The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-02 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comnomg.)
NQTICES GIVEN AT THE PRWATk BILL-OFFICE,
FRIDAY, JAN. 30.

London and South Ems. Ituitway—,Connnittee op Petition, Mon-
day, Feb. 9.
Leicester and Bedford Railway--COrarnlttea on Petition, Monday,
Feb. 9. • •

Direct London and Manchester Railway—Committee on Petition,
Monday, Feb. 9.
Loodon, Newbury, and Rath Direct Railway—Committee on Peti,
tion, postpoi ad from Morday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 9,
Leeds and Bradford (Alteration of Levels in Bingley) Railway—
Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday,
Feb. 4.

Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Railway—Com-
mittee on Petition, postponed froui>londay 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
North Staffordshire (Potteries Line) Railway—Committee on Pal-
tion, postponed from 3londay 2 till Wednesday. Fek. 4.
North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley Line) Railway—Committee
on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.

North Staffordshire (Ilarecastle and Sandbach) 'Railway—Com-
mittee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb.. 4.
South-Eastern (Greenwich Railway to Chilham, near Canterbury,
with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham Creek) Railway - Cotn.
ndttee on Petition, postponed from- Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Sonth•Eastern (from Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford,
with Branches to Tunbri.lge and Riverhead) Railway—Committee on
Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
SOuth-Ea- tern (from Waterloci-road, near Hungerford-bridge, to
the
Greenwich Railway) Railway—Committee on Petition, post-
poned Monday 2 till Wedn sday, Feb. 4.
Manchester and Birmingham Railway—C'ommi
fro
ttee on• Petition,
postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway—Committee on Petition,
postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
East Lincolnshire Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed
from 3londay 2 till Wednesday Feb. 4.

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Epsom and Dorking Railway--Committee on Petition, postponed
from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches
(so. I)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till
Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Braaches
(No. 2)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till
Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches
(No. 3)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till
Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches
(No. 4)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till
Wednesday, Feb, 4.

Glasgovi; Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches
(No. 6)—Committee on Petition, pos poned from Tuesday 3 till
Wednesday, Feb. 4.

GlasgoW, Pais!ey, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches
(No. 6)—Committee on Felton, postponed from Tuesday 3 till
Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway—Committee on Petition,
postponed from Tuesdai 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
_ _

Ashburton, Newton, and South llev;ii Railway—Committee on
Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Blackburn and Preston Railway—Committee on Petition, post-
poned from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway —Committee on Peti-
tion, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Liverpool. ormskirk, and Preston Railway—Committee on Peti-
tion, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb: 4.

SHERIFFS APPOINTED FOR 1846.

(From the Supplement of Friday's Gazelle.)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of
January, 1846 ;
Present —the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council:
Bedforoishire—William Stuart, Esq., Aldenham Priory.
Buckinghamshire—Sir William Robert Clayton, Bart., of
Harleyford-house.
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire—Sir Charles Wager
Watson, Bart , of West Wratting.
Cumberland—Joseph Pocklington Senhouse, Esq., of Bar-
row-house and Nether- hall.
Cheshire—James Hugh Smith Barry, Esq., of Marbury-
hall.

Derbyshire—Sir Robert Edward Wilmot, Bart., of Os-
maston.
Devonshire—Sir Walter Palk Carew, Bart., of Haccombe.
Mrsetshire—Charles Porcher, Esq., of Cliffe-house, Tin-
cleton.
Durham— Ralph Stephen Pemberton, Esq., of Barnes. and
'of Usworth-house.
Essex—John Clarrnont Whiteman, Esq., of the Grove,
Tho) don Garnon, Epping. .•
Gloucesterihire—George Bengough, EN of Newland.
Herefordshire—Jolin Francis -Vaughan, sq., of Court-hill.
Hertfordshire—Felix Calvert, Esq., of Hunsdon-house.
Kent—William Osmund Hammond, Esq., of St. Alban's.
Leicestershire—Vl'illiam Ann POchin, EN of Barkby.
Lincolnabire--James Banks Stanhope, • EN., of Ravesby
Abbey.
Monmouthshire—Thomas Prot Esq., of Malpas-court.
heroe,
Norfolk—The lion. Charles Spencer Cowper, of Sand-
ringham. Esq., °fling-
Northamptonshire--Allen Afficocke Youn

bury. Esq., of Nunny-
gorthumberland—Charles William Orde,

f Park-hal.
kirk. •
Nottinghamshire—Fraacis Hall, Esq., o
Oxfordshire—Mortimer Ricardo, Esq., of Kiddinlgton.
Rut landshire—John Gilson, Esq., of Wing.
Shropshire—Richard Henry Kinohant, Esq,, of Park-hall.
Somersetshire—Richard Meade King, E-sq., of-Pyrlanthhall.
Staffordshire...4olA Levett, F4sql_,?f Wiehnor,
County of Southampton-,John Beardmore, Est,., ki of
lands, Farehain. -4p,
Suffolk—Sir Robert Shaft° Adair, Batt, of Eli
err
Surrey—CharlesDNiven, Esq., of P ysfield, Oxted.
Sussex-,William Townley Maori), Esq., of p,'"alil
,_,
....
Warwickshire-Charles Thomas Wartje, Ev.
't i of Clopton,
house. eydell Bo
Wiltshire—The non. Jacob PI uverie (commonly
called Viscount Folkestone), of Longford Castle.
'Worcestersitire—Willieui Hemming, Esq,, of Fox Lydiate-
-
11@tive•
t orkshire,-Jninee Walkeri Esq„ of Stpdhuttp4i.
- • - • • . WXLEfi.
Anglesey—John Lewis Hampton Lewis, of Henllya.
Breconshire—Morgan Morgan, Esq., of Bodwigiad.
Carnarvonshire—Charles Henry Evans?
Esc,, of Beane
wydd: •
C3a rt, of Llansphan.
rmarthenshire—Sir John Mansel, Ba
Cardiganshire—James Davies, Esq., of Trefechan, Abery.-
tivyth.i • ,
Denbighshire—Brownlow Wynne Wynne, Esq., of Garth.-
`wini 'near Abergele.
Ainightke-6aknuei Henry ThaulPa°7l9 E 41%, of Bryncoch.
Glamorganshire—Richard Frankler2?_Esq., of Clementzon.
Montgemeryshire—John Foulkes,
It.q., of earn°
ethshire—Sir Robert Williams Vaughan, Bart., of
I,,T4nnai: • - " " • .
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Radnorshire—Thomas Prickard, Esq., of Dderw.
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THE FAIIMERig great fact " •
taleatscarsiteleallyl
farmers (who occupy under good landlords even)
aPiiiiing (if one at all) better off übw than they were twenty
•.Pl3•F's' ffr 'ls the corn-iaw, then, for theirhenefit ?
• .

The Falmouth navy lighter, Tozer master, sailed. on
Wednesday with Government stores for the eastward
depots.

To-day the tide has risen to an extraordinary height at
this port, inundating all the lower part of the town and
doing much damage to warehoused property. From the
Point beach nearly up to Capstam-square the water was
deep enough 'to swim an ordinary wherry; at high-water
the waves dashed over the ramparts and rendered the
usual approaches impassable; the landing. place on this
side of the Floating-bridge was rendered unavailable by
the water, the sea making a clean inroad through the
avenues into Bath-square and Broad-street. The lower
parts of the town of Portsea and the suburb of Southsati
II were also similarly inundated. On the Gosport shore the
effects of the high tide were similarly destructive. The
tide of to-day has been considerably higher than the one
with which we were visited during the recent sojourn of
the King of the French.
The Drake and Lively naval lighters arrived yester-
day, the former from Devonport, and the latter from the
eastward, with Government stores.
CHATHAM, JAN. 30.—The Raleigh, 50 guns, fitting
for an advanced ship, was put out ot the fourth dock on
Tuesday, the 27th instant, when she was taken along •
side the shear hulk, and had her masts and bowsprit put
on hoard, and was taken into the third dock on the 29th,
for her completion in all her fitments.
The Calypso, 20 guns, Captain Henry Worth, came
into dock on the 27th instant, and has received au addi-
tional false keel of six inches, and also to her gripe ; and
her copper bottom having heed cleaned, sh@ was put
put of lock on Thnraday, the 29th ; she will be com-
pleted
by the dockyard to-morrow. She is expeteJ to
receive her guns, powder, and stores on Monday next,
She requires about fifty hands to complete her strewth,
The Cumberland, 70 guns, having (teen fitted f)r au
adyttneed ship, was mit °lit of dock an Wednesday last,
and placed in ordinary until her Service is required.
The golumbine, 14 guns, was taken into dock this day
tq have her defects wade good, and to be prepared for
commission; she is one of Sir W. Sytuonda', and was
built at Portsmouth in Ma, '
_

The Rochester bghter--Rtchard Sudweeks, the mate
of this vessel, has been appointed master, vice Mr.
Richard Grandy, appointed master of the Fortitude coal
depot. The ve4sel is loading with naval stores for
Portsmouth. yartl,

The Wyk lighter, J. Savage master, is loading for
Woolwigh yard,

The Tener steam-vessel, building, is to be completed-
for launching with 411 d'spatch; several additionalhands
have, therefore, been put on her.
The Peril. 18 guns, in ordinary.--A fatal accident
occurred to a lad named Swail, who fell overboard and
was drowned. The lad was not missed until his cap was
seen floating near the ship. Drags were instantly ap-
plied, but the body could not be found..
SHEERNESS, JAN. 29.—The Raven cutter, Lieutenant
Commander J. Stephens, sailed for Hull and North Yar-
mouth on Saturday, for the purpose of bringing round
any seamen who may have entered at the rendravous
established at those ports.
The African, port steamer, Second Master Barker,
proceeded to Woolwich on Monday, to have certain de
fects in her machinery made good.
The Duck lighter has proceeded to Chatham with
naval stores. ,
The Sampson steam frigate, Captain Thomas Hender-
son, has taken on board 150 tons of coals, intending to
fill up at Portsmouth. She is now having her com-
passes adjusted in the harbour, and will go to the Nore
to take in her powder and be inspected by the Com-
mander-in-Chiet on Saturday, after which she will pro-
ceed to Spithead to be paid advance wages..
The Viper, 4, schooner, Lieutenant Edward Gray, is
nearly complete in her fittings. and will leave the basin
to-rm rrow. She has already bent sails, and is now hav-
ing her armament fitted, which consists of two 18-
pounders, sfr feet long, 15 cwt. each ; and two 12-
pounder carronades. It was intended to have mounted
a long gun forward, but there was no room for one.
The Fury steam sloop is being jury-rigged with all
despatch, upwards of 100 men from the Ocean being
busily employed on her. The Sampson will take her
in tow as far as Port-mouth, en route to Liverpool.
The Electra, 18, Commander Hall, and the Snake, 16,
Commander Brown, progress slowly with their fittings
in the basin. Both have got the tops over their mast-
heads, and the few seamen that have entered with the
detachments of marines who joined on Friday from
the Chatham division are proceeding with the lower
rigging.
, The Wildfire steam tender continues refitting in the
1 basin, and the Tartarus' steani-surveyir,g vessel in dock.
The Ditto, 20, Ferret, 10, and Gritr 41, 6, are also still
in dock under repair. The FLriet is nearly ready, and
will probably be .commissioned in the course of next
week. , _ _

, .
In accordance with an Admiralty order, a report has
been made to their Lordships of the state and condition
of the heavy frigates in this ordinary, viz., the Chichester
and Worcester (new). and the Cornwall and Conquestador
(razees), 50-gun frigates, and the probable time it would
take to fit each of them for commission.

Ships in Harbour.—Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship ; Ocean,
80, ordinary ship ; and Sampson; steam frigate.
WOOLWICH, JAN. 30.—The Onyx, steam-vessel,
brought down the river from Ditchbuin and Mare's, has
had Lieutenant Mudge, the officers and crew of the Ariel
steam vessel, transfern d to her, and left Woolwich yes-
terday for Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted
previous to proceeding to be.employed as a packet-vessel
lon the D wer station.
The African steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich from
Chatham, to have her defects made good.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander Wm.
Bryant, left Woolwich yesterday for Portsmouth, with a
large steam vessel's funnel lbr practice, from the Excel-
lent, gunnery•ship at that port.
The Manatuvrer arrived at Woolwich yesterday, from
Chatham.

The Harpy, Lieutenant Commander 11. B. Procter,
left Woolwich this morning for Greenhithe, to have her
compasses adjusted, and wilLthen proceed 'to Devonport.
She is expected to proceed with the lea.t possible delay
to South America, for service in the River Plate,
The Gladiator and Terrible Steam-vessels will not be
completed before the middle of next month. .
The Princess Alice steam-vessel, Master Commander
L. Smithett, will leave Woolwich fur Dover early next
week.
Royal Marines.—Two sergeants and fifty privates of
the Woolwich division, under the command of Lieutenant
'Henry Varlo, embarked at Roff's-wharf on Friday morn-
ing at nine o'clock a.m.' for a passage to Blackwa,ll,
en route io Chatham, untit the new barracks in progress
of construction at Wmdwieh are completed. The re-
moval of 'these troops took place to make room for the
recruits daily pouring in from all parts of the country,
orders having been issued to the recruiting parties of the
four divisions of Royal Marines to send all recruits to
head quarters, at Woolwich! A large model of a por-
tion ofa ship,of-war is in progress of construction at
the rear of the new Marine Barracks, at Woolwich, to
exercise the men with large ship-guns, four of which
was presented
!iCittlui4t jYY i ll'
are mounted on each side of the model.. gorgout;
57.
,df
or Privategoo
d
MajorTi aCcojoiypievr, of
medaltbe
alyr
Martin, a silver medal
lt. a.itaygwraetrueoitfylsolf,
conduct, on. Friday presented with thp
medals, in presence of the non-commis Toned 94Acrersi 4114
men of the thrisions on tgrws,a cc—ciiiiiing parade at
ten oiplouk

THE' LATE FIRES IN DRURY-LANE.—On Friday Mri
Bedford concluded the inquiry which had been thrice ad-
journed, tonching the origin of the three fires which lately
nd at different periods broke out in the premises, 90 and 91,
Drury-lane. As on the former occasions, the inquiry was
held at the Duke of Wellington. Evidence having reference
to the insane woman, Harrison,. brought to 4oveatreei
rplic-offic.A3 yesterday, was talpn, and the jury after being
! engaged for t quarters of an hour sin_ deliberai ion, found
the.following verdict.:—"That the premises No. 90 and 91,
I Drury-lane, took fire respectively on the 11th and 14th of
January, but how such premises so respectively took fire
there is no evidence to satisfy the jury." The foreman, in
the name of the jury, stated List no iluspieion was attached
to am one but the ugo4unite #(460411 44*
• • .

NAVAL GUNNERY.
(From the Nautical Standard.)
The gunnery establishment on board the Excellent, in
Portsmouth Harbour, is regarded by many of our most
intelligent naval men as one of very great importance to
their service, and in this we perfectly agree with them,
but it w' re well had the introduction of the new system
nut inter *ered with the maintenance, in due strength, of
the Royal Marine Artillery—a well- traitied , anti. molt.
useful corps—to w hose real value the ey6s pf those it
autliurity have once more been opened: The redact on
of this corps was a blunder. Its reeeht auginoitation is
a step in the right direction. The usefulness of such a
force is not exceeded by that of any other corps in the
service. Afloat—and more particularly in steam and
mortar vessels—there can be no better gunners. Accus
toured to the Sc', they feel as much at home there in the
use of the great gun in all fighting weather, as any men
)i the navy, and they have the advantage of being better
disciplined than the sailors. Again, on shore, the marine
ate illeiyman is in no respect of steadiness, practice; or ge-
neral efficiency, inferior to the men of that distinguished
corps, the Royal Artillery. At his gun, either on land
or at sea, there can be no better man than him.
Mit we have not yet mentioned an advantage which
the marine artidery man possesses over the seaman-
gunner, and which we consider so important in the
present posture of affairs, that our chief object in pen-
ning this article is to call attention to it. The marine
artilleryman is enlisted for twenty-one years' sea- service.
Whatever
cost the country may be at to train hint, she
is sure of his service for his best days. When his
training is completed she knows that she has in him a
most effective, well-taught, and brave combatant ; and
that site oan rely upon retaining his services whilst
the prime of life continues. She knows that in training
him she has not been at the charge and pains of
instructing a man who, after his next three or four
years' service, may transfer himself and the knowledge. she
has taught him, into the gunnery free of a most ,jealous
and unfriendly nation; there not only to turn his hand
against her, but to teach his new fellows all that he
learned from her, and thus bestow nu a foreign power,
according to his ability, the benefit of that system,
which, to maintain, his own land has borne the (in such
instances) profitless cost. Now with the seaman-gunner
the case is widely different. At a considerable cost to
the country he learns the management of a ship's; guns.
Grant that his training is perfect, and his usefulnes,
afloat undeniable. He is sent a finished gunner to a
sea-going man-of-war, His officers are glad to have a
man so well taught and so serviceable in the day of
battle. He serves his term of three or four years.
The ship is paid off. What becomes, of this man whom
his country has been at the expease and trouble to
teach and train? Can she compel him more than any
other man to re-enter her service? Again, in the hour
of need, to take his place at the ship's battery, and on
the gun-deck show how England trains her sons for the
battle?

No. his training on hoard the Excellent has not tm-
taw:lit him the frequent waywardness and caprice of a
sailqr. Jack, gunner, or no gunner, is ever as incon-
stant and unsteady, except when an enemy is actually
before him, as the fickle element on which he sails.
Ile may just take it into his head quietly to cut the
Queen's service, for $4 start at least, and make his next
v.,yage in some merchantman American or America
hoUnd. His third change will' as probably be to the
first Yankee frigate he may fall in with. He will find
her with plenty of hands to make the work light, and
himself in the receipt of increased pay, and with a
ship's company, the best part of whom have no more
right to hail for the States than he has. In return for
all these advantages he will do his part toward teaching
hi.; new shipmates how to defend the red striped
and the republic will thank the rulers who send her
such smart rods wherewith to Whirl e Queen's Brit-
ishers,

. .
A,n American, not /Ong ago, hearing an English naval
officer boast'7,g of the system on board the Excellent,
"Oh ! you mean our Excellent ! Yes, we get
some famous gunners from her. We do ad-mire that
tayg,tent, and we hope you'll stick to it."
Now, we ask, does E igland act wisely in maintaining
the present system of providing gunners for her fleets,
and sharing them with America ? Because we feel con-
vinced of the excellence of such corps as the marine
artillery, we do not, therefore, say that there should be
no regular seamen gunners. We most readily admit the
usefulness of these men. We are not ignorant of the
alertness of their exercise, and the correctness of
their practice with the sturdy thirty-two. We can
well appreciate their services. But for this very
reason do we the more firmly find fault with
the present uncertainty of retaining them for a sufficient
term—for a term far exceeding the usual duration of a
ship's commission. Surely it cannot be a proper expendi-
ture of any part of the sums granted for the formation
and maintenance of a great naval force, to bestow it on
the instruction of a body of men upon whose services we
can reckon fur only a very short term, and who, if this
year ours, may be an enemy's the next. Surely it can-
not be wise, after carefully training a combatant, not
only to neglect to secure his services, but actually to
leave it in his power to employ the skill and knowledge
acquired at our expense, in teaching still further to our
cost the warriors, and in defending the flag, of a hostile
nation.

At this moment England is menaced by the President
at least, of the United States. He has very plainly
threatened to take possession of a territory to which we
assert a right equal, if not superior, to that of his own
nation. This may be a threat, and nothing more. We
sincerely desire that such it may eventually be found—
not that we lack confidence in England s might—not
that we fear that the event of the war would tarnish the
well-won tame of her gallant sons, or that victory will at
length desert the flag that " fur a thousand years has
braved the battle and the breeze," but that we wish not
for any glory, or any triumph, bought at the price of
war's misery and man's blood. We du not wish for war.

Still the chances of an open rupture with the States,
it cannot be denied, are greater now than they have been
for many years. It is, therefore, most reasonable that,
while we do all that we honourably can to avoid hostili-
ties, we neglect no measures of precaution or prepara-
tion. The more complete these are, and the fewer the
advantages we leave within an adversary's reach, the
more will we lessen his desire to assail us, and should he,
nevertheless, indulge it, the more rapid will be our pro-
gress in bringing him to his senses, and teaching him
once more to value the blessings of peace. Taking this
view of the matter, we would wish at once to throw
every obstacle in the way of his slyly benefitting by any
naval institutions maintained at our sole charge and
trouble. 'raking this view, we cannot think it prudent
to allow our seamen gunners to abandon our service for
that of the States whenever it may please them.
It may be said that there are difficulties in the way
of.' altering the present system of entering these men.
13a it so. There are difficulties to encounter in almost
every change of system in a country such as ours ; but
shall ae, therefore, be deterred from every reasonable
re'orm ? Now, in the face of all difficulties, we venture
to assert that the interests of the country require that
the short-service system cease, and that all men entering
tor instruction as gunners on board the Excellent be en-
' listed for unlimited service, as the men of the marine
artillery, or at least for a term of fourteen or fifteen
years. Whenever their ships are paid off, let them have
a reasonable term of leave, and let them return to quar-
ters at Portsmouth, until their services in sea-going
ships shall be again required. In Portsmouth they can
be usefully employed during such intervals. Upon this
system they will learn to identify themselves more closely
with the royal service ; they will acquire more exact
habits of discipline ; their health and stamina will be
better preserved ; and the country may make certain,
which she now cannot, of an adequate return for the
charge and trouble of their training and instruction.

STATE OF TRADE.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JAN. 30.-There
has been no apparent change in the foreign Wool
market since our last report. Sales to about the same
extent have been effected, and prices continue steady.
ENOLISK WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JAN. 30.—. We
have not any variation to report in this branch of trade
this week. Prices are stationary.
LEEDS.—Our cloth markets, both on Saturday and
Tuesday, were very dull, both buyers and sellers being
in a complete state of suspense as to what the measure
of tha Government would be for the settlement of the
great question at issue. We have no doubt that con-
fidence will be restored by the developement of the plan
of the Ministry. Prices continue pretty firm, and stocks
moderate. Business has been rather brisk the latter
part of the week in the warehouses, chiefly in purchases
for shipping.
lIECKMoNDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, JAN. 29.---
There has been more business done
this week. Both.
Monday and to-day's market
were well attended, and a
few orders put out for the American trade.
of therade season.
The home
trade is only flat owing to the mildness
BRADFORD, THURsDAY.—There has been more in-
quiry for combing wools, but we do not hear of more
business being done ; the prices sought have been a
hatyier to more extended operations. Short wool and
Hells are sought after, without alteration in prices. The
demand fur yarns is steadily increasing, and the stock in
the manufacturers' hands generally small. This augurs
well for an early amendment, which we hope will not
only extend to increased consumption, but also improved
prices. There is some inquiry made by the shippers,
and we hope ere long to report general activity. The
measures introduced by Sir Robert Peel appear to be
generally H ell received, and tend to inspire confidence
I,bat ere long we shall be again in prosperity. The
business doing is fully equal to this stason, and prices
fit m.

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVHNINO.—We have had
rather more doing to-day than of late in all kinds of
cloth i there evidently more confidence, as well as a
stronger disposition to do business than on this day
week. We cannot rate prices higher, but the market
closes rather buoyant than otherwise. Yarns are ready
sale and fully as doer,

BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, JAN. 30.—The doubts Wild
uncertainty existing respecting the question of dutie,i,trlfe-
vented any business being dune before y9:3t"daY' whenk.own
measures of the Minister in this respect bece has not
the market has sinice Veen firm, but theb businesstter
assortment.
Xcet-lecl 100 hilds. chiefly fur want of a e
REtined goods are held' with firmness. Brandibas advanced
25 per cent —Bristol IfercuPr

PANY AND THE Lnill) MAYOR.
In consequence of the arbitrary conduct of the Lord
Mayor and Navigation Committee towards the Water-
men Steam Packet Company in forcibly depriving them
of the use of the Blackfriar's Free Pier, erected by the
City authorities on the site of the Old Watermen's
Pier, used originally by them for the accommodation of
the public, the directors of the Company found them-
selves compelled to procure a landing-place as near the
old pier as possible, and accordingly took the premises
known as Paul's Wharf, belonging to Mrs. Needham,
the widow of a free waterman and constructed a
pier to
draw in with the rise of the tide ; thereby prevent-
ing anything like an obstruction of the river.
lOn Wednesday it was put in order, to see
that the arrangements were complete, and in
the evening taken, and moored close to the wharf.
This pier had not been used by the public, nor could
any complaint have been made to the Lord Mayor that it
was a nuisance, the neighbours consenting; yet his Lord-
ship takes upon himself to decide upon the matter, and
with force of arms proceeded to demolish the pier, and
incite the parties in possession to a breach of the peace.
To accomplish this his Lordship sent, at daybreak on
Thursday, the steam-tug, St, Michael, which was
fastened to one of the barges by the policemen who were
present, according to the direction of Mr. Saunders and
Mr. Pearce, the water bailiffs, and forcibly tore the first
barge away, and towed it into the stream, and returned
for the purpose of removing the second, which was
moored to Messrs. Crawsby's iron wharf ; this
they accomplished by breaking the chains in
two. When towing both away, Waterman. No. 5, moved
a-head between the barges and tut; steamer, cutting
the ropes and chains in two. At this stage of the pro-
ceedings, the policemen awl. shore-men boarded the
Waterman, menacing ri';;Lit and left with their imple-
ments, consisting P 4: hatchets, crowbars, and staves.
They then re "Loved the man at the helm, and were
Proeeedin: to the engine-room, to put out the fires,
but 'le en!,ineer telling them, if they came there he
*eveuld let the steam out and scald them, they de-
sisted. The captain of No. 5, after great trouble and
difficulty, got the vessel to the Southwark side of
the river, which not being in the jurisdiction of the
City, the police made a rapid exit from the Waterman
scrambling into the coal barges alongside of her, and
getting on shore. As soon as Waterman, No. 5, was re-
leased from her troublesome cargo, she resumed the con-
test with the tug, for the barge, and succeeded in driving
the tug and barges amongst the tiers of shipping at Bil-
lingsgate, where she gave up the contest, allowing the
Waterman to steam off victorious. The company then,
as speedily as possible, with other barges, repaired the
wanton damage inflicted on their property by the Lord
Mayor, and landed several passengers during the day,
who highly approved cf the arrangements made by,
them.

In laying the above facts before the public, it nr„,y be
asked if the Lord Mayor thinks such acts as 024ese will
be tolerated—that a Company having prescriretive claims
to public patronage is to be subject to such arbitrary
proceedings, resulting from private pique, That such
is the fact there cannot be the least doubt, or why does
his Lordship allow other Companies to run out piers.,
and peaceably retain possession of them. Such conduct
as this requires investigation, and we understand a re-
presentation of the above facts, and the persecution of
the Company by the Navigation Committee, since the
erection of the new pier, has been laid before Sir James
Graham, for the purpose of official inquiry. These
extraordinary proceedings on the part of the Lord!
Mayor call for severe censure, and shall not be lost
sight of by us.

INDSoR, FRIDAY EVENING.7IIII3tIRetIORS were re-
ceived this morning at the royal mews for the ponies and
pony carriages to be sent over to Claremont early to-morrow
morning, it having been arranged for the Court to leave
Buckingham Palace in the afternoon, immediately after
luncheon. Her 3lajesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert will be accompanied by the Royal Family, and
attended by a limited number of the members of the Royal
Household. The Court is not expected to remain at Clare-
mont beyond four or five days, or a week at the longest.
THE MEDAL FOR CHINA.—Mr. Wyon, the enP:raver
to the Mint, .has just completed the die for the atedl to be
distributed to the officers and soldiers who have served in
China during the late war. The die has befat successful ;
and preparations are making for striking the medals, of
which 18,000 are commanded. They are io be all of silver;
no difference being made between those to be presented to
the officers and those to be given to the men. '1 he intrinsic
value of each is about ss. 6d. The medal is a beautiful work
of art—worthy the skill and genius of the foremost artist of
the age in this department of art. It contains a portrait of
her Majesty, with the words " Victoria Regina ;" on the re-
verse is a trophy composed of the weapons of the army and.
navy, resting under the shadow of a palm-tree which sup-
ports the armorial bearings of Groat Britain ; above are the
words " Arma exposcere Pacem," and underneath is the
word " China." The ribbon is to be f scarlet with a yellow
border—the scarlet denoting the colour of England, and the
yellow being the imperial colour of China. The medals will
probably he issued to the soldiers and sailors about the middle
of the year.—The Art- Union.
_ _

MR: SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—Mr. Sheridan Knowles, it
is confidently stated, will be appointed to the professorship of
elocution in one of the nev: Irish colleges, probably Cork, of
which city he is a native.—[Government is therefore not so
unmindful of literary merit as some assert; nor is Mr. Alfred
Tennyson the exclusive recipient of public recompense, as the
anonymous satirist of the " New Timon" would imply.]
THE NEW MILITARY PRISON, ST. GEoRGE'S BAR-
RACKS, TRAFALGAR-SQUARE —This building, intended to
supersede the necessity of sending military delinquents to
county prisons, is nearly completed. The cells are con-
structed and fitted up exactly as those at the Model Prison,
Pentonville ; and the discipline that prisoners confined therein
will be subjected to is also to be on the same principle as at
the Model Prison.
THE MINISTERIAL MEAsURES.—BANHURY, JAN. 30.
—The landlords have adjourned their meeting till this day
week, and the tenai.ts, having no orders, are quiet.ein
favourteon-
sider the feeling of the majority I have seen to b
of Peel's measures; many would have preferred an imme-
and the protection
rlacards are quickly covered with free-trade addresses.
diate repeal. The people seem awake,
THE BIGHT NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR A GIN PALACE.--
I was one day conversing with a gentleman who had just
tally qtiuoinr,edaswlliaptre.hsaudmmedadiel
eOrdiian induced
not
khniionwtO
opened a spacious spirit vaults in Manchester. I acciden-
I e cl
ot
aslui
tcyh,
these
although the prenP.Ses, for the pur oseQ p , were excellently
situated. "Wk'v," replied e
1 l, with a smile, " I was one day
loitering at the corner,and
yards together. about thirty
up the street, two of whom
had 4 dog each, a -thought struck me, and I advanced
tov;ards the men, and informed them I would 'stand' two
gallons of ale, if they would bring their dogs to the corner
(where I intended the vaults) and fight them. They agreed,
and in a few minutes the dogs were at their ferocious work.
In live minutes there were a hundred men around the doge,
all most heartily enjoying the 'sport.' I told them to de-
sist ; I was satisfied, and said inwardly to myself, this is the
spot for a vaults."—From John EaLby s Alms.
THEATRE ROYAL.—The manager, we see, perseveres
in his design to accumulate sterling attractions in this
theatre. We hope and believe he has found this truly
praiseworthy effort to tell in his favour. At all events, we
have not for many years seen so high an average of attend-
ance. Accordingly, no sooner have Antigone and (as we
may call it) its keen and clever burlesque told upon the
public, than our old favourite, " Celeste," whom we have
not seen for a long interval, during which she has gained
metropolitan celebrity, makes her appearance along with
the celebrated Webster, the most enterprising and liberal,
and we believe the most successful of all the London mana-
gers, and withal an actor of acknowledged power in his
own department, as well evidenced by the frequent plaudits
which attended his appearance. Madame Celeste was, we
remember, a great pantomimic actress of the serious and
pathetic class; but she now speaks, and her broken English
and very foreign accent are exceedingly effective in cha-
racters like Madelon, the Vivandiere, in the clever farce of
the Trumpeter's Daughter, or of Miami, the French-Indian
heroine of Buckstone's rather c ,ekneyiled and confused
drama of Donnybrook and the Transatlantic Prairie. This
play was brought out at the Adelphi last season without
much success, though Mrs. Stormont gave great pathos te;
the repentance of Miami, but in all other respects Celeste,
Miami was more effective and picturesque.
Mr.
e webster
was enthusiastically applauded for his admirable
rrf ormance
_king a
of the Woman Hater, tamed till he found himself °c;

cradle,--Edinburgh Weekly Journal.
of the 21st
The Duke of Modena died in the evening
1 en d
inst., in his 67th year, after an illuess ofoown23 born
ays.
on the
He is succeeded by his son, Francis V., wh
Ist of June, 1819.
Drew, of Woodland '•
—lt 'sr our painful duty to record:
her d -
DEATH liir FIRE.
s, EaltoX,
Zinquest was held on the, body, when the
surtjaitnteoAdueguattitindressing-room on Tues-
day ascertained, The unfortunate lady, on
'Ma'ster
wthielod,ea,atslifeotfinAilki
question, slept with her little nephew,
~,y
col °lla:;w:inigkaletl.hboge,
ot:gfu'ivaont:;-:isoi
xuit,ouo,teftl robeclekl
t, 1
owann. who or deposedwueesndta Tuesday
by
as f 43.1 lows : " I eras
31;na andojosien, ianngd4re s missingitlg- •
room, which I found full of smoke, and where I also found de-
ceased burnt to death, Ivinc, her back, near the dressing-
1t is supposed deceased had -stand were very much burnt."'
table, the floor and. tl
occasion to go into her dressing-
,room with a lighted candle, and fell down in a fit, at the Fame.
.time igniting her dressing-gown. Verdict, " Accidental_
death." • The deceased lady was sister-in law to ColonelLuttrell,
of like Court,—Western Luminary