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FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile of Monday.) Amu, OCT. 23.—The health of his Holiness is still very precarious, yet it cannot be said that he is in danger, as no bulletins - are published. 'Some reports have been spread which alarmed. his faithful subjects ; bet people more readily believe what they wish ; the greater number hope his speedy recovery. His Holiness, who is better able than any body to judge of his own strength, expresses the same hopes. He has per mitted public prayers to be put up. He has merely allowed the Heads of Orders and Supe riors of all the Churches to be invited to pray, without any particular solemnity. Among the alarming reports that were spread, a spitting of blood, and some symptoms of dropsy, were spoken of, but these have been contradicted. The Duke of Calvello (Minister of Naples) has concluded, with the Deputies of Fribourg and Selliere, a capitulation for a Swiss regiment. We hear no more of the battalion promised by the Canton of Tessin. ( From the "Molitor of Sunday, Ott. 23. ) TRIESTE, OCT. B.—(Front a Private Letter.) Report speaks of serious troubles said to have taken place at Navarin, and in the environs, and of a state of complete anarchy among the Muss selmen troops that bad inundated the Morea. We shall soon receive particular accounts of these events, which, having taken place so near our coasts, cannot remain leng unknown. It is affirmed that the plague has not mani fested itself at Navarin, but that it continues to ravage Modon, Coron, and the environs. The mercantile letters received here, and the reports of the Captains of vessels cruising from the Ar chipelago, are full of details of vexations which the Austrian trade has to suffer from the Greeks, who consider the Austrians as allies of the Turks, and do them all the injury they are able. Several Austrian ships have been sunk, others have been taken, and their crews massacred be cause they had Turks on board or conveyed Turkish property. Circumstantial accounts of these hostilities have been sent to Vienna. There is no truth in the report of the assem bling of an Austrian army in Dalmatia. The Austrian Observer likewise contradicts it. PARIS, OCT. 32.—The journal des DZbats announces to its readers, after the Memorial Bor delais," that the camp at Bayonne will not break up, and that a telegraphic dispatch has just trans mitted orders to the troops to pass the winter under the walls of Bayonne." Notwithstanding the two-fold authority of the Journal des Dlthats and the Memorial Bordelais, we . must declare that this news is completely false. We have said that the proof of the tran quillity that prevailed in the Peninsula is, that the troops which had evacuated that country, in -stead of remaining on our frontiers, were going to be recalled into the interior of the kingdom, and these are the troops which were in the camp at Bayonne. It appears that the assertion of the Journal des Debuts is precisely contrary to the truth. UPPER ELBE, OCT. 12.—(From a Private Let ter.) —We learn, by letters from St. Petersburgh, that very important dispatches had been received from Count Lieven, Ambassador at London, which Count Nesselrode immediately forwarded to the Emperor. Expresses, who were ordered to use all possible speed, have been sent by the road his Majesty took, and as it is known that ho stopped on the road, it is thought they will over take him before he reaches the southern pro vinces. It is supposed to be certain that these dispatches relate to the affairs of Greece, and the communication between Count Lieven and Mr. Canning. Important dispatches are said to have been also received from Paris. It was ge nerally believed that the important negocintions which seem to have been commenced, between the Great Powers, will induce his Majesty to return to the capital much sooner than he in tended. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The following regulations have been lately enforced at St. Petershurgh : FltOiri THE DETARTMENT OF FOREIGN TRADZ TO TUB CUSTOMS or ST. PETERSBURGII. 1. Whereas a detention most frequently occurs at some ports daring the shipment of Russian goods, in consequence of the nbservance of an existing custom that the usual routine of busi ness is not followed up on Sundays and holydays, and com plaints have been made in consequence; further, that occa- . sionally masters of vessels, and the p"oprietors of goods render themselves liable to be Lined by neglecting to make entry or declaration within the prescribed period, when the arrival of the vessel has occurred during the forenoon or evening of a liolyday, or the time limited by law for making such entry or report expires on a holyday ; in consequence whereof, this de partment has resolved, that business shall likewise proceed in its accustomary course on Sundays and holydays, when the captains or owners of the goods are desirous that such should be the case. 2. Whereas complaints have been made to the department for Foreign Trade, on account of the tardiness with which the shipment of the goods is carried into effect, which is attended with detriment to the shipper of the same as well as to the masters of the vessels ; and further, that it occasionally occurs during the autumn, vessels which have still had time to proceed to sea, had they been provided wit h dec larations of the goods loaded from Saint Petersb , irgli, but in consequence of the non-receipt of the cocket or clearance of payment, they could not be fully laden, and have therefore been obliged to winter in Cronstadt. In order to prevent such an occur rence, the department orders that the department for Russian goods to be shipped in Cronstadt on the manifesto of the lighters, shall keep an account of the quantity laden in each vessel, in the mean time (hut after the completion of the ship ment of these goods) to finish the charging of the customs im posts, in order that the vessels may be enabled, after the following transmission of the cockets or clearance, to take their d e parture and leave the harbour without being delayed, and sufficiently early to set sail. When, however , a detention takes place in dispatching the cockets or clearances in conse quence of the communication being interrupted, which in the mean time should not occur without important reasons; in such cases the vessels shall not be detained, but upon a computation having been made of the requisite dues to the Customs, securi ty shall be given in Cronstadt by the agent there, until the final adjustment of matters is effected. Several captains of merchant vessels have made complaints that they have been treated with too much severity on account of trifling matters. If such has sometimes been the case, it was contrary to the intention of the Supreme Board of Administra tion, or through some misunderstanding. The Authorities have doubtless in view the checking of smuggling as much as _possible. but they never intended that undue severity should be exercised. The Board will therefore take the necessary Mea sures to prevent such inconvenience in future. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT by STEAM-BOATS. "PURTIIXR PARTICULARS.' From the Edinburgh Courant of Monday last, received this morning.) EDINBURGH, OCT. falls to our lot this day to communicate to our readers one of the most awful and calamitous events that perhaps has ever taken place in this country. On Friday morning last, the Comet steam-packet, from Inverness, via Fortwilliam to Glasgow, when off the west ern point of the village of Gourock, about three miles below Greenock, was run on board by the Ayr steam luggage packet, outward bound, and in the space of two minutes afterwards the Comet went to the bottom ! There were, as near as can be ascertained, about sixty persons on board, oat of which num ber eleven only have been saved. The variety of reports which reached this city during the course of Saturday induced us to proceed, on the evening of that day, to Gourock, for the purpose of enabling us to lay before our readers, in this publication, the latest and most authentic intelligence that could possibly be pro cured. We accordingly reached that place yesterday forenoon, and found numerous boats engaged in dragging for the bodies around the place where the steam-boat had sunk—which was, as near as we can guess, about 300 yards from the shore, in six teen fathoms water. Ph. Sheriff-Substitute of Renfrewshire, Claud Marshall, Esq. assisted by Mr. Rankine of Gourock, and Mr. Leitch, one of the Magistrates of Greenock, had been employed, without intermission, since Friday morning, in the painful duty of examining the dead bodies as they were brought ashore—taking exact descriptions of their dresses and appear ance, and inventories of the property found on their persons. On our arrival, we found these gentlemen superintending the inspection and removal of the bodies of five persons which had just been dragged up, to the church of Gourock, where the other corpses that had been found on Friday and Saturday were laid. The Lord Advocate. accompanied by Mr. Dunlop, principal Sheriff of Renfrewshire, arrived about mid-day, and proceeded immediately to Mr. Rankine's, for the purpose of assisting in the investigation.—Nearly nine cart loads of lug gage had been thrown ashore, and the duty also of examining it devolved on the Sheriff-substitute. The greater part of it, however, seems to have belonged to Sir Joseph Radcliffe, the bodies of six of whose servants have been found. The whole has been lodged in a place of security in Greenock. The following is a correct and authentic list of the bodies that have been found, with the names, so fat as known, and the best description of those unknown we could procure, up to yes erday at mid-day. Found on Friday. Two women servants of Sir Joseph Radcliffe's, one named Hannah Mitchell, the other having the initials S. R. walked on her shift. Mrs. Wright, of Glasgow. Two women, unknown ; one with a blue, and the other with a brown stuff gown. Two children, one of them belonging to the female passenger saved; the other, a female child, unknown, well dressed, with lace cap. Mr. John Bell, flesher, Dumbarton. Angus Cameron, of or near Fortwilliam. Mr. Archibald Graham, of Corpach, near Fortwilliam. James Grierson, steward of the Comet. In all eleven bodies found on Friday. Found on Saturday. William Allan, servant to Mr. Dennistoun, claimed and taken to Cambusskin. James Miller, of Edinburgh. John Raid, of Edinburgh. A Girl about 17, unknown, poorly dressed. Duncan Mackenzie, a Highland trader. An old man form Crinan, name unknown. A womon unknown, supposed the mother of four children who were on board. James Dingwall, his left hand injured by a mill. George Murray, a Highland trader. James Manderson, engineer of the Comet, taken away by his widow. A young woman named Rose, claimed by her brother, and carried to Greenock. A sailor belonging to Limekilks or Kincardine, name unknown. Ronald Mackenzie, piper to Sir Joseph Radcliffe. A young gentleman, na me unknown, green coat, silver watch, linen marked C.8.5..5. Surgical instruments found on him. Angus A. Kennedy, a young gentleman about 14 or 1.3. A young man about 15, name unknown. An Irish pedlar, name unknown. Euphan Niven, servant to Mrs. Wright. In all eighteen bodies found on Saturday. Found on Sunday. A seaman, name unknown. John M'Lachlan, one of the Comet's crew. Mrs. Nl'incliffe, supposed to be the housekeeper of Sir Joseph Radcliffe. A young man, linen marked J. M. P. The body of a woman, same unknown ; initials on linen I.M. ; red Morocco baby shoes found in her pocket; supposed to be the nursery-maid who had the charge of one of the chil dren found on Friday. Five bodies found yesterday. From the foregoing melancholy list, it will be seen that thirty-four bodies have already been found, which, with the eleven persons saved, makes the number accounted for amount to forty-five. No traces had been found of the bodies of Capt. Sutherland or his Lady, or of Mr. M‘Alister or his nephew.— We lament to say, that there is too much reason to fear that Mr. Hugh Rollo, writer to the signet, has also perished, though there are some circumstances that afford a feeble ray of hope, which a day or two at farthest must confirm or destroy. It is certain that a part of his luggage--a portmanteau—has been found ; but the under steward of the vessel reports, as far as we can understand, that a boy brought to the boat at Loc:a. gilphead Mr. Rollo's luggage, consisting of a portmanteau and a travelling bag, for the latter of which he soon after returned and carried away. A gentleman, however, came on board at that place, though the man can give no description of his appear ance. Some other persons belonging to this city have been mentioned, but we abstain from repeating their names, as we are perfectly satisfied they were not in the Comet. Such of the bodies as have not been claimed and carried away by their relatives, have been laid out in the church of Gourock, and decent coffins provided. There were yesterday about thirty corpses in that sanctuary, and a most heart-rending and ago nizing scene was there exhibited. Every hour arrivals were taking place—the parent looking for his child—the friend for his friend—the wife for her husband. The uncertainty as to who were passengers rendered only the suspense of those who expected friends or relatives by the vessel, more dreadful. The picture given by the survivors of the scene, it is impos sible fbr us to describe. It appears that up to the accident the voyage had been most prosperous, and now within so short a distance from their destination, every heart was full were happi ness—dancing, pleasant stories, and. conversation, ere wear ing away the night, when the awful mandate went forth, and fifty human beings, in the very midst of innocent gaiety, and fond anticipation, were in an instant hurried, unwanted and unprepared, into the presence of the Almighty ! With regard to the cause of this dreadful affair, though, be. yond all doubt, the principal blame lies with the Master of the Comet, he not only having no light out, but his jib sail set— still the feeling is universal in Greenock, that the Master of did the Ayr is in the highest degree culp able in deserting as he the scene where he made such havoc. IT Is NOT -ruuE, asserted in the authorised statement published in a Glasgow all per of Saturday, that the Ayr did not leave the spot till all traces of the Comet and her ill-fated company were lost. The Ayr fled from the spot while yet the shrieks of the drown ing beings were thrilling in the ears of her crew. She fled—and all but lost the only brave and humane indivi duals she had on board, the sailors of the Harmony, who made an attempt to get out the Ayr's boat to the rescue, but which was pulled under water by her precipitate flight, and these generous seamen were only able to save themselves with difficulty. She fled—while one of the crew of the Comet was swimming to her, and whose cries for succour did reach her in her flight--but in vain. The futile pretence that she was in a sinking state, is fully disproved by her having sailed m safety to Greenock, a distance of about 3 miles, while the master must have known, that, she been in that state, his greater chance of safety was, after rendering the assistance he was bound to render to the sufferers perishing under his eye, to run his vessel on shore, from which he was not 300 yards distant, and which he could have done in comparative safety, and almost without damage. We can make allowances for the agitation and confusion such a scene would occasion ; but we can find not a shadow of ex cuse lbr the selfish and dastardly conduct of the Master of the Ayr. In the judicial investigation that is p roceeding, if he is not so deeply to blame as we apprehend , he will have a fair opportunity of exculpating himself, though we confess, in the face of the facts we have stated, we do not see how this can be done. 'We intended to have made some remarks on the almost fiendish levity with which a Glasgow .Journal has alluded to a Noble Lord and a highly respectable Member of Parliament, who were reported to have been on board the Comet; but the general feeling of loathing and disgust which these allusions have created wherever they have been seen, are sufficient, with.. out our assistance, to mark them with public scorn and indig nation. COURT MARTIAL. NORTH-WEST EXPEDITION. On Monday last, a Court-martial was held on board his Majesty's ship Glocester, lying off Sheerness, on Captains PARRY and HOPPNER, for the purpose of ascertain ing the circumstances under which the Fury was lost in the late expedition. The officers who composed the Court began to assemble in the Glocester at 9 o'clock ; but did not commence the business for which they were convened till a later hour. Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Moorsoml Commander-in-Chief on this station, acted as President. Captain Parry read a long and interesting extract from his official journal, containing a description of the difficulties and dangers of the two ships for some period before the time when the Fury met with the unfortunate accident which led to her abandonment. Capt. Hoppner made a similar report, from which it appeared that his ship had been driven aground by a large floe of ice striking against it. The rudder-post was un shipped by the shock, and came floating up by her side ; the greater part of her keel was knocked off, and several holes were made in her bottom, which rendered her extremely leaky. He described the exertions that were made to remedy the mischief which had been thus inflicted, and spoke in the highest terms of the cheerfulness with which his men had performed their duty, under circumstances which would have disheartened any but British sailors. Lieut. Sherer, of the Hecla, gave it 'as his opinion that the accident by which the Fury got on shore could not have been avoided, and that nothing had been left undone by her captain and crew which was at all likely to lead to her preservation. He described the injury which the Fury received in similar terms to those used by Captains Parry and Hoppner, and stated that four pumps had been constantly kept at work from five o'clock in the morning till eight at night, from the time of the first disco very of the leak to the abandonment of the vessel. The shocks which the Fury received after her first striking were so violent that it was supposed by thNe on board of her that she was only held together by her lining, and that her bottom would soon part away from her. She was abandoned on the 26th of Aug., at which time there were nine feet water in her hold. The Hecla, which stayed by her, and assisted in heaving her up, was then obliged to stand off in order to prevent herself from being closed in by the drifting ice. This account was corroborated by other witnesses ; and Cap- taro Parry, in answer to a question from Captain Hoppner, stated, that the exertions of the Captain, officers, and crew of the Fury in this trying emergency were such as entitled them to his warmest approbation. The Coy RT, upon examination of the evidence, declared :hernselves convinced that the loss of the Fury was occasioned by an accident which human foresight could not have prevented, and, in consequence, declared Captain Parry and Captain Hoppner to be both of them honourably acquitted. We understand that at the time when this unfortunate acci dent happened the leaders of the expedition entertained strong hopes of succeeding in the object of it. They were separated from an open sea by a barrier of ice of no very formidable width, and had ascertained that that sea remained open to a very considerable distance. They were deterred from endea vouring to enter upon it by a consideration that all the provisions which could be stowed on board the Hecla would only last the united crews of the Hecla and Fury twelve months, and that the voyage to 13ehring's Straits would probably last twenty-four. They saved as much of the stores of the Fury as they could ; bait a great part of them were left on the beach, where they were first landed, for the purpose of li g htening her, along with the luggage and clothes of the dif ferent officers. It is said that many officers were obliged to aban don in this manner property which had cost them three or four hundred pounds at their outset on the voyage. We trust that they will not ultimately lose it, but that the Admiralty will indemnify them for it, even though such a proceeding be con. trary to the general practice of the service. At the time when the Fury struck, the Hecla was aground, and consequently the situation of both ships was most distressing. In this condition, which was almost hopeless, not a murmur of discontent was heard among the men, but every order was performed with cheerfulness and alacrity. The cold was intense, and yet during the night men and officers were obliged to sleep on the shore, with no other protection from it than mere tents. These on their departure were left standing for the benefit of any stray Esquimaux, who may happen to pass that way. During this voyage the expedition did not see any of these wandering tribes • and of course was deprived of th e amusement which it derived on its last from their trickery anti gluttony. The men resorted, however, to all their old and also to some new modes of whiling away the tedium of their nine months' night of winter, and upon the whole succeeded in it to admiration. An observatory was erected on shore, in which the officers spent much of their time in making and re cording observations. The garden was attended to as before ; but the herbs reared in it did not at all compensate for the trouble bestowed upon them. Some cucumbers were grown in glasses, in the summer, but not of a very large description. The winter was milder than any which the expedition pre viously experienced : and one proof of it is, that the ships were not laid up in their winter-quarters, till the 13th of October this time, though in their former voyages they had been laid up about the 2211 or 23d of SepteMber. There have been no new discoveries made in any branch of natural history. Several collections of insects, &c. have been made, but few, if any, which were not known before their last voyage. The ptarma gans were plentiful, and some fine specimens of them have been brought home. Grouse were also shot occasionally, and formed a delightful change in the messes of the ship's com pany. Great attention was paid to their diet, and the good effects of it were visible in the healthy state of the crew. Only two men were lost in the course of the voyage. One died of disease, and the other was drowned whilst on a shooting party. It appeared, that in the twilight a party of three had gone to a narrow channel of water which ran between the ship and the shore, to shoot certain birds which came to drink there. Two of the party made a circuit to get round it, and in doing so separated from their companion. They then amused them selves with shooting for some time, and thought that their com rade was doing so too. On their return to the ship, they had to get across this channel again, when to their grief and sur prise, they found their companion's corpse floating on the sur face of it. The men in general seem uninjured by the harsh climates they have left, and are confident that they shall suc ceed, if another attempt be made for that purpose. The Hecla may be expected hourly at Deptford, as the Co. met steam.packet.was ordered to proceed from Chatham yester. • day morning, and tow her up the river. Captain Parry is on board of her. Captain Hoppner left Sheerness in a post-chaise after the breaking up of the Court-martial.---( Times. ) as CAPT. SUTHERLAND.—Capt. WEMYSS ERSKINE SUTHERLAND, of the 33d Foot, who was unhappily lost, with his bride, in th e Comet steam-packet, off Gourock, on the west coast of Scotland, was the third son of Capt. Sutherland, Scibers cross, in North Britain ' and only remaining brother of Lieut.- Colonel Suth er l an d, of the sth Foot ; and a finer young man, whether in personal appearance or sweetness of disposition, was seldom to be found in any rank or station in life ; he was in his 28th year. On the 31st of last August he had married, after a long and singular mutual attachment, Miss Duff, eldest daughter of Mr. Duff, of uirtown ' and niece of Mr. Forbes, of Culloden, a n elegantly accomplished and amiable lady, inner 23d year. He was on his way to join the depot of his regiment at Glasgow. The affliction of the families of this young couple, on so melancholy a catastrophe, will be more easily imagined than described ; but to those who know and can appreciate the ardent attachment that bound them to each other, it will he some consolation, under the mysterious - dispensations of Providence, that they met their destiny together. His Roya o l Highness the Commander in Chief had been pl eased to pr mote this young man to a company, in October, 1824, in com pliment to his elder brother's services on the west coast of Africa. On the 10th of December last, he embarked from Barbadoes (where he was stationed with the 93d) on sheavel of absence for Europe, in the Borodino transport, se ale of wind soon after leaving Antigua, encountered a dreadful g during which she struck on a sunken rock, where she fixed for the whole of that night, all on board having long given up every hope of saving their lives ; but at day-light, as if by miracle, she floated oft' the rock. and drifted into Bermuda harbour, whence he wrote to the afflicted writer of this notice, that " to whatever period his life might extend, he would pro bably never be so perfectly reconciled to die as he had been the previous night."—(llforning Paper.) MONUMENT TO JOHN KNOX. We have just learned that a proposal to erect a monument in Einburgh to this celebrated Re former—" he who never feared the face of man" -Lis about to be submitted. We are sure this proposal will be well received by the Public, and be followed by liberal subscriptions. It has been suggested that the Parliament-square, where his remains are laid, would make a most appro priate site for the monument. But we should he sorry to think that the statue of The Merry Mo narch, which has been so long in abeyance, should be altogether banished. Some excellent points may be afforded by the proposed improve ment Bill ; but it will he time enough to discuss this matter when the erection of the monument shall be determined on. We extract the follow ing from the prospectus : - • " It is surely the duty of every nation to shew the estimation in which they hold the memory of their great men, by erecting public monuments to their virtues, or the benefits they have conferred on their country. accordingly we find this principle acted upon in almost all countries, and in all ages. In Edin burgh, the only public monuments of consequence which we have to boast of are those to Nelson and Melville. But there is one man whose name as yet stands unrecorded in this way in our metropolis, viz. John Knox,who for the services he rendered to Scotland has never been surpassed by any or by all our coun trymen. To no one are we more indebted for our civil and religi ous liberties—to him we principally owe that solid, though hum ble Presbyterian establishment which we all so highly value —he checked the torrent of ignorance and superstition,— he unshackled the minds of our countrymen from the slavery of Popish delusions, and by his fearless independence taught Scot land the value of civil and religious freedom. And by spread ing the light of the Reformation, he laid the foundation of that learning and knowledge which has raised the national character to its present height. " Let it no longer then be said, that the metropolis of Scot land, the principal scene of his labours, it still without a monu ment to his memory. Glasgow has, to her credit, recently set the example, and we should be proud to follow in so good a cause."—( Edinburgh Courant, Oct. 22. ) BRUTAL CONDUCT of a CHIMNEY SWEEPER. REX V. JONES. The defendant in this case, a chimney sweeper, residing at Newcastle, was indicted for cruelly and inhumanly beating and maiming Wm. Cliff, a lad of about eight or nine years of age. After Mr. Russell had stated the facts, which he was instructed would be proved, he.called Wm. Cliff; the little boy, who had been the subject of ill treatment, into the box, who give this account:— " I now live in the poor-house of Audley, to which parish I belong. In the summer of last year my father took Inc to Jones to live with him; Jones used me very ill, and in conse quence I ran away from him. I rambled up and down till I came to Audley, when I was taken into the poor-house, and very kindly treated. On Monday, the 25th of July last, I was sent by the Governor of the workhouse to Burslem, and on my return, at a place called Red-street, near Chesterton, my stepmother came up and asked me to go with her to have something to drink ; I was going to pass on, but she caught hold of me, and Jones the sweep, and my father, came up. My father said to Jones, 4 You may take him ; he's your's ; he's none of mine ; you may do what you will with him !' I cried very much, but the sweep took me off with him to his own house at Newcastle. He kicked me on the road a good deal, and when he got mein his house, tied me to the fails of the stairs. Afterwards he obliged me to go up a chimney in his own house ; and be cause it hurt me to go up, and I came down soon , he flogged me very much with a rope, and would make me try again. When I was in the chimney again, he said he would murder me if I did not look sharp ; and he followed me a little way, and cut my feet with a scraper I This hurt me very, much ; it gave me great pain. When I came down again, he beat me with the rope, and sent me up a third time. After I had been up the chimney the last time, Jones took me up stairs, gave me some bread and water, tied me to a rail, and left me there till morn ing. The next day I left Jones's, and went to Audley again ; my feet were so sore that I was obliged to walk on my tip -toes. " Mrs. Taylor, of Audley, who happened to be with the boy when Jones and his father met him at Red-street, corroborated that part of his statement ; and she, having examined his body on his return to the workhouse at Audley, the day after the al leged cruelty had' been used, stated also that the boy's heels were very much cut, and that he was covered with bruises and weals ; it was a considerable time before he could walk with out appearing very lame. Mr. T. G. Coombe, surgeon, of Newcastle, deposed, that lie examined the boy on the Friday after lie returned to Audley, by the request of the parish officers. There was a very deep wound on each heel, which must have been made with some sharp instrument; there were wounds upon the elbows and knees, and very severe bruises upon different parts of his body, as if he had been violently flogged with a rope or a stick. Jones, in defence, said, that he did not beat the boy at all ; and called a lad of about 8 years of age, an apprentice of his, who said that his master did not touch Clifl; and that he had no wounds upon his heels, and slept on a straw bed that night. A man and a woman, Jones's neighbours, stated that Jones was on the outside of the house while the boy was in the chim ney, looking for his appearance at the top, and consequently could not have cut his feet. William Underhill, of Stafford, a " trusty brother of the trade," then came forward to say that boys could not be in structed LI sweeping chimneys without having their elbows and knees bruised. On cross-examination, lie said, that it was not necessary that their heels should be cut to the bone. The Jury found the defendant Guilty. The CIIAIRBIAN, on passing sentence, designated the con duct of Jones " cruel and inhuman in the extreme ;" and said, that lie had added to his offence by encouraging his apprentice boy to forswear himself.—Sentence, to be imprisoned six months. The parish officers were complimented by the Magistrates for their humane protection of the lad, and for their public spirit in prosecuting the master.—(Staffordshire Advertiser.) Holum) MunnEa.—Extract of a letter from Clonmel :—" A barbarous murder was committed on Tuesday morning, on the road . from New Inn to Caher, quite near the gate leading to Outragh, and close to the unhappy man's house. The name of the unfortunate person is William O'Donnel, or Daniel, who was persecuted for and acquitted of, the murder of the Kin nealys. On Monday he attended a vestry under the tithe-composition bill, at New Inn, where Dr. Bell attended on the occasion. After the business of the vestry was terminated, it was said that Dr. Bell gave the parishioners 30s. to drink, and that the deceased continued drinking till 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning.. When he and his servant man, of the name of Carey, were return ing home, they were met, at the place we have already stated, by six men, two of them imme diately attacked the deceased with stones, and literally forced one of them (which was a lime stone, with a sharp edge) into his skull. As soon as the attack was made, the boy ran, and was pursued by some of the party,who repeatedly called out to him to stop, as it was impossible for him to escape from them ; but he persevered, and happily gained his master's house. Having com municated the horrid business, the friends of the deceased proceeded to the spot, and found the body in the gripe of the ditch, with the head forced into the ground, and the stone sticking in the skull. Early in the morning John Wilcocks, Esq. and a party of his mounted police, proceed ed to the place, but no particulars as to the cause have transpired ; but it is supposed that sus picion of having given some useful information ex cited the f ears o f th e ru ffi a ns concerned in this tragic sc ene ."—(D u bli n Morning Post.) PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 225 3 per Cent. Red B6l 7 3 per Cent. Cons. B7ii 3A per Cent. ,. 94i Ditto Red i 9441 4 per Cent. New Bank Long Ann. 21 20 15-1 India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN F 1 Austrian Bds, 5 per cent Brazilian Bds 1825 Scrip Buenos Ayres Bds Chain, Bds, 6 per cent — Colombian Bds, 6 per ct — Do. do. 1824 Danish, 5 per cent. Do. 3 per cent. Greek Bds Do. Scrip 1825 Guatimala Mexican Bds Po. do. 6 per cent. -.......-- PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. ~,...4. j'er 51 60 57i Anglo-Mexican Mining Company .................. it) Ili Brazilian Mining Company .. ............................ ' oi 2t! 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AnutvtD. tf 1011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.3101• fter 5, te a 11", ling, 8 minutes afte r 2. I Evening, 27 rinnul. vuo• 1 1 Gottenburgh Ilumburgn E S ET' „ . QUIER E FALSUM .AUD LONDON 10' WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBEIi 26, Tile French Papers of Sunday were receiload last night, and extracts fr om them w ill be f °6 o/ in another column. T he y contain nothing 01. 6 peculiar interest.—Nu Foreign Mails baps rived this day. raid the public The circumstances u. turder which the steam-packet has been lost cannot fail to e ttilg : regulations enforced by law are" attention to steam-vessels in ge ell and theto re/ prevent is accidents inanesi'e l c )y ia t l h m e the dreadful accidents to which this kind °l' 1 : 1 1:: vigation aunnursetrinsguhiect* A 0 0 regulations at present in force are calculate" -lir to otti l and yet if the rapidity and the violeno wg, which these vessels are propelled throug h the e , ter, is considered some provisions which 01°190i, vent accident by collision seem e 3 the r eq _ e site, not only for the safety o f tho„ ill the °tet;o vessel itself, but for. those in vessels u sing sit , same waters, and taking the same or so ° P P° it course. That these accidents by collisi°° are t e gle c almost every case the consequence of 13— • , ne no ll must however be granted, and at the se" -- t tt' we admit that it is difficult, by anY 5 n •11 0 . able provision', to guard against there, - . ‘ r oit iri to trio supineness of the public in .° 0 1 I e ' to the fulfilment of such regulations t° , ii bieel Statute might impose having such 0 0 °— •ci f o' of the boils. view. The laws made for the prevention 0 t he or dent by stage-coaches is ample evidence de inefficiency ir , bile li pends upon the attention of the ... 0 ency of an Act, the execution o f whielloof k i n d J' lg Nevertheless some regulations o f the . he ll) to be made, and the infraction of them Po°l9 dos ti thellie' such severe penalties as would make it t he° tage of the owners of steam-vessels to see viith rl l cuted; and we trust ...'re subject will meet seloiol consideration of Parliament in the ensuiog it The late dreadful accident of the I°4 ° o p nod II Comet steam-packet is a fit contrae ecia, be en 1 when it is added that it seems to have 100 the absence of regulations of this kinds esP o ce - toleeehiB • sioned wholly by neglect. If a wig d there ere J have been prevented ; and, indee 1 110 cell d out had been kept, the melancholy e/en 001 circumstances attending this accident,w .040 le•lhe I at/ public investigation very desirab • dor - , 1 sc°F • acne 50 afford an opportunity, and g ive d ot° The acc ° " iti ti upon the dead bodies the sea shall we' ll 0" es ' full and impartial inquirY• . 3 re stories to his that the helmsman was employed 11 o tt‘ 1 i dee d /115 fr ( • sly di"' vroo e ntir tion must have been of th e 111) : 4 1 ti his business, otherwise the noise warn • ld hav e ; the of another steam-packet wou tto c e" t° 0 of his danger, ill time at leas cso ken her P 3 -e ties to alter her course, or siac . The pore 0 passengers, ant. _n . _tea he S° Cie weaken the shock of collision. unot .-- et ° talking to the helmsman ca the °WII , Wl' ~ w e e re deprecated ; and so sell' i clanger "0 of the lo t ° the Bristol stearn-panlOts d _ t ~,,i . _ _.,hiecte _ 7 ._, r. the vessel may be thereuy bui;d4 o f tor._ hop lice is inscribed neon the ` v to to -.sr.; 00t to requesting the passen6ei- DAY AT .... --- oNS O'CLoc,X, Old Annuiti es ........... --- ................... Ex. Bills 1 0001. lid. p ar 1 pm. New Dit to Ditto ... lid PT, P .„„t in. Ditto Small lid ....... 4 Ditto Advertised ............ --- Bank for Acct. ............... --- India for Acct. ............... Cons. tbr Acct. ............ 871 i NOS AT ONE O'CLOEIC. dis Mexican Scrip ...... 84 8 • Neapolitan, 5 per cent. Neapolitan is • ......... --- Peruvian 'lends ........ . . Do. Scrip .................. Portuguese Bonds ........ 831 Prussian, 5 per cent. ...... Ditto New ..................... --- Russian, New, 5 per cu.. 179 . 92 ,1 Spanish 21, p er c . t. ---- 1 13823 . 5 ....... .... : 1 00 1 ... French Rentes,s p. c. ---- Exc h a nge ... 25f. 1 5e. ---- 3 per cent. •• ---- Excha n g e ..: