The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA

MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.—The Royal
Mail Company's steam-ship Dee, Captain Helmsley,
arrived at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, from the
West Indies, Mexico, &c., bringing the usual mails. Her
dates of departure are as follow :—Tampico, Feb. 24 ;
Vera Cruz, March 3 ; Demerara, sth ; Trinidad, sth ;

Jamaica, 10th ; Barbadoes, 10th; Havannah, 11th; Gre-
nada, 12th; St. Thomas, 17th; and Bermuda on the 23d,
having no communication with Fay al.
The Dee.brings no news of importance. Everything
was quiet in Mexico, and nothing was heard of Santa
Anna.

The West India Islands generally were in a healthy
state. At St. Thomas's the small-pox was gradually de-
creasing, and, in fact, may beseaid to have entirely sub-
sided. The authorities were issuing clean bills of health.
The Dee, however, was put into quarantine at Havannah,
and remained seven days, in consequence of having
touched at that island.

The Inconstant frigate, with Mr. Bankhead on board,
was off Vera Cruz on the evening of the Ist of March,
but in consequence of a" norther" springing up, she was
necessitated to put to sea again, and had not returned
when the Dee left.

The Governor of St. Kitt's was much better, but sth
in a very delicate state of health. The last accounts
state that he was gradually, though slowly, recovering.
Sir Charles Adam was daily expected at Bermuda
when the Dee left. The Dee remained there two days
beyond her time, waiting for the Thames to bring up the
mails. Her Majesty's ships Ringdove, Albatross, and
Spartan, were ordered off to the coast f Africa, in con-
sequence of the great increase of the slave trade. The
Albatross, however, proceeded to Halifax first.
'The Dee brings home 214,320 dollars on merchants'
account ; 308 lbs. of gold dust, 870 lbs. silver, 85 scrons
of cochineal ; two boxes of vanilla, valued at 3,000/., and
two boxes of pearls, of the estimated value of 1,2001. She
also brings home 44,000 dollars on account of the Mexi-
can dividends—viz., 20,000 from Tampico and 24,000
from Vera Cruz ; 18,000 more were left behind at the
latter place, in consequence of a stiff " norther" blowing,
rendering it impossible to ship them.
The Dee spoke the Ringdove on the 13th of March,
all well. Her Majesty's ship Albatross arrived at Ber-
muda on the 19th of March, and sailed the same day
for Halifax. The Company's steamer Thames arrived
at Bermuda on the 23d of March with the mails, and
the Dee immediately started for England. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Scylla was also at Bermuda. The Tweed
was at Havannah on the 11th of March, and the Teviot
at St. Thomas's on the 17th, all well. The Trent is the
next steamer home, and nearly every berth is taken.
The barque 'John Dennistoun, of Greenock, Young
master, from Liverpool to Mobile, was totally lost on
the 2d of February, on shore off Cape San Antonio,
crew and materials saved. Part of the crew are at
Havannah; the master and articles saved were at Key
West. The mate and nine seamen came passengers in
the Dee.
The ship Ayrshire, of Greenock, Barker master,
from Mobile to Liverpool, with cotton, was also totally
lost in Hanover Sound on the Ist of March, crew, cargo,
and materials saved. The mate and ten of the crew
came home in the Dec. It is a singular coincidence that
both these unfortunate vessels belong to the same owner.
The brig Two Friends, Ozier master, of Jersey, from
Newport, South Wales, was lost and abandoned on the
Colorado Shoals on the 28th of March ; master and crew
saved, and arrived at Havannah. Four came home pas-
sengers in the Dee.
The Dee passed the Dutch barque " J. 48, J.," of
Portland, running westward, on the 7th ult.
The Dee brought home the following passengers :
Mr. Stein, Higson, Mrs. ' Higson, Mr. Benoist, John
King, servant, from Vera Cruz ; Count Sazamet, from
Havannah ; Dr. and Mrs. Gilgeous, from Demerara ;
Rev. J. Cox, from Dominique ; Miss Hill, from Antigua ;
Van 13remen, from Carthagena ; F. Henry, Mr. and
Mrs. Lowe and child, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Sercomb, and
three children, from Jamaica ; Miss A. Noreen, from
St. Thomas ; Wm. Jarnens, Dr. Goodriche, Mr. D.
Silva, from Jamaica ; Mr. Morgan, purser of the Scylla,
from Bermuda.

ARISTOCRATIC TASTE.—Sir Robert Peel, in a dis-
cussion in Parliament relative to the admissibility of
the British public to cathedrals and other works of
art, observed, " he believed the damage which occurred
was generally the work of the vulgar rich." In the
New Monthly of this month, a remarkable instance of
the correctness of the Premier's deduction is to be found
at page 541, in " Lady Londonderry's Visit to the Courts
of 'Vienna," &c., she says, " Lord L. wrote our names
on one of the columns in front of the entrance of the
Parthenon, to be read, perhaps, in after years by our
children and children's children." what immortality I
The Earl of Eglintoun has sold .the great Eagle-
sham estate, one of the finest in the west of Scotland, to
A. Gilmour, Esq., late of Glasgow, for 217,000/. The
rental averages from 940001. to 10,0001. per annum.
'The Obsarvaieur Beige mentions that General
Goblet has resigned his seat in the Belgian Cabinet. He
was Minister of furvign "Weirs.

FACTORIES BILL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

_ • _
Data Sin,—A- Wise-acre, signing himself a " Tea
hours Man," whose letter you inserted (probably.
vvithOut reading it) In -Thursday's Sun, bases his
profundities on the assumption that the Manchester
mill-owners, whose letter to him Sir James GrahaM
quoted, had stated, that they "employed 30,000
persons, and paid 40,0001. in wages.
If this sage had made use of his eyes, he. would
have discovered that the real statement made by these
gentlemen was, that' they " employed 30,000 hands,
and were rated 44,0001. to the poor-rates," It is
scarcely necessary to add another word.
The comments of the deputation on
.Lord Ashley's
statements, have completely taken the ground from
under the feet of that benevolent nobleman, but
miserable statistician—whose knowledge of the human
system and muscular power appears to have been
sufficiently limited to induce belief of scores of
thousands of operatives being able to travel from 120
to, 250 miles per week, on foot, month after month.
Oh, that good men
,would learn the difference
between a chesnut horse and a horse chesnut before
they began to legislate !

It has been well said, that ". an ounce of common
sense is -worth a hundred-weight of oratory."
Imagine a gentleman, who thinks himself qualified to
direct and alter the principles on which a trade of
forty millions per annum is based, naively believing
the statement of a " MATHEMATICIAN" ! 0 that, in
some branches of the manufacture, the operatives
walked thirty-seven miles per day ! _ This, at the
rate of three miles per hour, would consume twelve
hours and a third; yet. the _Noble Lard never thinks
of asking what is done in the
,remainder of the day ?
When a man walks in a factory, it is to do something;
he is not paid merely for wu/king !
The difference between the Noble Lord's statements
and the facts appears to be only seventy-five per cent.,
so that, by the simple operation of dividing his quan-

ities by four, we get IL very close approXimatiOn to
truth !

As the majority of the House of Commons have
decided that wages and profits can be regulated by
legislation, and as I am as warm a friend to the
operative as Lord Ashley, I beg leave to propose that
the same operation which is necessary to be performed
with his numbers, to make them agree with fact,
should be performed in regard to the hours of labour,
viz., that the present number should be divided by
four, and no one be allowed to labour more than
three hours !

A SUBSCRIBER.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and his Majesty the
King of the Belgians' the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Royal Suite, and the Household attended Divine ser-
vice this morning in the private Chapel of the Castle.
The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians attended Di-
vine service this forenoon in the Roman Catholic Chapel
on Clewer-green. Her Majesty was attended by her
Suite, and after the service returned to the Castle.

In the afternoon her Majesty and the Queen of the
Belgians took a carriage airing. Their. Majesties were
accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Royal
Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting was in at
tendance on horseback.

Yesterday the Queen and their Belgian Majesties
took their accustomed walks and drives in the park.
The Earl of Dunmore arrived at the Castle on a visit
to the Queen. Captain Francis Seymour also arrived
yesterday on a visit to Her Majesty. Her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, and her Lady in Waiting
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, joined the Royal Dinner
Circle at the Castle yesterday evening.
The Royal Family were taken their usual airings yes-
terday.

M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, embarked at
Blackwall on Saturday, for Rotterdam. His Exoellency's
absence will not exceed a fortnight or three weeks.
Lord Stanley left town on Saturday morning for
Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, the seat of the Earl of
Derby.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were also received on Saturday, from the
Governor of Van Diemen's Land.
_ _

The Bishop of London preached the sermon yester-
day morning in the Chapel Royal, • St. James's. The
prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, the lessons by
the Rev. Dr. Wesley and the Rev. Horsley Dakins, and
the Communion service by the Bishop of London,
assisted by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem, "If we
believe that Jesus Died'' (Boyce), was sung by Mr. J. B.
Sale and Mr. Hawkins. Sir. George Smart presided at
the organ.
The Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Winchester,
Lords Cathcart, Tyrconnel, Wharncliffe, Vivian, Ernest
Bruce, and Leveson, and Ladies Wharncliffe, Hawarden,
and Vivian were among the nobility present.
The Earl of Dunmore left town on a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle, on Saturday. - •
Dispatches were sent ff from the Colonial-office, on
Saturday evening, for the Governor of Hong-Kong.

MEETING OF THE INSTITUTE
OF FINE ARTS.
The annual meeting of this Association was held
on Saturday evening, in the Council-room of the
Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi. Emerson
Tennant, Esq., M.P., was called to the chair, and the
business of the evening commenced. A letter was
read from Sir M. A. Shee, the President of the Royal
Academy, stating that in consequence of his advan-
cing age, and the attention which his duties as Presi-
dent of the Royal Academy required, he was pre-
vented from accepting the office of Vice-President of
the Institute of Fine Arts which he had been invited
to accept. The Secretary then read the annual
report of the Council, which stated that
after a lapse of a year, the Council had
reason to hope the most cheering results to art from
the influence of the institution. Eligible premises had
been taken for the institute in Newman-street, with a
reading-room for the members, and a library was also
in progress of formation. A petition to Parliament
for increased means of acquiring knowledge in art
was stated to be on the eve of presentation, and
through it a lasting benefit is expected to be conferred
on the. arts of this country. Artistic information, con-
sidered to be important, has been communicated to the
Commissioners of Fine Arts, and an extensive corre-
spondence had been established with eminent foreign
professors of art. The announcement that the num-
ber of members had increased last year from 110 to
300 was received with loud cheers.
The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, and in
a very appropriate speech, remarked upon the im-
portance of cultivating a taste for the fine arts in
England. He alluded to the aid which decorative
art gives to the• manufactures of this country, and
the diffusion of pure taste amongst the people by
sculptors, painters and engravers, through the medium
of manufacturers, and he said he felt confident that
manufacturers must be improved, and consequently
prosper, through the influence and assistance of a
society, like that.
Mr. PARK, the sculptor, then read a paper entitled
" The Triumph of the Anglo-Normans ; a proposed
series of sculptures to occupy the whole range of the
wall of the projected court inclosing the New Palace-
yard, with groups and single statues in advance, mark-
ing different ages, discoveries, and characteristics ; to
be executed inßavacciene marble, the use of bronze being
opposed to the perpetuity of art from the temptation to
destroy offered in the value of the material. Mr. Park
proposed that a continued line should be formed round
the court, not higher than 10 feet, within which sculp-
tures in bas-relief should be received, and that on pe-
destals should be placed statues and groups, so dis-
posed as to be seen all round. The bas reliefs and
statues would combine to illustrate the manners and
costurnes, and the historical and poetical characteristics
of the people, from the earliest ages of antiquity down
to the present time. -
Mr. TEMPLETON next read a paper " On the Ad-
mission of Works of Art in Churches." After which
Mr. Finden was called to the chair, and the thanks of
the meeting being voted to Mr. Tennent, the assem-
bly separated.

The following is the House List of Governors and
Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing:—

FOR GOVERNORS.
William Cotton, Esq., Governor.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq., Deputy Governor.
FOR DIRECTORS.
Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
Arthur Edw. Campbell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq.
Bonamy Dobree, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq.
Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. James Pattison, Esq. -
John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart.
Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq.
Henry,Lancelot Holland, Esq. Christopher Pearse, Esq.
Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart.
Charles Fredk. Huth, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq.
William Thompson, Esq., and
Alfred Latham, Esq. ompson,
Humphrey St. John Mildmay,
_Alderman

Esq.
The Election for Governor
held at the Bank on Tuesday,
Wednesday, the 10th inst., fri
till four in the afternoon.

iThomas Tooke, jun., Esq.
and Deputy-Governor will be
the 9th, and for Directors on
'mil ten o'clock in the forenoon

SHORT TIME AT LEEDS.—The agreement of the
merchantsj manufacturers, and woolstaplers of Leeds, to close
their places of business at four o'clock in the afternoon of
every Saturday, and to allow their servants to leave for the
day as shortly afterwards as the unavoidable exigencies of
business will permit, in the expectation that, according to
the representation made to them, the leisure thus afforded will
be devoted to beneficial purposes, has received the signatures
of the principals of Stansfield, Brown, and Co., and upwards of
sixty other houses. The railway carriers, to the number of
thirteen firms, have signed an agreement to withdraw their
wherries from the streets at the same hour, four o'clock; and
the North Midland Company, in compliance with the same
• agreements, have decided to close their gates at the goods
station at half-past four every Saturday afternoon, which
latter arrangement came into effect on Saturday last.
POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS —On and after the
12th instant, the Edinburgh night mail will :arrive at
Carlisle at 10 A.M., instead of 9. 20, as at present. The
Glasgow mail will arrive at 10 A.M., instead of 9. 15 A.M.
The Dumfries at 9. 53, instead of 8. 53 A.M. The London
night mail will arrived at 2. 35 p.m., instead of 3. 10, on
• and after the 13th instant.—Carlisle Journal.

Rev. Martin Wright, curate. of Redmarshall, has been
appointed by the rector of Sunderland (me of the curates
of that parish.