The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-17 00:00:00

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Patrick Eadon, of .9, Angel- court, King-street, St.
James's, said that on Wednesda y. afternoon last he was
at woilz in the Cellar of No. 7, leydell-street, White-
frius, and whilst digging under, the stairs for the Par-
poso of forming a sewer, he ' found, about a foot
berv.atti the surface of the grovis d, a great number of
human bones. The bones were lying close to each
other, and they appeared the perfect ckeletons of two
persons. The earth where the .rs mains was found was
about two or three inches lower than any other part of
the cellar, which induced witme ss to believe that the
flesh on the bodies had decayed, s.nd the earth a'.terwards
fell in.

Mr. George Cooper, surgeon, (,f Fleet street, sail that
he had seen the bones. They appeared to have been
those of two skeletons. The gr eater portion evidently
belong to a female. He could siieak on that point from
the bone of the pelvis. The thigh and leg bones belonged
to a male, apparently about 25 co' 30 years of age. The
female was alio a young person. It wpuld be impossible
to tell how long they had been the place where th6T
were found. Being only a foot:, below the surf:ice of the
earth the, atmosphere would he able to act upon them
and cause decomposition much *loner than if they were
buried deeper.
In answer to a question fro 11 the Coroner, the wit-
ness said that he had no doubt -when the b.'mes were de-
posited in the celler they had tile flesh on them. Had
they been used for anatomical purposes no one would
have taken the' trouble to have kiuried them there. Ske-
letons used by the faculty have fle bones,wired together,
but such was not the casein the present instance.

—The CORONER read the paw s of the occupiers of the
house since 1791, from which appeared that in 1830
it was a notorious house of me.
Verdict—" That the bones find in the cellar of No. 7
are the remains of two human beings, male and female,
but under what circumstances! they were placed there
there is not sufficient evidence tai show."

MURDER OF A FATHER BY HIS

TWO DAUG.B TERS.

The inhabitants of this town NI ere at noon on Satur
day, thrown into a state of um 16 ual excitement, by the
reported murder of an old man.., named Joseph Stubbs,
by his daughters, Sarah and A'oi.gail Stubbs. On has-
tening to the spot, we were shi ked to realise the truth
of the rumour. The following are the particulars
gleaned from Mrs. Stubbs, wid, )w of the deceased; and
as we do not design to exagger ate the real facts of
.the
case, whatever they may be, we• ;shall give her statement
to us.

Mrs. Stubbs says—"Mr two. daughters, Sarah and
Abigail, who live with me, had been doing some wash-
ing, which came to a few chillings and I gave each of
them a shilling as their share. (lid not appear to
satisfy them, for they commence -I abusing mo in a most
shameful manner. Their fath sx , who was present, in-
terfered and took my part, whefi. I told my husband to
put their boxes in the street at d to let them go after
them. On hearing this, Sarna and Abigail went up
aairs, and 'my husband folio tr xl them, but he had
scarcely reached the top -of tl le stairs, when he was
hurled down, and fell violently (Art his right ternple. I
was just turning in at the door from the street, when: it
took place, and hastened to my husband, who died in a
few minutes. I was much corOased at the time, and
hardly know what took place. My husband was very
kind to me, and we scarcely ever:.had an ill word."
The foregoing is-Mrs. Stubbs' account, who may haVe
spoken to the best of .her knowledge ; but as she was
almost deprived of all consciousness at the time, and as
other statements are put forth, we are bound to say the
general opinion is that great vi(4.mce was used by the
daughters after the old man fell. The word of a per-
son, who, if he was not present, he d the means of gain-
ing every information, confirms several statements made
to us, but for the accuracy of which we cannot pretend
to answer—that the old man wns, while lying at the
bottom of the stairs, kicked and eaten with a poker, or
some such instrument.

The two daughters generally bear a bad character,
and have done so for some tune past. Their co►jduct to
their parents has been uniformly bad, and those who
have any knowledge of them are barely surprised at this
dreadful act, which, though, perhaps, not premeditated,
displays an amount of hardened feeling such as we have
seldom met with.
The unfortunate deceased was about sixty years of
age, and earned a livelihood by letting out donkey and
mule carriages. The accused have, been taken into cus-
tody by Inspector Young, and an inquest is expected to
be held on Monday.—Harrogate AClVCitiStr.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
SAILING OF RE AR-AD =lt AL RAPIER'S
SQUADRON.
The Earl of Auckland, accompanied by Captain Milne,
arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on Friday evening, and
dined with the Port Admiral Sir Charles 0r41,,. Rear-
Admiral Sir Charles Napier, the Lord DJ.: lies, Mr.
Finchaus, and some of the captains of the fleet, formed
the dinner-party. _

On Satuiday-morning Lord Auckland and Captain
Milne were early in the field; and, attended by Mr.
Fincham, went through the dockyard. At nine o'clock,
his Lordship, Captain Milne, Lord De Ros, with several
other persons, embarked from the new landing-place on
board the Lightning steam-yacht, and proceeded to Spit-
head and on board the St. Vincent, where the Rear-
Admiral and Captain Dacres received them. The
Lightning then returned in time to receive Rear-Admi-
ral Deans Dundas, Captain M. F. Berkeley, the Hon.
Mr. Cowper, Mr. Ward, the principal Secretary of
the Admiralty, and about thirty other persons, their
friends, including several ladies, who arrived from
London by the express half-past ten train. Rear-Ad-
miral Prescott, with the barges of the Victory and
Illustrious, conveyed the party to the Lightning, and she
immediately proceeded to Spithead, and on her arrival
there Lord Auckland and Captain Milne joined them.
The Admiralty flag was now hoisted in the Lightning,
and was saluted by the Victory with nineteen guns.
Breakfast had been provided on board tho steamer for
all the party, and as soon as it was over the Lightning
proceeded to the Prince Regent, 92; the Admiralty
and nearly all the party paid that splendid ship a long
visit.
Early in the morning the ships of the squadron had
made preparations for sea. At four o'clock they MP'
moored, and afterwards hove short. At eight crossed
topgallant and royal-yards. Rear-Admiral Napier,
with his secretary, Mr. Ozzard, embarked at nine
o'clock, and the boats were all hoisted up and secured,
excepting one belonging to the St. Vincent, that was by
some circumstance detained on shore until the signal
was made and enforced with two guns. At eleven the
signal was made for steamers to get up steam, when
the Blenheim, Amphion, and Sharpshooter lighted their
fires.
At 1.30 the St. Vincent made the signal to weigh and
make sail, and cast to starboard; the St. Vincent took
the lead, and had her sails set first; she was soon fol-
lowed by the Bellerophon, Tweed, and the whole squad-
ron, excepting the Prince Regent, who did not tollow
this manoeuvre on account of the Admiralty being then
on board of her; but they soon after left, when she also
made sail and prepared to weigh.
The wind was very favourable for the ships to get
away; it blew a moderate breeze from the eastward,
but like all easterly breezes was fitful, sometimes blowing
a good breeze and sometimes a light wind.
The ships set single-reefed, topsails, gallantsails, jib
and spanker and fore and main-course, when required.
The Amphion, the Prince Regent, Pilot, Helena, Tweed,
being the easternmost ships o the squadron, got their
anchors first, but all the ships, except the Bellerophon,
en account of the tide making to the eastward, cast to
port instead of to starboard, and were in censequence
obliged to wear round to port tack.
As soon as sail was made the Bolrd of Admiralty and
their friends proceeded on board the St. Vincent, in
which vessel they remained during the day; but the
Admiralty flag was struck in the Lightning, an,i riot
hoisted on board her. consequently Sir Charles Napier
was Commander-in-Chief.

Amphion was the first outside the Nab. She ap•
poured to distance all the other vessels of the squadron,
and went round the light• vessel without having to make
a tack. She was followed by the Pilot, Twe.d, Helena,
and Sharpshooter; but the latter vessel had to tack, and
by some accident the Sharpshooter and the Pilut (we

believe) got foul of each other, when- the Sharpshooter
lost her jib-boom, and received some damage; hat she
proceeded.

The Prince Regent followed the Amphion and small
craft, and worked out under topsails, topgallantsails, jib,
and spanker, under which sail she stayed remarkaoly
well. She alao_got outside the Nab in a short time.
The Sr. Vincent, the Bellerophon, the Blenheim., and
the Frolic, worked out together in almost close order of
sailing—the St. Vincent and Blenheim setting their
royals and flying jibs, the Bellerophon sparing them
these sails, and also her mainsail. The wind rat this
time drawing in from the south-east, these ships i ad to
make revere' tacks. They were all perfectly wel 1 han-
dled. These evolutions, with the occasional ned issary
making and shortening of sails to keep the ships i n sta-
tion, with the numberless signals (tor there was nt lack
of bunting) made by the flab-ship, and which were
promptly answered and obeyed by the several vess els of
the squadron, altogether rendered the spectacle h ighly
interesting; besides which, a myriad of vessels, of a 11 de-
' scriptions of rig, held their course with the aqua dron.
The Rolla, 10, tender to the Victory, indeed might well
be considered as one of the squadron, as she got t order
weigh with, and performed all the evolutions wit h the
larger ships. The royal yacht, the Fairy, was also :s7team-
ing amongst them (Capt.Criipin taking the opportu v ity of
• the sailing of the fleet to test the engines and verse 4 after
repair). The Commander-in-Chief, in his yach I, the
Fanny,.with a party on board, including the Rie r.
Ogle and family, Rear-Admiral Prescott and fami IY, ,in
his yacht tha Portsmouth, with a very large party;, in-
cluding Admirtil Sir John Ommanney and fl lily,
Ladies Locke and Stirling, and the Very Rea the Lean
of Exeter, &c., a whole fleet of vessels belonging to the
Royal Yacht squadron, amongst whichvesselswere sit any
beautifulschooners and cutters, the Gem, the Anacca da,
Camilla, Maud; Gipsy (peen, Marriage' Osprey, MeMeatlin
&e.; all these vessels accompanied the fleet into the 4:
ing, and did not return until sunset.
When the squadron got outside the Nab the or der
for sailing was formed, the Amphion leading, t fol-
lowed by the Prince Regent, the St. Vincent, : the
Bellerophon, and Blenheim. The Blenheim seen ‘ed
.the worst sailer
.; she could not hold way with I he
other ships with all sail set, nor did the St. v in-
cent appear to move much faster. The Amphion, B el-
lerophon, and Prince Regent appeared to sail well, a nd
had to take in royals, mainsail, and occcasionally p-
gullantwasts, to keep their proper position in line. 'r he
fleet continued to. manamvre iu the offing about tlir ee
miles outside the Nab until late in the evening, the B le n-
beim occasionally furling all her sails and using h er
stream. At:a little before sunset, about half-past suv en
o'clock, the squaArcn, hone to, and Lizficl Auckland at id
his colleagues having partaken of an early dinner with
the gallant admiral, Sir Charles Napier, now bid Win.
adieu, and, having returned to the Lightning, where di e
Admiralty flag was again hoisted, the St. Vincent fire 1
a parting salute of 19 guns, and made all sail dove a
Channel with a light breeze from the E.S.E. Tb e
Lightning returned into Portsmouth Harbour, wile a
Admiral Dundee and Captain Milne landed at Ports -
mouth. Lord Auckland and the rest of the Admiralty
party proceeded at nine o'clock by the special train
which had been previously ordered, for London.
The Sharpshooter returned with the Rolla to Spithe ad
on account of her accident. She came into harbour ,on
Sunday morning. The Rifleman was not able to get
ready to join the squadron, although every attempt to.
get her ready was made. It is supposed that both tap
Rifleman and sharpshooter will proceed after t 134
squadron on Tuesday, and in about a week the Dragcti
will also follow.

CHATHAM, JULY 14.—The Venus, 42 gin% will be
undocked on Saturday, the 15th inst., whfit she'will be
'navigated to Woolwich, there to be fitted up as a ebir
for the exercise and instruction of boys belonging to tht)
Marine Society.
The Blossom, 26 guns, will be takeniiAto dock
to-
morrow for the purpose of being taken to piSees.
The Cleopatra, 26 guns, having been repaired and fit-
ted for commission, i, ill be put out of deck on Monday,
the 17th, when the Castor, 36 guns, will be docked for
repair.
The Wildfire steam-vessel, at Sheerness, is ordered.
to have her defects in the machinery made good at thin
yard.
The Hermes steam sloop sailed on the 10th inst. fox
Woolwich.
Mr. J. White, late, boatswain of the Trafalgar, is ap-
pointed boatswain of the sheer hulk at thiapert.
Robert Pickard, shipwright, has been superannuatxd
on a pension of 221, per annum.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JULY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The account to-day passed off very
well, and the market remains very firm, there being buyers
of Great Western and other stock, but holders were unwilling
to sell at present prices.
VEAPOOL, JULY 15.

STOCK EXCHANGL—There was but a limited business
done at to-day's market, although it was the first day of the
new account. Prices were well maintained, and we close at
the following prices :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction, 311. Shares, 71. Bs. 9d. dis.—Fleetwood, Preston,
and West Riding JUnction, 51. 3s. 9d. dis,—Great Northern,
81.135. 9d. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and B.),
Fifths, 17 dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 7 dis. c.
—Ditto, 10/. Preference, 8s; 9d. p. c.—London and North-
Western, New Quarters, 131; p.—Midland Stock, New
Halves, 5% dis.—North British, New Thirds, 1% dis.--
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 2% dis. c.—York
and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 31;
MANCHESTER, JULY 15.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Tho sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 7 7-16 n. die.—
Eastern Counties, 14 13-16 c.—Edinburgh and cilafgcm.
Quarters, RN—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junc-
tion, 5 1-16 c. dis.'—flncashire and Yorkshire (West Riding
Union), 3 13-16 4. dii.—Ditto, Preference, 7-16 c. p.—
filanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, ,10-34
North Staffordshire, 2 5-16 c; dis.—South-Eastern and
.
liover, No. 4, 2 9-16 dis.
BIRMINGHAM JULY 15.
STOCK tXCILVIGE.—There was little doing to-day; tharty
sellers but few buyers. We heard of the following saki.; z
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 58s. 9d. dis.—North.
Staffordshire, 21/4t dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYN. E, JULY 15,
STOCK ExcHANGa..—The sales are—Newcastle and Car-
lisle, Scrip (red), 4 p.—North British, Thirds, 365. 6d. dis.
YORK, JULY 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thebusiness transacted to-day was
as follows:—Great Northern, 64 ss. 6d. c.—York, ISrew-
castle, and Berwick, 31—Ditto (Original Newcastle and
Berwick), 31—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), N.
GLASGOW, JULY 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales areZDandee and Perth,
ks% Eastern Counties, New Guar. 6 per cent., 645,--.Eedn-
burgh and Perth, 16s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
72 Ditto, Halves, No 1, 71. 19s. 6d.—Great Northern 64—
North British, Thirds, 545. 6d.— Scottish Central, 24(i. •

A BULL IN A Fix.—There is a neat white thEtched
cottage on the right hand, as we enter the village of
Rampside, near Ulverston, and very near stands the
ancient hall, peculiar for its structure, and its twelve
chimneys all in a row, denominated the twelve npoStles,
for w hat reason we cannot conjecture, except that the
estate and edifice have long been the property 'of
divine of the Church of England. Some time ago'the
farmer of the above ball had a very unruly bull, which,
fo: the sake of security, he kept in a well-walled
coppico or inclosnre, at an angle of which stands
the neat white cottage aforesaid, wherein resides
the elcrk of Ranipside chapel. One morning just
after the pious clerk had left his domicile for his
usual occupation in the fields, the aforesaid bull,"on
seeing some of his Sisterhood pass on to the other side
of the fence, took it into his head to join their com-
pany, but found he had no chance of exit except right
over the low thatehid cottage, and, at a single
spring, he bounded upon th Too e, when, much
to his consternation, down went his legs through
the thatch, directly over a bed, where four or five
little urchins were wrapt in repose, but who
,were
instantly roused from their slumbers by this untoward
intruder. Imagination can hardly depict to itself the
shrieks and yells of the juvenile tribe below with the
bull's massive body suspended on the rafters, and his
legs waltzing over the bed like a most energetic dancing
master! In an instant the alarm spread like wildfire,
when all the women of the village, old and young, rushed
to the scene of disaster, armed with mops, broom-
sticks, and every available weapon, in order to repel
the invader, but without effect, when fortunately for the
inmates, the bull, finding further progress impossible,
tried a retrograde manoeuvre, and threw a back somer-
set in first-rate style, but not without coming down upon
and demolishing, at one fell swoop, a pig-sty belonging
to ono of the officers of her Majesty's Customs, as much
to the consternation of its occupant and its owner as the
former part of the tragedy was to the whole village,—.
Westmoreland Gazelle.