The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIN (Jr, OCTOBER 7. 1846

VISITATION AT ARMAGH.
CHARGE OF THE LORD PRIMATE.

On 'Thursday Archbishop Beresford held a visitation of his
diocese in the cathedral of Armagh, and at the conclusion
of Divine service delivered the following charge :
" The Established Church in this country; as you are well
aware, my reverend brethren, is exposed, at the present
period, to the combined attacks of opponents, who, however,
they may differ from each other in religion; and in the ul-
terior objects which they have in view, are agreed together
in exerting their utmost efforts to accomplish its overthrow.
On the part of its friends, therefore, there is need of the
greatest energy and unanimity in its defence. When the
British Government, at the close of the last century, wi? h a
view to the strengthening of the empire, by means of its con-
salidation, proposed and brought about, not without reluct-
ance on the part of Ireland, the union of the two kingdoms,
it was urged—as a prevailing plea to induce the Irish Church
to surrender its independence and to place the guardianship
of its interests in the hands of a Legislature to be chiefly
composed of Englishmen—that the certain result of uniting
it into one church with that of England, would be to add
to its stability, and secure its permanence. It was
felt that the strongest link by which the connexion
of the two countries could be maintained, was that of the
common faith which binds the Protestants of Ireland to their
English brethren. The union of the churches, accordingly,
cemented the union of the kingdoms. Hence it is that the
democratic party, who now aim at effecting a severance of
the two countries, labour most strenuously for the subver-
sion of the Church Establishment, and call upon their ad-
herents to regard it as their 'first duty ' to exert themselves
to obtain its total abolition.' Such is their bold avowal,
although, when the first steps were taken to remove their
civil disabilities, they were forward to declare, in their public
documents, that they acquiesced, with satisfaction, in the
establishment of the national church, neither repining at its
possessions nor envying its dignities.' And, on their actual
admission to legislative power, they still disclaim, disavow,
and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present
Church Establishment, as settled by law, within this realm.'
Whether the severe enactments of the penal code, with which
we are upbraided, are to be justified or not by the daring
attempts made to destroy both the Protestant religion and
the Protestant Government, it is not now the time to inquire.
Those enactments are no longer in force. I lament
the necessity of such measures, if the necessity, on the
part of the civil Government, existed. And it is matter of
the deepest regret to me, as it is to every churchman, if the
severity of them originated in whole or in part in an exclu-
sive spirit, as contrary to the mild precepts of Christianity as
to the general character of British legislation. But the ques-
tion between us and our opponents, when fairly stated, is not
whether the united church shall be maintained, to the op-
pression of all other bodies of Christians. Toleration the most
ample—protection the most complete—is accorded to the
professors of every creed. The question regards not the dimi-
nution of the income of the church, or any salutary improve-
ments in its discipline. Large pecuniary sacrifices have been
cheerfully made in order to effect a change in the mode of
collecting its revenues, whereby the payment is rendered
more easy to the people, and irritation of feelings and
collision are avoided ; and useful reforms of whatever kind,
where not already effected, are courted instead of being
repudiated by its ecclesiastical governors. The true
question is now reduced to this, whether the Established
Church shall continue to enjoy the pie-eminence to which
she has been raised by the purity of her doctrine, the mode-
ration of her principles, and the hold she still retains over
the affections of the enlightened part of the community; or
whether she shall no longer exhibit a correct standard of
religious faith, under the fostering protection of the Govern-
ment, amidst a population in the greatest need of her spiritual
direction; and whether, as a consequence, her endowment,
given her for this very purpose, shall be taken away from
her? In the assault which is made upon the Irish branch of
the Church, the Roman Catholics are now aided by the Dis-
senters of England, who employ denunciations as vehement
with regard to our Establishment as ever proceeded from the
lips of the political agitators of this country. A formal an-
nouncement, indeed, has been made by them, that they are
'ready to contend by the side' of the Roman Catholics in the
war against the Church in Ireland; and they have ' pledged
themselves never to remit their efforts' to overturn it. The
ultimate object of the Dissenters, which they have set before
themselves as worthy of every exertion in their power, is to
put an end to the connexion of Church and State in Great
Britain, and to substitute the voluntary system in place of
the national endowment of religion. On the attempt to
achieve this object, they seem determined to concentrate all
their strength. And in comparison with it, their foimer
controversies respecting episcopacy, and our liturgy, and
doctrines, and discipline, are regarded as minor points.
It is because they think a way will be thus open to
them for making a more successful attack on the
Established Church in England that they now lead their aid
in the movement against the weaker branch of that Church
in this country. They appear to care but little to inquire
what would be the consequences to Protestantism in Ireland
were it left to the voluntary system alone, andwere the shel-
tering influence of our Church Establishment withdrawn.
They ask not what prospect there would be of supplying, by
means of that 'system, the ministrations of religion to the
thousands of poor families in remote districts, who would be
unable to defray for themselves the expense of a settled minis-
try, and whose religion, when deprived of such ministrations,
would gradually melt away, until it was lost in the supersti-
tion and ignorance that surrounded it. All such considera-
tions the Dissenters of England seem to have put aside in
their zeal to make a practicable breach in the establishment
of religion in the empire. And so they make common cause
with the Romanists in the assault upon the Protestant
Establishment in Ireland. With the Roman Catholics and
the Dissenters are also found united in attacking the Irish
Church the revolutionary party, of whatever religion, or of
none, who seek its subversion from a love of change and
dislike of the ancient institutions of the country. And,
supported by such a combination of parties, all of them
resolute in their hostility, a distinct proposal for the demo-
lition of the Irish Church is annually submitted to the con-
sideration of Parliament. Connected with these hostile
attacks, and by way of furnishing some foundation for them,
misrepresentations the most gross have been put forth re-
specting
the condition of our Church ; and, unhappily, there
exists in England such a degree of unacquaintedness with
its affairs that these misrepresentations readily pass current.
The public ear has been so accustomed to hear assertions
made regarding our Establishment, which are either wholly,
false or greatly exaggerated, that from their constant reite-
ration they are supposed to be true. And perhaps sufficient
pains have not been taken on our part to remove the misap-
prehension to which they have given rise. I will allude to
some of them. And first, I would refer to the revenues of
the Church, which are still spoken of as being enormous.'
The ' immense riches,' the ' lavish endowment,' of the Irish
Church, occupy a prominent place in every speech and
pamphlet on this subject. Even in the last of these publica-
tione that I have seen, the attempt is made to lead the Bri-

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by them. And, since that which was denominated
tithe has been commuted into a rent- charge' paid by
the landlord, it has been diminished by one-
fourth ; and it is, in reality, but a fortieth that is paid
to the clergy of the Established Church. In other
words, they receive a fourth •part of the tithe. And were
the income derived from this source, and from minister's
money, to be divided equally amongst the beneficed clergy,
it would yield them (after paying the salaries of their assist-
ant curates), about 230/. a-year each. Were it equally
shared amongst all the clergy, incumbents and curates, it
would not give to each of them. an income of 1701. a-year.
If the value of the glebe lands also be taken into account,
the whole property of the parochial clergy, were it divided in
equal shares amongst them all, would not produce for each
of them 200/. a-year. To call this endowment lavish'—
to denominate this income ' enormous wealth' and immense
riches,' is absurd and ridiculous. The fact which I have
stated needs only to be known to make apparent the exag-
geration of those figures of speech which have been employed
on this subject. The phantom of the Church's wealth,
which seems to haunt perpetually. and to disturb the
quiet of so many of its reformers, requires only to have the
light of truth let in upon it, and it instantly disappears.
It may be thought, indeed, by some, that a more nearly
equal distribution of the property of the Church
would be desirable. But this, it will be observed, is quite
a different question from that of the aggregate reve-
nues of the whole body being an exhaustless mine of
riches. And it will be perceived, from what I have men-
tioned, that those persons who are forward to express com-
miseration for the ill-paid curates of the Established Church,
and who speak feelingly of the plain justice it would be to
provide each of that laborious class of ministers with an in-
come of at least 2001. a year, would certainly not find means
to carry this generous design into effect by any process of
arithmetic that could be applied to the property of the in-
cumbents except by. making the two parties change places
in the scale of their incomes. I am, indeed, fully persuaded
that to introduce perfect equality in the incomes of the clergy
would be far from advantageous to the interests of the Church ;
but I would, at the same time, observe, that, so far as a sound
objection lies against a too great disparity, means have been
in effective operation for some years past which will re-
move that objection I !allude to the dissolution of unions
of parishes, and the subdivision of those which are of too
large extent, and the augmentation of the incomes of the
small benefices. It may not, perhaps, be generally known
that, since the passing of the Church Temporalities Act,
in 1833, upwards of 4,0001. a year have been applied to aug-
ment poorly endowed parishes. The rumours put into cir-
culation as to the revenues of the bishops have been even
more exaggerated than those in reference to the incomes of
the parochial clergy. But when the facts are fairly inquired
into, instead of the prelates having, as a body, eagerly
grasped at gain, and sought to aggrandize themselves out of
the property belonging to them, it will be found that their
long settled practice has been to claim and to receive, in ad-
dition to the small head-rent of the estates assigned to them,
a renewal fine of only one-fifth of the value, after deducting
that rent ; the remaining four-fifths being enjoyed by the,
numerous and respectable class of landowners, to whom they
have been leased for many generations. Is there any other
property in the kingdom, I would ask, out of which so small
a benefit is claimed by its proprietors? And when it is con-
sidered that the prelates form a portion of the peerage of the
country, one of the highest estates of the realm—a privilege
of their order as ancient as the House of Peers itself, and
handed down to the bishops of the Irish Church by a suc-
'cession which has suffered no interruption—a succession
reaching further back than does the title of any temporal
peer in Ireland; and when the income assigned them out of
their properties is compared with that of even the poorest
of the noble order of which, from time immemorial, they
form a part, it will not appear to be excessive in its
amount."
His Grace then proceeded to point out the difference be-
tween the cathedral establishments in Eugland and Ireland,
and Aimed that in point of fact there was no similarity be-
tween the two; that in this country there were no such
"stately and venerable piles," no full choral services; and as
to dignitaries and prebendaries, they were, with few excep-
tions, mere parochial clergymen having other duties to per-
form. With regard to the union of parishes, too, there was
much misconception. Some of what are called parishes in
Ireland are merely the sites of old religious houses, the
names of which they continue to bear; and to complain of
their being united together, would be to complain that there
union of streets in a town under one pastor; or a union
of fields in a rural district under a single minister. " It is
worthy of being borne in mind (continued his Grace) by
those whose inclination leads them to attack the Church, and
by those, also, who sincerely desire its improvement, that a
Royal Commission was appointed 15 years ago to ihquire
into the unions of parishes, and to report on the fit-
ness and practicability of dissolving them. A majority
of the commissioners were laymen of high character
and intelligence. The result of their inquiries (which pro-
ceeded only as far as the province of Armagh) was, that
in regard to the unions in that portion of Ireland, 110 in
number, there were 48 which it would be either impracticable
or inadvisable to sever. Such a statement, proceeding from
such a quarter, ought to lead people to pause before they con-
demn in a sweeping and indiscriminate manner the existence
of every union whatever of parishes. But I would also add,
that so far as it is desirable that a dissolution of these
unions should take place, an oppertwiity is provided
for severing them as vacancies occur; and within the
last eleven years fifty-three have been diassolved. It is un-
necessary for me to make any retnark npon the subject of
pluralities—one which has afforded .occation for reproach

s against the Church—for that occasion is now altogether
cut off. The power of granting dispensations for holding
a plurality of benefices is vested in me as primate, and
having gradually reduced the number of applications by
arrangements which I made, l,sixteen years ago, with the full
concurrence of my episcopal brethren and of the Government
of the day, put a complete stop to the issuing of any dispen-
sations for that purpose. So far with regard to the revenues
of the Church, and the:alleged abuses with reference thereto;
arising from unions and pluralities. It is asserted, however,
that although the average income of the parochial clergy
may not be too large, yet that the number of clergymen is
too great as compared with the number of the members of
the Established Church and the amount of duty which they
have to perform, and that, in this way, therefore, the Protes-
testant Establishment is on too extensive a scale, and
ought to be retrenched. I shall not pause here to enter
into any statement of the good offices, both temporal and
spiritual, which it is the bounden duty of the clergy
to render, as occasion offers, to their Roman Catholic pa-
rishioners—good offices which I know are rendered wil-
lingly, and I know are accepted with gratitude by them,
and which have tended to alleviate the misery of the poorer
classes, to diffuse comforts among them, and to dissipate
the darkness of ignorance and of superstition, which other-
wise would have prevailed more intensely in Ireland. But I
proceed at once to a very convincing proof that the number
of the clergy is not too large. It is this, that 740 of them
are assistant curates, whose services are paid for by the in-
cumbents themselves ; and that, although the value of
Church property has within the last twenty rears been di-
minished by more than one-fourth of its former amount, the
number of stipendiary curates supported by the beneficed
clergy- out of their reduced incomes, instead of being dimi-
nished, has been increased by the large number of 270
within that period. In this diocese thre are 47 more
clergymen employed than %%lien it first came under my su-
perintendence." His Grace r.ext referred to the building and
enlargement of churches in Ireland, and showed, by the letter
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Lord-Lieutenant,
that that board had received no less than 224 applicationsfor
the enlargment of houses of worship, many of which had not
yet been complied with. That Church, he contended, could
not be in a withering, pining, decaying state which mani-
fested such vigour, and produced such abundant fruit. Sine-
cures and non-residence were then touched upon. With re-
spect to the former, "the Church Temporalities Acts of 1833
and 1834 have effectually secured the suppression of them
according as they severally fall vacant. Whether it was
wise to leave no situations free from labour and responsibi-
lity, in which a faithful minister, worn out in the discharge
of onerous duties, might find a maintenance and place of
rest in which to end his days, need not now be discussed.
The suppression of all sinecures has been steadily going on
under the powers given for that purpose by the statutes to
which I have referred. In regard to non-residence, the
misrepresentations that have been put into circulation by
the enemies of the Church have been of the most exagge-
rated description. So far from the Irish Church being open
to censure above other churches on this aoCoinit, it was
the testimony of the late Archbishop Laurence—himself
an Englishman, long and well-acquainted with the ecclesi-
astical affairs of England—that the Irish clergy were more
generally resident than their English brethren on their
benefices. This was said twenty years ago, and cer-
tainly there has been no falling off in this respect since
then—far, indeed, from it. In estimating clerical non-resi-
dence, those of course ought to be considered as allowably
exempted who are prevented from residing by sickness,
infirmity, old age, or any other inevitable providential
hindrance. And the few surviving clergymen who
obtained a plurality of benefices in former years, and
who reside either alternately on both, or wholly on one
of them, must be considered as entitled to the same ex-
emption. In this diocese, after making these allowable de-
ductions which I have alluded to, there is not one of the
beneficed clergy- who can be represented as a non-resdent.
Illness of a serious character excuses the temporary absence
of two of our members; and the only other two who do not
reside in the diocese, are attending to the duties of the cle-
rical appointments which they hold in a different part of
the country. And I would add, that having made inquiry
myself last year from every bishop of every diocese in Ire-
land, I am prepared to assert that the cases of non-re-
sidence are exceedingly few in number; and as to some
of those few, there are no glebe-houses in their parishes to
reside in, nor the means of building houses, on account of
the miserable smallness of their incomes. Accustomed as
our English brethren are to draw from a large and liberal
fund for advances of money towards the building of glebe-
houses, they may not be aware that no such assistance is
now provided in Ireland; and that the clergy have to supply
for themselves the means of erecting their parsonage-houses.
But the constant residence of the clergy, the moderate
amount of their average income, the rapid disappearance of
pluralities and sinecures—these, though they testify much
in reply to the unfounded and unjust accusations brought
against our Establishment by its enemies, are but external
:lettere. The life, the energy, the value, the usefulness of
the Church depends still more upon the personal character,
and the official qualifications of its ministers." The most
Rev. Prelate then, at considerable length, bore testimony to
the great improvement which has been steadily going on
for several years in the clergy, and to their efficiency as a
body of Christian pastors. ",In a society composed of frail and
finite beings it is impossible but that offences must come. That
the Irish clergy are not without some unworthy members it is
unreservedly admitted ; but admitted in a sense which
must apply to the membrs of every other church, of every
other institution of equal magnitude and standing. The late
Bishop Jebb, in his speech delivered in the House of Lords,
in the year 1824, upon the state of our Church. thus ex-
pressed his opinion—' The Irish clergy are a most improving
body.' This (he proceeds to sav) 1 can myself attest from
my own knowledge, acquired during twenty-five years of
close and diligent attention to the subject. The improve-
ment has been striking—l might almost say it has been mar-
vellous ; it has also been progressive, and I see not any like-
lihood of its diminution. Those in authority are becoming
more and more disposed to exercise a mild, but firm and effi-
cient discipline—those under authority more and more so-
licitous to approve themselves not only to their earthly su-
periors, but to Him whose commission they bear, and before
whose judgment-seat they must render a strict account.'
Such was the character of the Irish :clergy drawn by that
distinguished prelate; and I can confirm its truth and ac-
curacy. Looking back to the period when I was raised to
the episcopal office, forty years ago, and comparing the
internal condition of the Church now with what it was
then, the improvement in every respect is most marked
and gratifying. It is also cheering to me to find that our
daily schools are in a most encouraging and hopeful state—
full of promise as to the fruit they will bear in future years.
It is chiefly by your exertions, my reverend brethren, that
279 schools have been established in your parishes, most of
them supported by private bounty, and affording a Christian
edUcation to upwards of 22,000 children-10,000 of whom are
members of our Church, 5,000 are Protestant Dissenters, and
7,000 are Roman Catholics: so successful have your efforts
been in effecting their united education. Almost all of these
schools are in connexion with the Church Education Society,
in behalf of which I applied to the Government, as you are
aware, for aid, but applied in vain: I deeply lament that the
assistance of the State has not been vouchsafed. The refusal,
however, of pecuniary support from the Government does not
abate the value of our schools, nor diminish the importance
of maintaining them to the utmost of our power. We
did not establish them in factious opposition to those
of Government; they are the old schools of the coun-
try, established because we felt that without such insti-
tutions for the young, under our own superintendence,
and conducted on principles. of which we approve, we should_
be without one of the most important and effectual means of
doing good to those committed to our care. Your constant
and anxious superintendence of them, my reverend brethren,
has been most praiseworthy. Relax not your efforts to render
them more and more efficient in every respect ; and may the
Divine blessing rest on all the abundant labours in which you
are engaged, for the edification of the people both young and
old; and may that blessing likewise descend on the bishops
and clergy of every other diocese in Ireland. We are all
one body,' and have one hope of our calling.' Let
brotherly love continue and abound. At my advanced
time of life, it may not be given me to see the day
when the perils which surround the Irish Church shall
have disappeared, and the beams of temporal prosperity
shine once more upon it. The clouds that now overhang
and darken its worldly prospects may not be dispersed before
my eyes are closed in death ; but, if it should be so, I shall,
nevertheless, bless God that the Church which I leave in
earthly troubles and adversity is in a state of spiritual
health, and life, and order, and devotedness, such as, I be-
lieve, never adorned it in any former period of its histo.
These are favours bestowed upon it by God's mercy and
goodness. These are blessings which are not in the l power
of states to give or take away. They are
nobler wealth than any worldly prosperity. And
of higher.s vatuNe,hanend
our Church is thus improved, that our brethren in • n land
will allow it to be overthrown ? To them we ha.rde.arilhet toin
look for sympathy, for encouragement, and for
the Churches
doctrine, discipline, government,
of England and Ireland were uniteadntdogwe°thrseir",-;nd, as we were
led to believe. united indissolubly and for ever, at the period
of the union of the kingdoms. To the people of England, who,
when our Legislature was incorporated with theirs, entered
into a solemn treaty with us to preserve our Church as
-.the established Church of the country; and_ who, as a fur-
ther security for the permanence of that B itablishment,
call
upon the Sovereign to promise to preserve the
'settlement' of theN' United Church;—t inviolably '
0 the people of
i
England we naturally look for effectual aid n guarding the
interests of that Church which they have thus pledged
themselves to uphold. And, at the same time, we owe it to
the people of England to remove the deceptions which are
practised upon them by those enemies of our Church who
circulate misstatements respecting it, and who seek to make
it appear undeserving of their succour. It is due to them, on
our part, to show that this Church, which is a part of theirs, is
not the corrupt mass of abuses,—is not the bad' and ,mis-
chievous institution' which those who are labouring to effect
its downfal represent it to be ; but that it is, in truth, worthy of
theirprotection, their sympathy, and their support. But we must
not rely on an' it
arm of flesh,' though is our wisdom to appeal
to those whose duty it is to rendern aid. Our help stand-
eth in the name of the Lord.' To him we are to-look as able
we would°
endeavour
to to preserve us, who bath delivered tel.!, and doth deliver, in
whom we trust that He will yet
d11"r
us.'
althoughsghwteof men from aspersions
must be made unto him ; and,
to vindicate our Church in the.
unjustly cast upon it, yet, when draw near to God to
- I •es
offer our .supplications to Him, we must humble ourselves
before Him, ever acknowledging our unprofitableness in His
sight—our failures in the performance of our duties —our
sin-
fulness—our unworthiness. On His mercy we must cast
ourselves, relying only on the intercession of our Saviour to
i
obtain his forgiveness and blessing. I
hearts with our hands to Him that dsv'eelt uslet thenn lift up our
h the heavens,
letirby ual because it cannot con-
cont continual pity
and say, 0 Lord, we bcesehnercchhl;haened,
gouhr,
epsrtems preserve cleanse and defend thy
time in safety
eit evermore
Christ our Lord.
without
hy
by Thy help and goodnes,,
t t ruocue
—Amen.

CITY OF LONDON COSNERAL PENSION SOCIETY.
A general meeting of the subscribers to the above institu-
tion took place yesterday, at tlie London Tavern, for the
isiatlbuseesri subscribers
Hansard,
purpose of electing two male and one female pensioners.
Pherr was a more nutnerootoisoasaitoteni:daiiicoekoof
on any previous similar
Esq., presided. The list of candidat'es consisted of eight
males and thirteen females; of the latter Mary Lyford was
successful, polling 1,124 votes. She is 65 years of age, and
the widow of a highly respectable baker and mealman at
Mortlake, and her success is mainly attributable to the in-
fluence and recommendation of the Hon. Miss Harley. The
successful male candidates were William Dowdeswell, who
polled 957, and James Blanche, polling 898, the latter aped
66, unable to work at his trade of shoemaker through rup-
tuoe ; the former aged 65, formerly a wealthy brewer and
mister.
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THE APPROACHING WINTER. —On Friday
woodcock was shot on the Pentland Hills by tlie game-
keeper of Mr. Robertson of Loganhouse. • This is the first
visitor of its species which has been seen this season in this
part of the country, and its arrival is fully a month earlier
than last year—a prognostication, it is said, of a long and
severe whiten—Scotsman.
11'e are h2ppy to state, for the satisfaction of Sir
Valentine Blake's friends, that , though the attack under
which the worthy Baronet lately suffered was of a most
severe and alarming nature, he is now so tar recovered, that
sanguine hopes may be epte4aine4 of his ultimate restoration
to health.

r THE CASE OF THE ECLAIR.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
" TO C. C. F. GREVILLE, ESQ.
"October 3, 1845.
"Sir,—Agreeably to instructions from the Lords of her
Majesty's Council, we proceeded to the quarantine station at
the Motherbank early on the morning a the 30th, to inquire
fever
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into the particulars connected with the mortality and the
of awhmicahlignarrahn-etd
o
pszaoleern cEeol
air,
from the coast of Africa. Having gone alongside and interro-
gated the Commander Harston and Surgeon Bernard, the fol-
lowing is the result of our inquiries :—L'Eclair sailed from
Devouport in November last, having a crew of 146 officers and
men, for the coast of Africa, on which station she remained
until the 23d of July last, up to which period she had lost
nine men from the common coast fever. Four days after
sailing from Sierra Leone, one man died with fever and
black vomit, the first case of the kind which had taken place;
this man had been brought on board on the morning of the
23d, having been the three pre% ions days on shore. During
her voyage to Gambia and Goree Buona Vista, where she
arrived on the 21st of August, 18 were attacked with the
same fever, with black vomit, of which number 13 died. At
Buona Vista the disease continued to spread rapidly amongst
the crew, when, permission having been obtained from the
Portuguese Governor, it was determined to land the crew,
sick and well, and purify the vessel. A fort was appropriated
to the accommodation of the seamen and sick, and the
officers obtained lodgings in the town. Every measure was
taken to purify the ship by wLshing and whitewashing, fumi-
gation, &c., all the Kroomen remaining on board, with the
exception of six employed in attendance upon the sick. The
disease, however, continued to prevail amongst the officers
and men on shore, 31 men having died between the 21st of
August and the 13th September.
" Under these circumstances a consultation was held by
three naval surg.2ons, and upon their report and recommen-
dation it was determined that the steamer and crew should
proceed to England. The ship's company were in conse-
quence re-embarked, and sailed on the 13th of September.
Captain Escourt, having been taken ill the day before leaving
Buona Vista, died on the 6th. At Buona Vista, the assist-
ant-surgeon Harte, of the Eclair, died, when Mr. Maclure, a
naval surgeon, passenger in the Growler, and Mr.
Coffv, assistant-surgeon of the Growler, volunteered their
services on board ; here also seven seamen volunteered from
the Growler. Dr. Maclure died on the voyage to Madeira,
and one of the volunteer seamen was taken ill of the fever and
recovered.

" Upon the arrival of the steamer at Madeira, the autho-
rities refused permission to communicate with the shore, as
had been previously done '„by the French at Goree; but at
this island Mr. Bernard, a 'naval surgeon, volunteered his
services, and was received on board, with two seamen.
From ie day of her sailing front Madeira, the 21st of Sep-•
tember, up to this date, the 30th, seven deaths have taken
place from the fever, and eight new cases have occurred
viz.:—
Deaths. . Fresh cases.

2 on the 21st of September. 1 on the 22nd of September.
1 -.25th • 1 . 23rd
1 .7. 26th 2 25th
1 28th -3 26th
1 29th 1 29th
1 30th

7 8
" The fever still prevailing on board, the first measure
deemed necessary was that the ship should be kept in strict
quarantine.
" 2. That the healthy should be separated from the sick.
The steamer was therefore ordered to the Foul Bill Quarantine
Station at Standgate-creek ; and an arrangement having
been made with the Lords of the Admiralty by which two
ships in ordinary, with a proper supply of bedding, &c.,
were ordered to be placed at the disposal of the Superin-
tendent of Quarantine at Stainlgate. With the view of per-
sonally superintending the arrangements, we proceeded to
Standgate-creek, and having ascertained the number of
officers and men who had hitherto escaped an attack of the
fever—viz. 41, they were directed to be immediately trans-
ferred to the Revenge, having first undergone the operation
of ablution, and afterwards supplied with clean clothing and
bedding. All those who had recovered from the fever, toga •
ther with such number of convalescents as were in a state to
be moved, were directed to be transferred to the Benbow,
leaving only on board the steamer the sick, and such num-
ber of officers and men as the Commander might think ne-
cessary ; the Kroomen also to remain on board (not one of
whom had been attacked with fever), excepting such number
as might be thought necessary to assist on board the Revenge
or Benbow.

" Since the 30th ult. three seamen have died, but we are
happy to state that no fresh case of fever has occurred since
the 29th ult., and that at present there are only two men
confined to bed with the fever, and 11 convalescents, under
the care of the two medical officers, a surgeon and assistant-
surgeon, who have been on board ever since the Eclair sailed
from Madeira ; and we have a confident hope, from the pre-
sent state of the crew and the measures adopted, that the
progress of the disease is arrested.—We have the honour to
be, Sir, your obedient servants,
" W. PYM, Superintendent-General of Quarantine.
"JAMES M. ARNOTT."

ACCIDENT on the GREAT NORTH

OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.

A fearful accident occurred on Saturday, near the Cowton
station of the Great North of England Railway, by which
several persons were snore or less injured, and a lady so se-
verely that but faint hope is entertained cf her recovery.
The Mowing particulars have been communicated by the
guard of the train, and may therefore be relied upon :
The mail train for London left the Gateshead station of
the Newcastle and Darlington Railway as usual, at half-past
three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and reached Darlington
at 27 minutes past five. After the usual detachment and
accession of carriages the train left the station at 87 minutes
least five, and then consisted of the engine and tender, a lug-
gage van (on which the guard who communicated this account
was placed), two second-class carriages, two carriage-trucks
belonging to the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company,
three first-class carriages, the mail-van and sorting carriage,
a carriage-truck, and a horse-box. Among those who joined
the train at Darlington were Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead, of
Manchester, who had booked to the Normanton station, and
they occupied the compartment next the engine, of the first
of the three first-class carriages, the other end being a coupd.
They had a private carriage and horses by the same convey-
ance, and were returning home after a short excursion
among their friends.

About a mile and a half north of the Cowton station,
which is the second from Darlington, the attention of the
guard was drawn to /ITe accident by the breaking of the
coupling-bar between the luggage-van and the carriages,
which drove in the end of the van. On turning round and
looking back, he observed taat they had left a portion of the
train behind, and he immediately gave a signal to the engine-
man to stop, which was done after proceeding about 300 yards
further—the train having been previously going at the rate
of about 30 miles an hour. The engine having been detached
from the van was suit on to Cowton to stop the train ex-
pected
from the south; after which the guard returned
along the line, nearly a quarter of a mile, where he found
the two second-class carriages standing in the rails, not
much injured; about fifty yards further, the first of the car-
riage trucks was standing on its stock upon the rails, the
wheels and axles having been completely taken from under
it. The second truck was about 20 yards further, and
about 40 yards past that the three first-class carriages were
thrown together in such a manner that it is surpri:ing the
injury to the passengers was not greater than it has been.
The first carriage was thrown upon its end, the coupe end
uppermost, and the lower end embedded in the earth,
and in the anterior compartment of the second carria,A,
which was thrown on its side across the rails. The third
was also off' the line. The mail van and sorting carriage
were upright,. but the wheels were off the rail, and deeply
embedded in the earth. The rails were much bent, and the
ground ploughed up for several yards. His attention was
first directed to the situation of the passengers, and he found
that Mrs. Whitehead, by the a,sistance of Major Parker, the
superintendent. of the line, in succession to Captain O'Brien,
and who was fortunately travelling with the train, had been
removed from the carriage, having sustained very serious in-
jury, it being at first thought that both her legs were broken
above the knee. She was placed on the bank, the accident
having oc;:urred in a deep cutting, and every immediate aid
was renderei by Mr. Parsons, of York, and Mr. Boyd, from
the firm of Abbott and Co., of Gateshead, who were passen-
gers by the train. Mr. Whitehead, who was in the same
compartment with his wife, sustained no serious personal
injury, but. his feelings were of course, much excited by the
situation of the unfortunate lady.

The passengers in the second✓ carriage were buried under
the coupe of the first one, which waz also tilled, and some
delay took place in extricating them from their perilous posi-
tion, but when that was effected it was happily found that
none of them had sustained any injury beyond a few slight
blows and scratches.
The situation of Mrs. Whitehead was extremely distress-
ing; but she bore her sufferings with a degree of fortitude
that was quite astonishing. Mr. Chapmam, of Dalton, who
occupies a faun near where the accident occurred, was soon
upon the spot, and kindly offered the use of his house, and
Mrs. Whitehead was conveyed thither on a door supported
by cushions taken from the carriages, and barne by six men.
. A special messenger having been sent to Darlington, the
station-keeper, with about thirty assistants arrived, and
commenced removing the carriages and repairing the line.
In the meantime the York train, having arrived at Cowton,
was detained there untill the arrival of Major Parker,
when it was determined to take some of the carriages from
it to forward the passengers from the north, and that was
accordingly clone, leaving Cowton station for York at half
past eight o'clock. The express train and the mail train,
from London, having also arrived, were detained till the line
was cleared and the rails replaced, which work was accom-
plishod with all practicable speed, and the three trains, with
short intervals between each, reached the Gateshead station
about one o'clock on Sunday morning. The wheels that had
been so completely detached from the carriage truck were
found between 20Q and 300 yards along the line from the
carriage,, one pair broken ; and the breaking of these wheels
is supposed to have been the causeof the accident.
On Mrs. Whitehead being removed to the house of Mr.
Chapman medical aid was procured, but the last accounts
leave little hope of the lady's recovery. It is ascertained
that the thigh bone of only one leg is broken—a very exten-
sive compound fracture. It is due to the servants of th•
Company to state that everything in their power was done to
alleviate the feelings of the sufferers.

REMOVAL OF TOBACCO UNDER

BOND.

The following notice, which is of much importance to the
importers of and dealers in tobacco, has been posted at the
Custom-house, the several dock and other public establish-
ments, and also forwarded to the several ports approved for
the warehousing of tobacco under bond, throughout the
United Kingdom, with directions to the heads of the several
departments to cause the same to be affixed in a conspicu-
ous place in the Custom-houses of their respective ports, for
the information of the numerous members of that trade.

" Custom-house. By the Commissioners for managing and
causing to be levied and collected her Majesty's customs, and
other duties, notice is hereby given, that from and after the
15th day of October, 1845, instant, no leaf or unmenufac-
tured tobacCo, of any description, under bond (save and ex-
cept in the case of samples, duly ticketed and certified by the
proper officer of customs) will be allowed to be carried or re-
moved from one warehousing port to another, or from one
warehouse to another in the same port, without a true and
lawful permit granted by the proper officers of the Excise.
(Signed) W. MACLEAN, Assistant Secretary."
The following general order has simultaneously been issued
by the Board of Excise on this subject :—" It being enacted
by the 6th section of the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 18, That
no leaf or manufactured tobacco shall be carried or removed
from any part or place in the United Kingdom, to any other
place or part thereof, without a true and lawful permit,
granted by the proper officer of Excise;' and the Board
having been in communication with the Commissioners of
Customs on the subject of granting permits for the removal
of such tobacco in bond from one warehouse to another, it
is ordered, that in future, on a request note (agreeably to
2d William IV., cap. 16, sec. 6) being delivered to the proper
officer of the Excise, specifying the date, the places and
warehouses to and from which the tobacco is to be removed,
the number of casks or packages, and the marks and
numbers on each, the net weight of the tobacco, and
the mode of conveyance, whether by railway or waggon,
or sailing or steam-vessel, such request note being signed by
the person intending to remove the tobacco, or his known
servant, and countersigned by the collector, comptroller, or
Other proper officer of the Customs, a permit for the removal
of the tobacco is to be granted. The officers of the Excise
have further received directions to take notice that the ware-
house-keeper of the customs into whose custody such to-
bacco shall be delivered will, on receipt thereof, and after
comparing the goods with the permit, endorse his name on
the latter, together with the day and hour when he received
the goods, and return the permit by the next post to the
supervisor or surveyor of Excise, at the place whence the
goods were removed ; and the supervisor or surveyor is
required, on receiving such permit, to compare it with the
counterpart, and return it to the principal office. By the
Board. (Signed)• GEo. BALLARD.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.
The Cesarewitch betting embraced a more copious field
than we have hitherto had occasion to publish, and, in the
aggregate, looking at the extent of business transacted, ex-
hibited an improvement. Numerically strong, however, as
our list appears, many of the horses comprised in it had only
a nominal status in the market, and not more than five were
really in force—this favoured lot consisted of Boarding School
Miss, The Baron, Intrepid, Kesheng, and Paint Brush.
Jenny Wren was not in much request, and My Mary was so
little fancied that 20 to 1 was laid once and offered after-
wards. A few small bets were made on the Cambridgeshire
and Derby, at the odds quoted below :
CESAREWITCII STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot
9 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss—
taken freely
10 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron—take 11 to 1
12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren—taken,
and afterwards offered
16 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary
20 to 1 agst Mr. W. Etwall's dEgis—t. and aft. offered
20 to I agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet
25 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Kesheng—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's General Pollock—t. and aft. off.
25 to I egst Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware—taken and
afterwards offered
25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Discord—t. and aft. off
25 to 1 agst Mr. Clifton's Paint Brush—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Remorse
2:5 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy
28 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Jet—taken
30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen—tk
80 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Amaryllis filly—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Onslow's Ruff
40 to 1 agst Mr. R. J. Shapto's Metal
40 to 1 agst Mr. Francis's Seven's the Main
50 to 1 agst Mr. Sutcliffe's Alice (h b)—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Surfien's Gorhambury.
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst General Shrnbrick's Brocardo
30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Cook's Fancy Boy—taken.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron—taken
20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario—taken.

The Company of Spectacle Makers held their
quarterly Court at the London Coffee-house on Thursday
last, when about forty gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous
dinner; among whom were—Sir George Carroll, the Lord
Mayor Elect, Sir James Duke, M.P., Admiral Dimdas, M.P.,
Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., the Chamberlain, Mr. Brown, J.
Sievwright, Esq., J. Stone, Esq., Mr. Lutwyce, Mr Dolland,
Mr. Harmer, and several other highly respectable gentlemen,
members of this rising Company. Admiral Dundasn,
in re-
turning thanks for the navy, stated that the Wooden
they
of Old England were never in a better condition
were at present to uphold the honour and cat,
ttlohues se r
inte-
rests of the country; and, in speaking
rotonn
alluded
with
vices which the navy were required to
much kind feeling to the inelanchoyl_:,
commander of the Eclair, Captaillvi,s:
e
or Elect, in returning
cholirt,ofant'id3 so promising,ilii3,o
his officers and crew. ' L
thanks for his health, rghaereofraciLt:tis:saitirtahn
w" Pa
su
kept
should not have occasion to ecelatridaert
stingy, or the cellars empty. at the Mansion-house, or that
to all his fcliov.--citizens
lie would be wanting in heq..pitalily
during the ensuing Mayoralty. Ir. Barry Baldwin returned
thanks upon being elected a liveryman of the Company,
which boasted of several of the nobility among its members,
as well as many, of the most respectable merchants of the
Ty, and assured them it would be his pride to cultivate
their good opinion. The health of the Master, and several
other toasts, were drank, and the, party separated much
p'eased with the hospitality of the k)ectacle Makers' Com-
pany.
A LEARNED CIIURCUWARDEN.—At a village in
South Lincolnshire, not many days ago, on the occasion of
the examinaton of the school children, the clergyman in-
vited the churchwarden of the parish to put some questions
to them in natural history; whereupon the following learned
query was made—" Which o' the Kin wor it as burnt the
gs
cakes ?" Thus propounding, if not a question in natural
history, one at.least for a churchwarden very natural in bid.
L torye—Cambridge Cloosicle,