The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-06 00:00:00

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might have avoided it. The sails were set when they struck,
and they were taken down by the men of their own accord,
without, any orders from the Captain. Some Spaniards came
off in a canoe, about 11 o'clock, with whom th- c..ptain wont
ashore. He went ashore on the second day, when witness an-
others of the crew were rowing ab..ut in the jolly-boat. On
_coming to the stern of the vesiel;they saw a cigar-boa in the
water, near the captain's cabin. They fished it up, and on
dr3 ing it and opening it, they found some leaves of the log.
book. There was no water in the hold until the third day,
when the captain came on board that night and asked witness
as to the state of the pumps. Witness said the vessel was
firm. Next morning he desired him to sound again. There
was then five feet water in the hold. The captain said—" she
has got a hola in her bottom now." The hole was under the
captain's c .bin. He was on board all night ; and the vesse, was
left high and dry on the rock, so that she could not bump. From
what they had seen at the Silver Keys, the crew always kept
their clothes ready in case of anyth'ng happening. They then
went, to Falmouth in Jamaica. The witness then detailed the
manner in which the captain had obliged the crew to sign the
protest They signed the protest upon a promise th tt they
would receive their wages. In place of do,ng so, he gave him
an order on the prisoner for 41. 13s. 6d., which had never been
paid. Before the captain left Falmouth he saw Simpsoa go in
to the room where the captain was with the papers taken fro.n
the cigar-box. When he came out he had tour Jamaica 1/.
notes in his hand, worth 193. each.

Cross-examined.—lt was a dark n;ght when they struck.
They could not see the rocks then, and thq had CA( aved them
all through the day when they cou!d see them. Davis, S me-
son, and others were present when he Sigucd the protest.
'1 hey ht and the protest read over. He did not knew when he
s'gned it that there was an agent of Lloyd's residing in Fel-
mr,u;h. The hole made in the bottom was about two feet and
a half round. ,The crew heard no no:se during the night.
Re-examined—When they were in Jamaica he knew nwhing
of the ship being insured, nor had he ever heard of Lloyd's
agents.
• It being now seven o'clock, the trial was postponed till to-
morrow.

The Jury were conveyed in the rare of Mr. Kemp, the
Sheriff's officer, to the Ludgate Coffee .house.

(NEW COURT.)
Henry Jones was indicted tr teal r,g a jacket and hat, the
property of Abraham Harris, clothes-dcaler, in Ratcliff
Highway.
Simon Simons deposed that he was standing at his
own door, near Mr. Harris's residence, and observed the
prisoner, in company with another lad, who took the
articles namel in the indictment from Alr. Harris's shop, and
handed them to the prisoner. The former made his escape,
but witness, followed the latter, and gave him into custody.
The prisoner, who had peen several times previously eon-
victed, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

Thomas Roser was indicted for stealing two live fowls and a
copper, the pro, erty of John &oilers, of the Torrington Arms,
Poplar.

A policeman deposed to having taken the prisoner into cus-
tody on the night of the 27th ultimo, with the stolen property
in his po;sessioa.
Miss Emma Sellers identified the property as kelonging to
her father.

The prisoner said this was his first offence.
The RECORDER said that it was a bad beginning.
Had he suffered a previous conviction he should have been
sent put of the country. His present sentence was that he be
imir.sone I and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL RACES.

The Champion Hurdle Race Stakes of 15 sons. each, 10 ft.,
with 50 added. The second saves his stake. Four yrs,
10st. 91b. ;: five yrs, '1 ISt. 71b. ; sir yrs, 12st. ; and aged,
12st. 21b. Winners of one hurdle race 51h. extra; of two
or more, 71b. extra. Hatt' bred horses allowed 71b., and
bona fide hunterS 51b.
,Two miles. (15 Subs. )
Mr. Bond's b. g. Jupiter (Mr. Oliver) 1
Mr. Parker's d. m. Duenna, aged ...... 2
Mr, Ferguson's Rust,- aged
The following also started, but were not placed :—Sir E.
Mostyn's Tobacconist, aged ; Mr. Stevenson's True Blue,
aged ; Sir R. Brooke's Emperor, aged ; Mr. Peise nd. De-
fence, aged; Mr. Wesley's Jessie, 6 yrs; Mr. Kel:ett's Now or
never, aged; and Mr. I-lay s's Prince.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Rust, 6to I agst Prince, and 10 to 1
agst any other.

-True Blue made the running to the canal turn, where
Duenna, Rust, and Defence headed him, and ran together 01
they had jumped the last hurdle, when Jupiter went up, and by
diet of fine riding, won by half a length.
Two finer races were never seen in this or any other course,
and it is satisfactory to add that the plea,u!es of the day were
not alloyed either by accident or wrangle.

MILITARY STEEPLE CHASE.—The grand military steeple
chase is announced to take place on Wednesday, the 24th inst.,
in the neighbourhood of Northampton. There a. e alrea iy 23
hors, s entered.

The Pytchley Hunt races are fixed for Thursday, the 25th
instant.

(From the Liverpool Mercury.)
GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.
MARCH 2 AND 4.

The Watt rho Cup, ;sUbscription of 25 sovs. each,
was won by Mr. King's Bloomsbury beating Mr. Ker-
shaw's Sadler.

The Altcai Stakes, for the 16 beaten dogs in the first
ties for the Waterloo Cup, was won by Lord Eglintou's
Waterloo beating Mr. P. lloug'iton's Tyrant.
The Waterloo Purse of JO sow. each wai wen by Mr.
UnrAorth's Unknown baating the Earl of Stradbroke's
Minerva.

SPLENDID RUN WITH SIR JOHN GERARD'S STAG
HOUNDS.—Si.* John Gerari having signified his intention
of turning out a stag on the B. ynan estate, near Ashton,
on Saturday week, a number of sporting gentlemen avai'ed
themselves of the oppartuni..y thus generously offered of
participating in tha noble sport. A numerous and well-
mounted fic•ld of horsemen punctually p. eaented themselves
at the meet, and the day beiag favattrahle, every one
seemed to anticipate, with delight, the glowing and exhi-
larating pleasures of the chase. Nor did the sport fall
short of their expectations. The noble stag bounded away
in gallant style, not seeming to be ever anxious at starting
to t-lx his powers of speed, and went off in his first course
ali tle to the left of Ashton, and then made tight away
through Ashton, through the-New Hall Park, and as far
as Downhall Greer., going at the time at a rattling pace,
many of the horsemen, however, being close in his wake ;
he t'..e.a went dashing on ti raugh the Deer Park, helot g.
ing to Garswoocl, and was at length taken near St. He-
len's, having aff„rded a very splendid run for upwards of
an hour, almost without a check. Among the company
we noticed the following gentlemen, who were well up at
the close J. G-rraid, of Ne.v Hall; Captain Ge-
rartP; Frederick Gerrard Sylvester' El. of North Hall;
J. H. Hodson, Esq., of Eleskin Hall ; W. Wamsley,
Esq., the Plaits, Ric. The party afterwards proc‘eled to
New Hall, where they partook of an excellent luncheon,
to wbi:h they had late.) inv;tel by the %sell known kindness
of the worthy Baronet, and which was laid before his
guests artar that style Lf true old Etigish hospital ty, so
peuliar to tl,e social character tf Sir J, hn Gerrard.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mlrtality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes Registered, in the week enclitic,. Saturday, the
27th February, 1841." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:--.

Weekly
CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average
1838-9-40.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l9O 204
Diseases of the Drain, Nerves, and Senses lBl 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of

_ •
Respiration _
Diseases of the lien-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion...
Diseases of the Kidn .3s, &C.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints' Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, er Natural Decay 7B 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 20 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes... -
Average Weekly Deaths .. 9f6
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week, Deaths, 1833-9-40.
Western Districts ... 143 .....„ 139
North Districts
Central. Districts 234 ..... 190
East Districts 235 .;.... 211
South Districts ... ......

Total lug)

It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com-
prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, wh;cb include the
City cf London within and without the walls, the City and
Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the
bill's of mortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ;
St, Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith
cChapelry) ; St. Luke, Chc!sea; Paddington • St. Mary,
btok e Newington ' • St. Leonard, BroMley ; St. Mary-le-
bovV ; Camherwell; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St.
Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu-
merated in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
18341, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
General Register-office, March 4, 1841.

DETENTION OF A LARGE NUMBER OF LET-
TERS BY A POST-OFFICE CARRIER.--011 Saturday, Joseph
Holloway, a letter-carrier in the Liverpool Post-office,
was placed at the bar of the p.i'ce-court, charged aith
basing detained a number of letters eotrated to him
fur delivery. From tha evidence cf Mr. Jose! h
Banning, chief clerk in the Post-office, it appeared
ttezt there had been many complaints of non-dc-
livery in the prisoner's district, Btrlington - street
and the neighbourhood. Ou the 22d of February
the prisoner being questioned by the Postmaster, said, he
had about 20 letters undelivered, and these he produce.'
as all that he bad. On the evening i f Wednesday
se'rin'ght, Mr. H. 0. Cr 11..ri, inspector of letter carriers,
went with Hassell, the constable, to the lodgings 6f tree
I.,risoner, in Bond-stree,, and got from him 187 letters
and two newspapers,. all .of which, with the exception rf
one or two, were in the prisoner's del's,. ry. Orr the fl.
teeing day 307 lett-rs and seven newspai.ers, all cf Bh eti
had been dt Isyed, were found io tie pi hor.er's dtaxer at
the Post-office. Proof of deter.tierr, in the ease of 13 of
the letters, was then produced. On being asked what
lnc
had to say, hollow ay replied, I I ave cotbirg 'further
to state than that the district is too Is.rge for any wan to
do, and I have said so to M-. Boning and Mr. Collard.
One day thist I ea; sick, a re:son was put on in my
place, and it took h m until eight to deliver the mcrnii g-
delivery, and I have three deliver'es etch day." Mr.
Collard admitted, at the preliminary examination on
Thursday, that the
prisoner had complained of the too
great extent of his district. W. Rushton committed the
priioner to take his trial at the assizes, but intimated that
be might be liberated on finding bail, himself in 401. a:d
y
two sures in 20/. each.—Liverpool Mercury.
CURIOUS FACT.—On Monday last, a Cheviot
etit.w7ezamtmEoansttetirinll,glofni,r cal( produced produced a single lamb ; and on
the following Fri 'a two more,
finer and larger than the
first. Both mother and progeny are doing well. It is no
to .have twins, but to In ve
! at such an intervel between the births, seems a NT, ry
unteiir fscr,