The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-13 00:00:00

11111 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a good demand fcr Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday; the sales being 10.000 bales, which included 6,500 American, 700 Pernambuco, 400 Bahia, 300 Egyp tian, and 1,000 Surat. The market was firm and prices steady.—ln Railway Shares only a limited business was done, and prices remained without alteration. There is but a slow trade for grain today, and at about last week's decline. One hundred quarters of new wheat sold at from 50s. to 51s. per quarter, being from Kent and Essex. Parties who invest in shares too often forget the "calls" that (will ensue. A man who takes fifty shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 2/. per share, has his attention mainly directed to the payment . of the first 1001., and he reflects but little upon the re maining 900/.,twhich have to be paid at some future time, and when that time arrives he discovers that he has made a great mistake in failing to consider when be took the shares whether he had 1,0001. available for the purpose. The great difficulty which capitalists now feel is the want of a channel in which to invest without the fear of futureerespunsibility of this kind, and the first and most complete plan of meeting this difficulty which we have seen, is that of the Islington Cattle:Market and Abattoir Company, in which the shares are fixed at 1/. only, thereby avoiding future calls, and preventing the pos sibility of the inconvenience consequent thereon. The party who has 5/., 201., or 501. to spare can invest it with out the slightest apprehension of being called upon at an inconvenient moment for a further contribution. We are much mistaken if this principle will not be generallyadopt ed as calculated to meet the orcamstancesof the times. In respect to the merits of the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir Company, we cannot omit the opportunity of observing that a more legitimate scheme was never pro _ posed to the public. There is a valuable property al ready in existence with the privileges of a market conferred Upon it by Act of Parliament. The buildings are already erected, the work is done, and so soon as the purchaseis completed, the shareholders will be in possession of an estate which is no* producing a certain amount of revenue, and which will be greatly increased by the removal to it of the business of Smithfield Market, which there is no doubt will be effected in the next session of Parliament. It is not a little singular that Liverpool should have formerly been situated precisely as London now is. The Cattle Market was in the centre of the town, it has been removed to the suburbs, and the re suit is that the 251. shares pay a dividend of 21. 18s. per share per annum (upwards of 10 per cent.) exclusive of the abattoirs, which are paying 'twenty per cent. in addition to the shareholders. The butchers of the me tropolis are a numerous ' opulent, and influential body, Upwards of 1,500 in number; they ought to have a voice in the management of the great metropolitan cattle Market, and we shall be surprised if they do not. Better invest your capital in the promotion of useful Undertakings at home, with the land for your security, than speculate in French or Austrian loans. , Further accounts, a day or two later in date, have been received by the ship Devonshire from the Cape of Good Hope. The movemeut against the introduction of Convicts continued as strong as ever, and even the Hot tentots had petitioned against it. The colony generally continued prosperous. From Sydney we have accounts of April 14, and from the Mauritius of May 12, but we glean nothing from them in addition to what bas already come to hand. Our Continental news is not of political interest. From Antwerp we learn that the commercial markets were quieter last week. The new process for the manufac ture of indigenous sugar is patented by the Belgian in ventor, and will be introduced probably into other countries. From Valenciennes we learn that there were excel lent harvest prospects. Clover was abundant and of the best quality. The cutting of Wheat had commenced, and would be completed within about a fortnight, the yield appearing to be all that could be desired, po tatoes generally were sound, and all other products mag nificent. There is no account yet of the steamer from Halifax, but she is not to be considered due. Messrs. Railton of Manchester are still urging their friends, and all connected with railways, to inquire diligently into their affairs. They write that— , " Until the large proprietors of railway stock assist to promoting committees of investigation, till every railway in the kingdom has passed the ordeal, confi dence cannot be so perfectly restored as is absolutely requisite to support the true value it ought to bring. If a railway has been welt managed, it will have nothing to fear; but, if otherwise, the sooner its real position is known the better for general satisfaction ; and, for the restoration of confidence, let every shareholder, on all proper occasions, vote for the appointment of Committees of Investigation." The state of the railway share-market in general is ' 111 . 1 37 to be influenced by the balance-sheets that will be submitted at the forthcoming meetings of the large cum- Panies, and probably there may be a tendency to exag gerate the temporarily unsatisfactory position in which they are undoubtedly placed. One might infer from the excellent traffic going on, that there would he an actual - improvement in the amount available for dividends, but Fast extravagance or mistakes neutralise the advantage of this, and only serve at present to assist in bringing the line round to a wholesome condition. The North-Western Com pany will coutinue to pay 7 per eine, and shows a surplus, and parties who have analysed the account think it fair under circumstances. Most likely this line will improve in productiveness. The South Western falls off again, and cannot pay much more than 3 per cent.. per annum at present, or more strictly 1 66 for the gal!-year. A large amount of capital, however, just begins to bear a dividend, and the -traffics on the lines which it represents is not developed. The Great Western pays but two instead of three per Cent. for the six months to the 30th June last, and whether a recovery is to be shortly expected, is more than wa can venture to say. Investigation by a committee may in all erubehil l ty be decided upon in most of the lines, and. !e,(1 9 not see why even the beat managed should be an e xception. Something is wanting to give confidence, for rai lway property can no doubt be made to rest on a kraer basis. It is stated that the-directors of the Great Northern Railway are likely to negotiate with the Aberdeen \J Pany to secure the English traffic in connexion th erewith, but the North Western, &c., are also in the fitld. , There i s ver y li tt l e d o i ng i n th e F u nds, a n d the settle o?ent of ihe account has occa,ioned some flatness, Bull BRP-illations having been rather extensively pro,ecut , d of lute. The continuation to September is about f per ; l e ", and last week even 3-16:hs was 'given. Consols ave been 921 i all the mornitor. There is un absence Of political ne ws. The New Three-and a Quarter per Cents. have been 93i to i, and , he Three per Cents. 92 i 1. Bank Stock is fir at 1991, ad Idia S!ock at 2521 to 9 54. Exchequer- m tills have rul. and India Sock at 254. ExeheuQr4ills hive rul d 46+. to 495. premium, and India Bonds at 78s. to 80s. premium. • The Foreign Securities have been heavier, in conse quence of the depression in Conn'/+.Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked 18-a- i, and the Three per Cents. 34i. Portuguese Four per Cents. are nominally 28 i to 29k. Mexican have been 26i to 27*, and Peru /,„jan 51*I to i-. Equador are 31; Dutch Two-and a -41411 per Cents. are quoted 521 to 4. Railway Shares are all very flat and lower. MBlllBll FUNDS Ili U , DAI AT OINE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 1991 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anna N ew 34 per Cent. Anns. 9 3 3,0' ,3 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 74 India Stock 25214 254 0 0. Bonds, 1000/ 7B p D itto under 1.0001 7B 80 p Qoptoutitasea Stock — Old Annuities Consols fot Account t zellequer Bills. 11 ,0- 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 5001 ', 1.. RICF OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds Mexican Bon .is, 1846, 5 per Cent., GJupons 27 1 % . Ditto Ex Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto. 4 per Cent., Active 51%% Spanish Bonds,s per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account . Ditto Passive Bonds 4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Cent Ditto for the Account .. ... Dividends on the above payable in London. .Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild ...- . 11.-i ;•,11.4 Ez4, ;qkNt., iN RAILWAY SIIALtEa AT O. r , YCLI.4 1 RAILWAYS, PAID. Pr 3 SUADL'. Al,rdeen Ditto, Preference . .... 4 L ,4 - A admr., Notting., Boston, Sic. l; Ayrshire and Gallaway - i , 1 / 2 4 Btlfast and. Ccunty Down .. 25 .. .. Berlv Ks and Hants Extension ,-, (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 o nnnngn am & Oxtord J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 13irin c , : , without a guxr!!nte . e... 20 ... .inghain,Wor.,& Dudley, b °, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . ...... two --... n i without a guarantee... 10 ru ' i ng., \Vol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s Birkenhead Lancashire, and to C heshire. Junction 2O 11 ton. Stamt., & Birming...7l. 4s — ”•••• t ti o ' = Bristol and Exeter be, Thirds 16/. 48 ~ ',elunghainshire.. ‘daiedonian Ditto,to , Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l/ . 2.. ... New 10/. Preference 10 ...... 11 1 A to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 5O '''' Litt°, Preference Clarence . ' 78% Do., It Class, 6 per Cent... 10 U 0.,2t1 Class, 5 per Cent... 10 ... , Do., G ov. L oan, 4 per Cent. 10 .. to uirect L ondon & Portsmouth 5% — il?Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 u ndaik and E nn i s kill en ... 22%.. • ... 2ast Anglia, 25!. L. & E., 'id L. & D Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB .•• to to , Ditto, 31. 10 s ., E. & 11... 3% — c;lstern Counties ... Do. N ew G uarant. 6 per Ct. 10 DDo. Exten., 5 per c t.N o . 1,6/ . 13 s . 4d .. %p to 0., d 0....... ...... No.r), 61. 138.44... —••.— to ... - Do., Northern & Eastern.- 50 to po., 5 per cent. to uo., Quarters.... ... 12 1 / 2 - Ditto, New ..... ~. ......... .. 43 4 Eastern Union, Ciao A (late . ~.. E. U. Shares) ... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 31/2 — Ditto.Ditt do, Class B (I. & 13) 25 ...... Ditto , do, Class C. ditto... 22% Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20 •...,• ......... T 1 1 - _ 4; t Ditto, New .. Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Linc01n5hire............... 25 to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, Sew port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ••• • W Exeter and Exmouth...- 2ls. . — ... .. to qrlasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 62.8 d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consolidated —•—• Great Northern.— . Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 % 3% to Do. 1,4 B 6 per Cent. - to Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 5 . 3 N 1,4 ... to 3t. South. & West. (Ireland) 47% 31% to Treat North of England 100 — ...... to Ditto, New 401........._ .. -. 40 Ditto, ditto - ... . to Ditto, New 301. 3O ... Ditto, New 151. ;rest Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto,'Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171. gull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...—. . Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to ',ancestor and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire —100 Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 96 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares — 46 — ...... to Ditto Quarters 22%..,.... Ditto Fifths lO — ...... to Ditto. Thirds l5 ...... .• .. to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 9 .... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O .....101 ...... to ueeds and Thirsk Do~ New D0.,d0., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 ,x..... 3 to Do. Pref. Quarters 1818... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth i port. London & Black - wall ... .. ... . 12% — to Lund., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - ... .. to . .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... to Ditto Preference London & North Western.. —lOO 128 ;1 to DI. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths 2 ..... 61,04, .. to ......,_ - - Do. 40,. Shares... .L. & M 33 Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western....... 50 .. 33 :4 34% to 53 Ditto, New 504.-- .. ..... 42% — Ditto, New 401. 3l Ditto, Thirds l6/. 138.4 d — Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct on Calls ... ... 5 .... Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... VA.. Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 — Do., Half Shares ..... ...... 5 ...... ..... to Aanch, Buxton, & Matlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 23 Ditto, ditto ( No. 2) Ditto, 1 4 3 Shares (No. 3)... 12 1 ,x ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Line- 22% ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4t. 2s. 100 63 1 4...... to 62% Ditto, Consol. Preference 100 Ditto, 501. Shares ...... 30 Midland, Birm., and Derby...lou Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 40 - Ditto ditto lBl. 12s. 6d . • Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref .. 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 . idld. Great Western (Irish) 47 1 % — Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar.. - ...to Newcas:le and Carlisle lOO ... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. , 2s Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .................. 20 . - Norfolk' Ditto New 20/. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et Do. Do. 5% per cent Do. L westott (guar.4 pet.) 2Q Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British -.. ... ..... .. 25 ...... ... to Ditto Pall 5hare5.....:..... 12 1 ,4 — - Do. Quarters 6i Ditto Thirds ........ 81 Ditto. Preference 81 North Staffordshire 1 7 14 .. 11% ex.int 0. —.. North Wales - 8 ,9 .... ..... to North Western 13% - ..... to '.)xford, Worcester, and Wol- verhafopton ... .. ...... , ... .. 50 ...... Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 ..... .. . • to Royston and Ilitchin ..... .. 4%...... ex.int to -- Scottish Central 7.A .- o t tish Midland Ditto, New 22V, ..... ...... to hrewsbury and Binninglgatra 11 ... .. Ditto, __ ditto. Class B. 7 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 , Irewsbury and Hereford .. 3 .hrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. Vv. Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 .•• •• ...... to Ditto, Uswez , try l B l4 Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref..—.. 10 hropshire Union... euth Devon .. Ditto, Preference ..... outh fitatiordshire... S r , uth E.tetem Ditto. No. 1. 32 2ot4 to Ditto, No. 2. ....... .......... 30 Ditto, No. 3 • Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...... ex.d to Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. iouth Watch ... - .. .. t o South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole ~ h etlield. Rotherham, and Goole (N. D) Gua. 5 per ct. 144 Do. do. (South Div.) 5 -',wans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 raw Vale Extension ........ 8 Dames Haven Dock and Railway _ 1N - to Vale of death Waterford and Kilkenny 2O .... Waterford and Limerick... .. 47%—... Wa,tertord, Weatord,Wrcklw, and Dublin .. Fear Valley 6 pat ()exit. Guaranteed - ..... 50 ...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Conic all billiitehaven and Furness l6 "• •. •••.. to Windsor, Staines, and South _ _ .. 12 - Wilts, Somerset,& Weymouth 45 ...... ...... to .ric.Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 3%%... to Do.Hartlepool Rly. 100 fork anti North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian _ and Austrian ... 5 Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 6% to Oentral of France (Orleans and Vierzon) ... Oornerara. . . - 17%..•.. •-••• Dutch Rhenish 7 1 41 - East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Do. . D 0..... .... ....... ... 1os. Louvain ala Sambre ......... 71, :. — to --- I lixernbourg Ditto .. . : ts.urid and Valentia Namur and Liege. 2O • .... Northern of France l4lBs • 3% d's. to Orlee.ll , . and Bordeaux ... .. 7 , — ..... t o Paris and Orleans... 2O - Parts and Rouen Paris & Strashour4 . Rouen and Havre Sambre and aleuse !.ftrasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 to lours & Nantes . . . Toumay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasf.elt . ...... ...... .. 20 ...... ....., to West Flanders 8 34 —••-. to Ditto ... . __ _ MINES. ___ __ A.nglo i exican. lOO ...... Asturian ..... ............ l4 P..... to Australian 3 ...... ...... to Barrossa Range... Blaenarv , ninon and Coal ... 50 — _ •••..• to to Bolauos r'crio to Eriiis'a iron to Brazilian Imperial ..., • .. ... 24th...... ••••• to Ditto Cocaei and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 to Cobre Copper ........ . ~...... 40 General . itcai del Monte, Unregistered ... 1 ., _o Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... ...... Santiago de Cuba ...... .. ...... 10 . — ... United Mexican JOINT STUCK 13ANK17,. Australasia ... Britir,li North An - lercr.n .... 50 . .... Colonial ..... .. ....... - • .. to i:outcoercial ox London .. 2O ...... ...... to -- London Joint Stock —... lO - ~ oltdon, and NV vstniinster. .. .20 ...... ex.d to National Provincial of Engld. 85 - Ditto, New National of Ireland 2 2 1,4 - •..• to -- Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New • ..... ••.•. ...... 10 .• " l4 ..... to Union of Australia Ditto, New .. 2lll — "r,i,,n of I.on(lon ...... ........ 10 Union of Madrid 4 O ...... to PLYM )UTII, A uG. 12.—A1l the vessels detained here on account of the blockade are proceeding for their respective ports of destination. Leitmow, moNDAT rvomititis, A ITO IrTNT /649. CRICKET. DREADFUL MUTINY ON BOARD THE AMELIA, OF GLASGOW. - We have received the following account of a dar ing-mutiny on board this vessel, and which rosulted in the loss of seven lives. The schooner Amelia was on her passage from the coast of Blexia to Heng- Kong, having on board specie in gold and silver amounting to about G 0,0001., and which led to the sanguinary occurrences that tcok place. The Amelia was commanded by Mr. Robert L. Macnally, a Scotchman ; besides whom, a Spaniard, Dun Ramon Alva, acted as supercargo and principal master. The crew consisted of 19 person, only two of whom, lads about 18, were British subjects, namely, Thomas Gannon and Charles 11I'Donald ; the remainder were Dutchmen, Norwegians, French, Spanish, Portu guese, and Mexicans. There were besides, as passen gers, a Mr. and Mrs. Sarah Selina Cook and her female servant. '1 he mutiny broke out about two o'clock of the morning of the 3d of October last year, and ap pears to have been wholly confined to three of the crew, Jose Torres, Andres Baldibiza, and Jose Calero. The second mate, Caetano Gomez, who had charge of the watch, a as attacked and murdered by these ruffians, when Alva came upon deck, followed by Mr. Cooke, the passenger. The former was immediately stabbed in several places; he managed, however, to get down into the cabin to arm himself and to alarm Mr. Mac pally ; but when endeavouring to force his way upon deck, sword in hand, he was mortally stabbed when he had reached the top of the companion ladder. Mr. Cooke, the passenger, was their next victim; he was stabbed and thrown overboard. The mutineers then went forward, called the larboard watch, and showing their bloody knives, told them they had murdered every one aft except Mr. Idacnally, Mrs. Cooke, and her servant, Mary Hudson; that they, the mutineers, were in command of the vessel, and if one of them refused to obey their .orders he would be instantly murdered. The remainder of the crew, having no arms to defend themselves, had no alternative but to submit. Large stones and pieces of lead were then handed upon deck for the purpose of destroying Mr. Macnally, who was still confined to the cabin. At eight o'clock in the morning it was communicated to him, that if he would lay down his arms and submit quietly, they would not take his life. These terms he refused, but said, if they would allow him and the two females the gig, with the necessaries he required, he would give them no fuither trouble, and would direct them the course to steer. After a consultation this was promised, and : having got from him the course for Malubrigo, orders were, given to prepare the boat ; the vessel was at that time lying to. Trust ing to their faith, he went on deck unarmed, when he was seized and thrown overboard with weights; the schooner then filled, and made all sail. The next proceedings of these ruffians were what might be expected of them; they drts3ed themselves in the clothes of those they had murdered ; took all the gold and distributed it among the crew ; destroyed all papers and writings which they considered offensive, with many valuables, which were thrown overboard, and finally got at the wine, and became more or less intoxicated. The following day, the 4th, J. Smit, a Dutchman, W. Peter, a Norwegian; Frank Geering, of St. Michael's; Jean Berenger, of Bordeaux; and Joze de Averasturi, a Spaniard, of Bilboa, proposed a plan to recover the vessel that night, which they communicated to the rest of the crew, four ex cepted, whom they were afraid to trust. Having prepared for their enterprise an adze, the pump breaks, some boarding pikes, &c., at eleven o'clock Jan Srnit dispatched Torres and Baldibiza, who were sleeping upon deck, and then fell upon Calero, whom he overcame after a sharp struggle. The bodies of these ruffians were then thrown over board, and Jan Smit took the command with the consent of the crew, the lad Gannon being engaged to navigate the vessel. Their first intention was to have returned to Mazatlan, but the state of the weather, which came on to blow, prevented this, and the course was shaped for the Sandwich Islands, where, after a tempestuous passage, she arrived safely at Honolulu, on the 12th of October, 1848. The preceding part of this narrative has been of a melancholy character : what follows is more pleasing. After the mutineers had been got rid of, the money which had been distributed among the crew was all Total brought aft; and deposited in the cabin—a meritorious instance of good faith and honesty among so many men of different countries, Through the judicious arrangements of Mr. Miller, her Majesty's Consul- General for the Pacific Islanes, residing at Honolulu, specie, amounting to 287,684 dollars, was safely landed; and taken charge of 'by him; a list was like wise taken of the effects of those who had been murdered ; and, in fact, everything in the vessel was safely secured through the exertions of Mr. Miller, to whom much praise is due. It may be useful to mention that among the papers found on board the Amelia were three bills of lading, with correspond ing letters of advice and instructions from Jecker, Torre, and Co., of Mazatlan ; one for 150,000 dollars,. consigned to Messrs. Turner and Co., of Hung-Kong, but fur account and risk of Messrs. Finley, Hodgson,- and Co., of London ' • another for 120,000 dollars to Messrs. Turner and Co., of Hong-Kong, in payment for a cargo previously ordered for shipment in the Amelia on her arrival in' China. The third bill of lading was for 1,379 dollars, in favour of Mr. J. A. Durran, of Maccia ; 16,304 dollars were landed, for Which no bills . of lading or other documents could be found. We have now the gratification to state that Jan Smit, of Rotterdam, whose conduct on this occasion is above all praise, has been presented with 1,1001. by several of the insurance companies; and also with a valuable sextant, by Ashdown, of Finch lane, with the following inscription Presented to Mr. Jan Smit, of Rotterdam, by the Corporation of the Royal Exchange, the Corpo ration of the London, the Indemnity Mutual Marine, the Marine, and the Alliance Marine Insurance Companies of London, in testimony of their high estimation of Mr.' Smit's services, and their especial appreciation of the fidelity and courage displayed by him in rescuing the schooner Amelia, of Glasgow, and her valuable cargo, out of the hands of mutineers, during her voyage from Mazatlan to China, in the year 1848. London, Aug. 1, 1849." Shipping .Gazett e . CHILD MUTILATION AND SUS- PECTED MURDER. COLCHESTER, SATURDAY.—Yesterday afternoon J. M. Churchill, Esq., coroner for this borough, held an inquest at the farm-house contiguous to White Hall, St. Giles's, the residence of H. 'Winter, Esq., upon the mutilated remains of a child discovered in the water-closet of that mansion. It appeared that the body, which had been literally cut up limb from limb, and was in a highly putres cent state, was discovered by Eliza Herman, the housemaid, on Tuesday morning. Jane Simmonds, the cook to Mr. Winter, had been accused by her fellow•servant of getting stout and being in the family way, &c. She said Charles Jennings, the groom, was the father of the child, and had got her into trouble. On Friday week she complained of being ill, and went to her bedroom, and on the following Sunday, from her appearance, there was no doubt she had giYen birth to a child. Mr. C. E. Blair, surgeon, said he had examined the remains of the child, and had come to the conclusion that it was still-born. The portions he had examined were the bones of the skull, the thorax, the thighs, and one arm, of a full-grown mule child, together with portions of the liver, lungs, and intestines ; the thighs and other parts appeared to have been sepa rated at the joints with a knife ; they were clean and evenly cut. Witness had seen Jane Simmonds, and ascertained she had been recently delivered. The CORONEK observed that he saw the child im mediately after its being taken from the closet, and so completely had the body been separated that there was only enough to show the sex of the child, it having been, in fact, cut up into small pieces. The jury returned a verdict "That the child had been still-born." Simmonds, on her recovery, will be taken before the magistrates for concealing the birth. THE FINANCIAL REFORM MEETING TO-DAY..--It is said that no fewer than twenty Members of Parlia ment have already signified their intention to he present at the great financial reform meeting in Drury-lane Theatre, which takes place at six o'clock this evening. Intelligence has been received from many large towns that meetings are to be held there, and long before the commencement of the next session a sort of correspond ing society will be formed, greater in number end as great in intellect as the celebrated and successful Anti- Corn-law League. Conjoined with this movement will be the extension of forty-shilling freeholders in every district where any chance exists of ousting Tory or merely Whig Members, and returning pl e d ge d f r i en ds to financial and political reform. THE BROUGHTON MURDER.—It will be remem bered that at the Spring Assizes for Worcester a hardened outcast named Pulley was convicted of the murder of a young orphan girl named Mary Ann Sraight, by beating her brains out with a bludgeon in a retired lane near Pershore, in that county, the girl having giving him effence by resisting his attempts to corrupt her chastity. A witness on the trial deposed to having seen Pulley shortly atter the murder with blood on his trousers, but these trousers (a pair of moleskin) could not be produced on the trial. They have now just been found under circumstances which betray a con sciousness of guilt on the part of the prisoner. As a man named Howse was cleaning out a pool near the scene of the murder he tound this article of dress tightly rolled up, and containing a brick and stone, evidently placed therein in order to sink them. They were, how ever, in such a state of decay, owing to the length of time they had been in the water, that no traces of blood could be diicovered upon them. THE NORTH MAILS.—BiRmINGHAM, SUNDAY, HALF-PAST TWELVE.—The North mail, which was due in Birmingham at ten this morning, has been detained by the floods. It has not arrived at this hour. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel preached yester day morning, as a Baptist minister, in Mr. Evans' chapel, John street, Bedford row, the same place in which the Hon. and Rev. Gentleman was baptised on Thursday evening last. ARRIVAL of his IMPERIAL HIGH- NESS TEE DUKE OF LEUCHIENBENG. His Excellency Baron Brucnow (the Rwsian Minister), pr( ceeded to the terminus of the South- Western Railway, in the Waterloo-road, to receive his Imperial Highness the Duke of Leuchtenberg (sou-in-law of the Emperor of Russia) on Saturday afternoon, the Imperial Duke having arrived at Southampton at an early hour the same morning, in the Russian steam-frigate Kamsehatko, frcm Crops stad t. His Imperial Highness, attended by a numerous suite, arrived at the Waterloo station about Aive o'clock, and was there received by his Excellency the Russian Minister, and M. de Berg, the premier secretary of the Russian legation, and after a trifling delay entered Baron Brunnow's carriage, and repaired to Ashburnham House, the seat of the legation, in Dover-street, where the Imperial Duke will occupy apartments during his limited s ,, journ in London. Ilis Imperial 'Highness and the members of his suite dined en inmate with his Excellency the Rus sian Minister and Baroness Brunnuw, at the Rusl-ian Legation, and subsequently accompanied his Excel lency to witness the performances at her Majesty's Theatre. THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, Aua 11. _ Attack:. Deaths. In London and vicinity, viz.:— Lambeth ... ... ... .... 51 21 Bermonda, y ... „, .. 17 4 Newington 5 Southwatk •• 31 13 ••• ••• • Wandsworth 6 Other localities in London ... 132 54 In England and Wales, viz.:-- Liverpool ... ~, ... ... 74 21 Merthyr Tydvil ... ... ... 9 7 Dowlais ... ... ... ... 19 11 Plymouth ............ 23 8 Newcastle-under-Lyme ... ... 17 4 Other towns in England ... ... SO 49 In Scotland, viz. : Dundee ... ... ... ... 28 9 St. Andrew's ... ... ... 6 GRANTHAM. PUNISHMENT FOR ATTENDING A PLACE OF WORSHIP ! At the County Magistrates' meeting on Friday last, William Bardney, servant to Francis Royce, of Gunby, was accused of absenting himself from his master's e employ without leave. Mr. Boyce said defendant went to chapel on the Sunday evening, and he would not keep any one in his employ " who went to chapel." The man said he had a right to go to what place of worship he liked ; but the master said it was stipulated in the agreement that his servant should go to church, and not to chapel. Sir R. Heron thought the master should be more tolerant in his principles ; but if there was an agreement the Bench could not interfere. Mr. Welby said it would be better to release the man, if there was so much difference in opinion ; but Mr. Royce said he was a good servant, and he did not wish to part with, only, " he would not let him go to chapel." The man asked the Becch whether it was legal for him to be sent to tend horses in the lanes on a Sabbath ? The Bench—We cannot interfere ; you must obey your master's orders: The defendant : then asked his master if he had ever dis obeyed his orders, or neglected his business ? to which Royce replied, "No." The Bench, after some consulta tion, did not impose a fine, but said, as the man had broken his contract, he must pay the expenses, Bs. Bardney—" I shall pay nothing, as I have done nothing wrong ; if you like, you can send me to prison." Mr. Manners said the master might pay, and stop the amount out of his wages. Bardney—lf he does, I will summon him for the amount. The affair was thus settled, when Mr. Royce (amid the laughter of the parties inside the bar, and the derision of the bystanders) jumped into the witness-box, and exclaimed " llu says he will go to chapel in spite of me !"—Stantford Mercury. OFFICIAL ANNoUNCEMENT.—InqUiFies made yes terday enable us to state authoritatively that the Lord Chancellor daily regains health, and that in a very few weeks his Lordship hopes to resume the active duties of his high office. There is not the slightest foundation for the rumour which attributed to the Noble and Learned Lord an intention of retiring from the distin guished position he holds in connexion with her Ma jesty's Governmen!. Lord Denman's temporary release from the arduous duties of the bench has achieved a wonderful improvement in the amiable and distinguished Judge's health. It affords us, as we are sure it will the Learned Lord's numerous admirers, great satisfaction to learn last night, that his recent relaxation has been productive of the best results. We are in a position to state that before the reassembling of Parliament three Members connected with the representation of Ireland will resign their scats in the Legislature, two of those " honourable gentlemen" retiring into private life, and the third receiving an appointment in the colonies.— Weeklyaronicle. ART UNION OF LONDON.—The works selected by the prizeholders of the year 1849 are now exhibited at the Suffo!k•street Gallery. They ere ninety in number, and have been taken from the galleries of the Royal Academy, the Britith Institution, the Society of British Artists, the Free Exhibition, and the two Water Colour Societies. The amount of the prizes does not admit of a large collection of first•rate works in oil; and it is somewhat remarkable that water colour, when a small sum will command a much higher degree of excellenc,i, is not more extensively patronised, for only seventeen of the ninety works came from- the Water Colour Societies. The holder of the largest prize (2001.) has chosen Mr. F. Danby's " Funeral of a Mountain Chieftain,' and the holder of the second - (1501.) Mr. Lucy's " Deathbed of Mrs..Claypole.'.' The choice-of pictures for the engruv ings with which the subscribers are presented has-been most iudicious, fur no works could be more generally acceptable, or more characteristic of the excellent artist who produced them, than the " Smile" and the " Frown," by Mr. Webster. They are admirably engraved by Messrs. Wells and Bicknell. A series of etchings by Mr. Maclise, in illustration of Shaltspere's Seven Ages, is given to the subscribers in. addition to the engravings atter Webster. The premium of 1001., offered for a bas-relief, has been gained by Mr. Hancock, who has produced a. work representing " Christ's entrance into Jerusalem." And we hereby direct that the captain, commander, lieutenant commanding, or master commanding, or any other officer commanding any ship, sloop, or vessel of war, singly making a capture, or seizure, or otherwise entitled to the distributive benefit arising from any proceeds, reward, grant, bounty, salvage, or award, as aforesaid ; that is to say, the officer actually in command at the time shall have one-eighth of the remainder, or if there is no flag, one-eighth of the entire net proceeds ; and if more than one commanding officer of the same rank of command shall be entitled to share as joint captors, Sze , the one-eighth shall be equally divided between them ; but when captains, commanders, lieutenants commanding, and masters commanding, respectively, our ships, sloops, and vessels of war, shall share to gether, in whatever variety of combination, the one eighth shall be so divided into parts for a graduated apportionment as to provide for each captain receiving six parts, each commander of a sloop three parts, and each lieutenant commanding, or master com manding a vessel of war, two parts which we hereby direct shall be the proportion in which they shall re spectively share : commodores of the second class, and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving as marines, doing duty as field officers above the rank of major, to share as captains : and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving as marines, and doing duty in the rank of major, to share as com manders of sloops. And we hereby further direct that, after provision shall thus have been made for the flag share (if any) and for the portion of the commanding officer or officers, the remainder of the net proceeds shall be distrubted in ten classes, so that each officer, man and boy, composing the rest of the complements of our ships, sloops, and vessels of war, and actually on board at the time of any such capture, seizure, &c., as aforesaid, and every person present and assisting, shall receive shares, or parts of shares , a ccordin g to his class, as set forth in the following scale :-- First class—Commanders under captains in rated ships, masters of the fleet, medical inspectors, inspec tors of steam machinery afloat in or with any ship or ships above the sixth rate—forty shares each. Second class—First-lieutenants in rated ships, not bearing commanders, secretaries to admirals of the fleet, or to admirals commanding in chief, deputy medical inspectors, inspectors of item machinery afloat in or with any ship or vessel below the fifth rate —twenty-five shares each. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—From the highly instruc tive and scientific character of Professor Beggs' lectures on some of the most wonderful and interesting principles of chemistry, says the Norfolk News of Saturday, and more particularly of the newly-invented Electric Light, we are induced once more to persuade our readers on no account to lose the pleasure and profit of hearing him, and of witnessing his beautiful experiments. The pro fessor commenced at St. Andrew's Hall, on Thursday evening, another course of lectures. EXECUTION OF MARY BALL AT COVENTRY.— Maiy Ball, who was convicted at the late assizes of having murdered her husband in May last, by adminis tering poison to him, suffered the extreme penalty of the law on Thursday last. Subsequent to her conviction, she for some time maintained a dogged sort of deport ment, persisted in her innocence, took her food quietly, and at night rested tolerably well. On Thursday, the 2d instant, she had an interview with her own child, a little girl two years of age, in company with her sister and mother ; and on Monday last she was again visited by her friends, taking a final leave of them, and giving certain directions as to the disposal of her clothes, &c., with perfect composure. Immediately after ten o'clock on Thursday morning, the officers of the prison ap peared on the platform in front, and the prisoner was led forth, accompanied by the Governor, Under-Sheriff, and his officer, and the Rev. Mr. Sandberg reading the service for the occasion. She proceeded up the steps with little assistance, and, as far as could be obs erve d, uttered no word whilst thus awaiting her end, but with closed eyes and saddened countenance stood motionless while the rope was placed round her neck. In an in• stunt afterwards the drop fell, and she passed from this lite in the presence of from 18,000 to 20,000 persons, assembled, not merely from Coventry, but for many miles round. A subdued thrill of horror appeared to pass over this immense multitude as the fatal bolt was withdrawn ; but otherwise there was no manifestation of feeling, and, considering the vast concourse drawn to gether, their behaviour was quiet and orderly. On Saturday, the flags of all the ships of the General Steam Navigation Company in the river were hoisted half- mast high, in token of respect to the memory of the highly esteemed and deeply lamented secretary of the company, the late John Wilson, Esq. On Saturday morning, about half-past three, a man named Neil Farmer threw himselt out of the window of the second floor in Mr. Sparrow's beer-shop, in the neighbourhood of Euston-square station, and fall ing on the pavement, he was taken up in a dreadfully mutilated state. He was conveyed to University College Hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition. It appeared that he had arrived in town on the previous day by the nine o'cl,ck train, unknown to his family. For some days he had been giving way to intemperance, and ou the previous day, while under the influence of liquor, had been showing to persons in the public-house about 3001. in notes and gold. In his fall he broke a lamp underneath the window out of which he threw him self. Before going into Mr. Sparrow's premises he had been an hou.t in a room in Mr. Everard's coffee-house, iu the same street, where he hired a bed for the night. His relatives have been informed of the sad event. Third class —Sea lieutenants, masters, captains of marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces doing duty as marines, whether having higher brevet rank or not, secretaries to admirals or to commodores of the first class, not commanding in chief, chief engineers of the first class—twenty shares each. Fourth class—Lieutenants or quartermasters of marines, or lieutenants of marine artillery, lieutenants quarter-masters, or ensigns of land forces, doing duty as marines, secretaries to commodores of the second class, chaplains, surgeons, paymasters, and pursers, naval instructors, mates, assistant- surgeons, second masters, chief engineers of the second and third classes gunners, boatswains, carpenters, assistant engineers, engineers not yet on the establishment as regulated by the Order in Council of 1847, clerks in charge, passed clerks—twelve shares each. Fifth class—Midshipmen, masters' assistants, clerks (not passed), naval cadets, assistant clerks—seven shares each. Sixth class—Seamen's schoolmasters, mas t e rs at arms, chief boatswain's mates, admiral'squartermaster, a nd cap tain's coxswains, ship's corporals , gunner's, Wats wain's, and capenter's mates, cap tains of the forecastle , of th e r . afterguard, of the hold, of the main-top,and of the fore - top, coxswains of the launch, saihn a kers, ropetnakers, caulkers, leading stok ers, ship's cooks, blacksmiths, pilots, sergeants of marines, of marine artillery, or of land f o rces, doing duty as marines—six shares each. seventh class—Captains of the mast and mizentop, yeomen of signals, coxswains of the barge, pinnace, and cutter, second captains of the forecastle, of the main top, of the foretop, and of the afterguard, sailmaker's, and caulker's mates, pay mas t er ' s and purser's stewards, musicians, coopers, artnourers, corporals of marines or of land forces doing duty as marines, bombar diers of marine artillery, head kroomans—four shares each. AMERICAN MAILS.—DEFARTURE OF THE CANADA. —The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Judkins, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday afternoon for New York, via Halifax. She carried a large number of passengers, and the usual maila for Canada and the United States. THE PORT or HULL.—It is very gratifying to be able to state that the recent partially-depressed state of the_trade of this important port, in consequence of the lengthened blocade of the German ports by the Danish blockading squadron, and the tiresome impediments which have thereby been-caused to trade and commerce, continues to be remedied by the vast influx of vessels from all parts of the world. We have before alluded to the numerous arrivals from abroad which have lately taken place, and no less than 94 ships from foreign ports have entered the port and officially reported at the Custom-house (luring the past week, with cargoes of cattle, grain, provisions, and general merchandise of every description. In the present absence of the us t u e al , traffic of an extensive nature with the HanseaticthSe States, con. which it is hoped will now speedily be r resume: th e lace, tiuued influx of vessels is very impotan_ and the import business and shippi n g are necessarily in a greatly improved tra state.d t e t of the port to Scotland with di s p atches The Queen's messenger proceed fo e r d h l e as r t m n oi i e g s h ty t (Sa turday),whois expected to be in Greenock on ai Lordandto John that night at Perth , on her way to 13m Russell will leave London on Monday, the 20th instant, on a *if her Majesty in potlaad.—Observer, Eighth class—Able seamen, carpenter's, Failmaker's, and cooper's crew•, yeomen of storo-rooms, ordinary seamen, privates and fifers of marines, or of land forces doing duty as marines, gunners of marine artillery, painters, stokers, coal-trimmers, second NAVAL BY rIE Qt.') EEN.—A I itO();,A MATION. two shares each. VicroltiN R.-1\ hereas by cur Ors!, rin Council Meth class Coels'a mates, paymaster and we were grsrieusly ph as, d to annul, Loin and after parser's stewards mates, paymaster and pur. the thirty-first ay of December next, our r o ya; pro ser's steward's boys, admiral's domestics, the clainatiens of the nineteenth day of May arid the stewards and cooks of admirals, of captains sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and -of the ward-room, of the g un - room , an d o f sub forty-six, regulating, according to the schemes set officers, second:es aa ordinary sea men , _assistant sto forth therein, or recognised thereby, the distribution: :keys, -barbers, tailors, lansalicreleic'zihip's boys of the of the net-proceeds of prizes captured from the enemy, first elites, engineer boa s, first and second-class kron mans, supernumerarie s b orne f or victuals only, .not of captures and seizures under the several Acts of Parliament passed relating to the revenues of cus- specially authorised to do duty, persons borne merely toms a , .d to trade and navigation, for the abolition of as passengers, and not declining to render assistance the slave-trade, for the capture and destruction of on any occasion of _c a pture , seizure, &c. —one share piratical vessels and of the rewards conferred for the and one quarter of a share each. same, as also of the awards for all salvage granted to Tenth class—Ship's boys below the first class— the crews of our ships and vessels of war, three-quarters of a share each. when not otherwise specially apportioned by Seamen gunners to share in all captures, seizures, the terms of the respective awards and allow- rewards, &c., as aforesaid, in the class immediately epees. And in consequence of several new above that in ewhich their notice is mentioned. ratings and denominations of oracers and others Alai in all cases in which supernumeraries, whether having been introduced into our riti%al service since officers or men, shall be ordered to do duty on board the dates of our said former proclamations, and for any of our ships or vessels by the Lord High Adini other causes, it is expedient that provisioLs should be rid, or by our Commissioners for executing the office made for the future distribution of such net proceeds of Lord High Admiral, or by other proper authority and salvage not otherwise specially apportioned, and (the orders of the captain or commanding officer, if all other moneys whatsoever granted to be shared in no senior he present, to be deemed suffic;ent autho the mariner ot prize- money. rity ), of which due notation as to fact and authority We do therefore now make known to all our loving is to be made in the muster books, they shall share subjects, and to all others whom it may concern, by according to the class of the ranks or ratings which Cr is our proclamation, by and with the advice and they respectively hold in the service, if not ordered to consent of cur Privy Council, that our royal will do duty in a higher capacity. and pleasure is, and we do hereby direct that the dis- And in order that Our royal intentions herein may tribution of all such net proceeds of prizes, rewards, be duly carried into effect, We further direct that, allowances, salvage, awards, and of all bounties and when any capture or seizure is made, or service per grants whatsoever, distributable to our royal navy in formed, for which a distributable grant or reward is the manner of prize- money, shall be made as follows, to be, or is expected to be, conferred or awarded to videlicet :-- any of our ships or vessels of war, the captain or corn- That the flag-officer or officers shall have one- mending officer shall transmit, or cause to be trees sixteenth part of the whole net proceeds arising from mitted, as soon as may be, to the Secretary of the prizes captured from the enemy and from all other Admiralty, a true and perfect list of all the officers, the c ships captures, seizure s , & c. , as a f oresaid made b y any of seamen, mar i nes, so l diers, and others, who were or vessels under his or their command, and actually on board on the occasion, accompanied of the rewards conferred for the same,-according to by a separate list, containing the names of those the following c on di t i ons and modifications—save and belonging to the crew who were absent except as hereinafter provided and directed; —tha t on duty or otherwise at the time, s p ec ifyi ng the is to say: when th e r e i s b ut one flag-officer, h e cause of such absence, each li s t t o con t a i n th e qua lity shall have the entire one•sixteenth: when t wo of service of each person, together with the descrip flag officers shall be sharing togeth er , th e c hi ef ti on o f t h e men, taken from the description-book of shall have two-thirds and the other flag-officer the ship or vessel, and their several rateings, to be shall have the remaining one-third of the one-six- subscribed by the captain or commanding officer and teenth part : and when there shall be more than two three or more of the chief officers on board. And flag-officers, the chief shall receive one-half of the said when the list of those actually on board shall have one-sixteenth, and the remaining halt shall be equally been verified on examination with the muster-books, divided among the junior flag-officers; commodores &c., the Accountant General of our navy shall, upon of the first class and captains of the fleet to share as request, grant to the agent or agents nominated or flag officers:— appointed by the capt ors or se i zors , &c., a certificate that such list is correct o r h as b een corrected, as Provided always that no flag-officer, unless actually on board any of our ships or vessels of war, and at occasion may require for the due di s t r ib u ti on o f t h e the actual taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise de- respective prize or other proceeds distrib u t a bl e as stroying any ship or ships of war, or privateers be- prize money. longing to the enemy, shall share in the distribution And in the event of difficulty arising with respect to any of the regulations hereby proposed, or if any of any head-money o r b oun ty- mone y gran t e d as a reward for the taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise case should occur not herein provided for, or not suffi destroying any such ship or vessel of the enemy. ciently provided for. We are pleased hereby to That nu flag-officer, unless actually present at the authorise the Lord High Admiral, or our Commis capture or destruction of any pirate ship, vessel, or stoners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral boat, shall be entitled to share in any distribution of for the time being, to issue such directions thereupon the proceeds or bounty in respect of the crews of as may appear just and expedient, which directions such piratical ship, vessel, or boat. shall have the same force and effect as if specially pro- That no flagsofficer shall share in any remuneration vided for in this our royal proclamation. or reward conferred or awarded to any of our ships Provided always that the distribution hereinbefore or vessels as salvage, unless he shall have been ordered, shall take effect only with respect to the actually on board the ship or vessel to which the proceeds of captures, seizures, and services, as afore award shall he made, or have personally aided and said, which shall be made and performed on and after assisted in the transaction at the time the service was January 1, 1850. Aod that the rrocceds:arising from rendered. all captures, seizures, and services, as aforesaid made That no flag-officer commanding in any port in the or performed prior to that date shall be distributed in United Kingdom shall share in the proceeds of any accordance with any proclamation or proclamations, prizes captured from the enemy, nor i n o th er ca p - now in force, or i n f orce a t th e t i me of such captures, tures, seizures, rewards, or any distributive proceeds seizures, or services, and applicable thereto ; which as aforesaid made by any ships or vessels which shall we are pleased hereby to direct accordingly. sail from, or leave such port, by order of the Lord Given at our Court at Osborne House, Isle of High Admiral, or of our Commissioners for executing Wight, this lath day of July, in the year of our the office of Lord High Admiral. Lord 1849, and in the 13th year of our reign. That when ships or vessels under the command God save the Queen. of several flag-officers , belonging to separate sta tions shall be joint captors, &c., each flag officer shall receive a proportion of one-sixteenth, according to the number of officers and men present under the com mand of each such flag officer ; and when ships or vessels under orders from the Lord High Admiral, or from our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, are joint captors, &c., with other ships or vessels under a flag or flags, the like regula tion as to the apportionment of the flag share to the flag officer or officers is to be observed. And with reference to these regulations, it is to be noted that a captain, commander, or other com manding officer, of a ship or vessel, shall be deemed to be under the command of a flag, when he shall actually have received some order from, or be acting in the execution of some order issued by a flag officer, whether he be or be not within the limits of the station of such flag officer; and in the event of his being directed to join a flag officer on any station, he shall be deemed to be under the com mand of such flag officer, from the time when he dr , rives within the limits of the station, which circum - stance is alway to be carefully noted in the log- book ; and it shall be considered that he continues under the flag officer, of such station until he shall have re ceived some order directly from, or be acting in the execution of some order issued by, some other flag officer, duly authorised, or by the Lord EighAdMiral, or our Cotemiasioners foi executing the office of Lord. -High Admiral. ' " TO THE EDl7Oli 01 THE SUN. SIR,—In conjutction with your rt marks respecting Oxford discipline and the case of Mr. Throsby, allow me to state that Mr. T. passed his examination for his degree in his thirteenth term, the earliest period allowed by the university statutes. Yours obediently, OXONIENSIS. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OP FARM PROPERTY BY FIRE. Last night, shortly after eight o'clock, a fearful conflagration, which continued to rage throughout the whole of the night, occurred upon the estate of Sir Thomas Lennard, situate at Wennington, near Raynham, in Essex, about:eighteen miles I rum London. The property in which the disaster commenced was termed Scrips and Others Farm, and was tenanted by Charles Richard Webb, E:.q., of Belmont Castle, Grays. The flames when first discovered were raging in a wheat rick on the south-east corner of the stack yard. An immediate alarm was given, and an at tempt was made to extinguish the flames ' • but such a firm hold had they obtained that they defied the ut most exertions of all present, and very speedily they xtended to the barns, a long range of premises, filled with wheat, from whence the work of destruction communicated to the bullock sheds and cow-houses. Mr. Barret, the agent to Sir Thomas Lennard, with a great number of villagers, hastend to the scene, and tried by every possible means to get the fire under, but without effect, and in the course of a few minutes the fire had seized upon a number of ricks of wheat, hay, and straw, so that there was property covering upwards of half an acre in a general blaze. Tfio flames at the same time mounted so high into the air as not merely to light up the surrounding country, but they were distinctly visible from every part of the metropolis. Lieutenant Sinclair and llr. Greensill, with a strong body of the artillery and several engines, in stantly started from - Purfleet Barracks to the scene, and were called into operation, but, notwithstanding the great body of water scattered over the flames, they continued to progress, and the light being seen in London caused the engine of the brigade in Wat ling-street, and also that of the West of England Company, in the Waterloo-road, to start in search of the fire. For some considerable time no direct infor mation could be obtained as to where the fire was raging, and the firemen were guided to the spot only by the glare in the atmosphere. The Loudon engines at length reached the spot, when a fearful scene presented itself, for the whole of the property except the dwelling•house and the gra nary was enveloped in an immense sheet of flame. The whole of the engines were kept at work during the night, but at nine o'clock this morning there still remained a great body of fire, although all danger of its further extension was at an end. No doubt seems to be enrertained that the fire was the work of an incendiary. The present is the fourth fire that has been raised in the neighbourhood during the week. Two attempts have been made on the pre mises of Mr. Vince, a farmer at Hornchurch, upon the Marquis of Salisbury's estate, about two miles from Romford. The first of these was extinguished, when shortly afterwards. the second was discovered, which burned down a great number of ricks, barns, shed, cow-houses, &c. The authorities are determined to have a most searching investigation into the cause of these fires, and a handsome reward will be offered for the appre hension of the gultrparties. Fortunately Mr. Webb's property was partially insured.—illorning Paper. LEAMINGTON SPA, AUG. 11.—The fashionable arrivals during the week, have been very nume rous, occasioned by the engrossing interest at taching itself to the Zingari cricket match, the result of which has already been published. Much company re mains in the town, in anticipation of the grand horticul tural exhibition on the 23d instant, and other amuse ments betwixt that date, and the great sporting event-- the Leamington Stakes—at the ensuing Warwick Sep tember meeting, for which there are 130 acceptances. The latest list of arrivals includes the names of Lord Luvaine, Hon. J. M. Cleve ley, Lieutenant-General Gardner, Lady Moore, Hon. Mrs. Boswell, Admiral Sir Charles Ekins and bawdy, Lady Hobert and the Hon. Miss Kerr, Lady Johu Scott, Bon. H. Grimstone, Hon. F. Ponsouby, Hon. A.. Wrottesley, Hon. E. Leigh, Colonel Cotton, Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, R ev . Hugh Stowell, Lady and Miss Seymour, Captains Dilke, Holt, Hay, Vundateur, Gordon, &c. &e. SOVTII A ME EICA.--LITERTOOL , SATURDAY.—We have this morning, by the ship Bonita, arrived in the Mersey, accounts from Pernambuco two, and from Rio T 1 ono day later tha n those reee iced l ast week. con tents are purely of mercantile interest. Freights were expected to advance; the cessation of rain having allowed produce to be forwarded from the interior dis tricts. The Bonita left Pernambuco on the 30th of June, in company with her majesty's steam er Li zar d , f or Ply mouth, and the brit;Ccstries for th e Ch anne l . CORONER'S INQUEST. —SUSPICIOUS DEATH or L FEMALE.—On Saturday evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. Payne ht en inquest at th e V estry ball, Sr. John's, Horsely down, on view of tt.e body of a female unknown, between forty and forty-five years of age, who was found drowned that (Saturday) morning off llorselydown, with marks of violence on her hands and arm. Mr. Wallet, summoning officer, said that the deceased had the appearance of having been in the water three or four days. There were no shoes on her feet. She had on black stockings, the unseal under dress, and a dark gown with blue spots. There was a wedding -ri ng on te second finger of her left hand; but there was nothing in her pockets to lead to her identity. There were two severe wounds across the back of both her hands. Mr. Phillipps, surgeon, Freeschool-street, stated that the wounds across the bands were inflicted during life. They were probably caused by some blunt instrument, for the purpose of c9rupelling her to leave go of some.. thing she bad hold of. The right arm was also bruised. He could not say whether the skull was fractured. The coroner directed a post mortent examination of the body, and tbo inquiry Was adjourned to Friday next. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. EIGHTEEN OF DOBSETSHIRE, This match was concluded on Saturday at Wey mouth. The following is the score at the close of the game:— ENGLAND-FIRST INNINGS. Clarke—c R. Templer ' b Day ... • Hillyer—c Lautour, b Browne ... Parr—c 11. Templer, b Vernon ••• ••• F. Pilch—b Day ••• ... ... Box—iun out ... ••• Guy—c Byrnes, b Onslow. ... ... .•• A. Mynn, Esq.—b Lautour ... ••• ••• N. Felix, Esq.—c Day, b Onslow ... ••• Martingell—c Vernon, b Day......... ••• Captain White—not out ••• ••• ... 7 Marshall, Esq.—c F. Johns, b Day •.• ... 0 81, w 9 ... to ... 18 Total ... DORSETSHIRE-FIRST INNINGS. W. Ffooks, Esq.—e Guy, b Hillyer ••• T. Onslow, Esq.—b Hillyer • W. Miller, Esq.—b Clarke .•• ••• ••• J. Browne—b Clarke ••• Captain Weir—b Clarke Day—c Marshall, b Hillyer W. Hounsell, Esq.—c Felix, b Clarke ... H. Vernon, Esq —b Mynn - •• ••• J. Symes,Esq.—c Box, b Mynn •• • Captain Lautour—b Mynn ... 0 R. Fookts, Esq.—hit wicket, b Mynn . . 0 H. Turner, Esq.—b Mynn „, H. Templer, Esq.—c Parr, 13 Hillyer F. Johns, Esq.—c C. Templer, Esq.—b Martingell - ... 0 R. Templer, Esq.—c Marshall, b Martingell 0 T. Johns, Esq.—b Hillyer ••• 0 T. nooks, Esq.—not out ... 0 B 2, w 1 ... 7G . 10 Total 77 ENGLAND—SECOND INNINGS. Clarke—run out 2 Hillyer— not out Parr—c Brown, b Day... ••• ••• 15 F. Pilch—b Brown ... ••• ••• 30 Box—b Day ... 1 Guy—c W. Ffooks, b Onslow 11 A. Mynn, Esq.—b Day N. Felix, Esq.—b Lautour 11 Martingell—o Brown, b Vernon ... 29 Captain White—b Brown ... . . ••• 3 Marshall, Esq.—b Day ... 12 B 3, w 7, n b 1 11 Total ••• ... •.• ...127 DOR SETSHIRE- SECOND INNING 8. W. Ffooks, Esq.—b Hillyer ... 3 T. Onslow, Esq.—b Martingell ...• 2 W. Miller, Esq.—c Hillyer, b Martingell 0 J. Brown—c and b Hillyer ... 2 Captain Weir—b . . ... 10 llay—b Clarke ... • ... 19 W. Hounsell, Esq —b Clarke 12 ••• ••• ••• H. Vernon, Esq.—e White, b Hillier 36 J. Symes, Esq.—b Clark© ... 1 Captain Lautour—b Clarke 7 R. Fookes, Esq.—c Felix, b Martingell ... 4 H. Turner, Esq.—b Clarke 3 H. Templer, Esq.— b Hillyer • ...• 4 J. Johns Esq.—b 0 C. Tem pler, Et q.—b Clarke R. Templer, Esq.—c White, b Hillyer 11 T. Johns, Esq.—b Clarke ... 0 T. Ffooks, Esq. —not out ... 0 w 1 6 Total ...120 TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND LI.. BERTY."—Kosauth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the lollowing bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee recently formed to carry out the Testicnrnin l. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... •...812 4 2i Third Subscription from Leicester, per Mr. G. Small&ld, of the Leicester Mercury : Mr. George Viccars, sen. 0 5 Mr. Merillier 0 5 0 Mr. W. Burden F. Dalby Mr. Henry Allen, Oxford-street 0 10 0 A Railway Guard ... . 0 1 0 Mr. J. H. Williams ... 0 5 Workmen in Mr. Clark's Brush Manufactory... 0 3 6 Mr. Tliomas Corsh . 0 10 6 Nine Framework Knitters 0 2 0 James and . Jane Mortimer, John Smith, H. Middleton, and John Jones (" working-folk") 0 2 0 A Few Working Men, meeting at the Temper ance Coffee-house, Llanelly 0 8 6 Five Friends, Whitby, Yorkshire ... 0 7 0 Nicholai (Czar), St. Petersbargli, Psendouyrr! ... 0 2 6 A Few Friends, Lymondsbury, near Bridport 0 3 0 Total ... £Bl5 12 8k THEATRE. ROYAL, RICHMOND. 'The Merchant of Venice was performed here on Friday night, and in the most satisfactory manner, to a highly respectable audience. Mr. W. R. Tindell sustained the arduous part of Shylock with a vigour and intellect which fully confirmed the high opinion formed of him by his previous performances of Romeo, Claude Melnotte, &c. Miss Mary Hill, a young and highly promising lady, from the St. James's and Olympic Theatres, represented Portia with a grace and correctness that argues highly for her future excellence ; and it would - be unjust to omit the correct portraiture of the merchant 44 ntonio by Mr. Fortescue. Mr. W. B. Ryan as Launcelot Gobbo was highly amusing, and his "strict adherence to the text was most commendable, as In the provinces your clowns say more than is set down for them. Altogether the performance elicited the most genuine applause ; the grand serious pantomime of DoirJuan was revived on the occasion, the reckless Don Juan and Scaramouch, his attendant, were por trayed by Messrs. W. R. Tindell and W. B. Ryan, with the proper spirit and drollery each part de manded, and the concluding scene of the descent of Juan to the regio ns b e l ow am id a s l ower o f rea l fi re quite took the audience by surprise, and the curtain tell, to use the phrase of a well-known London Theatre Royal "Empreneur," witha blaze of triumph. The lessee is Mr. John Ryan. TIER MAt3ESTY ' S THEATRE.—IIIs Imperial High ness the Duke of Leuchtenberg and suite honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with his presence. The Queen's box was occu pied by Lady Harriet Ponsonby, Lady Kathleen Pon souby, Mrs. Ponsonhy, Miss Dillon, and party. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by Lady Harriett Corry and the Hon. William Ashley. Amongst the' visitors were his Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Marchioness of Douro, the Prince and Princess Bagration, his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency ►he Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Neapolitan Minister, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and Madame la Marquis de Lisboa, his Excel lency the Minister of the Argentine Republic, the Duke and Duchess de Guise, the Charge d'Affaires of France and Madame Montherot, the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis of Huntley, the Dowager Marchioness of Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, the Earl Bruce, the Earl Beau champ, the Viscount Somerton, the Viscount Emlyn, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lord William Gordon Lennox, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Sandys, Lord Saltoun, Lady Forbes, General the Hon. Arthur Upton, the Count de Muller, the Count Krapatoga, the Chevalier R. Damiani, the Comte and Comtesse de Miremont, the Count de Burke, Lady Charteris, Sir Frederick Trench, Bart, M P., Lieutenant-Gtneral Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Sir Cornwall Ricketts, Bart., the Baron de Guerlache, Lady Fletcher, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Henry Meux, Bart., Lieu tenant- Gt neral Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart., Sir Seymour Sadler, Colonel Wildman, Sir George Carroll, Bart., Lady and the Misses Carroll, Sir J. Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Mrs. Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Fitzroy Soueerbet, Mr. Fitzwilliam Hume, Mr. .Milbanke, Mr. M. D. Longdon, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Brereton Trelawney, Mr. and LMrs. Dodd, Mr. Burnell, Miss Pellew, &c. - - ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-SARIMN:Her Royal highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, ho noured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday evening with their presence, and occupied her Majesty s box; in attendance upon their Royal High nesses were Mr. Edmond St. Tobn Mildmay, Miss de Burgh, and Baron Kohler. Among the visitors were his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and the Marchioness de Lisboa and party, the Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Augusta and Caroline Lennox, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, the Marchioness of Westmeath and the Hon. Mrs: Henry Murray, the Marquis of Titch• field, the Earl of Munster, Earl of Besborough, Earl Granville, the Earl of Shelburne, Lady Mary Bentinck, Lady Monson, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Clifilen, Viscount Exmouth, Baron Lionel de Rothschild and Ba roness de Rothschild, Baron Osten, Lord Ardaur Hay, Hon. Colo,el Arthur Upton, Hon. Edward Upton, Hon. George billies, Hon. Spencer Cowper Hon. Theobald Dillon, HO D . M r. D ay , Si r H e nry Webb, Bart., Sir G. Arrnyt age, BLrt., Sir Edwin Stanhope, Bart., Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Sir William and Lady Cluy, Lady Jcdrell, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir Charles Marshall, Major and Mrs. Gage, Mr. H. Greville, Mr. C. Morgan, M.P., Colonel Oliver, Captain Blois; Captain B. Seymour, Colonel Wingfield, Captain Ryder Burton, Captain Cuddy, Mr. MulcuSter, Mr. J. Llayd Clayton, Captain Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Coghlan, Colonel 13 'gnall, Mr. Denistoun, Captain and the Misses Temple Boudoi n , & c . DEATII OF THE COUNTESS OF DARTMOUTH.—We regret to learn the illness of this estimable Countess has terminated fatally, she having died yesterday morning, at the family residence in St. James's-square, to the inexpressible grief of an aMetionate husband and a large youthful family.