The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

C . btrb Titation SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. PONTEFRACT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TB,LEGRAP.H.) CASTLE STAKES. liotchpot PONTEFRACT HANDICAP. Grapeshot 1%14 Richardson Braliey Seven ran BEDFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (2Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BEDFORDSHIRE STAKES. Peniciic4s. Tick ton .. Seven ran. PREPARATION STAKES. Captain Flash Warbler Three ran. TWO•YEAR-OLD PRODUCE STAKES Star of Surrey Ta urina filly TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Seaweed filly Eulogy filly.. Nine ran. .. 2 ADDITIONAL ARRlVALS.—Vaultress, Hyacinth, Lady Isabel, Flycatcher, Forester, Pug Orrock. ' Kohinoor and kungerfordare expected for the Qne ens Plate. ARRIVALS AT LEICESTER. Czarina, Eva, Twinkle, Lady Amyott, Jacqueline, Bran Mare, Sleeping Partner, Pride, Daphne, Spring Jack, Wave, Audubon, Tomboy, colt by Drayton, Chief Justice, Spring. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, SEPT. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon ourable the Earl of Plarrowby ; The Right Honourable David Richard Pigot, Chief Baron of the Court of Exche quer in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Ireland ; Montifort Longfield, LL.D., one of her Majesty's Counsel ; Tr avers Twiss, D.C.L. ; and James O'Ferrall, Esq., to b e H er Majesty's Commis sioners for enquiring into the management and Govern ment of the College of Maynooth. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Egan Rosser, Esq., to be Assistant-Surveyor and Engineer for the Colony of Sierra Leone. --- BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 19. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Decree, received through her Majesty's Embassy at _Paris, regulating, provisionally, the duty on the importa tion into France of cattle, and of fresh and salt meats. ty order, J. EUERSON TENNENT. NAPOLEON, Par la grace de Dieu et la volonte nationale, Empereur des Francais, A tons presents eta venir, salut : Sur le rapport de notre Ministre Secretaire d'Etat an 7cleparternent de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Tra vaux Publics. ENGLISH WATER ING PLACES. Within 20 miles of the ancient city of Norwich, and on the most easterly part of the coast stands Lowestoft, till within the last few years only a remote fishing vil lage, but now a flourishing seaport town carrying on an extensive trade with the northern part of Europe. It has been raised to its present eminence through the spirit and enterprise of S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P. This gentleman has spent a considerable fortune here, and his liberality in all matters connected with the pro sperity and welfare of the place, is without parallel. The Old Town forms the north point of Lowestoft, and is divided from the New Town, or South Lowestoft, by an extensive harbour. The rapid improvement in the trade of Lowestoft has given the trades men of the Old Town an opportunity of rebuild ing their shops, and the principal street now pre sents a really modern and handsome appearance. The new town, which has sprung up as if by magic, is situate contiguous to the railway-station, and is approached by a swing-bridge across the harbour. Visitors are struck by the beauty of the scene which here presents itself, and perhaps on no part of the English coast can the eye rest upon a finer prospect. The houses are well arranged, elegant in design, and admirably adapted for internal comfort. Avons decrete et decretons co qui suit : Art. ler. Jusqu'a ce qu'il en soit autrement ordonne, les droits a ('importation des bestiaux et des viandes fraiches et salees scut provisoirement fixes ainsi qu'il suit : 13(ufs et taureaux. Vaches, '' .enisses et bou v ill ons 3 If 1 , Veaux, brebis, moutons, chevres et pores. ~ 25 par tete. Agneaux, chevreaux et cochons de Tait „ 10 v iandes 1 fraiches „ 50 ) les 100 salees lO „ f kilogr. Art. 2. Nos Ministres Secretaires d'Etat au Departe meat de l'Agriculiure, du Commerce et des Travaux Pub lics et au Departmement des Finances sont charges, chacun en ce qui le concerne, de l'execution du present decret. Fait an Palais de Saint-Cloud, le 14 Septembre, 1853. NAPOLEON. The Marine-parade has a beautiful sea view in front, and a fine extent of country is visible in the rear. The Marine-villas, with their drives and garden plots, are tastefully laid out, but the great_ attraction of the place is the magnificent Esplanade,. allowed to be the finest promenade on the eastern coast. From here you have an extensive view of the German Ocean, and, perhaps, in no part of England is there to be seen so many ships passing and repassing at one time than at this point. The piers are handsomely constructed, and run a great distance into the sea. The Royal Hotel is a fine building, capable of making up 80 beds. It is conducted by Mr. S. Howett, upon the most recherché principles, and is generally full of visitors dur ing the summer months. During the last year vast improvements have b een ma d e f or the further accommo dation of Visitors who flock to this delightful place, and we hear many other improvements are projected, one of which is a new terrace facing the sea, to be called the Wellington Parade. Strangers visiting Lowestoft should apply to Mr. W. Toogood, the principal house agent, in order to meet with no disap pointment in comfortable accommodation. We were recommended to apply to this gentleman for a house, and feel happy to testify to his lively atten tion and kindness to visitors with whom he is con nected. With such accommodation, with such civility and attention as we had the pleasure of meeting with fiom all classes, our prediction is that Lowestoft will become one of the most popular and fashionable water ing places on the English coast. The rides and drives in the neighbourhood are beautiful in the extreme, and the air and salubrity of the place have been only lately discovered to be very beneficial to the majority of con stitutions. Par l'Empereur : Le Ministre de l'Agriculture, du Commerce, et des Travaux Publics, P. MAGNE. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 19. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Minister at Berlin, in closing a translation of a notice published by the Prussian Government suspending, until the close of the present year, the duties on the importation of certain specified sorts of grain. —By order, J. EMERSON TENNENT. (Copy.—Translation.) According to an agreement made by the States of the Zoll Vercin, the King has authorised that the levying of the import duty on corn, codded grain of all sorts, flour, bruised and shelled grain, peeled barley, groats, and bruised or peeled corn, shall he suspended from the 15th instant to the end of the year 1853. This is hereby made known to the public, and notice is also given that the cus tom and revenue authorities have been provided with in ttructions regarding the suspension of the duty. Berlin, September 8, 1853. (Signed) RODELSCHWING, the Minister of Finance. NOTIF I CATION. With reference to the notification which appeared in the Gazette of the 23d ult., that a convention had been con cluded between her Majesty and the United States of America, for the settlement of all outstanding claims by means of a mixed commission, and that commissioners Were about to meet for the purpose of carrying out the stipulations of such convention; Notice is hereby given, that the commissioners held their first meeting on the 15th inst., and that all persons, subjects of her Majesty, who may have claims to prefer npon the Government of the United States, arising out of transactions of a date subsequent to the 24th of December, 1814, and prior to the 2Gth of July, 1853 (the date of the exchange for the ratification of the convention) should forthwith transmit the particulars of the same to her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, together with the requisite evidence or information in support thereof, for the purpose of being submitted to the commissioners. Notice is also hereby given, that in conformity with the following stipulation of the third Article of the Con vention : " Every claim shall be presented to the Commissioners within six months from the day of their first meeting, un less in any case where reasons for delay shall be established to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, or of the arbitra tor or umpire in the event of the Commissioners differing in opinion thereupon ; and then and in any such case the period for presenting the claim may be extended to any time not exceeding three months longer." Every claim which may not be presented to the Com missioners before the 15th March, 1854, will be inadmissi ble, unless reasons for delay be established to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, or of the arbitrator or umpire ; and that every claim which shall not be presented to the Commissioners before the 15th of June, 1854, will, in conformity with the fifth Article of the Convention, be considered and treated as finally settled, and thenceforth inadmissible. Foreign-office, Sept. 19. We advise our fellow pleasure seekers to take a trip to this fashionable spot, and we believe that our remarks will be fully confirmed. A VISITOR. THE NORTHERN MEETINGS. These meetings were held at Inverness on Thursday and Friday. Theyconsist of an annual assemblage of the nobility and gentry resident in the Highlands of Scot land at this season of the year, and, while they afford opportunity for fashionable reunions, they have chiefly in view the encouragement of Highland sports and ath letic games. The great gathering came off in the Academy Park. A. portion of the lawn was railed in for the competitors, and a grand stand was erected for the nobility and their friends. Formerly the public were admitted free of charge, but this year ls. had to be paid for admission, the effect of which was to limit the number of spectators greatly, and thus to divest the games of the popular in terest which used to attach to them. The attendance of the aristocracy, however, was very large, and among those present were Lord Lovat, Lord- Lieutenant of the county, and Lady Lovat, the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, Earl and Countess Talbot, the Earl of Annesley, Viscountess Dupplin, Viscount Hamilton, Lord Claud Hamilton, Viscount Chelsea, the Countess of Waldegrave, Sir John and Lady Harrington, Lady Elizabeth Yorke, Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Moncrieff, Lady J. Parry, Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Lady Grey Egerton, Major Leith Genkendie, Sir Henry Meux, &c., with family parties. The amusements of the day commenced with some of the simple games, and then there was a keen competition for the prizes offered for the best playing on the bagpipes. Nine competitors entered for the trial of the pibroch music, and in the opi nion of the most competent judges displayed the highest proficiency in this department of bagpipe music. The first prize, a splendid set of bagpipes, was gained by William Ross, a piper of the 42d Regiment; the second, a valuable silver brooch, by Angus M‘Millan, piper to Cluny; and the third, a Highland snuff-mull, by Kenneth APlVlillan. The same candidates were successful in the strathspeys and marches. The games consisted of the usual routine of " putting " the stale, throwing the hammer, and tossing the caber. The heavy hammer of 1616 was thrown 93 feet by John Tait, from Ayrshire, who thus gained the first prize ; and the light hammer of 121 b., was thrown 106 feet, by Donald Fraser, game keeper, of Killin. John Tait at the first throw sent the putting stone of 21116. 37 feet, on seeing which the other competitors at once withdrew. it was rather a mortification to the stalwart Highlanders to be thus dis tanced by a firm knit and well-built, but nowise formi dable-looking Saxon, and this, we believe, is the first time that the first prizes have gone so far south. The sports of Friday were of a more lively character and went off with much éclat. They consisted of dances, lighter games, and were characterised by great spirit. In ti . h a e late evening; m. ng there was morning. wasa grand ball in the Assembly Rooms, which was brilliantly attended and kept up to 2d R eo .i WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 20. iZ...,. ~, bent of Dragoon Guards—Francis G. Powell, ec i , t ei o t .7 2 Cornet, by purchase, vice Stapylton, pro be Cornet, 100 ; Goodrich Holmsdale Allfrey, Gent., to Sept. 21. Y Purchase, vice Bridgeman, promoted, 2,1 DragoonsitTi,,„ M'Neill, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice 6th Drago ons ___Zieg i , promoted, Sept. 20. De Jersey Lovell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, v - e am 14th Light Dr aionn i s e 7. Law re ~,,, itoe.teel,i,atsepkt. Clements,Gowan 0. pr o .., Gent., to be Cornet, by moted, Sept. 20. Regzieanesinictnofalyrt Guards —Granville let (or Grenadier) Fullerton, Gent., to be ,c, Lieutenant, by pur u ernet, chase, vice Cameron, promoted 43d , Foot—Captain William Foot, to be Captain, vice De Morel, wh o n from the 67th 20. • sehanges•, Sept. 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry e nnkt First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holloway, svl7 o rn , i t ? b e Henry Knyvett Edwards Hope, Gent., to b e s eo. ,,,,,ires; tent by purchase, vice Cockburn, Sept. 20. eu• Lieu 67th Foot—Captain Charles Carew de Morel from the 43d Feot, to be Captain, vice Du Vernet, who ea:charges, Sept. 20. . 71st Foot—Ensign Francis Bonham to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Ord, who retires ; Charles . 'At% i GLASS TRIASCOPES.--39, Mounsey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bonham, NERTI SEMENT.]—SPORTSMEN'S, DEER-SL Sept. 20. 20. Gent., to be Ensigi a t ER - s' 1 -A valuable, newly-invent 73rd Foot—John Marsh Simpson, ,l _ , AND TouRISTS' EXTRAORDINARY MUNICH GERMAN by purchase, vice Vincent, who retires, Sept. 20. Aedl,bevme.ryarlesm . - The Royal Exhibition. 95th Foot—Graham Mylne, Gent., to be Ensign, by pm , I Observe chase, vice Platt, who retires, Sept. 20. Albemarle-street, e p t' o w P e i rf cca ul di s l v l a y i . st - - Gent., to- i coat-pocket glass, the • lst West India Regiment—Anthony Carlisle, can • be seen ana e size of a walnut, by which a person 20.. be Ensign, by purchase, vice Minty, who retires, Sept. ii 1 they answer everykurn one mile and a half distant ; 2nd West India Regiment—James Kingsley Maunse ~• I opera-houses, co try 'lB rpose on the race-course, at the Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dawson,. 1. tl2to 14 miles. enerY, and ships are clearly seen 1 a They are invaluable for h t' d deceased, Sept. 20. stalking, yachting, to sp or t ame _ s oo ing, eer y,' gentlemen, COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. and tourists. Telescop ee _ A __.__ gamekeepers, • tion in telescopes, ~,,,5 , _"..,, i 1 and most important Hampshire Militia—John Wickham, Lieutenant in the , ( invention that 31 inches, i -- ''''"'" g such extraordinary wers some, , velth an extra North Hants Militia, and Thomas Best, Lieutenant in the I po eye-piece, will distinctly Jupiter's moons, s t North Hants Militia, to be Captains ; John Lonsada, late ii show with the same una's rin g' an d the Lieutenant in the South Lincoln Militia, and Arthur Fitz f double stars ; telescope, Weighing only 3 be seen a person's countenance Walter Bigg Wither, Ensign in tie North Hants Militia, 1 ( ,notes, can object from three miles to be Lieutenants half distant, and an • William Seward Le Feuvre, Gent., to la°a a - t- miles, 4 be Ensign, Sept. B.' , 1 hey supersec e all sizes with increasing p0c...e,•. Hampshire Militia Artillery—John D 1 Ct• •n ' 1 c. are of larger and , with ng 1 ,, w ,„ ear( more, ap al , ai in the South Ha Militial• 1 Opera and race-course glosses,, ei u 1852, to b© twin,Cap Hants by Commission dated Dec. ?,, i a ;or, ing y. c' b'ect can be clearly seen,from . . 14 to 1' • 6 miles tarn in the N by transfer ; Frederick Deacon, Cap- p al ver ;an o ./ S. and B. Solomons, opticians, ha ve i n . orth Han ant. Messrs. Dec.lo 18- Hants Militia hy Commission dat .e 1 dim ~• spectacle lenses. Immediately -, . Massey, , a 2, to be Captain by transfer Hugh IT ' ' t d invaluable preservin g ootin in ; anion yen e tvision, every ol • before iniperfec miss on da-ted Ja the South II • • • ants Militia by Corot- the r are placed . the most aged, defective sight William goo n. 14, 18:13, to be Captain, by transfer ; , ppi Jars clear and distinct, . per, late Cn. • • brought to its youthful, bent of Militia, to be 6 ptain in the Warwickshire Regi- I ' ) - e - co mes bright and brilliant, is a _ ness_ New Discovery— Esq., late Captain in the tettrai'll ; Duncan Bhinckley Shaw, / ta tehal, and original state. I: 3 '-' t powerful and Arthur Robert Nighten lingshire Regiment of Militia , 1 le (.. )rganic Vibrator, an extraordinaryentirely different Thomas Lyford Champion:Gel-1:cl" to be Lieutenants ~ a ewly•invented instrument, for Deafne o s f s, the kind that has - Frederick Josiah Burges,,, s t., to be Ensign, Sept. 3•; f, rom - a ff others, to surpass anything i. B e ing of the Militia, by Commission, dateditgeeel of the South Hants b een, 0; orobably ever can be, produce( ible . it enab es by transfer; George Frederi c k B 1 .1852, to be Sureeon . lo . ur as the skin, it is not percept , at public as , aistant-Surgeon, Sept. 3. exsonae, AI D to b ' s. time „o ' ~ be As- d eaf persons to hc,►r •`3 distinctly at church and . noises in Hampshire Yeomanry Cavahy—J oha T at miblies ; the unpleasant . sensation of singing . all the assist- Gent., to be Cornet, Sept. 15. wilier Phinipson, t - h e is entirely removed , and it affords B. Solomons, late of Wight Militia Artillery Corp s .... 4Ele r gic, e that possibly . eould be deAred.—S. and Worth, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of E nry Water. . A. iita dOs 39 Albemarle-street, Picca dill y. an p c a • , , England; ' Dbs Mei opposite the York Hotel. THE SUN : , LOW:DON; TVESDAY EVENING, STP:TEMBER'go i 1856. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Sept. 19 , The sittings of the court for the September general sessions were resumed yesterday morning at the Guild hall, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, before Mr. Ser jeant Adams, Assistant Judge, Mr. Witham, Mr. Au gustus Robinson, &c. The number of prisoners committed for trial was 103, of which number 94 were charged with felony, and 9 with misdemeanour. Leon Nathan, 34. a Frenchman, was indicted for having stolen 43 sovereigns and other moneys, belonging to Solomon Joel, in a dwelling-house. This case was remanded from last session, the pri soner having, when arraigned, availed himself of his right to demand to be tried by a half-foreign jury. Mr. Woollett and Mr. Taylor appeared for the pro secution : the prisoner was undefended. The prosecutor, a foreigner, but well conversant with the English language, carried on the business of a chi ropodist, and lived at No. 9, Poland-street, Soho-square. It appeared that he and the prisoner were on inti mate terms, and the latter was a constant visitor at the lodgings of the former. The prosecutor had 431. 10s. in gold and 7s. in silver in a purse, in a drawer, about half an hour before the prisoner entered his bed-room, but immediately after be left he mi-sed it. Without de lay he communicated his loss to the police at the Vine street station, and telegraphed a description of the pri soner to Liverpool, having reason to believe that he would make for that place, and he then took a cab and went in the direction of a pawnbroker's shop, where the prisoner had pledged a number of gold watches, and on the way he met with the prisoner in another cab. On see ing him the prosecutor charged him with the theft, upon which the prisoner drew a knife and said in French, " It's either your life or my liberty," and, opening the door on the other side of the cab, he jumped out and made his escape. On going to the pawnbroker's he found that the prisoner had redeemed six gold watches for 241. 10s., the whole of which sum he paid in gold, and one of the sovereigns was the identical cracked one which the pub lican refused to give change for. The prisoner was apprehended when he went to redeem the case of instru ments, the pawnbroker having received information, and on his being searched seven gold watches, the case of instruments, two sovereigns, and 17s. Bd. were found upon him. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy on account of the previous good character of the defendant. Judgment deferred. In his defence the prisoner handed in a long written statement in French, which was read to the court by an interpreter. It was a rambling attack on the prosecu tor's character for morality. His answer to the charge, as well as it could be gathered, was that it was an in vention premeditated by the prosecutor, who was aware that he was about to redeem his watches, and, with reference to the cracked sovereign, he alleged that he received it from the prosecutor's own hands as the price of a pair of razors and some articles which he sold to him. NEW COURT.-SEPT. 19. ROBBING AN.ommpus PROPRIETOR. . . John ferries, 60, clerk, was indicted for stealing 731. 14s. 9d., the property of Thomas Wheatly, his master. The prosecutor is the well known omnibus pro prietor of Greenwich, and bad, out of motives of charity, taken prisoner, whom he had known before, from the union, and gave him employment as a clerk. He had been with him some time, when the money in question coming into his hands to be paid into the bank, he absconded with the cash portion of it, returning by post a, crossed cheque. Be was traced to Lille, in France, by Sergeant Carpenter, who, being unprepared with the Secretary of State's warrant, was not allowed by the French authorities to bring either the prisoner or the money found upon him (nearly the whole of the amount taken) back to this country. It, however, appeared that the authorities at Lille, who detained prisoner for having a false passport, set him at liberty, and a few days ago Carpenter took prisoner in custody at Westminster. The jury found him guilty. It was proved that prisoner had been before convicted at these sessions, and sentenced to 12 months' imprison ment for obtaining by false pretences sums of money in aid of the Animals' Friend Society, which had then long been defunct. The Assistant Judge having summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty, and The Assistant Judge sentenced him to one year's hard labour. John M`Donald, 21, convicted at the last session of housebreaking, was brought up for judgment, and the court sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for four years. James Elands, 19, pleaded guilty to indictments in which he was charged with having stolen a telescope, a sovereign, a half sovereign, and other moneys, the pro perty and moneys of Sir James Smith, and three gold mourning rings, the property of John Ayrton Paris, M.D., his master and employer. Sentenced to six months' hard labour. DEFRAUDING THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. He was now sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. William Cagby, 34, and William Skinner, 33, were indicted for haying stolen three sacks of coal, the pro perty of the Great Northern Railway Company. Mr. Cooper and Mr. O'Brien prosecuted. Mr. Horry appeared for the prisoners. It appeared that the prisoner Cagby was a carman in the employ of Mr. Wiggins, contractor to the Great Northern Railway Company, for the delivery of coal, and Skinner was what is called in the coal trade "a trouncer," to Cagby. On the 17th of August they left the King's-cross station with four tons of coal to deliver at the residence of the Earl of Jersey, for the use of the kitchen. They took the van down a mews to shoot the sacks at the proper place, and it happened that Sir Alexander Cockburn, the Attorney-Gene ra l, had stabl e s there. Sir Alexander's groom, a man named Beard, never havinc , seen either of the prisoners before, ob serving them delivering coal at Lord Jersey's, very coolly walked up to Cagby and asked him if he nould spare him a sack. Cagby, evincing not the least indisposition to enter upon a gross piece of roguery, at once replied in the affirmative, and took one sack to a loft over Sir Alexander's stables, and there shot its contents. The groon having succeeded so far, asked Cagby if he could spare him more, and Cagby complied, and in like 'win ner delivered two other sacks. This was all observed by the Attorney-General's under groom, one Mason, who having had a quarrel with Beard, told Lord Jersey's porter of the matter, and the porter told Lord Jersey, and Lord Jersey the company. Cagby received the full price from Lord Jersey's servant for four tons. Beard rewarded him with 3s. and a pot of beer. They were apprehended on the 27th of August. The jury acquitted Skinner and found Cagby guilty. They recommended him to mercy on the ground that he had been led into temptation by the witness Beard, whom they thought ought to be strongly reprimanded. The Assistant Judge agreed with the latter part of the verdict, but not with the recommendation. He did not think a man entitled to a recommendation who could so easily be prevailed upon by a total stranger to commit a very serious robbery and breach of trust. He then sentenced Cagby to nine months' hard labour, and with regard to Beard said his conduct was detestable, and his expenses would not be allowed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. —ASSAULTS UPON WOMEN. Yesterday morning many unfortunate women were to be seen about the court with features betokening the handiwork of heartless ruffians. It was altogether a sickening sight ; many of them, however, went away, rather than appear as witnesses against their brutal as sailants, perhaps to fare more sadly on hearing the de cision of the following cases : James if acklin, described as a watch-glass maker, residing at 23, Hull's-place, St. Luke's, was charged with an inhuman assault on his wife, whose face was frightfully disfigured with cuts and bruises. The front of her dress was besmeared with blood. She stated that on Sunday evening her husband came home drunk, and began abusing her in a savage man ner. She appeased him a little, and fed him with some dinner, when on a sudden he pushed her from him, struck her down with a blow over her right eye, caus ing the blood to flow, and afterwards, while she was prostrate on the ground and altogether helpless, he beat her on various parts of the body, blackening it with almost every hit or kick. She called for assistance, and her mother coming to her aid was knocked down by the prisoner with a poker. In answer to the worthy magistrate the poor creature said that "she had borne her husband six children, three of whom were principally dependent on her exer tions for sustenance, for she had very little help from him. The mother in part corroborated the complainant, and proved the brutal attack on herself. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner his defence. In a surly manner he answered, " that he had none to make." Mr. Tyrwhitt said, " these cases were truly lament able, and it was impossible to go on in this way. He had hoped the law as it now stood would have dimi nished such outrages, but every day experience showed an increase of them." He sentenced the defendant, for the two assaults, to hard labour for four months. Mielaael Kelly, a raw-boned Irishman, was next charged with assaulting Catherine Holmes. Complainant said, she had cohabited with the pri soner, and had been his support for a considerable time past, by pawning her clothes and other worse means. She had no money on Satutday night, and for that rea son he knocked her to the ground and blackened her eyes. Mr. Tyrwhitt observed that " words would he wasted on such a vagabond," and sent him to the treadmill for two months. William Streton Sturgis, avs ell-dressed man, aged 27, was indicted for embezzling three sums of money, amounting to 131. 3s. 6d., which he had received for and on account of Charles John Stewart, his master. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted ; the prisoner conducted his own defence. The prosecutor was a bookseller in King William street, Strand, and the prisoner had been in his service, as clerk and cashier, for about seven years and a half, his salary for the last three years and a half being 21. per week. Suspecting that something was wrong, Mr. Stewart fixed a day for an investigation of the accounts, and when that day arrived the prisoner told him he need not enter upon any such task, and then admitted that, during the last four years, he had robbed him to the extent of from 3501. to 4001. The prisoner had been married about that time. The prosecutor nevertheless went on with the investigation, and the result was that he found that the total amount received by the prisoner and not accounted for was over 6001. The prisoner left town, with Mr. Stewart's knowledge, but subsequently it was discovered that he had forged his master's name to a cheque on a City banking-house, for a sum remitted to them from the country on Mr. Stewart's account, and that the same proceeding had been taken with a post office order. Upon this Mr. Stewart caused the prisoner to be apprehended, and on the case of forgery being gone into before a magistrate it broke down, and the prisoner was sent for trial on three charges of embezzle. ment. TBE ALLEGED MURDER at SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. Yesterday, at the Jolly Gardeners, Hammersmith, Mr. Brent, the deputy coroner for the western division of Middlesex, resumed and concluded his investigation into the circumstances attendant upon the death of Elizabeth Hays, which, it will be remembered, had been attributed to the brutal ill-treatment of her husband, who was alleged to have murdered her on the night of Saturday, the 10th inst., in the immediate vicinity of Shepherd's-bush market. Although nearly all the evidence which it was pro bable could he adduced in the case was brought forward on Thursday last, when these proceedings were com menced, the Coroner suggested at that time that an ad journment should take place, as it was possible that in the interval some additional evidence might be forth coming ; and he was, moreover, desirous, if it could be accomplished, that the prisoner should be present, and that the depositions of the various witnesses should be read over in his presence. The prisoner, in cross-examining the prosecutor, ad mitted his defalcations, and endeavoured to show that Mr. Stewart had condoned his offence, and had made the matter one of debt. Mr. Marten attended to prosecute, and Mr. Pound, from the office of Mr. Russell, appeared, as before, for the accused, James Hays, who, it is almost unnecessary to say, was not allowed to be present. The Coroner said the husband of the deceased was not present ; but, as he had promised the jury, he had used his best exertions to secure his attendance, and up to the previous night he had been in expectation that he would have been there, because in answer to an appli cation which he had addressed to Viscount Palmerston upon the subject he had received the following reply : "'Whitehall, Sept. 16. " Sir —I am direct e d by Vi scoun t P a lmerston to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, re presenting that it is the opinion of the jury that it is important to the ends of justice that James Hays, who is now in custody on remand by a police magistrate on a charge of murder, should be produced at the coroner's inquest to be held before you on Monday next, and I am to inform you that by his lordship's directions that I have informed the Governor of the House of Detention that his lordship has no objection to the governor pro ducing James Hays at the inquest in the custody of his own officers upon receiving the usual formal re quisition from you to that effect, provided that by this course the presence of the prisoner before the magistrate at the time fixed is not in any way interfered with. Mr. Stewart denied this, and said he certainly had no intention to prosecute him for the embezzlements, and the cause of his being taken into custody was the disco- very of the forgeries. Prisoner—What was the reason the case of forgery broke down ? Prosecutor—The reason was this. The magistrate thought that because I had given you a general au thority to collect and receive money for me it was no forgery for you to sign my name to a banker's cheque, and get the money and keep it. The Assistant Judge remarked that that certainly was an extraordinary decision, and now it was mentioned he recollected noticing it at the time in the newspapers. Mr. Clarkson said he certainly held up his hands with surprise when he heard it at Bow-street. The Assistant Judge said that it was as much as say ing that because he gave a person a general authority to receive money on his account, it was no forgery for that person to write his name to a cheque for all the money he might have at his banker's. The prisoner, evidently a person of education and talent, addressed the jury. The substance of what he said was, that Mr. Stewart had made the thing a debt, and that it was very hard and unjust upon him that he should now be prosecuted. He admitted the deficiencies, but Mr. Stewart, he repeated, had treated the total amount as a debt due, and he asked the jury not to give full credit to that gentleman's evidence. Mr. Stewart said he never treated it as a debt, but at the time he had no intention of prosecuting for the em bezzlement. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "HENRY FITZROY. " G. S. Brent, Esq." Upon receipt of that communication he had forwarded a requisition in due form to the House of Detention, in reply to which be had received the following : " House of Detention, Sept. 18. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Assistant Judge said the case was one of the grossest he had ever witnessed. He sentenced the pri soner to be kept in penal servitude for four years. " have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, requesting me to produce the body of James Hays at an adjourned inquest to be held to-morrow. I beg to inclose you a copy of the resolution of the Court which will explain to you why I cannot comply with your request. "I am, &C., J. W. HILL, Governor." The resolution which was enclosed stated that, as there was no legal justification or authority for taking the prisoner before the inquest, the visiting justices had directed the governor for the future to act in conformity with the resolution adopted previously to his appointment under similar circumstances, and approved by the Court in 1845, which was in the following terms :—" Not to send any prisoner committed for re-examination by a magistrate on a charge of homicide before the coroner, in order to be present at the inquest, unless he has competent atho rity for so doing." He was sure it would be highly satisfactory to the jury, notwithstanding the decision of the justices, that Lord Palmerston entertained no ob jection to the course which he (the coroner) had pointed out. The noble lord (the Home Secretary) had, in fact, implied an approval of that course, but, in consequence of the hostility displayed in other quarters to the office of coroner, they were unable to conduct that inquiry in so satisfactory a manner as they might otherwise have done. Mr Pound stated that he had seen the accused upon the previous day, and that he had expressed his readi ness, and, indeed, his wish, to be p resent during the in recalled, vestigation by the coroner. No new witnesses being for thcomin g , those who had and been their examined evidenceupon w a the r e ad previousoverpreviously to being day were signed by them. At the sa me time the y were asked whether there were any alter ations which the y desired to make in their original dep ositions. Mrs. Johanna Lines, the sister of the deceased, added to her previous testimony that the deceased resided, the Court of Bankruptcy, by which he incurred the prior to her death, at Palace-place, Kensington. She crime of perjury. had had five children by her first husband and three by Tire jury without any hesitation returned a verdict of Hays, but only two were alive. She had not lived guilty, and the defendant was sentenced to be iropri- with her husband fnr the last 18 months. She did not be soiled and kept to hard labour for twelve months. heve that deceased had received a penny from her has- Henry Wheeler surrendered to take his trial band since they had separated. On the contrary, Hays for wilful and corrupt perjury. had taken her clothes from her, and had left her desti- This was a prosecution instituted by direction of the tute. Since he had parted from his wife Hays had been Judge of the Westminster County Court, under the fol- i living with another woman at Notting-hill. Hays had lowing circumstances : frequently ill-used the d ecease d , an d h a d o f ten th rea t ene d The prosecutor was Mr. Joseph Perry, the landlord ' to kill her. of the One Tun public-house, Chandos-street ; and The Coroner—Do you blame any one on account of it appeared that on the night of the 4th of June the the death of your sister, Elizabeth tap ? defendant and a man named Edwards were at his house, Witness—Yes, I do. lam sure that Hays was the and having partaken of some gin, Edwards tendered murderer of my sister ; and I blame the woman that he in payment for it a sovereign, and the prosecutor was living with, for I believe she incited him to it. gave- him change in silver money, a portion of which Edward Lines, the husband of this witness, and con consisted of two five-shilling pieces. On the follow- sequently the brother-in-law of the deceased, added that ing Monday Edwards went to the prosecutor, and re- he had often seen Hayes beat his wife. presented that one of the five-shilling pieces given The Coroner then summed up the evidence. to him by the prosecutor was a bad one. Mr. Perry The room was then cleared, and the jury remained in was positive at the time that he hal given him good consultation about 20 minutes, when they returned a money ; but upon his pressing the matter, and repre- verdict of " Wilful Murder against James Hays," a,p senting that he was a very poor man, he consented to pending to it the following words :—" The jury express give him half-a-crown as compensation for his supposed their hearty thanks to Viscount Palmerston, Her Ma loss. This half-crown was afterwards returned, and it jesty's Secretary for the Home Department, for his sup appeared that a summons was taken out by Edwards port of the privileges of the Coroner's Court, as evinced against the prosecutor in the Westminster County Court in his assent to the request that the accused person to recover five shillings as the value of the counterfeit might be produced before them ; and they hope the Le coin, and upon the hearing the defendant was called as a gislature will soon perceive the necessity of providing by witness, and he swore that he received the counterfeit special enactment for the production of the accused coin from Edwards, and that it was the same that had before coroners' juries, as they consider not only that it been paid in change for the sovereign. The prosecutor is essential for the ends of justice, but that the coroner's positively denied having paid away the counterfeit piece court is insulted by that privilege being withheld." to Edwards, and evidence was adduced to show that on The Coroner then made out his warrant for the com the Saturday night on which the occurrence took place, mittal of James Hays upon the. charge of wilful murder. the defendant purchased the bad crown piece of a but cher named Taylor, living near the prosecutor, who had taken it the same night, and that he gave Taylor a shil ling for it. Several highly respectable witnesses gave the defendant an excellent character for a period extending over a great many years. Immediately after the close of this inquiry', all the witnesses appeared before,Mr. Beadon, the magistrate at the Hammersmith police-court, when the depositions previously made by them were read over and signed. Two additional witnesses were examined—Mrs. Ren nell, who deposed that she spoke to Hays on the night of the murder, and that she told him that she had seen his wife at the gate, to which he replied that it would be the last time ; and Denis Daley, the landlord of the house in which the prisoner resided, but he equivocated so grossly in answering the questions put to him that Mr. Beadon indignantly ordered him out of the witness box. The prisoner, a good-looking, fresh-complexioned man, with light blue eves and fair hair, apparently about 35 years of age, stated that he was so tipsy upon the night of the murder that he remembered nothing of what had occurred. He was about to add something to this state ment when Mr. Beadon cautioned him that whatever he said would be taken down, and might be used against him. Acting upon this caution, and the advice of his soli citor, the prisoner said nothing more, and he was there upon fully committed for trial for the wilful murder of his wife. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19. Her Majesty's screw yacht Fairy, Master-Comman der Wel c h, was t a k en out to S tokes Bly by Captain Crispin, R.N., second in command of Her Majesty's steam squadron, this morning, to make au experimental trial of a newly shaped screw, patented by Mr. Scott, of Bristol. Two runs along the measured mile only were made with it, which were quite enough to show its in efficiency as compared with other inventions. The first run only realised 11 . 040 knots, and the second but 11141, with 36 revolutions. This was a great contrast to the Fairy's performances with other screws, she having realised 12 . 888 knots. The patentee was on board, as were Mr. Murray, superintendent of the steam department in this dockyard, and Mr. Miller, assistant. The Victoria and Albert was taken out of the north dock today, and placed under the shears of the steam basin, to have her boilers, &c., removed. The Encounter, 14, screw corvette, Captain O'Cal laghan, is undergoing a thorough refit in the south dock. She has sent her topmasts on deck and is stripping her lower rigging. The Stromboli, 6, paddle steam sloop, Commander Hall, commenced swinging to-day in this harbour fur the adjustment of her compasses. The Vivid, steam mail packet, Master-Commander Smithett, came into harbour this morning from the east ward, and, having taken in coals, left for the westward, to attend upon the Lords of the Admiralty. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 19. APPOINTMENT. Midshipman Richard Livesay, to the Arab, 12, sloop, at Chatham. It was inadvertently stated yesterday that Mr. M'D er mod and Mr. Gray, clerks of 1850, had been appointed to the Impregnable flagship at Devonport, when it should have been to the Imauiu flagship at Jamaica. Commander the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, one of the officers examined at Woolwich on Wednesday and Thursday last, after going through a course of study of steam here, is a son of Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., and has only recently returned from foreign service, where he was employed on the West Indies and North American station in protecting the fisheries on the coast of Labradore and in the straits of Belleisle. The House of Assembly, Newfoundland, was so pleased with the conduct of Commander the Hon. A. A. Cochrane that they passed a vote of thanks to him, one instance only having previously occurred of a vote t) an officer of his rank being given. It is generally believed that Admiral the Earl of Dun donald will be appointed successor to the late Admiral Sir Charles Adam as Governor of Greenwich Hospital. to be Surgeon, Akii 20 Robert Gordon, Esq., formerly of the 66th Foot, and l a t e C a pt a i n i n th e 2d Regiment of Norfolk Militia, to be Captain; William Whichoote Man ners, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, May 16. Royal Merioneth Milida—Bertram Aystey James Mit ford to be Second Lieutenant, September 17. BANKRUPTS. Mary Ann Thomas and William Thomas, builders, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury, to surrender, Oct. 5 and Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. Isaac Sharman, upholsterer, Spalding, Oct. 5, at half past one, and Nov. 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Taylor, South-street, Finsbury square. Elizabeth Agar, grocer, York, Oct. 6, at eleven, and Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Anderson and Son, York ; Black burn, Leeds. William Watson, saddler, New Springs, Staffordshire, Oct. 5, at twelve, and Oct. 27, at eleven, at the Birming h till District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, 13ir m ngharn ; Cooper, Staffordshire ; and Hodgson, Birming ham. Francis William South, beer-seller, Maidstone, Oct. 1, awl Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Braiken bridge and Sons, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Case, Maidstone. Jo ieph Okell, merchant, Old Broad-street, Oct. 5, at half-past two, and Nov. 4, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld official assignee ; Reed, Lang ford, and 31arsden, Friday-street. ' Edward Bullock Watts, land surveyor and auctioneer, Yeovil, Sept. 29 and Oct. 27, at one, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon, Exeter. Henry Kirk, hay dealer, Portland-terrace, St. John's wood, Sept. 28 and Nov. 8, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Nisbett, Mitre-court-chambers, Temple. Walter Scammell, boot and shoe maker, Old Brentford, October 4, at half-past one, and November 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Tyas, Beaufort-buildings, Strand. Willi am Morris, cabinet maker and builder, Tonbridge, Sept. 28, at hal f- p ast t wo , and Nov. 4, at one, at the C our t of Bankruptcy. St ansfeld, official assi gnee ; St enn i ng an d Croft, Bs.singhall-street ; Stenning and Camel!, Ton bridge. Henry Fairbank, jeweller, Richmond, Oct. 6vand 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official as signee, Leeds ; A rno ld an d Welch Birmingham Ward, Leeds. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 16%,0`t , sitar .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 18% Leghorn .............. 29 30 Rotterdam .. Antwerp 25 25 Milan ................ Brussels - tlamburgh ............ 13 6N Naples .. 42% Altona ................ Palermo .... . Paris ............ .... 25 5% irlessina .............. 124• X Ditto, throe months .. 25 25 Lisbon •• • 53 4 Marseilles........ • ... .. 25 27% Oporto .......... Bourdeaux .; .......... Rio Janeiro Franktort-on• Maino .... 119 Buenos Ayres... Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' eight Vienna....... .... . 11 0 Philadelphia Trieste Petersburgh............ Madrid ................ 8arce10na.............. Seville ................ •• .. 11 5 I PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. 38 'Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 ;Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0% 1 New Dollars ...... 0 0 o Silver in bars ...... 0 s 5 0 % CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Sept, 19. OLD COURT. PERJURY. Jos Joseph Legge surrendered to take his tr ial f o r misde meanor. Th e circumstances under which the present charge was preferred were fully detailed upon the trial of the defendant two or three sessions ago, upon which occa sion he was convicted, but judgment was afterwards re spited upon a technical objection taken. by Mr. Ballan tine, who then appeared for the defendant, to the form of the indictment. The defendant, it will be remem bered, carried on, in partnership with his brother, the business of an upholster at Pimlico, and upon their be coming bankrupts their debts to different creditors amounted to 1,3001. and upwards. They appeared to have had little or no capital when they commenced business, and upon the creditors causing arc inquiry to made being the examined s 8 be made it was ascertained that a very large quantity of property had been removed to a house in York-place, Southampton, which was occupied by a person who on nt w b h y our t nhi h al e name of Marshall ; and upon the defemiant statedin his usual declaration required by the statute, he had been placed in u aexsapnea: speculator n l t aa h tti e oornathnadt Bankruptcy ilt andis Court, after having ever, that Marshall was s that he ,Marshalladvanced h la s m a 0 per eon e e ry e had only known for a short period, and tie re appeared no doubt at different times tr i m the security of the furniture that possession. It turned out, how ever, placed in the house at li the father of the defendant, and tthat the property had been ultimately defrauding the creditors of Southampton with the object of indictment was p re fi, rred it. The present against the defendant for hav ing wilfully and corruptly made a false statement before THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. The New York Tribune gives the following ac count of a disgraceful and brutal attempt to arrest a fugitive slave at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. An attempt has been made by a person calling himself " Deputy Marshall Wynkoop" (a brother to Colo nel. Wynkoop), another, answering to the name of " Joe Jenkins," and three other assistants from Virginia, to arrest as a fugitive slave a coloured waiter in the dining-room of the Phoenix Hotel in this place. Immediately after their receiving their breakfasts at the hands of " Bill," the unsuspect ing fugitive, who is a tall, noble-looking, remark ably intelligent and active mulatto, nearly white, they suddenly from behind k noc k e d him down with a mace, and partly shackled him ; but by a despe rate efort, and after a most severe struggle, with the whole five upon him, he shook them off, and with the aid of his handcuffs, which were only fast upon his right wrist, he inflicted some hard wounds on the countenances of some of the Southerners, the marks of which they will probably carry to their graves. But, notwithstanding the fearful odds against him, he managed to break from their grasp, and, with the loss of everything upon him but a part of his shirt, and covered with blood, he rushed - from the house and plunged in the river close by, exclaiming, " I will be drowned rather than taken alive." His pursuers fired twice at him on his way to the river without checking his speed, and on reaching the bank, they presented their large revolvers, and called on the fugitive, who stood up to his neck in the water, to " come out and surrender himself, or they would blow his brains out." He replied, " I will die first." They then deliberately fired at him four or five dif ferent times, the last ball supposed to have struck on his bead, for his face was instantly covered with blood, and the poor fellow sprung and shrieked out in agony, and no doubt would have sunk but for the buoyancy of the water holding him up. The people around, who had by this time collected in large numbers, were becoming excited, and could no longei refrain from crying out " Shame, shame!" which had the effect of causing the Southerners to retire a short distance in evident consultation. The slave, not seeing his pursuers, came to the shore ; but not being able to support himself in the water, he lay down on the edge completely exhausted, be came senseless, and was supposed to be dying ; on hearing which the slave-catchers remarked coolly that " Dead niggers were not worth taking south." Some one shortly brought a pair of pantaloons and put on the fugitive, who, in a few minutes, unex pectedly revived, and was walking off from the river, partly held up by another coloured man, named Rex, on seeing which his pursuers again headed him, drew and presented their revolvers, and called upon him to stop, threatening to shoot any one who assisted the fugitive. Rex, who drew back, exclaimed to the slave, " Put, Bill, to the water again"; don't be taken alive !" The poor fellow, seeing himself alone, for there was a general drawback on the revolvers being presented, turned and plunged into the river again, where he re mained upwards of an hour, with nothing above water but his head, covered with blood, and in full view of the hundreds who lined the high banks. His claimants durst not follow him into the water, for, as he afterwards remarked, "He would have died contented could he have carried two or three of them down with him." In the meantime some of the citizens, thinking there was no law justify ing such barbarity, were taking means to have the kidnappers arrested. They soon, however, saw the sentiment of the community was strong against them, and drove off before an officer could be found to arrest them. A telegraphic dispatch to the constable in Hazleton caused their detention there ; but he was overawed by several pom pous United States' officers, and they were allowed to go again. After their departure, the fugitive, afraid to come out there again, waded some dis tance up the stream and got out above, and was found by some coloured women flat on his face in a cornfield. The women carried him off to a place of safety, dressed his wounds, and at night he will be far on his way to Canada. Such are the plain, unvarnished facts. You can not overstate the barbarity of the scene, the ex citement of the people, or the ferocity of the slave catchers. But having recently felt the rigours of the Fugitive Slave Law here, there was a general fear of the officers, who bullied and browbeat any one who ventured to speak above his breath, exclaim ing occasionally, " Gentlemen, you can have him for $l,OOO ; but we are United States' officers ; re sist us at your peril." We felt ashamed of our country, and almost longed to be in Austria or Russia, where human rights are more respected. Nothing in Mrs. Stowe's work equalled the brutality displayed by this Pennsylvania Marshall and the Virginia slave-hunters. Had some bold spirit led the way, the citizens would have de demolished them on the spot. As it is, the result has been good. The blood-thirsty villains were baffled—the " property" escaped (though, pro bably, a cripple for life, if, indeed, he should live, for he was quite light-headed during the day), and there has been more anti-slavery feeling axcited, and more hatred to the Fugitive Slave Law aroused, than could have been done with years of lectures or addresses. STATE OP RANGOON.—The Calcutta Star says since our last issue we have received two mails from Rangoon, which have brought us lamentable accounts of the misery and destitution of the entire population of Pegu. • There is a famine in the land. Rice, the staple produc tion of the cou n t r y, an d upon which its inhabitants are as much dependent for existence as the Irish were upon potatoes before the famine of 1846, is so excessively dear, that it is beyond the means of any but the richest to purchase enough to keep body and soul together. A small basketful, which is here sold for about a shilling, there costs sixteen ! A letter from Prome of the 11th of July states :—" Some hundreds of families came in from the jungles a week or two ago in a state of starva tion indescribable. Forty of them died in one night." A most liberal subscription, amounting to 600 r., was raised among the officers at that station, and many starving people were relieved ; but, though the subscrip tion was a most humane and munificent one, we may ask, what, unless a miracle could be performed, is so little among so many ? Ely the last accounts the scar city had been only in the most partial manner alleviated by the arrivals of rice from Calcutta ; but there were 1J to 20 vessels loading grain on the Ist inst. of an average tonnage of 500 tons, and of which, we believe, some have already left for Rangoon. In the meanwhile the whole country is overrun with bands of dacoits. The river is so infested with them, that no merchant will venture up ; and it is said, that even the commissariat with a strong guard dreads the passage. The Rangoon Chronicle which we last received was full of nothing else but murders, dacoities, starvation, and cholera. THE ASSAULT UPON WOMEN AT MANCHESTER.— Isaac Davis, the man charged with a savage assault upon a woman named Ellen Oakes, was again brought before the city magistrates at Manchester yesterday morning, when a certificate was produced from the medi cal officers of the Royal Infirmary, declaring the com plainant out of danger. He was sentenced to the ex treme penalty of six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, inspec tor-general of cavalry for the United Kingdom, is ex pected in Dublin in the ensuing week. The issue of the garrison court-martial on the private of the 14th, Wm. Smith, for assaulting his commanding officer, was promulgated on Saturday, and his sentence is seven years' transportation. Lieutenant Bond, 4th Regiment, who was senior subaltern and paymaster, which latter he resigned, is now the junior lieutenant. _ _ The 84th Regiment is expected from India next year, after return of 18th and 80th. Lieutenant Hawksley, Scots Greys ; Lieut.-Colonel Thornton, Grenadier Guards ; Lieutenant Gardner, 34tH ; Lieutenant Machell, 37th ; and Lieutenant Mein, 84th ; sold out of the service on Tuesday last. The quartermaster of the 37th is appointed to an en signcy ; and the quartermaster-serjeant is promoted to the quartermastership. The court-martial i❑ the 37th Regiment at Ceylon, in which Captain Seward and Lieutenant Machel were prin cipals, has led to the retirement of the latter from the service. The quartermaster of the 23d reserve is provided for by transfer to the 50th Regiment. Gort barracks are being enlarged to increase the num ber of troops there. MILITARY FLOGGING AT CHATHAM.—The sentence of a general court-martial held at Chatham in May last on a private of the 70th Regiment, on a charge of insubor dination and knocking down with his fists Dr. Piper, the chief medical officer at the Military Prison, Fort Cla rence, was read to the prisoner on parade, and in the presence of the troops by the adjutant. The prisoner's name is Thomas Farrell. It appeared that the court sentenced the prisoner to be transported for seven years, but on the case being investigated at the Horse Guards, it was found that some words had been left out in the charge against the prisoner, and the members of the court were ordered to re-assemble, which was done, when another sentence was recorded, and which was ap proved at the Horse Guards, that the prisoner receive 50 lashes and be imprisoned with hard labour for 12 lunar months. The usual forms having been read, the troops were marched to the Spur Battery, the place selected for inflicting the corporal punishment on the prisoner, who, on being pinioned, told the colonel that he would not flinch, they might flog him until they were tired. The 50 lashes on his back having been given he was released, when the prisoner made use of some horrid expressions against Coloner Jarvis, and what he would do to him when he got his liberty ; and that he would also do for Dr. Piper the first opportunity, if he got transported for it. The prisoner's threats and imprecations were taken down in writing to form a charge against the pri soner, which will call for a general court-martial on him on his leaving the garrison hospital. SHIPPING INTEhLIGENOE, C USTOM-HOUS E—SEPT. 19. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Fortuna, from Lokken ; Caro line, Riga ; Clipper, Stettin ; Perthshire, Stettin ; Sarah. Malta ; Elizabeth, Antwerp ; Amy, Rotterdam ; Barm neister Ramm, Archangel ; Alexander, Riga ; Hart, Cron stadt ; Thomas William, Dunkirk ; Hendrik Wester, Am sterdam ; St. Harlampy, Petersburg ; Sippe Vessey, Worcum ; State of Maine, Calcutta ; City of Calcutta, Calcutta ; Mei iam, Cronstadt ; Helma, Adam Smith, St. Petersburgh ; Peyn, Moulmein; Britain's Pride, Antigua ; Edgar, Riga ; Victoria, Singapore ; Hippogriff, Cronstadt ; Hilma, Danizic ; Johanna Cornelia, Rotterdam ; Corine, Trinidad ; Jane White, Dantzic ; Phoenix, St. Peters burg ; Juliana, St. Petersburg ; Katherine Groladys, Jamaica ; Gesina, Archangel ; T. and P. Woodward, Quebec; Eliza, Denia; Hebe, Christiana; Roven,Hernosand ; Vrot.wGretz, Skine ; Julie, Riga; Angmetha Grufswold ; Minie, Christianstadt ; Catharina, Konigsberg ; Burgo meister Oon, Riga ; Louise, Nykiobing ; Ceres, Band holm ; Ernst Christine, Riga ; Elsinaen Margreta, Memel ; Speculation, Arenda, Aufgehende ; Sorme, Rostock ; Kron Prins Josephine, Christiania ; Wilhelmine, Dro brick ; Hopper, Gothenburg ; Isabella, Dantzic ; New Dantzic ; Ali, Dantzic • Triton, Memel ; Hoffnung, Alton& ; Alkoll, Sonnain ; Dorothy, Bremen ; Croron, Cronstadt ; Anne Margaretha, Struer ; Conrad Hendrich, Mazatlan ; Hellevoelslius, Dordt ; Reline Marine, Arch angel. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Anna Maria, for Aalborg ; Electra, Grenada ; Henrietta, Adelaide ; Susanna, Amsterdam ; Odin, Gothenberg ; Minters, Cher bourg ; Mary Ann, Cape of Good Hope. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Amelia Thompson, for San Francisco ; Crunto, Singapore ; Castle Eden, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Samson, Port-au-F rime ; Em erald Isle, Adelaide ; Johann Frederick, Elsinore and St. Petersburg ; Alice Brown, Melbourne ; Gutenberg, Ko nigsberg ; Marchioness of Bute, Gibraltar and Cadiz ; Kare, Stockholm; Adize, Bahia and St. Thomas; Janet, Nassau ; Galarim, Oporto ; Chance, Port Philip. PABSTOW, Sept. 17.—The Ceres (sloop), of and from hence to New Quay, is a total wreck on the rock at Tre betherick Point, and the boat knocked to pieces ; crew supposed to be drowned. BOMBAY, Aug. s.—The Panola, from Port Philip, got on shore outside the harbour, where she remained a short time, and will be docked. The Jenny, from Smyrna to Liverpool, put in Sept. 7, leaky, and is discharging to reir. MALTA, Sept. 13.—The Romolo, from Ismail to Eng land, put in Sept. 3, making five inches of water per hour, with cargo heated, and will discharge. The Fiumano, from Galatz to England, put in Sept. 4, making f our inches of water per hour. SURINAM, Aug. 16,—The William Allan sprang a leak, and three feet water in her hold ; was pumped out, and found to have two holes bored in her, which have been stopped, and she is now ready to take in her cargo. MOULMEIN, July 19.—The Augusta, hence for Great Britain, sprung a leak during a gale from July Bth to 10th ; has put into Wag2erah Creek, a little to the north of Am berst, with twelve feet water in her hold, where she has been put on shore on the Bank ; she has been surveyed, and has received considerable damage. BATAVIA, July 25.—The Middleton, Hobart Town to this port, struck on a rock off the Lomrock coast, June 29, and became a total wreck ; crew landed at Souranva. VALPARAISO, July 30.- The Mary Imrie (British barque), Huasco to England, sprang a leak and foundered south of Chiloe ; crew saved. The Colombia, of London, Cardiff to Callao, has put into Talcahuam in a leaky state, and is discharging to repair. The Fanny (British barque), Cal lao to Queenstown, has put into Valdivin, with damage, and cargo partly washed out. The Maria (British ship), Callao to Liverpool, was lost 28th Juno, lat. 57, long. 75 W., crew saved. The Robert Sonrcouf (French barque), France to California, was abandoned in a sinking state off the Hera, crew saved by the Acacia, arrived here from Hartlepool. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 19. The Pegu, Moulmain to Falmouth, was spoken June 11, lat. 10 S., long 94 E. The Zemindar was spoken June 11, lat. 11 S., long. 95 E. The Chalmers was spoken June 15, lat. 13 S., long. 84 E. The Coldstream was spoken July 15, lat. 36 S. long. 21 E. The Eleanor Russell was spoken Aug. 16, lat. 8 N., long. 23W. The Antoinette, London to Port Philip, was spoken Aug. 24, lat. 17 N., long. 26 W. The Standevuys, Mauritius to London, was spoken Sept. 5, lat. 53 N., long. 32 W. The Malvina, Hamburg to Cape Palmas, was spoken July 27, off Grand Sestroy. The Ripley was spoken July 29, lat. 5 N. long 11 W. The Soubadhar, London to Calcutta, was spoken Aug. 1, lat. 8 N., long. 16 W. The Lama Bahia to Falmouth, was spoken, Aug. 24, lat. 31 N., long. 37 W. The Camilla, Liverpool to Newfoundland, was spoken Sept. 14, lat. 51 N., long. 10 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Scotia, from Port Philip, June 28, lat. 14 N., long. 18 W. The Abeona, from Glasgow, July 7, lat. 9 S., long. 20 W. The Pickwick (barque), Liverpool to Valparaiso, July 16, lat. 6 N., long. 22 W. The Highlander (schooner), of Jersey, Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, July 17, lat. 7 N., long. 22 W. The Hero (English ship), Hong-Kong to Liverpool, out 90 days, July 19, off St. Helena. The Salsette, Portsmouth to Port Philip, lat 5 S., long. 24 W. The Asia (steamer), Liverpool to New York, Sep 8. The Purchase, of Yarmouth, N. S., for Sligo, _ept. 8, lat. 51 N., long. 29 W. The Intrepid (barque), for Quebec, Sept. 9, lat, 51 N., long. 25 W, uti BY rAIiKET CHELMSFORD—SEPT. 16. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, to 67s Od, new 57s to 70s • red, old 47s to 60s, 4 ,4m 95 63s ; barley, 29s to 32s ; chevalier, 36s to 42s ; Snu'7 B , 23s to 29s ; malt, 58s to 62s ; chevalier, COs a6ss ; 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 35s to 4Gs ; white, 36s to boiling 43s to 45a ; dua, new, 36s to 38s ; beans► tick, to 389 ; Harrow- ticks, 33s to 39s ; Mazagan, 338 t° white, old 51e et! COLOILESTER —SEPT. 17. 725; Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, fia*l"''mss, red, 58s to 66s ; barley, 38s to 44s ; oats, 203 to 25s ; Mazagan, 36s to 38s ; middle and small, 38s to 42s P white, 46e to 50s ; grey, 38s to 425. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, /0.' 1. : la in the port of Lond o n, from the following P° the 12th to the 17th Sept., both inclusive. .5 I -v P Colchester Harwich ~ Leigh .... Maldon.... 223 287 1 598 KIRKCALDY--SEPT. 17. Boa lls ' Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. , „ od 65s Od I 36s Od I 266 8d I „v 3 Od ... 63s Od I 35s Od 2ss Od Os Oa ... 60s Od I 30s Od I 22s 6d I '4 First Second Third.. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t Wallsend, o. 6 West Edmondsley ........ . 6_ Belmont ..................... 1 Lana bton ................... p Stewart's . . ................ Heugh Hall . .............. South Kelloe .............. ! Birchgrove Graigola ..... Derweatwater Hartley Watney's Anthracite ..... 4 I Sold 57. ET-SErr. 19. he close of the market: S. 6. Burnhope 2O 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 24 0 Ravensworth Hartley 2l (.. Tanfield Moor Butes 20 0 Walker Primrose l9 9 West Hartley 22 0 West Wylam 24 0 Wallsend 22 0 Bell •• 2J 0 Ship at market... 11 RAIL WA Y SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 19. ti t 1 STOCK EXCILINGE.—The share market opened t bt o ligbt per cent. under Saturd a y's p r i ces , an d a ft er s everal ter fluctuations closed a shade better than it opened. ti'vi•es, and Birkenhead, 17i ; C a l e d on i an . 28i ; E as t e rn o) „, n "t i b' 12i ; Lancashire and York s hi re , 67i 7 ; L on d on and -D ° ste r, Western, 1021; ditto Eighth s h ares , dis.; lannc, be fit' Sheffield, and Lincoln, 21g ; Midl an d, 594 ; Sontu", eo t , , ern and Dover, 18i ; St. H e l en ' s R. an d C., 5 per 109 ; North Union A, 255. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 19 .Ic, STOCK EXCHANGE.— The market to-day . was br' a large amount of business was done. The prices of 7 sc i , day were firmly m a int a i ne d th row2 hout the day ; l ab vauce took place towards noon, which, however, W'ailto before the close. The sales were—Leeds, 66 Fifths, 6i dis.; Manchester and Birmingham (C), Lirt to t; 7-16 prem. ; Midland, 59} ; Dovers, 18 , 2 ; Sheffield; Eastern Counties, 12 3-16 ; M anc h es t er an d S a lford 0.; 4 prem. ; London Stock, 1021 • ditto Eighths, i t yav Caledonians, 28 • North Staffordshire, 5i dis. ; Eal co lo cashire, 16 ; ? West Ridings, 3 dis. ; East La , ' Preference Quarters, 9. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 19. ell # ip Oil., STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market was prew.-., ;00 1 ; the same to-day as on Saturday, with little V1" .15 ,' ‘ ,. 0 0 t P prices. London and North-Western Stock was 6:o' 104 ; London and North-We s t ern Ei g hth s , a t A dis. , di ,, land Stock, at 61; South Staffordshire, at 11 and 11 BRISTOL, SEPT. 19. 03i STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was afair business trs- ,10, 0 0 1 to-day, but prices closed fiat. London and North-W e v were done at 104 ; Taff Vale New Shares, 4 prem. ; v and Exeter 4 per cent. Preference Shares, at par. SEA BORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General F' by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Orli" Day when made uf From what c i 5 COUNTRIES. i Office , n General Post- Port London.* Dispatched. Amerlea(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Esc!, America (by United Sts. Sept 21 packet) ..........N Sept. 20 Liverpool •• • --- America (by U States packet) ..........N Sept. 27. • • • ...... Southampton a t ' 6 Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Oct. 4.. • ....• .... Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N Sept. 24 Ditto (via rape 01 cmed ~., OP' Hope) ............N Sept. 14 .......... Fymouth • • ." C 2 a gp Africa ( west Coa.st)..Nlsept. ........ Plymouth •• SeP . la Alexandria .......... NlB, n. 24. & 30 of m. Dover .....• SeP: t $0 tiexantlrla ..........3114th & 2oth of mon. Southampton Sep t t 6 Bahamas ........... M 12nd of the m on th Soutnampion Oet• itelaium NI Daily Dover Brazil ............i 19th of the month .. Southampton Oat. 1 Buenos Ayres of the month .. SourhamptimlOet. 16 Cape of Goon lio,e ..N 14th 01 the month Plymouth Cape of Good Hope .. N Plymouth . Cape de Verds N 14th of the month . Plymouth .•. Sept Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ....... • ......N 14th of the month Plymouth .. SeP t ; t rel l Clianne' Isles N Mon .;Wed ,&Frid. k,uthainpton 'lhil . ........ • & 17th of month Southampton Oc t ' - tine (see India) 2° N 7 ,8,17,21,8;27 of m. Dover .• • • ..Sept' Sept' 20 ntinople ........ 4th & '2oth of mon. Southampton t oeu ont of Eur pe & Nll'n Me daily , Dover ...• • • , Eg3 pt (see India) Prance M& N ' Twice dai1y...... Dover .... • • I :‘,. vi t ,. ce 9 4 6 14 braltar .......... 31,4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of m . "outhamp ton vP iroece (see It.dia) 1 f I t. Greytown 'und & 17th of mon. 4outha mott' • -c a -, s gs Hamburgh .......... N Tuesday & Friday London ••• •• T .t. I avannah .......... a 2nd of the month southampton Holland ....... ........ Wednesday & Sat. London ... • • Mon 1" Honduras .......... M 17th of the mouth. Souanunplon sett 20 India (viaSout .ampt.) M 4th & 20th of m o n. Souti t ampton India (via Man s eill es )3l,Bth& of month Dover ...... A' , lonian isles (see Indi a )! ice d: 01 Ireland ........ M & NlTwiee daily Lisbon .............. M'7, 9, 17, &28of m. Southampton • 1 6 Madeira ........ Madeira .. N Aug. 28.....• •... Plymouth .• S e P Malta (see India) -pt* IA Malta .... N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover ..... • Mauritius (see India) .ept. 26 Mauritius ........ . v 14th of the month Ph-mouth • • 1 ie. t 21 Mexico • dud of the month. Southampton ,eP • Naples . .......Nisthihth2sthofmon. Dover ... • • • - t , 1 New Granada M 12d & 17th of mouth Southampton Oc o rtor New Zc - fland .. private ship .. Various Port' pt 2 2 Papal States ..• ..N l sthlhthr thofmon. Dover .. •• •• Peninsula MI" thl7th2Bthohnon Southampton 1- , iv ect Peru ••• • • • M 'd & 27th or mon -•outhamptoo 26 Pert Natal •14th of the month Plymouth • • ' - se pt• 2 1 'Melly • • .. sthl th2sthoMion, Dover •••• •• .4ept , TuscanyN sthlsth2stholinott. Dover ...• • • 1 Venezuela .. ........ Ai 2d & 7th of month ,outhampton Van I lietnen's Land (see Australia) West Indies id 12d St 17th o month Southampton Oct _ 2 ___.— 0 , • eiti f is * When any of these d a t es la i o 1 n mm nt lls ( day, the _ p t o disPatche , on the following day with th e exce pti o n of the tched '- Southampton), and the Malta. both o f w hi c h will be cilePo day preceding. PRACTICE AT SHOEBURYNESS.—The gentlemen :;;r0 of the practical c l ass , w h o are at present under C ry 0 ofinstruction at the Roy a l Arsenal prepair t gler; being exami ne d f or comm i ss i ons i n the Royal or Royal Engineers, embarked at Roff's wha t'' o'clock a.m., on W e d nes d ay , S ept. 14, f o r a Pes 9B lbel; Southend, on their way to ShOeburyness, wb er a e s s nd carried on pra c ti ce w ith l arge guns at l on g ren e gsg i ter returned to the R o y a l A rsena l i n t h e eve ning o f o dor day, the 17th inst. The gentleman cadets Were the command of Capt. Boxer with Lieut. Bird. rigor [ADVERTISEMENT.] --The Earl of Aldborough !t_n.:,looo loway's Pills.—A n as t oun di ng cure by this Eel' medicine after every other means had failed. „p o sh°, tract from his lo r d s hi p ' s l etter, d ate d " Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor 1 )- °1 0 g e ov a Sir,L-I beg to acq ua i n t you t h at your pills haveo 3 a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, 1 100 .4. : the most eminent of the faculty at home and all Continent had not been a bl e t o e ff ec t—nay, e l O f waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed)A.7ollol Ronan." These wonderf u l pill s will cure any tree P i of the liver or stomach —S o ld (a l so Holloway's nltsse, h ; at Professor Hollo w ay' s E s t a bli s hment, 2 44 % 0t it London and by all M e di c i ne ven ders throug h kingdom. AERIED. On the 17th inst., a M t St. Mary's, nf Woolwich, .100 0 second son of the late H enr y Rouse, Esq., f Co.. ° 0 India House, to Matilda Caroli ne , on ly daughter o Chalmer, Royal Artillery. „atilt On Wednesday last, at St. Andrew's Church, P 1 " t -- t y u the Rev. Charle s R. S owe ll, B.A. of Exeter Col!cf; elaea ford, curate of St. A us t e l, to Julia Hannah Lculgtb' daughter of the late T. G. Trenery, Esq., Pen r Y D wall. On the 17th inst., at James's Church, Hollowys,abell* Purser, Esq., of Willington, near Bedford, 0 eldest daughter of the late Wm. Hanson Dears'•'' of Shinfield, Berks. • s ell On the 17th inst., at St. Philip's, Granville" so on David Carrington, Esq., of Ealing, to Emma An n ' (laughter of Mr. Charles Feist, of°Granville-sqllose'_...„..o DIED. On the IGth inst., at Hampstead, Mr. Ambrose Vfre, aged 84 years, second son of the late Rev. Arobr °se D.D_ ~ rector of L evr i ng t on an d Outwell, Cambride; get, On the 16th i ns t., a t the rectory, Gaywoed, i year, the R ev. Th omas H o lt on , rector of Gay w n ood Beeston St. Lawrence, Norfolk. %iv On the 16th i ns t. at Lower Clapton, Mrs. Sophit' beth Bevill, aged 91. - Igo r On the 16th inst., at 53, Gloucester-street, l ir , oi lor road, Digby, Thomas Carpenter, Esq., late of house, Sunbury. 1 ,, n 0 YO trig: LONDON : Printed and Published by fill:l.N 1.10.. - of No. 112, Strtnd, Printer, at The Sun Offie , _ .. . n wo Strand, in the 1 4 zecitinet of the Savoy, in the ow"' Middlesex, Tvfesday, September 20, 1853. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 1812 inst., at Pleasington Hall, Lau lady lady of John Butler Bowden, Esq. On the 17th inst., at 16 , St. Mary's-road, C 6ll°ll the wife of Joseph Thomas Cooper, F.R.A.S. OF A DAUGHTER. 00 , On the 15th inst. , the Hon. Mrs. Randall Barr°llj, On the 17th inst., at 8, Oxford-square, gr ° ' Enthoven. 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