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London, England, 1854-03-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH is, 1854.

On the motion of Mr. R. KEATING, the following re-
turn was ordered .—Return of the number of British
ships wrecked on foreign coasts, foundered in the broad
seas, and missing, during the years 1850, 1851, and
1852 ; giving the name of each ship, to what port be-
longing, rig, tons, men, where from, where bound to,
age of ship, how classed at Lloyd's; estimated loss on
ship, on cargo, and the number of lives lost ; with the
site of the casualty (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper No. 983, of session 1852-3.)
CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY.
The following members were appointed as the com-
mittee on this subject :—Mr. H. G. Liddell, Mr. W.
Patten, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Fortescue, the Marquis of
Chandos, Mr. Laing, Mr. J. Macgregor, Mr. Davidson,
Mr. Hamilton, Mr. H. Herbert, Mr. Cowan, Mr. Alex.
Hastie, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Blackett, Mr. Milner, Mr.
Horsfall, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Divett, and Mr. Philipps.
Five to be a quorum.
MARINE MUTINY BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL.
The Exchequer Bills (1,750,0001.) Bill was considered,
as amended.

)er, an

EXPIRING BILLS.
Mr. WILSON gave notice that to-morrow (this day)
he would move the committee on the renewal of Ex.
piring Bills.
The house adjourned at a quarter past eight.
PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—MARCH 14.
DECLARATIONS.
Motion made and Question put, " That leave be given to
bring in a bill substituting Declarations for Oaths."—
(Mr. Pellatt.)--The house divided; Ayes 109, Noes 108
AYES-109.
A'Court, C. Graham, Sir J. Palmerston, Visct.
Ball, J. Green, Capt John Pechell, Sir G.
Bass, T. Gregson, S. Peel, Sir R.
Beamish, F. Grenfell, Chas. Pilkington, J.
Bell. J. Hall, Sir it. P.Bard-Urquhart, W.
Berkeley, 11. F. Hayter, W. Power, N.
erkeley, Hon. C. Herbert, S. Price, W.
Biggs, W. He: wood, J. Ri.,ardo, J.
Boyle, Lt.-Col. Hindley, C. Rice, E.
Bright, J. Hogg, Sir J. W. Robartes, T.
Brotherton, J. Howard, C. Roebuck, J.
Bruce, Lord E. Hume, J. Russell, F. C.
Cardwell, E. Eutehins, E. Russell, F. W.
Castlerosse, Viscount Johnstone, J. Sadler, John
Chambers, T. Johnstone, Sir J. Scully, F.
i bectham, John Keating, R. Scully, V.
Cobden, R. Keogh, W. Shee, Serjt. W.
Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Kershaw, J. Shelley, Sir J.
Cogan, W. H. F. Kinnaird, A. Sheridan, R.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Labouchere,Rt.Hon.H Smith, R.
Crossley, F, Laing, S. Smollett, A.
Duncan, G. Langton, H. G. Stanley, W,
Dunlop, A. Lowe, R. Strut r, E.
Ellice, E. Mackinnon, W. A. Stuart, Lord D.
Elliot, J. Massey, W. Sutton, J.
Fagan, W . Mitligan, R. Thicknesse, R.
Fergus, J. Milner, W. Thornely, T.
Feilden, M. Mines, R. Vernon, G.
Ferguson, J. Moffatt, G. Watkins, Col.
Fitzroy, Hon. H. Monck, Viscount Whatman, J.
Fortescue, C. Mostyn, E. Wickham, H. W
Freestun, Col. W. Mulgrave, Earl of Wilkinson, W.
Gardner, R. Norreys, Lord Wilson, J
Gladstone, W. O'Brien, P. Young. Sir J.
Goderich, Viscount. O'Connell, D.
Goolinan Sir G. O'Connell, T.
Gower, P. Otway, A.
Grace, 0. Paget, Lord A.
' IgOES-10a.
Anieriey, C. Hastie, Archd.
Arbuthnott, Lt. G. 11. Henley, J.
Bailey, Sir J. Herbert, 11.
Baring, H. Herbert, Sir T.
Baring, Sir F. Herbert, P.
Barrington, Viscount Hilyard, R. C.
Barrow, W. Horsfall, T.
Bateson, Capt T. Hotham, Lord
Beac a, Sir M. Hudson, G.
Berkeley, Sir G. Hume, W.
Blair, Col. J. H. Ingham, R.
Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Jermyn, Earl
Bowyer, G. Jolliffe, Sir W.
Branston, T. W. Kendall, N.
Burghley, Lord. Kin;, J.
Cairns, H. Kirk, W.
Child, Smith Knatchbull, W.
Christopher, Robt. A. Knox, Col. B. W.
Codrington, Sir C. W. Knox, W. S.
Dalrymple, Viscount Lecon, Sir E.
Davies, D. A. S. Laffan, Capt. R.
Dering, Sir E. ,1. Langton, W. H. P. G.
Disraeli, Hon. B. Lennox, Lord H.
Dod, J. W. Liddell, H. 0.
Duncombe, Hon. A. Liddell, H. T.
Egerton E. Lovaine, Lord
Evelyn, W. Macgregor, Jas.
Fulmer, Sir E. M ilms, R.
Fitzg raid, W. Maunsell, T.
Franklin, G. Michell, W
French, F. Montgomery, Sit G.
Frewen, C. Morgan, 0.
Fuller A. Mowbray. J.
Granby, Marquis o f Mailings, J.
Grogan, Edward Na,).er, J.
Hamilton, Lori C. Neeld, John
Hamilton, 0. A. Newark, Viscount Drummond, H.
ilanbury,Capt.HOn. C. Newdegate, C. Spooner, R.

TILLZES.
Pellatt, A.
Hadfield, G.

Packe, C.
Pakington, Sir J.
Palmer, Robert
Patten, J.
Portal M.
Pritchard, J.
Renton, G.
Rolt, P.
Rollout, Capt. G.
&Mars, G.
Sawle, C.
Seymer, H.
Sibthorp, Col.
Smljth, Sir W.
Smith. W.
Stafford, A.
Stanhope. J.
Stanley, Lord
Stirling, W.
Thesiger, Sir F.
Tomlin, G.
Vance, J.
Villiers, F.
Yyvyan, Sir R.
Walter, J.
Wells, W,
Whiteside, J.
Whitmore, H.
Wigram, Loftus T.
Willoughby, Sir H.
'vise. A.
Wy,,dhani, Gen.

TELLERS.

PROPERTY DISPOSAL.
Motion made and Question put, " That leave be given to
bring in a bill to secure to persons under religious vows
the free exercise of their lawful rights in the disposal of
their property."—(Mr. Whiteside.)—The house divided ;
Ayes 68, Noes 40.

Bankes, Rt. Hon. G. Hayes Sir E. Newdegate, C.
Baring, Sir F. Hilyard, R. C. Packs, C.
Barn's, T. Horsfali, T. Pakington, Sir J.
Barrow, W. Hotham, Lord Palmer, Roundell
Blair, Lieut.-Col. J. H. Hudson, G. Palmerston, Viscount
Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Ingham, R. Pigott, F.
Brocklehurst. J. Johnstone, J. Rice, E.
Cairns, 11. Jolliffe, Sir IV. Robertson, P.
Challis, T. Jones, D. Bolt, R.
Chambers, T. Kershiw, J. Sandars, G.
Cheet ham. John King, J. Sawle,
C.
Craufurd, E. H.J. Klanaird, A. Smith, W.
Crossley, F. Lacon, Sir E. Smollett, A.
Davies, D. A. S. Laing, $. Spooner, R.
Drummond, H. Langton, H. G. Thornely, T. Duncan, G. Langton, W. H. P. G. Tollemache, J.
Dunlop, A. Lemon, Sir C. Walcott, Rear-Ad.
Ferguson, J. Michell, Dr. W. Walter, J.
Fitzroy, Hon. C. Morgan, 0. Wickham, H.
Franklin G. Mowbray, J. Wilson, J.
Frewen C. Milo' gs, J.
Greenlll, Gilbert Muntz, G.
Hamilton, Lord Claud Na ter, J.
Hamilton, G. A. Neeld, John

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—DORCHESTER, MARCH 13.
(Before Mr. Justice Erle.)
Elizabeth Cornish was indicted for attempting to ad-
minister poison to Frances Dyer, with intent to kill and
murder her, at Toiler Porcorum.
It appeared that Mrs. Dyer had given the prisoner,
Who was her servant, and only 16 years of age, warning
to leave her place. The prisoner upon this asked a little
girl to go to a druggist's, who lived two miles off, and
procure some poison for rats. The girl brought her some
carbonate of lead. Mrs. Dyer, when at tea, thought
taere was something unpleasant in it. She told her hus-
band, who desired her not to take any more, and asked
tae prisoner whether she had put anything in the tea,
when the girl confessed that she had put poison in the
cream and among the water-tresses ; and the poison was
found in her pocket.
The prisoner on Saturday wished to plead " Guilty,"
but Mr. Baron Martin advised her not to do so.
The foregoing facts having been proved,
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and she was sen-
tenced to four years' penal servitude.

TEL LEES
Whiteside, J.
Matins, R.

NOES.-40.
Pass, If. Higgins, G. 0. Pilkinglon, J.
Bell, J. Horne, J. Potter, R.
Biggs, W. Keating, R. Power, N.
Co.tan, W. H. F. Keogh, W. Sadleir, John
Fagan, W. Lucas, F. Scully, F.
Fitz,orald,Lt..G.SirJ. Maguire, J. F. Scully, V.
Fortescue, C. Meagher, T. Shee, Serjt. W.
Fox, it. Mall, E. Swift, R.
Gai anal*, R. Murroagh, I. Wilkinson, W.
,'each, C. Norreys, Sir D. Williams, W.
Goodtnan, Sir G. O'Brien, P.
Grace, 0. -• O'Connell, D.
Greene, Capt. John O'Coaliell, J
Hadfield, George Olivera, B
Heard, J. Otway, A.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YOIIK, MARCH 13.
CIVIL COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.)
GILL V. PULLAN.
This was an action for a trespass, and for a libel, in
Publishing some doggrel verses of the plaintiff in a news-
paper called Burniston's Northern Luminary and Knares-
borough Independent Press.
The defendant pleaded " not guilty."
Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Addison, appeared for
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BIRMINGHAM; the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Price
—A frightful event took place in this town on Monday for the defendant.
a young man named Taylor, a shoemaker, residing It appeared, from the opening statement of counsel,
with his widowed mother in Sherlock-street, after at- that the plaintiff is a highly respectable attorney at
tempting to take the life of a young woman named Knaresborough, holding various public appointments,
Walton, cut his own throat, and almost immediately and the defendant is a farmer, living at Hay Park, near
expired. Mrs. Taylor and her son were weekly tenants Knaresborough. For some time the plaintiff had acted as
of Mr. Walton, a respectable tradesman, carrying on the professional adviser of the defendant's late father, and
business in Moor-street, and it was the custom of Miss had since beenconcerned, professionally, for other branches
Walton, by the direction of her father, to collect this of the defendant's family. Some disagreement had, how-
and other rents every Monday. The Taylors were ever, arisen between the defendant and the plaintiff, and
highly creditable people, and met their weekly payments in consequence the defendant had gone to the plaintiff's
regularly ; nor does there appear to have been the least offices for the purpose of annoyance and insult. This dis-
cause of disagreement between the parties. Between agreement had arisen in consequence of some proceedings
10 and 11 o clock on Monday morning Miss Walton rendered necessaryunder the will of the defendant's father,
called at the house, and, as usual, Mr. Taylor discharged and the defendant had applied epithets to the plaintiff,
the rent. The son was pacing backwards and forwards in October last, showing a strong feeling in his mind
in the room, and Miss Walton, who was seated on a against the plaintiff. Two or three weeks after that a
chair, knowing that for some time he had been labouring circumstance occurred which had given rise to the pre-
under occasional if not continuous indisposition asked sent action. Early in November, at a fair which is held
if he was any better ! This inquiry was no sooner made at Knaresborough, the defendant had hired a black man,
than Taylor, :firmed with a razor which had hitherto i who played mountebank tricks at fairs—swallowing hot
been concealed, darted upon her, seized her round the , pokers, and performing other feats—and had gone with
neck, and drew the razor across her throat and face, him to the plaintiff's house, where they had forced them-
Mrs. Taylor, the mother, ran to the assistance of selves into the plaintiff's kitchen. The black man then
Miss Walton, but not before that young lady had jumped upon the chimneypieee, and, pretending to be
received severe wounds on the face, arms, and body the Devil, had performed various feats of mountebankism,
was she able to rescue her from the murderous attack to the great terror of the plaintiff's maidservants. A Mr.
of her son. A large gash, no doubt intended for the Vickerman, the constable of Knaresborough was sent for,
throat, extended across the lower part of the face, and and the black man was given into custody, the defendant
so fierce and determined had been the attack that Taylor offering to bail him. For this outrage the black man
had succeeded in cutting through the stays, and indicted had been sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment as a va-
several severe wounds on the body. Before Mrs. Taylor, grant. An account of this proceeding was published in a
who, in her attempts to rescue Miss Walton, was herself local newspaper called Burniston's Northern Luminary,
severely cut about the arms and wrist, could wrest the and appended to it was some doggrel verse, which the
razor from the hands of her son, he inflicted a long and defendant had offered 51. to the editor of the paper to
deep wound upon his own throat, which caused his publish. Before the publication the defendant had read
death in a few minutes. The assistance of the neigh- the verses to a select audience at a public-house. He
bours was obtained, and the surgeons gave it as their did not seek for vindictive damages, and would now
opinion that Miss Walton's recovery is far from hopeless. accept such a verdict as would simply carry coats, if the
Taylor was a steady, industrious young man, but all who defendant would make an apology for his conduct.
knew him agree that his mind for some time past had The case had not proceeded very far, when
been considerably impaired. ' Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, for the defendant, agreed to a

TELLERS.
Moore, R.
Bowyer, G.

be discharged, and, of course, if that motion were car-1 . ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.' '
ried they ve-cidd 'have ' neither- gill nor iriquiry. Now, ,
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therefore, he thought, before any unOersta.,ding was
come to with regard to delaying the further stage- of HOME CIRCUIT—LEWES, MARCH 13.
the bill, should the house sanction its introduction, that (Before Mr. Baron Parke.)
that motion of the hon. member for Drogheda ought to Emery Spriggs, 50, a respectable-looking man, was in-
be withdrawn. dicted for the wilful murder of Rebecca Spriggs.
The house then divided— Mr. Johnson appeared on behalf of the Crown ; the
For the introduction of the bill
Against
The bill was accordingly brought in, and subsequently case, and observed that there would not be the slightest
read a first time.
doubt that the death arose from the act of the prisoner ;
GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
the only question would be, whether he was guilty of
the more serious crime of wilful murder, or whether the
Mr. HUME, in moving for a return of the accounts facts of the case would warrant the jury in coming to a
of the Government establishment of the Royal Hospital more merciful conclusion, that the offence ,mounted
for Seamen at Greenwich, in the year 1853, stating the only to the crime of manslaughter.
several officers in the military department and in the The following evidence was then adduced :
the civil branch ; the number of pensioners, and estab- Martha Pole said—l am a widow, and reside at
lishinent ; the number of superannuated officers, and the Westbourne, in this county. The prisoner kept the
total expense in the year • and, of the monies expended Cricketers' Arms Inn at that place. On the 6th of
upon repairing and extending farm houses, etc., in that January, Twelfth Night, there was an entertain-
year, exhibiting tie same kind of account in etail for went and ball at his house. About five o'clock
1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 495, on the following morning the prisoner came to my
of session 1850), said that his object was to effect a house and aroused me. I went to the window, and
better and more economical management of the the prisoner said, " Get up, will you ? there is a dead
public property. According to a return which he woman at my house." I said to him, " Oh, Spriggs,
moved for in 1840, the gross income of the estates don't say that !" And he replied, " Yes, there is, for I
belonging to Greenwich Hospital in the previous year have been and shot my wife." I got up immediately
was 40,6461. Of this amount 28,8001. was received and accompanied the prisoner to his house, and upon
from land and houses. The expenses were 5,404/., being going into the passage, I saw the deceased lying upon
23 per cent. The expenditure on account of the revenue the ground with her head on the door-sill of the tap-
from the Woods was 551 per cent., and of the lead mines room and quite dead. I said to the prisoner, "Oh,
111 per cent. There was also an expense of 1,8901. for Spriggs, wiat have you done ?" And he said that a
an establishment to manage the estates. The net rental few words had passed between him and his wife, and
was 33,0001. In 1849, nine years after, he obtained the deed was done momentarily. The prisoner then
another return, from which it appeared that the amount told me to go and get some assistance, and he said he
of charge was nearly the same, being 221 per cent, for would stay with the body ; and, looking down at the
the lands, 531 per cent. for the Woods, and 121 per cent. corpse, he exclaimed, " Oh, Becky, I am not afraid to
for the lead mines, that was to say 241 per cent. on the stop with you. I loves you now, and I always loved
gross produce. A sum of 11,0001. had to be deducted you." I then went out to get the assistance of some
from the gross produce of the property. It seemed neighbours, and I returned with Mrs. Hedger, and her
strange that, whilst all private property had increased in daughter, and I found the prisoner standing by the
value during the interval tie public property had re- side of the body. I and Mrs. Hedger and her daughter
mained stationary. He thought the time was come when then carried the deceased into the parlour, and I ob-
they ought to consider if this property could not be better served a wound on the right side of her head, just
managed, and the expenses reduced. above the temple. There was a great deal of blood
The return was then ordered. upon the floor, and also upon the
walls of the passage.
...
WRECKS. The prisoner was not sob( td

his conduct Was like

that of a man wild.
Cross-examined—The deceased had all her day clothes
on, and was not at all undressed.
Anne Hedger said—ln consequence of what the last
witness told me I went with my daughter to the pri-
soner's house, and saw the body of the deceased lying
in the passage in the state she has described. When the
prisoner saw me, he put me a chair to sit down upon,
and sat on another by my side, and he said, "Oh, Mrs.
Hedger, no tongue can tell my trouble r He afterwards
told us to take up his dear wife, and do our duty by her.
We lifted the deceased from the floor, and carried her
into the parlour, and the prisoner held a candle to light
us. When we had laid the body down the prisoner said
" Where is my gun I—l don't know what I have done
with it ;" and I and my daughter searched, and found a
gun in the prisoner's bar. The prisoner then wished a
man named Goddard to be sent for, and my daughter
went for him, and while she was gone I examined the
place and observed a quantity of blood, and also a por-
tion of brain upon the door-post, and I wiped them off.
Thomas Goddard said—l have known the prisoner and
his wife for several years, but I do not know how long
they had been married. The prisoner had a gun which
he used for the purpose of shooting wild fowl, and it was
generall3 kept loaded in the bar. On the night of the
party at his house I acted as waiter, and I went there at
half-' '

--pas. o'clock in the evening, and remained there
until about half-past 4on the following morning. I saw
the priscner and his wife from time to time during the
evening, and when I left they were neither of them sober.
About 11 o'clock they had some disagreement, and
this occurred a second time shortly afterwards ; but
when I vent away they seemed to be on friendly terms,
and the prisoner was in the tap-room and the deceased
in the ha-. Shortly after I got home, somebody came
for me, and I went back to the prisoner's, and found him
sitting it a chair by the fire. When he saw me he said,
" Oh, Tim, I am glad you are come. I have had a
bit of a fray with my wife, and she rushed at me
with both her hands, but I gained the victory. I shot
her withthe right-hand barrel." The double-barrelled gun
now proiuced was afterwards given to me by the wit-
ness Eliabeth Hedger, and I found that the cap upon
the right-hand nipple had been exploded, and the one
upon tin other was whole.
At the stage of the case the witness fainted, and he
was remived from the court for a short period.
When the examination was resumed, in answer to
further mestions, he said the deceased was more intoxi-
cated thin the prisoner, and witness saw her fall down
several tines during the evening.
Cross-ccamined—He had known the prisoner and the
deceasedfor 20 years. Formerly they lived very happily
together, but of late the deceased had become addicted to
drinking, and this had caused differences between them.
The prisoier suffered a good deal from gout. During
the evening he had requested him particularly to keep
his wife from getting at the spirits, but she had done so
without his knowledge. The hands of the deceased
were very dirty, and her nose appeared to be cut, as
though she bad been falling about. They were very
good friends when he left them. The prisoner was suf-
fering fron gout at the time this occurrence took place,
and he had his gouty slippers on.
Eliza Hedger, the daughter of the former witness,
said the prisoner repeatedly exclaimed, "My poor wife
is dead 1" and seemed quite deranged and beside him-
gelf.
Charles Hammond deposed, that he received the gun
from Goddard, and that he found the left barrel was
loaded. He drew the shot from that barrel, but was
unable to get out the powder, and he therefore discharged
it. There was a broken cap upon the right-hand nipple.
William Neelance deposed that he was the superin-
tending constable of the Chichester district; and that he
took the prisoner into custody on the day the affair hap-
pened. As they were going away from the magistrates'
ofice the prisoner said to him, " Me and my wife had a
scuffle. I had the gun in mhand, and it went off and
shpt her, and lam sorry for it." I afterwards bad the
gun given to me, and I ascertained that both the barrels
had been discharged.
Hr. W. Baxter, a surgeon, residing at Westbourne,
said that upon deceased's examination he-found the skull
at the back part of the head had been driven in, and it
appeared as though the shot had passsed completely
thilugh the head and the brain, passing out behind.
Cross-examined—When he first saw the prisoner he
was sitting by the fire and appeared to be labouring
under subdued delirium. He was the worse for liquor,
but did not appear to be drunk. The prisoner suffered
occasionally from gout, and he had no doubt that this
disarder was about him at the time. Gout was goner-
all7 accompanied by excessive irritability of temper, and
any one suffering from gout was very easily irritated.
When this malady was in the system and did not " come
out kindly," as it was termed by gouty people, it fre-
quently occasioned temporary delirium.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Creasy then addressed the jury for the defence.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter.
He was sentenced to be transported for life.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—John, Jones and Thomas Amos
were charged with having feloniously broken and en-
tered the counting house of Messrs. Marshall and Co.,
in Savage-gardens, corn merchants, and with having
stolen therein two Si. notes, two crown pieces, and other
monies, and 43 cigars.
James Scarborough (541) said—About 3 o'clock on
Sunday morning, as I was passing down Savage-gardens,
I saw marks on the crane at No. 2 (Messrs. Marshall
and Co.'s), as if some one had gone up, and I observed
that a square of glass had been broken in a first-floor
window over the crane. I called for the assistance of
another officer, who went for the serjeant, and when he
was gone I heard a great smash of glass, apparently at
the back of the house. I saw a man going along the
parapet of the house, sprang my rattle, and alarmed the
neighbourhood. The serjeant and I then went through
the house of Mr. Smith, at No. 5, and on the roof of the
house, No. 1, Muscovy-court, I found the two prisoners
standing in the gutter, and took them into custody.
Amos was bleeding very much.
William Gale (520) stated that he assisted Scar-
borough in apprehending the prisoners, The man who
was on the parapet of the house looked over the wall,
and upon being called to ran away on the tops of the
houses, and directly afterwards witness heard a crash of
glass, as if some one had fallen through a skylight. He
then found the prisoners in the custody of Scarborough
and the sergeant.
Inspector Fosbery stated that upon examining the
offices of prosecutors he found a number of papers
scattered about, and several drawers and two iron safes
open. He also found the cash-box broken open, and a
pair of large scissors, which had marks on them, and
bad been apparently used to break open the cash-box.
In the box were some sovereigns and other money. The
window of the room was broken in, and in the back
room adjoining, the window was open, and just outside
that window was a glass roof over the warehouse of Mr.
Curtis, who has the lower part of the house. There
was a large portion of that roof broken in six or seven
feet square. On the outside by the roof there was a
waterspout which had marks upon it as if had been
climbed up, and which led to the roofs of other houses.
The lower doors were all fastened and safe, and the door
of the counting-house was also safe.
Evidence was brought forward to prove that on Satur-
day night the doors, and windows, and desks, and cash
box, &c., had been left in a state of perfect security.
Jones said he had nothing to state to the magistrate
upon the subject.
Amos said that he and Jones and another man had
been drinking the night before, and that Jones and he
went roaming about and looking about for some place to
lie down in, and at last they got upon the skylight, and
tumbled through the skylight, without knowing anything '
at all about the matter.
The prisoners were committed for trial.
Joseph Harris, a ship's carpenter, was convicted in the
penalty of Si. the utmost fine under the circumstances)
for having wilfully smashed with his fist a large pane of
glass value 71. 10s. in the house of a licensed victualler.
GUILDHALL.— James Tucker, the young man who
was remanded from Wednesday last upon the charge of
shooting at Mr. Umpleby, his late master, with intent
to kill him, was again brought up for further examina-
tion.

Thomas Pryor, a cab driver, said--I drove the pri-
soner on Tuesday last from the cab rank opposite the
Eastern Counties Railway to the Smithfield police sta-
tion. The officer who had the prisoner in custody was
the only other person who rode in the cab with him. In
the morning, while searching my cah, I found under the
seat this Spanish clasp knife, two pairs of bullet moulds,
and a tin canister containing some bullets and pistol
nipples.

Richard Davis, of 2, Henrietta-street, Manchester-
square, said--I am a locksmith. On Tuesday last I
sold the pistol produced to the prisoner. He asked me
if I had any more pistols and some bullets, and on my
replying in the negative he said he wanted them because
he thought of going to Australia. The pistol has had a
nipple put on it 'since I sold it.
John Stevens said—l am a gun-maker, carrying on
business at No. 11, Hackney-road-crescent. I know
the prisoner. He brought this pistol to be repaired on
Tuesday afternoon last. It had a new percussion nipple
put to it, and when he came again for it he bought a
pair of bullet-moulds marked No. 54. The other pair
produced I know nothing of. The bullet produced by
Inspector Teague fits the pair of moulds No. 54. When
I returned the pistol to the prisoner, there was a bullet
lying about, and as I was removing it the prisoner said,
"You need not put that away just give me a load."
I accordingly loaded the pistol with powder and ball,
and having put a percussion cap on it, I delivered it in
that state to the prisoner, and he then went away.
Inspector Teague said the bullet spoken of by the last
witness, as fitting'No. 54 moulds, is the same that was
discharged from the pistol by the prisoner while in the
police-station.
Evidence was then given with reference to the embez-
zlement of several sums of money. After which, a
previous convictio* was proved against the prisoner, by
which it appeared that he was imprisoned for eight
months for embezzlement, and on his being released
from prison, Mr. Umpleby, knowing that fact, took
him into his service at a salary of 30s. per week, with
the view of giving ism an opportunity of reforming and
retrieving his lost character.
The depositions being completed, they were then read
over to the prisoner, who, in answer to the charge of
attempting to murder his master, said, "It was quite
an accident, and not at all a premeditated thing. In
taking the pistol from my pocket to lay it down on the
bench it went off quite unawares. I never told the in-
spector that I means to shoot Mr. Umpleby. What I
said was that I did net mean it for the inspector, neither
did I intend it for Mr. Umpleby."
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial upon
all the charges.
George Pike was fined 305., and Michael Millis 405.,
for treating a horse with cruelty of a most revolting
character.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Maurice Grsenburgk, a well-
dressed German, was charged with having obtained
various sums of money by false and fraudulent represen-
tations.
Harriet Green, the wife of a compositor residing in
King's-head-place, Hoxton, stated that about six weeks
since the prisoner called at her house and handed her a
printed card, bearing the inscription " Greenburgh and
Walford, medical botanists, 175, Southwark- bridge-
road," at the same time apprising her that he had
effected numerous remarkable cures in cases of deafness
and other organic diseases. The daughter of witness
happened at the time to be labouring under a total de-
privation of speech, occasioned by a severe cold ; and on
describing her conchtion to the prisoner, he confidently
assured her that he had some medicine with him that
would have the effect of restoring her voice, and accom-
plishing her perfect recovery. The prisoner then pro•
duced a small bottle containing a dark coloured fluid,
which he directed her to administer to her daughter, in
doses of 5 drops at a time, and for which he said his charge
was only 10s. the half of which he accepted on account,
and promised to call again in the course of the week to
ascertain how the health of the girl was progressing
under his treatment. The prisoner however failed to
keep his appointment, and after applying the drops
according to his instructions, without producing the
slightest beneficial effect, she forwarded a communica-
tion to the prisoner at the address he had given, but her
letter was returned through the Post-office, with an in-
timation that no such person resided there, and she saw
no more of him until that morning, when she acciden-
tally met him in the street, and gave him into custody.
A second charge was preferred against the prisoner by
a married woman named Elizabeth Blake, living at
Windsor-place, Hoxton, who stated that he had visited
her house under similar circumstances about two months
before Christmas last, on which occasion he undertook
qo restore the hearing of her sister, who was afflicted
with deafness, by means of the two bottles of the drops,
for which she paid him ss. 6d. About a fortnight after-
wards the prisoner called again, and on learning that his
medicine had been wholly without effect, he strenuously
urged to persevere in the application, and wished her to
purchase another bottle, but she refused to do so, and
he then left the house.
The prisoner made no observations in answer to tile
charge, and
The magistrate ordered him to enter into recogni-
sances for his appearance on that day week for further
exam ination.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John M'Donell, draper, Baillieitan, Lanarkshire,
Ceorge Buchanan, dealer in shares, Glasgow.
Robert Cochran, manufacturer, Port-Glasgow.
Dunstan and Steven, merchants, Glasgow.

DIVIDENDS.
April 4. J. Richardson, J. S. Wicks, and H. Smith,
Upper Queen's-buildings, Brompton, upholsterers—April
4. E. Cox, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, plane
manufacturer—April 4. J. Belbin, Beaumont-street, St.
Marylebone, coach builder—April 6. J. Read, Hart-street,
Bloomsbury, licensed victualler—April 5. H. Martyn,
Aldgate-street, City, woollen-draper—April 5. W. Legh,
New Windsor, Berkshire, wine merchant—April 13. A.
Crosfield, Ty Mawr, Glamorganshire, coal miner, and
Newport, Monmouthshire, common brewer—April 13. T.
N. Ashman, Yeovil, Somersetshire, currier.

CERTIFICATES.
April 5. J. Raynes, Nottingham, laceman—April 4. J.
Tilbury, jun., Gloucester-place, New-road, coachmaker—
April 4. W. Powditch, Exeter, grocer—April 5. T. C.
Bird, Lee, Kent, baker—April 6. J. Watson, Liverpool,
broker—April 6. J. S Riley, Liverpool, commission mer.
chant—April 6. G. Warhurst, Leigh, Lancashire, iron,
monger.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
P. H. Edge and W. Crosby, Salford, Lancashire, sur-
jun., Warrington, Lan-
geons—j, Hatton and W. Stott • w •
cashire, glass manufacturers—J.. Perkin and G. Hulme,
Heaton, Staffordshire, silk throwsters R. Smith, W. J.
and H. Wright, Redcross-street, City, tobacco-
pntst Wright,''
so far as regards R. Stnith—R, T. Joyes and J.
p's, Dorking, tkailors—JG. Stewart and W. J. Pitt, Bir-
mingham, gun ma ers— J. R. Lynch and J. Butterworth,
Cheethaln-hill, near Manchester, chemists Elizabeth
W. J. Howorth, arid J. S. Howorth,
Rawstrom,
Lisbon, Portugal, merchants, so far as regards Eliza-
beth
atle Raws
Car trom
Yor—shine
Inghairi and Joseph Ingham,
By , re, flock dealers—S. Eyre, J.
Thorpe, and rani Davenport Derby, silk throwsters
.B. Walt .Gosling,' Selwood-terrace, Bromp-
ton,
auctioneers—W. Musgrave, W. Selby, and J. Wood,
Leeds, flax spinners—R. Burn and A. H. Burn, Epsom,
Surrey, ironnaougers —T. Beardmore, T. Birks, and E,
m;
Blood, Longton, .taffordshire, manufacturers of earthen-
ware, so far regards T. Beardmore—F. Turner T. Shailer,
B. Gould, and T. Davis, Tividale, Staffordshire, butty
colliers—A Dye and J. Taylor, East Dereham, Norfolk,
pluinbers—W. Kershaw, R. Kershaw, and T. Kershaw,
Staleybridge, Lancashire, plumbers, so far as regards W.
Bershavv—G. Pilkington and T. Pilkington, Abecrington
and Church Stations of the East Lancashire Railway Co.,
carriers—Eleanor E. Fiulayson and W. Finlayson, Chel-
tenham, Gloucestershire, music-sellers—J. Hawkins and
W. J. Williams, Lisle-street, Middlesex, and Wallsall,
Staffordshire, bit manufacturers—D. Hunter and H. Pater-
son, Edinburgh, cloth merchants.

The letters from St. Petersburg are to the sth inst.,
but they contain nothing of importance. Telegraphic
advices from Odessa state that 70,000 quarters of wheat
have been bought at that port, to complete the loading
of ships, the Government having intimated that they
would allow the exportation to go on until the 13th inst.
The Petersburg advicesar eto 3d March (N.S.) There
was no business whatever doing.
[ADvßanusEmENT.l—Fifty thousand Cures have been
effected by Du Barry's delicious RevalentaArabica Food,
without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as: t saves
fifty times its cost in other remedies). " Twenty-fiveyears
nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from
which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi-
cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured
by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R.
Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years dys-
pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and
nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice
of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's
delicious food in a very short time. I shall he happy
to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid-
lington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive
nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and
general debility, which rendered my life very miserable,
has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent
food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen."
—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia,
nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency,
spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, has
been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly
Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." - Copies of testi-
monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart
de Decies, Major-General Th comas King, Drs. Tire,
Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full
instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. •
121 b., 225.: super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The
101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry and Co ,
77, Regent-street, Lonaon ; also, Fortnum, Mason, and
Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly.

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verdict for the plaintiff, with is. damages, and costs. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.
The whole matter, he said, was a silly practical joke,
ie.
and unworthy of being brought seriously before the
MARCH
Court. The defendant was not sober at the time, which
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE,
will 10.
was the best excuse he could make for him. Notice is hereby given, thlt her Aljeity hol,l a
His Lordship said, the defendant's conduct at the Levee, at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 22d inst.,
plaintiff's house was outrageous and wholly unjustifiable at two o'clock., LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 10. I
and his counsel had taken the wisest course for him.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a
Verdict for the plaintiff accordingly.
Drawing Room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the
- 30th •
_

inst., at two o'clock.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Christison,
Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shire or sheriffdom of
Ayr, in the room of Archibald Bell, Esq., resigned.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 13.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of
a minute of the Gibraltar Board of Health, imposing an
eight days' quarantine on all vessels arriving there from
England.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 14.
MARINE DEPARTMENT.
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
despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Elsinore, trans-
mitting notices issued by the Matine Board of Copenhagen
(translations of which are subjoined), relative to the light-
ships in the Cattegat.
(Copy.— Translation.)
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Light-ship in the Drogden (Dragoe) took up her sta-
tion and showed her light on the evening of Thursday the
28th February.—Marine Board, Admiralty-office, the Ist
of March, 1854.

(Copy.—Translation.)
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Light-ship in the Lessoe Channel was moored at her
station, and showed her light on the evening of the Ist
March.
The Light-ships on the Copperground and the Anholt,
or Knobben Reef, on the 2d March. And the Lessoe
Trindel, the 4th March.—Admiralty Department, Marine
Board, the 6th March.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 14.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant George
Harrison Ann Forbes to be Second Captain, vice Robert-
son, retired on half-pay, March 7 ; Second Lieutenant
Charles Gray Johnson to be First Lieutenant, vice Forbes,
March 7; First Lieutenant Charles Hunter to be Second
Captain, vice Lambert, resigned ; Second Lieutenant
Henry Cardew to be First Lieutenant, vice Hunter,
March 12.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
William Verrall, junior, Gent., to be Ensign, March 3.
Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Henry
Lloyd Nicholson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 3.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle-
men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the
High Court of Chancery :
William Wyke Smith, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury.
Frederick Paley Chappell, Golden-square.
John Philpot, Montague-street, Russell-square.
Charles Ford, Bloomsbury-square.
Robert Henry Baines, Veralam buildings, Gray's-inn.
David Williams Wire, St. Swithin's-lane.
George Sandford Corser, Shrewsbury.
Thomas Mortimer, Albany-court-yard, Piccadilly.
John Charles Williams, Whitehall.
John Curtis, Haberdashers'-hall, Gresham-street West.
Charles Gwillim Jones, Gray's inn-square.
John Howard Williams, Bedford-row, Holborn,
William Houghton, Vernlam-buildings, Gray's-inn.
John Ward, New Elvet, Durham.
William Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn.
Edward Hobart Barlee, Bungay, Suffolkshire.
BANKRUPTS.
Joseph Goble, miller, Shoreham, Sussex, to surrender,
March 2?, at two, and April 26, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Edmunds,
South-square, Gray's-inn.
Max Gugenheimer, importer of foreign goods, Alder-
manbury, March 21, at half-past one, and April 26, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury ; Hodgson, Bir-
mingham.
William Henry Cooper, upholsterer, Great James-street,
Bedford-row, Middlesex, Marsh 24, at two, and April
24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official
assignee, Moorgate-street ; Parker, Rooke, and Co.,
Bedford-row; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Alderinanbury.
Thomas Long, horse-dealer, Southwark, March 18, at
two, and M at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Lawrence,
Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Alfred Ford, surgeon, Lowndes-street, March 22 at two,
and April 26 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee ; George and Compton Smith, South-
ampton-buildings.
William Houghton, licensed victualler, Kennington-oval,
March 23, at halt-past twelve, and April 20, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside.
Henry Meadows, druggist, Wellingborough, Northamp-
tonshire, March 24 and April 25, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court;
Roscoe, King-street, Finsbury; Cook, Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
J. Forrest, East-lane, Bermondsey, builder—G. Frost,
jun., Hornsey-road, Islington, carman—W. B. Wild, Dal-
by-terrace, City-road, commission agent—T. Whitehurst,
Coulson-street, Chelsea, traveller to an ale brewer—W. L.
Hurry, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, plumber —J.
Wilkins, New Compton-street, Soho, boot and shoe maker
—C. Sloper, Great Castle-street, Regent-street, carver—
T. H. Edwards, Garden-row, Camberwell-coed, van pro-
prietor—J. 'arman, Paterson-street, Stepney, green-
grocer—T. Alley, jun., Deptford, dealer in china--J.
Vaughan, Grange-read, Bermondsey, assistant to a leather
dresser—G. Baylis, Little Queen-street, Westminster,
tailor—J. H. Flack, Bethnal-green-road, oilman—j. Har-
ris, the Parsonage, Mile-end New-town, afternoon lecturer
of St. Ann, Limehouse—R. Taylor, Uxbridge, butcher—
W. H. Saville, Nettleton-court, Aldersgate-street,
hosiers' shirt dresser—R. C. Spooner, East-street,
Walworth, oilman—W. Thomas, Margaret-street, Com-
mercial-road, East, journeyman engineer C Hun-
tingdon, Bond-street, Pentonville, livery.stable
keeper—W. G. Rea, Wyndham-place, Bryanstone-square,
wine merchant—R. Wardell, Vauxhall-gardens, Lambeth
—Ann Williams, Pall-mall, lady's maid —B. Daniell; Hope-
cottage, Kentish-town—H. J. Story, Montpellier-square,
Brompton—J. E. Gibson, Panton-square, Haymarket—J.
Risdon, John-street, Portland-town, journeyman coach-
builder—G. Berry, Bridge road, Battersea, baker—J.
Brinkworth, Albert-terrace, Paddington, auctioneer's clerk
—L. Hales, Saxony-cottages, Hackney— W. Whitelaw,
Lower James-street, Golden-square, cutter to a tailor—C.
Pritchard, East-place, Lambeth, plumber—j. W. Walsh,
Westbury-road, Harrow-road, attorney—J. Smith, Brun-
ton-place, Commercial-road East, druggist—R. Elliot,
Argyle-place, Regent-street, commission agent for betting
on horse races—G. T. Simpson, Coburg-place, Rotherhithe,
surgeon—S. Clark. Oval-cottages, Hackney-road, grocer—
H Narks, Gee-street, Somers-town, milkman—S. Couch-
man, the Oval, Hackney-road, cheesemonger.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. •
Thomas Pratt Wills, Portsea, tailor-2d div. of 3d.,
March 15, and two subsequent Wedne-days, at Lee's.
Moorgate-street.
Robert Brennand, Addle-street, Wood-street, warehouse-
man—lst div. of 9(1., March 15, and two subsequent Wed-
nesdays, at Leo's, Moorgate-street.
George_ Hart and Thomas Hart, Union-street, South-
wark, trimming manufacturers —lst div. of 14d., any Wed-
nesday, at Whitmore s, Basinghall-street.
Thomas Avison, Leeds, stone merchant-Ist div. of 55.,
any day, at Young's, Leeds.
Fenton, Murray, and Jackson, Leeds, engineers-2d div.
of 45., any day, at Young's, Leeds.
J. W. Ackroyd, Bradford, worsted spinner-2d div. of
2d., any day, at Young's, Leeds.
tephen Crutz, Liverpool, slater-Ist diz. of 7s. 10d.,
March 16, and any subsequent Thursday, at Cazenove's,
Liverpool.
William Cross, Chester, lead merchant—Div. of ls. 5d.,
on new proofs, March 16, and any subsequent Thursday,
at Cazenove's, Liverpool.
John Gray, Chester, iromfounder-Ist div. of 205., March
16, and any subsequent Thursday, at Cazenove's, Liver-
pool.

SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 14.
ENTERED INWARDS. -The Lioune, from Gravelines ;
Flurel, do. ; Thea, do. • Helene, New Orleans ; Hoffman,
Aalborg; Marie Amelie, Seville; Favourite, Havre;
Speedwell, Seville ; Speed, Demerara ; Vier Gebroeders,
Lisbon; Vasco de Game, Galatz ; Albatross, Dunkirk;
John Edward, Calcutta; Ariadne, Marseilles; William
and Charles, Genoa ; Mead, Cadiz ; Allegro, St. Michael's;
Ernest Arthur, Charente; Pembrokeshire Lass, Mar-
seilles ; Ebenezer, Antwerp ; Olive, Selgroate and Ghent ;
Patrie, Alexandria; Princess Alice, Demerara, London,
Singapore ; Blundell, Rotterdam ; Industrie, Emden.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Virginia,
for Boston ; Alice Maud, Hobart Town ; Feronia, Santa
Cruz, &c. ; Harmonie, Konigsberg ; Isabella, Naples ;
Prince of Wales, Launceston ; Petrus Hoerius, Amster-
dam ; Admiral Zortman, Sydney ; Cordelia, Port Philip.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.- The Joseph Weir,
for the Mauritius ; Era, St. Kitt's and Nevis ; Eliza
Thornton, Singapore.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14.
The David G. Fleming, from St. John's, N. 8., in at-
tempting to enter the Brunswick Dock this morning, got
jammed at the entrance, but by the aid of two steam-tugs
was got clear, and is now on the Devil's-bank.
The Emu (s s) was spoken March 6, 3.30 p.m., 30 miles
E. of Cape St. Vincent.
The Arno (a a) was spoken March 5, 7 p.m. off Cape St.
Vincent.
The Sunderland was spoken in lat. 49 N., long. 8 W.
The Pantheon, on shore at Holyhead, went to pieces
during last night's gale.
The Crisis, which sailed hence for Bombay on the 12th
inst., has put back.

ST. JUST, March 12.—A board from the stern of a ves-
sel, with Bruquelain on it in letters cut out and gilt, which
has not apparently been more than a week in the water,
has been washed ashore here to-day ; there are also several
pieces of American lathwood floating about.
SKAGEN, March 4.—The Idun, of and from Christian-
sund, with a cargo of timber for Aarhuus, got aground on
the N.E. side of the Scaw Reef, this morning ; crew saved.
Vessel expected to be got off, should the weather prove
favourable.
DRONTHEIM, Feb. 26.—The brig Burgemeister, of Chris-
tiansund, was driven on shore during a heavy gale at N.W.
yesterday, and will probably become a wreck.
PARIS, March 14.—A pipe of palm oil, marked " H.M.,"
which has been apparently from 15 to 20 days in the
water, was picked up Feb. 27, twenty-five miles west of
Penmar, by the Orzonnois, arrived at Rouen.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Charles Barton, Jan. 9, off Cape Good Hope.
The Panala, for Liverpool, Feb. 23d, lat. 11 S., long.
34 W.
The W.S. Lindsay, from Canton, Feb. 2, lat. 2 N., long.
21 W.
The Francois Theodore, Feb. 17th, lat. 16 N., long.
34 W.
The Montgomery, March 7, lat. 50 N., long. 13 W.
The Fernandes, March 9, off Waterford.
The Arno (s.s.), March 5, off Cape St. Vincent.
The screw steamer, with painted ports, March 6, long.
40 E. of Cape St. Vincent.
The Emu (s.s.), same day, 30 miles E. of Cape St. Vin-
cent.

The Sunderland (barque), lat. 49 N., long. 8 W,
The Margaret Elizabeth, from London to Cape of Good
Hope. Jan. 2, lat. 4 N.. long. 20 W.
The Royal (ship), from Clyde to Melbourne, Jan. 14,
lat. 22 N., long. 5 W.
The Cornelius W. Edward, from Hal tiepool to China,
11th, lat. 4 S., long. 28 W.
The Mary Stoddart, from Clyde to Port Philip, 19th,
lat. 19 S., long. 33 W.
The Ellen, from the Cape de Verds to Santos, 26th, lat.
22 S , long. 39 W.
The Aglae, from Hartlepool to Suez, March 4, 27 miles
north of Cape La Hogue.
The Thordenskiold, from Melbourne to Faaborg, Jan.
22, lat. 3 N., fong. 21 W.
The Montpelier, or Mountaineer, bound west, Feb. 22
off Fire Island
A ship, standing S.W., showing 2d distinguishing pen-
dant, No. 68, red flag, with white cross, and five of Mar-
ryat's Code, Jan. 6, lat. 6 N., long. 113 W.
The Levi E. Law, from St. John's, N. 8., with loss of
three topmasts, Feb. 2, lat. 50 N., long. 13 W.
The Tynemouth Castle, from Plymouth to Adelaide
Feb. 20, lit I.i N., long. 27 W. ,
The Anna Jane, bearing S.S.E., March 7, lat. 46 N.,
long. 17.
The Ecclesburg (English barque) for California, Dec.
31, lat. 33 S.
The Coringa, from Liverpool to Sydney, Jan. 17, lat.
13 S.

An English ship, 2d distinguishing pendant, 4,793 (Sea
King), from Callao to Baltimore, 18th, lat. 11 S.
The John Banks, to Melbourne March 1, lat 45 N.
A brig, 2d distinguishing pendant, 7,641, sth, lat. 47.