The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-30 00:00:00

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. DISASTROUS AFFA
- GAMBIA. v* --
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The followinEr is an extrext f '
[ officer of tl:,. 21 ,l'est.:lndia R.,,girn . 42-141 c.;.• at a-,
" Bathurst, Gambia, Dec.. 21, 18-19.' "1'
' "About two months ego a.vessel helorigmg to a
merchant here was trt.ding down the coact, near Bis-
sao, about 100 miles to the south of u;, when the
vessel was seized by: a party of-black fellows, who
turned out to be pirate,., inhabiting an Mend at the
mouth e.f the River Seba. Some of the crew were
shot, one of whom was a Freuchmar. Tie Governor
h?re wrote an account to the Governor ..f &mega!,
who sent a vmall rnar-uf-war steamer, with some
marbles., to assist us in punishing these scoundrels,
and retaking the vessel. The day after she vrrived
here one of our vessels, the Tetz?r, came in ; so the
Governor thterinined un tending her with 6 c French-
man and a few ( f our men. The d.. 3 aft. .r this the
Gommotore arrived in the C .nlalsr ,t,.:-.n-f. igate
quite by cii;:r.e,.. It vet now a.r,nge i that tl.ey
s'.ould bll go down Ile had a number of 11 :sines
on board, rim] with CO of our men, iiy,.l.--r Captain
11:11, and I.eute omit, Al.,‘Court :Ind 31.1411:ghlen,
sailed 14 this place. The action was vpry Amt. As
well as I C,411 Illi lie ore, the outline is :as follows:
" [he Ten r and the Ruby (Frenchman) having
gone up V e creek where the island is si-uared, an-
chored off the place where they were to lure?. The
Ceram'', being too large to come up so f.r, Lent up
her boats, twelve in number, while sh., remained
about three Miles doer.. Captain 1.3nr:1:1..., of the
Centaur, and Lieutenant Ski+)i-,, cornmcnrkr of the
Teaser, then Went in advance of the other boats near
the shore, intending to demand the rc stitution of the
vessel together with the-men who murdered the crew
when he was fired at. The ball took effect on Mr., Young, Midshipman of the Centaur, dangerously
wounding hint in the breas*.• The Tesz.n. and Ruby,
together with the boats that had minor, then opened
a furious cannonade, which-lasted nearly half an hour.
The natives stood it without answering a shoe. They
then attempted-to land from the boats, however the
first that came near the bush which they had to pass
through, received a volley which took great aid,
killing Lieutenant Crocket, commanding the marine,
and dangerously wounding eight others (sailers and
marines). They then withdrew and our men landed
:without further opposition, and after beating about
for son.e time returned to their vessels. The fi.st
boat was the cnly one under. fire, unless 3ou reckon
the shot that wounded Young, and this single shot
and.the volley Was-the only firing from the enemy.
Toe next day the party went ten miles up the creek,
and recovered the vessel without opposition or seeing
a man. Thus ended the affair."

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FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.
ANDOVERSFORD, NEAR CHELTENHAM, MONDA
T
NIGHT.--A. shocking occurrence h.-. 3 just happened
here, which has ended in the • violen% death of one
man, and the committal of three others to Glouces-
ter County Giol on a charge of manslaughter. The
particulars cf. the case, as summed up from the depn-
sitions of the several witnesses examined on the
coroner's itquest, may be briefly stated as follows :
Two farm servants, named William Cook and J3seph
Franklin, in the employ of Mr. Hsniy, farmer,
quarrelled while following their daily work, and, after
a good deal of bickerinv, came to a mutual agree -
ment to "fight it out." They fought together in the
road near their master's farm for a short time, tl •
only looker-on being ti boy, named Perrin. After
two or three rounds, in the course if which they fell
twice or thrice and kicked each other while upon ti e
ground, a temporary truce was declar«', while eat h
combatant rent for " a backer." Franklin sent
for his father, who quickly arriver', and a rasa
named George Fletcher came as Cook's
backer. They then resumed the battle, Franklin,
the father, encouraging his son. Cook knock, d
Franklin down firs', but in the next "rouna" Cock
was down, and was picked up by Fletcher. After
two or three more rounds Cook fel!. Fletcher d
him up, and endeavoured to replace Lim on his legs,
but Cook.could not eerie, and appeared insensible,
while blood flowed from his ears. He was then put
in a cart and taken home. Before he was taken away,
however, Franklin went up to him, and asked him,
" if he had had enough, or whether he wanted any
more?' Caok did not reply, and never spoke rgain ;
in fact, there can be little doubt that he was actual' y
dead at that moment, and his antagonist was talking
to a corpse. While the fight was going on
Franklin's wife came up, and entreated her hus-
band, with tears in her eyes, to desist. Frank..
fin's father, however, told her to be off home,
and while the men were fighting he called upon bis
son to " put it into him" (the deceased man). A.
married woman named Aigg,- who said she went " to
see the tight," deposed at the inquest that she saw
Mrs. Franklin endeavour to separate Cook and her
husband. The deceased was considered a match for
his antagonist, being 39 years of age, while the other
was 23. Tire deceased has left a widow and four
children unprovided for. Mr. Galli, surgeon of
Charlton Kings, who made u postmortem examination
IS the deceased, showed upon the i, quest that death
had been occasioned by a blow or blows on the heed,
which had ruptured a blood-vessnl in the brain. Death
was not occasioned by a fell, buts blow-. The coro-
ner's verdict war, that C.,ok came l'v his death from
the efftct of blows received whilst fighting with
Franklin, and that William Franklin (his • tither)
and George Fletcher. were aiding and abettieg.
Joseph Franklin, and were principals in the sccotd
degree. .

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.— A distressing accident,
resulting from the dankerous practice of bo) a i eil:g
allowed to carry guns, Laa occurred at Bu-f qd, Oxon.
An inquiry was held on Saturday, bcf ,re Mr. James
%Vested. corouvr.,,into the circumstanze; attliniing the
a•h cf Eliza Evans, a young girl aged 19 year:, Rho
was shot the previous day by a boy about the t ame age,
who ieque,t d her to stand out of the way hi'e he shot
a bird. From the evidence adduced it appeared she
stood round the corner of a house to avoid danger, but
f, om incautiously looking round at the moment the gun
was discharged, she received the wound which occa-
sioned her death, at the inside of the eye,- close to the
nose. Mr. A. T. Cooke, surgeor, was promptly in at-
tendance, and used all the means that his skill could de-
vise t ) save her-life, but the unlortunata sufftrer lingered
in a state of insensibility for three hours, Rhen t (lath
ensued. As the melancholy occurrence wits purel)
sooi-
dentLl, the jury returned a verdict aceurdingly. The
family if the deceased girl are placed in great distress
by the sml event.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL—A meeting of this in-
tutien was h. Id yesterday for the purpose itt r.ceivirg
the committee's report, and lor the election govt rnor
to form the committee of rnariaeernent. and tti choose
auditors. Mr. Prichard, high bailiff of Southwark, was
culled to the chair. The secretary read the annual re-
port, which stated that, in the begienit.g f the year
1849, 154 p3uper children from Tooting, belonging to
the Holborn union, were ndrni•ted to the hospital, sll
more or less suffering from cholera, but 80 of whim
showed signs of a decided and violent nature. Only
tour of these died, whom the report bu.t d to hale be.
past hope en entering the Luspital. When cl.olsres
broke out in the metropolis, the doors c f the hospital
were, as is 1832, thrown open to all applicants, aod
upwards of 3,000 persons so attacked hid rece.eud
relief, either as in or out-door patients. During the
year upwards of 28,190 persons have hen reliev,d by
the institution—on the whole a decrease in the huh,-
ber in 1848. The financial statement in the rerrt
was highly satisfietory as to the state of the bolpitsl.
The la ceipts amounted to. 5,550/, upstards e f 900 L
more than those of 1848. This excess enabled the
commit:o3 to pay off old debts to the amount of
2,0001., and to re-Jpen a ward capable of accommo-
dating 50 'agents, which, from a pressure of &tit,
had, for a Val.-, been unavoidably closed. Should the
bent v‘ilent continue their exertions iu favour t f the
institution the committee would soon be enabled again
to throw open the Governor Wald, which wood give
accommodation to fifty additional destitute peztons.
The total i_aytnents of tie institution during the year
amounted to 5,5211. The report having Lezu adopted,
the election of the thirty governors was proceeded with.
After a vet? of thanks to the chairman, and to the
several authorities and officials of the hospital, the meets
ing broke up.
COLLEGF, LONDON.—The names of the
frilJvving students of the college and school appear
115
.sHkarrisoa,
the list of wranglers at the late Carnbr.idge ezamina..
icictu:erabafvore
lion :—Wats.or, second
Greenwood, Nvrtbeott, lie y wrangleroo d , ;adndlrllvinagi.
justT hceopnviorkeecdtoras Cinf ctehtiengßaunfclutehe eshßaerel
February, to take into consideration convention be-
tween t`to Government and the Bank, by which the
latter engages to take 15,000,000 f. in the capital of tho
Bank Nation ale about
ito be establish, O. These
15.000,000'. are divided nto 10,060 shares. The Socit 6
Gererale has enterei into a similar convention with the
Government.
Morten- MAELET.--The premium on gold at Paris is
12 per mills, which, at the Ertglish Mint price of 31. 17a.,
lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an a xchaege of
25.45; and the excharge at Paris on London at short
being 25.42, it follows that gold is 0.10 per ct nt.
dearer in Paris than in London. By advice, fee m Ilam•
burgh the price of gold is 4341 per murk, which, at
the English Mir t price of :31. 17s. 10,1 d. per ource for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.91; and the x-
ch I,nge at Harebure,h on London at short heit,g
it follows that gild is 0.57 per cent. clutter iu Lou-
con that in Ilumburgh.
INDIAN PRIZE MONEY.—The Sum (f 12,4.).V. Las
been paid by the East India Company into the Bank of
England to the public account, to meet the claims of the
keveral parit s entitled to share in the pr:z! u.oney
granted f the I apture of Ghuznee and L.,wer Sinde.
euxuavtri, JAN. 24.—We had a strong westerly
wind, with a t stiiid thaw, last night. The chat:o.ol is
plfee.ly clear, Lt t there is still a good deal f ce
along the northern shore ; the moth of the hatbeur is
now navigable by the sprit giug f the ice This alt. (--
noon there has Leen sit appearance . f ice t gain in the
channel Wine, W .N.W., with a thick fog.—llanibu:9/4
BorAenhalle. Jan. 24.

CHILD lURDRII.—George Berry, the man chark;e3
with niuidering a child t 0.., ears 01d, awe,' Mary
Hunan!, at Suit in•ir.-Athfield, Notting! awahire, is
committed fur trial it taxi Aakires. Br is, from te.ti.
mony given upon the coroner's inquost, c f unsound wind.

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