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

VOLUNTEER CORPS. BERMONDSEY. Last evening a crowded meeting, convened by the churchwardens in consequence of a requisition signed by a large number of the inhabitants, was held at the Star Corner Schoolroom, Bermondsey; Mr. W.Dawell in the chair. The CHAIRMAN having introduced the subject o: the meeting, Dr. CHALLICE moved the following resolution : .That it is desirable to form a rifle corps for Bermondsey and the adjoining parishes, and that the corps be forthwith formed under the Act 44th George IV., sec., 54, under such rules and regulations as may be made from time to time by her Majesty in Council, or as may be legally made." _ _ _ Mr. VICKERS, in supporting v the resolution, pointed out that if an invasion should happen the borough of Southwark was in a peculiarly exposed position, and in the reign of William 111. had suf fered great ravages. They did not fear an attack, but it was necessary that they should be in a posi tion to resist one—they ought all to do their best. Some could advise, some could fight, and some could subscribe money, and he hoped the borough of Southwark would not be behind in this move ment. Sir C. NAPIER, who was most enthusiastically re ceived, said he had been called an alarmist. He was afraid when he saw the French getting up large armies and fleets at a time wken we were so un prepared, but they were getting as much alarmed as he was, and were a little better prepared. In 1857 the Whigs had paid off a large and efficient fleet, and in 1859 the Tories had paid £lOO 000 to get the men back again. They had a means of defence in the Thames, but it was necessary to form an efficient reserve corps. They did not want any par ticular class for riflemen, they wanted all classes. With respect to invasion, Louis Napoleon had done some extraordinary things, and as he had told the Austrian Ambassador he was not satisfied with Austria, so he might say he was not satisfied with us. Europe was in an unsettled state. France was armed to the teeth, and it was impossible to say what she might do. Our army was not large, and a great portion of it was in India. Government had wisely availed themselves of the offer of the people to defend themselves, and a noble offer it was. The Government had given them arms, and they must lay shoulder to shoulder, and show that they could exert themselves in defence of their country. Mr. D. SEYMOUR, M.P., having urged the neces pity of the movement, A resolution was passed to the effect that a fund should be formed for the purpose of carrying out *ha organisation of the corps. On the motion of Sir C. NAPIER, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting sepa rated. BRISTOL. The artillery corps for this city, which was ini tiated by a public meeting on Monday, is pro gressing favourably, and little doubt is enter tained that the 300 volunteers required previous to embodiment by Government will be speedily enrolled. The names of upwards of a third of that number have already been received. BURNHAM (SOMERSET). A well attended meeting was held at the Clarence Hotel, Burnham, on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of forming a rifle corps for that watering place and neighbouring villages ; Mr. John Allen in the chair. Mr. T. B. ALLEN stated what steps he had already taken towards the formation of a company at Burn ham. He had received letters approving of the movement from Sir Alexander Hood, M.P., Sir W. Miles, M.P., Mr. H. F. Knatchbull, M.P., and Mr. C. A. Mooey, M.P., Archdeacon Denison, Lord Cavan, Mr. Northcote ; and Mr. Cross had premised subscriptions, and the amount they would have to start with would be about £75. On the proposition of Mr. W. GUNTER, seconded by Mr. J. ALLEN, a resolution was passed to the effect that a rifle corps be forthwith formed, to be called. " The Burnham Rifles," and that steps be immediately taken to enrol the 45 men who had volunteered. The motion was carried unanimously, as were also others appointing a committee to carry out the necessary preliminary arrangements. Before the meeting separated the number of volunteers who gave in their names exceeded 50. GLASGOW. On Wednesday evening a meeting of persons on gaged,in the iron trades of Glasgow was held in the Trades-hall for the formation of a company of vo lunteer artillerymen. The attendance was numer ous, and an enthusiastic spirit pervaded the meeting. It was unanimously agreed to form an "Engineers' Artillery Compahy," and a committee was appointed to conduet the initiatory arrangements. As pre viously reported, a company of Volunteer Rifles is now being formed under the auspices of tho Glasgow Stock Exchange and Institute of Account ants, aad these two incorporations have given the company a tangible support, the former by a dona tion of £l5O and the latter £l.oo—good examples for other wealthy associations. HORN SEY. This corps, enrolled as the 13th Middlesex, is limited to 100 effective members, an 3 is drilled twice a week at Crouch-end. One of the body in the present class of 75 at the School of Musketry at Hythe, and the officers and uniform are about to be chosen. A few vacancies to be filled up by ballot are open. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Graduates who are honorary members of the Ox ford University Volunteer Rifle Corps, and are de sirous of receiving instruction in musketry or other drill, and of obtaining rifles, are requested to com municate their desire to the treasurer, Mr. Dyke, Jesus College. LYMINGTON. The commtttee have forwarded an application to the Lord-Lieutenant for the enrolment of one com pany of volunteers. Thero are already 60 volunteers ready to be enrolled, and upwards of £20,000 has been subscribed. STIRLING. Already about sixty , volunteers have been •nrclled in the artisan company of this town, and Mr. Francis Mackieson, C.E., has been nomi nated captain. The captain reported on Monday night that he had received a donation of £5 towards defraying the expenses.of the corps, from a landed proprietor in the neighbourhood. LETTERS, &C. FOR AMERICA, VIA CORK.—It has been found unnecessary to continue in force the regulation laid down in the notice of the Td inst., requiring the postage tmon letters, &c., intended for transmission via Cork to the United States or British North America, to be prepaid by means of postage s t am p s , w h en posted after the latest time at which it has hitherto been possible to post them. The notice referred to is, therefore, now cancelled; and th e re gulations, previously existing are re-established, that is to say, newspapers must always be prepaid (and that by post age stamps) but letters :may be posted either paid or un paid, though subject, in th e l a tt er case, to an additional payment of sixpence on delivery if sent to Canada, Nova bootie, New Brunswick , or Newfoundland.—By comman d of the Postm a ster-Ge neral, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.— General Post-office, Nov. 12, 1859. THE ILLEGAL TRAFFIC IN ARMY COMMISSIONS. —Yesterday, in the Court e of Queen' s anMarshall z fi as ne se e n f te 2 n o c o Bench, Thos. Robert sentenced be imprisoned kr six months, the amount it'appears from the evidence he received, and remain in prison until the fine is paid. Edward Mortimer a figs sentenced to six months' imprisonment, to pa of $lOO, remain in prison until the fine was pail- als n o e to be imprisoned for six months, pay a tlnn7oTtaloll2.Eideke' main in prison, with the first-class of misderneanantsl,'unytei the fine was paid. The defendants were then removed from the court in the custody of the proper officer. The court, w hi c h throughout the proceeding was densely crowd e d bY int likety Mtn and persons interested in the service, became iipsodily thinned of its auditory. CEYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAT. THIIIRSDAY, Nov. 10.—Admissions on payment, 9,320 ditto, by season tickets, 4,894; total visitors, 14,214. Is Co Ns CM PT lON INCURABLE ? Invalids labouring under Consumptive Maladies, and families who hays suffered . - rom the ravages of Consumptio i (and what family in the empire is there who has not to deplore a loss caused by thl; scourge of the human race ?) will tlad a-satisfactory answer to the question, " Is Consumption In sizable," in an original article by Dr. DENrs CRONIN, M.D., 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, W. Published in the "Aousehold Physician," in numbers, one penny eaeh, by G. Berger, 19, llolywell-street, Strand. From Ito 9 now TWIT. 711 E NATI. The advices of our Malta correspondent of the 6th of November report the only vessels at tat island to be the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Codrington, the superin tendent of the dockyard there ; the Argus, the Scourge, and the Vigilant, steam sloops ; the Ban shee and Caradoc, steam despatch vessels ; the Boxer, steam tender ; the Hearty, steam tug ; the Azov, sailing gunboat; and the Malta steam dredge. On her way to Gibraltar and Woolwich, from Malta, was the Supply, with condemned stores. On their way to Malta, from England and Gibraltar, were the Diligence, sailing transport, with stores, and the Perseverance, troopship, with troops. The Ex mouth steam liner was at Palermo, and the Cressy steam liner at Naples ; the Terrible steam frigate at Leghorn, and on her way thither from Malta with provisions for same, the Kertch, sailing gun boat, The Racoon, steam corvette ; the Assurance and the Osprey, steam sloops; the Liffey, steam frigate, with the Gannet and the Wanderer, steam sloops, were at the Piraeus of Athens. The Medina, steam surveying sloop, was at Syra, and the Tar tarus, steam surveying sloop, at Canea. The Intrepid, steam sloop, was at Constantinople, and on her way to Constantinople and the Danube, from Malta, the steam sloop Recruit. en her way from the Archipelago to Constanti nople was the steam frigate Euryalus, and ac cording to the latest accounts the Marlborough, bearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief (Vice- Admiral Fanshawe), was at Gibraltar ; together with the steamships of the line Conqueror, Aga memnon, James Watt, Orion, Victor Emmanuel, Caesar, and Centurion ; the steam corvette Scylla, the steam sloops Flying Fish, Virago, and Lap wing; the gunboat Growler, the depot ship Africa, and the steamtug Redpole ; besides the steam liners Edgar (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Erskine) and the Neptune, detached from the Channel fleet. The steam frigate Doris was at Tetuan, and the Cadmus and Vulture, steam corvettes, the Coquette, steam sloop, and the Quail, gunboat, at Tangier. The Renown and Brunswick, which lately left Malta with sealed orders, supposed to be for An cona, are said to have visited Cagliari, and having ascertained by means of the telegraph wire that Ancona was not occupied 'by Neapolitan troops, thereupon proceeded to join the Admiral at Gibral tar. The Hannibal screw line-of-battle ship, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral G. R. Mundy, Capt. M. Connolly, left for Corfu on the 31st of October, with the St. Jean d'Acre screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. T. P. Thompson, and the London screw line of-battle ship, Capt. H. Chads. The Varna, Otto man Government screw gunboat, Capt. W. Stara land, arrived on the 28th of October from London, Gibraltar, and Carthagena. She left on the Ist of November for Constantinople. The Algerie, French screw steamer, Capt. T. Thurnin, arrived on the 29th of October from Antwerp, Lisbon, and Gibraltar- She left a few hours after for Constantinople. The Shadia, Ottoman screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. M. Bey, reached Malta on the 2d of November, from Plymouth and Gibraltar, bound for Constan tinople, and left on the sth of November. In order to have the Ariadne, 26, screw frigate, now in tho fitting basin at Chatham, completed by the 19thinst., at which date she is ordered to leave the basin, a number of men in the employ of the contractors for supplying her engines are employed frogs six o'clock in th e morn i ng un til e i g ht i n th e evening in fitting her machinery. The Beagle, 6, screw, Commander E. Hay, will have completed her repairs and be ready for sea on Saturday next. The Prometheus, 6, paddle, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Woolwich, on her way to the coast of Africa. The Sphinx, 6, paddle, Commander Day, hoisted the blue peter at the fore at 11 a.m. yesterday at Spithead, and sailed at noon for China, with two of the gunboats in company. The Odin, 16, paddle, Capt. Lord J. Hay, also sailed at 3 p.m. for China, with the remaining two gunboats. The Odin had landed ten of her main-deck guns previous to sail ing, owing to her deep immersion in the water from the large quantity of stores she has on board, together with the gunboats' armament and ammunition. The Siinoom, screw troopship, Commander J. Cook, has been berthed alongside the south jetty of Portsmouth yard for receiving the remainder of her stores, inspection by the military authorities, &c. The Osborne paddle yacht, Master-Commander Bower, is ordered to be made ready for the recep tion of the Lords of the Admiralty on their attend ance on her Majesty at the launch:of the Victoria on Saturday. The steam-vessels Locust, Lieut. and Commander John B. Field, and the Lizard, Lieut. and Com mander Edward B. Maunsell, have returned to Sheerness, having been to the westward, and during the late gales both vessels received damageto hulls and machinery. ...- The screw steam-sloop Fawn, 17 guns, Comman der John B. Cator, is progressing rapidly with her manning and equipment. A court-martial assembled on Wednesday on board the Formidable, 84 guns, guardship of ordi nary at Sheerness, to try Mr. James Wylie, super numerary carpenter of the third class, of her Ma jesty's ship Cumberland for service in the steam or dinary, and doing duty on board her Majesty's sloop Barracouta. The court was composed of the following officers :—Capt. Superintendent George Goldsmith, C. 8., in command of the guardship of ordinary, Wellesley, in the river Medway, and third in command of all ships and vessels in the Medway' and Thames, and at the buoy of the Nore (presi dent) ; Capt. Superintendent Rundle B. Watson, in command of the Formidable ; Capt. Henry Har vey, Flag-Captain, Queen Charlotte ; Commander Thomas H. Lysaght, of the Formidable ; Comman der Richard Studdert, of the Wellesley; and the Judge-Advocate, Mr. J. Essell. Lieut. A. R. Lee officiated as officer of the court. The charges against the prisoner, brought by Captain E. P. Halstead, the prosecutor, were for disobedience of orders, and for absenting himself without leave, contrary to the written instructions given by order of the commanding officer of the steam ordinary,with •,vhich the prisoner was cognizant. The prisoner pleaded guilty to both charges. Mr. Essell, the Judge-Advocate, read the sentence of the Court on the prisoner, which was, " That he be severely reprimanded, and that he be ineligible to receive pro motion from the third class of warrant officers for the space of two years." With the exception of about 30 shipwrights, the whale of the additional labourers, shipwrights, and mechanics ordered to be taken on at Chatham dock yard for the augmentation of that establishment have now been entered. Owing to the great de mand for shipwrights at private dockyards, the Ad miralty have experienced some difficulty in procur ing a sufficient number of that class or artisans to complete the entries ordered to be made, but, from intelligence which has been received at Chatham from the shipbuilding yards in the north, the full number of men required will shortly be obtained, several first-class workmen haling expressed their intention to enter at Chatham dockyard. The Dasher, Lieut.-Commander Hope, and the Sprightly, Master-Commander Allen, sailed on Wednesday from Portsmouth for Cherbourg, with the French military and naval officer& and invalids recently arrived in the Bad. of , ton, hired troopship, from Hongkong. s .L THE ARMY. At two o'clock on Monday a draught from the Cork Barracks, consisting of eight officers and 150 non-commissioned officers and men, were conveyed by steamer to Queenstown, whence they embarked on board the troopship Perseverance for conveyance to Corfu. The Perseverance had also on board draughts which she received at Portsmouth and Pembroke, consisting of seven officers and 51 non commissioned officers and men of the 2d battalion of the 2d Foot ; one officer and 20 son-commissioned officers and men of the 4th Foot ; two officers and 50 non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d battalion of the 22d Foot ; 10 men of the 4th bat talion of Rifle Brigade ; three officers and 151 non commissioned officers and men of the 2d battalion 13th Foot. The Perseverance departed for Gibral tar, Malta, and Corfu, whore the draughts will join their service companies. The Urgent, screw troopship, Commander W. Hire, arrived at Spithead at midnight on Wed nesday, from Queenstown, with the Tower Ham lets, or King's Own Light Infantry Militia on hoard, under the command of Major T. J. Sid ney Parry. It had been intended to take the troops out by steamtug, as was done in the case of the Himalaya ; but, as the Urgent was under orders to return to Ireland and embark the Lanark Militia for conveyance to Portsmouth, and required coaling before starting, she was taken into the harbour and berthed alongside the dockyard. The baggage and horses were landed yesterday, and the troops will disembark this morning and proceed by special train for Aldershott. The members of the National Defence Commission arrived at Dent's Portland Hotel, Southsea, on Wednesday evening. Yesterday, accompanied by. Major-Gen. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., they em barked from the Sallyport stairs on board the Vivid paddle yacht, and proceeded to Hurst Castle and the forts which guard the western entrance to the Solent and Spithead. Two gunboats, the Beaver and Rainbow, and a steam-tug, with 200 men of the Royal A rtillery, had left the port early in the morn ing for the same destination. The Royal Eli horne Light Infantry Militia were landed yesterday at Portsmouth by Government tugs from her Majesty's ship Himalaya at Spithead, and left by special train at 11.20 a.m. for Aldershot. The 2d Lanark Regiment of Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Buchanan, will - leave Dublin on Saturday neat. They will embark at Kingstown on board the Urgent, steam transport. Although no official notification has yet been received as to the destination of the regiment, it is believed that it will be quartered at Aldershot. TUE WRECK OF THE MAIL STEAM SHIP P.A.RAMA2TA. The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances at tending the less of the above vessel, belonging to the Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, was resumed yesterday morning at the Greenwich Police-court, before Mr. Traill, police magistrate, and Captain Harris, Nautical Assessor to the Board of Trade. Mr. O'Dowd again attended to conduct the in quiry, and Captain Baynton, who commanded the vessel at the time of the wreck, being represented by Mr. Coxwell, of Southampton. Captain Wilson, one of the directors of the company, occupied a seat upon the bench. Mr. Traill said that, at the commencement of the proceedings that day, Captain Baynton would be required to lay down the courses by which the vessel was steered up to the time of the wreck. Mr. O'Dowd remarked that his attention had been directed to a protest made and signed by Mr. Striven, the chief officer, before the consul at St. Thomas's, and in which the courses stated by him tallied completely with the courses as given by Capt. Baynton in his evidence on the previous day. Mr. Traill, having examined the protest, said the courses as therein laid down appeared to be merely a transcript of an logbook, which was at present in possession of the Court. Captain Baynton, in reply to Mr. Traill, said the course was nitered after 8. p.m. on the night of the wreck more south wardly. Mr. Trail' observed that there appeared to be no reason assigned is the logbook for such alteration. Captain Baynton said it was thought by himself and the chief officer that for the latitude they were in the course was too much to the westward. Mr. Traill said the witness Bates, the quarter master, denies that this alteration was made ; but he is merely speaking from memory. A book of the general directions of the company, üblished and distributed in February, 1855, was ere put in, when I. Mr. Traill, referring to section 28, read a portion of the same as follows : " That where doubts have existed as to the exact position of the ship, and nothing but the order to ' stop her' till day light was required to insure safety—where a sailing vessel would certainly have ' hove to,' and where, moreover, no great object was to be gained by rashly proceeding—the speed has been maintained, and the most disastrous conse quences have followed. Indeed, there can be no question thkilk,kw hours' occasional stoppage at night or keeping a wider.A. ng in rounding capes and shoals would have pre vented every case of stranding that has occurred to this company's ships." Mr. Traill, having remarked that the directions had been expressly published and distributed as a general caution, read the following extract from the written instructions supplied to Capt. Baynton by the company on the 16th of June, 1859, the day previous to his sailing with the Paramatta from Southampton : " Your particular attention is requested to the navigation, ko., oonnected with the approach to St. Thomas's, the shoals, reefs, &c., in the vicinity of Inegada, Sombrero, &c., being the most dangerous and uncertain in the whole region of the company's operations." Mr. Traill (to Captain Baynton) —I think those instructions are as specific as possible. Are the voyages so regulated that you generally pass Som brero by daylight ? Captain Baynton—By no means. It is just as common by night as by day. On this occasion I was due at St. Thomas's on the night of the 2d of July. By Mr. Traill—lf the occurrence which took place on the 30th of June, when we were at a distance of about 90 miles from St. Thomas's, had not happened we should have arrived there at day light on the morning of July Ist, being about 36 hours earlier than we were due. That would not have been a very quick passage. It would only have been the contract time. We generally make as early a passage as possible, but I never had any orders issued to that effect. If we had arrived on the morning of the Ist July we should have been 131 days in the performance of the voyage from Southampton to St. Thomas's, and if there had been no stoppage by the accident to the paddlewheel we should have got in in 13 days. The quickest pas sage ever made was by the Atrato, she having ac complished that voyage in 11 days 8 hours. If we had arrived at St. Thomas's during dark, we should not have run in until daylight, because if there is nothing to be gained we never went in at dark. If we had waited during the night off Sombrero we shculd not have arrived at St. Thomas's till the af ternoon of the next day. We should have arrived at our destination if this occurrence had not taken place between 3 and 4 o'clock on the morning of the Ist of July, and should have waited about a couple of hours for daylight before entering. Mr. Traill—eWould it not have been better to have hove-to while ofrSombrero during the night on ac count of its dangerous position than to have waited during the darkness at St. Thomas's ? Captain Baynton—With a new vessel; and for the delivery of the cargo we are always anxious to complete our voyage. Mr.Traill—Yes ; a new vessel and an energetic captain. That is just the way that accidents might occur. Mr. Boustred, the chief clerk, having received an admission from Captain Baynton that the manu script document put in was an extract from his written instructions, The Court adjourned, pending the arrival of two charts from London, which were found necessary for the furtherance of the inquiry. On the re-assembling of the Court, Captain Baynton was re-examined and said—ln my evidence yesterday, I stated that at noon on the 30th June, when laying off the courses, I allowed 5 degrees westerly variation. That is not correct. It should have been 5 degrees eastwardly deviation, and the day before 7 degrees eastwardly deviation. By Mr. Traill—l expected to see the high land of Virgin Gorda, which I can now account for not seeing by an exhalation which I have frequently observed after sunset while at the wheel. Accord ing to the courses which I had laid down on the chart now produced, the ship at 6.50 p.m. of the 30th of June would have been about eight miles to the westward of Sombrero. It is very difficult to sight Sombrero. I have been within three miles o it, and have riot been able to see it. Mr. 'rraill remarked that if the instructions given respecting the sighting of land were not followed, he (Capt. Baynton) would take the whole responai bility upon himself. Capt. Bavnton—l have passed Sombrero to the southward both by day and night, and have found a clear passage ; but the general rule is to pass to the northward, and it is rather the exception to sight it, it being very low. By Mr. Traill—lt was a perfectly clear night, and I had no doubt in my own mind I should have seen Virgin Gorda 18 or 20 miles distant, and Som brero at a distance of fire miles. This having closed the evidence of Capt. Boynton, Mr. Traill said he and Capt. Harris were per fectly willing to adjourn the further inquiry into the case for the attendance of witnesses, who were now in the West Indies, if it were so desired, al though they did not themselves see that it was neces sary, after the evidence given by Capt. Baynton, his statement showing, in their opinion, correct grounds upon which to form a judgment. At present there wit* simply the contradiction between the witnesses examined and the logbook, but in his opinion it was not the safe conducting of the ship passing through the Channel by night without sighting land. 114.eakacwell said he had testimonials of Capt. Baynton being a very skilful commander, and he should desire the adjournment of the inquiry, as Capt. Strutt, in the employ of the company, and who had been in the Royal Navy, would exculpate Captain Baynton in the course he had taken. Mr. Coxwell, in conclusion, said he did not then feel himself competent to address the Court, and handed in the following testimonial in Capt. Baynton's favour R.M.S. Paramatta, Captain Baynton, Commander, July 1, 1859. " Sir,—Ere we leave your noble vessel, we beg unani mously to express to you our sense of your kindness and attention to all. We deeply deplore the accident that oc curred last night by the Paramatta running aground; at the same time we feel confident that this circumstance has arisen in no way from any want of precaution either on your part or on that of any of the officers of the ship. Your um. tiring exertions throughout the voyage, and particularly during the whole of yesterday, were most conspicuous, and remarked upon by all. We are of opinion from our expe rience of former voyages, as well by this company's ships as by others journeying in various directions, that no greater efforts and precautions have been used than those evinced by you. We all earnestly join in wishing you health and every suc , , - ms in life." (Signed by 25 passengers.) Mr. Traill said lie had no doubt the passengers would testify to the care displayed by the comman der, but in an inquiry like the present, it was neces sary to look carefully into all the circumstances connected with so large a loss. The inquiry was then adjourned until a day to be fixed in December next. ..DV ItTIS I?MENT] .--Holloway' P ill s.--Cheerfulness. —;very resident in a town will remark the wonderful flow of good spirits always experienced from a visit to the coun try. The fact is, the purer air renders the blood better fitted for its duties, which, in its t urn , rev i ves each droop ing organ till it s healthy action is established ; and the re sult is the renewal of that energy, vivacity, and self-con teatment which too frequently fly with youth. Holloway's 1'i11.4 will effect this happy change in all who cannot leave home, either from their straitened circumstances or daily occupation. The artist, student, merchant, and tradesman, will alike derive benefit from these digestive and purifying Pills, which never fail to produce perfect action on stomach, liver, heart, lungs, and kidneys. POLICE INTELLIfjf - EN ifov. 10. MARYLEB ONE.—SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE UPON A MARRIED WOMAN BY A POLICEMAN.—WiIIiam Atkins, 211 D, was brought before Mr, Long, by order of the Police Commissioners, to answer the charge of drunkenness, and with violently assault ing a married woman, named Frances Moyes, the wife of a police sergeant, recently pensioned, after a service of more than 20 years. Superintendent Tiddy and Inspector Jackson, of the D division, were in attendance during_ the pro ceedings. Complainant, on being sworn, said—l reside at 14, Sherbourne-street, Blandford-square. At a quarter past one this morning I was sent for to attend a female in her confinement, at 42, Gilbert street. Not knowing the exact road, when near Marylebone Church, I spoke to the prisoner, and asked him the way to Oxford-street, to which he replied, " Come with me, and I will show you." I had not gone above ten yards with him when he asked me if I was going to stand a drop to drink, to which I replied, " No," and said that I had been a policeman's wife too many years to treat men. He said, " You are a liar, and you never was the wife of a policeman." I remarked to him, " Then you know better than I do." Upon this he told mo that I was a liar, and calling another policeman, said to him, " 1)o you know this woman ?" He answered that he did not. Prisoner then said that he would take me to the station-house, and there find out who I was. He took me by the arm, and led me by the iron gate into Upper Harley-street, where he put his feet behind me and threw me down. 1 got up and said, " What is this ill-treatment for, and what have I done to deserve it ? lam ready to go quietly with you." He then threw me down again, and fell upon me. After which he tried to get up, and in doing so tumbled backwards. I raised myself again and went on, but had not gone many steps when the prisoner again threw me down in the same violent way as before. I screamed loudly for protection, and on another constable coming up, I said to him, " Oh, do protect me to the station with this man." And he did so. Com plainant added, that on one occasion after prisomer had thrown her down he took off his hat, and beat her severely with it several times over her head. He charged her at the station-house with being drunk and disorderly, but as it was quite clear that she was neither the one nor the other, the charge was not taken against her. Busby, 74 D, said that while on duty in the New road, after 1 o'clock, complainant accosted me, and asked me to direct her to Oxford-street, and I told her to go up Harley-street or Park-crescent. Pri soner was at that time standing on the other side of the road, and I heard him say to complainant, " Come with me, and I will show you the way." They went about twenty yards, when the prisoner called to me, saying, "Do you knew this woman to be Sergeant Moyes's wife ?" I replied that I did not. He said that she was not his wife, and that he should take her to the station-house and see about it there. I advised him to let her go, as I did not see that she had done anything wrong; and he said he would report me it I did not go with him to the station. I told him I would not do so in such a case, to get myself into trouble. I went on upon my duty, and I soon afterwards heard a cry of '• Police," from a female. I ran back, and saw complainant getting up from the ground. Mr. Long—Was Atkins (the accused) drunk or sober Witness—He was much the worse for drink. Turner, 354 D, said—While on duty in New CaTendish-street I heard " Police " called out, and on going to the spot whence the sound proceeded, I saw the complainant on the ground. She got up and the prisoner threw her down again. Mr. Long—Was the complainant sober ? Officer—Quite so, sir. Mr. Long—ln what state was the officer ? Witness—He had evidently been drinking. He was much the worse for what he had taken. Sergeant Greaves, 31 D, said—At the station house, the prisoner, when he brought in the complainant, put her into the dock and charged her with being drunk and disorderly in the Mary lebone-road. I saw that she was perfectly sober, and that the constable was drunk. The complainant made the same statement with regard to the ill treatment she had experienced that has been given to your worship. She was discharged, and told to come to the station at ten this morning. The accused, owing to the condition he was in, was taken off duty. Inspector Jackson said—Between one and two o'clock this morning I saw the parties at the Mary lebone station-house. Complainant had evidently sustained much injury. She was bleeding from the arms, and also from the forehead, and she further stated that the prisoner had beaten hor about the head with his hat. Mr. Long—Was the constable drunk, or sober? Inspector—He was drunk, sir; and he said that if the complainant had not been a sergeant's wife the charge would have been without any hesitation taken. Mr. Tiddy, superintendent of the division, reported the circumstances to the Commissioners, by whose direction the prisoner was ordered to be brought to this court to answer for his misconduct. The accused, in answer to the charge; said that the complainant must have fallen down, and have therefore injured herself, and that if she was the wife of an old police officer she must have known her way to Oxford-street, without having occasion to make any inquiry. Complainant produced a shawl an I other portions of her dress which had been destroyed by the vio lence to which she had been subjected. Mr. Long, who had paid great attention to the evidence adduced, remarked that it was one of the worst cases of uncalled-for outrage by a policeman that had for a long time been brought before him. The offence, which had been clearly proved, was of a most flagrant nature on the part of an officer, whose duty it was to afford protection to a female under the circumstances in which complainant sought his assistance, and he felt bound to inflict a severe punishment upon him. The worthy magis trate committed the prisoner to the House of Correc tion for three months, with hard labour. He was then removed by Anstead, the gaoler, and locked up. THAMES.—THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT. — Thomas Robinson, a carman, aged 28, of 7, Albert terrace, Bow-common, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with committing an indecent as sault upon Elisabeth Blackford, a young woman, in a stable, in Old Ford-road, Bow. It appeared from the evidence of the comphin ant, a person of girlish appearance, and somewhat diminutive, that on Wednesday night she was pass ing the door of the stable where the prisoner was employed, and the prisoner, who was standing close to the door, said, " Good night, my dear." She re turned the salute, and said to him, " Good night, my dear." The prisoner immediately took her round the waist and carried her into the stable and threw her upon a heap of dung and straw. He then raised her clothes, and used his hands in a very improper manner. At the same time she discovered his clothes were unfastened and in disorder, and she then screamed aloud, remonstrated with the pri soner on his conduct, and struggled. She effectually resisted the prisoner's vile intentions, and rolled off the dung-heap between the legs of a horse in a stall. Owing to that she was enabled to rise before the prisoner could again seize her, and in the confusion managed to leave the stable. In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, The witness said she had been in the service of a Mrs. Bailey; next door to a beer-shop, a short dis tance from the prisoner's stable, and left there on Wednesday night. The prisoner, in defence, said the complainant entered into conversation with him on Monday evening for half an hour at his stable•door, and made an appointment to meet him again on Wed nesday night, and that she voluntarily accompanied him into the stable. Mr. Yardley questioned the girl, who denied hiving seen the prisoner on Monday night or having conversed with him at all. Ellen Corrigan, a young woman, was called by the complainant, and she stated that she was pass ing the prisoner's stable on the preceding night and heard the screams of a woman inside, but did not know till afterwards what it was about. The defendant called two lads, named Peter Kater and Henry Robinson, who distinctly swore that they saw the complainant conversing with the prisoner at his stable door on Monday night for half an hour. On Wednesday night they saw the prisoner at his stable door again, and he said he was waiting for the girl called Betsy, who lived next door to the beer-shop. Soon afterwards the girl came up, and they left her with the prisoner. Mr. Yardley said the alleged assault was com mitted on Wednesday night, and the prisoner was not arrested untll that morning. He asked In spector Griffin, of the K division, who was present, why the prisoner was taken into custody at all, and why the complainant had not been directed to apply for a summons against the prisoner, whose name and address were will known. Inspector Griffin said he did not take the charge, but he knew that in more than one instance where persons had applied to Mr. Selfe for summonses against others for violent assaults, or assaults at tended with circumstances of aggravation, Mr. Selfe had directed that the offendere, should be takcii into custody at once by it& police without the fcr rnality of a warrant or a summonb. Mr. Yardley was aware that had been done. He was very sorry there was a difference between his colleague and himself on the subject. He thought the woman might have been left to her remedy by summons in this case, and-that there was no occa sion to take the man into custody and lock him up. If there was one thing in which England stood pre eminent above all other nations of Europe, it was her tender regard for the liberty of the subject and the Habeas Corpus Act. That inestimable privi lege, the writ of habeas corpus, was enjoyed by no other counery ea cept America. He was of opinion persons were too often arrested by the police on light grounds, when a summons for the party to appear would be sufficient. He would not allow any man or woman to be imprisoned before trial if bail could be forthcoming for their appear ance. He had every reliance on the de fence. The prisoner made his defence promptly, although ho was not in custody until ten o'clock that morning. He would ask what time the man had to concoct a fictitious defence — none at all. If the two la(I , had given their evi dence correctly, the girl Blackford was not to be believed at all. There was another point of some importance in this case. A decent, well-behaved girl, who wished to maintain her reputation, would not have answered as the complainant admitted sbe had done when addressed by the prisoner unless she wished to encourage his advances. The case was not of that importance to justify him in saying so much if there had not been a great dif ference of opinion between him and his colleague, Mr. Selfe, about taking persons into custody for grave offences instead of issuing summonses. This was one of those cases in which he thought the man ought to have been called upon to answer the charge against him by summons. There would have been no failure of justice if the girl had been referred to that court for a summons. It was only an accident that the man was not taken into cus tody on Wednesday night instead of that morning. Although the police cells were pretty comfortable and well ventilated, it was not a trifling matter to be locked up all night, and not a slight matter to deprive a man of his liberty at all. He should not like, as far as he was himself concerned, to be taken through the streets in the custody of a policeman. Too much care and caution could not be used before a man was deprived of his liberty. The result of 13 years' experience as a magistrate convinced him that the liberty of the subject was too liAtly re garded, and that no harm would result if thelirac lice he had recommended of applying fay sum monses was adopted. In this case he had no hesitation in saying the prisoner ought not to have been taken into custody, and that the woman should have been directed to apply for a summons. The prisoner must be discharged. Inspector Griffin—l will make known to all the inspectors what you have said, and your views, sir. Mr. Yardley—Unfortunately there is a difference of opinion between my colleague and myself, and I can't attach-any blame to the inspector who took the charge. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL AUTUAIM MEETING.—THIJASDAY, The Tyro Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for 2-yr• olds ; oolts, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 81b ; win • ners, 71b extra ; selling allowances. T.Y.C. 4 furlongs, 6 subs. Mr. Saxon's Lady Emily, (£m), 7st lib.— (Comery) t 1 Mr. Hunt's Buttercup (£2O), 7st llb Mr. Gilby's Pliny, 7st 51b (£2O), (Charlton) 3 Mr. Barton's Jim, 7st 51b (£2O) (Challoner) 4 Mr. Maberley's Marie Wilton, 7st llb (£2O), (W. Bottom) 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Jim, 7to 2 agst Buttercup. A dead heat, Mario Wilton beaten four or five lengths. Deciding Heat—Betting---6 to 4 on Buttercup. Won by a neck. The Sefton Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 60 added. Extra weight for winners. Second to save his stake. Mile and a quarter. 29 subs. Mr. Blanton's Broadlands. 4 yrs, 7st 81b (in. 61b extra) (Edwards) 1 Mr. Wilkins's Adam Bede, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Challoner) 2 Mr. Saxon's Lady Peel, 3 yrs, sst 81b .. (H Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Master Bagot, Conjuror, King William, Tom Grasby, and Emerald. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Adam Bede and Lady Peel, 6, to 1 agst Broadlands. Conjuror made play until after rounding the last turn, when Broadlands, who was running wide on the whiphand side, went ahead and galloped home the winner by three lengths, a neck between the second and third, two lengths between the third and fourth. Emerald was last through out, and Tom Grasby did not pass the post. The Scramble Handicap of 3 sove each, 1 ft, to the fund, with 20 added for all:ages. 15 subs. Mr. W. Thornton's Curlew, 2 yrs, 7st (Edwards) 1 Mr. J. Merry's Lord of Lorn, 4 yrs, Bst 711) (Fordham) 2 Mr. J. Martindale's Princess of Orange, 5 yrs ' 6st 41b (Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Rosella, Bucephalus, and Polly Peachum. Betting-7 to 4 agst Curlew, 2to 1 agst Lord of Lom, 6 to 1 agst Polly Peachum. Lord of Lorn led, with Princess of Orange and Curlew in attendance, Bucephalus, who lost start, bringing up the rear. At tie half distance the Princess was beaten, and Curlew quitted Lord of Lorn opposite the stand, and won by a length, the second beating the third by two lengths ; bad fourth. The Liverpool Autumn Steeplechase Handicap of 100 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sov ; 2 ft.; extra weight for winners; the second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes. About three miles. 28 subs. Mr. T. Golby's Maria Agnes, 5 yrs, Oat 21b (G.Stevens) 1 Lord Coventry's Ghika, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b Mr. Barber's Old Dog Tray, aged, 9st 91b.... (C. Green) 3 Mr. Buchanan's Escape, aged, 9st 101 b (Page) 4 The following also ran :—Anatis, The Rover, Chance, Physician, and Friar of Apshall. Betting-2 to 1 agst Ghika, sto 1 agst Old Dog Tray and Esespe, 6 to 1 agst Maria Agnes, 12 to 1 agst Anatis (offered). At first sto 1 was taken about Anatis. Mr. Barber declared to win with Old Dog Tray. The dense mist which prevailed rendered it impossible for the spectators to distinguish the horses after they had pro ceeded a quarter of a mile from the stand. They started near the Canal-bridge, and the first to show through the fog were Escape, Maria Agnes, and the Friar Of Apshall, and these raced to the hurdles near the distance, the Friar being the first over, Ghika dwelling in his leap and requiring some nursing to keep him going, Escape, Chance, and Old Dog Tray being next in succession, the others giving up The Friar led them out of the race course, and increased his load, Escape, Chance, Ghika, and Maria Agnes, lying pretty well together in his wake. They were now hid, and the spectators experienced much curiosity to ascer tain how many would be left in the race when they reappeared. Very few and unimportant changes were made as thelforses crossed the ploughed land, and got over Beecher's Brook— now no longer the formidable obstacle of previous years— without let or hindrance. At the first or second fence be yond, for the jockies themselves were doubtful as to the precise " two of the leaders, the Friar of Apshall and Chance, came to grief. The Friar, who had held the lead up to this point, did not like the rails, and, swerving, ho charged the bank and jumped. on the wrong side of the flag. Chance, who had been in close attendcnce upombion, followed his example, and both were consequently out of the race. The Friar's stable companion, Old Dog Tray, then went on with the lead. The next mishap befell Ana- tis, who just before reaching the spot once known= Valen tine's Brook blundered into a ditch on to her head, and came down on her knees, which she cut somewhat severely. Physician, who was waiting upon her, did nothing to ex tricate her from her dilemma. He, however, sustained the reputation which he has recently acquired in the hunting field by keeping on his legs, and he only jumped sideways into the ditch, from which Mr. Edwards brought him safely and escaped, soiling his jockey costume. These con tretemps reduced the field to five, Old Dog Tray, Maria Agnes, Ghika, Escape, and The Rover. These were not, however, discerned from the Stand until after they had come along the canal side, and reached tho last turning point on to the course, Old Dog Tray still being in front, closely pursued by Ghika, Maria Agnes and Escape being just behind them, Old Dog Tray resigned his lead before coming to the last hurdles, at which both Maria Agnes and Ghika rose together, Old Dog Tray following closely in their wake and scattering the timber. The race, however, from the half distance was reduced to a matoh between the first two, Maria Agnes waiting upon Ghika to the Grand Stand, where she took the lead and won very easily by a length ; a bad third. Eacape was close up with Old Dog Tray. The Rover was pulled up after jumping the last hurdles ; the last did not pass the post. The winner was won at a " toss," her present owner giving only £lO for her. 'I he Helter Skalter Stakes, of 3 sovs each each, with 20 added. Optional selling weights. Certain penalties and allowances. One mile. Six subs. Count Bolo's Miss Eleanor, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 41b.. (Bray) 1 Mr. H. Henry's Irish Emigrant, 3 yrs (£2O), 6st 131 b (car. 7,t 131 b) (Smethurst) 2 Mr. A. Williams's Fossil, 2 yrs, Est 121 b.... (J. Adams) 3 CrtkaP7, Bourgeois, and Lassie alsO ran. There were two " goes" for this race ; Bourgeois and four others ran the course through, Bourgeois winning easily. The judge, however, not being in the chair, the race was run over again, Miss Eleanor, who did not start the first time, winning easily by six lengths. The filly is, however, objected to. The Scurry Corinthian Handicap. One mile. Donizetti Broadlands Eight ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL CUP. 4to 1 agst Meg Merrilie% 6to 1 agst Julia 12 to 1 agst Underhand 100 to 8 agst Rara Avis 100 to 8 agst Winkileld 100 to 7 agst The Squire 100 to 7 agst Prince of Denmark 15 to 1 agst Timandra 100 to 6 np,-,4 Mutineer 20 to 1 19:,t Concluetor [ADVERTISEMENT.]—EPPg'g (Homoeopathic Chemist) Coco.k.—This esteemed preparation is sold by tho prin cipal grours at ls. 6d. per lb., in 11b., Alb., and ilb. packets. Each packet is labelled " James Epps, Home° • pathic chemist, London." DR. LIVINGSTOIVER *EXPEDITION. The following is one of the letters from the dis tinguished missionary traveller referred to at the Cambridge meeting last week, but not published at the time : " Tette, March 3. "My dear Sir,—You may have supposed that I had forgotten the young men of the Missionary Union altogether, but I have been employed so dif ferently from what I expected, that I am not greatly to blame for my silence. lam become sailing master myself—in this capacity I have guided the steamer more than 1,600 miles. To a Cambridge man this would be nothing—Bishop Selwyn, I dare say, would feel it only a pastime ; but Idoit as a matter of duty, though, as far as liking goes, I would as soon drive a cab in London during cold November, as be fried on a paddle-box in an African sun. This new employment has interfered much with my correspondence. You are, of course, aware of the great object in view in my coming here at all. My heart's desire has all along been to open Africa to the benign influences of our holy religion. She has the elements in herself of extinguishing the slave trade. I am working towards that; and though forced to move more slowly than I like, I think we are pro ceeding surely. The first point we had to attend to was health. You may remember the sad fate of the Niger expedition and the outcry that followed thereupon. The recollection of it made me choose the best time of year for health, but not the best for showing off the great river to the best advan tage. As soon as we entered the mangrove swamp, the hotbed of fever, we began the daily use of quinine, and we maintained constant activity—the latter is of more importance than the former. Thanks to our Almighty Protector no case of fever occurred either among us or the crews that ac companied us. The present is the most unhealthy season of the year ; but we are now on the edge of the interior healthy high lands, and though we have lately had three cases of mild fever, it is seldom or never so fatal as on the coast. We have thus proved that Europeans can come up here at certain seasons in perfect safety. We have proved also that the river is navigable during most of the year in flat-bottomed vessels. I came up from the sea to this in a vessel drawing 21 feet water in November, when the river is at its lowest, and this year it was unusually low. Now the water stands 9 to 12 feet above what it was then, and it will continue so many months. We have found also that the Shire, a branch of the Zambesi, is navigable for a steamer at least 100 miles from the confluence, and that it flows along a fertile valley of that length, and from 20 to 30 miles wide. We went up lately, until stopped by a cataract, and we were informed by the people that the river comes out of Lake Nyanja for five days ; beyond the cataract the river again becomes smooth, and Arabs come down in courses from that lake. The people had never been visited before by Europeans, and were very suspi cious, but we hope to overcome that by a second visit. At the lower part of the Shire there is a mountain 4,000 feet high ; the top large, with hills and dales, and flowing fountains. It is well cultivated, the people growing cotton, sugar-cane, maize, and even pine-apples, lemons, and oranges. Being so high, it possesses a different climate and vegetation from the plains below, but no attempt has been made by the Por tuguese to reap the benefit of those advantages ; had it been England we should have had a sanato rium, and possibly a college, on Merambula. The people were hospitable, and are independent of the Portuguese. I despair of doing anything-among the latter. We have a rapid in front of this, and until we get a more powerful steamer we work on the river Zambesi. The Makololo are still here, though anxious to return to their own country-36 are dead ; 30 from small pox, and the rest murdered by a neighbouring chief. I agreed to their going home with my brother, but most of them refused to leave, lest doing so should be construed into dis obedience when they got home. Kind Christian salutations to all the young men ; to Drs. Whewell and Sedgwick. I shall write to them both soon, if I have anything worth telling. "DAVID LIVINGSTONE. " Mr. William Monk, Aubrey Villa, Cambridge." BONAPARTIST DISCLOSURES. The Athenaurn, in an interesting account of a work recently published in French by M. Louis Blanc, at Brussels, quotes the following extraordi nary revelation with respect to the French Em peror and the famous insurrection of June, 1848: " Another element brought momentarily into relief by the insurrection of June was that of Bonapartism. In the month of June no one in France knew M. Louis Bona parte otherwise than as the nephew of his uncle and author of two notorious follies. This element was half dead, in fact, when the Executive Commission revived it as an ob ject of fear. The discussions in the Chamber concerning the elections brought him into public view; simple minds were excited ; some old soldiers felt agitated ; the name of the Emperor was pronounced ; the song of Beranger was remembered. If any one doubts the efforts made by Bona partism to pervert, for its own benefit, the insurrection of June, here is a fact which must dissipate every doubt—a fact not only very curious and very important, but hitherto unknown. While the fighting was going forward in the streets, General Rapatel presented himself to the Govern ment ; the Assembly was then in session ; he held in his hand a letter which he desired to communicate to General Cavaignac. Cavaignac, deeply occupied by another con ference, instructed Col. Charras to attend to the affair. General Rapatel advanced, and mistaking Colonel Charras, whom he had never seen, for General Cavaignac, who was unknown to him also, passed to him the letter he held in his hand. What follows is the exact sense, if not the pre cise language of that letter : TO GENERAL RAPATEL. London, June 22, 1848. ' General, I am aware of your sentiments towards my family. If the events now in course of development turn out favourably, you are Minister at War. NAPOLEON Louis BONAPARTE.' Colonel Cherries trembled. I must show this to General Cavaignao,' said he to General Rapatel. What,' replied Rapatel, ' are you not General Cavaignao ?" No„ an swered the colonel; but do not disquiet yourself about your mistake ; doubtless he would himself have shown me this pretty little letter.' General Rapatel was then intro duced to General Cavaignac. Should they publish the strange missive ? The question was discussed. The fear of enhancing by such a procedure the importance of Louis Bonaparte, and of thus designating him the leader of the in surgents, prevailed : secrecy was decided upon. . . As to the letter addressed to General Rapatel, what became of it ? Was it deposited among the papers referring to the events of June ? Have they left it there ? At all events, the men are still living, Gen. Cavaignac and Ratapel ex cepted, who read it themselves ; and since they are men of honour, whose testimony is even superior to that of docu ments, we may regard the incident I have described as an acquisition to history. Gen. Lamoriciero, Col. Charras, M. Bastide, and M. Hetzel, then Secretary-General to the Executive, are, among others, persons who knew of this letter. Not one of them will contradict me. - Cut off from France, as I am, I long omitted to speak of this remarkable incident; but I am now impelled to recommend it to public attention; and I know that, on several occasions, it was made the ground of deliberations between Gen. Cavaignac and the individuals who can bear witness to it, Gen. Bedeau among others." FATAL SHIPWRECK. On Monday last the Austrian barque Tyrol went aground on Little Burbo bank, a short distance from the Cheshire coast, and became a complete wreak, all the hands, together:with a Liverpool pilot, having perished. The vessel had come from Sulina with wheat, &c., bound for Liverpool. The vessel was first observed about half-past two in the afternoon. At that time there was a moderately stiff breeee, and it was thought that as the tide flowed the ship would float off. This supposition, however, turned out to be fallacious. The wind increased with the tide, and the sea made a com . plete breach over the ship, thus rendering her position s one of imminent danger. When first seen it was ascertained that she bore the flag indicating there was a pilot on board. Shortly , before dusk signals of distress were observed by per sons on the shore, and intelligence was immediately conveyed to the Magazine's Lifeboat Station, with a view that assistance might be afforded to those onboard the ship. It i s s tat e d th a t on th e message being communicated to the keeper of the lifeboat he stated that his boat, not being seaworthy, could not be put to sea, but that if he could have the loan of the Liverpool boat he and his grew would go to the relief of the wrecked ship; that the ap plication for the Liverpool boat was not complied with, and that under these circumstances, the Magazine's boat being unfit for service, no attempt was made to rescue the unfortunate crew. During this time the wind increased in violence, and the tide was flowing rapidly. As wave after wave rolled furiously over the vessel the hull became less visible, and when last observed, which was just before dark, the crew had sought shelter in the rigging some guns were fired and blue lights ex hibited, in order to indicate the position of the vessel, and that she was in distress ; but, from the causes previously referred to, no assistance reached the unfortunate sufferers. During the night a heavy sea prevailed, but hopes were still entertained that the crew might hold out until morning, when an attempt would be made to relieve them. These faint anticipations were, however, not realised. The conduct of the crews of the two lifeboats mentioned has been made the subject of investigation by the Dock Committee, who have acquitted them of blame. It appears that both the lifeboats in ques tion were towed out by a steamer, which unfor tunately sprang a leak, and had to abandon them. The lifeboats remained about:the wreck till aft©r dark ; but the crews were unable to board the bark, in consequence of the peculiar position in which she was lying. THE ANNUI2'Y TAX IN SCOTIA • The Legal Defence , Committee, recently pa pin • ted at a meeting in Qu ,een-street Rooms , E dinburgh, met on Wednesday night to hear a report of the state of the action at the instance of the established clergy of the city against James Brydone, publis her, for rs of the rate. M. A. Young occupied the chai arrea r. He stated that the condescendence ordered by the sheriff on the 11th September, to be produced within six days had. been lodged by the clergy ie agent only on the 3d. inst. It m erely conta ined certain pleas alleging that the exceptions taken by the defender on the above date to the legal comps" tency of the collector to p rosec ute were of no force. A copy of the answers to the condescendence, Pre pared by the defender's agent, was then read. After a minute and caxeful statement of the various laws which affect the collection of the ra te, the paper urges and reiterates the pleas alreadl taken, and, in addition, shows that, Whil e appointment of two sworn men for e ver y Pal ' s. to assess, levy, and perform other functions, 15 indispensable by the statutes, and had never beens abrogated by any legal authority, these surveyors or stentmasters have not been appointed sincelP,. In consequence of this defect, it is maintained thet! every assessment that has been laid on since Whi sunday, 1855, including the assessment for the prf; sent year, is an illegal assessment, and cannot ." by any legal process recovered. Anoth er plea !0, that whereas certain duties ere imposed by statul tn e_ and confirmed by long-continued usage, on Lord Provost, magistrates, and town council, thatthe se have not been performed for many year s, and ..e consequently the assessments for these years and are illegal. The committee expressed uneuiri mously their great satisfaction with the manner u. which these defences had bees drawn, and ex - C e ha t eillor Tod, seconded by Mr. Raeburn, more d t t. this feeling should be communicated to the sige.e__ Mr. Ross said that this case was of the greatestia!,_l portance to the community. In all probabilityarl.. would lead to the complete sweeping 06 ' 11 ,0 l jg rears, save the inhabitants the year's impost, and greatly facilitate the legislativor settlement of the question during next sessit)n hole Parliament. It was a question in which the W body of the ratepayers were interested, as n o sil t e d mons could be raised and no means could be adO f P the to compl payment during the continuance an d action. It was therefore a citizen's question, _it_ they should be invited to join heartily proe.ef;.. ing the case through the courts of law, an v ase of Payment o'. cessary, to be prepared to carry it to the n° " -. sma ll Lords by way of appeal. He moved that a tion committee be appointed to invite the CO -0 P d th at l and pecuniary assistance of the public, an pub advertisements to that effect be inserted lie prints. The motion was seconded by Mr . a an . bell, and was unanimously approyed.--Seoton COUNTRY NABLBTS BIRMINGHAM—.Nov. 10. and Our market was pretty well attended this in r i h i Tld a t there was a small sapply of English wheat, Nr— c- ,d ° for a advance of Is per qr. Barley a dull trade, an d held for similar rise. Oats only taken in retail at 6d dearer. Dv is higher. Peas were firm. MANCHESTER—Nov. 10. tea ° f English wheat sold freely, at fully th e extreraa, ll4 wa s last Thursday ; best samples is advance. Forrigl i s wA s held for 2d per 701bs more money. Little fiats done in flour, and quotations maintained. lasti°ll6l-t:101 per 451bs, and oatmeal 6d per load dearer. Berme 5 held sale. Indian corn was taken slowly, and prices were is higher. BOSTON—Nov. 9. A i. On There was a firmer tone in the wheat traded"' for the attendance was good. A liberal supply, an Pi t ri n e t OP best qualities were lts over the extreme of last tal l. ` rill Other sorts unaltered. A steady übsiness corn. Averages for the week : 7d Wheat . 5,087 qrs., at ........ 41. s ~,, Peas —.. 536 ........ 3 8 a l o u j Beans 283 '' .... 4 1 a ,1,1 • ...... 218 1 ,.. Barley 237 " ••••••••• 91 ....... . _ ii i i Oats 656 „ ....... lv i,l ct Rye•-• tf ........ --.5 v doing in P PLYMOUTH—Nov. 8. of Ncl icat. This market rather inactive, with a fair sill 3 P - Y • h - J3O Flour the turn lower. The quotations are-- "'" h do., wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 43s to 46s per qr ; Fre nc 2ss; to 45s ; grinding barley, 26s to 28s ; oats, 225 to flour, fine, 33s to 34s ; seconds, 31s to 325. LOUTH—Nov. 9. p And ...at" There was a plentiful supply o f wheat to 7 9 A , Lh o st, prices were at no advance on last week, 0 11 ' and mixed, old and new, 41s to 44s per qr. to 41s. Oats, 21s to 245; beans, 42s to 465; barley, '"fs MARKET UARBOROUGH—N°v 9 ' ater There was a smaller supply of wheat,old, inactive sale, at previous rates. White wheat, „limo44s ; new, 33s to 41s per 36 stone. Barley in Rou te '430; which t a ra os to , q 3, to Q 4, tities at a slight decline on former terms—old, " to 228 .- u n , new, 30s to 365. Oats were a fair show, from, 38e 04°' per 24 stone. Beans (old), at 45s to 50s ; nev r, per 38 stone. Sales wereE DaglaNinßhUeßavyGHth-dGaRy.AIN—Nov. v . 7d MO' Wheat on the top 4s Od down ...... .averag• Os 4d do lli° Barley on the top Os 6d up... ...... .aYerage Os sd down. Oats on the top Os 9d down .. average Os 4d down' Beans on the top is down. ... .... average Os Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.. B Oats 10 -12tlis Beans 2 5 3 9-Igth s Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..1249 qrs ........ Sold 97 4 q rs , 8ar1ey........2606 qrs ........ Sold 1742 qr Oats .2500 qrs ........ Sold 162 1 cirS Beans l2B qr 5........ Sold 28 gro GLASGOW—Nov. 9. . 0 080. Wheat was is dearer, but the advance checked buel , Flour was also dearer. Barley steady, with littlo offerl,44; were II Beans advanced 6d to is per qr. Oats and Peg B in price. DERBY SMITHFIELD —Nov. 3 ' w ith 6 fa There was a moderate supply of fat stock to-daY, for the ir attendance of buyers ; high prices were toked _,ld. best quality, but a few of the middling sort lei 11-117;10, Sheep were in average supply, with no alteration ii i _E tb o f Fat calves were plentiful. Fat pigs a good supplf , v English and Irish Beef Mutto .. to 7 os l aie j . Lamb n . Gd od ttoo to o7dd 7d Ir npoo e ru a k l g . h. . ............... ... ....... pe Hides, 34d to old ; calf sk ins, 6d to 61d. - .........1. 011 - FOREIGN MAIL PACKET latc hed tableE. signi r---- es that le In the following ttDeri;ssoaprrtitetocf:..sodillizi...l ning O a by evening mails from London, and 31 by nior , DESTINATIONS. . -------------- Despa,tch of ]Tails. Australia and Mauritius, via Pc. 1° Southampton 0 oy. 12, 31 SouthascP• Dec' 4 Nov. 18, E ''''''' Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New No 24 York China, i tt apsl ri p; ono a erna : o a avi ii t aed c nos . sao d(obnt Southampton C hHae a aoml n uep a npde d a: n oAsn . p is ne e c . g k . na. t . : .2 ND N N 0 :1;1 . .. 1 2 1 9 5 5 5: : : E B sD L L oileuvYyeetohrrupP;moolrl t . • • . : y r : ribv• 8 Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewfields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, Sof. 11 via Southampton Nov. —, M Southangx Nov 12 Ditto, via Marseilles E ............ Nov India (Bombay), via South- NO' " ampton N0v.12, M Southarnl3. Nov. 10 Do, via M arseilles Lis itt bon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto NDoeve..l79; M iti South Nov j ' 4 °e6 if. 1 and F. Islands Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto. via Marseilles Mexico and Havana isj n e w i t f e o d un t d a l t a e n s d g NN I vy l . 1 1 °22 1, 33B E ' II G SS": a .uu lv v tt. b l aa. y : : PP. . •:. : NovllC.: ue e 0" lic : li . n . 1 „,,g , . 16 America (by British packet) Nov.ll, N Liverpool.. r"."..... Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma ooL • ° I deira, and Tenerife Nov. 23 E LiYCIP West India, California, Vene- 16 zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey- Nov , town, New Granada, ace N0v.17, 31 Soull_____....2" "---- - GRAY.-0 . the wife BIRTHS. di° FITZROY Lad Fr • . _ y ederick Fitzroy, of a daughter. —nofOnetmh9te.hGlOriatnhys,ti.nEsstaq.,t.,maotof2na3tp,s:Gnii;ors:se:uotr:Ltracraetbe, 01, . T.—On the Bth inst ,at 55. SLic ii Devon, the wife of Captain Julian Slight, 11.1'1.' ° daughter. r J WAILDAN.—On the 9th inst., at Arnewood Lodge, NrB' Emma -place, Stonohour: BENTINCK—ST. At A AN R s. Warden, of a daughter. _RolnAth A 11 Sail ° Church, Knightsbridge, Lucius Duchess of Iriscolij, Falkland, to Elizabeth Catherine, of St. bans. e'o9 BROWNI .ow—Smint.—On the Bth inst., at St. Georg ,0 Hanover-square,,,a.. tP G e 10th inst., at ~.- unt e„ Edward Msixwell Brownlow, rao'l , at° pest son of the late Rev. John 13rownlow, to Char , . , ir L./1,112.0. youngest daughter of the late Lieut.-Geuerst , Smith, Bart., G.C.8., G.C.11. Cumberland, son aged 28. D EA T S. BO owe, the 6th Sept.,t Somerset, Bermuda, St,a.Titer, B u ll o o o w ikt e r , .. 1e Francisw a y - o Broome,a d , iou o n nil gest son of 'the late Joseph Bowe, Nes.. BOOKER —0 Thomas Booker, Esq., aged 37 . 110 1 ' tT inst.,hhheeo9BithhexiTne tr ato tt eto t r ßichmond,Broome, w bTuhoodni: s, Estr. Porto N.—On the 10th inst., at his 'eetrhte'isriaddgesen°d:e3o2f; dsr street, Pentonvillo, Mr. A. E. Po Id p 0 f Old Pa street, aged 44. li nt? SERVANTE. —On the 29th ult., at Carlin.gford, e.„,° Louth, Ireland, Lieutenant Charles orvante, aged 62. ,tlacehlaa te.gt. LONDON : Printed and Published by 11 13,1 ; ° v; , ( 2 1V14 0 . 11C: of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e SIM Ofli e cou nt) °1 of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th Middlesex, Friday, November 11, 1859. THE Sri N, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 184.