The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-28 00:00:00

THE GREAT EASTERN. Each day this monstrous vessel becomes in her vapid progress towards completion a greater and a :Teeter Eastern still. For nearly four years she la 4 loeyned in dim immensity over the river side dike sem° pre-Adamite leviathan—for nearly four years she has stood an iron enigma, exciting and ealiFng all conjecture as to how she was to be got - Town to the water, and how she was to be managed seld controlled when in it. To the majority of t:dendoners she has been little else than a colossal .ailor's folly, as little likely to be moved from the place in which she rose as the banks of the Thames AEA!, in which it was generally believed the Great gasterrr was destined to remain a permanent orna ment—a reproach to mariners, and a beacon of warning to future enterprising companies of all kinds. It will, however, relieve the minds of our leaders to know for certain that, whatever other fate may be in store for this gigantic undertaking, the vessel is at least not doomed to remain where she has been for so long. The hours of the Great Easte n 's stay on land are now numb ere d ; eac h d ay diminishes more and more the connection between tL e shore and the ship, and on Tuesday next, soon after daybreak, it will be finally sundered, and the Great Eastern launched into that e!ement on which her appearance will be the forerunner of a new era. It is only within the last few hours that the hour for the launch has been decided on, and the morn ing of Wedne s d a y, th e 3d, definitely fixed. Until recently it was quite impossible to say when the launch really would take place, for, in spite of the labours of 1,100 men, who have worked without cessation day and night, so much was to be done that at ono time a further postponement seemed in evitable. Only by the constant care and untiring energy of all connected with the works has this delay been prevented, and the novel difficulties presented in the construction of the launching ways overcome within the allotted time. Just now the Great Eastern has reached her culmi nating point of preparations. During the next few days they will cease and determine altogether ; but at present they are rampant, and in the great chaos which reigns upon and round the vessel, iron and paint, woodwork and shavings seem to struggle for her inastery and possession. It is almost hard to say which monfrpredominatos. Judging from the state of his clothes on his return, the visitor is apt to give a hasty verdict in favour of the paint, though his recollections of the works—the gong-like uproar With which the punching, rolling, welding, and ri veting of iron goes on—the endless variety of steam and hand saws always at work, and the amount of ti:nber either sawed or being sawn—leaves him after all in a perplexed state to say in which branch the Great Eastern is most progressing. Since our last notice the whole exterior of th e hull, from deck to keel, has been re-painted and finished off according to the appearance she is intended to present when in the water. This change has made a great im provem.ent ; instead of a red unmanageable looking pile, heavy and awkward to the eye, her beautifully modelled form, and slender tapering bows are now brought forth in all their perfect symmetry. She is painted three colours—red lead up to the 20 feet or light load water-line ; for 15 feet above this up to the heavy low-water line copper co!our, and the remainder (32 feet) up to the top black. The mere painting of the vessel, slight as the fact may appear as hen mentioned, involves a labour of no common magnitude, for the painted surface of the Great tast3rn is, inside and outside nearly 120,000 square y trhs in extent, or more than 24 acres. The num- Ler of tons of paint which it requires is a calculation n which we dare not venture. As regards the pre petations for the launching, we have already de cribed at length the peculiar construction of the Lunching ways over which the vessel will glide into the water. Perhaps, however, a brief repeti tion of the main plan on which they are made may not even now be without interest to many of our readers. Two launching " ways" or broad and powerfully-built tramways, have been constructed by the railway contractors, Treadwell and Co. run ning from under the fore and after portions of the vessel down into the river at low water ipring-tide mark. Each of these "ways" is 300 feet long by 120 wide, and the distance between the t 'co is also about 120 feet. To guard against the shafting nature of the river mud both, th• "ways" are cons' tructed with unusual solidity and strength. The foundation of each is formed upon seven rows of piles, the four outside rows being driven at three f, et intervals, and the three inner rows at six feet. These piles are all forced home to the gravel of the river be), so that they graduate from a length of 32 fset under the - ship's bottom to 10 feet at the low-water mark. To both sides of the heads of the rows of piles strong timbers, 12 inches by 12 inches, are securely bolted, and the whole area of the " way" covered with coucrete to a thickness of two feet. Above the c mcrete longitudinal timbers of great strength are secured at intervals of three feet six inches from e litre to centre, and run the entire length of the "we v.." Over these again are placed transverse iiiii;ers of the same solidity, but only 3 feet apart, which are bolted together and again bolted down to he walings to keep them fixed under the pros ear,' they will have to bear, and prevent them floe lug at high tide: On these transverse timbers, but running straight from the vessel to the water's edge, are screwed railway metals at intervals of 18' , inches : apart. They are the ordinary solid bridge rails used by Mr. Brunel on the permanent way of the Great Western Railway, and are, of course, of tee strongest kind. The rails complete the "ways," which, thus resting on a bed of piles and concrete, form a massive road of crossed and recrossed tim bers stretching from under the Great Eastern to lo .v- water mark at an inclination of lin 12. Down the i ailway metals on these " ways," then, the ship will be slowly lowered into the water on the cr :dies, which are constructed under her. The cr Iles are, of course of the-same width as the "ways" over which they are to run. They are of large balks of timber, wedged and driven in with a ponderous machine like a battering raw, ,83 as to perfectly fit the ship's bo tom. The timbers are principally laid atlreartships, with longitudinal beams and shores f ened to the outer sides. All are riveted to gether. with iron bolts and screws and loaded with et oe ballast to prevent their floating with the vessel. Tee bottom of the iron cradle consists of iron lairs seven inches wide and an inch thick, placed at in tervals of a foot apart and with their edges carefully g - ound-off, so as to offer no resistance to the railway me ale of the ways over which they will have to T.a.se • Both launching ways rise slightly at the cell tree where the piles are driven at wider intervals in order to allow for the depression which is certain t he produced by the passage of such an enormous weight over their surface. Before the launch all tte metals of the ways will be thickly coated with a coalposition of tallow and black lead, so as to offer uo obstruction from friction. The. chief points on which the energies of Mr. unel are now concentrated are, first, to overcome the momentum of such a mass down an inclined pl .ne.of 1 in 12, and prevent her, when once in motion, dashing entirely away ; secondly, if stopped fr An any cause upon the ways, to overcome the re si,tance of her enormous weight and provide suffi cient, purchase from the water to pull her slowly into motion again. The latter is quite a secondary coas'deration, for it is upon the strength and good working of the.check tackle that everything will depend. As far as human ingenuity and skill can f , resee the strain which is to come upon this tackle danger has been provided against, and the whole Apparatus forms the most ponderous system of check tackle that has ever yet been constructed. We have already explained what the cradles are, and how the timbers of which they are compoged are wedged in by means of a huge battering ram till the whole is crushed into one compact mass, bolted together with mapsive iron rods. To the centre of each of these cradles is fastened the iron sheave to which the check tackle is attached. These sheaves or pulleys have been especially made for this work ; they ara of solid cast iron, and weighing 5 tocis • each. One sheave will he fastened to each cralle, and wrought iron wain cables of tho Lrgct size connect these with two other sheaves, each' of which is secured to a "drum," which pays r ou . t . the chain and in fact regulates the whob ope ration. These drums and the framework on which theytl rest having to bear the strain of the whole mans tilikemnottion, extraordinary precautio s have be made by any onrender them as massive as they could iron. :114.e y known combination of mod and shape r ig that of an ordinary reel, the axle of which striO 'of wrought iron by teams of timber and bound together so as to form a drum about 20 feet b c7l 9 Trl l and 9 feet in diameter. At each end of the i..on it ill weighing upwards o f 20 w e u a e ch e's of of so t l h ic e i drum or discs, 1U feet in diameter, it, , so that the weight of each drum is more Orat:6sd tons in all. The axle, of the discis set in a i a oun d A s outer edge passes a band of ovrf r ir u o go n h , t w ir h o i p lc , to work in thomanner of a friction clutch, Thi-t, with tt* arid of strong iron lowiers 2 0feet lona brings such4pressure to bear upon the discs of il ta drum as to lower its revolutions, or entirely stop theriain case the chain is being payed out to') fast. Our readers, however, may naturally ask what re t.AitiS these drums themselves. Well, 'then, the fram e in which they work is set in a solid bed of tituher formed by driving down a ma ss of piles 40 feat inlet:mit, so as to form a solid pi ece of timber f bout 20 get square and going down to the gravel. The whol e of this is bound together with iron, and strong shores. l(d of piles paw from the cube of piles t o the , on Which the launch ~•ot tat, in fact, ;rig ways are built. no ma n t e te tt r . - e what therain, it Would be 'impossible for the settin g of the drums to give, ul leas the whole river's bank gave way with them. THE SUN, LONDON, WE DNESTDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 185.7. One of these drums is built opposite each cradle— the chains to be used between them and the cradles are the chain cables of the Groat Eastern itself, which are 2; inch in diameter, or about 6 )lb. the link. These are the appliances for preventing the mon ster running down too fast ; but a powerful appa ratus has also been devised to act in a contrary man ner—namely, to pull her off the " ways" in case of the cradles sticking fast on them through any unforeseen contretemps. For thiA purpose three large lighters are moored in the tideway about 100 yards from the shore, which are fitted up with the crabs and sheaves used by Mr. Brunel in the recent raising of the viaduct over the Tamar at Saltash, and in building the celebrated railway bridge at Chepstow. Each of these crabs worked with a windlass gives a strain of 60 tone, and this force of 240 tons, if necessary at all, is to be applied amid ships. Two lighters will also be moored at the stem of the ship and two at the stern. The chains passing from the ship to these latter will return again on shore so as to be worked with a double purchase. Small stationary engines of 20-horse power will be used to haul in these chains, so as to make the force available to pull the vessel off upwards of 600 tons. The process of knocking away the shores from under her has proceeded rather extensively, and will be entirely completed on Saturday, when the vessel will rest only on the two cradles, fore and aft. Before the last of these, however, are removed, care will be taken that the massive check tackle to hold back the ship is properly hauled taut, for when the vessel is left on the cradles, and the cradles on the sloping ways, the launch might take place at any moment in the most abrupt and unex pected manner. The way in which the supporting shores and struts have been removed is as peculiar as all else connected with the monster. It is nearly four years since these beams were put to support the sides, since which the iron shell has grown into the dimensions of a city, and pressed its supporters so firmly to the earth that it was found almostim possible to remove them. The difficulty has been overcome by employing hydraulic jacks, of 60 tons power, by applying which to the beam or strut the earth in which it rested was compressed by im mense force till it sank some two or three inches, when the beamwasloosened and quietly withdrawn. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The g eneral court-martial for the trial of Lieut. G. W. V. Yule, Royal Engineer; re-assembled at Chatham barracks yesterday morning. The evidence for the prosecution having been concluded, the pri soner proceeded to address the Court. He began by entreating the indulgence of the court on account of his youth, the short time he had been in the ser vice, and his consequent want of experience, and the fact that he had been unassisted during the trial. With regard to the second charge against him—that of having made a false statement to Col Sandham to the effect that he was out all day on Sept. sth, and therefore could not answer the letter addressed to him by Major an-1 Adjutant Nugent —he should be able to adduce satisfactory evidence to prove that he was out during a considerable por tion of that day ; and although he might havemade use of the words stated—for remembered being in a very nervous state when spoken to about it— yet it was never his intention to deceive Col. Sand ham. With regard to the first charge and the in stances of absence there adduced, he respectfully submitted to the Court that, inasmuch as he had been publicly reprimanded for these offences by Gen. Sir J. Burgoyne, Inspector-General of For tifications on the 27th July last, in the presence of his brother-officers, it would be unfair to punish him a second time. On the other charges, of being absent from early parade, he stated that the 23d of August was a Sunday, and the two following days he was absent from sickness. On his going on parade on Wednesday he had entirely forgotten he was ordered early parade, as he had not even seen the memorandum to that effect, which fact he trusted would lead the Court to exonerate him from all culpable negligence. On September 7th, the day he was required to attend the court-martial, he was on survey duty. The order for the court martial was not read out, and he did not see the order-bock or receive any memorandum • and under these circumstances he t rus t e d th e Court would take a favourable view of what was more an error of judgment than culpable negligence. He again bugged to assert his entire innocence of any wilful intention to disobey orders. He admitted that his conduct had not been correct, but he threw himself on the clemency of the Court in the hope that they would be disposed to take a favourable and mer ciful view of his case. The prisoner then called. Ensign Peyton Phelps, East India Company's En gineers, who stated that the prisoner went into his room between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the sth of September, and. remained there until 5 o'clock. About half-past 12 that day he went into the prisoner's room to borrow a cloak, and found him lying on a sofa partially dressed. He had no recollection of seeing a letter on the table of the room, and during the whole time the prisoner was with him no allusion whatever was made by him to his having received a letter "on service" that day. Lieut. D. B. Burnes, R. E., was also called by the prisoner, but his evidence was only to the effect that the prisoner had questioned his servant Flan nagan in witness's presence relative to the letter which bad been brought to his quarters on the sth of September. The prisoner had also informed him that he rose about 1 o'clock went to Mr. Phelps's room, where he remained till 5, and then dressed and proceeded to mess, and that he did not see the letter until 5 o'clock that afternoon. This being the whole of the evidence callel by the prisoner in his defence, the Deputy Judge-Advocate intimated that he did not intend to address the Court in re ply. The proceedings then terminated, the trial having lasted a week, and the members of the Court remained in deliberation for the purpose of agree ing to their decision, but the finding will not be made known until it has received the sanction of H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge. The following officers have been granted leave of absence from their respective depots at Chatham previous to their embarkation for India—viz., Capt. B. Howson, 51st Light Infantry ; Captain H. W. P. Welman, 86th Regiment; Easign J. E. K. Morley, 43d Light Infantry ; and Ensign H. Chambers, 51st Light Infantry. The Alban, 3, steam vessel, Lieut. the Hon. W. B. de Maguire, left Portsmouth on Monday for the eastward with supernumeraries. The Spartan, 28, Capt. Sir W. Hoste, is hourly expected at Spithead from the China station and the Cape. Souza of the officials of Woolwich Arsenal— namely, Col. Tulloch, superintendent of the Royal Carriage Department ; Col. Pickering, secretary to the Select Committee ; Captain Boxer, Royal Laboratory ; and Mr. Anderson, inspector of ma chinery—accompanied by Professor Wheatstone and. Mr. R. Mallet, the founder, assembled at Woolwich-marsh on Monday in order to inspect the 36-inch mortar and examine the extent of the injury sustained by the late experiments. After a careful examination of the various compartments it was discovered that, in addition to the rent found in the chamber, a broad wrought-iron hoop attached to one of the centre divisional segments had also suffered. The hoop was y‘sterd.ty taken to the foundry at Milwall to be repaired, and the damage in the interior of the chamber is to be repaired in the Arsenal foundry, after which the proof will be continued. Lord Palmerston, Lord Panmure, and Col. Boldero, M. P., have oxpressed a desire to witness the future experiments. A garrison board offield-officars commenced their sittings yesterday ate Royal Artillery Hospital, for the purpose of inquiring into the length of services and capabili ties of the senior non-commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery, a number of whom are about to b• placed on the retired lists. The Royal George screw steamship is ordered to be immediately brought forward at Sheerness, and rigged and stored in every respect as a steam line of-battle ship of the first division of the steam squadron of reserve. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Assistant Paymaster—William Young, to the E lin burgh. Masters' A3sistants—John Richards, to the Spitfire ; Charles J. Rigley, to the Triton. THE MILITIA. The sth West York Militia, having completed a month's training and exercise at Knaresborou g h, will ba dismissed this day. On Friday last• the regiment was reviewed by Col. Douglas, Inspector of Militia for the Northern Division. The men went through the various movements with great preci ion, and wera warmly complimented by tho reviewing officer. At the close of the review a great number of the men volunteer siintoregimeuti of the ling—namely, tile 2J, or QuQea's Own ; the 36,h, and the 60th Rifles. A. letter from St. Petersburgh states that the valuable depot of maps and charts shall be no longer witbh 31d 'rpm emu esoncluding the inspectton of the public. They are to be all en graved and sold. Among other; there ia one of the large scaly. pt.. ninety-three sheets, and laid dawn on a — ere is also one of Poland,also on a large 1 , and o ne O f India, perfected up to the present year. - THE FATiaza ItsiLw i t.ls.--A n a dd ress was on Friday p resen t e d to M. Edward Pease, of Darlington, as some sort of acknowledgment of the eminent ser vices he ement o did to th rais country an d the world by his first encouragf ilway e . T he address was presented by Mr. Meynell, chairm an of the Stockton and Dar lington Cimpany ; and, in addition to the names of the principal men of Durham , bore a l so those of Mr. George Stepheuaon and Sir W. Cubitt. SUICIDE OF MAJOR WARBU.RTON, bringing anyevidence they thought proper to prove the state of his mind. Sir H. Thompson (the foreman) saki he thought the deed was lone in a fit of temporary insanity. Lady Bateman, who was in the house, could prove if necessary taat the deceased had been very low spiritel when suffering from the pain in the head. The Rev. Mr. Warburton stated, in reply to Mr. Delves, a juryman, that he was certain the deceased had not the pistol in his hand when he went to the closet just before the firing. Both Sir H. Thompson and Mr. Ada,re, j urymen, spoke to conversations with the deceased, in which ho mentioned happy circumstances, and seemed very pleased with his position in life. Susan Harris, the housemaid, stated that she saw the pistol in a leathern cafe on the marble stand by the side of the bed at half-past Bon Thursday night. Several jurymen exprasled their concurrence in the foreman's opinion), and a 'verdict was returned that the deceased destroyed himself in a fit of tem porary insanity, THE INQUEST. On Friday morning last Major Warburton, M. P. , for Harwich, committed suicide while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity, at his residence , at Henly, in the vicinity of Tunbridge-wells, under the circumstances related below, as given in evidence on the coroner's inquisition, which was opened on the following day to investigate the melancholy event, before Mr. F. H. Gell and a jury composed mostly of the neighbouring gentry, of which the Rev. Sir H. Thompson was foreman. The deceased gentleman was a younger brother of the ill-fated Eliot Warburton, known to fame as the author of " The Crescent and the Cross," who perished a few years ago on the loss of the Amazon steam-ship. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Woolwich, and served in the Royal Artillery from June, 1833, until N0v.,1854, when he retired as a major on full pay. He was 41 years of age, and in 1853 married theHon.Elieabeth Augusta, daughter of the first Lord Bateman. The jury were sworn at the Abergavenny Arms, in the neighbouring village of Frant, and then pro ceeded to view the body at the residence of the de ceased gentleman. He was lying on the floor of his dressing-room in his shirt and dressing-gown with a pistol resting on hi s l e ft arm, j ust as he had fallen by his own hand. One barrel appeared to have been discharged, and one if not two balls had gone through his head, penetrating the skull and shat tering the face, and then, after grazing the ceiling of the apartment, passing through the window. The Rev. T. A. Warburton was called. He said —I am incumbent of Miley, near OxFord. The de ceased was my brother, a retired major of artillery. I was on a visit to him at Henly. I should think his age was about 39 or 40. At dinner on the day preceding his death he appeared in good health and spirits. The evening passed as usual. We left the drawing-room about a quarter to 1, and I went with deceased to his dressing-room. Mrs. Warbuton bad previously left the drawing-room. We talked a few minutes in his dressing room and then he said he was not well. He want to the closet and I bade him "good night" and went to bed. About 3in the morning Mrs. Warburton came into my bed room and said that having missed my brother, the deceased, she went to his dressing-room and found him lying on the floor on his face with the candle in his hand. She did not say whether it was alight or not. She added that he had not been to bed. She said she could not lift him. I immediately jumped up and went into his dressing-room, where I found him in the position described by his lady. I lifted him up and he immediately began to vomit, which he continued doing copiously for some time. We got him to sit down in a chair, and I began to chafe his hands and legs, which were very cold. He opened his eyes, but did not speak for some time. We asked him what was the matter, but he made no reply. I think for about half an hour Mrs. Warburton and I were engaged chafing his limbs, and at intervals he vomited a little more. When I saw that the vomiting did not relieve him I became much alarmed. He began to make inarticulate sounds. I then wrote and despatched by one of the men servants a letter to Mr. Turner, surgeon, of Tunbridge-wells, requesting his immediate at tendance. He came without delay. I went on chafing my brother's body, and after that he vomited a little once or twice. He then began to speak arti culately, but sillily. About 5 o'clock Mrs. War burton and I raised him up. He staggered, but we managed to get him into bed. We then sat by the fire for about half-an-hour, waiting for Mr. Turner. About half-past she came and examined the deceased. Ho did not think well of him. The ' deceased went to sleep, and when he awoke Mr. Turner gave him some medicine, and afterwards, on leaving, that gentleman left a second paper of me dicine, which we were to give him in a certain time —three or four hours, I think. I lay down. Mr. Turner told us we were to watch my brother, as he was not exactly satisfied as to his state. We had been talking the evening before of going to London by the 8.30 train next morning. While I was dressing in the morning I heard nothingof his getting up, but about h a lf- past 8 Iheard him go to his dressing-room, and on going there I found him walking about in an uncer tain, hurried, unsteady sort of way. I said, " I think we will not think of going to London until a later train." He replied in a strange sort of way, " Well, I think I will not go, for I am rather knocked up ;" 'end then he said, "I must go to the closet." He staggered towards it. I should not have left him but for his going there. When I saw his hand on the door I turned to go to my bed-room for a moment, which is a short distance off, and I had hardly got in there before I heard the report of a pistol. I sprang down stairs and brunt open the door of the study, which was just at the end of the passage, and only latched, then the door of the closet, which was next to it, and then his dressing-reorn door. I suppose it took me about 5 or 6 seconds to do all that. When I reached his dressing-room I found him a 3 you have seen him. He was lying on his back, and a quan tity of blood was on th:floor, near his head, from which it was flowing. His right hand was across hie breast, and the left hand was extended by the side of the body. The pistol wa-s lying on his left arm. He was pathway dead. The deceased had been subject to bilious attacks of a violent charac ter. On those occasions he was not deprived of speech. He had never shown any tendency to lunacy. Fat the last two years he had been sub ject to a violent pain in the head, at intervals of about five months, when he was low-spirited. 1 have seen him sit for hours when under the in fluence of that pain with his head on his hands and indisposed to speak. He once went to Mr. Beau mont, an eminent surgeon in London, who gave him an emetic for bile. Three nights ago, I should mention, he had a violent attack of vomiting. During the Thursday evening I had seen no symp toms of what was coming on, and he showed no symptoms of wandering. From 3 until the Cute of his death I did not think he knew what he was doing. He had never fallen down in a bilious attack before. Once, when under such an attack, he complained of great pain. His eyes looked odd. I thought at first it was apoplexy. I think this attack was precisely like what he had had before. He appeared in good spirits up to the time he went to bed. He had not taken anything uncommon, nor an unusual quantity o f w i n e. When he spoke of g)ing by a later train he talked in a mechanical sort of way. He had lately kept the pistol by the side of the bed. He had net the pistol in his hand when he went to the cleset. The reason he kept the pistol by the side of the 132c1 was that in ,the former occupant's time the hours was broken into. It was a double-barrelled pistol. I found a bullet on the floor. I thought both barrels were discharged at the same tim e . Th ere were two bullet holes in the window glass, so I cannot account for the bullet on the floor. Sir Henry Thompson (the foreman)—You are not aware of any subject pressing on his mind ? Witness—Our conversation the night before was on his happy position in this world, the great bless ings he had, and his domestic happiness. I know that his circumstances were extremely comfortable, and that he was pleased with his short Parlia mentary career. He had a desire to get into Par liament unfeVered as to party, and oa a request from the electors he put up for Harwich, mid was returned as an independent member by a large majority. Mr. Richard Turner, surgeon, of Tunbridge wells, deposed—ln the early part of the year the deceased came to me respecting an attack of neural ala over the eye. He told me be had suffered from indigestion and consequent vomiting. About five o'clock on the morning of Friday last his servant called me up. I reached the house of the deceased between 5 and 6, and found him in bed asleep. His brother told me he had been breathine , rather heavily, but at that time it was not so. I leaned over him to observe his breathing, and observing his eyes move I asked him wkat was the matter with him. He replied in a muttering way, "I am tired." I asked him if he had not ben sick. He said, "No, but sickish." He then seemed disposed to go to sleep, but I purposely roused him in order to speak to him. I examined his tongue and his eyes, but saw nothing remarkable about eithi r. His pulse was quiet and feeble. I then mixed a powder and he took it and drank a little water after it. fle remarked, "I must go to London to-day," to which I objected. Ho said it was the stomach, and he should soon bo right again. As his stomach was empty, and he continued drowsy, 'thought it must be somethiu g more than a mere stomachical derange ment. I therefore suggested that he should be watched. I then returned home and about 9 o'clock I received anther message to attend immediately. I was at the house very shortly afterw In* and I found the deceased as you hwe just seen him. I noticed that a bullet had passed through the mouth end left the head at the upper part, renetratire., the brain and skull completely, and shlttenng the bones of the face. I cannot Fay from the wound that there was more than one bullet. What th ) de ceased had brought up appeared to be an undigested meal. His dinner on tue previous evening was, I am told, of a simple character. I imagine that he was not in a sound state of mind when he did the deed, and that physical disease occasioned that state. From the way he spoke to me I think he was not in his right mind. When he earn() to me he showed a nervous anxiety about his bilious at tack. The Coroner said there seemed to be an end of the case under the circumstances, and if the jury were satisfied that the unfortunate gentleman shot himself when he was insane they would say sO, but if they had any doubt, it, was only fair anclright thaf the relatives should h ave au opportunity of MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Oct. (Before Mr. Bliss, Q.C. Geo. Lloyd, 26, was indicted for feloniously break ing into and entering the shop of Michael Grouse and stealing therein nine pieces of cloth and other property, value 161. He was also charged with re ceiving. Mr. Hawthorne prosecuted ; Mr. Ribbon ap , peared for the prisoner. During the night of the 13th inst. a robbery was committed on the premises of the prisoner, a tailor, ix New Oxford-street, who resides in Oaniden-town; and it appeared from the evidence of the prosecu tion that at 7 o'clock in the morning the prisoner and another man were seen by the police in King street, Bloomsbury, in joint possession of a bag which contained the property which was the pro duce of the robbery. The other man escaped, and subsequently one Wm. Sinclair was taken on sus picion of being that person, but an alibi was set up before the magistrate, who discharged him. Lloyd deAared that he knew nothing of the other person or of the robbery, and that he was only near him by accident, when he, seeing the police, threw down the bag and ran away ; but against this there was the oath of the constable that he law the pri soner carrying the bag and hand it to his companion just before the latter threw it down and ran oft. Mr. Ribton, in his address to the jury, suggested that even if they thought they could rely upon the policeman's statement for accuracy, there was still a doubt, which the prisoner ought to have the benefit of. It was really a " Aot proven" case. The jury, after consulting together in a private room for an hour, found the prisoner Guilty of re ceiving the property feloniously. A. previous conviction for burglary, and a sen tence of 18 months, were proved against him, in addition to which it was stated that he had been convicted of pocketpicking and had been the con stant associate of the most notorious housebreakers in the metropolis. • The lea,rned. Judge sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for four years. Thomas Bastin, 20, a pawnbroker's assistant, was indicted for hiving stolen a ring of the value of 145., the property of Charlotte Glover. Mr. Hawthorne prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton ap peared for the prisoner. The prosecutrix, a gaudily-dressed girl of the town, lodging in C o ll ege -street, Chelsea, stated that she became acquainted with the prisoner, who vi sited her four or five times, although she did not know either his name or address. On the last oc cision he turned over several articles which were upon her dressing.tibie, and seemed much to ad mire a ring, which she told him, in reply to a ques tion, was given to her by a gentleman who had gone to Australia. After he was gone she missed the ring, and on meeting the prisoner a few nights afterwards at o .7emorne-gardens she asked him for ir, and said she would say no more about it if he had taken it in joke, but that if he did not return it the would give him into custody. The prisoner said " your eyes, I know nothing about your ring," as he persisted in that assertion she carried her threat into effect, and he was locked up. The ring was afterwards givenup to her bythe prisoner's father, who wished her to withdraw the charge on payment of a turn of money to cover the expense she had incurred in going about trying to find the prisoner —that expense was about 3/. 155., but she was afraid to take the money as the case was before a magistrate. All she wanted was her ring, as she valued it far beyond its mere intrinsic worth. In cross-examination she po,itively stated that when she demanded the ring of the prisoner, on meeting him at Creuaorn.e, he did not say he had got it "with" hi m , b u t t h at h e had not got it " at all." She had been to Cremorne with him, and had waltzed. He had treated her to refreshment, and ho had paid. her money at various times. She con tradicted a statement made by her before the ma gistrate at the polioo court with reference to a con versation they had had about the ring when he took it up. Tim depositions wore put in as evidence to prove this coniradiction. The prisoner made a statement before the magistrate to the effect that, seeing the ring on the table, he took it up and asked if it was hers, placad it upon his anger, and as he was sitting on the sofa when he took it off he put it in his waist coat pocket, as he was not near enough to the table o put it where he took it from, and forgot to take it out before he left. Tho prosecutrix further stated that the prisoner told the policeman that he would return the ring if he had it with him, but the fact was he had taken it in a joke and had lost it, and would pay double and treble its valise ii the charge wore Lot goue on with, but she persisted. Another woman wbovras with the prosecutrix at Cremorne, clrroberated. her s t a t ement as to the prisoner having positively stated that he knew no thing of the ring. 2, charge will The polceman stated, that when the charge was made the prisoner said--" Don't give me in charge, Lotty ; I did take it, but it was only in joke, and I have ~dl e o i s i t e ii . t i n ; i s ec u wd o .o h : he my ruin." the balance of the price of a ?cry proved thatthe prisoner left was given up to the prisoner's i ring, —that produced, °roue like it—with him for security of 3s. watch. Tho ring father. a t n h d e of felo n i ous intention. The jury on the que s ti on acquitted. the prisoner. Mr. yata Ribtonppe stopped addressed case (Before Mr. Creasy.) Edward George W . 03 indicted f or stealing 1,000 bricks, th e p roper ty of Henry Bi rd. Mr. Pol an d appear ed for th e Prosecution ; Mr. T. Salter for the prisoner. The prisoner tosoner was cart away bricks from a a l fi o e aa field at at a pl a ce he was ordered to, but it Notting hill, and h e was seen to de elouualndtintyotpbroepperrolyveddetlihvaetraed. load was deficient i n th e The jury retire 1 to consider th e i r verdict, and eventually acquitted the prisone r . Sarah Clifford and Mary Ann Williams were in dicted for stealing a cigar case, value Bs. 6J., the property of Sarah Marshall • bur puriel, value 145., th e p roper t y o f Samuel Hol mes • and 35 W ? yards of cloth, t h e pr o p er t y of Merrick aldis. From the evidence given it appeared that the prisoners had beau robbing tradesmen by going to shops under the pretence of purchasing some small article, but really for the Durpose of stealing anything there might be upon the counter. months hard labour. They , w, r 4. convicted auo. sentenced each to Mary Hudson was brought up from the Bride well, Tothill-fields, to be dealt with as an incorri gl)le disorderly p erson, under the sth of Geo. IV. The prisoner was t Ikea into custody for using language of the most filthy description to persons passing along the high road at Brompton, and, having b:en summarily dealt with no less thanlB times sinc e 1853 f or offences of the same descrip tion, she was on this charge committed to hard la bour until the quarter sessions, then to be dealt with as the Court should think fit. Mr. Creasy, aft3r fully investigaitieg the circum stances, sentenced the prisoner to six months' hard labour. The prisoner was evidently an educated woman, although she had sank to the lowest grades of dray - kenne is and Prostitution. Williarx Soutlana, 19, a clerk, was indicted for stealing the surnof 251. in gold and banknotes, the moneys and property of Joseph Soldani and ano ther, his maAter: and employers. He was further indicted for steajng a gold watch and two silver watches, value la., the property of Joseph Soldani. Mr. Lewis pzo.secuted ; Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the pris-ner. It appeared from the evidcmcs that the prisoner was in the e u 2 Lyment of Mef.srs. Soldani and Co., of Henrietta-,tr et, Covent-gard tn and on th e 7 t h of Stp'enAer th, priBoner had handed over to him the sum of 251. ta invest for his masters in the London and N iestminster Bank The bankers' passkoak was aso given to hint for the purpose of having an oniry made to their credit for that amount. Whet the bcok was brought back in a few days an eulry was made in it for the sum of 251., but on a s t b sequent transaction taking place on behalf of 4r. Soldani, the ledger clerk at the bank crossed mt the entry as to the 251., denying that the entry vas in theltaudwriting of the clerk who would receive the money. The prosecutor found that his Lccount- in the bankers' ledger was deficient the min of 25/. - , and he stated, to the best of his belief, flat the-entry in the passbook was in the prisoner's lancliviiting. Mr. Metcalf: addres3ed the jury for the prisoner, contending tlkt no proof had been given that the money had not been paid into the bank ; nor had the person been produced whose duty it was to re ceive the money, -and who could, of course, have stated at once whether or not do entry was in his handwriting. Mr. Creasy summed up, and The jury returnel a verdict of not guilty ; but the prisoner remains for trial on the other charge. Aun Stevens was indicted for robbing a drunken man of ss. in a public-house in Westminster. The man fell asleep, and the prisoner was seen putting her hands into his pockets, from which the money was taken, but nono was found in her pos session. Tito jury acquitted her. Mr. Digby was for Vle prosecution ; Mr. F. 11. Lewis for the prisoner. GALLANT RESCUE OF bUX SgAMEN. The survivors of the brig Exchange, of South Shields, have reached their homes, and the account they give of their gantlet rescue by the master and crew of the Isle of Man schooner the Brilliant, is alike honourable to the seamanship and humanity of khe master and crew of the latter vessel ; their noble conduct is much praised by the seafaring popu lation of the Tyne. The Exchange left the Tyne with a cargo of coals for Kiel, having ten hands— eight men and two boys—on board. While navi geting the Baltic she encountered a fearful gale of wind, and in the storm her decks were swept of her boats. She also sprung a leak, and it was only by the most strenuous exertions of the crew at the pumps that she was kept afloat. While off the Isle uf Rugen she was found to be in a sinking state, and the master, Mr. Hogg, hoisted a flag of distress. The master of the Brilliant observed the brig ahead with her ensign union down, and, though it was blowing a gale at the time, he made down to her as sistance. As soon as he g ot within bail the men in the brig implor e d hi m ae d his crew to endeavour to take them off; as the vessel was sinking under their feet. The master of the schooner states that their condition was most pitiable, and that it brought tears into the eyes of all those on board his vessel. They consulted as to what was best to be done, and two of the men, Patrick Sayle and William Crow, offered to go in the only boat they had on board the schooner and endeavour to save them. They gallantly pulled through the storm alongside the brig, and had got the two apprentiie lads and three of the seamen into the boat when the brig unfor tunately made a roll and stove the boat, throw ing all that were i n h er i n t o t h e water. Four of them went under the brig's bottom and were drowned. The two men belonging to the schooner fortunately got hold of lines and sprang ou board the brig. The fifth poor fellow floated away on the boat's bottom, and there seemed no prospect of saving the poor castaway when the mas ter of the schooner made a gallant effort to rescue him. He ran his vessel down towards the drifting boat, and made two fruitless attempts to save him ; . but the third time, as the schooner was passing the poor fellow, a man forward pitched a line upon his head. He grasped it, was hauled aboard in tri umph, and was saved. Mr. Quale then turned his attention to rescuing the men from the sinking brig. Tel'ing them to get ready, he ran his vessel under the brig's stern, with his yardarm upon their taff rail, and was thus enabled to rescue his own two men. The survivors of the brig were too fatigued and benuml , ed to make such a leap ; but having got lines rounel their waist , , by cleverly handling the schooner the ends of those lines were thrown on board of her, and the poor fellows were dragged through the sea an-I mercifully saved. Every at tention was paid to their wants on board the schooner. The master landed them at Elsinore, whence they were forwarded to their homes by the British consul. The names of the drowned seamen were William Mail, of Guernsey, and George Mit chell, of Dundee, and two dads, Henry Scott and George Cartwright. REALM OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General. ) The total number of deaths registered in London in the week that ended on Saturday (Oct. 24) is 938. In the corresponding weeks of ten previous years 1847-56 the average number was 1,002. The same rate of mortality iu the present increased po pulation would produce 1,102 deaths ; and a com parison of the real with the estimated result shows a difference in favour of last week to the extent of 114. Whilst the population of the metropolis lost 988 last week, the registration of births shows that 1,582 children were born ; sufficient to supply the places of the deal, and to increase the number of inhabi tants by 594. The deaths.from diarrhoea, which numbered 79 in the first week of October, fell last week to 42, about the average of former years ; of that number 27 occurred to children under 5 years of age. Six deaths from cholera and choleraic diarrhoea were registered last week. At 19, Asylum-terrace, Chelsei, a boy aged 11 months, died of " cholera irifintum (62 hours)." At 10, Duke-street, Old Artillery -ground, Whitechapel, a boy, aged 6 years, died of " choleraic fever (14 days)." At 3, Nelson's court, L;mehouse, a boy, aged 9 months, died of " cholerine (7 days)." At 2, Mast-house-place, Poplar, a man, aged 77 years, died of " Asiatic cholera (5 days), collapse (2 days), secondary fever (3 days) At 8, Aldred-street, Bermondsey, a man, aged 39 years, died of " cho leraic diarrhoea ;,' and at Hill-house, Gordon-road, Peckham, a girl,. aged 8 mouths, died of "choleraic diarrhoea." Typhus was fatal to 54 persons, 29 of whom were under 20 years of age • 21 children died of measles, 50 of scarlatina, 27 of hooping-cough. At 17, George-terrace, Brook-street, Upper Clap ton, a man, aged 37 years, died of fever (3 weeks). The registrar adds, " This is the secoad death from typhus fever in Brook-street, and there are 8 or 9 other cases of fever." Last week the births of 814 boys and 768 girls, in all 1,582 children, were registered in London. In the tan corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average number was 1,475. The registrar of the West Ham sub-district, which adjoins London, reports : "No fresh case of cholera or of death has occurred in ray district during the week." At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the weex was 29.638 in. Tue highest reading was 29 . 974 in., which occurred on Saturday ; the lowest was 29 414 in., which oc curred on Sunday. The wean temperature of the air was 51 . 5 deg., which is 2.7 deg. above the aver a,ze of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The lowest temperature in the week was 42/ deg. on Thursday. The wind was variable during the week ; bnt the north-east winds prevailed. On Thursday the wind blow from the north and uorth north-east, while heavy rain fell continuously during the whole day, making the total fall at 9 p.m. 2.57 in. Tee average au-, nual fall of rain in London during the 17 years 1840-57 was 24 in., consequently morn than a tenth part of the average fall of rain in 365 days fell on Thursday last. The fall of rain on an acre was 58,140 gallons, or rather wore by weight than 259 tons. As the area of the London districts is 78,029 acres, the fall of rain on the whole surfac, if the average rainfall be assumed to be represented by the Greenwich Observation, exceeded 20 million tons, or 84 million hogsheads. Now the question of the drainage of London is uudor consideration, chc., duuUt, attract Lee attention or engi neers. --- MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TILE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 24. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 173 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 66 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Boues, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. . a Malformatio ns 1 Premature Birth and Debility .. 31 A trophy Old Age ;udders. 7 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 26 3 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 9BB Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. eponding week in the 1851. of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 .. 134 East Districts 485,522 ~ . 223 South Districts Totals Males Fmnales.. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total 814 763 1,582 The naw petitions in the Encumbered Krtates Court this week are ic,portant, awl embrace property to tha exte , it of 11,000/. per annum, among which are the estates of the Earl of Kenmore, in Carlow, Kilkenny, and Quaen's County, producing 4000/. per annum, and ene unbered to the extent of 110,000/. THE LATE SIR HENRY LATFRENt7E. (Frees the Gazette of last Evening.): INDIA BOARD, Ocr. 24. The following despatch has been received at the East India House :- The Governor-General of India in Council to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. Fort William, Sept. 9, 1857. We have the honour to forward for your informatio❑ the accompanying copy of a minute recorded by the Governor-General, relative to the death of Sir Henry Lawrence ; the appointment of General Sir James Ontrarn to the united command of all the troops in the Divapore and Cawnpore divisions ; and his re-appoint ment as Chief Commissioner in Oude. Minute by the Governor-General of India, Sept. 8,1857. Recently the Government availed itself of Major- General Outram's presence in Calcutta, to appoint him united command of all the troops in the Dinanore and Cawnpore divisions. n.joi-General Outram is now approaching Cawn pore. He will accompany the reinforced column of Brigadier-General Havelock in its advance upon Luck now, and, as circumstances may arise calling for the exercise of civil and political authority on Major-Gene ral Outram's part within the province of Oude, it be comes necessary for me to place on record the determi nation which was formed by the Government some time ago, of re-appointing Major-General Outram, for the present, to the post of Chief Commissioner in Oude, vacatA by the lamented death of Sir 11. Lawrence, K.C.B. I beg to submit this proposal for the concurrence of my colleagues. Although- intelligence of Sir 11. Lawrence's death reached the Government long ago, no official announce• went of this sad event, and none of the particulars con nected withit, were received until some time after the first reports ; and the details are not even now very fully known. A wound received whilst leading an attack on the 2d of July against the insurgents, and believed to have been slight in itself, but acting doubtless on a constitution impaired by protracted labours in an exhausting climate, and on a frame weakened by the unusual fatigues, anxieties, and responsibilities of the preceding month, sulked to close the career of one of the most valued and best loved men whom India has counted amongst her servants and benefactors. In the course of his service, extending over 35 years, in Burmah, in Affghanistan, in Nepal, in the Punjab, and in Rajpootana, Sir Henry Lawrence was distin guished for eminent ability, devoted zeal, and generous and self-denying exertions for the welfare of the people among whom he was placed. As a soldier, an admi nistrator, and a statesman, he has deservedly earned an exalted reputation among the foremost, and has been an honour to the Government he served. Impressed with a sense of his great qualifications I selected him to be Chief Commissioner in the province of Oude. In that position, from the first appearance of disaffection amongst the troops quartered in the province, his conduct of affairs was marked by foresight, calm judgment, and courage. If anything could have averted the calamitous outbreak which has been followed by the temporary subversion of our authority in Oude, I be lieve that the measures which were taken by S r Henry Lawrence, and the confidence which all men, high and low, native and European, felt in his energy, his wisdom, and his spirit of justice and kindliness, would have ac complished that end. As long as there was any hope of restraining the wavering soldiery by appeals to their sense of duty and honour, he left no becoming means untried to conciliate them. When violent and open mutiny called for stern retribution, he did not shrink from the (to him) uncongenial task of inflicting severe punishment. When general disorder and armed rebel lion threatened, he was undaunted, and completed ra pidly and effectively the precautionary preparations which, from the beginning, he had had in view. And, though he has been prematurely removed from the scene, it is due mainly to his exertions, judgment, and professional skill, that the Lucknow garrison has been able to defy the assaults of its assailants, and still maintains its ground. There is not, I am sure, an Englishman in India who does not regard the loss of Sir Henry Lawrence, in the present circumstances of the country, as one of the heaviest of public calamities. There is not, I believe, a native of the provinces where he has held authority who will not remember his ❑ame as that of a friend and generous benefactor to the races of India. For myself, short as has been my personal inter course with that distinguished man, it is a grateful though a mournful duty, to record my appreciation of his eminent services to this Government, my admiration of his high character, and my affectionate respect for his memory. CANNING. From the London Gazette of Last Night FOREIGN-OFFICE, 00T. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Wyman B. S. Moor to be Consul-General in the British North American Provinces for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. F. M. Faulkneras Vice•Conaul at Folkestone for the Republic of Mexico. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, OCT. 24. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint Sir Henry Orlando Robert Chamberlain, Bart., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Beresford, retired. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 27. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of S ate for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Des• path from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, enclosing a copy of a French Imperial decree, prolonging until the 30th September, 1854, the period fixed by the Decree of the 29th September, 1856, for the duration of the tariff modifications in the colonies of Martinique, Guadaloupe, the island of Reunion, and Senegal, in respect of grain, flour, and meal, and dried vegetables. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 27. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committe of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received; through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Des patch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, en closing copy of a Spanish Royal Order, providing that masters of vessels arriving in any port in Spain must, in the event of there being no Spanish Consular Agent withi❑ Jive leagues of the, port of clearance, be provided with a bill of health certified by a Consul or Consular Agent of any friendly nation ; or in case there should be no European officer of this nature within five leagues of the port of clearance, such fact must be certified on the bill of health by the authority by whom the bill is issued. Whenever it may be found impossible for the master to obtain a bill of health at the port of clearance, it will then be necessary for him to provide himself with a document as fully authen ticated as possible, declaring that no bill of health could be procured at such port. Under such circumstances, however, the master of a vessel must procure a bill of health at the first port at which the vessel may touch on her voyage, where such a document can be obtained. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 23. Corps of Royal 'Marines—Sergeant Uriah Henry King to be Quartermast , r, vice Cooper, retired on half-pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Lincoln—Sir Henry Dyinoke, Bart., the Hon. the Queen's Champion, to be Vice Lieutenant of the county of Lincoln. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Edward Lyttelton Francis, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Villers, resigned. Durham Artillery Regiment of Militia James Eiskine Ainslie Mather, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign J. Crompton Todd to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, resigned ; Frede rick Henry Brice, Gent., to be EnsignlAlbert Hardinge Lynch, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia- Ensign Charles Abercrombie Cooper to be Lieutenant, vice Colpoys, resigned ; John Gould Noble, Gent., to be Lieutenant. • 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) West York Militia—Ensign Michael Thunder to be Lieutenant, vice Kynaston Wal ter Smith, deceased ; Ensign William Goodman Gatliff to be Lieutenant, vice Firman, resigned ; Samuel Bennett, Geut., to be Ensign, vice Gatliff, pro. moted ; Adolphus William Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, vice L. N. Mosse, resigned. sth Regiment of West York Militia—Lawrence Williams, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Norfolk Militia Artillery—Shovell Henry Brereton, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Paterson, resigned. [This appointment is sub tifuted for that which s appeared in tue ucizette of the 6th inst.] Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Henry Fre derick Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTS. Davit Mandelbaum, importerof foreign goods, Minories, to surrender, Nov. 7, and Dsc. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Lloyd and Rule, Milk-street. Isaac Rose, jeweller, Tooley-street, Nov. 7, and Dec. 8, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee : Wire and Child, Swi thin's-lane. Sir Samuel Hancocks cattle-dealer, Emmets, Kent, Nov. 6, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer,OldJewry cha m bars. Joshua Nicholson, cattle dealer, Hexham, Northumber land, Nov. 6, at eleven, and Dec. 8, at one, at the New caitle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Batty, Hexham ; Lowes, Haydon bridge ; Watson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Benjamin Hayden, linen-draper, Bermondsey, Nov. 6, at eleven, and Dec. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street buildings ; Edwards, Coleman-street, City. Thomas Sommerville, nurseryman, St. John's-wool, Bankruptcy. Middlesex, Nov. Johnson,6, and official a4l, assignee, twelve, ign ee , B a a s t i n t g h xelle.sutrrt of Oldershaw, St. Swithin's-lane. eet; John Rolfe, jun., tailor, Leadenhall-street, Nov, 5, at one, and Dec 3, at half-past el even, a t t h e Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Morris, Stone, Townson, and Morris, Morgate-street- Chambers. John Benjamin Lings and Joh n Li ngs, cheesemongers, Nov. and Dec. 7, awelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Leo, official assi g n ee , Ald ermanbury ; Liuklater and Hack wood, Siso-lane. Henry Ingall, wins merchant, Crutched-friars, City, Nov. G, at h a lf- pas t two, and Dec. 1, at two, at the Court of B a nk ru pt cy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court., court, BasiLghall-street ; Cotterill and Sons, Trognaolton • street. David Oliver, miller, Grange Mill, Kimber worth, York shire, Nov. 7 and Dec. 5, at ten, at the Council - hall , Shef field. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Broadbent, Sheffield. John Wilkinson, grocer, Warrington, Nov. 6 and 27, at elle, at the Manchester District Court. Hurnainaon, official assignee, Manchester ; D. and IL Evans, Liverpool; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Charle, William Kerby, contractor, Nottingham, Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Notting ham. llarris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Sollory, Nottingham ; Reece, Birmingham. Joseph Wood, timber merchant, Salfoid, Nov. 9 and 50, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hernamaun, official assignee, Manchester; Heath, Manchester. Patrick Monaghan, newspaper peopricter, Wolverhamp ton, Nov. 6 and 26, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Neve, Wolverhampton; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Jeremiah Self, innkeeper, Bishop's Waltham, Nov. 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Durno, farmer, Sliceh. Country Markets, LIVERPOOL-00T. 27. There was a thin attendance of the town and country trade to-day, who showed little disposition to make pur chases, and only a very limited business resulted. Wheat , 'eclined 2d to 3d pee bushel from the rates of Friday. Flour 2s per sack and is per barrel lower. Bailey, oats, awl oatmeal in retail, without change in value. Indian corn at late rates. HULL— OCT. 27. Wheat, English red, 48e to 51s ; white 56s to 60s; oats, 29s to 32s ; barley, 42s to 4.6 s ; Indian corn, 39s ' • linseed cakes, Hull, 11/ Os to 1 — s Od ; ditt o , foreign, 8/ 15s to 10/ 103 ; rape cakes, 6/ 5s Od to 6l lOs ; guano, 81. to 15/. ; bones, 140 s Od.; flour, —s to --s; tares, —s to —s. LEEDS—OcT. 27. There was a good show of wheat to day; the reports from Mark-lane cause our buyers to aim at very low rates ;th e finest dry samples, however, are hold firmly at Friday's quotations ; inferior a a slow trade, and irregular prices. Barley a slow sale. Beans down. Oats and other articles receding in value. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 56s 6d ; barley, 42s Odd ; oats, 25s 2.1 d ; beans, 465 81d ; peas, 478 Od ; rye, 40s. Od. COURSE OF EXCRANGE.—YESTEIDAY. Amsterdam 11 16% Gibraltar .............. Ditto, three months .. 121 4 Leghorn 30 45 Rotterdam 12 4 Genoa ... 25 65 Antwerp ••.••••••• • •• 25 60 Milan •••••••• •• •• •• Brussels •• •• •• •• • •• •• 25 60 Venice.. .• .....• •• Ilamburgh ............ 13 10 1 ,E Naples .• . 42 Altcna .. •• •• •• •• •• .• Palermo •• • • Paris 25 35 Messina ... 126% Do. three months 25 85 (Lisbon . 52 1 { i Marseilles .• •••••• •• 25 87% Oporto •••••••••• •• •• •• .5234 Bonrdectax .. • ... .. 'Rio Janeiro ..... . • • Frankfort-on-Maine .. 120 (Buenos Ayre5.......... Berlin ................ • • New York,6o days' sight Vienna ..........•• .... 10 46 Philadelphia • ...... Trlaste.• •• ••.• •• ••.... 10 48 PRICES Or BULLION, PEB oz: Petersburg ............ 35 Foreign Gold In Bars .£3 17 9 Madrid 48% Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Cadiz a•••••• •• • • •• ••• s • 49% , 51[exican Dollars •. •. 00 0 Barcelona .. •• •• •• •• .. • • 1 New Dollars •• •• •• 0 0 0 Seville• • ..... .•• Silver in bars : 0 i 1% 476 512 LOCAL SHARE MAR'KETd. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 27. STOCK EXOHANGE.—The tone of the market has been firmer to-day, and but few sales. Great Westerns, 51i a Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 378 —South Eastern, 18.18.9—Eastern Counties, 10.13.9—North British, 11-1 Caledonians, 39 8-i i—Midland, 828 2 1$ —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92 —Great Western of C ana d a , 18i — Grand Trunks, n B—London and North Westerns, 95 —North Union A, 220—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 65—North Eastern, Berwicks, 221—Dutch Rhenish, 4 s d, MANCHESTER, OCT. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was exceedingly dull to-day, with lower prices. Midland, 82 1/—Leeds, 92 I Eastern Counties, 10Y—Dovers 18 / East Anglian ; 4 —East Lancashire, 90—G r e a t iVestern of Canada, new, 2 d—Grand Trunk of Canada, 9/. 13s. 6d.—Sheffielda, 371—Dutch Rhenish, 5 dis—Blackburn, BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices in the market generally dull, but in prices no further depreciation. London and North Westerns, 951—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 81—Shropshire Unions, 48—Great Western, 511—South Staffords, 9 1-16—Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, 310—Warwick and Birmingham Canals, 14g. LEEDS, OCT. 27. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day very inactive, an .l the only transactions were in Sheffields, at 38h. THE BURGLAR' AND ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR PLYMOUTH.—James Boghurst and Thomas Brown, the men suspected of being eoncerned in the burglary at Blackland-house, near Plympton, were on Monday brought before the mayor and magistrates at Plymouth, and ordered to be banded over to the county authorities. They will be brought before the county magistrates at Ridgway this morning. M r . B ra dd on i s go i ng on favourably, but it is feared that he will lose the sight of one eye. COMMITTAL FOR PERJURY AT HUDDERSFIELD.—AIt the Huddersfield Guildhall, on Saturday, James Fearnley was brought up on remand, charged with having corn. mitted wilful perjury in that court on the 15th inst. The circumstances of the case were stated is the Guardian of Monday last. Fearnley is keeper of the dram shop at tached to the White Hart Inn, Huddersfield. On the night of the 12th inst. Inspector White, having heard men playing at cards, entered and saw Fearnley pink something off the table and go into the next room. White followed and saw him put the pack of cards in his pocket. For this offence Mr. Smithies, landlord of the White Hart, was summoned before the magic trate=, and, in his defence, he called Fearnley, who stated that there had been no cards played in the room that night, and that he had seen no cards. Charles Broadbent, who was one of the men in the room whnn the officer entered, and who has since been committed for perjury, corroborated Fearnley's state ment ; but James Stott, who was next called, admitted that they had been playing at cards for money, that Fearnley supplied them with the cards, and that he had since told them to say that they had seen no cards. Inspector White and Stott repeated the statements they had formerly made, and Mr. H. S. Green, reporter, produced his notes of the evidence given by Fearnley in the gaming case. The prisoner was committed f or trial at the next assizes, but bail was accepted for his appear ance. -Manchester Guardian. CIIARGR or PROCURING ABORTION.—On Saturday last, Mr. Carmichael, surgeon, of Mexbrougb, near Motherham, was brought up on remand, at Swinton. before Sir Isaac Morley and Win. Aldham, Esq., to answer the charge of using instruments to his house keeper to procure abortion, whereby her life bad been seriously endangered since the 12th ultimo, when the offence was committed. The magistrates signified their intention of taking the woman's evidence in her bed room,„; but the solicitors on each side stating that they were not respectively prepared to prosecute and defend, the charge again stood adjourned to Saturday next, at twelve o'clock. Application for bail was made, bat Mr. Aldham declined to accept any sureties, observing that when they agreed at the last hearing to take sureties to the extent of 1,0001., they were not aware of the serious charge against Mr. Carmichael, and the evidence that would be called to support it. The punishment was imprisonment for life ; and considering that they had heard some particulare of the case, they thought it better not to liberate him at present. Mr. Carmichael was thereupon remanded back to Wakefield. The woman still remains in a prostrate state, and it is not expected that she will be able to be removed to DoncaS• ter on Saturday next to take her evidence ; and if that should prove a correct supposition, what she has to say will be taken by the magistrates at her mother's house, at Swinton, and the rest of the charge wilt-be heard the following tlonday.—Manchester Guardian. 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