The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-02 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON,

good mid 9s to 9s 93, fair broken 83 61 to 9s, damaged
53 61 to 9s. Cst) bags elefiraa went at 7. to 7. 6d for
low pieltey. aid damaged :"y, 61 to 7s. See 'l3 rather'
lower. and 241 or 6013 at 184 ed for raid swail pearl.
SPICES —To-day at euctien 37 sta Gineer sold
at 37s to 37's 63 fir ord hem!, trade sorts, being ca. aper.
Of Pimento 10 bas went at 4tl fir mid, this is a full
price, 29 Ca Cassia Vera sat at 364 61, ono lot 355.
SALTPETRE,—To-day Calcutta was in good demand,
and fail rates are eb (steed; the best sorts meet with
most attention. At ;suction 2,450 bgs were nearly all
' disposed of; vary superior 2 per cent realized 29s 6d to
30s, fine 41 to 34 28e 6cl to 295, 5 to 5i 28s to 283 63,
good 61 to 6,1 per cent 279, mid 11 per cent 26a 63,
washed, &c, not retracted 23s to 29a per cwt.
SPIRITS.—Of Demerara Rum several parcels have
been sold at is 10d to 2s 4d for ord to good 30 to 40
per cent over proof, and there is a firm market. A good
demand prevails for East India at is 3d to Is 4d proof,
and there are not free sellers. Orders for Leeward
Island are upon an extended scale at is 5d to is 6d, and
holders have confidence. For shipping and home con-
sumption several parcels of Jamaica have been taken,
previous terms being well supported; ord and mid gas.-
lity 30 to 33 per cent over proof selling at 2s 4d to 2,3 1.
good 32 to 36 over 2s 93 to 3s 3d, fine and choice marks
34 to 33 over 3s 43 to 4s 4d. There is a desire on the
part of holders to sall Cognac Brandy best brands of
the vintage of 1850 4s 4d to 43 63, 1849 ditto 4s 6(1 to
4s 83, 1848 ditto 4s lid to 5a Id, 1847 ditto 5s 5d to
5.3 73, older Si led to 7s, low to mid 2s 6d to 3s Bd, and
Bordeaux 2s 2,3 to 2s 3d. In British made Spirit not
much has been done; the value is still 93 5d to 9s 63.
Gin for export can be obtained at 2s 6d. Geneva rather
more in demand at Is 7d to 13 83, and fine at is 9d to 2s.
INDIGO.-I'he limited transactions in East India have
been as a reduction on last quarterly sales' rates of 2d to
3d per lb. On Tuesday next the sale will commence,
and the quantity declared is 13,830 chests, being a larger
quantity than was expected. In Spanish little has been
done, and rates incline downwards; on Friday 900 serene
will be offered at auction.
demandprevious low
owbe b COCHINEAL.—holders having been ready sellers at
rates,etter occasioned a
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bags were nearly all disposed ot—Honduras Silvers, goad
to fine went at 3a 6d to 3s 1 id; low to good mid
2s 10,1 to 3s sd; black, ord to fine 3s 63 to 43 1 Id; Te-
i 'eriffe, Silvers 3s 2d to 3s 4d, and black 3s 53 to 4s ld.
The value of Mexican Silvers is 2s 9,1 to 2s lid, black
33 2cl to 3s 6d per lb. Stock is 2,000 bags more than last
year, and deliveries exhibit an increase of 1,000 bags.
For auction 200 bags are declared.
OILS.—The limited transactions in Sperm have been
at rather lower rates, and of 45 tuns at auction, a part
only sold at 801 5s to 831 53, but chiefly at 834
for good quality. In Headmatter sales have been
small at 88/ to 92/. Southern is less wanted, and
easier rates are, taken. At auction 74 tuna sold at
29/ 15s to 32/ for ord to fine. Seal has been only in
moderate request ; and the prices taken fur pale are
301 to 301 103, other sorts 281 lOs to 291 10s. The
value of Cod is 361 to 37/. Cocoa Nut has fallen in
value. At auction 400 casks in part sold in
Ceylon at 28s to 28s 6d ; Manilla 25s to 26s
3d ; South Sea 26s to 26e 93. Linseed Oil is
to be obtained at rather lower rates; still shippers have
operated with caution; a good home trade demand, how•
ever, has been experienced at 31s 93 to 325. For delivery
few transactions have taken place, ali hough there are sel-
larsat3ls 6d to 31s 9d. In Rape Oil little has been done—
British Refined is obtainable at 335, brown 31s to 31s 63,
and Foreign, pale, 33s 91 to 345. In Olive transactions
are to a fair extent; holders, however, are disposed to
sell Gallipoli at 381 to 39/; Levant at 361 106 to 371 103.
A good demand exists for Palm, the rates paid being
27s 6d to 28s per cwt. for fine.
TALLOW.—The rates demanded for fine Yellow Candle
on the spot are 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt. Prices
are not so firm for delivery; and there are sellers for
last three months of the year at 395; but few
transactions have taken place. Home melted is offering
at 353 to 36s net call), and dealers operate with
reluctance; the supply remains plentiful. Of Australian
680 casks at auction were partly sold—Beef a; 33s 93
to 35, 63; Sheep 35e to 37s 33; 184 casks South Ame-
rican 33s 63 to 375; and 14 casks Oporto 34s to 35s 63
per cwt. For auction 800 casks of Tallow are declared.

SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERY COMPANY.

A special general meeting of this company was held
on Monday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of
communicating to the shareholders further information
respecting the progress of the company's affairs, Mr. J.
D. Powles, in the absence of Lord Hardwicke, in the chair.
The report was read. It stated that the commis-
sioner on his return to the settlement from New
Zealand found all the affairs of the company in a very
satisfactory state, and all their servants in the enjoy-
ment of good health and spirits. It appeared by letters
from Mr. Towns, the company's agent at Sydney, that
the Earl of Hardwicke had been reported off Howe's
Island with eighty barrels of sperm oil on board; and on
' the 18th of August last tne brig Governor arrived from
Sydney with the stores which the commissioner had or-
dered in April. The bay whaling season at the islands
had by no means realised the expectations entertained
by the commissioner shortly before his departure
for New Zealand, no oil having been taken up
to the time of his return, and there was but little
chance of anything being done that season, as the
New Zealanders had all proceeded to cultivate the lands
for potatoes, and they would not continue their duty on
board ship until after they had finished their work. Se-
veral vessels had arrived with a supply of stores. The
Samuel Enderby had returned with 191 barrels of
sperm oil, the produce of an eight months' voyage.
Onl the 7th of January last a large shoal of black
fish entered the bey, and being driven up Laurie
Harbour, 54 of them were capured, and yielded 51
barrels of oil. A large quantity of sperm oil was
shortly expected in England, having been shipped at
Sydney in March. The Sir James Ross, Sir Ed-
ward Perry, and the Lord Nelson arrived at the
islands the latter end of January, all in good order,
and their crews in good health. The Sir James
Boss took in 206 barrels of sperm oil and 81 barrels of
common oil, which was a very fair quantity. The whole
of the company's ships, now increased to nine by the
addition of the Black Dog, would be fairly engaged in
fishing during the presei,t year; end it was thought
that they might anticipate the arrival of a satisfactory
amount of produce within twelve months of the pre-
sent period. The statistical details with reference to
the settlement in January, showed that there
were 94 white persons, exclusive of the seamen,
3 horses, 45 horned cattle, 258 sheep, 51 lambs.
The buildings erected had been a storehouse, a cooper-
age, a blacksmith's shop, a powder magazine, and
eighteen dwellings, and it was also intended to erect a
building to serve for a sailor: home whilst in port.
The land cleared and under cultivation was
about tour acres, and about half a mile of road
male. The only information as to surveys of land was
that Enderby bland had been surveyed, and its length
was found to be 21 miles. The opinion of an intelli-
gent gentleman as to the soil and climate was, that
the reports respecting the quantity of wet weather which
were ebout were unfounded, and that the climate was
very healthy, and the cold not greater than was agree-
able.

A long discussion ensued on the motion for the adop-
tion of the report, and in answer to questions it trans-
pired thlt 11r. George Dundas, M.P., one of the direc-
tors, intended going out to inspect the settlement, free
of expense to the company. It was stated that the value
of the oil taken for the six months was about 5,2001. It
It appeared that Mr. Enderby was still a defaulter in
shares to the amount of 7,5001. Some conversations
ensued relative to the directors borrowing money to
increase the operations of the company, but no resolu-
tion to that effect was adopted, and it was left to the dis-
cretion of the direcfors.

The report was then unanimously adopted, and after
a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated.

WRECK OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP
_ HALCYON.
___

We regret having to record the loss of the American
emigrant ship Halcyon, which aailt,d hence on the 17th
ult., with upwards of 300 passengers, principally
Irish and German emigrants, for New York. The
whole of the passengers and crew, with the excep-
tion of one Woman and a child, were providen-
tially rescued from a watery grave, having been
humanely taken on board, almost in the last extremity,
by t, e New York ships, Connecticut, Capt. Latham, and
the William H. Wharton, Capt. Gates, laden with cotton,
on their passage to Liverpool. The Halcyon encoutered a
heavy gale on the Bth inst., longitude being about 57i and
latitude 42, within Live or six days' sail of New York. The
ship, from a succession of disasters, became totally dis-
abl,d; and, notwithstanding the exertions and skill of
Captain Wade and his officers, to which the whole of the
passengers we have conversed with bear willing and eager
testimony, those on board would most inevitably have
perished had not the vessels allath,d to have rendered
timely assistance. To Captain Wade, who most courte-
ously and readily afforded us every information, we are
indebted for the following report of the disaster :—"On the
Bth of June the Halcyon, when withiq five or six days' sail
of New York, was dismasted in a heavy S.E. gale.
The fore and mainmasts went by the deck, and the mizen-
mast below the top. The rudder was rendered useless
by the thumping of the spars before they could be got
clear and the violent action of the sea. One pump was
broken by the cargo fetching away, and the other was so
' much injured as to be rendered nearly useless. Up to the
time of the Connecticut and the William H. Wharton
coming to the rescue, which was on the I 1 tb, it was
impossible, in consequence of the violent rolling of
the wreck, to get up a jury mast of sufficient size to
steady the sinking ship. All this time the leakage was
increasing, the cargo was working, and the hull strain-
ing violently. One of the steerage passengers, a wo-
man, sustained a serious injury from some iron rails on
deck falling on her feet, and crushing her very much,
which
caused her death. Wh on theConneetieu,fft and
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H. Wharton camedown they took off
and crew, with provisions, water, &c.,
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" Through their untiring exertions over 300 pyrsuns
were trinsteind to theii- ship,, without the loss Of a
lttneiving such ia•ge numbers on bo7ad
ships having acconattioditlion only for • their ordinary
company rfquircd personal sacrifices to be mare and
mcotiv,:uienee to tuff red by each and Vid
to Yet tbese sacrifices were made, and mueou-
ienieoceA borne promptly and wi,h the greatest cheer-
!uln-ss. Evkry,hiog thst clutd be done to add to the
comfort or prom tv the 11-alth of those the placed undo-r
their care was done in a generous spirit of huma-
nity. Although the rescued persons feel that the con.
sciousness of having performed a noble duty in a noble
manner will bring more enduring pleasure to the minds
of their deliverers than any tribute they can offer, they
feel bound to perform their duty, and thus publicly re-
cord their gratitude.
" A. T. WADE,
" On behalf of the officers, crew and pas-
sengers of the ship Halcyon."
The William H. Wharton arrived in Liverpool on
Thursday evening, with the mate of the vessel and 190
of her passengers, and the Connecticut, bringing Cap-
tain Wade and the remainder of the unfortunate people,
on Friday evening.—Liverpool Paper.

REFUSAL OF A MEDICAL MAN TO
ATTEND A WOMAN IN LABOUR.

The week before last Mr. Hitchins held an inquest at
Marion, near Gainsborough, on the body of Elizabeth
Fletcher, who died in child-birth after being delivered of
twins. The case excited extreme interest. The husband
stated that in April last he spoke to Mr. Smith, surgeon,
of Marton, to attend his wife, and that Mr. Smith replied,
" Whenever your wife wants me, call upon me, and I will
attend." On Tuesday night (the 10th inst.) at nearly
11 o'clock, his wife being taken in labour, he went to
Mr. Smith and asked him to accompany him to his wife;
but Mr. Smith replied that he would not go. He went
home, but though the midwife sent him again, Mr. Smith
still refused to come. Fletcher imploringly said, " Do,
Mr. Smith, or my wife will die;" but the surgeon said he
would not, and that he might " go to b— fur a doctor."
Mr. Fairchild, surgeon, of Willingham, residing at a
distance of three or four miles from Marton, was then
fetched, but before he arrived the poor woman was
dead. At this stage of the inquiry the husband sobbed
and cried as if heart-broken. The jury expressed
a wish to have Mr. Smith present, and the coroner sent
for him. The evidence having been read,
Mr. Smith said—l deny having promised to attend
the deceased : they owed me money, and I was not
bound to go. I also deny telling the husband that he
might "go to h-- for a doctor." The man was drunk
when he came.

Coroner—But I apprehend the wife was not drunk;
the man states that he had only one pint of beer, and
that that was given to him: I will recall him.
Being recalled, the man asserted before Mr. Smith
that he had engaged him, and that Mr. Smith had pro-
mised to attend. He added, " I was not drunk, and you
know, when I begged and prayed of you to come to my
wife as she %% as dying, you told me I might go to h---
for a doctor.'"

Mr. Smith—l deny it, and I suppose, Mr. Coroner, my
word is as good, at least, as that man's.
Coroner—Stay, Mr. Smith, we will test that. Call in
a man of the name of Cooper.
James Cooper, butcher, stated that on the Tuesday
night he felt poorly, and wished Mr. Smith to give him
some medicine to take home, and they both went to the
surgery from the White Swan. While there the hus.
hand of the deceased came, and again asked Mr. Smith
to go to his wife, but the latter said he would not. The
man begged and prayed of him to go, as he was sure his
wile would die. The surgeon declared that he would
not go, and that the man '• might go to h— for a
doctor."

Coroner—Now, Mr. Smith, the jury will form a cor-
rect estimate with respect to which side the truth has
been found on. From your positive denial of the one
fact, which has been confirmed by evidence that even
you have not disputed, I have little doubt of the truth
of the husband's statement that you did promise to
attend. That unfortunately wants confirmation, and
had it been confirmed it would have become a
duty to deal with the case differently from
what must, as it stands, necessarily be the issue. By
your promise to attend the wife, the husband had, as be
supposed, no occasion to apply to any one else, as he
relied upon you; but supposing you had not promised,
surely, when an appeal for a dying woman was made,
and when under nature's severest trial, common huma-
nity should have induced you to leave a public-house
and go the distance of 400 yards to save a fellow-crea-
ture; but instead of obeying those humane dictates, you
not only refused, but forgot decency of language, and
outraged all respect for yourself and the profession by
adding cruelty to inhumanity. I confess I envy not your
feelings.
A juror—Mr. Cooper, was Mr. Smith sober? Cooper
—Well, I think so.

Coroner—Was the husband sober? Cooper—Yes,
sir, ho was.

Coroner—Another contradiction to your statement,
Mr. Smith; and as you have no other explanation, you
may retire. _ _

E. S. Harvey, Esq., deposed that he bad seen the de-
ceased, and had hoard the evidence, and from the facts
he could arrive at only one conclusion—that the de-
ceased had died from excessive bramorrhage and exhaus-
tion from the loss she had sustained, which might have
been averted, if she had had the medical assistance she
required.
The Coroner aurnmorl up, nnirnarlvorting strongly upon
the want of feeling on the part of Mr. Smith and his denial
of the truth of the husband's statement, which had been
confirmed. The law, he believed, was not stringent
enough to puni,h in this instance, or it would never have
been more justly carried out. The medical profession
was of the highest importance, and only very few in-
stances of such total disregard of humanity would be
found. The evidence was before the jury, and the verdict
he would leave to them.

The jury then unanimously agreed to the following
verdict:—`• That the deceased, from excessive hemor-
rhage and exhaustion did die; that Mr. Smith, surgeon,
did refuse to attend the deceased, although informed
that she was in a dying state; and that, from medical
evidence, had she had medical aid her death might have
been averted. The jury, upon the evidence, are of opi-
nion thut, although the deceased did die from natural
causes, her death might have been prevented had Mr
Smith attended."—Sheffield Times.

HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT MURDER
AND SUICIDE.

On Saturday night and early (;n:Tanday morning the
neighbourhood of the Barracks, in Silver-street, which
has many years been a moral and physical nuisance to
the whole city, was the scene of a most shocking
crime, being an attempt at murder and suicide.
It appears that a man named John Waters, a country
labourer, had been residing in the barracks several
months with a git l named Mary Ann Buah. Latterly they
had disagreed and quarrelled. On Saturday, Waters
asked the girl to "go home with him and be comfort-
able," but she refused to live with him again. He then
asked her it ho should dine with her on the fallow-
ing day (Sunday), and if so he would buy something for
dinner. To this she agreed, and he then went and
purchased some things for dinner and took them to her
house. In the middle of tho night, or about one o'clock
in the morning, she went in company with
another man, at which time Waters was lying under
the bed, as she thought, asleep. After the other man had
left, Waters commenced a quarrel with the girl; they
had high words together, and he caught hold of her by
the neck, when she felt a sharp sensation, as though he
was pinching her neck, and cried out " 0 John,
don't murder me." Her cries alarmed the neighbours,
and two men named Maund and Spragg forced
the door, and one of them knocked Waters
down. Waters got up and ran up a passage, turning
into a place where he concealed himself under some
stairs. Maund then ran to the station-house and
gave information to Sergeant Bateman, who was
quickly on the spot. Manwhile two girls
dragged Bush out of the kitchen to their own
house, and finding her throat cut, they tied an apron
round her neck to stop the hemorrhage. Sergeant Bate-
man found Waters in his place of concealment, and
on pulling him out by the collar, found that his throat
was also cut. Policeman Workman then came
up, and by his assistance the man was taken
to the station-house, where also Bush was soon
after conveyed, and Mr. Budd, surgeon, was
speedily on the spot, and sewed up their wounds.
That on Bush's throat was five inches in length, but
no artery had been cut; that on Waters's throat con-
sisted of two cuts, one of which had penetrated his
windpipe. Both have been pronounced in a fair way
fur recovery. In the house where the shocking
occurrence took place, Bateman found in the
centre of the kitchen a great pool of blood and a pocket
knife lying close by with blood on it; the knife had been
recently sharpened. it is said that evidence will be ad-
duced to prove that Waters had been seen to sharpen the
knife, and that he had also threatened the girl Bush. True
to her sex, however, she pleaded in his behalf when in cus-
tody, and endeavoured as far as possible to ward off the
consequences of his crime. Her evidence was taken be-
fore Mr. Sidebottom and Mr. Pierpoint, on Monday, at
the police station, and the case was remanded.— Wor-
cester Chronicle.

FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT.
A most distressing accident occurred here on Tues-
day morning last, which resulted in the death of a
fine young man named Robert Dalgleieh, who had
charge of the steam-engine of the Messrs. Cochrane,
manufacturers. While engaged in his attendance upon
the engine, which is a condenser of 14-horses power, i
and acts n junction with a large waterwheel,
he was caught by the breast of his loose jacket
by one of the "governor balls," which serves to re-
gulate the admission of tho steam. His arm was in-
stantly entangled between the spindle and governor
rod, and in a moment he was whirled round and round
by the machine with a velocity which was iucreased by
the governors being forced down by this obstruction,
thus allowing tho steam full power by opening
the valve. His cries soon attracted the attention of ttie
other workmen, who hastened to his rescue with all speed.
Notwithstanding every exertion, a few minutes elapsed
before the mechiliery could be brought to a stand, so
great was the velocity it had attained. On being dis-
engaged of the low remaining shreds of clothing which
bound the unfortunate man to the engine, a melancholy
spectacle presented itself. Almost every article of cloth-
ing was literally stripped away, and the body dread-
fully mutilated. The right arm, in particular, by which
he was principally entangled, was twisted and crushed
till the bones were almost ground down. He sustained,
besides other injuries, a severe fracture of the left leg,
and on one side the ribs were entirely fractured. The
rods to which the governors are attached were bent
out almost to a right angle—au instance of the extra-
ordinary pressure to which the body must have been sub-
jected. IStrunge to say, notwithstanding all this, the