The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-24 00:00:00

THE TEMPLE CHURCH.

Subsequently, in the reign of Charles the Second,the
fine open area of the body of the church was filled with
long rows of stiff and formal pews, which concealed the
bases of the columns, while the plain but handsome
stone walls of the sacred edifice were encumbered, to a
height of eight feet from the ground, with oak wain-
scoting, which was carried entirely round the church,
so as to shut out from view the elegant marble ic3iscina
on the south side of the building, the interesting arched
niches over the high altar, and the sacrarium on the
eastern side of the edifice. The elegant gothic arches con-
necting the round with the oblong portion of the building
were filled up with an oak screen and glass windows and
doors, and with an organ gallery adorned with Corin-
thian columns and pilastres and Grecian ornaments,
which divided the building into two parts, altogether
altered its original character and appearance, and sadly
marred its architectural beauty. The eastern end of
the church was, at the same time, disfigured with an
enormous altar-piece in the classic style, decorated with
Corinthian columns and Grecian cornices and entabla-
tures, and with enrichments of cheraims and wreaths
of fruit, leave', and flowers, exquisitely carved and eau-
tifulAin themselves, but heavy and cumbrous, and quite
at variance with the gothic character of the edifice.
A huge pulpit and sounding-board, elaborately carved,
were also erected In the middle of the nave, forming a
gloat obstruction to the view of the interior of the build-
ing, and the walls and all the columns were thickly
clustered and disfigured with mural monuments.—Addl.
son's Hrstory of the Knights Templar:.

STATIC OF TILE Bo ROUG H.—Nothing can pre-
sent a clearer proof of the strong moral character of the
poor half-starved English artisans than the decrease of
crime at the present unprecedented season of misery and
privation—a time when a great majority of the people
are absolutely starving, and yet their honesty remains
unshaken. According to the calendar of our approach-
ing sessions there are only ten cases for trial, and these
are principally depredations committed by old offenders,
practised thieves—men, whom no circumstances would
make honest.—Manchester Times.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
POUTSMOUTTT JAN. 2?.—!{'r :‘ll,fr,sty's Wati
.

Acting Master—F. F. Strong, to the Pearl.
Masters' Assistant—T. Anderson, to the Victory.
Assistant Surgeon—T. M. Costello, to Haslar Hospital.
Mates—R. H. Moubray, to the Hazard ;R. H. Dal-
ton, to the Queen ; H. L. Griffiths and G. Durban, to the
Impregnable ; L. Gibbard, to the Wolverine; A. J. Cur-
tis, to the 'Minden.

Volunteers, First Class—T.H. M. Martin and Cor-
nick, to the Carysfort ; J. A. Deudney, Ralph Taylor,
and James Gill, to the Queen.
Coast Guard—Lieut. Richards, from Pembroke to
Tenby, vice Bourne, deceased ; Lieut. Goullett appointed
to Pembroke ; Mr. Forsyth, R.N., from the Kingston
Coast Guard Station, to command the Griper, Chiches-
ter Harbous, vice Davis promoted.
Captain Kuper, who commands the Calliope, at China,
is honoured with the Companionship of the Order of the
Bath in last night's Gazette.
THE ROYAL MARINES.

Royal Marine Office,
(Circular Copy.) Jan. 18, 1842.
Sir—You will be
.pleased to make known the following
gratifying communication to the Division under your
command.—By command of her Majesty's Lords Corn-
sioners of the Admiralty, L. OWEN, D.A.G.
Col. Jones, Commandant Royal Marines, Portsmouth.
ADMIRALTY, 17TH JAN. 1842.
Sir—l am desired by Lord Haddington to forward the
accompanying extract of a letter he has had the honour
to receive from Sir James Graham, her Majesty's Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department.
Lord Haddington desires me to add, that he has com-
municated the same to the Board of Admiralty, and
their Lordships join with him in congratulating the
Royal Marines on her Majesty's most gracious expres-
sions on the occasion, and which his Lordship requests
you will make known to the corps.
I have the honour, &c. W. A. B. HAMILTON.
Colonel Owen, C. 8., K.H.
Extract of a letter from Sir James Graham, Bart., Se-
qretary of State for the Home Department, to the Earl
of Haddington, dated the 15th January, 1842 :
I have the honour to inform your Lordship that it is
her Majesty's pleasure that the guard of honour to at-
tend the King of Prussia, on his landing in this country,
shall consist of Royal Marines, and her Majesty has felt
great satisfaction in making this selection, thereby mark-
ing her sense of the gallant and distinguished conduct
of the corps.

THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPE-
DITION.

The following letter, published in the New Orleans
Picayune, confirms the account previously received of
the fate of this expedition. Mr. Kendall, the senior editor
of the Picayune, accompanied the expedition, and it is stated
that the other editors of the Picayune have chartered
a vessel, in which one of them has by this time gone to
Mexico, to effect if possible the liberation of Mr. K. The
Picayune says no reasonable doubt can be entertained
that the letter given below is accurate and authentic :
Chihuahua, North of Mexico, Nov. 4th, 1841.
To John G. Chalmei-s, M.D., Austin, Texas.
Sta,—lle who now addresses you does so with some
personal risk, and therefore must use the precautions
which prudence suggests. His agents in New Orleans
will be able, from the autograph, to inform you of the
writer's name. By particular request of Col. Wm. Cook,
and Dr. Richard G. Brenham, I sit down to give you a
narrative of their disasters, as detailed to me in some
brief interviews with them, during their short sojourn in
this city as prisoners of war.
The advance party, of about 100 men, had reached
the neighbourhood of Santa Fe, leaving the rear guard,
with the waggons and artillery, some 200 miles behind.
Four or five men were then sent forward to announce
the purposes of their mission to the authorities, and
to say that they had come more as friends than foes :
that they wished to cultivate the acquaintance of their
neighbours, and open commercial relations with them,
and not to provoke hostilities. Of the avant couriers,
•one was a Capt. Lewis, and another was Mr. Kendall,
editor of the New Orleans Picayune. They were seized,
and two or three, some say four of them, were, by order
of Governor Armijo, immediately shot. The Governor
then, with a large body of New Mexicans in arms,
went out to salute their visitors. The latter had,
however, taken up a strong position, and prepared to act
on the defensive, should it be necessary—hitherto igno-
rant of the fate of their emissaries, as of the reception
they were likely to meet.
At this critical moment comes forward Capt. Lewis,
accompanied by a nephew of the Governor (who speaks
and understands the English language well), and begs
Col. Cook not to fire, nor be concerned. He assures him
there is no need of an engagement, as the Governor is
disposed to receive them kindly, and that articles of
agreement had been already entered into for an armis-
tice, which might lead to a friendly alliance. On the
other hand, he represented the Mexican force as nume-
rous and strong that in an hour they would be sur-
rounded by five thousand men, all armed and obedient to
their chief ; that it was vain to resist, and the Governor
was anxious to avoid a conflict, and would deal better by
them than they had any right to expect.
These representations and assurances exercised a fatal
influence. They inclined to listen to terms of capitula-
tion, which were agreed upon as follows :—They were
to lay down their arms, and return forthwith to Texas ;
their persons were to be safe and inviolate; the Governor
was to protect them against the populace, to escort them
to the borders of Texas, and there, having restored to
them their guns, despatch them to their homes.
These articles were ratified in the usual manner in
such cases, and the Texan party, in good faith, surren-
dered their arms. They were instantly seized, tied, and
plundered of every thing. Even their uniform was
stripped off. Hats, boots, and shoes, shared the same
fate, and in this condition they were ordered to march
under a strong escort to the city of Mexico, a distance
of near 2,000 miles, and answer to the authorities there
as prisoners of war. They arrived here about ten days
ago, having suffered greatly from fatigue, hunger, and
thirst. In thia place they received as good treatment as
could be expected in their circumstances.
Though restrained of all liberty, their personal wants
were attended to, and by voluntary subscriptions of both
foreigners and native, they were clad (near 100 men) in
a light but comfortable suit, and then sent forward on
their dreary march. They are expected to reach the
capital some time in December next. Amo.im. the pri-
soners is a lad of the name of Coombs, whose father in
Kentucky was named minister to Mexico. The boy
heard of this in Galveston, and presuming his father
would accept the appointment, he resolved to accompany
this expedition to Santa Fe, and thence go to Mexico and
join his parent.

- The names of some. of the officers are Captain Sutton,
Engineer Hunt, and Lubock.

The instructions of the Texan President, together
with his proelamation to the inhabitants, private letters,
and other documents, were taken and sent to this place
for translation. During this process some suspicion fell
upon the foreign residents, two of whom, Mr. Thurston
find Captain Dryden, were thrown into prison—the for-
mer was detained about fifteen days, and the latter is
still in close confinement uncertain of what will be his

sentence. It is thought it will be death.
P.S.—News has arrived here that the command un-
der Gen. M'Leod has surrendered in a manner similar
to Col. Cook, and with similar treatment, corroborating
the surmise that Lewis was saved for a tool in this bu-
siness. They have been some 20 days on their march
towards Mexico, and are expected here in ten or twelve
more. The Governor, in his despatches, says he has
detained as prisoners two Commissioners, one Secretary,
and one other, undescribed—probably Kendall. Lewis,
for his fidelity and activity, has been set at liberty, to
wend his way
to Texas or to the Devil, as he prefers.
Here he cannot stay, much less live. An extraordinary
courier arrived with despatches to the Governor last
night. The purpose no one can ascertain. Conjecture
says the prisoners have escaped.—Nov. 8, 1841.
The above is a plain simple statement of. facts.
•

HE COAL TRADE...—We are glad to be in-
formed that there has been a considerable increase in
the quantity of coals shipped, during the past year, in
the Tees, Wear, and Tyne,
especially' at the latter port,
notwithstanding the ilepressed circumstances of the
country. The increase has been both in our home-market
and in over-sea shipments.' Durham Chronicle.
A FARMER IN A RAGE.—
The conduct of the
farmer in the neighbourhood of Barnard Castle, who
burnt a newspaper that he borrowed from a
friend, because it contained an account of the
meeting at Manchester against the Corn-laws, is
characteristic of the blind support which his body
give to the- present system. He little thought, good
man, when he was putting the paper under his oven, lest
its contents should be disseminated, and the farmers be
ddne up by it, that he was passing the severest condem-
nation on the Corn-laws, which, if based on equity and
reiason, would have nothing to fear, but everything to
gain by full and free discussion.—Durham Chronicle.
On Saturday the Magistrates of Middlesex ap-
pointed Mr. Childe, the Inspector of Weights and Mea-
sures, High Constable of the Borough ofFinsbury, which
situation became vacant by the -resignation of Mr. Tinney.

witch, Lieut. Mat.=on, co7runatiding, captured on Ow. 2`c `ll
Oct. last, the slave vessel Doe Francisco, fitted for re-
ceiving slaves. On the 2E6 of the same month she cap-
tured' the notorious slaver the Ermalinda, with a cargo
valued at upwards of 4,0001., including a London-built
carriage that cost 400/., and a pair of handsome greys,
intended as a bribe from the slave merchant (owner of
the prize) for the purchase of slaves. The prize was sent
to Sierra Leone for condemnation.
The Winchester, 52, is ordered to be paid off at this
port immediately on her arrival from Bermuda, and will
be re-commissioned for the flag of the Hon. Rear Admi-
ral J. Percy, for the Cape Coast station.
The Revenge, 78, Captain the Hon. W. Waldegrave,
is ordered home from Lisbon, to be paid off.
The Termagant, brigantine, Lieut. Seagrim, is ordered
home from the West Coast of Africa, and may shortly
be looked for ; also the Vestal, 26, from the West Indies.
The brig Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Earle, is ready to pro-
ceed to tlic• Cape and African station, and will take out
despatches for the Madagascar, 46, senior officer's ship,
and disposable boys. Commander Barker (appoic ted to
the Lily, 18, vice Allen, promoted) will also go out in
the Rapid, among other supernumeraries. She will not
sail till the latter end of next week.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTIONS—CIerk—R. W. Farrer, late of the Con-
way, to the raiik of purser. _
APPEINTMENTS—Rear-Admiral Cochrane, C.B„ to be
second in command in the East Indies.
Captain—H. W. Bruce, to the Hastings.
Commander—Robert Harris, to the Naval College, to
avail himself of the course of instruction.
Lieutenants—G. E. Hammond, to the Howe, as Flag-
Lieutenant ; J. H. Cochburn, to the Naval College, to
avail himself of the course of instruction • J. T. Cald-
well, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir T.
Cochrane.