The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

with a name and address different from those which
he hari given in his convers.Ltion with Mr. Benson's
Sh

The prisoner declared that he never had the least
intention of doing anything dishonourable, and re-
quested that the Lord Mayor would be good enough
not to commit him to prison, as no doubt such an event
would break his mamma's heart.

.Tbe LORD MAYOR said that the prisoner must cer-
tainly appear before a jury in such a case, and that
when the depositions were made out he should be
committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

On Tuesday Joseph Ady, the notorious letter-
writer, was discharged from the G-iltspur-street
Compter, in which he had been for some months con-
fined for a large amount of money due to her Ma.
jesty for the postage of letters directed to persons all
over the country, giving information of " something
to their advantage." Ady has not paid one halfpenny
of the debt, as we were given to understand, but he
has been in a declining state of health, and it is be-
lieved that the visiting magistrates of the prisons of
the City represented the fact to the Post-office autho-
rities. On Tuesday a note, of which the following is
a copy, was received at the Mansion House :
" General Post Office, April 6, 1852.
" Sir—The Lords of the Treasury have authorised the
Postmaster-General to release Joseph Ady from prison;
I am therefore commanded by his Lordship to request
that he be set at liberty without delay.
"I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" M. W. PEACOCK, Solicitor.
" To S. R. Goodman, Esq., &c."
The LORD Miktoß, on signine. the warrant for the
discharge of the aged prisoner, expressed a very
anxious hope that Mr. Ady would commit no further
breach of promise to the Goverument by transmitting
any more unpaid letters by post.
GUILDHALL.

Mr. Robert Kennett, of the Hoop and Grapes
public-house, Westminster, also a cab proprietor, who
prosecuted the two Stowells and Garnett at the
Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, for conspiracy
and perjury, was yesterday placed at the bar before
Mr. Alderman Moon on a double charge of forgery
and perjury, with intent to defraud John Stowell.
Mr. Ballantine attended for the prosecution, and
Mr. Parry, instructed by Mr. Preston, for the
prisoner.
Several witnesses were examined, and

Alderman MOON said he thought there was suffi-
cient evidence for an adjournment, but he did not
feel called on to require more than the prisoner's own
recognizances in 501. to appear this day week to answer
the charge.
The prisoner's recognizances were then taken, and
the matter was adjourned for a wePk.
_ _ _ MARYLEBONE.

Mary James was brought up in custody, by Ser-
geant Hazeltine, 22 D, and placed at the bar before
Mr. Broughton, charged with having stolen a con-
siderable quantity of silver plate, consisting of salt-
cellars, spoons, and other articles, belonging to M.
Octave Delepierre, the Belgian Consul, residing at
18, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park.
'I he prosecutor gave evidence which went to show
that the prisoner was in his service, and that she had
the care of the plate. She left the house on Monday
rather early, and as she did not return, the cupboard
where the property alluded to was regularly kept
was on the next morning broken open ; and it was
then ascertained that the plate was gone. He (pro-
secutor) then gave information of the robbery to the
police.
Hazeltine (the officer) deposed that on the pre-
vious night he went to 24, South Wharf-road, Pad-
dington, where prisoner's husband lodges, and there
found her (prisoner) in bed. She complained of
being ill, and on witness telling her what she was
charged with, she said that she know nothing about
the plate, adding that the other servants were conti-
nually having people call upon them at their master's
dwelling. She was then conveyed to the station-
house, where she said that she was very sorry for
what she had done, and gave witness two keys, tell-
ing him that in a cupboard down stairs he would
find a little box containing six duplicates, as also six
sovereigns. He went to the consul's, and searched
the cupboard named, but, not meeting with what the
prisoner had mentioned, be returned to the station,
when she (prisoner) said to him, " I am sorry I told
you a falsehood ; but if the gentleman will forgive
me, the plate shall come back to him to-morrow
morning." On the way from the station-house to
this court she apologised to witness for the trouble
which she had given him, and admitted having thrown
into the fire a number of tickets for plate which she
had pledged within the last month at the shop of Mr.
Smith, in the Edgeware-road.
Mr. Broughton—ls Mr. Smith here ? Witness
—No, your worship, I have not yet bad time to
see him.
The prisoner, upon being asked by the magistrate
if she wished to say anything, replied, I have pawned
the plate. I left the house in the morning to see
if I could get the things out, but as I could not
get money enough to do so I was afraid to go back
again.
She was remanded till Wednesday next.

MURDER OF MR. BOYD, LATE OF TEE
STOCK EXCHANGE.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The fate of Mr. Benjamin Boyd, late of the Stock
Exchange, which has excited so much anxiety in the
City, has, we regret to say, been fully ascertained
beyond a doubt.
The unfortunate gentleman, it will be recollected,
was on a tour in his yacht, the Wanderer, from Cali-
fornia to Sydney, and when among the group
of Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific,
was attacked by the natives, and met with a
horrible death, as also a companion. An impression
has been circulated to the effect, that Mr. Boyd would
be found probably to have perished on board his own
vessel ; the truth, however, will be best gathered
from the annexed narrative, extracted from the ship's
log-book, which details the whole circumstances, and
is attested by the master and crew of the Wanderer.
" Tuesday, Oct. 14th—This day, at three o'clock,
P.m., we came to an anchor in a small bay on the
south-west of the island of Guadalcanar, being in
south latitude 9 40, east longitude 159 50 15. A
number of canoes were alongside, but without any
articles of trade, and at sundown all went ashore. The
night passed in perfect quietne.s.
n Wednesday, 15th—This morning at an early
hour many canoes were alongside, without any trade
or warlike weapons. At about half-past six Mr.
good spirits, and taking the
Boyd arose in usual
small boat, with one native of Ocean Island, went
ashore to shoot game. The boat was seen to enter a
small creek, and was immediately out of sight of the
ship. Mr. Boyd fired one shot soon after. Many
natives were seen standing near the entrance to the
creek. About seven o'clock another shot was heard,
but nothing transpired to excite suspicion. During
the morning 'several natives were very perse-
vering in their attempts to come on board,
but were as frequently driven off. About
half-past seven o'clock all the Europeans
went in to bathe, and while in the water the natives
tried hard to induce them to take the boat ashore—
they offered them women and every allurement, but
without success. When the crew got out of the
water the natives wished them to go and shoot
birds, but on the opposite side to which Mr. Boyd had
gone, but no one went. linings remained thus till
9 o'clock, excepting that the number of canoes
had increased. Breakfast having been ready for
some time, the gong was sounded for Mr. Boyd,
but no answer was returned. At this time a
native stole a handkerchief, and pulling off some
distance, held it up for us to go and get it. We
sent Godog, a native of Byron Island, to swim for it,
but as he approached the canoe pulled off; he was
called back, and came on board, and sat on the rail
forward, on the starboard bow. Two natives fol-
lowed him np and made the first attack on Tine, a
native of Byron's Island, with a club, striking at his
head, but he received warning from Godog, and met
the blow on his arm, and knocked the wretches into
the water. The alarm was now given, and we were
quite unprepared for an attack. Our deck guns,
contrary to our usual custom, were neither loaded
nor run out ; all our small arms were below ; but
in five minutes or so, we were all armed—the
four white men with muskets, and the crew with
boarding pikes and cutlasses. At this time upwards
of 200 natives were around the ship. Three canoes
came up upon our starboard quarter, from one of
which the first spear was thrown, passing between
three of us. A gun was fired over their heads, but
this seemed only to give them confidence, for utter-
ing fearful yells, and blowing on war conches, they
pulled up to the ship with the intention of boarding
us. Spears, and other missiles flew through the rig
ging, when the first shot levelled its mark, and every
succeeding one told with deadly effect. The canoes
board
us now driven from aft, but they tried to
us forward; so determined were they that A
had climbed up on the martingale back number
The pirates
were coming in the face of the boarding ropes'pikes and
now cutlasses when they were shot down
more de-
now began to retreat, and one or two q'hots cided the battle. Having time to
,we ad COM
pounders and Long Tom h load our six-
of command
of the whole bay, and did not cease •
village was deserted, and the n natives having
until their
a point within range of shot, alves having to round
possible.
grape as long asthey were annoyed with
" We now meneed th
Boyd, but all the traces 3 boat and went to seek Mr.
struggle and the Qs
We found were the place of
The small boat 1-1, in marks were he had fired two shots.
left of the creel: but the creek. We searched to the
to the village ;ut With no avail. We now went
here_ a number of the catives. were
concealed in the bush, not far off by their hideous
yells, but they Would not' We searched their
houses, and there found them. show.We now proceeded to
break up their canoes, and in one we found a dead