The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

TABLE.
DAILY WEATHER

the Wind and Weather at each of the following
State oatt
Nina o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
Vaces
ar- arrange o in order of latltude.
PIT Wind gentle breeze—cloudy.
arL" grizi eis- —Wind sA., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
FoLfriss-rorra— yr Ind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast.
TuNIKEIDGE—WindW., gentle breeze - cloudless.
GREEN ICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CoLcuEsTEß—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine

N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
flormucAD—Wind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
LaacAszEn—.Wind N., gentle breeze—principally clear.
ind N.E.. gentle breeze—overcast.
DeaLLYGTom—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Ste....nd N., gentle breeze—overcast.
Bgerrocr—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1852.

Unquestionably about the most popular of all the
Ministerial appointments made by the Earl of DERBY
in the process of constructing his Administration, was
that by which the Admiralty Board was announced to
be presided over by his Grace the Duke of NORTHUM-
BERLAND. From the outset we asserted as much,
and every month that has elapsed since the formation
of the existing Cabinet has only tended the more en-
tirely to convince us of the accuracy of our first im-
pression. It was simply natural, indeed, that the
Royal Navy of England should be presided over by
one of the officers in that profession. As natural as
it must always be, of course, for the soldiers of Great
Britain to look for a General or a Field-Marshal in
the responsible office of Colnraander •in- Chief. Yet,
such being indisputably the case, we have bad the
chagrin of beholding the affairs of the maritime service
of the United Kingdom entrusted to the guidance
—not of a sea-captain, but of a civilian !
A gentleman in black—mind ! with the libel Act
before us we don't say, expressly the gentleman in
black, but a gentleman in black—instead of a gentle.
man in blue, has been authorised to exercise supreme
authority over the whole of the naval system in—of
all countries in the wide world—England. Even
Upon gala days the disgrace thus reflected upon the
most
national of our warlike professions was bat
slightly shrouded from observation. Then, if no
mere gentleman in black paraded in the midst of a
glittering group
of
veteran flag-officers—it was
simply because
presiding genius of the place"
was transformed for the -once into a Right Honour-
able Administrator, bedizmed in the Windsor uni-
form ! Flsppilythinsar,
Since the DERBY Ministry was
gazetted in February,
the naval officers of thisbountry have had the satisfaction
of bearing in remembrance the fact that one of their
own number is now formally installed at the head of
the Board
of Admiralty—and that ohe of their own
number," no less distinguished a sailor than his
Grace
the Duke of NOUTHUMBERLAND.
Fortunately the circumstance here referred to has
proved already one
fraught with no empty satisfac-
tion. Already within the last six or seven mewls,
namely, ever since the Earl of DEnnY and his
leagues were inducted into the localities renowned as
the favourite abode of power in Westminster, being,
in fact, removed to Downing-street just as the pre-
ceding Ministry were settling uncomfortably down in
Queer-street—we have found repeated cause to con-
gratulate the nation at large upon the restoration
of the original order of things in regard to
the system of maritime organization. Several
" crying abuses" have in this manner been already
effectually removed. Several acts of justice have, in
a manner equally prompt and praiseworthy, been
performed. Descending to more minute particulars
the shameful indifference displayed in reference to
the incomplete state of the Nelson qestimonial in
743fralsiatrs-oulye—one of the most melancholy instead ,
(ahave been) one of the most glorious
sights in theu
metropolis—has been anything but
emulated by
e
Board of Admiralty, now that it is
presided over by a sailor as devoted to his profession
ate his Grace the D
been of
NORTHUMBERLAND. Pre-
parations
it will have
is f remarked by all those who
mr front of
have recently been
have been some timethe National Gallery
bronze to the pedestal_
th 7 for
affixing the last
our
_Commemorative of the
hareimmortal hero, that by
weahrilciehs they imctaoyrybg3asianieddtboy
his sod an Earldom
for his commanding officer
memorable dis-
obedience of orders off Cape St. v.
Ilacent• Does any
one bear in recollection poor TOM
the
summitgotesque
of 1
little woodcut of NELSON'S Sta-ue ca
perched upon the cocked
that unfortunate column in Trafalgae.scitivre
-with
the imperial eagle of Russia
hat, holding in its (che esgie's net the cocked hat's)
claw a purse of fiv&hundred sovereigns, and
--- newer_
;math—

" There are MOra thirg3 'oliXt Heaven and Earth,

Horatio,
• Than Were dreamt o4' in ;.our pililo3oPhY."

Unluckily the disgrace c,13;; Lion the nation by
that miserable 500/. cannot ho so very readily EffAced.
Insomuch, however, as the supplementary odium of
negligence in this matter of the monument
is concerned, his Grace the First Lord of
the Admiralty appe:rs to be eager by every reason-
able means to remove from the national escutcheon
one portion at least of this odious blot of ingratitude.
After the raising of the last bronze to its destined
cavity in the pedestal, we shall hope to witness very
speedily the appearance of the four colossal granite
couchast, gardau"—bringing Vrie Trati-

monial to its long-desired and by many long despaired
of state of completion.

Siinultaneouily with these honourable efforts to
"set the finishing touch" to the principal among the
national tributes to Lord NELSON, there hare been
making other efforts yet more honourable to compen-
, sate to some small extent the deplorable neglect shown
for forty-seven years towards one of the officers of
that heroic and immortal commander. During the
last few days we have had the satisfaction of referring
in our naval intelligence more than once to the recent
bestowal upon Lieutenant JOHN POLLARD of the
lieutenant's out-pension of Greenwich. It is griev-
ously characteristic of the naval service of England
that such should have been the tardy recompense ac-
corded to a brave old tar who was born as far back as
1787, and who entered the maritime profession, in
which he has been so disgracefully overlooked, as early
as 1797. Lieutenant POLLARD, the signal midshipman
on board the Victory at the memorable battle of Tra-
falgar, has thus, it will be observed, had to wait until
1852 for even a feeble recognition of his eminent claims
upon the country—and this recognition has only
been accorded now that the Board of Admiralty is
presided over by a distinguished brother officer like
the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND.

Whenever the Great Unpaid have a chance, they
notoriously distinguish themselves ; at times they
move us to anger by the pertinacity with which they
apply themselves to the persecution andprosecuwtiiothn
of unhappy violators of the Game Laws ; but some-
times, also, by way of relief—mingling comedy
tragedy—they indulge the public with a touch of the
ludicrous. As a matter of course, the Great Unpaid
know very little of the law; nor can they be blamed,
though they may pitied, for their ignorance—save
and except, indeed, that they are scarcely justified
in undertaking the performance of judicial duties,
without possessing a requisite knowledge of the law.
On Saturday, the complaint of the Anti-Cruelty to
Animals Society versus Cremorne Gardens—with
which the public have been dosed, usque ad nauseum,
—was brought before the Magistrates at Ilford Petty
Sessions. It was then and there known (for it
had been publicly announced previous to that day)
that the proprietor of the gardens had determined not
to allow a repetition of anything of the sort com-
plained of. The Society, however, having got a po-
pular cue, went in for their " pound of flesh "—in
the shape of a fine or conviction. Now and then,
by way of showing that it lives, the Society makes a
grand display : we earnestly wish, that, for the sake
of humanity, they would be half as vigilant as re-
gards the ordinary cases of cruelty to animals which
are daily occurring in the streets. They have such
magnanimous sympathy for ballooned ponies and
bulls, that they take them from Acton to West-
minster, and thence into E ssex. But we never
hear of their watching and prosecuting the bull-
baitings and bull.rushings in the classic vi-
cinity of Smithfield. Let then Mr. THOMAS
only take his stand in Snow-hill on any Friday
in the year, and we promise him an abundance
of cases to bring before the magistrates. This Cre-
morne case, however, by its notoriety, will be "meat,
drink, food, and clothing" (like the ale of the Lich-
field Boniface) for the next twelve months.
At Ilford, on Saturday, the complaint was, that
Madme PoITEvIN had gone up on a heifer attached to
a balloon, which had ascended from Cremorne Gar-
dens, of which Mr. SI3IPEON is the lessee. (We may
state, parenthetically, that we really have been unable
to discover the interest, in any way, of pony or bull
ascents. They are, to our taste, as absurd as what
are magnificently called "polanderic feats.") The
magistrates present, at these Petty Sessions, are said
to have been Mr. W. DAVIS, Chairman ; and Messrs.
G. FRY, 0. MASHITER, and INVNAUGHTEN. Mr.
THOMAS, the secretary of the Society, appeared for
the prosecution ; and Mr. PARRY, as counsel,
and Mr. LEWIS, solicitor, for the defendants. At
the commencement of the proceedings Mr. THOMAS
said he wished to inform the magistrates that i course
had been suggested by Mr. PARRY, who appeared for
the defendants, which was this, that they should plead
guilty, and consent to pay the full penalty of 51. each,
they undertaking that in future no such exhibitions
should take place at Cremorne. They also proposed
to take the opinion of the magistrates as to whether
Madame PoITEvIN was legally liable to the penalty,
as it was alleged that she was at the time acting under
the direction and control of her husband. If the
Bench approved of such a course, he, on the part of
the prosecution, had no objection.
Thi, which involved the great point sought by the
Society (namely, the conviction), might have settled
the matter, one would have thought. And so it
would before a Stipendiary Magistrate who had
common sense—but not so with the Great Unpaid.
They determined to make a field-day of it, to hear
what the lawyers bad to say, "to confine themselves
to the legal points," and to have the honour and glory
of speechifying thereafter. So they heard counsel
at great length, his last sentence being, "I need cite
no authorities to show that it has been uniformly held
that where a woman acts in concert with her husband,
and in his presence, she is
ltakenable to be
point
of
under
law.his con-
trol, and is not in anyway
am grateful for your courtesy in allowing me to
make this brief statement; you have given me a lati-
tude
with I know I could only receivedhave from
your courtesy ; and I rely upon the strong feeling
and sense of justice that characterise English
tribu-
nals, that you will take into consideration not only
the fact itself, but all the circumstances connected
with it, and that you will be of opinion that Mr.
SIMPSoN was not altogether unjustified in entering
into the original engagement. I will say on his be-
half that no man feels more, after what has been said
upon this topic, than Mr. SIMPSON, that he never
ascentselfagain ought to allow, and he pledges
e s himself
o f
per-
sonally that he never will allow, any
animals to take place."
The Chairman is said to have then delivered the
following remarkable speech :

" We all of us feel the deep importance of this offence,
anti the question was one which—l believe I can speak
truly—we were all determined previously to coin!, to a
conclusion this day upon the subject. We now, is this
k situation, are not sitting as an ordinary tribunal—we
are here as judge and jury upon a most deeply-important
geestion regarding the welfare, and peace, and morality
of this kingdom. I have no doubt, in my humble
situation--/ have no doubt whatever but that the eyes, not
only of the
English public are on us at this instant, but
perhaps
the eyes of all Europe are upon this most serious
matter.--
(Sensatton.) I therefore shall, with the greatest
pleasure, retire with my brother magistrates to consider
fiwrestshpaolilnet—ntaerndiulteot
tuisliecldeeatral?isunfdetrhsetand
the two points which I think have been selected. The
it—is
accusation
whether
iin-
the _
formation; and the next pointe is whether, the lady,as regards
she was under the control ofh - husband or
not? Under these circumstanceher
must take we
that no decision of ours shall com
ing
which has prevailed in thip romise that high feel-
s country on this sub-
ject (?) for many yearn. Therefore we will retire and
consider the au ject .
"Th Let tie take breath . 7 e DEEP importance of
~—Madame POITEVIN, to wit, Per
this offence personating
heifer attached to a balloon.
EunorA on a • The Ma-
' trates sitting,
gis"as judge and jury" (mark the gram-
mar "involving the tve/fare
mar !), on a ma .
this kingdom"' and
morality
of
—trade would
peace, and
decline, war with France would ensue, and public
morals would be swamped—unless the Essex justices
discussed the question, after the defendants, having
erred through inadvertence, had pleaded guilty ! And
then, the exquisite finish, that si perhaps THE EYES OF
"
ALL EunorE are upon this most serious matter. With
RR. PEEL S
the exception of Justice SHALLOW and Sir
" three tailors in Tooley-street, calling themselves
' we, the people of England,' " there never was such
grandiloquence as this. " The eyes of all Europe,,,
we assure the public, are not directed either to Essex
calves or Essex magistrates !
After another speech from the Chairman—thrice as
wordy and six times as absurd as the above—in which
he is made to say (we hope erroneously), " As a
boy I was schooled in a public-house, and there were
constantly scenes of riot and disgusting exhibitions,"
—each defendant was fined 51. and costs, being
exactly what had been offered, in submssion, at the
opening of the case ! But, then, had the matter been
cut abort at the commencement, we should not have
had the Chairman's " eyes of all Europe" harangue.
So, he appeared as a magisterial " Sir Oracle," and
said his say. It is true that he attempted to explain
why he was diffuse and tedious. "Perhaps," said
be, after alluding to his own early schooling, "per-
haps I am extending my observations a little more
than is needful ; but I think the case does require a
little more expression of opinion on the part of gentle-
men like fuirSeirws than any ordinary transaction that