The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-13 00:00:00

ANOTHER VIOLENT GALE. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIVES. The heavy gales which prevailed last week were renewed with great severity on Sunday night and Monday, and in the Channel the weather was awfully stormy, with tremendous seas running. The most conspicuous disaster, as yet reported (writes our Liverpool correspondent yesterday) is the foundering about eight miles north of the Bell Buoy of the barque Prompt, Captain Whittle, bound from Rangoon via Akyab to Liverpool (laden with rice and other cargo), and the loss of 15 lives. The official despatch on the subject posted at the Under writers' Rooms, Liverpool, is as follows : " The Prompt (Whittle), from Rangoon, bound Liverpool, foundered eight miles N.E. of the Bell Buoy at four p.m. yesterday, in eight fathoms of water." It is feared that the vessel was carrying too much sail„ and that being struck by a tremendous sea she was thrown upon her beam ends and went down almost immediately. Ffteen of the crew perished, and the remainder, consisting of the cap tain, mate, pilot, and boy, were rescued by the steam-tug Brother Jonathan, and landed in Liver pool this afternoon. The gale was raging furiously at the time, and it was not without great difficulty and danger that the men were picked up. The Prompt was a vessel of 767 tons burden, was built at Quebec in 1853, and had a large quantity of cotton on board in addition to the rice and other cargo. Captain Whittle (with whom our correspondent had an interview yesterday afternoon) made the following statement :—" We left Rangoon on the 15th June, with a cargo of rice, and on the 6th November we left Queenstown (where we called for orders), for Liverpool. Our crew consisted of 18 men and boys, and one of the crew, Nicholas Johns, was left at Queenstown unwell. We took on board Shaw, of No. 3 pilot boat, at Point Lynas, on Sun day. We ran up to the north-west light-ship on Monday morning, intending, if possible, to enter the port when the tide answered. The wind at this time was blowing very fresh from W. by S., with thick weather. We tried to work off the ship to the N., with close-reefed topsails, so as to clear the banks. At about noon, and while about 10 miles distant from the Bell Buoy, a heavy beam sea struck the vessel and at once disabled her. By the pilot's advice we cut away the mizen mast to ease the ship. About 3 o'clock, when the vessel was on the point of foundering, the steam-tug Bro ther Jonathan hove up and tried to take us in tow. She threw us a hawser line, and seeing that the ship was likely to settle down forward, five of the men tied themselves to it. The rope, however, got entangled in the cat-head, and though one of the men got on board the steamer, the other four went down with the ship, which soon after went over on her beam-ends, settling down for some time pre viously :at the bow. At this time I was in the cabin with the steward, and he was trying to put on a life belt, when the sea broke in upon us. He was drowned in the companion way. I managed to work my way up by the hold on the wheel house. From there I was washed into the sea with John Murphy, the first mate, and a little boy named George Murray (who could not swim). While in the sea the wheelhouse broke from the ship with a fearful noise, and with great difficulty we managed to reach it. The sea capsized the wheelhouse seve ral times, but by obeying my direction Murray always managed to hold on, while I and Murphy swam about at intervals. The ship drifted to lee ward, and soon foundered. I don't know what be came of the other men, for all the boats were smashed, and the cargo shifted, while the sea was fearfully high. At last the crew of the Brother Jonathan threw life buoys to us, and hauled us on board completely exhausted. Nothing could surpass the kindness of the captain and crew of the steamer, who lent ns dry clothes, and gave us hot coffee and other food." The following are the names of the saved and drowned :—Saved—Captain John Whittle, Murphy, Ist mate, George Murray, apprentice, and Shaw, pilot. Drowned—Kelsick Wood (of Mary port), 2d mate, Robert Mackenzie, carpenter, John AV. Hall, steward, Oco Vigilant, cook, Thomas Swainson, Hugh Letherick, Simon Hayes, Wm. Gill, John Fenson, Thomas Jenkins, and George Nicholson, able seamen. Apprentices, Charles Ed- Prosser, John Mackechny and Wm. Neill. The Prompt was owned by Messrs. E. Whittle and Co., of Liverpool, and was thoroughly refitted when last in port. She was fully insured, and the cargo of about 950 tons of rice was consigned to Messrs. Sinclair, of Belfast. Another sad occurrence was also reported yester day, but fortunately unattended with loss of life, although the crew underwent much suffering from cold and exhaustion. It appeared that the schooner Young Gipsey, from Newport to Liverpool, with a cargo of bar iron, was caught in the gale on Mon day, while off the port. For several hours the vessel was knocked about in the most lamentable manner, the sea making a clean sweep over her, carrying all moveables overboard, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the crew could keep them selves secure. Ultimately, however, the vessel became :unmanageable, and sunk when off Rhyl. The schooner's boats had been washed away long before, and the only hope of succour for the crew • lay in the rigging, where they, after much difficulty, succeeded in gaining. While here, the sea continued to make a clear breach over them, and with the ut most " determination and love of life," as one of the poor fellows not inappropriately termed it, they clung to their precarious support, in the hopes that daylight would discover their position to some vessels near. Their hopes were fortunately not des tined to be disappointed, for at an early hour they observed a boat making towards them, and after some time had elapsed they made her out to be the Point of Ayr lifeboat, coming to their rescue. At 10 o'clock the boat reached them, and in a few minutes after the poor fellows, seven in number, were safe. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. A correspondent, writing from Bridlington-quay, on Monday, says—The violent storm which swept over the north-east coast with such fearful results, on Saturday week, has been followed by another, within eight days, no less violent, and scarcely less disastrous in its effects. Along the line of coast running from the Humber to Flambro' Head it has fallen with a severity unprecedented for many years, and the beach, within several miles of this place, is literally covered with stranded vessels and wreck. The coast here forms a fine bay, bounded on the north by the chalk cliffs and sunken rocks of Flambro' Read, and on the east and south by a low line of clay cliff s and a sand beach, exposed to the full force of stomas from the north-east, east, south, and south-east, which sw ee pover it with irresistible violence. Stretching fr om ea th e Humb er t o w ithi n a few miles of Flambro' d usawhi c h sunken shoal, called the- Smethwick Sands, over the sea breaks when the wird is on the lan d in huge bill ow ,, which crest the horizon with a belt of foam, and within, along the southern edge Of the h are several knolls or shallows, whi c h b ay, ate easily distinguished in heavy storms by the surf Which covers them. The bay, though affording th e safest shelter on the coast with a north wind, thus becomes almost one mass of broken water on the wind chopping round to the east, and, as this is a frequent occurrence, vessels sheltering there, or steering a course within a few miles of land, find it almost impossible to work off to sea, and are driven upon the beach covered with foam, and shattered by the waves as they break over them miles from the shore. On Sunday the bay was a surging mass of broken water, and as the wind swept onward in its mad career, rendered more fearful by showers of pelting rain, the inhabitants became alarmed for the safety of a fleet of small coasting vessels, lying off the roadstead. During Saturday night there were wild gusts of wind from the south-east, which on Sunday rose to a hurricane, and soon lashed the see.into huge swellin g bill ows , w hi c h, as th ey ro ll e d f orward in rapid succession, broke midway to the beach. S everal of the vessels ' attempted to take the harbour,talmostactor inaccessible from the weight o f th e sea breaki n vihilsreothtli bar, and were more or less ere, len fortunate, in vein tried • to sail out of the bay, and were driven upon the beach at various points, until, within view of the town, no fewer than thirteen wrecks c..uld be counted left stranded upon the sands• . The following are the names of vessels driven on shore during the storm :—The Catharine Frazer, Venus, and Dove, of Lynn; the Good vill, Water witch, and ,Sylph, of Whitby ; the Undine, John and Jane, and Petrel, of Yarmouth ; the Euphemia, of Ipswich ; the William and Jane, of Inverness ; the Hoop, of Holland ; and the Favourite, of Sun derland. The storm is still blowing fiercely. Another correspondent says—On Sunday last a very severe storm visited Bridlington and neigh. bourhood, and considerable damage was done to the shipping in the bay. It is not yet known exactly what number of lives have been lost; but we fear that at least 15 persons have found a watery grave, as three vessels have sunk with all hands. The storm began to rage at half-past six o'clock in the morn ing, and did not abate until three in the afternoon. At eight o'clock a vessel went on shore on the north side of the pier, and was much damaged. Two other vessels shortly afterwards attempted to enter the harbour, and in doing so, one of them (a schooner) was dashed against the pier, and sustained consider•. able damage to her bulwark. The Self, from Lynn, got into the harbour all safe. At half-past nine, a schooner and a brig were observed to be ashore north of the pier, both of them being much injured, but all hands were saved by the rocket apparatus of the coastguard. The attention of the spectators was thus called to the south shore, where two other vessels were observed to be in distress. One of them was dashed against the jetty several times, and be came a complete wreck. To the credit of the coast guard all the hands were in this case also saved by their rocket apparatus. The other, after being thrown against the jetty, got into harbour much damaged. 2HE NAVY. Orders from the Admiralty were received yester day at Plymouth, countermanding the departure of the Sanspareil, the Donegal, and the Conqueror, with the Marines for Mexico, until there is a pros pect of more settled weather. The Warrior and the Revenge, which left Queens town on Saturday, arrived in the Sound yesterday afternoon, and will probably leave for Portland to morrow. The Phaeton, 51, screw, Capt. E. Tatham, sailed from Spithead yesterday for Yarmouth Roads, at the West end of the Isle of Wight, where she anchored to await further orders. Owing to the hurried manner in which she was despatched from Sheerness, a great deal of work still remains to be done on board before the ship can be pronounced fit for sea. Yesterday orders were received from the Admi ralty to prepare the Shannon, 51, screw, for sea within 12 hours. The machinery was found to work perfectly, and, as the vessel has been rigged in a very superior manner, and is fitted even to her boats, gripes, and chafing mats, her future captain will be enabled to proceed to sea in her at a much earlier period from the date of her commission than he would with many other ships that have been dockyard rigged. Captain Arthur Cum ming, for whom the frigate is destined, is ex pected to arrive at Portsmouth this morning, with part of the officers and crew of the Emerald. He will at once convey the Shannon round to De vonport, where the remainder of the Emerald's crew will turn to her. He will then resume his voyage, which he was compelled by stress of weather to relinquish in the Emerald. A deputation from the municipal authorities of Portsmouth have waited upon the Admiralty rela tive to the contemplated removal of the Britannia from that port to Portland, but nothing definite, we believe, has resulted from their interview beyond the fact that the Britannia will be removed from the harbour of Portsmouth, owing to reasons en tirely irrespective of the sanitary condition of that part of the harbour where the ship has been moored. It is also understood that the original order of the Board. may so far be modified that the Britannia may be eventually moored at Spithead or the Mo therbank, instead of at Portland ; and as the re moval of the ship from the harbour is the chief point insisted upon, Spithead in summer and the Motherbank in winter certainly appear to be the best positions that could be chosen for her. The cadets in their daily walks through the dockyard at Portsmouth, accompanied by their officers, in specting the different ships fitting out in the basins, acquire a sound knowledge of the practical mode of rigging and fitting out a vessel for sea, stowing her hold, &c: At Portland there is no dockyard, and therefore these important aids to the cadet's training as a seaman would not be available. An order has been issued that all line-of battle ships and frigates are in future to be fitted with " jibboom nets." The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. John Sec• combe, embarked the troops enumerated in The Sun of the Bth inst. at Portsmuoth yesterday, for convey ance to Halifax and the West Indies. She sails this morning for her destination, calling in at Queen s town to complete her freight. The Supply, screw storeship, Master-Commander Balliston, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Mediterranean, with stores, &c., from Malta and Gibraltar, and cases of ancient sculpture from Cyrene. The Rev. R. B. Howe, naval chaplain, has come home in her as passenger. She has also brought home a few supernumeraries. She left Malta on the 24th Oct. The entire surface of No. 1 dock at Chatham having been boarded over, and formed into a huge workshop and fitting•shed for the workmen em ployed on the Achilles, 50, the present roof over the dock is to be extended inland to a considerable distance. The work is to be completed with the utmost possible despatch. The Comus, 14, 460 tons, sailing sloop, attached to the reserve in ordinary at Chatham, is ordered to be removed to St. Mary's Island, where she is to be broken up by the convicts. Orders had been previously given for the Childers, 16, to be taken to pieces by the convicts, but the Admiralty have decided on disposing of that vessel with the other sailing ships at Chatham which have been selected to be Bold by tender, and the Comus will be broken up instead. The value of the Comas, as estimated by the Admiralty officials who have made a survey of the ships selected for sale, was fixed at £1,617. The screw steam sloop Flying-fish, 6, 350-horse power, Commander W. H. Anderson, which has ar rived at Sheerness from the coast of Scotland, is ordered to be taken into dock, where she is to have her bottom examined, and some extensive altera tions made in her internal fittings in order to im prove the ventilation below. It is understood that the Flying-fish will be despatched to the West Coast of Africa, taking out a commission specially appointed by the Government to inquire into the cause of the disturbances at Lagos between the King of Bonny and his people by which British interests on the coast are likely to be materially affected. The screw frigate Leander, 51, 400-horse power, is ordered to proceed to the Maplin Sands for a second trial of her engines and machinery on Friday next, the frigate having been compelled to return to Sheerness harbour on the occasion of her former trial trip in consequence of the untoward accident which oc curre d to M r. B et h w i c k , t h e contractor ' s foreman, who had a portion of his right hand cut off by accidentally motion. falling among the machin er y in TILE ARAII. Several of t it h e ey b a es l t E n n on gi e nee oramissioned officers and are employed a t Bmreonmpatonthßearracks, underthee s uperintendence of Li e o f a model u Barracks, be l ieved preparationr ed to be th e most ofPreston cora t. Lieut.-Col. ol . C a o r l r l i a n c s k o s n , , b i n e l i t plete in the kingdom, to be placed in the Great International Exhibition of 1862. The model is formed on a scale of great magnitude, the length being 21 feet, and breadth 12 feet. The winter season preventing the Royal Engineers from being employed in the open-air fieldworks on their prac tising ground at Chatham, a number of the officers and men are e ngaged in acquiring a knowledge of sapping and mining from the numerous models de posited in the model-room at the barracks. Parties of officers and men are likewise employed in pre paring fuses and model gabions and fascines. The work of theoretical instruction is also being daily carried forward in the new class and instruction rooms and lecture theatre, just completed at head quarters, under the instructors in the various branches of military engineering. The sth company of Royal Engineers, which has joined head-quarters, Chatham, from Woolwich, has been placed under orders to proceed on foreign service, but no intimation has yet been received at Chatham as to the station for which it is destined. The force of artillery now stationed at Warley Barracks, near Brentwood, is 800 strong. • VISCOUNT ENFIELD ON THE EDUCA TION MINUTE. Last evening the annual meeting and examina tion of the children of the British School at Brent ford took place—Viscount Enfield, M.P., presiding. The children having passed through a creditab:e examination in various branches of elementary knowledge, the report was read, and stated that 328 children-160 boys and 168 girls—attended the school. As there was school room.for 450 chil dren the report urged parents to send their chil dren for instruction. With regard to the finances of the school a balance of £7B 7s. 7d. was due to the treasurer in consequence of the expenseq con nected with the new school. Ia conclusion it ex pressed apprehension as to the future of national education in England in consequence of the educa tional minute, for the withdrawal or modification of which a memorial had been presented. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that having been invited to preside there that evening, and having an intimation conveyed to him that it would not be distasteful to his friends in Brentford if he were to make a few observations on the concluding portion of the report which re ferred to the revised education code, he would ad dress himself to that subject. And in the outset let him say that he always looked with distrust and suspicion to an exaggerated amount of popularity on the one hand, and to an exaggerated amount of objection on the other, to any new scheme which might be proposed, and he looked with suspicion on them for this reason, that the evils were apparent, whilst the intrinsic good did not catch the eye at the first glance. He confessed that at the first glance he was disposed to join the outcry which had been raised against the proposed change, but a more close study of the question, and a little more:insight into the details, convinced him that, though there were grave objections to the scheme there was also valuable matter in it, and he believed that much good would arise if it were so modified as to retain the good and cast out the evil. The subject was so vast that he distrusted himself in speaking of it. He was certain that the Education Commissioners could have but one object in view— that of presenting to the nation a full, fair, and dis passionate report of the result of their inquiry, and he believed they had done so. He believed, also, that neither the President nor the Vice-President of the Council had any other end in view than that of embodying in the education scheme such changes and modification as, after scrutiny, they believed would be likely to promote the education of the peo ple. However, he thought that the scheme, if car ried out as it stood, would be productive of conside rable harshness and even of injustice to the certifi cated teachers. (Hear, hear.) But where Parliament had to deal with vested interests, it did so in a fair and generous spirit, and he was sure Parliament would listen with a ready ear to the complaints of those who would most practically and severely suffer if this code were put in force as it stood. At the same time he was certain that if the change were to be car ried out a different class of persons would be employed in that capacity. He was afraid that that very valua able and intelligent class of persons, who from the outset of life devoted themselves to what he might call the educational profession, would become nei ther so numerous nor so intelligent as they were at present. At the outset of life they embarked in this profession in the expectation that good faith would be kept with them by the Government, and he firmly hoped that when those representa tions which were spoken of were made to the Privy Council they would be listened to with that same patience and earnestness which official men are bound to pay to representations proceed ing from so valuable and intelligent a portion of the community. He deeply deplored the position of those persons. They felt that to a certain extent good faith had been broken towards them, but he felt sure their representations and remonstrances would be listened to with attention. If he felt ob jection to some parts of the new code, there were others which he thought very valuable. Ho felt convinced that when the country had seen this edu cation grant increasing and swelling to an enormous extent, it had a right to ask that this money should obtain its money's worth. (Hear, hear.) He was afraid—if they were to believe the commissioner's report—that the money's worth had hardly been obtained. He hoped that, for the future, the in spection would be more stringent, and that—what ever good had been obtained in past years in the way of education—greater good would result from this revised scheme. (Hear.) He saw that by it greater precision was required in attendance, in the qualification of the children, and in examination. These were sound and valuable elements in the scheme, and he did not think they ought to be omitted. The classification which was to be made of the children appeared to be open to serious objec tions. He believed that age with regard to the clas sification of children was one of the mist fallible tests. It often happened that a clever child of eight years was fit to sit on the form for children of 12 years, whilst a child of 12 years might not be so qualified. He hoped, therefore, to see this system of classification modified, if not entirely altered. Great stress had been laid on the fact that the religious ele ment was to a great extent eliminated by the new code. He felt that he was touching on dangerous ground in alluding to this subject, but he could not help saying that he felt certain spiritual instruction in elementary schools was open to objection in this way, that it left the child dependent for spiritual iustruction on the teacher. It might sound hereti cal to say so, but he confessed he would rather trust the spiritual instruction of the child to the parent than to the schoolmaster. (Hear.) That he knew was not a popular doctrine, or one that was likely to find acceptance from most of those whom he was addressing, but he considered it to be the sound view of the subject, and he firmly believed that those parents who were aware of the inestimable advantages of elementary schools would not neglect that most important portion of education—spiritual instruction. (Hear.) He wished, whilst speaking on the subject, to do justice to a gentleman who had been subjected to great abuse. He saw with pain that a gentleman in the west of England, from whose sacred calling they might have expected more charity, said that when he saw the name of the right hon. the Vice-President of the Council attached to the new code ho was not suprised. Now he be lieved that that right hon. gentleman could be actuated by one feeling only ; that he was convinced from his experience that the large sums of money which within the last ten years had been expended on public education had not borne so much fruit as they ought, and the public mind was prepared—he would not say for organic change, but for some reform. Ile could have been actuated by only one wish, namely, that in any revised code means should be taken to secure the greatest possible amount of good for the large sums of public money which were given for educational purposes. He regretted that a little more timely notice was not given of the intention of the Committee of Council to pro mulgate a scheme which affected so many persons. (Hear.) But as the scheme could not come into operation till after the month of March, ample time would b 3 afforded for the Legislature to give a patient attention to the details which it embraced, and he trusted it would be so modified as to do full Justice at the same time to vested interests and to the public. This question ought not to be treated more he ventur e d spiri ta t n o d in a party scheme come o u t, an d tti:hlilenekm fearwo r o e uo i fl t di twst the e s ev di good i s ol c eo u sds s e s on e f d e dt t h hi n the public mind. W hen the grantee had increased duri ng t h e last fif mend an to in c i r B e o as o i , n oo g o e , ci t the fo . r education e iv p a u le b n i t ie fo h r a t a he m Oney given. teen years from a right to d difficult I The subject was a complicatea an d a THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN6i,'I NOVEMBER \ 13, 1861. one, and he feared he might have said things which were not palatable in the ears of some of those who heard him ; but his desire was to obtain the greatest amount of good with as littleofcorresponding evil as possible from the grant. There was no question to which he would address himself with a more dispassionate and earnest spirit of inquiry, and if upon further investigation he found he had taken an erroneous view, he should not hesitate to say so. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that vested in terests would be preserved, that the important details of the scheme would be well considered and criticised, and, if necessary, altered. He respect fully invited his friends who differed from him on this subject to consider whether the public mind was not ripe for some reform. The public feeling was that some change was requisite. He thought that another year ought not to pass by without some change in the code of education, and he hoped and believed that beneficial results would ensue. (Hear, hear.) The motion, having been seconded, was adopted, and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. CHARGE OF ARSON. At. the Mansion-house yesterday, a respectable looking young man, named Henry Coventry, was brought befor the Lord Mayor, in custody of Mr. Foulger, one of the inspectors of the City police, upon the capital charge of feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously setting fire to the Robin Hood public house, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate, persons being therein at the time. Mr. Humphreys, jun., of the firm of llumarcys, Son, and Morgan, of Newgate•street, attended on behalf of the prisoner. The case appeared to be one of rather an extraordinary character. inspector Foulger said—At half-past three o'clock on Monday morning, in consequence of information I received I went to the Robin Hood public house, kept by Mr. Mawer, accompanied by some of the fire brigade, and when I arrived there I observed smoke issuing from the cellar-flap, and also an appearance of flames inside the cellar. The cellar flap was forced open, and we went in, and I then saw that the joists of the flooring above the cellar were on fire in two places, 6 feet apart. One portion of the flooring on fire was over the beer engine, and the other was in a corner under the spirit pipes, and some of the latter were melted by the heat, and five of the pipes of the beer engine were also melted and detached from the engine. I examined the place carefully and found several of the metal branches which conveyed gas to different parts of the house were also melted, and the metal had fallen upon the ground, and the gas blazing from the main iron service pipe, and the flames ap peared to have set fire to the joists of the cellar. From the examination I made I believe that a hole must have been made in the lead service pipes, and that the gas was ignited, and that it then consumed the metal up to the iron main pipe; and if the fire had not been discovered when it was the house would in all probability have been destroyed. The gas appeared to be turned on full, and it smelt very strong when we went into the cellar. One of the gas pipes appeared to have been unscrewed, and this must have been do,ne intentionally. The prisoner was the potman at the Robin Hood, but he was not in the house at the time the fire was discovered. The landlord and landlady and two children had gone to bed, and the children were taken out by means of the fire escape. I ascertained that the back and front doors of the house were properly secured, and there were no means of ob taining access to the premises except the oack, but any person, in order to get there by that means, would have to climb over a very high wall. On Monday evening I went again to the house and had a conversation with the landlady and a female ser vant upon the subject of the fire, and I afterwards saw the prisoner and told him that there was some thing very suspicious about the fire, and that I was about to put some questions to him, but he need not answer them unless he pleased, as his answers might affect him afterwards. I then said to him, " This house was set on fire by some one in two •places; your mistress says that you were the last person in the cellar on the night before the fire, and that she sent you down to turn the gas off at the main, and that she knows you did turn it off, be cause while you were in the cellar one of the lights in tho bar was turned out." I then said there was no one in the house but his mistress, himself, the servant and the children, and that one of them must have set it on fire. The prisoner then said that he knew nothing about it—he did not do it ; and he added that he had fastened up the house, and saw all safe, and his mistress let him out at a quarter to twelve o'clock ; and he then took a short walk in Shoreditch, and got home about half-past twelve o'clock. The inspector then produced the pieces of gas pipe that had been :detached and burnt in the manner he described. The Lord Mayor inquired whether there was any evidence to connect the prisoner with the fire. Inspector Foulger eaid he had no further evi dence to•lay before his lordship at present. The Lord Mayor inquired whether it was true that the prisoner was let out of the house before 12 o'clock on the night previous to the fire. Inspector Foulger said he believed it was. Mr. Humphreys said there was no doubt of this fact, and that the fire did not break out until nearly three hours afterwards. If the prisoner had set fire to the house before he left, a discovery must have been made Ion- , ' before half-past three. The Lord Mayor inquired whether there had been any quarrel between the prisoner and his master and mistress, or whether any ill-feeling existed between them. _ _ Inspector Foulger said he had not heard that there was anything of the kind. His Lordship then said that, however suspicious the circumstances might appear, he did not see that there was the slightest evidence against the pri soner, and he should therefore order him to be at once discharged. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY AND CLEVER CAPTURE. GREAT YARMOUTII, MONDAY. On Thursday evening last Mr. and Mrs. Barker, residing at 29, Bessborough-gardens, Pimlico, went to the opera, leaving the house in charge of a female servant, named Mary Newell. On returning home, at half-past one, Mr. Barker was surprised to receive no answer to his knock, and on effecting a forcible entrance he discovered traces everywhere that a robbery, if not a murder, had been committed. A large amount of property was lying about in the utmost confusion; plate, to the value of 1100, was packed up ready for removal ; a hole was cut in the back door large enough to admit a man, and the poker was found on the floor smeared with blood, and with clotted masses of human hair attached. On further search a quantity of miscel laneous property, including some valuable jewel lery, was Missing ; but no trace of the domestic could be found. Information was immediately given to the police, and Inspector Humphreys and Detective Sheen, of the B division, were employed to investi gate the matter. On examination of the premises circumstances came to light which tended to east suspicion on the servant, which was confirmed on discovering that the bloody poker was an artifice, and that the hair had been glued on. They next ascertained that a cab, containing a gentleman, with a good sized box, had left the house that evening for the Eastern Counties Railway station, and at the station that he had taktn a ticket and proceeded for Brentwood. The officers followed on to Brentwood next day, nothing doubting that the gentleman and the good-sized box were the servant in disguise and the stolen property. At Brentwood they learned that a gentleman and box had passed the night at the White Hart, but had left that morning by the down train. Hero the inspector returned to London, leav ing Detective Sheen to follow the clue he had ob tained. Sheen accordingly proceeded to work, his route being determined by traces of a gentleman and box, until it reached Yarmouth on Saturday, the last place to which he tracked them. At Yarmouth he procured the assistance of the sharpest detective there, Sergeant Berry, and both spent the whole of the day in fruitless inquiries. Next day, how ever, they ascerlained that a gentleman and box had taken lodgings with an old lady in Row 136, and on proceeding there were told that a young gentleman answering the description given, with a box, had lived with her since Friday, but he was then out taking a walk on the Marine Parade with a young lady. On the officer gently insinuating that the young gentleman might possibly be one of her own sex, the old lady indignantly scouted the idea, and was sure from the way he had behaved that he was a real gentleman. They said they would wait his return, and at five o'clock in walked the lodger, shawled to the chin against the effects of the :storm he had to encounter on the beach, vigorously puffing a cigar, and got up in the fast style, with extensive pegtops, and everything en suite, He found himself immediately in custody of the police, and being charged with the robbery, and being one Mary Newell, she admitted the offence with no little sang froid. Her box was next ex amined andithe missing property found in it. She was taken to the police station, and next morning Sheen took his prize to London. still in her male attire, as, not anticipating so early a necessity for a change of apparel, she had left her female attire behind her. It appears that while in Yarmouth she acted•out her assumed part with a spirit that would I have done credit to the original. She treated, the landlady both nights to the theatre, and expressed herself much disappointed that she had not come down in the summer when the town was gayer and livelier. She attended St. Peter's church on Sunday, but she pretended to no special piety, as she affected a good deal of flirtation with the girls about, and gave her landlady the idea of being quite a Lothario. Among the articles found on her was a small fancy tobacco-pipe. She told the police she had been dis turbed in the robbery, or she would have carried off the plate. She is about 25 years of age, and her make-up as a male character was pronounced to be excellent. Yesterday the prisoner was placed in the dock of the Westminster police court, in the attire in which she had been captured. She is a common-looking person about 22 years of age, with her hair cut short to resemble a man's. She buried her face in her hands, and endeavoured to hide herself from the curious gaze of all around her. Mr- Barker said she had been in his service since the 17th of last month. The whole of his wearing apparel, and other property, had been carried off on the night of the robbery. Mr. Heath, a gentleman residing with Mr. Barker, said that all his clothes and linen had been carried off, and some jewellery. Sheen produced a watch, some bracelets, gold pins, and other articles, including some money, found in the prisoner's possession. He had recovered everything stolen excepting about £3, which had been expended on her journey. Upon the application of Mr. Humphreys the pri soner was remanded till Tuesday next. In the course of the day a change of clothing was procured for her from Mr. Barker's, and she went to prison in petticoats. There is no idea of any other person having been concerned in the robbery. THE AT TEMPTED MURDER A T ALDERSHOTT. ODIIIAIVI, HANTS, Nov. 12. At the ordinary petty sessions held to-day at the George Hotel, Odiham, before Lord Dorchester and Mr. Raikes Currie, Private John Nicholas, of the 3d battalion Military Train, was placed at the bar and charged, on the information of Superintendent Howard, of the Aldershott police, with shooting with intent to murder, Sergeant-Major Henry Les lie Kennedy on the night of the 6th inst. The prisoner, who was brought to Odiham from Winchester Gaol in the custody of Superinten dent Everitt, of the Hampshire Constabulary, appears to be about thirty years of age. He is of short stature, but upright and soldierly in appearance—a dark, bilious complexion, sharp, restless eye, aquiline nose, thin lips, determined ex pression, no beard or whisker, but thick, bristling moustache. He was perfectly calm, and seemed to feel very acutely the position in which he stood. It is stated that when taken into custody by the police man he appeared " quite sober," but there is no doubt but that he had been drinking deeply before he committed the act. Whether he had drunk in order to acquire courage to do the deed, or whether the deed resulted from the drink remains to be seen. It is clear that after he shot the sergeant major he behaved like a man in a state of drunken ness, calling out to his comrades, " To the rescue ! Rescue, my lads ! Don't allow a pal to be taken," and the like; while to Sergeant Ward, who had sup planted the prisoner in the pert which he was to have taken in the amateur theatricals, he said in a threatening tone, " It will be your turn next." The prisoner was formerly in the East India Company's service. He is a native of Birmingham, was often in hospital since he joined the Military Train, and bore generally a very bad character in the regiment. Since his apprehension another rifle has been found loaded in the barrack. It is said to be long to an extremely well-behaved, orderly, and respectable soldier, against whom no suspicion could attach ; and, as the owner denies all knowledge of its being loaded, it is supposed to have been pre pared by some other hand for deadly service when the opportunity occurred. These numerous cases certainly appear to demand the strictest investiga tion. Superintendent Howard, on presenting the pri soner before the Bench to-day, said that he had to apply for another remand, as, owing to the precari ous state of Sergeant-Major Kennedy, it was ex tremely doubtful whether he could recover. He was a little better on the previous night ; but, if inflam mation set in, all hope would be banished. The ball had gone completely through his body, and shattered to atoms the small red book of " Military Instruc tions," and had passed through the back of the " Troop-book"—a volume thickly bound in calf, like a ledger. He produced the medical certificate, which was as follows's:— "I certify that Sergeant-Major Kennedy's wound is of a highly dangerous nature, and that he is still in a most precarious state. " F. E. REYNOLDS, Surgeon, 3d batt. Military Train." " Aldershott, Nov. 12." The only witness examined to-day prior to the remand was Sergeant John Salter, who deposed—l am a ser geant in the 3d battalion Military Train, stationed at Aldershott. I was in the hut with Sergeant- Major Henry Leslie Kennedy on the night of Nov. 7. I saw the prisoner at the bar enter the hut. He went straight up to Kennedy and said, " What's this accusation you've made against me ? " He had a loose cloak over his shoulder at the time, and before a reply could be given he raised a rifle carbine from under his cloak. The carbine produced is the same. It is not much above four feet long, and was quite concealed under his cloak. The muzzle of the car bine was downwards, and, without raising it to his shoulder, the prisoner pointed it at the sergeant major, fired it, and shot him through the body. The sergeant-major was taking off his boot at the time, and had got his right leg over the left for that pur pose. The ball entered at the breast and went out at the back, and very nearly went through me. There is an exploded cap on the nipple of the car bine now. The sergeant-major is still alive; but he is very bad, and the doctor gives no hopes of his recovery. The evidence taken on the former occasion was then read over; and, as it is necessary to a proper understanding of the case, and has not previously been published, a summary of it is subjoined,— Police-constable C. Conway, No. 207, Hants Con stabulary, deposed—About 1 o'clock on the morning of the 7th of November last I was on duty in Alder shot, when I received information that Troop Ser geant-Major Henry Leslie Kennedy bad been shot by Private John Nicholas, of the 3d battalion Mili tary Train. In consequence of the information I re ceived I went to N. Hospital, in the South Camp, and saw Sergeant Kennedy, shot through the body. I went from there to the effieers' quarters, and received from Ensign Ramsay a rifle carbine, No. 41 (that now produced). It had been recently discharged, and had an exploded cap on the nipple. I also received from Mr. Ramsay nine rounds of ball cartridge and ten unexploded caps. I then went to the guard-room, where I found the prisoner handcuffed. He appeared to be quite sober. I told him that he was charged with attempting to murder Sergeant- Major Kennedy. He made no reply. He then called for his boots, and, when putting them on, said, " All my troubles are over now." I got an escort and took him towards the police-station. Oa the way there he said, " The deed is done, and I shall hang for it. I deserve it." I cautioned him to be careful what he said, for I should have to repeat it. He had no cap on, and he said that it was a brutal thing to take him along like that; they would not serve him so bad as that when they hung him, for they would find him a ;cap then. He then asked me if it was his rifle that I was carrying, and I said that it was. He asked me, " Did'nt I think that he was a good marksman ?" He also said, in reference to the altercation between him and Ken nedy, that his feelings were so harrowed and exas perated that if he 'had a weapon he would have killed him on the spot. I again cautioned him to be careful, and took him on to the station. When we arrived there I searched him and found on him a rifle-stopper, No. 41, corresponding with the number of his rifle, and two unexploded caps. Those two caps with the two given me by Ensign Ramsay and the one on the nipple of the rifle made up the regulation number of 23 supplied to each soldier — and the nine rounds of ball-cartridge, with the one discharged, made up the 10 rounds—the usual supply of ammunition: The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, but looked extremely dejected, was again remanded to Wiixhester for a week, when he will be brought before the justice, and no doubt committed for trial. KNOR AND SPELL MATCH AT DONCASTER FOR TILE CHAMPIONSILIP.—On Saturday afternoon last, a con test at knor and spell for the championship of England, and £5O a side, took place on the racecourse at Doncaster be tween William Sutcliffe, better known as " Bill at Mount," near Bradford, and Kirk Stables, of New Wortley, near Leeds, in the presence of nearly 2,000 spectators, princi pally persons brought by special train from Bradford, Leeds, and Sheffield. Tho two had been pitted against each other several times previously ; but the last contest was at Leeds for £5O a side and championship, when Stables Was declared victor by three scores only. It was decided to hold the return match at Doncaster. Stables was declared victor. BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS.--" Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold watches, 5 to ICO guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapt.ed to their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of a remittance. —J. W. Benson, 33 and 31, Ludgate-hill, 40 and 1 7 , Coruna London, 111,c. Established 1741). POLICE INIELLIGENCE, Nov. 12. LAM BEM—VIOLENT CONDUCT OF A CAB MAN.—Wm. Giles Alder, a cabdriver, was charged with the following outrage : Mr. Joseph Sams, the proprietor of the Dover Castle, in the Westminster-road, deposed that on the night before, about half-past 11 o'clock, while going alone the Kennington-road, a cab drove from the Lambeth-road at so violent a rate, that his ser vant, who was driving at the time, had some diffi culty to avoid a collision ; but he did so, and they passed along. In a few minutes afterwards he (Mr. Sams) heard a cab driven towards them at a furious rate, and as it approached nearer he heard the pri-1 soner, who was the driver, say " 1 shall catch you. My horse is better than yours," and almost imme diately drove across in front of them. His servant avoided a serious collision in this and ,iwo other crossings, when ultimately the prisoner jumped from his box and seized his horse by the head. He (Mr. Sams) at once got from his vehicle, and on approaching the prisoner he let go the horse and gave him a violent blow on the nose, He found there was nothing for it but to act on the defensive, and the prisoner finding that he was getting much the worst of the recontre endeavoured, without getting up, to put his head between his logs and throw him over ; but this he avoided, and a police man coming up he gave prisoner, who was much the worse for drink, into custody. On examining' his phaeton on that morning, he found that one of the leading wheels was damaged to the amount of 20s. The servant of Mr. Sams corroborated the testi mony of his master respecting the prisoner's mis conduct and violence, and the policeman spoke to his want of sobriety. The prisoner said that he had been crossed in the first instance, and his wheel injured; and exhibited his mouth, which was a good deal swollen and both his lips cut by a blow from the complainant. Mr. Elliott told him he had, by his misconduct, brought it on himself, and convicted him in a penalty of 205., or 14 days, for his misconduct and the assault, and ordered him, in addition, to pay 205., the amount of the damage, or 14 days' im prisonment. GREENWICH.—EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER.—George Inkpen, a young man 20 years of age, described as a hammerman, of 37, Amelia terrace, Deptford, was placed in the dock on a charge, as described in the police-sheet, of attempt ing to commit suicide by throwing himself into the Surrey canal, in company with Margaret Edwards, who was drowned. Inspector Ellis, R division, said from information received he went, at half-past ten on Monday night, to a house in Amelia-terrace, Deptford, where he saw the prisoner. Witness took him out, and on proceeding up the street, questioned him concerning the deceased being in the canal, and asked him if he could point out the sr ot where it occurred, when the prisoner said he would tell him all about it. The prisoner then said he been to a race or running match in London that day, and got out at the rail way station, High-street, Deptford, that evening, and after going to Bennett's, a barber, he proceeded to the Lord Duncan public-house, New-cross-road, and had something to drink. While there, the deceased, who lived in the neighbourhood as domes tic servant, entered for the family's supper beer, when he spoke to her, and they went out together. She then wished him to drink some of the beer, which he did, and she drank some also, and then they finished the whole of it. Having done this the prisoner remarked that the deceased said, " no use living, my friends are always nagging me," adding, " Will you follow me." He replied, " Yes ; wherever you go I will go," and that they then turned down the Mornington-road, and went toge ther to the Surrey canal, where the deceased asked if he had got a handkerchief; but she said it would not be long enough to go round them both, and that he then said he had got some bootlaces, which he had bought in London, and that, on her saying they would do, they tied themselves to gether. Previous to entering the water, the deceased said, " I do not think I shall sink," when he asked her why she said so, and she re plied, " because of my crinoline." The prisoner then said they both got into the canal and rolled over and over ; that she soon turned, but did not for some time sink, nut that the bootlaces breaking, he got out on the opposite side and tried to save her, but not being able to do so, he got into the canal again, swam across, and returned home. Witness and the prisoner then proceeded towards the canal bank, and on asking the prisoner if he felt himself better, he replied, " I was very bad, and she had to hold me up, but I am all right now, and if I had been as well a while ago, should not have done this." Witness asked. him if he had been drinking, and he said he had been drinking freely. The prisoner then pointed out the spot where they entered the water, and the drags having been pro cured, the body of the deceased was found, and brought ashore. The prisoner said her name was Margaret Edwards, and that he had been keeping company with her three years. Prisoner appeared anxious to see the body of the deceased, and on allowing him to do so be said it had made a great alteration in her features. Witness then took the prisoner to the police station, and the charge having been taken, the prisonersaid he would give his word that what he had told was the truth. Witness assisted in taking the body of deceased to the dead house, examining it to see if there were any boot laces or handkerchief tied about it, but could find neither. There was a bruise on the left temple. On going to the prisoner's house, witness saw some wet clothes in the room. This being the whole of the evidence produced, A friend of the prisoner asked the nature of the charge against him. Mr. Traill said it would resolve itself into a charge of murder against the prisoner, who was then remanded until Wednesday next. HAMMERSMITH.—IMPORTANT TO VOLIJN TEERS.—The commanding officer of the First Middlesex Engineer Rifle Corps, of the Kensington Museum, attended before Mr. Daymau to support a number of summonses against volunteers of his corps for the nonpayment of their subscriptions. Several of the summonses could not be served on account of a change of residence, and in one instance a warrant was granted. John Fry, a member of the 4th company, ap peared, and stated, as a reason for not paying the arrears of 123. 6d., that he had been laid up with rheumatism ; but he would pay if time were allowed. Captain Ransome, of the 4th company, proved the demand, and said that if the defendant had not sufficient money to pay his subscriptions, he had sufficient to get married since he had entered the corps. Mr. Dayman told the defendant that he was liable to pay all the arrears, and as a penalty the double of them, to be recovered by distress, and in the case of there being no distress, imprisonment to follow. He would adjourn the summons for a week to enable him to pay the money. Several others belonging to another company of the same corps, were also adjourned for a week, and the magistrate pointed out the law to each of them as they were called. The Commanding Officer said it was with re luctance that he brought the cases forward, but it was felt necessary for the good of the corps, and he hoped that before the next hearing the defendants would make arrangements to pay. Mr. Dayman said these proceedings were neces sary, otherwise it would be very hard upon those who paid, as those who did not would not reap the advantage of the others subscriptions. The Commanding Officer said that was the feel ing of the corps. THE WORKS OF SIIELLEY.—It was at four-and twenty that Shelley began to write those works on which his immortal fame must rest. Fitly and grandly is the brilliant catalogue introduced by that magnificent " Hymn to Intellectual Beauty," written in 1817. In the same y ear Shelley wrote also his longest work, the " The RevJlt of Islam." Every year from this some great and com plete work issues from his pen. In 1818 ho began the " Prometheus Unbound." In 1819 is published tho " Cenci." The following year produces the " Witch of Atlas." In 1321 appear his three most polished poems, the " Epipsychidion," " Hellas," a nd the ode t under the name of " Adonais." The ne xt y ear is, alas li l e h at is ; last. The chief evidences of the untiring intellectual energy and "T of the last feeNytmofonathsof h commencement men h ce e mn Triumph of Life." had long conceived that drama s life entitled are "Charlestwo fragments—the the First the interesting events connected with the fate of Charles the First would form a magnificent subject for a drama. He had suggested it as a subject on which his wife might fitly exercise her genius. On the other hand, she had often ex horted Shelley to follow up the signal literary essay of the " Cenci" by another essay in the same field ; but, as Mrs. Shelley tells us, " he shrank instinctively from portraying human passion, with its mixture of good and evil, of dis appointment and disquiet. Such opened again the wounds of his own heart." Accordingly, we find that he threw aside his attempted drama, and gave way to the natural bent of his emotional genius in composing the most mysti cal of his works.— Temple Bar. [ADvEunsEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills.—Combination of Excellence.—Every virtue demanded by the most exact ing invalid is incorporated in these admirable Pills. They will rid the system of all .corrupt humours, and regulate the stomach and liver, those citadels of health. When any function! is disordered it is a vain delusion to trust to its righting itself—as well might we trust to a stopped watch setting itself going. Holloway's Pills free the body most completely from both the cause and c fleet of disease by safe, well marked, and certain advances. By an occasional and judicious course of these purifying Pills the constitu tion may be fortified against the approach of disease, and both body and wind maintained in the highest health. • --- 1 * 'EOM TILE ad ZETTE OF LAST EVENING. WHITEHALL, Nov. 11. The , queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to Great So al, empowering the Dean and Chapter of t p h a e ts c i a b thee, iral church of Gloucester, to elect a Bishop of Glc ucester and Bristol, the same being v th o trim. s'ation of the Right Reverend Father in God Cha Ilea '.l3aring, Doctor in Divinity, late Bishop thereof, to the Se, the See by the' the ' '' f 1 of Durham; and her Majesty has also mamend to the said Dean and Chapter btheeennpleeva.seklii-Dn.relel omson, D.D., to be by them elected 1 Bishop of the said o Se a of Gloucester and Bristol. FEICIN-OFFICE, Nov. 9. n The Queen has been Pleased to approve of Senor Thornaz _ Ribeiro dos Santos as' Consul-General at Bristol for his Majesty the King of Pot tugal and the Algarves. CROWN '-OFFICE, Nov. 11. IHMLBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PA; Zl lAMENT. County of Lincoln—Ch ar;es Scaly, of Heighington, in the county of Lincoln, in Vie ~- o om of Major Gervaise Tot tenham Waldo Sibthorp, decem - ed. BOARD OF TRADE, Wfi'ITEHALL, Nov. 12. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Cluncil for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from ber Majesty's Minister at Parana., enclosing a translation of a decree of the Argentine Congress recently promulgated, which imposes an additional in•port duty of 6 per cent. ad valorem on goodo, hitherto taxEcl at the rate of 15 per cent., 3 per cent. upon those which .have hitherto paid 20 per cent., such additional duties behig payablnin equal pro portions in-1, Treasury Bonds; 2, Treasury Notes; 3, Over due bills drawn up to let April last. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 12. The Queen has been plevsed to place the undermentioned officer of the Hon. Artillery Company on the Rttired List of that Corps, viz., Captain Peter Morrison. BANKIWPTS. H or ry_Shalders, auctioneer, Stoke Newington-green. -street, New Kent-road, FranzSatnii Samuel B s po e n l l h , tailor, ei raer baker,} o w llo N ay , :. w WilliaLu John Samuel Timothy, salesman, Culford-road, Middlesex. Henry Whitehead, licensed victualler, Knockholt, Kent. Jonathan Leefe, fancy box manufaciurer, Jewin-street, City. Charles James Fox, cordwainer, Gothvin i Nottingham. Itobert Rowlson, joiner, Chesterfield-street, Nottingham. Jaques, pianoforte maker, Hyison-green, Not tinghahl. Cyrus Pearson, lace maker, Lenton, Nottingham. Joseph Crick, milt r Desborough. G eorge Hope , waterproof composition manufacturer, Huntingdon .-strt. John Grove's, h arness maker, York-road, King's-cross, William Na auctioneer, Falmouth. William R&M Harry Eves, t a ,lor, Plumstead. Bennett Morgan,.shipping master, Upper East Smithfield. John Corbett, gr. w;er, &C., Sheepshed, Leicestershire. 'William Whitby, butcher, Nottingham. William Barradell, baker, Nottingham. lli Sidney am S i a t r h t , i elayotsiia, ~ rl 3oa u n r ( e l r o , u H tfi u t i t m e r e , , N L o a t n tin ca ghm. Wis hiare. Richard Jessap Robi won, salesman, Manchester. Edward Forster Kirs. Iv, grocer, Neweastle-upon• Tyne. John Jennings and Gi wrge Jennings, stone bottle man facturers, Leeds. Asher Lumb and Willi am Lumb, millwrights, Leeds. Matthew Marshall, pain ter New Wortley, Yorkshire. Sarah Ann Smith, mane, ge.r to a dress maker, Leeds. Joseph Haskins, lodgiu.g.• house keeper, Kingsdown parade, Bristol. Thomas Taylor, general d ealer, Eugene-street, Bristol. Thomas Millward Geddes, commission agent, Froghall. lane, Warrington. Charles Bruce Leach, writing clerk, Newnham, Glou cester. Catherine Slater, baker, Ba afoul, Nottinghamshire. John Sant Weightman, unmission agent, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Charles John Josland, print;:er, Exeter. William Thomas Davis, undertaker's assistant, Bristol. James Coomber, labourer, aliffe, Kent. William Davis, ironmaster, 13ridgend, Glamorganshire. Bobert Bowman, corn merchant, Abergavenny. Thomas Williams, surgeon, Dirmingham. John Arthur Elstob, clerk, N . & 'rth-row, Park-lane. William Watkins, journeyman plumber, late of Malden terrace, Kentish-town. William Norman, late hatter, Pt terborough. Francis Harris, saddler, Upper aryanston-street. Joseph Rook, slater, Boughton-under-the-Blean, Kent.: William Charles Mee, late tobaccom'st, Bridlesmith-gate, Nottingham. Florinda Bianchi, plaster maker, ViiTinia-street, Not tingham. Charles Armstead, lace manufacturer, Radford. Edward Lee, late beerhouse-keeper, Gedling, Notting hamshire. Edward Noyes, carver and gilder, Chester. Hubert Delme Radcliffe, late Captain in :the Army, Hove-villas, Brighton. John Turner, hotel-keeper, Westbourne-gardens, Bays water. Cr - lades Hustler, marble mason,' Islington. George Allen, dealer in tobacco, Kennington-road: William George Howard, gentleman, St. John's-wood. Arthur Hansford, general dealer, Bloomsbury. George Minto and Alfred Pavitt, advertising agents, George-yard, Lombard-street. Fred. Withers Butler, farmer, Alvescott, Oxfordshire. Thomas Owen, pianoforte maker, Cumming-street, Pen tonville. Edward Bridges, coach builder, Bury St. Edmunds. Robert Buscall, farmer Newbon-farm, Cudham, Kent. John Parso.aa, tailor, Little Britain. William Ha lloworth. nurseryman, Godley-green, Che shire. Francis Foster, beerhOuse keeper, Bridgewater. Robert James .Bell, grocer, Burem. Henry. Davies, tailor, Glasbury, Brecknockshire. James Cook, licensed victualler. Byfleet, Surrey. Thomas Vickers, farming bailiff, Ramey, Lincolnshire. George Harman, dealer, Birmingham. Joseph John Tyler, baker, Lowesmoor, Worcester. Anthony Salt, butcher, Tutbury, near Burton-upon- Trent. James Joseph Gregory Povey, innkeeper, Handsworth, Staffordshire. ----- Walter Wilson, attorney's clerk, Handsworth, Stafford shire. Wm. Crosby, brewer, Gosberton, Lincolnshire. Alfred Coe, extractor, Pudsey, Yorkshire. Hannah llargreaves, dressmaker, Armley, near Leeds. Chas. Win. Townley, funeral contractor, Paul-street, Finsbury. Henry Kains Jackson, corn merchant, St. John's-road, Battersea Rise. Edward Spencer, police constable, Sluing Head, York shire. Lydia Marsh, dealer in watchmaker's tools, Glouceste r street, Clerkenwell. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, jun., gentleman, New Bond street. Henry Chalon, accountant, North-terrace, Brompton. Michael Goulden, silk manufacturer, Norton Folgate. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Alexander Mackenzie, horse dealer, Maryburgh, Ding wall. Robert Frame, joiner, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. Baird and Fisher, paint, &e. manufacturers, Bridgeton, Glasgow. Robert Dey, merchant, Findhorn. Richard Nixon Morrison, hat manufacturer, Glasgow. Rev. Alex. Lendrum, Crieff. Ang , is Urquhart, innkeeper, Redcastle Killearnan. Edinburgh. Brown, wine merchant, Edintirgh. COUNTRY MARKETS. 4.- BRISTOL—Nov, 12. Our market this morning was thinly attended, and the business doing in wheat was limited, mostly of a retail character, at about late vices. Black oats dull. LEEDS—Nov. 12. We have had a fair show of grain to-day, and but a very moderate attendance. A limited business was done in wheat of fine quality at no advance on last Tuesday's curr envies. Fine barley easier to buy ; secondary sorts is to 2s per qr lower. Oats and beans firm at late rates. MELTON MOWBRAY—Nov. 12. There was a small show of wheat to-day, and with a ra ther steady trade, prices were slightly higher for the best sorts. Barley in good inquiry. Prices—white wheat, 55a Od to 61s Od; red, ,50s Od to 55s per 36 stone; beans firm, at 48s to 50s for old ; new sorts, 42s per 38 st. ; barley, 36s to 41s for malting, and 30s to 34s per qr. for grinding; oats, 22s to 358 Od per 24 stone. LYNN—Nov. 32. At this corn market there was a fair supply of wheat, which met a fair demand ; prices were about the same as the previous week. Old white 59s to 62s 1 New.. sss to 58s Barley. 36s to 40s 1 Oats .22s to 26w Beans .42s to 46s 1 Peas 4Bs to 54s NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was very good, consisting when fat). of Scots, shorthorns, and Irish. Trade brisk, and a fair attendance of buyers. At the close about one-fourth re mained unsold. to4s Scots, Od; ; Gd p t o o vo s n s s t h o or 4 t B h 6 o d rns, (estimated 4s6d to swsei Irish,h 0 3 fat). Fat beasts a small show and sales firm, at 8s Od to 8s Od per 141 b. Sheep—There was a better supply of sheep in the pens and a dull sale, Fat sheep, 9s Od to 9s Gd per stone; prime, Os Od , and all sold. Figs—A fair supply. Store pigs, IGs to 20s; fat pork, 7s Gd to 88 Od per stone. BIRTHS. CAVENDISM—On "the 7th inst., in Eaton-square, Lady Emily Cavendish, of a daughter. CALABRINI.—On the 11th inst., at Rome, the Marchioness Calabrini, of a daughter. STRAUBENZEE.—On the 9th inst., at Sandgate, the wife of Major Van Straubenzeo, A.D.C., of a son. MARRIAGES. BRIGINSHAW---WEBB.—On the 11th inst., at St. Gabriel's Church, Pimlico, Mr. Henry Briginshaw, of Windsor, to Fanny Keep, fourth daughter of Mr. John Webb, of Gloucester. place, Windsor. WILLis—PAGE.—On the 2d inst., at St. Mark's, Surbiton, George Goodwin Willis, Esq., of Beaufort Villas, Brix ton, to Eliza, second daughter of the late Samuel Page, Esq., of Lansdowne-road, South Lambeth. DEATHS. ATKINSON.—On the Bth inst., John Atkinson, Esq., 32, St. Peter s. square, Hammersmith, aged 79. BEACIICROFT.—On the 10th inst., at Putney, Samuel Beachcroft, Esq., aged 91. BUTLER.—On the Bth inst., Sir Thomas Butler, Bart, of Baffin Temple, and Oarryhundon, county Carlo w, :g ed 78. FELL.---On the 10th inst., the Rev. Hunter F rancis Fell, M.A., rector of Oulton, Suffolk, aged 7 1 . HAYES.—On the 9 h inst., at BedhamPt°n, Hants, Caro line Anne, wife of Captain Hayes, It N., aged 44. HIBGAME.-- On the 10th inst., at The Close, Norwich, the Rev. Edward Hibgame, vicar of Fordham, Cambridge. shire, aged 85. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, Of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office, No. 112,Strand , in the _Precinct of the Savoy, In the County of Middlesex, WcanesclaY, November 13, 1861,