The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-05 00:00:00

ANOTHER MURDER.

SHRTJEL, JAN. 27, 1846.—A most barbarous and unpro-
voked murder was committed in this locality on Tuesday,
the 20th ult. The victim was a poor unoffending man, who
was returning from the market of Headford, where he had
been to purchase potatoes for his family, consisting of six
small children. He was attacked a short distance from this
town by five or six men, who beat him so severely that he
died on the following Thursday. An inquest was held on the
body on Friday and Saturday, and is further adjourned to
Thursday. It appears from the evidence given before the
coroner, that the party who committed the murder were
told that some of their friends were beaten by another fac-
tion, when they hastened in the direction for the purpose of
taking vengeance, and this poor man being the first they
met, they murdered him without any provocation whatever.
One or two other persons are lying in a dangerous state from
wounds inflicted by the same party.—lbid.
NEW TARIYF ARRANGEMENTS.

Bacon has fallen 45., and hams 2s.' since Sir Robert Peel's
new tariff arrangements, in anticipation of the reduction of
duty on those articles.

POACHING ON THE DUKE OF BI7CKINGPIAM'S PRE-
SF RYES. —TWO men, named Thomas Stokes and John Adams,
were committed en Monday to take their trials, at the en-
suing Bucks Assizes, Stokes for cutting and maiming George
Bridger, a gamekeeper in the service of the Duke of Buck-
ingham, and Adams for assisting in the commission of the
offence. It appeared from the testimony of Bridger, which
was corroborated by an assistant keeper named Cadd, that
the prisoners, with another man, who effected his escape,
were armed with a gull, in the Duke's preserves at Preston-
corner, in the parish of. Hillesden, between eleven and twelve
o'clock on Saturday night. Shortly after the keepers had
heard the report of a gun they came up with the three men,
when Bridger was instantly knocked down by Stokes with
the butt end of his gun, and a general fight ensued between
the poachers and the keepers. A second blow was aimed
at Bridger with the gun, by Stokes, which inflicted a severe
wound on his nose and chin. He had also spffered other
injuries. The two prisoners were also committed to take
their trials at the assizes for being found armed, in the night
time, in the Duke's preserves, in search of game.
NOTICE OF TRIAL AT THE ENSUING SPRING ASSIZES.
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several
Ap-
pleby, Monday, 9th; Carlisle, Wednesday, 11th; Newcastle,
Saturday, 14th; Swansea, Monday, 16th Hertford, Tues-
day, 17th; Reading and Winchester, Wednesday, 18th;
Northampton and Durham, Friday, 20th ;. Chelmsford and
Aylesbury, Saturday, 21st; Oxford and Haverfo!dwest and
Town, Monday 23d ; Oakhan3, Tuesday, 240 ; Lincoln and
City, Bedford, York and City, Welchpool, and Salisbury,
Wednesday, 25th ; Maidstone, k'riday, 27th ; Worcester and
City, Huntingdon and Cardigan, Saturday, 28th ; Notting-
ham and Town, and Bala. Monday,, March 2d; Cambridge
and Dorchester, Tuesday, 3d ; Carnarvon, Wednesday, 4th •
Lewes, Derby, and Carmarthen, Friday, 6th; Stafford '
Sa-
turday, 7th; Bury St. Edmund's, Beaumaris, and EXeter
and City, Saturday, 7th ; Leicester and Borough, Tuesday,
10th; Liverpool, Ruthin, and Brecon, Wednesday, 11th •
Kingston, Friday, 13th ; Coventry, and Norwich and
Saturday, 14th ; Warwick, Shrewsbury, Mold, Presteign, and
Bodmin, Saturday, 14th; Chester, Wednesday, 18th; Here-
ford, Friday, 20th ; Taunton and Monmouth, Saturday, 21st;
Gloucester and City, Wednesday, 25th.
INCENDIARY FIRES IN NORFOLK.—lncendiary fires in
this county seem en the increase. At the late quarterly
meeting of the county magistrates for the management of
the county business, Colonel Oakes, the chief constable of the
county, reported that during the quarter there had been
fifteen incendiary fires in the county, and since then there
have been several others. On Wednesday evening, just before
sunset, some person set on fire a large wbeatstack, the pro-
duce of fourteen acres, standing in a field belonging to Mr.
Mays, of Coltishall,. about eight miles from Norwich. This
was all consumed, there not being either a fire-engine or
water anywhere near. It stood by itself, and there was no
danger of its extending. Two separate attempts have also
been made, one on Friday night and the other on Sunday
night, to set fire to the premises, hay-house, &c., of Mr.
Bennett, of Newmarket-road, Norwich. In each case some
loose straw was set on fire, but the flames fortunately pro-
. coded 119 further.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Harlequin, 16, having un-
dergone a thorough overhaul and refit, almost amounting to
a reconstruction, was commissioned here this morning. Com-
mander Douglas Curry (1840), of the Coast Guard, is ap-
pointed to her. This gallant officer was midshipman of the
Rose at Navarino, where he was wounded, and was promoted
for his services when Senior Lieutenant of the Pique, at the
taking of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour, and subsequently the
capture of St. Jean d'Acre in 1840.
The Wanderer, 16, lately employed on the China station,
having undergone a thorough overhaul and refit at this port,
was alSo put in commission this morning by the appointment
to her of Commander Philip H. Somerville (1842).
The above vessels ale each to have complements of 130
men and officers, but what stations they are to be employed
upon the Admiralty have not made known.
The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Lushington, hav-
ing returned her paddle-box boats to the dockyard on ac-
count of their great weight, will not have any more paddle-
box boats fitted, and the paddle-box is accordingly already
built up in the usual way, it being apparent that the vessel
can carry conveniently as many boats as are necessary on
board and upon her quarters, without encumbering herself
with such frightfully heavy appurtenances as those she has
just cast off. The removal of the paddle-box boats has
given this fine vessel a much more sightly and light appear-
ance, and we have no doubt will ease her very materially in
sea-going.
TUESDAY,_Rear-Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., one of the Lords
of the Admiralty, visited this port yesterday, and inspected the
various ships and works in progress, and in the afternoon
witnessed from the Excellent the process of destroying a boom
with gunpowder. His Lordship, together with other mem-
bers of the board, will visit the port officially in a few days.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Master COMMaII dant W. Bryant,
which arrived on Sunday with a new funnel (the old one
having been knocked away), to be fired at from the Excel-
lent, is taking in stores, &c., for the eastern depots.
The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, was taken under
the shears and masted this morning.
The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, came into
harbour this afternoon to refit, prior to returning to the River
Plate.

The Dauntless and Arrogant frigates, on the designs re-
spectively of Mr. White, of Cowes, and Mr. Fincham,
master shipwright of this establishment, are progressing
very rapidly towards readiness for launching; their timber-
ing is finished, and their ceiling and planking nearly so. The
Dauntless (Mx. Fincham's design) is intended to be strictly
a steam frigate, but the Arrogant will only have steam as an
auxiliary to work a screw. We have already given the
dimensions of the Dauntless. The following are the prin-
cipal dimensions of the Arrogant :

Feet. Inches.
Length between the perpendiculars 2OO 0
Length of keel for tonnage 175 0
Breadth extreme 45 4
Breadth moulded 44 0
Depth of hold
Burden in tons, 1,800; horse power for screw, 300.
This fine ship appears to be in the most forward state of
the two, and presents a boldness of outline very much ad-
mired by all who have seen her, since she has been planked.
She presents a very: handsome-looking model, and is ex-
pected to prove a perfect man• of-war, but this remains to be
seen.

The Dasher steam-vessel, Commander Sherringham, is
preparing to resume her survey of the Solent, &c.
The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin, has
not yet completed coaling, and is now alongside the jetty.
The :Cygnet brigantine, Commander Layton, arrived at
St. Helena from Benguela on Christmas-day. She had cap-
tured a slaver with 360 slaves on board, which she brought
in with her.

TION OF TS.
Mr. John Milbou PROMJ
meJackson was prE
omoted on Saturday
to the rank of lieutenant. This officer is the son of an old
post captain, who died from the effects of service in the West
Indies. He passed in 1840, and was second in the examina-
tion at the Royal Naval College, for the lieutenant's commis-
sion. He served 18 months on the coast of Africa, and is
now gunnery mate of the Daphne, 20, at New Zealand.
Mr. Philip Hudson (1840), of the St. Vincent, has been
promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served for a long
period on the coast of Africa, and obtained strong recom-
mendations and certificates from the officers under whom he
served. He came home in the Heroine brig.
Mr. Henry George Simpson (1843) has been promoted
from the Excellent gunnery ship, to the rank of lieutenant.
He was in the Princess Charlotte, flag ship, in the operations
on the coast of Syria, and at the bombardment of Acre, and
subsequently as mate of the Harlequin sloop, Capt. the Hon.
G. F. Hastings, served in her boats against the pirates on
the coast of Sumatra, and after Lieuteant (now Commander)
Chads was severely wounded he took the command of the
pinnace. His excellent conduct on this and other occasions
obtained the strongest approbation of Captain Hastings,
and he was reported to the Admiralty as an officer of much
promise.

SHELL PRACTICE AT PORTSMOUTH.--The following
is the result of the firing from the Excellent gunnery ship
at Portsmouth, under the command of Captain Chals, on
the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th ult., at 600 yards' range, the
object aimed at being a construction 10 feet broad by 8 feet
high, to represent the side of a ship, and 22 inches in thick-
ness of the timbers. The sides were 14 feet apart, and se-
cured by timbers 4 inches thick. The guns used were long
and short circumflex 32-pounders and a 82-pounder caro•
nade. The charges of powder were IMb., 81b., Mb., and
21b. looz.

TUESDAY, JAR. 27, 1846.
Captain
Serfeanort
li N
Norton's Freeburn's
The two first were fired at an elevation
of tett degrees, to ascertain the length
of the fuze 2 2
Struck the bulkhead and burst 3 11
Struck the funnel and burst
Struck the funnel and did not burst 1 0
Struck the bulkhead and did not burst 4 2
Grazed lightly off bulkhead and did not
burst
Doubtful .. ..... ... 1 1
Fell short, grazed the water, and did
not burst ...... ......... .. 10 7
Missed the bulkhead, went over, and
burst on striking the water a second
time

Total fired on the first day 24 27
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29.
Struck bulkhead and burst 1 2
Struck the funnel and burst
Grazed the water and did not burst 0 1
Struck and did not burst 2 0
Missed and did not burst . 8 8

6 12

_ --
THURSDAY, Jan. 29.
Struck the bulkhead and did not burst 2 0
Grazed and did not burst 4 0

6 0
FRIDAT, JAr. 30.
Struck the bulkhead and burst .. 2 7
Struck the bulkhead and did not burst... 7 0
Doubtful
Grazed the water and did not burst 1 1
Went over the bulkhead and did not
burst ... 8 8

14 11
One of Captain Norton's shells burst during its flight, but
none of Sergeant-Major Freeburn's, nor did any instance
occur of any bursting in their, flight out of the last 118 fired
at the marshes at Woolwich, including the 50 fired at Ports-
mouth. Captain Chads congratulated the Sergeant-Major
on the successful result of his experiments. The weather
was by no means favourable owing to the heavy swell, but
the success is the more creditable on that account.