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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, 13 CEMBER 5, 185 3.

being at work. Captain Russell immediately took her in
tow, but had frequent occasion to stop, through the part-
ing of hawsers, chains, cables, &c., in consequencea the
very heavy westerly swell which prevailed. After hav-
ing had her in tow and in -company for 20 hours, the
captain of the Paris reported that the water was gaining
on them so fast that they could not keep it under, and
he therefore gave up charge to the Douro, upon
which Captain Russell sent his second officer, Mr. Kel-
lock, second and third engineers, and fireman in charge
of the Paris, still keeping her towing slowly. By great
skill and energy Mr. Paul, the chief engineer of the
Douro; succeeded in making a temporary -repair-4n the-
broken part of the engines, and in getting up steam in
two of the boilers, by which some headway was ob-
tained, and in this condition she was brought safely into
the Sound about 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The Douro, being furnished with supplies through the
company's agents, Messrs. Fox, Sons, and Co., left for
Southampton at 2 o'clock this morning.
The disabled steanier, Paris, is commanded by Mon-
sieur Amene. • She left Havre in ballast, No. 27, for
Cette, and is intended for the station bet Ween Marseilles
and Algeria. The French Consuls, Messrs. Luscombe,
Driscoll, and Co., have taken charge.

SHEERNESS, DEC. 3.
The Majestic, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship; was
towed down here from Chatham yesterday evening for
the purposes of having her machinery fitted, and being
brought forward for immediate commission.
The Sidon, 22, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain
George Goldsmith, made her number from Portsmouth
at 2.30 p.m. this day, and saluted the flag of Vice-Admi-
ral of the White the Hon. Josceline Percy, C. 8., &c.-
The Sidon has brought round from Portsmouth seamen
riggers to assist in navigating the Royal George, 120,
screw steam-ship, from this port to Devonport. She has
also brought volunteers for the ships fitting at this port.
The Sidon, after landing seamen riggers and disposing of
the volunteers for ships fitting here, proceeded Lon for
Chatham.

The Diamond, 28 guns, Captain William Peel.—The
29th of this month is the day named for this ship to be
ready for sea and to be at the Nore. It is reported that
Captain Peel has interceded with the Admiralty, and
obtained an order for the crew being paid their advance
at the Nore, previously to her departure from this port
for the westward, -and the remainder of her crew at the
western ports, who are waiting her arrival round, will
receive their advance at Devonport. For this the
tradesmen here are solely indebted .to Captain Peel,
as it has been the practice, with few exceptions, that
no advance has been made to crews .fitting ships' out
here until they have' arrived at their last port of call
previously to their leaving. England
.for their respective
stations, and, under these circumstances, no opportunity
has been granted for the seamen -desirous of making re-
mittances to their families or 'creditors. This method
has been loudly protested against by most of the volun-
teers who have recently entered the service as old men-
of-war's men. -

DEO. 4.

In consequence of the dense fog in which the entire
Medway has been wrapped for the last 36 hours, nearly
all communication with the ships in harbour has been
suspended. Such ,a heavy fog has not been experienced
here- for many years. The barometer is down to 2P '10;
and the thermometer 'stands at 33 deg. Fahrenheit.
Snob is the density of the fog that it penetrates -the
thickest cloth much quicker than a heavy fall of rain
would, and is extremely oppressive to the lungs.

WOOLWICH, DEC 3.
The Rosamond, 6, paddle-wheel_steamsloop, of 280-,
horse power, having. been refitted and made ready for
sea at this port, was taken out of the basin yesterday,
and prOceedeCimmediatelpunden, the charge of Lieu-
tenant Robertson, of the steam- reserve department, for
Greenhithe, where she is to have her compasses adjusted,
and will leave '-to-day, if the fog will, permit 3. for trial
between the Nore and Mouselights. On.the conclusion
of the trial, and, if found satisfactory, the Rosamond
will be taken to Sheerness, where he is
,to.be stationed
as an advance war, steamer, ready for •sea at any 'mo-
ment she may be required.
The Ithadamarithus, paddle-wheel steam transport,
•M and storeship, af3ter Commander Belatn, has had her
orders to proceed to .Cliatham' to convey the converted
mahogany timber for the new Royal steam-yacht Wind-
SM. Castle, building at Pembroke, covntermanded, 'and
'she will-be fitted with all possible despatch, and proceed
immediately to the • Mediterranean station. The Rha-
damaithus will require a few additronal able seamen
for that service. • • - • •• •

• The Bosoawen, 70, Captain Glanville, has been taken
into dock at Chatham, and will be ready to receive on
board on Tuesday next the complement of officers and
non-commissioned officers appointed to serve in her'
on the North America, and West Indies station. . The
detachment from Woolwich of, the Royal Marines fur
service in the Boscawen, consisting of Lieutenants
Delacombe and` Harrington, two sergeants, two .cor--
porals, one drummer, and 50 privates, left the dock-
yard station of the North Kent Railway at half,past
twelve o'clock yesterday for Strood en route to Chat-
and they are to be accommodated in the barracks
of the- Chatham division of the Royal Marines until the
Boscawen is ready for their reception. The senior
sergeant of the Royal Marines selected for the Bos-
cawen belongs to the Woolwich division, and for the
last three years was employed on the recruiting ser-
vice at Leeds, until he was ordered to join at head-
quarters to embark for service at sea. The con-
duct of the sergeant was so satisfactory to the inha-
bitants of the district in which he was employed on
the recruiting service that several respectable persons
who used to meet with him at Mr. John Long s, the
Red Lion, Vicar's-croft, resolved to present him with a
handsome watch and guard,. on his being recalled to
head-quarters, as a mark of their appreciation of his
conduct.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT
PORTSMOUTH.

THE AUTHORITY OF THE QUEEN DEFIED

BY A RUSSIAN OFFICER,

The public have been informed that the Russian
frigates Aurora and Navarin have been allowed to enter
Portsmouth harbour for the purposes of repair. Some
little time ago some of the sailors belonging to those
ships not relishing the service in which they had been
compulsorily engaged, determined: to take advantage of
the immunity afforded to them by the laws of our free
country, and to leave the service of the Czar. Accord.
ingly six of them having contrived to get on shore at
Portsmouth, proceeded towards London, and had nearly
reached Guildford, when they were overtaken by an
officer of the Russian frigate Aurora, accompanied by an
English inspector of police, and were by them brought
back by railway to Portsmouth. Here they were placed
on board the English ship Victorious, that vessel having
been placed at the disposal of the captain of the Aurora,
for the accommodation of himself and his crew during
the execution of the repairs required by their frigate
the Aurora. The deserters thus brought back, were
confined on board the Victorious, and as it is asserted
were submitted there by the Russian officers to severe
corporeal punishment. These infractions of the law of
England became known in London. Pawns proceeded
to Portsmouth to ascertain the circumstances of the case,
and on their instructions an affidavit was made in due form,
and a writ of _Habeas Corpus was issued by Mr. Justice
Wightman' directed to Rear-Admiral Martin, the Admiral
Superintendent of Dockyard at Portsmouth, and as
such commanding all the ships in ordinary in that har-
bour ; to Captain Edward Hinton Scott, the captain of
the Guard-ship of the Ordinary ; to Captain Iwan Niko-
lajewiez Izelmetiew, commanding the Russian frigate
Aurora, and to any other person having the custody of
the sailors in question (their names being set out at
length), commanding them in the name of the Queen of
England to have the bodies of the said sailors immedi-
ately before the Lord Chief Justice of England. On
this writ being served on Rear-Admiral Martin he de-
clined to obey it until he had communicated with the
Admiralty. Captain Scott being absent ou leave, could
not be served, but the writ was served upon Commander
William Worsfold, officiating for Captain Scott in his
absence. This officer's answer was that he would con-
sult the officer commanding in chief at Portsmouth.
The writ waenext taken to the Captain of the Aurora.
The Russian declined receiving it (although its nature
was fully explained to him( except through the Russian
Ambassador or consul. The consul being absent the vice-
consul was waited on and his assistance requested, but
he positively refused to interfere, alleging the absence of
his superior as his excuse. The writ was then taken
on board the Aurora, but the person bearing it was re-
fused access to the captain, and not allowed to come on
board, and when it was tendered to the lieutenant, who
appeared at the gangway, that officer declined receiving
it. The bearer then, as he went down the side of the
ship, placed it in through one of the port holes, but the
lieutenant having purceived this, took the writ up and
threw it from the ship, and it fell into a boat alongside.
There are witnesses ready to attest all these facts.
it now remains to be seen whether Russian officers
can with impunity, whilst in this country, and whilst
on board, not of their own ships, but of British men-of-
war, despise the authority of the Queen of this realm de-
legated-to the judges of the land. Also whether the
Queen'sotl e r navaluniform
officers can
exemptat Portsmouth
Rear-Admiral
who are Martin'
and
the concerned.

announced in general orders of the 16th and 17th
ult..—

,‘5 GENERAL
°oRpiEct, Nov.' 16, 18531 ')
" Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the
following promotions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery?
viz.:—
" Second Captain Robert Talbot, to be captain, vice
Wodehouse, deceased.
"First Lieutenant Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper, to
be second captain, vice Talbot.
"Second Lieutenant Thomas Mahon, to be first lieu-
tenant, vice Tapper. Dated September 26; 1853.
" Second Lieutenant Charles E. Stirling, to be first
lieutenant, vice Ellis, deceased. Dated October 3, 1853.
"H. D. Ross, Deputy-Adjutant-General."
" GENERAL ORDER.
"Woolwich, Nov. 17, 181%.
,4 His Lordship the Master-General has made the fol-
lowing appointments :

" Second Captain G. Shaw, to the Company, of Gen-
tlemen Cadets, in the room of Captain Talbot, promoted.
" Lieutenant Hon. L. A. Addington, to the Royal
Horse Artillery, in the room of Lieutenant Tupper, pro-
moted.

"In consequence of the above the undermentioned
officers are posted to the companies stated against their
names :

" Second Captain G. L. M. Tupper, to Captain Ellis's
company, Bth battalion, vice Shaw.
"First Lieutenant T. Mahon, to Major Askwith's
company, sth battalion, vice Hon. L. A. Addington.".

_
ROYAL ENGINEERS.—The death of General Sir A. de
Butts, K.C.H., of tlfis branch of the Ordnance corps,
leaves a vacancy in the colonels commandant, and it is
expected that Lieutenant-General Sir C. W. Pasley,
K.C.B. will be appointed colonel commandant in the
room Of General Sir A. de Butts, deceased. Major
Benjamin S. Stehelin, at present serving at Montreal, in
Canada, is promoted to be lieutenant-colonel, vice Phill-
- deceased.
ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—WOOLWICH, DEC. 3.
A number of very fine young men, recruits, have joined
from Devonport, Glasgow, and üblin, and the whole
.of them have been found good workmen, or qualified for
the survey. Twenty-two of the Royal Sappers' and
Miners have joined the surveying-service. The 7th com-
pany, at present at -Hurst Castle, near POrtsmouth,
under Captain C. J. Gibb, Royal Engineers, is the' first
an the roster for foreign service.

LA IV INTELLIGENCE.

ROLL'S COURT.— D go.. 0.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)

YORK AND NORTH3IIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY V. HUDSON,

Mr. Rolt resumed his" arguments this morning in this
case, relative to certain exceptions taken by the defen-
dant to' the certificate of the chief clerk of his honour,
under which certificate the defendant had been declared
to be indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of 54,5901., in
reference to certain share and other transactions Alleged
to have been improperly negotiated by the defendant
while acting in the capacity of chairman' of the York and
North Midland Railway Company. The first exception
taken to-day was relative to an item of 2,3371., in respect
of 100 shires which the defendant contended he ought
not to be charged with, inasmuch as they formed part of
1,800 shares which the plaintiffs had- allowed in :court
that he was not to be called on to account for. The
next exoeptifin Was" with regard to a Slllalk of 2,9311., found
by the chief clerk to be due from the defendant to the
plaintiffs, in respect of 200 shares allotted or transferred
t• a Mr. Close, as the, plaintiffs, contended, in; trust
and for the benefit -of ,the defendant, but which trust
the defendant, Ori the other hand, Contended' there
was no evidence to prove, and nothing before the'
Court or in the transactions to show. There was also
•another sum. of 7681. similarly and, as the defOndant
alleged, improperly charged against'him. A further ex-.
ception was taken against the chief clerk's certificate in
regard to a sums of 6,3001., which the defendant had
stated in his answer to have been distributed by him in'
the shape of shares to certain persons of influence con-
nected ,4tli the landed interest and Parliament, for the
purpose of securing their good offices in connexion with
.the operations of the railway company, and which he
therefore claimed, but which the chief clerk disallowed
as a set-off. The defendant having distributed these
shares under a pledge of secrecy, had refused,, on the
plea that it would be dishonourable and improper fo—dis-
close the names of the persons to-whom they Were given,
and to make a discovery to that effect in his answer or
in open court, but offered to do so to his Honour in pri-
vate. The defendant had also claimed, and the chief
clerk had disallowed, another set-off of 3,1201. which he
had paid on behalf of the company to defray the expenses
of obtaining an act of Parliament applied for by the cor-
poration of York, but which the defendant, while Lord
Mayor of York, had promised on the part Of the railway
company to indemnify the corporation against, and which
he hakl, agreeably to-such promise, paid when called upon
by the corporation to do so. The object of the act so
applied for and obtained was to construct a bridge across
the river Ouse, and otherwise contribute to the improve-
ment of the works of the railway company, the approaches
to their station, &c. There were various other excep-
tions taken by the defendant to the certificate of the
chief clerk, hut, inasmuch as they were connected in
detail with the above items, and would be governed by
the decision given with respect to them, they Wore not
gone into.
The Master of the Rolls, in giving judgment Severally
on the different exceptions, disallowed them all ; and
held, with respect to the item of 2,337/., that the chief
clerk had decided correctly, and that the exception was
founded on a misconception as to the rights of the
parties. The plaintiff's position in regard. to the shares
was as follows :—There had been 12,070 shares (incor-
rectly stated in Saturday's report as 11,500) placed at
the disposal of the directors. Concerning 5,396 of
these shares there was no dispute, and this number being
deducted from the 12,070 left a balance of 6,674,
which balance the defendant was originally charged
with having improperly dealt with. Subsequently, how-
ever, the plaintiffs had allowed that the defendant was
not to be charged with 1,800 shares out of this balance,
so that, deducting the 1,800 from the 6,674, it left
the defendant, 4,874 shares to account for, and they (the
plaintiffs) could not call upon him to make good any
greater amount than that number. But it was argued
that these particular 100 shares were part of the 1,800
shares, but it did not appear from the evidence that they
were so ; inasmuch as the reason why the 1,800 shares
were allowed to the defendant was, because it' did not
appear that they had been distributed for the private
benefit of the directors, whereas the evidence went to
show that these 100 shares had been given to the de-
fendant's brother-in-law, Nicholson, for the defendant's
benefit and advantage. With respect to the 200 shares
on account of which the defendant was charged with the
sum of 2,9311., and which were transferred to Mr. Close
and others, it was contended that they were not so trans-
ferred for the benefit of the defendant ; but the Court
was not of this opinion, and therefore the defendant
must account for them. The same decision would apply
to the sum of 7681. As to the 6,3001. in respect to the
shares distributed by the defendant, or under his direc-
tion, to conciliate the interest of certain partie's in and
out'of Parliament, whose names the defendant had re-
fused to discover, the defendant must also be held re-
sponsible for this. Such a distribution was exceedingly
improper, and as little creditable to the parties receiving
as to the defendant who bestowed. The whole transac-
tion appeared inexplicable to the Court. As td the sum
of 3,120/. paid to defray the expenses incurred by the cor-
poration in carrying the bill mentioned through Par-
liament, the defendant must also be held accountable for
this, inasmuch as the defendant, either in his character
as chairman, or otherwise, had no power to enter into
or carry out such a negotiation. The court had no
doubt in this last transaction that the defendant had
really endeavoured to act for the benefit of the railway
company, and had bona-fide paid the money ; and also
that it came somewhat oppressively upon him to be
called upon him to refund it ; but, still, as the plaintiffs
urged the matter, there was no question but that the
defendant was liable, and must account for , the sum
which he had improperly caused to be expended. The
court would express no opinion as to the propriety of the
corporation entering into the transaction, and lending
itself to carry out the objects suggested by the company
to which the defendant acted as chairman. ,

The Solicitor-General applied to have the sum of
54,5901., in which amount the defendant had been de-
clared to be indebted to the plaintiffs, paid over to them,
or paid into court ; upon which a discussion arose as to
the time when such sum should be directed to be paid.
The Master of the Rolls eventually made an order
that 20,0001., part of such sum, should be paid into
court on or before the Ist day of Hilary Term, and the
residue remain over to be paid into court on or before
the Ist day of Eastern term ; the whole to be payable to
the plaintiffs (subject to the appeal) on the Ist of August,
1854.

The Solicitor-General, Mr. Palmer, and Mr.Hobhouse
appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Rolt and Mr.Toller
for the defendant.

THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR.

• . . (From the Times
• - .•
It is almost needless to say that in any grit ptati for '
the elevation of the labouring class it is to the children
that the most important efforts must be directed, and
from their improvement that enduring success must be
hoped. Where years of ignorance and gross self-indar
gence have done their worst on father and mother, there _
is yet hanging about the sordid dwelling an infant
brood, exposed imbed from the cradle to the contagion
of bodily disease aid mental depravity, but capable Of
being rescued from this double curse; and of growing up
into men and women, made strong, healthy, and fit for
labour, by ,the rime improved circumstances which
would render Pion saving, well-conducted, and civil.
In the observations which we have made on the want of
dwellings for the class who live by labour in the great
towns, and more particularly in the capital, we ex-
pressed a belief flat workpeople in the receipt of fair
wages were compelled by the want of fit places of abode
to associate with and fall into the habits of 'the outcasts
of society and, if that be the case with adults, whose
character age hasfully matured, what must be the effect
on those whose irst conceptions and first desires are
prompted by the spectacle of habitual brutality and
daily recurring v:ce ? What can the most unwearied
philanthrophy effect against the example of what we
suppose must be culled home and friends ? The few hours
of the ragged-school can no more counteract the evil
lessons of a week than the occasional excursion to the
suburbs can restore the impaired health of half a year.
Yet families of ciildren, for whom healthy and decent
dwellings are especially necessary, are, in the present
state of things, ccndemned to a more wretched kind of
tenements fthan families consisting of adults. All who
have the means of knowledge state that for the labour-
ing man with a young family to obtain suitable accom-
modation is almost impossible. The mention of children
is enough to cloke the door of the lodging-house in the
face of the houselass father. Of course, this is natural ;
children are' a trouble, and, where landladies can let
their rooms -to repro quiet occupants, they will not re-
ceive the noisy and mischievous progeny of the artisan.
But still the public should be aware that the youthful
population who vill form the. working men and women
of the next geneation are, by the necessary operation
of existing "circumstances, placed in a' less favourable
position for-the growth of health and morality than even
the adult population whose condition is so march. de-
plored. Whole families, consisting of father, mother,
and seven or eiglt children, are crowded together into a
single room; in some noxious court, at a rent which

mates a couple ofruinous houses a sufficient support to
the middleman w/aolets them ; and not only good health
is impossible, but decency and self-respect are, soon de-
stroyed. The• father's work is in the neighbourhood,
and the must lire there. The cleaner and healthier
lodging-Ulises Rill not admit him on account of his
family, and he- must be content with the places which
receive children, invariably the most filthy and pestilent
of their :class. Such, are the prospects of morality and
civilisation in the coming age.
The large families of the labouring class must be taken
into account in any system. for providing suitable habi-
tations.; In Paris. the. case is very • different. . The
French are nowhere a very prolific' people ; and in the
capital the• population would actually diminish were it
not kept, up by supplies. from without. Few Parisian
couples have more than two or three chiidren—a large
number have none at all, and an average of five children
to every three couples would be near the mark. There-
fore the ", appaileirteiii,7': which is the general habita-
tion of. all classes, is, both convenient and healthy.
Grown-up.people can remain in rooms, and keep their
health by .moderato daily exercise ; but to dispose of
half-a-dozen children in a flat at a great height from the
ground is difficult. They must either, be confined to
narrow rOOrns,'which would be extremely unhealthy, or
allowed to-wa.-iider far out of sight. and hearing' into the
street below. It-is well' that all 'objections'to scheme
should be- considered, and how to accommodate to the
wants of - a teeming population edifice's which are
suitable in other respects is a question the' solution of
which is necessary to any successful effort.
From all sides there are.accounts of the good effects
of infant and ragged schools. It is said that the children
exhibit attachment to those who teach them, and great
powers of acquiring knowledge. That much haS been

done in' the education is abundantly proved
by statistical _returns, and it is evident from each
man's observation. The rising generation are being
almost as completely instructed in the rudiments
of knowledge-as Prussians or Americans. Add to this,
that the labours of those whe may be said to devote
themselves to the poor' are now fully appreciated. The
clergy, the gratuitous. teachers, the district visitors, are
received with welcome •and spoken of with affection by
those who, twenty years back, had only a curse or a
laugh for any that offered advice .or attempted instruc-
tion. All experience is in favour of the rapid ameliora-
tion of even the grown-up labourer, if placed under con-
ditions which admit of it ; and of course the Children
will be whatever they are made. But, though the
efforts of the philanthropist are unwearied, and his suc-
cess may be deemed.. satisfactory, there is yet atweight
which is continually dragging down the objects of his
benevolence, and which makes his labours productive of
merely partial good when they might result in complete
and lasting improvement. Each day's experience con-
firms the opinion that the wretched physical condition
of the poor is the cause of that moral degradation which
is their reproach, and furthermore that this condition
could be raised by means within the reach of society.
We think that the working men with young families
would be among the first to avail themselves of im-
proved accommodation ; they have not the wander.
ing habits and the love of dirty independence
which mark the lowest part of the people ; and
the order which a company's lodginghouses must ex-
act would not be felt as a restraint. A similar class in a
neighbouring country are found quite willing to inhabit
the dwellings which, with the assistance of Government,
have been prepared for them, although there they are
subject to. a surveillance as strict as that of a barrack.
In this country no such interference would make the
operative's life uncomfortable, and he would soon dis-
cover that whatever regulations it was necessary to obey
were advantageous to himself. It is to this class, to
men who are in unwilling bondage to their present mode
of life, and who yearn after a better, that the care of the
benevolent might well be directed, even in preference to
those who are considered fitter objects for charity and
instruction, because their wretchedness is more complete
and their depravity more glaring. People who have
sufficient honesty to engage in steady work have gene-
rally some wish to elevate themselves and theirs, and
should not be neglected in favour of those whose title to
regard is, in fact, founded on their idleness and vices.
House-visitants during the ensuing winter would be well
employed in discovering which of the poor families in
their districts are unwilling sufferers from the great evil
of insufficient houseroom in towns, what are their feel-
ings in respect of d%Vellings such as have been advocated,
what .objections are entertained, what erroneous notions
have taken root. .The information derived from such
sources, when properly combined, might form grounds
for a better calculation as to the success of schemes in-
-stall-Ea by private enterprise, "as well -as furnish hints
for insuring it.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.)

MA.NORESTER, Dec. 2.—With certain exceptions, we
have still to report a very dull market in yarns and
goods, with a bias in prices against producers rather
than any general quotable change. Double yarns, about
40's, continue exceedingly scarce and dear. In 16's and
18's pin-cops, there has been a fair amount of buying
by the makers of domestics, several of whom, induced
by lowness of price, have made engagements for some
weeks 'for ward ; and these spinnings aro consequently
not to be had at the previous depressed rates. The
Calcutta merchants see sufficient promise in the advices
received on Tuesday evening to warrant their giving
orders for considerable quantities of light 40-inch shirt-
ings, and 6-4th jacconets, and, in a less degree, for mule
yarns, particularly 40's.
GLASGOW, Dec. 2.—Tho demand for cotton this week
has been confined to the immediate wants of the trade.
Quotations are the same for all descriptions.
BRADFORD,. Dec. I.—Wool—The impression is that
prices have seen the lowest point at present. Noils and
brokes are more inquired for ; prices without alteration,
and stocks are low. The prices sought for yarns pre-
vent any more machinery being put to work, and short
time working is very general.

NoTrilimilm, Dec.-I.—The two staple trades of this
town are in a depressed state, but the lace is more so
than:the hosiery business, but no causes of depression
have arisen beyond those which in previous numbers we
have already explained.
LEICESTER,.. Dec. I.—The late severe weather has
given an impetus to the fancy and glove branches. The
want of employment is oily at present confined to the
stocking•makers.

SOUTH-WARWICKSHIRE ELECTION.

The Pleption. of a,knight of the shire for this divisipn
I:;fthe9, County of Warwick, in the room Oe.Lord Brobke,
now by the death of his father elevated to the earldom
of Warwick, took place_on SaturdaY. Mr. E. P. Shir-
ley, o Eatington-park, was the only candidate, and the
proceedings did, not appesi to excite the slightest inte-
rest, even in the county town.

Mr. Shirley was accompanied to the County-hall, the
place of eliction, by the Hon. B. Percy, Mr. Dickens,
the chairman of the quarter sessions, and a small but
influential body of personal and political friend. There
were not, however, more than about 100 electors pre=
sent.

The usual formalities'being gone through,
The Hon. R. Iticv.proposed Mr. Shirley as a fit and
proper person to represent the sodthern division of War-
wickshire, and in doing so referred to the expected.new
Reform Bill, and expressed a hope that Parliament in
the 19th century would be wise enough to let well alone.
Mr. DICKE±i'S seconded the nomination. He passed a
high eulogium upon the political character and conduct
of the present Lord Warwick, who he stated the longer
he was known as their representative in the House of
Commons was the more respected by the constituency
of South Warwickshire. (Cheers.) Mr. Dickens next
referred to the, passing of the Roman Catholic Relief
Bill, the Reform Bill, and the repeal of the corn laws,
and that, although at the time a Protectionist, he .had
no wish under the present circumstances to return to the
system of protective duties. (Hear, hear.) The great
question of the day was that of social improvement ; and
to that without doubt the attention of Parliament, and
their own member in particular, would be directed.

Mr. SHIRLEY having been declared duly elected, ac-
knowledged the honour in a short speech, in which he
made no other political declaration than that his opi-
nions would be found to coincide with those of the ma-
jority of the electors of South Warwickshire.
The proceedings from the commencement to the con-
clusion did not last half an hour.