The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-26 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE ROYAL CHARTER. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. This investigation was resumed to-day, in St. • George's Hall, Liverpool, before Mr. Mansfield and Captain Harris, R.N. The following is the evidence adduced after our despatch left on Thursday evening : Mr. William Gilmour was next called. He said —I was for two years surgeon of the Royal:Charter, but was not ou board her during the last voyage. I have written a letter to the Liverpool Mercury, which has been copied into the London papers, giving my opinion as to the seaworthiness of the vessel, and other matters. Mr. O'Dowd—Do you still adhere to the state ments contained in that letter addressed to the Mercury about the vessel ? Witness—Well, I may have exaggerated a little as to the working of the deck, but I have seen the boards work up and down. By Mr. Aspinall—l did not exaggerate in the whole of my statements, and I still think she vibrated like a " fishing-rod," and I left her on that account. I did not tell the owners or any other persons about this at the time. Mr. Aspinall then read a letter of resignation written by Mr. Gilmour to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., soliciting a berth at some future period, in ease he did not succeed in his profession, and wish ing every success to the two splendid ships Great Britain and Royal Charter. Mr. Aspinall—Did you mean what you stated when you wrote that letter ? Mr. Gilmour—That is another question. Mr. Aspinall—Then you did not mean it ? Mr. Gilmour—l cannot say. Mr. Aspinall—Did you mean what you said when you wrote this letter to the Liverpool Mer cury? Mr. Gilmour—Yes, with the exception of the " pianoforte." Mr. Aspinall—Your statement is not exag gerated when you say you heard the rivets rattling ? Mr. Gilmour—No. Mr. Aspinall here read another letter written by Mr. Gilmour to Messrs. Bright and Co., dated Aylesbury, Aug. 22, 1858, in which the fol lowing passages occur :—" Will you inform me if the Royal Charter sails on the 16th inst., as for merly advertised, or if the sailing is postponed, having seen an advertisement of the kind am highly delighted to see by the London Press several letters from passengers who went out with us in the highest praise of the old ship." Mr. Aspinall, to the witness—You wrote that paragraph about Frederick Foster, the orphan, who is dead. Mr. Gilmour—Yes. Mr. Aspinall—Do you think it was right, or that you were acting like a Christian or a gentle man, when you wrote that paragraph ? Mr. Gilmour—l do not answer that. Mr. Aspinall—Do you not think it was a wilful and gratuitous libel ? Mr. Gilmour—lt was not a libel. Mr. Aspinall—Nobody else thought it right to say so of an orphan boy after he was dead. It was true, then ? Mr. Gilmour—l have said nothing but what was true. What has that to do with the inquiry ? Mr. O'Dowd—As a professional man, how do you account for the manifest contradiction between the letter addressed to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., in which you call the vessel a " splendid ship," and your experience during those two voyages ? s Mr. Gilmour—l say during the two former voy ages I had confidence in her. She was splendid internally. Mr. Aspinall—Would you have ventured to write that paragraph about Frederick Foster if he had not been an orphan ? Mr. Gilmour—Yes, or about you either. Mr. O'Dowd—When that letter was written, in which you call the vessel a "splendid ship," did you contemplate on having to call again upon Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., for employment as a medical man ? Mr. Gilmour—lt was merely as a compliment to the owners. By the word " splendid" I meant the decorations. Mr. O'Dowd—You may stand down. Mr. George Barber said he was one of the shipwright surveyors for the Board of Trade, and had considerable experience in that depart ment. He had examined the Royal Char ter on four separate occasions, but had only granted her a passenger declaration once, which was in May, 1857, when he felt that she was quite sufficient for the purpose intended. In May, 1859, he examined her bottom only, when he was struck with her excellent appearance. He observed two butts which appeared to be slack, but on examina tion one only was found to be slack, the rust having got round their heads. By Mr. Aspinall—After a very careful exami nation, both in May, 1857, and May, 1859, ho was satisfied that the ship was well qualified to carry passengers. If a ship was painted over, and lie was satisfied in other respects, he was bound to grant a declaration. It was not the duty of the surveyor to examine the quality of the iron. Wit ness had a nephew on board, and having been to the scene of the wreck he was of opinion that a wooden vessel of the same dimensions would have gone to pieces as readily as the Royal Charter. He felt more interest in the ship in consequence of his nephew being on board. Mr. James Martyn, one of the surveyors for the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, said he sur veyed the Royal Charter in conjunction with the previous witness, with whose evidence as to the strength and soundness of the ship he entirely con curred. He gave a declaration for the ship on the 11th of May of this year. Shortly before six o'clock the inquiry was fur ther adjourned to one to-day. William Foster, carpenter, was recalled by Mr. Mansfield. He said—There was about six inches of water in the vessel after she struck on the sand. After that I asked the engineer about her, and the engineer said she was all right. I did not sound her after she struck on the rocks. The cargo con. sisted of hides and wool, copper ingots, and gold. There were about 45 tons of copper. When we left Melbourne she was drawing 18 feet 5 inches for ward, and 20 feet 6 inches aft. Captain Wm. Martin was next examined by Mr. Aspinall—l am marine superintendent for Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., also for the Australian Steam Navigation Company. It was my duty to superintend the Royal Charter after each voyage. I also superintended the building of her, along with Mr. Patterson. I confirm Mr. Patterson in every thing he said with reference to the care that was taken in the building of her. There was no expense saved, but we all worked hard to make her a good ship. There were three best bowers on board— Trotman's patent. One, 50 cwt. 241bs. • another, 501 cwt. lfilbs ; and the other 51 cwt. 181bs. There were 300 fathoms of 21 inch bower cable. They were proved at 72 tons each. They were supplied by Messrs. Wood and Co., of Liverpool, and proved at Chester. I was not present when they were tested. To Captain Harris—lt is not compulsory to have chains up to a certain proof, either by the Admi ralty or Corporation. It is usual to take the builder's test. Trotman's stream anchor of 15 cwt Iqr 101 b had the full complemmt of cable. The price of the bower anchors was 45s per cwt. The stream ancher cost 36s per cwt. The cables cost 13s 6d per cwt. It is not usual to carry the sheet anchor in the mer chant service. There would be a difficulty in such a port as Liverpool. To Mr. Aspinall—The chains and anchors were of the usual strength in such ships. She wore in the stay beautifully. I was on board the last voyage. There were no repairs going on then. She proved to have greater stability than we at first expected. To Captain Harris—The Royal Charter was a new class of vessel when she was built. She was the largest auxiliary clipper I had then seen. Judging from her construction, I thought it possi ble the would be crank. She was overloaded with ballast before she put into Plymouth. She sailed capitally. Her heavy or hard weather canvas was all of No. 1 canvas. It was impossible for the helm to be hard a-starboard for any length of time when she had rounded the Skerries, as deposed by two witnesses. I believe the witnesses were mistaken. I went on one occasion in the Royal Charter as far as the Tuskar, and it was blowing a heavy gale, and I was surprised to find that she steamed so well With so little power. We never made less than 31 knots an hour. No doubt the violence of the storm that ni g ht wou l d prevent her coming round for some time. The masts were very nicely propor tioned. The reason why she would not stay on her first voyage, before reaching Plymouth, as described by Dr. Scoresby, was because she was not then in proper trim, and was too much by the head. I have been 19 years at sea. What I think guided Captain Taylor in not cutting away the masts previously, was knowing that as soon as the masts were cut away the screw would be stopped by entanglement. Captain Harris said the screw could have been feathered, it being only a two - bladed one . Hi s own opinion was, if th masts had been cut away sooner, all the lives would have been saved, the vessel rode s ) gallantly for four hours. Captain Martin said it was a very dangerous pro cess to cut away the masts at such a time as that, as the master of a vessel might defeat the very ob ject he had in view. The yard might strike the vessel in a heavy sea, and, fifty chances to one, knock one of her decks in. Captain Harris—ln a light vessel it might be. Captain Martin-,—A master would think a good , deal before he cut away his masts on such an occa sion. Mr. 'Aspinall said that any conclusion arrived at now were drawn from very imperfect evidence, whereas Captain Taylor had the facts before him, and two captains to consult with. Captain Harris did not wish to throw the slightest blame on Mr. Taylor. He fully admitted what Mr. Aspinall stated. Captain Francis Boyse was next called by Mr. Aspinall—l was captain of the vessel during two voyages when Mr. Gilmour was connected with her. There is no truth in the rattling of the rivets. If so she would have made water, and she made no water at all. Mr. R. T. Steele; an insurance broker, of the firm of Martin, Rathbone, and Co., was called by Mr. Aspinall. The Royal Charter was insured at 70$. out and home. That is considered a low rate. On the last voyage we did not receive the sur veyor's report, it not being thought necessary, we had so good an opinion of the vessel. Mr. M'Donnell, superintendent of the Liverpool Corporation testing machine, was called by Mr. O'Dowd—l have tested six plates furnished me by Mr. Smith, and belonging to the Royal Charter. There were some gentlemen present during the ope ration. I tested some yesterday and some to-day. The result of yesterday was higher than to-day. We tested four yesterday and two to-day. The first we tried yesterday was 3 in. by A„ in., and it broke at 41 tons, but it broke in the bolt-eye, and I did not consider it a fair test. The next was 3 in. by 4 in., and it broke at 45 tons 10 cwt. That was'a fair break. The next was 3 in. by 4 in., and that broke at 42 tons. The next was 3 in. byl3-16ths, and that broke at 45 tons. Those of to-day, the first was 2 in. by 11-16ths, that broke at 32 tons. The next was 2 in. by 11-16ths and 1.32 d, and that broke under a pressure of 28 tons. Mr. O'Dowd—The average of the five plates is 20 tons 55-100ths on 1 square inch, which Ite (Mr. O'Dowd) was informed was higher than good Staf fordshire plates. Fairburn's average is 19 tons 5 parts. Wm. Clay was next called by Mr. O'Dowd—l am superintendent of the Mersey Ironworks, and was present at a portion of these experiments. To Captain Harris—l am practically acquaint with the manufacture of iron. Low Moor iron is not considered very strong when cold. It is ductile, and bends easily when warm ; but when in the ship it is no better than other iron. I consider the iron tested yesterday from the Royal Charter of a first rate quality. It bore an extraordinary tension. The Government, in the construction of the steam rams, have contracted for iron that will bear the tension of 22 tons to the square inch,' and they find great difficulty in getting it. This is the only test they require. Mr. O'Dowd said this was all the evidence he intended to adduce. Mr. Aspinall then addressed the Court, which then rose, the examination having closed. POISONING BY MISTAKE. CANTERBURY, FRIDAY EVENING. On Sunday last a young man, named Thomas Benjamin Cole, living in St. Dunstan's-street, Canterbury, died within 12 hours after swallowing a black draught, purchased at the shop of Mr. John Reeve, chemist and druggist, in that city. The illness of the deceased previous to taking the draught appeared to be of a trifling character, and the suddenness of death gave rise to unfavourable rumours, in consequence of which a coroner's in quest was held on the body on Tuesday, a post mortem examination being previously made by Mr. A. B. Andrews and Mr. Reid, surgeons, under the direction of the Coroner, Mr. T. T. Delasaux. At the inquest Mr. Andrews expressed the opinion that the deceased died from epilepsy, and the jury accordingly returned a verdict of " Natural death." In consequence, however, of circumstances which afterwards transpired, the case was made the sub ject of inquiry before the mayor and magistrates of Canterbury this morning. The court was crowded. Mr. Wilkinson, solicitor, appeared for the family of the deceased ; and Mr. Callaway for Mr. Reeve. The following is a condensed report of the evi dence, the hearing of which occupied four hours : Inspector Spratt, of the Canterbury borough police, stated that on Tuesday morning last, in con sequence of suspicions he entertained, he bought at Mr. Reeve's shop a draught and a box of pills. The shopman who served him took the bottle from a drawer in which there were others already made up. On the evening of the same day he attended the inquest on the body of the deceased, and when returning Mr. Reeve met him and caught hold of his arm, seeming very much excited. Witness mentioned the result of the inquest and told him to calm himself, as there could be nothing wrong. Mr. Reeve said, "Oh yes there is,'' adding, " You have got a draught. if you will give it me I will give you a sovereign ror it, ana i wm maze you up one which will look exactly like it." Witness refused to give up the draught, but at Mr. Reeve's request, he went with him to his house, and there Mr. Reeve said, " The draught you have got is not a proper draught." Witness asked,. " What about the one that Cole had ?" Mr. Reeve replied, "It was not a proper draught, it wis the same as yours." Mr. Reeve again pressed him to give up the draught, stating that he would have an agreement drawn up to keep the witness and his family if he got into any trouble through him. Witness, however, re fused, and reported the case to his superintendent. In cross-examination the witness said he did not promise Mr. Reeve that anything he (Reeve) might tell him, should not be repeated. Mr. Reeve spoke positively about the draught purchased by witness being similar to the one which was given to the de ceased. Re-examined--Mr. Reeve said there had been a mistake with the bottle. The label had come off from damp. Jame Sophia Cole, sister of the deceased, said that on Saturday last she bought a black draught at Mr. Reeve's shop. Mr. Reeve himself served her. She gave the bottle containing the draught to her brother,"the deceased. It was similar to the empty bottle produced. Henry C. Cole, a little boy, 11 years old, brother of the deceased, said that on Saturday he saw the last witness give his brother a bottle, which he (witness) took down stairs. On Sunday morning, about half-past 8, he fetched the bottle, at his brother's request, and the latter drank the contents. About a quarter of an hour afterwards witness said that his brother looked very pale and was snoring very hard. He told his mother, who sent directly for a doctor. His brother died at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock that evening. Mr. A.B. Andrews deposed that he was a surgeon practising at Canterbury. On Sunday morning, about half-past 8 o'clock, he was called to the de ceased, Thomas B. Cole. He found him quite in sensible, and almost black, he might say. He was told that the young man had been taken ill immedi. ately after taking a black draught. From the ap. pearances, and what was told him,witness believed it , to be a case of epilepsy. He treated it for epilepsy. There was great obstruction to the breathing. Wit ness went away in half an hour, and saw the de ceased at 10 o'clock, when he ordered leeches. He oxatnined the eye to see whether he was labouring under the effects of opium, but found nothing to in duce that opinion. Witness saw the deceased again at four o'clock, and saw leeches again ap plied, the deceased having remained all day in the same state of insensibility. That was the last time he saw him alive, and at six o'clock he was informed of his death. On Tuesday witness made a post mortem examination of the body with the aid of Mr. Reid. He found very great congestion of all the larger vessels of the head: The brain showed no apoplectic clot. There were remains of old in flammation in the chest, and the lungs were con gested, but there was no evidence' of tubercle. The heart was much distended, but the valves were healthy. The liver and kidneys were empty. There was a small quantity, of liquid in the sto mach, which was examined, but no smell of opium could be detected. The result of the examination led-witness to believe that the deceased died from epilepsy. :The symptoms differed from any case of opium he had seen. He still believed the deceased had had an epileptic fit. On Thursday he removed the deceased's stomach, sealed it, and gave it into the custody of the police. The witness went on to state certain admissions made to him by Mr. Reeve after the inquest similar to those made to Inspector Spratt. Mr. Reeve told witness that the draught which the deceased had taken contained one-third of liquor opii, a prepara tion of opium which was not easily detected by the smell. The quantity named was amply sufficient to cause death. The mistake arose from the label of the bottle dropping off. Mr. Reid, surgeon, corroborated the evidenca of Mr. Andrews as to the appearance of the body at the post mortenz examination, but differed from him as to the cause of death. He said that death might have been caused by either apoplexy, opium, or epilepsy. There as nothing at the post mortem examination to indicate death from epilepsy. Mr. Linford, chemist, deposed to having analysed a twelfth part of the draught brought by Inspector Spratt. II: found that part to contain two grains of extractive matter—morphia and meconic acid, which are the constituents of opium. The Bench said they did not for a moment im pute to Mr. Reeve any intentional poisoning, but they felt that they had no alternative but to com mit him for trial at the Maidstone Assizes on a charge of manslaughter. They would take bail, the defendant in £lOO and two sureties in £5O each. Bail was immediately tendered, and the defend ant left the court with his friends. L INTELLIGENCE.-Nov. 25. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. V. THOMAS.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. Mr. Baron Martin having come into court for the purpose of hearing a motion in this case, which was tried before him two days ago, and fully reported in our columns, Mr. Millward, counsel for defendant, moved to extend the time for a rule for a new trial, under the following circumstances. It was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant had pleaded that at the time he made the promise the plaintiff was a married woman, and to that plea the plaintiff had put in a replication that the promise had been renewed after the death of her hus barid. It was proved by the plaintiff's sister at the trial that the plaintiff's husband had died at sea in 1853, having previously gone on board a vessel called the Mermaid, and that there was no com munication between the plaintiff and the de fendant, until 1855. It therefore followed that the promise was made after the death of the husband. The defendant's attorney had, however, received a letter, probably from the notoriety this case had received through the newspapers, the contents of which he had communicated to his London agent by telegraph. It was from a person named S. Allen, of 5, Dorchester-place, Bryanston-square, who wrote that he had seen the plaintiff's husband alive in 1857. If that was the case, away went the plain tiff's story. Mr. Baron Martin—Oh, no; your assignment comes into play then. _ _ _ Mr. aid—lt was never pretended that there was any evidence of the death of the plaintiff's husband, except in 1853 ; and if he did not die until later, then the seven years on which death could be presumed had not elapsed, and the law would apply. We have now received this informa tion about the husband, and although inquiries were made at the - residence of the person who sent this morning, he had left, and no one knows where he is gone to. I have, therefore, to apply that the - time for making this motion be extended, so that we Zhall have further opportuiaity to make inquiries. The Lord Chief taron—Yon apply on the ground of surprise? Mr. Millward—Yes, my lord. The case is of considerable importance to the defendant, for though he was represented as a rich man— Mr. Baron Martin—lt is quite a new thing to attend to telegrams. Mr. Millward—lt is not a telegram. It was a letter written by this person to the defendant's at torney, and he has communicated to us by telegram. Mr. Baron Martin—lt is perfectly beside the case. She entered into the contract to marry bona fide. The rule is, that no motion can be made for a new trial unless within four days after the trial, nor in any case after the term in which a causa has been tried. Mr. Millward—Yes, my lord ; but if we had four days we could move to-morrow, and then we could get the information we want. The accident is that this is the last day of term. Mr. Baron Martin—lt is an accident of your own seeking ; I had to press on the case. Mr. Baron Bramwell—Can you not bring a writ of error, and assign error in fact .! Mr. Baron Martin—A writ of error, and assign error on the non-jointure of a husband in a breach of promise to his wife. (Laughter.) Mr. Millward—The plaintiff will issue execution, and we may then take out a writ of error with what benefit we may. Mr. Baron Martin— You have only a letter refer ring to a man in some square or other, and that is nothing. Mr. Millward—The letter states that the plain tiff's husband was alive in 1857. Mr. Baron Martin—You ought to have been pre pared with the evidence at the trial. Defendant thought she was a widow. Mr. Millward pressed on theirlordships the great hardship to his client if the application were refused. The Lord Chief Baron—lf you can make out a case of fraud the court could do something for you next term. All we can now do is to say we cannot help you; and if you are in abetter position another time we may consider your application. Mr. Millward—Will your lordships stay exe cution P The Lord Chief Baron—That is an application which should be made at chambers. Mr. Millward—l also move on another ground— that the damages, £l,OOO, were excessive. The Lord Chief Baron—ls £l,OOO down too much for a wife's share in from £2,000 to £3,000 a-year ? • Mr. Millward—All that the evidence went to show was that the defendant's property was between £2,000 and £3,000 a year two years ago. While his father was alive he had not a penny except what he was allowed by his father. Mr. matou maritii—Have 3ou uffiditylib alat, In; had less property than alleged ? Mr. 111111w - ard—No, my lord. Mr. Baron Bramwell—Then really you should not state so. Mr. Millward—The plaintiff keeps a public house at Aberdare. Mr. Baron Martin—Yes, " The Pelican." Mr. Baron Bramwell—That only shows how very unlikely it is that she will get such a chance again. (Laughter.) Mr. Millward—She is a very tempting lady. (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Baron—We cannot meddle with the damages: Application refused: !rim SUN, LONDON! SATURDAY EVENING, NTOVEMBER 26 , 1859, POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 25. MANSION-HOUSE.—A STRANGE AFFAIR. — A respectably-dressed and lady-like young mar ried woman named Dye, living at Sutherland-ter race, Caledonian-road, applied to the Lord Mayor for his aid in finding her sister, Ann Burton, a rather tall young woman, 17 years of age. She stated that her sister had come up from the coun try on a visit to her, and that they went out shop ping together on Monday afternoon last, when she (Mrs. Dye) suddenly missed her on Holborn-hill, and notwithstanding the most active inquiries, had not been able to hear anything cf her since. The Lord Mayor asked whether she had any acquaintance with whom she was likely to have gone off? The applicant said no ; her sister was quite a stranger in London, and never went out by herself. The Lord Mayor said it was rather singular for a young woman of 17 to disappear in that way, and all he could do was to refer the applicant to the Police Commissioner, who would direct inquiries to be made in the City. Mrs. Dye was then furnished with the address of the Police Commissioner, and quitted the court ap parently in deep distress. Hammond Thornley, a stout and strong young fellow, about 27, was charged with neglecting to support himself, and voluntarily leaving a situa tion, so as to make himself chargeable to the parish. From the evidence of Mr. Henry Martin, over seer of the parish of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, and other witnesses, it appeared that the prisoner had been chargeable to that parish, off and on, for the last three years, and that he had been the source of continued trouble. In 1858 he consented to emi grate, and the parish expended £25 for his outfit and passage to Australia. He was taken on board the vessel in the East India Docks, by the master of the City of London Union Workhouse, who made all the arrangements requisite for his comfort during the voyage ; but next day the prisoner left the ship, and returned to the workhouse, alleging that he had a" decided objection to go out in that vessel." After remaining for some time in the workhouse he left, and obtained a situation' at 15s. a week, which he left voluntarily and Without cause, inasmuch as that he had given great satis faction to his employers, and might, if he had pleased, have continued there till this day. When asked why he had left, he replied that "no man ought to give his bones and blood for 15s. a week, as they were worth more than that to himself." Finding that he would not return to his situation, and that he continued incorrigibly idle, the parish authorities gave him into custody. The Lord Mayor sent him to prison, with hard labour, for one month. GU ILMlALL.—lloward Napoleon Airm. Bryant, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Arthur . and Co., wholesale warehousemen, of Wood-street, was charged with embezzlement. Mr. Chipperfield appeared for the prosecution, and said he only proposed going into three cases, in which the prisoner had not accounted for moneys he had received with his employers' authority, but three were other charges against him for collecting money from othercustomers without any authority, which he had Lot accounted for. Evidence was then given relative to the payment to the prisoner of various sums, amounting to nearly £3O, no portion of which he had accounted for. Watkins (City detect:ye officer) said he appre hended the prisoner at Sydenham, and found in his possession a carpet-bag containing £7 in gold, and among other things a wig and false whisk_uN, beard, aid moustache. The prisoner admitted he would have started for France the next morning. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he was in duced to act as he had done because he had such a small salary. It was only 15s. per week, not quite £4O per year. The prisoner was then committed for trial. BOW-STREET.—Henry Moore was brought up on remand, on the charge of attempting to intimi date Joseph Burdus, the mate of a merchant vessel, in order to prevent him giving evidence at the police I court, Westminster, against certain persons whom lie had charged with attempting to defraud him of £1 by " skittle sharping." Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, who attended for the prisoner, stated that the charge against the man brought before the magistrate at Westminster had been dismissed. He submitted that the man having been thus acquitted there was an end of the present charge. It was essential to this case that there should be an offence committed by the persons against whom the witness said to be intimidated was about to appear. It must be shown that de fendant had tried to prevent the conviction of per ' sons who had committed a crime, by dissuading. Mr. Jardine—lt is not dissuading ;itis by violence attempting to prevent a witness from giving evi dence when an investigation is going on in a court of justice. It appears to me to be a very bad case, and one that ought to be sent for trial. Mr. Lewis, after looking through several books, called attention to a passage in " Russel on Crime," setting forth that it is an offence at common law to attempt o intimidat eor dissuade persons from giving evidence against a person indicted for any offence ; but there was no case given when the parties were not indicted. Mr. Jardine—Now, Mr. Lewis, you cannot say— you cannot pretend to say—that it is not an offence at common law to stop a witness on his way to a police-court to give evidence, and say that he shall not give that evidence, or that if he does that you will be the death of him. Do you maintain that that is not an offence ? Mr. Lewis—Well, it may be an assault. Mr. Jardine—No. It is an offence sui generis, and a very serious one. The evidence given on the former occasion was then taken in the former depositions, and the pri soner was committed for trial. Mr. Lewis—Do you not think, sir, it is a ease for bail P Mr. Jardine—Certainly. What is his position in life? Mr. Lewis—Well, sir,!you can judge. (A laugh.) Sergeant Felton—He is a " skittle sharp," sir. Mr. Jardine—Well, that is not exactly his trade or calling. Felton—l do not think ho has ever had any other. I should like to have notice of bail, at all events. Mr. Jardine—Certainly. let him enter into his own recognisances for £5O, and find two sureties of £25, giving 48 hours' notice of bail. Sarah Dyer, a decent looking woman, described as a dressmaker, was charged with stealing two "pieces" of ribbon and various other articles from Messrs. Shoolbred and Co.'s, in Tottenham-court road. The prisoner had been for years in the habit of dealing at Messrs. Shoolbred's, and was regarded as a good customer until recently, when suspicions were conceived that she was in the habit of pilfer ing small articles when she came to make purchases. On Thursday she called to purchase some ribbon, and being watched by Mr. Graves, one of the " buyers," she was seen to take a piece of brown ribbon from a box which one of the assistants showed her to make a selection from. When she had paid for what she had bought she left the shop. He then spoke to her, and asked her to come to the private door, as he had something to say to her. She then let fall a piece of pink ribbon, which Mr. Graves pointed out to a policeman. The lat ter picked it up, and took her in charge. At , the station-house she made a similar attempt to get rid of the piece of brown ribbon. Both were identified by Mr. Graves. One piece contained about six yards, at 73d., and the other 15 yards, at Gd. At her lodgings were found a number of articles iden tified as having been stolen at various times from Messrs, Shoolbred's, such as a card of braid, a set of tassels, several silk velvet reels (which probably were covered with velvet when stolen), &c. Mr. Knight, the landlord of the house in which the prisoner lodged, in Pinder-place, Grafi-inn lane, said she had lived there for 11 years. He had always considered her a thoroughly honest, hard working woman, and he was quite astonished that she should have committed such an offence as this. He believed she had lately been less prosperous than hitherto, for she had once or twice complained of the difficulty she had to make up her rent, in con sequence of the customers not paying her bills when she sent them in. Mr. Graves said that Messrs. Shoolbred were not disposed to press the case severely against the prisoner. The magistrate was sorry to say that ho must not consult th feelings of the prosecutors. It was evi dent the prisoner had been carrying on this system of robbery for a long while, and it really must go for trial. Mr. Lewis endeavoured to induce the magistrate to alter his decision, but Ms worship adhered. to determipation, and committed her for trial. WESTMINSTER.---George M'Dermot, of 53, Stanley-street, Brompton, was charged with un lawfully uttering a spurious fourpenny-piece, well knowing it to be false and counterfeit. Mrs. S. Humphreys, wife of a news-agent, at 4, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, said that at a little be fore 9 o'clock on the previous evening, the prisoner purchased a penny paper at her shop, giving her a fourpenny-piece in payment. She returned him threepence in change, but had scarcely done so when she discovered the fourpenny-piece was a bad one, and asked him to give her the th reepence an d paper back, upon winch the accused told her she must be mistaken, as he had never seen a count er f e it four penny-piecein his life. He was then going out of the shop when she sent for her h us b an d, an d the accused was given into custody. In reply to questions from the prisoner Mrs. Hum phreys said he had got as far as the shop-door with the 3d. and the paper when she called him ; he then came back. He certainly begged her husband when at the police station not to press the charge against him. Jonathan Humphreys said that on being sent for he tried the fourpenny piece, which was a very bad one. Prisoner said he w ou ld no t g i ve b ac k t h e change. When the constable was sent for prisoner offered half-a-crown in payment for the paper. In cross•examination by the prisoner witness denied that he had given his address while in the shop, but admitted that he did so when at tke station. Witness denied that he collared him in the shop, but said lie stood before him to prevent his going out. Sergeant Britten, 1 B, proved that the prisoner was given into :custody, when he said that if the fourpenny-piece was bad, Mrs. Humphreys must have changed it. On searching the prisoner, he found a gold watch and appendages, two halfcrowns, a purse, and knife. - The prisoner was most desirous of addressing the magistrate, who, however, stopped the case, intimat ing that there was nothing whatever for him to answer; there was no ground for giving him in charge, nor evidence to show that he had any know ledge that the coin was bad. The prisoner complained that hthad been deprived of his liberty for above eleven hours, and a friend of his in court inquired whether he had no redress for the false imprisonment he had sustained. `Zr. Arnold said he must sack his remedy in another court. SOUTHWARK.---William Bolden, a powerful looking man, having the appearance of an ex-police man, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with creating a disturbance in the house of Mr. William Harris, the Equestrian Tavern, next the Surrey Theatre in the I . 3l aAfriars'-road, and commitfing a cowardly assault on police-constable 269 A, in the execution of his duty. Mr. Harris said that about half-past 12 o'clock he saw the prisoner and another man fighting in front of his bar, when he immediately went round to prevent any further disturbance. /is soon as he had parted them he was pitched into by both men, and had not a constable come to his asistance, he had no doubt th a t among t h em he should have been roughly handled. Police-constable 269 A said he saw a disturbance in Mr. Harris's house, and on entering perceived the latter being very roughly handled by the prisoner and another man whom he was about to eject. Wit ness went up to the prisoner, and as he was about to request him to leave the house, he rushed at him like a bull, seized hold of one of his legs and threw him on his back. He was then kicked by some of the parties, but with the assistance of Mr. Harris, he recovered himself, and took the prisoner into custody. Mr. ✓ Combe told the prisoner that such violent conduct in a respectable publichouse could not be tolerated, and Mr. Harris did perfectly right in attempting to eject him. He should not impose a fine on him, but send him to prison with hard labour for 14 days. [ADVERTISEMENT,] —Mr. BensOn, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). It should be r ead by all who are about, buying a watch, as it contains prices and important information as to—What. watch to buy ! where to buy it and how to use it I [A DVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Quinsey—Sore Throat —With the f ggy damp winter even ings the human throat becomes subject to many diseases, particularly inflammation and ulcer action. In Quinsey, or inflamed throat, llolloway's Ointment, well rubbed upon the top of the chest and round the throat, after those parts have been bathed in warm salt and water and dried, has a wonder ful power in checking the inflammation and removing all the unpleasantness and danger caused by Quinsey. Holloway's Pills should be taken at the same time, as they relieve the general fever. Mr. linole, of Allogate, was thus cured, when, from inability to swallow, his life was endangered. Kemal°, enlarged glands, and all skin diseases are totally dissipated j by the sense treatnunt. MB7.ROPO'LIT, OF WORKS, A meeting of this board was held yesterday, in the Council Chamber, Guildhall. The president, Mr. T. Tliwaites, took the chair at 12 o'clock. A committee of the whole board sat for a considerable time, but the subject matter of their deliberations did not transpire. The board then proceeded to consider a question, which has been long mooted and discussed, as to the claim of Messrs. Roberts and Gotto for taking out the quantities for the Northern High-level Sewer. Exceptions were taken to their estimate, and the question now was, whether the claim of these gen tlemen (X 830) should be resistod any longer. It was admitted on all hands that an excessive estimate had been made, but the board came to a resolution (by a large majority), that it would not be for the interest of the ratepayers that the board should re sist the claim any longer, This discussion occupied the whole day. DISASTROUS BOILER EXPLOSION. On Wednesday afternoon a most disastrous occur rence took place at the works of Messrs. Glydon and Shorthouse, metal rollers and tube manufactu rers, Eyre-street, Spring-hill. Though no deaths have as yet been the result, six or seven persons have sustainedvery serious injuries, and the damage to property is so great that it is impossible at pre sent to form an estimate of the amount. The works are of a somewhat important character, and give employment to 40 or 50 men, though as is usual in rolling mills, the machinery and steam power employed perform operations which render the number of hands engaged no criterion of the extent of the works. Fronting Eyre -street are the offices ' • betwoen them and th e m ill i s a l arge open yard ; beyond the mill, which is a substantial en closed building, covered by four spans of roof, was the boiler-house; and a high wall in front of this, and adjoining the old canal, formed the boundary of the premises. The steam power was obtained by means of three tubular boilers ranged side by side, each 30 feet long, 5 feet in diameter, and weighing eight or ni ne t ons . T wo were about seven years old, the other was nearly new, and on' Monday the centre boiler was in the hands of the men of Mr. Pigott, Spring-hill , havinga copper patch put upon the tube immediately over the fire bars. Not only did Mr. Pigott's workmen test it in the usual way, but on Tuesday morning, before it re sumed work, Mr. Glydon, sen., who has the super intendence of the machinery, examined it carefully, and observed no leakage, nor anything to make him suspect that all was not in good order. It was in use throughout the forenoon, and until the men went to dinner at one o'clock. During the dinner hour the boilers were in charge of the stoker, a careful, steady man, named Win. Hyde, and at two o'clock the engineer relieved him of the duty. At that time, as usual, the machinery was set in mo tion and operations resumed. In th e course o f seven or eight minutes, however, the centre boiler exploded with a terrific noise, spreading havoc on every side. While one large piece of the tube forced out the firing end, levelled the whole of the lofty wall adjoining the canal, and at last dropped in a field 50 yards distant, the boiler itself was lifted from its seat and flew backwards through the works. Six or eight yards inside the mill was a 55- horse-power engine and with this the b o il er came into collision s While the engine an d it s mass i ve cylinder we r e tossed aside and broken into frag ments as if .they had been of wood, the bed on which it rested was substantial enough to change the diiection in which the boiler was flying. It turned' towards th e fly w h ee l, an d , as this; i s 14 or 15 feet in diameter, and 20 tons in weight, its great strength, aided by the velocity at which it was revolving, was sufficient to arrest the further progress Of the boiler. Most providential was it that this was accomplished. But for the flywheel the boiler would probably have been carried across the yard and fight through the offices, involving certain loss of life and much additional destruction of pro perty, for, even as it was, the fragments of boiler plate and steam piping which were hurled in that direction drove before them and levelled every yard of the massive brick wall enclosing the mill on that side. It is marvellous how one man in the works escaped mortal injury. The " rolls" were in full operation at the time, and these are all grouped round the fly and driving wheels, each in charge of several men. One the largest driving wheels, weighing four or five tons, had several of its massive arms broken into fragments, so that as the boiler rushed into the mill it must have sent before and around it a shower ofiron more terrible than the deadliest grapeshot. Large pieces of the engine, of the steam piping, of the driving wheel, and of the boiler itself lay in every corner, and, as we have said, it is wonderful how one man escaped. Fortunately only two or three of the pillars supportin g the roof were broken, so that, though lar ge numbers of the slates were blown away by the forna of the explosion, the fall of the heavy iron frame work overhead did not add to the terror of the scene. The personal injuries sustained, however, are lamentable enough. The cause of the explosion, or the exact point where it occurred, has not yet been ascertained. There is no doubt, however, that it was the internal tube, and not the outer boiler, which first gave way ; and whether the coroner should or should not be here after called upon to make an official investigation, it would be well for Messrs. Glydon and Short house-to direct some practical person not interested in the result to maks such an inspection of the boiler as would be satisfactory to the public. Judg ing by a hasty inspection of the rivet lines and fractures the iron seemed excellent and the work manship good. The loss to Messrs. Glydon and Shorthouse is very serious, but the real amount it is impossible to estimate. The misfortune, is there fore a very sad one.—Birmingham Daily Post. DISTRESSINGSHIPWRECK. On Sunday morning, the 16th October, at eight o'clock, the barque Charles Thompson, from New York, bound to flavannah, 10 days out, strudc on the Elbow Reef, Abaco, about four miles from the Elbow Cay, in a heavy squall of wind and rain. The accident was seen from Hope Town, from which place ses,eral wrecking vessels went forth immedi ately to render such assistance as might be in their power. On reaching the spot they found the barque lying head on to the reef, her main and mizen masts both gone, and the sea, tossed into tremendous fury by a heavy gale which was blowing at the time, was rolling in frightful billows over the stern, and sweeping everything forward. The crew hud alreair thrown their three boats into the sea, in an attempt to save themselves ; but the boats had hardly touched the water before they were all stove and sunk, leaving the distressed mariners to the tender mercies of the remorseless waves. At this crisis the wreckers arrived, and seeing the situation of affairs, despaired at first of saving a single living thing. The sea was so heavy that no boat could approach the wreck. Two attempts were wade by the best boats, but they utterly failed. For some 15 minntes after this all hope of saving life was extin guished in the breasts even of the bravest wreckers. Bet the generous impulses of these men soon revived and drove them to new exertions. A happy thought had occurred to the wreckers, which they communi cated by signal to the captain, to the effect that he should cut away his foremast, which, with all its hamper, and the other masts and spars previously detached from the barque, might make, when lashed and massed together upon the reef, where the water was shallow, a strong and heavy raft, as a solid basis of communication with the wreck at about 70 yards' distance from it. All this was done, and then a warp attached to a spar was thrown overboard, which, on being washed by the waves towards the boats, was seized by the wreckers, tied to the raft, and then drawn tight by the capstan on board the ship. Before the warp was fastened to the raft, 14 wreckers got on board by means of it. It was neces sary that all. these men should be good divers, be cause the force of the billows at the surface of the sea was irresistible, and would have driven them upon the reef, where they would have been dashed to pieces in a few moments, On reaching the wreck these brave men assisted the crew in making their final preparations for leasing the ship, the stern of which was already gone, and the whole mass seemed likely in a short time to be broken into a thousand pieces in the roaring den of waves in which it lay. The escape from the wreck was effected in the fol lowing manner :—A strap, in which one person could sit, was fastened round the tightened warp which communicated with the raft. When thus seated he could gradually slide down the warp from the ship to the raft, where he was received into the arms of his gallant deliverers. In this way all on board, bei:sg 13 persons, were:saved from a watery grave before sunset of the day of their sad misfor tune: Thanks to our wreckers, who could only ac complish this result after hours of watchfillness and labour. It is worthy of remark that the personal ef fects of all on board hav e b een saved, and given up (se by the wreckers with ou t any claim f or sa l ve would not have been d one e i ther in Englandb . This or the United States. We regret to learn that in worki ng out this wreck very f orm id a b le difficulties and dan gers have been encountered. Stveral severe casualties have occurred. Three fine boats were entirely lost, with all the tackling they contained, and the crews were saved only by a miracle. One man had hi s knee pan badly injured, andse.lsieral others re ce i ve d y w contusions from w hi c h the not readily r ecover. In fact, losses o f boats, warps, t and blocks, and in juries of the person, have in some cases b een so severe, that if a ll th e nroperty saved were awarded to the wreckers, it would baldly compensate them for the sacrifices they have made. It is supposed that scarcely any vessel will get enough to repair the losses she has s ustained,—Baha nia Herald, FROM THE GAZETTE OP LAST NIGHT - FOREIGN-OFFICE, I ov. 24. The Queen has been pleased to app rove of Don Carlos Ancell as Vice -Consul at St. John's, Newfoundland, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Chris tian Salvesen as Vice-Consul at Leith for his Majesty the King of Hanover. The Queen has also been pleas,eel to approve of Baron D. Saverio Faye as Vice-Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies. CROWN-OFF r.CE, Nov. 24. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA MENT. Haighßorou of Whitby—Harry Steph en Th ompson, of Kirly , in the county of York, Esq., in the room of Robert Stephenson, Esq., deceased. BOARD. OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 22. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Aff a i rs , a copy o f a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, reporting that the Board of Health at that capital has issued a notice declaring the port of Alicante suspected of cholera morbus. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign A.ffairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, reporting the Board of Health at that capital hra notified that the Home Towns and the ports of Syria are considered free from in fection. The Right lion, the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, enclosing copy of an Order of the Neapolitan Minister of Health, declaring that vessels arriving from ports of Holland, and from Algesiras and Alicante, will be subject to 10 days' rigorous quaran tine for cholera, and that vessels having had sickness dur ing the voyage will be refused entry. The Neapolitan Ministe-.• of Health has also notified that vessels arriving from ports in Syria will be received in freo pratique. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 25 Royal Artill ery —Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Frederick Marpw Eardly-Wilmot , from the Supernumerary List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Frederick William Haultain, from the Supernumerary List, to be Captain ; Second Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant •Colonel Nathaniel Octavius Simpson Turner to be Captain ; Lieutenant Fran cis Towry Edeane Law to be Second Captain, rice Eden, deceased ; Lieutenant Major Francis Downes, on the Supernumerary List, to be Second Captain; Lieutenant Francis Henry Williamm Nisbett to be Second Cap tain, vice Turner; Lieutenant Falkland George Edge worth Warren to be Second Captain ; Lieutenant Henry Clement Swin ner t on D yer to be Second Captain. The dates of promotion of the undermentioned officers to be altered as follows :—Second Captain R. Hodson, to 10th July, 1859 ; Second Captain E. C. Vaughan, to 21st July, 1859; Second Captain (F. S. Maude, to sth September, 1859. B nEVET . — Brevet - Lieutenant- Colonel George Bent, C. 8., of the Royal Engineers, to be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with-the rank of Colonel in the Army. ADM IRTY, Nov. 17. 'Corps of Royal MarinesA L —Gentleman Cadet John Alfred Sireny to be Second Lieutenant. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 21. POrps of Royal Merines—Colonel Second Commandan, Alexander Anderson to be Colonel Commandant, vice Hurdle, retired ; Colonel Second Commandant John Fraser to be Colonel Commandant to Artillery Division ; Colonel Second Commandant Thomas Holloway, C. 8., to be Colo nel Commandant, vice Dvvydr, retired; Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Lemon, C. 8., to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Holloway, promoted; Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet -Colonel John Mitchell to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Anderson, promoted ; Captain and Brevet-Major Thomas Dudley Fosbroke to be Lieut.-Colo nel, vice Lemon, promoted ; First Lieutenant Charles Wm. Carrington to be Captain, vice Fosbroke, promoted; Second Lieutenant Duncan Gordon Campbell to be First Lieute tenant, vice Carrington, promoted. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 22 First Lieutenant and Adjutant Robert William Bland Hunt to be Captain, vice H. Spratt, placed on half-pay, Second Lieutenant Thomas Palmer Norton to be First Lieutenant, vice Hunt, promoted; First Lieutenant Francis Lean to be Adjutant, vice Hunt. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT Ist Lancashire Artillery Volunteers—William Richmond Brown, Gent., to be First Lieutenant; James Clifton Brown, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of the Dnße of Lancaster's Own Militia— George Theophilus Robert Preston, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, vice Edward Averill Lucas who being absent with out leave has been struck off the strength of the Regiment. Tower Hamlets King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Herbert George Ilawkes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Marsden, promoted. Ist Company of Dorsetshire Volunteer Rifles—Henry Strangways Hounsell, Gent., to be Honorary Surgeon. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—En sign Robertson Gilchrist Marshall to be Lieutenant, vice Carter, resi g ned. City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps— James Stewart Robertson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Noel Paton, resigned. lnfrewshire Volunteer Rifles, 6th Company—William Mackean, Gent., to be Captain ; Andrew Brown, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Archibald Coats, Gent., to be Ensign; Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major the Right honourable Sir John Somerset Pakingtou, Bart., G.C.8., M.P., to be Lieutenant-Colonal, vice the Honourable Robert Windsor Clive, deceased. East York Volunteer Rifles-Ist Company—Joseph. Walker Pease, Esq., to be Captain ; Vi ncen t H enry Par ker, Gent., to be Ensign. West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers-10th Com pany (Huddersfleld)—Henry Frederick Beaumont, Esq., to be Captain ; Joseph Bailey, junior, Gent., to be Lien _tenant ; Joseph Acheson Harrison, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Subdivision of Linoolnshiro Rifle Volunteers— William Henry Smyth, Esq., to be Lieutenant; William Chaplain, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal South Lincoln Militia—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Com mission held by Lieutenant Robert Cecil Kearney. 2d Company of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers—Charles Wilson Riley to be Captain; Edward Campbell to be First Lieutenant; Joseph Grigg to be Second Lieutenant. 3d Company of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers— William Foulkes Essell to be Captain; William Thomas Sobey to be First Lieutenant; Richard Hicks to be Second Lieu tenant; and not of the 2d Company of the Cornwall Artil lery Volunteers as pr ev i ous l y G azette d . [The following Appointments are substituted for those which appeared in the " Gazotte" of the 4th instant.] Oxfordshire V o l un t eer Rifl e Corps—Joseph Henry Warner, Esq., of Balliol College, to be Captain of the 3d Company, vice Cullen, resigned ; William Holding, Esq., of St. John's C o ll ege , t o b e Li eutenant of the 2d Com pany, vice Warner, resigned. MEmonJoinum—The following appointment is substi tuted for that which appeared in the Gazeite of the 29th day of March last : Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Charles Broderick Garde, Gent., to be Ensign. CROWN-OFFICE, NOVEMBER 25. Days and Places appointed for holding Special Commis sions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery : Cheshire, Saturday, December 10, at Chester. Derbyshire, Tuesday, December 20, at Darby. Devonshire, Saturday, December 10, at the Castle of Exeter. City of Exeter, the samo day, d the Guildhall of the said city. Durham, Wednesday, December 7, at the City of Dur ham. Essex, Thursday, December 1, at Chelmsford. Glamorganshire, Tuesday, December 20, at Cardiff. Gloucestershire, Thursday, December 15, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester, the same day, at the City of Glou cester. Kent, Monday, December 5, at Maidstone. Lincolnshire, Tuesday, December 13, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln, the same day, at the City of Lincoln. Norfolk, Saturday, December 5, at the Castle of Norwich. City of Norwich, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. Northamptonshire, Thursday, December 8, at North ampton. Northumberland, Monday, December 6, at the Castle of Newcastle-upon Tyne. Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said town. Nottinghamshire, Friday, December 16, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham, the same day, at the Town of Nottingham. Southampton, Saturday, December 3, at the Castle o: Winchester. Staffordshire, Saturday, December 3, at Stafford. Warivickshire, Thursday, December 15, at 'Warwick. Worcestershire, Monday, December 12, at 'Worcester. City of Worcester, the same day, at the City of 'Wor cester. Yorkshire, Saturday, December 3, at the Castle of York. City of York, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. BAN K PT S. John All en , bootrnaker, Deptford, to surrender Dec. 5, at half-past one, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Thomas harles, lalin warehoseman Piccadily, Dec. 9, at eleven,C and Jan. t a 5, at twelve, u at the , Court of l Bank ruptcy. Antonio Calvocoressi, merchant, Manchester, Deo. 6 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Joshua Cawton and Edward Woad, commission agents Bradford, Dec. 8, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Thomas Hancorn, timber merchant, Hereford, Dec. 7 and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Samuel Cottam, innkeeper, Westbromwich, Stafford shire, Dec. 9 and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Charles Bartels, merchant, Elmina, Africa, Dec. 9, at one, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day of November, 18d9:— ISSUE inran TmENT. N otes issued ...... .£30,805,080 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,901 Gold Coin & Bulllon 16,330,080 Silver Bullion .... - £30,105,080j Proprietors' Capi- BANKING D: to £14,55 x,00,1 Rest Public Deposits (in- 3,185,4172 chiding Exche quer, Savings , Banks, Coinnais rnissioncts of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- 530,805,080 , EPARTMENT. Government Secu- rides inclUding Dead W eigh tAn unity) .£10,9'25,157 Other Securities 19,058.503 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 655,584 _ counts) 8,0(32,071 Other Deposits 13,062,150 Seven Day and other Bills . 815,776 £40,279,369 M. £40,279,369 :A lISIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Nov. 24, 1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. he Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 22d day of Nov., 18.59, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 2ls ld Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius l7s Gd Average price of the foregoing 248 Od COUIVTIZY MA.RX.ETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 25. We have fewer buyers than usual at market this mornig! yet holders are in general very firm, and the few transLl tions reported are at fully Tuesday's prices. Flour fade inactive. Beans a limited sale. Oats in slow request, atd. decline of id. per bushel. Oatmeal nominally nnollallge Indian corn was very little inquired for. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 25. The supplies of wheat are very fair, and there being $ better tone than we experienced on Tuesday, holders "I'.° firm in demanding the prices of last week, and which 4,1! generally got on the business done. Prices remain the same as at, last market for fine heavy barley, higrA Beans w e re and inferior qualities were again a slow sale• at fully late rates. Oats, shelling, and other articles were Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b , at previous prices. Od Kent, white, old, 48s to 51e; new, .48s to 51s, ditto, red, York' old, 42s to 44 •s , new, 42s to 44s ; Lincolnshire and shire white, new, 45s to 50s; red, 41s to 445. Essex, Suffolk, _ EXETER—Nov. 25. 'cos :--- The business to-day was dull at the following Prl 3 1 Wheat, white.. 6s 6d to 6s 3d I Berle Ditto red .. 5s ed to 5s 9d I Oats y.. . ...... sOd Flour, fine, 33s to 34s •31. • to 32s per ack. , seconds, 5 CATTLE. The market was well supplied with stock, and legs in tendance was pretty numerous.. Pork carcases supply. m to a Fat beef, p score, 10s to llsOd Ewes, per lb .... • • t pd Pori , - carcases do Es 9d to 9s3d Wethers, do.. •• .. 60 to ni ' sid to u" Sheep, per lb. - Rough fat, 4!d per lb. • .. 0 od to 4s 8 4 • BRISTOL SUGAR —Nov. 25. d t h e trad? There is a good demand for raw sugars, e c hanges is much bettor. On most of the arce l s which hav r iot hands some slight advance hasp been obtained, ii%Lst tend upwards. Refined go ods meet with 11 fre er are gill firmer rates, and in some instances dearer. R u m s neglected, but the market is firmer. RAILWAY INTELLIGE. .LIZI 2.14 rr ... .. a..........-...-- ..-----41.-. ... sic. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE. w Bocci ___,Ots' • Railways. ~.--"---___, cov. . _.... 3118i.15:5. 0785nsed. • __.... ......,„___--..........:;_855. ~ '..... t ... BM iymena and Portrush :15 35 -- 4 172 Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 1,249 .452 Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 520 2101 , Belfast and County Down 2O Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Juno 32 Blyth and Tyne 2O 231027 612,:2312:1923 5.1 :4: ! i Bristol and Exeter 125 119 13,706 1. Caledonian l9Bl 1981 -- 205 Ches.&Holyhead(withMold 91 94 231 219 Cockermouth & Working-ton 8 8. 305 172 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 197 233 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 1 61 226 1,330 Deeside l7 17 1,595 1,575 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 56 1,039 06 Dublin and Drogheda 63 6,3,, 1,497 as Dub. &Wicklow(in.Kingst 4Ol 401 846 532 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbrohth . , Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 950 50,096 East Anglian 671 674 24,199 -- E.Counties,Nrfk.,SEE.Union 499 489 269 East Kent 194 - _, 6,,;9 KLancashire(in.Blackburn 111 105 6,10 059 Edinburgh and Glasgow 142 142 3,359 281 Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 261 1,001 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness 22 22 7,057 24,198 Glasgow & South-Western 1831 1831 26,814 1,392 Great Northern 283 281 1,65! 5,07 Great North of Scotland ~ .' 27,60 rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 226 2131 20,011 144 Great Western 466 466 169 529 Hull and Holderness tnverness & Aberdeen Juno 55 65 263 354 Irish South-Eastern 251 251 123 Killarney Junction 4l 41 -- Lancaster and Carlisle (in %O Kendal and Windermere) 1 100 31,161 07/0 " log Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn)2B9/3 469 Limerick and Foynes 2 261- 481 03,945 Llanelly 4 46.: 75,019 1211 London & North-Western 791 IV 1,401 _0,051 London and Blackwall 5 51 15 047 '',' 552 • 7 12, London & South-Western 339 332 13,93 591 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2234 1904 852 991 L'derry and Enniskillen ~ 60 60 957 9,359 Lond. Tilbury, & Southend 45 45 11,051 529 blan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 1731 11 952 1,196 blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 91 9 1,32 s 34,799 Mar port and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.We stn. of hind 177 177 3,498 2,106 Monkland 52 V 2,026 004 Monmouthsh. Rail. &C anal 44 44 3,406 mg Newcastle and Carlisle.... 78 78 1,440 h leof Newport,Abcrg.,& Herefo 9 50 59 5,703 '319 North British (in. Dalkeithd 154 149 403 0,061 North Devon 35 35, 3601 9,0 North-Eastern 745 7359 2,444 A_946 North London 9 9 7,916 ''',..... North Staffordshire 233 233 North-Western 464. 464 Ol N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 101 4,615 10 Oxford, Wore., & Wolver lO2 94 10 :, ,01 974 Peebles lBl 184 00 2 _St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 1048 .3,575 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 t t 962 3,556 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 29/ 299 2,265 1,40 Shrewsbury and Chester .. •8 48 1,711 791 Shrewsbury & Hereford .. 51 51 15 2,00 Shropshire. Union 2Ol 24 2,942 16,117 South Devon 72 ci 17,064/ 9 CO South-Eastern 309 302 3, 247 70775 95 South Wales l7ll 1711 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 198.. 7,0,,9; 4,2,45 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 54 54 1,727 • 349 3 Ulster 52 6 52 1,430 Ulverstone and Lancaster 19 19 1,468 5 -- Vale of Neath 251 251 -- 314 _ Warrington and Stockport. 10 323 i 11l Waterford and Kilkenny.. 31 31 1,316 L 4 '633 Waterford and Limerick .. 77 7 7275 West Cornwall 274 :174 3,507 500 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail V 39 712 479 Whitehaven Junction l2 2 669 269 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 36:1 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. 7 7 , 91,6 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 91u 25,42% Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 42,352 293 Austrian B2B 673 315 j,199 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 261 1'622 2,771 Buffalo and Lake Huron - Detroit and Milwaukle lss 185 - 0 41$ 1 , Dutch Rhenish ion ~,,„1081 12,(q Los, Grand Trunk of Canada BBO °°", 2,7' 2,092 Great Indian Peninsula 1941 1309 2,292 059 Great Luxembourg l2l 122 9,817 - , 29 - 3.993 Great Western of Canada 345 Lombardo-Venetian 285 285' 4,507 t,326 Lyons and Geneva 142 142 10 167 -- 284 , Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 310 ..- 402 Maria Antonia' 2l 21 49,06 '7O Northern of France 602 574 03 7159# Norwegian Trunk 44 44 8 010 sst 7 , 49„,, Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 849„ b4,3Y_l 41,9'; Paris and Orleans 922 9t 46,11" 4' Paris and Strasburg 1,032 1,91. 541 1.30 Royal Danish 69 69 1,400 0,706 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 18,053 '5, Southern of France 7n 7,7! SBO 33,011 ✓ West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 742 ' 7-1 ' _ ... ,-L-,7- CXET LIST. ! -L P 4 FOREIGN MA In the following tableE-'r--signifies that letters are de°paellal by evening mails from London, and At b3r morning Ina In the following tale E siines ~..---- - by evening mails from Longndon, and 31 by iniornalb - 0 f e sii DESTINATIONS. of Mails. 121 ...... ____-- la Australia and Mauritius via Dec. • ec• 4 Southampton ' 12 al Southall:lP• ~ Dec. , ~, .... " Ditto, via Marseilles . Dec. 19, 1% ........ 22 Despatch port of d 1.... j_e> Bahamas and Havana via New Canada, :lc. (by Canadn. pckt.) Nov. 29, , P e6 l o York Nov.—, E Liverpool;. 'NI' Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- t D ee ' sion, and St. Helena China, Penang and Singa- 1) , "• 0 pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton - Nvo. 28, M southanl Dec. Honduras and Blewfields Dec. 5, E DevonPor a 1 India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, nIP. Pe 2 6 via Southampton Dec. 3, 31 South* *SO Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South- E Liverp g ampton Ditto, via Marseilles - Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, Dec• ° and k'. Islands Dec. 9, 51 South p Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Nov.2B, M Southall:lP. Malta, Egypt, and Adnvia VIA 0 Southampton ' Nov. 26, .4 Ditto, via Marseilles Ditto Ae l ebay E ......... PO I " Nov 2G. M Southall* D om' Nov 26' ... , Mexico and Havana Nov.—, M So uthawy Newfoundland 30 United States and British N O Ol.. D1OC• 30 West Coast of Africa Ma- 1.• D ee ' (byu. S. r p it a i c s k h e p o ac . k . e . t . ) NovNNoovv.. 2 2 5 9 , , E LiYarp ..-- deira, and Teneriffe ' West India, California, Vene- , p e4 l I zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey- utha town, New Granada, &c. Dec. 2, la So ...1,1i91164! A line of omnibuses has recently been estab!1:110,1 at Beyrouth, the first ever seen in Syria. The Bet/1,000 from all sides to see them pass, and stand to al's with astonishment. BIRTHS. W a lton: i BEAENIONT.--On the 25th inst_,. a t 11, L i nc oln 1 5P..1:1; the with of Joseph Beaumont, Esq., of cf a son. ! DoDsoN.—On the 24th inst., at 6, Searaore-Place' gal: fair, the wife of J. G. Dodson, Es., M.. 7 ° f a (131* r ter.Pl.A.°f I t nea NGE.—On the 23d inst., at AngleseY, . 8. ort o ' mouth, the wife of Captain Strange , R. I. g ST Mars, of a son. vialli WILLIAMS.—On the 24th inst., at PengrcePt Co r n the wife of John M. Williams, Ecq., of a son. MARRIAGES. • ar'. ~ Sairio- , GABDINER—GOSSET.—On the 23d 1119 t., at 0.,, woe., Church, Jersey, John Gardiner, Esq. of Da' w ,i_boor St. James's, and of the Middle Temple, 'barrister -v. e to Julia Elizabeth, eldest daugh ter of the l a te le° Gossett, Esq., of Portland-place, Jersey. Ch i n o ' WALE—DUBLIN. — On the 22d inst., at Stillorgall „rs o f the AN : l e a . near Dublin, G. H. Wale, E q , Commander Itc.t,;ifordt Cambs., to Blanche, youngest daughter of his aril Archbishop late i G s hn e o n tph e reoaf2lD,DSui Dublin. l C n .. IsVa'le, .B f °"'eo the B u L c o K r L d ltlEiinAstT,mg Jo" a ged i-• . , Buckland, rector of Trushal;l, Devonshire, igia CALVERT.—On the 24th inst., at 16, Cross. street, . ton, John Calvert, Esq. at li I.iertsey, the ,---,,Y; -,,,,,c1eat DRYDEN.—On the 23d inst. at at Dulwich, Mr. R. m'i engineer, Lambeth, aged . 47. ~lacet Fouuzs.— On the 24th inst., at 3, -Upper Delray"' Eaton-square, Henry Forbs, Esq., aged 56. t F ie ' HEDGE.—On the 24th inst., at 31, St. James's-Wee:4 tl3O cadilly, Emily, the wife of Edward fledge , E 8 g'', bar' Knoll, Kingston-hill, Surrey, and of Lincoltia•ll'' rister-at-law. IrowAnD.—On the 23d inst., at Bath, the llol2.,g viti ' O il. , Howard, widow of the late Iron. Capt. T. 11 ,,,,• 1 :, (I dooro b and daughter of Sir John W. Guise, Bart., ° I '''''°— Park, Gloucestershil e. Mrrt MACADAM.—On the 19th inst., at Berbeth llouset Mrs. Macadam, of Craigongil --/- lan *) LONDON : Printed and Published by I'ItURDO 02, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofilsatrithif Strand, in the Precinct of the S a voy, in the o°ll/1 Middlehei s Saturday, Novembe r 26, 1859.