The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

AMERICA via HAVRE.

lIAYRE, FRIDAY.-This morning the Albany, American
picket-ship, reached the port of Havre, having left New
Yo:k on the II th of January instant, and bringing with
news of the continued discussion of the Oregon
question on the 6th, 7th, and Bth. Everything con-
nected with this irritating subject appears to have an
absorbing interet in France, as well as in England;
but, with the utmost desire to extract something of im-
po..tance from the journals brought by this vessel, we
find nothing more than a meagre account of speeches
apparently uttered because the people expect it. On
each of these three days two gentlemen have addressed
the House of Representatives, which had gone into a
Committee of the whole Rouse on the proposition of re-
nouncing the treaty of 1827 ; and, taking their addresses
as a whole (in the way they are given in the Courier of
the United States), they appear to balance each other—
one being for and the other against the proposition.
The most remarkable address is that of a Mr. Bowlin.
who declares he will not concede one inch, even if it were
to avoid a war, but that he would willingly give up the
whole territory of Or.•gon to have a war, which he ap-
pears to think would teach European. the value of liberty.
We received last night from Liverpool papers of the
9th ult. from Charleston, brought to that port by the
Marathon, Captain Johnson. \%e do not find in them
any news of interest to the English reader.

NUHEROUS FIRES on SATURDAY.
Not fewer than six fires occurred in the metropolis on Sa•
turday last, involving the destruction of a considerable
amount of property.
The first broke out in the extensive manufactory of Mr.
Jones, cabinet-maker, &c., No. 23, Castle-street, Finsbury,
not far north of the square. A constable, who was going to
his home from night duty, discovered the outbreak. Not-
withstanding every possible exertion was made by the fire-
men and a large body of assistants, the flames were not sub-
dued until the workshops and a great quantity of mahDgany
and veneering were destroyed. The extensive and valuably
stocked premises belonging to Mr. Haddon, printer, were also
much injured by the combined action of fire and water, as
were also houses contiguous to and fronting the fire.
Subjoined is "Mr. Braidwood's official report of the die •
aster.:—" Fire upon the premises of Mr. Wil:iam Jones,
cabinet-maker, No., 23, Castle street, Tabernacle walk.
Manufactory and contents burned down ; back windows of
dwelling-house burned out; and much damage done to the
building by fire; neither contents nor building insured.
No. 22, Castle-street, Mr. Haddon, printer—stock in the
warehouse on the first floor severely damaged by flee, upper
floor by heat, and ground floor by water • insured in Pro-
testant Dissenters' Office. No. 13, Caste-street—Messrs.
Baker and Philips, distillers, gates and front of buildings
slightly scorched; insured in the Piicenix. .1,70. 14; Mr.
Thomas Baily, town-carman, front scorched, and slighl da-
mage to buildins and stock by heat and water • insured in
the Alliance. \o. 23, Tabernacle-walk—Mr. J. Champion
(private), back windows burned out, and furniture eamaged
by fire and water • contents not insured, building unknown.
.No. 24, Tabernacle-walk, occupied bv Mi,s Levy (yriwate),
similar damage ; building insured in the Atlas; cause of the
fire unknown."

At half-past seven o'clock, another fire broke out upon the
premises in the occupation of Mr. James Sugar, corn and
coal-merchant situate at 14, 15, and 16, Kingsland•road. A
considerable quantity of straw and flour was destroyed, anti
the building much injured by tire, and the remaining part of
the contents by water. Caused from the falling of a spark
from a candle amongst the straw. Building and contents
insured in the Sun Fire-office.
A few minutes after noon, another outbreak occurred in the
horsehair manufactury of Mr. J. Adams, George-street, Spital-
fields, from the over-heating of the drying stove. Here the
firemen had a most difficuit task, the smoke from a vast
body of cocoa-nut fibre ne irlv blinding them. A capital
stop. however, was effected. Nrot insuri ed.
About five in the afternoon considerable damage was done
to the building and furniture of the Piazza Hotel, Covent-
garden, kept by Mr. G. Cuttris, through a defect in the
kitchen flue. Fortunately assistance was rrinnptly rendered
by the brigade force, and the extensive building and its con-
tents saved. Contents insured in the Licensed Victuallers;
building in the Sun.
About GO planks of deal wore burned by an accidental fire
up in the premises of Messrs. Job and Co., Commercial saw-
mills, the same day; besides which there were two other
outbreaks of a trifling character.

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ELEPRAMTS.—Two elephants passed through the
Strand
Yesterday, followed by a large n umber of persons. They
have just arrived in town, and are to commence their re-
ey
hearsals immediately,
spectacle of great ' preparatory to making their debit' tin a
Astley's mterest which is to be brought Out at
the highest terms Amphitheatreof on Monday next. Report speaks in
ani-
mals perform, and of remarkable feats which these ani-
having secured such a Mr. Batty may congratulate himself in
of the clever " Dog of the p',,Y, to succeed the performances
shnerston
Viscount and Viseourdessreue"."
select circle at dinner on Satnrdal) last, including entetrhtesiEnaerdl
ofa
Auckland and Hon. Misses EdenY Viscount Melbourne, Lord
Campbell and Lady Stratheder;
Airs.
st,aSlir Thomas and 'Lad
Edward Howard, Lord De Maul;,l4'rd J. Russell, Lord
, at his Lori-.
Wilde, the Hon. Mr. and
&Ine. the latter part
ship's mansion in Carlton-house-terrace'n
of the evening her Ladyship had a eption, when among
St. Aulaire, hia
the visitors were his Excellency Cournete
Minister and Madame
Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Dietrich-
stein, his Excellency the Prussian
Bunsen, his Excellency Count Kielmanse
Excel-
lency Baron Brunnow, his Excellency Counaffrogh e' v ehni st
l ow, ls is
dßehausen,
Excellency Baron de Cetto, Baron and B
Count Louis de Noailles, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Basborough7tlnlee',ll:tehrel
of Clare, Viscount Canning, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady
mour, the Earl of Minto. the Dowager Countess of Morley
and Lady Ashley, Lord and Lady Beaumont, Lord arid
Lady Dalmeney, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Lord and
Lady Beauvale, Viscount and Viscountess Norreys, Lord
Redesdale, Lord George Paget, the Hon. Mr. Smythe, Lord J.
Manners, Lord and Lady Marcus Hill, Viscount Clements,
Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley, Lady W. I'owlett,
Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford. and Miss Clifford, Colonel
Fox, Sir B. Hall, lion. Mrs. Norton, Hon. Colonel and
the Misses Fitzgibbon, Lord 11. Vane, Mr. and Hon. Mrs.
Tufnell, Mr. and Lady Georgians Rornilly, the Right Hon.
the Speaker and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre and Misses Lefevere,
Lord and Lady Monteagle and the Hon. C. Spring Rice.
?gr. Repton, Mr. G. Browne, Mr. Courtenay, Mrs. Lane
Fox, the Hon. W. J. Lascelles and Miss Lascelles, Lady
Suffield, Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. S d Mr. Harcourt, Sir A
. r. ney , Au-
etas Foster Mr. Mandeville, Mr. and Mrs. B. Disraeli,
Miss Sullivan, Mr.
Rear-Admiral and Mist Bowles,
Mansfield,
lb!.
C. r. j.iitterell. Hon. Mr. Gore, Mrs. and Miss
De reville, &c.
The Duke of
last,
for
hi:onshire left his villa at Chiswick, on
Friday
marine residence at Kemp Town,
Brighton.

We are hfppy in being authorised to contradict the
statement which has appeared in so of the public papers,
me
as to the nature of the illness of the Duke of Sutherland.
His Grace has lately suffered from deran.
p4lnients incident thereto. ged digestion and

DR. PUSEY'S SERMON.

OXFORD, FRB. L—This morning, at an early hour, the

doors of the Cathedral were besieged-with hundreds anxious
to hear Dr. Pusey, and on being opened every available place
for hearing within the building was immediately filled. The i
Vice-Chancellor, attended by thirteen of the heads of houses
and both the proctors, having, with some ditlicalty, made
their way through the dense crowd, took their seats about
half-past ten o'clock, and Dr. Posey having ascended the
pulpit, and made the bidding prayer, took the 20th chapter
of St. John, and the 21st to the 23d verse for his text—
" Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you ; as my
Father hath sent me so send I you. And when he had said
this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye
the Holy Ghost : whosoever's sins ye remit are remitted
unto them ; and whosoever's sins ye retain, they are re-
tained." Dr. Pusey commenced with a slight allusion to his
suspension, which he spoke of as a judgment from the Al-
mighty for his secret sins. In that sermon he had never in-
tended to speak controversially, but there were those who
thought that when particular mention was made of the chan-
nels of grace that they forgot him who was the means of grace.
He wished rather to have dwelt on those gifts conveyed in the
Eucharist on which they might have all been united. He
dwelt on that sacrament first,
as the means by which the
sinful body was made clean ; secondly, as a commemorative
sacrifice—quoting, in support of the latter, Bishop Wilson's
prayer before administering the sacrament, that the minis-
ters may be worthy to offer the sacrifice ; the clergy acting
not instead of, but as ministers of Christ. Dr. Pusey then
arrived at the great subject of his sermon—viz., private
confession and absolution. God alone can forgive sins; but
would he forgive them less by conveying his forgiveness
through ministers. When, in the words of his text, he said
" Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosoever's sins ye remit are
remitted unto them," who honoured him most, those who
observed the commend, or those who neglected it ? In the
daily prayers of the Church confession and absolution pre-
ceded the Lord's Prayer, and it made them fitter to hear
his Divine word, and join in praise and thanksgiving. In
private absolution the Church spoke words which, if she were
not authorised to use, were nothing less than blasphemy :
"I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ;" and in the ser-
vice of the Visitation of the Sick, the Church exhorted
her priests to move sick persons to make confession of their
sins. The Doctor then spoke of the "intense longing"
of the penitent for absolution, and the " thrilling awe "
of the priest, when he used the words, "By his authority I
absolve thee," and that in the name of the Trinity. In
speaking of the doctrine of the keys, of the power to loose
and to bind, he alluded to the lost discipline of the Church,
and that the Articles of the Church allowed the power to
bind. The office of the clergy in the present day was not
so much with the power to bind as with the power to loose
to the penitent, to minister to those who want comfort. In
healthful times the power of the key was not doubted, the
submission to the discipline of the Church showed the
acknowledgement of her power of forgiveness. The discip-
line was the token of the power to loose sin. No one then
said by what power or authority do you do these things ?
Do the lame walk ? Do the blind see? And when asked

how they chid them, they might sly with St. Peter, "through
faith in his name." The practice of the Church became the

commentary upon the word. For instance, infant baptism
showed the command conveyed in the words "suffer little
children to come unto me." The Church proposes, faith
receive, and the Holy Spirit works. The doctrine of the
keys was authoritatively given three times before the Resur-
rection, to St. Peter, "I give unto thee the keys of Heaven,"
and then to all the apostles, at their solemn inauguration,
"As my Father sent the so send I you." The greatness
of the power thus given to men was indeed sufficient
to make them tremble. What angel in Heaven could
have used such words so comforting to the peni-
tent ? By baptism they were brought into the fold ; by
absolution they were restored who had broken away. All
sins were forgiven, none were excepted, great and small ; all
may have pardon who are penitent; none are excepted
" whose sins ye remit are remitted unto them ;" full, present,
absolute, and universal forgiveness. Many object to the idea,
that power is given to those who may abuse it. Did they
not find the Almighty showing his power in the weakness of
his instrument? As examples, Joshua commanding the sun
to stand still, and the spirit with which Paul answered Fclix.

....
It is not the man who speaks, but our Lord by the Spirit.
Dr. Pusey instanced the incarnation as showing the convey-
ance of grace by man ; the Passion as bestowing the fruits of
the Spirit through suffering, and love in the relieving of others
who suffer. If any were deluded by the feigned repentance
of others, God was the judge; yet God doth not the less
convey grace through his servants, although some use it
wrongfully. Baptism was not the less the lava of regeneration
because some received it not in faith, nor the Holy Eucharist
less the means of grace because some received it unworthily
to their own damnation. his whole object, in the series of
sermons he had preached, was the comf,rt of penitents.
The Church allowed private confession, and, quoting the
words of Latimer, " Would to God it had ever been kept in
England." They might, however, be thankful that it

was not compulsory, but dia• the working in the Church
was now from within. The discipline of the Church did not
constrain the disobedient, but allowed them to bind up the
broken-hearted. They could not bear the sudden reitora-
' tion of its discipline; let them wait patiently for the Lord's
doing :—" The people shall be willing in the day of thy
power." All will be well if man attempts not to outrun Goat.
Dr. Pusey then alluded to an " lufidel in another laed,"
who spoke of the corruption of the power of the key. It de-
pended on the clergy, whether the power they had lifted
nearer Heaven or placed them deeper in Hell ; whether more
blessed or more deadly in its effects. The aid of constant
prayer was necessary. They were not so much in peril when
they feared, as when they feared not. He then spoke of the
unhindered pride and corruption of the tens of thousands
now growing up in the manufacturing and mining districts,
whose hearts were not opened to parent or to priest, but to
Satan. After some quotations from Bishop Andrews and
others, he spoke of those who being contrite of sin, however
deadly, still, if wishing to be absolved, they were absolved,
and if the individual knew not to whom he could turn, let
him use the daily and the Eucharistic Confession, applying it
to his individual sins, and although lie might think the absolu-
tion powerless, it was not really so, but that the repentonce was
insufficient, otherwise he might embrace its full effect, the same
as if individual imposition of hands had taken place. The te-
storation of private confession the preacher spoke of as
being full of difficulty. Blessed as the office was, still ex •
penance showed it to be full of peril, and only to be sought
with repentance and mortification by those who are seeking
to live to God. Sin was awful to handle, it was difficult to
hear and not be defiled. They must keep jealous watch
over themselves, framing themselves with discipline, taking
care not to be blind leaders of the blind ; hate all sin,
that they may teach others to hate; fervent in prayer, that
others may be fervent; loving much, because much has been
forgiven them, they may show it in their love for
others. The power of the keys was not a new doctrine,
nor had it ever been wholly disused by the Church,
although much overlaid during the last century. Its
revival had originated not in the agency of man,
but in penitents, who had received gifts of grace, not
from man, but from the Lord, through his Holy Sacrament.
If any felt the burden of sin, or of any particular sin, it
might be a blessing to those to know that some who had
been once burdened were now lightened and going on their
way joyfully; formerly the slaves of sin, were now the
servants, who had been struggling with sin, were now striv-
ing joyously for their God. Dr. Pusey then called the atten-
tion of those who were tutors in the colleges to the oppor-
tunities they had, and the duties of their station, acting in
the place of parents and guardians, in the blessings they
might thus confer on their pupils. They needed no new re-
lation between the clergy arid the laity, but only to bring
into power the resources of the Church. Nor must they be
disappointed if they did not find instant relief for their sins.
None ever prayed •to their Heavenly Father with sincerity
and received a stone. The more their longing the greater
his grace. If penitence on their part was sincere, the resto-
ration to grace on the part of God would be complete. The
Church did not object to penance; she still rehearsed the
examples of Ahab and others in the Old Testament—of fast-
ing and mourning in the New. It was better to repent any-
how than not at all. Evil days. perhaps, were coming upon
them, even the last strife previous to the last day may now
be coming. But if they trusted in God he would save there.
With some, if released from sin and content, they might go
on their way peacefully; with others, brands plucked from
the fire by self-denial and mortification, might be means of
rescuing others, and be chosen to suffer fir his namesake in
fasting and in strife, even "in deaths oft," bearing about
with them the dying cf the Lord Jesus; and thus is life
working in them, who, through theta, knew him, meeting
with their reward in the last day, when he shall say " Well
done thou good and faithful servant."
The above is a brief outline of the sermon, which occupied
nearly an hour and a half in delivery."

TO MR. 'WEBSTER OF AMERICA.
Sir,—The question in regard to Oregon has excited so
much dilcus6ion on both sides of the Atlantic, that I shall
take my stand, as far as possible, from the main part of it, in
order to view the conflicting parties more dispassionately and
more distinctly. lam confident we shall meet on the subject
with the same equable and unbiassed judgment, as when we
c ,nversed in England on matters of less excitement. It is
evident to me that the better informed part of the Americans
are convinced that their claims are untenable; and that the
worst informed, and worst intentioned are still more firmly
convinced than they. For no honest man will shrink from ar-
bitration. No honest man, who entertains a doubt of any right,
will assert that right from controllable arrogance, or from
imaginary expediency. In my opinion the courtesies and civi-
lities of private life ought to be carried into public, and even
extended. I believe you are capable of deciding even your own
cause with impartiality; but the eye sees with more clearness
what is not too near. Believing that much of the assumption
and insolence of your slave-dealers was encouraged by our
supineness on the aggressions of France, I cannot but express
my surprise that the wisest and most courteous of her
Kings, and most honest and temperate of her Ministers,
should have interfered at all in the affairs of Otaheite ; but
it will be incredible to future historians that, because we had
committed no wrong on the inhabitants, by seizing and
governing the territory—because we had only taught them,
for half a century, the arts of peace, and the duties of reli-
gion, it was allowed them to extinguish both, and to convert
the island into a brothel, under their protectorate. Still, I
am of opinion that a better sentiment than outraged dignity
withheld us from chastising, with renovated vigour and
effect, a restless and reckless nation. The same sentiment is
no less strong, and no less becoming, on the present occasion.
Physically and morally, the English would suffer much from
hostilities with America, but America will suffer greatly the
most. Do you imagine that we should be so insane as to send
an army into Oregon, or even a fleet to the coast ? No, indeed :
but we might, for the first time, attempt to effect by concilia-
tion and flattery what we usually do by force. Suppose a man
of high rank and distinction landed in Hayti, with gifts and de-
corations from a young and lovely Queen : suppose he appealed
to him not merely as sovereign of a rich and fertile island, of a
brave, high-minded, and military nation, but as a universal
defender and protector of all the blacks. Suppose he offered
him five million dollars yearly to enable him to accomplish
hiiigrand plan of emancipating them all, by means of ten or
twelve
thousand men debarked on your southern states; what
train of artineTrhe English
think you?
ilt need only transports, with a small
y, a few riflemen, and a few troops of dis-
mountedcyazalreoy .0
tMryanbye dnegba,,rkeitltipon4pmariegdhtfobre
them,mal
:,:thhde
promised the property of thweinrrni:aters, together with the
youwrethelmt,tffdiumdring the term
omfafsoteurrsteaennd
Nt.heeairrs,faimnil
to send no
thate country if you
troops into Canada, nor could you conounerit
did. Wait, wait, my good Mr. Websgter
within fifty years, form five other united proeinceT.un.n' will,
will be, because we never have attempted to introduce:, thuisr
language, the sacred bond of lasting union. I do no
im-
plore the great body of your countrymen to be just and ho-
nest. I am no enthusiast. I am no visionary. I only do
implore them to be quiet, which they can be. Oregon will
be yours ; but not yet. I wish it may be ; but not by force,
not by intimidation ; that will never do. The glory of Eng-
land •,nd of America is only to be extended by the commu-
nication of their arts and of their language. Let us contend
soonest, and th
London. there let contention
bothwh which h
beginof
u sanddoe end.—b°lt'oalinrd o
s, sv,eornje'
sincerely,WALri,,R SAVAGE LANDOR.

His Excellency Mr. M4Llme, the American Minister,
had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on Thursday
last, at Argyll douse.
The conference lasted nearly two
hours,

EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TIDES
IN THE WEST.

On Thursday morning last, a high tide, unprecedented in
the memory of the most aged inhabitant of the town, raised
the waters of the Usk far above its banks, inundating a con
siderable portion of the town and neighbourhood, presenting
scenes from the churchyard of St. Woollooe, the barracks,
and other elevated situations, of a romantic and alarming
character. In casting the eye towards the moors, which
seemed like a stupendous lake, the various farm-houses ap-
peared as solitary specks in the wide waste of waters. The
tide was up within three inches of the top of tut- dock
gates, exceeding by a foot the memorable spring tide which
took place in March, 1842. We regret to state that the
damage and loss, in various ways, have been extensive and
serious. The road from Newport-bridge to Fair Oak Hill,
and a part of the Chepstow-road, were impassable 'until the
ebbing:of the tide. The Abergavenny mail was obliged to go
through the Fair Oak Common, and it was with the greatest
risk and difficulty that Mr. Thomas, the careful driver, was
able to make his way to the main road. It is said that
several families residing in the moors can only leave
their dwelling in boats, and that others are confined by
the surrounding waters to the upper rooms of their
houses. The swelling of the waters is attributed to the
strong south-west gales, combined with the heavy land
floods. As an instance of the force of the current of
fresh water, we have heard that a wreck, with a buoy there-
on, lying at the river's mouth, in ten feet at low water, has
been driven a mile further into the channel from her former
position, upon which a fresh wreck buoy has been placed by
our active harbour- master, where there is only five feet at
low water. During the last fortnight, and in the heavy
gales and thick weather, a ship, at present unknown, came
in contact with the beacon on the Monkstone Rock, and
carried the same away—she is supposed now to be in our
port. If this should meet the eye of the master of the said
vessel, it would be much wiser for him to report the same at
the harbour-office than to run the risk of incurring the heavy
penalty attending the concealment of the same. Such has
been the fresh in the river Usk during the last week, that
the flood was higher by three feet, under the Castle Mount, at
Abergavenny, than has ever been known. We are also cre-
dibly informed that two breaches have been made in the sea-
wad to the westward of our river, and that many serious
losses have occurred in the cattle, sheep, &c., and that even
the lives of individuals have been endangered in endeavour-
ing- to save the same.--Monmouthshire Merlin.
SwaNsEA.—During the past weak, especially on Wednes-
day and Thursday, this town was visited with extraordinary
high tides, which, combined with the floods consequent upon
the heavy and incessant rains recently experienced, have
been productive of considerable injury and serious losses in
some parts of the town, particularly in the vicinity of the
Strand, along the banks of the river, and other low situated
portions of the town. About six o'clock on Wednesday
morning, near high tide time, a rather disastrous accident
befel the works now in progress in our river near the Pot-
tery. It appears that at that time the lower of the two dams,
built across the river for the purpose of preserving dry that
portion of the bed lying between them to facilitate the erec-
tion of the bridge, gave way, owing, it is supposed, to the
great pressure of water, an extensive breach wee made in the
part of the dam nearest the town. The rush of the torrent of
water in the vacuum on the inner side of the dam (the bed
of the river between the two dams having been dried up), was
tremendous. Owing to the violence and rapidity of the cur-
rent the brig Elizabeth, Jones, master and owner,.which lay
at the Swansea Coal Company's wharf, was broken from her
moorings, and carried with irresistible violence through
the reach. Fortunately she did not come in contact with
any portion of the walling, or she would in all probability
have been shattered to pieces. As it is, the stern-post has
been destroyed, and the keel and other parts of the vessel
partially so. It was a fortunate circumstance that the
occurrence did not take place at a time the men were at work
in the bed of the river. Had that been the case, loss of life
would most assuredly have ensued. In a pecuniary point of
view, the damage sustained is very great, while the accident
will have the effect of delaying the progress of the works for
a considerable period. The ferryman at the Slip states, that
he was on the west stairs waiting his turn across, when sud-
denly the water, which was about ten inches above the quay
wall, fell two feet, to his great alarm ; this will give some
notion of the greatness and suddenness of the irruption into
the empty space of the bridge works. During the time of
high water on Thursday morning, the Strand and lower por-
tion of Wind-street were completely flooded, the water in
several instances being some feet deep ; the cellars and
ground-floors were consequently filled with water, to the
complete destruction of the stock of beer and spirits in the
cellars of several public-houses, as well as of stores kept in
underground rooms. It would be too tedious a task to
enumerate the parties who have sustained losses in these re-
spects. Owing to the bad state of the drainage in these parts
of the town, we fear the effect of the humidity and damp re-
sulting from the overflowing of the water will be felt for
sonic time to come. So high a tide has not been remembered
for a long series of years.—Cambrian.
Cannter.-011 Wednesday morning last, as the London
and Gloucester mail approached the Ruinney-bridge, near
Cardiff, the coachman, Mr. Thoroughgood, discovered that
the road was covered with water. With his usnal cautious-
ness lie attempted to drive through it, but the farther he got
the deeper it became; the strong run of the tide, and the
heavy flood, soon compelled the horses to swim, whilst the
coach was being carried away by the current. The coachman
endeavoured to keep up against it, but in vain ; for when he
reached the Pengam-bridge (about half a mile distant from
Ru.mney-bridge), the coach was gently laid on a bank on the
left-hand aide coming from Newport. The passengers out-
side, a lady and gentleman, jumped off, and got safely on
terra firma; those inside, five in number, got out while the
coach lay on its side. Of course they got into the water.
The poor horses were immersed in the flood. The coach-
man, guard, and a farm servant, unharnessed them as soon as
possible, and got three of them up alive, but one was drowned.
Ile coach was then righted, and they proceeded to Cardiff,
after about an hour's delay. None of the passengers suffered
anything more than a ducking ; and no blame whatever is
attributable to the driver, who is considered one of the best
and mast cautions whips on the road. The blame is attribu-
table to the turnpike commissioners, for leaving the road in
such an exposed condition as to be thus inundated —Mon-
mouthshire Merlin..
noons ar LIANELLY.— Our correspondent at:Llanelly
says :—" During the pact week this town and neighbourhood
have been visited with unusually high tides and heavy floods.
Nearly the whole road from Pembrey to Loughor is com-
pletely inundated. A large amount of property of every de-
scription has been reuch injured, and some entirely destroyed.
Half the houses in town have been flooded, while a great
deal of property in warehouses, &c., in the neighbourhood of
the docks has suffered. A portion of the Llanelly Railway
has been destroyed in consequence of the fomentation having
been washed away by the water; the consequence was that
the engine and tender were overturned on the arrival of the
train from Cwm Amman this (Thursday) morning. For-
tunately no person was hurt."—Another correspondent in-
forms us of the destruction of the Great Marsh embankment
at Llanelly. and overflow of the marsh. He says—" This
morning, between the hours of six and seven, the embank-
ment gave way, and in the course of an flour the whole of
the marsh was covered with water. Horses, cattle, sheep, and
pigs, hay and corn, were carried away before the water,
but fortunately the principal part of the live stock were
saved. The tlanelly Railway and Dock Cempany are suf-
ferers to a great extent, the water having destroyed the
line to a considerable distance. The poor cottagers re-
siding near the Sandy Gate were in the greatest danger
of their lives, anti with great difficulty were extri-
cated from their perilous situation, the water being up to
to the eves of the houses ; all their pigs were drowned. The
farmers generally are great sufferers. Mr. Francis M,Kier-
nin, inn-keeper, and Mr. Richard Jones, butcher, may be
considered about the greatest. The tram-road from' the
Pool Colliery to Pembrey is entirely destroyed. The land
now from the New Docks to Loughor presents one sheet of
water, with only the tops of time hedges in sight. lam glad
to say that up to the present moment (four o'clock nat.), no
persons arc missing. The houses near the copper-works have
their cellars full. Such an occurrence has not taken pla 7e
since the burgesses of Llannelly erected the embankment, --
- Cambrian.

HlGHnitinGE.—We have been visited with an extraordi-
nary high tide this morning (28th inst.) l'he tide washed
down part of the sea- wall at Burnham, and flowed over the
sea• wall at High Peel, inundating nearly the whole of that
neighbourhood, and doing considerable damage to the High-
bridge Inn, where the wat,r was from three to four feet deep
in the house. stables, andwhole of the premises; it also washed
do.sn a wall forty yards long and ten feet high. Nearly all
the houses in the village were under water, the inhabi-
tants being obliged to retire up stairs. The water was so
deep on the Burnham- road, that Butson's coach was carried
into the river, the coachman and four passengers narrowly
escaping beii g drowned. We understand that one farmer,
of Brean, had upwards of a hundred sheep drowned, and we
fear many more losses have been sustained.— Somerset County
Gazette.

BAILNSTAPI.E.—On Wednesday morning the inhabitants
residing; near the square and quays were aroused from their
sleep by an inundation. Several houses having underground
cellars and kitchens were filled to the ceiling. Mr. Symons,
grocer, has had groceries to the amount cf 100/. completely
spoiled ; the turnpike roads leading from this town to Bide-
ford, Southmolton, and Ilfracombe, were three or four feet
(Lep with water ; the two beautiful banks which grace the
bridge were invisible—large bolts were paddling from the
square to the quays—the rails around the square were covered.
There has not been an inundation like this in Barnstaple for
thirty years. We should think the damage done, together
whli the groat loss of cattle in the fields adjacent, will ex-
ceed 300/. or 400/. The houses at Newport shared a similar
fate. The destruction of property was very great. The
turnpike road leading to Bideford is totally immersed, and
all communication with this town is stopped until the water
disappears.— Wectern Times.
_ _

CiItNARVON.—On Thursday last one of the highest tides
occurred at this port within the memory of the oldest inha-
bitant. The quays were inundated, and the railway near
the machine house, was entirely covered, so that the ship-
wrights, and others in the neighbourhcod were obliged to
suspend their labours. The orchard at Pont Seiont and the
Morfa were also covered with water. We believe no damage
of any importance has been sustained.—Carnarvon Herald.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
COWBRIDGE, JAN. 31.—The most extraordinary high tide
that has occurred for many years came up the Bristol
Channel this week, causing great devastation on the Welsh
coast; in some places the inhabitants had to leave their
houses with the greatest precipitancy. We have experienced
throughout South Wales incessant heavy rains, and great
fears are now entertained as to the inset crops. The Wheat
looks, in some places, too proud; and, generally speaking, I
expect a failure. To be sure, there is not much wheat sown,
the late harvest and constant rains having kept the farmer
in doors. Should there come, which I think we may fully
expect, some severe frost about March and April, I cannot
imagine even the consequence; the ground being so fully
saturated will be completely iron-bound, putting all wheat
(spring sowing) out of the question.
I am a friE.nd to farming, but I hesitate not in saying
that an alteration of the corn-laws is positively requisite, and
I feel convinced that a free trade will not so injure us as
supposed. At first it may appear so, but the event will dis-
prove it.

- A melancholy accident occurred near Cardiff last Sunday.
Two women were returning from a chapel where they had been
attending, and having to pass over a bridge, they missed
their way, and went into the water. Both were druwned ;
one of them was blind.

A largo quantity of wreck has come ashore at different
points, the remnants of the unfortunate vessels lost in the
late gales. The weather is still very boisterous and stormy
in the Channel.

SIR It PEEL'S NEW TARIFF.—OIt Saturday evening
a meeting of the broad silk hand-loom weavers in Spital-
fields, was held at the Crown and Anchor, Waterloo-town,
Bethnal-green. The speakers were unanimous in declaring
that the new propositions of Sir Robert Peel, with regard to
silk, would ruin their trade. The result was a resolution to
the effect that the trade generally should be appealed to, that
a strong opposition should be organised, and that petitions to
Parliament against the proposed relaxation of the protection
to the silk trade, should be prepared, signed, presented, &c.
A horrible crime has just been committed in sefarm-
house on the Belgian frontier, near Tournay, where- three
persons have been assassinated. Two gensdarmes, who were
heard
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LAW ISTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COUR7', Feb. 2.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)

THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES OF LOLTII C. TIIE
WARDENS AND ASSISTANTS OF TIIE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

OF LOUTII.

His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND sat in
his Court, at Lincoln's Inn, to day, for the purpose of hearing
the further arguments in this case. The case has already o-;-
cupied the Court for three days, and its further consideration
was postponed till to-day, partly for the convenience of coun •
sel, and also in order that the general business of the Court
during the term, might not be delayed. We have already
given a short outline of the case, and shall enter more it ..to its
detail when the arguments are concluded, which will pro-
bably- be in three or four days.
Mr. BFTHELL commenced his arguments to-day on behalf
of the defendants, and occupied the Court the whole morning.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN and a
Common Jury.
THE QUEEN V. cil.tPur..
In this case, which occupied the Court for some time, it
appeared that the traverser, who was a music-seller in Bond-
street, had been charged with perjury; but upon an investi-
gation of the case it appeared that the charge originated in a
mere mistake as to dates in swearing an affidavit in a case
before the Court of Chancery, and that no allegation of wilful
or corrupt perjury could be sustained, and the traverser wi,s
therefore at once acquitted, the Crown having declined to
prosecute.

COURT OF EXCHEQUEB, Feb. 2.
(Sittings at Nisi Prias after Term.)
Mr. Baron Platt sat at nisi prius, in Westminster; this
:morning, but the cases which came before the Court were of
an ordinary character, and involved no matter calling for a
public report.
The cause list contains forty-five new cases, and seven
remanete, making in the whole fifty-two causes, but many
of these had been withdrawn before the close of the day,
leaving not more than forty for trial, thirteen of which are
special jury cases.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 2.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice ERLE).
This being the first day after term, the Court, having
sworn a common jury, entered upon the new trial paper for
Middlesex, on which there are upwards of thirty cases, but
those disposed of presented no feature of interest except to
the parties concerned.

COORT OF BANKRUPTCY, Feb. 2.
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE WICKS.
This insolvent, who came up for his final order, is sexton
of St. Andrew's burial- ground, in Gray's Inn-lane, and was
opposed. On the previous occasion it was endeavoured to be
shown that the insolvent had been carrying on business as a
job master in conjunction with a Mrs. Goodall. Th. 1..01 -
vent denied the ...rt;4>ri•
A person named Sedley now opposed, on the gronnd of a
debt due to him. On closs•examination he admitted that
he had himself been insolvent, and so badly off that he had
borrowed money of Mrs. Goodall on pawnbroker's dupli-
cates. He admitted that he had redeemed the property, but
had never mad.: any declaration of the loss of the duplicate,
and how he contrived to obtain them without the ticket,
which was in Mrs. Goodall's possession, he could not tell.
Mr. SIMoN, for the insolvent, submitted that no reliance
could be placed on Sedley's evidence after that.
The Learned COMMISSIONER assented, and the insolvent
passed.

IN RE HERBERT.
This insolvent, who was a clerk in the Customs, came up
for his interim order, and was opposed by Mr. Addison, a
solicitor, on his own behalf, on the ground that the insol-
vent had mixed himself up in accommodation bilts.
Mr. Shaw said that he had discounted the bill for 451. for
a Mr. Addison, a wholesale provision merchant in the City,
but on the bill becoming due it was dishonoured. The in-
solvent had admitted that the bill was an accommodation
bill between him and a person named Rose. He (Mr. Shaw)
submitted that it was:a case requiring opposition; it was
not to be borne that persons holding situations under Go-
vernment should traffic in accommodation bills.

. ......
The insolvent said that the present bill was given to meet
another, on which legal proceedings had been threatened.
He had only received 14'. on account of the bill. He had it
from a person named Bateman.
Mr. Bateman, on being examined, said he was applied to
as an agent to get the bill discounted. He went to a person
named Grey, who was clerk to Addison. Witness was to
have 1/. for his trouble, and Grey U. After some time, 331.
was got by Grey, who at first said he obtained it from a
baker in Thames-street, but afterwards admitted he had in
fact received it from his master (Addison). Witness ac-
tually gave 354. 2'. more than he receirld, and never got the
balance from Addison. Willi, es had peon sued, and had to
pay 7/. 13s. fa. costs, Addison had not been sued.

For the insolvent it w.is urged, that it was clear there had
been a collusion with Addison, and that he ought to have
been sued

The interim order was granted.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
The fourth session of the present mayoralty was opened
yesteully, with the usual forms, by the Right lion. the
Lord Mavor(Joheson), the Recorder, Aldermau Sir Chapman
Marshall, and Alderman Sydney.
The grand jury hiving been sworn, the RECORDER ad-
dressed them as follows :—filentlemen of the Grand Jury,
the calendar contains a list of 178 prisoners, but that number
will probably be augmented to above 230 before the teraii-
na ion of your labours. There is one charge of murder in it,
and the offence is alleged to have been committed on the
high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty. This
case was the subject of observation in the former session,
It was however adjourned to the present session in conse-
quence of the illness of the person accused, but there is every
reason to expect that the case will be now proceeded with.
There are several bills of indictment preferred, and not less
than three distinct charges of murder on board of the Tory, of
which the accused was commander. There are also twelve
charges of cutting and wounding against the same prisoner.
The whole case is one of the most extraordinary character
and will involve many weighty considerations. The deposi-
tions are at present in the hands of the Learned Judge who
is expected to preside at the trial, but I retain sufficient re-
collection of the leading circumstances to express my opinion,
that the purposes of justice imperatively require that the
case shall be put in the way of the fullest inquiry and the
strictest investigation. The jury arc to inquire
if a murder has been committed, and it
then remains with the prisoner to prove whether
necessity, infirmity, or other mitigating circumstances, can
be urged in extenuation. In the present case it can answer
no good end to enter into details, and I will only repeat that
the impressson or the Court is, that it is necessary that the
case shall be put into course of further inquiry. The calendar
contains many other serious charges. There are six cases of
forging and uttering forged instruments ; one case of cutting
and wounding ; two charges of unnatural offences; charges
of uttering counterfeit corn; and charges of housebreaking
and larceny. There are not less than thirty-eight charges
of larceny against servants. There is another charge which,
as it is somewhat out of the usual course, I may advert to
more at length—l mean the charge of falsely selling and hav-
ing in possession forged stamps. This crime is provided against
by an enactment of the 3d and 4th Wm. Iv., c. 97, entitled an
Act to prevent the Selling and littering of Forged Stamps.
By the Act a person in possession of forged stamps is held to
be guilty of the forgery, if he cannot prove that he received
those stamps from a licensed distributor. The Act is so very
Vringent, that even the person holding these false stamps can-
not be (although licensed to sell stamps) screened from the con-
sequences of possessing them, unless he proves that he received
them from a person authorised by the Commissioners. By offer-
ing this proof he affords at least prima facie evidence that he
was not conscious that the stamps were forged. There is
also a provision in the Act against the possession of dies.
By the former law a person in possession of forging dies,
or stamps, or stamped vellum, was punished with death,
which is now, however, commuted into transporta-
tion for life, or for a period not lees limn seven
years : or imprisonment for four or not less than two
years, the intermediate terms are left to the discretion of the
Court. No less than four depositions have been transmitted
to me this morning, and the parties charged with the offences
are committed on two indictments, one for selling false
stamps; the other for the possession of false stamps.
There are a variety of cases under each of these heads. In
remarking on one head of crime, namely, that of larceny
committed by domestic servants, I cannot help observing that
employers have not always the power of guarding against
this offence, and the persons charged are the more culpable,
that necessity does not compel them to the crime. There is
animpression abroad on the public mind that there is a de-
creaser in cri.ne, because the numberof committals to the prison
of Nen-gate have somewhat diminished. lam exceedingly
sorry to tell you that this is not the case. I havelsefore me a
statement of the number of prisoners on the Ist of January,
1845, as also the number committed during the year. and the
manner in which the charges were disposed of. I find in-
deed, that the committals have decreased 434, as
compared with the same period in the former
year, but the fact must be remembered, that

a great proportion of minor offences have been tried at
Hick's Hall, before the Judge of the Middlesex Sessions. I
find that the total number of committals up to the 31st De-
cember was 2,678, exhibiting indeed a decrease of 434, as
compared with the former year, but this decrease can be more
than accounted for by the circumstance I have already
stated to you. I think there is nothing of consequence re-
maining to which I need call your attention, and I will,
therefore at once dismiss you to your duties.
The grand jury then retired, and the petit jury were
sworn in.

James Churchill, the elder, James Churchill, the
younger, Susannah Churchill, the wife of the first de-
fendant, and Eleanor, his daughter, John Stewart, and
William King, surrendered to answer an indictment for
mis-'emeanour.

Mr. Doane, in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Allen,
who had been specially retained to prosecute, conducted
the prosecution. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the de-
fendant Stewart, and the other defendants were repre-
sented by Mr. Chernock and Mr. Parry.
This case occupied the Court for a considerable
period, but the facts under which the charge was made
lay in a small compass. The prosecutor was a woman
named Rebecca Rawlings, who, with her husband,
James Rawlings, carried on the business of a laundress,
at Barnes, in Surrey. The defendant, Susannah
Churchill, was the sister of her husband, and it would
seem that in November last, he being at that time in a
very bad state of health, in fact, almost in a dying con-
dition, she went to his house, and at her solicitation he
went with her in the cart used in their business, and
was taken to the house occupied by the Churchill's,
where he remained until his death, which took place
shortly afterwards, It seemed that very shortly after
he had been so removed, the horse and cart were ob-
tained by means of a written order, signed by the hurt,
band of the prosecutrix, and they were subsequeggy,
sold, and the defendant Stewart, who is a brok9rit;
Putney, was shortly afterwards put in possession
premises, under a written authority from her hustian
and the whole of the property was sold. The precise
nature of the conspiracy alleged against the defendants
was, that while the husband was in a dying and imbe-
cile state they had contrived together to induce him to
give the document referred to, with a view to deprive
his widow of the little property in her possession, and
this formed the ground of the present indictment.
The RECORDER, after a portion of the evidence had
been gone into, expressed an opinion that the only point
in the case was,whether the husband was really imbecile,
and was induced by any coercion of the defendants to
execute th.: documents that had been aßirded to, or whe-
ther they were bona fide instruments. If the latter, no
offence had been committed.
The prosecutor, in answer to questions put by Mr.
Clarkson, admitted that the defendant Stewart had paid
over to her the whole of the proceeds of the sale of the
efleets after she had taken out letters of administration,
and it appeared that
the only part he took in the trans-

action was acting as broker, under the. authority of the
husband, which was now alleged to have been illegally
obtained.
After some farther discussion, a medical gentleman,
named Wilson, was t xamined, and he deposed that he had
attended upon the deceased a few days before his death,
and, in his opinion, he was quite competent to have
executed the in.4ruments that had been produced.
The RECORDER paid that, in his opinion, this evidence
put an end to the charge against the defendants.
Mr. DOANE i7,tima:ed that he could not carry the case
any further, and a verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly
re: urned.

The Learned Counsel for the prosecution then applied
for the expenges.

The REcoramit said he thought they ought to be
all wed, as the circumstances under which the property
had been taken from a poor woman rendered it a very
proper case for inquiry.