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

THE GREAT EJSTERN. Eeel day . this monstrous vessel becomes in her ra ‘ id progress towards completion a greater and a gre ter Eastern still. For nearly four years she hose tomed in dim immensity over the river side like pre-Adamite leviathan—for nearly four years e'te has stood an iron enigma, exciting and befllng 'll conjecture as to how she was to be got down to he water, and how she was to be managed awl centnelled when in it. To the majority of L , ndoners he has been little else than a colossal sailor's folly, -.4 little likely to be moved from the p lace in which 'et , rose as the banks of the Thames eteelF in which i . % - was generally believed the Great . Eastern was destiSned t marineam a permanent orna to e rs, and a beacon of went —a reproach enter rising companies of all warning to future relieve the minds of our kinds. It will, howe readers to know for c lutson 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 Eastern's stay on land are nt me numbered ; each day diminishes more and more t be connection between the shore and the ship, and o u Tuesday next, soon after daybreak, it will be finali'Y sundered, and the Great Eastern launched into the et element on which hr.r appearance will be the foreru'r. user of a new era. It is only within the last few hull ra that the hour fur the launch has been decided cm. and the morn ing of Wednesday, the 3d, definitely fixed. Until recently it was quite impossible to , say when the launch really would take place, for, let spite of the labours of 1,100 men, who have worked without oessation day and night, so much Weig to be done that at one 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 reachedher culmi nating point of preparations. During the next few days they will cease and determine altoget`:ter ; but at present they are rampant, and in the great chaos which migns upon and round the vessel, iron and paint, woodwork and shavings seem to struggle for her masteiy and possession. It is almost hard to say whichlfiegt predominates. Judging from the state aide 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 w.th 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 timber either sawed or being sawn—leaves him atter all in a perplexed state to say in which branch the Gr& at Eastern is most progressing. Since our last Rio ice the whole exterior of the 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 provement ; 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 colour, and the remainder (32 feet) up to the top black. The mere painting of the vessel, slight as the fact may appear when mentioned, involves a labour of no common magnitude, for the painted surface of the Great Eastern is, inside and outside nearly 120,000 square yards in extent, or mere than 24 acres. The num her of tons of paint which it requires is a calculation en which we dare not venture. As regards the pre parations for the launching, we have already de• ecribed at length the peculiar construction of the launching 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, Tread well and Co. run ning from under the fore and after portions of the vessel down into the river at low water spring -tide mark. Each of these "ways" is 300 feet long by 120 wide, and the distance between the two is also about 120 feet. To guard against the sh fling nature of the river mud both, the "ways" are constructed with unusual solidity and strength. The foundation of each is formed upon seven rows of pilee, the four outside rows being driven at three feet intervals, and the three inner rows at six feet. These piles are all forced home to the gravel of th e river bed, so that they graduate from a length of 32 feet 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 " war covered with concrete to a thickness of two feet. Above the concrete longitudinal timbers of great strength are secured at intervals of three feet six inches from centre to centre, and run the entire length of the " way." Over these again are placed transverse timbers of the same solidity, but only 3 feet apart, which are Lofted together and again bolted down to the walings to keep them fixed under the pres sure they will have to bear, and prevent them floating 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 perin'tnent way of the Great Western Railway, and are, of course, of t to strongest kind. The rails complete the " ways," which, thus resting on a bed of piles and concrete, lures a massive road of crossed and recrossed tim bers stretching from under the Great Eastern to lo .v-water mark at an inclination of l'in 12. Down the railway metals on these " ways," then, the s':ip will be slowly lowered into the water on the cr idles ' which aro constructed under her. The cradles are, of course, of the same width as the " ways" over which they are to run. They aro made of large balks of timber, wedged and driven in with a ponderous machine like a battering rani, as to perfectly fit the ship's bottom. The timbers are principally laid a hwartships, with longitudinal beams and shores fLstened to the outer sides. All are riveted to gether with iron bolts and screws and loaded with i oa ballast to prevent their floating with the vessel. T , :e bottom of the iron cradle consists of iron bars seven inches wide and an inch thick, placed at in tervals of a foot apart and with their edges carefully g7ound off, so as to offer no resistance totherailway inethts of the ways over which they will have to } as , . Both launching ways rise slightly at the centre, where the piles are driven at wider intervals is order to allow for the depression which is certain t) be produced by the passage of such an enormous tv,iht over their surface. Before the launch al t-e metals of the ways w.;11 be thickly coated with a coaiposition of tallow and black leaf, so as to offer no obstruction from friction. The chief points on which the energies of Mr. 31• unel are now concentrated etre, first, to overcome the momentum of such a mass down an inclined plane of 1 in 12, and prevent her, when once in motion, dashing entirely away ; secondly, if stopped fr in any cause upon the ways, to overcome the re si>tanee 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 couitideration for it is upon the strength and good workink of the check tackle that everything will dep9od. As far as human ingenuity and skill can forepee the strain which is to come upon this tackle danger has been provided against, and tha 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 composel are wedged in by means of a huge battering ram till th 4 whole is crushed into one compact mass, bolted together with massive iron rods. To the centre of each of these cradles is fastened the iron sheave to w i plch the check tackle is attached. These sheaves or • pulleys have been especially made for this work ; they are of solid cast iron, and weighing 5 tons each. One sheave will be fastened to each cradle, and wrought iron chain eables of th© I,rikest size connect these with two other sheaves, each of which is secured to a "drum," which pays rt, the chain and i n f a ct regulates the whole ono "'i."cJi• These drums and the framework on which y(5,4 ---t having to bear the strain of the whole in motion, extraordinary precautions have bon taken made by th em as massive as th e y could ade by n ir.m. The ealaype-ci:m. combination of wood and t.oraied t a an ordinary reel, the axle of which i s boundlong together so as to form strips of wrought icon bY beams of timber and an a d 0 feet in diameter. a drum about 20 feet At each end of the cylinderdiameter, whee's of the te ,. nn each of solid drum or di-cs, 16 feet in i r on and weighing upwards of 20 64 t so o that the 'weight of each drum is more th an. The axle of the disc is set in a tram ° of ir n o s i in all. around its outer edge passes a band of wrought iron, to work in the manner of a friction clutch, orbreank. Tbi of strong iron levers 20 f ee t l ong, e) caw aid brings such a pressure to bear upon the discs of the drum as to lower its revolutions, or entirely stop them in case the chain is being payed out too fast. Our reader', however, may naturally ask what re tains these drums themselves . Well, then, th e frame in which they work is set in a solid bed of t'eu , ber f ormed b y d r i vi ng down a maso of piles 40 lent in length, so as to form a solid piece of timber about 20 feet square andoing down to the gravel. The whole of t h is is bound together with iron, and strong shores pass from the cube of piles to the I c& of piles, on which the launching ways are built. So that, in fct, no matter what the strain it would s , . 'impossible for the 'l ung of the drums to give, unless the whole river'sbank gave way with them. THE" One of these drums is built opposite each cradle— the chains to be used between them nad the cradles are the chain cables of the Great Eastern itself, which are 21 inch in diameter, or about 601 b. 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 this 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 ale ship and two at the stern. The chains passing from the ship to these latter will return again on shore sous 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 pe.ited 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 almost im possible to remove them. The difficulty has been overcome by employing hydraulic jacks, of 6(.) 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 beam was loosened and quietly withdrawn. Nil VAL "IND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The general court-martial for the trial of Lieut. G. W. V. Yule, Royal Engineers, 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 ihat he was out all day on Sept. sth, and therefore could not answer the letter addressed to him by Major and 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 have made use of the words stated—for he 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 tint, 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 pun;sh 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-book or receive any memorandum • and under these circumstances he trusted the Court would take a favourable view of what was more an error of judgment than culpable negligence. He again begged 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 clay. Lieut. D. H. Burnes, RE., 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 had been brought to his quarters on the sth of September. The prisoner had also informed him that he rose about L 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 called by the prisoner iu 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 11. 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. 11. B. Howson, 51st Light Infantry ; Captain H W. P. Welenan, 86th Regiment ; Eusi„en 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 Blaquire, 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. Some 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 amid Mr. R. Mallet, the founder, assembled at Woolwich-marsh on Monday in order to inspect th. 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 iu the chamber, a broad wrought-iron hoop att aThed to one of the centre divisional segment) had also suffered. The hoop was yesterday taken to the foundry at Milwail to be repaired, and the damage iii 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 expressed a desire to witness the future experiments. A garrison board of field-officers commenced their sittings yesterday at the 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 be placed on the retired lists. The Royal George screw steamship is ordered to he immediately brought forward at Sheerness, and zigged 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' Assistants—John Richards, to the Spitfire ; Charles J. Rigby, to the Triton. THE MILITIA. having completed a The sth West York Militia, month's training and exercise at Knaresborough, will be- 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 preciion, and were-warmly complimen!ed by the reviewing officer. At the close of the review a great number of the inen volunteer el into regiments tf the lin e — name ly, the 2d ; or Queen's Own ; the .6th, and the 60th Rifles. A. letter from St. Petersburgh states that the valuable s'epot of maps and charts shall be no longer withhsld from the inspection of the public. They are to be all en rraved and sold. Among others there is one of the Crime k i nc l uding nin e ty-th ree s h ee t s , an d l a id d own on a 3arge scab- There i s also one of Poland,also on a large Neale ;• and on e o f rear. India, p er f ec t e d up t o th e presen t Tan FATHER OV RAI LWITEL—An address was on Friday presented to Mr. Edward Pease, of Darlington, as some sort of acknowledgment of the eminent ser vices he did to this Canary and the world by his first ;encouragement of railways . The add ress was presented -1-1 Mr. M e y ne ll, chairman of , the St oc k ton and Dar 3ington Compapy ; and, in adjition t o the names of the principal men of Durham, bore .als.o. those of Mr. George Stephenson and Sir W. Cuintt. ,SUICIDE Off MAJOR WARBURTON, M.P. THE INQUEST. On Ft May 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,linown 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 the.flon.Elizabeth Augusta, daughter of the first Lord Bateman. Tha jury were sworn at the Abergavenny Armq, 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 us t as he had fallen by his own hand. One barrel appeared to have been discharged, and one if not two balls had g one through his he a d, pene t ra ti ng th e s k u ll and s`iat 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 Iffiey, near ()ford. 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 had previously left the drawing-room. We talked a few minutes in his dressing room and then he said he was not well. He went 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 limbq, and at intervals he vomited a little more. When I ,aw that the vomiting did not relieve hint 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. He did not think well of him. The deceased went to sleep, and when he awoke Mr. Purner gave him some medicine, and afterwards, on leaving, that gentleman left a second paper of me dicine, which we wera to give him in a certain time —three or four hours, I think. I lay down. Mr. Turner told us we wera to watch my brother, as he was not exactly satisfied as to his stat 3. 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 heird nothing of his getting up, but about half-past 8 I heard 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 ;" and 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 stw 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 bract open the door of the study, which was just at the end of the passage,, and only latched, th en the door of the closet, wich was next to it, and then his dressing-room door. I suppose it took me about 5 or 6 seconds to do all that. When I reached his dressing-room I found him as you have seen him. He was lying on his back, and a (inan ity of blood was on the floor, near his head, from .vhich it was flowing. His right hand was across bis breast, and the left . hand ►vas extended by the side of the body. The pistol was lying on his left Arm. He was perfectly dead. The deceased hai 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. For 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. I have seen him sit for hours when under the in duence of that pain wit!l 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 spiv ' toms of what was coming or, and he showed no symptoms of wandering. From 3 until the time 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 ling 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 nit the pistol in his hand when he went to the cicset. The reason he kept the pistol by the side of the bAI was that in the former occupant's time the hoes; 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 time. There were two bullet holes in the window glass, so I cannot account for the bullet on the fi )or. Sir Henry Thompson (the foreman)—You are not aware of any subject pressing on his mind ? Witness—Our conversation the night before wa on his happy position in this world, the great bless jugs he had, and his domestic happiness. I know that his circumstances were extremely comfortable, and that he was pleased ' with his short Par'ia mentary career. He had a desire to get into Par liament unfettered as to party, arid on a request from the electors he put up for Harsvicb, and 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 gia over the eye. He told ma he had sufferel 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 acileep. His brother told me he had been breathing 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 what was the matter with him. He replied in a muttering way, "I am tired." I asked him if he had not been sick. He said, "No, but sickish." Ho then seemed disposed to go to sleep, but I purpos , Ay 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. H e remarked, " I must go to London to-thy," to which' objected. He said it was the stomach, and he should soon be right again. As his stomael was empty, and he continued drowsy, I thought it must be something more than a merastomachic-il derange ment. I 'therefore suggested that- he should be watched. I ►hen returned home and about 9 o'clock I received another message to attend immediately. I was at the house very shortly afterwards, and I found the dece used as you h ►ve just Ee , en him. I noticed that a bullet had passed through the mouth and left the head at the upper part, penetrat:n4 'the brain and skull completely, and shittering the bones of the face. I cannot say from the wound that there was more than one bullet. What th 3 de ceased had brought up appeared to be an undigested pleal. His dinner on the previous evening was, I am told, or s.iraole character. I intagina that he was not in a sound stain of mind when he did the deed, and that physical disea-e occasioned that state. From the way he spoke to me I think ho was not in his right mind. When he came 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, tut if they had any doub , , it was only fair and right that the relative 4 shoul4 have au oppottunity of SUN. 1.40 YDO'N, WE DNES - DAY EVENING, - 0-CTOBER 28, 185'7. bringing any evidence they thought proper to prove the state of his mind. Sir H. Thompson (the foreman) said he thought the deed was done in a fit of temporary insanity. Lady Bateman, who was in the house, could prove if necessary that the deceased had been very low spirited 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 fit ing. Both Sir H. Thompson and. Mr. Adare, j ury men , spoke to conversations with the deceased, in which he mentioned his happy circumstances, and seemed very pleased with his position in life. Susan Harris, the housemaid, stated that she saw the pistol in a leathern case on the marble stand by the side of the bed at half past 8 on Thursday night. Several jurymen expressed their concurrence in the foreman's opinion, and a verdict was returned that the deceased destroyed himself in a fit of tem porary insanity. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Oct. 2i". (Before Mr. Bliss, Q. 0.) 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. Ribton ap peared for the prisoner. During the night of the 13th inst. a robbery was committed on the premises of the prisoner, a tailor, in New Oxford-street, who resides in Camden-town; and it appeared from the evidence of the prosecu tion that at 7 o'clo* 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 declared 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 tit's there was the oath of the con s t a bl e that fie saw the pri soner c arrying the bag aud hand it to his companion just before the latter threw it down and ran off. 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 " not 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 mouths, were proved against him, in addition to which it was stated that he had been convicted of pocketpicking aud had been the Cill stant associate of the most notorious housebreakers in the metropolis. The learned Judge sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for four years. Thomas B istin, 20, a pawnbroker's assistant, was indicted for having stolen a ring of the v4lue 0f.145., the property of Ca - arlotte Glover. Mr. Hawthorne prosecuted ; Mr. Ribtou ap peared for the prisoner. - The prosecurix, a gaudily -dressed girl of the I town, lodging in College-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 casion he turned over several articles which were upon her dressing•table, and seemod much t) ad mire a ring, which sho 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.Cremorne-gardens she ask e d hi m f or it, and said she would say no more about it if he hal taken it in joke, but that if he did not return it she would give him into custody. The prisoner sail " ---- 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 sum 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 positively stated that when she demanded the ring of the prisoner, on meeting him at CremornP, he did not say he had got it "with" him, but that he had not got it "at all." She had been to Cremorne with him, and had ' waltzed. He had treated her to refreshment, and. he had paid her money at various times. She con tradicted a statement made by her before the ma gistrate at the police court with reference to a con versation they had had about the ring when he took it up. Tile depositions were put in as evidence to prove this contradiction. 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, placsd it upon his finger, 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 froci, and forgot to take it out before he left. The prosecutrix further stated that the prisoner told the policeman that he would return the ring if he bad it with him, but the fact was he h.id taken it in a joke and had lost it, and would pay double and treble its value if the charge were Lot gone on with, but sbe persisted. Another woman who was with the prosecutrix at Cremorne, corroborated her statenient as to the prisoner having positively Stated that he knew no thing of the ring. The policeman stated, that when the charge was made the prisoner said—" Don't g i ve me in charge, Lotty ;-1 did take it, but it w as only is joke, and I j e wel!erY pro ve d thatthe prisoner left havel e o 4ler stit in ; i ring, —that produced, cr one like it—with him for security of 3s. a s and 6d., the b a l ance of the price of a watch. The ring was given up to the prisoner ' s father. Mr. such a charge will be my rui n ." A d of felo n i ous i n t en tion. T acquitted the prisoner. on the question r e . yßibt stoppedon addressed tl ae ee d —"- - • was indicted f y. or ) stealing 1,000 ' (Before Mr. Cre an Edward George bricks, the property of Henry Bi rd. Mr. Poland appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. T. Salter for the prisoner. The pi isuner was employed to cart away bricks and he w as seen t o de liverfr om a a l fi o e a l d d a a t t N a o p t l t a i o n e g i l i Tl iv , as ordered to, but it could not be proved that a load was deficient in the quantity property delivered. , The jury retire I to consider their verdict, and eventually acquitted the prisoner. Sarah Clifford and Mary Ann Williams were in dicted for stealing a cigar c ase, value Ss. GI, the property o f S ara h Mtrshall • four punes, value 145., the p roper ty of SArauel flol u ie3; and 35 yards of cloth, the property o f Merrick Waldis. ' From the evidence given is appeared that the prisoners had been robbing tradesmen by going to shops under the pretence of purchasing some small article, hut redly for the purpose of stealing anything there might be upon the counter. They were convicted and sentenced each to six months' hard labour. Mary Hudson was brought up from the Bride well, Tothitl-sells, to be dealt with as an incorri g ble, disorderly person, under the sth of Geo. IV. The prisoner was taken into .custody for using language of the most filthy description to persons passing along the high road at Brompton, and, having ben summarily dealt with no less than 18 times since.lBs3 for 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, aftsr fully investigating the circum stances, ssntenced the prisoner to six months' hard labour. The prisoner was evidently an educated woman, although she had sank to the lowest grades of drat' - kenness and prostitution. William Southern, 19, a clerk, was indicted for stealing the sum of 251. in gold and bankuOte., the moneys and property of Joseph Sold ani and ano ther, his mailers and employers, He was further indicted for Stealing a gold watch and two silver watches, value 151., the property of Joseph Soldaui. Mr. Lewis .prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prix-mer. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was in the °lei byment of Messrs. Soldani and Co., of Henrietta-Ttr_et, Covent-garden, and on the 7th of &ptetnber th 3 prisoner had handed over to him the sum of 251. to invest for his masters in the London and Westminster Bank. The bankers' passbook was also given to him for the purpose of having an entry made to their credit for that amount. Wh en t h e book was brought back in a few days a n en t ry was made in it for the sum of 251., but on a su b sequent transaction taking place on behalf of M r. Soldani, the ledger clerk at the bank crossed out the entry as to the 251., denying that the entry was in the handwriting of the clerk who woull rece i ve the money. The prosecutor found that aPcount in the bankers' ledger was defieient the su m of 25/ , and he stated, to the bet of his beli e f, th at the entry in the passbook was in the prisone r ' s handwriting. Mr. Metcalfe addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that no proof had been given that the money had not been paid iuto the bank ; nor had the person been produced whoselduty it was to re ceive the money, and who could, of course, have stated at once whether or not the entry was in his handwriting. Mr. Creasy summed up, and The jury returned a verdict of not guilty ; but the prisoner remains for trial on the other charge. Ann 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 none was found in her pos session. The jury acquitted her. Mr. Digby wai for the prosecution ; Mr. F. H. Lewis fur the prisoner. GALLANT _RESCUE OF SIX SEAMEN. The survivors of the brig Exchange, of South Shields, have reached their home; and the account they give of their gallant rescue by the master and crew of the Isle of Man schooner the Brilliant, is alike honourable to the seamanship and humanity of the master and crew of the latter vessel ; their noble conduct is much praised by the seafaring pop u lation of the Tyne. The Exchange left the Tyne with a cargo of coals for Kiel, having ten bands— eight men and two boys—on board. While navi gating 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 of Rugea she was found to b 3 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 got within hail the men in the brig implored him and 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 apprentibe 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 in her into the water. Four of them went under the brig's bottom and were drowned. The two men belonging to the schooner fortunately got hold pf lines and sprang on board the brit. 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. Telling them to get ready, he ran his vessel under tae 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 benumbed t) make such a leap ; but having got lines roun 1 their waist 4, 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 wore William Mail, of Guernsey, and George Mit chell, of Dundee, and two lads, Henry Scott ani George Cartwright. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TilE WEEK. (b-oln the Report of the Registrar-General. ) The total number of deaths registered in London in the week that ended on Saturday (Oct. 21) is 938. In the corresponding weeks of ten previous years 1847-56 the average number was 1,002. The same rate of mortality in the present increased po pulation would produce 1,102 deaths ; and a com parison of the read 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 dead, 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 avera;e of former years ; of that number 27 occurred to children under 5 years of age. Six deaths from cholera and choleraic diarrhoea were registered hat week. At 19, Asylum-t , . mice, Chelse k, a boy aged 11 months, died of "cholera infintum (62 hours)." At 10, Duke-street, Old Artillery-ground, Whitechapel, a boy, aged 6 years, died of " choleraic fever (14 day's)." At 3, Nelson's court, Limehouse, a boy, aged 9 months, died of " cholerine (7 thys)." At 2, Mast-house-place, Millwall, 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 min, aged 39 ye tra, died of " cho leraic diarrhoea ;,' and at Hill-house, Gordon-road, Peckham, a girl, aged 8 months, died of "choleraic diuThcea." Typhus wa s f a t a l t o 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 t,m, a man, aged 37 years, died of fever (3 weeks). The registrar adds, " This is the second 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 1,532 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the averag e 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 my district during the week." At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the weer was 29.638 in. The highest reading was 29 - 974 in., which occurred on Saturday ; the lowest was 29 414 in., which oc curred on Sunday. The mean temperature of the air was 51.5 deg.,. which is 2.7 deg. above the aver a,..2:e of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The lowest temperature in the week was 42.7 deg. on Thursday. The wind was variable during the week ; but the north•e ist winds prevailed. On Thursday the wind blew from the north and north north-east, while heavy rain fell continuously during the whole day, making thp total fall at 9 p.m. 2 . 57 in. T►re average an nual fall of rain in London during the 17 years 1840-57 was 24 in., consequently more thaa a tenth part of the average fall of rain in 365 days full on Thursday last. The fall of rain on an acre was 58,140 gallons, or rather more by weight than 7tb 2 08 5 yz 9 : tosh, t 2 : 9o l Gr i .rBc;eoAism:wsi theli liiiolenofaahbil- fall Observation, l o rae f ataii t rino h sn. e :ne L xNt ochoeneewddNovetrihdhoed: whole s oq t utn ri e c isl t tl sii surface,ooinns if the average rainfall be assumed to be represented of the drain iga of London is under consideration, these facts no doubt attract the attention of engi neers. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FR.ONI ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 24. Zymotic Diseases 229 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases .. l5B Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 33 Diseases of , the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration... 173 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases o: the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ...... 7 Diseases of the Ski n , & c . !Nlalformations 1 Premature Bi r th an d D e bili ty 3l Atrophy Old Age C'udden 7 Violen ce , P r i vat i on, 3 Cold, and Intemperance 26 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 9BB Population Deaths in corro- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1856. Week. ‘Vest Districts North Districts 490,396 Cmtral Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males 47G Fmnales 512 BIRTHS IN TIIE WEEK. Males Females.. 814 7GB Total . 1,582 The new petitions in the Encumbered Estates Court this week are important, and embface property to the extent of 11,0001. per annum, among which are the estates of the E►rl of Kenmore, in Carlow, Kilkenny, mad Queen's County, producing 40001. per annum, and enonubered to the extent of 11000001. THE LATE SIR HENRY LATVRENCE. (From the Gazette of last Evening.)' INDIA BOARD, OCT. 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 Eset India Company. Fort William, Sept. 9, 1857. We have the honour to forward for your information the accompanying copy of a minute recorded by the Governor-General, relative to the death of Sir Henry Lawrence ; the appointment of General Sir Jame:, Outram to the united command of all the troops in the Dinapore 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- Outrarn's presence in Calcutta, to appoint him to the united command of all the troops in the Dinapore and Cawn pore divisions. Major-General Outram is now approaching Cawn pore. He will accompany the reinforced column of Brigadier-General Havelock in its advance upon Luck now, arid, as circumstances may arise calling fur the exercise of civil and political authority on Major-Gene ral Outrarn'B 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, vacated by the lamented death of Sir H. Lawrence, S.C.B. I beg to submit this proposal for the concurrence of my colleagues. Although intelligence of Sir H. Lawrence's death reached the Government long ago, no official announce ruent 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 fatig'ies, anxieties, and responsibilities of the preceding month, sufficed 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 Burmab, in Affghanistan, in Nepal, in the Punjab, and in Rajpootana, Sir Henry Lawrence was dibtin 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 grouad. There is not, I am sure, an Englishman in India who does not regard the loss of Sir Henry Lawrence, i❑ the present circumstances of the country, as one of the heaviest of public calamities. There is not, I believe, a native of the provinces whore he has held authority who will not remember his name 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, OCT. 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-Consul 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 Berestord, 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 oopy of a French Imperial decree, prolonging until the 30th September, 1854, the period fixed by the Decree 01 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 within rive 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 Quartermaster, vice Cooper, retired on half-pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEIHENANTS. County of Lincoln—Sir Henry Dymoke, 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 Lieut enan t, v i ce Vill ers, res i gned. Durham Artillery Reoiment of Militia —James Erskine Ainslie Mather, "Gene., 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 Ensign;lAlbert Hardinge Lynch, Gent., to be Ensign. let Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia - Ensign Charles Abercrombie Cooper to be Lieutenant, vice Colpoys, resigned ; John Gould Noble, Gent., to b.) Lieutenant. 3dliegiment (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; William Samuel Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gatliff, pro• rooted ; 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 substituted for that hich appeared in the Gazette of the 6th inst.] .st or Western Regiment of - Norfolk Militia—Henry Fre derick Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTS. David Mandelbaum, importerof foreign goods, Minories, to surrender, Nov. 7, and Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Lloyd and Rule, Milk-street. Isaac Rose, j e weller, Tooley-street, Nov. 7, and Dec. 8, at half-past twelve,: at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee : Wire and Child, Swithin'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, Plows, and Boyer, Old J ewry chambers. Joshua Nicholson, cattle dealer, Hexham, Northumber land, Nov. 6, at eleven, and Dec. 8, at one, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Batty, Hexham; Lowes, Hayden 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-woo], Bankruptcy. Middlesex, Nov. Johnson,6, and official E3C. 4, assignee,at t%v e l v e B , a a s t in t g he h a C ii o .s uj r t e e o t f ; Oldershaw, St. Swithin's-lane. J o h n RAfe, jun., tailor, Leadenhall•street, Nov, 5, at One, and Dec. 3, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, o , Ecial assignee, Coleman-street-buildings Morri3, Stone, Townson, and Morris, Morgate-street- Chambers. J lin Benjamin Lings and John Lings, cheeseinongers, Nev. 6, and Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Liuklater and Hack wood, &se-lane. Henry Togall, wino merchant, Crutched-friars, City, Nov. 6, at half-past two, and Dec. 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed wards, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basir.ghall-street ; Cotterill and Sons, Trogrnorton street. David Oliver, miller, Grange Mill, Kimber worth, York shire, Nov. 7 and Dec. 5 at ten, at the Council-hall, Shef ield. Brewin, official ' assignee, Sheffield; Broadbent, Sheffield. John Wilkinson, grocer, Warrington, Noy. 6 and 27, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Ilernamanu, official assignee, Manchester ; D. and R. Evans, Liverpool; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Charles William Kerby, contractor, Nottingham, Nov. 10 and Dec. 1, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Notting ham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Sollory, Nottingham ; Reece, Birmingham. Joseph Wood, timber merchant, Salford, Nov. 9 and SO, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hernamann, official assignee, Manchester; Heath, Manchester. Patrick Monaghan, newspaper proprietor, Wolverhamp• ton, Nov. 6 and 26, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assign ee, Birmingham; Nave, Wolverhampton; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Jeremiah Self, innkeeper, Bishop's Waltham, Nov. 6, at two, at the Court o f B ankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Durno, farmer, Slioch. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—Om. 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 per bushel from the rates of Friday. Flour 2s per sack and is per barrel lower. Barley, oats, and oatmeal in retail, without change in value. Indian corn at late rates. HULL- OCT. 27. Wheat, English red, 48s to 51s ; white 56s to 6Cs; oats, 29s to 32s ; barley, 42s to 46s ; Indian corn, 39s ' • linseed cakes, Hull, 11/ Os to l —s Od; ditto, foreig n , 8/ 15a to 101 lOs ; rape cakes, 6/ 5s Od to 6/ 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 ; the finest dry samples, however, are held 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 ; bailey, 42s Odd ; oats, 25s 2.1 d ; beans, 46s Bjd ; peas, 47s 01 ; rye, 40s. Od. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTERDAY. Am5terdam............ 11 16% Gibraltar • • .... •-• Ditto, three months 12] Leghorn .• . ....... 30 45 Rotterdam ............ 12 h Genoa .25 85 Antwerp •• • ••• •• •••••• 25 60 Milan •• •• •••••• •• •• , trussels ••••••••••• • • • 25 60 Venice ••• • •• •••• •• Uarnburgh •• •• •• •• •• •• 13 10% Naples •• • ..... ....•• •• 42 Altana .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Palermo ••••' ...... .• •• 126 N Pari5•.......-......... • 25 35 !Messina ... 126% Do. three months .. .. 25 85 Lisbon .. Marseilles ............ 25 87% ,Oporto ........ .. Bourdeaux .. • • ........ (Rio Janeiro ..... .• • •• Frankfort-on-Maine 120 !Buenos Ayres ..... ....• Berlin .• New York,6o days' sight Vienna ........•••• .... 10 46 Philadelphia •• . Trieste.... •• •• •• .• a. 10 48 PRICES Or BULLION, PER OZ: Petersburg 35 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Niadrid 48 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz •.•••••• • • • .• • • 49% ( Mexican Dollars •• •• 00 0 1111 - colon:I •• •• •• •• •• ••• •• New Dollars e• •••• 0 0 0 Sevilla.. • • ...... Bilver in bars .... ; 0 5 1 'ffi LOCAL SHARE MARKETd, LIVERPOOL, OCT. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been firmer to-day, and but few sales. Great Westerns, 51i Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 37/ —South Eastern, 18.18.9—Eastern Counties, 10,13.9—North British, 111 — Caledonians, 39 81 i—Midland, 82i 2 1 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92 f We s t ern o f Canada, Grand Trunks, 91 —London and North Westerns, 95 —North Union A, 220—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 65—North Eastern, Berwicks, 224—Dutch Rhenish, 4 e d, MANCHESTER, OCT. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was exceedingly dull to-day, IN ith lower prices. Midland, 82 li—Leeds, 92 Eastern Counties, 14—Dovera 18 East Anglian, 4. —East Lancashire, 90—Great Western of Canada, new, d—Grand Trunk of Canada, 9/. 13s. 6d.—Sheffields, 37i—Dettch 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, 514—South Staffords, 9 116—Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, 310—Warwick and Birmingham Canals, 14g. LEEDS, OCT. 27. STOLE EXCHANGE.—The market to-day very inactive, and the only transactions were in Sheffields, at 38i. - - THE BURGLARY 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 handed over to the county authorities. They will be brought before the county magistrates at Ridgway this morning. Mr. Braddon is going on favourably, but it is feared that he will lose the sight of one eye. COMMITTAL FOR PERJURY AT HUDDERSFIELD.—At the Huddersfield Guildhall, on Saturday, James Fearnley was brought up on remand, charged with having com mitted wilful perjury in that court on the 15th inst. The circumstances of the case were stated is the Otcardian 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 pick 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 magis trate.' and, in his defen ce , h e ca ll e d Fearnley, who stated that there had been no cards played in the room that night, and that he bad 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 iu the gaming case. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next assizes, but bail was accepted for hie appear' ance. —Manchester Guardian. CHARGE OF PROCURING ABORTION.--On Saturday last, Mr. Carmichael, surgeon, of Mexbrough, near Motherham, was brought up on remand, at Swinton. before Sir Isaac Morley and Wrn. Aldham, Esq., to answer the charge of using instruments to his house keeper to procure abortion, whereby her life had 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 rootia ; but the solicitors on each side stating that they were not respectively prepared to prosecute and defends the charge again stood 'adjourned to Saturday next, et 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 Jeriolle 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 particulars of th e case , t h ey thoug ht 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 msgistrates at her mother's house, at Swinton, and the rest of the charge will be heard the following Monday.—Manchester Guardian.' 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