The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-31 00:00:00

FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night]:— The National Assembly resolved on Saturday, by a majority of 436 to 231, that the President of the Republic should take the oath to the Constitution previous to his installation. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the customs duties collected in September last, which amounted to 8,733,654 francs, or 2,121,286 less than in the cor responding month of 1847. The customs produced during the nine months of 1848, ending on the Ist of October, 62,826,100 francs, showing a diminution as compared with 1847 of 37,021,199 francs. The number of French vessels which entered the harbours of France during the last nine months was 4,897, measuring 596,806 tons ; or 815 vessels and 66,198 tons less than in the corresponding period of 1847. The number of foreign vessels which entered those harbours during the same period was 5,359, measuring 739,807 tons ; or 5,201 vessels, and 695,321 tons less than in 1847. The export trade, employed during the same interval, 4,341 French vessels, measuring 497,626 tons, or 556 vessels and 35,083 tons less than in 1847 ; and 4,555 foreign ves sels, measuring 500,555 tons, being a diminution of 1,269 vessels and 142,529 tons. The Committee of the National Assembly on the Constitution assembled on Saturday. It revised each article of the Constitution according to the ob servations made in the National Assembly during the discussion, so as to remove all the defects of the ori ginal draft. The National Assembly will revise the amended draft in the course of the ensuing week, and:the Constitution will be promulgated immediately afterwards by its insertion in the illoniteur. It is said that the conferences on Italian affairs will be held at Brussels. SPAIN. The Foment°, Barcelona journal, of the 231 inst., publishes the following Lando of the Captain - General : " Whoever shall bring to me a Carlist chief, hav ing given orders to murder a man or a woman, to 'fire the houses or property of the inhabitants of Catalonia, or exacted sums of money for fines or re demptions, or committed any other sort of excess in the towns or country, shall receive in recompense of his services, and within the 48 hours, 2,000 Catalonian livres, with the assurance of being em ployed in Catalonia, or out of the principality if he has any apprehension for his life by remaining in it. I offer the same recompense and the same favour to any member of the trabucaire, or Republican bands, who shall render the same service. (Signed) "FERNANDO FERNANDEZ DE CORDOVA. " Head quarters of Barcelona, Oct. 22, 1848." TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 12th of Oc tober (in the Augsburg Gazette of the 25th,) an nounce another disaster by fire. Almost the whole of Pera lies in aqles! No details are given of this dreadful conflagration. These letters, strangely enough, make no mention of the death of the Schah of Persia, although the news is confirmed by advices fr St. Petersburgh. MONTE VI DEO. A letter from Monte Video of the 221 of August say s : " Col( _ __onia, the second town in this Republic, and which was bombarded and taken by the combined English and French squadrons at the beginning of the intervention, has again fallen into the bands of the Blancos (the besieging army) by treachery from within. A great many of the inhabitants have lost their lives, being drowned in endeavouring to get on board the French man-of-war. The French steamer Fulton has just arrived from the scene of war. Colonia was evacuated by the English soon af►er Sir Thomas Herbert's accession to the command. He has now dispatched the Ilarpy and Griffin thither, no doubt to aiford protection to the British residents, such as may have escaped, or are alive. CITY OF LONDON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC inth public quarterly nacPt ass of this excellent In- ON.-Th e tUrday evening, in the theatre Manners in the chair. The SLL ~T INSTITUT' ing of tho E stitution wzs of the building, Lord Jo! theatre vas densely crowded. The Noble Chairman ex pressed the great gratification which he felt in being in vited to preside over the business of the evening ; and having eulogised the obj-cts which such institutions have in view, and the benefits which the instruction im parted in them are calculated to confer on society, he introduced the young gentlemen of the class respectively to the notice of the meeting. The pieces chosen for the exercise of their various talents afforded a good range for display, and most creditably did they acquit th,in selves, e.:cla in the part assigned him, indicating high proficiency in the art of eloquence, a just appreciation of its advantages, and a degree of preparation for the atage of" public " life, honourable to the training and cha racter of the institution. Among the young tnen of the class wha took parts and distinguished thems'ilves on the occasion, were—Messrs. G. H. Law, Graham, Letch ford, Surridge, llori . .by, J. Brosghton, G. Grossmith, Brind, G. S. Nottage, W. C. Rowton, J. R. Bailey, and Ileylin. The recitations and scenes being varied, "from grave to gay, from lively to severe," produced corres ponding effects on the auditory, who were alternately moved to the utmost pitch of laughter and the deepest and most touching pathos. Harmony of feelinr , cha racterised the proceedings throughout, and thanks have ing been voted to the Noble Chairman, the assembly separated. SHAKSPERE.—UntIer this attractive title bills were a day or two ago circulated by a gentleman who signs himself " Edward S. Dickson, Barr. Linc. Inn," an nouncing his intention to " demonstrate" that William Shakspere and crowds of other names in English and foreign literature are all "spiritual ideas," and never belonged to earth-horn mortals who ate beef steaks and smoked their pipe) in the chimney corner. Friday evening, at eight o'clock, was the time appointed for this learned and ingenious lecturer to " demonstrate" his case, and, accordingly, at that hour, " a good few," as the Scotch have it, of curious visitors might be seen stumbling over the benches of the basin-shaped lecture room in anxious anticipation of the bright idea that was to fall from the honied tongue of this redoubtable "Barr. Line. Inn." The lecture by aforethought was a dirty one, so that females and youths were delicately recom mended not to come. This " Barr. Linc. Inn" kept —as far as this portion of the announcement was concerned his promise to the letter, for a more gratuitously disgusting affair wo never had the misfortune to listen to. As regards the " demon stration," characterised as it was by self-conceit, inter spersed, in the most rambling and incoherent manner, with etymology of which the merest tyro might have been ashamed, divested of everything pt °raising even a semblance of careful and dispassionate inquiry, and evincing a helpless ignorance of the very points most material in entering upon such an insane enterprise—we have merely to observe that it is a pity the managing people of the place do not ascertain beforehand the nature of the lecture by which the "Members" are to be instructed. IMPORTANCE -OF FLANNEL NEXT THE SKIN.—It would be easy to alliance strong evidence in behalf of the value and importance of wearing flannel next the akin. " Sir John Pringle," says Dr. Hodgkin, " who accompanied our army into the north at the time of the rebellion, relates that the health of the soldiers was greatly promoted by their wearing flannel waistcoats, with which they had been supplied on their march by some of the Society of Friends ; ' and Sir George Bal liugall, in his lectures on Military Surgery, adduces the testimony of Sir James Macgregor to the statement that, in the Peninsula the best clothed regiments were gene rally the most h ea l t h y ; a ddi ng t h at, w h en i n I n di a, ho witnessed a remarkable proof of the usefulness of flannel in che c ki ng t h e progress of the most aggra vated form of dys, , atery ' in the second b a tt a li on o f t h e Royals. Capt a i n Murray told Dr. Combs that "he wa s so strongly imp resse d f rom former experience with a sense of the efficacy of the protection afforded by the constant use of flannel next the skin, that when, on his s arrival in England i n D ecem b er 11823, after two 9 years' service amid the iceb ergs on t h e coast of Lahrador,t ship was ordered to sail i mme di ate l y for the West In dies, he ordered the purser to d raw two extra flannel and pairs of drawers for each man, and instituted a regular daily inspection to see that they were worn. These precautions were followed by the happiest re sults. He proceeded to his station with a crew of 150 men; visited almost every island in the West Indies, and many of the ports in the Gulf of Mexico ; and not withstanding the sudden transition from extreme cli mates, returned to England - without the loss of a single man, or having any sick on board on his arrive!! It would be going too far to ascribe the excellent state of health solely to the use of flannel, but there can be little doubt the latter was an important article in Captain Murray's success."—Robertson on Regimen and Diet. GUTTA PERCH A.—The name of this substance is pure Malayan, gotta signifying gum, or the concreted juice of a tree, and percha being the name of the plant which produces it. The tree is found in many parts of the island of Singapore, and in the forest of Johns, at the extremity of the Malayan peninsula; it also pro bably exists in the island of Sumatra, as the native name of that island is Polo Percha. It is also said to exist on the south-east coast of Borneo; and Mr. Brooke, the English Resident at Sarawak, asserts that it is common in the forests of that island, where it is called Niato by the inhabitants, though they appear to be ignorant of the properties of the juice. The tree attains a diameter of from three to six feet, but the wood is of no value; the fruit furnishes an oil which mingle with their food. The es round Singapore is proved by the d tons have been exported since employ such a method in eel -a must speedily bring about Instead of piercing what exudes naturally, they cut tripping the bark entirely off, left to Wound Inec fact that r 1842. Ti: of thi lectin9: tli the tree. the entire de!lrit the hark, a dawn :he tree, a they obtain the wly,ie of the juice, which is tacn . stitTenin- the air. There appear to be three varictiep7- the . gutta guek, gmta tubar, and gat:a percha. This extrAordinary substance has the property of stifteni)g when exnoied to boiling water; in this state it is capa ble of Hein; moulded like clay. It is also capahl of combining with was, fatty bodies, and caontchouc; these substances con,itltrablv modify the froperties of the ;arts perehs; the ettoutchouc mikes it more elastic told softer. THE SUN, LONDON, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (The trial of Linfield, Orpin, and Dryden, contained from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) James Danver Wilson, the father of the deceased, stated that the deceased had lived with him at Norwood. She was ill some time before her death, which took place on the 22d of September. She first became ill on the 12th. She was absent from home one night, about a week before she became ill. Did not know where she went. When she was ill, Mr. Chapman, a surgeon, was sent for and attended her up to her death. James Wilson stated that the deceased was his sister. On the 14th of September he carried a note for his sister, to Mrs. Linfield's, Prior-place, East-street, Walworth. He was taken up stairs to a bed-room where he saw Mrs. Linfield. On reading the note she said you came from Norwood, to which witness replied, yes; and Linfield then said your sister com plains of pain, to which witness replied, that she was very bad, and he expected the doctor there when ho got back. She then gave him two ounces of common salts, which she desired him to give to his sister, with plenty of warm milk, and to sit on hot water. Ho asked her what was the matter with her, and she said she had the liver complaint, but she had a good constitution, and would get over it. He asked her how many times his sister had been there, and she said twice—once in the week before, and again on the following Monday. She gave nothing but the Epsom salts. His sister took the salts. _ _ ints, and said it was all over, and that the firemen had set it down as an escape of gas, and that she had done it by putting a light into the cupboard where the old news papers were kept, and that it flared up and was over in a minute. I next saw Fitzgerald on the Monday fol lowing, who came and told me that Beaumont wished to see me at her brother's; and I went there, when she told me I need not be afraid as she would give me what she had promised, although I had not done it. She then bound me to secrecy, but not giving me the money I sent to her, when she sent me back word I might do what I liked, and that if I said anything she would charge me with stealing some things which she had given to me. The witness then went on to state that at two subse quent meetings with Fitzgerald she denied having fired the place herself, but said that Fry had advised combus tibles being used, and the first she knew of the house being on fire was from being awoke by the smoke enter ing her bed-room, and that she made her escape with difficulty in her night clothes up a ladder on to the roof, where she was rescued. The ladder up which she made her escape the witness had taken up stairs, and placed in a position leading to the roof, a few days pre viously at the desire of Beaumont. He then gave infor mation to the insurance-office. The witness was cross-examined at some length, but nothing was elicited either to damage his, character or alter the substance of his evidence. William B. Storr, of the firm of Debenham and Storr, proved that the prisoner Beaumont came to him with a claim of 2171. for the property alleged to have been burnt at the fire. He, as valuer to the Westminster Fire-office, made inquiry, and found that a quantity of the property, set down in the list submitted to him of the articles burnt, had been pawned by Beaumont and Fitzgerald. He saw her several times upon the subject of her claim, and at last, having seen the witness Bag ster, he had the aid of the police, who having heard his statement, ultimately took the prisoners Beaumont and Fitzgerald into custody. George V. Stephenson, clerk to the Westminster Fire office, proved the policy of insurance, which was effected to the prisoner Beaumont's mother in January, 1838, subsequently in 1845 assigned to the prisoner and her sister, and finally, in 1847, to prisoner only. Philip Sidney, of Hatton-garden, solicitor to the pro secution, proved having served the prisoner Beaumont with a notice to produce the policy of her insurance, which she alleged had been destroyed in the fire. Mrs. Elizabeth Robins, the wife of a shoemaker, car rying on business in Oxford-street, stated that she had known Beaumont for fifteen years. On the day of the fire she called upon Beaumont at about twelve in the day and went into her bedroom to change her dress, which she did, and left some other clothes behind. Beaumont then went away, and in the evening witness called upon her at the coffee-house, and Fitzgerald was there. She seemed in an agitated state, and said, " Shall I tell Mrs. Robins?" and she immediately said, " There is going to be a fire here! lamin a great deal of trouble;" and requested witness to lend her 55., which she did, and immediately Beaumont went out with some young man. Immediately she was gone Fitzgerald asked if Beau mont had been to her (witness's) house? and having been answered in the affirmative, told her that she left 401., some dresses and duplicates. She then detailed to witness the transaction with Bagster, and said that she (Fitzge rald) meant to fire the place. Witness, scarcely know ing what to think, endeavoured to dissuade her from it. Fitzgerald promised not to do it, and witness went home, where she found a quantity of gold and silver, and! two notes, hidden under the dress Beaumont had left behind her. The next day Beaumont called, and told her that the place had been burnt, and witness said, " Oh! that wretch has done it ;after all." Beaumont made no an swer, and subsequently asked witness if she knew any thing about making out•a claim for an insurance-office, and witness recommended her to her sister, who had once had a firo. Wm. Woodhatu, a police-constable, went on Sunday, the 17th of September, to Mrs. Linfield's, 24, Prior place, East-street, in plain clothes. He saw a young man there, who took him into the parlour, where he saw Mrs. Linfield. He told her he had come from a young woman named Wilson, at Norwood. Linfield asked witness how she was. He said, very bad. She asked if she had taken the medicine she had sent her ? Witness said he did not know. He asked who brought the young woman to her house. She said, a person named Dry den, living in York-street. She said, that the woman who brought her had given her a box of pills and some alum water, which caused a stoppage. He then told her he would call again in the morning. On the next morning he called, told her he was a police , constable, and took her into custody. He stated that she was charged with using a certain instrument on a female named Wilson, in order to procure abortion. Linfield said, the only instrument she had used was to draw off the water. On his in quiring if the young woman had given her any money, she said she had received 21. log. from her, Bs. of which she gave to the woman who brought her. She kept 2s. for the medicine, and returned 21. to Eliza Wilson. The letter from the deceased to Linfield was here put in and read, in which she complained of great pain, and requested the prisoner Linfield to send her some thing to relieve her. Thomas Connor, a police constable, took the prisoner Dryden into custody on the 18th of September. He found her in York -street, Lock's-fields. lie told her he was a constable, and that Mrs. Linfield was in custody upon acharge of having used instruments to procure abor tion. Dryden said "It is through nothing that I have given her. I only gave her five-leaved grass, ground ivy, and pillacocia pills." Witness asked if she had got any money from Mrs. Linfield, and she said none, and knew nothing of Mrs. Linfield. She afterwards said she received eight shillings from Linfield and 3s. from Eliz a Wilson for medicine. Ile then took her into custody. On the following day he apprehended the prisoner Orpin. He found him at Rose cottage, Chapel-road, Norwood. He told him he W. 13 a constable, and that the prisoner was charged with two females in custody with using instruments upon Eliza Wilson, to produce abortion. He ,said the knew nothing about it, and that whatever stuff Eliza Wilson tos;k to poison herself was of her own accord, and he had nothing whato'er to do with it. Ho went to Lin field's house on the 19th, and found a box of pills there, and a bill for (3/. 15.5., which Mrs. Linfield had paid to Mrs. Dryden. William Merritt assisted in searching Linfield's house. Found a quantity of herbs, among which was savia. He also found satin at Dryden's, and a quantity of herbs, together with two printed bills. The printed bills were read, which contained a list of herbs and other things sold by Linfield, who called herself a midwife. A mass of evidence wea then adduced which went to prove that the fire broke out twenty-fire minutes past eleven o'clock in the evening, and was speedily got under, and was found to have broken out in the bar at the back of the shop. The damage was trifling, being merely confined to some books and things that were in the room. After the fire was put out the police went to the roof, where they found the prisoner Fitagerald partly dressed. The police proved finding a quantity of duplicates re lating to property charged in the claim as destroyed, hidden in flower-pots, milk-cans, and other places. Ann Garrett, a former servant at the coffee-house, deposed to having left the service in consequence of Beaumont having in May last solicited her to set fire to the place. The agent of the landlord proved Beaumont to be 40/. in arrears with her rent. _ _ A cert]fiJate of Dr. Clough's was produced, certifying that Lintield had attended his lectures on midwifery and the diseases of women, and practised it under his inspection. Joseph Armstrong, another policeman, stated that he had been stationed at Norwood for four years. Knew the deceased Elizi Wilson, and the prisoner Orpin. Had seen them trequmtly together at a late hour in the evening, and had frequently seen him hi,s her. John Chapman, a surgeon, of 2.'hurlow-place, Nor wood, was called in to see the deceased on the 14th September, but did not see her then. Saw her on the 150. She was very ill with great constitutional dis turbance, and dangerously ill. She was in great pain in the lower part of the abdomen. She complained of con stant sickness. Witness consulted with a physician upon the case. The witness examined the deceased OA his first visit, and described the state in which she was, which is unfit for publication. Witness also examined the deceased about 36 hours after death, assisted by Mr. May. The witness then read a paper describing the state of the body internal and external after death. From the examination of the deceased, he had no doubt that the deceased had been pregnant for seven weeks. The introduction of such an instrument as the one produced would hare caused miscarriage and the ap pearances he had described. Au instrument used to re lieve the water would not have caused such appearances. lie believed the cause of death was the intlimu3ation of the uterus in couseqaenco of abcrtion having been pro cured by tile use of an instrument or instruments. Mr. Wray, of Dulwich, surgeon, who assisted the last witness at the examination of the deceased, gave similar evidence. .11 long statement made by the prisoner Fitzgerald , after examination at the police-court, Bow-street, was then pat ia, and after stating that she had been six weeks in Beaumont's employ, and corroborating a por tion of the statements made by Bagster, it went on to state that Beaumont had promised to take her with her to Australia if she would fire the place, and that by threats, promise of reward, and entreaty, she procured her aid to the extent she had. She, however, denied hers being the hand that fired the place, and alleged that according to her mistress's directions, after she had fas tened up the house she washed a coarse apron, and hung it near enough to catch fire. She then went to bed, and was awoke by the knocking and ringing at the place when the fire was discovered. In hor statement she also sought to implicate other parties besides the pri soner Fry. This closed the case for the prosecution • Mr. Justice WIGgTMAN said, Fry only being impli cated upon the evidence of his fellow-prisoner, there was no case for the jury, and directed an acquittal. Air. O'BRIEN then made a powerful appeal to the sympathies of the jury, contending that his client had been a tool in the hands of the others. and that there was no direct proof that hers was, the actual hand that fired the place. Mr. CuAnNoctc inquired upon which count the Court pressed the charge against Beaumont? Mr. Justice WIoaTatAN said, the count charging her with being an accessory to the fire with intent to de fraud the insurance-office. Robert Emmerson, a policeman, was present before the magistrates on the examination of the witnesses against the prisoners. Linfield and Dryden made state ments on the first examination, and Orpin at the last. (The statements of the prisoners were then put in and read.) This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. PARRY submitted to the Court whether there was any case to go to the jury against Orpin. Mr. Justice MAULS said the case was very slight against Mite % Mr. PARRY. said that, under such circumstances, he would not trouble the jury on his behalf. The COURT then adjourned for half an hour, and on its resuming, Mr. BALLArrrists addressed the jury for the prisoner Lin field. Mr. CHARNOCK then, at some length, argued that there was no direct proof but that the fire was accidental. Fry had been acquitted ; and it was not at all clear that Fitzgerald had fired the house—in fact, the evidence went to negative the supposition—and if they did not think the offence proved against her, they could not convict his client of being an accessory to that which was not proved. LUS LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury retired, and, having been absent about half an hour, returned into court, bringing in a verdict of His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said it was clear Fitzgerald had been a tool in the hands of Beaumont ; he then sentenced her to seven years' transportation, and Bdaunaosit to fifteen years. The case lasted from ten in the morning until a late hour in the evening. The five prisoners convicted last week of Post-office robberies, were brought up during the retirement of the jury, and severally ordered to be transported for seven years. _ _ _ The prisoner ,Dryden declined saying anything to the jury. Several witnesses gave the prisoner Linfield an ex cellent character for skill and care as a tnid wile. Many of the witnesses had known Linfield for upwards of 20 years. Mr. Justice MAIILE summed up the case, and The jury, after a short consultation, Acquitted all the prisoners. There were two othQr indictments against the priso ners, but they were not proceeded with. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. BULLOCK.) Charlos Pitt, aged 17, a servant, was indicted for steal ing a silver fork, a spoon, and a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. Samuel Pole, his master. Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution. The prosecutor, a major in the army, stated that the prisoner had been his servant for nearly two years, and he had no suspicion of his being dishonest until about a fortnight ago, when missing some article of wearing apparel he instituted a search, and then disco vered that a quantity of his winter clothing had been abstracted from a portmanteau in which it was usually kept. When the prisoner was asked where the things were, he said, that in all probability witness had left them at Skillingle-park, at which place he was on a visit last Easter. knowing that to be untrue, he called in the police and gave him into custody, and his boxes be ing searched a number of pawnbrokers' duplicates relat ing to the stolen property was found. The jury having heard a good deal of corroborative testimony found him :Guilty, and not being known he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, and to be kept to hard labour. Richard Pendrill, 20, and Matthew Cox, 19, were in dicted for stealing 191 b. weight of sugar, the property of the London Dock Company. The facts of the case were these:—the prisoners, two sailors, belonged to a brig lying in the dock, and the sugar had been abstracted from a bag lying on the quay. The sugar was found in Pendrill's box, and Cox admitted having taken it. Thejury Acquitted Pendrill, but found Cox Guilty. The Captain having given Cox an excellent character, and offering to take him out again, Mr. Bullock ordered Cox to be given up to him. IVE,II COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) Emma Beaumont, 26, spinster, and Nary Ann Fitz• gerald, 25, married, standing reniando from last ses sion, were indicted for arson ; and James Fry, who had been out on bail, and surrendered to take his trial, was indicted for aiding and abetting them in the commission of the offence. Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Parnell appeared for the prosecution ; Beaumont was defended by Mr. Charnock ; Fitzgerald by Mr. O'Brien ; and Fry by Mr. Robinson. Mr. CLARXSON having stated tho case to the jury, Mr. BODKIN called Joseph Bagster, who having been sworn, said—l am a porter, and work in Covent-garden Market. I know the prisoner Beaumont, and have lodged in a coffee house kept by her at 53, Long-acre, and bad done so for some time previously to the 21st of August. Whilst I lived tkere_the prisoner. Beaumont upon:several occasions spoke to me about setting fire to the house, and said she would not mind giving 101. to me if I would do it. I told her I would consider of it, or something to that , effect, and she then showed me a policy of insurance in the Westminster Fire-office, for 4001. She then told me that she was behindhand with her landlord, and that if she procured the money from the insurance she should go to Australia and purchase a farm. She pressed me further about firing the place, and agreed to give me 101. for doing it. I did not tell her I would not do it, or that I would ; and she then began to take away the property the house contained, consisting fof glass and china —most of which was carried away by Fitzgerald by Beaumont's orders. The beds were cut up, and being made into pillows were taken away ; and it was finally arranged that I should set fire to the house on Thursday, the 25th of August, and I left the lodgings on the preceding Monday. I called at the coffee-house on the Tuesday, and Fitzgerald requested me to allow some of her boxes to be taken to m lodgings, which was done. O n t h e Th ursday Beaumon t sentfo me to the coffee-house, and came in shortly after I had arrived there. She then said the matters were all ready, and they might as we ll go through with it, having gone so far. She siren said that sh e i ntended to go to Asticy's Theatre with Fry at half-past nine, and that I was to set fire to the place while she was gone. She then put three sovereigns on the sideboard for me to take up, not handing it to me, so that I might not he able to say she had given me any money. She then said that she would give me two sovereigns the next day, and the remaining 51. when she got the money trona the fire-office. Fitzgerald was there whilst the conversation was going on. Fry was also there, but not war enough to hear what was sa id. F ry and Beau mont then went Our, and I put the money into my packet, and told Fitzgerald that I did sot mean to set tire to the: place, and would not de such thing for any consideration, and that I was going into the country. Fitzgerald said she thought as much ; and I then left the house, and with a friend went down to Watford, and thence to Northampton, returning on the next day to town ; and in the evening I went to the coff,e-lion-e and saw Eitz:zerald, whom I asked what Beaumont said about limy taking the money ? and she told me that Beaumont tad said I bad acted wisely, for as it was op ra night the streets would be full, and it would not have been so safe. She then told 'me that if I would POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Sarah Iluxton and Henry Goodson were brought be fore the Lord Mayor, upon the charge of having robbed Mrs. Reeve, of Old Fish-street, of 111. 12s. 6d. The prosecutrix had charitably given employment to the female prisoner, who was sister to her servant, and destitute, but was imprudent enough to lot her see that there was gold and silver money in the cash-box. The girl had been at work at the house for a day or two; but on Saturday evening she disappeared, and so did the purse in which the cash was deposited, and which h ad been kept in the box in the bedroom. I nfo r mation having been given to Storey, the officer, he proceeded to investigate the matter, and on Sunday night ho ap prehended the two prisoners, having learned that they were living on intimate terms, and that neither of them had slept at home on Saturday night. The officer sud denly presented himself to the man at a beer-shop in the Southwark- bridge.road, and Goodson, in great con fusion, tried to slip some money into the landlord's hand, but it fell upon the floor. It was well known to the acquaintances of both prisoners that they were with out money of their own for some days, and their ac ekrunt of the manner in which they became enriched so soon was not at all satisfactory. The female prisoner was taken into custody very shortly after her companion's apprehension; and it was pretty clear that they had been carousing together, on Saturday night, on part of the produce of the robbery. The account given by both prisoners was contradictory. Martin, the keeper of the beer-shop, said, the male Sunday nd s actedi , honestly i n t h at ca p ac i t y he, however, had • prisoner had be en wa i ter to him for some d ays , an d h a d always calie s d ud n ou enlyabse hi mse lf for a couple of days, but n i i , g an h d t, e a d nd h , i a m fte o r v d er ecl t a w r o in s g ov th er a e t ig w n it s ne witness hadd. o of p always acted ki n dl y to him, offered to len d hi m a couple ac cordingly, and took his I 0 U for the amount. Witness added that Goodson, upon being apprehended, wanted to put some gold into his hand, but it fell to the ground. Four half-sovereigns and a sovereign were picked up, but it was possible that more money had fallen, for there were several people ou the spot. Storey, the officer, said it was twelve o'clock at night do it some one else wmid, and perhaps she'd do it her-elf. She added that the prisoner Fry had been there during the day, and that it was ar ranged that it should take ];lace that night, and that she was to have 207. for doing it; that Fry had g.me out and bought a threepenny receipt stamp, upon which Beaumont and he attached their names to it, and that she had made her mark, each of them binding th&u hakes to carry out the; object, and: not to betray each otter. Oa the next day Fitzgerald came to my lodg- TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1848. when he apprehended Goodson, who accounted for the possession of the money by stating that he had found 51. on London-bridge, in a purse, which he afterwards said contained more money. The prisoners were committed for trial. MARYLEBONE. Samuel George Lacey was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, upon the following extraordinary charge of burglary and outrage at the residence of Mr. Peter Rogers, an elderly and very infirm gentleman, at Haver stock-hill, Hampstead Mr. iinrlstone, a clerk at Worship-street Police court, and who is a friend and :neighbour of the prose cutor, attended, and was permitted by the magistrate to qttestion the several witnesses relative to the facts of the case. _ _ Prosecutor deposed that the prisoner had lived with him as footman and valet, and, after a servitude of not more than a month, he was discharged on the 25th ult., in consequence of a 5/. note and a sovereign having been missed, and which it was strongly suspected he had stolen. On the morning of the 24th inst., between five and six o'clock, he (prosecutor) was awoke by a crack ing noise in his bedroom, and immediately after a man enveloped in a large cloak came to his bed-side, and, placing the said garment in front of his face, exclaimed, ,6 oh , d— n y ou , now I'll d o f or you, " or words to that effect. Prosecutor added that he sprung up, and with what strength he was master of (seized with both hands the prisoner alluded to, who threw at his head with great force a chamber utensil, and then rushed out of the apartment, locking the door after him. He (prosecutor) gave an alarm, and his two servants rushed towards him to see what vas the mat t er. By Mr. Hurlstcne—l have no doubt whatever that the prisoner is the man. I did not see his face, but there is such a peculiarity in his voice that I could not be mistaken. I can safely swear to him. The cloak was mine, and was picked up in th e h ouse a f ter t h e pri soner had effected his escape. Upon examining the premises, accompanied by my servants, I found that one of my desks in the parlour had been broken open, and two sovereigns and some silver abstracted therefrom, a quantity of papers was strewed a b out t h e fl oor, an d ten shillings in silver had been stolen from a purse in the pocket of ley trousers, which were on a chair by my bed; the empty purse was left behind. Mary Bailey, the housekeeper, stated that on hearing a noise in her master's room, she jumped out of bed and awoke the man servant, who, on entering the apartment, cried out, "For God's sake come down directly, for Mr. Rogers is murdered!" Witness observed that, on going into the room; some blood was running down her mas ter's face; she further said, that 15s. had been taken from her purse, which was in a drawer in the kitchen, and that her fellow•servant had been robbed of a pair of boots. _ _ _ Mason, 168 S, deposed to his having been sent to the house upon information of the burglary being given at the police-station; he made a close examination of the premises, and ascertained that an entry had been effected by breaking open thecoal-cellar door, and making in the back kitchen window, an aperture in a pane of glass sufficiently large for the introduction of a hand ; the bolt was by that means undone, and the sash thrown up. After much inquiry, he (witness) found out where the prisoner was lodging, and on Saturday afternoon last took him into custody at 49, High-street, Mile-end, New Town. Not any portion of the stolen property was found in his possession, and he denied having been at the prosecutor's dwelling since the period of his being discharged. The prisoner repeated his denial to the Magistrate, and called two witnesses, ono of whom, a young man named William Thompson, lodging at the same house as the prisoner, swore positively that he saw the prisoner at home and in bed at half-past five and 'at half-mat seven on the very morning of the discovery of the rob bery in question. Mr. LONG felt that, after such distinct evidence as that, he should not bo justified in sending the accused to prison, and therefore discharged him. tin as to his character, which, being approved of, the article was sent in, but both Johnson and his referee quitted their abode and had not been heard of again until the former was taken into custody on other charges. Martin, however, had ever since kept out of the way. Mr. COTTINGHAM directed that Martin should be taken into custody as speedily as possible, in order that the gang, to which he no doubt belonged, might be broken up. Mr. Williams, a hatter, stated that a man who gave his name Daggs gave an order to the extent of 161. 18s. for hats, and referred to Captain Hodgson as to his re spectability as a tradesman. The order was to be sent to Windsor, and upon complainant calling upon Captain Hodgson he gave Johnson an excellent character for probity and honesty, adding at the same time that he would have no hesitation in advancing him any sum of money that he required. Complainant was a out to complete the order, when he by accident heard that he had got into the hands of a nest of swindlers, and thus ho was saved from the consequences. Mr. CoTTINGHIM said that it would have been well for the rest of the tradesmen who had been defrauded of their goods if they had escaped in the same manner. Anthony Tate, a tailor in Moorgate-street, said Hodgson called on him, representing himself to be a captain, and gave an order for clothing, and at the same time referred to a person named Fowler for a character. The latter gave him an unexceptionable one, and upon the faith of its accuracy Hodgson obtained from him clothes to the amount of 411. 10s. Hodgson, upon being subsequently pressed for payment, handed over his ac ceptance to the complainant, which never honoured from that day to the present, and both he and his re feree had not been heard of since until the present occasion. Hodgson exclaimed that it was merely a debt, and that it would be paid by and by. Evidence was then gone into implicating the other prisoners in the various swindling transactions, from which it appeared that Bench had also !given Johnson such a character to tradesmen as to enable that person to obtain the possession of ~ ,n ods, and that he acted, as Hodgson had previously done, as referee, and subse quently absconded. The other prisoner, Jacobs, had also succeeded in defrauding other tradesmen, and in his case Downing was his referee, and, in fact, to such an extent had they been carrying on their depredations on the public, that the Magistrate remarked that it was high time a stop should be put to their proceedings ; that at present he (the Magistrate) could not dispose of the case, ar he was convinced there were many other tradesmen in the'metropolis who had been victimised by the gang ; and that if the necessary publicity were given to the examination through the medium of the news papers, he had no question but it would have the effect of bringing forward other persons who had been suf ferers. No doubt it would take time to discover and break up so formidable a gang of swindlers, but he con sidered it a public duty to investigate and sift the matter to the bottom, and for that purpose should remand the prisoner until next Monday ; and at the same time the Magistrate gave Sergeant Barry, of the A division, strict injunctions to spare no pains or trouble in completing the charges against the accused. THE HONITON BANK. EXETER DISTRICT BANKR UPI CY COURT, Oct. 24. (Before Mr. Commissioner Berm) IN RE FLOOD AND LOTT (HONITON DANE). The official assignee, Mr. 11. L. Ilirtzel, read his se cond report. On the 18th of April last, he bad re ported that debts due to the estate had been applied for, amounting to 136,2491. 15s. Bd.; besides 7,7791. 14s. sd. on promissory notes; and that there was about 1,0001. more to beWpplied'for';•that he had then 8,000/. cash in hand; that the assets might possibly realise 43,0011. 19s. 11d.; and that he did not consider a dividend of more than from 6s. Bd. to 7s. 6d. in the pound would be ulti mately realised; but he hoped in the latter end of May to be able to declare a dividend of at least 2s. 6d. in the pound. He now regretted to report that the farther the accounts were :investigated the more complicated and erroneous they were found to be. Many persons returned as debtors had proved themselves to be not so, and some to be creditors. Having made another recapitulation of the debts due to the estate, and anticipating also a dividend that might come to it from the estate of Christopher Flood, deceased, the assignee did not expect the creditors would obtain a larger dividend than was mentioned; and, the accounts being still in great confusion, would not pledge himself to realise even that. It was proved with undeniable clearness that no surplus could come from the separate estate of Christopher Flood, deceased. The extreme estimated value of that estate might possibly be 60,t'001. or 70,000/., but being subjected to a mortgage for 20,0001., the surplus could be at most only 50,000/.; and there were claims for his private debts, and his liabilities to the creditors of Messrs. Flood and Mules, and others, which would far exceed that 50,000/. and render his estate insolvent, and unable to assist the creditors of Flood and Lott. The assignee was, however, advised that he was entitled to prove upon this estate for the debt due from Flood and Mules to the Honiton Bank, and to receive a dividend for the benefit of Flood and Lett's creditors. As to the separate property of Christopher Samuel Flood, the greater part of it was in mortgage. Three of the principal estates in it were mortgaged to Messrs. Lyon and Bentinek for 20,0001. The assignees, in order to pay off this, in tended to sell as much of the property of the late Chris topher Flood and Christopher Samuel Flood, as could be realised. But part of the estate of C. S. Flood con sisted of fields purchased by him to complete the pro perty of his father, and as they would realise small sums unless sold at the same time with it, the assignee had not deemed it prudent to force the sale of them. The assignee feared no surplus would arise from the estate of Harry Buckland Lott. The late Harry Baines Lott be queathed the residue of his property to him, subject to various legacies and an annuity of 1,000/. a year to his widow. The assignee feared, as the bankrupt, Harry Buckland Lott, had expended part of this estate, there would not be enough left to pay these legatees, but that a heavy deficiency would arise, and that the annuitants and legatees would claim to prove on the separate estate of Harry Buckland Lott, which would become insolvent. The trustees under the father's will had taken possession of the residue of the property unadministered by the bankrupt Lott, so that the assignees had no power over it unless at the risk of becoming liable to the debts of the father, which would be imprudent. The assignees had sold the estate of Roundball for 9,5001. less than it cost, but not mulch below what was to bo anticipated. There was another property, Pulshayes, part of the estate of H. B. Lott, still unsold, but the assignees were unwilling to force the sale, be cause it was contiguous to the ornamental grounds of Tracey, and its sale to an independent (Tiler would damagehseoulcould the o lo value uge r of hope to re Thee to Tracey. T a h lise any eoffi surplus clalassig from this neefeared separate estate of t e he ba b o a k nk e r s u t p a t te H w a a r s ry in ß. m L o o r t t t g . ag principal part of the tthe Colonel H depreciationoneyw ond of , house p fi e r i s .t t be . u paid o ; o i a to n u d , from the assignee did not know whether an Other parts of the who om p u r s o t joint estate, a s y w s y u el ip a lu s s t w h o e u s ld ep a e r r i a s t e e . estates of C. Flood and C. S. Floso considerabled, w ere in dffi mortgageeulty to Messrs. Lubbock. There w here, the assignees being advis,eadthatCto u C. S s Flood d d had t mortgage his father s no right to h estate from himself, and that Messrsi . Lubbock had no claim on part that separate estate , which s administered by the Court of the joint property mortgaged of Chancery. That debt. Th t g s sufficient to satisfy the mor gag h • t tt f th to Messrs. Lubbock, would t not, the assignee feared, be The bankrupts in first render deficiency, n must sell it, and prove on t e join es a e or e roapsersteyoutrhietybafonrkrouveprts ing an arose. acco i n f n a t - o y ftheir assets had deceived themselves. The bankrupts had calculated the drawn balances. had The bank received estatefro from their was principally debtorsP debts due tothem as w T o h r e t y h whatever a also reckoned respectivethe the pro perties would fetch. pro perties again, among the bank property. So by taking the value of these properties twice over, they had de ceived themselves to the amount of at least 15,0001.! Mr. Player, clerk in the bank, had gone through the debts with the assignee, who was now possitive that the amounts he had set down as good were the utmost that could be depended on for the estate. He feared that the assets would probably be ,less than mentioned at last meeting, and the amount on which dividend must be paid, increased to the extent of 20,0004 The 6s. Bd. dividend would hardly be realised; but if he could sub stantiate the right of the bank estate to prove on the estate in Chancery of the late Christopher Flood and Mules to the bank, he hoped the dividend would not be much reduced below what had been expected. The report further gave the following analysis of the debts due to the banking firm. Total applied for from balance of account was 158,280/. 45. 11d. Of these there were-good, 31,931/. 2s. 11d. ' • doubtful, 10,18 9 / . 12s. 10d. ; b a d, 91 , 0021. 3 s . S et off in Honiton tank notes, deposit notes, &c., 25,157/. 6s. 2d. The total amount applied for on promissory notes, &c., was 16,448/. 18s. 3(1. Of these there were -good, 5,751/. Doubtful, 3,221/. 9s. 3d. Bad, 4,710/. Bs. 2d. Set off in Honiton bank-notes, deposit notes, &c., were 9 ,75e7 Os. 10d. The amount of assets, according to the new estimate, would therefore be-good on balance of ac counts, 31,9311. 2s. Ild. Doubtful, at ss. in the pound, ',547/. Bs. 2d. Good on promissory notes, 5,7514 Doubtful at ss. in the pound, 8051. 7s. 4d. Amounting to 41,034/. 18s. sd. Nothing was assumed for the bad debts ; they were considered to be irrecoverably lost to the estate. Mr. Cox asked if the assignees had obtained any in formation from Mr. Woolnier, or Mr. Latimer, in whose newspapers there was a statement as to thegoldmissinsigld? Mr. Daw said h e h a d b een to those gentlemen, found that the statement was sent to them by Mr. Herman James Lott. No further elucidation of the transaction, that the assignees could mention, had come before them; but the assignees entertained no doubt of the improper abstraction of that money. His Hoeronst added that the matter was under investi. gation, and it would be injudicious to ask questions sheet it. The examination was adjourned till the second Thurs day in January. Mr. Lott was unable to attend, being unwell.- Western Times. We have advices from Pernambuco to the 28th ult., when the quotation of exchange, notwithstanding the rise which had taken place at Rio and „Bahia, was not above 23d. The import markets continued bad, and a report of a change of Ministry, which would have the effect of bringing ipto power the democratic and turbu lent party by whom the recent riots had been fomented, tended to increase the prevalent distrust, the animosities r,f this party being directed against the Portuguese resi dents, who are regarded as a l most the only people o f tubtace and credit among th e trading community in empire. In accounts from Senegal, of the 1I th ult., it is mentioned that the news of the emancipation of the blacks created a temporary sensation. In commercial affairs there was quite a calm. Guru PM in demand at 47f, .50e. the 100 liilog. NAVAL INTEL LIGENCE. We regret to state that the health of Commodore Sir J. Gordon Bremer, K.C.8., K.C.H., although improved during his short leave of absence from the duties of Superintendent at Woolwich Dockyard, is nevertheless in so unsatisfactory a condition as to oblige him to take the earliest opportunity of resign ing that responsible and very onerous appointment into the hands of the Admiralty. This event ►ill be much regretted by all classes in her Majesty's dock yard, Woolwich, by whom Sir Gordon Bremer is held in the highest respect, esteem, and reverence, for his just and impartial administration of his office in the most kind and considerate manner. It will, however, be some consolation to the officers and men of Woolwich Dockyard, to find that the place of one so much esteemed will be filled by an officer who is in every way worthy to succeed to their respect—via. Captain Henry Eden (1827), now prie rate secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty. It would be superfluous to enlarge on the merits of this gallant officer. Since he has occupied the distinguished otlice he now holds, he has become more extensively known to officers of all ranks of the navy as one who, pos sessing a most admirable esprit de corps, has exerted himself to the utmost to anticipate, so far as his ability and influence extended, the wants and wishes of every one with whom he has been brought into official contact. His departure from the Admiralty, we are sure, will not be more deeply regretted by every one in that establishment, from the highest to the lowest, than by the whole naval service ; and we are equally certain that the selection of this officer by the Board of Admiralty to succeed Sir Gordon Bre mer will be unanimously approved of. In the report of the " Select Committee on the Navy, Army, and Ordnance Estimates," page 48, it is laid down that " the office of superintendent of a dockyard should not, in the opinion of your committee, be conferred as an honorary retirement for past services, however meritorious, It requires activity, habits of command, and of methodical arrangement, and the order and efficiency of each dockyard will be found principally to depend on the fitness of the superintendent for the peculiar duties he is selected to perform." Fully concurring in these opinions, which, although mere truisms, in some degree redeem the narrow, dull, trifling, unmeaning, maudlin character of the report generally, redolent as it is of "small beer," " salt junk," and quarters of pounds of "onions or leeks," we think it will be conceded by the immaculate "select" that Captain Eden, by his professional and office la bours, has qualified himself in an eminent degree for the very important situation of a dockyard superintendent. To his experience of general afloat service he has added that acquired by a term of com mand as Flag-Captain at one of our principal ports, under that late most highly-distinguished flag-officer, Admiral Sir Graham Moore, G.C.8., and he goes to Woolwich more especially adapted for the "peculiar duties he is selected to perform," inasmuch as from his present position as private secretary to Lord Auckland he is necessarily most thoroughly imbued with the sentiments and wishes of the Admiralty with reference to dockyard reform, which under his active superintendence we may f a i r ly hope will turn out to be improvement.—Herald. Captain Charles Eden, flag-captain to Sir T. Bladen Capel, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief at Ports mouth, will in all probability succeed Captain Henry Eden, at the Admiralty, as private secretary to the Earl of Auckland, who, we are happy to believe, is in the enjoyment of excellent health. The First Lord of the Admiralty gave a dinner last night, at Eden Lodge, to Rear-Admiral D. ' Dundas C. 8., M.P., and the Hon. Captain Berkeley, C. 8., 111. P., his Lordship's colleagues; Captain Eden, Captain I'. INN/Atte, and other naval officers, &c. Admiral Sir 11 , illiam Hall Gage, G.C.H. returned to Devonport from London, from leave of absence, on Saturday, and re-hoisted his flag on board the San Josef. The Impregnable, 104, flag-ship, to replace the San Josef, has been taken out of dock, and the officers and crew will be turned over to her very shortly. Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C. 8., left Southampton yesterday, to return to Malta, to reside there. The Admiralty have cancelled the order for per mitting Lieutenants Lymingstalt and Sasse, of the Swedish Royal navy, to make notes and drawings of what they inspect in their visits to Majesty's dock yards. EARLY ATTENDANCE.—The Admiralty have called on the dockyards to report at what time in the morn ing it is customary for the principal and other officers to attend at their respective departments, and to com mence their duties for the day. CHAIN CAHLES.—The Admiralty have called on the dockyards f o r a re t urn o f all chain cables which remain at the establishments uncleaned • and also a return of all new c a bl es f urn i s h ed from 'contractors since the 30th Sept. last year. We would suggest that their Lordships should likewise call for a return of how many shackles of cables were altered at De vonport Dockyard, on the plan of countersinking the pin, and what was the cost per shackle; and likewise how many shackles were sent from Devonport and other dockyards to the river Thames, to the establish ments of the contractor to be altered upon this simple plan, and what was the cost per shackle charged by the contractor; the cost also of conveyance to and from the contractors to the dockyard being given, and by whom that cost was defrayed. This infor mation, if furnished correctly, we believe will clear up a report which has for some time prevailed of the most undue favour having been shown to a con tractor to the great detriment of the public service.-- Herald. APPOINTMENTS. Commander George H. Gardner, promoted in March last, has been appointed to study at the steam factory, Woolwich. Lieutenant Frank H. Hawkins (1840, late of the Amphion, screw-frigate, has also been appointed to study at the steam-factory, 'Woolwich. Surgeon—Dr. Colin A. Browning (1817), to be rgeon superintendent in cha rge o f the Ilathemy, Sl.l convict ship. Midshipman—A. J. Lines, to the Daphne, 18, at Chatham. THE CYCLOPS, STEAM-FRIGITES.---"A letter from an officer of the Cyclops, steam-frigate Captain th e Hon. R. F. Hasting s , d a t e d, Madeira, steam-frigate, 18, says— "We leave for Cape Verde to-day; we are all Well and are already counting our prizes of coast slavers. b. The Dover, colo n i a l steam •vessel,, for the Gambia, and the Adelaid e , co l on i al vessel for port Adelaid e, n are here ; and likewise a French Admiral's steam_ frigate, L'Elan ; a D utch war steam -frigate, Ph er'n an American eorvettee. One thing Imust notor:i x e t to mention — as we all experienced the benefit of that is, the admirable coal establishment of the Ad miralty at this island. It will be scarcely believed at our home dockyards that our vessel, together with the French and Dutch steamers, were coaled in Funchal Roads the same day; but such is the fact. We took 133 tons, and the Frenchman took 135 tons, and the Dutchman, I believe, about the same quantity. Our Captain was highly pleased with the expedition, and expressed as much to the people in charge." The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, at Spithead, will have her defects made good by the dockyard by the 2d November. The repairs have been delayed by the weather. The Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., will have her defects made good at Spith ea d by the 2d N ovem b er. T h i s ship has entered very few men as yet. The Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, arrived at Sheerness from the East Indies on Friday, and on Sunday, at 11.30, A.M., was towed up to Chatham by the African and Wildfire steam-vessels.: Her orders are to be cleared of her ballast, and to be prepared for being docked and surveyed, preparatory to being paid. off. When in dock Mr. Watts, assistant to the Sur veyor of the Navy, is to proceed to Chatham, and in conjunction with the officers of the yard there, to survey and to report upon the ship's condition. A report has been called for as to when the Leander, 50, at Portsmouth, and the Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport, will be completed and ready in every respect as advanced frigates. The Amazon, 26, was commissioned at Devonp or t, on Saturday, b y the master, Mr. Niblett. Captain Trowbridge arrived at Devonport, and took up his commission on the following day. The Calliope, 26, Captain Stanley, arrived at Auckland on the 25th June, from the Bay of Islands, having been ashore there. The Dido, 18, Captain Maxwell, arrived at Auck land on the 29th June, from New South Wales. Both ships are ordered home. The Dwdalus, 19, is ordered to be surveyed, and her defects to be made good at Devonport as soon as possible, as their Lordships have intimated that her services will be wanted very shortly. The Orestes, 14, Commander Hawker, at Ports mouth, will relieve the Grecian, 16, Commander Tindal, on the Brazil station. The Seagull, 6, packet-brig, Lieut. Commander Smail, has been taken out of dock at Devonport, and will shortly be ready to return to Falmouth. The Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Hall, left Kingston on the 27th for Carrickfergus, with ordnance stores. The Reynard, 8, screw-schooner, Commander Crecroft, will not be ready at Portsmouth before the 17th Ncvember. A spare screw is ordered for her. The ltisatnond, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Foote, arrived at Chatham, has had her orders for paying off cancelled, and in consequence of her efficient condi tion is ordered to have her defects made good, and to be refitted with every dispatch. It has been wkispered that the township of Stonehouse political interest has had something to do with keeping this vessel in coin mission, instead of being paid off; as other vessels paid off before their time have been. The Medina, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com 'Lauder Darby, to leave INroolvnen on the sth No. WORSHIP-STREET. John Burroughs,a little boy only 12 years of age, was placed at the bar for final examination, before Mr. llammill, charged with having stolen a large number of valuable engraved copper-plates, the property of his master, Mr. 11. Titford, lithographic printer and engraver in Worship-square, Finsbury. The prosecutor stated :that the prisoner had been in his employment as errand-boy for a considerable period, and although he was detected a short time since in clan destinely removing a quantity of paper from the pre. mises, under circumstances which left no doubt of his dishonest intentions, witness, in consideration of his ex treme youth and apparent penitence, abstained from giving him into custody, and consented to retain him in his service. Only a week afterward, however, as he was. passing a shop not far from his own residence he happened to notice an engraved copper-plate ex posed for sale in the window, and immediately recognised it as his property. In answer to his inquiries, the owner of the shop informed him that he had purchased a large number of similar plates from the pro oiler, many of which he had subsequently sold again, but that he had still eleven left, which he showed to the witness, who identified them also. Nearly all the plates were en graved with elaborate designs, in commemoration of dif ferent memorable events which had occurred within the last half -century, and although they were finished in such a style of excellence that the workmanship of each could not have cost less than thirty guineas, he ascer tained that the prisoner had sacrificed the whole of them as old capper, at the rate of sd. or 7d. per lb. On his return home he examined his stock, and having missed property of a like description to a large extent, a portion of it possessing an adacititious value as historical relics, from being the only plates of the kind in existence, he called in a policeman and gave the prisoner into custody. _ Mr. Rourke, a coppersmith, stated that five of the plates produced were sold to him by the prisoner, on the 18th inst., as old copper, at 7d. per pound, and the remainder at the rate of ed., in tho month of Juno last. The first transaction of the kind he had with the pri soner was in the preceding February, when he offered a quantity of old copper for sale; and, having ascertained, upon inquiry at his master's, that ho was really autho rized to sell it upon that occasion, ho purchased the various plates which he afterwards brought without sus picion or HM:M hesitation. Mr. AILL said it was lamentable to find so young a boy pursuing such an inveterate career of crime; but, as every opportunity had been afforded him for reforma tion, without effect, he had no alternative but to commit him for trial. The prisoner, who appeared perfectly callous, was committed accordingly._ LAMBETH. Mr. Herring, a Plymouth solicitor, attended before Mr. Elliott for the purpose of contradicting a statement made by a woman tobis W ors hi p l ast W e d nes d ay, and the report of which in the papers on the fol lowing day had caused the friends of Lord Hunting tower, to which it related, much annoyance. In the report in question it was stated that Lord and Lady Huntingtower had taken lodgings at the house of the applicant, that his Lordship owed a debt of 20/. for such lodging, and also that his Lordship had acted with considerable violence on the Sunday before when endeavouring to secure some letters that were in the lady's possession, and which it was alleged would sup ply evidence of a Scotch marriage with Lord Hunting tower. He, Mr. Herring, was instructed on the part of Lord Huntingtower to say that there was not the slightest pretext whatever for the statement about the marriage, and that it was pure fiction. The real facts were these i—Some time since Lord Huntingtower had formed an acquaintance with a young woman, and had taken a lodging for her at the house of the lady who had made the application on Wednesday, and they lived there under the assumed name of Mr. and Mrs. Langton. They subsequently left their lodging, and his Lordship ultimately left the lady, but, notwithstanding, had provided for herself and t h ree ch ild ren . Find ing that an injudicious friend was interfering h between him and the lady, and that Lordt latter had returned to her former lodging, Huntingtower called on the lady, as had and but nothing like the violence described took p la ce; o . 0 the only letters which his Lordship could desire and t o b been but returned were merely of a gossiping nature, and marriage, as no relation whatever to a Scotch or other_ince o a u g l e d , the as no such thing had ever taken place. 6 ap pearance of the report he (Mr. Herring) an the lady and had paid her demand, h a d called had on offered on the part of his client to settle 701. a year and a house to live in on the other lady, but this s h e conceiv ing, declined, c - ing, no doubt, that by threats she could compel Lord Huntingtow er t o su pp or t h er in affiuen been instructed ce. Mr. Salomons, a solicitor, said he had that the h on the part o f t h e l a d y b e f ore a lluded to, to Tife—tov say, treatment of L or d H un ti ng tower to for such t by the Scotti s h l aw s h e was— h that describ e d b y h i s Lor d s hi p ' s soa i been anything bul solicitor. that the unf ortunate l ady and c itor. The fact was he been dese r t e d b y the father andsedhucoero, however, willingly le i f l tina . state of paverty. The lady sett l eme nt of 1001. a year would,r t h r ee children had w give up his Lordship on a being mad e on herself and children. Mr. H err i ng declared that there was w oman had never not a tittle of truth in th e a ll eged marr i age , that been to Sc o tl and at all, an d he would stake his profes sion reputation that there were no grounds whatever for the assertion of marriage. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked, that the report madein the to h pap im ers , was a pe r f ect l y correct one of t h e statement but as th e on l y thing in which h e had jurisdiction had since b een settled, there was an en d to the case. As respected the other matter, it was not for him to give any opinion. SOUTHWARK . ,Jaws Johnso n a li as Moor, Thomas Bench, Wm. 'ning, Ambrose Jacobs, a nd Captain Henry Hodgson , were brou g h t before Mr.' Cottingha m for re-examina tion, charged with swindling a great number of tradesmen. The connexi on existini.g between the prisoners to . defraud tr a d esmen of their goo ds ivas first discovered in . consequen ce o f t h e a pprehension of Johnson, alias Moor, a well dressed respectab le-lookin g man, which t oo k place in the earls part of the present month. He had iven an order to a tradesman named De acon for emery an d glass paper, and referred to Captain Hodgson whom he described as his uncle, for a ch aracter, and Upon the faith of the latter p ers on , Deacon was ind uce d to part with his goods. No sooner, however, h a d Johnson obtained possession of the goods than he sold them, and then absconded from his resi dence. Inquiries were subsequently instituted, when it was ascertained that Johnson was concerned with a prig o.c swindlers who had for 'some length of time been en gaged in act 3 of swindling to a very serious extent, some of them inhabitin respectable houses , for which they paid no ren', ands eady at all times to act as referees, and give eueh characters of their associates as to throw the tradesman off his guard, and induce him to part with his goods, for which, it is needless to mention, be was never paid. The following a dditional charges were pre ferred against the prisonere:—Nir. Cleet, a gold-beater in the City, stated that Johnson gave an order for 201. worth of gold leaf, and referred to a person named Mar- vember for the Mediterranean, is ordered to call at Portsmouth. The Meteor, steam-vessel, Commander Butler, will be paid off at Sheerness on the 2d November. The Royal Marines at Foam Barracks, Gosport, have been so much in the habit of escaping over the walls and remaining out all night, that it has been complained of to the Admiralty, and their Lordships have in consequences, directed the commandant to post more sentries around the barrack walls. The Admiralty have accepted Mr. Roles tender for supplying and fixing standard posts around the new steam basin at Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, MoNDA.v.—The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, sailed from Spithead at 11 30 this morning for Plymouth, having been 18 days only in fitting out since the pendant was hoisted. The Orestes, 18, Commander Hawker, we expect, will exhibit equal expedition in fitting out. She is manned, and will be masted to-morrow. Com mander Hawker took up his commission to her to-day. The Echo steam-tug embarked the provisional bat talion (formed from depots of regiments on foreign service), which has been serving as part of this gar rison for some time past, this morning, and proceeded with them to Cowes, on their return to Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The Fairy Royal yacht, Master Commander Walch, was undocked this afternoon after the repair of her waste steam pipe, &c. The Dockyard Revision Committee went on board the Illustrious, 72, Captain Yates, on Saturday, be fore leaving for London, and inspected the working of the new cooking apparatus, the improvement of Mr. T. T. Grant, F.R.S., of the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, and approved it very highly. Two more are ordered, one to cook for 500 men, and the other for 100. The Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, arrived at Rio, en route to the East Indies, on the 29th of August, and embarked .the new Minister to the Argentine Republic (Mr. Sotheron) and suite, who were to be conveyed to Monte Video in the Alecto steam•sloop, then at Rio. The Hastings bad been sickly with smallpox on the passage out, but no fatal cases had occurred. A letter from her, dated the sth of Sep tember, states, " We sail to-morrow for Singapure, and hope to make a quicker passage thither than we have made here. All are well at present." Wind S.W. by S., moderate breezes and cloudy weather. THE COAST DEFENCE BRIGADE. The drilling of the Coast Guard at the great gun exercise is now closed for the year, and although it was commenced late this season, 2,600 men, con sisting of the Coast Guard from Harwich to Penzance, and the crews of 37 revenue crusers, have been well trained, making an increase of 1,500 on the number drilled last year. The expense attending the in struction of this number of men has not exceeded 1,0001. The steady and prudent manner with which the instructions were conducted under the respective officers, and especially the ex ceeding good temper displayed by the gunners of the Excellent, rendered the tuition more a matter of en tertainment than labour, and so much interest was displayed by the coast fishermen and neighbouring inhabitants where the guns were placed, that many volunteers are ready to enrol themselves in the event of their services being called for. The general prac tice of those drilled was very good, and would have done credit to any one of her Majesty's ships after a three years' commission. It is gratifying to be enabled to state that throughout such extensive instruction no accident, even of the most trivial kind, has occurred. The Coast Guard force consists altogether of 6,500 men, of whom 4,000 on an emergency could be col lected in 48 hours, which, with the Marines and disposable men in the various Government ports, would insure ten sail-of-the-line being at sea " on the shortest notice." The Coast Guard has very many deserving old officers in it. The present Comptroller- General has done much to improve it, and through his representation the Lords of the Admiralty have granted " sea time" to those in it who have com manded cruisers. There are no men better acquainted with the pilotage of the British coast than the commanders of the revenue cruisers, naval and civilian, and as one of the proofs of this the loss of a revenue cru i ser i s never heard of , although at sea in all weathers. It is hoped, now that the good character and high spirit of this invalu able national force has been developed, that its merits will be appreciated, and old lieutenants who have been faithful servants to the country may be allowed some retiring pension after their long and arduous course beyond the small pittance of lieutenants' half pay (ss. per diem), and some batter provision for the male part of their families than that of boys and ma riners in revenue cutters, which it is to be regretted is too frequently their best lot. PLYMOUTH, OCT., 28.—One inspector of ship wrights, eight shipwrights, one joinera,veenthlbraeebeeonurreoexpraes; makers, thr ee sawyers, s i x leading m and eight lab ourers - 30 men in all, h mined by the surgeon of the dockyard preparatory to superannuation. We had a very heavy storm of wind and rain all last night from the southward and westward, it has decreased considerably to-day. Wind, W.S.W., blowing strong. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 30. S TOCK EXCHANGE. —There was a decided improvement in the shat a market. The sales are— Great Western, Quarters, dis.—Ditto, 171. Shares, 3 dis. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market opened with animation, and prices advanced rapidly, but subsequently ,declined. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, 311. Shares, B; 2 —Caledonian, Preference, IA c. dis.— Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birming ham), Quarters, 7 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 4c. dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 10 dis.—Ditto (late West Riding anion), Fifths, .5', 3 - 8 olis.—London and North• Western, 116 —Ditto, N ew Q uarters, I ; i4 c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C) Fri p. — Manchester, Sheffield, and Liscolnahire, Eighths, 7 dis. —Ditto, 101. Preference, 9N 4 —Midland Sto c k, 77 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 10 1 /. c. dis.—North Staffordshi re , 6% S cott i sh Central, 23—Shrewsbury and Chester, 10/. Preference, 12'4 4 — Shropshire Union 3 dis.—South-Ea s t ern an d D over, No. 4, Thirds, 6/. 18s. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1% c. dis. MANCHESTER, Ocr. 30. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are— Caledonian, Prefer ence, dis.—Leeds, Fifths, 4% dis.—Ditto, Thirty-seconds, 9 3 4 c. dis.—London:and North-Western, New Quarters, 1% p. —West Riding Union, 5 1 A dis.—North Staffordshire, 5 11-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6% dis.—Man chester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2 p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 19—Leeds, Preference, p.—Great Northern (B), 3 1 A dis. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 30. STOCK Excunision.—The market opened stiff, and little disposition to sell was manifested by holders of railway stock. London and North-Western were at 116 or 117—Midlands were at Saturday's quotations—North Staffordshire, 5%, dis. Shropshire Union, dis—South Staffordshire, Preference, 1-3 p. YORK, OCT. 28. STOCK EXCIIANGh e business transacted dar was as follows : Great Northern, 3 %—North British, Thirds, 3 %—Ditto , Quarters, 3—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 4 3 4—York and North Midland, Prefer ence, 7 %. (ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Dreadful Enlargement of the Knee, Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Abraham Banks, an elderly man living near the Dry Creek, South Australia, had such a painful affection and enlargement of the knee, that he dispaired of ever recovering the use of his limb, the numerous remedies that he made trial of failing to banish or even to mitigate the disease. In this suffering condition he was advised to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and he commenced a regular application of them, which in a shOrt time effected a complete cure. The Adelaide Observer of the 25th March, 1848, publishes this as one among the many astonishing cures effected, in South Australia, by these invaluable medicines.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. The Havre papers state that there was less busi ness in the cotton market and a consequent heaviness in quotations. .S Oa the 27th inst. BIRTH . , the wife of F. Le Gros Clark Es of Spring -gardens, of a son. , q ., On the 27th inst., at ilyde-park-place West, Mrs. John Wainewright, of a son. On the 27th inst., at Slicrburn-house, Durnham, the wife of Major Faber, 49th Regiment, of a son. On the 28th inst., at China-terrace, Lambeth, Mrs. John Trueman, of a son. On the 28th inst., at High-street, Newington. butts, the wife of Mr. W. 11. Stray, of a son. On the 29th inst., at Crouch-end, Hornsey, Mrs.• Thomas Dakin, of a daughter. On the 29th inst., in llyde-park-square, Mrs. E. Baldwin, of twins, both sons. MA RRIED. On the 19th inst., at Tonbridge-wells William E. Russell, Esq., of Swanscoinbe, Kent, to Elinor ' Annastasia, niece of General Daruford, and si cmd clatglitJr cif the late Clement Kirwan, Esq., of Upper Wimpole-street, London. On the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Newington,:W. E. Gil christ Wilson, Esq., M.D., of Trinity-square, to Maria Mar garet Dixon, ;second daughter of Robert Heslop, Esq., of West-square. On the 28th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Charles, youngest son of Edward Edwards, Esq., of Woburn-square and Ramsgate, to Mary Elizabeth, only surviving child of the late W. Tate, Esq., of Frognel-lodge, Hampstead. DIED. On the 26th of July last, on board the ship Earl Dal housie, on his return from Calcutta to England, Sir Henry Wilmot Setup, Knight, late one of ber Majesty's Judges of the Supreme Court of the Presidency of Bengal. - On the 16th of September last, at Golden-lane Estate, Totlago, aged 28, David, the only surviving son of James Macqueen, Esq., of Kensington -square. On the 14th inst., at Portobello, Miss Mary Louisa Rind, eldest daughter of the late Dr. T. Rind, Stirling. On the 23(1 inst., at Alfred-place, North Brixton, Mr. A. Nicholls, late of the Bank of England, aged 67. Oa the 26th inst., at.Nottingliam-terrace, Mrs. On the 27th inst., at North-bank, Regect's-park, Major- General Thomas Garner. On the 27th inst., at Sydenham, Kent, Mary, relict of the late Ralph Gilbert, Esq. At Twickenham, on the 27th inst., Mr. J. Tapes, aged 70. On the 27th inst., at New Glocester-street, lioxton, Mr. John Auther, aged 55. 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