The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-08 00:00:00

IN RE BEVIRL.

Mr. DUNCAN applied to the Court in an insolvency
case that took place in 1842. The insolvent had been
am undergraduate of Cambridge University. He had
obtained his final order. his relations had effected an
arrangement with a portion of the creditors, and were
desirous of paying 203. in the pound upon the remain-
ing outstanding debts. He applied that in such case
the insolvent's petition might be taken off the file of
the court.

His lloarouß said, he could not permit the petition
to be thus wholly removed.
Mr. DUNCAN then applied that a dividend meeting
be granted, and that the creditors should be required
to come and prove as in bankruptcy.
His Hosoug acceded to this application.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULTIURN.)

IN RE T. S. STORY—TUB ST. ALBAN'S BA/CC.
This was the certificate meeting. The bankrupt
was described as a banker at St. Alban's. He had
commenced business in 1804, in partnership with Mr.
Cooper, who died in 1807; he afterwards joined Mr.
Martineau; that partnership was dissolved in 1829, and
the affairs were thrown into Chancery. A compro-
mise was made, by which, the bankrupt alleged,
he had incurred considerable loss. He had subse-
quently carried on business alone till the date of the
fiat, December, 1843, when he owed to unsecured
creditors 11,0141,, to secured creditors 4,2831. A
dividend of ss. in the pound has since been paid, and
there will be a further dividend of a few shillings in
the pound. The capital on the Ist January, 1840,
was put down at 3,5421., the domestic and personal
expenses at 19,1001, or at the rate of nearly 2,0001.
a year.
Mr. E. JAMES now opposed the certificate on behalf
of Mr. Marett, who had proved for 1,5171. His op-
position was not vindictive, but was in Mr. Marett's
character of executor to the Rev. C. Lomax, whose
rectorial tithes of 5001. per annum Mr. Story had
received in his character of attorney for some years.
The circumstances of the case, he (Mr. James) sub-
mitted, involved a breach of trust on the part of the
bankrupt. Upon being sued for the amount in his
hands, 1,517/., he had subjected Mr. Marett to the
expense of 331. by raising groundless objections to the
claim, and by putting in a false plea. It was ascer-
tained, by an inspection of the books, that the bank-
rupt had received 1051.75. Bd. subsequent to the death
of the testator.

His HONOUR said the case was one of great impor
tance to the bankrupt and the public, especially at
a moment when trust-moneys had been made the
subject of fraud. He would give the case his seri-
ous consideration, and deliver his judgment on Mon-
day next.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE )
IN RE REUBEN MICIIABL.
The bankrupt, of Bury-street, Shoreditch, came up
to pass his last examination.
Mr. Lawrance supported ; Mr. Bagley opposed on
behalf of Mr. Abrahams, and Mr. Sturgeon on behalf
of Mr. Joseph.
It appeared that the fiat was obtained on the bank-
rupt's own petition ; that he had traded as a pur.
chaser of pawn-tickets ; that his wife had 8001. a
year in her own right; that he has been twice before
insolvent; and that he has been in the habit of re-
siding at Boulogne. He admitted that he played for
small sums at cards, but denied that he ever won or
lost as much as Got. or 4001. at one sitting, either in
Leicester-square or at Boulogne. Ile had on one oc-
casion won as much as 51., but his risks were gene-
rally to the extent of no snore than half a-cro.vn at a
rubber of whist. His debts now exceed 6031.; there
were no assets. His wife was entitled to property
under the will of her father.
It was here ascertained that a copy of the will had
not been filed, and an adjournment was asked for on
that ground.
His HONOUR said he should certainly order an ad-
journment. The object of the bankrupt seemed to be
to visit Boulogne, and to come to this court to get
whitewashed. Ile should order an adjournment for
the produclion of the will. There were other grounds
why he should not pass the examination. Tue bank-
rupt appeared to have entered upon a course of
reckless trading, feeling that he had his wife's income
to fall back upon.
Examination adjourned accordingly.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
SEN 1 ENCES.

The following is a---Ciorrectiist of the sentences, &c.,
passed during the last sitting of this Court:—
DEATH RECORDED.—CharIes Corby,
TRA.NSPORTATION.—Twenty Years—Wm. Rolls.
Ten Years—George Davis, Thomas Chislett, Marga-
ret Mitchell, Thomas Allen, Wm. Long, George Joven,
John Sleigh, Charles Sleigh, Thomas Haycock, Henry
King, John Cummings, Henry Donovan, Henry Morgan,
Ellen Lane, James May, Richard Ive.
Seven Years—George Brown, Margaret Sullivan,
Jonathan Pointing, Wm. White alias Sullivan, James
Sp ,over, Charles Kent, John Harris, George Wood-
c .ek, Thomas Condon, Edward Fletcher, Mary Ann
Hughes, E. Homan, Richard Fidler, George Ediker,
Joseph Hadley Redden (and previously one month's im
prisonment), Chas. Langhue, John Smith alias Ambrose
Nicholson, John Gally, Edward Joseph Scarut, Evans
Sutton, Martin Connor.
IMPRISONMENT.—Two Years—Michael Whall.
Eighteen Months—David Lee, George Gilpin, Wm.
Blackmore, John Green, Merritty, Charlotte
Leighton, Charles Leighton.
Twelve Months—Henry Herbert, John James, Wil-
liam Moore Eclipse Reddell, William Leivis„.4ainea
Bowrick, Mary ArDonald, Jacob Vunderberg, Charles
Boardman, John Webster, Jacob Hess, George Chalk,
James Gardener, Eliza Howard Billington, John Mry Go
DennisaWilliam Ryan,
Emmett,
Ro Robert
a
tlf urlliaesss,SlVitllliaan, Joseph,mdßentley
Jack-
son, William Richardson, Thomas Hill, Susan Peake,
John Hardy, Sarah Stanton, James Chapman, Jane
Marshall, Frederick Turton, William Giggs, Robert
Bowman.

Nine Months—John Wade, Richard Turner, Thomas
Webb, Charles Edwards, Jena Pickett, Alexander
Bailey, James Welch, John Hill, James Mopp, James
Williams, William Clear, Mary Ann Thomas, Edwin
Osborne, John Andrews, Edward Lewis, Thomas Sand-
well, William Stokes, William Grey, John Brown,
Thomas Jones, John Williams.

Eight Months—Thomas Rhodes, George Keller.
Six Months—George Boutelan Walker, Robert Lam-
bert, Henry James, George Watts, John William
Foster, Elips Watson, Ann Smith, William Knight,
Thomas Paterson, Henry Carter, Lucy Wyatt, Sarah
Harrington, Ellen Littlejohns' Wm. Hill, Daniel Daley,
Diana King, Peter Joseph Dolly, Sarah Solomons,
Joseph Smith, Ann Kingman. John Bailey, Wm. Hib-
bard, James Wilson, Joseph Osmotherly, George Day,
James D.ek, Edward Cox.

Four Months—Hyam Marks, James Woods, Adam
Sampson, Thomas Hearn, Thomas Pope, Joseph Ather-
ton Pack, John Mahony, Thomas Watkins, John Pud-
diford, William Gibson, Sarah Ann Miller, Wm. Jack-
son, Henry B.)gers, Maria Cronin.
Three Months—Henry Snell, Benjamin Masters,
Catherine Donoghue, William Bishop, John Connell,
Thomas Barges.; John Parrott, Henry Champ, John
Hogan, Walter Rogers, Patrick Kelly, Timothy Kelly.
Two Months—James Stirland, Charles Davis, Wm.
Dennis, Martin Kelly. Alexander Wilson.
One Month and Under—Frederick Pepper, Thomas
Wigan, Joseph Irons, George Hedges, John Harris,
George Brown, Cornelius Shaw, Mary Ann Laws,
Geo. Bishop.

ACQUITTALS.—Francia Williams, Thomas Macdonald,
Mary Fox, William Wheeler, Hannah Sheerer, George
William Bunney, Thomas Phillips, John llooper, Chas.
James Smith, Daniel Bryant, Elen Hurley, Daniel
Dale, John Foley, Ann Arnold, Mary Ann Dodd, Mary
Masters, John Mickle, John Wooden, George Jenkins,
Ann Clarke, Caroline Clarke, Elizabeth Broughton,
William Bailie, George Battley, Frances Thompson,
Robert Lloyd Evans, Margaret Thomson, Susannah
Johnson, William Walters, Mary Ann Jackson, William
Payne, Robert Finch nipple. Frederick GczAey.
BILLS NOT FOUND.—llenry Pickering, Thomas Simp-
kins, Henry James Williams.
JUDGMENT RESPlTED.—Benjamin Hopkins Bond,
Thomas Carson, Theodore Wick.

REMANDED UNTIL NEXT SESSION. .Thomas Brandon,
Hugh Swan, Samuel Elphick, Thos. Bernard Macartby,
Jas. Grady, George Grant, Henry Bathurst Monkhouse.
ACQUITTED ON THE GROUND OP INSANITY. John
Francis.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

George Alexander Collie, Bermondsey-square, was
again brought up, charged with stealing 48 shares in
the Friesland Gas-light Company, and also various
sums of money, the property of Mr. George Ogle,
Great Winchester•street, solicitor.
Sir J. DUKE, on taking his seat on the bench, and
the prisoner being placed
,at the bar, said that from
what had taken place during the previous examina-
tions, it appeared to be a very gross case.
Mr. Ogle said that it certainly was a very bad one,
and attended with serious loss to him under peculiar
circumstances. lie much doubted whether a jury, if
Sir James Duke sent the case for trial, would find
the prisoner guilty, the great difficulty being to get at
the shares. He was told that 28 of them had been
destroyed, but then he only had the prisoner's word
for that. He, therefore, did not intend to produce
further evidence.

Sir J. DUKE observed that some shares had been
recovered.

Hedington, the offica, said he had five shares,
which he received from one of the witnesses who gave
evidence the previous day.
Mr. Ogle said that he could not stand on those five
shares, as they were returned, but the principal charge
was relative to the ten shares. He therefore did not
wish to prosecute further, as the prisoner had ren-
dered every assistance to recover the property, which
was but a small part. He would therefore leave the
case in the Alderman's hands.

Sir JAMES DUKH ordered the case to stand over
until Monday, and intimated that he would not
trouble Mr. Ogle to come again.
The prisoner was then removed to the Compter.
Mr. Edward Marne, late of 3, Warnford-court,
stock-broker, was again brought up before Sir James
Duke, charged with not surrendering to be examined
as a bankrupt in the Court of Bankruptcy, at the
time notified in the London Gazette.
Mr. Lucas appeared on behalf of the creditors, and
Mr. Humphries, solicitor, defended the prisoner.
Mr. Lucas said that he lad to establish two charges,
one baing that of not surrendering to the fiat, and
the other of embezzlinc, three Exchequer-bills, which
were entrusted to him for safe custody. On the for-

William Baugh, a letter-carrier in the Post-office,
was brought up on suspicion of stealing a letter, con-
taining half-a-crown and four po,tage stamps.
The prisoner, having been suspected of other rob-
beries' was under the observation of Peak" the
constable attached to the General Post-office, who,
on going to his lodgings to investigate another
matter, discovered the fragments of the letter in
question scattered in a corner of the room. He col-
lected and examined them, and found that the letter
and enclosures had been sent by a lady at Chelsea to
a friend in the country. t
The prisoner, who was known among his fellow-
servants as apparently a very religious man, having
family prayers daily, was remanded for further proof
of the non-delivery of the letter, upon which he will
be committed for trial.
Themes Hickey was again examined, on sucpigion
of stabbing William MiCarthy, an Irizh recruit, in
June last.
The particulars have appeared in our columns. The
prisoner and deceased had a street quarrel and fight
on the 6th of June last, during which the latter
received a stab in his side, from the effect of which he
died. The prisoner escaped detection by changing
clothes with a man named Healy, who was given into'
custody at the time, but discharged.
Constable 126 E now proved that the prisoner, on
being lately apprehended upon the charge, admitted
that he inflicted the wound, expressed his deep con-
cern at the death of M'Carthy, and his regret that he
did not give himself up at the time.
He was remanded for still further examination.
MARYLEBONE.

After the disposal, by Mr. Long, of msnyeases o

.rifling importance, Sarah Drake, a will-dressed
woman, about forty years of age, was brought up in
the custody of Sergeant Whitcher, of the Detective
Police, 27 A, and Superintendent Kinder, on the
charge of having murdered her child, Lewis Drake,
aged two years.
The prisoner was led into the dock by Mitchell, the
gaoler. She walked with a tolerably firm step, but
on taking her, stand at the bar, it was quite evident
that she felt most painfully the situation in which she
was placed. The investigation, owing to the singular
circumstances connected therewith, excited a vast de-
gree of interest, and the court was consequently much
cro wiled.
Thomas Kinder, on being sworn, said, I am super-
intendent of the Nottingham constabulary at East
Retford. I have a constable stationed at a village
near there, called North Leverton. On Saturday,
the Ist of this month, he came to m), and, from in-
formation which I received from him, I, on the next
Monday, went to his station. I there saw a box which
had been opened, and it contained the dead body of
a male child, apparently two years old. In the box
was a frock, a straw hat, a pair of boots, a pair of
socks, an apron, and other articles. The apron was
marked " S. Drake."
Mr. LONG—Do you know how the box was
directed? Witness—" Mr. Theophilus Burton, North
Leverton, Nottinghamshire, carriage paid, Nov. 29,
1849." Information of the affair was given to the
coroner at Newark, and on the 2d instant an inquest
was held on the body. He adjourned the inquiry
until this day ; he directed me to make known the
particulars to Mr. Hutton, our chief constable at
Mansfield, which I did, and by his orders I came to
London last Wednesday, when I gave information at
Scotland-yard with regard to the supposition that
the child had been murdered. I made inquiries,
the result of which was, that there was every reason
to imagine that the prisoner was the murderess, and
accordingly last night I and Sergeant Whitcher
went to 33, Upper Harley-street, the residence of
F. Huth, Esq , in whose service the prisoner lives as
housekeeper and cook. Upon asking for her we
were shown into a room, and she presently came to
us. I asked her if her name was Sarah Drake, and
she said " Yes," and I then questioned her as to
whether she had not come from Nottinghamshire,
when she replied that she had. I told her that I must
apprehend her for having.murdered her child, Lewis
Drake, upon which she looked full at me, and said,
" How do you know that ?" I remarked to her that
a box had been sent down to North Leverton, having
in it the dead body of a male child, and that an apron
had been found in it marked " S. Drake."
Mr. LONG —Did she make any observation upon
your mentioning this to her ? Witness—None, your
Worship, but she sat down and began to cry.
Sergeant Whitcher corroborated, in every important
particular, the preceding evidence ; and he called as
the next witness in the case,
Mary Anne Wignsll, who said—l am kitchen-maid
to Mr. Huth. The prisoner came to her situation last
Monday week.
Mr. LONG—Now, be particular, and tell me all
that you know of this matter. Witness—On the
Wednesday after, a woman came to the house, bring-
ing with her a child, and asked to see the prisoner.
I showed her into prisoner's own room, and the door
was then shut.
Mr. LONG—Did you hear any conversation that
took place isetweea them ? Witness—l did not, sir.
Mr. LONG —How long were they in the room
together? Witness—Only three or four minutes;
the woman then came into the kitchen with the child,
and afterwards went into the pantry with it.
Mr. Phillips (the clerk)—How long did she stay
there ? Witness—About a quarter of an hour, and
when she came back into the kitchen I showed her
again into the housekeeper's (the prisoner's) room.
Mr. LONG—Was the prisoner there then ? Wit-
ness—She was.
Mr. LONG—When did you next see the woman
who brought the child ? Witness—ln about half an
hour afterwards I saw her go up the area steps.
Mr. LONG—Had she any child with her then ?
Witness—She had not. The prisoner ran up the
steps after her, calling out " Mrs. Johnson," and the
woman returned with her.
Mr. LONG —At this time was the prisoner carrying
or leading any child ? Witness—No, sir.
Mr. LONG—Do you know who this Mrs. Johnson
is ? Witness—l do not.
Sergeant Whitcher—She lives at Shirley, near
Croydon, and has had the child to nurse.
Mr. LONG (to the witness Wigzell)—Did you
have any further communication with the prisoner ?
Witness—Yes, sir; at twelve o'clock in the day I
have spoken of she told me she was in a great deal of
trouble, and that she had paid the woman who bad
called upon her 101., and was responsible to her for
more. Shortly after this she asked me if I had a small
box, to which I replied that I had, and she said she
would buy it of me, as the one she had of her own was
not small enough for her use. She, however, did not
have it of me, and said that Mrs. Johnson had put
her out so much that she knew not what she was
about.

Mr. LONG—Did she say anything more to you?
Witness—At twenty minutes to three she came down
and told me that she had packed up her box; that
it contained things that were of no use to her, but
they would do for her sister.
Mr. LONG—Did she tell you where her sister
lived ? Witness—She did not, sir.
Mr. LONG —Did you see the box ? Witness—
Yes;. in about three-quarters of an hour after the
conversation I have alluded to I saw it in her bed-
room, in which I also sleep. It was covered with a
coarse wrapper, which was sewed up.
Mr. LONG—Was it, in your opinion, large enough
to hold a child two years of age ? Witness—
Certainly. It remained in the room all night, and
the next morning. At the prisoner's request I
carried it down stairs ; it was as much as I could lift.
Mr. LONG—Was there any direction upon it ?
Witness—None.
Mr. LONG—What did you do with it? Witness
—I took it into the butler's pantry at the desire of
the prisoner. She said that if I took it to Mr. Glasse
(the butler) he would send it for me to the Euston-
square station. She d:d not wish the other servants
to know anything about it, as they might imagine she
wes sending something away which was not her own.
Mr. LONG—Did you deliver the box to the
butler? Witness—l put it on the carpet in his
room, and told him I had brought it from the house-
keeper. _

Mr. LONG--Did 3 ou see it again ? Witness—l
did, sir, in the course of an hour and a half. It was
not then directed. On the Thursday prisoner gave
me two letters to post, one of them was addressed to
Mrs. Johnson, and the other to Mrs. Burton, North
Leverton, Nottinghamshire (the envelope only of one
of them was produced, the letters had, it was stated,
been destroyed).
George Glasse—l am butler in the family. The
prisoner came to us with a most excellent character
from Lady Anne Gore Langton. On Wednesday
morning week the prisoner asked me to write a direc-
tion for her to put upon a box, and she dictated to
me the address. She asked me how I could get

The last and most important witness was Mary
Anne Bridge, who said—At 11 o'clock last night I
searched the prisoner at the station-house, and found
upon her a gold watch and some silver. I asked her
what she was charged with, when she at first made
me no answer, but presently said to me, " Are you a
married woman ? I told her I :was, and had a large
family, when she said, " Tim you can feel for me,
and I'll tell you - its all about a child." I asked her
if it was a new-born baby, and she ans veered it was
not, that it was two years old, and she had hung it,
I asked her how she came to do such a thing as that,
when she said she didn't know ; a woman who had it
to nurse, and to whom she owed a good deal of
money, brought it to her, and she was afraid of losing
her place. She did it (alluding to the hanging) in a
moment, no one else being present. She then packed
up the child, and sent it into the country to her sister
to get it buried, and she thought that she (the sister)
had made all the noise about it. She further said
she supposed she should be hung.
The prisoner had no questions to put to either of
the witnesses who had been examined.
Sergeant Whitcher said he was not at present
prepared with any more evidence.
Mr. LONG, after cautioning the prisoner in the
usual manner, asked her if she had anything to say
in answer to so awful a charge? Prisoner (sobbing)
—Nothing, sir. Can I have counsel ?
Mr. LONG -It is my duty to remand you, and you
will he brought up again next Saturday (to morrow)
week. You can then have any professional assistance
you may think fit.
She was then removed from the bar by Mitchell,
the gaoler, who was directed to see that she was
closely watched prior to her being removed in the
Government van.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Thursday a Court was held at the Guildhall for
the dispatch of public business; the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor in the chair.
The minutes of the last Court having bean read by
Mr. Woodthorpe, the city and hospital docquets were
severilly sealed, and the list of applicants for the
freedom of the city was read, and the parties admitted
accordingly.

DEATH OF IDE QUEEN DOWAGER.
Before any public business was brought on, the
Court proceeded, in accordance with a notice on the
supplemental summons paper, to " express its sense on
the melancholy event or the demise of her Majesty the
Queen Dowager."
Mr. J. WooD (Chairman of the Corn, Coal, and
Finance Committee) said that he was quite sure that/
the Court would be unanimous in the expression of its
deep feeling of regret at the loss to the nation of the
illustrious lady whose demise they all would most
sincerely deplore. That lady had endeared herself to
the nation at large; and even at the time when, as the
wife of our late beloved Sovereign William the Fourth,
she had no idea of becoming the Queen Consort of
these realms, her munificence and constant good
feeling was abundantly manifested, so that it was the
fact, - that whether they looked upon her as a private
lady or the Queen Consort, not a single act did she
perform which would not live in the bosom of every
true Englishman. In moving upon that occasion, he
(Mr. Wood) felt that he was simply doing his duty
to the Cuurt, as also to his own feelings. Ile had
prepared a resolution which he thought it was their
duty to adopt under the peculiar circumstances, which,
by the permission of his Lordship the Lord Mayor, he
would read to the Court. Itih-st steps might be taken
in order to express the feeling of the corporation of
the city of London in the case, of course, he should
not presume to say, but this he believed, that any
proposition officially made for the purpose of giving
expression to the public sympathy on account of the
demise of the excellent and exalted lady who had so
recently departed this life would be most readily coin-
cided with by all classes residing in the city of Lon-
don, as well as by the public at large. He would beg
leave to move, therefore, that it be referred to a com-
mittee to take such steps in the matter as might be
deemed desirable to carry out the object.
Mr. WIRE observed that it was with no small
degree of satisfaction that he rose upon that occasion
to second the motion proposed by the chairman of the
corn, coal, and finance committee. In giving utter-
ance to the feeling of deep respect he wus sure they
all felt towards the memory of the late Queen
Dowager, he did not deem it to be necessary fur him
to say much in addition to that which had fallen from
the mover of the motion. He hoped, for he thought
it was the public wish, that some opportunity would
be given so that the citizens of London might show
how they revered the memory of that illustrious lady,
who, ever since she first landed upon these shores had
given proof of her love for the institutions and the
people of this country. Ever since that period the
Queen Dowager had lived in the hearts of the people ;
by her purity of conduct the Court had been purified ;
and her example had furnished a pattern to the Court
which still had its influence, and which would still
continue to contribute to the promotion of kindliness
of feeling, and the elevation of the highest personages
in the land.

The RECORDER then put the motion, which was
unanimously carried.
The Court then proceeded to consider a communi-
cation from the Home office on the subject of the
City markets, which was ordered to be referred to
the markets improvement committee.
On the motion of Mr. Alderman SALAMONS, a
committee was appointed to consider the propriety of
erecting baths and washhouses, and the Court
adjourned.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION of SEWERS.
A court of the Commissioners was held yesterday,
at the Court-house, Greek street, Soho. The hour
appointei for opening the court was twelve o'clock,
but it was half-past twelve when the court-room was
opened to the public.
Lord EBRINGTON then said that the Legislature
had thought proper, for the protection of the rate-
payers, that there could be no court for the trans-
action of business unless six, that is, half the number of
the Commissioners were present. There not being now
present that required number, there was no court.
But he might say, for the information of some persons
who had given notice of appeals against the rates, that
their appeals could not be heard in consequence of
their notices not having been served within fourteen
days after the rate was made, of which. due notice had
been given, according to the statute, by the Com-
missioners.
After some conversation, the secretary was re-
quested to read a letter from Mr. Watts, a builder,
in Farm-street-mews, Grosvenor-square, relating to a
claim which he preferred against the Commission, for
the cost of a sewer constructed by him in those
mews.
Lord EaRINGTON observed that the case had been
disposed of by the late Commission, and the present
Commissioners had no power to deal with it. But if
they had the power to extend any indulgence to the
applicant, it was impossible that they should allow
any person applying to that court, to suppose that he
could obtain any advantage by improper and inde-
corous conduct.
A court was subsequently formed by the attend-
ance of an additional member, when there were pre-
sent Lord Ebrirgton, Mr. llawes, Sir henry de la
Beche, Mr. Hardwick, Captains Dawson and Vetch,
with three of the representatives of the city of London
at this court, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, Mr. Taylor,
and another gentleman. Mr. Haywood, surveyor to
the City Commission, was also in attendance.
The business of the day, which was altogether of a
routine character, was then disposed of, and the court
adjourned.

EXETER HA LL —Handers Messiah was repeated
last night, exec uted by the same solo vocalists as those
who were tug, ,ged upon the former occasion. The
" Dead March" in Saul, finely and impressively rendered
by the orches za, preceded the oratorio, in respectful
tribute to the memory of the Queen Dowager. The
platform was hung with black, and the singers were
attired in deep mourning—a characteristic also of the
greater part of the audience. The oratorio was delivered
with tr anscendant excellence, and the funereal associa-
tions w ill which it was associated added to the gran-
deur 2 tad sublimity of its effect. The attendance of
visitors was sufficiently large to fill the entire hall.

AVAL
~ervice will
Admiral Prescott,
was much better yt.
soon be convalescent. • -4, c,
The report of the committee of inquiry into the
allegations of the midshipman's mess on board the
Eurydice, 26, at Portsmouth, against the First
Lieutenant of that ship, has not yet been officially
made to the Admiralty.
Captain Horatio Austen, C.B , superindent of
steam vessels afloat, relieves Commodore Eden as:
superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, on Monday. next, for six weeks, the Gallant Commodore proceed-
ing on leave of absence.
.APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant Thomas Higgins to be in command o
No. 1 Battery, coastguard station (Folkstone) • vice
Robert Hopkins, removed. Robert Hussy Mow-
bray, to be in command of No. 62 Tower, coast-
guard station ; vice Job Rennet Clarke, removed.
Surgeon—Charles W. White (1841) to the Phae-
ton, 50, fitting at Sheerness.
Assistant Surgeons-111111am J. Gruggens (1841 )
and Dr. Henry Arnot, to the Phaeton.
POIITIZOUT/1, DEC. 6.—The Eurydice, 26, Captain
T. V. Anson, will he paid off on the 13,h inst.
Captain George Elliot, of the Phaeton, was here
yesterday, and went on board his former ship (the
Eurydice), when nearly all the crew volunteered to
enter for his new ship, the Phaeton.
Mr. Lockart F. Stephens, Second Master of the
Asia, 84, flag-ship in the Pacific, passed his ex-unka-
tion for Master on the 24th of September.
The Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S.
Spencer, hauled out of the basin into the harbour to-
day. She is manned, and will take the next mail to
the Coast of Africa.
IN PONT AND PITTING.
In the Harbour—The Victory and Illustrious flag-
ships ; the Excellent gunnery-ship ; the Blenheim
steam-guard ship ; the Eurydice, stripping to pay
off; the Contest, fitting out; the Rolla apprentices'
brig, laying up for the winter; the Fairy, the Elfin,
and Portsmouth yachts; the Flamer packet, from
Holyhead, and the Echo tug.
In Dock—The Britannia, 120 ; the Dauntless, 24 ;
the Fantome, 16 ; the Lily, 16 ; the Fox, 42 ; the
Devastation, and the Birkenhead steam-frigates.
In the Basin—The Princess Charlotte, 104; the
Actiron, 26 ; and the Sprightly and the Bee steam-
vessels.
In the Steam basin—The Ajax, 60; the Penelope,
22; the Sidon, 26; the Victoria and Albert royal
yacht; the Urgent, the Pike, the Asp, and the
Blazer.
Building—The Royal Frederick, 120; the Prince
of Wales, 120 ; the Princess Boyal, 90 ; the Argus
and the Furious steam-sloops.
PBUDROKS, DEc. s.—This day at 12 noon Col.
Love, C. 8., commanding the troops in the South
Wales district, accompanied by Captain Mann, Bri-
gade-Major, inspected the garrison at this place, con-
sisting of detachments of the Royal Artillery, 14th
Regiment, and Royal Marines, after which he went
through the barrack-rooms and saw the men at their
meals. After visiting the orderly•room the gallant
Colonel partook of a dejeuner with the officers of the
garrison. Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., R.N.,
superintendent of the dock-yard, was also a guest at
the entertainment. Colonel Love expressed himself
highly pleased with the effective state of the garrison,
and the cleanliness of the barracks. Colonel Love
also minutely inspected the regimental magazine, and
examined the state of the ammunition, and also the
hospital.
The gallant Major and Brigade-Major are at' pre-
sent on a visit to the Earl of Cawdor, at Stackpool-
court.

PLYM')UTII, DEC. 6.—On Tuesday, the 4th inst.,
on receipt of the melancholy intelligence of the death
of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the flag of Port-
Admiral Sir W. Hall Gage was shifted front the
Impregnable, 104, to the Nautilus tender, 6, and the
royal standard was hoisted half-mast high on board
the Impregnable, and on board all ships in commis-
sion in the port. Similar manifestations were exhi-
bited at Mount Wise, the Dockyard, Royal William
Victualling-yard, Plymouth Citsdel, and other Go-
vernment departments, at Plymouth and Devonport
Town-halls, and at several private establishments, and
many of the shops in the three towns have been par-
tially clo'sed.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Flamer, from Queens-
town, arrived yesterday, and sailed again for Wool-
wich to be paid off.
'Her Majesty's frigate Constance, 50, Captain G.
W. C. Citturtenay, is to be unmasted to-morrow, aid
paid off on, Saturday. Considerable restriction has
been put on the liberty of the officers and crew of this
ship since her arrival. Three seamen have been sent
for a month to Exeter Gaol, for going ashore without
leave ; the cost of their maintenance while confined
will be deducted from their sea wages.
The Devon lighter arrived yesterday, with stores
from Pembroke.
The Avon steam-vessel is ordered to have her de-
fects made good.
The Arethusa, 50 gun frigate, built at Pembroke,
is to be brought forward for commission.
THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF TUE DOCKYAED.
Much surprise is expressed at the long. deferred
appearance of a successor to Admiral-Superiutend-
ent Sir John Louis. Rumour several weeks since
upon very legitimate foundation, fixed on Captain
the Right Honourable Lord John Haw, at present
one of the Lords of the Admiralty, as the officer ap-
pointed to fulfil the duties of the important post. Se-
niority difficulties of no common occurrence appear to
have intervened to prevent the completion of that ap-
pointment, and rumour now confers the honour on
Captain Sir John Gordon Sinclair, late Captain
(additional) of the flag-ship Victory at Portsmouth.
By this arrangement the seniority difficulty will be
overcome. In the absence from Plymouth of the Port-
Admiral, who has occasionally to visit Falmouth,
Pembroke, &c., the naval command devolves on the
officer superintending the dockyard, who would then
as Vice-Port-Admiral have the control over the Royal
Willian Victualling-yard and the Royal Naval Hos-
pital, both at present in charge of Captain John Toup
Nicolas, KH. Should Captain Lord John Hay be
appointed to the dockyard, he would thus at times
become acting superior officer to Captain Nicolas,
although the latter has the seniority.. The appoint-
ment of Sir John Sinclair is, however, free from this
objection, as the date of his seniority is June 6.1814,
and that of Captain Nicolas June 26, 1815. Captain
Hay's commission is dated December 7, 1818.
CHATHAM, DEC. 7. The Iris, 26 guns, which
was paid off into ordinary at this port on the sth of
August, 1847, then commanded by Captain G. R.
Mundy, was removed from her moorings on the 3d
instant, and she is now taken into the dock recently
vacated by the Tiger steam-ship. The Iris is to
undergo a thorough repair for the purpose of service
at sea.
The Chatham yacht and the Duck naval lighter
were both taken into dock on the Gth instant, and
having undergone examination, and their copper bat.
toms cleaned, were bath taken out again this day.
The Tiger steam-ship, of 10 guns, recently built
at this yard, and which was put out of dock on the
Ist instant, was this morning towed away by the
Adder steam-vessel to the East India Docks, Black-
wall, to have her engines put on board by Messrs.
Seaward and Co.
The royal standard is hoisted half-mast high at
the flag staff at the Queen's-stairs ; also on board the
Poictiers, 74, and all the ships in ordinary have their
colours hoisted half-mast high, on account of the
death of the Queen Dowager ; the ulna mark of
respect is also shown at the Ordnance, and also at the
military forts surrounding the garrison.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, rORTIXILL-STREET,
LINCOLN'S INN-FlELDS.—Yestorday evening a mating
was held in the board room of this institution n
Portugal-street. It appeared that the committee were
making every effort to liquidate the liabilities incurred
by the ready admission given to all cholera and diarrhea
patients during the recent visitation. The applicaats
having been admitted at all hours, without any form of
introduction, the numbers who sought admission ren-
dered the necessary additions, both to the nurses and
medical officers for daily and nightly attendance, cau iug
an excess of expenditure over income of nearly 6001., up
to the close of the Michaelmas quarter. In addition to
the receipt of three-fourths of a collection at Lino iln's
Inn Chapel, on Thanksgiving-day, the hospital has
received 401. from the Master and Benchers of the
Temple, as well as 50/. from W. Egerton, Esq., and a
liberal donation from the papils of the Camberwell
Collegiate School, in connexion with King's College;
the latter being towards the fund for enlarging the
present hospital. Some routine business having trans-
pired the meeting separated.
THE RECENT Loss or THE SOUTH SHIELDS LIFE-
BOIT .—The sufferers by this lamentable affair have left
seventeen wives, and, among them, forty-six children.
The exact number who perished is twenty, the whole of
them well-known Tyne pilots. It was the first accident
that ever occurred at that port by any of the life-boats,
since they were first invented in 1791. The one that
met with the accident had been tested for six years. The
inquest on the body of one of the crew, Launcelot Burn,
found on the Herd Sands, was held on Thursday, by Mr.
Pavel, the coroner. The principal witness examined
was John Millburn, one of the superintendents of the
life-boat. Ile had gone out with her, and managed to
save himself by clinging to the bottom of the boat. The
calamity he attributed to a sea catching the bow of the
life-boat and pitching it over. They had got alongside
of the stranded vessel, the Betsey, and were directing
the ship's crew to jump into her, at the moment she
was caught. It was capable of holding forty persons.
The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. A
subscription has been opened on behalf of the unfortu•
nate families.

Tan LETTER.BOXES.—As the management of the
Pest-office is at present an engrossing topic, allow me to
point out that most of the openings of the letter-boxes of
the district offices in London are so small, that they will
not conveniently take in a newspaper, and I have fre-
quently observed them sticking is the mouths of the
let:et-boxes, so that they could be easily extracted. Thip
should be remedied.—Correspondeut 01 the 13.4ificr.