The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-14 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
CLOSE OF THE BETTING ON MONDAY NIGHT.

NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Bardolph Bto agst Maria (t)
7to 1 apt The Old Lad I Bto 1 agst Officious
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
4to 1 agst Homebrewed I sto 1 agst Lapidist

CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 apt High Sheriff (t) 25 to 1 apt Merry Bird

DEBBY.
6to 1 agat Hobble Noble 30 to 1 agst Alcoran
13 to 1 agst Claverhouse I 30 to 1 agat Chief Baron
1.7 to 1 sgst Lapidist Nicholson
25 to 1 sgst Augur (t) 1000 to agst Phantom (t)
30 to 1 agst Kingston (t) 40 to agst Kg. Trumps
950 to 150 was laid five times agst Hobbie Noble,
and 5,000 to 200, besides several other bets at the same
figure, against Augur, whose decline is attributable to
an unfavourable trial with Voltigeur and Radulphns.
Claverhouse, Alcoran, and Phantom, were vary firm in
the market.

TUESDAY'S RACES.
Handicap Plate of 50/., for three yra old and upwards.
Cambridgeshiro Course.
Mr. Greville's Cariboo, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Flatman) 1
Captain Lowther's Chopkins, 3 yrs, sst 71b(Stegglea) 2
Mr. Stephenson's Solyman, 3 yra, Est 51b...(Toovey) 3
Mr. Walker's Patriot, aged, 6st 101 b (T. Perry) 0
Mr. Rayner's Gaylass, 4 yrs, Est 101 b ...(11ammond) 0
Mr. Wentworth's The Scourge, 3 yrs, 6st 51b(Cowley) 0
Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 3 yrs, Sat (Carroll) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Cariboo, and 3to 1 agst Chopkins.
Patriot and Chopkins got away in front, and jointly
made play until near the Duke's Stand. Cariboo then
took up the running, carried it on to the end, and won,
hard held, by half a lengtb. Solyman a bad third, and
the others beaten off. Gaylass and Peacock lost start.
Run in 2 min. 6 secs.

Plate of 501, fur two yrs old; colts, Sit 71b; fillies, Sst
41b. First half of Ab. M.

Duke of Richmond's Estelle bf, Bst 41b...(Flatman) 1
Duke of Bedford's Gossip, Bst 71u .(F. Butler) 2
Mr. Mare's Breastgirth e, B,t 71b (Simpson) 3
Lord W. Powlett's Guava, Bst 41b (Rogers) 0
Lord Glasgow's Sister to Caracaru, Sit 41b (Charlton) 0
Mr. Rayner's Mrs. Bull f (W. Dray ton) 0
Lord Clifden's Altitude, Bst 41b (Pearl) 0
Mr. J. Perren's br c by The Libel, out of Almeria,
Bst 71b (J. Arnull) 0
Betting-6
.to 5 agst Gossip, 3 to 1 agst Guava and
Estelle filly.
The Estelle filly made the running throughout, and
after a flue race up the cords, won by half a length,
Gossip beating Breastgirth colt by a neck. This race
was not timed.

The Tuesday's Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 soya. each,
h ft, for three years old; colts, Sst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b.
31b and 51b allowed, &c. TIM. (5 Subs.)
Lord Ribblesdale's The Nabob, Sat 71b (Flatman) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, Bst 41b (Charlton) 2
Lord Clifden's Magnes, Bst 71b (Robinson) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Nabob, who waited on Weather-
gage into the cords, and won very easily by a length.
Run in 1 min. 23 secs._

The Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 200 sovs. added, the second to
receive 100 soya. out of the stakes. Clermont Course.
(53 Subs, 23 of whom declared.)
Sir R. Pigot's Father Thames, 3 yrs, sst 91b(Cowley) 1
Duke of Richmond's Officious, 7st 81b...(Flattnan) 2
Mb. J. M. Stanley's Teddington, 4 yrs, 9st (Butler) 3
Mr. J. Osborne's The Proctor, 7st slb (J. Osborne) 0
Mr. Baton's Abderhaman, 4 yrs, bat 81b...(G. Mann) 0
Lord Exeter's Tophana, aged, 6st 81b...(W. Harlock) 0
Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, 6st 2lb (Garvey) 0
Mr. Parkinson's Odessus, 3 yrs, 53r 121b...(Harding) 0
Lord Cliiden's Poodle, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Toove) ) 0
Mr. Magennis's Ingratitude, 4 yrs, sst 81b( Hather ton) o
Mr. Rogers's The Old Lad, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Hera) 0
Mr. Mare's c by Faugh-a•ballagh, sst 71b...(Pau1) 0
Mr. C. Robson's Bardolph, 3 yrs, sst 61b ( Wells) 0
Lord Glasgow's Caracara, 3 yrs, sst 61b (T. Smith) 0
Mr. G. White's Pluck, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Steggles) 0
Mr. William's Maria, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (Carroll) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Bardolph, 4to 1 agst Poodle, 6
to 1 eget Teddington, 8 to 1 agst Maria, 8 to 1 agst Old
Lad, 8 to 1 agst Officious, 100 to 6 agst Pluck, 100 to 6
eget Lady Agnes, 20 to 1 agst Father Thames.
Odessus took the lead at starting, closely attended by
Pluck, Maria, Poodle, and Caracara, Officious well up,
and Teddington in the rear. They ran in a body at a
good pace to the turn, where Caracara, Father Thames,
and Bardolph showed in front, Officious lying fourth.
Half way between the turn and the chair Father Thames
and Officious singled themselves out and raced home, the
young one winning a splendid race by a head, Tedding-
ton a very good third, and Poodle a bad fourth; the
rest tailed off. Ran in 3 min. 11 secs. _ _

The departure of the last train shortly after this race
was decided prevents our giving it so fully in detail as
we could have wished.
The attendance this afternoon included the Duke of
Rutland, Earl March, Lord C. Manners, Duke of Bed-
ford. Lord Glasgow, Lord Ribblesdale, Lord Maidstone,
Lord Clifden, Lord Sidney Osborne, Lord Enfield, Count
Batthyany, Sir Robert and Lady Pigot, the Hon.
General and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Captain Lowther, Hon.
Francis Villiers, Hon. Agar Ellison, Hon. Henry
Forester, Hon. Major Pitt, Hon. Captain Rous, Colonel
Peel, Colonel Newton, Colonel Angeratein, Mr. Ore-
ville, Mr. Batson, Mr. S. R. Batson, Mr. Payne, Mr.
Gratwicke. Mr. Portman, Mr. S. Graham, Mr. Drink-
ald, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. G. Fitzroy, Mr. J. M. Stan-
ley, Mr. E. W. Hughes, Mr. Crommelin.
BETTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STASES.
9to 2 agst Homebrewed I sto 1 agst Lapidist

CHESTER CUP.
9 to 1 apt Stilton (t) 25 to 1 agatll in.barg
essello
14 to 1 agst Scarecrow (t) 25 to 1 agst Merry I.3ird
20 to 1 agst Hothorpe 40 to 1 agstlndian.arrior
18,000 to 600 was laid agst Poodle this morning In One
bet.

DERBY.
6to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 20 to 1 agst °cello
a
13 to 1 agst Claverhouee 20 to pt Augur
16 to 1 agst Lapidist 33 to 1 agst Alcoran
There are only three races for to morrow, viz., the
Column Stakes a Selling Piste, and the T.Y.C. Plate.
Minus walks, over fort he Handicap Plate.
ItiEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT.
ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
Sul:serziation Plate of 501; T.Y.C.
Sanita, 3 yrs—Guy Maoncring, 4 yrs—c 1)Y Venison
out of Glee, 3 yrs—iiiliket, 4 yrs—Dividtud
Little Savage, 3 yrs—Grecian, 4 yrs. " 3 rs—
Sweepstakes of 10 sons. each, vtinncr to be
1501.. &c.sold for
Harrier, 3 yrs—Vanguard, 6 yrs—Necklace, 5 yrs.
ihEdicap Plate of 501.
Ninus, 5 yrs, walks eve-r.
LATEST BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRApII
COLUMN sTIKEs. )
2 to 1 on Lapidist.
CHESTER cup.
Bto 1 agst Stilton (t) I
20
to agst
15 to 1 apt Scarecrow 60 to 1 agat Sophistry othorpe(t)
FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HA
2 to 1 apt Voltigeur
NDICAP.
DERBY.
16 to 1 agst Little Harry
uu to 1 agst Alcoran.
18 to 1 agst Augur

BETTING UP TO ONE O'CLOCK.
COLUSIN STAKES.
2 to 1 on L3pidist.
Mountain Dear arrived this morning.
NEWCASTLE-ON-1 YNE SPRING MEETING.
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 soya, each, p p, the second to
save his stake; 12't each; thorough-bred horses 101 b
extra. Once round and a die. (9 Subs.)
Mr. E Johnson's Jack of Aconlb (h b) (Mr. Gregson) 1
Mr. B Kil!erby (h b) (Owner) 2
Mr, Fife's Nancy Banks (h b)... (Owner) 3
Bob Acres (h b), (Mr. C. Reed), Chanticleer, (h b)
(Mr.Featherstonhaugh), and Fanny (h b), (Mr. Purcell),
also ran.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Jack. Won cleverly by nearly
a length.
The Ladies' Plate of 10 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of
2 aorta each, for all horses, 12st each, &c. Heats
T YC. (S Subs.) ,
Mr. Johnson na Child cf the Ilia, 4 yrs (Ankle) 1 1
Mr. Rudcleek's Gracy, aged (J. Simpson) 0 2
Mr. Smith's Scarlet Rinser, 4 yrs (Mr. C. Hoed) 0 3
Mr. Blacket'a Theory, 6 yrs (Nlark Noble) 0 0
Mr. Laing's Wor Helen, aged ('dr. Dunlop) 0 0
Mr. Dsvy's Gay Lad, a. (Mr Featherstnnhaugh) 2 dr
Mr. Brown na The Stranger, 6 yrs (.1. Pattison) 0 dr
Won easy by two lengths.
The Welter Stakes of 3 tovr. each, and 15 added, for
four yrs old and upwards, the second to save his stake.
Two miles. (S Subs.)
Captain Wood na Miss West, aged (Owner) 1
Mr. Grcgson'a Count Boruwlaski, 5 yrs (Owner) 2
Mr. Graham's Mysticle 6 cry (Mr. H. Graham) 3
Mr. Lamplugh'a The litiver, aged (Owner) 4
sto 4 fl..'St Miss West. Won cleverly by a length.
The Lark Stakes of 1 soy. each, and 5 added, for two
yrs old and upwards, T. Y. C. (15 Subs.), were won
cleverly by a length and a half by Mr. Currie's Annie
Laurie, 2 yrs (W. Grieveaon), beating Axwell, 2 yrs, (G.
Prince), and 12 others, after a very fine race.

MORE GOLD.
Accounts from. Australia have been received by the
Overland mail, via Ceylon. They reach to the 10th
January, being three weeks later than the previous
advices. As far as the richness of the mines is con-
cerned the details continue of a striking character,
but a total failure of water at Mount Alexander, in
the colony of Victoria, and too much water at the
Turon and other localities of the New South Wales
mines, had seriously checked operations. Up to the
exhaustion of the water at Mount Alexander, which
seems to have occurred rather suddenly, the returns
obtained by all parties realised the most sanguine
expectations, and the correspondent of the Sydney
Herald at that place states, that after full and re*
peated inquiries he was unable to meet with a single
person who bad been unsuccessful. With the dry
weather, however, the earth bad become so bard
that it could only be broken with a pickaxe, and a
general desertion was therefore taking place. Four
months would most probably elapse before work
could be recommenced. This compulsory retirement,
however, would be likely to lead to new explorations.
The accounts of the conduct of the population at
Melbourne are not favourable. Scenes cf violence
and depravity had been common, and they
are alleged to have been increased by the
influx of the convict population of Van
Diemen's Land, which is within thirty hours'
steaming distance, the deck fare from Launceston
being 21s. With regard to the New South Wales, or
Sydney mines, it appears that all the indications on
the Turon continued to promise great results after
the subsidence of the floods. Meanwhile new deposits
had been discovered in what is called the Maneroo
district and about the Snowy River, which it was be-
lieved would prove of a
remarkable Victoria
character. The
Sydney writers contend thatth
not richer than their own, and thate
th mines are
duce is solely owing to the larger
numbere
greater pro-
employed. This, however, does not
agr
of p.etbrsotbnes
fact that disappointments are frequently with
spoken
of at Sydney, while none had occurred
at &int
Alexander. The report made to the Government byi
Mr. Hargrave, upon his return from his exploratory
expedition, had not yet been allowed to transpire, and
it was consequently rumoured that it was too exciting
to he published until after the harvest had been got
in. The proprietor of the gold field in Frede-
rick's-valley had proposed to make over his title to
that spot, consisting of 1,033 acres, to a company
to
,be called the Wentworth old-field Com-
pany, with a capital of 30,0001., in 3,000 shares
of 10/, each, of which 25,0001. was to be paid
to himself, the remaining 5,0001. forming the work-
ing funds. The price of gold at Sydney had fallen
to 60a. per ounce, and the miners in consequence held
back their earnings. Nevertheless, on the 9th
January, the ship Kate sailed for London with
49,274 ounces of dust, valued at Si. ss. per ounce,
and amounting to 160,1411. From Adelaide, South
Australia, the latest dates received at Sydney were
to the 24th December, and it is probable that the next
arrival would bring news of equal wealth in that
colony. A reward of 1,0001. having been offered by
the Government for the discovery of any gold fields
that should yield 10,0001. within two months, a Mr.
Stephen, a barrister, had announced his knowledge of
two very extensive districts, and a day had been ap-
pointed for him to proceed to point them out. There
were, also, rumours of db•coveries in many other
localities in the neighbourhood of Adelaide. Ex-
pectations wero likewise entertained of the confirma-
tion of similar statements from Van Diemen's Land.
A fine specimen of quartz gold had been shown by a
man, who asserted that he had found it at Hobart
Town, and that it existed there in abundance; end
there were other less questionable stories of deposits
between Launceston and George Town. As resp€ cts
general intelligence, there is nothing by this arrival of
importance. A meeting had been held of the Sydney
Railway Company, at which a report was read an-
nouncing that Earl Grey had sanctioned the proposal
of the local Government to grant a guarantee of five
per cent. on the first 100,000/. capital subscribed,
payable either in London or Sydney. The prepara-
tory works of the line were proceeding slowly, the
number of persons employed being only 73, and, as
an engineer was expected from London in the course
of a few weeks, it was proposed to defer any more
active steps until his arrival. The news of the plan
of the home Government for a two-monthly line of
screw-steamers had just arrived, and had been re-
ceived with the anticipated derision. Great difficulty
was still felt by the shipping for want of crews, it
being found impossible to check desertion, although
in every possible instance the authorities enforced the
law to the fullest extent. Among other cases the
master of a brig named the Julia Percy had been
sentenced to a fine of 50/. or three months' imprison-
ment for enticing two seamen from the ship Scotia.

IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.

A case of some importance to railway travellers was
tried at the Doncaster County Court on Monday. An
action was brought by Mr. Fairfax Fearnley, of Bishop-
field, near Bawtry, against the Great Northern Riilway
Company, to recover the sum of 581. 18s., the value of a
dressingcase, containing v4rious articles of jewellery.
&c , which was lost under the following circutristancesdirt
On the 20th of December last the plaintiff
the booking-office at the Wakefield station of the.kLats
for
shire and Yorkshire Railway two first-class
to
himself and wife, intending to proceeddE 15
Express) did
but, as the train (the Great Northern
onlyP
as far
purchaaaenc,
not stop at Bawtry, they were bookedrerataquarter
neafuld be no train to
as Doncaster. On urrivine• at Do
past 5 P.M., and finding thatb there wu o,bt a
safe
place for
Bawtry until 9 P.M , the plaintinffesuof A
the porters showed
his luggage in the interim. 0
duced to kave the dresgij
~ )g.
him a private room, and on
of the place, plaintiff was in
his assurance as the safety
whilst he and Mrs.
case and other articles there,
two at the •
an
bhaodu r vicarage.
Fearnley went to spend .
n, shortly before nine o'clock,
leftor it to the booking-
atthetbveatleasing-easo was ruiching
On returning
It
porter had removed it -.
they found that
turned out that another pfrom the
room where Mr. FearnlrY
......_,.
office, where luggage vv;?usturially deposited, and
doubt. it
whence, no had been 0 en. Mr. Blanchard,
d,d on behalf of the defendants, • barrister, contended I .
from Wakefield conveying
. the plaintiff to Bawtry by
• e the h a
n , y -a- entered two special
two separate trai.o3 into
both f •
contracts with ble , 0 which they had fulfilled.
They had conveyed f himt and his luggage from Wakefield
to Doncaster iasae y, a..,
ou afterwards from Doncaster
to Bawtry in.. ,safety;, and the company were not liable
for the loss that had occurred in the interval between
the jeurneYa- The porter was a bailee without hire, and
thou;
n bound to take Stich in care of the property left by
the plaintiffhis possession as ho would of his own,
yet he was not responsible for its loss, except gross and
culpable
the negligence
could be proved against him. His
of the defendants.
Hon Judge (Mr. W. Walker) decided in favour

Yesterday SCENE AT A FIRE.
YesterdtlY morning, at a few minutes betore four
llpo'clock,os.,the inhabitants of Nassau•street, Middlesex
Hospital, most painfully excited. It appears that
as a police-constable was passing along the abovsnnamed
Rost he perceived dense bodies of smoke pouring forth
the basement floor of the premises No. 15, in that
thoroughfare, occupied by Mr. Charles Lansfield, a car-
penter. I.le succeeded iu arousing the inmates, con-
sisting of not fewer than nineteen persons. These who
were iu the lower portion of the premises, upon opening
their doors, found smoke pouring up the stairs so furi-
oasly that if they remained another minute they ungies-
tienably would have perished. Thirteen persona, ilew-
Gvor, succeeded, at great risk, in gaining the street, but
six who were in the second flour, un reaching the stairs,
were driven back by the hot smoke. Having
again entered their apartment, they made their
appearance at the front windows, and besought
the spectators to fetch a ladder and rescue
them. They were informed by tha police that the
escapes of the Royal Society had been sent for, and that
they would arrive in a few seconds; at the same time
they were urged to remain where they were until they
arrived. the dense smoke, however, began to pour into
their room in such bodies that suffocation appear, d
certain, One woman then got to the sill of the window,
with an infant in her arms, and was just in the act "
jumping out with the child (four other werewomen
o
Royal screaming at the same window), when the
s conductor
ciety's fire-escape reached the house. The
(Weaver) having placed the machine in
filo:es of six
house, mounted and succeeded in saving
1"Bde
persons. The engines of the London faremen n ri cga found and of the
parish were soon on the spot, when th

tha t the flames were raging in the workshop in the
lower part of the premises. Tho engines having been
set to work, the firemen succeeded in extinguishing the
fire. Unfortunately the sufferers were_ not insured.
The cause of the fire is unknown.

~i ~ . ~ 1

TREATMENT OF THE .DEAD IN TOWNS
The annual mortality of London is about 56,000, or
154 per day, and all this enormous mass of dead and
p u tri fy leg fled], with slight exception, is deposited—
%e cannot say buried—in the very midst of the sur-
vivors. Nevertheless, the sacred feelings and affections
mixed up with even the empty shells or tabernacles
once inhabited by those nearest and dearest to
us, blind the mind to the abominations and the horrors
of these intramural deposits. Were half the number of
the bodies of dead horses, or double the number of
those of dead cats and logs, allowed to rot amongst
them in heaps, such as the metropolitan vaults and
graveyards now contain of not less rotting, not less
pestiferous abomination, we believe there would be
little difficulty in arousing a periodical resolution
to get rid of such an evil, could it have ever
existed. As it is, the most salutary mode of procedure
we can think of is, reiteratedly to disabuse the puklia
mind from the notion that their dead are treated in their
ihtramural deposits one whit more decently or reverently
than if they had been so many dead dugs or horses.
Cholera, typhus lever, consumptions, apoplexies,
sudden deaths, measles, scarlet fevers, small-
pox, and last, though most important of all,
vroaps, that slower poisoning whirl lowers the vitality
and impairs the stamina of the entire nation—such are
the fruits reaped from sowing in corruption such as this.
That the plague in Egypt uniformly arises first in the
close vicinity of the graveyards of the towns, has
been fully established. And can we wonder that
disease and pestilence are engendered, and
life destroyed by noxious emanations, such as
these ? "We make for ourselves the poison which we
breathe: in our perverse blindness, we sow decay, and
we reap death." Nay, to complete the circle of iniquity,
we sow death and reap decay—we infuse a leaven of
mortality in the midst of the mortal mass, and leaven
the mass of mortals slowly but surely thereby into
masses of mortality.— The Builder.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOB GULF ST. VINCENT.
After making Kangaroo Island steer E IN.' through
Investigator's Straits, between that island and Althorpe
Island. Should the wind be from the eastward, you
will find no difficulty in beating through the straits, nor
anything in the way more than is pointed out in Flin-
der'a chart. If boupd up Gulf St. Vincent great care
is requisite to avoid Troubridge Shoal, situated on the
changestai r s r ao sf s
the
ee m
west side of the entrance, as the flood tide through Back-
aeotoans,trong, particularly on the full and
directly upon the shoal; therefore,
coming from the westward, the course should not bie
altered until Point Marsden bears S.W. by W.PV.,
when you will be about ten miles from the high land in-
side Cape Jervis, named in Flinders's chart N.W. Blus
when yon may shape your course for the light vessel
N.N.E., 40 miles distant. For about six leagues up the
gulf the land is high and bold; but above that the shore
becomes very low, with hummocks of sand upon it; and
the same description of coast prevails to the head of the
gulf.
After passing the high coast land, the water shoals far
out, and in some places (when within the distance of ten
miles from the light) five fathoms will be found at a dis-
tance of four miles from the beach. Be careful of your
soundings, particularly at night; and in running up to
the light, keep as nearly as you can in between
five and six fathoms water—not approaching inside five,
as within that depth the water shoals suddenly; and if
you keep outside six fathoms, you may pass to the west-
ward of the light and not see it. In these soundings you
will make the light ahead, which may be seen twelve
miles from the deck of a ship. The shoal—called the
Bar—at the entrance to the port, bears N.E. one mile
from the light vessel. When you are are within a
proper distance, a boat will be sent to you from the light
vessel with a pilot, and to receive all mails and letters.
Should you sight the light in the early part of the night,
you may anchor anywhere to the southward of it in six
fathoms ; or keep under weigh until daylight, taking
care to be to the southward of the light, and as near it
as possible in the morning, as the tide answers early.
Where the light vessel is moored, in lat. 34 deg. 44 min.
S., the anchorage is safe; but a good full scope of chain
is required, never less than 50 fathoms; and if it blow a
full chain. Never let go the second anchor if you can
avoid it ; rather give more chain, as your vessel will
ride much easier with one anchor down than two.

When bound down the gulf steer from the light-
vessel S S.W., which will keep you in sight of the land
on the east side of the gulf, and out of the influence of
the tide through Bucketairs Passage, until you are to
the southward of Troubridge Shoal ; but on no account
shape a course that you may fancy will enable you to
weather the shoal (thereby laying the ship's broadside
exposed to a rapid tide running directly upon it) until
you are sufficiently to the southward to shape your
course down the strait.

In beating do;viatfiegulf, never exceed a distance of
ten miles from the larboard shore (as the opposite side
is shoal), and be careful, when standing in, to have a
cast of the lead, as it is shoal a considerable distance
off, until you get down to the high land. In some places
to the northward of Holdfast Bay, there are not more
than five fathoms at a distance of within four miles from
the beach, and the water shoals very quickly that depth;
but where the high land fronts the sea, the chore is
steep, except a reef that lies a mile off, about three miles
to the southward of Roldfast Bay. The flag-staff at
Holdfast Bay is in latitude 34 deg. 58 min. 28 see. S.
In moderate weather endeavour to be as close to the land
as possible by suriset, when you will be certain of the
wind off the land, which will lead you down the coast.
Do not allow yourself to bo thrown off until you are
well down with Cape Jervis, and to the southward of
Troubrhige Shoal, which is an extensive flat, and only
in the middle shows a patch of about 200 yards at higa

Ships bound down Investigator's Straits, meeting a
strong westerly wind, and wishing to anchor, will find
good holding ground close in on the east side of Point
Marsden, in six fathoms water. When besting care
must be taken not to stretch too far inside Nepean Bay
(Kangaroo Island), as about two miles inside Point
Marsden a long sand spit, dry at low water, extends a
distance of seven miles! N.W. and S.E. This danger
should be guarded against by timely soundings.
Vessels coming from the eastward through Backstairs
Passage, and bound up the gulf, should night be ap-
proaching, mast keep on the north side of the Passage,
and haul round Cape J!>rvis—all that coast being quite
bold. When the gulf is open, shape a course N. by E.
if E. for the light vessel.

THOBIAS LIPSON, R.N.,
Naval Officer and Harbour Master of the
Province of South Australia.
Port Adelaide, August 12, 1851.

AT TILE HEAD ,
Harbour blaster s ome , Port Adelaide,
T
S, pt. 2, 1851. -
SAILING DIRECTIOON:F G OAF PO ITT. WAKEFIELD
EEFNIETL.
On leaving the light-ship steer N. W. W., until within
miles of the western shore, when the west
atthetnhebeheianda of
afirtwheaygubleft,wweeilnl
Mangrove Points, and may shape a course
northerly, towards the head of the gulf. From Sandy
Point a spit projects off three and half miles. A flit
also runs one and a half or two miles from Mangrove
sbnilexufaolisfoeuurv:etdoNll. mYmo
Point; therefore, great care must be had in the use of
the lead. Opr.site Sandy Point the soundings will be
five and four and a half fathoms. Having cleared the
spit, run for the flagstaff at the entrance of the river,
which will bear N. by E E., or N.N.E. Bring up
whenever the water may suit. us the bottom shoals gra-
dually, end is composed of soft well-holding clay.
When beating up or down, above Port Adelaide, the
lead must be attended to, as a bat4e extends the whole
line of the eastern shore. At a distance of 20 miles
above Port Adelaide light this flat extends as far off as
ten miles from the lend, which lies so low as to be barely
discernible.

On the west side of the gulf a shoal exists, from Ist.
35 deg. 11 min. to 35 deg. 20 min., which causes the
water to shoal suddenly from eight to three fathoms.
Tuos. Lit-sox, Harbour Master.

AN ENCOUNTER WITH A BOA.—Mr. Mason, in his
recently published work, " Pictures in Mexico," relates the
following circumstance, which occurred to him while loiter-
ing along a shady path in a forest:—" I stepped aside for
a moment to admire a rich tuft of large purple flowers, my
mule having plodded on about eight or ten yards ahead,
when, as I turned from the flowers towards the path, a
sensation as of a flash of lightning struck my sight, and I
saw a brilliant and powerful snake winding its coils round
the head and body of the poor mule. It was a large and
magnificent boa, of a black and yellow colour, and it had
entwined the poor beast so firmly in its folds, that ere he
had time to utter more than one feeble cry, he was crushed
and dead. The perspiration broke out on my forehead as I
thought of my own narrow escape; and only remaining a
moment to view the movements of the monster as he began
to uncoil himself, I rushed through the brushwood, and
did not consider myself safe until I was entirely free of the
forest."

niciapfasowfilthate
SEVERN NAVIGATION.—There has just been printed
by order of the House of Commons, in a Parliamentary
paper, a report of Mr. James Walker, the engineer to the
Admiralty, on the navigation of the River Severn. At the
request of the Admiralty Mr. Walker made his report, dated
the let of September last, and he also furnished an addit.iontaol
report in the following month. 51r. Walker was requir d
..
3 thei
sr the''o.l:Pie:r fo‘c-t7.great magnitude.
report in what manner, and to what extent, the tida_l_hooosvtig
gation of the Severn might be improved betweenotnve'inuenta
and the town of Worcester; whether such
might be carried out in independent atages,i
reclamation
lui
arl
mdrespective
el
avcneodrsat
might
stages, tgahwgteh se,and
incurred. Captain
The reports de-
cents of the navigation
outlay ; and whether, if the improvepinutilie benefit would be
of the Severn were carried out,
Bfuelelycheyha d commensuratemaa with
s;utrvernentioned, the important.e of the
notththe he
oe
rt
idiineear
de°lrnttbilinc execution,icot:eernts and
scribed the several pc"their great public benefit. Mr.
alterations expected. and.. ,
uoje,
ANS.—During the week
,
inn off-handed opinion, than the re-
suitWalker states that
and he has given rather
rideration to which he
of a deliberate con was expected
to commit himself.
G
Aiwa...T.-
there has been an immerse Termans into Liverpool
Mr. Sabel, Ti-nv OF Tile ERM
route for America- • • el, the head of the Mooitielde
en
r°
• establish
the
ment, has himself . emigrationsuperintended the
: et a 1,200. This immenseinestablishment nu was received and
quartere.d
two
street within days, and by to-day the whole will have
left the port in different ve;.sels for America , A • •
about 100 are
destined. for New Orleans, a few for Canada, and the re.
mainder for the St '
ates.— Liverpool Journal.
BAD NEWS
FoR BREAD EATERS.--The Dovir
Telegraph, of last
week, contains a strongly-worded article
in favour of a dutycorn. Immediately preceding the
effusion, the editor on
that ilia writings Axe
"under 4, assures the reader
the patronage of the Queen."

SURREY SESSIONS, April 13.
(Before J. E. JOHZISON, Esq., and a Bench of Ma-

gistrates.)
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Theresa Kensell, 32, Ed-
ward Conolly, 36, and Robert Edwards, 43, were
indicted for stealing a silver watch from the person of
George Wyatt, at Lambeth.
Mr, Harrison prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock, in.
structed by Mr. W. F. Horne, defended the pri-
soners.
Prosecutor stated that he was a solicitor's clerk,
and about eight o'clock of the evening of the 3d of
March, he went down Kennington-lane to meet a
friend near the Windmill public-house. While stand-
ing there, he pulled his watch out of his pocket to as-
certain the time, and after he had replaced it in his
pocket the female prisoner came up and accosted him.
She asked him to cross over to Esher-street, and hav-
ing to go that way he did so. He then stopped talk-
ing to her, when she suddenly pulled his waistcoat
and ran away. Conolly then came up to him and
asked him the way to Vauxhall, and while he was
telling him, Edwards came up and called out he was
directing him the wrong way. They both went
down a bye street, when witness's suspicion was
aroused, and on putting his hand to his waistcoat
pocket he missed his watch. He instantly went to
the police-station and gave information of the
robbery. lie saw the prisoners eight or ten
days afterwards in custody, and instantly identi-
fied them.
Richard Thurle said he saw the prisoners together
on the same evening of the robbery in the New Cut,
going towards the Victoria Theatre.
Sergeant Goff, No. 8 L, said that on the 6th of
March he saw the female and Edwards in Tower-
street. Having received information of the robbery
he took them into custody, when he sent for the pro-
secutor, who came and identified them. He knew
them to live together as man and wife for some

time.
Sergeant Coombs, 10 L, said he took Conolly into
custody on the Bth of March, when he said he had
known the other prisoner some time, but had not seen
them for a fortnight.
Mr. CHARNOCK made an ingenious defence, con-
tending that the male prisoners were unknown to each
other, and that the complainant must have dropped his
watch after he had looked to see the time.
The jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned
a verdict of Guilty against all of them.
Sergeant Romain, 14 L, was then called forward
by the Chairman, and, being sworn, stated that he
was present at the December sessions for that county,
and saw Edwards sentenced to seven years' transpor-
tation for stealing two gold rings.
Hunt, police-constable, $4 M, said he was present
at the Old Bailey sessions in 1849, when the female
prisoner was sentenced to twelve months for stealing a
watch under similar circumstances. Conolly had
been summarily convicted several times.
The CHAIRMAN said that as Conolly had never been
tried in a court of justice before, they (the magis-
trates) would give him a chance to reform, therefore,
they should merely sentence him to three months at
Wandsworth : Edwards having been previously
transported, they should sentence him to ten years'
transportation, and the female to seven years' trans-
portation.

Sergeant ROgftn, ls 1.1
pri.;oner, who hati bee, ',, "kid on laying hold Of the
(prisoner), who was the v:`,,°rD,C*4 by other parties, he
" So you've got tne now, h:,,le'r liquor, exclaimed,
wards said, "So help me God e zoo,'
uttrrrY I did it ; it
/he hammer and he after-
' was all through drink, but Ih,,pe
was produced by the rills not hurt."
- .
bld.
_`'Heavy one, and upon it were some mart fig' " • it was a
The prisoner denied having assaulted the oo
eutor, alleging that it was another man „„Al° gav prose-
blow. e the
The prisoner stands committed for wounding ;
intent to do some grievous bodily harm : - with
but an the

•

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Miss Annabella Bowra, a little girl about ten years
of age, the daughter of a retired gentleman, living at
4, Hill-street, Peckham, was placed at the bar before
Alderman Shamans, charged under the following
aggravated circumstances :
Miss Marianne Robinson, of St. James's-terrace,
Camden-town, said—l was walking with my sister
yesterday afternoon in St. Paul's-churchyard, and
while we were looking in at Allan's window my at-
tention was directed to the prisoner by two ladies,
who said, " Lek, that child has just cut your mantle
with a pair of scissors; follow her, she is running
away. It is that child with the red ribbons." I ran
after her with my sister, who stopped the prisoner.
The latter began to cry, and before I accused her she
said, "I did not cut the mantle," and at the same time
she was putting a pair of scissors into her pocket. I
then gave her into custody. The ladies told me that
prisoner bad cut another lady's shawl in a similar
manner only a few minutes previously.
Mrs. Day, complainant's sister, corroborated this
statement.
Miss Louisa Messenger, of Ebenezer-place, Shackle-
well, said—l was in St. Paul's-churchyard between
three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and had
my shawl cut in several places while I was looking in
at Allan's window. My mother was with me, and
first saw the boles in my shawl, which were cut
through four thicknesses. The little girl was then
in custody.
Alderman SALOMONS—What is the value of the
mantle and the shawl ? Miss Robinson—The mantle
is of silk velvet, and embroidered in front and round
the bottom. I give 4/. 10a for it last autumn. It
is an expensive one, and will wear seven years.
Miss Messenger—l paid 1/. ls. for my shawl in the
beginning of last winter.
In answer to a question from the Alderman, the
complainants said the articles could not be repaired,
as the pieces were cut completely out.
David Hach, 371, said—l took prisoner into cus-
tody, and she said "I.did not do it; my cousin did it."
I asked her where her cousin was, and she said " I
don't know, for she gave me the scissors and ran
away directly she did it." I went to her cousin's
address in the Old Jewry and saw her cousin, but
she denied all knowledge of the transaction. The
officer then produced a paper containing a great num-
ber of pieces of various kinds of material, which was
seen to have been thrown away by the cousin as
.JOD as the prisoner was given into custody, and
which showed that a system had been carried on by
injuring
ladies' of the girls of wilfully cutting and
ladies' shawls, mantles, and dresses ; even gentlemen's
coats did not appear to have escaped the work of the
scissors.
Alderman SALOMONS—How old is the prisoner's
cousin ? Prisoner—She is fifteen years of age.
The prisoner's father attended, and said he hoped
the Alderman would not punish his daughter, for there
was no evidence to show that she had actually cut
the mantle and shawl, and he was confident of her
innocence.
AldermanbeSaLomoNs said it was a
.m.ost malicious
trick, ant
by inflicting as a penalty
could only mark his opinion of the case
would admit of, severe
to be
the
as the circumstances
very vicious child prisoner must be a
The father said thateguilty
.ot such an act.
w the chile had been brought up
very respectably, and
once a fortnight, and he tabs not in town more than
made to suffer for what he°rug•lits-ia had done.
.klae ought not to be
Alderman. SALOMON 3 said thateni the absence of the
testimony of the two ladies who
away, he must treat her as an. °a
saw
prisoner run
and Iss. for the
lay
netrltPhlLe, and order
that 21. si. be paid for the
shawl, and he considered that would be making a
lair allowance for the time they 4been
much dissatisfied,
inwear.
The father expressed himself
and inquired if he was to have the injured articles on
pay ment of the amounts ordered.
Alderman SALOMONS said certainly not ;
amounts he had awarded were for the damage, the
and
not to replace the shawl and mantle.
After some further delay, occasioned by the father
having to send for the money, the Alderman lecturedr
the girl upon the impropriety of her conduct, and the
matter was then disposed of upon payment of the
amounts ordered.
MARYLEBONE.
MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.—Yesterday a man named
William Shirtliff was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, on the very serious charge of having se-
verely wounded Henry Foxall, by striking him on
the head with a large hammer.
Prosecutor, the top of whose head was strapped up
with adhesive plaister, deposed that on the previous
evening he was in Bailey's beer-shop, Marylebone-
lane, when the prisoner, who was also there, began
quarrelling with another man who was sitting beside
him. The landlord laid hold of him (prisoner) to
put him out, and at length ejected him, prosecutor
having opened the front door at his (the landlord's)
requests and in the course of ten minutes prisoner re-
turned, when, without saying a word, he gave prose-
cutor, who was quiety partaking of a half-pint of
beer, a tremendous blow on the head with a hammer,
thereby inflicting a wound, and causing him to bleed
most profusely. . He was for a time quite insensible,
and must have fallen from his seat to the floor, had
not two persons come immediately to his aid.
James Bailey, the landlord, said that on the return
of the prisoner to the heuse, he (witness)
beneath saw him g.o
up in front of prosecutor, and draw from his
coat a hammer, with which he struck him (prosecutor)
a.`'ety violent blow. Prisoner seemed greatly ex-
cited, and after he inflicted the injury he rushed out
into the street. Wanness pursued him for a consi-
derable distance and he (prisoner) at length ran
against a
truck • h s standing in the road,
when la,,w-bic wa
secured.`lr °l,Ped the hammer from his hand, and was
James Gaseene
The former
prioner have ..tl,7e
st,„---71,- and John Allen were examined.
blow given, and the latter. saw.
hand. beer-hhop with tho hummer in his