The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-17 00:00:00

BRITISH COLUMBIA. (From a Correspondent of the Daily News.) VICTORIA, DEC. 26, 1858. Colonel Moody, family, and staff, together with Captain Gossett, arrived here by the mail yester day; but although they had been expected for weeks, and the hotels here are notoriously unfit for ladies or families, not the slightest preparation of any kind had been made for their reception. They landed in sleet and rain, making their way in a pitiable plight up from Esquimault in expectation of finding shelter in Victoria ; but shelter there was none, and, after ransacking the town and rumaging every little cheerless weather-boarded h u t i n th e suburbs, the colonel and family were obliged to re treat to Esquimault, and take up their temporary quarterso n board the Satellite, until a great barn like wooden building, next the Post•office, was cleared out for their reception. This lodging con sists of three apartments, the main room constitut ing the parlour, drawing-room, reception-room, kitchen, scullery, and public office of the new lieu tenant-governor; and th ere M rs . M oo dy, like a true soldier's wife, with her int er esting children, in sits a spirit o f serene res i gna ti on , i n an un car peted insular space within a sort of counter-table, looking apparently as cheerful, happy, and ab stracted as if installed in the most recherche bou doir. Were I Governor Douglas, methinks I would have issued stealthy orders beforehand to have the great waste house scrubbed out with soap and water, to put rush mattings on the floors, plain blinds upon the windows, a few cheap chairs and tables in the sitting-room, a few rough stretchers, with coarse bed-clothing in the dormitories. I would, furthermore, have had a slab-shed slyly run up in the rear to do duty as a kitchen, and then, laying aside the stilts, I would have made a call of kindly welcome on the new arrivals; and I fancy I could have derived infinite gratification in catch ing the colonel's look of obligation, in seeing his lady's smile of gratitude, and in hearing the de. lighted little ones exclaim, in :tones of ecstacy, " Oh, dear mamma, what kind, good man prepared this nice warm house for us, when you said you would have to live in a cold tent?" A troop of sold-out young soldiers and bowled out young gentlemen of the fast school, arrived by the same boat, who made it a point, no doubt, to travel in company with the Colonel, and give him to understand, in the course of the voyage , that if any difficulties should beset him in the new colony, they would be ready at his beck to enrol themselves as official volunteers, and take any form of serv ice he might employ them on for his personal advan tage or the public welfare. I fear the "ha w• a bl e " aspect of the metropolis was infin itely depressing to those self-expatriated young swells ; but they were somewhat compensated, I dare say, for their disap pointment in that respect bythe curi ous a d m i rat i on of the Indian population, who gazed in a s t a t e o f awe - s t ru ck wonder at their shiny boots, their loud patterned trowsers, their ch a i ns an d p i ns, and r i ngs and studs, and their many oth er exqu i s it e ex t erna l ornaments, quite new, and attracti ve t o th e primi tive gaze of the island aboriginals. The follies of foppery, however, will soon be eradicated by a little goldfield discipline, and I am quite prepared to see those young men settle dewn into useful citizens. Their presen ce , moreover, i s to b e welcomed, because it deprives the government o f any excuse for per sisting in a mos t o bj ec ti ona bl e pract i ce, an d one which has given rise to exceeding dissatisfaction thein public mind—l m ean th e h a bit o f emp l oy i ng foreigners in all offices of trust and emolument. The apology heretofore was that none others were to be found, but now that British subjects of cha racter and education are coming amongst us in num bers, the citizens expect not only that this uncon stitutional system will be discontinued for the present, but that all past appointments of the kind shall be cancelled. They cannot be sanctioned by British law, which will cease to be respected, or even obeyed, if administered through such channels. DEC. 30. Chief Justice Begbie maybe saidto have madehis official debut this morning in the publication of an elaborate document, setting forth the various rules and fees of court, and specifying the terms under which barristers and attorneys of other British colonies and American lawyers will be permitted to practise in British Columbia. It is an ably drawn manifesto in so far as the composition is concerned ; but it concedes a new principle, which has elicited vehement dissatisfaction from an interested few, and will, no doubt, challenge considerable discussion amongst the community at large, engendering, as it does, an apprehension that with the thin end of the wedge in, as temporary practitioners in our law courts, our keen, insidious cousins will endeavour to open up a free entry to many other important rights and privileges hitherto regarded as inacces sible to foreigners. From all I • can learn of the Chief Justice's character and feelings, whether as a British subject or a British dignitary, I believe if any other expedient could have been devised whereby the ends of justice would be attainable he never would have advised or sanctioned the step in question ; neither is there reason to apprehend that the national honour or the dignity of the high pro fession to which he belongs will suffer slight or blemish through his instrumentality. Under the official edict alluded to, American lawyers of approved character and reputation are permitted to practise for a period of six months only, before the expiration of which time it is expected that a sufficient number of duly qualified men may , arrive from the old country to cope with the in creasing litigation of the colony. But, considering that at present there is only one British barrister and only one qualified attorney (a Canadian) in the two colonies of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, while it is certain that the population will increase enormously, particularly in its American element, during the prescribed period, I cannot see how the difficulty could have been otherwise surmounted save by suspending all legal proceedings, leaving crime to flourish, and putting up the shutters of the temple of justice until the members of the long robe at home could be induced to favour us with the light of their countenances. Even with the übiquitous powers of Sir Boyle Roach's bird, together with the versatile talents and energies of a Brougham and a Pearson, I am wholly unable to conceive how one barrister and one attorney could keep pace with the business of two colonies, following one court into the fastnesses of the Upper Frazer, then appearing anon in another, simultaneously sitting in the capital of Vancouver's Island, and drafting at the same time the acres of conveyancing required in the alienation of land from the crown, and the subdivisional sales from large to small speculators, in colonies where the leading aspiration of every man is to get hold of a town allotment or a country farm. The loudest, in fact, the only, inveighers against the temporary privilege are a few Canadian lawyers of " easy patriotism," who come within the category of a class known as " whitewashed Yankees," from having discarded, in as far as they could, their alle giance tothe British crown by declaring their inten tion to become citizens of the United States. The gist of their grievance is that previous to enrolment they are required to swear, amongst other matters, " that they never have changed their allegiance," which debars them from the privileg e of British subjects. B u t , i n my humble opinion , their remon strances or compl a i nts should be rather' scorned than heeded ; nor can I understand how m en guilty of voluntary reneeadism, wh o " spec i a l ly" forswear their fealty to 15 ueen Victoria,de liberat ely re pudiate the sacred ti es of fatherland, and can rationally expect either sympathy or relief. I plead guilty to a regret, that the const ra i nt of necessity extracted a very objectionable concession from Chief Justice Begbie, but I regard the barrier he has opposed to the " whitewashed" gentry as a trait of q uite a re deeming character. There is a rumour that our soli tary barrister is determined to take high ground with respect to American practitioners at the coming law sittings ; but I trust he will alter his intentions. Roman Catholic voyageurs are reputed to consider themselves absolved from the obligations of fasting and penance when they get into twelve-f a th om water, and I think a British barrister locate d to th e westward of the great Sierra Nevada might re nounce the strict prescriptions of th e benchers i n favour of an extemporised arrangement calculated to conduce to public convenience as well as personal emolument. But referring once more to the " white washed Yankees," I trust his Excellency Governor Douglas will see the necessity as well as the pro priety of having an oath of allegiance similar to that framed by Chief Justice Begbie administered to public officials of all ranks in both colonies ; for already there is a large influx of the whitewashed class from the neighbouring American territories looking for appointments, and I cannot persuade myself to believe that parties swallowing the sub joined preliminary oath can be considered either as trustworthy or legally eligible for public em ployment under the British Crown—" I, A. 8., do solemnly declare on oath that it is bona fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce for ever all allegiance and fidelity to all and any foreign prince, potentate, State, and so vereignty whatever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdo m of Great Britain and Ireland—Sworn, A. 1 32 , In reference to Ame r i can entanglements, another question of considerable i mportance has arisen with regard to the right of Arnericae•built vessels to ply or trade along the coast, or on the internal waters of British territory. Some of the a uthorities here at first inclined to the opinion that th e mere running up of the British flag constituted a suffiejea warrant for such an intrusion ; but after further considera tion it was deemed indispensable that before an A mer i c an bottom could be entitled so to trad e s h e should pass by sale into the possession of a British owner , and under this edict of the Executive Council J.N. 1,1859. Since the black raw weather softened down into a mild genial temperature, for several successive days, leading sanguinenew-comers to believe that an early spring season was about to make amends for the late rigours, so prevailing did this anticipation become, that numerous late arrivals from the Upper Frazer, en route to California, determined to remain in Vic toria, while several of the more impulsive absolutely returned up river by the Otter yesterday to com mence their operations. This morning., however, was ushered in with a tempest of wind and sleet, which still hisses and spits with frigid venom through the shingled roof as I write, blistering the paper with wet blots, which you must not mistake as having been caused by tear drops of regret at m y new-year prospects in this "new and happy land," as Henry Russell would call it. I might, I acknowledge, be much more comfortable airing my slippered feet before a gentleman's seacoal fire in a small Pimlico parlour; but the few temporary chills and drawbacks endured by those who help in rocking the cradles •of these infant colonies will be amply compensated for on an early day, and hopeful minds will cheer and sustain them against physical incon veniences until that day comes round. The men who could think repiningly of carpets and easy chairs and spring mattresses, early lamb, and the other delicacies of the season, won't do for the cas cades and the frozen rapids. We want lads with good hearts, willing hands, and good digestions, whose motto is " never say die." And to as many of this class as come, rewards proportionate to their industry await them, not alone on the goldfields, but in the fields of agriculture, in the lands of pas ture, in the pursuits of trade and handicraft, and in the varied paths of professionil employment. This is no highly-coloured nor inflated prediction. The great and immediate results which followed the auriferous development of California and Australia will likewise accrue in British Columbia when her golden resources are fairly brought to light, as they will be in the course of a very few months, for every day since I last wrote brings to hand accu mulative evidence of the abounding and wide-spread deposits of the precious metal in the vast regions watered by the Frazer and its countless tributaries. Last evening I examined some splendid samples of large nuggetty water-worn gold, from Bridge river, which its owners said they picked from the crevices of rocks into which it had been washedby the rapid current ; and as these crevices are considerably above the bed of the river, immense returns are very naturally looked for when the waters so far subside as to allow the bar and bottom to be care fully worked. But this is not all, rich dry diggings have been discovered in various quarters. In a locality called La Fountain, at the head of the Lil lovet trail, a great district of comparatively level country has been found to be auriferous throughout; and 80 miles beyond it, in a north-easterly direc tion, between the Cascades and the Rocky Moun tains, there is a vast open fertile prairie region, called the Canoe country, which yields largely, all the samples from there that I inspected being of a most beautiful character. In a word, if the Go. vernment and the wealthier mercantile classes are equal to the occasion, supplying sufficient means of reasonable travel and moderate freight, in proper time, no doubt whatever exists but that the amount of treasure which will be dug up, and the consequent trade which must follow, will astonish even the most prejudiced hunters in the older gold-producing countries. In my next you may look forward for information founded on strict ocular demonstration, as I have made arrangements to ascend the Frazer to its upper waters immediately after the arrival of the next European mail. The rivers are tolerably low at present, and still steadily falling, so that I shall be on the ground in the most favourable season for seeing the bar-washing operations, but my prin cipal attention shall be directed to examining and prospecting for dry diggings and quartz reefs, which must always constitute the principal field for money operations during the summer season, when the rivers will be at their greatest height. There are two saw mills at work on the Frazer River, and the requisite machinery for several others has been ordered from San Francisco, so that there is every reason to hope that quartering and weatherboards will be cheap and abundant in the mining districts, enabling diggers to establish themselves in comfortable and comparatively sub stantial quarters before another winter overtakes them. In the absence of business there is abundance of gossip, and most stores, offices, and hotels gather their daily groups, who discuss politics, prospects, and small local matters. Having got the freedom of the city without the ceremonial of a snuff-box, I am permitted to take part in the conversaziones, blit I apprehend I have lately given umbrage to my new acquaintance by originating the idea that it is on the cards to erect an independent capital for British Columbia, if not on the waters of the Frazer, on some of the numerous inlets which indent its seaboard, some of which penetrate between sixty and eighty miles into the interior, almost without soundings, and with the boldest of beaches—all of them sheltered throughout, while those called. Hong's and Lewis' Inlets take directions with re spect to the gold regions which would curtail the distance from thence to the coast one-third, and considerably diminish the difficulties of transport as well. But the government discourage private ex plorations. Their policy is clearly an emanation of Hudson-Bayism, and it is, in my estimation, equally palpable that so long as our colonial rule here continues to be impregnated with the hide bound selfish policy of that effete company, and imperial interests are made to succumb to the grasp ing greed of its insatiable proprietary, we shall pro ceed in a halting unsatisfactory manner, havinr , the island exalted at the expense of the mainland at every opportunity, only because every Hudson Bay Company's governor, chief-factor, factor clerk, func tionary, and hanger-on, owns land in Vancouver's Island and possesses town lots in and around Vic toria which would be depreciated 100 per cent. be low their present estimate if each colony, in Ameri can phrase, " was upon its own hook." It is their vital policy, therefore, to continue, and strengthen the colonial copartnership which at present exists. Hence the discouragement of an expedition which might possibly precipitate the discovery of a harbour in the main and put the nose of Victoria out of joint. Hence the inactivity of the surveying squad ron at Esquimault, which has let a season pass away without as much as buoying the channel through the bar entrance to Fraser River, lest even the full advantage of that recent discovery might become in any wise antagonistic to the metropolitan sovereignty of the island capital. This much, how ever, is known, that there is a depth of 22 feet at high water in the channel, and that the bottom is of a nature which can be most easily dredged, while the impetuous current of the river affords a guaran tee that any artificial deepening of channel will be kept free from sudden accumulations of deposit. What, then, is to prevent Langley from becoming the port of en t r y f or B r iti s h Columbia in case no better is discovered ? The bar of the Mississippi in 1830 was no better than the Fraser, and yet one of the grea t est mar i t i me and commercial cities in the world has arisen on its banks. In its natural or early s t a t e I believe there was only 17 feet over the b ar Of the father of waters, and at present its outsid e limit is 27. Wh a t th en i s t o preven t that a th e and from being deepened in the same ratio supply a site which to erect a capital, there are no co tt on b a l es on we can find piles of gold for the purpose, and sl ours is British which will be free from the scourge of an " But," say the citizens of Victoria:lll.a.l o o 'ha Col por 2 t ,; Wherein lies the advantag e t I reply : You enjoy the benefits of untaxed u i ulb a imports and levy duties on that proportion consumed in British Columbia, spending the proceeds in official salaries and in the beautification of your capital. Let the miners, who will constitute the bone a n d sinew of the colony , eat untaxed bread, also wear untaxed clothes, and use untaxed implements, if need be, which they can have all the cheaper, too, from being imported direct. The frei g h t and insu rance from London will be the same to Langley as to Victoria. So that over and above the scale of duties imposed under the present system on goods going into consumption in the Frazer, there is to be superadded the intercolonial freight from Vic toria to Langley (12 dollars per ton), and the in surance, which I take it will be quite equal to that charged on the long voyage. Thus, putting duties, extra freight, and insurance together, the Vancouverites would be enjoying the necessaries and luxuries of life some 15 per cent. cheaper than the British Columbians, who are looked up to as the future producers of that staple which is to de fray the cost of government, sustain commerce, support trades and professions, and promote the a register has been given to the American steamer Maria, granting her thereby a license to trade coast wise or on the internal waters of Vancouver's Island or British Columbia. As to the obli ation of sale and transfer, it only constitutes a less acile, but not one whit a more efficacious, mode o protecting bonafide British shipowners from foreign competi tion than the e hoisting of the union jack; for, with out meaning any offence to our sharp cousins, I may remark that their political and commercial morality is of a broad latitudinarian character, inaccessible to " compunctious visitings ;" nor do I believe an average Yankee conscience would suffer any greater degree of violence in concocting a mock bill of sale than in running up our national ensign at the main. It may be objected " that there must be two parties to a contract;" but I beg leave to remark to any such objection that until the standard of British citizenship is more clearly defined, both in the re lations of public and private life, very little difficulty will exist in finding a second party, either in Van couver's Island or British Columbia. colonisation of both colonies. This is Irish reci procity with a vengeance. Not only are the bene fits all on one side, but the deserts are on the othe r —a state of things which neither influence nor in trigue can long bolster up ; and the soone r th e power of proclaiming such arbitrary laws is abro gated the better. It will be a difficult thing to reconcile the interests of three conflicting parties —the Hudson's Bay Company, the citizens of Van couver's Island, and those of British Columbia. JAN. 4. Colonel Moody has notified his intention of pro. ceeding on a preliminary visit to the seat of his future labours to-morrow. He takes in his train Chief Justice Begbie, whose only o ffi c i a l ac t as y e t, -within the broad limits of his jurisdiction, has been the swearing in of Governor Douglas. But this has not been the learned judge's fault, it is understood. Eager and anxious to go into harness and lick the chaos into some shape or other, in organising tri bunals, selecting subordinates, and rehearsing, as it were, the programme of the future before another avalanche of immi gra ti on s h ou ld over t a k e th e co l on y in a still helpless s t a t e , h e h as b een cons t ra i ne dly resting on his oars in the island capital since his ar rival. If I might venture a suggestion to meet one branch of the service, it would be an advice to Col. Moody to ask the home authorities for a large draft from the Irish police force. I saw how admirably-the expedient answered in Victoria (Australia), and from the increasing expectations that burst forth every day with regard to the yield of gold from the mines next season, I see no probability whatever that, under existing circumstances, a sufficient num ber of respectable, properly qualified men could be got together in time, and familiarised with duties which are much more difficult of attainment than those of a soldier of the line. It is proposed, I understand, in part consideration of an export duty of 2s. 6d, per oz. on gold, to carry it free, by armed escort, to Langley, and thence by steamer to Victoria; but as yet there is neither horse nor mule, bridle, saddle, whip nor spur, bolster or pistol, man or ac coutrement, for the service, the necessities of which will be upon us about six weeks hence. This is another phase of the " masterly inactivity," but one on which I am not inclined to lay much stress, for miners, when they get the gold, will manage some mode of getting it either to market or into safe keep ing. In fact, from the way in which this self-carrying system works in California, it strikes me the estab lishment bf an escort might with great prudence and propriety be postponed for the present, or at all events until other more pressing and indispens able arrangements are carried into effect. In Victoria (Australia) the several banks have gold buying offices in the various diggings, where the miner obtains an outside price for his dust, from the keenness of the competition, and in the absence of banks in those regions. I have no doubt but that merchants, for the purpose of making their remit tances, will originate similar establishments. Buying it at a reduced price, that will merely indemnify them for the cost of carriage to the present capital, and leaving this cost at 6d. per oz., there is no rea son why the other 2s. should not be exacted, until the contemplated escort is fully equipped ; and perhaps, after all, this mode of piocedure might be most beneficial to the revenue. JAN. 8. By advices received last evening from the Upper Frazer the American amalgamation system of Go vernor Douglas is beginning to bear its legitimate fruits, for British rule is being overborne by Lynch law and vigilance-committee tactics, under the pre sidency of a notorious escaped Californian gambler. All this morning groups of citizens might be seen in various quarters of the town inquiring if the Governor " was yet awake ;" and a strong feeling prevails in favour of setting up a popular muster of volunteers to go up river, confiscate the claims of the mid-day murderers, and drive them over the border. JAN. 9 (in haste). The Beaver, from Frazer River last night, brings down the intelligence that Colonel Moody went to the Upper Frazer with all the Royal Engineers he could muster (25), to disperse the American banditti. The force is manifestly insufficient to deal with 300 armed and desperate men, and the citizens are in tensely disgusted that Governor Douglas has not sent him a reinforcement of marines from the men of-war in Esquimault, or asked for a volunteer force, which he could easily get. We all here earnestly hope the attention of Parliament will be called to the existing state of things early, so that fresh instructions and police, or military succour may be sent out to preserve the peace, else when the digging crowd returns, in a few months, British subjects will have to confine themselves to the island. CALIFORNIA. (From the Correspondent of the Times) SAN FRANCISCO, FEB. 5. Business of every kind in San Francisco has re ceived a decided impulse from the discovery of gold in British Columbia, which has induced an immi gration to that country. Of the total value of goods exported in January last, estimated at 435,468 dols., as much as 112,493 dols. was for Victoria alone, and shipments con tinue to be made to the British possessions in the North with increased briskness as the spring ad- vances. The treasure exported from San Francisco in January, as manifested, amounted to 3,737,542 dols. The operations of the Mint furnish, to a certain extent, a criterion of the business of the place. The deposits of gold in 1858 were in value 17,814,694 dols , and of silver 227,223 dols.— together, 18,041,917 ; and the coinage amounted to 17,432,450 dols. The quality of the gold varied in fineness rather curiously in different seasons. For instance, in the first quarter of the year the fineness was 888-I,oooths fine, the second quarter 904, in the third 886, and 870 in the 4th quarter, the average fineness being 887. In the gold deposits given above are included about 18,000 ounces of Fraser River gold, which everage only 853 fine, an inferiority in quality which makes a considerable difference in value. The deposits at the Mint for the month of January of this year were :—Ounces, 36,240, of the value of 660,710 dols. 38c. Coinage, 600,000 double eagles. This winter has been unfavourable for mining— dry, cold, and frosty—and consequently a smaller quantity than usual of " dust" has come in, and " bars' are scarce and in brisk demand at 880 par. A good deal of rain fell in the early part of this week, which will revive mining adventure. Money is abundant and interest low; 1 and 11 per cent. per month on good security. Mexican dollars are in great demand, and would bring 12 per cent. premium if there were any for sale, but there are none in the market. On the whole, San Francisco is at present in a better state in all respects than it has been for four years. On the Ist of the present month State Bowls to the amount of 28,000 dols. were redeemed at the following rates :-2,500 dols. at 93 cents., 5,000 dols. at 92k, 5,000 dols. at 921, 10,000 dols. at 93, 5,000 dols. at 931 at 500 dols. at 92. The finances of the State are in a good condition, there being about 800,000 dols. in the Treasury, from which, after paying current expenses, it is expected a surplus will remain to redeem more of her bonds. These bonds are now fetching 90 to 92 here for investment. When the debt of the State was funded last year the indebtedness was found to exceed by about 142,000 dols. the amount appropriated, or rather the amount voted by the people to be funded. It is now proposed to pay this balance in cash at 60c. on the dollar, this being about the value of the scrip in the market. It is doubtful that holders will accept so small a dividend as 60c. to the 100 c. unless they are forced to it. But no doubt the indebtedness will be soon settled somehow. The Legislature passed a law for the funding of a portion of the debt of the city of San Francisco, due now some four to six years ; but, with the fatality attaching to all the transactions of life in this country, the funding or non-funding became the subject of litigation. Finally, the courts of law decided in favour of the legality of the debt, and that it should be funded ; but now the city official whose duty it is to issue the bonds refuses to sign them, and another lawsuit has been commenced to compel him. Pity the scripholders ! Miners and others begin to leave for Vancouver's Island in small numbers. Every vessel carries away more or less. The San Francisco Bulletin published the follow ing letter from Victoria a few days ago : " VICTORIA V. 1., Jan. 22. - . " The weather on the Fraser is milder, and the river is no longer frozen over at Langley. There is some floating ice on the upper portion of the stream. I see that some of the California papers still talk of the climate here as if we lived in Siberia—about snow-storms, quicksilver, freezing, and similar stuff. The fact is, there is hardly any difference between the climate here and that of San Francisco, only we are rather abundantly supplied with heavenly moisture. With only a few of the principal streets paved, this makes the town look worse than it really is. Many people do not wear overcoats during the day, so that the cold cannot be so very terrific. Passengers by the Pacific told me that they h a d the most pleasant trip imaginable, there being hardly a breath of wind during the whole trip, which was made in three days and six hours running time. This I record, as you often hear this coast spoken of in connnexion with ever lasting gales and snowstor ms , 44 matters are steadily progressing here, and I desponding ? 9 ith er in: re hardly ever hear any one gard to the mines or the general prosperity of the colonies. Buildings are going up in all directions, and very little property is offered for sale. Real estate, in fact, has advanced from 30 to 50 per cent. during the last two months. " Business generally is dull in consequence of the scanty population in the mines, and the difficulty in supplying the remoter parts. This will be mended before long. By next winter things will have quite another aspect, Government being already now busy laying out roads and making other improve ments. " Two law-suits were desterday decided—one Nelson v. Truett—defendant having ejected plain tiff from property leased, The jury gave him 1,500 dols. damages ; 10,000 was asked. The other law suit was against the Sierra Nevada for three horses washed overboard. The amount claimed was 1,700 dols., which was given by the jury against the steamer. " Several ships are now due with cargoes from England, and parties in San Francisco who ship for here ought to be cautious and bear this in mind. Many goods, no doubt, will b e b roug ht h ere f or re shipment to San Francisco and other places. " We have had an arrival of 90 passengers from Australia. Most of them are old experienced miners, and are very orderly and respectable look ing people. I have conversed with several, and all are pleased with the prospects for mining and other pursuits in these colonies. None think of returning, but very few, if any, are leaving for California. It seems, according to the statement of these miners, that mining is not at all remunera tive in Australia for the individual miner; and a large emigration may be looked for from there so soon as the true state of affairs is made known by this late arrival to their friends in Australia." The Bulletin is the only California newspaper which has had the honesty to publish the truth on the subject of the new gold country. All the other papers publish the most barefaced and palpable falsehoods knowingly, or distort facts to serve a purpose. The people are now tired of all this misrepresentation, and pay no regard to what the papers publish. From private letters to the end of J anuar y I l earn that business was improving in Victoria, and that the accounts from the mines inspired ardent hopes of a rich harvest of gold in the incoming season. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, March 15. CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) George Ross, 24, wrenchmaker, was charged with feloniously assaulting Noah Timmins, and stealing from his person the sum of £lOl 6s. 6d., the pro perty of Wm. Henry Dawes, at West Bromwich, on the sth of February, 1859. Mr. Scotland and Mr. A. S. Hill appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Cook Evans and Mr. J. Best de fended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecu tor, Noah Timmins, was in the employ of Messrs. Dawes, ironmasters, at Bromford-lane, West Brom wich, and acted as clerk and timekeeper at the limestone pits which they had at Friar's Bank. It was his duty to go from Friar's Bank to Bromford lane to obtain money to pay the men, and on Satur day, the sth of February last, he went there and obtained £lol6s. 6d. for that purpose. There were 84 sovereigns, 14 half-sovereigns, two five-pound packets of silver, and 6s. 6d. in loose silver. He placed the money in a leather bag, and put the bag in his left hand trousers pocket. On his way he changed a small quantity of silver for copper and placed that in his right hand trousers pocket, and proceeded towards_ Friar's Bank, down a lane called - Crankhall-lane. On approaching a bridge which passed over the canal, he saw three men coming up the lane, at a distance of about 100 yards. When he had passed the clock at the West Bromwich old church, it was just three minutes past four p.m., and the distance about a mile and a quarter. He kept walking on, and as he passed the three men, the prisoner, who was the one nearest him, seized him by his left arm, while one of the other men struck him a blow on the forehead with a blunt instrument, and the third man seized him by the throat. The men kocked him down and knelt upon him to pre vent his cries for help. He, however, continued to cry for assistance, and shouted " Murder !" upon which one of the men, whom he identified as the pri soner, threatened to murder him if he continued making a noise. The prisoner succeeded in getting the money bag out of his pocket, and cried out, "I've got it," and, upon that, all three men ran away , along the towing path by the canal side. The pro secutor, who acted with great courage, got up and pursued the three men for a distance of three-quar ters of a mile along the towing path, crying" Mur der," and " Stop thief !" A farmer, named James, saw the men running along the towing path, but he could not identify the prisoner. Timmins borrowed the farmer's horse, and pursued the three men on horseback, and again caught sight of them at the distance of 300 or 400 yards, but his horse fell, and before he could come up with them, the men sepa rated, and went away over a bridge, in two direc tions, and he lost sight of them. In order to cor roborate the evidence of the prosecutor as to the identity of the prisoner, two witnesses were ca ll e d, one of whom saw the three men at a distance of 30 yards, and the other saw them across the canal ; and according to their evidence the prisoner was one of the three men, and carried in his hand some thing which one witness thought was a turnip, and the other a leathern bag. Mr. Cook Evans, for the prisoner, put in th e de positions taken before the magistrates, in order to show some discrepancy between the evidence now given by the prosecutor and that which he had formerly given ; and also ealled several witnesses, who proved that at the time of the robbery the pri soner was at the George and Royal Exchange publichouses at Wednesbury. Mr. Scotland called the servant at the George, and the landlord of the Royal Exchange, who swore that they did not see the prisoner at either of those places. Mr. Best having addressed the jury on this evi dence, _ _ _ Mr. Scotland replied on the whole case. Mr. Baron Channel! then summed up the evidence very elaborately, and left it to the jury to say whe ther or not they were satisfied upon the evidence that the prisoner was one of the three men. The jury, after about five minutes' consideration, found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred. Elijah Knowles, 23, miner, charged with shooting at Ehza Slater, at Rowley Regis, on the 2d of De cember, 1858, with intent to murder her, and also with intent to do her some grievous Wily harm. Mr. A. S. Hill appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Kennedy defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner had kept company with the prosecutrix, a girl of about 20, for as much as nine months, but, for some reason, she had dis carded him, and refused to have any more to say to him. The prosecutrix was a nailer, and on the 30th of November last the prisoner went to her while she was at work, and said in a desponding tone, " Well, Eliza, are you in the same temper as you always were ?" She said she was, and he then said, " If you won't have me, I'll make you so as none else shall have you ; it will be a Kite's-hill . job." The priso ner went away, and the prosecutrix, who was much frightened, communicated her fears to another girl, who worked in the same place. The following night the prosecutrix was at work in the same place, and observed the door thrust open. She closed it, and it was again thrust open. The prisoner then entered with two others, and pointing a gun at her discharged it. Her face was singed, and according to the evidence there were marks on the wall,lwhich, it was suggested, were the result of the discharge. A man named Westwood swore that he was about 40 or 50 yards from the place, and saw a flash, and saw the prisoner and two others get over a wall, and one of them said, "I think we have finished the - at last," and that the prisoner had a gun in his hand at the time. The weight to be attached to this witness's evidence was diminished by the fact that he did not speak to the prisoner, and had not seen him for several years previously. The prisoner, when he was taken into custody, said he was in bed at the time. The police produced five very small shots, about the size of a pin's head, which they had found in the shop, and also a brick from the wall, against which, it was suggested, the shot had struck. Mr. Kennedy addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called several witnesses to prove an alibi. He contended from the appearance of the shot that they had not been fired, and that it was more pro bable that the gun had been fired by some boys in order to frighten the prosecutrix, and without any intention of doing her any harm. While the counsel for the prosecution was reply ing on the prisoner's evidence, a remarkable occur rence took place in the appearance of a young mar., who wished to be sworn, he having first admitted to the prisoner's counsel that he had fired the gun at the prosecutrix. Enoch Partridge, the young man in question, was .then sworn, and, having been told by the learned judge that he was not bound to answer any question tending to criminate himself, proceeded to state that, in pursuance of an agreement made the preceding night with two other young men, he loaded a gun w ith p ow d er and paper and fired it at the prose cu t r i x . H e was cross-examined a t some length, a n d per si s t e d in his story that he did it, and that his only object was to frighten the young woman. He said he had walked as many as 20 miles that day to give this evidence. Mr. Hill, in his reply, contended that this wit ness had come f orwar d and perjured himself in order to ocreen the prisoner from the connquence4 of a conviction of the serious offence with which he was charged. Mr. Baron Channell summed up the evidence at great length and care, and left it to the jury to say whether or not they believed the charge was brought home to the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LiNcoLN, MAncll 15, (Before the Lord Chief Justice Campbell and a Special Jury.) NEWCOMB T. WILLISON. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Field were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Serjeant Hayes and Mr. Beasley for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff (pro prietor of the Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mer cury) against the defendant (the editor of the Lin colnshire Chronicle), on account of certain alleged malicious and defamatory libels published by the latter against the former in the defendant's news paper, which it was stated by inuendo imputed to the plaintiff that he had improperly and unjustifi• ably broken off a certain agreement of marriage entered into by him with a young lady whose name did not transpire. The defendant had pleaded 1, that he was " not guilty ;" 2, he traversed an averment in the declaration that the engagement was broken off forjust cause ; and 3, set forth, by way of justification, that the alleged libels were true statements of facts. Mr. Macaulay addressed the jury for the plaintiff, who it appeared had been in the medical profession until the death of his uncle, Mr. Richard New comb, the well-known late proprietor of the Lin• coin, Rutland, and Stan ford Mercury, and the owner of large paper works at Wansford. Upon his uncle's death he succeeded, under his will, to the large fortune of the late Mr. Richard Newcomb; to the proprietorship of the Stamford Mercury, which, it appeared in evidence, was worth several thousands a year, to the paper works at Wansford, and was made sole legatee under his uncle's will. The plaintiff employed a responsible editor to conduct the paper of which he was the proprietor, but not a syllable had ever appeared in that paper reflecting on the defendant. For some time, however, pre vious to the publication of the libels which were the ground of this action, a series of articles had ap peared in the Lincolnshire Chronicle impugning the honour and personal conduct of Mr. Newcomb, and having reference to a certain provision made in the will of his late uncle. The first alleged libel appeared in the paper of October 15th, and was as follows : " Matrimonial Contretemps.—Hardly has the gossip aris ing from the circulation of a handbill about the non-erection of certain schools in Stamford died away than the town is rife with the report of a rupture between the party we refer to and the fair fiancie to whom he was to have been married on Tuesday last. Unlike the schools, about which nothing has been done beyond the proprietor of our contemporary and sole recipient of his uncle's property allowing his name to appear, with others, u p on a comm itt ee f or b u ildi ng schools at the public expense, in the face of a clause in the will bequeathing the munificent foundation of a site, with £2,000 for the erection of buildings, and £4OO a year as an endowment, a bequest which our readers are fully aware remains up to the present moment unfulfilled—for the wed ding day everything has been duly prepared—wedding suits, wedding rings, wedding favours, and the day, the important day, was already fixed, when, ere it was allowed to dawn, the fates—ever more prone in the plenitude of their va garies to dash the cup of happiness from mortal lips than bid them drink—shivered in a moment the hopes and joys of the bride elect, who, left to reflect on whatever may be said about marriages being made above, may be consoled with the conviction that, in this particular case, the fates were no parties to the suit. It is said, however, the case will give rise to an action in the law courts, and that pro ceedings are already commenced. IA good deal of sympathy is felt for the lady, who is said to be very amiable and ac complished." The second alleged libel appeared in the same paper of October 22, and ran thus : . "A scene' at Wansford.—' Fire ! fire ! ' is at all times a cry of terrible import ; but it was doubly significant when raised at Wansford on the evening of the 12th inst., which day—but for the matrimonial contretemps referred to in our last impression—ought to have been a red-letter day in the history of the place. Between 8 and 9 o'clock in the even ing named hurried footsteps were heard in the village streets, and the exclamations of Fire ! ' brought from their dwellings numbers of the householders to gaze upon what turned out to be the burning of the effigy of the faithless swain. So quiet had everything been only a few minutes before, and so unconscious were the majority of the in habitants that anything of the kind was projected, that many had retired to rest and were not cognizant of the reality until they had been roused from their slumbers in the manner described, and had turned out to look upon a gibbet, m the centre of which hung by the neck a lay figure, as like—or rather unlike—a gentleman (in the strictest sense of the word) as could be supposed. Under neath this effigy, which had previously been well tarred, were piled more than a waggon load of faggots and other firewood ; and a lighted match being applied, the mob laughed and jeered while the flames leaped upward amid the execrations of the bystanders with a vigour which almost betokened that the fire, too, enjoyed the sport. The scene of this extraordinary event was a field occupied by Mr. Samuel Clipsham, situate about 150 or 200 yards from the lawn in front of the villa of the proprietor of the Stamford Mercury, and from the front window of the said villa the inmates could, if they had been so pleased, have obtained an excellent view of the burning lay figure. The demolition of the effigy did not occupy above half-an-hour ; nevertheless, the ceremony was most significant, and enough was done to show that a very indignant feeling was abroad, and that it merely re quired some outward demonstration to mark how unmis takeable was its existence. That it has had the desired effect is surmised from the fact that very great pains have since been taken in certain quarters to find out the ring leaders. We are told that a lawyer from Stamford has visited the spot for this purpose, but his inquiries have failed. Unfortunately the rural policeman resident in the village was absent on the night in question, and although this individual has, with all the 'cuteness characteristic of the better class,' been exceedingly persevering with his interrogations, the only answer he has hitherto been able to obtain is, ' Don't know,' and, when his back is turned, a significant wink, with an elevation of the thumb to a par ticular portion of the countenance, raises a laugh at the expense of the functionary. The a ff a i r is still talked of as a capital joke,' but in the midst of the merriment which has been evoked expressions of anything but goodwill towards the person aimed at are freely indulged in by the people of Wansford and the surrounding villages." Mr. Newcomb had, it appeared, contemplated mar riage with a lady, and that marriage had not taken place. He appeared in the witness-box with letters from both the affianced bride and her father. These were not put in evidence, but it transpired that they had assented to the engagement being broken off. Sergeant Hayes, on the part of the defendant, addressed the jury. As to the first paragraph, he contended that it was no libel, and the other one so slight that he thought the plaintiff would have done well had he followed Mr. Field's advice to pass it by, as he was not likely to obtain more than one farthing damages. He was sorry that Mr. Willison, the defendant, had un happily been prevented from a tt en di ng b y in flammation of his eyes. He proceeded to com ment severely on the conduct of the plaintiff, who, with the enormous fortune his uncle had left him in 1841, took advantage of the opinion of counsel to keep a sum not less than £20,000, which the testator, who had made so munificent a bequest, had intended for the benefit of the poor children of Stamford, in the hope of doing for them and for posterity some little good, as an acknow ledgment of the many bounties that had been showered on himself. The only real sting in the alleged libel was that part relatin6 to the schools, but of that they did not complain. Oh, no. It was for the unfair attack upon private life. Could such a perversity of intellect be conceived as that of the plaintiff, who complained of these para graphs, and yet thought (as he stated in his evi dence) that an imputatioß on a gentleman that he is about to be made a co-respondent in the Divorce Court is a fair matter for remark by a journalist ? He had been advised by his counsel to pass the matter over, as he could well afford to do so. That he certainly could in one sense—he had money enough. He might keep his money in his pocket, but he could not stop people's mouths. There was no great hardship in being called " a faithless swain," nor in an effigy being said to be " not like a gentleman in the true sense of the word," as the paragraph complained of had described it. Evidence having been adduced as to the cause of Mr. Willison's absence, which was stated to be an inflammation of the eyes and an abscess, Mr. Macaulay addressed the jury, remarking strongly on the absence of the defendant, and pressing upon them that the plaintiff, who had been the subject of a most unjustifiable attack, was entitled to heavy damages. The learned Chief Justice, in his summing up, remarked that although the conduct of the plaintiff respecting the provision in his uncle's will for establishing schools was a fair subject of comment by the editor of a journal, yet the imputation that the plaintiff had improperly broken off his matri monial engagement was unjustifiable ; it was a matter belonging to private life, which should . be respected and held sacred, and it was for the jury to consider what should be the amount of the damages. The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, £2O. His Lordship expressed his very strong reproba tion of the conduct of the defendant in printing and publishing the opinion of Mr. Field. It was most unjustifiable. The opinion of counsel should be regarded as sacred. His Lordship certified for the costs of a special jury. THE CITY OF CANTON.— Canton is claimed to be the oldest city in the world, its records dating back 4,000 years since; but there is not perhaps a single brick of the origindl town in existence, as the place was several times partially destroyed. Its entire circumference is about six miles English measure, but including the suburbs outside it exceeds ten. The number of streets within the wall is 600, but they are all narrow tortuous lanes, with the exception of two. The population is about a million and a quarter, of which a quarter of a million live together in boats upon the river, and seldom or never go ashore. For the general population there are some 2000 medical practitioners—all phy s ic i a ns and apothecaries, surgery being comparatively unknown among the Chinese, in consequence of the prejudice agagainstdissection. The wors t e l emen t o f th e Canton population is the pirate element. It is said that an organised baud of these villains—some 20,000 strong—exist in the city, and iDlegt the river and the vicinity of the Urn, WORSHIP-STREET.—Mr. William Newton, printer and publisher of Backchurch-lane, Com mercial-road-east, appeared in answer to a summons granted under the 6th and 7th of Victoria, chap. 96, sect. 5, charging him with maliciously printing and publishing a false and defamatory libel upon Dr. John Godfrey, the well-known physician, who was recently the defendant in a case of " Gardner v. Godfrey." Mr. Tindal Atkinson appeared for the prosecu tion, and the defendant, wholwas unrepresented by counsel, pleaded not guilty. The defendant, at starting, took an objection to the magistrate's jurisdiction, conceiving that the charge ought, if at all, to have been decided on at the Thames Police-court, within which district his printing premises were situated, but the objection was overruled, the magistrates having, of course, a concurrent jurisdiction throughout the whole me tropolis. Mr. Atkinson then said—l appear in this case for Dr. John Godfrey, a physician of great eminence who is obliged to come here and complain of a most atrocious and calumnious libel uttered against him by the defendant, Mr. William Newton, as the publisher of a local paper named the East London Observer. It is unnecessary to go through the par ticulars of the truly painful case of " Gardner v. Godfrey," heard at the Nisi Prius sittings at Guild hall, but it is imperative that I should draw atten tion to the fact that the verdict in that action was given for the defendant, after a very patient and lengthened investigation, and by, I must say, a very intelligent jury. Fair play is the acknow ledged principle of the press of this country, but the defendant has gone very widely from that hon ourable course by the publication of an article so defamatory to the character of my client, so cruel in its nature, and tending to such fearful results, that it is imperative upon Dr. Godfrey to adopt these proceedings, as the only means of reinstating himself in that honourable position he had previ ously filled, and regaining that confidence he had previously enjoyed. My client's health has already suffered severely from the baneful effects of this libel, his wife is now lying upon a .sick bed, the confidence of some of his patients is nearly de stroyed in him, and unless he by this course, for there is no other open to him, clears himself from the ignominy thus heaped upon him, his head will be bowed in sorrow to the grave. The injurious matter complained of is not contained in a fair re port of the case I have mentioned, but is contained in what is known as a leading artitle, printed in large type, and, after some prefatory remarks, runs as follows :—" She (the daughter of Mr. Gardner) gave her evidence with great circumstantiality, and it did not seem to be shaken by the cross-exami nation." Now, this portion, relative to the girl's evidence being unshaken, is not a fact, and the con cluding lines I particularly point out as constituting the principal part of the first libel, which were— " Some corroborative testimony was given, and the whole case appeared to exhibit the most revolting conduct on the part of Dr. Godfrey." This, sir, I hold to be the first libel, and the second runs thus : —" He appears to have taken advantage of a child little more than 14 years of age, just returned from school ;" and this was followed by another remark, which appears to be even stronger than the pre ceding :—" These statements excited the most pro found indignation, which was greatly heightened by the correlative rumours which arose in all quar ters of the general grossness of character and bestiality of conduct known to possess Dr. God frey." Now, sir, I think it impossible to conceive anything more likely to blast the reputation of a physician —a reputation resembling the bloom upon a peach, which has only to be touched to be de stroyed, than such a republication as this ; the shaft so levelled has certainly gone direct to its mark, and he who levelled it has made a once happy home nearly desolate. There are also two other portions of this leading article to which I must direct your attention, and which are these :—" People viewed with abhorrence the idea that a medical man, the trusted and confidential of families in sickness and in grief, should abuse the trust reposed in him by corrupting the mind and debauching the person of a child, the daughter of afflicted parents, and in the sane tuary of her own home." The other was —" The case of Mr. Gardner sacrificed. Dr. God frey seems to have been treated as a prisoner, and got the benefit of the doubt, but, with all deference for the opinion and decision of the jury, and with all faith in their thorough conscientiousness, we cannot help saying that the inclination of our opinion is opposed to that indicated in the verdict." Mr. John Bride, assistant-surgeon to Dr. God frey, deposed to purchasing a copy of the defend ant's paper at the shop of a newsvendor named Kirby, at the corner of a street opposite the doctor's residence, and also a second paper at the same shop a few days afterwards. Mr. John Staunton, the defendant's acting printer, deposed that the paper produced was com posed and issued in Backchurch-lane but printed in the city, and that papers were supplied by them to Mr. Kirby, of whom those produced were pur chased. Mr. John Godfrey, solicitor of Liverpool, deposed to calling at the defendant's premises and seeing Mr. Staunton, whom he asked' if he was about to insert another article on this subject the next day, and that he replied in the affirmative, said the copy had been sent off to the printer, and that it was a stronger article, but shorter. Witness told him it was a pity they should iterate such articles when they knew the verdict which had been returned, and that the answer to that was, that there was a great difference between the verdict of a jury and public opinion. Witness, while addressing him, held the paper before him, with the objectionable parts underscored, and after his last remark warned him that if there was a repetition of such matter he should bring an action against the paper. Mr. T. Atkinson said that this was his case, and after the defendant's asking the magistrate whether he thought the publication had been proved, and the magistrate's answering that he thought it had been, the defendant then contended that no malice, which was most essential,had been proved against him. Both the plaintiff and the defendant in the action were totally unkn own to him,an d he had had no correspon dence with either. He admitted the publication but he had carefully expunged from his articles all details given at the trial, and he thought he deserved commendation for so doing. If it was to be held libellous, as a matter of law, to express a different opinion from that arrived at by a jury, the news papers were were daily so committing themselves. The observations in the article impugned were un doubtedly strong, but the trial had lasted four days, great indignation did certainly possess the public mind before the defence was entered upon, and he conceived himself entitled to make froe comments upon such a trial, and under such circumstances. Mr. D'Eyncourt, holding that if the matter in serted was libellous, malice was to be inferred, said it was quite clear to him that the defendant had used observations which were libellous, and he had virtually stated that the jury had given a wrong verdict. He had no option but to send the case for trial, and he should therefore order the defendent to put in bail, one surety in £5O, and his own re-' cognisances in the sum of £5OO, to appear and an swer an indictment at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. The bail was immediately tendered and accepted, and the defendant thereupon liberated. CHARGE OF HOMICIDE AGAINST THE ENGI NEE'RS OF THE SCREIVSTEAMER BOGOTA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. John Buchanan, chief engineer, and Archibald Mitchell, second engineer, of the Pacific Screw Steam-ship Company's steamer Bogota, recently arrived at Liverpool from the Pacific, were yester day, charged at the Liverpool Police -court with having caused the death of a fireman named Lan don, under circumstances of the most disgraceful nature. The case has been before the court on two former occasions, when it was remanded for the production of further evidence, and for instructions from the Board of Trade. In order to make the case more explicit to our readers we again repeat some of the facts. The Bogota left Bahia early in the month of January, for Liverpool, but, as cus tomary with the steamers of the Pacific Company, they call at different ports on the South American coast and Brazil; and on the 25th January, when within several hours' sail of Rio Janeiro, the de ceased (Landon) complained of exhaustion, occa sioned, he said, by the excessive heat of the stoke hole, and went on deck for fresh air. To this the chief engineer objected, accused the deceased of " skulking," and eventually ordered Mitchell (the second engineer) to lower Landon down with a tackle into the stoke-hole, and, if he would not " stick to his work," to tie him to the ladder. Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Messrs. Lowndes and Co., app eare d f or B uc hanan ; and Mr. Deigh ton, instructed by Mr. Snowball, for Mitchell. Mr. Tyndall appeared to watch the cas e T on behalf of the Board of Trade, and with him Dr. Inman, a physician of local eminence, appeared to give evidence .ivm m a , s c a h n e w as probable the causeflrst witnesso death. all eed by Mr. Tyndall.—He said he was a seaman on board the Bogota, and joined the vessel at Valparaiso. Knew the deceased, Landon; he was a stout, able-bodied man. He frequently complained of being unwell, and offered some of the men £lO if they would take his place, a s h e was una b le to work. Deceased had told witness that he was a miner from Chili, and was going to England for the purpose of seeing his family. On the day the Bogota left Rid, this witness saw the second engineer drag the deceased by thelegq towards the stoke hole. 'feud POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 16. Landon cry out, " For Goal's sake don't put me down there, I can't bear the heat." Mitchell said that if he would not go down he would kick him down, and chain him when he was down until he did his work. Witness saw no more, as he had to go forward. About half an hour after the last oc currence saw Landon carried forward from the after stoke hole on the port side to the fore stoke hole. His legs were then placed over the combings of the hatch. The chief engineer was standing close by, looking down the stoke hole. The deceased at the time was tied to the ladder by the waist, and was crying out for mercy. Saw the man carried up to the forecastle on the starboard side. This was about half-past five in the evening. Landon was placed on the forecastle deck, when the doctor felt his pulse, and gave orders fbr the man to be rolled on the deck, but without effect, for the man was dead at the time. In answer to one of the jurymen the chief engineer said, " I ordered him to be tied up in order to keep him to his work." The man . was buried shortly afterwards—thrown overboard. Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall—The doctor and chief engineer looked down the stoke hole for about five minutes, when the man was tied there. In answer to Mr. Tyndall this - witness said that the man was tied to the ladder about five minutes. Robert Grainger, a seaman, examined by Mr. Tyndall—Knew the deceased, who had asked wit ness to eychange places with him. Witness con sented, but the officers were not agreeable, as the deceased could not go aloft. The day they left Rio the weather was so hot that a number of men had to knock off duty. The deceased appeared much exhausted, and was lying on the deck between the aft stoke hole and the funnel. He heard the head engineer order the deceased to go down below to his work. Heard him cry out, " Lord have mercy on me ; will no 4913 C save me?" This was at the time he was tied to the ladder. Saw the chief en gineer walk backwards and forwards past the stoke hole. When deceased was brought up he appeared to be "in his last breath." The doctor asked him to speak and tell him what was the matter with him, but the man was unable to speak. It was about a quarter of an hour after the man was put down that he (witness) heard him cry out. Henry Hewitt, examined by Mr. Tyndall, said he was an ordinary seaman, and joined the Bogota at Valparaiso. Remembered the 25th of January, the clay they left Rio ; it was very hot. Heard the chief mate remonstrate with the deceased, and ask him, " Why he shipped when he was unable to do any work ?" Saw the second engineer tie him to the ladder, and the chief engineer hand down a rope. After the deceased was brought up to the forecastle the doctor felt his pulse and said it was " good." John Langdon, boatswain's boy on board the Bogota, knew Landon, and saw him tied below on the day they left Rio. Heard him cry, "Lord have mercy on me ! God save me! Oh, my wife and chil dren !" One of the firemen, Wilson, went down to fire up, when on opening the furnace door deceased fell against it, and it was only by Wilson placing his knee against him that he was pre !vented from falling into the fire. After this the sec and engineer came out and went to the chief engineer's room. Saw Landon after he was brought up ; he was gasping. The chief engineer was standing by, in company with the doctor. Heard the doctor say he thought the man died from apoplexy. James Lawson, stoker, examined by Mr. Tyndall —Heard the deceased complain several times that he was not able to stand the heat. He saw the deceased after he was brought from the stoke hole. He was present when the doctor ordered him to be rolled about the deck. (This witness's evidence was principally a corroboration of that adduced by other witnesses.) Robert Paisley, a coloured man, .heard the doctor ask the chief engineer who ordered the man to be tied below, and the engineer replied, "It was I." His evidence, too, was corroborative of the other witnesses. Terence Magnaghan remembered the deceased complaining of the heat. This witness's evidence was also merely corroborative. John Shreeves, fireman, got the deceased's shoes after his death,. They were not burnt :nor did they appear to have been near the fire. They were not burnt in the least. Charles Thedore Schmitz, surgeon on, board the Bogota, said he joined the ship at Valparaiso. Ile had formerly been on board the Callao on her voyage out to that port. He took his degree last July. After dinner on the 25th of January he was attracted to the after stoke hole, when. he saw the, deceased. He examined his pulse, an the cilia engineer telling him that the deceased (Landoll would work no more. His pulse was regular, an he told the man he would get accustomed to the heat. Sometime after, when pacing the deck with a passenger, the chief engineer came to him, and told him that his presence was requirodl in the for°, stoke hole. He went there and found the d ecea sed lying down, surrounded by several of the men. Ile told them to carry the man up on deck. Heard the chief engineer tell the men to take tho deceasedllP gently. The man was carried to the forecastle , Ns , here he felt his pulse, which was quick and feeble. He then ordered the men to bathe his head with cold water and to keep a watch over him. Ile went a second time, when the man appeared much worse, and he then ordered artideial respira tion. In his opinion the man died from apo plexy. He denied having been near the stoke hole while the man was tied. He was in a different pal of the ship at the time. He did not n l ak e a po s t mortem examination, principally becaus e there was no convenient place on board the ship, I ead because the heat of the weather might have m ade it dal gerous. He should have made such an e xamination , only for his own improvement —not bee ause it was necessary. Dr. Inman stated that intense heat, even when the sun was absent, would occasionally :produce the symptoms of snustroke, and cause death, either by inducing apoplexy or asphyxia. The prisoners were committed for memslaughtert bail being accepted for both. COUNTRY MA_RKBTS. NEWARK-MARCH 14. At this market there was a moderate supply of wheat, and with a languid demand, the rates of the previo us were sup: ported. Barley was an average show for the , season, and inferior sorts were a dull sale. Oats sold at the currencie o of the previous week. White wheat, new, 43s to 47s Red do. —s to —s Old white —s to —s Red do. —8 to —s Barley, grinding 28s to 29 6 Oats, old, 3os to 34 5 New do . 24s to 28 5 Beans.. 46s to 455 Barley, malting.... 38s to 44s I Peas .....—s to —4 BOSTON—MI.Iton 14. At this corn market there was a moderate supply of wheat, which sold slowly at the rates of last week. Bar ley was in small supply, and fine samples were unaltered. There was not much doing in oats, and prices were with' out change. Beans rather scarce and dear. "Wheat . ... 36s to 39s Oats.... 22 White do .40s1to 44s Ditto, old ........— s s t to o -- 24 : Barley .38s to 40s Beans 40s to 445 MARKET HARBOROUGH—MARCH 16. At yesterday's market the show of wheat was moderate. The trade in other descriptions of grain was slow. Wheat 3Bs to 42s 1 Oats.. 26s to 3 0 White do 44 s t o 46s 1 Beans, new 42s to 44s Barley 36s to 40s I Peas ... . 4os to 440 MELTON MOWBRAY—MAncit 15. At this corn market to-day there was a middling shoal of wheat, and the prices of all descriptions of grain were 0 6 same as last week. BRISTOL SUGAR—MARCH 16. The market has been quite bare of West India sugar since our last report until to-day, when about 150 hhds Demerara have been sold to the refiners. Nothing doing in rums. BIRTHS. BOWEN.—On the 13th inst., at 59, Thornhill-square, N•, Kerbey Bowen, of a daughter. CLAIIKE—On the 13th inst., at Ampertain, Magheira, land, the lady of William Clerk, Esq., of a son. HATTON.—On the 14th inst., at East Moulsey, Surrey, Mrs. G. Sydney Hatton, of a daughter. LAWFORD —On the 31st Jan., at Burdwan, Bengal, the wife of H. Baring Lawford, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, of a son. OCHTERLONY.—On the 10th inst., at St. Andrew's, tho wife of Sir Charles M. Ochterlony, Bart., of a daughter, stillborn. ORMEROD.—On the 15th inst., at Brighton, the wife of Dr Ormerod, of a daughter. , MARRIAGES BANNISTEII.- - CALDECOTT. — On the Bth inst., at Rugby► Edward Bannister, Esq., of 12, Camden-square, to Laura , youngest daughter of Thomas Caldecott, Esq., the Lodge , Rugby. BRADISII—CREIGHTON.—On the Ist inst., at Philadelphia► Joseph Bradish, Esq., 15th Regt. Madras Native Inta 3l ' try, to E►nilie, eldest daughter of Robert Creighton, Esq•, of Philadelphia. WOLSTEN HOLME—IVIELLon.—On the 22d Feb., at Fair field, Charles Wolstenholme, Esq., of Liverpool, to Jane , daughter of the late Thomas Mellor, Esq., of ClevemotL E Edge-lane. DEATHS. FOWKE —On the 14th Jan., at Bombay, aged 19, Francis, son of Edward Fowke, Esq., of Ivy Tower, Crickhowell• GUTHRIE.— On the 9th inst., at 4, Bath-place, Kensington' Mr. William Guthrie, late of Portobello, and formerly merchant in London. JOWETT.—On the 4th inst., at Tenby, Benjamin Jowettf Esq., aged 73. WARD.—On the 12th inst., at Kensington, from the effects of a fall, Captain Marr Ward, H.M.'s 10th R eg t. fifth 7 surviving son of the late Vice-Admiral Willi am Ward,' Southampton, aged 33. WH.cox.—On the 12th inst., at Uppingharn, Mrs. Wil cox, aged 89. LONDON : Printed and Published by Mumpo YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 i Strand, in the Precinct of the Sav o y, i n the count,' ° Middleeez, Thursday, Naavt4 17, 1859.., • - The Marq. Earl o Earl l Earl c Visa. 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