The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

i; u rthWtittiott SUN OFFICE, Seven, o' E WATERLOO-BRIDGE MYSTERY. THE ADJOURNED INQUEST-THIS DA.Y. The inquest was resumed this afternoon at the Board Boom of the Strand Union, Bow-street, before Mr. Bedf,rJ, coroner for Westminster. The first witness called was Samuel Ball. He deposed—l rende at No. 10, Grove place, and am a general dealer. On Thursday night, October 8, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, I passed over Waterloo -bridge from the Strand aide. I pa id E rr ington, the toil-collector, and bid him good n i g ht. Wile:. I got to the first recces on the bridge I pulled out my pipe and went back to the toll-gate for a light. There I saw Errington and a short female. Errington said to the woman "If you can't lift the bag, why don't you ask some one to do it I" I then saw Errington lift over a carpet bag, but I did not notice the colour, or whether it bad leather sidef. The woman had also a parcel with her. I saw her face distinctly. She was of sallow com plexion, with rather sunken eyes, and a mark like a mole on the left aide of the nose. Her hair wa3 like white, but it did not appear of a natural colour. The woman passed him, but he soon overtook her and passed her. I dal not see the woman again. On the other side of the way at the end of the bridge I 8% a man sauntering alongtowards the Strand. By the Jury—The woman had a brown paper parcel, which she tarried underneath her arm. By the Coroner—lt appeared like a brown paper par eel, but am not certain. I was not close enough to her • speak with certainty. Mr. R. B. Painter recalled, said—Professor Taylor _ has been associated with me in examining the remains since the former examination. On the day after the last sitting of the jury I made a further examination of the remain., the chief result of which was that in ad dition to confirming my previous opinion, I discovered a fact whisk set the question of deceased's sex at rest. Mr. Painter having detailed the circumstances that led to him formiag that opinion, added that in order to pre serve the remains in an unaltered condition, I placed the 23 portions in an anti-septic solution, but before doing so I separated a portion of muscle with some of the saline particles I before spoke of, and placing them in a bottle retained them carefully in my own immediate possession till I handed the bottle and its contents to Dr. Taylor for analysis. The examinations I have made clearly prove the remains to be those of a male person. Dr. Alfred Tayl...a- sworn —I am a Fellow of the Col lege of Surgeons, and F.R.S. I have made an exami• nation of the remains of the body shown me by Mr. Painter, under an crder of the Secretary of State. I have made an aualy•is and gone into the whole case, and have drawn up my report on it. It is as follows made an examination of these remains on three separate occasions, viz., on the lath, 19th, and 21st Oct. Tney were shown to me on each occasion by the divi sional surgeon, Mr. Painter, in the presence of Inspector Durkin. These remains are part, of a human body, and, making some allowance for the miesingfportion , , they admit of an accurate adjustment to each other. 20 pieces of -the body were shown to me consisting chiefly of bones with theilesh adhering to them. The flesh had been roughly cut from the bones, apparently with the view of removing as much of it as possible, and the parts had. been cut and sawn into small lengths, probably to re duce their bulk, and to allow them to be packed within a small apace. The trunk, including part of the chest and spine, has been cut into eight pieces ; the upper limbs have been out or sawn into six, and the lower limbs into nine pieces. The deficient portions are the head, with the greater part of the spine, namely, 14 out of 24 vertebra (7 cervicle and 7 upper dorsal) the hands, the feet, and some portions of the left side of the chest. The whole of the viscera of the chest and abdomen are also deficient. [A. drawing which accompanied the re port, showing the missing portions, was here put in.] When Compared with the average weight of the body, the quantity found is small. Tne 23 pieces produced, after soaking in brine for some days, weighed only 1810. This is about one-eighth of the average waght of the *kilt body. . _ _ These remains have been examined especially with a view to the solution of the folio wing questions :- 1. The sex, age, and stature of the deceased. 2 The presence of any physiological or pathological peculiarities, in reference to identity. 3. The presence of any marks of violence with refer ence to the probaule cause of death. 4. The general condition of the remains, with a view to det.•rmine wht,ther they are parts of a dissecced body, and whether they had undergone any chemical process for the pm pose of preservation. 5. The length of the period which has elapsed since the death of the deceased. 1.-SEX AND STATURE OP DEOEASED. It is unnecessary to deal with a question sometimes raised on these occasions, whether the remains or any of them are those of an animal. Beyond all doubt they are parts of a human body, and there are no duplicate portions such as are commonly found when bodies have been used for the lawful purposes of dissection. The parts found belong to one and the same body. The sex is also placed beyond all doubt. The length and mae siveness of the bones of the upper and lower limbs, the marked characters of the ridges and processes, the form of the pelvis, the dimensions of the part called the inlet, the narrowness of the space in the arch of the pubis, clearly indicate that the deceased was of the male sex. This is confirmed by the remains of a portion of the anatomical structure of the male stilt adhering to the arch of the pubis on the right side. An attempt has obviously been made to destroy all traces of the sex, and this, so far as the soft parts are concerned, has been efficted on one side of the arch of the pubis, but not on the other. These sexual parts have not been dissected, but rudely mutilated, and irregularly cut on the two sides after death. The firmness, 0(1414, size, and weight of the bones, the complete ossification of the ends of the long bones and the thickness of the (shafts of tho thigh bones, cerepared with the space occupied by the medullary cat i- Caen are in a condition a hich show that the deceased had reached a full adult age, which I would assign presump tively, jedgiog from the appearance of the shnetoe, at from 30 to 40 year. IL-PILYSIvLOGIOAL AND PATHOLOGICAL IDENTITY. The bones presented in no part marks of maltermation, dieenee, united fractures, or mechanical irjury, excep•- ing that which had been produced after desert by sawing. Some of the joints were fixed with tho sawn per tione of the bones in an unusual direction. Tee head of the right thigu bone Hawaii - Ail on the hip kink was placed or bent on the trunk at an an: le of 45 deg.; the knee was also firmly placed on this side at an angle with the thigh. The left arm (humerus) was fixed in such a direction as to be widely separated from the left side of the body instead of lying parallel to it, and on this side the fore-arm was firmly bent on the arm at the elbow-joint, at an angle of 45 deg. Oe the right side, viewing the direction of the bones, as fixed by the portions left in the joints, the fore-arm was bent on the upper arm at an angle of 80 deg. On examining the Joints, it was found there was no oesification or other disease to account for this firmly fixed condition of the upper o; lower limbs on the right side, and the upper limb on the left side. *o I inter from We examination that the limbs had not been relexid since they had undergone the rigidity of death, that the body had been cut and sawn while in this rigid state, and that the mode In which it was sub seqa -ntly treated, to which I shall presently refer, tended to preserve the fixed condition of the joints as a result of cavaderic rigidity in a constrained posture. Tee email portions of skin remaining on the wrists and on the right knee are rather thickly covered with hair. 111.-3fARKS 07 VIOLENCE.—THE OIIISE Or DEATH. The cutting and sawing of these remains took place after c 4 eatb. The cutting has been effected roughly with a knife, while the sawing has beer, performed in the shafts of the long bones with a fine saw. In one portion of the left side of the chest, comprising the second, third, and fourth ribs, with one-halt of the chest bone attached, there is an aperture in the flesh presenting the appearance of a stab. It is situ ated in front, between the third and fourth ribs, near their junction with the chest-bone. It hat penetrated the cavity of the cheat, and presents, as seen from the inside, an opening of about 6 10ths oil an inch in its longest axis, which is obliquely placed, but in clined to a vertical direction. Assuming that this wound had been inflicted during life, it would have penetrated the heart, and have produced rapid if not immediate death. The muscles of the chest through which this stab had p assed were for some space around of a dark red • lour, evidently l produced by blood which had been as a re ti e I r, u li s k e e d produced of this wound. This appearance is n which ci ` reuta i tm e n d , by a cut or stab in a ceid dead body , and fact, to The view; of the wound o a f re t e h v e e m rte n , : ch. With hiloo4 together with the infiltration which even the soaking in liquid for a week had not lead me to the con wenlas"ineddic•ed. on the deceased elusion that this wound mthienntes of death— i. e., either during life or within anfay blood was liqaid, while the body was warm There is ne other mark of violence utr::!icgtel ac'ecaannsye other appearance in the remains vshicalect brzindied from a of death. The deceased may have fracture of the skull, and injury to the stab in the abdomen affecting some larg e 1: 1 ,: 43, fr 01a a As the organs of the chest and abdomen are not v = o) min any opinion on the cause of death must be a matter of speculation. The ribs and muscles of the right side of the chest (which are complete in 3 pieces), when placed together and examined, pre ant no mark,: of steiabiog or fracture—any mortal wound on the chest, therefore, must have been on the left side. The first, fifth, and sixth ribs, with their attached muscles, are wanting on this side. There way have beer. stabs in the spaces would gav e • b tween then,' missing lihe e involved the large Eieol-vessele of the chest or the heertitself. 4, Gonneeee CONDITION ta. t OF THE REMAINS. The portions of pieces of the body . preeen the no appearance of haen 3 undergone dissect ion for t . purposes of anatomy. A. were not injected), and the n muscles ' blood veg. , seis (welch reference to aerrvels had been cut through without any re pective courier of the vessertateivee torn out of position?, or :he . MAITOW had been violently eTvheortsepbioraalt canal, and left hanging by its sheath to the vetebree. The joints had been sawn through, evidently with great trouble, at points where a oc apal in the bands of even a young anatomiet would have speedily effected the sepa ration of the limbs. The acromean process of the right scapula or bladebone had been sawn through in order to remo v e the shoulder. The right clavicle was left attached to the upper rib on that s de—the sternum o r c h es t b one was sa wn in a right line through its centre, while the cartilages of the re , maim : l3g ribs, which are always cut for the convenient examination of the chest, were uncut. The left scapula or blade bone had been roughly sawn through, so as to leave the cavity of the shoulder joint (glenvid cavity) with the neck of the blade bone still attached, to the bead of the humerus, or long bone of the arm ; and the ribs and processses of the vertebrae of the spine were sawn and cut without reference to their anatomi bearings. The pelvis was sawn into two pieces through the centre of the sacrum. In short, the clearest exa mination, coupled with the knowledge derived from an experience of seven years spent in the study of ana tomy by dissections, leads me to the conclusion that these remains have not been employed for any anatomical purpose whatever. On the contrary, I be lieve that, from the period at which the rigidity of death took place, they have been rendered utterly useless for any such purpose. The flesh left upon the bones was brittle, and of a brownish colour. A portion of thin, as removed from the bones soon after their discovery, was delivered to me by Mr. Paynter, and I made a chemical examination of it in his presence. It had not undergone putrefaction, and had the smell of salted muscle. It was submitted to analysis for the detection of those sub stances which are used for the preservation of animal matter.—namely, arsenic, corrosive sublimate, common salt, nitre, alumina, and clhoride of zinc, with the result that the only substance present was common salt. This ea, separated 'rem the muscular fibre, and obtained in a crystalline state. The thicker portions of the flesh re icaining on the bones of the pelvis, when cut into, was of a slightly reddish tint. This red tint was probably partly owing to the effects of salting. The superficial portion of flesh in the remains presented a brownish co lour and softened and corrugated appearance, produced by exposure to boiling water. The ligaments, tendons, the exposed portions of cartilage of the joints, and the skin on the wrists and eight knee presented such ap pearances as exposure to boiling water for a short period would aloce account for or explain. The cuticle of the skin which was not in a state of putrifaction could be peeled off. The bare skin itself was swollen, gelatinous looking and curved inwards at the margin where the feet had been removed from the ctlluly membrane beneath. Such would be the effect prodneed by boil ing water. An examination of the swollen sriafts of the long bones clearly shows that the marrow has been melted out and removed by boiling water from the medullary cavities at each ex posed extremity. The boiling has not been continued for a length of time, since the deep-seated portions of muscles do not show the changes which would have otherwise been produced in them, and the marrow is not removed from the centre of the long bones. The divided ends of the arteries, and the divided portion of the spinal marrow with its sheath, also show such effects as boiling water would produce. The cut portions of the arteries are opaque, hardened, and averted. To this exposure to the action of boiling water, while the separate portions of the body were in a state of cadaveric regidity, I attribute the peculiar fixation d the thigh, knee, and arms in a flexed or bent condition. The ligaments appear to leave contracted as a result of the action of hot water and thereby to have retained the same portions of bens, re maining on the joints in the position which they had acquired as the result of rigidity. The appearances are sucu as are produced by boiling water on dead animal matter. There is nothing to show that boiling water has acted on any living structure, while it is ob vious, from the effects produced on the sawn bones, ligaments, and arteries, that the body must have been cut up before the parts were exposed to boiling temperature. It is my opinion that the remains were exposed to boil ing water before they were salted. In reference to the portion of flash which I examined, the salt was in su ch quantity that it was easily dissolved from the outside by cold distilled water ; and I am confirmed by Mi. Painter that, when first examined by him, parts of flesh presented solid gritty particles like salt. Taese facts lead to the inference that the salting took place after the partial boiling of the remains. The object of these two opera , tons being probably the same ; namely, to prevent putrefaction, and the probable discovery of the remains by the escape of putrescent effluvia, The piece of flesh which I examined, as taken from the - remains by Dr. Painter, had no offensive smell whatever, although he had kept it for a period of eight days. THfE SIUN, LO:NDON _MONDAY, :EVENTING, OCTOBER 26, 1857. T.-PERIM SINCE DEATH. On this point only a speculative opinion can be given. As the remains have been partly boiled and salted those changes the animal matter on which we are accustomed to rely for evidence of the period of death have , been suspended. Still, on examination of the deep-Rated parts of the flesh, and of the right hip joint, which bad not been opened or disturbed until the 21st• instant, has led ms to the conclusion that the person of whose body these remains were a part may have been dead three or four weeks prior to that date. This would carry the probable time of death to the last week in September or to the first w.ek in October. Tile period may have bean shorter than this—that is, that death may nave taken place more recently, but considering that the weather during that time was mild, humid, and favour able to putrefaction, I do not think that it was longer. Had death occurred at a more remote period, I should have expected to find some visible changes indicative of putrefaction in the interior of the right hip joint, and on the deep-seated portions of flesh on the bones around the joint. CONCL MONS. The conclusions which I draw from this examination are— 1. That the remains are those of a person of the male sex, of adult age, and in stature of at least five feet nine inches'. 2. That they present no physiological or pathological peculiarities by which they can be identified. The only fact observable under this head is that the portions of akin ressainina are thickly covered with dark hairs on the wrist and right knee, and that the deceazed was therefore, probably a dark hairy man. 3 That the remains present no mark of discame or of violent injury inflicted during life, with the exception of one stab in the space between the third and fourth ribs on the left vide of the chest. This stab was in a situation to penetrate the heart and to cause death. le presents the characters of a stab inflicted , on a person either living or recently dead. 4. That these remains have not been dissected or used for the purposes of anatomy. All thxe parts which are useful to the anatomist have been rougil severed and destroyed by a person or persons quite ignorant of the anatomical relations of part.. They have eeen cut and sawn before the rigidity of death had cFesed, i. e. in from 18 to 24 hours alter death, and in this, state bays been partially boiled and subsequently rilte.l. The body of the deceased has not been laid cut 0- attended like that of a person dying from natural cuss whose body might be lawfully used for anatc.imicel puroosee. That the person of whose body these remains area part toay have teen dead for a period t,f three or four weeks pri , r to the date at which they were examined by me, namely, on the 21st of October. REPORT ON CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CLOTHING FOUND WITH THE REMAINS, Oa Monday, October 19, an i on Wednwday, Oct. 21, various articles of clothing, stated to have been found in a carpet-hag with the remains, were shown to me by Sui eriritendent Durkin, at the Bow-street police-station, in the presence of Mr. Painter. Overcoat.—The iiiiing of the left sleeve in the arm-pit is much stained with blood. It - appears to have col lected there. The right ►leeve is cut or torn up in its length. Ou the collar behind and toward© the left side there is a cut, or stab, as from a double-edged knife. Under-coat (Frock-coat)—This is completely cut up the back from behind, and the hollow corresponding to the left arm-pit there is a deep stain of blood. Oa the left side of the collar behind is a stab or cut as from a double-edged knife, apparently corresponding to the cut on the collar of the overcoat. Waistcoat—This is torn up the back. There are stains on the lac side from blood (inside) apparently dieraeiid by wetting. On the top of the caller behind, there is a cut or stab as from a doulleedged knifes, corresponding in form and direetiou to the cuts in the collars of the over and under coats. In the waistcoat this eat was found to be in its long axis five-eigths of an inch in length. Trousers—These are torn up at the back. There is no appearance of blood inside or outside. There are some stains of dirt and other nutters. Shirt—The right sleeve is torn up. On the left side in front there are eight cuts or stabs correspond'e g in number and apparently in situation to cuts or stabs in the under skin. There was no appearance of blood about these cute, either inside or outside but the front of the shirt, at the Upper part, presented a generally diffused redness, much as would be produced by blood diluted with water. - Under Shirt (merino)—This is torn in its length at the side and behind. On the left side, ani in front, there were eight cuts or stabs nrar t each other leaving the long axis upwards and a little sleeting. The largest of these was three-quarters of an inch in its long axis, and the Fl mail es t one a quarter or an inch. There were no marks of blood about these cuts either inside or outside ; but the shirt was muck stained with blood just above them both inside and out aide in a direction towards the left shoulder. The blecel appeared diffused as if by wetting, except under one of the buttons where it had coagulated, as it does when it issues from the body of a living person. Thera was also much blood (rliffused) on the wrist of the left sleeve, The Drawers—These were cut up the back. There was a diffused s t a i n o f bl oo d on the r i ght side. In the wst, in front, there WA3 a puncture or stab, about three ebighths of an inch in its greatest length, such as weal produced by a sword cane. This apparently corre • sponded to apertures in the trousers and on the elnrt. diffused ock,—.ofav,,,ic, of these presented on the inside marks spot of blood 'near th°eri. Half of a black On one there was a distinct 8-14ear:eek-tie—There W3B a slight toadish stain on the lining, The examination of 27eLaTrIe're;tatif,, clot rhoing to the conclu s i on th at the body of lead them must hav e been subjscted to person e stab penetrating f rom b e hi nd the g double overcoat rnui'.. have been ieflietedc•l{ar of the force, as it extends through the collar with ofUtt undercoat and waistcoat. It is chiefly on the ;aside and on the left side, towards the left arm-pit, that the princir it! stains of bleed are met with in the overcoat, undercoat, and waistcoat. The only Wound found i n the remains is a stab on the left side, which, by its situation, might have led to the effusion of blood. Assuming that the clothes belonged to the deceased, these facts appear to receive an explanation. The clothes have, however, been exposed to wet since they were stained with blood, and this creates a difficulty in form ing an opinion. The cutting and tearing of the coat, trousers and drawers at the back, and the cutting and tearing of the right sleeves of the overcoat, undercoat and shirt, are consistent with the assumption that the body had becorde rigid after death in a distorted position, and that the clothes were violently torn from it. This position is indicated in the remains, especially on the right side, by the flexed or bent condition of the hip and elbow joints. Some of the stains of blood present the appearance of having flowed from a li yin"; person, and this renders it, therefore, probable that the clothes were on a living body when the wounds, producing such effusion of blood, ware inflicted. While there is nothing to prove directly that these clothes were worn by the deceased, they have, in my opinion, been worn by some one who has sustained Nunn. personal injuries. Their con dition, however, is consistent with the supposition that they were actually worn by the deceased individual with whose remains they were found. (Signed) ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D., F.R.S. 15, St. James's-terrace, Regent's-park, Oct. 23. This being the whole of the evidence, The Coroner addressed the jury, observing that he thought they had sufficient evidence on which to arrive at a verdio, leaving it to the police to discover if the party was murdered, and by whom it was done. All the coroner's jury had now to find was the cause of death, sex, age, and occupation of the party. What he now asked them to consider was the cause of death, probW le age, and the sex of the party, because they had no means of arriving at his occupation. The jury, after a short oonsultAtion, returned the fol lowing verdict :—" That the remains were those of an adult male person who had been wilfully murdered by sotne parson or persons unknown." The inquiry then terminated. NAVAL AND MILE ARY NTELLIGENCE. On Saturday a general court-martial, of which Col. Elmhirst, commanding the Ist battalion, was president, assembled at Chatham barracks, for the trial of Ensign Thomas S. Mitchell, 80th Regiment, on several charges of disgraceful conduct, and being found in a state of intoxication when on duty. The Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieut.-Col. J. W. Reynolds, officiated as Deputy Judge-Advo c Ito. The Court met at 12 o'clock, but although a telegraphic despatch had been forwarded by the President to Shorncliffe, where the prisoner is sta tioned, ordering him to be present, he did not attend • and, after waiting for some time, the mem bers oetlie court adjourned till to-morrow at half past 10. The prisoner has only been in the regi ment about two years. Recruiting for the various Indian regiments is proceeding in the most satisfactory manner. Last week the number of recruits who joined the Indian depots at Chatham was close 'upon 700, a number altogether unprecedented. In addition to these intelligence has been received that there are up, wards of 500 recruits at the various recruiting dis tricts waiting to be forwarded to Chatham, where they are expected to arrive during the present week. The supply of recruits comes chiefly from the London, Midland, and Northern districts, the neighbourhood of Liverpool having furnished a large number. On Saturday an order arrived at Chatham garri son from the War-office, directing four officers selected from each of the three depot battalions to proceed to the School of Musketry, Hythe, with the view of qualifying themselves as instructors of musketry to their respective regiments in India. The following officers have joined their respective depots at the Provisional Battalions, Chatham, previous to embarking for India :—Capt. G. W. Stacpoole, 18th Royal Irish, who takes the com mand of the depot of that corps ; Lieut. W. S. C. Pinwill, 27th Enniskillings ; and Ensign H. M. Harding, 7th Fusiliers. The Colchester camp w ikon tribute strong d raught s to the regiments in India when the troops which are being instructed in rifle practice on the Clac ton marshes have acquired. the necessary profi ciency. The force in camp is divided into two tattalions, and comprises 94 officers and 2,068 rank and file. The percentage of sick is rather large, but there was only one death last week. About 70 recruits have arrived within the last few days, and some of them appear to be young men of edu cation and comparatively good position in society. As many as 150 recruits have joined the 15th Hussars since the Ist of September. The head quarters of the regiment are at present at Norwich. Another troop of the regiment will, it is expected, he stationed shortly at Ipswich, and another also at. Norwich. The Cyclops, 6, paddle frigate, Captain Pullen, I , +ft Spithead yesterday morning for the Red Sea, where she will be employed in laying the electric cable. She is fully armed, and has her full com plement on board. She has Maury's improved lowering apparatus for sounding. After fulfilling her mission in the Red Sea she will go on to the China station and place herself under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour. Much anxiety was expressed at Falmouth - yes terday relative to the non-arrival of the fast de spatch steamer Caradoc, having on board the Siamese Embassy, which left Malta on the 12th inst. She ought to have made the passage com fortably in nine days, but it is feared she has en countered the brunt of the late gales, and has been either injured or compelled to bear up for sone port of safety. The authorities at Ports mouth are prepared to pay every attention to the Siamese Ambassadors, and the Commander-in- Chief, Sir G. Seymour, has his steam yacht con stantly iu readiness to carry him out to Spithead immediately on the arrival of the Caradoc. Capt tin Alexander Milne, and. Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., have been staying at the Port!and Hotel, Southsea, during the, past three days, while they inspected the steam fleet in re serve and made observations upon the trial of the Diadem, the steaming performances of which in comparison with her horse power have so sign.illy disappointed the expectations of her designers. Lieutenant Brown and two non-commissioned officers to the Oxford Militia, garrisoned at Wool wich, proceeded to Hythe on Saturday, in pur suance of an order issued from the Horse Guards, for the purpose of going through a courze of in struction in the Enfield rifle, about to be distribut-d to the regim.:nt. Captain Spalding, Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, was on Saturday depatched on recru it , ng service to Derby, to relieve Major Elliott, who is ordered to join head-quarters previous to embarkation. The sailing transport Isabella Blythe arrived at Woolwich en S raurday, laden with victualling stores from Dept furl, and having embarked Captain Gore, one sub altern, appointed from the Royal Milita'ry College at Woolwich, and a detachment of 50 non-com missioned officers and gunners, for the reinforcem nt of Captain Anson's company of the 2d. battalion Royal Artillery in the Mauritius, she proceeded on her voyage. The list of new class screw friga►es, to carry 32 and 59 guns respectively, ordered to be laid down at Woolwich, containing the names of the Anson, the Repulse, and the Barossl, has been increased by the addition of a fourth vessel, to be named the Bristbl. His Excellency the Lard Lieutenant of Ireland has appointed Brevet-Major Hume, 55th R->gi ment, vice Caltilorps, resigned, to be extra Aitt.:- de-Camp ; and Captain Ttioaias Esraotide, half-pay 18th Regiment, to be extra Aide-de Cauip, vine Vesey, resigned. The steam gunboats Fofward and Skipjack, Lieutenants Berkeley and Murray, now at Ports mouth, are ordered to be ready for sea by the end of this month. They will be sent to the coast of Cuba. The Urgent, 6, iron screw steam troop frigate, Commander Macdonald, went on Friday last to S. okes Bay for a trial of her engines, which worked admirably, and produced a speed of 12 knots an hour. The Brazilian corvette Imperial Marinheiro, Captain Alvin, remains at Spithead. Her captain and officers were entertained. at the Government house, Portsmouth, on Friday night, by Major- General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Sc trlatt, K.C.B. The Brazilian and Netherlands consuls were also invited and a gallant general circle. The following appointm'nts wer.4 made on Satur day at the Admiralty :- - Lieut. a Davies, to Le lieutenant commanding the Forward, vice Lieut. Berkeley, superseded ; Lieut. Charles G. G. Percival, to the Heron ; Lieut. J.ll. Coxtou, to the Conflict , ; Edward F. Craven, mate, t o th e Cyclops; J. O'Brien Scenic's, naval cadet, to the Valorous ; R )b-rt Stevenson, surgeon -superinte n d en t, t o th e L a dy M`Naughten convict ehip ; E. C.`,Abbott, master's assistant, to Huron ; H. Lindg,uist, mas'er's assistant, to the Penian. CRYSTAL PALACIL—One Shill;ng Day.--On Satur day the admissions on payment were 2,029 ; by season tickets, 580 ; total visitors, 2,609. 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The beat account we have seen of this gallant affair is in the following letter from a young officer who had a part in it to a friend in York : " Camp before Delhi, Aug: 27. "On the evening of the 24th instant, just as I was about to write to you, orders came that our brigade, under Brigadier-General Nicholson, was to march at daybreak next morning-:-the object being to cut up a party of_ several thousands of the enemy, with an immense body of cavalry and 16 guns. They were said to be 17 miles out from our camp, towards Rhotuck, on the 25th, on their way to cut off our siege train coming from Kurnal. I had just time to fire off a newspaper to you, make my arrangements and turn into bed, knowing that I had a bard day before me on the morrow. Off we started at 3 a.m., our force being as follows :- Ist Fusiliers, 350 strong ; bar Majesty's 61st, 350 strong; two squadrons of ber Majesty's 9th Lan cers, and some horse artillery, with 16 field guns ; our native troops were Cuke's Rifles, 400 ; Green's ditto, 600 ; and 400 native cavalry. We had 30 elephants with us to carry the men when sick or tired. • Off we went across the country, by a bad native road, having no other. There was great difficulty in getting our guns along, ssme places being under water. Many galloped through at a dash, but several of the horses fell, and one all but drowned in the water and soft sand ; the infantry had, in many places, to drag the guns across. On we went sticking at no difficulty. At three p.m. our out riders came galloping in, saying, "The enemy are in position, and are about 8,000 strong." Our baggage was put into a safe place with a strong guard, and ou went"the force to within half a mile of the enemy, when we commenced for action. The road is about 500 yards from the Serai, and is well covered from the enemy in places by rising ground. On we went past the enemy's camp, and were halted and drawn up for battle on this bide of the rising ground opposite the Serai. Here my regiment and the 61st advanced, and laid down in line behind the ridge ; the horse artillery ran up be fore us and blazed away at the guns in the Serai for some time—all their guns firing round shot, shell, dsc., at us. After our guns hail given then' a few rounds, the General said, " Stand up," and ad dressed us as follows :—" Now, 61st and Ist Fusi liers, prepare to charge the Serai, and take the guns at the point of the bayonet ; don't fire a sh st until you are within a-few yards of them." Our guns then went away to the flank. We got "Fix bayonets, and trail arms, quick march ;" on we went in a beau tiful line at a steady pace. I commanded No. 2 com pany, and was slap in front of the guns, which gave us a volley just as we began our advance. On we went, and we got within some 50 yards of them, when the men gave a howl, and on we dashed, and wore slap in to them before they had time to de prsss the guns. It was bayonet to bayonet for a few moments,' but we cut them up, and spiked their guns. The guns were ordered to bo spiked when taken, as the enemy were so strong, and we feared a recapture. The rest of the enemy bolted out of the other side of the Serai, and made for the camp. We bad very few men killed in the charge, as we got in before they fired the grape. Lieutenant G—, 61st, was bayoneted by a Sepoy after cut ting down two. N— shot the man that did it. He had his horse shot under him, and I saw hits hand to hand with a Sepoy, whom be polished off with his sword. My company came right up to a howitzer loaded with grape, and I put my hand on it ; the fellows at it bolted as we were rushing at it. On we went after the brutes, and cut up a heap at the Serai and behind it. We then drew up in line, rallied, and went at the camp, took it, sent a party to take the village, and then wa went and took the guns at the bridge, over which the enemy was bolting in thousands. Here we took six guns more. Up came our guns, and blazed away at the enemy, and off thoy went, leaving a host of stores, arc., all along the road. It was beginning to get dark, so we halted, and I went up to the bridge, and held it with my com pany and No. 1, under Captain whilst the enemy drew up in line on the other side of the canal, and set to work firing awayat us onthe bridge, with grape, &c. Our guns came closer up, and mowed them down, and G-, one of the engineers, came up to blow up the bridge. As we bad cut up heaps, boned their guns, camp, &c., and had a storming party still in the village in rear, the destruction of the bridge was a grand thing. It was the only one they had to get over by, and we were ordered to find it and destroy it ; well, I aisisted G- in emptying the tumbrils, audmakiug a heap of powder on the bridge, which was covered with baggage, &a, A train was laid and we fired it, hoping it might do, as it was impossible to get a working party just then, and then we were under fire all the time. They all left the bridge, but I went back by myself and looked if it was broken. It was not, and the enemy were still on the other side, so I took bayo nets and spiked two of the guns close to the bridge. They were trying to get them over with them when we first came up. As I was coming back I met the General onfoot, coining up by himself to see if the bridge was broke 1. I said, I have just been up there, sir ; what do you want to know ?" Is the bridge broken,' he Said ; so I told his no, and that the enemy were still on the other side, but that I had spiked the -two guns. He asked me my name, anll said, Well done,' my boy, and asked me if I was any g t , at a io p n ar o t fll. o a f j o o u r r E m --- enu , of the Punjaub ? I then and he sent G--with a working party, and as the enemy had all but shut up their thing, holes were dug, a proper train laid, destroyed bodily as if one had annedvetrhbeeberßidtgheerwe.as_ _ . " It was now all but dark ; our men laid down for ground, the night ou.the and a party set to work and blew up all the enemy's camp , .stores, ammuni tion, &c. ; it was going on all right. I was so tired I laid down on a hide and f e ll is l esp. N ex t morn i ng o the work of destruction was finished, and off we lotamnadrchhroedugwhitthallasafe int camp, of treasure, ar c ., a nd 13 gun., after a hard march, ariiving at the camp bridge just in the cool of the evening, when the camp turned out to meet us, gave us ' three times three,' and played us in with some lively airs. " We have q uite smashed th e enemy ' s c h ance o f getting at the s iege train, a n d di sa bl e d hi m fo r taking the field. Thal* God I was not touch. d ; the g&llant charge saved Us from showers of grape and canister. AVe were at them before the gunners could act —niggers in 'luring are so slow. The heaviest fire I was bridge ; they sent the day was at the grape at us, and one shot blew up one of the ammunition boxes on the bridge, killing one man and woundin g severa l . Consider ing what a grand business it was, our loss is really nothing. Captlin S., and Lieut. G., an d Dr. 1., and Lieut. E.—two former killed and the latter, I fear, mortally wounded, some others slightly hit, and about 100 men killed and wounded. The enemy made no stand till they got to the other side of the canal, and it was too dark, and we were too much done to follow them up, and Nicholson kept his cavalry in hand incase of any sudden rush from the enemy. I saw plenty of Bandies killed, but a 4 they did not stand there was no great slaughter, though 1 fancy our guns mu 4 have killed a heap at the other Pisie,of the bridge, and about 100 were killed in the village. Whilst we were out the Delhi fellows came at our ca.np ; I hear 200 of them were killed. The siege train will be here in a few days, when we shall run up the guns and batter the place. Thera is a scarcity of artillery. officers. Volunteers from camp are called for—Addiscombe men. I have sent in my name, and I expect to find myself an artillery officer in a few days. It will be hard. work pound ing the place, but I shall not have to storm the city, which will, I fear, cost us 1,000 men. I hope not, but Bandy fights well behind walls. The pos t is just going of; more news next time. . Adieu. THE FATAL FIOST IN PADDINGTON.—At the Mary lebone Police-cotirt, on Saturday, George Ground well, a labourer, and . Henry Rubrdge were brought up on re mand and placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, sharged with having, in n pu g ili s tic conte't, in a field by the Harrow-road, Padcin g t on , caused the death of a man named William Hodgkins. They were fully committed for trial. _ flatu lency, constipation, n e r vous, E ADvEalle "" T i — One of the most valuable discoveries for the benefit of mankind is shorn by the numerous extraordi nary cures without mxlieine of iudigestion (dyspepsia), date cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. The following are no t theleast remarkable :—Cure N 0.41,617. Winchester, Dec. q bilious, and liver complaints, -, 1847. 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As this loss, ILckw . ever,_ is very considerably less, not withetapclingsgei;ifeePoelee4Otte. shipping, than waseuitialry experienced VIA a few years back, we should not perhaps bespeak any special notice of the two circumstances were it not for one or two of the features which characterise the return, and which appear to us of sufficient importance to be impressed upon the. public mind. It seems placed beyond a doubt, by the statistics which we have recently published, both that a large proportion of shipwrecks still arise from preventible causes, and that the loss of life may be still further reduced by the energies and benevolence of the public. The ordinary conceptions of a shipwreck usually involve the idea of a tempest or a hurricane, with all the appalling accessories of thunder, lightning, surge, and foam. Such a picture was given the other day in the terrible story of the Central America steamer, and such, no doubt, is the scene presented occasionally nearer home. But the " wrecks" to which we now invite attention are of a far more vulgar, though not less shocking character. In many—we are assured in most—of the cases which occur in British waters the ship is endangered not by the visitation of God, but the recklessness of man. The vessel has put to sea iu an unseaworthy state, or she is badly found, or badly handled, or badly commanded. The consequence is that she runs agroutd, or catches fire, or is obliged to be abandoned, or founders outright, and the escape of her crew depends upon the chances of relief provi dentially afforded. - The elements really appear to play but a subordinate part in the aggregate of catastrophes. The entire number of casualties in the year referred to was 1,163, and of these only 121 took place during weather which in nautical estimate would amount to a storm. As many as 19 actually occurred in a dead calm, 58 in a " light" breeze, 49 in a " gentle" breeze, 98 in a moderate" breeze, and 154 in a " fresh" breeze ; while only 492 happened during any of those atmospheric conditions by which seilors clas sify the successive developments of " a gale." On turning to another table of the statistics in question we soot discover why so little account need bs taken of the weather. Excludint the results of collisions, 368 ships were totally lost, in addition to a still greater number damaged, during the period under review, and of these examples upwards of 200 can be referred to causes directly connected either with the worthlessness of the vessel or the incompetence of her crew. We give the precise figures, because figures alone in such matters can convey an adequate notion of facts, and the reader will be amazed, we think, when we say that 17 ships out of the 368 were abandoned, and 37 went right to the bottom, simply and purely because they were unseaworthy, or, in other words, ought never to have been sent to sea. Defective com passes and defective charts again come in for their share in the account, and the rest of the tale is made up of errors, neglects, and carelessness in their several forms. " Stress of weather" in all its shapes can only be charged with 148 of the catas trophes, but it is rather an encouraging feature in the case that intemperance does not figure conspicu ously in the work of mischief. Two only out of the mass of disasters are Set down to this source. The facts above stated carry quite evidence enough of the proposition with which we com menced, and prove beyond question that a large proportion of shipwrecks on these coasts admits of prevention. Even those which are direc! ly attributed to the fury of the weather might possibly have been in some instances escaped with better vessels or better seamanship; and it is painful in the extreme to reflect that, with a state of things like this, men should be exposed to the penalty of I dinprisonment for refusing to proceed to sea in ships probably unseaworthy. As owners can be protected by insurance there is no self-interest at work to keep them in a proper course, and the temptation to continue worthless vessels in use is constantly ope rating. We are told of a certain schooner so rotten that her own anchor positively pulled her bows out; and that such things are likely to happen under such arrangements is sufficiently plain. It has been even inferred from the declared rate of mortality among ships that some of them must be kept alive and afloat beyond their appointed time. Out of 33,000 vessels and upwards known to be existing in a particular year it is said that only 129 were broken up. Whether that number is below the proportion due to the natural infirmities of a ship is more than we can pretend to decide, but as a general principle it appears to us clear that if the ' insurance system destroys the precautionary mo tives which would otherwise be at work the law should in some manner step in, and do as much for life as is already done for property. The other feature most noticeable in the accounts before us is of a more pleasing kind. A system of lifeboat establishments is maintained to such effect on the coasts of these islands that its instrumentality is exceedingly conspicuous in the table of lives happily preserved. It must be understood that casualties specified in the preceding paragraphs placed actually in danger no fewer than 2,764 souls ' • indeed, excepting for succour of some kind, those figures would have repre4ented the loss of life from shipwreck during a single year, and in our own seas only. In the greater number of in stances escape, of course, has been due to the small craft of various kinds plying about, or to the boats of the sinking vessel itself, but life boats alonesaved 362 lives in the 12 months, and the apparatus of mortars, rockets, &c., employed from the shore as many as 262 more. Perhaps it is not too. much to conclude that where the agency of the life-boat proved thus serviceable no other agency would have succeeded, and certainly there is none on which se much reliance can be placed in the most pe.rilous class of emergencies. _ Harbours of refuge may do much, but they must be far apart, whereas a lifeboat establishment can be formed on almost any point of the coast, and is sure to find the immediate support of active and daring seamen. The only impediment to the multiplication of these establishments is a very surmountable one—the want of money and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution—a society which has benevolently charged itself with this good work—appears certainly deserving of public support. There seems, indeed, hardly any limit to the reduction %chic) may be accomplished iu these annual disasters by the exercise of vigi lance beforehand and the provision of succour at all times. Nearly two-thirds of the catastrophes as classified above ought to be eliminated from the list if all vessels were sent to sea in good condition, w ell found and well manned. Of the rest, or those due to the violence of storms, t eeny could probably be robbed of their fatality if a lifeboat were at hand for rescue, and there is surely nothing in either of these requirements which should be beyond the means of the richest nation and the greatest maritime Power in the world. G.HEAT STEAM PLOUGH TRIAL AT STIRLING. An important meeting of agricultsrists has just been held at Stirling to adjudicate the Highland and Agricultural Society's premium for the best s team plough. Recently, as is well known, steam ' ploughing has formed an attractive feature at agri cultural sjcieties' gatherings, Mr. Boydell's locomo tive engine, with its " endless railway," Mr. Smith's cultivator, and Mr. Fowler's plough (both hauled by wire-ropes, windlass, and anchored pulleys), having been exhibited in work to crowds of farmers and sightseers ; but only on one occasion has a prize been awarded, namely, at the Yorluhire Agricultural Society's meeting, when Mr. Boy dell's engine, the only invention there competing, was thus honoured by the judges. The Salisbury trials, nsaiisfactory as they were, have not yet been pro nounced upon by the Royal Agricultural Society, and it is gratifying to find that the Scotch farmers who adopted the thrashing machine of Meikle, took the lead in the improvement of ploughs, applied the discoveries of Deanston. Smith, and first found the advant Age of every farmstead having its steam chimney, are foremost in giving their deliberate sanction to the steam plough as a means of better And more profitable hustQedry. List yell. the Stirling General Agricultural As sectiatioi; Practically tested the capabilities of a method of agriculture invented by Messrs. Fisken, of Auchterarder, by which a common portable steam engine stationed in the field is e mployedto drive a travelling implement by means of a rapidl an y- d m a e fi v x inz hemp cord suspended above the ground , machine winds svirerope, along which. the ploughing its way. In a remal;kably fair d considerate re port the committee stai;Pi.that,a.anith.ough defective in several mechanical detai.'s, this ingenious appa ratus fully demonstated the value of its principle of action, one of their chief g otinds of approval ntillage imple• being its adaptation for w orkin g a.engine may ba meat besides the plough , while tb(' 4 ) farm mill suitably employed in thra shin g . or work whatever, thus be i ng ready c al 'n cu.l3 . l:ed• to dis pense with one-third t . t t he farmer's hot se's', This year a prize of 2001. has been offered tilt the Highland Society, the committee of .the Stirling Association to conduct the trials and adit, - dication. The three d a y s of private trial began on Tuesday, followed by a public exhibi ion on Friday and Sattirday upon Mr. Forrester's farm at Stewart- Mr. Henderson; of Banks ; hull the judges bei n g Mr. Patterson, of Offers ; assisted by'Mr. Miller, of Millfield, as engineer, while Mr. Finnie, of Swanston, Mr. Gibson, of Wcolmet, and Mr. Hall Maxwell, the secretary, were present on behalf of the Highland Society. A. considerable competition was anticipated, especially as the three favourite classes of schemes, represented by a locomotive !raw ion-engine, a travelling engine with rotary digger attached, and haulage by wirerope, are now taken in hand by our most influential manufac turers. However, owing to a variety of causes, Mr. Fowler's steam-plough alone made its appear ance,—an unfortunate circumstance for the public, as in spite Of the prolonged and thorough testing to which the machine at'as subjected the e'ement of simultaneous comparison has been entir, ly want irg. This machine is similar in construction to that shown at Salisbury, though with minor improve ments ; the combined 10-horse engine and windlass at one end of the field, and an anchorage at the other, travelling very slowly, so as to keep always opposite to the ploughing, and dragging the imple ment to and fro by means of wire ropes. The ground under operation on Wednesday was a level clover lea, of tenacious course land, in an unfit state for ploughing until mellowed by frost before the usual ploughing season of February. Yet the qua lity of the work was superior to that of ploughing done by horses for the sake of comparison. At 5i inches deep two horses were unable to work a com mon plough, three being required at an expense of at least 15s. per ac.el Tried against time, first for two hours and again for one hour, the steam plough drove four furrows at that depth at the average rate of seven acres in a working day of 10 hours, stop pages included, the length of the furrows being 330 yards. The total cost was computed not to exceed 9s. per acre, and in order that this estima tion may be understood the following particulars are given :—Taking the average size of the fields to be about 17 acres, there will be 21 days' work and one removal of the machinery for each field, each removal occupying half a day, so that two fields, or 34 acres, will be the amount of work for one week. The daily expense of coal, oil, water, and labour is, reckoned at 355. ; the two shiftings require four horses half a day each time, costing —say, 205., but a deduction of—say, 10s. may be made for the two half days' saving of fuel, water carrying, &c. Then, for wear and repairs, of course much deperids upon the number of days worked annually and the soft or stony character of the country; but, taking the outlay required at 1201. per annum, and the time of working 30 weeks, we have the heavy item of 41. per week. Adding these various sums and dividing by the number of acres ploughed weekly we got 9s. as the utmost cost of the heavy land work referred to. On Thursday the machine was tried on somewhat lighter soil, a wheat stubble partly overspread with farmyard manure. The length of furrow varied from 220 to 236 yards, thus necessitating frequent changing of widening gear, &c., at the ends of the work, which, however, were accomplished in an averege space of half a minute. In one hour nearly an acre was turned over seven inches deep ; with the abovestated conditions as to the dimensions of fields, &c., this is equivalent to about 48 acres per week, at a total expense of only 6s. 3d. per acre, whereas the common cost in the district of such. laborious pair-horse ploughine. is 12s. an acre. Th o excellence of the work was, however, still more the theme of universal approval than the great economy with which it was performed. A. trenching plough, taking only two furrows' breadth, but lifting up a stratum of subsoil and lay ing it upon the buried top-slice, was also tried, and th effect of its action was considered equal to that of manual digging, whether for depth, which averaged 12i inches, or for the complete pulveriza tion of the dry soil by the rapid progress of the im plement. To perform such work by horse-power would cost it is said, 355. per acre; that is, if it could 120 done at all. But the steam-plough, with out trampling or injuring the soil or subsoil, effected nearly half au acre of this deep trenching in an hour ; or say 22 acres per week, at the total cost of 13s. 9d. per acre. On Friday and Saturday a considerable con course of spectators assembled in the various trial fields, the many farmers an I landowners present expressing themselves with one voice as fully per suaded not only of the profitableness of the steam plough, but of the great value of its work ever that done b; horse teams. Mr. Fowler has been for tunate at last in obtaining a sufficient trial, in a suitable dis trict, by men of business thoroughly in tent upon doing justice to 'a novelty like the steam-engine in p!oughharness ; and whether or not the Highland Society may withhold its reward for want of greater competition, there is no doubt that the judges' re port, after another day's trial at Edinburgh, will thoroughly awaken the agricultural public to the ()Teat advances which have lately been made in ulture steam c . THE RECENT HEAVY GALES. Advic a received at Lloyd's on Saturday from the outports report the loss of about 15 vessels, arising from the recent severe weather. Theintel ligence from Yarmouth mentions the loss of eight ships is the vicinity of that port alone, and in the case of one wreck—that of th 9 Ontario—the sad news is conveyed of no less than 22 persons meet ing with a watery grave. It is feared that further disastrous statements have yet to be received from several of the outports. Below-will be round a list of those vessels known to have been wrecked, but, in addition, many vessels have put into pores off the coast after loss of sails, anchors, bowsprits, chains, &o. Y.ARMOITTH. —NORFOLK, Oct. 23.—Last night it blew a hurricane at N.E. The ship Ontario, Captain Balfour;of and from Shields for Suez (coals), last night, about 11 o'clock, got on the Barber Saud, and soon after went to pieces ; the whole of the crew, with one'exception, were drowned, and numbered, including the cap tain's 23 in all. The only survivor, W. C. wife, Robertson, the chief mate, succeeded in getting had of a piece of plank, drifted about for 2 hotirs, and was thrown on shore very exhausted, aborit a mile and a half below Caistor. The body of one man and the master's wife have been washed on shore. The Ontario was a large ship, upwards of 600 tons, and was under a charter to carry a cargo of coals to Suez for the steamers engaged iu the Indian service of the, Peninsular 'and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. She left the Tyne iu the early part of the week, and had made the north end of Yarmouth sands, when she encoun tered the full force of the gale. The captain's wife still clasped her infant in her arms, when her life less corps was found on shore. • The brig Zillah, Captain Watson, from Hartle pool fur London, lost her canvas during the gale, and afterwards drove on shore to the north of Wiuterton, where she soon after went to pieces, when the master, mate, and three men, were drowned. Lines were fired over her, and a boat hauled off, which saved the remaining three men, named George Frankland, George Thing, and John Foster. The schooner Argo, Captain Holmes; of and for Yarmouth from Sunderland, went on shore last night off Winterton, and became a total wrack ; crew saved by their own boat, having left before the vessel struck. The schooner Sutors, Captain Hellenburg, of aud for Yarmouth from Sunderland, parted during the gale and went on shore to the south of the pier, and fears are entertained of her becoming a wreck. The sloop Two True Friends, Captain Blacksall, of Grimsby, came on shore at the same time and place ; cargo (glass bottles) is being landed. The brig R.,bert and Anne, Capt. Dean, of and from Sunderland for St. Male, drove over the Scroby Sand last night, striking very heavily ; afterwards lank in the Cockle Gat. Crew picked up and saved by the fishing lugter William and Mary, of Cromer. The Neapolitan barque Leone, of and for Palermo from Shields, and the brig South Durham, Captain Soutter, of and from Sunderland for London, bath got on the North Scroby Sand this morning, audin a short time went to pieces. Nine of the crew of the Leone got on board a steamer bound north. • LOWESTOFT, Oct. 23.—The Balmoral, Captain Bennett, from Blyth, of and for this port, with a cargo of coals, went on shore between Cromer and Sherringham last night, and will become a wreck ; crew saved. ALDBOROUGH, Oct. 23. —The Mary, Capt. Samp son, of Wells, on her passage from. Hartlepool for Melton, Kent, during the gale last night, when off this plac-, sprung a leak, and the crew not being able to keep her free by pumping took to thei r boat, With the master's wile and two children, and after waiting by their vessel 20 minute:., she event dow. They were afterwards taken on board th e Jol l :n . Berry, Captain Dawson. who showed them every attention in his power, and had th em landed here GRIMSBY, Oor." 23.—The Victor, Cart. Framp ton,e of Whitby, from Roue n f or Newcastle, with cargo of copper dross, drove on shore near Tetney L - Jck this morning, and has broken up ; crew saved. A correspondent, w r iti ng f rom Yarmouth. on Saturday, says Tl • morning it • us nounced that the Betsy, a small vessel about 90 tone, went ashore during the gale at Palling, on the Norfolk coast. The Betsy belonged to, Yar mouth, and was owned by Mr. G. D. Palmer. The crew . , four or five hands, were all lost. The sloop - Two Friends, of Grimsby, Deacon, master, froa, Sunderland for- London, drove ashore on the Garleston beach, and become a wre ck in a few mi nutes. The crew were all saved. The Norwegian barque Heurique Dupont Minote, Kruse, master, from Browig for Fecamp, with deal., was lost up,n t: le Hasborough Sand. The crew took to their boats, and all succeeded in gettitg into it, wit'a tht. ,ion of the master aud carpenter. Thine un exeep feareda; men could not ba taken off, and it is were drowned. The crew in tht I co ,i up by the Patriot, lidnug f that :.heY boat were pic awl landed at Yarmouth. A boat has'.been noticed off Winterton, bearing the name, St. Katherine, Hartlepool.' As some wreck was also otserved drifting about, it is feared another vessel has been lost." The loss of several ships by collision is reported. Off Hasborough, the Albert steamer came in colli sion with the Catherine of Whitby, bound to Lon don from Hartlepool, and the latter went down with two of her crew. Off Dunlington, the Sir Charles Napier, bound to Sunderland, ran into the Violet, for Boulogne, and the crew of the latter got on board the barque. The accounts from Hull, Bridlington, Sunder land, and other ports on that range of coast, speak of tho gale having been very severe, and it is feared that more sad losses havo yet to be reported. FEARFUL MORTALITY AT LISBON. A letter from Lisbon, dated Oct. 19, says :—" 1 regret that I am not yet able to notice a change for the better in the course of the deadly epidemic, which continues to ravage this capital. The disease now appears to be spreading, instead of confining itself, as at first, to the parishes of the Se and Mag dslena. The movement everywhere, and among all &asses, is to get out of the town and into the open country. So many people have left Lisbon, that the altered state of things is obvious to everybody. There is no appearance of life, no business, the shops are shut up—no carriages wake the echoes of the silent streets • on 'Change it is the same, hardly a dozen merc hants are to be found at the hours of business, few bills are negotiated, and everything in the shape of trade is paralysed. The government has begun to provide encampments in squares and open places for the gallegos, or water• carriers, who live in close dirty houses, where they are greatly overcrowded and unable to pay proper attention to cleanliness. The average mortality is about 60 daily, and the upper and middle classes of society have hitherto suffered most. The Count cis Casal, the Baron de Rezende, and Signor Sea zedello are among the victims of note who have ree cently been carried off. The faculty still continue divided in their opinions about the nature of the toyer ; and are by no means unanimous in classing it as yellow fever. There can, however, be no doubt that many cases of yellow fever have occurred, but the balance of probabilities seems to turn to the side of those who maintain that the disease is a species of typhus, highly contagious, and very fatal in its effects. " Among other things may be mentioned the fact that the Cardinal Patriarch, the head of the church in Lisbon, has seized this time to visit Santarem, where he persists in remaining—praying, but at a distance, for the welfare of his flock. " I bear, besides, of some cases of husbands aban doning their wives and children who are attacked by the fever and flying away into the open country. But in opposition to this we may set the conduct of many members of the medical protenion who man fully maintain their posts, although many of their number have succumbed to the destroyer. The King is also assiduous in doing everything in his power to calm the terror of the people, and is fre quently to be seen riding about the streets. "As a natural consequence of the stoppage of business, there is a great scarcity of money, and.a monetary crisis is feared in the commercial commu nity. I hear already that bills upon some of the wholesale Portuguese houses in the dry goods line have been protested, and that the Bank has refused to discount paper. _ _ ' • The Peninsular and Oriental packet Granada arrived only on the 13th instant. She did not com municate with the city, and received the mails for the south made up in tarred boxes, which the Spanish sanitary code declares not to be infectious. Tee Tyne left this for the Brazils on the 14th instant, taking a very large mail for the . various Brazilian ports. "Political news there is none, all questions being now merged in the absorbing topic of the post, "In foreign exchanges the transactions both in Landon and continental paper have been vex"' limited, owing chiefly to the want of buyers.. The quotations are as follows :—London, 33 ,days, 53i ; 90 days, 54i ; Hamburg, 48i ; Paris, '527 ; Genoa, 526 ; Amsterdam, 42g. "The stock market is also very dull,. and tha quotations may be considered nominal - ; they are as follows :—Three per Cent. Coupons, 464 to 47 ; Deferred Stock, 28 to 28i. Bank of Portugal shares, lit to 12 per cent.• premium. Bank of Oporto, 22 to 22i per cent. premium. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—OcT. 22. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 235 Wheat 73s Oct.47s Od 1335 Oats 33s 0.1 2ss 9d 975 Barley 4ls td 32s Od 9 Peas & beans 52s Od —s 0 d ....-3 Od HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—On. 23. . wusA.T. I BARLEY, I OATS. I MLA S. First 7os Od 43s 6d 32s Od 50s Od Second 563 4d 1 363 7d 1 263 lid ) 45 3 4d Third 36s Od 1 27s Od 1 213 6d 145 6d Total quantity of wheat in market, 574 qrs., 444 sold OP 111 , barley „ 838 qrs., 791 sold PP , oats ~ 396 qrs., 346 sold ID SP beans „ 30 qrs., 24 sold r AVERACIEB PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 16 4 0-12ths 1 Barley, —V. 16 7 6-120 4 Oats, ... 114„6 11. 7-12ths J Beans, 21. 8 4 6.l2tbs A.BERDEEN—OcT. 23. Potato oats ..........23s Oct to 24s vd 1 401bs per Unshel Common 0at5........21s Cd t o 22 s Od -- Bere 298 Od to 31s Od 53 1 Ibs , Barley 29s Od t o 31 s Od Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 40s Od 1 „ 621bs , white 3ss Od to 50 s Od Oatmeal 18s 3d to 198 lid per boll. Flour . ... .42s Od to 43s Od per sack. ... PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb lid to 9d Butter, p lb. is Od to 1s id Mutton, per lb fid t o .9d I Eggs, p doz. Os 9,1 to Os 101 Lamb, do., Os 6d to Os 9d 1 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 61 Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d I Chickens,do.ls 6d to 2e 01 Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Od Ducks, do., Os Od to 2e 61 Salmon, per lb .........0s Od Dacklings,do Os Od to 2s 6 ' Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 5s Od to 4s 61 Tallow, p stone, Os to —s O 1 Potatoes, pr peck, .0d to 10 1 Rabbits, each Od to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 106 s to 106 1 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen - dto 8d RETAIL MOE s. Flonr,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 4d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 20 04 Oatmeal Os Od to is lid „ dust, ..... Oslo 0,310 a Beremeal —.Os Od to is 10d , per lb 2d to 2i Poasemoal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sid d e, 7d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6cl 4-lb. 10af...8d. I 2-lb. 10af...4d. DUBLIN. OCT. 23. Our market to-dat was vbry moderately supplied. A ready sale for wheat at about Tuesday's rates. Malting barley supported that day's prices ; grinding samples Ed to is higher. Indian corn advanced about fid in onilAti transactions. White wneat, 30s Od to 33s Od ;• red ditto, 28s Od to 31' 01; ditto now, 30s 6d; barley, malting, 17s 6d to 220; grin " ing, —s to —s ; oats, old; 15s Odto 180; ditto, new, If; 6 , 1 to 143 6d ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 16s; bere, new, 15s to lv" 6d ; rapeseed, 28s Od to 30s Od per brl ; bakers dour, 181 01 to 24s Oct per owt ; Indian corn, 368 01 to 37e SOL P et 180 lbs. LOCAL SHARE MARKET& . iiIVERPOOL, OCT. 24. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The tone of the market has been showing a downward tendency, and there is little businoss doing. Caledonians, 393 a--Midland, 811 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92 -Great Western of Canada, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38 --South Eastern. 19—Eastern Counties, 10.13.9—North British, ilk-- Grand Trunks, 9 i—London and North Westerns, 95i —North Union B, 220—Birkenhead, Lancashire , a nd Cheshire, 65—North Eastern, Borwicka, 22 , —bitch Rhenish, 5 d. MANCHESTER, OCT. 24. . STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market w as excee di ng ly an il to-day, at yesterday's prices. Eastern Counties, V: : Dovers, 19— East A ng li an, 4 i —East Lancashire, . Great Western of C ana d a, lB—Midland, K ne t—Leeds, 7 ' Grand Trunk of Canada, 9/. 13s. 6d. RI R WIS. ' OF A KING Oa the 23d inst., at 33, Ampthill-square, the wife of VP H. Winsor, Esq. On the 23d inst., at Lower Clapton, Mrs. George E li Niblett. OF ♦ DAVONTIF4 On the 23d inst., at Ardgowan, the Lady (Mavis Shia ewart. On the 21st inst., at Clapham, Mrs. Monti/son. MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Beauchief, Derbyshire, the Rev. Audley Assheton Craven, A., Cantab, to Elizabeth Mari, eldest daughter of the lato Rev. W. Broushtoa. S m ith,B M.A., of Dunston Hall, Derby s hi re , and O°. chieff Abbey, Derbyshire. _ On the sth inst., at the parish church, Brighton, 31ard ' cellos L. Valentine, of . Cheapside, to Mary Ellis, 40, „„ tolph-lane, city. DIED. On the 231 inst., Brewis, ER, of Langley / 1011°° ' Prestwich, Manchester, aged 57. .On the 23d inst., Captain Edward Codd, half-pay 2111 Fusiliers, aged 34. On the 24th inst., at 15, Clapton-terraoe, Caroline, wi fe of henry Janson, Esq. On the 22d inst., at 6, Park-road, Regent's-park, Oliver, Eq., proctor, Doctors'-commons. On the 221 iust., air. Wm. Cullen, of the Castleflot eh Now Brantford, aged 55. _ ----- --- - 143./DoN : Printed and Published by MITH.DO yotre of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Il i , 11?, Strand, in the Precinct cf the Savoy, ib the co l " of Middlesex, Monday, October 26,,18157. I 't