The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-01 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHt PPIN G.

LONDON, FEB. 28.—Wind southerly, moderate breeze and
cloudy.
DEAL, FEB. 27.—Wind light and variable; S.S.W.
—Arrd. Main, Sproule, and John Bibby, Drysdale, China;
Sea Witch, Baker, Gambia • Shannon, Honduras ; Coverdale,
Benson, St. John's, New Brunswick.i Sid. Narishal, South
Seas; Orator, Madras; Symmetry, Ceylon.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Wind S.E., light.—Arrd. Great
Liverpool steamer, Alexandi ia. The John, aground off Ha-
milton's Bank last night, has been brought in here without
damage.
Covers, FEB. 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. Emetic, Wulff, Rio
Janeiro for Hambnrgh.
OFF TUE NEEDLES, FEB. 26.—Jane, Cape Coast Castle.
SouniAmr•rox, FEB. 26.—Shi. Montrose steamer, Lis-
bon, &c.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. Francis
Lawson, Martin, Ichaboe, crew sick ; Robert Clive, Mercer,
St. Helena. Off, Lucifraras, Van Duyn, Batavia for Am-
sterdam ; Ong Freres, Martin, Calcutta, for Havre; Neil-
son, of Glasgow, Bombay ; Maria, Havannah.
SWANSEA, FEB. 26.—Arrd. Sunbeam, Morgan, Cuba.
MlLFottn, FEB. 26.—Arrd. Hawk, Collins, Demerara, for
Clyde, out 66 days.
LtvEnrooL. FEB. 27.—Wind variable, and light —Arrd.
Hibbert, Bruce, Buenos Ayres ; F. A. Gairigues, Harnaman,
Ichaboe ; Margaret, Johnstone, Laguna ; St. Lawrence, New
York. Sid. Rosendale, Port Philip ; William James, Sin-
gapore ; Middleton, Iluenos Ayres ; George Canning and
lluskisson, China; Ripley, St. Thomas ; Fairfield, Jamaica;
Walpole and Washington, New Orleans.
CLYDE, FEB. 26.—Arrd. Cassandra. Rodgers, Ichaboe ;
Trident, Miller, Demerara; Canton, Nichol, St. John's, New
Brunswick.

STORNOWAY, FRB. 19.—Arrd. William Sonlie, Ichaboe.
HULL, FEB. 26.—S1d.Ockbrook, New Orleans ; Venerable,
St. Andrew's. It blew very heavily at N.N.W. yesterday,
but abated towards evening. A light schooner was ashore
on the Inner Bricks last night.
OFF PLYMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Maugasake, Bunnmeyer, Ba-
tavia for Rotterdam.
CORK, FEB. 25. Arrd. Camilla, Langban, Ichaboe. Off,
Eliza Keith, Scott, ditto ; Mary Campbell, Laguna, for
London.
BELFAST, FEB. 26.—The Lady Mary, sunk in Belfast
Lough, has been raised and brought up to the quay here.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 27.—The Manney, hence to Arica, put
into the Falkland Islands, with damage, having struck an
iceberg prior to the Bth of Dec. ; she was condemned, and
her cargo would be shipped to its destination in the Creole,
Stephenson. The Mary. from Ballyshannon to Runcorn,
was abandoned on the 21st inst., off the Copeland Lights, in
a sinking state. The Pollock, hence, ashore near New Or-
leans, has been got off and taken in there.
The Male,' in the Downs, from China, encountered a suc-
cession of violent gales in the China Sea, from Oct. 14 to Nov.
8, and saw several vessels dismasted; the Futty Bombarak,
of Bombay, was totally dismasted in one of them.

SEA-SICKNESS.—The usual symptoms are nausea,
vomiting, and subsequently weakness and nervousness.
Children are either not attacked at all, or only very slightly
Men of dark colour and rigid fibre suffer less than youths of
dark skin and hair. Those are most subject to the
disease who are fair, of lax fibre, and venous constitu-
tion. Persons weakened by previous diseases are
by no means predisposed to the disease, as Adan-
son asserts. Short-sightedness does not protect against
sea-sickness. Dogs, swine, and sheep are also occasionally
seized by it. The heaving of the boat is the cause of the
complaint. This heaving is exactly analogous to turning
round, intoxication. or pressure on the brain ; the n. vagus is,
therefore, chiefly affected. In moist and cold weather, the
complaint is more obstinate than in dry and warm weather.
First, heaviness of the head appears, dejection, melancholy;
then the head turns hot, the face reddens, nausea ap-
pears, then vomiting, after which relief is felt. Ob-
struction is a constant symptom, and even with a quantity
of different purgatives, the author could not produce any
stool for eight days, till the cessation of sea-sickness, when
evacuations ensued spontaneously. If no vomiting takes
place, obstruction is more obstinate, and likewise all
the other symptoms. In the torpid form the head
is more affected, and the nausea remains almost
without intermission. Chilliness, cold, suppressed func-
tion of the skin, and exhaustion accompany this
form. The appetite is not impaired ; on the contrary,
some relief is felt during meals. But, with the process of
digestion, suffering recommences. Horizontal position ope-
rates beneficially, particularly if the functions of the skin can
be promoted. The advantageous results of sea-sickness are,
that complaints of the chest are sometimes removed or ame-
liorated ; disadvantageous—digestive weakness occasionally
remaining, emaciation and tendency to plethora.—Medical
Timta.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION AND EMPLOYMENT
OF DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN.—A fancy-dress hall was
given on Wednesday at the London Tavern, in aid of t h '2 funds
of this highly laudable institution, and we are happy to say
that it was very numerously and most respectably attended.
Lord Paget, Sir M. Montetiore, Alderman larebrother,
Alderman J. Johnson, with their families, and many others
of note, were present ; and the whole was so admirably con-
ducted, that there was a total absence of that irregularity
and confusion so often met with at public assemblies. That
interesting Indian, MohamL6e, accompanied Mr. Roper (the
secretary) and his lady from their house, in Queen-square, to
the ball, and was an object of general regard and attraction
during the evening, from the kindly feeling which he was
known to have previously shown in his own country to British
subjects. The dance and other amusements of the evening
were kept up to an advanced hour of the morning, and we
doubt not that the result of the ball will be a handsome
addition to the funds of a charity that falls short of none in
its claim upon public sympathy.
THE MACKAREL FISHERY.—Several boats came in
yesterday with between 40,000 and 50,000 fish, which we're chiefly
bought up for the London markets at 16s. to 18s. per 100. Mr. (1.
Chessman's boat, the Kitty, had about 6,000 ; the Fanny and the
Eight Sisters, belonging to Samuel Andrews, about 11,000 between
theta ; W. ;Andrew's boat, the Industry, between 3,000• and 4,000 ;
May and Thwaites' boat, the Flora, 6,000 ; and three Hastings boats.
about 15,000. We understand that a Hastings boat, Belton, master,
arrived at Worthing yesterday, with about 14,000, which fetched 17s,
per hundred.—Brighton Gazette.
HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—The half-
yearly meeting of the proprietors was held on Thursday, at theofices,
in Villiers-street—Mr. C. Hawes in the chair. After some
which
they prelimi-
narybusiness, the Secretary read the report of the Directors,
toors: in
they announced to the Proprietors that they bad resolved open the
bridge to the public on the 24th of March, being Easter-Monday,
that for the four weeks folloWing the passage shotysh,,,i,
when
22d of of April every part of the works will titben
cordance with the resolutions of the getter n,. big of the Pt o-
prietors, held on the 15th day of February, last year, the Directors
have fixed the toll to be collected at one half-pointy for each pas.
senger. An objection was taken to the propriety of throwing open
the bridge to the public for four weeks, on e pound that the novelty
of the structure would induce a large number of persons to pass over
it for sonic time after its opening, and that, consequently, considerable
would arise therefrom for division among the Shareholders.
profit
was explained that although the bridge would be in a condition for
the public to pass over it on the 24th of March, yet that it would be
impossible to fix the toll-gates and tell-tales by that time; and that
the proposed four weeks' gratuitous use of the bridge would be a
benefit and gratification to thousands, and not result in any
pecu-
niary injury to the Shareholders. The Shareholders, however,
per-
sisted in their determination to oppose the rccommendat: commendation
thata ofthe
passed to the effect
Directors, and a resolution wasthe bridge
should not be opened till it was in a fit state for toll to be taken,
al:d that the toll be a halfpenny. It was next resolved that the
plan of issuing return tickets be postponed for the consideration of the
next meeting. The report of the Directors thus amended, and the
engineer's report, and statement of accounts, were then adopted.
GOLDEN HINT TO TRADESMEN.—A man of the
world, who keeps an early purl-house in Tottcaliam-court-road,
assures us he has avoided serving on juries by the following simple
method :—He lent the beadle, who came with a summons five years
ago, the sum of five shillings, and, strange to say, he has never seen
the beadle slnce.—Piete

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb.2B. ,
The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present
were Lord Brougham,LyrdCottenham, and Lord Campbell.

COOKSON V. COOKSON.
The further arguments in this appeal occupied their Lord-
ships the whole morning.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 28.

The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Imc-hall to-day, and
proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard
case of the Ludlow Charities.

ROLLS' COURT, Feb.2B.
The Master of the Rolls heard causes to-day, non• of which
were of any interest.

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Feb. 2s.

The Vice-Chancellor of England took unopposed petitions
and short causes to-day.

WINCH V. WINCH.

His HoNoun also gave judgment in this case, which was
argued before the Court on Friday last, on two petitions,
one on the part of Mr. Winch, praying that he might have
the custody of his infant daughter, a child about 13, and the
other by the mother of the child, praying that a reference
might be directed to the Master to approve of a guardian for
her daughter. The facts of the case, into which his Honour
entered at some length, are of the most painful description.
It appeared that Mr. and Mrs. Winch had been separated
for the last ten years, and that the latter had since
that period had the custody of the child, who was very much
attached to her. His Honour, after commenting most
severely on the conduct of Mr. Which, refused to make any
order on his petition. On the part of Mrs. Winch, however,
he should order that the child should still remain in her
custody, and that Mr. Winch should be restrained until
the further order of the Court from having any access to the
child. The Vice-Chancellor in the course of his judgment
stated that he had seen the child in his private room ; that
she was evidently an intelligent, though a sickly child, re-
quiring all the care that a mother could give her, and, as a
proof of the affection borne by the chi d to its mother,
his Honour stated that almost the last words the child said
on leaving him was, that she hoped he would take care of
her dear mamma.

In Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce's, and Vice-Chancellor
Wygram's Courts, no cases of any importance took place.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 28.

Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN, and a Common
417.)
PATTENDXN V. HUDSON.

This case arose out Lf an executicn made by the defendant
on the goods of a person, named Pollard, supposing that
they belonged to him ; but it appeared that the goods
in question were bought by the plaintiff, who now
brought his action. The question for the jury was whether
the transaction between Pattenden and Pollard was a bona
fide one. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, less 405.,
being the amount of some goods belonging to Pollard himself,
which were also seized by the defendant.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 27.

:Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Sir F. POLLOCK and a Special Jury.)

M'INTO6II V. THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff; who is a very ex.
tensive contractor for railways, against the Midland Counties
Company, for not performing the contract entered into between
them. It appeared that the plaintiff contracted, in 1837, to
make nineteen miles of railway for the defendants,
from Rugby to Leicester, which was to be ready,
with the exception of the laying of the rails, by the
Tst of May, 1840. A second contract was entered
into, to the effect that the plaintiff was to have the rails all laid
down, and the railroad ready for use by the Ist of Juhe,
1841, the defendants supplying the rails. If the contract
was trot performed in the specified time the plaintiff
was to forfeit 3001. for every day after that on
which the contract required that the railroad should be corn.
'deed. It was alleged that the work was not finished till the
30th of June, and for this 7,5001., were kept back by the Cote.
pany. It was to recover this 7,5081. that the action was brought.
the plaintiff alleging that the rails were not furnished in the proper
time.

On the part of the plaintiff, thedelay was attributed to the non-
delivery of the rails ; but on that of the defendants that cause was
denied, it being asserted that the rails were kept back purposely, as
the plaintiff was not forward enough to require theta—a state of
things which they candidly enough attributed, not to the negligence
of the plaintiff, but to the state of the weather and ground, over'
which he could have no control.

Sir F. Pou.ocL having summed up the evidence,
The jury, at half past 6 o'clock, returned a verdict for the plain.
tiff for 8,9121. Is. 10d., being the full amount of his demand to-
gether with interest.

FEBRUARY 28.
(Before Sir F. POLLOCK and a Common Jury.)
The cases which came before the Court to-day were of, an
ordinary description, and possessed no peculiar interest.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb 28.
;Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL
and a Special Jury.)
NASH V. HARMAN. _ .

The Court having heard the evidence on the part of: tha
plaintiff yesterday, proceeded to hear the defendant's care,
in whose behalf there were also a great number of witnesses
to be called.

THE TANNING TRADE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

RESPECTED FRIEND,—I respectfully and earnestly solicit
thee to publish in thy valuable paper the following remarks
on the proposed repeal of the duty on leather, believing, if it
take place, that the tanning trade in this country will be
seriously injured, indeed almost destroyed. The
.proposal, I
think, must be an oversight, it being the only deviation from
Sir IL Peel's principle in dealing with the tariff, that of re-
pealing the duty on foreign raw material, and giving en-
couragement to 13rish industry. There is a large amount of
capital invested in tanneries, and the manufacturing of hides
into leather employs a great number of fairly-remunerated
labourers ; the effect of extensive importations would be to
deprive the latter of employment, and to make the former of
. .

litile value. The present duty is so small That it protects the
public from having to pay a much higher price for leather
than it can be bought at abroad ; it also prevents foreign
labour superseding British. Taking into account the higher
price of labour in this country, arising principally from what
the labourer consumes, being more heavily taxed than it is
in others, leather is about. as cheap in England as it is else-
where. If the English manufacturer be to compete, without
protection, with the foreign manufacturer, it is only reason.-
able that the English farmer should compete, without pro-
tection, with the foreign farmer. If our labourers be to com-
pete, without protection, with foreign labourers, they should,
before the competition at least, 1 e placed on an equality ;
they should have th.-ir food as cheap, and to have it, the
taxes on food must be repealed : not to do so. would be to
legi,late invidiously, cruelly, and unjustly. I hope the Lon-
don tanners are exerting themselves to protect the trade.
I am, respectfully, A TANNER.
Litherland, near Liverpool, 2 mo. 26th, 1845.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in tl:e Week entling Saturday, the
221 of February, 1845." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Total. Average of
Five Winters
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 176 172
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lO3 114
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 164 167
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration 4OB 347
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 34 • 25
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

CAUSES OF DEATH.

-
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 9 6 .
childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. lB 11
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c ... ... 2
Old Age, or Natural Decay • 109 - 89
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 18 27
Causes specified... 1119 1030
Deaths from all Causes 1121 1039
Dia..xrits FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER