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MILITARY FLOGGING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn,—ln the hope that a itatementofiitcts, Which came
under my own observation may tend to strengthen the
argument of yourself and others, who are desirous of abolish-
ing the horrid system of flogging in the navy and army, or,
at all events, of preventing any tyrant, who may happen to
be placed in the command of any ship of war, from flogging
any person without a regular trial by competent authority,
I beg to submit the following :
During the late war, I was surgeon of a ship in the royal
navy ; that ship (on one occasion) sailed from Spithead in
the evening (I avoid dates and names), and as soon as we
had got clear of the land the captain went round the decks to,
see that all was in order, when finding an empty cheese cask
on the deck, he immediately had the boatswain's mate
(whose duty it was to have had the said cask struck down
into the hold) and the unfortunate purser's steward (who ,
had committed no offence, but bad emptied the cask in the
line of his duty), to be tied up and flogged by lanthorn light,
without even turning up the ship's company and officers, or
requiring the presence of the surgeon, to witness the punish-
and oppression were suffered to pass
punish-
ment. For such conduct the captain ought to have been
a seaman being dismissed the service, but in those days, if anyone complained
was accordingly placed in
of his captain he was sure to have his promotion stopped, and
unpunishedmany acts ofin tyrannyeensec
aen d hthereof.
e ship,
danger-
ously ill with fever, and the .
weather
being very hot, I repre-
sented to the captain the necessity of having the sick man
captain informed
Whilst cruisingaiiryn tphelenaccseea
placed in a cool,
a screened berth under the half deck, We one day fell in
with another man of war, whose captain (an Honourable)
came on board to visit our captain, when seeing this screened
him that the surgeon had considered it necessary for the
ian's life. The Hon. Captain •
preservation of the n replied,
let him •
"Put him down into the cockpit, die and be d—d."
berth, he asked what it was for? and our
And this man is now, I believe, a member of the House of
Lords.--I remain, Sir &C.
July 26. MEDICUS.
N.—

EDITOR OP THE SUN.
Maule appears to treat the subject 'of
lightly, in
thereply to the humane inquiry,
propose that the lion. Member be re-
_
misliita,ar7TAsflOog3giiTrnH.gFEseox
and then perhaps the Hon: Member will
proposed by Dr. BOWriDg in Commons' House of Parlia-
only twenty-five lashes,
qmeeeantt,edpertme irtemeeeivteo
instead of 150,
from the same military butchers who so generously but-
chered poor White,
speak of military flogginglia much
more feeling and
humane way, and will doubtlessly use his Parliamentary
influence for its immediate and total abolition.
vidCaharii. Christian
tcbouernetT by
y every reason-
Military flogging has very long been considered as a disgrace
man in England
toab reason-
able civilised, 1 itsbe di
n, professingbiegdie i
who will dare to swear that poor White's death was not
caused by the flogging ? Would he have died without the
flogging? That is the question for Mr. Fox Maule to an-
swer, and the people of England will be satisfied as regards
poor White —I am, Sir, tge,l
A CONSTANT READER.
July 24, 1846.

Awcas to all appearance dead
AIN.--At Palterton, in
the parish CHILD
on the 19th inst., an infant, the
daughter
—laid out,,and the passing be
rung, The child lay from
pihLopfoEfelosei m
Elizabeth
ltihf4 T
Go
I LasisFb:
seven o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock at night, when
a person, on going up-stair?" found the child alive and cry-
ing.—Cfestcrflefd Cl7urfer.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY::The packet-ship Joshua
Ba•es, Captain Murdock, arrived in the Mersey this
morning, from Boston, bringing advices from that city
to the 6th instant, from New York to the 4th, and from
Washington to the 3d, inclusive.
These accounts add little to the intelligence received
by the Montezuma, and are chiefly engrossed with the
details of the revolt in Mexico, and with the proceedings
of the lower branch of Congress upon the Tariff Bill.
No final or decisive vote had .been come to npon this
measure ; the discussion, in *accordance with. the pre-
vious resolution of the House;terminated on the 2d, -and
the votes were at once taken upon the various - ainend-
ments and schedules proposed. Up to the dispatch. of
the latest accounts from Washington, however, no vote
upon its adoption or rejection had been taken. We
annex an outline of the proceedings. A private letter
expresses a belief that the Bill would pass the House of
Representatives, though without the-duties upon tea and
coffee.

The accounts from the Mexican frontiers by this
arrival are unimportant ; and, with the -exception of
a slight collision at Tampico, nothing had occurred
to disturb the momentary quiescence of the war. The
affair at Tampico arose from the Mexicans, under cover
of the three gunboats lying in the river, having at-
tempted to erect an additional battery on the northern
bank. The commander of the United States vessel St.
Mary, observing this, began cannonading the works, the
fire beirg returned by the gun-boats. Afterwards an
ill-conducted and unsuccessful attempt was made to cut
out the three, gun-boats. From Matamoras we learn
that General Taylor still remained in position near that
town. The numbers, position, and condition of the
Mexican troops remain still a matter of uncertainty.
Accounts from Missouri state that, according to the
rumours there afloat, the Mexican commander at Santa
Fe, New Mexico, had advanced with a considerable
force towards the frontiers to repel the projected expez
dition under Colonel Kearney.
The domestic affairs of the States are uninteresting.
The Washington Union publishes the articles of im-
peachment framed by the Executive against General
Gaines. Their effect has been previously stated.
Commercial letters from New York of the 4th state that
there was a fair degree of activity in that cotton market
on the 3d, which closed at firm prices. The sales for
the week were 6,900 bales, at the following prices,
namely :

4,000 bales of 2,900 bales
Upland and New Orleans
Florida. and Mobile.
Inferior ... None. None.
Ordinary to good ord. bid. to 70. 6id. to lid.
Middling to good mid 7iel. to ad. 70. to Bid.
Middling fair to fair... lid. to Bid. 80. to 9d.
Fully fair to good fair Bfd. to Rd. 9id. to 10d.
Money remained at about the same valua as by the
steamer. In regard to exchange, this being a Boston packet,
little or nothing was negotiated by her.
The advices from New Orleans come down to the 25th
June. The sales of cotton for the three days ending on the
24th, amounted to 6,000 bales, nearly the whole of which
were taken for England. On the 23d the sales only reached
about 200 bales, the receipt of the news by the Great Western
rather tending to unsettle the market, but no alteration was
made in the quotation of prices. Freights were f.l. in Ame-
rican, and 11-16 d. in British vessels. Exchange on London
sto 7i premium. The receipts of cotton for the last four
days amounted only to 1,654 bales.
The journals publish a statement of the amount of Go-
vernment deposits in the banks on the 29th June. The sum
deposited is stated at 12,484,888 dollars, of which 3,014,630
dollars had been drawn for, but the draughts had not been
presented.
Our accounts from Canada are meagre. A report had
reached New York of a conflagration having occurred at
Gaspe, resulting in the destruction of from 40 to 50
houses. The report is, however, unauthenticated. The
Rochester Democrat says,—
"The wheat-dealers in Montreal feel the pressure as keenly
as their fellow-sufferers in the city of New York. We
understand several failures have already taken place, and
others are likely to follow. We are informed that there are
ever 2,000,000 dolls. due at the Montreal bank, the present
month, and that most of the produce upon which dependence
was placed to meet this amount is still in the warehouses o
that city."
.The New York papers contain the following para-
graph :
" Application having been made to the Canadian Govern-
ment to permit the importation of American wheat for
grinding, under bond, the Inspector-General answered, that
under the circumstances under which was enacted the Act 6
Victoria, chap. 38, and which the Bill introduced this session,
if sanctioned by the Imperial Government, will materially
effect; it has not. been considered expedient to advise his
'g,z.callency to anticipate the course which the home Govern-
ment may think fit to adopt."
The accounts from Vera Cruz reach to the 16th ult.
The blockade still remained in force. The position and
intentions of Paredes were unknown. Symptoms of dis-
affection against his rule are reported as existing in
Vera Cruz, and to all appearances the revolution was
involving the whole country, and his fall was ...tt tair.
The new Congress had assembled. According to the
New Orleans journals, Paredes immediately transmitted
to the assembly a message strongly recommending an
immediate declaration of war against the United States.
The result was unknown. _ _ _

Letters from Mazatlan, to the 20th of May, add, that
the garrison had on the 7th pronounced in favour of
Santa Anna.

Havannah advices of the 20th ult. state that the
steamers Montezuma and Guadaloupe were about to
leave for England to effect repairs. They had been re-
quired by the Governor to land their guns.
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.

'WASHINGTON, JULY 2.—The discussion upon the new
Tariff Bill having been terminated, the Committee now pro-
ceeded to dispose of amendments. The schedules on the Bill
ran from Ato H inclusive. Mr. M'Kay moved to add
another marked I, the articles in which should bear a duty of
40 per cent.—Agreed to. Schedule A (brandy, cordials,
&c.) was then amended by striking out 75 per cent., and
inserting 100 per cent. The House then agreed to it. Sche-
dule B (30 per cent.) was amended by adding thereto from
other schedules of articles, viz. :—ale, beer, porter; china,
earthen and stone ware ; wine, tobacco, willow-splits for
making baskets, hats or bonnets made of straw or satin braid ;
and then agreed to as amended. Schedule D was amended
by making salt duty free, by a vote of 90 to GO. Other arti-
cles were struck out. Schedule E was agreed to, after
striking out sundry articles to be placed elsewhere. Schedules
F, G, and II were more or less amended. Schedule I was
composed of such articles as cassia, cloves, sweetmeats, pre-
serves, fruits of any kind, nutmegs, cigars, snuffs, manufac-
tured tobacco, and wines. Tea, coffee, and salt were made
free at ticles by a vote of 104 to GO, and the fishing bounties
were repealed by 107 to 69. The committee then rose.
JULY 3.—The Bill to reduce the tariff was again discussed,
and various amendments offered, some of which passed and
others were rejected. Mr. Hungerford's substitute was ver-
bally amended, and then rejected. The Committee rose and
reported the Bill, as amended, to the House. The previous
question was then moved and sustained by the House, by a
vote of 112 to 96. Salt was struck out of the 20 per cent.
schedule by a vote of 105 to 95. A motion was then made
to re-consider; yeas 101, nays 105. Great sensation pro-
duced. The Speaker could not keep Members in their seats.
The next question was on patting salt on the lilt of free
articles, which was carried ; yeas • 105, nays IN. The
Speaker was then called upon to vote, and he voted no, and
declared the motion lost. A motion was then made to re-
consider, and the yeas and nays were being taken as the
latest dispatch closed.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING, NINE A.M.

By the arrival in the Mersey, this morning, of the
packet ship Independence, from New York, we have re-
ceived advices from that city to the 7th inst. The com-
mercial accounts note no change. Nothing later has
been received from Mexico by this ship.
The accounts from Washington are to the 6th inst.
On the 4th the Tariff Bill was received in the Senate
from the House.

Mr. Sevier that it be printed and made the
special order for Monday next.
The motion was divided, and the resolution for print-
ing was adopted.
Mr. Evans then moved its reference to the Finance
Committee.

Mr. Sevier called for " yeas" and " nays," and op-
posed the reference, because the Members of the Finance
Committee were absent. Mr. Speight had gone to
North Carolina, and might not return before the end of
the session.

Mr. Evans thought that if that was the reason, then it
was a reason why no more business should be referred
to that committee, and why they should be discharged
from the business before them.

Mr. Morehead thought it very unusual to make a Bill
of this magnitude the order for so early a day, without
reference, and without examination of its details.

Mr. Sevier saw no good result from a reference.
He wanted early action. The committee could not
report on all the items under three weeks, if per-
mitted. They were equally divided, and how could they
be expected to report it back?
Mr. Allen said, it was perfectly well known that mem-
bers of committees present were equally divided on the
subject; and said that the vacancy could not be filled.
No senators on this side would object to it. He said if
the Bill were referred, he would consider it equivalent to
its defeat.
Senator Niles (Democrat) expressed himself opposed
to the bill in toto. He should vote against it, and take
the responsibility.
The motion to refer was lost by a majority of 2. Ayes,
22 ; noes, 24.
The Bill was then made the special order for Monday,
and 300 extra copies ordered to be printed. A number
of private Bills were ordered to be engrossed.
The Land Graduation Bill was then taken up.
Mr. Calhoun explained the substitute which he
offered.
The debate was continued by Messrs. J. Chytcn,
Benton, Crittenden, and Calhoun ; and, without coming
to any action, the Senate adjourned.
In the House of Representatives some discussion took
place on the " edges of the tariff."
Mr. M'Goughy moved to have the journal corrected,
so as to give the full proceedings of the House on Fri-
day last in relation to the duty on salt, the Speaker's
vote included. _ _

The Chairman decided the motion to be out of order.
Mr. M‘Goughy appealed from the. decision.
Mr. Coble moved to lay the appeal on the table, which
was agreed to. Yeas, 90; Days, 52.

The first section contains a preamble of the measure,
then follows the cost of articles under the various rates
of duty to be imposed, viz.:-First, those that are to pay
a duty of 100 per cent., ad valorem, such as brandy and
other spirits distilled from grain or other materials, &c.
Second, articles to pay a duty of 40 per cent., in hich
are fish preserved in oil, composition tops for tables, or
other articles of furniture, wines, &c. Third, to pay a
duty of 30 per cent., ad valorem—alabaster,: German
silver plate, ale, beer, or porter, in casks or bottled, walk-
ing-sticks, china, earthenware, &c. Fourth, to pay a
duty of 25 per cent., ad valorem. Under this tax,
among other articles, are buttons and button moulds
of all kinds, several descriptions of drugs, cables, cord-
age, tarred or otherwise, cotton laces, cotton insertings,
cotton trimming laces, cotton laces and braids, manu-
factures composed wholly of cotton, not otherwise pro-
vided fort manufactures of goats' hair or mohair, &e. ;
matting, Chinese and other floor matting, and matting
made of flags, jute, or grass ; manufactures of silk, or of
which silk shall be a component material, not otherwise
provided for ; manufactures of worsted, or of which
worsted shall be a component material, not otherwise
provided for ; slates, other than roofing slates ; woollen
and worsted yarn. Fifth, articles to pay a duty of 20
per cent. Sixth, articles to pay a duty of 15 per cent.
Seventh, articles to pay a duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem,
in which are included books, printed magazines, pamph-
lets, periodicals, and illustrated newspapers, bound or
unbound ' • hempseed, linseed, and rapeseed, &v. ; Ara-
bic, East India, Senagal, &c., gums; furs ; tallow, soap
stocks and soap stuffs • chronometers, watches, and parts
of watches, &c. Eighth, to pay a . duty of 5 per cent.
Ninth, articles free of duty.
Sec. 3 further enacts that from' and after the Ist of
December, there .shall be levied, collected, and paid on
all goods, wares, and merchandise imported from foreign
countries, and not especially provided for in this Act, a
duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem.
Sec. 4 provides for the weighing or measuring ofgoods,
wises such is not contained in the invoice or entry.
Sec. 5 allows a drawback in the duty on pickled fish
of the fisheries of the United States equal to the amount
of duty paid for salt, if said fish be cured with foreign
salt.

Sec. 6 fixes the 2d of Decemberfor the commencement
of the Act.

Sec. 7 authorises goods from the America side of the
Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn to remain in the pub-
lic stores (if so desired) for one year, instead of 90 days,
as enacted by the Act of 1842.
Sec. 8 enacts, that in no instance shall the duty be as-
sured upon an amount less than the invoice value.
Owners, consignees, or agents of imports which have
been actually purchased, may, on entry of the same,
make such addition: in the entry to the cost or value
given in the invoice as in his opinion may raise the same
to the true market value of such imports in the prin-
cipal markets of the country whence the importation
shall have been made, &c., and add thereto all costs and
charges which, under existing laws, would form part o
the true value at the port where the same may be en-
tered, upon which the duties should be assessed.
Sec. 9. Value of goods may be appraised, should the
Custom-house authorities deem them entered at too
small an amount ; and in case the United States ap-
praisers shall deem them under value, the collector of
the district to have power to sell the said goods by auc-
tion within twenty days, for an attempt to defraud the
United States Customs.

Sec. 10 relates to appointment of officers under the
Act, who will be required to take an oath of office.
Sec. 11 prohibits all persons connected with the Ame-
rican navy, in any ship of the United States, importing
any article subject to duties specified above, &c.

TO THE LORD JOHN RUSSELL, &c.
My Lord,—l again addreis you on behalf of my brother,
colonists, for the delay of the objectionable measure now be
fore the House places another day at my disposal.
My position as the representative of a Liberal constituency
and division of an important county demands that there
should be nothing left to conjecture which may elucidate my
severance from your Lordship at a time when there is so
much confusion in the State. My duty to my country,
county, to you, my long adopted leader, and to myself, alike
call for the most ample explanation.
I still draw my exposition from the colony with which I
am so well acquainted. In Berbice there have been 472
sugar estates granted for cultivation, extending over the dis-
tance, more or less, of 250 miles up the river. Of these all
are now abandoned but 35.
These 35 estates in the last year made 8,800 hogsheads of
sugar; and if you will permit us to obtain labourers for our
hire, these estates can be made forthwith to return 35,000
hogsheads of sugar, buildings and conveniences on the spot.
If I understand you correctly, you stated that all the free
colonies together were incapable of supplying the sugar re-
quired for the mother country ; but, on consideration, you
will see that my colony of Berbice, let alone her sisters in
British Guiana, Demerara, and Essequibo, if simply placed in
due position to receive your free •trade principles, would cover
a vast extent of the demand.

The 472 estates quoted by me, extending over 259,500
acres, every other acre being made to return one hogshead of
9u,gar, would give, errors excepted, about 130,000 hogsheads
for consumption.
If this be the case, and my argument be correct,
why are the const;t—ncies of this country to be led astray by
the assertion that we, the ,olonial children, are unable to
maintain our parent in the sugar she requires to rpa,..:e tier
prices and keep her alive without the free admission of the
produce of the foreign slave?
Test our capabilities by affording us the full and fair
means of honest exertion and emulation, anti if we are found
wanting, then dismiss us as an useless appendage to a great
nation, but do not condemn us without a trial.
I bow, my Lord, to your decision, that the cry of immo-
rality cannot be fairly raised to prevent the admission of slave
sugar; we have transgressed all moral defences on that head
too much in cotton, wool, &c., to make such reasoning avail
us now • and I, for one, will wear on my arm no shield
with the durability of which I am not conscientiously ac-
quainted.
I simply and steadily call on you, my Lord, for protection,
and for protection only, till you enable us to obtain labour
and render it available.

Your relieving us from local restrictions in our markets,
though it sounds well in the ears of casual listeners, and
people unacquainted with the true worth of the relief, is
scarce a boon at all when compared with the injury and ruin
your political measure will inflict upon the helpless, who cry
alone for simple justice.
Unless we have labour, all you offer is but as a drop of
moisture thrown into the ocean ; your gifts will be lost and
swallowed up without raising the tide of our affairs above
the miserable low-water mark to which it has been so long
and ruinously levelled.
Had labour been afforded us, as I prayed that it might
have been, in 1840, by this time Berbice would have been a
flourishing colony, ready to receive and embrace your free-
trade principles, well able to compete with all the nations in
the world from sources sanctioned by law human and divine,
an honour to herself, and a splendid support to the mother
country. The navy might have been manned from her
sailor school, and her innate colonial demand for the manu-
factures of this country been of the most remunerative de-
scription.
We, the West India body, have been reduced by faulty
legislation to an evil, instead of kept as a benefit ; and, my
Lord, though I say it with • respect for the good_ intention
which prompted the gift, the inefficient compensation money
awarded to us as the price of otir reft labour did us ,little or
no good, while' it put into the mouths of our ignorant re-
vilers a by-word for the taunt of having sold ourselves from
future struggles.
I do not hesitate to charge :against - the splendid fact of
abolition of slavery that, under legislative error, it has been
made to increase the horrors arising from forcible man-cap-
ture instead of diminishing them. I affirm that a wide and
general free-labour system would have done more to diminish
the trade in slaves than all the cruisers placed upon the
various stations put together.
While it is not yet too late let me impress upon the Go-
vernment the crying necessity for a system of free labour;
guarded as you like, but full, free, and sufficient for all pur-
poses of culture. I call on you, my Lord, for it, in strict ac-
cordance with.your liberal principles! Let the market be
open, let us be free to procure labourers whencesoever they
will come. Your door at home is not shut against the artisan
from any country, though you need them but for luxury;
the foreigner in the colony is necessary to our very existence;
then we have a better right that he should be admitted. We
demand that the Croomen, and all other free tribes, of what-
soever sort or locality, shall be allowed to accept our offers if
they approve of them, you, my Lord, -taking good and suffi-
cient care that your immigration agents in all the British
colonies should watch over and carry out the fair principles
of free-agency between the employer and employed.—Your
most obedient humble servant,
GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY.
Berkeley House, July 24.

IRELAND.
REPRESENTATION OF DUNDALK,

DunLm, JULY 25.—The Solicitor-General, Mr. J. H.
Monahan, has started for Dundalk, where, we are assured by
the Freeman's Journal, he will be opposed by Daniel the
younger. Mr. Byrne, a solicitor connected with the borough,
and friend of Mr. Monahan, arrived in town on Thursday
night, says the writer, from Dundalk, filled with the hope
that Mr. Monahan would have had" a walk over," as it was
supposed that Mr. Daniel O'Connell, jun., had received an in-
vitation from the electors of Clonmel and had accepted it,
and Dundalk was booked as impracticable to any man but an
O'Connell. On Yesterday morning, however, Mr. Byrne was
awakened from his very pleasing dream by seeing in the
Freeman's Journal an official intimation that the standard of
repeal was hoisted in Duealk, the colours nailed to the
mast, and, should the Solicitor-General persevere, which we
strongly doubt, that the battle should be fought unflinchingly.
The Freeman says that the following is the state of the
registry :
Repealers
...
Tories
Whigs ••• ......... i••••;•p••••••• • ... 35

- 110

Leaving a majority for repeal 0f.... 30
This representation, however, cannot, be ?Implicitly retie,
upon.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston had a select
party to dinner on Sunday evening at their residence, in
Carlton House-terrace.

LORD-LIEUTENANT OF NORFOLIE.—WO understand
that Lord John Russell offered the distinction to the Earl o
Albemarle at her Majesty's desire, but that his Lordship de-
clined the honour on account of his age, and that on Tues-
day the' Earl of Leicester was offered the appointment, and
accepted it. To the Noble Earl the appointment must ha
highly gratifying, as a proof of the high favour of his Sove-
reign, while the county will receive it as a compliment not
only due to the station of his Lordship, but to the noble cha-
racter, sound liberal principle.s, and honoured career of his
late revered father.-IVorwirh Atiroury.

PROTESTANTISM POLAND-.
Count Valerian Krasinski delivered his second lec-
ture on this subject at Willis's Rooms on Saturday last.
His attention was chiefly occupied with the condition of
literature and the political state of the people in Poland,
during the period from the twelfth to the sixteenth cen-
tury, over which his previous lecture extended, It ap- -
pears that the art of printing had been introduced into
Poland very soon after its discovery, for we find that a
commentary 'on the Book of Psalms was printed awl.
published in 1465, and in 1491 a Prayer Book in the
Sclavonic language. In 1539 the liberty of the press was
secured by royal decree, at which time there were
sixty presses in Poland, some of them, however',
were the private property of noblemen. In the;
course of his. prelection, the Count quoted the,
eulogium • recorded by De Thou of the nobles who.
formed the embassy to France after the election,.
of Henry of Vklois, where, after describing the splen-
dour of their equipment, the historian says that many of
these nobles spoke I.:fain—many- of them the German
and Italian languages—and many more the French, and
with such purity that they seemed rather the in:habitants
of the banks of the Seine and the Loire than of t,he Vis-
tula. The lecturer went into the particulars of th e bio-
graphyiof John Alaski and Stanislaus Hosen, bot b of
them eminent' individuals, but divided in their atta4lb-
ment to party, and opponents in the veat religioo6
struggles of the times. The former is weil known in
this country, where he resided for some time, in .the -
reign of Edward VI,, a leader among the English Re- •
formers,- closely- allied to Cranmer, and generally
teemed by all who were not blinded by sectarian preju-
dice. Count Krasinski lamented the ill-regulated tormsp
or rather the entire want of form and law under which
his countrymen proceeded to the most important act in
their civil existence, the election of a King, and ascribed
to this a great measure of the rain which bay ultimately:
befallen his country.

THE LATE LAMENTAVLE A tscci

DENT ON THE RIVER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN.

Stn,—Observing the report of a lamentable accident
the morninepapers, I am anxious to contradict a part of
that report, so far as my infant daughter is concerned. I r
hasten to inform you that the unfortunate child -is the
daughter pf Mr. Rathbone, one of the people in my service, t
and who lives at my house, 454, Strand.
The gentlemen who contribute intelligence of this sort to
the press ought more carefully to ascertain the names of Ow*
.unfortunate parties before they unceremoniously write what
must cause much unnecessary suffering to a large circle of
friends.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., JAMES WYLD.

The following are the circu►nstances of the case

On Saturday evening a melancholy accident, resulting in
the deaths of a Miss Wiltshire and the infant daughter of
Mr. Rathbone, took place at Vauxhall-bridge Pier. It ap-
pears from what information could be collected that about
ten minutes past six on the evening in question, George
Maynard, the pier-man, observed a large skiff; in which
there were six men, three women, and a child, as it was
attempting to pass through the fourth arch of Vauxhall..
bridge, strike against the buttress of the arch. The boat
then shot out, and the two men rowing, although told to'
keep clear of the pier, brought her in fearful collision with
the triangular piling driven is front of the dummy; the tide
.was then running down very strong. The Lightning, Put-
ney boat, which was on its upward trip, noticed the perilous
situation of those in the boat prior to the collision, and
the captain eased and stopped the steamer, and brought her
to a dead stand. Instantly that the skiff hit the pier, the
rowers jumped up, and fell upon the sitters. This action,
together with the collision, caused the skiff to swing round,
and in doing so the fell against the curtain-board, or bot-
tom of the paddle-box of the Lightning, and immediately
filled. Captain Sherman and the crew of the Lightning
saved three men and two women. The captain of the Citizen,
letter G, by the judicious use of his life lines, save%l two
more men, and the Bachelor rescued the eighth ; but, .i.na;.
fortunately, Miss Wiltshire and the child perished.•
All the passengers in the Lightning unite in stating that no'
blame could possibly attach to Captain Sherman, but, on
the contrary, he is to be commended for his precaution, and
the activity afterwards displayed by him and his crew. The
captains of the Citizen, letter G, and the Bachelor, are alike
deserving praise. There appeared to be no precise know-
ledge who the other parties than those drowned were. It
seems, however, that the skiff is the property of Mr. Mehew,
of the Tivoli sGargens, Battersea, and was used to convey
passengers to and from the Citizen steam-boats. It is said
that the master of the ceremonies at the Tivoli Gardens was
one of the passengers, and that the remainder were con-
nected with those and Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea. rp to
last night neither of the bodies had been found. A reward
has been offered for the recovery of both bodies.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.-071 Saturday there wag a
meeting of the Court of Aldermen, at which the recent dis-
cussions relative to the respective powers, rights, and pri-
vileges of the Courts of Aldermen and Common Council
was resumed. Mr. Alderman Wilson asserted the indepen-
dence of the Court of Aldermen, and its uncontrolled power'
to expend the funds of the Corporation in the prosecution of
it duties, without interference by the Court of Common
Council. After some discussion, it appeared that there were
not sufficient members present to make a Court, where-
upon the Lord Mayor stated that he would immediately
call a Court, in order to discuss so important a question.
Alderman Wilson said, although there was no Court, he
should call the attention of the members to the attack
made by Lord Brougham upon the Court in the House of
Lords on the preceding night. He referred to the speech of
Lord Brougham respecting a petition from a person of the
name of O'Flaherty, who had been committed from the
Mansion House. It appeared that in consequence of an error
in the wording of the commitment, O'Flaherty, who had
been accused upon undeniable evidence a baring forgod a
leiter ip rte= co procure himself a situation in the coast
guard, was wrongly imprisoned. That the case had been
taken in hand by some attorney, and that the attempts made
by the attorney to induce the City to pay largely for the
mistake in the shape of compensation having failed, g peti-
tion was drawn up and put into the hands of Lord Brougham
to present to their Lordships, animadverting upon the cell-
duct of the Alderman as magistrate, and praying the House
to improve the administration of justice in the City of Lon-
don, by immediate measures which should exclude the
aldermen from any participation in the performance of the
legal duties. A long conversation took place on the subject,
and the aldermen resolved, as a committee, to leave it to the
LOrd Mayor and the City Solicitor to pursue what course
they might think expedient.
The inhabitants of the town of Elbing (Prussia) have
sent the following letter to Sir Robert Peel :—" Measures
which aim at the happiness of a nation belong to all nations;
the triumph of intelligence in one people ensures the advance-
ment of the interests of humanity in all. A statesman,
worthy of the name, is the man of all countries. England
owes to your administration three great reforms, relating to
taxation, banking establishments, and the tariffs. The esta-
blishment of the income-tax proclaimed this axiorn,,that
taxation ought to fall on men who are in possession of
property, and not on the means of acquiring it. The
Bill relating to banking has put an end to the deceit-
ful fluctuations of the value of money, regulated
the circulation of paper money, and brought a remedy
to the crisis with which the commercial world found
itself at each moment menaced. It has given, as it were, an
invitation to our Government to profit by your example, for
the purpose of endowing our country with a wiser legislation,
and more in conformity with our wants. The reform of the
tariffs inaugurates in Europe the era of commercial liberty.
Nations, in following the impulse which you have just given,
will draw closer to each other as the citizens of one and the
same country. Their interests will be more and more com-
mingled, and will constitute so many guarantees of peace.
The statesmen who govern Prussia, it they have not preceded
you, are ready to follow you in the path you have chosen.
We hail with delight the measure which admits corn free
into England ; and it is not ou terest alone which prompts
us to say so, for we are cons sts. d that this measure will be
profitable tq the English people. Your name will pass to
posterity loaded with blessings."
GRAND CALEDONIAN FETE AT VAUXHALL.—This
fete, which is announced for Wednesday next, will be under
the immediate patronage of the noblemen and gentlemen 9f
the Highland Society of London, including the chief,ehois
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the president, theof Duke
-Buccleuch, and the vice-presidents, the a
Viscount Belhaven, 1 Bart., Lieutenant-General Sir
'robot' Chisholm, &c , &c. A
Sir James J . R..l4lAcalicednEozni
aer
do,f Scatwell,
adjutant-
general of the forces, the yh xn,
number of Highland chieftains and others have expressed
their intention of appearing in the various costumes of the
several clans.
RoYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANs.—Dr. William Daly,
physician to the Penitentiary, Millbank, and Dr. Janies Ris-
don Bennett, physician to St. Thomas's Hospital, have been
elected Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians.
THE WATERMEN'S PIER,GREENWICR.—ConsiderabIe
excitement was manifested in Greenwich on Saturday even-
ing, at the appearance of a paper affixed to the flag-staff on
the Watermen's Steam-boat pier, signed by Mr. Saunders,
Sub-Conservator and Water Bailiff, giving notice to Wilkins
and sixteen others that he intended to take possession of,
and remove all the barges, chains, &c., composing the pier.
The notice caused great surprise, as it was generally under-
stood that the pier had been so altered and re-constructed as
to do away with all cause of complaint, and consequently
that no further steps would be taken in the matter.
LAUNCHING OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAMERS ANTE-
LOPE AND SITARPSHOOTER.—On Saturday afternoon, shortly
after three o'clock, two superior iron steamers, named the
Antelope and Sharpshooter, intended for her ajesty's ser-
vice, were launched from the ship-building depot of Messrs.
Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwell. The novelty of a double
launch excited considerable interest, and a number of spec-
tators assembled to witness the ceremony. The Antelope
will be employed principally, it is understood, in conveying
the mails to and from the lonian Islands and other parts of
the Mediterranean. Her length between perpendiculars is
170 feet, keel for tonnage 155 feet, breadth for tonnage 28
feet, depth of hold 18 feet, burthen iktons 649, and she will
be fitted with engines of 260-horse power, by Maudsley. The
Sharpshooter is destined for the coast of Africa, and will
mount six guns, two on pivot. She is somewhat smaller
than the tbrmer vessel, and has been built, it appears, ex-
pressly for the peculiar traffic encountered on the coast. She
is 489 tons burthen, length between perpendiculars 150 feet,
keel for tonnage 132 feet, breadth for tonnage 26 feet, and
depth of hold 15 feet 9 inches. Her engines will be 200—
horse power, by Miller and Ravenbill. At an early hour
both steamers were decorated with the Admiralty flag, the
union jack, and others of as national a character, and ore
high water drawing nigh, the vessels, while on the slips,
were inspected by several gentlemen connected with the Ad-
miralty. The order was then given to launch them, and
they glided into their future element amid the cheering of the
spectators and other demonstrations usual on such occasions.
Viscount Morpeth, us Chief Commissioner of Woods
and Forests, has appointed Mr. R. J. Mackintosh, son of the
late Sir James Mackintosh, to be his Private Secretary. Sir
John Cam Hobhouse, as President of the Board of Control,
has appointed his brother, Mr. Hobhouse, to be his Private
Secretary. The Marquis of Clanricarde, as Postmaster-
General, has appointed Mr. Gustavus Cornwall his Private
Secretary.—Sunday raper.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the
receipt of 31. from an anonymous correspondent, on account
of assessed taxes, legacy duty, and interest at five per cent.
Sir William Molesworth has paired off with Mr.
Goring for the remainder of the session, having been ordered
out of town by his medical attendant, in consequence of a
violent inflammation of the eye, from which he 4s just
%Tering,

_..•rHEATME ROYAL, .DELPHI.
UNDER THE .DlRECriag-61' D VME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING •
Will he performed a New Drama, from the French, entitled THE
MYSTERIOUS STRAN OE R. In which Madame Celeste, Messrs.
Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, 6;,e., will perform.
After which an entirely new and ,riginal Comic Sketch, called
ABRAHAM PARKER.. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright.
To k.e thilowed by Mr. Buckstone's Comic Drama, called THE
31 AII WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ;
Wily, Mrs. Fitzwillimn.
To conclude with the new and successful Farce, entitled THE
CORPORAL'S WEDDING; or, A Kis:, of the Bride. Major Oilskin,
Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, Mi.,s E. Chaplin.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In
whic'l Mr. Charles Mathews will perforrn.
After which a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP-
ING BEAUTY I THE WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. Charles
Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris.
To conclude with Sheritlan's Drama of THE CRITIC; or, A
Tragedy Rehearse Principal characters by Messr a,
Ryder, Homier, Co.
ompton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs.
Monne r .

ASTLEY'A ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the especial p stronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the
Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the PriNeess
Royal. Tremendous overflows. The present productions nightly
hailed with the most rapturous applause. Second Week of the
" Phantom Horseman."
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE
SIKHS' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 1546. Intro-
ducing the whole resources of the Theatre, military Brass Bands, &c.
After which, Novel and Picturesque SCENES of the HIPPO-
DROME and Sports of the CurricUlum, by the British and Foreign
Professors. Clowns in the Arena, Messrs. Wallet and Rochez.
The whole concluding with the successful Equestrian Drama of
the PHANTOM HORSEMAN.
Box-office open from eleven till Eve o'clock.—Doors open at six
anti commence at s.-ven o'clock.