The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-11 00:00:00

DEODANDS:

By this is meant whatever personal chattel is
the immediate occasion of the death of anTrea,
tone* creature, which is. forfeited 'to the King,
to be applied in pious uses. In some of our old
law-books, the' Words "moveable chattels" are
employed instead of " personal chattels," and
hence has arisen a vulgar error that a Deodand
can.tnily arise upon things in their nature easily
removed, and that consequently fixtures are ex-
eMptedfrom forfeiture, in cases where if the same
accident had happened by a cart,
;it would have
worked alorfeiture of it. In the spirit of this
notion it has been lately decided by a Coroner,
that where a machine, Whilst at work, caused
the, death of a man, the Jury were not autho-
rized' to set a value -on it. as no Deodand had
accrued7-the machine being 'a fixture. There
is, however, some better ground for this vuigar
error than many others, seeing that a Dooiland.
would not accrue from a death occasioned
by a fall from a house, or from any thing
which might be considered s part of the
freehold on which it stands. I..trt, for the prac-
tice now prevalent of setti►tg a nominal value on!
personal chattels occasioning. death, and permit-
ting•that to be taken in satisfaction of the deo-
(land, a great many very- nice questions of law
would arise, for this is a branch of legal science'
very little illuminated by the present or the by
gone sages of the law, m►d appears to stand
utmost wholly on authorities extracted from the
Year Books, Bractou, some ancient writers,
Coke's Institutes,' and Blackstone's Commen-
taries, the two latter of whiA are concentrations
of the essence of the former named works.

The. rule aria OMniu qute movent ad mon.
tem sant Deo danda (All things causing death
are given to God), Deo danda, hence deodand.
Accordingly the object to w hich deodands were
anciently applied ,was to purchase masses for the
good of the soul of the person thus suddenly
snatched from life, and to otrer ex iation for
his sins, or for the appeasing of. G6d's.wrath.
in, the spirit of this application of the deodend, it
is even now law, that if an infant under the age
of fourteen years fall from a curt, horse, or the
like, when not in motion, and is killed, no deo-
dand is due, because the child was presumed inca-
pable of actual sin, and therefore needed no deo-
dand to purchase propitiatory Masses for his justifi-
cation. By odd sort of a contortion, however,
and in a manner hardly reconrilenble with this
pious.reason, it is held, that if the cart or horse
had been in motion, and had thus killed the child,
a deodand would accrue.. The reason of this
distinction does not appear, for why a child
killed by atfaccidental fall should not need pro-
pitiatory masses in- the sante manner as a child
killed by a cart in motion, it is hardly possible to
imagine.

There is yet anolherdistinction in cases where
death is occasioned, _by a thing in motion, or
thing not in motion ; that. in the first case, the
deodand is the whole thing, and in the second
only that particular part which, or from which the
death was caused. Thus, if a man climbing the
wheel of a cart falls and is killed, the wheel
alone is' forfeited ; Whereas, had the cart run over
him, not only the identical wheel which inflicted
the wound, but the loading which increased the
preSsnre, and the whole cart would :be' for-
feited. Again, if a man, being on a river
in a boat lying at anchor, falls into
the water and is drowymed, the boat
alone is forfeited, whereas had he so fallen
whilst the boat was in progress, the tackle and
all furniture would assuredly be condemned,
although it might be a question' how far any
loading on board would follow the boat. The
property in the thing causing .death is never con•
sidered, for the thing, whosoever it may he, is
said to be ."
accursed," and therefore is forfeited,
and thus my gun is forfeited although used by
another to kill a man, and this reason dispenses
with all inquiry as to the property in articles
with which a murder is committed, but the value
. of which the Grand Jury al w,ays present and find.
But the greatest point of all affecting deodands
is the qUestion, whether they accrue for men
drowned at sea or in rivers, by falling from a
vessel into the water. On this point it is Clear
that for accidents happening nn the high seas no
deodand, accrues, because that is withoUt the
jurisdiction of the common law ; but for accidents
happening in fresh water (aqua dada) it is said
that the vessel and cargo are' in strictness a
deodand. That the high seas are
,out of the
jurisdiction of time common Law, does not appear
a sufficient reason for not inflicting the usual
‘llyrieiol tlmie,dr
datd;wig
becauselin the .same exception operates
is ill au arm of the sea, and
that arm within the body of any county. The
better distinction appears, to be whether the water
is salt or
,fresh ; In the last case, a Deodand is
due, but not in the first. Because, as Sir E.
Coati says, though the,arm of tile sea be withhir
the body of the county, the ship or other vessel
is subject to such dangers upon the raging waves
in respect of wind and tempest; and he' adds,
this Petition in Parliament desiring ." That if
it happen anv man or boy to be drowned
by a fall out of any ship, vessel, or boat,
they shall be no deodands. Whereunto the
King, upon great advice and conference with his
beingnt de
uponanswer, 1
et
sh4t,tat
Judges
(I.salri
n) antiorboat,the
oe u
sense oavessel}}learned,
of is included) shall be adjudged
no deodand, but being upon' a fresh water river, it
is a deodand,
but the King- will skew favour. This
is,the state of the law on the isubject of deodands,
but which has now entirely lost it itsm
setting;
importance.
Juries have assumed to themselves a dispensing
power, " hardly warrantable.by law," i
a value on the deodand purelytesolmaiminianlg,
11:uet(toirte.
Court of King's Bench bath-generally refused to
interfere on hehalf of the party
feiture, deeming the demand unjuit.

NORTII AND SoUTH AMEitICA:Ne
SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, APRIL 11. -;

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9.—Wind W., fresh
the Robert, Evans, from Jamaica; Union, Hutchinson, from
Maui& in 8 weeks : Samuel 'Wright, Riley, from Savannah,
sailed 9th March ; James and Henry, Cumming, from St.
John's, N. B. ; Dorothy„ Garnock, from Bombay'; Jane,
Quirk, from Valparaiso. Off the port the Mary, Jefferson,
from Calcutta ; Fame, Earis, from Africa. The John %Veils,
Harris, for New York, and Tuscarora, gerrill, for Philadel-
phia, still remains. Off at sun-set two ships and one brig,
private signals Messrs. Bolton and Ogden.
COWES, APRIL 10.—Arrived the BOY, Greene, from /la-
vannah in 42 days ; Baltic, Robinson, Matanzas in 43 days ;
Alorgiana, Blanchart, New York in 26 days ; New Minerva,
Rintingway, from Rio Janeiro; Rosellas, Evans, from St-
matra, left the Cape 31st December, bound to Lot:don ; Sceptre,
Stuart, from Sumatra ;Mariner, .Blancliart, Batavia, for order.
Spokes} in the Channel the brig Asoph, from Bengal to Bre-
men, by the Baltic Robin. Hood, Pierce, from, Charleston for
Havre, 25 days out; Kremlin of Boston, Novis, from Ma-
tanzas for St. Petersburgh, off Holland, to Petersburgh, all
well; brig Matilda of Liverpool, from Greenock for St. Do-
mingo, tiv,: days from the land, March 19; Osprey, R.:l.
Dorsey, 40 days from New Orleans, April 2.—Just arrived the
North America, Riddell, front Canton, for orders, 119 days
passage. The Cortes is still off Lvmington, unable to get out.
HALIFAX, MAncx 3.—Arrived on Monday his Majeaty's
brig Dotterell, Edwards, six days from Bermuda; the Royal
Oak and Dromedary had arrived from England on the 10th.
Arrived on Saturday the Government armed brig ChebuCto,
Potter, front St. John's. On Monday, the Francis Freeling
packet, Cunningham, 67 clays from FalmoMh, at Charleston
Feb. 7; and the brig Sir James Kempt, Currie, from -13ar-
badots.
Mauer! 15.—Arrived his Majesty's packet Eclipse, Passing-
ham, from New York six days ; and the schooner Robert, of
Pictou, from Berbice 30 days.

[FROM LLOYD'S.]
DEAL, APRIL 10.—Wind W.S.W.--Arrived, and sailed
for the River, the Waterloo, Alsager, and Herefordshire, —,
; from China corornandle, Bayes ;James Sibbald, If`orbes, from '
India ; Bredalbune, Burgoyne, Jamaica ; Choice, Smith. Cha-
rente ; Beaufoy, Bresbane, South Seas ; Tropic, Brandford,
Barbadoes ; and Jean Stewart, M‘Fienzie, St. Domingo. Ar-
rived from the River, and remain, the Agnes, CrawfOrd ; Ada-
mant, Blackburn ; Petrel, Antrim ; Nautilus, Hall ; Ottawa,
Dough's ;
,Wellington, Forster ; Regalia, --, and Teri,
coal, all outward bound.
PORTSMOUTU, APRIL 10.—Wind VV.NAV.—Arrived the
Hannah,
Shepperd; from Bombay, sailed the 19th December,
and from
iom the Cape the 21st of February; Simpson, Simpson,
and Britannia, Boucher, from ditto; Lady Flora' ----, from
Bengal; Speke transport, from St. Lucia; and his Majesty's
ship Dryad, from the Downs.
CowEs, Apart. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the New
Minerva, from Rio; Boy, Green, Havannah in 42 days;
Bee, Hunt, St. Domingo in 45 days; North America, Liddle,
Canton in 119 days; Sceptre, Stewart, Rio in 90 days;
Mari-
ner, Chilton, Batavia ; Baltic, Robinson, Matanzael and the
Morgiana, Blanshard, front New York.
PLYMOUTM, A put L 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived his Ma..
jesty's ship Aurora, from Lisbon; and Watchful, frotn
St. Aliehael'S.
FALMOUTH, Arnie. 9.—Wincl S.W.—Arrived the Hope
packet, from Buenos Ayres, sailed 20th January, and Monte
Video Ist February; Kingfisher packet, from Corfu, sailed
21st February, Malta Ist March, Gibrarltar 17th, and Cottle
19th ditto; Eclipse ,packet, from America, sailed from New
York 6th !March, and Halifax 17th ditto; Duke of Marlbo-
rough packet, from Lisbon, sailed 29th ult.

Arrived off Dover the Kremlin, --, from Matanzas.
Arrived off Margate the Golden Spring, -, from Jamaica.
The Elizabeth, Snowden, from the Cape to Liverpool, put
into St. Übe's 24th ult. very leaky, and supposed would be
obliged to discharge.
The Betsey, Aspil, from London to Mogadore, put into Lis.
bon 21st ult., with loss of bowsprit, &c.
. trius Douro, from Liverpool to Oporto, has put into Vigueira
leaky, having struck on Oporto Bar..

EAST INDIA SHIPPIKG..—The Waterloo East Indianian,
Captain Alsager, arrived off' Plymouth on Saturday. She left
China on the 22d December, and St: Helena the 26th February.'
The Orient, chartered ship, front England, and the Charles
Grant, from Bengal, were the only ships duq in China. The
Atlas sailed on the 15th December for the Cape. The Varian-
tart and the Hythe were the next to be dispatched. The Bombay
was appointed to bring the-Dutch Governor-General of Batavia,
Baron Von Capellan' from Anjer to England. The Waterloo
left at St. Helena theearn-brea Castle, which' vessel sailed from
Bengal the Ist of 'January.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEIV MARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
N?:wmmpi:ET„ MownAY N/GIIT.

His Royal Highness the Duke of York arrived on the
Heath a little after eleven o'clock, and was shortly followed
by their Graces the Dukes of POrtland, Grafton, Richmond ;
the 11.1arquisses Blandford, Graham, Exeter, Titchfield ; Earls
Lowther, Jersey, Oxford,,Verulan:, Statibroke, Sefton ; Lords
Cavendish, Anson, Dulwich, Huntingfield ; Sir J: Byng, Str
J. Shelley, General Grosvenor, Colonel Udny, Colonel Wit.
son, Itc. &c.
The Craven Stakes of 10 soy. each, for all ages ; two years
old, fist. 01b: ; three years, fist. 41b. ; four years, Bst. 81b. ;
five years, list. Mb. ; six years and aged, 9st. 91b.
Mr. Mill's br. c. Trinculo, 3 yrs old
Mr. Shard's b. c. Hougoumont, 3 yrs old
Twelve others started; but were not placed.-20 to I agst Hou-

goomont.—A beautiful race, mid won by a neck Only

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each—all ages. Ab.M.
Mr. Wortley's Scandal, 3 yrs, tilt. 101 b. - 1
Mr. Wyndbatn's c. by Ruhens, 3 yrs, Cst. Gib. . 2
Seven others started, but were not placed.

The Twelfth Riddlesworth, of 200 gs each. Colts, Fist.
fillies. lit. 41b. Ab. M.
IA Verulam's The Aloslem
Air. Thornhill's The General - -
Ld Jersey's f. Henries - - -
1). of York's c. Parisot - - - -
IA G. Cavendish's f. Ridicule . .

Only the above five started—won by a length.
Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. 11. colts tfst. 71b. D.M.IA Exeter's Advance . -
D. of Grafton's Norman

Won by two lengths.
Sweepstakes of )60 each for colts and
Duke of Grafton's Bolivar

Four others started.
Sweepstakes of LOU each; for fillies. D. M.
Mr. Vansittart's Urganda . - -

Three other started.
Sweepstakes of 100 each ; cols, list. 7th. ; 511ics fist. 41b. R.M.
Duke of Grafton's Dm vise . - 1
Lord Exeter's c, Advance. 2
Advance bolted.
Match.—Col. "Wilson's Spotless colt bent Mr. 'Nowell's Link
Boy, 100 11. M.
:Hatch.—Mr. Dilly's Donduca beat Mr. Pettit's Retreat, 100,
T. Y. C.
Lord Orford's Swiss Guide received 260 forfeit from Lord G.
Cavendish's Pagoda colt.
BETTING AT NEWMARKET LAST NIGHT AT
TEN O'CLOCK.
p En ft Y.
16 to 1 agst The General
17 to 1 agst Bolivar
80 to 1 agst Gramarie
as no material alteration.

6 to I agst Panic
6i to I agst Monarch
a to I agst The Moslem
On the other hoists there

Mr. MACREADT made his first appearance at
Drury-lane Theatre last night, in the character
of Macbeth. lie received great applause through
out' and at the falling of the curtain was loudly
called for by the audience.
A plan is said to be on foot for transporting
a number of destitute boys to Canada.
Christmas and Earte, two burglars, left for
oxteution at Horsham, have been respited.

OLD LiAILtY.--(`Puts nil.)

HORSE STEALING.

James Armitage "MS inidicted for &te ling , no
the I3th March, a gelding, the property of John.
Gunn.

George Monk keeps a liceueed house-for slaughtering horse*
in Buck'a.row, Whitechapel ; .ort the littb. Mardi the prisoner
came to his premises between five and six- ri site inorning, aud
brought a horse with him ; he asked 'witness it he Would pur-
chase; witness inquired the price, and the prisoner replied 21,.;
witness examined the boric, and put several questions to him ;
he said it was his own property, and that he had Wrought 'it
from. Brentfortl that morning; witness said it was a long dist-
tance to come so early; Witness knew the horse must have been
Very warm to have come that distance, hut it was quite cool ;
witness said, as it did not appear to ail any thing, 11,.: should
wish to know why-he Wished to part with it; he give ecitii-
vocal answers which induced witness to dinain him ; he then
advertised the hors and afterwards dri)ve him to Szithfield
and had him labelled, so that the owner might obtain pages-
sion of him..

John Gunn stated, that the horse belongs to his father, who
is a carman in LimehouSe ; on the day before the robbery it was
turned into a field, the gate of which was fastened; the meat
morning he missed it; and never saw it any mare until he raw
it in Smithfield market ; never saw the prisoner before.
'The prisoner put in a written defence, wbich stated that he,
bought the horse of a stranger.
Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN summed up, and the Jury found the
prisoner Guiliy—Dcat4. The Foreman said eight of the jury
recommended him to nircy.

(Before Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Baron °ARROW.)

fiIIELP STEALING.

Thomas Shale, a young man of very revectahle appearance,
was indicted for stealing 33 live sheep, value 831., the property
of John Wells.

Mr. Aso hzws stated the case for the prosecution.--The
prosecutor is a farmer living in Hertfordshire, and in February
last he lost upwards of 59 bheep, in co:►sequence of which he
gave information at Lambeth-street Office, and, on search, 35
live sheep and parts of others, making 44, were discovered Ina
stable, which was occupied by the prisoner.

Mr. John Wells lives at Therleybury park in Ilertfordsliire,
abourls miles from London. The sheep were in a pastor::
near his house on the 18th of February. •
Thomas Bennett, shepherd to last witness.—On the Thurs•
day before the sheep were missing, he counted the flock,
and there were 151; when he 'next counted them there were
only 105 ; 40 were gone on the Saturday ; the witness after-
wards saw 33 alive in London, which bore his master's mark.
E. Dalton, an officer of Lambeth-street, went on the
18th to a stable, No. 5, 'Warren-mews, Fitzroy-square, and
broke open the door; found 33 sheep alive and 11 plucks, and
a quantny of skins tied up m a hag.
By Mr. linonntor—Mr. Wells and the shepherd saw and
identified the sheep within two or three days after he found
them in the stable.

Richard Gardner accompanied the last witness to a public.
house in Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, where they found the
prisoner and his brother ; witness said to him, Is that your
brother with you ? lie said, yes. Witness said " Will you
go to your stable, and your brother had better come with you."
They wished to know what for. Witness replied, "about the
horse." They then went to the stable occupied by prisoner itt
Osnaburgh-street, and witness said to them, "you Must con.
sider yourselves in custody, respecting sonic sheep in Warren's
Mews." They said they know nothing about it. The prisoner
said he had let the stable to a man named Vincent two months
before, at His. a-week.
By Mr. Justice PARK—Never asked him, or heard it asked
of the prisoner, who Vincent was, or where he lived.
AVM. Brown Edwards, an officer belonging to Hatton Gar.
den, went with the last two witnesses to Warren's Mews.
Witnesses were then examined, who proved the, supplying
the prisoner whh hay and corn at Warren's Mews.
Thomos Collins slept in the stables the night before Shaw was
taken up ; the prisoner's brother called hint up. John and
Thomas Shaw were bOth there; they took a horse to go eat
with the cart.

Mr. Dell, landlord of the stables in Warren's-mows, let No. 6
to the prisoner, who paid the rent every fortnight
The prisoner, in his defence, said, that if he had been con-
scious of having committed a robbery; he could have escaped
while the officers were at his brother's stables.
Benjamin Collins had seen a man they call Vincent.
Thomas Faucette gave the prisoner a good character. After
which near 30 respectable looking persons were called it for
the like purpose, they uniformly spoke of the prisoner as an
honest respectable young man.
Mr. Justice PARK 'moaned up the evidence.
The Jury, after consulting a considerable time. returned a
verdict of Guilty—Deeth ; bin strongly recommended him to
mercy on account of his previous good character..

PAUL Pity AT THE C08U114.7-Thili inquisitive
Gentleman made his appearance last might. at this
beautiful Theatre, and was received with accla-
mation. The introduction was effected by a
light. Comedy, in three, acts, which, we under-
stand, is from the pen of a Mr. 3ELLETT,, the
'author of the 'Living Skeleton, both of which
exhibit many traits of wit and humour.. The
hero had an able representative in DAYID6.E,
and, if we measure.theattical science by the ap.
plause, it surpaises, its namesake at the Hai-
-1 market. We really joined in the cheering, and
felt very much gratified with the piece and
,the
performers, and have some hopes that this branch
of the drama will be fostered here as it has li:tem
to so profitable a purpose by Mr. Mounts, and
at once supersede the balderdash forced on the
public under the title of Spectacle and Melo-
41rama, tinsel and gingerbread,. We have re-
peatedly urged Managers to adopt the sysiern of
light Comedy and broad Farce,, to send the an.
dience home in good humour and in zoo(' tints,
and could find none but Mr. atvintic see the
propriety of ,attending to our injunctions.
.This
active Manager is going on with spirit—he en-
courages talent ; and we do not hesitate to say;.
that Paul Pry, at the South side, will enrich .the .
concern, as his namesake has done. at the West,,
and render the Coburg both fashionable and.
•puiare

REMARKABLE DAY.-- fritill day is the Ammer-
'sary of the battle of Ravenna., 1512; coronation
of King William and Queen Mary, 1700, and, of
the abdication of Napoleon Buonapacte, 1814.,

ELEGANCE 114 DREss.—To such of our Pair
Readers, who are desirous of insnectitiig a trait'
elegant display of Bonnets, combining noye!ty,
both in shapes and materials, we 'would Evi":46:
mend them to make their rails at 60, Holuu,"'''
hill, facing El lace.

g ,y-p.
young man, servant to. Mr, ftrzon, of lb.
stone, Bucks, was killed on Tufty the mall was'dtly-
ing ran away, and in throwing wolf, 011 w 5041 cartx. he
fell between the shafts, Anti %gm kicked hY Mtge; he Aim
on the spot.
In the parlour ,sriniioir ,c-a. toteriur
boarding.house, noviits4filsovOirs he following lathe,
ambiguous notice YaliDir aten taken m and dolitivr."

VIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extractrfrom the Morning Popers,4prilll,lB2B.

EMI TIMES.]
We congratulate the country on the failure of
The project last night, for creating—not a new
place, but, which is worse, a new salary—with-
out .any increase of places. The attempt was
(under pretext of the great abilities and applica-
tion of Mr. Huskisson) to attach for ever no less
a sum than 5,0001. a year to the Presidency of
the' Board of Trade, which Presidency Mr. I3us-
SOO now holds, together with the 'Treasurer-
ship of the Navy, the former office never having
had any salary attached to it ; and the latter,
which is almost a sinecure, conveying a salary of
3,6001. a year into the pocket of its possessor.—
With respect to the praises bestowed upon Mr.
Huskisson personally, we shall only say, address-
ing him in the words of the poet—
" Tu recte vives, si cures esse, quad audis."
You will have employment enough, if you do
but live up to the character which has been given
of you. The eulogies were, perhaps, a little ex-
travagant, but they may excite to greater exer-
tions. Yet, whatever be the merit of the present
President of the Board of Trade, does that merit
constitute a reason for assigning so vast a salary
to an office of which he is only the temporary
possessor, which has been held by notorious
boobies, and may be held by another of the
hoOby-tribe to-morrow ? If Mr. Huskisson does
the business of the Chancellor of the EXchequer,
why is he not removed to the office ? Why do
not he and Mr. Robinson change places ? Then
there might be a proper graduation of salaries, as
applicable to the public utility of those who en-
joy them, and no new salary need be created. We
wish both Mr. Canning and Mr. iluskisson to feel
the very different light in which they both stand
before the country since this abortive attempt to
exact money for the presumed services of the lat-
ter ; and we fervently hope that they may soon
regain whatever of the public love or esteem they
have lost. They know that the aristocracy hate
them. Why do they afford food for that hatred
to feed upon? Why do they forfeit or suffer to
wane that which can alone uphold them, or ren-
der their full bonourable,—the respect of their
countrymen at large ?—When the salaries of the
Judges were increased, that truly great man, Sir
Wm. Grant, sent word to the Minister of the
day, that he wished for nothing more. The salary
of this office, then, of Master of the Rolls, was
sufficiently great. On the contrary, what does
Mr. Huskisson do, n hen being already in the
receipt of three thousand pounds a-year, an ab-
solutely new salary is to be Created for him, and
to be perpetuated on all his successors ? He
bluithingly runs through all his various toils,
in the manner in which) Captain 'Popham, in his
Life of Altees, describes the multitudinous offices
of the miser's huntsman. lie cleans: the horses,
feeds the dogs, prepares the table for the master,
milks the cows, and is ready to take the field
again in his scarlet coat at the hour of chase. It
was a curious explanation that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer gave of that. Ministerial word re.
sponsibility, in one of his speeches on this clues-
lion. itesponsibility does not oblige those who
are subject to it to make toed any loss that may
a terue through the knavery or negligence of their
subordinates in office! What is responsibility good
for, then ? It is like Falstrirs honour : it bath no
skill in surgery—it cannot heal a broken limb.

rmuw
it will be in the tecollection of our Readers,
that several Members of the Opposition in the
ittst Session of Parliament, expressed their very
JUIXIOUiI desire that the distinguished services of
Mr. fiusltisgon, as President of the Board of
Trade, should be_ more adequately remunerated,

and openly. stated their readiness to co-operate
any measure for this purpose.,---The Coverntne
forebore to act on this declaration in the I4st Ses
siat, and it was not until they were assured tha
tbsP Opposition would' themselves propose a salary
Ork4ooo/. per annum for the President of the
Besaill-of Trade if it was any longer delayed,that
the Gove'rnaieut consented to make this proposi-
tiOtßut as soon as thelneasure is fairly before
tire' Muse, what course do the Opposition follow ?
They clamour against the Government 'for pro-
posing what they had themselves suggested, and
refuse their acquiescence to their own proposi•
tion, unless it he accompanied by that which
they fever before explained ; the demolition of
attotiter dike essential to the due conduct and
payment of our whole naval department. It
justification of this breach 'of faith that
thil tearer prospect of a general election bus
maciti the country more alive to every mat-
te't of ex pencei and therefore more sus-
cepfible on every subject calculated to excite
the. feelings of the people. :The fault, if fault
theM 'be, in proposing a salary of 5,0001. for the
Peertident of the. Board of Trade, belongs to the
OPPoSition and not to the Government. To the
'latter:W.4mo the merit of even refusing to
prOS the measure, last night, when they found
thAr opptm4 tits ready to make use of it for the
~pr(rostt of raising popular clamour. Mr. Can.!
twig's able arid luminous speech places the whole
ottleis cage a point of view so constitutional.and unansw<4ltible, that we recommend it strongly
to the pernsa,l of our readers, Whilst we rejoice
that -the Gov 'clement • have refused .to become
the' intitrorneis of farther reducing the legl-
difritttO and. is 'ecittisary influence ,of the . Crown
f(le4s4.nt this moment its the House of Commons
than tot any, former period of our history), we
trust they wilt t, for the future, look with a very
suspicious
,eye an all Propositiml coming from
.their opponent s, especially of a pequniary cha.
racier., The old adage, Timeo- Damn elithn
Wow forentesi: shoui4 be branded upon every
;proirer of sorvii,,,, c! or cworperation froni Messrs.
Tierney) .lintelitg-0 4C.

(•isit
ra
.eceitie by the proceedings
Our readers will pt t the Civil L
t )3, t?Pf`n ist
)Itriiatilettt last *lb; and ow the motion that , • • itt/befniubrotsklit peir Aniftl4ll'be settled
toldlion for

on the President of the Board of Trade being
read, the House divided, and the proposition was
carried by a majority of eleven ; upon which Mr.
Canning. observed, that although technically
speaking the majority expressed the opinion of
the House, still with such a division he would
not persevere. As a matter of principle he
regretted being. obliged to do so. A resolu-
tion was subsequently passed, attaching two
thousand pounds per annum to the office of Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, which, with the
emoluments of the Treasurer of the Navy, make
up an income of 5,0001. a year between the two
appointments which are annexed in the person of
Mr. Huskisson. We, in common with the Right
Hon. Secretary, lament that the opinion of the
Legislature was not more unequivocally express-
ed regarding a measure which we consider sound
in principle, and which could never have been
carried at a more suitable period than the pre-
sent. The most determined opponents of Mr.
Huskisson are ready to admit that his zeal
and industry in office are unprecedented, and had
we not felt convinced of the utility of the grant,
we should have been inclined to have conceded
largely for the purpose of offering a boon to a
Minister who has laboured so sedulously, and
acted so firmly, in the service of his coun.
try• As it is, however, we think the Ministers
have done wisely in abandoning the motion, not-
withstanding they had a majority. This circum-
stance is an additional proof, if one were want-
ing, of the independence of the House of Com-
mons, and falsifies tide assertions 'of the annual
Parliament advocates, that the Legislature is under
the controul of the Crown. However this, like all
preceding facts of a similar nature. which every
Session produces, will pass unheeded by these
candid and sapient State Physicians, and we
shall hear again, before many months are over
our heads, Palace-yard echoing with the corrup-
tion of Parliament, and that the Minister can buy
every Member in either House, with the excep-
tion of the few upright patriots who figure on the
Covent-garden hustings, and are eloquent at the
windows of the King's Arms Tavern.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Lord Darnley, in the House of Lords, last
night, adverted to the recent death of an officer
on the coast of Kent, occasioned by one of the
Blockade men ; spoke of the necessity of a revi-
sion of the system, and said that on an early day
he should call their Lordships' attention to it
with the view of effecting an alteration of the
Coast Blockade. Before that his Lordship Can do,
any think effectual in this matter, he must live to
see an end to the C 413844 of the horrible system in
question, and that is the National Debt.--In the
llouse of Commons, the debate on the propo-
sition to give 'Mr. lluskisson 5,000/. a year as
President of the Board of Trade, leaving 3,0001.
for the Treasurership of the Navy was renewed ;
and after considerable discussion the House
divided on it. The numbers were—For the Mi-
nisters, 87 ; against them, 76 ; majority, 11. It
was then declared, that with so small at majority
the Ministers did not think it right to press the
proposition on the House, and it was thereupon
withdrawn. As there was no objection to in-
crease Mr. Huskisson's salary for the two offices
2,000/. a year (in addition to the 3,0001. a year
now, received as Treasurer of the Navy) was
agreed to,making 5,0001. for the two offices. The
result was hailed with considerable cheering
by the Opposition. We are glad of this so fur
as it goes ; we only wish that the thing had been
altogether negatived. Now, if it had not been
fur Mr. Hume, this barefaced proposition tt odd
have passed in comparative silence. Our opinion
both of Mr. Robinson, who brought forward the
thing, and of Mr. Iluskisson, who spoke upon the
thing, is much lessened. We did think that both
those Gentlemen were more independent, so fur
as pecuniary matters were concerned.

EAST INDIES.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED ST. HELENA, FEU. 26,

" The Cara-brea Castle has arrived here, after an uncommon
quick passage, having left Calcutta on the Ist of January. She
brings intelligence of a severe engagement having taken place
between Sir A. CAmpnEt.z. and the Burmese, which lasted'
three days. Our loss has been extremely heavy. Eleven King's
officers killed:and wounded, exclusive of those belonging to the
Company's service ; and though the Burmese retired from the
field, it clues not appear that our troops had made any advance.
`The ritinervl East Indiaman is supposed to wait,for the official
accounts. General Moitalsolr, commander of the Arracan
division, died on board the Carn.brea Castle, on the passage to
St. Helena."

(From the cialeulta John Bull of Dec. 26.)

Contrary to the expectations of many, Durjunt hat per-
mitted active operations 'to commence against Bhurtpore, on
the part of the besieging force. The morning of the 10th
stout, saw the haad-quarters of a British force established once
more under the Walls of Bhurtporet and the position of Lord
Lake, so celebrated in the history of our power, in India, again
taken up by the division under Major-General Nicolls. Our
troops had succeeded in getting possession of The sluice which

lets in the water of the (heel to the wet ditch of the fort—a
success regarded as. of considerable importance In expediting
operations. The stopping up the Bund, which had been in.
effectually cut by the Blittrtporeans, had been intrusted to
C tptain Irvine of the engineers, who accomplished it without
any loss upon our part. By the 12th it.was expected that, the
whole field of artillery would be in position ; and from the.ad-
mirable state of equipment of the whole force, and the spirit
with which every corps is actuated, we may rely on soon hay.
ing to communicate to our readers the fall, and we hope, the
final extinction of this once proud and formidable fortress.—
The energy and activity displayed by the Commander-4141M
in reaching and taking into the field the besieging army, is be.
yond praise. It was anticipated by no one that the force could
be in position sooner than thed sth, or even the 25th of Decetn;
ber ; but they who thought so calculated, it seems, without *a
knowledge of what an active commanding officer may achieve.
Since writing the above, letters from the camp before Blinn-
pore, of the 11th, announce that the. Dewan , had been sent out
by Durjunt Sal, to plead for peace, but nothing of the result
Was known.
• Letters from Agra state, that the Bhurtporcans were firing
away at every thing that approached the place, from which we
may gather that the Deivan, if actually sent out on the I Ith to
supplicttto peace, had been unsuccessful.
From tke octiie..inirations now going forward at Bhurtpere.

we naturally turn our attention to Prome, from which we still
remain without any intelligence beyond the 21st ultimo. The
enemy with whom we have to contend in that quarter, and the
country in which our warlike operations are conducted, pre-
clude the possibility of those active movements which seem
so essential to the character of our power as paramounOta
the East, and on this account more perhapolan on any other,

is the present war with Ava to be regretted: However signal
ultimate success may be, delay in arriving at it must affect

the very foundation of the power; and perhaps no object,
whether of conquest, or security, or vindication of our atho.
rity, ought in good policy to be attempted where it cannot be
promptly accomplished.
A month has now elapsed since the Helen left Rangoon;
and the non-appearance of any other vessel, when several were
just about to sail, would seem to indicate that the ships had
been detained by Sir Archibald Campbell, until the result of
the enemy's attack on him should be seen.
Our troops, as we have already mentioned, were anxiously
expecting and inviting this attack, as they seemed to regard it
as holding out the best chance of being able to proceed on
their march to Umrapoora, if not also the only road to retreat
upon Rangoon, should retreat become unfortunately necessary,
either from the impossibility of getting supplies, or from the
enemy opposing a force and persevering spirit which Sir
Archibald may not have the means to overcome.
From the period at which the boats with the 87th, King's,
left Rangoon, it is impossible that they could reach Prome be-
fore the attack of the Burmese, if, as expected, this attack took
place about the,23d tilt. nor could Mr. Robertson, the Com-
missioner, have reached head-quarters before the event.
(From the Calcutta Government Gazette of Dee. 28.)
BritravemtE.--iWe have much satisfaction in publishing
the following brief notice of the proceedings of the army before
Bhurtpore, on the 12th instant :
On the 10th instant his Excellency the Commander-in-
Chief proceeded with a detachment of Major-General Rey.
nell's (the Ist division) towards the town of Bhurtpore,
moving on the Jheel, or lake, lying to the northward ; while
Major-General Nicoll*, in command of the 2d, or Agra Divi.
vision, having shown a force on the other side, the bund or em-
bankment of the Jheel was taken possession of without oppo-
sition. The garrison of Bhurtpore had cut the Bund during
the early part of the preceding night; but it was effectually
repaired by our engineers in the course of the day, and it ap-
pears by the report of Hurkarrahs, that the quantity of water
obtained for the outer ditch of the town is very inconsiderable.
During the operation of securing possession of the Bund, the
guns of the fort kept up a pretty constant fire, and a few shells
were thrown, which were attended with very little effect.
4 The Infantry of the division under Major-General Nichols
'having been prevented from proceeding on the 10th to take up
its assigned position before Bhurtpore, owing to the want of
provisions, the Major General detached the Ist Brigade of Ca-
valry at four o'clock in the morning of that day, under the
command of Brigadier Murray, in order to take advantage of
any attack which might be made by order of the Commander-
in-Chief on the force stationed on the northern face of Blind-
, pore for the protection of the Bunch This detachment con.
sisted of four squadrons of his Majesty's 16th Lancers, under
the command of Major. Persse, four squadrons of the 6th Light
CavalryMnder Lieutenant-Colonel Becher, Bth Light Cavalry,
under Lieutenant-Colonel Gall, a troop of HOrse-Artillery,
with two twelve and two six-pounders, under Major NVhish,
and a detachment of Skinner's horse under Mr. Fraser, who
led the advance. On arriving in• the vicinity of the Bnnd,i on
the north-west side of the fortress, an encampment of the
Bhurtpore cavalry was discovered, while a village also was oc-
cupied by their pickets, and several patrols skirted the wood
on our right flank; Skinner's horse and the Hankers of the co.
lumn were directed to make a flank movement, by which they
cut off about 00 horsemen before they could reach an outwork,
where the greatest proportion of them, with a loss of a con-
siderable number of their horses took refuge. Two supporting
sctuadrons, aiso, of his Majesty's 16thLaancer's, and Bth
Light Cavalry, under Lieutenant. Colonel Becher, attacked a
small village which Doorjun Situl's troops had occupied, and
and where several of his cavalry were cut up, .after making a
determined resistance. About this time the guns of the fort
opened, but did not effect much mischief. Brigadier Murray
speaks in handsome terms of the zeal and intelligence of Mr.
Fraser, in command of the detachment of Skinner's horse, with
whose behaviour he expresses his high gratification. The
casualties were very few. Mr. Fraser received a slight wound
on one side of his forehead, and Lieutenant Armstrong, of his
Majesty's 16th Lancers, was hit by a spent ball on the right
side.
On the 12th inst. the battering. train began to arrive, and it
was expected that, on the following day the points of attack
would be determined on.
Since the above was in type, we have received the following
private intelligence from Bhurtpore, dated the 13th:--
On the 'llth a grand reconnoisance of Bhurtpore took
place.' Lord Combermere, accompanied by General Nicolls,
went entirely round the fort. There was much canonading,
six or eight men were killed and wounded, whish is letting us
oft cheap, considering that they were frequently within three
hundred yards of the fort. As the artillery will all be up to-
morrow, the batteries, which are to he commenced upon imme-
diately, will soon be armed. The timely stopping up the
sluice, cut too late by the Bhurtporeans, has had the best
effect, leaving, it is' supposed, only four or five feet water in
the ditch, and thus depriving the fort of' its chief defence. I
The Agra Dwak,. of the 14th' came in last night, but no
letters from head-quarters of that date have yet reached Cal-
cutta.

(From the Calcutta Government Gazette of Nov. 24.)
When the terms of the treaty arrived, and were laid before
the King (of .ova), lie blew into a most violent passion, and
instantly sent off orders for the war to be carried on with the
Most vigorous exertions—demanding why time was lost in
talking with the English, and the reasons for it and the de-
lay. The Kee Woonghee and General laid the blame on
Menghee Oooznith, whom the King ordered to be put to
death ; but this was couuter-ordered on the same day. It is
also said, that when the Kee Woonghee and Attawoons re-
ceived the terms which the. English proposed as a basis of
treaty, they lost their heart's and Were downcast, but were obli-
ged to send the information to Court, or their lives would be
forfeited. The Bonnet+ e Generals daily receive order to pro-
ceed to fight. ' The general opinion now in the Burmese ranks
is, that the English are making fools of them in proposing
terms. The desertions fram the Burmese positions are very
great-50 to 100 per day. Upon the news of a treaty of peace
first reaching the King, he ordered the Europeans out of con-
finement, and placed them In an open garden of his own ; but
when the particulars arrived, he ordered them again into close
confinement.

r prom the ('aktitta Government Gazette of Nov. 28.)
The last arrival from Rangoon has, brought very little news
from our army in Awl. His Majesty's Royal Regiment had
embarked on board the boats of the flotilla, and proceeded to
Ycoundoon about the 22d of October. One of the guides
went to Ale.a.dy by water, in the boat of a trader, and re-
mained at that place six days. Whilst he was there, he heard
that at Illatoon, under Arnaibaboo, there were only 4,000 men.
At Pull°, on this side of Me-a-dy, 6,000. together with 30
guns of a►l sorts. He also heard, that 6,000 men had been de-
tached at Pattb. On the right hank there were 3,000 men, and
4,000 have gone inland towards 11Iaintloon.

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