The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-13 00:00:00

Leitmow, moNDAT rvomititis, A ITO IrTNT /649.

CRICKET.

DREADFUL MUTINY ON BOARD

THE AMELIA, OF GLASGOW.

- We have received the following account of a dar-
ing-mutiny on board this vessel, and which rosulted
in the loss of seven lives. The schooner Amelia was
on her passage from the coast of Blexia to Heng-
Kong, having on board specie in gold and silver
amounting to about G 0,0001., and which led to the
sanguinary occurrences that tcok place. The Amelia
was commanded by Mr. Robert L. Macnally, a
Scotchman ; besides whom, a Spaniard, Dun Ramon
Alva, acted as supercargo and principal master. The
crew consisted of 19 person, only two of whom, lads
about 18, were British subjects, namely, Thomas
Gannon and Charles 11I'Donald ; the remainder were
Dutchmen, Norwegians, French, Spanish, Portu-
guese, and Mexicans. There were besides, as passen-
gers, a Mr. and Mrs. Sarah Selina Cook and her female
servant. '1 he mutiny broke out about two o'clock of
the morning of the 3d of October last year, and ap-
pears to have been wholly confined to three of the
crew, Jose Torres, Andres Baldibiza, and Jose Calero.
The second mate, Caetano Gomez, who had charge of
the watch, a as attacked and murdered by these ruffians,
when Alva came upon deck, followed by Mr. Cooke, the
passenger. The former was immediately stabbed in
several places; he managed, however, to get down
into the cabin to arm himself and to alarm Mr. Mac-
pally ; but when endeavouring to force his way upon
deck, sword in hand, he was mortally stabbed when
he had reached the top of the companion ladder. Mr.
Cooke, the passenger, was their next victim; he was
stabbed and thrown overboard. The mutineers then
went forward, called the larboard watch, and showing
their bloody knives, told them they had murdered
every one aft except Mr. Idacnally, Mrs. Cooke, and
her servant, Mary Hudson; that they, the mutineers,
were in command of the vessel, and if one of them
refused to obey their .orders he would be instantly
murdered. The remainder of the crew, having no
arms to defend themselves, had no alternative but to
submit. Large stones and pieces of lead were then
handed upon deck for the purpose of destroying Mr.
Macnally, who was still confined to the cabin. At
eight o'clock in the morning it was communicated to
him, that if he would lay down his arms and submit
quietly, they would not take his life. These terms he
refused, but said, if they would allow him and the
two females the gig, with the necessaries he required,
he would give them no fuither trouble, and would
direct them the course to steer. After a consultation
this was promised, and: having got from him the
course for Malubrigo, orders were, given to prepare
the boat ; the vessel was at that time lying to. Trust-
ing to their faith, he went on deck unarmed, when he
was seized and thrown overboard with weights; the
schooner then filled, and made all sail. The next
proceedings of these ruffians were what might be
expected of them; they drts3ed themselves in the
clothes of those they had murdered ; took all the gold
and distributed it among the crew ; destroyed all
papers and writings which they considered offensive,
with many valuables, which were thrown overboard,
and finally got at the wine, and became more or less
intoxicated. The following day, the 4th, J. Smit, a
Dutchman, W. Peter, a Norwegian; Frank Geering,
of St. Michael's; Jean Berenger, of Bordeaux; and
Joze de Averasturi, a Spaniard, of Bilboa, proposed
a plan to recover the vessel that night, which they
communicated to the rest of the crew, four ex-
cepted, whom they were afraid to trust. Having
prepared for their enterprise an adze, the pump
breaks, some boarding pikes, &c., at eleven o'clock
Jan Srnit dispatched Torres and Baldibiza,
who were sleeping upon deck, and then fell upon
Calero, whom he overcame after a sharp struggle.
The bodies of these ruffians were then thrown over-
board, and Jan Smit took the command with the
consent of the crew, the lad Gannon being engaged
to navigate the vessel. Their first intention was to
have returned to Mazatlan, but the state of the
weather, which came on to blow, prevented this, and
the course was shaped for the Sandwich Islands,
where, after a tempestuous passage, she arrived
safely at Honolulu, on the 12th of October, 1848.
The preceding part of this narrative has been of a
melancholy character : what follows is more pleasing.
After the mutineers had been got rid of, the money
which had been distributed among the crew was all

Total

brought aft; and deposited in the cabin—a meritorious
instance of good faith and honesty among so many
men of different countries, Through the judicious
arrangements of Mr. Miller, her Majesty's Consul-
General for the Pacific Islanes, residing at Honolulu,
specie, amounting to 287,684 dollars, was safely
landed; and taken charge of 'by him; a list was like
wise taken of the effects of those who had been
murdered ; and, in fact, everything in the vessel was
safely secured through the exertions of Mr. Miller,
to whom much praise is due. It may be useful
to mention that among the papers found on board
the Amelia were three bills of lading, with correspond-
ing letters of advice and instructions from Jecker,
Torre, and Co., of Mazatlan ; one for 150,000 dollars,.
consigned to Messrs. Turner and Co., of Hung-Kong,
but fur account and risk of Messrs. Finley, Hodgson,-
and Co., of London ' • another for 120,000 dollars to
Messrs. Turner and Co., of Hong-Kong, in payment
for a cargo previously ordered for shipment in the
Amelia on her arrival in' China. The third bill of
lading was for 1,379 dollars, in favour of Mr. J. A.
Durran, of Maccia ; 16,304 dollars were landed, for
Which no bills.of lading or other documents could be
found. We have now the gratification to state that
Jan Smit, of Rotterdam, whose conduct on this
occasion is above all praise, has been presented with
1,1001. by several of the insurance companies; and
also with a valuable sextant, by Ashdown, of Finch-
lane, with the following inscription
Presented to Mr. Jan Smit, of Rotterdam, by
the Corporation of the Royal Exchange, the Corpo-
ration of the London, the Indemnity Mutual Marine,
the Marine, and the Alliance Marine Insurance
Companies of London, in testimony of their high
estimation of Mr.' Smit's services, and their especial
appreciation of the fidelity and courage displayed by
him in rescuing the schooner Amelia, of Glasgow,
and her valuable cargo, out of the hands of mutineers,
during her voyage from Mazatlan to China, in the year
1848. London, Aug. 1, 1849." Shipping .Gazette.

CHILD MUTILATION AND SUS-

PECTED MURDER.

COLCHESTER, SATURDAY.—Yesterday afternoon
J. M. Churchill, Esq., coroner for this borough, held
an inquest at the farm-house contiguous to White
Hall, St. Giles's, the residence of H. 'Winter, Esq.,
upon the mutilated remains of a child discovered in
the water-closet of that mansion.

It appeared that the body, which had been literally
cut up limb from limb, and was in a highly putres
cent state, was discovered by Eliza Herman, the
housemaid, on Tuesday morning. Jane Simmonds,
the cook to Mr. Winter, had been accused by her
fellow•servant of getting stout and being in the
family way, &c. She said Charles Jennings, the
groom, was the father of the child, and had got her
into trouble.

On Friday week she complained of being ill, and
went to her bedroom, and on the following Sunday,
from her appearance, there was no doubt she had giYen
birth to a child.

Mr. C. E. Blair, surgeon, said he had examined the
remains of the child, and had come to the conclusion
that it was still-born. The portions he had examined
were the bones of the skull, the thorax, the thighs,
and one arm, of a full-grown mule child, together
with portions of the liver, lungs, and intestines ; the
thighs and other parts appeared to have been sepa-
rated at the joints with a knife ; they were clean and
evenly cut. Witness had seen Jane Simmonds, and
ascertained she had been recently delivered.
The CORONEK observed that he saw the child im-
mediately after its being taken from the closet, and so
completely had the body been separated that there was
only enough to show the sex of the child, it having
been, in fact, cut up into small pieces.
The jury returned a verdict "That the child had
been still-born."

Simmonds, on her recovery, will be taken before the
magistrates for concealing the birth.

THE FINANCIAL REFORM MEETING TO-DAY..--It
is said that no fewer than twenty Members of Parlia-
ment have already signified their intention to he present
at the great financial reform meeting in Drury-lane
Theatre, which takes place at six o'clock this evening.
Intelligence has been received from many large towns
that meetings are to be held there, and long before the
commencement of the next session a sort of correspond-
ing society will be formed, greater in number end as
great in intellect as the celebrated and successful Anti-
Corn-law League. Conjoined with this movement will
be the extension of forty-shilling freeholders in every
district where any chance exists of ousting Tory or
merely Whig Members, and returning pledged friends
to financial and political reform.
THE BROUGHTON MURDER.—It will be remem-
bered that at the Spring Assizes for Worcester a
hardened outcast named Pulley was convicted of the
murder of a young orphan girl named Mary Ann
Sraight, by beating her brains out with a bludgeon in a
retired lane near Pershore, in that county, the girl
having giving him effence by resisting his attempts to
corrupt her chastity. A witness on the trial deposed to
having seen Pulley shortly atter the murder with blood
on his trousers, but these trousers (a pair of moleskin)
could not be produced on the trial. They have now just
been found under circumstances which betray a con-
sciousness of guilt on the part of the prisoner. As a
man named Howse was cleaning out a pool near the
scene of the murder he tound this article of dress tightly
rolled up, and containing a brick and stone, evidently
placed therein in order to sink them. They were, how-
ever, in such a state of decay, owing to the length of
time they had been in the water, that no traces of blood
could be diicovered upon them.
THE NORTH MAILS.—BiRmINGHAM, SUNDAY,
HALF-PAST TWELVE.—The North mail, which was due
in Birmingham at ten this morning, has been detained
by the floods. It has not arrived at this hour.
The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel preached yester-
day morning, as a Baptist minister, in Mr. Evans'
chapel, John street, Bedford row, the same place in
which the Hon. and Rev. Gentleman was baptised on
Thursday evening last.

ARRIVAL of his IMPERIAL HIGH-

NESS TEE DUKE OF LEUCHIENBENG.

His Excellency Baron Brucnow (the Rwsian
Minister), pr( ceeded to the terminus of the South-
Western Railway, in the Waterloo-road, to receive
his Imperial Highness the Duke of Leuchtenberg
(sou-in-law of the Emperor of Russia) on Saturday
afternoon, the Imperial Duke having arrived at
Southampton at an early hour the same morning,
in the Russian steam-frigate Kamsehatko, frcm Crops-
stad t.

His Imperial Highness, attended by a numerous
suite, arrived at the Waterloo station about Aive
o'clock, and was there received by his Excellency the
Russian Minister, and M. de Berg, the premier
secretary of the Russian legation, and after a trifling
delay entered Baron Brunnow's carriage, and repaired
to Ashburnham House, the seat of the legation, in
Dover-street, where the Imperial Duke will occupy
apartments during his limited s,,journ in London.
Ilis Imperial 'Highness and the members of his
suite dined en inmate with his Excellency the Rus-
sian Minister and Baroness Brunnuw, at the Rusl-ian
Legation, and subsequently accompanied his Excel-
lency to witness the performances at her Majesty's
Theatre.

THE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES, Aua 11.

_
Attack:. Deaths.
In London and vicinity, viz.:—
Lambeth ... ... ... ....
51 21
Bermonda, y ... „,
.. 17 4
Newington 5
Southwatk
•• 31 13
••• ••• •
Wandsworth 6
Other localities in London ... 132 54
In England and Wales, viz.:--
Liverpool ... ~, ... ... 74 21
Merthyr Tydvil ... ... ... 9 7
Dowlais ... ... ... ... 19 11
Plymouth ............23 8
Newcastle-under-Lyme ... ... 17 4
Other towns in England ... ... SO 49
In Scotland, viz. :
Dundee ... ... ... ... 28 9

St. Andrew's ... ... ... 6

GRANTHAM. PUNISHMENT FOR ATTENDING A
PLACE OF WORSHIP ! At the County Magistrates'
meeting on Friday last, William Bardney, servant to
Francis Royce, of Gunby, was accused of absenting
himself from his master'se employ without leave. Mr.
Boyce said defendant went to chapel on the Sunday
evening, and he would not keep any one in his employ
" who went to chapel." The man said he had a right to
go to what place of worship he liked ; but the master
said it was stipulated in the agreement that his servant
should go to church, and not to chapel. Sir R. Heron
thought the master should be more tolerant in his
principles ; but if there was an agreement the Bench
could not interfere. Mr. Welby said it would be better
to release the man, if there was so much difference in
opinion ; but Mr. Royce said he was a good servant,
and he did not wish to part with, only, " he would not
let him go to chapel." The man asked the Becch
whether it was legal for him to be sent to tend horses in
the lanes on a Sabbath ? The Bench—We cannot
interfere ; you must obey your master's orders: The
defendant :then asked his master if he had ever dis-
obeyed his orders, or neglected his business ? to which
Royce replied, "No." The Bench, after some consulta
tion, did not impose a fine, but said, as the man had
broken his contract, he must pay the expenses, Bs.
Bardney—" I shall pay nothing, as I have done nothing
wrong ; if you like, you can send me to prison." Mr.
Manners said the master might pay, and stop the amount
out of his wages. Bardney—lf he does, I will summon
him for the amount. The affair was thus settled, when
Mr. Royce (amid the laughter of the parties inside the
bar, and the derision of the bystanders) jumped into the
witness-box, and exclaimed " llu says he will go to chapel
in spite of me !"—Stantford Mercury.
OFFICIAL ANNoUNCEMENT.—InqUiFies made yes-
terday enable us to state authoritatively that the Lord
Chancellor daily regains health, and that in a very few
weeks his Lordship hopes to resume the active duties of
his high office. There is not the slightest foundation
for the rumour which attributed to the Noble and
Learned Lord an intention of retiring from the distin-
guished position he holds in connexion with her Ma-
jesty's Governmen!. Lord Denman's temporary release
from the arduous duties of the bench has achieved a
wonderful improvement in the amiable and distinguished
Judge's health. It affords us, as we are sure it will the
Learned Lord's numerous admirers, great satisfaction to
learn last night, that his recent relaxation has been
productive of the best results. We are in a position to
state that before the reassembling of Parliament three
Members connected with the representation of Ireland
will resign their scats in the Legislature, two of those
" honourable gentlemen" retiring into private life, and
the third receiving an appointment in the colonies.—
Weeklyaronicle.

ART UNION OF LONDON.—The works selected by
the prizeholders of the year 1849 are now exhibited at
the Suffo!k•street Gallery. They ere ninety in number,
and have been taken from the galleries of the Royal
Academy, the Britith Institution, the Society of British
Artists, the Free Exhibition, and the two Water Colour
Societies. The amount of the prizes does not admit of
a large collection of first•rate works in oil; and it is
somewhat remarkable that water colour, when a small
sum will command a much higher degree of excellenc,i,
is not more extensively patronised, for only seventeen of
the ninety works came from- the Water Colour Societies.
The holder of the largest prize (2001.) has chosen Mr.
F. Danby's " Funeral of a Mountain Chieftain,' and the
holder of the second-(1501.) Mr. Lucy's " Deathbed of
Mrs..Claypole.'.' The choice-of pictures for the engruv
ings with which the subscribers are presented has-been
most iudicious, fur no works could be more generally
acceptable, or more characteristic of the excellent artist
who produced them, than the " Smile" and the " Frown,"
by Mr. Webster. They are admirably engraved by
Messrs. Wells and Bicknell. A series of etchings by Mr.
Maclise, in illustration of Shaltspere's Seven Ages, is
given to the subscribers in. addition to the engravings
atter Webster. The premium of 1001., offered for a
bas-relief, has been gained by Mr. Hancock, who has
produced a. work representing " Christ's entrance into
Jerusalem."

And we hereby direct that the captain, commander,
lieutenant commanding, or master commanding, or
any other officer commanding any ship, sloop, or
vessel of war, singly making a capture, or seizure,
or otherwise entitled to the distributive benefit
arising from any proceeds, reward, grant, bounty,
salvage, or award, as aforesaid ; that is to say, the
officer actually in command at the time shall have
one-eighth of the remainder, or if there is no flag,
one-eighth of the entire net proceeds ; and if more
than one commanding officer of the same rank of
command shall be entitled to share as joint captors,
Sze , the one-eighth shall be equally divided between
them ; but when captains, commanders, lieutenants
commanding, and masters commanding, respectively,
our ships, sloops, and vessels of war, shall share to-
gether, in whatever variety of combination, the one-
eighth shall be so divided into parts for a graduated
apportionment as to provide for each captain receiving
six parts, each commander of a sloop three parts,
and each lieutenant commanding, or master com-
manding a vessel of war, two parts which we hereby
direct shall be the proportion in which they shall re-
spectively share : commodores of the second class,
and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving
as marines, doing duty as field officers above the
rank of major, to share as captains : and field officers
of marines, or of land forces serving as marines, and
doing duty in the rank of major, to share as com-
manders of sloops.
And we hereby further direct that, after provision
shall thus have been made for the flag share (if any)
and for the portion of the commanding officer or
officers, the remainder of the net proceeds shall be
distrubted in ten classes, so that each officer, man and
boy, composing the rest of the complements of our
ships, sloops, and vessels of war, and actually on
board at the time of any such capture, seizure, &c.,
as aforesaid, and every person present and assisting,
shall receive shares, or parts of shares, according to
his class, as set forth in the following scale :--
First class—Commanders under captains in rated
ships, masters of the fleet, medical inspectors, inspec-
tors of steam machinery afloat in or with any ship or
ships above the sixth rate—forty shares each.
Second class—First-lieutenants in rated ships, not
bearing commanders, secretaries to admirals of the
fleet, or to admirals commanding in chief, deputy
medical inspectors, inspectors of item machinery
afloat in or with any ship or vessel below the fifth
rate —twenty-five shares each.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—From the highly instruc-
tive and scientific character of Professor Beggs' lectures
on some of the most wonderful and interesting principles
of chemistry, says the Norfolk News of Saturday, and
more particularly of the newly-invented Electric Light,
we are induced once more to persuade our readers on no
account to lose the pleasure and profit of hearing him,
and of witnessing his beautiful experiments. The pro-
fessor commenced at St. Andrew's Hall, on Thursday
evening, another course of lectures.
EXECUTION OF MARY BALL AT COVENTRY.—
Maiy Ball, who was convicted at the late assizes of
having murdered her husband in May last, by adminis-
tering poison to him, suffered the extreme penalty of the
law on Thursday last. Subsequent to her conviction,
she for some time maintained a dogged sort of deport-
ment, persisted in her innocence, took her food quietly,
and at night rested tolerably well. On Thursday, the
2d instant, she had an interview with her own child, a
little girl two years of age, in company with her sister
and mother ; and on Monday last she was again visited
by her friends, taking a final leave of them, and giving
certain directions as to the disposal of her clothes, &c.,
with perfect composure. Immediately after ten o'clock
on Thursday morning, the officers of the prison ap-
peared on the platform in front, and the prisoner was
led forth, accompanied by the Governor, Under-Sheriff,
and his officer, and the Rev. Mr. Sandberg reading the
service for the occasion. She proceeded up the steps
with little assistance, and, as far as could be observed,
uttered no word whilst thus awaiting her end, but with
closed eyes and saddened countenance stood motionless
while the rope was placed round her neck. In an in•
stunt afterwards the drop fell, and she passed from this
lite in the presence of from 18,000 to 20,000 persons,
assembled, not merely from Coventry, but for many
miles round. A subdued thrill of horror appeared to
pass over this immense multitude as the fatal bolt was
withdrawn ; but otherwise there was no manifestation
of feeling, and, considering the vast concourse drawn to-
gether, their behaviour was quiet and orderly.
On Saturday, the flags of all the ships of the
General Steam Navigation Company in the river were
hoisted half- mast high, in token of respect to the memory
of the highly esteemed and deeply lamented secretary of
the company, the late John Wilson, Esq.
On Saturday morning, about half-past three, a
man named Neil Farmer threw himselt out of the
window of the second floor in Mr. Sparrow's beer-shop,
in the neighbourhood of Euston-square station, and fall-
ing on the pavement, he was taken up in a dreadfully
mutilated state. He was conveyed to University College
Hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition. It
appeared that he had arrived in town on the previous
day by the nine o'cl,ck train, unknown to his family.
For some days he had been giving way to intemperance,
and ou the previous day, while under the influence of
liquor, had been showing to persons in the public-house
about 3001. in notes and gold. In his fall he broke a
lamp underneath the window out of which he threw him-
self. Before going into Mr. Sparrow's premises he had
been an hou.t in a room in Mr. Everard's coffee-house,
iu the same street, where he hired a bed for the night.
His relatives have been informed of the sad event.

Third class —Sea lieutenants, masters, captains of
marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces doing
duty as marines, whether having higher brevet rank or
not, secretaries to admirals or to commodores of the
first class, not commanding in chief, chief engineers of
the first class—twenty shares each.
Fourth class—Lieutenants or quartermasters of
marines, or lieutenants of marine artillery, lieutenants
quarter-masters, or ensigns of land forces, doing duty
as marines, secretaries to commodores of the second
class, chaplains, surgeons, paymasters, and pursers,
naval instructors, mates, assistant- surgeons, second
masters, chief engineers of the second and third classes
gunners, boatswains, carpenters, assistant engineers,
engineers not yet on the establishment as regulated
by the Order in Council of 1847, clerks in charge,
passed clerks—twelve shares each.
Fifth class—Midshipmen, masters' assistants, clerks
(not passed), naval cadets, assistant clerks—seven
shares each.
Sixth class—Seamen's schoolmasters,
masters at
arms, chief boatswain's mates,
admiral'squartermaster, and cap-
tain's coxswains, ship's corporals,
gunner's, Wats wain's, and capenter's mates, cap-
tains of the forecastle, of ther.
afterguard, of the
hold, of the main-top,and of the fore-top, coxswains
of the launch, saihnakers, ropetnakers, caulkers,
leading stokers,
ship's cooks, blacksmiths, pilots,
sergeants of marines, of marine artillery, or of land
forces,
doing duty as marines—six shares each.
seventh class—Captains of the mast and mizentop,
yeomen of signals, coxswains of the barge, pinnace, and
cutter, second captains of the forecastle, of the main-
top, of the foretop, and of the afterguard, sailmaker's,
and caulker's mates, paymaster's and purser's stewards,
musicians, coopers, artnourers, corporals of marines
or of land forces doing duty as marines, bombar-
diers of marine artillery, head kroomans—four
shares each.

AMERICAN MAILS.—DEFARTURE OF THE CANADA.
—The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Judkins,
sailed from Liverpool on Saturday afternoon for New
York, via Halifax. She carried a large number of
passengers, and the usual maila for Canada and the
United States.

THE PORT or HULL.—It is very gratifying to be
able to state that the recent partially-depressed state of
the_trade of this important port, in consequence of the
lengthened blocade of the German ports by the Danish
blockading squadron, and the tiresome impediments
which have thereby been-caused to trade and commerce,
continues to be remedied by the vast influx of vessels
from all parts of the world. We have before alluded to
the numerous arrivals from abroad which have lately
taken place, and no less than 94 ships from foreign ports
have entered the port and officially reported at the
Custom-house (luring the past week, with cargoes of
cattle, grain, provisions, and general merchandise of
every description. In the present absence of the ustueal,
traffic of an extensive nature with the HanseaticthSe
States,
con.
which it is hoped will now speedily be
r resume: the lace,
tiuued influx of vessels is very impotan_
and the import business and shipping
are necessarily in a greatly improvedtra
state.dtetof the port
to Scotland with dispatches
The Queen's messenger proceedfoerdhleasr tmnoiiegshtyt (Sa-
turday),whois expected to be in Greenock on
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Lordandto
John
that night at Perth, on her way to 13m
Russell will leave London on Monday, the 20th instant,
on a *if her Majesty in potlaad.—Observer,

Eighth class—Able seamen, carpenter's, Failmaker's,
and cooper's crew•, yeomen of storo-rooms, ordinary
seamen, privates and fifers of marines, or of land
forces doing duty as marines, gunners of marine
artillery, painters, stokers, coal-trimmers, second

NAVAL
BY rIE Qt.') EEN.—A I itO();,A MATION. two shares each.
VicroltiN R.-1\ hereas by cur Ors!, rin Council Meth class Coels'a mates, paymaster and
we were grsrieusly ph as, d to annul, Loin and after parser's stewards mates, paymaster and pur.
the thirty-first ay of December next, our roya; pro ser's steward's boys, admiral's domestics, the
clainatiens of the nineteenth day of May arid the stewards and cooks of admirals, of captains
sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and -of the ward-room, of the gun-room, and of sub-
forty-six, regulating, according to the schemes set officers, second:esaa ordinary seamen,
_assistant sto-
forth therein, or recognised thereby, the distribution: :keys, -barbers, tailors, lansalicreleic'zihip's boys of the
of the net-proceeds of prizes captured from the enemy, first elites, engineer boa s, first and second-class kron-
mans, supernumeraries borne for victuals only, .not
of captures and seizures under the several Acts of
Parliament passed relating to the revenues of cus- specially authorised to do duty, persons borne merely
toms a,.d to trade and navigation, for the abolition of as passengers, and not declining to render assistance
the slave-trade, for the capture and destruction of on any occasion of
_capture, seizure, &c.—one share
piratical vessels and of the rewards conferred for the and one quarter of a share each.
same, as also of the awards for all salvage granted to Tenth class—Ship's boys below the first class—
the crews of our ships and vessels of war, three-quarters of a share each.
when not otherwise specially apportioned by Seamen gunners to share in all captures, seizures,
the terms of the respective awards and allow- rewards, &c., as aforesaid, in the class immediately
epees. And in consequence of several new above that in ewhich their notice is mentioned.
ratings and denominations of oracers and others Alai in all cases in which supernumeraries, whether
having been introduced into our riti%al service since officers or men, shall be ordered to do duty on board
the dates of our said former proclamations, and for any of our ships or vessels by the Lord High Adini-
other causes, it is expedient that provisioLs should be rid, or by our Commissioners for executing the office
made for the future distribution of such net proceeds of Lord High Admiral, or by other proper authority
and salvage not otherwise specially apportioned, and (the orders of the captain or commanding officer, if
all other moneys whatsoever granted to be shared in no senior he present, to be deemed suffic;ent autho-
the mariner ot prize- money. rity ), of which due notation as to fact and authority
We do therefore now make known to all our loving is to be made in the muster books, they shall share
subjects, and to all others whom it may concern, by according to the class of the ranks or ratings which
Cr is our proclamation, by and with the advice and they respectively hold in the service, if not ordered to
consent of cur Privy Council, that our royal will do duty in a higher capacity.
and pleasure is, and we do hereby direct that the dis- And in order that Our royal intentions herein may
tribution of all such net proceeds of prizes, rewards, be duly carried into effect, We further direct that,
allowances, salvage, awards, and of all bounties and when any capture or seizure is made, or service per-
grants whatsoever, distributable to our royal navy in formed, for which a distributable grant or reward is
the manner of prize- money, shall be made as follows, to be, or is expected to be, conferred or awarded to
videlicet :-- any of our ships or vessels of war, the captain or corn-
That the flag-officer or officers shall have one- mending officer shall transmit, or cause to be trees-
sixteenth part of the whole net proceeds arising from mitted, as soon as may be, to the Secretary of the
prizes captured from the enemy and from all other Admiralty, a true and perfect list of all the officers,
thec ships captures, seizures, &c., as aforesaid made by any of seamen, marines, soldiers, and others, who were
or vessels under his or their command, and actually on board on the occasion, accompanied
of the rewards conferred for the same,-according to by a separate list, containing the names of those
the following conditions and modifications—save and belonging to the crew who were absent
except as hereinafter provided and directed; —tha t on duty or otherwise at the time, specifying the
is to say: when there is but one flag-officer, he cause of such absence, each list to contain the quality
shall have the entire one•sixteenth: when two of service of each person, together with the descrip-
flag officers shall be sharing together, the chief tion of the men, taken from the description-book of
shall have two-thirds and the other flag-officer the ship or vessel, and their several rateings, to be
shall have the remaining one-third of the one-six- subscribed by the captain or commanding officer and
teenth part : and when there shall be more than two three or more of the chief officers on board. And
flag-officers, the chief shall receive one-half of the said when the list of those actually on board shall have
one-sixteenth, and the remaining halt shall be equally been verified on examination with the muster-books,
divided among the junior flag-officers; commodores &c., the Accountant General of our navy shall, upon
of the first class and captains of the fleet to share as request, grant to the agent or agents nominated or
flag officers:— appointed by the captors or seizors, &c., a certificate
that such list is correct or has been corrected, as
Provided always that no flag-officer, unless actually
on board any of our ships or vessels of war, and at occasion may require for the due distribution of the
the actual taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise de-
respective prize or other proceeds distributable as
stroying any ship or ships of war, or privateers be- prize money.
longing to the enemy, shall share in the distribution And in the event of difficulty arising with respect
to any of the regulations hereby proposed, or if any
of any head-money or bounty-money granted as a
reward for the taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise case should occur not herein provided for, or not suffi-
destroying any such ship or vessel of the enemy. ciently provided for. We are pleased hereby to
That nu flag-officer, unless actually present at the authorise the Lord High Admiral, or our Commis-
capture or destruction of any pirate ship, vessel, or stoners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral
boat, shall be entitled to share in any distribution of for the time being, to issue such directions thereupon
the proceeds or bounty in respect of the crews of as may appear just and expedient, which directions
such piratical ship, vessel, or boat. shall have the same force and effect as if specially pro-
That no flagsofficer shall share in any remuneration vided for in this our royal proclamation.
or reward conferred or awarded to any of our ships Provided always that the distribution hereinbefore
or vessels as salvage, unless he shall have been ordered, shall take effect only with respect to the
actually on board the ship or vessel to which the proceeds of captures, seizures, and services, as afore-
award shall he made, or have personally aided and said, which shall be made and performed on and after
assisted in the transaction at the time the service was January 1, 1850. Aod that the rrocceds:arising from
rendered. all captures, seizures, and services, as aforesaid made
That no flag-officer commanding in any port in the or performed prior to that date shall be distributed in
United Kingdom shall share in the proceeds of any accordance with any proclamation or proclamations,
prizes captured from the enemy, nor in other cap- now in force, or in force at the time of such captures,
tures, seizures, rewards, or any distributive proceeds seizures, or services, and applicable thereto ; which
as aforesaid made by any ships or vessels which shall we are pleased hereby to direct accordingly.
sail from, or leave such port, by order of the Lord Given at our Court at Osborne House, Isle of
High Admiral, or of our Commissioners for executing Wight, this lath day of July, in the year of our
the office of Lord High Admiral. Lord 1849, and in the 13th year of our reign.
That when ships or vessels under the command God save the Queen.
of several flag-officers , belonging to separate sta-
tions shall be joint captors, &c., each flag officer shall
receive a proportion of one-sixteenth, according to the
number of officers and men present under the com-
mand of each such flag officer ; and when ships or
vessels under orders from the Lord High Admiral,
or from our Commissioners for executing the office of
Lord High Admiral, are joint captors, &c., with other
ships or vessels under a flag or flags, the like regula-
tion as to the apportionment of the flag share to the
flag officer or officers is to be observed.
And with reference to these regulations, it is to
be noted that a captain, commander, or other com-
manding officer, of a ship or vessel, shall be
deemed to be under the command of a flag, when
he shall actually have received some order from, or
be acting in the execution of some order issued
by a flag officer, whether he be or be not within the
limits of the station of such flag officer; and in the
event of his being directed to join a flag officer on
any station, he shall be deemed to be under the com-
mand of such flag officer, from the time when he dr-
, rives within the limits of the station, which circum -
stance is alway to be carefully noted in the log- book ;
and it shall be considered that he continues under
the flag officer, of such station until he shall have re-
ceived some order directly from, or be acting in the
execution of some order issued by, some other flag
officer, duly authorised, or by the Lord EighAdMiral,
or our Cotemiasioners foi executing the office of Lord.
-High Admiral. '

" TO THE EDl7Oli 01 THE SUN.

SIR,—In conjutction with your rt marks respecting
Oxford discipline and the case of Mr. Throsby, allow me
to state that Mr. T. passed his examination for his
degree in his thirteenth term, the earliest period allowed
by the university statutes.
Yours obediently,
OXONIENSIS.

IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OP
FARM PROPERTY BY FIRE.
Last night, shortly after eight o'clock, a fearful
conflagration, which continued to rage throughout
the whole of the night, occurred upon the estate of
Sir Thomas Lennard, situate at Wennington, near
Raynham, in Essex, about:eighteen miles I rum London.
The property in which the disaster commenced was
termed Scrips and Others Farm, and was tenanted
by Charles Richard Webb, E:.q., of Belmont Castle,
Grays.
The flames when first discovered were raging in a
wheat rick on the south-east corner of the stack-
yard. An immediate alarm was given, and an at-
tempt was made to extinguish the flames ' • but such a
firm hold had they obtained that they defied the ut-
most exertions of all present, and very speedily they
xtended to the barns, a long range of premises, filled
with wheat, from whence the work of destruction
communicated to the bullock sheds and cow-houses.
Mr. Barret, the agent to Sir Thomas Lennard, with
a great number of villagers, hastend to the scene, and
tried by every possible means to get the fire under,
but without effect, and in the course of a few minutes
the fire had seized upon a number of ricks of wheat,
hay, and straw, so that there was property covering
upwards of half an acre in a general blaze. Tfio
flames at the same time mounted so high into the air
as not merely to light up the surrounding country,
but they were distinctly visible from every part of
the metropolis.
Lieutenant Sinclair and llr. Greensill, with a
strong body of the artillery and several engines, in-
stantly started from -Purfleet Barracks to the scene,
and were called into operation, but, notwithstanding
the great body of water scattered over the flames,
they continued to progress, and the light being seen
in London caused the engine of the brigade in Wat-
ling-street, and also that of the West of England
Company, in the Waterloo-road, to start in search of
the fire. For some considerable time no direct infor-
mation could be obtained as to where the fire was
raging, and the firemen were guided to the spot only
by the glare in the atmosphere.
The Loudon engines at length reached the spot,
when a fearful scene presented itself, for the whole of
the property except the dwelling•house and the gra-
nary was enveloped in an immense sheet of flame.
The whole of the engines were kept at work during
the night, but at nine o'clock this morning there still
remained a great body of fire, although all danger of
its further extension was at an end.
No doubt seems to be enrertained that the fire was
the work of an incendiary. The present is the fourth
fire that has been raised in the neighbourhood during
the week. Two attempts have been made on the pre-
mises of Mr. Vince, a farmer at Hornchurch, upon
the Marquis of Salisbury's estate, about two miles
from Romford. The first of these was extinguished,
when shortly afterwards. the second was discovered,
which burned down a great number of ricks, barns,
shed, cow-houses, &c.
The authorities are determined to have a most
searching investigation into the cause of these fires,
and a handsome reward will be offered for the appre-
hension of the gultrparties.
Fortunately Mr. Webb's property was partially
insured.—illorning Paper.

LEAMINGTON SPA, AUG. 11.—The fashionable
arrivals during the week, have been very nume-
rous, occasioned by the engrossing interest at-
taching itself to the Zingari cricket match, the result of
which has already been published. Much company re-
mains in the town, in anticipation of the grand horticul-
tural exhibition on the 23d instant, and other amuse-
ments betwixt that date, and the great sporting event--
the Leamington Stakes—at the ensuing Warwick Sep-
tember meeting, for which there are 130 acceptances.
The latest list of arrivals includes the names of Lord
Luvaine, Hon. J. M. Cleveley, Lieutenant-General
Gardner, Lady Moore, Hon. Mrs. Boswell, Admiral Sir
Charles Ekins and bawdy, Lady Hobert and the Hon.
Miss Kerr, Lady Johu Scott, Bon. H. Grimstone, Hon.
F. Ponsouby, Hon. A.. Wrottesley, Hon. E. Leigh,
Colonel Cotton, Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, Rev.
Hugh Stowell, Lady and Miss Seymour, Captains Dilke,
Holt, Hay, Vundateur, Gordon, &c. &e.
SOVTII AMEEICA.--LITERTOOL, SATURDAY.—We
have this morning, by the ship Bonita, arrived in the
Mersey, accounts from Pernambuco two, and from Rio
T 1
ono day later than those reee iced last week.
con-
tents are purely of mercantile interest. Freights
were
expected to advance; the cessation of rain having
allowed produce to be forwarded from the interior dis-
tricts. The Bonita left Pernambuco on the 30th of June,
in company with her majesty's steamer Lizard, for Ply-
mouth, and the brit;Ccstries for the Channel.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUSPICIOUS DEATH or L
FEMALE.—On Saturday evening, at eight o'clock, Mr.
Payne ht en inquest at the Vestry ball, Sr. John's,
Horsely down, on view of tt.e body of a female unknown,
between forty and forty-five years of age, who was found
drowned that (Saturday) morning off llorselydown,
with marks of violence on her hands and arm. Mr.
Wallet, summoning officer, said that the deceased had
the appearance of having been in the water three or
four days. There were no shoes on her feet. She had
on black stockings, the unseal under dress, and a dark
gown with blue spots. There was a wedding-ring on
te second finger of her left hand; but there was nothing
in her pockets to lead to her identity. There were two
severe wounds across the back of both her hands. Mr.
Phillipps, surgeon, Freeschool-street, stated that the
wounds across the bands were inflicted during life.
They were probably caused by some blunt instrument,
for the purpose of c9rupelling her to leave go of some..
thing she bad hold of. The right arm was also bruised.
He could not say whether the skull was fractured. The
coroner directed a post mortent examination of the body,
and tbo inquiry Was adjourned to Friday next.