The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The remains of the late
Colonel Swale, of the Royal Marines, Commandant of
the Woolwich Division, who died at his residence at
Southsea, on Saturday night last, were interred this
morning with full military honours, the Gallant Colonel
having died in command, in the ground of the garrison
chapel, within these walls. The remains were followed
to the grave by nearly all the naval and military officers
in com.mission at this port. We believe Lieutenant-
Colonel Peebles succeeds to the colonelcy, and Brevet-
Major Whylock to the lieutenant-colonelcy. Colonel
Peebles was second-lieutenant, and served in the boats
of the Queen Charlotte in an action with Spanish gun-
boats off Gibraltar ' • and the recapture of the hired
armed cutter, the Lady Nelson, in 1799 ; was burnt out
of the Queen Charlotte off Leghorn in 1800 ; com-
manded a detachment of marines in an attack on Finale;
and was present at the capture by boarding of the Prima
galley at the Mole of Genoa, and also at the surrender
of that city ; was wounded in the boats of the Caroline
in action with a Fr. nch zebec and armed packet, and
served at the blockade of Leghorn, and in the boats at
an attack upon vessels within the Mole; was first-
lieutenant, and served in the Blanche when captured by
the French frigate Topaze and consorts, 1805, and was
severely wounded.
Lieutenant-Colonel Whylock was first lieutenant, and
served in the boats of the Mercury at the capture of a
convoy under the guns of the batteries of Rota; assisted
in a flotilla of Spanish gun-boats in 1808 at Rovigno, at
Pesaro, in the Gulf of Venice, and at Barletta, 1809;
commanded a detachment of Marines at Isle Verte,
1812; and participated in numerous other services of a
similar nature, particularly at the destruction of a
convoy at Civita Vecchia, in 1813. When at the head
of the Marines he stormed a battery which protected
the shipping; was captain in command of a detach-
ment on the coast of Syria, at the storming of Sidon,
&c., 1840.
A Dutch man.of-war arrived at Spithead this after-
noon; not having saluted, she is believed to be a store-
ship.
By the advices we obtained by the Cyclops we are in-
formed Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker had changed his
flag from blue to white. We believe we are correct in
stating that Vice-Admiral Bouverie will not be ap-
pointed to relieve Sir William Parker of his charge of
the squadron in the Tagus, as has been frequently re-
ported of late.
The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, was at Vera
Cruz, all well, on the Ist tilt.
The Modeste, 18, Commander Watkins, was in the
Columbia River en the 30th of July.
The Fisgard, 42, Captain Dantze ; Cormorant steam-
sloop, Commander Gordon ; the Herald, surveying
ship, Captain Kellett; and the Pandora tender, Com-
mander Wood, were in the Straits of San Juan de Fuca
on the 30th of July. Admiral Seymour, in the Culling-
wood, was also expected at the date of our letter.
The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander

Lyssught, left to-day at neon for Plymouth, whence
she will _proceed to the Island of Ascension and the west
coast orAfrica.
a. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Radcliffe, went
out of harbour this afternoon, and sailed immediately for
Sheerness.
The lEolus, provision depot, Master-Commander J.
Thomas, having completed her cargo of provisions, went
out of harbour this afternoon.

Lighters are being employed in •' slinging" the barque
Hampshire, which sank alongside the jetty yesterday.

INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A

SOLDIER.

Sergeant Wilson, late of the Grenadier Guards, who
had for many years been a resident in Canterbury, and
whose death is recorded in our obituary, often amused
his friends by recounting the perils of his past career.
He had been all through the Peninsular War with the
Duke of Wellington, and was in the final struggle at
Waterloo, where he was miraculously preserved from
death by his breastplate. It was on the afternoon of the
18th that his regiment formed a square to receive
Buonaparte's grand charge of cavalry. As they ad-
vanced they fired a volley, which killed his right hand
man, named Swaffer (to whom he was giving a piece
of tobacco), and he, Wilson, received a ball on his
breastplate, and so great was the shock that he was
stunned, and fell down senseless. When he came to,
he found his regiment had retired, so he crept under
one of the enemy's horses, which sheltered him from
the fire of the French. Presently his regiment re-
turned to its former position, when he crawled into the
square. The officer in command then told him to go
to the rear, and make the best of his way to Brussels:
he then started off through the forest, but so stiff from
the blow of the ball, which doubled the breastplate
completely up, the ball remaining in it, that he could
scarcely walk. About the middle of the night he came
up with a Prussian picquet, refreshing themselves with
some roasted ducks, when a scene so ludicrous oecurred,
that the worthy sergeant told the writer of this notice he
should have laughed heartily, but for being in such pain
from the blow. He could not understand them; nor
they him; and seeing him walk, supposing he was all
right, asked him how the battle fared, by motions, Ste.;
but the sergeant had so much ammunition in his pouch
that he wanted taken out, and also the knapsack off
his back, before he deigned to supply any news. They
not understanding his motions towards his pouch,
thought he was hungry, and offered him a fine duck
jest roasted, but he shook his head, and they chattered
away, no doubt thinking he was mad; at last, by a des-
perate. effort, he made signs and groaned; and lifted
the top of the pouch up, which they then quickly
emptied, and filled their own pouches, having shot all
theirs away. Wilson then managed to eat as fast as
they fed him. He then went on to Brussels, where he
arrived the following afternoon about three o'clock,
when two kind ladies took him into their house, nursed,
and gave him restoratives, &c., till he recovered. He
then joined his regiment at Paris, and after a few more
years' service he was discharged with a pension, and
having married poor Swaffer's widow (who was in an
orchard at the time of the battle, close by), he came to
live at Canterbury, where his delight was to relate the
above incident, and show his visitors the breastplate and
ball, which he afterwards suspended over his mantel-
pitleM". It may be as well, perhaps, to relate that poor
bwrifer's son, who was then an infant, is now post.
boaster in a thriving town in South Australia."—.Dever
Telegraph.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
beg leave to call your attention to an incor-
rect statement, with regard to the trial of Thomas
Foulkes and Henry Foulkes, of Stockwell and Walworth,
omnibus proprietors, in your papers of Monday and
Tuesday last, at the Surrey Sessions, Ilorsemonger-
lane, Newington, for an assault committed upon me on
the 23d of July last, the incorrect statement, of which I
have to complain being this—that my brother Wil-
lino Henry Ball, who was not near the spot, is intro-
duced the prosecutor, instead of John 13n11, and also
the sentence upon'the prisoners, in continuation of the
proceedings in the preceding day's trial (Monday), is
not correctly given.
The sentence of the Court is this, that each of the
prisoners be confined in Horsemonger-lane Gaol for
fourteen dap, to pay a fine of 101. each, to enter into
their own sureties of 100/. each, and to find further
sureties of two 501. each, to keep the peace towards me
for twelve months. Forty-eight hours' notice of bail to
be given to the prosecutor. Your attention, in correcting
the above in your valuable paper, will oblige, Sir, your
obedient servant. JOHN BALL.
Kennington Cross, Dee. 11, 1846.

MADAME ANNA BISHOP.—This lady appeared for
the last time in the character of Isoline, at Drury lane
Theatre last evening, and her farewell was as triumphant
as her delit. She leaves London immediately, in order to
fulfil her numerous provincial engagements, during the
Course of which she will appear in several of her most
popular Italian characters. We are happy to hear,
however, that our provincial friends will not be per-
mitted to engross entirely the attention of the prima
donna, who returns to London in April for the season. .1
ESCAPE OF A TITLED OFFENDER.—We are ap-
prised by the reply given to Mr. Hallett's question at the
CORlMissioners' meeting on Wednesday evening, that this
matter has been brought under the notice of the Police
Committee; but, independently of this very meagre in-
formation, we du nut learn that any efficient or searchirg
inquiry has ham set on foot. Now, we beg to warn the
Police Committee that this is not a matter to be played
with. The public at large take a deep interest in it,
and a mock investigation will only have the effect of
establishing the belief that the town authorities are unfit
to have the management of a police force. For the mo-
ment we refrain from saying more; but it may be neces-
sary to apply the ferret hereafter, if the present apathy
and distegard of the general feeling of indignation is
obstinately persisted in.—Brighton Guardian.
SEIZUR-11 OF AriOTURR ILLICIT DISTILLERY.
Messrs. Bayford and Lewins, the Excise officers, who
recently made a seizure of the extensive illicit distillery
near the Waterloo-road, yesterday evening (from in-
formation received) proceeded to a house in Little
Windmi;l-street, near the New-cut, Lambeth. They
knocked for admission, but received no answer. Having
procured a ladder, they succeeded in effecting an en-
tranci by the first-floor window, and on preeding to
the adjoining apartment, they found a most complete
distillery, calculated for carrying on a large trade. It
was fitted with a 40-gallon copper still, which had been
recently worked oft; as, at the time of the entrance of
the officers, it was quite warm. The stock of spirits was
not so great as was expected, the principal portion of the
fnent working having evidently been removed. A
quatOity of fermented wash had been prepared for the
best day's operation, which was destroyed by the officers.
As no persocs were found on the premises, with the
small stock of spirits, it is possible that this visit had
been anticipated. A van having been procured, the
whole of the contraband stock-in-trade was conveyed to
the Excise warehouses in Broad. street.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.— On Thursday,
afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Baker, at the
Green Man, High-street, Poplar, on the body of George
William Henry, aged 20 years, late stoker on board the
steam tug Newcastle. On Tuesday last the vessel was
lying in the river, off the City Canal. Tbe deceased
and a female, named Catherine Neale, were going on
*hors in a small boat. The lot at was lying alongside
theneigh vessel,
tend the. deceased lifted the female into it.
caused the boat to fill, and they were both
._Cued in the river. The female was recovered, but
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111.4"anned was carried along with the tide. On the
•
Foil *longing his body was seen floating off the
peath case by a fisherman.—Verdict, " Accidental
- Pa dit' that Pronnnalna of marriage, on the part of
eirpthetEecr
with
thStr
:I;rid7obatilv,on7oarrif her illustrious sthraiovuse brarnenates,
by a fair daughter of the
itnd.— Worcester Chronicle.
and Duchess of Suther-
A- wee! of PO,OOO bricks hat arrived
bY a vessel
from Hanibutgb, tod another of 40,000 b
from Antwerp, both cent, tofine,
for re-ea-
portatio4.—Liverpool tlikertiser.

IREL AND.

STATE OF THE PROVINCES.-TERRIBLE

DESTITUTION.

A GUILLOTINE SCENE in FRANCE;
Being at Dunkirk a few years ago, I heard that a
murderer was to be executed at Mount Cassel, and I re-
solved to witness the scene. I accordingly rose very
early on the fated morning, and ordered a post chaise
to take me to the town where the dreadful tragedy was
about to be enacted. After a ride of about an hour and
a half, through a fine district, the height of Mount
Cassel developed itself in bold outline in the horizon.
A number of large windmills upon the summit of the
hill met my eyes; and as I advanced more nearly
towards the place of destination, the beauty of the ad-
jacent country and the distant scenery seemed to borrow
new charms. At length just as the clock of the town
struck seven, the vehicle rolled along that part of the
road which runs round the northern base of the lofty
mountain, and in ten minutes more I stopped at the
Hotel d'Angleterre. This establishment is situate upon
the Grand Place, or Market Place, on which an immense
crowd had already assembled; and in the midst of that
multitude, rose high in the air the beams and axe of
the dread engine of slaughter which had been erected to
wreak the vengeance of the law upon a criminal.
The morning was now delightful in the extreme; but
never more were the seasons and their changes to shed
joy upon the soul of the doomed one; never again would
it be his in this life to mark the ingress of one, or the
egress of another! Spring, which is so charming, with
its soft mornings, and buds, and blossoms, when earth
has shaken off the icy hand of winter ; Summer, so
pleasant with its blight evenings, and flowers, and rural
scenes, and excursions; Autumn, so delicious with its
golden days, each one of which we could cleave to for
ever; when the fields are heavy with the yellow harvest,
and the gardens hang ruddy with fruits, and the sun,
shorn of his fiery beams, is succeeded at night by the
harvest moon; and then Old Winter, offering his bright
fire-side, with pleasant friends or pleasant books; when,
in spite of the freezing air without, the flow of soul gushes
most sparkling within; so that while its chilling breath
may blight all nature without, yet it is powerless upon
the heart and soul of man; all these seasons, with their
changes and their varied blessings, were now as no-
thing in respect to that wretched man whe was hover-
ing upon the verge of eternity ; unless, indeed, that
cold winter which stands last upon our list, be taken
as an effecting type of the other winter now about to
follow—that long, cold, freezing winter in which no
man can work !
The criminal, it appeared, had been convicted of a
heinous offence—that of murder, accompanied by
robbery, and other violence of an infamous nature in
respect to a poor girl, who had acted in the capacity
of servant to the deceased. The victim of the assas-
sination was a small farmer residing in the neigh-
bourhood of Mount Cassel, upon the estate of the
Count de Vandamme ; and the perpetrator of the
dreadful action was the farmer's nephew—a dissolute,
wild, and incorrigible young man of only three-and-
twenty. He hal been arrested a few days after the
murder, and in course of time was tried at Hazebrouck,
where he was found guilty. The sentence was death.
The culprit appealed unsuccessfully to the Court of Ces-
sation, by which tribunal the former judgment was con-
firmed ; and the day of execution had now arrived. The
prisoner had been transferred, on the previous evening,
from the prison of Hazebrouck to that of Mount Cassel,
at which latter town the execution was ordered to take
place, the crime having been perpetrated in the vicinity.
At quarter to eight o'clock the bell of the church
began to toll. By this time the entire market-place
was thronged with spectators ; and every window
commanding a view of the scene was crowded with
human heads. Five thousand pair of eyes seemed to
have made the scaffold the focus to which all their
visual rays were directed. But there was no improper
conduct amongst that living ocean, which appeared as
if it had come to dash its waves against the guillotine
—that dead and mysterious lighthouse erected there to
warn away the giddy mariner from the shoals and
sunken rocks of life ! There was a busy hum—a mur-
muring sound—like the whispering of myriads of voices ;
but there were no indecent cries—no querrulous ejacu-
lations—no profane talk—no ribald jokes—no snatches
of flash songs—no loud and boisterous laughter. The
deportment of the multitudes in the market place below
was as respectable and decent as that of the better classes
who occupied the windows of the dwellings overlook-
ing it.
It was now three minutes to eight, and breathless
silence suddenly prevailed—like that sudden and awe-
inspiring lulling of the breeze upon the ocean just before
the wing of the hurricane sweeps over its
surface. That silence was broken by the chant of
sacred hymns ; and from my window at the hotel
I could now descry the funeral cavalcade slowly
approaching from the farther extremity of the Grande
Place. At first it seemed a dark line of persons, whose
sombre uniformity was broken by the white robes of two
priests ; but as the mournful procession drew gradually
nearer and nearer, I could distinguish the tall and mar-
tial forms of the gendarmes with their drawn swords—
the figures of the usher of the court which condemned
the prisoner—the jailer, the commissary of police, the
mayor, and other civic authorities—and amidst them all,
the person of that young and luckless man for whom all
this parade, ceremony, anxiety, curiosity, and assembly
of multitudes bad taken place. Oh ! say not that one
life is nothing in the great chain of creation—the doom
of one miserable being who had never done a good action
in his life, and who had hitherto dragged on a grovelling
existence unnoticed and unknown—had caused the
neighbouring towns and villages to pour forth their
crowds—bad set the men of justice and the men of the
sword to work, and had collected altogether in one point
on this fatal morning I
No insult was offered to the prisoner as he pas Fed
along the passage opened for him by the crowd ; but if
there were no public demonstration calculated to wound
him, there was also an absence of any kind sympathy
tending to cheer him. A deep, a stern, a solemn, a re-
ligious silence was maintained by the multitude as the
malefactor, attended by the two priests, dragged himself
to the foot of the guillotine. At that moment the exe-
cutioner, attended by his two assistants, appeared upon
the scaffold. He lowered the axe, tried its edge, and
then greased the grooves, iu which it worked up and
down, with a piece of candle. The gendarmes helped
the condemned one up the steps to the platform ; his
face was colourless, and upon it could death impress no
more hideous expression, nor throw a more ashy pallor
than it already wore. His legs almost refused to per-
form their office ; his hands were clasped together in
bitter—bitter agony of mind—but his eyeballs seemed
dead and lustreless, although his brain was at that mo-
ment the seat of such appalling—such withering—such
lightning blasting thoughts 1
Oh ! who may say what agonies were experienced by
that young man during the few moments he stood upon
the platform of the guillotine, while the executioner's
assistants bound him to the fatal plank ? Who shall
decide whether that short interval of ineffable horror
were not meet expiation for even the dread crime of which
he had been guilty ? Oh ! too dread subject for con-
templation, if mortal have exceeded the trust reposed in
him, and flown in the face of his Maker by taking away
even under the semblance and sanction of human justice,
the lives of those who are created in that Maker's
image
The dread preparations were completed ; the criminal
was bound powerless to a plank, which was then lowered
to a horizontal position, and shoved onward until the
head of the miserable man fitted into a hollow in a block
of wood, perpendicularly placed beneath the hatchet.
Another block of wood, also with a semicircular hol-
lowing was drawn down above his neck, so that
his head was now fixed in a hole resembling those of the
stocks. The priests leant forward to whisper the last
consolation of man in the malefactor's ears, and all being
ready, the executioner pulled a string which let the fatal
axe loose. Down—down the newly greased grooves it
fell, quick as the eye can wink ; and the head was here—
anet the trunk was there 1
And then the crowds began to disperse, but less
rapidly than they had assembled ; and one by one the
spectators withdrew their heads from the windows, and
the casements themselves were closed, or had their cur-
tains drawn down, and in an hour after the execution
not a trace of that supreme act of the law was left—no,
not even the blood of the criminal upon the pavement,
nor a rafter of the guillotine in the market-place.

DUBLIN, DEC. 9.—There have not been since the
commencement of the visitation such harrowing accounts
of suffering and destitution as those received this day.
The Mayo Constitution, a Conservative journal, published
in Castlebar, ar.nounces nine deaths from absolute want,
and reports the inquests upon seven of the unfortunate
sufferers! After the examination of medical men, the
juries in all those cases returned verdicts, declaring that
insufficiency of food was the cause of death. The fol-
lowing are abridged accounts of the inquests, from the
Irish papers:—
"In the neighbourhood of Turlough a poor man
named Francis Bradley died last week from starvation.
The poor wretch made several unsuccessful applications
to the relief committee. A poor woman named Walsh
also died last week from hunger. She was feeble and
unable to work.

"On the 29th ult. Mr. Atkinson, coroner, held an
inquest at Bellina, on the body of Hugh Daly. Verdict
—Death from starvation.

" On Thursday last he held another inquest on the
body of Michael Walsh, at Crosamolina. Verdict—
Death from famine.

"On the same day he held another inquest, in the
same town, on the body of a man named Martin
M'Govir. After the examinination of Dr. M'Nair and
several witnesses, the jury found, 'That the death of
deceased was caused by want of sufficient food.'
"On Saturday Mr. Atkinson held an inquest on the
body of John Barrett, at Cloonralogh, in the locality of
Killala. Several witnesses gave evidence as to the state
of destitution in which the deceased was. Dr. Neilson de-
posed, that from his examination of the body, he had no
hesitation in stating that the death of the deceased was
caused by insufficiency of food. The jury re-
urned a verdict that the deceased died from
want of food ; and they further stated that
to their own knowledge destitution prevails to a
frightful extent in this neighbourhood, and that
unless speedy relief be given many must perish for the
want of food.

" On Sunday the same coroner held an inquest on the
body of Anthony Malley, at Notish, near Crossmolina.
After the examination of several witnesses, and Dr.
M'Nair, the jury returned a verdict of want of food
being the cause of his death, and said that destitution
prevailed to an alarming extent in the neighbourhood.
"On the same day he held another inquest on the
body of John Monnelly, at Ballymoboly. The evidence
of the witnesses, and also that of Dr. M'Nair, showed
the destitution in which the deceased had been. It also
appeared that there are seventy habitations in the village,
and the population about 350, not one of whom are em-
ployed on the public works.
" William Rutledge, Esq., coroner, held an inquest at
Shangurta, on the sth inst., on the body of iliiehael
Lally, who came by his death from starvation. After

examining several Witnesses, including Dr. Hamilton, of
Ballinrobe, the jury found that the said Michael Lally
came by his death from starvation."
The Mayo Constitution also contains the following
melancholy statemeat:—
" We regret to say that disease of the most fatal
description is very prevalent. Typbus fever, of a ma-
lignant character, rages; and also a disease—for which
we know no term, but of equally fatal consequences—
has made its appearance. It attacks the lips first, which
fester, and then the stomach, somewhat similar to
English cholera; so much so, that we have heard of a
great number of persons having fallen victims to this
latter disease."

From other districts the accounts are quite deilorable.
COUNTY TIPPERARY.—NENAGH, DEC. 9.—We con-
tinue to receive most heart-rending details of suffering
and woe. The picture is becoming gloomier every day.
The condition of the labouring population is truly
alarming in every part of the country from which we
hear. Where this dreadful state of things may end God
alone knows. It baffles all the calculations and specula-
tions of man. Colonel Douglas attended a meeting of
the Thurles relief committee on Saturday. That gentle-
man, we learn, is in Nenagh this day (Wednesday).—
Tipperary Vindicator.
MEETING OF THE KILKENNY RELIEF

DEATH OP ADMIRAL LORD AMELIUS BEAU-
CLERK, G.C.B. AND G.C.ll.—lt is with feelings of re-
gret that we announce the decease of Admiral Lord
Antelias Beauclerk, one of the oldest officers in the
British Navy. The melancholy event took place yes
terday, the 10th, at his seat, Winchfield House, Hants,
after a protracted illness. The Noble Lord was born in
August, 1771, being the son of Aubrey, fifth Duke of
St. Albans, and was, consequently, uncle to the present
Duke: Ho entered the navy at a very early age, and,
after a probationary service as midshipman, was ap-
pointed lieutenant in 1790. and was posted on the 16th
of September, 1793. In 1811 he was promoted to the
rank of rear-admiral ; in 1819 to that of vice-admiral,
and on the 22d of July, 1830, he received his commis-
sion as admiral of' the red. The Noble Lord, when
_ _

captain of the Juno, beat off the French frigate.Junon,
a corvette, and brig near the Hies Islands, 1794, and
in Hotham's action, March, 1795, he also particu!arly
distinguished himself. In 1796, when captain of the
Dryad, he captured the French frigate Proserpine. In
the Walcheren expedition he commanded the Royal Oak.
He subsequently directed other operations, and a few
years since had the command of the fleet in the Tagus.

The &ceased nobleman was honoured with the particu•.
lar notice of the late King, to whom he was appointed
principal aide-de camp. He was a Knight Grand Cross
of the Order of the Bath, as well as of the Royal Hano-
verian Guelphic Order. He was a Fellow of the Royal
Society, and member of some other scientific institutions.
DEATH OF LORD STOURTON.— This venerable
Nobleman, the representative of one of the oldest Ro-
man Catholic families in the empire, died on the 4th
instant at his seat, Allerton House, Yorkshire, aged 71,
after a protracted illness. Tho deceased Nobleman,
William Stourton, Baron Stourton, of Stourton, county
of Wilts, was born June 6, 1776, and succeeded to the
title April 29, 1816. In 1800 he married Catharine,
daughter of Thomas Weld, Esq., of Lulworth Castle,
Dorsetshire, by whom he had fourteen children. His
Lordship was the elder brother of the Hon. Sir Edward
Vavasour. Bart., and of the Hun. Charles Langdale, late
M.P. for Knaresborougb, both leading members of the
Roman Catholic party. In politics the de ceased was a
decided reformer. The Hun. Charles Stourton, who
succeeds to the title and estates, married, August 1,
1825, the Hon. Lucy Clifford, sixth daughter of Lord
Clifford, of Chudleigb, And has issue, by her, four
children.

THE RAJA OF SATTARA.—Last night another very
numerous meeting was held in the Denmark School-
rooms, Islington, for the purpose of urging upon the
public the claims of the deposed Itaja of sattarn.
J. Barber, Esq., presided apd the meeting was ad-
dressed by Bung° Bupojee and Arr. George Thompson.
nissplutinus ip wordance witi). the atatenaents offered
were unammuslr 4doptech

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, IXI6.

SUSPECTED MURDER OF A WIFE

BY HER HUSBAND.

At a late hour on Wednesday evening Mr. VT. Payne
hold an inquest at the Three Tuns, Recicross•steet, Bar-
bican, on the body df Eleanor Elizabeth Wright, aged
34 years, who died on the 3d of November last, and was
buried in New Bunhill-ground, Golden-lane, and whose
body was exhumed by order of the coroner, in consequence
of in formation that deceased had been brutally ill-treated
and poisoned by her husband.
Ann Collett, of No. 10, Elliott's-court, Old Bailey, de-
posed that she was sister to the deceased, who, with her
husband, a map mounter, resided at No. 11, in the same
court. They had been married above seventeen years.
The deceased had been ailing for the last nine months,
from consumption. About twelve months since the hus-
band formed an improper intimacy with a married wo-
man named Tisdall, since which he had been in the
habit of cruelly beating deceased. On one occasion,
about two months since, he seized a stone pitcher and
beat her about the head, until she fainted from loss of
blood. On Sunday, Nov. 1, witness waa sent for, in
consequence of the husband ill-using the deceased. She
had been confined to her bed for three months previous.
Witness found the husband using bad language towards
her. Deceased was crying; he took up a chair and threat
cued to throw it at her head. Deceased whispered to
witness to remove the knives and forks from the table,
lest he should stab her; he had done so on a former
occasion, and there was the sear on one of her arms;
there was also a scar on her nose. Re continued to
abuse her, and rushing to the bed, he seized her pocket
from under the pillow, and shook out the money it con-
tained upon the floor. Deceased told witness that her
husband had that day struck her upon the head and
chest. In witness's opinion she was then dying. She
told witness, that in case she died, to see that her body
was opened. On Monday she got worse, and Dr.
Lynch, of Farringdon-street, was sent for, who imme-
diately on seeing her pronounced her case to be hope-
less. The husband was addicted to drink.
Several other witnesses gave evidence as to the habits
of the husband in beating the deceased, and that the
daughter had told them her father had poisoned her
mother.

Ann Wright, the daughter, a girl of fifteen, was ex-
amined. She positively swore that her father was not
in the habit of ill-using her mother; and added, that
" She wished she might drop down dead if there was any
truth in what the witnesses asserted that she had said.'
The CoaortEß said he did not believe a word she had
said, and she bad prevaricated so grossly that he thought
he ought to commit her to Newgate for perjury.
The inquiry was adjourned to have analysation of the
contents of deceased's stomach.

- -
1 THE MUiIDER AT—HITCHEN.
HITCHEN.
HERTFORD, THURSDAY NIGHT.—An inquiry which
was opened on Thursday last by Mr. Osbaldiston, one of
the coroners of the county, was concluded to-day at
Hitchen, on the body of George Tomlin, aged 16, in the
employ of Lord Dacre, who died on Tuesday, the 2d
instant, from the effects of a gun-shot wound, fired by a
youth of the name of James Lawrence, under circum-
stances showing apparent deliberation.
His deposition, taken before his death, was as fol-
lows:—I work for Lord Dacre on the Hoo Farm, in the
parish of Paul Warden. On Sunday last, between two and
three o'clock, I went from Lord Dacre's farm-yard into
the timber-yard, which is close by, where I saw James
Lawrence. 'He had a gun under his arm, and I supposed
he was bird-keeping. He told me he had shot a hedge-
sparrow, and had broken its leg, and that it was
somewhere in the hedge. We looked for the spar-
row, but could not find it. We then walked a few
yards, when I told him I must go and and attend to
the pigs. He said, " Then I'll shoot you," and pointed the
gun at me. I ran behind a tree, and he came peeping round
it, poking the gun, and then bolted to the other side of
the tree, and be again came after me, pointing the
muzzle of the gun at my forehead. I then ran away, but
directly I did so he shot me in the back. I did not see
what became of Lawrence, I believe he ran away, but I
don't know exactly, I was so frightened.
It further appeared that on Lawrence being appre-
hended (who, it should be observed, before the death of
deceased, had been committed by the magistrates to
Hertford gaol on a charge of shooting with an intent to
do grievous bodily harm) he admitted that his gun had
shot the deceased, but that it had gone off accidentally
by his coat getting entangled with the trigger. He had
never any against him ; they were always on the
best of terms, and the reason he poked the gun at him
was in " fun."

The evidence of the medical gentleman having been
taken, proving the wounds to be the cause of death,'
The CORONER addressed the jury on the melancholy
circumstance of the case, and the impropriety of entrust-
ing fire-arms to youths of the description of Lawrence,
who was only 15 years of age.
The jury retired, and in a few minutes returned a
verdict of " Manslaughter against Lawrence."

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS'

SCHOOLS.

Yesterday a special general meeting of the friends
and supporters of this intended charity was held at the
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purposes of
general business, and to consider the rules for defining
and regulating the future government of the institution.
Thomas Roberts, Esq., was called to the chair, who
briefly urged the importance of the scciety upon the
attention and support of all commercial men.
Mr. RU3ISEY then proposed a motion for an adjourn-
ment until a future day, in consequence of the limited
number of gentlemen being present, as he considered
the proposed rules, to be submitted to the meeting for
approval, ought not to be hastily passed over, and that
if it were adjourned a number of commercial men, who
were at present out of town, would have an opportunity
of expressing their opinions as to the efficiency of the
proposed rules for the future management of the insti-
tution.

A long discussion ensued, when Mr. Rumsey's motion
wes negatived by a majority of 10 to 2.
The rules were then read seriatim by the Honorary
Secretary, Mr. Lawrence, and, after some discussion, in
which Messrs. liumsey, Hardcastle, Jones, Orr, Lau-
rence, &c., took part, were adopted.
It was resolved that the institution be entitled' The
Commercial Travellers' Schools for Orphans and Neces-
sitous Children," and that its design was the clothing,
maintenance, and education of the destitute orphans of
deceased, and the children of necessitous, commercial
travellers of the United Kingdom, from the age of seven
years to the age of fourteen years, and to be open to the
children of every religious denomination.
The donations already received amount to 6,0261. 1 1 s. ;
annual subscribers of two guineas each. 231. 2s. ; of five
guineas, 151. 15s. ; of ten guineas, 31/. ; and of 1/. Is.,
2201. 10i. ; being 298/. per annum, making a total. of
6,3171. Bs.
The Mercantile Life Assurance Company will also
contribute 100/ per annum in support of the funds.
The rules and regulations having been adopted, thanks
were voted to the Chairman, who acknowledged the
compliment, and the meeting separated.

THE WAR BETWEEN the UNITED

STATES and MEXICO,

During a war, policy and strategy go hand in hand,
and hold in comman the management of the operations.
No resolution, exercising a decisive influence on the ftte
of the war, can be taken unless both have their share in
it ; and thus we can speak of a political and a military
half of the war, which, however, can in no way be taken
to imply that they are diverse from one another ; on
the contrary, they are most closely interwoven in every
direction, and at every moment. But this does not pre-
clude there being a political and military point of view
from which every war can, and must, be regarded, parti-
cularly if a comprehensive and correct, not a partial,
estimate is to be formed. This can only be obtained by
a consideration of both points, because, as we have said,
policy and strategy in war cannot be separated ; or, in
in other words, because the threads which in the strate-
eetical part often appear in inextricable confusion, have
their ends in the political part, and vice versa.
If then, in the following remarks we attempt to pro-
nounce a military judgment on the war wao'ng by the
United States against Mexico, we must preface that we
shall not be guided by military views alone. The ne-
cessity of including the political relations in the motives
of such a judgment appears, perhaps, nowhere with
greater force than in an examination of the opening of
the campaign in question. In a military point of view
it can in no way be termed brilliant, as well as regards
one party as the other ; nay, more, it was erroneous,
and most on the American side. The frontier, towards
the enemy, was stripped of troops, the army essentially
on a peace footing, and only augmented by a few regi-
ments, the preparations for raising the new levies not
completed, and no step taken for th:ir actual execution
All these, in a military point of view, were most un-
favourable circumstances, and, strategetically considered,
must have forbidden the opening of the war, had not
policy prevented totally opposite chances. That the
latter preponderated, was the result of a correct estimate
of their importance, and of a knowledge of the strength
of the Union as opposed to Mexico. Nevertheless, it
must be allowed that, in the beginning of the war, the
initiative belonged to this latter ; that, in consequence,
the war might possibly have been commenced by a de-
feat of the Americans, which perhaps would have been
followed by a more decisive political one also. We may
even assert that it must have been so, if the Mexicans
had known better how to avail the mselves of their advan-
tages. The approaching explanations, which we may
expect will be made about this war, will show what
errors were committed, at first on the Mexican side ;
that they were committed, is not only certain, but that
they were important. Had this not been the case,
General Taylor must have been annihilated at the very
commencement of hostilities. The Mexicans, however,
whether owing to physical inferiority or erroneous
tactics, allowed General Taylor to extricate himself
from his ill-chosen position, and thus lost their test
chance. A comparison has frequently been drawn be-
tween the expedition of the American army and the
Russian campaign of 1812 ; the circumstances, however,
are totally different, the Russians in the latter case being
the weakest in the beginning of the campaign, while
on the retreat of the enemy they knew they could reckon
on an important accession of force. The Mexicans, on
the contrary, during the whole of the first period of the
campaign, were the strongest, and therefore had the
initiative. On the American side, their chief error was
allowing themselves to be seduced, by a few slight suc-
cesses, from the north, on to a line of operations be-
yond the Rio Grande del Norte, Monterey, and Saltillo,
to the city of Mexico, when, having the undisputed
command of the Gulf of Mexico, through their fleet,
their proper basis of operation was there, with the view
of capturing their capital, which would at once have
given them possession of the country. The distance
from Tampico or Vera Cruz to Mexico is only 300 miles,
while from the basis of the American land operations.
through Monterey and Saltillo, it is over 700 miles. The
plan adopted by General Taylor as the principle of the
campaign seems to have been to employ the Rio Grande
as the basis of operation, whence the fortifications he has
erected along the course of that stream, and the 10,000
men left there by him, as a sort of reserve, on his
march to Monterey. The expedition of General
Kearney may also be brought in connexion with this
plan, he having marched on this river, and, as the best
criterion of a strong basis is a great extension, he there-
by strengthened General Taylor's basis of operations.
In this expedition, however, the consideration prepon-
derated that Santa Fe, which Kearney chose as the
object of his operations, is the centre of Mexican power
in the North, and, in the position of New Mexico, be-
tween the Arkansas territory and New California, its
capture by the North Americans must be the first step
to the occupction of the latter State, the possession of
which, as is acknowledged, was the primary object of
the war. The eight weeks' armistice granted to Am
pudia by General Taylor was another error, though pro-
bably owing to the latter's ignorance of the real forces of
Santa Anna in the south and Armijo in the north. This
error, was the greater as it allowed the enemy time to
recover from the effects of the defeat they had sustained
at Monterey. With regard to the basis of operations in
the Gulf of Mexico, the first thing that ought to be
done is the capture of Vera Cruz, or Tampico. The
former will probably be considered too strong to afford
any prospect of success to the American fleet, destitute
as the latter at present is of line-of-battle ships—a defi-
ciency that is, however, about to be remedied, by the
equipment of the Ohio, 84 ; but as this ship is still in
dock, we may legard the attack on Vera Cruz as indefi-
nitely postponed, if it is to await the arrival of that
vessel. It must then be assumed that the Americans
will first capture Tampico, and then besiege Vera Cruz
by land and sea—a plan that presents the fewer difficul-
ties, inasmuch as from the slow progress of the raising
of Santa Anna's army, stated at 30,000 men, the Mexi-
can General will most likely await the Americans in the
plains of Anahuac, which, as soon as Vera Cruz and
Tampico are in the hands of the Americans, will be the
scene of further operations—Augsburg Gazelle.

SMITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE
CATTLE SHOW.
- • •

STRANGE INCIDENT-A FOUND

LING.

On Tuesday week a woman, of rather lady-like ap-
pearance, called at a large wholesale and retail ware-
house in this city, and after making some trifling pur-
chases, requested permission to leave, for a few mi-
nutes, a rather large basket which she carried in her
hand, as she had " another call to make." Some time
having elapsed without the woman re-appearing, the
attention of one of the young men was called to the
article in que:tion by observing, as he fancied, some-
thing moving inside. On farther examination, its con-
tents were found to be nothing less than a fine thriving
babe, with the following words labelled on its breast :

This exhibition was yesterday again densely crowded
with spectators. Even before nine o'clock a large num-
bae
nr
coedfvisitors
shtaadnd
ibnege nth
the
dumnifat tveodu,
raabnlde awseatht
he
eday
haiedh.
prevailed, the spectators increased to such an extent
that, at any period after the illumination of theexhibi-
tion, to make the circuit of the yard was a work of the
greatest difficulty. Although thus popular with the
masses, the exhibition has nob, as yet, been honoured
with the presence of many aristocratic visitors. The
Duke of Cambridge, who generally pays an early visit
to the yard, has not yet dune so this year; and it is
even, stat& d that, although the Pritee Consort has been
so marvelously successful in obtaining prizes on the
present oecasicn, his Royal Highness will not be
able to honour the show with a visit. The
Duke of Richmond, Lord Portman, and other
members of the club, were present in the yard again
yesterday. The sale of stock was even more dull than
on the previous day. This is partly accounted for by
the unusual quantity of cattle sent in fur competition,
and partly by the unfavourable weather. The demand
is expected to be more brisk to-day. The only sales
made yesterday, of animals which have obtained prizes
or commendation, were the following :
In Class VII., his Royal Highness Prince Albert's 2
years and 11 months old Highland stot and Durham
heifer, bred by Mr. Milnes, of Downham, Norfolk, was
purchased by Mr. T. Cowell, of Brook-street, Hyde-
park gardens._ _ _

—" Be kind to it. Its father is in the warehouse!"—
This astounding discovery produced of course, a general
sensation, much titillation, a good deal of bantering, and
not a little sly scrutiny as to which of all the young
men blushed deepest. Not one, however, of the one
hundred and fifty—fur they amounted to no smaller a
numberhad the candour, like Mrs. Malaprop in her
love for Sir Lucius, to " own the soft impeachment !"
In this dilemma, one of the partners of the firm resolved
to follow the example of the renowned philocriath Doctor
O'Toole, who, when unable to detect a delinquent, uni-
formly took the sure plan of thrashing all the boys in
the school! In other words, he proposed that every
man in the establishment should be mulcted in a penny
a-week for the support of their interesting " charge ;"
and, accordingly, the unconscious little hero or heroine
of this curious story, has been carefully put out to nurse
with the prospect of being well looked after. The progress
of the infant will no doubt be watched with as much
anxiety as that of the junior Dombey himself ; and if it
turn out to have red hair, or a nose more than ordinarily
snub, or any other marked peculiarity of person, how
great will be the consternation in the breast of every
unfortunate possessor of similar characteristics among
its one hundred and fifty foster-fathers ! In the mean-

time, the latter will be particularly careful how they
take in any more queer-looking baskets, lest the esta-
blishment with which they are connected should by
transformed into another L'Hospitaldes .Enfans Trouves.
—Glasgow Argus.

„„
LORD DUNDONALD'S WAR PLAN.—The scientific
commission appointed to examine and decide on the
merits of his Lordship's discovery, is occupied with the
investigation of its principle, which neither trenches on
that of Captain Warner, nor on the ingenious invention
termed gun cotton, but is, in regards the latter, of a
totally different nature. Cotton explodes instantaneously,
like the galvanic spark, whereas his Lordship's discovery
effects a continuous evolution of intensely powerful
,
elastic products—like the unremitting generation of steam
from boiling water, the effect of which has been ren-
dered familiar to the public by the steam gun (or
stream
tube)
of the ingenious Mr. Perkins, from which a
shot, following each other in close succession,
. pass
of
-
through the atmosphere with less
quently transport their overwhelming .
?PPnesfritemotn' and conse
to a greater
distance than shells, or shot propelled singly from unit.
lerE—Hampshire Telegraph.
LOPEMENT.—A young
Saturday night
lady left the residence of
her respectable friends in this tanenhy
her
waiting.
last, by the mail train, accompanied
proceeded to Chel-
sinatthothsee
maid. On her arrival at Bristoi she
tenham, where she was disacromseroefd
herby hioervefrr,iebnadt
Plough Hotel, not in the
whose
resistless iIIfIUCTIC3 the
god, to
of the drowsy
and its incidental emotions had
asubtrhouygehatr,hoatan(ei
fatigue of her journey
is Sinhelie"r.
compelled her to resign herlasedlyf.
young
on Sunday. The
will be entitled to
considerable property. Being a ward
in Chancery,the
favoured gallant, for whose sake she
adopted her
indiscreet
journey, would eventually have
found the object of his adoration costly for the offered
PRICE, and consequently that he had ” paid dear for his
whistle."—Taunton Courier.
An American journal says, that when a cat's tail is
pinched between the door and the post, she utters the
vowels n e i-0 u, and finally dwelling on w till re-
leased, when the sound terminates on y short.
An opinion prevails that a pawnbroker, receiving
an article in pledge which has been stolen, can demand
from the owner the repayment of money he has ad-
vanced to the thief by whom the stolen goods were
pledged. This is a mistake, as will be seen on reference
to the 39th and 40th George 111 , cap. 99, sec. 13, which
enacts that when goods are unlawfully pawned, the pawn-
broker is to restore them, without any mention of com-
pensation.
FATHER EUSTACE.—A great stir has been occa-
sioned among English Roman Catholics by the report
that Mrs. Trollope, in the new work announced for im-
mediate publication celled "Father Eustace a Tale of
the Jesuits," has represented some of the higher officers
of that order in this country in positions far from cre-
ditable to them. It is even said that the Superior of
the Jesuits in England has received particular instruc-
tions from Rome relative to this work; and from ail that
bas been suffered to transpire, we are led to anticipate
some revelations not less exciting than those which at-
tracted so much attention in the popular work, known
in England, by the title of " priest, Women, and Fa-
-11141*"

- In —Class VI., Mr. John Itub's 4 years old Highland
ox, which obtained the prize of 101., was purchased by
Mr. Clayton, of Great Marlborough-street.
In Class VIII., Mr. W. Triuder's 3 years and 10
months old short-horned heifer, bred by Mr. George
Ewer, of Earlington, Gloucestershire, which obtained
the first prize of 201, and a silver medal to the breeder,
was bought by Mr. Collingwood, of Abingdon ; Sir Geo.
Phillips s 5 years and 7 months old improved short-
horned cow, bred by himself, which obtained the second
prize of 101., was suld to Mr. Smith, of Lower Marsh,
Lambeth.

In Class IX., Mr. John Booth's 9 years and 10 months
old short-horned cow, bred by him.elt, which obtained
the first prize of 15/., with a gold medal as the best cow,
and a silver medal to the breeder, was purchased by Mr.
Lawrence, of Rugby. This animal has had five calves.
Mr. John Hall's 12 years and 4 months old short-Lorned
cow, bred by the late Earl Spencer, which obtained the
second prize of 51., was bought by Mr. Righton, of Read-
ing. This animal has had eight calves.
In Extra Stock, his Royal Highness Prince Albert's
Highland scot and Durham heifer, bred by Mr. Milnes,
ofDowpham, Norfolk, which obtained a silver medal in
this division,
was purchased by Mr. King, of Brighton.
Very few sheep or pigs were sold yesterday.
The committee meeting of the club was held this
morning at the Bazaar; and in the evening the members
will dine together at the Freemasons' Tavern.

INTERCOURSE ---
_During the la, t month ENGLAND
landed at
Ostend from
passengers ; from 625 passengers were
BETWEEN AND BELGIUM.
England, in 44 passages of the various
steam-boats, viz.:---from London, in ten passages, 135
the Belgian mail-boat from Dover, in nine passages, 164;
and by the English mail-boat from Dover, in sixteen
from Ostend for England were 900, in 43
Ramsgate, in nine passages, 88 ; by
passages, 238. During the same month the departures
nine passages, 224 ; and by
—to London, in nine passages, 255 ; to namsgate, in
passages, viz.:
nine passages, 131 ; by the Belgian mail to Dover, in
Dover, in seventeen passages, 290.
TILE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. —We are sorry to
hear that the Dude of Cambridge has been obliged, from
has stated the necessity for his Roy
indisposition, to defer his intended visit to Petworth
the English mail boat to
Royal Highness to give
House. We believe that his Royal Highness's physician
up shooting this Reason, in consequence of the extreme
We4lEqest ill the 4Liud from pat,--4irighion gawk,

ATTEMPT TO BLOW •UP THE
LADY FEVERSH AM.
NORTH SHIELDS, MONDAY.—An unsuccessful attempt
was made to day to blow up the wreck of the Lady
Feversham, which has lain upwards of twelve months in
the main channel of the river Tyne, at this place, doing
serious injary to the harbour, and, by obstructing the
navigation, causing great damage to shipping, especially
during the prevalence of stormy weather. This vessel,
it may be remembered, was proceeding to sea, in the
month of Novaraber, last year, coal laden, when she
grounled on a shoal forward, and heeled over as the tide
receded ; and, on the reflowing of the tide, she filled
with water ; since which all attempts to raise her have
been futile. The Universal Salvage Company (an off-
spring of the speculative mania of last autumn) first under-
teole the task, by means of large bags, to be attached in a col-
lapsed state to chains passing round and underneath the
vessel, and then infisted by means of an air-pump corked
by a powerful engine. The buoyancy of the air-bags, it
was supposed, would raise the vessel, but after repeated
experiments, extending over several months, the project
was abandoned as hopeless. The wreck was then sold
as it lay, to a party here, for 250/., acid further attempts
were made under his direction, to raise it by means of
lighters, but this plan also proved a failure. In the
meantime complaints were made to the corporation of
Newcastle, who are Conservators of the 11.) ne, by the
owners end masters of vessels frequenting the harbour,-
of inconvenience and damage arising from the wreck
obstructing the navigation of tne river, and by pilots
and others, of a diminution of water in the bar from
silting up, attributed to the same cause, there being,
as is alleged, nearly two feet less depth of water on
the bar now than there was twelve mouths ago.
Under these circumstances the corporation, having af-
forded every facility to the parties in their various un-
successful attempts to raise the vessel, determined
to take the matter into their own hands, and blow the
wreck up by means of gunpowder. This operation was
intrusted to Mr. BrOoks, the resident engineer of the
corporation, and two parties accustomed to the diving-
bell were engaged and brought down from London to
perform the sub-marine works. The plan adopted was,
to drive four piles, two on each side of, and about ten
yards from, the vessel, and by means of these, a raft,
consisting of four logs of fir, 80 feet in length, was
moored directly over the vessel, extending from stem to
stern. On this raft were placed the main wires, which
were carried along seven other piles, to a galvanic bat-
tery in a craft moored about 80 fathoms from the
wreck. Ten tin cylinders, containing each from 1001 b.
to 18016. of gunpowder, were sent under the bilge
of the vessel fore and aft, five on the larboard and
five on the starboard side, and wires penetrating these
cylinders extended and were attached to the main wires
on the raft. The main wires, which were above the sur-
face of the water, were covered with cotton and India-
rubber varnish ; and those cannecting them with the
magazines in the water had an additional coat of tar,
with an outer covering of list. The magazines would be
sunk to a depth of about 23 feet ; and they were affixed
to the vessel by means of single sheaved blocks, having
rattling-lines rove through them, which had been pre-
viously bolted to the vessel by the use of the diving ap-
paratus. This was the work of Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday in last week. For the simultaneous explo-
sion of the magazines there were three of Smee's
batteries, each having ten cells, with double plates of
zinc and platina, Cif inches by 5 inches ; and a fourth
battery of iron and zinc plates equal to 20 cells of
the zinc and platina ; and they were charged with sul-
phuric acid diluted in the proportion of six parts to one.
The whole of the galvanic apparatus was manufactured
expressly for the occasion by Mr. H. Watson, of News
castle-upon-Tyne. The interest excited by these opera-
tions was general and intense. Upwards of 50,000
people were congregated on the high ground overlooking
the river on both sides ; a considerable proportion of
whom had come from Newcastle, Sunderland, and vari-
ous other places in the neighbourhood, the intention of
the corporation to blow the vessel up having been an-
nounced by advertisement in the public prints. The
Mayor and the members of the Town- Council had a
steamer engaged for their accommodation ; and several
other steamers were well frieghted, but they were not
allowed to approach within a considerable distance of
the wreck, so that those that occupied the river banks
had decidedly the hest view. By ten o'clock, the water
having then nearly ebbed, the fixing of the wires was
commenced, and occupied upwards of an hour Seven
of the canisters were run down to their berths, and se-
cured there in less than half an hour. Owing to the
accidental fouling of the other ropes, a little delay oc-
curred in placing the remainder, the divers having to be
put in requisition. By one o'clock the whole was com-
pleted, and then the batteries were charged, a black flag
having been hoisted at the mainmast-of the Lady Faver-
sham, to indicate that all was in readiness to effect her
destruction. The firing of a gun was the pre-arranged
signal for the explosion ; and that having been given,
the operator completed the galvanic circle, and a large
body of water rose at each end of the wreck to the
height of about tea feet. This effect being much less
than was anticipated, an examination was made, when
it was found that only two of the canisters had ex
ploded, and that a third one had been torn away, the
others remaining precisely as they had been placed. The
cause of the failure is attributed to the coldness of the
day, and the inferior quality of the gunpowder, which
is supposed to have been also too damp, arising from the
canisters having been filled on board a hopper barge,
moored near the wreck, during a thick miazling rain,
which prevailed at intervals during the morning. Some
fragments of the wreck were found floating on the sur
face of the river after the explosion ; but if all had gone
off as was expected, the destruction of the vessel would
probably have been completed. The experiment will no
doubt be repeated in the course of a few days, when
probably a larger quantity of gunpowder will be used
than was on this occasion, owing to the state of alarm
into which many of the inhabitants of North and South
Shields were thrown by apprehensions of danger. All
the windows facing the water were thrown open at the
time of the explosion ; and many persons, it is said,
actually removed their furniture some days previously.
The river police, under the direction of Mr. Stephens,
were exceedingly active in keeping the way clear ; and
it is satisfactory to state that all passed off without an
accident to any one.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 10.

- STOOK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and East-
ern Junction, Is. 3d. dis—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che.
shire Junction, 1 p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 6%
p.—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 14 p.—Chester and
Birkenhead, New, 204 Shares, % p.—East Lancashire, (Nos.
1 and 2), New, 3% p. ex new—Ditto, New (scrip), 14 p.—
Glasgow and Dumfries, 11/8 p.—Glasgow and Ayr, 5% p.-
-Huddersfield Canal and Railway Extension, 1% p.—Leeds
and Dewsbury, Branch (blue), 6 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2,4
dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.—Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, % dis.—London and
North-Western, 194—Ditto, New, Quarters, 13 p.—London
and South-Western, 63 ex new—Manchester and Leeds,
Fifths, 5% p.—Ditto ( late Manchester, Bolton, and Bury),
Fifths, 5% p.—Midland, 1264—Ditto, New, 4% p.—New-
castle and Carlisle, Il3—North Union (A), 225—Ditto (B),
155—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, %dis.—Sheffield and Man-
chester, Quarters No. 3, 34 dis.—Shrewsbury and Hereford,
dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late North Wales Mineral),
5 p.—Ditto, New, 214 p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chas.
A
ter, New, Is. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), zr,
p.—Ditto, 9/. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), p.—Shropshire Union
Railway and Canal, 3s. 9d. dis.—West Riding Union, I:3A,
p.—York and Newcastle,
New, 7%
p.—nrDitto,
stPßreittegne.he',2
p.—York and North. Midland (East a
tension), 12 A p.—Ditto, Preference, 934 p.—Dutch Rhenish
1% dis.

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p.-M.nchester
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p Oldham Alliance, % p.-Shropshire Union, 5-16 p.-
LEEDS, DECEMBER
10.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York
West Union, 1% p.
Extension, 30s. p.-East Lancashire New Scrip, 295. p.-
p.-Glasgow and Dumfries,2os. p.-Huddersfield and
East and West Yorkshire, 19s. dis -Ely and Huntingdon,
Manchester,l2s.6d 4 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% p. c. ii.-
LeAs and Thirsk, 2 dis. c. n.-Ditto, New, 4s. dis. c. n.-
Ditto, Preference, 18s. 6d. p.-Malton and Driffield Junction,
20s. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Maticck, and Midland, 1% p.
-North British, Thirds, 495. p.-Ditto, Quarter Shares
(late Carlisle Branch), 41s. p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip),
18s. p.-North-Western, 7s. 6d. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole, I4s. p.-Wharfdale Junction, 12s. 6d. dis.-York
and Newcastle, Preference, 47 p.-York and North Mid-
land, Preference, 10 p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos-
ton, 2s. 6d. dis.-London and York, 6s. 6d. dis.-West
Riding Union, 31. 17s.
HULL, DECEMBER 10.
STOCK EXCHANOE.-To-day bu 3 era have been more ac-
tive than for some days past ; a larger amount of business
consequently has been transacted. The quotations of the old
stocks remain about the same. Eastern Unions, and Dur-
ham and Sunderlands, are improved. Ipswich and Bury
rather lower. The sales are-North British, Half Shares,
15%-Ditto, Quarters, 675. 6d.-Ditto, New(scrip), 19a. p.
-Ditto, Thirds, 21. Ils. 6d. p.-Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, 2 %-North- Western, Bs. p.-North Staffordshire,
31. ss. 6d. p.

- YORK, DECEMBER 10.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Great North of
England, 2351 A—London and York, 21. 4s.—Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, WA—Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 344—North British, Thirds, WA—Ditto, Extension,
IL 11s.—North Staffordshire, 854—North-Western, 21. 19s.
—Sheffield, Rotherham, &c., 3%—York and Newcastle,
New, 121 A—Ditto, ('reference, Cl. 18s. 9d.—York and North
Midland, 93—Ditto, Preference, 12.

E DI.N B URGH: DECEMBER 9.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Direct Northern, 41s.
—Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2, 2434—Dundee and
Perth, New, 101.—East of Fife, 365. 6d.—Edinburgh and
Northern, 6s. 3d. ex new—Ditto, ew, 945. 6d.—Ditto, New-
port, 78s. 6d. ex new—Ditto, New, 59s.—Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle, 6/. Bs.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar-
drossan, 40s.—North British, 36 lA—Ditto, Thirds, 745. 6d.
—Ditto, Quarters, 70s. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 335.
—Scottish Central, 2134—Scottish Midland, 14s.—Direct
Bombay and Madras. ss. 9d.
GLASGOW, DECEMIER 9.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 2334 —Air
•
drie and Coatbridge, 40s.— Caledonian, New, 455. 6d.—Cale- I
donian and Dumbartonshire, 375. 6d.—Clydesdale Jnnqtion,
341.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 6s.—East Ind an Railway,
11s. 6d.—Edinbu rgh and Glasgow, Halves, 20/. Ditt4 Quar-
ters, 18 LA—Edinburgh and Northern, 15'—Ditto, Newport,
78s. 6d.—Glasgow General Terminus,\ 34-IGlaspw, Kilmar-
nock, and Ayr, 604.-74.1itt0:, 3.7%—;Ditto, Quarters (5 per
eept, ggar.), italvipi, EL 118. 6d.—Glasgow,
Dumfries, and (riarlisle, 61. 11s.—Glasgow and Garnkirk,
4 11,—_Glatigow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 40s —GlasEron,i,,
p
Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 41s.—Madras,
.Neiore,:ll6o,
Arcot, 3s.—Manchester and Southampt, .
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