The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-08 00:00:00


(From the Hampshire 7'elfgraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, FRB. 6..—The Inconstant, ,t6, Captain
Pring, sailed on Tuesday, from Plymouth fur the Mediter-
ranean ; and the End piton, 36, Captain the Hon. E.
Grey, the same day, for the East Indica.
The Iris, '26, Captain Nurse,: arrived at Plymouth,
from this port on Monday, on her way to the Coast of
A ft ica.

The Warspite, 50, and Vindictive, 50, arc both pro-
ceeding fast at this port, for commissioning.
The Lizard, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Estcourt, sailed
to-day for Malta, touching at Plymouth and Falmouth.
The Liverpool steamer, for Alexandria, left Southamp-
ton early on Monday ; she had fifty passengers on board
fur India, of whom eleven were ladies, i❑ addition to
other passengers for Gibraltar and Malta.
'rho voyage from Falmouth to Alexandria was per-
formed by the Oriental in 12 days 91- hours. She '.4.5 4
days 2i hours from Falmouth to Gibraltar ; 3 days
.22t
hours from Gibraltar to Malta ; 3 days 13f hours from
Malta to Alexandria. She is now returning Irons Egypt,
and brings to Malta letters, which reach Portsmouth.
through France, in the short space of 36 days, from
Bombay.
THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—The vessels which were an-
nounced to sail on the 30th ult, are nut yet ready for
sea, nor is it expected that they will all take their
ve-
parture during the present month, as it is intended that
about ten days shall intervene between the starting of
each. The Soudan will precede the Albert—each of
these vessels being now engaged in taking in their
stores. The Wilberforce was not to sail from Liver-
pool till last Monday, calling at Plymouth, to take in
her complement of marines, who are all volunteers for this
particular service. The whole of the crews are complete,
and, with the officers, are sanguine for the success of the
undertaking. On Sunday the 13th ult. a farewell ser-
mon was preached at St. Bride's, Liverpool, by the Rev.
J. if. Stuart, minister of tho church, to the principal
part of the persona composing the expedition.
In Harbour.—Queen, Victory, Indus, Excellent, Royal
George, Tweed, Rapid, Alban and Echo steamers.
At Spithead.—Pelican.

FROblUTIONS AND APFOINTMENTS.

PROMOTION,--Second Master W. Jeffery, to the rank
of Muter.

APPOINTMENTtl —Commander--St. Leger Cannon, to
the Calcutta.

Mates—J. F. B. Wainwright, B. E. Hawke, J. F.
Forster, and P. W. May, fur instruction at the Royal
Naval College.
Clerks—J. Wiggens, and Wm. Burney, to the Indus.
Volunteer Ist Gass—Francis M'Kenzie FrAser, t.) the
Inconstant.

Boatswain—George Busman, from the Carysfort to the
Pique, vice Scott, deceased.
Mr. J. Fincham is appointed Foreman of Plymouth
Dock., ard.

(From the Hampshire Independent.)
PonTemouru, FED. 6.—The City of Poonah, Rogers,
sailed on Monday last, for Madras and Calcutta.
The Overriasel, Blom, arrived on Wednesday last from
Amsterdam, to take in the cargo of the Helena Christina,
for Batavia, the latter ',Timid being reported unseaworthy
The Tweed, Capt. Douglas, still remains in the har-
bour awaiting Admiralty orders : and the Pelican brig,
Capt. Napier, at Spithead. The latter in want of petty
officers and able seamen.

The crews of the Iris and Pel:can have given a d:ty's
pay to the widows and ,rphans of the lute crew of the Fairy.
The appointment of Mr. Enislie, as Acting Assistant-
Surgeon of the Queen is cancelled.
The title of Physician-General of the Navy has been
abolished, and that of " In:pectur-General of Naval Hos-
pitals and Fleets" established in lieu thereof.
The Lords of the Admiralty have directed that troop
ships wear the colours worn by her Majesty's ships on the
stations they may be from time to time employed.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

Th• following aro th• results of " A Table of Mortality
is the Metropolis, showing th• Number of Deaths from
all Causes Registered, in th• week ending Saturday, the
30th January, 1341," The Table is issued front tie Office
of the Registrar-General

CAISM. OP /PEATY.

Weekly
Total. Average

1836-9-40.
Epidensie, Endemic', ant Contagions Diseases 200 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 173 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and etker Organs of
Respiration no 2‘6
Dis,ases of the Heat and Bloodvesiels 22 18
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion 77 60

_gestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 6 4
Chilabed, Diseases of Ow Uterus, ice. 6.1.') 9
Diseasor of the Joints, Bones, and Aluselos 8 ti
Diseases of the Skin, tac 0 1
Diseases ef Uncertain Seat 114 103
Old Age, •r Natural Decay 103 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intempei once 30 25
Causes not specified .)—
... 8
Deaths from all oausei 1107 -

Arerage Weekly Deaths .. 926
Deaths in the A.eeragaWeeklv
Week. Deaths,183S-9-4-0.
Western Districts ..... /44 ...... 1'49
North Districts 173 163
Central' Diitriets 237 190
East Districts 277 ...... 211
South Districts ... 274 233

Total........ 1107 9tZ
It is stated that under the term Metropolis aro com-
prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the
City of London within and without the walls, the City and
Liberties of Westminster, the oat parishes within the
bills of mortality—and the parishes of it. Mar) lebone ;
St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Pulbam ; Hammersmith
(Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington ; St. Mary,
Stoke Newington; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary- le-
hew ; Camberwell ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St.
Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu-
merated in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
183$, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
General Register-office, Feb. 4, 1341.

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The last steamer from Gibraltar and Lisbon, we
believe her name is the Tagus, arrived at Falmouth on
Friday last, the 29th inst., but bar mail only reached Lon-
don, to be delivered to the public, .;,on Monday the 1st
inst. Had this vessel been permitted to come to the
Motherbank direct. she would have arrived there bef,,re
eight o'clock on Saturday morning, and her mail would
have reached London, in the usual course, at two o'clock,
on that day ; and forthwith have been delivered to the
merchants. Many letters would butte been answered that
afternot:n.by the mail steamer, which left Falmouth on
Monday morning. but by the folly of preferribg a Western
Port, many valuable ivurs are lost.—Ilampshire Me-
graph.
In Chichester and its neighbourhood the frost
has returned with increased seserity. On Wednesday
morning the thermometer stood at 10 degrees, and nn
Thursday morning the mercury was two degrees lower,
viz., 8 degrees, or 24 below the freezing point.
One day last week, as the three o clock railway
train wrs proceeding from Cardiff, when it had nearly
reached the Llandaff station, and was going at a rapid
rate, one of the passengers jumped out and fell flat on his
face. There was a great outcry, every ent! thinking the
foolish fellow had lost his life, but lie rose from the ,zround
,pnarently unhurt, except a cut Oil his face. • fled he
fallen ba,ck instead of forward the wheels must have cut
him to pieces.—Carnaryon

RETIREMENT OF MR. JUSTICE

LITTLEDALE.

During the early part of Saturday, either from the cold-
nuss of the Court, or the want of interest in the proceed-
ings, there vvero not more than eigkt or ten gentlemen
of the bar in attendance, but about two o'clock gentle-
men wore entering the Court at every door, and 'it was
coon whispered about that the judicial career of .'dr.
Justice Littledale was drawing to a clu.e, and- that
those : who had so long practised under him, who hdd
for many a long year been in the habit of receiving
his kindly smiles, and of looking up to him as a pro-
found lawyer—a most upright and impartial, most at-
tentive, pains-taking, indefatigable Judge—most amiable,
considerate, and kind man—were anxious to show their
respect and regard for him by being present on the
occasion of his leaving the Bench for ever. It may
be said of this Learned Judge that he overflowed
with the milk of human kindness, and that it was
impossible for him to do an unkind act. Until nearly
three o'clock the Court rapidly filled, and five mi-
ntLes before that hour the Attorney General took his
seat. The following gc-ntlemen were then sitting in tile
front row .—The Attorney-General (Sir John Campbell),
Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir Wm. Follett, Mr. Cressiwell,
Mr. B. Andrews, Mr. Crowder, Mr. Erie, Mr. Kelly,
Mr. Alexander, .Me. Armstrong, S.•frgeants Bempas,
Goulburn, Ach,rley, Ludlow, and Talfourd. The Learned
Gentlemen were occasionally talking together, but we
fancied we could perceive in their manner a feeling of re•
Bret for the cause that had at that moment so completely
filled the Court, for overy inch in it was occupied We
also imagined that the Learned Judge himself, for the first
time, did not appear to be at all atten.ling to the subject
then under discussion—there was a little restlessness of
manner about him that bore a strong contrast to his usual
patient demeanour. Between three and four o'clock Lady
Denman and a large party of ladies critared tho Court.
Her Ladyship immediately preseraci her hand to Judge'
LittIttiale, who had been so completely absorbed they he
had not at first scan her. Some of the arguments being
brought to a close,
Lind Denman said—We had doterrnined not to sit after
four o'clock this afternoon ; we have sent to my brother
Coleridge, who is anxious to bo here.

Tim whole bar and the spectators then rose, and thst
Attorney-General, in a moat clear and distinct manner,
though evidently labouring under very strong emotion,
said—

" Mr. Justice Littledale—It having been intimated to
the bar that we are not to have the satisfaetion of again
.seeing you on the bench, I am deputed by their unania.
moos votco to express to your Lordship the deep sorrow
they feel at this separation.
" Notwithstanding their entire confidence in the residue
of the Court, they most sincerely regret that they should
be deprived of a Judge of such profound learning, distin-
guished acuteness, and spotless integrity, who, during the
many years he has occupied the judgment-seat in this
Court and on the circuits, where he has uniformly dis-
played the utmost impartiality and independence, yet, from
the kindness of his nature, has never given any offence to
any human being..
"Though still in the enjoyment of those high faculties
which it has pleased God to brstow upon you, they are
sensible, from your eminent srrvices to your country, that
you are well entitled to that dignified leisure to which
you now .‘,.r.icefully retire.
" I•l that retirement wo earnestly hope you may long
enjoy health and happiness.
We rejoice to think that you will find occupation and
delight in the renewed pursuit of those abstruse as well as
elegant studies in which yon early gained distinction, and
which hare been interrupted by your devotion to your pro.
lessional and judicial duties,
" We beg leave to assure your Lordship that you carry
along with you the gratitude and good wishes of every
member of the profession of which you have been long
a distinguished ornament, and that we shall ever speak
and think of you with respect and atf,ction."
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALK then addressed the Bar as fol-.
lows :—

" Mr. Attorney-General ani Gentlemen of the Bar—
I beg to express my most sincere and grateful acknow-
lAgments for the favourable opinion you have been pleased
to express of my conduct during my judicial life.
" In retiring from my present situation I have deeply to
regret that I quit my professional intercourse wirli the
members of the Bar—gentlemen of the greatest learning
and knowledge of their profession, as well as conduct and
libf,rality in the practice of it. From the kindness and
httention they have always evinced towards me, and from
th it great ability, I have always derived the greatest be-
nefit and assistance in the investigation and cbscussion of
all the subjects witch have come before me.
" It is now upwards of fifty-three years since I first be-
gan my legal studies, and I have been in my present. situ-
ation upwards of sixteen years. At the advanced period
of life to which I have now attained I sin desirou.s of

being relieved from the labour attending it, it,: I am greatly
afraid that neither the mind nor the body will longer be
equal to the exertion. Permit me, however, to express
ihy gratifiertion that in thus retiring I carry with me the
e►teem and kind feeling of the gentlemen of the bar, who
have been to kindly pleased to express their go,,d wisia,a for
my future happiness. And now, Gentlemen, permit me to ex-.
prPsa to you nty great desire that every good may attend
you, and that the bar of England may always maintain
that high character for integrity and learning which has
ever distingu,shed it. Gentlemen, I ❑ow leave you—
Farewell.

The Learned Judge then left the Court, bowing to the
last, the same courtesy being returned 'ny the whole bar.

THE ARMY AND NAVY

MATES OF FRANCE.

Tile Journal des Debate states that the credits demanded
by Mar.shal Soult for the service of the war department
merit serious consideration, inasmuch as the use the Mar
shil intends to make of those funds is the result of the
iiistern of defence adopted after the Treaty of the 15th of
July, and according to the opinion prop, uticed by the
Committee of Defence of 1836. The Minister of War
demands 75,000,000f. for the construction of four fortresses
and one fort, and for the repairs of 32 fortresses, ;even
forts, and two castles, divided between the points which
req&re to be defended.
The four new fortresses are Voui tiers, upon the direct
road from Luxembourg to Rheims, destined to form an
enti epot to reinforce the large passage left open for an in-
vading army between Sedan and Verdun. The construc-
tion of this fortress is estimated at 9,000,000f. Langres,
considered as a strategetic point of great importance, is to
become a position of the first consequence for the defence
of the kingdom, as well for the frontiers of Ow Jura as for
the interior ; it will cost 7,000,0001. Tirann, which will
connect Befort and New Bris4cii, will cost 6,000,000f
Les RollSliCri, to serve as an entrepot for the line of oPera-
tions towards Paris by Auxonne and Dijon, will coat
5,000,000f. The new fort of Glaizoles will cost
1,590,000f. ; it is intended to defend the head of the valley
of Barcelonnette. The sum total required for the new
fortresses to be erected amounts to 28,500,000f.
Tire most considerable credits to be applied to the re-
pair of fortresses are the following :—Cherbourg,
8,000,000f. ; Lo Sarre, 5,000,000f. ; Toulon, 5 000.000f.,
for new naval establishments ; Bayonne, 2,000,000f. ;
Brest, 2,000,000f., to erect detached forts ; Sedan,
2,000,000r., to strengthen the fortifications on the left
bmk of the Meuse. Dunkirk, 1;530,000f. Grenoble,
1,000,000f.
The cost of the various military buildings required by
the engineer department is estimated at 74,500,000f. ;
this will include new stables for 27,500 horses, additional
barracks for 50,000 infantry, military hospitals to contain
30,000 additional beds, new magazines to contain 900,000
metrical quintals of grain or flour, new powder magaznes
for 1,500.000 kilogrames • in fine, a penitentiary for 300
convicts and 14 provisional prisons. •
The Minister of War demands altogether 254,000,000f.
r,r extraordinary works, comprising 140,000,000f. ler the
fortifications of Paris.

The Minister of the Navy requires 44,000.0001. to com-
plete the breakwater atCherbourg, antbto construct a new
arsenal in the town. 1,000,0001 for the construction of
quays around the new blsin at St. Malo. For the con-
str-ction of fort Bayard, intended to defend the roads at
the Island of Aix, 2 500 0001. For an addition to the
arsenal at Toulon, 3,000 cool. In fine, 1,500,000f. to
enlarge the barracks in the harbours of Brest, Rochefort,
and Toulon ; in all 52.000,0001.
The Minister of Public Works will have to expend
188,269,000f. in the year•1841, and 214.8,269,000f. iu the
years 1842 and following, These credits are intended to
finish the Royal roads and maritime ports in Corsica, to
improve the internal navigation of the kingdom, to osta-
blish neiv canals, which will cost more than 68,,000
and to make rail-roads, which will cost 40,000 0001 In
fine a!I those credits will require a sum tofal of 722 538 000f.
The different committee', adds the Journal des Debats,
rppointed to re port to the Clamber of Deputies on the
law brought forward to legalize those credits, assembled
in their committee rooms, and appointed their secretaries
after an uninteresting debate, in which General Paishans,
who was appointed secretary in the 8th Committee, ob-
served, that after what had just taken place on the coast of
Syria, it would be impossible to leave the coasts of France
'without del nee, and that although he was aware that the
Government was occupied with the subject, he regretted
'that no bill had been intr,duced,for that purpose,.
'1 The project of law, calling out 80,001 recruits of the
class of 1840, will have for itsobject," vya the Journal des
Debuts, " to add, after deducting the 7,725 men destijed
for the navy, about 65,000 men to the arms, and raise its
effective force to 505.000 men. The Minister of War
intends, in the course of the session, to present a• second
project of law, which would authorise him to levy Also ti:e.
contingent of the class of 1841. In this manner the
Chamber would ♦ote the Contingent law at the seine time
as the Budget, and grant the Minister the funds and men
necessary to place the army on the footing which it had
fixed. The census returns would thus be prepared at the
commencement of the year, and the levies effected during
the good season. This measure, adds the Debats, will
place at the disposal of Government all the men whom
cireunistances might render it imperative to call into
active service.

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iyia dig.? Who would have imagined that he would
Lave submitted to be chaired around a stable-yald? Yet
such was the case. The orbit in which he moved was the
George Inn stable-yard. Followed or surrounded by his
committee and a few stable-boys, who had been hired to
crack their lusty throats, the farce concluded, much to the
gratification of Mr.-Gladstone, who seemed dreadfully ap-
prehensive of threading the public streCts, and fearful,
poor fellow, of public tumult.—Manchester Times.
`MONMOUTH ELeCTION.-Mr. Octavins Mor-
gan has, at the eleventh hour, come forWard for Mon-
Jr:outli• The county has not b,en cintestod for nealy a
century. ThelogarDn.uke of 1.3e4ufurt is moving h;;aren sod
earth for