The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-05 00:00:00

IBE R 5
1846.

IGI4ILDHAIL, NOVEMBER 19, 1846.
THE COMMITTEE. for LETTING the CITY'S
LAN-Ds will meet at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 9th
day of December next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive Tenders
for Letting on Lease„ for Twenty-one Years from Christmas next, a
House, No. 19, on the north side of Broad-street-buildings, and also
a'House, No. 5, on the east side of Mitre-street, Aldgate.
Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying
the Offief of Works,
THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.

RNAMt NVA.L CLOCKS.—Recently received
from Paris a carefully selected variety of Fourteen-day
CLOCKS, to strike the hours and half-hours, in ormolu, .china, and
marble cases, In the style of Louis XIV, with various figure groups,
as Rebecca at the Well, Rollin, Time and History, SE.c. The price is
four, five, and seven guineas each, and upwards. A. B. SAVORY
and SONS, 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the statue of the Duke of
Wellingtofi.

.MEETING OP MIDDLESEX
MAGISTRATES.
The monthly meeting of the magistrates was on Thurs-
day held at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-gre2n. Mr.
H. Pownall in the chair.
The meeting was very fully attended, because it was
known that the question of lessening the number of
juvenile offenders and the amelioration of their condition
was to be brought under consideration. Accordingly,
after some business had been transacted with reference
to Coldbath-fields Prison, the report of the committee,
appointed on the 9th of April last, for the purpose of
inquiring into the best means of checking the growth of
juvenile crime, and for promoting the reformation of
juvenile offenders, was next read ; and, after adverting
to the Jamentable condition of the youthful offenders,
concluded•.by suggesting that measures should be at
once taken by intercessions with the Government, for
the purpose of obtaining the introduction into Parlia-
ment of a Bill, the preamble of which should in effect
state that the fearful extent of juvenile depravity and
crime in the metropolitan districts, and in large and
populous towns,-requires 'generally immediate interfer-
ence on the part of the Legislature ; that the great causes
of juvenile depravity and crime appear to be the
absence of proper parental or= faie' ndly care, and the ab-
sence of a comfortable home, and that all children above
the age of seven and under the age of fifteen years, suf-
fering from either of these causes, require protection to
prevent their getting into bad company, learning idle
and dissolute habits, growing up in ignorance, and be-
coming an expense and burden on the country as cri-
minals, and that such protection should be afforded by
the county. That an asylum for unprotected and desti-
tute children be founded by legislative enactment, and
placed under the direction and management of the jus•
tices of the peace for the county of Middlesex, to be
called " The County Juvenile Protection Society."
And the report pointed out, in fourteen clauses, what
should be the principal enactments, the visiting justices
to be empowered to make rules and regulations, to be
sanctioned by the Secretary of State, and have the force
of law, &c.

After some discussion the report was received, and
ordered to be taken into consideration on the next
county day.
The question of the erection of a new lunatic asylum
again came on for discussion, and, after occupying the
attention of the Court for several hours, a series of reso-
lutions were passed, by a large majority, for the erection
of the new asylum, and for the appointment of a com
mittee to select a site.

The Court adjourned a few minutes before six o'clock,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The corporairon of this
borough have voted an address to her Majesty on the
occasion of her passing through the borough, which has
been forwarded to the Secretary of State for presentation.
The Belleisle troop-ship, Captain Ringcome, has left
Devonport, for Barbadoes. Lieutenant Cator, late of
this ship, is appointed First of the Birkenhead, fitting at
Sheerness as a steam trooper.

The Rattlesnake surveying-vessel, Captain Owen
Stanley, was paid advance yesterday, and this afternoon
she was inspected, and her crew mustered by Admiral
Sir Charles Ogle, immediately after which she sailed for
Plymouth, en route to her destination.
The Maria Somes transport, Lieutenant Black agent,
Mr. W. King master, sailed from the Downs on the 29th
ult. for the West Indies, with a detachment of the 38th
Regiment, consisting of Lieut. Green, Ensign Daniels,
assistant-surgeon, surgeon, and 80 privates ; also Co!.
French and Lieut. Chamberlayne, 2d West India Regi-
ment, arid Mr. Mouat, deputy storekeeper at Bermuda.
The Vulture steam-frigate, Captain M'Dougal, was at
Hong-Kong on the 16th of September.
Assistant Adjutant-General John Wilson, of the
Royal Marines (Brevet Major. 1834), has retired on the
full pay of a Lieutenant-Colonel. This gallant veteran
was First Lieutenant of the Defence, 74, at Trafalgar,
served at the capture of the Saintes, expedition to Wal-
cheren, defence of Cadiz, and was in the Macedonian
when cliptured by the United States frigate United
States. Served on shore in the attack on New Orleans,
1814.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2.—ln consequence of this being
the birth-day of the Emperor of the Brazils, Captain
Ignacio and the officers of the frigate Constituicao, now
under repair at this dockyard, observed the national de-
monstrations usual on the occasion, and their expressions
of fidelity were most heartily responded to by the local
Government authorities. At early dawn the Brazilian
flag was hoisted at the house of the Brazilian Vice-Con-
sulate, and at ten o'clock high mass was performed at the
Roman Catholic Chapel at Stonehouse, by the Ray. W.
Riley, the resident priest. A number of the officers and
men of the frigate being present, a general thanksgiving
was offered by the whole congregation in commemoration
)f the auspicious event. Early in the day the Vigo hulk,
lying in Hamoaze, near the Brazilian frigate, and occu
pied by her crew, was gaily dressed in colours ; and at noon
-
a royal salute of 21 guns was fired by her Majesty's ship
Queen, 120, Captain Sir H. J. Leeke, and the Belleisle
troop ship, Captain Kingcome, which were similarly
ad 'rued, in the Sound; and by her Majesty's ship Cale-
donia, 120, Captain Manly H. Dixon, in Hamoaze, and
from the batteries on Mount Wise. Port Admiral Sir
John West and General Sir H. Murray, Commander of
the forces in the Western District,
give
public dinners,
to which the Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe, the Earl of
Morley, the Earl of St. Germans, the heads of depart-
ments, and other gentlemen are invited. In the evening
these hospitable entertainers and their distinguished
guests accept an invitation from Captain Ignacio and his
officers to a ball and supper, at Elliott's Royal Hotel,
Plymouth, where the splendid ball-room has been taste-
fully prepared. About 500 persons are expected to be
present, among whom, besides the above, will be Sir
Samuel Pym, Admiral Superintendent of her Majesty's
Dockyard ; Mr. Fox, the Brazilian Vice-Consul ; Mr.
Bulteel, Mayor of Plymouth; Captain Bulkeley, Vice-
Commodore of the Royal Western Club, Btc.
Don Pedro attains the age of 21 this day, having been
born the 2d of December, 1825.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Nov. 30.—Acting Master—Edv►ard Maunder, to the
Mutine.

Master—P. C. Bean, to the Tortoise.
Surgeon—John Wilson (B.), to the Caledonia.
Assistant Surgeon—Charles S. Lester to the Recruit.
Paymaster and Purser—Thomas D. Gulliver, to the
Crocodile.