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EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1850.

prelate, we may observe, who warmly supported Arch-
bishop Murray rend tLe more liberal of the bishops in
espousing th, cause of mixed education—the Poi_e, in
nominating his successor, adopted the utterly unprece-
dented step of entirely disregarding the recommendation
of the Irish priests and bishops, and nominating a
stranger who had nut been named or thought of in a
single suffrage at the domestic election, passing by three
men of the very highest repute and most blameless e'en-
ranter in the Irish Roman Catholic Church, whose names
were recommended by the Irish priests and bishops. be
Papal Court nominated to the vacant Primacy its present
occupant, Dr. Cullen, an Irishman by birth, but who had
for thirty years been domiciled as a priest in " the
Eternal City," and who, therefore, in feeling, and habit,
and association, may fairly be considered as a foreigner
—whom we may certainly believe to be imbued with the
politics and sentiments of the Papal Court. Here, then,
argues the writer in the University Magazine, is lost
the security upon which such Romish prelates as Dr,
Doyle and Archbishop Murray declared the State might
depend. The new Primate has been appointed, not by
Irishmen, but by Italians. lie owes his nomination to
his high office in no degree, however small, to the choice
or recommendation of any ore even 0-sing the duty of
allegiance to the Queen. On the contrary, his appoint-
ment is a direct slight upon the recommendation of
British subjects. Neither is he a resident of the British
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dominions.- The Irish born priest, aho has for this ty
years been a resident at the Vatican, is a drnizen, not
of Ireland, but of Rome. And when this prelate
(tem -8 to It eland, owing ids elevation entirely to
Papal influence, and cowes, moreover, wiih a spe-
cial pontifical delegation, we find his very first
act to be to convene, in a style, so far as his means ex-
tended, of pompous magnifictnce, a synod that he calls
rational. Over this novel convocation he presides, by
the delegated authority of the Pope; and it is now no
secret that, for the express purpose of overruling the
opinions of the more moderate of the Irish bishops, he
culls upon the Synod to register with uninquiring rever-
ence the decrees of the Papal conclave, regulating the
mode in which Irishmen are to be educated, and de-
nouncing the institutions which the British Parliament
and British Sovereign have provided for that purpose.
Without saying how far we adopt the inferences that the
Dublin University Magazine draws from these facts, it
cannot be denied that the unusual mode of this appoint-
ment, following the still more unusual proceedings by
which his primacy has been inaugurated, does at least
lend countenance to the suspicion that some new and
daring policy is contemplated at Rome, to carry out
which it was necessary to ht.( ak through established
usages and select the most fitting instrument, in disre-
gard of recommendations that have been usually deferred
to. So far, the facts stated by the writer in the maga-
zine are facts of public notoriety, and upon the existence
of which, therefore, no controversy can arise. Another
statement, however, is added, for which no authority is
given, and which, we confess, appears to require some.
It is stated in the very respectable and cautious periodi-
cal upon which we are commenting, that the new Pri-
mate has declined to take the oath of allegiance to the
Queen, and the necessity of taking that oath as a quali-
fication is assigned as a reason for his refusing an office
of charity and trust. If this statement be accurate, and
it has now been a fortnight before the public uncontra-
dieted, it does appear to us to be a matter deserving the
most serious attention. Perhaps, if it be true, the most
charitable construction of Dr. Cullen's conduct
would be that, by long residence at Rome, he
regarded himself as a naturalised Roman citizen.
The plea would be as bad in reason as it would
be in law. We confess that, with the power and status
now conferred upon the Irish Roman Catholic Church
we cannot feel it a matter of indifference that the head
of that Church, a man, too, who seems resolved to signa-
lise his primacy by calling out its energies into unusual
activity—should, in temporal as well as spiritual things,
consider himself a Roman not a British citizen—a sub-

ject of Pio Nono, and not of the Queen. Let us hope
that, akto this matter of the oath of allegiance, there is
some mistake. Still, whatever may be the real state of
facts with regard to this, there is in the unquestioned
facts that are made the subject of comment in the Uni-
versity Magazine, in the strange spectacles of the re-
cently assembled Synod, viewed in connexion with the
appointment of the convener—there is, wo say, in these
things matter sufficient to occupy the grave attention of
all who know the tremendous influence which the policy
of the Romish Church can exercise upon the peace and
prosperity of Ireland, and, through Ireland, upon the
well-being of the British empire.
DAILY NEWS.—Some of our writers, who are
strenuous supporters of absolutism and authority in
their worst shapes and in all climes, are, or affect to be,
greatly shocked that the Pope should have appointed
Dr. Wiseman to wear, in conjunction with a cardinal's
bat, the title of Archbishop of Westminster. They
Oscribe it as a gross insult to her Nlajesty, and a kind of
a challenge to the powers that be in this kingdom, sit-
ting as they do at Westminster. Be the wrong or the
insult what they may be, it is quite certain that they are
but part and parcel of that absolutist reaction which the
Times has abetted, and excited, and fanned, and flattered.
Nothing can be more evident than that the Pope is not
the creature of his own will. When he was master of
himself and of his intellects, and in harmony with his
people, he was a liberal pontiff, denouncing no education
MS godless, and bearding no constitutional monarchies by
his legates, his archbishops, and his pretensions at eccle-
siastical immunities and independence. It is only since
he has been restored by the arms of France, inspired by
the councils of Naples, and directed by the Cabinet or
Vienna, or rather, it is only since he has handed over
his Government to priestly ministers that follow these
councils, that the Pope has become bigoted, reaction-
ary, hostile to British interests, exciting the flame of dis-
cord in Ireland to a serious degree, and in England to an in-
convenient one. What, however, has done all this, save
the military and absolutist reaction? What power has
been employed or influence spent towards enabling the
Pope to disturb the peace of Ireland and insult the dig-
nity cf England, in a more marked manner than the
power and influence of the Times journal ? The Times
it was that hallooed on the French in their invasion of
Rome, and panegyrised it. The Times it was, whose
representative was the ally and the organ of the Neapo-
litan generals, and priests, and ministers, and court.
The Times represented Lord Aberdeen and the senti-
ments of the Tory party. And as such the support of
the Times was most influential in encouraging the
powers to restore the Pope to all the insolence of
absolute power and irrefragable wisdom. When the
efforts of some English statesmen were directed,
timidly and cautiously enough, heaven knows, to-
wards rearing up a constitutional system in Italy with a
constitutional party to work it ; when the suc-
cess of such advice could alone, it was evident, have
saved north, and south, and central Italy, from the grasp
of absolutism and the resuscitated domination of a bi-
goted priesthood—who scouted this humane effort—who
raved and plotted to defeat it? The followers of Lord
Aberdeen and the writers of the Times. Is it, then, in
the expression of tardy repentance, or in the mere inso-
lence of inconsistency, that the Times comes at this lie
hour of the day to denounce the awakened bigotry of
the Pope? Is it that these people insist on re-establish-
ing absolutism, yet will not have its consequences, that
they will lick the foot of the soldier, yet complain of his
brutality? Kiss the Pope's toe one day, and be indig-
nant the next that he employs the honoured member in
dealing a kick to the majesty of England? These
adorers and restorers of tyranny should really make up
their minds to the consequences of their own acts. if
they will have imperial autocracy, martial law, and paptl
infallibility, they must expect executions and confisca-
tions, massacres and woman-floggings, Roman Catholic
legates and cardinals of Westminster. What is and
has been for these months past, the daily preachment of
the Times, the organ of all that is bigoted and reaotionist
in Europe? It has been to support the hyper-catholic,
ultra-absolutist power of Austria, fiercely and uncom-
promisingly opposed to a constitutional and religiously
liberal spirit in Italy, as well as to a constitutional and
Protestant cause in North Germany. Its entire policy,
its undoubted power, its casual eloquence have been
employed to crush the Protestant and free-thoughted
principle in Europe. And the public of England has been
foolish and criminal enough to support a journal in the
prosecution of so vile an aim, and by allowing it to
stand forth as the most accredited organ of the country,
they have thus degraded England and themselves irre-
deemably in the eyes of the great world of Europe. There
existed in 1848 large elements and great hopes for the
constitutional orgsnization of Italy. In these hopes
were included the liberalisation of the popedom.
The mere devotee may consider the pontiff'.
as an isolated, a divinely-instructed mind. But
common sense and experience show that he, like all
men and monarchs, is the creature of circumstances, a
constitutionalist and a liberal Catholic to-day, an Aus-
trian and a bigot to-morrow. Future pontiffs will be
precisely what they are made by the elements that sur-
round them. Establish constitutional systems through-
out Italy, throw open education and the press, and then
decree, if it so please you, that the Pope's sacerdotal
duties shall be quite distinct from his temporal ones.
The precaution would be vain. The ideas, the interests,
the entire atmosphere would be changed. And how-
ever the dogmas of Catholicism might remain the same,
the spirit of Rome and of its pontiff would become assi-
milated to that of enlightened and civilised Catholics,
such as Protestants might respect, anti could,
neither contemn nor fear. Such a state of things
and feelings can, however, never be attained in Italy
u
or in Europe, except by such policy and ad-
vice as Lord Minto gave, and as flowed from his pen
and from that of other British representatives in
Italy (one, alas! now no more) in that memorable
year of 1848. The power of England might in
that year have saved Italy, have protected Sicily,
might
and rendered it a constitutional and free country, as
Piedmont still remains. Whilst the success of such ef-
forts in conjunction with France would have kept the
French from that disastrous series of blunders in Rome,
which has delivered Italy to all the tyranny and bigotry
of the fifteenth century. If the Roman Catholic, or ra-
ther if the purely papal religion, has become resuscitated
and menacing in a political as well as a religious sense,
it is solely because of its new alliance with absolutism,
and because of the cowardice and treachery of moderate
men, who have flung themselves from exaggerated hor-
ror of anarchy in morals at.d in politics, into the oppo.
site extreme of supporting all that is despotic, and bi-
goted, and retrograde. People are awakening, however.
Those who could evrn applaud Ilaynau's butcheries are
1 displeased that the Pope should appoint a cardinal in
Palace-yard, They forgot that a thorough despot can
never forgive a country for being constitutional, nor a n
ultra-Pope cease to war upon, and agitate in, a country
that is Protestant.

POTATO FLOUR.—An importation having taken
place from abroad of a quantity of farina or potato flour, the
i,mporter requested that it might be regarded in the same
manner as wheaten flour, and delivered at a duty of 4Ad. per
cwt. ; but as the article appears to be not only serviceable
for food, but also as an important material in a manufac-
turing process, it was decided to be liable to the ad valorem
duty of 10 per cent. as a manufactured article, and ordered
to be charged awrclingly.

STATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVY

IN COMMISSION,

WITH THE TEARS WHEN BUILT, AND DATES OF COMMIS-

SION OF THE OFFICERS IN COMMAND.
(From Colburn's United Service Magazine.)
Acheron, 4, st., surv.-v., 1838, Capt. J. L. Stokes, 1846,
New Zealand
Adventurer, store-ship, Master-Corn. P. Wellington, Devon-
port
Atrican, st.-v., Sec.-Master Potter, Sheerness

Ajax, 55, screw. 1809, Rear Admiral 11.1. H. Dixon, Captain
M. Quin, 1837, Queenstown
Alarm, 26, 1845, Capt. G. Ramsay, 1843, North America
and West Indies
Albatross, 12, 1841, Acting-Com. Lieut. H. M. Elliot, 1848,
Chatham
Albion, 90, 1842, Capt. W. J. H. Johnstone, 1823, Devon-
port
Alligator, 26, 1821, Hospital Ship, Hong Kong
Amazon, 26, 1821, Capt. E. N. Troubridge, 1842, East
Indies
Antelope, 3, st..v., 1846, Lieut.-Com. F. Smyth, 1826, Medi.
terranean
Apollo, 8, tr. ah., 1805, Corn. J. Rawstorne, 1846, on passage
to Barbadoes
Arab, 12, 1847, Corn. W. Morris, 1846, East Indies
Archer, 4, st..v., Com J. N. Strange, 1842, Devonport
Arethusa, 50, 1848, Capt. Thomas M. C. Symonds, 1841,
Experimental Squadron
Arrogant, 46, screw, 1848, Capt. R. S. Robinson, 1840, Ex-
perimental Squadron
Asia, 84, 1824, Rear-Ad. P. Hornby; C. 8., Capt. R. F. Stop-
ford, 1840, Pacific
Assistance, 4, Capt. E. Ommaney, 18:6, Arctic Expedition
Astrea, 6, st., Mast.-Com. W. Yeames, 1810, Falmouth
Auxiliar, cutter, Lieut. W. C. Geary, 1846, Mediterranean
Banshee, st -v., 1847, Master-Com. W. Smithett, Holyhead
Bellerophon, 78, 1818, Capt. R. L. Baynes, C. 8., 1828, on
passage home
Bermuda, sch., Lieut.-Com. A. D. Jolly, 1842, North Ame-
rica and West Indies
Birkenhead, 7, st.-v., Com. I. A. Stevens, Portsmouth
Slack Eagle, at-v., 1831, Mast.-Com. S. B. Cook, 1838,
Woolwich
Blenheim, 56, screw, 1813, Capt. W. H. Henderson C. 8.,
1838, Portsmouth
Bonetta, 3, 1836, Lieut.-Com. F. E. Forbes, 1843, Chatham
Bramble, 10, 1822, Lieut. C. B. Yule, 1842, tender to Rattle-
snake, New South Wales

Britannia, 120, 1826, depot-ship, Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8.,
Capt. R. A. Yates, 1827, Portsmouth
Caledonia, 120, 1808, Capt. T. W. Carter, 1831, Mediter-
ranean

Cambrian, 40, 1841, Com. J. H. Plumridge, on passage from
East Indies
Castor, 26, Capt. C. Wyvill, 1832, Cape of Good Hope
Centaur, st.-v., 1845, Commodore A. Fanshawe, C. 8., 1816,
Capt. C. H. M. Buckle, 1845, Coast of Afirca
Cerug, tender, Sec. Master T. Fogden (act. ), Sheerness
Ceylon, 2, 1810, rec. ship, Rear-Adm. E. Harvey, Lieut. J.
J. Rundle, 1829, Malta
Champion, 14, 1824, Corn. J. M. Hayes, 1841, Pacific
Cleopatra, 26, 1835, Capt. T. L. Massie, 1841, East Indies
Cockatrice, 6, 1833, Master-Com. James, Rundle, 1836, ten-
der to Asia, Pacific
Columbia, st.-v., 1829, Capt. B. F. Shortland, 1849, Bay of
Fundy
Comet, surv. st.-v., 1822, Com. H. C. Otter, 1844, Coast of
Scotland

Confiance, st.-v., 1827, Master W. Martin, Devonport
Conflict, st.-v., 1846, Com. T. G. Drake, 1846, Lisbon
Contest, 12, 1846, Com. Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, 1847, Coast
of Africa

Cormorant, 6, st.-v., 1842, Com. H. Schomberg, 1841, S.E.
Coast of America
Crescent, 42, rec. sh., 1810, Master-Com. G. L. Bradley, 1839,
Rio de Janeiro

Crocodile: rec:sh., 1827, Lieut.-Com. Greet, 1840, off the
Tower

Cuckoo. st.-v.,Com. N. Lefevre, 1838, Channel Islands
Cumberland, 70, 1809, Captain C. Richards, C.B. , 1828,
Chatham

Cyclops, 6, st..v., 1831, Capt. Hon. G. F. Hastings, 1845,
Coast of Africa
Cygnet, 8, 1840, Com. R. D. White, 1847, Coast of Africa
Daedalus, 19, 1828, Capt. G. G. Wellesley, 1844, Pacific
Daphne, 18, 1838, Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, 1845, Pacific
Dart, 3, Second-Master J. P. M'Clune, Cape of Good Hope
D_ aFshisehre,risets.-v., 1838, Lieut.-Com. A. Parks, 1815, Scotch

Dapuenrtltesms
;:o-u2t h4' st.-frig., 1847, Capt. E. P. Halstead, 1812,

Dee, 1832, Mast-Com. G. Filmer, 1838, Cape of
Good Hope
Dolphin, 3, 1836, Lieut. H. Temple, 1841, Coast of Africa
Dover, st.-v., Lieut. J. R. Harward, 1846, River Gambia
Dragon, 6, it-frig., 1845, Capt. W. H. Giffard, 1841, Medi-
terranean

Driver,o,st..v., 1841, Com. C. R. Johnson, 1847, Pacific
Echo, st.-v., Second Master Hardman, Portsmouth
Elfin, tender, Master-Com. Balliston, Portsmouth
Encounter, 6, st.-v., 1546, Capt. G. T. Gordon, 1846, Expe-
rimental Squadron
Enterprise, disc. ship, Capt. R. Collinson, C. 8., 1842, Arctic
Expedition
Erebus, 1827, Capt. Sir J. Franklin, K.C.H., 1822, Arctic
Expedition
Excellent, 46, 1810, gunnery ship, Capt. H. D. Chads, C. 8.,
1825, Portsmouth
Fairy, yt., 1845, tender to Victoria and Albert, Mast.. Com. D.
N. Welsh, 1844, Portsmouth
Fanny, 4, tender to Flag Ship, Master J. Scarlett, Portsmouth
Fearless, Second Master Wells, Devonport
Firebrand, 6, st.-v., 1843, Capt. T. 0. Knox, 1842, Mediter-
ranean
Firefly, Com. G. A. Seymour, 1845, on passage to Coast of
Africa
Fisgard, 42, 1819, Commodore Henry Eden, 1817, Woolwich
Flamer, 3, st.-v. Com. J. A. St. Leger, 1846, Coast of Africa
Fly, 14, 1831, dem. R. A. Oliver, 1844, New Zealand
Flying Fish, 12, 1844, Com. J. E. Patey, 1846, Coast of
Africa

Fox, 42, 1829, Commodore R. Lambert, 1825, on passage to
East Indies
Frolic, 16, Com. N. Vansittart, 1847, Mediterranean
Fury, 6, st.-v., 1845, Corn. I. Wilcox, 1850, East-Indies
Ganges, 84, 1821, Capt. H. Smith, C. 8., 1814, Mediter-
ranean

Garland, st. -v., 1846, Lieut. E. Wylde, 1814, Dover
Gipsey, tender, Second Master J. North, Queenstown
Gladiator, 6, at.-v., 1844, Capt. John Adams, 1843, Coast of
Africa
Gorgon, 6, st—v., Corn. J. A. Paynter, 1846, Pacific
Gossamer, 2, Second Master Hall, surveying tender, Devon-
port
Growler, 6, st.-v., 1841, Cora. J. Stoddart, 1842, Mediter-
ranean
Harpy, st.-v., 1845, Second Master Beatson, Coast of South
America
Hart, tender to Flag Ship, Sheerness
Hastings, 72, 1818, Captain J. W. Morgan, 1846, East Indies
Havannah, 19, 1811, Capt. J. E. Erskine, 1838, New Zealand
Hecate, 1839, Com. G. S. Hand, 1841, Portsmouth
Hecla, 4, st.-v., 1839, Com. E. H. Beauchamp, 1846, Coast
of Africa

Helena, 16, 1843, Com. De Courcy, 1842, North America and
West Indies
Herald, 22, 1823, surv., Capt. H. Kellett., C. 8., 1842, Pacific
Hercules, 12, 1815, st.-sh., Mast.-Com. R. Felton, 1814,
Woolwich
Hermes, st.-v., 1835, Com. E. G. Fishbourne, Is4l, Cape of
Good Hope
Heroine, 8, 1841, Corn. J. B.llfarsh, 1844, Coast of Africa
Hogue,6o, 1811, screw, Capt. 1114Dougall, 1836, Mediterranean
Hound, 8, 1846, Corn. F. Patten, 1837, Coast of Africa
Imaum, 72, 1836, Commod. T. Bennett. rec. ship, Jamaica
Impregnable, 104, 1810, Admiral Sir W. H. Gage, G. C. H.,
Captain Sir T. Maitland, C.8.,1827. Davenport
Inconstant, 36, 1836, Capt. John Shepherd, 1840, Pacific
Indefatigable, 50, 1838, Captain R. Smart, K. H., 1837, on
passage to West Indies
Inflexible, st.-v., 1846, Com. P. H. Dyke, 1844, Davenport
Intrepid, 2, screw, Lieut. J. B. Cator, 1842, Arctic Expedi-
tion

Investigator, disc.-ship, Capt. R. J. Le M. M'Clure, 1842,
Arctic Expedition
Jackal, st.-v., Second Master F. Yeatman, tender to Gladiator
Janus, 4, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. R. A. Powell, 1842, Gibraltar
Kingfisher, 12, 1845, Com. H. Harvey, 1841, Coast of Africa
Kite,3,1835, • •9 st -v Bermuda

Leanden 50, 1849, Captain S. C. Dacres, 1840, Experimental
Squadron
_ .

Lightning, 3, st.-v., 1823, Mast.-Com. Petley, 1844, Woolwich
Lily, 12, 1837, Com. R. T. Bedford, 1848, East Indies
Locust, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. W. C. Nowell, 1823, Woolwich
Lucifer, at -v., Lieut.-Com. E. A. T. Lloyd, 1842, Galway
Magicienne, fitting for Commission, Chatham
Mariner, 12, 1847, Corn. C. M. Mathison, 1843, East Indies
Meander, 44, 1840, Capt. Hon. H. Keppel, 1837, Pacific
Medina, 2, at.-v., 1840, Lieut. A. Darby, 1828, Mediter-
ranean

Medusa, 2, st.-v., 1839, LieaL-Com. J. 0. Bathurst, 1838,
Mediterranean

Merlin, st., 1839, Lieut.-Com. J. H. Turner, 182 b, Mediter-
ranean

Minden, 20, 1810, at.-sh., Master-Com. J. Mitchell, 1827,
Hong Kong
Mohawk, Lieut.-Com, F. C. Herbert 1844, Lake Huron

Monkey, st.-v., Sec. Master W. Bryant, Woolwich
Myrtle, st., 1837, Second Mast.-Cons. S. Braddon, 1814,
Sheerness

Naiad. 42, sto. ah., 1797, Mast.-Com. W. L. Browne, 1831,
Callao _ .

Nautilus, 6, 1830, Lieut. S. B. Dolling, 1841 (exorcising
brig for apprentices), Devonport
Nereus, 42, store depot, 1821, Mu.-Com. F. W. Bateman,
1837, Valparaiso
Niger, 8, st.-v., Corn. L. G. Heath, 1847, Coast of Africa
North Star, 26, 1824, Mast. James Saunders, 1838, Polar
Regions
Oberon, 3, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. G. J. Gardner, 1815, Mediter-
ranean

Ocean, 80, 1805, Vice-Adm. Hen. G. Elliot, C. 8., Capt. G.
Greville, 1840, Sheerness
Onyx, st.-v., 1843, Lieut.-Com. G. Raymond, 1815, Woolwich
Orestes, 14, 1824, Corn. H. S. Hawker, 1846, Cape of Good
Hope
Pantaloon, 8, 1830, Corn. Hyde Parker, 1847, Cape of Good
Hope
Persian, 12, 1829, Acting Lieut. R. Bush, 1844, West Indies
Phaeton, 50, 1848, Captain G. Elliot, 1810, Experimental
Squadron
Philomel, Com. T. G. Forbes, 1842, Coast of Africa
Phoenix, 6, screw, 1832, Com. J. Wodehouse, 1844, Coast of
Africa
Pilot, 16, 1838, Corn. Inee, 1846, East Indies
Plover, Corn. T. E. L. Moore, 1848, discovery ship,
Behring's Straits
Pioneer, 2, screw, Lieut. S. Osborn, 1846, Arctic Expedition
Plumper, 8, screw, 1848, Corn. M. S. Nolloth, 1846, North
America and West Indies
Pluto, 3, st. - v. 1831, Lieut.-Com. W.K.:Joliffe, 1848, Coast
of Africa
Porcupine, 3, at.-v., 1844, Lieut.-Com. E. F. Roberts, 1841,
Mediterranean
Portland, 50, 1822, Captain H. Chads, 1848, for flag ship,
Pacific
Powerful, 84, 1826, Capt. Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., 1824,
Mediterranean
Princess Alice, st.v., 1844, Lieut.-Com. T. S. Scriven, Dover
Prince Regent, 92, 1823, Commodore W. F. Martin, 1824,
Experimental Squadron
Prometheus, 3, 1849, Com. H. R. Foote, 1845, Woolwich
Prospero, 2, st.-v., Sec. Ma& W. Woke, 1825, Pembroke
Queen, 110, 1839, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8.,
Capt. C. Wise, 1817, Mediterranean
Racer, 12, 1833, Com. C. H. Beddoes, 1845, Mediterranean
Ranger, 8, 1835, Corn. T. Miller, 1847, Coast of Africa
Rattler, 6, st.-v., 1843, Corn. A. Cumming, 1846, Coast of
Afric*
Rattlesnake, 8, 1822, surv.-v., Capt. 0. Stanley, 1844, New
Guinea
Research, surv.-v., 1846, Mediterranean
Resolute, 4, Captain H. T. Austin, 1838, C. 8., Arctic Expe-
dition
Retribution, 24, st.-v., Captain F. Warden,
1:184 ,05t,uPdoiertss mouth
Reynard, 6, screw, 1848,C0m. P. c
Rifleman, 8, screw, 1846, Lieut.-Com. S. S. L. Crofton, 1842,
South America
Romlloa,ut6h, 1832, for apprentices, Lieut. Fenwick, 1849, Porta-
Royalist, 16,
_1839* Com. W. T. Bate, 1848, surveying, China

Salamander, 1832, Com. J. S. Ellman, 1845, Devonport
Saturn, 72, Capt.-Sup. Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart., 1831, Pem-
broke
' Sappho, 12, 1833, Corn. Hon. A. A. Cochrane, 1850, Nortn
America and West Indies
Scourge, 6, st.-v., 1844, Corn. Lord F. H. Kerr, 1846, Medi-
terranean
St. Columba, at., Lieut.-Com. A. S. Symes, 1816, Holyhead
St. George, 120, Commodore Lord J. Hay, C. 8., Capt. J.
Nias, 1835, Devonport
Scorpion, 6, 1832, G. B. Lawrence, 1843, West Indies
Sealark, 8, 1843, Corn. E. S. Sotheby, 1841, Coast of Africa
Seaflower, 6, Lieut. A. D. W. Fletcher, 1845, Portsmouth
Seafiower, 6, 1830, Lieut. Griffiths, tender to Cuckoo
Seringapatam, store-ship, Master-Com. J. P. Russell, 1837,
Cape of Good Hope
Serpent, 12, 1832, Com. C. Barker, 1829, on passage to East
Indies
Sharpshooter, 4, at., Lieut.-Corn. J. C. Bailey, 1844, on pas-
sage to Rio
Shearwater, 3, st.-v., 1837, Lieut.-Com. E. Tumour, 1842,
Isle of Arran
Southampton, 50, 1820, Rear-Adm. Reynolds, C. 8., Capt. N.
Cory, 1840, Rio de Janeiro
Sparrow, 6, 1828, Corn. G. Frazer, 1841, Waterford
Speedwell, Mast-Corn. E. K. Calver, Harwich
Sphyux, 6, 1846, Com. F. A. Sharlwell, 1846, East Indies
Spider, 6, 1835, Lient..Com. G. W. Tomlinson, 1826, S. E.
Coast of America
Spiteful, 6, st.v., 1842, Corn. T. Carmichael, Mediterranean
Sprightly, at -v., Mast-Corn. Allen, Portsmouth
Spy, 3, 1841, Lieut. G. Western, 1837, Coast of Africa
Superb, 80, 1842, Capt. E. Purcell, 1828, Mediterranean
Swift, 6, 1835, Corn. W. C. Aldham, 1814, Australia
lvia, 6, 1827, Corn. G. A. Bedford, 1843, Coast of Ireland
Sylph, 4, tender to Flag Ship, Devonport
Teazer, 4, st.-v., 1846, Lieut.. Cum. J. H. Selwyn, 1841,
Woolwich
Termagant, 24, screw frigate, Portsmouth
Terrible, 21, st.-v., 1845, Capt. James Hope, C. 8., 1838,
Mediterranean
Terror, 7, 1813, Capt. F. R. M. Crozier, 1841, Arctic Expe-
dition
Thetis, 40, 1846, Capt. A. L. Kuper, C. 8., 1841, on passage
to Rio
Tortoise, 12, guard-ship, Capt. F. Hutton, 1844, Ascension
Trafalgar, 120, 1841, Capt. Hon. M. Stopford, 1825, Sheer-
ness
Trident, 6, st..v., 1846, Lieut.-Com. R. H. Risk, 1844, King-
town
Triton, 3, st.-v., 1847, Lieut.-Com. J. P. Glinn, 1842, Medi-
terranean
Tweed, 18, 1823, Com. Lord F. Russell, 1837, South East
Coast of America
Undine, st.-v., Mast.- Corn. Warma, Dover
Vengeance, 84, 1824, Capt. Sir H. M. Blackwood, 1825,
Portsmouth
Victoria and Albert, st.-yt. 1843, Capt. Lord A. Fitzclarence,
G. C. H., 1821, Portsmouth
Victory, 101, 1765, Admiral Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, K. C. 8.,
Captain. F. P. Blackwood, 1838, Portsmouth
Violet, st.-pt., Mast.-Corn. H. P. Jones, 1814, Dover
Vivid, st.-pt., 1843, Mast.-Com. L. Smithett, (act.), Dover
Vixen, st.-v., 1840, Com. R. Jenner, 1847, Portsmouth
Volage, 22, surv.-v., 1825, Captain T. Graves, Mediterranean
Waters itch, 8, 1832, Corn. R. R. Quin, 1846, Coast of Africa
Wellesley, 72, 1815, Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald,
G.C.11., Capt. G. Goldsmith, 1842, North America and
West Indies
Wellington, 72, 1816, Capt. D. Price, 1815, Sheerness
Widgeon, st. surv.-v., Captain Bullock, 1838, Harwich
Wildfire, st.-v., 1826, Sec. Master G. Brockman, Sheerness
Wizard, 4, Lieut. Barnard, Queenstown
Wolverine, 12, 1836, Corn. M. Falcon, Coast of Africa
HER MAJESTY'S PACKET BRIGS AT FALMOUTH.
Crane, 6, 1839, Lieut.-Corn. J. Parsons, 1815
Express, 6, 1835, Lieut.-Com. W. Lory, 1821
Linnet, 8, Lieut.-Com. T. James, 1821:
Penguin, 6, 1838, Lieut.-Com. W. Leslie, 1815
Peterel, 6, 1838, Lieut.-Com. T. Creser, 1826
Seagull, 6, 1832, Lieut.-Com. James Small, 18211

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, OCT. 16.
The Queen and Prince walked this morning in
Osborne Park.

The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
younger members of the Royal Family, walked and
rode as usual.

There was no addition yesterday to the Royal dinner
party.

Lord John Russell arrived at Pembroke Lodge,
Richmond Park, yesterday, from the seat of the Earl
of Minto, Minto House, Roxburghshire.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere arrived in town
yesterday from Stowe Park.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Gibraltar.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co-
lonial•ofice for the Governors of the West India
Colonies.

EXTRAMURAL INTERMENT.

As far as the metropolis is concerned, this grea
victory of civilzation, health, and humanity was
achieved in the last session of Parliament. And to
whom is the merit due ? To one man alone, Mr.
George Alfred Walker, the eminent surgeon of
London. When, some years since, this gentleman
commenced what we may call the mission of exposing
the abominations of the London grave-yards, men's
minds were horrified by the hideous details which he
laid before them. They seemed to pa's the bounds of
credulity itself. But they were soon compelled to
accept them as awful facts and tremendous realities.
They could not be contradicted, as proof after proof
was advanced to show the horrors of the charnel-
houses which were dedicated, not to the repose of the
dead, but to the service of Marmon for the benefit
of the living. It would have been supposed,
when the public were made acquainted with
the facts of the case, that the work would have
been done and that the fiat would have gone
forth to drive away the ghouls who revelled in the
mutilation of the dead, and to shut up the poisonous
hotbeds of cholera, fever, and consumption. But it
was not so. While the people listened in a kind of
paralysed amazement to the history of what was going
on around them, the champions of intramural burial
with all its evils, took the field with desperate re-
solution. At first Mr. Walker had to contend,
in the might and strength of his own energies, against
a whole host of foes. Baffled again and again, he
returned, Antoeus•like, to the struggle after every
fall. Nothing could daunt his spirit of indomitable
perserverance. He had to go through a species of
martyrdom for years, suffered in his profession, was
assailed by obloquy, shot at by calumny and malig-
nity. But all in vain. He continued his agita-
tion until right prevailed against might. He appealed
to the public in every possible manner, by meetings,
through lectures, in the columns of the press.
Allies began to show themselves in different quar-
ters. He and his cause were spoken of in Par-
liament. Converts were made, first slowly, then
in larger numbers. The ball increases as it rolls,
vires acquirit mad°, until at last the Government
had the matter forced upon them, and the Bill
just passed was the result. It was expected,
when all this was achieved, that the hero of the con-
flict would have been called upon to carry out his own
work to its practical accomplishment. But it is not
to be so. By some strange oversight, although much
and good patronage had been created in connexion
with the measure, certain officers being necessary to
carry it into effect, Mr. Walker has been forgotten
or neglected. His friends in the metropolis, and he
has many and powerful ones, are exceedingly indig-
nant at what they conceive to be a great slight upon
him, and are striving, with Lord Dudley Stuart at
their head, to raise funds for a testimonial to express
their high opinion of his merits and exertions. But
we do not think that such a testimonial should be con-
fined to London. There is little doubt that the
measure must be made general for the sanitary benefit
of the whole country, and we trust that in every
place some energetic persons will be found to under•
take this cause and put themselves in communication
with the central committee to which we have alluded.
We regard the champion of extramural interments as
one of the greatest benefactors of his country in
modern times.—Doncaster Gazette, Oct. 11.

MESSRS. HANDING and Co., 81, Pall-mall, beg to
intimate to the public that, in consequence of the rebuilding
of their premises, it has become imperative ou them to
dispose of the whole of their valuable Stock, which they
have determined to offer for immediate Sale, at a very con-
siderable reduction of price. Messrs. H. and Co. offer to the
public the assurance that the Sale thus announced is bone
fide. Their entire Stock, consisting of Silks, Ribbons, Lace,
Embroidery, Shawls, Scarves, Cloaks, Mantles, Gloves, and
the recherche Selection of Millinery, for all of which their
establishment is so eminently distinguished, will be unre-
servedly subjected to the reduction. The Sale commenced
yesterday, the 10th October, to be continued for a limited
period. .

THE NEW STAMP ACT.—The present share set-
tlement to conclude to-morrow (Thursday), is the first that
will have taken place since the new Stamp Act came into
operation, and the effect of it is found to be most favourable
for parties interested in the negotiation and transfer of joint-
stock investments. Under the old scale, large sacrifices had
often to be made in the shape of stamp-duty. Parties having
to break up their stock or shares, for delivery, into several
minor quantities, so as to meet the requirements of pur-
chasers, have done so at a loss of a great many pounds, say
from 151. to 201., on a value upon which, under -the new
scale, they escape with a disadvantage of no more than 11. to
2/. The issue of small stamps, commencing as low as 2s.
6d. per cent., and ascending at the rate of 10s. per cent., is
found to facilitate business in a remarkable degree. A ss.
stamp now suffices where a 255. one was formerly requisite,
but, notwithstanding so considerable a change, it is antici-
pated that, in a very short time, the Exchequer will be
by no means a loser in consequence of it. A great demand
for stamps for shah-dealing and other purposes has already
been experienced ; and as there will now be so little gained
by evasion, the business of the share market will be more le-
gitimately done.—Pos: City Article.
A PARISH DEFAULTER.—A warrant WBs granted
yesterday, at the Westminster Police-court, upon the ap-
plication of Mr. James Rogers, solicitor and vestry-clerk,
accompanied by Mr. Norris, one of the overseers of
John's, Westminster, against Mr. William Thvoe
• parishes of St. Margaret's and St. John's.
poor
upwardso f
theof fifteen
united years chief clerk of the go
for embezzlement, he having absconded
a few days ago with
mrnasors of the
them, and being a de-
faulter,divers sums of money belonging
considers
surprise in the two
circum-
stance has created very conassi
the deficiency above stated
parishes, more particular]
to the amount of between 2001. and ad 300./. T. he
for the
situation he held, and salary
greater.
A SECOND Dusz OF ATHOLL.—The Duke of
scarcely exceeds the
might
tavoef
been
muchyear'
Rutland's keepers have received instructions to prevent per-
sonsfrom visiting the celebrated Druidical remains near
Stanedge Pole, Yorkshire, on the plea that it would disturb
the birds. This celebrated spot has been the resort of anti-
quaries, naturalists, and artists, who are now to be warned off
lest they should cause a few grouse to take wing. Several
parties, on their way to the place, have been stopped during
the last few weeks.