The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-16 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

On Thursday Mr. John Cunningham, pipe-maker, of Port-
land-town, appeared to answer the charge of stealing a sly
kiss from the lips of Alice Turner, the pretty wife of a young
tonsor residing in the same town.
" Please your Worship," said the fair complainant, " on
Friday last I was walking through Kilburn towards home,
when the defendant overtook me with his horse and cart,
when, knowing him as a neighbour, and feeling rather fa-
tigued, I was induced to accept the offer of a ride towards
home, and I got into the vehicle. We proceeded on till we
came to a secluded part of St. John's Wood-road, when, avail-
ing himself of the opportunity, he gave me such a kiss as I
shall never forget."
Defendant—But I forget all about it though.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Hovv's that ? Defendant—Why the fact
is, my business lies so much among publicans that I am obliged
to wet my " pipes" so often—
Mr. RawussoN—Do you mean to say that you were in-
toxicated then ? Defendent--Why I must have been a little
bit " agreeably confused" not to recollect anything about the
stair.

Mr. RAWLINSON--YOU should not get so drunk as not to
know whether you are kissing your neighbour's wife or not.
Defendant—Drink is a vc ry insinuating thing, Sir.
Complainant—And you're a very insinuating man, because
I had no veil on, to take such a barefaced liberty.
Mr. RawmvsoN—Why did you not push him away ? Com-
plainant—lt was impossible ;he was as quick as lightning. It
was a word and a kiss, and the kiss came first; but I told my
husband all about it when I got home.
Defendant—And that made all the disagreeable rumpus.
You should not kiss and tell.

After some further colloquy, the matter was disposed of
by the defendant being ordered to pay the costs of the war-
rant, and enter into his own recognizance to keep the peace.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 14.—The Apollo troop ship, A.
Karley, Esq. master, went out of harbour on Monday, with
650 of the Grenadier Guards, and proceeded at once for Ca-
n ada, without anchoring at Spithead ; she was followed on
Tuesday, by the Inconstant frigate, Captain Pring, with the
remainder of that fine body of men.
The Edinburgh, 74, Captain Henderson, arrived on Sunday
from the Lisbon station, having left the Tagus on the 24th
March, when there were lying there the Donegal, Trinculo,
Scylla, and a French GO gun frigate. Affairs were tranquil
at the time of her departure. The Edinburgh has since
landed her louer deck guns, and yesterday and to-day took on
board the second and'third division of the second battalion of
Coldstream Guards ; the first division having embarked on
board the Athol troop ship, Mr. Bellamy, master, on Thurs-
day. The Athol on her way to Quebec, was towed,. from
Spithead this morning by the Tartarus steamer, as far
as off Dunnoqe. The Edinburgh will follow at twelve
o'clock to-morrow. •

The Hastings, 74, Captain Loch, arrived yesterday, to take
on board the Earl of Durham, her Majesty's High Com-
missioner for the settlement of the Canadian disputes. His
Lordship's stock was embarked to-day, with the exception of
the live portion of it, which will be sent off on the eve of his
embarkation, which is expected to be about Thursday next.
We observe his Lordship is engaged to dine with the Lord
Mayor on Easter Monday. The fine band of the 71st Regi-
ment was landed here on Wednesday, by an Irish steamer,
from Cork, to embark on board the Hastings, for the use of
the Earl of Durham. Major-General Sir James Macdonnell,
who will command the brigade of Guards in Canada, has em.
barked on board the Hastings.
The Lily, 16, Commander Reeve, is ordered to convey dis-
patches to Rio de Janeiro, and from thence proceed to the
Cape of Good Hope ; she will sail about Wednesday.
The Hercules, 74, was spoken with, all well, on the 18th
ult., in long. 43. 30., with detachments on board for Canada.
. The Tartarus steamer proceeded on Wednesday to the
West Indies. Captain P. bouglas, who is to hoist a broad
pennant at Jamaica, on board the Magnificent, took passage
in her.

The Stakesby (transport) arrived yesterday from Deptford,
and came into harbour to embark fourteen horses for Lord
Durham, and ten belonging to officers of the Guards.
The Pluto, steam-vessel, arrived yesterday from Weymouth.
The Minden, with the 73d Regiment on board for Quebec,
arrived at Madeira from Gibraltar March 15.

The Charybdis, 3 guns, commanded by the Hon. Lieut.
Gore, arrived yesterday from Chatham, ou her way to the
West Indies.

The Herald, 28, and Actaeon, 26, are ready for commis-
sioning at this port.
The French frigate Terpsichore, of 60 guns, after having
been detained at Cork for eight weeks in rendering her toler-
ably fit for sea, left on Friday last, the 6th, for Brest, where
she arrived the following day. The Captain of her enter-
tamed all the civil and military authorities with a splendid
rig'eunee the day previous to his departure; and, in drinking
the Queen of England's health, expressed his thanks for the
public and private assistance that had been rendered his dis-
tressed ship.
APPOINTMENTS.—Captain C. J. Austen, to the Bellerophon,
vice Captain S. Jackson, C. 8., appointed Superintendent of
Pembroke Dock-yard ; Commander Parlby to the Coast
Guard Service at Sunderland; Lieutenant Woodford .1. Wil-
liams, Messrs. Belleston, Second Master Ilemer, Clerk-in-
charge, and Cunningham, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Terma-
gant ; Mr. G. Moyle, Mate, from the Eicellent to the Has-
tings; Mr. Cmsar Powell, Mate, from the. Excellent to the
Malabar; Messrs. Rodger and Caldwell, Assistant-Surgeons,
frarn the Britannia and the Cornwallis ; Lieutenant Montague
Thomas, (acting), to the Carrots steamer, vice Owen, de-
ceased ; Lieutenant J. A. A. Riddell, from the Madagascar
to the Seringapatam; Lieutenant R. Perceval to command
the Badger, vice Night; Lieutenant G. T. Smyth, to com-
mand the Adelaide, vice Hire ; Mr. William Bayne, As-
sistant- Surgeon, of the Madagascar, to the Pickle, vice
James Stiell, to Bermuda Hospital; Mr. Charles Williams,
Clerk of the Nimrod, to act as Purser of her, vice Mr. Ro-
bot t Simmonds, invalided; Mr. William Weaver, Clerk to
Howe ; Mr. J. Brooman, Clerk to the Britomart ; Mr.
Lloyd, College Volunteer, to the Melville ; Mr. C. Ada.n
(son of Sir C. Adam,) Volunteeer First Class, to the Has-
tings; Mr. Sadler, Clerk, to the Andromache; Mr. H. F. W.
Ingram, Midshipman (late of the Actaeon,) to the Talbot ;
Mr. Francis Goodwin, supernumerary carpenter, from the
Victory, to be additional carpenter of the Redwing steam-
packet at Holyhead, for the service of the Packet Establish-
ment ; Mr. Richard Pol)blank, supernumerary carpenter, to
be carpenter of the Modeste. The following retired Corn-
.nanders of the second class are appointed to the first class,
on Ba. 6d. per diem :—T. Solway, W. Jameson, John Leach,
G Fisher, J. B. Mant, Edward Starley, D. Chambert,
A. G. Stirling, and Wm.rHeritag-e. Retired Commander
James Brockman, to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital,
vice Lieut. Wheatley, deceased.
The following, gentlemen passel for Lieutenants at the
Naval College, on Tuesday:—Messrs. Spencer Hicks Pick-
ard, Edw. E. Morgan, and W. Cashman (no ship), Henry
W. Toole (Britannia), W. H. Payne Russell, and Sir God-
frey Webster, Bart. (Asia).
(From the Devonport independent.)
PLYMOUTH, Aram 14.—The Malabar, 74, Captain Edw.
Harvey, sailed on Monday Cork, where she will embark 650
soldiers of the 71st regiment, and convey them to Quebec.
On Thursday morning, the Barossa, hired transport, also pro-
ceeded to Cork, to take the remainder of the 71st regiment,
with other troops intended for Canada.
The brig Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Beaufoy, arrived here
yesterday morning (Friday), from Portsmouth, on her way to
to the Coast of Africa.

The packet Ranger, Lieutenant Turner, will be paid off
Thursday next.
The Resistance, 46, having been repaired, was taken out of
dock on Wednesday. The packet Lyra, Lieutenant Ladd,
was warped alongside the sheerhulk on Wednesday, to have
her masts taken out and examined. The Tortoise lighter,
was taken on the Graving Slip on Wednesday, to hare her
copper cleaned and repaired.
The Devon lighter, having on board Mr. Walker, Assistant
Master Attendant, with a party of riggers and seamen from
the San Josef, sailed on Sunday for Pembroke, to bring the
Penguin to this port.
The Duck, lighter, sailed on Tuesday, with stores, for
Portsmouth. The S wail, tender, was taken on the graving
slip, on Tuesday, to have her copper cleaned and repaired.
The brig Jaseur, having been repaired, was taken out of
dock on Thursday ; and tier Majesty's packet Lyra, Lieute-
nant Ladd, was taken into dock the same tide, to be examined.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain D. Pring, and the Apollo,
troop-ship, Mr. A. Karley, 'Master-Commanding, sailed on
Tuesday morning from Portsmouth. Both ships passed this
port about 9 o'clock on Thursday morning on their way to
Quebec, having on board the 2d battalion of the Grenadier
Guards.
The Russell, 74, Captain Sir Henry W. Dillon, K. C. H.,
is ordered to proceed from the Mediterranean to this port,
where she will',take out her lower deck guns in order to embark
for Canada.

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The Talavera, 74, Capt. Mends, was at Gibraltar on the
28th ; she had embarked the 73d regiment and would sail for
Halifax about the 2d inst. ,

We stated last week that Sir Pultensy Malcolm was conva-
lescent, but we regret to hear that he has suffered a relapse,
and that this distinguished officer is now at his residence in
town, in a very dangerous state of health, his recovery being
extremely doubtful. Sir William Parker is also at present
suffering from illness.

According to an Order in Council of the 21st of March
last, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have in-
creased the pay of Naval Instructors, and Schoolmasters, from
the rate of 41. 14s. per month, to 61. 14s. The increased rate
of payment to commence from the above date.
The following ships, on foreign stations, arc ordered home,
their time of service having expired, and they may be daily
expected :—Buzzard, 10, Coast of Africa; Carron, steam-
vessel, West Indies ; Childers, 16, Coast of Africa ; Cur-
lew, 10, Coast of Africa ; Dublin, 50, South America ;
Portland, 52, Mediterranean ; Racer, 16, and Rainbow, 28,
from the \Vest Indies ; Raleigh, 18, Ratt:esnake, 28, Win-
chester, 52, Wolf, 18, and Zebra, 16, from the past Indies ;
Rover, 1.8, South America ; Thalia, 46, Cape of Good Hope.

The Barham, .50, Captain A. L. Corry, arrived at Mar—
seilles March 28, from Malta.
The Pearl, 20, Commander the Right Hon. Lord Clarence
Paget, arrived at Norfolk, United States, 7th March, from
Bermuda. Lord C. Paget proceeded to Washington express,
bearing despatches for the British Minister.
The Scorpion, 10, Lieutenant Ga)ton, Afier endeavouring.
to get to the Westward from Malta, ever Bit: ce the 15th of
February, was struck by lightning at some dista.lce from the
South-end of the Island of Sardinia, on the 27th of the same
month, and returned to Malta on the 11th of Marci:. Ber
maintop mast was split, and considerable damage'clone to Per
mainmast. No lives were lost, but the Master and two
~or
hree of the men were stunned and burnt by the electric fluid.
The Scorpion remained at Malta on the 14th ult.
The Pique, from Cork and Bermuda, arrived at Halifax os
the sth ult., with a part of the 93d regiment, under the com—
mand of Colonel Macgregor. She suffered much during the•
pissage, and is said to have been near foundering several times.
The troops were in fine health, and were disembarked en
the 6th.

The Andromache, 28, Captain R. L Baynes, is fast getting
o 3 with at Sheerness. On Tuesday, a little after dark, the
son of Mr. Stoyles, boatswain of the ship, fell overboard from
the main deck of the Shannon hulk, out of one of the ports,
and, in all probability, would have been drowned but for the
prompt assistance of Mr. George Peacock, Master of the' All,
dromache, who immediately jumped overboard, and reseed
him, though there was a strong ebb tide running.

FALSE SANCTITY.

On Wednesday Mr. Plumptre, who has succeeded to Sir
Andrew Agnew in the humane experiment of making wee
religious by Act of Parliament, moved the second reading
of a Bill " For the Suppression of Trading on the Lord's
Day." The motion was carried by a majority of two to one
(139 to 69), after a brief and insignificant conversation•
Mr. Milnes, the youthful Member for Pontefract, opposed,.
the Bill, and displayed some notion of right principles, be'.
he lapsed into the silly conceit that the measure originated
with a class of persons like unto the Puritans two centuries
since, who, under the pretence of reforming the Churl h,
pulled down the Monarchy, and well nigh buried every
useful institution beneath its ruins. We were glad to final
that the opponents of the Bill were content silently to re-
cord their opposition, leaving its fate to be sealed when its
hypocritical buffoonery shall have been shown up in Com-
mittee. At the same time, we were more than asto-
nished to observe many Members who claim a prac-
tical acquaintance with the great principles of pro-
restant dissent, taking part with those who contend
that articles of faith, and systems of discipline, ought
to be drawn upend enforced by law. Amongst this number-
was that nonpareil nonconformist, Mr. Edward Baines, the
Member for Leeds. If Dissenters and their accredit"d
organs will countenance this species of tom-foolery, ',./e
know of no just ground upon which they can refuse
payment of Church-rates, nor any of the claims which vile
Established Church arrogates to itself.
If spiritual injunctions are to be enforced by human
statutes, we had better at one resign our pulpits to bands
of theological police, armed with appropriate authority for
the chastisement of disobedience. If the religious world
really desidcrate this Bill, then no false delicacy in the
matter can be tolerated, and it must be renderod as perfect
as the ingenuity of persecution, and the spirit of intole-
rance, can make it. It is not enough to restrict its pr°7
visions to the enactment " that no person on the Lord's Da/
shall do, or employ any person to do, any manner of la-
bour or work : nor allowed to buy or sell any goods,
animals, effects, or things," under certain pecuniary Pe-
nalties. No, no ; this is trifling altogether. If these good
folks will have a religion made and enforced by Act of Par-
liament, it must be searching, sincere, and comprehensive'
" Any manner of work," must not be confined to heating an
oven, and devouring its contents ; but made as wide as the.
Mosaic ritual, If the baker is to be punished, the beast
must be protected ; if a hungry boy may not buy a h°,
roll, the bishop must not be allowed to roll about in '5, 13
carriage, with his man-servant on the box, and a brace (3,'„
footmen holding fast by the braces behind, while some hair
dozen men-servants and maid-servants are debarred frenir
spiritual comfort by preparing solid and savoury things for
the lowly follower of Him who knew not where to lay 11'_5
head. Let this equal rule be impartially applied, and there
is no danger that a Bill to make men spiritual by statute
will receive the santion of either House of Parliament.
We are well aware that this sy stem of legislative coer-
cion in matters of religion is not without its advocat,re
amongst men of holy desires, who light their zeal at the
altars of episcopacy. But. have they ever reflected-, tiP°.
the deadening influence of law when brought in aid of sP:.
ritual affairs, and the formal character of those duties %Oleo:
observance hazares no sacrifice ? True religion actg
the heart, not in the way of fortune, acquired by the acx
Bard of moral injunctions, but in the pursuit of that Pe,,ho
which no wealth can purchase, nor power disturb•
early disciples of our enlivening faith sought no succour
from human aid, nor did they covet the gains of the
ungodly. For them neither the mountain's cave, nor
the solitude of the wilderness, the thunders of the
law, nor the refinements of torture, had any ter-
rors, but strong in the integrity of their belief, and
its ennobling influence upon the hearts and hopes
of men, they moved on, waging fearful war against the
pride and power of the world, until its benignant sway was
thrown over the fairest and choicest scenes of the earth.
And, we firmly believe it is destined still to move on, until
the whole race of man shall be brought to feel and own its
righteous authority. Yet it has to encounter many obsta-
cles, not so much from the keen and polished edge
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scepticism, as from the thoughtless extravagance of
mis-
taken friends, and the more cunning devices of priestly_
artifice, and still more than all, from the experiments of
spiritual pride, which fancies that the arm of Omnipotence_
can be strengthened by an alliance with the vain glories °f
the world. We would respectfully suggest to these pious
_
persons, who arc so intent to advance the spiritual interests
of the poor, to turn their attention to the causes of the till"'
ries which they endure, and the means of their alleviation.
This is " a manner of work" which we confidently believe
would be acceptable to that all-pervading power whose se"
vice is perfect freedom.— Weekly True Sun.

PROSECUTION OF THE PRESS.—It appears that
it was Mr. Justice Perrin, and not Sergeant Green, wh° in
the case of Barry v. Staunton, promulgated the extraordinary
doctrine that jurymen, in a civil action for damages, we':
not to estimate the injury sustained by plaintiff from the evie
;
deuce he himself produced, in the place where he was best
known, known, but were to guess at what he might suffer in quarter
whyre he•was not known at all. Irish judges and juries seers
to look upon the press in the same light as the Tories vies
Ministry, namely as a very squeezable commodity. A Cc".
jury has squeezed 1501. out of the Proprietor of the Morning
Register—not%Nithstanding that the only witness produced by
the plaintiff swore that Mr. Bari), had sustained no injury
whatever in the opinion of his neighbours. " They manure
these things better" in England. English juries generally c 5"
t:mate a man's character at what it is worth. To the 111.
who has no character to lose they award the satisfaction °
paying the defendant's costs in addition to his own, and to hill'
who has sustained little or no damage they award the smallest
possible quantity of the dross which he covets, and for which
he is willing to expose himself and his affairs in a court °r
justice. Irish juries in libel prosecutions are wonderfully urla;
nimous. :They allow the judge to interpret both the law and
the facts of the case, and such is their veneration for ermin°
ail horse hair, that if the wearer only told them that it svas
libel to call a black pig a parson, they would find a verdict ac"
cordingly. —Freeman' s Journal.
THE TRUTH TOLD BY MISTAKE.—I Shall ilot
easily forget the sarcasm of Swift's simile as he told us of the
Prince of Orange's harangue to the mob of Portsmouth
"We are come," said he, " for your good for all goods'
" A universal principle," added Swift, "of all government;
hut, like most other truths, only told by mistake."----cl
Ft
Churchill.

Con 11,
T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Corn b_
London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), informs the
he, that he has a considerable variety of SECOND-HAND G° h,
WATCHES, any of which he offers at EIGHT GUINEAS."'
They have all been carefully examined, and are warranted.
Watches purchased in exchange.

BIRTHS.
On the Bth inst., at Dunstable Villa, Richmond, the Right 1100'
Lady Louth, of a son.
On the 6th inst., the lady of J. Vaughan, Esq., of WatlinßtOn-
park, Oxfordshire, of a daughter.
On the 9th inst., at Hampstead, the lady of R. Bradford, E6q"
of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., in Bloomfield-street, the lady of G. at
.
Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED. eor ge
On the 12th inst ,at Marylebone Church, Captain Fin..
Logan, of the Madras Army, third son of W. Logan, Esq., of the
galton, Renfrewshire, to Eugenia Emma, youngest daughter of
late Hon. M. T. Harris, of the Madras Civil Service.
On the 12th inst., at St. Ann's, Westminster, Mr. John Yourli
co' Bear-street, Leicester square, to Eliza, the eldest laughter "
the late Thomas Lewis, Es q., q., of Bermondsey. Jr

DIED.
daughter
of A. ley, young
13th
wifeagedo; F. Bat
son Ealiyzebeth, eldostt
On
son of the Right Hon. Sir J. Bayley, Bart.
On the 6th inst., at the Rectory, Woodmancote, Sussex, the Rev,
John Rideout, M.A., aged 70.
On the 6th inst., Emily Northey, the
.infant daughter of J. G.
Rowley, Esq.
On the 6th inst., at Atherstone, Warwickshire, John lic'cd
Chapman, Esq., aged 78.
On the sth inst., in Green's-row, Chelsea, H. Hughes, Esq',
aged 82.
On the 23d ult., at Ivy-cottage, Keppel-strert, Whitehead's°
grove, Chelsea, Mr. George Pritchard, aged 65.
On the 10th inst., at Teignmouth, Rear-Admiral Tobin, C.D.s
aged 69.
On the 13th inst., at Flexford, near Guildford, Hamilla Katharine)
infant daughter of Captain C. Mangles.
On thelo,etahr.inst., at Aldersey-place, Guildford, Mrs. West,
in her 78th year.

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of Middlesex.—Monday, April 16, 1838.