The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

Commander Wilcox, of the Victory. G. L. Greetham.
Esq., officiated as Judge Advocate. The charge was
for gross neglect of duty by having allowed the water in
one of the boilers to get considerably below its proper
level, and for not having taken the proper steps to ar-
r st the mischief thereby incurred.
Lieut. Pasco, the commander of the Prometheus, in
the course of his evidence, stated that he was aroused
from his cabin on the morning of the 28th Feb., then off
Madeira, by the stopping of the vessel, and en going to
inquire the reason he encountered an offensive smell of
something burning, which on investigation he discevered
proceeded from the engine-room, and from the feltusually
placed between the boilers, which he found had been
ignited by the port boiler being, in the absence of water,
nearly red-hot. On interrogating Mr. Hand, the engineer
in charge, he, in excuse for his neglect, said he had dis-
covered the state of the boiler, but was so frightened
that he did not know how to act. Lieutenant Pasco,
then, on ascertaining the extent of the damage, and
finding it impossible to get it repaired at Madeira, de-
termined to put back, and on arriving at Devonport,
represented the circumstances to the Commander-in-
Chief, Admiral Sir D. Milne, Bart., G.C.8., from which
port he was ordered to Portsmouth.
Mr. Frazer, the first engineer, and Mr. Wallace, the
second master, corroborated the evidence of the com-
mander, and Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer of the factory-
at Woolwich, gave as his opinion that the damage
sustained by the boilers was the result of careless-
ness and neglect, and although the boilers were of the
tubular principle, they required no greater skill in their
management than did the cld ones. They could not
be repaired in less than a month, and would cost from
3001. to 4001.

In his defence the prisoner called two- witnesses, ore
of whom was an apprentice on board, who proved nothing
in extenuation. The Commander, however, and Mr.
Lloyd, gave the prisoner a good character both as to con-
duct and qualifications.
The Court found him Guilty, and adjudged—
"That the prisoner be dismissed her Majesty's ser-
vice, and that he is forthwith dismissed accordingly."

COURSE OF EXCIII
Amsterdam CF. 12 61
Ditto, at sight l2 41
Rotterdam 9 U l2 7
Antwerp 26 0
flamburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona l4 0
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseille 3
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine 1221
Petersburgh, 3Us 364
Berlin 7
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 958
1 rieste, ditto
Madrid 364
Cadiz

PiThan 36
Barcelona 36
Seville

,NGE.—(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar
Leghorn 3O 65
Genoa 26
Milan
Venice 47
Naples
Palermo, per oz ll7
Lisbon 53
Oporto 53
1 Janeiro 23
Bahia 23
Buenos Avres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9
rortugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 9g
Silver in Bars 0 4 11i

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool•
sack at the usual hour. _ .

Messengers from the Commons brought up the Inter-
national Copyright Bill and the Annual Indemnity Bill,
which were read a first time.
Lord KENYON presented a petition from Denbigh-
shire in favour of protection to agriculture. The Noble
Lord save notice that on Thursday next he would pre-
sent a petition from the University of Oxford against
the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the pro-
vost, magistrates, and town council of Edinburgh, pray-
ing for the repeal of the Act of Parliament, which re-
quired that all professors in Scotch Universities should
sign the Confession of Faith, and be members of the
Church of Scotland.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. _

On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill,
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the
Archdeaconry of Taunton, against that part of the Ec-
clesiastical Courts Bill, which related to the Arch-
deaconry of Taunton.
Their Lordships then went into Committee.
Upon clause 1 being proposed,
Lord COTTENHAM said he hoped their Lordships
would have no objection to afford the samo powers of
jurisdiction to this Bill as those which he proposed in the
Bill introduced to that House in 1836.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was unwilling
to deprive those Courts of the jurisdiction which they
at present possessed. He had been told by gentlemen
connected with Doctors' Commons, that the exercise of
this jurisdiction was attended with many benefits, and
at a trifling expense.
The Bishop of EXETER said the power of ex-com-
munication was absolutely essential to the stability
of the Church, and without that power it could not
exist. If the Noble and Learned Lord had any other
means by which he could support the discipline of the
Church, he hoped be would explain it to the House;
but until then he would entreat their Lordships to scout
any proposition which would deprive the Church of this
jurisdiction.
The clause was then agreed to; as were also clauses
2,3, and 4. On clause 5 being read—
Lord COTTENHAM expressed an opinion that a.
I this clause went to convert rinentives into presentatives
the -,..5ent of the Urown should have been given. lie
also thought there was some unfairness in the arbitrary
disposition of the property of individuals. He was not
prepared to move an amendment to the clause—no good
would result from it—but he felt called upon to express
his dissent to the clause.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the clause had
been exrrE ssly recommended by those Ecclesiastical
Commissioners whom the Noble and Learned Lord had
so warmly eulogsed the other evening, and in his (Lord
Lyndhurst's) opinionn was one of the most useful and
necessary clauses in the Bill.-
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the
Bishop of LONDON the clause was 'agree to.
Clause 6 and 7 were then agreed to:-.
Clause 8 was tiled proposed. -
Lord COTTENHAM said the Bill proposed to
establish throughout the • country diocesan courts;
that was ":.to - say a court in each diocese
of England Vaw,rthiS was a proposstion
condemned OP only-by all -ffrOSe• individuals who had
considered the, matter, but; it was. „condemned by the
reports of two Commissions Whielr'had been appointed
with respect to this subject. It had also been con
demned by the reports of two Select Committees—
one of that House, and one of the other House of Par-
liament. It had also been condemned by many influential
Members of the present Government • and if their Lord-
ships decided in favour of this Bill, they would
do so witout having a single authority to support them.
They would thereby perpetuate an evil to the country,
without any reason having been advanced for it.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)