The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

SIMMARY OF NEWS

AND
Vtibltt 14 l)titt011.

" Who rums may read."

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The pr e *;.OREIGNe
e,441,1 EepiZeu.oPPosit; au Journals are furious with M. Guit
"I" " '' 14-conrequence of the declaration of Sir R bee
r.
gtel'..-7S-Iledthetlib°l4.e r,f Commons, that Lord Aberdeen had not ettoood e creriltLest of Algiers by France. 41kir h...P"-;•" The conduct of our Gover.nTmhenel:l;n". this
114111: e_Deell pitiable. M. Guizot was wantin'e in dignity
Pleright "!"'rket about a ri. lematit• coeversatirdn establishings
111"
. ji)
i b el. b. t
hif ei5,„,... ' It was shameful to al_ow to E.', Ma f. the su jec
o:40, Cmllatl7:. Aut the cuie of 'hum-illation is filled to the brim
'44ldlY holds rtubtert Peet gives the lie to M. Guizot, and
341Properi hack tehe adlieeorr of which our Minister had so
etsek,rk .3' boa tips
This is what is gained by seeking for
N1130;111.11 ai! truderstandit ig with Foreign Powers. It is now
Nr ltohl3 knee M. Guizert made the speech against which
te rt p i
e 4 Obs ee now
I,lle r erved, and wr .
yr otests. Why hag so long a silence
Y has this tardy quarrel taken place?
./qt,....atieherrt 1, that pit Guizot has :seen compelled bv the
'enter 8 postpone. the ratification of the Treaty for the
ht. this . eareh. The English Oovernment revenges itself
fit adoptsbi, creating embarrassmer ts for M. Guizot, or rather
`with opts
the
kind of 'proceedirir, 'which has always succeedPa
'with to co nd throws out pia affair of Algiers as ame race, in
f'f
The hi...t0...n0 to a compromise about the Wild
•oe en ' .
"14 üb' 4'l7ler Franc .• is as violent against the 'English on
Cot rhJeet 44 the r• "Ins.
e -111:nt. . ,onstauttonnel. It says tie the English
4'l in • —7-" 'etow Yourselves frankly—a; what you are
aApire satiable ~.4.11
_,• , ~
bo to the .s, At implacable Governmeeit: Say that you
De,„_44 atter, 4Premacy or rather the alevereignty of the seas.
iat--tioil b "Pt to conceal your irrita•eon at finding that the
,orLeatona,,i, u, of Algiers is an a''editional obstacle to your
lus ton Pretensions. Avow that you consider the world
Vend "401 lo contain at ti same time the ambition of
'we i kutt the .
a it tele tn..- power of Fv.ance. Aspire to dictatorship--
4cldelitioti li will appeal. to liberty. Europe has witnessed
eg4i ranee oft ~P by Er,gland aga.inst the Continental pre-
c2l,lt thr,erance ; it may witness a •salutary coalition
, to iiThraritillie 'preponderance which England has exer-
'eh wr 1 -4'4'4 Tearter of a century with an in to
„)i The beeratn°t,g,'.ve a name." . ,'4
'gale 8 ' '413 a long article in allusion to the accuse-
'llals, of r st the Prench Government, by the opposition Jour-
'nnrSPatieatlVlLlg ;nt'rigues in France for a counter-revolution
:t ',;(4l4ded '"e Pebals declares that the accusation is wholly
-Nine' and that France is much' above underhand
h,"Bsreieeost 1 this nature, The
. Debate adds :—" The
here Pain. f ''-I no interest in fomenting revolutions
si,„9cell b t Is true, its only interest, and respecting which
izot :no compromise, is not a mystery., France, as
th 'sill, LP aaid, does not pretend to elereise any exclu-
so, sacs , .
net h:aterai,,!" fiair,. The two cour:kries must be left to
ere allou. ""tdency to union, and a policy of violence must
IhrketioO
ied to cause a factitione separation. France has no
'''' or $'4,P lace one of the princes of her dynasty upon the
f
511 4' illin ; neither does she interest herself for a son o
411 dill v
afi,ho:toinle.ortir. only demands one thing, viz. that by an
APastl:7l.erlt:ithtrioreigri blood the crown may not' be permitted to
rsamily than that of Louis XIV. and
it in'av, ii) h is is the true policy of France as regards Spain,
11 . e ()Verily avowed."
A' to e A;%)r,,; s'l3l2Lre OPXNION,
ill ott,iutt-utn•Y Adaertistr has a leading article, whose object
'ere Nil t.." thlriculty of a poor man's obtaining redress
sil'ikai, ty r, '°' Law, except at a ruinous expense. Our Con-
te: ciat. st,°4e,, s fie to observe .—" Will any one venture to
Art,,,ill), iddle-oco"cia system as this docs ne. t inflict serious injury on
.for 'flt, in ~ . poorer classes of society ; and that it does not
.jto,waot „f I"nt a fact, to a total denial of justice : creditors,
eit,'o'_laites "ffieient funds, being induced to abandon. their
14 re power **bile dishonest debtors, presuming upon their ere-
eitior riertY, are tempted to offer an unjust defence ? T
.e
4;:tiesr;"°llrts are rendered totally incompetent, by . their
)A.O; Ana at'd consequent costliness, to supply the desidera-
pts o 0 shall, therefore, watch with much anxiety the
4 lie
.I,r Lord Brougham's measure."
•,4,4et Neel'
,ffhazards the following speculations, as regards Sir
ef
L'hite financier propositions in his approaching Budget.,
'4ll. e'evetire'sien extensively prevalent is, that the deficiency
it ,iikcis, 'ale will be supplied by means of a general tax upon
N72')Peosbee"elin ertain amount. This meat
ke, ante .'„', will undoubtedly experience a very formidable
epl .• It ,•,„ •• ' bin the con-
te ibee ---er•ot, however, prom iagine, e
toittipe,hi of Sir liobert Peel to ppose to Parlament the
it Ir„°11 et. an income-tax, unless, perhaps, as a tempo-
, -si I, :.re, to ,
or, erlod• ~ I,revent an a cumulation of debt during the
),,,:ti,.t4tri.4ll,,,ertiiia4mrleyvivbeed7,pected to elapse before national
Ae trs,tam,i dill quite delighted vsith, what it cans, the pre-e
ick, etkieri' state of the country, observing :—" Amongst th
otototr, thealattendant upon the'return of the Conservativest toe
%is ''
Ithici:,,s_t übtrusive, but not the least important, is h
',II rep,s sne - ..... -
emleery enjoys from political agitation. In
is',4 iltnke. there is nothieg of weariness, or of indifference.
efbl'et io trlt'actively as ever, and take as great an interest
iltiu'trii_elrle°ll7ile4Tinistrali" of public affairs; but the storm
has d, and the heat of private altercation
he
'l.ll weal. Ne .e '
-rl'd wn into reasonable discussion of
qtee "toed , . :sr will the beneficial effe al of this change
itt,;‘toe thic,'nT in the restoration of social harmony. The
'll,°r.Peete—e• 1, ople no longer distracted or arcuSed by the
tr, ee .Pester
' will revert to industrial pursuits."
rii wbil's contains' an article on the subject of the nav,
,o, eieot ee eve quote the following passage '—'"
'°
. 4'41111i ' ould have expected but
I‘ e,_Uteitev: ~ng of our vessels we sa On the in-
s
BFj,7mie d'
~we should have thought that the lessons which
.I/Peo%„,""irY years since, in the American
lwar,
o_e would
Bardhl ',IN' o"ecient warning again hat sloven y d
0-• sop reinips, which is only to bet palliated by anm midis-
tesep? 1,- ii,at .Y, aMounting to 'dominion over the
.oseoati,,leanodt.
"etePine fewer' soils, Satisfactory to find that. the Pri
lilitil-a7l•
~usl), and better appointed ls at length to be
bee we ha enow our own strength, and be able to trust
)The a set-0"-s in, stead of being liable en any sudden emer-
,4c 4 rse.
Refit,th:v„"eie discusses some of Lord Campbell's proposed
S-"`k," ~e.s "1n this laudable attempt at real reform of
. by isa.";:q°,4r Contemporary, "he was but partially sup-.
I.4htir".--4)--n.itsiterd'ain.opposed by Lord Lyndhurst and
4,,•-ange beau- uoth took the same ground, the needlesnesss
I,;')* Lii;4l,,Tj,s,e of the non-existence of arrears in the
,kieperie—• 't he non-existence of arrears may be
.a proof
4,r' ' Te:9 Ina tribunal ; it generally is proof of
litsliblCti.sn tareil t, ; There are no arrears in the Court that
tit, exi,00l:1 by Making any Court as bad,__fi n°tub:tiYeg, dilatory,
A Y left e've as the Privy Council and Houticse. of Lords, you
JA,l.4,4.re'dial(ll3' keep down- arrears. If ' keeping down the
lir4l* te' 48 the talk goes. the main objects of Court of
i;'" 10',1:15 best way would be to transfer the appellate jurisdic-
flie ~-, Commander-in-Chief."
''' t4' "489°w Saturday Post says that many of the
h farmers
h,,on
;:c,,,,ii:leiOlhourliood of Paisley, " who hitherto.
1, P,',41,,e,,ed, are now, at their cost, becoming conver.tasveto been
tai.".'spb„t'e starvation laws. The farmers now find it difficult
At; 414, °I their dairy produce in Paisley, but have, in seve-
tOek ?eg
which vre have beard of, had to, proceed to Giese
ck basin'i'". submit to such a reduction as would soen,land
%el he S me position as the insolvent manuja_cturers.'
tiri.he tirtsulaki observes of the sliding sell "In conse-
-1 d',4tal porttne sliding scale the corn accumulates in the con-
tll;n44lylls when --prices here are low, and
. being brought in
ft the en a bad harve.t occurs, andpaid with geld, it de-
yttb, Li currency, and paralyses trade.'
tt 4.laestrP°°/ Chronicle remat ks that' the late debates on the
thte,),S ~f laave dune thusmuch good—viz , "They have opened
Cerptetr
~.“e Reople to the true state of the representation of
of
ttreaTturei; „ 't
hey hare convinced them that the House . o
lee, %of ~ tee mere House of the landlords in which the in-
so Skit the 'eat class only are studied and cared for. They have
~;,04,,,,,41 that the men of the landed interest, who were
tite'Le Ws'donle t be ,16 h are now become cruel also." .
''ti,'`i'rt pei",.l,',lin -Ev'enins; Posts
asserts, with reference to Sir
kild::'llt a" " Cern-law measure Bill snowa 3
ti,,be oLI alteraton whatever in the scale—and
h we
'that
latl,igoh;-"filitted to sav, with the Duke of Bucking a
1'4'44'4,4X/eel has di.iven the 'mint of his wedge it% the
t
tr,,ireo-,ltlf Great Britain and Ireland. He may not do
ni ,
tell,NA esta•nces will drive it home. It is a hcavyttblowwt4addo
tlt;; N let, to the monopolists.
4tesi); 1411.;.the ruarrufacturing and commerciahlaitnterestoso,oswoe_
tvlso tiitTfailure in this respect will be no relief or
*,, 5 tkke landlords. The rust reduce their resits."
......
ti, Nit is e the following from the Leeds Mercury : ~ An
Ice't,'`Y t0dt44.4k.10g to . reconcile the middling and labouring
't)p Nffr, 14).1.01n. them -in a'demand for Universal or Co_emw-
-4111; 11111 ile• Those of the middle classes whom the New
ke e,"ely „.,s Teade into extreme. Radicals, look to this
'I hey
ostk.tgetef;:ean% of obtaining_ Free Trade in orn. 1
Ne 14
to ,se Paeing great couit to the yin nd are
which
tiot.,°r thr .)ersUade them to join in a new agitation,
i' t''''i e et
l't. the Six Points are to be struck our.,the ob-.
ik)srsevlie tie k°l the "Charter is to be sunk, and the united balm
'fh ,th I),Y new Middle-cl.:ss leaders.' To this piposal,
ter .5 eo: Chartists very naturally and just]) demur."
Ir, et,Lii'eter:rs,et County Gazette says :—" To ashbethene
:441,-, erei sets hostile to the 'possession of the fraiuchise y.ow
54aryi,,,,3 ever s ght to withhold and restrict
ittOtei.C" nas the pT,I,i, of earning that hostili into prac-
tte-,;',Nlithln",,acconipli bre& its darling desire of uni'oing the
;Zre, OqPrise—ifti‘,.eforiri -Bill his accomPlis.he.3'
nt
"ti, 4414 • l• V entnred upon the experime , •
i. thou:d nut ex-
lqtt t,lise,, 4. readers to prepare for this threatened
laitr.tea,athoepor e -o
the co-
llie :4'41 of‘lti"al privileges. If it come, it
wilt
be
in
nthat only
tai
r'eelth, I registration so complicated and costly.
-I)etiAg
141441 th. e idle will be tnabled to devote to it the nee d-
to At ZteuL,!‘le,
to
-4dloni-"4lr—Trtjuni—cOMlKElLCE•
'4,,, ; at 1r . tho business is far short of an average d
dotter at end a'tfait ti e 1 ' betr ;as also at Le! : Hud-
"geld th,
est, sa es are
arid It 1,1 er both labour ,
under depression ,
sfor the
Ve ', . cutlet° are both stationary in their trade.
a.
ta'ljtt;li:lls il',ol ;eat art alC.lllll°Na Eef ian IcNonsequence of the va-
tec,:eariof,hfeesrrs?r,,?entraetioln' nofmßrhighton, occasioned by the.
Liberal side, Lord Mor-
or%yre_eu Lot., :_ifigney, viz. on
';i, IRO e 1.,---e.l,q,
rLdward Howard;t the Liberal
on the Tory, Mr.
`Jtity"ln, as '' ,n Lordlyo o the Premier, and an old resident at
1414, also William Harvey, and Sir Adolphus
t at , tra,..,
l'''').fi,7,L,'Oetct,7ll,aVit AND ECIENTIrIC.
ti,!l tl-,ilic:ri:iee, the President gave an account of the la-
VYse and Mr. Perring, among the Pyrannds
Tholtrhro,,,g.4t. They found the original dimensions oi the
I,kie 'YraiJ,,id near Gizeh so vast as to be almost incredible..
t_e i e"' kea 4,'` Was stated to have been 764 square feet at the
Ish%cl, 2'° feet of eerpendicular height, covering 13
built Ithatiaoln*Lehes of gruund, and cou!el not now be el
frothss eerth"`"l,ooo/. sterling.
41tht,,„,peQrronr oft a Siberia is about to be explored by order
Th ' trea, Russia, who has granted
.13,000
kers
' seecoeitrY in furtherance of the expedition.
s'et. is to beu Pertion of the libra_ry of the late George Chta.le-
roubles
for Wort„ .s°ld at Messrs. Eva.ns's to-day. ti
0.0
areit.,,,,e,
,ta. the first edition of Sir P. Sidney's Apology
llihrit ho%ciheih wag not printed till 1595, nine years after
The t l't en killed before Zutphen.
4)eilt .lonA.4l_, VAX. 11.1111 IKEZriTAILY•
soy 'is "vard Plunkett Lieutenant in the 95th Regi.-.
Nil.,
of ureter Court.ma;tial, at Chatham, for conduct
tie this.. : ' good order and military discipline.
'llse, , kts da . TXCICATRICA.L.
the General Assembly of Scotland
eaktn, ae, 4t ago " comedies nor tragedies, or such plays, shall
itsh;tildl;httli-tdiiht'4B.4.4;3:llfnhaisints°y7rsrnY'inoifsteearnobneiethalehe
Scriptures,
sonoohr
play, the
hhe the, rre'ed of his ministry. As for plays of another
l9y.'O' shall by his
b fore they be pronounced
tirrliist,i..... ir- the following yeare, the Assembly refused its
otiitodity ;;;t0 the Bailie of Dunfermline to represent, on
4lcal Partn'stFertain play which was not founded on the
l'ia Clot ptures.
hi %Iltde .ZV:10--1"11811101V.A.BLE.
fyiti at, h
~" Palmerston had a brilliant soiree on Saturday
sei. at
,r(.7040._tn,: sion on Carlon-'errace.
il . . e.:- of Jersey returned to town on Saturday for the
as
Dingy
b A
IthrieXt infAcia-el.nhassedor will give a grand dinner on Thurs.
tei • e NA . iknester-square.
v4iini; a:41.0:41 Duchess of Marlborough have been enter-
Qpizl_serent ,iiiar.ty at Blenheim during the past week. . ,
le'venor ," V'seeuntess Villiers have taken a mansion in
.4e 1)0;1: ace for the season.
ager Duchess of Cleveland is now on a visit to the

Duke and Duchess of CIS , .
jveltitlo; itlo' hunting seat, near LAW INTELLIGENC E

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY )
The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals; the Peers
present were Lord Cottenham, Lord Brougham, Lord Camp-
bell, and Lord Middleton.
ROYAL BURGHS OF SCOTLAND V. CUNNINGHAM'S.
This was an appeal from tile decision of the Court of Ses-
sion. The only question in the ease was, whether the Con
vention for the regulation of Scotch burghs was a corporation,
and every member elected for life, 9r whether the appointment
was only annual. The Court of Session decided that the ap-
pointment was for life, and from that decision the present
appeal was brought.
Mr. GORDON addressed their Lordship; for the appellant,
and had not concluded when our Evening Edition went to press.

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's-inn Hall to-day.
IN THE 3IATTER OF THE BIRMINGHAM FREE GRAMMAR

SCHOOL.
This case came before the Court upon a petition presented
by the Governors of King Edward's Free Grammar school in
Birmingham, praying for a reference to the Master. In the
sear 1824 an information was filed for the purpose of
ascertaining what was the property belonging to the
Charity, and also for a scheme for its future
regulation. Under that information, a reference was
directed to the Master, to inquire whether it wt,uld be
for the benefit of the charity, that the school should
be rebuilt, and that application should be made to Parliament
to enable them to rdi e money for the purpose. The Master
reported in favour of the rebuilding of the school, and applying
to Parliament, and he also approved of a scheme for the future
regulation of the school under which the head master was
to be al owed to receive boarders. Since the nlw
building had been erected, it had been found that
the rum raised under the Act was not sufficient for the purpose
by 6,0001, and the object of the present petition was for a re-
ference to the Master, to inquire whether it would be for the
benefit of the Charity to apply to Parliament for another Act
to raise a further sum, and for the alteration of the scheme
relative to Me head master receiving boarders, the Governors
proposing, instead of allowing him to receive boarders, to pay
him a certain sum for each scholar.

Mr. Finnelly appeared for the Bishop of Worcester, and Mr.
3acon fur the Head Master, and consented to the application.
The Loan CHANCELLOR made the order as prayed.

VICE-CU ANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
Motions of no interest occupied his Honour all the morning.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAIII.)
COLE V. STUTELY.
His HONOUR gave judgment in this cause, which came
before the Court on exceptions and further directions. Under
the will of Martin Cole, the husband of Elizabeth Cole, the
latter became entitled for her life to Certain household property,
with a general power to appoint. The property was subject
to two mortgages created by the testator, one fur 500/. and
the other for 1,0001. The bill was filed by the appointees,
and the question in the cause was whether the monies origi-
nally secured by those mortgages, constituted part of the resi-
duary estate, or whether the appointment had been made in
such a manner as that the appointees took the estate subject to
the charges upon it. After citing several cases in point, his
Honour decided that the mortgages must be considered as part
of the general estate.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1842

iaoliceman's staff, and struck him on the head with it, inflicting
a severe wound.—The prisoner was remanded until to-morrow.

THE TORY SLIDING SCALE.
TUNE--‘1 THE SEA !"
The slide, the slide, the Corn-law slide,
he prop of rents of Peers' the pride—
With a sovereign stopt, and a triplet bound,
It ranneth the scale's cramp'd legion round ;•
It plays with the funds, it mocks supplies,
And like a cursed creature lies.
Peel's on the slide ! Peel's on the slide!
He is where he would evsr glide,
Wiih the rich above and the poor below,
And silence, or then wails of woe:
If a storm should come, or want prevail,
What matter, what matter, he'll ride on his sliding-scale
He loves, oh ! how he loves to ride
On his deceitful, starving slide,
When ev'ry mad yell drowns a moan,
Or the red rebel banner is flaunting alone;
And telleth how goeth the world of repeal,
A fot.ring wound this quack cannot heal.
He never gave heed to tha League's loud roar,
But he lov'd his bantling snore and more,
And backward flew to its hollow breast,
Like a phantom that knoweth not where to rest;
A solace to him in the midnight hour,
When chill winds whistle, and famine-clouds lour.
Tyrants smil'd and hail'd the morn,
And the tranquil hour when Peel was born;
The farmers whistrd, the tithe-pigs roll'd,
And the Bishops they bared their bags of gold;
All placemen seem'd in accents mild,
To welcome to life the " expedient" child.
" Ile has liv'd since then in calm and strife,"
Nearly fifty years a sycophant's life,
" With wealth to spend, and a power to range,
Arul never has aigh'd or sought for change."
When his knell shall sound on the passing gale,
May its music be tun 'd to his sliding scale.
Doncaster, March 7, 1842.

ISLE OF WIGHT BANK.
(most OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
At the meeting of the creditors of the Newport Bank, on the
3d inst., at the Town-hall, Mr. John Cooke, brewer, and Mr.
Joseph Sayer, draper, of Newport, Mr. John Eames, brewer,
of Cowes, and Mr. George. Randall, innkeeper of Ride, were
chosen assignees, and Messrs. Bassett, Roe, and Co., and the
Hampshire Banking Company, joint treasurers; and the cash
in hand of the bankrupt's (about 3,0001.) has been paid over
to them. The amount proved was 108,992/. 2s. 6d. It is ex-
pected there remains about 40,000/ more to be proved; a large
amount of notes still remain out. The bankrupt's prMierty is
considered will realize about 40,0001. It was said that he had
overdrawn his London agents, hut they now appear to be in his
debt 1,0001 ; they also hold the writings of the St. Cross es-
tate, worth 7,0001. The deposit creditors have bean receiving
a very large rate of interest, nhich ought to hare created their
suspicion that all was not right ; giving 41/s and 5 per cent.
must ruin any banker. One person proved on Thursday for
2,300/. deposited at 5 per cent. The funds of many of the
benefit societies will be lost.

ALBANY BARRACKS.-Various reports are in circulation re-
specting the future occupants : some say they are to be fitted
for juvenile offenders of the female sex, as the hospital has been
for the male ; others that Government about to have them
occupied with troops, preparatory to their embarkation for the
East Indies and China.

BRUSSELS.

BELGIAN CONSPIRACY. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The examination of Maasiame Vandersmissen was continued (From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
at some length in the latter part of the sitting of the Court af PORTSMOUTH, MARCH s.—The Tyrian, arrived on Satur-
Assizea at Brussels, on the 2d inst. She denied all the charges day last, at Falmouth, from Vera Cruz, Tampico, and Havannah
of the act of accusation, the principal of which were, that she with a freight of 170,000 dollars. She pre :ceded to Plymouth
had been an active agent between the leading conspirators, /on Monday, to be paid off. She left her Majesty's ship Tweed
and also declared to be false the statements which had been a.t Vera Cruz. The West India Company's steamers were pro-
made as to language used by her against the Government. gressing in their voyages with the mails received in the islands
After her examination, the gatekeeper of the prison, who by the Thames and Tay, steamers of Jan. 3, the latter had
had been mentioned as having heard Crehen tell the pri- shipped her bags intended for the coast, at Havannah, on board
sones Verprect to impeach the other prisoners accused, and the steamers Forth and Solway.
he would be well rewarded by the Government, was called The Charybdis, brigantine, Lieut. De Courcy, returned to
to confirm or deny the truth of Verprect's assertion. He Jamaica, on the 21st January, from Carthagena. The Victor,
said that Crehen had advised Yerprect not to place any 18, Commander Otway, left Jamaica, for Carthagena, on the
confidence in the generals, as they would give him nothing, 17th January.
and also to give up his own counsel. and confer with his The Pilot, 16, left Jamaica for Barbadoes, on the 17th Jan.
(Crchen's), so that they might act. in concert for their mutual The Stvx, steam-frigate, Captain Vidal, arrived on Sunday
interest. He thought he had heard the word " Government" from the tanary Islands, off which vicinity it had been
re-
used. The Avocat-General, in consequence of this incident, ported a volcanic island had recently been thrown up - no
observed, that it was important to remove any impression that traces, however of it could be found with deep sea lines' of
Crehen was a police agent, and celled M. Hody-, the chief of 200 fathoms. It is said she is to make another research. She
the Department of Public Safety, who at great leng,th entered sailed for Woolwich on Thursday.
into the details of the denunciations which had bee.made The Driver, steam-frigate, Commander Harmer, arrived on
by Crehen previously to the arrest of the other prisonors, and Wednesday from Eastward, and will proceed to China on
showed satisfactorily that the police had never employbed Monday next.
him as an agent or spy. M. Body, in answer to a questions Ihe Queen, 110 (with the flag of Sir E. Owen), will sail
which was put to him, stated that the prisoner Parent had se,-- the Mediterranean station on the 14th inst.
been in the police, from which he was dismissed. The se- Tile Caryefort, 26, Captain Lord G. Paulett, will go out
cond witness called vat M, Jottraud, an avocet, who de- of Hari:H.3lr on Wednesday next, and in a few days after, will
posed to General Vandermeere having; in a conversation with proceed to China.
him, said that Belgium would be much better governed by the The Ringdove, 18, Comm-ender Sir W. Daniel, is destined
present King of Holland, and in union with Holland, than for the West Indies or Brazil Station.
es it was now. Two other witnesses were called as to con- The Vindietive,s2, Capt. Toup Nicolas (with the flag of
versations of no moment. The person who sold the cannon Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane), was towed out of bar-
to Crehen deposed to the sale, as did also his son. They hour on Thursday, and will sail about the 10th inst. for India.
said Crehen had another person with him, but they could The Winchester, 50, was paid off yesterday, and will be re-
not idea tify him amongst the prisoners before the Court. commissioned for the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyn
The remaining part of the proceedings, in the sitting of this Percy. The ship's company subscribed Si. 19s. 9d. to the
day, was without interest. In the sitting of the 3d some Dreadnought, Hospital Ship.
letters were produced in Court and read. They were dated The Revenge, 78, Capt. the Hon. W. Waldegrave, C 8.,
in 1839, 1840, and 1841, and were from the prisoner Parent was paid off at Sheerness, on the 25th ult., when the following
to M. Body, administrator of public safety, containing offers rewards were awarded "for long service and good conduct :"
of his services as a secret police agent. Parent denied that To William Lovat, private Royal Marines—medal ; gratuity,
he had ever been a police agent, and demanded that M. Body 51. : 21 years' service. John Burnet, private Royal Marines
should produce the registers of his office, but the latter de- —medal ; gratuity, 51.: 22 years' service. John Tregacking,
dared that he had burnt all reports and registers of his prede- sailmaker—medal ; pension (as out-pensioner of Greenwich
cessors on coming into possession of his functions. Upon this Hospital), 351. per annum ; gratuity, 151.: 23 years' service.
Parent declared that, some time ago, the King of the Belgians John Bavidge, master-at-erms—medal; pension, 30/. Ss. per
had given him 300 f. on condition that he would leave Brussels, annum ; gratuity, 15/. ; 22 years' service.
and live in a village, which he did , and also that when he went 'The Volcano steam-vessel sailed yesterday for Plymouth,
to Paris he was summoned to the Pavillon Marsan (where the with 70 men for the Agincourt, 72.
King of the Belgians has his apartments while at the Tuileries), The Speedy and Lightning proceeded also yesterday to
and was there desired by General d'Hane to keep a watch over Sheerness—the latter with the Royal Marines of the Win-
General Vandersmissen and M. Claes. M. Orts, one of the chester.
counsel for the prisoners, urged M. Hody to communicate The Kite, at Woolwich, will be ready for sea by the end of
what reports he 4ad in his possession relative to these matters, the month.
and the latter promised to do so in private. General Van- The Fearless was undocked at Deptford, and Shearwater
dersmissen remonstrated against the conduct of the Belgian taken in there this week ; these vessel's and the Masttff will be
police in keeping a surveil.ance over him, even while he was ready the first week next month.
at Paris, and was occupied solely with the education of his The Alban steamer arrived on Sunday from Woolwich.
children. The Candahar, Eden, and Surrey, convict-ships, have this
. - week left the river for Van Dimmen's Land, with guards of the
99;h Regiment on board.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy struck his flag on board
the Formidable on Thursday morning; and Vice-Admiral Sir
Edward Owen struck his flag on board the Queen at sunset.
Commodore Purvis hoisted his blue pennant, as a second
class Commodore, on board the Alfred, on Wednesday.
Commanders Ellicombe and Dacres have joined the Royal
Naval College for the purpose of study.
Report says Government intends to pay off six sail of the
line. We doubt it.
The Board of Admiralty, consisting of the Earl of Hadding-
ton, (First Lord), Sir G. Cockburn, and Sir W. Gage, with
the Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary to the Board, and
Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, Private Secretary to Lord Had-
dington, returned to London, at nine o'clock on Wednesday
morning. On the previous evening their Lordships gave a
most sumptuous dinner, at the George Hotel, to the following
officers : Admiral Sir Edward Ccdrington, Major-General.
the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, Vice-Admiral Sir E.
Owen, Rear-Admirals the Hon. D. P. Bouverie, Hon. Jocelyn
Percy, and Sir Thomas Cochrane ; Captains Lord Adolphus
Fit zclarence, Lord George Paulet, Commodore Purvis, Sir
Thomas Hastings, Sir Charles Sullivan, H. Codrington, John
Tool) Nicolas, Henderson ; Commander Sir W. Daniel ; Lieu-
te,pants Caldwell and Hamilton; Col. Jones, R. N. and Mr.
Pakenham.
PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, MARCH 3.—The Agincourt. 72,
Captain W. H. Bruce, was undocked last Friday, and hauled
alongside the Sheer hulk, and took in her masts. The Wolve-
rine, 16, Commander J. W. J. Johnson, bound to China, an-
chored here on Saturday, owing to contrary winds, which have
continued ever since. The Minden, 72 (hospital-ship), Cap-
tain M. Quin, went out of harbour on Saturday, and will be
paid wages in advance in a few days. The Tyrian packet ar-
rived from Falmouth on Tuesday ; she is ordered to be paid off
at this port. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Agincourt,
Fly, Scylla, Tyrian, Bramble, and General Palmer transport.
'is the Sound—The Minden and Wolverine.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

MARCH s.—The Moniteur Beige of this morning publishes,
under the dates of 2d Feb and 3d March, the following laws:-
Ist. Grant the Government three sums, amounting together
to 1,9.:0,000f. ; Ist, for completing the purchase of the British
Queen ; 2d, for covering the expense of fitting it for service,
3d, for paying the interest and the redemption of the sum paid
for the vessel.

2d. The budget of the Department of Public Works for
'842 is fixed at 10,610,823 f..

.
3d. A supplementary credit for 817,000 f. is given to the
Department of Public Works.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 3 —Yesterday afternoon at half-past
four o'clock, the City of Edinburgh steamer, Capt. Hast, en-
tering the port of Ostend, was driven by the waves against the
Alusoir ; the shock made it recoil and deviate from its course.
About half-past seven it was got cif the sand-bank on which it
had struck, but uflhappily the wind became so violent that it
was impossible to stet r the vessel, which ran aground opposite
to Fort Napoleon. We learn that the crew and passengers are
saved, but it is probable that the vessel and cargo will be lost.
Another letter says :—" Ihe last accounts from Ostend say
that all the cargo of the steamer was saved yesterday. It con-
sists of wool and indigo, and is much damaged. The vessel
ha; six feet water in the hold, and it is suppo.ed will be totally
lost.. The passengers, 33 in number, were saved with great
difficulty.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GENE-
RAL POST-OFFICE.

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Payne, City Coroner, held an
inquest at the Mourning Bush Tavern, St. Martin's-le-Grand,
on the body
.of Mary Kitchell, aged six years. It appeared
from the evidence of Mt. John Gottick, and of City con-
stable 463, that at about a quarter to six on Friday evening
they saw a snail-cart that had been driven in at the Nevvgate-
street entnnee of the Post-office, proceeding at the rate of ten
miles an hour, within the railings round the eastern side of
the e ,ifice. As the vehicle was traversing the public foot-
path that leads from Foster-lane to the back entrance of the
Post-office, ae horse by which it was whirled along knocked
down deceased, who was running across the footpath, and the
near wheel of the marl-cart passed over the girl's head,
fractured the skull, and caused instantaneous death.
Both these witnesses said the driver of the cart made
no attempt to pull up his horse until he got to the
door of the general letter-office, about twenty-five yaris north
of the footpath on which the child was killed. Craddock, a
constable at the Post-office, and Hammersley, a guard, who
was in the cart. at the time of the accident, said the horse was
travelling at no more than eight miles an hour,, that both driver
and guard gave notice of danger. by hallooing 'to the persons
crossing the footpath, that the deceased child shot out suddenly
between the horse's feet, that the driver, directly he perceived
the child, endeavoured to pull up, but that he was unable to do
so in time to obviate the occurrence. The cart came from the
receiving-office in the Borough, and a quarter of an hour was
the time allowed to perform that distance. If the driver had
been behind time he would have been reported to his seperior.
'1 he Coroner pointed out to the Jury the obligation the driver,
being in the public service, was under to travel at greater
speed than would be necessary in ordinary circumstances.
Besides, he was not driving in a public thoroughfare, unless
the footpath alluded to could be considered as such, and in
addition, ti e evidence was fairly divided fur and agaicst him.
Be hoped the Post-otliee authorities would order the mail-carts
to be driven an evening into the yard through the north-
western gate in St. Martin's-le-Grand, for then the footpaths,
that at the Newgate-street entrance, and that on which the
accident had taken olaee, both a'ways crowded towards the
hour of closing the'office, would be avoided. Mr. Fortune,
clerk of the warks said, no alteration could take place unless
ordered by the Noble Postmaster- General, and that since the
present accident had occurred a suggestion similar to that ex-
presser - iby the Coroner had been communicated to his Lord.
ship, who, no doubt, would cause it to be adopted. Verdict,—
" Accidental Death," the Jury recommending that a little
more caution 'should, for the future be used- by the mail-
cart drivers in coming into the Post-office yard.

PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenant—W. J. C. Clifford, and James
St. John (1808), Admiralty Flag Lieutenant, to the rank of
Commander. It is not a little singular, that the latter officer
was a Flag Lieutenant in the Spithead Fleet when the Allied
Sovereigns were here in 1814.
Mate—Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., of the Howe (1836),
W. D. Carroll (1838), F. B. P. Seymour (1840), J. T.
Palmer (1839), E. J. Voules (1837), and R. D. Aldrick
(1830), to the rank of Lieutenant —the latter officer is ap-
pointed to the Ringdove.
Assistant Surgeon—Mr. Joseph Caldwell, to the rank of
Surgeon.
ArtOlNTMENTS.—Lieutenants—Edw. Little, to Vindictive,
vice Leary, appointed to the Victory ; J. W. Shiels, to com-
mand the Raven; It. O'Brien, to the Illustrious; J. Moore,
the Queen, vice Oliver;. James R. Kinsman, to the Wolve-
rine; P. H. Somerville (additional), to the Caledonia; R. P.
A. M'Leod, to the Vanguard; IL St. Georges (in St. Vin-
cent), to the Queen (additional).
Purser—Mr. W. Drury, to the Ringdove.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. J. Martin, to the Queen, vice Mac-
key, promoted; T. M. Castello, from St. Vincent, to the
; J. Real, to the Lucifer ; J. King, to the Kite.
Mates—W. E. Fisher, from the Ganges, to the Howe;
Henry B. Hankey, and Charles John Austen, to the Agin-
court; F. J. Hornby, and James York Paterson, Mto the ag..
nificent ; Charles Bromley, in Vindictive, to the
Driver ; John
Wilson to the Queen.
Midshipmen—S. T. Skerrow, to the Vernon ; Hon.
Pellew, from the Ganges, to the Rodney ; F. Woolcombe,
from the Ganges, to the make; J. Christie, from the Ganges
to the Monarch.
Volunteers Ist Class—F. Symonds, from the Ganges, to
the Impregnable; W. Robinson, from the Ganges, to the
Rodney.
Clerks—Mr. Gibson, of the Impregnable, to be Acting
Purser of the Vesuvius, vice Clarke, the l'urser, invalided ;
Mr. Fatiquier, from the Ganges, to the Impregnable ; Mr.
Sidney Spark, from Rear-Admiral Mason's Office, to the Bel-
lidera ; W. H. Richards, to the Gerser ; J. W. Sadler, to the
Ringdove ; John Funter, to the kormidable ; V. A. Haile,
Secretary's Clerk, to Adm. Percy—C. E. Coleman to Queen.
Roy AL MARlNES.—Captain Childs and Captain Toby, are
gone on the recruiting service ; the former to Wineanton, and
the latter to Launcester, vice Calls. Stephens and Spurin, or-
dered for embarkation. Lieut. Lillecrap, from the Ganges to
the llowe, in exchange with Lieut. Johns.