The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-12 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a monthly return of the situation of the Bank of France up to April 8 : LIABILITIES. Capital ... ..• ... ..• ... f. 91,250,000 0 Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 12,980,750 14 Reserve-immobilie re ... ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 501,299,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ••• ... 133,805,025 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ••• ... 5,970,449 19 Bills payable at sight ... ••• ... 16,418,404 0 Account-current with Treasury creditor 73,203,062 87 Various accounts current ... ... 173,159,061 30 Ditto in branches ••• ... ~. 26,093,746 C Dividends payable ••• • • ••• 370,622 2 5 Di s counts, interest , and expenses ... 2,234,270 69 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 408,881 0 I n t e rest on protested bills ..• •-- 508,019 67 Mi s cellaneous .„ ... ... ... 552,404 0 E 1,042,253,696 11 ... f. 482,947,508 49 ... 118,490,570 0 128,464 94 ASSETS• Cash in hand Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• Bills discounted, but not yet du!, of which 17,737,139 E. Oc. were received from the Branch Banks ..• ... 45,128,472 30 Bills in the branc h banks 74,384,454 0 Advances on coins and ingots... 490,300 0 Ditto by the branch banks 2,879,666 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 89,983,536 10 Ditto by branch banks._ ... 4,038,267 0 Ditto on railway shares and bonds ... 4,215,500 0 Ditto by branch banks 327,200 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th June, 1848 ... ... 75,000,000 0 Advanced to the City of Paris on the Previsional Loan of 50,000,000 f. ••• 20,000,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 55,591,766 37 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0 Real property of the branch banks ... 3,416,771 0 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 299,000 0 Expenses of administration of the Bank and Branches Miscellaneous ••• 717,184 95 215,034 76 f. 1,042,253,696 11 Certified by the Governor of the Bank, D'ARGOUT. It appears from the preceding account that the cash i n hand has increased since the last account, published March 5, by 10,500,000 f. The commercial bills dis counted have increased by 12,500,000 f. The cash ad ♦anced on deposit of French securities has increased from 17,000,000 f. to 94,000,000 f. The Bank notes in circula tion have increased by 76,000,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has decreased by 27,000,000 f. The sundry credits have increased by 74,500,000 f. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) _ The commander of the Janus, Commander Powell, has been permitted to accept the Spanish order of K.C. of Charles the Third, and the officer second in command an inferior grade of the same order, for their conduct against the pirates on the Riff coast. By the decease of Lieutenant-General Sir James Harvey, K.C.8., the Colonelcy of the 59th Regiment has become vacant, as also the appointment of Lieu tenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. _ _ STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut.-Colonel Clarke, late 23 Dragoons, is to be Assistant Quartermaster- General of the Dublin district. Lieutenant-Colonel French to be Assistant-Adjutant-General, and Major Paget Assistant-Quartermaster-General, of the Cork district. Lieutenant. Colonel Forster is to be Assistant- Adjutant-General at Edinburgh. Lieutenant-Colonel Brooke Taylor, Assistant-Adjutant-General, and Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, to be Assistant-Quarter master-General, at Manchester. STAFF IN 111E1.x:cp.—Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Brough, Assistant Adjutant-General at Belfast, has assumed the command of the district during the ab sence of Major-General Thomas, C. 8., on leave. Colonel J. L. Pennefather, C. 8., Deputy Quarter master-General to the forces, serving in Ireland, has taken the command of the Cork district during the absence of Major-General Mansel, K.H., on leave. Major-General Cochrane assumed the command of the garrison of Dublin, and Dublin district, on the Ist of the present month. Major-General M'Donald baying received leave of absence, the command of the Kilkenny district has devolved upon Colonel Johnson, Acting Assistant Quartermaster-General, the next senior officer. RECRUITING DISTRICTS. — The following is the per manent arrangement for the Inspecting Field Officer of Recruiting Districts :—London—Colonel Bush, K.H. Liverpool—Lieutenant-Colonel Davis. York —Lieutenant-Colonel Magenis. Bristol—Lieute nant Colonel Patton. Glasgow Colonel Slade. Newry—Lieutenant-Colonel Adair. SOUTH WALES DISTRICT.—CoIoneI Barnard, As sistant-Adjutant-General of the Northern District, is to succeed Major-General Love in the command of the South Wales District. Lieutenant Barnard, Grenadier Guards, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to his father. ROYAL ARTILLERY RETIREMENT.—The following officers have been permitted to retire upon half-pay : —Lieutenant Colonels M. Louis, J. H. Wood, F. A. Lethbridge, and H. Stow. LIMERICK DISTRICT.—Major-General Fleming, C. 8., has been appointed to the command of the Limerick district, in succession to Major-General Napier, C.B , removed to Eriinburgh, on the resigna tion of Major-General Shaw Kennedy. Captain Fleming, 63i Regiment, is to be Aide-de-Camp to his father. Lieutenant• Colonel Douglas, unattached, son of Sir Howard Douglas, is to succeed Lieutenant- Colonel Doyle as Assistant Adjutant-General to the Limerick district. THE PRESEUVATION OF THE EXHI. BITION BUILDING. The following is a copy of a letter addressed by Mr Oliveira to Sir Joseph Paxton, on the subject of the revenue which could be derived from the building if appropriated to the plan proposed :- 8, Upper Hyde Park-street, London, April 5. My dear Sir,—As one of the objections to the perma nent establishment of the Crystal Palace, as a place of reined amusement, recreation, and intellectual culture to all classes, is the great cost of maintaining it, I beg to give you somewhat more in detail, and with slight addit ions, the items of an estimated annual revenue, which I a dd ressed to you as lone ago as last July, when I .etormed those opinions which I have since had the pleasuretilarture of participating with you of the gr ea t p ublic u i y to which this splendid creation of yours mig h t be devoted. Assuming that toe tenor would be general arrangements of the in tains, plantsarge conservatory, with walks , foun , and shrubs, that would live tem perature; collection in a low architectural models, designs mineralogy, botany, geology, and instruct all classes of various kinds to interest added schools of dei,,! of visitors; to which might be inventions and mechanical imp r ovements , rooms, collections of artizans, • Loprovernents by ingenious I am of opinion that the f,ll wing schedule represents by no means an exaggerated might be derived from the Crystal of the sum which ESTIMATE OF REV &l ace annually If the outer division of the parallelogramtl was devoted to equestrians, having; light railing dividing it from the rest - the building, I propose that all parties having having the privilege of riding ther should pay one guinea annually, there that there may be 800 subscribers '. aa All persons desirous of having the entree ° to the rest of the building every day in the year (Sunday included) should have tickets of admission at 1/. ls. A re gister to be kept of their names and re sidences; and the general board of management to determine as to their eligibility. I expect from this source 10,000 subscribers, representing Note —Viewing the success of the Hor ticultural, Botanical, and Zoological So cieties, where, to become a member, it is necessary to be proposed, seconded, bal loted for, and pay a large entrance fee, I think the foregoing item (divested of those formalities) is not over-estimated. I propose that Monday and Tuesday in each week be devoted to the working classes, who shall visit the whole of the building on payment of 3d. e ich. I estimate 5,000 daily 6,500 0 0 Wednesday and Thursday should Sc de voted to visitors at 6d. each. I esti mate on each of these days 5,000 Friday, le., say 5,000 13,000 0 0 b'aturday 6d. each, on which day there might bo musical entertainments, or other attractions calculated for the upper classes, 5,000 each day 32,500 0 0 £76,340 0 0 Other sources of profit might be available stints, say annually For placing statuary or works of art, 1,000 objects, at 1 ,, . each per week._ 2,600 0 0 £79,940 0 0 The foregoing estimate may be considered rough and inaccarat e , but it may lea d to the question being mi inelY investigated, and broug ht to practical working, if wh". ar e _ fortunate enough to p reacrve the building from wiruetion that awaits it. j o r ," l ' %i e, my dear Sir, yo urs very truly, eph „ton. BEN/fAMIN OLIYEIRA. MYSTEMOUSt) ICEMAN.—On Frida ferent metropolitan IS !k . PPEARANCE OF A YOUNG GEN - L'aiortuation was forwarded to the dif- Allied to a noble family, stations, that a young gentleman, hall, had disappearedanrrirdent in the vicinity of White strong suipicion that he hase circumstanced that lead to a wen t. He, was last seen eh otlt r with some unfair treat of Thursqay, the Ist in t. u t r k o'clock in the afternoon N e wington, when he said he was v ",, , , , Pdephant and Castle, one every exertion, 8 7 ra i n tipeme to dinner, and one hundred pounds, no clue can be oht:inir of a reward of hospital or other place where, from th e es. ' of him. Every dent or sudden illness, he might have h ee P :Mility of acci- He is described as about i c ,:T , has been Searched in vain plaid black Oxo3ian coat, and gre y rlrs wearing A ahepherd's OM bcina tl2~►rl' l:• 41 . . - t orwtre i his RACING FIXT Newmarket Craven l2 Stretford l2 Newcastle Spring l2 Abergavenny Hob .... ............ 011erton Chester Spring Tayistock Newmarket S. S. Shrewsbury l2 Plymouth Spring Lenham Manchester ... Southwell Ascot . Beverley Lamberton Hampton l6 Newton Salisbury Newmarket 6 Worcester Lancaster Liverpool AUG' North Staffordshire Brighton Edgware Great Yarmouth lO Reading SEPT: Warwick 7 Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l Bedford Chester Royal Caledonian Hunt and Edinburgh Club Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham Newmarket S. 0. Holywell Hunt Richmond Newmarket Houghton 25 NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn 2 IRISH RACES TO COME APRIL. Curragh 9O MAY. Kilcock JUNE. Curragh 22 I Monkstown J [I'LL Heath 5 I Bellewstown AUGUST. Down Royal Corp 3 Tnam Phoenix Park lO Ballinrobe. Roscommon SEPTEMBER. Carragh 7 I Johnstown 2l Limerick OCTOBER. Carragh l2 1 Carlow Down Royal,Corp 2O 1 VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. The following is extracted from a private letter with which we have been favoured:— " Vancouver, Feb. 9, 1852. " Sir,—l hope ere this reaches you that your health may be much better than it was at Victoria. Since I last wrote the Una has returned from Queen Charlotte's Island, and been wrecked at Neagh Bay, near Cape Flattery. Dr. Kennedy and family came down in her. When she was wind bound at Neagh the doctor took a canoe to Victoria, leaving his family on board. It came on to blow, and although the Una had two anchors down she went ashore, and the crew were stripped and otherwise maltreated by Jack's followers. Mrs. Kennedy was stripped naked, but Jack's wife took pity on her and supplied her with clothing. Jack himself, I believe, endeavoured to prevent his men doing mischief ; however he was overruled. Fortunately there was an American schooner at anchor in the road at the time, so that most of the cargo was saved, as also about 81b. of gold (which was all that was got, as they only got three blasts, and the Indians rushed in and got the most of it. They were glad to get on board again). The schooner took them to Victoria. The Indians set the Una on fire. " Mr. D. has bought the Orbit for 2,500 dollars. " A steamer called the Warren was lost last week at the mouth of the river. Forty-two people lost their lives, and the cargo, valued at 60,000 dollars, and mostly owned in Portland, was all lost. It is a heavy blow to the territory. " Mr. Ballenden , Mr. C.'s successor, is much liked here. He has been very ill, but is now recovering. They have been very gay at Victoria :during Christ mas, and have bad several balls. " Dr. Tolmie has been over here. The Mary Dare and a steamer have been released ; the company gave bond for the former ; the latter was illegally seized. Good grounds of action are said to lie against the collector. v " There is now a great excitement here about Queen Charlotte's Island. Some of the Una's crew have brought such favourable reports I expect another experiment will shortly start. " N o news as yet of the schooner Earnst, which left for Queen Charlotte's in November. The Geor gianns, as you will have heard, was wrecked, and an expedition, under charge of Derwent, went to rescue the crew. They called at Victoria. Derwent had strict orders to allow no one to land. We had another murder and a rape committed here on Saturday last. Two soldiers are committed for trial. An Indian was murdered defending his, daughter. I will write you an account of the trial, which will take place in April. " No more news of Captain Grant since he left the Umqua." A WARM RECEPTION. A woman residing at NorthOwersby was recently summoned to appear at the Rasen justice-room, to an swer a charge of assault preferred against her by the rate-collector of that place. It appears that some time ago the woman in question had a son convicted of poach ing upon the lands of the complainant, for which be was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. The remem brance of this casualty was at all times a sufficient in centive to her anger, without the further provocation of a rats application. One day last week the rate-collector met with one of her sons, of whom be solicited the amount of rate due; bat the young man, after stating that he had no money, advised him to apply to his mothr, and she would doubtless pay him. He accord ingly did so, and on his pony rode up to the front door of the domicile, where he was met by the fair proprietor with a sweeping brush, with which, on stating his errand, she aimed a terrific blow at his head; fortunately for him it did not reach its destination, but descended on the pony, which, smarting from the blow, began to rear up and retreat. The woman con tinued the charge with unabated fury, the poor fellow dodging his heal from side to bide to avoid the succession of blows which were mercilessly inflicted upon him. In this manner, having lost com mand of his horse, they continued backing across the garden until they arrived at a wide ditch, knee-deep in stagnant water and filth, over the brink of which the hind legs of the animal slipped, and the luckless rider was quickly deposited in the mire; over her fallen enemy the outraged woman here wrought with batter efifact, inasmuch that after a few " decided hits," the vanquished and mud-soaked collector begged for mercy, in eonsideration of which he declared he would forgive her the amount of the rate. The woman's defence was that she expected that he was going to ride into the house on horseback, and that, on endeavouring to drive the p on y back, she perceived that its hoofs were destro y .. jag the whole of her herbs, from which she concocted a affair the whole sp i e i c v ie i s of medicine, and by its sale she partially obtains ish--°'"°d; this circumstance so exasperated her that ° c ommitted the assault. During the recital of the ter. the h was fined 14s. 6d.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. of thecourt was convulsed with laugh. S. ce SEABORNE Mint'h_. G on erei Poet-ofa by [IT %ignites thltt the malls are sent fr°— the night—e.nd by the morning-418Pateh PLACZEi. When made pin i From what I G eneraipo s i of a ce, port die ondon: patched. When due. America (by Brit. pkt.)l Aril America (byl:T.S.pkt.) A p p ra se • . Liverpool .• America (by IJ.S. Ott.) I , ••• • Live • • Africa (West coast).. Nlusth •• ilouthattirpool pt. Alexandria* ........ 14119th • ra°4 fa IPlYmonth Brazil Belgium .. N D ail ; o '. of tas.,Bover .. • 3119th of th e „• I:sover • Buenos Ayres 31•9 th of th e 7,;(1,1 southampt: California(viaCliagret)M:2d&l7ther-Mth'", Cape of Good Hope liil4th of month Constantinople* .... Channel Ce 11 , 7 th 17th27thefaio': ntral Ame Amer .. 2,1,3 d & 17th of men. 'I • IT Mon., Wed., St Fri. Chin •••• • • . lit,l7th of the month France • • •• M ihN,Tvrice daily .. Greece' • • • • Ni7th 17th 27th of mo Hamburgh •• N,Tuesday & Friday Holland • • • • • • M'Wednes. & Satur. Honduras • • •• • N7th of the monthl Ireland • • •• M &N,T l wice daily .. India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month' /Adie (via Marseilles) IfTithec, 24th efmonth Mediterranean (via Southsurnton) •• M 20th of the month Mediten anean (via ... arse ni cs ) N 8 th& 24th of month Mexico M Id of the month.. Madeira• • • • .. 9th of the month ° 17th,17th,19t1a,27th Malta• • •• j &30th of month Naples* •• •• •• Nisth 15 th25thofme 1 5th 15th 25th ef me • Mi7th 17th 27th e f mo r p e a n p i a ns l st ui a ar te . s . * 14 Peru • • • • • • • • M 17th of the mo n th • NlSthlsth2sthofm o M 17th of the mouth . West Indies (except ScNassau) M 2d of the month T w u es s ctany Indies* . . . • . Havaana ranch packet via Marseilles. The mails to those a ountries thus in April 13 April 15 April 9 May 3 April 18 Daily _ _ (April 16 April 16 April 20 stay I April 20 April 20 Tn. TwiAPril 2. ced i si v rPril2o — • Ta ta . sa . Stei t .v,•• 4P ur (API % 21 . ' 7 April 16 iTg o a t lr : Dover ,Bonthartp.t. ' m 94u tk ato t ,,.. Dever London London SontharapV 11 . n _ 01 3 , h . ead.. !DOver,oontharapt. i S °uthwuPt. !Dover ..I Isoathampt. Sonthampt. IDover Dover Dover .. Sonthampt. Southampt. Dover .. ISonthampt. lAPril 21 !April 1 6 May 5 April 16 April lit April 12 April 12 (April 16 April 20 !April 12 April 20 ISontharapt. May 5 Iced (') are convoyed by A letter from Breslaw, in the Prussian Gazette, states that on the Ist of April the mountain of Zobt was o b s erved to be enveloped in a thick smoke. while a rumbling no i s e, like that of distant thunder , was heard. When c e s moke had cleared away, it was discovered that the chapel which being built on the summit of the mountain e had disappeared, having been swallowed up in an abyss. No further details, nor any account of the number of victims, are given. THE CONSOLIDATED FUND.—The only Act of Parliament passed in the present session (Victoria, 15th, chap. 1) is to apply the sum of 8,000,0001. out of the =soli. dated fund to the gerylco of the preaut year. LONDON, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice TILLYOURD.) FORGERY.—Charles Clifford, aged 45, described as a labourer, was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged receipt for the sum of 60/., with intent to defraud George Holgate Foster, and others. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner defended himself. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, up to 1850, had been in the habit of banking with the London Joint Stock Bank, but at the commencement of that year the balance standing in his favour was only ss. sd. Nevertheless a cheque which he sent in for 121. was duly honoured, and he afterwards sent in another which was stopped. The prisoner then sent in his pass-book to be examined with his aceount, and it was discovered by the bank authorities that an entry of 601. appeared in the pass-book, but there was no corresponding entry in the ledger of the bank, which circumstance led to the ap prehension of the prisoner on the present charge, as the entry of the 601. was not in the handwriting of any clerk attached to the bank. The prisoner had no settled residence or occupation, but had some indirect connexion with the Stock Exchange, and generally gave his address as at the Hall of Commerce, or Garraway's Coffee-house; bat last month his wife called at the bank, with a cheque, and she was asked where she got it from. She at once de clared that her husband gave it her, and she was then asked where he lived, but she refused to say, and she was detained while an officer went in search of him. He was found waiting in the neighbourhood, and he was immediately told that his pass-book, which had been sent in a few days previously, contained a forged entry for 601., which purported to have been paid into the bank towards the close of 1850, since which time the prisoner's account had been balanced. He denied that it was a forgery, but his denial was not satisfactory; and he was, therefore, given into the custody of the police. On being called upon for his defence, The prisoner denied the accuracy of the charge, and solemnly declared to God that he paid 601. into the bank either on the 30th Sept. or the Ist of Oct. He further said that if proper inquiries had been instituted no doubt the fabrication of the entry would have been traced to some of the employ .es in the Bank. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury found a verdict of Guilty, but strongly re commended him to mercy on account of his poverty. He was sentenced to transportation for seven years. Arnold Garber, William Wagner, and Philip Kessler were placed at the bar to receive judgment. These prisoners were convicted at the F e b ruar y ses sion, principally upon the evidence of an accomplice, named Solomon Krehcour, of endeavouring to pass a forged cheque at the London and Westminster Bank. Sentence upon them was respited in the expectation that they might make some disclosures with regard to an alleged system of forgery of which the bankers of this country and the continent were the intended victims. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prosecution, said that the prisoners had made no such disclosures, and he therefore prayed the judgment of the Court. The Learned JUDGE said he was directed by Mr. Justice Williams, who tried the case, to order them to be transported for ten years. dreTsh se e d p t r h is e on c e n r a G rt er i b n er a , n as ea la c e ita w d a m s that he was innocent, and that t h e charge had been a l e n a n v e i r n g a t n h d e ba r declared a d trumped up against him by the witness referred to, in order that he might himself get out of trouble. wilful and Jackson pleade d g uilt y to a charge of and corrupt perjury. Mr. CLARKSON, who was instructed for the prosecu tion, said that this cha r g e bad been preferred by the ne rs of Inland Revenue, in consequence of evidence given by the prisoner in favour of certain par tiesCommissio charged with w orkin g an illicit still. There was no facts which he kn ew to be false; but appeared doubt that the prisoner had u p on oath deposed to cer tainit that he was very young, and that he was to some extent under the influence of other parties, and possibly, under these circumstances , the Court would be i ncl ined to take a lenient view of the case. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for nine months. Isaac Cooper, 24, fisherman; Thomas Knott,,3o, fisher man; and Richard Palmer, 27, fisherman, were indicted for piratically taking possession of a fish ing-vessel upon Jurisdiction of the Admiralty tohfeEhnigglhansde w ithin the . as, In another count the prisoners Were charged with the offence of simple larceny in stealing the same vesseL Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prosecution, said that this indictment was framed under the statute of the 11th and 12th William the Third, which enacted " that if any person having the charge of a British vessel, and being a British subject, should unlawfully take possession of such a vessel it should be deemed an act of piracy," and subjected the party convicted of the offence to a certain punishment prescribed by the Act of Parliament. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the facts of the case, and it appeared that the vessel in question was named the Experiment, and she had formerly been a revenue cutter, but had been purchased by a gentleman named Howard, who was the owner of a number of fishing vessels, to be emplsyed for the same purpose at Great Grimsby. She sailed from that place on a fishing voyage on the 4th of January, and at that time the prisoner Cooper acted as master, and there were also on board a man named Denny, who was the mate, and a seaman named Smales, and two boys. The ordinary course of proceeding on such occasions was for the vessel to remain at sea fishing three or four days, and then to return to the port with the fish that was taken, which was then sent up to London. It appeared that instead of doing this the prisoner Cooper, in the first instance, after they had obtained a quantity of fish, proceeded to Scar borough, where he sold the fish, and then wrote a letter to the agent at Grimsby, stating that the vessel was in a bad state, and required repairs, and he requested that some money should •be sent to him for that purpose. The agent, in consequence of this, dispatched a person to Scarborough, under whose directions some repairs were done to the vessel, and she proceeded to sea again, and the prisoner Cooper continued fishing until they had got a cargo, when, instead of returning to Grimsby, as it was his duty to have done, he sailed to Sunder land, where he sold the fish that had been caught, and also some . of the tackle bel ong i ng t o the vessel. He thed proposed to Smales and Denny that they sbould go across to Holland, and get a freight and' smuggle it home; but they both refused to have anything to do with such a proceeding. While they were at Sunder land, the prisoner Palmer, who went by the name of " Dover Dick," came on b oar d, an d he also pressed them to jo i n in the smuggling trip, and said that he had fre quently been across before. They still, however, re fused to join them, a n d S m ai e s proceeded immediately to Grimsby and stated what had occurred. At length it appeared the three prisoners took the vessel away from Sunderland, and after fishing about the coast a short time, they sailed across the Channel, to a port called New Dieppe, on the Dutch coast, and upon their arrival they sold all the fish they had taken for a bottle of gin and somo tobacco, and very shortly afterwards they sold a large quantity of chain cable, three anchors, a compass, and other articles belonging to the vessel, and, in fact, almost dismantled her. The affair subsequently came to the knowledge of the British consul, who ordered the prisoners into custody, and they were soon afterwards brought over to England with the vessel to answer the present charge. The prisoners said nothing in their defence. The jury acquitted Knott, who appeared to have merely obeyed the orders he received, and found the other two prisoners guilty. Mr. Justice TALFOURD observed that the offence of which the prisoners had been convicted was a very seri ous one, and he sentenced Cooper to be transported for ten, and the others for seven years. The Learned Judge at the same time observed that the man Smales appeared to have acted very well in the matter, and that his con duct deserved some consideration at the hands of the prosecutor. Mr. Howard said it was his intention to make him a present for the very proper manner in which he had acted. FOURTH COURT. (Before RUSSELL GURNEY, Esq., Q.C.) In the course of the afternoon a jury were em panelled in the grand jury-room. George Shirley, 16, poulterer, was indicted for killing and slaying Ann Shirley. Mr. Platt prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended. It appeared that the prisoner and his father reside in Vincent-court, 'Westminster, and the woman co habited with his father. The prisoner had always been very kind to her, contributing to her support. She was a woman of most drunken and abusive habits. On the sth of March the prisoner came home while she was cutting some bread, and she imme diately began to abuse him, taxing him with having stolen a penny, which he denied, and was much frightened at her violence. She continued for some time to abuse him, and at last threw the knife at him, which fortunately fell at his feet. She then struck at him, until at last ho seized the poker and struck her a blow on the side of the head, but not a very severe one. She, becoming ill, was taken to the West minster Hospital, where she died the next night. The surgeon who attended her and made a post mortem examination of the body, said he never saw a body so fearfully diseased, and it seemed difficult for him to explain the exact cause of death. Several witnesses gave the boy an excellent ohs ratter for kindness and humanity. The jury Acquitted him. etabbi ri iel , R linen Billington, 28, labourer, was indicted for „, r. W. Sweeny, with intent to kill her. T he r Cooper prosecuted. h ,a,an : di t ts h 12 : 0 . 3 1 e r c i s u h t ri x and prisoner (who from his savage th a l nie Z . , likeness to the murderer Good goes by with ,an u a t ra la el r c i o sh ba w b o i m te a d n t , og i a n the a r, s l l o e d e g p i i n Ti h n ou a i r e oo i m n beenerssta.: b l eeiainnd she 22d of mare, Rosemary-lane. On the night of the .Ider 1" thE7 came home, and were quarrelling, three th p e la n ce f a o . un s d h t e ha w t a t woman was awoke by the cries of hospital, where and close in the region found to be two inches deep, vers ad the abdomen regi°ll s he ta w ke o n ma t n o bad the of the kidneys ; another tra life had been save e : l l l arid it was a miracle that her Tbe poor creature, injury to her ; be prevailed upon. w h o seemed very ill, could not was in the room via , e evide nce of the woman w ho Jale jury found nitlllite conclusive. but d t he Court to say who did the til Guilty. MOND/CY Mr. GURNEY told him it was a very brutal case; and if the woman had died he would have had to answer the offence with his life. He was sentenced to two years, and hard labour. This ended the business of the session, and the courts stands adjourned until Monday, May 10. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER. ATTEMPTED MIIRDER.—FeIix M` Gee, a furniture broker, who has been in custody since the 12th ult., charged with feloniously shooting Michael Collins, with intent to murder him, under went a lengthened examination. The unfortunate victim of the prisoner's deliberate attack has been ever since an inmate of the West in consequence of the severity of thes t 'West minster r i Hospital,jf received, b u t littl e ex p ec tati o n He was, h owever , sufficiently m existed i n oninjuries e iar e he c owhere,vhadery . convalescent on Saturday to attend at this court, a circumstance at which Mr. Broderip, the presiding m agistrate, expressed his gratification, admitting that, from the perilous position th e un f or t una t e suf ferer bad been in at one ti me , h e had hardly expected to have seen him. for r others holdingn Michael Collins said that he resided at Buckingham Rochester-row, • the meetings of the a a nd progressivewas o which had been taken in York-street, Westminster. Although the key of the place had been handed to the treasurer of the society for the body, prisoner set up a claim to prisoner p r e mis e a s t' be considered the landlord, objected to a piece called Sir ciety, Cottages, John Barleycorn, showing the folly of people drinking, being acted, was frequently called to order at the meetings, and made himself very offensive. At about half-past seven on the even i ng of the 12th prosecutor found that prisoner had taken possession of the pre mises, and refused t o l et his brother members in ; upon which he (Collin s ) partially broke the door in with a piece of quartering, The prisoner was stand ing with a pistol in one hand and a drawn sabre in the other, and they repeatedly asked him to come out, but he refused, and swore he would shoot the first man who crossed the threshold of the door. He then struck at prosecutor with the sabre, declaring that unless he removed his arm, which was resting on the half-shattered door, he would cut it off; but prose cutor removed . and a vo id ed the b low. Prisoner re peated agai n and again that whoever entered should pay for his temerity With his life, and prosecutor then told him that he had no more business in the pre mises than the rest of t h e soc i ety, an d no r i g ht to bare armed himself i n th e way h e h a d, an d while in conversation prisoner fired the horse-pistol he held in his hand at him, and the charge entered his abdo men. He deliber a t e l y raised the p i sto l an d fi re d it, and prosecutor was th en carr i e d awa y. Prisoner and his solicitor both questioned the prosecutor in a most irregular way—the former re peatedly interrupting his advocate—and endeavoured to elicit that the pistol had gone off by accident, but received the reply that he had raised it and fired as described. They next, in the very face of this, ques tioned the prosecutor in order to show that he had exasperated th e pr i soner b y some offensive epithet, which prosecutor admitted he had applied with refer ence to a m ee ti ng about the wrongs o f I re l an d, which prisoner wanted to have held at the hall. William Sherman proved that some of the shot with which th e p i stol was c h arge d a l so stru ck him. Mr. blir an , an i nspector o f th e B division, stated that having heard what had occurred he went and found the prisoner armed in the room, and when be told him hi s d eterm i nat i on o f t a ki n g him into custody he put down the pistol and sabre and surrendered. The inspe c t or f ound two p i s t o l s loaded and a quantity of shot, powder, &c. Police -constable Saunders, 192, B, proved that he and two other officers were present while the prisoner stood for some t i me i n t h e men acing position described, when he fir e d an d w hil e he reloaded, and admitted in reply to Mr. Broderip's question, that-they made no effort to disarm him. A clerk from the office of Mr. Games, for the prose cution, asked far a remand, owing to the surgeon being unavoidably absent. Prisoner was remanded for a week. HORRIBLE MURDER in LAMBETH A WOMAN'S HEAD CUT OFF BY HER SON, A sensation, which it would be difficult to describe, was caused on Saturday afternoon, throughout th e neighbourhood of Kennington - road and Lambeth, in consequbey a consequence yoofutnhg m an upon his mother, a e following frightful murder respect ably-connectedcom- mitted female, of the name of Elizabeth Wheeler, a widow, about 44 years of age. The fol lowing particulars connected with this dreadful tra gedy were obtained on the spot a few minutes after the melancholy occurrence : The house in which the tragedy took place was No. 1, Durham-place, Kennington-road, and immediately facing Bethlem Hospital for Lunatics. The building was occupied by Mr. Wickens, a dyer and scourer, a family named Toms, and the unfortunate woman who has been thus prematurely hurried into eternity, and her son, a young man about 28 years of age. On Saturday afternoon, at a few minutes before one o'clock, Mrs. Toms, who was in the house at the time, had her attention directed to a loud scream, proceeding from the upper part of the building, which was succeeded by a heavy fall of something on the floor. She immediately went to ascertain the cause, when the son of the unfortunate woman made a hasty retreat out of the buildi ng, carry i ng i n hi s hand a stick and a knife, Mrs. Toms having entered the apartment occupied by the p oor crea ture, she was horror-struck at finding the trunk of the woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood, and the head, which was completely severed from the neck, was lying on a table in the same room, the flesh still moving to and fro. Mrs. T oms i nstant l y h as t ene d down stairs, and informed her husband that the young man had murdered his: mother. By that pe riod he had proceeded some di s t ance up t h e Kenning ton-road, in the direction of the Common. Mr. Toms, however, never lost sight of him, but followed his track until he got within a fe w y a rds of Chester street. At that point polic e - consta b le L oc k yer , N o . 135, came along, and having had his attention directed to the alleged murder, he forthwith secured him. He at once admitted that he had murdered his poor mother, and informed the officer th a t h e f i rst struck h er on t h e head with an iron, and afterwards cut her head off by means of an axe and a knife. The constable at once took the man to the station-house in Ken nington-lane, and on his way thither he told the officer he was now sorry that he had committed the murder, but the fact was he could not help it, for his mother and other persons were continually torturing him and following him about. He also informed the same officer that he had been confined in a', lunatic, asylum, and had not been liberated long. The mur derer, when arrested, did not offer the least resist ance, and to all outward appearance did not feel the awful position he had placed him se lf i n . From the state of the room th ere i s no d o ubt enter tained but the unfortunate female was in the act of leaving the apartment with a saucepan of greens in her hand in order to strain off the water, when her son gave her a violent blow on the head, which felled her to the floor, after which he must have knelt upon her body and performed the act of decapitation. The saucepan was lying near the door, and the steam was midst of the pool of blood was lyi n g a pillow, which, it is believed, the murderer h a d p l ac ed there to pre vent the gore from flying over his clothes. When still ascending from the greens th e rein. In the apprehended by Lockyer not a spot of blood was per ceptible upon his clothes, and his hands were per fectly clean, leading to the supposition that after perpetrating the dreadful deed he had washed his hands. In the afternoon the prisoner was examined before the Hon. Mr. Norton, at Lambeth Police-office. The prisoner, on being placed at the bar, looked wildly around him, and appeared to be either unconscious or indifferent to the position in which he was placed. He was dressed in a black frock coat, black waistcoat, and light woollen trousers. He had a black scarf, or neckerchief, twisted rather than tied round his neck. He is a well-made man, with large black eyes, regular features, and an intelligent countenance. Mr. Norton inquired—How old are you ? Pri soner (carelessly)—Twenty-eight. Mr. Norton—What is your name ? Prisoner— Thomas Cupper Wheeler. The following witnesses were then called : Eliza Phillips said, in answer to questions from the magistrate—l reside at No. 1, Durham-place, Lam beth-road. I have known the prisoner from the time he was a little baby. I knew his mother, whose name, I believe, was Elizabeth Wheeler. I have resided in the same house with her since August last. She was there before we went there. We found the prisoner and the deceased there. They lived on the second floor, and we lived on the first floor. The prisoner was living with her when I went there. His mother informed me on more than one h occasion that there was something the matter with him h . him. I have frequently seen him in the house_ u w s i e to flat-iron in his hand, and also a hat . c e . his hand. mother did not fear though, The prisoner—My go up and down stairs with a fiat-iron or hatchet in gentlemen. a you n y - i t m h p e o c ss r i i b tm le e . t w o it c h on w ce h i i v c e h nform you that are charged, and it is my duty to inform and may be n A , l o a re gis h t o ra r t r e ih T e l every word you say will be taken down, used iii evidence against you. and the hatchet witness—l have seen him with the iron tbi T ng he t t ha is n himself, at frequent hatchet in his hand, muttering to The prisoner—l don't fear anything. intervals. as I have no one else to speak to, and my mother was The prisoner --I have a habi t of s p eaking to m y self, always blackguarding me. The witness—About three weeks ago I saw him with tho fist•iron in his hand, muttering to himself, THE SUN, RES FOR 1852, York Spring ........ 20 Royal Leamington 2O Mahon 22 Newmarket F. S 26 Hambledon Hunt ,y. Durham Bath and Somerset Liverpool H North Herta Epsom 25 Wye • 3l E. Newcastle Bibury Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Carlisle Ludlow I Stamford 2O Nottingham Abingdon Knutsford Good wod ,lIST. Coventry ll York Radcliffe 23 Egham Lincoln IBER. Leicester 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket F. 0. IBER. EVENING, APRIL l2, 1852. He was then standing in the room. He was per fectly still. His mother was in the room at the time, but she said nothing about it then. The Magistrate—Did he hold the iron in a threat ening manner? The witness—No, Sir; his band was stretched down by his side. He has been doing. so for nearly a twelvemonth, as well as I can remem ber. About half-past eleven or a quarter to twelve this morning I heard a scuffling noise, and then as if something had fallen heavily. I immediately ran up stairs, calling " Mrs. Wheeler." I tapped hurriedly at the door, but got no answer, I tapped more loudly at the door, and said "Mrs. Wheeler;" and then the prisoner partly opened the door, perhaps about a foot, but not sufficient to admit of any one going in. The prisoner had something in his hand. It was in his right hand, but I could not see what it was. I think from the position of his hand he wished to hide it from me. He stood with his right hand down. He stood sideways at the door. He then hastily closed the door in my face. The prisoner —That is true. The witness—Yes, he did ; and I ran down stairs to my landlord and his wife, for I was fearful there was something the matter, and I told them of it at once. They then listened on the stairs, and while they were listening they heard him coming down stairs. The prisoner—l left the house directly. The witness—When we heard him coming down stairs, the landlady called us into the parlour for fear of meeting him. When he went out and shut the door the landlady instantly went up stairs and saw Mrs. Wheeler lying on the floor, and when she told us we immediately sent a young man for the doctor. When the doctor came my landlady went upstairs with him, and when she came down she said Mrs. Wheeler was lying on the floor. I know not what weapon it was done with. I saw the prisoner about eleven o'clock this morning, as if he was going for an errand, which he frequently did. I saw him from the window then. He had a basket with him. I heard him again on his return going up stairs, when he was talking to himself as he went up. He often talked to himself„ but I did not bear what he said. It was his usual custom, but on this occasion be talked louder than usual. Mrs. Wheeler had before then come into my room. I think that was about half past or a quarter past ten. She said she was so much frightened of him that she would send him away on Monday, as she could not bear it any longer, and she had an idea last night to send to the workhouse that he might be taken there. She asked me if my little boy would carry a letter to the Post-office for her, and I said he would. She said the letter was for her daughter, who;was at Tonbridge-wells. She told me the prisoner had been standing with a flat iron in his hand in the morning, and was muttering something that was most awful. Mr. Norton (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to ask the witness any question ? The prisoner—The fact is that she has threatened to send me to the workhouse for a great length of time ; and she said she would have me dragged sway, and I suppose they cannot drag people away in the most gentle manner. Mr. Norton—Do you wish to ask the witness any question ? The prisoner—All she has said is true. The witness—He has been at the asylum at Wands worth for some time. The prisoner —It is exactly twelve months since I left. Elizabeth TOMP, wife of Charles Toms, landlord of No. 1, Durham-place—My husband is a carpet-bag manufacturer. I have been in No. 1, Durham-place, nine or ten months, and found the prisoner and his mother there when we came. They occupied the top, or second floor. He did nothing for his living, for be was not able to do so. His mother supported him, with assistance she received from her friends. Ever since I have been in the house I have observed some thing irregular in his manner. At times he was worse than at other times. Lately I observed he was getting worse. When he had his fits on him he looked very pale and ill. The prisoner —All without liberty—she was bagged —I was worried. Witness—When • I last saw him before the murder he was at the door with a basket in his band with some greens in it. That was at eleven o'clock, or half-past eleven. I think it was about an hour before the murder. Shortly after he went up stairs I heard a noise, but I thought it was Mrs. Phillips beating her child. Mrs. Phillips then came down stairs, and in consequence of what she said I went up stairs and the prisoner passed down. The door was closed, but I pushed it open, and saw something lying on the floor. I afterwards found it was Mrs. Wheeler. She was lying close to the door, within about half a yard of it. I put my hand on her feet and saw blood, and then ran down stairs. The blood was on some clothes near her. I then sent for Mr. Hutchinson, the sur geon, and when he came I followed him up stairs,' and the first thing I saw was Mrs. Wheeler's bead lying on the table. The table was close to her shoulder. I went directly to my husband, who went instantly in pursuit of the prisoner. The prisoner was not brought back to the house. Mrs. Wheeler had three rooms, in one of which she slept herself, in another the prisoner slept, and in a third the lodger (Edwards). Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, No. 1, Moore-street, Kennington-road, assistant to Mr. Barrel!, surgeon, examined—About one o'clock to-day I was called to No. 1, Durham-place. On entering the front room I found the body lying on the floor, with the head of the deceased on the table, separated from the body. The head seemed as if it had been placed there, and there was a knife lying partly underneath the head, and a hatchet near it. The handle of the hatchet was covered with blood. The edge of it appeared to have been wiped, but there was blood on other parts of it. (The hatchet, a small one, was here produced.) The prisoner—She deserved it, and I put her head on the table. However, it is of no consequence. The witness—The knife is covered with blood. The body was a foot or a foot and a half from the edge of the table. The body was lying in a different di rection from the head. The feet were nearest to the door. I put my hand on the body and felt it warm. The woman who went up with me screamed and left me alone, and I then went to the window and called out to the people in the street to fetch a policeman. I have not made any minute examina tion of the body. I do not think she could have been dead more than ten minutes when I got there. When the policeman came I examined the body more particularly. I think she was first struck with the hatchet, then cut with the knife, and the vertebra afterwards severed with the hatchet. On the right side of the head there was a wound from an inch to an inch and a half long, but I do not think that was the cause of death. The scalp and the bone was cut through, as it appears to me, with the hatchet. I think a further investigation is necessary when the body is washed, and then I shall be able to speak more positively as to the cause of death. There was a table in the room, apparently laid for dinner, and there were bacon and greens in a saucepan. I think a Hut& must have taken place, as a bundle of clothes which was in the room was in a confused state. I saw a flat-iron lying close to the clothes. Near the woman's body there was a pillow, on the surface of which was blood, and impressions as of a man's knees. Underneath the pillow there was a side comb, and one similar to it entangled in the woman's hair and broken. There was also a large comb at the side of the pillow. There was diluted blood in the basin in the prisoner's bed-room, and blood on the washhand stand, and also on the towel. The Magistrate—Have you anything to ask this gentleman ? The prisoner—l have nothing to ask. I should like the window to be left open while the corpse is in the room. I didn't think of that before. It is the last request, perhaps, I shall make. Lockyer, police-constable 135 L—About one o'clock I was in the Vauxhall-road, when Mr. Toms came up to me and desired me to take the prisoner (whom he pointed out) into custody for murdering his mother. I said to him be must consider himself in my custody, and go with me to the station. He said, ' They have not let me go far. I h ave been tormented for four or five years by them. ' I said, do you mean to say that you have killed your mo ther ? and he said, " I have •I am sorr for it. I said, how came you to do it i " Well, " be said, " I have been tormented for four or five years." I asked him how he did it ? and he said, " She was coming in at the door and I knocked her down with the flat iron, and I found that was not sufficient, and I then took the carving knife. She was very tough, and I then struck her head off with the hatchet. At the station-house I found a knife in his coat pocket, and I asked him what he was g oin g to do with it, an d h e:said "That was for myself.' 1 un derstood that he was going to cut his own throat. .I afterwards went to the house, No. 1, i n Durham place I saw the de ceased lying on the floor dead, and her head on the table. Ile said at the station, " You will find a letter on the table, and take particular care of it." That was before he said anything about the knife. O n going to the house I found several letters on the table, but I have not bad t ime to read them yet. I searched for the flat-iron, and found it in a bundle of Cl o th es lying by the side of t he bod y . T here is blood o n t h e iron. The prisoner—l spoke more respectf u l th a n m an has said. I did not make a bravado of a i n t .j the spoke sorrowfully, did I not ? Th e policernan_yes, you did. The Magistrate—l have alread y cautioned you as to what y ou „ more than once The prisoner —I am quite sty, scaffold. I struck her with but l i di must have blood; d not terepared to go to the bravadofla t-iron, t. and blood Inspector Cowlin murder about a aeon there, and tti e b and the head on the received information of the quagrter past one. I found the sur- 1 ody' as described by the surgeon, . the bead, and the table, with the knife underneath told me that the hatchet by her side. Lockyer then • her with the search for the Prisoner had said that he had struck flat -iron, and I desired Lockyer to f1e ., 0 iron, and after doing so he took up the " 13 ' The towel was iti.thei hack 1.90112 " BY the aide of the body there was a saucepan with greens or turniptops in it. On the table there was a piece of bacon and pudding. On the , way coming from the station-house I noticed blood on the prisoner's hands under the nails (the blood was still visible on the pri soner's hands wnen he was in court). He said. " I have only partially washed them, but if you wish it I shall wash them cleaner." Charles Tonp, 1, Durham place, carpet bag manufacturer—Before Mrs. Phillips came down to me this morning I heard a great noise That was about half-past or a quarter-past eleven. I was then i❑ the shop at work. Immediately after wards Mrs. Phillips came down, and required me to go up, and said she thought something would hap pen, as there was a great noise upstairs; but I did not go up then. I ran down to my brother and he said, " I shall go up and pull the bell violently." He did so, and then prisoner came down, and went out. Then my wife went up, and called out, "He has murdered her !" and I then made off after him. I saw him crossing by the cab-rank at the time in the Lambeth-road, and followed him until I saw a policeman, near Kennington-lane. I told the police man of it, and charged him with the murder. I then went home and saw the body. His mother was always very kind to the prisoner. The prisoner is well educated. At times he is rational, but at other times he is not. I think he must have listened when his mother was talking about removing him, ani I think that was the cause of it all. He frequently talked to himself. The prisoner—l have been in the habit of talking to myself. The witness—His mother was a beautiful woman, and stood Mt. 10in. or Mt. 1 lin. high. She was always very kind to him. When he has been very bad she has threatened to put him away. He has been in Bedlam eleven months, and seven months in an asylum at Wandsworth. He has been in Brazil, and had a sun-stroke as he was crossing the Line. He had a salary of 3001. a year, and he can speak three or four different languages. (A. letter found amongst the prisoners papers con tained several allusions to poison and madness.) The case was then remanded till Wednesday, when the prisoner will be brought up again ; but before then a coroner's inquest will be held on the body. The proceedings, which occupied upwards of two hours, terminated shortly before five o'clock. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The unhappy man, Thomas Cupper Wheeler, who now stands charged with the dreadful crime of matri cide, is in his 28th year, and is the second of two sons, of the late James Wheeler, a retired Bow-street officer. The latter, after his retirement, became a merchant tailor, and after being some years in busi ness, he took up his residense in Hercules-buildings, Lambeth, having amassed a competency, and at which place he died in 1849. The deceased had been left a small income, which was augmented by regular contributions from her eldest son, who married a lady of considerable pro perty. The accused had been from his youth in a mercantile establishment in the City, and a few years since was sent to India as correspondent for the firm. While abroad the unfortunate man was attacked with brain fever, and soon after recovery was ag tin proi trated under what is termed a coup crsoleil, and of which he had not got the better upon his return to England, for shortly after his arrival it, was found ne cwssary to place him under re,treint. . For some four or five days before the Saturday, the accused had been seen to sharpen the chopper and the knives in ordinary use, but the deceased, so far from suspecting he motives of her son actually men tioned the circummtance to a neighbour as a sign of the young man's inclining to indu.try, he havins fur months prior sternly refused to do the most trifling thing about the place, always, however, insisting upon going to make such little purchases as the deceased required. Yesterday morning upon the visiting surgeon seeing the accused at Horsemonger-lane Gaol, the latter observed, " You can't call me a butcher at all events. I did it very cleanly, and only the neck was too tough. I would have done it much better, the chopper deceived me, but the knife was beautifully keen." In making these remarks the deceased seemed highly pleased with the dexterity of the dreadful execution he was alluding to, and the sang froid of his utterance chilled the medical gentleman, who, as he was about departing, was further addressed by the madman as follows :—" I hope you'll go and see that the windows are not closed down. I left them up so that the body of my mother may have the benefit of the air. HORRIBLE SUICIDE ON THE SOUTH Tl -7 187ERN RAILWAY. FARNBOROU SUNDAY.-+A frightful occurrence has taken place upon the London and South-Western Railway, near the Farnborough station—namely, the death of an unfortunate individual who was killed by throwing himself on the railway, and was yesterday the subject of inquiry before the coroner of the county, at the new inn in this town. A great number of witnesses were examined. It seems the deceased was a man named Armsworth, between forty and fifty years of age, the father of the Feltham station keeper, on the same line of railway, and who some years since was in tolerably easy circumstances, but, in consequence of reverses in business, had become somewhat reduced. The latter event appeared to have so preyed on his mind as to impair his intellect. His friends, anxious that he might be properly taken care of, had him placed under proper surveillance in the union. The poor fellow's conduct in the house was such that no one ever anticipated he contemplated laying violent :hands on himself. On Good Friday eve he was ordered to take a little walking exer cise, in order to improve his health. An attendant was sent out with him to take care of him, and to show him round the neighbouring fields. Having walked about for some time, the poor fellow appa rently enjoying his walk, they came near the railway at thii town just as the down express train curve in sight. The unfortunate man, on hearing the noise of the train, darted from his attendant, and ran upon the line before the engine up. The keeper called loudly to him to come back, but, instead of so doing, he went forward to meet the train. Johnson, the guard, on seeing a man on the line, applied the break most vigorously in order to stop the train, and the engine driver shut off the steam and sounded the whistle, but without effect, and before the momentum of the en gine and carriages could be arrested, they came almost at full sped upo❑ the man, who held his head down so low as almost to touch the buffers of the lo comotive. lie was instantly hurled across the metals, when the wheels of the engine and all the carriages passed over him, forcing his bona through the shoul ders, and it is almost needless to say killing him on the spot. A verdict was returned that deceased de stroyed himself, be being at the time of unsound mind EXECUTION OF SARAH ANN FRENCH. LEWES, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—At noon this day Mrs. French, who was left for execution at the late assizes for the wilful murder of her husband, underwent the sentence on the scaffold in front of the county gaol in this town. The motive for the commission of the dreadful crime appears to have arisen entirely from the unre strained indulgence of an impure imagination, which led her first to contemplate the violation of her mar riage vows by an act of adultery. By a series of little attentions she endeavours to secure the regard of the object of her illicit desires, and then proceeds to a more unequivocal and dangerous display of her guilty passion, until at last, with unblushing and unwomanly effrontery, she invites him to a realisation of her wishes—a proposal at which even he revolts, ignorant as he appears to have been of the moral relations of life. lie tells her that while her husband is living bands. such an act would be wrong; and with a suddenness which indicates a preconceived design, she asks if li would consent to her wishes in the event of here hcaeisr madecgum husband's death. The remainder is known. The dark deed is accomplished by her own She informs her victim she will give him a treat; sh e makes up a dish to which she knows he is Partial p.erjured lips), (perhaps with words of affection on he r r atveit;o.nsir :Ial: and induces him to eat of the hidden poison whi c h i s rion tak o e f atwheayhia murderess ' slife . horr i b e i comes m d e e s p very night of the day —and that day the Sabbath ! on which her husband was consigned to the grave, where she hoped and believed with her desires , crime was buried doubt, that her stances so revolting that we woman give license to h is the substance of the confession Itn .l: does the depraied pseilonel since eeedC her a i e o tr ri ac . The preparielantideoPanmrlyea h tion to the c nntrec u a n s l cle h t e h r em to re - ThiscrowdedB for the awful cer p e l m ai o n n o y f were h com our this morning. At twelve o'clock the Whole space in front of the gaol was after wards the governor of the gaol, the under•sheriff, by thousands of persons. Shortly and other of made their appearance, and imme diately afterwards c ame the culprit, in a complete state of bodily prostration, carried up to the scaffold ' by four att en dants. Placed in this condition imme diately under the beam, Calcrafr, the Newgate execu tioner, adjusted the rope, and descending, withdrew the bolt, and the unhappy woman in a few moments ceased to exist. Scarcely three years ago the criminal was a spectator of the execution of Mary Ann ng, w ho Geer ing, became with her afterwards a frequ- u t source of conversation. Geering, it will be recol lected, was convicted of a similar crime. —Sunday Times. EMIGRATION PROM llum,.—the tide of emigration from Hull seems to be growing stronger as each successive ship is announced. All our North American fleet are being fitted up to convey persons to the far west, where golden prospects are said to await them, Either three or four of our largest ships were to sail yesterday or to-morrow, and they l, are all well filled, both w i t h h uman b eings and cargues of oi earthenware, &C. There has been a considerable iLflux of foreigners into Hull during the past week, trincip from all4r Holland and Belginrot who are p rocee di ng t 9 Lie Wong. 19 A moncam. ll l.li4dvortior! rpoQ and T THE COUNT V riIARKVTS. iivErtpuoL, APRIL 19. quiry I,)r flour, but holdeza sent quotations. -To-day we have a fair in let:lino taking offers at pre- s. d , s. d 5. d. s. (1. Wheat, per 701 b white - • 6 6 to 6 8 Do. red .. 6 0 6 3 Irish • • •• •• 5 6 5 8 Manx, red and wh. 5 8 6 0 Barley, English, pr Imperial quarter 30 0 —3l 0 Irish, S cotch, and Manx,per 601 b.. 4 1 4 4 Foreign, grinding 4 0— 4 3 Rye, per 601 b •• 4 0— 4 3 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0 —36 1 1 Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b •• •• 27 0 —3O 0 Dutch .. 30 0 —32 0 Dantsic, high mixed 6 10 7 0-1 Do., mixed .. 6 4 -- 6 6 American &r / white 6 6 6 8 1, Canadian, red 5 8— 6 0 Rostock, &c.. .. 6 4 6 91 liamburgh, &c. .. 5 8 —.5 10' Rhenish French •• 6 0 - 6 2 .. 5 10 - 6 2 Danish 8 llohteln 5 6 5 It Odessa, Polish .. 5 6 5 e Do., common .. 5 2 5 4 Do, hard .. •• 4 10 5 1 Egyptian •• .. 4 6 4 16 Flour, English & Irish, per 2801. 28 0 —3O 0 Do., extra fine 31 0 —34 0 French, fancy 3i 0 —3G 0 Do., superfine • 30 0 —32 01 Richmond, choice 22 0 —24 01 Philadelphia, &c. 20 0 --20 ti Canadian • • .. 26 0 —2l 0 • Egyptian 23 6 —24 6 Peas, English, per imperial quartr 36 0 —3B 0 Foreign .• .. 35 6 —36 6 , Jats, per 451 b : English, Scotch, and Welsh, old 3 4 3 6 Irish, rac-.. rest mealinh .. 2 94 9 10 Do., feeding .. 2 6 2 7 Do., foreign .. 3 0 3 2 10atmeal, English , /I &Scotch, pr 2401 b 24 0 —25 0 .. 23 6 —24 0 Do., pinhead .. 25 0 —26 0 Canadian . 21 0 —l2 0 !Malt, per imp. qr. 52 0 —56 0 Indian corn, per 4801 b, white .. 29 6 —3O 0 Whin Corn Meal, per i96lb .. .. 15 0 —l6 0 MANCUESTER, APRIL 10.—Another week of extreme inactivity has been experienced in the trade, the dealers and bakers continuing to confine their purchases to the mere supply of their pressing wants. The arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are fair of wheat, and moderate of other articles. At our market this morning wheat was offered at a further reduction of Id to 2d per 701 b., iind flour fully 6d per sack and barrel, but without lead ing to any increase of business. Oats and oatmeal moved off very slowly and must be noted the tura lower. DALKXITH, Aram B.—The relative weight per four bushels, of the three prices of wheat were 18st 121 b, 18st 01b, and 17st 41b. Oats, 12st 121 b, 12st 01b, and lOst 101 b. Barley, 16st 9114 15st 101 b, and 15st 21b. Peas and beans, 19st 11b, 18st 31br cud 17st 41bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 307 Wheat ... ....£2.. 5 0 £2 0 0 £1 15 0 759 Oats 301 Barley 1 11 6 1 9 0 1 5 0 62 Peas and Beans 1 . 15_ 0 1 14 0 1 9 0 Average of_wheat 39s 61d. . _ Amu=lf, Aral!. 9 . —Grain—Oats 17s - 9d to 18s Od• 401bs per bushel ; barley, 24s 6d to 00s Od, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 2456 d to 25, Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat, red 35s to 375; ditto, white 42s to 43,, 621bs per bushel; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s per boll ; flour, 32s to 32s 6d per sack. Provisions—Beefo 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s to 3s 6d ; lamb, per yr., 5s to 6s Od; tallow, per stone, 3s Od to 31 6d ; potatoes, per peck' 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, each, 0 0 to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9d; eggs, per doz, bd to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od • hens, psi pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; chickens, ditt o , 2 s 6clto 3s Od; ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, per pair, 76 to 8s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s; butter for exportation (presen t cure), per cwt, 00s to 62s ; eggs , wholesale price, per dozen, Oa to 44d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, Os od to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, larg' 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os* Meal—Oatmeal, Is 54 to Is 6d; barley dust, 9d to Od; peasemeal, is 10d to 2s Od; side, Od to 7d.; beremeal, Is 44 to ls sd; flour, Is 9d to ls 10d ; ba rley, per lb, lid to 2d; heel flour, Is 5d to Is 6d. APam part 7. The trade, which C , O i ßC n il the earl} of the week, U nitested so me sym p toms o f rev i va l , h as, w i t h t h e favourable advices horn Londor:, resumed toe dullness and inactivity which prevailed last week. The arrivals from unreal have not bean by any means as numeroS. as last reported, but with a change of wind we look for increased supplies. Those of home grain are very 13 30 ; derate, the r' c .. ip , s for the w ee k being only--wheat, 1 4 ' brls at 18, 6 1 to 21s 6d per brl; barley, 592 brls at 12 1 to 14s 6d per bil; oats, 1,988 brls at 9s to Ils 8d Per. brl. Barlpy continue, un c h ange d i n va l ue, b u t wilco' and oats have both declined to the extent of 6d or brl. In the early part 01 the week some business " 16 ,. done in for e i gn w h eat , an d two or three large pares ,. changed hands ut about the rates of last week. Sire the receipt of the udvicbs from Mark lane, however, cu t market has again b ecome excee di ng l y dull, and wit: • prices 6d per barrel lower, there is not a transaction passing. Some sales of bl ac k oats were made at an Mir, port at 108 6d per bar re l. O n t h e spot but little t' doing in either black or white, and quotations, therefore' are altogether nominal. Some business has been dop e in barley, which maintains its value. The flour trade remains exactly in the s t ate note d i n our last. Thy business passing in fine flours is very restricted, 1)0 coarse descriptio ns cont i nuo in good demand, and me et a ready sale. W e h ave had a fair amount of busineal in Indian corn at the rates of last week. Some holder% indeed, ar e l oo ki ng for an advance, but we have ..f.,11°0 heard that th e y h ave succeede d i n rea li z i ng i t. quote the value of prime Galatz 71 2s 6d per ton, s° 71 5s asked. Carmel. Barrels. 00 R W e h d it w e h w e h a e t at 00 00: O o d d t t o o 00. 008 O o d d 00s 03-20 O W 0 2 Ditto piito 29sga 9 0d d ttoo 00s00 0 0 d di- 00. 03-20 d° O Barley 00s Od to 00s Od 29 Ditto O Ditto 0 Bore. 00,13 Od d too 00,13 10d od } 0 0. 0 s 0d—.16 di 14 di 8d d d t t oo 10, 00 Std 17: 7 1 D Oa tt 7 o . ......... O Ditto ... oos Od to 00s Od s 19 Pigs 3O. Od to 33s Od ON Od per oi l 13150, 8d to 12, Od 00s 03— Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:— 0 barrels white wh ea t ; 0 re d ; 4 barley; 0 here; 40' 0; '4 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last weeks' Wheat, 122. Barley, 455. Oats, 1457. Pigs, 6 i* Return of Cattle sold for week ending April 3. CORL.— Pigs, 536 F . Sheep, 423. C ows, 109. , 6 a ; seconds, 11803 to Flour-21 i 126 6d to 13 s 6d ; extra 1 9e " , 0 91 10d; rst householdst o 10s 6d; thirds, t,. per cwt. Oatmeal 1016 d to 11s; Indian meal?. 6d to 7s 9d; 0 " e , i s , e r meal, 10s to 10.60 p er cwt. Indian corn 710 s Gd to 7121 60 ton. Bran 85s to 87s 6d per ton. Ha Farmers 22, to 30e; avetag 26s ; dealers 32s to 38 6 Od; averagey— 34s per ton. Straw-- Fa- od; 156 Od to 18, Od ; average 008 ; dealers 00$ Od to " 01; average ON Od per to n . B read—Wheaten loaf 60 to to household loaf bid t o Od per 41b. Fresh butter, M a 10d per lb. Eggs -4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. C g' i jo; Newport 15s Od ; Lyd ney 155 ; Landore OOs ; ` l :;. t rt. 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 38s Por Whisky, 25 0. p., 5 1 9d per imperial gallon. DSO to —Beef 443 to 7d ; mutton 5d to 64d; veal Su 7 - anos 7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 6d per lb. „q l , 818 s to 9/ Os per cw t. B angor slates 2/ 17s 6d to 31N per Bark, red 71 to 8110 s per ton. Fleece wooll4l to 15s per stoli d Hemp 29/ to 341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19. to 00s; r „ ditto, 24, to ON per barrel ; Newf oun dl an d, 1 0/ Os to 111 r d , on ton. Timber—Memel, 704 per ton ; red pine, 3151' M.,- ditto, 2/ 15s p er ton ; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Market 18s to 255; salted 206 to 26s per owt ; calf Igi ! aid to Od p er lb . Potatoes, white 8d to 9d ; F"" 81 10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian, 101 lOs to 11/; to 91 per ion. T ar—Arehangel, lAs per barreL RAILWA Y SHARE MARKETS' MANCHESTER, APRIL 10. i ; rn tel STOCK EXCHANGE. —The bIiSiReSS to-day was very The transactions. were as follow :—Caledonian, 18 15- : te rS Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34—Ditto, ( 2 ,14 ,er, (No. 1), 10 13.16—Midland, 65—South-Eastern and v°' yiye—York and North M i dl an d , 25 . ' 8113,MINWIAM, APRIL 10. STOCK Exca&NGE.—The share market has been .„,, tremely firm to-day, but there was very little business del, The following we re among th e c l os i ng quotatio ns—BirVnest ham, Wolverhampton, an d S tour Valley, 10 Northern, l2 20 London and N ort h-W estern, buyers, 1. " vi sellers, 3 3 4—North Staffordshire, buyers, 7 7 /s, sellers' ito dis.— , t Shrewsbury and Birmin g h am ( A), sellers, e ( B), sellers, s%—Ditto, P re f erence, buyers, 934 —shrop3l4 Union, sellers, 3 1-16 dis.—South Staffordshire, buyers', dis., sellers, 1:,B dis.—Manchester, Shef fi e ld, an d Lincolov:fg: New-101. Pretereuce, buyers, 12 % — Midland Stock, bil l " — 64 3 A, sellers, 65. [A Pills --" I, J. de Swart,publicly state that Hollo p w ° a ui y nt ' ct s nih p eS i ; ' ite h all'ill a j a ci who f.oDuvglEitßaTtisNEVmataerlToo.3, c — uredhy Declaration Holloway'sit laie r Ointment have hilip c T u h r ee e r d fe m et e l of several ulcerous sores, which t he pair ) ; their Waterloo. origin i n healed wounds received in the l e d to my ,bed always duringwas infinite, and I was c ns now for two years been • •1 ly cured me in a varyhenusing short time ; y in gratitude, for which 1P .., ITIOny. V038.2pe18, near (Signed) J. de Swart, of Lent, 012 „ t fi c l , .. , trand L by a „ „,_. Naynmegen, Holland, Oct. 4th, 1849." '''' t 444 R ..., ouden. , dat Professor Holloway's Estahlishrail l ' k EVER -STILLS AND LEGAL POISONINGS.—The host i ! and steams o f another summer are at b an d, an d f ever - s till; in towns and cities are as fully c h arge d as ever t h ey we , with the rich material of pestilence. Our Legislature 11 27,', taken care to grant security to the extent of about 40,0 0 , Per annum in perpetuity to the Church, " not for the o .' l of the livin flock, but for permission to inter elsewhere 1,,t, inanimate carcase;" but in their care for vested interests ~,l , Physical corruption, they have so imperfectly provided 4 o v ii the carrying out of the very purpose for which compenel'`, 6e t was to be granted, that this purpose still remains a per,' iti dead letter. The agitation of the question subsided or imagined security ; and now the light has to be fought 0 .. 0 again. The public mind, lately familiarised with the hor n a details, has sunk into its previous fatuous indifference, ; co must have the loathsome picture set before its eyes e iiis i, more in vivid outline, ere it can be brought a ga i n to N e e s with adequate energy and determin a ti on , on the Aill o ci being again t a k en u p by it s l aw - ma ki ng representat ives, e d, "settled"—t o some more e ff ectua l purpose, i t i s to be hae. than heretofore. It i s a s i c k en i ng tas k to repeat the Plet vious delineations of our intramural graveyard horrors , ii is we fear this m us t b e d one , if t h e force of public op i e' ° , again to be bro ug ht act i ve l y an d e ffi c i ently to bear upon • question. —Builder. --• BIRTHS. OF A VOL On the Bth inst., in Harrington-square, the wife of tile Rev. Henry Gehle, D.D. OP • DAUGHTER. On the Bth inst., a t Courland, Wandsworthd.' the W ife of Alfred B. Blenkarn, E sq. - roa d: On the 9th inst., at Charlotte -street, Bedford-square, Frederick W. Porter. MARRIE On the Bth i nst., at Park Chapel, D. Camden-town, t s %V. Howarth, Esq ,of Richmond -hill, Manchester. to i l t Jane, eld est daughter of Joseph Leech, Esq., . o f Irv° °. house, Highgate. On the Bth inst., at Bidaton Church, Cheshire, Beg T. Bourne, E sq., of Liverpool, to Henrietta Frances daughter of the late Captain Kennan, Madras 1-1-1- lane,lVi l 1i aLmo Lombard-street, aprpar!DlED. gr . On the 9th inst., at Mornington-road; Regent's-par—' n e. Esti' On the Bth inst.. Margaret. the wire of John Plewe, and for 40 years of Sherbeur— sl lir agede et,C City. On of the Camberwell New-road, Kennington, aged 52. A O On the the .Bth inst., at Stake-by-Nayland, Catherine, daughter of the R, v. C. M. Fostesse. ~..s t er t On the sth inst.. at Stainforth, Yorkshire, Thomas xv Esq., formerly of London, aged 79. —.floe f London: Primtsd and Published by MURDO y0171 ,4 %-i i s, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at, The Sun Office, l O. ts, pf Strand, in the Precinct of the SitvOy in M"" -- jaddlei.al N 94 4 11 7 i *Pal: I - 10SC k " —4 - • Y;st,