The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, PEIDA 'V, JANUARY P, 18:0

thousand pounds. The expense of coals at that
Asylum, for one year, is 1,3001.
No wonder that the county expenditure should be
so largely on the increase, as to require, for the cur.
rent quarter's rate, a charge upon the inhabitants of
29,5131. 17s. 9d.

The Select Committee on Shipwrecks, in the Ses-
sion of 1836, reported, in their ninth and tenth resolu-
tions, " that the whole loss of British shipping wrecked
Or foundered at sea, may be assumed as amounting to
nearly three millions sterling, per annum ; loss of life
may be fairly estimated at not less than one thousand
persons in each year." The greater proportion of this
enormous loss of property, takes place on the shore. The
number of vessels stranded or wrecked, being in the
three years ending 1835, 1,573 ; and those lost at sea
or missing, being only 129, or somewhat less than eight
lost at sea for 100 lost on the shore. Many of these are
lost in sight of the coast, in weather when nine out of ten
might be saved by steam-vessels, yet Marine Insurance
Companies and shipowners go on in the old system,
calculating the rates of insurance according to the pro-
portion lost, without taking advantage of a discovery
by which at a moderate estimate a million a year
might he saved. The Committee gave no re-
port of the number of stearn.vessels lost du-
ring the two periods for which they had
returns, but indeed this was hardly necessary. The
loss of a steam-ship from stress of weather is an event
of rare occurre,-,ce, and in almost every instance that
has c.:-/me under the observation of the public, the
cause can be traced to the negligence of the owners,
and not to any defect in the power of steam. It is
impossible to find better proof of the efficiency of these
vessels than has been given within thelast three months.
The Liverpool and the Great Western weathered in
perfect security a hurricane, all but as violent as that
which, among a hundred other vessels, has made two of
the finest sailing packets complete wrecks ; and during
the whole of the late storm which destroyed so
much property, w,e believe not one steam-vessel has
been lost. Of their security, indeed, there can now
be no possible doubt, and it is the duty of
the Legislature and the Government to turn this
to the best account for the public safety and the public
good. Light-houses are kept up for the protection o
shipping, large sums are levied for their maintenance
and why should not this protection be made doub
effective by the establishment of steam-bolt su
tions for assisting vessels in distress along the whoi
line of our coasts ?

The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all been re-
ceived. Last year the debate on the Address occupied
the Chamber of Deputies for a week—a period whip h
was remarked as unusually long ; but on Wednesday
the Chamber was holding its ninth sitting on the
Address in answer to the Royal speech delivered at
the opening of the present Parliamentary Session.
Tuesday's sitting was occupied with the debate on the
following paragraph of the Address, which on the
motion of Ministers was absolutely rejected by a ma-
jority of 13 votes, there being for the paragraph 208,
against it 221 :
'° A difference broke cut between your Government and
Switzerland. We trust that it may not have impaired the re-
lations of long-standing friendship which united the two
countries, and which had been still more closely cemented b:;
the political events of 1830."
In the course of Wednesday's sitting, the para-
graphs relative to Spain and Poland were adopted
without a division. The first runs as follows :
" With feelings of the deepest sorrow we behold Spain con-
sumed in the horrors of civil war. We ardently wish that your
Majesty's Government, by continuing to afford to the cause of
Queen Isabella 11. the support conformable to the interests of
France, may, in concert with her allies, employ all its influence
to put an end to such deplorable excesses."
Upon this paragraph being read, Marshal CLAUSEL
rose and denounced the conduct of Ministers as op
posed to the spirit of the Quadruple Treaty. He
likewise quoted the refusal of the French officer at
Malaga to assist the QUEEN'S Government against
the revolters of Ahumaceda, as indicative of a change
in the Royal councils in favour of Don CA RLOS.
But the hero of the " illustrious sword.' was licenel
to with impatience by all parties, and no answer vouch-
safed to his interrogatories. The paragraph relative
to Poland runs thus :

" The Chamber, deeply affected by the misfortunes of Po-
land, renews its constant wishes in favour of a people whose
ancient nationality is placed under the protection of treaties."

The next paragraph related to the Mexican ques-
tion. The news of the capture of San Juan d'
which reached France since the original paragraph was
framed, rendered an amendment upon it absolutely ne-
cessary. With the consent of all parties, the following
was read and adopted:—

The outrages and spoliations endured by our countrymen
in Mexico demand signal satisfaction. Your Government
was bound to exact it, and the brilliant feat of arms of San
Juan d'Ulloa, in covering our navy with a new glory, is a
just fuhjcct of pride for France. She saw with satisfaction,
Sire, one of your sons sharing the dangers and tliumph of our
brave seamen."

The following paragraph, which, on the motion of M.
AMILHAU, had been postponed till after the discus
sions of the particular paragraphs in the a'ldress re-
lative to the Foreign policy of the Government, was
then read :

, " Under a government, jealous of our dignity, the faithful
guardian of our alliances, France shall always hold in the
world, and in the esteem of nations, the rank which belongs to
her, and which she will not fcrfeit."

M. AMILHAU moved as an amendment upon the
Words, " France shall always hold" the words " France
continues to hold," as hearing cut the previous votes
of the Chambers, in support of the Ministerial policy.
His amendment, he urged, rendered the address
consistent with itself, and was no more than
a sequence flowing naturally from the previous resolu-
tions of the Chamber. MM. PAGES, CuNIN GRI-
DAINE, PISCATORY, and LACAVE LAPLAGNE
spoke severally for and against the amendment, but no
decision was come to before post hour on Wednesday.
The debate was heavy, trivial, and in all respects un-
interesting. _ _ _

Mr. PETER BORTHWICK'S reception by Don
CARLOS is stated in letters from Bayonne to
have been most flattering. Mr. FECTOR, who
accompanies the ex-tragic eliciter of groans
and hisses in his Navarese excursion, was mis-
taken for a familiar of the Holy Office by Father
CYRIL, Archbishop of Cuba, and so became the re-
cipient of a long apostolical benediction. Whether
PETER undertook to -deliver a course of lectures in fa-
vour of the claims of the PRETENDER iS not stated.

A Marseilles Paper states, on the authority of a
letter from Constantinople, that the SULTAN has re-
solved upon giving his sons an European education.
There is no other news of interest in the Paris
journals.

GRACE DARLING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIN—As I do not know where to send the enclosed sub.
scription for Grace Darling, I shall feel obliged by your for-
warding it to the Committee.
I earnestly trust that the amount collected may be commen-
surate with the extraordinary deserts of that heroic girl, whose
conduct in such a perilous, and almost hopeless undertaking,
does honour to humanity.—l remain' &c.
London, Jan. 17, 1839. E. CODRINGTON.
[We shall have great pleasure in forwarding the subscrip-
tion of the gallant Admiral, and we join with him in the sin-
cere hope that the generous and humane will follow his
example by liberal donations to that praiseworthy individual. ]

CHANCERY COURT.--(THIS DAY.)

IN THE MATTER OF SAUMAkEZ, A LUNATIC.
This cas", which was argued some time since, came before
the Court upon petition to confirm the Master's Report, an.
proving of a person to be committee of the lunatic, in the
room of Captain Saumarez, his brother. Upon the occasion
of the hearing of the petition our readers will recollect that
Captain Saumarez opposed the petition in person, and the
Lard Chancellor took time to consider his judgment.
Mr. WIGRAM this morning said that the parties were
;anxious to have bis Lordship's decision as soon as it was con-
vcnient.

The LOPD CHANCELLOR stated that he was perfectly pre-
pared to state his opinion then. He could not doubt for a
moment that Captain Saumarez was influenced in the
course he had adopted by a laudable zeal for the due pro-
tection of his brother; but locking at all the circumstances
c )nnected with the case, his Lordship thought the Master had
come to a proper judgment, and that therefore his Report must
confirmed.—Report confirmed.