The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-17 00:00:00

navy was not in a state of safety. The Right Hon:
Gentleman entirely rested on what the'Commissioners had
said, but there were only three naval officers among then]:
He would like to know what confidence was to be placed
in a Commission which came to a decision on one dal
and reversed it the next? That was something lilt('
what had occurred on Lord Ashley's motion—(Laughter.)
What did that Commission do? They gave 10s. a-dt4Y
to lieutenants in the navy. And why did they do so?
Simply because they discovered that those lieutenants
would not serve unless they did something of the sort'
It wis a kind of " thank 'ye for nothing" affair.--
(Laughter.) Arid what did they do with respect to
commanders? Why they gave them 6d., a-dgl
(Laughter.) What did Admiral Wyse say wiith respect
to this? Why he said they ought to be ashamed or
such a thing, and he would be sorry to see such a C°lll-
mission again appointed. The Right Hon. Baronet said
that the expense of carrying out the proposition 1v1",/. ••
he (Sir C. Napier) had submitted would be 25,0°t:
a-year; but this was a mistake, for it might easily be
done for 13,0001.; and the Right Hon. Baronet said that
if this retiring pension were allowed, the first-ele,
officers would not accept of it. He (sir C. Napier) IT
not expect they would, but those of a lower class Iv
and and their places would have to be filled up bYitinio
officers. It was all nonsense to suppose that men
were between sixty and seventy years of °go
were competent to take the command of tre
fleet, or even a large vessel of war. f"
(Sir Charles Napier) was not very old, but he Iry
quently felt that he was not so strong as when„„°liiie,
twenty-five years of age.—(Laughter.) T 1-‘ he ",.11
Lord the Member for Staffordshire (Lord Ingestre)r
said that he (Sir C. Napier) had accused him of bel ,
tongue-tied, but he had done no such thing. Al' he
had said was that the Noble Lord had received a
.rePtrr
mand from the Right Hen. Baronet at the head of
Majesty's Government, and all he could nay to/v.;kl
that had such a reprimand been given to him he
not have taken it so easily as the Noble-Lord had do
The Noble Lord said that he did not-intend to eulTd
this motion, and yet he supported a similar motion ••-d
year. Did the Noble Lord think that what Was Oh
last year was bad this? No doubt he did, for s°er.
changes often happened in that House.—(Hear, heLtd
and a laugh.) It appeared that as this motion "0
been opposed by the Right Hon. Baronet, it *le
therefore receive the opposition of every Member on
Ministerial side of the House. One said to the
" You support it, and I will stick to you like 10"%.0/1
(Laughter.) He trusted; however, that the' 0°„:,c1
would ultimately find favour, and he was sure the
would result from his having brought it forward.tion
After a few words from Sir R. PEEL, in explo"fi
the House divided—
For the motion
Against it 7l
. Majority against the motion —4s,;rne
The West India Relief Bill was read a second
and ordered to be committed.
The House then adjourned, at Ten. o'Clock.

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Lac ENSEDVICTUALLERS'.ASYLUM.—On Wedu-s
the seventeenth Anniversary Festival of the Limon
Victuallers Asylum was celebrated at White CO_A r.
House Tavern. Mr. Broadwood, in the Lops
There was a very numerous attendance of nieuloei
and friends of the institution present, between 400 pg
500 ,sitting down to dinner on the occasion. Alll/00.
the gentlemen on the platform, supporting the gr
r.
Chairman,were—Mr.Foreman, M.P. fur Bridgwater, g
Mundell, Mr. C. Bleaden, Mr. Deane, Mr. Larh.Y", go
Vousley, Mr. Southall, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Wicker, an' al.
Walter. The banquet provided on ie occasion was e",,cl,
lent. The usual loyal toasts having been duly 11000° to
the Secretary read the report, which stated that to
benevolent feelings of the public had enabled theultse
continue the liberal weekly allowances which for ite
last four years the Board had made to the "of
mates ; such allowances make up the incoaleyo
each single person, widow or widower, to 6-5*
•A,.
week, and that of a couple to 7s. per week. t of
period the Society's funded property consisted 23,
6,465/ 16s. Bd. Three per Cent. Consols, and 6.171. tip
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, which two o'ol
together were of the value of 6,400/ ; and the
were gratified to say that the Society has def6lera
every claim against 'it to the present moment. 'or
Were at the present time 102 out of the 103 haril-ed
tions in the Asylum occupied ; and, including r°,Boo-
couples, no fewer than 131 inmates were, .at thloor
ment, reaping the comforts afforded by the
rality of the donors at large, a fact which the tw—oci
butors to so noble a work of charity could fairil tso
honourably boast of ; and some slight conception °ffos,
necessities of the inmates might be formed from thticed,
that to the occupants of the 102 houses now inhs"" ea
weekly allowances are at the present time made
less than 79 of them, being more than two-thirds the
whole. Many excellent speeches were made 10
course of the evening. Subscriptions were alln°uilets
amounting, in all, to 1,7411. Amongst the subseeii,
were, the Chairman, 25 guineas ; Broadwood, Dd
and Co., in addition to 20 guineas, 50 guineas ;
bert Mundell, 15 guineas ; Mr. Huggins, 15 gutd
Mr. E. Huggins, 15 guineas ; Mr. C. Broadwo7oo
guineas ; the Directors of the Imperial GasslighS, ie
pany, 50 guineas; the Directors of the Licensed ~
tuallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company, 10 guine'bo
ALDERMAN GIBBS AND CHARITY PROpERTT.'"t
Wednesday, Mr. Day, the vestry clerk of St. Get'rgse
the Martyr, Southwark, had an interview with ste.
Rock, the newly-appointed churchwarden of St-
,„"ift,
phen's, Walbrook, relative to Mr. T. Dickenson's 1,04
who, by will, dated the 18th of December, 1631, direc by
that the sum of 121. should be paid every ten 3.ears',4
,
the churchwardens of St. Stephen's, for placing :oil
children, belonging to St. George's to a trade. Se_ se,
applications had been made to Alderman Gibbs for a_"..04
count of the property of the charity, but the Alder'sat
was not inclined to let the gift of the donor g° sts4
of his hands. A curious correspondence .bereonleare
taken place. Mr. Rock states that it was in consOtged
of the manner in which Alderman Gibbs In° pc
the charity property which came into his hand 3, ob'
first' induced hits to bring the matter before the
.r,self
iic • and the most tangible case which
to 'his notice was Dickenson's gift. By the will 0,,"1;8
donor, the moneys arising from the estate werehwol
kept separate from the parish accounts, but which
not done ; Alderman Gibbs had mixed them' h 1 sieu
presented. if'•,h)
in one account. He added, that having bee°, ewes, h;
and sworn in as the Churchwarden of St. StePue-
certainly would take care that the charity propertfoiel
in trust by the churchwarden should be properlkc tb
out, or, if it was necessary, to join Amicably
parishes which were interested in any gift, and t°ropertPf
a scheme for the better distribution of such I, jos o
It is at length arrangsd between the legal tiuv'tioa °f
Mr. Rock and Mr. Alderman Gibbs that the gee vets
churchwarden shall be tried in the Queen's Be°
term, by means of a feigned action for trespass• r frani
leaf, „rev
SEDUCTION BY A FRENCH PRIEST.—A
one of the communes, -in the department of I:sled
Cher, states that a great scandal was lately 0'40,0
the cute having seduced a young girl of 16, the ply.
to one of the most respectable families in .;it
The parents knew that she frequently went to vlinstrile"
but thought it was for the purpose of religiontlic saJc!
tion. On May Ist she disappeared, and the pu,",,1.,ja-„,,t11:
having accused the cure of being instrunieln„
business, 'a great clamour was raised against P-A.'gow
at last acknowledged that he had sent her itt`lis cor
under the care of a servant, in order to conceal diotel,
sequences of the seduction. The father inallie DPI
toi °t that lodged a complaint with the Procureur du,l
00 II
and a few days back two ecclesiastics came 'rid' Pico
city, and carried off the curs in a carriage li;lias b,
with ia,ritaisi precipitation that he could only take
umbrella and his breviary. The Bishop bad Prreootet
ad r 0,
suspended this priest for a similar act, and h tbe
him to the exercise of his functions only en
pressing solicitations.
acs 11:!
MURDERS IN SPAIN.---The fOLIT OWL arr isiP•°,;
Spanish journal. It seems to us, hoi..-ever, too t ;eV,
bable for belief :--" A terrible crime has iZS tsclr
place in the LeighbourhorA of Igualda-
having lain in, in au isolated country 11",i4vii"10
neighbours took the child to the ne:', ..,
to have it baptised, leaving a woman hea their 110,.
had offered to remain by the patient during &ad
sence. When they had all departed, this' worfilise,
ing forth a knife, commanded the patient tt:ri,e ItIA
show her where her money was placed. -`iitrive;bo
obeyed, and taking her into another room, ;("irelit„ot,
lock her in. She then called to her tw o viirig
had been left behind, and sent them for he ri;ro^
man who was concerned in the affair
whisildre9;
about outside, and, stopping the c sayilio„c
learnt their errand, and returned with them' the 'itel
the mother that if she did not at once °Feller w°4lYea
he would put them to death. The P°,,e stob or
not paying any attention to this threat, braia,sircs
one of them with a knife, and knocked out :;ett. f,
to
the other against a stone. He then proceehe peoP'!obe
the door, and had nearly succeeded, whea look to fit;',,oo
turned from the baptism, and the assassin '.,d fell
The mother related what had taken placea,
in an expiring state. The alcalde, who h n 'weere, a a
to the baptism, entered first into the
ors
prisoner was locked up. She stabbed hirin
roolrben kilt; of
•/ the COi
second, and escaped. The motht r died
to surv-'t
the day, and her husband is not expected

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BIRH
On the 16th inst, the lady T
off
he Hon. Spencer '
C".
tagu, of a daughter. .
On the 24th ult., at Gibraltar, the lady of Ass-stall-
i t
missary-General Dinwiddie, of a son. 0
On the ,14th inst., at King' 's Bromley Manor, 1-' CIAO rd -
Shim
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J.
the Hon. Mrs. Newton Lane, of a daughter.
_mil.. S.
On the 15th inst.; at Coburg-place, Kw:lll444w .t,
Bowlr, of a daughter. " • f ii• r' P—
,
One the 12th inst., at Doimington, the lady
°
En, of a daughter. .
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_MARRIED.
On the 14th inst., at St. Ann's, ligestminster, !ftr'dt
Burstall, of St. Martin's-lane, to Elisabeth, y,oulige;.;etilwr
ter of the late John Lewis Butley, Dn., 01"re3
street.
On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, tloieflte`eTiate J.
Cox, M.A., to Emily Clara, youngest daughter
Web'
Pittman, Esq., of Warwick-square.
.;,,,sfr te, J 8111;: ghtet
On the 15th inst., at it. George's, 11----‘-'3 r t (li-
ster, Esq., of Ramsgate, to Emma Curtis, youmaanet.
of the late G. T. Hardy, Esq., of St. Lawrence, 1°

tinder
DIED.
At Liverp.aol, Mary Ann Charlotte, the wife of -kW
AlWay, Esq., 69th Regiment. FA., 13°'
On the 20th ult., at Cairo, Edward Bannerman?
of the East India Company's Madras Civil Service. 1 _r:jort.,
On the llth inst., at Bognor Sussex, William OU "' '
Esq., of Stockwell, [wed 41. '
On the llth..inst.,
Wilson, Esq., 4.7Hitirlen-1. .-. tile.
On }he 12th inst., at-Cheltenham, Miss Anna 121.....°-„,......../
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'Christine, the wife of JO
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