The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY IcVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1855.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The court-martial which sat on board her Majesty's
ship Victory at Portsmouth on Monday, for the trial of
Commander Phillips and Mr. Braund, Master of her
Majesty's steam troopship Urgent, for having got that
ship ashore near Malta on the morning of the 20th ult.,
found as follows :—" That her Majesty's ship Urgent
got on shore on Ricasole Point, at the entrance of Malta
harbour, in attempting to enter it in the night, in conse-
quence of the master of the said ship not having paid due
attention to keep Cape St. Elmo Light in a proper bear-
ing until he had distinctly made out the entrance of the
harbour ; but that when the danger was discovered every
proper precaution was taken to prevent the accident,
which probably would have been avoided had the ship
answered her helm more readily ; that, under the cir-
cumstances, no blame is imputable to Commander Phil-
lips, and the Court do therefore adjudge him to be ac-
quitted ; but, in consequence of the want of judgment on
the part of Mr. Braund, the Court do adjudge him to be
admonished to be more careful for the future."
The Shannon, new 51-gun screw frigate, was taken
from the harbour into the steam basin at Portsmouth
yesterday, to be fitted with her machinery.
The Niagara steam transport, Captain Shannon, left
Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, for
Dublin, with the West Kent Militia on board. By per-
mission of Major the Earl of Granard, the band of the
Westmeath Militia was in attendance at 7 a.m., and
played some lively airs, finishing with "Auld Lang
Syne," till the vessel was out of sight from the shore.
The band was under the direction of Herr Kiussmann,
late of the Bth Hussars.

A court-martial assembled on board the flag-ship
Waterloo, at Sheerness, on Tuesday, to try Mr. An.
thong arris, Acting-Assistant Engineer of the Sd
class, on the following charge :
" For that he, the said Anthony Harris, while borne
on the books of her Majesty's ship Cressy for temporary
service, he being then in actual service and full pay of
the fleet, did on the evening of the 2d of November inst.
absent himself from the ship without leave, having been
refused by his captain a few hours previously to his so
doing, and did not return until brought on board by the
Master-at-Arms on the afternoon of the sth of Novem-
ber."
Captain Richard L. Warren, of the Cressy, prosecuted.
The witnesses to prove the charge were Mr. Wm. Carter,
clerk ; Commander Seccombe ; Jas. Brown, ship's cor-
poral ; and Win. Sweet, master-at-arms. Mr. Carter
identified the prisoner as belonging to the ship. Com-
mander Seccombe proved that be had three times refused
the prisoner leave, by the captain's order (the service
requiring his personal duty to be done). The ship's cor-
poral proved his leaving the ship; and the master-at-
' arms proved that he found the prisoner on shore, and
conveyed him on board the Cressy on the sth instant,
after which the Court was cleared. The prisoner de-
clined to call any witnesses, throwing himself entirely on
the mercy of the Court. On the re-opening of the Court
the sentence was read to the following effect :—That the
Court, after maturely considering the evidence brought
before them, and also what the prisoner had to say, were
clearly of opinion that the charge had been fully proved,
and they adjudged the prisoner to be committed to
Maidstone gaol for the term of four calendar months,
there to be confined, with hard labour. The prisoner,
not being dismissed her Majesty's service, will, at the
expiration of his imprisonment, be returned to the flag-
ship for the future orders of the Admiralty.
The Mars, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, has been
Wren into the fitting basin, Sheerness, and is receiving
her boilers and machinery.
The boilers of the Cuckoo steam gun-boat have been
condemned, and are to be immediately taken out.
The Horatio screw steam-frigate was uudocked yester-
day, and is to remain in the fitting-basin, Sheerness, to
have her defects repaired.
The Phcenix, screw steam-sloop, Commander Arthur
Tower, has been paid off; her crew were immediately
draughted to the Waterloo flag-ship, without being
granted leave of absence. The Phcenix brought home
six invalided privates of the Royal Marines from the
Baltic, and one from the Black Sea.
An order has arrived at Sheerness for the Cressy to be
moored at Blackstakes when her defects have been made
good, and her officers and crew are to be engaged in rig-
ging and fitting a certain number of gun-boats and mor-
tar-vessels ready for next spring. The Royal George is
appointed, on her return to Sheerness, for the perform-
ance of similar duties, off Gillingham, at Folly Point.
The Banterer gun-boat is nearly completed and ready
for service. On Tuesday morning she got up steam in
Woolwich basin to try her engines, which were proved
to be effectively seaworthy. The iron mortar-boat,
launched a few days ago from the yard of Messrs. Scott
Russell, has arrived at Woolwich, and has been docked
to receive her gear, which is being prepared, without
delay.
Her Majesty, by an order in Council, of the 21st of
November, has been pleased to direct an increase to the
present strength of the Artillery branch of the Royal
Marines. The re-distribution of the corps is therefore
as follows, viz.:-1 captain, 2 subalterns, 6 serjeants,
5 corporals, 3 drummers and buglers, and 104 privates
—total, 121 ; and 14 artillery companies, each company
to consist of 1 captain, 4 subalterns (either lst or 2d
lieutenants), 11 serjeants, 9 corporals, 6 bombardiers,
3 drummers and buglers, and 153 gunners—total, 187 ;
making the whole establishment—
Divisional companies
Artillery companies
Staff

16,100
To effect the above'alteration the 110th and the 111th
companies are to be broken np, and the company num-
bered 112, of the Plymouth division, is to bear the num-
bor 110, by which arrangoracn6 tho will stana
in the following order:—
Chatham ..

27 companies

Portsmouth
14 artillery companies
Plymouth
Woolwich

It is stated that the head-quarters of the South Wales
military district will be removed from Carmarthen either
to Pembroke or Newport. The barrack accommodation
at the latter place is very commodious, and at Pembroke
❑ew barracks are to be erected, while at Carmarthen
there are no military quarters. The want of such was
severely felt when the Militia were under drill last sum-
mer.

Major Macartney, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, having
been called upon to join his regiment, the non-commis-
sioned officers and privates of the North Devon Mounted
Rifles, of which he was adjutant, have presented him
with a valuable gold watch, as a mark of their respect.
Every man in the regiment contributed.
It is in contemplation to take in a large portion of the
river Medway immediately contiguous to and in con-
nection with Chatham dockyard, for the purpose of form-
ing a basin capable of floating several war steamers for
special service or otherwise.
_ _

The dress of the Medical Staff Corps consists of a
blue cloth tunic, edged with white cord, grey stand-up
collar, cuffs gray ; the stewards, by way of distinction,
have the buttons on a white facing ; trousers the same
colour, grey cord down the side. A blue cap, tied be-
hind, a•grey border, prominent peak.

THE MILITIA.
The Royal City of Dublin, or the Queen's Own Regi-
ment of Militia, will not leave for England before
Thursday next.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From th.e Registrar-General's Report.)
In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths of
1,073 persons—viz,, 547 males and 526 females, were
registered in London. This return exhibits an increase
of nearly 100 on the weekly deaths of the last fortnight
—a result which is for the most part to be referred to
the depression of temperature which was mentioned in
the last report, and which continued to a great extent
during last week. In the ten corresponding weeks of
the years 1845-54 the average number of deaths was
1055, which, if raised in proportion to increase of popu-
lation, becomes 1,161. The present rate of mortality is,
therefore, still considerably below the high rate which
has ruled in London at this season, and which, it is be-
lieved, may be permanently reduced.
Last week 524 persona, being nearly one-half of the
total number, died under 20 years of age ; 37 died in the
fifth vicenniad of life—namely, from 80 to 100 years ;
the remainder are distributed in the table, in numbers
which are nearly equal to each other, over the three in-
tervening periods, though the population which supplied
these numbers exist in very different proportions at the
different periods, and decreases regularly till the number
of persons living about 80 years of age is not a twentieth
part of the population at 20.
Scarlatina still prevails, and is not less fatal to chil-
dren in London than it has been for the last two months.
The number of fatal cases was 73 ; those from other
kinds of fever 56. Four deaths from scarlatina occurred
in Kensington ; 4 in the sub-district of St. John, West-
minster ; 3 in that of Goswell-street ; 6 in the district
of Shoreditch •, 6 in Woolwich ; and 3 in each of the
sub-districts, Mile-end Old Town Lower, Leather Mar-
ket (Bermondsey), and St. George (Camberwell). The
deaths from bronchitis have increased from 60 and 80 to
101 ; 24 are attributed to cancer ; one was caused by in-
temperance ; 3 by delirium tremens ; and a case is re-
corded in which a woman of 28 years of age, the wife of
a man who works at a wadding factory, died of exhaus-
tion, after premature labour, " the result mainly of
poverty and privation."
Last week the births of 828 boys and 786 girls, in all
1,614 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 the average
number was 1,401.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean read-
ing of the barometer, which was 30.041 in. on Sunday,
continuously fell till Friday, when it was 29.655 in.
The mean of the week was 29.812 in. The mean

temperature, which in the previous week had been
41.4 deg., was last week 39.4 deg., or 2.6 deg. below
the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean
daily temperature was below the average on every day
except Sunday (the 18th). The air was coldest on
Thursday, when the highest temperature was 41.2 deg.,
and the lowest 33.7 deg., and the mean 37.2 deg.,
which is nearly 5 deg. below the average. The wind
was on the same day and Friday in the south-west and
south ; it blew on other days from the north-east and
north. The mean dew-point temperature was 38 deg.,
and the difference between that and the mean air tem-
perature was 1.4 deg. The temperature of the water of
the Thames was 44.2 deg. ; its entire range in the week
was 6 deg. There was rain every day ; the quantity on
four days, measured by the gauge, was 17-hundredths
of an inch.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS,
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 24.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 53
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 205
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations
Premature Birth and Debility
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 34
Causes not specified

_
244
55
166

26
37
44
10

DEATHS /MOH ALL CAUSES 986
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the

1851. of 1854. Week
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals

1,262

1,073

Males
Females
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK

Males B2B
Females 786

Total 1,614

ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT T.H.
DUBLIN STEAM WHARF.

Yesterday evening, shortly after five o'clock, the inha-
ItlLaut. vr I,s/tit Thcrito i3w iiIIoIQ welt, gLoaily
in consequence of the outbreak of a fire of a formidable
character in the extensive range of premises belonging
to Mr. James Hartley, termed the Limerick and Dub-
lin Steam Screw Wharf. The buildings forming the
wharf are exceedingly old, and stretch from Lower East
Smithfield a 3 far as the water side. A number of other
equally capacious wharves flanked the property on either
side, and merchandise of almost every description was
stored in the different floors of the wharf, including a
great number of packages for the army in the Crimea.
The circumstances attending this fire are of such a
character as to lead to the supposition that it was wit-
fully caused by some person, but by whom cannot at
present be ascertained. It appears that between the 19th
and 20th of the present month not fewer than three, and
it is believed four fires, took place in the same premises.
Upon inquiring into their origin sufficient was seen to
justify Mr. Hartley in concluding that the fires had been
caused by some malicious persons, and that gentleman
offered a reward of 50/. to any one who could give such
evidence as would lead to the detection and apprehension
of the guilty persons ; consequently large printed bills
were distributed throughout the neighbourhood, setting
forth the particulars of the fire, and the amount of the
reward offered. The services of the police were also
called into requisition, and constables have been placed
on duty, both night and day, ever since the previous out-
breaks.

Last evening whilst an officer was on duty in the floor
beneath the highest, an alarm was given that flames
were coming through the roof. Upon proceeding to the
upper part of the warehouse it was found that the entire
c)ntents, consisting of sails, cloths, and other articles,
were in a general body of flames. 0 wing to the rapidity
with which the fire extendel it was feared at one time
that the whole of the wharf would have been consumed ;
and owing to the great quantity of oil and other inflam-
mable articles in the place, if the lower floors had once
become ignited, it is impossible to tell how far the hiuses
even on the opposite side of the street would have es-
caped. Fortunately a couple of lengths of those were
immediately run out from Messrs. Hoare's brewery, and
a continuous supply of the East London Company's
water was thrown, by means of a powerful steam-en-
gine, into the floor on fire, but in spite of which the
flames continued to spread, and the tiles flew over the
heads of the persons assembled in the street.

Numerous engines of the London Brigade, with those
of the West of England Insurance Office, her Majesty's
Custom-house, and the powerful steam floating engine,
also arrived with all possible expedition, and the fire-
men, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood, the super-
intendent, and Mr. Fogo, the foreman of the brigade,
went to work in an admirable manner, and by eight
o'clock they succeeded in getting the Eames entirely
extinguished.
The damage done, however, is rather considerable, as
the top warehouse is burnt out, and the whole of the
lower floors in that building are completely saturated
with water.

Mr. Braidwood and Mr. Superintendent Steed, of the
H division, and Inspector Weakford closely inspected
the premises for the purpose of ascertaining how the
fires took place, and it is believed that some clue has
been obtained to the guilty party.
Excellent order was kept in the streets leading to the
fire by a strong body of police of the H division. Fortu-
nately, Mr. Hartley was insured in several fire offices.

(ADVERTIEJSKNNT.}—SIGIIT AND HEARING .—DEAFNIVI AND
Diuscrive VISION RMLIEVED.— Messrs. S, and B. Solomons,
opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—oppo-
site the York Hotel. Deafness—New Discorery.—The
Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly-
invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all
others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or
probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour
as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to
hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the un-
pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re-
moved; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could
be desired.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great-
est transparent power. The valuable advantage deriveC
from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are
enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu-
pation—can see with these lenses of a much less magnify-
ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes
to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance.
By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and
extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and
brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per-
spectivo Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed
through them—of great importance to the army, navy,
and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary
powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye.
piece, kill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring,
and the double stars; with the same telescope can be
seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant,
and an object from 10 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all
sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary-
gbila
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and known 1A miles distant •
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the race-course, and at the opera house*,
every purpoSO on
and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles.
country scenery,
Exhibition, 1851.
V ali
• valuable for shooting,
deer-stalking, yachting, to
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tlemen gamekeepers, and tourists. opera,
sportsmen,
,-en ~ a n'd perspective glasses, with wonderful
a person can be seen
race-course, eatut. -+reet, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite
power.-39, Albemarle- Ow. - •
the York Hotel.

THE BIBLE BURNING AT KINGSTOWN.

DUBLIN, Monday.—This day being appointed for
the investigation of the charge of Bible burning, preferred
by the Attorney-General against the Redemptorist
Father Pecherine, Kingstown, presented a❑ unusually
excited appearance the whole forenoon. The bulk of the
labouring population of the district were in the streets
In the vicinity of the chapel and the police-court. Up-
wards of one hundred of the metropolitan police were
present, aiding the local force in the preservation of
order. Some persons were brought before the sitting
magistrate, Frank Thorpe Porter, Esq., charged with
obstructing the public thoroughfare, and ordered to en-
ter into recognisances to keep the peace. At 11 o'clock,
Mr. Corballis, Q.C., Law Adviser to the Castle, accom-
panied by Mr. Rea, from the office of the Crown Solici-
tor, entered the office. Mr. B ayes, Q C., and Mr.
Kernan appeared as counsel and solicitor for Father
Pecherine.

The case having been called on—
Mr. Corballis rose and said, he appeared on the part
of the Attorney-General, at whose suite the summons
had been issued against Father Pecherine. The summons
was to the effect that the defendant was required to ap-
pear "To answer the complaint of the Right Hon. Wm.
Keogh, her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ireland, for
blasphemously burning and treating with contempt the
Holy Scriptures, thereby tending to bring religion into
contempt, to wit, at Kingstown, on the sth day of
November, 1355."
Mr. Kernan said he appeared for the defendant, who
bad only arrived within the past hour and a half
Mitchelstown, in the county Cork, where he was served
with the summons on Saturday evening at 4 o'clock. He
had to perform duty there yesterday, consequently he
had not had time to take measures for answering the
charge now preferred against him. Under these cir-
cumstances he (Mr. Kernan) trusted the Crown would
not object to a postponement until the end of the week,
say Saturday next.
Mr. Corballis said he would not object to a postpone.
ment for a short time under the circumstances stated,
but he could not consent to more than a day or two.
The fact should be borne in mind that the summons
was issued on Tuesday last. On that evening a con-
stable was sent to Limerick to serve it. He was told
then the defendant was in the north, but after some in-
quiries he discovered that he was in the county Cork.
The constable Was here to depose that he had made every
exertion to have the reverend gentleman speedily served,
and could not effect his object before Saturday after-
noon. Consequently there was no remissness on the
part of the Crown. He (Mr. Corballis) was of opinion
that Father Pecherine ought to be here present.
Mr. Porter.—The case cannot proceed, unless in his
presence.
Mr. Corballis.—l wish him to be here, as, in addition

to the information on which this summons was granted,
I have an information against another party implicated
in this transaction. As to the postponement asked for,
it is a mere question of time. I think to-morrow, or at
furthest the following day, ought to be fixed.
Mr. Kernan said he could not be ready before Satur-
dayM.
r. Corballis.---I object to Saturday. I see no rea-
son why it should not be to-morrow morning, The only
ground for postponement is the personal inconvenience
to the gentleman, after so long a journey.
Mr. Porter suggested that Wednesday would be the
most convenient day for him, as the other days in the
week were set apart for public business in the office.
Mr. Kernan urged on the Bench the inconvenience
his client would suffer by being called upon to answer
on Wednesday.
Mr. Corballis observed that this case had caused a
great deal of public excitement, and the sooner the in-
vestigation took place the better.
Mr. Porter.—l cannot take the appearance of the de-
fendant by attorney. As he is in the vicinity, let him
come forward.
Mr. Kernan again complained of being pressed for
time by fixing upon Monday. It was not fair of Mr.
Corballis to say that the constable had been misinformed
about the place where the defendant was to he found.
The fact was that his superior had written to him to
Mitchelstown that this summons had been issued against
him, directing him to appear to it at any inconvenience.
It was also a fact that he had been in the north, as the
constable was informed.
(Here Father Pecherine entered the office.)
In reply to a question from his solicitor (Mr. Kernan),
Father Pecherine said that he was in Derry in the
' early part of the week, from whence he returned to
Michelstown, in the county of Cork.
Mr. Kernan again observed that it was not fair of
Mr. Corballis to assert, as he had done, that the police.
man had been deceived.
Mr. Corballis—l would be incapable of making any
statement that was not borne out by evidence. The
constable had sworn an affidavit that, on arriving in
Limerick, he was informed Father Pecherine had gone
to the north of I: eland, and after some time heard he
was at Michelstown, whither he went, and thus effected
the service.
Mr. Porter observed that if it were known that a
summons bad been issued against the rev, gentleman,
he might undertake to say that 19 out of 20 of every
one the constable would speak to on the subject would
take care not tell orea word of truth about it. Mr.
Porter, then addreteirig the defendant, asked him his
Christian name 1
Father Feeherine—Vladamir. It is the name of a
Russian saint.
It was then arranged that he should enter into his
own recognisances in 50/., and procure two sureties in
251. each to appear on Wednesday morning.
AIN-OTEER CHARGE.
•

uornains then saia that ne naa an unormation to
tender against a person named John Hamilton, who was
charged with having participated in the offence charged
against the rev, gentleman, with a view to having a
summons issued for his appearance. The party who
made the information was present, and could be examined
by the Bench.
Mr. Porter then proceeded to read the information of
George Brown, who deposed that he was employed to
deliver bread in the bakery establishment of Mrs. Makay,
of Kingstown. One morning, about three weeks ago,
as he was returning from having delivered some bread
on board the Prince Arthur steamer, in the harbour,
he saw a fire within the rails of the chapel yard,
a short distance from the main road. There was a crowd
around the fire, which appeared to consist of books and
papers. He knew some of the persons then present.
One was a boy named Messett, of Glasthall. Saw John
Hamilton, who held up a Testament in his hand for us
to look at ; be then tore it in two parts, and flung them
into the fire. Saw another boy, whom he knows by
appearance in Kingstown. He was shouting
out—" We
r they belonged to a Bible. These he
id some loose leaves wbieh were on the
p
are burning the Protestants' Bibles." The deponent
gave
ahaake iheer,
ottpoawoi
ncsntdleweedf
a ao carpenter
by Mr. Porter if be would under-
take of the steamer.
Brow,
thatasked the book Hamilton tore up and burned
was a Bible
Witness replied that he was at too great a distance to
see whether it was or not ; but as Hamilton held it up
he said it was a Protestant Testament, and then flung
the parts into the fire.
The Magistrate to rown—Do you write ?
Witness—Yes, sir.
He was then bound in his own recognisances of 101.,
to prosecute.
The sureties for Father Pecherine are Michael Er-
rington, Esq , and Jolin Quinlan, Esq., both of Kings-
town.
The parties then left the office, and the vast crowd
that bad assembled shortly after separated, having con.
ducted Father Pecherile, with shouts, to his residence
at the house of a friend.

ATTEMPTED MURDER IN LEICESTER.
SHIRE.

LEICESTER, Tuesday.—About midnight, on Sunday,
the village of Snarestone, which lies between Ashby-de-
la-Zouch and Atherstone, was the scene of a most atro•
cious attempt at murder, which it is to be feared has ere
this proved successful. The facts, so far as they can at
present be ascertained, appear to be as follow :—There
is a small farmer of Snarestone, an old man, named
John Fowkes, who, yesterday, it is said, was about to
make his will, leaving a large proportion of his little
property to his grandson, a young man named John
Acres Fowkes. At this, one of the old man's sons,
who also was named John Fowkes, felt aggrieved, and
he has been repeateily heard to threaten his nephew.
About half-past 11 o'clock on Sunday night, the young
man John Acres Fowkes met with Cooper, the county
policeman stationed in the village, and asked him to go
with him into his grandfither's And have a friendly glass
of ale. To this the policeman assented, and at the old
man's house they fount:, besides the grandfather, an
uncle of the young man, a shopkeeper, named William
Fowkes, who was sitting up with the old man. The
party were quietly taking a jug of ale, when, just about
midnight, a gun was fired apparently close to the win-
dow, and the shot from which struck the young man
in the face, particularly about the eyes and forehead.
Ile was sitting nearly oppoilte to the wind?w, about two
and fell down directly he was
yards and a half from it,
shot. Immediately the gun was fired, W. Fowkes ex-
claimed, " That's our Jack that fired." The policeman,
at first staggered and confussd, rushed to the door, but
found it fastened on the outside. After some little de-
lay the cord with which it way fastened was cut, and the
officer went into the street aad round the houses, bit
could see nobody. The yang man was taken up to
bed, and a surgeon called in. The policeman went over
to Ashby and informed P. S. Platts, who, about five on
Monday morning, apprehended the uncle, John Fowkes,
on a charge of shooting his nephew. A gun and some
shot were found in prisoner's house, and a pair of boots
which corresponded with sOll3B footmarks discovered
near his father's house. The cord with which the door
was fastened on the outside has been identified as his
property. Prisoner was a butcher, and lived about
half a mile from his father's. The young man was liv-
ing last night, but his recovery was considered to be
hopeless.

SALE OF THE CARNIFORI AT THE SURREY ZOOLOGI-
CAL GARDENS.—Yesterday, Mr. J. C. Stevens, the auc-
tioneer, attended at the Surrey Zoological Gardens to
dispose of the whole of the cartivori, the present pro-
prietor contemplating a total change of entertainment
at this popular place of amusement. At 1 o'clock Mr.
Stevens proceeded to sell the lions, which were knocked
down at a price far below the value of the animals.
The celebrated large elephant was bought in at 320
gutreas ; the bears, giraffes, acc., unfortunately meeting
with the same fate. The object of the proprietor is to
erect a music hall or theatre, so that the success of the
wonders produced will not depend upon the weather.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 27.

MANSION HOUSE.—.Tohn Lawley, alias Robins, a
man of between 60 and 70 years of age, who had just
been released from prison after a twelvemonth's incar-
ceration, was placed at the bar, before Sir R. W. Carden,
on a charge of stealing a silver tankard, two silver
watches, and other articles of plate, under the following
circumstances :

W. Barrow, assistant to Messrs. Barker, pawnbrokers,
of Houndsditch, said—Yesterday, about four o'clock,
the prisoner came to our house and offered the tankard
produced for sale. I asked him if it was his own pro-
perty, when he replied that it was, and that it had been
presented to him by the Institution of Skinners, of Ber-
mondsey. I asked him how it came to be broken, and
he said it had been trodden upon on the stairs. I asked
him when it was presented to him, and he replied,
" About two years ago." I questioned him as to the
month, and he said, " July, 1854." Observing that the
date on the cup was March, 1854, I sent for an officer,
who took him into custody. Previously to offering the
cup for sale he offered a silver watch, which I produce,
and for which I gave him lls. He said it was his own,
and that his name was John Lawley.
Mr. J. Lawley, leather dresser, 11, Perseverance-
street, Neckinger-road, Bermondsey, said—l know the
prisoner, who is a labourer and lodges in my house. The
watch and cup produced are mine. They were stolen
from my chest, which was forced open. I have also
missed another watch, six silver teaspoons, a pair of
silver sugar tongs, and a small wooden box, containing
a gold ring, a brooch, and some coins. The watch and
other articles produced by the officer are mine, the value
of the whole being upwards of 101. The articles were
stolen from my back bed-room, the door of which was
not kept locked. The chest was double-locked, and it
must have taken great violence to open it, as the screws
have been forced out.

H. Finnis, one of the city detective officers, said—l
was sent for to Messrs. Barker's shop. I took the pri-
soner into custody, and, on searching him, found the
silver watch produced, and the wooden box containing
the articles referred to by the prosecutor, together with
19s. 10d. in money. The prisoner gave a false address.
H. Hunt, metropolitan police-constable, 34 M—l
know the prisoner. I had him in custody in September,
1854, when he was tried at the Clerkenwell Sessions in
the name of John Robins, convicted and sentenced to
12 months' imprisonment in the House of Correction.
Sir R. W. Carden, after the usual caution, asked the
prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge,
when the latter replied that he had been induced to com-
mit the robbery through distress.
He was fully committed for trial.

CLERKENWELL.—Thos. IVliittingluint, a young
man 19 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Corrie, charged at the instance of the parish authorities
of Clerkenwell on suspicion of having caused the death
of his mother by administering poison to her.

Mr. C. G. Conesford, surgeon, 96, St. John•street,
Clerkenwell, said—At half-past 1 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon I was called to a woman at 58 Coppice-row.
I was told she was in a fit. I found her dead. The pri-
soner was struggling on the floor in strong convulsions,
and calling out, " Sand my mother back," and " Lau-
danum." I inquired if she was in the habit of taking
laudanum. The prisoner pulled a bottle from his pocket
which contained laudanum. I gave information to the
coror er, and a post-mortem examination is to be per-
formed.

Wm. Stewart said—l rent the house 58, Coppice-row.
Last Sunday, about half•past 1 o'clock, the sister of the
prisoner, a little girl, 13 years of age, came to me and
said her mother was dead orl dying. I went up stairs
and saw her with her eyes closed. The prisoner was cry-
ing ; he was very much excited, struggling and kicking
violently. I saw a teacup on a chair, with something
dark in it. It was thrown off the chair and spilt. I sent
for a surgeon immediately.
Louisa Whittingham, the sister of the prisoner, 13
years of age, said—On Sunday morning my mother took
a cup of tea. She was taken suddenly ill. Before she
died I saw my brother give her a drop of something out
of a bottle. It was dark. He gave her a drop in her
tea, and said, "It will send you to sleep." She often
complained of spasms in the chest.
Mr. Corrie—Will you ask her any question ?
Prisoner —No. What she says is all true.
Mr. Corrie— Do you wish to say anything to the
charge !
Prisoner—l do, Sir. O❑ Saturday night my mother
could get no sleep. She had been very bad for some
months. On Saturday night she was taken much worse,
making a noise in her throat all night. She said she
thought a little sleep would do her good, and asked me
to fetch a little laudanum. I refused at first, but ulti-
mately I went and purchased a pennyworth on Clerken-
well-green. I took it home, and she asked me to give her
20 drops, and, not understanding it, I gave her only 10 ,
drops in a cup of cold water. She could not swallow it,
and I put the remainder of the laudanum in my coat
pocket for fear my sisters might get it. I went out on
Sunday forenoon for three-quarters of an hour, and on
my return I found her in the same condition as before. I
heard a rattling in her throat. I sent for Mr. Stewart,
who sent for a doctor. I remained in the room and saw
my mother expire. [The prisoner here burst into tears
and fell back in strong convulsions. On being partially
restored he was about to say something further, but he
was again seized with convulsions and carried out of
court].
Mr. Corrie said be had no doubt that the prisoner's
statement was true, and directed that he should be taken
to the workhouse and properly attended to until the re-
sult of the coroner's inquest.
The prisoner was accordingly taken to the workhouse
with his little sisters.

TFlA'MES.—Yesterday Mr. Yardley received a sove-
reign from " Anonymous ' for the relief of the 21 unfor-
tunate Lascars who navigated the ship Janet Mitchell
from Calcutta to England, and whose wages have been
withheld by the owner.

LAMBETH.—Williant Giggs, a notorious offender,
was finally examined before the Hon. G. C. Norton on
a charge of being concerned with another man not in
custody in drugging a youth named William Bray, and
defrauding him of three guineas, the value of part of a
load of hay.

From the evidence it appeared that on Saturday, the
17th inst., the lad Bray had been sent by his master, Mr.
Row, a farmer at Harefield, Middlesex, to town with
three-quarters of a load of hay for sale, and, when pass-
ing the Knightsbridge-barracks, he was " picked up"
by the prisoner and his companion, who offered to pay
him the price he asked for the hay. They then took
him over Westminster bridge' into Lambeth, where they
sold and delivered the hay in piecemeal, and got the
money for it. They then induced the youth to drink
half a pint of beer, which they drugged so potently that
immediately after drinking it he was seized with a vio-
lent sickness and stupor, and when carried to the sta-
tion-house in Kennington-lane he was in a dying state.
Dr. Bushell was at once sent for, and on geeing the youth
he at once pronounced him to be labouring under the
effects of some powerful narcotic, and administered the
necessary antidotes; but it was somedays before the young
sufferer finally recovered. In addition to the present case,
it was shown in evidence that the prisoner had been
several times in custody, and twice tried and convicted
of a similar offence. A second charge was preferred
against the prisoner of having defrauded Mr. Hasker, e
corn dealer, in the Walworth-road, of corn to the amount
of 51. 17s.
In this case the goods were to have been paid for on
delivery, but the prisoner having sold the corn to a cab
proprietor for less than he had agreed to pay for it, snot
Mr. Hasker's man to a public-house to have a pint of,
beer, saying he should take the money to him, but this
part of the engagement he forgot to keep, and put the
51. 10s., which it was alleged he had got for the property,
into his own pocket.

The prisoner, in reply to this charge, said, he had no
recollection of it, nor was he prepared to meet it.
Mr. Norton said, he should have abundant opportu-
nity for doing so, and ordered that the evidence as far
as it went should be taken, and the prisoner brought up
again on a future day.

GREENWICH.—Joseph Burgess, carman, in the
service of Messrs. Tilley, contractors, of Agar-town,
was charged at the instance of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals with the following brutal
treatment of a valuable horse, belonging to his em-
ployers.
Defendant dealt the horse a tremendous blow with a
piece of wood on the head, the effect of which was to
make the animal reel round as far as the shafts would
allow, and then fall dead. No explanation of the trans-
action was offered by the defendant on his return home.
Burgess told Messrs. Tilley's foreman that the horse bad
fallen dead, but nothing was heard of the injury it had
suffered from defendant's violence until some days after-
wards, when the truth oozed out.
Mr. Traill adjudged the defendant to undergo six
weeks' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with
hard labour.

THE VACANT ALDERMANIC GOWN.--Rumour has
already been busily engaged in appropriating to one gen-
tleman or another the vacant aldermanic gown of Bread-
street. We know that not less than three swell-qualified
gentlemen have been waited upon with respect to it, but
all of them have declined to accept it. Another one
has been named, but we have the best authority to
state, that when the due and proper time arrives, one of
the rfearest relatives of the deceased alderman will be
brought forward. by the wish of a majority of the con-
stituents of the ward.
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From the London Gazette of Last Night.

At the Court at Windsor, the 21st day of November,
1855.—Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.

Whereas by an act passed in the session of Parliament,
holden in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of the reign
of her present Majesty, intituled " An act to amend and
consolidate the laws relating to the Customs of the United
Kingdom and of the Isle of Man, certain laws relating to
trade and navigation, and the British possessions," it is
enacted, that if the Legislature or proper legislative
authority, of any of the British possessions abroad,
shall present an address to her Majesty, pray-
ing her Majesty to authorise or permit the con-
veyance of goods or passengers from one part of such
possession to another part thereof, in other than British
ships, it shall thereupon be lawful for her Majesty, by
Order in Council, so to authorise the conveyance of Fuch
goods or passengers, on such terms and under such condi-
tions as to her Majesty may seem good :"
And whereas an address has been presented to her Ma-
jesty, by the Legislative Council of Ceylon, praying her
Majesty to authorise and permit the conveyance of goods
and passengers from one part of that island to any other
part of the same, in other than British ships:
Now, therefore, her Majesty, by and with the advice of
her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority com-
mitted to her by the said recited Act, doth order, and it is
hereby ordered, that from and after the day of the date of
this order, goods and passengers may be conveyed from
one part of the Island of Ceylon to another part thereof,
in other than British ships :
And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of
her Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable Henry
Labouchere, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State, are to give the necessary directions herein, as to them
may, respectively, appertain.

WM. L. BATHURST.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 23.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Right Honourable Sir George Hamilton Seymour, G.C.8.,
to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria.
FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to rpprove of Mr. Gustavus
Beckx as Consul at Melbourne, for his Majesty the King
of the Belgians.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 27.

The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her Majesty's Consul at theCapeYerd Islands,
reporting that by a recant decree of the Portuguese Go-
vernment, an impost of 10) reals (5d 1-9th)per ton is levied
upon all coal imported since July last, for the use of the
Steam Packet Companies, whose vessels touch at St. Vincent
to take in supplies of that article—and stating that a mu-
nicipal tax of 3 per cent. ad valorem, is imposed upon all
goods imported into or exported from Villa Praia.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 27.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles,
stating that the cholera has ceased, and that clean bills of
health are issued at that port.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 27.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Eoreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Buenos
Ayres stating that the Government of Brazil intend en-
forcing a strict quarantine at that port, and that all vessels
are to await a visit of the, health officer from the guard-
ship before proceeding to an anchorage.

ADMIRALTY, NOT. 23.
CORPS OF ROTAL MARINES.

Henry Cowley Bowker, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant
Henry Ives de Kantzow, Gent., to be Second Lieu•
tenant.

Sidney Thomas Bridgford, Gent., to be Second Lieu•
tenant.

John William Waller O'Grady, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant.

Graham Hewett, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Henry Monckton Kay, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Nowell Fitz Upton Way, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant. •
Ernest Augustus Macy Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Lancashire Hussars—Frederick William Earle, Gent.,
to be Cornet.
West Essex Militia—Lieutenant Humphrey Richard
George Marriott to be Captain, vice Eustace, resigned.
Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Harcourt Willoughby
Carter, late Captain in the 7th Fusiliers, to be Captain,
vice Captain Young, resigned ; Lieutenant Robert Law-
rence Hall to be Captain, vice Captain Morgan retired,
retaining his rank.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia.—Lieut. W. White, of the King's Own Light
Infantry Regiment of Militia, to be Lieutenant, vice
Voules • Arthur John Thistlewayte, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Hyland.
Hampshire Regiment of Militia.—Henry C. Maine,
Gent., to be Lieutenant.
Dumfries Roxburgh, and Selkirkshire Regiment of
Jaa. Johnstone Thomson, Esq., to be
Ensign, vice Blake, resigned.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia.—
Lieut. Wm. Piers Brisley to be Captain, vice Blachford,
promoted ; Ensign Edward Warren Golding to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Taunton, promoted.
Royal Anglesey Light Infantry Militia.—Lient. John
Thos. Roberts to be Captain, vice Jones, deceased.