The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, DINNER TO THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE. mit one word of politics to fall from my lips. The peculiarity of the position in which I stand is, how ever, such that I must beg ycur permission to advert for a moment in passing to the circumstances in which that appointment took place.—(Hear, hear.) There is none of you but will rem ember that one among the many wise and sagacious maxims which the great soldier and statesman whose health you toasted this evening, has often in his lifetime recorded in his writ ings, and of which he himself, from the commence ment of his official life to the hour at which I speak, is a living illustration in his constant devotion to the service of the Crown and the interests of his country —you will all remember that the answer which the Duke of Wellington gave when about to be appointed to an inferior command was, that he bad eaten the King's salt, and that he would serve the King in what ever capacity he might be invited to do so.—(Ap plause.) lam prepared to act upon that maxim. I have always held that every public man who has once served the Crown is bound in duty not to withhold at a future time his services, when invited on public grounds to do so, provided he can do so without sacri fice to the political opinions which he has maintained, and which he still maintains, as sound and true in his estimation.—(Great applause.) Twice since their accession to power have the present confidential ad visers of the Crown invited me to give my advice, co-operation, and aid to her Majesty's Government — once as a member of the Administration, and once in another capacity. Twice have these offers been made to me, and twice have they been declined ; and if the offer of the assent of the Crown to the appointment made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company had been accompanied by the condition that I should give them political support or should even observe political neutrality, I should have felt it my duty once again to have declined.—(Great ap plause.) lam sure that there is not a gentleman who sits at these tables that will not believe me when I say that I would not consent to sacrifice any of the political principles which I deem to be sound and pure, even though it were to place in my hands, as it was in this case, the administration of an empire.—(Hear.) I hasten to add that no condition whatever was an nexed to this office.—(Great applause.) lam bound to say, and even though I were not bound to say it I would hasten to say it with pleasure and gratitude, that it was impossible for any men to have behaved more frankly, more confidentially, and more honour ably towards me than her Majesty's advisers did throughout all this matter.—(Cheers.) When the assurance was given me that the acceptance of this appointment would leave me in entire and unques tioned possession of my own personal independence in reference to party politics—when I was assured, as I was promptly and unreservedly, that my acceptance of office would establish no party claims upon me— then I felt that I was bound to test the principle which I entertained and had previously enunciated; and I at once resolved to risk the misinterpretation and misconstruction of motives—the risk and pos sible loss of the confidence of my old political friends ; and in addition to this, to sacrifice, as my noble friend has said from the chair, much personal and domestic comfort and encroachments on my political position in this country—even at the sacrifice of every atom of this, I felt that I was bound, as a servant of the Crown, to give my assistance to her Majesty's ad visers when I was asked to do so, and especially when asked in times of difficulty and confusion such as these ; and lat once consented to serve the Com pany who so honourably tendered me this office ; and I rejoice to return to the service of a Sovereign whom I served before, and who, in the amplitude of her goodness, had rewarded me so far beyond my deserts. —(Great applause.) I have thought it right to make this explanation. It is hardly necessary for me to state that the moment that I assume the government of India politics are unknown to me. Party politics, above all, while I administer the government of that kingdom, have no existence in my mind.—(Great applause.) I feel most deeply the great and distin guished honour which has been imposed upon me in the appointment which I have received ; and 1 am most keenly alive to the tremendous responsibility which has, in consequence, been conferred on me. At times—and who marvels that it should be so?—at times I feel a more than doubt of the sufficiency of my ca pacity and my experience for the gigantic task which has been laid on my shoulders. But when I recol lect that I have every reason to believe that I shall receive from those who appointed me, and from the Ministers of the Crown, full and unreserved confidence in the discharge of my duty; and when I recollect the numberless able and distinguished, the numberless wise and gallant and excellent men who crowd the ranks of every branch of the noble service of the East In dia Company, I return to a feeling of confidence that, guiding and correcting my judgment by their advice, and leaning in well-founded confidence on their aid and co-operation, I shall be enabled, by God's blessing upon my administration—upon which even in such an assembly as this, I will not be de terred from saying I constantly and hopefully lean —to administer the affairs of that empire so as to meet the approbation of those under whom I act, and thus secure the lasting benefit, the great and perma nent improvement of the kingdoms and people whom they send me to govern.—(Great applause.) Lord Dalhousie concluded by referring to the public dinner over which the Duke of Buccleuch presided, which was given to bis (Lord Dalhousie's) father in Edinburgh eighteen years ago, on the occasion of his proceeding to India to take the command of tlye forces in that part of the world ; and after adverting to the pleasurable emotions which the expressions of attachment and approval shown to his father on that occasion called up in his breast, and to the influence which it had in encouraging him in the discharge of his arduous duties, said that the memory of this evening would have a like effect upon him. No pros perity, however bright, should ever dazzle him to forget it—no adversity, however dark, should ever ob scure his thoughts. They had shown him heartsome cordiality—they had encouraged him in his task— and had bid him heartily God speed in the course on which he was about to enter. On Tuesday night a public dinner was given to the Earl of Dalhousie, in Edinburgh, on the occa sion of his leaving this country to undertake the duty of Governor-General of India. The dinner took place in the Music-hall, the walls of which were tastefully ornamented with flags and devices of various kinds, while the centre of the room was lighted up with two splendid candelabras beautifully festooned with flowers. The gallery was occupied by the band of the 3d Dragoon Guards, who per formed between the different toasts, and the orchestra was filled with a brilliant company of ladies. The number of gentlemen who sat down to dinner was upwards of four hundred. The chair was occupied by his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, who was sup ported on the right by the guest of the even ing— Lord Dalhousie—the Duke of Argyll, Lord Eli bank, Lord Dunfermline, the Lord Justice- G-eneral, Lord Dalreeny, Sir George Warrender, General Riddell, Principal Lee ; and on the left by the Lord Provost, the Earl of Morton, Lord Kinnaird, the Lord Advocate, the Honourable B. Primrose, Sir John Hope, M.P., Sir. J. S. Richardson, Sir David Baird, W. Gibson Craig, Esq., M.P., Hon. and Rev. E. B. Ramsay, Dean of Edinburgh, and Mr. Maconochie ofd Meadowbank. The duties of croupier were discharged by the Earl of Rosebery, who was supported by Lord Polwarth, the Earl of Devon, Lord Belhaven, Lord Colville of Culross, Lord W. Douglas, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., Sir George Clerk, M.P., the Honourable W. Dundsis, Sir G. Montgomerie, Sir D. Wedderburn, Sir C. Monteith, Sir H. R. Campbell, Sir Adam Hay, Sir C. D. Ferguson, Sir G. M'Neil, the Dean of Faculty, Sir James Forrest, Charles Cowan, Esq., M.P., Peter Blackburn, Esq., of Killearn, &c. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN rose to propose " The health of Lord Dalhousie." He said—lt is extremely gratifying to me to preside as chairman on this occasion. This meeting, gentlemen, is not one of any political party. Politics have no business here. This mark of respect is not given to my Noble Friend with any reference to his political opinions; and hence we see present a mixture of men of all parties and opinions, to take leave of our noble guest upon the occasion of his as suming the government of one of the most important portions of this mighty empire.—(Cheers.) Gentle men, this is one of those occasions of which any man may feel justly proud. We are met to show our respect and esteem for his private character and worth ; and at the same time to acknowledge the great ability which he has displayed in the discharge of his public duties. He is not going out an un known man to India. He is not gcing out an untried man.—(Cheers.) In private life I can speak with confidence regarding cur noble guest, as he has for many years been one of my most intimate friends ; and I can safely affirm that in private life there is no man can stand higher than he does.—(hear.) And, gentlemen, his public character is known to you all. It is, well known to his country, for he has given ample evidence of his abilities in the Senate, more especially in carrying on the business of a most laborious executive office ; and I believe I may say, without fear of contradiction, that no one could deserve a higher meed of praise for the manner in which he discharged the duties of the office to which I have referred.—(Cheers.) Allow me to express our warm feelings towards him, and to hope that he will enjoy health and prosperity in the career on which he is about to enter.—(Cheers.) The government of that vast empire must be attended with great difficulty, when even in this civilised por tion of the globe the duties of the government are so onerous and difficult. His Lordship, however, has not only to conquer the difficulties to which I have referred, but he has this other difficulty to contend against, namely, that his mode of administering the affairs of that immense country will have to be com pared with such illustrious predecessors as Hastings, Wellesley, Clive, and others whose memories must be familiar to you all.— (Cheers.) He has also this other difficulty, that he goes out with high opinions formed of him. He will see the difficulties, how ever, which his predecessors encountered, and he will know how they in some cases failed and in others succeeded. Not only has his Lordship the difficulties of the civil administration to attend to, but he has also to contend with hostile foes, fighting mighty battles, and often with but small means to do so. I trust that he will imitate the sagacity, the perseve rance, and the prudence of him who immediately pre ceded him, and who, I trust, has laid the foundation of a lasting peace in that mighty empire.—(Cheers.) I trust that his Lordship may be able and qualified to consolidate that peace, and to promote those great social improvements which are so much needed in that vast empire, and that after having spent that time which may usually be expected of Governors-General in India, he may return to his native country unim paired in health and strength by his arduous duties, taxing alike both body and mind, and be received by his old friends whom he left behind him, but whose hearts he carried out ssith him. The toast was drank with three times three, and one cheer more. The Earl of DALHOUSIE, who was received with loud applause, said—lt has been my gqod fortune upon many previous occasions in my career to receive from friends, and from those among whom I have lived, many most gratifying marks of the regard and attachment which they entertained towards me, but never until now had I a knowledge of the full measure of friends' and neighbours' kindness—never until now had I a full knowledge of the utter hopelessness of the attempt to make a fitting acknowledgment of it—(Applause)—for as my Noble Friend on my right (the Chairman) has observed, when I look about me and see by whom I am surrounded. I find that it is no party triumph, no occasion of political excite ment that has called forth your attachment, but that you have met for the sole and single purpose of once again, before I go from among you, offering me an• other mark of that regard and esteem of which you have so often assured me before—of tendering me your testimony that my character as a public servant has hitherto met with your approbation—(Applause) —and that you desire, before I go, to breathe and renew your good wishes for my future prosperity in my career. When these all come upon me—when it would seem that my foot was upon the very deck that is to carry me away—when your voice seems as the last cheer to waft me from the shore—and when I know that I have a long and painful separation— though splendid be the exile, it is an exile still— believe me that a scene such as this knocks hard at the door of my heart, and calls forth emotions which make me feel as if it were impossible that in the expression of my gratitude there could be any exaggeration, and makes me painfully conscious that no words can give a fitting utterance to the real emotions of my heart.— (Applause.) Pretty, and fanciful, and finical thanks I would be loth to offer you. Simple thanks is all I have to tender you ; and I do indeed thank you from the very bottom of my heart.—(Applause.) If there were a circumstance more gratifying to me than an other—more gratifying to my recollections of the past and of my love of auld Lang syne—it is that you are met to congratulate me on my noble appointment in the very place whore I first set out on my political career—(Great applause)—that as it is in the city of Edinburgh you are met now, so it was in the city of Edinburgh that I first entered on my public life. It is not so long ago hut the youngest of you may remember that it was in the city of Edin burgh that my friends opened my political career. Not to flatter you, I cannot in my conscience say that you proved the tenderest of masters.—(Cheers and laughter.) I must acknowledge that fairly spread as that cradle was you rocked it somewhat roughly, although at the time, believe me, gentlemen, you never did any man a better turn. I recollect when an old East Lothian voter, at whose door I stopped one morning—and a cold bitter morning it was—when setting out to canvass that county, said to me, " A stout heart, my Lord, to a steep brae."—(Laughter.) If at any time of my career I have shown a stout heart, it was you of the city of Edinburgh—you who cordially supported me, and you also who cor dially opposed me—who first taught me how to make use of that stoutness.—(Applause.) I indeed be lieve that if you had accepted me without a contest as your representative, I would, in all probability, have turned out a spoiled child, and fit to be trained for nothing but a carpet knight.—(Great l aug ht er and applause.) Your treatment of me how ever, widely different—for y ou began by giving n s imean undeniable and unmistak a bl e thrashing —and giv ing me the wholesome advice, th a t as soon as Iycould to thrash somebody else.—(Renewed laughter.) You sent me into the world hardy and rough, and ready to fight anybody, until I find myself in the position in which I am now proud to stand.—(Applause.) I have never ceased to acknowledge, and I will never c ease to do so, that whatever may have been my success in public life, the foundation of that success was truly and deeply laid in the contested election for the city of Edinburgh. I will not be guilty of the affectation of pretending not to be able to judge of the measure of that success. I am proud—most proud—that your feelings should have called you together on such an occasion in the life of any public man as that of his being appointed Governor-General of India. I re gard that appointment as one of the very noblest which it is in the power of the Crown of England to bestow.---(Rear, hear.) And I regard it with pride a„n and with d eep gratitude that the Com y who y ad ministers the aff a i rs o f that mighty empire should, utterly unsolicit e d b y me, and with but two or three exceptions, personally unacquainted with me, have done me the honour to h ave selected me to the first isrpmsparktMh a t wondrous empire over which they rule And I am even t h e more proud that . 06.7ketat which has been mad e s h ou l d have received the - a*ntoqf the Crown by the advice of the leaders or-f*pojAlical party in the State to which I have • alwlyaL bepn opposed. My Noble Friend in tfie eh4justly observed that this is no place for - shall I, in what Ism about to say, per a s The Noble Lord sat down amidst loud applause. The CHAIRMAN then gave " Her Majesty's Minis ters." Their duties were arduous and their responsi bilities great ; and it gave him pleasure to state that in the appointment of Lord Dalhousie to the Go vernor-Generalship of India, they had shown that they were not influenced by party feelings or predi lections. He trusted that all the difficulties of the Ministry--and no Ministry need hope to exist in this country without encountering difficulties—would speedily be overcome, and that they might be enabled so to act as to promote the honour, the interests, and the welfare of this country.—(Cheers.) Mr. Fox MAULE, M.P., returned thanks. Differ ing although many of them did in political opinion with the Government, he believed that there was not one among them who did not fully sympathise with the singularly difficult task which the Government had, in these times, in carrying on the public affairs of the empire. He was quite sure that her Majesty's Ministers would feel deeply the honour which had been conferred upon them. lie knew that they felt much the support which they had received from men of all parties when they assumed the reins of govern ment, with the horrors ofa famine impending, which the bounteous hand of Providence had now been pleased to avert.—(Applause.) He did not deny that he con sidered that the Government was entitled, on the present occasion, to the thanks of all who bore the of Scotsmen—indeed, of all who looked with any degree of approbation upon men selected for the public service, independent of party politics, and re commended only by their talents. He viewed the appointment of his Noble Friend with the sincerest gratification, and he was convinced that he would do honour to the Government that had chosen hint.— (Cheers.) But this, he begged to sa y, was no t t h e only instance in which, independent of political p arty connexions, her Majesty's Mi n i sters h ad selected men for high administration : as an exemplification of which he referred to the case of Lord Elgin, who was ap pointed Governor of Canada. — (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh." The LORD PROVOST returned thanks on behalf of himself and brother magistrates, and then proposed " The Health of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch." The Duke of BUCCLEUCH shortly replied. A variety toastso a fo o t u h t er twev le o'clock.weregiven, and the moot ing broke up b SINGULAR IF TRUE, AND CAPITAL IP NOT TS: The following, from the Cincinnati Morning H R tr e ut t w a e ke h s av th e e se s e h n iu f e ,,r o m ff a a n n y yth a in d g ay i : n2 , h A e l sa oc g a e l n t i l t e e m m a s n " line as boys were playing at m arbl e s. One of them, in shoo passing along Fifth-street, he passed a place where some w ing his marble cleverly, put it under the gentleman's foot. The gentleman slipped, and stumbled against a lady also passing, precipitating her, along with himself, upon a large hog, who was examining the gutter geolo gically for debris. The hog, frightened out of his pro piety, bolted off, and ran between the legs of another gentleman, who, in falling, drew the string of a kite froul the hand s o f a b oy. The kite of course fell, and in f m frightened a span of horses attached to a waggon near by. The horses ran down an alley. A man, who ‘vai building a fire in a carpenter's shop, by which they passed, started up to tee what was the matter, and in so doing dropped his lighted match among the shavings. A fire was the consequence. The engines assembled, and in the hurry consequent upon the alarm, a man fell in the track of one of them, and had his arm broken, which ended this budget of accidents for the day." were—ls the boy who shot the marble responsible for all the consequent damages? POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Overston, the person charged with having at tempted to kill George Crawley, wine -merchant, of Mark-lane, was brought up in the custody of Strick land, police-constable 582, for final examination. Mr. Kearsey, solicitor, appeared to watch the case for Mr. Crawley, but without instructions to prose cute, or take any active part in the proceedings. Mr. Sheard, of St. Paul's-churchyard, solicitor, attended for the defence. The prisoner's appearance was greatly altered for the worse. He had been confined to his bed since the last day of examination, and had, - we are given to understand, frequently sent to inquire after the health of Mr. Crawley, about whose condition he expressed great anxiety—a feeling which was stated to be not at all connected with any apprehensions for himself. He sat on a chair at the bar during the examination; indeed, he app°ared to be utterly unable to stand. Mr. George Crawley said—l am a wine-merchant, of No. 12, Mark-lane. On the 14th of August last, about four o'clock in the afternoon, my clerk fetched me to my office. On my arrival I found the prisoner there. A person named Legge was coming out of the counting-house as I was going in. When I went in I addressed myself to the prisoner and asked him if he wished to speak to me. He nodded his head. I then told him that if he would step into the inner room I would speak to him. He went into the inner room, and I followed him and closed the door. My clerk (Mr. Yates) was in the outside office when I had returned to communicate with the prisoner. When I followed the prisoner his back was towards me. Upon his turning round he, to the best of my recollection, made use of the words, " What does all this mean ?" There were some other words which I cannot remember. I heard the report of a pistol immediately afterwards, and found I was shot, and I instantly made my escape. I found that I was wounded by the side of the nose, on the face, and I have since had a bullet extracted from my jaw. The part is, I believe, called the "an trum." I only noticed the prisoner give a shake of the head, instead of answering me. I did not observe anything particular in the prisoner's conduct, the time was so short from the moment I went in until the time of the report. Mr. Sheard—Are you now so far recovered as to be able to attend to your business ? Witness—l am quite recovered. Mr. Sheard—Did you observe any incoherency about the prisoner's manner ? Witness—l was but a very short time with him, and the suddenness of the transaction was very great, but I think if I had been more time with him I should have observed that his language and manner were somewhat incoherent. The LORD MAYOR—Have you anything further to add ? The witness burst into tears, and after some effort said—"l avail myself of this opportunity to state publicly the deep feeling of gratitude I entertain towards the eminent Dr. Solly, for the very able and skilful treatment I experienced at his hands, to whom, under Providence, I consider my recovery due ; also to thank most sincerely the other medical officers of St. Thomas's Hospital for the kindness and attention paid to my case during the hours of my suffering. With respect to the prisoner, I have to say that he has sent to inquire after my recovery very often and earnestly, and that he has expressed astonishment at what he had done, and declared that he could not con jecture how he could have been stimulated to such an act." The prisoner sat with his hands clasped and without motion during Mr. Crawley's statement. The only other witness examined was Mr. Samuel Harris, surgeon, of No. 13, Fenchurch street. He said—On the 14th of August Mr. Craw ley came to my house, and I was called into the sur gery to him. I discovered that he had received a bullet wound on the right side of the cheek, over the superior jawbone, and seeing that there was no hre morrhage, but that the bleeding had stopped, I advised him to go directly to the hospital. I only made a su perficial examination. Cross-examined: by Mr. Sheard —I am of opinion that it was a dangerous wound, but I did nut examine it sufficiently to give a decided opinion upon that point. _ _ The LORD MAYOR—Is there anybody here to prosecute ?_ _ _ Neither Mr. Crawley nor Mr. Kearsay having given any answer, The LORD MAYOR said—This case is one of such vast importance to the public, that I must take parti cular care to have it properly laid before the judges, who must not on such an occasion be put to the trouVe of managing it themselves. I shall hold the policemen who apprehended the prisoner responsible for prosecuting, and I shall give directions to the City Solicitor to undertake the proceedings in the Central Criminal Court. I regret very much to see a man, whose private character has been so highly estimated, and of whose good conduct until this dreadful occur rence I have heard so much, in a situation so truly appalling; but I have only one course to pursue I have only to do all I can for the safety of the public. The depositionswere then read over, and Strick land and Edmonds, the policemen principally con cerned in the investigation, were bound over to pro secute, Mr. Crawley being bound over to appear at the Central Criminal Court as a witness. The prisoner was committed to Newgate, and an order was sent for his admission to the infirmary in that prison. George Hayward and William Alexander were finally examined upon the charge of having forged a cheque upon the banking-house of Glyn and Co. for 1401.., in the name of John Fenton. This was the case in which Daniel Forrester, the officer, supplied the evidence, which would have been otherwise defective, by searching amongst the papers of the prisoner day ward, and finding a piece of blotting-paper on which was distinctly marked the blot of the name " John Fenton," as it appeared in the cheque. The following are copies of the forged cheque upon Glyn's house, and of the letter by means of which Hayward obtained the handwriting of Mr. Fenton : I. " No. N. 0 ' 877. London, 19 June, 1847. " Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. " Pay Beresford and Co., or bearer, " One hundred and Forty Pounds. " 1401." " JOHN FENTON. " 7, Wormwood-street, Bishopsgate-street, " 15th June. " Sir,—l trust you will excuse my putting you to so much inconvenience, but, having heard that yOu have transacted some business for her, I shall be greatly obliged if you will inform me by return of post when the Henrietta, of Liverpool, arrived from Maderia with passengers, &c., the name of her cap tain, and where she may now be found; the informa tion being of the greatest importance, and not know ing to whim else to apply, or I would not so far have trespassed on your valuable time, for which I beg to offer every apology. " I am, Sir, your humble servant, " CHARLES SMITH. " John Fenton, Esq., Mark-lane." The answer to this a letter was transmitted by Mr. Fenton to Mr. Charles Smith, in Wormwood -street, and was handed by the landlord of the house (a coffee • house) to Hayward, who personated Mr. Charles Smith, and had obtained permission of the proprietor to have a letter so directed to him. The handwriting of Mr. Fenton was closely imitated in the checque. Alexander was identified as the person whochanged a 501. note, received in payment of the forged cheque, and put upon it, " William Hammond, 11, Baldwin street, City-road," as his name and address, and had been seen frequently by Daniel Forrester in the com pany of Hayward. The prisoners were committed for trial. _ Hayward was then charged finally with having forged a cheque upon Jones Loyd's banking-house, for 891. 45., in the name of Mr. T. H. Peile. The evidence in this case, with the exception of that of Mr. Peile, was taken down some days ago. Mr. Peile stated that the handwriting in the cheque was very like his, but was not his. Hayward had, it appeared, been turned away from a former situation for opening a drawer, an offence of which he acknow ledged himself guilty.—Committed for trial. The Loan MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of 103. for the poor-box at the Mansion-house, September 14th, 1846. U L D e, H nt -hAleaLn wifeHerri n g wh o o f a poorman, d lodging in Sun- court, Gold on a previous day w ith attempting to p oison herself with laudanum, was b roug h t before Ir. Alderman Hooper. She appeared to be perfectly recovered, and !?romised that she would never make such a wicked attempt again. Her husband, whose drunkenness was said to have driven the prisoner to the desperate resolution of poisoning herself, was called forward. The husband pleaded that he did not often get very drunk, and that his wife was not in want of food. Mr. Alderman HOOPER lectured him on his duties as a husband, and delivered his wife to him. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a young man named John Edwards, of respectable appearance, who was understood to be 'ell :connected, was charged with stealing a great coat from the Travellers' Club, the property of Col. Henry Fane. It was proved that the prisoner passed the door porter and went into the library on Sunday evening with all the confidence of a member of the club, and after writing a short note, which he addressed to some supposed " Captain Macdonald," he left the place, taking with him, however, as it afterwards transpired, the coat belonging to Colonel Fane, who missed it from the coffee-room door shortly afterwards. pfartil l :no t esnr a p.e p ser p ec e atao a tc r dN e i i d ooaf. t yB h an7d a e, t dsrs other property had disappeared in a similar ma nner f rom th e Athenaeum and Reform Clubs, at one of which the prisoner had left his s p z :o f a s e r t d i n t ,os an having where apprehended resided, and h e and where the coat was also found. A CCIDE NT AT BURNTISLAND.--On Sund a y after noon a little boy, named Wilson, was amusing himself at the turn-tablo at the terminus of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, and having succeeded in putting it in motion, ho put his foot down to check it, but the im petus which it had received twisted his foot round, crushing it very severely, and broke his leg a little above the ankle. Not long ago a brother of the little boy fell over the pier at Bruntisland, and was so injured that his life was longl:ospaired of.—North British Mail. LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN'ING, SEPTEMBER id, 1847. A girl proved that the coat had been altered to fit the prisoner by his order. There being other charges against the prisoner, Dlr. JARDINE remanded him for further exami nation. the handcuffs on his wrists. The witness, who had been severely kicked and scratched, added that he never met with a more desperate and violent man. John Douglass, police-constable 279 K, who nar rowly escaped being drowned, and was much punished, gave similar evidence. Mrs. Jane Wells, a woman apparently about 27 years of age, then deposed that she was married to the prisoner at Christ Church, Rotherhithe, on the 26th of October, 1845. He began to pay his ad dresses to her about July, 1845, and said his religious notions were exactly the same as her own. She afterwards heard something to his prejudice, which led to an explanation with him and his two sisters. She informed him that she had heard he was married to Ann Warwick, and that while she was alive he married. Mary Ann Abrahams, who had since died. He said he had suffered for that, and the punishment he had undergone had annulled the first marriage, and that he could relieve her (the witness) of all fear, and himself of all risk, on that account. He solemnly assured her that she could be legally married to him, and that Judge Cresswell, who had tried the case, said he was a free man, and at liberty to contract another marriage. He also stated that he had consulted a proctor, and laid the whole case before him ; and that he was of the same opinion as Judge Cresswell. His sisters afterwards forwarded a letter to Barnard castle, and found that Ann Warwick (Mrs. Sinclair) was still alive. He was very much troubled when he received that information, but he assured witness it was no matter, for he left his wife at the church door, and never saw her afterwards. The prisoner strongly denied the fact of the first marriage until his sisters informed her of it ; and, when she made him acquainted with it, he took great pains to convince her the first marriage was invalid, and that his trial and punish ment qualified him for another marriage. Mr. rearnley—Then the fact is, Madam, you mar ried him knowing his first wife was living, and the second one dead ? Mrs. Wells—Yes, Sir, that is so; but he solemnly declared the first marriage was illegal, and he suffered for the second. Mr. Pelham—Did he not tell you that he had been to a proctor, and to Judge Cresswell, before you married him ? Mrs. Wells—Yes, Sir. He said he had been to a proetor and a solicitor. The proctor said the marriage with me would be illegal ; and he therowent to another, who said, the proctor who told him that only wanted to get his money to sue for a divorce, and that he could marry me. He offered to take me to Judge Cresswell's house, to remove all doubts. He obtained my consent to the marriage on his representations and upon the express understand ing that it should be kept secret until I could be acknowledged as his wife ; but after it was solemnised he made it known to everybody. Mr. YARDLEY.—Then the marriage was a clandes tine one ? Mrs. Wells—Yes, Sir, quite so. In cross• examination by Mr. Fealrney, Mrs. Wells said, she was living with her mother. Mr. Sinclair paid his addresses to her as a widower, and his ad dresses were sanctioned by her mother. After the prisoner's sisters informed her that he had a wife living her mother advised her to break off the match. She was not engaged to any one at the present time, nor had she any thoughts of marrying another man. A gentleman had paid honourable attentions to her since Mr. Sinclair had been at sea; but, on her ac quainting him with her situation, he discontinued them. When she gave up the prisoner, and learned that her marriage with him was illegal, she deter mined not to enter into another matrimonial engage ment, and had not done so. In answer to a question by Mr. Pelham, the wit ness said it was at first arranged that her wedding and her sister's were to be solemnized on the same day, but after what she heard of the prisoner, it was thought advisable to solemnize her own marriage privately. Mr. Fearnley asked the witness if the marriage had been consummated, and if she and the prisoner had ever lived together as man and wife ?—Mrs. Wells evaded the question by stating that she never left her father's house, and hoped the solicitor would not be more particular with her. Mr. Fearnley—Have any children been the fruits of the marriage ? Mrs. % ells—No, Sir. Mr. Fearnley—Who advised you to give him up to justice ? Mrs. Wells—My brothers, Sir; and he has been trying to obtain— Mr. Fearnley—Never mind what he tried to ob tain. The case is very different to the one set up. Instead of Mr. Sinclair using every artifice to deceive the widow, she married him with the full knowledge that his first wife was alive. Mr. Pelham would be enabled to show that the most abominable artifices had been used. Mr. Jus tice Cresswell, whose name had been so freely men tioned by the prisoner, was not called to the bench when Sinclair was convicted in 1837. Mr. YARDLEY said the case was a fit one for re• mand, and after some discussion between the solici tors, consented to accept of bail for the prisoner's appearance on Wednesday next, himself in 2001., and two sureties of 1001. each, and in default com mitted him to prison. carries a similar armament to the Trincomalee, viz., 1 10 inch (84-pounder) revolving gun astern to fire over all ; 4 32's, 7 feet 6 inches long, and 39 cwt. each, on the quarter deck ; two of the same class on the forecastle ; and ten 68-pounders, 9 feet 4 inches long GS cwt. each; and eight 32's, 9 feet 6 inches long, 56 cwt. each on the main deck. She has five months' provisions stowed under hatches, with room for another month's ; three months' bread in the bread room, 95 tons of water in tanks, and 20 i❑ casks; 140 tons and upwards of stores, &c.; under which circum stances her draught of water was as follows :—For ward, 17ft. ; aft, 19ft. 3 in. ; height of main-deck midships, port-side, from the water, ift. 4in.; port, forward, Bft. 9in.; aft, 7ft. bin. She is nearly com plete in her complement of men, but all her officers are not yet on board. She is beautifully rigged, and is beyond question as fine and efficient a command as any captain need have. He is equally fortunate in his working staff ; a more indefatigable first lieute nant there is not afloat. We shall draw no comparison between this ship and the Amphitrite, but await the result of the competing trials. They will sail about the latter end of this or beginning of next week. The Fury steam-sloop,Commander Wilcox, had her compasses adjusted this day by Captain Strange. She will go out of harbour to Spithead to-morrow. Woomvicu, SEPT. 15.—The Acheron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Dunlap, who is at present serving with his officers and crew in the Tartarus on the coast of Ireland, is ordered to be paid off at Wool wich, and will be immediately re-commissioned. The Myrtle steam-vessel is ordered round from Portsmouth to be fitted with new boilers at this port. The Blazer steam-vessel, Commander Wingrove, at present at Cork, is ordered to be paid off and re commissioned. The Antelope steam-vessel has received on board a handsome new carriage and a number of presents to be presented to the Bey of Tunis, as a mark of appro bation of his continued friendly disposition towards this country, and the facility he affords to the royal and mercantile navy of Great Britain to obtain sup plies of all kinds of provisions when they have occa sion to touch at any of his ports. The Antelope is to be paid in advance at Portsmouth. The Myrmidon steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Roberts, is ordered to be paid off, and will be re-commissioned immediately. PEMBROKE, MONDAY.—On Saturday, the 11th inst., the Lords of the Admiralty arrived at Pembroke dockyard on their annual official visit of inspection. Their Lordships landed from the Fire Queen steam vessel, at half-past 7o'clock A.M., under a salute of 19 guns from Pater Fort. The members of the Board were Lord Auckland and Lord John Hay, who were accompanied by Captain Eden and Colonel Irvine. Having been received at their landing by Captain Su perintendent G. T. Falcon and the officers of the yard, they proceeded to the captain superintendent's resi dence, where they breakfasted. After this they made a minute inspection of the ships on the stocks at this yard, but more particularly of the Lion, 80 guns, lately launched, and now in dock in the hands of the riggers, who are preparing for her removal to Devon part ordinary. Their Lordships visited every part of this fine ship, and seemed much struck with the beauty of her general appearance. Pater Fort, the saw-mills, the new practice battery for the artillery of the Dock yard Battalion (which is mounted with four long 32- pounder ship guns), the timber sheds, saw-pits, mould loft, armoury for the battalion, containing about 1,200 stand of arms, &c., were successively examined by their Lordships. This, together with Lord Auckland's levee, at which he received severirl officers employed the whole of the day. Their Lordships spent the next day (Sunday) at Picton Castle, the seat of Lord Milford, and on Mon day, the 13th, resumed their official duties at the dockyard. At 11 A.M. they landed at the principal landing place, and were received by a guard of honour com. posed of the Ist company of the Dockyard Battalion, commanded by Captain Weatherley (Lieutenant, R.N., director of police). Notice having been given on Saturday of their Lord ship's intention to review the battalion, it was drawn up in readiness along the main road, leading from the dockyard gates to the water-side, and being newly clothed in their fatigue uniform, presented a very im posing and military appearance. On arriving at the parade, their Lorships were saluted by the guns of the field battery, four 9-pounder guns, and two 24- pounder howitzers, worked by the first company of Artillery, under the orders of Captain Kneebone. Their Lordships and suite, accompanied by the Captain-Superintendent, immediately proceeded to take up a position opposite to the centre of the line. After presenting arms, the battalion, commanded by Lieutenan t-Colonel Abethell (Master Shipwright), wheeled into column, and marched past in review order, first in slow, and then in quick time. Having been wheeled into line on the original ground, the battalion was put through the manual and platoon exercises by Major Chiles (Store Receiver), and afterwards exercised in firing by companies, in depent file firing, &c., under the command of the Lieutenant-Colonel. Mr. Gillies, the adjutant of the corps, then gave the command to countermarch by files, and to form close column upon the sth company, and marched the battalion off by companies to deposit their arms. This battalion is composed of six companies of in fantry, two of artillery, and one of Boat Brigade, each company 84 strong, exclusive of officers, and non-commissioned officers. Their Lordships having mustered the whole of the men of the dockyard, gate them a half-holiday. The battalion, with the band at their head, marched out of the yard four deep, in admirable style. The inspection of the Royal Marines at the new ' barracks by the Admiralty , terminated the official business of their Lordships at Pembroke Dockyard. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.--The market today presented no features of novelty. The demand for all descriptions of yarn and manufactured goods was on the very lowest scale, and, in some cases, especially in sales of yarn, rather lower prices were submitted to by the spinners. Still, we are happy to say that, considering the unfavourable state of trade, the failures here are quite insignificant in number and amount. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN , S EPT. 13.—The weekly meeting of t he association was held this day. James Fegan, Esql M.P., presided. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL the day by- handing in 401. from the congregated commenc( d the business of trades of the city of Limerick, as an " evidence d their devotion to the principles and teachi n g s of their departed leader." The Hon. Gentleman then Ad' verted at some length to the affairs of Italy, and es. pressed his regret that Ireland had not a domestic legislature, which would not hesitate for a moment espousing the cause of Pius IX. the people of Ireland should demand from the Got vernment whether they migh... not be permitted t° make tii a demonstration in favour of his Holiness. If of 50,000 were so permitted, he had no doubt bat an aryl ' 0,000 men could at once be raised to fight under the standard of independence in Italy, and protect the Sovereign Pontiff in his glorious career oga iust or pressiun and tyranny. tn eeting t Mr. P. S. BUTLER, M.P., addresse d the a n at some length. Notwithstanding the abundant harvest with which Providence had blessed the country, there was every reason to aPPreherVe that the labouring population wou ld be in 3 Vit) at position during the ensuing winter than they were the same period last year. Henceforth they w°tio , ere have nothing to depend upon but the wages theY do likely to receive for their labour from the and tenants of Ireland, and those classes vvere..?: impossipl, overwhelmed with difficulties that it was they could give employment to such an elt et i n ti g would prevent famine and pestilence. Su ch Third the position of the country, he (Mr. Butler) 11 ° - to l a ndlor_ appeal to common sense whether it was reasonable enforce the repayment of the advances made by rl g ic i land during the last session of Parliament. He r ° ,• i i i n g suggest to the Government the expediency of P' a ' no t that debt in abeyance. In saying so, he shouldit.,. iisbi li i be understood as wishing to repudiate the On the contrary, he felt convinced that Ireland vv? lista"„. feel extreme gratification in discharging her ties when Providence enabled her to do so. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL subsequently- addre s sed th e meeting at considerable le n g th ; but there NV /3 S nothil in the speech of the Non. Gentleman which deserveo particular notice. At the conclusion of the proceedings the rent for tb ° 1 week was announced to be 671. 193. 2d. The mee ing then adjourned. BARBAROUS MURDE sloe s tar of R. The following appears in the Ballina Saturday :— nave e ver " One of the most horrible murders weer'"' ore is heard of, and of a description which is , ht lo t in our county, was perpetrated on Tuesday ni t a ppears the neighbourhood of Mount Bellew. It th that as a man named Patrick Costello, a driver 1 0 _,,,,, employment of Mr. James Cuffe, of , turning from that town to the petty Eons,sei et so he had a number of persons summoned for tre P: iv ; &c., that day, he was waylaid by a party of nest was literally smashed his head to atoms. An h i q r eed held by Mr. W. Kenny, coroner, which cointne ,5.,. sker, iiv . s! J e l on Thursday, and was adjourned to the nest o Dr. Fitzgerald, R.M., and Mr. Brereton were la r ' s attendance. A most respecta ble jury were so .ilis t who returned a verdict of ' W ilful Murder,p, p e rsons unknown." Through th e activity c d bee a Bernard Cummins and the polic e four men ha ve too arrested on suspicion of having committed this a ris op cious act. They have been c ommitted to P t , o ge This unfortunate Costello was driver and woo j e d to Mr. Cuffe, and one of the person s arrested occutja. the same situation before Costello g ot it. Tel abl barons murder seems to have been perpetrate ilia striking their wretched victim with stones. Rig e dit° was broken, his teeth knocked out, and literally 5- 0 tered on the road, and his ear was cut in t lv° } sc' i t l u o r s e e d llcas also broken, and his head dreadfully t Member John Burke, of Marble-hill, father of the n t b li ; fur the county of Galway and uncle:,oll Marquis of Clanricarde, has been suddenly' seize," „; l e, apoplexy, at the house of his son, Mr. Granbf i'bkt, i it n . this city. Sir Henry Marsh is in attendance, b ti le is believed, entertains no hopes of the 11 00° `" Baronet's recovery. _ ROCHDALE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.--.llre have had a very good demand for flannels to-day, and con siderable business has been transacted at last week's prices. Several of the large manufacturers have been in the market to-day and bought very freely. The demand for wool is somewhat better, and prices are firm. HALIFAX, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11._—Although provisions are so much lower than they were, trade does not yet revive ; nor can we learn, from the at tendance in our piece hall, that there is any prospect of a speedy change for the better. There is very little doing, either in plain or fancy goods ; and prices are exceedingly low. In yarn, the same extreme flat ness prevails, which prevents any rally in price. The stock of long wool is slowly moving off, at easier rates, though little is coming to market to replace the sales. Short wools are dull of sale, at previous prices. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.—There is an inclination to do business in all kinds of goods that have the character of newness of style and good quality. Considerably more business is doing in wool than for some time past. The warehouses have not had many visitors during the week. LEEDs, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.—The im proved state of our market holds good, and we had, both last Saturday and to-day, a good attendance at our cloth halls, and a very fair amount of business has been doing, chiefly in suitable winter articles, for home consumption. The disastrous news from Lon don appears little to affect, directly, our commercial community; but, of course, its tendency towards circumscribing general credit will be more or less felt.—Manchester Guardian. DEATII OF AN OLD FIDDLER.—Died at Peebles street, - Newton•on-Ayr, on Monday morning, Matthew Hall, aged 87 years. The deceased was a well-known character in the west country. He surpassed as a bass fiddler. The old worthy used to mention that he was 45 years in the habit of frequenting Coilsfield and Eglintoun Castle, in his capacity as musician. His chief co-adjutor was James M`Lachlan, a Highlander, who came to Ayrshire in a fencible regiment, and was patronised by Lord Eglintoun. At concerts at the castle, the late Earl of Eglintoun generally took a part on the violoncello or the harp, and amongst other pro fessional players on the violin, blind Gilmour from Stevenston was usually present. " 0 time war the days for music!" involuntarily exclaimed old Hall, as he proceeded with his reminiscences. Hall and M`Lachlan played over the whole county at all the gen tlemen's residences, and even in Edinburgh and Glas gow on great occasions. In one week, to use his own words, they " passed twenty-six parish kirks, and re turned to Ayr on Friday to a ball, never getting to bed till Saturday night. They obtained snatches of sleep as they best could during the intervals of playing and travelling. At one time Hall and M`Lachlan were at the Duke of Argyll's for six months together. M•Lachlan had been there before as footman to Lord John Campbell. It was a time of much festivity; a blind Irish harper, of the name of O'Kane, was also among the party of musicians. The harper, conceiving himself to be eclipsed by the violin players, or fancying an insult from the Duke of Argyll, left the party, and bribing some boys to procure materials, actually set fire to the lower part of Inverary Castle, which would soon have been in flames, but for the timely discovery of the rascally act. The incendiary was taken to Inverary traol, and no doubt met the punishment he deserved. Mr. Hall's bass• fiddle was a present from the late Coun tess of Eglintonn. It is, perhaps, worth mentioning that he was the first mason ever made by the poet Burns. —Ayr Observer. „-. RAILWAY SHARE 111AR-D-A‘v.ll LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBEL 15. 13 . 0 ,34 STOCK EXCHANGE. - The sales are-East Lanai s l oser dis.-Great Northern, 4!i dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, ~, 6 p et sion (green), 1% dis. -Leeds and Thirsk, Preferli...."Dittor cent., Iy, ias.-London and North- Western4,oo,4o NewQuarters,S l / 4 p.-Midland,ll4% -Ditto, 4 _, u4 ''..-Preet ll -Ditto, Halves, 2 p.-North Staffordshire, I.N and DoVer. and Wyre, Halves (13), 1A p.-South-Eas tern y'ork, N °/ 1.1, No. 4 (iss. at Thirds, at 6 2-3 dis.), 13/ dis " Ditto (G. ' I , castle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. I, 4 91 ,4__ Di P• E. Purchase, 6 per cent. till 1850), 2% IN and Berwick), New, 031 D Midland and (,Treat v •• /4 .•- 16 dis. tto (tKyirevroclistairt-e MANCHESTER, SErrmaxe. 15. . , ott iog• STOCK. F.XCIIANGF:.-The sales are-Amberref?o), rd J uae ham, and Boston, I% dis.-Birmingham and x_ e ,_., e oe, Lion, 5!, , , n. g).-Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c.,Yr.n,ohi No. 1, % p.-Great Northern. New, 1% c. dis. dlud......lif„er and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1,4 C. l'.-31111!" shire and Yorkshire, 32/. Shares (late Extension).s3/eLeedh Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding 'Union), o.i n. d i ' nedfatlS M Ches ter id , :D3-elw6sbduisr.L,Laoin-iddonMaannedhesNteorr,thp-awrr-esLteerinces(tefard : ba t e i 13irmitq:liam), Quarters (C), 4 1 4 p.--Di a nchester , t."._ i d ow a nd Lincolnshire, Preierence , 1-16 p..-Ditto (Shen' ~., Lincolnshire), 3% c. dis.-North Staffordshire, 1 an n or Oldham Alliance, ', 7 i dis.-Shrewsbury, OsweetrY, ii.. 4, d 0111 t ...... P p. sou _: ter, P re f e rence (guar. 8 per cent.), 17-‘, an d Dover, No. 4,1% c. dis.-York, Newcastle, i 7l D ee wick, Extension, No. 2, 2 5 ,i p. LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 15. s o ttia . S TOC K EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, 3 1 , ii i,. , ham, and Boston, 1% dis.-East Lancashire, New , 1 5 at Ditto, Quarters, '% i dis.-East and West Yorkshire, orso -Great Northern. 4% dis.-Lancashire and Yorkshire cp,/ Riding Union), 395. dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury , 5 0 ; ( 11 .,,' ciler Leeds and Thirsk, 15 , 4 dis.-Ditto, New, 12 diB.-- u :,":4;0 ,e ter, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, Preference, Is. R' 0 , castle and Berwick, New, 2/. 6s. 3d. p.-North Brittsikatle, Ditto, Thirds, 2s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 1% p.'"' ) ,' se Western, 745. 6d. dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncast.,,e"e Goole, 1% dis -York and Newcastle, Preference, 2, i . York and North Midland, Preference, 6% n. p. NE W CASTL E-UPON -TY N E, SEPTEMBER 1 4 ; of' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle and rtert lisle (Alston Branch), Si. Bs. 9d.-North British, (2°.so ss. p. -North Staffordshire, I7i s p.-York, Newc aol Berwick (late Newcastle and Berwick), New, Lla P• EDINBURGII, SEPTEMBER 14. sg" STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Aberdeert,ot 10,' Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 'ft-Arbroath and Fan/ . 10 3 ., -Ditto, Halves, 141. 10s.-Ayr and GallowaY,,tilejoatP; Caledonian, 32/. 155.-Ditto, New, 21. 83.-i', / /...- 9 .`4, and Dumbartonshire, 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, ,',; 7 5 . t' s , side, 21. 155.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender,i:294 lu; -Dundee and Arbroath, 39/.-Ditto. New, N°•.,, sh 7 ;,,,1 -Ditto, New, No. 2, 32/.-Ditto, New, N°' ''' jee ' s r , nun ~.,, Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. 115- -- "nitro, ' 4 Ol, Perth, 34/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181. 12s. 6cl. -".' n Cefl o i ters, 3/. 9a.-East of Fife, 41. 55.-East Le,tll,llbargtriero, 1/. 135.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 10i.--DrJit"tlo4o,os Glasgow, 541.-Ditto, Halves, 161. 155.- 14/. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 171. 105. --P r o, ', 6 1,0, ference, 201.-Ditto, New, 31. 195.-Ditto, Qusir`es„...-vioi -Edinburgh and Northern,l9/.-Ditto, Nely',2olbrgbogi Newport, 8/. 103.-Ditto, ditto, New, 11.---rAsgd...-6, 10; Perth (New Co.), 1/. 3s.- Ditto, Halves , s s• ' k, 4 2 ' 9 ,9' and Ayrshire, 1101. ex div.-Ditto, New StOC „ TO. . i ~... -Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 81. 55.-Ditto, 11a1vt:23,, 6:fl 17s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, b o ` , CI ticl , Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391. ex div.-01,..asig 12(;10,: Terminus, 11/. 155.-Glasgow and Greenoo7,s. o.l;ort' -Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 8 1 ; ' Grest, b ere3; gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 3 /- 1 ,; 1 : - :t IC °l. 'Se r of Scotland, 1/. 125.-Great Northern (late va g y . 55.- - - ~asf' 3/. 191. 6d.- Ditto (late London and York) , Pitt, tiiittof British, 28/. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 131. 10 ;c 5. 6cico t o . tors, 51.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip)' ' e difc c it o Thirds, U. 45.-Ditto, Fifths, 5/. 12s. 6d. 19s•lbree tish Central, 27/.- Scottish Grand Junctiet!, , 0 ,..... n ote Midland, 171. 15s. -Shrewsbury and llereforidriit'lg and (I '6 O lt* bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 191. 155.--Iyisbae.,3.l:to„; fermline, 4L-Stirling and Midland, 71.- -- 13 9/,--v 1 of., ness, 461.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 81.. 2 , 6(ll:_cirS tensions, No. 1, 14/.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2 ', , is. 6 ' is. 9 Bombay and Madras, Is. 9d.-East India ° , ga drast North of India, 2s. 6d. Great Southern , -Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, is. 6d. .. 0 14. „ n d D tifil ; GLASGOW, Sitr'rm,,lecionients"r , 71 0 • 0 i, STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales ar e ";, ert b, (20,r carte rs , bartonshire, 10s. 9d.-Dundee and 1 , b , ir gh al lu O v er Edinburgh and Glasgow, 53 IA -Ech n Ao-i. Shared, Ju ne' r i, 191.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr , 7 g o n„ o rtli 13 0 2 div. and ex new-Glasgow, Airdrie, an"„_ 9d. ' de, pi 601.-Manchester and Southampton, l o l: , Ne wcs-t or tji tish, 28/.-Ditto, Thirds, 265. 6(1.'4 t r . ( Great: Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, 871i --Pit ° England Purchase), 10/. 165. Several snipes have been shot during the week on the Dartmoor hills. The residents on the mountainous rt2gions state that it is a token of a sharp winter. We shall see.—Devonshire Chronicle. a oo O ypni ° lop On Graves,tht I d f t l h Z e . She 11 t ' ll inst., xo0 • g r'l. Horner, of a daughtera: Kamp On the f 12th l i n n st" Tr 'lse grg" the 50th ( p od, hll'Of ,r 4 a s t lv . es a , t atEcshqab , t P uh s t i v a :r m il g i ta:rhc h d)eole e c,flhoaif l tlrs O aiito t ih l ns. i po. in i n " , n .s i t t i , aattfißAlßbobur:lo:g:noae;liset. Jo t.ter. :iiiiiiril On Br u nswick -Square, sPisiirj Moller Bruns% pi A On the 13t1 inst., d►Begellt's- Dto wife of mr. i inst., at ISlornington-roa , . John Houlding, of a son. 'Lc .• b• i, 1,0 4 On the • 13th iust., at Stanwell, the Zion• ga - • ,f .0 Baynes of (i v On'a son. ~,, 0 , W. the 14th inst., at Norwood, Surrey, the I "'s / Baynes, Esq., of a son and heir. ----- taandeeeanisi f l eo i t eowfrn. })'' I/Ir e'coog.tanldeedaY°lll,ll:::::JCol-3:054):°,13:41:0' ~• c::::: or "'°— ' tl'9 d divF e ro MARRIED. *o P i • rti l 0 On Thursday, the 16th inst. at St. James 4 :,so .0 John MacOubrey, Esq., of the 'Middle Temple, B." o f rilw Circuit, barrister-at-law, to Clara, second daugh ter Pr' Carlisle, Esq., of Hyde-park-place West, Luod°l24;ol3, 16/06 On the 11th inst., at the British EmbassY B".43ter "' Eugene Livois, to Elizabeth Susanna, second d a u b late Arthur William Morris, Esq. 1 0 DIED. °fEs(l.!. ae' fi lel4l On the 6th inst., at :Covington, Ursula,KelseY',. w i l e ei On the 9th inst., at Kensington, th e ArrOP,,e,tu tenant-Colonel Charles R. W. Lane, C.B.l3eng. Lietite" ,On the 1 lth inst., at Hadley, near 13,0nel' helOet Colonel Taylor White, 7th Lighi Dragool,s•,,,toet C:ote) Oa the 11th inst., at Ashburriharn rni Dl c Algernon Russell, the eldest Bon of Colonel the Stanhope. ___-----,., 1j ---- ---- ,3 of P" OP" ----------- —0- TOLR''' t ile r r ! I& [An, . Lon eon . Printed and Published by IkIVILD qtro d. ir, o sti.and, Printer, at The Sun Office. No. 111..... ma, gepte of the Savoy, in the Count/ of atddieeez, Thu l ' — ' - 18 47, WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday a respectably dressed elderly man, named Samuel Bevans, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged upon suspicion of having bein concerned in the commission of an extensive series of depredations at the warehouse of his em ployer, Mr. Henry Wainewri g ht, a w h o l esa l e brush manufacturer, in the Whitechapel-road. It appeared that the prisoner, who was a small manufacturer in the same business himself, had been employed by the prosecutor to make up goods at his own house for the last three years, the materials for which he was in the habit of calling for at Mr. Wainewright's warehouse, and that, although during nearly the whole of that period large quantities of goods had been unac countably missed, no suspicion was entertained of the prisoner, on account of his apparent respectability until the preceding afternoon, when, having called for more materials during the prosecutor's absence, he was observed by one of the workmen, named Key, to secrete a large bundle of the most expensive bristles in one of his pockets. Key apprised the prosecutor's son of what he had witnessed, and while deliberating how to act, the prisoner left the house, hut was pur sued and brought back, and on the stolen property being taken from him, he begged hard to be forgiven in consideration of his family, whose distresses, he said, had driven him to the commission of the offence, and acknowledged that just before he was stopped he had thrown two more bundles of the same kind of hair into the lobby of the Pavilion Theatre. These, upon being looked for, were found as he had described, and upon his house being searched by a constable who was sent for, a whole bagful! of other goods of a similar description, in various stages of completion, was discovered, and the greater portion of which the prosecutor was satisfied also belonged to him. The accused was thereupon given into custody. When called upon for 'his defence, the prisoner, who was in a very bad state of health and excessively depressed, merely claimed a part of the goods pro duced by the police as his own property, which he said he had purchased by degrees at different times, and the prosecutor requested the magistrate to dis pose of the case summarily, on account of the pri soner's family, and his own conviction that other persons, more guilty than the accused, had been con cerned in the system of plunder to which he had been subjected ; but Mr. HAMMILL, who said it was out of his power to listen to such a recommendation, ordered the commit ment to be made out, and the prisoner brought up again for the completion of the depositions. THAMES. Yesterday Daniel Sinclair, a tall gentlemanly looking man, the chief mate of the ship Maid of Auck land, now lying in the London Dock, was brought before Mr. Yardley on a charge of bigamy. Mr. Fearnley, solicitor, defended the prisoner. Mr. Pelham said he appeared in this case for the prosecution. The prisoner was charged with inter marrying with Jane Wells, his first wife, Ann, being now alive. The first marriage took place on the 28th of October, 1830, at St. Nicholas church, Newcastle upon-Tyne, when the prisoner was united to Ann Warwick. In May, 1834, the prisoner contracted a second marriage with i\iary Ann Abrahams, at Wal ton, Lancashire; and the third marriage was solem nized by license in Christ Church, Rotherhithe, on October the 26th, 1845, when the prisoner was mar ried to Mrs. Jane Wells, widow of the late Mr. Wells, dock-master of the Regent's Canal Dock. The prisoner was convicted of bigamy for inter marrying with Mary Ann Abrahams while his first wife was alive, at the Lancashire assizes, held at Liver pool on the 10th of August, 1837, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment and hard labour. The second wife, he was sorry to say, died of a broken heart. On the prisoner's liberation from gaol he became mate, and subsequently master of a ship. The prisoner afterwards committed a fresh act of felony by marrying Mrs. 'Wells, the widow of a re spectable man, and daughter of Mr. Hughes, an optician and nautical instrument maker in Broad street, Ratcliff, who has since died. The prisoner became acquainted with Mrs. Wells in the early part of 1845, and finding that she was possessed of a little income, and that there was property in reversion coming to her, he had recourse to the most deceptive arts to engage her affections. He found out that she was a very pious lady, and he made strong professions of religion, attended the Dissenting chapel which Mrs. Wells frequented, often prayed with her, and by his letters breathing the most fervent love and piety at length succeeded in engaging her affections. She became much attached to him, and ultimately pro mised to become his wife. Her choice was sanctioned by her friends, and a day was ultimately fixed for the wedding. Before that event took place, Mrs. Wells, who had made particular inquiries about her in tended husband, ascertained something to his dis advantage, and that he had another wife. The pri soner, by the moit specious representations, put the widow off her gnard. He assumed-a tone in accord ance with the religious views of Mrs. Wells, said he was a repentant sinner, and that, although he had a wife living, he had suffered imprisonment and dis grace which had rendered the marriage invalid, and that he had taken the opinion of a proctor, and of Judge Cresswell, who had tried him, and that he was assured by them there was no legal objection to his contracting another marriage. Ultimately, the pri soner got such a hold on the affections of the widow, that she placed every confidence in him. He declared that he could not exist without her, that her refusal to in become is wife would b e th e cause o f hi s death, and that r ypure was his he ar t, an d so i nest i ma bl e was she and goodness, that if they had been Adam and Eve in Paradise there would have been no sin in the world. The day for the marriage was again fixed, when t aro of the prisoner's sisters who were then in England made a communication to her, which induced Mrs. Wells again to hesitate To remove her doubts the prisoner had recourse to the mcst specious r epresentations, and said that his sisters had slandered him, and were not brought up in holiness. At last he succeeded in consummating his wicked ness, and removed all doubts from the mind of the widow, who became his wife. T oo lat e s h e f oun d herselideceived , and that the p r i sone r was a v ill a i n . Mr. Pelham was then pr ocee di ng to enter i nto a d eta il of the means used by th e pr i soner to d ece i ve t h e widow, when Mr. YARDLEY said there was no occasion to do so, and he thought Mr. Pelham ought to confine himself to the legal proofs. friend, Mr. Pelham, w hi c h was on l y intended Mr. Fearnley objected altogether to the opening address prejudice his c li ent . H e s h ou ld now b e compelleds of his ask questions o f th e l a d y w hi c h h e wou ld s t ot o not have done if the solicitor on the other side had confined himself to what was strictly legal. Mr. Pelham said, his object in naming the first conviction, and the arts by which the prisoner had succeeded in his base purposes, was that he knew bail would be tendered, and that an attempt would be made to show that the prisoner was the injured artyp. William Davison Day, police-constable 72 K, pro duced certificated copies of the registers of the three marriages, which were extracted from the hooks of the respective perishes. He stated that after leaving Neweastle-upon-Tyne he proceeded to Barnard Cas tle, where he had an interview with the first wife of the prisoner, who called herself Ann Warwick, and upon exhibiting to her a Daguerrotype portrait of the prisoner she exclaimed, " that is my husband's like ness, the villain." Day was proceeding to relate more of the conversation, when Mr. Fearnley objected. Mr. YARDLEY decided that the conversation was not evidence. Day stated that he saw the father of the second wife, and that Mr. Elliott, the clerk of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, would prove that the first wife was alive when the third marriage took place, and that she was still living. Mr. YARDLEY said, all the witnesses necessary to prove the identity of the parties must be sum moned. Mr. Pelham—All I want is a remand, and I will then bring the legal proof of the first marriage, and that the prisoner's lawful wife - is now alive. Day then stated that he apprehended the prisoner that morning in the London Dock, and having re ceived information that he was a most powerful man, and likely to make a desperate resistance, he procured assistance and took a pair of handcuffs with him. He succeeded by a ruse in getting the prisoner out of the ship Maid o f A uc kland, and upon reaching the gate at the Sh a d we ll e n trance of the London Dock , where th e p r i soner expec t e d to meet Mr. Hughes, the brother of M rs . W e ll s , h e told him he was his pri soner, and explained the nature of the charge against him. The prisoner requested him to accompany him back to th e ship for the purpose of locking up his cabin. He told him that could not be allowed; on which the prisoner swore in a most dreadful manner, and said he would not go. A desperate struggle ensued on the quay, during which the prisoner forced him and a brother officer to the edge of the jetty, and knocked them both down, and, but for the fortunate intervention of a cask, they must have rolled into the dock basin, and perhaps have been drowned. The prisoner made his escape, and a hue and cry was immediately raised. The prisoner made for the tunnel which connects the eastern dock withlthe tobacco dock, when he was intercepted by a constable, who drove him back. The prisoner next made for the gate where the labourers wait for employment. It was immediately closed against him, and the prisoner, finding he was hemmed in on all sides, fought most desperately for upwards of three quarters of an hour, and it required the united exertions of six officers and two captains of ships to subdue the prisoner, and place NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Lieut. John Imrie (1811), died at his residence, Union-road, Landport, on the Bth instant, aged sixty-two, leaving a widow and ten children, eight of whom are totally unpro vided for, to lament his loss. The following are his services :—He entered the navy in March, 1793, on board the Robust, 74, Captain Lord Keith ; was at the siege and surrender of Toulon, and conveyed the ships home that surrendered there. Served on board the same ship with Captain Edward Thornbrough, and was in Lord Bridport's action off L'Orient, in June, 1795, and afterwards with Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron at the landing of the French emi grants in Quiberon ; went all through that expedition in the year 1795, and was in the same ship at the capture of the La Hoche (afterwards the Donegal in our service) and the squadron commanded by M. Bompart, with troops on board for the invasion of Ireland, in October, 1798 ; served in the same ship afterwards with Captains George Countless, William Brown, J. A. Ommans, and William Henry Jervis. In the month of September, 1801, was turned over to the Edgar, Captain Robert Walter Otway, and served in that ship while employed in Quiberon-bay, and at the Island of Jamaica, until the peace, when the Edgar was paid off, July, 1802. In August following the deceased was appointed to the Portmahone, where he served in the Channel with Captains Walter Gosset and Martine Neville, until the war broke out again; when he joined the Plover sloop, Com mander Richard Turner Hancock, on the Milford station. In April, in the year 1804, he joined the Courageoux for a passage to Jamaica, to join Ad miral Dacres, but the destination of that ship being altered she proceeded to the island of St. Helena with &convoy, and returned to England with another ; served on hoard the same ship, with Captain Richard Lee, in the action with Sir Richard Strachan in the month of Nov., 1805, and was in the same ship with Captain James Bissett at the capture of the Marengo and Belle Poule in 1806, and continued in the same ship at the blockade of Cadiz until May, when that ship was laid up at Chatham, her crew being draughted to several other ships; was then appointed to the Hyperion, and employed in the Mediterranean until October, 1809, when she returned to England with a convoy ; she was then ordered to the West Indies with convoy. On her arrival at Barbadoes in Fe bruary, 1800, he left that ship and joined the Pompey under Admiral Cochrane, where he remained, and in the Neptune with the Admiral until July, 1810, when the Admiral appointed him to the Frolic, in which ship he served on the West India station until May, 1811, when he joined the Dragon, Rear-Admiral Sir Tho:nas Lafoney, and on the 28th of the same month was appointed to the Surinam sloop, and served on the coast of Surinam until September, 1811, on the 10th of which month he was confirmed to the rank of Lieutenant, and returned to England. In September following he was appointed to her Majesty's ship Boxer, Commander Blythe, and in October was re moved to the Barham, 74, Capt. Spranger ; was em ployed in the Channel until March, 1813, in July of which year he was appointed to the Egmont, 74, Capt. Bingham, and was employed in her at the blockade of Rochefort, until hoisting the flag of Rear-Admiral Penrose, who commanded the squadron which forced an entrance into the Gironde ; after which he was employed in conveying the troops from that river to England until the ship was paid off. In November, 1840, Lieutenant Imrie was appointed to the Java, 1,880 tons, as Admiralty agent for transports, in which ship he served conveying troops and stores to various ports until January, 1845, when he left her in China (Hong-Kong), the Government having no further use for her services. He then joined the Cambrian, 36, Commodore Chads, by order of Ad miral Cochrane, for passage home. While on the passage, having a screen b ert h un d er t h e h a lf d eck with other supernumeraries, just after retiring to his cot, and while sitting up in it, one of the main deck half ports, placed over his head, came down by the run (the ship rolling heavily at the time), striking and throwing him out on the gun, whereby his collar bone and two of his ribs were broken, and other parts of his body injured internally, which compelled him to resign as agent for transports on the 6th of August, 1845, since which time he has been a great sufferer. The internal injuries at length turned to mortifica tion, and death ensued on Wednesday last. Mr. John Irnrie, Second Master, late of the Rhadamathus steam-transport, is the eldest son of the deceased veteran, whose remains were interred this day, fols lowed to their last resting place by numbers of friends and admirers of his bravery in the service of his country, and his character as a husband, father, and friend. The Trincomalee, 25, Captain R. L. Warren, went out of harbour this afternoon under topsails, foresail, and jib, in a very admirable manner. This is a sister ship to the Amphitrite, a reduced 46 gun frigate, teak built, 1,066 tons, of the French Leda class. She (.'O4 , 1.0 ) rilti Ii 1 4 1 uoi *lt ta It 441 ,~ t 46 ~'~ so ~