The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-07 00:00:00

ing the water into the several basins to facilitate the
ilagrvss and egress of the larger description of vessels.
The engines, which are to be of 50-hone power each,
ire now being made.
Lord Panmure has benevolently contributed the liberal
stun of 50/. to the soup kitchens at Montrose and Ar-
broath. Ilis Lordship has, in addition, given 70/. to
"PPIY the poor families of Brechin with coals.
The new rules and orders in banknptcy, under the
Act of last session, to amend the statute of the .sth and
6th Victoria, c. 146, relating to insolvent debtors, have
recently been promulgated by the Commissioners, having
been approved by the Lord Chancellor. There are six-
teen rules and orders in the list, with a table of fees an-
nexed.
The following order was issued by command of the
18Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster-General :—" Notice to
e Public.—General Post-office, Jan., 1844.—As there
reason to believe that, notwithstanding the notices
Which have been already issued, some misapprehension
exists with respect to the transmission of 12tters, and es•
PeciallY newspapers addressed to Germany, the Post-
Master-General considers it necessary to call particular
attention to the fact, that under the existing regulations
all letters and newspapers directed to any part of Ger-
many (the Austrian dominions excepted), are forwarded
the mail to Ilamburgh, unless specially marked via
Ilolland, via Belgium, or via France."
th On Sunday last I)r. Spry, the rector of the parish
e Dean of Chichester, rector of All Souls' district and I tr. Peufold, rector of Trinity district, discontinued
LOCI,
use of the "badge of party " in the pulpit, and re-
:llmed their black gowns when preaching. No reason
_a, 48signed for this change, which has given great sa-
.4taction to the respective congregations.

PRANCE AND MOROCCO.
I, Mr. liy, her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at
•Oniers, hag lately published the following letter of his
Icese°llllll, dated—

" Mogadore, Nov. 21, 1844.
h arrived here on the 19th instant. On landing the
i7olrt morning, the Governor, Sidi-Hagg-el-Gharbi-
koires, who had but recently arrived, met me on the
to
rne accompanied by a guard of honour, and expressed
the the high pleasure he felt at my return, adding that
Bight of the British flag would serve to convince the
;;;.lotPle of the re-establishment of peace, of which they
mtresnert4ld grave doubts. He assured me that coin-
the c'e Could be resumed without apprehension, that
find People were desirous that it should be so,
t„-- Waited with the utmost anxiety the return of the
myself
merchants. He also entreated me to present
11suYself in the town, that 1 might be seen, and judge for
13:self of the state of things; which 1 did. Far from
ezng insulted, I was met by expressions of jo• , and
pmany persons assured me that they had only a fees days
revious come to the determination of quitting the town,
ut that since the arrival of the Governor, the city had
been well supplied with provisions, well ordered, and
that Row the British Consul had returned they were in-
dooed to remain, being persuaded that Mogadore would
shortly recover its former state of prosperity.
" The Emperor advances slowly, but effectually, in
the arrest of the employes of the city and province, who
Participated in the late pillage, or took no steps to op-
efift the disorder pending the bombardment of the town
'the French squadron ; and in the punishment of the
flues who by their conduct during the pillage violated
the laws of Islamism.
"Ills Majesty is still at Fez, but will probably corn-
Mence his journey as soon as the troubles in the north
re over. The native Hebrews are not yet returned
rom Morocco, but daily expected ; and several Moor-
'Bl,l inhabitants have resumed possession of their houses.
The only European who lost his life during the late
disorders is M. Boletti, who was found dead in his
h
C"onsuse, io rmerly occupied by M. Fleurst, of the French
late."

The new comedy at the Haymarket has now been
Performed upwards of forty nights,
backed-up anclyetisstill in-
creasing in attraction, being capitally
best of the Christmas novelties, thel
fairy drama of
d diorama of
b
Graciosa and PErcinet, and Phillips's
splendid
Switzerland. Many wagers have
een laid upon the
comedy running 100 nights.
The Adelphi still retains its old popularity,). being
crowded every night to witness The Cl in es, of I ickens.
With its admirable cast, and the pantomime of Cats'
Castle. Such is the likelihood of a long run for those
tovelties that it has enabled Madame Celeste to accept a
five nights' starring engagement at Bristol, where she
Opened last night CO one ofthefinest houses of the season
in the justly popular drama of the Mysterious Stranger.
STUTGARD, JAN. I.—The Court will go into
mourning to-morrow for eight days, for her late Royal
highness the Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester.--
Journal de Francfort, Jan. 4.
met. TRoMAS'S HOSPITAL.—This royal, ancient, and
excellent institution recently received
governors his
the dis- tin excellent
honors of addingi'as entoreictsltisi list o
Itoyal Highness Pripe Albert. A deputation, consist-
ing of Sir John line, the President, Mr. T. B. Bur-
bidge, the Treasurer, and
,Messrs, William Pott and
Edward Tyrrell, Governors, attended by Mr. R. A.
Wainewright, the clerk of thehospital,N had an audience
°f the Prince on Friday last, at Windsor Castle, by ap-
illuminated copy of the
pointraent, when a splendidly
resolresolutions of a special general court,. electing his Royal
utions
a governor, together with a green staff
\4l accordancewith old-established usage), and the
t_r_toreary charge to. a
loyal Highness,
were read over
Highness, who re
4t presented to his 1!03
Zed the same with his usual
.urbanity, and was
lesitsicitudtiotou express the interest which he felt in the
_ , adll3 hope that his having b•ecomeecu-
fia°;:ley4Znin,iiiVlnt provel useful. There is something p t
and pEk3,o4ll`.)' g in thFse manifestations of royal
strong ope, that age' affording, as they naturally do, thei, arseat such illustrious examples may
I I disposed indi-
• eff • • benevo.ent y- .
Viduals t effect in inducing not be without
thi,i
mark o follsw the same steps. In the present instance
extekio of royal favour has most opportunely
ether, the" ~ Plan being in contemplationbeen
thefor
older rebuilding,
p o r
ti ns , larAt will allow' the whole of
planr - hoElSthaelrbeatldilding fthe
this truly noble institution.b This
b-eeen t partly carried into effect yvet.
lit,('ett°ll of they two magificent wing. s abutting on 1 ,
sgts -
elation theyret which, besides the increased accommo
degree. afford to the sick, contribute in no trifling
the `° the geeeral effect of the southern. approach to
rlew London- effect
'd This hospital, also, from'
havin i On- rt ge. lsai g, Ipeeti founded by King Edward.
the great
VI., in the year
length of
atrong claims upon the public from
evel,°f time during which its inestimable blessings
T r*,.l-1 c?nfedupon our poorer
_brethren. , ,
oe 1,4', .1131.1stED CONVICTS AT STAFFORD.—Late
Gthrnag4earYnonright a respite was received by Mr. Brutton.
of Stafford County Gaol, from Sir
_Janie
s
Powys,
,o,Ntra, for the youthful convicts, Downing and.morn.np..
I,','_) were to have been executed on Saturd. a)
bet some
poui!,eaume of this Official interference is said t? eis
re.
served'!)f
flaw connected with the convicts, whichl execu-
tiorli the consideration of the Judges.
itst Z°nsequently postponed until Saturday,T -itehe' 25th
have• be'ore which time the decision of the Jud.d6dee,seawiisll, whetheault-sPen- The point reserved for the
of th - -utr• Justice Coltman ought not, at the request
eoun° Prisoners' counsel, to have asked the jury onhw it h.
4,40,4 of the indictment they found each of t
.e p
as
th " goiltY i one of the counts charging Downing
the Principal, and Powys aiding and abetting,
, other
count charging Powys as the pri -
41'cl:a Ras
Downing as- aiding and abetting. The
taitiZ`t' was of opinion that the indictment was
esti:es:-
rally' ;and we understand that legal gentlemen g
eoltraanticipate that the Judges will confirm Justice
that t?lls ?pinion. Should they do so, it is Mr.und understood
i, ne prisoners will most certainly be executed, put_
laiiilltto their sentence. It is to be regretted th.atg,
I'ol,l44l:Wing their perilous position, both Downing and
WhieVaavitice the same degree of callous indifference
1,11; as marked their conduct throughout. ,
i_1,L.5.....p CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN jLERKEN.
414; . e are requested to state that it was Mr. INn'a,ats-
csiabaPlbe not Mr. Charles Watkins, sena who
having
Ecild iltted for manslaughter in consequence of his
well, 4 his brother's shop, Middleton-street, Clerken-
atts" brother's
of tartaric acid for tasteless_c.s.alwts,wasto
Poiann'edthe cab driver, and by which the poor fellow Sit
1).%1yet),,?(,,,NG OCCURRENCE.—On Monday afternoon,
hthtt3lZoar"htiutor'teheanbdo3four o'clock, an infuriated cow forced
s side of the National and pare_c_ahri,tl.l
4tre,t.4
~„(4. St. Paul'a, Covent-garden, situate in li
sereah, The children on the approach of the intruder,
_l3,ollBClvtith:Wit,h terror: added. to the fury of the enraged
sed
afterunableout, its entrance, scampered
about,upsetting
thirteen&e., and trampling upon th childresno,
terio, Ito
are much injured, three of
.them
it4t, is Yasto be taken to Charing-cross Hospital. At.t
l''lts failed attelqting to gore Mr. Chalklev, the master, i
Waa . to the ground by the blow of a form, which.
even with such force as to break off one of its
At hl_a! the same time shattering the form to Piec.es.:
ha ti
rile some of the inhabitants hearing of the cir
intreece, assembled, and with difficulty ejected the
itaa sier, which was forthwith taken to Newport-market
tali aughtered. Y three days lt appears that the animal had calved
etat., ago.
aft AIERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOClETY.—Yesterday
ti tiril°oil the forty-fifth annual meeting of the members
of'ir,i! heneYelent Institution established for the relief
het gent travellers, their widows, and orphans, was
kali V' the offices of the Society, Ludgate-hill—Aldcr-
lt 4,
elr ChaPIRQII Marshall, the president in the chair.
her i'aPt ar,ed from the financial statement that the nut%
totatt,,,,elairtiants relieved by the Institution from 1
41)0,41 "cement, April I, 1806, to October 1, 184 4,
405 te4 to one thousand one hundred and five—viz.,
tr, taeMbers, 2.48 widows, 399 children, and 53 orphans,
There vrh h,
the suns of 74,2351. 11s. Bd. had been paid.
1843 were remaining on the fund from the Ist of Oct.,
iltOtf.; a, °lle hundred and eighty-seven claimants, including
obers, the w 13 children, and two orphans.
the'tted on the fu d f ' th Ist of October, 1843, to
44, . , n rom _et
n a,,,:"-, lertoot of the following year, 13 members, nine
titil(,.3, and three children. Off the fund during that
,rlllB64l3lteten Members, nine widows, and five children.
ist)(l l,„, (a° Payment to claimants amounted to 1,7914 25.,
141. "' Year to 1,381 as hibi,in a decrease of 32/
Ir The f funds g `:' exhibit
g . very
:qtti,h, loms o. the Society appear to be in a
.
41a4e ing condition ; the receipts last year, including a
'lle,
the
of 1034 18s. ld., amounted to 2,338/. 9s. 6d.,
dO/, i,",° expenditure left a balance at the bankers of
the ill., "e and in the hands of the secretary, 6d.
lb llatled ea it 1
%it,. s p. Et was
'De
22,5471. The custoniary routi _
pt foli",v having been transacted, the election of offi
i.ted° 41, after which a series of resolutions were
otes th I were then presented to the
%Lea. . of an es
'el•tii,'i•., vice-presidents, treasurer, committee, trustees,
reef ~ f), and other officers for their services during the
lic'ofie•ar' The usual compliment having been paid to
, -111:14.,'I'In the meeting separated.
ionyt earl of A.lOUlarles, scn of the Alarqui
rlktk., lb, has entLtel ered the Army a cornet in the of
• e 2d
lit,a 4 %Ards. The Noble Earl iss in his twentieth