The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—If Government be not positively im pervious to the lessons derived from well-ascertained and established facts, obtained by an investigation conducted by a Select Committee of the House of Commons which sat in the last session, the duties on tobacco must undergo an early revision, with a view to a material reduction of their present enormous amount. This course is not merely dictated by sound policy ; it is demanded by stern necessity. The contraband trade has increased so steadily—it has acquired a system so perfect, and an extent so enormous, that its precautions against de tection bid defiance to the regulations of the Excise and the vigilance of the Coast-guard. The revenue is robbed to an enormous extent ; and the fair trader is, at length, either reduced to the alternative of becoming a guilty participator in the illicit traffic, or he is involved in ruin, through in ability to compete in the market with the low prices at which the smuggler can afford to supply the article. Within the present week, a tobacco and snuff-manufacturer (named Thomas) carrying on business in Ratcliff-highway, appeared at Lambeth-street Police-office to answer two infor mations, charging him with having on his premises 173flbs. of smuggled tobacco, which had been found by the Customs' officers on the sth and 7th ult. The truth of the charge was admitted by the de fendant, who stated, in excuse, in the first place, that the house in which he had resided and carried on business had been upwards of half a century in his family ; and that such was the competition in h!s business at present, through the means resorted to by smuggling and adulteration, that goods were sold for much less than they could be fairly manufactured for. He should, therefore, throw himself upon the consi deration of the Court. " Mr. Henry—Then, what you mean to say is, that you cannot carry on and live by your business without smuggling ? Defendant—Why, Sir, I did not say that exactly ; but I have said that there is so much smug gling and adulteration in the trade, that there is no get ting a living in a regular way." The man was convicted in penalties amounting to 1681. 18s. sd. He also stands exposed to proceedings in another form, for having adulterated stuff in his possession, on which he will be liable to penalties amounting to 6001. Yet, notwithstanding the high amount of penalties on detection, and the vigilance of the Excise and Custom-house officers, it is estimated that from twenty to twenty-five mil lions of pounds of tobacco are annually smuggled into the United Kingdom—a larger quantity than finds its way into the market in the legitimate course of trade ! The returns made to the Select Com mittee of the House of Commons to which we have alluded, show, that with a population which has doubled in numbers since the commencement of the present century, the consumption of tobacco on which the duty has been paid has not increased in a proportion approaching to that ratio. In the ten years, from 1808 to 1818, the consumption of duty-paid tobacco was 189,083,261 lbs. ; while from 1818 to 1828 it was only 172,706,368 lbs.—showing a decrease on the whole of that period of 16,376,893 lbs. The Committee remark, that the decrease was greater by 6,000,000 lbs. The obvious conclusion is, that this great decrease in the amount of duty-paid tobacco consumed was owing to the extensive smuggling, which supplied the deficiency. If the twenty-four years from 1820 to 1843 be referred to, it will be found that the average yearly quantity of tobacco paying duty was 19,916,893 lbs. This shows an increase on'y of 1,818,567 lbs., compared with the ten years from 1808 to 1818. The evidence ap pended to the report displays a most instructive comment on the system of high duties. The nu merous ingenious schemes to which the smugglers have recourse to deceive the revenue officers, both afloat and ashore—the desperate risks they encounter —and the accurate calculations upon which they enter as to the chances of detection, and the number of " runs" which cover loss sustained by seizure—these matters were detailed to the Committee by witnesses who had themselves been actively engaged in smug- Fling, or had participated in the traffic, but who were indemnified V the Committee against the Conse quences of their evidence. STANDARD. —The repeal faction in Ireland has been so utterly routed and disgraced by the proceed ings of her Majesty's Attorney-General in that king dom—let us never forget to whom we owe so great a service—that we should be ashamed to refer to their ignominious overthrow for any less purpose than to correct a serious error or to estab lish a useful principle in politics. Most of our readers will recollect that up to the commence ment of the State trials last year, it was the constant cry that Mr. O'Connell and his ac eomplices, priests and laymen, were not free agents, that the people it was who urged them onward, and the inference was not very logically drawn, that to deprive Mr. O'Connell of the power of controlling the people, by putting him into prison, must lead to civil war and anarchy. This rea soning, d:d not, however, prevail with the Right Hon. T. B. Smith ; he put Mr. O'Connell into gaol —the luminary was eclipsed behind the walls cf the Richmond Bridewell ; but the threatened night of anarchy did not follow ; Nox nulla secuta est. On the other hand, the obscuration of the portentous star was followed by the most peaceful, the most cheerful, and the most prosperous day in Irish his tory. True, he has been let back once mere into our system ; but, like other comets, he comes back shorn of his beams, and al most destitute of a tail, and no longer " with fear of change perplexing kings," or any body else—comes hack, not merely to be comparatively quiet himself, but to cause the quietness of others. Now this very clearly proves the falsehood of the notion that Mr. O'Connell was not a free agent last year—demonstrates that it taxed all his energies and all his audacity to excite the sedition of which he was represented as the passive instrument. The people are the same people who collected at monster meetings, established arbitration courts, promised to meet in Parliament on College-green with or without the Queen's writ. Why do not we hear anything of these projects now ? Because the people are afraid ? This could hardly be the case, bee .use the punishment of the offence could hardly reach the millions of repealers, we for get how many millions, it is so long since we heard of them. No, it is in truth because Mr. O'Con nell is afraid, because he has had a sharp hint that it is not safe to challenge the Government to "go either to war with him or to law with him"—because Mr. T. B. Smith has shown the danger of " hurling defiance at the Saxon" —that the repeal movement, monster meeting;, and all, are dead and gone. Now it is obvious that if the prudence or cowardice, call it which you will, of the one man, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, is sufficient to produce this sedative effect, Mr, Daniel O'Connell was the author and master, not the creature and servant, of the extinct sedition. So absolute and complete is still the man's power in his faction that he is able to control even the most violent, and what were believed the most enthusiastic, journals in that faction. Upon thi' subject we refer to the annexed extract from the Dublin Evening Packet, by which it will, be seen that the Yation itself has been muzzled. There can be no doubt that, in the course of his treasonable progress, Mr. O'Connell may have felt something like an external pressure—just as th? midnight summoner of cut-throats in Tipperary catches behind his ear some vibration of the bhtst which he blows into the crooked cow's horn, but still it is merely his own breath he feels, and when the breath ceases the discordant vibration from behind ceases also. Mr. O'Connell at Mallow " hurled defiance at the Saxon," with gesticula tions which are to be eternised in marble or in brass. Some of the poor savages about hini shouted " lead us on against them." Foolish people inferred from this that the people were more forward for mischief than Mr. O'Connell. N ow it was nothing of the kin The whole was the in - cendiary's own work. At the Mallow meeting lie stood precisely in the po3ition of the conjuror of tie last century— " Katterfelto with his hair on end, At his own wonders wondering for h;s brea , l." Mr. Moore has said of his countrymen something like this— " Oh there never were men, if our leaders would let us, More form'd to be loyal and blessed than ours," and the truth of the proposition seems to be sup ported by the events of the last year. Now what as the useful principle that we would deduce from this ? That in all cases of popular disorder, the leaders are always the leaders in fact as well as in appearance, and that they are the only fitting objects of punishment. OXFORD, Nov. I.—The Rev. W. Goodenough Penny, M.A., Student of Christ Church, and Perpe tual Curate of Ashendon, Bucks, has resigned his studentship, on conforming to the Roman Catholic faith. It is also announced, and the intelligence has produced a deep sensation, that the Rev. John Henry : Newman has intimated to the Rev. Mr. Williams, She late candid a t e f or the Po e try Professorship, the impossibility o f his continuing a member of the Anglican Church. BOTANIC4I. SOcurry op L was he roic —The ordinary meeting of this society Bedford.aotu Friday evening at the Society's rooms, 20,in the c hair. ; J. Reynolds, Esq., treasurer, raNn announced. donations to the library and herbarium ve y w e r ; o e Z 'l'., 111 4 , t A, Notice of the Discover ..- , _vonantli p , Aliew British plant, discovered by G. G g ri . dra I I ib c onl) of the members of th e Society near _ saff r on Waldefi t Essex, in September last." Specimens ;fere presenteft: .. The Chairman announced that th e ' eiglthiinniver meeting of the Society would beh e ld OR Friday, the th inst., being the anniversary of the birth of the pi rated Enzlish botanist, John Ray. "y , DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT OLDHAM. TWENTY-ONE PERSONS KILLED. We copy the following particulars from the pro vincial papers, in addition to those which We published on Saturday. (From the Manchester Courier of Saturday.) One of the most extensively fatal disasters ever known in Oldham occurred on Thursday afternoon last. The scene of this deplorable catastrophe was a large cotton-mill, known as Lower House Mill, situate at Greenacre's Moor, belonging to Messrs. Josiah Radcliffe and Brothers. The old mill had re cently been considerably enlarged by the erection of an additional building, of equal height, six stories ; and on Wednesday afternoon the workmen had begun to lay the shafting in the lower story, and had got in a few looms, but no heavy machinery. The time when the aceident occurred, as near as we can ascertain, was half-past three o'clock on Thursday afternoon. There were at the time thirty two persons employed in the mill, including some bricklayers, plasterers, and painters, who were finishing off the upper stories; but the majority were mill hands, who were preparing for getting inithe ma chinery, and were employed in the second floor, and one immediately over the boiler-house. The catas trophe occurred quite suddenly. Of the survivors, a man named Lees, a plasterer, who was at work in the sixth story, gives the most detailed account of the ac cident. From his statement it appears that as he was plastering an arch, on the north side of the room, he observed that the brick work of an arch near the centre of the floor of the story above, close to one of the iron cross beams of the floor, was giving way. In its giving way there appeared to be a moving of the arch itself, but none of the brickwork fell. Lees instantly left the room, and went as quickly as possible to the manager of the mill and acquainted him with the circumstance. The manager was at the other end of the mill at the time. He then returned to the spot he had left, and was just going on the scaffolding to resume his work of plas tering, not being absent more than seven or eight minutes, when he heard a sound as of a tremendous rush ; he was then about eight yards from the door leading into the corresponding story of the old mill ; he, as it were, almost instantaneously sprung over these eight yards, and had just got within the door way in a safe position, as it proved, when the floor on which he had been fell with an awful crash, carrying with it to the lowest story all the floors underneath, and rendering nearly every portion of the new part of the mill a heap of ruins, except one single range of windows, which are left standing from the bottom nearly to the highest parapet, presenting a singular appearance, forming the only remaining fragment of the new mill. The roof having, of course, lost its means of support, fell upon the lower floors, and served to add to the already large and frightful heap of ruins, underneath which had been instantly buried all, or nearly all, the workpeople who were at work in the lowest story, and a few in the stories above them. The alarm created in the town and neighbourhood by this dreadful accident was ex tremely great ; hundreds of persons were on the spot in a few moments, and a number of men were set to work, without loss of time, for the purpose of re moving the materials, in order to discover the bodies of the sufferers as soon as possible. In little more than half an hour from the time of the accident, the magistrates and other authorities of the town were ort the spot, and about five o'clock a detachment of the 67th Regiment of Foot, under the direction of Eri• sign M'Dunnor, arrived from the barracks, and re mained on duty during the night and yesterday. The labourers engaged in removing the ruins worked during all the evening and night of Thursday by relays, and at noon yesterday the bodies of four teen persons (ten male and four female) had been dug out. There were still seven persons missing, two males and five females, whom there is every reason t o believe have been ki lled.. The total number who have been bereaved of life by this dreadful catas- trophe may, therefore, be stated to be twenty-one persons, of whom sixteen were upwards of twenty years of age. Most of the bodies were shockingly crushed or otherwise injured. Seven other persons were more or less injured, and several very narrowly escaped. The appearance of the fallen portion of the mill •at the moment of the accident is described as horribly startling to those who witnessed it. The two main walls sprung, as it were, outwards, and then in stantly closed in, involving nearly the whole portion in one common ruin. The cause of this lamentable occurrence is not yet clearly ascertained ; but it can only he referred to one or two causes—the shrinking of the foundation of the old boiler-house, on which the mill was reared, or the breaking of one of the cast-iron prin cipals. The total damage to the mill and machinery probably amounts to 4,0001. The old mill, it is hoped, will be got to work again in about ten days. At present 800 hands are unem. ployed in consequence of this disaster. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) It becomes our painful duty to record one of the most extensively fatal catastrophes that has happened in this neighbourhood for many years past ;—one, indeed, more terrific ITT its nature, and more fatal and disastrous in its consequences, than anything that has occurred since a similar catastrophe at the fire proof factory of Mr. Nathan Gough, near Oldfield road, Salford, on Wednesday the 13th October, 1824, by which eighteen or nineteen persons lost their lives. This dreadful accident occurred on Thursday afternoon last, in a suburb of Oldham, named Lower House, Greenacres Moor, at the mills of Mr. Samuel Radcliffe and Sons, called the Lower House Mills. The firm, now consisting of Messrs. Josiah Radcliffe and Brothers, the four sons of the deceased Mr. Sa muel Radcliffe, had recently built a new mill ad joining their old one, at one end ; and about half-past three o'clock on Thursday afternoon, the whole of this new mill fell in with a tremendous crash, at a time when there were thirty-two persons in it, of whom there is reason to fear that twenty-one have been killed, as the bodies of fourteen had been found and taken from the ruins up to noon yesterday, and seven others were missing. Of the remaining eleven, five were more or less hurt, of whom one is not expected to recover ; and six escaped with little or no injury. The following, we believe, will be found a tolerably correct list of the different class of sufferers : KILLED. The hodie3 of the following were taken out of the ruins during Thursday afternoon and evening:- 1. Joseph Tweedale, of Lower House; a manager; aged 48 years; has left a widow and five surviving children ; two of his sons being killed at the same time. 2. Robert Tweedale, of Lower House, a son of No. 1 ; a twister ; aged 17 years. 3. James Tweedale, of Lower House, a brother of No. 2 ; a reacher or assistant in drawing-in; aged 12 years. 4. William Mannock, of Dirtcar-lane, one of the hands, an assistant or reacher-in, aged 12 years. 5. Susannah Wright, of High-street-hill, a twister, aged 40 years ; has left a widower and five children. 6. F Imund Wimpenny, of Fouleach, a twister, aged 50 ; has left a widow and a large grown-up family. 7. Ann Ilickley, of North Moor, a twister, aged 22 years. She was the daughter of Joseph Buckley, a blacksmith, and was unmarried. 8. John Kershaw, of Bath Bank ; a drawer; aged 26 years ; has left a widow and one child. His brother James is amongst the missing. 9. Ann Ogden, of Fouleach ; a twister, aged 25 years ; unmarried. 10. George Taylor, of Lower House ; a fly dealer and also apparitor at St. James's church, Greenacres floor; aged 63 years. He did not work at the mill, but was coming to fetch a key from his wife to get into his house. He has left a widow, who was hurt ; and his neice, Hussey, is killed. 11. Daniel Dunkerley, of North Moor, or May gate-lane ; a beam carrier and jobber for dressers ; aged 35 years; has left a widow and a large family of small children. 12. William or Robert Butterworth, of Green acres Moor ; a weaver ; aged 24 years ; has left a widow. The following persons were found yesterday morn ing and forenoon : 13. James Ridgway, of Lower House, assistant in twisting or drawing-in ; aged 16 years. 14. Mary Ann Hussey, of Lower House, twister; aged 28 years. She was unmarriei, and the niece of Taylor (No. 10), with whom (and his wife, Han nan Taylor, who is numbered amongst those hurt) she resided. MISSING.—SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED. I 15. Ann Hulme, of Henshaw-street, Priest Hill ; a twister ; 26 years of age ; has left a widower (Ralph llulme, a power-loom jobber) and one child. 16. Hannah Slater, Rhodes Field; a twister; aged 26 years ; has left a widower and two children. 17. Elizabeth Smethurst, of North Moor ; a twister; aged 26 years ; unmarried, but she has left a child. 18. James Kershaw, of Lower Moor (brother of No. 8) ; a drawer-in ; aged 30 years; has left a widow and four children. 19. William Whitehead, of Lower House or Fou leach ; an engineer ; aged 25 years; unmarried. 20. Sarah Watmough, of Lower House; a twister; aged 26 years; has left a widower and three children. 21. Ann Ashton, of Priest-hill ; age not ascer tained ; unmarried, and a sister to John Ashton, shoe maker. It would thus appear, that at the time our re porter left, about one o'clock yesterday, there were, besides the fourteen persons known to be killed, and whose bodies had been found, seven others inissing, being, in all probability, under the ruins, and doubtless all dead, viz., two men and seven females ; so that the total number of persons who have lost their lives by this dreadful accident may be stated to be twenty-one persons ; twelve males and nine females; of whom sixteen were upwards of twenty years of age. Most of the bodies were fright fully crushed and mangled. MAIMED AND OTHERWISE HURT. Hannah Taylor ; lived on the premises ; a twister ; about sixty years of age; she received a compound fracture of the leg, and is otherwise very much hurt ; it was apprehended that her shoulder was dislocated. she was the wife of No. 10, who is killed. Betty Dearden, of Lower-house; aged 40 years; a twister. She was got out about six o'clock on Thursday evening, very much scalded and bruised ; she was taken from the top of the boiler. She is married, and has several children. William Mills, of Pipe Row, or North Moor bricklayer. He has received several cuts on the head and was on the roof when the building fell. Mrs. Rayner, of Lower House ; wife of the carter so much hurt that she is not likely to recover; she was going past the stables when the accident oc curred. Joseph Travis, of North Moor ; bricklayer; said to be maimed. John Lees, of the Star Inn, Saddleworth, plasterer, who was running out at the time ; cut in several places, and much bruised about the head, neck, and back. He is a brother of Thomas Lees, plasterer, who had a narrow escape from the sixth story. Thomas Mellor, Higginshaw-lane, or Greenacres Moor, a bricklayer ; slightly hurt. ESCAPED WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURY. Joseph Mellor, of Dirt Car-lane, ope of the en gineers; he was got out a few minutes after the accident. Robert Brierly, of Greenacres Moor, a painter ; his brush was struck from his hand by some of the falling material. John Rushworth, a painter. Thomas Lees, of the Star Inn, Saddleworth, plasterer. John and Thomas Whitehead (brothers), of Man chester-street, millwrights. Thomas Windle, millwright. James Whitworth, a stoker, who had a narrow escape. He was mending the fire under the boilers, in the fire-hole, below the ground-floor of the new mill. Hearing a tremendous crash and fall above him, he crept along the fire-hole, which is arched under the yard, and in this way escaped unhurt. It would be a vain attempt to endeavour to depict the scene which ensued on the fall of the mill. The hands in the old mill, about eight hundred in number, quitted it immediately, and commenced working with the greatest energy, to remove the mass of building materials, and iron beams, pillars, &c., in order to rescue any of the sufferers who might still sur vive. One or two were thus rescued more or less hurt, and several bodies were also found; and, during the afternoon and evening, twelve bolies were taken from the ruins. On the first alarm, which, as may be expected, spread rapidly throughout Oldham, hun dreds of anxious relatives, chiefly women, might be seen hurrying towards the premises, in order to ascer tain if their relatives were amongst the sufferers. Several surgeons of the neighbourhood were promptly on the spot, and rendered every assist ance in their power. Amongst those mentioned as being first, were Messrs. John Henshavv, Wilkin son, Enoch, Dunkerley, Rowntree, and Fawcett. They inspected several of the bodies as they were discovered, and pronounced that life was totally ex tinct. They also examined several of the living suf ferers, applied dressings to their injuries, and gave directions as to their being conveyed home. We understand that a subscription has been com menced already for the bereaved families, and also for the living sufferers ; and the authorities of Old ham have convened a public meeting for this, Saturday evening, to promote this object. We understand that there is some intention to propose the transfer to this fund, of a considerable sum, report says 4001., the balance of a subscription some years ago for the suf ferers by the destruction of the U n ion Mill by fire. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) SlR,—Since my last, several other bodies have been found dead, among which are the manager and his two sons; about sixteen now have been got out; three or four are expected to recover. It is supposed there is five or six more missing. Several workmen employed on the uppermost stories were carried down to the ground, aid escaped with slight bruises. Four or five painters, engaged in the interior, feeling the movement, had presence of mind to rush into the old mill, which joined to this, and were preserved. You may form some idea of the disaster, when I tell you that an extent of six stories in length, and the same in height, fell without a moment's warning. As to the cause, nothing certain can yet be assigned ; but it is generally supposed the walls were too weak to bear the weight of the columns and beams, which are all iron, and the floors being formed of heavier materials than usual, as it was intended to be fire proof.' I am, Sir, yours respectfully, A CONSTANT REA.DER. Oldham, Nov. 1. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4 1844, CENTRAL CRIMISAL COURT. A special session of the above Court was held on Saturday, in accordance with the provisions of the Central Criminal Court Act, for the purpose of fixing the days for holding the sessions in the ensuing year. The Learned Judges who attended were the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Patteson, Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Wightman, Baron Maule, Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice Cresswell, and Mr. Justice Coleridge. The Learned Judges were ushered into Court by the Lord Mayor. Mr. CLARK, the Clerk of Arraigns of the Central Criminal Court, then said that the periods for hold ing the sessions for the ensuing year had been fixed as follows, by order of the Court. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said it was not the order of the Court, but according to the terms of the Central Criminal Court Act—the order of not less than eight Judges. Mr. CLARK suggested that the Learned Judges formed a Court for this purpose. Mr. Baron ALDERSON intimated his opinion that the term was not in accordance with the provisions of the Act. The form was then amended. The following list of the periods for holding the sessions was next read : 1844.—Monday, Nov. 25; Monday, Dec. 16. 1845.—Monday, Jan. 6; Monday, Feb. 3 ; Mon day, March 3; Monday, April 7; Monday, May l 2; Monday, June 16 ; Monday, July 7 ; Monday, August 18 : Monday, Sept. 15 ; Monday, Oct. 27. The LORD CHIEF BARON then inquired, whether there was any other business to transact, and Mr. CLARK having replied in the negative, the Court was adjourned to November 25. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A well-dressed man, named James William Poyntz, was placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, charged with obtaining a gig from Mr. Holdman, a coach maker, and selling the same. Mr. Samuel Ifoldman, of 128, Long-acre, stated that about eleven years ago, he believed in January, 1833, the prisoner came to him and ordered a tilbury to be built for him. Witness agreed to perform the job, and the prisoner then said he wished to have a vehicle which he might use until the tilbury was finished. Witness said he could lend him a gig, arid the prisoner desired it might be sent to a livery-stable in Marylebone, which was done accordingly, and witness never heard of the prisoner or saw him again until this morning. He heard, however, that he had sold the gig for IQ, but the person who purchased it was not present. The prisoner had called at wit ness's shop last evening, and said he wished to pur chase a vehicle, if Mr. Holdman would give him six months' credit. Witness was not at home, and his clerk could give no answer, and the pri soner desired that if Mr. Holdman would agree to his terms he would meet him at his (prisoner's) agent's in the City. The address given was " Mr. Wentnall's, 1, Angel-court, City." Witness went there, and recognised the prisoner as the person who had obtained the other gig. He entered into conver sation with him, and at length gave him into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, (1:- clared that the gig had been purchased by him and paid for. Mr. TWYFORD said it was a very suspicious case, but he must have the evidence of the person who pur chased the gig before the prisoner could be committed for trial. He therefore remanded him until Wed nesday. MAI?LBOROUGH-STREE T. Two young country-looking girls came before Mr. Hardwick to make the following statement : They said they took a lodging at No. 2, Heddon street, Regent-street, about two days ago, telling the landlady, Mrs. Thomas, that they were shoe-binders, and that they were likely to have visitors, as they had several acquaintances in London. On Friday evening they had two young men in their room, when their landlord sent for two police-constables, and insisted on giving all of them in charge. The constables ransacked their box, and ultimately carried them off to the Vine. street station-house, where they were locked up, and detained about an hour. They were then discharged, as also the two young men, who had also been in confinement, and they were obliged to find lodgings elsewhere, as they were given to under stand that they would not be admitted again into the house in Heddon-street. Yesterday they applied for their property, and this was retused, and they, there fore, came to this Court, to ask for the assistance of the magistrate. Mr. ilaanwrcK said the proceedings, on the part of the police, appeared to have been so perfectly un justifiable, that it was necessary the trut% of the ap plicants' story should be tested. Mr. Hardwick re quested one of the constables to go for the inspector on duty the overnight. Inspector Baker shortly entered the court, and, on being put in possession of the particulars of the young women's statement, said.he believed that they had not quite disclosed the whole truth, as they had omitted to state that the young men in their room were in bed with them—at least, so the landlord of the house declared. Mr. HARDWICK said, even supposing the women had brought these young men into their own room for an immoral purpose, what authority had the police for interfering? A landlord might find out that he ha.) unawares introduced an improper lodger into his house, but it was no part of the duty of the pike to assist him in turning out this lodger. The landlord must take those steps to clear his house which the law pointed Inspector Baker said the l a ndl or d, Thom a s, and a o person named Gabriel, whose house communicated with Thomas's, made the charge against the two young men and women. Their charge was, that they believed the young women had obtained possession of the room by fraudulent representations, and that they had introduced the two young men into their room for the purpose of planning a robbery in Gabriel's Illuse. This belief was strengthened by the fact of one of the young men having been formerly in Gabriel's employ. Mr. HARDWrCK said the story of the contemplated robbery was apparently got up for the purpose of procuring the assistance of the police in ridding the house of an improper lodger. But he wanted to know. as these parties were in custody and locked up on so serious a charge, how it happened that they had been discharged without the sanction of the magistrate ? The police had no authority to dischirge of their own accord any case when once given, and so jealous were the Legislature of entrusting them with any portion of such power, that they were expressly forbidden. notwithstanding the inconvenience which occasionally occurred to discharge cases of drunkenness without the sanction of the magi..trates. Inspector Baker said there was a mistake here ; the parties were not locked up on any charge. It vvis true that they were taken down to the cells by the gaoler while the charge was being heard, but as soon as he ascertained that the charge was not likely to be pressed, he directed all the parties in custody to he liberated. Mr. HARDWICK said it was quite clear the police had exhibited most extraordinary ignorance of their duty. They had no authority, and as far as he could see, they had no excuse whatever for acting as they had acted. He had always been most ready to afford protection to the police, and to bestow approbation where they did their duty properly and efficiently ; at the same time he felt it to be his duty to mark his sense of misconduct on the part of the police in an eqaally stringent manner. He hoped the inspector woul a teach the constables, who had so completely mistaken their powers and functions what their duty really was, that he might not have the painful task of animadverting on the conduct of men who were intrusted with important responsible situations. The inspector said he never would have sanctioned the interference of the constables had he been made acquainted with the circumstances of the case. Mr. HARDWICK desired a constable to go to Hed don -street, and see that the young women obtained their property. A foreigner of military appearance, accompanied by another foreigner, who could speak English, ap plied to Mr. Hardwick for so;ne pecuniary assistance. The spokesman said that he had recently become acquainted with the state of distress to which his foreign companion was reduced, and he had consented to accompany him to the court, to ask if the magis trate would relieve him from his distress. The foreigner was an Austrian Pole. He had resided at Warsaw and in other Polish places, and had contrived to render himself so obnoxious to the Russian govern. ment that he had been obliged to fly for his life. The political offences had been so distasteful to the Russian government, that his own government would not give him shelter, and after making his way to Trieste, he was enabled, through the kindness of the English Con sul, to make his escape to England. He landed at Liverpool, and was recommended by the police there to make his way to London. He had taken the advice, and had been living for some time at an hotel in Leicester-square, but being without money, or means of getting any just at present, the proprietor had told him he could not be allowed to stay any longer. The Pole, who was of high connexions, and whose only offence was of a political nature, was exposed to perish for want in the streets if some relief were not afforded to him. The Pole had neither papers nor persons to refer to in support of the truth of his story, and he (applicant) knew nothing but what the Pole had told him. Mr. HARDWICK said he would not pronounce an opinion one way or the other as to the accuracy of the Polish gentleman's representations; but the term " political martyr" had a wide range of meaning among foreigners, and frequently included offences which went by a totally different name in this country. It could hardly be expected that every foreigner who was obliged to fly from the police of his own country should have a claim for support and assistance on the police of this. It was placing magistrates here in a very invidious position. Looking at the applicant's case as one of personal distress, and without reference to his alleged political offences, he would present him with half-a-crown from the poor-box to help him to communicate with his friends. UNION-BALL. Two policemen named Gough and Brooks, of the L division, were charged with the following miscon duct towards Thomas Thornton, an inspector belong ing to the Phcenix Gas Work , . The charge was sent b y the Commissioners of Police for investigation at this Court, and Mr. Grensell, the superintendent of the division to which the defendants belong, attended to hear and report upon the result. The complainant stated that on Saturday week, about one o'clock in the day, as he was crossing from the end of Suffolk-street to Blackman -street, he was followed closely up by the defendants, and when he got to the other side of the street they both came up, one on each side of him, and asked him what he had got. Before he had time to answer, they hurried him through an iron gate near the footpath, when Gough, feeling his trousers. pocket, inquired what he had got there. Complainant, surprised at such , a situation, imme diately drew forth a memorandum book, saying that he had nothing but that, upon which tha defendants said he must accompany them to the station- house, Brooks saying to the other defendant, " Charley, let us take him to Tower-street," and he was then taken to the station-house in that street, and when the In spector Fergusson saw him, and was informed of the circumstances under which he was brought there, he said that he had known him (complainant) for several years, and that there being no pretence for charging him with an offence, he should discharge him. Com plainant added that he had been twenty years in the ser vice of the Phcenix Gas Works, and that having always borne an irreproachable character, he, for his own sake as well as the public, considered he was called upon to bring such a case under the consideration of the Commissioners, to whom he representtol the cir cumstances. . Gough upon being asked what he had to say in answer to the charge, replied, that he mistook the complainant for another person, against whom he had a charge of felony. He admitted that he felt hi., pocket, as described, and that he afterwards took him to the station-house, where, upon finding that he had made a mistake, he expressed his readiness to apolo gise to the complainant, who rejected it, and would not be satisfied unless he consented to insert an apo logy in the newspapers. With this latter demand he could not comply, the Commissioners not allowing him to make a public apology, and the complainant, therefore, resdrted to the present proceedings against him. Gough then spoke of his not having used any degree of harshness towards the complainant, and in taking him to the station-house held his umbrella over him to shelter him from the rain. Brooks made a similar defence, saying they were mistaken in the man, but that he did not lay hands upon the complainant at all, and who also expressed his willingness .to apologise to the complainant. In reply to Mr. Trail!, the complainant said that he knew Mr. Brooks before, and mentioned to him who he was, but no attention was paid to what he sail, and he was compiled to go to the station-house. H e added that it was a degradation to be taken through the streets in custody without the slightest grounds for charging him with any offence. made lk a lr.TmaAisitLaLke in th said itweas*bioz,,bivnieosuss; and that, under the defendants had that impression, he should disniiss the complaint; but it was still in the power of the complainant to bring an action for assault and false imprisonment, at all events against Gough, if he was not satisfied, or re ceived compensation for the inconvenience to which he had been subjected on the occasion. The complainant seemed to be surprised at the de cision, and left the court with two friends. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Royal Yacht Tavern, Stanhope-street, Clare-market, on Saturday on the body of Mrs. Sarah Anne Willeter, aged 22 years, wife of Mr. Willeter, the e r,tensive tallow• chandler, of Clare-street, who committed suicide under the following circumstances : Mr. G. A. Walker, surgeon, of Drury-lane, said he was called to attend deceased on the afternoon of Thursday last. On his arrival he found the deceased vomiting excessively. Upon making inquiries de ceased told witness that she had taken twopenny worth of arsenic, but she refused to tell of whom she had purchased it. Witness attended her the whole of that day until nine o'clock in the evening, when she died. A post mortem examination subsequently made by witness proved that the stomach was much in flamed, and the coats in a partial state of corrosion. The cause of death was from swallowing arsenic. Charlotte Allen, one of the servants of the de ceased, said her mistress complained on Thursday morning last of having a violent headache. Siivrtl.v after breakfast she sent witners for a pennyworth Of sal volatile, which she divided, and drank one pa r t herself and gave the other to her husba44, About ten minutes subsequently she sent witness to Mr. Walker's for a pennyworth of magnesia; on her re turn she sent witness down stairs to ask her husband for a glass of brandy. As she entered the room again she observed deceased drinking what she thought to be the magnesia, but no sooner had she swallowed it than she was seized with sickness which continuing, her husband reque s t e d t o b e allowed to send for medical assistance, but deceased replied, " Oh, never mind, I shall soon get better; it is only the bile." Witness could not tell what could have induced de ceased to destroy herself, for she always appeared ex ceedingly cheerful, and lived upon very happy terms with her husband. After taking the poison she said, 3 I took it to die, and I hope I shall ; and then added, " Oh, Lord, have mercy on my soul." By a juror—Deceased was not in the habit of going nut alone, but on Tuesday last she went out by her self, and must hive purchased the poison on that oc casion. By the Coroner—l was sent three times down to , mpty the pail, containing what deceased had expec torated, she saying she had brought up the magnesia. Deceased was of exceedingly sober habits, and had been in the country on account of ill-health. Jane Elizabeth Brooker said deceased had been married only about eight months. Of late she had been very indisposed, and appeared low spirited. A day or two ago she called upon witness, and seemed xceedingly depressed, which witness attributed to her ill-health. She was unable to speak positively as to her state of mind. The Coroner, having summed up , the jury returned s verdict of " Temporary insanity. ' On Saturday Mr. Wakley, M.P., opened an in quiry, which lasted upwards of six hours, at the Ele phant and Castle, King's-road, Camden Town, on the body of Mrs. Mary Anderson, aged 70, the wife of a gentleman holding en appointment in the Excise office, who was killed by the furious driving of two persons in a cart belonging to Mr. Gilbert, wax and tallow-chandler, of Tottenham-court-road, on Wed nesday evening last. The accused parties, William Limand, the driver, and Frederick Cloke, late shopman to Mr. Gilbert, were produced before the c woner by inspector Frond, having been remanded from Marylebone Police-court to wait the result of the inquiry. From the evidence of two labouring men, named Wildman and Coates, it appeared that on Wednesday evening last, about ten minutes after six o'clock, they were standing in the vicinity of the Wire's Head, when they saw the deceased crossing the Kentish Town-road from Jeffry-street to Hawley-road. As she neared the centre of the road the horse attached to a covered cart drove along in the direction of Camden Town, at the rate of between seven and eight miles an hour. The horse knocked deceased down, and one of the wheels passed over her. The driver of the cart was then called to by Wildman to stop as he was known, but instead of doing so they went on at a much greater pace, and he could not keep up with the cart. There were a number of lights in the road at this spot, three outside the Wire's Head, one at the corner of the Hawley-road, another immediately op posite at the corner of Jeffry-street, and another gas light about ten yards from the corner of the Hawley road. It was a dark evening, but the witnesses could plainly see there were two men and a woman in the cart : they heard one of the men call out to deceased. Mr. William Anderson said he was a clerk in the Admiralty, and resided in Exeter-street South, Haw !ey-road. The deceased was his mother, and resided with his father at 5, Prebend-place, Kentish Town. On the evening of the occurrence she was coming fro.n her own house on a visit to him. She had good sight, but was somewhat deaf occasionally, and had not long since expressed to witness's wife that she feared she should some day be run over. Eliza Gilder said she was single, and lived at No. 4, Church-way, Somers Town, with her mother. She knew both the prisoners, Cloke and Limand, but had never seen them before Wednesday evening last. She met the two men at Highgate, on her return from Finchley, and asked them to give her a ride, as she was tired, and they did so. They came through Kentish Town at a rapid pace. There was no romping whilst doing so. The cart, belonged to Mr. Gilbert, wax and tallow-chandler, of Howland-street. They were all sitting together on the seat nearly in front of the cart, and the prisoner Cloke was driving. On arriving at the Wire's Head she heard Limand call out, " Hoy, hoy," and she then saw the deceased in front of the cart, near the horse's head, and in a minute after the horse knocked her down, and, she believed, one of the wheels passed over her. She believed so, as one of the young men said as they went along, "By God, you have run over her." After deceased was knocked down, the man Cloke, who was driving, was about to pull up, when Limand snatched the reins from him, and drove like lightning. They went up Park-street, through Grove-street and Mornington crescent, into Cumberland Market, and when there they stopped, and Limand looked out and said, " We are all right, no one is after us." The Coroner inquired how it was that these par ties were traced ? Tiffin, the summoning officer, said in a very sin gular manner. The last witness came on Thursday to the workhouse for a medical order, and whilst there, hearing the occurrence talked of, she said, " Oh, I know all about it ; I was in the cart at the time." This coming to his ears enabled him to trace them out, and the girl identified them. The room was cleared of strangers, and after a con sultation of about twenty minutes' duration, the jury returned a verdict of" Manslaughter against William Limand and Frederick Cloke." The Coroner made out his warrant for the com mittal to Newgate, but gave Inspector Proud, is whose hands it was placed, instructions not to execute it until after the prisoners were again taken before Mr. Long, the magistrate. MEDICAL TESTIMONIAL-SIGHT AND HEARING. From T. J. Pettigrew, Surgeon, F.R.S. to Messrs S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly,—Gentlemen, I have no hesitation in replying to your inquiry as to the results obtained by the use of your Improved Spectacles ; being in the constant habit of reading and writing for many hours together by lamp light, it is but justice to say that your newly invented Spectacle Lenses have afforded me the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary pebbles, I never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation in the eyes. Since I have used your admirable glaises I suffer from no inconvenience of the kind, and my vision is much im proved. I shall ever feel grateful to my good friend. Dr. Blundell for having drawn my attention to the sub ject.—Believe me to be yours, very respectfully. T. J. PETTIGREW, 8, Saville row. Also, newly invented Acromatic Waistcoat-pocket Telescopes and Opera glasses of the same kind of Lenses.—Every kind of Te ieseope of larger size and increasing powers for shooting. spa purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observa tions the powers are so great and the lenses so bright and brilliant that minute objects at an extraordinary dis tance is brought completely under the eyes. Sportsmer tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a great treat. Acoustic instruments of every description for deafness. Caution.—Messrs. & B. Solomons, opti emus and aurists, are not in :my way connected with is person of the saute name in their immediate neighbour hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mss takes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York INFAMOUS CASE REPORTED IN THE " TIMES" OF SATURDAY, Nov. 2 —REFUSAL OF :A MEDICAL MAN TO GIVE A CERTIFICATE OF BURIAL—PeopIe of Eng land,—One of the infamous powers granted to doctors in order to put money into their pockets is, that no one can be buried without a certificate from one of them—this is, in other words, to force people to employ them in sickness, whether they feel disposed to so do or not. Read the paragraph which appeared in the Times of last Saturday. When will people awake from their lethargy on this question? Do you now understand what Hygeists mean by the medical liberty of the subject? Issued by Morison and Moat, of the British College of Health, New-road, London, for and on behalf of the body of Hygeists, who contend, thst since all diseases arise from one cause, namely, an impurity of the blood, they can be cured by the Vegetable Universal Medicine, which being composed of innocuous ingre dients, may be taken by any person without the aid of a doctor. THE OVERLAND PASSAGE TO INDIA.—The antici pations which were excited by the announcement of Major and Mrs. Darby Griffith's description of their Journey Across the Desert, and the various exciting incident of their Overland Passage from India, have been more than realised by the publication of the work, which turns out to be as entertaining a companion as it was pretty sure to be useful and valuable as a guide. The peculiar facilities and advantages which Major Griffith and hi, lady seem to have enjoyed, and the unusual stay which they made at the principal points of the journey, have given a value to these volumes which no mere hasty and passing glance at the various features of the work could have afforded. The Journey across the Desert from Suez to Alexandria ; the novel description of our new military colony at Aden ; the account of tbs passage of the Red Sea, and the voyage on the Nile ; the full and interesting description of Malta ; and the rapid and spirited sketches of Sicily and Italy—all these features of the work give it a value and attraction not belonging to ordinary books of travel. THE SUICIDE AT KILMARNOCK.—We . gave on Wed nesday last the particulars of a very singular suicide committed near Kilmarnock, by an elderly gentleman and a lady presumed to be his wite, who had drowned them selves in the river Irvine, after having tied their arms together with handkerchiefs. We understand there is every reason to believe that the parties were a Mr. Jo seph Barker, formerly of this town, and his v%ife. Mr. Barker was one of the firm of John and Joseph Barker, Cromford-court, who were largely engapd in the German trtde, ancl fatted souniwhere about the year 1814. Mr. John Barker, we believe, died very shortly afterwards ; but Mr. Joseph Barker sub selnently resided in London, and ploru recently 4'avelled fo r sometKue tor a 144414 as Bipri l in g i a a6. 4 This employment he left a few mo4tha avr. Wiena new to a counmon with a b ":se in London, in ' which, how ..ver, he did n o t succee d ; and it is supposed that disap pointment on this score, and probably th e ex h aust i on o f his resources , led to the commission of the fatal act.— Manchester tper. LATE VISIT TO PORTSMOUTH OF THE FRENCH SQUADR()N. A letter, of which the following is a translated copy, has been received by the chief naval, military, and civil authorities at this port, acknowledging the universal courtesy, hospitality, and friendly disposi tion exhibited by the British officers and civilians towards the officers of the FrenCh squadron, on their recent sojourn at this port : " Paris, Oct. 26, 1844. " TO ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES ROWLEY. " Sir,—The official reports which I have received from Vice-Admiral Baron de la Susse contain the most minute accounts of what took place at Ports mouth in the reception given to the officers of the French squadron by the eager assembly of the population of that port, together with every honour able manifestation from the English royal navy, which was added thereto. " I have at the same time received an account of the additional splendour which was united to these noble demonstrations by the visit which her Majesty the Queen of England condescended to pay to the frigate Le Gomer, after the departure of his Majesty the King of the French. "The first professions, which, according to the example constantly given by your Excellency, had so handsomely taken place on the part of the officers of the English Royal Navy, and of the principal autho rities and other inhabitants of Portsmouth, have been crowned in the most flattering manner by its having pleased her Britannic Majesty to grant the distin guished favour of her presence on board the ees,el which bore the flag of Vice-Admiral de la Susse, and these testimonials have been warmly felt by the whole royal navy of France. I come, therefore, M. Admiral, in the name iS the naval and military body at the ,head of which I have the honour to be placed, to request your Excellency to receive for yourself our thanks, and to express as much as possible to the Royal Navy of England, as also to the different persons who were kindly pleased on that occasion to unite in the feelings by which they have shown themselves actuated, the deeply gratify ing remembrance which we all preserve of the recep tion which has been given us in that port of Great Britain where the flag of your Excellency floats. " This reception, whith accords so well in every re spect with the existence of the reports of the perfect harmony which I have so frequently seen manifested between the navies of the two countries, is at this time the indelible sign of the just and mutual esteem which unites them. " In congratulating my self most truly, M.'Admiral, on being called to become the faithful interpreter of these sentiments, I esteem myself happy in having to add thereto the personal confidence with which I have the honour to be, your Excellency's very humble and obedient servant, " Baron MACKAU, " Vice-Admiral, Peer of France, and Secretary of State for the Navy and Colonies." TREMENDOUS STORM. PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF BIRKENHEAD MARKET. BIRKINHEAD, CHESHIRE, SATURDAT.—During the whole of yesterday the weather was extremely boisterous here ; but as evening closed in the wind blew with great violence, and eventually became a complete hurricane, sweeping along the Cheshire shores with the utmost fury, to the great alarm of the inhabitants of the several towns and villages which were exposed in succession to this fearful visitation— namely, Runcorn, Eastham, Birkenhead, Seacombe, Egretnont, New Brighton, Liscard, &c.; but, with the exception of Birkenhead, so recently the scene of high festival, on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the new dock—with the exception of that rapidly-improving place, little, damage was sus tained beyond the-blowing in of a few windows, and the effects of no slightly-grounded apprehension. At about eleven o'clock this morning, the storm then being at its greatest height in and around Birkenhead, .a large portion of the wall9t;; ao+ew -.; market, now in course of erection in t .4440 V way before the fury of the blast to "t i ait4k opposed, and fell inwards with a cra•,a that the shock startled many persons *.t:ikestkai. , wards of two miles from the spot at : 0• fortunately happened that most of it : 1 ,,71 41 J,ata...c' were occupied in the central avenue at i= 7 !)-ti the vast descending mass, however, reached two ot them, who were severely injured; and another Man, who had just mounted what is termed thj: secentl, story of a scaffolding, was hurled amongst_the fr ments of the shattered structure, and literally buried beneath them. He was subsequently rescued, with, great difficulty, but was quite insensible, and for some time his case was considered hopeless. The sufferers were promptly conveyed to the Dispensary, where every attention was paid , to them by Mr. Steve surgeon, and the house surgeon, Mr. Evans ; wlien it was found that one .or those fir=t alluded to, named James Ellis, aged 32, had received a com pound fracture of the leg, and was otherwise much injured; that the other, named Samuel Hughes, aged 22, was dreadfully contused on the head, loins, and other parts of the body. The unfortunate man who was thrown from the scaffold, named John Cau tion, and aged 27, was also bruised in a shocking manner, but it was really wonderful that he escaped with life, considering the awful situation in which he was placed, with a weight of brickwork to sustain which seemed more than sufficient to crush the strongest mortal frame to atoms. The astounding nature of this fact will be gathered from a brief de scription of the edifice. All who have visited Liver pool mutt have seen St. John's market ; the erection mutilated by the accident just recorded is on the same plan, and nearly as extensive. It forms an. oblong square, 430 feet long-by 130 feet in breadth ; the outer walls, however, were only nine inches, or the length of one brick thick ; and though this was strengthened by pilasters at intervals of 13 feet 10 inches on every side, yet, considering the height of the wall, which is nearly 30 feet, such thickness, even with the aid of the bolstering afforded by the pilasters, 29 inches, is pronounced by competent judges to be utterly inade quate for that assurance of safety which the public have a right to demand, and which the lamentable frequency of fatal accidents of the kind renders it so necessary to exact. About 80 feet in length of this wall fell, and a large portion of it covered the un happy victim to whom reference has last been made. The fracture, however, extends to nearly the whole length of the wall, on either side of the formidable breach ; it will, therefore, most likely be found neces sary. to .rebuild the whole. Messrs. Tors and Ben ders, it is said, are the parties with whom the contract for the erection of the edifice was made. • Some of the Liverpool papers published second editions this evening, giving a most exaggerated ac count o? the above affair, together with a statement of the number killed ; as these, however, are only news paper deaths, the Coroner will, happily, not be troubled to " sit" on the bodies. During the violence of the storm, it was. not with out great difficulty that even strong► men could with stand its force, gfIOCKING OCCURRENCE AT KIRKSTALL FORGE. NEAR LEEDS.—A lamentaide circumstance took place at Kirkstall Forge, the iron works of Mere;rs. Beecrofe = Butler, and Co., on Wednesday morning last, arising out of a quarrel which took place between Wm. Fox "and John Atkinson, two of the forge men employed at that place. The workmen are divided into two classes, one set working by night and another by day. Atkin son was a night man, and it seems that a quarrel took place between him and Fox, in consequence of his not having got the furnace properly ready for the latter, who is a day man ; the custom being for those who work during the night to have the furnaces in a certain State of preparation for the day men when they arrive in .the morning. In the course of the quarrel Fox was struck by Atkinson two or three times, but did not re turn the blows, his anger, unfortunately, manifesting it self soon after in a much more desperate form. Bars of iron, five or six feet long, called " staff," are used for the purpose of forging, one end being welded to the ball of metal which is to be operated on, and which can thus be moved about, in or eat of the furnace, as the workmen may require. Both parties had resumed their work, and ab nit five minutes had elapsed, atter the quarrel had apparently subsided, whin Fox took one et' these " staffs' out of the furnace, and raising it above his head, and directing the end, which he had brought to a white or welding heat, at the body of Eittineee, he darted it at him like a lance. It struck the eufertunaze man on the left side of his person, inflicting a frightful wound, and he iestsutly fell with hi e f ace on t h e fl oor. He had fortunately observed the unusual manner in which Fox held the staff. and by turning partially round, had prevented the heated iron from entering the middle of his body ; otherwise instantaneous death would in all probability have been the consequence, as there was no thickness of clothes to prevent the blow taking full effect, the forgemen, in consequence of the heated atmosphere in which they work, wearing nothing but their shirts on the upper part of their persons, The end of the bar was at such a terrible heat, that the metal or dross is said to have fallen from it In liquid drops, even after the blow was struck, Atkinson was itntne diately raised from the ground by his fellow-workmen, and conducted to the house of a relative, when medical advice was promptly procured ; and we are glad to say, that there are some hopes of his ultimate recovery, the iron having missed the more vital parts. Fox was ap prehended by Mr. Glover, the constable of Chapeltown, and brought down to the prison at Leeds, where he now remains in custody, until the injuries inflicted on Atkin son, shall be known. Both the men are young ; F ox being only about twenty years of age, and Atkinson E N The former, who comes f r o m Derby about twenty-Qv elli T e i 4 4 1 only bsen two or three weeks at the forge; the latter had been there some months.—.4eecti Ti mm MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF TH v ‘"""NS ' OF tan ffs ' n?d_aut . horess r 4; etw e n. t - I - 1 - 4 ft h th e e t d u e r e i,i t s c L tni e 4w , on tee Royal Exchange, the Times of Menday last, we were iw .7. 11 . - : ' , ll ;ted a-PP t el o lir : l e: s r l eeent volume, " The Life of Queen Elizabeth," for that portion of it which related to the opening of the irst Exchange by that illustrious Sove reign.— Times. So mild has been the weather -that a fine straw berry was yesterday gathered in the garden of Mr. Jinkin, Stoke-terrace.—Plymouth JournaL NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH ' Nov. 3.—The Vesuvius s t e am-slosteam-slo op' Commander E. Ommanney, arrived yesterday DWI!: ing from Malta. The intelligence she brings plse r. r. the late affair of General Coruma and the Kabyleo a different light to that shown by the French jourow,' The battle occurred - outside the fortifications of Av . Biers, and the French killed amounted to 300. T he Vesuvius has come into harbour, it is supp sed, to be paid off, having been in constant serv i ce upwards f three years. The Fair Rosamond schooner, Lieut.-Command er A. G. Bulman, came up to Spithead on Thursdsf; from Halifax. She came into harb our , an d the ere" having been inspected yesterday by Captain Rowley' for the Commander-in .Chief, she will be paid off iP $ day or two. The Eclair, steam-sloop, Commander Estcourt, l e 4 Spithead on Thursday morning for the coast of Afriost with stores, &c., for the ships on that station. C0 11i : mander S. H. Usher goes out in her to join his sloer the Wasp, 16, vice Bagot, invalided. The following was the British naval force On the China station on the 30th July : At Hong Kong—The Agincourt, 72, Capt. Bruc e ' flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane ; the Mincle sl 20, C2pt• Quin; the Sapphire, 22, tr oo p- s hip, Mot e ' ,. Commander J. R. Fittock ; the Spiteful steam-slooP Commander Maitland; the Vixen steam-sloop, C° 11 !„ . mander Giffard ; and the Hon. C om p any ' s steal" Proserpine, Commander Hough, R.N. At Whampoa—The Wolverine, 16, Commander 1 1 ' G. Morris ; and the Pelican, 16. Commander Just L ee. At Chusan—The Castor, 36, Capt. Graham ; Wolf, 18, Commander Vyner ; and Hon. CompelY" ste: mer Medusa, Commander Hewitt, R.N. At Amoy—The Plover, surveying-vesstl, Caps Collinson ; and the Young Hebe schooner, Lieutr nant-Commander J. Bate. The Volcano steam-sloop was paid off in this bar bour on Thursday, and recommissioned on the Co' lowing day by Lieutenant Miller, her former wi ll ' mender. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidges remain at Tarbert during the winter. The Alban steam-transport, Lieutenant-Comult der F. Lowe, has arrived at Tarbert from Cork. ", are informed this vessel will be manne d b y a oonirei ment of 43. The Griffon, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-Comman a , Bl C. Jenkin, was at Jamaica on the 20th of Septew refitting, prior to sailing for England. The Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C. Elliot, le Port Royal on the 17th of September with dispst", t for Captain Fremantl e , o f th e I nconstant, 36, Vera Cruz. The Illustrious, 72, Captain Erskine, was at 13 fax on the 20th of October. The Hermes steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Comnisq = W. Carr, arrived at Halifax on the 25th of Septeton' from Port Royal. The Styx, 6, steam surveying -vessel, arrived Fav al on the 19th of September. The Coast Defence Commission.—Colonel Afernf; R.A., Cf:lonel Sir G. H os t e , R E., an d Captain T. Hastings, R.N., have been, during the past W inspecting The fortific a ti ons o f P ortsmout h , an d _,, Cumberland, Monckton, Blockhouse, and Tir e forts, &c. After inspecti ng C a l s h ot an d L an a°i • Castles and the defences of the Solent, the Coon sion will conclude its labours at Portsmouth, nn report the result to the Master of the Ordnance. _ L A In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Victoria Albert, Nautilus, Volcano, Fearless, Comet, " and Dwarf. In Dock—Prince Regent, Vengeance, llaging 4 Locust, Athol, and Scourge. At Spithead—None. DEvONPOUT, Nov. I.—The LinP.a, 6, Li e utelo lo Commander Dicken, h av i ng h a d I , er defects 111°/ . 1 , 8 . good, sailed on Thursday (yesterday) for FahnoV" to take out the next Brazilian mail. The Adventure, Master-Commander W. Roska l agedlipterday, with victu a lli ng stores, f or C o rk. io methyst, 26, is, we are informed, tp„ hg ~..111114).-4 from this dockyard on the 21st, and 1,,8 I steamer,c li l g tt b ss ter,OA t i;li I, e n vo rs:- t,:;( , .(4:litsterday, with stores, for Pembroke. blaster-Commander to blai laid d° : 1 ' , Ai* puck lighter, Master-Commander Trice , a , jaaen witit stores, for Wool w i c h an d Deptford; .fill'"j ffhe Goodwill, Both with stores, f or Sheerness ' Clottilaitit wind bound. at The Taclair steam-sloop, Commander E s tcourt , P o intit this port, this morni ng , f rom Portsmou th, 0 roil° to the coast of Afri c a. Sh e proceeds to - w ort° roue to morning. , ° The Netley tender retur ne d f rom Portsmout h , Tup,ssi ;hay, . isembarked supernumeraries. , y , , arrived from Sh ee rn ess , on Dv (lay, with stores. The Semirami s , 42, was fi n i s h e d b rea ki ng up 00 Wednesday. The San J ose f, 110, Captain Dixon.—Barnes, Oh king carpenter's, mate, sentenced to be hanged for stri- r i, the boat swa i n o f t h e R es i stance, is still a close I: antler on board this ship, awaiting orders from 'be Admiralty. hal 4 Strong winds, amou n t ing t o near l y a gale, pj been blo w i ng h ere s i nce Thor, at daylight, 5 continue now with unabated fury. A rumour is current that the Earl of Haddinv io is about t o r es i gn as Fi rst L ord o f the Adm i ra lty, consequence of ill h ea lth, an d th a t E ar l S out h a m (i I Lord Ellenborough) will be appointed to the office;. ) , In Harbour -San Josef, N e tl e y, Sylph, Cs3/30 ance, Flamer, Snipe, Hamoaze, Rochester, Goodfi and Duck. In the Sound—Resistance and Eclair. SHEERNESS, Nov. I.—The Hercules, 7 2 9 g e brought down fr om h er moor i ngs an d docked f•ir ting tis an advance ship on Tuesday. The Thunder, 6, C omman d er B arnett, was tiel., docked at Cnath am t o -d ay an d masted, and silo wards conveyed alongside the Hussar hulk, to rec e her stores. The Trafalgar, 120, is still at moorings opt— t io the Basin, waiting for the completion of stores for 4 London, 90, a n d H owe , 120 , to enter and undell" the same equipment as an advance ship. The Brilliant, 31, razee i ng, i s str i pped of her Of deck and bulwarks, and progresses rapidly. 3 1). • • - - The Sinhad lighter left Chatham on niesday, //1! stores, for Portsmouth. In Harbriur—The Ocean, the Af r i c tdite and tto %wen. In Dock—The Hercules, the Herald, the Bril lif and the Spy. In the &sin—The Howe, the London, the ture, tile Vernon, and the Amazon. th e At Chatham.—l n H ar b our —Th e Poictiers, to — Thunder. PROMOTIONS. Commander—W. H. Hall, to the rank , of CoP t l ifi' d Lieutenant—William Trin g h am , to. th e ran k Commander. Mate. --Hon. G. IL Douglass ; t.. P. Pigot t, the rank (.f Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. J. A. M'Donald, to the Coast Guard Service; C. Alilirr, to the Volcano. Chaplain—Rev. P. Smith, to the Volcano. Mate—W. C. Forsyth, to the Volcano Second Master—G. H. Loveridge (ac , ting)/ t° Volcano. Midshipman—H. F. M`Kill op , t o th e Caled°ll,„ lA . Mesters' Assistants--F. Brown a n d A. the Volcano. cei Clerks—G. R e ill y , t o t h e Caledonia; T. - ipu 11 the Dtatlalus ; F. Gilbert (in charge), to the Vole° ROYAL MARINES. 010, First Lieutenant—T. C. C . Moore, to be `l'l ns pt vice W a t ers , ret i re d on f u ll- pay; Second Li e u'le —S. B. Ellis, to be First, vice Moore, p r omoted., t el His Grace the D u k e o f W e lli ngton h as b pPTI' o f Captain Edward Harvey, R.N., to be Cap in \Vollmer Cagle, vice Fisher, deceased. BIRTHS. of • On the 31st ult., at Isliigton, Mrs. J. B. I''' ' i daughter. 0 On the 31st u lt., th e w if e of Mr. S. W. H. BraillPtoOF , Roval Hill. Queen's-road, Blvswater, of a son. r Pet er On the 31st ult., at the P aragon , Blackheath, . i ... 1.- * Bruce Turner, of a son. ell tiler On the Ist inst.. at Hyd e - par k- square , Mrs. Wil s on ington, of a daughte r . , P i 11 /1 h On the Ist inst., at Lan s d owne - v ill as ' ll Notting - - ' E. T T. W. You ng h us b an d , o f a son. SW AP Oh the Ist inst., a t B ayswater. the w i fe of ... -• Browne, Esq., of Launton, Oxon, of a son. _______...,• o ' -... MARRIED. e the 11111 + 1 ; On the 28th ult., at St. G eorge ' s, Bloomsbury, h -.7 lieorP and Rev. Henry Mont ague Villi ers, R ector, Wilßan _ c od second son of the lat e Ad m i ra l B utterf i eld, to Atria, daughter of G. B. Ashmead, Esq., Haves, Middlesex' 1% On the 31st ult. at Christ Church, Blackfriars-rosd, o Ivison de Viale, Esq., eldest son of Fletcher Ivison,, 17,500* Cadiz, to M ar y, secon d d aughter of the late Jo h n NI Esq., of Penrith, Cumberland. Chu r c h f , On the 31st ult., at St. Andrew's National Scotc h aris‘•:i London, the Rev. William Cameron, Minister of the P , te r e Lochbroom, Rossshire, to Martha Isabella, eldest daugu :sh gf • the late Rev. Alexander Cameron, Minister of the P ar ' &Merton, Rossshire. Air On the 29th ult. i at Salter's-hall Chapel, Lon d°l3 ;theif Davies, of Crow n s t reet, Finsbury-square, to Miss 0 Macleod, of Stoke Newington. DIED !ow e,. OP On the 23d ult., at Somerby, near Brigg, Linco - Henry Brown, aed 37. • i ll° On the 26th ult., Mr. Francis Slater, of Montague Clapham-road. .0 * St. On the 28th ult., A 16 in -- — w an's-street, Windsor' r. M On the 29th ult.. aged 86. jurve' i ult.. in Bennett -street, Bath , Robett tor the infant son of A. H. 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