The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-14 00:00:00

LORD GEORGE BENTINCK.

We give to the public, with great satisfaction, the sub-
joined address to Lord George Bentinck, bearing the
signature of a committee, which, at a meeting of the
party of which his Lordship has been the leader, was
deputed to propose a suitable recognition of his eminent
services in the cause of protection to British industry,
as advocated by them in Parliament.
This address, agreed to unanimously at a meeting
held at Mr. Bankes's was presented to his Lordship on
Saturday, by Lord Ingestre, whose name stands at the
head of those who have been honoured with this charge.
His Lordship's feelings are, we know, of a nature to
be warmly touched by the expression which this address
contains; and the assurance which it conveys, to tke
effect that no severance of political connexion or of
personal confidence will ensue between those who have
acknowledged Lord George as their leader and himself
—will remove every apprehension that had been felt by
our sensitive contemporaries, the Times and Chronicle,
in regard to the disruption of a powerful party.
These authorities have, in their kind consideration,
been forward to supply the party thus become the
object of their care with a now commander, and no
one will blame the choice they have made in fixing
upon the Marquis of Granby. The fitness of
this young nobleman for such a post will be doubted
by no one but himself, and we have only to fear that
hesitation arising from that quarter may, at the present
moment, prevent or postpone the arrangement
. which we
' should, for our own part, hail with unqualified satisfac-
tion.
" February 11, 1848.
"My Lord—We have been desired to convey to your
Lordship, from those at whose earnest request you
accepted the leadership of their party, their grateful
sense of the zealous and eminently able manner in which
you gave effect to their political endeavours at a time of
peculiar exigency. You enabled them, when suddenly
deserted by leaders in whom they had long placed confi-
dence, to maintain that position which in public estima-
tion they are entitled to claim, as representatives of large
constituencies. Animated by your example, they stood
their ground against a combination formed under cir-
cumstances for which political history affords nu
precedent.
" The honourable considerations which induce you to
relinquish the leadership they cannot but duly appre-
ciate, being aware that you have ever and openly ex-
pressed your feelings in respect of difficulties which have
now arisen. Your assurance that no severance of poli-
tical connexions will ensue, persuades them that in their
endeavours to promote the prosperity of all classes in this
country, still having the aid of your energetic talent, and
enjoying your continued confidence, they will still benefit
by that scrupulous sense of honour and uncompromising
consistency of character which have placed you so high
in public estimation.
" Appointed by the unanimous voice of a large as-
semblage of those who have thus acted in political
unison, for the purpose of presenting to your Lordship
their expressions of warm and grateful attachment-
" We have the honour to subscribe ourselves, ever
your Lordship's moat truly, faithfully, and sincerely,
" INGESTRE,
OSSULSTON,
RICHARD SPOONER.,
GEORGE BANKES,
A UGUSTUS STAFF ODD,
JOHN TROLLOPE„
WILLIAM MITR,',;,
CHARLES. 7=l-EitRICK BURRELL,
J. B. Y. BUT,LpaI,
EDWAT-tri CONOLLY,
JOHN WALS 11,
J. O. HERRIES.
" To the Right
The .i.;ord George Bentinck, M.P."—P.st.

AtLITARY IN. TELLIGENCE.—Captain J. 11. Purves,
c" 'the Grenadier Guards, has been appointed Brigade-
.
Jfajor of the South-Western District, vice Colonel Daly,
resigned. Lieut. C. T. Wemyss, of the Scots Fusilier
Guards, has been appointed Extra Aide-de-Camp to the
Right Hon. Lord F. Fitaclarence, Lieutenant-Governor
of Portsmouth, and Commonder-in-Chief of the South-
Western District.
EAST INDIA.—A return of the amountof the money
annually remitted to the East India Company on hypo-
theties.ted goods or produce for the last ten years,
moved for by Mr. Bwart, M.P., shows that the following
sums were remitted, viz. :—ln 1837-38, 1,625,0531. ; in
1838-39, 817,4291. ; in 1839-40, 1,009,8311. ; in 1840-41,
1,229,8021.; in 1841.42, 38.3,3591.;:in 1842-43, 585,1381.;
in 1843-44, 139,4861.; in 1844-45, 637,8081.; in 1845.46,
535,8271.; and in 1846.47, 1,828,656/.
The Queen has appointed Dr. Allen Thompson to
be Professor of Anatomy in the University of Glasgow.
ARCHBISHOPRIC OF CANTERBURY. Yesterday's
Sunday Times mentions the Bishop of Lichfield as the
probable successor of the late Dr. Howley.. He wasth. oat;
present Majesty's tutor. Saturday
the Bishop of Chester has been named as not unlikely
to be proposed. 's Inquirer sayerkhl
Lord Brougham is expected to arrive in London a. t
the close of the present week, from Cannes, his seat in
the south of Franco.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 11.-We arP informed Sir
Charles Napier's fleet is Edere4 from the Tagus to
Cork.
:' ---E-irT-:-
The committee appoincewxl ‘titic4ve subscriptions
in aid of the distressed 4141iitil.tua,lauchsiy lose of
the Avenger will dispe,*,lth l'ilinOiliatetifd their
1
means to the applican 4-* -,,Tiftift 'ioriforrow,
at the Naval College i
...,,,,, D .!; . Haig,
the secretary to Sir 1.04 ' ft. mgigt con-
siderately accepted the i i -or -
„rteleitary to
the committee formed at, thjp,Vorl, to receive sub-
scriptions.

Sir Charles Ogle entertained the following guests
at dinner this evening at the Admiralty-house :
Captain Eden, of the Victory; Major Harvey, aide.
de-canip to Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, and Mrs.
Harvey ; Colonel Armstrong, commanding the
Royal Artillery in this garrison ; Captain Byng,
Royal Navy ; Captain Chads, C.B. of the Excellent,
and Royal Naval College; Mrs. Byng; Commander
Otter, Royal Navy; Mrs. Otter; Captain Manse!,
of the Actaeon ; Captain Martin, of the Prince Re-
gent ; and Commander Grenfell, of the Illustrious.
The Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, is fitting
in the basin. She is entering some excellent seamen.
She is intended for service on the south-east coast of
America station, under the orders of Commodore Sir
Thomas Herbert, K.C.B.

The Actaeon, 26, Captain George Memel, was paid
off into ordinary to-day.
The Devon lighter sailed to-day with stores fur
Plymouth.
In Harbour—The Victory, the Excellent, the Prince
Regent, the Illustrious, the Victoria and Albert, the
Blenheim, and the Nautilus ; the Echo, and the Fire
Queen, steamers.
In the Basin—The Retribution, the Champion, the
Undine, the Swallow, the Rolla, and the Rocket.

.
In Dock—The Powerful, the Leander, the Ajax, the
Fairy, the Sappho, and the Orestes.
At St. Helen's—The Sealark.

Wind, N.W.—Moderate breezes, and fine weather.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 1 l.—J. Hay, Naval Cadet, to
the Havannah ; Edgar Disney, Naval Cadet, to the
Prince Regent ; Frank Young, Midshipman, to the
Wellesley ; Joseph E. M. Wilson, Naval Cadet, to
the Caledonia ; William J. R. Card, Lieutenant (addi-
tional), to the Hibernia ; Henry Robinson, Gunner, to
the Caledonia.

CHATHAM, Fen. 11.—Professor Mosel7, the gen•
tleman appointed by the Admiralty to inspect the
schools at the different dockyards, paid his annual
visit to the school at this yard on Monday, the 7th
inst., and having completed the examination returned
to London yesterday.
The Rochester arrived yesterday with stores from
Plymouth and Portsmouth yards.
The African steam-vessel towed the Vivid steam-
packet away yesterday to Messrs. Penn's, at Green.
with, to have her engines fitted.
Last evening, whilst the Prince Alfred and the
Princess Royal steam .vessels were lying alongside
each other at the Ship-pier, James Gibbs, the engi•
neer of the Prince Alfred, was leaving for the shore
with a crank pin and nut weighing about 1111 r, and
stepping on board the Princess Royal, he missed his
footing and fell between the vessels, and imme-
diately sunk. Creepers were instantly in use, but
owing to the tide running down very strong the body
was not recovered. He was about 24 years of age,
and a native of Bristol.

PORTSICOUTII, SUNDAY.—It is eminently gratifying to
us to observe the appeal on behalf of the widows and
orphans and others bereaved of their dearest kindred by
the loss of the Avenger so generously and universally
responded to both in and ont of the naval service. The
example which the crew of the Excellent set has been
most nobly followed, and yesterday the Portsmouth
committee paid the allotment (due in January) to 54
persons, who produced the authenticated documents ;
they also made arrangements for similar payments in
other quarters; and they will next investigate the claims
of persons who may apply to be relieved from the funds
collected and accumulating.
The following officers compose the committee formed
at this port for the purpose of receiving subscriptions
and distributing them to the qualified candidates for the
bounty :—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander
in-Chief, President; Vice-Admiral Warren; Rear-Ad-
miral Prescott, C. 8., Superintendent of the Dockyard;
Captain Sir William Parry, Superintendent of the
Royal Hospital at llaslar, and the Clarence-yard ;
Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent, and tiperin-
tendent of the Royal Naval College ; Captain Eden,
of the flegeship Victory ; Captain Thomas Ross Suit-
van, R.N.; Colonel Powell, R.M.; Commanders Tarle-
ton and Cockburn, R.N., Royal Naval College ; Major
Castieau, R.M.A. ; Commander Holbrooke, R.N. ;
Mr. Richard Haig, Secretary to the Commander-in-
Chief (Hon. Secretary to the committee); and Mr. R.
M. Winchelo.

The following are the sums collected from each ship
in the Tagus on behalf of this praiseworthy and bene-
volent undertaking :—St. Viacent, flag-ship, 1221. 41. 9d.;
Canopus, 102/. 10s. 6d. ; Howe, 451. (or thereabouts) ;
Queen, 551. 6s. 10d. ;) Amphion, 511. 19s. 10d. ; the
Dragon steam-frigate, 431. 9s. 3d. ; Scourge steam-
sloop, 361. 136. sd. ; Jackal steam-♦essel, St/. 19s. 10d. ;
Terrible steam-frigate, 571. 16s. 3d. Other subscriptions
from the Lisbon squadron make a handsome total
of 5461.

Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H., late a Lord
of the Admiralty, is nominated to succeed Admiral Sir
John West, K.C.8., in the Commaad-in-Chief of the
Plymouth station, vacant in April next.
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin, entered 56
men yesterday, and fitted topgallantmasta.
Captain Heriot, of this division of the Royal Marines,
left yesterday for Hull, on recruiting service.
The dam which has been erected for the pretection of the
works under Mr. Peter Rolt's contract at the north part of
this dockyard exhibited signs of instability last Tuesday,
chiefly caused by the removal of a considerable portion of
the clay, Ikc., from the inside, which has been done pre-
paratory to the opening of the new steam-bairn next
month. On Friday it became dangerous from the con-
stant giving way of the braces and shores applied for its
support. By dint of the incessant labour of nearly 300
men, who have worked in the constant danger of their
lives, it has been for the present secured. The damage
sustained by the adjoining work of Mr. Bram%le (the
dam of which is in connexion with Mr. Rolt's), by the
irruption of the water, is very considerable. Colonel
Irving, the director of engineering and archtitectural
works to the Admiralty, came down on Friday night, on
the casualty being telegraphed to the Admiralty, to in-
spect and inquire into the matter.
The Sealark, 10, Commander Monypenny, sailed on
Friday evening from St. Helen's Roads for Plymouth, to
receive advance wages and final orders.
The Lucifer steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander
Risk, arrived here yesterday from Sheerness, and came
into the harbour to coal. She sailed the same evening
for Cork.

The Netley tender arrived yesterday from Devonporr
with supernumeraries, nearly 20 of whom were for the
Havannah, 22, Captain W. Herringham, now lying at
the Nore. As this vessel is reported to be complete in
her complement, it became a question as to the disposal,
of these men, who are volunteers for the Havannith.only:.
It was ultimately decided to send them- to her, and th e
Mercury' tender was accordingly dispatched with thew
this morning.
The Actaeon, 26, paid off on Friday, was dismasterl
yesterday.
Wind, S.W., fresh breezes and hazy weather.
APPOINTMENTS.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 12.—Arthur Doyle, Lieut., to the
Champion ; Walter J. Pollard, Lieutenant, and James
T. Stanton, Midshipman, to the Havannah ; Russell
Heyiham, Naval Cadet, to the Vernon ; Charles
Fdt:drbeet,s,toMtahtee,stt4.)
vthiencEenntte; Enterprise ;T.WsallakietiranKdr
mg.idlNavipa..l
solrnmetiat.sNhiapvmaalnC,adtoe
Cadet,
4thtoe
trnhaenimtoatuhme I:o wiver.funi
H. Anderson,
FindWer.
Victory ; G. W. P, Edwards, Midshipman, to the S tar ;
George Buckle, Gunner (confirmed), to the Exct Nient ;
htmorEgdewWarisdlsr
4,
cMtiansgteGiusnAnesrs,isttoatnhte,
Ctohate
mhpiSonta;r6r,
eNoVrgil-e-
Ball, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Crane ; Robert :it even-
son, Surgeoa• Superintendent, to the Anna Mar;te., con-
vict ships

HAILING
1-11GHWA7 ROBBERY AND OUTRAGE.—
About half-past five o'clock yesterday (Pride2f) after-
noon, as a cheese factor, whose name we have not heard,
was walking from Adlington to Macclesfield, Ihe was
stopped, only a few yards from the railway bridge, at
Adlington, by two men, resembling hawkers, each of
whom presented a large horse pistol at his brimst and
demanded his money. He resisted; they snatch ea at his
watch guard, which broke, so that they did not get his
watch; and while they were thus engaged another man
Came up and exclaimed, " Are you going to murdltr that
man, then?" This alarmed the robbers, and they ran
off. The cheese factor immediately went to the 'public-
house at the corner of the bridge, and gave the alarm;
and the landlord instantly mounted his horse, anti rode
after the fellows, giving the hue and cry as he rode
along, till many joined in the chase. He rode up to the
fellows, but they presented their pistols at hi ra, and
said if he did not let them alone they would settle Min.
On this he desisted, having no aid near; but on .ising
a place where two brothers, quarrymen, named WY!",
were at work, they joined in the chase, and jt7 he
a run of about three miles from the place wterre
fellows attacked the cheese-factor, they ',ter* (), . 't4'!4-011
by the Wyatts, at a place called Ban" Fold, in t
captor.. The elder
close with the ruffians, in doing whichShrigley. Urged by others, the Wyataotshaottef
theed to
high-
waymenbrother,
Thomas
a sat
Wyatt,e. n and
whoshot
about 45, Was wounded
and penetrat-
ing the arm. The younger brother, William, aged forty,
y e
partt h the
of stomach,
the
right
thigh, where
ishis.
received a more severe and dangerous wound, the ball
it was found lodged about half an inch under the akin.
ienngtetrointghethueppboordynojdu sotuateb:
The prisoners gave their names Bates and Walm.sley;
one of them is an Irishman; both are strange in the
neighbourhood, and though not shabbily dressed were
bad looking men, yet not such as might be expected to
take to the road," for one is a very little man, and
neither of them is strong or stoutly made. Thera were
taken from them a brace of new horse-pistols of the
largest bore, evidently but just discharged. At first the
men were, conveyed in custody to Adlington-hall; but
the younger Wyatt being considered in imminent danger,
the prisoners were reconducted to Bann Fold, anti
Wyatt's deposition was taken in their presence.—Man.
chester Guardian.
" CHIEF RABBI OF 11111 JEWS IN HOLLAND.—On the
sth inst. Mr. B. S. Berenstein was solemnly admitted
Chief Rabbi of the Hague, after which he delivered an
able sermon on Ex. xxi. v. 1.