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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDA Y.-A court-martial, compris ing Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., president • Cap tains John P asco , o f t h e Vi ctory ; Sir Baldwin 'Wake Walker, of the Conatance ; Woodford I Williams, of the Avenger ; Commander Willcox, of the Victory ; and Mr. George Lamburn Greetham, Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morning, on board the Victory, to try Mr. William Ellis, supernu merary carpenter of the Victory, on the following charge _ " For that be, the said Mr. William Ellis, then being a supernumerary carpenter of her Majesty's ship Vic• tory, did, on the 13th of J une , 1846 , em b ezzle and im properly take away from her Majesty's ship Trinco malee, in Portsmouth Dockyard, four pounds of paint composition, and five ounces of nails and brads." Sergeant Catling, of the dockyard police, proved he ea" , the prisoner c o mi ng out of the blacksmith's shop in this dockyard, about half-past one p.m., on the day stated in the charge, and he appeared to have something weighty in his coat pockets ; that on the prisoner's coming out of the dockyard he (witness) searched him, and found in his coat pocket a small wooden box, with a tin cover, which box was full of mixed paint. In his hat was found a tin canister or pot, also filled with mixed paint. While being searched the prisoner took out of his trou sers poc k et, an d d e li vered to witness, some iron nails, also Queen's stores, and marked with the broad arrow, which, together with the paint, he acknowledged to having abstracted from the Trincomalee corvette under his charge. Lieutenant Henry Watson Hall, director of the dock hard poli ce , prove d t h e pr i soner ' s acknowledgment of aving taken the stores from the 'Trincomalee. Mr. James Horsey, clerk to the storekeeper of Ports mouth Dockyard, proved Sergeant Catling's delivery to him of the stores found upon the person of the pri soner ; the value of the paint, nails, and brads was about 13. 3d. This was the case for the prosecution, which being closed, Mr. C. 11. Biesteed, o f P or t smout h , the prisoner's iolicitor, applied for time to make out the defence, alleg ing he should be able to prove his client was of unsound mind, and not consequently answerable for the commis sion of the act set forth in the charge. The Court allowed until to-morrow at nine o'clock, A.M., and then adjourned. TtiEspkY.--The Court met this morning at nine, but immediately after adjourned until nine to-morrow morn ing, to await instructions from the Admiralty, the Pre sident having doubts as to the legality of trying the prisoner by a court-martial for the offence with which he stood charged. WEDNESDAY.—The usual signal gun was fired at eight o'clock this morning, and at .nine the members of the Court were all re•assembled, when Rear-Admiral Parker stated that, having consulted the law officers of the Crown upon the case, he had come to the conclusion that the prisoner could not ba legally tried by a court-martial. He thereupon committed him to the custody of the civil power, and the accused will take his trial at the next general quarter sessions for the borough. The Court was then dissolved. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. Extract of a private letter, dated Cork, July 11, 1846 : —" I have just time to send you a line to inform you that to-day, rather suddenly, a signal was made to land field pieces, and man and arm boats, &c. About 1,300 ma rines were landed, and 14 field-pieces, at a place called Cork Bay. There was some little difficulty in landing the cann on , ow i ng to its being low water. Everything else went on well. There was no firing, it being intended as a prelude to Monday next, when a regular field day, with firing, is to take place. The field-pieces were manned by the seamen, who went through the exercise with much spirit and good will. The whole was under the command of Captain Willes, of the Vanguard." The Avenger, steam-frigate, Captain W. J. Williams, although far from complete, being still in the hands of the joiners and painters, went out of harbour to-day, being required for the service of his Highness Ibrahim Paella and his suite to-morrow. The royal yacht will be reported ready for the use of her Majesty to-night. All the workmen are to be out of her this evening. It is understood that her Majesty, with the Prince and Royal Family, will embark in her to-morrow, should the weather prove tiivourable, and take a short excursion, accompanying Ibrahim I'acha, in the Avenger, outside the Tile of \Vigil t, as a parting com pliment to the illustrious stranger. The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Commander Stephen, arrived from Sheerness last evening, bringing the marines belonging to this division paid off from the Albatross, and supernunaeraries. She sails to-ruorrow morning fur North Yarmouth with naval stores. EATII OF JOHN CLAUDIUS BERESFORD, ESQ. The name of Mr. 13eresford is identifi-d with the mer cantile, political, municipal, and social history of Ire land. He is no moff; and at his death was nearly the last specimen of a class now fast passing away into ano ther world. Mr. Beresford was senior partner in one of the greatest banking-houses ever established in this country; he represented the metropolis at, and for many years previous to the union; and was one of the first members after that event, selected for the Imperial Parliament ; he was an Alderman, and served the office of Lord Mayor fur the city of Dublin with princely hospitality; and in his habits and intercourse with his fellows he was joyous, frank, and entertaining. A man 'with a kinder heart or more benevolent disposition never lived, or a truer-hearted friend or more generous or charitable individual never existed. At the period of the Union, and when the Beresford family were omnipo tent in this country, and the source from whence power, and patronage, and promotion flowed, he was the jonly man of his name —resisting all influence, and re ecting every entreaty—who stood forward the firm and consistent opponent of the measure, and the Irish House of Commons did not contain a more fierce or decided anti-unionist than John Claudius Beresford. In the terrible times of 'es, as Commandant of the Merchants' 'corps of yeomanry, a severe and distres s ing duty was committed to its captain. The exigency of the times, and the very nature of the functions to be admi nistered, required a man firm of heart, resolute of pur pose, quick cf conception, and rapid in execution. The very occupancy of such a position, under such elm= Stances, and at such a crisis, of course brought upon lira the maliguant vituperation of the rebellious and disloyal, whose schemes it was his business to expose and frustrate, and whose plots it was his duty to detect and defeat; and hence. it was that a charac ter was drawn of him —one which no man ever did less to earn. But let us draw a veil over these terrible times, and let us bury in oblivion the transactions of half a century in time. _Long and many a year ago, Mr. Beresford, in the true spirit of a Christian, forgave his enemies, persecutors, and slanderers —departing this life as peace with all the world. He had attained his eightieth year, and died without enduring sickness, or suffering pain ; and so very tranquil were his last mo ments, that those around his death -bed were unable to pronounce the precise period at which the vital spank became extinguished.—Dahliti Evening Mail. A most comical mistake occurred in the transmission of the new Irish Chancellor's appointment. As Sir Frederick Pollock sat after dinner ruminating on the sad mutability of parties and the glorious m-mutability of the bench, thank_ gag God that he was not, like other Sir Fredericks, doomed to stand afar off in penitent despondency, a letter on her Majesty's service was brought to him, which conveyed the startling intimation that my Lord Chief Baron was to eon- eider himself henceforth Lord Chancellor of Ireland. In the baste of initiatory proceedings the envelope had been ad dressed in error, and the Chief of the English Exchequer was thus subjected to the torturing tantalisation of a mo mentary clatch of the Irish seals.—Dublin Freeman. The prospects of the wheat harvest are everywhere most promising. Reaping will begin in some districts next week. The mowing of barley has already begun, and a plen tiful supply is the produce.—Kentish Observer. Potatoes, except those planted late in May, are-look ing exceedingly well everywhere. The late planted ones have come up irregularly, on account of hot, dry weather; but the plants in those fields which have come no since the rain fell are looking healthy and strong. The early varieties now taking up for the market are small vet, but will now soon get a good size. We have not seen or heard urns taint in iny crop yet.—Dumfries Courier. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. ' On Wednesday, the 15th inst., five detachments—the %-th, 10th, 21st, 24th, and 29th—consisting of 205 men, with seven officers, arrived at Gravesend, from Chatham barracks, and embarked from the Custom-house quay, in boats, on board the ship Sophia, Captain G. Saxon, to join their respective regiments in India. Second- Lieutenant C. B. Daveney, of the 21st North British Fusiliers, embarked in place of Second-Lieutenant W. T. M`Grigor, who is withdrawn. The following eight detachments were selected on the 14th instant, from the provincial battalion at Chatham, by thu Commandant, Colonel T. Weare, K.H., for em barkation at Gravesend on the 31st instant on board the ship Ann, Captain James Knox, 800 tons burden, `hr Bombay and Cananore. The Bth Foot King's Own, 31 men; 17th Foot, 59 men; 22d Regiment, .14 men; 28th Regiment, 36 men; 60th, Ist battalion of Rifles, 63 men; 36th, 14 men; 15th, Fing's Own Borderers, 38 men; and 78th Highlander?, 60 men; making a total of 325 men, with the following officers:— Lieutenant W. A. Armstrong , 17th Foot; Lieutenant W. Mayne and Ensign A. G. B. L. Butt, 22d Regi ment; Lieutenant George Burrell; Ensign B. G. Len• non; and Ensign Philip henry P. Aplin. 28th Regi ment; and Ensign 11. Gilmore, with Ensign R. Boyle, 78th Highlanders. _ _ _ Last night the two following detachments, consisting of 32 men, including non-commissioned officers, of the 51st King's Own Light Infantry, and 10 men of the 96th Regiment, with 19 women and 51 children, arrived at the Invalid Depot, Fort Pitt, at Chatham, from Gravesend, where they disembarked from the ship Pes tongebomangee, Captain John Austin, from Van Diemen's Land. The troops were in charge of Ad jutant Richard Roney, 96th Regiment, and they em barked on the 13th, and sailed on the 14th of March Last from Hobart Town, making the passage in 122 days. Two children died on the voyage, and one sol dier of tire 51st died on Monday as the ship was off Dover. The soldiers thus come home are old men, and as the 51st and 96th are removed for service in India, all young men were selected. The men, after undergoing ,medical inspecti on , were remove d to St. 31ary's barracks to await their discharge. On Tuesday afternoon, the 14th instant, two detach ments from the head-quarters of the Chatham division of the Royal Marines embarked at the new stairs on hoard the Chatham tender for service at Sheerness, viz., Recruit and the H oun d. Th e f ormer ta k es I colour sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 17 privates; and the latter, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 10 privates. A detachment belonging to the Provisional Battalion at Chatham, consisting of 1 captain, subaltern, 2 ser geants, 1 corporal, and 35 privates, embarked yesterday on board the Victo r i a s t eam vessel for garrison duty at Sheerness, relieving a similar detachment returned to Chatham. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES' COURT, July 17. (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) HOUSMAN V. RICHARDSON. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 121. 10s. for wages. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. ASHLEY, the plaintiff's solicitor, stated the case. The plaintiff had been engaged as secretary and clerk to a pro jected company, of which the defendant was a director, called the Rock Steam Mining Company. The company was formed in 1844, but only existed a few months. The plaintiff claimed for one quarter's salary, at 501. per year. He would call one of the other directors to prove the engagement and terms. Mr. John Fpm was called, and submitted that he was not bound to give evidence, as he might involve himself in lia bilities. The SECONDARY considered he was bound to be sworn, but need not answer questions rendering himself liable. The witness then distinctly proved the engagement of the plain tiff and his services. Defendant was one of the directors. He declined to produce the minutes, and the Secondary did not consider it necessary. Plaintiff was only engaged about an hour or two one day a week; it was agreed that the salary should be UL a year, to be increased if the concern prospered. It was to raise tin from amongst the rocks. Mr. WILKINSON, for the defendant, proceeded to cross • examine the witness as to whether plaintiff had not been paid since the action was brought, but - The SECONDARY said that the defendant havidg suffered judgment to go by default, he could not give evidence of payment. He would gladly assist in such an inquiry- if he could, as he had no doubt in many eases actions were going on against five or six different parties. Mr. ASHLEY said it was not so in this case ; the plaintiff had received a bill which was dishonoured, and ample notice was given to Mr. Richardson that the amount could not be recovered from the other parties, and that the writ must be executed unless the action was settled. The jury, therefore, gave a verdict for the amount claimed. , ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, July 16. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARSE.) Charles Pryor su rren d ere d t o t a k e his trial upon an indict. ment charging bim with feloniously forging and uttering a pro. missory note for 2001., with intent to defraud Louisa Le. gerton. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Rndwell conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the prisoner. Louisa Legerton, the prosecutrix, deposed that she lived with her mother at Ugley Hall Farm, in the parish of Wal den, and she had the management of the farm. The pri soner had been employed in the caplcity of bailiff and confi dential servant for thirteen year. , , and he used to purchase and sell stock. In 1843 he asked her to lend his brother Joseph Pryor 1001., and be said ha would get her good secu rity for the principal and interest, and she gave the prisoner that sum, but at the time no security was given to her. He afterwards asked her to lend another sum of 1001., and upon his undertaking to give her a promissory note for the whole sum she had lent, she consented, and he shortly afterwards gave her a promissory note, payable on demand, for 2001., which appeared to have the signature both of himself and his brother. She said she remarked to the prisoner at the time that the writing was very similar, and he accounted for it by saying that he and his brother had both gone to the same school, and were taught by the same master. On being cross-examined the witness stated that the pri soner's wages were 301. a year, and he had the entire ma nagement of the farming business. He had offered to marry her as many as a thousand times, but she always refused. She said it was her own money that she advanced to him, and her mother had nothing to do with the transaction. She admitted there had been some other money transactions be tween the prisoner, herself, and other parties, and that she was in possession of a bill for 3001., which, however; was not produced. Joseph Pryor, the brother of the prisoner, deposed that the signature to the promissory noto purporting to be his was not written by him, and he also stated that he never autho rised the prisoner to borrow money for him. On c•oss-examination he admitted that about the time in question he did receive two sums of 1004 each from his bro ther, and that he had not since repaid the amount. IlAwxixs, on the part of the prisoner, addressed the jury, and contended that the prosecution bad been got np out of spite, and that there was no proof of any intention to defraud, and the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal. Mr. Baron PAInCE summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. then The prisoner was t arraigned upon another indictment, charging him with feloniously embezzling the sums of 8/. and 251., the moneys of Jane Legerton. The prosecutrix in this case was the mother of the former prosecutrix, and it appeared that in November, 1845, the prisoner had sold some wheat for 81. 18s. 9d., and a horse for 25L in March, and it was alleged that he had not accounted for either of these sums. Louisa Legerton, the prosecutrix in the former indictment, was again examined, and she deposed to the transactioes re ferred to having taken place, and that the prisoner had never accounted to her for the money. The jury found the prisoner Guilty upon this indictment, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned four calendar months. Attry Anne Mica, a little girl, who was stated in the ca lendar to be only twelve years old, pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously and maliciously setting fire to a barn, the property of John Smith. The prisoner was put back, in order that his Lordship might have an opportunity of looking at the depositions and inquiring into the circumstances of the case; and is the coarse of the day she was again placed at the bar to receive the judgment of the Court. Mr. Baron PARKE addressed the prisoner, and said that she had pleaded guilty to a very serious offence; and upon looking over the depositions, the case appeared so clearly made out by the evidence, that there was no doubt a jury would have come to the same conclusion if she had taken a different course, and therefore she had not at all placed her self in a worse position by confessing her guilt. The offence appeared to be of a very aggravated description, and to have been committed without any motive or cause whatever, and under such circumstances he had no alternative but to pass upon her a sentence of transportation. He at the same time, however, would inform her, that if she conducted herself with propriety, and there should be reason to believe that she sincerely repented the act she had committed, it was probable that the sentence would he mitigated very considerably, and that after some lengthened imprisonment she might be again restored to society. His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fourteen ) ears. WESTERN CIRCUIT— Winchester, July 16. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT. ) TRIAL OF LIEUT. HAWKEY FOR THE WILFUL MURDER OF LIEUT. SETON IN A DUEL. Henry Charles Morehead Hawkey surrendered to take his trial for the wilful murder of James Alexander Seton. The court was most densely crowded, and the trial teemed to cause the greatest interest. - The indictment was read, and it charged the prisoner with the wilful murder of James Alexander Seton, by shooting at him with a pistol, loaded w ith a l ea d en b u ll e t, an d giving him a mortal wound on the right side. He was also charged with a like offence by the coroner's inquisition. The prisoner, who is a fine, gentlemanly-looking young man, of about 26 rears of age, pleaded Not Guilty in a firm voice. He appeared to have suffered a good deal from anxiety, and looked very pale and care-worn. Mr. Rawlinson and Mr. Montague Smith appeared for the Crown. Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake de fended the prisoner. Mr. rtawrassox, in opening the case for the prosecution, exhorted the jury to banish from their minds all reports which they might have heard respecting the case, and to give their verdict upon the evidence alone. The prisoner at the bar stood charged with havieg killed Lieutenant Seton in a duel, which took place on Brown Down, near Gosport. The law, as the jury would doubtless hear it expounded by the Learned Judge, was, that if a men went out deliberately to seek the blood of his fellow-man in a private quarrel, and killed him, he was guilty of the crime of murder. The Learned C.mnsel then proceeded to give a short outline of the facts of the case, which, as they have been already fully re ported more than once, it is unnecessary to repeat. We will merely recal to the recollection of our readers that Lieutenant Hawkey was stationed at Portsmouth, where he resided in I lodgings with his wife. They became acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Seton, who lived at Southsea. On the 19th May, last year, there was a ball at Southsea, and all the parties were there, as well as Lieutenant Pym. During the ball some altercation arose between the prisoner and Mr. Soon, and they retired into a card-room, where they remained ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. On the following morn ing, at eight o'clock, a gentleman called on the prisoner, and left his card, and it would appear that that gentleman was sent by Mr. Seton with a challenge to Mr. Hawkey. Lieute nants Hawkey and Pyin were then seen between ten and eleven o'clock going into Portsmouth, and Mr. Hawkey appeared to be speaking in a loud and excited tone. At eleven o'clock, Lieutenant Hawkey called upon Mr. Sherwood, a gunsmith, for the purpose of borrowing pistols, but was referred to Mr. Fisk, a jeweller, of whom he purchased a pair, and after inquiring for a shooting gallery, ordered them to be sent to Sherwood's gallery, where afterwards two or three shots were heard. Lieute• nants Pym and Hawkey, attended by a servant, crossed in a boat to Gosport about three or four in the afternoon, the ser vant carrying a square brown paper parcel. The two officers proceeded to Brown Down, leaving the servant on the shingle, where he could not see what passed on the down. Within half an hour, first one shot was heard, and then another. The servant was called in haste, and he found Mr. Seton bleeding on the ground, and Lieutenants Hawkey and PYin were not there. The Learned Counsel proceeded to say that the question for the jury to decide was, whether the prisoner at the bar was the person who fired the shot which caused Mr. Seton's death. He should call witnesses to show that after th e s h o t s were fired two gent lemenwere seen r along a lane leading from the spot where the crime was committed ; that they arrived at the Fountain Inn, and left behind them a parc e l di rec t e d to Lieutenant Hawkey, to be called for next day. Those gentlemen speedily left the inn, and the evidence would show that at three o'clock two per sons, one being the prisoner, arrived a t th e h ouse of Mr. Ellis, the master of the Queen's yacht, who would relate what took p!ace there. The Colonel or Adjutant of the re giment would prove that since these events the prisoner had net been seen on duty. The evidence would show that Mr. Seton was taken on board a yacht, and Mr, Jenkins, a sur geon, called to his assistance. From thence he was taken to the Quebec Hotel, where he was attended by three or four experienced medical men. For some time his case proceeded favourably, but a ft erwar d s assu med a serious aspect, a tumour was found, and it was determined to perform a sur ghiocpeal o o fe p a e v ra in ti g on, .without which there would have been no his life. That operation was performed, and well performed, and late at night, or rather early in the morning, the deceased made a certain statement to Dr. Stewart, which that gentleman would detail to the jury, if the Learned Judge thought proper to admit it as evidence. The pi lonuereshtalcidncfoomr mtliettejdurtYhetcorimdeetlearinaditnoehiwsa:h, a r w g h e e . t h s e h r 0 t u h l d e they be satisfied he had, it was their duty, in justice to the public, and in discharg e o f t h e i r consciences, to tied him guilty. The Learned J - uncia . ordered the prisoner to be accommo dated with a chair, as the inquiry was likely to last for some time The first witness called was Wm. Durmon. a private in the Marines, who was servant to Lieutenant Hawkey in May, 1815. He deposed to the fact of a gentleman calling on tfie morning of the 19th of May. By his card he ascertained that it was Lieutenant Bowles, of the Royal Navy. He saw Mr. Hawkey, and then left. Ile afterwards met his master at Portsmouth, and, by his orders, returned to Lieu. tenant Hawkey's lodgings. Lieutenant Hawkey never re turned there. On cross-examination by Mr. COCKBURN, he stated that Lieut. Hawkey was much from home, attending drill and other military duties. Wm. Marsh, also a private in the Marines, was then called, and stated that in May, 1845, he was servant to Lieut. Pym. That on the 20th of May he went with his master to "Point," in Portsmouth, and on getting to the Sally Port, they met Mr. Hawkey, and got a boat and crossed to Gosport. Pre vious to this Mr. Pym had given him a brown paper parcel with something hard in it. They all walked on to Brown Down, where Mr. Pym directed him to go down to the shore and wait. The shore was there so reeky that he could not see the Down. He waited there until eallel by Mr. Py m , about half au how. On coming up to the Down he Mr a , THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1846. gentleman standing, and one lying down en his back bleed ing. He did not see either of the faces of the gentlemen, and one of them sent him for a surgeon, which he did. Went on to Gosport and fetched Mr. Jenkins. When they got back to the Down, the woundel gentleman had been take* on board a yacht. The next day he went by the direction of some gentleman, whose name he did not know, to an inn called the Fountain, and fetched away the same parcel that he had taken to Brown Down. He left it at Lieut. Hockin's room. which was dangerous to life; it was a branch of the ftmoral artery. Py Mr. COCKBURN—The artery taken up was the external iliac artery. the prisoner that he, the latter, was neglecting his duty in not cleaning the horses. He was then sitting down. Asked him what he was about, to which prisoner said he was rest ing himself, and it was hard if he had not a right to take a rest, he having then done a day's work. Being then com manded by his master to dress off the horses, he said he would not be in any hurry about it. The prisoner asked him if he had not been at church the day before, and there taken the sacrament, and said that people who did that ought not to get into a passion. The prosecutor then told him that he had better leave the stable, and let come one else do" his work, if he would not do it himself. He Wok the prisoner by the collar, but only gently, and desired him to go out. He would not do so, but told him that if he came into the stable again he would split his skull for him. Mr. Holtby then went cut, but returned in ten minutes, and the prisoner then struck him over the head with a pitchfork. He had on a hat, however, which, being much too large, had been lined with some thick folding of brown paper, which considerably lessened th 3 force of the blow. As it was, he suffered a serious injury, in a cut about an inch long, which went to the bone of his head, and from which the blood flowed profusely. The prisoner, p rceiving that they were sending for a policeman, exclaimed, " D—n him, ho is now going to have his revenge, but I have had mine." ✓ By the JUDGE—By tying that artery the circulation was cut off from this tumour. In my opinion the proper artery was taken up. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. CocientTeet then submitted that upon the evidence in this case the offence of murder, according to the English law, was not made out. It appeared that a wound was inflicted, in consequence of which an operation was thought necessary; and that, from the results of that operation, the person wounded died. No decisions, or any distinct authorities, were to be found in which this had been held to be murder. The question is alluded to in 1 Russ. on Crimes, 505, but the cases there cited were instances of the death being occa sioned by the physical consequences of the wound, though somewhat remote. In the Scotch law cases had occurred analogous to the preseDt, and there it was held not to be murder. He cited Alison's Principles of Criminal Law in Scotland, p. 145. Baron PLarr, on being informed that Mr. Justice Erie lead reserved the point upon the trial of Mr. Pym, said that he would also reserve it, although he agreed with Mr. Justice Erle. Mr. COCKBURN then objected that the cause of death was not. rightly described, -as being by " the wound" by a pistol bullet. His Lordship also expressed his opinion to be against the objection, but he said that as Mr. Justice Erle had on a former occasion reserved the point, he should do the same. Mr. COCKBURN then rose and addressed the jury on behelf of the prisoner in a most eloquent and stirring speech, w hi c h lastedtli ne. twe li h e e r e ee r l ' p e i recapitulated a t e e f d thewhich circumstances, w eeae giv already eonly a brief oufami liar to the public, which occurred prior to the fatal enco un t er , and dwelt with much earnestness and energy upon the deep provocation Lieutenant Hawkey had received in the base at tempt upon the chastity of his wife made by Mr. Seton. He commented with great force upon the evidence for the prose cution, contending that as it stood before the jury it demon stratedthe provocation the prisoner had rece i ve d , and v indictiveness on his part. With respect to t ho absence bot h of the long absence of Lieutenant Hawley fro m hi s reg i ment since the fatal occurrence , it had not been the result o f hi s wobeiren free excited will, conducted a but t t his es underthne defence.t o h f e constraint,theAfsattra oioccurrence, o popular feeling h a d o and it hadas it were, o f t h ose been thought right to allow time for that feeling to subside before the prisoner should be put upon his trial ; and, moreover, it was only an act of justice to Mr. Pym, the old friend of Mr. Hawker, that his trial should take place under the most favourable circumstance?, and if Mr. Pym and Mr. Hawkey had been tried at the same time, Mrs. Hawkey being the wife of one of the prisoners, Mr. Pym could not have ead the benefit of her evidence. That was the reason the trial of Mr. Hawkey had been ch ferred, but he had this day sur rendered to take his trial of his own free will and unre strained choice. Mr. Hawkey, however, was not tried under circumstances so advantageous as. Mr. Pym, for by the law he could not have the benefit of the evidence of his wife, who could have detailed all the circumstances of provocation. The Learned Counsel, in commenting upon the evidence, re presented the great danger that would ensue if juries were to allow detached fragments of conversation, which had been accidentally overheard, to bias their minds against a pri soner on trial for his life. He showed that no vindictivene , s could be inferred from the practice in the shooting-gallery, inasmuch as there had teen, in :fact, no practice at all, only three shots having been tired, just suffizient to try the pistols. The evidence also showed that both Pe in and Hawkey were ignorant of the practice of duelling, for the former was obliged even to observe how the pistol was loaded by the man in attendance in the gallery. He called the at tention of the jury to the facts, that Seton was the challenger, after the deadly injury he had attempted to inflict upon the honour and peace of the prisoner; that at the meeting Hawkev's pistol missed fire once, that in that position it was impossible for him to propose an accommodation, while it was quite in Seton's power, as the challenger, to have done so, but lie persisted, and h e consequen tly fi re d t w i ce , w hil e dr. Hawkey had or.ly fired once. The Learned Counsel then made some general observations on duelling, and the law relating to it, the substance of which has already ap peared in the report of his speech on the trial of Mr. Peon, and urged upon the jury not to inflict the last penalties of the law upon a man who had met his antagonist in fair and equal combat, and class him in the same cat-gory with the secret and cowardly assassin. He challenged the production of a case where a jury had convicted of wilful murder a man who hat{ met his adversary in fair fight. He then contended that no reliance was to be placed upon the last statement of Mr. Seton, and beyond that there was no strict legal evi dence, such as the jury had a right to demand in such a case, that the hand of Mr. Hawkey caused the death of Mr. Seton. The Learned Counsel then argued that the cause of death was not properly set forth in the indictment, inasmuch as it was described as accruing from a leaden bullet, whereas it was proved by the medical witnesses to have accrued from peritoneal inflammation, resulting from the surgical operation. Ou cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant KINGLA/M, he stated that he could not say who the gentlemen were whom he saw on the down. One he did not know, and he did not see the face of the other. Lieutenant Hockin, at whose room he left the pareel, was the adjutant of the corps. Mr. Hollingsworth, the keeper of the Assembly-room at Soathsea, deposed to seeing Messrs. Hawkey, Pym, and Seton at his rooms, on the night of the 19th, at a ball. Mrs. Hawkey was there. He also stated that he saw. Seton leave the room, and speak to either Mr. Hawkey or Pym (who were sitting near the door). As he went out previously to this, Mr. Hawkey and Mr. Seton had gone into the card room, and stayed some time. Mr. Savage, of the Artillery, who was one of the stewards of the ball on the 19th May, deposed to having seen Mr. Hawkey, Mr. Seton, and Lieutenant Rowles at the ball, and that Lieutenant Rowles had told him that Mr. Hawkey had called Mr. Seton a blackguard and a scoundrel, and re quested him to try and arrange the matter, which he refused to do. except in his capacity of steward. He then spoke to Mr. Hawkey, who said that he had received an injury, and not an insult, and therefore the matter could not be arranged. He also met Mr. Hawkey the next morning, when he told him that Lieutenant Rowles had called him out on the part of Mr. Seton, and that he (Mr. Hawkey) had asked Mr. Pym to be his second. John Lewis Town, a merchant residing in Portsea. deposed to the fact that as he was walking along Green-row, in Portsmouth, on the morning of the 20th May, he overtook Lieutenant Hawkey- and Mr. Pym walking towards South sea. He then heard Hawkey say to Pym, "I'll shoot him like a partridge." On cross-examination be stated that the words were "I will," or "I would," shoot him like a partridge. Mr. Thomas Fisk, a silversmith, living at Portsmouth, de posed to the prisoner having come to his shop on the morning of the 20th May, and asked to borrow a pair of pistols to shoot a match for 51. with, which he said he had made with Mr. Pym. He (witness) showed him a pair, but told him he could not lend them, as they were new. Mr. Hawkey then bought the pistols, and they were sent to a gunsmith of the name of Sherwood for Mr. Hawkey to try, as he (Fisk) had no p!ace in which it could be done. They were ordi nary dueling pistols. J - ohn Sherwood, who keeps a shooting gallery at Ports mouth, was then called, and stated that be remembered Mr. Hawkey coming to his shop on the morning of the 20th of May, and asking to have a few shots in his gallery, and that he showed him up to the gallery. He had a few shots, and then asked to borrow the pistols he had tried; but the wit ness told him he never lent pistols. Upon this Mr. Hawker went away, but subsequently returned, prior to which a case of pistols had been sent from Fisk's. Mr. Hawkey then directed Sherwood to cast a few bullets for the pistols, which he did, put them in the case, and it was sent up into the gals len - for him to try the pistols. George Powell, the servant of the last witness, proved that some gentleman came on the 20th of 311 y, in the morning, and had a few shots. He then went away, but subsequently returned with another gentleman (both in undress uniforms), and both tried the pistols for which the bullets were cast, as stated by the last witness. One gentleman tired three shots (the one who called first), and said, on firing one of the shots, that "it was a d—d good pistol," and marked it with a tool. He then asked the witness to let his friend see how he loaded them, which he did. On cross-examination he stated that the defendant took deliberate aim at the target, and did net shoot in the way called " snap shooting," whi c h i s th e way use d i n d uell i ng. John Dennis, a preventive man, deposed to having gone to Brown Down in consequence of what he had heard from Marsh, when he was running for the surgeon, and of his assisting to help a gentleman whom he found there wounded and bleeding on board the Dream yacht. John Daniels was then called, and stated he was walking on Brown Down on the evening of the 20th of May, and heard three shots fired, one first and then two together. He afterwards went towards the spot, and saw two gentlemen coming away, one of them had,a parcel. They went in the direction of Green-lane, which is the way to. the Fountain Inn. He did not know either of them. William Wood, the landlord of the Fountain Inn, which is about three miles from Brown Down, stated that he had been from home on the morning of the 20th of May, but on his return in the evening he was shown a parcel by his wife, which he believed was a pistol case. It was - directed to Lieutenant Hockin, or Hawkey, lie could not say which. It was fetched away the next day by an officer's servant. He also stated that his wife was too ill to come and give evi dence. On cross-examination he stated the parcel was in brown paper and sealed. Mr. W. Ellis, the masterof the Queen's yacht, the Victoria and Albert, stated that M r . H aw k e y a nd Mr. Pym came to his house on the evening of the 20th of May. Mr. Hawkey told him that he had been grossly insulted by Mr. Seton, and that Seton had challenged him. He, however, in no way referred to the duel. Hawkey and Pym stayed there that night. They went way the next day. Lieutenant Hole, the adjutant of the Marine corps at Portsmouth, stated that Lieutenant Pym was absent from his duty on the morning of the 21st, and did not afterwards return. He also stated that kr. Hawkey had been absent from the 24th. By Mr. COciaURN-31r. Hawkey has always borne the best character in his regiment as an officer and a gentleman, also peaceable l37. and humane man. I have known him ever as a rsince 8 Mrs. Stanmore was called, and stated the prisoner and his wife lived at her house in May, 1845, that he left her house on the afternoon of the 20th of that month, and never returned. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURW—On the 19th of May Mr. Hawkey gave me some directions. He told me if Mr. Seton called to see Mrs. Hawkey not tolet him stop long alone with her, as he had dreadfully insulted her. Previously to this Mrs. Hawkey had desired me to deny her to Mr. Seton. She had told me two or three times that she was afraid of him. Previously to this he had often called, generally at times when Mr. Hawkey was absent at drill. Mr. John Jenkins, a surgeon at Gosport, stated that he was called to attend a wounded gentleman on Brown Down. When he got there he found him on board the Dream yacht. Ha then described the nature of the wound and the treat ment which he adopted. This was given at length in our report of the trial of Lieutenant Pym. He then stated that the wounded man (who was Mr. Seton) was carried to the Quebec Hotel, at Portsmouth, when further advice was called in. The patient, however, got worse, and on the 29th Mr. Liston and two other medical gentlemen came down from London, and, on consultation, it was decided to perform an operation, which was accordingly done very skilfully by Mr. Liston on the next morning. At the close of this witness's examination-in-chief, Mr. COOKBURN stated to the Learned Judge the course he had taken at the trial of Mr. Pym. He had then proposed, both by cross examination and calling witnesses, to show that the medical treatment which had been adopted was improper, and had caused the death of Mr. Seton. Mr. Justice Erle had then stated that he was of opinionthat if; according to the best me dical skill called into a wounded person, a particular opera tion was thought to be absolutely necessary as the only means of saving his life, and the party died in consequence of that operation, the person who inflicted the wound was re. sponsible for the death, although the treatment were improper. He, however, stated he would receive the tender of the evi dence, and reserve the point if it should become necessary. He (Mr. Cockburn) now proposed taking a similar course, but he would be content, in the event of the Learned Baron being of a similar opinion to Mr. Justice Erle, to be placed in the same position. Mr. Baron PLAIT stated he entirely concurred with the opinion given by Mr. Justice Erle, but that he would reserve the point as he had done. Dr. Mortimer, naval surgeon at Gosport, who was called to attend Mr. Seton at the Quebec Hotel, deposed to the nature of the wound and the course of the bullet through the body. Six full days passed without any change in the wound. On the 27th witness discovered an obscure pu!sation, indicating that the mouth of the wounded artery had begun again to throw out its contents. This was the first indication of danger he discovered. The pulsation continued to increase, and on the 29th the symptoms rendered further steps necessary. Witness then had a consultation with Mr. Jenkins and Dr. Stewart every day. The state of the tumour certainly ren dered an operation necessary. Without one the life of the patient would have been in decided danger. Mr. Liston came down and performed an operation in witness's presence, on Saturday evening, the 31st, at ten o'clock. The operation was tying the iliac artery. In witness's opinion no other operation offered the same chances of success. Mr. Seton was a little exhausted after the operation, but the operation was perfectly successful, and the pulsation entirely ceased. Mr. Seton died on the Monday. Witness was present at the past mortcot examination, and saw that the course of the wound was superficial on the muscles of the belly, and then divided a branch of the iliac artery. In witness's judgment peritoneal inflammation was the immediate cause of death. The gunshot wound was a dangerous one. Cross-examined by Mr. Commum—The peritoneal in flammation subsequent- to the operation was, in witness's judgment, the immediate cause of death; but if no operation had been performed, it was a matter of opinion whether the wound itself would have caused death. if it had, it would have been death in a different form—from hemorrhage, and not &cm peritoneal inflammation. Dr. Stewart, surgeon, was examined—From the first mo ment he saw Mr. Seton, he considered him in imminent danger, and communicated that fact to his friends. The witness also described the nature and course of the wound, and generally confirmed the preceding medical tes timony. On the Sunday morning after the Operation Mr. Seton was much worse, and witness communicated his danger to him. The witness proceeded to say, Mr. Seton repeatedly inquired my opinion, but I evaded the question as much as I could; but he said, "I am not afraid to die." This was night. h . there t p w r o i as e y towards Monday morning. He said, " I am mast thankful roar n to g l d t o h P h e rm n i to you and the medical Inert who have attended me. lam duri o sna n oidt t ,t h ,h, i e n l k lreea t ps h tea e ht re oton i e— s y t (: h uo e : l ae e: ini t aware of h d t lirde before,world. I H k e n ow repeated notw h to y rite e a m a s e:: conversation s o e n w he t had d w ch i a t n h e ll e t ? ; He had previously received the sacrament.. He P had bitterly. - his lawyer and made his will on the Saturday morning seen to the operation. He appeared to believe what 1 said, that there was no hone for him. This was between six and seven o'clock on Monday morning. By Mr. COCKBURN—I sat up with him all night. It was during the night that he asked me if there was any h o p e . I t was on the second time he asked me that I told him there was was not the least hope. He did not afterwards repeat the question. He died about seven o'clock on the evening of the Monday. I was with him repeatedly in the course of Monday. He asked me in the coarse of the Cross-examined—Did nut suppose that he (witness) was of any worse temper than other people. He had laid hold of the prisoner's collar with his finger and thumb only. Did not wrestle with him, nor anything of that kind, and did not pull him by the lair of the head. Mortimer said their master was some considerable time away before he entered the stable the second time. Saw the prisoner strike his master, as stated by the latter. Mr. Holtby first got hold of the prisoner somewhere about the breast. He afterwards laid hold of him by the hair. Cross-examined—Was quite sure that Mr. lloltby laid hold of the prisoner's hair, and did not know but he was pulled down on one knee. The prisoner struck with the handle-and of the fork. Witness had told Mr. Holthy that a person named Blueman, who was at work in a farm close by, had seen him pull the prisoner's hair. Air. Sergeant WILKINS submitted to the jur y that it was a case of D O more than a common assault. The prisoner, though he had done wrong, had no such intention as that imputed by the indictment, and the prosecutor's other ser vant, Mortimer, had contradicted him in one material parti cular, relating to the pulling the prisoner by the hair, which showed that Mr. Holtby had betrayed much more heat of temper upon the occasion than he was himself willing to admit. His LORDSHIP remarked, in summing up; on the fact of so much time having elapsed between the prosecutor's going out of the stable, and his return to it, and which showed that the prisoner, notwithstanding any provocation he might have endured, had had time fur reflection. If the prose cutor had been killed by the blow it would have been murder in the prisoner. —Verdict, Guilty geneially. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Bedford, July 15. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Special Jury.) COULTAS V. I3ODrEs, CLERK. The trial of this cause occupied the Court yesterday and to-day. The evidence was similar to that adduced when the case was lately before the public. Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up the case to the jury with great minuteness, leaving it to them to say whether they gave credit to the story told by the Smiths and the other witnesses, who had chiefly deposed to conversations and matters short of an absolute and direct inculpation of the defendant. If the principal witnesses seers/ deserving of credit, there could be no doubt but that the case was conclu sively proved against the defendant; but it was for the jury to weigh well and consider their testimony, and test it by the application of reaeon and probability. It was not enough that witnesses should depose directly to the commission of such an offence as that laid to the charge of the defendant; but their story ought to be consistent with itself and with pro bability. Of this the jury were the best judges; and it would be for them here, as in all such cases, to come to a conclusion hostile to the defendant only upon clear and un doubted prosf, the onus of which lay upon the plaintiff. The jury, at the close of the Learned Judge's observations, begged for permission to retire, at six o'clock, and remained locked up till half-past twelve, when it being intimated to the parties and the Learned Judge, who had retired to his lodg ings, that there was not the slightest probability of their arriving at an unanimous verdict, after some deliberation and discussion it was assented to on both sides that they should be discharged. The jury accordingly repaired to theiJudge's lodgings, and where there by him released in due form from their confinement. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. CONSPIRACY TO DEFRATTD. George Marrictt, alias Charles Metcalf, alias Mr. Mellish, of the firm of Neill and Mellish, of Austin friars, was brought up for re-examination upon charges of having conspired with other persons to defraud trades• men in the city of London of goods of considerable value. The court was crowded, and the new- distinct cases were entered into. Mr. Humphreys attended for the prosecution. The following is the additional evidence in the first case which was brought against the prisoner on the 6th of June, by Messrs, Neville and Jourdain, hosiers and warehousemen, of No. 11, Gresham-street, West. William Mart, warehouseman to the prosecutors, said, about the 6th or 7th . of May, the prisoner called at our warehouse and gave me a card, G. Marriott and Son, ironmongers, 16, Great Trinity-lane, London. He said, he had be-n recommended to us as a respectable house, and having a son is A us t ra li a , t o w h om h e was i n t h e habit of sending ironmongery goods at diffe7ent periods, and the last letter received here, expressed the wish of his son for a small a:sortment of drapery and hosiery goods, he called with the view of purc,asing a parcel of that de,criptioa of goods to the amout of 1001. or a little more. He said the goods must be ready by the Tuesday following or they would be too late to go by the vessel, and he then gave a reference to Messrs. Neill and Mellish, No. 3, Austin-friars, merchants, who,. he said, had known him some time, and would testify as to his respectability, and he would call on the following Monday to ascertain whether we were satisfied with the reference. He did so. We had sent a clerk to Neill and Mellish, and I told the prisoner that, a, far as the reference was concerned, it was satisfac tory, but we did net know anything of Neill and Mellish. but would make inquiries about them. He then inquired the usual terms upon which we did business. I told him two-and-a-half discount for prompt cash, or an accept • ance at three months. He said he thought he should avail himself of the acceptance, but he was not quite sure. I asked him how the goods were to be disposed of, and at what docks they were to be delivered? He said, that having to send other goods by his own cart, he would not trouble us to deliver them; his car man should call on Tuesday with an order from him for their delivery. We therefore packed up goods—namely, 35 dozen socks, 86 dozen stockings, and a variety of other articles, to the gross value of 1331. 14s. 10d., but we received no bill, or any other security, for the payment. Mary Ann Watts, housekeeper of the house No. 3, Austin-friars, said, I have been housekeeper there for t n h e e ar p l) fifteen years. r - isonerasmr It .me bilisehl,oniguswthoieMhr. name ehhre took know okthe office on Monday before Lady-day, in company with Mr. Neill. I showed the offices to them, and they went to Mr. Fisher to agree about the rent. A brass plate Neill and oo Mtehle lwirh. pu s t ec u o p n o d n fl t o h o e r., doo T r, he a; follows: took . p Monday following. Their clerk called the prisoner Mr. Mellish in my presence. I saw the prisoner there occa sionally for about three weeks. After that he only came occasionally. Mr. Neill told me he was in the shipping line. The cnuntingshouse was ready furnished, and there were two rooms, and each room led on to the staircase, so that any one could go into one room and pass into the other, and then go down stairs again. They had no goods of their own, but they brought some pens and ink, and after a few days they brought four maps to hang up. The old clerk left on the 29:1 of May last. Cross-examined—The prisoner told me himself his name was Mr. Mellish, and I saw him write it on paper for the plate, and I have heard him called Mr. Mellish repeatedly . , and never saw any one of that name there but the prisoner. Mary Shelton, said, I am housekeeper, at No. 16, Great Trinity-lane, which belongs to Mr. James. May last, the prisoner occupied the warehouses there. The card produced, " Marriott and Son, Ironmongers," is one of his ; I never saw ironmongery there. A truck-load of paper and some empty cases were all saw there. I answered messages for about the first week, and the porter answered afte:wards. The pre mises were abandoned. The prisoner went away first, and then the man. A carman, who was employed by one of the prisoner's companions to call at Messrs. Neville and Co. for the hosiery, stated, that by direction of the man, he con veyed the goods to No. 2, Oxford court, Cannon -street, where he left them in the belief that he had been em ployed by Messrs. Neville, who said that h 3 should be employed agai i by them W. K. Milwood. clerk to Messrs. Neville, and Co., stated that he inquired at No. 3, Austin-friars, of Mr. Neill, of the firm of Mellish and Neill, into the re spectability of Mr. litarriott, of Great Trinity-lane, and received from him a most unexceptionable character. Mr. G. Bryson, accountant, of Basing-lane, stated that he was engaged as agent for Mr. James, the owner of No. 16, Great Trinity-lane, and that he let the ware house to him about the week after the quarter day. He saw the prisoner write on two or three oeclsions. an I to the best •Jf his belief, the papers produced (the order for delivery, and a letter addressed to Neville and Co., dated June 10, 1846), were in the prisoner's hand writ ing, as were other papers produced. The second case brought against the prisoner was as follows : Mr. COCKBURN having concluded his most eloquent ad dress, called Colonel Swaile, Colonel Gordon, Colonel Ste phens, and a great many officers of the Marine corps and other gentlemen, who gave the prisoner the highest cha racter as an officer and a gentleman, and as a person of a very peaceable and kind disposition. Mr. Baron PLAIT then proceeded to sum up the case to the jury, and laid the law down to them to be, that if two persons go out to fight a duel after previous quarrel, and one kill the other, all persons, whether principals or seconds, are guilty of murder. If, therefore, they thought that the evi dence in this case made out to their satisfaction that Mr. Hawkey bad shot Mr. Seton in a duel, it would be their bounden duty to find him guilty on the present indictment. He then went minutely through the evidence, commenting upon it as he went on ; and concluded by telling them, that whatever they might think the provocation bad been to the prisoner by the conduct of Mr. Seton to his (the prisoner's) wife, and however they might commiserate the wounde.i feelings of the husband, yet they must not allow that feeling to prevent them doing their duty; and if, therefore, they thought the charge was ma d e ou t i n ev id ence against the prisoner, they were bound to convict him. At the conclusion of the Learned Baron's address, the jury, without the hesitation of a single instant—almost, it might be said, without the formality of consulting together —re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. The announcement waa received with a vehement burst of approbation, which the officers of the court strove in vain to repress. This Learned Judge commanded silence, and was compelled to order one of the wet prominent and noisy of the crowd into custody. The culprit, however, managed to abscond ; and, in truth, nobody seemed disposed to make very violent efforts for his apprehension. Lieutenant Hawkey, immediately on his liberation, was surrounded by friends and brother officers, offering him their hearty congratulations; and upon his exit from the court he was loudly cheered by the people. Mr. Baron Platt was also saluted with he2rty huzzas as his carriage passed through the streets of the fine old city of Winchester. NORTHERN CIRCUIT:—York, July 15. CIVIL SIDE.—( Before Mr. Justice WIGIITMA N.) DYSON V. QUAEMLEY. Mr. Baines and Mr. Hugh Hill were counsel for the plain- IT, and Mr. Knowles and Mr. Hoggins for the defendant. This was an action on the case, brought to recover compen sation far certain slanderous words uttered by the defendant, concerning the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff, Mr. Eli Dyson is a manufacturer, residing near H u dd ers fi e ld, an d the defendant a clothier and farmer, living in the same neigh bourhood. The expressions complained of had been used by the defendant upon the occasion of his being at a public house, called the Horse and Groom, where, in the presence teed hearing of other persons, he had spoken in a slanderous manner of the plantiff's character and circumstances, imput ing to him insolvency and dishonesty. The defendant there said aloud, that the plaintiff had mortgaged his property, ex • presaly referring to an estate called "The Sow ;" teat he was going " to bank" (meaning, as understood, to become a bankrupt); that he could not pay ss. in the pound; and that he was a Legue and a thief, and that he (the defendant) could prove it. Mr. KNOWLES, for the defendant, ridicule,' the plaintiff's case, as one which ought never to have become matter for litigation, and which never would have but for the activity of some friend of the plaintiff, who expected to profit by the suit. 'The differences between the parties had their origin in a state of parish quarrels, existing at the spot where they re sided, and it was attaching undue importance to the words used, and which were uttered in a drunken dispute at a public-house, to say that they were calculated to do the plaintiff any substantial injury. His LORDSHIP said that it appeared difficult to consider the words of the defendant as any other than imputing to the plaintiff that he, being a man of trade, was in a state of insolvency, and that he was shout to become a bankrupt. If the jury thought that to be the meaning, they then would have to decide what, damages the plaintiff was en itled to, he being, on such evidence, entitled to their verdict.—Ver diet for the plaintiff—Damages, 50!. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESWELL.) POACHING AFFRAY. —George Barks, aged 26, formerly a grinder at Sheffield, was indicted for having on the 26th of May, at Handsworth, in the West Riding, feloniously shot at Thomas Longden, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pashley, with whom was Mr. Boothby, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Bliss defended the prisoner. It appeared that the offence was committed upon the manor of Mr. Michael Joseph Ellison, whose game-preserves are in the manor of Sheffield and Handsworth. His keeper, Joseph Jagger, on the date above gated, was going to bed, when he heard some one fire a gun, which induced him to open the window and look out. He then saw two men at a short dis tance, one of whom was the prisoner at the bar. He and his son, a boy about fourteen or fifteen, then went out, and into Lambs-hill Wood, which is near his house. The prisoner was seen to have a gun, and the two men went onwards to the land of Mr. Hutchinson. Jagger called out to them, and said, "Now, lads!" when th e me n appeared 83 if intending to make their escape. But th e prisoner first relied his gun to his shoulder, and said, "Nose, your eyes, if y ou follow I w ill bl ow your b ra i ns ou t." To that Jagger an swered, " I thiele we can d o w ithout that." The two men then went on. Jagger gave his son some instructions, and the latter left; and shortly afterwards Jagger, his son, and Longden, all came upon the two poachers at a gate to which the firmer had followed them, while young J a gg er was going for assistance. A t th at spot t h e two men drew up, and th e prisoner, addressing his com p an i on , salt go i o o nhirn I ''' g o into Vother?" •1, ~. 'Von Igo into him ?" the other answered, " Yes, go into him." The prisener up on that lifted his gun , and fired it at Longd en, who fed down, " l‘Ult The other m an sa id , " Yes, The pris oner t h en asked, No further shot, however, was fired ; an d the two men ran off, and got into a lane, wh ere t h ey were lost in the pursu i t. L o ngde n h a d suffered m uc h f rom the shooting Th e s urgeon who came to him found p e ll ets of shot in his ° arms , over his breast , in his thighs, and al so i n the pit of his stomach. The prisoner was but a few y ar d s f rom him when the gun Mr. Bless submitted to the jury that the prisoner had not been completely identified as the person cominitting the act, and called some witnesses, who The Learned JUDGE said that it had gave the • peisoner a very high character. was discharged. The jury, after hearing his Lordship's summing up , delibe example in the present instance. Had rated far a short time, findine• the prisoner Guilty. pened for a loss of life to result from the'e acts of outrage, so frequently hap that his Lordship's duty required of him to make a se.vere Longden been killed Matthew Harbron, aged 19, was the prisoner's crime would have been murder, and then he must have incurred even a much more dreadful sentence, and without any hope of his life being spared him. The sen tence was, that for this offence he be of fifteen years. prosecu tion; of April, at Knapton, in the East Riding, feloniously wounded John Holtby, with intent do him some grievous to tiot I ; r. a ß n l d iss mr a . n s d er ll e r a . n P t u li dl i e l i k n inws e a re p c e o a u re n d se t l o fo d r ef t e h n e d. bodily harm.indict transporteded fo r h foravi having, hge, on n er t i h od e living at Knapton, and that the prisoner, . John Holtby, on examination, stated p that he was a farmer, other things, to look after some of the who was a distant relation by marriage, had for some time lived with him as a servant upon his farm, it being the prisoner's duty, among f arm horses. On the 13th of April, the prisoner, who had that day been at plough, was in the stable along with a lad of the name of Mortnner, when he (the prosecutor), who is a man of about sixty years of age, wcut thoro ti? Omit The pre utQr c9roPlfuntd 0 Mr. Benjamin Wilson, hat manufacturer, Walbrook, said the prisoner came on the 23d or 24th of April to our warehouse for the first time, and presented a card with the name Marriott and Son upon it. He said ho wanted a parcel of goods to the amount of about 1001. for his son in Australia. and his terms were what we call day how I ihought hint._ I told him I thought worse. This was about two o'clock. He did not say he was better and felt free from pain. The statements he made to me followed immediately on my Oiling him that there was no hope. Hia question to me in the course of the day did not imply that he had the faintest hope. By Mr. RAWLINSON—IIe said that had the duel taken place at six paces, Lieut. Hawkey would h ave b een p l ace d i n his position and he in Mr. II iwkey's. He said he was per fectly innocent. He said, " I know not why I have been shot if I were to die this moment." There was very little conversation, after that. With respect to the pistol, he said he saw Lieutenant Hawkey present his pistol which did not go off, and he saw him a second tune present his pistol, which did go off, and the ball from which passed through his (Mr. Setoffs) body. He said, " I fired myself on both occasions." I asked him if he was sure it was Hawkey who fired the pistol ? and he said, " I have no doubt of it." By Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—There were two causes of death, primary and secondary. The first, the ball which passed through his body; the second, the inflammation of the peritoneum. If the operation had not taken place, death would have ensued from hemorrhage. By Mr. RANvelasox--The oper a ti o n w a s a trernendona one. The deceased was so stout that it, was necessary to cut to a great depth to reach the artery. Dr. Allen, a surgeon of Haslar Hospital, was called by the prosecution, and cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—Ho stated that in his opinion the immediate cause of death was peritoneal inflammation, brought on by the operation. By Mr, M. §rulli‘i-Tho ball nuadv4 fra4ll Artery; cash, but not money down ; and we agreed to let him have some, and asked him for a reference, and ho gave us a reference to Neill and Mellish, Austin•friars, and he was to call again in a few days. After we received a report from our clerk as to the reference, we agreed to execute the order. The clerk to the last witness stated that upon calling at Austin-friars ho saw Mr. Neill, who gave the prisoner an excellent character. Sergeant Dubois (No. 14 N) of the metropolitan police, who took the prisoner int) custady at Stockton, proved that the prisoner was living there in the =tune of Aletenlf, and that upon being asked whether he hal any children, he said " none alive." The third case against the prisoner was brought by Mr. Craggs, wholesale fancy stationer, of Budge-row, Mr. C. A. Crago, in the employment or the pro. secutor, said, on the 29th of April the prisoner earae to us, and askea me if we could execute a , hippitig order for him to go to Australia to a son h 3 had there. H e presented a card wi:h Marriott and Son upon it. We told him we could, and we told him our terms were cash, or three months with a very respectable reference. He referred me to Neill and Mellish, No. 3, Austin friars.—(Laughter.) He said I was to call any hour between ten and four o'clock, they being me rc h ants, and that they were executing an order for him at the same time. I told them I would call the next day upon' thew, an 4 I weal there And etirt a geutlemm wh9 represented himself as Mr. Smith, who said that Mr. Marriott was most respectable, and punctual in his pay ments, but I did not Consider the reference satisfactory, and we delayed the order for es few days, but I sent an invoice of the goods I thought would suit the market to the prisoner at Great Trinity-lane ; and after that the prisoner called, and said the goods and the prices would suit him. He said he wanted some paper to pack•with ironmongery, which he was going to ship to his son ; and I asked him if he would accept a bill ? He agreed; and also said that Neill and Mellish would cash it imme diately upon allowing them 5 per cent. discount.— (Laughter.) Upon these representations I let him have part of the paper, to the amount of 181. 4s. 6d., and he gave me an acceptance at three months for the whole amount, 131. ss. 6d. I sent one of my lads to 16, Great Trinity-lane, with the goods in a truck. It consisted of paper, but we did not complete the order. Mr. Craggs, the principal of the house, also gave evi dence. He had his suspicions of the integrity of the prisoner, and of his reference from the beginning, and determined not to give credit to him for a farthing's worth. The prisoner, however, contrived to induce the brother of the prisoner to entertain a. better opinion of him, and to let him have part of the order. Neill had told witness that he would immediately discount Mar. riott'e acceptance, but upon being subsequently applied to apologised upon the ground of having a large pay ment to make. The witness finding that acre was no thanes of retribution, went to the landlord of the house in Trinity lane, and mentioned the facts ; and the pri soner afterwards said, if witness had not been a fool, but kept hires If quiet, he should have had the money. It was while witness was going with the bill to Neill and Mellish to get it cashed that the priserter called at the premises and got a portion of the order. Some surprise was occasioned by the evidence of the next witness. N cholas Mellins, 306 It, Metropolitan Police, stated that he knew the prisoner by the name of Charles Peck, alias Metcalf, as a transport on board the hulks at Dept sord. He then produced a certificate of " the particu lars of Chat lea Ps ck, late of the Thames hulk, Dept ford, dated 1511 November, 1843, convicted of obtain ing goods by false pretences. at Newington, on the 7th of December, 1840, sentenced to transp, .rta.tion for seven years, and discharged b 3 pardon, 21st October, 1844." The prisoner, who had asserted upon being appre hended that everything would be found to be right, and that all his transactions were bona fide, said net a word during the examination, except that he wished to be remanded. The depositions in the above-mentioned cases were all taken, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute ; but, as many other charges are expected against him, he was remanded till next Thursday. A partner in the house of Calvert and Co. stated that an attempt had been- made by the prisoner to com mit a little plunder on that concern, but it proved un successful. The following two letters were produced by the gen tleman who appeared for that firm : " Messrs. Calvert anti Co. " Stockton-on-Tees, 75, High-street, June 16, 1846. " Gentleinen,—l shall feel obliged by forwarding to me. at your earliest convenience, the price of ale, porter; and stout, for shipping and home use.—Yours, &c., "C II AILLES ETCALF." " Messrs. Calvert and Co." " Stockton-on- Tees, 75, High-s4.reet, June 18,1846. " Gentlemen,—The following order I shall feel much obliged by your forwarding per the first vessel:- 5 barrels porter, at 335. 5 barrels ale, at 40s. 10 do. stout, at 435. 10 X at 48s. 10 do. at 533. 10 XX at 58i, I am likely to do a good deal of business in the ship Ping trade, in connexion with my brothers, who are ship owners at North- and South Shields. I refer you to the house of Messrs. Neill and Mellish, merchants, 3, Austin-friars, 011 Broad-street, with whom I have done much business, arid they can speak as to my family con nexions, which, I make no doubt, will meet with your entire satis!action.—l am, gentlemen, yours, respectfully, "CHAS. METCALF." The prisoner. whose coolness all through the investi gation was very remarkab!e, was then taken back to prison. Yesterday a man named William Slater, clerk in the house of Keen, Tebbutt, and Kippin, of 122. Wood street, warehousemen, was brought before Alderman Gibbs, upon the charge of having embezzled sums of money which he was instructed to collect from customers to the firm. Mr. R. Hughes, of Nos. 70 and 71, Chiswell-street, Finsbury, stated that on the 10 , h instant, the prisoner received, on account of the above firm, the sum of 281. is. 6d., from him, and 6igned his name in the book for the amount, the signature answering as a receipt for the money. Mr. J. D. Anderson, also a shopkeeper in Finsbury, stated that on the same day the prisoner received from him the sum of 121., on account of Messrs. Keen, Teb butt, and Co., and signed his name for the amount, as a receipt. The prisoner, who it was stated had embezzled a larger sum, which was paid to him by anoth, r ctnl,..ern, was then remanded till Saturday week. John Lye was brought up charged with stealing a cloak, a shawl, and a coat. ''he prisoner was seen in company with an accom plice, looking about for something to snatch at. A gen tleman's carriage, which stood near Cripplegate Church, presented an opportunity. The companion of the man at the bar whipped the three above . -mentioned articles out of it, handed them to the prisoner, and away they both ran down Cammomile.street. The sudden and dis heartening cry of" stop thief" had the Effect of checking and separating them. The prisoner dropped the pro perty, but was apprehended in his attempt to cut through a lane. The prisoner said he was as honest a man as it was easy to find, but unfortunately for the reputation he was entitled to he was poor, and while he was looking about him for employment, a man who was running threw the articles across his arm, and in his confusion he thought it was his business to run after the person who had given him the job, so after that man he certainly did go. —,(A laugh.) It was stated that the prisoner dropped the articles the moment the pursuit was commenced. The prisoner —Yes, I certainly did. I knew nothing of the party that threw them over my arm, and how could I tell whether he came honestly by them or not ? —(Laughter.) I wasn't going to take away things by chance in that sort of a way. Committed for trial. GUILDHALL. WITENT ROGUES ram . . OUT, &c.—Yesterday three persons, named Wm. Shaw, John Couter, and Win. Pitchford, were brought before Alderman Lucas, charged with having a nu m _ her of racks belonging to Messrs. Truerean, Hanbury ? and Co., the brewers, part of a number which had been stolen from the Eastern Counties Railway. The case excited some interest, from the fact that the par ties were all connected together in an illicit still, in conjunc tion with other persons, and that some quarrel having taken place amongst them, a general split was the result. A few days since, from information received, police.consta ble 357 proceeded to a house in Playhouse-yard, for the pur pose of making a seizure of a still, but on searching he found that everything had been lately removed except three sacks, with Trueman, Hanbury, and Co.'s name on. There were two men (Shaw and Cower) in the house at the time, whom the officer took irto custody for not being able to give an account of the sacks. They were brought up to the Court and remanded for a few days. In the mean time the pri soner Pitchford gave into custody two men named Johnson and Shaw, who were taken before the magistrate of 'Worship. street on a charge of felony, and remanded until Saturday. next. Johnson was allowed out on bail, when he immedi ately gave Pitchford in charge for having had the sacks found at Playhouse-yard. The charge was heard here on Wednes:!ay, and a remand was granted, but Pitchford was allowed Out on bail. He no sooner got his liberty than he returned the compliment by handing Johnson over to the care of the police, and thus the matter stood when the case was proceeded with yesterday. Johnsun's evidence was to the effect that at variouq periods he had seen sacks at Piteliford's house, and that he offered them fur sale at Is. each, and that on one occasion he wished him (Johnson) to erase the names, for which he would give him 6d. per sack, but the offer was, declined. Pitchford went under various names, such as Poole, Smith, Pitch, &c., and belonged to the house in Playhouse yard, where he kept a private still at work. He himself went with the prisoner Pitchford, and took the house from the landlord in the name of Poole, which he believed to be the prisoner's right name. William Johnson, the son, deposed to having been em ployed by the prisoner to work the still in Playhouse-yard. The house was taken in the name of Poole, which he believed to be the prisoner's real! name. Sacks came at various times with different articles in them, and they all had the name of Truman, Hanbury, and Co. on them. The prisoner's (Pitchford'O counsel contended that he never went by the name of Poole, nor did he take the house; and called the landlord, who at once said that the prisoner was not the Mr. Poole who took the house. The person who did so referred to the elder Johnson, who gave Mr. Poole an excellent character. A clerk from the Eastern Counties Railway, stated that he belonged to the Brick lane station, and that in the month of May one parcel of sacks, out of eight, directed to Thetford, was missing. and was never heard oraftrrwards. They mud have been placed in some cart, and thus carried away from the premises. The sacks were identified by a gentleman from Messrs. Truman's as belonging to that co:npany. The two first prisoners declared that they knew nothing of the sacks; they were ouly employed on the premises as labouring men. Alderman Luc.ts decided on discharging them. They were then placed in the witness box, and stated, that they were employed by a person named Poole, but the pri soner Pitchford was rot him. The prisoner often called at the premises in Rayhouse-yard, as well as Johnson, while the still iv.,s at work, but he never interfered in any way, nor did ho ever pay them. ' After some more evidence of a conflicting character, Alder man Lucas decided or. sending Pitchford i n th e custody of a constable to Worship. street, on a charge o f offering sacks for sale knowing whose property they were, the case turning out not to be within the district of this Court. In the course of the afternoon the prisoner was taken before the magistrate at Worship-stree*, and was committed for trial. SOUTIirVARK. DESPERATE SUICIDAL A TrEMPTS.—Yesterday, E iizabeth Holmes, a respectable looking young female, was brought before Mr. Seeker under the following circumstances:— A policeman of the 31 di v i s i on stated that while on duty in the Kent -road he went behind some new building-, and saw the defendant standing on the brink of a deep well, which was uncovered at the time. Suspecting that her in • tention was to precipitate herself into it, he went up, and with some difficulty brought her away. When they were walking. tog ther in the Kent-road she I •fc e..id ,acid run fin!: into the c en t re o ,e the read threw herse lf aowt, at the i tnoonent a he,vil v -l a d en d ray Wa ,' woul!! inevita , si% have been ran 4lvcr. st l wi4l her aIMO-4 from be neath the wheels.io aaied he thencesuhs' subsequently u t e o n s t t George'se, e e wo d h,: r to s tation• house, and from rk ut:e7 The prospects of the wheat harvests are everywhere most promising, and reaping has commenckd in somee dis tricts of this county. American flour is now t ff.!red In this market at about ss. per ssck below the current price of Eng. lish, and is consideted.equal iu quality to our OWII growth.— TrvrcattrAmnial. . . MARKET NEWS-(YESTERDAY)- COnN-EXCELEINGE. The present week's arrivals of English Wheat have been on a very limited scale ; yet the stands were fairly supplied with :Monday's un sold samples. All descriptions met a very dull inquiry, and previous rates were with difficulty supported. The show of foreign Wheat was again large, owing to which the sale for that article wat exces sively heavy, at almost nominal figures. Grinding Barley, and the best parcels of Malt moved off at late rates, but all other kinds were quite neglected. Owing to the continued influx of foreign O a ts, the Oat trade was heavy, and the quotations had a downward tendefCY• Beaus, Peas, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVA LS. Wheat. Barley. 2,810 qrs. 1,070 411. English ...... Irish ........ Oats f Flour. 1,260 qrs. 11,780 As. 7,530 15,270 ....—.. Foreign ...... 2,070 3,530 Malt, 2,410 qrs. SIWITErzEzn. Although the supply of Beasts on sale here was limited, the Bee r trade mas he a very Inactive state, and previous rates were barely supported. There were on offer 90 Beasts, 240 Sheep and Lambs , and 10 Calves from abroad. With Sheep we were fairly supplie d ' while the sale for them was firm, et full pr ces. Lambs—the num bers of which N, ere good—moved off steadily, at late rates. In Calves only a moderate busmess was transacted, and the qu o tations were somewhat on the decline. The same may he said of Pigs. 3 11161 Cows dull, at from 161 to 181 each; Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s 1 Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s each. Beasts, 570; COWS, Sheep and Lambs, 11,310 ; C a l ve t, 407 ; Pi gs, 220. _ - - ITEMTGATE AND IaI..fIDZIVIZAI.X.. We had a very slow general inquiry. ZIOROTTGEC HOP 11Z.11.RXMT. Our market, owing to the favourable accounts which arc alrno- 4 dal!) , reaching us from the plantations, continues i n a ver y inactive state. a , barely stationary prices. Duty, 140,0001. Sussex loclieto+ b/ to 616 s ; Kent pockets, 51 5 s to 611. ; Mid and East Kent, 6 16 b to 81 Its. COLONIAL. Stew.—Although tlrre has not been a large business f icaio in British Plantation, the market seems firmer this week. Batbadoe4 at auction has realised 533 to 53s Gd for fine yellow, and 503 to 5 1 ° for mid. REFINED —Standard Lumps have not been much in recuest. FAST INDlA.—lhere has not been much Mauritius offered - , " A holders ask Miler prices. Fin e w hit e B enga l has been at 555, and Mid yellow Mauritius kind at 495. C ass i pore Bengal was nearly •,. taken in at 59s for good white grainy. M a d ras h as been rata" dearer. Foaziox.—Forto Rico, low to fine, has been sold at 23s to 258, gal ti very tine yellow Havannah at 255. COFFEE.—There has been a moderate business done in l3ritish Plantation, and Ceylon has been taken at 40s to 438 for Sh e ord and good ord, pale being rather cheaper. The Plantatll sorts brought 58s 6d to 59s fur low mid greyish, 67s to 68s for a, bright greenish. Mocha has realised 45s 6d to 46s for good arr. brown. La Guayra. 2,252 bags 318 brls, sold at 49s for mid dal . ' coloury, and 47s to 48s for low mid yellow. Cocoa. —Trinidad has been sold at 40s for good, and 38s to 428 for low. SPlCES.—Pimento has been sold at 2%d to 3%d per lb. Malabf repper has realised 2%d to 3d per lb, and White 3%d to 51,401 perm' 6 ALTPETRE.—CaIcutta has been sold at full prices, v z., 25s ' 2.7 s GA per cwt for mid to good, 11Ud and 2%cl per cent. refraction- Rim—Spanish has been taken in a t I ts per cwt. Benga l has been about 3i per cwt lower. Good White 13s 6d to 4s per Vert. INDIGo.— The quantity to be offered to competition when the sal e ! commenced on Tuesday was 15,898 chests, and up to last evening 4,050 chests had passed the h ammer , o f w hi ch 2,233 had been sold, and 877 withdrawn. 11, attendance of buyers is good, and prices have advanced as compared with April by 3d to 6d per Ib on BeaSa l ' and 2d to 4d on Madras and :(urpalt. TEA.—The dem:lnd is steady. TALLow.—P. Y.C. is 41s 91 to 42s per cwt on the spot. (From the London New Price Current of July 17.) SUGAR.--To-day there was an increased dismclinatior i manifested by Grocers and Refiners to operate in West India Sugar, in consequence of what transpired in the House of Commons last evening with respect to the Sugar Duties. The business transacted in all kinds was extremely liniitedr and the quantity sold did not exceed 200 hhds and try Refining kinds have generally brought prices equal to those of last Friday, but grocery sorts must b e quoted at 6d per cwt cheaper. Da REFINED.—To. day Refinal Sugar was in good dam for home consumption ; standard lumps could not be obtained under 68s, and low brown lumps under 60s 6d, and the re, iners show more firmness. The market for bonded Crusbe Sugar is quiet. .61Anarrius.—There has been little desire evinced to ope rate privately i n an y d escr i pt i on, and 5,287 bags 2 cas k s 8; public sale thi s a ft ernoon went at prices is to 2s per cwt under those of the last auction. but the whole sold. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 917 bags Madras Sugar brought to public sale, and nearly all taken iti at about the former value. In Bengal there is little done' and former rates are not to be obtained. FOItEIGN.—For yellow and brown Havannah there has been a falling off in the demand, but holders evince firmr and insist upon fully previous rates. White is held for th; former currency, but the purchas es ma d e h ave no t been much consequence, • MO LASSES. —West India have met with little attention+ and 154 puns 17 hhds 23 casks of Barbadoes at auction wet s taken in at 27s 6d, and 21 puns of St. Lucia at 23s 6d. COFFEE.—To. day there was more desire evinced to vig Mocha Coffee, and 535 bales 251% bales at auction were sold at full market rates; 347 bags of Plantation Ceil a were nearly all taken in at stiffer rates. COCOA —The best descriptions of West India have her e puizhased with more freedom, and i n consequence of small supply previous rates are well su p porte d ; but for t P low sorts reduced prices have been accepted. e TEA.—ln consequence of lower r a t e s h av i ng b ee n submi t e i ted to for all kinds of Gunpowd er , b u y ers h ave b een induf iy , to operate with more freedom, and l arge p arce l s were u „,., posed of. Imperial has declined in value, but several P.`"i, eels have been sold. Twankay has met with little attent. l° , l ; and prices are looking down. Hys o n has met with little attention, but holders generally are unwilling to reduce tr it prices. : a There are few orders for Young Hyso n , an d pll''"; are drooping. Hyson Skin is little wanted. Scented Oreot, Pekoe is dull of sale, and holders experien ce diffi c ulty getting more than 2s per lb for line. Holders of Black eiv reluctant to reduce their prices, and supply the market V W ' ingly, but the trade have shown little desire to operate. ea COCIIIN JUL.—Arrivals h av i ng commenced to come in 03°la freelyweek, and hav ethey caused k having zg smerchantsupplied thtobeemdaerskierotulsartgeoirye, bag ,4p t , r0. : 4 , duce) a decline on flinuer rates of 3d to 6d on silvers, au— to Bti on black. RICE.—The demand bas fallen off for Bengal, andhttillv6 conti nu i ng coatinuin to be fre e ly supp li e d , pr i ces have sits given way. Madras, however, has met with ttention , %,„ the parcels sold p r i vate l y were at , p • a of there is yet little i n the market. :Zl.O ea rates. Of fur Cleaned Rice, but the demand ha s been good. not 1 SPICES.—To-clay Malabar Pepper was purchased 'wi t ! caution, and 4,000 bags at auction were all t a k en i n at th e full worth. For Cinnamon the demand is brisk er an d Pri ces are firmer. Sranrrs.—There has been less demand for Leeward but holders remain firm. In Calcutta little business has be e done. For Jamaica of all kinds the market has been in ~„, ,•.; active state this week, but in the value little variation bag occurred. Demerara is held with firmness. B ran dy has be en purchased with increased freedom, and prices are a dvancing for all descriptions. Geneva has been less in demand, an a lower rates are taken. For British Co rn S p i r i ts pr i ces ral:n 4 "" the same. Inneao.—To-clay during th e progress of the sa l e 72 1 chests were withdrawn. The quantity which passed the $ 1 ; 13 this day is 898 chests. There is no material alteration b c a t notice in the prices of consuming and middling to g a . 00 ,. shipping qualities, whi c h are i n good demand, but very fin sorts are decidedly cheaper. Ort.s.—A reduction on previous rates of lOs per tun Wh i g been submitted to for Seal Oil, tempted buyers to o perate with more freedom. Cod is little wanted; there are seller s at 281. Southern been purchased with caution, n o t w ithstandl the cheapn ess o f a ll d escr i ptions. Sperm at present ca nnot be quoted che a p er . For Rape Seed Oil reduced rates ba de been taken, a n d th e supply is large. Linseed Oil has let with littl e a t tent i on on the spot, and crushers exper i en ce difficulty in supporting prices. TALLOW—This afternoon at public sale 128 casks of Ass' tralian Tallow were sold, 30 casks South American, 37 ea sk g 65 barrels North, 97 cas k s first sort P.Y.C. taken in, and 3 ' casks Italian sold at lower prices. LOSS OF THE MAIDEN CITY STEAMER. STRANRAER, TUESDAY NlGHT.—entisid3rable alarm WI: created this morning by the receipt of a communication from the coast-guard station at East Tarbert, distant about Ilftee2: miles from this port. announcing the wreck of one of the Irish packet steam-ships off that coast, with 110 passengel' on board. Immediately Lloyd's agent and other persons con' nected with shipping prneeded to Tarbert, and on arriving. ascertained the report to be only too well founded. The ill fated vessel they found to be the Maiden City, a tbre:; masted steamer, Captain Richard Crompton commander, a t! that she had that morning driven ashore on the rocks unde r the part of the coast called the Mull of Galloway. The vessels it appears, had for some time been running between Liverposif Portrush, and Londonderry, with passen g ers, &c. She left Liverpool yesterday (Monday) at one o'clock, p.m., havie% upwards of one hundred passengers on board. The weather was as fine as could be anticipated, and so continued till near eleven o'clock, when the atmosphere became hazy The course of the steamer was then, as we are informed' N.N.W., approaching the coast of Wigton, on the extreme south - western part of Scotl an d, between 120 and 140 miles from Liverpool. It appears almost certain that she was out of her track—whether from neglect or the force of currents it is impossible at present to state. Notwithstanding the' dense state of the atmosphere, the engines were kept going, as it is alleged, at full speed, when about one o'clons• she struck violently the rocks before mentioned. A ve il° of the most painful character ensued amongst the par sengers. Such was the force of the shock as to carry avraY" part of her keel and hull, and the sea rapidly washing into her, compelled the passengers who were ()dew to cons? 4T I deck-many females, it is stated, being nea rly drowned d. their berths. The captain perceiving the perilous condition: of his vessel, and that she was fast sinking, kept her engines going n e r a probabi lity the wrist.at H fu ad i I sp she must have foundered, and a fearful loss o f lif e b e es e ee c d l i% and taii s e uc h c e e e e n d e m d u i n c h runningt arther, the result. Another fortunate circumstance was the mild state of the weather...- here being v er y li tt l e sea on. Signa l ( r ) i f fi t e h d e fl.aass last e a n c g c e o r u s n w t s e f r r e o m a l 1 thelandedoitni t sa w fe a t s y e . z guns having been fired, assi s t ance was obtained, and the ter would become a total w rec k. ••••••••••••••••=lll=lllll [ADvEnr ]—L7 -- 1- p O e e n :e t d h e t h d e i es a dispatch ..:TISEMENT COUPLAINTS ,:t.TRED CT lioLLowAr's weather the food tAt tie stomach irequentiy ferments and brings bowel coil t plaints, which is at all times dangerous to weak and elder+ , A n C el lf os , e, A h N o D t, o ß r t s oV ul E tri & p•rsons. 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