The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-10 00:00:00

ITALY. Whe supplement to the Piedmontese Gazette, of the 4th inst., publishes the following report made to the King by the Minister of the Interior, at an audience granted to him on the preceding day : " Sire,—Scarcely had the news of the unfortunate issue of the battle of Novara reached Genoa than the party which had created disturbances in that city during several months commenced the propagation of the falsest reports, and, amongst others, that in consequence of the armistice the fortifications of Genoa were to be occupied by Austrian troops. A handful of men, seconded by some companies of the National Guards, forgetful of their duty, endeavoured to establish a committee of public safety, in which the names of the principal agitators figured. The municipality having defeated this scheme by their firmness, the agitators persuaded the people to demand arms. The portion of the National Guard which supported the agitators were assembled at the Turzi Palace. The Intendant -General pro ceeded there to endeavour to persuade the National Guards to maintain order. The latter replied by insults and menaces, and detained the Intendant as an hostage, and they s ubsequently obtained the surrender of the two forts, Dello Sperone and Del-Begatto, as the price of the release of their hostage. General Feretti, the commander of the citadel, was himself confined in the Turzi Palace. The Lieutenant- General, in order not to compromise the few troops which occupied the Ducal Palace, retrenched himself in the position of the arsenal of Santo Spirito. Some foreigners had been introduced into the town and armed by the populace, who proclaimed a Provisional Government, composed of General Avezzona, Com. mender of the National Guards, the advocate David Morchio, and Constantine Leta. Numerous masses of troops having been joined by some artillerymen, attacked the arsenal, and thus commenced a civil war. General Azarta determined to quit the city, taking with him the garrison of the forts. His Ma jesty's Government reserve to themselves the right of judging the conduct of those superior officers when they shall be better informed of the details of those unfortunate events. It is essentially necessary, under she present serious circumstances in which the country is placed, that the first attempt at sedition be suppressed, and that this generous city be rescued from the traitors who have excited an internal revolt in the presence of the enemy ; thus rendering the conclusion of an honourable peace more difficult. For those reasons, believing that extreme evils require extreme remedies, the Council of Ministers, through my organ, proposed the following decree : " Victor Emmanuel the Second, &c.—Having heard the proposition submitted to the Council of Ministers by our Minister of the Interior, we have decreed and do decree as follows : " Art. 1. The city of Genoa is declared to be in a state of siege. Art. 2. All the civil and mili , ary authorities are placed under the immediate depend ence of Lieut.-General della Marmora, named by our decree of the Ist of April, our Extraordinary Com missioner, with the most ample provisions. (Signed) Vicroa EMMANUEL and PINELLI.' "Turin, April 3, 1849." The Council of Ministers have published the fol lowing proclamation :—" Citizens, the misfortunes of the country are at present increased by intestine disturbances. Some rash men have not feared to light the flames of civil war at this critical moment. The accumulation of difficulties shall not paralyze our courage. If you will not suffer yourselves to be led astray by the allusions of parties you will find in accord with the Ministry the true line of your conduct and you will soin show Europe and our enemies that, although we have been oppressed by misfortune, we have not been degraded, and that with greatness of soul you preserved intact the honour of the country. For those reasons the Ministers request you to co-operate with them, in order that under the present difficult circumstances the palladium of our liberty may not be endan gered by perverting the object of its most sacred in. stitutions—the liberty of the press—the right of as sembling—the right of electing your representatives and the National Guard. The Ministers on their part promise you that under their responsibility to God and in your presence they will spare nothing in order that no parties may violate your guarantees or aggravate the condition to which we are reduced by a painful defeat. Let your hearts remain faithful to the King and to his Government—become bound in one single will, and our country shall not be endangered. (Signed) DELAtiNAY, MOROZZO DELLA ROCCA, PINELLI, NIGRA, DEMARGHERITA, GALVAGNO.'' SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM AND CHRISTIANA.-1-113 Majesty has ordered the equipment of a training squadron (Uebungsgeschwader). The frigate Josephine Eu genia, and the corvette Jarrames are to be ready for a trial expedition of three months on the Ist of June. These, with some others, appear to constitute the whole of the reported marine equipment of Stockholm. —Hamburgh Borsenhalle, April 6. STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS. The Norfolk Chronicle of Saturday says—" This wretched culprit appears, as far as we can learn, to con tinue to assume the same indifference to his impending fate which he has hitherto manifested. As he came from the dock, and passed through the room, the same leer that he had so often put on during the trial passed over his features; and he said in a blunt tone, Where's my hat ?' As soon as he had entered the condemned cell, his first words were, Where's my supper? I want my supper after a hard day's work. I shall now live at the country's expense.' No refreshment being immediately ready, be threw himself on the bed. We hear, and sin cerely regret it, that he has declined the attendance of the worthy chaplain. He has admitted that the jury had no alternative but to find him guilty as the case was put before them.' The leading gentlemen of Norfolk have opened a subscription for Eliza Chestney. The follow ing subscriptions have already been received :—Earl of Lecester, 101.; Hon. Edward Coke, 51.; William Bagge, Esq., 51.; Lord Huntingfield, 21.; Bishop of Norwich, 101.; Dean of Norwich, 31.; Lord Hastings, 5/. ; Sergeant Byles, 51.; Berney Petre, Esq., 51.; Sir W. Beau champ Proctor, Bart., 21.; W. Norris, Esq., 2/. ; F. Ostley, Esq., 21.; Hon. J. Ashley, 2/.; Earl of Oxford, 51.; Earl of Cadogan, 51.; W. Burroughs, Esq, M.P., 21.; Sir Henry Durrant, 51.• ' Colonel H. Fitzroy, 21.; Sir John Boileau, 54; Sir Jacob Preston, 31.; Mayor of Norwich, Si.; Rev. Canon Wodehouse, 2L Her Majesty has intimated her intention of lending her assistance; to the unfortunate girl, and has directed a communication to bo forwarded to the county magistrates, requesting to be informed how her Majesty's pleasure may bo most effectually carried into operation. Amongst the numerous letters written by Rush to the Recorder, there is ono which is supposed to indicate that he had entertained the idea of murdering Mr. Jermy as long ago as April 26, 1848. He is soliciting from Mr. Jermy an answer as to the terms on which he would let the Felmingham property to his mother for eight years. From the context the threat would only seem to refer to helping the claimants to the Stanfield estates ; but the words are, I have nine children. You have completely ruined me, so far as my own property goes. If you think I shall not take steps to ruin you and your family, you never were more de ceived in your life, You do not know me yet. Hitherto I have done nothing but what I have told you of ; but unless you answer this letter satisfactorily, nothing on earth shall prevent me from treading in your steps, and paying you off in the same most villanous and base coia that you have me.' " An application has been made (according to the Ob. server correspondent) for the prisoner's execution to take place on any day but Saturday, which is market day. It is said it will entirely destroy the business of the market. This application has been refused, and the exe cution will take placelon the Castle Bridge on next Satur day week. The Castle Bridge fronts the principal en trance, and extends over the old moat and gardens by which this venerable edifice is surrounded. The bridge can be seen from a vast distance, the country round forming a kind of amphitheatre. Norwich fair was on Saturday held immediately contiguous to the Castle, the prison in which the murderer (Rush) is confined. Drums, trumpets, and other instruments have been in full play all day, whilst the most boisterous sounds of revelry proceed from the degraded people who are its principal supporters. One itinerant showman, who has deter mined to turn the melancholy catastrophe to good ac count, has got up a representation of the Stanfield-hall murders, with living characters, representing Mr. Jersey, senior; Mr. Jermy, junior; Mrs. Jermy, Eliza Chestney, Watson, the butler, and one or two female servants, with Rush, the murderer, Emily Sanford, and other persons who figure among the dramatis persons. The exhibition is one of the most revolting character, but, at the same time, the most remunerative in the fair, the succession of visitors during the day having been enormous, although no one is allo we d to minutes. An ap p li cation rem ain more than three successive magistrates, to put down tbviass d heade, it is stated, to the disgraceful exhibition, but, after some consideration, they declined. to interfere. In itrthrwohich Mr. J. B. Rush the next show is a pantomie , figures as Pantaloon. Indeed all sorts of name of the unfortunate man is turned the fair the purposes, many of them no less revolting than described. All the noise proceedi ng from thtehoac just be heard to t Broad. ush, who lies in a.cell immediately conti guous Another account states that Rush, on leaving th e dock after the sentence was declared, said to the offi cials who had him in charge, "I am thirsty, give me some porter." He was informed that the prison regula tions would not allow him to be so accommodated, but that he could have some tea, an alternative which he somewhat reluctantly accepted. Shortly afterwards he said with composure, " This is a troublesome world." On the Rev. Edward Postle, one of the county magis trates who committed Rush in the first intance, passing, the murderer recognised the reverend gen tl eman th r o ug h the bars of the cell. He exclaimed, "Is that you, Postle? I have a clearer conscience than you have now." He was asked whether he would avail himself of the spi ritual service of the Rev - . Mr. Brown, the chaplain of the Castle. He replied "Oh no, not at all. d o without him while lam here." He remair: in the cell in which he was placed immediately after his committal, and he will remain there Tamil the day appointed ft,r his execution. 110 is very reserved—a portion al ways of his characte e—and will enter into no communication with tho.officers of the Castl e , except do far as is necessary to t "" 1 "Y to them his Wel43, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1849. only person who has visited him since his conviction is hopeless to expect that we shall ever be otherwise his solicitor ; no member of his family has made an iv- than embarrassed for means of advantageously dis plication. A rumour was circulated to=day that Bush's posing of the human refuse that we so create. eldest daughter was dying in consequence of the shock. I conclude, theta, Sir, as in my former letter. If Inquiry was made by cur reporters amongst tho se we want to vend our article we must begin by im farmers and others who had come from Wymondham to proving its value. We can no more force a market the market, and they fully confirmed the statement. woman for convicts than for anything else; and the more attentively we consider the subject in all • His daughter is represented to be a fine young its bearings, more impressed shall we otherwise to doubt the truth of the statement. The mur- the become with about twenty years of age. There appears to be no reasonderer employs m ploys himself by walking up and down a small the conviction, that it is the first interest of society, yard attached to his cell, and when he does speak, he as well as its duty, to endeavour to reform its crimi makes some jocular remark about his wish to get out of nals not less than to punish them—to improve their the world, and that he would not be the only one who capacities not less than to gain their wills; to make had to complain of the troubles of this world. At in every sense men of them, and not merely to keep times he whistles, and at others remarks upon the them obedient well-conditioned slaves f or a t emporary discordant noises proceeding from the fair outside. Purpose.— I am, Sir, your obedient servan t, One of the county magistrates made the following re mark to oar reporter this morning:—" Rush says he A. MAC ONOCHIE has bilked Sir George Grey, the Commissioners of Bank ruptcy, the judges in civil actions in which he was con cerned, and everybody else with whom he has had com munication; whether he will bilk Mr. Caleraft, the executioner, remains to be seen." It is an undeniable fact that he has squandered away the whole of his chil dren's property which was left to them by their mother. He was left one of the trustees in the mother's will, but finding that he had not sufficient command of the money, forged a codicil, in which unlimited powers were given him to employ the money as he pleased, and containing this singular provision, that no questions as to the rea sons of this codicil being executed should be asked. All the money has been spent, and the future condition of the family must be truly lamentable, an ejectment frem the farms having been served. Yesterday he attended the chapel, and conducted himself decently during the performance of Divine service. Indeed he always observed the outward characteristics of a reli gious man. When Lerner and Jermy attended his house at Felmingham, all joined in family devotion, even at the time he was making his arrangements for the perpetra tion of a series of the most revolting crimes, and for fix ing them upon the men who were kneeling with him in united devotion. In his house was a box designed for the collection of money for a society in London, called " The Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews," and to this he invariably called upon his friends to contribute. Notwithstanding the remark of the Learned Judge, that "neither morbid sensibility, nor the idle curiosity of the world will be allowed to pry into the secrets of the murderer's cell," hundreds of per sons unconnected with the culprit are stated to have made application to have but a moment's view of him, so much interest does the murderer excite. This applica tion has been in all cases very properly refused, and the prison regulations have been carried out to the fullest extent. Every precaution is taken to prevent him making an attempt on his life. TILE CHURCII MOUSE'S PETITION. (From Punch.) Oh! hear a reverend captive's prayer, In durance vile that lies, Nor let a Bishop's heart be shut Against a Debtor's cries. For here, my Lord, immured I sit, Behind this prison grate, Cast at thy suit in costs, whose sum Exceeds my small estate, If o'er thy breast has horror felt Of bigot's stake cr chain, Let not thy persecuting ire See( Sil. %RE detain. Oh! do not yet more deeply stain Thy somewhat dingy lawn, Nor triumph that so poor a prize Within thy toils is drawn. The free donations of my flock My scanty means supply, And why should thine intolerant heart My pulpit's use deny? The cushioned desk and sounding board Were made for all and each; Let every.clergyman enjoy The common right to preach, The well-taught theologian's mind Man's conscience will respect; Regard all creeds with liberal eye; Ar.d hope for every sect. Should e'er the times, as some forebode, Of faggot and of flame Return, and Smithfield, as of yore, Its mitred victims claim; EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF THE CONVICTED FORGER, W. H. GIBSON. Perhaps the annals of forgery furnish few such in• stances of an entire and systematic abandonment to a life of infamy as that of William Henry Gibson, who created such a sensation in Scarborough last season as Captain Gordon, and was sentenced by Mr. Baron Alderson, at the late Durham assizes, to be transported for ten years, on his own confession, for having forged a cheque for 301., on Messrs. Kirkland and Co., London. The prisoner, whose real name is William Henry Gibson, is thirty-five years of age, and was born in Essex. He was most respectably connected. His maternal grandfather was rector of Cricksey and Athorn, and at his death left property to the amount of above 8,5001. to his daughter, the prisoner's mother. The subject of our sketch was apprenticed to Mr. Byles, surgeon, Spitalfields. At the early age of eigh teen he married the daughter of a respectable stationer in the City, by whom he had five children. His appren ticeship finished, Gibson seemed to have abandoned himself to the most unprincipled and reckless courses. Forgery and seduction became familiar to his hands —the latter in its most revolting form, because prac tised upon those to whom very tender ties, both by blood and by marriage, gave peculiar claim to his protection from anything that could sully their honour or destroy their peace. Suffice it to say, that among his victims, subsequent to his marriage, may be numbered first a very near relative to his wife ; second, his own cousin, a young girl of eighteen—she was enceinte when he was apprehended ; besides a Miss B—, the daughter of a gentleman in affluent circumstances. In thinking of these astonish • ment is blended with pity. He forged his father's name to a large amount. He next introduced himself as Captain W. H. Gibioa to Mr. Will Boucher, solicitor, whom he induced to discount a bill to which he forged the name of his father-in-law. He like wise forged a letter showing him to be entitled to 2,0001. In January, 1847, he was committed to prison for debt, and after an incarceration of two or three months he feigned madness, and so successfully as to obtain his release. In March, 1848, we still find him wearing her Majesty's uniform, and he was now dashing about in high life as Colonel St. George. Under this cognomen he en gaged apartments in a boarding-house near St. James's-place, London. He speedily effected an in troduction to a lady ; the acquaintance ripened into a warmer feeling. He at length proposed, and was accepted ; he paid her the most flattering and assiduous attentions, and every where accompanied her as her future husband. She drove her own carriage. On one occasion, just after he had gallantly handed her to her seat, and was himself about to follow, a fellow tapped him on the shoulder, and said, " Colonel St. George you are my prisoner for 7501. of debt, and 541. costs." " Indeed," replied the colonel, looking just as little disconcerted as possible, " that's a bad job, particu larly as I have but 4501. in my desk. However, I suppose I must go to prison, as my pay will not be due for a fortnight." His betrothed, who had not been an uninterested listener, now interposed, and offered to assist him in his difficulty. He expressed his thanks, and the lady gave him 3751., which was handed to the officer. The whole transaction was nothing but a well conducted plan to obtain money. " The Colonel" shortly afterwards attempted to swindle 1,0001. from his unsuspecting and kind-hearted inamorata. He: pretended that he had undertaken to lend 2,0001. to a friend. He actually persuaded her to give 1,0001., whilst he himself was to furnish the other 1,0001. This lady repaired to her solicitor, to instruct him to sell out so much stock for her ; but he, after conversing with his client, became suspicious of our gentleman, who made his exit. This is be lieved to have been his last adventure previous to his appearance at Scarborough as the dashing Lieut. W. H. Gordon. There he embarked on a similar adven ture, in which he displayed equal finesse, but which, fortunately for society, has at last, it is to be hoped, interposed an effectual check to his unprincipled career. The sentence of ten years' transportation was passed upon him.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. Beware, my Bishop, lest, in turn, Thou feel the zealot's rage; And, being roasted, call to mind SHORE in his dungeon-cage! Or, though thou too the martyr's fate May'st not be doom'd to share For once let pity bid thy heart 'A prostrate victim spare. So, in thine ever stormy See, May peace at length bo found; And harmony and concord dwell 'Where strife and wrath abound. So may'st thou never go to law, Thyself the cost to bear; Thus in thine own hot water boiled, And caught in thine own snare. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. _ James Ward surrendered to take his trial upon an in dictment charging him with misdemeanour. The first two counts imputed to the defendant thai he had obtained certain sums of money by falsely repre senting himself to be a certificated attorney, and in a third count he was charged with unlawfully obtaining 11. 3s. 6d., by falsely representing that he had paid that amount to the clerk of Mr. Petersdorff, the barrister, on behalf of that gentleman ' for a conference fee. Mr. Wilde prosecuted, and Mr. Iforry was for the defendant. The circumstances under which this charge was pre ferred lay in a very narrow compass. It appeared that the prosecutor was a person named Robert Jones, and during the year 1848 he was involved in some legal proceedings, with a person named Alexander, and ho employed the defendant to act on his behalf. It ap peared that Ward was upon the list of attorneys, but in this year he had not taken out his certificate, and the prosecutor swore that he advanced him certain sums of money to carry on the proceedings, upon the under standing that ho was certificated at the time. With regard to the charge contained in the third count, it was alleged on the 27th of November the defendant had obtained 11.33. 6d. from the prosecutor, upon his repre sentation that he had paid that sum to Mr. Petersdorff, as a conference fee, and which representation turned out to be incorrect. Tho RECORDER, at the close of the case for the pro secution, said that the two first counts of the indictment must fall to the ground, as there had been no evidence produced to show that the defendant had not really taken out his certificate. Mr. WILDE urged that it was for the defendant to show that he had done so. The RECORDER said that on a criminal charge a defendant was not required to prove his innocence of the fact alleged against him; but it was the duty of the prosecutor to make out the case by the best evidence. Mr. WILDE said it was certainly his opinion that they ought to hare shown that the defendant was not certifi cated ; but he bad deferred to the opinion of those who instructed him. Mr. HORRY then addressed the jury upon the third count ; and after the Learned Recorder had briefly summed up, they returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Robert Nott, Elizabeth Nott, his sister, James Sparhes, Robert Crump, and Charles £erregan, sur rendered to answer an indictment for keeping a dis orderly house in the City of London. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie appeared for the prose cution, which was instituted by the corporation of London. The defendants Robert and Elizabeth Nott pleaded guilty. The others at first pleaded not guilty, but sub sequently retracted that plea and also pleaded guilty. After some proceedings, Mr. RYLAND said that, under the circumstances of the case, ho was instructed to state that the corporation of London considered the justice of the case would be satis fied by the defendants entering into their own recogni zances to appear on a future occasion and receive the judgment of the Court, if they should be called upon to do so. The RECORDER asked if the defendants were not in a position to give bail, as well as to enter into their own recognis inces. An attorney, who was instructed to defend the two Notts, said he believed not. He at the same time begged to be allowed to remind the Court that the result of these proJeedingi had been the entire destruction of the property. The RECORDER said he could not look upon this case as an ordinary prosecution for a parish nuisance, but regarded it in a much more serious light. He felt called upon to require the defendants, Robert and Elizabeth Nott, to enter into their own recognizances in the sum of 5001, and the others in a recognizance of 1001. each, to appear and receive judgment upon this in dictment if they should be required to do so, and they must understand that it they repeated the offence in any manner, the condition of their recognizances would be enforced, and a punishment would be inflicted upon them commensurate with the offence which they appeared to have committed. CONVICT DISCIPLINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—lt gives me more concern than I can ex press, that, though you recur again and again to the difficulty now experienced in disposing of our convicts, you yet abstain from giving prominence to my suggestions regarding them. You say that these show more benevolence than shrewdness ; and it ap pears to me that they show more common sense than either. The colonies reject our convicts at present because we systematically make them worthless as colonial ser vants. The common expression of colonists regard ing them is, "We would rather have the article neat, as we used to get it, than as you now deliver it." "We do not like your present whitewash." And they are quite right in say ing so. We do not deny that our present forms of secondary punishment deteriorate. We admit that men are the worse for passing through our gaols and other penal establishments ; and yet contend for our right to distribute them afterwards over our colonies. Surely, not much shrewdness is required to object to this ; nor is any unreasonable spirit evinced in re sisting it. England, in her comprehensive dominion, has an undoubted right to overrule mere scruples in order to gain a general good; but she can have no right to keep up a great manufactory of vice and use lessness, and distribute its products afterwards among her colonial children. Nor will she find it by any means possible much longer to maintain such a system. In preparing our criminals for becoming eventually good colonial servants, we commit at present almost every error of which the subject is susceptible. We systematically enervate both their bodies and minds. We seek only to make them good prisoners —we do not advert to the far higher object of preparing them to become good free men. We thus impose upon them sentences measured by time, which give an in terest in merely whiling away and cheating that time, instead of sentences measured by labour, which would give an interest in employing it. We also impose mouths of separate imprisonment, crushing the very life out of men, and giving them habits of the idlest supineness, instead of days, which would subdue but not enfeeble, and prepare for exertion, instead of unfitting for it. We give fixed gratuitous rations, irrespective of exertion made to earn them, which take from a man all charge of his own main tenance, instead of requiring extra labour for all supplies issued to him, thereby making him feel th e cost of his support, and thus reconcile him to the coarse because cheap fare. We exhaust our invention in protecting prisoners from variations of temperaturesubeec and exposure instead or hum ' systematically where it thiso, an re s free labourers. \ 'Ai d .) ` tie thus n at g e 3 1 11 o e w m to our both, like I " . .,inary it where it would both be.!-weakn:ss • t - t - o them subject our men to p • ...adecris ..nern every occasion of a s n - t d fl w i e Y w it h h o v l d create, 1 e e;atl4nstead taking from 0 - strict military discipline of o vf ic i h v i i c n h g , , self-guidance, necessar . ; .iy enfeebles its i n • tt-bh::rinebyaobdtiariencitnBi,ntitieerseateipnuntchteuiraloitwynb y go o o th d d e c r o m nd ea u n e s t , and strengthening the powers of self-gui ance by habitually exercising them. No wit or wisdom could have devised more effectual nl9ans of utterly destroy ng and enfeebling our men than we have thus stunt. I bled on while seeking, conveniently to ourselves, to punish them ; and till we recognise this truth, and act on the conclusions to Which it noYaduots, it is quite NEW COURT. (Before Mr. BULLOCK.) Joseph Rumball, 20, a labourer, who stood remanded from last session, was indicted for larceny. Mr. Ballantine prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended. The facts of the case were these. The prisoner was potman in the employ of Mr. Graham, Myddleton Arms, Islington, near to which house some buildings were going on, and fur the purpose of facilitating supplies to the men employed on the works, a number of tin cheques, representing various values, were given by the prosecu tor to the clerk or foreman, to be distributed by him to the workmen, to be used by them instead of money. The cheque a in question when received in payment were locked up in a box in the bar, and again issued as re quired. Mr. Graham, suspecting he was robbed, set a watch, and marked some of the cheques, and on the 12th February nine of the tin cheques being missed from the box in the bar immediately after the prisoner had been there, a policeman was called, and the prisoner being taken into custody, the marked cheques were found on him. The prisoner had previously been in the habit of serving the workmen, and had received cheques in pay ment. —......, • Mr. PARRY, for the defence, 'said he did not think there was a case for a jury, and contended that the case was similar to one tried two sessions ago, when his Lordship directed the acquittal of two men for stealing the metal checks from the check-box of the Queen's Theatre, with intent to return them, and being again paid their value, defraud the manager. Mr. BuLLocx said ho recollected the case, but thought this somewhat differed. It was a very fit one to be decided by the Court of Appeal; and, after it had gone to the jury, he would reserve that point if the prisoner was convicted. - - The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and sentence was deferred. Caleb Fowkes, a respectable looking young man, sur rendered to take his trial for embezzlement. The prisoner had been carman to Messrs. Dakin, St. Paul's Church-yard, and the sums laid in the indictment were 11, 11. ls., and 125., which the prisoner had received in the course of his avocation, and were entered in his book as not paid. The evidence proved that it was probably the result of a mi stake; anji several witnesses giving the prisoner an excelini character, the jury at once Acquitted him. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. Catherine Burke: a deplorable looking creature, ap parently upwards of 60 years of age, and whose eye was much bruised and swollen, was broug ht before Mr. Brougiiton, charged under circumstances of a very dis tressing description. Police-constable 310 S deposed, that on the previous morning, bctwecn one and two o'clock, he found the pri soner, who was wretchedly clad, lying in a ditch in the Prince of Wales field, ilaverstock-hill, St. Pancras. lie lifter her up and conveyed her to the workhouse, as she alleged th a t s h e was en ti re ly d e stitute, but she was refusewd admission, on th e groun d that al,' fzaitt...! .yard as c it'sedotrG • Witness itNTo t i e d n y t o o u ok m h e e n r t t i o on t , he wte a n ti y ua o - u hu w u e . n e t . wi M th r h . e l3a r to the workhouse, that she was in a destitute , coudigu? Witness—l did, y wors hip, , our Mr. BROUGHTON (to the prisoner)—flow did you get that black eye? Prisoner—l can't tell, sir, but I sup pose I must have tumbled down. In answer to the MAGISTRATE, the constable said that the prisoner was perfectly sober when he met with her as he had described. _ _ It was further stated that the prisoner was at one period doing well in the green-grocery business at a shop in St. James's parish, but her second husband had given way to excessive drinking, and hence had arisen the misery which she was now enduring. She was un able to say where her husband was to be met with. Mr. BnouctuToN directed Mitchell, the gaoler, to supply her with some coffie and bread and butter, for which act of kindness the poor creature seemed truly grateful, and she was soon afterwards removed in a cab to St. Pancras workhouse, accompanied by 310 S, and Crosswell, one of the warrant officers of this court. They saw the relieving officer of the establishment, to whom the whole of what had transp•red in reference to the case was made known, and the woman was at length admitted. Mr. BRoUGHTON observed that she might have met with her death owing to the refusal in the first instance to receive her. SOUTHWARK. Daniel Donovan and Hugh Powell, two young men, were brought up, charged with being concerned with two other men (not in custody) in forcibly violating and robbing Mrs. Eliza Seal, on the preceding night. The complainant, whose face was partly concealed by a handkerchief tied round the upper part, owing to the injuries she had sustained, said that she was the wire of a commercial traveller, and lived in C o l eman - street, i n the City. On the previous night, in consequence of hav ing had a quarrel with her husband, she left home, and, crossing the bridge, she wandered about Bankside. This was between seven and eight o'clock, and as she walked along she was accosted by a man, who carried her against her will into a stoneyard, and, although she resisted to the utmost of her power, succeeded in violating her. The same man afterwards carried her from the stoneyard oA board a barge in his arms, and having placed her in the cabin, two other men, who she believed were his companions, treated her in a similar manner while there. She had 3s. gI. and a pocket handerchief, which she missed, and she was afterwards rescued by some person who came on board after her assailants had left her. She added that she believed Donovan to be one of the men concerned in the outrage ; and that she saw the other prisoner there at the time, and called to him for protec tion, but his answer was that he dare not interfere. In reply to Mr. COTTINGEIM, the complainant said that when in the stoneyard she was unable to cry out for help, owing to the frightened state in which she wa , at the time, but she resisted her assailant, who fell with her whilst he was carrying her thence to the barge which lay alongside the quay. When she was attacked by the other men in tho cabin of the barge she screamed out, but her assailants escaped before assistance came to her; she was held down in the cabin while the men committed the outrage upon her person. The foreman of the barge stated that he was informed by a man named liilsby that a woman was lying in the cabin of the craft, and that when he went on board with clothesahanel rd a n h t e e r rr he consent, d isarranged,a /v the complainant iin a sk asked ne onr how the she floor, na and thereher andwasshe b thats e h g e gd h e ad o b f ee h n im ca t r n ri a ed lln t w her h e er ag t a a inst re main, sayi ng t h at she was so ill from the treatment she had received th a t she could not get up. The witness added, that s h e appeared to him as if she had been drink ing, but h e cou l d not undertake to assert that as a fact. She at all e vents seemed to be frightened and confused, and he the n went to a policeman and mentioned the cir cumstance to hi m , an d the compla i nant was s h ort l y after wards assisted f rom the barge ashore. A watchm an o f premises 'near the spot stated, that the stoneyard menti one d was surrounded b y h ouses, so t h at if a perso n ma d e an alarm it would have been heard by the people li v i ng there. He saw the complainant after the alleged o u t rage, and in accounting to h i m for the black eye !h e h ad, she said it was her husband who gave it to her. Wi tness heard her describe the circumstances attending the a ll eged outrage. Another wit ness was examined, w h o state d t h at Do novan came int o th e room in a pu bli c h ouse, an d told him that th e r e was a woman in the ca bi n o f a b arge, and wanted him to go on board. He did go afterwards, and saw the compl a i nant, who asked h i m to sen d f ur half-a pint of gin, saying th at s h e wan t e d s ome. The complainant having co ntradicted the latter asser tion, now decla re d t h at she was per f ect l y so b er, an d that the condition i n w hi ch she was f oun d arose f rom the nature of the ou trage committed on h er b y h er assa il ants. Mr. CO TTINGIIAM said, that whet h er the comp l a i nant was under the i n fl uence of liquor or not, t h ere was no doubt a gros s outrage had been perpetrate d upon her. With respect to th e part taken b y t h e p r i soners i n t h e affair, the compl a i nant had state d , t h a t t o th e b est o f h er belief Donov an was one of the men actua ll y engage d i n the outrage, and th at his fel l ow - pr i soner s t oo d b y, a silent spectator, wh en s h e ca ll e d u p on hi m f o r p ro t ec ti on reply s from the hands of her assailants. The offence was of a most atrocious description, and in order to have the whole of the circumstances fully investigated he should remand the prisoners, and in the meantime the police should use every exertion to discover the other persons implicated in the charge, and take them also into cus tody. The magistrate also directed that the com plainant's husband should be apprised of the circum stances attending the alleged outrage on his wife, in order that he might be in attendance at the next exami nation to describe the facts with reference to the alleged disagreement between them, and which she at tributed as the cause of her ;quitting :her home :on the night in question. _ _ The prisoner who declined saving anything at the present stage of the inquiry, were then remanded. EASTER VESTRIES. Yesterday vestries were held in many of the parishes of the metropolis, for the election of churchwardens and parish officers. _ _ Sr. PANCRA S .-Mr. Francis Healy was unanimous ---Y elected as senior churchwarden. M r . Thomas Smith, of Powis place, Haverstock-hill, was proposed by Mr. Halton; and Mr. Donald Fraser, of Oakley-square, by Mr. Brettingham, for the office of junior churchwarden. After a discussion of very considerable warmth, a division took place, when there appeared for--Mr. Donald Fraser, 44; Mr. Thomas Smith, 42; majority in favour of Mr. Fraser, 2. The announcement of the numbers was re ceived with loud cheers, and the forty directors of the poor, proposed by Mr. Brettingham, having u been declared elected, the meeting broke up. ST. MARY, WHITECHAPEL. -- Mr. Gorton, senior churchwarden, in the chair. The whole of the officers were elected without opposition. Mr. Craven remarked that there was a report in circulation that some of the property of the church, which had been in the chest, was missing. The chairman stated that he understood a very ancient book was missing, containing the minutes of meetings of vestry from the earliest period. Mr. Craven then moved that an inventory of the church property be made out, and to be handed over by each churchwarden, upon leaving his office, to his successor. The resolution was seconded, and agreed to unanimously. ST. GEORGE IN THE EAST.—Mr. Howell, the vestry clerk, declared the state of tho poll---Mr. Barrett, 183 Mr. Hall, 161; Mr. Finelley, •-; Mr. Brading, 58 ; and Mr. Hied none. Mr. Liquorish then declared Mr. Bar rett and Mr. Hall to he churchwardens for the ensuing year. Mr. Liquerith informed the meeting that an ac • tion had been brought against him by the Rev. B. King, the rector, for the recovery of burial fees which had been received by him and also by the preceding churchwar dens. He intended to retain the church books and also the balance of the church money until the action was settled. Ho had been advised to adopt this pro ceeding. _ _ MILE-END OLD TOWL-Mr. Spencer Charrington, of the firm of Charrington, Head, and Co., the aten sive! brewers, and Mr. George Ward, the nephew of the late T. Ward, Esq., the eminent shipowner, were elected churchwardens. Mr. Stephenson demanded a poll on behalf of his friends, Messrs. Williams and Hayward, but. after some conversation, he was induced to withdraw his proposition. The other officers were then elected, after which the meeting separated. THE EXECUTION OF LANDICK AT METER.—The hisc ttv convicted murd f erer upon of f Mrs. scaffold. Holman has s i n e eh finished is condemnation ho exhibited great self-possession, which only gave way at ti mes t o a sense o f hi s awful position ; but he indulged no h o p es o f a commu t a ti on o f hi s me rited punishment. He frequently adverted to his past life, acknowledging that from the age of thirteen he constantly practised theft, sometimes attended with the graver offence of housebreaking. On Sunday night he slept sounder than any other night since sentence was passed, and on Monday morning he made the remark, "It is the best night I have had." At nine o'clock on Monday morning preparations commenced for the erec tion of the drop is front of the gaol, and immediately over the entrance -gate; it had been put up on Saturday, to test its fitness, and removed. Shortly before noon he appeared to the view of the immense concourse in the North and Queen -street Roads and the adjacent parts. The Chaplain commenced reading the Service for the Burial of the Dead, the hands of the culprit were tied to his side, the rope was adjusted, the bolt withdrawn, and, within about two minutes, the sentence of the law had been so far satisfied—he had been hanged by the neck till he was dead. After hanging the usual time his body was buried within the precincts of the gaol. He died admitting that be put the box and the chair upon the old woman, but ho persisted in saying Woods, the approvar, was the murderer, and expressed himself glad that Mills had got clear, because he was led into it by himself and Woods ignorantly. UNEXPECTED SAynsia s B ANK .—A curate, who had for 19 years received the paltry stipend of 100/. a year from his well-endowed rector, for performing the pastoral duties of a rather extensive rural parish, lately applied to the noble patron of that and many other livings for promotion to an incumbency of 1301. per annum. His Lordship was startled by the application, and wrote to inquire into the cause, seeing that, accord ing to the present law, the curacy already held was en.- titled to 1501. a year by the scale as to population. The curate replied that he had never received more than 1001.; whereupon the Noble Patron wrote to the rector, to whom his word was law in such a case, and ordered the paying up of all arrears, 9501., with interest, the whole amounting to above 1,400/. • a handsome fortune to the poor clergym an , w h o i s a lso to receive his full salary in future. lie has, therefore, occasion to rejoice in having unconsciously saved a pretty little property, which if received during the whole time, might have glided out of his possession almost imperceptibly.— Liverpool Mercury. THE BOMBAY STEAM-VESSEL—This ship still re. mains at moorings off Blackwell, but remains under gurveiltance of the Custom-house authori , i, S. Pest r day mornin4 au utl:::er of the Customs deparimalt or dered her fieat. tu be tr..k-n off, preparatuly to floatlii 4 her into the East India Docks; but the person in charge protested, gad referred the mutter to legal authority. MEMORANDA OF A MUSICIAN BY GEORGE J. O. ALLMANN. " _Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting!" SILAKSPERE. No. XI. The immense success attendant on the production at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, of Masuniello in a southern dress, and the scarcely less popularity achieved by the representation of Ernani at her Majesty's Theatre, induce me to believe that short memoirs of the composers of these operas woull, therefore, prove not uninteresting to my readers. And, remembering the affecting line inscribed by the Poet's dying wishes on the sepulchre of Kdrner—the Northern Bard of the Lyre and Sword— " Vergivs die &Neer Todten nick!," am the more strongly induced thereto, not that I can hope to add, by the effort of my powerless and unaluqutlit pen, another laurel to tho wreath which Fame has already bound around the brows of each, but for the sake of conferring a pleasure of exh biting a stimulant to exertion, and of imparting to others, as well B 3 to myself, the keen and pure delight a mu,ician must feel who traces step by step, and day by day, the efforts, the progress, and the sw:ccases of those on whom the world has stamped its weed of admiration and approval. In the present instances this " labour of love" is doubly pleasant, for the thorn which enters so secretly, yet deeply into the heart of the Historian when he traces Things and Records that are of the Dead, and fills the breast with the agony of inextinguishably sorrow, pains not now. Both Auber and Verdi arc liying—long may they continue among us; if wishes and prayers could prolong life then would the existence of Genius be indeed immortal. Let us, however, sing with the German Poet— "Freut eucli des Lebens \Veil noel' das I.iimpehen gliiht ; Pilikket die Rose Eh' sie But I am forgetting my promise; so, in order to offer the amende honorable, I at once introduce the reader to AUBE R. Daniel Franc ,is Esprit Auber was born on the 29th of January, 1784, at Caen in Normandy, during a tem porary visit which hia pitiuntS netvie to that place. My readers, who will take the trouble to make a facile mental calculation will not need to be told that this favourite Child of Music is at present in his sixty-sixth year. His father was a print-seller of Paris, in very good circumstances. Evincing in very early youth a decided taste for music, le jeune Auber was allowed to study it, but merely as an object of relaxation and pleasure. Under the tuition of Ladurner, he soon over came the manual difficulties of pianoforte-playi ng , and, as an amateur, was much admired and courted by his own private circle. But his father did not wish him to cultivate the art as a professor, accordingly he was sent to London to pursue the vocation of a merchant. rho dry detail of business, and the unceasing toilin g for the universal goals of all efforts—the California of all desires—the accumulation of pounds, shillings, and pence—(there is a kind of chinking, ringing tone in the very words)— were far from being agreeable or palatable to the taste of young Auber. To his fresh, upsoaring ideas—to his unworldly, unselfish heart, and to his high• spirited, imaginative feelinge, it seemed that the sole object of trading was self-advancement and gain by the fall and loss of others; and, possessing such an opinion, it is scarcely a marvel that he was soon wearied and disgueta d with a situation in life for which, he used to exclaim, he felt he was not destined and wherein he ex pected to find integrity and honour. He :eon, therefore, moment,retraced h h i e s b w ; y h i t s 'j w P e a l t s im w e h d e e r en't r watching e t v h a e i I f e 'a d v o e u n ri h n i g s father to allow him to make a trial, if only for a twelve. month, of music ; so that, if successful, or with a fair prospect of success before him, he might eventually Adopt it as his profession. Once embarked and fairly launched on the ocean of his desires, the young aspirant mentally thtermined never to return to business again. lie obtained an excellent and tolerably profitable en gagement in the orchestra of the Opera Comique as ripieno violino, and in that situation he remained for some time without attracting more than ordinary atten tion, for the simple reason that "Those who dare nought achieve nought." But at last he began to make friends with the music publishers —very politic entre nous, dear reader, and brought out some trifling compositions, such as the they, fashionable chansons, romances, &e. He also published a trio for pianoforte, violin, and violoncello, which proved that he was not unacquainted with instrumental composition. This trio was thoroughly in the French style, for the masters of that nation allow pupils to compose in their own fashion, and are therefore diame trically opposed to our professors, who ruin our young musicians by rendering them abject slaves to the German School, and condemn mercilessly every work that is not founded on such models. What is the necessary conse quence of this? A young artist is not allowed to fol low up his own thought —he is compelled to write in a conventional manner, totally at variance with his ideas and imagination—he is bewildered—he strives vainly— he is powerless to create effect, and he therefore never rises in the profession, but dies—as hundreds before him —a disappointed man. But Auber at length began to bring out some works of a higher standard than he had before attempted, which soon attracted public notice and commendation. Proceeding in this cautious method, slowly yet surely— for the character of Auber was never distinguished for impatience—he became acquainted with Leinare, the ramous violoncellist, whose singular style of playing will long be remembered by his countrymen. M. Le mare desired most anxiously to propagate his mode of performance on the instrument, so that it might become generally adopted, and for this purpose he wished to write some music to support his views, but, strange to say (and it is a circumstance it would be difficult to ex plain or comprehend), he who, on his instrument, could perform the most miraculous difficulties, when he took a pen in his hand could not summon up a single musical idea which he could employ in a piece suitable for his purpose. He, on this account, requested Auber to exert his talents on his behalf. The issue of this was that all the concerti for the violencello which have appeared with the name of Lemare, besides many others which remain in manuscript, claim Daniel Francois Esprit Auber as their originator! Thus is the world humbugged! The public believed—and indeed well they might—that all these were the composition of Lemare, but many artists in the profession wore well aware that the merit of them was due to the talent of our composer. The peculiarity and original style of the music produced a great sensa tion in public, and all his brothers in the art from that time predicted that Auber would win " Unfading laurels and a deathless name." About this time he wrote a concerto for the violin, which was performed at the Conservatoire de Mu sique by M. Mazas with signal success. But the great ambition, the lofty and aspiring aim of Auber was to produce an opera at one of the theatres, towards the consummation of which he had been long and dili gently studying orchestral scoring, but he possessed not sufficient interest, as yet, to get one brought out. lie, however, composed the music to the libretto of an old opera called Julie, the accompaniments of which con sisted of two Niolins, two violas, violoncello, and con tra basso—what a miserable and unsatisfactory effect this must have produced. Julie, which was represented at a private theatre by a party of amateurs, contains many pleasing airs, exhibiting the piquant style for which Auber is now famous. Soon afterwards he was engaged to compose for the small theatre of M. de Caraman, the Prince de Chimay, an opera for complete orchestra, and from this he has selected many pieces which, by their introduction in future works, have become popular. It was during this progress in public estimation that Auber became fully sensible that he was very deficient in theatrical acquirements, that his musical education was incomplete, for he could scarcely fail to discover that, in attempting greater things, his know ledge of the principles of the science failed him. To re medy this evil he devoted himself assiduously to study under the directions of Cherubini, the greatest and most learned musician France—for she can almost be said to claim him entirely—can boast. These labours being finished, Auber wrote a mass for four voices, from which he afterwards extracted the beautiful prayer in La Mueite. His first debut in public as an operatic composer was an operetta in one act, called Le S'jour 11Iditaire, which ho managed to get performed at the The Are Foydeau, in 1813. This work, however, possessed none of the vi• vacity and originality of ideas and phrasing which cha racterised his former efforts, and it therefore met with a reception far from encouraging. A repose of many years followed this check, and the composer appeared to have become suddenly sick at heart, and to have renounced a career in which the most brilliant sue - cess awaited him, till the death of his father and the derangement of his affairs compelled him to resort once again to the resources of the art for his support, which, until then, had been of secondary importance. We hoar no more of him till the year 1819, when he produced, at the Opera Comique, Le Testament et les Billet- Dour, an operetta in one act. This was destined to be infinitely less fortunate than the first public attempt of the com poser; so that the honours and eulogiums that had been lavished upon him were now considered as the prejudices of a coterie or the partiality of friends. But Auber soon recovered his vantage by producing Le Bergere Chatelaine, an opera in three acts, at the same theatre, in the beginning of the year 1820. He stepped now, without hesitation or objection, on to the pedestal of famo—a sort of mum pedestris which all musicians covet—the original thoughts, the novel motifs of melody, the elegant instrumentation, and the dramatic effect which distinguish.-d this work, rendered it entirely successful. And — to this opera Auber may be considered to owe much of the reputation he has gained. The favourable opinion thus commenced was completely and firmly established on the appearance, in 1821, of Emma ; ou la promesse imprudente—and from that period the famo of Monsieur Auber has never been darkened by a shadow or a cloud. His operas, La Muette di Portici (his finest beyond all comparison, and better known in England as the match less Masaniello,) Lestocq, Le Domino Noir, Pea Diavolv, La Fiancée, L'Ambassadrice. Gustave, La Bayadere, La Port du Diable, La Sirene, Les Diamans de la Couronne, Le Luc d'Olonne, and. lastly, Hardee; ou Le Secret, are all too well and favourably known to need particular mentkn. Have not all of them delighted tho ears and held the hearts of thousands of us willing captives! Auber's orchestral writing is perhaps the most resned and elegant of any composer's of the present day —the beauty of colouring—the variety and grace of the ideas—the tone and elegance of style, and, more than all, the originality in conception, render his scores perfect pictures. All is so beautifully, so artistically blended, every instrumental point brought in with the tuct and c.xperience , of a master, L,t , t the cotn i blaation forms a delightful whole, us comprehensive and appealing to the general ear as is a well executed pie ture to the general eye, which dwells on each beauty and appreciates it, In May, 1825, M. Auher, was era fled a Knight of the Legion of Honour, has obtained raany othtr distinc tions, and is a member of the Frenoh Institute. Thus is genius rewarded in —France I (A memoir of Verdi in. my next.) _ THE CAPE OF GO)tOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape to the 7th of February inclusive. There is nothing particular stirring in the colony., We extract the following from the Easter Herald ; " Bloom Poi stein, Jan. 12, 1849. "Rumours are rife here that P retorius has entrustet to the Reverends Faure and Robertson a memorial to his Excel!ency, praying forgiveness forhis past conduct, and producing evidence that he was induced to take the field entirely from the repre.entations of the biters near the Oaande River, and especially those near the river, who promised them their assistance, and assured him of the general feeling of discontent thrit pervaded the whole colony, and that he would be supplied with all the necessary funds and supplies in his struggle to shake off the British yoke which Sir Harry had so un ceremoniously placed round the'ir necks. It would appear Pretorious has made this representation in conse quence of the boars having given out that he had misled them, whereas he asserts that they have mi,led him. There seems to be but one feeling: as to the necessity of Sir Harry Smith getting rid of Mr. Montagu, whom the emigrants look upon as the primary cause of all their late misfortunes, having made hiruskaf so conspicuous in getting all the oppressive laws passed. They say Sir Harry is afraid there is something stirring. A number of boors are now offering their farms in this and Caledon river district for sale, and intend trekking to Vaal River, where Potgieter resides. This trekking system quite unsettles this district, and it is difficalt to guess where and when it will end. " The French missionary from Moshesh arrived here escorted by a number of his mounted warriors. It appears another battle has been fought by the contend ing chiefs, Sinkonyelia and Moshesh, when fourteen were left dead on the Held. Major Warden has left for that disturbed part, hoping to effect a reconciliation."_ E. P. Herald, Jan. 27. THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, APRIL, 8, 10 P.M.—The Seagull packet, Lieutenant Smales, has just arrived with the mails from Rio de Janeiro, from whence she sailed on the 29th of February. Freight about 20,0001., of which 16,000/. is for the St. John del Rey Mining Company. Passengers: Dr. Leslie, Messrs. Dagleish, Azneigi, Edward and Charles Taylor. Exchange 254. British ships of war at Ri• do Janeiro:—Amazon, Hydra, Penguin, and Crescent. American:—St. Louis, 22 galls; brig Perry, 8 guns; schooner Irving, 2 guns. Portuguese:—lris, 20 guns. Brazilian:—Union, 18 guns; and 25 do Mayo, 22 guns. Political affairs reftmirk quiet at Rio de Janeiro. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. Captain Milne, one of th e L or d s of the - Admiralty, was down at Portsmouth on Saturday, and paid a visit to his former ship, the St. Vincent, 120. NAVAL INSPECTIONS.—The Penelope, 12, steam-fri gate, Captain L. T. Jones, to o k ou t her powder and shells yesterday morning at Portsmouth, and went into harbour in the afternoon to prepare for paying off. Neither the St. Vincent nor the Penelope has been in spected by the Commander-in Chief, and we - hear it will be dispensed with. Both vessels, it is understood, are in the most perfect order, and in most excellent gunnery practice. We should, however, from what we have heard, have been more satisfied if the ordinary practice of the service had been observed, especially with respect to the Penelope. ERRORS IN THE NAVY LIST, BY AUTHORITY. In the Navy List for April, published by author: ty, the following deceased officers are still continued, many of whom have long been dead; by these mistakes many offi cers are prevented from getting the increased half-pay on their several lists:— Commander John Fleming ... ~ 1814 Retired Commander Peter Samuel! ... 184' Officially reported some months:hack. Retired Commander T. Thomas Crawford... 1844 Lieutenants.—Randell Vans ... 1811 I/ • Robert Leech... . ... 1811 If George Edward Knox Gore... 1843 Henry Ashburton Kerr 1844 ft John Henry Howard... . 1847 Master.—Donald M`Lear .•• ... 1808 Surgeons.—Forbes M'Bean Chevers... ... 1795 Of Thomas Bishop ... .„. 1808 Second Master.—Nassau S. Seabrooke 1847 Clerk.--Charles Price Saunders ... ... 1841 ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—Vice-Adroi rat Sykes, the bountiful patron of all our naval institu tions, has presented the handsome donation of ten guineas to the diminished funds of this ancient charity. The St. Vincent, Captain Dacies, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, still flying, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday about noon, towed in by the Echo. Considering the bad weather the ship has so recently experienced, and the short time she has had to " brush up," she looked remarkably well, more especially in her spars, rigging, and cordage, which were all comme it fact. At the entrance of the harbour she met the Fanny, yacht, coming out with the Commander-in- Chief, Admiral Sir B. Capel, on board. As she passed her the St. Vincent manned her rigging, and the band played " God save the Queen!" This slight nautical maxim:tyre much pleased the numerous assemblage of persons that had collected on the platform battery and lines to see her come into harbour. She went to her old moorings off Gosport, which made the harbour look as it used to do. We suppose the Rear-Admiral's flag was hauled down at sunset yesterday evening. The San Josef was taken into No. 5 dock, at Devon port, on Saturday morning, The shipwrights will com mence breaking her up to-morrow morning. They are to work from six in the morning till seven in the evening, and are to have is. 9d. per ton. In the Plymouth Sound—The Nautilus. In Harbour—The Impregnable, 78, flag-ship; Agin court, depot ship; Scorpion, surveying vessel; Sylph, Fearless, Goodwill, and Camel, lighters. The Plumper, 12, screw-sloop, Co mman d er N o ll ot h , has had her bowsprit taken out. She is to have a larger one. She shipped a new screw yesterday morn ing, and went out to try it; and also to try her speed along the measured mile in Stokes Bay. We have not heard the result. The Lark, Lieutenant Commander Hall, having been supplied with new spars, sailed from Plymouth Sound on Sunday, at noon, with a fair wind. The llamoaze lighter (Wood, acting master) sailed from Devonport, on Sunday, with stores, for Pembroke. The Goodwill lighter (Pledge) arrived at Devonport on Saturday, with stores, from Chatham. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—In our yesterday's report respecting the Leander, it was stated " This is the ship to which Ciptain C. Eden has been appointed" —an error we hasten to correct. She has not been commissioned, and if we may draw any inference from the suspicious looking circumstance of her having been towed back to moorings up the harbour, there appears no probability of Captain Eden or any other officer hoisting the pen dant in her at present. Mr. Alfred Balliston, Acting Master in command of the Myrtle port tender, has received his appointment to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, for service in hsr Majesty's new steam express yacht Elfin, fitting at Woolwich. Mr. Balliston is an indefatigable officer and skilful pilot—important points in his character not likely to be overlooked by such a Captain as Lord Adol phus Fitzilarence, under whose orders Mr. Balliston will now entirely serve. The Blenheim, 60, steam guardship, Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8.; the Leander, 50, in ordinary; and the Sparrow, ketch, Commander G. A. Frazer, were removed from the Ship-basin this morning, which place is to be drained out and cleansed. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, FIVE P.M.-I❑ the morning we had light southerly winds, with fine weather; but a little before noon it clouded up from the northward, and we have had hail and rain all the afternoon, with light north-east winds. DEATH OF WILLIAM INGRAM, AN A BEE ' DEENSHIRE POET.—The Aberdeen Journal mentions the demise, on the 19th ult., of William Ingram, author of a small volume of poems published in that city in 1812. One or two of the pieces in the volume showed the au thor's love of poetry to have been awakened by the genius of Burns, whose death occurred about the period at which Ingram seems to have commenced the cultiva tion of the muse's friendship. Mr. Ingram was in his 84th year when he died. His last instructions were brief and simple—" Bury me as near Old Mr. Falconer as possible, and send the bookie' to Lord Aberdeen." " Old Mr. Falconer," was a former clergyman in the parish of Fyvie, and a very worthy man, for whom he entertained a warm friendship, and " the bookie," (a copy of his little volume) was the only token that he had to bestow of his gratitude to the noble and generous benefactor on whose property he resided, at Woodhead of Fyvie, and who rescued him from the absolute want that overtook his declining years. A charge of assault was preferred on Thursday' at our police office, by Captain St ee l , against Charles Lloyd Harford, Esq., of Italian Vill a, a gentleman whose name has just been added to the commission of the peace for the county of Gloucester. According to the evi dence, the complainant being inthe time parish church last Sunday evening, after standing some observed a large pew partly unoccupied, ceeding to take a seat t h erein when Mr. Harfordw one the occupants, in the most violent manner , seized a h s ii n n per b oo y -f the collar, a n d e j ecte d him by force; Captain Steel ' s e in the aisle, and hand being squeezed in the scufll3 against the door. The charge appears to have been clearly proved, as well as by Captain Steel's own evidence as by that of other parties in the pew at the time; the only evidence ten dered for the defence being the very equivocal and equivocating testimony of Mr. Harford's own servant. The magistrates, after conferring three•quarters of an hour, to the surprise of all present, and the office, as may be supposed, was crowded with gentlemen anxious to hear tne result, adjourned their decision until Saturday. The Mr. Harforo's solicitor for the excuse extraordinaryucrogneguebtyof his client was, that the pew in questiwhich, by the recent death • he was anxious to establish his right , and, question itbseifnogrmaerfe.aweiniletri,dhapdewc:)me into Mr. Harford's possession, it would appear, selected the occasion, the time, and place for doing so. R. S. Lingwood, Esq , conducted the case for Captain Steel, who, it seems, i 3 a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of the county of Dorset.— Cheltenham Looker- On. THE GREAT NATIONAL CATTLE SHOW IN IRELAND. —Arrangernent , i hii:e been complet,tl I.)r li IcliNg the great arptu.11 . rn.,• , ,, , ,,,,7 ti 4 1)t, ~ The Royal I haw.) !risk?, la Ki!,! tir the `A:I•VI`' , .. ".',"14•• the different arrangements promise to be on the most extensive scale, THE 'C OUNTRY MAR: The following is the official statement of f corn, &c., receive d in the port of London fi Essex, from th a 2d April, 1849, to the 7i both inclusive KETS. he quantiti rom the poi th April, ;, 0 , . iz Ti :3.1 gt F'A Coicliester .... Leigh ....... • ... . •• . Malden ... td - 123 800 20 - 32 592 ul 74 518 ies of its in jHELMSFOR)), APRIL 5 —We had to•day . an extremely dull trade for all def,c rip' ions of corn, and to effect sales an abate ment upon last week's quotations was required. The supply was, consequent ly, more than adequate to the demand. Wheat, white, old 45s to 51s ; new 44s to 50s; red, old 39s to 46s ; n ew, 38s to 45s ; barley, 27s to 31s ; chevalier 28s to 325; p..•rinding 22s to 28s; oats 16s to 245; malt 56s to 60s ; chevalit 1r 58s to 62s ; peas, partridge 30s to 34s ; white 30s to 34 s; dun 28s to 335; beans, tick, Lew 23s to 275; old 26s t o 31s; harrow ticks, new 24s to 28s; old 26s to 32s ; mos igan, new 21s to 25s ; old 25s to '2Bs per qr. COLCHESTER, APRIL 7 . —Wheat, white 44s to 50s; red 38s to 448 ; barley s.; '43 to 28s; beans, mazagan 22, to 265; middle and small 26s to 30s peas 26, to 33s per qr. BARNET GRI :AT CATTLE FAIR. This very extensive and important cattle fair commenced yesterday. The supply ex ceeded in numb er the first day of last year. The increase may be chiefly a ecounted for from the sellers not submitting to the ruinous pi ices that have been offered of late, reserving their chance of doing better at this celebrated fair. The droves of Devon, Hereford, Sussex, and Scotch beasts were very good. The buy ers were very numerous, and as early as nine o'clock some of the primest beasts were selected. The follow ing were the to, p prices : —Best Devons three-years old, 101 to. 121; second ram tes, 81 to 91; Herefords, 8* to 9/ lOs ; best Scots 71 to 91 pe r head; Sussex beasts, most of which were sold to go to wol lc, made from 121 to 151 per head ; Welsh and. Ayrshire beasts • were offered at very low prices, but few lots. ' being sold • hes t Yorkshi re cows, w i th a calf by the side,. made from 14/ o 16i; in calves, three-years old, 10/ to 131. The prices gem orally were from 20 to 30 per cent, below those of last year. 'l' here was a full fair of horses of every descrip tion, size, and equality, with a great number of Welsh and foreign ponies; prime young cart-horses, suitable for L on d on work, sold fret vat from 50 to 65 guineas each. Nags, for riding or drivii tg, from four to six years old, brought high prices, from 4,0 to 50 guineas being freely given. Small ponies, under thirteen hands, made extraordinary high prices,. 30 to 35 guineas, in many instances, being given for a pair well matched; Shetland ponies, 71 to 101 each each. There has been a gre at clearance made of cattle and horses, but a. number is left Ibr this day's fair. HADDINOT 01 r, APRIL 6.—The following are the prices of grain at our n - to,;rket to-day : Wheat. I Barley, Oats. I B eans. First ... 50s Od I 33; - " Second Js Od i 20s Od 29 s O d ... ... 41s Odl 25s 5d I 18s 2d 26s 8d Third ... .. 32s Od 12s Od I 14s Od 24s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 309 qrs., 277 sold Do. Barley do. 433 qrs. , 302 sold Do. Oats - do. 575 qrs., 555 sold Do. Beans do. 110 qrs., all sold KIRKALDY, A.PRIL 7. —The' following are the quotations up to this date ::.-- Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas, First 48s: Od 30s Od 20s Od —s Od —s Od Second 46i; Od 26, Cd 19s 6d —s Od —s Od Third 4O sOd 22s Od 16s Od —3 Od —s Od Oatmea I, per bag of 2801bs. imp., 2 6 s to 00s. GLASGOW, i triur. s. —P rov i s ions —Cheese, 35s to 42s Od per cwt ; retail„ 41d to 5d pe r lb. Ski m m i lk, Os Od to Os per cwt. Country Fresh butter, 10d to lld per lb ; Irish pow dered, in lumps, Od to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 80 to 9d. Country- eggs, 10d per dozen; carried hen ditto, 5s 4d per hundred, or Id per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d per pair; ducks, 2s 6d. BERWICK, AP 'IR.IL s . —Wheat, 44s 2,d ; barley, 22s 10d; oats, 00s Od ; r ye, Os Od ; beans, 25s 44 ; peas, 001; Od ave rage per imperia ! quarter. KELSO, A PRI :L 6 . —Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto,new, 30s to 36s Od ; barley, new, 17s to 20s 6d ; ditto old, Os Od to Os ; potato oats, Os to Os Od ; ditto new, 13s to 14s 64 ; com mon oats, lls Od to 13s; ditto new, Os Od to Os Od • peas, 2ls to 223 Od; b ean: +, 21s to 22 4 p er b o ll o f s i x imperial bushels. Hawicx, Ar stn. S.—Wheat, new, 32s Od to 37s Od; ditto old, 34s Od to 38 s .0d ; barley, new, 17s to 21s; potato oats, 14s Od to 15s 6 I ; common oats, 1 Is to 14s Od ; peas, 27s Od to 28s Od ; bean s , 27 s Od to 28s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, A nut, 6 . —Wheat, foreign, 23s to 26s 6d; ditto home, Os Od to Os. 4d; ditto ditto new, 19s Od to 225; barley. per boll of 6 bushel!, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 17s Od to 21s Od; oats common, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, lOs Od to 12s 3d ; ditto Flemish, 'Ds Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt distillers, 35s 0 d to 38s ; ditto brewers, 37s Od to 39s • beans, per boll, Os Od to Os Od ; di t t o new, 12s Od to 14s 6 d; peas, 14s 6d to Os Od ;, flour, new, per sack, 36s to :'7s ; ditto common ditto, 25s Od to 26s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new 26s 6,1-to 27s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, /id to Os Od ; fresh butter, per lb. 9d to lld ; eggs per dozen, 6d to 7d; hay per ton, 46;3 to 455. PERTH, AP RIZ 5. —Wheat, 40s Od to 45s Od ; barley, 22s to 25s Od ; at : s, 15s to 19s ; p eas and beans, 22s Od to 25s Od per quarter. , Oatmeal, per sack, 26s to 28s. FALKIRK, APRIL 5. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 505. bolls; wheat at 173 Od to 21s 6d per boll ; barley, 18s Od itc. 22s Od ; oats, lls Od to 14s 6d; beaus, 12s Od to 16s Od per bo, '1; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. CO AL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Carr's Hartley Davison's Wes t I lartley 15 s Od Lambton ' 193 Od Holywell Main. ... Ord's Redhe u gtt Fanfold Moo t.l kites—. 138 6d Cassop West Hartley- ........ 153 0.1 Whitworth lss Od Wylam ...... .—. ...... 138 6d Adel a id e T ees Wall's End, &c. Bishop's Tees. ..... Acorn Close .... Gosforth ...... Od Od Percy Bensh am l6s Od Hartley...... ..... Riddell's ..... .... sOd Eden Main.......... ...... 17 s 9d Whitworth Coke Lambton Prim rose ... 17s 9d Ships at market, 47. RAI _1.4 WAY 61tAlitE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Arm 9. STOCK EXciEIONGE..—The transactions to-day were very limited, and prices rattier lower. The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Quarters, 6 1 A dis .—Ditto, Fifths, c. tiis.—London and North- Western, 135—D1 Ito, New Quarters, 4% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 6% p.— Ditto Quarters (C 1 ), 3% p.—Midland, 75 —Ditto, Halves, 9 c. ;dis. —Newcastle and Carlisle, 102 —Shrewsbury and Chester (Oswestry and Chester), 5 dis.—Ditto, Preference, Laiaratiteed 8 per cent., 15 1 A —South-Easter and Dover (No. 4), 7 %—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick (G. N. E. Furchase), 6 per cent. till 1830, 1j , ,, dis. MANCHESTER, Aram 9. STOCK ExcusardiE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, Preference, p. —Caledonian. l're Terence, 11N.—Enst Lancashire, Quarters, 4%- -Great Northein (A),_4 7f 3 —Leed, Fifths, 3% dis.—London Stock, l33%—Ditto, New cluarters, p.—Ditto, Quarters, 3% p.—North Staffordshire, 3% SmhirNe:H A, sbur;aAnd,RlllLiri9u.ingliam (A), dis.— Dover (No. 4), 7t. 3s. 9d.—York and Nesseastle E x t ens i on, 2a' dis • STOCK EXCHANGE.— e a n y d a t n li d e S h a n - - siness of our Stock Exchange, and turday nothing was done. To-day the transactions were compare. tively trifling, and in these there were few deviations from last quotations. [A _DVERTISEN_ENT.] —Hollowa y ' sOintment and Pifis again Triumphant in the Cure of a Bad Leg of Ten Years' Duration.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Harris. Aloe sill, Alcester, 3 / a rch 14, 1549, to Pro fessor Holloway. Sir: I suffered for upwards of ten years with a bad leg, in which were five running sores, and although I tried various methods of treatment as pre scribed by different medical men, still it got worse. Seeing in the newspapers notices of the cures your va luable medicines lia,vn performed, I determined on trying them, and by their use, and the blessing of God, a per fect cure of my leg was effected six months ago. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establish -Yesterday, an tuesuut,l2C4n4),Esotrps.nAdN, Looldponi,ADy. in quest was held at the Old Basing House, Kingsland road, on the body of Susannah .Benson, aged 66 years. The decease d was the widow of Mr. John Benson, a horse hair me.nufacturer, who had died suddenly some years since, leaving the deceased as annuity, which would maintain her until she was 70 years of age, when it would expire. The deceased enjoyed tolerably good health until within the last three weeks, when she ap peared very low and desponding, and complained that her money would not last till she was dead. Sh e was last seen oli ve on Thursday evening, when she said, " she thought she would die that night." On the fol lowins, morning, she was found suspended by a black crape handkerchief from a rail of her bedstead, quite dead. Verdict—Temporary insanity. CHEAP AND INVALUABLE DENTIPRICE.--Dissolve two ounces of borax in three pints or boiling water; be fore quite cold add thereto one tea spoonful of tincture of myrrh, and one table spoonf u l of spirits of camphor; bottle the mixture for use; one wine-glass of the solution added to half a pint of tepid water is sufficient for each application. This solution applied daily preserves and beautifies the teeth, extirpates all tartarous adhesion, produces a pearl•like whiteness, arrests decay, and in duces a healthy action to the gum!. BIRTHS, On the sth inst., at Restalrig-house, near Edinburgh, the Right lion. Lady Elibank, of a son. On the Gth List., at Chicksands Priory, the lady Elizabeth Osborn, of a son. On the sth inst., at Rutland-square, Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs. Rashlcigh, of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Windsor, the wife of E. N. Conant, Esq., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at New Basinghall-street, the lady of Dr. Bentley, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Bath-terrace, Camberwell New-road, the wife of Charles de Neumann, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., at the Vineyards, Great Baddow, the lady of the Rev. A. W. Bullen, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Glocester-road, Hyde -park-gardens, the wile of l'rofessor Ansted, of a son. MARRIED. On the 17th cf Februkry, at St. Paul's Cathedral, Cal cutta, Captain J. G. Gaitskill. 26th Regiment, Light Infantry, to Lucy Julia, fourth daughter of the late J. Petfect, Esq., Pontefract, Yorkshire. DIEU. On the Bth in -t., at Burton -crescent, Thomas Chapman, Esq., late chief proprietor of the " Globe and Traveller" newspaper, aged 86. On the 30th ult., at St. Alban's, Ilerts, the Rev. Charles Chapman, vicar of Prescot, Lancashire, _ . On the 2(1 inst., at liawtry, Yorkshire, Georgiana Frances, eldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir George Eyre, K.C. B. On the 2d inst., at Bishop Auckland, Elizabeth, the wife of W. Hodgson, Esq., aged 62. On the 4th inst., at Kentish-town, aged 25 , h enry God frey, son or Mr. John Hunt, Deputy-Supervisor of Stamps, Inland Revenue. On the 4th inst., at Englefield. green, Anna Maria Buck worth, aged 83. daughter of the late C. Bucliworth, Esq., of Park-place, Berks. On the sth inst., Henry Woolcombe, late of Peckham. On the sth inst., Sarah Blake, youngest daughter of Mr. W. Budden, Crescent, Kensi ngton, aged 2.5. On the 6th inst., in Cavendish- square, Loveday, widow of the late W. Cook, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, aged 83. On the 6th inst., air. George Yet, 100, Cheapside. On the 6th suet., inn C. Bishop, of Horselydown, aged 52, On the 7th inst., Magdalena Eli za b et h , youngest d aughter of C. F. Yates, of Arzyle•s'reet, New-read. Ou the 7th iust.. Mr. William Cadt)gan, of Essex-street, y ou . N “, tr Pnuter, at The *Sun thliee, .No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, April 10, 1849.