The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, L9NDON,__SATURDAI_IS, -4842.

bett's friends would questionless encourage them to go to
the poll, even with an assurance.of defvt,-,11. they-could
hope to make an imposing stand. .-The'election of theircandidate is with these men a far inferior object to the
manifesting the growing strength of the Tractnrian
party. lt is for the friends cf Mr. Garbett to defeat
a purpose in its success so fatal to the interests of the
University and of the Church by a prompt declara-
tion. Not a moment ought to.be lost in forward-
ing votes to Mr.. Garbett's Committee, in order that,
if the suggested - comparison of votes be - resorted
to, the feeling of the Church and the cour,try
may be displayed in its full strength. In: this way
the members of Convocation --will most 'effectually
gratify' the expressed wishes of the mediators; ''clod
obviate the ineontienience of personal attendance nt a ,
poll. We must not disguise it that we .regret- the
interposition of the 250, who have addressed the two I
Committees,, and who have, as we think, embroiled
the contest unnecessarily. But we are bound ,to -do
them justice : we believe that a very great proper- I
tion of them are men who would sooner give their
tight hands to he burned than vote for a 7'ractarian,
although their lov; of peace induces them to prevent, if
possible, the signal condemnation of tl:e Praciarian can-
didate at the expense of the tranquillity Of the Univer-
sity ; some of the names subscribed to the. proposition
to mediate—and these, too, the most distinguished by
the station and genius of their owners=belOng, we know,
to men who will, if the question come to a poll, vote for
Mr. Garbett.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CHRONICLE.—We observed yesterday that the re-
peated visitations of the Government broker, as a seller
of. stock . for Bank notes, would bear extremely hard
upon the. Bull party; and so they undoubtedly have done;
but that expression, which may be applied only to spe-
culative jobbers, "conveys a Very imperfect idea of the
bad results attending this wretched Schein° for supplying
the immediate .wants of the Exchequer. The total of the
Unredeemed Public Funded Debt at the sth of-January,
1841, was 766,371,723/. .Is. Hid., whereof about
500,000,0001 bears 3 per cent. interest. The sales effected
by the Government broker since Saturday last have pro-
duced a fall of from 891 'to 884 in Consols, being a de-
cline of per cent., equal to 6/.55. per 1,0001., or 3,125,006/.
on the capital of the Three per Cent. Funded Debt,
estimating it in round numbers at 500,000,000/.
This affords clear evidence of the benefits which all
classes in the country have derived by, the acces-
sion of a monopolist Government to power. •• When the
best possible Finance Minister. of the best possible GO-
verninents was installed in office, his City friends were
loud and endless in their estimation of the advantages
which would flow from his able and eXperienced manage-
ment of the national resonrces.; 'but their tone-has new
undergone a most material change.. Good they cannot
say, and therefore preserve a becoming silence. We feel
no delicacy in telling the truth, and as we denounced
the funding scheme of the Right Honourable Gentleman
as a failure, and entailing an useless addition of
5,000,000/. to the fixed burdens of the country, so we
now expose its mischievous influence by showing that
it has occasioned a depreciation of more than
3,000,000/: in the value of the public funds. That
lOss, we grant, was not realised by 'the fundhold-
ers, beCause they did not sell their stock ; but it
must have been experienced by every individual
(pe;o rata) holder who was compelled to.sell for imme-
yliatifansfer,
,and therefore, although the market will
rally-when ' the Government operations are supposed to
be at art end, the crude, clumsy, and ill-considered na-
ture of. the. transaction itself, is no less deserving of
exposure. To-day the sales, on account of the Govern-
ment have amounted to about a further sum of from
200,000/. to 300,000/., making in all for this week, -about
800,0001: known to have taken place, but other opera-
tions may , have . been carried through clandestinely for
the, same account that have not yet transpired. The
amount of his previous sales we cannot, of course spe-
cify with certainty ; but have formerly estimated them
at 400,000/, giving an aggregate of 1,200,0004 I The
brokers are now of opinion that the:wpatspfMr: Gout
burn, are satisfied for a time, and that the market, will be
left undisturbed.
. .
POST.—The Spanish people..maybc disposed to be-
lieve that the advocacy of the Morning Chronicle is useful
to them, and not the less so because it sets common
sense and public opinion.wholly at defianee;, but if such
be the case they labour under a :niost.grievons delusion.
The Chronicle is employed day by . day.. in. the attempt to
persuade its raaders that Spain has been the most ex-
emplary ot nations in the observance of good- faith to-
wards her creditors, and that the bondholders have, in
truth, whatever they may say to the contrary, just as
little to complain of on the score of delays and postpone-
ments as have the holders of
.English Consols. This
is, as' every child. ten years of age must know, very out-
:_rageous nonsense ; and, however supererogatory may
be the interference, the Spanish people. ought not
to feeLangry with,
.us if we now and take upon
Ourseines,to expose it. There are few families. in the
kingdom that are not either directly or remotely
prejudiced by the financial irregularities of Spain.
The Active Bonds were extensively purchased
in the year 1835 • at—prices— a little above or
below 701. per cent ;, It' .to this cent in bank-
notes the stipulated interest be added; the 1001. bond
shOuld be worth at this time 97/. 10s. ; yet what is the
it •
actual value for cash at which is selling in the mar-
ket ? Our daily quotations-show that the struggle 'is a
hard one to maintain it at 231., so that the .Unfortunate
holder, whose policy it may be, whether fr3m necessity
or the exercise of a prudent judginent, torealise, loses
the whole of his capital, whatever may have been the
price originally paid.. If there be any misrepresentation
in this simple though melancholy statement, let the
Chronicle say so.. We take it for granted, however, that
he will be as mute on the subject as he is found to be
on all the important points aad questions on which we
challenged him yesterday*. Not one of the numerous
'string placed' befOre him does he feel himself competent
to meet, and. once more do we take occasion to ask the
Spanish people whether they can be so besotted as to
hope that their interests are to he served by the
partisanship of so wretched an advocate The
utmost that we have done has been to show the ex-
treme -danger of trusting.. to promises coming from so
very questionable a source. We retract nothing of what
we have said of the contrivance of making the overdue
coupons into the only really active and interest-bearing
stock. It was an artful and abominable Contrivance, and
we are well warranted in the assertion that it was resorted
to for the 'two-fold purpose of sinking the old active fo,
reign and domestic debt, and of setting on foot the .fie-
testable swindling and gambling to which the Regent
himself adverts in terms of reproach in his late address
to the Cortes. It is not the, Spaniards 'alone that are
damaged by injudicious advocacy. _The Americans, and
the holders of their stocks, United Stakes Bank shaves,
&c., but more than all, perhaps,' 'the holder's of the Ex-
chequer forgeries, have been compromisedby it.

IRELAND.
CITY OF DUBLIN ELECTION,
DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—The subscription list opened by
the Reformers to defray the expences of Lord.Morpeth's
election is rapidly augmenting. The Committee have
received the following contributions :—Franeis Stawel,
Ksq., Donerail, 101. I.os. ; M. E. Corbally,
Esq., 11. P., county of Meath, 50/. ; the Most Itti'verend
Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic. Archbishop of Dublin,
5L:i "Daniel Leahy, Esq., Shonaliill-house, Cork, 10/. ;
Daniel Leahy Arthur, Esq., 10/. A considerable number
of communications, enclosing smaller sums, have been
received by the. Committee.

Upon the. Tory side a very active canvass for subscrip-
tions is in progress, and they boast that upwards of
1,0001. has already been received. It is stated that the
address of Mr. Gregory will appear in the Dublin Even-
ing Mail to-night.

PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES.
In the Queen's Bench yesterday, judgment was given
in the case of " The Queen v. Smith," who had been
convicted of bigamy at the last assizes. fir Armagh. A
point was raised by Mr. Whiteside, Q:C., that his first
marriage was invalid, having been celebrated by a Pres-
byterian clergyman, between an. Episcopalian Protestant
and a Presbyterian. The Judges ruled in favour of the
point raised, and the prisoner was ordered to be dis-
charged from custody. The numbers were eight to two.
The two Judges in the minority were stated to be the
Hon. Justices Foster and Perrin.
This is one of the most important decisions ever pro-
nounced in a British Court of Justice, and it will have,
a
retrospective as well as a prospective operation. The
Presbyterian population of Ulster consists of upwards of
600,000 souls, and amongst even the most respectable
and opulent families of that persuasion, such marriages
as that which has been pronounced invalid are of every
day occurrence.
Already arrangements are in progress for bringing the
subject before the Legislature. Up to this time no question
has been raised as to the validity of those marriages.
The decision of the Judges will spread consternation
throughout the province of Ulster. - •.
DISTURBED STATE OF TIPPERARY.
_ _

• MURDER.—NEWPORT, JAN. 10.—On this day, in
Castlewaller-wood, near this town, *Denis Roughan, the
wood-ranger, was barbarously murdered by a miscreant
whom he caught in the act of felling a •tree. Roughan's
head was literally chopped off. It is evident it was done
with a hatchet. The inhuman murderer is known, and
in all likelihood will be made amenable to justice at the
approaching assizes.—/Venagh Guardian.
We asserted about a fortnight or three weeks ago,
.on
the authority of several respectable and trustworthy cor-
respondents, that the condition of Tipperary was such as
to excite well-grounded alarm in the mind of every well-
wisher to the peace of that great and noble county. This
assertion was not lightly hazarded—nor was it made with
a factious view. But a Tory paper published in Nenagh,
stoutly denied it, in terms by no means remarkable for
courtesy or decorum. A few weeks have elapsed; and
what is the fact ? In Saturday's number of the Tory
paper in question, the assertion we made on the autho-
rity of our respectable informants, is fully confirmed.
This paper gives a list of no less
,than thirteen outrages,
some of which are said to be attended with very awa-
vated cireurastanees,—Limerich lieportfr:

The further examination of W. Hitchcock will
be resumed at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-
street, on Monday next, the 17th inst„ at 11 o'clock,
before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd—that day having
been appointed by the Learned Commissioner, in pur-
suance of an application 11144 e WI Tile 41.3 y last,
THE VACANT junqgsHip...._We
give the
following as the current rumour in Westminster llall
this morning, although we feel bound to add, that
many gentlemen of the long robe do not place implicit
belief in it:—The Attorney General (Sir Frederick
Pollock) to succeed Mr. Justice Bosanquet as one of the
,Judeg4 Qf the court of Common Pleasj_ Sir William
Follett to bp AtterueyT(fenP P4l/ all 4 4r. P!T§sweii;
Solicitor-General, Tay paper.

FRANCE. -;;----' .--
CHAI;IBER OF PEERS. :s r r
CONTINUATION OF TUE DISCUSSION ON THE ADDRESS.
The Marquis de 'Boissy, after Alluding to the quarrel
between France and Russia; which had converted grave
diplomatists into capricious beauties, feigning cold and
shirking visits, passed to Spain, ad showed how fully
late events proved the mistake that France had made in
countenancing the re 'Volittiblinry party in Spain. Carlos
and Christina ought-TklitiVe7lieerqreated alike, and also
their hopes and ppartieS. The preSentAonduct of Espar-
tero showed that he was ready for the last act nsurpa-
tion. He who had assassinated hikaolit cOMiiides, Would
not start befare anything. ' isTdflant thiithe'(the-11farquis
de BdiasyY was delighted to See the Spa
cutting; each other's threats; At lii-ime4ieTwould.dernanit
of,the GoVeriinient 'greater 40,4. 44,4: atonid haVe. it
to penetrate amongst the 'skret so4eitT, in ern:at .theal.
Ile would repeal the laiii Which rendered eriiniL4r;ilie
press amenable to the Jury-, and he would ia4estae .the
penalties against members of. secret so-2ietiess,, rn of
property would rally round the G'overriment, :44 sir i.p-
terests were protected, ankl if the solemn enagf, Ms
made to them were not year after year Io .. o,re
was, for instance, a treaty spoken of betweeni,,,, 4tlh
and France, which would prove , the ruin Ofqam. Mors
Of mines, lands, and Manufactures... The. ,ye.T.,itii.rtn-taqur
was a calamity. The treaty withllollan dWia6Pftnießqos
4,
but this would be infamous. Such pan4,,tact wolaig,,alfe- ,
nate. from it the support of' all inen of property. iffgt)ie.
three political parties in France, the. Radical partypos-
sessed nothing, the Dynastic party somewhat, but the Le-
gitimist party owned five-eighths of property of all kinds.
Count Mole protested against such arguments. They
calumniated the country..
The President could not allow .a
great portion of the
country to be thus represented as hostile to the Grovern-
ment..
M. Guizot said that a Peer could not thus publicly and
Officially speak °f a- Legitimist party existing without the
laws and constitution—
And, added M. Teste, Masters of the destinies of the
country. - • Thu.., Marquis de Boissy explained, and .offered to re-
tract any expression of the kind.
M. Guizot begged he would also retract the expression
of executioner applied to a man who was the depositary of
Royal power in another country.
The Marquis consented to withdraw,the expression,
Count Montalembert rose and said, that though ,not,
disapproving the whole . of the address, he still objected
to its first phrase,
.which approved the foreign policy of
.the Croverinnent ; and to 'its histrwhich promised seen-•.
city for the future. He had not considered the treaty. or
July as a cause., of war, nor joined in the choler *inch
it excited. • But he saw no-neeessity Sor,ha.stening,iback
to what was called the European concert. The neyriPon-,
vention was but a repetition of' the.treaty of Unkiar She-,
lessi. The secret article of that treatyshut the Straits.
The Convention does this for. Russia,-gives her up the
Black Sea, and renders her mistress at once of the Cir-,
cession coast and the mouths of the Danube. England
gains nothing thereby ; Germany loses the free naviga-
tion of the Danube ; whilst France has lost her credit
and honour. To have signed this could only have
prOceeded from the empty desire of enobling the
name of France with those of the peat Powers,
amongst whom it had not found a sincere friend. '
'Though he was a partisan of movement in foreign po-
licy, he would resist movement at home. He was
ready to Support not merely this or that Ministry, but
any Ministry, in presence of the events of Clermont and
Toulouse,'And of the resistance caused by the reßensement,
and of the disorders caused by the press. To the liberty
of the press, guaranteed by the laws, has been. joined
the liberty of insurrection, guaranteed by the deplorable.
indulgence of the Jury. These two liberties are. too
much. One is quite enough. He would not ask for •
new laws of represSion ; but he would beg all honest
men to show themselves sensible of the dangers :which
menaced society, and ready, to unite to combat them.
On the grounds of lower life vs forming an overwhelm-
ing mass of people, who neither loved, feared,' believed,
nor respected anything. The noble orator- then proved
the cause of all this in the absence., of religion, in the
want of respect of Sunday shown even by the workmen
of that very palace. The Minister of Public Instruction
would not allow ecclesiastics to teach unless they passed
the University examination. But was not this very Uni-
versity, by its doctrines, one of the causes of the reign-
ing immorality-. ? What a country 'was it, when a grant
of 200/. a year to re-establish- the archiepiscopal chair of
Fenelon tailed forth protests-from every town and from
every Journal ! The Noble Peer terminated by giving
his warm support to Government.
The Minister of Public Instruction said, that nothing
that he could say in defence of the, University would be
equal to what it deserved, and he - was sure that the
young and honourable speaker who had assailed it had
done so without reflection: •
M. de llontalembert. replied that if' the University
had been founded, as he had no doubt it was,, with reli-
gious and monarchical views, it , had badly performed its
mission, for never were Monarchical and religious senti-
ments more rare in France:
Count D'Alton Shee, after alluding to the sircum-
stances under Avhich the Convention ofJuly 13 had been
agreed by the French Government, said that they were
decidedly unfavourable to the system of isolation. There
was a time (added . he) when, the syniptiihies of other
nations for France were warm anti vivid; btit they were
now extinct. What was the positiorWtifilFrance as re-
garded foreign nations ? The natiohility of Poland
was destroyed ; Austria had consolidated her domi-
nion over Lombardy ; the Rhenish
.provinces would
now only receive the French with thel suing of a Ger-
man Marseillaise ;• -Spain would reeei ire the, French aS
in 1812, only with the cry " Death to the", French." The
French had lost all their alliances and all the-Stmpathiea
which were once felt towards them. NVliere then, 'would
have been the chance of success from the Xyatain bfisblie;-
tion, the principle of which was an appeal to itati'dia
against their rulers? It had been' said that the systeni
would have proved a ruinous one to other. Powers: • It
Might have been so, but it would have been still more
ruinous to the French nation. IC had also been said that
the Convention of July contained nothing by which tlii
French were gainers;, he would reply that their gain a-`s
the abandonment of the system of isolation, and the eon:,
sequent faculty of restoring order in the finances,- and
this he called a result of importanee. ' '
• Count de St. Priest said he would take this opPorfu::.;
nity of noticing the alltisions' *hich had been inn& 'lta
Spain. lie did not know `how 'the question of ' etiquette
which had arisen on the subjectftif X de Salvandy's erii-
bassy would be solved, but he begged to remind the
Chamber' that thelOrtivili°'rof.Frande3.lfait, at all times,
made:a distinction beftiVegi"Retent4;iebording as they
were invested with the title:-of Royalty, or otherwise: The
Queen received direct the letters' addressed to- the King,
who was- A Initioi ; under a, simple Regent, they were
presented 'WO, minor himself '. Such- was the Mode of
proceeding Find -he trusted :that *the 'application of the
principle*ould not create any serious difficulty between
two -nationsav?hieh had been so long united. - -
The Marquis- de. Dreux Breze observed, as regarded
Spain, thaV the check which French interests had re-
ceived, in' that country- were to be attributed to' the
abandonment of the salutary principles upon which the
policy of France, from the time of Louis XIV:, had been
based. The treaty of the Quadruple Alliance had, he
said, led to two evils, viz., a false alliance with England;
and an imprudent alliance with the Spanish revolution.
With reference to the convention of July, the Nbble
Marquis sald,—" We have doubtlessly returned to the
European compact, but we find ourselves in this position
in it—disdained by Russia, duped by England, and disap-
pointed in our hopes in Spain and in the East."
WEDNESDAY'S DEBATE.
M. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, first occupied
the tribune. He had risen the day before to answer the
'observations of M. de Dreux Breze, who commented on
the silence of the Royal Speech with regard to Spain.
Negotiations were still pending between the French and
Spanish Governments, which inopportune explanations
might have the effect of interupting. The French Go-
vernment approved of thee Treaty- of Bergara, and as to
the reports current respecting the last insurrection, and
the participation .or favour shown to il by the French
Government, he declared them totally without- founda4
tion. When the Spanish. Government addressed that
of France, to take measures against the Carlist mats
contents who threatened the frontier, the French Go.
' vernment dial not hesitate to send those malcontents
away from the frontier into the interior. . When simis
lac- application was made with respect to 'Christine)
refugees, the same-. attention was shown, the . same
conduct followed. One demand alone, needless to
state, was refused.- The .Spanish Government must have
foreseen.- refusal,.'; nd,comprehended its being given
frankly and categoricaltyw,,Etesides (added the :Minis-
ter), haul we beeh inclined for recrimination, which we
never were, we might lia.ve,cast up to the Spanish Govern-
ment these public meetings, these menaces, these decla-
rations., against France.andits King, made by grave and
responsible personages, and tending to insinuate that new
however amply afforded, we
insurrections would be fomented in France. From such
Werecrimination,. now too well the difficulties
besetit iforaetile
egovernment- We
' subjectsalwhichay s
inaohsf
such
ctahi
eceirdabstained.
nlstaannde e
si t s
relations with
Guizot then passed
know the headlong curr_e.nthteof,.,pQonplyu,lartkpheeyaa...a.piaoanniraaTihme pa-
cification
allour,
Governments,
;policyof:
aStain ,
i Madrid.
m.
ph re.-
-to : the., Eastern
justified and
lating' to it, and justified the signatures affixed to
the Convention of July, la, . It .resulted clearly that
the Pacha of Egypt was re-established, and his
law of Europe, France
estab-
lishment recognised, and that the Porte had entered
Vitiations which
brought about the treaty of the 19th of July, and. main-
tained that all-that had taken place i
.11 the affairs of the
lionadcekimstorneoitihitoingthienindtiegruniattyioibiayl
the
;lo
East was beneficial to the whole of Europe. M. Guitot
protested that the French Government felt the greatest
populations which
iwnetrereepslt in the
ecedu fate of
t thosehe
dom Cinhaitrotnianof
the Ottoman em-
pire,and under this feeling ), they .
ad never ceased- to
impress on the attention of. that Government - and on
Europe, that the greatest danger which threatened the
Turkish empire was to be dreaded from the oppression
with which its Christian population was treated, and that
disappear,
ameliorating their condition th
Count Montalembert complained of. the establishment
of a Protestant Bishop in Syria.
e danger would instantly
observations or ex-
The general discussion then closed, d,:lf. iti Genusizr9ot hltdi ecvelitneed ibis
ma. king Iv
and re-opened on
the Address, article by article.
prepOsed the insertion of the fol..
• ' The two first paragraphs were adept without fur-
ther disc't*Qii!
M. DtHarcenta then
I.oWialff additional paragraph :----
" We address also our hopeS to your Majesty, that in
concert with your Allies, you may cast your friendly re-
gards upon a nation injured in its rights and in those
liberties which were guaranteed to it by treaties,"
This agjendment, eembnied 4 Coda bejoan, and
giPPort94 by 9.:niiit Woollembert; Was put to the vote
by non' aild 410illgt Two.triOs of 43 kißd gall), a
i ~ ~• . •
.:.,....._
.

-On a thir4- trial th amendment was
Eidopted, but by a feeble-majority.

•
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ThE ROYAL CHRISTENING.
.
I:viNDsoll, TuottsoAli.7-The day for the celebration
of this important national event has been now determined
tIPOti. It has been fixed for Tuesday, the 25th instant,
the invitations, for that day, to those distinguished per-
sonages who will be present at the ceremony, having been
issued by the Lord Chaniberlain.
Tht whole of the extensive preparations now in pro-
gress in the private, and State apartments at the Castle,
and also in St. George's Chapel, and Cardinal Wolsey's
Hall, under the superintendence of Mr. Saunders, of the
Lord Chamberlains department will be brouolt. to a cloSe
at.an early hour on the day preceding.
An alteration having just been made in the construc-
tion of the chimneys to the six large stoves in St. George's
Chapel, a temperature of a considerable higher degree
has been obtained, which will thus render any further
Additions to the stoves at- present placed there tinneces-
sar3-. •The iron chimney of each has been carried, hori-
zotitagy, about ten feet from the floor, along the sides 'of
Ilteghttpel for several' yards, before it ascends and pro-
bee& through the windOw above. From these chimneys
considerable degree of heat is emitted. This day the
thermometer in the chapel was at 48 degrees, and an addi-
tional temperature of six degrees is expected to be ob-
tained. by the day of the christening. .
A. sufficient number of bed-rooms and dressing-rooms
have been prepared at Frogmore to accommodate,
separately, thirty of her Majesty's distinguished guests.
,Several of the rooms in, the round tower will likewise be
fitted up, in order to afford similar accommodation to the
Royal visitors. •

Three large Gothic bronze chandeliers, to be lighted
with gas, are immediately to be suspended from the
lofty ceiling of the new riding-house, and upwards of
sixty additional gas-burners are to be affixed in various
portions of the passages and stabling connected with the
riding-school.
The Gothic chandeliers will be suspended from the roof
by means of cleverly constructed telescope tubes, or slides,
so that the lamps may be raised or lowered at pleasure,
without the possibility of an escape of gas.
The flooring of Cardinal Wolsey's Hall (at the en-
trance to which, where a temporary erection will be con-
structed, the whole of the Royal and illustrious person-
-ages will alight upon their arrival from the Castle), will
be covered over throughout with the patent cocoa-nut
matting, which may be described as being " as thick as a
hoard." The floor of the choir and the aisles and pas-
sages in St. George's Chapel, through which the proces-
sion will pass, will be covered in a like manner.
No additional fires will be placed in Cardinal Wolsey's
I Tall,
Around the interior of this edifice splendid seats will
be erected for the accommodation of those who attend
the-ceremony.
A great timber of upholsterers' men and others are
now busily engaged in arranging the new bedding and
other descriptions of furniture in the private and state
apartments.

- The oratorio of "Hercules,"from which a grand march
has been selected by his Royal Highness Prince Albert
to be performed in. Saint George's Chapel, during the
ceremony of the christening, was composed by Handel in
1744. This march• was played by the organ and full
band at the last installation of Knights of the Garter, at
Saint George's Chapel, in 1800.

THE WELLINGTON STATUE.
Mr. Weeks, the sculptor, has addressed the following
'letter to the Editor of the Times
•"SIR--I am of opinion that artists should never mingle
in newspaper controversy, but I feel myself compelled to
remark upon a passage in the letter of your correspon-
dent J.' on the subject of the Wellington Statue.
)".As a false inference may be deduced therefrom as to
my-position with regard to that great work, I feel as-
sured that you will allow me space to set myself right
with the public in that particular, and thus I trust to
terminate this unpleasant personal discussion.
" Your correspondent has, for ought I know, quoted
the terms of the will correctly. The entire establish-
ment of the_late Sir Francis Chantrey has been for many
years under the superir tendence' of Mr. Cunningham,
and continues to be so still. The indefinite wording of
the passage certainly gives room for the conclusion that
artistical supervision is there meant. Such, however, is
not the case, as during the whole term of my engage-
ment with the late Sir Francis, I have never seen Mr.
Cunningham engaged as an artist upon any of the works
in the studio ; his 'undoubted talents in other respects
far be it from me to deny. This is the real point at issue,
and all that I feel interested in.
" When your correspondent J.' was quoting the will,
he might have been generous' enough to have extracted
another passage in it, which bequeaths me the sum of
1,0001., .coupled with a condition which gave it great ad-
ditional value, inasmuch as it was declaratory of the im•
portance Of my services ; and here it becomes me to
acknowledge the many acts of kindness I have received
from the late truly great sculptor. To . him lam in-
debted for a recommendation to many commissions in
sculpture; on some of which I am now engaged ; among
thein.rmay name the figureS for the Oxford Martyr
Memorial, -a monument of one of the masters of,the
versity of Oxford, and numerous busts,' including one of
the Speaker of the- House of 'Commons. I should not
have mentioned these facts, except as conveying a; tri-
bute'of reSpect to a deservedly eminent man. . •
" I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, • Belgrave-place, Jan. 13. "HENRY Y WEEKES," ,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Warspite, 50, Capt.
Lord. John hay, hauled off from . her hulk to moorings
yesterday afternoon, preparatory to her going out of
harbour, which it was intended she should do this day,
but as the wind is right in her teeth, and blowing fresh,
she will be compelled to postpone her departure to Spit-
hp4funtil,the wind moderates, or becomes more favour-
able. A steamer of the first class, with great power, is
much wanted here to assist vessels out of harbour, as
the: Echo, Government steam-tug, which is usually em-
ployed in towinm vessels out to Spithead, is not suffi-
ciently,powerfurte take out a large ship like the War-
4ie, in the face of even a moderate wind. At the
time the Queen went out of harbour the Vixen
steam frigate was sent for specialry, to assist in taking
her4mt. The Warspite will sail on Saturday. The North
Sea who are to take her and the Vindictive into
tfiC' Port'Where his Majesty the King of Prussia will mi-
. bark; arrived here yesterday, having come round for the
express purpose of undertaking this duty. It is not yet
known in what particular vessel his Majesty will embark.
The Warspite has been ordered to get a Prussian stand-
. and from the dockyard, to be ready in the event of his
Majesty preferring a sailing vessel to a steamer.
The Vindictive, 50s Captain Toup Nicholas, which is
to be the consort of the Warspite in conveying the King
of Prussia to England, has all her running gear up, and
will bend her sails to-morrow. Every exertion is being
made to get her ready for sea by Saturday.
The Alfred, 50, CommodornPurvis, will not be n a
sufficient state of forwardness to form one of the squa-
dron to attend on the King of Prussia, as she will not
be ready 'for sea within three weeks. The squadron will
consist of the Warspite, Vindictive, and Formidable.
It is expected that Admiral Sir C. Seymour, one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, will hoist his flag on board of
the' FOrmidable, and accompany the squadron on this
special mission.

The Conway, 26,--Captain Bethune, is now completely
stripped, and will be paid off to-morrow. Many of her
hands are still on the sick list.
The Rapid. 10, Lieutenant,Commander Earle, is ex-
peCied to be ready to proceed to her destination, on the
Coast of Africa, by the end of next week.
The. Thunderbolt, a new Government steamer, is to
be launched here this afternoon.
Ship at Spithead--The Queen.
Ships in Harbour—The Warspite, Vindictive, Carys-
fort, Rapid, Nautilus, St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
and Royal George.

RO
?AL JENNERIAN AND LONDON VACCINE
INSTITUTION.—On Thursday the annual meeting of this
Institution
,took place at the George and Vulture Tavern,
Cornhill, and was attended by Dr. Epps, Mr. Davis,
Mr. Raid, Mr.' Henry, and several other Governors.
The Chair: was. taken by •Robert Elwin, Esq., when
the Report was read, from, wbich it appeared that the
Committee had carefully iiatelied the effects of the Vac-
ciliation Acts; and fbund 'that, notWithstithding its 'faci-
lities for parochial vaccination, ,the. same imperative ne-
cessity for this institution rernain9d, thfl,9l,l,ulPkiets tvae-
einated during the
,year havipg ~Xhe,pyard,
of Management' had applThhio 'lto' die parishe,
and unions for peeunitirjr aid, hut lit' Akaii in rifiry,'
that their demands were not withid the zeope. of the. Act
of Parliament. An-appeal had also been made to the ~ Poor-law Commissioners, who returned an answer on the
.9th of December, in which they admitted the' itdvantages
of the establishment, but thought it had do" clairn on
the parochial funds. Letters were read from Dr, Mur-
ray, of Trinidad, the re-presentative of NeW Grenada in
this country, and from other places in the four quarters
.of the world, which ,testified. the efficiency of -the virus
supplied by the Institution. In conclusion,- the' demise
of W. Cordell, ,Esq., late Medical Secretary, was much
.regretted. The receipts for the year amounted to 5001.
only, leaving the. Institution inonmbered with a debt of .
of 2201., which it was hoped a benevolent public would
shortly extinguish, considering that the Institution, since
1606, has vaccinated 174,000 patients, and sends;-the
virus to. all quarters of the globe.. The report was
adopted, and Dr. Serny was elected in the place of Mr.
Cordell.. A vote of thanks was passed to the Medical
Council and the Board of Management, when Dr. Epps
and Mr: Davis returned thanks, the latter of whom
stated, that notwithstanding the Vaccination Act, Dr.
Epps ,attended from 50 to 100 patients daily at the Insti-
tution. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the
meeting adjourned.

ACCIDIINT FRO SNOW-BALLS.--Thursday
afternoon, between four and five o'clock, as some boys
were amusing themselves in Salisbury-square, Fleet-
street, by throwing snowballs, a lad named Cooper,
aged ten years, received one of them in his eye. The
ball having bqeti thrown with considerable violence,
liter crushed the poor boy's eye in its socket, and
inflict.ed a severe wound above the lid, whence the
blood flowed profusely. On being conveyed to the house
of a medical gentleman in the vicinity, the wounds were
dressed, hat *ere is scarcely a hope entertained that the
144 will ever recover-the use of his eye. There is little
doubt but that, in the hasty construction of the snow-
ball, a sharp stone had been inadvertently introduced,
and was this the cause of the accident.
The Brighton. Gazette magnificently rrmarks,
"American purity would 1.101 tolerate Madame Vestris,
although actually tnamied to Mr. Matthews : what has
egt(n4 it to-alikp in, the case of Dr. Lardner ?"
Between five and six o'clock yesterday morning
a fire broke out in Chelsea College, but which, by the
assistance of the pensioners and fire-brigademen, was
got under bercore much clantav was done. •

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