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IRELAND. TITE POTATO DISEASE. DUBLIN, DEC. I.—The accounts brought by the latest pro vincial journals are, in the aggregate, by far the most favour able that have been received since the first appearance of the distemper, and the opinion is daily gaining ground " that the injury sustained will prove to be very short of what was ap prehended, and the great alarm and excitement created con siderably exaggerated, and in many instances for interested purposes." Such is the view now entertained of the subject by a Repeal paper (the Cork Reporter), and having made the candid admission that the panic was kept up, if not created, for an "interested purpose," it will scarcely answer hereafter to charge those who, from the outset, were inclined to take a less gloomy view of the prospect, with being actuated by factious motives in their opposition to the reiterated cry of impend ing famine. There is a wide di ff erence between actual star vation and temporary scarcity—the latter being of itself an evil of sufficient magnitude to justify the precaution of any Government sincerely disposed to take measures for avert ing what, in Ireland, must be regarded as a national ca lamity. The reports from Cork, Kerry, Wexford, and some districts of the north. all speak of the gradual subsidence of the disease which, from whatever cause, appears to have re' ceived a decided check ; and there is every hope that from the great abundance of the crop, and admitting that the average loss all over the kingdom would amount to one fourth of the whole, enough will remain to p re clude the pos sibility of an actual dearth of this essential article of food. Several other provincial papers have given less favourable accounts. REPEAL ASSOCIATION'. The usual weekly meeting of the members of this body was held to day at one o'clock, in the Conciliation-hall, and was rather thinly attended. Mr. O'Connell, who was at a meeting of the Corporation at an early hoar, made his ap pearance in his aldermanic robes and cocked hat, and was accompanied by Mr. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P., and several of the less prominent members of the Committee. Upon the motion of the Learned Gentlemun, the chair was taken by Mr. Richard A. Fitzgerald, M.P. for the county of Tipperary. The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting, and handed in 2/. as his own subscription and that of his infant son, for the present year. He said, that since he last had the honour of attending in his place in that Hall, he had travelled over a great part of Europe, and he was happy at being enabled to state that there was a strong feeling in favour of the struggle Irishmen were making to restore to their country her Parliament; while, at the same time, he never heard anything urged which did not fully bear out the doctrine preached by their great leader—" peace and perseverance."—(Hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman having in very warm language expressed the indignation he felt, as a Roman Catholic, at being obliged to take the oaths put to Members of his religion upon taking their seats in the British Senate, went on to say, that lie felt some difliculty on his way home to decide as to whether he should remain in London and watch the proceedings of the Legislature upon Irish affairs, without meddling in anything English, or come home and take his place in the Conciliation-hall, the repre sentative assembly of Ireland.—(Cheers.) His decision was, however, in favour of Ireland. Ile was a peaceful agitator; yet, if the necessity arose for it, his arm would not be want ing to protect his fellow-countrymen from unjust oppression and tyranny.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'Coerereet said, he was deeply affected at being obliged, in the discharge of his duty, to announce the death of his Hon. Friend Mr. Hutchinson, whose last subscription was acknowledged on the previous day they met. It was at all times a melancholy task to make such an announcement, but particularly so when it referred to a patriot, who was an influential member of a bigoted Conservative family.—(Hear.) Mr. O'BarieN also expressed his deep regret at the loss which Ireland had sustained by the Hon. Gentleman's death, and took the opportunity of noticing a subject he had re ferred to on the previous Monday. He had stated that an eminent barrister was obliged to cease from practising in the Court of Chancery, owing to the overbearing impudence of Sir Edward Sugden, and he had mentioned the cause and other particulars concerning the cessation. Now, he (Mr. O'Brien) had since heard that his information was incorrect, and in justice to his Lordship he felt bouud to state it pub licly ; at the same time he could not but still give expression to the general feeling of the Bar upon the subject generally. As far as he (Mr. O'Brien) was personally concerned, he always found Sir Edward Sugden most polite, and he would be most happy to see him on the English Chancery Bench, which he had heard was likely to be vacant by the retire ment of Lord Lyndhurst, and they would place in his stead a member of the Irish bar, of Conservative politics, whose ap pointment would give universal satisfaction.--(Cheers.) Mr. O'Cortfeenn added his testimony in favour of the gentleman alluded to by Mr. O'Brien, as being qualified to fill the dice of Chancellor in Ireland, observing that the pre sent Chancellor was not less impudent, because he had failed to oblige him to give up practising in his Court; and then proceeded to apologise for appearing in his corporate robes, alleging, as his excuse, that he had been at the meeting of the Corporation, to propose Alderman Keshan as the Repeal Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, which appointment was seconded by Alderman Kinahama, Conservative member of the Council, whom he said he was ready to propose himself next year, if he only declared for a domestic Legislature.—(Hear.) The Learned Gentleman then went on to allude to the letter of the Times Commissioner, dated from Kerry, and said he knew no one to whom he should feel under greater obliga tions, for his fabrications had shown him (Mr. O'Connell) that he was mistaken as to his opinion of the Irish Tory. hress ; and from what that press had in justice , done for im, during the last fortnight, he would beat them out in kindness, and for the future—no matter what they said of him—no matter how much they abused him—he would never say a word against them; and amongst those papers to which he felt most particularly obliged were—the Evening Mail and Evening Packet.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Con nell) was now done for ever withthe "gutter" Commissioner, whose rascally paper had not the common honesty to publish his defence in full, after publishing a grossly libellous attack ; but the secret of it was, that the Irish Conservative gentle man was a man of honour, while the writers of the English Conservative journals were the most calumnious liars that ever lived.—(Cheers). Mr. O'BRIEN next addressed the meeting, in bringing up a report oa the grand jury law from the committee; and in doing so took occasion to allude to the present state of Ire land. He first referred to the failure of the potato crop, and again, for the last time, called on the Government to come forward and provide against the starvation of the Irish people, suggesting as the only remedy that the ports should be thrown open, and rice, fish, corn, and other provisions purchased, and stores for the poor, who should be provided with employment, to enable them to pay for their own sup port, and be under no compliment to England for anything. —(Hear, hear.) To purchase provision without calling on the English people ,he would suggest an absentee-tax of 25 per cent., and a property-tax, to include all those whose property was rated above 50/. per annum under the poor-law valuation.—(Cheers.) Something it was plain, should be done, for the people would not starve; and that "something" should be, in the first instance, to open the porta. The question had been agitated in England, and the corn-law question was also engrossing much attention, for within the past week Lord John Russell had joined with the members of the Anti-Corn-law League, and on most import ant terms.—(hear.) Mr. Cobden, Mr. Villiers, and other leading members of that body, had publicly announced that they would support no party that did not act with them on the corn-law question; and inconformity with that announce ment his Lordship had joined them,—and they would, no doubt, endeavour to merge the question of repeal in the corn-law question. Mr. O'Coserniee—Never.—(Loud cries of "Sever, never.") Mr. O'CONNELL then read an article from the Morning Chronicle, in which the propriety of erecting a statue to Cromwell in the new Houses of Parliament was vindicated, and went over the old farce which has been re-enacted each week for some months past, of the Wexford slaughter, &c., to show that he was a man of the most bloodthirsty and profligate character, and thus unfitted to be preserved in the recollection of the English people.—(Hear.) In conclusion, he gave notice that on the next day of meeting he would go fully into the foreign and domestic state of Ireland, and lay before the Association an Act of Parliament, to enable her Majesty to summon her Irish Parliament. The rent was then announced to be 2621. 7s. 31 d., and the meeting, at four o'clock, adjourned till Monday next. EARL ST ANH OP E .AND T HE CAMBRIDGESHIRE FARMERS. The following is a copy of a letter addressed by the Rigir Hon. Earl Stanhope to Mr. Twiss, Secretary to the Cam bridgeshire Farmers' Association, in reply to au invitation sent to his Lordship : " Chevening, near Sevenoaks, Nov. 26. " Sir,—l am favoured to-day with your letter, inviting me to attend the dinner of the Cambridgeshire farmers on the 16th of January next, and I need not assure you that I have always been most anxious to co-operate with:my countrymen in defending their rights and interests ; but I received from them so little support that my exertions in Parliament were utterly useless, and 1 have therefore retired for the present from public life. The circumstances which induced me to form that determination are fully explained in my letter to Mr. Wing, of Aylesbury, which was published in the Morn ing Post of the 21st of April last, and it would be unneces sary to repeat them. It would also be superfluous for me to advert to the opinions which I have so frequently expressed, both in and out of Parliament, on the necessity of securing full and effectual protection to British industry in all its various branches ; for those opinions ought to be well known, and I have reason to believe that they are approved by the great majority of my countrymen. " It does notlappear from your letter that the Cambridge shire farmers require my advice, which could be of no ser vice to them unless it was followed, and this was not the case on former occasions, or my assistance, which would be alto gether unavailing unless they propose to act in concert with other counties in a combined plan of operations, and to co operate with other classes of the community in order to obtain that redress of their grievances which they have an undoubted right to demand. I think, therefore, that my presence at the dinner would not be useful, and I must beg to decline the invitation with which they have honoured me. " It is the duty, not only of the farmers in Cambridgeshire, but also of all those who are interested in agriculture, whe ther as landlords, as tenants, or as labourers, in every part of the United Kingdom, to consider what is their present sis tuation, and what are their future prospects. " The free-trade policy of the present Ministers, who would never have been restored to power if their new corn-laws and their new tariff had been expected by those who sup ported them at the last general election—the base and treacherous and unprincipled conduct of so many of their adherents, whe, by an utter disregard of their promisesand professions, have covered themselves with indelible ' dis grace, and justly i ncurre d the hatred or contempt of their fellow-citizens—the indefatigable exertions and reckless at tempts which are made by some enemies of the corn-laws, and the culpable tnipinesier,s of the • agricultural community, which seems at present to be quite benumbed and paralyzed, —all these circumstances concur in placing this country in a state of the utmost danger, from which it could be rescued only by that which I have so often commended, —by energy and union.' so ineffectually, re -1 Patriotism and public sp irit appear to be a l m ostex tinct , tin s tlto u se w s% ie -l a io a ol re enable to see the perils with which they are u or who are unwilling- to adopt adequate measures ' all sides, them, may at last b e Instructed by experience andto avert the evi dence of facts. " I am aware that in come parts of the country there are farmers who, without being misled b y the misrepresentations and falsehoods of their enem ies, be g in to view with in nitrer! 'nee a repeal of the corn-laws, as . they suppose that it i s in evitable, and that it would be less injurious to them if it were immediate than it would be after their capital had been en tirely exhausted. If, indeed, that measure is to be considered as inevitable, from the zeal and perseverance of those who op pose the corn-laws, and from the lamentable torpor of those who ought to support them.:l do not, like Lord Ashley, Irish or seek any compromise, in order, as lie expresses it, to break the force of an inevitable blow.' On the contrary, if free trade is to be applied with respect to corn, the same principle must also be applied with respect to all ether articles of ge neral consumption, and to all the other products of British industry, and in such a case let the repeal of all protective duties be immediate and entire. Under such circumstances _1 say again, as I did in the House of Lords, ' I throw down thegauntlet, wad dare you to the attempt.' The effect would be so violent and so sudden, that even those who are the mat supi ne sbne who are would be compelled to act, that even the most prejudiced would be convinced, and there would probably be produced a `pressure from with out' which no Government would be able to resist. Those who have proposed or supported measures which are in their nature destructive to the interests of British industry, or who, disapproving of those measures, had not the courage to oppose them, will bear the entire and exclusive aSponsibility of the result. The intense and intolerable miserrwhich all the productive classes would suffer under a generikapplica tiou of free trade might, as a natural, if not a necessary con sequence, produce a social revolution, and the rights of pri vate (property in land, which already are openly assailed, might then be openly attacked, and property of every de scription might afterwards become the object of spoliation. " I am, Sir, your faithful servant, STANHOPE." TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. G. E. Jackson, Birmingham, dealer in iron—second and final div. of 50., on Friday, Dec. 5, or any subsequent Fri day, at Mr. Whitmore's, Birmingham. T. Smallwood, Birmingham, grocer—third and final div. of ls. 3 d., on Friday, Dec. 5, or any subsequent Friday, at Mr. Whitmore's, Birmingham. W. Menzies, Gloucester, draper—first div. of 55., on Mon day, Dec. 8, or any subsequent Monday, at Mr. Miller's, DristoL DIVIDENDS. Dec. 23, J. T. 'Amid, Birmingham, laceman—Dec. 23, E. M. Marks, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, and Stanhope street, Regent's-park, upholsterer—Dec. 23, T. W. Wells, Devonshire-street, Portland-place, merchant—Dec. 23, A. Bower, Basford, Staffordshire, and of Manchester, banker — Dec. 23, J. Schofield, Greenacre's-moor, and Oldham, grocer —Dec. 23, J. Sugden, Springfield and Huddersfield, fancy cloth manufacturer—Dec. 23, T. Boddy, Leeds, mahogany and timber merchant—Dec. 23, 11. Warburton, Manchester, joiner and builder—Dec. 23, Sir R. Graham, . and J. Rail ton, and J. Young, London and Manchester, merchants. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Calvert and Procter, Bradford, smiths.—C. Husband and Co., Kingston-upon Hull, shipbrokers.—P. Nsuens and L. Fonseca, Bread-street, perfumers.—Haines, Ward, and Son, West Bromwich, Sul tiordshire, gezeral agents; as far as re gards G. Haines.—Thomas and Pritchard, Oxton and Rock ferry, Cheshire, joiners.—B. Baker and F. Martin, Alderman bury, commission agents.—J. Morris and W. Gray, Man chester, sharebrokers.—Bullen and llignett, Liverpool, to bacco manufacturers.—Oak Farm Iron and Coal Company, Oak Farm, Staffordshire; as far as regards Sir J. R. Glynne, Lord Lyttelton, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and C. Townshend.—T. Haigh and Co., Sheffield, brass casters. — Yates and Co., Great Bolton, grocers.—England and Hella well, Huddersfield, attorneys.—J. Riches and H. N. Deering, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, law stationers.—Bowman and Paine, Tallington, Lincolnshire, millers.—J. Bloor and R. A. Hackett, Tutbury, Staflbrdshire, tanners.—T. and W. H. Griffin, Holywell-street, Shoreditch, wine-merchants.—Ash worth and Cartwright, Manchester, manufacturers.—Perry and Powis, Stoke-upon-Trent, ironmongers.—W. Cripps, A. Large, W. Wright, and W. Lottimer, .New York and Not tingham.—Slack, Willifer, and Slack, Manchester, filtering machine manufacturers. CERTIFICATE to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting. Dec. 23, B. Hornby, Hoylake, Cheshire, innkeeper. CERTIFICATES to be granted by the Court of Review, un less cause be shown to the contrary on or before Dec. 23. J. Giles, Headless-Brass, near Redditch, Worcestershire, publican.—R. Buckler, Putsea ' grocer.—J. C. Kemp, Liver pool, merchant.—M. Murphy, Shrewsbury, haberdasher. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Andrew Fraser, late of Inverness, grocer, Dec. 6 and 26, at 12 o'clock, at the chambers of Mr. Belford, Inverness. D. Young, Dunkeld, merchant, Dec. 8 and 29, at 1 o'clock, at the chambers of Mr. Seaton, Dunkeld. Charles James Baucks, Edinburgh and Glasgow, iron monger and ship-broker, Dec. 8 and Jan. 8, at 2 o'clock, at the Royal Exchange Cofee-house, Edinburgh. Thomas Trench, Edinburgh, ,wood merchant, Dec. 8 and 29, at 2 o'clock, at the chambers of Mr. Peddie, Edinburgh. of the treaties themselves. He followed up this argument by prote , ting that they were not within the criminal jurisdiction of the British empire ; and concluded by arguing, that ad mitting they had committed an offence against the law of nations, it was of much less importance than the crime of murder. Sir JOSEPH DODSON then replied on the part of the Crown. He said it was contended on the other ride, that because the Felicidade had not slaves on board at the time she arrived off the coast of Africa she was not liable to be deemed and dealt with as a pirate, but if their Lordships would refer to an Act of Parliament which had been much quoted in the course of the inquiry, they would find this was not the case. The Act was the 7th and Bth Geo. IV. which, together with the treaty itself to which it had rela tion, declared that after the expiration of three years after the ratification of a treaty, which had just previously been entered into between this country and the Brazils, it should not be lawful for the subjects of the Emperor of Brazil to be engaged in carrying on the slave trade, tinder any pretence, or in any way whatsoever. Their Lordships would observe the terms of the treaty and the Act under any circumstances or in any manner whatsover. He should maintain, then, that under their provisions these parties were pirates, and Lieutenant Stupart was quite justified in deeming them as such, and directing their capture accord ingly. By the first article of the convention of W 22, British cruisers were empowered to seize Brazilian vessels that might be suspected of having been or being engaged in the slave—trade, and take them into a British port for ex amination. If, upon that examination, the vessel was found to be a slaver, and to have had slaves on boards she was liable to condemnation; and if it were only on this ground alone, he should contend that Lieutenant Stupart was justi fled in capturing the Felicidade for the purpose of exami nation. It was urged, however, on the other side, that the capture was not made in accordance with the instructions is sued to the Royal Navy under the treaties ; but it must be re membered that these instructions were altered when the convention of 1830 was agreed to, and for his part he thought the seizure in question in no way violated them. He ad mitted that this country had no right to punish these pri soners as pirates at all, but it had the right of capturing a vessel suspected to be engaged in the slave-trade for exami nation, and if the crew of such vessel committed an offence after such capture, they rendered themselves amenable to the laws of this country. That was the case here, and therefore he contended that this country, having a right to capture, and the capture itself having been properly effected, the prisoners had laid themselves open to the vengeance of the English laws by the murder of Mr. Palmer subsequent to the seizure of the Felicidade. In a time of war it often occurred that neutral vessels were captured, but he had yet to learn that the crews of those vessels, following out the argument of his Learned Friend on the other side, had right to disregard the privileges of the British flag, and murder the whole or any of their captors to recover their vessel. It was objected that the Echo was not captured by a Lieutenant in her Majesty's Royal Navy, or by a vessel having certain instructions on board. Now be should con tend that the Echo was captured by a jolt'-boat of the Wasp, acting under the directions of Lieutenant Stupart, commander of the Wasp, but before the capture could be made by the jolly-boat, the Echo struck, and how it could be objected that this was not a capture effected by a vessel in the Royal Navy, he could not for the life of him under stand; but of this he was confident, that the mode in which the Echo was captured could be no justification for the murder of Mr. Palmer. lie submitted, in conclusion, that both the Echo and the Felicidade were lawfully captured by a British vessel in the Royal Navy, and being then under the control of the British flag, any offence committed on board of either, whether by an Englishman or a Brazilian, against the municipal law of England, rendered the offender liable to be dealt with and punished by those laws. Dr. ADAMS replied, reminding the Court that his Learned Friend, throughout the whole of his address,had been contend ing that the country had a general right of visitation. Now he maintained, that in a time of peace it had not, except by especial contract entered into with a foreign nation whose vessels were to be searched, and unless the conditions of that compact were strictly complied with, no right of visi tation existed. That was the case in this instance, and he humbly submitted that their Lordships' decision ought to be in favour of the prisoners. Dr. HARDING also replied, and the Court adjourned shortly after five o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 3. Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL and a Special Jury.) CLARKE v. DUNSFORD. This was an action for crim. con., which was part heard yesterday, and in which the defendant is a medical man, in partnership with the plaintiff's brother. The Attorney-General and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd were for the plaintiff, and Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Sergeant Chan nell for the defendant. The Attorney-General stated the case. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff wasaafollows:— Elizabeth Jones—Was servant to the plaintiff in the year 1842, and afterwards in 1844, when they resided at Bristol. During the first period of service she knew the defendant as being the partner of Mr. Henry Clarke, the plaintiff's bro ther. He used often to visit Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, she thought as a medical man. During the second period he TM a con stant visitor, and generally came when plaintiff was out. He always used to go up stairs by himself, which no other visitor ever did. He used to let himself out, which was also unusual. When other visitors were going, the bell was always rung for her (witness) to show them out. She re membered his calling on the 6th of June, 1844. On that oc casion he was shown into the library, and Mrs. Clarke met him there. After they had been together a little while witness heard the door either locked or bolted, and the win dow-blind pulled down. This excited her suspicions, and she went into the pantry, which was under the library, where she got upon the dresser to listen to what was going on in the room above. She heard the noise of feet, as if some one was walking towards the sofa, and then a noise, as if two persons were on the sofa. She then called to Elizabeth Hertford, her fellow-servant, who did not come to her imme diately, and when she did come the noise had ceased. Soon after this witness heard the door unlocked, and, almost at the same moment, Mr. Clarke came home. Elizabeth Hertford and Esther Bevan, fellow-servants of the former witness, gave evidence as to the suspicions which had been excited in their minds by various circumstances. The witness Bevan spoke to having heard the defendant, when in the room with Mrs. Clarke. say " If I do love you better than any other woman that is no reason why you should talk about it. You tell me to be cautious, and you say things which excite people's suspicions." After this she heard him kiss her. Mr. Henry Clarke, the plaintiff's brother, spoke to a con versation subsequent to the commencement of this action, in which defendant said, " Joseph and Potiphar's wife has been acted over to the life ;" and added, that five words from him would have ruined Mrs. Clarke. Maria Withers examined—ls sister to a Mrs. Needes, who keeps a lodging-house, No. 17, Norfolk-street, Bath. In July, 1844, her sister left Bath for a time, leaving the house in her care. During her sister's absence, a gentle man called upon her, and represented that he was secretly married, that he wished it to remain a secret, and that he wanted lodgings in Bath. He called himself Mr. Lisle. After this she wrote to her sister about it, and on receiving an answer, she desired her nephew, a lad named Kinchen, to write to Mr. Lisle, to tell him that his terms were accepted. She knew his address, which was at the British and Foreign Hotel, Hanover- square, London, from a . . . . . . letter which she had received from him. (This letter was produced in Court, but the part which contained the address bad been cut away.) After this Mr. Lisle came several times to sleep at her sister's house. He used to come at night and remain till the next evening. On sash occasion he said, in the morning, that he expected Mrs. Lisle, and a lady came at about ten o'clock. She remained each time till four, when she went away alone, and at about nine he went away also. He never slept there two successive nights. They met there four times. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE CAROLINE BARRETT. This insolvent, who was a married woman, and teacher of music at Oxford, came up for her final order. The case was rather of a singular character. It appeared on the first ap plication for protection, that the insolvent was confined in the county gaol for her separate debts, and some delay oc curred in granting her protection, in consequence of her accouchment whilst in custody. Her husband had also peti tioned the Court, but his case was adjourned until the present insolvent could come forward to make a disclosure of her affairs. It then appeared that she was en titled to property which she valued at about 4,0001. ; the affairs, however, were in Chancery, but under a decree of that Court she had an allowance of 100/. per annum, and after the decree she married, making a settlement of the whole of the amount on her husband, as trustee on behalf of any issue. They had themselves lived on the allowance, without providing for the payment of the debts, and both husband and wife were arrested. It was argued that the allowance must be considered to fall to the husband, who became liable for the debts of his wife con tracted before marriage, and that the wife was not en titled to come up to claim the benefit of the Act. The Learned Commissioner, however, held that if the insolvent could not be relieved from prison, she ought not to have been placed there. She was taken in execution as a trader, and as a trader she was en titled to come up ; he should, therefore, grant the interim order and protection, on her agreeing to do all in her power to legalize the application of her property in expectancy to the liquidation of her debts, but a difficulty arose, as it was held to be clear she could not make such a transfer as would legally vest the property in the official assignee, and even then it would be necessary to file another supple mental bill of revisor, to make all persons interested parties, although a bill had been recently filed, and matters were about being brought to a close after twenty years' litigation. It was thereupon proposed that 301. of the income should be set apart if the trusts of the deed of settle ment could be set aside so far, and the decision was postponed until the exact nature and extent of the proprrty and trusts of the settlement could be ascertained, and legal opinion could be taken, as there were no precedents. The insolvent bad not handed in part of the documents till this morning, and they were very lengthy. The opposition, however, was withdrawn, the Learned Commissioner granting the final order, on condition that the insolvent should enter into an assignment and pay 301. a-year Mrs. Needs, and George Kinchen, her nephew, corroborated the above statement. The three witnesses had seen Mr. Dunsford and Mrs. Clarke at Bath, and identified them as the lady and gentleman whom they had known as Mr. and Mrs. Lisle. The servant of the house was also examined, and said that on one occasion Mr. Lisle had not slept there the night before, and the bed was not disturbed during the time he and Mrs. Lisle slept there. On the three other occasions he had slept there, and the bed had been left un made by his wish, so that it was tumbled before Mrs. Lisle came, and she could not say whether it had been used while she was there. This witness had also identified the defen- SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. 3. (Before Mr. Secondary Parr Ea.) MATTHEWS V. IRISH, SEN. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 9/. lle. for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a wire-worker and metal dealer in Crooked lan e , City, and the defendant is a sadler in Clement's - lane, City. The defendant pleaded that he was never indebted. . _ . . YV F From the evidence for the plaintiff it appeared that in November last the defendant and G. J. Irish, the elder, gave an order for some goods, which were supplied at the time and afterwards. Only one witness, however, could identify the defendant, and he said that he knew the defendant well, but there was such a strong resemblance between the father and son that they were not easily known apart, but he had seen defendant' several times, and he always promised to pay. For the defendant, however, his son was called, who swore that he had dealt with Mr. Matthews, the husband of the plaintiff fur ten yer.re--his father did not, a 9 he was a sadler, carrying on business in llolborn, and did not want such goods. Moreover, he gave up business in 1841,although he was continually in Holborn, or at witness's, who was a dig sinker, in Clement's-lane, and assisted either, but had no share in the business. The accuracy of the witness was questioned as to the iden tity, but he swore positively, although notice had been given in 'the early part of the proceedings' that they were ening the wrong Party, and defendants son admitted the debt. The SECO NDAR Y said that it did not matter whose burliness it was, it depended on who ordered the goods; and it was clear that, after the last account was settled, goods were ordered by a person sworn to as the defend an t. The jury stopped the summing up, and said they were satisfied, and gate a verdict fur the plaintiff fur the amount claimed. This was the only ease possessing the s light est iutarest. dant and Mrs. Clarke. Joseph Hail, a police-officer at Bath, had, taken the four last witnesses to Mr. Dunsfurd's and Mr. Clarke's house, in order to identify the persons. On etating his object to the defendant, the latter said, " What is done cannot be helped." At the close of the case for the plaintiff; Sir T. WILDE, fur the defendant, submitted that there was no material evidence in INliddlenex. Mr. Justice CitEsswELL said that it was not a point on which he could stop the case from going to the jury. The Learned GENTLEMAN then addressed the jury at considerable length, contending that there was no direct evidence of adultery. He (Sir Thomas Wilde) would not contend that there was no improper familiarities between the defendant and the plaintiff's wife, but he thought there was no proof that they had gratified their illicit affection by the last act of crime. The Learned Counsel having referred to the principal points of the evi dence in support of this view, Mr. Justice CRESWELL summed up, and The jury, after retiring and consulting for about half an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 5,000/. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Dec. 3. THE PIRACY AND MURDER CASE. SURREY SESSIONS. , (Before Mr. Pucmr. and a full Bench of M ag i s t ra t es .) STREET ROBSIERY.--A nn Callaghan aged 22, stood in dicted for feloniously stealing from the person of Mr. Thomas Walkins a valuable silver watch, his property. The prosecutor stated that on the night of the 18th of the last month, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, while passing along the Borough-road, he was accosted by the prisoner, who followed him to the Surrey Theatre, when she came in front of him, and giving a sort of twich round close to his parson, ran away and joined a man, who stood about twenty yards off. lier manner and the fact of her running away caused his suspicion and induced him to examine his pocket, when he found that his watch was gone. Two policemen came up at the instant, and he in formed them of what had taken place. The police and he inetautly went in pursuit of the prisoner and the man, and soon came up with them, when the prisoner denied all knowledge of the watch, and declared she had never seen him. Both she and the man were, however, taken to the station-house, and upon being searched the watch was found in her bosom. The prisoner made no defence, but merely threw herself upon the mercy of the Court. The CHAIRMAN briefly summed up, and the jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty. The CHAIRMAN called constable 84 M into the box, and asked him if the prisoner was known to him, or the police? The witness replied that she was. That she had been summarily convicted and sent to Brixton for robbing a man of his watch. That she was the associate of the worst de scription of thieves in the district, and that the man who had been taken with her was an expert and well-known thief. The CHAIRMAN sentenced the prisoner to ten years' trans portation, and she was removed from the bar, bellowing at the top of her voice, and uttering the most frightful oaths against the chairman, prosecutor, &c. As her voice became sufficiently faint, the chairman called Mr. Welkin, the pro secutor, into the box, who, in reply to his questions, said he had told the inspector that the prisoner had joined the man who had been taken with her a short distance from where she had committed the robbery, and they both ran away to gether. The Chairman, upon hearing this, observed that in his opinion the evidence was sufficiently strong to show a participation in the robbery, and he was utterly at a loss to understand why the inspector should have, under the cumstances, and more particularly as he was known to the police as a practised thief, taken it upon himself to discharge him, and not take him before a magistrate to let him deal with the case. Ile, the Chairman, was of opinion that the man should still be taken up and brought before the magis trate, and the constable would have the sanction of the Court in doing so. The majority of the Judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, assembled this morning in Sergeants' Inn, for the purpose of hearing the arguments of civilians against the conviction in the case of piracy and murder which was tried before Mr. Baron Platt, at the last Exeter assizes. Sir Joseph Dodson, Dr. Melvin, and Mr. Godson, Q.C., appeared fur the Crown, and Dr. Adams, Dr. Harding, Ser geant Manning, and Mr. Denison, for the prisoners. Dr. ADAMS opened the argument, and contended, in the first instance, that the prisoners had been guilty of no act of piracy. Piracy was particularly defined in the various trea ties between this country and the Brazilian Government, as well as in several Acts of Parliament confirming those trea ties; but he was sure these prisoners had done nothing which could justify their being charged with the offence of piracy, within the meaning of those Acts and treaties, and therefore he was prepared to urge that the Feli cidade was wrongfully seized. But supposing the prisoners had been guilty of the offence of piracy, the seizure of the Felicidade, he maintained, had not been captured in ac cordance with the provisions of the Acts of Parliament, con forming to the instructions issued to the Royal Navy, under the treaties which existed between this country and the Brazils. Those Acts and instructions required that the capture should not be made by an officer in the Royal Navy of less rank than a lieutenant, but here the capture had been made by the Echo, which was only under the command of a midship man. The Echo, however, it was said, must be considered in the light of a tender or a jolly boat of the Wasp, which was under the command of a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, namely, Lieutenant Stupart. Now, upon the former occa sion, a case was cited to their Lordships which wholly disposed of this point; but he could assure their Lordships that there were many su b sequen t cases u pon the point. There was, for instance, the case of the Jepliarina, in Hazle's Reports, which clearly established that a tender or jolly-boat, commanded by a Lieutenant, could not make a capture, or participate in the advantages of a capture of this sort. Well, then, he said these parties were justified, by the law of nations, in taking the steps they did to regain their ship, and obtain their liberty. He denied that they had concocted a plot to murder all the English on board the Felicidade, but they did concert a plan to take all necessary steps to recover their vessel, and they had a per fect right to do so. In carrying out that plan a conflict en sued, and this alleged murder took place. But this act did not render them accountable to the English laws, because the Felicidade, having been wrongfully seized, was s till a Brazilian vessel, sailing under the Brazilian flag, and they committed the act without any malice prepense, but simply to carry out a plan for re covering that winch' had been taken from them in violation of the law of nations. That point, then, being dis posed of, the next question for him to consider was, whether these parties had committed any offence against the peace of her Majesty. Now it could not be an offeence against the peace of the British Sovereign, because it was not committed on board a British vessel, or within the jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty; and he should dismiss this part of his argument without further comment or remark. In conclu sion, he submitted to their Lordships that these parties had been wrongfully captured and detained, and the steps they took to recover their liberty was justified by the law of nations, and by no means prohibited by the treaty between this country and the Brazils. Dr. 11/atm:to followed on the same side. He contended that the prisoners had been guilty of no offence against the law of nations, not even supposing they had actually been engaged in the slave-trade, because slave trading was net piracy, nor was it contrary to the law of nations. He next submitted to their Lordships that they had been guilty of no offence under or by reason of the treaties existing between England and the Brazils, and therefore they were illegally and yrrougfdly captured; in fact, captured in direct violation POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDIIALL. Charles Crook, who was lately committed for having, in conjunction with a person named Habbijam, stolen a number of 51. Bank of England notes, and changing them at various places (the same being stolen or lost) , was brought up, f or the ninth time, before Alderman Wood. The particulars of the case are these :—A Miss Byfield came into the City for the purpose of getting a cheque cashed, which she did, and received the change, principally in 51. notes. She made a few purchases on the way home, an d on her arrival there missed her money. On the same and next day it apeared that Crook and Ilabbijam had chan g ed t hem at a number of public-houses in the neighb ourhood of Lam beth. Crook alone was taken into custody , and aft e r wards, on account of his confession, H a bbijam was also apprehended. Previous to the latter's apprehension , Crook had s ent to his father and brother, to request them to call on Habbijam, and a person named Ridger, residing in Lion-street, Old Kent. rvAd, nd tell them he wa• in custody, which they did; Awl THE SUN, LONDON, TiIURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 4 1845. Mr. Games, solicitor, was employed to defend him (Crook) by Habbijam. After a number of investigations had taken place Crook was committed, and Habbijam held to bail, him self in 200/. and two sureties of 100/. each. On being called last week at Guildhall he was not forthcoming, and, after some discussion, it was found that Habbijam was bound to appear at the Old Bailey, and not at Guildhall. Mr. Hubbard, for the prosecutrix, now stated that, accord ing to the suggestion of the worthy Alderman at the last ex amination, an indictment had been preferred against Habbi jam. When the details were laid before Mr. Clarkson, he applied at the Central Criminal Court for Crook to be admitted as evidence against Habbijam, which application was imme diately granted. Habbijam was then called, and not an swering, his recognisance's were estreated, leaving the case open for the purpose of giving the officers an opportunity of finding Habbijam. There was at present but very little chance of apprehending Habbijam, in consequence of his dis posing of everything he owned and absconling. He could now prove that Habbijam was a returned convict, having been transported for life some years ago for issuing forged notes, and had only come back to this country about four years since. Alderman Woon said lie did not think it was quite so long. Mr. Hubbard, in continuation, said that the exertions which had been used would be of great benefit to the public, as they had been enabled to break up a regular establish meld of first-rate thieves, He now wished to mention what he considered as a most serious affair. It appeared that when Crook was first taken into custody lie immediately sent to his family, asking them to go to Habbijam and Ridger, of the Old Kenteroad, and let them know he was in prison. They called first on Habbijam, who went with them to Mr. Games, the solicitor, and to Ridger. While at the latter place Mrs. Ridger put her head out of the window, and said words to the effect that if they wanted to know anything about the notes Habbijam knew all about them, and could give them information. The most extraordinary thing was, that this woman, who might have given material evidence, was, within three days of the circumstance above-men tioned, dead and buried, and the husband bad absconded, leaving not the slightest trace of where be was to be found. Under these circumstances, there was a case of strong sus picion that the poor woman had met with foul play. Alderman Woon—But the proper mode would be, I think, to communicate with the coroner on the subject. Mr. Hubbard said he wished to remark that during the inquiries being made, they had discovered, as part of the system of robberies carried on, a new feature, which was to dress a young child, about twelve or fourteen years of age, genteelly, and place him near the banking-houses, to watch when any parties came out, to follow them, and when they attempted to purchase anything, after giving the informa tion:necessary to his companions, ha went up by the side of the individuals and lifted theirpockets while they were emp tied. Miss Byfield, when she was making her purchases, now recollected that a genteel youth of this description stood by her side. Alderman Woon said it reminded him of the old system of the crow in Elizabeth's time, when the figure of a woman was placed in a room with a number of belle and pockets, and the pupils were obliged to take various articles out with out making the bells sound. This had been practiied in the City within the last six months. Mr. Hubbard said that he now intended to ask that Crook should be liberated on bail to appear at the next sessions, and if Habbijam was not apprehended before to appear at the following sessions. Alderman WOOD said that as he had been admitted as evi dence against Habbijam at the Central Criminal Court, he ought to be admitted to bail, which should be himself in 200/. and two sureties of 100/. each. At the same time he thought Mr. Hubbard ought to communicate with the coroner re ' specting the death of Mrs. Ridger. Mr. Hubbard said he thought that would be the best course. The required bail being forthcoming, Crook was liberated. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. John Hume, No. 10, Norfolk-street, described in the police sheet as a gentleman, was brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with having assaulted police-sergeant Park, E 5. The constable said he saw the defendant knock down a woman in Tottenham-court-road, about twelve o'clock the previous night. lie went up and asked the woman if she was desirous of giving her unmanly asssailant into custody. The woman replied in the affirmative, and witness proceeded to lay hold of the defendant, when the defendant kicked him more than once, and caused great pain and injury. The defendant denied that he load intended to kick the constable in the manner described. He only put up his knee to push the constable from him. Mr. MALTBY sent the defendant to hard labour for one month. A man, assuming the name of Warner, but whose real name is Edwards, was charged with obtaining money from Earl Howe under false pretences. A footman, in Lord Howe's establishment, said the de fendant called at his Lordship's house in South Audley street, stating that his name was Warner, and that he called for an answer to a paper, which he had left a day or two previously for his Lordship. The paper was a begging peti tion, which his Lordship had ascertained to be signed with fictitious signatures, and acting under the advice of his solicitor, Mr. Thyme, his Lordship directed that a police constable should be in waiting, when the prisoner came for an answer, and that a sovereign should be handed to the prisoner, in order to make the case complete. Witness handed the money to the prisoner, and then called police sergeant Wlaall, who was in an inner room. The constable came forward and took the defendant into custody. The defendant had a quantity of books with him, and the following letter, which is genuine : "June 26, 184.5. " The Duke of Wellington hag received Mr. Edwards's letter of the 25th instant. " The Duke has no recollection of having seen Mr. Ed wards at Weimer Castle. He is not aware that bobs in want of glass ware. He has no reason to be dissatisfied with the tradesmen of whom he is in the habit of purchasing glass." The defendant, who said he was a glass-blower, was re manded for further inquiry. QUEEN-SQUARE. James Caleerhouse, a well-dressed young man, was charged with a very violent and unprovoked assault upon John Knight, a tradesman, living in Old Pie-street, Westminster. Complainant was shutting up his shop on the previous night, when he heard some girls, who were standing a short distance from him, say they would have a lark, and in a minute or two afterwards defendant, who was in company with them, came up to complainant, and, without the slightest provocation, struck him a violent blow on the mouth with a stick, which knocked him down. The fellow then ran off but was pursued and taken into custody. Defendant, in answer to the charge, said that the shop keeper struck him first. He, however, did not call anybody in support of his assertion. Defendant was fined 3/., and in default of payment com mitted for one month to Tothill-fields Bridewell. CLERK EN WELL. Six youths were placed at the bar, charged by the autho rities of St. Pancras parish with tearing up their clothes, and refractory conduct in the workhouse, on Saturday last. The prisoners were tried at the Old Bailey, on an indict ment for burglary in the workhouse, but acquitted ; they sub sequently went to the workhouse, and were admitted. On Monday they combined together to disturb the establish ment, and their conduct was of the most violent description, and they then forced their way out of the house. The prisoners, in their defence, said they applied for their discharge, but it was refused them. Mr. Pitt, clerk to the directors of the poor, said the pri soners did apply for their discharge, and it was refused until they were taken befor the board en Tuesday or Friday next. The prisoners were sent to the House of Correction, with hard labour, for 14 days each; the Magistrate informing them that if brought there again they would be committed for six weeks. WORSHIP-STREET. On Tuesday twelve men, named William Smith, Mark West Philip Hamilton, Alfred Hoppe, James Hoare, John Clifford Samuel Wilkins, Leonard Just, William Warwick, Jams Fleming, William Ghost, and Edward Martin, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged with having unlawfully engaged in the promotion of a dog-fight at the house of a man named Wilmot, in Christopher-street, Bethnal-green. All the prisoners belonged to the lowest class of society, with the exception of Martin, Wilkins, and Just, the former of whom was described as the captain of a Battersea steamer, and the two latter as master watchmakers. Mr. BINGItAM strongly animadverted upon the gross and brutalising tendency of such practices, so totally at variance with the proper attributes of true courage, and ordered Smith, West, and Hamilton to pay a fine of 105. each, or be imprisoned for a fortnight in the House of Correction ' • and all the other prisoners were fined s s. each , or seven days imprisonment. night, I saw the master cut Rambert, who was chief officer of the ship. He cut him with a cutlass on his head, in several places. Rambert was at the time on the quarter-deck of the Tory. Rambert was in handcuffs at the time. This was, I think, before twelve o'clock at night. After twelve o'clock the master locked me in double irons in the mizen top. He was quite sober at the time. He stabbed me in several places over the body and on my head. With the loss of blood and pain I lay for some time senseless on the mizen-top. About four o'clock in the morning, as near as I can guess, I saw the captain running about the quarter deck after Rambert with a cutlass in his hand. Before that, Rambert bad been in the mizen-top, and showed me his head, which was cut open in several places. He was not t hen handcuffed. At the time after when I saw the Cap tain chase Rambert about the quarter• deck, the latter jumped over board, on the larboard-quarter side. Mr. 13nopertir —How near was the captain to Rambert at the time he jumped over ? The witness—About four yards distant, with the cutlass in his hand. The ship was then running before the wind, with the sails square. We did not lower any boat to pick the chief officer up, nor was there any thingat all thrown over to him. The ship was lulled too a little, and then kept the weather course again. There were several on deck at the time besides the captain, but I did not notice the female passengers. We saw a ship shortly after, but I cannot say whether it was the same day. Mary Blewitt was next called, and said—l reside at No. 23, Albany-street. I was a passenger on board the ship Tory. I remember three of the men being in irons in some part of the rigging. I was in the cabin as a cabin passenger for the first fortnight. I was afterwards in the half-deck, a little more forward, but not left of the poop. On the 26th of Septette • ber, I believe, about three or four o'clock, I heard Captain Johnstone demand that the mate be found and brought, wherever he was, to him. Barry Yelverton was the one who found him, and brought him to the captain. I was then looking on, of which Captain Johnstone was not aware. He had a pistol in his left hand, and a cutlass in the other. I believe the pistol was loaded, for Captain Johnstone always ordered them to bring his pistol loaded. The captain struck Rambert right and left, on the head first, and afterwards on the body. Rambert had no arms, but his hands were free. During the time Captain Johnstone was striking him he begged for mercy and to spare him. Captain Johnstone replied, " Oh, you overgrown monster— you cowardly brute !" and with that he cut him with his cutlass. Rambert said " Ask the sailors, Captain Johnstone, if I ever said a word against you," on which the captain seemed to get more enraged, and struck at him snore vio lently than he did the time before. "Go on your knees," he said, which Rambert did, and then, after calling him an " overgrown monster," he struck hint severely with the cutlass. Rambert exclaimed, "0, my God ! 0, my God ! I ant killed." With that he dropped on one side, and said "Oh !" when Captain Johnstone sent for the irons. After that the carpenter came and put the irons on the monkey-hatch on the half-deck. Rambert was bleeding so at the time that I could not see the figures. Rambert asked the boy Slack to bring something to tie his head up. The boy said he had nothing. During that time I believe the captain retired into his cabin for refresh ments. Captain Johnstone had not made many minutes' delay when he came up again, and went up into the mizen mast-top, where the man, Stephen Cone, was in irons. He struck at Cone in the most violent manner, so violent that I heard the blows from where I had been looking on. I could not see what the captain struck with, only that he went up with a cutlass ire his hand. With that I cried out, "My God, my God! if that is Stephen Cone, he will kill hint." I said this to Mrs. Thomp son. That was the first time I spoke while the captain had been striking Rambert. With that Rambert heard my voice, and said, " Mrs. Blewitt, I am dying, give me a handkerchief to tie my head up, lam bleeding to death." I replied, " I am in that state I am not fit to move; I am so exhausted and faint." With this Rambert said, "He is coming down again,he will kill me. omy God! omy God !" To that I made no reply. As Capt. Johnstone was coming towards Ram bert, he said, " Where is the overgrown monster," or " where is the overgrown brute," but I cannot say which. With that he said to the carpenter, " Where is he," and then ordered Rambert to be taken away to the main hatch. I remarked to Mrs. Thompson, " What is to be done, there will be an end to us all this night." After this, I believe the captain was forward with some of the men, and I heard as far as I can recollect that Rambert was to be taken out of irons. Directly after that I heard a rush on the poop. There was a boat on the poop. I saw Rambert trying to make his escape between the end of the boat and the companion. Julian was on the poop at the time, with a musket and a bayonet on the top of it. I saw Julian presenting the bayonet towards Rambert. With that I heard the captain crying out, " Where is he? where is he?" "He is gone overboard," said Julian. The captain answered, " The b—, I shall have half of them overboard before sunset to-day." The next words I heard were Captain Johnstone calling a boy and ordering a glass of grog for all hands, but I do not know whether all the crew were there. I was so ex hausted and faint that I lay down and observed no further, only I was in hopes there might be peace. I may further state, though I paid my passage to London, I was treated very unkindly by Captain Johnstone, and had to come ashore at Deal. The reason of this was that I was called on the 7th of last month by the captain into his cabin. The boy Slack came to me, and said, "The captain wants you." I exclaimed "Oh, my God! does he want me to kill me ?" I went into the cabin, and saw the captain with Barry Yelverton, French, and Spence. Mrs. Thompson, seeing me so excited, came to accompany me down. Cap tain Johnstone said, " I have called you to intimate that I intend to put you in irons the rest of the voyage ;" and fur ther said, " You are going to be hung at the Old Bailey." He said, "Is not that it, French ?" and the latter replied " Yes, I believe it is, sir." I made answer, " lam willing to die, Capt. Johnstone, fur anything I have done in the ship." I then said, " Captain Johnstone, may I say a word or two. I em barked in your ship the 14th of last May, and I never heard any man during the whole period, up till now, say a wrong word against you or the ship. If there is a man that can say I have ever said a wrong word against you, Captain John stone. or the ship either, let him come and say it. Did you ever hear me, French? French answered, " No, Mrs Blewitt, I never did, except that time when you had to mix flour with salt water to make cakes, and frying them in the galley." French afterwards said to me, "'This is a bad case, Mrs. Blewitt;" and I answered, " It is so; why don'tyougo andtalk to the captain." I called Mr Spence and asked him if I had ever stated anything against Captain Johnstone or the ship ?" " No, Mrs. Blewitt, I never did," he answered. At that time I never expected to come out of the cabin alive, I was in such dread and fear. With that I called on Barry Yelver ton, and asked him a similar question ; and he replied, " No, Mrs. Blewitt, except hearing you say, A man's a man for a' that ;' but what you meant by it I cannot say." " I might have said the words," I replied, " but I have no recollection. To tell you the truth, Captain Johnstone," I said, turning to him, "Itis a word of my father's. " Captain Johnstone kept still, and said nothing. I was then allowed to leave the cabin. I felt very bad at the time, and I believe that Captain Johnstone observed it, for he ordered me a glass of wine. Catherine Thompson followed in examination, and said— , She lived in Sidney-street, Baker-street. She was a passen ger in the ship Tory. She saw Captain Johnstone during the voyage cut Rainbert with a sword. On one occasion she saw Rambert with his body cut and mangled in a dreadful manner. She heard Rambert jump overboard, but did not see him. At that time she heard the captain say, "It was a good thing, and that he ought to have been there long before." James Glover recalled and examined respecting the death of Rambert—He recollected Rambert dining with the captain the day before his death. They seemed then to be on good terms. He was not aware of anything particular that day on board the ship. About 7 o'clock at night he was called into the cabin by the captain to give him a little brandy and water. Wit ness then saw the mate on his knees, praying for the captain to forgive him. He continued in the captain's cabin in the same position, the captain standing over him with his sword in his hand. Witness did not observe that Rambert was then wounded. Witness was going in and out of the cabin till 12 o'clock, and always found Rambert kneeling, and the captain standing over him with the sword. The captain said several times that he had given Rambert hie life twice. At 12 o'clock the captain went out of the cabin, but previous to his going out, he asked Mr. Spence, Barry Yelverton, and witness, if he (the captain) should forgive Mr. Rambert. Witness did not hear Yelverton speak, but Spence an swered he would leave that to him. Witness did not know of anything that Rambert had done. After the captain went out the mate slept on deck, when Yelverton and witness weresent in search of him. That was about halfan hour after. Witness went out and saw him in the mainstays. He called him several times, but, received no answer. On in forming the captain of this they were again sent to being Rambert down. They could not find him, on which the captain went on deck, and sent French after him. Ram bert was not brought again into the cabin, and witness did not see him afterwards. Thomas Lee said that he was one crew of the and was put in irons along with Stephen Cone. Witness was placed in the maintop.' He saw Rambert come up to the maintop on the day referred to by the previous witness, but he had no wounds on him then. He tried to get the shackle off witness's neck. Witness heard Captain Johnstone singing out for him, on which he went down the mainstay. The next thing the witness heard the captain say was, " You overgrown son of a b—, I have pardoned von three times ; I will have your 111'e now." Ho then chased Rambert round the decks, and the blood was flowing from his thighs as he was jumping up the poop ladder. The captain was following him with a sword, on which he jumped overboard. David Johnson let go the helm for a moment, and the sails fluttered for a moment. The captain cried, "Lay to helm," and the ship took its regular course. Several other answers were given by the witness in corroboration of the evidence of Stephen Cone, and to the effect that he (witness) had also been cut by Capt. Johnstone, when in irons, on the head, hands, mid shoulders, but the foregoing were the main points adduced. NATIONAL DEFENCES. —The recent experiments with a one-gun battery, in the Woolwich Marshes, recom mended to be made by a board of officers appointed to con sider and suggest the best mode of constructing defences for the coasts of Great Britain, having been completed, and the result being highly satisfactory, batteries on the same principle will be erected at Sheerness, Portsmouth, Ply mouth, Pembroke, and other places on the coasts of the island. A great number of traversing platforms, 16 feet long, to be fixed by pivots to the masonry of the embrasures, are in progress of construction at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and some idea of the quantity of work now performed in the carriage department, where it is stated that about five or six years ago, only about 100 hands were employed in that branch, that there are now between 350 to 360 men employed, aided by many new improvements in machinery, equal to the work of a great number of hands. The contractors for timber for the Royal Arsenal have not been able to supply the extra demand for seasoned timber, in consequence of the great and unanticipated const.mption, and the dock-yards have been had recourse to. Xumber3 of large guns have been forwarded to Jersey and other exposed islands, and to the Cape of Good Hope, and other colonial possessions, and the greatest activity.prevails to strengthen every place at home and abroad, for securing them in the event of being attacked. A number of the block ships, heavily armed, will soon be ready for their respective stliitions, and add greatly to the defence of the coast. _MELANCHOLY Sutotnr.—On Tuesday forenoon Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the Dorset Arms Tavern, Clapham New-road, on the body of Mr. Samuel Clearson, aged fifty-eight years, a gentleman of independent fortune, re c ently residing at No. 8, Holland-place, Clapham-road. The deceased formerly held a situation of 9001. per annum in the Bank of England, but for som.e years past had been suf fering from asthma, for which lie )had been under the care of Mr. Young, surgeon, of Kennington-lane. His mind had been in a deranged state for a considerable period, conse ueetly lie had attendance night and day. On the ni g ht of Friday last deceased laid down by the side of his wife, and during her sleep he proceeded to the staircase, and suspended himself to the banisters by a silk handkerchief, where he was subsequently discovered in a state of nudity, life being quite extinct. The jury returned a. verdict, " That the de ceased destroyed his own life, being at the time in a state of temporary mental derangement." Such is the excitement in railway matters (says the correspondent of the Glasgow Argus), that a gentleman being suddenly asked by a friend who met him, " How do you do ?" replied " POSITION OF THE CORN-LAW QUESTION. (From the Eclectic Review for December.) Another heave has been given to the progress of tho corn-law question, by circumstances which man cannot regulate, but on tho occurrence of which or something similar, he was as much bound to calculate, as sea-going man is to be provided with the means of reefing his sails, in the knowledge that though none can foretel the precise period of a gale, a gale at some time is in the first class of certainties. A failure has been announced in the potato crop ; thus reducing the numerous class who in the language of ecclesiastical dignitaries " rejoice in potatoes," to try what they can make of mortifying upo❑ wheaten flour, after the counsels of that celebrated French princess, who said, that sooner than die like the people who starved for want of bread, she would live on macaroons. And this is backed up by continually ac cumulating reports, that the wheat harvest in mast parts of the country is defective either in quantity or quality, and that the other countries of Europe, with the unim portant exception of Denmark, are suffering under at least a jealousy of short supply. And here it is that our quarter-deck people have con trived to move a step towards the solution of the ques tion. A belief is clearly among the crew, that a gale of wind is coming on, and a winter's night in prospect makes it doubly important to prepare. Of the officers some take one side and some the other ; but there is shrewdly surmised to be an interest among them in keeping things as they are. In some way or other the sensibility of their breeches' pockets is suspected to be involved in denying the danger, and carrying sail through all, though at the risk of sending the masts over the side, when they are supposed to count upon having the boats at their disposal, and escaping the de struction which is to fall on the ignoble herd. In this state of things the chief mate—(for the captain is too great a personage to have anything personally to say to it, nor would much difference be made by the fact if it took place)—the chief mate bolds a council—half a dozen councils—hoer after hour of precious time expended on each. By this he recognises to the fullest extent, that there is a popular belief—a creed among the unaccounted vulgar, who are to go the bottom in the event of ill success, without a boat to help them—that a ;ale is close at hand. Knots of the crew are seen col- reefed here and there, handling the ropes which lead to reefing sails, and the word from time to time passes among them that the chief mate is only waiting to hear what this and another gentleman has to say against it, and then he is going to the captain to say it must be done. _ In this position of things, what does our Palinurus, 1 chief of all with the exception of the aced of the gods that tenants the state cabin, finally decide on? He de cides, that though the growling of the coming storm is not reduced but heightened, and without a shadow of reason to show except that the gentlemen do not like it, he will say we will go on as we are, and if the gale comes and all effort at taking in a reef is too late, we will read the Prayer for Fair Weather as by law established, and put the officers into the boats when the rest must clearly go down. In this state of being " doubly armed," and with the certainty that the abolition of restrictions on the provi vision of food must come hereafter, because it does not come now, it is time for those to be looking about them, who are the enemies not only of the evil principle im mediately concerned, but of other evil principles which hang by it and own a common origin. In public ques tions, which can only be settled by the gradual prepon derance of opinion under whatever disadvantages ex pressed, there is very little use in the concealment which may be prudence in more limited concerns. The adver sary " knows his strength, and we know ours." Lord Ashley's declaration is decisive on this point. Instead of being an indication of personal weakness, as in some quarters unwisely intimated, it was the cool declaration of a good officer, taking a leader's view of the field, and counselling the taking up of the inferior position, be cause the higher was no longer tenable. Such a moment was no time for discussing the principles of a cause ; all men are supposed to have made up their minds on these before they present themselves to a contest. A good leader does not request his followers to throw themselves into a gulph because their cause is good; he does what is much more likely to be of use, desires them to take up a contracted position which he points out. The time then seems come, when, as Meuse Head rigg invited the Life Guards under Claverhouse in their retreat, the enemy may be called upon to " tarry," and be in no hurry to get away from the consequences of his defeat. There is more to be done with him, before he is quit ; why will he not stand like a man, and de- • fend his grand position, or else quietly give up the others which will be fouud to hang by it? The corn laws were not merely enactments for finding portions fo; the ruling classes' daughters ; they were the ban ner, the cockade, the representative by concentration, of their general right of wrong. If it is once discovered that the ruling classes cannot keep their corn-laws, a a host of questions they " may not look upon," will be gathering fast about them, each grimmer and more ab horrent to them than its predecessor. Nothing is more certain than that the maintenance of wrongs at large depends on the invulnerability of each particular one. The boy who would not say A because he knew he should be asked to say B, is the true and only type for the policy of wrong-doers. Why not hold out a little longer? Is it not plain that the corn-laws are in the fact of being surrendered, and legions of strange aspect, leaving no hope to the claimants of the marriage por tions but from their quarrelling with one another, are standing on the slip for the first entry at the breach that shall be made? If the monopoly of the bread that perishes cannot maintain itself, what sanctuary can be depended on, where the suffering genius of wrong may hide the sorrows of her pocket and her heart ? The League, with vast resources in possession and almost boundless ones behind, has made ac inroad into the fortress of misrule, and as regards the county regis tration, may be said to have recovered the Constitution. Not a man who has an honest purpose but may take advantage of the expensive machinery here established to his hand, and march in to take his own share of the recovered power, if he can only stomach cheap bread as an accompaniment. It is, therefore, for all that con ceive themselves wronged, to make a part in the move ment ; and if they do not, they are not men who know how to shut their mouth when a good thing is put into it. There may be battles after the battle of Armaged don ; but a man will not be the worse for having been there, and on the right side. Of course, when the League has gained its point, there will be a great breaking-up into a multiplicity of directions ; Ptolemies of all kinds, parcelling out the empire of the defunct Alexander. But nothing is clearer than that they will have gained by the previous union, and not lost. Darius, then, must settle his affairs with the Macedonian as he can ; and when that scene of the play is played, his successors may count on finding the Ptolemies in positions of their own. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETT.—The last meeting for the year was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the rooms of the society, in Regent-street, when, notwithstanding the advanced period of the season, there was a very superior show of both fruits and flowers. The chair was taken by R. W. Barchard. Esq., and the company was numerous. Amongst the fruit were some tine specimens of black Hambro' grapes grown in a house without heat by Mr. Crawshay, of Colney Hatch ; Queen pine-apples, of good cultivation and large size, from Mr. Birsby, and peaches from Mr. Ware. The fruit from the gardens of the society were, of pears, Glout Morcean, tie Plus Meures, Winter Neils, Bergamotte Ca dette, which ripens in succession all throughout the winter ; and Beurre d'Aremberg, a fruit which differs much in character and properties, according as it is cultivated; and the apples were Golden Reinette, Claygate, Pear main, Sam Young, Mere de Menage, and Ducumelon's Seed ling. Amongst the flowers was a collection of orchidacea, amongst which was one of a delicate and powerful odour, the flowers of which are used by the females of Brazil to adorn and scent the hair. There were also three collections of several varieties of chrysanthemums, showing the great im provement which cultivation has made in the appearance of this favourite winter flower. The prizes awarded were silver Knightian medals to Mr. Crawshay for grapes, and Mr. Plumley for heaths • and silver Banksian medals to Mr. Lawrence far orchidaceous plants, and Mr. Moore for a spe cimen plant. The extract from the meteorological register kept at the gardens, No 7. 4th to Dec. 2d, gave, barometer, highest, Nov. 4th, 30 ;468 inches; lowest, Nov. 19th, 29,077 inches ; thermometer, highest, Nov. Bth, 60 deg. F. ; lowest, Nov. 4th, 22 neg. F ; and quantity of rain, 2.11 inches. The meetinfL adjourned to 20th of January, 1846. ACCIDENT ON THE EDINBURGH AMD GLASGOW 7, - -CalewAv.—On Saturday evening last, about seven o'clock, an accident occurred on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way, near the station at Kirkintilloch. On the arrival at that station of the train, which leaves Glasgow at six o'clock, the five o'clock train being behind time, the engine which generally returns singly was sent to its assistance. It had not gone four or five hundred yards beyond the station, .s hen the engineman gave the signal that all was not right ; when the officers at the station proceeded to the spot they found that a weaver belonging to Waterside, about a mile distant, had been lying on the line, and the engine had passed over his right leg about the ankle. He was immediately brought to the station, and medical aid sent for, but the train arriving from Edinburgh in the interim it was thought advisable to bring him to the infirmary, where, after having his leg ampu tated a little below the knee joint, we understand he is doing well. No blame can be attached to the railway company, as the man had been brought back and previously warned. Ile was quite insensible with liquor, and seemed quite wi conecious of the damage he lied sustained. The ens - mem:in saw him only a few yards distant, and brought his engine up, but not until about 100 yards past.—Glasgow Herald. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, as wo have already stated, embarked on board the Ingermanland, Russian frigate, on Wednesday last, with the intention of proceeding direct to Italy, but his Imperial Highness has been hitherto prevented from proceeding on his vovage by the prevalence of contrary winds. At the date of the last accounts the lugermauland had not left the Sound. _ _ LADY VILLIERS.—We are exceedingly happy to state that the accounts received daily in town from Upton House continue very favourable. Iler Ladyship has nearly recovered from her late serious attack of illness. The Bath Corp ora ti on h as , by a majority of 23 to 14, rejected a proposition for raising the Mayor's salary from 2001. to 300/. per annum. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Gordon Lennox have arrived in town, from Gordon Castle, North Britain. TILE TIDES.—The only place on the earth were the solar tide is greater than the lunar tide, is at Courtown Har bour, south of Dublin. In all other place. the lunar influence predommates to the extent of about 4 4 truss (ikccoriling to N ewtown). SOUTHWARK. On Tuesday Alfred Betham, a smartly dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with attempt ing to pick pockets in High-street, Southwark. It appeared that in the course of that morning the prisone4 accompanied by an associate, was observed busily engaged in trying the pockets of several persons proceeding along the above crowded thoroughfare towards London-bridge. They separated near the Town-hall; and Mr. Evans, the superin tendent of the 111 division, happening to be walking near the spot, he was closely followed by the prisoner, who made an unsuccessful attempt to pick his pocket of a silk handker chief. The superintendent, however, having felt the tug, immediately seized the prisoner's hand in his pocket, and gave him into custody. Mr. CorrlscatA3l said that on this occasion the prisoner bad run into the lion's mouth, by attempting to pick the su • perintendent's pocket. The Magistrate then committed the prisoner for one month to the treadmill. MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS THAMES POLICE COURT. ADJOURNED EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN JOHN STONE. Yesterday the prisoner, Captain Johnstone, was brought up at half-past twelve o'clock, for further examination ; and it having been thought necessary to take additional evidence of the seamen in support of the charge of murder, the follow ing witnesses were called, mainly relating to the death of Rambert : Thomas Spence, examined—l made the entries in the log book. I was engaged to do that from the 22d of September. I made the entries entirely under the dictation and direction of the captain. The log-book now produced is the one in which I made the entries. Mr. Simmons then requested the witness to turn to the page on which he made the entry of the deaths of Mars and Reason. Witness did so, and in continuation said,-1 made the entry of the death of Reason, as here written, on the 24th of October. I wrote it at the dictation of the captain. When I came into the cabin, he told me that Thomas Reason had died in a fit, and that I was to note it in the log-book to that effect. I made an entry of the death of Mars, on the 25th of October. I was instructed by the captain to enter that Mars had been murdered by the crew. The captain's words, "That they (the crew) had put an end to him." I stated in my previous examination that I had been called by the captain to take the evidence of the men. This was on the 3d of December. I went to do so in the lar board cabin, and found a man there. I don't recollect who he was, but the captain was not present. I was called out of bed by the boy Glover to takethe evidence. The man whofirst gave his evidence was very nervous and excited, and I was re quested to take particular notice of what the men had to say. There was no one armed where I was at the time. I cannot exactly say whether any one was armed on deck. I took statements from five or six of the crew. They came in sepa rately to give their statements. I don't remember seeing the captain at any part of the time. The statements were signed by the men after they were written down. I can only swear that David Johnstone told me to take my time and be particular to what might be said. I would wish still further to say in regard to the log-book, that the captain after these circumstances was in the habit of calling me into his own cabin five or six times daily to read over the entries I had made to correct them, and to make additions to what I had already written at his direction. The captain, I must say, did not dictate all the entries I made in the log book, but only those that had relation to the disturbancesin the ship. Stephen Cone re-called, and deposed—l was Johnstone in iro on the 23d of September by the orders of Captain Thomas Lee and Thomas Reason were also put in ironsat the same time. We were confined on the main hatchway. On the 25th of September, after eight o'clock in the evening, w e were put on the IWO wizen t9P. While time, during the SUPPOSED CASE OF MURDER. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) ENNISKILLEN, Now. 29.—A very shocking murder-- happily, however, unconnected with the agrarian sys tem—has just come to light in the vicinity of this town. " On Wednesday was a wee k, a Miss Irvine, sister to the clerk of the crown for th e count y of Fermanagh, was found dead under the feet of her horse, in the stable attached to her house, which stands almost in the suburbs of Enniskillen. She was co vered with wounds and bruises, particularly on the h ead ; one of her was broken, and the hand of it v e r y much damaged. an " It was supposed that Miss Irvi ne, who, though elderly lady was of very active habits, had, upon this occasion, gone to fetch some apples from the loft above the stable, where they had been stored, and that in her descent either the step-ladder had slipped, or that she had fallen from it under the horse's f eet, and bad thus been kicked and trampled to death. T his would thusw been the more extraordinary, as the anima l was kno n !! to be very gentle, and, moreover, very familiar with a attached to his mistress, who frequently used to feed him. The death, however, was considered accidental, and th e body was buried, without an inquest. " Things remained in this state until late yesterday (Friday) evening, when a lad about sixteen or seventeen years of age, who had recently been taken into Miss. ved Irvine's service, came forward, under the direction ll of his father. and gave such informa tion as induced t wi magistrate to arrest the woman ser vant who lil; Miss Irvine at the time of her death. This womand no been reared by her mistress from her childhood, an 1°- suspicion had previously attached it self to her, nor , deed, to anybody else. nci " The body was this day (Saturday) exhumes ,14 5 an inquest was held, but at so late an hour that u sitting was obliged to be adjourned to Monday morel Two physicians, Drs. Ovenden and Nixon, der!, I understand, that the injuries of wh ich the lady (n t ., e in - of not such as could have been produced by the h c ?. of a horse, and that some, at least , of theta wert flicted by a sharp instrument, such a s a hatchet m o - r cleaver (of the latter there had been on e in tba boo which cannot now be found.) " The boy deposed that a few evening s p revious to thief murder his fellow servant had said to him:--01ri...se, some stranger should come and murd er the what would become of us?' He elso stated, that 011 day of the murder this woman had sent him u o t of t ; way on the pretext of fetching her an apron e i nci a lt on articles of clothing from some distant place, and l" - s oci his return she would not admit him by the shortest on , most usual entrance, but sent him a long roan „ e a her opening the door for him he observed bloon.Ser, her hands, but, supposing she had been killing • W 4O . he took no further notice of it at the time. TO said nothing about the murder, and he went ab°,l„" he business, until having occasion to go into the stsn c t ing saw blood, upon which water had been thrown , "...,°;" from under the stable-door, and on entering It few mistress dead as described. ss, i t " This is the material part of the evidence, e e have heard it, and I have reason to think it is Erse, correct. The woman and the lad are, of courseta be held in custody until the result of the inquest she known. „seer' the .g .Lhe motive to this horrid deed is not yet the tained. Some impute it to the desire of r obberY , to old lady was rich, and the woman has been obserleo have more money than usual about her. Other s tr ees it arose from resentment and revenge for the le i n "„ n tls having recently discharged a man - servant , on the g r ' n 'bffn of too great a familiarity having existed betwce" and the woman. 6 6 ~-.1- 1 MARKET NEW S.—(YE:sTE IO- ' 4 a CORN-EXCHANGE 11, A The supply of English Wheat was somewhat coeds:l - very inferior quality. The finest parcels of botb f r AO white moved off steadily, at full rates of curreneY• °l t_ th e kinds exceedingly little was doing. Free Foreign Ni rliel l"al!! quantity of which offering was by no means Itrg — Cot', a slow inquiry, though at inll prices. 111 ill,: under lock scarcely a transaction took Pis ce ' o alli".,„ quantity of Barley on offer was large. The bes t n j. P parcels were quite as dear, other kinds hung on e ta iltsb Malt, a steady business was doing , at late rates. old' at full prices, but Beans and Peas had a downward tart ARRIVALS. Pl* Oata 00 Barley, 250 4 11. I ,510 qrs. "....' 9,460 .../ - .-- English Irish •••• • • • • Foreign .. • • • . Wheat. 1,650 qrs. 1.500 qrs. 11 0 i. WIIITECHAPEXe. kind of . We had a full average supply of each ntate:A Generally speaking, the demand ruled firm, at o ar ; Beef, from 2s 103 to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to . 11 42 to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81Us• LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—On the ocettsiV„toe i ' v Dowager Lady Holland's funeral the Noble Lor";;j sel o l press from Scotland •to attend these obsequies , , li pocin f it quently went to pay a short visit to the Duke and P ot 6 Bedford at Woburn Abbey. His Lordship has b ee k li de 1111 A i ' We regret to beat t o a few days, and on Saturday left for Edinburgh,wlV.est tly, I John Russell and family are residing. her Ladyship's health is not what might be .„ ( l e roitig h Rutherfurd, M.P., has given up his seat near -r- , ° l the Noble Lord and his family while in the north. po% It is a fact worthy, perhaps, CC , , 11 ,,,b0at notice that the whole of the land in all" „b-robli rah neighbourhood of Conception Bay very P r "„ t , whole island —is rising out of the ocean at which promises, at no very distant day, 0 1 °" be • st m v fs affect, if not render useless many of t.„be„ f .,4e.‘L'ili boors we have now on the coast. At r°''' denicr a series of observations have been made which n l t l bot proves the rapid displacement of the sea level nity. Several large rocks, over which schooner s f• nc' f some thirty or forty years ago, with the greav — 5 tae are now approaching the surface, the water being o, 5$ re, navigable for a skiff. At a place called the ,9 °s s ea's lje k4 head of Bay Roberts, upwards of a mile from t, Li f i ve l o se° and at several feet above its level, covered witt„ t bell, h oo feet of vegetable mould, there is a perfect beacu i r to stye being rounded and of a moderate size, and sincliTdhod now found in the adjacent land-washes—Neu/fr u' nos et! Advertiser, Nov. 7. 1300;00 THE ATTACK ON THE PIRATES of The following promotions are about to take P,%;../051, mane Ur Henry Lyster, officially mentioned in o tilee r „to l Gazette, to the rank of captain. This gallant the iny made a lieutenant in 182 4 , and was prom oted t° ° lil t c ommander at the promotion in honour of the b l t bett 11. Prince of Wales in November, 1841. He wali neal l ' Ad' lieutenant of the Vanguard, 80, in the Mediterl /tear;ol was appointed to the Agincourt, 72, flag-sbiP,, ° „,. pro,, d t.b! miral Sir T. Cochrane, in March, 1842, and in `;' - ,101)„,0"'" SY' to China, and became acting flag-captain of th at " a rel ‘ r iffice f resignation of Captain Brace. Commander Eoloott ninsbaw to the rank of post-captain. Thi s A g„,. 0 0', was made a lieutenant in 1835, and cominan"",3 l obe r ' ser, 1841. He commissioned the Cruizer, 16, in SeP l ii, the ri 4 o and after the severe experimental cruise with t 12-gun brigs Daring, Espiegle, Mutine, cispreY , 'i;,• ' val; and others, proceeded to China, arriving iu s , t • fo tes. 0„ participate in the gallant attack on the P" so aer• tenant George Morritt to the rank of e° 11 " 13 . 10 11' ti ° • d hi s CO or passed for a lieutenant in 1823, and °bone „., 1 26, , o ce in 1837. He was first leutenant of the lree'T in YAbrit l , Charles Talbot, and was appointed to that °f that . 0 !10 ber, 1843. Mate.—Marcus Lowther (183 3 )' c ° , boa i l bo court, and acting lieutenant in the comman d °' t, °trail.° attack, to be confirmed to the rank of lieutentr,;iip Gi , V he was appointed on a death vacancy. M ate ore ---F'to May (1838), of the Agincourt, who w as in 14 0 1 6 boats of that vessel to the rank of lientens-olaticl.,,i Charles Nolloth (1838), of the Daedalus, iiieanLionaoi/000j of the boats, to the rank of lieutenant. 3 1 -r• shot, A te:; bard, mate of the Wolverine, who died frota was Pd th e which lie received while working o n the booni'xia j the Castor, 36, and served on shore at the towns of Caiffa and '!'sour, on the coast of Pgj et a 0;7 present in that ship at the bombardment of S f ti car s The above contemplated promotions are of o , 9t h of f o sti, l o engaged in the attack on the morning of the 00, 0 4 when the losses in killed and wounded want 01.4°,„c10,41..„• forcing the boom ; but it is most likely tnit be Pisan George Giffard, of the Vixen steam -sloop+ v` i _ t he _, •0.. in the promotions, that officer having assisted T ri o j o si d s'bs; operations, the Vixen having carried the Al l ic i bo l 4:i r cli in the evening of the 19th Commander Gift „ v ial i' e tio o A selected to command a squadron of gun-boat% destil i ce s ll ; he proceeded to Maloodoo, and completed t;i t ot o ot s the pirates' nest most satisfactorily. This g 0701 also the senior commander of the squadron; to th?., form moted to the rank of lieutenant in 1835,01 u, 16 4 n st : ,4 commander, from the Cyclops steam-frigate, w""ouodel'ol00000 services on the coast of Syria, where be w 3 9 1,,,, iv Op, e s taking of the fort of Gibail, and his gallant , c ied of. noticed on several occasions. He has convotiel'ocient r, for nearly two years, and has kept her mot China seas. Sl° EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF RAIL- e P ow th rc1%.09' On Tuesday information was rec eived bY of 54it 5 ,,,i ‘t ot tween ten and eleven o'clock , on t he night l a ce, 'fierigi as Mr. Richard Avery, of No. 5, ParboiV to t ile , 10 0 was crossing the road from the Alfred's Lte_ . : fe well i ' Pp and Castle, his coat-pocket was picked of . Popppooo'ter railway and other shares. The robbery is an been committed by two women, of mean walked behind Mr. Avery. --,...-___ ..______________ -- osifioOan:3d,attouhhfgeeah22t(9lSeatrthul.igthtitte.l,..at Twßiel-kßenThilatt the v" .l.° of the -ale On the 29th nit., at Derby, Mrs. Frances 3°111111°113.90141. aofdaauudlgatuh.,gtaehtrteHr.olbeach, M Edward ICCv-"elni: 11l Bsj O ri‘r n ie oy t : li o e ef, 3oth ult at the Viearagrse., Gob Royston, Catnbridg.eslure, the wife of the Key. o pill• of a son. f DO ° On the 30th ult., Mrs. Henry Henderson, 0 6. On the 50th ult., at . Eaton-square, the wife of ale $e Monday, C s a la n :k u e e , l' o W f H al: iywoi_rnount. , 04: Mrs. Elizabeth On by th t e h the e l N s , t . lljolfalimDilesee elluirn-b el • a c t i sStt-reft:blvrearittt; t° 10 ,... 0 tic: e a r l Burgess,clarke ,orfidoßwutt,ce)kfsal:urt:::ol' l oote r ' 01 On the 29th ult., at St. James Ch west hot Houchen, Ecl , of Thetford, to Susannah, oil. the late Dainiel Vender, of Stanton-park, Su fi° 01 0 .SierraDlED 0. 50 E as 0 , : : : the ett : 19 ,.: ( 1 Commissariat h . o a f g eSeD4pBteepmarbtemr6att. u L re e b:°: d c lit g oel * -..celatt On the 19th ult., at the Royal Yorlc-w-- _ ii , job ° 1' , I; M:Ountintl:el:24.t,h'suurlgt.e,oaithiltnington-equare' Cleritelli"' 01 a J G11"113. ~.4 0 4 . , of I‘ O l t e i c t k h i e ell 2 b 6 t t ir h g u h i_t s . q , ~!a'res, the wife of --- ' -,.. per, ee - liPms On the 2tith tilt" at Eton, Charlotte C. xeP i n cltes/.estf -East gsJ daughter hioalse, o ouoo:4.l"l n n:lialialitif t geee h egj e doi onf 2 s:l 7 ,e2l : ll..i h tFj o.r o af f on}.k,oo e Gl p i rt t a. e n m i: b , eir Es aci agedt, 11 8 u f g. e o t ~ a 7 5.01 i z sf ii i ii) es : : b t eg :9 11 : 1 : 1 On the. 29th ult., at Hampstead, Jan ." ri fe e, -'s(l', - 001 , ° On the 29th ult. at Kensington, lA N erP A Pi; ae3 J • 13 !'' 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