The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-20 00:00:00

I COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. A house crowded in all parts, and presenting a host brilliant display of rank and fashion, attended the repetition of Romeo and Juliet last night. We ',egret to see that Miss KEMBLE suffers dreadfully NI cough; nothing, we should think, but an 4 4ious desire to avoid so great a public disappoint bas prevented her retiring for a few nights. During the performance of the last scene on Friday, accidental interruption of its usual business pre ' lented an emergency out of which the genius of this 'extraordinary young lady created one of the most ffective points ever witnessed upon the stage. Mr. hanorr had dropped th e d agger at a di stant part o f e stage, and where she has to threaten the Friar iiith using it, she rushed from the body and brought back the weapon with a terrible energy of manner, * hid spoke her despair more eloquently than all the language of the s cene . Th e natura l b eauty o f this action was felt by every one; but those who kw its consummate art in a girl then treading the ecage for the sixth time were equally filled with ad miration and astonishment. That which first sprang l'om accident was last night repeated by design; tad so powerful is it s e ff ect i n h e i g h ten i ng t h e pas lion o f the scene, that we should think it will lieLceforward remain an integral part of its action. , The attraction of Miss KEMBLE in Juliet, we be ve, is without a parallel in theatrical history. The first three evenings, including the extraordinary ex citement of her first appearance, were prodigious, 1 d yet the last three have surpassed them by nearly she hundred pounds. This is the best panegyric that can be pronounced on this highly-talented bung lady. Al ready have the public complimented her by presents of great value arid in various forms. k venerable Nobleman, and one of the large contri butors to tLe subscription in aid of the Covent- Reerden Performers, has inclosed to her, in a very co mplimentary letter, a draft for one hundredguineas. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ITheARRIVALS. bm Duke and Duchess of Richmond, in Upper Brook-street, N ew Market ; the Duke and Duchess of Portland, from '!G. H. Caveirdish's seat, Compton-place, Eastbourne ; the rland C ountess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molyneux, in Ar . ~~t.ton-street, from Newmarket ; the Dowager Marchioness of Ali sbury, in Arlington-street, from the Countess of Bridge * kter's se at, Asheridge, Herts ; the Hon. George and Lady G. ' a gar Ellis, at their house in Spring-gardens, from Earl Gros- If seat, Eaton Hall, Cheshire ; Si r Ri c h ar d an d L a d y Phil - APs,' at their house in Portland-place, from their seat, Picton title, Pe mbrokeshire ; the Earl and Countess Gower, at the t,' .eli bishoP of Y or k' s, Bishopthorpe Palace, Yorkshire, from 'le Earl of Carlisle's seat, Ca,tle Howard; the Hon. Mrs. and Il ie Misses Bourke, at Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. I? al nes's.street, from a tour; G. Towery, Eq., at Crawley's el (late Cook' s ) , Al bemarle-street, from Sunning-hill ; Sir Liftus and Lady O tway, from l'aris ; Mr. and Mrs. T. Hay ood, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, from P a ris ; Mr. and qrs. Carey, a t ditto, ditto Sir 11. Vivian, Bart., at ditto, r oes a tour; S. S. Prime, Esq., at ditto, front Cambridge ; H. U. Addington, Esq., at Hawkins's hotel, Dover-street, from Frank_ 44 t ~tt; John Fitzgerald, Esq., M.l'., Mrs. Fitzgerald and family, Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Suffolk; rs. Wm. Brown, j un., at ditto; Captam Haylett, at the Rratford Hotel, Oxford- s t ree t , f ro g Paris; J. Wheatley, Esq., kt ditto- , from - Indi a ; W. Edwards, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; Betts, Esq., ftom Hastings. DE P A RTURES. • i?HCounteSS de Grey, front St. James's-square, for her scat, Put eath; L ord Stowell, from Grafton-street, for his seat in rkshire James M'Call, Esq. from Morley's Hotel, Coekspur. I b treet, for Dublin ; Captain Stewart, front ditto, for Canter. shire;the Ho n . It . S mith, M.P. for his seat in Buckingham_ B,c; the Dowager Countess of Dartmouth, f rom h er seat, iniwell khe 'ith, Kent, f o r h er son ' s, t h e E arl of Dartmouth's seat, p Hall, Staffordshire; Mr. and M rs . St ep h enson, f rom p eHt°4 's Hot e l, S t. James's-street, for Paris ; Captain Hamner, a p orn the B ritish Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, for Brighton ; William Zorns. F-sq. from ditto, for Cambridge; Mrs. and Miss Pelly, 44Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Wm. John e Y , Esq. and Mrs. Lysley, front ditto; Sir Frederick Fowke, rt. from ditto; Sir F. Ford, Bart, from ditto; Miss Boor thier, front ditto. The. D 'uke of CUMBERLAND returned on "umlay to his residen ce a t K ew , from a v i sit to his MA 'tsTy at the Royal Lodge in Windsor-park. The Russian Ambassador and Count MAS- I earl had a conf e rence f or near ly t wo h ours w i t h the ? .arl of ABERDEEN on Sunday. The French Ambassador had an interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign-ofiice. The /knee Towns Minister visited the noble Earl yesterday. The ceilings of the state-rooms in the KING'S sew Palac e in St. James's-park are nearly finished, except the gilding : the ornamental part is most elaborately wrought ; that of the saloon is a masterpiece of the kind. Some of the rooms will have their sides adorned with columns tad pilasters in scagliola, supporting enriched entablatures. THE B ORDERERS.--We understand that though a very large impression of Mr. CoOrED:s new el the Pected " Bord erera, " was pr i nte d to supp l y t h e ex demand, Jet so great was the public culiosity ex tited the announcement o a new Wolk by this dis c2nguithed Novelist, that almost the whole edition was re- uired the very first day of publication. Th e success Madame PASTA had, at Milan, a t t the Theatre Carcano, induced ten Noblemen of Verona ,? form t hemselves into a Committee for opening their tBltee:tre next Carnival with eclat, with Operas Bulla and eB.a* topperTey ntered into an engagement as ith Madame TA, orm three times a week, as Prima Donna e riar with a salary of 1,300 gold naps. (1,0401.) Miss I'ANNy KEMBLE'S admirable perform / arise of Juliet has so increased in public attraction, that t he receipts at Covent-garden theatre fur the three nights t it his y oung lady acted during the last week exceeded in mount the three nights in the week preceding, notwith !landing upwards o f five hundred and fifty pounds were taken at the doors on the evening i,f her first appearance. r The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Po. e force hare taken the house No. 4, Iladlow-street, urton- crescent, which they have apointed one of the new Police stat i ons, for the pus pose of lodging the married Police-men, their wives, and families. The house con kiwi t en apartments, and each room is to be occupied by a Police constable and his family, the best room being re 4Tved for the seijeant, who will be answerable for the toad conduct of the other inmates, and who is bound to ' , port any neg l ect o f duty or impropriety to the Inspector at Superintendent of the district in which the station is situate. Last S un d ay may li tera ll y b e ca ll ed the first 1 , 4 - of su mmer—a distinction which probably never before aefell the latter half of October. There is a singular tradition which is said to 4 atilt prevalent in the town of Rochdale—viz. th a t strangers generally prosper there, but the natives seldom. f All eagle can fly in a minute 6,013 English ', e rr . A h awk belonging to HENRY the SECOND, King Fr ran ee fle.__ away from Fontainhleau, and was caught fain, vuty-four hours after at the Island of Malta. In that , therefore , this bird had travelled 1,000 English f eet which n'ialres about 42 milesper Lour, or 3,690 eet pe r m i nute. p r A bea ut if u l spec i men of virgin gold was lately l ou nd in a t i n stream work in Cornwall. It is about the ' . ngth and thickness of a lady's little finger, though less legularly formed, and weighs about two ounces. Its li.t:ltrviitinsviacitvat;is equal to nine , guineas, hut as a specimen for though gold Iris been frequently found in the stream works, and that in larger quantities than is one k nown, this is unquestionably the largest and Illoat beautiful specimen ever found in Cornwall. addition to th e can did a t es anno unced as havi ng,, Offered them se l ves t o th e e l ec t ors o f th e va riou s : ti e" in Irel an d, i n w hi c h t h ere i s a pro b a bility o f ;trelY v acancies, th ere i s a w hi sper t h at L out h w ill p resen t ! unusual spectacle of an English Gentleman offering himself to the notice of the freeholders. The person de t'gliated is Sir HARRY GOODRICHE, the nephew and heir ,° the late Lord Cr,Litaiosrr, from whom he has inherited .a ? „, m agnificent demesnes, and real property to the -lua . tint of sixteen or seventeen thousand a year, in the "%haat,' mentioned. When to this are added personals, to a mount of t wo h un d re d an d twenty - s i x thousand et , duds , fro m t h e same source ; and a large patrimonial tate, it must be acknowledged that as far as the sinews of Z4lr are to b e ta k en into account, the Baronet must b e :ulideied a very formidable competitor—his character, of tea represent e d as i rrep roachable, and his manners are t he most p opu l ar and affable description ; and being I.t early related to th e numerous and opulent family of Foa tln sesreely i"; whch h as o f ten g i ven M em b ers t .) t h e c ounty, he 4th r, e regarded in the light of a stranger. If the oli c candidates continue their impolitic system of di .ing the intet eats which they can muster in the county, la pretty clear that they will play the ga me of their !id tbpetatts ries. I s t h ere no dispassionate mutual friend to im it9 U POn the m t hi s o b v i ous an d uni h n iable truth ? 'tiny Paper. THE ACCIDENT AT CIIATIIAM. (From a Morning Paper ) The convict-ship the Dolphin has been in a dan gerous condition for several years; and very great blame is attached to the Navy Board for the conti nuance of it as a convict ship, after reports had been made that it was " cranky," and " unseaworthy." All the influence of office has been used—and with partial success—to stifle inquiry ; but the Jury, con stituted as it was, could not deny the fact, which was known to every person at all acquainted with the vessel, that it had been for some time in a state dangerous to the lives of the convicts on board. Captain Lloyd had long ago reported its very crazy state; but neither Sir Byam Martin, nor any of the other Lords of the Admiralty, paid the least atten tion to the report. This was not the first time that the vessel would not rise with the tide; she had before been so deeply imbedded in the mud, as to be raised with difficulty. But the most shoe - king circue.stance attending this affair is, that for nearly an hour after the water had rustled into the lower deck, t:ie convicts there confined, who entreated and implored that they might be let out of the w ards, were forcibly kept in the wards by a guard which was set over them, and, had not the convicts overpowered the guard, and rushed up the hatchway, great numbers would have been drowned. Some of the convicts whom we have seen on board the hospital ship, stated that they saved their lives by forcing their way up stairs, when a guard was set to prevent their leaving the lower deck. Many of the convicts are severely bruised in making their way to the upper deck. When the Jury were viewing the Dolphin, before the inquest was com menced, it was stated by several persons that they would not remain in the vessel for twenty-four hours on any account. On Sunday the vessel was raised from its broadside by means of ropes and pulleys, and was righted; but it was so top-heavy, that yesterday it fell in towards the opposite side. It has been stated that there was not sufficient ballast on board the ship at the time of the accident. The Coroner refused to allow several questions to be put to the witnesses, that were intended to show that the convicts might have all left the ship had they not been prevented. It is also a singular circum stance, that not one of the convicts who were on the lower deck when the accident occurred, wa. called to give evidence before the Coroner's Jury. We stated on a former day, that the Cumberland is to be used at Chatham as a convict ship, instead of the _Dolphin; but we were not aware at the time that orders had been given that the Dolphin should be removed to Sheerness to be used as a convict ship in lieu of the Juslitia, which sunk a short tune ago. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury will, of course, prevent that order from being carried into effect. INQUEST. The Jury assembled at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, before TnomAs PATTEN, Esq., Coroner for the city of Rochester, at the Town Hill, and afterwards went on board the Canada Convict Hos pital ship, lying off Chatham Dock-yard, to inquire into the cause of the death of John Fisher, James Coyle, and Samuel Parkes, convict, who were drowned on Friday morning last, when the Dolphin hulk sunk, and fell upon her broadside. The Jury being sworn, proceeded on the Medway in boats, to inspect the Dolphin. Some of them descended to the lower decks, and from the ap pearances in the wards, it was evident that the con victs had made most desperate efforts to escape from the lower deck in which they were locked. The Jury afterwards returned to the Canada, and viewed the bodies of the deceased persons. The hands of the poor fellows were divested of the flesh, particularly about the knuckles, and their fingers were broken; there was a large hole on the side of the face of one of them (Coyle). It was stated that the appearances on the bodies were caused by the rats; but from our observation we have no doubt that the injuries had been inflicted before death, as the wounds were bloody. The Jury were introduced by Dr. Robertson into the Surgery of the ship, and the following wit nesses were examined. Mr. Capper, of the Secre tary of State's Office, was present on the part of Government, and appeared deeply interested in the inquiry. George G Lloyd sworn—l am overseer of the Dol phin convict ship, lying off Chatham Dock-yard; about half-past eleven o'clock in the night of Thurs day last, I was on board the Dolphin, and felt a restlessness in my bed, in consequence of ►r.y body turning over to the left; I rang the bell which com municates to the Quarter-master on deck, but did not wait till he came, as I found the ship in a wrong position, inclined to the staiboard side ; I ran to the quarter-deck, and met the Quarter-master; I asked him the reason the vessel was not in an up right position ? He said that he believed she was hanging by the piles forward. I immediately went below, and had the lower deck grating opened (having previously called all hands through the sky light of the quarter-deck), and the first step I took I was knee-deep in water ; I made my way to the main hatchway to ascertain the depth of water in the hold, and the boatswain and two prisoners re ported there were six feet water in the hold, and that the water was entering through a leak on the staiboard bow; I g►ot a pump opposite the ward I was in at work immediately, by four men; I had previously opened two wards on the lower-deck, containing 27 convicts each, and I procured a key from the Quarter-master and opened four other wards; there were eight wards on the lower deck; the two abaft were broken open by the prisoners. I should have mentioned, that when I arrived at the bottom of the stairs leading to the lower deck, I . called out to all the prisoners to turn out of their hammocks; there were about 200 convicts asleep ou the low er deck ; it is a very large deck—it ranges from one end to the other; I told the people to go on with the pumps, and 1 would get others to assist in getting the water out ; before I could get from the hatchway to the gangway, on my way to the Dock-yard to procure the pumps, the ship sprung from the mud and came upon an even keel, and inclined outwards towards the river on her lar board side instantaneously; in my opinion this was caused by the motion of the convicts from one side of the ship to the other : I ordered the bell to be rung, and the military to be called out, and I also directed a guard boat to be manned on the off side of the ship ; by this time I was surrounded by great numbers of the prisoners coining up the hatchway; we commenced breaking away the lower deck port bars, and a great many convicts were taken out at the lower deck ports. I adopted other methods that I deemed necessary fur the security of the prisoners in all parts of the ship, arranging the guards, and directing the men to assist where it was necessary. I went to bed at half -past eleven o'clock that night; the mooring chains have never been altered for six years; they were of sufficient length at high tide; a rope would move the vessel ; there are three stacks of piles on the starboard side, and four on the larboard, for the purpose of keeping the vessel in a proper position. Quarter-master Hancock was the person who had the command of the ship during the night in question. Mr. Crook (a Juror.)—The vessel was so top heavy, that it was necessary to have piles to keep her upright ? Witness—Yes, it was. Mr. Crook—l am surprised that, when the ship was in an inclined position, such as you have de scribed it was when you were in bed, that it should not have risen at that time with the force of the tide, especially as there were six feet wa er in the hold. Witness—l can only account for it by stating, that the ship is aground till half flood, and that the quan tity of mud which had collected at the bottom sucked her down till the convicts got out of bed and set her in motion. Juror—Were the piles driven before the ship had been in the position it is now in Witness—No; they were driven after she was laid down, 12 years ago, as a hulk, and she has been leisened 16 feet in height, 20 in length, and 13 feet in breadth; they have been taken down four years, I,tr the purpose of easing her, and preventing any accident occurring. Juror—She being a merchant ship, if the moo - lug chains had been in the next deck, would they have prevented the accident ? Witness—They would not ; the mooting chains were more fore and aft, as a security front gales. Juror—You say the vessel first inclined to the starboard-side, how then do you account for her having afterwards fallen down on the larboard side ? Witness—l account for it by the sudden jerk out of the mud, and the re-action of the water, which threw her on the larboard side. Juror—On first discovering the vessel was in a wroilg. position, how much was she on the star board. side ? Witness—l think about eight inches. Juror—Then how do you account for it that the ship, which was inclined eight inches on the star board side, should be suddenly turned on the lar board side? Witness—l answer, by the re-action of the water. Juror—l-lad the moorings been fixed more upon the quarter, then the accident would not have hap pened ? They would not have bad that security to hold her in gales of wind ; they laid more fore and aft, and were necessary to her security. Juror—l think Captain Lloyd said, that a rope was sufficient to hold the ship ? Witness—Yes, with the elects. There are ships' knees nailed on the sides of the ship, which fall into grooves made by the piles, and the vessel seldom lies on the stretch of her cable. Juror—Did you think the ship safe when you went to bed ? Witness—Yes, I spoke to the Quarter-master a few minutes past ten o'clock. Ile told me the tanks containing fresh and salt water were filled. The tanks, when filled, have a consi derable effect in keeping.the ship right. Dr. Price—From the time you went to bed till the time you awoke, do you not think the water must have come in very rapid, to produce six feet in the hold ? Witness—Half the time would have done it. The bores of our privies, through which it entered, areas large as the crown of my hat. Dr. Price—Had you a watch on the lower deck ? Witness—No; but the officer (Chief Mate of the ship) has to go round all the wards, to ascertain if the convicts are quiet and in their hammocks, and to see if the ship is in a proper state. He reported to me, at ten o'clock that night, that all was well. He does that duty every night at ten o'clock. Dr. Price—ls it not your opinion that a watch should be stationed all night on the lower deck ? Witness—We visit the lower deck several times during the night, and I do not think a constant watch is necessary. Juror—Had there been a watch on the lower deck, you would have had an alarm as soon as the water had rushed into the ship ? Witness—Most certainly. Juror—Are the sides of the Dolphin formed like other vessels in the Navy ? Witness—You will scarcely find two ships alike in the Navy. Juror—Are the sides of the Dolphin not very perpendicular ? Witness—She is a wall-sided ship, and I believe she was built at Bombay, where many ships are built in that way. Juror—lf the Dolphin had been formed in her sides in the same way as other ships of war, would this accident have been likely to have occurred ? Witness—l cannot say it might not have happened; but it would not have been so likely. CORONER-If the Dolphin had been broader from side to side, there would not have been so great a • likelihood of her capsizing? Witness—Certainly.. If she had been broader, the piles would have been unnecessary. Juror—Was there not an increase of mud within the last fortnight ? Witness—There was, and we had the steam-engine, which took away about ten or twelve lighter loads, of 30 tons each, about three days before the accident occurred. Ur. Price—After the officer reports to you at night that all is well, is the lower deck visited by an officer during the night? Witness—Yes, through out the night. Juror—Had any officer visited the lower deck of the ship from the time you went to bed till you awoke ? Witness—l cannot say, but it was the duty of the officer to do so, and the Quarter-master can speak to that fact. CORONER—Was there a report ever made that the ship was cranky ? Witness—About four years ago I made a report to the Superintendent, and the hammock-house on the upper deck was taken down to relieve the ship, and it materially did it. It took off the weight of 500 men's hammocks, as well as the weight of the house. George Hancock sworn—l am Quarter-master of the Dolphin; between eleven and twelve o'clock on Thursday night I was the officer on watch on board the vessel, and I observed her to lurch a little on the flowing of the tide; she lurched a little on the night before; and I let some of the water out of the tank on the ice side, to right the vessel, and the vessel then righted ; on Thursday night I turned the cock of the tank, us I had done before, and I found the ship did not rise ; I ordered Sambrook, the guard, to go to Moorhouse, the boatswain, and inform him that the ship would not rise ; Captain Lloyd afterwards rang the bell, and I went to his bed-room to answer it ; he was then in bed ; I went immediately to the bow, to see whether the ship was foul, and I afterwards went in a boat with the guard, to see if there was any thing the matter with the knees of the piles, and I found them all clear ; while I was there she righted about two feet I ex pect, and I returned on deck again; I went down to the lower deck as they were calling out for lights ; they were all in the dark, and I returned and got candles for them ; the convicts were then ordered to get over to windward (the highest side) to endeavour to right the vessel. By the motion of the men, sallied twice to the larboard and once to the starboard, the last time she inclined on the larboard, and she remained in that position. The Captain or dered some guards to be stationed to prevent the escape of the convicts. I was ordered in the near side to receive prisoners, and they were conveyed on shore. Captain Lloyd recalled—From the time when I rung the bell till the time the prisoners were re lieved was twenty-five minutes. I ran upon deck the moment I rang the bell, and did not wait for the :Quarter-master coming to me. 1 did not see the Quarter-master till I saw him upon deck. I said to him, " Good God! why did you not call me before this had occurred ?" Juror—There is some discrepancy in the evi dence of the Captain and •Quarter-master, the latter says that the vessel went over to the larboard twice, and the Captain says she went over only once. Captain Lloyd—The vessel had but one motion : the Quarter-master was very much agitated at the time, and I was angry with him for not informing me before of tha condition of the ship. Hancock re-examined—After the report was made to the Captain at ten o'clock that all was well, and before the bell rung, in consequence of the ship not righting as usual, the guard, Sambrook, went down to the lower deck ; it was his duty to visit the deck at half-past ten, and every succeeding half hour dur ing the night. Thomas Sambrook—l am guard on board the Dolphin : about half-past ten o n Thursday night I went on watch, and visited all the decks at that time, and all was safe, and also at twelve o'clock; it was about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock when I first discovered that the vessel did not rise with the tide; I was walking under the forecastle and I perceived that the ship careeened ; I pulled a plug out of the tub which leads to the scupper for the purpose of letting the water which was running front the tank flow overboard; I ran to the gang %vuy, and told Hancock that the ship heeled, and looked over the side, thinking she hung upon the piles; I saw she was clear, and ran down to inform Moorhouse, the boatswain, and proceeded to the lower deck and begged the prisoners, who were loudly calling fur a.si,.tance, to keep silence; it was then getting towards one o'clock. Captain Lloyd—There was not a word to Le heard on the lower deck. Sambrook—The prisoners were up in a tumult, milking a green noise as the water was rushing in at the side. Captain Lloyd gave . orders to see what water there was Ia the hold ; answer was given, but the confusion was so great. I do not know the num: her of fret ; 1 walked in the passage and obeyed Captain Lloyd's orders accordingly as be issued them ; I unlocked some of the cells, and so did Captain Lloyd. CORONER—The eOtiVictS t out in different ways, I suppose ? lie , ,s—Yes, at last, when they found the wn'er rnshing in violently, they could not be contented, and they mittle a rush at ono-of site-hatchways, and forced me before them: about 100 convicts were taken out of the bow parts of the starboard side. Did you receive orders to let the convicts pass up the gangway before they made the rush you spoke of? Witness—l heard no such orders. By a Gentleman—Had you orders not to let the convicts pass up the gangway from their wards till the time they forcibly drove you up to the deck ? CORONER—I can't see any reason for patting that question, and will not put it. Captain Lloyd recalled—l mustered the convicts at day-light oa Friday morning, and the deceased were missing. Jonathan Moorhouse—l am boatswain of the Dolphin; I was alarmed on Thursday night by the Quartermaster, who said the vessel would not lift; I got up, and the Captain told me to see what quantity of water was in the bold; I went into the hold, and was up to my neck in water; I was drawn out by two prisoners, or I should have been drowned. I foid the Captain there was six feet water in the hold, and afterwards assisted in get ting the convicts on shore. After the muster had taken place, I found the body of Fisher on the lower deck, near the bottom step of the ladder, and that of Parkes was a short distance from it. - The body of Coyle was afterwards found, and placed with the others Captain Lloyd re-examined—Proved that the de ceased persons were in his custody on the night of the accident. The CORONER read over the evidence, and ex pressed his opinion that the apparent discrepancies were caused by the alarm and confusion that existed at the time the accident took place. Juror—ln my opinion the tanks were placed in a very improper position. They were on the top of the ship's main deck, the same place from whence 500 hammocks, a house, and other erections had been removed, because the vessel was top heavy, and crank. The CORONER h tying co►acluded his address to the Jury, left them to consider their verdict. The Jury were in consultation fur a long time, and it was supposed they would not have come to a decision till after midnight. The following is the verdict, delivered at a late hour:-- " It is the unanimous opinion of the Jury on the Inquest:held on board his Majesty's ship the Canada, upon the bodies of John Fisher, James Coyle, and Samuel Parkes, that they were accidentally drowned on board the Dolphin, convict ship, on the morning of Friday, the 16th of October "They are also of opinion, that the said convict ship, the Dolphin, is improperly constructed for tliat purpose, and they beg to recommend another ship, or that some other means be adopted to prevent similar accidents in future. " The Jury, at the same time, express their unani mous opinion of the steady and good conduct of the Overseer of the said ship, Mr. George Lloyd ; as it appears to us in evidence, that had it not been for his prompt exertions on the trying occasion, a greater number of lives must have been lost." Captain Lloyd thanked the Jury for the opinion they had expressed of his conduct; and he assured them that he had risked his life more than once in pet forming what he conceived to be his duty. The Jury applauded the Captain's brief but perti nent speech. His Grace the Duke of ARGYLL has been pleased to nominate Mr. A. F. STEWART, Preacher of the Gospel, to be assistant and successor to his father, the Rev. Mr. F. STEWART, Minister of Craignish, Argylesbirc.— Caledonian Mercury. On Sunday evening, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, as the servant of Mr. COVING TON, 17, George-street, Adelphi, was going up stairs with two of the children to bed, they suet upon the stairs a man, with a pistol in his hand, coming down, upon which they screamed out and ran down again into the parlour, where Mrs. COVINGTON and a lady were sitting. The man fired his pistol, either by accident or design, and retreated to the top of tl.e house, where it appeared he had entered through the front attic window, which had been forced open. The police were soon upon the spot, and searched the house, and the adjoining ones, which are of a certain description, but without discovering the man. The police stated that they had been watching the greater p as t o f th e slay the movements of six suspicious characters about the neigh bourhood, and they had no doubt the entrance was ef fected by one of them. Mr. COVINGTON had not been gone out half an hour. Yesterday morning, at two o'clock, the exten sive flour-mills belonging to Messrs. REID and ALLAN were discovered to be on fire. Notwithstanding all the exertions that it was possible to make under the circum stances, the entire building, iu which was a large quan tity of wheat and flour, was consumed. Several thousand pounds' worth of property have fallen a prey to the de vouring element ; and, what adds to the calamity, a man engaged in the establishment, who was aiding in dissever ing the connecting timbers between the mill and the dwell ing.house, fell into the flames, and was so frightfully burnt as to leave but little hopes of his recovery. We are in formed that the occurrence was purely accidental, being Occasioned by the friction of part of the machinery, caused by the neglect of the men in charge of the mill. The premises were largely insured. The damage is supposed to exceed 15,0001.—Cork Mercantile Chronicle, Oct. l G. A general Court-martial was held at Triehi nopoly, in the East Indies, on the 11 th of March last, on Capt. THOMAS DANIEL, of the 89th Regiment, on a charge of having, in a disgraceful and unbecoming man ner, engaged in a personal conflict or struggle, in No vember last, with Ensign DEWES, of the same regiment. The Court declared him Guilty, and sentenced him to be dismissed the service, but at the same time earnestly re commended hint to the merciful consideration of the Com mander-in-Chief, on account of his long services and the insulting language he received from Ensign DEWES. The Commander-in-Chief, whilst confirming the sentence of the Court, adds, that he will not fail to bring under the gracious consideration of his MAJESTY the provocation and the insulting language to which Capt. DANIEL was ex posed from Ensign DEWES, which, his Lordship trusts, may in some degree, be considered as palliating the breach of discipline of which Capt. DANIEL has been found guilty."—At another Court-martial on Ensign DEWES, for the same offence, the Court found him guilty, and sentenced him to be publicly and severely reprimanded, observing, that so lenient a s:ntenee had been passed on account of his having been struck by Capt. DANIEL in the fir tt instance, and of his having engaged in the struggle in self-defence. Tho Commander-in-Chief, in confirming this sentence, refuses his approval of it, on account of the insulting language used by Ensign DEWES, and desires that lie may be sent to England, to report his arrival at the Horse Guards, and there await his MAJESTY'S decision. Further accounts have just been received of Captain Ress, who, in the Victory steam ship, was, on the 25th of Juiy, in latitude 57. N. The fair wind with which they sailed left them the day after, and they clinic(' away part of their fore-mast; but would not touch at any port to refit, lest it should give rise to unfavourable re ports. After five days more, they got again a fair wind, which in a fortnight 'carried them to the harbour of Hol steinberg, in Greenland, where they providentially found the Rockwood, of London, deserted by her crew, and from which, therefore, they replaced their toast, and supplied themselves with provisions and stores. In a few hours afterwards they sailed in a more complete state than when they left England. They were all in good health and spirits, and had received the most cheering account pos sible of the state of the ice, the inhabitants saying they had never seen so little ice ! and if ever the north-west passage was to be made, it wou!d be this year. The wind was fair, the weather extremely favourable, and the crew be having in the most exemplary manner. It may not per haps, be known that Captain .lAmEs CI.A ILK Ross, F.R. S. , the Captain's nephew, who accompanied bins and Captain PARRA - in all the former voyages to the polar regions, has also gone out in the present expedition. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The butter part of the afternoon was occupied in set tang the aecounts for the N,winarket Second October Meeting-, whic:l were unusually heavy. especially en the two gloat matches tun by Ilte two Oaks mares, Green Unit eam I \Tama. To gise all idea of the extent of the specula ion, we lieud only state that 1200 to 800 was laid in one bet on Green Mantle ! An important change has taken place in the Oaks betting, which it is not very easy to account for ; the Lreway filly has been first fa vourite fur ti.e Oaks, notwithstanding her defeat by Manche ; they say she ran a stouter mare ; but it appears more likely that the alteration is effected by the force of money. Mummer is a shade butter than last week, 1000 to 150 having been taken by a good party ; Mahmoud (the Advance colt) rose several points, from his running on Friday last. The Cressida colt has a numerous and rather influential party ; be is an amazingly tine horse, and must become a better favourite. NVe subjoin the pre sent state of the market : ' CRITERION STAKES (NEXT MONDAY). Cetus is the favourite, but no odds are quoted. DERBY, 1830. 7 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's The Mummer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 16 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Malimoud 18 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Cressida colt 20 to 1 agst Lord Selton's Sal cult 20 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Rupert 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Major 20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's \Vat Tyler 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Red Rover 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Manche 25 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Cetus 25 to I agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt 25 to I agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur It is proper to mention that there are three Red Rovers in these Stakes :—Lord Exeter's Red Rover, by Middle ton ; Mr. Rids,lale's Red Rover, by Tramp; and Gen. Grosvenor's Red Rover, by Nicolo. OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly 9 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Manche 10 to l agst Lord Exeter's Shumla. No alteration in the St. Leger. _ The racing season terminates next week with the New market Houghton Meeting, wLich is expected to be a re markably full one. There are already 13 races fur the first day. It will occupy the whole of the week. CURRAGII OCTOBER RACES. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14.—His Majeaty's Prate of 100 guineas, for all ages. Three miles. Lord Portarlington's Skylark, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Blake's gr c by Bah Booty, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Kennedy's Markarel, 4 yrs 3 Challenge of the Kirwan Stakes of 50 sovs each, 5 ft. Red Post. Mr. Montgomery's Lord Viscount Runt, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Blake's De Vere, 5 yrs Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, h ft, with 20 added. Conolly's mile. Mr. Caldwell's Ballysax, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Perry's Palmer, 4 yrs THURSDAY, OCT. 15.—Sweepstakes of 25 Boys, 20 ft, fur two-year-olds. T.Y.C. Mr. 131Ake's ch c by Waxy—Flight Mr. Kelly's Regulator, by Master Robert 2 Mr. Batersby's Paget, by Witsy Handicap Sweepstakes for two-year-olds. Conn Hy's mile. Alajor Kirwan's f, by Waxy 7 1 1 11Ir. Hunter's Zillah, by Ilunassus 7 4 2 TRAMORE RACES" TUESDAY, OCT. 11—King's Plate of 20 sovs. Heats, t% miles. Mr. Lyon's Kate 2 1 Mr. Maher's 'falma Mr. Neagle's b h Mr. Power's b mby 'Taurus WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14.—Sweepstakes of 11 soya each with 15 added, for all ages. Mr. Snow's Lady Clare, aged Mr. Flynn's Sunbeam, 6 yrs 1 2 3 Mr. Dcnneby's Harriet Wilson, 4 yrs HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTNIENTS FOR THE PRESENT WEEK. Igir Communications under this Head—accounts of Hunting Exploits" BY FLOOD AND FIELD"-are particularly requested. His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Ascot Heath Race Ground; and Friday, at Tower Hill—at Half-past Ten. The Essex and Suffolk Border Hounds, en Monday, at the Kennel ; Wednesday, at Reydon-street ; and Friday, at Assington The Conoek Harriers, on Monday, at Beckhampton Furze ; and Friday, and Friday, at Haskingi's Penning. The Cambridgeshire Hounds, on Alonday, at the Ilard wicke Arms; and Friday, at Gransden-wood—at Half past Ten. The Royston Harrier!, on Tuesday at Turnbull's Farm ; and Frid iy, at Ashwell-bush. The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Deighton ; Wednesday, at Becca-mill ; and Friday, at Harrowgate—at Ten. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Oaker's-hill; and Friday, at Hoarwithy—at Ten. Mr. Bulteel's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Fleet Wes tern Lodge ; and Friday, at Puslinch-bridge—at Ten. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Gate Burton ; Tuesday, at East Kcal ; Wednesday, at Langton Village ; Thursday, at Langton Village ; and Saturday, at Ratilney and Sothill-wood—at Eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Hundon ; Wednesday, at Itedbourn-hall; Friday, at Ashhy Cot tager's Platt ; and Saturday, at Ilendale Lodge—at Eleven. The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham; Wed nesday, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at Half-past Ten. Mr. 11. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Barton ; Thursday, at Whittington-hill ; and Saturday, at Picken ham-heath—at Eleven. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hamsey-green ; Thursday, at Godstone ; and Saturday, at Crown Ash-hill —at Half-past Ten. MATCH AGAINST TIME.--A match against time, which bad excited considerable interest in this town, came off on Monday at last. It was made by a party of respectable tradesmen, fifty pounds against twenty-five, that a small pony, the property of Mr. KING, livery stable keeper, would not run from here to London in har ness, and driven by one party making the wager in sixteen hours. The distance is computed to be seventy-eight miles. The pony performed the journey with ease in fourteen hours and fifty-five minutes, and returned here (Southampton,) last night in goo.l condition. Numerous bets depended on the issue of the match, and considerable sums have changed hands. The pony was under twelve hands high, and came 60 miles yesterday with ease.— Hampshire Advertiser. The Very Rev. Dr. FORAN is appointed Vi car Capitular of the Diocese of \Vaterford. The arrangements connected with the ap proaching Oratorio, at Bishopwearmouth Church, are now, we understand, nearly completed. It is . patronised by the principal fiunilies in the neighbourhood, and is produced under the immediate sanction of the lion. and Rev. Dr. WELLESLEY, the Rector. The aggregate number of per formers will exceed one hundred anti fifty, incluling all the members of the Choral Society, and a great proportion of the more celebrated instrumental practitioners in the North of England. The proceeds will be given in aid of the funds for the purchase of an organ for the new Chapel of E tse, lately erected in that populous town. --Durham Chiynicle. FATAL AND DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE. —On Tuesday last Air. MosEs BI:EACII, a respectable yeoman, of Alelksham, went to join a party of friends, among whom were his father and brother-in-law, on a sporting excursion, at Dauntsty : when, wishing to have another shot before he went in to dinner (most of the party having retired for that purpose), he fired, and marked a hare. lie then began loading the barrel of his piece that had been discharged, having previously placed a percussion cap on it, and put the ramrod in the other barrel. He loaded the disclaarged barrel, and was in the act of return ing the remaining shot to his pocket, when by some means both barrels went off, and he received the principal part of the contents in his head. He was immediately carried into the house of his brother-in-law, and medical a id promptly procured ; but it was of no avail, as he died about six o'clock the next morning, after much suffering. The ramrod entered his face under his nose, and came out partly (having been broken) in his forehead. A piece of it was afterwards extracted, nearly six inel,es long. The deceased was a robust healthy noun, in the 28th year of his age ; was held in much respect ; and has left a wife and two infant children to lament his loss. SPIRIT OP THE PUIILIC JOURNALS. The object of our Irish correspondent is to explain what, if not quite inexplicable, has sel dom, if ever, been fully accounted for, at least to au English understanding,—we mean the state of perennial war which seems to prevail throughout many of the rural districts of Ireland, and in which the upper and lower classes of Irishmen appear to be the parties belligerent. There is one thing especially satisfactory and comfortable in the present condition of that strange country, viz. that beyond all question there is no longer a religious bone of discord,—that the Catholics are no longer badged and regimented as " an army of the faith" for purposes hostile to any other religious body ;—that the force, dispersed by emancipation, has been broken up into di versified fragments, already disposed to form new combinations, and to serve under colours bearing no analogy or assignable relation to the old one ;—in short, that the Mufti has as much to do with the existing disorders as the Priest. We differ, on some minor points, with our cor respondent, who, in his elaborate and able expts sition of the causes now operating .to the post ponement of a state of peace, has taken a view more exclusively adverse to those provisions of the law which tend to restrain the lower orders than it is probable he could make out by an im partial recurrence to facts. But on the outline of. his theory (and with very few and slight exceptions on the details of it) there will be no shadow of question raised by well-informed men,—namely, that the great mass of mischief now resolves itself into the relations between landlord and tenant. Awful as may be the consequences of such a form of trouble, and grievous indeed they had been, it is a great blessing that the debateable field has been so much narrowed by the legisla ture, and that the question of rights and reme dies need not henceforth involve the excitement of any passions but those, the power of which may be pretty surely measured by a reference to the definite and ordinary interests of mankind. It would appear that the landlords of the south of Ireland and the peasants are in each other's eyes the traditional representatives of the race which invaded Ireland, and of that by which the island had been previously possessed and inhabited. It is moreover cer tain, we apprehend, as it is deplorable, that the laws which have been enacted in Ireland for cen turies by the landlords, have smelt of the origi nal spirit of alienation, being more like a code of rules laid down for the security of an insu lated garrison against surrounding hordes of savages, than for the common use and benefit of subjects of the same realm, and brethren of the same blood. The difference or rather enmity of religion, did undoubtedly much aggravate thieu-, causes of animosity, but it did not produce them, and their results are visible, independent of it. Our correspondent admits the wisdom of the Irish Government in refusing the Insur rection Act to the prayers of the Tipperary landlord. We had originally doubts whether the magistrates might not have reason en their side, but experience has proved our error. Some astonishment has been expressed that Tipperary, where there are so many of the gentry resident, should exhibit more of the warfare between poverty aid property than other counties, where the resident proprietors are but few. The cir cumstance appears to us not difficult to ac count for. Where there is hardly one gentleman in 20 or 30 miles, there are not materials [win which to form a landlord faction: the few scat tered individuals have no support from the fel low-feeling of any considerable corps of neigh bours: they are the weaker party, and are com pelled to adopt the policy characteristic of weak ness, by conciliating the people, instead of making head against them. In Tipperary, the landlords constitute a formidable body. They encourage each other in the maintenance —or, possibly, in the extension—of their claims against the common enemy : so that here the elements of war are completed by the existence of two opposite forces—one strong in the habit of arbitrary power—the other in vengeance and despair. We are happy to find that justice is at length done to the inestimable value of the Tithe Composition Act, which seems to have spread almost like lightning over the country, and by ex tinguishing the trade and even the name of tithe proctor, to have given fair play to emancipation itself, which, without that act, would have re mained a dead letter as to any good effect upon the peasantry. We allude more particularly to this act, because it enables us to correct an Im portant mistake of our correspondent, who as cribes the praise of that wise measure to Lard Plunkett, and adds that Mr. Goulburn had got the credit of it. Our correspondent is wrong as to both these facts—the Bill was Lord Welles ley's. Ilis Lordship it was who conceived and suggested, and pushed it with the Cabinet, and negociated on it with the Bishops, and would have made it compulsory on the Clergy. Lord Plunkett zealously and powerfully assisted the Lord Lieutenant. As for Mr. Goulburn, his only reputation is that of having done his best to spoil the Bill by a large adulteration of his own peculiar sort of wisdom. Lord Wellesley now takes no part in politics, but it belongs to history to restore to every Statesman his own. Our correspondent blames Sir John Newport's Eject ment Bill as one which has worked « more misery upon the Irish tenantry, and caused more disturbance than Captain Rock himself." Thus it is when we only see one side of a ques tion. Sir John Newport's Bill was for the pro tection of the landlord against the frightful frauds and spoliations which dishonest tenants inflicted on him. The complaint was, that landlords could neither get their rent nor get possession of their land, without delays and difficulties which enabled the slippery tenant to leave it Isst worth, perhaps, a shilling an acre. That law which fa cilitates and expedites ejectments may have made itself felt severely by those who, until that law passed, had been beyond the reach of all solid redress to their landlords, is extremely probable ; otherwise it would have been good for nothing ; but it is only on insolvent tenants that such -an action can have any direct operation, and we know that such tenants in former times had the owners of the land at their mercy.— Times. The Quotidienne assures us that Don Miguel has been acknowledged by his uncle Ferdinand, as legitimate King of Portugal. The fact might easily have lseen believed without any strong as severation on the subject. It was, indeed, either a farcical, piece of court hypocrisy, or an tin meaning compliance with diplomatic fashion, in the Spanish Monarch to withdraw his Ambas s d to xcommunicate the Portuguese aat s DGl t g i l deoor throneer%ol .:c Government, i m egeet uel, in abolishing the constitutional acknowledgedtenant, to maintain, and in seizing the legiti macy of his niece's title, had committed acts of perfidy and usurpation %dish reflected discredit on those who had become guarantees to his