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whom an ilialuMwartitale bud issued, arid who was broil-Of-4s in '
the custody of (Bannon.
The complainant, who is, we understand, a near relation of
Colonel Berkeley's, now related the paten of the charge, frorp
•hick we collected these particulars the comae of hist week
Mr. Berkeley arrived at the Elephant and Ovule a few minutes
after one of the Brighton atagea (by which he wished to go to
Brighton) had parsed. The defendant offered to carry hint by
his cart at a quick rate until they should overtake the coach. This
proposition way acceded to by the complainant, and the luggath
having been placed in the vehicle, they set off alter the stage, which
in a short time they came up to. The defendant waisted ers. which
Mr. Berkeley eonsidereenn exorttitant charge, inasmuch as the
cart did not go more titan two miles. However. rather than have
any dispute, be offered ss. amid ultimately gave him tit. but the de-
fendant had previously seized his coat and pulled him back agsin
as he was endarouring to ascend the stage, alter using abusive
language. Alr. Berkeley took down the name and number of the
cart, teeing the defendant that lie should bring the case before the
Police when he returned to London, and accordingly he obtained
the warrant for the assault.
Mr. SWA BEY considered the charge of Ca. too much t and with
resps.rt to the assault said he would hold the defendant to bail, if
Mr. Berkeley *tithed.
The latter gentleman declined proceeding any further, and the
defendant was discharged, skier being admonished by the
illagistrate.

LOSS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S
TRANSPORT LOTUS.

(From the entsuttJ JAri Bull of the 27th July.]
We are sorry to have to state the lots of the Honourable Com-
pany's transport ship Lotus. Capt. C. Brown, R.N. front Rangoon,
upon the Sautzur Sand, at the :moth of the Hooghly.
It seems the Lotus reached the Sandheatis, and took the pilot,
Mr. Damien, on hoard, on the 22d4nstant. The same eveni,ig,
about sunset, the vessel WWI abreast the reef buoy ; she ran about
two hours mute, when. the pilot fancied himself about the spit buoy,
and anchored. Shortly after the vessel appeared to be driving.
when mote cable was given her, and about midnight she struck ;
the small bower had been let go, and on heaving up the best
bower, the shank was found to be broken. The pilot then en.
deavoured to get the head-sails on the ship, to pay her cif, cutting
away the small batter ; but the rudder being gone, and the ship
still striking, it was without effect. She continued to drive, with
hrr head to the eastward, across the Saugur Sand, till the forenoon
of the 23d, when she fixed herself, and went over on her broadaide,
The boats were gut out, and anchored a little distance front the ship.
During the night the cutter and the long-boat broke adrift : the
former, with two Europeans and eight seamen, had reached
Calcutta ; the latter, with thirteen people, made her way in safety
to Diamond Harbour. Nothing further is yet known of the fate of
the Commander and the rest of the crew and passengers.
}'ory of the body-guard, and the crew of the late transport ship
Satellite. were on board the Lotus, together with several officers re-
turning from Rangoon, whose names for the present we withhold,
In the hope that we shall soon have the pleasure to announce their
safety.

e waited till the latest hour last evening, in the hope of being
able, to relate some gratifying particulars as to the safety of thc,
crew and passengers ; all that we can learn is, that out of 105
settle on board. only 44 have been saved in the three boats belong-,
ing to the ship. The *sea was so high, that inany,perished In at.
tempting to tench the boats. s . _

Tie following is a copy of the attested statement taken from
the men who tint tante up from the Lotus in the cutter. The
lorg-be.it brought three Europeans and eight natives, making in
all twenty-one eared ; and it is possible that more may yet
cast up.

On board the cutter:—Gales Winbold, second officer ; William
Biggs, boatswain's mate ; John Seott and Moses NI acnneen, s-a.
men ; David Griffiths and Robert Bean, apprentims ; John Ma-
-1 dolor and slyre, gunners, Portuguese passengers ; Tom, Tu.
pas, and one Lases?.
The long-boat has about ten hands on board, two supposed to he
Europeans, hut could not distinguish.
On the 22d, in the morning, Mr. Dunilen, pilot, went on board
the !Alum, in Balasore Roads, blowing lightly; carried royals till
near dusk, when they made the reef buoy ; freshening, kept
running up channel till about eight, pan., when they had some
heavy squalls ; brought up about three miles to the northward of
the spit buoy, and held—when the rounding was in the hawse.hole,
it was thought she was drifting—veered away 50 fathoms cable—
blowing fresh and still drifting—let go the larboard anchor, which
did not take the ground, and in a few minutes she was bumping
hard on a sand-bank—hove up the starboard anchor and found the
flukes gone—the larboard anchor still held, till, by the pilot's or.
der, sail was made—hoisted the foretopsail, foresail jib, and sere.
topmast staysail—cut the larboard cable—but It was found that the
rudder had been knocked off while on the sand, and she would not
pay off—let go the stresm-anchor, which held till midnight, and
parted--still blowing hard, with severe squalls.
The men suppose she must have drifted all the time, from the
distance they found themselves in the morning from the spit buoy.
Soon after midnight she went bodily on shore on a bank, and at
dawn, the 23d of—July, saw Edmonton's Island, bearing west.
north-west, distant about six miles. When she settled in the
sand, a tremendous sea was running, breaking over her in every
direction, and two feet water on the gun deck ; at day-light.
hoisted out the long-boat, cutter, and jelly-beat—the gig washed
out of her slings—fifteen men, ten of whom are here now, were
lowered down in these boats, and were sent to windward to keep
clear of the wreck and breakers to leeward ; all three rode at a
grapnel!, while those on board cut away the misen, main, and
foremasts ; a signal was made for the cutter, which could not ap.
preach the wreck for the sea, which.was making a breach over her.
About five p.m., they got all (fifteen hands) into the long-boat to
attempt to reac her again, but with no better success; seven men
then got into the cutter and made Ape_ ship, but the approach was
so dangerous that those who were bold enough had toomp from
the gangway, and take the chance of being picked up ; one man
was cut in two. while attempting this, and 'Sign bas two of his
fingers jammed in this manner, With what had rot into the boats
in the morning, twenty hands were used. They were then al;ged
to leave the wreck to overtake the jolly-boat and long-boat, which
were observed drifting ; it was then blowing a complete gale, and
before the people had got into the long.boat, they were among the
breakers—were soon carried over the bank ; and in 161110061 water,
at four a.m. 24th July, were driven on shore on a bank, which
from the strength of the gale, and the darkness of the they
could not perceive till they were fairly on it. At six a.m. Edmon.
won's Island hearing W. and by W., the wreck S.W. and by W.
distant five or six miles, again attempted to get off to the wreck by
palling aiorg the inner edge of the bank on which site lay, but
could not, in consequence of the breakers; here they found the
long-boat, with (they think) two Europeans and eight Natives ;
they got near enough to observe that the vessel was on her beam-
ends to leeward, the waves making a complete breach over her, and
she 4ppeared to have broken in two about the centre; not a soul
was observed in her, and the parties now here, have not a doubt
but every one they left perished. They found it useless remaining
uear the wreck, and started. for Calcutta • the long-boat being much
to windward, made for Kedgeree, while the cutter was driven
into Channel Creek, and arrived at Calcutta at nine p.m. on the
25th July.
The Lotus left Rangoon (the Pilot) on the 6th-instant, had
souls on board, viz..ship's mew, 16 European. 22 Mussulmans. 15
Ilindnos, 4 Grasscutters, 5 other Natives, with 5 officers. Paasen-
gers, Lieutenant Brownrigg, of his Majesty's 13th Foot; Captain
Burrowes, A.D.E. to Sir E. Paget ' • Captain Finucace. his Ala.
jeety's 14th Foot ; Adjutant Al'eartliy, his Majesty's 47th Foot ;
and Mr. Coleman, Pottier of the Alligator.
Calcutta, 26th July, 1825. G. WI NBOLD. 2d Officer.
ROBERT BE•sr, WILLIAM BIGGS.
his
T. B. (>1) GR;FFITUS,
M ark.
Sworn at the Calcutta Police Office, thin 26th day of July, 1825,
before me, P. A N W4, Magistrate.

MaxaLacouvsa.l7-Ori.-the7eCWini of Saturday week
seven ruffians forcibly entered the house of a poor man,
at Mill-bank, in Bradford, of the name of Malone, when
one of them threw a kick and "a shine, which struck the
man's wife in such a manner as to fracture her skull. Sur-
gical assistance was procured immediately, but the poor
woman, after lingering a week, expired on Saturday last.
Mr. Sherwin, the surgeon, on being sent for, gave direc-
tions. to send for the constable, who came and apprehended
four of the men, two of whom afterwards escaped. Two
others have been apprehended since. On Tuesday last an
inquest was held over the body of the woman, anti a ver-
dict of " Manslaughter" was brought in against the seven
men, three of whom have been committed to York Castle.
One of them had been previously sent to Wakefield as a
vagrant.—Leeds keltiligenCer.
COUNTERFEIT SOVEREIGNS.—In consequence of the
late eagerness to obtain sovereigns,_ a vast number of coun-
terfeits have been got into circulation, and too much cau-
tion cannot be used by those to whom sovereigns are ten-
dered. Not only the cuinars, hut the sharpers, have ob-
tained a rich booty by the foolish panic relative to bank-
notes. The following circumstances occurred in this city
a few days ago:—While a farmer was standing at an inn
door, two gentlemen came up to him, and, after some ob-
servations relative to the weather, asked him to walk in
and take a Klan of gift and water; such politeness was
irresistible, and while the farmer anti his new friends were
sitting together, the conversation naturally turned upon
" the Banks," and the gentlemen conviucela tote farmer of
.the propriety of converting whatever mace be might have,
toLo sovereigns ; moreover, one of them tendered his ser-
vices to procure sovereigns for him, anti the farmer actually
intrusted him with six ten-pound notes for the purpose ;
the friend .left the room to get the sovereigns, and the
other ge.talentan found it convenient to leave soon after,
since which time neither the notes, nor the sovereigns, nor
the gentlemen, have blessed the farmer's eyes! On the
same day the same gentlemen got into company with a
farmey,itt, another inn, and in the same manner got t3l. in
notes Sinn him, with which ibcy decamped.--Worcester
Jobrial.