Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-04 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER —Ye3TERDAY. (FROM Ora OWN REPORTER.) The summer assizes for the county of Chester com menced yesterday before the Right Hen. Sir A C xrkburn, Lord Chief Jattice of the Court . of Common Piens, and Mr. Justice Crowder. The Chief Jastice presided in the Nisi Pries court, and Mr. Justice Crowder in the Crown Court. There are sixty-one cases in the calendar, many of them serious offences. They include a case of murder, in which the prisoner, John Blagg, stands charged with wilfully shooting John Bebbington, a gamekeeper, at Tunstall, the 16th of April list. The grand jury, of which Earl Grosvenor, M.P., was foreman having been swore, His LORDSHIP prcceeded to deliver his charge. He said—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, I am sorry that I cannot upon this occasion congratulate you or your county on the state of the calends: which now lies before me. It is one in which there will be presented for your conside ration cases of a very serious nature, indeed. Looking generally at the oalendar, although, as compared with that of the summer of 1836, the numbers are nearly equal, yet. as regards the respective nature of the crimes with which the prisoners are charged, I regret to say that the present is a much heavier calendar. It shows, therefore, I am sorry to add, an increase of crime in this county, and presents a painful contrast to what I experienced last week in the counties of South Wales. Within the past few days I have passed through a number of counties in South Wales, in all of which I have had to congratulate grand juries, both as to the number and character of the offences charged. No doubt your county is in the midst of a very considerable population, from the extent cf manufactures carried on within it, and one wocld expect to see more cases than in the other counties to which I have referred, but it is my painful duty to inform you that you will have brought before you one charge of murder. I have looked over the depositions, and they seem to me to lead strongly to the conclusion of the guilt of the prisoner. It will be on circumstantial evidence that the prisoner's guilt will be established, if it be brought home to him. The charge is that the prisoner murdered a gamekeeper. He was found dead between five and six o'clock in the morning. He had been shot, and a gun had been found a short distance from his body. A short time before the body of the deceased was found, the prisoner was seen a short distance from the spot. On several occasions, in consequence of the deceased having taken from him a gun, he expressed himself in terms which showed that he desired to have the life of the deceased, and had been heard to say, that if he had as opportunity, he would shoot him. Certain footmarks in the field near where the deceased was discovered, was found to tally with the prisoner's boots, under rather peculiar circumitances. In these footmarks there were the indications of 22 nail marks, and there were 22 nails in the prisoner's boots, which exactly corresponded with these marks. These facts, along with the threats used by the prisoner, and the further fact that he had frequently been found poaching. were the main circumstances in the evidence against him. With respect to the other cases of a serious characterin the calendar,he found that there were six persons charged with arson, twelve with burglary, six with cutting and wounding, three with forgery, one with manslaughter, nine with the commission of rape in its differeut forms, and seven with highway rohbery, a body of offences of the gravest character. He had compared the calendar with that of 1856, with reference to some of the more serious cases, an 4 he found that in 1856 there were 10 burglaries where now there were twelve. In 1856 there were two charges of rape, now there were nine. In the present calendar there were seven persons charged with house breaking, whilst in 1355 there were none. It was there fore spite clear, that if they looked at the figures, the present calendar was very heavy indeed. Having referred at some length ,to several of the cases in the calen dar, his Lordship glanced at the working of the various Reformatories in different pars cf England, expressing himself favourable to the experiment which was being tried. He next alluded to the act of parliament passed on the 26th of June last, and which came into operation so recently as the 4th of July, abolishing entirely the sentence of transportation, and substituting in its place an extended system of penal servitude. It was a most important act of parliament. Under its provisions, penal servitude for life, and intermediate terms, could be im posed, and it provided for reds deg penal servitude to three years, whereas hitherto it could not be imposed for less than four years. The provisions of the new act attached this to penal servitude—that while a man was undergoing his sentence it was competent to remove him from this country to the colonies, just as much so as under the old system. That should be fully known, because otherwise it might be thought that transportation was abolished altoge ther. The cases tried dur7rig the day were unimportant, and •"`""a*- 1 """WiSf 'enl eretnintti."--' The Lord Chief Justice entered the court shortly after eleven o'clock. The cause list contains fifteen cases, several of which are snecial jury issues. They include the case " Peto and Others v. the Corporation of Liverpool," arising out of a contract entered into by the plaintiffs in connection with the Great Float at Birkenhead. THE THANMERE ALLOTMENT ScciErr.—TetosapsoN STEEL.—The plaintiff is this case is a builder in Birken head, and sought to recover £l9 6s, the balance of an account for the building of two villas at Tranmere, in con nexion with the Tranmere Allotment Society. The de fendant claimed £l7 as a set-of, bing £1 per week, the sum agreed upon at the time of making the contract, as the penalty of non-completion within a given time. As there was every prospect of a long contention as to the balance in dispute, a reference to Mr. W. Cole, architect, of Birkenhead, was suggested, and was eventually agreed upon, on the understanding that he was to examine the witnesses at Birkenhead, and meke his award during the present week. Mr. Welsby and Mr. Jones appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Groves, Q.C., and Mr. Jackson for the defendant. JURISDICTION OF THE JUDGES OVIR THE CITY OF Carsvna.—CLAYTON v. RISC E —The plaintiff in this case is a horbe-dealer in Yorkshire, aul the defendant is agent to the Earl of Sefton, at Ccostetb. The action was brought to recover damages from the defendant for the sale of a mare, warranted to be sound, but which turned out to be unsound. When the case was called upon, Mr. Welsby on the part of the defendant, contended that his lordship had no jurisdiction in that court in the case, because the plaintiff had chosen to lay the venue in the "City of Chester." Atter some conversation, His Lordship directed the commission to be sent for, and ou perusing it said that he had no j irisdiction, as the commission was for the County Palatine of Chester. The case was therefore ordered to be struck out. HOME CIRCUIT.—MarnsroNE, JULY 31. RTFORE AIR JUSTICE WILLES. TRIAL OF GEORGE EDWARDS FOR MURDERING lIIS BMOTOER. —George Kehl)le Edwards, 18, described as a farm labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Edwards, his brother, by nearly chopping his Lead to pieces with an axe. The circumstances of this case were of a most dreadful eharaeter ; but the facts lay in a very narrow compass, and the crime was clearly established against the prisoner by the evidence for the prosecution% It appeared that the parents of the prisoner hired a small house, in a street called Bedford-row, at Maidstone, and that the prisoner, the deceased (who was 21 years old), and a younger brother named Samuel, all lived together. The deceased appeared to be . a hard-working, well-conduci;ed young man, who, by his exertioce, aided to support the family in respectability; but the prisoner appeared to have beon an idle, good-for-nothiog fellow, who would not work, bat sub , isted in idleness upon his fatbel'e and brother's exertions. On Mond kv, the 16th of March, the father of the prisoner told him he had get some work for him at the establishment where he was him self employed, and the prisoner made soma evasive answer, to the effect that he had get . work at som e othe r place. The deceased en hearing this told the p r i soner i that if he did not go to work when t was obtained for him he would turn him oat of duorY, and the prisoner appeared very angry at what his brother said', and there was very littl e d ou bt t h a t l ie was ac t ua t e d by a feeling of revenge in the crime that he subsequent.ly COMlDltteri. Tae dreadful occurreeee took place on the night of the 18 , 11 of March. It seemed that the deceased young man came h m e from his work about half-past eight o'clock, and he at once proceeded to the bed-room that was occupied by the prisoner and himself, which was the back room on the first fl )or. About half-past nine, the father and the other brother, &mud, went to their bedroom, which was in the front of the house, and the mother of the prisoner at up for him, and ebout a quarter to ten be came home. She t went up to her own bed-room, and as she passed the room cf the. deceased, she saw him in bed, and ap parently adeep. The prisoner remained down st airs, but shortly afterwards he was heard by his mother to go iuto the bad--oom.w here the deecaied was, and the mother then went down stairs, ors account, as it eppared, of the prisoner being in the habit of going out late at night, to see if the house was fastened, and she found the front door locked, and that the beck door was also properly secured Nothing more occurred encil about half-past twelve o'clock at night, when the mother was awoke by hearing a noise as of some perscn moaning in her sou's bed-room, aid she im mediately struck a light ar.d proceeded there, when an awful sight presented itself. The unfortunate deceased was lying upon the bed, with several dreadful gashes upon his head, and the pillows and bedding were completely saturated with blood. The prisoner was gone, and be had evidently got away from the house by jumping out of the window, which was found open, and two garden pots that had been upon the window sill had been knocked down by him in his flight. Upon the room being searched. there was fenni under the bed an axe covered with blood anal hair. It was a moat fearful weapon, the edge of the blade being nine or ten inches long, and weighing at least ten pounds, and it sufficiently accounted for the dreadful injuries that were discovered upon the heed of the deceased. Mr. Saunders, a surgeon living at Maidstone, was promptly in attendance ; but although the unhappy young man was alive, he wes perfectly unconscious, and nothidg could be done to alleviate his Buntings, and at eight o'clock the same morning he expired. A more careful examination of the injuries he had received was then made, and it was ascertained that the skull and scalp had been fractured most d;.eadfully in two places, and that the membrane of the brain had been severed, and the jawbone was also broken. There was no doubt that all these frightful injuries had been occasioned by the axe that was produced, and the surgeon ex pressed, an opinion, from the character and direction of the wounds, that they had been inflic4 el while the unhappy deceased was in a reclining position, and most probably while he was asleep. He also stated that the first blow must have been mortal, and that it produced immediate unconsciousness. Nothing was seen of the prisoner until nine o'clock the same morning, when he made his appear ance at the house of an uncle at Brompton, near Recheeer. and he breakfasted with him, and, in answer to the question of what brought him to Bronaptoa, he said that he had come from Maidstone on the previous night with a young woman, and that he had st)p-d late with her, and so he thought he would take a stroll and see his uncle. He then said that he was very tired, and laid down and slept till five o'clock in the afternoon, when he had some tea, and, in the course of the conversation he had with his uncle on this day, ha said that his father was at work, and also that his brother Thomas had got work, but that he himself had not done anything since the hop season. The prisoner went away from his uncle's house at nine o'clock on the night of the 19th March. stating that he was going to Maidstone, but on the following morning he was met by one of the Rochester police in the Hich-street, Ro chester, and he, having received information of the murder, and the description of the prisoner, took him into custody. Mr. Denman addressed the jury in the prisoner's behalf, and endeavoured to shew that he was not in a sound state of mind at the time he committed the dreadful crime. The learned judge summed up, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. His lordship then put on the black cnn, and after making a few obeervations upon the dreadful character of his crime, seetenced him to ho execuael, at the same time telling him that his (loom was certain, and advised him to make use of the short space that remained to him in this world, in endeavouring to obtain pardon from the Almieitty for this awful crime. The prisoner, who betrayed no emo tion during the trial, or when the sentenoe was delivered, then walked away from the bar with a firm step. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1857. MAIDS rONE, AUGIIBT 1. Aikr INSANE Coxvicr.—George Campbell, 33, engine fitter, was brought up for sentence just before the ad journment of the Criminal Court. It will be remembered that this prisoner, while an inmate of Maidstone Gaol, stabbed a fellow prisoner with a shovel, and although it appeared that the act was committed under such circum stances which clearly showed that the prisoner was insane, that the Medical officers of the prison at once certified to that effect, and that he was removed to the county lunatic asylum, where he remained upwards of twelve months before he was considered iu a fit state to be removed, Mr. justice Willes, when he tried him, ruled that inasmuch as the surgeon was unable to state that at the time the offence was committed the prisoner was not aware that he was striking the how and that it was au enlawrul act, the jury would not be justified in acqnitting the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and that the only questions they could legally consider were whether the intent of the prisoner was to murder, or only to do grievous bodily h ,rm. The jury, upon this ruling, evidently however with great reluctance, found the prisoner guilty unoa the minor charge, but judgment was respited. Mr. Justice Wines thee sentenced the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for f ,ur years, at the same time informing; trim thit the condition of his mind would be inquired into, and that the Secretary of State might interfere in, the matter if he thought proper to do so. OUTRAGEOUS GAROTTE ROBBERY BY FEMALEF. Johanna Flannagan, 47, Margaret Flannagart, 20, and Mary Reddinton, 32, ill looking femi'es, were charged at the Southwark Police-court on Saturday with cqainiitting an outrageous assaul-, upon Margaret Croty, and robbing her of her bonnet, shawl, her pet icoat and shops, under the following daring circumstance; : —The prosecutyiz, a siding at 17, Mev-pond, Bermondsey. On Thursday night she had been to the West end, and on re!urnitg home she missed her way in Gravel-lane, Southwark. and seeing the younger prisoner at the corner of a passage she asked her the way to the Borough. She told her she was going wrong and took her up the court, saying that was the nearest way. Witness accompanied- her a short dis tance up the yard when she was saddtraly pushed down and pulled into a house when her clothes were torn off her back. In the struggle she was severely injured, and after a little while she was thrust into the court in a state of nudity. When she recovered she missed her bonnet, show], petticoat, &c., and fearing that she might be murlered she made her way to the station-house nd give inf,rrna don of the occurrence. She was then attended to by a medical gentleman and sent home. In the eeursa of the day she attended at the police station and identified the prisoners as the parties who vaulted and robbed her. Scanlan, 177 N, said he met the prosecutria on Thursday night, and accompanied her to the station house. She was stripped of everthing except her gown a-d iseme ate under clothing. After she hid given information of the outrage, witness, acclmpanied by 166 M, went to Glasshouse-yard, Gravel-lane, where the robbery was committed, and apprehended the prisoners. They denied all knowledge of the prnsecutrix or the rob'lery. The magistrate said be s'noul I remand the prisoners until Friday next to give the officer an opportunity of making further Eng ,fries. SHOCKING DEPR&VIrY. HUNTER V. AGNES WILL')I:GrIBY -nig was an action brought in the Bloomsbury county court, on Saturday. Mr. Hunter, upholsterer, Tottenham•court road, sued the defendant, " a lady" residing, at No. 1, Eccleston-terrace, Pimlico, for the sum of £l5 10i., for goods sold. The proof of service of the summons was disputed on a former day, and now came on for decision, and the evidence given on the part of defendant, disclosed some most revolting details. E. Bartlett, the officer of the Westminster County C .urt, in tshic'a district the de fendant resides, stated that he left the summons in due course at defendant's house, as above, and gave it to a female servant, about four o'clock in the afternoon. To disprove this statement, defendant's solicitor called the sister, Theresa, a young and beautiful girl, about thirteen years old, who swore she took in the summons; no one else was present, and she afterwards gave it to John Burden. " the butler." In cross examin ation she said she said she was defendant's sister, and lived wish her and her mother in the house. Anne Rogers, a woman dressed in the height of fashion, with a pro fusion of crinoline, was called by Mr. Bickloy. She said: I am mother of the defendant, and I act as her house keeper. I am, in fact, her servant, and receive wages from her. There was no one present when the summons was given to my daughter Theresa. No other female lives in the house, only myself and daughter. Agnes has n't had the summons. Cro s-examined by Mr. Ablett : I have told you I am servant to my daughter (then adding with the greatest effrontery) : She sees gentlemen. I can't tell you how many. She gets her living that way. Has no other mode of supporting herself. My daughter sees the same gentlemen that visit her sistee Agnes; I have an inc'me amp own quite sufficient to keep me, but I always take my regular wages from my daughter Agnes. Ages keeps a brougham. She has a butler and secretary. (A. thrill of horror pervaded the whole court while this woman was giving her evidence.) John Burden was next tilled, and said : I am " butler ' in the Lady Agnes'n est a bli s h men t ; my wages are £5O . a year. I took the summons, put it in a drawer, and never give it to the secretary or "my lady" till w ithi n four days of the hearing. Mr. Ablett, in a most feeling speech, remarked upon the depravity of the parties giving evi :cute in this case, and appealed to his lie our whether the least reliance could be placed upon the testimony of such a man professing to be " butler" to a brothel, and who had said he had taken in the summons after Therese, the sister, had sworn she took it in. Mr. Ablett urged upon his Honour if the ser vice was not proved, defendant tvnild keep out of the way, and the plaintiff be defrauded. fits Honour set I the proof of service had been sufficently given by Bartlett, and he disbe ieved all that the witnesses had sworn to for the d e f ence , w hi c h h e cons id ere d di erepn t s t e 7 e to all parties c meerned in it. Mr. Ablett then called plaintiff's foreman as to the &livery of the goods, and a verdict was given fur the full amount claimed, with coats of attorney y d witnesses, two days attendance, and ordered execution to issue instanter against defend ant's goods. Then, addressing the mother, his Honour said : Woman, your conduct is truly disgusting, you are bringing up a young and I , autiful child (looking at Theresa) in a career of vice and infamy. She might, under better guidance prove an ornament to her sex, but yon have contaminated her in her early years. The disclosures made are revolting. - I cannot conceive a case more deplorable or one more fraught with greater depravity than that of a mother bringing up her children in such vice, and unblushingly asserting she takes her wages out of the earnings of her daughter's prostitution. I shall consider it my duty to lay these facts before the proper authorities. in order that, if possible, a prosEcution may be instituted against such a place of infamy. The parties then, amidst the seJrn of all present, left the court, and all seemed to fe?l the severe censure of the learned ju 'ga, except the mother ; and a brougham being in waiting, she gaily stepped in, and in a short time after the money was paid. POLICE INTELLIGENC E.-YE iTZEDAY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MESSRS. HAYWOOD AND DIXON'. A " &MIES "—John G lcreet, a stout locking fellow, described as a porter, was charged with having assaulted police officers 295, 776, 734, and another offieer, who is at pres.oet in hospital, suffering from the injuries he received. The constables said there was a fight at the corner of Whitley-street, Gre Howard -street, and they went to quell it. The prisoner was the ring-leader of the gang, and when 203 came up, the prisoner etruek him a desperate blow on the l eft eye, and injured him very much. 776 then presented himself, when he was " grounded" (knocked down) and kicked desperately in the legs by the prisoner. The prisoner then made his escape into a cellar in Whitley-street, followed by officers 734 and 736. The latter officer was struck by the prisoner with a brick or stone on the head and 11 gored, when he was kicked all over the body. When 734 eetered the cellar door, the prisoner caught him between the post and the door, making a lever of the latter, and nearly tqusezing the life out of him. Nearly half a division of police were required before the prisoner was captured. 736 was not able to attend, and the prisoner was remanded until the officer could appear. REALLY BLIND DetiNK."—A wall-known character about town, a blind man, who sells matches in the street, who gave his name as Thomas ()may, was charged by police officer 82, who said he saw the prisoner in Tithbarn street on Saturday night. He was very drunk, and, beyond comparison, disorilerly. He had been shouting to "hell wide the Pope and Pop cry," and some one not relishing this knocked the unfortunate man down, and his face was terribly cut and bruised. The cfficec wanted him to ge away, but he refused, and created a still greater disturbance than before. He was not only blind, but was " blind drunk," and at last he was obliged to lock him up. The poor fellow presented a vary delapideted appearance, and his Worship told him not to get drunk again, and then discharged him. INDECENT CONDUCT.—Two well dressed persons, whcse names appeared as Thomas Wright and Isaac Birch, a book-keeper and labourer, were charged by police-officer 431, who said he was stationed every Sunday at Ashcroft's farm, on the canal at Bootle, to prevent persons from bathing in the canal. On the previous day the prisoners, with others, were in the canal, and when they got out, they ran about the bank in a very indecent manner, and when he spoke to them on the great impropriety of their conduct, they said—" you blazing thief, what robbery did you commit that got you two stripes on your arm ? It must be a good robbery that you committed when you got two stripes for it." There were several respectable ladies passing the place. The prisoners admitted that they were bathing, but denied that it was a thoroughfare, and said it was quite a private place for the purpose. If they acted otherwise wrong they were very sorry for it, and would not do so any more. His worship discharged them, with a strong caution. " TnE ilf6 OSMAN."—George Cowan. the " magnnao," who was reman led on a che ge of robbing a policeman of £2O, was brought up, and the case having been re-heard, Mr. Goodere, for the prisoner, contended that there was no evidence to convict him ; but the bench thinking other wis?, sent the prisoner for trial. to Mr. Cowan) they would not only steal the money out of a man's pocket, bat would steal the cross off an asses' back, or the whiskey out of a tumbler of punch ! He made poor Thomas put his money up in a peculiar manner in paper, and handling it to see if it was all safe, he declared it was beyond the power of any thief to take it, if the owner only took care of it. He then handed it back, and very kind y sent a cab home with Thomas to his lodging, having first made an appointment to meet next day, to finally arrange for the voyage. On reaching home Thomas found the packa,e, externally, very like that in which his gold had been deposited, but nothing could ba more dissimilar than the interior—for, instead of twenty four new golden Victories, the paper contained twenty-four old copper farthings ! Some how or other, the prisoner forgot to keep his appointment next day, but he little dreamt at the time that his dupe would be converted into an officer of justice to arrest and punish him for his villiany. Thomas being left destitute on the streets of Liverpool communicated the facts to the police, but they failed to catch the pris ner. Thomas applied to be put on the police force, in order to make out support for himself ani wife, and having received first-rate recommendation to Major Greig, sad his character being excellent, he was accordingly appointed Just as he was going off duty the pre vious morning,who should encounter him on his beat but the man of many names, who felt rather astonished when he seized him by the neck, but although Thomas' c!othes had changed in the meantime, his eyesight had not—indeed it would be hard if he mistook the prisoner's appearance. Mr. Goodere said his client instruc - ed him to repudiate the story altogether, and to say that he was not known to the police. Detective officer Thompson said he was not known by his present assumed name, but ho was up under at least a hundred other names—he was one of the most notorious villains in Europe The complainant said he could bring several persons to identify him, and the pri soner was remanded for that purpose. Mr. Goodere said he would reserve his defence. _ _ _ CRUELTY TO A DUMB CHILD.—III Saturday's paper we gave the details of s me cruel treatment by a mother, Ellen Reed, to her dumb daughter, in Wolfe-street, Park. The prisoner was brought up again on Saturday, and the case heard de novo, when the prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT AT RAPE AND MURDER HEIR CBE3TER. Yesterday, at the Chester Town Hall, a man, named John Woolley, was placed before the magistrates on a charge of committing a murderous outrage on the person of a young woman, named Mrs. Williams, whose husband is in the employ of Mr. Woods, of the Saltney Foundry. The prisoner was also charged with stabbing a girl, named Jane Wainwright, who was in company with Mrs. Williams at the time. The particulars of the case will best be gathered from the evidence which was given in support of the charge against the prisoner. Mrs. Williams, who appeared in a very weak state from loss of blood, in coaseqnence of the wounds she had received, was the first witness examined. The poor woman was unable to walk, aid was supported on her entrance to, and departure from, the court. She said that on Saturday afternoon, about halc-past four o'clock, she was returning from Chester market to Saltney, in company with the girl, Wainwright. They had passed through Curzon-park, and when getting over a style in a footpath leading into an adjoining field, the prisoner canoe up, and s - ruck at the girl, who ran away. He then seized hold of witnes3, and threw her down. She thought, he wanted to rob or murder her, and she cried out to him, "Have mercy on me for the sake of my child, and I will give you all I have got—l will give you my pocket." He then attempted to take improper 1 bertias with her, and she resisted. A struggle took place between them, and when she refused to allow him to take liberties with her, he pulled out a large pocket-knife and stabbed her several times about the breast and neck. In the struggle, she managed to get hold of the knife. She screamed as loud as she could, when a man came to her ass'stance, and then the prisoner ran away. Jane Wainwright said that on Saturday afternoon the was in company with the, last witness, when they were going across the footpath beyond Curzon-park, on their way to Saltney. As they were gluing over a style they met the prisoner, who made a stab at witness. She was very much alarmed and ran away, screaming, towards Saltney. Some time afterwards she returned, and met Nlrs. Williams, who had been stabbed in s,veral places, and was bleeding about the neck and breast; her clothes were all over blood. William Rowlands, clerk to Mr. Williams, tobacconist, of Chester, said, that between four and five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, he was going along the footpath towards Saltney, near Curzon Park, when he heard the screams of a female. He ran towards the spot from whence the screams proceeded, and meson r n • • - ev'Ts gcreatiel ng and struggling very much, and bleeding about the neck. Witness got hold of the prisoner aid pulled him off the woman. He then ran away pursued by witness. Witness overtook him, and the prisoner then jumped into a ditch, aed attempted to hide himself. Witness then said to him, "It's of no use you stopping there, because I will follow you up until you are taken." In a few minutes afterwards Police constable No. 10 came up, and witness reeve the prisoner into custody. Mr. Weaver, surgeon, of Chester, deposed to having examined the wounds which had been inflicted en Mrs. Williams. Teey were six in number, one above each breast, one on the breast, and three in the neck. They were of a dan gerous character, bat he was in hopes that she would recover. Police•constable No. 10, produced the knife with vshich the prisoner inflicted the wounds. The blade was covered with blood. The clothes which the poor woman had on at the time were produced, and were saturated with blond. Mr. Massy, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the prisoner, and, acting upon his advice, he declined to say anything. The Mayor then stated that the bench had decided to commit him to the assizes, on two separate indictments—one on a charge of attempt to murder, and the other charging him with an attempt to commit a rape. SATURDAY. BEFORE MR. lIAYWOOD. CURIOUS CONDUCT.—In elderly person of respectable appearance, who gave her name as Ann Copeland, the wife of a master tailor who resides at Kensington-terrace, was charged by Mr. Henry Francis, a cabinet maker, of 118, Scotland-road, with having annoyed him. M . Bluck de fended Mrs. Copeland. Tae complainant sa id that for the last three weeks the defendant was in the hab i t of calling .at his shop and private house, and annoying h i m in every way. She came to the slop the previous day, with a crowd of drunken people, and created a great disturbance, so much so that he was obliged to give her into custody. Mr. Black : What did she annoy you for ? I don't . know, as I don't know her at all. Mr Bluck : Nor anything about he: ? Nothing whatever. Mr. Bluck : Very strange ; but was sue-. -MACK : %vas sae in the shop ? No. le:t at the she door, and she came to my private house also a n d anno y e d me there. Mr. Black called two witnesses, who gave a different version of the case, by showing that the dispute arose in consequence of the complainant going up a passage adjoining the house of complainant. This, however, was denied by complainant. The defendant was cautioned not to ge near Mr. Francis in future, which she promised to co, and was then discharged. ALLEGED STREET ROBBERY.—TWO ill-looking fellows, named Thomas Jones and Patrick G ee h an , d escr ib e d as carters, were charged with having knocked down and robbed Jame3;Henry Johnston, the mate of a ship, of £2 5s se the top of Preston-street. It appeared that after twelve o'clock the previous night the prisoners attacked complainant, knocked him down, and took £2 5s out of his pocket. It was, however, stated teat the prosecutor, 1 as well as the prisoners, were " blind" drunk, and did not well know what fhey were doing. The prisoners were fined 5s for being drunk. ALLEGED ROBBERY OF £362.—John Murphy, a well dressed man, described as a bta ding-house keeper, at 29, Denison-street, was charged with having stolen £362, belonging to an Irish butcher and cattle dealer, named William Doughney, of Dublin. Inspector Kehoe opened the case, and said the prosecutor was an Irish cattle dealer and butcher, raiding in Dublin. He had disposed of a quantity of cattle, and was on his way to Dahlia, when he went to the house of the prisoner, where he was in the habit of lodging. Ile gave the prisoner's wife £362 to keep safe for him. The prisoner found out where the woman had put it, and it appeared that he had took it and went to Birkanhead the same (Monday) evening. He was reported to the police, and an officer frcm Neston went in search of him, and at Amlwcb, in Wale=, the prisoner was arrested with 4329 of he money in his possession. Police-sergeant Steen, of Neston, said he went in pursuit of the prisoner, and arrested him in an hotel in Amlwch, when the prisoner ADMIRALTY AUGUST, 1 185 . 7 —The Lords Corn said to him, " It's all right; don't expose me hare in the missioners of the Admiralty, at a late hour last coffee room of the hotel, as I have the money. and am night received despatches from Rear-Admiral Sir g ling home (to Liverpool) with i t ." He got £329 is with th , prisoner. William Doughney, the prosec u t or (wh o , Michael Seymour, of which the following arc alteongh a butcher, looked vary "sheepish" on the occa- copies : sion,) said-1 am an Irish butcher, and being cattle to OPERATIONS IN CANTON RIVER. th's market. On noneley evedng, I had notes. gold, &c., a together amounting to £362 le, and I went to the house CALCUTTA, AT HONG KONG, JUNE 10, 1857,—Sia : I have of John Murphy, the prisoner, 29, Denison-street, to lodge the honour to report proceedings in the Canton River since I gave all the money to Mrs. Murphy, to keep sa f e f or me. my letter by the packet of 25th May. I went out with the prisoner and two other persons, lana 2 The arrival of the Tribune and Amethyst having en finding I had no money in my pocket, I said t o t h e pr i - abled me to re i n f orce C ommo d ore H onourable C. G. J. B. sone-, "Go ail her (his wife), and bring me out a Elliot, the senior offiter in the river, that officar at once sovereign. lie went to the plate where she had hid the commenced offensive operations against the junk forces; money, and took it all, and ran away with it. I did not and on the 25 and 27th ultimo, hs took the gun-boats of give the money to him, but to Mrs. Murphy, but I think her Majesty's ships under his orders, up the Escape Creak, he knew about it. She was the first to make an alarm about against the fleet which has been so long stationed in its it when he want away. Cross-examined by Mr. Bluck. inner waters, where he had the good fortune to capture or I know him for many years, aed was always a good friend destroy about forty Mandarin war junks, in a manner which to hint ; I considered he was an honest man, bat of latter has called forth my entire approval. I bag to invite the days I think she was ho'tester than he was. I did not attention of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to hear from her that she gave him the money to keep, Commodore Elliot's enclosed report of the proceedings, and because, when she m'ssed it, she was the first to give the to the officers he has named for their conduct in the affair., alarm. Did the prisoner know you gave her the money 3. In my letter, No. 119, I signified Ty intention of to keep ? I think he did. Ido not wish to press the proceeding up the Canton River. I accordingly embarked charge if I get the money, that is all I want. You sent in the Coromandel steam tender, Lieutenant Sholto Doug him tit a soveseien to her ? Yes, out of the money that I las commanding, on the 29th May, and with the remaining gave her. . Here Mre Murphy, who appeared to b e many gan- bO ate , an d t h e b oats o f h er M a j esty ' s sh i p Calcutta, year, jam n. to her husband, and might be called hand- under the command of Commander H. R. Rolland, arrived some, rushed 13... hind the witness in ihe box and exclaimed the same day at the second bar. in a load v ece, " It's a lie, he gave the money to my 4. I was reluctantly under the necessity of depriving husband to keep, and not to me." Mr. Ruck contended myself of the urgently proffered services of my flag captain, hat th to fitt that c told be made out of the case was a W. K. Hall, whose presence at Hong Kong has long, un breach of tru-t. The greater portion of the money was der trying circumstances, proved most beneficial to the receversd, an : 1 tee prosecutor said he did not wi-h t o p ress co l on y. H the cese. e- Worshto took a different view of the case, 5. Having now an adequee force at my disposal, I lost ant sent the prisoner for tri a l. no time in taking the necessary steps for an attack on the " Coeicisio 'yxt•sittiset. —A rather remarkable looking war junks, which had been visible up the Fatshan Creek man, who gate his naral as George Cowan, bat who, ac- since the 4th of January last, when they made so deter cording to a rep t of the police, had an alias numbering mined and well arranged an attempt to recapture the as many as ,re in the was cea-ged under the follow- M'tcao Fort and block up the channel. The enclosed ing cit cum taros. Mr. Goodere defeuded. The copy of a general memorandum to the squadron, and prisoner was said to helo na to the most extensive gang abstract statement (numbered 2 and 3) will show my ar. of thieves in Fe g'and, and to he a sort of fiell-marshal ringenients and the disposition and nature of the force comienn , nder in-chief of black lags, pickpocket?, btrglare, selected for the purpose, which proceeded on the 31st of coiner,', and •‘ ine4 mei) " Inspector Kehoa stated the May to the upper part of the river. case, and it •pi easca that on the 10th June, a young 6. Just before daybreak on the Ist of June I advanced man named John Th-iniss, a native of Wales, along with up the Fatshan Creek in the Coromandel, the Haughty his wife, arrived in Liverpool on their way to America. following, having in both vetsels detachments of seamen, Thomas bad abut £25 in gold, and whilst engaged about under the command of Commodore the Honourable Chas. the ship that was to convey him to New York, the pri- Elliot, and of Royal Marines in charge of Captain Robert sorer picked him up, saying he wa s going to America in Boyle, R M., and the other officers and boats attached the wee vessel. He won considerably on the poor Welsh- to the Ist division, in order to capture a fort with out man's confidecce and after " wheedling" him about the works, mounting nineteen guns, on an advanced elevated town for twoor three d a y s , h e contr i ve d to wheedle" p o i n t, w hi c h comman d e d t h e a pp roac h to the pos i t i on him out of his money, by an ingenious device, thus:— occupied by the junk forces. The fl'ght of several He gave Thomas parti cu l ar di rect i ons to b e caut i ous s i gnal rockets showed that the Chinese were fully alive to about his money, as Liverpool was a place of great danger, our proceedings. When within about 1,500 yards of the fort —full of all sorts of thieves, and so expert, that (according the Coromandel grounded on a barrier of sunken junks OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM THE CHINESE WATERS. THE LONDON GAZETTE EX CRAORDINARY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1857. filled with stones, and the enemy opened fire. The land ing party of seamen and marines were immediately put in the boats, and sent ahead, and under a very heavy fire of round and grape, in which the junk fleet joined, the fort was almost immediately in our possession, Commodore Elliot se•ting the good example of being one of the first in it. The landing was partially covered by the fire from the Haughty. One or two of the guns in the fort were immediately turned on the war junks. Happily this im portant service was effected without lose. The position was a remarkably strong one, and, defended by a body of resolute troops, might have bid defiance to any attack. The Haughty, having landed her party, went on with Commo dore Elliot and the boats of the Ist Division, to co ope rate with Commodore Keppel. I ordered a portion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant and Adjutant Burton, to remain as a garrison in the fort, and sent Captain Boyle, with the remainde-, about 150 in number, to the scene of operations by land, to cut off the enemy retreat ing from the junks, and to prevent the advancing boats being annoyed by gingalls or matchlocks from a large vil lage adjoining —a favourite tactic with the Chinese. One half of this force was ultimately sent back to the fort, and the remainder joined the squadron up the creek. 7. As soon as Commodore the Hon. H. Keppel perceived the men of the lsr division ascending the heights, he ad vanced up the channel on the east side of Hyacinth Island, with the gun and other boats of the 2nd, 3rd, and .I'h divi sions, in the or ler st ited in the programme. With the exception of the Haughty and Plover, the gun-boats soon grounded, but agreeably w:th my instructions, the boats were pushed ahead. The junks which were admirably moored in position to enfilade the whole of the attacking force, soon opened a vary heavy fire, keeping it up with great spirit until our boats were close alongside, when the crews commenced to abandon their vessels, and to effect their escape across the paddy fields. The blowing up of one or two junks hastened this m )vemont. In about twenty minutes we had possession of fifty junks. 8. Leaving the 3rd and 4th divisi ma to secure the prizes, Commodore Keppel then proceeded about three miles fur ther up the creek, where more mast-heals were visible, and found twenty junks moored aercss the stream in a very strong position, which opened such a well directed and destructive fire, that he was obliged to retire and wait fur reinforcements. The launch of the Calcutta was sunk by a round shot, the commodore's galley had three round shot through her, and several other boats were much injured. On additional boats coming up, the commodore shifted to the Calcutta's black barge, and again advanced, and, after a severe action, the enemy gave way. They were pursued as far as Fatshan, a distance of seven miles, and seventeen of them captured and burnt. In consequence of my orders not to molest this large and important city, the three junks which passed through the creek oa which it is built effected their escape. 9. The result of the expedition was the capture of between seventy and eighry heavily-armed junks, mounting, on an average, from ten to fourteen guns (many of them long 32- pounders), nearly all of European manufacture. As no object would have been gainei by removing the prizes, I caused them, with a few exceptions, to be burnt ; and the flames and numerous heavy explosions must have been seen and heard far and wide. yv 10. This engagement opens a new era in Chinese naval warfare. Great judgment was shown in selecting the position for the fleet, and the Chinese, particularly the last division attacked by Commodore Keppel, defended their ships with ekill, courage, and effect. I enclose a list of casualties, which I regret to state is large, amounting to three officers and ten seamen and marines killed, and f rar officers and forty seaman and marines wounded ; but it is to me a ma ter of surprise that, undef the circumstances of the case, the loss was not greater. 11. I deeply regret to 'wart the death of Major Kearney, Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General to the China Expeditionary force. This officer was on duty in the Canton river, and gallantly volunteered his services in the boats. Ha was killed by a round shot in the Fury's gig in the attack upon the upper division of junks. 12. I had the wotinded collected as soon as possible, and sent them to Hong Kong the same evening, in charge of Dr. Anderson, Staff Surgeon of the Calcutta. 13. The force remained at anchor on the night of the Ist of June, in the position occupied by the junk fleet, and on the following morning dropped down to the main river, towing five of the csptured vessels, which were the only ones saved from the general conflagration. 14. In the execution of these imp3rtsnt services I need hardly state that every captain, officer, and man did his duty; and where all have so distinguished themselves I refrain from making individual selections. - Should their lordships, therefore, consider the two engagements as worthy of special marks of their approval, I would beg to suggest that due regard should ba paid to seniority and services. 15. I must not, however, omit to bring to their lord ships' notice the gallant and effteient assistance affjrded in charge of the several divisions. Commodore Koppel led the attack on the junke, and the fact of his galley haying bad three round shat through it, and five men, out of her crew of six, killed or wounded, is the best proof of the manner in which he maintained his position. Commodore Ksppel's report of his proceedings is here with enclosed, and I beg to add a tracing of the Fatshan Creek, showing the position of the forts and of the junk forces, before the commencement of the attack I left the river on the afternoon of the 3rd, for the pur pose of receiving the mails from England, and of waiting the arrival of Lord Elgin. All is perfectly quiet to the northward. The squadron continues generally healthy, but latterly there has been a slight increase of fever and dysentery, which may be ex pected at this season of the year. have, &c., M. Strym OUR, _ Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. _ _ I big to add that Mr. George Raymond, Mister of the Encounter, at Macao, volunteered his services as a pilot, and took the Hong Kong up the FAtshan Creek—a service of danger. M. S. The tzlecretary of the Admiralty. master, with the Starling's and Hong Kong's boats. Lieut. Dent brought to my notice the c •nduct of that officer. 9. In all, 27 heavily-armed snake boats (belonging to the Admiral 8u Hoy) were captured or destroyed. Their a-mament consist of one heavy gun in the bow, generally a long thirty-two or thirty-four-paunder, with from four to six lighter gnus ; each vessel pulls about forty oars. This service was fortunately accomplished with the loss of two .man only wounded The day was excessively hot, and I cannot speak too highly of the spirit with which the men stuck to their oars, through a harder day's work than I have ever before witnessed under a tropical sun. One or twa cases (but not severe) of sun-stroke occurred in the gunboats. 10. At daylight, next morning the steamers proceeded down the creeks with the boats and ten prizes in tow, and attached with the Sybille, at the second bar. 11. Further arrangements ware now made to follow uP the war-boats that had got away. I had already, the pre vious day, stationed the Trib me off Sawshee Channel, and I now moored the Inflexible abreast of the Second Bar Creek, down which her guns mid then range. From the knowledge I now possessed respecting the various creeks, from Escape Creek downward?, I considered it possiola to guard all the outlets to the river, and with s force of boats to scour the Inland Creek and compel any' junks there either to meet that force or retire towards the main river. Commander Forsyth wilt his division took up his station in Escape Creek in the evening. 12. At daylight on the 27th I • proceeded up Sawshee Channel, as previously arranged, the boats being towed by the steamers for ten or twelve miles. I then sent the Bustard to strengthen Commander Forsvth's division, and desired Lieutenant Dent, in the Hong Kong, to take with him the Inflexible's pinnace, and go a short distance uP the Second Bar Creek. He succeeded in passing com pletely through into Escape Creek, and met Commander Forsyth. Clod/ g oaf from the steamers, the boats pulled up the Sawshes Channel, and we soon lizard from the natives (who showed us every good feeling) that four of Su Hoy's retreating squadron had on the 251 gone up to Lung-Konan, and that there were other mandarin junks there. (I beg here to mention the very great assistance I have received from the Rev. Samuel Beal, chaplain of this ship, who was good enough, at my request, to accom pany me each (by as Chinese interpreter ; to his aid the' surceases of the expedition are in a great degree due, ae I had failed to obtain an interpreter from Hong Kong.) 13. About ten miles from where the steamers were left,we opened the city of Toung Ronan, and observed the mast heads of the war junks. The boats now gave way with it will, and succeeded in taking them by surprise ; the boats, as they dashed in, firing into a small battery which commanded the river, and into the war junks caused then' to be immediately abandoned: The junks lay scattered along the whole length of the town through which the river runs, and preparations were now made to destroy' them, with the exception of one, the finest and heaviest armed war junk I have seen in China, which I hope to be able to take away: 14. It soon became apparent that the Chinese troops were not going quietly to submit to this proceeding with out further resistance, and the creek being narrow, with houses on either side, they had every facility to pick of our men. As we first passel up, only a few gingalls and matchlocks opened; these increasing in number, presently gave considerable annoyance, and it was necessary to keep up a continued fire with some of the beats' guns, from musketry, and from the Tribune's rocket-boat, which did goof service, while other parties were employed destroy ing the junks, which occupied some time, and it WO necessary to burn those at the upper end of the town first, and so on in succession, to enable our boats to get back. 15. The chief attacks from the shore took place to wards our rear battery at the lower end of the town, where most of the casualties occurred. Commander Tumour was active and useful, and on two occasions landed in s very gallant manner with small parties of marines, under Lieut. G. L. Blake, R. M., charged some two hundred well armed men, and drove them beyond the embankments. 16. An attempt was made to tow down the fire arse junk already noticed, but she accidentally caught fire, and she was therefore destroyed with the others. That being accomplished the boats returned down the creek. 17. This again was :a severe day's work ; officers and men behaved admirably, and with the greatest spirit. I beg to report to you the able assistance I received from Captain Edgell, and from Commanders Forsyth, Corbett. and Tumour, during the two days' operations. Their zag and activity the last day (as before) was emulated by the officers of all ranks under them, from Lieutenant Narest the senior lieutenant, to the junior cadet. 18. Captain Edgell brings to my notice the active share taken by Lieutenant Staniforth in the Tribune's ba , ge; and the services of Mr. Hudson, acting mate of the ship, I beg particularly to notice. Lieutenant Richard Cox,l of. the 38th Regimens al Madras Rifles accompanied the expedition each day as a and mane =sett very xi - berm. (Signed) C. ELLI9T, Commodore. OPERATIONS AGAINST MANDARIN JUNKS UP THE ESCAPE CREEK. Sybille, tad Bar, Canton River, May 29, 1837. 1. I bad the honour to report to you yesterday that her Majesty's gunboats, tenders, and ships' boats captured or destroyed about forty mandarin junk (snake boats) on the 23th and 27th inst. I beg now to report the nature of the operations more in dated. 2 The fleet ofjunk3 which formerly remained near the main branch of the river had moved to a position about five or six miles up the creek. As it was very doubtful whether our small steamers could get up to them, it was necessary to have a sufficient bat force to follow up the creek independent of gunboat support. 3. At daylight on the 25th, our force was in the creak, and soon afterwards a mandarin fleet of about forty junks was moored in good order across the stream. The tide was a strong ebb, which rendered it less easy for the junks to escape, and although it made our progress slow, it enabled us the better to thread the way among the sho3ls. 4. A heavy fire from the junks opened upon the leading steamers as they approached, but at too great a distance to toll with effect. Shortly afterwards, as the Hong Kong got within good range, she opened fire, and was soon sup ported by the Bustard and Starling, the others being at distant range. The fire from the junks then blackened, and they got under weigh. Some were soon afterwards abandoned and the rest plying their oars endeavoured to escape up the creek. 5. The steamers followed, though very slowly on account of the shoal water ; the Sir Charles Forbes and Stanch grounded early, then the Starling, and eventually the Hong Kong ran ashore. The signal was imme Hately made for the boats to go ahead, and a general chase took place. The junk force dividA, the main body of about fifteen continuing up the main channel were fol lowed by the boats, led by Captain Edgell, who detached bur pinnaces up a creek to the left to follow the smaller division ; Commander Forsyth accompanied these pinnaces, which succeeded in capturing them all (ten in number.) Commander Forsyth speaks highly of the gallant way the Hornet's pinnace, under Mr. R A. Brow, acting mate, dashed in, unsupported by the other boats, which she had distanced, against three of these heavy armed junks, which stuck to her. 6. The main body, followed by Captain Edgell, were soon beyond range of all, except the Hornet's rocket-boat, and Sybille's pinnace, which kept within reach of them for a long time ; and Captain Edgell brings to my notice the behaviour and most accurate fire kept up by Lieutenant Brock in the former boat, and by Mr. Hudson, acting mate, in the latter. The chase was continued by this division, which I accompanied fer about twelve or fourteen miles above the place where the steamers hid grounded, when the work for the men at the oars having been excessive, I decided to tern back, but with the view of getting at the junks, which we still had in sight, at a future time, by another passage. 7. Near the point at which we turned, at the village of Teean Twe, we found the Icreha Anonyma, which was captured last December, while in tow of the steamer Thistle. I burnt her. 8. On getting back to the gun-boats at night, I found that Commander Corbett, who had very properly remained with the Stanch on her grounding—the other commanders having gone on—had sent the Inflexible's paddle-box boat after a junk that tried to escape down a creek to the right, and captured her. Commander Forsyth had returned with his party, and Lieutenant Dent, assisted by the officers of the other gun-boats, had secured or destroyed all the prizes. The Chinese having returned to one of the juke below, also was recaptured by Mr, Molloy, second CAPTURE OF JUNK FORCES IN THE FATSHAN CREEK. The Raleigh's Tender Sir Charles Forbes, Canton River, June 2, 1837. Sir,—ln accordance with your excellency's previous arrangements for the capture and destruction of the Man darin junks at anchor in the Fatshan and adjacent branches of the Canton River, I have the honour to inform you that yesterday mornirg as soon as I perceived the first devision ascending the heights for tho Capture fort commanding the approaches to the enemy's position, I advanced in the Hong Kong steamer with the second, third, and fourth divisions which you were pleased to place under my com mand. 2. The Hong Kong having grounded shortly afterwards, we advanced with the boats, reserving our fire until within 600 yards of the enemy, when a sharp and spirited en gagement ensued, the enemy contintfng their fire until 04 men were close alongside. 3. Leaving the Third and Fourth Divisions to secure the pr'zes, we pushed forward un the Fatshan Branch, in which direction I shortly afterwards observed the mast heads of other war junks. 4. On approaching a bend of the river near the village of Foutchin, about three miles in advance of the position in which the enemy were first attacked, we came to a small flat island off the southern side of which several of the boomboats grounded. The deeper but more circuitous and confined channel we found was to the northward, 5. There were now in advance, Calcutta's barge, the Raleigh's 2nd cutter and pi nnace , F ury ' s I st gig, Hornet's rocket cutter, Sybille's launch, and Calcutta's black pin nace, with others close at hand, the tide was flowing, and before the boats mounting guns could be brought to the front, we were carried to within 800 yards of the enemy, who were found to consist of twenty vessels anchored in close and compact line, presenting a front of heavy guns. that could not have boon more regularly placed had they formed the broadside of one long frigate, and their fire was so well directed that I found it neces-ary to retire, and en deavour to re form with the additional assistance of the steam gunboats, at that ti me t ry i ng to get up, b ut d eta ined by the shoaluess of the water. 6. The Hong Kong having floated shortly after my reaching her, and she being within range of the enemy, I would have proceeded in her, but on her again grounding and my observing the near approach of the locrease to our force, which your Excellency had hurried on to the front from less important service, we again advanced with the boats, and after a second sharp engagement of a quarter of an hour's duration, the enemy slipped from their anchors and proceeded up the river, making use of their oars, and when the course of the river alloWed them to do so, of their sails likewise. 7. A running engagement and exciting chase for about seven miles, led by Capt. the Hon. A Cochrane, now took place, the enemy quitting their vessels as they became disabled or leaky from the effects of our shot. Twelve of them were come up with in this manner ; eight reached the extenive and populous town of Fatshan, three of which got in and escaped, as we could not follow and capture them without damaging the town (which is not fortified), or by otherwise annoying the peaceable inhabi tants, contrary to your Excellency's tro4tructi oris. 8. The other five junks we secured at the entrance to Fatehan, and have brought them d iwn as prizes; the twelve taken on the way up have been burnt. Each of these vessels mounted from ten to fourteen guns, the bow and stern being long 32-pounder 9. With so large a force, I have not rommented on the individual zeal or gallantry of any particular officer ; there was plenty to do for the whole of them and your excellency is the best judge of how they p er f *heir duty. I have contentei msself with enclosing a list f.f the steam, gun, boom, and other bests, with the of he officers who commanded or served in them ; and I night venture to remark that, with such material, failure would almost appear to be impossible. 10. I hive not had an opportunity of ascertaining the amount of injury sustained by all the steam, gun, and other boats of my divisons, but the Hong Kong was hulled eleven or twelve times, the P1.. - iver, Marling, and Haughty gunboats were struck, the Calcutta's launch was swamped, and several others much damaged. 11. I have the honour to enclose a list of casualties, which, fortunately, is not so large as mig'at have been expected from the nature of the service. .12. I have also endeavoured by a rough sketch to explain the position of the second division of the enemy at the time we met with our temporary check.--I have, &c., (Signed) HENRY KEPPEL, Commodore. To His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, &c., &c., Commander-in -Chief,