The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

primest old Downs sold at from 3s to 4s per 81 b 3 . Prime Down Lambs moved off r,teadily, at full prices. Otherwise the Lamb trade was somewhat heavy. Calves, the number of which was seasonably large, sold slowly, at late rates. In Pigs, next to nothing was doing, Mulch Cows moved off heavily, at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 2 8 210 Se3ond quality 3 0 3 2 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Frame Scots ...... 3 8 310 I a - ge coarse Calves 3 0 3 4 1-rime small ditto .. 3 6 3 8 Suckling Calves ..18 0 24 0 Inferior Sheep .2 10 3 0 1. d. to 8. (I. Sicond qual. Sheep 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 3 8 Suuthdown Wether 310 4 0 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs • • •—• 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers • • 3 S 4 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Lambs •••••• .• .. 4 0 5 0 AT MARKET. I Calves. I Figs. 410 300 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 12,590 FOREIGN I Sheep. 700 SCOTC I Sheep. I Calves. 120 HOH.OUGH HOP FIXILILIILET. Three pockets of new'Hups have arrived from Sussex since our last report, and found buyers at from 101 to 11/5, per cwt. Some weeks must, fi,,wever, elapse ere we shall receive any thing like u supply. The plantation accounts are still ut.favourable, and the duty is called 70 ,000/. to 75,0001. Tile market is fairly supplied with Yearlings, which move off steadily on the following te rms:—Yearlings—SussPx pockets, 31 12s to 41125; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 lOs to 41 12e; Mid and East Tent ditto, 31 185 to 71 7A per cwt. Bea3ttl. 760 Beasts. 73 SUPPLY. I C 2 a 4 lv o es. 1 PIO. Beasts. 70 1 Plge COLONIBL. SUGAR.—There have been moderate sales of British Plantation, and at fair prices, but the transactions have not been large. At auction 170 hhds 6 trcs Barbadoes realised 37s to 37s 61 for low yellow, 38s to 393 for raid, and 39; 6d to 41s for good to fine. Refined gro cery lumps have been 495 to 51s per cwt. ELST INDlA..—Mauritius, 1,640 bags went at barely previous rates, good yellow 391, mid 37s 6d to 38s 6d, good to fine brown 34; to 34s 6d, and fair to good grey 365 to 38; 6d per cwt. Madras has been quiet, and but a small poraion of that offered publicly has found buyers, though about previous rates have been obtained ; good and fine strong white 435 to 44s 6d, and fine soft yellow, 39s to 39; 6d. Bengal has been at barely former quotations ; good and fine white Benares 403 64 to 43; 6d, and strong white 45s to 47s 6d. Other East India kinds have been at rather lower rates. Ord and mid soft brown at 30; to 325, good and fine at 32; 6d to 33s 6d, and mid at 34s 6d to 35; 6d pPr cwt. FOREIGN.—A good deal has been bought in at the public sales to sustain prices. Havannah has been a shade lower; sound white has been taken in at - 353 6d for good, and sound yellow at 203 to 22s 6d for good and mid; damaged yellow has been sold at 193 to 225. and white at 265 6d to 303. Pernambuco has been nearly all b ought in at 39; 6d to 41$ for low to good white and r " 11 , and at 37s to 38s 6d for low to good. St. Croix bas realised 403 to 42s 6d for mid to good. COFFEE.—The market kas been more animated fo r Ce ylon, and at 6cl to is advance in some instances. ative has realised 363 6d to 371 6d for sound, and 30s to 36; 6d for damaged. Plantation mid and good bold coloury ha s b een so ld a t 54 s t o 703, and fine fine ord at 48 to 53 st pea berry 55; to 635. In West India and other qualities very little has been done by auction, but P riv ately holders are less inclined to sell. CO COA. --Grenada has been nearly all taken in; low , 1 ,. ,°Y to mid red at 37; to 395, and good red at 41s to 2 8 . Trinid a d, 33 b arre l s 272 b a gs, was taken in at 733 to 49a for mid and good red, and at 38s to 41; fur low and mid. 'SPICES —Cassia Lignea has been at 96s to 101 s. T e PPY Pepper has been taken in 21 1 to 2 1d per lb. pe pper white realised 61 to Bid. Singapore white 4 ",,Pper sold at 44d. Zanzebar Cloves were taken in at cci Per lb. Mace 33 h been sold at 2s 3d to 2 ; 7 d , and Nut 3 1 19 01 egs at 2s 9(1 to 4s 7d. Jamaica Ginger has realised s to 41 183 for small to mid, and 51 to 71 for mid and good. An uowuooT.—Bermuda has been at is 2 ° c 1 to is 5d ! e , r , HI, St. Vine nt's 7d to 100; and East India 5 d to v2n Per 11), SA -".—Sales have been made at 18s. 61 to 19s. 6d. per cwt. 3gQ ALLO " The market is quiet, P.Y.C. at 38 s. 9 d. to per cwt. on the spot.. 93 T E 4 *—Thi s art i c l e i s stea d y . C ongou ord to good ord , but mid Sid, and Pekoe kind Is 6d to Is 10d. Twan • kay Hyson ord t o b ut m id 7d t o Id, Canton kind 3d to skin ord to good ord 6d to 7d, Hyson good urn Is to laid, Imperial is Id to 3s, and Canton kind 10d to Is per lb. 5 Itu2,l._Proof Leewards has been sold at is 5d to Is and East India at is 4d to is 4id per gallon. la ,-,OTTON.—The prices are nearly id per lb higher than st week and with goo d sa les. copoRaREN FRUIT.—Sound Lemons are in request. Bar n Nuts a shade lower in price. A large importation of Brazil has been received, but as no demand exists for the article, they will have to be held for a ti me. A parcel of 500 boxes of Onions, t r e Clarence, f rom Oporto, the first arrival of Beason, sold at public sale by :Keeling and Hunt, were taken by the trade, the price being moderate. Some Pine Apples by the steamer Avon have been re ceived, which will be offered at public sale." THE MURDER AT BERMONDSEY EXAMINATION OF MARIA MANNING. (THIS DAY.) Maria Manning arrived at the Southwark Police court at half past six this morning, from the north, in custody of Superintendent Moxey, of the Edinburgh police. She appeared fatigued by her long journey, and seemed i n di spose d. The ch arge was taken by Inspector Yates, and was entered in the following terms :—" Maria Manning, aged 28, married oi c No. 3, Minver-place, New Weston street, woman, charged on suspicion of being con cerned with another or others, not in custody, in having wilf ully murdered Patrick O'Connor, at 3, Minver- Place, New Weston -street, in the parish of Bermond sey —charg e d b y Richard John M oxey, superin tendent of police—well educated—found upon her t hree boxes and a carpet-bag—nothing on her person." AS it was not generally known that the prisoner sva s in custody, ne i t h er t h e i n t er i or o f th e c ourt, nor t he avenue s l ea di ng t h ereto, were inconveniently crow ded, owing to the excellent arrangements of the m ee l's ; but as the hour for commencing business arrive d n considerable number of persons filled the Ace, and took up their position in the at the at and front of the court, whilst others waited th e ht -e ar of the court-house, in the hope that they o - v ,;: d g e t a glance at the prisoner when she was re in 4 C" a hope altogether vain, as she was removed ""e customary van, in which she was placed before t h e van, were op ene d to allow it to pass out. 4r- Seek er took h i s seat on t h e bench shortly be fore el even, and after consulting for a few moments o rdered w ith the Chi e f Clerk, Mr. Edw i n, t h e pr i sone r was to b e pl ace d at t h e b ar . Sh e wa lked into the Place assigned her with the utmost calmness and firmness. She is a fine m a d e , t a ll wo man, with a full, fair, pale face, a large mouth, and full red lips. In deed her face is one which a physiognomist would Pronounce as exhibiting strong animal passions. She was very respectably attired in a black silk visite, straw bonnet, and white veil. She stood quite erect in the dock, and did not appear in the least abashed at the awful position in in which she stood, but as calm, apathetic, and re signed, as can well be imagined. The prisoner does not look like a foreigner. Mr. Edwin (the clerk), just before the magistrate took his seat, requested that when the prisoner was brought in no expressions of feeling would be given utterance to, otherwise the court would be cleared. No manifestation of feeling at all was evinced by the persons who filled the court on the entrance of the prisoner. Mr. Edwin (to the prisoner)—Have you any solicitor or counsel ? The prisoner (iu a clear and distinct voice, which did not evince in the least a foreign accent).—No; I have sent for one this morn ing, but I understand he is ill. Inspector Field said she had sent for Mr. Games Who, it appeared, was unable to attend. Mr. Edwin—The magistrate will take care that you shall not suffer from his absence at this stage of th e inquiry. Inspector Yates then said he charged the soner, Maria Manning, on suspicion of . f c atrik hav in g bee n concerne d i n the murder of O 'Connor, on Thursday, the 9th inst., at No A/ In ver-plac e New Weston-street, Bermondsey. r. Edwin —. Have you any evidence to show that the prisoner is suspected of having committed the Murder ? The inspector said he had. b Edwin—Have you viewed the dead body, and as it been identified ? The inspector said he had. ,i Mr. SEC _—Where did you see it ? The In spector,] saw the body lying buried in the back kitche n of the house. M r. SEcx Ea —O n th a t b o dy were ther e mar k s of `liolen ce l eading to the suppos i t i on t h at h e had met witha vi o l ent death ? The i nspec t or rep li e d t h at the re were f ourteen wounds on t h e b o d y o f t h e de ceased, the m a j or i ty o f w hi c h were a t th e b ac k o f th e heed there was also a wound on the head from a t st ol - shot, an d a b u ll et was f oun d i n th e h ea d. H e ard this from the doctor who bad examined the • Id SECKER—I s there anybody presen t w h o can entify the body? The Inspector said there was. Mr. SECKER (to the prisoner) Prisoner, you have a right, if you choose, to ask any questions you :T414 27 1 / 4 .... ,i 4 dit. d 1,314 A 1 1 .) pe r , : 41 .60 3,b a 40' •ell •fe, 3. to = 1 ( 6 1 0 0 5 f; 3 4 t 0, bu 1 os 301 . 0 r 0 . 30sto gr d;° ,,, 11011' uc Ole THE SUN, think proper of the last witness; but it seems to me not to be necessary for you to do so at present, because the determination which I have come to is that it is only necessary to take evidence merely of a preliminary character. On a future occasion an op portunity will be afforded to the professional gentle man for whom you have sent of sifting the evidence, should you or he choose to do so ; therefore I think it unnecessary for you to ask any questions now unless you wish to do so. The prisoner said she had no questions to ask the witness. Wright, a police-constable, said he went to 3, Minver place, in company with Mr. Flynn, a friend of the deceased, on Monday, the 13th inst. The prisoner opened the door, and replied to their inter rogatory that her name was Manning. She invited them into the parlour, where they remained a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes. This was about five minutes to ten in the morning. Mr. Flynn said, "I suppose you have heard about Mr. O'Connor being missing." She replied that she had, and that it was very strange, as he was a very regular man. She likewise stated that he had been there on the previous Wednesday evening, that he was very tipsy, and that he was seen home by a friend of his, named Welch. Further, she said she had been to his lodgings on the previous Thursday evening, about a quarter to six, to see what had become of him ; also on the Friday evening. Mr. Flynn asked her if she knew any cf his friends? Air. Edwin—l suppose it will be unnecessary to go into that now. _ Mr. SECHER—We had better not go any further :o• day. _ _ _ Mr. Edwin (to the inspector)—From the informa tion you have received you believe the prisoner to have been concerned in the murder ? Inspector Yates—l do. Mr. SECKER—And you call for a remand. Inspector Yates—l do. Mr. SECKER—Prisoner, you are now entitled to ask the witness any question, should you think proper. _ .. . . The Prisoner—l do not wish to ask him any questions. Mr. SECKER—Then it is my duty to remand you until this day week. The prisoner was then removed. She walked composedly, and, as far as we could judge from ex terior appearances, apparently unconcerned, from the dock. Mr. Moxey inquired if his attendance would be 'urther required ? Mr. Edwin—Has the prisoner said anything to you ? Mr. Mosey—She has been several days in my custody, and, of course, she has said a good deal to me. After some conversation, Mr. Money's attendance was dispensed with until notice was sent to him that it was required. The prisoner was immediately driven off to Horsemonger-lane gaol. The whole of the proceedings did not occupy many minutes. THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. (THIS DAY.) THE ADJOURNED INQUEST. The inquest upon the unfortunate Mr. Patrick O'Connor was resumed to-day before Mr. W. Carter, in the coffee-room of the Leather Market Tavern, Bermondsey. The room was crowded, and the greatest interest appeared to be manifested in the proceedings. The deceased was buried on Sunday last at the Ca tholic burying-ground opposite the George, in the Co mmercial-road. The funeral was conducted in as private a manner as possible, and the cortege consisted simply of a hearse and one mourning coach, in the latter of which were a brother-in-law, a cousin, and two per sonal friends of the deceased. The rights of burial vtere performed by the Rev. Mr. Moore, a Catholic priest. The jury assembled at eleven o'clock, and having all answered to their names, Mr. William Asher Keating was then called. He said—l am a clerk in the Examiner's office in the Custom-house. I ~knew the deceased, Patrick O'Connor. I have frequently seen him write, and know his handwriting. I have been acquainted with him since 1839, something more than ten years. He was a gauger in her Majesty's Customs. I heard of his death on the day the Cody was found. I last saw Mr. O'Connor on the evening of Thursday—to the best of my recollection about a quarter to five o'clock; that is a fortnight yesterday. Ile was at that time on London-bridge, coming from the City to the Surrey side. I spoke to him. He appeared very well, and in good health and spirits. There was another officer of his with me at the time, and he spoke to him first. I was in conversation with him about two minutes. He showed that officer, Mr. Graham, a letter, but I did not see the contents of it. I saw the name on it, which caused tie to make a remark. The name ap peared to be that of the writer ; it was Maria some thing. Mr. Graham said, " I suppose your are going to dine at Maria's?" The deceased replied " Yes;" at least I was under the impression when I left him that he was going to dine with Maria. I had some knowledge as to who Maria was. I understood the name Maria to be that of Mrs. Manning. I knew the street where she lived, but I did not know the number of the house. It was :New Weston street, Bermondsey. No person was in his company when I met him on the bridge. I have met this female, Maria, walking with the deceased, and I have also seen her at his house. I believe I should know her again if I saw her. A gentleman in the Regis trar's office in the Custom-house, whose name I don't know, said that he had seen Mr. O'Connor the same evening further on towards Guy's Hospital. I have heard two or three reports that he had been seen afterwards, but I do not know it as a fact. He was absent from duty the next day (Friday). I did not see him on duty on Friday ; but from our duties being different, it was not likely that I should see him on that day. Mr. Graham is not here, not having been summoned, but he said he would come if sent for. I called at the deceased's lodgings on Saturday morning, and found that he had not been there on the previous day. Mr. John Younghusband was next examined — I am a gauger in her Majesty's Customs, living at 46, Peckham-grove, Camberwell. I knew Mr. Patrick O'Connor ; he was stationed with me once a twelvemonth. I saw him last on Thursday week, in the evening, about a quarter to six, in Grace church-street. I was riding outside an omnibus on my way home. Mr. O'Connor was walking very slow indeed, in a direction towards the City, and was looking round him at the time. He did not recognise me. That was the last time I ever saw Mr. O'Connor alive. I would not meet him the next day, for he was at the London Docks and I was at St. Katharine's Docks. There is a book left in the inspector's office in which the officers on duty sign their names, and the deceased's name does not appear in it on Friday. I remarked that the deceased was particularly neat and clean when I saw him. Mr. Thomas Wheatley, a locker in the Customs, said he knew the deceased, and saw him a month ago. He thought he saw him on the 12th, but could not swear that it was him. Henry Barnes, police-constable, 256 K division, said, in consequence of some information which I received on Friday week last, I went, in company with police-constable Burton, of the M division, to No, 3, Minver-place, New Weston street. Burton had the key of the house in his possession, and he un locked the door, and we went in. We looked into the front and back parlours, and then in the front andkitchen. We then went into the back kitchen, which is level with That k t i h tc e hen fro ia nt pav k e i d tc o h v e e n r , with large flags. I found the four rooms quite empty. I observed a damp mark round the edges of two of the stones, which induced us to take out our knives and to try the mortar. We found it wet. I then told Burton that I should not be satisfied until those two flags were taken up. We then got a shovel, a crowbar, and a boat-hook, and raised up one of the stones—the smallest of the two. I then remarked that the stone had not been laid by a regular mason, for he would have placed mortar only round the edge of the stone. Instead of mortar being placed only round the edge, the whole surface under it was covered with mortar. We removed the other flag, and there was the same appearance underneath it. At the depth of twel ve inches we found a linen rag; it was about the size of I so t m oo e k th iithugpliaknedasmdeealdt and I re member h w e o r thhaantd it smelt sin I said to Burton that if we p roceeded with and et our search we should find the dead body. We continued digging, and I saw some thing else, which I thought was another piece of rag. I pulled it and shook it. I found it was the toe of a man, and I said to Burton, " Here is the toe of O'Connor." Burton was about to leave to get more assistance, but I told him to wait a moment, and I thought I should be able to show him the whole foot. After exposing more of the body, Burton went to get assistance, and I went on digging, and soon came to the deceased's loins. The body was lying on its face, and was embedded in slack lime. The legs were tied up with a strong cord to his haunches. Before :,the body was removed Mr. Lockwood, the surgeon, came in, and I saw him take from the mouth g set of false teeth, LONDON, which he washed. The body was taken out and re• moved into the front kitchen. It was quite naked, and I thought from the smell had been dead a fert• night. 1 then went into the yard, and was called by a sergeant of the Al division and Mr. Lockwood, who showed me a bullet which had been taken from the head of the body. I did not myself examine the body closely before taking it into the front kitchen. We locked up the body in the front kitchen and left the house. The body was examined by another surgeon before it was taken from the hole. I did not measure the hole, but I should say that the depth from the flags to the lime was about eighteen inches. The body was covered to that depth with earth, but immediately above and below it it was covered with lime. Mr. Flynn, a gentleman from the City, identified the body as that of Patrick O'Connor. In consequence of the identification, I endeavoured to find Mr. and Mrs. Manning. On the morning of the same day I went to Greenwood-street, Mile End road, O'Connor's lodging, where I was shown a box. Mr. FI3 nn and Mr. Keating, I, and some others, were there on the Monday previous, and the box was then forced open by Mr. Flynn. (The witness was under examination when our report left.) CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURV. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) FORGERlES. —Frederick Wee. Pentlow, 36, a clerk, was indicted for forgery and embezzlement. The indictment contained three counts, the first was for feloniously forging and uttering an order for the sum of 90/. 10s. 6d., with intent to defraud John Squire and others ; the second for embezzling and stealing the sum of 301., and 21. 12s. 4d. the property of Stephen Lancaster Lucena, his master; and the third for three charges of stealing orders for the payment of money, the property of Ste phen Lancaster Lucena. The prisoner had pleaded not guilty. Mr. BALLANTINE, who now appeared for the prisoner, said his client wished to withdraw his plea of n )t guilty, and substitute that of guilty for it. lie might add that up to this offence the prisoner bad borne an excellent character, and as this was not exactly what might be termed a forgery to defraud the commercial world, he hoped the Court would not visit him with the punishment that attached to such a crime. Mr. CLARKSON, who attended for the prosecution, ob served that the prisoner had filled a situation of trust in the service of Mr. Lucena, a solicitor, and one of the charges was that he had embezzled 304 which bad been paid to him to settle an action at law, in which Mr. Lucena was concerned for the defence. The money, however, was never applied to that purpose, and judgment having passed against Mr. Lucena 's client, it had placed that gentleman in a very painful position, and he could not, under all the circumstances of the case, join in any re commendation to mercy. Mr. Justice ERLE sentenced the prisoner to 12 years' transportation. MURDER.—Elizabeth Wardle, aged 19; was indicted for the wilful murder of her female infant. Mr. Ballantine prosecuted and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. The child was found in a privy attached to the house of the prisoner's mother in Church-lane, St. Pancras, but it was doubtful whether it had been placed there, or whether it came there in a natural way. A policeman, however, stated, that in the way to the St. Pancras Workhouse, the prisoner, who had acknowledged being the mother, said she threw the child down the privy. The mother of the prisoner, who also accompanied her to the workhouse, denied this. Mr. Justice ERLE put it to the jury . whether the evidence made out the charge in the indictment, re minding them that it not unfrequently happened that a woman with her first child mistook the pains of labour for a disordered stomach. The jury acquitted the prisoner. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman HUNTER.) Joshua Simmons, who was convicted yesterday of stealing forty yards of doeskin for trowsers, of the value of 54 10s., the property of Messrs. Bartrnra and Harvey, the woollen-drapers of Holborn-hill, was placed at the bar this morning to receive the judgment of the Court. Our readers will recollect that out of 17 witnesses who appeared to give the prisoner a good character, only one knew NI here he lived. This morning, upon his being placed at the bar, several of the sergeants and policemen of the City and Metropolitan police were examined, all of whom stated that they had known the prisoner for some years, that they knew him to be an associate of thieves, that his house was the resort for them, and that he had been for years the receiver of stolen goods, and that upon one occasion he very narrowly escaped being transported. The RECORDER, after complimenting the City autho rities for instituting the prosecution against the pri soner, and remarking upon the d a ng e ro us t en d enc y of his offence, sentenced him to ten years' transportation. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. WITHAM.) The Court sat this morning by adjournment at the Guildhall, Westminster. Amongst the persons summoned to serve as jurors, and claiming on different grounds to be excused, was Mr. Groves, of Regent-street, Westminster, an under taker, who pleaded that there was so much demand for his sei vices at present that his absence from his business for a day would be a public inconvenience. After some observations (partly jocular), the Chair man desired him to wait a while, and the Court would see whether he could be spared or not. William Russell, a gentlemanlike young man, was in.. dieted for obtaining, by means of false pretences, a quantity of precious stones and jewellery, of the value of 701., the property of M. Genevieve Marry, of Golden square, dealer in jewels. Mr. O'BRIEN, the prisoner's counsel, pointed out, that the false pretence laid in the indictment was, that the prisoner induced the prosecutor to part with the goods on the promise that be would return them in two hours or pay the money. That was a future pretence, and any pretence depending upon a future event was not a false pretence under the statute. It was true the pri soner had said he came from his brother, who was a customer of the prosecutor's, but that was not alleged in the indictment. The CHAIRMAN disputed that view of the Act, which was ably supported by Mr. Huddlestone as well as by the prisoner's counsel. It was at length agreed that the trial should proceed, subject to an application for defer ing judgment to next session in case of a conviction. The prosecutor, however, having stated that he had parted with the goods on the promise that they would be returned or the money paid in two hours, and that be would have given them for approbation, on the same terms, to any person in the trade, Mr. O'BRIEN submitted that ihe credit of two hours did away with this indictment as much as if it had been credit for twelve months. The COURT, after some argument, directed an Ac quittal. THE LATE ALTERCATION IN COURT.-Mr. MELLOR, having an application to make on behalf the parish of Marylebone, requested permission to offer an apology to the Court, and to the Learned Chairman, for what he must admit to have been the very intemperate language into which he had been betrayed in an altercation with the Chairman on Wednesday last, in the Court at Clerk enwell. The Learned Gentleman said, that under no circumstances could any counsel be justified in address ing such language to the bench, which was the repre sentative of Majesty itself. He had acted in a moment of great excitement. lie very much regretted what he had said, and ho hoped the Learned Chairman would accept his earnest apology. They had known each other in the relative positions of judge and counsel in the same court for several years, and the late had been the only occasion upon which anything disagreeable had arisen. He felt it due to the Chairman, to the Court, to the profession, and to himself, to make this apology in the most ample manner. Mr. WITIIAM said that he had thought the Learned Counsel went too far on the occasion referred to; but he had no doubt at the time that he would in a cooler moment feel that he was in error. It was for that reason that he (the Chairman) let the matter pass without any notice on his part. He was very glad that the Learned Gentleman h,:d shown the good sense to acknowledge his error, and he cheerfully accepted the apology. Mr. ROSE (county magistrate) said he was very glad the Learned Gentleman had acted in so proper a manner, and he hoped that others who committed themselves in the same way would imitate so becoming an example. RLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Wm. Wilson and Dennis Collins were placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen 18 yards of cloth, value 101., the property of Mr. Fletcher Snow, tailor, No. 5, Frith-street, Soho. Edward Baker, foreman to Mr. Snow, stated that about five o'clock on the previous afternoon, he was in his employer's shop, when he observed the prisoner Dennis, whom he had previously seen lurking about the door, creep into the shop and take the piece of cloth pro duced from off the counter near the door, and push it towards the prisoner Wilson, who was standing outside the shop. Witness immediately gave the alarm, when the prisoner Wilson dropped the cloth, and they both ran away, pursued by witness into Compton-street, where they were stopped by a constable, till witness came up and gave them in charge. The prisoners, who are well known to the police, were committed for trial. DREADFUL FIRE ON TIM NORTH KENT RAILWAY. —This morning, about two o'clock, a serious destruction of property t oo k pl ace at th e N or th K en t R a il wa y sta tion, opposite Charlton, Kent. The fire originated at some buildings on the platform, and having been seen in London, the London Brigade and West of England engines were dispatched thither. Their timely arrival was of the greatest assistance, and although the fire raged for some ho urs , an d ever y p e rson present was placed in great danger, yet it is believed that no lives were lost. The whole of the building, 75 yards in length, as also the contents therein, were supposed to be the, property of the company, who, it is expected, is insured in the Phoenix Fire-office. Lieutenant:General the Hon. John Meade, C. 8., died at Madrid on the 6th of August. This officer served in the East Indies, and in the campaigns under his Royal Highness the Duke of York in Holland ; he commanded the 45th Regiment at the battle of Busaco, and was e m pl o y e d as C o nsul- General at Madrid. FRIDAY EVENING, ATJ'GITST 24, 1849. DEATH. OF MEHEMET ALI. ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 9.—His Highness Mehemet Ali Pasha died at Alexandria on the 2clinst., and on the fol lowing d ly his body was taken up to Cairo, where he was buried on the 4th, in the new alabaster mosque built by Adana 18,000 purees ; and Candia 2.000 purses ; makipf.T together 32,000 purses, or 160,0001. sterling per annum. Mehemet Ali continued in the quiet possesiim of Syria until 1839, but the Porte disliked very much the occupation of that country by the Viceroy of Egypt, so that after organizing an army and a strong fleet in the beginning of 1839, the Sultan Mahmoud sent his troops into Syria under the command of ilafiz Pasha to expel the Egyptians; but Ibrahim Pasha proved too powerful for him, and the Turkish army bad to retreat. England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, then, in conjunction with the Porte, signed a treaty on the 15th of July, 18 . 49, and informed Mehemet Ali that he was no longer to remain in Syria; but the Viceroy, confiding in the promised assistance of the French, seemed determined to keep the himself in the citadel. The procession from the palace at Ras-el.teen to the canal was attended by a great concourse of people, the European Consuls in uniform, with many of the European residents, and a great number of troops with arms reversed. On emerging from the palace the coffin was laid at the foot of the grand marble staircase, the attendants gathered round, and the chief mufti, a vener able old man, advanced, raised his hands amidst pro found silence, repeated three times, with a pause for mental reflection between each, "Allah hoo akbar" (God is great) ; after which he twice repeated "Salem airy koun" (Peace be with you); and then the procession started, the principal officers and grandees emulating each other for the honour of carrying the coffin on their shoulders. On passing the harem, a separate building a little to the north of the palace, the shrieks and lamenta tions of the women were most piercing. Twenty-six buffaloes were killed and distributed among the poor, with 26 camel loads of bread and dates, and a consider country. England therefore sent a formal demand -to the Viceroy for the restitution of the Turkish fleet, which had been brought into the port of Alexandria by the treachery of the Turkish Admiral, but his Highness gave evasive answers, sad referred to the Sultan. In the meantime he strained his utmost powers to increase hie army, and formed - throughout Egypt the National Guard, in which all the male inhabitants were made to serve. able sum of money. At Cairo there was no ceremony attending the con veyance of the Pasha's body from the Nile to the final resting-place, and even Abbas Pasha, the present Viceroy, joined the funeral only at the mosque. Mehemet Ali's first severe illness occurred in Ja nuary, 1848, when he proceeded to Malta and Naples, where having rallied a little he returned to Egypt in April, improved in bodily health, but with his cobs,itu tion shattered and his mental faculties totally pros trated. His appearance had undergone a complete change; his eyes had lost that searching and intelli gent look for which his Highness was so remarkable; his cheeks were shrunk and his voice was quite feeble. His medical men having then declared his total unfit ness to attend to the affairs of the country, the late Ibrahim Pasha assumed the reins of goreraraent,, and at his death was succeeded by Abbas Pasha. From that time until within a few weeks of his death Mehemet Ali took his daily drive in his carriage, and lived in his palace in the same style he was wont to do, but none but his immediate attendants were per mitted to approach him. He is sincerely regretted both by the European residents and the natives of Egypt. Mehemet Ali was born in the town of Cavalla, in Roumelia, the ancient Macedonia. In Mahommedan countries the natives keep no reckoning of their age, and the Pasha could not tell precisely what his own was, but he was easily flattered into the belief that he was born in the same year that gave birth to the two most illustrious heroes of the present era—Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington-1769, thus making him at his death of the age of 80 years, which may be considered correct The allied powers, finding that the Viceroy would not evacuate Syria by fair means, determined upon driving him out by force. The first engagement took place On the 10th of October, 1840, near Beyrout, when the Eg) p tian army was completely routed and the town taken. Caiffa and Saida were bombarded in the same month, Tripoli and Tarsous soon followed, and on the 3d of No. vember of the same year the bombardment and taking of Acre in the short space of four hours must have con vinced Mehemet Ali that any further resistance was useless. The town of Alexandria was blockaded by. au English squadron ; still Mehemet Ali ails not inclined to submit, as he entertained hopes that France would come to his aid, but in the end he found he could no longer temporize, and acceded to the terms proposed, the hereditary rashalic of Egypt in his own family being secured to him. . . . . It was during the period that the English were at tacking his troops in Syria and blockading Alexandria that Mehemet Ali behaved so magnanimously towards England by allowing the India mails to proceed as usual through Egypt unmolested. The withdrawal of the Egyptian troops from Syria commenced in December, 1840, when 54,000 men and 6,000 women and children took the road of the Desert to Suez; but what with sickness, desertion, privation, and the opposition they encountered on their march, not 25,000 reached Egypt. Ibrahim Pasha pro. ceeded by sea from Gaza with the sick and wounded, and landed at Damietta on the 21st of February, 1841, whilst the remainder of the troops marched by El Arish. Before the evacuation of Syria, the Egyptian army consisted of 85,000 men ;. of these only 33,000 returned to their country.: Ad miral Walker, belonging to the Turkish navy, in the name of the Sultan took command of the Turkish fleet within tiyear or two. Mehemet Ali first commenced life as a tobacconist in his native town, but he afterwards volunteered into the army, to which his taste was more congenial. In his new career he soon obtained high favour with the Governor of Cavallo, by his efficient assistance in quell ing a rebellion and dispersing a band of pirates, and on the death of his commanding officer he was appointed to succeed him, and married his widow. In 1799 the town of Cavalla having been called upon by the Sultan to provide its contingent of 300 men for the expulsion of the French from Egypt, the governor sent the required number, headed by his son, with Me hornet Ali under his orders; but shortly after landing at Aboukir the son returned to Roumelia and left Mehemet Ali in command. In all the engagements with the French Mehemet Ali distinguished himself by his con duct and valour. He rapidly rose in rank, and his lofty spirit gained him a strong ascendancy over the minds of in the port of Alexandria, and sailed for Constantinople on the 11th of January, 1841. At the same time the Egyptian troops were withdrawn from the island of Candia. the Hedjaz, and the two holy cities, and these countries were restored to the authority of the Sublime Porte. The firman sent by the Sultan to Mehemet Ali was dated from Constantinople, the 13th of February, 1841, and, after some modifications, was finally accepted by Mehemet Ali on the 10th of June, 1841. The following are the conditions on w hi c h Mehemet Ali was granted the hereditary Pashalie of Egypt:- 1. The succession to the Government of Egypt within its ancient boundaries to descend in a direct line in Me hemet Ali's male posterity, from the elder to the elder, among the sons and grandsons—the nomination to be made by the Sublime Porte. 2. The Pasha of Egypt to rank as a Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, without having in this character, with the exception of hereditary right, any other prerogative than those enjoyed by other viziers. 3. All treaties entered into between the Sublime Porte and the European Powers are to apply to Egypt as well as to any other part of the Ottoman Empire. 4. The Pasha has authority to coin his own money in Egypt, but the coins are to bear the name of the Sultan. 5. The standing army of Egypt is to be composed of 18,000 men, and 400 men are to be sent yearly to Con stantinople, 6. The, Viceroy of Egypt has the right to appoint officers of the land and sea forces up to the rank of colonel and below that of general of brigade, but a general of brigade being a Pasha, the Porte alone can name Pashas. his soldiers.. After the evacuation of Egypt by the French in Sep. tember, 1801, tho Sultan appointed Mohammed Khos rew Viceroy of Egypt, who has since been several times Prime Minister at Constantinople, and between whom and Mehemet Ali there always existed an inveterate hatred. The Mamelukes were at that time actively engaged in endeavouring to recover their ascendancy, which had been overthrown by the French, and the two principal Mameluke Beys, Osman Bardissy and Mohammed Etfy, came to an engagement with the Turkish army and de feated it. Mehemet Ali, with his troop of Albanians, was under the orders of Khoorshid Pasha, but, for some reason or other, took no part in the battle. The Turkish General irritated at his defeat, complained of Mehemet Ali to Khosrew, who summoned him to his presence; he refused to attend, and took advantage of an insurrec tion which then occurred among the Albanian troops to join the Mamelukes under Osman Bardissy. In 1803 he attacked Khosrew at Damietta, and brought him pri soner to Cairo. The Porte then sent to Egypt Ali Gezairli Pasha to replace Khosrew Pasha, but he was still less fortunate than his predecessor, for he was put to death by the Mamelukes soon after his arrival. In 1804 the army, under the Mameluke Bardissy, became clamorous for its arrears of pay, an insurrection ensued, the Bey's house was attacked by the infuriated soldiers, and he had to make a hasty retreat from Cairo. Mehemet Ali, strengthened in the affections of the troops, had clandestinely fostered this insurrection, but, not thinking his tin e yet come, he sent Khosrew, his prisoner, back to Constantinople, and judiciously ap pointed Khoorshid Pasha, then Governor of Alexandria, Viceroy of Egypt. The position of the new Viceroy was very embarrass ing, as the Albanians and his own troops still persisted in their demands for pay, which it was entirely qiit of his power to satisfy. A new and formidable insurrec tion broke out, and Khoorshid's soldiers put Cairo to the sack. The inhabitants of the town were in the utmost alarm, they deposed Khoorshid Pacha, addressed them selves to Mehemet Ali for protection, and made him 7. The Viceroy of Egypt cannot build vessels of war without authority from the Sublime Porte. 8. The yearly tribute payable by the Pasha of Egypt to the Sublime Porte, fixed at 2,000,000 dolls., has since been reduced to a million and a third of Spanish pillared dollars, about 270,0001. staling. 9. The hereditary title is liable to revocation should any of Mehemet Ali's successors infringe any of the aforesaid conditions. The Sublime Porte , also granted to Mehemet Ali, without the hereditary succession, the Government of the provinces of Nubia, Darfour, Sennaar, and Cordo fan, and all the territories annexed thereto, situate out of p Eg T yt. he Pasha of Egypt differs from the other Pashas of the Ottoman Empire in that the former collects the re- venues himself, whilst the law of the empire is that Pashas are not to collect the revenues. Until last year Mehemet Ali enjoyed a very strong constitution; his stature was short, and his features formed an agreeable and animated physiognomy, with a searching look, expressive of cunning, nobleness, and amiability. He always stood very upright, and it was remarkable, from its being unusual among Turks, that he was in the habit of walking up and down in his apart ments. He was most simple in his dress and cleanly in his person. He was very fond of playing at billiards, chess, draughts, and cards. In his latter years he be came very merciful and humane, and generally forgave the greatest faults. The only language be stoke was Turkish; he under stood Arabic, but did not like to speak it. The late Viceroy did not observe the tenets of the Mohammedan religion with any rigour, and never cared about fasting in the month of Ramazan. He showed the greatest toleration for all religions, and for this, considering the strong innate bigotry which prevails among Turks, he deserves the greatest praise. He was the first Moham medan ruler who granted real protection to Christians, raised them to the highest ranks, and made some of them his most intimate friends. His freedom from superstition was as remarkable as his toleration in reli gion, and in many instances he shook off the yoke of those absurd prejudices to which all those of his faith kumbly bow their heads. Mehemet Ali's second son, after the late Ibrahim Pasha, was Toussoun Pasha, born at Cavalla, who left an only son, Abbas Pasha, born in 1813, at present Viceroy of Egypt. Toussoon Pasha died of the plague 1 1 , at the camp of Damanheur in 1816. Viveroy. Mehemet Ali was installed in the Pashalic of Egypt in 1806, on condition that he should send to the Sultan 4,000 purses, which represented at that time the sum of about 240,0001. sterling. Tho Pashalic of Egypt was the❑ commonly called the Pashalic of Cairo, and it ex tended only to Middle Egypt and the Delta; Upper Egypt being divided into several districts, administered by the Mameluke Beys, and Alexandria, with a part of the western province, by a Pasha independent of the Pasha of Cairo. A few months after the installation of Mehemet Ali in the Pashalic of Egypt the Porte con sented to give him also the Pashalic of Alexandria as a reward for the services he had rendered to the Ottoman Empire in 1807, on the occasion of the evacuation of Lower Egypt and the city of Alexandria by the English. The first step Mehemet Ali took to secure his power was to satisfy the demands of the troops. He repre sented to the inhabitants of Cairo that it was at their request that he had assumed the com mand, and that, to avoid further disturbances, the wants of the army should be satisfied. He therefore levied contributions, which were readily paid, and he appessed.the soldiers, who thus became attached to his person. In 1808 Mehemet Ali received orders from the Porte to attack and disperse the Wahabees, a fanatical sect o: the Mohammedan religion, who had pillaged the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Before engaging in this war and drawing his troops out of Egypt, the Viceroy determined upon putting a final end to the power of his old allies, the Matnelultes; for although the two chiefs were dead, there still remained a strong number who had it in their power to annoy him. Accordingly, on the Ist of March, 1811, the Mamelukes were invited in . . a body to the citadel at Cairo to attend at the investi. ture of the Viceroy's son Toussoon, as chief of the ex _ _ pedition against tie Wahabees. When tho ceremony was over the Mamelukes mounted their horses, but on . _ _ reaching the citadel gates they found them closed, and a sudden discharge of musketry, from soldiers placed on the walls, completely annihilated them. A great many Mamelukes were put to death at the same time in the provinces. It has been computed that 470, with their chief, Ibrahim Bey, perished in the citadel ; and in the city and throughout the country no less than 1,200 were killed. Thus ended the power of these formidable chiefs, who had kept Egypt in a state of anarchy and warfare ever since the year 1382. After the destruction of the Mamelukes, Mehemet Ali made himself master of Upper Egypt; he obtained from the Sublime Porte the government of that part of the country, and at the same time considerably increased the land-tax and the duties of Customs on the internal trade. In the autumn of 1811 Mehemet Ali sent his army into Arabia against the Wababees. This war lasted six years, cost the Viceroy immense sums of money and a great number of men, and was finally brought to a close by Ibrahim Pasha. In 1813 Mehemet Ali himself went to the Hedjaz for a time to hasten the result of the ex pedition. During his absence, the Porte, jealous of his power, secretly appointed Lateef Pacha Viceroy of Egypt, but Mohammed Bey, Mehemet Ali's Minister of War, pretending to enter into the views of Lateef Pasha, engaged him to declare himself publicly Viceroy of Egypt, and then decapitated him. In 1815 Mehemet Ali, convinced of the great advan. tages of discipline and military tactics in the art of war fare, resolved upon having his army properly drilled, but his soldiers were very averse to this measure, and threatened an insurrection. He therefore sent his mu tinous troops into Ethiopia under his third son, Ishmael Pasha, who, on that occasion, conquered the provinces of Dongola, Berber , Shendy, Sennaar, an d C or d o f an , whilst he raised a new army, which was drilled by French and Italian officers. He then offered the Sultan to assist in quelling the Greek insurrection against the Porte, and on the 16th of July, 1824, Mehemet Ali's fleet, consisting of 163 vessel:, sailed for the Morea, under the command of Ibrahim Pasha, who for three years kept the country i n subjection, b u t was o bli ge d to retire after the battle of N avarino, on the 20th of Octo ber, 1827. In 1830 the Porte conferred upon Mehemet Ali tie administration of the island of Candia. Mehemet Ali then turned his thoughts to obtaining possession of Syria, and 6,000 Egyptians having emi grated to that country, he demanded the restitution of them from Abdallab Pasha, then Governor of Acre. The reply he obtained was, that the emigrants were subjects of the Sublime Porte, and that they were in the Sultan's dominions as well i n Syria as in Egypt. The Viceroy, enragyd at this answer, sent him word that he himself would come and take his 6,000 subjects " and one man more." Accordin gly , on the 2d of Nov. 1831, Mehemet Ali sent into Syria a powerful army, under the command of his son, Ibrahim Pasha, who in a few months reduced the whole country to submission. On this the Porte declared Mehemet Ali a rebel, and sent a strong army into Syria; but Ibrahim Pasha's troops invariably overcame the Sultan's, and several important battles were fought, which insured to the Egyptians the possession of the country. The European Powers interfered, and, under their guarantee, peace was signed on the 14th of May, 1833, Syria and the district of Adana were ceded to Mehemet Ali, in conjunction with the Pashalic of Egypt, on his acknowledging himself a vassal of the Sultan, and engaging to remit to the Porte the same tribute as the former Pashas of Syria. According to this arrangement ' Mehemet Ali paid for Egypt 12,000 !Mei; syria sad PROTECTION. The LORD MAYOR proposed "The health of her TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Majesty- the Queen and his Royal Highness Primal Sin,—The Edinburgh Review ins nailed this voca- Albert,' which was drunk with the customary bin to its ac ual meaning, and, indeed, it is a point of honours. philology worth considering, even at the risk of bei:!g His Lordship then proposed "The health of the tedious. To suppose that protection of poor People is Count and Countess de .Neuilly, the Duchess of intended, would be a violent catachresis: as well Orleans, the Count d e P ar i s , an d t h e D u k e d e might we say, that as respect is good, therefore " re- Chartres," who had honoured him by visiting the spect of persons" is good also. To be re s p ectful is Mansion-house. He regretted that he was prevented well, but not to," respect persons"—reflection is g )oa, by the request of his principal guest from more hut not to "throw reflections" on others. IVe are strongly indicating the high respect he entertained desired to protect the waterfowl in St. James's Park, for so illustrious a man—a man who could not but be but in a very different sense the Duke of Wellington illustrious under any circumstances, adverse or pros spol:e of protecting pilots, by employing them in fine porous, by which he might be surrounded.—(Cheers.) weather. And, then, as to the Act for protection of The Count de Neuilly said, he felt deeply grateful women, that masterpiece of legislativeness and states for the honour done him by the Lord Mayor anti manlikeship—say rather, protection of Sophy Dawes, the company by whom he was surrounded, and it by M. do Condi . !, and published letters from a Queen was with the greatest pleasure he proposed the of France, entreating to be protected by her in re- "Health of his Lordship, and Prosperity to the city turn. So Madame de Munoz, and the Countess de of London."—(Cheers.) Lansfeldt, under the protection of their respective Soon after four o'clock the Count and Countess de iend4, Neuilly, the Duchess d'Orleans, the Count de Paris, and the Duke de Chartres, took leave of the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress. They were accom panied to the door in the same form and with the same ceremony which awaited them upon their en trance. The mow - lent they entered their carriages the crowd, which completely filled the wide space of Charlotte row, burst into loud applause. Several gentlemen shook hands with the late King of the French when he was seated in his carriage, and all exhibited towards him the must profound respect. " Till the o'crstrung Nations have arm'd in mt.dni ss—the strange fate Which tumbles mightiest s.Jv'reigns, and bath flung A gainst their blind omnipotence a weight Within the opposing scale which crushes soon or late; Such might have been Her destiny, but no!— Our hearts refute it; and so young, so fair, Good without e ff or t, great without a fuel" Since we have rejected the principle of protection, which, in fact, is a specious euphemism for corrup tion, how different is the scene which England offers! The celebrated picture of national honour, in the 11:enriade, would seem painted fcr Queen Victoria. Aux murs de Westminster on voit paraitre ensemble Trois pouvoirs etonnes du rceud qui its rassemble— Les depute:, du peuple, et les Brands, et le roi, Divit 4:1 d' inter et, reunis par la loi Toils trois rnembres sacr6s de ce corps invincible Dangereux I lui-rneme, a ses voisins terrible. Heureux, lorsque le peuple instrait de son devoir Respecte autant dolt le seuverain pouvoir ! Plus hereux, lorsqu' un roi doux, juste et politique Respecte autant qu'il doit la libert6 publique! Ah!' s'e,:ria Bourbon 6 quand pourrout les Francais Voir d'un refine aussi beau fleurir les saintes loix?' Quel exemple pour vous, monarques de la terre! Use Femme a fernie les portes d e l a guerre !" But to return from this metrical digression : the inventor of protection in the strict modern accepta tion of the term—in its second intention—was Col bert, styled grand perhaps because he was too grand to listen to laissez-faire and laissez-passer. When Louis XIV. used to demur at some protective duty in favour of a particular set of people, Colbert m ade answer to his King, simp l y and seriously, " They have paid so tnuch." Co lbert, as described by the usual authorities, "had a low, dejected mien, stern, gloomy, and morose :" and no wonder, for he had many ladies as well as merchants under his pro tection. The theory and praCtice are admirably described by Le Sage, in " Gil Bias." The Count Due de Lerine protects colonial produce for the sake of his friend and protégé. "Je vois, Monsieur Gil Blat, que vous avez ete un peu picard :" but the Count Duke liked him all the better for this gusto picaresco. In a similar manner, Monsieur Gil Bias protects Don Raphael and the son of Seraphina (filius Lerma died of coma vigil, and spectres. D'Oli varei, also protecting minister, also died of spectres twenty years after. So perish Protection ! Respice finest ! Hear Lord Nugent in 1842 :—" I for one happen to know, that when Canning paid his last never•to be, forgotten visit to Bath, where poor Lord Liver pool sought, but found not, a cure for the distraction of his mind, be acknowledged to his friends he was powerless without the people." Now, if the excellent Liverpool had " protected " the Irish mear from " competition," by " exclusion " of land-jobbers and removers of land-marks, or if he had stamped eject ments with a " duty amounting to prohibition," he might have died full of years and honours. Class legislation properly speaking is good—what is good for one class is good fbr all. "Aqui pauperibus prodest, locupletibus mcp.4: 'Eve neglectum pueris senibusqlw nocebit." We protected (and paid tribute to) the sugar boilers in Mincing-lane against the slave-owners — because Lord H. and his Titan sons had many boroughs : these slave-owners we protected, paying them tribute, against Portuguese who had dune us no harm, merely to keep up right of searc h and snare clausum. Also we protected even our manufac tures against the same West Indians, and against the Americans, whose independence Lord Grey ascribed to our navigation-laws. These are not classes —this not class-legislation—it is set-legislation, coterie, click or clack and cabal, caucus-0, Heavens !—Cacus- COURT-MAItTIAL. PLYMOrTII, AUGUST 22.—A court-martial assembled this morning on board her Majesty's ship Impregnable, in Hamoaze, for the purpose of trying Lieutenant George Tempest Graham and Mr. Andrew R. Elliott, master, both of her Majesty's sloop Childers. The court opened at 9 A m., and consisted of Admiral-Superintendent Sir John Louis; Captain W. H. Johnstone, her Majesty's ship Agincourt; Captain M.'llongall, her Majesty's ship La Hogue; Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, her Majesty's ship Impregnable; and Captain George Greville Wel 'esley, of her Majesty's frigate Da3(lalus. Mr. George Eastlake officiated as Judge Advocate. The prisoners were assisted by Mr. Beer, solicitor, of Devonport. The charges were— " For that ho, the said George Tempest Graham, being a lieutenant of her Majesty's sloop Childers, and being in temporary command and charge of the said sloop, in commission, and in the full pay and service of the fleet, did, on the 20th day of May, in the year 1849, while the said sloop was at anchor in Simon's Bay, nn • lawfully desert from and leave the said sloop and the service of her Majesty, in breach of the articles of war. " For that the said Andrew H. Elliott, being master of her Majesty's sloop Childers, in commission, and in the full pay and service of the fleet, did, on the 20th day of May, in the year 1849, while the said sloop was at anchor in Simon's Bay, unlawfully desert from and leave the said sloop and the service of her Majesty, in breach of the articles of war." The prisoners at once admitted the correctness of the charges, and declined calling witnesses, but threw themselves on the mercy of the Court. Lieutenant Graham pleaded, in extenuation, that he was led to desert by the horrible treatment of Com mander Pitman, whose tyranny drove him into a state of frenzied madness, during which, when smarting under the degradation of being culled a liar before his brother officers and the ship's company he committed the rash act of desertion. Prisoner referred to several acts of seamanship while on board the Childers; on one ocoasion, during a severe storm which threw the ship on her beam ends r.be men refused to go aloft, when he led the way and let go the maintop sail to right the ship, or she would have been totally lost. Some excellent certificates of good conduct, while under other commands, were produced. Mr. Elliott stated that Commander Pitman had al leged against him several grave and unfounded charges; and that in the East Indies ono of the commander's Accusations was made the subject of investiga.ion before s court of inquiry, who dismissed it as without founda tion. Oa arrival at Simon's Bay, after being out 63 days, and keeping two watches daily, prisoner asked permis sion to go ashore, when Commander Pitman told him that by making provision for the due performance of his duty in his absence, he might go as often as he pleased. He left accordingly next day at three r se., and returned at nine P.M. On the subsequent morning Commander Pitman denied having given permission to prisoner, and placed him under arrest. Mr. Elliott produced several certificates of previous good conduct. After a deliberation of two hours, the Court sentenced Lieutenant Graham to be imprisoned twelve months, and Mr. Elliott six months, at Exeter, both to be dismissed :he service, and rendered incapable of ever serving again. It is stated that, previous to the court-martial, Com mander Pitman applied for an examination into his own conduct, which was refused by the Admiralty, and that it is his intention to make a second application. The pri soners have also made special application to the Admi ralty for a court-martial on Commander Pitman. legislation. Then, one hears of " protecting the gold," as if gold could ever want gentlemen to elope with ; and here let me observe it would be well if vices of cor• porate bodies were no more than aggregate vices of individuals, for if so the tendency in all human affairs to oligarchy would be less fatal. The Bank, however, protects the gold. Ladies and children are taken down into the vaults with candlesticks of a particular make, as if to see Pluto himself. But is this " the immovable anchor in secretest and serenest depths of ocean to which the weal of England is moored ?"—ls this the roof-tree of British Empire ? What is it but corpus delicti of the most gigantic fraud ever known to be attempted ? Riches have wings. All this gold flew of to buy Lousyana scrip for Sydney Smith and others. All this gold is managed "according to a variety of indications—sometimes by the individual opinions of directors," possibly bankrupt, " and by the bills drawn by persons connected with—the corn trade." Wheel within wheel! Mr. Tooke, a person of more tact than candour, decided that the oozing " of gold does not depend on any excess of circula tion, but on some casual payments which must be made in metals." So are we governed by epithets; such are our casual payments—Nl/Tromp/II fait a loisir. Henri IV. made a vreu that every peasant might have " la poule au.pot les dimanches." Vive Henri Qua-titre ! Ce roi vaillant Ce vert galant ! Mort a Goderique ! He gave every poor man a bit of gold in his pocket, and shuffled the poule into his own pot I—l have the honour, &c., H. C. ARGENT. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING.—TnuRsDAr. The Chesterfield Handicap of 10 sore. each, and 60 added. One mile. (20 Subs.) :qr. Lillie's Spithead, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Simpson) 1 Lord Clifden's Cotton Lord, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Docks ray) 2 Mr. Dawson's Defaulter, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Arnold) 3 Mr. Woffendeu's Yost Tempore, 3 yrs, Est 121 b Mr, Pedley's Fellow-Commoner, 3 yrs, GA 51b 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Post Tempore-3.t0 1 agat Spit head-7 to 2 agst Defaulter-4 to 1 agat Cotton Lord. Won by a length; a melt between stcond and third. Hun in 1 min 48 sees. Ihe County Cup of 1501., added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft. Two miles. (12 Subs.) Lord Stanley's Canezou, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Butler) 1 Mr. Meiklam's IVensleydale, 2 yrs, Gst 81b (Arnold) 2 Mr. A. Johnstone's Confederacy, 4 yrs, Bst llb Mr. W. Sutton's Crocodile, aged, Gst 51b ...(Osborne) 4 Mr. W. Sutton's Sebersides, aged, 6st 81b (Flatman) 5 4tol on Canezou. Won easily by a length; Con federacy a very bad third. Run in 3 min 50 secs. The Bramham - Park Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft. One mile and a half. (S Subs.) Lord Stanley's Strongbow The Great Ebor Handicap of 20 soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 ft only if declared, with 200 soya, added; the second to receive 501. Two miles. (99 Subs, 59 of whom pay 5 sovs. each.) Mr. Powney's The Hero, 6 yrs, 9st 41b (A. Day) ... 1 Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs, Bst ... (Tompleman) 2 Mr. F. Walker's Maid of Team Valley, 3 yrs, sst 51b 3 Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 5 yrs, Bst 51b 4 The following also started :—Executor, 5 yrs, 7st 71b, carried 7st 131 b (Flatman)—Malton, 4 yrs, 7st (Fenn) — Blucher, 4 yrs, 7st (Harrison)—Giselle, 6 yrs, 6st 91 b (Dockeray)—Glen Saddel, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Walker)— Cockermouth, 4 yrs, 6st 51b (W. Sharp)—Miss Whip, 5 yrs, Est 41b (Arnold)—Chantrey, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Charl ton)—Westow, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Basham)—Castaoette, 3 y rs, sst 31b (Iliett)—and Alp, 3 yrs, sst 21b Mar wood). Won by a neck. The Three yrs old Produce Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft. Two miles. (4 Subs.) Sir R. Bulkeley's Piccaroon The Lottery Plate of 25 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Second to save his stake. One mile. (8 Subs). Mr. Pedley's oh f The Probe, 3 yrs, Gat 51b (W.Sharp) I Col. Anson's Bonbon, 3 yrs, sst 12 , b (Charlton) 2 Lord Zetland's Polonaise, 3 yrs bit Ilb. (Hiatt) 3 Mr. B. Green's The Arab, 3 yrs, Est 81b ...(Basham) 0 Sir J. irawl , y's Paultons, aged, Bst Gib (Templeman) 0 Captain Harcourt's b c, by Young Longwaisr, 3 yrs, Est llb (Arnold) bolted. Won by a length. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 4 agat Nunnykirk. ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 on The Flying Dutchman. EHOR HANDICAP. VISIT of the COUNT and COUNTESS of NE DILLY (late KING and QUEEN of the FRENCH) to the LORD MAYOR. Yesterday the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress were honoured with a visit from the Count and Countess de Neuilly at the Mansion-house. At the request of Louis Philippe the reception was as private as it could have been made under the circum stances; but notwithstanding the peremptory orders of the Chief Magistrate, it soon became known in the vicinity of his Lordship's residence that the illustrious strangers were his guests. In order to give the late King and Queen of the French some idea of the magnificent room in which the hospitality of the Lord Mayor of London is prin cipally displayed, his Lordship caused the Egyptian hall to be decorated, the Mansion-house plate to be exhibited, and the tables to be laid out in the style of splendour to which they have been accustomed during the present mayoralty. The anddrawing-roomm the lofty corridor were prepared for t he receptiotnheofletphge illustrious guests with equal care, a nd in parlour a dejedner ala fourchette wa s laid, consisting of every delicacy of the season, an dof wines of the finest quality. Louis Philippe having intimated by letter to the Lord Mayor that he would drive down to the Man sion-house at half'past two o'clock, his Lordship in vited the following distinguished persons to meet their late Majesties : The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, the Chairman of the East India Company, the Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Mr. Masterman, M.P., and Miss Masterman, Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Samuel Gurney, Mr. H. C. Hoare and family, Mr. Cubitt, M.P., Mr. C. Pearson, M.P. Aldermen Sir G. Carroll, Gibbs, Musgrove, Challis, Moon, and Lawrence ; Mr. Sheriff Goodhart, Mr. Sheriff Elect Nicoll, Mr. Hill, the Lord Mayor's chaplain, and Mrs: Cattley, Sir E. N. Buxton, M.P., Mr. Master man, jun., Mr. Henry and Miss Brandling, and Mr. John Laurie, &c. At the appointed time the Count and Countess de Neuilly, accompanied by the Duchesse d'Orleans, the Comte de Paris, and the Comte de Chartres, and attended by the Duchesse de Alarisier, the Marquise de Vins, General the Comte de Chabannes, General the Comte de Dumas, and Colonel the Comte de Montguyon, arrived at the private door of the Man sion-house, where they were received by the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, amidst the cheers of 1 a multitude who had assembled in Charlotte-row t o welcome the venerable Louis Philippe. _ attend e their bearer, the mace-bearer, and the marshal, their state dresses, and the illustrious by the building apparently delight jiri es t s entered the earnest warmth of their reception. The Count and C o untess de Neuillv, after having visited the justice-room in which the magisterial duties of the Mayoralty are per orme , entered the ; hall, from which the light of day had been Egypt.an almost excluded, for the purpose of displaying with , greater effect the skill with which the gas is intro- I duced into that noble building. They expressed the highest admiration of the magical power with which his Lordship, by a motion of his hand, turned the darkness into the most brilliant light, and placed before their eyes the magnificent ornaments of the hall of the Mayor of London. At three o'clock it was announced that the &jailer was ready, and the Lord Mayor conducted the Countess de Neuilly (preceded by the sword-bearer and the mace-bearer) into the long parlour, followed by the Count de Neuilly, who conducted the Lady Mayoress, and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, who conducted the Duchess d'Orleans. 5 to 1 agst Ellerdale 7 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 7 to 1 agst Giselle 8 to 1 agst Westow 12 to I agst Cockermouth 100 to 8 agst Maid of Team Valley 100 to 6 agst Executor 20 to 1 agst DERE! 22 to 1 agst William the Cori queror ISSO. 25 to 1 agst Epirote 25 to 1 agst CRICKET. ELEVEN OP ENGLAND V. TIVENTI•TWO OP ATIIIRSTONZ AND DISTRICT. This match was commenced at Atherstone yesterday morning. The following is the score at the close of th• first day's play : RENT-FIRST INNINGS. S. S. Baxter, Esq. —c Hillyer, b Clarke J. Curtis—b Hillyer ..• ••• Hon. It. Curzon—run out ... M. Baker, Esq.—b Clark ... ••• W. Harding—c White, b Hillyer ••• F. Tinley—c Martingell, b Clarke ... Armitage—c Chatterton, b Wisden Royston—b Wisden ••• ••• Dakin—run out ••• ••• ••• C. F M o a i l t l e a r bT E , s E q s . q_. — b b w C i l s a a r e k n e H. Clement, Esq.—run out •.• R. B. Swytbi eß, Esq —b Clarke W. Fenton, Esq.—b Wisden Hon. W. Curzon—c Box, b Clark H. Clare, Esq.—b Wisden K. Fenton, Esq.—c Chatterton, b Wisden •• • J. Baker, Esq.—c and b Wisden "• S. Knowles, Esq.—run out D. Baxter, Esq.—c Chatterton, b Clark S. O. Sandford, Esq.—not out E. Baxter, Esq.--b Clark ••• ..• 85, vr .. • •.• ••• 4 • 13 ▪ 17 ... 16 ... 13 ... o Total ENGLAND—FIRST INNINGS. H. M. Curteis, Esq.—b Tinley ••• Captain White—b Tinley ... Parr—not out... ••• ••• ••• F. Pilch—c Royston, b Armitage ... Box—not out ... ••• ••• .•• Bl,wo ••• ••• Total ... ... 1 ••• 1 ••• 5 - _ • .„115 ... 1 ... 2 ... 10 ... 1 ... 0 ... 16 SOUTHAMPTON FRIDAY MORNING.—The advices received at Havre from New York, by the Europa, have caused another rise in cotton of If. on most descriptions. Yesterday the demand was steady, and the sales to two o'clock were 1,818 bales. LOWESTOFFE Aro, 21.—Arrd. Queen, Eska dale, Quebec, for Stockton•p W ear packet, AiTonald, Bathurst for CIIEERING ACCOUNTS FROM AUSTRALIA. (From the Caledonian Mercury.) We elsewhere insert some remarks from the Sydney Morning Herald, the most influential journal in that quarter, written under date of 6th April last, and an nouncing the cheering tidings of a revival of the com merce of this important colony. It will be seen that the depression at home, aggravated, as it seems to be, by the political convulsions in France, Germany, and Italy, in due season reached the Australian colonies, the commerce of which depends so much on the state of affairs at home. The mistrust created by the storm that was raging over Europe, and following close on the commercial crisis of autumn 1848, soon caused a suspension in the demand for i the wool and other ample produce of the flocks of Austra lia, which became depreciated in the hands of the colo nists to a ruinous extent. In short, the enterprising colo nists, like their fellow subjects at home, found themselves caught in the ebb tido, and have!hada hard struggle to sustain their credit. Happily the intelligence from Europe so far back as December 1848, the period to which the writer in the Sydney Herald refers, had produced a fa vourable change in the colony. The prospect of a de mand in the European markets for the produce of Aus tralia had restored the confidence and quickened the energies of the colonists. Their hopes were further elevated by the arrival of four vessels with emigrants to the number of one thousand, while six other vessels were reported on their passage fur Sydney, exclusive of ~ he vessels destined for Southern Australia. To a colony which, according to the evidence of Mr. B. Boyd, one of the most intelligent and influential of the colonial mer chants and proprietors, can annually absorb the labour of 10,000 men in tending the natural accession to the sheep and cattle, the importance of this emigration need not be enlarged upon. But in addition to the pastoral labour, which affords such a ready outlet to the emi grants, there are vast mineral resources which have been discovered in South Australia, and which only require time to be properly developed. But, in the meantime, it is satisfactory to learn that the commerce of the colony was, at the last accounts, steadily recovering from the shock of the political convulsion in the old world, and, ere this, we trust that the prospects have still further brightened. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, Aua. 21. Her Majesty and the Prince walked out in the grounds of Balmoral this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, rode out on horseback. Sir James Clark has returned to Balmoral from Birk Hall. Dr. Robertson will join the Royal dinner party this evening. Sir George Grey has arrived at his seat, Falloden, Alnwick, Northumberland, from Balmoral. The Countess of Minto arrived in town on Wednes day night. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Co)lon, West Australia, and South Australia. ROYAL ORTIIOP2EDIC 110SPITAL.—A half-yearly general meeting of the governors and patrons of this charity was held yesterday afternoon at the hospital. Bloomsbury-square. The report of the committee an nounced that a gratifying increase had taken place in the funds of the institution during the last year, but s till the institution was quite inadequate to m eet the nume rous applications for relief daily made to it. The out patients alone were increasing at the rate of 40 per week ; that was, that 40 fresh applications were made weekly, and the in-door accommodation had been greatly extended. The total number of patients admitted during the past half-year, up to the 22d i ns tant, amounted to 765, being an increase of 24 over the previous half-year, and making a total adm itted since the opening of the charity of 8,585. The report was received and adopted and the court separated. ~I ? 4 1 4 37% 12) I€ 4 334 Iva s2!~ 1 6 161 1 ..- Isi , 0 ..,d.•s. .0 317