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

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING:

good mid Os to 9a 9d, fair broken 8s 6d to 9s, damaged
5s 6d to 93. 650 bags Madras went at 7s to 7s 6d for
low pinkey, and damaged 5s 63 to 7s. Sag) is rather
lower, and 241 cs sold at 18s 6d for mid small pearl.
SPICES.—To-day at auction 37 cs Bengal Ginzer sold
at 37s to 37s 6d fn. ord home trade sorts, being chc aper.
Of Pimento 10 bgs went at 44d for mid, this is a full
price. 29 cs Cassia Vera sold at 36s 6d, one lot 355.
SALTPETRE.—To-day Calcutta was in good demand,
and full rates are obtained; the best sorts meet with
most attention. At auction 2,450 bgs were nearly all
disposed of; very superior 2 per cent realized 29s 6d to
30s, fine 4/ to 34 284 6d to 295, 5 to 5f 28s to 28s 6d,
good 6/ to 64 per cent 275, mid 11 per cent 26s 6d,
washed, &c, not retracted 23s to 29s per cwt.
SPIRITS.—Of Demerara Rum several parcels have
been sold at is 103 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 3id 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 ha►e been taken,
previous terms being well supported; ord and mid qua-
lity 30 to 33 per cent over proof selling at 2s 4d to 2583,
good 32 to 36 over 2s 9d to 3s 3d, fine mad choice marks
34 to 38 over 3s 4d to 4s 4d. There is a desire on the
part of holders to sell Cognac Brandy best brands of
the vintage of 1850 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to
43 Bd, 1848 ditto 4s lld to 5s ld, 1847 ditto 5s 5d to
5s 7d, older 5s 10d to 75, low to mid 2s 6d to 3s Bd, and
Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2i 3d. In British made Spirit not
much has been done; the value is still 9s 5d to 9s 6d.
Gin for export can be obtained at 2s 6d. Geneva rather
more in demand at is 7d to is Bd, and fine at is 9d to 2s.
INDIGO.—The limited transactions in East India have
been at 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 serous
will be offered at auction.
COCUINEAL.—HuIders having been ready sellers at
previous low rates, occasioned the home and export
demand to be better for all qualities. At auction 450
bags were nearly all disposed of—Honduras Silvers, good
to fine went at 3s 6d to 3s I Id; low to good mid
2s 103 to 3s sd; black, ord to fine 3s 6d to 4s 11d; Te-
neriffe, Silvers 3s 2d to 3s 4d, and black 3s 51 to 4s id.
The value of Mexican Silvers is 2s 9d to 2s 11d, black
3s 23 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 58 to 83/ ss, bat 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 tuns sold at
291 15s to 32/ for ord to fine. Seal has been only in
moderate request ; and the prices taken for pale are
30/ to 30/ 10s, other sorts 28/ 103 to 29/ 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 283 to 28s 6d ; Manilla 25s to 26s
3d ; South Sea 26s to 26s 9d. 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 9d to 325. For delivery
few transactions have taken place, although there are sel-
lers at 31s 6d to 31s 9d. In Rape Oil little has been done—
British Refined is obtainable at 33s brown 318 to 31s 6d,
and Foreign, pale, 33s 9d to 345. In Olive transactions
are to a fair extent; holders, however, are disposed to
sell Gallipoli at 38/ to 391; Levant at 361103 to 371 10s.
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 35s to 36s net cash, and dealers operate with
reluctance; the supply remains plentiful. Of Australian
680 casks at auction were partly scld—Beef at 33s 9d
to 35s 6d; Sheep 35s to 37s 3d; 184 casks South Ame-
rican 33s 6d to 375; and 14 casks Oporto 34s to 35s 6d
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 the 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.
Oni the 7th of January last a large shoal of black
fish entered the bay, and being driven up Laurie
Harbour, 54 of them were captai ed, 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 Parry, and the Lord Nelson arrived at the
islands the latter end of January, all in good order,
and their crows in good health. The Sir James
Ross took in 226 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 present year; and 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, Si 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 sailors' home whilst in port.
The land cleared and under cultivation was
about four acres, and about half a mile of road
made. The only information as to surveys of land was
that Enderby Island had been surveyed, and its length
was found to be 24 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 about 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 that Mr. 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, bat no resolu-
tion to that effect was adopted, and it was left to the dis-
cretion of the directors.

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

WRECK OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP
HALCYON.
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We regret having to record the loss of the American
emigrant ship Halcyon, which sailed 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 the 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 574 and
latitude 42, within five or six days' sail of New York. The
ship, from a succession of disasters, became totally dis-
abled; 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 bad not the vessels alluded 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 within 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 wus so
much injured as to be rendered nearly useless. Up to the
time of the Connecticut and the William IL Wharton
coining to the rescue, which was on the 11th, it was
impossible, in consequence of the violent rolling of
the wreck, to get up a jury mast of sufficient size to
!wady the sinking ship. All this time the leakage was
inereasing 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,
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wreck being directlyon the 12ta. When leaving, the
eastward, and it
that might comethoeffieers
deemed it prudentbeing nearly night, " he (Captain Wade)
in the track of ships bound to the
ill-fated vessel ex
her. Captain Wade, during the night running foul of
plore,ssteshteher on fire, to prevent any ships
safe deliverance; and the
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"L iverpool, June 23.
•`I am desirous, for myself and in the name of fhe
officers and passengers of the late unfortunate ship Hal-
cyon, to take this opportunity of expressing publicly our
acknowledgment of the debt of gratitude due Iron us to
Captain Latham, of the ship Connecticut,
and Captain
Gates, of the William IL Wharton, of New York, anpd to
the officers and crows of their respective ships. To their
humane conduct and praiseworthy exertions the company
and passengers of the Halcyon owe, under God, the pre-
servation of their lives.

" Through their untiring exertions over 300 persons
were transferred to their ships, without the loss of a
single life. Receiving such large numbers on board
ships having accommodation only for their ordinary
company required personal sacrifices to be made and
inconvenience to be suffered by each and all belonging
to them. Yet these sacrifices were made, and incon-
veniences borne promptly and with the greatest cheer-
fulness. Everything that could be done to add to the
comfort or promote the health of those thus placed under
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 TVOMAN IN LABOUR.
The week before last Mr. Hutchins 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 be 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 ho
would not, and that he might " go to h— for 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..
mixed 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 was 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-
band 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
wife 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 he
supposed, no occasion to apply to auy 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 these 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 net your
feelings.
A juror—Mr. Cooper, was Mr. Smith sober? Cooper
—Well, I think so.
Coroner—Was the husband sober? Cooper—Yes,
sir, he was.
Coroner—Another contradiction to your statement,
Mr. Smith; and as you have no other explanation, you
may retire.
B. S. Harvey, Esq., deposed that he had seen the de-
ceased, and had heard the evidence, and from the facts
he could arrive at only one conclusion—that the de-
ceased had died from excessive hemorrhage 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 summed up, animadverting 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. Tho law, he believed, was not stringent
enough to punish in this instance, or it would never have
been more justly carried out. The medical profession
was of the highest importance, and only very fewin-
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 haemor-
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 that, although the deceased did die from natural
causes, her death might have been prevented had Mr
Smith attended."—Sheeeld Times.

HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT MURDER
AND SUICIDE.
On Saturday night and early on Sunday 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 girl named Mary Ann Bush. 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 if he should dine with her on the follow-
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 the night, or about one o'clock
in the morning, she went home 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 ho 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 convoyed, 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
for 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.

FRIGRTFUL 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 Dalgleish, 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,
and acts in 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 the steam full power by opening
the valve. His cries soon attracted the attention of the
other workmen, who hastened to his rescue with all speed.
Notwithstanding every exertion, a few minutes elapsed
before the machinery could be brought to a stand, so
great was the velocity it had attained. On being dis-
engaged of the few 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,
bcsicks 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—an instance of the extra-
ordinary pressure to which the body must have been sub-
jected. LStrange to say, notwithstanding all this, the

unfortunate sufferer rettined his senses when relieved,
and tor the short time after that he lived; nor did he
ever complain of pain. This may be accounted for by
his head having entirely escaped injury, while the
severity of his bruises had prostrated all nervous
sensibility. A stretche: being procured, he was con-
veyed to his father's hoise, and the medical assistance
of the town was in prompt attendance. From the first,
however, it was seen Chat his injuries were fatal, and he
expired about three hours after the accident. The un-
fortunate man being alone at the time when the accident
occurred, not the slighted blame can be attached to any
one.—Border Advertiser.

GLASGOW AND SOUTIOVESTERN RAlLWAY..—Traffic for
the Week ending June 28,1851:
Passengers (21,198), Goods, &c.,
and Horses and Cariages ... £3,778 17 11
Corresponding week in last year
for Glasgow and Ayr and Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle
Railways ... £2,769 13 4
Glasgow, June 30, 1851.