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MANC HESTER, MARCH 9.

9.—The Brilliant, 20, was commis-
sioned on _ afternoon by Captain Watson, who has
since left for town. The Brilliant was a 38-gun frigate, but
now cut down, has a spar deck, and will mount from 20 to
24 guns of large calibre.
The Havannah, 20, another razee, is preparing for commis-
sion in the basin. The alterations of her stern are nearly
completed, and in the course of another fortnight she will be
ready for commission.
The Snake, 16, Commander Thomas B. Brown, was towed
to the Nore on Thursday, where she took her powder on
board, and having undergone the usual inspection by the
Commander-in-Chief, sailed on Friday afternoon for Spit-
head, where she is to be paid advance wages, and receive her
final orders.

The Electra, 18, Commander W. H. Maitland, was dis-
charged from the basin on Thursday, towed to the Nore on
Saturday, and mustered and inspected by the Commander-
in-Chief to• day. She sails for Spithead. Mr. Woodyer, the
master, who had his leg so seriously,injured on the 24th ult.,
underwent the operation of amputation of it at Chatham
Hospital yesterday, which he is stated to have borne well.
Mr. Saunders is appointed to supersede him in the Electra,
who, with Mr. Cooke, the first lieutenant, joined last week.
The Speedwell, tender to the Blazer, steam-surveying ves-
sel, has arrived from Harwich to refit, and has been hauled
into the North Camber for that purpose.
The Lightning steamer, Master Commander Petley, arrived
from Woolwich, on Friday, with Mr. Taylor, master of the
Ocean, and the party of men from the ordinary, who navi-
gated the Fury steam frigate to Liverpool. They came by
railway to London.
The Tartarus, steam-surveying vessel, Captain J. Wolfe,
having completed her refit, sailed on Saturday to resume her
surveying operations on the coast of Ireland.
The Cornwall and Conquestador, 50-gun frigates, progress
rapidly with their fittings for commiss►on, and the ship-
wrights are very busy with their new masts, one or two of
the old ones having been found rotten. The Cornwall is
under the painters' hands, and the caulkers will complete
their operations on the Conquestador this day. The Wor-
cester and Chichester, new 50-gun frigates, are also to be
brought forward; one of them is to be taken in hand this
week. They are mere shells at present, and will require
some time to be got ready.
There is some rumour of the Leaden, 90, being about to be
commissioned by Captain W. F. Martin, and of another line-
of-battle ship being about to be brought forward to exercise
the crew of the Trafalgar in fitting out, but no orders are
down to that effect.
The Birkenhead, iron steam-frigate, recently launched from
Mr. Laird's building-yard, at Birkenhead, is ordered round
here to be fitted for sea. She is the largest iron steamer in
the British navy; her engines being collectively of 560-
horse power, and her tonnage, carpenter's measurement,
1,400 tons.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF FELONY.

On Monday a charge of a very serious nature, arising out
of some gambling transactions, was heard by the bench of Canter-
bury magistrates. Such was the interest attached to the proceed-
ings, and the respectable position of the parties concerned, that there
were no fewer than ten magistrates present, the Mayor presiding ;
and a crowded hall. The defendants were—" Captain" Reynolds ;
Mr. llunt, surgeon; and Cornelius Saix, a Frenchman and " poet :"
and complainant, Joseph Zegg,, said. to be a relative of Mr. Hogg,
M.P. Complainant, It appeared, left the house•of a friend the pre- ,
vious Monday with a large sum of money and a 1001. bank receipt. '
After playing with the defendants all night at billiards, to party ad-
journed to the Fleur-de-Lis, where they continued at cards through-
out the following day. Complainant lost " everything" as he
said, and after being rid of all his cash, 1201., obtained
advances of Reynolds upon a hundred pound bank receipt,
which eventually became impounded for about 60/. or 70/.
Complainant went out and got a cheque for 100/. cashed at the bank,
and bade the authorities there not to cash a 1001. bank receipt, which
he had passed ander peculiar circumstances. He returned to the
card table, and at " unlimited loo" was eased of 55/. of his last 1001.
He placed the remaining 45/. in an outer pocket, and threw up the -
cards. Reynolds went out, and on his return abused the complainant
very much for having stopped the payment of the receipt given him.
A quarrel ensued, complainant was pushed about, and in two or
three minutes afterwards he discovered that the 45/. was gone. He
accused the party of having robbed him, and threatened to send for a
policeman ; upon which Reynolds said, " He would knock his head off
if he made any noise ;" and locking the door, refused to allow his depar-
ture. The waiter was called, but he refused to go fora policeman. Search.
was made about the room, but no money was found. The waiter
stated that Reynolds was the first to talk about a policeman being
obtained, because the complainant had stated he had been robbed.
The complainant underwent, a rigid cross• examination, but the ma-
terial point of his supposition as to having been robbed in the pre-
sence of the three defendants remained unshaken. They elicited,
however, that the complaleantillad offered to compromise the affair if
he could get 100/. In defence their solicitor, remarked upon the ex-
traordinary and serious nature of the charge, and that by lemon of
all the parties who were present being inculpated in the charge they
were unable to produce such testimony as they otherwise would
have done, to show that all the money had of complainant had been
fairly won ; and the only ground they proposed to take
was to give evidence to shake the complainant's credibility, to which
the solicitor for the prosecution o'sjected, and the Bench after a
lengthened private consultation, decided that it was inadmissible.
Such being the case, there was no absolute defence to the charge,
and the three defendants were committed for trial for felony, bail
being allowed for their appearance. Hunt and Reynolds imme-
diately put in their bail, but Mr. Saix being comparatively a stranger
here, he stated he must seek his friends in town.

STOCK EXCHANOE7-The sales are.-Ambergate, Nottingham, Roo.
ton, and Eastern Junction, % dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, 2% p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Cassal
Extension, IA dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 9-16;dis. -Liver-
peol, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1% p.-London and Manchester
(Rem.), 1 15.16 dis.-Lynn and Ely, par-Manchester and Bhming-
ham, Quarters (C), 6 3-16 p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-Preston
and Wyre Extenflion, M
LEEDS,u M dis.-Soth Eastern and Dover, Halves, %p.
AUR 9.
STOCK ExeneNex.-The sales are-London and Croydon, 21-
Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 214 p.-Sheffield and Manches-
ter, Quarter Shares, N 0.3, 5%-East Lancashire, N 0.2 (late Accring-
ton), 3 p.-Leeds and Bradford, 46% cash-North British, New Car-
lisle Branch, 2-London and York, 31. 45.-Direct Northern, 1%-
West Riding Union, 3%-Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 27s 6d.
dis -Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 235. dis.-East and
West Yorkshire, 7s. 6d. dis.-Grand Union, 7s. Gd. dis.-Lancashire,
Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 16s. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and
Midland, Ils. 6d. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 6s. 6d. ells.-Man-
cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 30s. p.-North Stafford-
shire, 3IA p. -North Western, 13s. p.-Welsh Midlands, 225. p.
. SHEFFIELD, Marten 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tite sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield Quar-
ter Shares, 1L 95.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, li. 125.-Man-
cheater, Midland, and Great Grimsby, I s-South Yorkshire Coal
Railway, I %-West Riding Union, 3%.
BULL, Mahon 9.
STOcK EXciIANGE.-The sales are-Armagh, Coleraine, and Port-
rush, 155.-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, New, Is. G. p.-Derby.
Gainsberough, and Grimsby, 13s. 6d.-Hull and Barnsley Junction.
255. 6d.-Leicester and Tamworth, 15s. dis.-Lincola and Wainfleet,
355.-North Wales, 2.

YORK, Manna 9.
BToca Excnamix.—The sales are—Direct Northern, 2—Gradd
Union, I—London and York, 3 4 —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 3/. 13s.—Newcastle and Berwick, 193f—.Newcastio
and Darling,ton, 43%—North British, Carlisle Extension, 2%—
York and North Midland Extension, 31 k —Ditto New (East and
West Riding), 9%,

EDINBURGH, Marten 6.
STOCK ExcHANOE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 91. 10s.-Aberdeen
Banff, and Elgin, 11. 145.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 2/. 35.-Arbroath
and Forfar, 28/. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161.-Armagh and Port-
rush, It. 2s. 6d.-Ayr and Dumfries, 21. 65.-Ayr and Galloway, 1/.
17s. 6d.-Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir, 21.-Banffshire, 1/. Ss.-
Belfast and County Down, 21.-British and Irish Union, 2/. 1 ls. 6d.
-Caledonian, 13/. ss. ex new-Ditto, New, 31. 55.-Caledonian Ex-
tension, 21. U.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21.85. 6d.--Caledonian
and Northern Direct, 2/. ls.-Carnwath and West Linton, 11. Is. 6d.
-Chelmsford and Bury, H.-Clydesdale Junction, 191.-Cornwall
and Devon Central, 1/. 155.-Deeside Railway, 4/. 10s.-Direct
Northern, 21. 55.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 41.75. 6d.-Dundee and
Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, 221.-Dundee and Forfar Junction.
ii. 16a.-Dundee and Perth, 141.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, 2/. 7s.
6d.-Eastern Counties Extension, 11. 18s.-East Indian Railway,
1 ';s. 6d.-East of Fife, 11. 195.-East Lothian Central and Tyne
Valley Junction, I/. 13s.--Edinburgh and Bathgate, V.-Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 741.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.- Ditto, Quarters, 181.-
Ditto, ditto, New, 161. 55.-Edinbargb, Glasgow, and Dumbarton.
16s. 6d. -Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 11. 6s.-Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton, 191.-Ditto, Preference, 201. 155.-Edin-
burgh and Northern, 51. 55.-Ditto, Newport, 11. Os. 6d.-Ditto,
Lochgelly, 1/. ss. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, IL 12s.-Edinburgh
and Perth, 31.- Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 11. 135.-
Forth and Clyde Junction, H. 17a. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 731.
-Ditto, New Stock, 251. 105.-Ditto, Quarter snares, 181. 55.-
Glasgow Belfast Union, 1/. 175.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,
2/. -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 155.-Glasgow and Garn-
kirk, 421.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock,
10g.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow Barbi:4ll'omnd Junction,
11. 18s.- Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 21.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
Ardrossan, 21. I ls.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 2/. 65.
-Granton Junction, 11. IN.-Great County. Down, 11. 15a.-
Great North of Scotland, 21. 155.-Great North and South Wales.
Bs.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. ls.-Lanark and Lothians, 21. 2s. 6d.-
Lame, Belfast, and Ballymena, It. 12s. 6d.-London and Houn-
slow, 11.- London and Manchester (Rastrick), 3/. 10s.-London and
Manchester (Rem.), 1/. 2s. 6d.-London and Windsor, 11. 2s. 6d.-
London and York, 31.15x.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 35.-Midland
and Eastern Counties, 11.8x.-Morayshire, 21.-Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 211.-Newry and Londonderry, 11. M.-North British, 26/.
10s.-Ditto, Halves, 91. 10s. -Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 21. 10s.-
Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 61. Is.- North Wales Mineral, New,
31. 10s.-Perth and Crieff Direct, It. il2s.-Perth land Inverness,
11. 1 1 s.- Scottish Central, 141. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 81. 155.-
Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. 10s.-Scottish Grand
Junction, 11. 10s.-Scottish Midland, 51. 105.-Scottish Southern, It.
U. 195. 6d.-
if. Midland, 18s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford,
(nand-
16s.--Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
Chester, 4/. 155.-Ditto, New, It. 45.-South
Stirling and Dunfermline, It. 195. Gd.-
Gran Stirling
Jun nan ,
.-Teast 2!. .
Strathern Junction, 2/. IN.-Surrey
and Dove Valley, 185.-Wisharr and Coltness, al!. 10s.
d , 9s. 6d

TEE FAMILY OF THE LATE GALLANT GENERAL NOTT.
—We have great pleasure in recording that the Hon. the Court of
Directors of the East India Company have announced their intention
to grant an allowance of 1001. per annum to Master Charles Nott,
until he attains the age of eighteen years, it being understood to be
for the purpose of his education.—Carmarthen Journal.
AN INCIDENT AT MOODKEE.—We have been fa-
voured by an excellent authority with the following account of the
death of Father Francis, a Catholic priest, at the battle of Moodkee.
The event is the same alluded to by our Contemporary the English-
nuns, in its number of the Bth instant :—" We have received the sad
intelligence of the death of the Rev. Father Francis of St. Etienne,
which most melancholy event took place on the 18th of December
last at Moodkee, during the first engagement of the British with the
Seikh army. He was seen, just before the action commenced, en-
deavouring to animate the soldiers, and exhorting them to place their
confidence in the Lord God of Hosts. When the tremendous artillery
of the enemy began to fire, he went to attend her Majesty's 50th
Regiment into battle. Catholics as well as Protestants were anxious
that he should not expose his valuable life to risk, but the love of his
fellow-creatures and the holy ardour of his divine mission were para-
mount over every other feeling ; and in the fond hope that he might
assist the wounded and soothe the last moments of some expiring
sinner, he lost sight of his own safety, and, alas ! he fell a victim to
his noble sense of philanthropy. Two days after the action his life-
less corpse was found amongst the heaps of the killed, dreadfully
mutilated by several wounds inflicted on his head and neck with a
sword. It is necessary to say, that when lately he left Loodianah,
Government refused him every comfort, and that in consequence he
was obliged to hire two camels for his service at his own expense.
The same happened to him when he accompanied the army from
Caubul, and when he attended the battle of Maharajpore. The Irish
Catholics and many Protestant friends will lament the loss of such a
zealous missionary, and will always recollect his wonderful exertions
during the cholera in the hospitals of Kurnaul, Agra, and Meerut.
We hear that Bishop Borghi has directed two of his clergymen to
join the :army of the Sutlej as soon as possible."--Agra Mar,
Jan. 15.
ACCIDENT AT BIRMINGHAM.-011 Sunday morning
considerable excitement was created in Broad-street, by the givin,
way of the floor of the Scotch Church during the time of Divin.
service. It appears that the congregation, consisting of betwee
200 and 300 persons, assembled about eleven o'clock, and imme
diately after service was commenced by the Rev. Peter Sibree, Ir
dependent minister. The Rev. Gentleman had just finished the fir
hymn, and was rising In prayer previous to reading the Scripture
when a loud crash washeard at the upper part of the chapele,tir
was immediately followed by loud screams, which threw the
n
and it was presently perceived that the floor was giving •
towards the door en
congregation into a state of perturbation. The utmost alarm' eainsiude:,
some places had sunk several inches. A rush
were entertained for the consequences. the sides of the building ensued,
in terror, to be quiet
hotted the children, who were screamino
I succeeded in the body
and allaying their fears. 0
and the mloisiteseneriovu.s3airp.psreibhreen:iwol
•u quiethadwhileate y
ness, and the foundation altogether
might have dew'.
any persons fortunat
thatl e without
by:the fright.havine received an
gregation , and led many feet. The preacher dismissed the con
THE TIMBER TRADE.--AA report baying existed till
her Majestys ' Ministers were prepared, should such a step appe
further injury than occasioned
reduction of I Os. aoa I d foreign timber, instead of a gradual redt.
universally desired by the timber trade, to prepese the immedla
that to be made in 1847 and 1848, the merchants and others interest
in the trade have been placed in some degree of suspense, as the ca
rying out of such a proposition, so far from being generally desire
was deprecated with few exceptions. A petition has, consequent
been forwarded from Hull, signed by a great portion of the timbe,
merchants and ship-owners, in favour of a gradual rather thane
immediate reduction in the duty ; and the petitioners have been it
formed, in reply, that " it is the intention of her Majesty's Ministe
to adhere to the proposal which they have submitted to Parli
ment in respect to the gradual reduction of the duties on fore!,
timber." _

Lord Ashley is spoken of as likely to be a candida'
for the representation of Salisbury at the next vstes.ney.—Ba
Journal.