The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-19 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN.

SIR,—As a constant supporter of your valuable paper, I
beg you would insert that there is now in my house, a man, by
the name of Michael Gould, who was saved from the Royal
George, when she sank off Spithead, and he has nothing. to
subsist upon but charity. His age is eighty-five; he is now
with tile with two of his old companions, one ninety-three,
and the other ninety-one. I remain, &c.,
G. COLE.

P. S.—l think that a few of the crumbs that fall from the
table of the Lords of the Admiralty, would do this old servant
of the Crown a good which he is justly entitled to.
Rising Sun, Fish-street, Poole.

Mr. Templeton has concluded his first series of
Scotch Entertainments, with unprecedented eclat, at Blanches-
ter and Liverpool. Dr. Marshall, of Oxford, secured Mr. T's.
services at a liberal remuneration to delight the Oxonians on
the 16th and 17th inst., and we perceive that Briatcl, Bath,
Taunton, &c. &c., have thrown out bait to ensnare for next
week the treats this eminent vocalist is at present lavishing
in the provinces. We are happy to find, however, that he has
not entirely deserted the metropolis in the infancy of his
newly-adopted popular line, for which he has proved himself'
so highly qualified. Mr. T. commences a series Of enter-
tainments at the Music-hall, Store-street, on the evening Of
the 28th inst., at eight o'clock:
LADY SHOPLIFTERS. On Saturday afternoon,
about five o'clock, two elegantly-dressed women entered the.
shop of Mrs. Rose, jeweller, &c., Farringdon-street, and after.
looking at several articles, made a. small purchase and de-.
parted. Mrs. Rose, however, having had reason to suspect
them, sent her lad to watch them ; and after proceeding douse
Farringdon-street, the younger person entered the shop, of
Mr. Flemming, pawnbroker. As soon as she had left .the shop
the boy entered, when he found that she had pledged a hand-
some gold locket for 21. The lad now followed them, and
gave them into the custody of police-Constable Adams,. 214,
who conveyed them to the Fleet-street police7station, where
the younger woman was perceived to drop, a knife from a
pocket made in her boa. The knife, which was a silver one,
was identified by Mrs. Rose as her property ; and the locket
above alluded to was subsequently identified as the property
of a silversmith in Cheapside. The women, who were elm--
gently attired, gave their address Mrs. Enshaw and
'Wells, No. 8, Park-street, Camden-town, where City Police
constable Wardle 325, accompanied by the above constable,
Were sent, and on arriving at their apartments the constables
found clothing of the most costly description, all of which,
together with seven trunks and one carpet bag, were re-
'moved in a coach to the Fleet-street police-station, where
the boxes and carpet bag, on being opened, were found to be
literally crammed with silks and satins, &c., chiefly net
made up. In one of the trunks was found a quantity ofjew-
ellery, consisting of gold watches, brooches, &c. One of the
watches is stated to be worth 301. This trunk contained abso
25 sovereigns. The whole of the property found is estimated
at between 3001. and 4001.

FIRE IN THE LONDON-ROAD.—Last night, between
the hours of eight and nine, as police constable 156 L was
proceeding along his beat, his attention was directed to the
oil and colour-warehouse belonging to Mr. Grayling, situate
at 37, London-road, by seeing a dense body of smoke issuing
out of the fanlight over the shop-door. Perceiving that
fire was raging in the interior of the building, he gave the
necessary alarm, and dispatched a messenger with informa-
tion of the same to the engine station. In a short time the
engines arrived in rapid succession, and soon extinguished the
flames, but not before the greater portion of the stock
trade was consumed, and the building extensively damaged.
THE MACKEREL FISHERY.—It is said that the
Mount's Bay boats, amounting to upwards of 100, have been
very successful on the Plymouth station, the majority of them
having taken from 4,000 to 10,000 fine mackerel per night,
which realised from 10s. to 15s. per 120. West Briton.
The Hunterian oration was delivered on Wednes-
day last, at the Royal College of Surgeons, by Mr. South, a
member of the council; but throughout the entire lecture
(says a medical journal) the name of Hunter was accidentallx
or studiously omitted.
CORNISH ENGINES.—The number of pumping en,„
gines reported this month is thirty-seven. 'ihey have con.
sumed 3,090 tons of coal, and fitted thirty million to,
of
water ten fathoms high. The average duty of the vg. ilia is
therefore 54,000,0001b5, lifted one foot high by the co'nsumm e
tion of a bushel of coal.—Lean's Engine Reporter. -
THE EARL OF CARLISLE..—.The ace(
Castle Howard give ..a more favourable report f •
9 the condition
of the noble invalid.
Ants from

&MIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Taos 'Mit SPIKING P4PS39 OP SATUILDAY.

GLOBE.—We regard if as a piece of great week•
ness to keep harping upon the Catholic oath ; and we
are surprised that Lord Stanley should have wound
np_ an able speech with a topic ineffective, when not
offensive. From whom, after all, proceed most
of the attacks on the Irish establishment ? From
the Roman Catholic Members ? By no means ?
Why, one of the most outspoken recent sallies
on the subject of that Church, as exclusively
es ablished in Ireland, proceeded from the Gal-
lant and most Protestant Member for Westminster,
Captain Rous. We have before us a pamphlet, pub-
lished by Mr. D. Perceval, containing his father's
speeches on the Catholic question, in an appendix to
which we find bitter and just complaints of having
been taken in to vote for Captain Rous, as a Pro-
testant Conservative. Now, if that is all the depend-
ence Protestant Churchmen can place on their own
members, what possible use is there in twitting
Roman Catholics with hostile conduct towards the Pro-
testant Church ? Are the Roman Catholics the only Dis-
senters in Parliament who must express no opinion
on that subject If they may express opinions, are
they to express their own opinions, or some others ?
To have made this oath good for anything as a
defence of the outward Protestant Establishment,
it ought to have been an oath, or engagement,
neither to speak nor vote on any subject affect-
ing that Establishment. All general pledges are per-
fectly useless, the object of which is to withhold one
section of the Legislature from doing what all the
rest may do. If the Catholic oath had succeeded in
imposing this exclusive restriction on Catholics, it
would have produced a second Catholic question. If
there were no Protestants who attacked Protestant
ascendancy, the supposed Catholic pledge to abstain
from doing so might be pleaded more colourably.
But to say Roman Catholics must hold their
tongues, and withhold their votes, on public ques-
tions, on which all other Members may speak
and vote in what sense they please, is to talk idly.
And what would be the consequence, if Roman
Catholics acquiesced in this doctrine ? The conse-
quence could be no other than this, that they must all
turn Repealers in a body—all at least, of those who
regard it as their duty to act upon their Church feel-
ings in Parliament as elsewhere. Every one of them
must throw their weight into the scale of separate
Roman Catholic legislature, if the Perceval, and, it
would seem, Stanley construction of their oath could
be brought home to their conviction. Lord Shrewsbury
said, very justly, last year, that " until both Houses of
Parliament combined to give a different interpretation
(from Lord Camoys) of the oath, Roman Catholics
would be justified in giving their opinion in the Legis-
lature even on subjects that might trench on the esta-
blished religion of the country. On any other terms
he would not condescend to sit in Parliament."
Would the party in power think the British con-
nexion with Ireland greatly strengthened, if every
Roman Catholic, who thinks himself bound to act in
favour of his chureh on all occasions,could be convinced
that he was not at liberty to do so within the walls
of Parliament ? Why then, let them pass a declaratory
Act of the stringent sense in which the oath taken by
Roman Catholics is understood by Parliament. If they
could make their majority relax corn duties, surely
theycan make them tighten Catholic tests. That they
won't do so—that it would annoy them amazingly if the
Roman Catholics took them at their word—considered
themselves, as they affect to consider them, debarred all
free expression on Church subjects—and thereupon
succeeded en mane, and took service, as loyal Repeal
auxiliaries, under Mr. O'Connell—proves, as VIP
began by stating, the weakness of talking everlast-
ingly about an alleged engagement they shrink from
enforcing. It would seem our opponents have got
such a habit of talking about this oath, that it always
comes uppermost when they find they have nothing
else left to say. But whatever colour there might be
for throwing it in the teeth of a Whig majority, there
is no shred of pretence now for a single word more
about it.

" You say the oath's evaded—why then, take it—
I'm all submission—what you'd have it MAKE rr."

All this whining is utterly ludicrous with a large
majority in both Houses. It is your fault if Roman
Catholic consciences are ensnared an hour longer by
general terms. Make them so stringent, that no zeal-
ous Roman Catholic can speak or vote henceforward on
any Church question. Every straightforward Tory
(as Sir C. Wetherell) derided your oath, as securing
establishments. Every straightforward Tory (as Mr.
Perceval) demands, if you make anything of it, to
make it stringent and penal. And Mr. O'Connell
will be much obliged to you. What need we say
more ?

COLONEL STODDART and CAPT
CONOLLY.

We regret to have to state, that accounts were yesterday
received at the Foreign-otfice from St. Petersburgh, stating
that the Russian Envoy at Teheran. in a dispatch dated the
15th (27th) of December, had reported to his Government
that the information which he had indirectly obtained from
the Envoy of the Ameer of Bokhara, who had arrived in
Teheran, bad only too surely removed all uncertainty as to
the tragical end of Captain tionollv and Lieutenant-Colonel
Stoddart, for he positively asserted that the first had been
executed for having shown on many occasions great par-
tiality for the Khan of Kokan, at that time at war with
Bokhara; and the second in consequence of the discovery of '
a secret correspondence which he kept up with his country-
men at Canbul, through the channel of Indian merchants
establiahed at Bokhara.

The Russian Envoy adds, that although the truth of these
details can hardly be questioned, an Envoy from the Shah of
Persia, who is about to proceed to Bokhara on a special mis-
sion, will be expressly instructed to collect on the spot the
most precise information as to the details which accompanied
the death of the two English officers.
The Russian Envoy further says, that the agent from
Bokhara, whether from fear or from delicacy, had evaded
Lieut.-Colonel Shell's attempt to obtain information from him
as to a catastrophe which must painfully shuck the British
representative.—Times.

LATEST FROM CHINA.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
We have received letters, by the last Overland mail, from
Hong-Kong, China. dated November 30th, 1845, from which
we extract the following ;—" The ward-room officers of her
Majesty's ship Minden have, at their sole expense, erected a
neat monument to the memory of their late measmate,
Thomas Hancom, late master of that ship. About 200 men
have invalided from the squadron, and will shortly leave for
England, in the Rattlesnake, troop-ship. The Cornwallis,
Dido, and Vixen steamer, will sail as soon as the two mails
which are now due arrive. As soon as the hospital at Hong-
Kong is ready, the sick soldiers will leave the Minden, and
be taken on shore. The ship has been moved about two
miles further out from the town for the benefit of the sick,
amounting now, in all, to seventy-five--twenty-five of whom
belong to the Minden. The Rattlesnake has about forty of
the 55th Regiment on board, the Sapphire about fifty,find the,
Lansier more. Admiral Sir W. Parker will leave here (Hong--
Kong) on the let November. Messrs. Allen and Rogers,
assietant-surgeons, of the Minden, go to England in charge of
the invalids in the Rattlesnake. The Cornwallis, flag-ship,
sails to-morrow (Ist December), and the Admiral, it is said,
will return in May. All the troops will be taken out of the
Minden, and sent to Chusan, 80 that ship will only have her
own sick in hospital on board."
Hong-Kong barracks will be ready in about two months.
There has been a survey held on board the Semarang, sur-
veying-vessel, Captain Sir Edw. Belcher ; her copper being
all off, it is certain that the destructive worms of these seas
will soon nm.ke great havoc in her, and the officers have re-
commendeirthat shashall be hove done.
Mr. Gordon, Mate of the Cornwallis, isvappointed acting
Lieutenant of the Starling; Mr. Spreat, Master command-
ing the Rattlesnake, has invalided, and is superseded by Mr.
Xing, Master of the Agincourt ; Mr. Elliott, Master of the
Dido, is appointed to the Agincourt ; Mr. Allen, Master of
the Vixen steamer, to the Dido ; Mr. Giles, Second Master
of the Starling, to the Vixen.
Lieutenant Wade, of the Semarang, is in the Minden's hos-
pital. Lieutenant Heard, of the same ship, has been thrown
from a horse and dragged along the ground, which disfigured
him very much, but be was not at all dangerously hurt.
Captain Call, and his father, Paymaster of the 18th Regi-
ment, go home on sick leave.
Mr. Sullivan, Master, is appointed Consul at Amoy.
On the 9th of November a plot was discovered for blowing
!II) the markets here (Hong-Kong). Had it succeeded there
is no knowing what the consequences would have been : it is
very likely one of the victualling stores and the commissariat
would have been destroyed. One Chinaman has been appre-.
hended, and he will be hung. The police' are now burning
down a range of buildings, occupied by a disaffected body of
Chinese. The guards are all doubled, and armed boats now
guard all night. On the 11th November an alarm of fire
was given, and it was found that fifty houses were burning
at once here. Sir Henry Pottinger is at Canton, and is not
expected here till Hong-Kong is more healthy. The gunner
of the Semarang has been tried by Court-martial, and broke
for drunkenness.
We have also received a letter from a medical gentleman
at Hong-Kong, from which we extract the following:—
" Sickness prevailed to a great extent ; fifteen have died in
the last week, and about thirty are expected not to recover.
Strange to say, that although the Admiralty have fitted out
the Minden, hospital-ship, with every comfort, the men
have a great dread of being sent to her, preferring to remain
in their own ships even to death. A large house
.has. been
taken for a military hospital. Mr. R
hospital. The prejudc,eill IJI the
againstwin bee Minaedens R.N.,
so strong, that
it is thought no more sicksenti ond board her. The
soldiers are to be taken out of her, an
therefore the Minden will only have her
own
worth a hundred
own
siotktsonCbhoussanrei
We ought to have held Chilean, it "m
islands of Hong-Kong, and I think
we only wait for a fair
chance to take it again ; for if wedonot America or France
will, if we allow them to do so. A great . squabble " has
arisen between the nobs here, the Governor supposing the
.Admirals and General have not paid him proper_irespeet as to
salutes. Sir W. Parker has been unwell, but s recovered,
and has returned from Macao.
The Starling, cutter, Lieutenant Gordon, has been e
expected
to being found rotten. The Castor, frigate, • l "
pected
to arrive daily.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of Feb. 16.)
SUGAR.—The market has a firm appearance for West India
Sugar; buyers hare been on the alert, and the demand has
been good for every description for grocery and refining pur-
poses—indeed the market has been each day cleared ; the
prices paid have been fully up to those of Friday last for good
;end fine yellow, but all common and brown qualities have
brought an advance of 6d to is per cwt. To-day West India
was. fair request for all purposes, and the rates previously
estswilled were fully sustained ; some of the brokers have
DO Buggi '4 to offer for sale.
ItgriNg, 9•—:The home trade have been eager purchasers of
every descr tption of Refined goods this week, paying an ad-
vance on for 'Wer rates of is to 2s per cwt. To-day refined
goods were in request, and the lowest lump was not to be
obtained under '77B.Per cwt. For Bonded Crushed Sugar 26s 1
in some cases Lye peen refused.

ifatreertti.-e-The operations in this description of Sugar
have been upon a large scale this week. Yesterday very fine
strong bright yellow sold at 691 to 69s 64 fine 67* to 68s,
gpod 64e to 65e, middling 61* to 635, low 5911tH 60., and Cm*
brown 57s per cwt.
EASt IstnA.-The rates previously established have been
fully maintained for Bengal Sugar, and the trade have pur-
chased all descriptions readily by private contract. Foreign
East India Sugar at previous prices. This day Manilla Sugar
sold at market rates ; fine brown fetched 17, to lis 6d, damp
17s, and washed 16s to 16e 6d; law middling sound fellow
taken in at lax pp cwt.
Fortxxix...Tellow liavannah at 205 64 per cwt for ooloury
rub yellow ; white cannot be quoted cheaper ; Bahia at
7s per cwt ; white at the previous currency.
MOLASSES.-For all descriptions of West India better
prices have been paid-Demerara at 258 6d to 265, superior
275, Antigua 265, Dominica 275, and St. Vincent's 27a per
cwt. Bengal Syrup at previous rates.
COFFER.-Of British Plantation only 2 casks and 27 brls
have been brought to public sale during the week, which
sold readily at stiff rates ; fine ordinary Jamaica rather
colory fetched 72s 6d, good ordinary pale 63s to 645, and fine
ordinary ragged 65s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Ceylon
Coffee was in good request, at an advance of 3s to 5s for B.P.
sorts ; on good ordinary Ceylon the advance was not more
than 6d per cwt ; good ordinary pale fetched 66s to 66s 6d, fine
ordinary B. P. kind 72s to 755, middling 94s 6d, low middling
89s 6d, fine ordinary grey 78s to 86s, pea berry 89, to 102 s,
low ordinary ragged 54s to 575, black 39s to 58s, very low 18s ;
Mysore at 35s 6d to 36s for good ordinary green, 40s for fine
ordinary, and 46s for low ordinary pale : Rio bought in at 56s
for fine ordinary : and Costa Rica at 57. to 60s for fine ordi-
nary, and 50s to 55s for good : 117 bags Padang sold at 22s 6d
for low, mixed with blacks.
TEA.-In the early part of the week Tea of all descrip-
tions met with a good demand. On Tuesday, of 17,990
packages submitted to public competition, nearly 6,000 were
sold at and immediately after the sales at previous rates, ex-
cepting for good Congou of the recent importations, which
went ld per lb cheaper. To-day the market was quiet for
Tea, but purchases could not generally have been made in
Congou under the rates of the last public sales.
COCOA.-The demand continues on the increase for West
India, and prices have an upward tendency. Foreign is held
for previous rates. This afternoon Grenada middling red
fetched 48s to 495, and Trinidad low grey 44s to 465. Trini-
dad Chocolate fetched 3id per lb.
Russ, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.---JamaiCa Rum 27 to
29 per cent overproof, common quality at 2s 8d to
2s 10d, 30 to 33 over, fair 3s 14 to 3a 4d, 34
to 36 over, good 3s 10d to 45: in second hand
parcels, in all 500 puns have been sold at prices vary-
ing from 2s 9d to 4s 6d for 27 to 36 per cent overproof.
Demerara at 2s 104 to 2s lld for 35 to 37 per cent overproof.
Leewards at Is lld to 2s for proof to 5 per cent overproof.
Calcutta at Is 8d for proof with certificate. For Brandy
holders are firm :-Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838
selling-hhds at 5s lld, puns 5s 9d; ditto, 1839, hhds 5s Bd,
puns 5s 6d; ditto, 1840, hhds 58 6d, puns 5s 4d; ditto, 1841,
hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id,
middling marks 3s 104 to 4s 6d, and common 3s to 3s 8d per
gallon. Geneva for shipping is 10d ; the value of fine for
duty is 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. English Corn Spirits at lOs
to lOs 2d per gallon, cash.
SAGO.-GOOfi small white Pearl at 23s 64 to 248 6d, good
mid grey 218 to 21s 64, mid brownish 17s 6d ; common Pearl
at 13s per cwt. Sago Flour at 18s for mid, and 9s to 13s Gd
per cwt for damaged. Sound Tapioca brought 3id to 4d per
lb ; South American Arrowroot at lid to 4d, and African
2d to 3d per lb. This afternoon Pearl Sago at 198 to 19, 6d
fur good small white.
RicE.-Bengal Rice at lOs 9d to lls for mid, and at 11.34
to lls 64 for good mid white. Madras at 9s per cwt for yel-
low. Java yellow at 8s 6d to 9s, and white at 9s 6d to lls
per cwt. Patna Rice at 14s to 15s ; the highest price is 17s,
and the lowest 13s per cwt. Carolina, cleaned here, 21s to
24s and 26s per cwt.
Isinc.o.-East India at an advance of 2d per lb on the last
quarterly sale. Spanish has sold steadily at firm rates.
On 1.-Cod Oil at 33/ per tun ; 341 109 to 35/ per tun for
.pale Seal. Sperm Oil at 70/ per tun for fine British. Lin-
seed Oil at 26s 3d to 26s Gd per cwt on the spot. Rape Oil
at 36e for pale, and 35s per cwt for brown. Olive Oil has
been in excellent demand : Galipoli at 464 Spanish 43/, and
Barbary 421 to 421 lOs per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil at 28s to
32s for low to fine quality. Palm Oil fine quality at 28s per
cwt. This afternoon Palm Oil taken in.-good at 27/ to
'27/10s, mid 261 109.
TALLOW.-For forward delivery of Petersburgh yellow
candle 41s 3d to 41, 6d are the quotations for the last three
months of the year. The business transacted has been upon
a small scale only at 40, 9d to 41s per cwt for Petersburgh
yellow candle of first quality.-American at easier rates.
Town Tallow is 423 per cwt, net cash. This afternoon
North American Melted Tallow sold at 35s to 39s 9d, fine
Odessa Beef Tallow at 40, 6d to 408 9d, South American at
34s to 395, and North American Lard at 35s per cwt.