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POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF B.A.NKRUTCY.—JeN. 4. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE JOHN CLARK. The bankrupt, of St. Aidgate's, Oxford, livery stable keeper, came up on the question of certificate. The ac counts prepared by Mr. Maynard, commence in Decem ber, 1850, with a capital of 8091., and terminate in December, 1853, with unsecured debts returned at 2,929/. ; the assets being, good debts, 1,2141. ; doubtful, 929/. ; property given up, 2331. The profits had been 1,6431. ; trade expenses, 1,7691. ; household ditto, 1861. Mr. Lucas, for the assignees, did not oppose ; Mr. Bagley, for a creditor, urged several grounds of com plaint ; Mr. Lawrence supported the bankrupt. His Honour said he saw nothing in the objection made, and it appeared to him that the bankrupt's conduct had been that of an honest man. The court had great plea sure in awarding him a certificate of the first class, and be (the commissioner) wished that his (bankrupt's) future career in business might be a prosperous one. First class certificate accordingly. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT ;, —JAN. 4. (Before Chief Commissioner Law.) IN THE MATTER OF RICHARD WADE. The insolvent, a tailor, who applied under the Protec tion Act, was opposed by Mr. Nichols on the part of the Commercial Credit Mutual Assurance Society ; Mr. Sargood supported. The question in the case was, whether the debts did not exceed 3001., so as to preclude the application under the Protection Act. There was an inquiry as to the debts, and further information was required. It was thought advisable not to resist the dismissal of the petition. The Chief Commissioner ordered the petition to b• discharged. IN RE HENRY THOMAS SMITH STANLEY. This insolvent, brother of the Earl of Derby, called the Hon. Henry Thomas Stanley, was appointed to be heard under the Protection Act. Mr. Sargood appeared to oppose for a Mr. Lewis. The schedule only contained five creditors, and the consideration debts were 6261. The insolvency was attributed to having been sued by Mr. Joel, a bill dis counter, and other creditors, and to their refusal to give him indulgence. The schedule, to which the insolvent was sworn, also stated that this year the insolvent bad received 7201. from the Earl of Derby, and 1801. last year. The insolvent had 1201. owing to him. On being called, the insolvent did not answer. The Chief Commissioner looked over the schedule, and recorded the appearance of Mr. Sargood to oppose, and the non-appearance of the insolvent. He simply said he could not extend the protection. The case was virtually struck out of the list. IN RE THE REV. JAMES BROTHERS. This insolvent, who held of livings of Brabane and Monks Horton, in Kent, near Ashford, applied under the Protection Act. A creditor appeared for informa tion, and Mr. Sargood supported. It appeared that the two livings produced 415/. a year, and they were now under sequestration. A deed was made two years ago for the creditors to a Mr. Dangerfield, of Ashford, and he had obtained a sequestration. There were other sequestrations. The insolvent's wife had about 2001. a year. The creditor who appeared wished to know when the creditors were likely to get a benefit under the deed. The Chief Commissioner made certain inquiries, and required further information on the next occasion. A day was named for the final order. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Jan. 4. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Serjeant.) Contrary to usual custom, the Mint cases were tried in this court, and occupied the greater portion of the day, there being no less than 16 prisoners for trial for this class of offence, although but a fortnight has elapsed since the last session. The prisoners were all sentenced to lengthened terms of imprisonment, and but one case possessed any feature of novelty. Shillings, bad half crowns, and florins seemed the principal coin in circu lation. Eliza Owen, a respectable-looking woman, with a child in her arms, was indicted for passing two bad shillings. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Thompson defended. It appeared that the prisoner lives in Douglas-street, Vauxhall-road, and some circumstances coming to the knowledge of the police, two of them in plain clothes watched the prisoner's daughter, a child about ten years of age, go to two shops in the neighbourhood, and pass two bad shillings. They followed the child home and spoke to the prisoner about it, and she admitted she had sent the child, adding that she did not know the money was bad. The officers seeing she was fumbling with something under the dress of the child, at once seized 'her hand, and took from it two more bad shillings wrapped in paper. She then said she had found them. The same defence was set up this day, and the prisoner having been proved to bear an excellent character, the jury acquitted her. . _ Tereniah O'Brien was indicted for cutting and wound ing Mary Egan. It appeared that the prosecutrix lived with prisoner's son, and all parties live at Pimlico. The prisoner hav ing some drunken quarrel with her took up 'a knife to cut her throat, and she trying to save her life, got badly wounded about the hands. The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Henry Amor, 28, formerly a sergeant in the A divi sion of police, was indicted for wilful and corrupt per jury. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk prosecuted, the proceed ings having been instituted by the Commissioners of Police. Mr. Bodkin having stated the case, called Robert Burnett, 20 C, who said that he was sergeant on duty on the 2d of May at the Vine-street station, when prisoner and another officer brought there a lady and gentleman named Booker, whom he gave in charge for indecent conduct in Hyde-park. The gentleman was much alarmed, and fainted, and when he came to said the lady was his wife. She subsequently produced her marriage certificate, and witness let them out on bail. They appeared the next morning at Marlborough street Police-court, where prisoner persisted in his charge, which, having been investigated, was dismissed. Prisoner subsequently absconded from the force. He was quite sober when he made the charge. Mr. William Bishop, clerk to the magistrates at Marl borough-street, produced his notes of the evidence given upon oath by the prisoner; and in effect it was that about half-past nine in the evening he had seen the parties then accused, a Mr. and Mrs. Booker, in an indecent position by the railings in Hyde-park. The prisoner most mi nutely described the condition of the dress of the parties. Mr. Hardwick, after hearing the charge, dismissed it, and upon a following day, prisoner having been directed to attend, Mr. and Mrs. Booker attended, but the pri soner did not appear. John Lovegrove Booker, a gentlemanly-looking man, being sworn, said—l am an artist in China, and live at No. 1, Parkside, Knightsbridge, where my business is carried on, but my dwelling-place is opposite. I was married ten months ago. My wife, sister, and friends all lived together previously to that. Upon the evening of the 2d of May, last year, at about half-past nine, I left the shop with my wife to take a walk in the park. As she went through the small wicket gate I saw the pri soner, who was in plain clothes, and whom I did not know, speak to my wife as she proceeded on. The gate only lets one through at a time. I said, " What has that fellow been saying to you ?" She said, " Oh, never mind ; he is drunk." I said, " You vagabond what have you been saying to my wife ?" He then put his finger in my face, and said, "Look out for your self. I know you, and will mark you. I know you. Go on." I went on a short way, and my wife told me I was being followed. I turned round, and saw the prisoner behind me. I then called out "Police," and an officer came up, and I wanted to give the prisoner in charge. The prisoner then said to the constable, "I am your superior officer, and give these people into Jour charge, and will be answerable. You take the woman, and I'll secure the man." I asked what I was charged with, and he refused to tell me. I said, "I am close to my own shop, come hack and see." He refused, and then ran back to my shop, and said, "Now you may take me." We then all went through the park towards Apsley-gate ;my wife and myself in custody. When we got to the gate, I said I did not like to have to go through the streets, and asked to have a cab. I called one. Prisoner then said we should not get in, and said to the constable who held me, " Hold him tight." We were then taken to the stati on , and I then was told what I was charged with. I became very ill, and was some time insensible. The prisoner cross-examined the wit ness with much effrontery and with a brow - beating manner, and witness in answer said, "I had not been in the park three minutes when this occurred. I was not near the railing. My clothes were not disordered. My coat was buttoned up. It was the great coat I now have on." Mrs. Booker, a modest-looking, ladylike young woman, was next examined, and she corroborated her husband in every particular. She added, that as she went through the gate she saw the prisoner, who was just inside the park, and he touched her shoulder and said, " Come here, I want you.' Her husband was close behind. The prisoner also cross-examined this witness in a most impudent manner, but failed to shake her testimony in the slightest particular. Police constable 544 A corroborated all the foregoing evidence, and added that when he passed her and Mr. Booker but a few moments before they were arm-in-arm walking along, and prisoner walking fast after them. The other evidence proved that he had absconded from the force, and was taken into custody upon the 12th of last month at Highworth, Wilts, where he had obtained a situation in the district constabulary. The prisoner put in a written defence, adhering to his former statement, and reiterated the charge against Mr. and Mrs. Booker. The jury found him guilty, and said it was one of the vilest cases they had ever heard of. The Common Sergeant—There can hardly be a worse case. You are called upon to protect the public, and there cannot be anything worse than to attack character, especially a lady. Sentence, 18 months imprisonment and hard labour. The courts sat until a late hour, and concluded the business. The next session is Monday, the 30th. GRRINWICH AND SOUTH-EASTERN DOCKS. —The par liamentary estimates of Mr, Remington, the company's engineer, for making the dock, baiin, and other works of this undertaking, is 200,0001., including purchase of land and contingencies. MANSION-HOUSE.—A young woman of prepos sessing appearance was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged b with a "really intended" attempt at self destruction on Monday night, at London-bridge. The prisoner gave the name of Mary Taylor. It appeared from the officer's statement that the de fendant was most providentially saved, having got over the parapet of the bridge, but fortunately her foot having come in contact with her gown, the officer secured her at the hazard of his own life. --- The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner till the pro duction of her mother or other friends. _ . . A great many lads and young men were fined in sums from Is. to 55., for sliding on the pavement and throw ing snow-balls. GUILDHALL —Tohn Evans, a porter, in the em ploy of Messrs. Stone and Co.. warehousemen, of 51, St. Paul's Churchyard, was placed at the bar before Alderman Humphery, charged with stealing three sable boas and other articles, the property of his masters. Mr. W. Stone said the prisoner had been in their em ploy about four months, and in consequence of his having made a present of a sable boa to a female ser vant in the same establishment, their suspicions were aroused, and they searched the prisoner's boxes. The first thing the prosecutor saw was a black cloth mantle, and he then called in a policeman, and proceeded making a thorough search of the room in which the prisoner slept, when three sable boas and three pairs of sable cuffs were discovered. Two of the boas and one pair of the cuffs were found in a fellow-servant's box, where the prisoner had placed them to divert suspicion from him self. There were also four lengths of broad cloth, and a short length of flannel, found in prisoner's boxes, all of which the prosector identified, and valued at 141. Corroborative evidence having been heard, Alderman Humphery said it was a very bad case, and committed the prisoner for trial. BOW-STREET.—William Young, the driver of cab 3,101, attended before Mr. Jardine to answer three sum monses taken out against him by Mr. T. Styan, of Tor rington-square—one for not delivering his ticket at the proper time, one for demanding more than his fare, and the third for misconduct. Mr. Styan stated that on Christmas-eve, after spend ing the evening at his father's, in Tavistock-square, he sent out a servant, at about a quarter past twelve o'clock, to look for a cab. She found one in Tavistock place, and sent it to her master's residence, where the defendant took up witness and his wife and conveyed them home to 11, Torrington-square, although, being evidently drunk at the time, he made several blunders in doing so. Witness handed him 6d., the distance be ing considerably under a mile, but he was very dissatis fied with the fare, demanded more, and made a great disturbance outside, by hammering at the door, and ring ing the bell, until nearly one o'clock. He did not give up his ticket until witness insisted upon it, for the pur pose of summoning him for his misconduct. He (Mr. Styan) had no doubt whatever of the defendant's identity. The cabman denied that he was hired by complainant on the night in question, and called Clarles Clements, the cook at Evans's Hotel, Covent-garden, who swore that he engaged the defendant at a few minutes past 12 on Christmas-eve, and kept him waiting in front of the hotel until nearly one o'clock, when the man drove him to his residence, in Gloucester-place, Camden-town. He was confident that defendant was the same man, as he knew him by sight from his frequenting the Bedford street, Strand. The cabman's statement wis further corroborated by police constable F 82, who said that he saw the de fendant's cab standing opposite the hotel at a quarter past 12 on Christmas eve, and asked him what he was staying there for. Defendant replied that he was en gaged, but as this was a very common excuse with cab men, he (the constable) took the number of defendant's badge, intending to summons him if he found that the driver's statement was untrue. Witness could swear to the man, having known him as a cabman for years. This evidence, however, did not appear to shake the complainant's conviction that he had summoned the right man. _ _ _ Mr. Jardine said he could not disbelieve the evidence of defendant's witnesses ; so Mr. Styan must have mis taken the man. It appeared, according to the com plainant's own admission, that the ticket was not de livered to him until after the disturbance had occurred, and the cabman had been threatened with these pro ceedings. There was every reason, therefore, to be lieve that the driver had given him a false ticket, which he (Mr. Jardine) regretted to say was a very common practice, under similar circumstances, and provaci the necessity of getting possession of the ticket before start ing on the journey. The summonses must be dismissed. WORSHIP-STREET.--Thomas Bartlett, an excava tor, was charged with beating his wife. The complainant had a family of three children by defendant, and was again pregnant. A few nights ago she offended him by pressing him to return home from a drinking bout, when he felled her to the ground, and locked her and her children out in the frost. Some time afterwards, as she ventured to return, he beat her about the face, knocked her down, dashed her infant from her arms, threatened to murder mother and child, kicked her in the side, planted his feet on her abdomen, and trampled on her with all his weight till she became un conscious. Mr. Hammill said that it was a most flagrant outrage, and sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction. CLERKENWELL.—Frederick Harris, aged 20, de scribed in the police-sheet as a shoemaker, having no residence, was charged by Mrs. Virginia Lewis, widow, of No. 15, York-place, Pentonville, under the following circumstances : On Tuesday evening at six o'clock the prosecutrix was in the kitchen when she heard a noise, and on pro ceeding up stairs to the parlour she saw the prisoner concealed behind the door. He rushed at her with a life preserver in his hand. She ran away in great alarm, calling out " Thief, thief," when two gentlemen came to her assistance. One of them knocked the prisoner down by a blow on the head, and then they held him down until the arrival of a policeman, who took the prisoner to the station-house. He had rifled the place of silk dresses and other property to a considerable amount, which was all packed up ready to be carried away. Mr. Alexander Neemes, student of dibinity, proved having heard the lady call out for assistance. On en tering the house, he found the prisoner, armed with a life preserver, in a menaciog posture, when he felled him to the ground by a blow on the temple. A box of lucijer matches, a wax candle, and knife, were found in his possession. James Edwards, 61 G, apprehended the prisoner, who said it was a lucky job for the prosecutrix that he did not knock her brains out ; and as for him (the constable) he should have his brains blown out. The officers recognised him as a burglar who had been formerly convicted of felonies. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. SOUTHWARK.—GeoIve Darnton and Amelia Hollo way were brought up for further examination, charged with cruelty to their illegitimate infant. The particulars relative to the prisoners' apprehension, and the then state of the infant, appeared in yesterday's paper, when Mr. A'Beckett remanded them until to-day, so that the officers of the parish of St. Mary, Newing ton, might be enabled to attend and prosecute. Mrs. Harvey,• the landlady of the house in which the prisoners lodged, was present with the infant, which she had kindly and carefully taken care off since Mon day, when the prisoners were taken into custody. She was called by the magistrate, and in answer to his ques tions stated that after the examination yesterday she took the infant to an eminent medical man in the district of the police-court, who examined it, and ascertained that not only were the arms broken, but the collar bone was broken also, and that the body was covered over with bruises, some of which were of long standing, and must have been caused by violence. Mr. Combo—Did the medical man give you any opi nion as to the state of the infant—that is, whether there was any likelihood of its recovery ? Witness—He told me, sir, that the child would not trouble any one much longer. In fact, that it would soon die. Mr. Combe—You are a mother, and are acquainted with children. Now is it possible that an infant could be in such a bad state without the mother being aware of it? Witness—l am positive that it could not ; for, when softly moved, its cries were piercing from the agony it suffered. Mr. Combe—l understand from Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, that you asked her what was the matter with the infant when she called you to look at it. What did she say ? Witness—l thought the limbs were broken, which induced me to ask her that question. She replied that there was nothing the matter with it. I know she afterwards went to the hospital and received some lotion, but she never applied it, as it now remains in my house. The female declared that she had used lotion and bandages, and last witness knew it. She was not aware that her child was so injured, or how the injuries were caused. The male prisoner said the child had been home only two days from nursing, and when the nurse brought it home she was in a beastly state of drunkenness, and no doubt caused the injuries. He was not guilty of the offence he was charged with. Mr. Combo said the case was very bad in his opinion, and he had made up his mind to remand them again ; but he should not accept bail for either. Mr. Bennet, one of the relieving officers of the parish of St. Mary, Newington, who was in attendance daring the short inquiry to-day, informed his worship that he was instructed by the authorities to prosecute the case to the utmost. _ Just before the magistrate quitted the bench the con stable entered the court, and said that he had taken the infant to Guy's Hospital, where it was received. The house surgeon certified that it was in a bad state, and not likely to live. HAMMERSMITH.— Joh,n, Parish, aged i 6 years, who was formerly attached to the Royal Sappers and Miners, but who now enjoys a pension of 14d. per day from the Ordnance department, was charged with hav ing committed a series of savage assaults upon his wife, Catharine Parish, a man named George Small, and two police constables of the T division, while in the execu tion of their duty. The wife, a little, clean, and respectably attired middle aged woman, deposed that she lived at No. 6, Ebenezer-place, North-end-road, Fulham. On Monday, her husband left home for the purpose of getting his pen sion, and she never saw him afterwards until he returned on Tuesday evening, when he was in a state of intoxica tion. He proceeded upstairs, and commenced breaking THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 5, 1854, the things, and throwing the bedding out of the window. She went to him to expostulate with him upon throwing the things out of window, when he seized hold of the hair of her head, and dragged her along the room. He attempted to grasp her throat, with the intention of strangling her, but she fortunately slipped from him, and she ran out of the house for protection. He was continually ill using her, and she was really in danger of her life from his brutal violence. He used most dis gusting language to her, and threatened to do her some injury. The prisoner here stated that since he had been out of prison, which was about eleven weeks, he had taken au oath never to lay his hand upon his wife again, and he had kept his word. On Monday he left home with a determination never to live with his wife again, but finding that his bed was not good at the lodgings he had taken, he merely went to his wife's place on the previous eveninc , to get his own bed. Mr. Beadon said he saw by his book that the prisoner was charged before him on the 10th of August last for assaulting his wife, and he then committed him for six months in default of finding sureties to keep the peace towards her for that time. He remained in gaol three months, and he (Mr. Beadon) then liberated him upon his own recognisances, upon his promising not to ill-use his wife again, and also upon his wife consenting to his being discharged. It was then proved that the prisoner had assaulted George Small, who lived next door, and who had been called in by the landlady for for her protection ; and had also assailed the officers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER SPRING MEETING.-MAY 9. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4. The Sprightly, tender to Victory, Master-Commander Allen, will proceed to the new battery and harbour de fences to-morrow, with Sir Frederick Smith and a party of engineering officers. NOMINATIONS for the CHESTER CU.—Weights to be published in due time, and forfeits to be declared on or before the Ist of February. About two miles and a quarter. Yrs The steam 'reserve, squadron, consisting of the Bull dog, 6, paddle, the Conflict, 8, screw, and the Hecla, 6, paddle, under the command of Lieut. George H. Clarke, of the Blenheim, will proceed to Devonport to-morrow at daylight, returning in the Hecla with the Blenheim's people. The weather was too thick to allow of their de parture to-day. The Early Bird 3 Aquila, by Gladiator Ossifrage c by Tearaway, out of Ballinasloe's dam Crusader Queen's Own lanthe Jephson 3 Umbriel Acrobat 3 Jouvence 4 Mountain Deer Sine Qua Non 3 Toggery La Belle Annie Sutherland Red Lion 5 ' Bit of Blue Dear Polly Janey Itch Georgey Miss Peddie 4 Lindrick Lerrywheut 5 Chief Justice Gabriel 3 Peggy Robin Hood Ilex Joe Miller Aldford Cheshire Marquis Dagobert 4 Rattle .. 4 Brigadier 3 Typee Communist 3 Veteran Contentment Grey Tommy Brother to Grey Tommy 4 Sir Mark Jack Frost 3 Talfourd 4 Caliph Baalbec Ptolemy Windsucker Haco Audubon 4 Valour 4 Lambton 4 Wild Huntsman 3 Muscovite Torment Pelion Nightshade Sandhurst .. Ireland's Eye 4 Marc Antony 3 Dr. O'Toole 3 Marchioness Epaminondas Little Tom (late Cory bantes) 4 Benita, Royalist c by Cotherstone out of Duchess of Lorraine 3 Orson 3 Dan Cupid Tavistock 4 Tonic Dear Me 4 Jujube 3 Little Davie Richard Primmer 5 Tickton Shakspeare The Rerver Kohinoor Elcot b f by Verulam out of Jennala Sleeping Partner St. Spiro Hybla Eccleston Grimalkin Tested Farsa Candlewick St. Clare Eva Rally Nabob Little Harry Catspaw Virago 3 King Pepin 5 Mr. Sykes Br. to Little Swift 3 Contender Trifle Defiance Adine Mortimer 3 Sextus 4 Pantomime 4 Gossip The Cruisk , 5 Domino Black Doctor Miss Sellon Merry Monk Barrel Kennyside Hero 3 Horatio Sarsfield Alexia Kilquade St. Stephen 3 Whittington Lamprocles 3 Ulster Brown Brandy Bridesmaid Roebuck Little Jem Lurley 3 Newminster Star of Surrey 3 Chaseaway Warhawk Morning Star 5 Shunting 3 Ham 3 Amos Ida Sir James Graham 3 Sampson 4 The Cripple Tom 3 Goldfinder Le Juif 6 Charley Llanforda Comfort 3 4 The Blenheim, 60, screw guard-ship, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, received her main and mizen masts to-day under the sheers, and will haul into No. 2 dock to-mor row morning (Thursday). The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, goes on bravely. She is only about 250 short of her full complement (we believe 850). This speaks vo lumes in favour of his lordship, and shows that men are really to be had when a good skipper is appointed. Lord Paget is making every exertion to complete his ship, and next week will get his guns on board, and commence exercising his fresh hands in that most important branch of the service. The Gladiator, 6, paddle.—An accident of a very seri ous nature occurred this afternoon. The stop of the fore pennant gave way, and down it came by the run, striking the boatswain on the head senseless to the deck. The master, Mr. Blakey, who only joined today, had a most miraculous escape. .He fortunately stooped his head at the moment, and received the blow obliquely upon the side of his head and back. The blow, however, knocked him down and partially stunned him. We are happy to state he is not seriously hurt. With regard to the poor boatswain (Haitfield), we fear his is a bad case. He was instantly taken to the surgery, and from thence to Haslar Hospital. As far as we can understand, the intensity of the weather had so numbed the hands aloft that they had scarcely any feeling ; besides which, every particle of rigging was covered with snow. Mr. Beadon said that a more perfect ruffian than the prisoner had not been brought before him for some time, and he should be ill discharging his duty if he did not give him the full terms which the law allowed him under the new act. He therefore sentenced him to be impri soned for six months, with hard labour ; and if he came before him again he would send him for trial, and he would then get a much longer period. A TYPHOON IN THE CHINA SEAS IN MAY, 1853. The following extract, from the log of the British ship Celestial, is furnished by Captain James Ortt Raymur, as a contribution towards the history of the "Law of Storms." He encountered the typhoon in lat. 12 40 N., long. 112 E., on his recent voyage to Hong Kong, whence he has lately returned : Wednesday, 18th May, 1853, p.m,—First part of the day light southerly winds and clear weather. Midnight, calms and light airs from the N. Towards noon squally ; wind generally from eastward, with heavy rain ; tacked to the N. Lat. 12 deg. 10 min. N., long. 111 deg. 36 min. E. Barometer 2916. G 3 3 WOOLWICH, JAN. 4. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants— Morgan Singer (1853), promoted from mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, to the Hogue, 60, screw steam guard-ship at Devonport ; William C. Grierson (1845), to the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth ; Robert G. Douglas (1853), recently pro moted from mate of the Centaur paddle-wheel steam frigate, flagship on the south-east coast of America sta tion, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth. Paymasters—Beresford Scott (1847), to the Sybille, 40, on the East Indies station ; William C. P. Grant (1847), to the Dauntless, 24, screw steam-frigate at Ports mouth. Thursday, 19th, p.m.— This day commenced with light N.E. wind and occasional squalls ; took in all light sails. At 4 p.m., looking dirty to the N.E., and a swell making from the same quarter. At eight p.m. took in topgallant sails—ship leading to the eastward. At eleven p.m., squalls getting heavier with a bead sea, reefed topsails, and wore ship to N.N.W. Midnight, wind increasing very rapidly, stowed mainsail and jib, and close-reefed the fore and mizen topsails ; the wind still increasing at a fearful rate. At 1.30 a.m. the main topsail split • it was clewed up and the men were stow ing it, but had to be called down to clew up the fore and mizen topsails. During the greater part of this time the barometer had remained steady, from which circum stance, coupled with the fact of typhoons not being known generally to occur in the month of May, I con cluded that it might only be a severe gale ; but when the barometer began to fall, at the same time that the wind was blowing in tremendous heavy gusts, it became evident that a typhoon had advanced considerably on us. The topsails blew away as fast as they were dewed up, as well as the foresail, which had been hauled up some time previously. At 2 a.m. the wind still on the increase, and laying the ship over very much on her broadside, cut away the top-gallant back stays, and immediately on doing this, the ship was struck by a heavy gust, which carried away the port quarter boat, the fore and maintop masts and mizen royal mast over the side, in which state she lay until about sh. 30m. a.m. when the barometer had fallen to 28 . 70, and the wind suddenly lulled from N.N.E., where it had been blowing, and it became almost a calm. We are evidently in the centre of the typhoon, and the ship was speedily surrounded by many hundreds of birds of various kinds, some floating on the ocean, but a very large number seeking shelter in the forecastle, the cabin, the half-deck hatch, and wherever they could stow them selves. The sea had a very disturbed appearance, in fact it was the most terrific thing I had ever seen ; we seemed as if surrounded on every side by a mass of water-spouts, the waves having apparently no determi nate direction, and the sea rising and breaking con fusedly around us, throwing the spray as thickly as if it were a heavy shower of rain, while the screech ing and crying of the birds added to the fearful scene. Soon there appeared slight, but vivid light ning to the southward, and the heavy banks of jet black cloud told that the wind would next i strike us from that quarter, and all hands were busy clearing away the wreck, consisting of fore and maintop masts, with yards, sails, and rigging attached, of which we were scarcely clear, when, at 6.45 a.m., the wind struck us from the south with a force which beggars my powers of description. The mizen topmast, which had stood the northerly gale, broke at the masthead instantly, and the jib-boom was carried away, as well as every stitch of sail leilion the ship. It continued to blow without intermis sion until about 9.30 a.m., after which the wind came more in gusts, with longer intervals between, and with diminishing force ; the barometer was also rising as ra pidly as it had fallen. By noon the strength of the typhoon had passed away. We lost every spar above the lower masts, the jib-boom, a whole suit of sails, and a boat. If the mast had not been cut away, it is very probable the ship and all hands would have been lost. We sincerely thank God for having escaped as we did. The ship behaved admirably throughout, and made no more water than usual. Lat. 12 deg. 55 min. N., long. 112 deg. E. Friday, 20th, p.m.—First part of the day heavy but decreasing wind from S.W. with heavy sea ; bent fore and main courses and set them ; midnight, moderate S.S.W. wind, and cloudy ; latter part of the day, southerly wind and clear weather ; crew employed in repairing the wreck. Mates—Alfred H. Alston (1851), and James F. H. G. M'Donnell (1852), to the Racehorse, 14, sloop, at Devonport. Clerks—F. W. Cole, to the Edinburgh, 58, screw steam-ship at Devonport ' • William T. Richards (1843), from the Excellent to the Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; F. G. Pearce, to the Water loo, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness ; John W. W. Greea (1847), to the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship at Sheerness; Alfred Barren (1848), from the Waterloo to the Cressy ; James C. Pinhorn, to the Victory flag-ship at Ports mouth ; Alexander Jeffreys, to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam-guardship at Portsmouth. The Janus steam-vessel is to be fitted with two 10- inch guns, of 85 cwt., and 9 feet 4 inches long each, and they will be mounted on traversing platforms. She will also have two 32-pounder guns ; and, when ready, which she will be in about 10 days or a fortnight, she will be taken to Sheerness, to be stationed there as a gunnery vessel for the exercise of the Royal Naval Coast Volun teers. • Oxus Lancashire Lass Rosalba Cobnut Guicowar Lady Frances Blame Boddicot 3 The courtesy of the Messrs. Weatherby enabled us to publish yesterday a complete list of the nominations for the Great Metropolitan Stakes, and for the City and Suburban Handicap ; and it has further enabled us to give, to-day, the above List of Entries for the Chester Cup. It must, however, be understood that this list is subject to corrections, several nominations having been sent in conditionally ; other' entries will, in all proba bility, be added, when those made at Chester and in London are all collected and collated. INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES. At the ordinary meeting of this society, held on the 2d of January instant, the chairman announced the result of the annual examinations in Londoa and Edinburgh, by which it appeared that in London nine candidates had presented themselves for the second year's examina tion, and had passed in the following order of merit, viz.:-1, J. B. Haycraft ; 2, George dpott ; 3, E. H. Galsworthy ; 4, J. P. Laurence ; 5,70hn Coles ; 6, Charles Watkins ; 7, Charles Griffiths ; 8, Thomas Carr ; 9, Thomas Miller, jun. ; and that out of eleven candidates who had offered themselves for matriculation examination eight had passed, their names appearing in the order of merit indicated W. P. Pattison ; 2, C. G. Fothergill ; 3, Samuel Younger ; 4, Robert Hatton ; 5, George Humphreys ; 6, J. B. Allan ; 7, D. R. C. Robinson ; 8, Edward North. In Edinburgh two candidates had presented them selves for their second year's examination, and had passed —viz., D. R. W. Huie and James Wilson, and one for the matriculation examination, who had also passed— viz., W. F. Birkmyre. -- An Jellicoe, V.P., then read a paper "On the rates of mortality prevailing during forty-four years amongst the male and female lives assured with the Eagle In surance Company." These investigations, it appears, are of a very laborious character • in the present instance the number of individuals observed upon was 7,419 (5,493 males and 1,926 females), each of whom was traced, through the records of the company, for a period of about eight years and a half on the average. As per sons enter and leave such societies at all ages and at all fractions of ages, certain peculiar corrections are neces sary in tabulating results of this nature, which Mr. Jellicoe explained, but which it is not necessary for us to describe. What is called the expectation of life, or what Mr. Farr aptly calls " the probable after-life time, came out as follows, that of the well-known Northampton table being added for the sake of com parison : Males and Northampton Age. Males. Females. Females. Table. 25 35 45 55 65 75 The table of mortality constructed from these data exhibited the usual irregularities observable when the numbers are not very great, and to these it be came necessary to apply some rectification. Various methods had been proposed for this purpose, and Mr. Jellicoe commented briefly on those given by Mr. Finlaison, Mr. Davies, Mr. Farren, Mr. Gompertz, and others. The last was based upon a theory which supposed that the human frame lost equal portions of its vitality in equal infinitely small intervals of time, and the deductions from that hypothesis appeared to coincide in many instances with the facts. By means of Mr. Gompertz's formula or equation, a table of mortality has been framed, and this, in conjunction with the mean rate of interest actually realised, afforded the elements for computing the true premiums, that is to say, the an nual payments to provide simply for the sums assured. The obtaining of these, it seems, was the great object in view, since without such data the premiums charged must be either conjectural or based upon the experience of other associated bodies, which, inasmuch as every so ciety is likely to have an experience peculiar to itself, may be ill adapted to the one in question. In the pre sent instance, it appeared that the results corresponded very closely with those deducible from the elements ori ginally assumed. A good deal of discussion arose, in which Mr. Hodge, Dr. Curtis, and the chairman joined, and after the usual vote of thanks to the author the meeting separated. VICTORIA BRIDGE, GLASGOW. - This bridge was opened on Monday the 2d of January. The magistrates, bridge trustees, and other authorities assembled in the Council Chambers at 11 o'clock, and proceeded in car riages down Hutchinson-street, along Trongate and Ar gyle-streets, down Jamaica-street, along the Glasgow bridge and Carlton-place, to the south side of Victoria bridge. On arrival there, the barriers were removed, and the procession moved along the bridge, which, on reaching the north side, the Lord Provost declared it open and patent to the public, subject to the act of Par liament. The cavalcade then proceeded up Stockwell and Glasford-streets to the City and County Buildings, where the procession terminated. It was just 18 years on New Year's-day since the Glasgow-bridge was opened in a similar manner. THE ARMY. On Tuesday Colonel J. J. Louth, of the 38th Regi ment (president), and other officers, forming a disrrict court martial, assembled in the general court martial room, Chatham barracks, for the trial of three prisoners. The court assembled at eleven a.m., and after the mem bers had been duly sworn, Corporal Henry Batho, of the 32d Regiment, was arraigned on the following charges :—First, for absenting himself without leave on the 7th December last from the barracks at Hull, after delivering over two prisoners (he had in charge) to the 28th Regiment, the prisoners being deserters from the 6th Regiment of Foot. Second charge :—For having, on the night of the 7th December, made away with 1/. Bs. 10d., public money, entrusted to his charge when on escort duty with the two prisoners. Evidence was given by two sergeants of the 28th Regiment, from Hull, that the prisoner arrived from Chatham in charge of two deserters in the evening of the 7th of December, and delivered them over to the main-guard of the 28th at Hull ; and that afterwards he absented himself from the barracks. Evidence was also given of the prisoner's receiving the sum of it. Bs. 10d., entrusted to him for the use of the escort. The prisoner's defence was, that after he had delivered up the two prisoners he was not aware that he was then attached to the 28th, as no bed was allotted to him. That he went into the town of Hull, and there he lost the money ; how he lost it, he could not tell. The court found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence must be confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief before it will be made known. The prisoner has been 18 months in the service. Private Lowrie, of the 74th Highlanders, was next tried for desertion, and making away with his regimental necessaries, on the 20th of August last, from St. Mary's Barracks, Gillingham. The prisoner deserted when he was under orders for embarkation with a detachment to join his regiment in India. Nothing more was heard of him until he was brought into Chatham Barracks, on the 25th of December last, in charge of a military escort. The prisoner, who was dressed as a civilian, in his de fence, said he was sorry for what he had done. Staff Captain Jackson said the prisoner's character was good, and he had been one year in the service. John Kelly, 81st Regiment, was next tried for deser tion, and making away with his regimental necessaries. At the time the prisoner deserted the depot was sta tioned at Cork, and the prisoner was missed in the month of July, 1853 ; and Sergeant Hodge, 81st, said that nothing was heard of the prisoner until the beginning of last December, when he found him a prssoner in the inainguard-room, Chatham barracks. The prisoner has been eight months a soldier, and he bears a very indif ferent character. The court did not break up until after four p.m. None of the sentences are known. The proceedings must be laid before the Horse Guards, and there con firmed before they will be made public. THE 4TH (K ING ' S O WN ) R EGIMENT .—Thi s ga ll ant regiment, at present in garrison here, is held in readi ness to proceed by railway to Glasgow, and by steam vessels to Belfast ; and, on being disembarked there, will go by special railway trains to Dublin, there to oc cupy barracks in that garrison.--.Edinburgli. Courant. THE BOURBON FUSIONISTS AND THE EASTERN QUES TION.—The only persons, writes the Paris correspondent of the Times, who appear to anticipate with pleasure and with confidence the future triumphs of Russia, and the humiliation of their own (the French) Government and of its present ally and friend, are the Fusionists. If the opinions expressed by a few members of that political section be the same that animate the whole, England would appear to have no more bitter enemies, from the simple cause that England has in the present instance made common cause with France ; and that this alliance may retard the success,of their idol, the Emperor of Russia, as on that success is fixed their best hope of the restoration of the Bourbon family. I have alluded more than once to that subject ; and it is now more than a year since I informed you on good authority of the pro ject then suggested for the isolation of France from what is termed the Concert Enropeen, as if, whatever be the form of its government, such a country as France could be set aside like a petty German principality, or the territory of Monaco. I quoted the words familiarly heard from those parties, that the Emperor of Russia would, before long, act in such a manner as to force the head of the French Government to make a coup de tete, as he had already made a coup (Teta& The Czar, aided by his ad visers, has certainly done his be/It to produce that result ; but neither had calculated on an alliance with England. That alliance has grievously disappointed them, and, though they have always professed to be great admirers of England and English institutions, I am not quite sure whether, with their present feelings, they do not feel more proud of the Russian serf that the English yeoman. I dare say these people are patriotic, after a fashion. They love • their country, but they are impatient that its well-being should proceed from others than themselves. Any one who chooses to listen may now be informed by the enfans terribles of the fusion that in three months from the present date France will be involved in inextricable difficulties that i she will be abandoned by England, "perfidious Eng land, the object of unsparing abuse by the Assemblee Nationale, the favourite organ of the party—that by that time Russia will hav e otained all she demands in spite of France--and that, to crown the glorious work, the princes of the house of Bourbon will return to Paris with the countenance and under the protection of the Absolntionist Powers of the north. Whether France or England would gain by the change is more than I can pretend to say ; but that the parties in question believe that they themselves would gain immensely is pretty certain. FATAL COLLIERY ExPLOSTON.—A fatal explosion of fire-damp took place early on Friday morning at a coal pit situated at Hamilton-hill, near Rockvale. The duty of examining the pit to see that it was safe for the work men before their going down to resume work for the day appears to have been entrusted to William Dick, the foreman of the pit. In doing this a Davy lamp is used. However, shortly before six o'clock, a number of the workers went down, headed by William Dick, who ap pears to have culpably proceeded to make his accus toned examination, bearing with him a common open lamp, and followed by the others. There being a quan tity of foul air in the pit, an immediate explosion took place, killing a man named Andrew Buchanan on the spot, and frightfully injuring Dick and the other three men, named Devlin, Hugh O'Neil, and John Ralston. Dick died in the forenoon, and little hopes are enter tained of the recovery of the other men. No doubt is entertained of the culpable recklessness of the deceased man Dick. He has left a wife and six children. Tho other man who was killed was 23 years of age , and has left a widow, but no f a mily.—North British, Mail. THE NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS. -- We understand that no parties have offered themselves in this quarter to join the Naval Volunteers proposed to be raised by the Admiralty for the defence of the coast. The sea faring classes are at present too profitably employed, for the bounty of 61. proving a powerful inducement to bind themselves to be at the call of the Admiralty, as the conditions require, for any period within five years. So far as this district is concerned, the scheme will be a failure.—Banffshirc Journal. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 4. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Echo, from St. Michael's ; John Clemens, Messina ; Pettio, Marseilles ; Lebanon, Messina ; Countess of Zetland, Carthagena and Savanilla ; Madeira Pet, Philadelphia ; Argo, Leghorn ; Weranda, New York ; Peamore, Smyrna ; Heroine, Bay ; Sarah, Tenedos ; Fragment, Larache ; Eliza, Zante ; Felix, Mar seilles ; Demetrius, Taganrog ; Prince Edward, St. An drew's; Fleetwood and Frances, Sydney; Velocity, Oporto; Sea Nymph, Mauritius ' • Louisa Ann, Bilboa ; Anja Siet sea Oporto ; Superior, Cadiz ; Bess, Smyrna ; Marg a r e t Pollock, Bathurst, N a ß. ; Lewellyn, Buenos Ayres; Fami liar, Calcutta ; Zepifyr, Sierra Leone ; Bathurst R. G. ; Vivid, Buenos Ayres ; Cosmopolite, Mazatlan ; Mods lion, nNew York ; Salvador, Bilboa ; Anna Mary, Sydney ; Victoria Regia, Calcutta ; Wallace ' Port Wallace ; Medomall, New York; Herder, ditto • ' Nelson Packet, Leghorn ; Flora, Malaga ; Sheaf, Neiuport Louis; Esther, Marans • Chowunghee, Port Philip; Sir Charles Forbes, St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Empress, Charente ; 2Egir, Alexandria. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Sarah, for Trieste and Venice ; Jane, Corfu, &c. ; Regina, St. Helena; Countess of Zetland, Barbadoes ; Heroine, Algoa Bay ; Anna Mary, Sydney ; William, Berbice ; Paragon, Trinidad. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO --The Dorothea, for Grenada ; Frederick VII., Valparaiso and Lima ; Julius, Landscrona. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 4.—The Ranger, Hartlepool to Southampton, and the Hopewell, Newcastle to the Hum ber, are on shore close to the piers, and will probably be come wrecks. It is blowing a gale fr©m the east. Copy of telegraphic message from Swansea, dated Jan. 4 : ,The Eliza Newport, Pembrokeshire ' parted anchors, and went on shore on Mumbles Head ; total wreck ; crew saved.- BILBOA, Dec. 29.—The William, of Gloucester, from Falmouth to Latina, was driven ashore about a mile east port, in a heavy gale yesterday ; crew saved. The Marine (British brig) which went ashore at Easthan, was floated off on the 15th, but being very leaky, filled and capsized, and will probably prove a total wreck. ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND, Dec. 14.—The Fidelity, of Shields, from Montreal to London, sprung a leak of the Bird Islands, became unmanag6able, and was fallen in with on the 3d Dec., in lat. 46 N., long. 52 W., by the Spec, bound to this port, which took off the crew, and has landed them here ; when abandoned her covering boards were under water. HAVANNAH, Dec. 10.—The General Armero (Spanish s.s.), from St. Jago de Cuba to this port, was totally lost near Cayo Romano, on the night of the 23d Nov., crew saved, The Oscar (British brig), from Halifax to Matan zas, was lost on Ginger Key, on the 23d Nov., crew saved. Dec. 14.—The Uncas (Belgian brig), hence for Antwerp, which put back to this port, Nov. 19, leaky. has been con demned and sold, and her cargo will be re-shipped by the Leopold, for Antwerp. QUEBEC, Dec. 12.—The Albany (s.), Jones, was wrecked near Presque Isle, Luke Huron, Nov. 30, passengers saved. The Herald, which was driven ashore by the ice, Dec. 4, 6 leagues below Matane, was left by the crew with 8 feet water in her hold. Another inward bound vessel, laden way iron, which hr.d put into the Bay of Seven Islands leaky, and after partially stopping the leak, had at tempted to get up the river, was run ashore ab ou t t en miles below Matane. The Louisiana (schooner), which left this port let Nov., was wrecked at the entrance of the river, at Cape Chat. Information had just been received at the latter place on the 6th December, that an inward bound ship, Oliver, master, was ashore at a place called Grosses Roches, 2fmiles below Cape Chat. Part of the cargo of the Ballengeich, for Liverpool, ashore at Green Island, had been saved and stored. PARIS, Jan. 2.—The Anco Iris Clark, which sailed from New York, the 24th August, for Havre, has not since been heard of, and is supposed to be lost. The Mercator, which left Havana the 13th of August, for Cowes, has not since been heard of, and is supposed to be lost. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 4.—The Magdalena (s.), with the West India mails, put into Weymouth yesterday afternoon for fuel, and through stress of weather. The mails will be forwarded from Southampton by the three p.m. train to-day. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 3.—The Friends, of Exeter, from Hartlepool, struck a sandbank called the Poles, and, having sprung a leak, her master, with the hope of saving the lives of the crew, ran her on shore on a beach half a mile east of Dawlish, about seven o'clock this morning when the sea was very high and the tide had two hours to rise. She lay about 40 yards from the sea wall of the South Devon Railroad, and Mr. Margery, engineer on the line, speedily proceeded to the vessel with some of his men, two of whom, Eli Pike and Tucker, following his example, went into the sea at the risk of their lives, and succeeded in throwing on board a lead to which was tached a line and a rope. Four of the crew tied the rope round them in succession, and were hauled on shore ; the fifth, William Pike, of Woodbury, perished. The Friends ((a very old vessel) went to pieces immediately. Mr. Mansfield, of Teignmouth, was ready with a volunteer crew to take the life-boat round, but she could not be got over the bar, in consequence of the severity of the weather. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—The ship R. B. Forbes, at New York, from Calcutta, reports that in lat. 27 35 N., long. 61 W., at 8 a.m., fell in with the ship R o m an , H e pb urn , 117 days from Canton for New York, in a sinking condition, having experienced very heavy weather and become unma nageable. Took on board the captain, three officers and eight seamen, and a few stores. At nine o'clock a.m. the brig William Price, from Rio Janeiro for Philadelphia, came up and took off the remaining seven seamen and one passenger. Lay by her till three p.m., when we left her. The Roman had on board a valuable cargo of tea and silk. She was valued at $40,000 ; freight $20,000 ; both insured. The cargo of teas and silks was valued at $140,000, and is fully insured. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Jacob (Swedish brig), from Qothenberg to Algoa Bay, Dec. 9. The Caucasian, from Madras to London, O c t. 5., l a t. 31 S long. 12 E. The Enchantress, from Calcutta to London, Nov. 7. The Townsend (American ship) ; Isabella Thompson (English barque) ; and Highlander (English barque, from Mauritius to Calcutta. The Justicia, from London to Port Philip, Deo. 17, lat 43 N., long. 12 W. The N. B. Palmer, steering S, Nov. 3, lat. 15 S., long. 35 W. The Wilson, from Quebec to London, Dec. 24, lat. 48 N., long. 18 W. The Elora, from Newfoundland to Poole, out 18 days, long. 49 N., 15 W. The Magdalena, from London to Port Philip, S e pt. 26, lat. 9 N., long. 21W. The J;.ne Pratt, from Liverpool to Sydney, Oct. 3, lat. 3 N., long. 16 W. , The Rob Roy. from th e Cl y d e t o Port Philip, Oct. 5, lat. 3 N., long. 18 W. _ . The Shepherdess, from London to Algoa, Bay, Oct. 9, lat. 34 S., long. 16 E The William Brown, from London to Sydney, N.S.W., Sept. 8, lat. 42 N., long. 14 W. The Gauntlet, from London to Port Philip, 18th, lat. 21 N., long. 24 W. The Helen, of Liverpool, from Callao to Liverpool, 22nd, lat. 13 N., long. 24 W. The Williani - SimpsOn, from London to Batavia, 25th, lat._ll N., long. 23 W. The Harriet Humble, from London to Adelaide, same day, the Berwick, from Li ver p oo l t o B om b ay, Oct. 6, lat. 2 N., long. 17 W. The Robert Stephenson, from Algoa Bay to London, Oct. 25. The Alexander Bertrand (leaky), for Mauritius and Sydney, N.S,W., Nov. 5, lat. 35 S., long. 9 E. The E. B. Sumner, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Dec. 5, lat. 26 N., long. 80 W. The Charles Hill and the Sea Eagle, both for New Orleans, lat. 37, long. 68. ATTEMPT AT MURDER. On Saturday last we set before our readers the prin cipal facts of a statement made by Benjamin M‘Don nal, of the 50th Regiment, at present in the citadel, and feeling convinced of the accuracy of the report, we could not withhold it from the public, but enable them to put their own construction on the matter, and judge whether we were justified in the course we then pursued. From inquiries we have since made, the "confession," as it is termed, of 'l\l'Donnal, as given in our columns, was truthfully related, but the depth of the snow, and another circumstance we shall presently name, have prevented the escort from proceeding to Roborough Down, to make a search for the murdered body of Theresa Rundle, and for a few weeks nothing will be done. The prisoner was confined in the military prison at Devonport, awaiting a court-martial for deserting his regiment at Plymouth, and in the course of the ordinary discipline enforced in the prison, the soldiers are - drilled and exercised as usual. On Friday afternoon the prisoners were thus engaged, and it appears that either before or after the drill Nl`Donnal secured a large knife, and secreted it in his clothes, for what murderous purpose the sequel will show. At seven o'clock he rang his bell, and one of the warders named Sparrow, entered the cell, upon which 111‘Donnal fiercely sprang at him, and, felling him to the floor, drew the knife, with which he inflicted several severe and deep wounds in various parts of the body, and otherwise in jured the unfortunate man. Writhing in agony, he im portuned for mercy, and begged for life, but the wretched maniac for a time continued to prosecute his murderous intentions, until overcome by the cries of the warder, when he desisted, but only on the ground that he would state it was his (11I'Donnars) intention to murder him. Sparrow said he would say so, he would do anything for the safety of his life, and accordingly he was permitted to escape. A court of inquiry was held on the next (Saturday) afternoon, at three o'clock ; and with the laudable desire to drive out his reported madness, or with the other desire, to fasten it in him, the culprit was sentenced to receive fifty lashes on his bare back, aid to undergo six months' imprisonment. At four o'clock, an hour after the deliberations of the court, the corporal punishment was inflicted by the drummers of the 50th, and, judging from the manner in which they dealt out their favours, they regarded the disgrace brought upon the regiment with every feeling of indig nation. The fellow, however, hardened as he appears to be in crime, did not possess a very hardened skin, for as lash after lash fell on his luckless back, his shrieks and cries led the soldiers who looked on to designate him as a " coward." M`Donnal is now in hospital, and when he is sufficiently recovered, an escort will proceed to Roborough Down to make the search now so much de sired to set the mystery at rest. After he had been flogged on Saturday, Mr. Gifford, the superintendent of the Devonport police, again proceeded to the pri• son, and stated to M'Donnal the various • circumstances attending his case. The prisoner again repeated his for mer assertions, and stated that at a small place near Bolton, in Lancashire, he made his escape, when three others, not soldiers—for he was not then enlisted—were transported for twenty-one years each, for a desperate robbery committed by th em . While he was at Preston and in hospital, he conducted himself in a singular man ner, by jumping out of bed, and placed utensils on his head, with which he walked about the rooms, and on one occasion he threw one of them at the surgeon's head. This is the kind of man--nay, this is the man—who has confessed to a murder, committed on Roborough Down ; and he alleges that he did it at a time when no human eye could watch his hand or mark the countenance of “Is this st a t ement true ?" the murderer. Many ask, We reply, what possible reason can there be alleged to doubt its accuracy ? The man appears to care for no thing, not even for the result of the investigation, should it bear against him. And, in connection with the above, we may add another fact. Mr. Gifford has already t h e girl Ru n dl e, an d t h e other made inquiries respecting females who followed the 50th to this town fully corro borate that part of the statement which refers to her absence in October last, since which time they have heard nothing of her. Everything which was up to this moment transpired relating to the alleged tragic occur rence we have detailed above, and as soon as M‘Donnal can proceed to the Down we promise our readers the sa y that th e 50 t h R eg i ment result. We need scarcely feel much disgraced by the disclosure, be it true or false, and every soldier as anxiously awaits the result as do the public at large.—Plymouth " SIGNS" OF THE TlMES. — Events occur every now and then which lead us to doubt whether the nineteenth century is entitled to all the credit which is claimed for it. A countryman went the other day to the shop of a bookseller in Preston for a Moore's Almanack for next year, and, on one being handed to him, he lamented the degeneracy of old Moore, as there are now no " signs" in it. He wondered why " Mr. Moore had given up putting the signs in the almanack ; it had been a bad job for him leaving them out fir some year: back. The vendor of literature, who had sold some thousands of old Moore in his day, but had never thought the " legs," " arms," breasts," " feet," &c., which used to be placed down one side of th e co l umns , really meant anything, inquired how this h a d hap pened. " Why, you see, the rustic believer in signs replied, " we used to wean calves and colts by the signs, and, as there were no signs in Moore last year we weaned a colt withoutknowing what the sign at the time was, and it died of a disease of the heart. We found out after wards that the sign at the time was in the heart, so, if we had known, you see, we should have saved the colt." The schoolmaster may be " abroad ;" but he has evi dently a deal of work to do.—Preston Chronicle. MORTALITY IN, THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 31 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases ' ... Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses-- lB6 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 63 Diseases of the t i Lungs and other Organs of Respiration .. Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 6 Premature Birth and Debility 35 Atrophy 45 Old Age 77 Sudden 54 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Inte m p erance 99 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the Is!!1. of 1852. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 ....._ 196 South Districts Totals Males Females 871 1,656 861 795 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males.... Females. Total 791 775 ..............1,56 [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Fi fty thousa n d C ures have been effected by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as it saves fifty times its cost in oth indigestion, T wen ty-fi ve y e ars nervousn ess, constipation, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice o imany, have been effectually removed by Du Barry' s delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general d e bilit y , w hi c h ren d ere d my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent ' food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomittings, has been removed by Du Barry s excelle n t f oo d . M ar i a Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Copies of testi monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuar de Decies, Major-General Tho ma s Ki ng, D rs. U re, Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; also, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly. Yrs .. a COUNTRY MARKETS. HT7LL-JAN. 3. A very small supply of English wheat to-day. Holders indulged no affected modesty in their askings. A brisk business done at fully 4s advance on last Tuesday's cur rency. The show of foreign more limited, and all kinds fully 4s dearer. Barley has advanced smartly, and is very scarce. Oats attract attention from their relative cheap• ness. Beans is to 2s dearer. Peas move upward. Indian corn participates somewhat in the general improvement. Grinding barley fully 2s in advance of the lowest point of the past month. Linseed is per qr. dearer. Linseed cakes 10s per ton dearer. Rapeseed cakes in more request. Bones fully support quotations, and promise to be dearer. d Peas, gray and black 48 to 50 Linseed, Black Sea 52 to 5 3 Ditto Petersburgh 44 to 51 Ditto Riga and Arch angel - Ditto Konigsberg and Memel Per Ton. Lins. c.,HulllO/0s Od tooo/ 00$ Ditto fine for. 9110 s Od 101 5$ Ditto inf. for olos Od to 0105 Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 Or Rape cakes Tares, English__ 00s to 000 Ditto foreign Guano 41 91 to 10100 Bones llss Od to Os Od Rye Meal 5 Wheat, English, red 83 to 86 Ditto white B5 to 88 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 7O to 76 Russian and Odessa 63 to 70 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 38 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 52 to 60 IPSWIC: :-JAN. 3. There was not a large supply of wheat to-day, which sold readily at a further advance of 2 s t o 3 s per qr. upon last week's prices. Barley in good supply, which was not so easily disposed of as of late ; but an advance of is to 2s per qr. was realised. Beans and peas scarce and dear. In la QI7ARTFIR. PER WARM. Wheat, red (old) Bus to 84s Barley, grinding ... 365 to 400 Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 83s to 88s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 44s to 49sIFlour, per sack AVERAGES FOE THE WEER ENDING DEC. 3sl, 1853. Wheat Barley „ COs Od as 11 45s lld 35 „ 56s ld Oats Beaus Peas COAL MAR Prices of Coal per ton at r.—Jex. 4. close of the market : s. d. Davison's West Hartley 25 0 Hasting's Hartley 25 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley2s 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 25 6 Walker Primrose 26 0 West Pelew 26 0 Wylam 26 6 Wallsend, Ste. Gosforth 34 0 Hedley 33 0 Northumberland E. 25 0 Riddell l4 0 Killingsworth E 25 0 Eden Main 34 0 Belmont 31 0 Braddyll 34 0 Hetton 35 0 Haswell '5 0 Wallsend, &c. S. d. Lambton . 35 0 Lumley 33 6 Russell's Hetton 35 0 Stewart's 35 0 Plummer 34 0 Cassop 34 0 Heugh Hall 34 0 Kelloe 35 0 South Hartlepool 35 0 . Tees 35 1 1 Adelaide Tees 35 0 South Durham ~. 33 6 Cannel 3O 0 Watney'sAnthracite 38 0 Gwaen Cafe Gm - wen 38 0 Perkins' Anthracite 36 0 Morgan's Stone - 3B 0 Ships at market 115 I Sold B3. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 4. STOCK EMCHANOE.—This market has been very dull to' day, and quotations generally have a downward tarn' Great Westerns closed at 828, and Manchester and Shef• fields at 211. MANCHESTER, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The Share Market was dull to-dal at lower prices. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent fl'om the General Post-olllee by the night—and M by the morning --dispatch.] Day when made up From what w lien COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. England. America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon America (by United Sts. packet) .... •. • ...N,Jan. 15 Liverpool ... Jan. 7 America (by U Stat es packet) .... ••• • • . NlJan. 17 .. ........ Southampto, Australia (via South- Dec. 28 ampton) 341 Jan. 4 ............ 4::outhampto... cr Feb. 4 N Ditto (via Marseilles) Jan. 8.• Ditto (via Cape of (hoed Hope) ...... •• • ..N Feb. 4•• . • • ncertaill. Africa (West Coast) ..N ?3d of th e mon th .. Plymouth .. Dec. 28 Alexandria...... NB, 9, 24, &30 ofm. Dover ...... Jan. 16 Alexandria..........M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton:Jan. 4 Bahamas IN 17th of the month Seuthatnpton 'Jan. 1 Belgium ............N .. Dover ...... "Daily Brazil ....M 9th of the m on th,. Southampton Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres .. ...M 9th of the month.. Southampton iJan. Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. !Arrived Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verde ......N 9th of the mon th.. Pl ymouth .. Jan. 1 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ........ • • ....N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Arrived Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. SouthamptoniTu.Th•Sat. 2d & 17th of month Seuthampton ) Van. 1 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 ofm. Dover ...... .Tan. 10 Constantinople ...... •. 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan. 4 Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover ...... Twieedalif Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily... Dover ...... Twicedaill Gibraltar .. ....M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Southampton Arrived Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Jan, 1 Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London . • • Havannah ..........51 2nd of the month Southampton Jan. 1 Holland Al Dai1y...... Honduras ..........M 17th of the month South ampton Jan. 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon Southampton Jan. 21 India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland .... • —3l & N Twice daily .. Holyhead .. Twicedalli Lisbon.....• 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton'Jan. 16 Madeira ............M 9th of the month SouthamptonlJan. 16 Madeira ............ N 23d of month Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover .......Jas. 10 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the mon th Plymouth .. !Arrived Mexico .... "Id 2nd of the month Southampton!Jan. 1 Naples sth It.th2.sthormon Dover ...... 'Jan. 2 New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month Southampton l Jan .1 New Zealand. .. By private ship Papal States sthlsth2sthoftnon Dover Jan. 2 Peninsula 7thl7th2B thofinon Southampton iArrived Peru ..... —3( 2d & 27th of mon Southampton Jan. 1 Port Natal 14th of the month Plymouth ..!Arrived Sicily s thlsth2sthofmon, Dover ......'Jan. 2 Tuscany s thlsth2sthofmon. Dover Jan. 2 Venezuela ........ kr 2d& 17th of month SonthamntoniJan. 1 Van Diemen's Land (se e Australia) . West Indies 2d& 17th of month i S Ou th a Mpteni.Tan. 1 * When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be dispatched on the following day, with the exception of the India via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched the day preceding. GENERAL TRADES UNION OP ENGLISH MASONS.-- It is now upwards of twenty years since the masons of England formed themselves into a general and national trades union. Its head quartere shifted at stated periods, all over the principal towns in the country ; at one time in London, at another in Liverpool, or in Manchester, and, we believe, at Birmingham. The number of mem• bers we have heard computed at 8,000. The rate of subscription is 6d. per week, or 265. per annum—a rate sufficient to insure a man's life for 1001. sterling; or at least any man's life but a mason's. In addition to this there has always been a local union in London, founded on somewhat different principles ; but we never heard of its being the cause of a regular organisation among the masons, or of a severe strike. It was far different, however, in the other case. The general union was not in existence eighteen months before its progress was signalised by a severe and protracted strike of the London masons. At length there was s general strike throughout the trade. It was kept up for nearly twelve months, and ended as strikes usually end, by producing much injury to both sides, and leaving the subject mat ter in a worse position than it stood in at first.—The Builder. [ADVERTISEMEN T. ]--A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cared him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vaunted as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treatment of the doctor, after several months trial, was without suc cess. At this juncture he commenced taking these Pills and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the course of six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched for by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois - le - Duc.—Sold by all drug.. gists ; and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 2d inst., at Marine-parade, Dover, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Farrant, K.L.S., late H.M.'s Chargé d'Affaires in Persia. On the lit inst., at Caatlewigg, near Whithorn, N. 8., Airs. Grant, Wife of Capt. Grant, Indian Navy. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 31st ult., at Green-street, Lady Adelaide Cado gan. On the 2d inst., at Hans-place, Sloane-street, the Wife of H. S. Collins, Esq., of H.M.S. Furious. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at St. James's, Notting-hill, the Rev. J. Gaitskell, M.A., St. John's College, Cambridge, to Emily, second daughter of P. J. Green, Esq., of Boyne-house, Notting-hill, formerly British Consul for the Mores,. On the 31st ult., at Chatsworth-place, Glasgow, Mr. J. Lindsay, to Ann M'Gregor, daughter of Mr. W. Gow, of Livelands, Stirling. DIED. On the 2d inst., at Middle-road, E r i z t on, W. Hall, Dn., of Wood-street, Cheapside. , On the 2d inst., at Lakenham-villa, New-road, Shep herd's-bush, Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr. J. Ince, of Oxford-street, aged G 4. On the 2d inst., at Chinch-hi'. Morningside, Mrs. Helen Chambers, widow of the Rev. T. M'Clellan, Minis ter of Kelton, Kirketulbrghtshire. On the 31st ult., at Ashford, Kent, Capt. J. Steddart, R.N., aged 70. 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