The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian 80nd5.... ssi Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent...... 65 Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent... 'Spanish, 5 per cent 203
Ditto, 1824. ... ..... 19 Ditto, Deferred ...
Danish, 3 per cent ... 784 'French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. i Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 'French, 3 per cent —f. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 24 per cent. ... 51.1,-
Peruvian, 1925, 6 per ct. ' Ditto, 5 per cent 99.;
SHARES
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Birmingham (90)
Ditto Quarter Shires ( 5 paid)
Ditto Third,. (32 paid)...
London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd)
L• ndon and South Western
North Midland Railway (100 paid)
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... .. 21i
Ditto Thirds (10 paid)
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 79

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INSOLVENT COURT.-THIS DAY.

IN RE SAMUEL MAYNARD.

The insolvent on applying be discharged was op-
posed by Mr. Cooke, on the part of Mr. M'Williarn,
one of the MagiEtrates for Middlesex. It appeared the
insolvent had, along with several others, taken posses-
sion of certain premises, of which the opposing creditor
was the head landlord, and which were in Chancery,
and put him to enormous expenses by litigation when
he sought to recover possession.
After a lengthened investigation the Learned COM-
MISSIONER ordered him to be remanded for six months
from the date of his vesting order.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

INCITING TO THE COMMISSION OF FELONY.—John
Johnson, aged 20, was indicted for inciting Edward
Jones to commit a felony, on 29th August last.
Mr. CLARKSON, in stating the case to the Jury, said
that during the last Sessions Edward Jones had been
convicted of a burglary in the house of Mr. Drake, in
Camden Town. Jones had been endeavouring to in-
duce Cole, Mr. Drake's servant,to assist in committing a
burglary in his master's house ; Cole Lad given
information to the police, and they were set to watch
in the house. The prisoner Johnson, before the bur-
glary, joined Jones 'and Cole, and they went to the
house of Cole's master. Cole lifted the latch, Johnson
went in, and was seized by the police, and Jones went
in and took a basket of plate, when he was also seized.
Jones and the prisoner were subsequently tried at the
last Sessions, and as Johnson was in custody
at the time that Jones had taken the plate basket he
could not be considered as in a condition to commit the
robbery. He was therefore acquitted, but detained to
take his trial on the present indictment. Tne Leered]
Counsel then called witnesses to prove the case.
Mr. BarLn GURNEY summed up, and said if the
Jury believed that Jones had committed the burglary,
and that the prisoner bad been counselling the robbery
before hand—of which the fact of his presence in Mr.
Drake's house might be considered tolerable proof—
they must convict him. As he was in custody at the
time Jones took the plate he coul I not be considered as
a principal.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
A [ revious conviction having been proved against him,
he was sentenced to transportation for lite.
It appears th:.t the prisoner (whose age appears
nearer thirty than twenty) and Jones, are brothers, and
that their real name is Blzck.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM -rue EV.-.NING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE.—The speech of Mr. S?enccr, the leading
counsel for Nl‘Lcod, together with the vigil once and
z:.al he and the !c trned gentlemen associated with him
in conducting the defence of the prisoner, employed
throughout the whsle of the protracted trial, show how
perfectly gratuitous and ungenerous was the insinuation
of the Times, that the case of the accused would sustain
damage because placed in the hands of members of the
American Bar. The designation given by that journal
to the trial itself was equally unjust and insulting. The
trial was no "faree"—no mere pantomimic display, fur-
nished for the amusement of t'..e weakness, or for the
gratification of the vanity, of the people of America.
We have looked with great care through the whole pro-
ceedings
; and are—from a sense of justice to the tri-
bunal by which the enure so pregnant with matter to
influence the Judge, the Counsel, and the Jury—
compelled to ailtnit that the proceedings were con-
ducted with as much dignity and impartiality as could
have been exhibited in any cause submitted to the ad-
judication of the highest court of justice in this country,
The defence of Al' Lead was placed on thre, grounds.
each of which was most ably sustained by his Counse!.
First, that what( ver consequences resulted from tl e
attack 00, and destruction of, the Carol.rie by the i-
tish, those consequences were justified by the character
of that vessel, and the service in which she was avow-
edly embarked. Secondly, that the American Govern:l
ment having treated the destruction of the Caroline
within its territy as a breach of the law of nations,
and having demanded reparation and satisfaction of the
British Government on account of it, the British Go-
vernment having adopted the act, and held itself re-
sponsible to that of America for it—the responsi-
bi ity of the individual passed to his Government.
Thirdly, that M'Leod had no part in the death of the
man with whose murder he was charged by the indict-
meat ; he being, in point of fact, far distant from the
scene. This was shown to be the case by numerous
unexceptionable witnesses, who were examined for the
defence. The reply on the part of the prosecution and
the Judge's charge to the Jury, are not given in the
American papers. The Jury, of er deliberating half an
hour, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The result
seems to have given_ general satisfaction. Even those
who predicted, and possibly desired, a different terminr.-
Coe, neither question the impartiality of the trial, ncr
impugn the justice of the verdict.
STANDARD.— We think that the event of
M'Leod's trial must have an effect in both countries
valuable even beyond the termination of a long prc-
tracted, an angry, and dangerous dispute. In Eng'and
v e will learn to distinguish more accurately than perhaps
we have been in the habit of distinguishing, beta eon the
several classes of American eitizcins—between the in-
telligent and moral class, who, though unhappily ren-
dered, by unalloyed dem.o.ci atieal institutions, and by
the abandonment of religion as a national object,
proportionably less numerous than they are in Eaglaed,
constituts, vhtlieless,
can community—we a large division of the Ameri-
must learn by the
M4Leod's trial, we say, event of Mr.
and the godless rabble' tof
distinguish between this class
mere political savages—the
spawn of national indifferencesysete to religion, and of an ex-
tremely democratic
other side of the Atlantic, of
government. On the
pass unmarked, or without
the same distinction cannot
a profitable result. The
good men of the commonwealth cannot look without
shame to the utter grountssnesa of the lie upon
which agitation has been alive in the northern
states for more than two or kept
three years—of the lie to
been which American honour has en committed during
it
that period, and which, had prevailed
the whole
ailed in their
:
b
courts of justice, must have en
of the North American continent a war, the
only certain effect of which would be
the
break-
iing up of the commonwealth, and the
commence-
ment of anarchy among the states, of whieh
faint type has
presented itself in the almost desola
lion of the late Spanish American States. And all
from what unworthy cause ? The villainy of a set of
wretches of whom the New York Commercial Adver-
titer speaks in but just terms of indignation :—"ln
the manner in which some of them swore, was evinced
a most awful picture of the depravity to which the hu-
man mind can be brought." We have such 'Miens in
our own United Kingdom, as too many trials have
proved—but here is the difference. Our institutions
prevent that they can ever exercise the influence exer-
cised by the hunters of Mr. M'Leod's blood.

HER MAJESTY.
We are happy to state that her Majesty continues
in good Leila].

t
Some extraordinary revelations areexoe,,etleo e
d to
at-
tempted from the trial of Quinesset, the fellow
tempted to stir of the French Princes, some time
is a.e-
-since.lt
is said that it will he clearly established that therc!
i le club, Laving extensive rami.fl cation!, intxl7e atencbele.
The French Ministers will, it is said,,
to bring forward their budget at the commencement
111 a
aroaching Parliamer tart' Session in a state ent
of
balance—that is, the receipt and expenditure will be
even. It is also int.:i.ded to approi,riate the surplus
of the loan obtained by M. 'Tiers for war purposes, to
the formation of railroads and other domestic purposes.
CIVIC ItEPEALERS —lt is remarkable that of
the ten Aldermen of Dublin, nh) went up to the Castle with
the Corporation Address last Friday, and to whom Lord De
Grey appealed for support in maintaining the Union, two " ex-
pressed themselves anxious for a Farbament in College green,"
only a brief year ago namely, Sir It. Baker and Alderman
Ev
"Ynenindraga• Ala!, alas ! Nusquam tuts fides."—Dublin'
Post.
A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-
office to-day. All the Alinister,; in town were present.
Sir James Graham visited Sir Robert Peel this
morning in WhitehaL-garden3.
Lord Wharneliffe is suffering under a slight at-
tack of gout in the hand.

10-

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FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 28, 1841.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, nominating and appointing James Lewis
Knight Bruce, Esq., to be First Vice-Chancellor under the
Act, passed in the last Session of Parliament, for making further
provisions for the administration of justice.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the said Great Seal, nominating and appointing
James Wigrarn, Esq., to be Second Vice-Chancellor under the
said recited Act.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 29.
The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the nomination
of his Grace the Earl Marshal, to appoint Albert William
Woods, Esq., Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms, to be Norfolk
Herald of Arms Extraordinary.
WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 29.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. C. H. D. Dono-
van, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Madocks, who exchanges, Oct. 29.
13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. E. Madocks,
from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Donovan,
who exchanges, Oct. 29.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-Colonel A. Brown, from the
79th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Carter, who ex-
changes, Oct. 29.
10th Foot—Lieut. F. G. Cook, from the 37th Foot, to be
Paymaster, vice Uniacke, deceased, Oct. 29.
llth Foot—A. E. P. NVellings, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Nowlan, appointed to the 70th Foot, Oct. 29.
31st Foot—Lieut. D. Browne, from the 32d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Smyth, who exchanges, Oct. 29; Ensign
J. P. Robertson, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice
D. S. Robertson, promoted, Oct. 30.
32d Foot--Lieut. J. D. C. Smyth, from the 31st Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Browne, who exchanges ; H. E. Weare,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rushbtooke,
deceased, Oct. 29.
37th Foot—Lieut. J. 0. Lewis to be Captain, by purchase,
v:ee Wilson, who retires ; Ensign G. Lawrence to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Lewis ; J. Clutterbuck, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vi e Lawrence, Oct. 29.
40th Foot—Lieutenant C. J. Colville, from the 85th Foot,
to be Lieutenant vice Vance, who exchanges, Oct. 29.
46th Foot—Captain W. Armstrong, from half-pay of the
Royal African Corps, to be Captain, vice Custance, appointed
Paymaster of the 2d Dragoon Guards ; Lieut. J. E. Carrol to
be Captain by purchase, vice Armstrong, who retires ;
Ensign A. Wombwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
' Carrol ; J. P. Robertson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Wombwell, Oct. 29 ; H. F. Sandwich, Gent., to be En.
sign, without purchase, vice Robertson, appointed to the 31st
Foot, Oct. 30.
56th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon R. Bannatyne, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bradford, promoted in the
23(1 Foot, Oct. 29.
66th Foot—G. C. Downman, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Morrison, whose appointment has been can-
celled, Oct. 29.
70th Foot—Ensign and Quartermaster R. Kaye to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Macdougall, appointed to the 62d
Foot ; Ensign J. Newland, from the 11th Foot, to be Quarter-
master, vice Kaye, Oct. 29.
75th Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir W. Hutchinson to be
Colonel, vice Lieut. -General Sir J. Fuller, des., Oet. 26.
78th Foot—Captain G. R. Cummin, from the 99th Foot,
to be Captain, vice lIP ' Pherson who exchanges, Oct. 29.
79th loot—Brevet Colonel J. Carter, from the Ist Foot, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brown, who exchanges, Oct. 29.
80th Foot—Captain C. R. Raitt to be Major, by purchase,
vice Lettsom, who retires, Oct. 29.
85th Foot—Licut. J. Y. Vance, from the 40th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Colville, who exchanges, Oct. 29.
99th Foot—Capt. E. 1111Pherson, from the 76th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Cummin, who exchanges, Oct. 29.
Royal Canadian Rifle Repiment—Quartermaster A. Came-
ron, from half-pay of the 79th Foot, to be Paymaster, Oct. 29.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Inspector of Hospitals M. M.
Mahony, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals ;
E. Menzies, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Bannatyne, appointed to the 56th Foot, Oct. 29.
BREVET.—Captain William Armstrong, of the 46th Foot,
to be Major in the Army ; Jan. 10, 1637.
Meatoaastotnt.—The Christian names of Second Lieu-
tenant Coxen, of the 60th Foot, are Edward Uniacke.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regithent of Yeomanry Cavalry—G, W.
Blathwayte, Esq., to be Captain ; J. Soden, Gent., to be As-
sistant Surgeon, Oct. 14.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire.
King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Maccles-
field Troop—Lieut. R. G. Leycester to be Captain, vice Ryle,
resigned, Oct. 25.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 14.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Christopher Thomas
Potts, of Sunderland, in the county of Durham, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Q.urt of Chancery.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
BENJAMIN INGRAM, timber merchant, Beech-street,
Barbican.
CHARLES ELDE N GIRAUD, chemist, Seven Oaks.
BANKRUPTS.
RICHARD SMITH and STEPHEN MARSHALL,
Russia brokers, Austin-friars, to surrender, Nov. 10, at half-
past eleven, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Crowder and May-
nard, Mansion-house-place.
JOHN RUSTON, commission agent, Saint Paul's Church-
yard, Nov. 10, and Dec. 10, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; God•
dard, King-street, Cheapside.
JOHN LAING and GEORGE LAING, cork manufac-
turers, Eastcheap, City, Nov. 10, and Dec. 10, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman-
bury ; Baker and Parson, Bucklersbury.
RICHARD SOUTHALL, jen., merchant, Birmingham,
Nov. 15 and Dec. 10, at one, at the Waterloo Rooms, Birming-
ham. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ;
Hin-
son and Son, Manchester.
BEAUMONT FLETCHER, tallow •melter, High Holborn,
Nov. 5 and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy ;
Johns .n, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Crowder and
Maynard, Mansion-house-street.
HENRY HILD YA RD and ROBERT HILDYA RD, wine
and spirit-merchants, Briggs Lincolnshire ; Nov. 8 and Dec.
10, at cloven, at the Angel Inn, Brigg ; Dimmock, Size-lane,
Bucklersbury ; Asisurst, Cheapside, London ; Nicholson and
Ilett, Brigg, Leicestershire.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basio,gliall-street.
J. Firth, licensed victualler, Webber-street, Lambeth, Nov.
20, at eleven—J. Carruthers, tea dealer, Leadenhall-street,
Nov. 20, at half-past twelve—G. and W. Helder, money
scriveners, Clement's Inn, Nov. 22, at twelve—M. IV. Vardy,
bookseller, Newbury, Berkshire, Nov. 22, at one—H. J.
Pettit, jeweller, Hastings, Nov. 10, at half-past one—K.
Franks, glass dealer, Portsea, Hants, Nov. 12, at one—E.
Elfick, grocer, Milton, Kent, Nov. 19, at eleven.
In the Country.
W. Davenport, cabinet maker, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leices-
tershire Dec. 2, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Lough-
borough—N. Claughton, fulling miller, Yeadon, Yorkshire,
Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—J.
Haddon, J. Clark, and J. Porter, merchants, Liverpool, Nov.
26, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—W. Sharp,
paper manufacturer, Romsey, Southampton, Nov. 10, at one, at
the White Horse Inn, Romsey—T. Law, jun., corn miller,
' Rochdale Lancashire, Nov. 22, at one, at the Cmmissieners%
' rooms Manchester—T. J. Thomas, jeweller, Halifax, York.
shire, Nov. 24, at twelve, at the White Swan Inn, Halifax.
CERTIFICATES—Nov. 19.
D. Little and D. Chalmers, linen drapers, Great Yarmouth
—W. Daglish, joiner, Newcastle .upon-Tyne—W. Bywater,
carpenter, Hemington, Leicestershire—W. Brown, cattle dealer,
Sutton-under-Whitestone-cliffe, Yorkshire—W. Norris, iron-
founder, Liverpool—L. A. Lewis, bookseller, Fieet-street —C.
Balshaw, booksellers, Altrincham, Cheshire.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Taylor and J. Neat, plumbers, Westbury, Wiltshire—
B. Haynes, H. Haynes, and R. ['Jaynes, timber merchants,
Mickleham, Surrey—B. and R. Haynes, smiths, Mickleham,
Surrey—A. and H. Noake, farmers, Woolstone, Kent—C. and
E. Tubb, millers, Caversham-mill, Oxfordshire—W. Burdon
and J. Brown, paper stainers, Heaton Norris, Lancashire—J.
and T. Atkinson, linen drapers, Halifax, Yorkshire—E. K.
Johnson and S. A. Highley, milliners, Halifax—C. Morgan and
J. Rhodes, Irish provision agents, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane
—W. Taylor and B. F. Christian, furnishing ironmongers.
Ashford, Kent—J. Astrop and J. Astrop, jun., paper mer-
chants, Kingston-upon-Hull—A. and J. Lowe, cotton dealers,
Manchester—T. Procter and W. Vickers, booksellers, Ripon,
Yorkshire—J. A. Herand, J. A. Heraud, and J. C. Heraud,
law stationers, Bell-yard, Carey-street, Chancery-lane—M.
Barr, G. Barr, W. Chamberlain, J. Lilly, J. Yates, F. St.
John, J. B. Hyde, G. Allies, J. Allies, and H. D. Carden,
porcelain manufacturers, New Bond-street (so far as regards J.
Yates)—J. Atkins and D. Laing, attorneys, White Hart-
court, Lombard-street—T. Read an H. Hanks, coach makers,
Rupert-street, Haymarket—T. and A. Taylor, cloth manufac-
turer, Batley, Yorkshire—W. Atkinson, J. hippindale, and
D. Biggor, manufacturing chemists, Aldersgate-street (so far
as regards J. Chippindale)—R. K. Wilson and R. Gould,
curriers, Kingston-upon-Hull—R. Roy, J. Blunt, J. Duncan,
D. G. Johnstone, and C. Walton, attorneys, Great George-
street, Westminster (so far as regards J. Duncan)—M. W.
Shaw and T. Bone, coal merchants, Wandsworth—ll. and M.
Stapley, upholsterers, Tunbridge-wells.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
FRANK TOWNSEND, engraver, Edinburgh, Nov. 5, at
two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh.
WILLIAM PA NTO N BROWN and CO., manufacturers,
Turriff, Nov. 5, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen.
JAMES STE WART, grocer, Paisley, Nov. 4, at one, at
the George Inn, Paisley.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Oct. 26, 1841, is
355. 14d. per Cwt., exclusive of ,the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

WiDthErSefTerßeUncCeTtloOrheolaFte DfireE,RpnarYticulla°r;VoNf NrivhAickLlFes
appeared in cur paper, the Derby. Merau.y
of
theii
week says :—" From the evidence it appears a6n
fire originated in the Committee-room,. No. , i
which there had been a fire on the previous evening.
The town-clerk's office was undergoing repairs, and
two men were at work there with a light until half-past
eight o'clock ; but the place where the fire was first
perceived was exactly underneath the hearth of the
tire place in the Committee-room. The fire was
purely accidental, and no blame seems justly imput-
able to any one. The buildinc, was insured fur 5,000/.
in the Nottingham and Derbyshire Fire Office,
who (though the policy was
-not renewed, as it
ought
in consequence of the recent alter-
to have been, .
lawns), have honourably agreed to pay the amount.
We should suppose that the loss to the town will be some-
thing like 1,0001., as the lonic pillars which supported
the portico, worth 1:0001., are but little damaged, and the foundations, &c., will be available for the new building.
These sums, and the insurance, it is expected, will suffice.
We have been told, however, that the 5,00C1. insurance
will cover all.

neighbourhood of
FA LCONS.-A few days ago a
I
men of the osprey was shot in tho very fine speci-
Ch:. by one of the gamekeepers of
A bird equally rare, and infinitely
the falconer, was netted on Mondaytht'
Oak Farm, East Acton, in the occupation more.arl ot Powis.
last, valuable to
n the. Old
Pain. The hawk we now refer to was immediately
°iMr.
taken to town, and shown to several bird-fanciers,
could not recognise the species. It was next conveyed
who
to St. John's Wood, to the residence of a gentlemanwheo,
from his application to the science, may be regarded as
an authority; and he, to his surprise, at once perceived
that he had before him a superior specimen of the pere-
grine falcon, and fortunately a female bird, which he at
once purchased. She is now under the process of re-
clamation, is of exceedingly good temper, well propor-
tioned, powerful, and, he thinks, will make a first-rate
bird for rook-hawking.
The Rev. Dr. Burns, the Rev. Mr. Baird, and Cout.p.
cillor Henderson had an interview with the "ice-Pressl
dent of the Board of Trade on 'Thursday.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT..

MURDER ON THE HIGII BEMs.— IV//Liam Tat lent, aged
38, a seaman, was indicted for the wilful murder of Ed-
ward Hills upon the high seas, and within,the jurisdic-
tion of the Admiralty of England.
Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. WARRINGTON conducted the
prosecution, and Mr. CLARKSON appeared for the pri-
soner.

William Jones deposed that he was steward of the
Dido, and in the month of January last that vessel was
lying about 15 miles from Rhodes. The prisoner was
chief mate of the vessel, and the deceased was second
mate. On the 12th of January the Captain left the ves-
sel, and the prisoner then took charge; and in the course
of the morning a quarrel took place between him and
the deceased, but they were afterwards reconciled. The
next morning, while they were at breakfast, the prisoner
called the deceased a - old fool, and the latter was
very angry, and told the prisoner he would not say so
to him if they were upon deck, and at the same time he
shook his fist in the prisoner's face. The prisoner said,
" I will not do that, but I will do this," and he seized a
carving knife and plunged it into the breast of the de-
ceased, who fell to the ground, and died almost imme-
diately. When the prisoner found the man was dead he
attempted to stab himself, and inflicted two slight wounds
upon his breast ; but he was secured and placed in irons
before he could do himself any material injury.
At the close of this witness's evidence Mr. Baron Gull-
NEY intimated his opinion that the charge of murder
could nut be supported upon it, and that the offence only
amounted to manslaughter,
Mr. CLARKSON said he concurred with his Lordship,
and he could not hope to reduce the offence below the
crime of manslaughter.
The Jury accordingly found the prisoner guilty of
manslaughter.
Mr. Baron GURNEY then ordered the prisoner to be
transported for life.
The Grand Jury having concluded their labours at
five o'clock, they were discharged by Mr. Baron GUR-
NEY, who at the same time thanked them on behalf of
the country for the services they had rendered it.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-IIOUSE.

A young woman, who had been in the service of a
respectable family, was on Monday last brought before
Alderman PIRIE, charged by William Wills, (policeman
No. 503), with having attempted to throw herself into
the Thames from the parapet of London-bridge. The
girl had got upon the parapet on Wednesday evening at
at six o'clock, and was caught hold of by the policeman
at the critical moment. She appeared to him to have
been determined upon self-destruction. Upon being
questioned by the Alderman, she said that she was in
despair in consequence of having lost her situation, and
that she had no doubt, that by that time all would have
been over with her if the policeman had not interfered.
The Alderman suspected that the girl had some unfor-
tunate attachment, but could not prevail upon her to
make any acknowledgment of the fact. The officer,
however, produced a letter, which he had found upon
her person, and which was addressed to her by a private
in the Guards, named William Sheldrick, from which it
appeared that the Alderman's suspicions were correct.
In consequence of directions given to the policeman,
the soldier and his Sergeant appeared yesterday before
the Lord MAvon, and Mr. Nobler having mentioned the
particulars of the former declaration, his Lordship " in-
quired of the Sergeant the character of Sholdrick.
The Sergeant said, that the man had been in the regi-
ment 10 years, and was .a
person of steady habits and
good character.
The policeman stated that he had applied to the former
mistress of the young woman, to ascertain why she had
been discharged from her place, and the answer he re-
ceived was, that she had been guilty of dishonest con-
duct, which her mistress had herself witnessed. The
young woman, he added, had not uttered a word to the
prejudice of the soldier. _ _

glieldrick said it was he who had written the letter,
and that it was the generous effusion of his heart at the
time, for he was much attached to the young woman,
but her subsequent conduct altered his opinion com-
pletely.
The LORD MAYOR—NO doubt. Having succeeded in
your scheme of seduction, of which the letter contains
evidence, you have thought proper to desert her.
Sheldrick—The man who has 'been in her company
last ca■ tell more about her than I can. She acted so
badly that I could not think of keeping company with
her any longer.
The LORD MAYOR—You have been the cause of this
attempt made by the unfortunate girl to destroy herself,
and you hardly deserve the name of man.
Sheldrick—Oh, a soldier is sure to have no friend. It
is enough for him that he is a soldier. He is sure to have
every one his enemy.

Ilobler said that the insolent tone in which the
soldier expressed himself, showed that he was a worth-
less fellow, if there existed no other evidence. There was
not the least truth, too, in the remark that a soldier had
no friends. That depended entirely, as in the case of
any other person, upon the merits of the party.
Sheldrick—l say that the man who was with her since
I have kept company with her, can tell you more than I
can about her.

The young woman here interposed, and said that the
letter contained nothing of an improper nature.
The LORD Mivon said that he felt exceedingly in-
dignant at the want of feeling displayed by the soldier.
In his (the Lord Mayor's) opinion the man had dis-
graced himself in such a manner that a mark ought to be
set upon him, for he had acted in defiance of all morality
and decency. It was manifest that the unfortunate crea-
ture had been redueed to her. present condition by the
treatment shellac" met with from the soldier, and it was
but reasonable to expect that a fellow who could be ca-
pable of seducing A poor girl, would not hesitate to share
m the plunder she might have been tempted to commit
upon her mistress.
Sheldrick said there was nothing against his charac-
ter at all, and he did not mean to give offence to any one
by what he had stated in his own vindication. Ile as-
sured the Lord Mayor that the young woman's conduct
was quite unpardonable, and he again referred his Lord-
ship to the person who had sncceedcd him in her favour.
The Lonn MAYOR ordered the soldier to leave the
room, and directed that the girl should be taken to her.
aunt, who was ready to afford her protection.
The Sergeant informed the Lord Mayor that he should
report Sheldrick's conduct in the proper quarter.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS
The following are the results of " A Table of Alortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Oct. 13, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

Weekly
Total. Average

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1838-9-40
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 163 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses ll2 161
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heat and Blood-vessels 2O 18
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
O'd Age, or Natural Decay 42 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 19 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes... -
Average Weekly Deaths 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, 1838-9-40
NVestern Districts ... 108 ...... 139
North Districts
Central Districts 179 ..... 190
East Districts
South Districts ...

Total 775

It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—.
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras. Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Bross
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber vell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1838, 1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
he three years by 156.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
Oct. It Oct. 23.
64' . 3'
46 38
54 50
28, 1841.

Highest
Lowest

Daily Mean .
General Register Office, Oa.

Yesterday afternoon a very numerous meeting
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for debt. Several persons having addressed the meet-
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as concerned those willing but not able to pay, and ex-
pressing a wish that when real dishonesty was mani-
fested, the parties ought to he subjected to criminal pro-
ceedings, a series of resolutions were adopted, em-
bodying the sentiments of the speakers, and a committee
appointed to draw up a petition to Parliament on the
subject.
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