The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-13 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1840.

of August last, do, in addition to the report thereby
required to be made, report on the merits of the railway
from Preston to Fleetwood, and the harbour of Fleet-
wood, es regards the means that will be thereby afford-
ed for facilitating the communication by sea between
London and the North of Ireland, ned the West of
Scotland, reference being had to existing railways."
The Hon. Member said his object was to have it under-
stood that the Commissioners on Railway Communica-
tion wi:h the metropolis of Scotland and that of Ireland,
should consider all the ports in the neighbourhood.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
wished to have had the opinion of the House on the sub-
ject, but really, in the present state of the House (about
twenty or thirty present) that opinion could not well ha
ascertained.—(A laugh.) He scarcely knew vvh, t
course to take upon the proposition ? The effect of it
seemed to be to introduce a new principle—to depart
from the object of the Commission. which w.rs to ascer-
tain the merits of the existing or projected Railways, and
and to open up a do3r for the admission of every future,
every now unprojeeted Railway, into the inquiry. He
truAed the Hon. Gentleman would not. in the present
state of the House, press his motion.—(Hear.)
Mr. F. SHAW concurred in this recommendation.
He wisheA to know what chance there was of receiving
the results of the Commission with regard to Dublin.
Their labours had been vastly augmented by giving
them already a much larger field of inquiry thin at
first contemplated.
After a few words from Mr. R. GORDON,

Sro H. FLEETWOOD said he should withdraw
his motion, on the understanding that if the Commission
went down before the matter was settled, it should not
be p-c-judiced.
The House then adjourned at Five minutes after
Seven.

spiRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
( From the Globe.)
Hazlitt has a remark, exemplifying human inconsist,
ency, to the effect that there are persons ssho are disap-
pointed and displeased by the exhibition of the very virtues
which they hod most desired to see exercised. These
people (he aa:rs) do not like you a bit the hater
for rea!izing the good opinion they always enter-
tained of you." The conduct of some writers
on the Liberal side, daily as well as weekly, would
seem to indicate that the remark is founded, not on fan-
tastic speculation, but on a close observance of mankind.
The parties in question appear to think perpetual agree-
ment upon one subject tedious, and after months of con-
currence seek excitement in dissension and complaint.
They invert the maxim of Mrs. Malaprop, and ima-
gine that it is always better to end "with a little aversion."
They are so jealous of leadership, that they must pick an
occasion of quarrelling with it--" net in hate, but
all in honour !" Thus, because Lord J. Russell has
intimated an opinion that the fl?use could not
go on for ever resorting to commitments as the
only means of asserting and maintaining its pri-
vileges—because he stated that he had held a conference
with th Lord Chancellor, and suggested that a declara-
tory law of a complete and comprehensive character
might, if obtainable from the Hiuse of Lords, prevent
future difficulties without a sacrifice of independence or
principle—the Noble Lord is assailed in set terms, and
charged with " running away " and " irresolution "—with
misleading his own friends and not knowing his own mind
(From the Standard )
The eternal case of the '' martyr Thorogood," the
coolest and most business-like sufferer for conscience sake
to be foetid in the whole Martyrology, occupied the House
of Commons last night during a considerable part of its
sitting. The wretched farce of this man's mock
self-devotion had been long before expressed in his
corresponds nee with Mr. Buykett. But Mr. Thomas Dun-
combs did not think it rash to bring the delusion once more
under the scorn of all rational and honest men, and Messrs.
Baines, and flume, and Hawes, and the rest of the Sectarian
knot, made the customary speeches. Lord J. Russell treated
the martyr with little respect, and Sir S. Lushington gave
a frank and a very amusing history of the several steps of
vexatious pettifogging by which Thorogood has made his
way to the goal of his wishes, the jail of Chelmsford.
If we had any malignant feeling towards Dissen-
ters, such feeling would be amply gratified by last night's
exhibition, indeed by the whole history of the " Thoro-
good persecution ;" for never was there a case
of more transparent hypocrisy and fraud, or one better
calculated to draw disgrace upon all who arc concerned in
getting it up and patronizing it.
( From the Courier.)
The discussion in the House of Commons last night, on
the affair which is generally known as the " Monteagle
Job," exhibited the Ministers in their usual position of
shuffling and weakness. Mr. Liddell moved for the papers
relating to this transaction, and took occasion to say that
the matter, as it at present stood unexplained, had very much
the air of a Ministerial job. The circumstance of the simul-
taneous retirement of Sir John Newport from the office
of Comptroller of the Exchequer, with a pension of
one thousand a year, and the appointment of Lord
Mrtntea;.,•le to the office so vacated, could not fail to
give rise to the suspicion that the arrangement was a
contrivance for placing the late Chancellor of the
Exchequsr in a sinecure, or an office which was nearly a
sinecure, of 2,0001. a year. To this charge the present
Chancellor of the Exchequer attempted an explanation,
which, without presuming to say whether it was satisfac-
tory or not to the House, we are quite sure will not be
considered satisfactory by the country.

No TAXES'—The Northern Liberator (the
late conductor of which is now non inventus), last Saturday.
advised resistance to taxes :—" Whatever be the tax which the
forlorn Minister shall propose, oppose it to the very uttermost.
If it be resisted by the upper classes (as they style themselves)
make their selfishness an instrument of your designs; join
them, tooth and nail, and oppose it to the very uttermost. If it
be a tax upon any of the necessaries of life, depend upon it the
whole trading-class, up to the rich merchants and the Jew
capitalists, and the whole agricultural class, up to the twenty
thousand acre landlords, will roar against it ; roar with them ;
swell the outcry ; and oppose it to the uttermost !"
MURDER.—We regret to state that murder has
been done in this city. Yesterday forenoon, a man named
Templeton, a journeyman bookbinder, residing in East College-
street, was brought to the Police-office, on the charge of
having severely assaulted his wife, and at the same time the un-
fortunate woman was carried to the Infirmary. She remained
in a state of insensibility, and died last night about six o'clock.
The pair, we believe, were persons of very dissipated habits,
and lived a miserable life in a wretched hovel in the street we
have named. During the night between Saturday and Sunday
the neighbours heard the sound of discord proceeding from Tern-
pleton's house, accompanied, as they conceived, by blows, but
this was unfortunately too common to excite much surprise,
and nothing was known of the tragedy which had taken place
till yesterday forenoon, when the neighbours observing the pe-
rilous situation of the woman brought medical aid, and gave in-
formation to the police. The head of the unfortunate woman
was severely injured, as if it had been dashed against the wall
or the floor, and as no sharp Instrument has been used, little
doubt can exist that death has proceeded from the cause to
which we have alluded. The pair have one child, aged two
years, and Templeton appears to be a man of 45 years of age.—
Glasgow Herald.
MELANCHOLY Loss OF LIFE, AND DRIFT-
RECK.—A fishing-boat belonging to Innishowen, with eight
men, being unable to gain the shore, was, on the night of the
30th ult , drifted from Mallinhead, and on the following morn-
ing put into a small creek, near the Rhinos of Islay Lighthouse,
in a very deplorable state, six of the crew having died in the
course of the night from cold and the continual breach of the
sea. The boat was only '2O feet in length of keel, and it is
quite miraculous how she reached the opposite shore from Ire-
land. The six bodies were decently interred on the following
day. We hear accounts of drift-wreck along the whole west
coast of Argyleshire ; at the Islands of lona and Islay, masts
and spars of large dimensions have been found ; off Kintyre
Lighthouse many logs of timber were seen, and elsewhere nu-
merous pieces of wreck—too plainly showing the effects of the
late storms from the westward.—Edinburgh Courant.
DESTRUCTION OF THE TREES IN ST.
JAMES'S Psis.—On Monday the trees were loaded with an-
xious curiosity-hunters who did not mind perilling their limbs
to procure a glance at the bridal procession. However, only
ane accident of a serious nature occurred; a boy fell from the
branch of an elm in the Green Park, and broke his leg. He
was immediately conveyed to the hospital, where the broken
limb was set, and he is now doing well. On Tuesday morning,
1-.lr. nine, one of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
accompanied by two other gentlemen connected with
that department, personally inspected the park, in
order to see if any damage had been done by the immense
multitude who had thronged it the day before. The
mischief done far exceeded their expectations, it being esti-
mated at nearly a hundred pounds. A great number of
branches have been broken from the full grown trees, but the
mischief done is principally to the young ones recently planted.
A great number of young elms and limes planted last winter
have been absolutely torn up by the roots, others have been so
broken that it will be found necessary to remove them and sub-
stitute others. The fences and hurdles placed to protect the
plantations in the inclosurehave likewise been greatly damaged.
Workmen were busily engaged the whole of Tuesday in re-
pairing the mischief.

We understand that a petition frotn the inhabitan's
of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, to the House of Commons,
for the discharge of the Sheriffs of Middlesex, is in course of
signature, and is already most respectably and numerously
s fined.

-COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a Court
was held for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro-
priety of voting addresses of congratulation to the Queen,
Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, upon the event of the
matrimonial alliance of the Queen to Prince Albert. Accord-
ing to the ancient practice of this Court the subject was deli-
berated upon with closed doors, but 'se understood that the ad-
dresses were carried unanimously, and amidst loud acclamations.
The Court was occupied with closed doors upwards of an hour
in deliberation on the subject of the Aldersgate Ward Election,
and ultimately decided that another election should take place.
EDIToRIAL LIABILITIES.--TIIC Presse, In
no:ic:ng the prospectus of a new Journal, called La Demo-
critic, having used some expressions which were considered
offensive, M. Thure, who is the chief Editor of, the Paper,
called on M. de Girardin, to demand satisfaction in the name of
the Republicans, who, he said, had been insulted in the article
of the Presse.—" M. de Girardin, having consulted with his
friends on the subject," says the Presse, " they have decided
that there was nothing in the article which exceeded the fair
limits of free discussion, and therefore, that there is no around
for accepting the duel proposed by M. There."

PURE WATER FOR THE METRO-
POLIS.

I IThe Marquis of WESTMINSTER gave notice on Friday in
the House of Lords of his intention to move loran Enquiry
into the Sunaly of Water for the Metropolis ; and the
same day a meeting was held at the British Coffee-house,
CockFpur-street, called by titular, addressed to the No-
blemen, 'Womb rs of Parliament, and others, who had sig-
nitiA their approbation of a plan for the same object,7and
avhinh it was the intention of this meeting to consider:and
discuss.
The Hon. Colonel L. STANHOPE being called to the
chair, briefly addressed tho Gentlemen present on the ne-
cessity which wns daily increasing of providing better and
cheaper water for the inhabitants of London and Wes:-
miectei, and called upon the Engineers present to state
t`..e particulars of the plan by which they proposed to effect
this great object.
Mr GILES explained the plrn then on the table. He
ssid it was intended to obtain pure water from the valley of
the Colne, near Watford, where there are very copious
geritees within the depth of eighteen feet from the sur-
f .ce of the land. In addition to this, it would be ad-
visable to sick artesian Ilene there, and the combined
sul.plies would no doubt furnish ae- abundant quail-
tity.—( Hear, hear.) But should any scarcity occur
in the extremity of a dry season, the river Colne, the water
of which at such times is very clear, might be resorted to.
—( Hear.) The gages of the water were taken by Mr.
Telford in 1833, and those experiments demonstrated that
enough could be taken to supply all London at the rate of
10 gallons a day for each inhabitant.—(Hear, hear.) The
mangier of conducting these waters to London would he
by a covered conduit in length only 121 miles from the
C Inc valley to St, John's Wood, where its level would be
about 160 feet above Trinity high water mark, thereby af-
fording the means of supplying London both with high
and low service entirely by its own gravity.—( Hear, bear.)
The estimated cost of the undertaking, which Mr. Giles
detailed, was 500,000 i.

Mr. PATEN said, that this plan was precisely the same
as his original plan of raising water by artesian wells,
with this difference, that it got rid of the prejudice that
artas;an wells on a large scale in London would dry up
all other wells. In Barclay'a brewery he had demonstrated
the reverse, but here artesian wells would be made at such
a distance from the metropolis that no such fears could
hereafter be entertained, and besides as those wells would
pr duce exactly the same water, quite as cheap, seeing
tl.at the springs were 165 feet above high water mark,
and would descend by their own gravity, they would
supersede the necessity of steam power, which could
not be the case in London.--( Hear, hear, hear.)
The experiment he had made on the spot proved that at a
di,,tance of two and a half miles in length by one mile in
breadth in this valley, at only seven feet from the surface,
there lay imbeddA in a small quantity of fine gravel, en
immense body of water, eight feet deep, and which as soon
as touched rose to within eighteen inches of the surface. To
prove that this water proceeded from the lower or main
springs, he shut it out by an iron pipe, and then tapped
the springs at the depth of 120 feet from the surface,
wl.ieh rose exactly the same height as the olacr.
—( Hear, hear, hear.) So abundant was the sup-
ply that though the pipe was only five inches and a half in
diameter, he pumped up between 8,000 and 9,000 gallons
per hour, and he continued to do so without any diminu-
tion of the water.—( Hear, hear.) It was clear that Lon-
don could be most abundantly supplied from this spot
alone, as any engineer acquainted with the data ho
had furnished could prove.—( Hear.) Mr. Telford's sur-
vu had been taken during the extraordinary drought of
1833, and yet the springs were then proved to he sufficient
ia various parts round London to supply the inhabitants
twenty times over.—( Hear, hear.)
The plans were examined, many questions were asked
and satisfactorily answered, and with reference to the effect
of artesian wells, the following paragraph was read from
an able article in the last number of the Monthly Chronicle.
Ia the neighbourhood of London these artesian wells
are already very numerous. There are at Hammersmith
(s, Brent ford 3, Uxbridge 8, Rickmansworth 4, Watford 9,
one producing 22,500,000 gallons weekly, partly
supplying the river Colne ; St Albans 2. In London
itself there are 174, of which 30 produce 30,000,000 gal-
lens weekly; indeed it is clearly ascertained that the quan-
tity of water which any one of those wells will yield,
depends on and is proportioned to the diameter of the bore.
It has been calculated that the quantity of water supplied
to the Metropolis by all the Water Companies en both
sides of the river, may be estimated at 38,000,000 gallons
daily, and one orifice from a single artesian well, with a
diameter of six feet, would yield more than sufficient to
meet this demand.

Colonel STA NHOPE said, that the important town of Li-
verpool, containing more than one hundred thousand inha-
bitants, was supplied by two artesian wells alone.
The Parliamentary Agent for the plan read extracts
from the Reports and Evidence of the House of Com-
mons, in the years 1828 and 1834, in which were proved
the gross impurity and deleterious operation of the Thames
water—she insufficiency of filtration to get rid of those im-
purities—the vast expense of such filtration—and strongly
animadverted on the monopoly of the present water con -
panics, by agreement with each other, and the consequent
enormous increase of the rate paid by the public, and the
shares held and enjoyed by themselves.
Surgeon ELMORR stated that the impurities of the river
Thames were notoriously incapable of being removed by
any filtration. He and every member of his profession
were aware that glandular affections, dyspepsia, bowel
complaints, and other diseases are mainly produced, and
in all cases aggravated by the use of the present London
water.—( Hear, hear.) He further dwelt on what he con-
sidered the gratifying fact that the excessive use of ardent
spirits, wines, malt liquors, &c. was now sensibly on the
decrease, and that I supply of pure water was essential, so
far as health is concerned, to the success of the system in.
troduced by temperance societies.—(Hear.)
All the medical gentlemen present assented to the
opinion of Mr. Elmore as to the diseases produced by the
existing water.

Dr.-STONE, in addition to what had been stated, ob-
served that while filtration did not get rid of the most de-
leterious substances held in chemical solution, those very
substances were exactly those which ought to be got rid of,
seeing that they were the most prejudicial to the animal
economy, which was proved by the sudden death of eels
and other fish brought from a distance, that sickened and
died when subjected for a single hour to the action of
Thames water.—( Hear, hear.) Not only was this the
fact in 182 S, but since that period, from the vast increase
of the inhabitants, the common sewers, and the manufac-
tories on the banks of the Thames, a much larger impreg-
nation of water with poisonous matter must necessarily
have taken place ; so that the Thames water is constantly
undergoing a progressive deterioration.—( Hear, hear.)
He would from his own experience boldly assert, and he
knew that all the profession would concur with him, that
no greater blessing could he conferred upon the inhabi-
tants of London than to provide for them pure water.-..
(Cheers.) He concluded an eloquent speech by moving
a resolution to the effect that the following noblemen and
gentlemen, having signified their support of the object,
and their approbation of the plan, be requested to consti-
tute a Committee to carry it into effect, with power to add
to their numbers :

The Marquis of Westminster
The Earl of Dundonald
Sir Francis Burdett, M P.

Xir Matthew Wood, M.P.
Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P.

Hon. Col. Westenra, M. P.

Sir Chas. Grey, M P.

T. J. Briscoe:M. P.

J. Brotherton, M. P.
W. A. Mackenna, M. P.

Jaseph Pease, M. P.
N. Vigors, M. P.
R. Willey, M. P.
Colonel Wood, M. P.
Sir H. Halford, M. D.

D. J. Johnstone
Dr. Paris
Dr. Hamilton Roe

J. R. Elmore, Esq., ditto
B. D. Cabbcll, Esq.
0. A. Young, Esq.
Colonel D'Aere
W. Allen, Esq.
J. Ruddle Todd, Esq.
Alderman Lainson
Alderman Farebrother
Alderman White
Camp Marjoribanks, Esq.
Harry Weymouth, Esq.
J. E. Hovenden, Esq.
J. Gresthenwaite, Esq.
J. Bishop, Esq.
J. A. Tulk, Esq.
Geo. Houghton, Esq.
T. Goldsworthy, Esq.
W. Dodd, Esq.
J. De Vere, Esq.

Dr. Stone

R. Keates, Esq., Surgeon
Mr. Gresthenwaite, who had addressed several seiontific
and eloquent remarks to the meeting, seconded the
motion, which, on being put by the Chairman, was carried
unanimously.

Tne thanks of the meeting were then moved, and car-
ried by acclamation, to the Chairman, and the proceedings
terminated with an understanding that the Committee
should be speedily called together.

lIEROISM.—An inquest was held on Tuesday
evening at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the body of Henry
Dallaway, aged 53, who lost his life by trying to save that of a
female. James Houghton said that about nine o'clock on
Thursday evening last he was passing along the City-road,
nearly opposite to the E:.•.gle Tavern, when he saw a horse and
cart driven along the right side of the road, in the direction of
the City. Asthe horse got opposite to the spot where the wit-
ness was walking, it sud.lenly shied, and darted on to the foot
pavement. Witness stepped aside, but deceased, who was
walking behind a female, and seeing the danger she was in,
stepped forward and pulled her back, but More he could get
her out of the way, the shaft of the cart hit her on the forehead,
knocked her down, and likewise knocked deceased down. The
wilael got clear of the woman, but passed along the thighs and
right side of the deceased, fracturing the former as well as
several of the ribs.

- THIEVES AND RECEIVERS —Field-lane, Hol-
born, being the emporium of stolen silk packet-handkerchiefs,
&e., received from the London thieves, Waite, of the G divi-
sion, on Monday night, during the illuminations, determined
on keeping a sharp look out after the pickpockets on their road
to that den of receivers. At about twelve o'clock he saw two
notorious fellows enter the lane, on which he proceeded towards
them, and inquired what they had about them. They replied
" Nothing ;" but, on being taken to the station-house and
searched, their pockets, hats, and inside their trowsers were
crammed with silk pocket handkerchiefs. They were taken
before Air. Greenwood, at Hatton-garden Police-court, when
they gave their names Henry Thompson and James Smith, both
of whom were recognised as noted thieves. Mr. Greenwood
committed the prisoners to three months' imprisonment and
hard labour in the House of Correction. Several other young
thieves were committed for similar periods for picking pockets
at the illuminations, and others were committed for trial.
We understand that the Sheriffs are preparing
(through the Efrd,r-Sl:,•riff France) t fake legal
against the Speaker of the House of Commons for false impri-
sonment.— Morning Chronicle.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was hell for the purpose of consider-
ing the propriety of voting addresses of congratulation to
her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess
cf Kent, upon the solemnization of the Royal nuptials.

DISCHARGE CF SHERIFF WIIEELTON FROM CUSTODY.
The LOUD MAYOR stated to the Court that he had re-
ceived the following letter from Sheriff Wheelton:—
" 57, Myddleton-square, Pentonville,
" Feb. 12, 1840.

" My dear Lord Mayor—lt with unspeakable plea-
sure I have to inform you that the House of Commons dis-
charged me at two o'clock this morning, on account of the
injury my health has sustained by so long a confinement.
" I sincerely trust that it will please the House to dis-
charge my worthy colleague this evening.
" As I feel too weak for a few days to attend to busi-
ness, I trust that your Lordship and the Court will excuse
my temporary absence while I em endeavouring to rec.ruit
my health by change of air.
" With many thar.ks to your Lordship and the Court for
every act of kindness and attention I have experienced
during my incarceration in the House of Commons,
" I remain, my dear Lord Mayor,
Very affectionately yours,
" JOHN WHEELTON, Sheriff.

" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
Sir PErEtt LAURIE gave notice of the following motion :
—" That the descent and access to the inconvenient and
ill-adapted apartment recently constructed for the purposes
of a Justice Room at the Mansion-house, being so dark as
to render it necessary to have the pass,ges lighted with gas
by day to prevent accidents, and it being in ether respects
unfit and unsafe for the merchants resorting thereto, that it
be referred to the Committee for General Purposes to con-
sider the necessity of reinotating the room heretofore used
as a police room, with the original approaee from the front,
and for making the same suitab!e for the public and cre-
ditable to this City."

THE MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN.

The LORD Alavoß read the requisition calling upon him
to convene a Court to take into consideration the propriety
of voting Addresses 'of congratulation to Queen Victoria,
Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, upon the happy
event, the solemnization of the Royal nuptials. His
Lordship stated that the Court of Alderman had that
morning adopted unanimous resolutions, and founded ad-
dresses upon them, which were to be delivered by the
Sheriffs.—( Cheers.)

Mr. WIRE rose to move a resolution upon the subject.
He stated that the marripge of her Majesty with Prince
Abort was hailed by the whole nation as an event of the
most important and interesting kind, and he was convinced
that the Court would unanimously agree to addresses
of congratulation to her Majesty, her Royal consort, and
her Royal mother.—(Cheers. ) The Queen had been
educated by her mother in an unostentatious seclusion, and
at her accession the people of ttie realms which she
governed looked with a confident hope to a long, aus-
picious, and prosperous reign. At her Majesty's Corona-
tion the loyalty and affection of her subjects were strongly
exemplified, and they testified their delight at seeing her
rule over a great people, according to the law. After the
Coronation her M rjesty'i subjects naturally looked forward
to the event which had taken place on Monday, will
great interest. They had now to congratulate themselves
and her Majesty upon her alliance with a young Prince, of
whom public report spoke in terms of the warmest praise.
Those who knew bins, spoke of him as a person graced by
many virtues. He was descended from an illustrious
house, to which his accomplishments made fresh accesso-
ries of dignity, and her Majesty was likely to enjoy a long
reign of happiness and prosperity with him.—( Cheers. )
He (Mr. Wire) was satisfied that there was not an indi-
vidual in the country who did not invoke the blessing of
heaven upon the head of the youthful and illustrious pair,
and who did not consider that the happiness of the people
was connected inseparably with their hap;dness.—( Cheers.)
He then moved the first resolution (for which see adver-
tisement).
Mr. WILLIAM JONES seconded the resolution. He
would he said, only add one observation to that
which had been so ably said by h;s friend the mover,
namely, that the alliance might be biassed with a Prince--
an event which could not but confer an honour on the
principality of Wales, of which he ( Mr. W. Jones) was a
native.—( A laugh, and cheers )

Mr. Prixima—said that he had in travelling had the
good fortune to meet with Prince Albert, whose conduct
and mariners excited the highest admiration.—(Cheers.)
The occasion on which he had seen the Prince was one in
which pomp had nothing to do. He hoped and believed
that the marriage would prove to be one of very great
felicity, and he was sure that the national feeling was
s inguine in anticipation.—( Cheers.)
Af cr a few observations from Mr. R. TAYLOTt and Mr.
A NDERTON, the resolution was carried unanimously, and
amidst loud cheers. The other resolution was also carried
unanimously. . _

Mr. PEWTRESS rejoiced in the unanimity which emisted
on the subject. It would be said, prepare the Queen's
n.incl for the application respecting Sheriff Evans, who
still remained in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms',
which it might be considered e;ip,,dient t•> make. —( Cheers. )
Mr. GALLOWAY gave his most cords it support to the
addresses which were founded upon the resolution and read
to the Court.

Mr. BChTON was glad that not a dissentient appeared
to any of the resolutions or of the addresses proposed to so
large a body of the representatives of the citizens of Lon-
don, and felt persuaded that there was not an Engl'shman
to be found who did not from his heart
wish every happiness to the Queen and her Royal
consort. There was no person in the kingdom who
did not cordially wish and expect that a supreme degree
of domestic felicity would be produced by the happy alli-
ance.—(Cheers.) The Corporation of London would
not, he knew, be heartless lookers on upon such an event,
because a band of irresponsible sticklers for privileges had
done their best to make fools of themselves.—( Laughter,
and loud cries of " Hear," and disapprobation.)
Mr. GALLOWAY felt quite convinced that the expression
used by Mr. Burton, with regard to the House of Cern-
mors, ought to be retracted.

Mr. BURTON said that he most cordially opposed the re-
solutions and the addresses.

Mr. STEVENS said that he looked upon the arrival of
the Royal Consort of her Majesty as one of the greatest
blessings for a great length of time experienced by this
country, and that the happiness of the Queen would be
completely established by the event.
Mr. STACEY took occasion to advert to the quiet exer-
tions of the Duchess of Kent to render her daughter fit
for the exalted station to which she had been elevated.—
( Cheers.) He was particulaey gratified at observing that
the spirit of party had made no invasion in the interesting
question which awakened and engaged their spnpathies;
and he was confident that the unanimous vote would be
most graciously received by the Queen and the other
Royal personages.--( Cheers.)
Mr. GALLOWAY made some observations on the admira-
b:e care and attention of the Duchess of Kent to her Ma-
j..st y in the course of her Majesty's education.
The Addresses were then put, and unanimously, and
w ith loud acclamations, agreed to. After that the Court
adjourned.

THE LATE MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT
OXFO an.—On Thursday last, John Richardson Currer, a most
promising young man, in his 21st year, commoner of Balliol
College, met his death under the following distressing circum-
stances : —He was returning with a friend, each in a skiff, or
small boat capable of holding one person, from Sandford, a
place on the river about three miles from Oxford ; when within
300 yards of Sandford he inadvertently rowed too near the
lasher, or waterfall, which carries off the waste water of the
lock, and through which, now that the river is full the
stream rushes violently down a fall of eight feet, into a deep
basin, called the Lasher Pool, where it boils and eddies in a
terrific manner, and finally hurries through the meadows, which
at this time are many feet under water, by a deep and
rocky channel. The unfortunate deceased, feeling his boat
to be within the influence of the current, and perceiving his
danger, made the most violent efforts to gat out of the eddy,
but in vain ; his boat was hurried against a post which is placed
in the river, at the top of thf. fall round which it was imme-
diately doubled up, by the force of the water, and broken in
two, hanging down the fall from the post almost in ribbons;
the deceased clog to the post as his boat went down, and held
on for some time, while his companions, who had instantly
pulled into shore, endeavoured to reach him from the land, but
the distance was too great. He was soon compelled to let go
Ins hold, and was shot down the fall with the rapidity of light-
ning. He rose in the Lasher Pool, sunk, and rose again, and
then sunk to rise no more. The body was found under a bush
after the lapse of half an hour. The usual remedies were ap-
plied but in vain. An inquest was held on the body on Satur-
day, when a verdict was returned of accidentally drowned.

MYSTERIOUS JEWEL ROBBERY.-.On Friday
evening the house of Wm. Turner, Esq., 29, Welbeck-street,
Cavendish-square, was robbed of a quantity of valuable jewel-
lery in a mysterious manner. It appears that Mrs. Turner
went out to 'dinner about six o'clock on Friday, leaving her
jewel-case, containing three trays of trinkets of the va:ue of
from 5001. to 7001., on the dressing-room table. On return-
ing home between eleven end twelve o'clock at night the case
had disappeared. Information was im.nediately sent to the
police-station, and Inspectors Tedman and Black, of the D
division, came to the house and made inquiries into the facts.
After assuring themselves that the house had not been forced
or entered from the top, the officers seemed to be of opinion
that the robbery was committed by a servant, three of whom
were left at home when Mrs. Turner went out. A messenger
was immediately despatched to Mr. Turner, who is on a vi-it
to the Duke of Rutland, stating the facts, and a reward of 501!
has been offered for the discovery of the thief.
PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.—On Friday, a very
fine sturgeon, the first caught in the present Mayoralty in the
River Thames, was sent as a present to her Majesty by the
Lord Mayor. The Water-Bailiff, by the Lord Mayor's orders,
attcnded in propria persona with the fish at the Palace, where
it was received with the warmest thanks, and directions were
given to the head cook to serve it up at the Royal banquet on the
Royal wedding-day.
CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S MAR-
RIAGE IN Pan:B.—Some private entertainments were given in
Parrs on Monday in honour of her Majesty's nuptial-day ; but
we have not heard that the happy event was celebrated at the
British Embassy by any entertainment. Indeed, the number
of English in the French capital at this moment would totally
preclude the possibility of giving a fete, from which, of course,
no person could be well excluded. As it is, the spacious saloons
of Lord Granville scarcely suffice on the Friday receptions for
the numerous visitors, native and foreign. A private letter re-
marks that great indignation was expressed at the alleged ru-
mour of the Duke of Wellington not having been invited to be
at tier AlJjoaty a marriage; but it a,:ds, there must be
a mistake, as it is impossible such a slight or oversight could
have been committed.

G INTELLIGENCE.

(LLOYD'S.)

MARGATE, FES. 11. —Off port the New Jane, Reeves, from
Terceira.

POOLE, F. 10.—Arrived the Lady Harvey, Leader, from
St. Ander.

SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 11.—Arrived the George Canning,
Byron, from St. Michael's.
CORE, FEB. 9.—Arrived the Maria, Hudson, from St.
John's, New Brunswick, with loss of bulwarks.
DEAL, FEB. 11.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Africanus„
Leath, from the River Gambia.
LIVERPOOL, FEB.ll.—Wind S.—Arrived the Cabalia, Ash-
ton, from Bahia ; Cotton Planter, Downe, Mobile ; Memphis,
Nichols, New Orleans ; Rock Scorpion, Gibraltar Halifax,
M'Lean. Halifax; Maquna, Cole, New Orleans; Eagle
Campbell, Newfoundland ; and Charles, James, St. Michael's.
Sailed the Henry, Pearce, for New Orleans ; Oxford, Rath-
bourne, New York ; Enterprize, Muir, Savannah ; and Mazy
Ribley, Walker, Genoa.
COWES, FEB. 11.— Arrived the Clithero, Scott, from Ha-
vanna., leak}. five feet water in the held, and decks swept ;
Ilia, Lenendell, St. Jibes, eaky, and decks swept.-- 1. 7,7
13rtis-ror., Fan. 11.—Arrived the Will o' the Wisp, Stevens,
Loin Ancona.

KINGSTOWN, FEB. 10.—Arrived the Calista, from Honduras
Poor.r, FEB. 11.—The Jane Elizabeth, Munden, from Wa-
terford to Newfoundland, has put in here dismasted, 26th ult.
in lat. 44. long. 42.
PWLLIIELI, FEB. 10.—Several logs of timber and pine have
been washed on shore in C.ernarvon Bay, some are marked R.
Mii.roan, FEB. 9.—The Factor, Williams, was in contact
with the Palmyra, and sustained damage—the latter is strained.
CORK', FEB. 9.—The Havre, Vernard, from New Orleans to
Liverpool, arrived off this port yesterday, with a signal of dis-
tress. Upon the pilot-beat approaching her the crew aban-
doty,d her, reporting her to be on fire.—One. p. m.—The
Havre is reported to hate sunk during the night off Poor-head.
Youcit AT., FEB. 9.—The Alfred, Gimlett, bound to Lon-
don, on shore in the river. has been got off.
BurrAmEA CASTLE (GALWAY), FEE. 7.—The Martha
Harrison, Grem, from Newfoundland to Liverpool, was driven
on the rocks to the eastward of Bunamea Bay this morning—
crew saved and cargo expected to be.

VEESYLS SPOKEN WITH.—The Commerce, from Liverpool,
Nov. 26. steering W. ; John, steering S. E., Dec. 17; Superb'■
Liverpool to Cape of Good Hope. 12th ult., lat. 6 N, long. 24.
by the Thomas Worthington, Wakeman, arrived at Liver-
pool. William Davis, of Plymouth, for Mobile, Bth inst., lat.
51, long. 7, by the Susan, ;rane, arrived at Bristol. Wash-
ington, of Liverpool, about the middle of Nov. with loss of
mainmast, and foretopmast, by the Pacific, arrived at the
Cape De Verde. Falcon, of Washington, from Liverpool,9th
inst., off Scilly, in twenty-one days, by the Sarah, Hawes,
arrived at Falmouth. Gazelle, bound to St. Michael's, lat. 43,
long. 13, by th- Lynx, Boys, arrived at Ramsgate. Lucifa-
ras, Van Duin, Rotterdam to Batavia, Dec. 31, lat. 7 N., long►.
21 ; Dunmore, Leith to Sydney, New South Wales, Nov. 5,
lat. 20 S., long. 29 W. ; Lord Glenelg, bound to Sydney, New
South Wales, Aug. 20, lat. 38 S., long. 23 E. ; Lydia, Nantes
to Valparaiso, Nov. 7, lat. 2 S., long. 24 W. ; Flora, Guern-
sey to the Southward, Nov. 26, lat. 9 S., long. 30 W.