The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-22 00:00:00

OtrlY Xbtttort LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH (THIS DAY.) The Sefton Handicap. Priestess The Dart ... ... Eight ran. ••• 2 fourth Xbition FRANCE. General Grammont has given notice of his inten• tion to move the following proposition in the Legis- lative Assembly : " Art. I. The officers and soldiers belonging to the foreign legions in the service of France shall be sub jected, as respects discipline and promotion, to the 'awe of the French army. " Art. 2. The foreign officers now serving in those legions shall be immediately replaced by French officers, in case they should refused to submit to the military laws in vigour. " Art. 3. From the date of the promulgation of the present law, no foreigner shall be admitted with the rank of officer into the French army." The Courrier Francais says :—"lt is positively stated that the Government has decided on replacing the present Governor-General of Algeria; but the motives for this decision, nor the name of the in tended successor of General Charton are not men tioned." PRUSSIA. The Second Chamber of Prussia, on the 19th, proceeded to discuss the articles of the Constitution relative to Public Instruction. Clauses enacting that education should be free, but that public schools should be established, and that all parents and guardians should be bound to give children the education pro vided therein, were adopted. The Prussian Government has sent a plenipotentiary to Copenhagen, to endeavour to effect a settlement of the affair of the Duchies. lONIAN ISLANDS. SIR H. G. WARD'S PROCLAMATION OF AN AMNESTY. Cephalonians,—l have allowed a week to elapse since my last proclamation, in the expection that some one of the large number amongst you who are in terested in the future tranquillity of the island, would have co operated with the Government in its en deavours to discover the source of the conspiracy which has disquieted the country. Many persons have required it of me, but none have offered to assist me : this might, perhaps, compel me either to try by court-martial five of your fellow-citizens for the crime of high treason, upon the insufficient denunciations of individuals who, themselves con• victed of the same crime, may have previously con certed their evidence, in the hope of saving their own lives; or to enter upon a long series of new inquiries, new accusations, and new arrests, with the idea of ultimately obtaining a complete proof of the crime. But I cannot adopt this course. Until now I have done what I considered to be my duty towards my Sovereign and towards yourselves in endeavour ing to prevent the repetition of any attempts such as signalised the commencement of the last revolt ; but this necessity has ceased to exist. There has been enough punishment : I must use the greatest circumspection in the employment of my power, the more particularly as I find my name is mixed up with the accusations against those whose fate depends on my decision. I therefore:declare a full and entire amnesty in favour of all persons implicated in the events of the months of August and September last, and I promise, in the name of the Government, that no more investigations shall be made, and that, above all, no accusations shall be admitted against those who have been in any way connected with the events in question. Every individual who is in prison shall at once from to-day be set at liberty. Time, their future conduct, and the opinion of their fellow-citizens will decide upon their innocence or guilt. If any one accuses the Government of having permitted itself to be biassed by former recollections or by personal feelings, I am ready to lay before the Parliament, as soon as it shall have assembled, a full statement of the reasons for all my acts, and to leave it to the Legis• lature to decide whether my justification is complete. It has been suggested to me how very painful it would be to see men of education and of independent fortune inculpated by the denunciations of malefactors and murderers. It is very rare, indeed, that conspira cies protected by secret oaths are discovered without the treachery of an accomplice, for these accomplices only become assassins, or brigands, after having been initiated into the conspiracy by the inducements of individuals more elevated in society, perhaps, but lees enterprising. The general amnesty will have but one exception. Judgment on G. Pierato Cutwevi And on Nicholas Metaxas, son of Denys Metaxas, will be pronounced to morrow, by the Court at Lixouri ; the former being proved too hardened a criminal to be set at liberty, and the latter, unhappily, having acted most inexcusably towards a rest ectable and well-born indi vidual, for which several other persons have been punished. Immediately after this judgment the court martial will terminate. Count Gerasimos Sdrin, who was convicted on the most unexceptionable testimony of having appeared fully armed in the midst of the insurgents at the village of Marcopoulos, has been condemned to twenty-one years' imprisonment; but having been informed by witnesses who did not appear before the court, that he is a man of weak mind, and quite in capable, both by habit and character, of taking an active part in matters of this kind, and that he may have been led to Marcopoulos by want of occupation or by intimidation, I shall commute his punishment to two years' detention. The question of indemnities for the losses expe rienced by parties whose houses were burnt and pro perties devastated in the months of August and September, in the districts of Scala Leo and Catoleo, will be submitted to the Senate on my return to Corfu ; but it is not to be questioned that the island of Cephalonia ought not to be responsible, and that it cannot possess any claim against this treasury of the seven islands on the subject of these indemnities any than for every other extraordinary charge in curred by the Governor for the quelling of the revolt. As malevolent passions, together with attempts at proceedings contrary to the law, may be exhibited during the winter in the districts recently exposed to disorder, I believe it is my duty to increase the forces at the police and military stations, and to invite the - arblic agent and primates of those districts to lend their assistance and zaalous concurrence to those forces, for if this had not been disgracefully neglected at Scala, Marcopoulos, Vattes, and divers other villages, the disasters which occurred there might have been at once suppressed. I shall recommend to the Senate the establishment of sanitary commissions at Pessades and Portoterra as advantageous to the commerce of the island, and faci litating the watching of the smuggling trade, that fruitful source of illegalities and of loss to tbe treasury, at the same time that it deprives the local Government of the proper resources by which it might contribute to the general benefit, above all to the maintenance and extension of the roads which are so indispensable to your internal traffic. Since my first visit Pessades has been pointed out to me as a port particularly adapted to develop the communication between Argos toli and Zante, and to become still more important whenever the negotiations which have been commenced with the Austrian Lloyd's shall result in the establish ment of a direct communication from Trieste and Con stantinople to Cephalonia and Zante. The society hat not the means of including Argostoli in the treaty for the whole of the six months; but the Government will facilitate the transport of dispatches and passen gers between Pessades and Zante, by sending to meet the steamers until the direct communication shall be opened. I cannot leave Argostoli without thanking you for the assistance which you have rendered me in the rigorous duties I have had to fulfil. I have received the best evidence of the support given to my political conduct and its results from the Legislature of this island, from the most noted of the citizens, as well as from the extensive districts into which the spirit of lawlessness has never penetrated: I believe, from my heart and soul, that it is this conduct alone which has averted from the island the most terrible calamities ; but the amnesty which I now proclaim proves that I am not actuated by the desire of prolonging a power which only the direst necessity can impose upon a Government ; which I have exercised with regret, and with a feeling of responsibility which few will believe, and which I fervently hope, under any circumstances of my public life, I shall never be called upon to re assume. (Signed) 11. G. WARD, Lord High cf,mcnissioner. Argostoli, Cephalonia, Oct. 24, 1849. DISCONTINUANCE OF MAIL PACKET% E T w ,, pv HULL, ALTONA, AND HAND U RG IL — The followin g notice was posted at the General Post - office this mcreia-z:— "The contract entered into in May last, for the Onvey. anco of mails by steam packets between Hull and Altona and Hamburgh, tfrminating on the 23d of this month, on and after the 24th instant, all letters and newspapers for Hamburgh, Denmark, &c., spr cially addressed to be forwarded ma Hull, will be sent by private ship, and will be liable to the rates of postage heretofore charged upon letters and newspapers for those places when con veyed by private ship." PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, PACIFIC OCEAN, We have letters from this colony by the Pandora, arrived on Saturday at Portsmouth, which contain some interesting details relative to the island, and the descendants of the unfortunate men connected with the mutiny of the Bounty, and from which we make the following extracts : " Pitcairn 's Island, July, 1849 —The number of inhabitants 149—males 75, females 74—of this num ber three are English, one a Otaheitean woman, widow of Edward Young, midshipman of the Bounty, aged 80, two men of the first generation, one of them a son of John Adams (Bounty) named Arthur, and the other a son of Matthew Quintal (Bounty) named George, seven females of the first generation, three daughters of Adams, one of Christian, one of Young, one of Mills, one of McCoy, the remainder are chil dren of the second and third generation. " During the last five years one-fifth of the popu lation have been born, and only one has died a natural death, one of lock-jaw, and a child burned to death. The inhabitants are occupied chiefly in cultivating the ground and carpentering; several of the young men are good at cabinet work and as black smiths. There are eight marriageable males and seven females at present unmarried. The soil is very rich but porous; a great proportion decomposed lava, the other a rich black earth and clayey ground. The climate is temperate ; thermometer from 59 to 89 in the shade. The spring commences in August, which is harvest time, and yarns and potatoes are dug, which is the principal food ; and of potatoes there are two crops per year, which are planted in February and July, and dug in June and November. There are no regular trade winds; in the summer months the wind prevails mostly from E.S.E. to north. Northerly winds are generally light, often accompa nied with rain or fog ; when the wind is N. it inva riably goes round to the westward, from which quarter and S.E. the strongest gales prevail. With wind from S.W. it is generally clear weather, with moderate breezes. In winter prevailing winds are S.W. to E S.E. The animal and vegetable productions of the island; goats, hops, and poultry, yams, sweet and Irish potatoes, the api-root and tarro in small quantities. Plantains : pines, melons, oranges breadfruit, sugar- canes, limes, and the vi, or Brazi lian plum. The only grain is maize. The food of the inhabitants is chiefly yams and potatoes; animal food two or three times a week. Fish are getting scarce. Bed-clothes are generally manufactured by the females, from the ante, or paper mulberry. Wear ing apparel is obtained from whale ships, in exchange for vegetables, &c. Cotton cloth is much wanted. Blankets and woollen articles, and soap, very scarce. " The aierage number of ships touching at the island annually is eight or nine, mostly Americans, and they always behave well. Last year there were seven ships, ten less than in 1847 ; the last vessel that touched there was an English brig, from New Zea land, bound to California with emigrants, there being eight English women amongst them. " On the first day of each year a chief magistrate and councillor are elected, all persons (male and female) over sixteen years of age are voters. The chief magistrate then chooses his counsellor or secretary. The duty of the magistrate is to convene meet ings and hear cases ; it is then left to a jury of five persons, and if the decision is not satisfactory to both parties, they are allowed to appeal to the com mander of her Majesty's ships of war; punishments are generally fines or labour. The inhabitants generally retire to rest, early, and rise with the sun. From August to November they have plenty of employment, digging yams ; also planting bananas, yams, and potatoes, weeding ground, &c., and when not busily employed they generally meet in the morning, and, if the weather is favourable go fish ing; if not, on Saturdays they go out hunting for a Sunday's dinner. On the arrival of a ship off the island no one is allowed to go on board before the pilot, who always takes charge of the boats when landing, and provides for the captain when on shore, each family in rotation furnishing a pilot, or provid ing a substitute, who always expects a small remuneration for his services. The females generally assist in the cultivation of the ground, preparing thatch for the houses, &c , and, in fact, are more employed than the males; they are generally very strong, many of them being able to cary a barrel of potatoes down to the landing place, the path to which is very rugged and steep, and in the rainy season very difficult to ascend or descend. Since 1831 there have been 16 deaths; 4 of them accidental, 4 of fever, 1 a disease of the ear, 1 of the heart, 1 of cancer, 1 of consumption, 2 of in fluenza, 1 in childbirth, and 1 in infancy. The di.teases most prevalent are asthma and catarrh, which prevail mostly among the females ; bilious attacks are frequent but slight, and easily give way to treat ment. Influenza had visited the island during the last seven years, and caused. 2 deaths. COLLISION ON A NEW YORK RAILWAY. The New York papers received by the Europa con tain detailed accounts of an alarming railway collision that happened on the sth inst. We extract the notice in the New York Herald, as at once the most concise and the most distinct. A dreadful accident occurred yesterday forenoon, ou the New Haven railroad, by the collision of two trains. The up-train, conveying the Bosron mail, and leaving New York at eight o'clock, had on board in the hindmost car, the mem bers of Marion hose Company, No. 4, Captain Joseph Buckman, who were going on their annual target excusion to new Rochelle. There were nearly sixty in the car, including invited guests. When the train was between Fordham and Morriania, a drove of about thirty cows, belonging to Mr. Bathgate, were being driven across the track, by the herds men, from watering. The train coming in collision with them, the baggage car was thrown off the track, and across the track of the down train. At the same moment, the New Haven down train was passing to New York, and the locomotive coming in contact with the baggage car of the up train, was driven off its track, and being detached from its train, it shot off at an angle, and went right into the corner of the hindmost car, containing the Hose Company. It went through it in a diagonal direction, wounding and bruising the passengers in a dreadful manner, and filling the car with steam. Fortunately the safety pipe was broken in the colli sion, and the steam escaping, the force was necessarily diminished. The engine was shattered, and buried itself in the sand, by which its progress was arrested. The sand was thrown up into the air, like so much smoke. There were 13 of the cows killed, and some of them were thrown 20 feet by the force of the shock ; but it is almost miraculous that no human life was sacrificed—at least we have heard of none. There was a little boy sitting quite close to the spot where the locomotive entered it, who was thrown to the other side, and was not injured in the least ; and a fireman, named James P. Sowerley, of Stanton-street, was thrown out of the window without being hurt. The other cars were considerably damaged, but none of the passengers in thc , in received the slightest injury. Some of the cars had the wheels knocked off. The following is a list of the wounded of Hose Company No. 4 : George Bailey, 75, Norfolk- street—both his legs broken, one of them in two places, and the other at the angle; William Palmer, 161, Stanton -street— leg greatly injured; William Swinerton, Broome street—leg badly bruised; William Wilmott, 240, Delaney street—hurt in the side and feet ; George Hobbs, Clinton-street—both legs and hip injured; William Daley—injured in the breast and back; John Morgan, Clinton-street—head and breast in jured; Robert Mackay—hurt in the stomach by being thrown on a chair; Thomas Baker—hand injured ; George W. Brady—face bruised ' • Charles Dumonlin, Clinton-str ee t—b o th l egs i n j ure d . Here we have a list of ten, besides others whose names we could not learn, more or less injured. Ihe amount of injury cannot as yet be ascertained, as internal bruises have been received, which may terminate fatally. It is a curious circumstance that the target, which was exquisitely ornamented, was not crushed in the least. There were two muskets broken, and a trumpet of one of the band. The horn of a cow, dashed off her head, was picked up fifty feet distant, by a member of the company. We saw it in the evening, together with a portion of the whistle of the locomotive. Fortunately there was a doctor in the train, who gave his services freely to the wounded. We could not learn his name. The up-train was delayed for about an hour, and then proceeded on its way. The down-train was taken to New York by the Harlem train, and Hose Company No. 4, after consulting together, resolved to return by it, instead of pursuing their trip, and to apply the money they intended to expend upon the excursion for medical aid to the suffering members of their body, as the accident occurred when they were on duty. The down train having been placed on the track by the assistance of Irish labourers, who were work ing in the neighbourhood, it was attached to the Harlem train, and arrived in the city at twelve o'clock. The members of Hose Company No. 4 conveyed the wounded to their residences, and Dr. Cockroft was called in to attend to Mr. Bailey. In the evening the company held a meeting at their carriage-room, and passed resolutions. These gentlemen state that they heard no alarm whistle from either locomotive. There is no fence whatever at the place, and no railway police to keep animals off the track. Some great change in the management of this and other railways seems necessary, as a large amount of human life has been sacrificed of late that might, under a different system, have been saved. In Eng land and Germany the railway accidents are not one to every one hundred that occur on the railways about reason be of ass New York, in proportion to the length i ground g n e d travelled ; and yet no good why one life m ore s h ould be to t here than upon th e railroads in any other country, Is not the life o f a Yankee as ♦aluable as that other white man on earth? of a European, or of any UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 21. JESUS COLLEGE .—ln accordance with the nomination of the Bishop of Ely, the vacant Mastership at this college was this day officially offered for the acceptance of the Rev. George Elwas Corrie, 8.D., Fellow, President, and Tutor of Catharine-hall, and Norrisian Professor of Di vinity, in this university. It is understood that Professor Corrie will accept the offer. The Master of Jesus elect took his B.A. degree in 1817 as eighteenth wrangler; was created M.A. in 1820, and B.D. in 1831. He was elected to his Professional Chair in 1838, and re-elected in 1843 and 1848 re spectively, the office being tenable for five years only; this professorship can be held with the mastership. The canonry in Ely Cathedral held by the late Master in eonformity with a recent Government regulation, whereby canonries nt Ely were attached to the Regius Professorships of Hebrew and Greek, falls to the Rev. Professor Scholefield (Greek). CONGREGATION.—At a Congregation holden this day, the following Graces passed the Senate :- 1. To appoint Mr. Thring, of King's College, an Examiner of the Classical Tripos of the ensuing year, in room of Mr. Andrews, of Queen's College, who has resigned. 2. To appoint the Master of' Catharine Hall a member of each of the following Syndicates :—The Syndicate for the management of the Fitzwilliam Museum; and the Syndicate appointed on the Bth of June last, to consider certain questions relating to the Public Health Act. At the same Congregation the following degrees were confferred HONORARY M.A.—Hon. George Robert Gifford, Caius College. B.D.—Henry Alford, Trinity College; W. G. Humphry, Trinity College; Thomas Dalton, St. John's College. B A,—Charles Boys, Corpus College ; Alfred Bond, Trinity College; W. E. Carr, Trinity College; Jos. Chapman, Christ's College ; J. B. Dodd, Sydney College; F. J. Morgan Evans, St. Peter's College ; E. G. Harvey, Queen's College; J. G. H. Hill, Emmanuel College; T. Mitchinson, St. John's College ; E. R. Sullivan, Trinity College; G. H. Tidcombe, St. Peter's Col lege; Frederick Townsend, Trinity College; E. 0. Williams, Sidney College. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETT.—The anniversary dinner of the above named society took place on Monday last, at the Bull Hotel. The Rev. Professor Willis, presi dent, occupied the chair, and Mr. W. Hopkins, the vice•chair. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Siz o'CLocic. Nothing doing. Dr. GUTZLAFF, THE CHINESE INTERPRETER.— Dr. Gutzluff is about to visit Europe, after an absence of 23 years. That long term has been passed in China, or among the Chinese. Perhaps no foreigner of the age has more thoroughly identified himself with the people ; their literature, religion, government, his tory, and social and domestic habits, have been investigated by a mind which finds pleasure in study. Even in personal appearance the learned gentleman has in a degree become Chinese. We have heard it asserted in North America, that Europeans who live for years among the Indians acquire the expression of coun tenance, especially a pt culiar cast of the eye, which no Indian is without. Sir Henry Pottinger went to the east when a mere lad; he resided for many years at native courts, as a political agent of the Government, and no person who has seen him will forget his oriental countenance. Similar influences among a different people may have had the same effect on Dr. Gntzlaff.—Friend of Chintz. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 21. Daniel Pentilope, a cabman, was indicted for steal ing a bag, containing twenty-five sovereigns, the pro perty of Alexander Webb, from his person. Mr. Ballantine appeared for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, which was given in a very impudent and flippant manner, that he and the prisoner had been acquainted for some time. They met in Drummond-street, Euston-square, and after playing some time at skittles they went to a public house in the neigh bourhood, called the Plasterers' Arms, and, for the purpose of procuring some silver coin from his pocket, the prosecutor took out a small canvass bag, which contained twenty-five sovereigns. The prisoner made a snatch at it, a scuffle took place, and the sovereigns were thrown about on the floor; some were recovered and some were lost. In cross-examination by Mr. BALLANTINE, the prosecutor said he had been in prison many times ; and on being asked if he had not been convicted in this court, he said " Yes, I was, thank God, four years ago. Your Lordship (addressing the Judge) gave me six months, and I richly deserved it. It was a very fortunate thing for me, for ever since then I have worked for my living, and I have be come respectable. I used to associate with the dregs of society, and it was then th a t I k now the pri soner. The JUDGE—If you got six months from me I'm quite sure you deserved it• What was it for? Prosecutor—Oh, I was concerned in robbing a man in the New-road.—(Laughter.) By Mr. BALLANTINE—I was once charged with rubbing a drunken sailor of 251. in a " vine waults." I've often been in prison. Mr. BALLANTItiE then addressed the jury, charac• terising the case as a trumped up one, the prosecutor as a shameless, impudent, barefaced rogue, his evi• dente as regarded the robbery gross perjury, and as regarded his recently acquired respectability, pure and unadulterated hypocrisy. Witnesses were then examined for the defence. One of them, who was called " very respectable," said the prosecutor was a downright bad 'un, and known all over the town as one of the worst of cha racters. Prosecutor (to witness)—What ! you speak of me like this. Why, have we not been intimate for six years—have we not travelled hundreds of miles toge ther; and didn't you—you, who call yourself a " re spectable" witness—actually pick a gentleman's pocket of seven sovereigns in a booth at last Ascot-heath Races ?—(Laughter.) Witness—lt was you that robbed the man, you lying villain.—(Loud laughter.) Prosecutor—My Lord, it was him upon my oath. Witness—My Lord, upon my .oath he stole the money.—(lncreased laughter.) The JUDGE—Then you went partners, and halved it, didn't you ? You are two rogues together, I think. —(Roars of laughter.) The Learned Judge having carefully gone over the whole of the evidence, said the jury must deal with the case, but he should not re commend them to act upon the prosecutor's evidence, unless they saw that such evidence were strongly confirmed by the internal circumstances of the case. The jury instantly Acquitted the prisoner. The Learned JUDGE cautioned the landlord of the public•house in question as to allowing such charac ters as the prisoner, the prosecutor, and the witnesses to assemble there. The landlord said they were all strangers to him, and the house was conducted as respectably as any house in London. The Learned JUDGE did not believe they were strangers, and he should repeat the caution. John Devine, a pauper employed in the "labour yard" of the West London Union, was convicted of stealing two five shilling packets of coppers, the property of the superintendent of the labourers. Sentenced to six months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. James Wood was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having, on the 19th August, 1848, stolen, in the city of London, seven Si. Bank of England notes, the property of Mr. 'William Bosanquet. Mr. Hobler appeared for the prosecution, and stated that the case came under the operation of a new Act, which provided that if a person charged with a felony should be apprehended at a distance from the place in which the offence was alleged to have been committed, and the evidence then brought forward were complete, then the magistrate before whom the case should be first subjected to investigation should commit for the offence, and if the evidence were not complete, then the case should be transmitted to the authorities of the place in which the offence appeared to have been perpetrated. The present case had been transmitted by the Brighton magistrates through a constable, who handed written testimony to the following effect:-- " Mr. William Bosanquet—l am at present residing at No. 13, Marine-square, Brighton. In July and August, 1848, I found the prisoner at the corner of Charles-street and Queen -street, Mayfair, London, and in that n e i g hb our h oo d employing himself by running on errands fbr the neighbours, and he appeared to have the confidence of the persons who employed him. I think, on Saturday, the 19th of August, 184 S, I enclosed a cheque for 351. in an envelope, and sealed it, and delivered it to my butler to give it to the prisoner to take it to my bankers, Messrs. Bo sanquet and Co., Lombard-street, who were to return in a sealed letter bank notes to the amount. I did not get the notes, nor have I since seen the prisoner until this time. I was afterwards informed by my bankers that the notes had been sent in exchange for the cheque as directed. I yesterday met the prisoner by accident in St. James's-street, Brighton, when he ran away, and with much difficulty was overtaken and apprehended. " Gervasio Presenzini—l am butler to Mr. Bosan quet. In the month of August, 1848, my master , gave me a sealed note, directed to his bankers, Messrs. Bosanquet and Co., Lombard-street. I gave it to the prisoner myself, and desired him to bring back the answer from the bankers. It was about half-past eleven in the morning. I never saw him afterwards, nor received the answer to the note." The above depositions and the precept, signed by Mr. Andrew Carpenter, magistrate of Brighton, were handed in by the constable. Mr. nobler then called Mr. W. H. Dean (a clerk in the banking-house of Bosanquet and Co.), who stated that he knew the prisoner. That on the 19th of October he cashed a cheque with seven .51. notes, put them in an envelope, sealed it, and delivered it, addressed " William Bosanquet, Esq.," to the prisoner. He afterwards received information that the money had not reached Mr. Bosanquet. The prisoner was remanded till Friday, by R hich day Mr. Hobler said he hoped to be able to bring forward proof as to tracing the notes. Charles Laughne was brought before Alderman Carden upon charges of having obtained a ►ariety of goods by means of forged orders. A quantity of silk, and several articles, which had been pledged by the prisoner, by his own acknow ledgment, were stated to be the property of Messrs. Devas and Co., of Lawrence-lane. The prisoner was ordered to be brought up again on Friday next. GUILDHALL. William Lake, of St. Ilelen's•place, Bagnigge wells-road, was charged with neglecting to surrender to be examined under a fiat of bankruptcy issued against him in the year 1846. Mr. Benjamin Perkins, tiu•plate worker, carrying on business in Cannon-street, London-bridge, said he charged the prisoner, as a creditor, with absconding from his bankruptcy, and not attending the fiat which was issued against him in the year 1146. He ought to have appeared about the month of December, but did not do so. Sir G. CARROLL asked whether he was declared a bankrupt ? Mr. Perkins—He was declared a bank rupt in London. Witness was in court on the day appointed for his final surrender, but he did not appear. Sir G. CARROLL—When was he taken? Mr. Perkins—l met him this morning in Somers Town, and brought him to my office, and haying sent for an officer, gave him into custody. Sir G. CARROLL—TO what amount are you a cre- ditor ? Mr. Perkins—About GO/. Sir G. CARROLL—Where did the prisoner live? Mr. Perkins—At Enfield, Middlesex. He carried on the business of a grocer, cheesemonger, and general dealer. There were handbills circulated offering a reward for his apprehension, but no success attended them. His own opinion was that the prisoner was connected with a regular gang of swindlers. Sir G. CARROLL asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions to Mr. Perkins ? The prisoner, who appeared to be rather intoxicated, said that he was a bankrupt, and if he had transgressed he must take the consequences and suffer. Sir G. CARROLL asked what time was required of him to remand the prisoner ? Mr. Perkins said he would write to Brighion and the other places, and therefore required a few days. Sir G. CARROLL then remanded him until Tuesday next. LAMBETH. Theodore Windley, Camden.street, Wal worth, broker; G. Turvey, 4, Boundary-lane, Camberwell, broker ; Thompson, 2, Surrey-buildings, uphols terer; Thomas Thompson, ditto; George Turvey, the younger ; and Richard Vincent, 13, Alfred-street, Peckham, were placed at the bar before Mr. Seeker (who sat for Mr. Elliott), on a charge of stealing from a farm, in South Parrott, Dorsetshire, eleven cows, of the value of 1001., the property of Mr. John Little. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, with Mr. Whitaker, the solicitor, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, attended for the prosecution ; and Mr. Roberts appeared on behalf of the prisoners. From the statement of Mr. Clarkson, it appeared that some years ago a person of the name of Lane had set up a colourable title to part of the estate of Sir Alexander Hood, situated in the parish of South Par rott, in the county of Dorset, and had on various oc casions served notices of ejectment on the tenants in possession, with a view of establishing his legal right to the property, and Sir Alexander was compelled to defend them. On every occasion when the cases were set down for trial Mr. Lane neglected to snake his appearance, and was of course non suited, but still Sir Alexander Hood was not only very much ha rassed at the vexatious proceedings of his opponent, but also saddled with considerable expenses. On one occasion, by the oversight of the clerk of Sir Alex ander's attorney, Lane obtained a judgment in an action of ejectment, and possession of some cottages was delivered up to him iu due course of law. On an application to a judge the proceedings and judgment were set aside, and the repossession of the pro- perty given to the tenants of Sir Alexander. At the beginning of the present month, Lane signed a war rant to di'train, as the alleged landlord, on the goods and chattels on Abbot's Farm, in the parish of South Parrott, in the county of Dorset, alleged to be in the possession of a person named Job Newbury, for 1001. rent due at Michaelmas, 1849, and placed it in the hands of the prisoner Windley for execution. The distress was levied, not on the property of Job New bury, but on that of Mr. John Little, the owner of Abbot's Farm. Mr. Little was called into the witness-box, and on being sworn, deposed that seven or eight years ago he got possession of Abbott's Farm, in the parish of South Parrott, Dorsetshire, from Sir Alexander Hood, a part of whose estate it was, and to whom he had paid 2,500/. for it. He knew a person named Job Newbury, but had not underlet the farm to him, nor had he the slightest interest in, or control over it, and the whole of the stock on it was his, Mr. Little's, own bona file property. On Monday morning last, at an early hour, he left home, for the purpose of going to Yeovil fair, and had not been long in the fair when he received a message to say his presence was required at home. He in conse quence returned, and was told that eleven cows, which he had seen safe on the preceding evening, had been driven off the farm. He traced the parties as far as Dorchester, a distance of 13 miles from his residence, and their found his eleven cows in a pound, surrounded by eight or ten men. He was certain he saw the prisoners Windley awl Vincent amongst the persons present. On the following morn ing, at about half-past two o'clock, the cattle were taken from the pound to the railway station, put into trucks, and taken by the luggage train to tcwn. He (Mr. Little) travelled by the same train as far as Southampton, and then got into another train, to be in town in sufficient time to consult his solicitor. He did consult his solicitor, and by his advice had two officers (Sergeant Goff, 8, and Romaine, 38, L) to take the parties into custody on their arriral at the Waterloo station with the cattle. Mr. Little was cross-examined at some length, but nothing particular was elicited. lie stated in the most positive terms that he had not underlet the farm to Newbury, and that the letter had nothing to do with it. Mr. James Farmer, clerk to Messrs. Salter and Clerk, solicitors, of Chard, Somer se t s hi re , w h o are the solicitors to Sir Alexander Hood, was next sworn, and spoke to the previous actions of ejectment brought by Lane against the tenants on the property of Sir Alexander, and his never appearing at the assizes to try them. The witness also said he had heard the prisoner 'Windley say at Dorchester that he had been to the office of the Secretary of State, and had his (the Home Secretary's) authority for what he did. Mr. John Henry Dixon, clerk to the town agents of Messrs. Salter and Clerk, also gate an account of the legal manoeuvres of Lane, who, he said, had com pelled Sir Alexander Hood to defend at least twenty actions, which had cost him about 6001. Oa one occasion he (Lane) was arrested for the costs, when he took the benefit of the Insolvent Act, but had been remanded for twelve months for his vexatious proceedings. On the part of the defendants Mr. John Edmond Hughes was called, who said he had been in the army, but was at present living as a private gentle man, in Blenheim-place, St. John's-wood. In reply to questions from the prisoners' solicitor, he said that he had made an application on this business to Mr. Mayne, the police commissioner, but not to the Secretary of State, as had been stated. H e k new the handwriting of Lane, and could swear that the signature to the warrant produced was his. Mr. Ford, an auctioneer and appraiser in the Walworth-road, said he knew the prisoner Windley, and accompanied him to Abbott's Farm, in Dorset shire, and there appraised and condemned eleven cows for 1001. In reply to a question from Mr. Clarkson, this witness said he did not take any pains to ascertain whether this property belonged to Job Newbury or not, nor did he care who it belonged to. The prisoners' solicitoridenied that his clients had acted with a felonious intention, and therefore the charge of felony must fall to the ground. With re spect to the.removal of property, it was quite clear that, though they acted on what they conceived to be good authority, it was not so, and they were ready not only to restore the property, but to express their regret for what they hid done, and also to afford every assistance to the solicitors on the other side in any ulterior proceedings they might wish to institute against other parties. Mr. Clarkson agreed to this proposition, and in addition, that their attorney should give a written promise that no harassing action should be brought. This was also done; and the magistrate, in discharging the prisoners, remarl•<ed that though the charge had gone off as it had the offence was by no means a light one. They must have known that the removal of the cattle from Dorsetshire into Middlesex, under the circUPlstnnces, was illegal and improper. CLERKEN WELL. Charles Corbey, aged between 20 and 21 years, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combs, for final I examination, charged by Mary Noble, aged 22, with having cut and wounded her, with intent to murder. The prosecutrix, who had been in the infirmary of St. Luke's workhouse ever since the Ist instant, the day on which the attempt was made on her life, and in a dangerous state, was sufficiently recovered to be brought from thence to this court in a cabriolet, but in a very weakly condition, with her throat bandaged up. Prior to the prisoner being placed at the bar, the prosecutrix was supported into the court, and all Owed a seat close to the clerk's desk, in order that she might by distinctly heard whilst giving her evidence. The prisoner, on being brought from the gaoler's cell and placed in the dock, caught sight of the pro secutrix, when he looked steadfastly upon her, and burst into a flood of tears. She stared at him, and was much affected when the prisoner exclaimed wildly, "0, dear Mary, don't let me be sent back again to that prison !" • Mr. Smith, the surgeon who attended the prose cutrix, here suggested that it was necessary that the prisoner should, if possible, be prevented interfering with the prosecutrix while she was giving her evidence, and that if she could be allowed to lie down and be as quiet as possible it would be better; any hysterical emotion would do her much injury. Mr. CONIBE said if the prisoner interfered he should be taken out of court, and the evidence be received during his absence. He asked the prisoner if he recollected what had taken place at his first examina tion ? Prisoner (vacantly)—No. The prosecutrix was now sworn. She stated as follows—l am now an inmate in St. Luke's work house. I was living formerly with the prisoner, at No. 19, Baltic-street, St. Luke's. I have known him since last August three years. I lived with him as his wife up to November last. Prisoner—Yes ; and we were about to be married. Mr. COMBE cautioned him not to interrupt, or he must be put out of court. Witness continued—l had been out somewhere which displeased the prisoner. We had some high words on the subject, and on the Tuesday before the Ist of November, I told him I would not live with him. I had often told him so, in consequence of his ill- usage to me. The place I went to was No. 28, Ironmonger• lane, the house o f m y f ormer l an dl a d y. O n t h e Wed nesday we quarrelled and fought together. I went into a room, and he called me out to have tea. We quarrelled again, and he threatened m e . I d resse d myself, and told him I would no longer live with him. I left the place, and stopped out all night, at No. 21i1, Ironmonger-lane. On the morning of the Ist of No vember I was at work as usual at cap-making, at the prisoner's sister's, Prospect-place, St. Luke's, at about ten o'clock in the morning. The prisoner entered the room where I was at work. I went down stairs, when he follo w ed me : h e as k e d w h ere I h a d b een all night ; and said if I told him the truth he would say nothing to me. I told him I had been at my landlady's, 28, Ironmonger-lane. He always objected to my going there. When I had told him, he said, " What, after I have cautioned you so many times not to go there again !" I returned upstairs to my work, when he came up and asked me to go to dinner with him : I refused. He then asked me to go to tea : I said I would not. He said, " Oh, you won't." I said, " I don't want to go home with you any more." He appeared to be in a great passion, and left the place, saying, "Then I hope you and I will be in heaven before long." I did not fancy he was about to do me any harm. lie went away with his bro then-in-law, and he returned in about two hours, and came again into the work-room where I was. He entered and fixed his eyes on me, and looked wildly and burst into tears. I felt alarmed, and said, " Charley, what have you been doing ? Come to me, and tell me." I pulled him towards me, to the chair on which I was seared, and kissed him. lie put his arm round my neck and pressed close to me, and I thought he was about to return the kiss; and as he held my head back I felt that he had cut my throat. I flung myself from him and said," Oh, Charles! you'll have to be hung for this!" He said, " I can't help it ; if I can't marry you, no one else shall." I ran out of the place bleeding, leaving him with his brother-in-law and sister. He was crying very much at the time. Mr. Coarse—Had he ever said anything to you about marry ing you ? Witness—He had said he would marry me whe❑ he was out of his apprentice ship, or when he would be able to support me. He had had words with his father. By Mr. COMBE—Her former landlady's house, in Ironmonger-lane, was not a bad house. The landlady had a dislike to the prisoner. He had only been there once for about a quarter of an hour, and he al ways had a strong objection to her going there. He was apprentice to his father, a watchmaker. Witness was never aware that the prisoner wai jealous of her. The razor with which he cut her throat was not the one which he usually shaved himself with. Prisoner—Did you not often tell me that bad cha racters went to the house ? Mr. COMBE—Such a question is calculated to do you more harm than good. It would only show that you entertained malice. Prisoner—Was I sober at the time ? Witness—You might have been drinking a little, but you were quite sober. Prisoner—l asked, have you been to that had house again ? You said, " Yes." I then said, " Well, you are a pretty one 1" The prosecutrix was now bound over to prosecute the prisoner at the Central Criminal Court. Prosecutrix (entreatingly)-oh, I hope you will have mercy upon him. The Lord has been so mer ciful as to spare my life, and I hope his will be spared. The prisoner here exclaimed—She knows I had no malice beforehand against her. When she was about to be supported out of court, the prisoner said " Good bye." She seemed inclined to gu to him, but she was taken out, the prisoner saying coolly " Good bye, Mary." She was then conveyed back to the workhouse in a cabriolet. Mr. Joseph Ashby Smith, surgeon, of' No. 154, Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, proved having baen called on to attend the prosecutrix, at No. 8, Prospect place. He found her sitting on a chair, with her throat cut, and bleeding. She was holding the wound with both hands to stop the blood. He sewed up the wound, and she was conveyed to the infirmary of St. Luke's workhouse. She was at that time in great danger. The wound was several inches in length, from the jaw downwards to the cartoid artery and in ternal jugular vein, and in a zig-zag form. Mr. eosins having cautioned the prisoner that he was not bound to say anything, in his defence, said he should commit him to take his trial for cutting and wounding the prosecutrix with intent to murder. The prisoner said nothing, and the whole of the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. He was then conveyed to Newgate. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE AT LOUTH. FIVE LIVES LOST. The Lincolnshire Tithes gives the following details of this distressing event :—About three o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday last the inhabitants of this borough were thrown into a state of considerable alarm and consternation by a terrific explosion of combustibles, on the premises of Mr. W. Armitage, chemist and druggist, of the Fish Shambles. About two years ago. that gentleman, who was a member of the Town Council, highly respected by his fellow townsmen, and possessed of high scientific sentiments as a practical chemist and pyrotechnist, invented a valuable explosive railway signal, for the purpose of indicating any danger that might arise on a railway line, and having received orders of late from several companies for a considerable number, was engaged on the afternoon above mentioned in the manufacture of them. The place in which this was carried on was a warehouse immediately over the kitchen, which stood detached a few feet from the dwelling-house, 1 and Mr. Armitage, his father, Mr. Thomas D. Armi tage, a youth named Stephen Evans (the son of a neighbour), and Mary Jane Evans, his sister, were employed. In the kitchen below were Eliza Wilson, Mr. Armitage's housekeeper, and a servant. ‘Vhen Mr. W. Armitage entered, and opened the door of an iron oven to take out some paste of a combustible nature, of which the signals are made, and which had been placed there to hake or dry, from some cause or other it exploded with a terrific report, ignit ing the combustibles in the warehouse above, reducing th© whole building to a heap of ruins, and burying the above-named persons under the burning mass, with the exception of the servant maid Roberts, who miraculously escaped through a window, and, with a little boy of Mr. Armitage's in her arms, sustained little injury except from fright. The assistance of the police, with their superintendent Mr. Tacey, and one of the fire-engines attached to the force, was promptly procured ; the fire being extinguished, operations commenced, with the assistance of a great number of the inhabitants, for the removal of the ruins and extrication of the sufferers. The first who got out was Eliza Wilson, the housekeeper, alive, but her legs being so much crushed, and her body having sustained so much injury from burns and bruises, that she gradually sank and died about three hours after wards. The youth Evans was then taken out, and survived but a very short time. The other three, Mr. Armitage, his father, and the girl Evans, were quickly and successively extricated, but were quite dead. All the poor sufferers presented a most horrible spectacle, being charred by the fire and mutilated by the fall of the building, almost beyond pos,ibility of recognition, except from their dress, or that portion of it which remained unburned. An inquest was held on Monday, and the jury returned the following verdict : " That deceased died from injuries and burns caused by the explosion of some combustible ingre dients employed in the manufacture of railway signals in a certain building on the premises of Mr. 4mita g e, and by the full of thp said building in con sequence of the DAN exploreLi and they yyce of 49, opinion that due caution had not been obsetved in the drying of the s tid signals." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIES AND CHINA. HONG KONG, SEPT. 29.--Her Majesty's ship Hast ings, 72, Captain Morgan, with Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Collier on board, arrived here yesterday, after a somewhat stormy passage from Singapore, and found only the st eamer F ury, Commander Wilcox (which preceded her into harbour by five days, having parted company from her in a gale of wind off Hainan), in the harbour, except the hospital and store ships. The Medea steam sloop, Commander Lockyer, has had a smart brush with the pirates, and lost one man killed, and Mr. Wilkinson, mid shipman, and several men wounded ; but (says our correspondent) these affairs have of late become somewhat too common, and among the thinking part of the community grave doubts are entertained of the justice of our waiting a crusade against all persons whom the commanders of our men-of-war may choose to designate as pirates, without closely scrutinizing their real claim to the title, and pursue to the death, heedless of how far they are corrsct in assuming the office of avengers of injuries not committed against our fellow countrymen or interests. The Amazon, 24, Captain Troubridge, has gone to Singapore. The Columbine, 14, Commander Hay, will sail for England in the course of October, taking a number of invalids from the squadron in China. She is at present looking after pirates in the Canton river Dr. Patrick Digan, acting surgeon of the Columbine, a n d M r . H. Baker, sur geon o f th e Amazon have exchanged ships. No.other changes have occurred. Squadron all well." The squadron on the East India station was dis tributed as under, on the 29th of September:— Hastings, 74 (flag), Captain Morgan, at Hong- Kong; with the steam sloop Fury, 6, Commander Willcox ; the Alligator hospital-ship, D r . B an k er ; and the Minden store-ship, Mr. Mitchell, master, R.N , in charge. On the Bombay Division—The Cambrian, 40, Commodore J. H. Plumridge, C.B. At Whampoa—The Medea steam-sloop; and the East India Company's steamer Phlegethon. At Ningpo—The Arab, 16, Commander Morris. At Amoy—The Pilot, 16, Commander Lyons. At Shanghae—The Mariner, 16, Commander Ma• thewson. At Borneo—The Royalist, 10, Lieutenant Everest, commanding. The Dart, 3, Lieutenant H. Hill commanding, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from the coast of Africa with invalids (from the squadron) and passengers ; amongst them Lieutenant PhilliFs, from the Firefly steam sloop; Mr. Pounds, master's assistant, from the Alert brig. The Dart landed mails and invalids yesterday, and will sail this morning for Sheerness, to be put out of commission. The Seaflower cutter, tender to the Cuckoo steamer, Commander Dumaresque, sailed from Portsmouth for Jersey yesterday, to resume her service at the fisheries. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, sailed out of Portsmouth harbour for Spithead after replenishing coals, yesterday, and remains awaiting orders. THE AFRICAN SQUADRON. Her Majesty's ship Dart, 3 guns, Lieutenant Hill, Commander, arrived off Portsmouth yesterday from Sierra Leone, whence she sailed on the 18th ult., on which day Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., in the Cen taur steam-frigate (Commander-in-Chief on the sta tion), left for Ascension and the western portion of his command. The slave-trade remained unchecked, except on the southern part of the station, where no prizes had been taken for many months, although several had been chased—the last taken on that coast being the prize made jointly by her Majesty's steamers Rattler and Cyclops, as reported in our last advices. Her Majesty's steamer Firefly, Commander Tudor, took a fine slaver in September with 600 negroes on board ; the vessel was a fine brig of 300 tons, under the stripes and stars, named the Whig of New York, and was captured under peculiar circum stances by a crew of six kroomen of the Firefly ship's company, commanded by Mr. Newport, mate of that vessel. This is the most fortunate prize made for a long time on the coast, most of the others being empty when boarded. The Alert brigantine made a descent upon the Gallinas coast in the early part of last month, for the purpose of taking off a number of slaves from the depots at that point, and succeeded in shipping upwards of 200 out of a large number, but had the misfortune to drown about thirty of the remainder in an attempt to embark them through a heavy surf. Her Majesty's brigantine Spy has made a prize since last news, but had no slaves in her. J. Duncan, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's con sul at Whydah, was on the point of going up to seek an interview with King Dahomey, to found treaties, kc., accompanied by Captain Forbes, of her Majesty's brigantine Bonetta, and a sufficient force to exhibit the efficiency of the service. Seven vessels have been taken by the Dart during her period of service on the coast of Africa. The next vessel to be sent to Eng land from that station is H.M. brig Britomart, which would sail from Ascension on the Ist of November. The Rev. Mr. Poole, colonial chaplin at Sierra Leone, has arrived in the Dart on leave, to recruit his health. Governor M'Donald was daily expected at Sierra Leone, when the Dart sailed. The British squadron cruizino• for the suppression of th e s l ave tra d e, was stationed as follows when the mail closed (18th of October) : At the Island of Ascension—The Tortoise, 12, Captain Hutton. At Sierra Leone—The Pluto steam sloop, Com mander Jolifie ; and the Alert, 6, Corn. Dunlop. At the Gambia —The Dover steam-vessel, Lieut. Howard commanding. At Gallinas—The Spy, 3, Lieutenant ,Western commanding. Off Cape Mount—The Heroine, 6, Corn. Marsh. Off the River Sherborough—The Teazer, 3, Lieu Selwin. Cruising—The Centaur steam-frigate, Captain Buckle, towards Ascension; and the Flying Fish, 12, Commander Peters, ditto. In the Bight of Benin—The Kingfisher, 12, Corn. Harvey ; the Phoenix, 6, Corn. \Vodehouse; and the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. the Hon. G Hastings. off Lagos—The Rattler, 6, Com. Cumming. Off Cape Formosa—The Bonetta brigantine, Lieutenant Forbes commanding. At Whydah—The Waterwitch, 8, Corn. Quin. Off the River Congo—The Firefly steam-slooop, Com. Tudor, and the Cygnet, 6, Corn. D. Robertson. Off Loango—The Ranger, 8, Com- Miller. Off Fish Bay—The Sea Lark, 6, Corn. Monypenny. The vessels are reported ail healthy. APPOINTMENTS. Midshipman—F. B. Herbert, to the Superb, Cork ; and M. W. Crawford, to the Indefatigable, Devonport. WooLwrcrt, Nov. 21.—The Volcano stew]) vessel, 140 horse power, recently brought home from Malta, was towed up the river yesterday by the African steam-vessel, from Sheerness, and after having her boilers and engines taken out at this dockyard, will be taken back to Sheerness to be refitted for service. Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., surveyor of the navy, with Mr. Isaac Watts, assistant-surveyor, visited Woolwich Dockyard yesterday afternoon, and went on board the Vulcan steam-frigate in the basin, the Retribution steam frigate in one of the east docks, and the Desperate steam-sloop in the other. Sir Baldwin Walker then visited the saw mills, where timbers where in progress of being converted for the building of an 80-gun ship, to be named the Aga memnon, and to be fitted with a screw-propeller and auxiliary engines of 400-horse power. The saw mills have been converting timber also for the Royal Al bert, 120 guns, and the Nankin, 50 gun frigate, now nearly ready for launching. C a pt a i n Si r Baldwin Walker, with Mr. Watts, went also on board the Terrible steam-frigate, now ready for commission. The Vulcan steam-frigate is ordered to be taken to Sheerness when the next spring tides take place. The following is a copy of the official returns of the average passages of the Holyhead mail steam packets for Oct., 1849 : Vivid. Caradoc. St. Columba. h. m. s. b. m. a. h. m. a. Time ........... 4 14 4 4 40 0 5 2 0 Knots per hour Statute miles par h 15.25 13.82 12.02 Horse power Number of miles gone over in the month. 2,910 2,304 2,588 Average difference between Vivid and Caradoc, 26 minutes, or 1.43 mile per hour; average difference between Vivid and St. Columba, 48 minutes, or 3.23 miles per hour. The Vivid was constructed by Mr. 0. W. Lang, assistant to the master-shipwright at Chatham, and built at that dock-yard. Her engines are of 160- horse power, made and fitted by Messrs. Penn, Greenwich. The Caradoc was constructed by Sir William Symonds, and built by Messrs. Mare and Co., Black wall, and fitted with engines of 350 horse power by Messrs. Seaward and Co., City Canal Works. The St. Columba was constructed by Mr. Laird, and fitted with engines of 350 horse power by Mr. Forrester. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 20.—The steamer Scourge ar rived here to day from Portsmouth with her supernu- meraries. The sToop Serpent sailed on the 18th inst. for the East Indies. John D. M'Donald has been appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon for service in the Plymouth llos pital. '['he Pandora surveying vessel, Lieut.- Commander James Wood, has been ordered to this port to be paid off. Her Mgjesty's frigate Leander, 50, Captain Dacres, from Portsmouth, was observed for some time off the harbour this morning, having a light wind from south- east. Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Conflict, 8, Com mit/Idg pi ti ke, left the Setuul at half-past eleven, Wad joined the Leander outside, when both steered doll Channel for Lisbon. Her Majesty's brig Pandora, 6, Lieutenant-Cora. mender James Wood, arrived thin afternoon at two: o'clock from Portsmouth. Wind —Easterly, very light. TH E COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE, Nov. 20.—Since Saturday we have bid a fair supply of wheat, the best samples of which n3 Ol a retail sale at that day's currency; but anything senor dary either in English or foreign is difficult to get oil at even a :reduction of is. Malting barley the till lower; grinding qualities, less inquiry. Flour dull oi sale eitnout alteration in price, and other articles altered. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 20,—Thl supply of fat cattle good, but quality only middling Trade dull at drooping rates, and part unsold. Sheet trade sluggish, and prices lower ; a fair, number market, a considerable portion of which remain on WI Beef, 4s to 51 6d per stone. Mutton, aid to 54d per Beasts, 700; sheep, 1,400. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, Nov. 20.—rThero wet' in the market to-day 92 sacks oatmeal, each %eigbin! 2801bs imperial, whereof 79 sold thus: -14 at 1/ 6s 6 11 at 116 s Od, 1 at 115 i 6d, 4 at 115 s 3d, 42 at 1/ss, ad 7 at 114 s 61; average price of the whole 1/ 5s 4d 6.1200 6 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 305, 2at 28s, and 2 275. 1 sack brosemeal, which sold at 265. 15 sacks pot barley, whereof 6 sold thus :-1 at 1/ 6s 0 4 1 at 11 5s 011, 1 at 1/ 4s 6d, 2 at 1/ 3s Od, 1 at 1/ Os od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, Nov. 20/ Supplies of all kinds large. Oat straw, from 7s 61! 1 9s Od per kemple o f 16 stones Iron; wheat ditto, 6s , to 8s Od; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od. Hay, from S' to 9,1 per stone. DALEEITEI MEAL MARKET, Nov. 19.—There 151 bags Of oatmeal, 12 of barleyweal, and 4 of pol; barley at this day's market. sales ready. Oatnie° down 6d to 9d per bag; barleymeal on the top the seal and on the second p r i ce 3d per b ag dearer; pot-barley 6' per bag up. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second imperial .. 24s Od 22s 9d Barleynieal, per ditto ... 163 6d 16s 34 Peasesaeal —s Od —s Od Flour ... —s Od —s Old Pot barley ... ... 20s 6d 20a Od Third 212 6 1 —s 0 ,1 — s 0 . 1 —2 0 3 —2 01 COAL MARK ET.— YESTERDAY'. Buddle's W. Hartley 14s I3(l Lambton Primrose ... 16s ~ Carr's Hartley Davison'sWest Hartl e y 14 s 6d d e l mont l6s 9.: East Adairs Main..... 1.3 s 9c araddyll East Wylam.. . l 4s 0( letton .... l7s 7,1 Hasting's Hartley l 4s 3u! Has well l7O , A r Holywell Main ... ..... 15s 9dlHutton Ord's Redheugh ~,a" Ravensworth'sW.Hart 14s 3tiLambton ............. 179 ". A ranfield Moor Butes l4s OdLumley Walker's Primrose ... 13s 9d Russell's Hatton West Hartley S I tewarts - 171 Wylam ' 15s ad South Hartlepool , l6O " Wall's End, &c. W est H etton 163 1"A Acorn Close Brown's ...:. ......... ... 14s 6 dAdelaide Tees Bensham . l4s 9d Cownden Tees ... Bewicke and. Co. Gibson Harton Hotspur ...... ............ 15s Oct West Cornforth ........ 155 o d Heaton Killingworth lss 6clCowpen H ar tl e y Morrison lsa 3c DerwcntwaterHartl e y 14$ al, Northumberland '''l "5X Od Howa r d' s W. H . N eth. 14 s Original Gibson and ~,i Eden Main l 6s 3cli Cardiff ...... ... ..... 211 ,"' Ships at market, 255. RAILWAY Nl - 1 A tik. ARKETS. MANCHESTER, Nov. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day 'wer• follow : Manchester and Birmingham CC ), Quarters, 11 ; p.—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6—East Lancashire, 124 Manchester and Leeds, 6 7 A dis.—London Stock 112—Gr°, Northern, Preferen ce , 9 11-16 dis.—West Riding Uni°„'"! 6 13 16 n. dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Preference, , —North Staff or d s hi re, 9 11-16 dis. Sheffield and Li' c01n,.4 c. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 21. I STOCK ExcuArtam. —The transactions to-day were as fr low :—South Staffordshire, 4 dis.—Shr ews b ury and B' t ' mingham (A), 7% dis.— Lo ndon and No r th-W este i n, 111* YORK, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were /4 ° follow: Caledoni an , 10 3 / 4 Great North ern , 6 —V r A. Newcastle, and Ber w i c k, 1634—Y or k and North Preference, W. 18s. - 9d. GLASGOW, Nov. 19. STOCK ExcitANGE:=The only transaction to.:day Ale Caledonian, 22. Trest.NURDER AT ' DALE -GATE.—Benjamin 8a 0145 ', / the man who h as b een , i n pr i son at Brighton for the month, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder ° I the late George Storehouse Griffith, late a brevrer Brighton, has undergone a fourth and final examined(/' before the Brighton magistrates. The prisoner, it is und e r stood, was taken i n t o custo d y i n consequence of a st n ment made in Maid s t one gaol-by a poacher, th a t B an ks or d , boasted a,knowledge of the circ ums t ances connected 0 ' the murder. All the ex a mi na ti ons ( even the last) w e t" , ' conducted in private; but it i s un d erstood that Ben„'"", , from time to time set up and ca ll e d persons to pr°,o different and , contradictory alibis, and th e f a ilure ' establish either o f th ese o f course had a tendency 10 , ro strengthen the suspi c i o n o f hi s guilty knowledge. these circumstances, we believe, the prisoner owed.' ' ., prolonged d e t en ti on . Th e result of the final exam' Lion was the p r i soner ' s di sc h arge; and: the , mysteri, f which overh a n gs th e murder scams ' if possible, dee? e t i than ever , notwithstanding th at t h e Brighton police s°,, the East Sussex constabulary h ave b een most diligent! " their investigations and inquiries. BAPTISM OF AN OAX TRE/3.--A. letter fr olll Darmstadt of th e 1 4t h i nst. states that the Archdei,,, l John lately to o k part, w i th his son, in a wild boar hulla on the domain of Kratuchstein, belonging to the Grit Duke of H esse D armsta d t. Near the house of t-; ranger is one of the l arges t an d o ld est oaks in Germarli its age is not less th an 1,000 years, and its trunk is .si , feet in circumference. The Grand Duke asked - ern3 ls , sion to bapti s e th e t ree b y t h e name of Johandes-Eicl3ot (John's oak). Thi s was acce d ed to; the sacred r i te baptism was performed with th e greatest solemnity, are,' if there be any- truth in the d oc t r i ne o f baptismal rl• neration, the exha us t e d p owers o f t hi s fine tree may r-, i 4 sibly be revived. Th e A rc hd u k e, on his side', bero.:, l an adjacent ollt by the name of Ludwig's-Eiche (Lo u ?, oak). The religious ceremony was witnessa.wit lll terest by a large concourse of spectators. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday la s t ° fatal accident occurred on the Manchester and Sheffei ti line of railway. Sho r tly a ft er twe l ve o ' clock tr e e. consisting of s e ven l uggage waggons stopped at Gal r bridge station, on it s way f rom Ashton to Menehes te. After waiting a few mi nutes t h e tra i n was again puto io motion, when the guard, a young man named Jackg r ; aged nineteen year s , p erce i ve d a b ox, wh i ch should Oa been left at the station, had not been removed - from 0 1 , of the carriages, and t h e s i gna l was ma d e for the ePgb, neer to stop. In-th e m e a n ti me J ac k son was li ft i ng t box off the carriage, and had nearly succeeded in NOP: it sate on the platform, when the engineer backed i t ti i train, and the unfortunate man was thrown off his One/ and fell under a-whe e l, w hi c h passed over him, and C 7 O off his left arm and left leg. He was removed to tv e Royal Infirmary at Manchester by the same train, wh er e proper attention was paid to his injuries, but he died 4 same night. An inquest was held on the body by • Herford, coroner for the borough of Manchester, an verdict was returned. to the effect that the occurre ll was accidental. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBEILY.—On Tuesdpy eve c lj ; ing. about six o'clock, as a y oung gentleman, nsol; Conder, was returning from town to his residence Brixton, he was attacked by three men in an unfreque o `, path leading from th e v i tro l manu f actory, on Kennigf; ton-common, towards Camb erwe ll- green . He'was fi r s seized round the th roa t b y one o f the villains, 'and gu,err struck on the head with some heavy instrument; ge),, which they robb e d hi m o f a s il ver double-bottomed ,„ maker's name J. Cot, Geneve, a gold vbrequet chain l'" r . key, and rifl e d hi s pockets of their contents which 1 , 1 ° ,,/ tunately amo unte d to a few shillings only. The cowary"ll ruffians then struck him again and made off. Th° l; : o t severely cut, it is h o p e d t h e ii . juries ho sustained are 'to of a serious natur e . N o clue has yet been obtained 1, the perpetrators of thi s outrage. The night being Clsll'o and the assault so sudden, Mr. Conder was unable distinguish his assailants or to cull for help. The 1/ 1 %; in question is favourable for such an attack, and ous not to be travelled after nightfall. „ SHIPBUILDING IN LIVERPOOL. The Liverr a t) Standard states that there are at the present moment °, t thestocks and building, one in Mr. W. B. Jones's yor„' 800 tons, the largest sailing ship e ver b u il t in Live) two in Messrs. Cato and Miller and Co.'s, 5 " and 800 tons; one in Mr. Clark's; one in Messrs. CO' loner's; two in Messr s . Royden's; and it is in an ticie Lion there will be four more after Christmas. BMWS. 0 8 On the 16th in s t., at Finchley-road, St. J o h n ' s • w ood f • wife of Dr. Hale, of a son. On the 17th in s t., a t R o d ney -t errace W est, Mile-end, the wife of B. Murks, Esq., of a son. O a On the 18th inst., in Berne r s st ree t, O x f or d -stree t, wife of A. J. Davis, Esq., of a daughter. li' At Wimbledon, on the 18th inst., th e l a d y o f the Re' H. Tillard, of a daughter. oet On the 19th inst., at Southwick-place, Hyde-park-gill Mrs Lindsay Sloper, of a daughter. til ° On the 19th iabt., at the F r i ars , near M a id stone, K en t, wife of F. Bloomfield, Esq., of a daughter. Ou the 19th inst., at Barton-grange, near Taw:lto], oo w if e o f F. W. Newton, Egg., of a daughter. I A' On the Otli inst., at Chigwell, Essex, the wife of U . Philby, Esq., of a daughter, / D. At Portsmouth, on the 7th MARRI i E nst., W. West, Esq., -I bit Maje-ty's ship Illustrious, to Emma !Sophia, youngest daub ter of the late Mr. Comerford, High-street. On the 20,h in t., at St. Bride's Church, Mr. W. $ „its kinson, of Welford, Northamptonshire, to C a th er ine, fc' et , daughter of the l a t e J. t arclay, Esq., of Farringdon-sue On Lb, ;.Colone l DIED. _ 19th inst., in Lowndes-square, Lieutenant-- Robert La Touche, aged 68. On the 18th inst., at %Vim - . n-park, Sussex, Charles G° rilig' Esq., M.P. for Shore:tam aged b 2. On the 19th inst., at Fishobury, hertz, Francis Ede, of London, aged 67. t'n the DO inst., at Earl's-terrace, Kensington, IL lard, Esq., aged 79. On tho 19th inst., at Bixley-hall, near Norwich, William Martin, Esq. w. On 'he 19th inst., at Grove-place, Lision-grove, Ai l* * Thompson, aged 63. • stet' On the Dith inst., in Great Queen-street, Westmino, Catherine Cha, lotte, the wife of J. G. Lyt_de, Esq.. ag ed E u 3 On the ;Bth inst., at Lovehill, Bucks, Lionel Aug to L'Estrange, Esq, aged 47. London: Printed and Published by MUR nrrNO, DO 12 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Na t y 47. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the evvo Thgrecliky, November 22, 1840.. J ft ..