The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-28 00:00:00

OPENING THE PORTS. (From the Times) the agitation which is beginning to be raised for the purpose of opening the ports makes us revert to a, ques tion which we lately put, viz.—ls the maintenance of the present duty worth supporting strongly, or resisting strenuously ? The question is a very simple one. It requires no profoued calculations, no remote abstrac tions. But a small degree of patient reflection and sober thought is required to measure the evil—ruch as it may be—of the present system,. and the benefit—such as it might be—attendant on its destruction. The data on which we ought to proceed are tolerably familiar to all, being furnished by the dealers in that important article which it is proposed to render more plentiful and cheap. The phenomena which the corn trade has during this autumn exhibited are indeed peculiar and rare. We entered on September with a redundant harvest of wheat, and a prospective decline of prices. Everybody thought that the fatal time was coming when wheat was to bo sold for 38s. a quarter ; and almost everybody acted on that supposition. But while there was plenty iu England there was dearth abroad ; and the foreigner had a stronger intimation of the com ing peril, which escaped the sagacity of the English merchant. The Belgian and the Hollander, and the Frenchman, all laid in stores to supply the deficiency of their own grain harvest. But neither Belgian nor Frenchman seems, any more than the Englishman, to have anticipated the effect upon the grain market which the potato blight must produce. The former were, how ever, more wary than the latter ; though, perhaps, nei ther took precaution enough. For the slight enhance ment of price even at that time offered by the Continental market, the English speculator bartered the rich gains which time and patience would have permitted him to reap in the markets of his own country. Since that penod—barely two months ago—prices have been gra dually and incessantly rising —from 48s. to 50s.—from 50s. to 51s.— from 51s. to 53s.—from 535. to 54s.—until they have reached 60r. the quarter. This merely in dicates the average price. Particular kinds of wheat are now selling at 70s. This great rise has been effected in the face of a law which, it was prophe sied, would- pull down the remuneration of the agri culturist to starvation point. As an illustration of the workings of tract* it is invaluable alike to the opponents and the friends of protection—to confirm the creed of the former no less than console the hopes of the latter. But how does it affect the question of open ing the ports? Only in one way, as we conceive. If it could be shown that duties were so high as either to en hance considerably the price of food to the consumer, or so variable and uncertain as to deter the speculator, then it might be demanded with undeniable justice that the duties should be annulled. It would be a just, a proper, and a humane policy to listen to such a demand; as otherwise it would be impossible to feed the people. But is this the case now? Is it likely to be the case soon? Is it probable that the facility of procuring food will be affected considerably, or even at all, by opening or not opening the ports? In arguing this matter it must be borne in mind that our policy has changed, and that the change has got rid of one enormous evil— uncertainty. It was the uncertainty of trade, added to the uncertainty of production, which constituted the peculiar vice of the old corn-law. When a strong west wind blowing at one season, or a violent east wind at another, would raise or depress duties beyond calculation, men shrank from the penal patriotism of buying food at the risk of bankruptcy. But at present there is nothing of this sort to be dreaded. The duty has reached its nadir, but prices have not reached their zenith. The one will continue stationary, the latter will continue to ascend for some weeks perhaps. But their limit, although not definitively known, may be approxi mately conjectured. All the corn that can be supplied either from America or Odessa—at any rate, by far the greatest portion of it—must be supplied before the end of January. This is a known quantity. It may range freva 3.000,000 to 5,000,000 quarters ; those who are engaged in the trade say that it cannot exceed that amount. And there is very little doubt of that amount being entered without any alteration in the scale of duty, as prises will at the distance of some weeks hare only to retrace the space they had previously traversed. The case is shortly this, according to Mark-lane authority : —prices may continue to rise from 60s. to 70s. for some time, and afterward fall from 703. to 60s. This osculation must occupy a moderate period—probably two or three months—within which alone almost all the imports we can expect to re ceive can be tended on our shores, and during which the duty must remain constant. Now, is it worth while to abrogate this duty under such circumstances? Cui bona ? Whom would it benefit? The consumer? How ? The extent of his prospective wants is nearly ascertained. The supply is also—as far as human abilities and know ledge go—known to be thoroughly sufficient. We speak of consum.rs of wheat. These have no dearth, either present or prospective, to complain or. And fur the Irishman, he has no restrictive duty to complaia of. The food which he consumes is liable to no duty at all; it has indeed for a short time teen raised above its usual price, not so much by an acknowledged competition in buying as by a want of preparation in trans•nitting it. The eisptech of a low more ships to and from America will, we hope, abate the pressure of price which has excited so much discontent and dismay; but, as for opening the ports, how would that benefit the Irish con sumer? Let all the wheat new wafted to \Vestern Europe be con,iened to I r i s h d ea l ers f ree o f a il d uty; let large marts Pie held all over Ireland ; what *villa he the intritablo consequence? Why this—that within ten days after the promu!gation of such a license wheat would, by the simple action of trade, be jostled up to a price at least one-third, perhaps two-thirds, above the ability of the Irish to perehase. So that at last it would find its natural course into the English markets at a price much higher than that at vt ' , jell it may nuw he introduced at a duty of 43. To the IriAnan, there- lore, Ole boon wool.:1 - b.') an idle mockery : it ma tors little to him w bother heftt comcs te. a duty .4' 43., 83., or nothing at all. While the Englishmar;', knowing—as far as may be known—the wants of the future, knows also hots those wants may be satisfied. Whether the duty of 4s. continue or no, he is easy us to the next nine months. Duty or no duty, the corn will corned!). No artificial uncertainty, no lrgislative doubt 1161 V clogs its transit, and impedes its sale, And as for the duty, there are few people, we suppose, :rho think much tOunt paying a shilling cx*ra on a three months' consumption. And this is all they now are paying in the stu.pe of tax. Again, as for the speculator, why should we give him the advantage (and it would he to him alone an advantage) of a remission of duty ? lle has already once this autumn turned the markets of con tinental Europe to a good account. Why should he have the tide always at the flow ? If it were a matter of imminent peril—if there were a moral certainty diet the crops of the world were so scant that for the neat nine months every man, woman, and child throughout England would be put on short fare—we would say at once, " Abrogate the duty." But, according to every authority in the trade, this is not so. Merchants, dt'alers, and captains of vessels say, that from the far east and the west there will come food amply sufficient to supply the wants of all ; and there are thos9 who add, that, come what mly to the continent, England will not suffer for want of corn. Then it does he , 2oma a question worthy of rell.ction, whether it is r4 , ht to " g t up a cry " for the abr,,gation of a duty w:lich does not press upon the English consumer,.and in no way affects the Irish starveling'. But it is even a more mo mentous and serious question—which no conscientious man can with rapid levity slur over or slight—how far, in obedience to a cry, and in alarm at a new agitation, it is just, manly, and statesmanlike, to bring Governments into contempt and legislation into ridicule, and to impair the revenue of the country, by the violation of a contract solemnly made between two great parties, and sanctioned by the whole empire. This, at all events, we know—of all people in the world, the Whigs have the roost to lose by the neglect, and the most to gain by the observance, of their public engagements. SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A COMMISSION AGENT.— Yesterday evening ' an inquest was held before Mr. Mills, at the Swan Inn, Fulham, to inquire into the cir cumstances of the death of Henry Benjamin Barker, aged sixty-four years, late a commission agent in the ironmongery trade, who is supposed to have committed suicide by walking into the Thames from the meadows belonging to the Bishop of London. It appeured, that on Sunday morning last, at about half-past six, deceased was going to cross Putney-bridge from the Middlesex aide, but not being able to pay the toll. he was turned back, and it was supposed that he must have gone di rectly through the Bishop's meadows into the water, as his body was discovered floating through Putney-bridge about an hour afterwards, and was picked up by a water man, quite dead. He was identified in consequence of certain articles which were found in his pockets. He was a native of Wolverhampton, and represented several houses in the iron trade in that town. lie came to London on the 9th of September last, and not being able to obtain orders, he was very much distressed, which probably was the cause of his committing the decd. As there was no proof before the jury that deceased went into the water voluntarily, the jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned." --- SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF VALUABLE PROPERTY IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL.--A few days since, as a gang ofconvicts belonging to the convict hulk were employed in log,ding sand in the Practice Range of the Royal Arsenal, near the " Butt," they discovered concealed in the reeds close to the river a strong oak box. which was found to contain articles of jewellery, wearing apparel, old coins, spices, and a variety of other articles, but no document that could lead to a discovery of the owner of the property. It appears that instead of communicating the circumstances to the police, one of the keepers, named Gregory, removed the box to his own house, and opened it, for the purpose, as he alleges, of ascertaining what were its contents. The matter, however, reached the ears of the police of the Royal Arsenal, and the result was an inquiry, when the box was handed over to tli:vgector. A report of the facts was subsequently fo ed to the Secretary of State, and on the follow ing day Gregory resigned his situation. The box re mains in the possession of the police, but hitherto it has not been cl a i med. It is supposed to be the fruit of some robbery, and to have been placed in the reeds for the purpose of concealme n t REWARD or COURAGE. The authorities at the Foreign-office will shortly p gold medal to Capt. Banton, of the United Staies rese s i l a knowledgment for the bravery a i n p d E h e u P ni tt "whaienh ac displayed in saving the crew of the b • : d .n a t l ine of Halifax, some time sinco. TherMC piece of workmanship, from the design of Isl a very neat larger than a crown coin. The obverse haarao'reapYeisnaenni: tation of her Majesty with an ornamental c the reverse the inscription—" From the British went to Captain Bunton, of the United States " srio . Euphasia, for saving the crew of the brigantine of Halifax, 1845." The latter is surmountedjby the re presentation of a crown, and neatly finished by an oaken wreath. Earl Grey arrived in town on Monday evening from biz seat Howick Hall, Northumberland. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, Ocr. 27, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., K.G.C.8., Governor and Com mander-in-Chief in and over the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, to be her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of the territories adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and north-eastern frontier of the said settlement. And her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Richard Woosnam, Esq., to be Se cretary to such her Majesty's High Commissioner. WHITEHALL, Oar. 27. The Queen has been pleased to order a tongs d'elire to pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of St. Asaph to elect a Bishop of that see, the same being void by the death of the Right Rev. Father in God Doctor William Carey, late Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has been also pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Right Rev. Father in God Doctor Thomas Yowler Short, now Bishop of Sodor and Man, to be, by them elected Bishop of the said see of St. Asaph. WHITEHALL, Ocr. 26. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William Williams to the vicarage of Gwaenyscor, in the county of Flint and diocese of St. Asaph, void by the cession of the Rev. Robert Henry Matthews Hughes, M.A. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. Gil bert Elliott, M.A., to the district rectory of Trinity, in the parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex and diocese of London, void by the death of Dr. George Saxby Penfold. 18—H. Elphick, licensed victualler, Wardour• street, St. James's, Nov. 18—J. D. Herrick, grocer, Colchester, Nov. IB—P. F. and P. N. Page, builders, King's-road, Gray's Inn, Nor. 18—T. Knight, draper, Minories, Nov. 18—J. Bradshaw, woollendraper, Marylebone-street, Piccadilly, Nov. 18—G. Steele, grocer, Durham, Nor, 18—H. Tate, stockbrokers, Bristol, Nov. 20—S. Hey, worsted manufac turer, Colne, Lancashire, Nov. 20—T. Ward, maltster, Not tingham, Nov. 27—T. Southern, grocer, Gloucester, Nor. 17—B. Bensley, printer, Poolholm, Monmouthshire, Nov. 17—B. Calwar, draper, Tooley. street, Nov. 17—R. Clifton, brewer, Branden, Suffolk, Nov. 17—J. Benstead, hosier, Fleet-street, Nor. 17—W. Williams, victualler, Watton, Bre conshire, Nov. 17—R. Castle, grocer, Twyning, Gloucester shire—H. Stelling, woolcomber, Well. Yorkshire, Nov. 17— T. Dean, victualler, Chenies-street, Tottenham-court• road, Nov. 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. S. Mac Liver and T. N. Cathrall, printers, Newcastle upon-Tyne— J. H. Hobbins and J. Morris, saddlers' iron mongers, Walsall, Staffordshire—R. Heughan and J. Brear cliff, linendrapers, North Shields—.J. Walker, S. Stobart, W. Nesham, Jun., W. Swan, C. J. Pringle, J. Johnson,'G. Smith. M. B. Beverley, and B. Beverley, coal merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tvne—J. and H. Vowles, dairymen, Bath —J. Wilson, R. W. Long, and D. Taylor, merchants, Man chester—J. Scarlett and J. blurch, grocers, Harefield—G. Grace and J. Frith, engineers, Birmingham—A. and J. Ro binson, linendrapers, Bishop Auckland—H. Smith and C. Newton, linendrapers, Hitchin, Hertfordshire—S. Halliday, W. Spencer, J. Tidswell, and J. Cockroft, silk waste dressers, Walter Clough, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. Tidswell)— M. Cockshott and E. Gretton, schoolmistresses, Bury, Lan cashire—J. Rowbot ham and W. Goodwin, silk manufac turers, Macclesfield—C. Cla.k and C. Sauer, vinegar manu facturers. Old Castle•strect, Whitechapel—S. W. Dankes and J. R. Hamilton, architects, Gloucester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Henry Jamieson, merchant, Peterhead, Nov. 2 and 23, at one, at the New Inn, Peterhead. WHITEHALL, Ocr. 26. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend James Valance to the church and parish of Tinwald, in the presbytery and county of Dumfries, vacant by the transpor tation of the Reverend Joseph C. Lorraine, M.A., to the church and parish of Caerlaverock, in the presbytery and county of Dumfries. WAR-OFFICE, Ocr. 27. 4th Dragoon Guards—Surgeon William Gardiner, from 69th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice John Bickerton Flanagan, who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27. 7th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Stephen Lawson, from 30th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice James Low Warren, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Philip Saltmarsbe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Allen, who retires ; Francis Edmund Macnaghten, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Saltmarshe, Oct. 27. 12th Light Dragoons—Duncan IkPlntyre, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Harthill, promoted to the 69th Foot, Oct. 27. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Alexander Kinloch, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. H. A. Neville, promoted, Oct. 27. Scots Fusilier Guards—Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge King. scote, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hankey, appointed to the 22d Foot, Oct. 27. 2d Regiment of Foot—Colour Sergeant John Mansfield, from 3d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice William Hadley, who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27. 12th Foot—Henry Robson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Poitier, who retires, Oct. 27. 14th Foot—Cadwallader James Smith Dodsworth, Gent. William Boyd, innkeeper, Dalkeith, Oct. 30 and Nov. 20, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Lothian, Edinburgh. Charles Wilson, farmer, Bankhead, Fife.shire, Oct. 81 and Nov. 21, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Strachan, Dun fermline. Ewen Davidion, merchant, Kingussie, Oct. 29 and Nov. 19, at two, at the Gordon Arms Inn, Kingussie. AFFAIRS OF THE PUNJAUB. (From the Debats.) The intelligence lately received from India has com nstuaicated no nee fact; they were, however, once more on the eve of great events in:that country, of which, as usual, the Punjaub is to be the theatre. The next campaign (that is the seven months commencing from October) will we doubt not, be fertile in catastrophes which will modify considwbly the situation of British India, not only as regards its geographical limits, but also its relations with central Asia. Our readers will doubt less recollect, that according to the treaty of Cossour, the Ist October, 1846, is fixed as the epoch for the evacuation of Lahore by the English army. Sir Henry Hardinge supposed that the interval of six months thus left to Queen Chanda and her Minister, Lal Singh, would suffice to establish their Government on a solid basis. He was-also inclined to think that Gholab Singh would be thenceforth deprived of any interest in the nu meraus intrigues which had so long agitated the king dom, and that the Khalsas had been sufficiently chas tised to be disgusted of mutinies. Lal Singh and the Queen, however, with that i nex pli ca bl e t h oug h t l essness which has successively ruined all the ephemeral dynas ties of India, instead of thinking of consolidating their Government, have been content to live from day to day, and have only employed the delay accorded them in en joying themselves, and leading a dissolute life. As long as they can breathe in peace under the protection of the English bayonets, their Court has been no less profli gate, and their associates no less frivolous and infamous than before ; nor have their orgies been at all discon tinued, only there has been a little less noise and scandal. Until his advent to the Ministry, Lal Singh was despised ; he was regarded merely as an upstart, without courage and without merit. Now, by violating every usage, and wounding every prejudice of his countrymen, he has suc ceeded in making himself detested, and it seems certain that the mass of the people await but the departure of the last British squadron from Lahore, to rise as one men and murder both the Maharanee and her paramour. Sir Henry Hardinge does not in the least deceive himself on this point. Thus, although he is preparing to fulfil the letter of the treaty, by withdrawing, on the Ist of October, the English division stationed in the Punjaub, he is at the same moment assembling considerable forces at Ferozepore, between the Sutlej and the Beas, in order to be ready to make the best ef whatever events may occur at Lahore. The rising of the people against the Maharanee, or Queen Regent, will be the signal for the immediate re-entry into Lahore of the army of eccura tion. ,This will afterwards be converted into a sub sidiary army, that is, it will be definitively installed in the country, of which it will constitute the sole armed force, absorbing the entire revenue fur its pay and sub sistence. Tbekingdom of Lahore will thus have undergone the common destiny, a Id will be classed in the same cate gory as Oade, Hyderabad, Nagpore, &c., whose political existence is but a vain phantom. By the treaty of Cossour the In ritage of Runjit Singh was divided into two dis tinct kingdoms —the plain and the mountain; the delta of the fire river s , ali d th e western rem of Casmere and the Himalaya. Lal Singh governs at Lahore in o , e name of the young Dhulip Singh, m hile:Gholab Singh has been recognised as the independent Sovereign of Jarno-i. Gbolab Singh, however, has not in return, in his dealings with the Company, displayed the gratitu(!e expected from him; the remains of the Khalsa army has found an asylum with him; they have rallied arou•td his banner, and immoderately increased his battalions. It is as() said that the old chief lc,eps up a very active Cl.r n•spomlenee with Akhbar Khan, and with a c2rtain envoy from Persia, charged with a mission of intrigue in Central Asia. Lastly, on being summoned to deliver up or tlismantle certain tbrtresses, Gholab Singh has flatly refused. The result of all this is, that a war may soon be looked for between him and Sir H. Hardinge. The contest is likely to be of a serious character, and we should not be astonished it' it were to be very prolonged; its result, however, cannot he for a moment subject to doubt. Gholab Singh will succumb in his turn, and the vic torious English will once again find themselves brought back by the current of fatality before the iron g ;Vs of the Khyber Pass. Be this as it may, and even sup posing that peace is not disturbed between the Indian Government and the Punjaub, a decided intention is at tributed to the Governor-General of causing the terri tory and city of Moultan to be c °needed by Lal Singh This news, which we believe to he authentic, is of grey importance, and merits the utmost attention from states. to be Ensign, by purchase vice Thorp, appointed to 89th Foot, Oct. 27. 17th Foot—Philip M‘Pherson, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Onslow, promoted in the 29th Foot, Oct. 27. 28th Foot—Captain John Olans Moller, from 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Browne, who exchanges, Oct. 27. 29th Foot—Lieutenant Jchn iEneas Duncan to be Captain, without purchase, vice Coventry, deceased; Ensign Henry Philips On3low, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dun can. July 30. 30th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas D'Arcv, from 56th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Lawson, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons, Oct. 27. ' 42d Foot—William Henry Mackintosh, Gent. to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Dawson, promoted:in 54th Foot, Oct. 27. 43d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Davidson, M.D., from 70th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Lawson, promoted on the Staff, Oct. 27. 44th Foot—Captain Andrew Browne, from 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Moller, who exchanges, Oct. 27. 56th Foot—William Deeble, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice D'Arcy, promoted in 30th Foot, Oct. 27. 62d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Maynard Herbert to be Captain, without purchase, vice Napier, deceased; Ensign Thomas C. Higginson, from 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Herbert, July 8. 63d Foot—Ensign Henry White to be Lieutenant, without purchase. vice Bookey, appointed Adjutant, August 25 ; Ensign William Hunt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice White, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled, Oct. 27; Thomas Francis Rolt, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hunt, Oct. 27; Lieutenant Power Le Poer Bookey to be Adjutant, vice Fairtlough, promoted, Aug. 25. 69th Foot—Assistant Surgeon Robert Harthill, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Gardiner, appointed to the 4th Dragoon Guards, Oct. 27. 70th Foot—James William Fleming, Gent., to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Davidson, promoted in the 43d Foot, Oct. 27. 78th Foot—Joseph P. 11. Crowe, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Higginson, promoted in 62d Foot, Oct. 27. 84th Foot—Ensign Eugene Currie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ironmonger, promoted in 3d West India Re giment ; Thomas 11. P. Kennan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Currie, Oct. 27. 86th Foot—Ensign Edward Baker Weaver to be Lieu. tenant, without ptlichase, vice Archer, deceased, July Ralph Fitzgibbon Lewis, Gent., to L• Ensign, without pur chase, vice "Weaver, Oct. 27. 89th Foot- 77 - Ensign Edward Buller Thorp, from 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mußoy, promoted; Lieutenant Robert B. Hawley to be Adjutant, vice Edmunds., promoted, Oct. 27. Rille. Brigade—Sergeant-Major William Stillwell to be Quartermaster vice Macdonald, appointed Adj u t an t, O c t. 27. 3d West India Regiment—Capt. William Thomas Hari son, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain. vice the lion. John de Blaquiere, who exchanges; Lieut. Pennant Athel vrold Ire . nonger, from 8-4th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Harison, who retire?, Oct. 27. BarvEr.—Captain William Thomas llarison, of the 3d West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23. Ilosnr.tt, STAFF.—Surgeon Robert Lawson, from 431 Foot, to be Staff Eurgcon of the First Class, vice BackshalL Lane Saridham, 111:D., who retires upon buff:ply, Oct. 27. MEMORANDU3I.—TiIe Christian name of Ensign lireabe, of the 18th Foot, is Bernard. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 26. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Gilbert John Lane Buchanan to be Adjutant, vice Cockburn, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, June 29, 1843; Second Captain Charles James Buchanan Riddell to be Adjutant, by augmen tation, April 1, 1846; Second Captain G eorge A s hl ey M en d e to be Adjutant, vice Tiremar,, promoted, April 7; Second Captain Charles Colville Young t o 1)4 Adjutant, vice Ormsby, promoted, April 26; Second Captain George Robert Barker to be Adjutant, vice Mitchell, promoted, July 22; Second Lieuten int Frederic llervey Bathurst Phillips to be First Lieutenant, vice Eliot, Oct. 20. Cbmmissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the county of York, and of the city and county of the city of York. Right lion. J. S. B. Whamcliire, to be Deputy Lieutenant; L L. Kaye, Esq, to be Deputy Lieutenant; J. W. Sturges, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; C. Hardy, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; G. Ramsden; Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; W. B. Martin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 22. ADMIRALTY, Ocr. 27. With reference to the dispatches from Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., which appeared in the Gazette of the 29th of Sop' ember las', the following Naval Promotions men generally. Moultan, in the hands of the English, would become the general entrepot of commerce between Europe and Asia. Situate in a fertile plain, watered by the Chenab (the ancient Accinines), which has here a width of 2,000 or 3 000 feet, and already counting a po pula'ion of 60,000 souls—this city, by the mercantile spirit and industry of its inhabitants, and above all, by its position, analogous to, and as well adapted for commerce tits that of Calcutta, is destined to become the capital of Western India. The day on which the British flag shall be planted on its walls will open a new era of greßtnesa and prosperity fur British supremacy in have taken pliice, dated th'e Bth of Ju1',1846, the day or the capture and destruction of the forts and batteries on the river Brune, Borneo Proper:—To. be Commanders—Lieutenant George Edwin Patey, Lieutenant James Aylmer Dorset l'aynter. The Iluard have also directed that Edwatd Bur chatt, carpenter's crew of the Iris, shall receive a carpenter's warrant, in the event of his being found qualified on his exa mination. SUBSIDENCE ON THE tPSWICII AND BURY RAILWAY. —Our rt riders are already aware that considerable diffi culty has been found in forming a necessary embankment near Stowmarket, owing to the whole mass of earth re raterty subsiding-. It was suppscd that the spirited Contractor had mastered this difficulty ; we regret to hear, however, that on Friday last another sub iidence of from four to five feet occurred. Three splendid new en gines, for the railroad from Ipswich to Bury St, Ed round's, arrived, during last week, at the Ipswich station. Prepares 'inns will shortly he made for constructing the telegraph along the line from Ipswich to Colchester. FIRE IN THE OLD JEWRY.—Monday night, between eight and nine o'clock, a fire broke out upon the exten sive range of premi,cs belonging to Messrs. Dawson and Sons, wholesale shoe and boot-dealers, Old Jewry, City It originated in the front warehouse, and was caused by a flue in the building. When discovered the flames hail obtained a grong hold of the flooring and joistings, and they were working their way up the wainscoting int , several cases fine 1 with goods. Engines of the London Brigade and West of England Company promptly at tended, and the firemen from Watling.strect station at once set to work, and by pouring water upon the fire, and cutting away the woodwork, they succeeded in ex tinguishing the flames, but not before the premises, and also the stock in trade, were considerably damaged. Ir. could not be ascertained whether or not the firm was insured. • Coaopigitig INOUEST.—On Friday Mr. G. J. Mills, deputy coroner for Middlesex, concluded an inquiry, which was opened on Tuesday last, in the large room of the Gloucester Arms Tavern, Gloucester-road, Kensing.. ton, into the circumstances attending the death of Henry Shepherd, an infant child, fifteen weeks old, whose death it was alleged, had been caused by a powder, in tended for the mother, havin g been improperly admi nistered to the deceased child, while the fare,ily were casual inmates of the workhonse of the parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington. After a lengthened inves tigation, the jury returned the following verdict : ."The jury are unanimously of opinion that the de ccaied child, Elizabeth Shepherd, died in convulsions, occasioned by the administration of a narcotic powder by mistake, and they recommend that the parochial authorities be requested to appoint competent persons to receive and administer the medicines sent to the work house by the parish surgeon, and that he bo requested to write the directions ou the medicines in a more legible manner." BANKRUP PS. Andrew William Angus, grog. r, East-street, Walworth, to surrender Nov. 5, at half past twelve, and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assig nee, Basinghall-street ; Baylis and Urewe, Bssinghall-street. William Palmer, hosier, Strand, Nov. 9, at half-past one, and Dee. 7. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Hardwicke and Co., Ba singhall- street. Sally Budd, grocer, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, November 10 and December 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Paul-street, Exeter; Terrell, St. Martin's-lane, Exeter; Watson and Son, Bouverie street, Fleet-street, London. Thom ai Bateman, victualler, Coventry, Nov. 12 and Dec. 2, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. F. Barham, surgeon, atnaburgh-street, Regent's- patk— first div. of 6s. in the pound, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and two folowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. Bull, Banks, and Bryson, lincndrapers, King-street, Cheap side—a div. of 61- 64ths of a penny in the pound, on Thurs day, Oct. 29, and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, 3loorgate street. J. S. Walters, surgeon, Bakewell, Derbyshire—first div. of 13s. in the pound, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. A. Hall, innkeeper. Manchester—first div. of 6 - s. 100. In the pound, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and every following Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Ogle, merchant, Pickwick, Wiltshire—second div. of 3d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Ogle and W. Walton, merchants, Liverpool—fourth div. of %d. in the pound, on any Mcnday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Threlfall, banker, Liverpool—fifth div. of '(d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. A. T. Paterson and J. M. Malonek, merchants, Liverpool —fourth div. of 'Ad. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Sugden, merchant, Liverpool—third div. of 'Ad. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, .Liverpool. J. Webster and J. Harrison, merchants, Liverpool—fourth div. of 'Ad. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. F. T. Walker, merchant, Liverpool—third div. of IlAd. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Gibbons and W. Sherwood, merchants, Liverpool— fourth div. of 3d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. THE FRATRICIDE AT STEEPLE CLATDON..-O R he 15th instant an inquiry was commenced at the School-room, Steeple Claydon, before Mr. J. W, Cowley, one of the Coroners for the county of Bucks, and a respectable jury, into the circumstances attend ing the death of Thomas Shirley, who, it was alleged, had died from injuries received in a pugilistic en• counter with his brother, Joseph Shirley. The in quiry was twice adjourned, and did not terminate till Friday last, the 23d instant. It appeared from the evidence adduced that, on the night of Thursday, the 14th instant, the deceased and his brother Joseph were, with other persons, drinking until a late hour at the Milk Pail public-house in the village of Steeple Claydon. A quarrel occurred between the two brothers, and they went to the parish pound, where a fight took place be tween them at 2 o'clock in the morning. Both the men appear to have been intoxicated ; but the deceased was admitted to be in a much worse state than his brother. After between 40 erd 50 rounds had been fought, Thomas Shirley became insensible, and was carried to his father's house in the village, where he expired in a very short time. Mr. Denne, surgeon of Buckingham, and Mr. Cowley, surgeon, of Winslow, who has made a pod niortein examination of the body of the deceased, were of opinion that death was occasioned by blows or a fall. The jury returned a verdict of man slaughter against Joseph Shirley, as principal, and against John Pangbourne and Richard Cross, who acted as seconds to the combatants, as accessories. Shirley, Yon eord g m b g 4_, l u y r e, om a m n t ed Cross, to who Aylesbury were l o a custody, the c w o r e o r n e earc ,s warrant for trial at the next Assizes. . . E. S. Smith and J. Stanley, merchants, Liverpool—third div. of I%d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. T. Lee, brewer, Liverpool—second div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Boyd, hop merchant, Southwark, Nov. 20, at half-past twelve—J. Martin, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheap side, Nov. 20, at twelve—L. Watling, butcher, Gilbert-street Hanover-sqnare, Nov. 20, at eleveu—T. H. Wyatt, brewer, Banbury, Oxfordshire, Nov. 20, at half-past eleven—C, Poile, merchant, Rye, Sussex, Nov. 17, at half-past two—C. F. Ellerman, commission nurchant, Philpot-lane, City, Nov. 17, at half-past twelve—J. Coker, builder, Narford, Norfolk, Nov. 19, at two—J. Liddell, merchant, Kensington, Nov. 20, at half-past eleven—C. T. Jones, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, Nov. 19, at twelve—A. Hayton, clerk, Thame, Oxfordshire, Nov. 19, at eleven—E. 11. Edwards, horse trainer, near Newmarket, Nov. 19, at eleven. In the Country. W. Wood, wine merchant, Shrewsbury, Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Newbold, tailor, Not tingham, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Nottingham District Court.—T. and J. Scott, merchants, Birmingham, Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—W. F. Geacb, corn merchant, Fontypool, Monmouthshire, Nov. 20, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—B. M. Borrongh, iron monger, Liverpool, Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court—T. Walker, tallow chandler. Leeds, Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Hall, chemist, Leeds, Nov. 19, ateleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. T. Cooke, plaaterer, 13ridge-terrace, Harrow-road, Nov. THF_I SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1846, to my own ideas upon this subject, and which I have before expressed. There h no doubt that if she is allowed to be knocked ab.mt like an egg-shell by every spring tide between this and next March (which, by the bye, is a most stormy s.ea-nn of the year on this coast) thf , re will be but beggarly account' of this splendid specimen of naval architecture. " It has been the wonder and surprise of every one here that the parties most closely interested in this affair have shown such apathy upon the subject of getting the Great Britain off. Fine weather has now set in, and I can see no difficulty in putting her afloat, if met with that cordial support which ought to be shown on such an im portant undertaking.—Yo ur most obedient, " THOMAS S. GABRIEL, R.N." BURGLARY. A daring burglary in the open dayliglA was committed on Sunday week at Gatcombe Rectory, the residence of the Rev. Dr. Thompson, during his absence at Gatcombe Church, where he was performing Divine servine. It ap pears to have been the custom in the family for one of the servants to remain in the house whilst the others vs cnt to church, and on this occasion it happened to be the foot man's turn to stay at home, where he temained until, at the termination of the service, the old clerk of the parish, Mr. Hookey returned for the purpose of depositing his master's surplice and the keys of the church, the doctor having gone to pay an afternoon visit to his schools. The clerk, hearing some person in the. house veryearnestly in treating assistance, obeyed the injunction, and found the footman bound hand and foot to the chair, with a table cloth thrown over his head. The ropes were soon cut and he was released; upon which he related that, whilst sitting in the pantry, he thought he heard the cat in the doctor's room. On going out:to see he met a man coming out of one of the apartments with a pistol in his hand ; that he (the footman) retreated back to the pantry, preserving sufficient presence of mind at the time to secure his own property, by flinging his watch under the dresser shelves, and where he procured a loaded gun, and advancing to meet the robber, discharged thegun at him, but the contents nu fortunately went in another direction, and the charge was lodged in ate stairs (which are shattered) ; that tla robber then discharged his pistol in the footman's face ; but his aim, it appeared, was also very wide of the mark, as he escaped. The uproar produced a second depredator from another apartment, who pur sued him into the pantry, where one of the gang kept guard, whilst the other proceeded to search for a rope, with which they bound the footman in the manner already described. He then stated that they picked his pocket of Bs. or 10s., but that on his declaring it was all that he was possessed of, they generously replaced half-a crown again in his pocket, '° for luck." O n exam i n i ng the house, it was found that the doctor's bureau had been forcibly broken open, and a considerable amount of cash taken there from, and that the housekeeper's bedroom had been entered, and from her box a large sum of money and securities, to the amount of about 901., abstracted. Not an article of plate was missing, although many very valuable articles lay within reach. They were described as being young men, about the middle size, and dressed in dark clothes, Mee sailors, one of them wearing a cloth cap, and the other wearing a painted hat, having red hair and whiskers. HA MBURGH MAIL. BERLIN, OCT. 19.—Though great sensation was caused here by the resolution of the town of Naurnburg, on the Seale, to refuse to elect a drputy to the Provincial Assembly, yet greater surprise has been excited by the fact, that within these few days four cr five other towns in the province of Saxony, among which Zeitz, Weis senfils, and even Magdebourg, have taken similar reso lutions, or at least, have it in contemplation to take this matter into their serious consideration. Another piece of news, which is the subject of consideration in the learned world, is that several Governments of the German States have followed the example of the Grand Duchy of Baden, to abolish the censorship of the press in'the several states, and to introduce instead a general legislation for the press in all Germany. As a principal motive for this measure, it is alleged that it is a great inconvenience that works which have been submitt-d to the Provincial Censor, and have received his imprimatur, are afterwards prohibited or confiscated. This circum stance has lately excited great attention on account of the seizure of two works relating to religious subjects, one of which is entitled, " The real nature of the pre sent religious Reformation ;" the other is called " The relation of the friends of light to the Protestatit Church." The prohibition is the more regretted because these works relate to the answers of the most important ques tions of the day, and are both written in a very clear style. SCHNEIDEMIML, OCT. 13.—0 n the 27th of last month the Christain Catholic Community of this place met to deliberate or the subject of Divine worship, and resolved that Pastor Czerski, at the consecration of the church and afterwards, shall lay aside both the alb and cope, and wear only the surplice and the gown, and also to omit all ceremonies which approach the Romish forms, and introduce a purely Christian worship. All this Mr. Czerski has promised to abide by. His congregation can no longer be isolated, un l ess t h e i ntr i gues of an elder, who has great influence over Czerski, should succeed in defPPting the intentions of the congregation. PosEte, Ocr. 10.—In consequence of the •late con spiracy of the Polish nobility, the use of the language in Cie Homan Catholic Gymnasia of our province, is re stricted, according to a Ministerial rescript, which has been put in force since Michaelmas. The German language is to be employed in teaching in the Gymnasia of Trzethesznouncl Ottronow, in the fourth class, whereas formerly it commenced in the second. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 19 .—(Circular of the Royal Danish Chancery of Oct. 15, to all the Royal boards and magistrates in Denmark).—"ln consequence of the request and desire of her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Denmark, Caroline Charlotte Mariana, bora Princess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, on ac count of the indisposition with which she has bon afflicted for many years, and her shat tered state of health, a.nd after his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, though most reluctantly, has acceded to this request, his Majesty the King, though with the most heartfelt sorrow, has been pleased, on the 30th of September, entirely to dissolve the marriage con tracted on the 10th of June, 1841, between his Royal Highness the Crown Prince Frederick Charles Chris tian and her Highness the Duclivss Caroline Charlotte Mariana of Mecklenburg Strohm." IlAmnurta, 23.—The U'eser Gazette says, you alroady know that Prince Woronzow has resigned the chief cAnmand of the Russian army in the Caucasus, and has been appointed Russian ambassador at Vienna. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 7. His R)yal Highness Prince Quitpold, of Bavaria, arrived here in the Aus- rian steamboat, Ferdinand 1., from Galacz, and n his suite alighted at the palace of Count Stunner, the Ireperirial Internuncio. PESTII, OCT. 16.—We regret to state that the hopes which were entertained ywsterday and the day before, 31 the health of the Archduke Palatine, have been an• nihilatei. The accounts received to-day are most un favourabb., as appears from the annexed bulletin which has ju3t ben received :—" The expected continuance of . the; amendment announced yesterday did not take place hence his Imperial Highness by no means gains strength and suffered much, especially in the afternoon and even. lug. In the former part of the night his sleep was muck interrupted:by various sufferings, and the anf-ust patient felt himself much weaker. After midnight he was m ore composed—his pain decreased, and towards morning he had 'some very brnken sleep. This morning (the 16th) his Imperial Highness's sufferings are somewhat alle viated.'—Ofen, Oct. 16, IV ine in the Morning. FATAL. ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER —Yesterday an an inquisition was taken before Mr. Willi am B a k er, Co rover, at the Waterman's Arms, Ferry-road, Pop!ar, on the body of Benjamin Naylor, a carpenter, aged fifty. BIX. years. It appeared from the e v id ence t h at the de ceased resided in the above house, and was a single man. On Sunday night lust he and a man named Francis Ray, mate of a sailing barge called the Wheatsheaf, were drinking in the Anchor and Hope publie-house, in the Ferry-road. Ray was the worse for liquor, and the de• ceased endeavoured to persuade him to go on board his vessel, which was lying in the river off Millwall. Th, deceased left Ray in the public-house for the purpose of hailing the Wheatshe a f te r a b oat, ' and it is supposed In. get too near the edge of the wharf and fell between the lighter moored off Hammond's Wharf and the shore. Ile remained jammed in this place until the tide flowed, and was drowned. His body was found on the following day near the same spot. The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned." TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT HORTON.—Two LIVES Losr.—Yesterday afternoon a most lameistable occur rence, by which two poor men lost their lives, took place in Britannia-row, immediately opposite the Hoxtom New Church, and but a few houses distant from the police-station of the N division. Four houses had lately been pulled down, and the materials cleared away, and preparations were making for the erection of houses of a superior class upon the site, for the foundations of which the ground had been dug to a considerable depth, and labourers were employed in excavating under the street for the formation of cellars, when about one o'clock yesterday afternoon the whole mass of earth fell in upon those who were so employed. Several men narrowly escaped destruction, but two labouring men were completely buried. This having been ascertained, a number of labourers were immediately sot to dig them t o o u u t g , ha wclayey y or e k y of great diffi cu l ty, i n consequence of the nature of the soil, and after nearly three hours' labour, one of the poor fellows was got out, but apparently lifeless. The body was, however, conveyed to the neighbouring police-station in Robert-street, where every preparation had already been made, and under the direction of Mr. Coward, the police surgeon, assisted by many other professional gentlemen, various means for restoring animation were tried, but unhappily without effect. The deceased, whose name was James Haynes, has left a widow and four children destitute. At six o'clock last night his fellow-sufferer, tamed Wil iam Lockhart, was dug out quite dead. PREACHING TO THE DEAF AND DUMB.--It may not be generally known to the metropolitan public, that there has been for some time past a chapel in Red Lionesquare, in which public worship is performed twice every Sunday for the sole benefit of the deaf and dumb. The service is that of the Church of England, singing and the music of the organ being, a 3 a matter of course, omitted. The experiment of com municating to those unfortunate persons deprived of hearing and the power of spsech, a knowledge of the great truths of revelation by means of those " signs' which constitute a language in themselves, have been eminently successful. In the morning the chapel in Red Lion-square is attended by from twenty to thirty deaf and dumb persons. Lest Sunday evening the au die!,ce consisted of seventeen. After the usual prayers had been gone through,. the teacher commented at con siderable length, by means of gestures, on the I.lth_ chapter of the let of Samuel, his audience seeming to comprehend every idea which he sought to convey. The bermes listed tor upw§rda of 44 lam and quarter. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. The stewards from the different Inns of Court were called to prove that there was no barrister named Strathern belonging to either of them, and it was clearly shown that the statements of the prisoner were all false, and were merely made for the purpose of deceiving the prosPcutor, and defrauding her of her money. The prisoner, in his defence, made a long rambling statement, and asserted that- the prosecutrix bad been laid hold of by some people at Nottingham, who called themselves spiritual illuminati, and who were in the habit of making use of a glass, and pretended magic, and had led the prosecutrix by these means to believe that she was entitled to large property, and it was them who had induced her to dispose of her annuity, and not him. He denied having made any representation that lie had employed a barrister, and asserted that he had not received any money from the prosecutrix except to pay his expenses when he was making inquiries for her in London. The Recorder having summed up, the jury immedi ately returned a verdict of Guilty. The Learned JUDGE, on passing sentence, told the pri soner that be had been convicted of a very bad offence. It had been proved that he had imposed upon a weak and credulous woman in the belief that she was to come into the possession of large property, and by that means kad defrauded her of a considerable sum of money - and, besides thi s , h a d i nduced her to make away with' the little income she and her children mainly depended on for subsistence. He considered it a very bad case, and there fore felt it his duty to inflict the full measure of punish ment fixed by the statute for offences of this description, which was, that he be transported fir seven years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MA ft LBW? 0 UGH- STR E E T. Jeremiah Harrington and Mary Harrington were charged with having nearly killed police-constable Fitch, F 111. The constable said, on Tuesday last he was called on to talc: the male prisoner into custody for an assault. He proceeded to do his duty, when he was resisted by the prisoner, who got into his house in Dudley -court, a place wholly inhabited by the lower order of Irish ; and here, a mob having collected, he was dragged into the house by the prisoner, forced up stairs, and then thrown down. The prisoner commenced kicking and beating him in a ferocious manner, assisted by a number of women, and then threw himself on him with his knees on his chest, until he (complainant) became nearly insen sible. The wife ran to the fire, and brought her hus band a saucepan lull of scalding water, telling him to throw it over the -. The male prisoner actually poured the net:tiding fluid down his head and neck, and rcalded him severely. Complainant lost his stock and his staff during the attack. Ho was rescued by other constables, who found him in a state of insensibility. Mr. LONG sent the defendants fel- trial at the s( ssiens. LAMBETH, Jellies Galloway, a cheescmonger in the Walwc,rth road, who has been in custody for a week past, on a charge of stealing a parcel of 71 pair of gloves, which formed a portion of goods of the valu e o f 6001. th at h a d been stoke from 17, Regent street W est, i n t h e year 1844, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Elliott, for fur ther examination. Mr. Games, and Mr. Parnell, the barrister, appeared for the prisoner, and Mr. Holder attended to watch the interest of Mr. Wright, the landlord of the Black Horse public-house, in Walworth-road, through whose instru mentality and information the charge was brought to light. Mr. Wright, being sworn, said that while he was out of town a parcel had been I , ft at his house by the pri soner. The parcel was made up in brown paper, with a note on the outside addressed to Mr. Jack son, and the prisoner said it would be called for. The paper became torn, so that he saw that the parcel con sisted of gloves ; but he had never taken any gLives from it, nor had he ever offered any f or sa l e. Had no suspicion that the gloves haft been stolen until a Ib r t• „. night since, when the prisoner, art, quarrelling w ith him, charged In saying io him Frith having stolen p roperty i n his pss , ! this he di d not mention the parcel of gloves ; but he (Mr. Wright), believing ho meant t h e parcel he had h ft himself, sent for Mr. Inspector H ayes, and gave him up the parcel. The next d ay two persons called at his house, and said they pal called for the parcel that had been left there by M r. Galloway; but he told them they had called too late, as he had given it up to Mr. Haynes. He did not think it necessary to give these persons into custody. And though he had told them lie had given the parcel up to Mr. Inspector Haynes, he had it in his possession at that time. He did not know either of the persons who had called for the parcel. Since the last examination witness had ac companied the officer to Brentford, to serve a summons upon a Mr. Gunning there to appear and giv e ev i dence. Gunning told him that Galloway had actually offered him the gloves for sale before he took them to his (Mr. Wright's) house. Mr. George Gunning was next called, r.nd deposed that he had formerly resided in the Walworth- road, with his brother, and was at present a draper in tligh-street, Brentford, but knew nothing whatever about the gloves in question. When he lived in the Walworth-road he used to frequent the house of Mr. Wright, and was also well acquainted with the prisoner Galloway. Did not tell Mr. Wright that the prisoner had offered him any gloves for sale. Mr. Hobler to Mr. Wright—Was there any person present when thi s p erson ca ll e d as a witness had the conversation with you, and mentioned about the prisoner offering him the gloves for sale? Mr. Wri hptriy my servant was there, and she is now present. g es ' Lydia Goulding then got into the box and . deposed abet on last Friday week she heard Gunning tell her master that Galloway had offered him the parcel of gloves for sale before taking them to his (her master's) house. This was after her master had quarrelled with Mr. Gallowaysalt . 11. W r i ht • 1 g ho was at his father'sat the Black bar Horse, Walworth road, when the prisoner brought a parcel there, and said it would b e ca ll e d f or . The parcel had a brevet; paper covering on, vas tied with a string, and on the outsid e "' was allots addressed to Mr. Jac son. The note The produced was, he had no doubt, the same. note, which was ad ' in the handwriting of the prison here nutted to be prisoner, was read, and was as follows: " June 13. " Pear sir,—The a t last night will look at P! y returned the geois to-morrow, if you think proper to leave them. "Yours respectf lly " J. G. . "To Mr. Thom as - a - Jackson." Mr. Parnell having addressed the magistrate for the defendant, Mr. ELLIOT T said that he f lt it to be his duty to send jury, and the prisoner was fully the case bef ore a e com mitted fo r t r i a l . Upon the to application of counsel Mr. ELLIOTT offered , take large bail f Old Bailey. for the prisoner's appearance at the KIL Massachusetts, LING SIADE _tan- mr. --------- ---------.-- 2 Dixon, of Lynn, movement of a brake, will " ' load, and discharge itself. We learn that a similar re invention is shortly to turns to its first position, to 3 be wound s up be brought out in this city. It worked by machinery, like clock-work. When hat made a Cannon which, by the simple loaded, " it moves off on a rail track to a distance of 300 yards fires fires ten shots, and re improvement is being ' added to the rotary gun which was recently exhibited at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It consists of an engine, similar to a locomotive, mounted on four pair again. Another of wheels. It is made to throw 500 balls in a minute, without the use of gunpowder. It regulates itself, and also moves on a rail track to the distance of a quarter of a mile, fires its load of 2,500 balls in five minutes, mowing down all before it in a quarter of a circle, then reverses its wheels of itself, and returns to be replenished with balls, coal, and water.—Anirrwan Paper. POST -OFFI CE P ATRONAGE.— A poor postman, named Tuthill, residing at Axbridge, in Somersetshire , in his daily perambulations as a letter carrier, goes twenty-two mil es on foot, his route being through Cross, Lower and Upper Warp, B-Cgworth, Stone, and Chapel Allerton, Stought on, Wedmore, Blackford, and Mark, being compelled to return to Cross by half past five o'clock, P.M., winter and summer, and for which laborious service be is NW 12s, a wed. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman Ginns.) William Thomas Poyser, 42, bootmaker, was indicted for a misdemeanour, in obtaining from Mary Wood house the sum of 201. by false pretences. Mr. BALLANTINE, who conducted the prosecution, said that the prosecutor during the life of her husband had lived in a position of great respectability and comfort, but at his death she had nothing but a small annuity to support herself and fire children. It appeared that she entertained an idea that she was entitled to some pro perty as the descendant of a g en tl eman named Stokes, and the prisoner was introduced to her as a person likely to assist her in the recovery of it, and h e h a d, i t ap peared, by artful representations that h e was i n commu nication with a barrister, whom he described as Mr. Fitzgerald Strathern, and that the money and property would all be recovered, induced the prosecutrix not only to give all the money she could raise by other means, but actually to sell the little annuity which was her sole dependence, and she wa s i n consequence reduced almost to a state of destitution. Mrs. Mary Woodhouse deposed that she resided at Nottingham, and was a widow with five children. At her husband's death she was left with an annuity of thirty pounds a year to support herself and family. She had reason to believe that she was entitled to some property at Nottingham that had belonged to a apserisnotnrod ueintroduced named toher a Stokes, e ands being l June,n i 1845, the prisoner w tely to assi s t h er i n making out her claim. From thi s t i me she continually gave him money, and he represented that he w as i n com munication with Mr. Fitzgerald Strathern, a barriste r in Lincoln's Inn-fields, who, he said, was carrying her case through the Court, and he repeatedly showed her letters purporting to be written by that gentleman detailing the progress of the suit. Upon one occasion he stated that the barrister wanted 201. to take the matter into the Court of Chancery, and she gave him that sum. He was continually asking her for money, and on her telling him that she had a difficulty in borrowing it from her friends, the pri soner told her that she had got an annuity and she ought to sell that, and not be beholden to any one for the money that was necessary to recover her fortune. In one of the letters the prisoner showed her, the barrister appeared to give a description of the property, and represented that there were 500,000 d. in the funds, besides estates ; and after this she consented to sell her annuity, and nearly the whole of the proceeds Went into the hands of the prisoner, in order to assist in the prosecution of the pre tended suit. At length, she said, a letter was received from the barrister, in which it was stated that the whole matter was settled, and she would immediately come into possession of her property, but that 50/. were required to expedite the proceedings, and this sum she also gave the prisoner; and it was arranged that they were to go up to London the next day, and have the sum of 490,000/, which was said to be in the funds, transferred to her name,.—(A laugh.) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 27.—8 y the following order, just issued to the commanding officers of the fleet, it appears that naval men are to enjoy an immunity from arrest for debt, which none other of her Majesty's lieges are suffered to felicitate themselves upon. The order is altogether a most extraordinary one, and so general in its application as to include the enf re service, on full pay and half-pay, for officers and men in " actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet" are not exclusively specified, which will certainly lead to the abuse of the privilege, as it will be no difficult matter for an officer on half-pay- to get his friend in commission to put him under temporary arrest the moment the debtor has a suspicion he is being looked out for by his creditor. That the Lords of the Admi ralty should deem suck an order necessary is a cutting reflection upon the honour of naval men generally, which we cannot but think they would rather have been freed from:— " St. Vincent, in Portsmouth Harbour, Oct. 23. " The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty baying acquainted me that their solicito is of opinion that when any officer or seaman i n her Majesty's service is under arrest on board ship, the commanding officer of that ship is justified in not allowing him to be arrested under civil process for debt, and in using as much force as may be necessary to prevent the prisoner from being taken from his custody, the same is hereby made known for the in formation of the commanding officers of her Majesty's ships and vessels. _ " CHARLES OGLE, Admiral. " To the respective Captains, Commanders, &c." The following order, issued yesterday, is to a far more beneficial efixt than the above, and one which has been, very naturally, anxiously looked for since the investiga tion by courts of inquiry and martial into the cause of the death of Edward Redpath in a coal bunker:— " St. Vincent, in Portsmouth Harbour, Oct. 26. " The report of an inquiry into the circumstances at tending the death of a seaman of her Majesty's ship Retribution having brought to the knowledge of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that punishment of confinement in the bunkers (and w hi c h in the above instance has been attended with loss of life) exists on board some of her Majesty's steam-vessels, their Lord ships issue their most possitive orders that on no account shall such punishment be inflicted in the fleet; and their Lordships take this occasion to call the attention of the officers in command of her Majesty's steam-vessels to the necessity of a frequent and careful inspection of the coal bunkers, more particularly when under steam, and if the pressure of carbonic acid gas be detected, that immediate measures be adopted to insure a due ventila tion, and for the introduction of pure air. " CHARLES OGLE, Admiral. "To the respective Captains, Commanders, &c." Shell practice from the Excellent at the Leviathan hulk (74t), moored at 2,400 yards range, was resumed this morning. We gave the practice on Friday week (the first day's fire), which exhibited but a beggarly amount of proficiency in the art of naval gunnery, only one shell out of twenty-two fired having struck the hulk, and that one so feebly as not to explode. This caused the "mysterious" committee alluded to upon the occasion to turn their thoughts to the cause ot such a signal failure, and having put their heads together, they thought :they had found out their philosopher's stone in the shape of a chemical agent, which they fancied would insure success in their missiles. The new agent was accordingly tried to-day. The following is the result :7-- FORENOON PRACTICE. No. 1 fell nowhere. Nos. 2,3, 4, fell very short; close in flight. Nos. 5,6, 7, fell very short. No. 8, I think, hit. No. 9 hit and burst. No. 10 missed. and did not burst. Nos. 11, 12, 13, fell short, and did not burst. No. 14 struck and burst. No. 15 burst in the water, at the head of the Lullr, before striking. Nos. 16 and 17 missed, and did not burst. Total fired, 17; out of which number only two, say three—giving the Excellent the benefit of the doubtful one—struck the hulk. The rest either fell short or missed the hulk and (lid not explode, with the exception of No. 15. We forbear comment. The afternoon practice we shall give, perhaps, tc morrow. Since the above was written the following extraordi nary fact has come to our knowledge. It would appear the ill success attendant upon the first attempt to hit the hulk at so long (?) a range as 2,400 yards has roused the " mysterious" committee to endeavour to accomplish that grand desideratum by other means than the usual ones of firing from the decks of the Excellent. They have, accordingly, adopted the following novel, but not over creditable, " dodge," to accomplish their object:— A dockyard lump has been moored within a few hundred yards of the hulk, on which is mounted one of the shell guns! This vessel, being enabled to choose her distance, oilers an opportunity to those on board in charge of her gun to throw shells on board the hulk occasionally; and, in order that there may be no mistake abut striking the mark, the lump is grounded before the firing commences. - The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, pro gresses slowly in her fittings for sea, owing to the diffi culty in getting men,to enter for her. First Lieutenant llall, I sergeant, I corporal, and 14 gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, and 1 fifer and 11 privates of the Patent Marine Corps, embarked in her for service this morning. Notwithstanding the persevering attempts which have been made to prjudiee this vend in the eyes of naval men and the public, it is asserted by her late master, Mr. Salmond, the oldest and most expe rienced steam-master in the fleet, that there is not a more effi)ient steam-vessel for all purposes in the world; and, certainly, a vessel that will run upwards of 200 miles in any available weather upon 20 tons of coals, and carry her armamentand stores( qually well in a comfortable and servic able state, cannot be so valueless as to be fit only for a coal depot, as has been stated. Her having been beaten in a trial of speed on the coast of Africa by a French vessel of inferior horse power, was made to ap pear at the time more discreditable than the facts (which are in our possession) really were. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, is fitting in the basin with much dispatch. She has topmasts lidded, has tried all her spare spars, and will cross lower yards to-morrow. She was only commissioned this day week, without even a cross tree over her lower mast-head- She has only about 100 working men; but it will be pereived l!sy the progress made that they, as well as their officers, are all of the right sort. We regret to state that Captain Lushington is very unwell. 'The Dauntless, steam-frigate, built after the design of Mr. John Fincham, the talented master-shipwright of this dock, is cradled, and nearly ready for launching. The paper=, however, which have announced her pro bable deut on or about the 9th proximo are in error, as the tides will then be neaped. If she is not launched by the sth she must wait until the 19th. The Naiad coal depot was masted yesterday. The Mercury tender returned from Sheerness lat night at sunset. The Cyclops st eam -f r i gate, C aptain W. F. Lapidge, arrived yesterday morning from Southampton, whither she had towed the upon. !The Netley tender sailed for Plymouth on Sunday evening. ,The Sylvia tender, Lieut. Warren, was docked on Sa tnrday, and unlocked yesterday. : The Goodwill lighter arrived yesterday with stores from Plymouth. The Avenger, steam- frigate Captain Williams, is ordered to discharge her provisions, but to retain her stores and coals, and to be victualled ad intrint on the Rag- ship.— Times. TILE GREAT BRITAIN. (From the BelAst Norihern TVhig of Saturday.) We are enabled by the kindness of Mr. Gabriel, R.N., to give th e annexed account of the state of the Great Bruairi up till noon yesterday. The writer, as the public are aware, is the gentleman who carried off the Gorgon steam-frigate, when she got high ashore. In a former letter tou she expressed his confidence in being able to do the same by the Great Britain, if the oppor tunity of doi ng so were afforded to him; and ho now reiterates his conviction, stating that two or three weeks would serve for that purpose. The following is his letter : "TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN WHIG : " Dundrum, Thursday Evening. "Sir,—This ill-fated steam-ship, Great Britain, has had some very severe weather to contend with during the last three days. Yesterday it blew a strong gale, veering from W. to S., accompanied with heavy h her w rain. At high water, it app ears , t h e s hi p t was struck three or four heavy seas , w hi c h h ave moved stern from ten to fifteen feet further in shore, and lifted her over the rock which was under her starboard bilge. She has suffered no damage further than a large dint or bilge on her larboard side. No other vessel in the world could have stood this weather but herself. She is still perfectly upright, and reflects the highest credit for her stability on her constructors. It is very plain that withal she cannot stand through the winter, subject to the heavy gales that attend the spring tides on this coast at that season of the year. It is proposed to erect a floating breakwater astern of her. This cer tainly may tend to her security, but I fear the holding ground is not to be trusted. " I still persist in saying that if I meet with due sup port from the directors this noble vessel can be saved; and, in my opinion, the longer she remains upon the sands the greater the doubt will be with respect to her salvation. It is quite evident she must have floated abaft, or she could never have been hove over the bank of sand that had accumulated on her lee or starboard side. Her stores that were landed last week, are, with the exception of the bond e d s t ores, all embarked for Liverpool. There have been in many of the London journals, and other periodicals, several anim a d vers i ons passed upon the Great Britain's having been placed as she is, tending, in no slight degree, to raise public excitement. It is well for those parties who pass their anonymous opinions upon such an occasion that they can do so with out seeing blue water, or leaving their firesides. The captain of the Great Britain is a well-known seaman and navigator. It therefore reflects but little credit upon any parties (ignorant as they are of the particulars of the case) making any allusion upon that officer's conduct. "In conclusion, I beg to state, through your valuable journal, that lam fully prepared, if supported by those interested, to place the Great Britain once more afloat, and that within a space of from One to twenty-one days. Friday, Noon. " During the wh o l e o f yesterday it" blew a fresh gale from the N.N.W., accompanied with heavy showers of rain. The Great Britain retains the same position she took on Wednesday's tide, and in which sho will remain until the next springs, unlei:, some exertions are made for her,rescue. It is the general opinion here that she will never be .moved off her present bed ; but as I can find no person of sufficient knowledge to convince me of the correctness of such opinio n , >< re ma g ig firm WORKS by ROBERT J. 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Her acv"_ ,, Tlyo will probably be of much political importanee• ho iv ' Mexicans at the city of Monterey appear somew", ifr clined to dispute with the American forces the ve r e i the different progress they have beets making d e i r ' n "colar early part of September towards that place. tier es o f inercial accounts, in which so many conflicting 11° ,P as ott corn and cotton are bound up, will possess much i n ' —Liverpool A lbion. 0 DEAT H ' S D OINGS AMONG THE OFFICERS iOrt.. fOCENTRAL CRIMINAL C O U RT . During the i tis ftf illif weeks th ere h as been a very extr aordi nary Dr' jos" among the subordinate officers connected with tat, tice House, Old B a il ey. In the early part of kt"-notil month died M r . M oore and Mr. Brand, hetu-loag years doork eepers i n the New Court, and no t sits before them Johnson and Jerry Herbert, who had o sai r tar situ a ti ons i n the Old Court. The latter was doer years well k nown as a respectable City police 0 during th e o ld regime. 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I n t h e early part of last month, N l 4 C ori many years a common council-man, but lately t a sod' poration housekeeper at the Sessions House, til e dcnly. 5 0. 4 1: HUNGERFORD S USPENSION -BRIDGE AND • BOAT PIER.—The long pending dispute betwee n ford, directors of the Ch ar i ng -cross Bridge and 11°11g„-stlal*' 'r Market Comp an i es i s at length brought to a terw te d and the public w ill , after Monday next, be peral;. t i o o f land and emb ar k f rom steam-boats by the lae ul Rea P the Suspen s i on -b r i dge, instead of clambering over c barges. 0 111 (ADVERTISEMENT,' D —DEAFN ESS AND —Er VISION RELIEVED, N o . 3 9 , ALBERMARLE-STREET, e yep 0- , 1 —Sent into the country free, by post.—Newly in Rile acoustic tubes, for relief of extreme deafness, - s erl' d e inserted n th e ear =net be perceiv e d b y the near est they are entirely different from all others, and are the 5n1a 116 101 , ,,i, lug instruments constructed—measuring only a quarter of ; n o 1.1 0 Z,.. their widest part; they may be securely adjusted in the 1 0 - e t served. an removed therefro:n with as great case and fac"i',or 0 4 1/ sons are enabled to join in general conversation, and to Sot s considered, in a place of worship, &c., and what should Pr considered, a natural expansion of the cavity of the ear is P. is Y? —a thickenin g or contraction of which in many instances O l e„, tially the cause of deaffiess—and by their use the unpin is o ;; t : gallon of singin g noises in the ears is entirely obviated. , ate ly proved hearing trumpets of every description. 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CADVERTISEMENT.]—A M OST S INGU LAR seert, 6 fe f BEETLE BY THE USE OF HOLLOWAY'S Gcorg - acr illg o ot clerk, residing at Charlton, near Woolwich, had been ' l ' d s to o l,ol nearly thirty years with bad digestion and the liver IT 18, 1 , complaints, besides having a great difficulty down by these complicated disorders, he became so we!' ; l' 0 1 0•5 Mated that he expected it would terminate in consumP t %ctin° the were the remedies he tried, and numerous the medical 1! 0, ,,, by of in breathl ic M o d whom he eonsalted, but all in vain ; yet wondernil to ref oco ing soit t sole use of Holloway's Pills, he is now enjoying the ears, 944, health, which he had been deprived of for nearly thirty c ot, by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establis h Strand, London. SC S ' BIRTHS. Mid dle On the 25th in s t., a t th e Rectory, Harlington, it' the lady of the R ev . W. C. B er k e l ey, o f a son- Capt a in On the 26th i ns t., i n Chester-square, the wife of Vernon, Coldstream Guards, of a son. la st' On the 26th i ns t., at Westbourne-terrace, FlY de l lit f dens, the wife o f Ch ar l es L ya ll , E sq., of a son. riolfe°'° On the 26th inst., at Tulse-hill, Surrey, 31113 1 ....... .,-- a son. Of MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at Bridport, b 3 • the Rev. T. Wslis her ' Salem Chapel, M r . J o h n Cox Williams, to Miss LY d i a o ll aPti lill Swaine, of Downe-street, Bridport, daughter m f d Swaine. On the 22d inst., at Limerick, Captain Thoma s Knox, 85th King's Light Infantry, to Lucy Dia na N a n u er ici ' third daughter of the Venerable the Archdeacon of Knightsbru r s, to On the ` 2 . 6 thPaul's Church, John Edward Harinton, Bart of I Coldstream for •, t / • Jane Agnes, youngest daughter of J. S. BrOtraigy, Boston. Et 1011.1515: --- diza' r I,call DIED On the 23d inst., a t Cranwich;Norfolk, Joanna the wife of the Rev. Vincent E. Eyre On the 25th inst., Mrs. Marg , areCWylie, On the 23d inst., at Chatham Captain Charles Miller-. ^ W e Charles G. Wylie, aged 51. Esq. • Afurdoch, willies On the 25th inst., In Portland place, T. On the 26th first., at Norwood,. 3 'or E aj dward P. late Royal Staff C urps. relict of Millet-.e 1/ 5 o o Lorton: Printed and P u bli shed by 3.117RD0 „T ‘ T . t io rr Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. in. St ran w cll 4os l4o of the Savoy, itt tilt county or mtddiew, ea Dor 28, 1846. -