The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-09 00:00:00

THE RIVER PLATE. The British Packet, of the 9th of January, received in town on Wednesday, gives as follows the first por tion of the message of General Rosas : MESSAGII TO TILE TWENTY-TOURTII LEGISLATURE. "To the Honourable Representatives of the Pro vince,—l greet you with feelings of the highest com placency. In the midst of the rejoicings of the country and of its national honour, you commence y o ur august session under the most prosperous auspices. I congratulate myself upon this happy , event, which crowns my most ardent wishes and re wards your noble sacrifices and those of the nation at large. " The abuse of force l'as not prevailed over the decision and just rights of the Republic. Memorable and noble events are interwoven with her brilliant honour. The rude and unjust attacks of her ag gressors have been defeated by magnanimous reso lutions and the moral opinion of the world. The position of the country is lofty and noble. Her valour corresponds with her high virtue and immortal celebrity. American sympathies have worthily pr h o- e nounced themselves in favour of her cause, d obtains the just suffrages of the nations of bFthawntonrlstdse. The Argentine Confederation, by adhering to th e persevering persevering moderation of the Gover nment, hanced the strengthened still more her rights aßn nobleness of her national charhacatbeire. n y your wisdom The Om you have achieved this irnperis gl ry. nipotent has enlightened your delib erations, and re wards your noble virtues. T he Confederation, free and victorious, is safe from national dishonour by the invincible firmness of her patrotism . . Her armies fresh and glorious triumphs. The have achieved Confederate Governments and people ardently defend dignity and independence, by the tran the national quit and decided co-operation of their will, their he oic valour, and their armies. The enormity and sa ndal of an i nfamous treason overwhelms the ruth less Unitarians. I present to you, respectfully, the homage of my prot.und acknowledgment ; and I congratulate you with unmingled satisfaction. In such happy and honourable results I recognise the visible protection of the Almighty, and offer to Him the tribute of my most humble and fervent gratitude. "Assembled by the will and confidence of the peo ple you are going to deliberate on the public affairs. I humbly submit the acts of my administration to your sovereign decision. " DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " The Government solicitously cultivates the re-. • litions of the Confederation with friendly states. Those which it loyally maintained with the Govern ments of Great Britain and France still continue un interrupted. The latter have, with a tendency to the re-establishment of peace, signified a change in their policy. The Government has reciprocated it with estimation. " In my last messages I informed you of the at tacks made on the independence and honour of the Confederation by Commodore Jobu B. Purvis, in tommand oflier Britannic Majesty's naval forces, and that his supercession by Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley did-not alter so deplorable a situation. " Subsequently the Government of her Britannic Majesty confided the command of the River Plate station to Rear-Admiral inglefield. The latter has exceeded the injustice of his predecessors and aggra vated still more the offences offered to the Confe deration. " I regret to say that the answer given by her Britannic Majesty's Government to the remonstrance made by the Argentine Minister at the Court of London, in conformity with the orders of the Govern ment, of which I informed you in my previous mes• sage, has not been agreeable either to the principles of the law of nations, or to the stipulations of the treaty existing between the Confederation and Great Britain. The Argentine Minister demanded his passport, and sustained the rights and honour of the republic uninjured and untarnished. "In that state of things, the hope which the Go vernment had been inspired with from the official 'lecFarations, the magnanimity and rectitude o f h er Majesty, and the honour of the British people were realised. Owing to this gratifying motive, the Ar gentine Minister s u sp en d e d hi s d epar t ure from the Court of London. " It has been satisfactory to the Government to evince to her Britannic Majesty its constant disposi tion to re-establish the relations of both countries on their former footing of cordial friend s hi p , without detracting from th e na ti ona l i n d epen d ence and honour. " The Government of her Majesty set at liberty various Argentine prisoners, and that of the republic has made a suitable return for that act of benevolent moderation. " The Government perseveres in sustaining the perfect rights of sovereignty of the Confederation over the Falkland Islands. " Repeated attacks against the sovereign rights of the republic, committed on the Patagonian coasts and on the Huano islands, by merchant vessels under the flag of friendly nations, particularly that of Great Britain, have seriously called the attention of Go vernment. It devotes to this important subject that preferent attention which it merits, in order to pre serve and maintain the prerogatives of the national sovereignty and independence. " It is with concern the Government informs you that in the answer given by that of his Majesty the King of the French to the remonstrance made by the Argentine Minister to the Court of Paris, in com pliance with the orders of Government, of which I informed you in my previous message, the laws of international justice have net been regarded, nor the persevering loyalty reciprocated with which the Go vernment of the Confederation preserves the relations of peace and friendship re-established by the Confe deration of 1840. "The Argentine Minister demanded his passports, and upheld the dignity and independence of the Con federation. The high rectitude of his Majesty the King of the French, in which the Government so justly confided, subsequently presented to the Argen tine Minister gratifying motives for delaying his departure from the Court of Paris. "It has been pleasing to the Government to respond with the most benevolent friendship—the rights and honour of the nation saved—to the just and benevo lent spirit manifested by the Government of his Majesty the Xing of the French. " Rear-Admiral Leine ' Commander-in-Chief of the naval forces of hi s Majesty in the River Plate, has continued uninterruptedly a series of unjustifiable attacks against the dignity and independence of the Re public, with which he has aggravated still more his former offences "The Government has been solicitous to remove every motive of complication with those of France and Great Britain. At the time when the confede rate army, under the command of General Jose de Urquiza, entered victoriously into the province of Corrientes, the Government made a protest to the Ministers of Great Britain and France against any acts of the Anglo-French naval forces, tending to co operate with the ruthless Unitarians, or in any manner to aid them. And it declared t them that, in such case of assault on the part of those Ministers, it would necessarily make just and adequate reprisals. "An unheard-of and outrageous event occurred in the port of Ensenada. Several merchant vessels which were loading there, where they entered' when it was not blockaded by any Anglo French naval forces, were burnt and plundered. This deed, which is re probated by the public law of nations, committed to the disparagement of the elevation of the Govern ments of his Majesty the King of the French and of her Britannic Majesty, in the presence of their Ministers Plenipotentiary, imperiously obliged the Government to make a pretest to the Ministers against so great an abuse of force and all its conse quences. It adopted measures with a view to avoid its repetition, and, in order to curb the actors, it &- eared that they rendered themselves liable to the co n • dign puuishment whi c h th e l aw of nalons prescribed in such extreme cases. The Ministers, in their answer were led away bye lamentable and irreconcilable spirit of inhumanity against the Republic. Denying the justice of the protest of the Government, they declared they- would not receive any fresh communication which should not have the pac;6cation of the Plata for its object, with the previous clause of the evacua tion of the Oriental territory by the Argentine auxiliary divisions. And they indiscreetly descended so far as to accept a distorted fact trumped up by the mendacious press of Monte Video in regard to the death of an English officer, a mate, occasioned in the port of Atalaya, by his own unjustifiable attack and imprudent proceeding. " By these means, which are prescribed by civiliza tion and humanity, they protracted irelefinitely the war and the unjust aggressions of the Anglo-French nava l f o rces, at the same time that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of her Britannic Maje s t y was h av i n at the court of London important an d f riendly ex lag P nations with the Argentine Minister. I n the course of these, he declared to the latter th at t h e Govern ment of her Britannic Majesty felt disposed to termi nate am i ca bly, in a manner satisfactory and honour able to both countries, the existing differences, taking as a basis the minutes which the Argentine Govern ment had confidently transmitted to Viscount de Mareuil, Chargé d'Affaires of France, in consequenc e of a private and confidential invitation from the latter, and which were rejected by the Ministers of Great Britain and France in Monte Video. "At that very time several conferences were taking* place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the King of the French and the Argentine Minister in Paris. The Government is sorry to an nounce to you, that although courteous and benevo lent, the explanations of his Majesty's Minister were not so explicit as those given by her Britannic Ma jesty's Minister to the Argentine Minister in London. " It was about that period that the ringleader Ri vera returned again to figure amongst the degraded op pressers of the unfortunate city of Monte Video. The b°°'i sc enes which were there enacted on the rival i of ' ala t odious criminal have scandalised the Id. A44l°- F r ench naval forces have afforded wor ~ S ~' OF:ti THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1847. him protection in his iniquitous plans of it b h lo h o i d s shed and devastation. They conveyed de testable foreign adherents to the O d r h ie i .n e m e ta u l w n c ia o r as y ts s , uhsi pro vided with arms, ammunition, adnieds,Ethnrgoluagnhd.theHienflhuaedncethoefrethaenNrliettirsatteerds of France Thecrim eissiinoifstehrosrrhiadvectrhuuelstyshameful a. Ie a s v p y o li respon sibilityat ions. and contractedpe tfionto nations.h u ma ge circumstances the most unre strained,onadnducttheso much in " Under those sameinterest. e o r p e p s nity,us b t y ice c committed in the inland rivers robbery, Gra w ri as baldi, his colleague Rivera, and e Under the protection b ot y h etrherupthirlaetess prone t o Unitarians, pilia w g i th . the assistance of fo reign outcasts an d auspices of the Ministers of England and France, they have committed exorbitant and infamous depre dations. The Government has ordered its Ministers at the Courts of London and Paris to protest against such scandalous acts of violence. " Neither the explicit acknowledgment which the governments of France and Great Britain have made Of the perfect rights of the Republic to its inland rivers, nor the reprobation which they have expressed of the attack against the Parana by the Anglo- French forcrs, has preserved the immunity of the Argentine territory. The British and French vessels of war, to the grievous offence of the prerogatives of sovereignty of the confederation, domineer over the inland rivers, and aggravate s till more th e scan d a l ous acts of unheard-of intervention with which the Ministers of France and England in Monte Video are chargeable. "In the midst of such aggressions the Government has not ceased to testify the most persevering mode ration. Sustained by the justice of its cause, seconded by the heroic enthusiasm of the nation, and its firm resolution of maintaining its honour and in dependence, it tranquilly awaits the issue of so strange a situation. " Thcmas Samuel Hood, Esq., arrived in this city encharged with a confidential mission by the Govern ments of England and France, to present to the legal governments of the Confederation and the Oriental state propositions for peace agreed upon by those cabinets. I have rendered you an account, honour able representatives, of that honourable mission, and of the correspondence which took place with Mr. Hood. You are informed of the obstacles which the Ministers of France and England have recklessly thrown in the way of a favourable termination of the pacification. " The. Government, for whom it was impossible to agree to demands irreconcileable with the honour and in - dependence of - the republics of La Plata, was placed under the indispensable necessity of referring the pro posals for peace to those of England and France. You have given your sovereign approval to the conduct of the Government. "With a very painful feeling did the Government communicate to those of France and Great Britain that their mutual wishes for the pacification of the republics of La Plata bad been frustrated. It mani fested to them the circumstances which had caused this, and the sincere disposition of the Government of the republic to prosecute the negotiation on the proposals presented by Mr. Hood, and accepted in the manner in which they had cordially been by the Go vernment of the Confederation. And, constantly animated with a spirit of conciliation and of honour able peace, it stated to them that if new events occur ring subsequently should make it necessary to adopt some other proposal, it might become the subject of fresh discussion between the negotiating plenipoten tiaries. " The Government relies with grateful confidence on the rectitude of the Governments of Great Britain and France. It hopes that, inspired by a wish for an honourable peace, suitable to the interests of all par ties, they will continue the negotiation set on foot by Mr. Thomas Samuel Hood, and will remove the diffi culties which were thrown in the way of the happy result of his mission by the ministers of France and England in Monte Video. " The withdrawal from that city of the British regiments which her Britannic Majesty's Minister there diverted from their original destination, the removal of Rear-Admiral Inglefield from the com mand of the British naval station in the River Plate, the appointment and arrival of Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, of such honourable antecedents in the republics of La Plata, are events which concur to justify the sanguine hopes of the Government. " It feels satisfaction in announcing to you that in Europe and America the most lively reprobation hits been manifested and expressed against the Anglo- French intervention. So just a demonstration has augmented the moral strength of the legal Govern mentsof La Plata. " The Consul-General of her Majesty the Queen of Spain, in Monte Video, solicited the Government to exempt from service all her Catholic Majesty's subjects, who might invol un t ar il y h ave entere d t h e ranks of the army of the Confederation, and to allow all Spaniards freely to leave the republic who might be desirous of so doing. " The Governments, animated with the most lively sympathies towards the Spanish nation, not withstanding the impediments offered by the want of an official character near the Argentine Confede ration, in the Spanish Consul-General at Monte Video, did all that was possible in order to tes tify the feelings of benerelent friendship which it cherishes towards her Catholic Majesty. Giving the correspondence a confidential character it pre sented in that same form to her Majesty's Con sul General frank and sincere explanations of the true political position of Spaniards in the Confedera tion. It informed him of the kind of civic service ren dered by the latter, on the same footing as the natives of the country, in the militia corps, and of the just motives of the restraint experienced by some, on ) certain occasions, in obtaining their passports. " Her Majesty's Consul. General insisted on his groundless demand, and despatched the Commander of the Spanish naval forces to follow up the same on friendly terms. The Government maintained the justice of its rights. It evinced towards the Com mander the courtesy and consideration due to the dignity of her Catholic Majesty's Government. lam sorry to announce to you that that of the Confedera tion did not receive a suitable return. The undue protection afforded by the boats belonging to her Majesty's vessel of war lying in the port of Buenos Ayres to several Spanish emigrants who had run away from their employers, to whom they were in debted for the a moun t o f t h e i r passage , was well nigh producing unpleasant results. "In view of such unjustifiable proceedings, the Government, with all moderation, avoided disagreable complications, by adopting suitable measures to pre vent the recurrence of such an abuse. "In the answer given to her Majesty's Consul ; General enlarging on the previous explanations, it ceased not to manifest its kind feeling towards the Spanish nation and its Government. " The Government of the Confederation has been recently informed, by official advices from Europe that the Ex-President of the Republic of Ecuador, General Flores, an Emigrant in Spain residing in Madrid, has concerted and prepared a warlike inva sion against that republic, with the aid of the Spanish Government, for the purpose of re-establishing Spanish dominion under a monarchy which is to be formed out of the Republics of Ecuador, New Gra nada, Peru, and Bolivia, and is to fall to the lot of a son of her Majesty Queen Christina and the Duke de Rianzares, her second husband, which son, scarcely in his infancy, would offer a many years' regency in favour of General Flores. " One of his aides-de-camp was enlisting two thou sand Irishmen, who were to join the expedition, for which purpose he had hired three steamers to convey them to San' ander, where they are to join the Spanish troops. It was not ascertained whether the large ivantity of funds which was disposed of in London was supplied by her Majesty Queen Christina or by his Majesty of the King of the French. " General Flores was aided in this treacherous en terprise by the odious Spaniard Mora, so well known in the American republics from the co-operation he afforded in his plans of usurpation to the traitor Santa Cruz. The latter had arrived at Madrid, from Bor deaux, to join the debased General Flores. " The Minister Plenipotentiary of the republic of Peru and the Charge d'Affaires from New Granada at the Court of London, had officially remonstrated with her Britannic Majesty's Minister of Foreign Affairs in regard to that strange conspiracy against the liberty and independence of the states they re present, especially with respect to the enlistment in Ireland, requesting the Government of her Majesty to prevent it, as was its duty, according to the laws of Great Britain, and as a friendly and neutral power. " The Chargé d'Affaires of the Chilian Republic at the Court of Paris, well informed of this nefarious project, had repaired to London. and was taking steps with the Government of her Majesty to the same effect. In view of the character which that execrable attempt presents, so outrageous to the dignity and independence of America, and so much at variance with the interests of her Catholic Majesty and of the Spanish nation, the Government has adopted and will decidedly maintain the position prescribed to it by the p ar amount interests of the Confederation, and those of th e common cause of the other American states, in order to resist and repel so unheard of and irrit(aEtxinTgßAancragFgaroesu R aggression:' PRIVATE ECIY . CORRESPON DENCE .) BUENOS ?NDENCE.) BUENOS AY RES , JAN.I3. A thanks for your ki n d l etter of 4th Nov (I which c can came to hand on the 7th inst., p er packet, and hope that your next will con t a i n the pleasing news that both, the British and Fren c h Governments have resolved on removing their present Ministers from the River Plate : for unless they decide on this, I am afraid it will be very difficult to settle the existing differences, as this Government will not accede to their preterpions, and they will throw every obstacle possible in the way of asettlement. The question would easily be settled with neVr Ministers, but with Messrs. Ouseley and Deffaudis I am 'afraid it is impossible; even suppose by strict orders from their Governments they agree upon the terms, they will throw obstacles in the execution of the treaty. The old proverb of " where there is a will there is a way," applies well to the Ministers, and as long as they have any inter- ference in the question, it will be very difficult to settle. The taking of Paysandu on the 26th ult., by Frutos Rivera, assisted by the French, has caused a great sensation here, on account of the horrors com mitted. The French brig of war, Pandour, fired 150 shells into the town, and Rivera, not contented with this destruction of property, set fire to the town —the number killed on both sides is estimated at about 700. So much towards pacifying the Banda Oriental ; for if they go on killing people at this rate, the ministers will certainly obtain their object, for there will not remain any inhabitants to fight. We shall, as well as many of our neighbours, be losers, as many who owed us money were killed in the assault. The report that a steamer was waiting the arrival of Mr. Flood, to bring out the 'decision of the British and French Governments, has given spirits to the people, and all are anxiously waiting for this desired event—the general wish is for peace. EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH- WEST. (From the South Australian Gazette, of Sept. 19.) We announced last week the unfortunate termina tion of the expedition to the north-west of Lake Torrens, under the direction of Mr. J. A. Horrocks. Yesterday afternoon an express arrived from Mr. Robinson's station, with the intelligence that Mr. Horrocks and his party had arrived there. Mr. Horrock's wounds were not considered desperate, although it was feared that amputation of the injured hand would. be necessary. Medical aid, we believe, was promptly dispatched, and the following letter from Mr. Horrocks himself to the gentlemen who contributed to the expense of the outfit of the expedi tion gives all the particulars, and will be read with much interest : "DeliOt Creek, Sept. 8, 1846. "It is with the greatest regret I have to inform the committee and my fellow-colonists who subscribed to the expedition, of its untimely and unfortunate termi nation. "Having made an excursion, accompanied by Mr. Gill, to the table land on the west of Lake Torrens, to ascertain if it were practicable to form a depot •in that neighbourhood; and, not succeeding in finding either water or grass, I returned to Depot Creek, de termined to make an excursion with the camel, as it was impracticable to take horses sufficiently far, from what I saw of the desolate barren country. " Having ascertained, the morning previous to our departure, from the summit of the range behind Depot Creek, the bearings of a high land seen by Messrs. Eyre and Darke, to be 32 deg. north of west by compass, and the distance I considered about 80 miles, I determined to make straight for that land. With this view I started on the 28th of August, ac companied by Mr. Gill and Bernard Kilroy, with provisions sufficient for three weeks, and ten gallons of water, the camel being loaded with about 350 pounds. " Our first day's journey brought us to one of the creeks running from Lake Torrens into the Gulf, distance about ten miles. The last four miles were over red sandhills, partially covered with oaten grass. "The second day's journey we camped on the west side of the table land, distance 15 miles, the first eight miles over a continuation of sandhills, the last seven miles over a country covered with stones and salsolaceous plants. " The next day we entered a light scrub and very heavy sandhills, 15 miles. "The day following, scrub and very heavy sand hills, and plains all covered with salsolaceous plants. The day after, having made six miles, we reached a large salt water lake, about ten miles long and five miles broad. The land we were making for we dis tinctly saw. I supposed about 25 miles distant. In rounding this lake—which I named Lake Gill—Ber nard Kilrop, who was walking ahead of the party, stopped, saying he saw a beautiful bird, which he recommended me to shoot to add to the collection. My gun being loaded with slugs in one barrel and ball in the other, I stopped the camel to get at the shot-belt, which I could not get without his lying down. Whilst Mr. Gill was unfastening it, I was screwing the ramrod into the wad over the slugs, standing close alongside of the camel. At this mo ment the camel gave a lurch to one side, and caup ht his pack on the cock of my gun, which discharged the barrel I was unloading, the contents of which first took off the middle finger of my right hand between the second and third joints, and entered my left cheek by my lower jaw, knocking out a row of teeth from my upper jaw. "In this dilemma I was fortunate in having two most excellent companions. We were now sixty-five miles from the depot or any water that we knew of, and all the water remaining was about five gallons. With very great reluctance I consented to Bernard Kilroy's entreaty for him to return back and fetch Mr. Theakston and two horses, as I knew part of the country was inhabited by a fierce lot of natives, as they had attacked Mr. Gill and myself on every pre vious excursion. He said he was not afraid, therefore he left, and reached the depot the next evening by about nine o'clock. Having missed the tracks during the night, he could not have walked less than 100 miles from the morning of the accident to the time he reached the depot, having most bravely accomplished his task. "Mr. Gill stopped to nurse me, his attention and kindness were not to be surpassed, considering the distance we were away, and the uncertainty of Kil roy's reaching the depot. Mr. Gill has shown him self to be a brave and steady companion by remaining with me. Mr. Gill has taken several sketches of this country which will show to those interested how very improbable it is that any stations can be made to the west of Lake Torrens. All the drainage is into fresh water ponds and salt water lakes. The ponds are ap parently dry in a very few days after rain, the water while it is in them being of a dark red ocherous colour, the size of them varying from half an acre to five acres, and when full not more than six inches in depth. _ The hill we were making for is table-topped with precipitous sides about seven miles in length ; to the N.N,E. are three more smaller hills, continuing on from them is a low land, gradually diminishing in height till it joins the land running from Lake Tor rens. I did not find a spot where there was any pro bability of finding a spring; grass there is none except a little wild oaten grass, which grows in the sand here and there, and that not sufficient to feed a horse. " It is with extreme sorrow I am obliged to ter minate this expedition, as the two men that were with me, the camel and myself, were in excellent working condition ; and had it not been for this accident, it was my intention to have followed down this low land, running to the N.N.E., and returned by Lake Torrens, a distance of between 300 and 400 miles ; and would then have been able to have given a more accurate account ; although I am convinced we should not have found one acre of ground to make a station, judging from the land I had gone over, and what I could discern with my naked eye, there being a sterile sameness throughout. Had it been earlier in the season, and my wounds healed up, I should have started again. _ " On Sunday last I returned to the depot, horses, myself, and party, all comp!etely knocked up.—l remain, yours truly, J. A. HORROCKS. _ _ " Mr. C. Platts, - Hon. Sec. Northern Expedition." We are much concerned to announce the return of Dr. Knott, from Mr. Robinson's station, to which Mr. Horrocks had been conveyed, with the intelli gence of the very dangerous state in which that gen tleman is. Mr. Horrocks had been much weakened by . his removal from place to place, and th e f a t a l ter mination of his car eer was hourlylooked for. A NOVELTY AT COURT. — Though the drawing room is now a week old, yet there was one circumstance so singular and so remarkable--so significant of the times—that it will well bear to be the subject of gossip between us now. It is no less a fact than the Turkish Minister actually bringing his wife to court, not shrouded and veiled up to the eyes, to screen her from the profane gaze of "dogs of Christians" and hurried secretly into the presence of a female Sovereign, but hanging on the arm of her Ottoman lord, and threading her way through the diplomatic crowd in a court dress, not distinguished from any other lady, though the Minister, of course, appeared in his national costume. Just fancy the old Tories of Constantinople hearing of this dreadful innovation—there's an end of the con stitution of Turkey at once; and a pretty account the Princess will give, when she gets back among the secluded inhabitants of the harem, of the privileges she has enjoyed. But while this is all very pleasant, as far as the Turkish ladies are concerned, we all know that Ottoman gentlemen are allowed four wives by law, and all who can afford it generally avail themselves of their privilege. What is to be done, then, with wives No. 2, 3, and 4, should they claim to come to court; or what would her Majesty do if a Turkish ambassador should bring his four ambassadresses all at once? Some such difficulty seems to have presented itself to the minds of the court and the diplomatic authorities, for the Princess Callimaki was not presented with the forms and cere monies usual on the introduction of the wife of a foreign minister.—Cheltenham Looker-on. " The ill-paid man has usually become an inferior workman." Of this the following homely illustration, mentioned at a late farmers' club, is an instance:— " Whilst inspecting a farm in one of these pauperised districts, an able agriculturalist could not help noticing the slow, drawling motions of one of the labourers there, and My man, you do not sweat at that work.'— Why, no, master,' was the reply. 'seven shillings a week isn't sweating wages.' "—Hampshire 'Telegraph. LONGEVITY AT FAILSWORTH.—There are at present living at Wrigley Head, Failswortb, three brothers and a sister, whose united ages amount to 311 years. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. The general annual meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, at one o'clock, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and for electing two directors in the place of Mr. T. Baring, and Captain Mangles; and also for the election of an auditor in the place of Mr. A. B. Robarts, all of whom retired by rotation, but were eligible for re-election, for which they offered themselves. The chair was taken by Mr. Colville. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he had to regret the news which had arrived, by way of Mexico, of the loss of the Tweed, the reports respecting which were mainly correct. He would then call up:mi the Secretary to read the report, which is as follows : " The working account, as contrasted with that of the preceding year, shows an increase in the disbursement amounting to 10,8901. 3s. 2d., occurring chiefly under the heads of wages," provisions,' and stations.' Th, general rise in the rate of seamen's wages, an addition to the pay of the officers, which the Court have consi dered for the interests of the company, and the extra charge arising from having to send out the Eagle for intercolonial service, to replace the City of Glasgow, will explain the increase under the head of wages.' The increase under the head of provisions' is to be attributed to the additional number of pas sengers, and, in part, likewise, to the change of intercolonial steamers alluded to above. The charge for stations ' has been increased by the es tablishment of an agency and other arrangements at Panama, and by the expense incurred in increasing tht coaling accommodation and general efficiency of th, depot at St. Thomas. The only charge upon the Insur ance Fund during 1846, is a stun of 2751. 2s. Bd., arising out of sundry small liabilities; and it will therefore be seen that the investment under this head up to the end of the year amounted to 49,281/. 55., which has since been augmented by the a nnua l appropr i at i on t f 25,0001. for the year 1847, making a total of 74.281/. 55., now invested in 34 per Cent. t;overnment Stock. Having explained the principal causes which have occasioned increased disbursements,, amounting to 10,8904 3s. 2d , it is most satisfactory to notice that the receipts from freight and passage money show an aug mentation to nearly double that amount, exhibiting an improvement upon the year 1846 of 20,6971. 16s. 10d. It is moreover matter of congratulation to notice that this steady advance (with the single exception of outward freight) has occurred under every bead of receipts from cargo and passengers, outward, intercolonial, and home ward. The small falling off of 5181. 4s. 7d. in outwaid freight may be ascribed to the shipments of quicksilver for Mexico having been interrupted during the first part of the year, in consequence of the . commencement o hostilities between that country and the United States of North America. The surplus upon the working account shows an increase upon the year 1846 amounting to 9,807/. 13s. Rd., and so far as the transactions of the year 1847 can be known at present, the receipts of the company are still steadily advancing. The arrange. meats for conveying passengers and treasure across the Isthmus of Panama are now completed; and an agree ment has been signed by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, fixing the rate of freight, and all other particulars, so that there shall be every encouragement for par ties to avail themselves of this line of com munication between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Unceasing exertions are made, not only to keep the company's ships in good repair, but to give them addi tional strengthening where necessary, and to improve their passenger accommodation by all the means that experience can suggest. Six ships were re-coppered, ' and two ships received new boilers in 1846. Three ships have been re-coppered already during the present year, and one ship is now receiving new boilers. Two other sets of new boilers are in progress, one of which, if not both, it is hoped to get put on board before December -next. These measures, and bringing the Conway (a new ship) into operation, will, it is trusted, maintain the service in that full efficiency which is as essential to the interests of the company, as it is desirable to insure the punctual discharge of its contract with her Majesty's Government. " Since the above report was prepared a confirmation - of the l oss o f the Tweed has been received this morn ing. Th e l oss of life, in addition to that of the ship, is deeply to be lamented, but it is sati s f ac t or y to find th a t t h e energy and f i rmness of the passengers, as well as that of the officers and crew, were most praiseworthy, and tended much, under Providence, to the ultimate safety of the survivors who reached the reef from the wreck. It would be prema ture to offer any comment on this unfortunate accident, but the circumstances shall be strictly inquired into." The CHAIRMAN said that, before putting the report, it was satisfactory to state that arrangements had been made to prevent any deficiency in carrying on the ser vice in the West Indies. The vessel at present employed there had.proved insufficient for the purposes for which she was intended, and the Conway would consequently shortly leave Southampton for that duty. He had also great satisfaction in drawing attention to the first f. uits of the arrangement for forming a communication across the Isthmus of Panama, there having beer, an arrival this morning, both of passengers and produce, from the western side of the isthmus. This was the only point that required any particular remark, and he would there fore put the adoption of the report to the meeting. On the report being put, Mr. RIDGWAY said that he particularly desired that there should be some explanation of the working of the company in the months of August, 1845 sad 1846. Mr. PoYNDER Suggested that this matter had been settled at the last general meeting, and it was therefore incompetent to entertain the matter at all. Mr. RIDGWAY contended that it was a subject that the meeting could entertain, but as he had expected a large increase in the amount of his dividend, he could not but complain of the increase in the rate of the sala ries at Southampton, which, he stated, amounted to at least one-twentieth of the amount of the whole of the receipts. He was also inclined to question the lumping of the several items in the accounts; indeed, he was dissatisfied altogeener with the state of the accounts, and thought that they might be much more clearly rendered. He saw also that there was to be a new ship purchased, and he wished to know what was the name of that ship, as there were several naval men present who knew the merits and demerits of every vessel on the coast, by whom the judiciousness of purchase m i g h t b e est i mate d . ( Proprietor retrained f rom f urt h er rate he wish e d to k now whether the cw cra being suggested that this m i g h t b e i njurious to the y ) i out freight or a l etter bag. He saw n ak l y o . h was was an outl a y o f somewhere about company, the m tAhae remark.)—At to anythere Hon. tak re a 55,0004 with the Bank of England, or el sew h ere . The CHAIRMAN , in replying to the o b servat i ons o f the company Ridgway, said that the quest i on of the working of n the months of August, 1845 and 1846, had been entirely settled at the meeting in October. With respect to the rise in salaries all he had to observe was that there could be no worse economy than that of fixing the salaries so low as to obtain the services oray of inefficient persons, and he thought further, that if the directors were entitled to the confidence of the proprietary that CO question sh ou ld b e ra i sed on such a matter as this. With respect to the Conway, as it was desirable that she should reach her destination as quickly as possible s h e would carry out neither freight nor a mail. With regard to the 55,0001. now out upon loan. he had to remark that it was d% posited with the North- Western Railway Company, Irons whom ample security is held, and The a theyield ing inc e the establishment of the dividends to the had been the M e di na, the Solway, the Isis, and the T eed, besides the Actaeon, a small steamer company.c company ii, , cash losses is or already vesselss employed amongst the islands. By the vneral account it appeared that during the year, up to December 21st, the expenses were 285,4781. Is, 71, while the receipts were 407,1161. 18s. 2d., show ing a profit of 121,6381•95. 7d. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a dividend of IL 15s. per share, which was unanimously agreed to, as also that it should be payable on Tuesday, the 13th instant. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting was dissolved, its members evidently being well pleased with the proceedings of the day. DANGEROUS SPORT.—On Thursday, two lads, named Haliwell and Harvey, who are in the employment of Messrs. Tebbutt, Hawes, and Coy, Back King-street," were placed at the bar of the Borough Court, on a charge of firing a cross-bow the day before, by which th , .• lives of certain persons were endangered. Thu cross bow, which was produced in court, is a powerful instru ment, and fitte to do execution not le-s deci,ive than a musket or pistol. It appeared that the lads had got hold of this bow, which Mr. Tebbutt said he kept in his private office, and were almost daily in the habit of amusing themselves with it. On this occasion they used pieces of lead about the weight of a common pistol bullet, and fired the bow in the direction of Cross-street. According to their own confession, each fired a shot. One piece went through the top pane of the window of the Scottish Widows' Fund Insurance Office (Mr. Booth man's), and then through the glass partition which di vides the shop from an inner "office, and striking against the opposite wall rebounded into the middle of the room. Mr. Boothman's clerk was in the room at the the time, but fortunately a little to the one side of the window, and e,ealed unhurt. The distance of the shot was about 100 yards. The other lead was fired in the same direction, only a little highe r , into the office o f Mr. Pett y , soli citor, i n the flat above. Mr. Petty has his desk right in the middl e o f the window, and h a d b een s itti ng th ere just bef ore t h e shot was fired, but ha d l e f t hi s seat f or a few m oments. Inspector M'Mullen was sent to make in quiries, b ut the culprits at first denied all knowledge of She matter, an d only c onfessed when he discovered the' bow in a room she was sure her brother had no evil intent ; but Mr. Maude said that that was no excuse whatever for lads case, for nobody could like them takin g up a dangerous instrument, and firing up stairs. A sister of one of them said recklessly in the centre of a crowded town. They had' had a narrrow escape from being brought tip on a charge of murder, One g eti O, being seated in the direction of Anan , this shot just a moment before it was fired. Thought lessness would not be any excuse whatever in such a pretend ignorance of the conse quences lik e l y to ensue from firing into the heart of a crowded thoroughfare. He hoped this would be a warning to them and others to be more careful in future. He fined them in 10s. Gd , the value of the broken glass, and 10s. eac h besides, ne expressed a hope that such a dangerous art i cle would be kept out o f th e reac h o f b oys like the m . M r. Tebbutt said ho ha d a l rea d y discharged them, and would take care to do as M r. M au d e had sug gested. Ile had no idea that t h e y w ere able t o get at the bow, w hi c h having b een pa i d thw p r i son ers were discharged.—Man he k e pt in his own room. The fine chester Examiner. - Despatch es were received yester d ay at t h e Colonial Office fro m t h e Governors of the West India colo n i es . Despatches were sent off last evening from the Coloni a l Office for the Governer of West .Australia. . ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, April 7. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE.) David Johns, 47, a sweep, was charged with bur 41ariously breaking open the dwelling-house of James Trotman on the night of the 20th of February last, and stealing therein a silver watch and other articles, the property of James and William Trotman ; also with having, at Hailes, on the 21st, maliciously cut • and stabbed John Banning, with intent to murder him. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the first charge, and not guilty to the second charge. • John Banning examinedl saw the prisoner about half past five in the morning. I was dressed in police man's clothes. When the prisoner saw me he turned out of the path. When I was about to speak I received a blow from some weapon on the-side of my head. I had a stick in my band, and immediately retaliated, by giving the prisoner several blows. He then succeeded in getting my w a lking-stick. I wrested the stick from the prisoner, and we wrestled together, and fell over one if the bundles. We were both down. After we had been on the ground some time we hoth got up, and I said, will you give yourself up? 11 , - said no. I then saw him put his hand by his side. I collared him, we were both standing up at this time. He made a great many stabs. I struck him with my staff I thought he was stabbing me with a knife. He stabbed me twice on the chin. He afterwards took hold of ml staff. Prisoner then cut my nand. We then fell, aed I made two blows at the prisoner. I threw him in the ground on the right side, and I tried to get the knite. I afterwards struck the prisoner's hand with my staff, and got possession of the knile.—(The knife was here F.. +iced and presented a very formidable appearance.)--, We were both of us quite exhausted. I said to the pri s , iner, " How are you?" He said, " Gi ve rue some water." I said some one will be here directly. After wards two persons came up, and the prisoner was re• moved.—(The stick with which the prisoner struck the prosecutor was here produced. The stick was about two feet and a half in length. To the handle were sus pended eight or ten large bullets, by some thick twisttd cord.) Other evidence was produced, .leaving no doubt as to the guilt of the prisoner, and The jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty. His LORDSHIP, on sentencing the prisoner, said—l have some doubt whether you arc not a person who should have been hanged. I have no hesitation in be lieving that you would have murdered the prosecutor. Sentence—Transportation for life. The -Cotner, in addressing Banning, said,—" Your conduct has been commended by the grand jury, and must be by everybody who has heard it. You have shown yourself a very gallant officer ; and I hope the reward I give you will not be all you will receive, and that you will get on in your profession. Under all the circumstances, the sum I feel warranted in awarding you is 201." Louisa Ferris, 29, was indicted for the wilful murder of Patrick White, at St. Philip and Jacob, in the city and county of Bristol, on the Ist of November last. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Huddleston prosecuted, and Mr. Keating defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased (White) was a policeman, and cohabited with the pri soner, who is a married woman, but was separated from her husband. They resided at a house in Lyon-street, Bristol, in which also lived a young woman named Eliza beth Jones, of whom it would s eem th e p r i soner was jealous, and under the influence of that passion she com mitted the awful crime which placed her at the dock to day. It seemed that on Sunday, Nov. 1, in the afternoon, a Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Ferris's brother, with a friend named Sainsbury-, called at the house, and went into the back parlour, where they had some beer and rum, which they sent out for. White was there in his troll , sers, shirt, and slippers, smoking a pipe. Jones wen up stairs and lay down on the bed. Soon after White went out, and followed her up stairs, as it would seem. Mrs. Ferris also left the room, and in a few minutes re turned in a very excited state. White then came in, and recommenced smoking his pipe. He had no neckerchief on. The prisoner went into the kitchen and then came towards deceased, she put her arm round his neck, and the witness thought she was whi-pering to him. Imme• diately afterwards they heard a groaning, and on look ing in the direction they saw White bleeding profusely from the neck, and the prisoner holding her hand down by her side. She went up stairs and met Jones. She caught hold of her and blo,,ded . her dress with her hand, saying, "I have a great mind to serve you the same." She then said to her brother Edwards, "Jew, drive me to the station." He put her in his fly, which was at the door, and did so. The' unfortunate deceased crawled into the street on his hands and knees, and said the prisoner had cut his throat. The people sent for a doctor. White said, "Itis no use, lam dying, pray for we." In a few minutes he was a corpse, acd on goii,g into the room they found a pool of blu,d, with a broken pipe in it, and a razor on the table. " These were the facts of the case. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter, and The Judge sentenced her to be tran , ported for life. On hearing the sentence her fe. ling of maternal anxiety seemed to overcome all other considerations, as with clasped hands she convulsively exclaimed, "Oh, my. Lord, mercy, for the sake of my poor children—don't banish me from them." NORTH 11 AL e-.S CI RC'UlT.—Chester, April 7. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice I.VicnTmAx.) John Duckett, 33, was indicted for stabbing his wife, Ann Duckett, with intent to murder her, on the 2d of January, at Middlewich. Mr. Trafford and Mr. Egerton were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Temple for till defence. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner is a boatman, and he and his wife had lived for some time on very unhappy terms. On the 2d of Janu ary last, there was a dance at the Rose and Crown, in Middlewich, which was attended by both the prisoner and his wife, they not having previously seen each other for nearly a fortnight. The prisoner seeing his wife in the morn, went up to a person in the room and requested him two or three times to lend him a• knife, which was refused. The prisoner, however, went out of the room to. the shop of a Mr. Wise, where he purchased a large pocket-knife, and then returned. Some one called for a dance, and the prose cutrix got up amongst others for the purpose of dancing. Whilst standing up speaking to the fiddler, the prisoner went up to his wife, put his arm round her neck, and in flicted three stabs in her throat. He was immediately apprehended in the room with the bloody knife in his hand. Mr. Johnson, surgeon, of Middlewieb, was called in to see the prosecutrix the same evening, and he then found that one-of the stabs had penetrated the windpipe and gullet. From this wound the air from the lungs and a portion of the contents of the stomach were escap ing when seen by Mr. Johnson. Mr. TE➢IPLE addressed the jury with the view of re ducing the offence, on the ground of the jealousy with which it was supposed the prisoner regarded his wife's conduct. _ vv The jury found the prisoner guilty of the capital offence, and judgment of death was ordered to be re corded against him, the Learned Jud:•e intimating that the least punishment he could expect was transportation for life. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COQRT. THE MURDER IN SHOREDITCH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mary Jarvis, the mother of the last witness, stated that the prisontr came to her door and opened it. He xclairned " Where is she—where is she?" She added, " You know very well where she is." He then ran down stairs, and immediately after she heard the report of a gun, and she at first thought he had 'hot her daughter. When he came first she did not see the gen in his possession. After the report he ran up stairs into her room, took hold of her arm, and exclaimed "I have done it—l have done it." He repeated this to her hus band, who was present. Her daughter ran in and ex claimed, " Oh, Tom, what have you done !" He made no reply, and fell on her neck and kissed her. A con stable came and took him him into custody. Cross-examined—When he first came he did not appear flushed or excited. Her daughter slept with her. Joseph Brooks, a boy, the prisoner's brother, said he lived in the same room as his brother. While he was in bed his brother came into the room. He heard some one run up the stairs before he came. He did not see what he did, as it wa, dark. There was a gun in the room. His brother romuned in the room two or three minutes. There was a powder flask in his brother's box when he went to bed. Soon after he heard the re port of a gun, about a minute or two after. Police-constable, 201 H—Was on duty near Hare•- court on the night in question. His attention was called to the spot by shouts. He found the deceased on the ground dead, and a ramrod near him. 'He went up stairs and found the prisoner on the first floor with a gun in his posiession. He was abOut giving it up to some person. The prisoner's father was there. The father made some remark about what' he had done, to which the prisoner replied, "I have had my revenge ; he has injured my mother and sisters, and I have been re venged. If I had not done it he would haVe killed me." Told the prisoner that Gibart was dead, and took him into custody. Ile made no resistance. Found some bullets upon him. Inspector Harris deposed that the prisoner stated, at the station, "If I had not done it, perhaps they would have murdered me. Two of them threatened to drag me out ten minutes before." Mr. R. Hanoch, surgeon, High-street, Shoreditch, said he was called to see the deceased. He found-him lying in the passage. He was qu it e d ea d . Th e wound he had received caused instantaneous death. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr CLARKSON then proceeded to address the jury . on behalf of the prisoner. He said, although they might not exactly understand the difference, in the eye of the law, between manslaughter and murder, yet it was clearly d-fined amongst those who followed the profes sion of the law; and to him it clearly appeared that the prisoner was not guilty of murder, but of the lesser crime of manslaughter ; for when they reviewed the whole of the facts which had transpired in the course of the inquiry, they could not fail to be of opinion that the prisoner had been irritated by the deceased and others, and that, considering that he and others in tended to do him some grievous bodily harm, he felt that he was but defending his life in what he had done. They could not fail to be struck that this was the actuating motive in the prisoner's mind at the time he committed the rash act. It was most remarkable that they had not heard until to-day of the expression which the prisoner used with respect to his sister. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE desired Mrs. Jary s to be called. She stated that the prisoner's sister had coha bited with the deceased fur about twelve months before the occurrence. She did not know that any ill-feeling subsisted between the prisoner and the deceased with respect to this intimacy. Mr. CLARKSON said it was a lamentable fact that per sons in die class of life of the prisoner were frequently in the habit of living together like the deceased and the prisoner's sister. But was it a wonder that so much immorality existed, when houses, like that in which the prisoner lived, were parcelled out in single rooms to whole families, and that where, as in this case, the father, and mother, and daughter, who was grown up, all resided in one room, that great laxity of morals prevailed. But there was - no reason to presume that the young vvotnan., Mary Jarvis, cohabited with the prisoner. She herself had -denied it. Let them look at the facts adduced. The prisoner was found at his residence at ten o'clock at night; he was called out by Eaton, be lieving, no doubt, that he was alone; he was induced to go to the top of the- court, where, he was abused, aimed at by the deceased, and struck on the head by him. I its temper was this naturally aroused, for he had been irri tated, and struck, and threatened, and it was equally natural that he should resent such conduct by defending himself. Maddened, and fearing that he was in dagger, he rushed into the house, seized his gun, and shot the deceased. There was considerable discrepancy between the statements of the various witnesses with respect to the time s which elapsed between the threat of the pri sonar awd the report of the gun. It was just probable that when they said ten minutes elapsed, only three or four might really have elapsed. Nothing was more falla cious than evidence eith respect to brief portions of time. It would be for them, therefore, to consider whether the deceased and other had or hail not so ir ritated and goaded the prisoner as to render him not the mater of his actions—whether he was or - was not in that state of mind which the law required to constitute manslaughter. It was a most melancholy occurrence, bu, he could not help thinking that the deceased was the author of his own death, aid that they could not, on their consciences, convict the prisoner of the high crime of murder NO doubt the deceased and the other young men concerted together for the purpose cf goading the prisoner, and of leading him into violence, and that he was induced to come out in order that they might , annoy him. He was not there to justify or to excuse the act of the, prisoner. He had been guilty of a grievous act of violence ; but, looking at the whole of the case,. he apprehended that they could not convict him of murder. Nothing had been adduced :to show that the prisoner loaded the gun for the purpose of shooting the deceased. 'He had been shooting rats in the cellar a short time before ; and <it was possible that he might have left the gun loaded in . his bed-room, and taken it up i n a fi t o f despe ration. It was equally possible that the deceased simply came to the door for the purpose of frightening the deceased and others with the gun, and that is struggle ensued between him and the deceased for the possession of the gun, and that the ram-rod fell out and the gun went off and killed the deceased. The Learned Couns 1 concluded by an earnest appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE then elaborately and carefully summed tip the evidence, and clearly explained to the jury the difference between murder and manslaughter. The jury retired to consider their verdict at twenty minutes after three. • The jury returned into court at a quarter to four with a verdict of Manslaughter. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sentenced the prisoner, in the most impressive manner, to be transported for life. The prisoner sobbed bitterly during the passing of the sentence, and was led away in a helpless state, suffused with tears. ATTEMPTED, MURDER AND SUICIDE. FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE, WEDNESDAY EVENING.— 'This afternoon a special session of the justices for this division of the county of South Hants was held at the Red Lion Inn, for the purpose of investigating a most serious charge of attempted murder and suicide. The particulars are as follow : It appears that on Monday, the 22d of March last, the inhabitants of this quiet and beautiful town were much alarmed by a most desperate attempt at murder, and the attempted suicide of the perpetrator, which took place in the afternoon of that day, at'the reSidiince. of Mr. William Thresher, one of the county magistrates for this district, by his footman, Chas. Wolfe, aged about nineteen years, upon the person of Elizabeth Ayling, a *irsery• maid in the same family. • From the statements which have appeared' it is perfectly evident that the attempt on the unfortunate girl was made with the utmost deter mination on the part of the man (Wolte), and that, in her attt , mpts to free herself from the grasp of the ruffian, the poor creature was much injured by the razor the fellow used, with which he ,subsequently attempted to destroy his own life. , • Not less than ten of the local magistracy attended the session this day; subjoin e'. is a list Of their names and residences: —Admiral Sir Ji;hn A. Otninatiey, K.C.B. (chairman), of Warhlinton House, Havant; Sir James Stirling Bart., , if Bedhamptoo ; Captain Samuels, R.N., of Gosport; Captain Greene, R.N., of Wreckhatn; John Beardmiire, Esq., of Uplands Lodge, near Farnham; W. Page, Eq., of Brockhurit, Alverstiike; John. Mar tin, Esq., of-Wyniering; W. En - ester, Esq.. Fateliam; Dr. filler, of Gosport; and J. E. Atkins, Esq., of Portsmotith. The case having been called on after the routine busi ness of the day was concluded, ' Elizabeth iiyling wave first examined by Mr. Badden, the clerk ti the bench—Knew well the prisoner at the bar. (The prisoner here brcame so violent, through the intensity of his feelings, that it was almost impossible for the superintendent of the local police, Air. Gore, to restrain him.) Witness, in - continuation, deposed that on the 22d March last the prisoner went into her_ room, and witness a,ked him the question. " What btisincss have,y - ou here ?" The prisoner then went into Mr. James Thresher's room. Prisoner afterwards went to the lower part of tho house, and in a few minutes he re-. turned. lie then said something to-her which frightened her, which, if I recollect right, was " I'll do for you." I did not see anything in his hand at that time, but, in consequence of what he said. I was frightened, and he came towards the door and shut himwlf in, and then he struck me on the side of the head with something heavy, but Ido not know what. The blow knocked we down. Witness did not recollect whether the prisoner. struck her more than once upon the first occasion, but on the second time he struck her again, when she was striving to pass by him. The prisoner pulled out a razor, or some sharp instrument. It was something sharp. Felt that he cut me upon the throat more than once. About my throat there are three wounds - , and two upon my head. While I was struggling with him he drew his razor through my hand, and cut my fingers ; only one of my hands was cut. I said, " Oh, you wretch!" He said, " Wretch," After this I tried to get to the window, having got off the floor, and on trying to get to the door he dragged me down again by my hair, and prevented me. This was the third time I was upon the floor. I struggled and got away from him, and lift him o❑ the floor. I hallooed out at the time, " Oh, murder." Upon this occasion he did not attempt to come after me. I ran down the stairs, and met the housemaid Sarah in the--hall. My threat was then bleeding. Her name is Sarah Unwin. I told her I was in danger. The prisoner was not guilty of any inde cency towards me. After I was taken up, to bed I saw a razor in the hands of Mr. Thresher, my master. I have been confined to thc house in consequence of this occur rence until this day. I could not get up until Monday, the sth instant. The evidence as taken by the clerk was then read over to the witness and the prisoner, but he appeared quite in a state of torpor, and it was with considerable difficulty that he w.ts aroused to hear the statement. Subsequently the prisoner, upon being asked whether he had an) thing to say, replied, I believe what she has said is true; I don't b -lieve she will tell an untruth. Sarah Unwin, housemaid in the service of Mr. Thresher, stated that she knew the prisoner Charles Wolfe. On the 22d of March I heard the last witne,s come done the stairs screaming. I was in the kitchen at the time. ElizTheth was covered with blood, which 'flowed fri an her head and neck. I asked, in the hall, what had happened. She said, Charles had dorms for her. I then went up stairs, and observed traces of blood on the wall. These were firger-marks. I then went into the nursery, and then returned into the kitchen, where I saw tiloHd on the floor from the door to the window. The prisoner was then lying on the floor, with his hack to the door. Master told him to get up, and after some time he did so. Wounds were inflicted on the head, neck, and throat of Elizabeth the nursemaid. Upon the above testimony being read to the prisoner, and he questioned with regard to the statement, he re plied that he did not dispute what was said. William Thresher, Esq., one of the magistrates for the county of limits being sworn, deposed :—D , eprosecutrix, Elizabeth Ayling, was in his service as nursemaid, acid the prisoner, Charles Wolfe, was his footman. Was at home on the 22 I of March, and heard cries of distress, the nursery-girl crying out " Oh, oh." The prisoner was nine months in my service, and the nurse was in my family two years. I saw marks of blood on the walls, which continued all the way up stairs to the nursery. I thought one of the children was injured at first, but, upon going into the nursery, I saw the prisoner lying upon the floor. There were marks of blood in the nur sery. I ordered the man to get up, as he was lying on his face ; he did, after some persuasion, and went into his own room. I found a razor, covered with blood (produced), which was then wet with blood. That is the same razor. I saw the mallet (produced) in the room ; it was a little splintered before. The handle was split before I saw it upon that occasion. The mallet is my property. and it is usually kept in the cellar. Wit ness had seen it lately in the cellar. Witness did not observe any stains of blood upon the mallet when he picked it up. The girl was taken up stairs before this time. The prisoner said, after the testimony of Mr. Thresher was read, that he had nothing to say in answer to the evidence ; he (the prisoner) had been in the service of that gentleman eleven months' and nine days. The Rev. William Thresher; vicar of Titchfield, sots of the former witness, deposed that he heard from his father that some injury bad been done to the nursemaid by the prisoner, and upon proceeding up stairs he found blood upon the walls. He (witness) gave the razor, covered with blood, to Mr. Superintendent Gow, of the Hampshire constabulary, who had been sent for. Wit ness found the mallet, which he afterwards carried into a room, and put it away, until Mr. Morse, the surgeon who was called in at the time, gave the mallet to one of the police, some time after the capture of the prisoner Wolfe.. The prisoner having declined to say anything further than that the charges against him were true. The CHAIRMAN said that the opinion of the magis trates was unanimous, and, therefore, they decided to commit the prisoner, at once, for au attempt to murder Elizabeth Ayling. The prisoner was then handcuffed, and taken to Win chester gaol, to await his trial at the next assizes. It is stated, in a letter from Rome, that M. Bru-; nelli has been nominated Nunci o a t Madrid, and that be will leave Rome after Easter for his destination. THE_ A,CTON MURDER. CONFESSION OF CATHERINE FOSTER. Since her conviction and sentence, and return to ga ol ' the unhappy prisoner, Catheriee Poster, has displaY t e e less apathy th an s h e ev i nce d b ot h b e f ore and dur i n g tu trial; but has been mov ed b y none of those vehr__,,a e°i symptoms of g r i e f an d remorse that a sense of.ffektirM, ful situation would infallibly prodnce in a mind lea $7, to b'ear the pangs of compunction. She has,, hoierj hitherto maintained a mild, calm, patient demeanotl4 6 .7, receives kindnesses from those who.. attend ha' 0 . 5 marked expressions of gratitude. The constant °Z, assiduous attendance of th e R e v. M r. West, cbapluaof the gaol, of the Rev.. Mr. Ottley, rector of Acton, &P t .., the Rev. C. J. P. Ey re , i ncum b ent of St. Mary's, ; contributed greatly to remove that coldness from P manner which attr ac t e d th e o b servat i on of all spec ial° o , during the progress of her trial. She made a full et fession of her guilt in writing on "1 hursday last, both Mr. M'lutyre and the Rev. Mr: Ottley, eccompanying 0 with an earnest request that neither of these ge ntletl, would permit it to be seen by any ot h er person until . s .„, bad passed away. B e f ore ma ki ng her confession s he 1 :, parted some very contradicts Ty statements to some Of ' ; f f male prisoners, we understand, which, coming tv. ears of the authoriti es , s h e was ki ndly advised 0 " g deceive herself by indulging in such representations ,o if she felt di s po se d, a f ter a dd ress i ng herself to o°'o di-burden h, r mind, to do so truly. She subsequeim' we hear, took the opportunity of the governor's pool: to tell him some part of the circumstances detailed her written confession, and then, requesting sonieir t , and paper. wrote out an acknowledgment of her g!,:i and an admis4on of the justice of the sentence Pan upon her. We hav e b een una bl e, o f course, to ascer,s, anything of the cont ents o f t h e wr i tten paper, w hich at present, a sea l e d d ocument; b ut from what has 'To; spired of h er ver b a l confession to those attending LA (and we b e li eve our i n f ormat i on may be so far re p ; on), she ab s c r ib e d h er gu il ty conduct to being urged a marriage with the unfortunate victim, Foster, ag a i d her will—th a t h er mo the r urge d her into the saatc#lol that she disliked her husband from the beginning...! 7 ,j added, we understand, that her husband was most f ,, and most tender to her at a ll ti mes , an d had mod km, or said anything that could give her uneasiness; bit Pi o had been forced int o a marriage she loathed; or svoita that effect. Ever since her confession, and her'nr has been disburdened, she has appeared easier, and rs ss penitent. We b e li eve th e a b ove part i culars, i s fir be they go, may be relied on; and we are satisfied'O sto enabled to close this brief account by stating that, ac id ' present time, the unfortunate prisoner is in a goon proper frame of mind ; grateful for religious solaceO'S manifestly comforted by the readings of th e rev . gen g l e r men and others w h o a tt en d h er unrem i tt i ngly.- expresses contrition, and appears prepared for tb result. Prayers were offered up for her at St. M a ry's an d James's Churches on Good Friday and Sunday last- Jo The execu•ion will t a k e pl ace , we b e li eve, b y them" of the High Sheriff, on Saturday Week. 3 On reading over th e a b ove , we fi n d we h ave omit one particular, whi c h muc h anx i ety has been exhib o to ascertain, namely, as to the poison. We belie/ e lf can state, with perfect tr u th, th at t h e arsenic weP o f chased at Sudbury by C a th er i ne F oster h erse lf, Do' whom it is not our province to divulge. 1 00 • The loose and m os t re p re h ens ibl e manner in JO deadly poiso ns are perm i tte d to b e so l d b y apot h e car or to persons applyi ng s i ng l y , an d f re q uently too yoting.o. too ignorant to know its fatal properties, demands 1 0 1 l mediate remedy. I t i s not to one case of poisoning ?, to which the p u bli c a t tent i on i s now ' directed, b ut dozen ; and these will not be the last unless the !of s its and make provision for the more careful dispensiog of such dangerous artieles.—Suffcith Herald. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' LIVERPOOL, APRIL 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Count y 18% -Ditto, York Extension, 3 % dis.-East Lan cas hire, -ts 'efl Scrip, 1 p. -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 72-London Bl North-Western, 175-London and Manchester and t mingham, Quarters (B), 6% p.-L on d on an d S ou th C o „ 3 :), 52-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Sh ares (l ate Extensi°7i3, 2 % p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 1% dis.-Midland, 40/. Shares, 3% p.-Ditto, New, 24 Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3-Preston and Wyre, -Ditto, Sixths, 5%-South-Eastern a n d D over , New i s-4), 3 4 p.-York and North Midland Pr e f erence , 9 p•-•" 7:". donian, Halves, 6s. 3d. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1 1 / 4 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshir e Junction, 4 u,, - e ra Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.-Great Nat'" (Nos. 1 to 108,000), 1,4 dis.-North Staffo r d s hi r e, 21,,, , ;,,g Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), p.-West '- Union, p.-Live, pool, Crosby, and Southport, 2P. MANCHESTER, APRIL 8. , STocx EXCHANGE.-Thi sales are-Ambergate, hire ham; and Boston, %-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and CV: r o, 5-16--Birmi ,gham and Oxford Junction, 814-Blackl e i Clitheroe, &c , Preferentials, 1 5-16-E as t L anca shire, ,1, Scrip, 1 c.-Huduers fi eld and Manchester R a il w ay and Ca ter, 2%-Ditto, Thirds, N s -Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchlso, Branches, Halves, 2 1 4-London and North-Western (,-London chester and Birmingham), 681%-Manchester andiT; i r Fifths, 474-Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extension), 24 ~o• chester, She ffi eld, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby, 501. Slone ,51A-Ditto (20/. Shares), 1%-Ditto, Sheffield and raillri• shire, 2-Manchester and Southampton, 17.5.-Nortla her o tisb, Extension, %- North Staffordshire, 2%-bi." t ivess Counties Union, 1 15-16-Sh ro p s hi re U n i on , 1A Riding Union, 1 7-16- Wharfdale, 5-16. LEEDS, Aram 8. te Notting' Srocx EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Amberga scr ip, ham, and Boston, 11s. 6d. dis.-East Lancashire 19s. p.-East and West Yorkshire, par-Grea t 10s. dis.-Hraddersfield and Manchester. 2 1 ,4 • Ditto, Yr Bradford, 43 V 2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2 3 4 n. C o s tr ference, 225. p.-London and Brighton and South p Fifteenths, 2s. 6d. p.-Malton and Driffield Junction/ ' 13 .„), -Manchester and Leeds. 321. Shares (late Extensi°V r , Leeds_soect, Nrorthery; 2 1-16 p.-Ditto, 'West Riding Union, 1 1 4 p.-111anche s `',ci -Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2s. 6d. p.-Newcastle rw), Berwick, New, 2% p.-North British, Extension (o cri lie 10s. 6d. p.-Northern Counties Union, 375. 6d. dis.-N°' .. oB, Western, 15s. dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole , dis.-Wharfdale Junction, 9s. dis. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 8. NTAttior STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, ham, and BostOn dis.-Manchester, She ffi eld, and oh colnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 5% dis.-Dittc l i., itto , Shares, 403. dis.-Ditto, 12/. 10 s . Sh ares , 28 s . dis. -- 4'r e et• Docks, 2 3 % dis.-North Staffordshire, 2% clis.-North - .!; ; ,,. ern, % dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, IA" - , • NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Arum 8. ~Tet STOCK EXCHANGE.-The only sale is-Caledonia', ' 1, dis. HULL, APRIL 8. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-North Britisb, tension (Scrip), 12s. 6d. p.-East Lancashire, 1811 *,,, P rile Great Northern, 1, dis.-North-Western, 14s. dis.- - -"" ern Counties Union, 10s.-West Riding. Union, 295. P' EDINBURGH, APRIL 7. . ent at' STOCK EXCHANGE -The sales are-Dundee and , -`,: b ien em Junction, 485.-Dundee and Perth, .384- East Lu n ' t e Central,- 575.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, l'. e fir Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 7%-Ditto, ditto, J- 225 , 525.-Edinburgh and. Perth, New, 625. - DittoHalves rt er o 6d.-Great Northern 715.-Nort h British, New (4,,,_ t 01t (scrip),. 275.-Ditto, Thirds, 68s. 61-Scottish ti" 22 7 4 -Stirling and Dunfermline, 82s. • . _ perof VIENNA, MARCH 30.—His Majesty the , n has_ been graciously pleased to disti ngu i s h the c t itie brated Jenny Liud, by conferring up on her the of Singer to the Imperial Court. To THE LADIES.—The high and universal ce p brity which Rowland's Kalydor continues to maintain , I t he active yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities ?„ c etit skin, is, during the period of spring, m us t pl eas i n gly e/ 1 101' This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, and _,(of goratiug, is equally celebrated for safety in application , T or y unfailing efficacy in removing all i m pu r iti es and diec°oo( tions; and imparting a healthy freshness and transpere n d lf the skin and complexion. Its universally great deme o t he cites the cupidity of unprincipled s h o pk ee p ers , w ho gi Vo o ret title of " Kalydor" to compounds of their own manufa c tr ie of the most deleterious ch arac t er , conta i n i ng m i ne ral as p et' gents 'utterly ruinous to the complexion, and, by theirl e ve pf lent action, endanger health. It i s th ere f ore impen 4l ,. B ol l purchasers to see that the word s "R ow l an d' s K a lydtelai the wrapper. All others are traudulent counterfeits. Of [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Registered raletobseot Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the P I , and approaching seasons, still re t a i ns th e sa me mod or price, which, with its usefuln ess an d gent l eman ly apP soe ante, has secured such general p o p u l ar it y. I t h as been , 1 1, orA by special command for their R o y a l Highnesses asp' Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward or ' & 01 Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the s e/ o - 011 royal visitors to the British Court. In London it ea rl & t og be purchased of the patentees, 11. J. and D. Nicoll'' for tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Aged Gee' Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street; for D ub !_' a pd - Macl na, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingbatn, Son, New-street ; for Edinburgh, Christie and Son) street; and the principal tailors in other large towns. o g [ADVERTISEMENT:I EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT_trios LIVER AND STOMACH COMPLAINTS BY HOLLOWAY ' S WareV orge . 8 47+ of a letter, dated 30, Princes-street, Glasgow, February 18, ;of "Professor Holloway—sir, I have taken your pills for a disease °f liver ,and stomach, from which I had long sutlere.i. when I "',4,61 menced the use of them I was in a most wretched condition, ;of o g , p t u h r e p y o have se I s a a m v e dnomwypieffreiectllyhraedsoeornesduitt:dtrieolltjui m hu e m di a e n al ly m s e p n ea t k i to the surprise of all who witnessed the state to which I 11 ,teet , • reduced by a disease affecting the liver and stomach. V"0 0r " CHARLES WILSON." Sold by all Druggists, and at Profese o ' loway's Establishment, 244 , S trand, London.' BIRTS. On the 25th u lt., at Warmin st er, Wilts, the wife of R° Saunders, Esq., of Calcutta, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Sudbury Priory, Harrow-on-UW .ll°4 Mrs. Webster, of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Lodge-villa, Regent's-park, W. , kinson, of a daughter. On the sth inst at Northchurch Rectory, Herts., Id/ of Sir J. 11. C. Seymour, Bart., of a son. ' On the sth i ns t., M rs . Ed war d R. Sl ee , St. J o h n 's. - oo wark, of a daughter. sol / ' On. the 6th inst., at Finchley-road, Mrs. T. Devas, of On the 7th inst., at Islington, the wife of John Baram Esq., of a daughter, still-born. k On the 7th inst., at St. Olave's Re c to r y, Southwark , W. C. Le Breton, of a son. th e v 7116 On the 7th inst., at Foxley-road, North B r i x ton, of William Barth, jun., of a son. MARRIED. • a „der On the 6th inst., at Boldre, Hants, Captain Alecliest Cameron, 42d Royal Highlanders, to Caroline Laura, e ` - f ilio (laughter of the late Major-General Sir Charles Ash o6 K.C. 8., K. T.S. /lir On the 6th inst., at Brighton, the Rev. Alexander P. ltd, roll, M.A., to Mary Anne Catherine, second daughter ot j. Rev. the Precentor of Chichester and the Hon. Mrs. 1-10 DIED. • On the 31st ult., at Blackheath, Mr. J. Peters, aged 95 *. On the 2d inst., at Fawley, Hants Mr. Thomas Elf: Tt oto Oa the sth inst., at Ashford, Middlesex, Mr. T. Vv• cock, aged 66. isto , On the sth inst., Emma, the wife of Mr. Mathews, ell ° Yeovil. On the sth inst., C. Martineau, Esq., of Tulse-hill- : On the 6th inst., at Camden-road-villas, Thomas. " Stone, Esq. On the 6th inst„ at Chobham Lodge, Surrey, daughter of the late John Jourdan, Esq., aged 60. cnav-y of On the 7th inst., Jemima, wife of Mr. W. B. Sam' Barbican. rbican. 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