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FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The League may now boast of another contri-
butor to its funds in the person of the Marquis of Westminster,
whose letter to Mr. Wilson appeared in our columns last
Saturday. By itself, and in itself, this is an unimportant fact.
The Noble Marquis's opinion is, perhaps, worth no more—
except so far as it is accompanied by more substantial signs of
conviction—than that of any other honest man. The Marquis
of Westminster deems the present corn-laws to be very inju-
rious to the interests of the country, and he gives his 5001. to
get rid of them. His opinion, therefore, individually and sin-
rately considered, is only more valuable than that of John
Smith or Thomas Brown, because 5001. is a larger sum than
1001., and far larger than Si. Had the Marquis of Westmin-
ster been the only peer who professed himself a friend to the
League, and evinced his friendship by the amount of his sub-
scription, it might reasonably have been said, " Lord 'Westmin-
ster is only one ; he may entertain any opinions he likes; but
his sentiments are neither reasons nor criteria ; they prove
nothing; nay, his disinterestedness is questionable; he is a
great proprietor of land; but he is still greater as a proprietor
of houses ; and it is notoriously calculated upon by many as
certain that the repeal of the corn-laws will raise the rent
of houses." This might have been said; but now it can-
not. The Marquis of Westminster has only done what
Lords Spencer, Ducie, Fitz william' and Radnor, have done
before him. He has brought the League into close connexion
with every rank of the Peerage but the very highest. The
adherence of five or six Peers of the most extensive possessions
in the kingdom proves not only their hearty opposition to the
sliding-scale, but also their confidence in the integrity, and
their fearlessness of the projects, of those who are now con-
ducting the free trade movement. Or, if it be contended that
it does not prove an implicit confidence in the moderation of
their new associates, it at any rate demonstrates their convic-
tion that it is their interest to mitigate by coaliticn, and temper
by conciliation, the feelings of a party which is too numerous
to be overcome by opposition, too confident to be intimidated
by menace. If they have taken this view of their position, we
consider that they have thought right, and acted wisely. It is
easy to dilute the strength against which it would be dangerous
to contend. At the same time we would guard these Noble
Lords and their adherents against the ready credulity which
believes, or affects to believe, that the repeal of the corn-laws
will "tiro a zeneral and perpetual impetus to trade and manu-
factures ; that it will increase foe catiltai of Siso
and the occupation of the industrious ; that it will in-
undate the kingdom with a stream of affluence, spreading
over the country in a thousand subsidiary channels, im-
parting to agriculture the bristling energy of the loom,
and to manufactures the healthy vitality of agriculture.
This will not be so. The present corn-law is the
consumptive remnant of a silly and noxious enactment. Its
evils are in themselves not few, but when compared with those
of its predecessors, neither numerous nor oppressive. Still the
substitution of a fixed duty would free commerce of its shackles,
and is therefore a desirable measure. The utter annihilation
of all duties would do very little more, and would deprive the
Treasury of a certain income, and is therefore not desirable.
When Lord Westminster expects " that such would be the
prosperity of a// classes from the abolition of this impost, that
in a very short time the general wealth would be so far aug-
mented, that the national revenue would outrun the amount of
any duty that has been proposed," we fear that his Lordship
has grievously mistaken and grossly overstated the advantages
of any change in our commercial polity. We suspect that
Lord Westminster must have doubted the efficacy of his panacea
the moment after he penned the last quoted sentence ; for he
concludes his letter by expressing a hope that the League will
persevere in its endeavours " until it has obtained from Go-
vernment the fullest measure of free trade compatible with the
maintenance of public credit." Yes, my Lord, public credit
must be maintained. If it be not, no ono class of the com-
munity can retain either comfort, or wealth, or safety. Im-
press this on the minds of your followers. Tell them that
bread may be nominally cheap, and yet millions starve ; that
public faith once violated, private honour and individual credit
perish immediately ; that a reduction of taxes on one article
will only stimulate demands for reduction on others ; until by
feeble concessions to reiterated clamours, the national revenue
is exhausted, the capital of the speculator depreciated, and the
mechanic defrauded of his just wages; and in the end, amid
the competition of poor men for money, and of moneyed men
for investment, quackery panders to the appetite of knavery by
the suggestion of remedies which folly only could adopt, for the
cure of evils which timely wisdom might have prevented.

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No. XXXII. coNTENTs :-
1. Critics and Criticism in France.
2. Arnold's Lectures—The Church and State.
3. The Musical Antiquarian Society.
4. The Principles of Tariffs applied.
5. Secret Policy of Louis XIV.
6. The Oxford Controversy—Anglo-Catholicism.
7. The Oregon Territory.
8. Laing's Notes of a Traveller•
9. Ireland—Repeal of the Union.
10. Nate on the Law of Debtor and Creditor.
11. Postscript on the Oregon Territory Question—The
President's Message.
London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street.

HERALD.—The commentators on the quarterly account
of the revenue have taken too little notice of one part of the
case,—namely, the estimated loss distinctly declared by Sir
Robert Peel to be inevitable, on the various reductions made
by him in the new tariff and other departments, in his budget
of March, 1842. These he thus stated :—" The reduction in
the 750 articles named in the tariff will entail a loss of 270,Q00/.

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The loss consequent on the reduction of the duty on coffee will
be 170,000/. ; the loss on timber will be 600,0001. ; the loss
arising from the repeal of the export duties on articles of Bri-
tish manufacture will be 100,000/. ; the loss on the duties on
stage-coaches will be 70,0001.: total, 1,210,0001." And,
after making all these reductions, Sir Robert concluded by
only reckoning, even with the income-tax, on a surplus of
520,0001., whereas, in last Friday's Gazette, we are happy to
perceive one of those brief but wholesome little notices so long
lost sight of under the management of Whig financiers—to wit,
" The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, has •
ing certified to the Commissioners for the reduction of the
National Debt, that the actual surplus revenue of the
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 10th of Octo-
ber, 1843, amounted to the sum of 908,541/. 9s.
9d., the Commissioners da hereby give notice," and so
on, of the purchase of stock, in the ensuing quarter,
to the amount of 227,135/., being one-fourth of the same.
We have, then, now fairly got back into the old Tory times"
of a surplus revenue really applied to the redemption of debt.
True, the surplus is not yet very large, but it is larger
than Sir Robert Peel's calculation ; snick is one of the felici-
ties of a surplus revenue, whether in public or private hands,
that it has a great tendency to grow. Another circumstance
in the case which seems worthy of remark is this—it was
prognosticated, and with some show of reason, that a consider-
able proportion of the payers of the income-tax would strive to
save that tax by reductions in their general expenditure, and
that thus the real proceeds of the new tax would be set off and
balanced by the losses on the old ones. But this seems not to
have been the case, or at least the diminution thus caused has
been more than counterbalanced by a tide of increase. In the
last two years the total produce of the Customs and Excise
has been as follows :-
1842
1843
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showing that the enormous sum of 5,249,2601. has been raised
by the new tax, without pulling down the produce of the Cus-
toms and Excise one farthing. There can be no doubt that
the eyes of the people will now be directed towards the ter-
mination of the income-tax, which, in due course, should ar-
rive, we believe, in the course of 1845. The Government, on
the other hand, will have a natural wish, if the public voice
would but permit it, to maintain a tax so simple, so easily
raised, and so very productive. Besides, as no annual surplus
of five millions can at present be looked for, the question will
be, if so large a tax be wholly remitted, what other impost
can be devised for supplying the deficiency which the loss of
theincome-tax would create. Doubtless the most popular
course that the Government could take would be the main-
tenance of the income-tax, but dropping " Schedule 1)," the
levy on the profits of trades and professions. This, assuredly,
would be a most popular step. But we cannot say that it
would be just. Sir Benjamin Brodie, or Sir W. Follett, would
he exempted, because their large incomes arise from " profes-
sions;" while the poor widow, with her six children, living on
a poor 150/. a year in the funds, would be still subject to- the
tax. This could hardly be defended. Yet, on the whole, we
repeat, the continuance of the tax on real property, and the
remission of it on the profits of trade, would be a highly po-
pular measure. The Government will probably reserve its
decision on this point until the opening of the session of 1845.
But its words and movements will be carefully w at tlit toe
what indications can be gathered of its disposition and inci-
pient intentions.
ADVERTISER.—The Government has always at its corn"
wand a mode of suppressing the League. It has only to
liberate commerce from the shackles which so ingloriously
enthral it, and the occupation of the League is for ever gone.
It is not the League, but the causes which produced its ex-
istence, with which in reality the Government has to contend.
The League is but the outward expression of that, which, for
all its extinction, would still exist inwardly, until the cause
be removed. The League is but the form—the body of a
national necessity ; the spirit is that cf a whole people demand-
ing a sufficient and generous supply of food. Abolish the
laws which- go to prohibit sufficient sustenance to the people,
and the League on the instant becomes eztinct ; it falls through
a self-inevitability. The folly of having at the League, is
that of having against a people, who will not consent passively
to be starved to death—of abusing a whole nation, because it
will not continue to bend its head quietly to oligarchical and
savage laws. And at this time of day, what excuse remains
for not abolishing those injurious laws? The good of their
destruction ; has it not been tried? The tariff, the infinitesi-
mal experiment of Sir Robert Peel, is a measure proving, in
fact, the validity of the principles tending towards commer-
cial emancipation. If the revenue shows returns less em-
barrassed than formerly, it is owing to that tariff. If
there has been more bought and sold in the country since
the date of its enactment, it is as evidently owing to
the same cause. If the prosperity of the country is on the
rise, it is owing to no circumstance but one—the amend-
ment of our Customs Acts. But why does not Sir Robert
Peel take warning from the fact, and enlarge the bounds of his
reductions in the tariff? Treaties are useless. Even if they
could be contracted, they are useless; but they cannot even be
negotiated, so there is an end to them. England is the coun-
try which should set an example to ether countries, to buy and
sell as its wants demand. The Times talks now of commerce
that is free, but always with this reservation, that we leave it
to ourselves to decide with whom we shall reciprocate commer-
cial licenses. To-morrow it will be different. 'I o.morrow, when
opinion shall be a little more pushed forward, the limes will
be among the first to own, that it is nonsense this etiquette of
standing upon reciprocity. The Times has never the honour
of expressing an opinion in advance. Its pride is to tally with
the thoughts of the many of the moment. It never says an
idea in anticipation. It is content if it establish popularity by
giving expression to the sentiment of the interested herd. On
the subject of she corn-laws, with all its boasted consistency, it
must he evident to its readers, now going on the sliding-scale
principle itself, it has approached the advocacy of greater free-
dom in proportion as the public call for the same kas become irre-
sistible. The Times only requires the Premier to come down with
some substantial and large measure of commercial reform, to
turn against, with its loudest denunciation, not only the sliding
scale, but likewise fixed duty. 'I he Times has no honour, or
thus it could not consent to become the pander to the mere
brute opinions of ignorance. If it were as great as it is power-
ful, it would lend its instrumentality to enlighten the age, not
to maintain men in their false notions. But the Prime Minister,
seeing the working of his own most partial act of commercial
reform, why does he, or, when the moment conies, can he
hesitate to carry further the principle ? We repeat, it is by
this way he will abolish the League, if he be opposed, as his
Cabinet undoubtedly is, to that Association. If any man living
knows, Sir Robert Peel does, that the League owes its existence
to the state of public opinion. It is public opinion which sus-
tains the League, just the same as in turn the League goes to
create public opinion. The question then that presents itself
to be solved in the next session is, can a British Cabinet resist
and oppose the united opinion of a whole nation' This is the
straightforward question that comes to be considered. The
League is nothing more than the expression of a universally
entertained doctrine, desire, sentiment, and belief. Would

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6.—Mr. Edward
Oxroan, JAN.
nounccd judgment in favour of 1)r. Hampden,
of New College,
has been admitted an act ual Fellow of that Society, as of kin
to the founder,
The Delegates
the Rev. Mr.
UNIVERSITY rwylam. INTELLIGENCE.
gates of Appeals, in congregation, having pro-
Macinullen has determined to appeal to a higher Court.
The Rev. E. B. Hawkshaw, late of Oriel College, has been
appointed chaplain to the Earl of Erne.
The Rev. John Levien, of Wadham College, has been ap-
pointed curate of Trinity Church, Marylebone.
James Hannay, Esq., has presented the Rev. James Han-
nay, Fellow of Worcester College, to the rectory of Ashley,
Hants—value 3'..91. per annum.
Sir J. C. Thurold, Bart., has presented the Rev. W. S.
Menteath, late of Magdalen Hall, to the vicarage of Ranceby,
Lincolnshire—value 1651. per annum.
The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph has presented the Rev. D.
Davies to the rectory of Llanarmon, in the county of Denbigh—
value 2821. per annum.
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has presented the
Rev. Dr. Evans to the vicarage of Sandhurst, Gloucestershire
W. A. Ashby, Esq., has presented the Rev. G. Knight to
—value 209/. per annum.
the united vicarages of Hungerton and Twyford, Leicestershire
—value 2201. per annum.
The Dean and Chapter of Gloucester have presented the
Rev. W. L. Coghlan to the vicarage of St. Mary do Lode,
Gloucester—value 2641. per annum.

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A person named Lombard appeared on Saturday
before the Civil Tribunal, claiming that his marriage should be
annulled, on the following grounds :—lnlBl4, whilst a prisoner
named Agnes Taylor, and they were
in England, the applicant contrived to win the affections of a
years—and now the husband has applied
im%erttryiedLabnyeaashliceogt,i‘rstl,ant
Clegg man, at Bolton-lu-Moor, not
far from Manchester. After the peace of 1815, the prisoner
and his wife returned to France. They have lived together
t o sincehave
ve tiithen—nearlyemarriag
from not having been celebrated
according to the forms prescribed by the Civil Code. The tri-
bunal at once rejected the application, and ordered the wife to
be fully restored to all conjugal rights.—Paris Palm-.
SUICIDE AT BRIG lITON.-- During the night of
Tuesday a lamentable act of self-oestruction was committed by
a gentleman named Chiliname,
.who had been living on an in-
dependency, at No. 4, St. George-street, ge- treet, Brighton. The dc-
ceased, who is bet ,seen fifty and sixty years of age, went to
bed on Tuesday night, about ten o clock, bis usual time, after
conversing with his landlord, and nothing particular was
Ourt, with whom the chief
no-
ticed in his manner. Not coming down to breakfast, as usual,
the housekeeper became alarmed, and sent for the landlord,
o
who, getting no answer to repeated knockings at the bed-room
door, burst
cuthen he discovered Air. Chilmaine lying
in bi:;d, ~.
from ear to ear, so as nearly to sever
the hayingt lie deceased
dead for some hours. Nod
resides in Brighton, nor, as
relative his head from the body, and a razor was firmly grasped in his
right hand. A surgeon was sent for, but of course without
avail,
or
friend deceasedo
f
.
far as it is known, has he any relation elsewhere. Deceased
was somewhat eccentric in his habits, but no cause can bo con-
jectured for the commission of the rash act. Solomon, the
somequa nt
sharesi of money,
in the Richmond Water -noney, some receipts for chief officer of police, subsequently searching the house,
en
Go-
vernmentfound
Stock,si (l e raabnd
l e
(
Com-
pany. An ong his pal era was found the name of his broker,
111 r. A. Barnes, I:,', Colthall-
officer of police at once communicated.
THE PROBABLE REASON NV 11 Y "RESERVES DON'T
K EEP. —A large supply of crushed sugar arrived at a grocery
establishment in Perth, a few days ago, from Glasgow, with all
the appearance of adulteration. Samples have been submitted
to chemical tests, but hitherto, we understand, without detect-
ing the peculiar ingredients of admixture. To appearance it
is some mucilage or starchy substance, giving the sugar a
peculiar clammy moisture, as well as smell. Suspicions of
adulteration in the same commodity have been entertained
here for some time, not only in crushed, bnt in refined or lump
sugar. A large quantity of the latter having been dissolved,
by a family in town, previous to being boiled with fruit for
jelly, was found to contain a large portion of glutinous or
ingredient starchy matter, but the exact could not be ascer-
tained.--Perth courier.

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Lieutenants—Thomas Wilson, E. G. Bremer, to bo m•
m anders.
Mates Crawford, A. D. Pasco, lion. Pownal F. Pellsw,
G. E. Knox Gore, James Kinnear Hancock, Hon. Frederick
Curzon, Edward W. Turnour. Fred. E. Forbes, Charles
Hawkey, Francis Willoughby, H. A. Hollingworth, John S.
ttobertm, to be Lieutenants.
Second Masters—James B. Andrews, Henry Harpur, John
E. Davis, E. M. Fox, H. B. Yule, to be Masters.
Assistant-Surgeon John Dunbar Tweeddale, to be Surgeon.
Coast Guard—Lieut. Thomas Stephen Coiminger, frmn
Glandnre to St.aith station, near Whitby; Mr. Edward Noah
Halton, from Clagg-ar to Mannore Bay station.

NAVAL STATIONS.-JAN. I.
(From the United Service Magazine.)
Acheron, 2, st., Lieut.-Com. 13. Aplin, Mediterranean.
Adder, 1, at., Master-Com. J. Hammond (act.), Pembroke.
Advice, 1, st., Lieut.-Commander C. A. Petch, Pembroke.
;Etna, 8, Lieut.-Commander C. G. Butler, Liverpool.
African, st., Master-Commander J. King (act. ), Sheerness.
Agincourt, 72, Rear-Admiral Sir I'. J. Cochrane, Knights
Captain W. H. Bruce, East Indies.
Aigle, Commander H. R. Henry (act.), Mediterranean.
Alban, I, st. ves., Lieut.-Commander , Woolwich.
Ahatross, 16, Commander 11. Yorke, North America.
Albert, st., Lieut.-Commander D. Woodruffe, Coast of Africa.
Albion, 90, Adm. Sir D. Milne, G.C.13,, Capt. N. Lockyer,
C.IL , Devonport.
Alecto, at., Lieut.-Commander Hoseason, Mediterranean.
Alert, 6, Commander C. J. I3osanquet, Devonport.
Alfred, 50, Commander J. B. Purvis, Brazils.
Alligator, 26. Master-Commander R. Browne, East Indies.
Apollo, tr., Commander W. Maclean, Devonport.
Ardent, it., Commander J. Russell, South America.
Ariel, st., Master-Commander Luke Smithitt (act.), part. ter.
Arrow, 6, sch., Lt.-Corn. W. Robinson, Cape of Good Hope.
Asp. I, st. Lieut.-Com. W. W. Oke, Portpatrick. •
Avon, st.;Lieut.-Corn. S. Mapleton, Woolwich.
Basilisk, ii, Lieut. Hunt (act.), South America.
Beacon, 6, sur. ves., Com. T. Graves, W
Mediterranean.
Beagle, 10, sur. vest., Corn. J. L. Stokes (act.), oolwich.
Beaver, at., R. Mudge, Dover.
Belvidere, 38, Capt. Hon. G. Grey, Mediterranean.
Bittern, 16, Corn. M. C. Aldam (act.), Cape of Good Hope.
Black Eagle, at. Yes., Master-Corn. S. B. Cook, part. sere.
Blazer, 2, st. ves., Captain Washington, surveying.
Bonetta, 3, Lieut.-Com. Gray, Coast of Africa.
Bramble, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. H. Yule, East Indies.
Caledonia, 120, Rear-Adm. W, Bowles, C. 8., Capt. A.
Milne, Ireland.
Cambrisn, 36, Capt. Chads, C. 8., East Indies.
eameleon, 10, Lieut.-Com. Hunter, Woolwich.
Camperdown, 104, Capt. F. Brace. Sheerness.
Carysfort, 26, Capt. Lord George Paulet, Brazils.
Castor, 36, Capt. C. Graham, East Indies.
Ceylon. '2, receiving ship, Lieut. R. Curtis, Malta.
Champion,lB, Commander J. Clavill (act.), South America.
Charon, steamer, Second Master Rutter (acting), Dover.
Childers, 16, Coin. Wellesley, East Indies.
Cleopatra, '26, Capt. C. Wyvill, Cape of Good Hope.
Clio, 16, Corn. J. Fitzjames, East Indies.
Cockatrice, 6, Lieut.-Cum. .1. Oxenham, South America.
Columbia, steamer, Lieut.-Com. J. Harding, North America.
Comet, steamer, Corn. G. A. Frazer, Ireland.
Confiance, 2, steamer, See. Mas. J. Jagoe (act.), Devonport.
Conway, 26, Capt. R. Fair, K.H., South America.
Cormorant, 6, steamer, Com. Gordon, South America.
Cornwallis, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.8., Capt.
I'. Richards, East Indies.
Crescent, 42, rec. sli., Lt.-Cem. hi. Donellan, Rio Janeiro.
Cuckoo, it,, Lieut.-Coat. A. Parke, Weymouth.
Curacoa, 24, Capt. Sir T. S. Pricy, Bart., Brazils.
Curlew, 10, Lieut.-Com. Foote, South Areerica.
Cyclops, 6, st., Capt. W. F. Lapidge, 'Woolwich.
Daphne, 18, Capt. J. J. Onslow, South America.
Dasher, st., Mas.-Com. R. White (act.), Weymouth.
Dee, '2, st., Mas.-Com. Driver, Ireland.
Devastation, 6, st., Corn. the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, Mediter.
Dido, 18, Capt. Hon. H. Keppel, East Indies.
Dolphin, 3, Lieut.-Com. N. O. B. Hoare, South America.
Doterel, st., Mas.-Com. J. Grey (act.), Holyhead.
Dover, st., Mast. E. Lyne (act.), Dover.
Driver, 6, st., Com. C. 0. Hayes, East Indies.
Dublin, 50, Rear-Admiral R. Thomas, Capt. J. J. Tucker,
South America.
Dwarf, st., Lieut.-Commander E. Nicholls, Woolwich.
Electra, 18, Com. A. Darley, West Indies.
Emerald, ten. to Albert and Victoria, Sec. Mast. G. Allen,
Portsmouth.
Espoir, 10, Commander A. Morrel, Coast of Africa.
Eurydice, 26, G. A. Elliot, particular service.
Excellent, Capt. Sir T. Hastings, Knt., Portsmouth.
Fair Rosamond, 2, Lieut.-Commander Bulman, N.A.
Fearless, st., Commander W. L. Sheringhara, Portsmouth.
Ferret, 6, Commander J. Oake, Coast of Africa.
Fisguard, 42, Capt. J. A. Duntze, South America.
Flamer, Lieut.-Corn. C. J. Postle, part. service.
Fly, 15, Capt. F. B. Blackwood, East rndies.
Formidable, 84, Capt. Sir C. Sullivan, Bart., part. service.
Fox, 42, Capt. Sir 11. M. Blackwood, Bart., Ireland.
Frolic, 16, Commander W. A. Willis, South America.
Geyser, 6, steamer, Commander Carpenter, Mediterranean.
Gleaner, 2, steamer, Commander Robinson, Bermuda.
Gorgon, 6, steamer, Capt. Hotham, South America.
Griffon, 3, Lieut.-Commander Jenkin, North America.
Growler, 6, steamer, Commander Buckle, South America.
Harlequin, 16, Commander Hon. G. F. Hastings, E. Indies.
Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, East Indies.
Hecate, 4, st., Coin. J. H. Ward, Cadiz.
Hecla, st. v., Commander J. Dutra, Mediterranean.
Helena, 16, Commander S. T. Rickets, Portsmouth.
Hermes, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Com. Carr, West Indies.
Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Com. 11. R. Foote, Coast of Africa.
Hornet, 6, Lieut.-Commander Miller, West Indies.
Hyacinth, 18, F. Scott, Ireland.
Hydra, 4, Coca H. B. Young, Coast of Africa.
Illustrious, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., Captain
J. E. Erskine, North America.
Imaum, rec. ship, Commodore A. R. Sharpe, C. 8., Jamaica.
Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Freemantle, particular service.
Indus, 78, Capt. Sir J. Stirling, Knt., Malta.
Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, Ireland.
Isis, 44, Capt. Sir J. Marshall, Knt., K.C.H., Cape.
Jasper, st., Master-Commander E. Rose, Pembroke.
Jupiter, 12, tr. sh., Master Commander Hoffmcister, Plymouth
Kite, 2, steamer, Lieut. Commander Pasco, Woolwich.
Lark, 4, sur. v., Lieut. Corn. G. B. Lawrence, West Indies.
Larne, IS, Commander J. W. Brisbane, Sheerness.
Lightning, 2, st., Lieut.-Com. W. Winniett, part. service.
Lily, 16, Commander G. Baker, Cape of Good Hope.
Locust, 3, steamer, Lieut.-Com. J. Lunn, Mediterranean.
Lynx, 3, Lieut.-Commander 0. J. I'. Nutt, Ireland.
Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote, Coast of Africa.
Magpie, 4, cutter, Corn. T. S. Drools, Mediterranean.
Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. R. Sartorious, Knt., Gibraltar.
Mastiff, 2, sur. v., Master-Corn. G. Thomas, Woolwich.
Meander, 44, Capt. the Rt. lion. Lord Ingestre, Chatham.
Medea, 4, steamer, Commander Warden, Mediterranean.
Medina, 2, st., Master-Com. Smithett (acting), Liverpool.
Medusa, 2, at., Lieut.-Commander Phillips, Liverpool.
Mercury, tender, Second Master J. Scarlett, Portsmouth.
Merlin, 2, st., Lieut.-Commander E. Keane, Liverpool.
Meteor, 2, at., Lieut.-Commander G. Butler, Ireland.
Minden, 20, hospital ship, Captain Quin, East Indies.
Modeste, 18, Commander T. Baillie, Seuth America.
Monarch, 84, Captain Chambers, Sheerness.
Monkey, 1, st. v., Sec. Mas. W. Bryan (acting), part. set.
Nautilus, 10, Lieut.-Commander Snell, particular service.
Nereus, store-ship, Master Corn. F. W. Bateman, Devonport.
Nimrod, 20, Commander Glasse, East Indies.
North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., East Indies.
Ocean, 80, Captain Superintendent Fisher, Sheerness.
Orestes, 18, Corn. E. St. Leger Cannon, Mediterranean.
Otter, st. v., Lieut. Commander Jones, Holyhead.
Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Corn. Lapidge, Coast of Africa.
Pearl, 20, Corn. It. H. Stepford, South America.
Pelican, 16, Corn. P. Jnstice, East Indies.
Penelope, st., Captain W. Jones, Portsmouth.
Perseus, rec. sh., Lieut. Corn. Greet, Tower.
Philomel, 6, Com. B. J. Sullivan, Falkland Islands.
Pickle, 2, Lieut. Com. J. A. Bainbridge, West Indies.
Pigmy, 1, steam vessel, Lieut. Corn. C. Autridge, Pembroke.
Pike, I. steamer, Lieut. Corn. A. Boyter, Pertpatrick.
Pilot, 16, Corn. W. H. Jervis, particular service.
Pique, 36, Capt. the lion. M. Stopford, North America.
Plover, sur. vessel, Captain R. Collinson, C. 8., East Indies.
Pluto, 2, Lieut. Corn. J. Jeyea, Ireland.
Poictiers, 72, Capt. Sup. W. 11. Shirreff, Chatham.
Polyphemus, I, st. Lieut. Com. T. Spark, particular service.
Prospero, 1, steam• vessel, reserve packet, Pembroke.
Pylades, 18, Corn. Tindal, Sheerness.
Queen, 110, Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.8.,
G. C. 11., Capt. G. F. Rich, Mediterranean.
Racer, 16, Corn. A. Reed, particular service.
Rapid, 10, Lieut. Corn. Earle, Coast of Africa.
Rattlesnake, tr. Mas.-Com. J. Sprent (act. ), East Indies.
Raven, 4, Lieut. Corn. Sheila, Skeernes'.
Redwing, steamer' Com. Bevis, Liverpool.
Rreistance, tr. s., Com. C. G. E. Patey, particular service.
Rhadamatithus, 2, st., Mast.-Corn. Laen, Portsmouth.
Ringdove, 16, Com. Sir W. Daniell, Knight, North America.
Romney, depot, Lieut.-Com. R. M'Clure, Havannah.
Rose, 18, Corn. 11. R. Sturt, North America.
Royal Sovereign, Capt.-Sup. Sir W. Pell, Pembroke.
Royalist, Lieut. -Com. P. Chetwode, East Indies.
Salamander, 4, st., Corn. A: S. liamond, South America.
Samaraog, 26, Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., East Indies.
San Josef, 110, Hear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym,
Capt. Burgoyne, Plymouth.
Sapphire, troop ship, Mast.-Com. J. R. Fittock, East Indies.
Sappho, 16, Corn. the Hon. G. Hope, Cape of Good Hope.
Savage, 10, Lieut.-Commander Bowker, Mediterranean.
Satellite, 18, Commander R. 11. B. Rowley, Portsmouth.
Scout, 18, Corn. Hon. J. R. Drummond, Mediterranean.
Scylla, 16, Commander R. Sharps., particular service.
Seaflower, 6, cutter, Corn. N. Robilliard, Portsmouth.
Seatark, Com. T. L. Gooch, Coast of Africa.
Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill, East Indies.
Shearwater, 2, steam vessel, Corn. C. Robinson, surveying.
Siren, 16, Commander W. Smith, East Indies.
Skylark, 4, Lieut.-Commander G. Morris, part. service.
Snake, 16, Com. Hon. W. B. Devereux, Mediterranean.
Snipe, '2, Lieut.-Com. G. Raymond, Ireland.
Spartan, 26, Capt. the Hon. C. G. .1. B. Eliot, West Indite.
Speedy, 2, Lieut.-Com. G. Beaufoy, particular service.
Spider, 6, Lieut.-Com. R. E. Pym, South America.
Spiteful, steamer, 6, Corn. W. Maitland, East Indies.
Sprightly, I, steamer, Master-Corn. Moon (act.), Holyhead.
Spy, 3, Lieut. •Com. T. 0. Woolridge, Coast of Africa.
St. Vincent, 120, Admiral Sir C. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B
G.C. 11., Capt. R. F. Rowley, Portsmouth.
Star, 10, Corn. It. J. W. Dunlop, Coast of Africa.
Starling, Capt. H. Kellett, C. 8., East Indies.
Stromboli, 6, Corn. the Hon. E. Plunkett, Ireland.
Styx, 6, steamer, Capt. Vidal, Azores.
Swallow, 1, Master Lieut.-Com. R. Sherlock (acting), Dover
Sylph, 2, tender to Caledonia, Admiral Sir D. Milne, G.C.B
De v onp
Sylvia, 6, Lieut. Tumour, tender to Seaflower.
Talbot, 26, Capt. Sir T. Thompson, South Ailneriea.
Tartarus, steam-vessel, Corn. J. Wolfe, particular service.
Thalia, 42, Capt. C. Hope, East Indies.
Thunder, 6, surveying vessel, Corn. E. Barnett, West Indict.
Thunderbolt, 6, steamer, Com. C. N. Broke, C. of Good Hope.
Tyne, Car, W. N. Glasscock, Mediterranean.
Urgent, steam-vessel, Master-Com. .1. Emerson, part. service.
Vernon, 50, Capt. Walpole, 'Mediterranean.
Vestal, 26, Capt. C. Talbot, Sheerness.
Vesuvius, 6, steamer, Corn. E. Omrnatel, Mediterranean.
Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord A. Fitzclarence, Ports.
mouth.
Victory, 104, Capt. Henderson, C. 8., K. H., Portsmouth.
Vindictive, 50, Capt. .1. 'l'. Nicolas, C. 13., K.H, perticalar
service.
Viper, 6, Lieut.-Cem. .1. Carter, South America.
Virago, 6, st.-ves., Com. G. G. Ot was'. Mediterranean.
Vixen, 6, steam vessel, Com. Giffartl, East Indies.
Velage, Capt. Sir W. Dickson, Bart., particular service.
\'olcsno, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Com. C. J. Featherstone, Ireland.
Wanderer, 16, Corn. G. H. Seymour, East hares.
Warspite, 50, Capt. P. Wallis, Lisbon.
Wasp, 16, Corn. H. Bagot, West Indies.
Widgeon, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. Striven, Dover.
Wilberforce, st..vee, Lieut.-Com. R. S. Moore, Coast of Africa.
Wildfire, steamer, Lieut.-Com. A. Darby, Weymouth.
William and Mary, yacht, Capt. Sir F. Collier, Kt.,
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the Government oppose this universal sentiment, and is it
strong enough to do so if it wish? The thing is to he seen
In the next few weeks the point will be tried and determined,
whether a League in favour of, and supported by the people, or
a Government opposed to them, is to triumph ?
POST.—The speeches delivered at the Colchester meeting
by Essex farmers are deserving of deep attention. These
speeches are characterised not only by great ability—they are
pervaded, moreover, by a truly patriotic spirit—by that feeling
of attachment to country which is so little in accordance with
the " philosophy "of modern times. The movement in fa-
vour of the policy of protection, which Essex has had the ho-
nour of originating, is net merely of great value in itself—it
will, moreover, generate and diffuse very extensively sounder
and juster views than now prevail as to the nature of our social
difficulties and dangers. I'he farmers of Essex feel that they
are exposed to imminent danger. They know that in the suc-
cess of the League is involved the utter ruin of English agri-
culture. They know that the course of our industrial legis-
lationhas, for years past, been in a wrong direction ; but, able
as their speeches at Colchester wore—searching as were their
expositions of the wrongs inflicted on English producers—the far-
mers of Essex did not advert to the most alarming peculiarity
in their position. Why have the farmers of Essex found it ne-
cessary to hold public meetings in order to vindicate their
claim to legislative protection? Because, it may be answered,
the League is in the field—and because Ministers are assertors
of League principles. This is, undoubtedly, in a certain
sense, the cause of these Essex demonstrations. Mill, why
should farmers appear in the hitherto untried character of
agitators ? Have they no public champions—no political re-
presentatives? Yes; in the House of Commons the farmers
of Great Britain possess, nominally, a majority of not
less
than one hundred ! Yet, despite this overwhelming majority
(would it were other than a nominal one 1), the farmers of
Essex and of other counties are compelled to come forward,
and in their own persons to vindicate their just rights. The
farmers of Essex are deserving of all honour for their conduct ;
but in exact proportion to the merit of the Essex farmers, must
be admitted to be the demerit of all the hollow " far-
mers' friends" with whom the House of Commons
abounds. These Essex meetings are meetings rendered
necessary by the progress of the League; but they
constitute, at the same time, virtually votes of censure
on those trimmers and traitors by whom the present efforts of
the honest yeomanry of England to protect themselves have
been rendered necessary. Had County Members done their
the ty..etings -which have already taken place at Chelms-
ford and at Colchester—the meetings which are about to take
place in other mai ket towns—would have been unnecessary.
It behoves the great body of British agriculturists to look
sternly at all the forms of danger by which they are sur-
rounded. They have much to fear from the desperate selfish-
ness and energy of the League. They have much to fear from
the affection which Ministers profess far "the principles of
common sense." But British agriculturists have more to fear
from the cowardice and imbecility of their " friends" in the House
of Commons, than from any other cause. Let agriculturists
out of doors, however, be true to themselves—and they will
triumph over false friends, as well as over all classes of
Leaguers. In Northamptonshire, a large body of most re-
spectable farmers have published an address in which they
justify their secession from an agricultural society, of which the
Leaguer, Lord Spencer, is President. The movement is a
manly and most wise one. Let the principle which animates
these honest Northamptonshire farmers be acted on universally
—and the cause of native industry will soon be triumphant. It
is incumbent en farmers, if they would save themselves from
ruin, to refuse to act in concert with men like Earl Spencer ;
but if it be incumbent on farmers to repudiate such
Presidents of agricultural societies, how much more
incumbent is it on farmers to repudiate such Par-
liamentary representatives as those mho have lent
themselves to the free trade policy of the last two sessions of
Parliament ? These are not times for the exhibition of false
delicacy. The supporters of the Tariff and the Canada Corn
Bill have approved themselves the English farmers enemies,
and should be rejected by all agriculturists, as Lord Spencer
has been rejected by the farmers of Northamptonshire. The
farmers of Essex are rapidly collecting funds with the view of
doing battle with the League. May good fortune attend their
efforts ! Bnt the League, if it is to be effectually grappled
with, must be grappled with in the House of Commons as well
as out of doors ; and in the House of Commons there is to be
found no agricultural representative competent to defend the
rights of native industry against the assaults of Cobden ani his
fellow-conspirators. Until men qualified to " do battle" with
the League are placed in Parliament, all the efforts of agri-
culturists out of doors will avail little. Let the worthy yeo-
men of Essex, and Northamptonshire, and Lincolnshire ponder
this " great fact ;" and let them resolve, as soon as possible
to turn it to fitting uses I Meanwhile, let farmers persevere
in their new course of agitation; they will soon find their in-
terests more strongly fortified than they have been for the last
two years !

NAVAL IN TETLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.—The Lords of the Admiralty are
effecting a very great improvement in the steam navy, by
giving, as often as opportunities occur, additional propelling
power to such steamers as may require it, which form a con-
siderable majority in the service. Hitherto the space occupied
by the engine-room has been too extensive to admit of engines
beyond a certain power being supplied to vessels, which power
has been found to be inadequate to the size and tonnage of the
respective ships. The recent improvement in the engines, and
the introduction of the tubular boilers, have given so much ad-
ditional space, that vessels can now be fitted with engines of
nearly double the horse-power they have hitherto carried,
which will occupy even less space than the original smaller en-
gines. The Firefly, which is about to be commissioned for the
surveying service by Captain Beechy, has had her engines
taken out, and been :supplied with :others of greater power.
They were the engines of the Phoenix, of 220 horse-power,
which vessel is to be supplied with others of upwards of 300
horse-power.
The Bonetta, 3, brigantine, Lieut.-Commander E. E. Gray,
has arrived at Chatham, where she is to be paid off. Previous
to her leaving the coast of Africa, the Rapid, 10, Lieut.-Com-
mander E. C. Earle, had captured a Brazilian brigantine,
named the Janerario, with 290 slaves on board, which arrived
at Sierra Leone on the 27th of November. Two other slave
vessels arrived at Sierra Leone on the same day, a Brazilian
brigantine of 199 tons, called the Independencia, and a schooner.
These vessels were captured by the Madagascar, 44, Captain
J. Foote. The Spy, 3, brigantine, Lieut.-Commander S. Ot-
way Wooldridge, had also captured a Brazilian slaver, the Furia
brig, with 530 slaves on board. She arrived at Sierra Leone
on the 28th of November.

The Larne, 18, Commander J. W. Brisbane, is expected
here next week from Sheerness. She is fully equipped for sea
and has her full complement of men on board.
The Styx, 6, Captain A. J. E. Vidal, has arrived at Sheer-
ness from the Azores, where she has been employed surveying.
She put into Plymouth before proceeding eastward.
The Sealark, 10, Commander J. L. (,00ch, has sailed for
the coast of Africa, with Commander W. H. Hill, the Go-
vernor at Cape Coast, and not of the Gambia, as has been
erroneously stated. The Governor of the Gambia is Com-
mander Edmund Norcott, who will sail for Bathurst in a few
days.
The Helena, 16, Commander Sir Cornwallis Ricketts,
which sailed from here on Monday last, had to beat down
Channel against a very heavy gale. She proved herself to be a
very capital sea-boat, and succeeded in reaching Plymouth on
Wednesday.
The report of the Cornwallis, 72, Captain P. Richards,
with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, being on the
eve of returning home to England is incorrect.
The Firebrand steam-frigate, at this port, and the Conts,
18, at Chatham, are the two vessels that will next be put in
commission.
There has been a considerable mortality on board the W:

berforce iron steamer, on the Coast of Africa. The Com-
mander, Lieutenant Moore, and several of her seamen have
come home in the I3onetta invalided. Mr. W. D. Rowe,
clerk in charge, is stated to be among the number of those who
have died.
The Vestal, 26, Captain Charles Talbot, is to leave Sheer.
ness to-day for Devonport, where she is to embark the Right
Honourable R. Pakenham and suite, and convey them to
New York.
The Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, has been taken
into dock at Devonport, and overhauled. It is found that she
has not received much damage in getting on shore at Bereharen,
on the coast of Ireland. _ _ _

The Satellite, 18, Commander R. H. B. Rowley, will be
quite ready for sea by next Saturday.
The Daring, building by Mr... White ; the Osprey by Mr.
Blake, both at this dockyard ; the Mutine, by Mr. Fincham,
and the Espiegle, by the students of the Naval College of
Architecture, building at Chatham ; and the Kingfisher and
Flying Fish, building at Pembroke Dockyard by the Surveyor
of the Navy, Sir William Symonds, are all to be launched and
fully rigged by June, when they will form an experimental
squadron, for the purpose of test►ng their relative capabilities.
They are each being built upon the lines of their respective
constructors, but the plan recently introduced in ship-building
of giving breadth of beam, has been followed by them all. The
trial cruise will be of considerable interest.
AFVOINTMENTS.—Captain Edward P. Halstead to study at
the Naval College.
Commander H. G. Morris to command the Wolverine.
Lieutenants—W. T. Bate, to command the Young Hebe ;
Samuel P. Short to command the Locust, vice Lunn, returned
to England on leave ; Richard M. Robertson, to the Warspite ;
E. J. B. Clarke, to the Hecate ; Thomas Hodgkinson, to the
Volage ; W. S. Wiseman, to the Excellent ; Charles Hawkey,
to the Hecate ; Thomas S. Hill, to the Pique ; Arthur B.
Kingston, to the Volage; H. T. Vietch, to the Excellent ;
Henry King, to the Apollo; James M. Boxer, to the Illus-
trious ; James Harpur, to command the Experiment ; Robert
W. Suckling, to the Alfred; Cohn C. A. Kane, to the Corn-
wallis; Thomas Anson, to the Queen; F. Willoughby, to the
Alfred ; Edmund L. Strangways, to the Electra ; Charles J.
P. Glynn and Thomas W. Purses, to the Caledonia; John
Compton, to the Frolic; Herbert L. Griffiths, to the lmaum
Augustus P. Green, to the Plover ; Andrew R. Dunlap, to the
Wasp ; Henry S. Hillyer, to the Wolf ; James B. Ballard, to
the Cornwallis; Thomas C. L. Moore, Edward Collin, and J.
H. Norcock, to the Caledonia; C. W. Bonham, F. E. Forbes,
mid W. C. Lambert, to the Cornwallis; John D. A. C.
Agnew, to the Pique ; Augustus P. Greene, to the Plover ;
Owen P. Knott, to the Curacoa ; Ashley La Touche, to the
Illustrious ; Malcolm R. Dyett, to the Scylla.
Chaplains—John 11. Theed, to the Penelope ; T. W. Ben-
nett, to the Illustrious.
Masters—Edward M. Fox, to the Hecate ; J. H. T. Nor-
ris to the Viper.
Pursers—Wm. Norcock, to the Hecate ; Thomas Gulliver,
to the Apollo; E. D. Back, to the Pilot; James Giles, to the
Pique ; G. J. Starr, to the Electra.
Naval Instructors—Richard Oram, to the Penelope; Wm.
Johnson, to the Indus.
Mates—W. 11. Payne, to the Blazer; G. W. Towsey and
G. Kerr, to the Pluto.
Assistant-Surgeons—Walter Parsons, to the Hecate; Wm.
Macdonald, to the Wolf; Wm. Bull, to the Apollo; D. B.
Whipple, to the Agincourt; Albert N. Jack, to the Caledonia;
W. Bateman, to the St. Vincent; Frederick Stupart, to the
Alban ; F. N. Slight, to the Caledonia; Alex. Robertson, to
the Queen; John Campbell, to the Cyclops.
Second Masters—Thomas J. IN hillier, to the Alban ; Henry
Hunter, to the Imaun ; J. P. Dillon, to the Thunderer ; Jas.
Matthews, to the Acheron ; J. Loan, to the Pickle ; Duncan
Randall, to the Alfred; Ezekiel Anjier, to the Snipe ; H. F.
Collins, to the Shearwater.
Clerks in Charge—James T. Riccalton, to the Mohawk ;
John E. Price, to the Savage ; W. T. Biddlecornbe, to the
Fair Rosamond.
PROMOTlONS.—Commanders—W, Smith, E. p. Tioling,
' John Adams, to ba Captains.