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London, England, 1846-10-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

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BRISTOL, OCTOBER 12. -
STOCK EKCIIANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, New, 10-
Bristol and South Wales Junction, 6d.-Calaioniaa, 21% - Eastern
Counties, York EXteßSioll, 1 p. -Great Western, New, 7-Manches-
ter and Leeds Extension, % New, 33% -North British,
Carlisle Extension, 34 cum nets-North Staffordshire, 2% ---Taff
Val.!, Quarter Share 9, 2814 .-York and North Midland (East and
West Riding Extension), 1234 .
'IRANCIIESTER, OCTOBER 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales Are-A ibbergate, Nottingham, Bos-
ton, &c., % dis.-Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares,
Eastern Counties. York Extension, p. -East Lancashire, 2% P.
-Ditto, ditto, 338 p.-Ditto. New, 2% p. -East Lincolnshire, 9-16
dis. -Ely and Huntingdon, 214 dis. -Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 dis.-
Grand Union, Its. Gel. dis.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarters,
-n
all uTdhdi ersrks ft, t6Ti anddis.
dis.-Ditto,
Railwayew, 3%
dis.-Liverpool,an Ca Canal, 40
rpm. -s
dis.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (C), p.-
kili6erekdd,sisaa.nd Preston, 2 13-16 p.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 2%
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, % p.-Manchester and
Leeds, Fifths, 514 p.-Ditto, Extension, 14 p.-North Staffordshire,
2 3-16 p.-Oldhatn, Birkenhead, &c., % dis.- Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, &c., 11-16 dis.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, '4
dis.- South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 14 p.-Trent Valley, Mid-
lands, &c., p.-West Riding Union, 1% p.
LEEDS, OCTOBER 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, 31. 18s. 9d.-
Ditto, New, 3 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, par c.-Hudders-
field and Sheffield, 314 p. c.-Leeds and Bradford, 43% p.-Leeds
and Dewsbury, 1% p. c.-Ditto, Branches, 10s. p.-Leeds and Thirsk,
5% c. dis.-Ditto, New, 3% dis.-Mancheiter and Leeds, Fifths, 5
p.-Ditto, Eitension, 20s. p.-North British, Halves, 3N p.-Ditto,
Carlisle Branch, 435. 6d. p.-York and Newcastle, 17 p.-Ditto,
New, 11 p.-York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 12%
p.--,--Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 10s. dis.- Glasgow and
Dumfries, 20s. dis. s.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 14s. dis. s.-
Leicester and Bedford, 11s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Onnskirk, and
Preston, 31,4 p.-London and York, 153. dis. s.--Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland, 13s. p.-Midland and Thirsk Junction, 1 dis.
-North Staffordshire, 21. 3s. 6d. p.-North Western, 6d. dis.-
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. dis.-Shropshire Union, dis.
-Welsh Midlands, 345. dis.--West Riding Union, 31. 6s. 6d.
HULL. OCTOBER 12.
STOCK Exewswar.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 216-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 365.-Hull and
Selby, 106-Ditto, Halves, 53-Leeds and Bradford, 74 -Leicester and
Bedford, 135.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% p.-North
British, Carlis'e Branch, 68s. 6d.-North Staffordshire, 435. 6d. p.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCTOBER 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great North of England, 232
-Newcastle and Berwick (North Shields), 10 p.-NOrth British, 7%
p.-Ditto, Quarters, 3.15. p. ex new-North Staffordshire, 355. p.
SHEFFIELD, OCTOBER 12.
STOCK ExcatAtion.-The sales are-Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
51. 16s. dis.-Ditto, Docks, 3 dis.-East Lincolnshire, 105. dis.-Lei-
cester and Bedford, % dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 21%
P. -Manchester and Lincoln Union, 1 dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, % p.-North Staffordshire, 11. 193. p.-Sheffield
and Lincoln, 225. 6d. dis.-West Riding Union, 20s. p.
YORK, OCTOBER 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Da
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Carlisle,
Quarter
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British.
Boston, 21. 25.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1%-Malton and
s
Bs.-York and Newcastle, New, 12/. Bs. W.-York and
Norl4s. 3d.-Direct Northeast, STtiolcMx
tDheINB2I.I6Rs.G67I.-oEcaszotaenrna
ClOO. siz
ixreteic Itsßi°onm)'6la3;iand Madras,
Counties, York Exten-
sion, 365.-East Indian Railway,
Car-
lisle, 325. 6d.- Glasgow
British, 33-Ditto, and Quarter Dundee Junction, 3s. 9d. residue-North
Quar-
ters, scrip, 235.-North Staffordshire, cum new, 675. 62.-Ditto, New Quar-
ordshire, 773.-Scottish Central, 18%.
GLASGOW Om) 10
STOOK Excuemax.-The sales BM'
e-Airdrie and Bathgate, 855.-
Caledonian, 215.-Caledonlan andar Dumbartonshire, 265. 3d.-Direct
Bombay and Madras, 14s. 6d. - .ast Indian Railway, 13s. 9d -Gies-
gem, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, 4/. 19
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Monkland Junction, 305.-Glasgow s. p. Glasgow, Airdrie, and
Harbour Mineral, 28s 3d.-
Great Western of Bengal, Bs. Gd*
.-North British, New Quartets
(scrip), 24,-Setitli-Eitstefu and Dover, New, No. 4, 525, Ocl.

The Blenheim transport, Lieutenant Ward agent,
sailed yesterday for Deptford, to refit.
CIIA.THAM, Ocr. 12.—Ttle Scourge. steam-vessel,
Commander James C. Caffin, arrived at this port on Sa-
turday evening last, and took her station alongside the
Tartar frigate opposite the dockyard, for the purpose of
receiving on board the 46th Regiment, which corps em-
barked this morning (Monday) at six o'clock. The
strength is eight sergeants, three corporals, ten drum-
mers, and 358 privates, with a considerable number of
e omen and children. The troops are in charge of Major
John Maclean, with the following officers:—Captam
Donald Stuart, Captain A. Maxwell, Captain David
Fyffe, Captain Arthur Wombwell, Lieutenant H. Steele,
Lieutenant Henry F. Sandwith; Ensigns E. Lee Prety-
man, :John Crymes, G. F. Dallas, B. Neville, and As-
sistant-surgeon W. Leslie Langley. The vessel sailed at
mid-day for Guernse)vhdee it will disembark the regi-
mont, and embark the four company depot of the 27th,
and convey them to Portsmouth.
A detachment from the battalion of Royal Marines of
this division, consisting of eight sergeants, four drum-
mers, and 208 rank and file, embark to. morrow morning
by the Fearless steam-vessel, for embarkation on board
the Crocodile troop-ship, Commander Gower Lowe, far
service at Spike Island, Cove of Cork. The detachment
will be in charge of Captain W. Gordon, with Captain
F. A. Campbell, Lieutenant and- Adjutant N. Lowder,
Lieutenant Hugh Kennedy, and Second-Lieutenant
A. 0. L. Lewis. This detachment joins the detachment
from Portsmouth, under command of Lieutenant Colonel
T. Peables. The strength of the Royal Marines at Spike
Island is to be 800.

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 12. '
APPOINTMENTS.
Robert Reid, master's assistant, to the Seallower.
G. W. Griffiths, clerk's assistant, to the Zolus.

George Green, gunner, ditto.
John Brown, gunner, to the Belvidera.
John Giles, boatswain, ditto.

Thomas Hill, carpenter, ditto.

NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 12.—A court-martial
.assembled
on Saturday morning •on board her Majesty's ship
Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, to try Litut. Henry
Alexander Story, senior lieutenant of her Majesty's
steam-frigate Retribution, for having., on the 13th of
„August last, confined one of the crew of that ship in the
co:d-bunker, without havinc, an order for so doing from
his captain, the mm having died while so confined. The
court was crowded with ofli:ers.

Before the proceeding.; commenced, Lit ut. Story ob-
jected to Rear-admiral Parker, and Captains Pasco and
Chads, sitting as members of the court, they having
previously conducted an inquiry into the circumstances
of the case, by order of the Admiralty, and the present
court-martial being ordered on their report. The court
was cleared, and the validity of the.objection allowed.
The three officers referred to then rose and withdrew.
The court was composed as follows. Admiral Sir Charles
Ogle, president; Commodore Sir Francis Collier. Cap-
tains Ellictt, of the Eurydice; Shepherd, of the St.
Vincent; Williams, of the Avenger; and Stanley, of the
Rattlesnake.

Samuel Arnold sworn—He was doing duty as mastor-
at-arms the 13th day of August last, on board the Retri-
bution. H. A. Story was then first lieutenant of that
ship, and E. Redpath wr.,s captain of the hold. About
ten o'clock on the morning of the 13th of August last he
received an order from Lieutenant Story to place E.
Redpath on the platform in the coal-hole. He was to
be visited and reported to the officer of the watch every
hour, and lot out to have a wash and get an airing be-
tween one and two, P.M. Having received this order,
Edward Redpath was accordingly placed on the platform,
under the grating in the coal-bunker, on the port side,
about half-past ten o'clock, A.m. I again saw him about
one o'clock, P.M., when he came out of the coal-bunker.
Ile was then in the head, and he appeared to be very
well in health. Y next saw him about half-past seven,
P.M., he was then sitting on the platform. I observed
him then through the grating as I was going aft. I did
not see him again until he was taken out of the coal-
bunker dead. I went immediately etr the surgeon.
Edward Redpath was sober when I placed him in the
coal-bunker, and to the best of my knowledge he con
tinned so while there. lie was put there for being drunk
on the night of the 12th of August. The ship was, at
the time, on her way from Gibraltar to Corfu. I have
not been more than five months in the Retribution. I
have known two cases beside the one in question of per-
sons having been put in the coal-bunker for punishment.
The man could not have fallen from the platform on the
coals where he was found, as it was a distanciof some feet.
I never heard it hinted by any parson that it might be
dangerous to place a man in the coal-bunker. Redpath
did not complain to me of his punishment, or make any
remarks thereon ; he merely said to me that he was
afraid that he would be disrated.
In answer to Captain WILLIAMS, witness stated
Redpath was to have been taken out at eight o'clock that
night.
By the PRESIDENT—Did you ever put a man in the
coal-bunker before?—Yes. Was that considered a dan-
gerous place?—Not to my knowledge.
By the prisoner—Do you consider that Redpath was
a sober rean?—Decidedly not. Was the amount of
punishment less in the Retribution than in other ships?
--Much less. Has my conduct been harsh in using the
black list?—No, never. You have always shown a
great inclination to avoid reporting men to the captain,
in order to avoid a greater amount of punishment..
John Matthews, ship's corporal, deposed that the
man was put into the coal-hole between ten and eleven-
A.M. Witness gave him his dinner at twelve o'clock,
and did not again see him until seven, when he visited
him. He was then sitting on the platform. Witness
asked him if he was all right; he replied " Yea, yea."
When witness visited him at eight o'clock the man was
not in the same place; he got a light and took the
bunker lid off and looked in and called out to him. Wit-
ness then went down to the after stoke-bole, and asked
Thomas Rumley, the stoker, it he had seen him: he re-
plied, " No." Witness asked Rumley to go into the
bunker and look for him. Rumlev went in, and called
to witness, " We had better fetch him up, for I think
it is nearly a case with him." Witness reported it, and
they then got a rope and put down, and hoisted him on
dick. It is not customary to confine men in the bunker;
witness had known three cases in the Retribution, but
he never knew any bad effects result from it before this.
Never thought it was dangerous.
Ey the PRESIDENT—If it had been a cold winter's
night, which would you have considered the most le•
nient punishment— to be put to look out on the weather
gangway, or confined in the coal-bunker? Witness—l
would sooner be confined in the coal bunker.

By the prisoner—Had you orders to report the man
to the officer of the watch every hour?—l had not ; I
only made my reports at eight o'clock. Prisoner—Has
my conduct to the ship's company generally been harsh
or violent ?—No.

Thomas Rumley, leading stoker, deposed to finding
the man in the coal-bunker in a state of insensibility,
and corroborated the statements of the last witness.
Witness was not aware of any danger from confinement
in the coal-bunker, but said the candle burnt very dimly
when they went in to take him out.
By the PRESIDENT—Did you feel any ill effects from
being in the coal-but ker yourself?—l did, and have also
felt ill when in the bunker before.
By Captain War-rams—How long have you worked
in a coal-bunker at one period?—Four hours. I felt ill
at times when I worked there that time. I felt pains in
the head and across the eyes. When the coals will not
run out in the stoke hole it is usual to go in the bunker
to trim them. That happens every ten days when the
steam is up. In hot climates I have found ill effects
when taking coals in. Where the coals are dry, it causes
a stifling effect. I have been eight years and a half in
steamers. I have frequently known men put into coal-
bunkers for punishment in all steamers that I have been
;
in. It is ts 4 customary punishment, and I do not con-
sider it a harsh method of punishing.
By the prisoner—Were there not stokers in the same
budnkr thatcon dayu
cgenerally
t trimming coals ?—Yes all that day.
lids my dtowards the shp's company
of the Retribution been harsh P—No ! I think Lieut.
Story has been very lenient, according to the crimes
which have been committed.
The Surgeon of the Retribution being sworn said, I
was called upon on the evening of the 13th of August
last to attend Edward Redpath. I found his body on
the port side of the upper deck warm, but I believed
dead. Doubtful wl e her he was dead or not, I resorted
to such
a postchmeansmaesrltentreuagahmtinfiattioinn.sul found the appear.spended animation.
I
respiring carbonic
I found the lungs
ances on the body such as are known to exist on persons
carbonic acid gas. 1
bodydtasyrkeorfinrecinsolour. The blood about the
vessels, was of a dirk colour. The body
enerally livid ; in other respects it was healthy,
examineddh ye
ai dying from
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blood,ee
was g
except rather an unusual quantity of serum on the brain,
and very.slight trace of inflammation on a portion of the
inner coat of the stomach. The cause of death was the
respiration of the carbonic acid gas.
By the PRESIDENT—IS such gas likely to be respired
in the coal-hunker of a steamer ? Generally not. Do
you consider there to be any danger in confining a man
in a coal-bunker ?—No. Do you consider the effects of
tile coals bayiei been woved about to produce an utk•

By the PaEsIDENT—Have you ever requested any
precautionary measures to be taken by the stokers?—No.
By the prisoner—Do you think it probable that car-
bonic acid gas could have been formed where the man
was placed on the platform?—No. Under what cir-
cumstances could there have been danger?—Under
existing circumstances, his health being previously bad,
though he had not complained of his health to me.
He was generally a healthy man.- Witness stated that
Lieutenant Story always rendered hiin every assistance
in his treatment of the sick.
_ Captain Lushington, of the Retribution, stated at
8 P.M. Lieutenant Story reported to me that the man
was found very ill. I knew of other men having been
confined in the coal-bnnker. It was not done by my
orders. I-was not reported in the log-book, nor did I
inquire into the circumstances.
By the COURT—Did you consider it a trivial punish-
ment, which the first lieutenant might adopt?—The
witness said he did not consider himself bound to answer
this question. The Court was cleared to consider the
point, and on being re-admitted, the question was again
put, when the witness replied, " Certainly not for a
trivial offence." Was it a trivial punishment for this
man's offence?—l consider it was. Did you allow the
lieutenant on former occasions to inflict the same punish-
ment without reporting it to you?—No; I do not ap-
prove of the punishment, but did not find fault. Did you
disapprove of it?---No, I did not.: Are those in thehWe
list reported to you?—Not those who are put in by the
lieutenant's orders to avoid reporting them to me. The
crime which the man had committed would have caused
him to be severely punished if reported to me.
By the prisoner—When you heard of my having put
men into the bunkers for offences which, had I reported
them to you, would in all probability have ensured their
being flogged, did you disapprove of my conduct in so
doing?—No, I did not. Did you think the system pur-
sued by me tended to decrease the amount of corporal
punishment?—Very much. Did you sanction my use
of the black list without reference to you?—l did. Has
any complaint ever been made to you by the men since
I joined the ship of my having confined them in the
bunker, or for having abused the authority vested in me
by you?—No complaint has ever been made to me what-
ever. Will you have the goodness to state whether my
conduct as first lieutenant bas given you general satis-
faction 7—Most certainly. How long have you known
me?—Since you joined my ship as a midshipman, in
1828. Since that period have you ever heard anything
against my character. more especially as regards violence
and inhumanity7—Never in my life. On the contrary,
I have always heard you spoken of as a kind-hearted
and humane man; and since you have been first lieu-
tenanrof the Retribution I most gladly bear testimony
to the truth which I had previously heard.
Lieutenant Bickford, second lieutenant of the Retri-
buti.m, being sworn, said the usual punishment was
watering the grog, and occasionally the first watch,
without appealing to the captain.
By the prisoner—What is the ordinary punishment
for such an offence as that committed by Redpath7-111
ships that I have served in a petty officer would have
been disrated, and a seaman punishment with corporal
punishment.—This witness bore testimony also to the
lenient and humane conduct of Lieutenant Story.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
In his defence, Lieutenant Story said that he was ac-
tuated by the best motives in ordering the man into the
coal-bunker ; as, had he reported him to the captain,
his offence would have exposed him to a much more
severe punishment. No person had felt more regret at
the death of the man than himself. He then called a
number of witnesses, both officers, petty officers, seamen,
and marines, belonging to the Retribution, who all bore
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Lieute-
nant Story had been guilty of punishing the man with-
out first reporting him to the captain ; but, in conse-
quence of its being customary for first-lieutenants in that
and other ships to place men in the coal•bunkers for
punishment, without so reporting them, the Court fully
acquitted Lieutenant Story of any blame connected with
the death of the deceased.