The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON SAT ILA DA Y EVENI NG, DECEMBER, 6, 1841).

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE:
MALTA, Nov. 28.—Mr. Leckie, a mate of the Hibernie,
and a nephew of the late. Sir P. Malcolm, has received the
death vacancy in the gift of the Admiral, fallen in by the late
Lieutenant Hill, of the Inconstant. On presenting Lieut.
Leckie with his commission, the Admiral, in a neat speech,
delivered on the quarter-deck, declared that he gave it him
as a reward for his invariable good conduct, and the posses-
sion of those qualities which would do honour to the ser,
vice in which he was enrolled, and for which he had con-
stantly evinced so much zeal, and in his future appointments
and promotions he should look to the character of the person
on whom rank was conferred, without any reference what-
ever to the circumstance of his serving on board the flag-
ship.
Her Majesty's steamer Acheron was submitted to a, very
severe inspection on Tuesday by Captain Richards, Flag
Captain to Sir W. Parker. Her commander, Lieutenant
Aplin, received a high compliment, on its conclusion, for the
manner in which the duties of his vessel were carried on, and
the high state of discipline which reigned on board.
His Excellency the Governor this week commenced his
half-yearly inspections with the reserved battalion of the
42d Regiment and the Connaught Rangers (88th), the
further commanded by Major Dunsmure, the latter by Co-
lonel Phibbs.
The commanders of both regiments received high com-
pliments on the military appearance of their men, and the
manner in which the evolutions were performed. The firing
of the 42d was particularly excellent, and the sword exercise,
on the new principle, elicited the highest proofs of satiefac •
tion from the General.
Barracks and books were next inspected, and his Excel-
lency afterwards dined with the officers of the regiments ;
on Wednesday with the 42d, and on the following day with
those of the esth.
The India mail arrived here by the Iberia at 10 P.M. last
night, and will be forwarded early this morning by the
Acheron to Marseilles ; that part via Gibraltar will leave to-
night by the Achilles,
The French steamer Egyptus, from Marseilles for Beyrout,
arrived during the night.
Her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus has hauled out into
the stream in order to be inspected to-day. Captain Richards
and Lieutenant Wyse are appointed to that duty.
Ponzsmouzir, FRIDAY.—The Lizard steam sloop, Lieu-
tenant Commander Tylden, was hauled alongside the jetty
yesterday, to repair damages sustained in her passage from
the river to this port, having carried away part of her bul-
warks, and sustained other injuries. The little craft behaved
most gallantly at sea, but from being overmasted was obliged
frequently to go at half-speed. She made, it is said, 1
knots an hour with ease, and 10 knots against a head wind
and sea. She cannot " stand up ;" her masts and yards are
therefore being taken out, and she will be newly fitted with
Sticks similar to those of the Victoria and Albert.
The Tartarus steam-surveying sloop, Captain Wolfe, left
last evening for Woolwich.
The Sindbad navy lighter, and Netley tender, sailed yester-
day; the former for Devonport with stores, and the latter
for the same port with supernumeries.
The Fanny tender, Master Commander Allen, returned
from Cowes this morning, with Admiral Sir Charles Ogle on
board.
The Persian, 16, Commander Croyton, was at Vera Cruz
on the Ist ult., all well.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliot, was at Havannah on the
10th ult.
The Hermes steam-sloop, Commander Carr, left Havannah
for Jamaica, on the Bth ult.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice-Admi-
ral Sir F. Austen, Commander-in-Chief on the West India
station, the Rose, 18, Commander Pelley, and the Vesuvius
steam-sloop, Commander O'Callaghan, were at Bermuda on
the 20th uhf, .
The Pickle schooner, Lieutenant-Commander Bainbridge;
was at Port Royal on the Ist ult.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Victoria
and Albert, Black Eagle, Fairy, Dasher, Comet, Sparrow,
Lizard, and Echo.
In Dock—Prince Regent, Amphitrite, Leander, Childers,
Wanderer, Rattler, and Rifleman.
In the Basin Nelson, Trincomalee, Harlequin, and
Scourge.
At Spithead—No man of war.
PROMOTIONS.
Mates—W. G. Herbert, 0. Borland ; C. H. Young, of the
Agincourt ; W. C. Forsyth, of the Volcano ; • R. H. Mow-
bray, of the Hazard ; and F. D. Graham, to the rank of
Lieutenant.

THE CORN-LAWS.
Fro Times.
Now that tl-.e cor(n-lawm sthe are indeed) given
possible
up,n nothing
aitet but that the deed be done with
all iniinity and grace. Fur the sake ofpeace and good
example it is well that all the actors in the drama of pro-
tection should assemble on the stage and assist
the past,
el°'ing scene. Let nothing mar the farewell tot a
I is true
atel the inauguration of our future career.
that brief time is given us to prepare for these pious
keen:lllWe*. But one short month is allowed to get
"er the prejudices of an age. Such, however, it:must
be reuietubered, is the usual proportion between recon-
CiliatiOnS rid the feuds which they heal. S
are liostinty and error, that they never
f,ever will abate
t r
saeC tlaobnige
8 there is leisure to be obstinate. Some sudden ca-
1111°ItY or inN,
hurry
or other mighty persuasion, isnecessary
Ca-
to
'la" the Yong accumulation of I,rie. vanceQs,
tilt Pr at once into friendship and foreivenes... .
"e proces itself is concerned, therefore, we will not
andAs far as
;)it•plaiii that the Premier has timed the nation rather
,et 3. Had the agriculturist still a voice in the
i._
re'' "'-'old possibly
att'' lie• ask a thousand years. to. forgetweeks
art sti,entments and learn to be. generous. Five
b: ,i)tlici nt to discover the mustwisdompyoufmtehnattswwhhiciehh.eiil
r„;_'._ ti's, and the invalidity of t
arguments
It devolves
th:ru again receive the smalle
„rrauar,,.nt all tlpse
.whoos sss the ear of this class, to
resignation, if
not
atriellinn--
14rotil
eehnsme into ..
cheerful
is nothing whatever in
w_t_ a
trirs;ierarnteeritsonf the cause to justify holding out i h
ettois,s,etitutional
and vexatious. enthusiasm..
41 le' n°" principle that is Ikte.is nNoeltahcerredthhoer
at stake.
IVagna Charta, nor theßillofoßaigthh,tsp,
th`oltZliSettlement, nor- the Coronationta prescribe
din taotlere il-scal.e. It is nouteosoyna human, but also
.a
) is either one of prie
„_
,nt vention. The el
f" 1 erest or of public expediency. A crusade for the
r 'II. ight, under some circumstances, b. e nabteurianl_,
off_otud never be dignified,.an. and if certain to
0;441 could not fail to be ridiculous. This view of
abandoned. The
cease, however, has long e
wkeir,ig-scale is now upheld as a nbaefnonal preservative, in
mood t,l every British subject, from' the Duke of Rich-
Mr. Cayley to Mr.
eat° tho Kerry peasant,
ittiattli, is equally concerned. frrisuch it is a matter for
Id bse most absurd and mis-
ehi._
ti,ve discussion. It would
eli4. s to raise the provinces, and stir up the dying
of th 4 et the quarrel a moment after the final decision
ti%h
4e Legislature had been put beyond all
possibility of
,-tation i
for of A.,is only respectable when itiseeituhmer.
itaileePsTinci Ple or for a purpose. Under existing
Ilatther' an agitation for the corn-laws would
resattriet these claims to resp,etc in owulodulndeipthosesrebses
very
Pros our discreet, nor au), h
'of stupidity, which.
alllterinstalt
eouirale and low-minded piece thing else, in fact, but a
no other effect than to constitute the
nagprei--
cteii r the everlasting Peter Peebles of a
thh,a.,_Y quibble. It would almost be impertinent to offer
tious"utten were there not certain. parties who are ambi-
tligti t°
.be somebodies, but destitute of all
. claim to that
Itessti°ll,o,ll. unless they can get it I)) hanging to the corn-
-0413, la ith the fidelity of parasites they stick to their
*44 oaleans of notoriety and consequence. Of
barnacles will
to dos. old hulk goes to the bottom, the.
1,4
e., Allth it. Their case just now is rather serious,
of our sympathy,
as sh'ca if they enjoyed the utmo
have 1),111t1 not quite know how to advisetothdee
tilt , -ell labouring the--e many Tears . mni.onsTt demonstrate
raeri.e_eeasity thero, [virtues inevitabtleherusTidoifnagn.soepaieen.
'l`4", and peculiar .of
Se 3' ttre bound, therefore, to consider the agtrhiecurlotuadristtos
"IY doh
ruin'
``hi
e for, and the whole country on
tqsts„!,llo Str, R. Peel, on their showing, is not merely
eittit'''''°
only' other choice
P and a slipper! friend, but the very
ie sniao of the British State. lheirt
impose it upon
41._ e. alreoat too humiliating for us
tae said
,is
esterday morning is
to confess at once that° everything they
4401.49 these twenters up to y _ a
otb,a_telY worthless, ands ncapable? of p lication to the
thet:vsant that could really put itisshsentphseemantdo tdroutthhitso,
latish t' We can scarcely even w
It ess expect them. assume, therefore, their
,4Pinv h
',eli.„l'', -P the game ;
agricultural world should be
4 tatting portion of the
andW ew, feel anxiety lest any
1 -ited t
ilts,,,ad
iongPirt4ong a resistance which_must baeglrsioetuhltuusrea-1
ci-y t,„ . - °nous. This is the tuneefoonrsitdh
rosy (~_ :I,e due weight to every
hey e and smooth the crisis. They eearraetiaownawreh,iii.hn
(14e$2 :Ist Place, of the numerous defections
nfrootmbethreeir.
raii,d fist unanimous school. They need
b, ee th
'''asie,„ at the market-table has longsicxeaosredsetvoenbeyheaa;
IN 14.,', and that many a man who
I)7tris4 hawking pro-corn-law
in his
the lii,P°lenger considers his interests aboundeireumusppeien_
he --ing-se-‘1 They know with what ir aori-
-4 44c1 r 'e. o -ey
tter, eserve poatics must be treated in we e _
Ll°lve a i linnirersaries, and how they
je,,,,he table before they can venturearetlhoeoksliugphatensdt
the p'`,'',. Their iriternal divisions mus
t
byliot '
themselves.
The e1,1?"e, and ought to be owned lost on
Iwriters ands peakers,
a 41;1,'°11 of the 4gricultural body no longer exists
ttee , ."Y• There arq agriculture. ,
hich should now
it Y. Dini°ll3, but no, one agricultural school and autho-
aor4 11'14 there is one consideration w
It is an
ti'," 8 le With irresistible force. The
.p.resent protec-
stbitter° is a vast political responsibility.
a most intole-
°l
l'attlit:3. alid most artificial interferenhce with the laws
tble bur and Providence, and as such
with the respon-
'll `` P 'rd'n to any reflective statesman. The astronomer
E'ii)ibt'asselas" felt himself overpowered
d The
4141 Y of the skies, although he did no m oraeunth_a.n sus-
Itiqd:4ll the
the system which he f
himself na-
g' hi.ll 4tlas must groan under cyclesand epicycles
tqaaj (,151, Sir Robert Peel confesses .
Itail '0 the • . labour. He will no longer
!tad 'a to drive the sun,
t. jPe the stars. He has had enough of
qtal
"anti°
control lithe the planets,
discovered
Ilia le.4° the
scorched himself, and the earth into
an le;rgain. "The farmers' friend '' has discovered
d and rain,
q ; aest that he cannot mete out
He is justly
i'llill'ell,r.ishine, exactly according to. thwteel.nmanifold and
tri'e,ht:lll needs of his fastidiholitss
ocwhnen
machine. Corn
tii,aes,
I,FIL-i at the working .
over his path,. the le
' tsaa,,,'" 'scarcity is seen inofthe distance, dark shadoews.
ttsze4 flacturing distress brood .
for what
1,,,1e potirpTh, and he is seized with a panic diffidence.
''Yll lelY will not hold himself accountable
that, as
Natea„PPa, especially when a million tongues,m as our
tas4s to-day testify, are reminding
Will the agri-
Ivlltite •attl°a, stand, he is accountable.
offer ? But
alat4iti securities, what bail will
11"
take on themselves that fearful responsibility?
they 9
of three hun.ti4cl 111 theY should pledge the heads
be
fed, what
sand that all the people . shall
we find
,11, th f."lOn in the hour of calamity should
own mea-
:thtstis.°l:_faiture of their bond ? The Premier has a fair
11r•
e. 3,,Qe considered the best judge of his
pe.
Sa so C0M-
‘1,111.,.." Pronounces it a failure, or at least a most
nttn'4Perirnent. Who has a right to gamuely
down to his
lit elms authority ? It is downright ?r tto him,
to tlade
(4% 48 ma peas to ourselves, to bind him
experience
k. Pa) Hs_ conceptions, and compel his riper
thtif
01Pellialty of his earlierhim or
13 s
i promisefs, erxehoimbit_
rashness. Quarrel with
tat :44,eratleenfuififmement ; but, for the sahkesom
oonstrous,
"la flit:b% exone te him and us from
.1
obert were
If
Sir
Rthink it no
t(II, b-Ch'e' his irnpraossible functions.
4111
"I"ictim
of
his
scale'
we
'migh'tctors of that
Ilttee.e:s of oura to interfere with the projectors
n others;
io
44 "in")4B iiincrack • but we, and twenty mi
'4°l'A in the trial.[
gte .
not twenty
tilllgre 141 MtaTAxE•—There was one of the largest
ii 10,4
tNiens ever known. at a village church,
'('llrtr°4lllPawich short time since, during.
1144 I)"
' a gentleman in the
parish. The
MahnaPolat'
at the seat of a
of
a visit of Sir
thig sir ii% went to church
in
they had heard he was
` Prhoe ,dart Peel preach, as
the full expectation
14 ,1,,_ 4‘ niqer."
't•i4 ,1-R (t the above held on Thursday, at Cut-
' q" .1L
I•RAm a YACHT CLUB.—The monthly
tr 4 1 l'ia z e above club was
I.l,i„teettin4 a Coffeeshouset Cove_poiree-
house, lieu of the
ht% nee
held at the Piazza U
h nce
Covent-garden.
inThi.s was the
etion
by the 'want of accommodation
tfiri, cii re'ne-dheortreockspurstreet a removal from whence
inoa
tito4lll34Tate weithneheess7reased importance andnumerical
R sell °f the club. t an
Commodore Harrison presided,embers,
5'
Ila 0 the
by numerous attendance of
The
report
.11t114,,,s,meci pleased with their new quarters. and he
''lts t.,nnittee which. was read, and unanimously adopted,
upontkeh Lois erect .
" That the committee had decidedoefor
that the
4ttkttlageicn,„R from 171; British to the Piazza Coffee-house
f,..q ef. At ntraodation and it was recommended.
it f'h '''' eintriss be accepted, which was to kohl. -r the la -
meetings,smaller
• and a d
pay 25/. a
br. for 0 rge room for general
Esq., an
lit 4.• L. /31b uses." W. Stovin, Esq., C. Cole,
I Iltle,,t
awarded to the
4u•c erl Were Thanks were
ts, were balloted for anelectecl. Five other
~0,.._ oenzir,proposed.
'ttlaelor [omit[ for their report and exertions,
,
ATT ', &e, when the business concluded.
...Ater-
d Clark, a
and also to the
;344 NI- 'rEn SUICIDE.—A man named Clark, to his
_,ad master,
tnteatilt, th„,a, New Church at Wilton, hungnim
cut down in
—ea
~:ras tk, 4. s auroday last. He was, however,
extinct,
it
cafe her place.
q,illirtth,'‘o bio life, gut not until it was nearly..
'''
ca
k on Tuesday, and
No cause but
dint from doc
•aalt tWo hours' restore animation.
via. ta"sa
‘,..... tIZ.)
he re-
-day.
f the rash act. After
mu
writ put
by her
gamer has arrived
',.424:`,1 Le ti7_ll be
wife9r
life for which he has b
1 red r_
„eatened his s_ I
~. o,
commission.
immediate ,
V borne Journal.
for
he fitted ,
anceuverer
e,,,:k4ord a„.; r isherton gaol.—, lei
had Fullerton 's m
have arrived on a • i.°
6 having
and the
e,t,o k and Lady Francis Egerton
6f. Lawrence, 4
~
the basin,
t.
' -NI r Evelyn and Lad Charlotte Denison,
at Ossing- • -"I d has been discharged from was hauled into the deck vacated
fitmted as a coal depo
has
taati ' Xotts y
b en hauled in to be
Leshington,
11 tired t, ~ from Worsley-ha ,
Euryalus hag ?
-frigate, Captain
r eat the Noble Lord will swatl be elevated tio the
The Retribution, steam
11 near Manchester.
,lit iF,, ‘eniove ,
h tham.
d
1, At.i,..,v thQ title of the Earl of Bridever.
a 10, are being brought forward
qttee '''Lla DE
II " not The Snake, 16, and Ferret,, _
01,,. ~.A , ATI; mos" THE INCAT4tiEus sE
with all dispatch.
20, Bittern,
-- 16,
the "ri P '''' eg inquiry took place le.-4e evening be .
before W. for commission _
yet arrived here from C
de 'sq., at the •Tavern., Walworth, respecting In
e,, ath
0,, , . e pilgrim
11
' fri ate.
someear ' alias Catherine Moore Rostall, aged twenty- Viper, 6, and Sampson steam. gb• )'Ocean,46 120 (flag-s IP , (ordillarY
of I 1-1 b or—Trafalgar, . .
s, who it ' led from the effects nar o
thid. leasneo, , , was alleged haa dthe Bamin—B 'lliant 20, Havannah,
steamers.
Raven, 3, and
ih Nat No. herb. 111- '. ‘:
Thomas llarratt, an ironmonger guard ship),
that
' 4`c '0- 17, C- -1 Walworth, deposed
kl 4 hi eaaixl Was ,-. ~.neel-street,
it 4 holit. • -.IS ester-En-law, and occupied apartments.habits. Wildfire and Fearless
titre was,, a , dive Was a female of very eccentric
Oxford-
-114, e`• ijj/Nlet maker. and worked for a firm in
)vit fadNein was generally of very weak health. On
azt,ll k
quantity
hursday, the 27th ult., deceased camee home
ral,
tid kel:lltitY of herbs, which consisted of Pea
themroi a n
11, trorna„)!l witness that she had purchased
for
asms,
Vltilich.a.43 subject topains in the stomach, an sp _
l'e';tta'q '''
in
East -lane, who charged her Ise them.
ite it 1„,,,„
se
call in a
kee'ls anti , . supposed she took the herbs alluded to.
1.) '4l r...,, nis wife had bogged of her to eticSedZiLria:lllan, but she always refused to have one.
Vit '49 tobtt, Lulled to get worse until Sunday morning, when
114,1' vibi,h. ie to leave her bed. Witness gave her a cup of tea,
ite' and she s din state of great weakness.
44: 14" alle said, " Oh, Thomas, I hope the Lord will
dry - tires ~,,
[seemed a
~;:q_of
~ clock the same morning, he went. to thes omup..r-
-:o, "dkev,attermei
e, where witness described her y
e; she be; Prescribed some medicine for her. At half-pasta..
c ,11:11,, t'ls,
OTI to get worse. Witness then sent for 11,!r,.as.te
:eat' to exap assistant attended, but before his arariserl
her
Cer , and f.'l. Witness's wife searched the place ft
i, one,.
~ ound
The
pan con .
-Me,
she eetervect rh sauce taining the herbs.
bee shwa . at, under all the circumstances of the
Brieanl. aiJourn the inquiry, for the purpose of a post
tv,ttlination.
%„bel?' bine „e,v4.? A. CHILD.—Yesterday morning, be-
t'''. NI, --` '-ea 'clock, a serious accident occurred to
blltryjni paislrrav,e, about four years of age, the daughter of
X),,,,!!R tho ta,ilber,' Each a gentleman residing at Fuichaci.
at„dit:,,t to 0,.,„:1411try aboance of the domestic,
:,
..istaht:::cit,
4i
,t a i i\t.,:e:co:l:t:filia:
:el 1(1, Ovu 0e Tr . the
totf.i
Ithe screams
nursery,ota,nthde reaching
ehiles auth,e
bro-'s,ats balan ii'''• ir,l over the balustrades,
quickly 9,
4414 05.115 fol,lc.„711; '4l.d Air. Hicks, a surgeon, was imme-
ts.4,, Y irlux , when it w certained that the child had
Ort4sP.- vertebrae of the neck, besides haring

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants—F. Holland, to the Endymion ;W. Crawford,
o the Scourge; W. G. Herbert, to the Bittern; 0. Borland,

to the Nimrod.
Surgeon—A. C. Air, to the Scourge.
Paymaster and Purser—W. Kelland is appointed to the
Heroine ; W. D. Bateman, to the Bittern.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. B H. Collings (confirmed). to the
Cruiser ; W. F. Nooth (acting), to the Scourge; C. S. Les-
ter, to the Victory, for service in Haslar Hospital.
Mate—A. Wilmshurst, to the Queen.
Midshipmen—H. Christian, to the Sydenham ;H. M.
Bingham. to the St. Vincent.
Naval Cadets—T. G. Baillie, to the Scourge ; Messrs. Law
and North, to the Crocodile.
Clerks in Charge— -- Bowman, to the Raven, vice Phil-

lips, to the Harpy.
TIIE TERRIBLE, STEAM-FRIGATE.—The naval community
will be gratified to hear that the first and largest man-of-war
steam• vessel in the world, the Terrible, of 1,800 tonsturthen
and 800-horse power, at Woolwich, and designed by Mr.
Lang, is at length ordered to be commissioned. ,Captain
William Ramsay (1838) has been appointed to command
the Terrible. This gallant officer has seen a. little sharp
service, and has had some experience in steam-vessels. ile
was made a lieutenant in 1821, and in that rank served on
board the Albion in the battle of Navarino. Subsequently,
he commanded the celebrated slaver the Black Joke, which
vessel, after her capture, was made a tender on the coast of
Africa. In the Black Joke he engaged a Spanish pirate
slaver of double her force, and captured her after a desperate
conflict, in which he was wounded. For this act of gallantry
he was promoted to the rank of commander in 1831. He
was appointed to the Dee steam-vessel in 1834, and com-
manded her for three years on the North American and West

Indian station.
CHATHAM, DEC. s.—On Monday last, the Ist inst., the
Right Hon. H. T. Corry, one of the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty, attended by Mr. Fitzroy and Captain Brand-
reth, R.E., Director-General of Works, made an inspection of
the improvements and enlargement of the Royal Dockyard,
now going on under the management of the contractors,
Messrs. George Baker and Son; after which they examined
the advanced ships fitting in dock; they then proceeded on
board the Retribution steam-frigate, lying at Folly Point, and
thence left for Sheerness Dockyard.
The Fortitude coal depot was put oat of dock on the Ist
inst., and the Scout, 16 guns, taken in, to be repaired and
fitted for sea, and the shipwrights on this latter vessel are
employed by task and job work, with unlimited earnings, for
the purpose of expediting her fitting.
The Cumberland, 70 guns. fitting for an advanced ship, is
nearly completed, and will be put out of dock the ensuing
spring tides. It is reported that she will be stationed off Gil-
lingham as a receiving-ship for seamen, and that the Poictiers
will be done away with.
The Eurotas, 42 guns, will be taken into dock on the Cum-
berland going out. She has already a number of hired ship-
wrights on her, and those that were employed on the Forti-
tude have been transferred to this vessel, which is to be fitted

fora steam guard-ship.
The Janus steam-sloop is still in the hands of a number of
workmen, making alterations and putting new fittings, and
the engineers are burly employed in effecting such altera-
tions in her machinery as are considered necessary. It is,
however, uncertain when she will be completed to make
another trial.
The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Stephen Lushing-
ton, returned on Tuesday, the 2d inst., to her former moor-
ings at Chatham-reach, to undergo very considerable altera-
tions in her coal-bunkers, which are to be removed further
aft, for the purpose of bringing her down more by the stern,
as she is down by the head about nine inches, and when
propelled by her powerful engines her head is down-
wards nearly 20 inches. In this state she could not proceed
to sea. Her cabins, by this alteration, will have to be re-
moved and refitted, and some repairs are required to be made
in her machinery; she will therefore it is expected, be de-
tained in hat hour for about six weeks.
The Aid, Smallman master, arrived on the 4th inst., with
water-tanks for the Cumberland.
The Adventure naval transport, Mills master, will sail
about the 10th inst., with stores, for Portsmouth.
SHEERNESS, THURSDAY EVENING.—The Alarm, 26, Captain
Charles Colville Frankland, went out of harbour to the Little
Nore on Saturday, where she took in her powder, and was
afterwards visited by the Commander-in-Chief, who, it is
rumoured, found her decks ro lumbered up with stores and
provisions, of which she has five months' allowance on board,
that he would not permit her to go to sea. He went on board
again yesterday afternoon, and some arrangement having been
come so, she at last got under weigh this morning, and pro-
ceeded to Portsmouth, with a fresh breeze from the north-
west. She has a party of marines as supernumeraries on
board, and the kroomen recently paid off from the Eclair
embarked yesterday afternoon.
The Mercury and Emerald tenders, having brought sea-
men for the Bittern and the marines of the Chatham divi-
sion paid off from the Thalia, sailed on their return to Ports-
mouth on Monday.
The Ocean, 80, Captain Richard Arthur, C. 8., having
completed her refit, was discharged from the basin on Tues-
day, and has taken up new moorings close to the dockyard.
The Bittern, 16, Commander Thomas Hope, progresses
with her fittings for sea in the basin. A sergeant's party of
marines joined from Chatham on Friday.
The Dwarf, steam tender, Lieutenant Edward B. Proctor.
sailed for Woolwich yesterday, to be paid off; it is y-
stood that she will be recommissioned by a see-
m* return to this station. The Fearless s'
from Woolwich, in the meantime, t" '
The Viper, 6, was disci's*
had her mast and bow--
The Electra, "
yesterday. '

HANDSOME LEGACY TO LORD BROUGHAM.—tinder
the will of the late Miss Mary Flaherty, after leaving cha-
ritable bequests and a few legacies, this benevolent lady has
appointed the Right Honourable Henry Lord Brougham and
Vaux her residuary legatee, "out of respect and admiration
for his unequalled abilities, public conduct, and principles."
The amount coming to his Lordship, from the funded and
personal property alone, will considerably exceed 20,000/.,
the personal estate being valued for probate duty at 30,0001.
To his Lordship's brother, William Brougham, Esq., a
Master in Chancery, she has left a legacy of 500/. ; to the
Rev. N. Conway, a Chaplain of the Benedictine Convent at
Hammersmith, 500/. ; to the Associated Catholic Charities,
500/. ; to the Benevolent Society for the Relief of the Aged
and Infirm, 500/. ? • to the Society for the Houseless Poor,
500/ ; legacies to her executors, and to Mrs. Lee and daugh-
ter, and a few other fi lends. Her death occurred on the 9th
ult , at the advanced age of eighty-four, and she was buried
in the Kensal-green Cemetery, in that part consecrated to
Roman Catholics. Miss Flahertv was much interested in the
great subject of the extension trf education, without regard
to any religious direction. In the year 1836 she presented
the Council of University College with a donation of 5,000/.
Three-and a-Half per Cent. Bank Annuities, with which the
"Flaherty Scholership" was foutided.—Post.
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tion of the country. On the whole, the Mark-lane people
may be said to have received the intelligence with much
more favour than could have been expected; and though no
positive alteration was quoted in prices, the tendency was
decidedly towards a decline.
POST.—The English funds have been subject to no con-
siderable fluctuation to-day. At the close of the markets
the quotations looked a little better; but the fears enter•
tained on the subject of the corn-laws, owing, principally,
to the continued meetings of the Ministry, keep things in
the same sensitive state. The statement hazarded yesterday
in an influential paper, to the effect that the Duke of Wel-
lington and Sir Robert Peel had declared against future pro-
tection to the British farmer and labourer, has been reiterated
with little or no diminution of confidence, but the contradic-
tions given to it in other quarters being equally bold and
positive, the public are left in uncertainty as to the actual
fact. A fixed duty is by some believed more likely than a
total abolition to be the alteration that will be recommended
to Parliament, if, indeed, there be any recommendation at
all upon the matter. That Sir Robert Peel should be cou-
rageous enough to advocate the latter extreme is deemed
improbable on every account, and, as he has heretofore
shown himself so strongly opposed even to the milder course
suggested, capitalists and others having a deep interest in, the
result must be content to await the manifestation of the
truth at the proper period. The almost daily reunion of
the Cabinet Ministers is, at all events, an indication that
some great public question engages attention which it is
extremely difficult to dispose of.

PRESENTATION of the FREEDOM
OF THE CITY OF EDIN BURGH TO COM-
MODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER, M.P.
EDINBURGH, THURSDAY.—To-day a special meeting of the
Edinburgh Town Ceuncil was held in the Council Chamber,
for the purpose of presenting Commodore Sir Charles Napier,
M.P., with the freedom of the city. Sir Charles has been
residing for some weeks past in Edinburgh, and the freedom
of the city was conferred upon him as a mark of respect for
his distinguished services as a naval commander. The Coun-
cil Chamber was crowded by some of our most respectable
citizens, not a few of whom were ladies.• Sir Charles was
accompanied by Mr. Ross, M.P. for Belfast, and Mr. French,
of Pinkstone, near Glasgow. On entering the room he was
loudly applauded, and was lead to the seat allotted to him by
one of the magistrates.
The Loin PROVOST then rose and said—Sir Charles, in
the name of the Town Council and of the inhabitants of
Edinburgh, I have now the honour of presenting you with
the freedom of our city, in admiration of your chivalrous
conduct as a naval commander whose heroic exploits
have maintained and advanced the glory of the British
flag.—(Applause.) War—the minister of angry Heaven—
is at all times to be deplored ; and to us quiet burghers
the arts of peace are much more congenial; and we would
far rather be employed in industrious occupations, and in
the enjoyment of domestic comfort. But when the lusts and
passions of men and nations are uncontrolled, ware and fight-
ings will come. During the late disastrous war, when hardly,
a country in Europe escaped its lamentable ravages—when
rapine, fire and sword, desolated kingdoms—our favoured
isle, under Providence, was preserved in the enjoyment of peace
and prosperity, and no hostile foot permitted to tread upon
our shore—protected by our wooden walls, manned by our
gallant sailors, among whom the name of Napier was con-
spicuous.—(Loud applause.) It is pleasing to think, Sir,
that your great military and naval talents, when not engaged
in the service of your own country, were devoted to the de-
fence and maintenance of the liberal and constitutional
Government of her allies in opposition to the misrule of
despotism, and that it is mainly owing to your gallantry
that Portugal is not now enslaved under the bigotry and
tyranny of Don Miguel.—(Hear, hear, and applause.)
It is still more gratifying to find the hero who fought and
conquered in the cause of freedom on the ocean and in the
field, no loss stanch in supporting civil and religious
liberty and freedom of trade in the Senate of his country
—( Hear' hear)—and we trust that your efforts will be
attended with the same success at home as abroad. I cannot
conclude without referring to the gratifying fact, that though
Edinburgh has not the honour of giving you birth, she can
claim what is of more importance, the honour of having sup-
plied that training and education which formed the hero and
the man—(Hear, hear)—and I have especial delight in call-
ing to recollection the days of boyhood, when we were
school-fellows at the High School, and when many mock
battles were fought between your class and mine ; but I will
not acknowledge that in those contests you could boast of
triumphs presaging your future victories.—(Laughter and
applause.) Should your country again require your services
upon the ocean, I doubt not you will be ready to lend your
powerful talents and unconquerable gallantry in her defence;
but I trust that Britain and the other nations of the world
will be convinced of the folly of war, and span no efforts for
the maintenance of peace ; and that the hero of Acre will
be permitted to repose on his nobly-earned laurels, and that
as a donee Edinburgh burgess, you will live to a good
old ago in honour and in peace and domestic happiness. I
have now the honour of presenting you with the freedom
of the city.—(Loud applause.) His Lordship then handed
the document to Sir Charles, enclosed in a handsome purple
velvet case.
Sir C. NAPIER—My Lord Provost and Magistrates, I can
assure you, my Lord Provost, that nothing can give me
greater satisfaction and pleasure than the honour you have
done me this day, in presenting me with the freedom of this
city. When I came home from Syria, the Corporation of
London presented me with the very great honour of the
freedom of that city—an honour always very acceptable to
a British officer; but on my returning to my native land,
after a long absence, it is a still greater gratification that I
now receive the freedom of your city. It is true that I was
not born in Edinburgh ; but I received my education in the
High School, in the adjoining class to your Lordship; and I
perfectly well remember the battles fought between the two
classes, and if we were not victorious at that time, your Lord-
ship will allow that we were the junior enemy.—(Laughter
and applause.) But, nevertheless, I believe those combats
which used to take place gave a bent to the young mind to-
wards war on a much larger scale. The rubs which we used
to get then, made us much more capable of exerting ourselves
to combat against superior forces than we should have been
had we not had to eontend with you on these occasions.—
(Applause.) I went to sea at a very early age, after having
left the High School; and I had an opportunity f returning to
Edinburgh nine years afterwards, having served as a mid-
shipman and post-captain, when I had the privilege of at-
tending your College, and studying under Playfair, Hope,
and Dugald Stewart. I can always look back to that time
with great satisfaction; and I can assure you, that the les-
sons I got in those days assisted me much in my_ progress
through life. Your Lordship has been pleased to, speak in
complimentary terms of my services, in the long and severe
war with France. I have been very successful since I went
to sea, and in only one instance have I met with a reverse.
Your Lordship also spoke of my services in Portugal
being of an arduous kind. We went out there against the
will of the Government. That was certainly a most im-
proper proceeding.—(Laughter.) Though the Government
could not consent, they were no doubt extremely happy to
see us perform those services. That we rescued Portugal
from a state of abject slavery, cannot be doubted ; and
though that nation has since had various struggles to go
through, I am happy to say that the Government appears
now to be established on a regular footing, and that there is
every prospect of civil and religious liberty being carried on
in that country. In the services which I was ab:e to per-
form in Syria we were employed in a more legitimate manner,
because we were sent there by the Government; but I re-
gret exceedingly, after what was done in that country for•
the alleviation of the miseries of the people, who were sup-
posed to have been severely trodden down by Mehemet Ali
—I regret to say that after having released them from what
was called the tyranny of Mehemet Ali, they have unfortu-
nately fallen into la tyranny ten thousand times worse.—
(Applause.) There is nothing in my life which I regret so
much as having bad any hand in turning that man out of
Syria, and having allowed the Turks to establish among the
Christian population of Lebanon—the only remnant, 1 may
say, of Christians in Asia—the most infamous Government
that ever existed; and this people are at this moment ten
times more oppressed than they were before.—(Applause.)
I can only say that my efforts in Parliament have always
been, and will be, to see justice done to that people, and
to see the promises which we made to them when we wanted
their assistance duly fulfilled ; but I am sorry to say that in
politics, as in war, there are difficulties which this country is
not always able to overcome. We were allied with three
other nations. which were very lukewarm on the subject;
and, although I do not blame our Government for not having
exerted themselves, yet I am sorry that what they did was
attended with so little success. Since I went to Parliament
my object has been to act an independent part. For my own
part, whether the Government was Whig or Tory was to
me a matter of perfect indifference. I have always en-
deavoured to do my duty fearlessly and patiently, land-
ing fault with Government when I thought them wrong,
and praising them when I thought them right ; and in
doing so, I have never even neglected to find fault with
what is called your party, because I believe they have com-
mitted as many errors as their successors. I will further re-
mark, that whatever Government is in, I will follow the
same steps, neither swerving to the right nor to the left.
What I think is right, I shall always do it honestly and
straightforwardly.—(Applause.) As we are now coming to
a crisis, and, as your Lordship has justly said, I have always
been a supporter of civil and religious liberty and free trade,
I, on Tuesday, for the first time, pledged myself for the com-
plete abolition of the corn-laws. Although feeling constantly
in favour of it, still I thought the best object was to get what
we could, always trusting to get something better afterwards.
Those days, however, have gone by, and it is now the duty of
every man to do what he can to forward the interests of the
people.—(Applause.) I again thank you for-the honour you
have done me in presenting me with the freedom of the city,
and I can assure you I shall always feel grateful for it to the
end of my life.
Sir Charles then shook hands with the members of the
Council in succession, and retired amidst great acclamation.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
HERALD.—We copy the following from last night's
Standard; we have ascertained that every word of the fol-
lowing extract is strictly and guardedly true—the termina-
tion of the first week of January will expose the falsehood of
the first assertion of the Times, and the meeting of Parlia-
ment, when it shall arrive, the falsehood of the rest of the
article contradicted :
" ATROCIOUS FABRICATION BY THE ' TIMES.'
" We are now, we rejoice to say, in a condition to give the
most positive and direct contradiction to the statement of a
proposed repeal of the corn-laws, which appeared in yester-
day's Times. The statement, it may be remembered, em-
braced three propositions—
" First, that Parliament is to meet in the first week in
January.
" Second, that Ministers have resolved upon a repeal of
the corn-laws.
"Third, that the projected repeal is to be announced in
the opening Speech.
" EVERY ONE or THESE THREE PROPOSITIONS IS FALSE.
" Parliament WILL NOT MEET IN THE FIRST WERE OF
JANUARY, or much, if at all, before the usual time of
meeting.
" THE CABINET HAS COME TO NO DECISION WHATEVER
UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE CORN-LAWS.
" It must be unnecessary to add, in the third place, that
a resolution not formed can hardly have a place provided in
the Queen's Speech.
"Upon what we have written above, we stake the cha-
racter of this journal."
If the assertion of the Standard can derive any additional
weight from our adoption, we cheerfully adopt it, and, like
our evening 'contemporary, pledge-the character of the
journal in which we write, that on this 6th day of Decem-
ber, 1845, it was not, and never bad been, intended to sum-
mon Parliament for the first week of January, and that
upon this same 6th of December no resolution whatever
upon the subject of the corn-laws has been adopted by the Ca-
binet. It must be seen in a very few weeks which is the
liar, the Herald or the Times. We probably owe an apology
to our readers' and we certainly owe an apology to Sir
Ro-
bert Peel's Government, for having so long delayed the
most distinct and positive contradiction to the fabrication
of the Times. We could not, however, in such a case ven-
ture to act upon less than the most absolute certainty ; and
though we have that absolute certainty now, we had it not
yesterday morning. We are gratified, too, by learning that
the lie did much less mischief than was intended by its
authors, or than we anticipated. The dealers at Mark-lane,
we are assured, saw through the falsehood, by the aid of
light peculiar to the place, and scouted the fabrication. The
Times, which, like the frail person spoken of in " Don Juan,"
" with more than one profession, gains by all," is as well
known at Mark-lane as the Hampshire Independent says it
is in Capel-court, and about as much trusted in the one loca-
lity as in the other—the fact is indisputable, that its " great
fact," i. e., according to the Times vocabulary, great lie, pro-
duced little effect upon the market. We, perhaps, have had
our share in exposing the utter falseness of the Times, and
its systematic dishonesty, and therefore it is little wonder if
we are hated by the Times with a hatred equalled only by
that which a particular class entertains towards the minis-
ters of justice—and abused with a virulence corresponding to
this hatred,
TIMES.—It was announced yesterday, by our early friend
Mrs. Gamp, on the authority of her evening ally Mrs. Harris,
that any contradiction of our intimation as to the intended
repeal of the corn-laws could only be obtained by the viola-
tion of his oath on the part of a Cabinet Minister. This
violation seems to be the work of four- and-twenty hours, if we
are to believe Mrs. Harris, for the old woman herself achieved
yesterday evening the following extraordinary announce-
men

FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 3, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend
John Peel, M.A., the deanery of the cathedral church of
Worcester, the same being void by the resignation of the
Right Reverend Father in God George, Bishop of Rochester,
late Dean of the said cathedral church.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Regiment of. Militia—William Alley ue
Lord Burghley to be Major' vice Hyde, deceased, Nov. 2G.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Francis Robinson, cowkeeper, Princess-street, Chelsea.
BANKRUPTS.
John Spong, coal-merchant, Ockham, Surrey, to surrender
Dec. 16, at half-past one, and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Jordeson, St.
Mary-at- hill, London. _
John Charles Edwards, bill broker, Conduit street, Dec.
19, at half-past one, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assigee, Abchurch-lane, City;
Godden, John street, Bedford-row.
James M‘Dermott, victualler, Gray's Inn-lane, Dec. 16,
at eleven, and Jan. 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ;
Hunt, Barnard's Inn, London.
Eugene Le Roy, wine merchant, Portland-place, Dec. 10.,
at half-past eleven, and January 14, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingball-street ;
Lewis, Wilm ington-squa re.
John Elliott, coal merchant, Bristol, Dec. 19, and Jan. 16,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official
assignee; Hassell, Bristol.
Joseph Mann, grocer, Warwick, Dec. 15 and Jan. 19, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Nicks, Warwick ; Smith,
Birmingham.

BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM

RAILWAY.

Yesterday the adjourned meeting of the Shareholders of this
Company was held at Mr Routh's offices, 9, Austin-friars, to
receive the report of the deputation appointed at the meeting
held on the 24th, to wait on the Directors relative to their
paying up the deposits on their shares; and, also, to give an
account of what course they intended taking with regard to

the Company.
The CILURMAN (Mr. Anderson), who had been a mem-
ber of the deputation, reported that they had waited on
the Directors on Monday last, and after a lengthened inter-
view, the latter came to the, conclusion of dissolving the
Company, and offering the terms to the Shareholders which
were given in au advertisement since published. It was
stated that the expenses had amounted to nearly 6,0001. It
was further intimated that the Directors had paid their
deposits on seventy five shares each. The decision of the
Directors was to the following effect:—
" The Committee of Management, having this day re-
ceived a deputation from the Shareholders in this Company,
have, in consequence, come to the following resolution :
" Resolved—That it is desirable that this Company shall
be dissolved with a view of reviving the same in the ensuing
spring.

" that each shareholder shall receive back his deposit less
10s. per share, that being the rateable average proportion of
the liabilities incurred; the like amount having been paid
by each Director on 75 shares, and claimed from all the
members of the Provisional Committee on the number of
shares allotted to them at request.
" That in the event of the re-formation of the Com-
pany the present shareholders should be entitled to the
same number of shares as those now held by them, credit
being given for the amount deducted from their deposits, or
in lieu thereof, shall, at their option, in the event of the
separation of the Company, receive the sum of 5s , on their
relinquishing all claims on the plans, sections, and property
of the company, which will then belong to the newly con-
stituted company.
"That the shareholders may on and after Monday, the
15th inst., between the hours of eleven and four, receive
back their deposits less 10s. for shares on giving up the
voucher delivered at the time of their execution of the deed
and signing the necessary receipts at the office of the Corn-

pan."
Thisy was the resolution come to by the Provisional Di-
rectors, and he had advised the Shareholders to accept it.
Not that he considered it altogether what they should have
expected, but being all they could get. If they took legal pro-
ceedings against the Directors he believed they would lose more
than 10s. per share. It was their olicy, therefore, to adopt the
lesser evil of the two. Had the Company gone on, the Share-
holders would have been in a worse position, considering the
present state of the money market, than they would be in in
accepting the proposition submitted. He, as far as he was
personally concerned, was willing to accept the terms offered;
and he advised the other Shareholders to do the. same.
A SHAREHOLDER inquired how it was that so much as
6,000/. bad been expended, seeing that no Bill had ever been
before Parliament, while the Belfast and Ballymena Com •
pang, which had obtained its Act, only cost 8,000/. ?
The CHAIRMAN answered that 2,0001. had been paid for
engineering, 2,0001. for advertisements, and the rest had
been incurred in general expenses.
A PROPRIETOR—If the terms are accepted, what will be
done with the deed?
The CHAIRMAN—It will be cancelled. _ _

After some further discussion, in which it was complained
of that only a portion of the Directors had paid up their de-
posits, and that the defaulters ought to be advertised, and a
vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and de-
putation, the meeting broke up.

THE LATE CHIEF

JUSTICE OF

NEWFOUNDLAND.

The journals have announced in the ordinary manner the
death of Mr. J. G. H. Bourne, the late Chief Justice of New-
foundland ; but something more is due as a tribute to the
memory of this gentleman. Mr. Bourne was born at East-
wood, in the county of Nottingham. He commenced his
education at Southwell, and was highly admired fcr his suc-
cess and proficiency in the various branches of academical
studies. He was then sent to Eton, where he greatly distin-
guished himself by his classical acquirements. He next en-
tered Pembroke College, Oxford, and took his degree of M.A.,
and was afterwards elected a Fellow of Magdalene College.
Upon his marriage he, of course, lost his valuable fellow-
ship, wits all its prospective advantages, and this by the
old law that still remains on the statutes of the Univer-
sity. Mr. Bourne now entered the Middle Temple, and be-
coming a barrister, he went the Midland Circuit, where he
was much esteemed by the most distinguished members of
the profession. Ho was also appointed revising barrister for
that circuit. He was called to fill the judicial bench in New-
foundland by Lord Glenelg, the then Colonial Secretary,at the
age of 34. No man ever acquired more esteem for humanity, in-
tegrity, and amenity. In this colony he entirely discontinued
the infliction of the punishment of death, and with the hap-
piest of effects. He even declared his resolution to throw up
his office rather than be the means of depriving any human
being of life. Mr. Bourne was the author of seve-
ral works, viz., " The Exile of Idria," "England Won," &c. ;
also translated the best poems of De Beranger. No person
ever passed through life with greater esteem and attachment
from friends than the late Chief Justice Bourne. On leaving
the colony several addresses were presented to him from all
classes of community, speaking in the highest terms of
the deceased, and expressive of the deepregret they felt at his
loss. Amongst the friends that followed him to the grave,
we think it right to mention the name of Captain H.Pres-
cott, R.N., the late Governor of Newfoundland.