The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-21 00:00:00

he 1)44d 9 1 1361°.i pa rk, tile i fif° til e • ,p s te,, • c m NO' bicle th 0 11 ' Ge• to oeigs 0 11' 5,,..A • f g r;.. i'o• C O NTRACTS for RUNT, SUGAR, COCOA. SOAP, TOBACCO, RICE, PEAS, OATS, and T E .1. Department of the Comptroller [or Victualling aril Transport Services, Somerset-place, Oct. 18, ISSJ. The ~,, Co mmissioners fol' executing the office of Lord High Admiral ...,'" we U nite.ctßingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give '2l! , e, that on THORSDiIt, the 31st instant, at One o'clock, they 71he ready to treat with such persons as may he willing to Con -1 act f or supplying an d e e l ivering into her Ma esty ' s Victualling 40 01 at Deptford the unlermentioned articles, viz. : When to be delivered. the produce of the British Posses- 1 Gallons.-1 11111 dons, and not l ess t h an half to ( be the Prod uct of the British t P ossessions in the West Indies, ) 50,000 Half of each iu three weeks, and the re- Tons. mainder in 1130 .1 t (the produce of the British Pos- three weeks sessions) .. 100 co co 4 . •• • ....... . ..... •• •. •••••• afterwards. 100 "A t (Mei ' ' 40 TOB,kcco fortnight, Itict (Virginia) ..... (B engal White) ................ 15 L . and the Ite -1 Half of each in l'tes... ••••••••••• ...... •••••••••••• Quarte B rs oo . [ fortnightm aingerin a f a . J Okra terwards. , ---" (Scott Potato).... • • • • • • 300 Within 10 cl , tys. •••• • • • • Half in one IrEi (C engetl) lbs. S month Sr the .. .. .. .„...... .. .. .. 30,060 Tema iii , l er in two months. Ile lon, .. fro m --, ougar, Cocoa Tobacco, Rice, asd Tea to be exempted 8 the Customs' Duties: rho Soap of the Cocoa and Rice (not less than 2 lbs. of each), of us'artaaoPf(not less than a bar), of the Peas and Oars (not less than Warehon e"11): and of the Tea (not less than 1 lb.) from the Bonded th e T .,_ e, must be produced by the parties tendering. A sat , . the e__ a Tea of the description and gullity admissible, and samples of :LT and Tobacco, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, 'Lug seen at the said'oftlce. nor NoaTender will be received after One o'clock on 1112 day of treaty, .4.74.aarai3:entiottinced, unles s th e writing. party attends, or an agent ior him duly re S t :ferY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi t'. !uad bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ~tn? n u ' ln : a s nl Must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those si gne ,, , ugar, Cocoa. and Tea must be accompanied by a letter ~.`L by tWo responsible persons, and those for Rice by ono person, i',,T . 'p e -kg to become botind with the erson tendering in the sum of ""' P r cent. on the value for the due performance of the Contracts. 1-,R. SU ANT to' a DECREE o f th e HIGH Nt rr COURT of CHANCERY made is a cause HART v. BAR at..jaw' an Y Person or persons claiming to be the Heir or Heirs x=.7 Eccles. Sandy-lane, Pendleton, fo,..__ r t of LOUIiA. HART, late the * wife of WILLIAM RAH. t, I bir r ,',. Th ad h , near Manchester, and subsequently of No. 7, Granby near or thei;afterwards residing in the . o , d . Aumslitisncar Bristol, where she died in or about the month.s her,7 ters et. the descent before Joni.; ELIJAH BLUNT, , is and are forthwith to come in and make out th h e l his, Nneer .1 d Court, at his Chambers in Southampton- di l ded ...5 benefit of the said De cree. ~, r- ane Loudon or in defaultthereof they will be exc u Esq., one of hall 3 h i ge, ""---... JOHNSON, SON, and WEATHERALL. OFFICE OF TIIE GAS L ' IGH I' AND COKE COMPANY, .. 1,, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, er I DO h London, October 19, 1850 . bY-Law tri Y is g e i l vNanyo,tke that, pursuant to the Bth • FRANCIS WITHAM Esq . ALEX. LT/ AHD NVOLLAS . TON, Esl., the present Auditors, and iim,..._ JOIIN* WILLIAM and Esq. , ' .eVeraliT , v r th e ~,.. . 8 w en me notice, in writing, of their intention to stan ,. d . It.s.cli e ,,,.",Tee of Auditors, at the Election which will take place 1 LOn c i o 'r 'iota, 10, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in the City of "' °llFlither, the Ist day of November next. By order, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. q.IIEAT NORI OPENING of b eLINE ,n` a nd atter MON th DA tASSEN"GE It VRAINSY,. con.%exion with 'ITERN RAIL%N :between ROYSTON aad HI te.2lst October, 1850, the fi 11l RUN between ROYST( the Trains of the Great IS ••=: • 0 h • , . • F ; -. ::: : : •: : t 4,.. a '4 ::: t : :..=, :1 7 il, : : .9: PI; : . °`D • G 0 . p WisD:—.o o=. • :z •z. -6 1 0. .4 . 5. I; ~ O R R, 1 ;14 • ?•:•7 , ..,•z uc... - -oi,•• • O °OE F: , . V-4 .... ..-. 0 , .1.. . 0 0 - 0 9 a wu ~oco a ouA~ 000 U .:. c, . o 6. ~.7, 8 F. cn -- '-. o r. o .... o c.., a. O. Is , c,;i . GI G 1 GI F 1 a, F 2 14' "r f ' P a ,,,, ---- 7 -- ----______L__ 2 N ai r rs can Proceed north by taking tickets at ilttehin. kw, - a ' ''nff run between ioystan and Cambridge, of which arueti rs will be given tridg e ! %are received for transmission at the Hoop Inn, CFr! '"aldo e l t 4 " the Bull I nn , Royston; and at Little's Coach-office, ~ Pare 1, ~,, `,,aeelei t ; ''aY be booked in London for this railway at the following x.—raildn:',,ellees :—At the Bull and Mouth Inn, St. Martin o ' - ,, , ,h. —O -11," ( -1" a Oxford Arms, Warwiek-lane ; the Geor e Inn, . t ile ti r ie Sa: I.ftee n's Ile Snow • the Flower Pot, Bisliopsga e . c. , 41 nrs. ead, Snowhill • the * Old Bell Holborn , till Cross I ey„s . , c St : (lelu y; litreet; the Peacock Isling * ton ; the White Bear, II e c ,; , r aen 3,/4„t'llaWs, Piccadilly ' . the Ship, Charin4-cross ; "ocoirth "Tnee ste ",, 4 and Still, Oxford-street ; the Boar and Castle, au e ufty t,„;_ 'warehouse, Oxford-street. itkiiabisets at one fare 'and a half for the double journey, and th4e,,,,N3,:toanratnhaeusa,Fne day, will be issued between any stations on 1 ,3 Passen,, itchin and Great Northern Railways to Ist and 2d ('' - e 'r fllrtb" ers ' • • ,_ ; r re Pft e r n t e iz ia la a r y s o l? f e the time of trains, and regulations of the ''' 'l4l rtb i l n i ; uallway. made te the hand-bills of the Great By order, c ' p aPatt , SEYMOUR CLARICE, General Manager. Y , Om ces,Ring•cross Station, London, Oct. 17, 1850. GRAND SALON DE D ANSE' ROYAL .ADEL AIDE GALLERY, STRAND. OPEN FOR THE SEASON. LcsSee-Mr. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great k r. si Russell•street, Covent-garden tai ne4 ' th SIPCON, anxious to have the best Rand in London, has t r i e l - e ~,., _ ea e valuable talent of al, leading Artists engaged . during eminent iZtesrirson at Cremorne Gardens, including the following hinilsharraonle Concerts •- .7j t. ore from htr Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, -HaYward, Cohen, Rue's, 11. T. Seabrook, Van lied ilAn‘etoe'gtillideelillicolins-elerin, T. Jackson, Edwards, C. Griesbach. C•eeilioeres-sapinski, J. Jackson. oltitraeliia°sse-Quln NV. F. Reed* Flanto-J. r;;Cl'oz: Taylor, W. Trantor, Guy, Stubgen. Piccolo- Flageolet -J. Tyler Oboe --J Schott. * Clarinetti -Park, G. Tyl er. IlaSsoon-Montara. Cornets W. I a-P is, el, tons-Pistons Tr , Cottrell. ~ . • Youngman, Ar . yoangraan.. lroMbout Wster uphi Guiraud 11 cleide- Mosca. * • ,ass brum-Idarrison 40 Drum -Seymour.• STRITMENTA.L CONCERT. 'sl,°_,,,TtaUr,e., " Zampai'N' '',"E ! i C. rernorne" .. 'i,oatloslr,,olin) .. • • mr. Van Ileddeghen. 8ei,,,,:, R ommage a Strauss"- ... , , Borini. ..• ... - .: .• ... ... le t r t o n i d i . . -,uoa from LA SONNAMBULA .. ~ Benin'. To th e Conducted by P,ORINI. Rorin.,-e 'rotaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence 7 tt, Crenio I %nd, after the experience of its Orchestral Triumphs Solos n' ''"uld be superfluous. tori%nd Concerted Pieces will be performed durlif, the evening. Waltzes to _Tleatitsi,„o,„.L.aatet Co mpositions -The Adelaide oim ?11, one Irish r Melodies, Galop d'lndustrie, P N i ew a* ton.,Ortand Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone Quadrille of 1300'ursable alteraons an improvement. oPen at Ila ti it.past d Seven o'clock. s Admission One shilling. L ieeus d LL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL - It%TFFT ST. JAMES'S. ,„ 'll‘silant °iCto ' Act of ' Pa ' rliament of the 25th of King G orge Tea. the Second. 1: 4 kUit l , , Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Ilrompt , on-square.) . . r incip n i`'T'S kTED AND UNRIVALLED BAND Att Ihi ae - h '- ` -nrn et.ti-i'l ' ston. M. Bouli,ourt, from Pan Art's LICENSE t° , ll Straus.' Orchestra at the ilaths of Vichy, France. elegant and popular resort of fashion is now duly bY 'ACT of PARLIAMENT, *lli b e CONCERTS In addition to dancing. The new lessee pledges estah'lLl,lllat nothing shall be wanting on his part to render . this hlth,r7ounlent worthy the distinguished patronage and support th q • been honottred with, and respectfully solicits a continuance ,e rayon '.oorg P en wiVelt it will ever be his to deserve. every evening at Half-past Eight study —Dancing to commence at Nine precisel —Admission, One Shilling. Particular s ' of the Concerts will shortly appear. TniaTT-FIFTII EDITION. T Q)NTAINING Tlu REMEDY FOR TILE PREVENTION OF DISEASE. II 0,, t oktrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravins on Steel. OR PHYSLCAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA , „,,,, PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE '"2. dew and roved Edition. enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d., Virir.°7 Post, direct from the Estalstiment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamPs' th E SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Vircork on ex.,evity: glainstion and physical decay of the system, 1 3 Mercury, wit,b geence,.the consequences of infection, or the abase of followed roduced by by o servations on the Married State, and the disqualifica tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and t2Y the detail of cases. BY R. and 1., PERRY and jO.• t,i.lirgwons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ord-street Lon.lon. Published by the Authors ; and sold liy Strange, 21, Pa ' ternoster-row ; Hannay, Consulting '' 3 , and Snger, 150, Oxthrd-street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall street, London. o,:__Aar I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive tms, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. .., 1, H. H. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in laelgece, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing '.. l _ ll tal and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, '".c.SPacitY. Illustrated by Threw Explanatory Engravings. theirpriniftrY and generative th;aar 111. treats of the diseases resulting from injection, either in or secondary form, and contains explicit directionsfor ed unciatzatroent. T hissection is illustrated by Seventeen Colour 4, T IV.. contains a Reined:, for the Prevention of Disease by a Thilahe aPplication, by which the danger of Infection is obviated. itniun'tant part of the Work should not escape the reader's botic t. PA A ., ~, ti,. , I, v . is devoted to the eonsideration of marriage, and its d du- Whole ;,, i' v c , ca uses 01. unproductive union are also considered, an -,-,Ject critically and philosophically Tu e . employed In tr,,,,` ,;eantat. Batas OF SYRIACUM is exclusively d 33.. inquired into. Ppr, 11g uervoua and se xual debility, impotence, &c., WM t., oottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syph i ~_ l edY, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary .Yrript o Ils. an b e Ms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. per "Pttle. fray Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d , 4s. 6d., and 11s. Der i..- - ..,vx certain remedy for gonorrluca, gleet, stricture, and chronic nfl atnmation of the bladder. Consultation fee, ifbra, by letter, It, , ti ..s 'Winne detail of the case is required: age, habits, and pool bit,in a ueletY. U. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Feta .‘ent 014 y by which the fee. IC, Is saved. Messre,. rerrY, ~urifooss; are th attendance dail y, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford astr..e"4l,ollldon, Irons Maven till Two and Five toyAght ; on Sun -.lrittota ;bream ta Chn. _ F woo -4 ri .V ct :1° O c% ~, G CI tn y, C ~l~_ t i 4a ::'.- t?, F C, .-D X. ....-- "..- - ogiee 0. 1 4 ~, . i.,- • 5.,4, -c v, - ,,,,-,.. 0. T./ r . 2 , 4 1 \---, -- -x- • -•-•,,,-.,:... r i.- Ci 2 -- 4. ,„:, -, t ..,,,,,,, ~_ 4 , 1 ,, • , +0 c• 4 .5 0 • _______V ', , t• - , , •?Z' 7 , • `3- '',,,,,t0 , „ ~~ ~~~ - , 4 A: 'ttk. '? ' , r4r.qaws.. a- Va "0/1 , DIEU N°. 18,120.] LONDON, MONDA Y 3E !AT -" S N y OCTOBER 21, 1850. LATE POISONINGS AT LAUGHARNE. SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The committee of inquiry now sitting at the Dept ford Victualling-yard, consisting of Commodore Eden, Woolwich-yard, president ; Captain Richards, C. 8., superintendent of Chatham-yard ; Mr. J. W. Nicholls, clerk of the cheque, Greenwich Hospital ; Mr. Pin horn, of Woolwich-yard, secretary, have been ap pointed for the purpose of investigating some com plaints brought against the officers of the yard by Mr. Bovill, an engineer, who hail been conducting some experiments there to test the merits of a plan ploposecl by him for grinding wheat. The committee assemb:ed on Monday, the 14th in stvnt, at Deptford, attended by Mr. Robson, the Ad miralty solicitor. Mr. Grant, and the master miller of toe Royal Clarence-yard, having been ordered up to ati . ,end the c.tnrnittee. Captain W. H. Hall (Nemisis), late of the Drago❑ steam-frigate, is, we understand, about to proceed to Dublin to visit the " Sailors' Home," that he was the means of establishing in thit city about two years ago; Captain Hall will afterwards pay a visit to Belfast, and the principal seaports of Scotland and the north of England namely, Glasgow, Greenock, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Leith, Newcastle, Shields, Sunderland, Whitby, Hull, &c., with the philanthropic intention of making a careful inquiry into, and of personally examining, the houses and haunts of the mercantile seamen, their habits on shore when out of employment, and the state of their lodging-houses, for the purpose of ascertaining whe ther something cannot be done to better and amelio rate their condition, and improve their habits. In his laudable and humane intentions we most heartily wish him success; and we sincerely hope he may devise some practicable arrangement for improving the con dition, and also the moral character of our much neglected British tars. The late master-commander of the North Star, Mr. Saunders, it is said, will have the first lucrative post which becomes vacant, and for which a master is eli gible, either in command of a store or troop' ship, or as master-attendant of a dock or victualling yard. Paymaster, William Webb (1805) died at Porches ter on the 15th inst., aged 65. By the decease of thin officer, Paymaster A. Lockhart (1809) succeeds to the half-pay list of 7s. per diem, and Paymaster C. Dearly (1840) to the 6s. list. The principal particulars of the late poisonings at Laugharne have already been detailed in The Sun. The adjourned i'nqu9st on the body of Mrs. Severne has been brough C to a close, and resulted in a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the prisoner, Elizabeth Gibbs, against whom, it will be remembered, a ver dict of " Wilful Murder" had already been returned for the poisoning by arsenic of one of her fellow-ser vants, also in the employ of Mr. Severre. The fol. lowing additional evidence to that which has already appeared completes the case against the prisoner : John Hughes, surgeon and coroner of Carmarthen, deposed—l have made an analysis of a packet con taining sugar of lead, which I received from Sergeant Shears. There was " Sugar of lead" written on the paper. I have analyzed it with the view of detecting arsenic. Ij found it contained superacetate of lead and a little sulphur. Margaret John,wife of John John, a l a bourer, at Brixton, sworn, said—l remember the period of Mrs. Severne's death very well. I had si.en Mrs. Severne the day after May Fair. She was at that period quite well. I know Betty Gibbs (the prisoner) very well. We had some conversation together on a Satur day afternoon after Mrs. Severne's death. It was on the day that Mr. and Mrs. Severne gave her warning. Betsy Gibbs was crying very much and said she would be obliged to leave Brixton. She said the great people around had got her out. She told me that Mrs. Severne in her lifetime said that she hoped she would never leave Brixton, and that she hoped that she (Betsy Gibbs) would be Mr. Severne's second wife. I told her not to gri eve ; that she would get another place quite as good. She replied she never thought she would be compelled to leave The neighbourhood of Pontrwydferdegoed has been thrown into a state of the most painful excite ment in consequence of the death of an aged lady named Mrs. Ann Jones, under circumstances leaving no doubt of her having been poisoned by arsenic, and the apprehension of her daughter-in-law, Mt s. Eliza beth Jones, as the suspected perpetrator of the crime. The unfortunate lady was a person of very re-pectAble family, and had resided at Bronderbleau for a con siderable period with her eldest son, Mr. T. Jones, and his wife. In 1846, the deceased lady's brother died, leaving very considerable property, and bequeathing her, among others, a legacy of 1,0001. vs hich she placed in her son's hands, requesting him to deposit it at her banker's, at Aberystwyth ; instead, however, of fulfilling- her intentions, it appears that he paid in the money in his own name, and appro priated a portion of it to his own purposes. This being discovered, Mrs. Jones commenced a suit for its recovery, and obtained a verdict. The son, then, with out saying anything to his family, went off to Ame rica, and his wife and family went to live with his mother, and, as it is said, treated the •old lady very unkindly. The old lady having afterwards died under circumstances of great suspicion, an inquest has been commenced on the body before the county coroner, Mr. R. Williams, M.D. The following is a brief summary of the evidence given at this inquest : —Mr. Evans, surgeon, of Aberystwyth, deposed to having made a post mortem examination of the body. The inner coat of the stomach, upon being opened, had an unusual appearance of inflammation, to such an extent as to awaken his suspicions, and to induce him to send to Bristol to Mr. Herapath, the analy tical chemist. In witness's opinion death was caused by some unusual inflammation produced by the pre sence of some irritating substance. The appear ances were very different from those of or dinary inflammation.—Mr. R. Rowland, surgeon, also assisted in making the post mortem ex amination, but could not undertake to say whether the deceased was poisoned or not.—Thomas Beard, police-constable, No. 24, deposed to his having conveyed the stomach and its contents to Mr. Herapath, at Bristol. He (witness) knew John Jones, of Caenmawr, and had heard him say that about two months ago he purchased twopenny worth of arsenic at Mr. Humphries' shop at Aberystwyth, He told witness that the deceased, Mrs, Ann Jones, had directed him to purchase it, saying that she wanted a bit of litseniclo kill some rats. Evan Evans depesed to his having caused the inquest to be holden. He sent for a policeman after Mrs. Jones's death, because he knew that she had been ill treated. In July, 1849, the deceased came from Pengraig, be cause she said she could get no peace there. She said that her daughter-in-law (the prisoner) had thrown her down stairs, and she had marks of vio lence on her arms and head. She said she would never go back to her daughter-in-law again. —Mr. William Herapath, analytical chemist, of Bris,', s i, deposed that he had examined the viscera ceased, which had been submitted toHe dis covered arsenic in the subste:nee of the Zit the de liver, and :a the contents of t died ei dniqgtrha of sworn,e, Annp arsenic prisoner sL J nd e o er n pf eoho the stomach and abdomen, which no doubt t, aa caused th e d ea th o f the d ec eased. —Charles Jone s , o f C aenmawr, was t h en ca ll e d , an d asked if he h a d anyt hi ng to say respect i ng the death aedt replied o Ah Aberystwyth. eer y sotthatMondaywb uyyth. w het before ho Shea penny worthd , said she and d Jones. her deposed ed dHe hs asked n the she wanted it to kill rats. He went to lils te Hum phries' shop, and was served with it by tie tallest ap prentice, who folded it in white paper, and wrote something on it, which he could, not read. He (wit ness) then took it and gave it to the prisoner. When he gave it to her he told her he was afraid that she had some mischief in her head, and she replied, " Nonsense, it is for rats." The witness, on being questioned, admitted that he had told a different story, but said that he had done so because he had been the prisoner had bribed him, and had promised to give him a pony, and her mother was to give him a cheese. What he now deposed to was the truth. The CORONER here adjourned the inquiry, and re manded the prisoner. Brixton. John David deposed—l saw Betsy Gibbs after Mrs. Severne's death. She began crying, and said that she had lost her mistress. I asked ber how long she bad been ill. — - Betsy Gibbs said that she had not been ill long, but she was unable to go to church with master because she (Mrs. Severna) had drunk a pint of whisky that morning before her master went to church. I did not believe her, and thought she was telling me lies, Betsy Gibbs said that she herself had given the whisky to Mrs. Severne. She told me that Mrs. Severne got up about eleven o'clock, but almost immediately was compelled to go to bed again. Betsy Gibbs then said that her mistress told her to get her a basin of broth, and to make it of' good fat mutton, to make it very thick. Bet s y Gibbs then told me that she herself gave her m istr ess t i h th e tr b ct r h , about one o'clock, and a very short p er iod before her master returned from church. On t he day of the fu neral and she I had then someteld m e h furthertat o n Thursday y before her mistress died she (Mrs. Severne) drank two pints of whisky. Mr. Severne here became exceedingly agitated and, addressing the coroner, denied in the most em phatic manner that Mrs. Severne had drunk any whisky on the day of her death. As to drinking any whisky on the Sunday morning, it was an utter impossibility for her to have done so without his knowledge, as he had seen her a very short period previous to his going to church. He hoped such a report would not go forth to the public without a contradiction, and he felt bound, out of respect to the memory of his dear wife, to deny, that she had drunk any whisky on the Sunday morning. The CORONER replied, that Mr. Severna's own evidence contradicted the statement of Betsy Gibbs, and that it would only show that she was exceedingly anxious to account for the sudden death of Mrs. Se verne. There was always a great deal of idle talk among servants, to which it was useless to pay at tention. Mrs. David, wife of Mr. David, druggist, of Laugharne, said she wished to state, that since the last examination she did recollect the witness Marga ret Lewis coming to her shop and purchasing the powders to which she had sworn. She wished this part of her evidence to be amended. By the Jury—l am not clear whether the person to whom I sold the arsenic was the same person to whom I sold the powders. I am almost certain I sold the arsenic to Margaret Lewis, who is called Benny, the blacksmith's widow." I think she is the same person. William Connick was then sworn. He said—l now remember that on the Sunday Mrs. Severne Betsy Gibbs (the prisoner) told me, about Eve o'clock, that Mrs. Severne would not " be long now." I was APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—Alexander Little, to be an inspect ing Commander of the Lyme Coast-guard District, vice Thomas Carpenter, resigned from ill-health; Henry St. John Georges, to the Harwich District, vice Alfred N. Fairman, removed to the Clyde Dis trict, vice John Elliot Bingham, from the Clyde to the Hastings District, vice J. M. Mottley, service expired. Lieutenant —George Bourchier Dawes, to com mand the Coast-guard station at St. Lawrence, vice Crang, appointed first of the Geyser steam-sloop, Woolwich. Mates—W. H. Truscott (passed his examination last week), to the Victory flag-ship, Portsmouth ; Thomas Stackhouse (June 5, 1850, passed last week), to the Excellent gunnery-ship, Portsmouth ; Lewis Barston (April 22, 1850), and F. M. Noel (June 16, 1850), who passed their examinations last week, to the Royal William, for rank. Second-Master John Hales (h), to command the Coast-guard station at Prussia Cove, vice Lieutenant Sulivan, R.N., D.D. COAST GUARD SEIZURES.—On the 12th instant the revenue cruiser Petrel chased and seized the vessel Le Petit Jeules, with four English and four French men on board, having cut away her cargo during chase. On the 14th inst. the Harpy, revenue cruiser, seized the Melinday, with the notorious smuggler Kellaway on board, having cut away her cargo. On the 15th instant the officers and crew of the Rams gate station detained the steamer Queen of the French, having 821 be. tobacco and 17 packages of cigars, &c., on board. African steam-tender arrived at Devonport on Friday morning, from Sheerness, with supernumera ries for the Portland. She took in some boats from the dockyard and sailed for Sheerness the same evening. Aid lighter, Smallinan master, arrived at Devon port on Thursday evening, with stores from Chatham. Birkenhead iron steam-frigate, Mister-Commander Aylen, has been loaded with provisions and stores for Ascension ; she will haul off from Portsmouth do At yard to-day. As she has landed her guns her com passes will require to be re-adjusted, which will be done to-morrow She has received 50 riggers, 17 rn srines, and 20 boys from the Victory, and has en tered about 40 other seamen, making a complement of :Alout 150. Sampson steam-frigate was taken out round the E idystone on Thursday, to exercise her engines. Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, havitiß• had her bottom coppered, was taken out of No. 5 dock, at Devonport, on Thursday, and placed along-side the sheer-hulk, when she had her mists and nov , ,sprit put in, and was again taken to the dock yard. Trident steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Risk, has been ordered to visit the ports on the south coast of Ireland to raise volunteers for the Albion, 90, at De von port. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Mr. H. D. P. Cunning heat, R.N., late secretary to Rear-Admiral Rey nolds and Moresby, has invented a contrivance for reefing topsails from the deck, without sending men aloft. The plan has been fitted on board of the Pe ninsular and Oriental Company's vessel Iberia, and has been found to answer admirably. The sail reefs itself, and from the time the yard is lowered it is closed-reefed in two seconds. The reefs may he again aheken out and the topsail at the masthead in twenty seconds. The invention is not expensive, because the present sails and topsail yards can easily be al tered at an expense not exceeding 151. per yard and sail. The vacant captain's good service pension will be bestowed upon Captain Aaron Tozer. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Pettey, arrived this morning from the eastward. Captain the Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont (1813) will be the naval A.D.C. to the Queen, vice Loch, promoted. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 19.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Sprightly arrived yesterday from Portsmouth, with supernumeraries for the guard-ship, and returned the same day. The Portsmouth steam-tug arrived yesterday, with seamen fur the Portland. The transport Tyne, having been masted, was yes terday placed at the jetty to be rigged. The surveying - vessel 'Pandora is ordered to be COra• missioned. WCOLWICII, OCT. 19.—Commander Edmund A. Glynn (1848), Lieutenant Henry Warren (1840), Lieutenant the Hon. Robert Francis Boyle (1843), Lieutenant James Boucher Bullard (1843), and Lieu tenant Thomas Brandreth (1845), have been appointed to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Pettey, left Woolwich on Friday afternoon to convey supernumeraries from Sheerness and Portsmouth to Devonport, for service in the Portland, making ready to proceed to the Pacific station as the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., who is to re lieve Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, on the command at that station since August, 1847. The Portland will be ready for leaving Devonport in the course of next week. Master-Commander Henry William Allen, of the Black Eagle steam-vessel, is under orders to proceed in the Advice steam vessel to Greenhithe, on Tuesday next, to tow the Hercules, 12, store-ship, Master- Commander Robert Fulton, to the Downs, on her voyage to Gibraltar, with troops and stores for that garrison. The Wasp steam-sloop, Commander Crozier, has engaged as part of her crew three Kroometa, who had previously served in the Wilberforce steam-vessel on the coast of Africa, and were entitled to a sum of prize-money. The Earl of Durham barque, laden with pine timber and masts from Canada, and the Amalie Laura, a Prussian barque, with timber from the Baltic, were taken into the basin yesterday to discharge their car goes for the use of the dockyard. The investigation conducted by Commodore Henry Eden, superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, and Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, held at Deptford Dockyard, to inquire into the fairness of a trial of an improved flour mill submitted by Messrs. Bovill, continued during the greater part of the present week. The invention is said to c ons i s t o f a p l an f or sav i ng a ll th e fi ne im palpableblouscti,ientsthselircii( rar nion to those g . This ingmrmc i h s in eff es ected by moving floure n mill,. d i: d us t w hi c h ecapes , an d i s i n a grea t measure on an endless chain, catching the fine dust of the flour, and causing it to fall amongst the more heavy particles and retaining it for use, leaving no waste "1 whatever. There was a very considerable feeling in favour of the prisoner t;n the part of the crowd, and at one time enn~ida•able danger of a riot to effect her rescue.— Worth Wales Chronicle. THE BURGLARS 1N REGENT'S PARK. Toe daring character of the recent attack on Mr. tiolford's house, perpetrated as it were in the midst of a populous city, continues to attract numerous persons to the premises. On Saturday various gen tlemen visited the place, and had all the spots of par ticular interest pointed out to them by one of the ser vants, who played a prominent part in the scenes of the eventful night. Mr. Paul, the butler, has caught a violent cold, and is so hoarse as to be scarcely able to speak. It now appears that there were six male servants in the house at the time the burglars entered it. The statement which has appeared in the public journals to the effect that two of the burglars re mained outside, while the other two entered the banqueting-room, is not quite correct. Three, it ap pears, entered, while one remained outside to watch, lest his companions in crime should be surprised in the act of committing the burglary. It was the man who kept watch that was seen by Mr. Paul, the butler, on the lawn, after he had been awoke by the noise. The front of the house, which the par ties entered, was, as already stated, the western end; they had evidently fancied that none of the servants slept in that part of the premises. It so happened, however, that while all the other servants slept at the eastern end, which is: more than 200 feet from the ban • queting-room, the butler slept immediately above the latter. But for this fortunate circumstance the burg -121.4 would, in all probability, have escaped with their booty, which would have been most valuable. The pl i ateau, off which one of the figures was broken, is North 7001. On discovering that the mansion had been entered by thieves, the butler, with great pre sence of mind, instead of firing from the window, as on the impulse of the moment he had determined to ci, at the man he saw on the lawn, resolved on hur rying to the part of the house in which the other In k& servants slept, and awakening them; they all got up instantaneously, and without any other clothes than their shirts and trousers, rushed out of the house, with the view of capturing the burglars, dead or alive. Three of them took the north side of the man sion, and the other three the south side, feeling that this was the most likely way to prevent the escape of the parties. On seeing the three in the front of the house advancing the person who had been standing keeping watch on the lawn, exclaimed, "By God, we're in for it," and immediately took to his heels. The butler, however, was by this time close upon him, and shot him in the head, when he instantly fell to the ground, apparently dead. In a few seconds the others got out of the banqueting-room, and rushed through the adjoining shrubbery. One of them was fired at by a double-barrelled gun ; and as the piece was loaded with swan-shot, there can be no doubt that he must, in different parts of his body, have re ceived a part of the contents. The marks of the balls are visible in the adjoining trees in at least a dozen places, and spots of the blood of the man shot in the head were seen by our informant on the leaves of the trees lying on the ground where he fell. Ooe of the parties was traced by the blood which flowed from his wounds to the banks of the canal in the Zoological gardens. The other incidents connected with this affair have been correctly detailed in the public journals. Mr. Paul states that, when the servants disturbed the burglars, the banqueting-room was brilliantly lighted up by lights which they carried with them. Mr. Holford, who is a bachelor, is at present in Anierica, and having no near relations in London, no one has as yet interfered in the present instance. His original intention was to remain in the ' United States until January next ; but it is thought intelligence of this matter will accelerate_ his return, and that he may be expected b y the end of nest month. in the kitchen before twelve o'clock at nom, when she told tee her mistress was very poorly, said . but nothing else then. I then went out , and in the afternoon I wentpn my ret u rn I went into kitchen, to chapel. and Betsy Gibbs and myself were the done. Ibelieve she came down stairs from her mis tress's room. I asked her " How is mistress now?" She replied that she was very poorly, and added, She will not be long now." At another time, when I had some conversation with Betsy Gibbs, she told we, before Rebecca Uphill's death (for whose murder the prisoner stands committed), that she smelt the smell of a corpse in the room, and told me that Re becca would not live, O n th e n i g h t of Rebecca's death Betsy Gibbs said to me, after she was dead, " I am very glad that Mary Harvey is here, as her father may say that I gave her something." She meant Rebecca's father. This concluding the evidence, the Coroner ordered the room to be cleared of strangers, with the exception of the gentlemen connected with the press. The CORONER then said, be understood there was a man who could give evidence of some threats being held out by the prisoner against Mrs. Severne, but that he had gone to the fair at St. Clear, and it was uncertain when he would retu rn. He would, however, again adjourn the inquest if the jury thought such a course advisable. Several of the jurymen said that they hai suffi cient evidence before them to en a bl e t h em to return a verdict. The CORONER then proceeded to sum up the evi dence, remarking that there were two questions for the consideration of the jury. The first was, how and by what means Mrs. Severne came by her death ; and, secondly, whether any p erson had a h an d or guilty knowledge in causing h er d eat h. The mo st material evidence on this p o i nt was th e testi mony of the medical gentleman and Mr. Hera path, who stated that they f oun d arsen ic in thesed body of Mrs. Severne, and that h er d ea th was caused by arsenic. The Coroner th en recap it u lated the more important portions of th e ev id ence , and senic, con tinued—With regard to the cau se o f d ea th by it was very clear it must h ave b een takenar some to the time on the Sunday morning. With regard evidence of the several conversati ons relative not to the corpse candles, the jury would fi n d th e y were re lated to any person until after there was a suspicion of foul play. why There certainly was no reas on they and the should have been related to any person, con versations formed fair suhj.-cts for the consideration jury. The witness Connick gave a statement the jury. they learnt re lative to these " death lights," from which that the prisoner foretold the death of persons deration of sons in the from the family, for she spoke of the lights going) sarwhat " best door." It would be for the jury importance they attached to these conversations fore telling fore telling death, or whether it was the ve re superstition me in that part of which prevailed among a certain class and as i f she was r h of some consi deration country. It certainly was WO. tg she smelt the duration when they found a pers m n ien n a wv.h7iitchhreascptuecatllytoafttheer wexarpdresssoicocnur.erkids:eien lc:: feature in pe h ed i e r n saos t is e f occurred; death s d ur nsta o n f ce t e hs t h to o o uf be looked something eotnpassieg was end passing i egie i i e n g h t e h r e that Severne's house, poison in the smell of a corpse," it was a o n' t or did it appear that e at ase wi w th as su t s h p a i t ch t ) h n e . re O w ne ae re e e m i .o r a e yr. pre sence of any white arsenic in neither did they trace Mrs. David. If a rsenic, the possession she possession eve r purchasedof Elizabeth ee y p Gibbs, edietehe e e Margaret Lewis purchased the w as no evidenc e aga i nst of poison by Mar ga ret Lewis Betsy Gibbs. They must carry the link f ur th er, and except show th a t Mar g a re t Lewis h a d given th e p o i son to Elizabeth Gibbs. pac t to one cir cumstance, was prese n t w h en Mrs. Severne took food on Sunday as ible for the jury t o b e- the jury could not slhNuitthourte'f.rom their mind s th e very important fact that no one Eli beth Gibbs, and it was i was cause 1 b y arsen i c, which, too, must -certainlieve otherwise than that l y h ive been a d m i nistered only a very short period before death. Th e jury mdpeouth morning the only food of which must also bear in mind that on the Sunday was prepared by clewed of every person but the E M i r iz a. ,b BAver ci ne ib p b a s i . took The room was then f c cons ultation returned as their jury, who, after a brie verdict—" mi lf u y administered to her by the effects of poison which, of course, is tantamount to Elizabeth Gibb," wilful der against the prisoner. We find that Mary..ii Anne Severne died from a verdict of murder a t o h L e inquest the prisoner was The investigation into fpoisoning has excited the these dreadful cases 0 V, t eolantY. ut most interest throug..ou., the lodAgetd the in the conclusion county venture: -- RID GE FAILURE of a RAILWAY B On Saturday morning last an accident of rather a singular character occurred at the South-Eastern Railway terminus, London -bridge. It appears that about two or three years since one of Warren's patent iron span arches Was thrown over Joiner-street, Tooley-street, Southwark, in order to afford accommodation to the increasing number of persons travelling by the railway. The span, which was about sixty feet wide, was supported by a number of iron chains, similar to those in use at the suspen sion bridges. From the time the structure was com pleted up to Saturday last not the least deflection was perceptible in any part, but during the past week or so, in order to afford space for stacking the bricks used for building the arcade leading to the entrance of the station, some tons of brick work have been placed on the roof of the arch. This seems to have been a greater dead weight than the arch was intended to bear, for all of a sudden, on Saturday morning, and whilst a number of pedestrians and se veral vehicles were passing under the span, a report s imilar to the discharge of a cannon occurred. In an instant the parties underneath made the best of their way out, but many were so frightened that they did not stop running until they reached the end of the street, no doubt expecting that the arch was about to fall. It was soon ascertained that the immense THE LATE OUTRAGE IN BIRMINGHAM. — We are h a ppy in being able to state that Mr. Marston is pro gressing favourably towards recovery from the dreadful attack made upon him by burglars on the morning of Mon day, the 17th inst. He will probably be able to attend at the public office on Wednesday, the day to which the ruffians are remanded for examination. On Saturday night another fellow, named Marshall, was taken into custody at Hands worth, and the hat found in the house of Mr. Marston has been identified as belonging to him. wa r a THE lONIAN ISLANDS —On Saturda y Parliamentaryvarousdispatches document from Lordconsiderableof Seaton o dimensi ons , con taining n to Lord s issued Grey as Colonial Secretary, on the recent changes in the con s tit u f tion of the lonian Islands. The return ttixtends to 131 folio pages. _~ ~ - 2 . -- .. .., . ,;;;" / AI),- O WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAIL 1 /-,:i. ~.;:, („-- / ; / ;/-07',/-- > Z -/- - -.7----- - SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 20.—The Royal Mail COM // ... , , pany's steam-ship Thames, Captain Abbott, arrived ~;. 1 ' _AL ,;;! ~',- --) !' this afternoon, at four o'clock, trom the VGst Indies, _ ____ /N ) ‘ • *"`i , / ''' c-- -- 4' - ----- R with the usual mails, in charge . of Lieutenant Scriven, , --2"---71 I .N., Admiralty agent. The Thames experienced tolerably fine weather, but was delayed to some extent by continued head winds and head sea. The latest dates brought by the Thames are : Havannah, Sept. 22; Chagres, 24; Ciirthagena, 26; Jamaica, 28 ; Demerara, 27; Trinidad, 27; Barba does, 29 ; Grenada, 28 ; Porto Rico, Oct. 1; St. Thomas, 2 ; Nassau, Sept. 15 ; Antigua., 30 ; Jlicinei, 29; Santa •Martha, 7; •Grey Tiller:, 17; The:Thanies brought .on freight 1,251,561 dollars •on merchants' account., 2501. in Brltisb coin, 2 pack ages of pearls, 25 barrels of timer, 85 bases of pimento, 7 eases of cigan, 31 bilei... etE rsapariila, and a large ounsber .of pac.k.s2,N of ,un.iries. G~ [PRICE 51). weight of bricks on the arch had caused mime of the cross-stays to split asunder, and for some time the entire demolition of the whole was expected. A number of men were quickly set to work, and. having placed shoring poles under the arch, the dead wOght was taken from the top; but so dangerous was the arch considered that it was found necessary to stop up the thorou7hfan , , and neither passengers on foot or in vehiclds hove since been allowed to pass through the street. Tne following is a copy of the r;-port of the engineer of thti South-E.sster❑ Railway Company as to the cause of the accident:— "South-E :stern Railway, Eugitwer's•ualce, Oct. 19. "Dear Sir,—As the a2ei: - .'e .t of the girder of the Joiner-stnet bridge may create some unn:wos-,sry ulerm as to the safety of the bridge, I beg to inform you that the acci , lcut arose solely from the bricklis)ers : nick ing bricks to the amount of 120 tons on one gird,r alone, which c.luied a displacement of one of ti.e divi stuns of the bridge, but the great excess of the strength of the bridge is shown by its standing after this diviace meat while the weight of bricks stilt remained on it. "The girder would with ease have borne the 120 tons equally distributed, which is more weight by half than could by ordinary circumstances be placed on it. " It is unreasonable to expect a bridge to be constructed to bear loading bricks in this way, and no bridge is ex pected and calculated to bear such a trial. I am, dear Sir, yours truly, " To S. Herbert, Esq." PETER W. BA RL OW. COURT OF ALDERMEN. SWEARING IN THE RECORDER. On Saturday the Right Hon. J. A. S. Wortley, the newly-appointed Recorder of London, attended a Court of Aldermen, called at two hours' notice, for the purpose of swearing in the highest City law officer. At two o'clock Mr. Wortley entered the Court in his official robes, and took the several oaths at the table. He had reached London from the continent Pia three hours previously, and immediately upon his arrival he comunicated with the Lord Mayor, in timating his readiness to commenca the performance of the duties of his office. The Lord Mayor accord ingly directed that his brethren should be summoned to attend the ceremony, in order that the Learned Gentleman might be qualified to administer justice in the Central Criminal Court on Monday. The RECORDER, having advanced to the chair, ad dressed the Court in the following manner :—" My Lord Mayor,—l beg to be permitted, before I take my seat in this Hon. Court, to offer to you and the other members of it my most grateful thanks for the honour you have done me in electing me to the office of Recorder of this great city. Under ordi nary circumstances, to be chosen to fill the elevated station of chief judge of the city of London must be a source of pride to the individual upon whom so emi nent a distinction might be conferred, but to be elected i when absent and in a distant country, without !saving lused any means of solicitation, and, in fact, without having formed any idea connected witk the appoint ment, was a combination of circumstances in the highest degree flattering to t. l ",e individual who has been the object of your ':,,,ice, and establishes the strongest claim upon 13i. 3 gratitude.—(Hear, hear.) I hope Ido not say too much when I declare that I consider my 0- epointinent under such remarkable cir cumstances to be the highest and proudest distinction to wt' ic h I could be elevated, not inferior to any of • ct3ose honourable distinctions which it is in the power even of the Queen to bestow.—(Hear, hear.) Allow me to say that I am not insensible to the serious re sponsibilities of the office, whether considered with regard to the exercise of its judicial functions and the due administration of justice, or the duties of another kind connected with it, to which my attention shall be also directed. I am perfectly aware of the nature of those responsibilities, and I hope I shall be found upon all occasions acting with the impartiality so necessary to be maintained in the situation in which you have placed me, and that I shall command your respect if I do not always entitle myself to your warm approval.---(Hear, hear.) Permit me to claim your pardon if 1 have been the cause of any delay or inconvenience by my absence from town. W hen I heard of the high honour you have done me I was at the distance of 1,000 miles from this coun try, and I immediately set off and availed myself of all the means of expedition which modern improve ment has established to reach the metropolis. I ar rived at eleven o'clock this day, and I now appear be fore you to express to you the deep gratitude with which I am impressed by this great mark of honour and distinction.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman was then warmly congratulated by the members of the Court, and an immediate adjournment took place. Tne space behind the bar was crowded with strangers (luring the ceremony, to which the business was con fined. J A .L;A. The Thames has brought u, our usual files of pvers trim! ttiis tuge4let: Wi:t our ptiv , gre ,stl vive, up to the! otout,nt of the steatte.r . S departure. Thellt ws, a tli,":tigh Dot utriuttreit ing, is not. impertan t. Dittos are to the 28:h Sept.-..mber, one o'clock rat . The 13tti,k of Jamaica had made it• itr_itetry half yenrly report, which was generally npproved of by ail interested. The fAlowing err: extracts from the stati.lnent accompanying the report will be obst-rved, that th 6 net profit realized, on the past six months vansactions, amounts to 4,106/. 2.-. 4j., a result which, considering the continued depres sion which aff,.cts the affairs of the colony, the directors trust will prove satisfactory to the shuretsolders--a refer ence also to its issue and deposits shows that the estab lishment continues to enjoy a large share of public con fidence and support, and it is further gratifying to the directors to be enabled to state that the business trans acted during the period mentioned in the report has proved safe and satisfactory, both as regards advances on foreign bills and island securities. " This establishment being, alike with every other local interest, dependent upon the successful cultivation of the soil, is deeply interested in any measure having for its object the development and extension of the island resources—the directors, therefore, consider this a proper occasion to notice the important efforts which are being made to introduce, what they trust will prove a valuable addition to its staple productions. The culti vation of the cotton plant has become a subject of ge neral interest, and the directors trust that its successful introductio❑ will be the means of giving profitable em ployment to capital, and of relieving the depression and distress which so generally exist. " The directors would now recommend that the sum of 3,000/. ba appropriated to pay a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. for the half-year, and that the balance of profit, 1.1061 2s. 4d.. be carried to the credit of the re served surplus fund." It was expected that the General Assembly of the island would be summoned to meet about the 22d of October. Political parties appeared to be quite inac tive, and it was almost impossible to form an opinion of what would form the leading business of the session. Notice was given prior to the last proroga tion of 'the introduction of one or two important measures connected with the financial condition of the MINING INTELLIGENCE. The Mining Journal furnishes the annexed infor mation relative to the progress of English mining ad country. The cotton company established in Kingston have leased a property in St. Andrew's parish, on which they intend to try the experiment of producing cot ton. The property is called Pembroke Hall, and is leased for three years, with permission given to the company to terminate the lease at the end of the first or second year, on giving a quarter's notice. Messrs. William Wright, Edward Lucas, and James Derby shire have been appointed trustees for the body of subscribei , , as some objection was started to the for mation of a regular copartnership. The, capital to be employed in the experiment is 1,0001. The weather on the north side of the island is thus spoken of by the Cornwall Chronicle of Mon tego Bay : The rains in this quarter (St. James) of the un try, and we understand they have extended far and near, have been all that the most sanguine mind could have wi,hed. We have good reports from Hanover and West moreland, and about a week ego we heard that both St. Ann's and Trelawny were prospering in fine seasons for next crop;,but we regret to hear trom the former that the pimento crop had almost entirely faihd, at least it has come far short of the worst crops in bad seasons. The present flourishing state of the cane-fields near this town is truly gladdening to the sight." In the parish of St. Elizabeth the pimento crop ex ceeds that of previous years; indeed it exceeds the most sanguine expectations of the planters. The rains had not entirely ceased, although they had n,,t fallen so heavily during the fortnight anterior to th a packet leaving. The roads throughout the island were very much destroyed. S, , veral cases of colds and influenza were reported. BARBADOES.—There is little of interest to commu nicate from this island. The weather was favourable The amount of business actually transacted dur ing the week does not appear more than an average, although inquiry for shares has been well maintained, for the forthcoming crops, which it was believed would be large. The island was remarkably healthy. ANTIGUA.—The crops throughout the whole of this► island are represented as having a most favour able appearance. The weather had, however, for some time past been exceedingly oppressive, but was, on the whole, not unfavourableto_field operations. STATIONS OF HER MAJESTY'S SKIPS.--The Imaum and Inflexible, at Jamaica; Indefatigable, at Grey Town; Persian, at Corn Island, Musquito shore; Bermuda, at Carthagena, en route to Jamaica, both sickly ; Alarm, at Antigua; Mr. Conquer, purser, died on board, having only j o ined by th e pa cket from England of August. STATIONS OF THE COMPANY'S STEAM- SIIIPS.—The Dee, Captain Allen, Spanish Main ; Clyde, Captain Moss, Gulf of Mexico ; Conway, Captain Wooley, St. Thomas; Eagle, Bdrbadoes ; Derwent, Onelow, St. Thomas. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From Cordova.s Mercantile Intelligencer.) Prices of breadstuffs, that is, of flour and meal, have declined since our last. The market was rather heavily supplied at that period, and there having appeared but little disposition on the part of the trade to make specu lative purchases at the prices then current, holdera were obliged to submit to lower rates in order to effect sales. There has been, nevertheless, but little business done, the trade holding back under fear of a glut of ground provisions and a consequently reduced consumption of the imported articles. The markets on Saturday last were rather well supplied with native vegetables, and fruit was very abundant. The yield this season pro mises to be considerable. Fish is in ample supply, and last rates are generally maintained, but there is some sweaty cod on hand, which, selling at lower rates, aff-cts the demand fur prime quality. Mackerel and Alewives are in fair sup ply, but good herrings are wanted. There are not any at market, except some inferior parcels, which sell for almost anything at auction. The produce market is looking up, and prices are _ _ especially in leading mines. The anticipated rise in the price of copper has taken place. At a meeting of the smelters on Thursday au advance of fd. per lb. was decided upon. British tin continues steady, and in moderate request ; and lead active, at fair rates. Devon Great Consols, Bedford United, Tremayne, Wellington, Mary Ann, Wheal Seton, South Basset, and others, continue in demand. The Levant ac counts for July and August show—Balance from last account, 7931.; sale of tin, 2,9981.; copper ore, 2,6661.; sundry receipts, 31.=-6,460/.; mine cost, 3,226/. ; materials, merchants' bills, &c., 1,635/. ; by dividend of 51. per share, 8001., leaving balance to next acoount, 7961. At Wheal Seton two-monthly account there appeared to be a profit of 7761. for the months of July and August, which allowed a divi dend of 51. per share, amounting to' 990/., leaving a balance to next account of 931. The mine is lookirlg well, and an increase may be expected at next audit meeting. At the Fowey Consols meeting, held at the mine on Tuesday, the accounts for May, June, July, and August were presented, showing— Balance end of April, 6,997/.; ores sold, 13,281/. ; sundries, 781.=.620,3561.; costs and merchants' bills, 12,216/. ; by dividend of 11. 103. per share, 741/. ; leaving balance in favour of adventurers of 7,398/. The Stray Park, Camborne Vean, and Wheal Francis Mines accounts showed a profit of 395/. for the two months, which, added to balance on last account, allowed a dividend of 10s. per share, carrying to credit of next account 3811. The agent's report states the mines generally to be in a productive posi tion. At the half-yearly meeting of the Union Tin Smelting Company a dividend of 10 per cent. on the paid-up capital was declared. At Caradon Vale two monthly meeting the accounts showed a balance of 591. 4s. 3d. against the mine, when a call of 7s. 6d. per share was made, in instalments of 55. and 2s. 6d., for the 29th of the present month and the 30th of November. At North Buller quarterly meeting a balance of 1851. was declared in favour of the mine ; but to carry out operations still more effectually a call of 1/. per share was deemed necessary. At the Kirk cudbright monthly meeting the accounts showed a balance of 2001. in favour of the company. Camborne Consols meeting, called for an especial purpose on Thursday, was adjourned to that day week, owing to there not being a sufficient number of shareholders present to constitute a legal meeting, according to the deed of settlement. At East Pool two-monthly ac count the balance-sheet showed 7371. against the mine. This amount will be considerably lessened by the re ceipt of a large sum in the shape of a dividend from the estate of Mr. P. V. Robinson. At Wheal Blen likely to be well supported for some time. There has been a rather brisk demand for rum for exportation, and sugar continues to improve, under a good inquiry and moderate stock. Pimento is very firm, at our quo tations. We do not look for coffee in any considerable quantity until the commencement of next year; but the small parcels which are now and then brought in usually sell at 335. to 38s. per 1001bs. IMPORTS —From 12th to 23d September inclusive: — Flour, 65 barrels; fish, 584 tierces, 768 boxes, equal to 3,100 quintals; mackerel, 150 barrels; W. P. lumber, 172,000 feet; wine, 2 pipes, 2 hhds., 32 quarter casks; cedar shingles, 20 . 000; salmon, 55 barrels; butter, 400 firkins and 25 kegs; lard, 50 kegs; soap, 1,415 boxes; salt, 100-roes; brandy. 2 pipes, 1 bhd.; rice, 100 bags. EXCHANGE ON LONDON.—Colonial Bank, 30 days, per cent. prem.; 60 days, 1 cent. prem.; 90 days per cent. prem. Jamaica Bank, 30 days, lf per oent. prem.; 60 days, 1 per cent. prem.; 90 days, per cent. prem. RELIGIOUS EXTORTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—An advertisement appeared in your impres sion yesterday, announcing a public religious service to take place to-day in St. George's Catholic Church, Southwark. At eleven o'clock, accompanied by two friends, I presented myself there ; a plate for contributions being exposed, I put in ls., and Was about to pass, when the following dialogue took place :—Official— " The price of admission to the service is Is. each." Answer—" You have this place open for.public wor ship ; your demand is, therefore, illegal. Are there no free sittings ?" Official—" yes, for the poor." Answer—" Then we will occupy them." Official (obstructing the entrance)—" You shall not pass through this doorway to any part of the cathedral till you have paid ls. each." All other comers were mewed in the same manner. After waiting a quarter of an hour, our admission was telegraphed by an official within, who, I suppose, considered us proof against the extortion. Upon ob taining entrance a plate was again presented for more money. I write this to excite all Catholics who may have any concern for the sanctity which should pervade their religious services to use their influence towards the prevention of any suoh indecent and illegal pro ceedings in future at their chief church in this city. I am, Sir, obediently yours, Fulham, Thursday. W. T. S. cowe meeting the account for the quarter ending July showed a balance of 651. due to the purser, and a call of 7s. per share was made. At the Wheal Prudence meeting the accounts were presented, showing— mine cost for nine months, ending September, 185/. ; by call, 1281., leaving balance due to purser, 571. A call of 103. per share was made. A meeting of shareholders in the West Phoenix Mine was held on Monday, when an efficient committee of management was formed." Respecting foreign mining the only paragraph worthy of notice is as follows : "In foreign mines considerable transactions have taken place in St. John del Rey, Copiapo, Cobre, Santiago, Linares, and United Mexican. Great fluctations of price have taken place in the last named shares. The Linares report to the sth of October has been received, representing the operations as pro gressing in the most encouraging manner. One hun dred tons of lead ore were raised in September, and about the same quantity may be expected for the cur • rent month. The amount of ore weighed in during the week is given at 27 tons 15 cwt., whilst the total quantity at Linares, and the two shipping ports of Seville and Malaga, appears to be 358 toss 10 cwt. Letters have been received from the Worthing Mines to the 224 of June. The report states that Hodgkin son's winze had been set at 103. in 1/. Nothing fur ther of importance has been advised. The Australian Mining Company have received advices to the 7th of June. Anstey's engine shaft has been set to sink at 501. per fin. The prospects are said to be most favour able, and only time and capital are required_ to bring the mines into a profitable position.' FORGETFULNESS Or Love.—On Wednesday last A couple of respectableq, more full of love than wisdom, pre sented themselves at the altar in Spalding Church, to be tied in the bonds of Hymen's silken threads, when, by some unlucky fatality or other, the deed was missing which, nest to the ring, is •a very necessary re q uisite on such joyous occasions. The good clergyman and kind clerk were at their posts; but the lovers might be runaways or something else, unless they could show their licence to do as they pleased; and both the clergyman and clerk, amidst all the gravity of their sacred office, did well to smile when they saw the unhappy neglect on the part o f ftheirh youngremem aspi - ran ts to wedded bliss. Happily, the y couple bered whore they had left the good deed to do better, and were scarcely absent ten minutes 'before they re-entered the sacred edifice. The licence was presented, and the solemn ceremony was accordingly concluded in due form.—Lincoln shirecits for Souththe Chronicle. — to T e h n e ter L in o t n o d C o O n ntr n a n C directorsC O Nare E t aboutA C TS . m aintenance of all the way and works ofthe Western itA vA main line an branches, of some 250 miles, for a period of five Yee,. MRS. lIEINIA.NS' WORKS, This day is published, price 35., T TIE RECORDS of WOMAN, AND orllErt POEMS. Being Vol. I. of a reprint of Mrs. Hemans' Poems. To he com prised in Six Pocket Volumes, beautifully printed : each Volume complete in itself, and sold separately, price 35., in paper cover, or 45., elegantly bound in gilt cloth, gilt edges. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Of whcm may be had, in royal octavo, price One Guinea, THE POEMS OF FELICIA liE M ANS. With Illustrative Notes. a Selection etf Contermoorary Criticisms, and a Portrait of the Author, Engraved by Finder. Complete in One Volume, uniform with the Poems of Wordsworth, Southey, &c. On Tuesday. October 29, will be nuUshed, In crown Svo., price 15s. boards, or 275. bound in morocco by llayday, SIR R:KiElt DE COVERLEY. By " The SPECTATOR " With Notts and Illustrations by W. Henry ; and Twelve fine Wood Engravings by John Thompson, from Designs be Frederick Tayler. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. FORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. This Hotel, situated in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as well as English strangers. will be found everything that is desirable, while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate Cook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and lied Rooms, will be hound second to none in the kingdom. N.B. The charges for sei . vants are included In the Bill (except those who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chabermaid, and it is respectiully intimated that all fur ther paymentm is unne cessary. ROYAL PO LYTECHN IC INSTITUTION. Lecture on the Ballad Music of England, by Mr. George Bar ker, illustrated by his own compositions , eve r y Evening (except turday) at Eight o'clock.—Lecture on the II) dro-Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhothier.—Lecture on Chemistry by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., il lustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the Han :ling of Red lint Metals. —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work daily.—Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Wonders of Na ture, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One e'clock.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission, s.—Schools, Ilalf-oriee. Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex cept Saturday) from Seven till Half- past Ten. SIGN A'L SUCCESS,. The signal success which has continued to attend the open nag of E. MOSES and SON'S WEST-END ESTABLISHMENT is swli as to induce the proprietors again to address the public thereon. A mere assertion to the effect that no declension had been evinced since the commencement of the New Oxford-street Branch could convey no more than an inadequate idea of the triumph which the proprietors have realised. From the Bth of October to the present moment there has been one unremitting influx of supporters ; nor can the proprietors point to any one of their previous speculations as an instance of more triumphant success. They can look back with 'satisfaction to all their earlier under takings, but they cannot affirm that either of them was patronised to an extent equal to that of their present project. The unanimity of public feeling in favour of E. MOSES and SON'S West-end open ing is remarkable, and is certainly without precedent. Such success as the proprietors have realised is clearly indicative of the estimation in which the system of the proprietors is held. On looking at what the new and advantageous principles of E. MOSES and SON have effected, it will be admitted that the public voice has been raised in its favour, and that the system of the pro prietors works mutually well with the buyer and the seller. A brief retrospect may here not be exactly out of place, as it will servo to convince the reader of the all-powerful efficacy of a just policy in trading transactions. At the time that E. MOSES and SON first made an announce ment of their advantageous system, the tailoring trade was *ha ' racterised by practices seriously inimical to the interests of the public The most usurious prices were charged for indifferent attire ; nor had the purchaser any redress under the circumstances, there being no competition in the field to attack the prevalent abuses by more beneficial offers. No sootier, however, did E. MOSES and SON commence opera tions than such a system of monopoly was effectually checked; and will, without doubt, be eventually suppressed. The r ise and progress of E. MOSES and SON'S parent establish ments in the City must be familiar to everybody. Such was the es,ousal with which the Proprietors' principles met, that one en largement of scope succeeded another so quickly that the speculation became a matter of astonishment with all classes of society, who failed not frankly and reasonably to own their conviction that such a vast project was the emanation of those reformed principles upon which E. MOSES and SON conducted their extending business. This remarkable establishment of itself, independent of every other project, was a proof of the public estimation of so grand a re formation in the trade But the triumph of the system did not slop here. What worked well in one part of the kingdom worked well in another. The .town of Bradford, in Yorkshire, was selected as the next new field to plough in. An immense branch establishment was here opened, and was favoured by spontaneous expressions and proofs of approval, from one end of Yorkshire to another. The next step taken by E. MOSES and SON was that of a branch house in Sheffield, conducted on precisely the same advan tageous principles as the former speculations. Here, again, suc cess, signal success. was the result. Both at Sheffield and Brad ford the principles of E. MOSES and eON have been du'y appre ciated, and have continued to elicit the countenance and suppart of the many. Followiag these branch houses. that at the West-end appears under circumstances of the most triumphant and encouraging cha racter. The brief survey of the proprietors' operations will convince the public that the system ado p ted is an equitable and advantageous system. N ere the new speculations of MOSES and SON of an ephemeral character—were one project started upon the failure of a former speculation—the pubiic might have s .me grounds to be sceptical as !o the advantages h Id mt. But when success is apparent at each and all of the op ?nines, the best proof is afforded of the beneficial character of E. 51i , SES and S N'S principles. Eveay step which the proprietors take—every link which they add to the cl;!.iin of their trading pr jests—must assure the public of the bona fide character of their operations. E. MOSES and SON, in conclusion, would again tender their thanks to their thousand-fold supports: s. The sees nd week at the West has undoubtedly eclipsed tlio first, great as was toe success of that important period. While E. MOSES and SON look forward with lively and con fident anticipations to a continuation of the success which they have hi herto experienced, they would have it dis:inctly understood that they intend to merit tt.e same by every means in their power. They would reiterate the statements of former advertisements. and impress upon the minds of the public that they propose doihg yet more for their supporter s than ever. such signal ,ti cesa as they have experienced must , o f necessity, place more at their clis pasal, and afford them wider scope and opportunities fur extending the benefits of their trade. The proprietors do not hold out this as an empty inducement, bat as a - Sterling promise, called forth by the extraordinary encourage ments attending their undertaking. There is one important fact which must not be overlooked. While so great an amount of public favour has been showered upon the West-end branch, the parent house, in the City, has in no way dis played a fluctuation, but has presented a scene of stir and animation to an astonishing degree ; and the East has thus been favoured by I the public with that signal success which has characterised the open ing at the West. • R. 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P'aysi cal defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and Its conversion. oases, &c. By R. J. CIMVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. ( t 824). Twenty-dye years Medical and Forensic Referee in these atter•. Repention henre , illy till five- Evenings. seven tin nine. 10 errzyll-place. Recant-street TH E FEIMLET MURDERERS —PARENTAGE AND CAEEER OV HIRAM SMITH. —The r,al name of the man who has confessed his participation in the awful murder at Frimley is Trower, though he was usually called Trowler. He was born in the Merton-road, Mitcham, ant is 24 years o ld. His father was foreman in the silk-p-inting mills on the banks of the River Wandle, between Wimbledon and Merton. It was suspected by his employers that they were robbed of their silks in a wholesale way, and one West, a constable of Mitcham, having been set on the watch, he detected the prisoner's father in the act of purloining the silk, and had him brought to trial, and sentencad to seven years' transportation. At the expiration of that period he settled in the colony, and did not return to England. This conviction occurred when the present prisoner was but four years old, and he, with two sisters, was reared by his m-ther, who supported herself and family by her earnings as a laun ' dress. The prisoner appears to have assisted her until he was IS years old, when be went as potboy to Mr. Miles, of the Eagle tap, Wandsworth, where he remained eight months, after which lie was hanging about Merton for some time. He then joined a gang of tramping hawkers; and at the last spring ass izes he, with two others, was tried at Winchester For robbery. The others were convie•ed, and sentenced to transportation, but he was acquitted. Since that he has not been seen about Merton or Mitcham, A few days ago a shabbily-dressed man callsaid ed onher his s , n ,Bretmobther presenting himself as a lawyer, and ad him to ask her for mon e y to con duct his defence. The mother replied that not long since it,cost her DI to get him out of trouble, and she declined doing more for him. This having occurred a couple of days before the prisoner made his confession appears to indicate that, on failing to obtain funds for defence, he resolved en trying his chance ec of ob taining pardon by confessing. Superintendent 13iddlombe has obtained a description of the party who asked the mother for money, and is also engaged to inquire as t the prisoner's character. FREE `TRADE.—The following e re some of the many ad v antages of free-trade legis lation to the towns of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, and neighbourhood :—The woollen trade fully employed—tew men on the p arish roads, and con sequently less rates—cheap food, thereby enabling the work ing classes to clothe themselves respectably - a de:rand for the wool of the farmer, instead of spoiling for ten years old cut-houses, giving employment to numerous wagg and carts, and their drivers—carrying off manufactures goods—and every one quiet and industrious, instead of riot ing and agitating. We believe the Protectionists here see this, and have given up ail hopes of ever making any con verts to their cause in this town.— Western Times. THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY.—The lectures at this society will commence on the 4th November. Mr. Jebb co w n i v ll ey le a c n t cing lecture n an e d q uAiltry. J. a bankruptcy,Hoag sHodgson on commonAlr. Karsl l a a k w e on and criminal law. Mr. Maynard concluded his course in Hilary vacation.—Legal Observer. lIIN . . /W 1112: and them 0 0 of de' to the voll', av ow r . The ) it ele 5. 104 to / 1 6 ~~0 I 14 34 9 14 ; 12 0 17 'a