The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-18 00:00:00

THE ,517.1, JONDON, THE NAVY, ARMY, ORDNANCE ESMIATE:z. The slate of the public r( venue and expntliture, to which the attention of Parlio.ie;_nt was so frequently directed thwlng the session jut closed, and the general importance of the subject itself, have necessnrily at tracted towards the proceedings of the Select Com mittee on Navy, Army, and Ofdnance Estimates, ap pointed by the house of Commons, a large and un usual degree of national interest. An abstract, em • bracing the leading features of the report of that Committee, freed from the mass of arithmetical details embodied in a tabular form, and the long dreary pages of dry uninviting remarks and explanations with which it abounds, may not therefore be unacceptable to the general reader. The Committee directed their attention, in the first • instance, to the expenditure for the navy ; and they premise their report with the statement, that as " the expenditure thr the effective services of the navy, army, and ordnance must, in great measure, depend upon the amount of force which the advisers of the ' Crown may consider necessary," they have "abstained from taking any evidence, or offering any opinion upon systems of state policy, which Parliament can only sanction on the immediate responsibility of the advisers of the Crown." After quoting with appro bation the opinion of the Finance Committee of 1828, _ that the establishments of the country should be regu • lated, not with reference to the unusual circumstances of the late war, or to the probability of future wars, • but rather with reference to " the policy of depending mainly on our navy for protection against foreign in ' vasion,- and for the means of attacking our enemies," the report states, that a review of the navy estimates • for many years past exhibits a large and still increase ing charge. This is shown by a return of the sums voted each year from 1828 to 1848 inclusive for effective and ineffective naval services,—the sum voted in 1828 being 6,533,8661., and in 1846-47 .7,920,325/., including supplementary estimates for retired allowances to captains, and for excess of ex penditure. In 1847.48 the vote was 7,737,1981., while for 1848.49 the estimate was 7,951,8421.; but . up to the time of the report Parliament had only voted certain sums on account From 1828 to 1835-6 the return shows a gradual decrease in the annual sums 'vetted, the amount for the latter period being 4,434,7831.; a progressive rise then takes place on ward to the preSent year. It appears that there was an excess of expenditure over the naval grants in 1844-5 of 44,420/. ; in 1845-6, of 185,2801.; and in 1846-7, of 245,410/. ; and it is stated, that when the accounts are closed for the year 1847-8 a further grant will be required for a similar excess. Having thus pointed out the progressive increase in .the general charge fer the navy, the report presents •us with a series of interesting tabular statements, to show-Ist, the sums taken under each head of the •estimates from 1833 to the present; in other words, the annual payments made in each department ; 2d, the number of men, boys, and marines voted and borne from 1829 to 1847 ; and 3d, the number of ships and vessels on the different stations on the Ist of March in each year from 1835 to 1848, showing the total com plements of men, &c. Under the first of these heads some interesting com parisons may be made. For example, the wages of seamen and marines in 1833-34 amounted to 955,220/4 in 1848-49 they were 1,425,380 ; in 1833-34, the amount for naval stores was 492,290/. ; in 1848.49, it is 1,511,6711. ; in 1833-34, for new works and repairs, 63,790/. ; in 1848-49, 688,601/. ; in 1833-34, half• pay,-871,858/.. in 1848-49, 729,7401. The milit ar y pensions and allowances in the former period were 538,403/. ;in the latter, 510,288/. The civil pensions and allowances in the former period were 220,3421., and in the latter, 155,0441. In other parts of the re port explanations are given of the causes which have led to some of these disproportions ; but it will be more convenient to take these statements in the order in which the Committee have arranged them. • The next table presents a return of the number of men, boys, and marines voted and borne from 1829 to 1847. It is well known that, previously to voting the various sums of money required under the different heads of the estimates, it is the practice of the House of Commons to decide upon the number of men ; and here we have the votes of the House during this long period : In 1829 the numbers voted were 30,000 ; numbers borne, 32,458 ; in 1847-48 the numbers voted were 43,500; numbers borne, 44,969. The Committee remark, that is the number of men voted determines the amount of effective force for the ensuing year, it might be supposed that this decision would in great measure regulate the annual expenditure for the navy ; but such is not the fact, as is proved by a com parison of the expenditure is different years. For in stance, in the years 1841 and 1842 the number of men voted was 43,000, an amount equalling the num ber voted for the service of the present year; yet, in 1841 the whole sum expended for the navy was 6,731,5021., while the estimate of the present year was 7,951,8421.; showing that, with the same number of men, there is an estimated increase in the charge of above 1,200,000/. This circumstance is noted by the Committee to show- that, " when the number of men has been fixed, there is still room for the application of a well-considered economy." The next inquiry of the Committee, the result of which is before us, was as to the distribution of the naval force, this information being deemed desirable before entering into the details of the expenditure for the navy. It is stated that " the number of seamen, includinz boys and marines, required this year for service alba, is 35,000, in addition to which there are 8,000 marines to be employed on shore. The number of seamen, &c., actually serving on the Ist of March, 1848, including those ordered home and paying off, was 39,000. The number of ships and vessels of all classes in commission on the Ist of March was 235 ; but of those, 25 are either ordered home or paying off, leaving 210 as the permanent number required for the service of the year at all stations," &c. To give the return of the number of ships at each station from 1835, downwards, will hardly be thought neces sary ; but it may be interesting to state briefly the number of vessels which the Executive Government desire to retain throughout the year on each of the foreign stations, seven in number. East Indies.-17 vessels of all classes ; one receiv ing-ship ; complement, 3,268. Four of these vessels are steamers ; three or four vessels have been stationed at New Zealand, and it is thought desirable that these ships should occasionally visit Australia and Van Diemen's Land. China requires, according to Lord Auckland, the services of seven or eight ships ; two ships are stationed at Bombay for service in the Persian Gulf or at Aden, and one occasionally visits Ava and the Miou rivers. The Admiral's ship moves about according as his presence may be required, and it appears that the East India Company have about 20 steamers fitted for the purposes of war. Pacific, or West Coast of America.—Previous to 1838, the Pacific and south-east coast of America formed together one station, with a force of about 15 vessels. This station has, since 1838, been con verted into two separate stations, and the force em ployed h as b een near l y doubled, in consequence of the Oregon dispute, difficulties on the Mexican coast, the disputes in the Rio Plata, and the large amount of French and American force stationed in those seas. Lord Auckland considers this force neeessary in present circumstances, but, from authorities cited by him, it would appear that, when the vessels can be spared from the River Plate, "it would be most unad visable to employ them in cruising for slavers on the Brazilian Coast," which was their original destination in those seas. West Coast of Africa and Cape of Good Hope.— These two stations were comprised in one till 1841. The West Coast of Africa has now 24 vessels ' with a complement o f 2,470 men ; the C ape o f Good hope has nine vessels, with a complement of 1,715 men. The ships on the West Coast of Africa are maintained for the suppression of the slave trade; but, as another Committee was sitting on this sub ject, the inquiries regarding it were not perused. The force has been lately much increased on account of the Kafir war, and the station has also been ex tended to include the Mauritius and the Isle of Bour bon. Lord Auckland is of opinion that this force cannot be much reduced. North America and West Indies.—On this station there are ten vessels, with a complement of 1,717 Men. L or d Auckland considers this force too small to fulfil th e o bj ects i ntended, v i z., the protect i on o f the fish er i es i n the north, visiting the West Ind i a Islands, and watching British interests from the Ca 'aceas to th e shores of Nova Scotia and Newfound land. AND tw bl en eti ty l - te fl rra ve T r ---. In the Mediterranean there are "This force l i s ps ' 11:ith a complement of 6,973 Men. policy of the maintained in accordance with the land declares iPtrasesV Government ; and Lord Auck this amount of navalsopinion that while we maintain more convenientl force in time of peace, it may be Stationed in the Medittrranean than elsewhere." y In addition to the ships employed on the above seven stations there is a the e uiVron of evolution con sisting of three sail of and other vessels, which may otherwise be calle d lin e evolution hoe or Channel Benton particular fleet. With the exception of vess e l s service, and those stationed for the protection of the home ports, the rest consist of packets, surveying vessels, &c. The Committee state they decline toenter up on th e considerations of general policy which regulate the distribution of the force ; but they observe, " that whatever cause may have led to the increase of force on any particular station, when once the force h as been augmented there is too frequently some unfortu nate hindrance to its subsequent . reduction ;" and they add, "It is to be feared that officers commanding stations may be reluctant to part with a force once placed at their disposal ; and it requires, therefore, a Just discrimination and s firm exercise of authority, on the part of the Home Government, to regulate the distribution of the fleet in such a manner as shall se cure the interests of our commerce and protect the distant dominicna cf the C:own without imposing an unneceazary burden on the finances . of this country." A return, showing the complements of the dif fa.ent rates of ships in 1837 and 1847 exhibits a very considerable increase of the established,c,omplements for the latter year, and consequently the chargo for a ship of the same rate is ncc.ssarily greater than it was in the former period. The above necessary preliminary inquiries as to ' the general expense, number of men, and distribu tion of the navy, having been disposed of, the report presents the results of the Committee's inquiry into each particular vote, there being 19 in all. Vote No. 1 embraces the estimate for wages to seamen and marines. The gross estimate under this head for 1848-1849 was 1,425,3801. The Secretary to the Admiralty states his belief that this estimate is based upon an incorrect average. In former years, an average of 361. 35.11 d. per men upon the whole of the men voted was sufficient to cover the expense of the reliefs, and even to leave a considerable surplus. The extension of the steam navy has since rendered it necessary to employ a number of men, such as en gineers and stokers, whose services can only be ob tained by higher pay, and, consequently, the former average can no longer be relied upon. The true average would amount to 381. 15s. 3d. per man. This statement seems to have puzzled the Committee, for, notwithstanding the fact, that the average charge per man has increased, the sum asked for in-the estimates to defray the wages of the current year is less than in 1841, when the same number of men (43,000) was voted, showing that an increase of charge under • this head will pro . bably fall to be supplied in some future years. Many causes operate to render a strictly accurate estimate of the expenditure under this head very difficult, but, though some of them are stated, they will scarcely interest the general reader. The inquiries of the Committee, however, brought out distinctly the fact already stated, that, with the same number of men as were voted in 1841, the cost of maintaining the force has considerably increased. This is partly explained by the circumstance, that while in 1841 there were only sixteen steamers in commission, in 1848 there are in commission fifty steamers ; and some idea of the difference of cost in curred will be obtained from the fact, that whereas the average expense of wages per head of the crew of the St. Vincent is about 281. per annum, the average expense per head of the crew of the Sampson steamer is about 401. per annum. A considerable increase in the pay of engineers has also taken place since 1843, and there is a higher charge than usual for Admirals and their retinue. A statement showing the rate of able seamen's pay at different periods may not be uninteresting : Previous to the 22d of April, 1797, it was 11. 4s. per month, subject to a deduction of ls. for the chest at Chatham, and 6d. for the hospital at Greenwich. From 1797 to 1806 the pay was 1/. 93. 6d ; and from that time to 1816 it was 1/. 13s. 6d. ; from 1817 to 1824, when the new system of victualling was adopted, the pay was 1/. 12s. ; and from the' new system of victualling to the present time 11. 14s. net pay. The report contains an account of the expense of 12,000 marines and a marine artillery, a force greatly reduced in 1832, but now re-established. This was Considered a most important branch of the service since the increase in the steam navy, and the greater use of shell guns. The ex p ense o f a company o f marine artillery above a company of marines is 878/.; and, as the force could not be suddenly raised, if wanted for an emergency, the Committee consider its maintenance at the present limited amount to be consistent with a well considered economy. The Committee directed their attention to the dif ference between the number of men voted for the navy and the number of men borne; and on this head Lord Auckland stated his desire to restrict the num ber of men within the amount voted, and expressed his belief that this object will be effected in the course of the next few months. The estimates for the present year contain a vote of 30,0001., which it was proposed to take for the pur pose of ameliorating the condition of petty officers and able seamen, the object being to bestow a higher rate of payment after a certain length of service, to induce them to remain, instead of going where they could get better pay. On this vote the Committee offer no opinion, referring the matter entirely to the wisdom of Parliament. Vote No. 2—Victuals fur Seamen—This estimate was 653,6831. The quantity of provisions required for the 35,000 seamen afloat is calculated upon the established allowance of some articles, and upon the estimated consumption of others, an aver age of which is obtained from former accounts. With reference to the established allowances, the same ration is issued to every one without distinction, of rank, from the Admiral downwards, and compen sation is made to the men for such portions as they may save from the daily allowances made to them. In 1847 the value of the savings thus effected by the seamen amounted to 66,6101. It would be neither profitable nor entertaining to follow the report through all the intricate calculations that have been made relative to the salt beef, pork, biscuit, vege tables, &c., supplied to her Majesty's navy. Suffice to say that, for victualling 35,000 seamen afloat, those in the packet service and yard craft, and for victualling stores, &c., the estimated expense for 1848-49 is 620,683/. ; and that, according to the evidence of Lord Auckland, " it is not possible to procure "provisions of a better quality than those which are issued to our sailors," while " the sum annually paid to them in lieu of provisions uncon sumed proves that the quantities are amply sufficient." The following is the rate of victualling a:. s. d. Per man per annum .. l7 15 4.088 Do. per month Do. per day In the'estimate for the present year, as in all pre vious ones, there are sums taken for various purposes, which it may be of use to specify. For instance, there is an item of 7,0201. for condemned provisions ; that is, provisions declared unserviceable, and such as are returned into store from ships arriving from foreign ports. There is also a sum of 3,8251. to replace the estimated loss of provisions by evaporation ; and under the head " necessary money" is a sum of 32,9611. as an allowance made to pursers for providing her Majesty's ships with various items, under the authority of the Admiralty instructions, such as coals, wood, candles, oil, &c. Then there is 39,4761. under the head " Pursers' profit balances." Every purser is required to close his accounts annually ; he is charged with all supplies of provisions, and credited with the established allowance for the number ofpersons appear ing to have been victualled according to the ship's mus ter-books. A fixed allowance is made to him for waste in the issue, and he is paid at a certain rate for audits on the balance of his account. For what is culled " provision money excess cost" there is an item of 3,4501., being a compensation in lieu of provisions given in some cases to flag-lieutenants, admirals' se cretaries, clerks, and seamen, when employed on shore. The Committee are not satisfied that this expense has been at all times properly incurred, and recommend the matter to the attention of the Ad miralty. Provisions are obtained by contract, and it is con sidered desirable to keep a stock of salt meat sufficient for six months' consumption. Of late years preserved meats have been substituted once a week in lieu of salt meat on all foreign stations. This arrangement is conducive to the health of the seamen ; and the faei cility of obtaining a supply has superseded the neces sity of retaining in store the large quantities of salt meat formerly deemed indispensable. Bicuit is manu fac:tured atDeptford,Portsmouth, Ply mouth, and Malta. In the year ending December, 1847, the quantity ma nufactured at the above ports and purchased abroad was 11,977,821, at the average rate of 1/. 2s. 7.10 d. per cwt. The contract for salt meat is taken towards the end of September. In September, 1847, there were purchased of salt beef (Irish) 5,000 tierces, all at 51. 19s. per tierce ; and of salt pork 9,950 tierces ' at the average price of 8/. Gs. ld. per ti erce . It w ill be observed that the 5,000 tierces of salt beef were all Irish ; and it may also be noted that of the 9,950 tierces of salt pork, 6,400 were Irish. In order to point out distinctly under which divi sion of the estimates the great increase of charge for the navy arises, the Committee furnish several returns to show the great expense incurred by the effective force at sea in the two principal items, wages and victuals. They give a return showing the expense of wages and victuals per annum for a ship of each rate 'and class, calculated upon the present complements. To give all these details would go beyond the scope of this notice; but one or two may be selected as examples : A first-rate, with 1,000 men, costs annually for wages 25,7431.; for victuals, 17,7661.—t0ta1, 43,500/. A first rate, 950 men, costs for wages 24,635/. ; victuals, 16,878/.—t0ta1,t41,513/. A second-rate, 850 men, costs for wages 22,0281 ; victuals, 15,1011.—total 37,129/. A fourth-rate, 500 men, costs for wages 13,617/. ; victuals, 8,883/.—total, 22,500. A sixth rate, 240 men, costs for wages 7,3561 ; victuals, 4,2641.—t0tal 11,620/. A steam- sloop, 160 men, costs for wages 5,467/. ; vic tuals 2,8421.—t0tal 8,3091. A steam vess-1, 80 men, costa for wages 2,691/. ; victuals, 1,421/.—total 4,112/. The whole annual cost of an 80-gun ship, with 750 men, is as follows : Wages, 19,812/. ; victuals, 13,325/ ; rigging, sails, and stores (exclusive of ordnance), 3,201/. ; wear and tear of hull, 3,6601, — total, 39,998/ The Committee, in their remarks upon this vote, .ol_a_sejv,e, that " the only sure and efficacious check n ag u a my m b s e t r a lisaxcess of expenditure is to limit the orne annexed to the estin • the recommend eab that a"sittalitieumtehnet number should b v e o ted;and annually way borne durin g th or presented to the House at the sam e , tibib;.4.g Vote No. 3.—Admiralty . rnethe. ninnsber-aanen ac st financial year. 1848-49 was 136,303/ e v t i o n u g s year, ybrce—The estimate for from the charge for the Pr • butall diminution from considerable increase since 1833. The business of the Admiralty is divided between the office at White hall and at Somerset-house. The severer departments are distributed among the members of the Board of Admiralty, so that each one of th.e Lards Commis eleners, besides attending the board, is made con versant with the details of the particular branch which i placed under his especial superintendence. The First S'a Lord attends to the distribution of the fleet, and the preparation of orders in commis sion. Another naval Lord attends to the manning and arming of ships, and to all matters connected with the marines and marine artillery. A third superintends the building and repairing both of sailing and steam-vessels. A fourth overlooks the purchase and disposal of naval stores and provisions for the navy ; the transport service and the medical depart ment are placed under his care as well as all claims for pensions. The junior lay lord superintends the finance accounts, the engineering, and architectural works, and the packet service. The First Lord is cognizant of all that is in progress in each depart ment, and exercises the general control which neces sarily accompanies the chief responsibility. The Committee, in their inquiries as to the causes which have led to an increase in the expenditure of the Admiralty, found that with the increase of naval force and of establishments at home and abroad, a corresponding increase has arisen in the daily busi ness to be transacted, and consequently extra pay ments are made to the clerks who work additional hours, and extra clerks are employed beyond the number sanctioned by the Treasury. The mode of employing extra clerks the Committee consider ob jectionable, and they recommend that none shall be .hereafter employed without the written permission of the Treasury. The number of officials employed in the offices at Whitehall and Somerset House is 289. Under this vote are placed the appointments of Vice-Admiral and Rear-Admiral of Great Britain. The Committee of 1833 nominated to inquire into army and navy appointments observed that these were distinctions immediately connected with the naval service, and have always been reckoned among the highest professional honours to which a naval officer could aspire, and the Committee therefore recommend their continuance. The whole emoluments are to gether less than 8001. a year. Vote No. 4.—General Register and Record `Office of Seamen.—The gross estimate for 1848-1849 was 9,772/. On this estimate the Committee report, " Some information on the subject will be found in the evidence, but since the questions of register ,and apprenticeship, together with the general policy of the navigation-laws, have been brought under the no tice of the House, your Committee deemed it un necessary to pursue this inquiry further." Vote No. s.=scientific Branch.—The estimate for this year was unusually large, being 80,395/., whereas last year it was 46,7971. The increase is chiefly caused by a charge of 30,0001. for the Arctic Expe • dition, being the sum requisite to send out an expedi tion in search of Sir John Franklin and his crew, who, in 1845, sailed in two ships for the discovery of a northwest passage. On this subject the Committee inquire —"'What has been gained by these reiterated attempts to find a north-west passage ? has any result been obtained commensurate with the cost ?" And they add, " Such researches may gra tify the laudable curiosity of scientific men, and settle long-disputed theories; nor is it *led that some indirect advantages may casually be derived from these perilous voyages; but the expenditure for such should not be included in the navy estimates, since it is in no way connected with the maritime power of the country." It appears that since 1815 a sum of 428,782/. has been expended in Arctic expedi tions. The charge for the Antarctic expedition was 80,620/. After deducting the 30,0001. taken on account of the Arctic expedition, there still remains 50,000/. for scientific purposes. The Royal Observatory costs 4,230/. ; and the observatory at the Cape of Good Hope costs 2,8551. The astronomer at the Cape, Mr. Maclean, has, it is said, arranged a plan with the As tronomer Royal, in furtherance of which a series of observations have been made, and are still continued, of great value to the science of astronomy. A charge has for some years appeared for the re measurement of La Caille's Arc of the Meridian. Doubts having been, entertained of the accuracy of that astronomer's measurements, executed about the middle of the last century, it was resolved to repeat La Caille's observations and measurements and con duct similar operations along a more extensive arc. The work has accordingly been going on at the Cape and is now nearly terminated, an important addition having been thereby made to our knowledge of the form and dimensions of the earth. The total expense incurred is 9,7371., and any future payments required will be trifling. For the - compass department the sum respired is 2,1981., and the charge for th e hYd ro g ra phi ca l de partment is 28,7001. In the surveying department the annual charge has greatly increased since 1837-38. In that year it was 68,0001., while in 1845-46 it was 178,000/. A reduction in the number of vessels employed in the service has since taken place; seven or eight were called away to be sent with meal to the coasts of Ireland and Scotland. Ten vessels are now employed, and it is not intended to increase the number. The Committee recommend a fixed limit to the sum annually expended on surveys, and they propose that 70,0001. should henceforth be the maximum. An arrangement by which greater facilities are to be given for the distribution and sale of charts is stated to be under the consideration of the Admiralty. There is a charge of 3,6301. to defray the addi tional expense and labour thrown the Admiralty by the duty of examining and reporting on all railways and other plans and projects which may interfere with the tidal waters and navigable rivers of the United Kingdom. On this point the Committee suggest that the duty might be better discharged by the railway department of the Government ; and they consider it inexpedient to establish a central authority for the supervision of harbours in connexion with the Ad miralty till Parliament is fully informed as to the powers with which such a department was to be in • vested. The charge for the Royal Naval College at Ports mouth is 2,203/. ; and there is a new charge, for a school of mathematics and naval construction, of 8001. The Committee think that in future new expenses, unless connected with the interests of the navy, should be excluded from this estimate. They believe that the advancement of science will be better pro moted by a direct appeal to the House of Commons than by the introduction into these estimates of charges which have no reference to the naval strength of the British empire. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. —Yesterday morning the First Lord of the Admiralty and Captain Eden, his private secretary, embarked in the Admiralty barge from the Sallyport-stairs for the dockyard, to hull a levee at the Naval College. At halt-past nine o'clock the inter views commenced. The following officers were pre sented:— Rear-Admiral—Douglas. Captains—Sir Henry Lecke, Joseph Harrison, and the lion. G. F. Hastings. Commanders Graham Ogle, Moorman, Michell; Western, Tarleton, Schoenberg, Curtis, Morrell, Fegin, Franklin, Douglas, Seymour, Hewlett, Granby, Guinness, Johnson, and Edwin. Lieutenants Cochran (flag), Herrick (Admiralty flag), Compton, Millen, IL Walker, Morri3, Haslett, Barnard, R. Ward, J. Stone, H. Lappidge, Oxenhate, Rooke, Hall, Brydges, the Hon. J. R. Byng, and Darby. Masters—Thomas, Ellis, and White. Mate—Huthwaite. A,sistant-Surgeon—Pritchard. Messrs—Hodges and Jameson. ROYAL MARINES. Lieutenant-Colonel 11. 13311ingal: Lit utenant—Searle. Surgeon—Dr. Irvine. Whilst the First Lord hold his levee Admiral Dundas, Captains Lords J. ILly and Milne, with the master ship wright, mustered the men of the dockyard, who after wards had a holyday. Colonel .Irvine and Captain Ellice in the meanwhile transacted business with Cap tain James, the Royal Engineer officer in charge of the works of this port. Mr. Secretary Ward and Captain Berkeley also transacted business connected with their more immediate departments. About twelve o'clock the above duties having been brought to a close, the whole board, accompanied by the Admirals and their staff, and a party of ladies, embarked in the Lightning steamer and went out to Spithead to witness the steam trials of the Termagant frigate, 32 guns, 1,640 tons, 620- horse power, built by White, of Cowes; the Encounter, 1,000 tons, 360-horse power, built by Fincham; and the Plumper, 12 guns, 650 t ons , an d 60 -h orse pow e r ( a l so by Fincham). These vessels went out at ten o'clock, in order to get their machinery into good order by the time the Admiralty went out. The Termagant was commanded by Commander Stevens, of the steam-squa dron; the Encounter by Commader Grenfell, of the Illustrious; and the Plumper by Lieutenant Robertson, of the steam establishment at Woolwich. The following Admiralty and other officers were on -board the three vessels :—Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8., Chief Superin tendent of the steam squadron at this port ; Mr. Lloyd, Chief Admiralty Engineer ; Captain Halstead, Mr. F. P. Smith, Inspector of Screw-propellers, &c. ; Com mander Matson, Commander Johnson, the officers of the Royal Naval College, Mr. J. White. of Cowes, Mr. Seaward, -of the firm of Seaward and Cape!, the civil engineers of 'London ; Mr. Murray, civil enginr er ; Mr. Penn, the civil engineer of Greenwich ; Mr. Fincham, Mr. John Fincham, &c. The result of the trials at the measured mile or knot in Stoke's Bly was (officially) —Termagant, 9 knots ; Encounter, 10.2 ; Plumper, 5 4. When the Admiralty, in the Lightning, got up with the steam squadron, they gave orders that they should steam round the Herefordshire at the Motherbank, and round the Powerful at Spithead, a course of about eight miles; in making which the Encounter went ahead of the Ter magant at the rate of about a knot an hour. On return ing, the order was given for the Encounter to close and stop, when their Lordships -went on board, inspected the vessel, and then re-embarked in their barge, MONDAY ETENING, whence they boarded the Pearl cutter-yacht of the Master-General of the Orduanco, the ALiquis of Angleiey, when the Boald invited that nobleraan to join their party. They then w;.nt on board the Termagant, ‘, hese uLlehinery made so rcu-_,n noise that they ordered aNration. She made, during her trials, 43 revolt:- tions, and with the exception of " priming," to which all vessels for the first few hours of steaming are liable, and the bearing of the driving-wheel heating, worked ex ceedingly well. From' the Termagant the Board re turned to the Lightning to an elegant dejeuner, of which a large and brilliant circle partook. After this they boarded the Plumper, and made a most minute inspection of her Machinery; after which they ordered the common log to be hove, which indicated her speed as 6.225. The patent log gave the actual speed as above. The trim of the vessel was then altered by shifting about eight tons of ballast from the after body forward, which seemed to improve her speed, which no doubt would have been greater had she been fitted with her own screw, whereas she was using the screw of another vessel 15 inches loss in diameter, and is not yet coppered. The draught of these vessels after returning to harbour was:— Aft, Forward, ft. in. ft. in. Termagant .. 17 3 15 5 Encounter ••• ... 13 5 10 8 Plumper ... - 12 0 10 9 The Admiralty being perfectly satisfied with the per formance of the steamers sent them into harbour be tween three and four o'clock, and returned themselves, after an inspeedon of the apprentices in the Rolla brig in the Solent, at five o'clock, landing from the barge at the Victoria pier, and walking thence to the George Hotel, where in the evening they entertained the fol lowing party :—Sir Charles Ogle, Admiral Prescott, Admiral Sir Francis Austen, Vice-Admiral Sir John Ommauney, Colonel Lewis, Royal Engineers, Colonel Powell, Royal Marines, Captains Sir W. Parry, C. Eden, Yates, the lion. G. Hastings, and Austin ; Com manders Stevens, Hewlett, Ogle, Moorthan, Caldwell, Grenfell, Michell, Dumaresq, end Captain J. Home Fur yes, Brigade-Major of the district. Colonel Irvine, the 'Director -General of Works to the Board, left-for town last evening by the. South Coast Railway, as did Mr. Ward. Lord John Hay left this morning by the South-Western line. The Seamen and Marines' Orphan Schools were mus tered this morning in the dockyard before the Earl of Auckland, Rear-Admiral IlDundas, Captain Berkeley, and Captain Milne, who afterwards went on board the Victory to church. The board has given a piece of ground for the building of new schools for these orphans. Their Lordships received dispatches .yesterday which caused them to order four steamers to Ireland as soon as they can respectively b© got ready •, accordingly the Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. G. Hastings, has been completing her victualling and storing since, and has this afternoon embarked a field battery, of the Royal Marine Artill er y an d 200 officers and men of that serviceable arm for daty on ,the Irish coast without a moment's delay. The officers selected for this duty are —Captains Thomas P. Dwyer And IL W. Parke, and Lieutenants G. G. Alexander, G. A. _Schomberg, Juli us Roberts, and C. la: Barnard. These forces. .go as a Royal Artillery brigade, and take . with them harness, rocket battery, and every munition of the service. The Cyclops, fully manned and armed, sailed this evening for Cork. The Driver steam-slobp, 1,050 tons, 280 horse power, just brought from the Irish coast sifter tem porary service thereon, under Commander C. R. John son, was at the same time ordered by the Admiralty to be regularly commissioned for permanent (three years) sea service, and commander Johnson has been ap pointed to her. She, too, goes immediately she is manned to Ireland. The Sprightly steam-vessel, 234 tons and 100 horse power, was at the same time commis sioned by Lieutenant Barnard, of the Excellent, and manned from the crew of that ship, also for Ireland; and the Dwarf screw steam-vessel, in dock, is also or dered to be commissioned for the like service. These latter vessels are ordered to be got off without delay, and will sail on Tuesday or Wednesday for Waterford. Captain Horatio Austen and Commander Stevens, of the steam squadron, and Captain Jakes and the officers of the Illustrious depot-ship, with a working party of 180 men from that ship, have been indefatigably employed to-day in storing the Cyclops, and taking the Sprightly out of the steam basin, &c., to forward the work of ex pedition. Admiral Superintendent Prescott, Mr. Murray, the Superintending Engineer, and the chief officers of the yard, are all employed on this work to day, and are to go more bodily to work upon them to morrow; they and the artisans employed under them will re-commence work upon the vessels at five o'clock. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Moorman, is ordered to be paid off. The Pigmy, one of the steam mail-boats lately em ployed at Pembroke, Lieutenant Commanding A. Darby, arrived from that port yesterday morning, and sailed last evening for Woolwich to be paid off. The following promotions and appointments have been made during the past week:— PROMOTIONS. Mates—W. G. IL Morgan and John W. Pike, to the rank of Lieutenant, in consequence of the excellent ex amination they have passed at the Naval College, the proficiency they have made in the scientific branches of the profession, and the high certificates they possess from the officers under whoa they have served. Assistant. Surgeons—James Davidson (1838), and F. Stupart (1846), to the rank of Surgeon. • Clerk—Watson W. Parminter (1841), acting Pay master and Purser. of the Juno, confirmed to that rank, and re-appointed to the Juno. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—Michael de Courcy, to the Helena, vice G. W. Smith; Huraphry J. Julian, confirmed in the Re sistance troop-ship; A. Viner, to study at the Royal NaVal College; William O'Brian Hoare, to the Coast Guard; C. R. Johnson, to the Driver. Lieutenants—W. 11. L. Quinlan, to the Coast Guard ; the' Hon. J. R. M. Byng, to the Ocean. Paymaster and Purser—W. L. Norcock, to the Cy clops. Master—J. T. Crout, to the Cyclops. Naval Instructor—W. H. Macintosh, to the Cyclops. A s sistant- Surgeon —H. 11. Mackenzie, to th e Pe nelope. pmen Butler, to the Fiegard ; A. G. C owper, to the Powerful. Naval Cadets—Viscount Guillam ore , to t h e Fi sgard. o M eIo p e t d r e u h V . —E. Stubbs and C. R o b son , t o th e P e- Master's Assistants—E. Browne, to the Cyclops; T. Ogler, to the Ocean. Royal Marines—Quartermaster Shewin, to be Captain. WOOLIVICII, SEP. 16.—The Hogue, converted into a guard-ship at Blackwall, and made ready to receive auxiliary engines with a screw-propeller, with which she is to be fitted.at Sheerness, was taken out of dock yes terday by attaching 60 casks and two lighters to her stern at law water, which had the effect of raising the vessel upwards of two feet at high water. The applica tion of these means was rendered necessary in conse quence of -the alterations made in the vessel since she was taken into dock, and the impression that they would be requisite was confirmed by the fact, that even with their aid she was only got out of dock ten minutes before high water: took place. The Ilogue was towed by the Monkey and African steam -vessels to Woolwich the same evening, and left again this afternoon at one o'clock, towed by the same steamers, for Sheerness. The Dover steam-vessel, Mr. Boulton, second master, commanding, will leave on Monday for Portsmouth, and Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. K.C.11., with Lady a Gordont. Bremer, will take a p assage roun d i n h er The gallant Commodore has obtained six weeks' leave of absence, and will pro cee d t o his estate in Devonshire. Captain Fitzroy, who is to commission the Arrogant, will act as Cap:ain-superintend e nt during or the Commodore's absence. • General Lord Viscount Rardinge, G.C.B. and G.C.11. tlankdenta ordered t wo o f t h e Sikh at Lahore, to be forwarded , presentation to her Majesty. These tfipoer previous o s b u a c s o t tuetnroyt country aufvoni for' presentation guns arrived some time ago at the Royal Arsenal, Wool wich, and, having been thoroughly cleaned, were packed in boxes on Saturday last to be forwarded with great care to Windsor Castle, where they are to be deposited in future. The guns are 6 pounders, one of superior gun-metal, and the other with a large proportion of brass in it, and are evidently of those furnished to the Sikhs by this country, and afterwards turned against it. The carriages are of a superior description, made by natives. The limbers, the ammunition boxes, and the wheels are made of the finest teak, richly embossed with brass, and inlaid with steel throughout the length of the brass bor ders. The upper part of the teak is beautifully inlaid with mother-of-pea r l ornaments regularly arranged, and Ithe sides inlaid with brass representing a tiger pouncing upon and seizing an antelope, r_n Indian carrying a flag, and an alligator catching a fish, the later being farmed of mother-of-pearl. The naves of the wheels are surmounted with solid brass ornaments, cast to represent the heads of tigers, and the limber is joined to the gun-carriage by an excell e nt representation of an elephant's head cast ospfltehnedibdel);t-na teak,oun in brass, an d a representation of an elevate d trunk formed of iron, th e h oo k to hold the lim b er to t h e gun•carriage. The poles o f t h e guu-carriages are al l of b right iron, and the orn aments are p. The with in every part of these wateritbuckets brass. Thearc port fire cutter i s f ormed entirely of brass, the fore part ted strongly gun hooped N re presenting the head of a peacock, and the handle the body and tail of a fish, carved to represent scales. yhe hatchet on the other . side of each gun-carriage is of polished steel, and the handle inlaid with brass. There are two seats for gunners on each of "the grin carriages made of bright i ron, with elbows"Mmilar''to arm-chairs. The arms are necessary to confine the elbows, as the chairs, in place of being elevated, as the seats of the Bri tish artillery gunners are, have been fixed on the axle tree of the gun-carriage, betwixt the gun and the wheels, and the gunners have to sit with their feet swinging in brass chains below the axle, with their backs to the horses, and so near the grou nd that they can easily step upon it from their seats. ROYAL ARTILLERY. _Major Fraser's company, 4th battalion, and Captain Stace's company, 7th battalion, arrived in the Atholl troop-ship at Quebec on the 20th of August; after a passage of forty-ono days fr om Wool wich and thirty-six days from Plymouth. Major Fra ser's company, under the command of Second Captain Lyle, proceeded on the following day to Montreal, with Lieutenants Pigou and Colomb, to relieve Captain Col lington's company, ' .st battalion, and the latter came to Quebt`c on the 22d of August, to embark in the Atholl, being und er or d ers to return to head-quarters at Wool wich. Captain Stace's company remains in Quebec to relieve Captain Poole's company, 2d battalion, also ordered home. The Atholl embarked the companies, and sailed on the 25th of August for England, and may be expected to arrive here before the end of the present month. LEWISHAM.f—The good folks of Lewisham, in Kent, are almost astonished by the sudden and rapid progress of the Gravesend rail line, which now occupies the ground between the Plough and the Brewery in the Lewisham -road. A bridge is naarly made over the water or Itavensbourne, and the arches of the viaduct pass through Bridge -place, where the row of houses have been removed. SEPTEMBER 18, 4848. POLICE INTELLIGENCE': MANSION--HO USE. Mrs. Ann. Batt, the owner or the hor.te No. 19. Mid:- lcribuy, and alb.) of' Ole No. 6, B.)vd-eourt, swrala.,re.l by f„ , ,v , c. , , , er5,,r, 3 of the pari,il of St. Sieoheo, Wzi.ll32;) , At, for aqd neg!, poe. , r-raks, du© upon ttv;.) houses, to the urpoutit, of 251. 10.1. Mr. Maninie, the collector of the poor-rates, attended with the overseers, and proved that several ineffectual ap plications had been made to Mrs. Batt for payment of the rate, but sho excused herself upon the ground that the parish was largely indebted to her. A person Wilo - attended on the part of Mrs. Batt re presented the lady as being unable to obey the summons in consequence of indisposition, and handed in the fol -I.)vring communication, signed by her son:— "Sept. 16. "My Lord,—Mrs. Batt (the sextonesa of St, Ste phen's, Walbrook), being summoned to appear before you this•day to answer the complaint of the churchwar dens and overseers for nut paying the poor.rstoa, I wish to inform you of the facts relating to the reasons of not paying. . _ • _ "The churchwardens are in debt to her nearly 5001. for supplying the church with every necessary article for these last five years, viz., for coals, candles, sacra ment wine, making and washing surplices, paying man for bell-ringing, and every other article too numerous to mention. The bills having been sent to the church wardens, and not being able to get one farthing from them, I think, my Lord, you will not insist upon her paying the poor-rates till she receives some part of the large amount owing to-her from the parish. She has not the least objection to the claimed rates being de ducted from her bills, or will settle the amount when she receives the moneys from the parish, if they will give her credit till that time. " There is property to the amount of about 700/. per annum belonging to the parish, and if the moneys were properly managed there would be no occasion for any rates at all, as there have not been any for the last 20 years. Hoping you will take the facts into your kind consideration, I beg to be " Your Lordship's humble and obedient servant, "(For. ANN BATT), CHARLES BATT. 19, Bucklersbury. " N.B. My mother is seriously ill with the rheumatic gout, which prevents her attending the court." The collector submitted that the overseers of the poor had nothing to do with the debt to which Mrs. Batt had alluded, and that as it was compulsory upon them to raise the rate, they had no alternative but to apply to his Lordship fora warrant against the defendant. The LORD MAYOR—It seems that there is a large amount of money due to her by the parish. Are you aware that such is the fact? One of the Overseers—lf she have any claim it is against the churchwardens, and not against the over seers of the poor. We have a very considerable rate to collect by the end of the month, and this refusal is likely to he au impediment to that collection. The guardians of the por will not wait ; they will expect a punctual supply. The LORD MAYOR—I really cannot think of ordering a warrant in such a case as this. What I compel a per son to pay 251. to the parish when the parish owes her twenty times that amount ? The Overseer—What course are we to pursue in such a case ? The application for a mandamus to compel your Lordship to - Kraut the order will be attended with considerable expense, and we very much dislike such an alternative. The LORD MAYOR—You must take your own course. It is better that all the facts relative to the alleged debt to Mrs. Batt should come out. The overseer—l am placed in a most disagreeable situation, being under the obligation to find upwards of 5001. for the support of the poor by the end of the month. I have but lately come into the parish, and I am scarcely in it when I find myself one of the over seers. The LORD MAYOR —I admit that is a bard case, but look at the situation of this poor woman. She has been, it appears, in the parish for many years, and the parish is indebted to her upwards of 5004, and she cannot get one farthing of it. How can it be supposed that I would issue a w arrant in such a case? Cannot the parish authorities come to some arrangement on the natter? The Overseer—She has her remedy against the churchwardens. To the overseers, I assure your Lord ship, this a very disagreeable task. The LORD MAYOR—I have no doubt of it. Ido not by any meanS question your humanity; on the contrary, I am sure you perform your duty with the most kindly feelings. But it would be both cruel and unjust to press upon this poor woman for the payment of money to the parish when the parish is her debtor in twenty times the amount. The Overseer—We do not know that the money is due to Mrs. Batt. The person who represented Mrs. Batt here stated that he could bring the bills to his Lordship to prove that the whole amount mentioned by her was due, and she had not the slightest objection to pay if she got part of the debt. The LORD MAYOR—I suppose she has not the money to pay- the rates. Mrs. Batt's representative—She certainly has not.' The Overseer—But, my Lord, we, the overseers of the poor, have nothing to do with her claims, and the guardians will certainly look to us, in whom delay is a transgression of the law. The LORD MAYOR—What has become of the 7001. a year, of which Mrs. Batt speaks in her letter as belong ing to the parish ? The Overseer—That I believe is in Chancery. We have nothing to do with it, and know nothing about it. The - LoaD MAYOR—You surely had better suspend your coarse of proceedings for the payment of this de mand until that matter is decided. This poor woman is not able to pay, and I shall not compel her unless a man damus compels me. If you choose to adopt that course, do; it will the thing to a point. The Overseer—The guardians of the poor may seize upon my property if I fail in the collection ; and other parishioners may, as they have already threatened to do, refuse to pay the demands upon them, in conse quence of the non-enforcement of the obligation upon Mrs. Batt. The LORD MAYOR—Not one of the parishioners has the same ground of refusal. We have had instances of refusal here from other persons in the parish, but they did not hold out long. Every one of them soon paid. But I thought, everything was on the point of being settled in the parish, and that litigation was at an end. The Overseer—We are informed that Mr. Rock and Mr. Flight, who have all the money in their hands, re fuse to have it settled. They call themselves the church wardens, and Mrs. Batt ought to apply to them. It is our anxious wish that there should be no more litigation; but if your Lordship has made up your mind upon the subject, why I do not see that we can help applying to a judge for a mandamus. The LORD MAYOR—I most' assuredly have made up my mind. I must of courso obey a mandamus, but I am greatly mhtaken if any judge will grant you one under such circumstances. Application for a warrant was then formally refused, but the LORD MAYOR aain expressed his conviction that the overseers of the parish performed their duties in the most humane and at the same time the most efficient manner. GUILDHALL. Nicholas Locke, in the service of Mr. Edward Boyle, of 48, Parringdon-street, at the corner of Holborn-hill, was placed at the bar, charged with having robbed his employers to a considerable extent. Mr. Boyle said, that being convinced that he was robbed by some one he began to watch, and the previous evening saw the prisoner come out of the private door of his (witness's) house with a large bundle under his arm. He was immediately given into custody, and was taken back to the house, when the bundle was found to contain goods to the amount of 51. 14s. He afterwards, in com pany with th e co ns t a bl e , wen t t o the prisoner's lodgings at Spring-row, Wandsworth, and there found some other goods, consisting of flannels, stockings, and handker chiefs, which had been missed ; and he likewise dis covered that he was a married man with a family, which he was not aware of before, as the prisoner slept on the premises. • • Sir P. - LAURIE asked in what capacity he was em ployed? Mr. Boyle said, as shopman. Ile had received a good character of him from a tradesman in Holborn, and as he appeared to be anxious to get on he at once gave him the situation, but for the future he should be more cautious. Sir P. LAURIE asked what amount of property Mr. Boyle thought he had lost? Mr. Boyle though he had been robbed to the amount of between 704 and 801. Sir P. LAURIE asked what was' found on the prisoner besides the parcel alluded to? Mr. Boyle replied, that some cards belonging to several " sweeps" held at public houses were found in his possession., and from what the wile.had told him- respecting-the time at which he gave her money, he had no doubt that the produce of the rob beries had been expended in such lotteries. Sir P. LAURIE said he did not know anything more injurious to the interests of society than these sweep stakes, which had now become general throughout the country, and-which held out inducements to the foolish, not only to embark their money in .a speculation where the odds were so much against them, but to incite them to go still further, and make away with their employers' property, in the hope that they might at one time or an other be the " lucky individual;" and thus they went on, step by.step, nail they were placed in the position of the prisoner, a position which placed his family in a pre carious situation, and by which he bad lost his character. The prisoner was remanded. BO IV-STREET: Witham Frazer, a well-dre.ssed, respectable looking man, about 50 years of age, w as b rought up for final ex amination on several charges of swindling tradesmen in the metropolis. The prisoner declined giving his address. • The first case heard .was the following :---Mr. A. Morgan, a hosier, in Middle-row, llolborn, stated on Friday evening week, about seven o'clock, the prisoner came to his shop and ordered a quantity of goods, in cluding shirts, handkerchiefs, and gloves, to the amount of 31. 78. 6d., saying that they were for his brother, who was going out of town. He added that he should also want some shirts himself, but would call again respect ing them.. Witness asked his address, when he gave him a card bearing the name of Henry Mooreton, George Tavern and Chop-house, Brook•street, 11,1 bare, giving witness to understand that he was the landlord, and directing that the goods should be sent immediately. Ilent•y Young, shopman to Mr. Morgan, stated that on the evening in question his master gave him a parcel, with a bill for 31. 7s. 61, directing him to take it to the George Tavern, and tellir ' e him to wait for the money. On arriving at th e tavern he found the prisoner stand ing by the side of the bar, without a hat and reading the paper. He appeared to be the landlord of the heuse. He asked witness if he had brought some goods from Mr. Morgans's, and on receiving an answer in the affirmative, ho asked witnese into the parlour and offered him a glass of stout. Witness de clined the stout, and asked the prisoner how ho found , husintso. The prisoner, with a aigh and a shake of the head, replied, " I don't find it all." Ho then kicked at the bill, and said he would fetch a pen and ink in order that witness might receipt it, but witness said he had a pencil, and could receipt is with that: The prisoner said he had htst. have a pen end ink, and, taking np Ino parc(l under. his are), wailed out, closing the pae lour-dor after him. Witness, hoWever, suspecting that all was not right, opened the tkor a little way, and saw the prisoner, with his hat on, walking cut of the house. lie immediately, pursued him, and caught sight of him running down Fox-court, Gray's Lin-lane. He over took him at the end of the court, when the prisoner said he was coming back directly to the George. Witness, however, caught him by the collar and seized the parcel, upon which the prisoner made a blow at him, which he warded off. He then twisted witness's arm, and pinched a piece out of his hand in his endeavours to make him let go, but witness succeeded in detaining him and tak ing him over to Mr. Morgan's shop, where he com plained of having a sprained ancle. He said he was very lame when he ordered the goods, but when he was runuing in Fox-court he appeared to be perfectly sound in both legs. Ile was given into custody in the shop. Mr. Moreton, landlord of the George, proved that the prisoner was never landlord of the house, and had no authority to order the goods. The next case was precisely similar as to the facts, except that the prisoner had got clear off with the goods, which were worth nearly 31. He had ordered them from Mr. Joy, a hosier, in Westminster-road, and represented himself as landlord of a public-house in Canterbury place, Belvedere.road, to which house Mr. Joy's as sistant took the goods, and found the prisoner, without his hat, reading the paper. Ile took the goods from the assistant, saying, he must show them to his brother, but of course at ter the young man had waited until he was tired he discovered that his customer had fled. There was one other case heard, in which he had defrauded a Mr. Williams, a hosier, in Blackfriars road, to the amount of 3/. 9,. 3d. in a precisely similar manner. F 58, who had taken the prisoner into custody, said, he bad been three times convicted, and on the present occasion he had no less than seven clear cases against him. Mr. HENRY thought that three cases would be quite sufficient to send before a jury, and the witnesses being bound over to prosecute, The prisoner was committed for trial on the cases above mentioned. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. James Waller Gardner, of 43, Great Portland -street, a well-dressed man, who has passed under the names of E. H. Green, Straubenzee and Co., Rutter and Co., and several other names, and who calls himself a bill dis counter, was brought up for furth er exam i na ti on , charged with having stolen a bill of exchange for 2001, the property of Mr. 'William Barnwell, of Jer ilyn-street, under pretence of getting it discounted. The prisoner has been long known in the discounting world, and his apprehension created a good deal of inter est in those quarters in which he was more particularly known. Mr. Redpath, of the firm of Dean, Leeks, and Red path, St. Swithin's-lane, on behalf of the City of London Protection Society, attended to prosecute. Mr. nobler appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner, it appeared, obtained information by some means that did not transpire, that the prosecutor was in want of temporary accommodation. Thinking this a good opportunity, he wrote a letter to the prose cutor, stating that he could accommodate him by dis counting his bill. The prosecutor answered the letter, and ultimately an interview was obtained with the pri soner, when the latter, by his plausible manner, and re presenting that he had a large cash account at Messrs. Coutts', succeeded in getting possession of the prose cutor's bill for 2001., on the promise of bringing him the money in a few hours. This promise, of course, the prisoner never intended to perform, and the prosecutor saw no more of the prisoner until Tuesday last, when he met him in Albany-street, Regent's-park. He im mediately demanded the prisoner to restore the bill. The prisoner said he had not got it, and begged, for God's sake, that the prosecutor would not expose him, and Promised that the bill should be returned to him. The prosecutor, however, turned a deaf ear to the prisoner's protestations, called a constable, and gave him in charge. The only additional evidence produced this day was that of Mr. James Allan Green, clerk in Messrs Coutts' banking-house, who proved that the prisoner never had an account with them in the name of Green. He also stated, that to the best of his recollection he never saw the prisoner before in his life. solicitor, whose name did not transpire, said, he attended on behalf of Sir W. Worsley, from whum the prisoner had obtained a bill for 3001. by precisely similar means. As Sir W. Worsley would not be in town for a few days, he must beg to have the prisoner remanded. Mr. 13INGHAM remanded the prisoner until to-morrow. WORSHIP- S'IR EE T. A 3 oung woman, :named Rachel Bradley, was charged before Mr. Arnold with annoying and threatening the life of Mr. John Lettice, a clerk in the Post• office. The complainant stated that the prisoner had for merly been in his service, but left it about three years ago, and he had almost ever since, at intervals, been subject to annoyance and threats from her. While re turning hoaie on the preceding afternoon she waylaid him again with the object of extorting money from him, telling him that if he locked her up it should be the last opportunity he would have of so dealing with any one, as it was her determination to serve him as Annette Meyers had the soldier, and, as it was impossible to get rid of her by any other means, he was compelled to give her into custody, though be had no wish but to obtain protection. The prisoner burst into tears when called upon for her defence, and said that while in the complainant's ser vice, in attendance upon his ,wife, who was ill, he had availed himself of that opportunity to seduce her, the result of which was the birth of a child which she had no means of supporting. She afterwards went to Ramsgate, where he again met her and induced her to come to town; but he had refused her the means of subsistence, and, as she did not wish to cause his wife unhappiness by calling at his house, she had determined to importune him in the street in the way he had de scribed, to make him do something for her. The complainant offered some observations strongly impeaching the young woman's conduct, and said that he had not only more than once relieved her, but had offered to send her home to her friends, by whom she would be properly taken care of. He, however, ad mitted the substance of the girl's allegation against him, and The MAGISTRATE, after telling the young woman that if she had any grounds of complaint against her accuser she must adopt legal means for their adjustment, instead of resorting to such violent courses, said he did not feel disposed to punish Ler under the circumstances stated, if she would give an engagement to abstain from such annoyance in future; and the girl having made the required promise, though with much reluctance, was ul timately discharged. THAMES. T. and J. Jones, in the employ of Mr. Byass, wine and porter merchant, of Limehouse-hole, were brought up on remand, charged with causing the death of Susan Coslidge, a servant girl, by driving their master's horse and cart over her in High-street, Whitechapel. A coro ner's jury had already returned a verdict of manslaughter driver of the c a rt. T wo ngainwit nesses,stwThhoosmawasthjon the oc e c s' urrence, proved that the prisoners were in the cart, which was driven at a furious rate. Mr. Pelham, who appeared for the prisoners, said, there were no grounds ior charging either of the pri soners with manslaughter. Both of them very deeply lamented the occurrence, which was purely accidental. Mr. BALLANTINE was of opinion that the jury on the inquest had come to a right conclusion, and that there had been furious driving, He should therefore commit Thomas Jones for trial and discharge his brother. MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN. WILLENHALL, FRIDAY.—This afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. T. M. Phillips, coroner for this district of Staff,rdshire, upon the bodies of two children, named Edwin Jones, aged 18 months, and Sarah Spencer, aged 12 years, who were murdered lute on Wednesday night by a woman named Maria Jones, mother of the first and aunt to the second unf4tutite victim of her un doubted insanity. The facts of this horrible case may be told shortly. The woman charged with the murders is the wife of a working man named Enoch Jones, in apparently comfortable circumstances. She is a remark ably interesting-looking young woman, and appears from her conversation when in a right state of mind to have received an education superior to those moving in her sphere of life. About three months since her husband noticed a change in her usual behaviour; she negheted her household affairs, and seemed absorbed i❑ religious speculations. Her manlier became so strange, that ulti mately it was deemed advisable to place her i❑ the lunatic ward of the Wolverhampton Union Workhouse. She was, however, discharged on Wednesday last, at the instance of two of her relatives, named Maria Hadley and Martha Jones. She then appeared to be in a ra tional state. e h D i Id a r w i n a g s a h t er th short s s e ta o y f a at s i s t t h e e r. ni l o a n w, w s o n r i le o o n u; e e r her child was at the house of a sister.in-law, on her re• turn she took it home with her, being accompanied the little girl, Sarah Spencer. About nine woman's cries night the neighbours were alarmed by had murdered the from a window, d, Glaring that o'clock bu t children; she o l a d r y i d succeededshe t h e n in attemptedinflictingths einfant with its head neighbours entered, and foundbd toacsulttghhetrwoowunndt.hrToahte, an d lying a few inches entirely severed from its appeared to was body, u l cut, but e t from ' it. The l halt' severed was only ha 'om the • considerably. At the time parties to have struggled con h s e i woman was threatenint, to kill s g e i v r e r r s ed throat it t y te , w B ;r b k e h o w u a s s i; entered the house lay ta ken handsha back on her. o h t e h r e . on secured, however, co about twelve at night. It was said at Wolverhampton any person who sh t ould and necessary to place her under particular restraint. that during her stay at the workhouse it was not deemed "man, and necessarily at some periods works Her husband is what in this country is termed a "whimsey at the pit all night. The next morning the woman entered into conversa tion with Mr. Abbot, the governor of the workhouse, and in the presence of Colonel llogg, deputy chief con stable of Satfordshire, earrated the manner in which she committed the crimes. She stated that she sent the little girl to bed with the child before eight o'clock, and then walked down the lane wtth a ntighbour, named Mrs. Cave. She returned, bolted the door, and went to bed herself, hut did not sleep. She then get up and searched for a razor with which to cut the child's throat, as she believed it would he da mne d owing to its having beanchristentd by a Catholic priest. Not being able to find a razor, sh:, got a black-handled knife, which she shar pened against a steel, went up steins, then cut the throat of her niece, but did not cut the head quite off. She then declared she ought to suffer fur spilling the poor baby's blood. At times the unfortunate woman appeared calm and collected, and repres.e3Nl iierself bitterly for t he crime, but at etb.z , rs sbn was exceedingly vi° lent ' thteatenei to 1:;11 those around her, and had she not b in prevent,,d by tho rarties watching, would 1 13 " stran.c,l,2,l irgacst stw)ds adjourned, but no person seems to en:el - tall. a doubt as to the prisoner's insanity. SHOCKING MURDER. The feelings of the community of Stockport and its neighbourh oo d were very much shocked, at an early WI yesterday morning, by the perpetration of a cold-blooded and deliberate murder, an event that has not cccurredir this borough for very many years. The perpetrator ) this crime is James Kelly, betFeen twenty-five and thirt, years of age, who was employed at Mr. Orrell's, Travis Brook Mill; and his victim is a young woman named Eliza Fsu!kner, of comely appearance, comes hat ova , twenty years - of age, w h o a l so wor k e d at t h e s ame milk as a throstle spinner. The deceased and Kelly had some time kept company, but her friends having lately told her some circum s t a n ces connecte d w i t h hi s lif e previous to their acquaint a nce, s h e d e t erm i ne d to b rea k off the connexion with him, a n d h a d t o ld hi m so seve ral days previously. On Th urs d a y n i g ht h e went to h e r letir ings at Mrs. Dys on ' s , an d so li c i te d an i nterv i ew . She granted it, and stated t o hi m t h at b es id es b e ing Chartist he had be e n in p r i son . H e re pli e d ho had been in prison for p oac hi ng , at P reston ; b ut s he told him that all her f r i en d s h a d t h reatene d to turn th ir backs upon h e r if s h e cont i nue d to receive his addresses, and that s h e h a d fi rm l y ma d e up her mind never to marry hi m , or i n d ee d meet hi m aga in. On Friday morning, at half past five o'clock, he went to the house again, and called her by name, knowing that she would be going at that hour to work. She left home with her landlady's daughter, and he joined them at the entry end, where it is supposed he renewed his entreaties to be received again as a lover, and she refused; the other girl had before that left her. They crossed Nor ris-street together from the entry end, and were close to the window and door of a Mrs. Sleigh, near the turning into Hope-street, and not more than forty yards from the entry end, when she gave a loud scream, and 310. , Sleigh opening th e d oor at t h e time, saw a torrent blood gushing from he r th roa t, and the unfortunate k" the next moment precipitated herself into Mrs. Sleigu 'li arms. Mrs. Sleigh attempted to carry her across the street to her lodgings, but she fell down upon the flags just outside the door, and died almost instantly. Several persons were witness to the shocking deed, and the prisoner was at once apprehended by three meet, who stated to Bowers, th e o ffi cer , t h at the man they had in custody was charged with almost cutting his wife's head off. Bowers, addressing the pri soner , asked if he heard what the men said against him? The pri soner replied, "It is true." He then asked Bowers to sit down by the side of him, which he did, when the'pri• soner said, "It is not my wife, but my sweetheart. It?, all her friends' fault, and th e y t r i e d to persua d e her a ll they could not to keep company with me." Ile was then locked up, and an officer placed in the cell to watch h ish He had a cut on his left hand at the time, wh i c h bled profusely, and this was dressed. The murder was per• petrated with a long, sharp knife, which the prisoner jar mediately after threw away, but it was soon afterward s picked up in the street, and is now in the possession of Policeman Walters. • The deceased had n e ith er f a th er nor mother livul but she had two ; s i s t ers . Sh e i s represented as a girl of good'character, quiet disposition, and steady habits. The inquest was held on the body, before Mr. Rutter' coroner, at the Crown public-house, Heaton-lane, at four o'clock on Friday afternoon. The above statement was fully corroborated by seve ral witnesses. The Coroner having briefly summed UP, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against James Kelly, who was th en comm i tte d to Kirkdale ()" the charge.—Manchester Guardian. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Sam 16. STOCK EXCHANOR. — The share market i s ra th er imPr°ved t to-day, and we note more buying orders than for 0(31 0 four days. The demand is good for Midland Stock, Londog and North-Western, and Dover Half Shares. The sales 11 1 —Birkechead, Lancashi re , an d Ch eshire Junction, Bi Shares, 9% dis.—C a l e d on i an, P reference, 14 die. — Gri t Western, Quarters, 514 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire ( l a..`" Manchester and Leeds), Fifths, 41 / c. dis.—Ditto, 321. Shar es (late Extension). 11 1 4 c. dis.—Ditt o , Fif t h s (l a te we st Riding Union), 5% c. dis.—L on d on an d N ort h- wester lll 106 1 4 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 1 ,i dis.—Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 101. Preference, 9% c.—Midland Stock, 82 1 4—Ditto, New Halves, 10 1 4 dis._North" Western, 8A die.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Mkt 614—York, Newcastle, and Berwick G. N. E. Purchs 3 " 1 1 4 c. dis. BIRMINGHAM, &Err. 16. , and STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little doing to- day, prices hail still a tendency downwards. The sales are London and South-Westera, 36—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 26. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SErr. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The [sales are—North British. 1 , 9 cum div.—Ditte, Third s , 2 3 4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 6s. wm GLASGOW, SErr. 154 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sa l es are —C a l e d on i a n Prete rence, 425. 6d. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halv es ' No. 1, 51. Bs.—Glasgow a nd G reenoc k, H a l ves , 7--G reat Northern, 51. 19s. —North British, Third; 5%. ROYAL MARINES FOR. IRELAND..--.WOOLWICIit SUNDAY, SEPT. 17.—An express messenger arrived at the Royal Marine Barracks at a quarter before four o'clock, A.m., to-day, for the following detachment of the Woolwich division, to be got ready with the greatest dispatch :—Captain B. Varlo, Lieutenant Roberts and Lieutenant Kennedy, 6 sergeants, 6 corporals, 3 drum mers, and 162 privates. The detachment fell in, in full marching order, at a quarter-past four o'clock, ready to move; when a subsequent order arrived that they wore to remain in readiness to proceed to Ireland at a 13 30 ' meet's notice. The messenger brought an order that they were to embark in the Pigmy, one of the late Pon' broke station mail packets, on her arrival, which was hourly expected at Woolwich. The messenger, on leav ing Woolwich, proceeded to Portsmouth, with an expres s order for a similar number of Royal Marines from that division. The detachment of the Woolwich division re mained under arms at their barracks at half•past . two o'clock, P.M., as the Pigmy had not arrived at that hour• Thirty convicts are kept in readiness to put a supply or coals on board the moment she arrives, and the gun boats of the boat brigate are kept in readiness to be manned from the crew of the Fisgard to embark the detachment. FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Friday morning, at balk past eight o'clock, just after the arrival at Brighton of the first express train from Portsmouth, a lamentable accident, but characteristic of the indifference to dange r ' acquired by persons employed on railways, occurred at the terminus. A man, named Groves, a coach-trimme r ' a asl ea,ving a sh e d on t h e Shoreham branch for the per" pose of getting his breakfast, and was putting on big jacket when the engine, number 80, after leaving th e Portsmouth train, commenced running back and knocked him down, ran over and crushed him in a dreadfu l manner. One leg was taken off, another greatly de" maged, and other injuries were inflicted about the chest and head. Ile was immediately placed in a fib " d sent to the hospital, but died on the way. FACTION FIGHT` ON BOARD A SlllP.—Yesterday' an Irish reaper, who had embarked on board the Briue. 6 Boru, a Dro g h e d a vesse l, w i t h a number of his countll_l' men, came i n t o th e po li ce - court w i t h a police - o ffi ce r " prefer a charge of assault against one of the sailors be ; longin g t o th e s hi p, a l so an Ir i shman. The officer . se l l he saw th e p r i soner str ik e the compla i nant on the b e e' with a handspike. Another sailor belonging to tae shig deposed to h ear i ng th e passengers , w h o h e said numbered four or five hundred, and were all armed with stick!! express themselves to the effect that they would Otani; the crew, and immediately afterwards complainant and others set upon the prisoner, w h o was compel l e d t o use the handT:ke in self-defence. The case was dismissed''' . Liverpool Chronicle. Yesterday (Thurs Jay) the Danish Prince, Frede rick of llesse, nephew of his late Majesty Christian VIII., left Hull, per City of Aberdeen, for Copenhage n ' —Hull Packet. rADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOROII°II AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculou g , medicine, after every other means had failed. Sea extract slam 1 ; - 2 Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghora, Feb. 21, 1 8 . Professor llolloway—Sir : I beg to a cqua i n t you t h at your pills have , i effected a cure of a disorde r i n my liver and stomach all tke M o s t eminent of the faculty, at h ome an d a ll ever t h e cont i nen t, h a d not " • been able to effect; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad Sr 31 1 rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBononon." Th ese won d er fUl pills cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway ! Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and all medicine vendors throughout the civilised weed. ZURTLI.s. On the Bth inst., at Kingsbridge, Devon, the lady of John , J. Lloyd, E.g., of Lloydsborough, of a son. Onrtl C. } 13 ,. Bthirnoswt.n,, of a a tHil s l o - n st , r s e t e i t lib ß o e rn. Berkeley-square, the wife of p On the 13th inst., at Long Eaton, the wife of the Rev. W. J. Upton, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Limpsfield, Surrey, the wife of E. er Eccleston-place, the lady of ci o n )n .to t n h , e E l s 4 q t . h , o i f n a s t d . u a g t h u t e p r. p B. E. Turner, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th rust., in Berkeley-square, Mrs. 11. St. John Mildinay, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at Glanmire Church, near Cork, Lieut. F. C. Herbert, R N, to Bessie Newenham, youngest (tail& ter of the late Captain H. Stuart, 69th Regiment. On the 13th i nst., at Harford, Devon, William Mat-h il l Esq., Major 62d- Regiment, to Mary, youngest daughter 0 H. Rivers, Esq:, Stowford-house, Devonshire. On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Henry Letheby, of the London Hospital, to Miss Elizabeth Carter, of York-place, Portman-square. On the 11th inst., at Brighton, the Rev. Robert Seymou r Nash, , curate of St one , W orcesters hi re, to El i za beth, second daughter of the Ri g ht H on . Willi am Y ates P ee l, of Baginton hall, Warwickshire. DI. At Belgarvie-house, Fifeshire ED , on the 13th ult., D. Dic e ' Esq., surgeon to the 43th Regiment. On the 3d inst., at Clevedon, Elizabeth, sixth daughter e t the la! e Admiral Young, of Barton-end-house, Horsley' Gloucestershire. On the 12th inst., aged 68, Frances, widow of the late Bayford, E q., of Doctors'-commons. On the I.lth inst., at Clapham, Joseph Adams, Esq., of Swanage, Dorset. aged 77. On the 13th inst., T. Griffith, Esq., of Southampton. , On the 14th i ns t., at D o rset-sq uare , R egent ' s - par k, J. v , R. llampson, aged 15, grandson of the late C. llampson, of Nonsuch-house, Castle Pollard, Westmeath, Ireland. ,„ On the 14th inst., aged 79, Elizabeth, re li c t o f the la" Rev. J. Baker, of Bromley, Kent. On the 14th inst., at Brighton, Miss Anna Maria Fresh field, third *daughter of J. W. Freshfield, Esq., of Moor-place, Bletchworth, Surrey. On the 14th inst., at Brighton, J. C. ll ew li t t, Esq. ' fo Chancery-lane. On the 15th inst., aged SO, S. Newton, Esq., of Crostoil' park, Cambridgeshire. J, r London: Printed and Published by MURDO TOIMGir f , No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t Th e Sun Office, *l%l o f Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avoy , i n t h e co&U*U • aliddlena, Monday, September 18, 1848. . v~ C WT of the C waltaoever. 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