The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-02 00:00:00

manifest firmness and a fair demand exists but the home
trade have been the chief operators ; the value of low and
middling is 3a 6d to 3s Bd, good 3s 9d to 4s, and rine to very
fine 4s 2d to ss. Leeward Island is wanted at 2s Gd to 2s 7d
proof, but little is to be had. East India has been in good re-
quest, proof at 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Demerara met with a fair sale
at 3s 6d to 3s 9d for strong. In Brandy a good demand has
been done, and at stiffer rates—Cognac best brands of the
vintage of 1842, selling at 5s lid to 6s ld,; and ditto, 1844,
4d to 5s 6d per gallon.
Oct-s.—The market for Linseed Oil is firm, and purchases
to a fair extent have been made by the home trade at 25s 6d
per cwt on the spot, but for exportation the demand has
been limited. There has been little passing for forward de-
livery although there are sellers at 26s per cwt. Rape Seed
Oil has been in excellentr equest, and prices rule firm, pale
36s to 36s 6d, brown 35s to 35s Gd per cwt. Olive Oil sold to
a large extent, prices are improving, the stock still on the
decrease, and the consumption on the increase. Gallipoli
has been selling at 47/ to 48/, Spanish and Sicily 451 to 46/,
Barbary, Levant, and Portugal 431 10s to 44/. 10s per tun.
Cocoa Nut has been in good demand, but the supply is un-
usually small, fine quality has been selling at 428 to 435.

MURDER OF SEAMEN BY AUS-

TRALIAN ABORIGINES.

The following is an account of the murder of the
supercargo and two seamen belonging to the schooner
Thomas Lord. The letter is written
Aug.
by the l
"ydey,
the schooner:— 16, 1846.
"Dear Sir,—lt is with much regret that I write you
the sad intelligence of the fatal termination of our
voyage. We sailed from Sydney on December 23,1845,
in the schooner Thomas Lord, myself in command of
the vessel, Mr. G. H. Bessant, supercargo. The schooner
was well equipped by her owner, Mr. Lewis Leon, mer-
chant, of George-street, for her intended voyage; we
were twenty-two hands in all; and, besides being pro-
visioned for twelve months, we were abundantly found
with fire-arms and ammunition for the protection of the
vessel and ourselves from the attacks of the savages,
with whom we were to trade for tortoise-shell and beche-
le-mC.r. After leaving Sydney, I proceeded, under poor
Mr. Bessant's directions, on the inner passage towards
Torres Straits, and on the Bth of February,
while fishing for bitche-le-mer, on the coast of New
Holland, we had a narrow escape of our lives, being at-
tacked by the natives. Their spears fell short of the
boats. On the 22d of February, while fishing close to
a reef, a very heavy gale of wind set in, and we were
blown ashore with two anchors down; the vessel bilged,
and to our great sorrow we found we had only fifteen
gallons of water left, under a burning sun. Providence
however spared us, and we were enabled to find fresh
water on the main. After great exertions, we managed
to get the vessel off on the 29th. She leaked very much,
but we contrived to stop the leaks, and endeavoured to
get back to Sydney, but could not, owing to the strong
south-east wind we had to contend with. We therefore
steered to the northward, and finding a convenient spot
at Haggeston's Island, in Torres Straits, we hove the
schooner down to the shore and repaired her bottom.
She then made but little water, and we thought we might
be able to continue trading in the Straits, and perma-
nently repair in Singapore, to which place we were
bound. We then steered towards the coast of New
Guinea, visiting several parts of it and the adjacent
islands, and trading with the natives, with very little
suecess, for tortoise-shell. All went on well until June
3, when the schooner lying at anchor off Mulgrave Island,
on the western end of Torres Straits, at seven in the
morning, poor Bessant, the supercargo, with the car-
penter and four hands, left the vessel in the long-boat.
Each man was well armed, besides the boats carrying
the swivel guns mounted on the rail. They took provi-
sions and water with them, intending to stay away for
three days on a cruise up the river, to barter with the
natives. They first proceeded along the southern end of
the island, trading with the natives during the day. The
carpenter, who had been in New Caledonia before this,
did not like the appearance of the savages, who were
doing all they could to entice the boat's crew ashore by
many cunning devices which natives usuall3 resort to.
About six in the evening, finding trade getting slack,
they left the island, and proceeded to a small dry sand-
bank, thinking they would be safe there. They made
a fire, and had supper, after which the carpenter pro-
posed going to the boat to sleep in it, but poor
Bessant said he should prefer sleeping on shore,
thinking there was not the slightest danger. The
party divided, the carpenter and two hands. proceeding
to the beat, which was anchored a few feet off the
shore. About nine o'clock the carpenter called from
the boat, " Who has the watch on shore?" Poor Bes-
sant replied, " The whole of us." These were the list
words he was heard to utter. Poor fellow, he little
thought his end was so near. About eleven o'clock the
carpenter was awakened by hearing a noise on shore.
lie looked up, and to his horror beheld, by the light
of the moon, the wretched savages, who had come
across in their canoes, murdering poor Bessant and
one of the seamen. He instantly fired at them, when
they gave a loud yell and retreated to the scrub close
by. Through the resolute conduct of the carpenter
they succeeded in getting the remaining seaman into
the boat, but not before the poor fellow was dread-
fully wounded. lie afterwards died on board of
his wounds. My poor messmate (the supercargo) must
have been quite dead when the carpenter and the
remainder of the boat's crew took possession of his body;
but they were compelled to give it up, as the natives, to
the number of at least 200, were again approaching from
the scrub, and canoes were observed coming with num-
bers more. They appeared ,to have been killed while
asleep, and lam certain made no resistance. Poor
Bessant had his pisiols in his belt and his carbine under
his head. He was a brave fellow and would not have
given in but with his life. At seven the following
morning the boat returned to the ship, and the carpen-
ter related the sad intelligence. You may judge my
feelings upon hearing the sad end of poor Bessant.
He was my only companion on board, and after
suffering many privations together, and escaping so
many dangers, I little thought this would be his
end. The two seamen were both young and promising
men. We remained at the island two more days, but
found there was no probability of recovering the bodies
of our dead comrades, or avenging their cold-blooded
murder. I then determined to return direct to Sidney,
where we arrived on the 6th of August, and found our
owner had left for England."

UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF MURDER.--OH Tuesday
afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. William Baker,
at the George public-house, Mansell-street, Whitechapel,
on the body of Mary Fitzhenry, an infant, ag, ed five
months. The parents of the child, Thomas and Caroline
Fitzhenry, were brought before Mr. Yardley at the
Thames Police Court, on Monday, on a charge of causing
the death of the child by unfair means, but after a long
investigation they were discharged, and the magistrate
directed a post mortem examination of the body, for the
purpose of ascertaining the precise cause of death. Mr.
John Liddle, a surgeon, stated that he was called to see
the deceased on Sunday morning last. There was an
extensive burn on the left thigh. He had since made a
post mortem examination of the body, and discovered the
viscera to be healthy, with the exception of the lungs,
which were highly congested, resulting from suffocation,
and quite sufficient to cause death. The Coroner said it
was a very peculiar case, and should advise the jury to
return a verdict of " Found dead, apparently from suffo-
cation," which was, after a short consultation, agreed to.
DESTITUTION AND DEATH.—Last evening Mr. Car-
ter, the coroner, held an inquest at the New Crown and
Cushion, Westminster-road, Lambeth, relative to the
death of George Drinkwater, aged two months the
illegitimate offspring of Catherine Drinkwater, residing
at No. 6, Carlile-square, Carlile-lane. The mother of
the deceased had been living with a man named George
Jessop, a deal porter, who had been out of employment
for some considerable period, which had reduced them to
a state of the greatest destitution. They occupy a small
room, and slept with their two children in one bed, made
in the corner of the apartment on the floor. They some-
times were without firing, and their covering at night
time consisted of a small blanket and rug. On Saturday
night at ten o'clock they all went to bed, but were very
cold, and were compelled to lie close to each other for
warmth and to make the blanket cover them. When
the father awoke he discovered the child quite black in
the face and cold. Mr. Peter Berrell, surgeon, of No.
53, Mount-street, examined the body, and found the face
and neck perfectly congested with blood, the tongue was
protruding from the mouth, and from the appearance of
the deceased he felt quite satisfied that the child bad died
from suffocation, most probably by the father or mother
having lain upon the face or neck. The jury ultimately
returned a verdict of " Accidentally suffocated."
The following outrage was committed, in the night
of the 22d instant, at Heyst-opden-Berg, in Belgium.
M. Verborgt occupied a small farm, with his wife, her
sister, and his son, eleven years old. About twelve
o'clock, while seated round the fire with a neighbour, on
the watch, on account of the disturbed state of the coun-
try, a noise in the yard was heard, which induced Ver-
borgt to go out to see whence it arose. He had scarcely
got behind the threshold, when a blow with a bladgeon
was levelled at his head. This, however, he escaped, by
springing immediately back, getting into the house, and
closing the door. It was then found that the premises
were surrounded by at least twenty men. The leader
came to one of the windows, and demanded 4001.,
promising that if the money was given, the party would
immediately withdrew. Verborgt answered, that he
would not give them any thing, and told them that he
wax fully prepared to receive them, if they attempted to
break in. Upon this, the leader made a sign, pronounc-
ing the words—one, two, three, and the next moment
the outer door was burst in, and six armed men, with
their faces blackened, entered the house. The family
fled up to the garret, and barricaded themselves in.
The invaders, however, made a hole through the ceiling
below, and one of them, carrying a lantern, came through
it, while his companions threatened to set fire to the
house if resistenee were made. The man who had got
up threw a blanket over the head of Mine. Verborgt's
sister, and carried her down to the room below, where
there was a large fire on the hearth, on which they threat-
ened to roast her alive if she did not show them where
the farmer kept his money. With her eyes still ban-
daged, they took her to every corner she pointed out,
and thus were enabled to strip the house of every valu-
able it contained. The party then retired, wishing the
Verborgt family better luck another time. Through the
activity of the law -officers of the crown and the police of
Malines, two of the depredators have been arrested.
A FOLKSTONE MAGISTRATE'S NOTION OF LAW.--
A Folkstone magistrate, who did not live in the reign
of Elizabeth, had a prisoner, who had stolen a shovel,
brought before him for committal. The worthy holder
of the equally-adjusted scales, being conscious of his
want of law knowledge, cried to the gaoler, " Sam,
hand me over Burn's Justice.' " the index of which
he commenced perusing, as following:—" Shovel, shovel,
shovel, humph! Spade, spade, spa—Ab, here's spade!
Let him go, Sam; can't do anything with him. If it
had been a spade, I should have committed you, sir;
but as it's a shovel, I can't, for Burn's does not say a word
about a shovel."

THE PROPOSED AMERICAN
LOAN.

We extract from the New Yorh Evening Express the
following interesting article upon the financial prospects
of the States :

Among the prominent items in the President's mes-
sage is one relating to the war and a new loan, that
will strike most people with surprise. The President
asks for a loan of 23,000,000 of dollars, which he
estimates will pay for the expenses of the war
to July, 1843, a period of more than one and
a half years from this time, if the war
should last so long. But this extraordinary loan, he
asks, should be authorised at once, and for a period of
twenty years. If there is any sincerity in his belief that
only this sum will be wanted, why is it necessary to ne-
gotiate a loan at this time? Prudence and good sense
would seem to indicate that no larger amount should be
borrowed at once than is needed. If the whole will not
be wanted under a year and a half, it will be a great
saving of interest to borrow the amount required from
time to time. The fact that so large a loan is wanted,
in the outset, wilt throw a great degree of doubt over
the whole estimate. Government stocks are now below
par. The last loan that was negotiated has result( din
a loss to the lenders. The price of all the former loans
has fallen (in consequence of the last one made) full 5
per cent. Now all now loans are to be paid in specie;
and if the 23,000,000 of dollars asked for by the Presi-
dent, should be taken, it would have to be placed in the
hands of the Sub-Treasurer in specie. And here we
would ask any man of common understanding, if such
a loan could possibly be taken up ? Where is the
specie ? It certainly is not in the vaults of the banks in
this city, or Philadelphia, or any or all of the cities of
the Atlantic States. .

But some say it will come from Europe. There is no
evidence of this. Exchange has ruled, for some time
now, from 106 to 107 per cent., and yet, up to this time,
lees than 40,000 dollars have been received.

The best informed in money matters do not believe
that a loan of this magnitude can be negotiated at all.
Every bank, and every business man, is directly inte-
rested against the filling up of such a loan, for it is taking
from the public so much capital—just so much from the
mercantile community.
The operations of the last war are still fresh in the
recollection of a large portion of the intelligent men of
this country. At the commencement of that war, it was
asserted by those who made it, that it would be of short
duration, and that only a moderate sum would be
wanted. But before it had progressed two years, Go-
vernment found it necessary to lay a heavy tax on every
article consumed from abroad, to lay an excise on every
gallon of whiskey made in this country—and to impose
an odious stamp tax. No man could draw a note or
execute a bond to be legal without purchasing of the Go-
vernment a stamp.
Every acre of land, every watch, and almost every
species of personal estate, was taxed to an enormous ex-
tent. Tax gatherers, in one shape or another, were
almost as numerous as the locusts of Egypt. Loans
multiplied until they amounted to about 180,000,000 of
dollars. Every bank in the country, except those in
New England, suspended specie payments, and the
Government forced out to the people these Treasury
notes, until they depreciated like continentaltmoney, to be
worth only about 70 cents on the dollar. Hundreds of
capitalists, who commenced buying Government secu-
rities at par, were ruined by the fall. Such was the
practical effect of the war we have alluded to.
The Government now owe 25,000,000, and this war
has just commenced, judging by present appearances.
It is now proposed to increase the debt to about
50,000,000 ; and no one can foresee what the amount
will ultimately be. Under these circumstances there is
hardly a possibility of negotiating the present loan at
anything like par.
From present appearances, we do not believe this loan
will be taken, if at all, at better than 90 cents on the
dollar. It is said by some that the Government
_Fill
monopolise all the money, and that individuals wilrcall
in their bonds and mortgages, and sell their State Stocks,
and invest them in Government securities.

Such was not the operation of capital during the last
war. On the contrary, capitalists sought bonds and
mortgages, and State securities, in preference, although
paying less interest ; they looked at the ability to pay
the interest rather than to the amount. In the present
case the Government have made uo provision to pay in-
terest. There is no specific revenue pledged to meet it.
On the contrary, the tariff is reduced, and a falling cif
of duties, it is believed, will take place.

OUTBREAK IN KERRY.
(From the Cork Eactininer.)
At the hour of two o'clock on Monday last, about 300
persons assembled at Killorglin opposite the Relief Com-
mittee stores. The gentlemen who were engaged in the
store distributing meal at the time, were the Rev. Mr.
De Moleyn, J.P., Mr. B. Russell, and Mr. Thomas Dood.
Apprehending an attack, from the menacing attitude
of the people, they got out to the rear of the stores, but
were intercepted by the multitude. However, these
gentlemen succeeded in reaching the Police Barrack.
While there the most determined aspect was assumed by
the multitude, and it was only by the very laudable ex-
ertions of constable Marony, who faced the mob, and
did all that remonstrance and reasonable resistance
could effect to ward off a direct assault on the establish-
ment. While Mr. De Moleyn was thus beleaguered, a por-
tion of the congregated populace repaired to his demesne,
which is within a mile of the town, and having caught
a fat ram of select breed, when a funeral happened to
pass by to the adjacent church of Droumavally and some
of Mr. De Moleyn's friends with his domestics succeeded
in depriving them of the animal. Immediately a des-
patch was forwarded for the military here, and a party
of cavalry and infantry proceeded to the scene of dis-
turbance. In the meantime Mr. Dubardeau 5.1., who
was on duty from his station, Killarney, at Milltown,
being apprised of the occurrence, repaired to Killorglin,
and having concentrated the police force of the locality,
was fortunate enough to see order restored before the
arrival of the military.
The cause of the attack was the stoppage of the pub-
lic works in the neighbourhood the day previous. But
still it is most extraordinary why Mr. De Moleyn should
have been selected, for up to that time he was most justly
popular. He exerted himself with Father Owen most
unremittingly at the presentment Sessions to obtain
large grants for the district and did obtain them. It can
only be accounted for by the desperate circumstances of
the people.

A COMMERCIAL GENTLEMAN.—A person named
James Warburton, who, it is understood, was formerly
a commercial traveller, has been committed to the New
Prison, Devises, for trial at the next Wilts Quarter Ses-
sions. It appears that on Tuesday the 15th inst. Mr.
Warburton walked into the commercial-room of the
Crown Inn, in Devizes, and ordered a fowl for his
dinner. He said he had been coursing for several hours
on the plain, and had the misfortune to burst his boots,
so the boots were sent to the shoemaker's and were fore
and heel-pieced.—Mr. Warburton fared as most other
travellers do who stop at the Crown, upon the best that
can beprocured. On the following morning he discovered
that his trousers had also burst during his coursing trip—
so the trousers were sent to be repaired—thus incurring
an expense between the tailor and shoemaker of Gs. 9d.
A very substantial breakfast was furnished to Mr. War-
burton in his bed-room, and he did not make his appear-
ance until four o'clock. At that hour he called upon
the boots to accompany him to Mr. Smallbones to
take back three parcels.—On the road he stopped at the
post-office to enquire for a letter, and then looking at
the market clock, he said, as it was but twenty minutes
after four, and as he intended to leave by the Star coach,
the boots had better go home for about half an hour.
and then follow him to Mr. Smallbones. The boots did
Rs he was directed, but unfortunately Mr. Smallbones
knew nothing of Mr. Warburton or his parcels, and Mr.
Warburton forgot to pay his bill at the Crown. On the
following Thursday Mr. Warburton paid Mr. Joyce a
visit at the Bear Inn, Melksham. Here he arrived be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, and dinner having been
provided by his orders, he remained until between
five and six in the evening. On the side table in the
room in which he dined was a silver mustard spoon,
which the servant missed on going to fetch it for some
other gentleman during the afternoon, but she made no
remark on the circumstance. Between four and five o'clock
a basin of bread and milk was taken to Mr. Warburton,
agreeable to order; and he was furnished with a silver table
spoon to take it with. Shortly afterwards he rang for his bill,
and then the spoon was lying on the table. After the
bill was brought, he ordered a glass of brandy and water,
and within five minutes afterwards he left the house and
the spoon with him. The servant having communicated
the circumstance to her mistress, Mr. Joyce followed
him, and upon coming up with him, charged him with
stealing two spoons. Mr. Warburton very coolly said,
" Well, I think I have one that don't belong to me," and
then took the table spoon from his pocket. He was
brought back to the Bear, and searched, and the mus-
tard spoon was found in his possession. Several dupli-
cates for plate pawned in London were also found upon
him. He is supposed to have played a similar game at
Bournemouth.—Devizes Gazette.
SUICIDE IN THE ICE ON THE GROSVENOR CANAL.
—An inquest was held on Thursday by Mr. Bedford, at
the Malpas Arms, Charles-street, Grosvenor• square, on
the body of Sarah White, aged 45. Henry White, de-
ceased's husband, said, that on Saturday evening she
came to him at Knightsbridge, where he was working,
and they went home together. On getting to the bottom
of Grosvenor-place, ho suddenly missed her from his
side, and never saw her again until he saw her in the
dead-house that (last) evening. Ten years ago she at-
tempted to cut her throat whilst intoxicated; when in
that state, she was a perfect mad woman. Mr. William
Middleton, of Ranelagh-road, maltster, deposed to
seeing the body of the deceased on Sunday morning
lying beneath the ice in the Belgrave dock of the Gros-
venor Canal. The deceased must have jumped from the
wharf wall through the ice, which was about an inch
thick. It further appeared that the deceased, for some
years, was subject to fits, caused by a pistol being fired
off close to her head. Verdict—" Found drowned, there
being no evidence to prove bow she came into the
water."

Twenty-five dogs, either mad or suspected to be
so, have been destroyed in Rannock during the past
three months. None in a rabid state have been seen in
the district these three weeks back. The alarm occa-
sioned by the unwonted appearance of this fearful dis-
ease in the country has, consequently, in some degree
subsided.—Pelth Advertiser.
OBLITERATING INK.—The Western _Luminary,
published at Exeter, says :—" A nice specimen of official
carlessness came under our notice this morning. Some
ingenious personage, connected with the London Post-
office, put a packet of stamping ink in one of the letter
bags to be brought to the post-office here. The conse-
quence was that it burst upon the journey, and many of
the addresses were so completely obliterated, that it
became impossible to deliver the letters, and they will
have to be sent back to London, to the great inconve-
nience of the parties to whom they were addressed.

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unary 2, 1847.