The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Acting Master—George Allen, late of Fire Queen,
additional to the Victory, flag ship, at Portsmouth,
for service, in command of the Sprightly, steam-
tender; George Williams, to the Wolverine, 12, fitting
at Chatham.

Paymaster and Purser John Hay, to the liecla,
steam-sloop, fitting at Devonport for service on the
coast of Africa, vice half-a-dozen, whose appointments
have been cancelled.

Second Master—Gilbert E. Green, to the Sprightly.
Midshipman—C. Ricketts, to the Wolverine.
Master s Assistant—James H. Strong, to the
Blenheim screw guard-ship, at Portsmouth.
Boatswain—John Johnson, acting to the Poictiers.
Commander Wilmot Horton and the officers of the
Superb, 80, at Spithead, give a splendid dejeuner, on
board that ship, to-day, at Spithead. We undentand
Lady Capel will honour it with 112 T presence. The
Lieutenant- Governor, Lord Frederick Fitzelarence,
Lady and Miss Fitzclarence, the Commander in-
Chief, the llon. Sir Bladen Capel, Rear-Admiral
Prescott, with nearly all the elite of the neighbour-
hood, have been invited. A steamer has been pro-
vided to convey the company to and from the Superb.
Captain Purcell, of the Superb, is still on leave, in
Ireland, and is not expected back till October.
We are sorry to hear that Captain ‘Vorth, late of
the Calypso, 18, in consequence of severe illness, has
been removed into Melville Hospital.
The Wolverine, 12, was commissioned on Tuesday,
at Chatham, by Commander Falcon ; the two
lieutenants, master, paymaster and purser, and surgeon,
have joined.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. - The Switzerland,
American packet, arrived from the river this morn•
ing; as there was a fine fair breeze from the S.E.
blowing, she did not anchor, but ran into smooth
water in Stokes' Bay, embarked her passengers for
New York, and at noon proceeded on her voyage,
going out through the Needles.

THE EAST INDIES AND CHINA.
There is very little news from the station. The
Admiral is at Trincomalee.

The Hon. Captain Keppol and the Meander, 44,
was at Labuan, preparing to proceed to Sydney and
the Pacific, en route to England.
The China division of the squadron has been re-
duced to six sea going vessels, namely—Amazon, 26,
Captain E. N. Troubridge (senior officer) , Colum-
bine, 16, Commander J. C. D. Hay, at Whampna ;
Arab, 12, Commander Morris, at Shanghae ; Mari-
ner, 12, Commander Mathison, at Shanghae ; Pilot,
12, Commander Lyons, at Amoy; and the Medea,
4, steam-sloop, Commander Lockyer, at Hong-Kong.
The sore feeling with respect to the recent Macao
affair had subsided. Captain Keppel did his duty in
using his power to enforce a right, rather than com-
promise a wrong by accepting the release of a British
subject as a favour.

The Arab has been most.successful in scouring the
China seas, and capturing and destroying the pirates
that infest them. His energy will, doubtless, meet
with its due reward.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. —This day having been
specially appointed a day of prayer and thanksgiving
throughout the see of Winchester, it was observed in
a highly decorous manner by the inhabitants of the
place and its dependencies. The shops were closed
and trade suspended, no " holiday" or " cheap Excur-
sion" party seemed about, and all appeared duly im-
pressed with the solemnity of the occasion. The
troops were marched to church without arms, and the
band without their instruments. Special services
were given in all the places of worship (with the ex-
ception of the Catholic Chapel in Portsea), and on
board her Majesty's ships. The dockyard and all
the Government establishments were closed, and the
entire population preFented generally all the " out-
ward end visible signs" of devotion towards the Giver
of all goo]. It is very singular that the Catholic
Chapel above mentioned was not. opened at the time
all others were, and was a source of considerable in-
convenience and di9appointment to that portion of the
troops in garrison professing Catholicism, who
marched to the chapel door, but finding no service,
returned to their quarters. Some admirable sermons
upon this occasion were preached to crowded con-
gregations within the district, and large collections
made to- relieve those in want through bereavement
by the prevailing epidemic. The collection after
the sermon, in the morning, at the parish church
of St. Thomas, by the Rev. J. P. M'Ghie, vicar,
amounted to upwards of 5t31.

POISONING AT CHM/TEM-lAN.
CHELTENHAM, WEDNESDAY.-The adjourned in-
quest was resumed to-day before Mr. Mayer, coroner,
at the King's Head Inn, and some evidence of a sin-
gularly contradictory nature was brought forward.
The first witnass examined was Caroline Gregory,
sister to the deceased Samuel and Elizabeth Gregory.
This witness had been examined on the inque.t On
Friday. She now added to her former statement that
when her deceased brother Samuel came into dinner
on the day when the whole family were simul-
taneously attacked, he inquired what was for dinner,
and being told " Bread and cheese and cucumber," he
said he did not like it. His mother then said he could
have a rasher of bacon, if he preferred it ; upon which
Barnett (now in custody) said, " Give him a dump-
ling, give him a dumpling, and take one yourself."
The mother accordingly gave him one of the dump-
lings which had been made out of the fl )ur and fruit
pmvided by Barnett,'and he partook of a portion of
it, when he became very ill. This witness also stated,
that when the dumplings were made by her deceased
sister, Elizabeth, some of the flour brought by Barnett
for the purpose was reserved by her for future pur-
poses. About half a teacupful was placed by the de-
ceased (Elizabeth) in a cupboard. When Mr. Hatch,
the first surgeon called in, had inquired into the case,
he asked to see some of the dumpling. None could
be found, and he then asked if any of the flour was
at hand, on which witness mentioned that which had
been reserved, but on looking for it in the cupboard
it was gone. Witness did not know who had put it
away. The deceased (Elizabeth) had had some slight
quarrels with Barnett. Barnett kept his room door
locked when he was away.
Mr. Brookes, the surgeon, who made a post mortem
examination of the body of Elizabeth Gregory, stated
its result. He made the examination sixteen hours
after her death,
,and found the external appearances
presented healthy. The brain, however, was slightly
congested, and there was rather more serous fluid at
its base than usual. In the stomach there were
about ten ounces of brown fluid, and the intestines
generally appeared healthy, but the mucous coat of
the stomach was much inflamed in two patches. The
witness went into a minute description of the condi-
tion of other parts of the deceased's body, but, with
the exception of the inflamed patches on the coat of
the stomach, there were no other indications of poison.
This, however, he added, was not at all unusual in
cases of poisoning by arsenic.
A widow, named Elizabeth Stephenton, a char-
woman and washerwoman, living in Sherborne street,
was next examined with reference to a conversation
which she stated she had had with a young girl at
the funeral of the deceased on Thursday last. When
the two bodies had been deposited in the graves, and
the funeral service was ended, while yet the people
Fingered in the churchyard, a young woman named
Harriet Stuart (now present) addressed her. Wit•
ness said to her, " I should like to know where they
got the arsenic from ;" and Stuart replied, "I
know where, but I must not tell, for my mother
would kill me if I did." Witness then asked her
what arsenic was like, and Stuart replied that "it
was very much like loaf sugar ;" and added, that it
was white arsenic that killed deceased.
Harriet Stuart, a girl of 14, on being examined on
oath, gave a flat contradiction to all that the last wit-
ness had stated. She declared that she had never
seen Mrs. Stephenton before, and therefore could not
have held such a conversation with her. She swore
that she had never seen arsenic in her life, and did
not know what it was. The witness, nevertheless,
admitted that about the time when the convers ition
between her and Mrs. Stephenton was alleged to have
taken place, she went to a shop near the burial-
ground, but had not entered the ground. She did not,
according to her statement, stop on the road to speak
to any person.
However, Mrs. Stephenton persisted in her state-
ment as given above in her evidence.
It was expected that the inquiry would have been
brought to a close last night, but it was being con-
tinued at the time of the dispatch of our parcel.
The CORONER, addressing the jury before they ad-
journed for refreshment, said he thought it was un-
necessary to protract the inquiry much further, and
that there was evidence enough to send Barnett for
trial, leaving him upon his trial to account for the
possession of the poisoned flour.

THE BERMONDSEY AllißDEß.—Yesterday after-
noon Mr. Binns, the solicitor, forwarded an application
to the Commissioners of Police for the remainder of the
cash found in Mrs. Manning s possesion, the application
being made oa the ground that the amount is requirrd
fur the proper defence of the prisoners. Manning, it is
said, occupies his time in gaol principally iu writing
poetry, and his compositions are generally presented by
him to his solicitor

ROYAL ARTILLERY.--WOOLWICH, SEPT. 26.
Major Desbrisay's company (3d batallion) has been
placed under orders to proceed to Ireland in the early
part of next month, to relieve Captain Percy Bain's
company (3d batallum), relieved from duty at Charle-
mont, and brought to Dublin, preparatory to being ready
to return to headquarters, as the company is turf first
on the roster fur foreign service.
His Grace the Archbishop of Cafiterbury has pre-
sented the Treasurer of the Colonial Bishopric Fund
with a dvaativu of 5004

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
LEEDS, SEPT. 25.—The winds have ruled contrary.
Very few vesiels have reached Goole since Friday; the
arrivals are cons( quently moderate of all descriptions.
The parcels of new wheat which have appeared per
,rail
from our own country are sold at barely Friday's rates.
Old is without variation. Barley is inquired for. Oats
and shellings steady. Beans and peas Is lower. No
variation in any other article. Arrivals:—Wheat, 7,351;
beans, 218; oats, 482; barley, 1,755.
NEWCASTLE, SEPT. 25.—Since Saturday the weather
has been only indifferent, and the supply of wheat at
market this morning, also small, met with little demand,
the condition and quality being various. The samples
of red of our own growth reached 44s per quarter. Con-
trary winds prevailing, wo have no arrivals from the
south. Old wheat of all descriptions was in very limited
demand, and to effect sales lower prices had to be sub-
mitted to. Oats are the turn cheaper, and some fine
43 lbs Scotch sold at 20s 6d per quarter. Barley and
other grain unaltered.

NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 25. The
number of beasts et market this morning was larger
than on this day week. Quality good, and trade active
at former prices. All sold. Supply of sheep and lambs
good, but still not so large as we have had to notice of
late. The whole number exhibited were all cleared off
at former rates, with a brisk trade. Arrivals—Beasts,
570; sheep and lamb', 5,400. Prises—Beef, 5s Od to
6s 3d per stone; mutton, 4d to sd; lamb, 5d to 51,1 per lb.
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 25.—There were
in the market to-day 87 sacks oatmeal, each weighing
2Solbs imperial, whereof 70 sold thus:-0 at Il lot 6d,
6 at 11 lOs Od, Bat 11 93 64, 22 at 11 9s Od, 10 at
11 8s 6d, 12 at 118 s, and 12 at 1/ 75 6d; average price
of the whole 11 8s 7d 8-12ths. 5 sacks flour, whereof 2
sold at 315, and 3at 295. 4 sacks barleymeal, whereof
1 sold at 235. 28 sacks pot-barley, whereof 12 sold
thus: —1 at 1/ 8s Od, 2 at 11 7* Od, 2 at 115 s Od,
5 at tl 4s, and 2 at 11 Os Od. 2 sacks brosemeal, whereof
1 sold at 26,, 6d, and 1 at 269.
EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SEPT. 25.—
Supplies of all kinds large. Oat straw, from 7* 04 10
lis Od per kemple of 16 stones tron; wheat ditto, 63 6d
to 10s Od; barley ditto, 6s 6d to 8s Od. Old hay, from 7d
to 9d; new ditto, 6d to 81 per cone.
DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, SEPT. 24.—There were
88 bags of oatmeal, 0 of barleymeal, and 0 of pot-barley
at this day's market. Sales dull. Oatmeal down on
the top is 6d per bag, on the second price 3d, and on
the third is per bag.
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs.
imperial ..
13arleymeal, per ditto
Peasemeal
Flour ...
Pot barley ...

COAL bIARKE

First Second Third
288 6d 28s Od 263 61
—s Od —s 0.1 —s Od
—s Od —s Od --5 Od
—s Od —s Od —1 Od
—s Od —s Od --s Od

T.- I EiiTERDAL

Middle's W. Hartley.. 15s 9dßelinont lB6 01
Caret, Hartley
East Adairs Alain— .. 13s 6dlHutton
Hasting's Hartley 153 9d Lambton
liolywell Main
R,avensworth'sW.Hart 14s 6d Stewart's
Vanfield Moor
ranfield Moor Butes... 13s 6d Adelaide Tees
West Hartley
Wall's End, &c. St. Helen's Tees
Clennell 153 9d Tees
Gosforth ..
Hedley
Hatton
Riddell's l7s 0.1 Cardiff ...._.... ..... ins 6d
Eden Main
...... 158 01
Bell -

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 2f.
STOCK EKCIIANO E.—The share market was much de-
pressed to-day. 'The transactions were as follow:—Great
Western, Quarters, 11th dis.—Bristol and Exeter, 31 die.—
Ditto Thirds, 101,4 dis.—Midland Stock, ooq.
LIVERrOOL, SEPT. 26. .

STOCK EXCILANGE.—The share market was rather better to-
day. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
(late C. and B.), G per cent. till 1850,18—Lancaster and,York
Consol., Fifths, 6% London and North-Western, 112
Ditto, New Quarters, s,A p.—Manchester, Sheffield. and
Lincolnshire, Preference, 10/. 6s. 3d.—Midland, 53—South-
Eastern and hover, (No. 4), WA—York, Newcastle, and
Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 41.
183. Cd.

MANCHESTER, SErr. 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as fol-
low :—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6—Ditto (Registered), 5 1346
—Ditto, Old, 181.4—North Staffordshire, 7% dis.—Grimsby
Docks, 6—London and North-Western, Quarters, 4,1 Ditto,
Stock, 110—West Riding Union' 6 9.16 dis.—Manchester
and Leeds, Fifths, Preference (Registered), 21%—Ditto,
Fifths, 61 dis.
BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 26.
STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol-
low:—Caledonian, 11:%—North Staffordshire, 7% (Es...—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 7 1-16 dis.—Ditto,
Preference, 21A3 p.
YORK, SEPT. 25.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
fdlow :—Lancashlre and Yorkshire, Preference, guaranteed
6 per cent., 51. &J.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17%
Ditio (NewcAstle Extension), 1l ex in.—York and North
Midland, 211 A.

PUGILISM.—R. MALEY AND J. CROSS FOR 501.
ASlDE.—These veteran pugilistic professors met on
Tuesday, at Woking.common, in Surrey, to decide their
difference of opinion as to the better man, in the fistic
sense of the phrase. Maley is well known as the Con-
queror of Chute (1836).
Cooper,
Hannan (a foul blow), the Chelsea
Hannan Sch.
am Merry-
man, and Cross, his present antagonist, whom he this
day met fur thc' third time; their first encounter in 1842
ending in a draw, Lied their recond, also in 1842, ter-
minating in fay ur of Maley. Cross has also had a
chequered career, having arpeared seven times within
the ropes, and won three occasie,ns. The battle was
rather one-sided, Cross taking the lead early, and show-
-n; off on Haley's head, which he did not seem very
es- pable of gua-ding. Nevertheless he countered often
with his li,Ot hand, on receiving from Cross's left, but
so slowly as in many instances to produce but little
effect. Finally, at the close of two hours, during which
52 rounds were fought, Maley's star declined, and Cross
etas proclaimed the vic!o-.
SHERIFFS' FUND SOCIETY.—Yesterday afternoon
the annual meeting of the governors of this society was
held at the London Cuffeehouse ; Mr. Sheriff Firms in
the chair. The usual formal proceedings having been
gone through, the report was read by the Rev. Mr.
Davis, the secretary. Those cases of distress which
induced the sheriffs of 1809 to found this charity bad
prevailed to an unusual degree during the past year, at
every session of the Central Criminal Court, and of
course the operations of the society had been more ex.
tended. The different cases of distress were relieved
according to circumstances, Some discharged convicts
were furnished with tools to enable them to return to
their work. Others were furnished with the means of
reaching their friends in distant parts of the kingdom,
if their conduct justified a reasonable hope that they
would reform. Young women, led into trifling acts of
dishone.ty by a lore of finery, were either sent to
their friends or placed in situations as servants.
Some were sent at the expense of the charity to
;he Philanthropic Society ; and, finally, discharged pri-
soners, who hoped to redeem their characters in another
country, were helped to emigrate to Australia. In the
selection of deserving cases amongst the young women,
the committeee were much indebted to the exertions of
the ladies' committee. The funds of the society during
the past year had not received any great increase. 'ICE,
committee had received 2004 under the will of the late
Mr. Andrew M•Lean, in addition to the 100/deesfor receivedervirl
cthe
formerly. The sum of 500/. had breeengse,ta,srid .
erection of an " ElizihethlpooFroirls.yinne
rue, io
tesoeidetiyscwhaerrgeeBd,
thers The Three permanent.,
fonds iii,laon:ds oL amongstf h
so
in the Three-and-a-Quaater per Cents., 1,0001. in
the Reduced Consolidated Annuities, and 1004 per
annum under the will of the late Mrs. Stafford. The
committee noticel, with expressions of regret, the death
of Mr. Cooper, the late
honorary
motion of Alderman Sidney,mpsecoaded by Deputy
secretary. On the
Bedford, n g the report was received
Mr. Alderman Hooperan and
treasurer,
and
and,
Mr.after
ppointi
Alderman Sidney trustee, the meeting thanked the
Thomas chairman
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taKet leydee, }s operated.
ba
collier, rOeUstidiang week ago the wife of
was rummaging up some old pit
clothesat
that
fibee ledn,
laid aside for a number of years, in order to find a patch,
and in the course of her search she met with a pair of
old trowsers that had belonged to her husband's father,
when she found the watch pocket carefully stitched up
and upon being cut open it contained a receipt for 554
which bad been placed in Messrs. Wright and Co's bank,
at Nottingh.m, by David Recce, in the year 1839, and
who died in March, 1842. On Saturday last her husband
received the above sum for him, with 111. 15s. 2d. inte-
rest. —Derby Reporter.

A man remains of consequence—not so far as he
leaves something behind him, but so far as ho acts and
enjoys, and rouses others to action and enjoyment—.
Eliza Cook's Journal.
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BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst., at Port Madoc, the wife of Mr. N. Solly,
of a daughter.
On the 22d inEt., at Wendon, near Saffron Walden Dsex,
Mrs. T. G. Carter, of a son. ,
On the 22d init., at Bonvilstone-house, Glamorganehire,
the wife of the Rev. R. T. Tyler, of a son.
On the 23d inst., the wife of the Bev. T. G. Febay, Esq.,
of Great Queen-street, St. James's-park, of a daughter.'

MARRIED.
On the 24th inst., at Bassingham, Lincolnshire, Fowler
Boyd Price, Esq., of Huntingdon-court, Herefordshire, to
Sophia, second daughter of the Rev. D. S. Wayland,
curate of Bassingham, and vicar of Kirton-in-Lindsey, in
the same county..