The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 281 184e3.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 27, 18,16

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right 1/on.
Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart, K.G.C.8., Governer and an-
mander-in-Chiefef in and over the settlement of t!,,, elpe of
Good Ilope, to be her Majesty's High Commissioner for
the settlirg and adjustment of the altlirs of the territories
adjacent or contiguous to the castein and north-eastern
frontier of the said settlement. And her Majesty has further
been pleased to appoint Richard Worsnam, Esq., to be Se-
cretary to such her Majeqv's Ili Commissioner.
Our. 27.
The (Plef'n has teen pkased to 4,1 der a sane,,,' ddire to pls,t
the Great Seal of the United kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral
church of sit. Asap!' to elect a Bishop of that see, the same
being void by the death of the Right Rev. Father in God
Doctor William Carey, late Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty
has been also pleased to recommend to the said Dean and
Chapter the Right Rev. Father in God Doctor Thomas
Yowler Short, now Bishop of Sodor and Man, to be by them
elected Bishop of the said see of St. Asaph.
WHInHALL, OCT. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William
Williams to the vicarage of Gwaenyscor, in the county of
Flint and diocese of St. Asaph, void by the cession of the
Rev. R..bert Henry Matthews Hughes, M.A.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. Gil-
bert Elliott, M.A., to the district rectory of Trinity. in the
parish of St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex and
diocese of London, void by the death of Dr. George Saxby
Tenfold.

WHITEHALL, OLT. 2G.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
James Valance to the church and parish of Tinwald, in the
presbytery and county of Dumfries, vacant by the transpor-
tation of the Reverend Joseph C. Lorraine, ➢I.A., to the
church and parish of Caerlaverock, in the presbytery and
county of Dumfries.
\VAR-OFFICE, Ocr. 27.
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4th Dragoon Guards—Surgeon \V illiam Gardiner, from
69th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice John Bickerton Flanagan,
who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
7th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Stephen Lawson, from
30th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice James Low Warren, M.D.,
who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Philip Saltmarshe to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Allen, who retires; Francis
Edmund Macnaghten, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Saltmarshe, Oct. 27.
12th Light Dragoons—Duncan ISPlntyre, M.D., to be
Assistant Surgeon, vice Harthill, promoted to the 69;11 Foot,
Oct. 27.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Alexander
Kinlocb, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice the Hon. H. A. Neville, promoted, Oct. 27.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge King-
scote, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hankey, appointed to the 22d Foot, Oct. 27.
2d Regiment of Foot—Colour Sergeant John Mansfield,
from 3d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice William Hadley,
who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
12th Foot—Henry Robson, Gene., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Poitier, who retires, Oct. 27.
14th Foot—Cadwallader James Smith Dodsworth, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase vice Thorp, appointed to 89th
Foot, Oct. 27.
17th Foot—Philip M‘Pherson, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Onslow, promoted in the 29th Foot,
Oct. 27.
28th Foot—Captain John Olans Moller, from 44th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Browne, who exchanges, Oct. 27.
29th Foot—Lieutenant John Aneas Duncan to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Coventry, deceased; Ensign Henry
Philips Onslow, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dun-
can. July 30.
30th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas D'Arcv, from 56th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Lawson, appointed to tire 7th Light
Dragoons, Oct. 27.
42d Foot—William Henry Mackintosh, Gent. to be As-
sist an t- S urgeon vice Dawson, promoted:in 54th Foot, Oct. 27.
43d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Davidson, M.D.,
from 70th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Lawson, promoted on
the Staff, Oct. 27.
44th Foot—Captain Andrew Browne, from 28th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Moller, who exchanges, Oat. 27.
56th Foot—William Deeble, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice D'Arcy, promoted in 30th Foot, Oct. 27.
62d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Maynard Herbert to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Napier, deceased; Ensign
Thomas C. Higginson, from 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Herbert, July 8.
63d Foot—Ensign Henry White to be Lieutenant, without
purchase. vice Bookey, appointed Adjutant, August 25 ;
Ensign William Hunt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
White, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled,
Oct. 27 ; Thomas Francis Ruh, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hunt, Oct. 27 ; Lieutenant Power Le Poet
Bookey to be Adjutant, vice Fairtlough, promoted, Aug. 25.
69th Foot—Assistant Surgeon Robert Harthill, from the
12th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Gardiner, appointed
to the 4th Dragoon Guards, Oct. 27.
70th Foot—James William Fleming, Gent., to be Assist
ant-Surgeon, vice Davidson, promoted in the 43d Foot
Oct. 27.
78th Foot—Joseph P. IL Crowe, Gent., to be Ensign
without purchase, vice lligginson, promoted in 62d Foo
Oct. 27.

84th Foot—Ensign Eugene Currie to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Ironmonger, promoted in 3d West India Re-
giment; Thomas 11. P. Kennan, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Currie, Oct. 27.
86th Foot—Ensign Edward Baker Weaver to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Archer, deceased, July 24;
Ralph Fitzgibbon Lewis, Gent., to Le Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Weaver, Oct. 27.
89th Foot—Ensign Edward Buller Thorp, from 14th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Molloy, promoted; Lieutenant Robert B.
Hawley to be Adjutant, vice Edmunds, promoted, Oct. 27.
Rifle Brigade—Sergeant-Major William Stillwell to be
Quartermaster, vice Macdonald, appointed Adjutant, Oct. 27.
3d West India Regiment—Capt. William Thomas Hari-
son, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice the Hon.
John de Blaquiere, who exchanges; Lieut. Pennant Athel-;
wold Iremonger, from 84th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice liarison, who retires, Oct. 27.
BREvar.—Captain William Thomas llarison, of the 3d
West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23.
Hosrrrat, STAFF.—Surgeon Robert Lawson, from 431
Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice Backshall
Lane Sandbam, who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
MEMORANDUM. —The Christian name of Ensign M`Cabe,
of the 18th Foot, is Bernard.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Ocr. 26.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Gilbert
John Lane Buchanan to be Adjutant, vice Cockburn, who
resigns the Adjutantcy only, June 29, 1845; Second Captain
Charles James Buchanan Riddell to be Adjutant, by augmen-
tation, April 1, 1846; Second Captain George Ashley Meude
to be Adjutant, vice Tireman, promoted, April 7 ' • Second
Captain Charles Colville Young to be Adjutant, vice Ormsby,
promoted, April 26; Second Captain George Robert Barker
to be Adjutant, vice Mitchell, promoted, July 22; Second
Lieutenant Frederic Hervey Bathurst Phillips to be First
Lieutenant, vice Eliot, Oct. 20.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of
the county of York, and of the city and county of the city
of York.
Right Hon. J. S. B. Wharncliffe, to be Deputy Lieutenant;
L. L. have, Esq, to be Deputy Lieutenant; J. W. Sturges,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; C. Hardy, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant ; G. Ramsden, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
W. B. Martin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 22.
ADMIRALTY, Ocr. 27.
With reference to the dispatches from Rear-Admiral Sir
Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., which appeared in the Gazette of
the 29th of September last, the following Naval Promotions
have taken place, dated the Bth of July, 1846, the day of the
capture and destruction of the forts and batteries on the river
Brune, Borneo Proper:—To be Commanders—Lieutenant
George Edwin Patsy, Lieutenant James Aylmer Dorset
Paynter. The Board have also directed that Edward Bur-
chatt, carpenter's crew of the Iris, shall receive a carpenter's
warrant, iu the event of his being found qualified ou his esti.
minatiou.

BAN KRUP FS.
Andrew William Angus, grocer, East-street, Walworth,
to surrender Nov. 5, at half past twelve, and Dec. 9, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assig-
nee, Basinghall-street ; Baylis and Drewe, Risinghall-street.
William Palmer, hosier, Strand, Nov. 9, at half-past one,
and Dec. 7. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street ; Hardwicke and Co., Ba-
singhall. street.
Sally Budd, grocer, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, November
10 and December 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Paul-street, Exeter • Terrell,
St. Martin's-lane, Exeter; Watson and Sal, Bouverie-
street, Fleet-street, London.
Thomas Bateman, victualler, Coventry, Nov. 12 and Dec. 2,
at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official
assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
F. Barham, surgeon, Ostiaburgli- street, Regent's- park—
first div. of 6s. in the pound, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and two
fo:lowing Wednesdays,' at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old
Jewry.
Bull, Banks, and Bryson, linendrapers, King-street, Cheap-
side—a div. of Gl• 64ths of a penny in the pound, on Thurs-
day, Oct. 29, and three tWlowing Thursdays, at the office of
Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate street.
J. S. Halters, surgeon, Bakewell, Derbyshire—that div. of
13s. in the pound, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, er any subsequent
Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
A. Hall, innkeeper, Manchester—first div. of ss. 101. in
the pound, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and every following Tuesday,
at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
J. Ogle, merchant, Pickwick, Wiltshire—second div. of 3d.
in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird,
Liverpool.
J. Ogle and W. Walton, merchants, Liverpool—fourth div.
of lid. in the pounO, oa any Munday, at the office of Mr.
Bird, Liverpool.
J. Threlfall, banker, Liverpool—fifth div. of !,id. in the
pound. on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
A. T. Paterson and J. M. Malonek, merchants, Liverpool
—fourth div. of 1/2d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the
office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
J. Sugden, merchant, Liverpool—third div. of 1/2d. in the
pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
J. Webster and J. Harrison, merchants, Liverpool—tburth
div. of 1/2d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr.
Bird, Liverpool.
F. 'l'. Walker, merchant, Liverpool—third div. of 11/2d. in
the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird,
Liverpool.

J. Gibbons and W. Sherwood, merchants', Liverpool—
fourth div. of 3d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office
of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.

E. S Smith acid J. Stanley, merchants, Liverpool—third
div. of 114 d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of
Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
T. Lee, brewer, Liverpool—second div. of 3s. Gd. in the
pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.

. _
J. Boyd, hop merchant, Southwark, Niiv. 20, at half-pass
twelve—J. Martin, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheap-
side. Nov. 20, at twelve—L. Watling, butcher,. Gilbert-street

Hanover-sqna' re, Nov. 20, at eleven—T. 11. Wyatt, brewer,
Banbury, Oxfordshire, Nov. 20, at half-past eleven—C.
Poile, merchant, Rye, Sussex, Nov. 17, at half-past two—C.
F. Ellerman, commission merchant, Philpot-lane, City,
Nov. 17,' at half-past twelve—J. Coker, builder, Narford,
Norfolk, Nov. 19, at two—J. Liddell, merchant, Kensington,
Nov. 20, at half-past eleven—C. T. Jones, Charles-street,
Berkeley-square, Nov. 19, at twelve—A. Hayton, clerk,
Thame, Oxfordshire, Nov. 19, at eleven—E. H. Edwards,
horse trainer, near Newmarket, Nov. 19, at eleven.

In the Country.
W. Wood, wine merchant, Shrew bury, Nov. 26, at twelve,
at the Birmingham District Court—J. Newbold, I ailor, Not-
tingham, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Nottingham District
Court—T. and J. Scott, merchants, Birmingham, Nov. 19, at
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—W. F. Geach,
corn merchant, Fontypool, Monmouthshire, Nov. 20, at
twelve, at the Bristol District Court—B. M. Borrough, iron-
monger, Liverpool, Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trictCourt--T. Walker, tallow chandler. Leeds, Nov. 19, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Hall, chemist, Leeds,
Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
T. Cooke, plasterer, Bridge-terrace, Harrow-road, Noy.

18—Ti. i inbicir, Hrensc(l victualler, IV.,rciour strc-et, St.
James's, Nov. 18 —.T. 1). .llerriek, t;rece.,•, Colchester, Nov.
18—P. F, and I'. N. Page, builders, Kiog's-road, Gray's
Inn, Nor. 18—T. tirapor, Mit,nries, Nov.
I‘Ltrylehone-s- rent,
Nov. IS —G. Di-hare,
Nov. 20—S. Hey, ivor,ted in,mur.
turer, C‘.l,le, Nov. tualtster, Not-
ting* Xuv.
17—B. Bensley, printer, Poolholm, 'Monmouthshire, Nov.
17—B. ralwav, draper, Tooley street, Nov. 17—R. Clinton,
brewer, Branden, Suffolk, Nov. 17--.1. Brviteagl, ho •icr,
Fleet-street, Nov. 17--W. vietirdlur, Walton, Ure-
conshire, Nov. 17-1:. griwer, Gloi:e, ter.
shire-11. Stelling, wnolcomber, Well. Yorkshire, Nov. 17—
T. Dear, victualler, Cherries-street, 'l'ottenliatii-court-road,
Nov. 17.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
P. S. Mac Liver and T. N. Cathrall, printers, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne— J. 11. Ilobbins and .T. Morris, saddlers' iron-
mongers, Walsall, StatThrtkiiire--R. llctu.;ban and J. Tb tar-
clifF;linendrapers, North Shiel.l,--J. Walker, S. Stobart,
W. Nesham, jun., W. Swan, C. J. Pringle, J. Johnson, G.
Smith. M. B. Beverley, and B. Beverley, coal merchants,
Newcastle-upon-Tvne—J. anotzil. Vow lee, dairymen, Bath
—J. Wilson, R. W. Long, and I). Taylor, merchants, Man-
ehestar —J. Scarlett and J. Morel), grocers, Haretield— G.
Grace and J. Frith, engineers, Birmingham—A. and J. Ro-
binson, linendrapers, Bishop Auckland—ll. Smith and C.
Newton, linendrapers, Hitchin, Hertfordshire—S. Halliday,
W. Spencer, J. Tidswell, and J. Cockroft, silk waste dressers,
Walter Clough, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. Thlswell)—
M. Coekshott and E. Gretton, schoolmistresses, Bury, Lan-
cashire—J. Rowhot ham and W. Goodwin, silk manufac-
turers, Macclesfield—C. Clark and C. Sauer, vinegar manu-
facturers. Old Castle-street, Whitechapel—S. W. Dankes
and J. R. Hamilton, architects, Gloucester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Henry Jamieson, merchant, Peterhead, Nov. 2 and 23, at
one, at the New Ihn, Peterhead.
William Boyd, innkeeper, Dalkeith, Oct. 30 and Nov. 20,
at one, at the chambers of Mr. Lothian, Edinburgh.
Charles Wilson, firmer, Bulkhead, Fifeshire, Oct. 31 and
Nov. 21, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Strachan, Dun-
fermline.

Ewen Davidion, merchant, Kingussie, Oct. 29 and Nov,
19, at two, at the Gordon Arms Inn, Kingussie.

AFFAIRS OF THE PUNJAUB.
(From the Debuts.)
The intelligence lately received from India has com-
municated no new fact; they were, however, once more on
the eve of great events in:that country, of which, as usual,
the Punjaub is to be the theatre. The next campaign
(that is the seven months commencing from October) will
we doubt not, be fertile in catastrophes which will
modify considerably the situation of British India, not
only as regards its geographical limits, but also its
relations with central Asia. Our readers will doubt-
less recollect, that according to the treaty of Cossour,
the Ist October, 1846, is fixed as the epoch for the
evacuation of Lahore by the English army. Sir Henry
Hardinge supposed that the interval of six months thus
left to Queen Chanda and her Alinister, Lal Singh,
would suffice to establish their Government on a solid
basis. He was also inclined to think that Gholab Singh
would be thenceforth deprived of any interest in the nu-
merous intrigues which had so long agitated the king-
dom, and that the Khalsas had been sufficiently chas-
tised to be disgusted of mutinies. Lal Singh and the
Queen, however, with that inexplicable thoughtlessness
which has successively ruined all the ephemeral dynas-
ties of India, instead of thinking of consolidating their
Government, have been content to live from day to day,
and have only employed the delay accorded them in en-
joying themselves, and leading a dissolute life. As long
as they can breathe in peace under the protection of the
English bayonets, their Court has been no less profli-
gate, and their associates no less frivolous and infamous
than before ; nor have their orgies been at all discon-
tinued, only there has been a little less noise and scandal.
Until his advent to the Ministry, Lal Singh was despised ;
he was regarded merely as an upstart, without courage
and without merit. Now, by violating every usage, and
wounding every prejudice of his countrymen, he has suc-
ceeded in making himself detested, and it seems certain
that the mass of the people await but the departure of
the last British squadron from Lahore, to rise as one
man and murder both the Maharanee and her paramour.
Sir Henry Hardinge does not in the least deceive himself
on this point. Thus, although he is preparing to fulfil
the letter of the treaty, by withdrawing, on the Ist of
October, the English division stationed in the Punjaub,
he is at the same moment assembling considerable forces
at Ferozepore, between the Sutlej and the Bens, in order
to be ready to make the best of whatever events may
occur at Lahore. The rising of the people against the
Maharanee, or Queen Regent, will be the signal for the
immediate re-entry into Lahore of the army of occupa-
tion. This will afterwards be converted into a sub-
sidiary army, that is, it will be definitively installed in
the country, of which it will constitute the sole armed
force, absorbing the entire revenue for its pay and sub-
sistence. The kingdom of Lahore will thus have undergone
the common destiny, and will be classed in the same ciao.
gory as Oude, Hyderabad, Nagpore, &c., whose political
existence is but a vain phantom. By the treaty of Cossour
the heritage of Runjit Singh was divided into two dis-
tinct kingdoms—the plain and the mountain • the delta
of the five rivers, and the western zone of Cashmere and
the Himalaya. Lal Singh governs at Lahore in the
name of the young Dhulip Singh, while:Gholab Singh
has been recognised-as the independent Sovereign of
Jamoo. Gholab Singh, however, has not in return, in
his dealings with the Company, displayed the gratitude
expected from him; the remains of the Khalsa army has
found an asylum with him; they have rallied around his
banner, and immoderately increased his battalions. It
is also said that the old chief keeps up a very active cor-
respondence with Akhbar Khan, and with a certain
envoy from Persia, charged with a mission of intrigue in
Central Asia. Lastly, on being summoned to deliver up
or dismantle certain fortresses, Gholab Singh has flatly
refused. The result of all this is, that a war may soon be
looked for between him and Sir 11. Hardinge. The contest
is likely to be of a serious character, and we should not be
astonished it it were to be very prolunge,l; its result,
however, cannot be for a moment subject to doubt,
Gholab Singh will succumb in his turn, and the vic-
torious English will once again find themselves brought
back by the carrent of fatality before the iron gates of
the Khyber Pass. Be this as it may, and even sup-
posing that peace is not disturbed between the Indian
Government and the Punjaub, a decided intention is at
tributed to the Governor-General of causing the terri
tory and city of Moultan to be conceded by Lal Singl,
This news, which we believe to be authentic, is of grey
importance, and merits the utmost attention from states.

men generally. Moultan, in the hands of the English,
would become the general entrepot ol commerce between
Europe and Asia. Situate in a fertile plain, watered by
the Cheuab (the ancient Accasines), which has here a
width of 2,000 or 3 000 feet, and already counting a po-
pulation of 60,000 souls—this city, by the mercantile
spirit and industry of its inhabitants, and above all, by its
position, analogous to, and as well adapted for commerce
as that of Calcutta, is destined to become the capital of
Western India. The day on which the British flag
shall be planted on its walls will open a new era of
greatness and prosperity for British supremacy ie
India

SUBSIDENCE ON THE IPSWICH AND BURY RAILWAY,
—Our readers are already aware that considerable diffi-
culty has been found in forming a necessary embankment
near Stowmarkct, owing to the whole miss of earth re•
pcaledly subsiding. It was twinged that the spirited
contractor had mastered this difficulty ; we regret to
hear, however, that on Friday last another subsidence of
from four to five feet occurred. Three splendid new en-
gines, for the railroad from Ipswich -to Bury St. Ed
tuund's, arrived, during last wi.ek, at the Ipswich station
Preparations will shortly be made for constructing the
telegraph along the line fro:n Ipswich to Colchester.
FIRE IN THE OLD JEWRY.--Monday night, between
eight and nine o'clock, a fire broke out upon the exten-
si%e range of premises b:-longing to Messrs. Dawson and
Sons, wholesale shoe and hoot-ut tilers, Old Jewry, City
It originated in the front warehouse, and was caused
a flue in the building. When discovered the flames ha;l
obtained a strong hold of the flooring and joistings, and
they were working their way up the wainscoting int.
several cases fille I with goods. Engines of the London
Brigade and West of England Clawany promptly at
tended, and the firemen from Watling-street station at
once set to work; and by pouring water urn the fire,
and cutting away the woodwork, they succeeded in ex-
tit guishing the flaws, but nut before the premises, ant+
also the stock in trade, ware considerably damaged. I:
cola not be ascertained whether or not the ti:ln wa-
insured.

CORONEN'S INOUEST.—On Friday Mr. G. J. Mills,
deputy curoner fur Middlesex, concluded au inquiry.
which was opened on Tuesday last, in the large room of
the Gloucester Arms Tavern, Gloucester-road, Kensing-
ton, into the circumstances a' tending the death of Henry.
Shepherd, an infant child, fifteen weeks old, whose
death it was alleged, had been caused by a powder, in-
tended for the mother, having b,,en improperly adult
ni:tered to the deceased child, while the family were
casual inmates of the workhouse of the parish of St.
Hary Abbotts, Kensington. After a lengthened inves-
tigation, the jury returned the following verdict :
•` The jury are unanimously of opinion that the de-
ceased child, Elizabeth Shepherd, died in convulsions,
occasioned by the administration of a narcotic powder
by mistake, and they recommend that the parochial
authorities be requested to appoint competent persons to
receive and administer the medicines sent to the work-
house by the parish surgeon, and that he be requested
to write the directions on the medicines in a more legible
manner."

THE FRATRICIDE AT STEEPLE CLATDON.-011
,he 15th instant an inquiry was commenced at the
School-room, Steep!e Claydon, before Mr. J. W,
Cowley, one of the Coroners for the county of Bucks,
and a rospectahle jury, into the circumstances attend
ing the death of Thomas Shirley, who, it was alleged,
had died from injuries received in a pugilistic en
counter with his brother, Joseph Shirley. The in-
quiry was twice adjourned, and did not terminate till
Friday last, the 23d instant. It appeared from the-
evidence adduced that, on the night of Thursday, the
14th instant, the d, ceased and his brother Joseph were,
with other perscns, drinking until a late hour at tho
Milk Pail public-house in the village of Steeple Claydon.
A quarrel occurred between the two brothers, and they
went to the parish pound, where a fight took place be-
tween them at 2 o'clock in the morning. Both the men
appear to have been intoxicated ; but tho deceased was
admitted to be in a much worse state than his
brother. After between 40 and 50 rounds had been
fought, Thomas Shirley became insensible, and was
carried to his father's house in the village, where he
expired in a very short time. Mr. Denne, surgeon of
Buckingham, and Mr. Cowley, surgeon, of Winslow,
who has made a post marten examination of the body of
the deceased, were of oiinion that death was occasioned
by blows or a fall. The jury returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against Joseph Shirley, as principal, and
against John Patighourne and Richard Cross, who acted
as seconds to the combatants, as accessories. Shirley,
Pangbourne, and Cross, who were in custody, were ac-
cordingly committed to Aylesbury gaol on the coroner's
warrant for trial at the next assizes.

CEN l'i.,..AL CRI .‘,Il NAL COURT.

OLD CO til 2. ri'

The stewards fr-om the different Inns of Court were
called to prove that there was no barrister named
Strathern belonging to either of them, and it was clearly
shown that the statements of the prisoner were all false,
and were merely made for the purpose of deceiving the
pros 4 eutor, and defrauding her of her money.
The prisoner, in his defence, made a long rambling
statement, and asserted that the prosecutrix had been
laid hold of by some people at Nottingham, who called
themselves spiritual illuminati, and who were in the
habit of making use of a glass, and pretended magic,
and had led the prosecutrix by these means to believe
that she was entitled to large property, and it was them
who had induced her to dispose of her annuity, and not
him. He denied having made any representation that
he had employed a barrister, and asserted that he had
not received any money from the prosecutrix except to
pay his expenses when he was making inquiries for her
in London.
The Recorder having summed up, the jury immedi-
ately returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE, on passing sentence, told the pri-
soner that he had been convicted of a very bad offence.
It had been proved that he had imposed upon a weak
and credulous woman in the belief that she was to come
into the possession of large property, and by that means
'tad defrauded her of a considerable sum of money ; and,
besides this, had induced her to make away with the
little income she and-her children mainly depended on for
subsistence. Ile considered it a very bad case, and there-
fore felt it his duty to inflict the full measure of punish-
ment fixed by the statute fur offences of this description,
which was, that he be transported for seven years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
A R LBO R 0 LIG STR E ET.
Jeremiah Harrington and Mary Harrington were
charged with having nearly killed police-constable Fitch,
F 111.

The constable said, on Tuesday last he was called on
,o take the male prisoner into custody for an assault.
He proceeded to do his duty, when he was resisted by
the prisoner, who got into his house in Dudley-court, a
place wholly inhabited by the lower order of Irish ; and
here, a mob having collected, he was dragged into the
house by, the prisoner, forced up stairs, and then thrown
down. The prisoner commenced kicking and beating
him in a ferocious manner, assisted by-a number of
women, and then threw himself on him with his knees on
his chest, until he (complainant) became nearly insen-
sible. The wife ran to the fire, and brought her hus-
band a saucepan full of scalding water, telling him to
throw it over the —. The male prisoner actually
poured the scalding fluid down his head and neck, and
.called him severely. Complainant lost his stock and
his staff during the attack. He was rescued by other
constables, who found him in a state of insensibility.
Mr. LONG sent the defendants for trial at the sessions.
LAMBETH.
Jr mes Galloway, a cheesemonger in the Walworth-
road, who has been in custody for a week past, en a
charge of stealing a parcel of 71 pair of gloves, which
!brined a portion of gouda of the value of 600/. that ha I
been stolen from 17, Regent-tar, et West, in the year
:181 etv-1 ~ the bar, before Mr. Elliott, for fur-
,
Mr. Gaines, and Mr. Parnell, the barrister, appeared
for the prisoner, and Mr. nobler attended to watch the
interest of Mr. Wright, the landlord of the Black Horse
public-house, in Walworth-road, through whose instru-
mentality and information the charge was brought to
light.
Mr. Wright, being sworn, said that while he was out
of town a parcel had been left at his house by the pri-
soner. The parcel was made up in brown paper,
with a note on the outside addressed to Mr. Jack-
son, and the prisoner said it would be called for. The
paper became tern, so that he saw that the parcel con-
sisted of gloves ; but he had never taken any gloves
fromit,no
thatr hadfort-
night
the h e
gloves ever offered r eeen stolen until a suspicionbeen
any for sale. Had no
sion posses . In saying this he• did not mention
the parcel of gloves ; but he (Mr. Wright),
believing he meant the parcel he had kft
himself, sent for Mr. Inspector Hayes, and gave
him up the parcel. The text day, two persons
called at his house, and said they ha 1 called for the
parcel that had been left there by Mr. Galloway; but he
told them they had celled too late, as he had given it up'
to Mr. Haynes. Ile did not think it necessary to give
these persons into custody. And though he had told
them he had given the parct..l up to Mr. Inspector
Haynes, he had it in his possession at that time. Ile
did not know either of the persons who had called fur
the parcel. Since the last examination witness had ac-
companied the officer to Brentford, to serve a summons
upon a Mr. Gunning there to appear anti
give evidence.
Gunning told him that Galloway had actually offered him
the gloves for sale before he took them to his (Mr.
Wright'.) house.
Mr. George Gunning was next called, end deposed
that he had formerly resided in the Wale ortle road, with
his brother, and was at present a draper in High-street,
Brentford, but knew nothing whatever about the gloves in
question. When he lived in the Walworth-road he used
to frequent the house of Mr. Wright, and was also well
acquainted with the prisoner Galloway. Did not tell
Mr. Wright that the prisoner had offered him any gloves
`Or sale.
Mr. Mohler to Mr. Wright—Was there any person
present when this person culled es a witness had the
conversation with yeti, and mentioned about the prisoner
of him the gloves for sale? Mr. Wright—Y s,
my servant was there, and she is now present. et
-Lydia Goulding then got into the box and tle 1
heard that on last Friday week she G se
unning tellp her
master that Galloway htd offered him the parcel of
•
gloves for sale before taking them to h'
(her ni.tstet.s)
house. This •after
%sae her master had quarrelled with
Mr. Galloway.
11. Wright said he wa; at his father's bar at the Black
Herse, Walworth road,when • brought
L4l prisoner parcel there, and said it would becalled for. The parcel
had a brown paper cov • c tied with a string,
covering on, was and on the outside addressed to Mr. Jackson.
was a note
The note prod()
The d was, he had no doubt, the same.
note, which was admitted to he in the handwriting
of the prisoner, was here read, and was as follows:
" June 13.
"heir sir,—The art returned last night will look at
p y the guo Is tomorrow leave them.
orrow if you think proper to
" J. G.
Yours res ectf 11 -
" To Mr. Th u
°lnas Jackson." Mr. Pat
nell having addreesed the magistrate for the
defendant,
Mr. EeenerT said that he felt it to be his duty to send
the case before a jury
J'y and the prisoner rn was fully co-
mitted for trial. ,
Upon the application of counsel Mr. ELT 'OTT offered
,to take
ailey. largat the prisoner's e b for appearance at the
Old B

'LUNG Atapt
Massachus .tt h '
track to a distance of 300
L 9, as made a cannon, which, by the simple
movetnent of a as
will • load, and discharge
itself. We learn that "I
prime,
invention is shortly to
be brought out it •t similar
..,
machinery,
E tsr.—Mr. Dixon,. of Lynn,
1 this city. It is worked by
like clock-work. When loaded, it moves off on a rail
ards, fires ten shots, and re-
turns to its
first position, to be wound uP again. Another
improvement
i 8
being added to the rotary gun which
was recently exhibited at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It
consists of an engine, similar to a locomotive, mounted
on four pair of wheels. It is made to throw 500 balls in
a minute, without the use of gunpowder. It regulates
itself, and also moves on a rail track to the distance of a
quarter of a mile, fires its load of 2,500 balls in five
minutes, mowing down all before it in a quarter of a
circle, then reverses its wheels of itself,
and returns to
be replenished with balls,and water.—Aniericaii
•td
Paper.
coal, w

daily POST-OFFICE PATRONAGE.— A poor postman,
innamed Tuthill, residing at Axbridge, in Somersetshire,
his perambulations as a
letter carrier, gees
twenty-two miles on foot I.is route being through Cross,
Lower and Upper Ware ,Badgworth, Stone, and Chapel
Allerton, Stoughton, Wedmore, Blackford, and Mark,
being compelled to return to Cross by half past five o'clock,
P.N., winter and summer, and for which laborious service
ho is paid 12s. a we9k.

(Before the IlEcoaEr. and 11i.tilderman Chuns.)
'l D
l'omus yser, ;vas in:ne7ed
for 2lllv;l~•.:ianot'rihtaii,ing from Mary
fid•e prctec,An.
BALL.,..EiTI=, who conducted the ;-,rry;ceuti.,n, said
tlivt the proiy,Tazor during, the I:fe of ker husbai•id had
lived in a position of great respectability and comfort,
but nt his death she had nothing but a small annuity to
support, herself and five It appeared that
cnttnt)tiati n-
sttl e
gW:liSolf,
i;:u1 4
ln :0
ItilLs:ia ;per.;l
and the prisonix was introduced to her as a person likely
to assist. her in the recovery of it, and he had, it ap-
peared, by artful representations that he was in commu-
nication with a barrister, whom he described as Mr.
Fitz--erahl Strathern, and that the money and property'
would all be recov,rol, induced the prusteutrix not
only to give all the money she could raise by other
means, but actually to sell the little annuity which was
her sole dependence, and she was in consequence reduced
almost to a state of destitution.

Mrs. Mary Woodhouse deposed that she resided at
Nottingham, and was a widow with five children. At her
husband's death she was left with an annuity of
thirty pounds a year to support herself and family.
She had reason to believe that she was entitled
to some property at Nottingham that had belonged to
a per.on named Stokes, and in June, 1845, the prisoner
was introduced to her as being likely to assist her in
making out her claim. From this time she continually
gave him money, and he represented that he was in com-
munication with Mr. Fitzgerald Strathern, a barrister in
Lincoln's Inn-fields, who, he said, was carrying her case
through the Court, and he repeatedly showed her letters
purprting to be written by that gentleman detailing the
progress of the suit. Upen one occasion he stated that the
barrister wanted 20/. to take the matter into the Court of
Chancery, and she gave him that sum. He was continually
asking her for money, and On her telling him that she
had a difficulty in borrowing it from her friends, the pri-
soner told her that she had got an annuity end she ought
to sell that, and not be beholden to any one for the money
that was necessary to recover her fortune. In one of the
letters the prisoner showed her, the barrister appeared to
give a description of the property, and represented that
there were 500,0001. in the funds, besides estates ; and
after this she consented to sell her annuity, and nearly
the whole of the proceeds went into the hands of the
prisoner, in order to assist in the prosecution of the pre-
tended suit. At length, she said, a letter was received
from the barrister, in which it was stated that the whole
matter was settled, and she would immediately come into
possession of her property, but that 501. were required to
expedite the proceedings, and this sum she also gave the
prisoner ; and it was arranged that they were to go up
to London the next day, and have the sum of 490,000/.,
which was said to be in the funds, transferred to her
nanic—(A laugh.)

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PonT.-imouTH, OCT. 27.—8 y t!-:e following ord, r, just
issued to the e!tnartmling- offic:,rs Of flu tl,et,
thl.t Ini•.z: are to e;?joy all 1:som fir
debt, which tit..n:-? other of her .M.,;Hty'.s sot-Feud
to felicitAte therns,lves a
upon. The i 6 ogutia.r
nest extraoi-Jmary onc, anti so general in itt.. application
as to ineluCe the et.t re sci vice, on fail pay .ind
for officers and men in " actual service aid full pay of
her Majesty's fleet" are not exclusively specified, which
will e:•.‘riaitily lul to the abuse tlio privilege, will
be no twitter for an officer on half pay to get his
friend in e,notm:ion to put him under temporary arre,t
the moment the debtor has a suspicion he is I,•ii,g 1,04,1
out for by his creditor. That the Lord:i of the Admi-
ralty should demo suck an order necessary is a cutting
reflection upon the honour of naval men generally,
which we cannot hut think they would rather Kure bun
fl ewd om :

" S. Vincent, in Portsmouth Harbour, Oct. 23.
" The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having
acquainted me that their solicitor is of opinion that when
any officer or seama❑ in her Majesty's service is under
arrest on board ship, the commanding officer of that ship
is justified in not allowing him to be arrested under civil
process for debt, and in using as much force as may be
necessary to prevent the prisoner from being taken Iron'
his custody, the same is hereby made known for the in-
formatinn of the commanding officers of her Majesty's
ships and vessels.

!! CHARLES OGLE, Admiral.
" To the respective Captains, Commanders, &;(2."
The following order, issued yesterday, is to a far more
beneficial eff-et than the above, and one which has been,
very naturally, anxiously looked for since the investiga-
tion by courts of inquiry and martial into the cause of
the death of Edward Redpath in a coal hunker:—
" St. Vincent, in Portsmouth Harbour, Oct. 26.
" The report of an inquiry into the circumstances at-
tending the death of a seaman of her Majesty's ship
Retribution having brought to the knowledge of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that punishment
of confinement in the bunkers (at:d a hich in the above
instance has been attended with loss c,f life) exists on
board some of tier Majesty's steam-vessels, their Lord-
ships issue their most possitive orders that on no account
shall such punishment be inflicted in the fleet; and their
Lordships take this occasion to call the attention of the
officers in command of her Majesty's steam-vessels to
the necessity of a frequent and careful inspection of the
coal bunkers, more particularly when under steam, and
if the pressure of carbonic acid gas be detected, that
immediate measures be adopted to insure a due ventila-
tion, and for the introduction of pure air.
" CHARLES OGLE, Admiral.
"To the respective Captains, Commanders, &c."
Shell practice from the Excellent at the Leviathan
hulk (74), moored at 2,400 yards range, was resumed
this morning. We gave the practice on Friday week
(the first day's fire), which exhibited but a beggarly
amount of proficiency in the art of naval gunnery, only
one shell out of twenty-two fired having struck the
hulk, and that one so feebly as not to explode. This
caused the "Mysterious" committee alluded to upon the
occasion to turn their thoughts to the cause of such a
signal failure, and having put their heads together, they
thought ;they had found out their philosopher's stone
in the shape of a chemical agent, which they fancied
would insure success in their missiles. The new agent
was accordingly tried to-day. The following is the
result:—

FORENOON PRACTICE.
No. 1 fell nowhere.
Nos. 2,3, 4, fell very short; close in flight.
Nos. 5,6, 7, fell very short.
No. 8, I think, hit.
No. 9 hit and burst.
No. 10 missed. and did not burst.
Nos. 11, 12, 13, fell short, and did not burst.
No. 14 struck and burst.
No. 15 burst in the water, at the head of the hulk,
before striking.
Nos. 16 and 17 missed, and did not burst.
Total fired, 17; out of which number only two, say
three—giving the Excellent the benefit of the doubtful
one—struck the hulk. The rest_ either fell short or
missed the hulk and did not explode, with the exception
of No. 15. We forbear comment.
The afternoon practice we shall give, perhaps, to-
morrow.
Since the above was written the following extraordi-
nary fact has come to our knowledge. It would appear
the ill success at'endant upon the first attempt to hit the
hulk at so long (?) a range as 2,400 yards has roused
the " mysterious" committee to endeavour to accomplish
that grand desideratum by other means than the usual
ones of firing from the decks of the Excellent. They
have, accordingly, adopted the following novel, but not
over creditable, " dodge," to accomplish their object:—
A dockyard lump has been moored within a few hundred
yards of the hulk, on which is mounted one of the shell
guns! This vessel, being enabled to choose her distance,
offers an opportunity to those on board in charge of
her gun to throw shells on board the hulk occasionally;
and, in order that there may be no mistake abut
striking the mark, the lump is grounded before the firing
commences.
The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, pro-
gresses slowly in her fittings for sea, owing to the diffi-
culty in getting men to enter for her. First Lieutenant
Hall, 1
Marine serge,A r
tial
lnetr c
and
pd oral, 1
fiafne dr la4n
dg u ell prsriovfa
ttehse Royofal
Patent Marine Corps, embarked in her for service this
morning. Notwithstanding the persevering attempts
which have been made to prejudice this vessl in the
eyes of naval men and the public, it is asserted by her
late master, Mr. Salmond, the oldest and most expes
rienced steam-master in the fleet, that there is not a
more efiLient steam-vessel for all purposes in the world;
and, certainly, a vessel that will run upwards of 200 miles
in any available weather upon 20 tons of coals, and carry
her armament and stores c (pally well in a comfortable and
servic, able state, cannot be so valueless as to be fit only
for a coal depot, us has been st ited. Her having been
beaten in a trial of speed on the coast of Africa by a
French vessel of in'erior horse power, was made to ap-
pear at the time more discreditable titan the facts (which
are in our possession) really were.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, is fitting in
the basin with much dispatch. She has topmasts kidded,
has tried all her spare spars, and will cross lower yards
to-morrow. She was only commissioned this day week,
without even a cross tree over her lower mast-head She
has only ab ,ut 100 working men; but it will be peic„ived
by the progress made that they, as well as their offi !ers,
are all of the right sort. We regret to state that Captain
Lushington is very unwell.
The Dauntless, steam-frigate, built after the design of
Mr. John Fincham, the talented master shipwright of
this dock, is cradled, and nearly ready for launching.
The papers, however, which have announced her pro-
bable debut on or about the 9th proximo are in error, as
the tides will then be neaped. If she is not launched by
the sth she must wait until the 19. h.
The Naiad coal depot was masted yesterday.
The Mercury tender returned from Sheerness last
night at sunset.
The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain W. F. Lapidge,
arrived yesterday morning from Southampton, whither
she had towed the Ripon.
The Netley tender sailed for Plymouth on Sunday
evening.
The Sylvia tender, Lieut. Warren, was docked on Sa-
turday, and undoeked yesterday.
The Goodwill lighter arrived yesterday with stores
from Plymouth.
The Avenger, steam. frigate Captain Williams, is
ordered to discharge her provisions, but to retain her
stores and coals, and to be victualled ad ihLrini on the
flag-ship.—?lmes.

to my own ideas upon this subject, and whk4l I have
before expressed. There is no doubt that if she is
allowed to be knock.ld ab ,u! like an egg-shell by every
spring tide between this; and next March (which, by the
bye, is a most stormy eea,ion of the year on thir, coast)
thtre will he but beggarly- account' of this splendid
specimen of naval architecture.
" It has been the wonder and surprise of every cue
here that the parties most closely interested in this affair
have shown such apathy upon the subject of getting the
Great Britain °tr. Fine weather has now set in, and I
can see no difficulty in putting her afloat, if met with that
cordial support which ought to be shown on such an im-
portant undertaking.—Your most obedic;nt,
" THOMAS S. GABRIEL, RN."

BURGLARY.
A dat.ing burglary in the open dayligl. t %VAS committed
on Sunday week at Gatconabe Rectory, the residence of
the Rev. Dr. Thompson, during his absence at Gatcumbe
Church, where he was performing Milne service. It ap-
pears to have been the custom in the family for one of the
servants to remain in the house whilst the others al nt to
church, and on this occasion it happened to be the foot-
man's turn to stay at home, where he remaint. d until, at
the termination of the service, the old clerk of the parish,
Mr. Hookey returned for the purpose of depositing his
master's surplice and the keys of the church, the doetot
having gone to pay an afternoon visit to his schools. The
clerk, hearing some person in the house veryearnestly in-
treating assistance, obeyed the injunction, and found the
footman bound hand and foot to the chair, with a table-
cloth thrown over his head. The ropes were soon cut and
he was released; upon which he related that, whilst sitting
in the pantry, he thought he heard the cat in the doctor's
room. On going out to see he met a man coming out of
one of the apartments with a pistol in his hand ; that he
(the footman) retreated back to the pantry, preserving
sufficient presence of mind at the time to secure his own
property, by flinging his watch under the dresser shelves,
and where he procured a loaded g un, and advancing to meet
the robber, discharged thegun at him, but the contents un-
fortunately went in another direction, and the charge was
lodged in th* stairs (which are shattered) ; that tl e
robber then discharged hi.; pistol in the footman's
face ; but his aim, it appeared, was also very wide of
the mark, as he escaped. The uproar produced a
second depredator from another apartment, who pur-
sued him into the pantry, where one of the gang
kept guard, whilst the other proceeded to search
for a rope, with which they bound the footman
in the manner already described. He then stated
that they picked his pocket of Bs. or Ios., but that on
his declaring it was all that he was possessed of, they
generously replaced half-a crown again in his pocket,
" for luck." On examining the house, it was found
that the doctor's bureau had been forcibly broken
open, and a considerable amount of cash taken there-
from, and that the housekeeper's bedroom had
been entered, and from her box a large
sum of money and securities, to the amount of about
90/., abstracted. Not an article of plate was missing,
although many very valuable articles lay within reach.
They were described as being young men, about the
middle size, and dressed in dark clothes, like sailors, one
of them wearing a cloth cap, and the other wearing a
painted hat, having red hair and whiskers.