The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-27 00:00:00

DEAL BOATMEN.

DEAL, JAN. 24.—1 t is said that a number of
these persons hare formed a Society or Club, un-
der the ostensible object of a Benefit Club, but in
reality embracing the raising of Funds, it is sup-
posed for the defraying of Law charges, &c. &c.
The Mayor of Deal, Mr. EDWARD IGGULDEN,
Agent there for the lion. East India Company,
has, it is sail, aho . been appointed Treasurer to
this Boatmen's Club and for t!►eir funds (already
amounting to a considerable sum), that Gentle-
man will pay them interest at 5 per cent.

It offi,rds us great satisfaction to find that the
Letters of LANFRANC on the Catholic Claims,
which have appeared in THIS Paper, are so highly
estimated thronithoitt the Country :—they are in
a course of republication in The Staffordshire and
other Provincial Newspapers, and will, we doubt
not, make a deep and lasting impression on The
Public Mind.

We are happy to say, the Duke of YORK is so
much recovered from his late accident as to have
been able to take au airing in his carriage on Sun,
day and yesterday.
Yesterday the Earl of LIN, ERPOOL gave a Par-
liamentary (hurter to a number of Peers at Fife
House. Lord CASTLEREAGH had a party of 44
Members of the House of Commons, at his House
in St. James's-square. .At both the Ministers'
dinners the. PRINCE REGENT'S Speech for the
opening of the Session of Parliament this day by
commission was read.

The accounts. from Hanover state, that the
marriage of the Doke of CAMBRIDGE with a Prin-
cess of Hesse Cassel is expected to be celebrated
at Cassel about the middle of March, and that his
Royal Highness, will' his Consort, will soon
afterwards visit England, where they will be re-
married.

It is said that a match was arranged in Paris,
to take place between Lord CLARE and Miss Say..
MOUR, the proteg4e of Mrs. FITZHEREERT.
The Right Hon. T. WALLACE, a Gentleman
of well known abilities and .experience in public
business, is expected, to be appointed Vice-Presi.
dent,ot the Board of Trade.

At a General Meeting, recently held at North
Shields, of the Ship-Owners within the Tyne, it
was resolved that every effort should be made to
obtain an advance of Freight on Timber from.
British North America—as the Freights of last
year did not leave to the Owners of the ShipS em-
ployed in it a living profit.
ROYAL ACADEMY.—Mr. TURNER gave his Sixth
Lecture on Perspective last night. He pursued
the subject of his previous Discourse' with further
illustrations.

,
HE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY bad a Dinner
and Concert yesterday, at the Freemasons' Hall.
Sir GEORGE SMART was in the Chair. The Duke
of SUSSEX and many of the higher Patrons of the
Institution were present.
It is with pleasure we learn that Mr. HAWES' pri-
vate Subscription Concerts for the season com-
mence next Saturday.—Sir G.SsisaT is to preside
at the Piano-forte. The most eminent instru-
mental and vocal Performers •will aid Mr. Hawes
in the course of these Concerts, and• we have no
doubt they will equal, if not surpass, those of last
season.

The Medical Collision which has taken !dace at
the ‘Vestminster Hospital is likely to attract gene-
ral attention. We agree with Mr. GUTHRIE, 41
the assertion in his printed Circular, that the
Trustees of this excellent Institution should not
" sanction any measure which tends to make
public Hospitals either places of private bargain
and sale to the Medical Attendants, or of heredi-
tary succession, to the exclusion of all competi-
tion of talent;" and therefore trust that the attempt
now made to impose on the Hospital another As-
sistant Surgeon, to the injury of the present anti-
Able and eminent individual who fills that situa-
tion, and who has so ably performed the duties of
a Surgeon to that Hospital, without any emolu-
ment, for many years, will not succeed ;--but
that the Trustees will give a preference in the suc-
cession to Mr. WHITE, in the event of a Vacancy,
who from his merits and services has strung claims
to their support. The wish expressed by Mr.
LYNN to nominate and appoint an Assistant Sur-
geon without ballot or election, is highly impro-
per, with reference to the true interest of the
Hospital ; hut we think the determination of Mr.
GurHate to offer himself a Candidate for Surgeon,
in opposition to Mr. WHITE, equally liable on
that ground to objection ; as we conceive, from
the length and nature of the disinterested services
of the latter, his claim to the suffrages of the
Trustees to he irresistible ; and we hope that he
will become one of the Surgeons of this Institu-
tion at the first vacancy.
Mr. Fox's birth-day was celebrated by his
friends on Saturday last at Freemasons' Hall.
Lord HOLLAND was in the Chair. We have no
objection to this annual tribute to departed talents,
and rather think that it is honourable to the
Parties concerned. But let them exercise the
same liberality towards those who revere the
memory of Mr. PITT, the wisest, most disin-
terested, and most virtuous Statesman that His-
tory can record.
ROBERT Boat's.--The Birth-day of this favou-
rite Bard of Scotland was yesterday celebrated at
the Crown and Anchor Tavern ; Mr. HENRY
ERSKINE JOHNSTON was in the chair, and Mr.
MAYWOOD recited an Ode written for the occa-
sion.
011 Thursday next the Anniversary of the Birth
Day of that inimitable Scotch Poet, &arts, will
be held.at Newcastle on Tyne, which, we under-
stand, will be very numerously attended.
The Tottenham, for New ..South NVales, with
the Derby Rioters on board, has returned to
Sheerness from the Downs, having unshipped her
rudder, and sustained other damages, which are
to be repaired time.