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T tIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN Cr, APRIL 2 1845.

Captain P.ECHELL presented a petition from one
hundred masters and paymasters in the Royal Navy,
complaining of the manner in which they had been
treated by the Board of Admiralty, in not awarding to
them that portion of half pay which the late Com-
mittee of Inquiry into the state and condition of
naval officers had awarded to them. The Zion.
and Gallant Member at the same time intimated that
he would draw the attention of the House to the case
of the petitioners, when the navy estimates came umler
discussion on Friday, on which day he would move that
the petition be printed with the votes.
DUTY ON MALT.
The HON. and GALLANT MEMBER also presented a
petition from the malsters of Brighton and Lewes,
praying the House to abolish the duty on malt.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS gave notice, that on the
House going into Committee on the Army Estimates, he
would call attention to the present condition of regimental
staff officers, paymasters, &c., with a view to Parliament
taking into consideration the expediency of extending to
that meritorious class of officers the privilege of retiring
under certain circumstances upon full pay.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS ACT.
Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice of his intention on a
future day to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend
the Insolvent Debtors' Act, passed in the last session of
Parliament. The Hon. Member also gave notice that
on the pith instant he would move for a Select Com-
mittee to inquire into the pat operation of the same law.
MAYNOOTH:
Sir R. INGLIS presented several petitions from places
in the counties of Oxford, Cornwall, and other parts of
England, against any further grant to Maynooth.
Colonel SIBTHORP presented petitions from the
mayor, clergy, and a great number of the inhabitants of
the city of Lincoln,
and from another place in the county
of Lincoln, to the same effect.
SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL.
Mr. MACKINNON moved the second reading of this

first brought the measure before the House he deemed
it his duty to give it his most earnest and anxious con-
sideration. lie b: licved the Bill was ietroduced on the
12th of March—(Laughter)—and with a view to the
discussion which must certainly arise on the sec and
reading, he had endeavoured, with the assistance
of his colleagues in the Government, to institute
such inquiries as should place them in the posses-
sion of the fullest information respecting every
portion of its details that it was possible to obtain.
For that purpose he had made it his business to extend
his investigations to every part of the manufacturing dis-
tricts of the United Kingdom. The House wsa aware
that the Factory Inspectors had certain districts assigned
them, in which they had respectively appointed sub-in-
spectors. It was the busine::s of these sub-inspectors
to place themselves in personal communication
with the individuals most looked up to among the indus-
trial classes. Into the bands of every one of these
sub-inspectors a copy of the Bill had been placed.
with instructions to ascertain the effects its clauses were
likely to hare on the manufacturing community; and since
the first reading, on March 12, he had assembled these
factory inspectors, and a portion of the sub-inspectors in
London, in order to get the most precise infor-
mation, and the fullest information which through their
inquiries had been obtained.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
DUBLIN, MARCH 31.—The weekly meeting of the
Association was held this day in the Conciliation Hall,
Caleb Powell, Esq., M.P.for Limerick, in the chair, who
congratulated the meeting on the glorious demonstration
in favour of repeal which had lately taken place in Kil-
kenny, and which, he observed, clearly demonstrated
that the spirit of '43 was still triumphant.
Mr. O'CoNNEnr, handed in a number of remittances,
and read a mass of correspondence which accompanied
them. In reference to a letter from a parish in the
county Kildare, complaining of apathy on the part of the
repealers with regard to the registry, Mr. O'Connell
urged the absolute necessity of an immediate registra-
tion. It would, in his opinion, be much better to return
Tories than pretended friends. For his part, he had no
reason to quarrel with the Tories at all ; their measures
were admirable, and he was almost afraid he would have
to fall in love with Sir Robert Peel himself.—(Loud
cheers and laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman then ad-
verted to the outrages which had been recently com-
mitted in the north of Ireland on unoffending Catholics,
but as an investigation into the matter had been directed
by the Government, he would abstain from going into
particulars.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN brought forward the report of
the judges appointed to consider the essays on the repeal
of the union. The report stated that there were forty-
eight essays sent in, each of which the judges read sepa-
rately, and on the termination of their labours they corn
pared their notes and opinions, and unanimously awarded
the first prize to M. J. Barry, Esq., (barrister), the
second to M. Staunton, Esq., Alderman ; and the third
to an " Irish Protestant." The judges expressed their
regret that they were not at liberty to mention the name
of the author of the latter essay, as the publication of it
would expose him to persccution. The Hon. Gentleman
announced that the Committee of the Association had
determined on offering a prize of 100/. for the best his-
tory of Ireland down to the present time, such history to
be delivered to the secretary of the Association on or be-
fore the 30th May, 1846.
Mr. O'CoNNEnn seconded the proposition, and ex-
pressed his conviction that no man was calculated to
write a history of Ireland unless in heart and feelings he
was thoroughly Irish.—(Cheers.) He wished the his-
tory to be written in a manly, uncompromising, and can-
did spirit; that all facts should be stated clearly and dis-
tinctly, and that all partiality should be studiously
avoided.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, M.P., then moved the following
resolution :—" That the Committees of this Association
be empowered to support the efforts now in progress for
promoting the industrial education of the Irish people,
and that they be instructed to report whatever mea-
sures they may recommend for adoption." The Hon.
Gentleman dwelt at considerable length on the necessity
there existed for the formation of polytechnic institu-
tions, and for the promotion of industrial knon ledge,
and dwelt on the equity of having the public establish-
ments in Ireland supplied with the produce of Irish
industry,
Mr. J. M'IsTEvIN (barrister) seconded the resolution.
M. O'CoNNEnn announced that he had received an
invitation to a grand public entertainment in Dundalk,
which would take place upon Ascension Thursday, and
another in the county Meath on Corpus Christi. He
would take that opportunity of calling the at-
tention of the Association to the propriety of having
a grand banquet and procession at Clontarf on the 30th
of May.—(lmmense cheering.) The Hon. Gentle-
man, adverting to the late intelligence from America,
said there was much to deplore in the annex-
ation of Texas to the United States. He beheld with
horror the annexation of another slave state to the
union—it was deplorable to witness a further accumula-
tion of such human misery. It was i lie for the Ame-
ricans to talk of liberty, and practise slavery. For his
part, he would repudiate any assistance from America if
tainted with human blood ; and he was glad he had that
opportunity of denouncing the atrocious system. The
President talked likewise of seizing Oregen—he would
certainly do it, and would then point to the disaffection
existing in Ireland for impunity.—(Cheers.) The Spec-
tator had announced that the Government had only to
make a few concessions pro forma to Ireland, and the
Irish would rush in all their chivalry to the banner of
Queen Victoria. Yes, England should have the assist-
ance of Irishmen, which would enable her to obtain
Oregon, and prevent the annexation of Texas ; but the
equivalent should be justice to Ireland, and the restora-
tion of her domestic legislature.—(Cheers.)
After some other routine business, Mr. O'Connell an-
nounced the rent for the fortnight to be 473/. 95., and the
meeting adjourned.
THE COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTII.
In pursuance of a requisition very numerously signed,
a meeting was held this day at the Rotunda, for the pur-
pose of considering the Ministerial proposition of an in-
creased grant to the Popish College of Maynooth, and
to adopt petitions against it. The meeting was nume-
rously and respectably attended.
The chair was taken by Mr. Grogan, M.P., on the
motion of Archdeacon MAGEE, who, in putting the pro-
position, regretted that he did not see more of his bro-
ther electors of the city of Dublin on the platform. They
were taunted, he said, with having acquiesced in the
grant of 8,0001. to Maynooth, and that the principle was
the same, whether the sum were large or small. But
their present object was to abolish the grant altogether.
—(Hear.) The larger the grant, the more the religion
of Popery would be confirmed ; and the baneful effects
which have resulted from a Maynooth education would
be extended.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. THOMPSON (who acted as secretary to the meet-
ing) read the requisition, to which it ;appeared there
were attached the names of fifty clergymen and four
hundred laymen.
The Rev. Mr. PRIOR, at the request of the Chairman,
then opened the business of the meeting with prayer.
The Rev. H. M. EYRE moved the first resolution,
which was as follows:—" That it is the opinion of this
meeting that the Protestant religion, as by law esta-
blished, is according to the sacred word of God, and
that it is but a just acknowledgment of his gracious Pro-
vidence to attribute to the maintenance of that religion,
under his divine blessing, the many ;mercies and the
prosperity which the British empire has enjoyed." This
meeting, he observed, was not a political meeting, but a
religious one, and assembled for a religious purpose.
They were met to oppose the disgraceful proposition of
enormously increasing the grant to Maynooth College.
They maintained that Protestantism was true, and they
called upon the Government not to depart from that
principle. We are ready, he said, to rally round the
throne for it, and never to surrender in its defence.—
(Hear, hear.) They were asked to multiply the teachers
of Romanist error, and spread it more widely than ever.
All concessions made to Roman Catholics had failed to
satisfy their priesthood—whom nothing could satisfy but
the destruction of the Established Church. He called
upon this meeting to protest solemnly and religiously
against the guilty conduct of the Minister, as calculated
to bring down the judgments of God upon the nation.
The Rev. SAMUEL WALKER seconded the resolution.
England, he said, was about to continue, or rather to ag-
gravate a great crime. It was therefore his business,
and that of every clergyman, to cry aloud and spare not
on such an occasion.—(Hear.) Ministers were inex-
cusable in this business—so was England—for they
knew well what Popery was. As to Sir Robert Peel—
(Tremendous hisses)—if he were a truly religious man,
he could not act thus. He called himself a physician ;
but his system was evidently homseopathy. Ireland
complained of too much Popery ; but Sir Robert Peel
thought to cure her by giving her still more of it. He
thought that a hair of the rabid dog must cure her.—
(Laughter.) The Rev. Gentleman then enlarged with
great eloquence on the iniquity as well as impolicy of
the contemplated measure.
The next resolution was moved by the Rev. T. D.
GREGG, who was received with immense cheering, wav-
ing of handkerchiefs, &c. He rejoiced to see so large a
meeting assembled, and to know that on this question
the most perfect unanimity prevailed amongst Protes-
tants. The real power of the nation was its Protestant
heart, and that heart was now against Sir Robert Peel.
The Protestants of Ireland were three millions, and the
total population being but nine millions, the odds
against them were not worth speaking of. He prophe-
cied that Sir R. Peel's present proposition would be his
downfal.—(Hear, hear.)
The Rev. C. M. FLEURY supported the resolution, and
maintained that the Minister was guilty of treason to
the established religion of the country in entertaining
his present project as reskiects Maynooth.
The Rev. ROBERT M'I,HEE said he did not conceive
how the Protestants of Ireland could have remained
silent on such an occasion as the present, and then en-
tered at great length upon the general subject. He had
written to the President of Maynooth College, with a
view to draw from him some explanation or extenuation
of the class books and divinity taught in that institution,
but had received no answer to his letter. He then en-
tered upon a long detail of Romish errors, and denounced
in the strongest manner the great national crime of
countenancing and teaching such dangerous and soul-
destroying delusions.
After ether similar displays of self-interest and bigotry
the Christian assembly broke up.

Bill.
Mr. HAWES opposed the Bill as impracticable, and
he should therefore take the sense of the House upon it.
He hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw the
Bill for the present, and wait for the general Bill of the
Noble Lord opposite.
Mr. BORTHWICK supported the Bill.
Mr. ORD had but one or two observations to make in
reference to this measure. The Hon. Member assumed
that there existed a smoke nuisance which could be put
down, and the provisions of the Bill had particular
reference to the occupiers of chimneys and furnaces.
Who were occupiers of chimneys?—(Laughter.) He
and other Hon. Members on that side denied the practi-
cability of complying with the requisitions of this Bill.
The Earl of LINCOLN said that a Bill should be
introduced for the purpose of constituting local bodies to
take into consideration the effects of smoke in their dis-
tricts ; it would be peremptory to appoint inspectors
before that could be done If the llonourable Gentle-
man still persevered in his intention to refer the Bill
to a Select Committee, he (the Earl of Lincoln)
would vote for the second reading of the Bill.
He was sure, when the Hon. Gentleman reflected upon
the large amount of property destroyed by the smoke
nuisance, he would not be inclined to throw any impedi-
ment in the way of legislation upon this subject.
A short time ago a nursery-gardener in the neighbour-
hood of this metropolis was in the habit of raising ex-
pensive and valuable plants, but, from the erection of two
extensive chimneys, he was compelled to abandon a
lucrative occupation. Now by the introduction of
some patent apparatus into the two chimneys he
believed the gardener was afterwards enabled
to resume his business with his former success.
The experiment was tried, and the nuisance was abo-
lished. He did not wish to trespass longer on the atten-
tion of the House, but would conclude by saying that if
the Hon. Member pressed his motion to a division he
would vote for it, but he would earnestly recommend the
Hon. Gentleman to postpone the second reading until
the Sanitary Bill had been introduced.
Mr. LABOUCHERE thought the best mode would
be to withhold the consideration of this matter for the
present, as the Government had announced their inten-
tion of bringing forward a measure which would embrace
it. It would be a mere waste of time under such circum-
stances to refer the matter to a Select Committee. He
would vote against the second reading of the Bill.
Mr. SPOONER hoped his Hon. Friend the Member for
Leamington would postpone the second reading of this
Bill. Suppose the most complete apparatus were to be
employed fer effecting the object which the Hon. Gen-
tleman had in view, there was nothing to compel the
workmen to put it info effective use, and without their
co• operation it would be utterly futile to at-
tempt to carry the Bill into effect. Besides,
there was a very great doubt whether the
consumption of smoke would not compel a very much
larger consumption of fuel. The Hon. Gentleman oppo-
site (Mr. Hawes) had complained that this Bill was a
mere waste of legislation, but he (Mr. Spooner) would
go further and say, that if they attempted to carry this
Bill into effect they would excite such an amount of op-
position throughout the country as would not only entirely
prevent any benefit being derived from it, but which would
also very greatly militate against any really good mea-
sure. Another inconvenience arising from the measure,
as it stood, was, that every manufacturing interest was
claiming to be exempt from its operation. He believed,
indeed, that there was a notice on the books for exclud-
ing the iron trade ; and if the iron trade, why not the
glass trade, or any other trade ? He trusted,
therefore, that the Honourable Gentleman would not
press this Bill to a division, for he believed that
it was quite an impracticable measure. He did not be-
lieve that the smoke from manufactories was any greater
nuisance than that from dwelling-houses, even if it were
a nuisance at all; and he trusted that he would therefore
withdraw it, and leave an opportunity for a really good
measure to be introduced at a future period.
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON said that he could not
possibly assent to the assertion that the smoke from
manufactories was no nuisance, or even a small nuisance,
fur he knew that in the place which he had the honour
to represent it was felt to be a great nuisance, and he
conceived that to talk of this period for legislation
on the subject being too early, or that discussion was
unnecessary in that House, was quite beside the facts
of the case. He was favourable to the object of
the Bill ; but he thought there would be great difficulty
in carrying its enactments into effect.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that after the
expression of a hope by the Noble Lord at the
head of the Woods and Forests, it would have
been better had this measure been deferred
until after the introduction of the Health of Towns Bill.
He should, under these circumstances, vote against the
second reading of this Bill ; at the same time he gave
every credit to the Honourable Gentleman for the ex-
cellence of his intention, and for the pains
he had taken in the details of the measure. He granted
that a great nuisance existed, but he did not agree in the
particular mode of remedy advocated by the Honourable
Gent'eman.
Mr. BROTHERTON said that the details of the Bill
might be greatly modified and improved. In that case, he
hoped that the Hon. Member would not press for the
second reading of the Bill. He should remark that there
were chimneys belonging to certain manufactories in
Manchester, where thre was a strong feeling on this
subject, from which there was no more smoke than from
a private dwelling-house. There was no doubt that great
attention would be paid to the correction of the Bill by
the Select Committee.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said that no one could be more

competent to make a suggestion on the matter than the
impossible
to Gentleman who had just spoken. It was
to make any rule with resprct to the suppression of a
general nuisance which would not create some local nui-
sances. The Select Committee would consider whe-
ther the provisions of this Bill could be safely
adopted. He was very certain that the time
of the Committee would not be lost. Under-
standing that the Bill was not to be press"d until
the measure for improving the sanitary condition of
large towns was before the House, he thought there
could be no objection to the second reading, and refer-
ring the Bill to the consideration of a Select Commitiee.
Mr. HAWES was perfectly satisfied with the course
proposed by the Right honourable Gentleman, but he
should like to know whether the Committee would
have power to take evidence upon certain points of the
Bill ?
Mr. RICARDO reminded the Hon. Member for
Lambeth that the Government were going to introduce
a Bill affecting the same subject, and it would be there-
fore all labour lost to make any inquiry into the nature of
this Bill. For his part, he would rather the matter should
rest with the Government, entrusted to the hands of a
to say
Committee. There were two parties affected by this
Bill. The one was the party who was annoyed by
smoke; the then, was the party who lived by smoke. Now
after which
he could only say, on the part of his constituents, that
they would have to give up business altogether if they
were not allowed to smoke. They were now in a state
of uncertainty, and there was no doubt they would re-
main so until the intentions and measure of the Govern-
menta
few words
on this subject were before the House.
fewhe wished
ww.,
so
hi. de
ds
in explanation. It should be recollected that a Com-
mittee of that House reported that the nuisance of smoke
Mr. 1.1 NMV AI LC
LKI lANMN SO
saidN said a i a d h
could and ought to be prevented; and added, that if the
Government did not take up the matter with a view to
legislation, some individual Member ought. Was not
that recommendation worthy of regard? He had merely
followed the recommendation of the Committee.
The Right Hon. Member for Taunton had accused him
of putting himself forward on this occasion, when the
matter might better be left in the hands of the Govern-
ment. But in fact, he had done nothing more than act
upon the instructions of the Committee. If the Noble
Lord (Lord Lincoln) did not feel inclined to proceeed
with his measure he (Mr. Mackinnon) should proceed
with the present Bill, but not otherwise.
The amendment was then withdrawn ; the Bill was
read a second time, and ordered to be r..ferred to a Select
Committee.
INFEFTMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The LORD ADVOCATE postponed the second
reading of this Bill till this day week.
HERITABLE JURISDICTIONS (SCOTLAND)
BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
CALICO PRINT WORKS,
Mr. M. GIBSON, having inquired whether it was the
intention to proceed with Lord Ashley's Bill for the
regulation of calico print works, presented five petitions
from various manufacturing places against any restri
tion of their labour.
Mr. HAWES presented petitions from West Hum, in
Essex, and other places, to the same effect.
Lord ASHLEY in
a petition from 500 opera-
tives at Brayford, Kent, expressing their desire that
the measure should pass into law, suggesting some
amendments ; and stating their wish that even a modi-
fied measure should be passed, rather than that the Bill
should be altogether lust.
On the iotion that the Bill be read a zeu.rui
Sir J. GIO,IIA)St *aici that wlief; tae 'ITOWe Toni

Tut., vsiDENT'S MESSAGE.
The Message of an American President is, under
ordinary circumstances, an important political document;
but the inaugural Message of a new President is more
peculiarly so, while recent events in America give to it
an interest of the gravest character. The very unex-
pected turn which the Texan question has taken, has
certainly come upon this country. somewhat bfy sur-
prit;e ; hut ta.ole. Nye a4yett. to, this intricate, point of
60014trons tll9 I
Vn.te.. States, w© shall exaMine

the general features of the Message. We wish to ana- TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
lyse it, to separate it into its component parts, to anato- ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 1, 1845.
misc it in fact—in order to discover the political physio- The Queen has been pleased, on, the nomination of Lord
(5
logy that is likely to form the groundwork of Mr. Forester, to appoint Captain J. G. Ogilvie, half-pay
ynat,-
Pclk's administration. We may pass over without tached, late of the 92d Highlanders, to be one of her Majesty a
comment all the laudation of America, the virtue
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Johnston, wise es.
of its citizens, and the perfection of its demo-
tires.
cratic institutions, unequalled, in Mr. Polk's
estimation, since the creation of the world. The coral
lary from all these, however, deserves attention ; for he
invites all the nations of the earth to follow the example
of America ; that is, he tells the people of the Old
World that monarchy is altogether an error of the dark
ages ; and he invites them to shake it off, and to em-
brace the glories and advantages that are offered by de-
mocracy. Such is the spirit, almost the language, that
pervades every part of the Message ; while among the
other glories and advantages of their institutions, do-
mestic slavery is not forgotten ; for it is to him " a
source of deep regret that in some sections of the
country misguided persons have occasionally indulged
in schemes and agitations, whose object is the destruc-
tion of domestic institutions existing in other sections ;
institutions which existed at the adoption of the consti-
tution and were recognised and protected by it."
Viewing the democratic institutions of his country as a
work of the most consummate wisdom, the new Pre-
sident evidently thinks that America should labour to
extend to other countries the blessings that she herself
enjoys ; and that as the end justifies the means, this
object alone would entitle her to extend her dominions
without any very rigid attention to the rights of other
nations. Various passages in the Message exhibit
this feeling. " Who shall assign limits to the achieve-
ments of file minds and free hands under the protec•
tion of this glorious union ?" asks Mr. Polk ; and
referring to the annexation of Texas, he says,
" Foreign Powers do not seem to appreciate the true
character of our Government. Our • union is a confe-
deration of independent States, whose policy is peace
with each other and all the world. To enlarge its limits
is to extend the dominion of peace over additional ter-
ritories and increasing millions." With such views of
universal philanthropy, it is easy to comprehend that
the acquisition of territory, no matter in what way, will
be the leading characteristic of Mr. Polk's administra-
tion. After stating his intention to use all the means in
his power for the annexation of Texas, the new President
goes on to say, " Nor will it become in a less degree
my duty to assert and maintain, by all constitutional
means, the right of the United States to that por-
tion of our territory which lies beyond the Rocky Moun-
tains. Our title to the country of the Oregon is clear
and unquestionable ,• and already are our people pre-
paring to perfect that title, by occupying it with their
wives and children." According to this doctrine pos-
session is all that is necessary to perfect a title ; where-
ever an American citizen thinks proper to plant his
foot, the soil becomes his. The claims of England to
the territory in question, the negotiations that have
been carrying on respecting these claims, are not
so much as hinted at. Great Britain is evidently
a country beneath the oflicial dignity of Mr. Polk
to notice ; and it is altogether a curious feature
in the Message, that no allusion is anywhere made to
the relations which subsist between the Government of
the United States and any of the countries of Europe.
There is, on the contrary, a sort of repudiation of these
States, implied in the following passage :—" All
alliances having the tendency to jeopard the welfare
and honour of our country, or sacrifice any one of the
national interests, will be studiously avoided ; and yet
no opportunity will be lost to cultivate a favourable
understanding with foreign Governments, by which our
navigation and commerce may be extended, and the
ample products of our fertile soil, as well as the manu-
factures of our skilful artisans, find a ready market,
and remunerating prices in foreign countries." Although
the allusion is made in general terms there can be no
difficulty in understanding that England is the power
designated in the first clause of this paragraph. Eng-
land will remonstrate against, if she does not resist, the
annexation of Texas. She will exert her influence with
that republic to prevent such a consummation ; and she
will, therefore, in Mr. Polk's view, " jeopard the wel-
fare and honour" of the United States. Again, England
claims a portion, at least, of the Oregon territory, to
which the President says the United States has a clear
and unquestionable title, which they are preparing to
perfect by taking possession. Here also England " jeo-
pards the welfare and honour" of the Union, and he
gives us timely warning that he has a rod in pickle for
us ' • he will studiously avoid all alliance with us ; and
we firmly believe that this will be the least offensive part
of his policy towards this country.—Shipping Gazetts of
last Evening.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 29.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to
pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of
the cathedral church of Ely to elect a Bishop of that See, the
same being void by the death of Doctor Joseph Allen, late
Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has also been pleased to
recommend to the said Dean and Chapter, Thomas Turton,,
Doctor in Divinity, now Dean of the cathedral church of St.
Peter, Westminster, to be by them elected Bishop of the
said See.

DOWNI SG-STREET, APRIL 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
Ileorge Warren Edwardes to be Auditor of Accounts to the
Government of St. Helena.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Reverend
Thomas Eyre Poole, Master of Arts, to be Colonial Chaplain
at Sierra Leone.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Jules Vi-
rieux, Esq. to be J❑ge de Pais for the Island of Mauritius.
WHITEHALL, Nlincii 31. _ _

The Qaeen has been pleased to present the Rev. Edward
Robertson, Master of Arts, to the church and parish of Tib-
bermore, in the presbytery and shire of Perth, vacant in
consequence of the Rev. eir Tulloch, the last incumbent,
having deserted the cure of the said church and parish.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER OF THE GUARDS.—Yester-
day Elias Benfield, foreman in a mercantile house in
Tower-street, was charged with having assaulted Captain
Lewis, of the 2d Regiment of Guards, and one of the
privates of the same regiment.
Captain Lewis stated that as he was marching ith
the Bank piquet in Mincing-lane,' the defendant stood en
the pavement, and refused, upon being re quested to move
aside in order to allow the guard to pass, but upon being
touched by one of the men, returned the compliment by
striking and pushing the soldier into the middle of the
street. Witness expostulated with the defendant, who,
instead of apologising, struck him and pushed him, after
having used very insolent language.
The soldier confirmed the account given by his cam-
manding officer.
The defendant, in a tone and with a manner not at all
calculated to make a favourable impression, said that he
considered that he ought to have lodged the captain
and the private in the station-house, for having as-
saulted him.
The LORD MAYOR—Your conduct here to-day proves
to me what your conduct must have been when the com-
plainants met me.
Defendant—l was assaulted first by these two men,
and I am sure I was justified.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall hold you to bail for the
two assaults, the one upon the gentleman and the other
upon the private soldier, yourself in the sum of 100/,
and two sureties in 501 each.
LAMBETH.
SERIOUS CHARGE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING --
Yesterday Janes Herbeit, a journeyman shoemaker,
was brought before Mr. Henry for final examination, on
a charge of cutting and wounding Wm. Gurling with a
shoemaker's hammer in so serious a manner that his life
is still in danger.
From the statement of the prosecutor, whose head
was bound up, and who appeared in a very weak, sickly
state, it appeared that the prisoner, who was related to
him by marriage, has latterly become much addicted to
drink. On Thursday midday last he returned home
much the worse for liquor, when some words arose on
his being backward in his rent, when witness told him
he should at once pay the arrears due, or leave the house.
The prisoner became much excited, and in his rage
snatched up his large hammer, with which he gave wit-
ness two violent blows on the left side of the head and
temple, and one on the right arm, and then made his
escape from the house.
Mr. W. H. Day, surgeon, deposed that on Thursday
last, about two o'clock, he visited the prosecutor' at his
house in Lock's-fields, and, on examining him, found
two incised wounds on the left side of the head, one three
and the other one inch and a half long, and also a con-
tused wound on the right arm, The wounds were such
as would be produced by the hammer, which, on exami-
nation, was found to have some of the prosecutor's hair
adhering to it. The prosecutor had been since under
his care, and had been so severely injured, that he could
not as yet pronounce him out of danger.
The prisoner, who said he had scarcely any recollec-
tion of what he did, was committed for trial on the charge
of cutting.and wounding.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Basil Cochrane Willis, a fashionably-dressed young I
man, about 25 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Maltby, in custody, charged with obtaining fraudP.lent
possession of a bill of exchange from Mr. Edmuna Lyons
Hearne, of 9, Pall-mall East, under the following cir-
cumstances :
The prosecutor stated that ho was in possession of
two promissory notes of Mr. J. Mytton, one for 600/.,
and one for 500/., both dated March 10, 1845, payable
in four months, on which he had advanced the sum of
8001. in money and cheques. A gentleman of the name
of Anderson called upon him on the evening of the 25th
of March, and in consequence of information received
from him, complainant was induced to call upon the de-
fendant, who stated that Mr. Mytton was about to take
up the bills, and upon that representation" complainant
was induced to give up the bills to the defendant. He had
not since been able to recover the bills or their value.
Mr. Lane, solicitor, who appeared for the accused, con-
tended that it was a mere scheme to get possession of
property which had been fraudulently obtained, and was
therefore justifiable ; that Willis was but the agent of a
Mr. Sutton who was employed by Mytten to recover the
bills for which no value had been received. He called
Mr. John Fox Fitzgifford Mytton, who stated that he
had received a letter from Messrs. Smith and Co., of
Great Marlborough-street, offering to discount bills for
him ; that he called by appointment and saw Mr. Smith,
who stated that he was to see the person that evening
who was to cash the bills, and appointed the following
day to meet him. lie called accordingly, and gave bills
to Smith to the amount of 1,7001, Mr. Smith saying that
he should receive the money on the morrow, but he
never got one farthing value for them. He then em-
ployed Mr. Sutton to recover them. Had not employed
Mr. Willis, and never heard of Mr. Hearne's name in the
transaction.
Mr. Lane called Sutton and Goldsmith, the other two
parties engaged in the affair, but they not answering to
BY held the defendant to bail in securities
o mthe r. n
amount
nAls
of 1,0001. to appear that day week.
their

THE SCOTCH BANKS.— The principal features o
the contemplated measures of Sir Robert Peel, in reference to
the Scottish banking system, are said to be, that the existing
banks are to be limited to their present circulation, and that
they will be forced to keep an amount of gold equal to one-
fifth of that circulation, with the option of having one-
fourth of that fifth in silver ; so that if a circulation of a
bank be 200,0001., it must keep 40,000/. in sovereigns to meet
the demands upon it, or else 30,000/. in sovereigns, and
10,0001. in silver. Any bank that exceeds its present circu-
lation must have gold to meet every pound of such excess.—
Caledonian Mercury.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS —On Saturday last, as a pas-
senger train was coming up the Halifax branch, and when
just coming out of the tunnel, a stone fell into one of the
third• class carriages, which considerably alarmed, but fortu-
nately without injuring, the unprotected passengers. On
Thursday morning an early luggage train coming un met
with an accident from the same cause. A stone had fallen
on the rail, and with the jerk of the engine running against
it, the chain connecting the train broke. The carriages, laden
with fine fat of ccur;ie, r4n down the steep incline, ac-
cluiring suCh.force in the descent that they ran (it is said)
nearly to 'Brighouse before they stopped. Fortunately no
frain was pas.r.iiibg at the time, or the consequences might
Lave been awful.—Halifax Guardian.