The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-18 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize :
Week Miles Total.
Name of Railway.
ended Opened. £. s. d.
Dec.ll Birmingham & Derby Junct. 383 1,000 3 10
10 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,324 15 9
5 Brandling Junction 25 795 3 3
11 Chester and Birkenhead ..
12 Dundee and Arbroath
12 Eastern Counties
11 Glasgow and kyr ..
11 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 223 6' 2 9 1
4 Grarid Junct , Chester &Crewe 1034 6,589 17 4
13 Great North of England 45 1,147 13 9
12 Great Western
11 Hull and Selby
11 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 399 19 6
10 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,869 11 6
11 London and Birmingham 1123 13,410 19 9
16 London and Blackwell
11 London and Brighton
11 Ditto Shoreham Branch ....•• 53 107 1 9
14 London and Croydon lO3 232 5 53
16 L. ndon and Greenwich 3l 733 11 0
11 London and South Western
9 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 568 10 11
13 Manchester & Birmingham ... 5 352 3 5
11 Manchester and Leeds
11 Midland Counties ... 57 2,229 1 9
11 Newcastle and Carlisle ......
12 Northern and Eastern ......
11 North Midland ... 724 3,528 0 5
10 North Union

11 Preston and Wyre
... Sheffield and M anehest er 7 No returns

12 Ulster
13 York and North Midland 23 1,372 8 9

DEATH OF MR. CHARLES SCOTT,

SON OF THE LATE SIR WALTER.

We have received a letter from our Constantinople
Correspondent, dated the 27th ult., of which we regret to
communicate the following extract:—

CONSTANTINOLE, N. 27.—8 y a Tatar, bringing
despatches from Persia, intelligence has been receivtd
of the death, nt Teheran, of Mr. Charles Scott, son of
the late Sir Walter, and one of the clerks in the Foreign_
office, attached to Sir J. APNeil's embasSy. The fatigues
of a long and irksome land journey, combined with pre-
vious indisposition, brought on a fever, which terminated
fatally soon after the arrival of the mission at Teheran.
This melancholy event, and the indisposition of the
Elchi, had retarded the public reception of Sir John
M‘Neil. Major Farrant is on his road baelt from Persia,
and Mr. Todd was residing awhile at Tabriz, in order
to recover from the slight wound received in his encoun-
ter with a band of Kurdish robbers. General Dukamel,
whose conduct towards the British Government during
the absence of the Ambassador, and the interruption of
direct relations with the Court of Persia, has been equally
honourable and frank, is about to leave Persia, where he
will be replaced by Count Medem, late Russian Consul-
General at Alexandria.

CRAIG
TO TER VERSUS FENN.
of
Sin—An„ one EDITOR OF THE SUS.
teristic of
paper of
this re adin the report of this cause in your
the the life assured,
never intimated evening
would think that the defendants
the deathany objection to the contract until after
whereas the leading
hcharafacr-
s
was geraentlevcals,
the policy lmacolintthe pre-
ttibatt,il;‘,oitltieinotelrireede
m_ium received and refusecr all others on the very ground
of continuous intemperance. This was distinctly ad-
verted to by the Attorney-General in his opening speech,
and as distinctly proved by documentary evidence ; in-
deed, the fact of the Office having actually filed a bill in
equity, pending which the assured died, to try the merits
in his life-time, although not proved, was declared by the
Counsel on both sides. As lam sure your reporter will
confirm this statement, I cannot doubt but that you will
correct the omission by inserting the present letter in
your next paper.—I am your obedient servant,
GEORGE FARREN, Resident Director.
70, Cornhill, Dec. 17.
LWC are always happy to give every explanation, but
we beg to ask how it is that an extra charge had been
-de for the life at the time of insuring ?—ED. Sun.]
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mad

The gamekeeper of Sir John Kennaway, Mr.
Cock, killed a few days since, on the grounds of West-
hill, twenty brace of snipes and one brace of partridges
in thirty-nine shots, without missing a single shot.—
Western Luminary.

EVENING SU

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 17.—There has
b en a dull market for Cotton throughout the week, and
holders have continued to supply the demand freely, the
tendency has been in the buyers favour, but we cannot
quote prices lower than the extreme decline no-
ticed in our last.. A limited business has
been done in Bra2ils, but prices have been
stationary. For Egyptians the demand has been
rather better, at our last quotations. Surats are
without change. 2,500 American have been taken on
speculation, and 550 American and 50 Surats for expor-
tation. 1,200 white and 500 stained Sea Islands are
announced for auction on Friday next. The prices de-
clared by the Committee for fair American to-day are—
Bowed, 51d. ; Mobile, ; and Orleans, 6d.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 17.—The trans-
actions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise—Lon-
don and Birmingham New Thirds, 26 ; Manchester
and Leeds Quarter Shares, 31,-; Ditto, Half, 261 ; North
Midland Thirds, 16+ ; North Union, 75i ; Union
Bank, 101.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 17. Our
Market exhibits more firmness than yesterday's.—The
following sales have been effected :—Lancaster and Pres-
ton, 274 ; London and South Western, 57 ; Manchester
and Birmingham, 28+ ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter
Shares, Z?/. I Gs. ; Union Bank, CI. lls.

THE FONDS.

IT► to the present time not a bargain has been done in
the English Stock Exchange. Consuls are 89k a for the
Account. Exchequer Bills. 10 12 prem.
Spanish Active Stock is rather Bat at 93

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 .... 65
Bristol and Exeter 6O . .. 28
Great Western
Ditto New .... 50
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton 5O .... 38
London and Blackwall;
Ditto New
London and Birmingham
Ditto i Shares
Ditto New
London and Gteenwich
Ditto Scrip... .. .. ............ ... 6/
11anchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties lOO
Ditto i Shares
South Eastern and Dover
York and North Midland... 5O 90
Ditto New Shares
HALF-PAST ONE.

There has been but little business doing in the Stock
Exchange. Consols have been alternately buyers and
sellers at 89,÷ for the Account, and for Money they have
been 904. Three per Cents Reduced are 89• ; Three-
:lnd-a-Half ditto, 99ilf. Bank Stock is quoted at 1653: 166;
Exchequer Bills, 10 12 prem.
'There have been but four bargains done in the Foreign
Market. Spanish Active Stock is now quoted 231 ;
Deferred, 11i ; Portuguese 'Three per Cents., 19fr ;
Dutch Five per Cents., 991_ .

There has been a fair business doing again today in
the Share Market, and in some of the lines a further
advance has taken place. London and Brighton are
381 ; Great Western, 84 ; Ditto Fifths, 91 ; London
and Birmingham, 163 i 164 ; Ditto Thirds, 261 27 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 28129 ; York and North
Midland, 90 ; Ditto New Shares, 314
1.
QUARTER -TO THREE.

In the absence of any late arriva!s, the probable re-
vival of trade next spring, or early in January, is
anxiously discussed by those interested. On the whole
the prospect is considered rather favourable, though
from the experience of the past no very san-
guine anticipations ought to be indulged in. A good deal,
we imagine, must necessarily depend upon the coutse the
American President will adopt, and upon the tidings
we receive from China.

Consols, 89 i ; Colombian, 20f, i ; Mexican, 26i i ;
Spanish, 234 ii.

130 W-STREET.---On the Magistrate, Mr. Twy-
ford, taking his place on the bench this morning, he an-
nounced that the sum of la. had been sent by the Com-
pany of Goldsmiths to be distributed amongst the pooi.
lie had also received 41. anonymously for the same purpose.
A great change has taken place in the weather
since yesterday morning. Last night the frost was re-
markably severe for the season, the thermometer having
marked ten degrees below the freezing point, and this
morning, and indeed during the gieater part of the day,
we have been blessed with one of those dense December
fogs which benefit candle-makers, gas-makers, and link-
men. The barometer, however, continues comparatively
low, and the change therefore is still suspicious.
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY AND
THE COACHES.—In consequence of the late heavy
rains many timid persons are fearful of travelling by
the line ; on which account the demand for inside places
by the coaches has increased so much, that the
coach-proprietors have raised the fares to 255.
each, being 10s. above the charge for first-class carriages
on the railway. Even at this high charge all the inside
places in the coaches are booked full a week in advance ;
but as they get few outsides, and frequently come down
with only one or two passengers, they cannot be very
profitable concerns.
The Globe on Monday, the 13th, inserted the
plan of amending the Corn-law, which it said had " re-
ceived the sanction of the lenders of the agricultural
party." We believe we are acquainted with the source
of this information, and can undertake to say that at pre-
sent the plan has neither been adopted by the Govern-
ment nor received the sanction of the leaders of the agri-
cultural party. It is to be regarded as nothing more
than the description of a plan, which, among a hundred
other plans, has been submitted to the Government. The
Government will adopt their own, and time will tell
which of the hundred comes nearest to it.—Circular to
1 1 Bankers.

We were in error in stating in our report of the
Music Ball, Store-street, in The Sun of Wednesdav,
that M. Mainzer had organised a class in Brighton num-
bering 800. M. Mainzer has three classes in Brighton,
comprising in all nearly three thousand pupils.
Woos PAVEMENTS.—The severe frost now
set in, has rendered the roads in the metropolis and
neighbourhood,_ exceedingly dangerous. This danger is
naturally increased in proportion to the uniformity of
surface ; so that on the best Macadamised roads, and
the most perfect of the stone-paved streets, the greater
number of accidents occur. We observe that the wood-
pavings laid in various parts of London, by the Metro-
politan Company, are strewed with sand, a provision
which appears to be peculiar to their system, and worthy
of imitation.

NORTH MIDLAND RA I LWAY. Arrange-
ments have been made with the Duke of Devonshire
for the purchase of additional land contiguous to the
Chesterfield station, to deposit minerals thereon, and the
traffic in which is greatly upon the increase. The ground
attached to the Eckington station will be enlarged by taking
a strip from Sir George Sitwell's park, on a portion of
which will be erected a dwelling for the clerk. Mr.
Frost, at present in the Leeds establishment, succeeds
Mr. Patteson as Secretary. Plate is ordered in Shef-
field, to present to the latter gentleman upon his re-
tirement.—Nottingham Review.

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THE NORTH UNION AND LANCASTER RAIL-
WAY COMPANIES.—We are concerned to observe, by the
statements which have recently appeared in the public
prints, that the proprietors of the Lancaster Rail-
way Company, have determined to abandon the use
of the North Union Railway Company's Station at
Preston. That an arrangement which has hitherto
worked so well for the public, and contributed
so largely to the convenience of travellers and the
despatch of business should have been abandoned, is
greatly to be regretted. The new regulation is intended
to be carried into operation on New Year's Day. The
junction of the two railways was effected by the
North Union Railway, at an expense of 20,000/.,
though the distance between them is only 200 yards.
Hitherto the proprietors of the Lancaster line have, by a
friendly arrangement, paid the North Union a moderate
sum per annum for the use of this expensive portion.
of the line, and thus, while some measure of
justice
enej-s
awarded to the latter, the public have been greatly..., in
addition to what in our humble
fited. This new move of the Lancaster directors will,
add. to' be
public to
unjust to the North Union Company put delay.pThe
considerable
vent inconvenience, by causing CI
North Union, may,
injustice to the proprietors of the
.) ,
t the directors of
judgmenttbsece
in some measure, be obviated
on 3an extra charge
`sufficientthe latter Company lei.Y
lmngfor the sum withdrawn.
to reimburse
them
the Lancaster Company to
It will then be necessary
e
corresponding extent, otherwise it
reduce their fares to a
will be the sufferers. But even sup-
is plain the public
pose the matter ;hot ld be thus adjusted, we do not sec
be indemnified for the delay which
how the public is 0::.,
e from the alteration.— Gore's Ad-
ams
will necessarily

rerliscr.
Charles Martzeki,
ACCIDENT.—Between one and
years, the son of respectable parents, re-
-1 thirteen
4pserte°oll6B-
- •
aged , i • Wharf, Cumberland cgent s
smog a. ,:mou .
ralong Warren-street, Fitzroy-
square, ,-
two o.elock yesterday afternoon,
kin proceedint,
lt,atr ' slipped down through treading on a piece of
SHOCKING
''' 12re' -.1 heedlessly thrown on the footway pave-
ment, ‘Cvaosllect,oenviely:dspitt a
orange-pe( , ,
state of great
and
i,er
TIVERTON MARKET, DEC. 14.—Corn much
3ustitteoy4s,s
to 6id do ;
3lasst6dweetot.s—dio'7l;)itelre—ksT,
eachpie' : Fowls, 2s Gd to 3s do ; Eggs, 14d per dozen
laioneeesaes,
6d, ati 6d
to 4s 6d per bag of
8 score—supply good
Butter, lld to Is per lb ; Potatoes, 16 lb for
good, demand
moderate.—Shambles—Beef, Sid to 7d per lb ; Mutton,
Dry Bacon, 8d do—supply good, and of very
3d to 6d dt); 'Veal, 6d to 8d do ; Pork, sid
superior
quality, demand good.—Cattle--This being our great
market, and the one before Christmas, there was as a
full
and very superior show of stock, indeed we
may notice
that it has not been surpassed for a very long period,
nor do we believe it will be equalled for some time to
come.— Western Times.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.--On Thurs-
day evening, about a quarter past five, four persons,
named Freeling, (leave, Watson, and Paul, boatwrights,
in the employ of Mr. Moorson, of Queen-street, Cheyne-
walk, were towing a large vessel from Hammersmith to
Chelsea, when, by some accident, another boat, which
was coming along at a rapid rate, ran into their vessel,
and it almost instantly sunk. Cleave and Paul were both
drowned.

DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS OF COLD.—The
body of a man named Daniel Clinch, a porter in Co'vent-
garden, was brought to the station-house, Bow-street,
about two o'clock this morning. It appeared that the
deceased, who was well known in the market, dropPed
down dead, it is supposed from apoplexy, occasionedbi
excessive cold.

SECOND EDITION

THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.)

BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock 166 India Stock ..............
3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds —pm
3 per Cent Cons 9OA ,Ditto Old Annuities ...
34 per Cent Red.. 99i !Ditto New Annuities...
New 3} per Cent — 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/. ...21c1 10 pm
New 5 per Cent 1 Ditto 500/
Long Annuities tocxpire Ditto
Small. 11 pm
Jan 11860 l2i Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 — 'lndia Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. ......
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent —
Belgid,n, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds 63}
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cez
Chilian, 6 per cent 72
Colombian, 6 per cent..
Ditto, 1824.
Danish, 3 per cent
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et.

Portuguese, 5 per cent. --
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 per cent —
Ditto, Metallic
Spanish, .5 per cent 234
(Ditto, Deferred ... 11
French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
Exchange
French, 3 per cent —f. —c
Dutch, 26 per cent.
IDitto, 5 per cent.

. _ .. .
SHARES..
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 65
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ... ...... ... .. 28
Great Western Railway( 65 paid) s4
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 3B
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 11
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
London and Birmingham (90) ......... ...
Ditto Quarter Shares ( b paid) 234
Ditto New-Shares ( 2 paid 27
London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 64
Ditto Scrip. (64 paid)
London and South Western
Manches.ter and Birmingham (40 paid) ... .. 23
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Ditto- Quarter Shares (15 paid) ... 21i
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto New Shares (40 paid) . ........
South' Eastern and Dover (43 paid)...
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid 1 90

QUEEN'S -BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

GREGSON AND OTHERS V. RUCK AND OTHERS.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Williarii Field (brother to the last witness)—l was not
present at the contract, but I entered it in the book. In
the book I entered bought of Messrs. Gregson and
C 0.," but that was not in Mr. Ruck's Contract. If the
seller authorises me to sell for a bill, it, is usual then to
name the party sold to. If the seller says he will nut
take a bill, that means that he will not take a bill himself
but it does not prevent the broker taking one, provided
he pays the seller at the stipulated time. It is the duty
''Jf the broker to make the bought and sold note corre-
spond; where ,he can; when he sells on diflerent terms
from those stipulated by the principal, he cannot make
them correspond.
Frederick God,:ell—l am a wine and spirit broker, and
have had a good ideal of experience during the 19 years
I have been in business. We sometimes sell on comission
without naming the principals. When the sellers are
not named, and when the sale is on commission. I con-
sider the broker is the party to be paid. I have acted
in that way to a great extent. In the case of the contract
put into my hand I should say that Ruck and Co. could
only recognise the broker. The brokers would,,have to
deduct the dock charges before they paid over to their
principal. That is always to be understood as a case in-
which the seller's name is not given up. Even if the
seller's name is meationed, unless it be mentioned in the
contract, the practice is as I have stated.
By Lord I)ENMAN—If the seller says he will require
cash, and nut a bill, the broker may make what arrange-
ment he phases with the purchaser.
Matthew Clarke, 30 years.a wine and spirit-broker—
In a note of the form put into my hand, the payment
should be made to the broker, if he delivered the goods.
I have known several such cases in the course of my ex-
perience. It is not customary to sell Colonial produce
by bill, but. I have seen it done sometimes. My mode of
business is always to give up principals. Where the sale
is by bill, it is very unusual not to give up the name of
the principal. The broker has frequently an interest in
the ,goods, from having made advances t..) the owner.
Charles Sutherland, a broker of 20 years standing,
gave similar evidence.
For the plaintiff Mr. Cresswell called
Mr. Bennecraft, a broker of twenty years' standing in
the Colonial trade. He thought it was very unusual to
ell Colonial prance by bill, or fur a broke r to draw a
bill. lam speaking of rum sold in the Colonial mar-
ket. If the.seller is not named in the contract, and that
the buyer is to pay by bill, he must give the bill to the
person he buys from. When the broker has made ad-
vances on the property, I have known him to draw bills.
Andrew Johnstone—l have been twenty-three years
a broker in East India produce. It is not my prac-
tice in 'that branch of the business to sell for a bill. I
am not aware that such is the custom of the trade. If
the broker sold fur a bill the seller is the party who
ought to draw it. It is the duty of a broker to enter the
names of the buyer and seller in his book. I have known
instances of brokers making advances upon Colonial
pro lure. East •India rum is an article that has been
only within the last few years brought into the market,
and the practice is not yet well established. If the prin-
cipal is not named, and that the broker delivered the
goods, he would be authorised to receive payment for them.
John Barrow, a Colonial-broker, of 40 years standing
—lt is-not usual to sell for a bill. It is usual when the
sale is by lilt for the principal to draw it.
Peter Bill—l am a member of the firm of Scott, Bell,
and Co. We have lately imported East India rum. We
sell at one month's prompt. lam not aware of any in-
stance of a:broker selling rum for the importer to be paid
by bill.
Henri Gouger—We import a good deal of East India.
produce. I never knew an instance of selling by bill ;
it is always cash on delivery. We almost always give
the dock warrant to the brokers, who receive the pay-
ment, and account to us.
George Barton, of the house of Crawford, Colvin, and
Co.—We import East India produce. I know of no in-
stance
of East India rum being sold to be paid for by a
bill.

Charles Kerr, of the house of Fletcher, Alexander, and
Co.—Selling for bills is very rare, and these we have al-
ways drawn ourselves. We sell for cash on delivery,
and the broker pays us.
Paris Paul, clerk. in the house of Cockerell and Co.,
East India merchants—We have always sold for cash on
delivery. I know of no instance in which rum has been
sold for a bill. _
Mr. KELLY then addressed the Jury in reply, and Mr.
CRESSWELL having replied fur the plaintiffs,
Lord DENNAN summed up at considerable length, and
the Jury returned a'verdict for the defendants.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE—The Tories of South Devon have
been entertained by their Representatives, Lord
Courtenay and Sir J. Y. duller. The Times,
whence we obtain our infi,rmation, describes the
gal-wring in the in'lated phraseology generally
employed io recorcinig events of the kind. The
company, large—the viands, excellent—and the
cheers, tremendous! 'rite tout ensemble was, in
fact, perfectly enc!ilniting. it was " a most
important political demonstration"—such as
" had not been witnessed for a i long time in
the county. 7, As a banquet given to cele-
brate a great . political triumph, by a party
which has recently obtained • ascendancy in
the country, the conqituencies of which have
recently transferred the Government to its hands,
we naturally looked ii-e two things. We ex-
pected that there
would have been a fair portion
..
of professions constitutionalot''
attachment to the
Crown, and' ol- cordial coagratulatioietorectet
Queen and her illustrious Consort; on tb
birth of an heir to the throne `of her
ancestors.
We looked also for a clear exposition of the
measures which, in the present embarrassed
state of the trading and commercial interests,
and the consequent deep distress of large Crum_
hers of the population in tile inanuf:rturinrr
-
districts, the representatiVes . who addres,:ji
their constituents on such an occasion would
be prepared to propose or support, with a view
to their relief. In both these expectations we
have been disappointed. The loyalty was cold,
even for Conservative teruperatu re. The whole
of this part of the day's proceedings is aptly,
though somewhat ambiguously, disposed of by
the reporter in two lines. " The usual loyal and
constitutional toasts were proposed and received
with due enthusiasm." Whether the scene which
the recent Exeter Hospital feast exhibited was
repeated, but the description suppressed, as unfit
for the public eye; whether the health of her
Majesty was received with marked dislike or
with cold respect, rendered more invidious by the
"continued and uproarous cheering" with which
Conservatives deem it consistent with due deco-
rum to express theirrelative feelings ofattachment
to
ward the two illustrious ladies whom t I ley thus
usually bring into invidious • •
positions at their
feasts, we n
e have no means of knowing. Either
mtoasts be implied in the phrase, that the
•" usual
Were proposed and received with due
enthusiasm." --
The public know what Conserva-
tives over their
cups have deemed due to the pre-
sent Sovereirpi. 'there is nothing in the report
of thy Devon meet' e• from 1 1 '-infer that
Mb y nen to that
they have itil
Ihroyed in their sentiments; a-
thoucb, under
_oneir changed circumstances, they
may, have be
modes of givitcl,lptere rather more pltideuL in their
If the loyalty zjithe -Dance arit. publicity to them.
of ics was cold, their
political orations wereeevoit:lll meagre. Sir R.
Peel could have desired '''''- : '
nothing more vague than
the
demon speechestratios €
n deliver d
at this "great political
."
STNDARD.—A, evening
Position has returned to the
organ of the Op-
the charge upon the
Irish appointments. A 9 this
its renewal of the war, and charo-edelpretext
but
patiailymeeting the case, Nve
shall, IS with.
as briefly as
ern ay, dispose of all the beads of
accusation.
First, let •us explain that we do not mean to
defend the, Irish Government from the imputa-
tion of having preferred Conservatives to office;
if the Irish Government had failed to make such
a preference, it would stand in need au, defence;

it wants none for doing what was merely ip duty
to the Constitution of the country, and to good
faith between man and man. The members of
the Government have been placed in their pre-
sent elevated station by the Conservative people
of the United Kingdom, represented by the
great Conservative majorities in the two Houses
of Parliament, because they, the Members
of the Government, are believed to main-
tain Conservative principles ; and, in order
that they may as far as possible (without
injury to the public service), promote the
influence of such principles—and it is ob-
vious that one of the most effectual modes
of promoting the influence of any principles
is to encourage them by patronage. We,
therefore, are so far from denying that
the Administration, either in Great Britain
or in Ireland, has preferred Conservatives in ap-
pointments to office, that we boast, on behalf of
Ministers, that they have made this preference
universally when they could do so without harsh-
ness or injustice; and it is a matter of exultation,
that so strong is the Conservative party in quail-
cations of every kind, that Ministers have been
able to make this preference universally without
incurring the reproach of a single unworthy or
inefficient appointment. All the men who have
been placed in office are admitted by the most un-
scrupulous objectors to be men of fair character,
of competent ability, and objectionable upon
no other ground than an agreement in political
sentiment with the Ministers who have appointed
them, and with the great party who have recom-
mended these Ministers themselves to the fa-
vour of the Sovereign. The accusers of the Con-
servative leaders, who, while these noblemen and
gentlemen stood in opposition, tried to injure
them by the prediction that in office they would
desert both their professed principles and their
friends, naturally enough wish that the predic-
tion may be verified ; but it is a little too much
to make the non-ffilhlment of a slanderous
prediction matter of accusation. We come
now, however, to the several articles of im-
peachment brought forward against the Irish
Government. They are as follow :—First, Mr.
Blackburne, the Irish Attorney-General's ap-
pointment of his two nephews, the one to be his
secretary, the other to be his professional junior.
Secondly, the appointment of Mr. Brewster, to
be consulting Counsel to the Chief Secretary for
Ireland. Thirdly, the appointment of Mr. Lefroy
to be Baron of the Irish Exchequer. To these
appuintments''are added, in these lists of wrongs
and grievances, the change of the physician
and apothecary to the Lord Lieutenant's house-
hold, and the reduction in the number of stipen-
diary Magistrates. The alleged oppression of
the Tipperary attorney, who was not allowed to
make his office of solicitor at the Sessions a sine-
cure, is no longer insisted on. Now the bare
enumeration of such a list of grievances, even
were all admitted in the exaggerated shape in
which they have been represented, must demon-
strate upon what trumpery grounds the whole
accusation rests.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOITTH, DEC. 17.—Thefollowing statement will
tend to remove the misconception which appears to exist
both at home and abroad as to the extent and object of
the armament fitting out at this and other ports, and
will show that, even including the vessels destined for
China, there has been no increase whatever of the Navy;
but, excluding the equipment for China, which is for a
special and isolated object, having no reference what-
ever to European questions, there has been a very con-
siderable reduction, especially in the Mediterranean.
During the last four or five months the undermen-
tioned vessels, including the Powerful, 84, which is now
on its passage home to be paid off, have been paid out
of commission :

Britannia, 120 ; Bellerophon, 84 ; Belleisle, 72 ; Sa-
marang, 28 ; Crocodile, 26 ; Tyne, 28 ; Scorpion, 10 ;
Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Edinburgh, 72 ; Seringapatam,
42 ; Dido, 20 ; Hazard, 18 ; Ringdove, 16 ;
72 ; Powerful, 84 ; Castor, 36 ; Carysfort, 26 ; Orestes,
18 ; Forester,. 16 ; and Spider, 6 ; being altogether
seven line-of-battle ships, seven frigates, and six sloops,
carrying 892 guns.

The —vessels which have been commissioned during
the same period are :

Queen, 110 ; Illustrious, 72; Madagascar, 3>i ; Spar-
tan, 26 ; Thalia, 44 ; Dido, 20 ; Pantaloon, 10 ; Harle-
quin, 16 ; Malabar, 72 ; IVarspite, 50 ; Alfred, 50 ;
Isis, 44 ; Volage, 26- ; Syren, 16 ; Serpent, 16 ; Belvi-
dera, 36 ; Formidable, 84 ; Vindictive, 50 ; Cambrian,
36 ; North Star, 28 ; L'Aigle, 24 ; Hazard, 18 ; He-
roine, 10 ; being four ships-of-the-line, 12 frigates, and
seven sloops, mounting altogether 896 guns.
Of the vessels paid cff the following are from the Me-
terranean

Britannia, 120 ; Edinburgh, 72 ; Carysfort, 26 ; Ha-
zard, 18 ; Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Powerful, 84 ; Tyne,
28 ; Scorpion, 10 ; Bellerophon, 84 ; Castor, 36 ; Lido,
20. Total, five sail of the line, four frigates, and two
sloops, mounting altogether, 594 guns. In addition to
the foregoing, three more line-of-battle ships have been
ordered home ; the Ganges, 84 ; Hastings, 74 ; and Im-
placable, 74.
lOf the ships which have been commissioned the Ad-
lowing only are ordered to the Mediterranean, being two
line-of-battle ships and two frigates:—The Queen,llo,
with the flag of Sir E. Owen ; Malabar, 73; Belvidere,
36; and .L'Aigle' 26.
The squadron for China are the Cambrian, 36; North,
Star, 28; Lido, 20; IlazArd, 18 ; Warspite, 50; Syren,
16; Harlequin, 16; Andromache, 28; which the Alada-
gascar, 44, has gone to relieve at the Cape of Good Hope;
together with the Belleisle, Apollo, and Sapphire troop-
ships, and the `linden, hospital-ship.
Of the other ships commissioned, the Illustrious, 72,
has gone to the North American and West Indian sta-
tion. The Spartan, 26, is for the same destination ;
Alfred, 50, is for South America ; Par.taloon, 10, Coast
of Africa ; Heroine, 10, for the same ; Serpent, 16,
West Indies.

The destination of the Formidable, 84 ; Thalia, 44 ;
Isis, 44 ; Vindictive, 50 ; and Volage, 26 ; is at present
nit known. It is supposed that some of them arc for
China.

THE CONVICT `YARD.—No respite has yet
been received at Newgate for this unfortunate -criminal,
and consequently there can be but little doubt that the
extreme sentence of the law will be carried into effect on
Mor.day next.
Several of the Cabinet Ministers visited Sir Ro-
bert Peel this morning in Downing street.
THE VACANT G A RTER.--Tile Duke of
Buckingham and Lord Wharncliffe arc both named as
likely to succeed to the distinguished honour of being
created a Knight of the Garter, a vacancy having oc-
curred in that noble order by the demise of the venerable
Earl of Westmorland.

Lieut.-Col. George Macdonald has been ap-
pointed Governor of sierra Leone.

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TIIE DEPOPULATION SYSTEM IN IRELAND.
—lsuring the last ten years, as appears from the result
of the Census, the decrease in the population of Ireland
has been 527,590!

We understand that S. C. Horry, Esq., has
started as a candidate to fill the vacancy in the timber
of City pleaders, which is likely to arise by the eleva-
tion of Mr. Ryland to the Bench, as the successor of the
late Mr. Sergeant Arabia, whose death was announced
in yesterday's Sun. _

The Carlton Club, according to some of the
Irish papers, have given the sum of 4,0001. to the testi-
monial to Colonel Bruen, " the exterminator" of the
Roman Catholic tenantry of the county Carlow.
SOUTH HACKNEY.—A meeting of this parish
was held yesterday, to levy a Church-rate ; the Rev.
11. Norris, the rector, tpok the chair. A rate of 4d.
in the pound was proposed by Mr. Haddon, church-
warden, and met by an amendment, moved by George
Offer, Esq., a magistrate, and seconded by John Mor-
ley, Esq., of Well-street. The amendment was nega-
tived by 65 to 85, and the vote for the rate was then
Put and carried by 80 to 62. A poll was demanded,
which was to close this afternoon. The scene was a
stormy one,
the police hang in attendance, and all but
pati ilkioners excluded.
, THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.— On Thurs..
xy evening., Mr. Godwin, jun., drew the attention of the
Society to the fact, that many stones, both inside and
culler mark or
outside various ancient buildings in England, bear a pe-
culiar
Similarsymbol. evidently the work of the Free-
emxhairbkistoare fou.ndoofndlia'tg•ernacmhsb, buildings,
exists between
aeries 6'9
and Mr.. Godwin exhibited e
countries. Gloucester cathedrael'l'c'eunrnethssosr
the similarity
e‘bboefyt,hceihetewt'o.
ham's College, Manchester, St. Mary's, Redcliffe, at
Bristol, St. Pierre, at Poitiers, in France, and the Rade-
gonde in the same city, were amongst the chief examples.