The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-28 00:00:00

AMERICA 3 NEWS.

The following- extracts from the New York Herald
give the prevailing rumours as to the formation of
the new Cabinet :
WASHINGTON, UAW Hl. xas is trianipha.nt, and Mr.
Polk has already determined on at least two of his Cabinet.
Air. Calhoun retires to South Carolina to cultivate cotton
it,r4l philosophy, having accomplished the work he un-
aerto,k, that is,—finished the Texas question, and put
the Oregon in a pro-r train of settlement. The two
Cabinet Ministers thus far determined on are—
James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of State.
Robert J. Walker, of .Aississippi, Secretary of the
Treasury.
MARCH 3.—The new Cabinet was unofficially given
out to-dav, and a prodigious excitement has been pro-
duced in both the old cliques or factions. The friends of
Air. Van Buren and those of Mr. Calhoun are equally
savage. The following is the list:—
James Buchanan, Secretary of State.
Robert J. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury.
William L. Marcy, Secretary of War.
George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy.
Cave Johnson, Postmaster-General.
Mr. Saunders, Attorney-General.
These names are admitted generally to be the pro-
9ranune, and the discontent among ihe cliques is very
Benton, Alien, Tappan, and all ilio,e of that ilk.
denounce it, particu:arly the nomiaetii n of Marcy, he
bring a Conservative of 1840, amid everything but a
friend of Van Buren and S:las Wright in New York.
On the other hand the Southern Calhoun men denounce
it as an ultra high tariff, and hostile to Mr. Calhoun.
The Conservatives of New York and all the Tyler office-
holders there and elsewhere are delighti4l. It is now
said that few remavals will take place, and that neit her
the old Van Buren nor Calhoun men can have any influ-
ence or power.
The most amusing state of things is produced, and
many laughable demonstrations are already taking place.
,il
Predict a hot and bitter war upon Mr. Polk's Adminis-
tration from large sections of his own party. The Whigs
are quietly looking on and preparing for 148, with their
two rival candidates, John APLean and General sciitt.
Air. Polk has treated Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Van Buren
in the like cavalier way. lie did not ask Mr. Calhoun
to stay a day in the Cabinet, and i\lr. Van Buten's re-
quest to put in Flagg or Cambreleug has been put aside
without notice. In fact, Mr. Polk means to be Mr.
1101 k. The inaugural address is now printing at the Globe
office.
MAJtcrt 4.—The following is the latest information re-
specting the formation of the Cabinet:—
Secretary of State, Senator Buchanan, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of Treasury, Senator Walker, of Mississippi.
Secretary of Navy, George Bancroft, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of War, Governor Marcy, of New York.
Postmaster-General, Cave Johnson, of Tennessee.
Navy,
Mr. Mason, late Secretary of the
lavy, who is said to have had this offered to him, and to
have refused it ; and it is now said that J. W. Jones,
',ate Speaker of the House of Representatives, will be the
Teurabent, but it is also said that this post remains un-
filled, and that it is the only one that is so.
President Tyler last night nominated Judge Wilkins,
,the Secretary of War, Associate Judge of the Supreme
Court for Pennsylvania. The Senate refused to go into
executive session, and left all the appointments for the
action of President Polk and the new Senate.
President Tyler has also saved Mr. Polk all trouble
1,11 making any election as to the mode of admission of'
4exas into the Union, for on Saturday one of his
nephews, Mr. Waggaman, was dispatched by ex-
Press as special messenger, bearir, the House.resolutions
to the Government of I exas, anetherefore, as it is fully
expected, Texas will immediately accede to the terms of
those resolutions, President Polk has no trouble in the
matter.

COURT CIKCULAR.
WINDsoR, TIIIIBSDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Grand Duchess Stephanie
c 1 Baden, and attended by the Countess or Chat lemont,
zaroness de Strumfeder, the Earl of Hardaicke, Ad-
teiral Sir Robert Otway, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and
Baron de Schreckenstein, visited this morning St.
George's Chapel Royal, where the royal party remained
half an hour, and after viewing the sacred edifice,
Proceeded to the Royal Mews, and inspecttd the
tiding-school and stables.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent paid an
lady morning visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert,
and also took leave of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of
Bade,
tier Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of
Baden, attended by the Baroness de Struniteder and
Baron Schreckenstein, took her departure from the
Castle this morning, for the Slough station of the Great
Western Railway, on her return to town.
After the departure of the Grand Duchess, the Queen
and Prince Albert took equestrian exercise in the Great
Park, attended by the Hon. Miss Hamilton, Colonel the
ll°n. Charles Grey, and Major-Gent ral Sir E. Bowater.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyt
telton, were taken a carriage airing this morning.
In the afternoon the Royal Family were taken in the
Pleasure grounds.
11The Earl of Aberdeen left the Castle to-day.
The royal dinner party at the Castle, in the evening,
Included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
'Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess of Wratislaw, and
kr. and Mrs. William Harcourt.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend-
Mee during dinner ; her Majesty's private band after-
Wards attended.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
411 d the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meckleuburgh
Strelita arrived in town yesterday, from Kew, and
visited the Marchioness of Douglas (nth Princess Mary
of Baden), at her residence, in Connaught-place.
Its Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has left
'443 seat of Viscount Barrington, Beckett House, Berks,
,
Nuneham, Oxford.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie
,°1 Baden, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and
lletron de hchreckenstein, arrived at the Paddington ter-
tilinus of the Great Western Railway at one o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Duke of
Hamilton received the Grand Duchess on her arrival,
The
accompanied her Royal Highness to Portman-square.
~'he Grand Duchess afterwards visited her daughter the
Marchioness of Douglas, at her residence in Connaught-
Place.
A. deputation from the hand-loom weavers had an
interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at the office
of the Board of Trade. The deputation was accompanied
°Y their Secretary, Mr. W. H. Lowe.
The Earl of Aberueen arrived in town yesterday, from
Windsor Castle.
Dispatches from the Governors of New South Wales,
'-eylon, and St. Helena, were received yesterday at the
Colonial -office.

ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.
A Vestry Meeting of the rate-payers, called in pur-
suance of a notice from Messrs Flight and Hock, the
P°Pelar churchwardens, to take into consideration the
QXtraordieary proceedings of the Con.Fervative church.
It'etrdens, Lurd Mayor Gibbs and Mr. Whittaker, on
Tuesday last (which proceedings were reported in The
'l4n), was held this day in the vestry-roim, Waibrook.
Croly was called to the chair.
The Vestry Clerk, Mr. CROSBY, then read the minutes
of the previous meeting, the protest of Dr. Croly to tile
kforementioned select vestry meeting on Tuesday, and
V6O a statement of what took place can that day previous
the adjournment of the select vestry (Lord Mayor
Gibbs, Mr. Whittaker, and Mr. Eddison,) to his Lord
snip's private residence.
Mr. FLIGHT then said that he had hoped that the
nOnterous body of the parishioners who had elected Mr.
Rock and himself to fill the onerous situation of church-
wardens would have fully satisfied Mr. Michael Gibbs that
,
.%!3 20 years' domination over the parish must have an end.
'lad he consulted his own character or credit, he cer-
ttiniy would have immediately retired, end permitted
them to commence the work of reparation of which their
enureh and the affairs of the parish stood so much in
But meaty years, it appeared, had not satis •
wn him ; the sweets of office were too tempting to bo
tt once forfeited, and from that hour until the present
e had prevented their being of the slightest use to the
I,lterests of the parish, by not allowing any portion of
the rates to be employed with the view o' setting things
to rights. He (Mr. Flight) had examined the accounts
that had been furnished, and he found that in the year
1825,
.
when Mr. Gibbs first came into office, the sum of
61, Bs. 6d. was expended for relief to casual poor, but in
the next year Mr. Gibbs had increased that sum to 51/.
(Rear, hear)—and in the succeeding year, it had been
9rther increased to 671.—(Huar, hear.) So that after
his first year of office, he increased the amount to the
Casual poor nine-fold, and in the second year twelve-fold.
IIr,cuNLIFFE (the banker)—Where are the vouchers?
Mr. FLIGHT—The Churchwardens are not bound to
give vouchers for relief to casual poor.—(Hear, hear, and
(tughter.) Large and serious as this amount was
would be still more surprised at some other of the
atenaents in these accounts. In the year 1825 the
?ui"
ag-
gregatei amount of the poor-rate was 610/., but in the
'Wing y
t, ear it had increased to 7801., and afterwards
_ 8601., consequently in an interval of four years the
rates
had increased one-third, so that in a parish of sixty
houses they were, in fact, charged about 141. a house for
tnor-rete.—(Hear, hear.) The next thing which struck
exica as extraordinary was the amount charged for law
Penses.—(Hear, hear.) He found that in these twenty-
Years something like 2,000/. was alleged to have been
:11711 for law charges.—(Hear, hear.) But on con!.
htlt! IC Mr. Crosby, their Vestry Clerk, an tlee
t, he found that these alleged payments
'niter not
been really made, they were merely
„et), and not receipted as payments until February
es the present year.—(Hear, hear.) He was anxious to
eoe_ rtain the effect of the new Poor-law Bill, and to
tiornjare the expenses of the first year under its opera-
xs',,,lth their former heavy payments under the old
and to his surprise, he found in the first year
theyrates were reduced one-half.—(Hear, hear.) Now,
of.q_ would recollect that the complaint against a union
2evetiral parishes was that the poorer parishes would
entailm heavier expense upon the richer parishes in the
• W anion, and they naturally enough expected that
witae„ro,o.k. would suffer heavily when i copartnership
44 11 httechapel, but even with that drawback they
Couldsaved nearly one-half a
poor rates, and it
ear in -
tan__ not bo said that this reduction arose from superior
"Lgentent because the same gentleman who managed
4rl.he,f.oriner case was also chairman ef the poor-law union.
the Flight then referred to the letting of the houses in
westi:trLa I,tve and cited some instances where the rental
Paid re.„.,a7 low valuation, and that not in every case
Reek
_l'l,l. If the meeting were satisfied that Slr.
eery haa I himself lied dune their duty, they would be
of tt'ulthligahntd)
(Mr happy to allow themselves to be re-elected, and he
had no doubt t-hat ultimately the cause
of justice would triumph. He would re-
Peatr then what he had stated formerly, that whatever
' were wanted over that contributed by the parish-