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STAINES and RICHMOND RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management of this Railway have the
satisfaction to state that arrangements have been made with the
London and South-Western Railway Company, by which the Scrip-
holders in this Company will be entitled to an equal number of Scrip
Shares in the New Amalgamater Company, upon payment of 1/. 2s.
per share. Such new shares will then be considered as having paid
a deposit of 2/. 2s. in the Amalgamater Company, to be called the
" Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Company." Scrip-
holders will he required to deposit the scrip with the Secretary, at
the Offices of the ,Company, 32, Moorgate-street, on or before
SATURDAY, the 31st of October inst., between the hours of Eleven
and Four o'clock. A receipt will be given for the scrip at the time
the same is left at the Offices of the Company. Persona transmitting
their scrip by post are requested to write their names and addresses
in full across the face cf the scrip. Due notice will be given of the
times and places appointed for payment of the deposit, and for ex-
changing the Shares for Scrip in the Amalgamater Company.
By order, J. C. GOVETT, Secretary.
32, Moorgate-street, Oct. 14,1816.

STAFFORD SHIRE and SHROPSHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 16.—This morning, at nine
o'clock, the flag (blue) of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle,
• Bart., the Commander-in-Chief, was hoisted on board
• the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne taking the com-
mand, superseding Captain Shepherd. Commodore Sir
Francis Collier's pendant was struck at sunset last night.
Captain Milne mustered the crews of the ships in com-
mission on board the St. Vincent.
That which yesterday we only mentioned as a rumour
with regard to the disposal of the Retribution has been'
since confirmed by official order. She is actually to be-
come a tender to the Excellent, gunnery-ship, and we
are informed (and the report emanated from " Excel-
lent " authority) that on her return to England the Ter-
rible will be similarly disposed of
Captain Lushington and the following officers of the
Retribution received their appointments to the Ven-
geance, 84, this afternoon:—
Lieutenants—J. Cis Bickford, C. Hawkey, the Hon.
J. R. M. Byng, and P. N. Darnell. Lieutenant Story,
appointed first-lieutenant, being absent on a short leave,
has not taken up his appointment to the Vengeance yet.
Master—R. Salmoad.
Surgeon—B. Verling.
Paymaster and Purser—O. S. Mountsteven.
Naval Instructor—H. C. E. Warcup.
Assistant• Surgeon—R. Wallace, M.D.
Second Master—F. T. Jameson.
Midshipmen—F. A. Dewdney, G. Todd, J. 11. E.
Wemyss, and C. C. Day.
Naval Cadets—R. A. Parr, J. R. Bowling, S. B. Brett,
and G. E. Massey.
Master's Assistant—H. Ley.
Clerks=-E. Death and J. Donald.
Gunner—J. Compton.
Boatswain—W. Bray.
Carpenter—J. Rogers.
The Rev. W. J. Millar, late chaplain of the Retribu-
tion, is appointed to the Queen, and the Rev. Mr. Cooper
to the Vengeance.
The engineers of the Retribution are all appointed to
the Excellent (additional) for service in the former.
The Vengeance is alongside the jetty, under the
shears. She received the fore and wizen masts of the
Powerful, 84, to-day, and her own bowsprit. Her main-
mast, too, was lifted and stepped. Her lower deck guns
are not to be issued from the gun wharf until her return
from the service for which she is now intended (to carry
troops to the West Indies). The party of Royal Marine
Artillery, under the command of First Lieutenant Hall,
are to return to head•quarters, as are the party on
board the Avenger, under the command of First Lieute-
nant Tate.
The hull of the old Leviathan, formerly a 74, and one
of the crack ships during the war, having figured con-
spicuously at the battle of Trafalgar, and formed one of
Nelson's weather division, under the command of Captain
H. W. Bayntun, was taken on Monday last to one of the
uppermost inlets in this harbour, generally called Bomb-
ketch Lake (from its having formerly been the place
where such vessels were laid up in ordinary), as a mark
for the shot and shell practice from the Excellent. The
shipwrights of the dockyard have since been employed
in scuttling her, for what purpose it is difficult to ima-
gine, unless to render her more steady as a mark. But
surely such a fact is a practical libel upon the proficiency
in gunnery supposed to exist on board the Excellent;
for it is as much as to say, a huge hulk, moored at only
about 2,000 yards range from that ship, cannot be struck
if it floats, or is otherwise acted upon by the tide ! To-
day being the first day's practice (as we were informed)
upon the helpless old hulk, we attended to witness what
havoc would be made by the shot and shell directed
against her, but our patience was not rewarded with
gratification ; for, after waiting upwards of art hour,
neither shot nor shell, that-we saw, did any more serious
execution than destroying myriads of periwinkles lodged
in the mud in the intermediate distance between the gun-
nery-ship and her venerable target, none of the deadly
missiles having been projected so far as the hulk.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Vic-
toria and Albert, Crocodile, and Nautilus ; Retribution,
Avenger, Blazer, Comet, Myrtle, and Echo steamers.
In Dock—Prince Regent, Ajax, Edinburgh, Leander,
Champion, and Serpent.
In the Basin—Rattlesnake, Belvidere, Fairy, Amphi-
trite, and Trincomalee.
At Spithead—Eurydice.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 15.—Her Majesty's ship America,
50, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, which left here on
the 13th for the Mediterranean, hove in sight this morn-
ing. She was observed about half-past six, under three
double-reefed topsails, reaching towards the land between
Penlee Point and Rame Head. She then set her courses
and stood off to the westward. The topgallantmasts
were going up when she went out of sight. Wind
westward.
The Portuguese schooner Uuiao, in ballast, from
Dublin for Cork, put in with loss of bowsprit, &c., having
been in contact, on Sunday last, with an English
schooner, name unknwn, Also _the istlits.Qtte.lyseaStyar,
(laian corn), from Southampton
for Sligo, with pumps choked. Put back, the Hon. East
India Company's steam-frigate Moozuffer, with her
maintopmast sprung, and main rigging damaged ; also
the Sardinian brig Zurbano, and the Austrian brig Fer-
nando, with some others.
The barque Eden, Captain Finch, bound to Almeira,
is ashore at Garanower, between Stoke Point and
Yealm, with her bowsprit and foretopmast gone, and
one man lost.
The schooner Queen Victoria, Captain Fox, which
missed stays on the 13th, was got off this morning.
The American barque Edinburgh, Captain Jackson,
from Mantanzas for Antwerp, came in this afternoon,
experienced a tremendous hurricane on the 19th of
September, in long. 39 40 W. ; was thrown on her
beamends, nearly all her sails blown away, and rudder
damaged.
CHATHAM, OCT. 16.—The Mutine, 12, Commander
Robert Tryon, in dock, is ready for sea, with the excep-
tion of her guns, which she will receive on board after
she is released out of dock.
The Gloucester, 50, is coppered, and she is only wait-
ing for the spring tides to be put out of dock.
The Aid, Smallman, Master, sailed this day with
stores for Woolwich and Deptford yards.
The undermentioned workmen have been discharged
this week from the yard on pensions, viz., James Wim-
sted, blacksmith, at 221. per annum ; Michael Cooper,
sawyer, at 201. ; and John Read, leading man of la-
bourers, at 20/.
The ship Danby, of Whitby, arrived on the 14th, with
a cargo of hemp for the dockyard.
The detachment of Royal Marines from this battalion,
consisting of 2 captains, 3 lieutenants, 8 sergeants, 4
drummers, and 208 rank and file, that was under orders
for embarkation on Tuesday last, was countermanded,
in consequence of the Crocodile troop ship wanting re-
pairs; and it was again placed in orders to proceed in
two divisions for service at Spike Island, Cove of Cork.
The first division, of 110 men, marched at the unusual
hour of three o'clock in the morning of Thursday, the
15th instant, to the Sun- pier, at Chatham, where the
Victoria steam-vessel was in readiness to convey them
to the terminus of the Gravesend and Rochester Rail-
way, and proceeded by special train to Gravesend, and
embarked from the Terrace-pier on board the Lightning
and Wildfire steam-vessels, ordered by the Admiralty,
whence they were taken to St. Katharine's Docks, and
put on board the Ajax, Cork steamer, and she left im-
mediately with the troops, who were not encumbered
with much luggage; six women and six children were
all that were allowe to proceed with the detachment.
At two o'clock, an hour before the troops assembled for
marching order, each man was served with refreshment
of a pint of hot cocoa, with milk and sugar, as the
weather was extremely cold and wet. This indulgence
was granted by Colonel C. Menzie, K.H., second in
command, and who is acting-commandant at present
of this division. There is no order for the 2d division
to move.
PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenant and Adjutant John George
A. Ayles, of the Portsmouth division, is to be Captain
at Chatham, vice Brevet-Major G. E. Balchild, de-
ceased ; First Lieutenant A. D. Lydden Ferrant is ap-
pointed Adjutant at Portsmouth, vice Ayles promoted ;
and Second Lieutenant W. B. Huberficld to be First
Lieutenant at Portsmouth, vice Ferrant promoted.
Captain William Taylor is under orders to rejoin the
Chatham head-quarters, and Captain David M'Adam has
embarked on board the ship Queen, vice Baldchild, de-
ceased.
SREERNESS, OCT. 16.—An order has arrived at the
dockyard for the authorities to report to the Admiralty
the state and efficiency of the advance ships in this ordi-
nary ; also the probable expense and the time it would
occupy in getting in readiness the few remaining stores
each advance ship would require for commissioning.
The ten sale of the line in an advanced state at this
port comprise the following effective vessels, viz.:—The
Howe, 120; the Waterloo, 120; the Monarch, 84; Asia,
84; Ganges, 84; Achille, 72; Hercules, 72; Hawke, 72;
and Russell, 72. There are also two heavy frigates in
an advanced state, viz. :—The Cornwall, 50; and the
Conquestador, 50; and there are fitting and nearly com-
pleted the Worcester, 50, and the Chichester, 50.
The Birkenhead iron steam-frigate, 1,400 tons and
460 horse-power, is ordered to be fitted up immediately
for the conveyance of troops, for which she will be ad-
mirably adapted.
The ./Eolus, 44, Master-Commander John Thomas,
having had her bottom caulked and re-coppered, was
hauled out of dock to-day, and is now under the
shears to be masted. She will be ready for sea by the
30th inst.
The Euryalus, 44, fitting for convict service at Gib-
raltar, has had her time of completion prolonged to the
10th proximo.
The Wildfire steamer, Master G. Brockman, arrived
from Gravesend yesterday, whither she had conveyed
the baggage of the detachment of marines ordered from
Chatham to Ireland.
The Raven cutter, Lieutenant J. Stephen, returned
last week from Yarmouth and the other northern ports,
where she has been recently employed entering volun-
teers for the navy.
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain J. N. Nott, is expected
to return here about the end of the month, to resume
the flag of the Commander-in-Chief,. orders having been
sent out to Sir William Parker to detach her from his
squadron.
Captain Richard Arthur, C. 8., has his broad blue pen-
dant flying on board the Ocean, being now senior officer,
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward King haying proceeded on a
few clap' lOW of absence,

.A circular having been issued to the Shareholders bearing the
notification from the Directors, that they will make a Return of
sig-
nature of "S. Stanway, Secretary," purporting to be an authorised
Twelve Shillings and Sixpence per Share on account of the Deposits,
asd proceed to wind up the affairs, we are desired to state, on behalf
of a large and influential portion of the Shareholders, under whose
direction the affairs of this Company have undergone a close investi-
gation, that it appears that a considerable portion of the Company's
funds have been most illegally withdrawn from the bank upon
cheques signed by some of the principal acting officers of the Com-
pany, that such moneys have been grossly misapplied for speculative
purposes, and that the interests of the Shareholders have been
shamefully sacrificed.

Arrangements are therefore making to effect a just settlement of
the Company's affairs, and secure the return of the Company's funds,
and otherwise for the benefit of the Shareholders generally, who are,
therefore, earnestly requested to co-operate with the body engaged
in the performance of that duty, and on no account to listen to the
proposal contained in the circular referred to.
BARR, LOFTEIOUSE, and NELSON, Solicitors.
Leeds, October 10, 1846.
P.S. Scripholders are requested to communicate with us, in order
that they may be directly apprised of present and future measures
for the protection of their interest.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
OPENING OF THE BRANCH LINE TO BEDFORD.
NOTICE. —The public are informed that on TUESDAY NEXT, the
20th instant, this RAILWAY will be OPENED THROUGHOUT to
BEDFORD, and that Trains will be dispatched
FROM EUSTON STATION
At % past 7 LX., arriving at Bedford at about 14 past
110.
M before 11 A.M., 0 M past .
3 past 5 P.M., 0 8 P.M.
SAND FROM BEDFORD
At M before 8 A.M., arriving at the Euston Station at about
20m. past 10 A.M.
M past 2 P.M., ~ 5 P.M.
6 P.M., % past 8 P.M.
By order, It. CREED, Secretary.
Office; Easton Station, October 13, 1846.

"TALL OF ROAM, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, HAYMARKET.
Eight doors from Coventry-street.
Under Distinguished Patronage.—The original Poses PlastiqueS and

Tableaus Vivans.

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Professor TURNOUR, ever anxious to diversify the attractions at
the above splendid theatre, begs most respectfully to inform the
Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, that he has succeeded in en-
gaging one of the finest Models of the day, who will appear every
afternoon and evening durlag the week in Professor Tumour's cele-
brated groups of Veuus Rising from the Sea and the Lute Player.
The new (Musical Groupings, which have been acknowledged by the
press as far surpassing anything of the kind ever attempted in this
country, will be repeated during the week, introducing the THREE
COLOURED FEMALE MODELS, natives of Hindoostan, who have
been received with rapturous applause by fashionable and crowded
houses.

Morning Performance at Three o'clock, and Evening at Half-past
Eight.—Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is.

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In Harbour—The Ocean, 80 ; the Raven,-3 ; African
and Wildfire steamers.
WOOLWICH, OCT. 16.—The Gladiator steam-frigate,
Captain John Robb, has been taken out of the basin at
Woolwich, and, as stated last week, will embark Sir
Henry Pottinger, the newly-appointed Governor of the
Cape of Good Hope, for a passage to that colony.
By letters from Canada it appears that two regiments
are to be.withdrawn from North America, for service at
the Cape of Good Hope.
Commodore Sir Francis A. Collier, C. 8., on
his visit to the Woolwich Dockyard on Wednesday, the
14th instant, communicated officially to the Admiralty
that he had joined on that date, and hoisted his broad
pendant in the William and Mary yacht. The gallant
officer has gone on leave for a few days, but the official
documents are signed " for the Commodore Superin-
tendent."

The accounts from the Terrible war-steamer up to
the present date are highly favourable to that fine vessel.
When starting from the cruising ground her speed was
found to be upwards of ten knots and alhalf per hour on
the average, although she had only two boilers at work
during the whole time, with an ascertained pressure of
six pounds weight only on the steam guage. The quan-
tity of coals consumed in steaming for twenty-four hours
was thirty-three tons. She had on board 500 tons of
coals, with water and provisions for three months, and
has been reported as capable of carrying 200 tons more
than that quantity, as she is never affected by weight.
The Terrible under favourable circumstances averages
220 miles per day. Captain Ramsay ordered the
stern guns of the lower deck to be fired six times
with 161 b. of powder, and double shotted each charge, the
usual charge of powder being only 101 b. The firing was
effected with perfect safety to the vessel. She can fight
with four 56-pounders in a line with the keel, aft, in the
stern, and with four guns of the same calibre and
weight of metal in her bow. On a trial of speed with the
Retribution, the Terrible having at the time more than
150 tons of coals on hoard above the quantity carried by
the Retribution, and one deck extra of heavier guns,
with double quantities of powder, shot, and shells, that
the latter vessel had, the Terrible beat the Retribution
on every point, riding perfectly easy and quick over the
sea, when her opponent was rolling to a great degree.
From the speed of thererrible, and her comparatively
small consumption of coal, she is the most economical
vessel, comparatively, in her Majesty's navy. ller ad-
vantages under sail are of a superior description, as has
been proved by her towing a vessel of 370 tons up-
wards of 191 miles without any aid from her steam-
engines. In the Bay of Biscay she behaved nobly, and
sailed three weeks without steam. On her return to
Cork with the Gladiator, the Terrible, with only half
steam up, beat the Gladiator, although the latter vessel
used her full power.

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furnace already mentioned; and the carbonic gas g
mixed with the atmosphere in the blast pipe would
form a highly explosive mixture. 'low ignition was com-
municated I cannot say; but I am of opinion some red-
hot ashes in the ash-pits of one of the puddling► furnaces
were the most probable cause of the explosion. It seems
almost incredible how so small a quantity of incalescent
ashes should have been able, in so short a time, to have
generated sufficient carbonic oxide gas; and still more
incredible is it, how it could have entered in sufficient
quantity into the blast pipes to have caused such tre-
mendous destruction as it did. But as all the blast pipes
in the vicinity of the blast furnaces, which are the only
possible sources of the gas, are uninjured, I am compelled
to come to the conclusion that the cause above-mentioned
was the true cause of the explosion.
The CORONER complimented Mr. Bell on the com-
pleteness of his statement, which left no doubt on his
mind that the explosion was the result of accident, and
could not have been anticipated or prevented; and that,
consequently, no blame was attached to any one.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."
The bodies of the unfortunate sufferers were interred
this afternoon. The other persons injured are going on
favourably. There was not any " escape valve" into the
drain, as stated in the description of the premises, but
the impure air is supposed to have percolated through
the stratum.

IRELAND.
Dnimm, OCT. 15.—The Cork Examiner, received in
town this afternoon, gives accounts of the deaths of four
men from starvation. Two had died at Castlehaven, one
in Macroom, and another in Skibbereen. The Board of
Works have authorised a considerable number of the
presentments lately made in that county ; but from its
great -extent, and the density of its population, com-
paratively little relief has been afforded to the poor.
However, the Board appears now to be getting on with
more effect, already it is said they have 20,000 men at
work in various pal is of the country. With the excep-
tion of Cork, the reports from the other counties are not
so gloomy as they have hitherto been. The following
letters are from the Cork Examiner, and the writers of
which express themselves warmly. The death of a
human being from starvation is a deplorable event, one
which invariably excites general sympathy, but after all
we should not regard these as indicative of the fate of
any considerable number of the population. The exer-
tions made are likely to be attended with success, at
least, near all large towns where food can be purchased.
The cry now is for food to purchase. The scarcity in
many districts is occasioned by the want of mills to grind
the wheat and oats, which are tolerably abundant.

DEATHS FROM STARVATION.
CAsTnErravEN.—ln the locality of Dereleigh an in-
stance of death from want has taken place. The victim
was a poor man, name unknown, who had been at work
all day on a new line of road. On reaching his miser-
able home in the evening, he was seized with illness
consequent on his want of food, a morsel of which he
had not tasted that day. The Catholic clergyman, the
Rev. Mr. Mulcahy, was sent for, but on his arrival death
had ended the sufferings of the miserable victim of want.
In the same neighbourhood another death of another
poor man took place from a similar cause. General ap-
prehensions are entertained, that if something effectual
be not done before Christmas, the consequences must
indeed be alarming in the extreme. In the parish of
Dereleigh Indian meal is sold at the rate of from Is. Bd.
to ls. 10d. per stone. The great majority of the popu-
lation are totally unemployed, and the wages of labour
of those who succeed in procuring work are totally in-
adequate to the purchase of food for families, which
average in number at least six, in many cases nine and
ten. The population heretofore derived a subsistence
from fishing, but circumstances and the e!ements have
combined against them, and for the rea,on they have
taken scarcely any fish. The respected Catholic clergy.
man of the parish, the Rev. Mr. Mulcahy, notices the
absence from divine service on Sundays of a large num-
ber of his flock. He can only attribute this to their
want of clothing, all their raiment being pledged or
disposed of for the sake of feeding their famishing
families.

MAcnoom. —An unfortunate labourer, having
struggled against poverty, destitution, and famine so
long as any resource had been left, was proceeding on
Thursday last to the Macroonc Workhouse, when death,
as if in pity, assailed him on the road, and put a period
to his earthly sufferings. Upwards of eight hundred
starving creatures daily receive a breakfast at the work-
house, which amongst the great majority is their only
sustenance.

SKIMIEREENT, OCT. 12.—1 send you a copy of the
minutes of evidence taken on an inquest held in Skib-
bereen court house yesterdar, on the body of a poor
man, named Jeremiah Ilegartv, who resided on the
townland of Licknafon, near Skibbereen, and who was
found dead on Sunday morning last, at a short distance
from the town, The evidence elicited on the inquest
renders it unnecessary for me to add one word on the
frightful distress which has prevailed in this locality,
and indeed in all Carbery. Suffice it to say, that the
condition of poor lie„,,,arty, who died of starvation, and
his sorrowing but half-starved son-in-law, Driscoll,
was better than that of thousands of his neighbours ;
for Driscoll is a small farmer in Carbery, he had a little
barley, which he was baking privately out of the stack,
and using, although Curly Buckley, the driver of De
Courcey O'Grady, had put a cross and keepers on
genes u 1 dissatisfaction here et 41-_,-
fee iii nett is°,lw n n-opv .iirtragh
your journal, that Lord John Russell is unfit for the pre-
, sent emergency, and that Sir Robert Peel should be
again restored to power. We have the name of a Board
of Works, who have not yet given half the necessary
employment, and the poor men whomithey have employed
are unable to work for want of food, in consequence of
the irregularity of the payments—they are often nine
and ten days, and sometimes a fortnight, without receiv-
their wages. The Relief Committee of Skibbereen have
frequently represented to the Board of Works the neces-
sity of more frequent and more punctual payments, but
their representation has not been attended to. Though
Indian meal is now one shilling and tenpence per stone,
the labourer on the public works is not able to earn
eightpence per day regularly. We have the name of a
depot in Skibbereen, and a commissary officer to take
care of it, but it might as well be in Kamschatka, for
though he has a good supply of provision in store yet we
cannot get an ounce of it in Skibbereen, although the
poor people are fainting on the streets for want of food.
It is really most affecting to see the poor labourers, who
are on the streets breaking stones, trying to work, but
unable to do so, and occasionally asking the passers-by
for a penny to buy a little bread. Many have been
obliged to give up the work, from weakness and exhaus-
tion. We want more work to employ the people. We
want more frequent payments, daily if possible, twice a
week at least; we want higher wages for the labourers,
and we want a sufficient supply of provisions to sell out
at a reasonable price, a price proportioned to a man's
wages, so that a labourer may be enabled to purchase as
much food, as would be sufficient to support him. If
we do not get those the poor people must starve. The
minutes of testimony which give the details of the case
related in the preceding letrcr shall be given in our next.
CROOKIIAVEN, OCT. 12.—What a deplorable state of

things ! A noble peasantry are famishing ! A con-
tinued parade of their patience, even to the agony of
fainting, is kept up every day before a Relief Committee,
powerless as themselves, for the purposes of relief. Good
God ! how long shall this continue ? Oh, shame on it.
All cry out for a sufficient staff to open works for relief,
or else be prepared, and that speedily, for unheard-of
scenes. Let these committees be either enabled to re-

lieve, by giving employment, or, for God's sake, relieve
them from a pressure they cannot stand longer ; for this
feeling is come upon every member of them, from seeing
the vast crowds that beset continually their private houses
as well as the committee-rooms—every one crying out in
paroxysms of hunger, protesting to Heaven that they
have not tasted food since yesterday morning, and that
they have not a penny to purchase food, even though it
were to save them from death. Next to the religious
feeling, the confidence of these distressed men in the
benign intentions of the Government has had the effect of
keeping them quiet. Shall not the Government officials
hasten to their relief, and give them practical proof that
their confidence is well founded ? If this is to be, let not
a moment be lost, for now, in truth, delay is dangerous.

APPREHENSION OF JOHN PERRY, THE PUGILIST.
—NEWBURY, OCT. 15.—This morning, or rather in the
middle of the night, between the hours of twelve and one
o'clock, Police Superintendent Shepherd, of the Win-
chester force, accompanied by Superintendent Van San-
ten, of the tindover borough force, apprehended the
above-named well-known character at Speenhamland,
Newbury, on a warrant issued by the city magistrates of
Winchester, backed by other magistrates, charged with
uttering a 201. note, purporting to be of the firm of the
University Bank, Oxford, to a Mr. Flight, a tailor, of
Winchester. It appears, Perry went to Mr. Flight's
shop, and ordered u suit of clothes, for which, when
done, he paid with this forged 201. note, receivingin ex-
change.d the balance in sterling money. Mr.. Flight paid
the note away in his usual way of business, twill. at length
.
it came into the hands of the bankers
oantdonmcc •
bankers,'
by them it was transmitted. to their L
who in due course presented it to th.e agents in London
of the University Bank, established in the said city of
Oxford, who immediately pronounced
applied
same to
.be a
forgery. A warrant was, therefore,
.. fur, obtained,
and placed in the hands of the city police, Winchester,
who on the same day, and within less than 12 hours,
apprehended him as and where above stated—the offi-
cers returning with their prisoner arriving at Andover
by six o'clock, and in Winchester by nine in the morn-
ing, where they safely lodged the offender, there to be
examined before the magistrates.
GRAVESEND, OCT. 16.—A detachment of the 3Sth
regiment of Foot, consisting of ninety-four men, under
the command of Captain Storey, arrived here yesterday
evening, from Londonderry, and proceeded by the
Gravesend and Rochester Railway to Chatham barracks
where they are to remain for a few days prior to their
embarkation at this place to join head-quarters at Jamaica.
Loss 01' THE BRIG CLIFTON, OF NEWCASTLE,
WITH Slx OF HER CREW.—Mr. R. Moorhead, master of
the brig Clifton, of Newcastle, of 263 tons register, ar-
rived at Penarth roads on Thursday morning in the
barque Secret, and brought the mournful intelligence of
the total loss of that vessel, as well as six of her crew.
It appears that the Clifton tool' on board at Buctush a
cargo of timber for London ; and on the 9th of Septem-
ber proceeded on her intended voyage. On the 19th of
the same month she encountered violent gales, ranging
from S. to S.S.W., at which period the vessel became
water-logged, and turned bottom upwards ; her masts
then gave way, and she righted. Six men were drowned.
After the survivors had spent three days and three
nights in the main top, they were seen by Captain Gor-
win, of the barque Secret, who took them on board. In
' this vessel they arrived at Penarth roads on Thursday
I worning.—Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian,

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