The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RUEEN'S PL.T.TE WEIGHTS.
Her Msjesty's Master of the Horse has expressed his
consent to the alteration of weights at Nowcastle•on-
Tyne, as suggested by Mr. Radford, the active Secretary
of the Racing Committee.
The distance of the Queen's Guineas is three miles,
and the imposts have been thus altered:—
st. lb. st. lb.
3 years old were 7 2 will be 7 4
4 „ ' 9 2 „ 810
5 ~
„ 10 0 ff 9 4
6 and aged „ 10 5 ~ 9 7
We hope that the new tariff will induce a large access
of imports, the unpopularity of the previous one being
eviienced by its corning last year to a match, with 5 to 1
on the four years old, versus his senior by the year,
giving 121 b.

Chester, Shrewsbury, and Manchester, under the old
regime, will watch the innovation with deep interest, and,
should it be found beneficial in the increase of fields, as
we anticipate that it will be, they will of course follow
suit, and their petition meet with a similar reception.
THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.—The weights
for the 102 horses entered will be published by Tues-
d.ly, 7th January, instead of the 9th, as originally in-
tended.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.

Gunner—Theodore Tre;is;,ie the Athol troop-ship.
To be Acting Gunners—William S. Deere, Henry
Blyth, Tobias Maokey.
To be Acting Boatswain—Gtorge Sergeant.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE GRAPPLER STEAM VESREL.—
Oaamanney,
Son, and Co., have given notice that an
account of the tonnage bounty received for the capture
and destruction of the Brazilian schooner &Terence,
No. 2, on the 23d February, 1849, by the Grappler, and
also of the net proceeds and tonnage bounty received
for the capture of the Brazilian schooner Esperanc a, No.
l, on the 17th of March, 1849, will be delivered into the
registry of the High Court of Admiralty on the 30th inst.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE WEST INDIES.—A fatal
accident ocourred on board the Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop,
Commander Dy Nov. 1, while lying off St. John de
Nicaregua. It appears that the crew were at general
quarttrs firing at a target with the large guns, and
whilst a quartermaster, of the name of Hayman, was in
the act of ramming home a cartridge, it exploded, and
completely blew him to pieces; the captain of the gun
losing a portion of his lets thumb at the same time.
Comet, steam-vessel, Commander Otter, surveying at
the Hebrides, is ordered to Queenstown to be laid up fur
the winter.
Woo
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paid off at Woolwich this day at noon.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CONVICT.—Reuben Clifford, a
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lately
, surveying
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the
he l Lieutenant Commander
e Orkneys, is ordered to be
Thomas,
convict, while employed in discharging the cargo of a
coal-brig at the dockyard, Woolwich, yesterday, was
taken suddenly ill, fell down, and expired almost im-
mediately.
ACCIDENTS AT WOOLWICH.—A lad named Isaac,
a caulker's apprentice, fell into the King William
Dock at Woolwich-yard, a depth of from twenty to
thirty feet, and fractured his thigh. kle was immediately
conveyed to the Royal Marine Infirmary, where every
attention was paid to him. Mr. Wilson, timekeeper at
the factory, when passing up the yard yesterday morn-
ing, from the slippery state of the stones,fell down and
fractured his arm.
POIITSM,IUTH. WEDNESDAY.—The Phaeton, 50. Cap-
tain G. Elliot, sailed from Spithead this morning for
Lisbon, with dispatches and supernumeraries far the
squadron of Commodore Martin.
The Hogue, 6Q. Captain M'Dougall, got steam up this
morning at ten o'clock, and tried speed at the measured
mile in Stokes Bay until two P.M.
The Amphitrite, 26, Captain Frederick, has been un-
docked to day and placed in the basin for rigging, &c.,
where she has been masted and commissioned.
The Eurydice, 26, has been brought down from the
ordinary to-day and placed in the old basin, in readiness
for docking to undergo a thorough overhaul, and, if ne-
cessary, repair, prior to recommission.
Mr. Sabben, assistant-surgeon of the dockyard, has
discovered a method for preventing corrosion, oxidation,
&c., of iron tanks, shot, &. The process is by means
of a covering of zinc, and is extremely simple as well as
inexpensive, taking into consideration the immense de-
struction and corrosion from oxidation, more particularly
in ships' tanks, which are now constantly requiring clean-
ing out and repairing. The perfect success of this in-
vention, it must be admitied, can only be safely tested
by time; at present, however, it has received the most
favourable opinion of scientific men.

The report of the proceedings which occurred at
the trial of Major Bartleman, of the 44th Bengal Na-
tive Infantry, have been published ; the imputations
preferred against him were given in our last. The
gallant officer, it may be remembered, was charged
with scandalous and infamous conduct, in having,
under the cloak of an almost paternal authority, with
which he had been entrusted by her father, endea-
voured to seduce the affections sf the wife of Lieute-
nant Shelton, of the 33d Native Infantry. The
matter appears to have stood thus :—Mrs. Shelton
was the daughter of Dr. Laughton, formerly a
teacher at Simla, and who in this capacity laid Major
Bartleman under obligations to him by the care he
had taken of V. sickly boy. She had been for some
years married to Lieutenant Shelton, of the 33d Na-
tive Infantry. The union, of which several
children had been the fruit, appears of late to
have been an unhappy one. The husband
seems to have fallen into intemperate habits, and
the quarrels in the family were frequent and noto-
rious. In January last the unhappy couple were the
guests of Major Bartleman, to whom before this they
had been but slightly known, and while such, the con-
duct of the husband to his wife and host was occa-
si•rnally such as to induce him to volunteer a full
written apology to the latter for what had occurred.
In February he proceeded to Singapore on sick leave
for the benefit of his health, leaving his wife behind
him at Calcutta, where she appeared to prefer resid-
ing alone, although she had friends at no great dis-
tance. About this time she wrote to her father com-
plaining of her husband's ill-usage, and appeared
desirous of a separation. Dr. Laughton wrote in
reply, under cover to Major Bartleman, exhorting
his daughter to a reconciliation, and entreating her

to use her best endeavours to soothe the mind and
regain the affections of her husband. He reminded
her that her lot had now been cast with his, and
that nothing but extreme necessity should ever in-
duce her to think of leaving him. .To Major Bartle-
man, who was his senior, and had been twice a
widower, and might therefore have been supposed
capable of being entrusted with such a charge, he
wrote thanking him for the kindness he had shown
his daughter, and committing her hi case of extre-
mity to his protection. Lieutenant Shelton was re-
peatedly written to by Major Bartleman during his
absence, and the circumstances mentioned that he
had taken Mrs. Shelton to a ball, and was hi the habit
of driving out with her in the morning, adding that
be had recommended her to joie her friends at Kish-
naghur, but that she preferred apparently sojourning
at Calcutta. Mr. Shelton returned from Singapore
early in July, but does not appear to have expressed
any dissatisfaction with the conduct of his wife. On
the 16th of August Major Bartleman wrote him a
note declining the continuance of his acquaintance;
on what grounds does not appear, and Mr. Sh-ltou
expressed his regret at the loss of his friend,hip.
Friendly relations between the parties seem soon after-
wards to have been renewed ; on the 22,1, and again
on the 23d of August, Major Bartleman drove Mrs.
Shelton in his buggy from Barrackpore to Cal-
cutta, by invitation of her husband. On the latter
of these days Mr. Shelton found on his wife's pillow
a letter addressed to her by Major Bartleman, such
as a devoted husband might have written to his wife
—such as none but an accepted lover would have
written to his mistress. The unhappy couple imme-
diately proceeded to Calcutta, to consult a lawyer as

to what was to be done. On their return they met
with Major Bartlernin; high words passed bet %Ten
then', when the Major preceded them on horseback
to their home, and there awaited their arrival. The
husband forbade his entrance—the wife accepted his
arm. When inside he was repeatedly ordered to the

door; he persisted in remaining, a; he wished to
have some explanations with Mrs. Shelton. Driven
to fury at thus being defied and insulted in his own
house, Mr. Shelton rushed to his bed-roam and
brought out a pistol, which he snapped at Major Bar-
tleman. That officer seized him, wrested the pistol
from his hand, pushed him down, and beat him with
a whip; the table was upset in the scuffle, aid was
called for in vain, and a fearful scene, apparently in
the presence of the lady, ensued. The pistol
turned out to have been loaded—it was fired
off by Major Birdman, whose life just before had
been so nearly jeopardised. Having quitted
the house at length, he soon after returned
and placed Mr. Shelton under arrest. Some
hours after this he induced Colonel Pettingal, com-
manding the 33d, to permit the arrest to be removed,
a fresh arrest having been imposed by this officer
immediately afterwards. A circumstance very ma-
terial to the character of the intercourse between the
parties came out on the examination ; that on the 22d
of August, the day before the letter was written, the
discovery cf which first awakened suspicion in the
mind of the husband, and led to the explosion, Major
Bartleman had put himself in the hands of his law
adviser, who had engaged counsel to defend the
action he expected to be brought against him in the
civil court. Mrs. Shelton appears, in defiance of the
known wish of her husband, to have encouraged the
visits both of Major Bartleman and a Mr. Downing,
and to have taken legal advice as to whether she might
be deprived of her children. Here the matter for the
present stands, the decision of the court-martial is in
the hands of the Commander-in-Chief; from the
evidence and the defence it appears that nothing has
been adduced sufficiently strong to bear out the
charges in the very strong form in which they are
worded, or that the prisoner will be convicted of the
"infamous" conduct imputed to him.

CHINA.
The following is the letter of a correTontlent :
" HONG-KONG, OCT. 30.

" The mail steamer arrived late on the evening of
the 12th inst., bringing dates from England to the
24th of August.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the 2d to the 15th of Nov. inclusive.)
BOMBAY, FRIDAY EVENING, Nov. 15.
Since our last money has not been in much more in-
quiry, and the banks having raised their rates of interest
1 per cent. all round looks more like a precautionary
measure than nny thing (Ise. Timid people are, how-
ever, anticipating considerable tightness in the beginning
of the year. Government securities have fallen in value,
and the following are the quotations:-Sicca Fives 1031
to 104; Sitters Fours, 87; Company's Fives, 99} to i;
Company's Fours, 833- to 84. The share market is dull,
few transfers taking place. The rates of the day are-
Bank of Borabay, 191- per cent. premium; Oriental Bank,
163 per cent. discount; Commercial Bank, 8 per cent.
discount; and Agra Bank, 2 per cent. discount. The
report by the auditors of the Oriental Bank has just
been published, and it represents the business of the
company at all its branches to be sound and satisfactory.
In our import market a rather considerable amount of
business has been done, holders having come down some-
what in their rates in order to be able to avail themselves
of the extremely favourable rate of exchange ruling
for some time past. The Dewallee holidays having
terminated has ulso tended to an increase of business,
but the native dealers have not yet entered the market as
freely as might Ihave been expected. There has been
but one arrival, the Owen Glendower from London, since
our last. The export of cotton during the fortnight has
been to a tolerably large extent.
Piece Goods-Prices for most descriptions of piece
goods having been lowered by holders, a pretty fair busi-
ness has been transacted in them. Up-country suppliers
have not as yet entered the market, and it is expected
that when they commence purchasing prices may again
improve. Gray goods have been disposed of as follows:
-Shirtings, 10,873 pieces, at from 3ir. to 6r. 7a. per
piece, 40 to 45 inch 60 reed being chiefly inquired for,
the inferi or qualities being dull; drills, 400 pieces, at sr.
sa. per piece; long cloths, 3,577 pieces, at 4r. 12a. 6p. to
sr. 3a. per piece. The price of these fabrics has some-
what improved, and ihey are in better inquiry than for-
merly. T cloth, 5,650 pieces, at 34r. to 3r. 7a. per piece.
On these a decline has taken place, but they have been
in some request in consequence. Jaconnets, 9,200 pieces,
chiefly fine makes, at lr. 4s. 9p. to lr. 7s. 6p. per piece.
Demand dull, prices as formerly. Madapoliams,
23,200 pieces, at lr. 14s. 6p. to 4r. 6a. per piece. The
finer qualities are in little request, the sales effected
being of the medium and lower descriptions. Do-
mestics, no business done; no sales reported. Mulls,
600 pieces, at 21r. per piece. In bleached goods
there has been little done. Shirtings, 1,350
pieces, at 4r. 14a. to 6r. ss. per piece, the quality most
in demand being 66 to 72 reed. 36-inch 40 yards malls
and medium jaconnets are in pretty fair inquiry at for-
mer rates ; while madapollams, jaconnet checks, satin
spots, and check are dull, and uninquired for. Dyed
Goods-Turkey red plain cloth has sold to extent of
3,650 pieces, at 71r. to 81-r. per piece ; Swiss pattern
prints and mulls are in fair inquiry, but we have not
heard of any sales. Fancy Goods-Some few sales
beet) had effect in some of these fabrics, but gene-
rally they are of dull sale, Swiss lappets, prints, pine,
and zebra dresses particularly so. For bleached lap-
pet scarfs, low lappets and book muslins, bleached and
gray domestics, and bleached mulls there is a slight
inquiry.
Cotton Yarn-The sales amount to 435 bales of
water and 100 bales of mule twist. The prices of
nearly all counts of both have fallen slightly, but
holders in general will not part with their stocks at the
rates offered. No transactions in dyed yarns have been
reported. Sales : -170 bales of water twist, 3001 b.
each, No. 30, at 9iia. per lb. ; 190 bales of water twist,
3001 b. each, Nos. 20, at 71i. per lb. ; 75 bales of water
tesitt, 300th. each, Nos. 20, at 70- 30, at 9/a. per lb. ;
50 bales of mule twist, 3001 b. each, Nos. 40, at 91a., 50,
at 1 la. per lb. ; 50 bales of mule twist, 3001 b. each, No.
30, at 82,- I. per lb.
Metals-Prices have farther declined for nearly all
descriptions. Copper-A large sale of South American
has taken place at a considerable advance in price. Tile
has declined, owlet; to the large importation from Aus-
tralia noticed in our last. A good demand exists for
braziers', large quantities of which " to arrive" have
been offered for sale by native importers. Iron of all
de criptions is dull of sale. Swedish steel, both in tubs
and figots, remains as before. A decline has taken
place in both sheet and pig lead and spelter.
Cochineal-A slight decline in value has taken place.
Saffron-As before, good quality being quoted at 13r.
per lb. No sales reported.
Woollens-Very little business has been done in
these since our last. Sales:- R. A.
36 pieces 63 Xl9 scarlet woollen cloth 1 13 per yar,
84 56X25 coarse ditto
2.300 „ 32 flannel
6,900 „ 32 ditto

I3,er—The only sales during the fortnight have beta
20 hhds. Allsopp's, at 80r. por hhd., and 22 dozen Lon-
don bottled Allsopp's ate, at 6r. per dozen. The demand
for this brew continues brisk, and as there is very little
in the market, holders are unwilling to part with their
small stock even at this high figure.
Spirits—We hear of sales of brandy as follows:-16
hhds., at 14 r. per gallon, and 9,500 dozen French brandy
at 7,1 r. per dozen. In other spirits we have not heard of
anything doing.
Wines—A sale of GOO dozen claret, at Br. per dozen, is
reported.
Marine Stores—No sales to report, there being scarcely
any inquiry for any of the articles included under this
head.