The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEATII OF CAPTAIN THOMAS R. EDEN, R.N.—
Letters have been received from the Pacific, contain-
ing intelligence that Captain Thomas Rodney Eden,
commander of the Amphitrite, 24, died, after a few
days illness, when he was getting ready to return
from Valparaiso to this country with a freight which
would have realised to him about 6,0001. The de-,
ceased was nephew of Commodore Henry Eden, su-
perintendent of Woolwich Dockyard. Captain Thos.
R. Eden entered the navy 27th September, 1824, as
first-class volunteer, on board the Cambrian, 48,
Captain, Gawen Wm. Hamilton, attached to the
squadron in the Mediterranean, where, and on the
home and North American stations, he afterwards
served, as midshipman, in the Seringapatam, Victory,
Challenger, Hussar, and St. Vincent. His appoint-
ments as Lieutenant, to which rank he was appointed
on the 224 of November, 1830, were on the 9,h of
December, 1831, to the Madagascar, 46, Captain
Edmond Lyons, stationed in the Mediterranean, and
on the 23d of March, 1833, to the Victory, 104, in
which ship, and the Britannia, 120, he officiated as
flag-lieutenant to Sir Thomas Williams, commander-
in-chief at Portsmouth, until the receipt of his com-
mander's commission on the 13th of April, 1836. His
next appointment was on the 4th of Feb., 1841, to the
Persian, 16, off the coast of Africa, where be suc-
ceeded in capturing ten slave vessels. From August,
1842, to January, 1843, he acted as captain of the
Iris, 28, but then returned to the Persian, which
sloop he brought home and was paid off in August,
1843. Captain Eden was promoted on the 23d of
September, 1844, to the rank he held at his death.
He was appointed to command the Amphitrite, 25,
on the 13th of July, 1847, for service on the Pacific
station, and had nearly completed his three years' ser-
vice, the usual period on foreign stations, when he
died, much regretted by all who served under him.

.....
Woo'Amu, MARCH 30.—The Magicienne steam-
sloop was navigated to Chatham to-day by a party of
riggers from that port, and was supplied with stokers
from the branch of Captain Renderson's steam de-
partment at Woolwich.
The Dwarf steam-vessel, recently returned from
the coast of Ireland, was paid off here to-day.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 31.—The Styx steam-sloop,
under the command of Lieutenants Rigge and
Stevens, in taking a trip, round the Eddystone Light-
house to try her engines (her steam not having been
got up f)r four months), came in contact with a mer-
chant schooner, and both vessels received damage.
ROYAL MARINES.—Lieut. Pyne, the Marine officer
who was tried at the Devon Assizes on a charge of
rape, but was acquitted, still remains suspended from
duty awaiting the decision of the Admiralty. Of the
2,344 officers and men composing the Plymouth
Division, 1,322 are serving afloat.
PoRTsMoUTH, SUNDAY.—The Sphynx steam-sloop,
Commander Shadwell, arrived at Madeira on the 9th
inst. from Plymouth, on her way to the China station.
The Crescent receiving-ship and the Spider packet,
together with the Harpy iron steam-tender, were at
Rio on the 17th of January.

The Sharpshooter iron steam.vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander Bailey, will sail to-morrow for Malta,
,Com-
modore Martin, and letters calling at Lisbon, en route, with dispatches for
for his squadron, which
was at sea on the 19th inst., and not expected to enter
Lisbon for some time, although in frequent
commu-
nication with it.

Letters from Bermuda of the 10th inst. mention
that several reductions In the naval establishment
there were likely to be
imade. Mr. Triecott, agent-
victualler in that yard, s appointed agent-victualler
Hospital at Plymouth, and the
of the Royal Naval Hosp
duties of his department at Bermuda will be per-
formed by the naval storekeeper. Dr. Green, sur-
geon and medical storekeeper, returns home, so that
the establishment will have in future but a deputy-
inspector and two assistant-surgeons.
The Hermes steam-sloop, Commander Fishbourne,
at Madeira on the 2d of from Plymouth, arrived
March ; and the Dart brigantine on the following
day, en route to the Cape. of Good Hope station.
The Gladiator steam frigate, Captain Adams, and
her tender, the Jackal Iron steam-vessel, arrived at
Madeira on the 28th'ult.) and sailed on the 4th inst.
for Ascension.

The freight-ship Bombay arrived at Gibraltar on
the 20th inst., twelve days from Cork, with the 26th
Regiment on board, wbich landed on the following
day. The 34th Regiment was to embark at Gib-
raltar on the 26th inst. in the same ship, for the West
Indies. _ . _

A letter from the Scourge steam-sloop, Commander
Lord F. H. Kerr, dated Athens, March 12, states
that she had orders to proceed to Constantinople, with
wait
tfoorrdtehres Englishthethere,
Consul from the
adnisTatotc,hA dmiral,
Lord William Compton is named as about to com-
mission the Modeste, 18, at Sheerness.
Letters from the Dee steam troop-ship, Mr. Filmer,
Master, R.N., commanding, states, she had conveyed
the boats of the Commodore's ship Castor to the River
Angora, where a slaver was discovered. Her own
paddle-box boats were armed, and though opposed by
the slave crew and 200 blacks, armed with musketry,
the British beats forced their way up to the barra-
coons, and after an hour and a quarter's firing suc-
ceeded in setting fire to the barracoons and the slave
ves.el. The steamer had no one killed, but two of
the crew were severely wounded, and three slightly.
The Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander Shom-
berg, on the Brazil station, captured a slaver on the
3d of January, the second prize taken by her in the
short space of time she had been on that station—only
two months.

The Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander A. C. Key,
is daily expected at this port from the Mediterranean
station, to be paid off here.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord
Amelius Beauclerk, arrived at Greenock on T'nurs-
.day, from Kingstown and Devonport.
Captains J. J. Stopford, late of the Amazon ; J.
Houston, and C. B. Hamilton, late of the Frolic, are
appointed to study at the Royal Naval College.
Five military officers of this garrison are under
arrest for maltreatment of a brother officer. The
.Particulars, as yet, have not been allowed to transpire.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 30.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—As usual during the Easter holidays,
there was a dearth of business in our share market to•day.
.Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley were quoted,
*buyers, 8 1-3, sellers, 8.4 i --North Staffordshire, 10,4 dis.---
IShrewsbury and Birmingham (A), buyers, 834, sellers, 6%
; ropshire Union, buyers, 31/, sellers, 31. Hs. 3d. dis.—
`Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, buyers, 8, sel-
Jers, 84.

GLASGOW, MARCH 28.
Srocx EXCPIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
:'.follow:—Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ayr, Halves (No. 1),
:111;6—Edinburgh and Glasgow (Stirling Midland Junction),
;guaranteed 5 per cent., 2111 Glasgow and Greenock,
.111. Gs.

" THE LADIES THAT MADE THE BREECHES."—
' 'The Joe Miller of a tailor who attended a ball-room, and
who, on being asked his name, said in a whisper, "It was I,
air, who made your breeches," on which he was introduced
to the company as " Major Brdges," is eclipsed by one that
has just reached us. Au active and voluble vendor of news-
, -papers and little books at a railway station is also a very
:amusing retailer of any railway gossip that may come floating
with or flying away with the trains. "'the great poet
M—, Ladies and Gentlemen, has just gone by that train.
We have many remarkable characters come and go at this
station. For instance, yesterd,iy the two ladies that made
the breeches went by the train to ' The ladies that
made the breeches ! why, who or what are they ?" "0!
you know, ma'am, the two young ladies L—, who made
-the breeches—of promise of marriage."
The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley
"leave Cholmondeley Castle, the ancient family seat in
•Cheshire, for their mansion on Carlton-housQ-terrace, next
4 , week.

f

FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPTS AT

MURDER AND SUICIDE.
PRESTON, SATURDAY.—A very painful sensation
prevails at the present time throughout Wit village of
I3acup and the surrounding district, in consequence
of the following tragical occurrence. It, appears that
a young woman, named Anne Wallwerk, residing at
a place called Ball Farm, had been living with a man
named 'William Forster, at Cheetham-hill, Manches-
ter, by whom she had one child. From some cause
or other she left Forster, and went to live at the
before named village with her friends. Forster fol-
lowed her, and tried to persuade her to return with
him, and he would marry her. This she refused, and
after the female and the family had partaken of their
dinner on Wednesday last, she was left alone with
Forster and a little girl, whilst the others went to
work in the garden. Between two and three in the
aPernoon he sent the girl out to purchase some
writing taper,: and whilst she was gone he took a
razor from his pocket and swore that he would cut her
head off. He then made a most desperate attack
upon Wallwork, and tried to cut her throat. The
two struggled violently together, but the fellow suc-
ceeded in inflicting a fearful wound on one side of her
neck, when the girl he had sent out returned, and
having screamed, attracted Forster's attention. He
then left cff his attack upon the poor creature, but
tl-e moment he got to the foot of the stairs he cut his
own throat. He after ,vards ran up-stairs, the blood
streaming from his wounds, and when he reached the
room he threw himself on the bed, and inflicted
another gash in his throat. Dr. Taylor was promptly
in attendance, and he sewed up the wounds in both
parties' throats. The young woman is expected to
recover ; but not the least hopes can be entertained
that the man will survive. That Forster intended
to murder the woman and also himself is clear, for
before committing the deed he made a memorandum
in his pocketbook, stating what amount of money be
had, and where his furniture was to be found.

tY MARKETS.
.The following are the price, at