The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. MONDAY.—MajOT SttVellS, of the Roya:
Marine Artillery, is appointed Inspector of Dockyards, it
conjunction with a naval officer who will hereafter be no.
mutated.

Courts-martial will be held to-morrow on board the St.
Vincent to try Lieutenant Gill, t,f the Aniline, for drunken •
ness, anti Lieutenant Heath, of the Hyacinth, who was offi-
cer of the watch when that vessel ran foul of the Wanderer,
merchant barque, for his participation in that accident.
The Hyacinth, 18, Commander Scott, will be paid off on
Wednesday, and the Wanderer, the vessel with which she
came in collision, is under repair at the expense of Govern-
ment; so that it appears they are satisfied the Hyacinth
was in fault.

The Crocodile, 8, Lieutenant-Commanding S. R. Protheroe,
will be paid in advance on Thursday.
Thirty of the St. Vincent's crew have been sent in charge
of an officer by train to London, thence to proceed to Sheer-
ness, to fit the Cyclops steamer, recently paid off at that
port, for immediate service in carrying provisions to Ire-
land.

The officers and crew of the Sidon steam-frigate, Captain
Henderson, have received orders to complete the firing of
the Dauntless, commenced by the dockyard riggers, and,
when ready, to navigate her to Glasgow to get her engines.
They commenced operations to-day.
Porrrsmou TII, Tu ESDAY.-A court-martial, comprising
Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, President; Captain Chads, of
the Excellent; Captai❑ Henderson, of the Sidon; Captain
Milne, of the St. Vincent ; Commander Tryon of the
Mutine ; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge Advocate
of the Fleet; assembled this morning on board the flag-ship
St. Vincent, to try Mr. Heath, third lieutenant of the Hy-
acinth, 18, Commander Scott, who was officer of the watch
at the time that vessel ran foul of the Wanderer, merchant
bark, on the morning of the 12th inst., for alleged neglect of
duty on the said occasion, whereby considerable damage was
sustained by both vessels.
Captain Pasco, of the Victory, was ordered to sit as a
member of the Court, but was objected to by the prisoner,
he (Captain Pasco) having, atter an inquiry, made the report
to the Admiralty upon which the present trial was founded,
and Commander Tryon, as next in seniority, was sworn in
his stead.

Mr. James Hoskin's, solicitor, of Gosport, officiated as the
prisoner's "friend."

The charge was, " For that you, on the 12th day of
January, 1847, being at the time in actual service and full
pay of her Majesty's fleet, and officer of the watch on board
the said sloop ( Hyacinth), did improperly omit to have the
helm of the said sloop put down as soon as a certain bark,
called the Wanderer, steering down channel, was first seen
from the said sloop as going before the wind, by which omis-
sion the said sloop and barque came into collision and re-
ceived damage."
After a most patient investigation, and eloquent defence,
the Court acquitted the prisoner.
On the conclusion of the above, another Court was sworn
in, comprising Captain Pasco in the room of Commander
'Fyron, but as Senior Captain, to tly Mr. Gill, Second Lieu-
tenant of the Mutine, (2, ommander Tyron, on a charge
of drunkenness, preferred by his commander, which was
proved, and he was sentenced to be dismissed the service.

The 'Scourge steam-sloop, Comnander J. C. Caffin, returned
to Spithead last night at nine o'clock, having been detained
at the wreck (for we must now call it so) of the Sphynx,
since she left this harbour on Sunday morning. She came
up for more assistance, and a dockyard lump, with anchors,
cables, and a gang of riggers, have been sent by the Scourge
to-day at noon. About sixty shipwrights, and a number of
engineers, under the direction of Mr. Watts, one of the
builders' assistants, together with a detachment of marinas
to guard any property that may be landed from her, have
also been dispatched.

A dreadful accident occurred at the wreck yesterday. A
cutter belonging to the Scourge, under the charge of Jilt..
Harris, gunner of that vessel, while in the act of endeavour-
ing to reach the Sphynx, was caught in the curl of the surf,
instantly capsized, and Mr. Harris and six men were
drowned. Two were with difficulty saved, mainly by the ex-
ertions of Mr. Wallis, master of the Sphynx, who was se-
verely cut about the face, amt had two of his ribs fractured,
in his act of humanity. The Sphynx is about 300 yards to
the eastward of Brook Coast Guard station, and is forming
herself a bed in the clayey soil of the beach, close to the face
of the cliff.

A party of hands, from the Sidon, to assist in manning the
Avenger, sailed in the Vulcan revenue steamer this morning
for Plymouth.
The Adventure naval transport and the Sinbad lighter
sailed to-day with provisions for Cork.
Mr. John Mallard, late senior clerk of the St. Vincent,'
died in Basler Hospital, after three days' illness, of pneumo-
nia, aged 45. The deceased officer was formerly for many
years, and indeed until lately, young gentlemen's school-
master upon the old system, but being past tie ago to qualify
him for the position of naval instructor on the new system,
he returned to his original position as a clerk in order to
obtain his rank ultimately as paymaster and purser, which
he had long been entitled to, having passed for that rank in
1833. He had been in various flag ships at this port during
the last 11 years, and was much respected in them all, par-
ticularly by his messmates and the youngsters, of whom he
always took a fatherly charge. His remains were interred
yesterday at the cemetery at Kingston, in the same tomb as
his wife, and were followed to their last resting-place by
tome of the ward-room and most of the gun-room officers of
the ships in commission in this harbour. His own messmates
in the gun-room of the St. Vincent each subscribed hand-
somely accorJing to his means towards the funeral expenses,
as did two officers in the ward-room (the surgeon and purser)
not from the necessity of a subscription for that purpose, but
to mark their respect for his memory'.

PRICE OF GOLD, TUESDAY EVENING.—The pre-
mium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille, which at the English
Mint price of 31. 17s. 101A2d. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exc ange of 23.42 ; and the exchange at Paris on
London at short being 25.35, it follows that gold is 0.28 per
cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 4321/ per mark, which, at
the English mint price of 3/.174. 101,0, per ounce for stan-
dard gold, gives an exchange of 13.8% ; and the exchange
at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.5 i, it follows that
gold is 1.50 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London is 1051/
per cent., and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex-
change is 4.08 per cent. against England. But the quoted
exchange at New York being for hills at 60 days' sight,
the interest must be deducted from the above difference.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN
COUNTIES RAILWAY.—II will be gratifying to know that
the whole of the sufferers in the accident which took place
at the Stratford station of the Eastern Counties Railway, in
the month of September last. have been fully compensated
for their injuries by the company. Amongst the sufferers
was a poor woman named Smith, residing at Chigwell, in
Essex, who unfortunately. had both her legs broken, and for
whose recovery the company was most solicitous, Mr.
.Roney, the secretary, and some of the directors, frequently
visiting her. On Thnrsday last, having become convales.
cent, she was presented with 600 guineas by the company,
as some amends for the injury 'She had sustained. At the
request of Mr. William Cotton, who. we regret to hear,
still feels the effects of the injury to his head by the same
accident, a large sum of money was paid by the company
to the Bethnal-gre'm schools, instead of to himself, he with-
drawing the action he had commenced against the company.
SUICIDE IN THE PUBLIC STREETS FROM STARVA.-
TION. —An inquest was held on Tuesday, before Mr. W.
Payne, City Coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the
body of Robert Bland, aged 34, who committed suicide in the
public streets under the following circumstances :—John
Nicholls, police-constable 240, of the City police, said that on
Monday morning, about half-past four o'clock, he was on
duty in King-street, Snow Hill, when be saw a man lying on
the pavement, and on going over found the deceased. On
questioning him he said that he had taken some laudanum,
which he had procured at six different shops. The sergeant
coming up they took him to the station ,house, and then con-
veyed him to the hospital. He stated that his name was
Robert Bland, and gave his address Salford, near Manchester,
and that he was a coach painter by trade; he said he was
destitute and had no friends to go to, and that he had done it
froirewant; that he was tired of his life, and that he thought
he might as well die, as live in the wretched state he was
then living in. Mr. P. J. Hurlock, resident medical officer at
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, said he saw the deceastd about
twenty minutes before five o'clock, and seeing him very col-
lected, addressed him upon the improprrety of the steps he
had been taking, when he said he had been driven to it by
parting with his last shilling. There was a wanting of the
strongest evidence of his having taken laudanum, by the eyes
not being contracted. Upon the stointich pump being ap-
plied, he fell back iu his chair and immediately expired. It
was his opinion that the coldness of the night, with his irre-
gularities of life, namely, insufficiency of diet or no diet at all,
had, as much as laudanum, produced death. He had not
made a post mortem examination, and, therefore, could not
state what was the cause of death. Two drachms of lauda-
num upon an empty stomach would be enough to destroy life.
In answer to a juror, Mr; Hurlock said he never saw a person
die under the application of the stomach pump before, but be
thought it might have been caused by the difficulty of
breathing usual on the stomach pump being applied, .indaho
to its being a very cold night. He was of opinion, t hat if a
post mortem examination ivas made, he bhould not be able to
trace laudanum, but he thought that, jointly with other
causes, hid produced death. The inquiry, afterlasting aeon-
siderabletime, was adjourned for a poet mortem examination,
the jury, being most dissatiified with the medical evidence.
Guy FAWKES.—Yesterday morning, at elev'A,
o'clock. Sir Angtibtii- C ill, tr. dihe
Kincaid, with a party of the yeomen of her Majesty's Body
Guard, made the usual search in the vaults beneath the
Howe of Lords, preparatory to the opening of Parliament.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS D.A.Y.)
BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.--TIJESPAY.
take , 3..
CHESTER
to 1 agst Newcourt (offers to take), 40 to 1 apt Crim. C
CUP.— 35 to 1 agst Antler (offers to )
ft ,!ken ), 40 to 1 agst Camera Obscure (taken), 45 t
)' 1'i1,:.,0 1 er
Einch (taken), 1.000 to 20 agst Jenny VVren(taken
t, 20 ag,t Mickey Free (taken), 1,000 to 20 agst Pun,
( taken), 1,000 to 50 agst Burgundy (offered), 1,00 to
ffered
each agst Ligh;ning,Ntrulfdog, Sleator, andPoynten(o
1,000 to 20 agst Lady Sarah (offered). 1 000 tof
n Dany.-1,200 to 100 agst Epirote (offered), -
keni,--,.
agst Planet (offered), 450 to 10 egst Projectile
others named. '
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DISTRESS IN THE SOUTH -

SCOTLAND.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
In several towns in the south of Scotland benevolent
sons have e-tablised soup-kitchens for the relief of tl?seS,
ac this inclement season. At Langlichen, in DumfrlieN, of
10/. was raised in two or three days for this purpose, iiias A
which was presented by the Duke of Buccleuch,
o qhe
seat there, and possesses the property for miles aroun3* root
Scotch are proverbial for enduring privations a the s!e
kind without complaint. The national pride of
r_tetyr induces them to suffer without a murmur,and wry'
hoping., almost against hope, and suffering for Years rote
acutest misery, in the expectation of better and to
perous days; but many thousands of the poor being' 14;
in a worse condition than the poor of Ireland, no, Aid,
ing that Ireland is having relief doled out to her bY pot
they. have made their condition known, arid we (1°`""
will be benevolently dealt with. their
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DARING HIGHWAY ROBB
AND MURDER. d-bisedel
SII EFFIELD, JAN. 18.—A most unprovoked and col
,ed ass
murder has been, within the last few days, conunt'wo, tbs
Mr. John Riley, a respectable tobacconist Of this f oightt
inquest upon whose remains was opened on Saturday RODS
before Mr. Badger, one of the coroners for the West
of Yorkshire. The facts are these :—Mr. Riley, after got
his place of business, which is in Waingate, went °.
day evening last to spend an hour or two with innl7 pb
at the New Market Hotel, in the Cattle Marke"dclock'
place he left perfectly sober soon after twelve
totes
in order to proceed to his residence, which I.o'w to s
a short distance from the town. On the road hat toys"'
village named Grimesthorpe, it would appear TA loaLit
proceeded in safety until he reached a seine" -0010'"
place, about 300 yards from the last line of houses, i tft)
is called Spital-hill. At this place he was attack
or three men, who, after one of them had exclailtielbois,
him, here he is," struck him so violently in the e 000
with a life-preserver or other bludgeon as to prodnes 01")
insensibility; for, although he so far recovered OA. toe:,
quent period as to be enabled to crawl home, * °cops, .
about a quarter of a mile, he was incapable of g1.,,,,wee15.„
other account of his assailants than that they had O'indDP.
him about 30s. in money, his silver watch, his
walking-stick. hour
corn
After being insensible for upwards of an
ground where he had been knocked down, and in gooatil
pool of blood, he reached his house about twenty . sl
two o'clock. His face at that time was covered Witli
so
and dirt, his right hand pocket was turned out!
braces were broken. Each eye was fearfully Waies; wet
the extent of nearly an inch all round; he had a larstee,ls
on the centre of his forehead ; and his nose was stn, a cove;
covered with coagulated blood. His hands also we
bre-
with blood; and there were severe abrasions ane,,,.„00,1,
both his knees. There were likewise serious
various parts of his person, all of which sufficiently
that be must, although perhaps unconsciously to
have struggled violently with his assailants. yrife
On reaching home his first words uttered to his ,fiwie
" Mary, they have nearly killed me." His rrOliteitn.
bruise:, were bathed and poulticed by his wife, an" sIA Pm"
and surgical aid were called in in a few hours aftervis
notwithstanding their skill, the unfortunate gentle be
~dr
gered until two o'clock on Saturday morning, srL;_e-bedv",
from the effects of the barbarous usage to which he
subjected. rde,
There seems little reason to doubt that theof
assailants had been in ambush, awaiting the arrirli °pet,
victim ; the entrance to a narrow lane immediately
to the place of attack affording ready shelter all 001'3
inent. It is somewhat singular, that although fsraZwo
spot was on a public footpath, and within thir,,,, 'l.;
one of the public gas lamps, that the watchnt-;ble
duty it was to pass and repass the place once in eww- 14000
should not have seen the unfortunate gentlenutLa d
laid in this insensible state. The only infornia'','-oeble,t 0
bearing upon the matter which this official is yowl
giving is, that shortly before the time at which the with 0
supposed to have occurred he had a conversati° gold
men, at one part of his beat, who said they, wer;ilia.4o
Grimestliorpe, and who then went in the direction4,ooo/At
where the robbery and violence were committed. 1%0074
considered in some degree confirmatory of a sty ice of
by the dyleg man, that he thought he knew thel°oithviii
of the men, and that he came from Grimesthorpe• ougb...a
however, the affair is involved in mystery, altb
police are making every exertion to discover the P*eustP7
lie*
of the diabolical outrage.
en e°t 00
The circumstances, of which the above is only - Oyer n 1
were detailed by various witnesses before they r",,eace,sl
Saturday evening, but to give time for further etg
to allow a post modern examination of the dec
made, the inquiry was adjourned to Thursday pelt' t°
11011
The extraction of a tooth is universally a the fa
give a most disagri eable shock; Dr. Brewster'
•f, brag
.n
known American dentist, of the Rue de la osrja
awareof this tact, from daily experience, was o.soir
to try the effects of the new discovery-of ether °so 0
of his patients. He therefore proposed alai° who ,40°.
Mr. J., a young American gentleman, aged
suffering dreadfully frc m toothache. I es'e--neriinn:
gentleman cons, nted very readily, and the eirn agt
passed in this way :—The ether was poured in o°o,
Jar, from which issued a moveable pipe, with *
piece fitted to the lips. The Patient' being les
P')
the operating chair, inhaled the vapour, and Ito
two minutes was HI a state of unconsciousness.
~.001
muscles became all relaxed, and Dr. Brewster eu.ig
The extr7o,
evidently do with him what he pleased'
instrument was then a plied, and the toothy 1.0
m wed. The effects or the ether lasted ab:d dr
minute after, and the patient, on being rese°!.- bOl
consciousness, could Lot believe that
his too tie
been removed, until he felt the hollow left ,iiabtell
t::
gum. He declared that he had not felt the veg,ll
pain—that the sensation when under the idsllle eso4f
the ether, was perfectly delightful; he seemed' jclol%
to be borne rapidly through space, and then O,
fall to the earth. lie experienced afterWardso:o'
effect, from the experiment, nor was the gum r
US is generally the case after such operatiefliamA
other patient was Mr. N—, aged 24. He bees the°,
canscious under the influence of the ether in le !, 00111:
minute and a half, and the moment the tooth Wirto.
started to his feet, the shock having avvoke h be bliejL
also declared that the sensation was delicious; bolt
however, he remarked, a sort of consciousness,yet Eros
no power to move; he had felt no pain *hate re 1P74
the extraction. The teeth in both cases wert 007,
molar ones. Several persons were present, as ether'"
the rest, three ladies. LoOking at the no °the orosfr
thus " cheating nature of her pain," to use need
tor's exression, the discovery must be pron?„tigaa....,.4i.
of the most important of modern tirnes.—Gat
SHOCKINGLY FATAL ACCIDENT IN TIIISttP,„-14
WARE-ROAD.—Yesterday a very shocking an Toad, nati
neously fatal accident occurred in the Edgware-1 bete
at the corner of Cambridge-street. It happene irr,as
eleven and twelve o'clock, and hundreds of persons „" b.OO-4
hurrying to see her Majesty proceed to ParliaMen"rt yam',„ae'
cognisant of it. The unhappy victim was a wagn„re, o ,
Richard Head, aged about 30, in the employ of
coal merchants, of the Harrow-road. At the hour' 4.0.• 410,
he was driving a team of horses that were PI*PAQ
towards Ilyde-park, with a waggon laden with eoik.,,e'o triLa
tion of the harness got deranged, and whilst Hoc' ,;iofr,,reer,
to arrange it,without stopping the horses, they gar`ght
threw him down, and one of the wheels passed steal c°--p
his heat:, crushing it to pieces.. The brains weArethen• 2
pletely squeezed out, that the policeman scooped erg
ors fr
with his hands. Of course death and the accident
00
multaneous. 1:01,43
THE LORD-ADVOCATE AND THE Erl)— 3n thattu.",,oo';
AND GLASGOW RAILWAY DIRECTORS.—We "
week Dr. Christison, the eminent Professor of Materisioai
in the UniVersity of Edinburgh, was requested by theeaclP"-
cers of the Crown to proceed forthwith to Stranraer' 14,:f
an official report to them immediately
burgh. Arriving in Glasgow by the railway traill:io44
on his way to Stranraer, he took the precaution,r
on his return; :
of b
to the railway people that, in case he cottat.diabewo
back in time to catch the latest train for. train traisbhet
on Saturday night, he would require a Vet witeals
Sunday, morning, and he requested to ko-„e,•
they would be ready to provide him with °--..-1701
directors —or at least one or other of thou peat
tively refused; and as Dr. Christison was thulPrethero:
from reaching Edinburgh till Monday, he ren'Lecste.,er
cumstance to the Lord-Advocate. The Lord
mediately held a consultation with her MajestY'a dreu. els
General ; and the Solicitor-General, we underas to `Lisi
directed some communication to be In:iAnto Pr- of
directors. edo not, of course, know ~,,elea&h.k.
nature of it. But we hope the Go're'", or fakes
ttv: country will soon sweep away these direew'r pi
the entire management of this railway out a thelof tercej
For supposing that occasion might arise for a Well r statl,,t
to be sent from Edinburgh to Glasgow, or to °tete arT,,c
upon this line, are these fanatics to be permitted `eras'
the Queer, 's service, or to mock the Executive Gev,..otch
the 3 country, with their canting resolutions
former's Gazette. 0111
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SURGICAL OPERATION WITHOUT lA.- • 11
ETREK et the h
lipoe
ANTIDOTE.--AII experiment was made
Infirmary, Edinburgh, on Saturday, by Dr. Dnrlcjinhose.
patient was a young man, weak and emaciated, lie of,-„,.0
it was deemed necessary to amputate at them onieat
thigh. After inhaling the vapour of ether for s'iind
_rfig
minutes, he became quite insensible to pant,nee 117,;'
operation was proceeded with, the anodyne in"""a-- dinlre
maintained during its progress, by the continue- :ad .'th-
stration of the ether. His eyes continued open,
ribia 10
readily answered the questions put to him, de„se The P°,.o.
great calmness that he felt no pain of any kin other
of the patient remained unaltered, and in evil 0t gra"-
spect the appearances at the operation were pree4e;dess.
to others of the same kind.—Edinburgh Weekly Err, !oily
co - dg
Dispatches were sent off last evening, from the ialan '
office, for the Lord High Commissioners of the lonian
and for the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar.

Eft%

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of
BIRTH.% p e 101
On the 18th inst., at 20, Princess-street, Jubilee-Plec-' th
F. J. Wallis, Esq., of her Majesty's Customs, of a daughter enry R.
the 16th inst., at Walton-place, Chelsea, the lady of m
..,f
tell
Cripps, Esq., of a daughter. Crop
On the t 7th inst., at Calver, Derbyshire, Mrs. Alfred
Bentley, of a son. '' Th inaS flarrih
On the 17th inst., at Leamington, the lady of f• /*
Es
Oq., of Sandown-bay, Isle •t• Wight, of a son. At the 1/e
On the 1,011 Inst.. at Charterhouse-square, the lady of
_......--
V. Povah, M.A., of a son

AfARRIED. Twirl Chsl.;
On the 14th inst., at St. 31argaret's, Westminster, Mr. • WA.'
gr.
mere, of Newport, Salop, to Louisa, eldest daughter of
Atrang, Queen-square, Westminster

ti. th4ltith inst., at Mr. Ingh a
am's,
DIED.t
Westoe, Christopher 131_
or IV nt
s'ain, aged 59, 3leher in the last l'arliaMent for P-
rthatnherlatl. tostrott

.)144., at Rlngreve, near Kino•sbridge, the o dit
apleton John Cciire,y, thiron Kiti-wale, 42. ci „a ekjoh„
On the 14th lust , at Shepten ;lanky. E4l-9
On the 16th inst. , atDelikelp,.-Buchinghatnshire, the oe •

aggitt, agoi 79. Igro•
On the Iti in Queen Ann-street, Cavendislt4cluare,
artha Tatham, aged 79.

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