The Sun.
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ried that General's daughter : this is called his son-in-law on
the Staff, " contrary to the regulations of the Service !"
Sir C. Napier appointed his nephews to be, the one his Aid-
de-Camp, the other his Military Secretary. Those officers
are the sons of Sir George Napier, whose well-known services
and wounds would alone justify favour towards them, even
from a stranger, if they were worthy of their station and
descent. They were captains of regiments in India, one in
Sinde ; they had served with their corps and on the Staff in
England and at the Cape for years, and one of them took a
high certificate at the Military College of Sandhurst, where
he was educated : hence, being well acquainted with both
staff and regimental duties, their appointments were natural,
just, and military. This is called appointing his relations "to
lucrative situations !"
Had Sir C. Napier been capable of any sordid feeling, he
could, both of right and from precedent, have made his
nephews prize agents ; they have married his daughter and
his step-daughter, and it would have given them each at
least ten thousand pounds. Without hesitation, he appointed
as prize agents three officers of whom he knew nothing, but
that they had fought gallantly under his orders and served
their country welL
The other examples of "nepotism" adduced by Colonel
Outram, if there be any truth at all, are equally discoloured.
The Messrs. Curlings— for that is the name of which the
initials and terminating letters are given by Col. Outram—
are not near relatives of Sir C. Napier. They were relations
of his first wife, who died without children by him. The
reader may now judge the taste with which Colonel Outram
directs his reproaches against Sir C. Napier, not direct to that
officer who is close to him, but to me, his brother, at ten
thousand miles' distance. Need I say more? -W. N.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BASINGSTOKE RACES.—MONDAY.
The Basingstoke, Town Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added.
The winner tobesold for 120 L Heats. A mile and three-
quarters.
Mr. White's br m Teresa, 4 y-rs
Mr. Kingston's r c Sparsholt 2 2
Mr. B. Lintott's b g Waterloo, 6 yrs 4 3
Mr. R. Sowerby's b g Tom Tough, 5 yrs ... 5 4
Mr. W. Lintott'S ch c Young England 3 5
The Hackwood Stakes of 5 soya. each with 25 added. The
winner to be sold for 100/. Heats. Mile and three-quarters.
Mr. Smith's br m Beggar Girl, 5 yrs (Wakefield) 1 1
Mr. Parr's% m Norna Creina, aged 2 2
Mr. Bray's ch g Adrian, aged
Mr. Young's bl c Corinthian Tom 3 4
Mr. Love's br h Midas, 4 yrs
The Tradesmen's Plate of 4 sovs. each, with 20 added, a
mile and a half; was won in two heats by Mr. Balchin's
Sylvanus (W. Balchin), beating 11r. White's My Pet, Mr.
Bray's Paul Clifford, and Mr. Field's Devil-among-the-
Ladies.

LITERATURE.

THE PHARMACEUTICAL LATIN GRAM-
MAR. By Arnold James Cooley.
" This little book," says the author, in his preface,
" was written some time ago, at the earnest solicitation
of a friend whose education had been neglected in his
youth, and who was extremely desirous of ,instructing
himself in the rudiments of medical Latin." Within
the course of the next fortnight some hundreds of
medical students, situated precisely as was the friend at
whose solicitation this work was undertaken, will arrive
in the metropolis. To all such we would recommend
Cooley's " Pharmaceutical Latin Grammar" as an ex-
cellent and perfectly legitimate help for their preliminary
classical examination at the Hall. The author has
managed to condense an immense mass of instruction
into a very small space. The rules are short and clear,
and the examples are all given in medical Latin. There
are two appendixes, the first containing a great variety
of prescriptions parsed ; the other, all the usual con-
tractions used in 'prescriptions. The medical student
who is not well up in his Latin should lose no time in
procuring this little work.

REMARKS on the PRESENT STATE of. the
LAW of DEBTOR and CREDITOR; with
Suggestions for' its Improvement. By T. T. a Beckett,
Attorney at-Law. Second Edition.
We cannot say that this pamphlet presents us with
any new or striking view of the important subject to
which it is addressed ; but we are amused by the touch-
ing simplicity with which the author, after favouring us
with a copy of his letter to Lord Brougham on his Lord-
ship's original " Insolvent Debtors' Amendment Act,"
apprises us of the fact that, " not satisfied with address-
ing Lord Brougham alone, he sent a copy of his letter
to the Solicitor- General but from neither the one nor
the other did his communication receive any notice what-
ever." Very strange. But surely the experiences alluded
to at p. 40 might have moderated his egotism. " While,
however, the country at large" (he writes) " was under
this delusion with respect to the real character of the
Bill in question, .I perceived in it all the mischief which
it subsequently produced ; and before it became law I
strained every nerve to avert the calamity which would
befal the country were it allowed to come into opera-
tion with the powers with which it was proposed to in-
vest it. I sent letters to the press, which, coming from
an attorney, were doubtless considered as nothing more
than the scream of the vulture at seeing his prey snatched
from his beak." This is a capital figure—it is so very true.
But what induced Mr. T. I Beckett to assume that
Lord Brougham or Mr. Solicitor would be less saga-
cious or more complying than the editors whom he
had addressed? Mr. a Beckett would have done better
to have devoted his legal acumen to a searching exposi-
tion and denunciation of the " Small Debts Act," as it
was finally extorted from the Lords in the last agonies
of last session—a statute which is certainly the most
scandalous, unconstitutional, and oppressive in its enact-
ments that has been promulgated by the Legislature for
some years past. We are glad, however, to find some of
the opinions we published, pending its progress through
the Lower House, corroborated by Mr. a Beckett in the
following remarks:—
" One of the most formidable objections to the Act as it at
present stands, is the power given to the judge to decide
arbitrarily, all the cases to which the jurisdiction is to be ex-
tended to meet—a power possessed by no judge of the supe-
rior courts of common law, and too great a one to be in-
trusted to any individual, especially when it is remembered
that against it there is no appeal. By a strange anomaly the
judge does not possess the exclusive power of deciding on
matters at present within the jurisdiction of the court, the
Commissioners in these cases having a voice in the matter.
" One word as to the persons who are likely to be charged
with this extraordinary privilege, or rather, responsibility.
The judges are to be chosen by the Commissioners themselves,
and the appointments will be sufficiently valuable to cause
great exertion to be made to obtain them by those who, al-
though ally qualified to hold, them, may possess nothing but
a local influence and this legal qualification to justify their ap-
plication. If the former be great, they may be placed in a
most important post without being in the smallest degree
practically qualified to peform its duties. It may be that the
choice proves a fortunate one to the public ; but whether this
be so or no, when once made it cannot be recalled. It there-
fore becomes a positive duty imposed upon the Legislature at
a future session, to place some check upon the exclusive
power at present vested in the judge, not only for the satis-
faction of the suitors, but on the general principles by which
all well-regulated states profess to be influenced."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PonTsmoirrs, THURSDAY.—The Eclair steam-sloop
left the Motherbank in the night for the Quarantine
station at Stangate Creek. 'At the last report from her
yesterday only 18 white men were well on board; 23
were lying sick of the deadly malady.
The Government is loudly censured for not having
adopted prompt measures to check the disease prevail-
ing on board the Eclair after they were made cognizant
of the melancholy circumstances, instead of allowing the
vessel to remain helpless at the Motherbank for nearly
three days after she made her appearance and signalled
her awful condition.
Naval medical men consider that a couple of hulks
ought to have been sent without delay to the distressed
vessel, and the sick put into one and the able into the
other, and the steamer left for the time deserted. Such
measures'would at once have checked the progress of the
disease, whereas the neglect of such caution has already
proved fatal to three or fbur since her arrival, and malty
more may, we fear, be sacrificed to this want of proper
caution by
.the Government authorities.
We are informed that when the engines of the Eclair
were fitted, the surgeon, who was afterwards appointed
to her, Mr. J. Maconchy, wrote to the Admiralty, and
told them that in consequence of the very inefficient ven-
tilation, the vessel was likely to be very unhealthy, and
particularly so upon the station on which she was about
to be sent. That opinion, if given, was never acted
upon, and the officer who is alleged to have tendered it
has fallen a victim himself, fearfully proving the correct-
ness of his foreboding.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir Francis W. Austin, Commander .in-Chief
in the West Indies, was at Halifax (all well) on the 16th
ult. On the Ist of October the Admiral intended to pro-
ceed on a cruise of inspection to the various islands under
his command.
The Vulture steam-frigate, Captain M`Dougal, was
at Rio on the 30th of July,
The Philomel, 6, surveying-vessel, Commander Suli-
van, arrived at Buenos Ayres, from Monte Video on the
23d of July,
The Spider, 6, Lieut.-Commander Pym was at Rio on
the 30th of July.
The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, sailed from St.
Helena, for the Coast, on the 30th July.
The Albatross, .16, Commander Yorke sailed from
St. •Helena ea' Aug. 4for the Island of Ascension.„
The Dolphin, 3, Commander Livigne, arrived
ftt
Buenos Ayres, from Rio on the 4th July.
The Firebrand, 8, steam-frigate, Capt. Hope, arrived
at Buenos Ayres, from Monte Video, on July 19.
The Racer, 16, Commander Reed, arrived at Buenos
Ayres, from Monte Video, on July 19. .She bad been
aground on the Chico Bank, and the Firebrand went to
render assistance on the morning of the 19th, but she
had got off when the latter arrived.
The Comus, 18, Commander Thompson, left Buenos
Ayres for Monte Video on July 6.
The Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, sailed from
Buenos Ayres for Colonia on July 10, and returned on
the 23d.
The Gorgon steam-sloop, Captain Hotham, was at
Buenos Ayres on the 24th of July.
The Pantaloon, 10, Commander Wilson, in June last
fell in with a pirate. The Pantaloon gave chase, and
after some hours' pursuit the enemy tacked and crossed
her bows. The Pantaloon then hoisted the British en-
sign ; the enemy, however, would not show colours, and
the Pantaloon fired a gun, which the enemy returned
with a long 18 loaded with grape at the bows of the
Pantaloon, who then beat to quarters and fired a broad.
side, which fell short of the pirate, who, perceiving the
advantage she had over the Pantaloon, fired twice more
but without effect, and then made off under all sail, and
was soon out of sight. The pirate is supposed to be the
famous, or rather infamous, " Third of June," armed
with a long 18 amidships and four small guns. A pri-
vate letter from the Pantaloon, dated. Ascension, Aug. 1,
says—" We sail to-morrow for the Bight of Benin. Be-
fore our arrival here we drove ashore a large brig with
700 slaves on board. The Commodore has hurried us
off, as he has received intelligence that several large
slavers are expected in the Bight from Bahia. The
Penelope, 22, with the Commodore on board ; the
Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Duffil ; the Prome-
theus steam-sloop, Commander Hay ; the Lily, 16,
Commander Newton ; and the Sealark, 10, Commander
Gooch, are here. The Styx steam-sloop, Commander
Hornby, is ordered here."
The Grecian, 16, Commander Montgomery, and the
Seagull, 6, Commander Dicken, were at Rio on the 30th
of July.
The Osprey, 12, Commander Patten, was at Malacca
on the Ist of July about to sail for New Zealand.
She had transferred her specie which she took out from
England to the Wolf, 16, which lad sailed with it for
Hong-Kong.
The Conway, 26, Captain Kelly, which arrived in the
Mauritius from Bourbon on the 17th of July, we regret
to state, had been attacked ;with fever while at Mada-
gascar, which had carried off many of her crew. Mr.
Stretton, the purser, we are sorry to state, was one of
the victims.
DEVONPORT.—Tbe Growler steam sloop, Commander
C. H. M. Buckle, arrived from the coast of
Africa on Monday evening. She left Ascension on
the 18th of August, arrived at Sierra Leone on the
26th, whence she proceeded to Bonavista, where she
found the Eclair steam-sloop, with all her crew on
shore sick of the coast fever ; the only persons
on board the vessel were the Kroomen, the greater por-
tion of the white men being either dead or disabled by
sickness. Commander Buckle ordered the Eclair to
proceed to Madeira, where she arrived on the evening
before the Growler (Aug. 21). The Growler reports
that Dr. M‘Clure, who was coming home in the Growler,
having been promoted to the rank of surgeon on the
station, on hearing of the death of the surgeon and assis-
tant-surgeon of the Eclair, volunteered to go on board
and attend the sick home, but within five days he was a
corpse, a martyr to his zeal teal benevolence. Com-
mander Buckle, on arriving at Madeira, finding Dr.
M'Clure and several of the men in a dying state, ordered
the vessel to England (as stated in The Sun of Wed-
nesday). ,
The Heroine, 6, Commander Edmunds, is expected to
be ready to sail for the coast of Africa in a day or two.
The Nimrod, 20, is ordered home with African teak-
wood.
The Druid, 44, is ordered to be fitted as a coal depot.
paid off
into ordinary this day.
The Scylla, 16, Commander Sharp, will be
The Creole, 26, on the design of Messrs. Chatfield,
Reid, *and Cruize, the Committee of the School of Naval
Architecture, was launched yesterday. Miss Pyre,
grand-daughter of the Commanderin-Chief of the experi-
mental squildron, named the vessel.
It is pwo,yed.to erect a beacCdi Q the eastern ensug
• •

the Breakwater. Drawings are before the Board of
Admiralty fur approval.

THE RETIREMENT.

The Commanders at this port held a preliminary
meeting on Friday, to consider the propriety of pre-
senting a memorial to the First Lord of the Admiralty,
to take their particular case into his consideration. It
resolved that a correspondence should be opened with
the Committee appointed in London and at Portsmduth,
and a subsequent meeting held for the adoption of the
memorial.

DUTCH AND -FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS,- SEPT. 30.-.—The average price of wheat, in'
the week ending on the 27th of September, was 23f. 22c.,
and that of rye 15f. .53c.
At a moment when the-attention of the Government,
and of all those 'who- concern 'themselves about the
public interest, is fixed on the question of affording
subsistence to the labouring classes during the winter
season, the Governor of Hainault has recourse to those
persons who seem to be able to indicate the measures
which are calculated to prevent, the evils which may
arise from the scarcity and high price of provisions.
With this view, he has appointed a Commission in the
capital of the province, the first meeting of which is fixed
for the 30th of September.
Potatoes were sold in the market' of Brussels, yester-
day, at 13f. to 15f. per sack of 100 kilogrammes.
'The Journal of Antwerp says, " We are assured that
the 10th Regiment of the line paid, in the camp at Be-
verloo, for the kilogramme of excellent potatoes, only
6ic., and lc. at the line. It consumed-1,500 kilogrammes
daily. The contractor was ready to supply them, at that
price, for the rest of the year."
We have accounts of the arrival of considerable sup-

plies from Scotland, and other
.parts. We find,- too, that
in Holland, people are recovering from the panic terror
with which they were seized, so that potatoes had been
sold in the market of Amsterdam, for 6.25 florins
per maund, which, at the beginning of the week were
sold at 10 florins.—Brussels Papers, Oct. 1.
HEIDELBERG, SEPT. 27.—Yesterday evening, shortly
after the arrival of Rouge and his fellow-travellers, the
chiefs of the German Catholics in this city were sum-
moned to appear before M. Bohme, the chief magistrate,
who intimated that a re3cript of the Minister of the
Interior prohibited Rouge from celebrating divine wor-
ship here, or from delivering any public discourse. At
the same time, they were informed, that unless they
would pledge themselves to the observance of this re-
script, Rouge would be immediately obliged to quit the
city.. They accordingly gave the pledge required of
them.—Journal de Frankfort, Sept. 30.
THE HAGUE, SEPT. 29.—His Majesty, 'by a resolution of
Sept. 27, has ordered the ex-propriation for the public good
of such property as may be required for the iron railway be-
tween the Hague and Rotterdam.
We learn that several merchants have agreed to make pur-
chase of provisions in foreign countries, in order, when they
arrive here, that they may sell them without any profit, for
what they have cost.
A letter from Arnbeim, of Sept. 26, says," that the Estates
of the province have resolved on contracting a loan in shares
of 100 florins each, on account of the province, the proceeds
of which are to be employed exclusively in making advances
to those communes in which the local resources are not
sufficient to afford to the poor • the relief that may be re-
quired in the ensuing winter."
The Chamber of Commerce of Gwolle has induced some
merchants to import two or three thousand merids of po-
tatoes from Scotland. If this should answer both in quality
and price, others will be purchased. Similar measures for
the relief of the poorer classes are adopted in other parts of
the kingdom.
The officers of justice have to-day made a domiciliary visit
to .the house of L. Meeter, I. Dumee, and P. Mingelen, the
first 'editor, and the two other publishers of the journal the
Poyevaar, the Hague Miniatum or Nieuwsbode, and the Out-
waaklen :Leeuw, of which last paper only one or two num-
bers have been published.
These three persons have been arrested and confined in the
civil and military prisons. Their papers, together with the
copies of the second Number of the Outwaaklen Leeuw, which
was publiihed to-day, and of which only a few copies have
been issued, were seized.
Of the' twenty-one persons against whom legal measures
were taken on the occasion of the, disturbances that lately
took place heir, seventeen are dismissed. Two of the ring-
leaders in the troubles at Delft have been Arrested here.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 29.—A correspondent of the Courrier de
Anvers is justly surprised that potatoes find purchasers at
14f. or 15f. per sack, since it is now certain that at that price
more wholesome .and substantial food may be had. It is
proved by experiments that a kilogramme
.(21bs.) of bread,
or three-quarters of 'a kilogramme of meat,. or of beans, con-
tain more nutritious matter than three 'kilogrammes of pota-
toes. We cannot, therefore, too earnestly impress on the
people the advantage of considerably reducing their con-
sumption of potatoes, for the sake both of their health and
their pockets.
ANTWERP, SErr. 27.—Large supplies of corn, especially
rice and wheat, continue to arrive by sea ; so great a quan -
tity of the latter has arrived that the granaries are insufficient
to contain it.
Yesterday, 1,773 hectolitres of peas arrived from Hull.
A vessel from London has brought 41 sacks of potatoes,
and another a cargo of peas. Several cargoes of wheat and
rice have also arrived.
DUTCH F UNDS.—AsurrEm mm, SEPT. 29.

Money. Bills,
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. ••••• • • • . 60% 61%
Hitto, 3 per Cent • • • • • •
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent ••••• • • . • • 99% 99%
Ditt0,,331 per Cent.. ••••• • • • • ..... 90% 91%
Commercia Company, 4% per Cent .. 161% 162%
East India Loan, 4 per Cent.... ••• • • • 97% 97%
Exchange on London, at sight ••• • • ... 12 27
Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • • 12 20
On Hamburgh, at sight • • 36
• .• Two months.• •••• • • •
On Paris • • ••• ..
Two months • • ..
•Dutch Papers, Sept. 30.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRusszts, SEPT. 30.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••••• • • • • • . •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent—
Ditto Three per Cent
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
Ditto, ditto, 1840 • • • • • . .
Ditto, ditto, 1842 .• .
Ditto of the City, 1844 . • • • .• • • 100%
Bank ofßelgium• • . .
• AUSTRIAN FUND...
........
-Brussels Papers. Sept. 30.
5EPT.11752187216'4
Loan,
345
ppp eecrrr Cc
I:ns Cent.tt4.. 11
dittocu.i
t.t
oa 1 1 q... u... e a...
101%
Ditto, 1839 .... 129%
Bank Shares •• ••
Esterhazy's Loan ... .
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand' • • • • 220%
Vienna—Milan • .••• • • • • •• • . 131%
Oroggriitz •• •• ••• • • ••• •• • •• • • •• •• • • 150',
•Allgemeine Zeittmg, Sept. 27,

'NEW ZEALAND►:

The ketch Thistle had come into Sydney on the 28th
of May, bringing news from New Zealand to the 3d.
Another collision had taken place at the Bay of Islands
between the natives and the troops, in which fifty of the
latter are reported to have been killed; but Pomare, one
of the most mischievous of the chiefs, had been captured,
and was confined on board the Hazard, his entrench-
ments having been 'destroyed. A 'body of volunteers
had been dispatched to the bay, and when the Thistle
passed by it on the 12th of May the report of fire-
arms was distinctly heard. A squadron, composed
of the Hazard aad North Star, men-of-war,
and. the Aurora, Slainscastle, and Velocity, mer-
chantmen, were engaged in blockading Korora-
rika. The-schooner I Don't Know, which our readers
will recollect as having, according to our last advices,
ran into the bay with ammunition and been lightened
of it by the America' war-steamer in the harbour, has
been seized by the Government and removed to Auck-
land, where its owner, Mr. Waitford, is committed to
take his trial for high treason, on suspicion of colleagu-
ing with the natives. At Wellington the natives were
perfectly quiet, but it was understood that Rauperaha
had gone in that direction with 500 men, for what pur-
pose is not known. The Legislative Council at Auck-
land closed its session on the 22d April, with the fol-
lowing speech from Governor Fitzroy, by which it will
be seen. that he had no anticipation of the steps taken
by the Colonial Office to reverse his policy. The speech
runs thus—
" Gentlemen,--I am now enabled to adjourn this fifth
session of the Legialative Council—and to relieve you
for some time from such tedious and irksome duties as
those which you have so cheerfully and regularly exe-
cuted.
" I am fully sensible of the sacrifices which the non-
official members have made in giving up their time to
public affairs, and exposing themselves t- personal ob-
loquy, the certain consequence of political exertion in
whatever manner.
"It,must be satisfactory to the Council to reflect that
by their zealous endeavours very great reductions have
been effected in the current expenditure, and that the es-
timate for 1845.6 is 10,000/. (or one-fourth) less than
that for 1844.5, although the estimate for that year was
20,0001. less than for 1843.
" The estimated expenditure for this year is only
26,0001., notwithstanding that several distinct settle-
ments, so distant from each other, cause so much expense
on account of their separate establishments.
"In proposing that we should revert to the system of
raising a revenue by means of duties of Customs, I felt
extreme reluctance ; but there was no choice. Six
months' trial has shown that a revenue nearly sufficient
for the most economical expenditure on the public ac-
count could not, under the peculiar circumstances of this
colony, be raised by direct taxation.
" To have continued the trial longer would have made
the difficulties under which we are labouring still greater.
Having failed to prevent insurrection by removing the
restrictions of Customs, regulations, the chief motive
for their abolition ceased ; and, as the less of two evils,
their re-establishment became imperative.
"At the commencement of this season I had no an-
ticipation of such a disaster as that which befel Koro-
rarika. I considered that place sufficiently defended,
and I looked cheerfully at the prospects elsewhere. But
the fall of Kororarika has taught all a lesson ; and I
trust that improvement will be the consequence, after a
season of bitterness and inevitable warfare.
" British authority must be vindicated—but with jus-
tice and mercy."
The Van Diemen's Land papers are generally unin-
teresting as far as we have been able to glance over
them. Clerical disputes seems to be their staple. Wheat
is from 3s. Bd. to 4s. the bushel, manifesting an improve-
ment.—CaleultaStar, August 12.

. :
THE ITAnvEsr.7--Our accounts, generally; are very
Satisfactory, acid in regard to potatoes, much less unfavour-
able than had been apprehended. The disease in this coun-
try is much more partial, and far ,less injurious than in
England. At our Corn-Exchange to-day wheat again de-
clined.
At the opening there were some sales at T
decline of
from l.s. to ls.'6d. per barrel was submitted to.--Dublin Even.,
illy Post. , ,
SWEARING-IN OF THE NEW StIERIFFS.-011 • Sa-
turday the newly-elected Sheriffs, Messrs. Chaplin and
Laurie, were sworn in at Guildhall, with the usual forms and
• - - - . .
_
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cermouies,' .

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.
On Thursday night the ' monthly meeting of the
above Club was held at the British Coffee-house, Cock-
spur-street, which was very numerously attended. H.
H. Harrison, Esq., the Commodore, presided, faced by
Lord A. Paget. the Vice-Commodore, and supported
by Lord W. Lennox, &c.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read and
confirmed,

Capt. 117-HEELER (treasurer) read the financial report,
which showed that, after defraying the expenses (there
being no existing claim against the Club), a balance of
3431. 4s. 9d. remained in the hands of the treasurer,
being much larger than that of any previous year.
The COMMODORE, in bringing forward the long-pend-
ing motion relative to the well-merited increase of salary
to Capt. Frederick IT. Durand,lthe secretary, read a letter
from that gentleman, pointing out his heavy and onerous
duties, and showing that the average annual sum he had
received during six years was about 34/. ; and further,
that he had frequently negotiated for the sale of yachts
without receiving any remuneration whatever. The
Gallant Commodore then proposed that a fixed salary of
60/. per annum be paid to the secretary for his services,
commencing from Midsummer last ; and that he further
receive one shilling for each guinea he may collect.
Mr. MORGAN, after a warm and appropriate eulogy on
Capt. Durand, seconded the motion, which was carried
by acclamation.
Mr. BUCKNALL gave notice of a motion to the effect—
" That in future at the sale of every yacht, in which the
secretary may be applied to, he shall receive IL
The motions relative to the establishment of a new
club-house, and for altering the mode of ballot were post-
poned through the unavoidable absence of Messrs. Bey-
nell and Green.

The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected:
—W. Breynton, Esq., Temple ; E. Downs, Esq., Rich-
mond; E. J.l Maude, Esq., York; G. Richmond, Esq., Mil-
bank; R. Moseley, Esq., Maida Vale.
On the motion of Lord A. PAGET, it was unanimously
resolved that a trip of the yachts and members to Mrs.
Milton's, at Eritb, take place on Saturday next.
After thanks to the Commodore, Vice•Commcdore,
&c., the meeting broke up.

MELANCHOLY DEATHS OF A

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.

Both Houses of Parliament wet on Thursday profoi ma,
at a quarter-past two o'clock.
The Lord Chancellor the Earl -of Aberdeen, and the
Earl of Shaftesbury, the Lords Commissioners, having
taken their seats in front of the Throne, the Noble and
Learned Lord directed Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of
the Black Rod, to summon the House of Commons to
hear the Royal Commission for the further prorogration
of Parliament read.

In a few minutes afterwards Mr. Ley, and other
officers of the Commons, appeared at the bar, when
the Commission having been read by the clerk at the
table, •

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in her Majesty's name,
declared that the present Parliament was further pro-
rogued until Thursday, the 27th of November next.
There was no Member of the House of Commons pre-
sent—that body was represented by the clerks and prin-
cipal officers of the House.