The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-09 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, DEC 7.

STOCK ExciuNaE.—The sales are—Dundee and Perth,
New, 131. 15s.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters,
4s. 6d.--Edinburgh and Northern, 171.—Ditto, New, 21. Is.
--Ditto, Newports, 5/. 10s.—Great Northern, 4/. 10s.—
North British, 27/. ss.—Ditto, Halves, 12/. 10s.—Ditto,
Quarters, 4/. 12s.—Ditto, New, 12s. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 21.
ss.—Scottish Centrals, 231. ss.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 71.
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GLASGOW, Die. 6.
STOCK ExertArrait.—The sales are—North British, New
Quarters (Scrip). 13s. 3d.—Scottish Central, 231. ss.—Scot-
tish Midland, 151 7s. 7d.

RUMOURED AUGMENTATION OF THE ARMY.—It is
rumoured in influential circles that there will be, ere
many months elapse, a further augmentation of the
army. The last made, about eighteen months since,
amounted to 10,000 men,

IRELAND.
STATE OF THE cou-NrRY.
DUBLIN, DEC. 6. Again is tows inundated with
rumours of murders, which, upon dicer inquiry, turn
out to have no better foundation than tad those which
had gained currency at the close o the last week.
Meanwhile, and although there is 0 actual ease of
assassination to record, there are warnags abroad which
clearly indicate that the trade of the aurderer is only
suspended, not paralysed. Among to last batch of
victims marked out for immolation figups the name of
a dignitary of the Established Church--not one of the
high•flying " Tory " class, but the Vhig and ultra-
Liberal Dean Hoare, of Aehonry, a drgyrnan whose
efforts to relieve the distresses of the )oor during the
recent season of calamity cannot be yet obliterated
from the memory of the public. Hee is the return
ho has met with, as given in his own wsrds :
" I have received a threatening rotioe of a most
alarming character, posted at Elphin (dated Strokes-
town), threatening me with the fate cf Major Mahon.
It is signed' Molly Maguire,' and calls ne to account for
all the money which I had received for the relief of the
poor I—accuses me of selling turnips at too high a
price (though I sold lower than the marlet)—and alludes
to a disappointment, by a man in this ndghbourhood, of
a situation under the poor law guardian:, which he and
his friends attribute to my interferenc3. We are here
within thirty miles of Strokestown, and I fear the spirit
of Roscommon and Leitrim is spreading-towards us.
Same day that the letter reached me by post, a friendly
notice was left in my yard, warning me not to return by
the same road Iha gone to Tubbercurry, and not to be
on the roads without a policeman. It may providentially
have saved my life, as I took a different road back from
the petty sessions--my steward having sent the notice
to me while I was still sitting on the bench—and I took
two armed policemen with me in my car. Since then I
have two policemen in my offices every night ; and even
going to and from church (at foot of the lawn, and
within four hundred yards) I am obliged to have their
protection ; and, when going lately to Sligo in my car-
ri•ige, I was obliged to take an armed policeman on the
box, changing escort at each police station on my way
there and back."
Subjoined is a more correct account than any that has
been yet published of the murder of the Bev. John
Lloyd. It is furnished by a correspondent of the Even-
ing Mail

" None of the accounts which have appeared of the
murder of the late Rev. John Lloyd being strictly cor-
rect, I think it may be acceptable to you to send a state-
ment collected from the immediate relations and friends
of the lamented deoeased. As to the assertions of a
d
paper which is notoriously a panderer to the savage
tthaseytesaroef
athlteogmurderers of tmher.coLulnoy was not a man oftrY. I can assure you
extreme views or opinions—nor was he of the councils
of the late Major Mahon. On the contrary, he was very
moderate in politics and was by no means on confiden-
tial terms with the unfortunate Major Mahon. It is
notoriously talse that Mr. Lloyd 'had incurred much
unpopularity during the
'period of destitution, and also
as a poor-law guardian, for he was not a poor-law
guardian ; and during the severe trials of last winter he
devoted himself with unparalleled benevolence to the
relief of the poor. He was never to be missed from
the relief committee ; and, besides, was liberal in
the extreme in providing for the sick and starving
people around from his own private means. Nor had
he, as has been stated, ejected any tenant or tenants in
the county of Leitrim. On the contrary, about two years
ago he voluntarily lowered the rents on his small pro-
perty there by 1001. a year. The circumstances of the
atrocious act wore these:—Mr. Lloyd was returning in
his gig, accompanied by a boy, from the church of Au-
ghrim, where he had officiated, and had reached within
an English mile of his home, when ho stopped, as his
custom was, to give his horse some water. Two men
carne up and asked what he was going to do? he said,
"ro water his horse.' They said, You shall not do
that;' to which he replied, Why not?' In the mean
time one had taken hold of the horse, and the other had
ordered the servant to come out of the gig. When poor
Mr. Lloyd asked, Why not?' the man replied, 'Because
we are going to shoot you.' Well,' said their victim,
fire; lam ready to die.' One of the ruffians, who ha
steadied his pistol on the dashboard of the gig, fired,
:lad poor Mr. Lloyd fell dead; one slug (a 3 appeared on
after examination), having gone through his heart, and
another lodged in his spine. The men wore dressed
better than the generality of the peasantry of this coun-
try. After the bloody deed, they quietly walked away,
and though at once a large crowd collected, no one
attempted to follow or trace the murderers. The terror
that prevails is extreme. Every gentleman I have seen

carries arms ; some are constantly accompanied by po-
lice. At poor Mr. Lloyd's funeral, which was attended
by all the gentry of the neighbourhood, all the gentle-
men present were armed, and some carried their arms
from their carriages into the churchyard. There has
been a large attendance of magistrates to investigate
this horrible case every day since it occurred; but it
would be unwise to publish at present what have been
the results of their labours."

Another correspondent states, " There are reasons to
believe that the murderers of Mr. Lloyd are in custody.
A policeman happening to pass, a short time after the
murder, picked up the wadding of the gun with which
the deed was perpetrated. It was composed of a piece
of paper, with writing on it. A search was made, and
a book found, from which a leaf had been torn. On
comparing the writing on the wadding, it was found to
correspond with the writing in the book. Two men
are in custody, and little doubt is entertained as to their
identity."

- REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The amount of rent up to post hour this afternoon
was stated to be 481.

.EXTRAORRESSION
OF THE BAROMETER.
On Monday evening last the barometer exhibited a
most unusual depression; not, however, as supposed by
many, the lowest unknown. The lowest point reached,
which was about six o'clock P.M., was 28.10; it con-
tinued stationary for a time; but towards eight
o'clock it had again risen to 28.25. It was, however,
subjected to a second depression, and about midnight
was again down to 28.10. This depression indicates
a very severe storm in some localities, though we have
escaped it in Manchester, not having any wind of extra-
ordinary severity. The letter of our Liverpool corre-
spondent, and also the electric telegrap
h from Liverpool,
give accounts of a number of disasters at sea, and it
seems that the storm was exceedingly severe to the
westward. The barometer, on Monday i
night,!idi•
cated the lowest point of atmospheric pressure since
the storm of Friday, the 13th January, 1843, when
the barometer stood, at six
A..m., at 28.0, and at
eleven A.m. had fallen to 27.90. Since then the lowest
point reached, prior to Monday last, was 28.50, on the
26th February, 1844, and again on the 20th December,
1845, on both which occasions much rain fell and high
winds prevailed. On the 13th January, 1843, nine-
tenths. of an inch of rain fell; bet that was exceeded by
the fall on Sunday last, which reached 1.20 inch. The
late heavy rains have quite flooded the low lands on the
banks of the Mersey; between Sale and Altrincham,
fifty or sixty acres, at the least, are covered with water.—
Manchester Guardian.

A r i rraisnt
4 week
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doctor'sor t e n days,
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PoISONED WELLS.
terraee, Clifton, during the---T mond-
drawn up in the neighbigurelti
mblvereris, ever:
have remarked the long
afoleirnoiiidtaebvleerydisspeelaeyedwas the neighbourhood, •
were afflicted with gastric the
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house,
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not, ,
inhabitants of which
scarcely a family which
shcaltiloonlo
tosfomyeouonfg ladiesitsm e
same time, and there Was : lying down ill at the
how-
ever, until one death took
imminent danger, that the cause place, and . several were in
was discovered, when it turned 0 this extensive illness
the use of a spring which supplied out to be produced by
waters had been imperceptibly o.e place, and whose
breaking into it, and so greatly poisoned by a sewer
charac-
ter as to cause gastric fever, in every their.
On being found out, of course the LAamilyusing it I
but not befoi e much mischief had be: was remedied,
necessity both for a pure supply of
water
rdone, and the
im-
proved system of drainage shown.—Bristeol
Times.and an
DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER CAVERN AND‘
FA.LL NEAR INGLEBOROUGIL—In the Limestone
WATER-
which compose the bases of the mouotain strata,
rough, and Pennighent, in the West Ridin a (f 3f Inglebo-
there are a number of frightful chasms, called Y,orkshire,
the dialect of the district, most of them of ed ' pots" in
depth, and generally the receptacle of
some unknown
stream. They are commonly so formed emountat.n
about their
openings, on the surface of the ground, as t
the possibility of looking down them, or moo,. preclude
mg a de-
scent with any reasonable prospect of safety
the aid of ropes and ladders. The descent intoeven with
the largest of these gulfs has, however, lately been one of
ef-
fected through a magnificent, and, as far as
hitherto unexplored cavern, by a party of the neighbour-
ing known,
gentry, consictieg of Messrs. J. Birkbeck W
son, and W. T. Carr. The entrance into ills W. How-
son,
about 200 yards above, Allan Pot, as chasmthe
ecave is
is called, towards which it proceeds in a tortuous
by gradual and occasionally abrupt descents, course,
Oenxel?tTenhasceseing Rich
vast chambers, adorned with =mutilated gre through
stalactite and stalagmite crystallisations, till it terminates
of
at the edge of a precipice, from which may be descried,intea
far above, the mouth of the Pet, and 50 feet belowtl
apparent bottom. The precipice has been descended
d de
with tolerable ease by means of ladders taken throughne
the cave, and with ropes. On proceeding forward, und
wide arches of overhanging rock and after a further er
de-
scent of 40 feet, the lowest accessible bottom is reached.and the river presented itself to the eye of the spectator.
The height of the waterfall thus seen, as it falls almost
noiselessly through the air, and without touching the
sides of the rock, is 120 feet, and it falls on, in the same
perpendicular torrent, down another chasm or depth of
150 feet. " The roar of waters at its determination is
barely heard, and the volumes of the spray indistinctly
seen in the yawning gul ph.—Lancaster Guardian.
AMERICAN APPLES.—The arrivals of apples from
the United States of America are beyond precedent in
extent, and the quality is remarkably fine. In seve-
ral instances, vessels arriving from New York, have
brought as many as nearly one thousand packages of this
fruit, of the excellent description known as the Ameri-
can New Town Pippin.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 7.—We received yesterday,
from our intelligent and impartial friends in the
above squadron a continuation of the interesting de-
tails of their movements from their last dates, the
20th ult. :
" Nov. 21.—The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander Rigge, came in with dispatches for Sir
Charles, from England ; she also brought Capt. Bruce
to take command of the Queen.
"22d.—At 9 A.M. signal was made Ship foretop-
mast with watch,' which was done in the following
order :—Scourge, 55 minutes ; Caledonia, 1 hour and
38 minutes ; Dragon, 1 hour and 49 minutes ;
Canopus, 1 hour and 56 minutes ; Queen, 2 hours
and 48 minutes ; St. Vincent, 3 hours and 40
minutes ; the Howe, 3 hours and 48 minutes. The
Admiral made signal to the Caledonia Very well
done,' and also to the Canopus. The English packet
arrived in the afternoon, bringing Commander Little
for the Queen.
" 23d.—The Admiral officially inspected the
Queen, and mustered her crew prior to Sir H.
Leeke giving up the command. The inspection
lasted five hours or nearly, and resulted eminently to
the credit of captain, officers, and men. To-day, the
Admiral, captains, and officers of the fleet have en-
tered into a subscription of one day's pay each (the
Admiral giving his table money also into the fund),
towards a regatta which is to take place on Friday,
the 26th. This afternoon the squadron unbent sails
to preserve them during the winter.
"24th.—Squadron crossed top-gallant yards and
signal for general quarters. All busy preparing for
the regatta.
"25th.—Today the Admiral made the signal
optional' with regard to hoisting out-boats and ex-
ercising, as all hands are preparing for the regatta.
"26th.—Rather cloudy morning, and up to twelve
o'clock nearly a calm. At ten the regatta com-
menced, and went off with the most perfect enthu-
siasm. The whole of the ships and vessels were
crowded with visitors. The flag-ship had on board
the Infanta, Marchioness of Loule and daughters,
Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, the Duke and
Prince of Saxe Weimar, &c., who were sumptuously
entertained by the Admiral. The King was not
present. Splendid parties were given on board the
St. Vincent, Howe, Avenger, and Dragon. There
are to be some more races, as both the Ambassador
and the Duke of Saxe Weimar hare given cups to be
rowed for; there are also some more funds left from
the first subscription, which was raised in two days
by the officers of the squadron.
" 27th.—This morning it commenced blowing from
the west, and raining very hard. The Amphion
screw steam-frigate was to have put to sea to make
trial of her machinery, which has been three weeks
repairing, after her very short voyage from Spithead.
She had unmoored and got her steam up at daylight
preparatory to starting, which was countermanded by
the Admiral. In consequence of the weather the squa-
dron struck topgallant masts at 7 o'clock, the breeze in-
creasing. Soon after the Amphion broke her sheer and
ran into the Canopus, carrying away the latter's
port whisker and dama4ing her cat-head ; and at
the same time the Amphion carried her own jib-
boom away, damaged her bowsprit, &c. She then
weighed with a strong ebb tide and got into the
stream of the river, using steam, but still dropped
down, when sail was made on her, and soon after
some of the ropes which had gone from the jib-
boom were found to have got round the screw pro-
peller, consequently the engines were stopped, when
the rudder became of but little effect, and she drove
towards the south shore ; the small bower anchor
was let go about a cable or more from the shore
when she brought up, it then blowing very hard from
west with constant rain. Boats with hawsers were
sent from the squadron, and the Scourge got her
steam up and went to her assistance. At eleven the
wind shifted to north-west, and the weather cleared
up a little, when she was taken in tow by the Scourge
to her anchorage.
" 28th.—It blows hard again to-day. The packe
has not yet arrived.

" 29t1;.----The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Hall,
proceeded to-day for Madeira, with their Serene
Highnesses the Duke and Prince of Saxe Weimar, on
a visit to the Queen Dowager. The packet arrived
to-day, and left at 8 A.M.
" 30th.—We are looking out for the Oberon from
Portsmouth. The squadron are all healthy, and there
are no men in the hospital, which is better arranged
than when I last alluded to it. Every facility is now
given for British surgeons and their attendants to be
there at all hours. Sir Charles has done well by
insisting on this measure."
Another correspondent says—." Mr. Shirley, an
eminent shipbuilder at Lisbon, was drowned in the
Tagus on the day of the regatta, by the upsetting of
his boat. He was a kind and considerate man to the
poor."
___ _

The Fairy yacht, Commander Crispin, proceeded
to Osborne this afternoon with the Duchess of gent.
Her Royal Highness arrived at this port at about a
quarter to one by express train on the South-Western
Railway accompanied by Sir G. Couper and Lady F.
Howard. Mr. Stevens conducted the train into the
Clarence-yard, where Sir C. Ogle, Sir E. Parry,
Captain Campbell (62d), Major Harvey, aide-de-
camp, Flag-Lieutenant Cochran, Commander Cris-
pin, and Major Trevelyan, commanding a guard of
honour of the 60th Rises, were in waiting to receive
her Royal Highness. The usual salutes and ceremo-
nies were observed.

The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir H. M. Blackwood,
was, we are informed by a private letter, at Trinco-
malee on the 11th of September. Sheleft Madras
on the 19th of August. She would stay at Trinco-
malee until about the 20th of September, and then
start for Bombay. The statement mentioned by a
" Constant Reader" was copied from a China paper.
Heavy gales have been blowing on this coast the
last three days from the W.S.W. It changed this
morning to N.IV., very rough and squally, so much
so as to have prevented the 76th regiment from em-
barking in the Bellerophon at Spithead.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Her Majesty's ship Albion,
90, Captain Charles H. Freemantle, from the Medi-
terranean, is hourly expected at this port.
The abandoned barque, Lady Kennaway, was on
Thursday evening towed by her Majesty's steam tug
Confiance,—Jago, master, from thelAdmiralty waters
in Ilamoaze to the merchant vessels' tier off Turn-
chapel, Catwater, where she remains under custody
of shipkeepers appointed by the Admiralty and the
salvors, and of officers from the Custom-house. On
Friday Mr. AV. B. Cuming, Lloyd's surveyor, and
Mr. Eastlake, the Crown solicitor, made an official
inspection and examination of the ship and
cargo. She was pumped on her arrival in the
Sound on Thursday, and 22 hours after but 12 inches
of water were in her. When the barque was boarded
in the Bay of Biscay by the Danes it was discovered
that the tarpaulins of the main hatchway had been
cut, the hatches forcibly broken open, and a portion
of the cargo removed by a tackle which was found
suspended from her mainyard. On the removal of
the temporary hatchway the surveyor, among other
goods, found several cases of plate glass apparently of
German manufacture, one of which had been broken
open and discarded by her first visitors. The cargo
in the after hold consists of cotton, rice, coffee,
pepper, and senna, but a great space is left vacant
from the main bulk to the after 'twist decks,
where the cargo, ship's stores, and sails are
all in confusion. In the fore peak there is a
strong smell of camphor ; the bulkheads are per-
feet. On deck nearly all the cuddy berths, state-
rooms, cabins, and the pantry are broken down,
probably for more easy access to the cabin freight,
which has been carried off entirely. From the dis-
turbed state of the forecastle, where the men's chests
and bedding are in confusion, the crew appear to have
abandoned the ship in great haste.
The hatches are now under seal of the Admiralty,
who hold present possession of the ship and cargo.
The two Danish captains, their ships, and crews, 24
in all, are here ; through their consul, M. T. W. Box,
jun., they have affixed to the ship's mainmast a
formal claim of 105,0001. (half the estimated value of
the cargo) for their salvage ; and on the part
of Mr. Vynyard, midshipman, and the crew of
her Majesty's brigantine Dolphin, a similar legal
process has been followed for 35,0001. Mr. Richard
Stibbs, her pilot, has not yet advanced his demand.
The settlement by deferred legal proceedings in the
Admiralty Court of the claims of all the salvors upon
the owners of the barque, the consignees of her cargo,
and the insurance underwriters, will involve serious
expense and great loss of time, and probable diminu-
tion in. the value of the cotton, rice, and other perish-
able goods unless opened and fully examined. It is to
be regretted that there is no legalized competent
marine board of award for the immediate settlement
of such claims. It appears that Mr. Avery, the cap-
tain, and the greater portion of the crew of the Lady
Kennaway, were taken by a passing vessel to Lisbon,
whence about eight have returned to England. The
rest of the crew were landed at Cork, with Mr.
Walshe, chief officer, who is said to be now in London.
—Times.
PORTSMOUTH WEDNESDAY.—The remains of the
late superintendent of this dockyard, Rear-Admiral
Shirreff, were interred this afternoon within the
chapel of this garrison, on the Grand I'arade. The
procession began to move from the late admiral's

house at a quarter to one o'clock, in the following
order :
Town-Major White, mounted; a brigade of gips,
headed by the Adjutant of the Royal Marine Artil-
lery corps (Lieutenant Lawrence), mounted ; the
524 Regiment of Light Infantry, with arms reversed,
with band ; the Royal Marine corps, with arms re-
versed, 'and band ; mutes on each side ; Rev. Dr.
Morgan, chaplain of the dockyard; Rev. Professor
Main, of the Royal Naval College; Rev. T. Milner,
garrison chaplain ; chaplains of the navy ; the sur-
geon and physician ; the body, drawn on a gun-
carriage by eight petty-officers and seamen ;
the coxswain of the deceased riding in front of
the limber, the pall borne by four general and
four flag officers, bearing the sword, hat, gloves,
and epaulettes of the deceased ; friends, chief
mourners, and flag-lieutenant of the deceased ;
servants of the deceased ; the officers of the Excellent
according to their rank, civil officers of the dockyard,
the Royal Hospital at Hasler, Royal Clarence-yard,
Ordnance, and other military departments four
abreast ; the Deputy-Judge Advocate of the fleet ;
band of the 60th Rifles ; seamen and marines of the
fleet ; petty officers ; second masters, midshipmen,
and ensigns, four abreast ; mates, assistant-surgeons
and lieutenants of the army, four abreast; master's
lieutenants in the navy, surgeons, paymasters, and
pursers, with captains of the army ; commanders,
deputy medical inspectors of hospitals and majors of
the army; junior captains, medical inspectors, and
lieutenant-colonels ; senior captains and colonels
of the army; Rear-Admirals and Major-Generals;
Vice-Admirals and Lieutenant- Generals. Staff—
Flag-Lieutenant Cochran (to Sir C. Ogle); Major
Harvey, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Fitzclarence ; Mr. R.
Haig, Secretary to Sir C. Ogle; the Commander-in-
Chief, Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., and General Lord
F. Fitzclarence, Lieutenant-Governor of the garrison ;
carriages of the friends of the deceased, and all such
as felt disposed to pay a similar tribute of respect to
the memory of the deceased. The mayor and town-
clerk, with the borough police, under Captain Elliot,
brought up the rear.
On arriving on the parade the troops turned out,
I and formed two lines for the body and mourners to
pass through, presenting and reversing arms as the
corpse was borne along. The funeral sermon was
preached by the garrison chaplain, and occupied
about half an hour, at the expiration of which time
the brigade of the Royal Marine Artillery fired three
times eleven guns. As the procession moved along
the Common Hard, the Blenheim steam guard-ship,
carrying the flag of the deceased (blue at the mizen)
fired eleven minute-guns; and when the body reached
the guardhouse on the Parade, the platform-battery
also fired 11 minute-guns ; and during that time the
garrison jack on the King's Bastion was lowered half-
staff. The flag of the deceased will be struck on
board the Blenheim at sunset. The ramparts of the
garrison and all the streets along which the mournful
cavalcade passed, were densely crowded with the
inhabitants. There must have been 10,000 spectators
of the ceremony.
The following gentlemen (acting lieutenants, mates,
and midshipmen), having previously gone through
their examination on board the Excellent, passed for
lieutenants this day :—Messrs. Bridge, who, as acting
lieutenant in command, recently brought home the
Hermes steam-sloop from the West India station ;
Mr. Loch, also acting lieutenant ; Mr. Murray, who
was wounded in New Zealand, and who will shortly
be promoted for his gallantry and proficiency ;
Messrs. Jones and
,Harris, midshipmen of the Ex-
cellent ; Home, late of the Hermes ; Chapman, late
of the America; and Moore. We regret we are not
furnished with the full names of these gallant officers,
but we trust we shall know them on promotion.
The Excellent is very fast filling up her comple-
ment of men—she is only about twenty short. She
has a model ship's company, all being serviceable
A.B.'s or petty officers, and men of very good cha-
racter. Captain Chads is named as the probable re-
cipient of the good service pension of 1501. per
annum, which fell into the First Lord's gift on the
promotion of Captain William Fisher to the rank of
Rear-Admiral.
The Rhadamanthus and Echo steamers embarked
the baggage of the 76th Regiment, and put it on
board the Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, together
with the remainder of the Regiment, for Corfu.
The Aid, navy lighter, sailed to-day with stores,
for the eastward.
Wind, W.N.W., moderate breezes ; weather very
fine, but cold-5 P.M., Wednesday.
WOOLWICH, DEC. B.—The Myrtle steam-vessel,
Second-Master Ballister commanding, is ordered to
be paid off here, and the officers and crew will pro-
ceed to Portsmouth.
The Janus steam-vessel was tried yesterday at the
dynamometer, to ascertain the working-horse power
of her engines ; but the wind was blowing a gale at
the time, in the same direction as the power of the
engines (two of 110 horse-power each) were applied,
and consequently the trial was not considered final.
She is to be tried again to-day.
The Kite steam-vessel is expected to proceed to
Bermuda, to be stationed at that island, an increase
in the number of convicts being about to be sent to
that healthy climate.
The Princess Alice, Dover packet, Lieutenant-
Commander Scriven, arrived on Tuesday afternoosi,
and was taken into the basin to-day to have her
defects made good.
The Acheron steam-vessel, Captain Stokes, was
taken out of the basin to-day, and will be ready in a
few days to proceed to New Zealand.
The Porcupine steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Smyth, was taken out of the basin to-day,
and will leave in a few days for the Mediterranean.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord
Amelius Beauclerk, has obtained her full complement
of seamen, a number of fine men having joined from
Plymouth, and only wants a sailmaker, ropemaker,
carpenter's mate, caulker, blacksmith, cooper, and
armourer, to be complete. The workmen of the
dockyard are employed upon the vessel from daylight
until half-past nine o'clock, P.M., to get her ready
with the least possible delay. She is to call at
Lisbon with dispatches on her way to the Mediter-
ranean station.
The Niger steam-vessel is in dock to have her
screw propeller fitted.
In the new list of armaments for steam-vessels the
following note is appended consequence of the
extreme rake of the bow and stern of the Terrible,
56-pounders of 97 cwt. and 11 feet long have been
substituted for 68-pounders; but if the 90 cwt. 68-
pounders can be made effective in the forecastle and
quarter deck they are to be substituted for 56-
pounders of 97 cwt. The maindeck has now four
68-pounders of 95 cwt., on pivot slides and carriages,
four 8-inch guns of 65 cwt., 9 feet long, on common
carriages. On the upper deck, four 56-pounders, of
97 cwt., 11 feet long, on pivot, slides, and carriages;
and four 10-inch guns of 86 cwt., 9 feet 4 inches
long, side guns, on slides and carriages.
The armament of the Penelope steam-frigate is
ordered to be changed, when next fitted, to eight 8-
inch guns, 0f65 cwt., 9 feet long, two 68-pounder
carronedes, of 36 cwt., 5 feet 4 inches long, on the
main-deck, the guns on slides and carriages, and the
carronades on Ilardy's compressor carriages ; two 68-
pounders, 95 cwt., 10 feet long, and four 8-inch
guns, 65 cwt., 9 feet long, on pivot slides and
carriages.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, and
Affections of the Chest Cured by Holloway's Pills.—lf'
a few doses of this invaluable medicine be taken and a
little of Holloway's Ointment rubbed into the throat and
chest night and morning, even the worst species of
asthma may immediately be relieved and speedily cured
by this simple means, and influenza or violent bad colds
can be generally cured in forty-eight hours by those re-
medies. Many persons who for several winters have not ,
dared to lie down in their beds, fearing to be choked with
phlegm, have been radically cured by the use of Hollo-
way's Pills and Ointment. Sold by all druggists, and at
Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, Landon.
EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— Yester-
day afternoon, as the Leeds train, which left that ter-
minus at a quarter past one o'clock, was approaching
Rugby, and within four miles of that station, an um-
brella behind the private carriage of Earl Zetland took
fire, in consequence of a spark from the engine falling
on it, and presently the imperial on the roof and the
upper part of the carriage were in a blaze. Seated
within it were the Countess Zetland and her maid. The
train was proceeding at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
Under these circumstances, her Ladyship and maid
descended from the carriage to the truck, when, despite
the caution to hold on given by a gentleman from a
window of one of the railway carriages, the maid threw
herself headlong on the rail, and was speedily lost sight
of. On the arrival of the train at Rugby an engine was
dispatched along the line, when the youn,aEnmuuiswgltybooynmq
found severely injured, and taken to the Infirmary at
physicianu wherear e.
was
Leicester. Lady Zetland remained at
isahset
nwiagsh
t, joinedb abyn his Lordshippress
traiand f
r_tohme f
companies
aytion between passengers and the
mileoawnslonogf willeom rmaailnwioa
delay establishing a
In the morning of the 30th
guard ?
earthquake was feltat c • ult. the shock of an
Saint Jean-en-Royans, at the
limits of the departmben,ts of the Drome and the Isere.
It was accompaniedof
a)
,ain
a subterranean noise, similar to
violent as to throw some heavily*k
that of the rolling laden waggon, and was SO
to compel some workmensic employedp eopl e oiunt
take to flight in aoithelrbe
dismay. Still no serious disaster was
occasioned.—Galignani. manufactoryandds to

i'at'hodnisasbulteldda
aooito...rnSdi,a:oryitltreataTanalvnttiicarnnloptgoopmTorTpoinpoilo:iNnwenE.
sW3sEtesDNEsnay.-7-The 'Peninsular and
fro the south-west, the cap:ta'tainant:rranpingin,
piimasesrenEgerirns:
rwehtuicrlinetod otokthhiesrpdorte-
parture hence on Friday, the 3d inst., for Malta and
t appears the weather became very stormy on the day
oiling. The
galethan
continuedhe
to
in l.contendeas
e,wajtinthtd:a3ntoo9t
ah
pe r.me.alue.s
b the weather moderating in the afternoon, Captain
to blowing
Datmaou galeth ,
iussell put to sea ; but no sooner had he got a good
Monday morning a tremendous sea was running ; the
ship was then hove-to under a double-reefed mainsail.
Light was made, bearing south. ,
broke over the ship, carrying away deck-houses and the
frightfulhansOettat
greater part of the larboard paddle-box, which was
floated almost entire on the quarter-deck. At this
moment the ship was literally engulphed, not a bit of
the bulwarks or remaining deck-houses was to be seen ;
and although the weight of water on board must have
exceeded 100 tons, the ship (an iron one) immediately
rose. Had she not been so quick, the seas following
must have done serious mischief. Captain Russell de-
cided upon putting back to Southampton, and it was not
I ie until
reportsda daylight
theht thiso
il
y shipmorningsee
thatn she g
a
was
yesterday morning. Fortunately no accident occurred
to any of the crew or passengers.
osethoouotne of
r,tlhyeingga-l.
toe
It has not yet been ascertained if any part of the
cargo is damaged. The Indian and Mediterranean
this
afternoonith the t 0
Bombayanoe; po af ssteh ne g
Peninsulare rs, will be
anCompany's steamers, which is always kept in readinesa
for any emergency. She will depart immediately the
orders arrive from the Admiralty.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, HALF-TAST FOUR, Pad.—
trdan Oriental
transferred
r
The wind abated in the course of the evening, but we
have had heavy rain accompanied by snow and hail, and
at the time I write the atmosphere is gloomy, and there
is a probability of the weather remaining for some time
unsettled.
This morning it was stated that the brig ashore at
Rhyl was the Fairy, and not the Mary. She brings a
cargo of timber from St. John's, Newfoundland. Crew
saved. A large vessel, dismasted off Puffin Island,
inward bound, is in tow by a steamer. The Amelia,
from the Bay of Fundy, struck on Puffin Island
yesterday, and afterwards went on to the
main, where she remains, and is likely to become a
complete wreck. She has lost her rudder and keel, and
is full of water. The Margaret Ann, from Liverpool for
Newfoundland, has put into Holyhead, with loss of
boats, bulwarks, and sails. She shipped a sea, which
filled her cabins and damaged her cargo. The barque
Felix has parted her stern moorings, and her stern has
been carried away.
The gale continued at Holyhead, and last night dui
barometer was still lower, standing at 29•10.
The letters received by the underwriters, and pub-
lished in a third edition of the Liverpool Courier of this
day, confirm the account of the total wreck of the
Frankfield. The fragments of the wreck were being
washed on shore on the beach. Seven of the crow only
were saved.

There are several rumours to-day respecting other
vessels, amongst them a report that the Hibernia, Halifax
steamer, which sailed on Saturday, has put into Cork
harbour. Ido not, however, vouch for the truth of this
statement, though, from the severity of the storm, it is
probable enough.
There is a disinclination to dispatch vessels whilst the
weather remains so unsettled, and several ships ready
for sea are consequently detained in port.

THE GALE IN SCOTLAND.
The west coast has been agaia visited by a severe
storm. During the middle of last week the wind blew
heavily from the west, and drove the homeward-bound
vessels at a bounding speed. Of course, outward-bound
craft may as well have attempted to climb Goatfell as
stand out to sea. The wind changed on Thursday to
S.W., and on the following day to W.N.W. During the
prevalence of the storm rain fell very heavily at intervals
—particularly on Sunday. Black heavy belts of cloud
came rolling over the bills of Kyle and Carrick, and,
spreading over the horizon, threw at noonday the dark-
ness of night. To add to the solemn and murky cha-
racter of the day, volume upon volume of sleet sped
across the couatry before the fury of the tempest. The
wind is to-day blowing heavily N.N.W., and frequeat
gleams of sunshine lighten up the otherwise severe and
cheerless aspect of the season.
We have not, as yet, occasion to report losses by sea
of any great consequence. On Sunday afternoon, how-
ever, as the smack Success, of Saltcoats, Duncan Carr,
master, in ballast from Campbeltown, was entering the
harbour, the wind blowing roughly, she struck the west
end of the breakwater, and soon filled. She shortly
afterwards fell over on her broadside, leaving her crew,
three in number, to the mercy of a heavy and broken
sea. Preparations were made on shore for the rescue
of the crew, but they succeeded in getting into their
small boat. They were driven some distance along the
north coast ; but at last succeeded in effecting a landing
near the Bell-rock Quarry, The vessel has become a
total wreck. She was the property of the master, who
is not insured, and has besides lost several pounds in
money, which could not be recovered when the smack
capsized.
Lamlash, Campbeltown, and Cairnryan are crowded
with wind-bound coasters. There are about 30 sail in
the Cairn.—Ayr Observer.

I'
SERIOUS ROBBERY OF NOTES.—A woman, named
Mary Ann Vine, was.brought up at the Borough Court,
on Friday last, on suspicion of being concerned in a
robbery of notes, to the amount of 2501., from Mr.
William Frankland, of Whalley, near Clitheroe ; the
robbery was committed on the night of the 23d ult.,
near the Town Hall.—Mr. Superintendent Beswick ap-
plied for a remand, stating that the loss had had so.
serious an effect upon Mr. Frankland that, after giving
information, he had wandered away no one knew
whither ; and it was only within a day or two it had
been ascertained that he was in Leeds. The prisoner
was accordingly remanded. It appears that an examina-
tion into this robbery has also been made at Liverpool,
arising out of the following circumstances :—On Satur-
day, a man named George Poole, who is well known to
the police here, was charged before Mr. Rushton with
having assaulted Patrick Murphy ; the assault
being stated to have arisen out of an altercation be-
tween the two men a few days previously. A policeman
stated that he knew Murphy to be one of the swell
mob, and most probably his companions at the time the
assault was alleged to hare been committed were of
the same class. In attempting to defend himself,
Poole made a statement as to his having come from
Manchester with 2001. about him, which he was di-
viding, and that after he had given Murphy 701., and
another man a share, he himself was " done" out of
w hat was due to him; from this, he said, arose the
asault. As Murphy, on hearing this disclosure, was
about to leave the court, without caring to wait for the
magistrate's decision as to the assault, he was imme-
diately taken into custody. No evidence, however,
being able to be obtained which could imme-
diately connect the prisoners with the robbery, they
were discharged. Strong suspicion attaches to Poole
as being the actual thief; and it would appear that he
has been, in his turn, robbed by his associates. But
as, unfortunately, the numbers of the notes are not
known, and from the complicated aspect of the whole
affair, we fear it will be a very difficult matter to bring
the guilty person or persons to justice.—Manchester
Guardian.

ARMY, ORDNANCE, AND MAR.INRS.—SouIe interest-
ing returns connected with the army, ordnance, and
marines, are contained in a Parliamentary document
issued yesterday. It seems that the number of re-
cruits attested for the regular army, from the Ist
Apri1,13052 '
. whilst,lB4s,tofromthe
the 3 Ist of 31st of March, 1846, was
April, 1846, to the
31st of March last, the number was 21,468. Of non-
commissioned officers 3,626 died in the year ending the
Ist of April, 1846, under ten years' service, and 1,350
died in the same period after above ten years' service.
The number of men who deserted in the year was
2,665. In the cavalry there are 113 men (sergeants,
trumpeters, drummers, corporal, and privates) who
have served above twenty-lour years; and in the in-
fantry there are 2,870 who have served above 22 years.
In the marines the number of recruits attested between
the Ist of April, 1845, and the 31st of M.
ndha,lBt4he6,
was 1,127; and between the Ist of April, 1846,
31st of March last, 964. The recruits for the ordnanceu
in the first year numbered 1,113, and in the secsto of
Mr
d ce. _ _d
2,832. The desertions in the year ending the 31
oa last numbered 137, of which 28 rejoined the

VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST A FA-
THER FOR ROASTING HIS CHILI) ALIVE.—At eleven
o'clock on Friday the jury sworn to investigate the facts
of the unnatural outrage perpetrated at Kappagh, west
of the town of Bandon, re-assembled at the court-house,
Franklin Baldwin, Esq., coroner, presiding. Several
witnesses were examined, the result of whose testimony
was as follows:—Tkat on this night week (Saturday)
lnmledaeal
servants
advancednduhpiosnehwoannve
ilinoogi u.
butt,trrh , e
ethimselfir fromed
latter t
o rtde whencerest,
driving.
:ea
slp,ofi
light
Robert Sullivan was drinking in a public-house in
theviolence lay in bed.
where the victim of his o
heittc:iehemeaeilnidedti dehsradoeerfnnnot
wouldeo:: maoi'm
soon convince himself of the fact,efiec
muttering something to
boy was not his son, but a shiffrau, or fairY
effect that
proceeded
and that
to force the child's head into a vessel of water, as if
with the intention of smothering it. The vessel, how-
ever,dehh e
rbeingately ttoeoeks small for
ofhnoer3,
tvhaeinemoffbeerresd, laid himto effect his purpose, he
position with both hands,
ao
the fire, and raking down
presence,his back, keeping him in that
proceeded ce to th et
o rouse diabolical
his actfel
ow s
eperpetratedrva n
t,
s• The servant boy, who in
and to call up the neighbours; and wouldliterally
in his
that the child lay for twenty ll appear
Nothing satisfactory T% as elicitedy frome theawirtnreosaasetisaasg.
to the bearing of the wretched man subsequent to the
commission of the mysterious crime, for it appears that
he was more than usually attached to the child; but it
was proved that on the following day he disappeared
from home, and has not been since heard of, although
the police were actively on the look out. The jury re-
turned a 'verdict of " Wilful murder"
against Robin
Sullivan, father of the deceased John Sullivan.—Cork
Reporter.
THE TRAMPS.—Tramps have, when sent to prison,
frequently escaped punishment from having bad feet
and not being fit to tread the wheel. In some houses of
correction a new plan has been, adopted, that of having
producing mills set up in separate apartments, at which
those descriptions of tramps are placed to work. In some
towns, too, parties have provided themselves with proper
sticks, and, when tramps commit depredations at win-
dows or in shops, they administer to them a smart cas-
tigation, This plan has been adopted successfully in
, some places.