The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-28 00:00:00

QUEEN'S BEN CH.-:(T ills DAY.)

THE QUEEN V. THE BRISTOL DOCK COMPANY.
The arguments in this case, which were part-heard on Satur-
day last, were resumed this morning by Sir W. FOLLETT. The
arguments of the Learned Counsel were directed to show that
according to all the authorities which bore upon the subject,
Cumberland basin should be rated only to such a sum for
the relief of the poor as the property would be rated as if it
had been merely meadow land, acid independently of the port
duties, which were levied by the Company upon vessels enter-
ing that basin.

After hearing the arguments of Counsel the Court took time
to consider its decision.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
The Court was engaged this morning in hearing motions,
none of which presented any features of interest. His Lord-
ship rose at 12 o'clock.

EXCHE-C4 tt.-(THIS DAY.)
The Court was engaged this merning with special cases,
the arguments in which were purely technical, and of no inte-
rest to the public.

OBJECTION TO IRISH CARDINALS.—There
has been a Cardinal of every nation except an Irish one—per-
hal•s lest he should enamel' upon the authority of the Pope
in making bulls.

COPPER ORE.—We understand that a rich
vein of copper ore has been found on the manor of Ulpha by
persons employed by Mr. George Harrison, of Whitehaven,
the present Lord of the Manor, in searching for mineral trea-
sures. It gives a promise of being very valuable to the pro-
prietor, and of great benefit to the county.—Tyne Mercury.
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts has resolved to maintain a clergyman in the
colony of Western Australia, whose duty will consist in visit-
ing the several scattered townships in that new settlement;
and the Rev. George King has been selected for this service.
INQUEST.—On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Higgs
held an inquest at the Pavilion, Strand, on James Phillips,
aged 44, a pensioner of the Hon. East India Company. Mrs.
Sarah Phillips, relict of deceased, said her husband was of
such an excellent constitution, that he hardly ever knew a
day's illness until Friday evening last, when on account of
blotches on his face, he said he thought he wanted medicine.
I brought some salts aed senna, and a blue pill. The latter he
took about twelve o'clock at night, and appeared easy until
about three o'clock next morning, when he complained of
nausea, and said he thought the pill had stopped in his throat.
He was afterwards sick three or four times, and expectorated
frothy matter. About ten next forenoon he got up and com-
plained of sore throat, and could not swallow, or scarcely
speak ;' I was persuaded to go and consult Mr. Richards, a
neighbouring surgeon, who advised a gargle, which deceased
used, but it did him no good. Finding hi n grow worse, his
wife sent for Mr. Richards, and, while waiting for that gen-
tleman, he fell as she sat beside him lifeless into her lap. Mr.
Richards, the surgeon, said that he was labouring under inci-
pient symptoms of delirium tremens. After having been for
some time a teetotaller he broke out afresh, and the evening
before his death he drank nine glasses of gin. This new beak
out was the cause of his death. Terry, the beadle. was in-
!ormed that deceased was formerly in the habit of daily drink-
ing two pints of raw gin. Verdict—" Died of delirium tre-
mens, brought on by excessive drinking."
Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, a
young woman threw herself into the water in St. James's
Park, when a gentleman plunged in after her, but it being
very deep at the spot, and he being unable to swim, he was
fearful of advancing further, but gave the alarm, when James
Davis, one of the Park constables, and three others came to
his assistance, and having joined hands they succeeded in
reaching her, and brought her to the side in an apparently
lifeless state. The surgeon to the Royal Humane Society
was in immediate attendance, and having used active remedies
for two hours succeeded in restoring her, when she gave her
name Emily Winter, residing with Mr. Thorpe, of 42, Bury-
street, St. James's, one of her Majesty's gentlemen porters.
WISDOM IN WlG.—One of our Judges not
long since said'publicly that he hoped to see the day when those
useless encumbrances would be thrown aside. I do not. For
though there be no wisdom in the wig, there is much faith in
it ; and the faith which the public has in it, is, in my opinion,
quite as important to the public welfare as the wisdom that is
under it.—Johnson's PhiiosophicNuts.
NELSON, NEW ZEALAND.-The Directors of
the New Zealand Company dined yesterday at Waite's Hotel,
Gravesend, Mr. Soames, the Governor of the Company in the
Chair. The object of the festival was to take farewell of the
officers appointed to form the new colony of I\ elson, in New
Zealand, and who took their departure about six o'clock P.m.,
for their station on board the " Whitby," and the " Will
Watch." Previous to the banquet the Directors inspected
these two vessels, with the view of ensuring that every comfort,
had been afforded to all engaged in this enterprising under-
taking, and the result of the most scrupulous investigation, it is
pleasing to hear, was in every respect satisfactory.
l'here are sixteen civil engineers and surveyors on
board, together with eighty fine able-bodied awl active
labourers who, it is said have been selected from the
flower of our yeomen, and as far as their appearance and re-
spectful conduct are concerned, it is but justice fully to bear
out the compliment of tact and judgment bestowed upon those
ou whom the choice devolved. Captain Wakefield, R.N.,
is appointed to take charge of the expedition ; and besides the
gentlemen alluded to, his company consists of several sons of
families of note, who have doubtless been induced to push their
fortunes and embark their capital in these extensive and beau-
tiful islands, from the great success that has attended the first
settlement of Wellington. Mr. Aglionby, M. P., was present
during the whole ceremony.
SAVINGS' BANKS.—According to a return
made to the House of Commons, the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt received, in the course of the
year 1840, the:sum of 2,788,1381. on account of the Savings'
Banks deposits. The return states the securities in which the
same has been vested, and the changes that have been made ,
from time to time in such investments.

CAUTION TO OBSTINATE DRIVERS.--Late
on Tuesday evening an inquest was held by Mr. Higgs, at the
Coach and Horses, Flood-street, Westminster, on the body of
William Miles, aged 37, carman, late in the employ of Messrs.
Cooper, wharfingers, of Millbank-street. It appears from
conflicting evidence, that on Saturday afternoon lest deceased
was driving through Broad Sanctuary. Westminster, a cart
laden with sand, in the direction of Westminster-bridge. At
the same time a dray, belonging to Messrs. Elliott, the brewers,
was being driven in the same direction, and there h:ing on the
off side other vehicles, the drivers of the cart and dray tried to
" cut in," or pass each other on the near side. In making
this foolish attempt deceased, who was on the off side of the
dray and on the near side of his own cart, was suddenly seen
.o fall, having been jammed in between the wheels of the con-
tending vehicles. He was instantly picked up and taken to
the Westminster Hospital, in which he died in the short space
of three minutes. The Jury, seeing from the evidence, that
the deceased was as much to blame as Messrs. Elliott's draymen,
returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," with a nominal
deodand of Is. on each vehicle.

We regret to state that a report prevails of the
loss of the Beagle surveying vessel, with all bands on board.
By the latest Accounts from Trincomalee, the report was cur-
rent at that place.
THE PHENIX AND BRITANNIA STEAMERS.
—Our readers will remember the circumstances of the unfor-
tunate collision which took place between these vessels in the
British Channel, off Dungeness, on the night of the 25th
October last, when the former was so much injured that
she sunk within a quarter of an hour after, and also the
legal proceedings that have since ensued. The Tribunal of
Commerce at Havre, which had been declared competent to try
the case, has been occupied for some weeks past in pri-
vately examining the various documents connected with it,
after a first hearing of the parties. On Saturday this
Court delivered its Sentence, the text of which we find
in the Hcivre Jolo'ntil. After recapitulating the evidence,
whereby it appears that the fault lay on the side of Cap-
tain Stranack of the Britannia, ifho was coining up Chan-
nel with the wind in his favour, and all sails set, but with
only one light at his foremast, and that Captain Lefort, of the
Phenix? was going down channel against the wind, without
any sails, and with three lights at his paddle-boxes and
foremast; and farther, that, from the evidence of the steers-
man, and the sworn exaininers, it appeared that the captain
of the Britannia did not see the Phenik till he was elihe upon
her, while the captain of the latter was aware of the Bri.
tannia's coming', though he eoit'ld riot judge of her distance,
. from her carrying only one light, Mit that he had done all he
could to get out of her way ; and also since the deports of the
examiners at Loudon, when they visited the Britannia, p'reved
ihat it was this vessel which ran in upon the Phenix, and ndt
otherwise, as hid been alleged; theitfore the Court decided
that the General Stearn Conipany was liable to the
Company owning the Pheitia, ler the kiss Of that vessel. In
consequence of this the Court adjudged that the fainter Com-
pany should pity to the. latter 700,000 f., with interdst fresh the
time of the defitasid tolt.ing made. or, as an equivalent for this,
that an offer which, the formefCoMpany had made, of giving
up to the latter, within a specified time, the Britannia steamer,
with all her eniiii4Ss; tecq complete and good, together with the
value of the freight on boardthe Britannia at the time, and the
p,roduce of her passengers' fares (about 90/0 should be acs
c'epted; and that this should serve as a bar to any further pry-7
ceedings or other Claims.
T/It Poon.—Some one talked of the pains
taken to provide the poor with receipts for making geed
dLhes out of their ordinary messes. " I dislike all such
interference," he said, " all your domiciliary, kind,
imper-
tinent visits : they are all pretty much felt like insults, and
db lid manner of good, Let people go on in their own
way, In God's name. flow would you like to have u
nobleman coming to you to teach you to dish up your
beefsteaks into a French kickshaw ? and who is there so
itiiterably put to his ways and means that Rill endure to
have another coming to teach him how to economise aid
keep his accounts ? Let the poor alone in their domestic
habits I pray your protect them and treat them kindly, of
course, end trust them; but let them enjoy in quiet their
dish of porrige, and their bacon and potatoes ; and, for
any suite, don't torment them with your fashionable soups.
• -- them anything

nun tete two," he added, " ni",`" 1.-- -,
gratis, except w brit they are uncut` the gripe or nn.....
diate
miscry--what they think
misery—Consider it as a
sin to do anything that can teed to make them lose the
Precious feeling of independence. 'pr my part, I very,
Very rarely gave anything sway. NQW, for instance, this 1
pile of branches, which has been thinned out this morning.
is placed here .for sale for the pony peoples firPs ; (and I
am perfectly certain they arc mpro gfgiterul lA me for sell-
ing it at the Rri,-,te I do (cyliich yaili Sinrky kw.,c,ure is no great
matter), than it I wore' o give the `
}n" -.ten cinvA t4e ,van.
tity for nothing ' Ever'• • hit' '',' ' It eted in • tttii.and
. yi • s I ing , •ce e • - •
other
sunder ma'aners,goe.s to a finite which pays.the doctor
fdr his attendar ce on them ~.' 'arc sick ; and this is

when they