The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-10 00:00:00

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• to Hobbes been in conformity with the character I have just
given.—( Cries of " Yes, yes," and " No; no.") If you, Mr.
Miall, had any love of learning, any regard for the literature of
your country, any reverence for the wisdom of past times, any
admiratioe for beauty of language, vigour of expression, vigour
of logic, and boldness of reasoning, though you might, like
myself, deem many of Hobbes' opinions erroneous, though you
might reject the whole of his doctrines, yet you would have ac-
corded praise, not blame, to me, for enabling the student to pe-
ruse the works of one of England's most illustrious authors.
No, like that Mahometan warrior and bigot who destroyed the
wisdom of ages, you would burn every work, and consume all
literature that in the slightest degree was at variance with your
limited notions—with your ewn Koran.—(Loud and continued
cheering, intermixed with dissent from Mr. Miall's friends. )
You have denounced me as the editor of an infidel work; I have
challenged you, and again challenge you, to make good your
assertions.—(" He is an infidel.") I have called upon you
to point out one infidel passage, one single sentence derogatory
to Christianity in the works of Thomas Hobbes, of Malmes-
bury. Have you or have yuu not read those works ? If you
have not read them, what right have you to say that they are
infidel productions ? If you have read them, then point out
one infidel passage in them, one single sentence hostile to
Christianity.—(Cheers.) I defy you to it. You have shrunk
from the attempt. You have indirectly acknowledged that no
such passage can be found in those works. Would it not have
been manly and courageous to have acknowledged your error,
to have said that you have never read those works, and that you
he'd been misled with regard to them. Instead of doing this
you have had recourse to subterfuge. First, you have talked
about Gibbon. Now, tell me, acute logician, able reasoner,
what has Gibbon to do with Hobbes, or Hobbes with Gibbon?
(Cheers and hisses.) Two minds more dissimilar can hardly
be found than the philosopher of Malmenbury, and the
historian of the Roman empire—would you, the lover of know-
ledge, not only destroy the works of our greatest dialectician,
but the writings, likewise, of our greatest historian ?—(Great
cheers and uproar.) Would you consign to the same flames
the " Leviathan" and the " Decline and Fall of the Roman Em-
pire ?"—( Cheers.) Secondly, you have insinuated that corns
of Hobbes' opinions lead to infidelity. Prove it, I say. Now,
I ask, is there a single work renowned in science, in literature,
or in art, against which a similar charge has not been brought
by some narrow-minded bigot ? It is a well-known historical
fact, that every great discovery in astronomy, in natural his-
tory, in chemistry, or in any of the physical sciences, that
everything which has made us better acquainted with the
heavens, with the earth, and with human na-
ture—that every acquisition of knowledge which has
tended to elevate humanity every attempt at free
inquiry, every effort to shake off the trammels of authority, has
been successively attacked by the ignorant and narrow-minded,
as leading to infidelity. Under this malignant and accursed
plea some of the greatest spirits of the human race have been
persecuted and slain. Socrates was put to death as an infidel—he
who first said there were Antipodes was burnt. The followers of
Copernicus were persecuted as disbelievers, and the great
Galileo on bended knees was compelled to assert that the earth
was immovable.—( Great cheering.) Bacon and Descartes
were taxed with irreligion, the doctrines of Locke were said to
lead to materialism, Newton was accused of dethroning the
Deity for the discovery of the law of gravitation, a similar
charge was made against Franklin for explaining the nature
of the thunderbolt, Priestley's library was burnt and
his person endangered on account of his religious
opinions, and, in our own days, Buckland, Sedgwick,
and the other geologists are accused of overturning re-
velation by their discoveries with regard to the past existence
of the earth.—( Cheers.) In short, in all ages, and amongst
all nations, infidelity has ever been the war-cry which the base,
the ignorant, the intolerant, and the canting tribe have raised
against the great, the noble, and the generous spirits of the
human race..--4, Great uproar and cheering from Sir William
Molesworth's supporters.) That cry you, Mr. Miall, have
attempted to raise against the works which I have edited. I
now again solemnly call on you before these, the electors of
Southwark, whom you wish to represent in Parliament, I
challenge you to make good your assertions. If
you shrink from the attempt, or fail, as fail you will,
then I accuse you before your iellow-citizens of having brought
this charge against me for base electioneering purposes. I
brand you as a calumniator, and appeal to the poll of to-mor-
row. The Hon. Baronet. who was muck interrupted in the
delivery of his actdress, concluded amidst great cheering from
his friends, and every mark of disapprobation from the sup-
porters of the two other candidates.

Mr. PILCHER then came to the front of the platform, and
the shouting, which had died into a calm, was again renewed
with greater violence than ever. As nearly as we could hear
him, he said that the claims he advanced for the honour of re-
presenting the borough were such as he thought would entitle
him to their suffrages.—( Cheers, groans, and great confusion.)
He had the utmost confidence in the result of the election ;
for the good sense of the electors would, he was convinced, dis-
tinguish between the claims of a eommercial man, whose whole
life had been spent in the borough, and who was therefore well
acquainted with its wants, and a theoretical philosopher,
or a student fresh from his closet.—(Cheers, groans, and cries
of " Filcher for ever," answered by the opposing war-cry of
Molesworth, Molesworth I") He had filled, and he trusted
to the satisfaction of his brethren in the borough, net only va-
rious offices in Surrey, but in the city of London and in the
county of Middlesex.—( Cheers and hisses.) The objects
which he had in view in seeking this high distinction were
many--( Cheers)—and they might be inferred from his con-
duct during the past years of his life. He thought that he
had a claim higher than that advanced by any stranger—
(Hear)—for had he not supported, in his humble sphere,
their district charities—(Cheers)—their dispensaries, and their
hospitals ?—(Cheers and hisses.) Some had called him Tory
and some Whig. He would himself, however, tell them what
he was. He was a liberal Reformer of every abuse connected
with the Government or institutions of their country.—
(Cheers.) He was the opponent of the poor-laws.—(Cheers.)
They had had his utmost attention, and he was opposed to
everything wrong or unjust in their operation. He was an
advocate for the removal of every tax which in the least
degree tended to restrict trade or commerce, and for that pur-
pose he would give his support to any measures which would
retrieve the evils of the present corn-laws.—(Cheers and
cries of " You're a counterfeit.") He would be found the
unflinching advocate of every measure that would be likely to
give employment to the poor, by the consumption of the pro.
duct of British manufactures—by the increase of trade, or com-
merce on the river, in every branch of industry—(Cheers)—
and particularly he would support the introduction of docks
into this borough.—(Cheers.) He would uphold Protes-
tantism in all its integrity, and would oppose all inter-
ference with the constitution of the Church as at pre-
sent established.—(Cheers.) He would not be a party
to any spoliation of that structure which had de-
scended to them in trust from their fathers.—( Cheers
and hisses.) He would support any measure for the
extension of education, and he hoped to see the time shortly
when every child of seven years old in the British empire
would be able to read the New Testament.—( Cheers.) He
was against the May nooth grant—( Groans and cheers)—and
if any motion for the repeal of that grant were brought for-
ward, he should feel it his duty to support it.—(Cheers.) He
was also opposed to the income-tax, for he was of opinion
that a property-tax was greatly superior. (Cheers.)
He was an advocate for the repeal of the assessed taxes—
(Cheers)—because they pressed particularly hard upon the in-
dustrious classes. (For several minutes it was impossible to
catch a word, and even the Hun. Candidate, who had hitherto,
with a manly fortitude, spoken of the reporters, seemed inclined
to give up the effort in despair. By dint, however, of great
exertion on the part of the " fuglemen" on either side, the
two black men already alluded to, peace was restored, and Mr.
Pitcher was allowed to continue. It may be mentioned that
one of the negroes had seceded to the Molesworth
party.) But this obnoxious impost might, in his
opinion, be got rid of in another way t the con-
version of six million acres of Crown land would produce at
least 6,00000/. of money, and this, certainly, would do away
with any necessity for an income-tax --(Cheers. ) He would
ask,: them, then, who could more effectually represent that
borough than a man whose interests were identified with
their interests, and whose home was their home.—(The wor-
thy candidate was ler some time rendered inaudible by the tu-
multuous cheers of his partisans below him. )—We understood
him to say that he was a commercial man, identified with com-
mercial interests. He had the support of the working men of
the borough, and he was proud also to say that he had the sup-
port of the ladies.—(Laughter on the hustings—renewed up-
roar in front.) If his irienda would come early to the poll to-
morrow, he would promise them a certain victory.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MIALL then came forward, and it is scarcely necessary
to say that the execrable commingling of discordant sounds from
the vast multitude below him tendered him even less audible
than the previous speakers. To this We must add that, as he
studiously addressed himself to the reporters, we should have
been able to collet a great part of what he said, had it not been
for the zealous demonstrations cf his friends upon the hustings.
These gentlemen, of whom many appeared to be clergymen,
occupied the portion of the hustings hekt to the reporters.
They were not satisfied with this advantage, but unceremoni-
ously, and often very uncivilly, walked over the desk at which
the reporters wrote, and trod upon their note-books and
other papers. [During the whole of the time that
Mr. Miall was delivering his speech, those gentlemen
kept up a fire of coarse, and by no means witty, repartee with
the hired partisans of the other side, whereby they to a peat
extent neutralised Mr. Mall's efforts to be heard, and our ef-
forts to hear.] He was understood to say that he was glad this
day to meet his antagonists face to lace. But he scorned on
that day to make any reply to the personalities with which he
had been assailed. fie would only say, for himself, that it
was his wish, according to his ability to do good to his fellow-
man ; and it did not concern him whether his name " went
down to oblivion, or was handed up to the admiration of pos-
terity." He had not referred to Sir Win Molesworth, as the
Editor of Hobbes," until be himself (as we understood) had
been attacked on account of his religious opinions. He now
averred, and he was ready to prove, that the whole tendency
of Hobbes' works was opposed to Christianity and civil liberty.
That was the opinion of Duckworth and of Hallam, of Dugald
Stewart and of Sir James Macintosh. He condemned
the endowment of Maynooth College. The Established
Church in Ireland was the bane of that country, and resulted
in a combination of the priests of both Churches to repress the
aspirations of the people for civil and religious liberty. It was
unnecessary for him on that occasion to detain his friends by
an exposition of his principles arid sentiments, which he had
already explained at sixteen meetings in the borough. He
concluded by expressing (as we understood) his personal in-
difference to the result of the contest, and his anxiety only for
the real independence of the borough.
Mr. MAYNARD then made a vain attempt to obtain a hear-
ing, when
The HIGH-BAILIFF put the names of the candidates in suc-
cession, and esok a show of hands, the dense meeting at this
time extending beyond Union-street, and numbering between
ten and twelve thousand.
For Sir William Molesworth the show was about two-
thirds of the whole.

For Mr. Pilcher positively not twenty beyond the hundred
(or so) of coalheavers, &c., in front of the hustings.
For Mr. Miall there appeared about one-third to hold up
their hands.

The Hiose BAILIFF then declared the election to have fallen
on Sir W. Molesworth, Bart.
A poll was demanded on the part of the other candidates,
which was fixed for eight o'clock to-morrow morning.
The several candidates, amidst considerable noise and confu-
sion, returned thanks for the attendance of their followers, and
urged them to be early at the poll to-morrow morning.
Mr. PILCHER then moved a vote of thanks to the High
Bailiff for his impartial conduct on the occasion.
Sir Wst. MOLESWORTH seconded the motion, which was put
at carried amidst great applause.
The HIGH BAILIFF said he was deeply indebted to the gen-
tlemen present for the mark of esteem they had just given. He
was much pleased at the orderly and regular manner in which
they had conducted themselves—(lronical cheers from Mr.
'tliali's friends)—and he trusted the good understanding
which had hitherto prevailed would be maintained up to the
close of the poll. He would now leave them, trusting in their
good sense that nothing would transpire to mar the good name
that Southwark had obtained for its conduct on electioneering
matters.—(Loud cheers. )
The multitude, after several rounds of cheers for their re-
spective candidates, quietly separated.

support the cause of Mr. Arial]; but, unfortunately, this
Nonconformist editor and his Nonconformist brethren in
the borough, while they can hardly be said to have es-
caped from persecution on account of their opinions—for the
Universities are not }et opened to them, and access to many
high places in the State is practically denied them—have be-
gun to persecute Sir William Molesworth, not exactly on ac-
count of his own religious opinions, but on account of the opi-
nions of another man whose works he edited. Much to the
credit of Sir William, he has employed his leisure and
his fortune in giving to the world a complete edi-
tion of the 'works of Thomas Hobbes, known as

" the Philosopher of Alalmesbury." Hobbes lived in
troubleus times. His youth was cast in the unquiet days
of the Commonwealth, he lived amidst the dreadful fanaticism
and the political disorders of that period, he suffered too from
them, and was for some time an exile from his country. Living
in strange times, and having only a partial experience, he
formed somewhat strange opinions which are not now and
never were popular. They are however the opinions of a pro-
found and reflecting mind. In truth, Thomas Hobbes had one
of the strongest minds of the day, and he is one of England's
greatest worthies. In mathematics he was second only to Des-
cartes, the greatest mathematician of the age ; in metaphysics
he was superior, all things considered, to Locke ; and in general
literature he was nearly equal to the polished Bolingbroke.
But he was too profound and reflective a philosopher to please
the light-minded and light-dreading wits and priests of his own
time, and he has come down to us with a fame somewhat
tarnished by a reproach, wholly undeserved, of being an irre-
ligious man. We are believers in many of his opinions. To
his political doctrines, evidently the offspring of the disorders
in the midst of which he lived, and which teach,

like Lord Brougham and the clergy, that society must
be ruled with a rod of iron, we, having seen
and learned something of the natural order of society,
are most determinedly opposed. But we are still more deter-
minedly opposed to the doctrine which makes man accountable
to man for his religious opinions, and inflicts on him tests and
civil disabilities because he differs in his uncontrollable belief
from ourselves. if belief be at command, we see no reason why
a sovereign may not prescribe a universal State Church, and
compel conformity. The voluntary system of Church govern-
ment, of which Mr. Aliall is the champion and the Dissenters the
aggrieved supporters, is founded on the uncontrollableness of
man's belief and on the right of every man freely to entertain
and act on his own religious opinions. In direct opposition
therefore to the very principles for which Mr. Aliall and the
Dissenters profess to battle, in defiance of charity, in degrada-
tion of our national renown,
.better founded on such worthies
as Hobbes than on Marlboroughs and Wellingtons, the Non-
conforming editor has been assailing Thomas Hobbes as an
infidel, and holding up Sir William fslolesworth to
religious opprobrium because he has edited his works.
Thomas Hobbes an infidel 1 That is, an unfaithful
man—a man in whom no confidence can be placed,
who scorns his God and contemns his fellows ! Why, a
truer man, a man more sincere and honest, never broke
bread in England ; and for a Dissenter to enlist religious
bigotry against Sir William Molesworth on account of
his having edited the works of such a man is the most
scandalous appeal to vile prejudices in opposition to the dis-
senting creeds and dissenting sufferings that we ever heard
of. They who conspire to make it prove that they are
slaves in heart and mind, and that they have learnt nothing
from the persecution they have undergone as Nonconformists
but how to wield the dreadful weapons from which they
have suffered. It makes us almost dread that the spirit of
persecution is natural to them, and almost inclined to say that
they were properly kept in slavery by test acts as the only
means of preventing their being unscrupulous tyrants. In the
name of the good cause of liberty utterly desecrated by such
Miall dissenting appeals, we feel called on to reprobate this
use of religious bigotry and religious persecution as a means of
securing its success in Southwark.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE. )

IN RE LEATHWAITE.-OPPOSITION BY TRUSTEES AND LOAN

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE

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are more, but they are principally people from the neigh-
bouring country, or Parisians (of whom there are a good
many), enjoying the pleasures of sea-bathing at Treport,
and possibly hoping that some lucky chance may draw royal
observation upon them. The consequence was, that the
crowd at Eu and Treport was nothing very extraordinary,
and was mostly composed of the peasantry of the country
decked out in their picturesque dresses.
It was the Queen's intention to have started from Ant-
werp in such time that she could have landed at Treport on
Sunday evening before dark ; but the rejoicings and fes-
tivities with which her Majesty was received at
Antwerp were protracted to so late an hour, that when
at length the order for departure was giver., and
when it was expected that the " Victoria and
Albert" should commence to drop down the river, it was un-
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port in time to land on Sunday (last) night, and the oc-
casion will be memorable, as the first on which Queen
Victoria was behindhand in an appointment. This morning,
however, at seven o'clock, a signal gun, fired from the bat-
teries of Treport, gave warning that the royal flotilla was
in sight. The morning was as lovely a one as ever shone
on prince or beggar, and the population of the towns of Eu
and Treport was immediately in commotion in expectation of
the day's pleasure. The royal carriages, to the number
of more than a dozen, were summoned at eight o'clock to the
entrance of the Chateau, and at half-past eight the King,
Queen, and the whole of tke members of the royal family were
standing on the beach at Treport, waiting to receive their ex-
pected guests. The King of the French himself, the Queen, the
Duchess of Orleans, Madame Adelaide, the Duchess of Sa-
lerno, the Prince of Joinville, Prince Augustus of Saxe
Coburg, and the Princess Clementine were in the famous
char a bane, so often described, two years ago, on the occa•
sion of the Queen's former visit to Eu, and with which the
Queen herself was so much delighted that Louis Philippe
took the opportunity of exhibiting his gallantry by pre-
senting his royal guest with a fac simile of it. In the other
carriages were M. Guizot, the Minister of Foreign Affairs ;
M. Dumon, the Minister of Public Works; and the Count de
Salvandy, the Minister of Public Instruction ; besides the
numerous personages composing the royal household. On
the beach, where it was arranged that the Queen should
land, some troops were drawn up, but they were very few,
in comparison with the number who appeared on the oc-
casion of Queen Victoria's former visit. They consisted
of merely a few companies of the 12th regiment of the
line, a party of .artillery, a company of the douaniers, and a
troop of carabineers. A few minutes after the arrival of the
French royal family, the Victoria and Albert dropped
anchor at about a quarter of a mile from the shore, and was
followed by the Black Eagle, and soon afterwards by the
Fairy. King Louis Philippe immediately went on board tha
royal yacht to receive the Queen, accompanied by the Prince
of Joinville, Prince Augustus of axe Coburg, and M. Guizot.
An unlooked-for difficulty occurred at thelanding. From the
very low state of the ebb tide it was found that the small
steamer which had formerly carried the Queen from the
royal yacht to the shore could not now be employed. The
only way in which Louis Philippe could get on board the
royal yacht was by getting into a bathing machine,
by which he was carried so far out to sea that
he was able to get on board his own barge, and thence
on board the royal yacht, and it so happened that the
Queen would be obliged to remain for some hours,
on board, or take the same rather undignified manner of
reaching the shore. "Needs must when the devil drives,"
is an old proverb, but it seldom applies to kings and queens
on festive occasions. The Queen of England, however, thought
she might adopt the mode of getting on shore that brought
the King of the French on board ; and thus it happened
that Queen Victoria and Louis Philippe got ashore together
in a bathing machine. The Queen was handed into the
barge by the King, and followed by Prince Albert, the Prince
of Joinville, Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg, and M.
Guizot. In the same order the party entered the bathing
machine, which was decorated with a tricoloured flag for
the nonce, and speedily dragged by a horse to terra firma.
In the meantime a royal salute was fired from all the steamers
in the offing and from the battery. Planks having been laid
down on the beach for the use of the royal party, the
Queen advanced to meet Queen Victoria, whom she
greeted most cordially, and embraced several times. Her
Majesty also kissed Prince Albert on both cheeks. The
Queen of the French then presented the Princess of Salerno
and the Sicilian Princesses to her Majesty, after which the
whole party got into char,a banes, the Queen sitting next to
Louis Philippe, and Prince Albert next to the Queen of the
French, and proceeded to the Chateau d'Eu, amidst the
cordial if not very boisterous applause of the assembled
crowds. _ . .

On the arrival of the royal party at the chateau, a splendid
dejeune was served up, which was attended by all the visitors
at the chateau. After the dejeune, Louis Philippe took the
opportunity of introducing the Queen to the new Victoria
6,iilery—a splendid gallery, intended to commemorate her
Majesty's first visit to the Chateau d'Eu, and which is deco-
rated with views of the principal scenes of that occasion,
painted by some of the first painters in France. In the after-
noon the royal party drove into the forest, and in the even-
ing there was a splendid dinner at the chateau, which was
attended by all the civil and military authorities of the place,
as well as by the guests resident at the chateau.
_ _

The King has got the Opera Comique company down from
Paris. They are this evening to perform the Beau Seignor
and Richard Coeur de Lion before the Court.

M. Guizot, the ?Minister for Foreign Affairs; M. Dumon,
the Minister of Public Works ; and the Count de Salvandy,
the Minister of Public Instruction, are the members of the
French Cabinet present.

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY.
(From the Times.)
TREI'ORT, TUESDAY EVENING, &In'. 0.
_ .

Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their
suite, left the Chateau d'Eu this afternoon at a few minutes
before six o'clock, for Treport, to embark on board the Vic-
toria and Albert, on their return to England. A body of in-
fantry were drawn up in the court-yard of the Chateau,and
a military band played from the commencement of dinner
(four o'clock) until a few minutes before the hour of de-
parture. A body of cavalry were stationed opposite the
Chateau. His Majesty Louis Philippe and the members
of the Royal Family of France, accompanied the
Royal travellers to the coast. They went in the char-
a-bancs, which formed quite a brilliant cortege. The
band played " God save the :Queen" as her Majesty was
handed into the carriage by the King, and as the cortege
drove off the troops shouted " Vive le Roi ;" " Vive la
Reine d'Angleterre !" A considerable number of people
witnessed the departure and joined in the cheering.
The distance from Eu to Treport is very short. It was
accomplished in less than half an hour. Great crowds of
people were assembled to witness the embarkation ; in fact,
almost all the population of Eu, strangers included,
seemed to have passed down to Treport. As
the royal carriage approached salutes were fired, which
were answered from Eu. All the fishermen of Tre-
port and their fair companions seemed to have poured out to
see the embarkation, and the pretty costume of the women,
with their characteristic caps and short blue petticoats was
not the least interesting part of the scenes Treport looked
quaint and pretty enough in the sunlight, and the sea was
calm and glossy as a lake. The Victoria and Albert lay off
the port, and the Black Eagle, Fairy, and Porcupine at a
little distance. The French steamers, the Caiman, the Cour-
rier, and the Pluton, also lay off the port, and there were
also a few French brigs and other vessels. As the royal car-
riages drove up preceded by an escort ofdragoons, the church
bells rang a merry peal, and salutes were fired. A band stationed
at the landing-place struck up " God save the Queen," and
in a few moments more the King of the French handed
Queen Victoria into a barge lying alongside, and which im-•
mediately pulled out to sea. In the same barge with the
Queen were the Prince de Joinville, Prince Albert, Lord
Aberdeen, M. Guizot, and Lord Liverpool. The other
members of the suite followed in other boats. The vessels
in the offing manned their yards, salutes were fired from the
batteries, and the cheers of the people were deafening. By
half-past six the royal party were on board, and under
weigh, and the King of the French, and the other members
of the French Royal Family, returned to Eu.
ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY.
(From the Ikrald.)
ADMIRALTY, WEDNESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, A.M.
A telegraphic dispatch has just announced the Queen's
arrival at Spithead.

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE.

PonTgsrount, SEPT. 9.—The Rhadamanthus steam-sloop,
Master Commander Imris, arrived at Cork on the 3d, at
three o'clock, P.M., with supernumeraries, whom she trans-
shipped to the Daring the same evening, being for the most
part newly-entered men for the President, fitting out at this
port for the Cape station. She sailed on the morning of the
sth for Cardiff in Wales, to embark six companies of 75th
Regiment for Waterford, whence she proceeds to Paler, in
Wales, for the remainder, and will take them to Waterford.
The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, sailed on the morn-
ing of the 4th from the Cove of Cork for Bristol, for volun-
teers, with whom she will proceed to Plymouth.
The following were on the Irish station on the 4th inst.:—
At the Cove of Cork.—The Crocodile, 26, Captain Max-
well, flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief, Rear. Admiral
Sir 11. Pigot.
At Waterford—The Lucifer steam-vessel, Commander
G. A. Frazer, on surveying service.
At Kinsale—The Tartarus steam-sloop, Captain Wolff, on
surveying service.
At Kingstown—The Pluto steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander F. Lowe, on particular service.
At Tarbert—The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander
Fisher, on particular service.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Macdonald, is
refitting her rigging at her moorings, off Blockhouse.
The Aid, Smallman master, sailed yesterday, for the river
depOts, with stores.
The Princess Royal, transport, is hourly expected from
the South American station, with invalids, &c., from the
squadron.
The Prometheus, steam-sloop, Commander Ihy, was
cruising in the Congo River on the 20th of July; she ex-
pected orders to leave shortly, for another part of the coast—
all well.
The Inconstant, 36, Captain Freemantle, sailed from
Smyrna for Corfu the 24th ult.
THE CAPE OF GOOD SLOPE aTATION.
The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, sailed from Table Bay,
to cruise in the Mozambique Channel, on the 17th of June.
The Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Rickets, Bart., and the
Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford, arrived at Simon's Bay,
from Mozambique, on the 14th of June.
The Espiegle, 12, Commander Thompson, sailed from Si-
mon's Bay for Hong-Kong on the 15th of June.
THE WEST INDIA STATION.
The Imam), 72, receiving-ship, and the Hermes, steam
sloop, Commander Carr, were at Jamaica on the Bth ult.
The Lark, 2, Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence, was at
Nassau on the 13th ult.
The Thunderer, 6, Commander Barnett, was at Bermuda
on the 20th of August.
The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, was at An-
tigua at the same date.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliott, and the Persia, 16,
Commander Coryton, were at Vera Cruz on the 2d ult.
The Romney, 30, receiving-ship and slave-depot, Lieu-
tenant-Commander M'Clure, was at Havannah on the 10th of
August.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice-Admiral
Sir F. W. Austin, was at Halifax on the 20th ult.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, has nearly completed
rigging. Her crew is a very smart one ; she will conse-
quently speedily be ready to sail to her destination, the Cape
of Good Hope.
Additional works of defence are about to be erected at this
port for the protection of the harbour and approaches thereto.
These will be constructed on the left side of Broad-street
(" Point"), from the old sallyport at the bottom of High-
street, and will extend from the semaphore to the round
tower, embracing the entire space now occupied by the Vic-
toria pier and the military prison adjacent, the sallyport gate
and bridge, and 22 houses, commencing at the Sun Tavern
and extending to " Tower-court," with the same number of
tenements in the rear thereof, facing the harbour; a length
of upwards of 600 feet next the water, where a double-
banked battery will be erected in lieu of the one at present
standing from the sallyport to the round tower. The Board
of Ordnance yesterday caused notices to be served upon the
owners of the property above mentioned that such would
be required for the defence of the port, and requesting that
they would send in estimates of the value of their respec-
tive properties on or before the 15th instant. The fort
at Blockhouse is being " doubled" and otherwise mate-
rially strengthened. On the north side (next the har-
bour) a barrack is being erected for the accommodation of
two companies of the Royal Artillery. Indeed, the most
prompt and prominent measures are being adopted for
putting this place in a state of competent defence. The
Royal Artillery companies quartered in the garrison are
daily exercised on the various bastions in the several evolu-
tions connected with gunnery, which they appear to perform
with considerable alacrity.
Devosiroms—The Urania, Sicilian frigate, 46, Captain
Lettisri, arrived on Sunday from Spithead, and anchored in
the Sound.
The General Palmer, transport, arrived on Sunday morn-
ing from the river, with victualling stores.
The Netley, tender, sailed on Saturday for Portsmouth,
with volunteers for the President, 50, fitting out there.
The Confiance steam-vessel arrived on Sunday, with Mr.
Henderson and those who navigated the Avenger steam-
frigate to the river.
The Heroine, 6, Commander Edmunds, is equipping very
fast, and will soon be ready for sea.
Woor.wicir, SEPT. 9.—An order has been received at
Woolwich Dockyard to expedite the building of the Royal
Albert, of 120 guns, and a number ofshipwrights commenced
work upon her yesterday. The Amphion, of 36 guns,
converting into a steam-vessel with screw propeller,
is ordered to be completed as soon as possible for
commission ; and the Niger steam-vessel, ordered to be
built at this dockyard, is to be proceeded with. These
works require a number of hands, and instructions have
been issued to employ 60 extra shipwrights, 12 blacksmiths,
and 6 joiners. A similar activity prevails at Sheerness to
expedite the works at that dockyard, 68 shipwrights, 12
blacksmiths, and several joiners having been recently added
to be employed on task work.
The Grampus, 74, razeed at Woolwich into a 50 gun ship,
is progressing rapidly in the basin. Her masts are all put
up, and the rigging attached and being tightened. The main-
mast weighs 14 tons 6 cwt., and the whole of her masts and
rigging upwards of 64 tons. Vice-Admiral Matson visited
this vessel to day, and appeared greatly pleased with her ex-
cellent condition.
'the Terrible steam -vessel has a number of workmen em-
ployed upon her, and her officers' cabins are nearly completed.
She will soon be ready for commission.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Mr. W. Bryant master-com-
mander, proceeded to Portsmouth on leaving Antwerp, with
several of her Majesty's carriages to be landed there.
The Avon steam-vessel has a number of hands employed
upon her in tire basin at Woolwich, and will soon be ready
for sea.
The Phoenix, screw propeller steam-vessel, is in King
William the Fourth's dock for the purpose of being com-
pleted.
The Right Iron. 11. T. L. Corry visited the dockyard yes-
terday, and went over the factory and on board the Grampus
and Terrible vessels.

HARBOURS OF REFUGE IN IRELAND.—On Friday
Captain Washington, R.N., one of the Commissioners ap-
pointed by Government for inquiring into the means of im-
proving tidal harbours, and ascertaining the best positions for
harbours of refuge, sat in the grand jury room at the Court-
house, and examined several witnesses in pursuance of his in-
quiry regarding the harbour of Wexford. The investigation
was opened about eleven o'clock. The Commissioner was
occupied in receiving evidence until four o'clock, when he
closed the inquiry, after having examined as the last witness
Captain Fraser, R.N., the Government Surveyor of Coasts and
Harbours. The Court was an open one, and the Commissioner,
repeatedly during the inquiry, and again at the close, invited
suggestions from all parties, and professed his willingness tu
hear any complaints that might be preferred. On Friday he
is to hold a similar inquiry at Kilmore.— Wexford Independent.

WIDOWER SMITH AND WIDOW JONES.—Widower
Smith's waggon stopped one morning at Widow Jones's
door, and he gave the usual country signal that he wanted
somebody in the house, by dropping his reins, and sitting
double, with his elbows on his knees. Out tripped the
widow, as lively as a cricket, with a tremendous black
ribbon on her snow-white cap. " Good morning," was soon
said on both sides, and the widow waited for what was further
to he said. " Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps you don't want
to sell one of your cows, no how, for nothing, any way,
do you ?" Well, there, Mr. Smith, you could'nt have
spoke my mind better. A poor lone widder, like me,
does not know what to do with so many critters; and I
should be glad to trade if we could fix it " So they
adjouined to the meadow. Farmer Smith looked at Roan,
then at the widow, at the Downing cow, and at the widow
again ; and so on through the whole forty. The same call
was made for every day for a week, but farmer Smith could
not decide which cow he wanted. At length, on Saturday,
when widow Joues was in a hurry to get through with her
baking for Sunday, and had " ever so much' to do in
the house, as all farmers' wives and widows have on
Saturday, she was a little impatient. Farmer Smith
was as irresolute as ever. " That 'ere Downing cow is a
pretty fair cretur, but"—he stopped to glance :A the
widow's face, and then walked round her—not the widow,
but the cow. " That 'ere short-horn Durham is not a
bad-looking beast, but I don't know "—another look
at the widow., " The Downing cow I knew before the
late Mr. Jones bought her." Here he sighed at the allusion
to the late Mr. Jones ; she sighed, and both looked at each
other. It was a highly interesting moment. 1' Old Roan is
a faithful old milch, and PO is Brindle ; but I have known
better." A long stare followed each speech ; the pause was
getting awkward, and at last Mrs. Jones broke out—'. Lord,
Mr. smith, if I'm the one you want, do say so 1" The in-
tentions of the widower Smith and widow Jones were pub-
lished the next day, es is the law in Massachusets ; and its
soon as they were " outpgblished" they were married.—
American Paper.
CRIME IN FIANCE.—It appears from n late report
to the 51inister of Justice, that there were 339 cendemnations
to death 'in France from 1836 to 1843, god 245 executions.
'They were thus divided:—
Condom. Executions. Condom. Executions.
1836 9h 22 18.40 5l ... 45
1837 33 ... 21 1841..... AO ... 35
1838 44 34 1849 42 ... 29
1839 39 ... 22 1543 so ... 63
,„
BRANDLING JUNCTION RAILWAY.—Third-class car-
riages have this week been run on the Brandling itmetion
Railway, and rill be continued with every train in future. The
fare from Sunderland to Newcastle is 9d., and to Shields 4d.,
so that the working classes can travel between these places at a
most reasonable cost. This further accommodation t0..!11e
public was promptly arranged by George Hudson,. Esq.,
arti.
the moment he knew that it would be considered
b gbt under
vantage to the district. The subject
Mr. Hudson's notice last week by swfral. Johdpeashsohwn,hioohf
Sunderland. Arrangements have also been
will ave the full
benefit of the express train for the o uth, 'Which leaves in tile
morning at a quarter to nine, sao south,
book a parts of the
d antages tofor thell Sunderland
south. These will be g
people, for which they aroreeanttir?ly indebted to Mr. Hudson
their active and highly influential Parliamentary representa:
tive.—Durham Advertiser.
LEICESTER.—At a meeting of the sharebrekers of
this town, on Friday evening, it was resolved that a Stock Ex-
change should be established. It was also determined that each
member give security to the amount of 0,0001., and that all tran.
sactions be for money on uelivery of scrip or transfer. The sub-
scription proposed is 201.
per annum. The nuieber of share-
brokers' offices here has recently increased from four to ten.
IsLE or LEWIS.—On Wednesday, the 27th of
August, a public entertainment was given by the inhabitants of
Lewis to Mr. Matheson,
M.P., the proprietor, in the Mason's
Hall, Stornaway, Mr. Morison, banker, in the chair. After the
usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been given, the Hon. Member,
in returning thanks for his health, expressed his determination to
draw forth the native energies of the Highlanders, and endeavour
to rebut the imputation which had been cast upon them of being
adverse to the adoption of improvements. With this view, he had
made up his mind to engage a Highland factor, and employ High-
landers ou all occasions, and he had every reason to congratulate
himself on having adopted that course. The company broke up at
a late:hour, after having been addressed by Colonel Baillie,
Mr. Smith, of Deanston, and Professor Gordon, the proecedings
being marked throughout with great warmth of feeling and en.
thusiant.

IRELAND.
COUNTY OF CAVAN.
Considerable apprehensions were at one time entertai!sul
that the peace of this county would be disturbed, as two rival
meetings were advertised to be held at Killashandra, on the
Bth September ; the one a meeting of the Killashandra Total
Abstinence Society, at which persons from the neighbouring
districts, being members of the Total Abstinence Society, werw
invited to attend—the other, a meeting of the Protestants
of the neighbourhood, who alleged that the meeting of the
Catholics was to commemorate and take revenge for
the battle of Ballymarnock, which was fought Bth Septem-
ber, 1798. Lord Farnham, who was in the neighbourhood,
immediately issued a notice, forbidding persons to carry arms
to either of the meetings, and also sent for a strong military
force. On the morning of the Bth of September the following
were the number of troops in Killashandra-2d Dragoon
Guards, 120 ; 2d Royal North British ( Scots Greys), 120 ; sth
(Northumberland Fujiliers),lBo ; 34th Regiment (Cumberland),
450 ; of the police force from counties of Letrim, Longford,
and Cavan, 90—making a total of 960 men and officers.
'1 here was a meeting of magistrates held on Friday, at which
a notice was issued declaring that the holding the meetings
would tend tea breach of the peace,and warning all persons against
attending them. The Protestants have since issued a placard
announcing that in consequence of the magistrates' proclamation
no Protestant meetings Is ill be held on the Bth at killashandra.