The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-05 00:00:00

SHEFFIELD ELECTION.

An event unprecedented in the political history of Shef-
field has happened this week—the election of a borough
Member without a contest. The proud distinction of being
thus unanimously returned has fallen upon Mr. John Arthur
Roebuck.
The retirement of Mr. Ward, as one of the representatives
of this borough took place on Friday (yesterday) week, and
on the same night a new writ was moved for, issued, and
sent down to the sheieff of the county. On Saturday the
writ was placed in the hands of the mayor, Mr. T. It. Barker,
upon whom, as returning officer, it devolved to fix the day
ef election. His worship, without a moment's needless
delay, announced by placard the earliest day that he could
appoint for the nomination—namely, Thursday, the three
intervening days required by law being Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday.
The election took place on Thursday, at ten o'clock, and
was conducted on a spacious and commodious hustings im-
mediately in advance of the enclosed area of the Corn-
Exchange, and the large vacant space in front (the New
Haymarket) was appropriated to the assemblage of the in-
habitants.
Precisely at 10 o'clock, the Mayor and Town clerk having
taken their place upon the hustings, Mr. Roebuck arriv, d
and ascended the platform, accompanied by Mr. Fisher, Mr.
leunn, and other gentlemen. Among the more infleential
electors present on the hustings we noticed—Mr. Fisher, Mr.
Dunn, Mr. Philips, barrister-at-law; Mr. Gainzsford ; Mr.
Hinde, solicitor; Mr. J. W. Smith, solicitor; Mr. hills,
grocer ; Mr. J. I'. Cate; Mr. Councillor Wall; the Rev. Nlr.
Rhodes, of Fulwood ; Mr. W. Fisher, jun.; Mr. M. J. Elli-
son ; Mr. Isaac Ironside; Mr. Isaac Schofield ; Mr. G. L
•isunders ; Mr. It. Roper; Mr. Fewsdale ' • Mr. Mvcock ;
Mr. John Yeomans, jun.; Mr. Beale; Mr. 11. Otley ; Mr.
Johnson, Fergate ; and also a party of ladies.
The preliminary tonne having been observed,
Mr. W. Fisincil came forward and nominated John Arthur
Roebuck, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the
borough of Sheffield in Parliament.
Mr. E. SMITIT seconded the nomination.
Mr. 'Rossini,: concurred in the nomination of Mr. Roe-
buck, but entered at sense length into points on which he
differed with him. The first of these was as to the exclusion
of criminals from the exorcise of the franchise; the rest
related to what Mr. Ironside called questions of social re-
form, in answering which he gave Mr. Roebuck 12 months
to consider.
Mr. Itoeaucer then came forward, and said that it was not
one man, nor one class of men, that had brought him to the
position he then occupied; that he was there as the repre-
sentative of the whole constituency, an 1 that going up to
Parliament as the representative of a large commercial town,
he hoped his opinions might have power where they ought
to have power. It had suggested itself to him that this se-
lection had been made because he had educated himself to
the business of legislating. It was his firm belief that a
man could not be a good legislator without education, mid
that amateur legislation led to the evils which they saw
around them. He would be their representative, but not
their' delegate. He had heard it said that labour was the
source of all wealth, but it must be conducted by intelligence
to make it effective. In the manufacturing community which
surrounded him he found many internal disputes, and he be-
lieved that there were wrongs on both sides. As to trades
unions, it was a perfectly right course for men to combine
together if they acted legally, but they might come to a
wrong conclusion even for their own benefit. Mr. Roebuck
here proceeded to repel a charge brought against one
of the Judges by Mr. Ironside, in connexion with a
case of illegal combination in a trades union. Harinr,
also stated his difference with Mr. Ironside on other points,
he proceeded to state his opinion that most of the evils
which afflicted the working classes had nothing whatever to
do with the exclusive state of the franchise. If there was a
Chartist Parliament elected to-day, and they were about to
legislate, these differences of opinion would arise upon the
question of the issue of money. There would be a minority
Ind a majority, and the Chartist Speaker would have to de-
clare who had it. England contained a large number of
people, and the Chartists would soon find that they
formed only a small fraction of the community, and
that people would go to a Chartist Parliament who did
not approve of the Charter. He wanted the law to protect
the working classes against any man's interference or coer-
cion ; when he did that he did all he could do. The law
could not make bread, it could only prevent the working
man's bread being taken from him. If he could assist in
any way the enfranchisement of the people, they would
always fled him ready. He would riot pledge himself to any
body or any thing, but if he did not act as they liked, they
knew what to do. As to the effect of taxation on the suffer-
ings of the people, his view was this,—he thought that the
unskilled labourers' whole wages were decided by their num-
bers; and supposing that immediately after the wage was
fixed the whole of the taxation was taken off the commodi-
ties w:iich formed the consumption of the working man,
what would be the consequence upon the wage of the la
heurer. He sincerely believed that the instantaneous
effect of its being discovered that tea, tobacco, sugar, and
such like, were lowered one half in price would be that
down would go the wage one half. If that was the rule,
taxation did not oppress the unskilled labourer. But
'axation interfered with the rule that a man should
have perfect liberty to exercise his ingenuity, his
skill, and his _ capital, without let or hindrance from

anybody. If large portions of the public money were
spent upon idleness or unnecessary squandering, as be
saw from day to day, the groat body of the people were
deprived of their wealth, and the happiness of the com-
munity was detri►nentally affected thereby. But the great
mischief was done indirectly, by the terrible trammelling of
the labouring man's ingenuity, and not directly by the effect

upon his wage. With respect to his opinion upon Frost,
Williams, and Jones, he thought thtt they Lad acted un,
fairly by the working men, and that any educated man leading
an unarmed multitude right int.) the face of discipline am
well •armed infantry was not a good or a wise man. Il
would himself, if a time came, as come it might, that,
rendered .rebellion necessary—he would himself be the ma
that would be shot down. He would not run away, arid let
others be shot; an I these men having done so, lie would not
ask any Minister of the Crown for the remi sion of their
punishment. As to local taxation, there appeared to Lim a
great deal too much of it, but it was too intricate a subject
to enter on then. Mr. Cobden's scheme of taxation he charac-
terised as an unstatesmanlike view. If it was necessary to take
ten millions off, let it be so ; but it it was requisite to have a
certain sum to carry on the business of the State, he would
have that sum, whatever l appened. As to the question
of Church and State, he honestly supported the principle
that every congregation ought to support its own minister.
But where a majajority of the community wanted a State
Church lie would not go against it. If lie found that a ma•
jority in this country said that a State Church ought to be
simply a Church of the Protestant Episcopal part of the
country, lie would go that way. But he considerel the
revenues of the Church to belong to what, in common par-
lance was called " the Church," meaning thereby the
Churchmen, and not the Church. The Church was the
great body of communicants, and not the clergy; therefore
he drew the conclusion that Church property belorrd to
the people, and the majority of them might do with it what
they liked. Ile did not believe that the majority of the peo.
ple were agreed to divest at once any portion of the Lpisco•
pal Church of the country of their property, and to make r.
property fer any other purposes. He believed that i
England was polled to-morrow a majority of it:
inhabitants would be found members of the Episcopal Church.
and in favour of its connexion with the State. In Ireland
this was not so, the C:iurch there being in the minority
He was prepared, therefore, instantly to do away with th.
Church of Ireland, which he regarded as one of the greatest
enormities in Europe. He propoeed to apply the funds o
that Church, not to the endowment of Roman Catholicism
but to the education of the Irish people. The New Poor.
law was a dismal subject, and he would deal with it as wel
as he could while there was a gleam of sunshine. Mr. Roe.
buck then proceeded at great length to explain his views on
this point. He concluded by expressing his great gratifica-
tion at the manner in which he had become the representa-
tive of the borough of Sheffield. It proved to him that
amongst all classes of his countrymen upright conduct did
meet its own reward, and that if a representative did his
duty by the people, the people would do their duty by him.
the proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks
to the Mayor.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 4.
(Sittings in Banco.)
IN RE THE "SATIRIST" NEWSPAPER.
Mr. KNOWLES appeared to show cause against a rule call-
ing on the sureties for the printer and publisher of the
Satirist newspaper to show cause why the Duke of Bruns-
wick should not be at liberty to proceed against them on
their bond under the Ist William IV., c. 73. It appeared that
the Duke of Brunswick had obtained a verdict and judgment
against the Satirist for a malicious libel, and there being no
property available to satisfy the judgment, his Royal High-
ness sought to set in the provisions of the statnte
above-named against the sureties. That statute enacts that
if it should be made out to the satisfaction of the Court of
Exchequer by the plaintiff' in such a cause that he has not
obtained any satisfaction from the defendant, it shall be law-
ful for the Court of Exchequer to direct such proceedings
against the sureties on their recognizances as might be taken
by the Criown to recover any fines and penalties.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, being in court when the rule
was, mentioned, interposed, and informed the Court that this
proceeding seemed to him to be an assumption by the Duke
of the office of public prosecutor. He was constituting him-
self thereby the representative of the Crown for the recovery
of penalties due to the Crown, for the bond was given to the
Crown.
Mr. lixowt.xs suggested that the only proper way of
enforcing the statute was for his Learned Friend the Atter.
ney-General to file an information.
The CIIIEF BARON—The section certainly would warrant
that view of it. We will hear the other side.
Mr. Ssow, in support of the rule, contended that the words
of the Act justified tilt Court in interfering on the applica-
tion of the plaintiff' in the original suit, otherwise the statute
would seldom be enforced, except at the discretion of the
Attorney-General.
Mr. KNOWLES having been called on to continue his argu-
ment on the merits, submitted that the Dulie had entirely
misconceived his remedy. The Ist William IV., c. 73, sec.
4, only contemplated actions against " the editor, conductor,
or proprietor," and the defendant in this action was only the
printer and publisher.
Mr. SNOW, in reply, urged that the printer and publisher
fell within this section of the Act, and not the editor, con-
ductor, or proprietor, who never entered into the bond. If
this objection were to be allowed the Act would be wholly in-
operative.
The COURT, however, thought the case was free from
doubt. The defendant being neither editor, conductor, or
proprietor, the Court had no power to proceed against him in
the way pointed out by this rule, which must, therefore, be
discharged with costs.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 4.
(Sittings in Banco.)

THOMPSON V. THE WESLEYAN NEWSPAPEIL ASSOCIATION.
In this case Mr. Serjeant Talfouri and Mr. Grey appeared
co show cause against a rule- obtained on a former day by
Mr. Serjeant Bylesand Mr. Willes, calling on the defendants
to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the
plaintiff on the first and fourth issues non obstante veredicto,
pursuant to leave reserved at the trial.
The action was tried at the Middlesex sittings after Hilary
term last year before Mr. Justice Maule. The action was
brought by the plaintiff as the endorsee of two bills of ex-
change, accepted by the Wesleyan Newspaper Association.
The declaration stated that the association in question was
a registered company under the Joint-stock Companies
Registration Act (8 and 9 Victoria, c. 110), and that by
their deed of settlement a power was given to two of the
directors of the company for the time being to accept bills
of exchange on behalf of the company, and that two such
bills, one for 1031. and the other for 52/., were drawn by
one Healey upon, and were accepted by two of the directors
of the company on behalf ot the association, and counter-
signed by one Brewtcnal, the managing director duly autho-
rised in that behalf. The pleas material to the argument
denied the authority of the directors to accept the bills on
behalf of the association. The deed ot settlement made
provision for the purchase of the TVesleyan newspaper by
the association for 3,000/, 1,0001. of which was to remain as
a debt, for which the directors were empowered to draw bills
of exchange, or to make promissory notes, pursuant to the
directions of the Joint-Stock Companies Act. The deed
also provided that it should not be lawful for the company to
contract any debts for more than 100/. at any one time,
except for the purchase-money, and that the directors might
accept a bill of exchange or'make a promissory note for
that balance. There was also a power in the deed of
settlement reserving power to the directors to alter
and vary the company's contracts. The directors having
given a note for the balance of 1,003/. of the purchase-
money to Healy, at his request for the convenience of
discount, gave smolltr bills in lieu of the 1,000/.
bill, two of which were those sued upon, the 1,0001. note not
having been delivered up. Llcaley afterwards became bank-
rupt and the 1,0001. emote passed into the hands of his as-
signee, though no demand had been made in respect of that
note. The 45 section of the Joint-Stock Companies Act
directs that bills of exchange accepted by a joint-stcok com-
pany should be signed by two of the directors and counter-
signed by the secretary. At the trial the Learned Judge
who tried the case intimated an opinion that the defendants,
according to his construction of the deed of settlement, were
entitled to a verdict, but reserved leave to the plaintiff to
move to enter the verdict for him if the Court should be of a
contrary opinion.
In showing cause against the rule the Learned Counsel
contended that the directors were not authorised by the
deed of settlement to accept those bills. The deed only
contemplated one bill for the balance of the debt, and the
power ought to be strictly pursued; and the deed being re-
gistered, the plaintiff had the power of inspecting it and
ascertaining the limited power of the direct Ors as to accept-
ing bills. •

Mr. Sergeant BYLES and Mr. WILLES, in support of the
rule, contended that the directors had duly exercised their
power, and the plaintiff being an endorsee for value, it dii
not lie in the mouth of the defendants to deny the execution
of the power. The deed recited that the parties of the first
part had entered into a company for the purpose of purchas-
ing the copyright of the IVesleyan newspaper, and of the fix-
tures, types, &c., of the office, for the purpose of carrying on
the paper. This agreement was in the nature of a partner-
ship for carrying on the newcpaper. They had power given
them by the deeds to draw bills ; an inspection of the deed
would show that to a proposed endorsee, and the bills were
drawn according to the form ordered by the 45th section of
the Joint Stock Companies' Act. The bills were, therefore,
the bills of a trading partnership, having power to accept
such bills, and were duly accepted. On these grounds it was
submitted that the defendants were liable on the bills de-
clared on.

The COURT took time to consider its judgment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
THAMES.
His Highness the Prince Castelcicala, the Ambassador to
this Court fur the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, came before
Mr. Ingham, with Mr. Bodkin the barrister, and a gentle-
man belonging to the firm of White, Broughton, and White.
solicitors, of Great Marlborough-street; for the purpose of
obtaining process against Captain John Moody, late com-
mander of the steam-ship Bombay, which was seized about
seven weeks ago by the Custom-house- authorities for a vio-
lation of the Foreign Enlistment Act (59th of George
chap. 69). The vessel and stores have been since valued by
Mr. Cornell, the Queen's appraiser, at 50,0001., and are still
under detention at Blackwell.
Mr. Bodkin, after introducing the Prince, addressed the
Magistrate, and said he was directed by his Highness to
apply for a summons against Captain John Moody, a Bri
tish subject, who, in violation of the law, had, without
leave of her Majesty Queen Victoria first had and ob-
tained, fitted out and equipped a steam-ship called the Bom-
bay, for the purpose of assisting the insurgents of Palermo,
who were in rebellion against the authority of their lawful
sovereign, the King of the Two Sicilies. The Act 59th
Geo. 111., c. 69, commonly called the Foreign Enlistment
Act, was a very important one, and began by stating that
" Whereas the enlistment or engagement of his Majesty's
subjects to serve in war in foreign service without his Ma-
jesty's license, and the fitting out and equipment and arming
of vessels by his Majesty's subjects without his Majesty's
license, for warlike operations in or against the dominions
or territories of any foreign Prince, state, potentate, or per-
setts exercising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of Go-
vernment in or over any foreign country, colony, province,
or part of any province, or against the ehips, goods, or
merchandize, of any foreign Prince, state, potentate, or per-
sons as aforesaid, or their subjects, may be prejudicial to
and tend to endanger the peace and welfare of this le.ng-
dom." After reciting other enactments, the Learned Counsel
went on to say that the wisdom of the law could not be que
tioned, and then read the 7th section applicable to the present
case, and which expressly prohibited the equipment of vessels
for warlike purposes, for the service of any foreign power with-
out the consent of the Sovereign of these realms ; and upon c,n-
viction the offender was liable to fine or imprisonment, or
both in the discretion of the Court. Amidst the convulsions
which affected foreign states, it was well known that the
Sicilians had rebelled against the authority of the King of
Naples—or more properly speaking, the King of the Two
Sicilies—whose Ambassador to this Court was the present
complainant. Soon after the breaking out of the insurrec-
tion in Sicily the insurgents commissioned agents to visit
England, and they purchased two large steamers, the Victor
and the Bombay, both (as our reporter understood the
Learned Counsel, who was occasionally scarcely audible) for-
merly belonging to the Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
The real destination of these steamers was, of course, kept a
secret as long as possible, and one of them, the Victor, was
fitted out for warlike purposes at Liverpool, and sailed from
that port before the Sicilian Embassy could obtain sufficient
legal evidence to justify her detention. The Victor pro?eeded
to Malta, where her name was changed to the Independanza,

and she proceeded to Palermo weaver steamer, anti reached
that place only two days before the Neapolitans blockaded
the Tort. The same steamer had since left Palermo with
.t the Polish General of "the insurgents and 200 insurgents on
e board, and reached Marseilles a few days ago, where she
t was seized by the French authorities, anu the Pole and the
Sicilians made prisoners. It was, however, with the Bombay
that the magistrate was called upon to interfere. Sicily
formed part of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which was
on terms of peace and amity with Great Britain. The ac-
credited agent was bis Highness Prince Casteleicala, who, as
the representative cf his Sovereign, had a right to complain
that steamers had been fitted out in this country to aid
and assist the insurgents in Sicily. The Bombay was a
steamer of very large burden, well calculated for warlike
purposes. It would be proved in evidence that she was pur-
chased by the agents of the Sicilian. insurgents; that the
command had been vested in Captain Sohn Moody, and that
considerable alterations had been effected after the original
owners had parted with her, although she was a new
steamer. Her knees were strengthened, and improvements
effected to admit a traversing battery into operation on her
decks. Her bulwarks were so constructed as to conceal her
batteries, and a large powder magazine was formed. En-
gineers and stokers were engaged to take her from this port
to the Mediterranean, and everything was in readiness for
her departure on her warlike expedition when she was de-
tained and seized by the Custom-house authorities at Black-
wall. It would be satisfactorily made out that the Bombay
, was equipped under the directiOn of Captain John Moody,
• and that when she went down the river on an experimental
- trip to ascertain her speed Captain Moody had the command
t of her, and the agents of the Palermo insurgents were on
if board. He therefore asked that process should issue against
.s Captain Moody. With the political part of the question he
bad nothing to do, and he would abstain from saying whether
the Sicilian insurgents were entitl!d to sympathy or not.
People might sympathize with their cause if they pleased,
ie but it was the bounden duty of the distinguished foreigner
it whom he represented to protect the interests of his Sore-
f reign, and for the Government of this country, and those who
, administered the law, to take care that the Act of Parliament
was carried out to prevent our being embroiled in the wars of
1 foreign states.
31r. Inittam—Do you apply for a summons or a warrant,
Mr. Bodkin?
Mr. Bodkin—For a summons. A late Act will enable you
to grant one. The question is simply this, whether I have
not made out a case for.your interference under the 7th sec-•
tion of the Act.
Mr. INGHAat read the 7th section, and said that Mr.
Bodkin was entitled to the summons. Be supposed the ob-
ject was, for the captain ;to be brought before him, and it
the charge was made out, to call upon him to find bail to
answer the charge at the sessions.
Mr. Bodkin—Exactly so. I ask in the first instance for a
summons only.
Mr. INGHAM—And the Prince Caatelcicala comes before me
as a complainant ?
Mr. Bodkin—Yes Sir, to protect the rights and interests
of his Sovereign.
Mr. Iscasson—Let the summons issue.
Mr. Bodkin—l have prepared a form, Sir, and the sum-
mons, with your permission, will . run thus:--" That you,
John Moody, did unlawfully, and without the leave and
license of her Majesty Queen Victoria, equip, and endeavour
to equip, and knowingly did aid and assist in equipping a
certain steam vessel called the Bombay, in order that such
vessel should be employed in the service of certain persons
assuming to exercise the powers of government its a certain
foreign state—to wit. the kingdom of the two Sicilies—and
with intent to cause and commence hostilities, to wit a certain
foreign Prince with the King of the Two Sicilies, when her
Majesty was not at war at the time of the commission of the
said offence; contrary to the statute."
Mr. INGHAM —Let the summons issue in that form.
Where is the Bombay now?
Mr. Bodkin —At BlackwalOn the possession of the ofile
cers of the Crown.

The summons was then made out, an 1 the Prince and hie
suite retired.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
ALTA, APRIL 22.—The passing events of the last few
days are of exciting interest; • steamers, arriving from ports
of Sicily, discharge their living cargoes of the vanquished
Republicans into the island, and we are now literally swarm-
ing with people of that nation of every hue and grade. The
news of the unwillingness of the National Guard of Palermo
to burn powder against the troops, of Naples reached us on
the 19th inst., by: the French steamer Independente, ott
board of which vessel arrived here the Duke of . Verdure,
Colonel Massa, and several members of the Palermitan
Parliament, who have effected their escape; and the cele-
brated Ruggiero Sittimo is botany expected bY the steamer
Bosphore.
The Chevalier Wiereinski, whose letter to the Minister of
War at Palermo, I sent you on the 16th inst.. by the Locust,
left us this morning with his family, by the French steamer
Eurotas; and so great is his poverty that he could only ob-
tain a deck passage, the Admiral having refused him a pas-
sage by the Hibernia.
Her Majesty' ship Hibernia is ready for sea, and is under
orders to leave this place for England on Tuesday next. The
Admiral's flag will be hoisted on board the Caledonia.
Yesterday arrived a
.steamer from Genoa with the Repub-
lican flag flying. ,
Her Majesty's judges have this week been employed in the
trial of two soldiers of the 44th Regiment, William Forth
and James Alexander; the one, charged with robbing a
Frenchman ; the other, being on sentry, for stopping a
Greek and robbing him. Forth was convicted and sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment; Alexander was ace
quit ted.
A private of the 44th Regiment, John Ward, fired his gnn
into a powder magazine on the 19th inst., and afterwards
threw off his regimental clothing to make hi.: escape. He
was siezed, and delivered over to the main gttMrd, and yea-.'
terday was brought to a court-Martial. His sentence has.
not transpired, but it is thought that the principal charge is
not proved.
The Genoese fleet is hourly expected. • . •
The India mail. expected on_the 240, will be sent through
France, by the Medusa, Captain Bathurst, who- so nebir
entertained Sir C. Napier, en route from Mareeilles to Leg
horn.

PonTssroum, Afar 4. By the death of Admiral Sir Adam
Drummond, K.C.11., an (neer of 70 .years' service, Sir John
A. Ommanney, K C. 8., Vice-Admire; of the Red, obtains the
Ta ik of Admiral ; Rear-Admiral Sir D. H. Alitekay, Com-
manding- in-Chief on the Cork station, attains the rank of
Viez-Admiral ; and Captain Ferguson (1814), "obtains. his
flag. The usual changes in the squadron of Bed, White,
and Blue, also take place.
C town Peter Richards, C.B. (1828), superintendent of
the Pembroke D ckyard, is ordered to be removed to Chat-
ham Dockyard, vice Sir Thomas Bourchier, deceased.
Crptain Henry Algernon Eliot (1839) is appointed super-
intendent of Pembroke Dockyard.
Captain Sir 'Thomas Sabite I'asley (1831) is appointed to
the Castor, 36, at uhatliam, to hoist a broad pendant of the
second class, and take the Command-in-Chief on the Cape
of Good Hope station, vice Rear-Admiral B. Reynolds, C. 8.,
who will be removel to the south-east coast of America, vice
Commodore Sit Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., to be ordered Lome.
FUNERAL OF SIR TILOMAS BOURCHIHR, K.C.8.--The re-
mains of this gallant and distinguished Officer were inter-
red on Thursday at the new burial-ground at Chatham,
with military honours. -The procession left the superinten-
dent's official residence at half-past two o'clock ; the flag-
ship Poictiers firing minute guns, and the colours at all the
Government establishments and on board the ships being
lowered halfway down the stafll All the naval officers at
the port, most of the officers of the garrison, together with
the officers of the dockyard, formed the mournful cortege,
Vice-Admiral the lion. G. Elliot, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief
at the Nero, bringing up the rear. A detachment of the
ryal Marines formed the firing party, and the Marine bend
performed the funeral march. The large concourse of offi-
cers of all services, and the thousands of the respectable in-
habitants of the town Who were present, testified the great
respect in which the gallant deceased was held in the
neighbourhood.
The statement that Ciptain - Charles Hope is appointed
Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard, and that Captain
Sir Thomas Pasley, Pa t, is appointed Commander to sue
creed Rear-Admiral Reynolds in cornmeal of the Cape,
not true.
The Admiralty have ordered that vegetable tar be dis
continued for paying the bottoms of ships, and for saturat
ing the paper placed under the copper, and that mineral', ar
be used in future for that purpose.
The Comet steamer, Commander Otter, went to Spithead
on Thursday, and sai:ed for the Hebrides on Friday.
It is expected that the value of the freight of the Ca-
lypso, 20, Captain Werth, from the Pacific, viii be 3,000,0C0
of dollars.
In port and fittirg.—The Victory, 2?, flag-ship of the
Commander-in-Chio ; Illustrious, 10, Admiral Superinten-
dent's flag-ship; *Victoria and Albert Royal steam yacht;
Excellent gunnery practice ship; Blenheim, 60, steam bleck
ship, and guard ship of steamers; and Riffle, 6, exercise brig
for naval apprentices; Stromboli, Plumper, and *Reynard
steam sloops; Fairy, Fire Queen, Elphin, Bee, and Myrtle
steam tenders; Echo steam tug; Fanny, Commander-in. Chief 's yacht ; Portsmouth, yacht of Admiral Superintendent.
At Spithead.—The Superb, 81..
In the Steam Basin.—The Ajax, 56, steam block ship
Victoria and Albert Royal yacht; Sidon, Termagant, Re-
tribution and Pene!ope steam frigates; Cormorant, Phoepixt
and Polyphemus steam sloops; Urgent and Sprightly steam-
packets.
In Dock.- The Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Vindictive, 50;
Grampus, 50; and Devastation steam sloop.
N.B. Those marked with an asterisk are in the steam
basin undergoing repair.
The old basin is under repair.
Wind, S.E. by S. ; moderate breezes and hazy weather.
CHATHAM, MAY 4.—The Pigmy steam vessel has pro-
ceeded to Sheerness to be employed under the direction of
the Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Elliot during the time the
Wildfire steam vessel remains under repair. The Castor, 36 guns, is masted, and is now ready for com-
mission, and she is daily expected to hoist the pendant ; there
are waiting a number of blue jackets to be entered as soon as
she is commissioned.

The Cleopatra, 26 guns, Captain T. L. Massie; the pendant
of this ship was hoisted on the 2:1 inst., by the Master, J. T.
Davies, and the same day the First Lieutenant, E. A. Por.
cher, joined the ship, and the previous day 84 supernumerary
seamen were brought by the Contiaxce steamer from Ports•
mouth, and the 1113 rtle steam vessel also brought from Ports-
mouth 26 seamen for the Cleopatra; and on the, 3d inst. the
Royal Marines from the Chatham division joined the same
ship, viz., 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 31 privates
under the command of First-Lieutenant James Taylor. The
Cleopatra's complement is to consist, including officers, of
240 men ; she is completed excepting trifling jobs consequent
on ships fitting for sea.
The Duck, Savage, master, sailed yesterday with stores for
Devonport ; and the Rochester naval lighter, Sudwicks
master, sailed for Woolwich with stores.

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is
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fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most
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wire any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's
Ointnymt) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and
by medicine vendors thronghout the civilised world.

• BIR7IIB.
At Tiptree-hall, Essex, on the 4th inst., the lady of Mr.
Mechi, of a thughter.
On the Ist inst., at Antony, Cornwall,' the wife of W. H.
Pole Carew, Esq., M.P.,of a son and heir.
On the 2d inst., at ussex-place, Regent's-park, the lady
of I. Moses, Esq ~ of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., at Bolton-street, Piccadilly, the wi'e of
Dr. Tyler Smith. of a son.

At St. Helier's, Jersey, on the Ist inst., Sarah Forbes, wife
of Captain Williams, R.N.
A St. Leonard's-on-Sea, on the 2d inst., Julia, only daugh-
ter of the late -Vice-Admiral Peacocke.

.ondon: Printed and Published by BIURDO YOUNG, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112.
Strand, in tke Precinct of the Savvy, in the coynti Of
Uithlko22cl Saturday, May 6, 1812, •