The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7,184 L

DINNER TO SiR R. STOPFORD
AT PORTSEA.

(From the Mornihg Post.)
PoivriEk, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The dinner of last night,
given by the inhabitants of Portsmouth to Admiral Stop-
ford, was followed to-night by a dinner of a different
character, given by the officers of the Royal Navy and
Marines resident in Portsmouth and the vicinity, in com-
pliment to Sir Robert Stopford for his distinguished ser-
vices during a long professional life, and more particu-
larly for his recent brilliant exploits in Syria.
The dinner was held at the Beneficial society's Room
at Portsea, at seven o'clock this evening, anctwas strictly
cosfined to the profession and a few invited guests. The
room, the largest in Portsmouth, was filled with a bril-
liant company, many of whom wore their well-deserved
decorations, and the gallery accommodated about 200
ladies. The room was beautifully decorated with wreaths
and garlands of laurel, and a variety of banners and
transparencies referring to Admiral Stopford's various
services—in Duckworth's action, at Copenhagen, the
Basque Roads, Java, Gibraltar, Rodney's action, Howe's
action, Cornwallis's retreat, &c., crowned by a large ban-
ner bearing the inscription, " Glorious achievements on
die coast of Syria," and " Acre."
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington presided in the chair.
On his right hand was the distinguished guest Admiral
sir Robert Stopford. CM-1.B.; Sir E. Hayes, Bart.; Capt.
Sir F. Austin, Col. Daly, Capt. Sir T. Hastings, Captain
Loch •, and on his left, General Sir Hercules Pakenhain,
Wm. Jones, Esq., Mayor of Portsmouth ; Capt. Lord A.
Fitzclarence, Col. Johnstone, Admiral Hill, Capt. Chads,
Admiral Sir C. Bullen, &c. Admiral Bouverie and Dr.
Quarries officiated as Vice-Chairmen, and the dinner and
its appointments were of the most recherche description.
After the cloth was removed, and gra-ce said,
Sir E. CODRINGTON rose and said that it was needless,
in so loyal a company as he saw around him, to say that
he first toast would be the health of her Most Gracious
Majesty the Queen.—(Cheers.) It became him, how-
:ver, to add—what all present were, no doubt, aware of
—that her Majesty combined in her character the firm-
'4ess and dignity of the Queen, with the gentleness, the
senderness, and the affection of the woman.—(Cheers.)
He had the greatest pleasure in proposing to them " The
health of her Majesty the Queen."
The toast was drunk with great enthusiam, and fol-
lowed bY'the National Anthem.
The next toast.from the Chair was " The Health of
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Princess
"'ttoyal,' which was dr:Link- with equaL:tknthusiaSiri with
he preceding one.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The health of the
lucc-n Dowager," and strongly expressed the desire ever
evinced by her Majesty not to be identified with any
oolitical party in the country.—(Cheers.)
The next toast was " His Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury and the Church of England."—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Lord Hill and the
Army."—(Cheers.)
Lieutenant-General Sir llF,ncuLts PAKENHAM, K.C.8.,
:cturned thanks.
Sir HERCULES PAKENHAM, in proposing the toast of
Lord Minto, the Navy, and Marines," gave to the navy
,f England the pre-eminence to which it is so justly en-
titled ; and observedihat he knew no difference between
.rational extinction and our being left to poke our way
a second rate power among the mightier nations of
Europe.
li E. CODRINGTON returned thanks on behalf of the
navy. lie said that that service and the marines were
io well united at present in a professional point of view,
'hat- it was . impossible, let them go where they would,
or on whatever service, that they could ever fail to con-
iner.—(Cheers.)
Col. WALKER returned thanks on the part of the ma-
rines, and said they had ever done, and ever would do,
their duty.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—We have qow ar-
rived of that toast which forms the main object of the
meeting—the health of our Gallant Friend and Guest,
Sir Robert Stopford.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I
have found great difficulty in giving my sentiments on
the subject of Sir Robert Stopford on former occasions,
because I felt too much upon the subject ; and it has led
me into a certain degree of censure for omissions. I cm.:
tainly did make omissions, for I die. not pretend to set
torth all the merits of Sir Robert Stopford, because I
well knew they were known throughout the whole navy
of this country.—(Great cheering.) On the present oc-
casion, though—l won't say trouble—but the pleasure of
attempting to do so, is saved me by the exertions of
the Committee, in recording his services on the star
over his head.—(Cheers.) To these I will refer you
without going into the detail. I did so on former
occasions. But there was one omission • there which
I must rectify. I did not mean to touch on the
affair of Acre, for I knew my Gallant Friend,
when called upon, would give his own account of
it, which would undoubtedly be • ten times more
welcome to you than anything which I could say. I (lid
not touch on the point of my early services with Sir R.
Stopford, where he taught me discipline, and the advan-
tages arising from discipline, the object of which is to do
justice to every man, and to give every man only his own
duty to perform, and no more.—(Cheers.) There are
those in our service, as well as many not in our service,
who think that the duties of the service can be carried on
and that everything can bo done within and about a
ship without sufficient discipline. But if there be no
punishment; there will be no discipline, and the conse-
quence would be that the bad Men would skulk from
their duty, and the good men would have to do the duty
of others as well as their own. On the discussion of this
msass iii she is.+ss 40,mixrorri Z vuntuital w soy what
I -doubt not the whole navy will justify me in, that if
two ships were to be put into commission, in one avows
edly the crew to receive no punishment, and in the other
they were to receive punishment, but with strict justice,
that the good men would prefer the latter to the former.
That is a lesson which I learned in early days from my
Gallant Friend, and the experience of a long life has
enabled me to say it is right and just ; and it is one
which I would recommend to my junior officers to
put into practice. To show the advantage arising from it,
and also to rectify the omission I referred to, I ought to
have mentioned the action of my Gallant Friend at this
meeting, in carrying his ship out of the range of the
combined ships, his crew all the time obeying his orders.
—(Loud cheers.) This alone shows how important it is
to keep up that discipline which alone can enable the '
good to do their duty, and which enforces their duty on 1
the bad, who would otherwise be unworthy to perform
it; and depend upon it a small number of ships in that
state of discipline would be able to encounter double 1
their number if not in a state of discipline.—(Hear,
hear.) This is a lesson which was 'also enforced upon '
my attention by another eminent •character—l mean
Lord Howe—(Loud cheers)—whose instructions to me
were, "If you have discipline, every man does his duty as
he ought, and knows what his duty is ; and under such
circumstances the greater the difficulty you have to en-
counter the greater the advantages you have in battle.
In such a state of discipline the greater difficulties you
can place your ship under in battle the more sure you
are of success."—(Cheers.) There is another point to
which I would wish to call the attention of the junior
officers present, ever to consider honour as their leading 1
star ; and in this respect I will point to Sir Robert Stop-
ford as a bright example. No man who knows my
Gallant Friend, but must be aware that in no one
act of his life, in none- of his services, has h ever
been guided by a mercenary motive, or by a mean
disposition—that honour has truly been his leading
star—that it has directed him throughout the whole
course of his services, and has thus led to that
high estimation which we, in common with the
whole country, entertain for him.—(Great applause.)
My feelings, gentlemen, towards my Gallant Friend are
so strong, that I cannot, I fear, express myself satis-
factorily ; but you will make some allowance for an at-
tachment which commenced as far back as 1789, and
which has continued, without intermission, to the pre-
sent time—an attachment based upon esteem, an esteem
which has continually increased. In conclusion I beg to
propose to you, " Health, prosperity, and comfort for the
rest of his life to Sir Robert Stopford."
The toast was drunk with the most enthusiastic ap-
plause.
Sir R. STorronw, in returning thanks, spoke as fol-
lows, having been loudly cheered on rising to address
the company :—Gentlemen, if the feelings of my Gallant
Friend on my left were so eloquently overcome, as you
have just seen they were, in proposing my health, I
leave you to judge what my own must be at receiving
that most beautiful eulogium which he was kind enough
to pronounce upon my character.—(CheCvs.) Bet, gen-
tlemen, finding myself here once more at the head both
of the starboard and larboard division—(Cheei:s and
laughter)—l feel myself renovated altogether, and re-
joice to find myself in this position.—(Cheers.) 1
see many worthy characters around me, gentlemen, on
the present occasion, in the garb and disguise of
country gentlemen—(Laughter and cheers)—but let
me tell them—if Ido not wrongly interpret the.
signs of the times—that the season will soon arrive when
they must make up their minds to lay aside that garb,
and assume that uniform which has ever been the honour
and credit M all who have worn it.—(Cheers.) I do not
mean to disparage, or by any means to speak slightingly
of, any other class of men ; but, knowing' as I do know,
and speaking as I feel, I must be permitted to say that 1
both know and feel that there is not a more meritorious
set of persons, whether by land or sea, than British
officers and seamen—men with whom I feel proud to re-
member that I have been connected for the last sixty
years.—(Loud cheers.) My Gallant Friend, the worthy
Admiral in the Chair, has been kind enough to observe
that he continued his naval career under my auspices,
and that from me he learnt very many good things; but,
Gentlemen, if it was I who was so fortunate as to sow
the good seed in the mind of my Gallant and Hon.
Friend, I rejoice to be enabled to say that that good seed
has not stopped there without producing fruit—(Hear,
hear)—because I believe that there is in this company a
worthy scion of the same stock who has served me in the
course of my recent operations—(Cheers)—who on no
single occasion failed to evince the most promising skill
and ability—who was of much use to me in buoying
out the channels of the fleet at Acre, placing his
own ship in that situation in which, if her guns
were not so loud as many others, they made at
least as deep and fatal an impression upon the works
of the enemy.—(Cheers.) I hope that my gallant
young friend is near me tit the present moment, and that
he hears me when I say that I only do him that justice
which is due to him when I make these remarks.—
(Cheers.) I will notattempt to -speak without referring
to notes for the accuracy of what I am saying ; but in
referring to the circumstances of the important business,
or, I should rather say, the glorious achievements at St.
Jean d'Acre—(Loud cheers)—and the irksome duties,
for such you well know they in reality were—connected
with those events, I cannot but look to my Gallant Friend
on my right, Sir Thomas Hastings—(Cheers)—whose
system of gunnery, followed up as it was, by so much
active zeal and ability, was so effective, that if the great
fOitress of Acre hen been ten times as strong as it was,
it must eventually have yielded to its powerful attacks.
—(Loud cheers.) I cannot help naming on the present
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Douglas—(Cheers)—who first introduced that system if SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF THE
gunnery'into the service which has been so ably pursued • TIMES.
by Sir Thomas Hastings. Gentlemen, there is one name • (FRoM A LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENT.)
which, when speaking upon the events on which lam There has been u great assemblage of the workpeople
now` addressing you, I have ever hitherto forgotten to out of employment et the works and colleries near
refer. I mean the name of Capt. Fisher of the Asia— Wrexham. Upwards of 1,500 made their appearance at
(Cheers)— who, when stationed off Alexandria, performed the above town on 'Wednesday, to demand from the Ala-
most efficient services, keeping a very large force in check gistrates employment or food. Ono or two Reform Ma-
with a very small one, and, when puzzled with orders
•
y
gistrates met them, spoke commiseratingly of their con-
from Constantinople, which were almost always wrong—
uition, and promised to assemble the general hod of
acting so judiciously upon every occasion that, if he had Magistrates on Saturday to discuss what could be done
not so decided to act, we should have assuredly been for their telief. On this promise the people dispersed,
plunged into a war with France.—(Cheers.) I cannot with the understanding that they were to assemble again
but refer also at this moment to the assistance I re-
on Saturday (this (lay), to learn what the Magistrates
ceived from the gallant son of the Archduke Charles of determine upon. In the meantime numerous' parties are
Austria, as well as to the services of Admiral Wal- ranging the country, calling at the farm-houses to ask
ker—whom I myself selected for the purpose of placing for bread, and do not fail especially to visit those per-
him with the Turkish Admiral and the Turkish fleet, a sons who. were conspicuous supporters of the Monopoly
situation in which his conduct has been so ConspieuOus!v Candidates at the recent election.
good, that he has gained the applauSe of the Turkis'h (From the Gateshead Observer, Aug. 7.)
Admiral, which is no easy. matter, and has since been THE DISTRESSED WORKMEN OF NEWCASTLE.—CU-
himseIf saluted as an Admiral in that very ship of which RIOUS CORRESPONDENCE.—A meeting of the Committee
he was himself the Captain but two years before.— for conducting the subscription for the unemployed ape-
(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have already taken occasion to
ratives of NewcaStle was held in the Council-room, in
mention the services of the marine corps.—(Hear, hear.) the Guildhall, on Thursday- morning last (the Mayor in
I will repeat here, that. the services of the marines in the chair.) Amongst the Committee present were Ald.
the late operations were illost effective throughout.— Lash, Councillors Straker, Robinson, and Burrell, and
(Cheers.) I have ever forwarded their claims to the Messrs. W. Chapman, J. Grote, Bargate, J. Pollard,
Admiralty, and I still hope that when I shall have Greenhow, Hotham, Scarlett, Brockett, Hanle, &c. The
explained matters further to that Board, they will, Treasurer reported that the subscription list amounted
though they have hitherto drawn a line in that respect, to 343/. 10s. ld., and that the payments to workmen em-
be induced to depart from it, with. regard to the claims played in draining the ditches of the race course and
of those officers who were not included in the last brevet. levelling the banks amounted to upwards of 901. ; that
—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you may form some opinion of the average number employed were about 200 per day,
their services when I tell you that we were ordered to besides about 50 employed by the Corporation and paid
expel and defeat 70,000 men under the command of a by them. The treasurer, Mr. Robinson, said that, ac-
very distinguished soldier, Ibrahim Pacha.—(Cheers.) cording to the instructions of the Committee, he had
The fire of our steamers, gentlemen, in effecting this ob- forwarded to the Sheriffs of Newcastle and Northumber-
ject, reached so far into the enemy's country, that it ren- land copies of the subscription list, with a request that
dered it impossible for them to attempt to approach near they might be laid on the tables of the respective Grand-
the coast—(Hear, hear)—until at length Ibrahim him-
jury-rooms. From the high Sheriff of Northumberland
self was heard to say—" What, what can I do against he had received an unfavourable reply ; but the Corn-
these steamers, which make greater progress in two mittee would understand the matter best by havine.b the
hours, than I can do in two days ?"—(Loud cheers.) correspondence read. Mr. Robinson then read the let-
The consequence was, that very soon afterwards, when- tern' as follow :
ever the enemy were seen, they could make 'no stand
whatever against us—for nothing could stand against our
fire—(Cheers)--and there is no doubt- whatever that, at
the hoMbardment of Acre, if that mq,vnifieent explosion
had not taken. , place, the enemy must, in two or three
. days at the farthest, have hung out a flag of surrender—
(Hear, hear, )iear)—for their fortress was so shattefed
that not a man among them could stand- to his gun.
—(Lood cheers.) Gentlemen, I Will say, then, after the
suitable harangue of my friend Sir E. Codrington to the
junior officers who may be present here, I will only say to
them, "guns, guns, guns, and nothing but guns"
—(Loud cheering)—for without guns you may as
well stay in a harbour at home.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen,
I am most gratified, I assure you, at the manner
_in
which you, my brother officers, have received me—
(Cheers)—as well as by the kind and gracidus and liberal
manner in which I have olso been received by the towns-
people of Portsmouth.—(Cheers.) I return you my sin-
cerest thanks, and I fervently hope that I never shall see
any of you with wooden legs and arms—(Cheers and
laughter)—but if I should do so, you may depend upon
it that it shall ever be my endeavour to give you the best
bertha it will be in my power to bestow.—(Cheers and
laumhter.) There is one subject more which I must
mention befpre I sit down. In the present public state of
affairs—in the p; sent state of public men, I cannot be
.
that to Lord Mint() and
accused of adulation b,-.s"gfor the most efficient sup-
the Admiralty, lam indebte,.. . in steamers,
port that ever Admiral obtained it: ships,..';of thisier -
and in marines; and I gladly avail mysei.
;T
p
tunity of bearing this public testimony. to tt._
ree
(The Gallant Admiral's speech was received with-t..
rounds of cheers.)
Capt. Sir T. Hasniscs rose to propose the next toast,
which was, " Sir C. Napier, the Captains, Means, Sea-
men, and Marines, who so nobly supported the Com-
mander-in-Chief on the coast of Syria. lle expressed
his gratification at the compliment which had been paid
to linn by the distinguished Admiral who had preceded
him. AN hen he was first appointed to. the post be now
held, the appointment was unsolicited, and doubting his
own qualifications, he stipulated that he should be per-
mitted to resign at the end of the year, provided that
impression on his own mind continued. Ile was, how-
ever, gratified to find that he could continue his
duties with satisfaction to the authorities. Sir
Howard Douglas's excellent hock had introduced
this system. into the navy, and' in his endeavours to
carry its principles into practice, he had the ho-
nour, when much doubt and some discouragement
prevailed,• to be twice personally stimulated by the ad-
vice and approbation of his late Most Excellent Majesty,
who took the deepest interest in the service to which
they had the honour to belong.—(Great cheering:) But
to turn from himself to the toast before them, they would
permit him to make one or two remarks with reference
to their services on the coast of Syria, and the crown-
ing exploit at Acre. It would not be forgotten that,
in the olden time, this was the scene of the exploits of
the warlike Richard against the. celebrated. Saladin
—exploits which at that time won for England a re-
nown which .gave her a high rank amongst the military
States of Europe.—(Hear.) In more recent times it was
the scene of the exploits of one not inferior to Richard,
and who himself walked upon the ramparts of Acre,
to draw from the enemy a fire upon the strong part of the
defences, and to withdraw it from the weaker part. This
was the feat of Sir S. SMith. But lie rn_ight also allude„
to the 6railant Major .oldtield,-of
whose gallantry% in various encounters had particularly
attracted the admiration of the French themselves. In
repelling an attack- of the French upon a breach he was
mortally wounded, and one of the fiercest and most ex-
traordinary conflicts took place for possession of the
wounded body of the gallant soldier who commanded
the admiration of his men and the admiration of his ene-
mies. The body of the distinguished Major was at length
carried off by the French, who buried him with tokens
of respect and with military honours.—(Cheers.) These
were feats of arms which had gilthsi the renown of Great
Britain in Syria—but in comparison with these, even the
achievements of Sir Chas. Napier and and the officers com-
manding theßoyal Marines, and of the marines themselves,
would be found to be as brilliant, and to have sustained
with even increased lustrue the ancient and modern re-
nown of Britain in the East.—(Loud cheers.) Along
with the actions he had alluded to, they would be re-
corded in the page of history, and the reputation of the
gallant marines of the present day,
would descend to
posterity in conjunction, and undimmed by comparison
with the most brilliant feats of arms which had ever dis-
tinguished the heroes of Great Britain.—{Applause.)
The distinguished Admiral had remarked how much he
owed to union and discipline ; but it was worthy of re-
mark, and recent events had proved it, that union
must be cemented before its advantages could be ob-
tained, and then the battle was seldom won on the day
of battle itself. He had always felt it to be of the
deepest importance that the body formed by the navy and
marines should be one iA spirit and in action. The re-
sults
of such a union had been exhibited in Syria ; and
hereafter, when the navy and marines of England were
placed in similar difficulties, and had to contend against
unequal odds, they would remember Syria from Acre ;
and he was inspired with new vigour by remember-
ing how the many had sunk before the few.--(Loud
and protracted cheering.) War for its own sake was
to be abominated, but the love of country and the
defence of our country hallowed it, and it must ever
be a gratifying recollection that the recent. war in
Syria was undertaken for no selfish purpose of ag-
grandisement, but for the necessary defence of our
national position, and in promotion of that career
of civilization of which the flag of Great Britain was
ever the forerunner.—(Cheers.) Whenever the country
should again call for similar exertions, the names of
St4.ipfbed and Napier, and the remembrance of the past
glories of the insrincs, would inspire our seamen and
troops with new motives to exertion, and lie felt assured
they wouid never' disgrace the flag on which so much
additional glory had recently been conferred.—(Cheers.)
Captain AUSTIN, late of the Bellerophon, returned
thanks, and said tow greatly his brother officers and
himself had ever been supported by the Gallant Chief
under whose command they had served, and whom they
all so highly honoured.—(Cheers.)
Admiral BoUVERIE proposed the healths of Sir Chas
Felix Smith and the Officers of the Royal Artillery and
Royal Engineers. lle expressed his regret at the indis-
position of Sir F. Smith at the time ho would have
aeaped so inueli glory ; but he was gratified to find that
Admiral Stepforil had found so able a successor for the
cause in Sir Charles Napier, whose absence on the plc
sent festivity he could not help regretting.
The company separated ut a late hour.

Newcastle, July 30, 1841.
Sir,—By direction of the Committee for conducting
the subscription in favour of the unemployed workmen,
L have -the -honour to .enclose a list of subscribers, and
most respectfully to request you will have the kindness
to alloW the list to he placed on the table of the Grand
Jury-room during the assizes.
1 beg leave to state, that the number of men employed
in draining the Town Moor have increased from 52 on
the first day, to 285 to-day ; they are paid one shilling
per day, with the addition of one penny roll every morn-
ing. The relief, though so very small, I am happy to
say, is thankfully received by the men. The Committee
have determined to give relief only through tin medium
of employment, and in no case to give money.
I have the honour to be,
Yours respectfully,
ROBERT ROBINSON, Treasurer.
'To Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., High Sheriff of,
Northumberland.

Queen's Head, July 30, 1841.
Sir,—l have received your communication under di-
rection of the Committee for conducting the subscription
in favour of unemployed workmen on the Town Moor.
I cannot conceive on what grounds the inhabitants of
Newcastle can expect the county to contribute to a fund
for draining the Town Moor, which is the property of
the town. I have other grounds of objection, but this
already adduced must prevent my complying with your
request to lay the subscription list on the table of the
Grand Jury-room, and thereby add my own recommen•
dation of the matter to their favourable consideration. I
may further add, that the Sheriff was not the party to
„Lull this application, as pertaining to the Grand Jury
should,;Ave been forwarded, nor was it forwarded at a
proper time, or in a proper manner.
I remaiir,,ir, your obedient servant,
mk:THEW W. RIDLEY, Sheriff.
Robert Robinson, Esi.,,Pcc. &c.
31, Side, Nu:vcastle, July 31st, 1841.
Sir,—l have the honour to.' acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of to-day. I think yo have in a great
degree misunderstood the nature of the eoninunication I
forwarded to you yesterday.
Not much accustomed to official forms, I sent t;:c list,
supposing it would be laid on'the table of the Grand JlO7-
room as a matter of course.
In regard to the distress existing in this town and
vicinity being excluiively alleviated by the inhabitants,
I may state, that the liberal contributions of the Duke of
Northumberland, the Bishop of Durham, and many
others, to the fund for relieving the unemployed work-
men, show that sympathy with the suffering poor is
happily not confined within the limits of Newcastle.
If I have erred in not forwarding the list " to the
proper party, nor at the proper time, or in a proper
manner," I must say I regret it exceedingly, but feel
conscious that as I did it in my simplicity, and in the
discharge of a public duty, I do think you might have
spared the somewhat offensive remarks on the humble in-
rdividual who has now the honour of addressing you.
I remain, Sir, yours very respectfully,
ROBT. ROBINSON.
To Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., High Sheriff of
Northumberland.
Mr. BROCKETT moved that " the thanks of this meet-
ing be given to Mr. Robinson, for the mode in which he
has conducted the correspondence with Sir M. W. Rid-
__ lay, and thuL tlmiettcra uortAretsa bo amt.rea_ua.-41.4).1.1
nutes,9f the Committee.
Mr. STRAKER seconded the motion, and it was carried
unanimously.
Mr. STRAKER, who has attended daily on the moor,
stated that the men had conducted themselves well, and
had worked cheerfully, even for the small wages they re-
ceived.
The meeting was then adjourned until Thursday next.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING.—The General
Committee held its last meeting yesterday morning at
the Royal Hotel; Professor Whewell, President, in the
chair. The officers of the Association were elected for
the next year. A considerable addition was made to
the members of the Council, of whom twenty-five were
appointed, the great majority residing in London. The
recommendations of grants to the different Sectional
Committees amounted to 3,0831. 9s. Bd., and it was re-
solved that an application be made to Government for a
grant of money in order to reduce the hourly observa-
tions on the temperature made at Plymouth at the ex-
pense of the Association.
Colonel Sin(Es recommended to the Council in future
to admit children to the benefits of the Association on
the same terms as ladies' tickets.
EVENING MEETING.—The concluding general meet-
ing was held yesterday evening at the Town-hall, Devon•
port ; Professor Whewell, President, in the chair. The
meeting was but thinly attended.
Mr. John Taylor, the President., read the Report.of
the financial state of the Association. He stated that its
assets and available property was 6,955/. 9s. 9d. There
had been received in the town 1,280/., and 637 tickets

had been issued.
Dr. Robinson, of Arma4h, proposed, and the Earl of
Morley seconded, a vote of thanks to the distinguished
foreigners who had visited the town, which was responded
to by M. Quetelets, who regularly attends these meetings
at the expense of the Belgian Government.
Various other resolutions were passed, after which
the meeting adjourned till next day. The general flat-
ness of the sections was a matter of great complaint,
there being at them but few papers of any considerable
interest. The model-room of the dock-yard will be
visited to-day, and a distinguished party is expected.
The Plymouth Yacht Club gave a regatta yesterday, in
commemoration of the visit of the Association. A great
many of the Members have left town to attend the pro-
ceedings of the Royal Polytechnic Society of Cornwall,
an unostentatious institution of great utility.

ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUENCY OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM.—In England and Wales there are
63 boroughs, with a gross constituency of 21,175 electors,
being an average of 336 each, which return 90 Members ;
and 61, with a gross constituency of 44,115 electors, be-
ing an average of 723 each, which return 102 Members.
In Scotland, four boroughs, with 1,351 electors and an
average of 338 each, return four Members ; and 17, with
12,279 electors, an average of 772 each, return 17 Mem-
bers. In Ireland, 17 boroughs, with a constituency of
5,230, averaging 308 each, return 17 Members ; and nine
boroughs, with 6,559, averaging 728 each, return 10
Members. From the foregoing analysis it appears, that
in England and Wales, 124 places, with an average of
526 electors each, return 191 Members; whilst the po-
pulous and wealthy cities and boroughs of London West-
minster, Tower hamlets, F insbury, Marylebone, Man-
chester, and Liverpool (the emporium of the trade of the
world), the gross constituencies of which amount to
100,202 electors, being an average of 14,313 each, re•
turn but 16 ! In Scotland,2l, withhut
4a an averageAntiinof
Ire-
land, each, return 21 Members ; while the important towns
of Edinburgh and Glasgow, with 14,135 electors, an
average of 7,067 each, return
land, 26 boroughs, with a constituency avenging 453
each, return 27 Members ; whilst the city of Dublin,
with 12,290 electors, returns but 2 ! The united result
will show, ;
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:
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Kingdom, 171 boroughs, with a constituency of 90,709
electors, being an average of but 530 each, return 239
boroughs, with a united constituency of 126,627, being
an average of upwards of 12,662 each, return but 92 !
eomfber. . The United King-
England and Wales, with a cloonBs,t9itsu7e,ncy
ei,wetors, return 500 Members, being un average of 1,637
1,006,702 electors, return'
nearly each Member. To
each Mr tuber. Scotland, with a constituency of 79,015,
equality, no constituency of
returns 53, an average of 1,491 nearly far each member:
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less than 1,500 electors should return one Member, nor
any of less than 3,000 two. There are eight boroughs
under 200 electors each, 20 from 2 to 300, 42 from 3 to
400, 14 from 4 to 500, 20 from 5 to 600, 24 from GOO to
700, 11 from 7 to 800, 16 from 8
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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, Are. 7. 1841.—The Rev. S. Davies, o
Queen's College, in this University, has been presented
by the Bishop of Chichester to the vicarage of Burnham,
Sussex, held conjointly with Littlehampton.
The Rev. J. I)aintry, M.A., of Trinity College, in
this University, late perpetual curate of Shedfield, Ilants,
has been presented by the Bishop of Winchester to the
rectory of Patney, Wilts, vacant by the cession of the
Rev. T. Patteson—value 225/. ; population, 144.
The Rey. 11. R. Crowe, of Trinity College, in this
University, Rector of Beardsall, and the Hon. and Rev.
Thomas Cavendish, Vicar of Doveridge, were on Friday
chosen by the beneficed clergy of the Archdeaconry of
Derby as the two Proctors to represent the clergy of the
said Archdeaconry in the election of Proctors at Lich-
field, on Tuesday, to represent the whole clergy of the
Diocese Of Lichfield, in the ensuing Convocation, pur-
suant to her Majesty's writ for that purpose.
On Wednesday afternoon, a public meeting was held
at Windsor, to express the regret of the parishioners at
the loss of the services of the Rev. G. A. Selwyn, of St.
John's College, in this University. recently appointed to
the Bishopric of New Zealand, and to take into consider-
ation the best mode of offering him a tribute of respect,
esteem, and gratitude, for his great zeal, indefatigable
labours; and usefulness as one of the assistant-curates of
New Windsor. It was agreed to present the Rev. Gen-
tleman with a piece of plate, and nearly 100/. was sub-
scribed before the party separated ; and it is expected,
from the estimation in which Mr. Selwyn is held through-
out the town, that the subscription will exceed 5001.
The Rev. Vincent Shortland, of Catherine-hall, in this
University, chaplain to the Hon. the, East India Com-
pany, and curate of Wendy, Cambridgeshire, has been
appointed chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl Talbot.
The Rev. John Freeman, M.A., of St. Peter's College,
in this University, has been instituted to the rectory of
Ashwicken-c►un-Lei gate, Norfolk. on his own Petition.
The Rev. John Thurlow, M.A., of St. John's College, in
this University, was instituted last week to the vicarage
of \Vorstead, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Dean
and Chapter of Norwich.

CHURCH-RATES AT BRADFORD, YORK-
nuitE.—A Correspondent writes to say that on Wed-
nesday
Magistrates' orders were served upon several of
the respectable townsmen, for non-payment of Church- '
rates. The next step he supposes will be distress war-
rants.
lie begs us to advert to only one of, the eases, in
which the rate was only 2s. 21d. and the costs 17S.
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. The
Brighton terminus of the London and Brighton RailiVay
is now completed externally. All the works are on a
magnificent scale, and the passengers' sheds and,station
vie with any works of a similar kind in the kingdom.
The station is even larger than that at the London ter-
minus of the f
.orms a Birmingham Railway, in Euston-square,
and the edifice
pleasing anti prominent Aka
front various n parts of the town. It is in the Jtslia
style of architecture, -highly and tastefully 'ornamented,
and has a cob:outdo running round it,—Briyhtim Gazette.