The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-29 00:00:00

LON DON, MONDAY EV EN ENG. cC roßEii 29 [855.

SALE BY AUCTION.

TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS OTHER LARGE
CAPIT ALISTS.
Gloucestershire and Monmonth‘hire. The Hotel, Gardens, Lawn, rn I
New Passage Ferry, I t miles from Bristol.
4R. LILLY is instructed to SELL, by
AUCTION, at the Commercial Sale Room, Bristol, on FRI-
DAY, the 2d November, IBss, at One o'clock' precisely,
The i motel, Q.-aden, Bowling Green, extens ve Stabling, Coach-
-houses. and Outbuildings, at the New Passage, with two Cotta4cs
and Gardens, and about eight acres of Meadow and Pasture Land,
all in the parish of Elenbury, in the county of Glom-ester, adjoining
the shore of the River Severn, and about II miles from the city of
Bristol.

• • And at the same time and place will ha Sold.
The ancient Passage or Ferry, across the river Severn, from the
New Passage on the Gloucestershire s'e'e to the Black Rock Hotel
on the Monmouthshire side of the river, within a few furlorgs of the
South Wale., Railway; together with the Qaays, Piers, and Landing
Places on Vie GloncesteiThire and Monmouthshire shores, and the
Pil.tcalicd ChiKell Pill, and all the Tolls, Fines, PaYment., and
Emoluments receivable on account of the said Ferry, Piers, Quays,
and Landing-places.
A reference to the Map of England will immediately show the
important position of this 'New Passige Ferry. It affords the
shotttst route between the West and South-Went of England,
Bristol, Bath, Salisbury, and Southampton; r id Monmouthshire and
South Wales; and also between Bristol, Herefordshire, Shropshire.
and Liverpool ; and a railway of about 10,2 miles would connect the
Ferry with the Nlidland Vailwoy, the Great Western Railway, and
the Bris of and Exeter Railway. Steam-vessels upon the system in
it-e between th, Cheshiri and Lancashire shores at Liverpool, be-
tween New Holland and Hull, and at the Frith of Forth, could con
'i.leniently ply across the 'Cew Passage Ferry; and an immense traffic
. .

nassengers and goofs now carried on with Afonmouthshire and South
,Vales, across the Bristol . hannel, or by the circuitous route of
Gl,ucester, would be the immediate result of such an improved com-
munication.

The South Wales Line would be react ed at a point only Moen
miles from Bristol, which, via G10uc...4?7, is upwards of sixty.
The above l'roperty wr,l reserves the ettention of Railway Con-
tractors, or of any Capitalist wiio is disper.7d to secure the command
of one of the most iinpori,nt ltailw .y routes in kingdom, and
which must at an early period he ad opted as an inoispens.,ble mode
cf communication bt.tween Bristol and Monmouthshire and South
Wales.

NOTE.—The Hotel, Lands, and Ferry will be offered for ale in ono
Lot or in several Lots, as may be announced at the time of Sale.
To view the Premises apply to the Tenant ; and for further parti-
culars to the Auctioneer, at Br!.li,ie-s;reet; or to SAVEKT, CLARK,
and FUSSELE, Solicitors, 12, Corn-street, t istol.

IRRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-
-a--6" road. London.
NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN, That the LILT for 1Q55 of
HYGErAN AGE TA duly appointed for the Sale of Mr. Mori,on's
(the llygeist) Vegetable rniversal Medicine throughout the world is
now printed, and may be fad gratis on application as above.
A:ORISON and Co., Hygelsts.

Q, IR WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING
FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying Sic:
Rooms, &C. Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when
,ilated for use.
Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon-,treet, City.
Gallons, Is. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. half-pints, Gd.

TILE STORM- OF FRIDAY,

The following letter has been addressed toe contem-
porary :
Sr,—The gale which commenced yestekand ter-
minated this morning has been accompanie vso many
interesting and important phenomena, and its different
features have been so well marked, that it seems pro-
bable its path, speed, &c., may be tracarl. The wind,
which had been W.S.W., moved to S.W. at 10 a.m. on
the 25th, and the gale commenced, the direction remain-
ing the Fame up to 5 15 n.m, of the 26th (the oscillations
reaching W. and S.S.W., and twice S). . The main-
taining minimum pressure for this lengthened period
was Bozeeend the maximum pressure 31b., on the square
foot ; at .8 30 p.m. it increased to 41b, 7oz , butt 8 45
had decreased to 21b. 15ez ; at 9 30 it became 311 b., at
10 15 p.m. 41b. 3oz. ; at 11 45 41b. 10ez., aunt mid-
night decreased to 31b. 10oz., at 1 a.m. (of 26th) was
21b. 140 z., at 2 15 became 31b. Boz , then immediately
reeede3 to 21b. 10ez , at 3 30 a.m. 41b. 3ez*, then re-
ceded to 21b., at 4 30 was 4!b., and at 4 45 became 51b.,
at 5 a.m. 21b. 140 z., 5 5 41b., 5 15 21b. suz., 5 30 80z.,
545 4oz. ; the wind then remained at a pressure of
4oz. till 11 a.m., when it again became rough ; at 5.15
the wied changed to W., and a tremendous storm of
hail and rain eemmenced, and continued for nearly a
quarter of an hour. At Beeston 0.379 of an inch in
depth of rain fell. At 5.45 a.m. the wine became
W.S.W., and at 6.15 a.m. S.W. At midnight the tem-
perature of the air was 55 deg., and from this hour till
5 a.m. it slowly increased to 56 deg. ; from the time the
storm of rain and hail commenced the temperature fell
rapidly, becoming aer cold as 48.8 deg. in the air and
48.3 deg. on the grass, yet the temperature of the rain
which !ell so suddenly was only 32.1 deg., er 16 2' deg.
lower ; this had the effect of lowering the temperature
of the air 8.7 deg. During the night there was a dif-
ference of 2 deg. between the wet and dry bulb until 5.15
a.m., when the air became much more saturated
with moisture. Between 11 pm. and 10 a.m.
the greatest cold of the wet bulb wee 48.7 deg.,
and the greatest hest of the wet bulb 55.2 deg.,
being 0.1 deb. and 0.8 deg. lower than those of the 'Try
bulb. The mean angle of the air during the gale was
an upward current of about 45 deg. ; before the gale
the air had for three days been moving almost hori-
zentally over the surface of the earth, and at the cessa-
tion cf the gale was only an upward current of 5 deg.
The electricity was politive and feeble until 5 15 a.m.,
when it became negative and powerful—after the storm
(at 6 a.m.) again pceitive. For many days there had
been very little electricity, except at 5 p.m. on the 24th,
when it was negative and powerul, while a hailstorm
passed N.W. of this piece at the distance of about a mile.
During the gale the distant prospect had been remark.
ably clear, te•cerning hazy from the commencement of
the rain and hailstorm. Prior to the gale the ozone had
been feeble ; during its continuance the amount was 4.
The sky was for the most part overcast, with occasional
showers of rain from the commencement of the gale until
10 a.m. of the 26th. The clouds were low, and moved at
tebarometerFrom t
a fearful rapidity. At midnight on the 25th there had oc-
curred a beautiful lunar corolla, accempanied by a halo
commencementmor e perfect theonf It h ler agda
le
ever witsne a u s eLdb
up
to
• •dly (corrected to the altitude of 181 feet) ; it was at
10 p.m. 29.153 inches, at 2 3.1 n. 28.933 inches, and at
before.
fell
rap'
5 a.m. 28.813 inches ; at 5 15 a.m. it had risen to 28.860
inches, and at 10 a.m. was 28.863 inches.

The amount of rain fanen at the Higbfield-house
Observato► f was 0.524 of an inch, and the amount of
ozone 8.

It will be unnecessary to occupy additional space with
the state of the weather at Hightield-bouse, as it will
appear in the daily table in these columns.
Any in:orination al to the time of occurrence of this
rain storm, &c., will be very acceptable, and may prove
of great value to these inquiries.
I 'cave the honour to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,
E. J. LOWE.
Observatory, Beeston, near Nottingham, Oct. 26.

Spirit of the Public Journals.

THE NEW COMIA.NDER-IN-CHIEF.
(From the Times of this day.)

It is now certain that General Sir Win. Codrington is
to succeed to the command of the British army in the
East. He has, no doubt, by this time received the intelli-
gence, and, possibly, is already instal-led in his position. A
few days may probably bring us news of important opera-
tions directed by him. Now, therefore, at the close of the
second year of the war, the long desire of the country
gratified, and its troops are led by a man who belongs nct
to the last but to the present generation. When Lord
Raglan and the first race of Generals of li:vision were se-
lected for a distant and hazardous war, a thinking man,
but moderately read in history, might have presaged the
result. To age and infirmity were intrusted the destinies
of our only army. Its commanders had doubtless fought
gallantly in their youth, and perhaps hrd rendered not un-
important
services during 40 years of peace; but that the
dimly-remembered lessons of the subaltern should more
than counterbalance the weaknesses and unreadiness of age
was what England, after a century of bitter experiences,
should have been the last to believe. An old General is,
indeed, sometimes found who has retained unwonted
vigour, but that a dozen such should fortuitously come
together in the sawn army is a prodigy on welch it was
fully to count. That the appointments passed without
-censure only shows that the- nation had little knowledge
of military affairs, and was content to trust to its rulers
with a blind confidence too ill rewarded iu the end. A
whole generation of veterans has in twelve months passed
away, the rapid progress of events has cured an evil that
in former wars lingered for years, the reminiscences of the
Peninsula are no longer heard in the camp, and now the
highest post is intrusted to an-officer who was a child when
Waterloo was fought. ~ •
General Codrington entered the army iu 1821, and is,
we believe, not yet 50 years.Of age. His first commission
was as ensign in the Coldstream Gnarls. He attained to
a colonelcy in 1846, and his appointment as Major-General
is elated June, 1854. As to his services, it is sufficient to
may that he has held a command in the army of the Crimea
-_wer since it landed, and foughk always with distinction,
in eve; e battle. His conduct in the attack on the Redan
has been sharply criticised, but it has been amply and
satisfactorily explained. We believe that the experience
of war gained in one such year as has just passed away is
worth all that half a-century could teach a military secre-
tary in Spain or ut the Horse Guards, or that could be
learnt by any length of warfare against Asiatic moun-
taineers. General Codrington has witnessed all that we at
house have heard of with pride and with regret. It is in
his power to profit by past calamities—by the faults or
misfortunes of his predecessors. On the other hand, he
has seen what English officers and men can do. He has
seen them in the dreary watching of the trench, in the
sharp conflicts of sortie or assault ; he watched the devo-
tion—the mole heroic because it was in vain—which
marked the last fatal day. He knows his officers, not
vaguely or incorrectly through a despatch, but personally
and by Lis own judgment; ho has learnt their deeds or ca-
pabilities from his own eyes, or from that general consent
of comrades which is seldom at fault. He alone will be to
blame if he is ill served, for the trials of the campaign
have brought to light genius in many, 'need soldier-like
qualities in still more ; all ere therefor the commander to
choose from. It is not
.as in the beginning of the cam-
paign, when seniority or relationship might be called fair
titles, because merit could not be known. The meritorious
officer is now both known and honoured by time° around
him, and neither Government nor people will deny any
powers to a General by which Ise can reward such a man
and benefit the country. The relations between the French
and English armies have always required a wan of tact and
cow teay, yet with, a due regard for the honour of his own
country and for the feelings of those he leads. Those rela-
tions will become even more delicate when a campaign in
the field leads to extensive and complicated movements,
and the safety of each army may depend on the other's
punctuality or success. In such a case more frequent dis-
cussions must take place in order to produce that unity and
exactitude without which success may be purchased at too
high a price. Every movement of either army must re-
ceive the consent of two if not mere commanders, and it
will demand no small judgment in a General to unite pro•
per regard for a colleague's views to a clue confidence in his
own. On other points, also, caution will be necessary.
It is perhaps commonplace to say that a Commander-m-
Chief should preserve the mean between rashness and
timidity—that he should not undervalue the enemy or
form an excessive estimate of their skill and strength. But
this plainly necessary quality is ono of the rarest in a
General, and will be greatly tiled in the present case by an
unknown country and by an artful and secret foe.
It is certainly dangerous to predict success, and difficult
to judge What a man will be in the highest position from
his achievements is subordinate rank. Chance must have
its place in the results of milicary appointments; all that
a Government can do is to select the man who appeals the •
fittest, and support him to the utmost. There is at least
a presumption that General Codrington will succeed, for I
we know that he has done well as yet, and there is no as-
sertion of his incapacity for a higher post. The Govern-
ment is hound to give him the fullest powers of appoint-
ment and dismissal, to furnish him speedily and continu-
ously with material means, and to support his authority
against all opponents, at home or abroad. As they have
given him their confidence, they are hound not lightly to
withdraw it ; conclusive proof of incapacity can alone
justify the reversal of their present favouvable judgment,
and incapacity is net to he presumed so much from any in-
dividual mistake as from the general course of a campaign.
Should OVA,II444AT.Ire tines. the continence of the euuntry.has
been unfortunately bestowed, we have a right to ask that
the Government will confess its mistake without waiting
for the reiterated demands of the press and the public ; but
it will be for the Government more especially to consider
how far any ill-success is duo to incapacity or only to ad-
verse circumstances; hew far a partial failure was con-
cerned in producing a general success ; how far a course of
conduct was forced on the British Commander by causes
which controlled his own judgment. The duty of the public
is analogous to that of the Government,for it criticises where
the Government executes. The people and their represen-
tatives have to see that the materials and sinews of war
shall not fail their Gereral at the crisis of the contest. It
is, perhaps, a misfortune for a military man in high posi-
tion that his remonstrances and complaints are unknown
except by a few officials, while the discontent of his subor-
dinates is communicated to half the households in the
country. So far as the nation discovers that a•sy reason-
able wishes of the Commander-ie-Chief ha.ve'not met with
compliance it will be its duty to interfere strongly and at
once. Having given to their General all the means of suc-
cess, it will bo the duty of the public to add patience and
forbearance to their active exertions in his behalf. If
General Codrington's name inspires confidence, let not
such a sentiment bo too suddenly changed to upbraiding.
Whore, as in recent cases, an ill-result might have been
from the first predicted, a calamity only confirms the pre-
vious apprehension ; but now, with a general whom we
think we may trust, we may without danger consider that
temporary want of success may have arisen frolll causes
which bring on him no discredit. It is necessary to the
preservatieu of his influence that General Codrington
should have the esteem of his countrymen, and we trust
that it will not be lightly taken from him.

THE CASE OF STRAHA.N, PAUL, AND CO.
( From the Times of this day.)

The cause of public justice and commercial morality has
at length been fully and completely vindicated by the
trial, conviction, and sentence of Sir John Dean Paul and
his partners, Messrs. Strahan and Bates. Against the
first of the three the evidence was of a nature qui' e over-
whelming, and nothing was left to his counsel but to urge
technical objections i❑ his favour. Against the other two
the evidence rested rather on general presumptions and
probabilities, but these proved also too strong to be over-
berm), and no one who has perused the trial will, we thiek,
doubt that Strahan and Bates were accomplices in the acts
of Sir J. D. Paul, and therefore justly subjected to the
same condemnation. The fact thaL they weee partners,
all carrying on the same business, and actively engaged in
it,—their acces3 to the books of the firm, which it was
their duty to make themselves acquainted with, their ad-
missions of sub-equent guilt, and the absence of any at-
tempt to show that the money obtained by the sale of Dr.
Griffith's eecuritiel was applied to the separate purposes ,
of Sir J. D. Paul, all tended with 'irresistible force to
the same conclusion Nor can we imagine anything more
unfortunate than the attempt which was made to bring
the case within the section of the act which exempts front
criminal liability persons making disclosures in the Court
of Bankruptcy. The prisoners determined, if they could,
to bring themselves within the meaning of this section,
and for this purpose handed in a deposition which the
Court of Bankruptcy, rather incautiously, as we think, re-
ceived. The Judges seem to have been unanimously of
opinion that such a document, so prepared, was a fraud on
the act of Parliament, and could not possibly avail the
persons making use of it. But, even had this not been so,
the deposition was so unskillfully framed that it did not
relate at all to the offence for which the prisoners were in-
dicted. The prisoners were charged with selling without
authority and appropriating to their own use the proceeds
of Dr. Griffith's Danish Benda, in 1851, while the depcsi-
tion confessed the pawning, in 1855, of cei Lain other bonds
purchased by the firm to replace the bonds of Dr. Griffith
sold in the former year. This was not the offence charged, '
and was, indeed, no offence at all; for the bonds purchased
to replace those fraudulently abstracted were not in point
of law the property of Dr. Griffith, but of the firm that
purchased them. Thus has ended that wonderful legal
quirk which was, we were told, to deprive justice of her
prey, and give to the most undeserving of mankind a shame-
ful impunity for crime.
We never remember a case in which we were able to
acquiesce in the proceedings of a court of justice with
more entire satisfaction. Hero were men trusted with a
large amount of property, who lived,in the most unprin-
cipled extravagance, and, at the expense of their dupes,
revelled in every luxury that money not their own could
procure. Not content with this absorption of borrowed
funds, they laid their hands upon securities intrusted to
them merely for safe keeping, and supported themselves
latterly upon the proceeds of theft, reaching to the almost
incredible sum of 113,0004; and, while thus subsisting on
wholesale plunder, these men assumed to be pious and
charitable far beyond their neighbours—to be tho leaders
in every subscription, the presiding and directing geniuses
at every meeting for pious or eleemosynary purposes, the
polished corners and the shining pillars of the temple.
They were not content with impunity in the plunder, they
aspired to excite the veneration and admiration of man-
kind at the very moment when t'll'ey were most richly de-
serving their contempt and hatred. Never was there a
more revolting combination, never more hypocrisy joined
will be a salutary lesson to the commercial community
with mote knavery.
We trust that the fate of these three great delinquents
From extravagance to fraud, from fraud to theft, from_l3
theft to transportation, is a law of progression which mane
a man trembling on the narrow verge between
wrong will do well seriously to consider.
wanted indications, to which we will not
allude, of a very low tone of commercial mood,
ters where it might least have been exp
.1 cognisance and reticence dictated by motives
self-in-
terest of the most eerions offences.o
.criminal law his been ingruntent.,
de-
fects, in producing a most defective
moraity. There are so many cases
can make away with the prop , ,
heernave not
Tore distinctly
mrality in quar-
t t and even of ,
i.ght and
ecotives of
Tee truth is, that our
through its own
tone of commercial
in which one man
immoral, without
property of another in a manner
in the highest degree fraudulent and