The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

SHARE MARKETS-( T.HIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. W I RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday Basiness done this day. '.. 2 - t. I-11 31 21 at. lii 501a1 Boil St. 101 25 8 Et. 101 St. 101 s~, lii Et. 1( at. 1( St. b et. 11 0 Aberdeen ....... 8 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June a Belfast & Ballymena 11 Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 8 Birkenhd. Lancsb. & __ Cheshire Junct Po. Chesh. & Birk.,l £5O dr £25 Ceps.... .84 Do., £2O. ........ ID Blyth & Type original £25 (iss.at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. ...... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon (Cork, Black. & Pass. Cornwall Dublin&BelfastJune. dee Perth &Aber deen Junction. ....... Do. New .... ..... ...... East Anglian (£25 L 4 E. tSt L. & D.)..... Do., (XlB E. dt H.).. Eastern Counties..... K EasternUnion,A.stk. 10 Do., do. B. ...... Do • New.glatoThirds) East Lancashire (0 Edinburgh & Glasgow 3 Edinb. and Peebles 10 Edinb.Prth. &Dundee 1 Forth and ClydeJunc. 10 Glasgow &S. Western )0 Great Northern Stk )0 Do., A. Stock )0 Do., B. Stock )0 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) St. )10 Et. 10 12 1: 60 I a] Great Western Irish South-Easters. ll Lancaster &Carlisle L Do., Thirds Lancash., &Yorkshire .7i Do., Fifths 1 4 Do., Wst. Riding Un rll Leeds Northern _ill Liv. Crsby. &So ntbpt 1.141 all 1611] Bt. 10( 19i 1! 14 L 50 al London at Blackviall, Si 'Load. Tilb. da Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 'London 8i N. Weaternl [2 Do. Fifths 1 Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 2i Do. Eighths )0 London & S.Western I 2 Do., £50... ...... 34 Do., £40... . . .... all Lndndrry.&Coleraine al Lndndrry. & Ennisk. _ _ _ I Manch.Silef. &Lineln. 41 Do., Man. & Lin. tjn ' Midland O Do. Birming.&Derbyi g 4 Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. Shares ...... 11 Newcastle &Carlisle.. • Newmarket............ 6 : Do. Bury Extensions 7 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 7 Newry & Enniskillen ►ll Newry Warrenpoint (Tx ROstrevor )O INorfolk. 3} Northn. Counties Un k. North British ,14 North Devon, N 0.1.. .1§ Do., No. 2. B De., A Deferred ... 8 Do., B Guaranteed 11 North London .1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. .7i North Staffordshire.. 11 North We5tern........, .0 N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester .... Q Orford Worcester di Wolverhampton .2 Portsmouth 0 Scottish Central _ _ 0 Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... .0 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 11 Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... 11 Do. Halves, 11 Do. Oswestry 6a Shropshire Union.... Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent al South Devon X) South Eastern 611 South Wales L 5 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do .2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. l all Stockton & Darling.. 16 Stockton dt Hartlepl. 10 Taff Vale... 8 Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. ió Thames Haven Dockl and Railway... ..... Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny ill Waterford&Limerick .4 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace al West London ls. Wmbledon &Croydon )0 York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions....... 1 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 0 4 York & N. Midland.. ki Jib SLID et:111 e t. lioo $e 161 St. 101 60 4 25 1! 100 al St 101 50 20 a] !#. lip th. 11, 16 B.,a] BO ai 1011. 20 r lo II Et. lb 20 2. St. 10( St. 10( St. 10( St. 10( 10 11i 261 a] GO al St. 10 50 al 20 1 20 20 1 2. St. 10 10 1 St. 10 25 21 20 1' 20 al 20 I 1 20 I .] EiE. If, 5120 19a -- 204 48 4a 9 - 9 13 11 dl 16 - 18 5i - 431 91 - 96 52 - 53/ 154 - 164 13 - 15 44 -46 71 - 8i - 4 3 3 4 123 - 123 38 - 42 27 - 29 63 - 65 59 - 61 21 = 81A - 82 57 - 59 124 - 126 1.01 - 103 80A - 81 86 - 89' -13 p 64} - 64.1 - 61,1 5 - , q(1 12 -13} 8 t I) 95i 103 103!-, par t p 2 72 74 1 14 —l3 d 13 12 d i6i - •••- - 60/ - 33 - 35 53 55 d Par . 5 4ict 48 50 4 —3 d 27i 28 8— 10, - 2 7 - 48 ... 51 G sid 7f 7i par 2 p 33 - 40 87 - 89 53 - 55 60 - 62 65 65 2,* lidis 15 - 17 76 - 8 11 - 13 4 3i(l 14 - 16 60i - 61 34 - ••. 3 - 4 27 -- () ..• 3 151 -- 15 ... - .. 8- .9 634 - 64, 9 - 4 - 47 - 48 FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Janet. Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy. Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara . (Dijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish - East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gd.. Trunk, of Canada Shrs. and 80nd5.... Gt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) 10 all 5 4 Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Yfaria Antonia Do. New . Welbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with, interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. & Ams. Shs. ' vorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pi ef. of France southern of France St. Andrews &Quebec Upper India Scrip I Nest Flanders .... .. 10 bO. 5i per c. Prof,- 10 Vestern of France 4 West. of Switzerland 2 'Meabaden 12 Zealand 3 1 d 12 - 14 - 2ip 21 2d 3 1 3 i? P lip 24 —21 p 3/ —34 d P 2A I - la 5 5A i f - i f i . --7- ilp , 7i - 8 331 - 341 7§ - 16 - 39 - 36, - 18 - 1(1 - 84 - id - 2 2®: all - par 4p *it *4* 71 - 3i - ;zul 17. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Cl os ing Prices Business Sbr. paid EATmexs. Compans. yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedfon and Ln.&N.W. Bletelley•—• •••• ••• S te 1.00 Bnckgiamsh. L. &N.W. 99 101 50 all alydeskie Jc. Caledon ... 49 50 St. 100 E.Lineoc. gr 6p. eat Gt.Northn 110 —ll2,xd 25 all Glas. Ba* , r. & Caldonian. Neils.Dhect. ••• ..• 25 all Do. New Do 25 all Glstr.&DnFr. gt.:Yestn 3O 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk, & Yk. New & Berw BO all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md lO7 109 109 25 all Do. Share;. Do 531 —54 i 12a all Do. I Shares. Do 26, —27 i 12 all Lon.&Greenl• S.Bastern l3 —14 i 20 all Do•Preferencs Do 2 4 2-25A xd x a St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent...l orfolk 2t. 100 D 0..6 per et... Do — 5i all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 2 , 1 3 BO all Middleabro' & Scckton & Redcar 100 all Midld.Bradfd llUdland... 98 100 100 5 0 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E.Connt.. 60 62 61i 5 0 all Do. 6 per et Do • • 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ..• all Prost. &Wyre L. &IS. W &Ln&Yl; 12 i 12 Do. Shares. Do St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt•Northn 137 142 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 137 142 2 5 ise Shef. Roth. & Ganmsh.d Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh — d -g 9i S. Staffordsh.. 4rMClear 2 I.Ad W D6o.. D e pe r aiT alleygr Stockt. d cent ... D o arling 30 31 301 St,jloo„ . ilts&Somrst. Gt.Westn. 96 -- 05 CUSTOMS' REGULATIONS.—It is asserted that the re cent regulation for the delivery of free goods by the landing officers of the Customs is likely to be rescinded, and that the merchants will again be compelled to have their goods examined by the tine-waiters. Should this prove to be the case, a strong feeling of condemnation will be excited. " Scarcely a month passes," it is said, " without some alter ation bein g mad e in the Customs' practice, and now the only regulation which has yet given general satisfaction to the public is about to be abolished by the examination of goods being placed in the bands of men who were pronounced by the recent evidence before the committee of the Rouge of Commons to be wholly unit for that duty." tonY! liphi- Herd —old for bo r leak Karr t. 31; Liza 1 ! Eft ag ed mot of hurri' am to B dis- dessa ; Cork ; r. 4. reckeq td part P: 3. ts alla &O )S of v. 3. to-dal Ciyde, v. 3. cork to ;berg• Seine 6 :Bay ; telphs, prolog ireitterrl ), who lout of door oy wag ;oke, e boy, cooking ov, 4. 5 tone ENT OF tiy a b G , , °l ' ed w ith ig h the be con: 6 100 0. 4 . A 017 giv 3e f t : due' aY f colooe '~ ti~ j J N 82 1i 57 8 1261 6 102 a Pm CAI i 20.1 Gq li 50A 50 391 9 i 61 , 6O 8 164 p 36i 4p 1d 19. par td 9 PREFERENCE SHARES. It. 1100 it. 109 :5 30 it. 1100 :01 5 ;t. 1.0(') .5 all 211 3il all 5 all 7i 2 61 all 6.1 all LO all !.0 all 0 1 all ;t. 100 5 all 5 I all >t.lloo R.llOO R. 100 1) 10 LO 4 61, all Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. e I Blyth & Tyne 10 per et, pref. (iss. at£so) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock 91 2 6 A. 100 A. 100 A. 100 .6 6 4t. 100 ;0 13 L 2 9 3t 100 Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent Cork&Bandon 5 a p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction..., EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (V 17s) 7 p. et• • Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts. East & West Yorksh. Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. . Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. Do. 4A percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Do. 4 per ct. pref. St. Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. Do. con. & red. 4 p.c Do. do. 4 per cent... Do. irredeem. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B... London andißrighton Guaranteed 5 p. a... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler It. 1100 A) I all m. 100 3t. 100 i 0 I 5 L 2 12, 2i all 15 all cr all 6 3 L 2 all L 2 all L 23 10, R. 100 'it. 100 97- 99 6 - 61 3! -- 4 4' -- 5i - 1 11 -- 10 13i -- 14 18 -- 19 ... - ••• L 6 5 LO 6 3t. 100 'it. 100 it. 100 3t. 100 ?,0 all 3t. 100 3 - 3i ~il7 ~o .5 15 8A all 8 all LO all 108 - 110 i - i P 8 - 81 66 7 99 101 95 100 95 100 id par 139 141 10 10 25 all 10 1 .0.6 all 2 -- Shares . Londy. & Ennis. Sh bianch.,Shef., &Lin., I Shares, No. 1...... Do. Now, £10......... Do., £6 ........ Marypt&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4q per i• - 13; !O all 5 3 'it. 100 6 - 7 9 - Do ............ Mid. Coma 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 41 per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5 per et... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford • Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. 139 141 id .44 'I.. •• • 22" - ii 109 . :i 93 7 103 - 105 Do.. Scot. Cen., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21. Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p. c. Gear. Waterfd. &Kilk. 613. c. York Newcastle and. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. L 7 5 :5 10 Do York& N. Midland H & S. Parch 9i - 10, 161 —171 p 9i 101 12 14 P ar PI 23i - 244 19 - 20 94 - 98 41 - 4 1044 id pan' MINES. 1 all Agna Fria ...... . . ... a i p 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold i d ... par 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 d— par 10 2 Australasian li i d 20 6 Australian ..,4 -- 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 I d 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 6 d 1 all Ave Maria / d 1 all Baden (Gd.rov chy of) 4 dis par 50 all Blienavvon Iron and Coal — ••• 1 all British Austen. Gold a id - 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 24} Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25. Pm 64 7 7 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 21 2 2 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 34 36 1 4 Carson's Creek id par 40 all Cobre Copper 4l 43 5 1 Colonial Gold 4— g P ... 15 Copiapo . lli 12/ St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 55 65 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 5 7pxd 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 24 3 d 20 all General l4 —l6 2 all Gt.NuggetVeinSerp i d • ip . 2 Do. Registered 34 all Great Polgooth 24 2 d 1 all Lake Bathurst i 4 d 1 all Liberty 6 i d 3 all Linares lO ... 12 12 1 all bond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co i 1 all Mariquita .. . ..... 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 64 7 1 all New Granada id Par i 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... ... 1 all Nouveau Monde g ^ iP 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. ... .. 5 1 Port Philip I 4( 1 i 1 all Quartz Rock Bd— par 50 all Rhymney iron 26 28 15 15 Do. New — . 30 lli Santiago de Cuba, 4 5 4,1 1 all S ou th Australian..... ... d 10 7 Tin Croft 4 6 284 all United Mexican 3 34 1 all Waller • 1 all West Granada 6 4 d 1 all West Mariposa 4•— 4 d 1 12s. Worthing Mining of ... ..• Australia 1 all Yuba h i d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 75 77 40 all British Colonial Bank •• • •• • and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ••• ••• 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China id idis 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. 11 ldis 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond ••• 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd ll ld 20 15 London Chrtd. Buk of Australia i 1 1 ) 50 20 London and County ... .•••.• 50 10 London Joint Stock 23 25 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. 33 35 100 35 National Provincial of England -- 20 10 Do. New — ... 50 22/ National of Ireland •• • •• • 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Cor p or ation 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... •• • ' 10 all Do. New — ... 5 1 RoyalAustrain. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co id— par 25 25 South Australia — ... 25 all Union of Australia 74 76 —2/ Do. NOW 74 Si 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron ... ••• 25 171 Australian Agricult. 41 43 424 11 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ••• •• • 10 8 Australis. Royal Mail ... ••• 10 2i Berlin Water Works.. •. • _ , 50 3818 rit. American Laud 58 62 5 31 B rit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction C 0... ... •• • 100 321 Canada Company • ... 5 5 Crystal Palace i —lh pCA 6 5 11 Do. New 'g :!, 2 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France ... ... 20 3 Eastern Steam — ~. 25 20 EloctricTelegraph(A) 17 - 1 - . 25 15 Do. (B) l2 14 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel ... . 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... 23 20 18 General Screw Steam ... . • 20 74 Irish Beetroot Sugar •• • •• • 20 6 - Magdalena St. Navig. ..• ...: 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel • • .. 10 4 Netherla nds Land ll 1d 2i 2 IN.S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co — ... 1 all N. B. Australasian_ i _ ,ip 1 i Do. New ................ ... ••• 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam —Par' —. • . 5 all Peel RI% Ld. & Minrl. —Par' 51 a i 50 all P en i n sular & Oriental ... ••• 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron C 0..... ... -^ ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam.... ..• :.• I all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 —13 p 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 7 35i 1 all Submarine Telegraph ..• •• • 100 28i Van Dienien's 'Land 15 16 Pm Pm THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 185 3. TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE whole life of Bellot, than that it should be applied to succour his numerous sisters and brothets.- (Cheer*.) herself is the friend of England, and during the last four months,. in the interests .pf peace, and with the earnest desire to preserve the tranquility of the world, the fleets of France and England have been lying side by side ; and, from the admiral on deck to the lowest boy—the cabinboy—below, not one single instance has arisen of any quarrel partaking the character of a national quar rel. (Cheers.) Friendship and cordiality have marked both services ; and I regard this circumstance as a happy omen of that peace which we so earnestly desire—that peace which I regard as the chief source of the prosperity of nations and the great mainspring of the progressive improvement and happiness of mankind. The next trait in the life of Lieut. Bellot has been alluded to by our chairman,—his distinguished and disinterested services in aid of the noble efforts of Lady Franklin, in the ear nest h•pe that, by her own personal, though humble means, some trace might be found of the existience—the prolonged existence--of her galland and distinguished husband. It was the glory of Lieut. Bellot, twice, I think, to assist Mr. Kennedy gratuitously in those ex peditions ; and his cool determination, combined with judicious daring, was really the mainspring of the hon ourable search. (Cheers.) I am well informed that at the close of the expedition, when those with whom he had been associated parted from him, it was the unanimous feeling of the gallant English sailors who had served together with him that if Lieutenant Bellot were the commander of such an expedition there was not one of them who would not cheerfully volunteer to serve under his command. (Loud cheers.) I haie alluded to the transient circumstance of my official position, which, perhaps, renders it not inopportune that I should ap pear here to-day, but lam about to narrate a circum stance which makes it a peculiar duty on my part to bear testimony to the conduct and merits of Lieutenant Bellot. When, last year, it was determined to send out a small expedition under the command of that distin guished officer, no longer commander, but Captain Inglefield—(Loud cheers), —the steamer selected was not a large one, and the volunteers—both officers and men—who crowded to serve under Captain Inglefield were numerous. The complement was at once filled up, and there was a difficulty with reference to any spare accommodation. Lieutenant Bellot proposed to be ad mitted as a volunteer. The application was made to me in the first instance by himself. I resisted it. I was afraid, considering the crowded state of the vessel, and Lieutenant Bellot's rank in the French navy, that accommodation such as our hospitality would wish to afford could not be provided, and that inconvenience— and with inconvenience discontent—might probably be generated in the ship. Lieutenant Bellot pressed his application notwithstanding my refusal in the first instance. He even sought to bring to bear upon me official influence. Others seek favours in the shape of official influence, but the favour Lieutenant Bellot sought was only that he might be allowed again to enter a British ship, to join British comrades, and to encounter the greatest dangers without any reward, nothing but honest fame being his object. (Cheers.) He actually persuaded the French Ambassador, almost as a national favour, to ask that he might be permitted to go. (Hear, and cheers.) After such an application I laid the case before Captain Inglefield, who, along with his officers, said, " By all means let him come as our comrade ; we shall rejoice in his society." (Cheers.) Lieutenant Bellot said, "Give me but a plank to lie upon, and a corner in which to put my clothes ; I ask no more." Captain Inglefield and his officers said, " Let us have him as our asso ciate ;" and I believe they abridged in some measure their own accommodation in consequence, and that— except the cabin of Captain Inglefield—Lieut. Bellot had the best accommodation in the ship. (Hear, hear.) Now, what was the conduct of Lieutenant Bellot under such circumstances ? What are the real characteristics of a distinguished naval officer ? I should sum them up thus—assiduity in the discharge of his duties ; gallantry in the hour of danger ; and obedience under command. What does Captain Inglefield report of Lieut. Ballot under all these heads ? With respect to assiduity, Captain Inglefield says that Lieutenant Bellot was an example to all on board the Phoenix. Late and early he was at his duty. The dip of the needle occupied his attention by day ; the night he devoted to scientific ob servations. Such was his example to the British officers and sailors. With respect to his gallantry, there never was an occasion when danger was to be braved, or when difficulties were to be confronted, on which he was not a volunteer. (Loud cheers.) His life was lost in services of danger for which he had volunteered—(bear, hear) — and before I sit down I shall have shortly to relate to you the circumstances of that melancholy occurrence. Now, however, I may give_ you a (specimen of Lieute nantßellot's conduct with regard to obedience to com mand. Captain Inglefield had no direct control over him, as he was a volunteer, but such was the nicety of Lieutenant Bellot's feelings that Captain Inglefield assures me there was no officer on board so ready to run before command, and to anticipate what he thought might be desired from him if he had been a subordinate officer. You are aware that, in that northern region, the dog of the Esquimaux is the companion of the native in his expeditions, that it is an animal of peculiar saga city, and is remarkable for the assistance it affords in those dangerous regions. Some of the officers of the Phceeix, naturally wishing to bring back some living trophy of the dangers they had braved, were anxious to bring to England dogs of this description, and I think 8 dogs had been taken on board with this object. Captain Inglefield . was forced to forbid more being taken on board. It transpired that Lieutenant Bellot, wishing to have some little trophy of his services, was desirous of having a dog of this description. When Captain Ingle field heard of this circumstance he called Lieutenant Bellot into his cabin, and told him that any such pro hibition did not apply to him, and that he must not consider the order as applying in his case. Yet, such was the nicety of Lieutenant Bellot's feelings, that although his wish upon the subject had been strong he obeyed the order to the letter—(hear)—and no animal faithful to him was ever brought home. It is now, I think, my duty to describe the concluding scene of this gallant officer's life. Captain Inglefield had left the ship himself, determined to brave the greatest danger in endeavouring to open a communication with Sir E. Belcher, by a journey over the ice on foot. Captain Pullen, returning in Captain Inglefield's absence, was anxious to make a further communication to him. It was a dangerous expedition. Captain Inglefield's brave example it was not easy to follow in that trackless region, and Lieut. Bellot volunteered for the service. His ofer was accepted, and he left the ship with four British sailors, a sledge, and a slight india rubber canoe. Very shortly after quitting the ship that fatal storm of the 18th of August arose, which destroyed the Breadalbane, the consort-ship of the Phoenix, the ice suddenly closing upon them in a gale of wind such as is seldom experienced in the Arctic regions. The Breadalbane was crushed in a moment. The Phoenix was in imminent danger. Her deck bulged, and her main timbers were strained to an extent which endangered her floating. That frightful storm, in which one ship was lost and another all but lost, Lieut. Bellot and his four followers had to encounter. The first effect of the gale was to sever the ice. Lieut. Bellot, when he saw the floe on which he was drifting from the shore, hastened instantly to send two of the four men in the small canoe to the mainland. They succeeded in effect ing a landing, but a return became impossible. The floe drifted rapidly away, and the danger of the other two men anti of this gallant French officer became im minent and apparent. Observe, that Lieut. Bellot was not the first to go himself in the canoe to dry land ; and, when be observed the full extent of the danger, when hope was almost extinguished, when he was left alone with the two Englishmen, he expressed the i joy he felt that the other two men were safe, and that he was with the two English sailors who were exposed to such imminent danger. (Hear.) The snow descending rapidly, he taught them the way to shelter themselves by accumulating it somewhat in the shape of a hut. The sailors remained hutted, and he went twice to make his observations to ascertain which way the floe was drift ing. A third time he went forth, and he returned no more. I should tell you that his exhortations to these two men have been narrated to British officers and to British seamen. He reminded them of their duty— that duty common to Frenchmen and to Englishmen in the extremh,y of distress—not to be disheartened ; and, above all, he reminded them to look to that quarter from which, in the last extremity, assistance can alone be hoped. He bade them to remember that overruling Providence which had saved them in the midst of so many and so great dangers. It was the will of that Pro vidence that he should not survive. It was the mercy of that Providence that the two men who were his com panions should, in the course of 48 hours, be drifted almost to the place where they had left their comrades, and they have survived to tell the story. Now, ladies and gentlemen, an appeal has been made to your gene rosity on this occasion, but yours will not be the first manifestation of that feeling. Captain Inglefield, when he paid off the Phoenix the other day, notified to the gallant companions of Lieutenant Bellot that some oppor tunity would be afforded of marking English feeling and sympathy for his daring and gallantry. What was the conduct of these men ? These poor common sailors, who, after a six months voyage, had yet some trifling- balance due to them, after the remittances made to their wives and children, when it was doubt ful whether they might ever meet again, rushed for ward with their offerings, and it was difficult for Capt. Inglefield to restrain them. Gold and silver were both tendered. Captain Inglefield said, "It is merely a sim ple tribute of respect that I ask from you. I will not take so much." It is out of your abundance that I now ask you to contribute to this object, I said I would not long detain you, but will you permit me to make another observation ? lam addressing a Christian assembly. I have told you what were Lieutenant Bellot's feelings and what were his exhortations in the moment of extreme danger. His noble spirit in these aspirations was lifted at once from earth to Heaven. It is a question now whether you will erect some frail memorial to his me mory. You may write it in brass, you may inscribe it in granite, but it will pass away. There is, however, that which survives monuments—an honourable fame for a duty faithfully performed; the honourable remembrance of gallant deeds. It was a saying of antiquity, and it was truly said, that the whole earth is the tomb of illustrious men. It matters not whether their bones whiten the shore under the Equator, or whe ther their remains are entombed in the eternalice of the Arctic regions. But, I would s a y to this Ful.Chris tian audience, let us look while there is Fol lowing the advice of Lieutenant Bellot, let v m l t e t i l is in e l g if s t ue o u u e r m hearts, let us raise our thoughts frotl:isu l o ok to those g s r of disappointment and of sorrow, le regions where we hope Lieuteridaivnitueßsehllaodt i s s a n id ow wi a th t re im st . , and where, as one of our old pressive truth, " Eternity isyt,haeumdeGasoudreis, ftehleiepitoyrtiisouthoef state, angels are the company, Tright hon. baronet then the blessed." (Applause.) T h e That this meeting, moved the following composed of varivolulciasses of Englishmen being anxious to mark their deep sense of t . he noble conduct of Lieut. Bellot, of the French Imperial Navy, who was, unhap. LIEUTENANT BELLOT. Other letters had been forwarded by Mr. Close, the Bii tish Consul for the Department of the Charente, all ex pressing the feeling that it would be very desirable to succour the bereaved family. (Hear, hear.) He (the chairman) might, however, explain that when those let ters were written, more than a fortnight ago, the French and English public were not acquainted with the liberal endowment given by the Emperor of the French to the family of Lieut. Bellot from his privy purse. (Cheers.) Neither were they acquainted with a fact of which he (the chairman) had only been informed to day—namely, that the public functionaries of France, the Minister of Marine and others, had undertaken the education of a younger brother of M. Bellot. (Hear, Hear.) He (the chairman) had been convinced that France, who always cared for her bravest sons, would not neglect the family of one who had so distinguished himself as Lieutenant Bellot ; and it was in the full confidence that provision would be made for them that he had participated in the feeling that a monument should be erected in this country, and that if there was a sur plus, after defraying the cost of such monument, the French people would take it well—or certainly would not take it ill—if the generous feeling of the Eng lish nation should offer, in addition to the munifi cence of the Emperor, some other endowment for the mother and sisters, at all events of Lieutenant Bellot. Yesterday a public meeting was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, to take measures to do honour to the memory of the late Lieutenant Bellot, of the French navy, the circumstances of whose melancholy death, while engaged as a volunteer in the Arctic expe dition, under the command of Captain Inglefield, have been fully narrated in the despatches to the Admi ralty, with reference to the discovery of the north-west passage, which have recently been published. The room was crowded almost to inconvenience, and among the gentlemen present—many of whom were connected with the naval and military services—we observed the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir J. Graham), Sir Edward Parry, Captain Inglefield, Colonel E. Sabine, Colonel Niel Campbell, Colonel Boyle, M.P., Mr. J. Wyld, Captain Fitzroy, RN., Captain Trotter, RN., Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, Mr. H. Robertson, Mr. J. Brown, Mr. J. Barrow, Sir B. Outram, C. 8., Dr. Forbes Win slow, Professor Wheatstone, Sir R. Inglis, Rev. Mr. Arrowsmith, &c. The chair was taken, soon after two o'clock, by Sir R. MURCHISON, who, having expressed the inte rest which, for a period of 30 years, he had taken in the various expeditions that had been despatched to the Arctic regions to prosecute geographical researches, said that, having enjoyed the acquaintance of many of the distinguished men who had endeavoured to discover some traces of Sir John Franklin, there was no one (Cheers.) He (the chairman) might observe that va , rious towns in France sought for the distinction of having the monument to Lieutenant Bellot. A. rnost eloquent appeal has been made by the inhabitants of Calais, who claimed that any monument erected in France to the memory of Lieutenant Bellot should be erected in some prominent position in that town, where, they said, it would be seen by a greater number of Eng lishmen and Frenchmen than if it were placed else where. The committee, having taken the letters they had received on the subject into their consideration, and having consulted the leading men in the country, had agreed to the following report : " In the performance of their duties, and in preparing the resolutions to be submitted to the general meet ing, the committee have been guided by the desire to carry out the wishes of the British public in such a manner that the French nation may perceive that, in honouring the memory of Lieutenant Bellot, the Eng lish have the strongest desire to do full justice to those national feelings which are known to exist in his native land. Those feelings have prompted the Em peror of the French to grant, from his private purse, to the family of the deceased an annuity of 2,0001. — an act which is in accordance with the great interest his Majesty has taken in Arctic researches, and which, both personally and by the medium of the 'Empress, he has testified in the most gracious manner to Lady Franklin. among them for whom he felt a deeper regard than the ingenious and modest but skilful and brave Lieutenant Bellot. (Hear, hear.) That excellent young man had been taken away from them at an early age, but his career, though brief, might really be termed brilliant. Educated, to the honour of his country—for his family was not rich—in a great measure by the town of Rochefort, he very soon distinguished himself in the naval service of France. While serving under the French flag, he co-ope rated with the British force in very brilliant operations in the Rio de la Plata. He was afterwards engaged on the coast of Madagascar, where he also co-operated with a British force in cutting out a slaver, and relieving from slavery and from chains a number of unfortunate human beings. Returning to his country, and aspiring to ap ply, in the only manner in which, it could be applied in these peaceful times, that science which he possessed and those talents with which he was endowed, and ad miring with sincerity the character of Sir John Frank lin, Lieutenant Bellot wrote to Lady Franklin, offering to go out and to serve in a private ship, if he could ob tain the permission of his Government, with a view of discovering some traces of Sir John. In 1851 Lieuten ant Bellot accordingly proceeded in the ship sent out by Lady Franklin and commanded by Mr. Kennedy. The nature of Lieutenant Bellot's discoveries during that period was well known to all geographers, and was shown by an excellent map prepared by Mr. Arrow smith. The occasion upon which Lieut. Bellot lost his life was not the first upon which he had drifted away , in floes of ice, for when he accompanied Mr. Ken nedy in the Prince Albert the ship was drifted away while the commander and officers were on shore, and Lieutenant Bellot took the command of the ship under these trying circumstances. The ship was drifted for a very considerable distanca to the southward from Port Leopold, and this young officer afterwards steered to Batty Bay, on the west side of North Somerset, and, returning on foot, regained his companions very far to the north, and brough them back to the ship, which passed , the winter safely in Batty Bay. He then accompanied his gallant commander in an excursion on foot. He was of small stature, but he dragged his own sledge, and accomplished a most difficult and arduous journey of at least 1,100 miles over the ice, making in his way a great geographical discovery, to which the name of Lieutenant Bellot had been given, and would remain for ever on the map of the world. (Hear, hear.) Bellot's Strait was attached to that narrow arm of the " When, indeed, some of their countrymen, wishing to avoid display, and looking only to the succour of the bereaved family, suggested that the chief amount of our subscriptions should be applied to the support of the relatives of M. Bellot, the committee entertained the conviction that France, solicitous as she has always been for the welfare of her bravest sons, would never be behindhand in such a cause. Nay, more, it is now be lieved that it is the intention of the French Government to erect a monument at Rochefort to the memory of their deceased officer. " The committee would, therefore, beg to impress upon the meeting that the circumstances have materially changed since the first generous impulse suggested to some of their countrymen that the monument which the English proposed to erect should be placed at Roche fort. "They further request the meeting to recollect that both the letter of the French Minister of Marine, which has been published in the public journals, and that of the Mayor of Rochefort, - which has been communicated by the Earl of Clarendon, were written in ignorance of the Emperor's liberality, and under the supposition that an English monument at Rochefort had been decided upon, though that subject had then undergone no public or general consideration. " Whatever may be the monument, and wherever it may be placed, the committee are of opinion that it must stand forth distinctly as the tribute of England—(hear) —to the devotion and exploits of the gallant French man. (Cheers.) And, as two monuments could not be with propriety erected in the same town, it became very difficult to determine what other place in France except Rochefort could be fixed upon ; for, while many persons might naturally wish to see it in Paris, the city which gave birth to M. Bellot, an eloquent appeal was sent from Calais, urging that that ancient port, through which so many French and English were continually passing, ought to be preferred to any other town, even to Rochefort. • " Under these circumstances, and being assured ;that the French Government will cordially approve their de cision, the committee have come to the conclusion that Englishmen wishing to honour in the most emphatic manner the memory of one who was so esteemed and beloved among them as Lieutenant Bellot should pay to him the same respect as to their own illustrious dead. " In this case, if it be decided that a cenotaph, co . sea which separated the land of Somerset from Boothia Felix, the whole of that land having been previously supposed to form one continent. Returning to his native country, his first object was to seek employment under his own Government, and to induce them to send out a separate expedition in search of the gallant Franklin. In the meantime expeditions, private and public, were projected in this country, and ho (the chairman) might here mention a most beautiful incident in the life of this ingenuous and charming youth. When Lady Franklin again fitted out a vessel under the same commander, the gallant Kennedy. Lieutenant Bellot volunteered to serve under Mr. Kennedy a second time. He (the chairman) might state, to the honour of a British. sea man, that Mr. Kennedy felt so much the superiority of Lieutenant Bellot, that.he said for his part, he would be quite satisfied to serve under Lieutenant Bellot. (Loud cheers.) Just at that period, however, the ex 4 pedition of Captain Inglefield was resolved upon by the Admiralty, and, not being able at that time to obtain an independent command, Lieutenant Bellot procured from his Government permission to accompany, as a volunteer, the expedition of Captain Inglefield to Wellington Straits, hoping thereby that he might achieve something so decisive, that when he returned to France he would be able to impress upon the French Government the great advantage of sending out an expedition much further to the north than any which had yet been at tempted. The daring mind of Bellot was equal to the daring and indomitable courage of Franklin, and he wished ardently to be furnished with a screw-steamer, by which he might navigate narrows and straits un known to former seamen, and pass far to the north of lumn, or monument be placed on the banks of the Thames, at or near the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, the committee feel assured that every Frenchman' who may pass by on the river, or visit our great naval, hos pital, would see that we had paid to our lamented friend the very highest compliment in our power, and that our tribute was a pledge, to be for ever before us, that we. desired to perpetuate that mutual goodwill which so happily subsists between the two nations. (Cheers.) " Lastly, the committee beg to express a hope that no one will abstain from subscribing under the idea that more money will be collected than can be appro priately disposed of, since any surplus will be judiciously distributed among the family of the deceased—thus offering to the bereaved relatives a substantial token of English regard, as an addition to the pension of the French Emperor." (Hear and cheers.) There was another document which he must beg to read to the meeting—an extract from a dispatch addressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to his Ex cellency the Count de Walewski, the French Ambassa dor in London—and he would not weaken the force of the original by translating it "Paris, le 27 Octobre, 1853. " Monsieur le Comte,—J'ai rep la depeche que vous m'avez fait l'honneur de m'addresser relativement A l'in teret qu'inspire en Angleterre la perte si regrettable du Lieutenant Bellot. Le Gouvernment de sa Majest4 those land-locked masses of ice which had hitherto im peded the navigation of our most adventurous disco verers. He (the chairman) merely adverted to this circumstance to show the great and noble aspirations by which M. Bellot was animated. That gallant officer had, however, been swept from a hummock of ice, and had met a sailor's grave. Other gentlemen would address the meeting, who could speak with much more effect than himself upon this point, and he (the chairman) would, therefore, call their attention to the sympathy which the melancholy fate of Lieu tenant Bellot had excited in the public mind of England. Immediately after the announcement of this meeting ap peared, he received a communication from Lord John Russell (who of his own accord, had formerly come forwarded and had generously granted 5001. to enable Lieut. Pim to travel over Siberia in search of Sir John Franklin) expressed his approval of its objects. Lord J. Russell requested him to put down his name for any sum he (the chairman) thought proper, to mark his sense of the devotion and courage of the gallant Lieut. Bellot. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir J. Graham (cheers), wrote to him saying, "This meritorious officer deserves every tribute of respect, and I have the greatest pleasure in having my name placed upon the committee." (Cheers.) The Earl of Clarendon, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, without any solicitation, wrote to him (the chairman) begging him to make any use he chose of his name, and, at the same time, communicated to him some important documents. (Cheers.) The fol lowing was the letter which he (the chairman) received from the Foreign-office : Imp4riale est tres sensible aux marques si nombreuses de sympathie que rencontre la memoire de ce jeune officier chez une nation amie, si bon juge d'ailleurs de la bravoure dans le devoir. (Hear, hear.) Nous at tachons trop de prix a ces manifestations pour ne pas tenir ce qu'elles conservent leur caractere individuel et national—(hear, bear)—et nous concevons trop bien les sentiments que vows a exprimes h ce sujet Sir Roderik Murchison, pour n'y point applaudir, en nous r4servant de notre cote de donner le meme caractere aux mesures que nous croirons dev9ir prendre pour honorer cony& na,blement le nom du Lieutenant Bellot." (" Hear," and cheers.) Having endeavoured to perform, though very imperfectly, his duties as chaiman, ho left it to others, possessed of eloquence to which he could lay no claim, to delineate the character and the last affecting catastrophe which befel their lamented friend ; and, among those who would come forward, they would have before them several of those true British worthies who have earned for themselves imperishable names for the calm courage with which they had confronted the perils of Arctic research. In concluding, he rejoiced, in common, he was sure, with all who were present, that the first resolution on this soul-stirring occasion would be moved by the chief of that British Admiralty which had recorded in such affectionate terms its admi ration of poor Bellot—(cheers)—and that the motion would be supported by the veteran and distinguished Arctic explorer who had penetrated further northwards than any of his contemporaries—(cheers)—and whose words, :as littered at a recent public meeting, were doubtless impressed upon the minds of all those who knew how to honour the firm devotion in the hour of danger exhibited by the young Frenchman, who, with nothing but humanity pressing on his heart, went forth in two British expeditions in the search after their absent hero. (Cheers.) The chairman concluded by calling upon Sir J. Graham to move the first reso lution. "Foreign-office, Oct. 19, 1853. " Sir,—lt having come to Lord Clarenol on's knowledge, through the medium of the public journals, that you have consented to preside at a public meeting to be called toge ther for the purpose of expressing the deep regret felt by all classes in this country at the untimely death of Lieut. Bellot, of the French navy, his lordship desires me to en close to you the accompanying copy of a letter which has been addressed by the Mayor of Rochefort, the native town of Lieut. Bellot, to Mr. Close, her . Majesty's Consul for the department of the Charente. " I am also directed to send you copies of a letter, and of its enclosures, reporting the circumstances attending Lieut. Bellot's death ; and I am to state to you that you are at liberty to make such use of these documents as to you may seem fit. " I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, "-H. U. ADDINGTON. " To Sir Roderick J. Murchison, &c." It was unnecessary that he (the chairman) should read the enclosures describing the circumstances of Lieut. Bel lot's death, as the despatches had already appeared in the public journals. Sir R. Murchison then stated that he had received a letter from the Earl of Ellesmere, why regretted that from ill-health and unavoidable absence in the country he was prevented from taking any part in the proceedings, and expressed his gratification at the amicable feeling likely to be produced between the two countries by the present manifestation of regard for the memory of a gallant and distinguished officer. Sir E. Parry, writing to Mr. Barrow—the worthy son of a dis tinguished father who had long taken a lead in Arctic researches—said, "I consider it will be a lasting dis grace to us as Englishmen if we do not as once recognise Lieutenant Bellot's services and his worth." The Earl of Aberdeen said, "Most willingly and with the great est pleasure, will I associate with those who form the committee for this object, in which from the first I have felt a very deep interest." Otherletters, approving the objects of the meeting, had been received from the Earl of Rosse, the Bishop of London,_ the Lord Mayor of London, the Lord Mayor elect, Sir T. Brisbane, Sir J. Pakington, the Bishop of Oxford, 'the Earl of Malmes bury, Sir J. Richardson, Sir James Ross, Sir G. Back, &c. He (the chairman) might say that the expression of British feeling on this subject was universal, for he had received assurances of support from all classes. (Cheers.) He would now refer to the considera4on which this subject had received in the neighbouring country of which Lieutenant Bellot was a native. It was evident, from the public journals, that the French , people felt—and justly felt—very deep interest in the conduct of the English people upon this occasion. He (the chairman) had placed himself in communication with a distinguished French statesman, with whom he was personally acquainted, M. Drouyn ce Lhuys, and that gentleman assured him that whatever they might do to honour the memory of Lieutenant 13ellot would be con sidered well done on the part of the French nation. (Cheers.) A letter from the Mayor of Rochefort, re ferred to in the communication from the Foreign-office, which he (the chairman) had previously read, was also handed to him, and he might read same passages from it. After alluding in a grateful manner to the desire ex pressed in one of the Englisk journals (the Morning Herald) to erect a monumei.t. at Rochefort to the me mory of Lieut. Bellot—a project which he entirely ap proved—this functionary thus proceeda:—. "This hearty initiative affects us in a more lively manner than I can express ; and I beg you in the name of this town, of which Bellot was one of the dearest sons, to accept the expression of our deepest gratitude. But permit me to inform you that the family of Bellot is poor, and that he was their chief empport. (Hear.) "If then, a generous offering should be made by the English people, it could not be letter bestowed, nor more in conformity with the thoughts and wishes of the Sir J. GRAHAM then came forward, and was loudly I cheered. He said,—Ladies and gentlemen, I gladly obey the call of the chairman, and I rise for the purpose of moving the first resolution. You have heard in touching, though in a foreign language, the sentiments of the French Minister with regard to the distinguished officer to whose memory we are about to pay a tribute I, in our native language of simplicity and truth, shall endeavour to lay before you what I am convinced are the sentiments of that gallant profession with which, for a short time, I am officially connected; and, if I mistake not, the resolution I am about to move embodies the feelings, not only of this assembly, but of the great country of which we are so small a portion. (" Hear," and cheers.) It will not be necessary for me, after the elaborate details which the chairman has presented to this meeting, to go into any long description of the great scientific exploits of Lieutenant Bellot. The chairman has told you, and has told you truly, that this, at the present juncture, is no ordinary occasion. I agree with Lord Ellesmere in the opinion he expresses, that our meeting to-day is in the spirit of mutual benevolence and peace, and I have therefore peculiar pleasure in ap pearing before you. (Cheers.) It was a remarkable circumstance in the life of Lieutenant Bellot that his services in the early part of his career in the navy of his own country were constantly associated with the gallant services of the British navy. You have heard how he conducted himself in the Rio de la Plata. You have also heard how, in that great and noble service,—the suppression of the slave trade on the eastern coast of Africa, he greatly distinguished himself in the Straits of Madagascar. There was, however, another period which is memorable in the life of Lieutenant Bellot, to which my friend in the chair shortly adverted. Lieutenant Bellot served in the Pacific at a moment when a pas sing cloud of national difference somewhat overhung the relations between England and France, and it is re markable that at that very moment, when, perhaps, something of jealous, or of angry feeling might have pervaded the sailors of these two great maritime powers, Lieutenant Bellot was distinguished in the British navy, and by the officers with whom he then associated, by the appellation, of " l'ami des Anglais. (Cheers.) Happily, all those differences are at an end. Those clouds have have passed away. It is no distinction for a French officer to be called the friend of the English, for France pily, lost in the last Arctic expedition in search of Sir J. resolve, that their countrymen be invited to unite with them in promoting a general subscription for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of that gallant officer, to be placed at an appropriate sp o t at or near the Royal Hospital of Greenwich." H . e said that he entir e ly approved the general terms in which the precise locality of the monument was left to the dilcre tion of the committee ; but he thought Greenwich or the neighbourhood would be the fittest place, because it was at Greenwich that Lieutenant Bellot embarked on board the Phoenix, and where his friends, both French and English, bade him their last farewell. (Hear.) Sir E. PARRY, in seconding the resolution, expressed the interest with which, as an old Arctic navigator, he had received the intelligence that the last links of that enterprise, to which so many of the best years of his own life had been devoted, had at length been all but completed by the perseverance, energy, and skill of his countrymen. (Cheers.) He thought, notwithstanding the " uncomfortable" character of the ice—if he might use such a term—(a laugh)—in which the Investigator was imbedded, that they need not despair of her being relieved, and he heartily hoped that for Captain M'Clure might be reserved the crowning triumph of conducting a British ship through the north-west passage between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. (Cheers.) The gallant officer paid a high tribute to the character of Lieutenant Bellot, whom he had personally known, and expressed his conviction that the object of the meeting would re ceive the cheerful and hearty support of the people of this country, who would evince their admiration of Bellot's virtues, and their sympathy and sorrow for Bellot's loss. (Hear. hear.) A person here rose in the body of the room, and put some questions to the chairman which were utterly irre levant to the business of the meeting. He proved to be a notorious disturber of public assemblies, and was even tually removed by the police. The resolution was then unanimously adopted. Colonel SABINE moved the next resolution : "That the surplus of the subscription, after defraying the cost of the monument, be invested for the benefit of the members of the f am il y of Lieutenant Bellot. " Which was seconded b y Capt. FITZROY, and adopted. The third resolution— "That it be an instruction to the sub-committee to communicate with the municipal authorities of other ports of the United Kingdom, and with the naval com manders-in-chief, in order to render the subscription general, and particularly among the seafaring popula tion," was proposed by Mr. BARROW, and was seconded by Captain INGLEFIELD, who bore testimony to the high character of Lieutenant Bellot, and to the ability and attention which he displayed in the discharge of his duties. He remarked that so anxious was that offi cer to carry out his meteorological and magnetic obser vations, that he (Captain Inglefield) had frequently been obliged to warn him to wait until the ship was secured before he endeavoured to reach the ice. The kindly man ners of Lieut. Bellot had endeared him to the Esquimaux, who evinced the greatest grief when they learnt his un happy fate. Capt. Inglefield narrated, with much emo tion, some circumstances illustrating the kind disposition and zealous attention to his duties displayed by M. Bel lot, and observed that, although a Roman Catholic, the young officer invariably attended Divine service during the expedition, "for," added Captain Inglefield, "he felt that while we were adoring our God he was adoring his, and that it mattered little what might be the form in which the service was performed." The resolution was agreed to unanimously. On the motion of Captain W. A. B. HAMILTON, seconded by Captain OMMANNET, it was resolved — "That the following gentlemen be a sub-committee to carry out the objects of this meeting :—Sir Roderick J. Murchison (chairman), Earl of Aberdeen, Sir J. Graham, Admiral Beaufort, Colonel Sabine, Captains Fitzroy. Ommanney, and Inglefield, with the Rev. G. C. Nicolay and Dr. Norton Shaw, secretaries." Captain AUSTEN moved and Colonel N. Campbell seconded a vote of thanks to the public press for tl.eir vo luntary support of the Bellot testimonial, and for their free and liberal insertion of advertisements. The resolution was adopted. Sir J. proposed and Sir R. INGLIS seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried by acclamation, and, the compliment having been acknow ledged by Sir R. Murchison, the proceedings terminated. THE MURDER IN BUCKS-FURTHER INQUIRY. The coroner's inquest on the remains of Mary Ann Sturgeon was resumed at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at Burnham before Mr. Charsley, coroner for Bucks, and a jury consisting principally of respectable trades. men from the village of Burnham, at the Mile House, on the great Bath road, between 'Salt-hill and Maiden head. The Coroner read over the evidence taken on Wed nesday, a summary of which has already appeared in our columns. The name of the groom, we may state, is Moses Hatto, not " Attow," as previously spelt. Tt seems that after Hatto and Bunce (the groom and cow man) had gone round the premises they tried the back door leading into the house and found that it was fastened. A. broken poker was produced, and identified by a charwoman named Staymaker as having been whole when it was taken from Mr. Goodwin's bedroom to the bedroom where the body was found, by the deceased, on the afternoon of Tuesday. The following additional evidence was then taken. Mr. John Goodwin lye, of Langley-marsh, farmer, deposed, that he was cousin to Mr. Goodwin, the occu pier of the Burnham Abbey farm. At about half past 6 on Tuesday evening witness met Mr. Goodwin outside the house of his (witness's) brother at Langley. Witness was not with Mr. Goodwin more than five minutes ; went to his own farm and re turned to his brother's house in about an hour. Mr. Goodwin was in the house, and remained in company with witness until about a quarter to 11 o'clock, when they walked together, Mr. Goodwin leading his horse for a short distance from the house. Mr. Goodwin then mounted his horse and rode in the direction of the Burnham Abbey farm. Had never heard Mr. Goodwin speak of disagreements or misunderstandings between himself and his servants. Mr. Edward Peter lye, brother of the last witness, corroborated his testimony as to the visit of Mr. Good win to Langley on Tuesday evening. Mr. Goodwin left at a quarter to 11 o'clock. Mr. Ralph Willis Goodwin, being recalled, deposed that both the north and south doors were on the latch when he returned home. It was usual for the passage door to be kept on the latch until the deceased went to bed. Witness generally entered by the north door. The door communicating with the kitchen, in which the groom had taken his supper, was bolted on the house side. The groom was in his usual dress when witness came home on Tuesday night. The deceased and the groom, so far as witness knew, always took their meals together in the kitchen. Hatto took witness's horse when he came home. Deceased and groom appeared to agree very well together ; they seemed to agree most amicably, Hatto told witness some time ago that de ceased wanted to borrow 11. of him, and that he (Hatto) had hesitated to do so,' because he did not know whether he should be re-engaged by witness. In answer to a question from the Coroner as to whether he observed anything unusual in the conduct of Hatto on Tuesday night, Witness .said he did. Before witness had discovered the murder, and before be had been upstairs, Hatto asked him whether he had seen anything wrong ? Wit ness replied that he had not. Hato also came into the kitchen more than once before he had time to dress his horse, and made a humming noise, contrary to his usual custom. When witness proceeded upstairs, and was met by the smoke and horrid stench, he called out, " Hatto, the house is on fire." Hatto and Dunce came with water, and the fire was speedily extinguished. The whole of the labourers lodging at Dunce's were speedily in attendance, and assisted. Witness was very much shocked at the sight of the fire and the burning remains of the dece ase d. It was not usual of l ate to have the door bolted between the house and the kitchen. About two months ago the house was left unbolted at tbe re quest of the deceased, who felt nervous and wished to have the oppo r t un ity o f ca lli ng th e groom in case of danger. Had desired Bunce to get some person to sleep with Hatto last night. g- It was here announced by Mr. Superintendent Sy.rneice ton, of the Bucks constabulary, that important evidence had been discoverod against Hatto, the groom, a d a The announcement create he was then in custody. that' - deep sensation. Dr. Robarts, of Burnam, deposed that , on entering I the room with the coroner and jury, on Wednesday, he saw a woman lying on her face, stretched upodn s tht floor, both her arms extended, and bent urmar right angles. He observed the bac k of the left.tl:ana,ds considerably swollen, with lacerated marks t a r c u i n .o l s e s ; tbe if it had been struck by some blunt. , ins fractured and metacarpal bone of the ring finger fbraertu'red and the the first phalangal bone being in teguments lacerated, as if by aalsoblunt instrument, ut up to ward off a ap parently as if the hand had been put up blow on the left side of the head. The fingers of both hands were clenched. The hair of the head was singed, and on partially removing- it a lacerated wound of about two inches long was found over the lower back part of the parietal bone. There was another wound nesaervteorei l t, The ear on the left side : i both uY as from blows. W a ere l7lal' il l i t rnt i lacerated in two places, as if done by ment. The lower limbs of the body knees being entirely consumed, the thighs also burnt to leaving the a cinder, as were also the parts adjacent; shafts of the thigh bones exposed and charred for several the feet the floor inches. Between the thighs and underneath was so burnt away T as to have consumed the legs as far as the ankles. leg bones had dropped through the floor, leaving The s feet on the top, and un burnt. On turning the seemed much disfigured ocly on its back the face and swollen, and sodden from lying in a pool of blood., There were two small wounds on the bridge of the nose, the bones of which were broken, as if by some blunt instrument, and evidently from a severe blow. On removin g a portion of the head th ere was w. considerable quantity of ex travasated blood a. between the scalp and the skull. The blooil :as the effect o f the blows. The face was quantity of blood, which was diluted with the Water thrown into the room to extinguish the fire. Witness had since opened the skull, but found previously another wound on the right side of the head, which would account for the accumulation of extrava sated blood underneath the scalp. The wound did not pass through the external portion of the scalp, but had caused a laceration of the internal part, whence the blood had effused. Upon moving the skull, which was not fractured, and the covering membranes of the brain, the blood vessels appeared to be in a state of conges tion, both on the surface of the brain and at the base, but without any general effusion. An internal exami nation of the body proved that deceased was not en ceinte. As to whether recent violence had been offered to the deceased it was impossible to say, from the cir cumstance of the lower portion of the body being so injured by the fire. Witness was of opinion that death was occasioned by the injuries inflicted by blows on the head, which brought on concussion of the brain, and that death ensued before the commencement of the burning of the body. There was blood upon the door, and on the floor of the room near the door, as if the body had been dragged along. Along the passage there were, here and there, drops of blood, and there was the mark of a bloody hand on the wall of the passage up stairs, nearly opposite the bedroom door of the deceased. Blood was similarly smeared on the upper half of the bedroom door outside. There was also the same appear ance on the door, about two feet from the bottom, Jane Bunce, the wife of the farm bailiff, deposed that on the night of Tuesday, after she had gone to bed, she was awoke by the barking of the dogs, and she ! t,lionght it was caused by a party of " batfowlers," or Sparrow catchers, coming into the yard. There were two carters and two boys, all of whom were in bed. Her husband said he must get up, and he did so ; while dressing him self witness heard Hatto call out " Bunce, get up, for I think there is some one about the place ;" that was about half-past 10. Her husband got up and put the colts in ' the yard, from which they had broken out. Deceased was in witness's cottage at about 8 o'clock. She brought a piece of sticking-plaster to put on witness's bad fin ger. After deceased had dressed witness's finger she said "I must go into the house and get the boy s supper out." Deceased added that when she had done so she should go upstairs and sit in her room, as the boy's (Hatto) conversation was so " indifferent" that she could not sit with him, neither should she. That was all the conversation that took place between deceased and wit ness. Witness had beard Hatto say since the murder that he came out of the house with deceased, and that he went to the stable when she went to the cottage. Since the murder Hatto said be heard a noise against the door which goes out of the kitchen into the pass age, and witness blamed him for not coming to tell her husband. Hatto meant that he heard the noise on Tuesday night, but he did not mention any par ticular hour. Deceased told witness on the Tuesday night that she and Hatto had had words together. Wit ness did not understand deceased to mean that words had passed between them that night. None of the lodgers got up until after witness's husband had put the colts to rights. One of them, the second-team carter (Eggleston), met witness's husband as he was coming into the cottage. In answer to questions from the coroner, Mr.'Goodwin sa id th at Hatto was a civil and obliging servant, and had borne up to the present time a good character. John Bunce, husband to the above witness, was re called.— He added that wh en H atto and himself went round the yard he threw some gravel up at the house keeper's window, and Hatto told him not to do so again, as she was asleep, and it would only disturb h er . Th ere then appeared to be a candle burning in deceased's room. Never took any notice of what Hatt°, and deceased said. They did not belong to him. They lived in the house, and he knew very little about their movements. William Eggleston, a carter in the employ of Mr. Goodwin, and lodging at Bunce's, deposed, that he got up in the night of Tuesday, when Mr. Goodwin gave the alarm of fire. Had previously heard Hatto call Dunce. Dr. Robarts here returned, and said he had compared the tooth found by Mr. Goodwin in the passage on Tuesday night, and ascertained that it belonged to the body of the deceased. It exactly fitted the jaw of the deceased. William Eggleston further deposed that he and others went into the house. Witness heard Mr. Goodwin say he thought the poor woman was burnt to death. Wit ness took water up, and threw it into the room. Hatto assisted in carrying the water. When the smoke had cleared away witness saw the body of deceased lying on the floor, with the legs burnt off. After that witness sat up with Mr. Goodwin and others all night. By de sire of Mr. Goodwin witness and Jonathan Davis slept with Hatto last night. Hatto was anxious that some body should sleep with him. Hatto never mentioned anything about the murder ; he was asleep in less than five minutes. This morning Hatto's nose bled, and he sat down on the foot of the bed. Witness and Hatto got up about 4 o'clock, and Hatto then complained that his nose was about to bleed. Had never known Hatto's nose to bleed before. On the night of the murder, when they were extinguishing the fire, witness saw LIMO slop some water near the doorpost outside, and rub his hand over the blood, as if to rub it off. That was after the fire was put out and when the other men had gone downstairs. Did not observe anything very par ticular in Hatto's manner while they were employed to gether in extinguishing the fire. Jonathan Davis, the other carter, who slept last night with Hatto, deposed that Hatto talked ofhisrazors, but nothing was mentioned about the murder or the fire. Hatto's nose burst out bleeding when they all grouped together at 4 that morning. Hatto's nose bled while he was putting on his clothes. Last night, as they were going to bed, Hatto offered to sell witness one of his razors for a shilling. Police-superintendent Symington produced a pair of trousers which Hatto wore on Tuesday last ; there were marks of blood on them, and the blood had been pronounced to be human blood. He deposed that he had observed marks of blood at 'the bottom of Hatto's bed ; the marks appeared to be partially obliterated, and the blood was of longer standing than that morning. Witness also produced a jacket on which were marks of blood ; but it was explained that Hatto had been em ployed to remove the body, and that the blood might have been communicated to the garments by that means. Mr. Clearc (the foreman) said, it was a suspicious cir cumstance that Hatto should have fallen into a pool of water in the yard, when looking round on Tuesday night, and so induced the necessity for washing his trou sers. They had been partly washed, and were hanging to dry in Mr. Goodwin's kitchen on the Wednesday morning. Superintendent Symington further deposed that he had searched the bedroom of Hatto, and found the trousers now produced. He also produced an envelope, found in the box of Hatto, containing apparently the address of deceased's mother. It was addressed "Mrs. R. Sturgin, Parsonage-green, Cochfield, Sudbury, Suf folk. Paid." Witness also found several letters from Hatto's friends in his box. Wit ness had thoroughly searched the premises, but could find nothing likely to give any certain clue to the guilty parties. Witness produced the tooth and hair pin found by Mr. Goodwin. William Coker, a boy l•n the service of Mr. Goodwin, and living at the cottage, deposed that he slept with Hatto on the night after the murder. Hatto said he h ni o g p h e t d b h e e fo s r h e. should have jumped a pleasanter night than he had the about in the bed very much, and appeared very uneasy. Hatto was here introduced, and asked to sign the evi dence given by him on Wednesday. Th e Coroner said th a t H a tto stool in a peculiar posi tion,as being the only person left on the premises with the deceased. The whole of the depositions would be read over to him, and ho could make any observations he pleased upon them, but whatever he said would be taken down and produced in evidence against him should the jury find a verdict of guilty against him. The prisoner, who appeared perfectly unmoved, is of ' middle size and about thirty years of age. His counte nance was pale, and there was a restless movement of his eyes, but there was nothing in his general demeanour to convey the impression that he was capable of committing so horrid and revolting a crime as that for which he was detained on suspicion. He listened to the evidence attentively, but without emotion, and it is rather remark able that never since the commission of the murder has • he expressed any probable clue to the mystery. The Coroner then proceeded to sum up the evidence and charge the j ury. .He then cautioned the prisoner in the usual way. The prisoner said, —I can say nothing at all about the murder e xcept that I myself am innocent of the crime. I have nothing further to say. The Coroner said, the case had occupied a consider able space of time, and every means had been used to procure information. Of one thing there could be no dou bt —one of the most diabolical and cruel murders on record had been committed at the Burnham Abbey farm. It was possible that some one might have entered the house while the deceased was absent at • Bun ce ' s . T he oply strong fact against Hatto was, that, adm i s sion, he was the last person seen b withy his own admission, thenden- c eased previous to her corpse being found. The con duct of Hatto was not altogether clear f rom susp i c i on, jury of bl oo d i n th e pas sago that there was no l ega l e vidence w a b i i t i o i tell the inTh e sago would warrant th e suspicion that deceased was first attacked in the chamber, and that sh e ran down stairs to give th e alarm, when she was attacked and murdered. The tooth was found downstairs, but the broken poker was found in the bedroom of deceased. The marks on the doorpost were such as would have been made by the blow of a poker. No robbery of any extent had been committed, and there seemed almost a total absence of sufficient motive for the murder. On the whole, there was no evidence to fix the guilt on Hatto or au othery person, and it would be for the jury to consider e whether case. se an open verdict would not best meet thc justi ce o f th The jury consulted together for an hour, and the in quest was again adjourned until next week. ARRIVAL AT AUSTRALIA OF THE GOVERNMENT EMI. GRANTS IN HER MAJESTY'S SHIP HERCULES.-By a letter from this ship, dated Melbourne, August 3, to hand this morning, we announce the safe arrival of the Hercules at her destination. She was supposed lost, or to have met with some disaster, no report having been made of her arrival at the Cape on her passage out. She left Cork on the 14th of April, after having been detained there for three months on account of smallpox and typhus fever breaking out among the e migrants, which resulted in her taking out only 3SO out of 756 emigrants, from the Hebrides. She made the passage to the Cape in 61 days, having had unusually calm weather. On first leaving Cork, she had a few cases of fever lin ger i ng i n the ship, but the gen eral health of the people improved gradually, and the number of deaths amounted to four only. —Portsmouth Ile, ald. Th e Right lion. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli are rec eiving a few s elect friends at Hughendon Manor House, near Wycombe, Bucks. lid 4d; 141 b ins, lied ads, )ver md. n•er oad. over oad. Y.) E.; ed— ner), 'e on been lyths 'don, 4 in with Davi )y, le —The Car- (I.M, • v- 3, 11.11 1 . Sla.l p; 2 it 0 0i 20 53 2i 12 i i 40 30 1 103 64 5 11,i 48 7. 5# 71 i