The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-08 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) I'ZZI.VGATE =ND 1.4.18.DELT1111.X.X., The general dernaDd tics ruler! 6teatly to-any at full prius. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10.1 to 4s; Veal, 35 to 4s; Pork, 2i 8d to 4s per Sibs by the carcase. Hal" Iig..a.IZILZVIS. S3IITHFIELD. — Meadow flay, 21 153 to 31 17 63; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4175; and Straw, 110; to I/ 6s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. CUMBERLAND —Meadow Hay, 21 16; Oil to 31 18s 01; Clover ditto, 31 53 to 4165; aad Straw, 1/ is to 11 7s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECUAPEL.—NIeadow H a y, 21 15s to 31 176 03; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 86; and Straw, 1/ Os to 117 s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT MAIVS-STS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 7.—Our marlv.t is firm today, and prices have advanced 2d per Blb3. Beef, from 3s t , 3s 10d; Mutton, 3; 2d to 4s 6.1; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s; Pork, 33 to 3s Sd per Sibs, to sink the dills. ROMFORD, JAN. 7.-13:?asts and Shtep have moved off freely, at higher rates. Most other kinds of stick are quite as dear. Beef from 2s 10d to 33 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 46 6d; Veal, 3; 2d to 4s; Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 183 to 225; and quarter old store Pigs, 163 to 203 each. LEWES, JAN. 6.—The general demand is steady, as follows:—Beef, from 33 to 4s; Mutton, 33 61 to 4s 8d; Veal, as 2d to 3s 8d; Pork, 3; 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE P ICES OF BRITISH CORN Fo: the Week ended Jan. I, 1852, made up from the Returns of the In-pe:tors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale, per imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. 1 PEAS. PRICE . • 1 31 s 2d I 26s ;id I 17s 9d 26$ 1d 1 'ids 7d 1 28s 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN tORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. TEAS. 1. 04 is Od is Od is Od is Od is 0d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 85,457 ; Bar ey, 94,742; Oats, 20,245; Rye, 179; Beau. 5,767 ; Peas, 2,434 quarters. SHERIFFS' COURT,—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. W. BURCHEI.L.) MACKENZIE V. DELL. The plaintiff is a licensed vic:ualler, residing in Au gusta-street, Regent's-park, and defendant a gentleman residing in that neighbourhood. The amount claimed was 681. 11s. 4d., for wines, &c. supplied. Evidence was adduced to show that the defendant had been supplied daily with wine, spirits, &c., to the above amount. The defendant did not plead, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed. MANSELL V. WOOD. Mr. DUNCAN, who appeared for the defendant, said tkat unfortunately neither the defendant nor his wife were able to attend from illness, he therefore should only make a nominal defence, in order to raise the question of •costs. The plaintiff's attorney said that (they could not find the defendant's place of residence, but his place of busi ness was in the City; but the reason they had brought the action in the superior court, was that the defendant had been the chief bailiff of the City Court. A verdict was taken for 181. 195., plaintiff being left to apply to a judge as to costs. USHER V. HILL• Plaintiff is an auctioneer at Bedford, and defendant is a farmer at the same place. Mr. DUNCAN stated the case, and called witnesses to prove that the defendant had purchased a growing crop of grass at 611. 10s., and paid a deposit of 61.; credit was given till the 29th of September, but he had not paid the balance. The defendant did not appear, and a verdict was given for the amount. The other cases were undefended. CRIMINAL COURT.—(TIIIS DAY.) OLD COUR7'. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) THE MARYLEBONE MURDER. Thomas Bare, aged 43, was indicted for the wilful murder of Louisa Bare, his wife. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Clerke, cmducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the pri soner. Mr. BODKIN opened the case to the jury, and told them that the prisoner was charged with the wilful mur der of his own wife, committed under circumstances of great atrocity. It appeared that the prisoner was a pipe maker, doing a good business, and some years ago he married the deceased. The marriage, however, was not a happy one, and ultimately the deceased and the pri soner agreed to separate. Knowing the violence of the prisoner's character, the wife kept her residence a secret, and again adopted her maiden name, but on the Bth of November last the prisoner succeeded in tracing her, and then committed the dreadful offence of which henow stood charged. The LEARNED COUNSEL then proceeded to call the following witnesses: — Fanny Knott—l live in Rider-street, Grosvenor square, and the deceased was my daughter. She was the wife of the prisoner, and bad been married to him nearly twenty years. I remember living in Riverie's gardens, and I was there about five weeks before my daughter's death. The prisoner came to my house and wanted to know where his wife was. I told him I did Rot know, and he said he would be revenged upon some one, but ho did not say who. Cross -examined—I am sure he made use of the term revenge, because I told him vengeance belonged to the Lord. This is the first time I have mentioned that. Sarah Abrahams—l live at No. 5, Brook's-gardens, Bagnigo Wells, and I know a woman named Hams. In the month of October last she was lodging at ray house, and another person, who called her self Mrs. Bare, came to live with her. This was about a fortnight before I heard of the deceased's death. She stayed there four nights and went away with Mrs. Hams. My son, who goes by the name of Black stone, took their boxes away for them. I recollect the prisoner afterwards coming to my house to ask for his wife. He asked if I had a little woman living with me. I said I had, and likewise a Mrs. Bare. He said Mrs. Bare was his wife, and he asked if there were two boxes in the house. I said no, they are gone; but ho wanted to go up stairs to see, and I refused to let him without a police authority. He then went away, but he was in the habit of coming almost every day to see if I know where his wife had gone. On one occasion he said to me " I am afraid my wife is going on wrong," and sooner than see his wile come to the emaciated stew of his daughter he would die in Newgato for her. He came to me on Saturday, the Bth of November, and went away with my son. pE u Edward Blackstone—l live with my mother, the last witness, and I recollect Mrs. Hams and Mrs. Bare living with us. When they left I carried two boxes for them to Mary lebone, and some time afterwards, on a Saturday, I took the pri soner to the same house. It was about half-past six On our way we stopped at three public-houses, where the prisoner had something to drink. We went to a public-house at the corner of the street where I took the boxes, but he said it was too open for him to sit in, as his wife in passing might see him, and not go home. He arranged that we should go to the house and get posses sion of the boxes. He was to take oue and I the other. We afterwards wont to the house, and saw the landlord, with whom the prisoner had some conversation. About half an hour afterwards the woman who had lodged with my mother came in, and the landlord said," That's her; don't kick up any disturbance." The woman did not see the prisoner. The prisoner followed her up stairs, and in a few minutes he called out , •'My lad, come and fetch the boxes." I went up stairs , and found the prisoner and the woman talking together in a back room. When I got in the prisoner said, " Here, my lad, you take this box down stairs;" and I did So. As I was leaving the room the prisoner struck the woman, and I said to him, " What is the use of hitting your wife like that?" The prisoner replied, " Oh, you trouble your bead with your own business." I saw him hit her two or,: three times on the head before I left the room. I went down with the box, and as I was going down I heard the woman call out " Murder ! Murder 1" repeatedly. I put the box down in the par lour and went up for the other. As I• e u I o me, fetch met the pri soner, who said to me, wasteht going; P the other box down, and I will carry it When I got into the room I saw the w ene a a way ' woman lying down near the fireplace. There evereSiL wa p s ers l ons at the door, but CO one inside. against the grate, and there was blood on her yl f ng c I took the other box down and carried it otitside a in e io the street, but the prisoner was gone. I ran after and overtook him; ho had blood on his hand, and I said "You come back, you have killed your wife." He said—" No, have not, but if I have , you te ll the ' policem,_n.” I did so. During the time I was in the room I didnotsee the woman strike the priso ner at all. Cross-examined—l saw th e blow struc k which mad e the woman begin to scream. They were stan ding opposite to each other, but I comet recollect what they said. The woman did not use any , bad language i n my hearing. I did not hear the prisoner saying any thing about a man named Thompson. The woman was angry at my taking the boxes away, and said to me, " 0, you cruel boy, how can you take the boxes away. I know a man named Thompson. I saw nothing in the pri soner's hand. I think I should have seen if ho had a blade of any sort in his hand. The woman began to scream out murder after I had left the room. She had not screamed murder before. By the JUDGE—When I first entered the room they appeared to be talking friendly together. The woman did not strike. _ George Lanney—l live at No. 33, George-street, Marylehone. I remember the deceased coming to lodge there. She had been there a fortnight on the very night this happened, and passed by the name of Knott. I re member the prisoner and the last witness coming to my house on the Bth November. The prisoner asked if Mrs. Bare was at home? I said I did not know any such person, and went over the names of my lodgers. I said there is a Miss Knott who is living here with Mrs. Hams. He said Knott was my wife's maiden name, and she had some property there of his. He added that my daughter had seduced ili a wife to come and live with her, and he would break °,,,Pen every door in the house till he found the property. told him that I had daughters, but I did not thibk hey knew anything of Miss Knott, nor was I aware p k,t he had any property there, but if he would fetch a 11°4r/u I m h should open Miss Knott's door, and have th - b ° 2 ces. then asked him 0 come in, and told him Miss Knott was so regular that she was certain to at nine o'clock. He asked me if I knew that Miss n ot % t t and the other were two prostitutes. I said I did a n d that they were, but he assured me they were, t fo .A 7 t tsed them very much. A few minutes before nine Tm - - cK Miss Knott came in, and as she passed along th e a v ; S a Sage I placed a lighted candle in the prisoner's hand, " said to him, " There goes the good woman you W allt to see." He followed ber up stairs, and I went 914 to look flx a Fliclezniin. When retuned x few' THE SUN, the woman in her room, and my wife bathing her tam pees. She appeared to he dead. Cress-exemined —I never sp o k e t o Mi ss K no tt. Th e prisoner waived to get the boxes before his wire came home, and if I had let h m I think it was his intention to have broken the door open. Rebecca Lanney, the wife of the last witness, was next called. I re member the prisoner coming to our house and the deceased afterwards going up stairs, fol lowed by the prisoner. I heard talking up stairs. The boy was afterwards called up and told by the prisoner to take the boxes down. He did so, and after he left the room the woman's c:ies became very violent. I heard a fall, and two minutes afar earcis the prisoner came down stairs. I heard no screams after that. I let the prisoner out, and observed that his hands were smeared with blood. Directly after I let the prisoner out I went up stairs, and found the woman leaning over . a chair against the fireplace. Her hair was in confusion, and blood was on her check flowing from a wound in her temple ; she struggled once as though she was in a fit, but never spoke, and when the doctor came she was sprite dead. Cross-examined—The woman had not many visitors. I only saw one, and his name was Thompson. Ile al ways inquired for Miss Nott, and generally went up stairs to her. Mrs. Hams was at home on these occasions. Selina Backett—l lo3ged in the room next to that occupied by the deceased, and remember well the night of the Bth of November. I heard the deceased come home, and a few minutes after she was followed up by wee one. When they both got into the room, the door was shut, and they commenced quarrelling. I heard the prisoner accese her of frequenting a low pubie-hous 3 with low prostitutes. The decaased made answer, "So help me God, Ido not," and the prisoner thereupon ex claimed, " Well, I shan't leave the house without the boxes." I heard afterwards a scream of " Murder!" and upon going out upon the landing, I saw the boy with a box on his shoulders. The woman's door was open, and upon looking in I noticed: the deceased and the prisoner fighting. The prisorer had his right hand raised at the moment, and I saw him strike her several very heavy blows. I did not see the de ceased return the blows, but they both fell down toge ther. I saw nothing in the prisoner's hand, but the boy who came for the box, and w h o b a d r e turned on to the landing, said to me, " D on 't t ouc h him, for it serves herjolly well right." The deceased and the prisoner got up together. Another struggle ensued, and then the prisoner came out and went down stairs. In a few minutes after the landlady came up, and the woman was found to be quite dead.—Cross-examined—l heard the prisoner say, " i want nothing of you but my boxes, and, so help me God! I won't leave the house without them." Edward Blackston was recalled and examined by the Court—Did you make use of the expression attributed to you by the last witness? Witness—No; I don't re collect. The Counr —But you must recollect. Witness—Well, I don't think I did. The COURT—Why did you not interfere to prevent the man beating the woman? Witness—What was it to do with me? The COURT—Do with you, why, surely you could have pulled the man away from the woman? Witness—No, I couldn't. Emma Webster, another lodger in the house, gave similar evidence to that of the last female witness. Mary Robinson had heard prisoner declare he would be avenged on deceased. Rebecca Knight, the wife of a marine store dealer, in Blackfriars, stated that a few days before this occur rence, the prisoner purchased a file of a triangular form. The file produced was similar to the one sold to the prisoner, a narrow instrument with a sharp end. Joseph Church—l am a policeman. I remember being on duty about nine o'clock on the Bth of Novem ber last, in Marylebone, when the prisoner came up to me and said " What are you going to do?" I asked him what he meant, and he replied " Oh, nothing, only something that took place between me and my wife." The prisoner then crossed the street, and at that moment the boy Blackstone came up and made a communication to me. I then went over to the prisoner and told him he must go with me. He said very well, and wo walked to the house where the de ceased was lying. There were two boxes at the door, and the prisoner observed if it had not been for those boxes this would not have happened. Another constable came up, and having handed the prisoner over to him I went up stairs. There I found the woman bleeding from wounds, and upon searching the room I discovered the file produced in the fire-place, covered with blood, , and ith the end recently sharpened. I then sent for a surgeon. John Cox, another policeman, who conveyed the pri soner to the station-house —The prisoner told me that his wife struck him with a chisel, and he took it from her and gave her the contents. His right hand was covered with blood. The prisoner was afterwards told in my presence that his wile was dead, and he exclaimed, " Lord Christ Almighty, who would have thought that I had the heart to do it?" He further said, " I have a boy in bed at a public-house—little does ho think that I have murdered his mother; I have a daughter a prostitute on the town, and I wish I was geieg to be hung to-morrow morning at eight o'clock—no, at the present moment." Robert Jackson, the inspector of the district, confirmed the testimony of the last witness. John Hall, another policeman, who remained with the prisoner the whole of the night after he was arrested, stated that about five minutes after he was locked in the cell the prisoner said, " Well, I have done it, and this is the arm that's done it too." Mr. Davidson, surgeon, described the nature of the wounds. Miry Hams— I lived with the deceased. I never saw the file produced in the room occupied by me and the deceased. This was the case for the prosecution. The Court here adjourned for a quarter of an hour. THIRD COURT. Joseph Cox pleaded guilty to an indictment charg ing tii s with unlawfully attempting to obtain from An thony Brown and others the sum at 1001., with intent to defraud them. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared with Mr. Bodkin for the prosecution, said the charge against the prisoner was for attempting to obtain a loan of 1001. from Wilson's charity by means of false representations. This charity was well known in the city of London. Its object was to make loans to small tradesmen who bad been in busi ness in the City for twelve months, on their furnishing the trustees with respectable sureties. The amount of the loans was from 1001. to 2001., and the period over which they extended was from one to two years, the interest upon them being merely nominal. The Cham berlain, Anthony Brown, Esq., and several other mem bers of the corporation were ex officio trustees of the fund. The prisoner, it appeared, obtained the necessary form which is required to be tilled up on making an application for a loan. lie described himself as a tailor and draper, carrying on business in Drummond-street, and gate the names and addresses of three persons as refertnees'and sureties. Ile then delivered his appli cation in the usual way, but on inquiry being made it was found not only that the prisoner did not carry on business in the City, but that the three persons whose names he had given were altogether ficti tious. The fact of the prisoner having pleaded guilty, and of his not succeeding in obtaining the money, went somewhat iu his favour; but it was absolutely neces sary to visit his offence with some substantial punish ment, in order to repress the commision of it by other parties. This was unquestionably a highly beneficial charity to the poor but respectable tradesmen of the City, and it was the duty of the authorities to protect it from any abuse or fraud. Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prisoner, said one circumstance spoke very much in the prisoner's favour. The fraud was committed not in a scientific way, but in a very bungling manner, which was sure to be disco vered, because he must have known that the trustees would not advance the money without first making in quiries. The prisoner snust either have been imposed upon ei ty ze Witte o t perpar t t h ie eni sm i o n re eow criminalay, o than r himself, ho n wouldor beenot have attempted such a fraud. Mr. CLARKSON said if his Learned Friend thought the prisoner was in a condition to give information as to the parties with whom he was connected, he would have no objection to the sentence being respited till next ' sessions. Mr. PAYNE said the prisoner thought he would be more useful in that respect out of prison than in prison. Mr. CLARKSON said ho could show that the prisoner bad fr h g e o np,r) prisoner n t e v r re o n n ty b d e i i i n -r g ere c n a t ll i c la d m s e ai s d . ho had been drawn into the fiend by other parties, and begged the mercy of the Court. The RECORDER said he wished it to bo known that any similar attempts would certainly fail, because the active and intelligent diners who were employed by the trustees of the fund, made the strictest inquiry regard ing applicants, and would easily detect any imposition. The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned for eight months, with hard labour. THANE ( DREADFUL MURDER. T s /I P I O S L D IC A E Y . . c ) OURT. Jose Frotose B d the ship Whi o er ugo, a Spanish seaman, belonging to charged wit _t Squad , was brought before Mr. Ingham, English seam an, h ee feloniously stabbing James Almon, an It appeared ih w e w ho has since died of the wound. parties were in a t tlis morning, at two o'clock, the sailor was there. brothel The in Shadwell. Another Spanish one of the Spaniards t o deceased Almon was invited by refused to do. snmew P or a d rtake of some beer, which ho drew their knives. The faoccurred, and the Spaniards the lower part of the p r is onerE oaiis plunged his knife into fell mortally wounded. The screams abdomen, and ho brought immediate assistance, and t he of the women cured and given into the custody of Lpnrisoner was se conveyed him to the btation-houso in Ding 872 K' who The wounded man was conveyed to the L on d on nDavid-lane. A large penknife, with two blades, was afterw ards Hospital. in the brothel. The largest blade was s tained found blood, and it, was identified as the prisoner's knife . with On the Spaniard being placed at the bar, Sergeant Squire said the patient could not live ma „ hours, and that the surgeons of the hos p ita l had dre quested that the deposition of the poor fellow migh t be tak , n as soon as possible. Mr. INGIIAM said he would proceed at once to the hospital, and asked if an interpreter was in attendance? Sergeant Squire said there was not. Mr. INGHAM directed Normogle, an intelligent con stable of the H division, who understands Spanish well, to be sent for. _ _ The prisoner was then removed in custody, im mediately afterward s M r . C orner, ass i stant t o Mr. Ross, said that Almon was dyirig fast. end Mr. INGHAM directed that the prisoner should be at occe conveyed to the London Hospital, in custody, v bare Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, soon afterwards arrived. The patient, a re- Laglr4bly fine MR; fast, Ay LONDON, made his declaration that the prisoner, who was brought to his bedside, had stabbed him, and soon afterwards expired. The prisoner was then taken back to the police court v.nd remanded. His companion, who also drew his knife, escaped. The police sre in active scorch of him. THE WHIG MIN ISTR Y. PRO B ABLE DISSOLUTION. It will not ai all surprise us should the result of the Cabinet Council, to be held to-day, be a formal ratifica tion of what s e have been saying for some days past, that the Whig Ministry does ant, in reality, any longer exist. Of this we are certain, that those most intimate with Loral John Russell fully expect that a majority of the members of his Cabinet, if not all, will resign their respective seats at the Councii'of to-day. In that case, Lard John may also be expected to tender his resigna tion. We stated, eight days ago, that the Premier was in the doubly unpleasant predicament of not being able either to induce new parties to join his Administration, nor to prevail on those who are the present members of his Cabinet to remain, even for a time, in the offices they now fill. It is no longer a secret, that the Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Cardwell have re fused to join the Cabinet of Lord John Russell, and that the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Grey, Sir George Grey, and at best one other member of the Ministry, will, on no account, remain any longer in office. They wished to have quitted immediately after the ignominious dis missal of Lord : Palmerston, but afterwards they so far yielded to the entreaties of the Premier as to consent to hold the seals of office until the result of his negotiations with the Peelites was known. That result is now known. It is now adverse to the Noble Lord, and con sequently the three members of the Cabinet whose names we have mentioned, and at least one other, whose name we forbear to mention, have fully resolved on at once retiring from a Cabinet, of, which they have been heartily ashamed ever since the Palmerstonian business. Lord Grey had yesterday an interview with the Marquis of Lansdowne on the subject, when they both determined on adhering to the resolution to which they had formerly come, of tendering their resignation at once. Under these circumstances, it i 3 to be presumed there will be a complete break up of thelMinistry to-day, and that; in a day or two, wo shall hear of her Majesty having summoned to her presence some other statesman than the Noble Lord now at the head of the Govern ment, to advise her as to the course which ought to be pursued in the present crisis. Some persons, we are aware, think that Lord John will still attempt to remain at the helm, rather than see the Noble Lord whom he has so grievously and gratuitously insulted, occupying the place which ho now fills; but what can he do? Ile cannot achieve impossibilities. If the leading men of his Ministry will not remain, and ho cannot induce any others to join him, we see no other course open to him than to resign also. In the meantime, the Noble Lord's residence at Chesham-place, where he is now staying, has been, for the last few days, a scene of unceasing bustle and con fusion. It has had precisely the appearance of a house which was being set in order, preparatory to some im portant expected changes. Right or wrong, there is not a servant in the Noble Lord's establishment who does not feel quite persuaded that his Lordship's term of office is on the eve of its expiration.—Advertiser. At the clubs last night it was in every one's mouth that Sir George Grey would bo immediately called to the Peerage. It is a fact that Sir James Graham is in town. Putting this and that together, it is not im possible that the Government may make a death -strug gle to meet Parliament —Herald. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 7. The additions to the Royal dinner party yesterday were Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, and Colonel the llon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, Her Majesty's private band attended at the Castle in the evening, and performed the following selec tion : _ Q ov t :e i n r: t t u e t r t e o „ " L al a le P g a ro rt , d l u ar D gh i e a t b t l o e , " .. .... ...... Auber. . trio, thema con variazioni--iclarinet, two violins, viola, and'violoncello, Messrs. Wi lliams, Sainton, Cousins, Hill, and. Chipp Mozart. Romanza, " Frieschutz" ... 'Weber. " Pre aux C1erc5".................. Herold. The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family took their usual exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning accompanied by Sir W. Mid dleton, and attended by the Earl of Morley, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Duchess of Orleans visited the Queen to-day, and partook of luncheon. The Earl of Morley and Captain llon. J. Denman have relieved the Marquis of Or monde and Colonel the Hon. N. Hood, in the duties of Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Yew castle, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, and Lady Octavio. Grosvenor, have received invita tions to the Castle, and are expected to arrive this afternoon. The Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister, has returned to his residence in Berkeley.square,'after a few weeks' stay in Paris. . Sir Rrstnela arrivg , tl at leis residence in the Admiralty yesterday, from his seat, Stratton-park. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governors of Sierra Leone and Port Philip. REUNION DES ARTS.. This admirable society opened its seventh soiree, for the winter season, last night, at Queen Anne-street, with a very crowded and fashionable company. The musical programme, as usual, was varied and well selected. Beethoven's trio in B flat, by Madame Goffrie, Mr. Goffrie, and Mr. Liitgen, was most exquisitely per formed; Mme. Goffrie throughout, on the piano, with her usual spirit and accuracy, was most admirable, as well as in the duct of Williams with Mr. Goffrie, which was most enthusiastically applauded; while the songs and solos were well supported by Miss Messent, Mme. Le Moire, Mrs. Wallock, Mr. Eskens, Mr. Lutgen, Mr. Kloss, Mr. Gutirio, Mr. Gollmick, Mr. Snelling. Mr. Burnet, and others, who individually received deafening applause. We must say we never spent a more pleasant and sociable eveni❑g which lasted to a late hour. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--Observing in your City article of yesterday a paragraph to the effect "that about thirty of the clerks employed by the London Joint-Stock Bank, conceiving themselves underpaid, and not advanced as their merits and the work required of them would justify, have made a joint repreoentation of their wishes, and of their in tention to quit the service' if greater liberality were not exercised towards them, and which, it is further said, they had been led to expect. We believe au ami cable arrangent.2nt has been come to;" I beg leave to inquire on what authority you have made that state ment, and at the same time to inform you that there is not a particle of truth in any part of it. I have to request the insertion of this letter in your next publicatiuu.—l am, Sir, &c,, G. POLLARD, Manager of the London Joint-Stock Bank. Princes street, Jab. 8. A deputation from the Committee of Spanish Bondholders opposed to the conversion, consisting of Lieute nant-General Sir J. F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Benjamin Oli veira, Esq., F.R,S., and H. Tindal Atkinson, Esq., accom panied by the Honorary Secretary, J. 111. Dein, Esq., waited upon Lord Granville this day at the Foreign-office, when, after a full statement of the facts of the case, his Lordship, who re ceived the deputation with great courtesy, was understood to have expressed a wish to have the statement committed to writing and forwarded to him, promising then to give it his most attentive consideration. SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—A meet ing of the Sovereign Life Assurance Company was held yes terday, at the offices. The report stated that 287 proposals for assurances, to the amount of 131,7901., and producing premiums to the extent of 4,529/. 18s. 5d., had been made to tho board, of which number 191 cases had been accepted, assuring 92,1521. 195., and adding 3,1081. 3s. 2d. to the in come of the office. The general progress of the office gave great satisfaction, and the usual dividend of 51. per cent. was unanimously declared. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The Penin solar and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Mon trose, Captain John Bowen, arrived here at eight o'clock this evening, from Cadiz, having come home thence with only one paddle-wheel,,propelled by both engines, assisted by her canvass, The day after leaving Cadiz the Montrose experienced very heavy weather. She brings neither mails, passengers, nor cargo, and not having called at Lisbon, Oporto, or Vigo, there is no intelligence by her of any con sequence. She eft Cadia on the 31st of December. 'We now add the dates of his several commissions in the Ithiii;:lailiblNlO3ffiA.:lcS—LiVlia-E:USTgEIEIAYiIIn the Cape news published by us. ser vice. His first commission as an ensign in the 34th Regi ment was dated in 1828. He served with that corps (then in Nova Scotia) until 1832, when he obtained an unattached lieutenancy. The same year, however, he returned to full pay, first in the 94th and soon after in the 21st. He served with the 21st North British Fusiliers until 1836, when he obtained his company in the 35th Regiment, from which he exchanged to the 11th Foot in 1839. Having in 1814 obtained his step as major in the latter regiment he ex changed the same year into the 74th Highlanders. Iu 1846 he became lieutenant-colonel and commanding officer of this regiment, in which important position he gained the esteem of the military authorities and the affection of all that served under him. The late Lieutanant-Colonel Fordyce pur chased all his commissions. Though possessed of a good private fortune, so strong was lthe esprit de corps of this noble officer that in March, 1851, he embarked with his regiment for the Cape of Good Hope, where, after months of severe and harassing warfare, he fell at the head of his gallant and beloved Highlanders in the prime of his man hood, and with a name already one of renown. The letters from the Paris Bourse continue to describe a rapid advance in all descriptions of securities. A statement had been circulated that it is the intention of the Government to transfer the functions of the various Re ceivers -Gen era l t o th e B an k o f F rance, and a further rise had taken place in the shares of that establishment from 2,700 f. to 3,000 f. Ari AGED COUPLE.—There died at New Byth, Banffshire, on the IBth ult., Mrs. Forrest, who, had she lived a few weaks longer, would hav e completed her 100th about, is iinisleohrnalhpyuspysbevanen yearswhod, survives her, and who still moves younger. The parties have been wedlock fur the long space of 68 years. MEAN JEALOUSY. —All the leaders in the French n ewspapers are supp ressed. This is mean jealousy on the part of Louis Napol eon. thatlie Leader will only must b tolerate ef one at a time in Franco and o I,9euardseer, THURSDAY THE LOSS OF THE AMAZON. The destruction of this splendid steamer, and the dreadful loss of life with which there is evLry rea son t o apprehend that it has been accompanied, have crea t e d, as alight have be en ex p ec ted a most painful impression in the public mind. We regret to ray that no tidings have been yet received of any more of the passengers and crew being saved, and a day or two will probably elapse before all doubts and uncertainties are removed upon that terrible subject. It is possible that other boats besides thew seen way have got away from the burning wreck, for there were nine altogether, three of which were swamped, three floating off with their car goes, and three still remaining unaccounted for. The darkness of night might by chance have prevented those in the life-boat from observing all that took place, yet the strong impression among them teems to be that they are the only surv i vors. The list of passengers believed to be lost is as follows -Meters. Do Pass and Delgado, Lieutenant Geylis, Mr' Fellows, and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Winton, Jamaica; Mr. Best and servant, Mr. Kilkelly, Messrs. Callender and Stirling, and Mr. A ..ey ne Barbadws; Mr. Johnston; Mr. Burnett, and M r . and Mrs ' . Scotland, Trinidad; Mr. Hick, Mr. and Mrs. lil'Clinnow, Demerara ; Mr. Eliot W ar burton, Mr. Geraud, M. and Madame Lacombe and child, M, ll Cha Mr. M. Del Rio, Margaret Kerseboe ' Mr. China, Mr. Barincoso, and Mr. Dellemere, gres; Fitzgerald, M. F evr i er , an d Mr. Glennie, Vera Cruz; Miss Smyth, P orto Ri co; M r. J oe l, J ama i ca; M r . Cum i G ng and M r . Evans, St. Thomas; Mr. Cardennas, Santa Martha; M r . Blood, Mr. Anthony, and Mr. Hamilton, Jamaica ; M r . Ferreor, Grace Hoare, Mr. Stryboo, and Mr. Mr. Le ranier , Vera Cr uz; Mr, Crovecowst, St. Thomas; Faye, Guadeloupe. The passengers saved are-Mr. Hawkos, Vera Cruz; Mr. Neilson, Demerara • Mr. Sisley, Chagres. The names of th e crew' believed to bo lost are :-Wil ham Symonds, commander; Henry Roberts, 34, chief officer, Gosport; Charles H. Treweeke, 29, second officer, Illogan; ohn Lewis, 21, third officer, Kingston, Jamaica; G eorge Paignton; James W. Fullerton, 37, surgeon, county of Donegal; H. D. Goodridge, 21, fourth officer, Strutt, 33, purser, Middlesex; Francis Stainforth, 16, midshipman, East Indies; William K. Stuart, 15, mid shipman, Tallybeg; Thomas Walter Shapcott, 28, purser's assistant, Southampton; David Davis, 40, boatswain, Cardigan; James Murchis, 34, car penter, Ayr; J ames Bryant, 26, carpenter ' s mate and joiner, Dawnton, Wilts ; Joseph Kay, 41, master.at rin arms, Bolton; George Deal, 26, quartermaster, Brid port ; Alexander King, 33, quarte rmas t er , St romness; William , 33, quart e r mas t er , F are h am ; Carter,llichard Ma t 2O, A. 8., Poplar; Peter Kelly, 19, A. 8., Ab e rdeen; Daniel Brown, 27, A. 8., Yarmouth; George HarWebb, 34, A. 8., Southampton; Samuel Perry, 20, A. 8., nL; Londe'; a d i c o h l ar ; d JosephL L. Ta in v zd s Wright, 28, A. 8., Gosport; John M. W. Rogers, 28, 34, A. 8.., Ht Henry A. 8., 20, A. 8., Devonport; William Foy, 21,. A. 8., Al t h orpe; Th omas H art, 33, AGlen, 34, A. 8., Greenock; John Clark,B Kent; `quire39,A.B.,Burnham; William Stevenson, 23, A. 8., Ayr; James Dove, 3 6, A. 8., Isle of Wight; George Holah, 29, ships cook, Mil e - en d ; J o h n F orse, 36, officers' servant, Exeter; Richard Harris, 16, dispensary boy, Isle of Wight;lB, Lecid ra , 1 7 , b oy, S t. I ves; G eorge William F ox , 17, b oy , F a l mou th ; boy, Koyel; F. S. Wall, 15, boy, Charles Angus, 34, chief engineer, D un b ar; W i lli am A ngus, 32, Southampton;Danie l Trimming, second engineer, Punbar; William Bastin, 40, third engineer, Alphington; William Stone, 37, fourth engi neer, Ludgeon; Andrew Ferguson, 25, fifth engineer, Greenock; Frederick Davey, 26, s i x th eng i neer , E xe t er; Isaac Roberts, 36, boiler-maker, Holyhead ; Johu Lamont, 22, fireman, Jersey; Charles Flemington, 29, fireman, Morton; George Reeves, 22, fireman, Brading ; Charles Lang, 44, oreman, Alverstoko; Michael Fox, 36, fireman, Blarney; John Fowler, 38, fireman, Old Ford; George Harding, 26, fireman, Crayford; Nathan Wigley, 32, fire man, Paul's tray; Thomas Attwood, 30, fireman, at sea; Peter 33, fireman, Rothsea ; John Richards, 29, fireman, Millb r ooke; Robert Furl, 36, fireman, Portsea; William Paine, 38, fireman, Southampton ; John W. Watts, 23, fireman, Southampton. • William Scott, 29, . fireman, Harwieb ; Lane, 31, fireman, Ly mington ; Henry Day, 22, fireman, Walton ; George Tucker, 21, coal-trimmer, Walton : W. Jarman, 30, coal-trimmer, Portsea ; W. Good,. 32, coal-trimmer, London ; Charles Deildney, 25, coal-trimmer, Hastings; W. Lucas, 20, coal-trimmer, Dorsetshire; Henry Car ter, 21, coal-trimmer, Southampto n ; Abraham Bundy, 33, coal-trimmer, Leap ; W. Wall, 25, coal-trimmer, Wickham; John Potter, 23, co a l-t r i mmer, W yl i e ; Sa muel Lees, 35, coal trimmer, Wolverh am pt on; Th omas Forder, 32, coal-trimmer, Sutton; Angus Mimes, 27, lamp-trimmer, Fortvrilham ; W. Norris, 18, engineer's servant, Southampton; Michael Gould, 41, head waiter; Kinsend ; W. G. Lambert, 24, waiter, Chatham ; W. Adams, 21, waiter, Shirley ; John Banco, 20, waiter, Southampton; John Blake, 33, bedroom steward, Hop ton; Thomas Philpott, 34, foreroona steward, Ramsgate; Robert Daniel, 23, saloon cook, Bethnal-green; Debray Thephile, 30. French cook, Franc e ; Ch ar l es Mill s, 25, second cook and scullion, Hershey ; Joseph Kirby, 36, baker, Southampton ; John Watson, 22, boots, South ampton; James E. Stroud, 26, butcher and stock-keeper, Thatcham ; Frederick Falkner, 33. store-keeper, Mid dlesex ; E. Scott, 44, stewardess, Banff; George Ger rin, 17, boy, Helin ; Thomas James Brown, 18, able seaman, Hants. Those of the crew saved are-Mr. Vincent, jun., midshipman; Mr. James Williamson, chief steward; Mr. John Dunford, quartermaster; W. Foster, Thomas Carney, James Mayne, James Mowatt, William Stears, J. H. Peasmore, 11. Williams, William Stevenson, and John Nerink, able ecamen; William Nutman, water tender; James White, John Shearing, and Charles Thorn, firemen; W. Dumner and George King, trimmers. Tho fearful account of life and death, therefore, by the loss of the Amazon stands thus at present- Ship's company Admiralty &goat Passengers ••• ••• ••• 110 .•• ••• ..• 1 ••• ... •.• 50 Sived ••• e• . .. 161 .. • 21 ..._._ Missing ••• • .• ••• 140 •, Of the ceu ees w hi ch led to this terrible catastrophe nothing is yet known with certainty, but they will, no doubt, form the subject of immediate inquiry by the di rectors of tho company. The only conjecture that can at present be hazarded is that which connects with the outbreak of the fire the heated state of the bearings. All new ships su ff er more or less i n t h e same wa y unt il their engin es get into working trim, and, as will be seen from th e su bj oined narrat i ves , th e A mazon was to ice stopp e d i n her course from th i s very cause . Th e gale of wind w hi ch was blowing, the h eav y sea , an d th e full pressure o f steam, all tended to i ncrease th e d a nger likely th us to arise, and the point at w hi c h t h e fl ames were first seen cer t a i n l y appears to prove that they originated i n t h e engine -room. Some of the survivors will probably b o a b le to this point. The loss of life, the swamping of the boats, and all the other horrors of this afflicting event are too easily account for. give important evidence on impos sible to get at the engines, in order to stop them. When the ship's head was to windward the flames swept the marvellous how any The position of the fire rendered it afterdecks, where the* passengers chic fly were. Before the wind se was going at a tremendous speed, and it is of the boats were launched under such circumstan ces and in such a sea . Th e escape of the little din gy i s no doubt dun to the calmness and in trepidity of Mr. Vincent, who, though a mere boy in years, proved himself a thorough man and sailor on the occasion. He not only guided his small boat in safety till he joined the life-boat, but there he took immediate command as superior officer, and did everything in his power to sustain the courage of the crew throughout that dreadful night. The following written statement was laid by h im yesterday afternoon before the directors of the compsny "The Amazon was at noon of the 3d of January, 1852, in lat. 49 12 N., and long. 4 57 W., from which ti t an she steered W. by s, .S,- S., till 9 30 P.M. of the same day, when she " was stripped to cool the bearings. At 11 12 r at, s h e proceeded, still steering the same course, steaming about 8f knots per hour, wind and sea increasing from the windward. At 40 minutes a.m. on th e 4th smoke was observed coming through the hatch way, on the foreside of the foremost funnel. Immediately afterwards the flames burst through. The alarm was immediately ea„...._ 6 . 11 . and the captain and chief officer came on deck. The fire-hose and buckets of water were b r ought to play on tbe fire, but that together with the attempt to stop the engine was ineffectual. The helm was put hard to starboard to put her before the wind, but it was some time before she payed off. The mail boat, w h e n lowered, was immediately swamped, with about 25 people in her, all of whom were lost. The pinnace, when lowered , sheered acro ss t h e sea before the people in her could unhook the fo re - tackle. They were thereby washed out, and the boat remained hanging by the bow. While clearing away the second cutter a sea struck her and bow tackle. The fore end immediately fell down, and the peopleraisedinher,hertheexceptionthwarts,Sixteenpassen gers)away succeeded and lowering the that their exertions were with life-boat on the starboard side. They used every en deavour to save those in the water, but were swept same time I (Mr. Vincent), o p u as t t ay s a o il. rapidly with the chief steward, one passenger, and two seamen, astir:all boat go got into and lowered the dingy, and were picked up by the life-boat about half an hour afterwards, when we immediately took the small boat in tow, and stood down i t dly about the dingy being upset, and ourselves being nearly swamped, sea increasing, and the were obliged to lot the of us, life-boat with her head to the sea. Whilst lying-to a f w o o r the ship, but the wind and was accordingly hailed, and keep the and did, I believe, answer, but did nothing of any kind to assist us, but stood down to leeward of the ship, hauled on a wind, and went away, There was now on our quarter a boat with fire men in her (supposed to but we barque parsed astern be the gig), could not from the severity of the weather render her any assistance. About half an hour afterwards we suddenly lost sight o f h er. Ab out 4 a.m . it rained heavily , wind shiftod to northward, decreasing sea, confused, but going down ; put the boat about, and kept before it. At 5 the mag azine exploded, and about half an hour afterwards the funnels went over the side, soon after which the ship went down bodily. At noon we were picked up by the Marsden, of L on d on , s t oo d i n for the coast of France, and afterwards (wind shifting to the southward) for Falmouth, and lastly for Ply mouth, et which place wo arrived en Monday, 11 raw. ' "48 SN. lat. when picked up; 530 W. long., ditto. " WILLIAM VINCENT. " To the Secretary R. M. S. P. Compaoy, Jac. 6, 1852," Tho Court have already taken steps to supply tbo gap in our communications with the West Indies and Central America caused by the loss of tho Amazon, and on Sunday or Monday nem the Avon will start from 59t1thaWS9gl. EVENING, JANUARY B, 1852. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY. The cause of the destruction of the Amazon is un known; she was under steam from the time of her de parture to the period of the accident. As is usual with new machinery, water was kept almost continually play ing on the bearings of the engines. On account of the beat of these bearings the ship was stopped off the Bill of Portland on Friday night, between the hours of eight and twelve, and about the same period on Saturday night she was stopped for two hours and a half; however, the necessity for the operation of wetting these parts was decreasing, as the main centre bearings were getting more suent and the engine altogether in better order. John Shearing, an intelligent fireman, states that in playing the water on the cranks a quantity fell on the wood and felt of the boilers, and be conceives that these substance?, when the water was dried from them, would ignite the quicker for the operation, and hence the accident. The boats of the Amazon were fitted with iron cranes or crutches on which their keels rested; these fittings obstructed their clearance from the ship, and but for this fatal arran g ement the serious loss of lif e wou ld h ave been lessened. Captain Symonds ordered no one to get into the boats. This order was obeyed until the people saw the flames overpowering the ship. He was last scan with the man at the wheel, ordering the helm to be put up, so as to keep the ship before the wind. His last words were—" It is all over with her." The officer of the watch, Mr. Treweeko (second officer), was walking the bridge when the accident was discovered. Mr. Henry Roberts, chief officer, in his shirt only, was ac tively assisting the captain; he was last seen going through the companion down to the main deck, and is supposed to have perished there. Mr. Lewis (third officer), Mr. Goodridgo (fourth officer), and the two midshipmen, some of whose berths were forward, on the port side of the main deck, were probably suffocated, as were also the chief engineer, Mr. George Angus, and Mr. Allen, superintending engineer under Mr. Seward, as they were seen in the engine-room ten minutes before the fire broke out going forward, there being no possi bility of their return through the flames. The second engineer, Mr. William Angus, was on the spar deck, between the funnel and the crank gratings, pulling oars, and throwing them out of the way of the fire on the deck near the boats. The two best boats were stowed on the top of the sponsons, where the flames prevented approach. After the Amazon was put about she went at the rate of 12 or 13 knots, dead before the wind. One boat on the starboard side, the second cutter, was full of people when the wash of the sea unhooked the foremast tackle; she held on by the stern tackle, and her stem failing into the sea, all except two were drowned in consequence of the ship's speed. The pinnace was observed on the port side, tow ing by the fore tackle, behind the burning ship, and as no one cut the towrope the miserable passengers, who were all huddled together, were, ono after the other, washed into the sea. The mail-boat, which was also full of people, having shipped a quantity of water, went down alongside. The scene on deck is described as dreadful in the ex treme. When the flames had approached the after com panion, two male passengers came up from the saloon all in flames, and running aft, fell on the deck. A tall lady, supposed to be Mrs. Maclaren, entreated some one to take care of her child, but she would not enter either of the boats. Dineford, the quartermaster, placed one lady passenger in a boat, but she, being extremely agi tated, got out again, and although Henry Williams and another used some force and begged her to go in, she persisted in remaining on board. The Stewardess, Mrs. Scott, with her bonnet and shawl on, and something in her hand, first asked Steer to put her into the dingy and then left for a larger boat. At the time of leaving some of those who yet lived were kneeling on the deck praying to God for mercy, while others, almost in a state of nudity, were running about screaming with horror. _ _ The survivors escaped in the after starboard second life-boat, in which was Mr. Neilson. One of her occu pants (Maylin), in leaving, pressed his foot through the burning deck and injured it; two others (Williams and Passmoro) had to climb the starboard paddle-box through the flames and smoke. They succeeded after three at tempts, and then slid down hands and face over the paddle-box into the boat; several went down by the tackles. Two of the watch below (William and Foster) had their hair burnt while coming on deck. When the life-boat left there were sixteen on board; they heard some ono showing in the water, and threw over a keg and some oars. They endeavoured to approach, but a sea carried the boat off. They then took Mr. Vincent, Mr. Williamson Mr. Sisley, and two sailors from the dingy, and, making her fast to the stern, towed after the burning wreck, thinking to save more lives, but the dingy having filled, they were obliged to cut her adrift, and, fearing that they themselves should be swamped, their boat's head was put to face the sea. Twelve oars wore at work, the wind was increasing, and heavy squalls coming on. They saw the ship's gig full of people, shouting as if for assistance, and at the same time descried a sail standing apparently to the south ward. The vessel appeared to pass between the two boats, and after this the gig was not seen ; whether she was swamped or was taken up by the stranger is unknown. Tho strange vessel came pretty close under the life-boat's stern, when all shouted together, and thought they were answered on board; she was a barque, under closeresfed topsails, foresail, and foretopeaast staysail; her spanker was hang ing in the broils as if she was in the act of wearing. Soon after her helm was put up, and she bore right down towards the wreck, behind which she disappeared. The masts of the steamer went over before four o'clock in the morning, the foremast on the port, and the mainmast on the starboard aide. One poor fellow appeared at the jibboom end; the jib was cut loose, and was blowing away. Her rnizenmast was still standing while she was in flames from stem to stern. About five o'clock, when the lifeboat was passing the ship in a leewardly direction, the gunpowder in her two magazines aft exploded, and in about twenty minutes, the mizen having gone by the board, she made a heavy lurch and went down, her fun nels being red hot and still standing. Those in the boat now pulled before the sea and wind, thinking to make the French coast, which was, as they thought, the nearest. Mr. Vincent's monkey jacket, being mounted on as oar was their only sail, and the boat was kept dry by baling her with his boots. At half-past ten on Sunday morning they saw a brig, and taking down the jacket, they hoisted handkerchiefs, fore and att, for signals of distress; and at twelve o'clock, in lat. 48 5 N., long. 5 30 W., they boarded theMarsden, of London, Captain Evans, from Cardiff, with railway iron for North Carolina. The brig took the boat in tow with a new 7-inch hawser, but this having got chafed,it broke at four P.X. on Monday during half a gale of wind, and the boat was lost. On board this brig every humane attention was exhibited, and after giving the shipwrecked crew as much clothing and comfort as could be produced, Captain Evans landed them safely at Plymouth, whence they were cent to their homes by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. The Amaz ma is describ3d as having been a splendid vessel; her machinery is also spoken of in high terms. From the main deck up rho is said to have been built of pine fit, which, when once ignited, speed:ly carried the flames in all directions, and thus led the more quickly to her destruction, and the fearful loss of life among her passengers and crew. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 7. The sudden and appalling account of the total de struction by fire of the Royal Mail stcatn-ship Amazon at the entrance of the Bay of Biscay, and the loss of the majority of her passengers, officers, and crew, has caused the most wide - spread sorrow in South ampton among the numerous persons having friends or relatives on board the ill-fated ship. The Amazon was commanded by Captain William Symons, a gentleman of known and tried courage and abilities. Re was only provisionally appointed to the Amazon in consequence of the absence from England of Captain Chapman, of the Tay, Who was destined to be her permanent commander, the directors having intended Captain Symons to assume the command of the new steamer Oronoco, now in the Thames and nearly ready to take her station on the main lino of the West India mail service. Captain Symons has recently distinguished himself by great bravery in the Isthmus of Panama, where, by his intrepidity and coolness, he presented the slaughter of a great number of American passengers by the infuriated native!, and where, under a heavy fire of musketry and cannon, he succeeded in conveying gold dust to the value of upwards of 2,000,000 dolls. in the boats of the Medway on board the United States' mail steam-ship Cherokee; and, further, in rescuing the passengers under circumstances of imminent danger, and placing them safely on board the steamer. Just prior to the sailing of the Amazon, Captain Symons received the subjoined letter from the United States' Mail Steam ship Company, of New York, accompanied by a magni ficent silver speaking trumpet:— " Office of the United States' Mail "Steam Ship Company, New York, Nov. 4, 1851. " To Captain Symons, commanding the Roya l Mail Packet Company's steam-ship Medway. _ _ s " Sir,—Captain Hindle , of the Cherokee , one of . th_t d p company's steamers, has reported to us the prom ; au efficient aid rendered by yourself and the officers uwn.cler your command, in the recent affray at Chagres, by ich the mails, treasure, and passengers, we re promptly securely placed on board the Cherokee. " I beg you to accept, in behalf of this coinPaa ra cou n rtesy, y best acknowledgments for this high act of h u manity, and characteristic alike of British honour and e fficers, and m en. honourable to your flag, yourself, y 66 Allow me also the pleasure otourtender you the ac companying speaking trumpet, to ; fight testimo n i a l charnctand a er ser the company's appreciation of M. O. lageilittTof Pu our obedient servant vices.—l am, with great respec t, T, BE S" of the mails t h e Admiralty Lieutenant Brady, R.N., of the Wilkin- Amazon, was sent on board to take Lieutenantcharge at the last moment, son, R.N., who wasprevented from embarking by a in the place sudden indisposition !l ad whose life has thus be e xpense of that of Lieutenant Brady, Brady, who is an provi dentially preserved at the off i cer well known and highly respected that all the offi cers, engineers, and here. It may be adde d were picked men, and were selected for appointmentcrew of theAnisztoou the new ship f rom their previously known abilities and intelligence. The value of the Amazon when ready for sea was about 100,0001., and she is understood to have coat the Royal Mail Steamt-packet Company fully that HUM WO are informed tha she is not insured, and the loss will consequently fall_entirely upon the insurance fund of the company--a fund exclusively devoted from annual grants der i v ed from the profits of the company towards cahuel ties of shipwrecks and loss of their vessels. The value of t h e specie, quicksilver, cargo, &c,, when added to the value of the ship, will give a total loss of prcperty by this melancholy occurrence of little less than 200,0001. sterling.. The destruction oZ the Amazon following sa quickly upon the stranding of the Demerara at Bristol will be seriously detrimental to the interests of the company, as tin OM of the fIYO new ships azo thaa withdrawn, leav ing only three—viz, the Orme°, Magdalena, and Pa , rana—with which to perform the direct mail service be , tween Southampton and the Isthmus of Panama, Se veral of the old ships will now have to be retained on the main line till caller vessels to replece the missing ships can be constructed, and in the meantime much in convenience will be experienced by the disorganization into which the general mail service will neer esarily be thrown by the non -employment of steamers of sufficient power and speed with which to maintain the chain of com munication between this country and the West Indies, Central America, the Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, &c. We have no doubt the direct ors will make every effort to remedy this state of things without delay, but a consi siderable time will elapse before so great a blow can be recovered, and the traffic will necessarily suffer to some extent by the competition of the New York route, which is found to be more speedy for the transmission of mails, passengers, and treasure tram the Pacific and some other points, than can be provided by the old West India packets, which are, when compared with other ocean steamers, so deficient in speed. The est India Mail Company has been the most un fortunate of all the great steam packet associations in the loss of their steam ships. Since the establishment of the company in 1841 no less than eight of their fleet of steamers hove been destroyed by casualty on the sea. We recapitulate their names—the Medina, wrecked on the 12th of May, 1844, on a coral reef, near Turk's Is land; the Isis, on the Bth of October, 1842, sunk off Ber muda, having previously struck on a reef; the Solway, wrecked off Corunne, on the Bth of April, 1843; the Tweed, on the 12th of February, 1847, on the Ala cranes rocks, Gulf of Mexico; the Forth, likewise lost on the same rocks on the 15th of January, 1849; the Acteeen lost in 1844 in the Negrelles, near Cartha gene; and the new steamer Demerara, stranded in the river Avon, near Bristol, not long since. The wrecks of the Tweed and Solway were attended with peculiarly distressing circumstances, involving the loss of nearly 120 lives; and in the case of the survivors of the Tweed with an extent of hardship and suffering which has rarely found a parallel in the records of disasters at sea. The catalogue is closed by the burning of the Amazon on Sunday morning last, and by the harrowing occur rences which it has been our painful duty to recount in connexion with her destruction. Great as the loss of the Amszen may be in a pecu niary point of view, and extensive as will be the incon venience arising from an interruption of the mail ser vice and the postponement of long-desired improvements and accelerations in the transit which would have been introduced into the working of this important line, these considerations bear little comparison with the frightful expenditure of human life which has attended the de struction of this stupendous vessel. Among the passengers will be perceived the name of Mr. Eliot Warburton, the well-known author, who was deputed by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company to come to a friendly understanding with the tribes of Indians who inhabit the Isthmus of Darien. It was also the intention of Mr. Warburton to make himself per fectly acquainted with every part of these districts, and with whatever referred to their topography, climate, and resources—an intention that has been frustrated by his untimely and dreadful death. Another of the passengers by the Amazon was one of the deputies to the Congress of New Granada, who was returning to the seat of Go vernment in New Granada, as one of the commissioners of the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company, empowered by them to negotiate for some modifications of the very important concessions which were recently granted by the Legislature of New Granada to the agents of the company in reference to the construction of a ship canal. The wives, families, friends, and connexions of most of the crew of the Anna3n reside in Southampton, and the melancholy event has caused a d eep gloom in the town. Many of the officers, engineers, seamen, &c., have wives and families depending upon their exertions for support; and to the loss of their husbands, sons, and brothers, as the case may be, is added, in several cases, the proximate loss of the means of subsistence. While widows and orphans are mourning, the voice of charity is making it self heard, and we have much pleasure in stating that a subscription has already been commenced here for their benefit, the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. R. Andrews, heading the list of donations with the sum of 10/. It is hoped that subscriptions will not be con fined to this town alone, but that contributions from other parts of the kingdom will flow in when a com mittee has been formed. In the meantime the following notice has been issued to the public by order of the mayor:— _ _ ' 7 The total destruction of the West India mail steam ship Amezon by fire, with the melancholy loss of upwards of 141 persons, who were on board when she left the port of Southampton on Friday last, thereby leaving numer ous widows, orphans, and fatherless children perfectly destitute, the mayor appeals to the gentry and inhabit ants of Southampton and its neighbourhood to assist him in carrying out a general subscription, and invites them to attend a public meeting to be held at the Guildhall, on Monday next, the 12th inst., at 12 o'clock at noon, to take such steps as may be deemed best for the relief of the sufferers. " By order of the Mayor, " CHARLES E. DEACON, Town Clerk. " Audit-house, Southampton, Jan. 7, 1852." FURTHER PARTICULARS. A Southampton correspondent writes as follows: The most disastrous intelligence of the destruction of the magnificent steamer Amazon, by fire, reached Southampton early yesterday morning by electric tele graph from London. Such a shock Las scarcely ever before been felt in this-town. Only last Friday after noon she left this port, with every prospect of a fa vourable and successful voyage. It appears to be but a few hours since that nearly the whole of the 159 per sons on board were standing on her deck as she was steaming down Southampton water, and with waving hats and handkerchiefs were bidding good bye to friends and relatives. The Amazon was the largest mail packet afloat; she was the first of the gigantic fleet of steamers building tor the Royal West ledia Mail Packet Cetus pany which was got ready. Most of the crew and officers were picked men from the company's service, and it was considered promotion to be transferred from any of the West India packets to the Amazon. Among the passengers who were lost in the Amazon was the ac complished Eliot Warburton, the author of the " Cres cent and the Cross," "Isfochelaga," "Darien," &e. Captain Symons, the unfortunate commander of the Amazon, was a most experienced officer. He was for merly in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's service. During all the time he commanded the West India packets he was enabled to boast that notwithstanding the intricate and difficult navigation of the West Indies, the Gulf of Mexico, and the central American coast, he never met with the slightest accident. He had not long been married. Had Captain Chapman, the commander of the Tay, been in England, he would have taken out the Amazon. Lieutenant Brady, the Admiralty agent, was for many years the Admiralty agent on the Alex andrian line, Ho was a highly intelligent and most ausiehle man. He was called on by the Admiralty au thorities, almost at the last moment, to take charge of the mails on board the Amazon, in consequence of the illness of a brother officer. Mr. Roberts, the chief officer of the Amazon. we, first in the company's service for promotion to a commend. Mr. Vim. Angus, the se cond engineer, was wrecked in the Acteou and Forth, two of the West India packets. Most of tee officers and crew of the Amnon have left families or friends in Southampton. The task of revealing the terrible calamity which has befallen most of them has been of the most painful and eff,.c:ing kind. It was a long time before the news of the loss of the ship was generally credited by the inhabitants of Southampton. On the receipt of the London morning papaas, however, nner the truth of the disastrous intelligence could_ rntaortnallwlegi.cesdt be doubted. The utmost sympathy is felt for un h India disasters, t e h e e p d e ffi i c n n;l t an disastersotx. ineNdvn indomi table uld ve duties they undertook to perform; such fortuneo of e s t o s f have broken the spirits and ruined the almost any body of men; but by the e xer t .: , the display submission to great sacrifices, and from perseverance, they had re covered all public their mis fortunes, the most fortunes, and were nearly equa dl i e jg succese le companies and surpassing most, in spice .1 hey have perfect. w and spared,edmtroa b seelo hopes teminipsfonrratruinlye.bli,gthhCideobrayrany a cruel gan and hrci t hei their heartrending dis patched the Amazon in the most everything was suggestednnge science u p by the most than manner. in h e r No construction attenti on andor expense spared, to see that in her construction and fitti p en os d si t b h ly e d sa o f n e e ty w o h iff i o e t h rhtes c o o ilf u i ld p. b© proved experience and advanc e d to the comfort and health of to contribute of th e passeelesrtsmaonmdeenrtewoi Up to th her departure the most experienced officers of the com pany we re examining and testing the Amazon. But the dispensations of man are sometimes frustrated all Providence, are . oftiles vain in providing against hb m yu o m s most hn l au contrivances oo mysterious n ri t o r i u v s a ces hihegthe furious elements of nature. The fire Amazon broke out, it appears, in the gal leoenry-cboonaltr:dhoeitl galley, it is st a t e d was constructed fore end aft, different from what it is in most ships. It was siotiunn. atedo . ver the engine -room. When operations were g 0n in the galley before the Amazon left .South ampton the heat was most intense there. The property sacrificed by the loss of the Amazon cannot be less than a quarter of a million sterling. By none of the West India packets which have been lost has there been such a frightful loss of life as has happened by the burning of the Amazon. In fact, the lost of life in the latter, consisting of 128 persons, is nearly as great as that of all the other wrecks put together. The following are the names of the principal West India packets which have been lost, viz.--The Tweed, Forth, Solway, Isis, and the Medina. The Amazon is the first belonging to the company destroyed by fire. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JAN. 7. The water tender on board the Amazon, who was saved, has just reached Southampton. He states that the chief and fourth engineers went the rounds of the engine-room after midnight on Saturday, and found everything right; within a quarter of an hour after they left the water tender saw bits of something on fire fall into the engine-room; ho had only just time to get as sistance before he was driven out of the engine-room, owing to the intensity of the heat arising from tho fire. He describes the fire as most rapid and intense. He is confident that many of those forward never ceuld have got out of their beds before the fire overtook them; he only recollected distinguishing Captain Symons and Mr. Roberts, the first cacao amongst those who perished. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—la the ab sence o f an y d e fi n ite information re spectLng the origi on o f th e fi re which in the space of a few hours con sume d thi s s pl en did s teamer, and. added to the annals of maritime disaster the most de p lorable ea la,mity which has happ e ned since the my sterious loss of the Pm - Admit and the wreck of the e Avenger, it is very diiiieult to spEculato with anything like certainty 0 1 1 the primary cam of Ow milograti 9ll . It seems probable however, that an unhappy euxiety to make " a rapid run" may have rendered the officers and engineers , indifferent to the extreme danger of working now en gines against a heavy head-sea at a high pressure; that the bearings gradually heated, and that the :woodwork having caught fire, the whole vessel w tt r s the seen riv n m achinery cin a fii h me e s r , y at the s ame t i me t h at t h e eng i neers w from the engi ne - room. round edei It is to be observed, that when the Amazon was going round Southampton, in c edinstry weather, the engine bearings became so hot on two occasions that, if I recollect rightly, she was obliged to lie to till the temperature was reduced. In the account you have published of the fire it is distinctly a that j r a m y e t d o—as I from 9.30 to to apse; to y h t e w r two hours, cool down. She, she then proceeded, as it ep [Tars, tterring west by south half south against half a gale from the south-west; and, if it be true that she was bursting through the heavy seas of the Bay of Biscay at 8 knots an hour, it is evident she was forced along at full speed. In little more than one hour from the time she was Let in motion she ‘became from stem to stern ono sheet of flames. The greatest confusion seems to have prevailed, but tho noblest might well have lost head and heart at such a tremendous moment. In the dark night, on a turbulent ocean, and mid a howling gale, with the fire fanned by the wind into a furnace blast, the physical and moral courage of the bravest sailor, no doubt, gave way. Then came the awful "rush for the beats," which, under such circumstances, could only end in the sad alternative of one death for another. Of the fate of those who perished in their berths let us not speak. It may have been less horrible than the lot of those who, full of life and energy, battling for dear existence, were sucked down in the pitiless waters. Nice manage ment with falls and tackles is always required to launch a boat in a heavy sea from a rolling ship. It is too much to expect common caution under the circum• stances in which the crew of the Amazon were placed, all but the watch on deck just roused from their hammocks by the cry of" Fire," and the officers unable to preserve any control over the terrified passengers and seamen, the last of whom knew besides that there was a magazine beneath their feet surrounded by flames. It is beyond doubt that, had the mail-boat, pinnace, and second cutter been properly handled, every soul on board could have been saved. For half an hour the dingy, the smallest boat iu the ship, lived in the sea, with five men on board. Pinnace, mail boat, and life boat between them ought to have held nearly 100 persons or even more; the first hung by the fore -tackle from inattention in lowering it from the deck; the second was swamped, most likely by bad management ; and, if the lifeboat were a good one, as no doubt she was, she could have held at least twelve persons more than were actually on board. As to the second cutter, she was hurriedly lowered away to a rising sea—the boat lifted, the fore-tackle unhooked, the sea fell away, and down came the boat, the boat's bow foremost, while her stern was still hooked up by the after tackle, and all the people were washed out of her. Of the first cutter Ido not yet despair, but alas! there were only five people on board when she was last visible. Would it not be well, even at the risk of damaging boats, to exercise the crews of our large steamers in lowering them away in rough weather? Would it not be well, at any risk, to avoid the danger which must arise from the heating of new engines when worked full pressure against a heavy head sea, and to save life and property at the hazard of losing reputation as a " clipper."—Your very obedient servant, QUIESTOR. TO THE EDITOR CF THE TIMES. ----- Sir,—ln consequence of the destruction of the Amazon steam-ship, and the reported loss of 134 lives, I take the liberty of mentioning that when that vessel was building I placed before the Royal Mail Packet Company a plan for extinguishing fires in steam-ships, by means of the steam from their boilers. Messrs. Seaward and Capel were requested by the company to furnish an estimate of the expense necessary to fit so large a vessel as the Amazon (which was 2,250 tons' burden) with the apparatus. The estimate was under 2001. Messrs. Seaward and Captain Chappell appeared to be of opinion that the plan was the best they ever remembered hearing of, and said that probably no fire could live under the torrent of steam which might be projected into any or all parts of the vessel. Nevertheless, after considerable trouble,' and sundry journeys by the Blackwell Railway, it was stated to me that as steam-vessels were very seldom burnt, my apparatus would be an additional expense to the Ama zon which the company begged to decline incurring. Perhaps the heartrending catastrophe which has oc curred may induce the various steam companies to make inquiries regarding an invention which was in the list of things rewarded with a prize medal at the Great Exhi bition of 1851.—1 have_the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM RIDDLE. East Temple Chambers, Whitefriars, Jan. 7. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l nm not in the habit of Tnirudiffg — my name on the public, yet on the present melancholy occasion of the sad accident which has just befallen the Amazon steam-packet, I feel it a duty to call your attention to a simple and inexpensive means of averting such accidents in future (and the consequent loss of life and property which has just ensued), by the use of a solution of chlo ride of zinc. The fact of preventing the conflagration of ships or buildings has long been before the public, but I fear it has received only slight consideration. I have no doubt, however, I may repeat, that the catastrophe could never have occurred had the means pointed out in the 16th, 17th, and 18th pages of the accompanying pamphlet been properly employed. The fearful conflagration would have been prevented, and the ship would also have been rescued at the same time from dryrot and prema ture decay. My public avocations leave me little leisure to extend this letter, and it is for the sake of humanity alone that I have written it, but I must entreat special attention to the cfficiel documents at the pages already mentioned, as evincing the truthfulness of the properties assigned to the process., and the ease with which an object of such magnitude and value may readily be obtained. I am, Sir, your most kumble servant, W. BURNETT. P.S. If any doubts be entertained of the effect of the solution, I can send you specimens which will fully prove the truth of the character given it. Admiralty, Jan. 7. THE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO THE CAPE. HER MAJESTY'S SCREW-7PRIGATE MEG/ERA AND TIIE RIFLES.—The Rifles it is well known, with bag a n d b ag gage, embarked at Dover on the 2d instant for the Cape. The embarkation was conducted in the moat orderly end satisfactory manner, under the stiperinten- I d g i e c a cc e was nece ssarily slow, and having a f deuce of Captain Baldock, who has charge of the packet est the service, nr with coal::. With auxiliary power only her progresshiapg and in the teeth of a gale of wind the Mr. Barlow, deemed Plymouth to have them marl, n• vv few defects, e b i l aep e ici arto t ss O t, 1 advisable to take On Tuesday she was reported ready P.in for ' another start, and it was e xpected that sho w on id 1 have yesterday. The Rifles have thus had a prct: _ ttliuTecoh:Ppamotrtueity of fl!liLg 0; :i a g ” eed seasoning at the com intncement of their v.;1 ;; ,, grati fying to find theiroxi vt s poro, which v% °irk' hav of a couple of battered old stowedtrans d it muq be most ntss at this time, and roomy s hi p, instead in such a crJnafortablo and 0 boon rolling about et Dango perhaps for a fortnight longer. M it is, with a • screw-ship V u l ear, sjpply of three weeks' coals, full steaming, sh it w i ll d under the most favourable oubiless make her pa ssa g e , lik e t h e circum stances, THE SCREW -SHIP VITLCAN AND THE 43D.—This ship, with tho 43d &.i.iateut ou board, passe•:. the Island of (showing her number only), going to the southward on the 17:11 of November. - .. She to vst pro br.bb) r.rrived at the Cape about the 4th of December.— Herald. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your columns tare generally open to any com mutic3tions really regarding the well-being of the com munity. You will, therefore, perhaps, give admission to this. On the 2d of January the Rifle Brigade, numerically seven hundred strong, embarked on board her Majesty's steam-ship the Megwra, for the Cape. As night drew on the frigate bore up for the Downs, where she lay until the morning of Saturday, the 3d, at daybreak, and preceeded down Channel with a living mass of nine hun dred human beings on her decks. You will now ask was not every provision made to meet the emer gency and afford accommodation on board? You shall hear. The store-room and stowage were filied with Ordnance stores, and thus no place remained for the ar rangement and proper disposition of the vast amount of sea-stock, baggage, and " belongi ngs " o f thi s l arg e body of men. Government, at the sacrifice of the men's and officers' just claim to regard and consideration, had made the ship to answer a purpose for which it was never in tended—the transport of stores and the conveyance of - the troops, the latter being evidently put aside to make and with it a the condition of Faturday ti sine on, reo vv m e f il o , r th t h e e night other. gale of wind, and you m a y e s e imagine of a number of raw soldiers '••;:ithout proper conveni ences, or even necessaries, the stores and baggage lying wherever they could find a space unoccupied, the Passage from one part to another of the ship being everywh ere impeded, and in most places obstructed. On the morn ing of the sth she put into Plymouth, much disabled, and with a depth or water in her which her crew had been engaged the whole night in pumping out. Providentially the ran to Plymouth was safely made; but is she, under the circumstances,_ adequately fitted and found to traverse the extent of water before her ? in short, is she the vessel to take out nine hundred valu able Let even the First L or d b e to ld—" Qu i lives ? If it be not too l o uth sh r a e l a l c b h e th h o e s ld e at rp e e , ecr l k e ls t ees t;h:eness or ignoran c e of th ose subordinateavnodi c t e h n o t f truth who can thu s r i s k t h e lif e o f Eug frintiecsaiptuoptahesoribraiieitiyu-cf.rieftaiits l a nd's best and bravest eons. I w rite as au eye - witness. I a ccompan i e d t h e reg i men t to its embarkation , admired the perf ec t o rd e r, celerity, a nd discipline of everything that depended on the soldier, end left with an aching heart at the thought of how much wanton and unnecessary misery our bravo fellows must encounter before they reach the Cape. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM BULLEE, Rector of holy Trinity, Dorene.,ter, Dorset. Oxford and Cambridge Club, Wednesday, Jan. 7. VICEREGAL COURT.-1113 Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland will hold his first levee for the season at Dublin Castle, on the 28th instant, and there will be a drawing-room the following evening. DEPARTURE OF THE ARCTIC.--LIVEEPOOL, JAN. 7.—To-day the United States Mail steams-hip Arctic, Capt. Lucas, sailed from the Mersey, about eleven o'clock, with 43 Pu4eriGerd a4cl A I'4lll and y 1144b10 cargo. es` l li%