The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-05 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, FEB. 4. —Wind northerly, moderate breeze,
and fine, but hazy.
DEAL, FEB. 3.—Wind, N.W. by W., light breeze, very
thick weather.—Arrd. George Canning, Ichaboe.
OFF THE WIGRT,FEB. 3.—Augustus, South Australia,
Sld. Sept. 12.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 3.—The Caroline, M'Cornish, arrd.
here from Girgenti, is discharging her cargo, being
leaky.
SCILLY, JAN. 29.—The Northumbria, Harrison, from
Cardiff to London, ashore on Crow Sound, has been as-
sisted off, and is now in St. Mary's Pool, and it is ex•
pepected must discharge her cargo.
MALDON, JAN. 31.—The Mary Ann, Mulley, of this
port, drifted ashore at high water, on the 27th instant,
and lay very bad, and has received considerable damage.
HAYLE, JAN. 31.—The Anne and Betty, from
Kinsale and Thurso, has put in here, with cargo heated,
and must discharge.
BOWMORE, ISLAY, JAN. 31.—The Lion and the Mary
Ann, ashore near here, are complete wrecks.
Lotronswxr,LY, JAN. 30.—Arrd. Ellison, Liverpool to
Newcastle, cargo shifted, loss of bulwarks, &c., having
experienced a heavy gale from W.S.W. to N., 25th inst.,
off the Lewis Islands.

Cons, FEB. I.—The crew of the Thomas Laurie,
which was abandoned Nov. 18, off Ichaboe, were picked
up and landed at St. Helena by the Crescent, arrived here.
CLAY, FEB. 3.—The Breeze, of Plymouth, from Mar-
seilles to Wisbeach, is ashore to the westward of Blake-
ney; cargo discharging in a damaged state; crew saved.
A head-board, marked " Livorno," has been picked up
on Clay Beach.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 3.—Wind N.W., light.—Sld. Gowan,
Newfoundland.

HULL, FEB. 3. —Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. The Jeanie,
Shields for Rouen, leaky, ani must discharge to repair.
A sloop, sith black masts, is sunk off Trusthorpe, in
about four fathoms.

FHE STRIKE OF THE PITMEN
IN THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES.
JUDGES' CHAMBERS, SERGEANTS' INN, FEB. 3.
( Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMA.N.)
DISCHARGE OF FOUR OF THE PRISONERS UPON A WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS.
Yesterday the application which was made to dis-
charge John Williams, John Poynter, John Harding,
and William Sillitoe, alias Salmon, four of the men who
had been brought up in custody from Stafford Gaol, upon
a writ of habeas corpus, on Saturday last, to be dis-
charged out of custody, on the ground of an informality
in the warrant of commitment, and which was partly
heard on Saturday before Mr. Justice Coleridge, the
further consideration of which was adjourned, was again
resumed before Mr. Justice Wightman.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the
prisoners.
The prisoners, previous to the strike, had been em-
ployed by the prosecutor, Joseph, Mitcheson, a person
who is called in the county of Stafford, a " buckey,"
that is, a sort of middle man between the workmen and
the proprietors of pits, who undertake to work certain
portions of land and produce certain quantities of coal
at a given price. It follows, then, that the object of
these men is to obtain labour at the smallest possible
rate ; and we are assured that it is to this pernicious
system that the discontent that has lately prevailed
amongst the pitmen is to be attributed. In the present
case, the prisoners had been engaged by the prosecutor
Mitcheson, to work at the Millfield• gate pit, belonging
to Mr. Sparrow, at Langton, and in consequence of the
strike the four prisoners were charged before
Harvey, Esq., a magistrate for this county, by their em-
ployer Mitcheson, f)r absenting themselves from work,
and were sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with
hard labour, in Stafford gaol.
Mr. Bodkin, in addition to the objections urged by
him on Saturday before Mr. Justice Coleridge. to the
that
legality of the warrant of commitment, contended
corpus:
did
the warrant, was bad, inasmuch as that
warrant that the pri-
sonersthe return to the writ of habeas corp
upon the face of the return and the _
at the time the oath was adminis-
tered were present which
not set
appearfort h
Mr. Justice Wightman, without calling upon the
Learned Counsel to go into the other points, held the ob-
jection to be good and fatal to the conviction, and made
have been
nt hseet*pforrotrutor, which he contended ought to
an order for the prisoners discharge out of custody.
[The order was forwarded to the gaoler of Stafford
gaol last night, and the prisoners will of course be at once
liberated.]

A LEVELLER.—A Correspondent informs us that
a clergyman, not twenty miles from Truro, caused a new
road to be made through the church-yard, which passed
over the grave of a widow, whose remains had only been
placed "in the narrow house" six weeks; and also over
several more graves belonging to her family. Not con-
tented with this, his reverence gave orders to the sexton
to level all the graves on each side of the path, because of
their unsightly appearance. This the sexton refused to
do; but the lady of his reverence, indignant at the refusal
of the subordinate functionary, and determined not to be
foiled, directed her gardener to level the graves, and
sat by in her carriage superintending this work of dese-
cration. It is needless to add that the feelings of the
living are severely wounchd by these proceedings.—
West Briton.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 4.
Parliament was opened this day by the Queen in
person, u ith all the usual state and pageantry customary
on the occasion. Though the ceremony is of annual
recurrence, yet it never fails to awaken an interest in
the public, which springs principally from the
loyalty and admiration of a people ever grati-
fied to see her Majesty in the enjoyment of
good health and spirits, but is also increased on this
great State occasion by a feeling of hope that looks for-
ward to the opening session as the period when the
difficult questions that enter into what are called public
affairs will be at least discussed, even if that discussion
does not so frequently as could be wished result in the
discovery cf a remedy for public evils.
No less anxiety was manifested on this occasion to
obtain admission to the body of the House of Peers and
the galleries, by those who could secure a Lord Cham-
berlain's ticket, and to obtain a glimpse of her Mejesty
on the line of tl:e procession, than by the far greater
number who were compelled to content themselves
with the more public part of the proceedings. This
anxiety was much increased by the report that, on this
occasion, the young Prince of Wales would accompany
her Majesty, a rumour which; however, proved to lie
unfounded.

The preparations along the line of route of the royal
procession were commenced at an early hour, and the
streets filled with people rapidly as mid-day ap-
proached. Carriages commenced setting down
company, principally ladies, soon after eleven
o'c!ock. From this time there was a continual
stream of arrivals, and by half-past twelve the side
benches of the body of the House, the gallery to the
right of the throng the strangers' and Members of the
House of Commons' galleries, and the space below the
bar, were crowded with elegantly-dressed ladies. There
was scarcely a place preserved vacant, except the front
Ministerial bench and the seat reserved fbr the Foreign
Ambassadors.

The throne and canopy formed a prominent object in
the brilliant scene the interior of the House presented.
A chair had been placed on each side, one for his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, the other for the young Prince
of Wales.
At one o'clock the appearance of the House was cer-
tainly beautiful. On no former occasion was there awn)
numerous attendance of ladies, and the whole area ore.
sented to the eye a mass of gay and light colours, re-
lieved by, the scarlet fittings of the House, and varied by
the waving plumes, wreaths, and jewels of the many
splendid headdresses.
Lord
.Wharncliffe was the first member of the Go-
vernment who entered the House. He was followed by
Earl Shaftesbury.
The Judges entered the House soon after one o'clock.
Among them we observed the Chief Baron Pollock,
Bar, ne Alderson, Park, Patteson, Platt, Williams,
Rolfe, Maule, Cresswell, and Chief Justice Tindal.
Lc rd Campbell, on entering the House, entered into
conversation with several of the Learned Judges.
The Lord Chancellor arrived at half-past one ;he
appeared to he is excellent health. His Lordship also
conversed with the Learned Judges,who were grouped in
front of the woolsack.
The Duke of Wellington was not long after the Lord
Chancellor ; he wore his Peer's robes ; he appeared to
be in his usual health and spirits.
At twenty minutes to two a flourish of trumpets an-
nounced the arrival of one of the Royal Family, and the
Duke of Cambridge appeared followed by the Duke of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz. His Royal Highness wore the
robes of a Peer; the young Duke was in uniform.
By this time every scat was occupied ; the attendance
of chiefs and members of the Diplomatic body was very
numerous ; their place was quite crowded. The number
of Peers present was not so great ; besides those we have
already mentioned, were the Duke of Buceleuch, Lord
Langdale, the Marquis of Camden, the Marquis of Win-
chester, and Lord Monteagle.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of
London were on the episcopal beech.
At precisely twelve minutes after two the first gun,
announcing the approach of her Majesty, was heard ;
it was followed by the sound of the distant cheers of the
multitude. The buzz of conversation instantly ceased,
all became expectation, and every eye was turned towards
the door. A few minutes elapsed, and the sound of
trumpets was heard in the passages leading to the House,
and the heralds entered, followed by the officers of the
royal household and the functionaries of State. Her
Majesty was immediately preceded by the Cap of Main-
tenance, the Duke of Beaufort bearing the Crown, the
Duke of Wellington bearing the Sword of State, and
the Lord Chancellor.

Her Majesty entered the House at a quarter-past two
and immediately took her seat on the throne. Her
Majesty wore a splendid white satin dress, a diamond
stomacher, arid diamond tiara ; Prince Albert
accompanied her Mikjesty ; be wore a Field
Marshal's uniform, and took his seat on the chair to
the left of the throne. Her Majesty appeared to be
in the enjoyment of excellent health.
The Peers, Peeresses, and company had all risen on
the entrance of her Majesty, and remained standing,
till her Majesty, bowing, begged their Lordships to be
seated.

The House of Commons were then summoned, and
shortly afterwards the Speaker, accompanied by several
Members, appeared below the bar.
The Lord Chancellor then presented the Speech to
her Majesty, who immediately proceeded to read it, with
that beautifully clear enunciation and expression, which
are go characteristic of her Majesty.
The Royal Speech will be found in another column.
Her Majesty having concluded, the Speaker of the
House of Commons bowed and left the bar with the
Members. The royal procession then left the House in
the same order in which it had entered, and their Lord-
ships adjourned during pleasure.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after half-past four.
LORD ELLENBOROUGFL
Earl Amherst and Earl Powis, preceded by the Duke
of Norfolk (Earl Marshal) ; Sir Charles Wood, Garter
King-at-Arms ; Sir Augustus Clifford, Usher of the
Black Rod, and Mr. Pulman, Deputy Usher, introduced
Lord Ellenborough, on his elevation to the dignity of an
Earl. The patent was read by the clerk (Mr. Rose) at
the table, and his Lordship was sworn, and took his seat
upon the second (or Earl's) bench with the usual
ceremonies.