 31 battalion, Grenadier Guards, Tothill Fields hospi tal, Rochester-row, Westminster. Mrs. Anne Drewer, a widow, expected a letter:from Mr. Gelante, of Eagle-house, Tottenham-Green, on the 20th inst., which she never received. Joseph Blabey, a private in the Grenadier Guards, proved that the fragments of the letter produced were in the handwriting of his wife, dated Feb. 21, East Sheen, and in consequence of having since heard from her, he had reason to believe that it contained an enclosure which he never received. Mr. Gapes gave similar testimony as in the former cases. LAW IN TELLIGENCE. --„..-. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, A P RIL 23. THE QUEEN V. THE CHURCHWARDENS CF LAMBETH. MANDAMUS. In this case a rule bad been obtained on 31st January calling on the defendants to show cause why a mandamus should not issue directing them to make out of any funds in their possession, arising from a Church-rate, a reasonable allowance to the Reverend Henry Mor gan for performing the duties of Chaplain to the workhouse during and since the year 1838, at the rate of 1004 per annum, and further directing them, if they had no funds there, to collect the arrears of Church rate now due, and to take such steps as might be necessary to collect a Church-rate thereout, to make the Rev. Henry Morgan compensation. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK this day showed cause against the rule. Sir F. Poeeoce. this day sheaved cause against the rule, which he said was founded on a local Act of Parliament, the 50th George 111., cap. 19, which had already been frequently before the Court. By the 22d section of that Act it was enacted that the rector of the parish may ap point a clergyman of the Established Church, to give spiritual instruction and consolation to the persons inha biting the workhouse, and that the churchwardens and overseers of the parish may, arid are hereby empowered to make a reasonable and competent allowance to such clergy man so appointed, se long as be shall perform his duties to their satisfaction out of the Church-rate of the parish. Now Mr. Morgan was appointed two years ago, and bad never ap plied for any remuneration until after his salary, if be were entitled to any, had been in arrears a year and a half. He then applied to the Churchwardens and Overseers for a year and a half salary; and to that application they had not returned any answer. He would, however. admit, that unless he could satisfy the Court that there was no ground for granting the mandamus, his Learned Friend on the other side would have a prima facie case. His answer to this rule was, first, that the Churchwardens bad no funds, and that there were no arrears to collect ; next, that Mr. Morgan undertook to perform the duty gratuitously ; and, lastly, he had an affidavit stating that in order to pro vide for the religious wants of the persons in the workhouse a new church had been built at a considerable expenco in consequence of an arrangement between the Rector and the parish officers, and rates had been made expressly for that object. When this was done the pew -rents were ap propriated to the maintenance of the clergyman who was appointed by the Rector, and subsequently the Church wardens allege that in violation of the arrangement made between the Rector and the Churchwardens, and not withstanding the parish had erected the church to give the persons in the workhouse the benefit of spiritual instruction in that Church, the Rector had net only appointed a clergy man to that church, but had also appointed a chaplain to the workhouse ; and he had done this after having un successfully attempted to get the Guardians of the Poor to appoint regularly a Chaplain to the workhouse, who would, had the appointment been made by the Guardians, have been paid out the poor-rates. There had been no Chula-rate made since 1836, and there was every reason to believe that no Church-rate would be made in the parish, and if in obedience to a man damus, the Churchwardens should be compelled to call a meeting for the purpose of imposing a Church -rate, as far as the inhabitants were concerned, they would refuse to do so, and the unhappy state of irritation at present exist ing in the parish of Lambeth was little likely to be ap peased by this new apple of discord. He was afraid, from the spirit exhibited on the part of those who in structed his Learned Friend, that any appeal to them, on his part, would be ineffectual. It might perhaps be contended, that by the terms of the Act the Rec tor was bound to appoint, and that that was a sufficient answer to any arrangement, and it might be con tended that the Act was equally imperative on the Church wardens. He wished to solicit their Lordships' opinion as to whether the Churchwardens were bound, and had authority to make a Church -rate. It would be more con venient to obtain their Lordships' opinion now than to wait until a return should be made to the mandamus. Such an expression of opinion would at once put an end to the difficulty. If their Lordships were of opinion that the Churchwardens and Overseers had no power to make a rate of themselves, or that parish was not bound to make a rate under the Act of Parliament, then a rate would not be made. But if their Lordships said a rate must be made then no doubt it would he ma d e , as t h ere was no disposition whatever to resist that which their Lordship might lay down as the law on the subject. Such an expression of opinion would save great expense and trouble, and he assured the Court that it was in the sincere spirit of peace that he made the application. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the rule must be made absolute. The salary of 1001. a year was the same salary that had been paid to Mr. Scott, the former chaplain. The 22d section of the Act he contended was compulsory, both upon the Rector, the Churchwardens and Overseers. Mr. Morgan had been duly appointed, and had regularly performed all the duties of Chaplain, and therefore he claimed the salary due, and had re peatedly applied for compensation. With regard to the building of the Church which had been dragged in most unnecessarily for the purpose of attempting' to throw a slur upon the character of the Rector, Dr. D'Oyley. The defendants themselves did not pretend that Dr. D'Oyley had ever said that in consequence a Chaplain to the workhouse would not be necessary. He denied that ever Mr. Morgan had undertaken to perform all the duties of Chaplain gratuitously. The affidavit only stated that when Mr. Morgan was informed that the ministers of other denominations attended at the workhouse gratuitously, he would do the same, but that was very different from saying that he would perform all the duties of chaplain gratuitously. It was no answ er to state that there would be a difficulty in collecting funds to pay the chaplain. They should make theatttempt, and do their best. Lord DENMAN thought the Court could not direct the defendants to make and collect a new Cnurch-rate. The ATTORNEY-GENERaL would consent to have all that part of the rule which related to the making a new Church-rate struck out. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—There is no power under the Act given them to make a Church -rate. They must pay the Chaplain out of the existing Church-rate. Rule absolute, with the exception of that part which re lates to the making a new Church- rate._ SHOCKING CHARGE AGAINST A,- .FATHER AND THREE SON S. —O n the night of the 12 th of November , last a woman, the wife of a labourer named Timoth y Sullivan, residing in W oo l w i ch was missing under very suspicious cir cumstances, and the neighbours broadly accused her hus b and and her eldest son, Daniel, with being criminally concerned in her absence. To allay the public feeliNg, the Magistrates had the husband, th e eldest son, and a younger brother, brought before them, when it appeared Mrs. Sullivan was last seen in their company by Mr. Curran, landlord of the Carpenters' Arms, at about twenty minutes past eleven o'clock on the night in question. WEen she came into his house she was tipsy, but having slept with her head on toe table, and having only a small quantity of beer, she was less tipsy when she lett than when she came. A number of witnesses were examined at the time, and their evidence showed that she was often very roughly used by her husband and by her eldest son, but nothing of a defini tive nature w as elicited to warrant the Magistrates to detain them, and they were discharged upon their promise to appear when called upon to answer any future charge. The Magis trates severely reprimanded Sullivan for his heartless conduct towards his wife. On Monday last, the 20th inst., the body of a woman was found in the river near Blackwell. It was tied in a sack, and had no gown on ; but from the other parts of her dress a strong suspicion exists that it is the body of Mrs. Sullivan. An active officer named Garraud and the police were immediately on the alert, and succeeded in taking into custody Timothy Sullivan and three of his sons, and they are at pesent detained in the station-house at Woolwich, until the result of the Coroner's inquest is known. REMARKABLE AND EXTRAORDINARY CIR. cumsTAticz.—About eighteen years ago, a poor woman of the name of Elizabeth Charlesworth, the wife of William Charles- ERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM GUNPOWDER.- worth, of Sheepshead, was in labour but not delivered of her I The family of Quarter-Master Brodriph, of the 14th Royal child, and on Saturday last, she died at the age of 59 . At the Hussars, stati one d at If ouns l ow B arrac k s , h as b een t h rown request of th e poor woman during her life, several surgeons into a state of ;the most painful excitement by the following were present o n M on d ay l as t, when a post mortem examina- I occurrence :—O' n Satu r d a y la s t Miss Brodriph, who is abo u t tion took pl ace, and a large su b s t a nce was di scovere d twe l ve years of age, seeing her father's powder-horn lyingin her i ns id e, which prove d to b e a young child, in a s h e lf , i ncautiously took it down for the purpose of pla OU y perfect preservation ; it was enclosed in a hard substance, and ing with it. She accordingly began by igniting at first only no doubt is entertained of its having remained there from the small portions of the contents, but, getting less timid as sh; time when the poor woman was in labour, and not delivered, proceeded, she fired a larger quantity, which communi ca t e d eighteen years ago, Th e c hild is now in the possession of with the powder remaining in the horn, and the whol e ex- Messrs. Palmer, surgeons, L oug hborough, and weighs six Flodcd, shattering her right hand in a dreadful manner, and pounds; its legs and arms are quite perfect, and it is admitted otherwise seriously injuring her. She was immediately at by all who have seen it that such a circumstance was never tended by several surgeons, but remains in a very precarious known to have occurred before.—Nottingham Review. state. The prisoner said that he found the letter addressed to the witness Blabey in Rochester-row, and on opening it discovered that it contained nothing, but that part of it was destroyed, and whether the other was enclosed in it be could not say. On taking it home he did not read it, but threw it in his room, he could not tell where. Upon the application of Mr. Peacock, he was ordered to be brought up again in a week. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OP YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The leading men of England and the United States are far too enlightened to cherish any covert feelings of " rivalry " on one side or other. They possess the ad vantage of a new country—w e of an old one ; they, of a form or rather forms of Government so loose and local, as to impose few checks on the spirit of unlimited enterprise encouraged by their present situation and prospects ; we of a more complete system of government, and concentration of national force. We cannot reason ably be rivals, while we continue so different ; and to be enemies on account of that- difference is a folly we have committed once too often. The disturbing elements of the boundary question result chiefly from the absence of control by the federal government over the States, and by the States over their border populations. There is not government enough in the United States to make their people, at all times, very agreeable or quiet ne;gh hours. It is the. inroads, however, of their borderers— and not the influence of their principles—which do net so very materially differ front those which have long been held by Englishmen, that create any uneasiness in these disputes. (From the Courier.) As an instance of the disreputable practices to which the Ministerial organs resort, we quote from the Chronicle of this morning the following words, which will be found in an elaborate misrepresentation of the Bishop of London's speech at Chelmsford :—" We have always declared the proposed Church extension to be a job, and we arc now backed by high episcopal au thority." Need we say that neither the Chronicle nor its employers have any such authority ? Additional churches arc wanted, and that the erection of them will be profitable to some persons indisputable. The ar chitect, the mason, the joiner, and their workmen will all find it a job in the support which it will give to themselves and families. Of the future incumbents we may say the same ; but the churches are required by the increased and increasing wants of society, and they must be erected, if we do not intend to suffer the people to sink into a state of infidelity and consequent barbarism. (From the Standard. ) The result of the Totnes election deserves something more than the hasty notice which we presented yester day. We have the authority of the Morning Chronicle for treating Mr. Baldwin's majority, though it num bered but seven, as a signal defeat of the Duke of Somerset and the Whig-Radicals ; for if a majo rity of 9 in a division of 530 votes on Sir James Graham's motion constituted a " signal defeat" of the minority, a majority of seven in a division of 809 votes, the number polled at Totnes, leaves the mino rity in a defeat equally signal. As we have appealed to the authority of the .Morning Chronicle, we beg to ask our respected contemporary why it with holds all information respecting the Totnes election from its anxious readers ? The fact is such, we can assure all sceptics. For anything that the Morning Chronicle tells this morning, or that any of the Minis terial Papers told last night, the public might be still in ignorance of the last signal defeat. The matter is as discreetly passed over as were the late exploits of Mr. Coppock at Ludlow. WESTMINSTER COURT OF REQUESTS. " Delany and Rooney" shouted the crier, and the parties stepped into their respective boxes. " Larry tuk me chair," said the plaintiff. " Ye axed me to take it, Misthress Delany," said Larry. _ _ " Och, God help me, ye awful vaggerbone," returned Kitty, " yer'll be parjurin yerself." A COMMISSIONER—What is your claim, Mrs. De lany ? Kitty—Sure, yer boner, it's 78. for the chair. COMMISSIONER —What chair? Kitty—The chair as Larry tuk• Another COMMISSIONER—But what did the defend ant do with the chair that you speak about ? Kitty= Put himself into it like a judge, and little was it he moved till next mornin'. COMMISSIONER—TeII the Court what:he did with the chair—did he take it away next morning? Kitty —Take it away, is it, yer honer's sayin'? Sure it was next mornin' Larry couldn't d o w id out it. The COMMISSIONER (hastily)—Do you hear,woman! Did the defendant take the chair away ? Kitty—Not the move of me shoe, yer honer—he warnt able to take himself away, and me chair rooled him on the (lure. The COMMISSIONER—I can make nothing at all of the woman's story. Another COMMISSIONER (lauzhing)—How came your chair to upset him, Kitty ? Kitty—Och sure, yer honer, it was the liquor in it. The COMMISSIONER—What the chair drunk ? Kitty—Och, by my two eyes—is it foolin' me yer honer is ? Me chair dhrunk ? the Lord help me! Faix it was Larry, yer honer, Larry, wid the dhrink. And Kitty went on to relate, that " wonst a week," a grand harmonic meeting took place at her house. COMMISSIONER —In St. Giles ? Kitty—Yis, yew honer and Larry having a wi ce th a t Tommy Moore, or Misther Lover, wouldn't be whistling at— COMMISSIONER—He was respectfully invited to pre side for the evening ? Kitty—Sure yer honer knows all about it. " Well Larry," said one of the COMMISSIONERS, " what have you to say to this ? How did you manage to get through this enormous quantity of liquor ? Seven shillings' worth at one sitting ?"—" Yer honer," inter rupted Kitty, " It was whiskey and wather—whiskey and wather, yer honer ; divil a sup of beer Larry looked at the whole night. I fetched the liquor meself, I did." COMMISSIONER—As a sort of inducemont to this distinguished vocalist (pointing to Larry, who received the compliment as if it bad been the blessing of his priest) to preside through the evening ? That's the rule, I believe, Mrs. Delany ? Larry—As thrue as God, yer honer. Yer axed me often an' often, yer did, Mit tbress Delany, sure yer know yer did, to take the chair. It isn't for me, poor man as I am, yer boner to be payin' 7s. for whiskey afore mornin'--- - " Larry, Larry !" ejaculated Kitty, lifting up her hands and rolling her eyes. Larry—And wastin' me time— Kitty—Och, the spalpeen ! Larry—And me caractur. " Och, the devil's cure to ye !" vociferated Kitty. Kitty's opinion of the vocalist was in an instant lost in her knowledge of the man. He was the " biggest blaggard," she declared, in all St. Giles's, getting victuals and drink from all quarters for nothing but " a song." " Larry, in return, gave the Court a specimen of his vocal abilities, " singing" out in Irish, and with a voice that immediately reminded one of " Cease, rude Boreas," a long list of what appeared to 1)e, judging from the effect upon Kitty, exceedingly pretty epithets. Kitty retorted, and The Commissioners having in vain endeavoured to pacify the " tiddlywinkee s " wife and the Irish vocalist, the parties were ordered out of Court to get cool. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN wrrn.—The Earl of Harewood, Swan sea to Grenada, 12th ultimo, lat. 46, long. 16, by the Lady Flora Hastings, arrived at Falmouth. Plato, of Boston, for New Orleans, 16th instant, lat. 48, long. 8, by the Emerald,Varty, arrived at Falmouth. Two Brothers, Torbay to Newfoundland, 14th instant, lat. 50, long. 10, by the Mantura, arrived at Liverpool. Brooklyn, Liver pool to New York, 2d instant, lat. 40, long. 68; Earl of Durham, Liverpool to Halifax, with loss of mainmast. head, 9th instant, lat. 44, long. 43 ; -, Volfscoat, Clyde to Quebec, I 1 th instant, lat. 49, long. 19; Wellington, of Bristol, steering west, 15th instant, lat. 50, long. 15 ; Eleutheria, London to Montreal, and Ann Henrieo, Per ratnbueo to Hamburgh, 18th instant, lat. 49, long. 8; Globe, of Havre, 19th instant, lat. 50, long. 8, by the Oxford, Rathbone, arrived at Liverpool. Stephen, Wright, of Whitby. bound to St. John's, New Brunswick, 30th ultimo, lat. 27, long. 25, by the Margaret Boyle, Smith, arrived in the Clyde. Favourite, Pernambuco to Stock ton, 9th instant, lat. 51, long. 9, by the Englishman, ar rived at Bristol. Elizabeth, of llamburgh, 29th February, lat. 4 N., long. 25 W.; Alexander, of Liverpool, 11th ultimo, lat. 22, long. 39 ; Resolution, of Liverpool, 7th instant, lat. 42, long. 17 ; Robert Burns, of Liverpool, 10th instant, lat. 43, long. 16 ; Elizabeth, of Rotterdam, and John Woodall, of Liverpool, 11th instant, lat. 43, long. 15, by the Mary, Palmer, arrived off Falmouth. The following was received this day at Lloyd's, April 23 : Admiralty, 22d April, 1840. Sir,-1 am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to transmit to you herewith, for the infor mation of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, an extract of a letter they have received from the Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station, relative to the best method of coming to an anchor off the Islar.d of Ascension.—l am, Sir, Your very humble servant, JOHN BARROW. Wm. Dodson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. Extract of a letter fiom Rear-Admiral the lion. George Elliot, dated 11th February, 1840 : " The most simple directions for anchoring at Ascen. sion seem to be round the north side, keeping at not less titan three-quarters of a mile from the land till the Fbrt is nearly open, then haul close along shore, which is quite steep, and may be approached to a cable's length. In this way a ship will always fetch a good anchorage, without a tack ; and it is not advisable to stand over near the Western Rocky Bank, in the variable winds under the land, with a view of tacking into the anchorage. Fresh water can always be procured at Ascension now. " THE THAMES TuNNEL.--This work- is rapidly proceeding, and preparations are about to he made for sinking a shaft on the Middlesex shore, and forming a staircase for the foot passengers to descend into and ascend from the tunnel, which is expected to be opened as a thoroughfare for pedes trians only about the commencement of the year 1841. The excavators have reached to within th'rty feet of the wharfs in Wapping, and the Thames Tunnel Company have latel y en tered into agreements for the purchase of the Shi p and Swan public-houses, the premises over the wharfs tdjoining, and some other buildings, at an expense of 8,0001. ihe occupants have received notice to quit. .• EVENING EDITION. COACH-OFFICE CHARGES AND THE PENNY POST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Having seen in your Paper a reference on several occasions to the loss sustained by the coach proprietors in reference to parcels, which can now be forwarded through the penny post, and having per ceived that the remarks seem to have a tendency to excite a commisseration for such coach proprietors, it is but just to call to mind the exorbitant charges that these coach proprietors make for the porterage of parcels. I have now before me a long list of bills upon which I find carria;e paid one shilling for a parcel from Norwich, and porterage in London, from the coach-office to my house, eightpence. These men have now their reward, and they deserve it. The penny post has, in a great measure, freed us from their greed, and the revenue and the public will both be benefited.—Your obedient servant, 89, Great Russell-street, April 22, 1840. J NAVAL INTELLIGENCE• (From the Brighton Gazette.) PoßTAmouTH.—There is no truth whatever in the re• ported appointment of the Hon. Captain Berkeley to the Cape command. Th e gallant officer will shortly proceed in the Thundcrer, 84, to Lisbon and the Mediterranean. The Magicienne, 24, fitting out in the hatbour, has lost her esteemed Captain (William Burnett) by death ; and preparations are making to inter his remains with the usual honours. The new brig Bittern, 16, was launched here on Sa turday ; and a sister vessel to her, of the same armament, named the Albatross, will also be launched here in June next. There is yet no official notice of the successor to Achill' ral Sir Robert Stopford, in the Mediterranean. A letter from the Magnificent, at Jamaica, of the 15th March, states " that the 60th Regiment were under /ma diate orders for Quebec, and that the Apollo troop-shill was refitting at Port Royal, to convey them there, sou thence to go to Barbadoes." Rear-Admiral Sir James Gordon, K. C. 8., having de clined accepting the command in the Brazils, Sirs Jame s Dashwood and Samuel Pym are now both named for that station. Rear-Admiral Ross's time does not expire for several months ; but it is understood that he wishes to re sign, owing to impair e d h ea l t h. The Lily. 18, was refitting at Ascension on the 20th January, and was to remain there until the arrival of her Commander, Charles Deere, from England. The Stmarang, 26, Capt. Scott, and Fly, 18, Com' mender Loch, were as San Blas on the 22d January, the latter embarking specie for England, and may be expected early in May, to be paid off. The former was shortly to follow for the same purpose. The Pique, 36, Captain Boxer, is at Spithead, under the hands of the dockyard, being ordered to proceed to Cronstaat, to bring home our Minister at St. Petersburg )) . the Marquis of Clanricarde. The Pearl, 20, Commander Frankland, it is expected, will leave Spithead about Saturday, for Rio de Janeiro. The Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, has arrived at Plymouth from Sheerness, to complete her complemeaP and a tender has been sent to Cork and Waterford, 1 1 volunteers. She is t o t a k e ou t to G enoa t h e Hon. italP" Abercromby and suite, for the Embassy at Turin. The Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant Littlehales, is hourly looked for from the river, on her way to the West Coast of Africa. IN HA RBOUR. —Britannia, Victory, Vanguard, Jupiter, Excellent, Royal George, Magicienne, Victor, Messenger, and flag tender. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. I Wheat. 1 Barley, I Oats. I Bea..s. 1::552:... Per Quarter , s. to s. Is. s, to ss. to s. a. to a. s• ..„ Bath - Blandford ...- 73 '7B 32 40 26 30 48 50 .._ '"' ...., Bridport .0.- - 68 - - -.- - - .... Chard 156 '7B 36 51 20 26 48 50 - 40 Gloucester 54 RO 34 52 25 35 41 43 37 Exeter '7o 80 27 34 21 28 40 ... -- Guildford - - 40 16 20 34 40 44 - ..„ Newbury -- 50 82 32 50 21 32 42 52 .- 4$ Reading..,,.„ '52 84 35 47 23 34 40 53 •)° Salisbury ...- 56 81 28 46 24 34 40 50 --- ~.. Shtrborne 7O 78 42 58 26 30 42 48 '''': .... SheptonMallet 58 80 33 54 30 34 48 50 - ..., Uxbridge -. - - 37 43 23 32 -•- - Warminster.,,, 54 82 36 54 27 36 50 58 -- • .... Winchester - _ _ _ _ - -. icovil 56 82 40 48 30 32 46 50 •••• LEEDS CORN MARKET.-April 21. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. - York. and Lincoln. 601 b. - : 1 4 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding - Beans • Oats, Potatoc 268. to 2 88 . -Mealing, For. -.d. to-d Shelling Eng. 1341, 3 t 5 0 1 ~4 jd.pe 378. prerstioon....! GUILDFORD MARKET, Wheat, Old (Per Load) 19/. to 201 . Cs.—New, 164 to 214 Os• Barley (Per Qr.) 4oc to 465. I Beans (Per Qr.) 406. to 445 *...... 40 41 Oats 2B 34 I Rye Grey Pease, 425. to 445. DEVIZES CORN MARKET. d d Per Sack , c d. cd. Per Quarter. s• ' 34 ( First Wheat 3li 0 to 37 0 O a t s 4 23 0 to 20 ( Second 11 0 34 ti Beans (per sack)... 20 0 , 6 0 Third 8ar1ey................ 28 0 42 6 Bread (per gall.) 1 1 --- MB. DowToN.—This venerable actor is about to take a farewell benefit. He is now seventy-four years of age, has been half a century before the public, and is, we be lieve, the actor now longest on the stage. However, he has not been able to realise sufficient to enable him to retire, and the " farewell benefit" i s f or the pur_pose of giving hi m some provision in his declining y ears . Hi s case, as one most de serving of attention, has drawn forth the consideration of 01 most distinguished persons. Army* those who c om e forwat" as the patrons are— The Queen Dow%ger, the Duke of Cam' bridge, the Dukes of Bedford, Beaufort Devonshire, and Nor thumberland, the Marquis of Normanby, the Earls 'of Chester field and Uxbridge, Lords Holland, Saye and Sele , , Mar , n l borough, Segrave, John R usse ll, an d D ud l ey Stuart. ''' mittee of noblemen and g entl emen , h ea d e d by the Duke Beaufort, I f the Earl of Chesterfield, and Lord Dudley Stuart,. forming for the purpose of organizing the benefit and ascertain . ing the probability of success. SHARP PRACTIOE.—Some days since a tra : yeller called at a public-house in Little Falls, with a horse an cutter. Giving the horse in charge of the ostler, he went to the house, but soon returned to the barn to see how his "°',, fared ; but, to his astonishment, neither the horse nor to o, Irishman who attended the stables could be found. Se eli ti ) ",' another horse and sleigh, he solicited the loan of them to pars., h the thief, and, after being absent for an hour, returned w t !'" his property. " What has become of the ostler ?" landlord. " I rather suspect," rejoined the stranger, " thattLie will not return while I am here," and pursued his journey toena West. Nothing more was known of the Irishman for severs days, when the landlord seeing the track of a horse and cuttere, leading into the woods about two miles from the town, followed it until he came to a man hanging from the limb of a tr e ; when, behold, there was the ostler dead whom the stranger had pursued, tried, condemned, and executed, all within inquired I!: space of one hour.— Canada Paper. THE NEW PORTABLE AL"' ble size •f a small Snuff B og , can be piaced en the Dress in g" and set to ring at any h our that may be required. Pri ce and a half Guineas. doors 000 Goldsmith, Watchmaker, &c X ~ 47, SAVOR Corn Y hill (Seven Gracechurch-street), London. A Pamphlet, c on t a i n i ng a li st o f t h e Prices a Silver Shale. and Forks, Tea and C o ff ee S erv i ces, an d ot h er Silver Forks, Plated Ware, Hated on White Metal Spoons and i n be Watches, Clocks, & c ., w ith D raw i ngs o f t h e A r ticles, , v L id forwarded grati s an d p os t f ree, i n answer t o a ?is"- application. BIRTFI3. f 1,1 5 ' On the 23d inst., i n B e l grave-square, th e Countess °- towel, of a daught er . On 'the 15th i ns t., a t Balgarvie, the Hon. Mrs. F rederick Scrymgeour Weild er b urn, o f a son. , the (in the 19th inst., at King's-terrace, Southsea, Ham lady of Lieutenant N. F. Edwards, R.N., of a son. On 22d inst., at Westerharn, Kent, Mrs. 'F. H. Bes" rtib of a slaughter. On the 22d inst., at Dover, the wife of R. Bushell, EN' R.N., of a daughter. of On the 22d inst., th e l a d y o f T. Trin{ham Smith, Esq" Bolton-street, Piccadilly, of a son. pen' On the 23d inst., a t G rosvenor - p l ace , t h e l a dy o f John nistoun, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. 1 111 A R R 1 E. be R ev ' On Wednesday last, at S a l em Chap D el, in Leeds, by t ~ t he Jelin Ely, Mr. John Wade, of Blenheim Terrace, to Ann' fourth daughter of Edward Baines, Esq., M.P. . 1 Sir On the 2'.. , th inst., at Walcot Church, Major-Gon er s 7_,,ire, W. Davy, C.B. an d K.C.11 ., o f Tracy -park, Gl o ceste ei sq., to Sophia, eldest daughte r o f Ri c h ar d Fountayne Wilw n ' of Melton, Yorkshir e . Rey , On the 21st inst., at W ar d en, Northumberland, the..,, W. Rico Markham, vicar of Morland, Westmer:and, to Esq., youngest surviving daughter of the late Nathaniel Clayten , of Chester. On the 21st i nst ., a t Llangennech Church, Carmarthentre; John Gwyn Jeffreys, E sq ., o f Swansea, to Anne, eldest claug of Richard Janiver N ev ill, E sq., of Llangenn ea l i -park• vs g ,, Agnes,l3lack 1 u youngest n , Esq. , daughter o f C l On the 21st inst., at Ryton, Bowicke Blackburn, .'-' 0 , youngest to scin Isabella of ' Esq., of Ryton, Durham. Jaye" On the 22d inst., at All Saints Church, Southampton, I An , Horne, jun., Esq., of Clapham-common, to Mary O hl ' Slaughter, of Southampton. "d flud s°ll On the 221 inst., at St. John's, Hackney, De" daughter M'Nicoil, Esq., surgeon, of Liverpool, to Sara, eldest of Edward Day, Esq., of the former place. Alfred On the 22d inst., at St. Thomas-a-Becket, Levee! , oor Phoarft-clainn°lb, Aliddleton, Esq., surgeon, Fin,bury-place, London, to '' o f the Richardson, youngest daughter of Mr. Daniel Harvey, Cliffe, Lewes. John tehin- On the 23d inst., at St. Olave's, Hart-street, . ,Youngest son, Esq., of Sheriff-hill, Durham, to Ann Sara o h . s ece,n. daughter of the late Thomas Henry Buckle, Esq.. 1 burgh-square. lebone, Edwin On the 23d inst., at Trinity Church. Mary Henry Young , Gower, Esq., to Jane Eleanor, daughter of Dr . of Devonshire-place, Portland-place. D 11CD. On the `23d inst., at Whitchal Mary Isa bella, of the Right I lth Hon.inst., Lo at Morden rd Carringt College, Mr. Jelin on. Echvardas aged 77. t son of On the 19th inst., George Hewitt Rostock, the n ifan Ilobeit and Charlotte Rostock , aged 16 m onths. of On the 21st inst., Elizabeth , the wife of M r. James Gay, H aver hill, Suffolk and of St. James's-street. On the eldest daughter On the 21st inst., at Liverpool, John Stewart , Es+, aged 7B- On the 2 1 st inst., surgeon,. lain of G es\Vil u li ri n f o ' :. aged 17. On the 21st inst., William Morris, only son of William Ro binson, Esq., of Forset-gate, Essex, aged 5 y ea rs and 3 mo nths On the inst., Anne, N 1 ir e o f J o h n Warburton, M. D" ° Clifford-street, Bond-street, aged 40. dt.l,itereseetc,onßdussosnen.osfquSiarrlas, Sledman, Esq., On the 22d inst., in Ch ar l es - s t ree t, Ilerkelev-square, A s a „r• al Royal Sir A Artiiley, &c., aged i 6 Dicksoi,G. 2. C. Deputy Ad General j utant- London: Printed and Published by 11ilRl)O YOUNG No. 1 12, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand is in' county of Aliddlesex.—Friday, April 24, 18.40.