The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINtI-, SEPTEMBER 16, 1850.

of .Astley's, ho was a special favourite. Ile visited
America shortly after the famed equestrian piece of
Allazeppa came out at the euiphiitieetee ie 1831, aeil
performed the hero, Mee eppa, fs)r 200 nights at the
Bowery Theatre, New York, by which he realised a
handsome sum in salary and benefits. While there
he became intimate with a party of Indians, with
whose habits and manners he so compleaely identified
himself that when arrayed in their costume he was
frequently taken for a native. Ile returned to Eng-
land with a party of six and their chief, Ma
Caust, who acquired much celebrity for some
months at the Victoria Theatre, then managed under
Mr. Glossop, by shooting an apple from the hand
and head of a boy with his rifle on the stage. The
rest of the party exhibited their Indian feats, war-
hoop dancing, &c. A circumstance which placed
the chief, Ma Caust, at the Old Bailey, for a criminal
offence, took place, and Gale greatly interested him-
self in obtaining evidence to assist his Indian friend on
the trial. The late Sir Augustus d'Este, son of the
Duke of Sussex, who became acquainted with the
Indian, took a lively interest also in the trial. The
result was an acquittal, and shortly after that the late
aeronaut was appointed to a. situation of inspector in
the coast-blockade service in the northern part of
Ireland, which department he held for
,nearly seven
years. He returned to England to obtain from his
patron, Sir Augustus, a removal to a more congenial
locality in England ; but failing to do so, he declined
returning to Ireland, and again embraced the stage at
the City of London Theatre, with Mr. Honner. The
altered state in which he found the drama, after so
long an absence from it, induced him to turn his
ieantlufircedinlarptosethse Old Montpelier
and having had a
balloon
nhts
manufactured
scientific
Grounds, Walworth, he made his first ascent at the
Rosemary Branch Tavern early in the year 1848, ac-
companied by a Mr. Byrne. A few days after he
ascended with a gentleman from Chertsey of great
scientific taste—a Mr. Aylmer. On this occasion it
may be remembered an accident took place, which
caused great alarm for a short time in the minds of
the spectators, and brought the aeronauts immediately
down again. From that period to his unfortunate
decease his career is well known. He has made a
great number of ascents in all parts of the kingdom,
and excited more interest, flinch of it of a painful na-
ture, than any other traveller of the clouds that ever
ascended. During his last French career he was ac-
companied by Mr. James Ellis, late of Cremorne
Gardens, who made all arrangements till within a
short time, when he had to return to England on his
own business. He has left eight children, four or
five of whom are yet too young to provide for them-
selves. He was most sanguine in all his undertak-
ings, and rarely thought of the consequences of any
speculation in which personal danger was to be ap-
prehended. It is to be feared that his imperfect
knowledge of the French language will be found to
have been the cause of the dreadful catastrophe, as it
appears it took place while giving orders to the pea-
sants who were assisting after he had accomplished
his descent.
Lieutenant Gale's professional career is thus given
in " O'Byrne's Naval Biography," by which it ap-
pears he served 23 years on full pay :
" Charles Gale entered the navy February 14, 1808,
as first-class volunteer, on board the Mars, 74, Cap-
tains William Lakin, James Katon, John Surman
Carden, and Henry Raper, bearing the flag at first of
Rear-Admiral Richard Goodwin Keats, on the Baltic
station ; where, and on the coasts of Spain, Portugal,
and America, he continued to serve, in the same ship,
end in the Niobe, 38, Captains William Augustus
Montagu and Henry Celins Deacon, nearly the whole
time as midshipman, until 1815. He then succes-
sively joined the Furieuse, 36, Captain William
Mounsey ; Primrose, 18, Captain Charles George
Rodney Phillott ; and Bermuda, 10, Captain
John Pakenham, which latter vessel, while on her
passage from the Gulf of Mexico, was lest near Tam-
pico Bar, November 16, 1816. From the occurrence
of that event, and until again wrecked in Kingstown
Harbour, Dublin, March 3, 1824, Mr. Gale further
served, on the home, West India, and Mediterranean
stations, in the Tigris, 36, Captain Robert Hender-
son ; Spartan, 28, Captain William Furlong Wise ;
Pyramus, 42, Captain Francis Newcombe ; Severn,
40, Captain William M'Culloch ; and Dwarf, Cap-
tain Nicholas Gould. During the period of his being
borne on the books of the Severn, from 1820 to 1822,
he appears to have been employed in the coast block-
ade. During the latter months of 1824 we find him
serving on board the Meteor and Bramble, Captains
James Scott and Thomas Favell. He was then pro-
moted by commission dated back to January 21 in
that year. July 2, 1840, he was appointed to the
command of a station in the coast guard."

Aldersgate-street where the robbery was committed
for the eurpose of plying- her trade on that heat.
elieeraeau leeeteeis said, Hies greet suspicion was
attached to the prisoner, but there was as yet no trace
of the property ever having been in her possession.
He would, therefore, remand her for a week, in order
that the notes might he traced, about which there
could be no difficulty, if they were in circulation, as
the numbers were all known.—Remanded accordingly.
BOW-STREET.
Antonio It folteni; a native of Corno, in Italy, and a
dealer in glass and china, was brought up in the cus-
tody of John Forrester and Leadbetter, the old Bow-
street officer, charged with having in his possession
3,000 copies of notes purporting to be of the national
bank of Vienna.
Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, solici-
tors to the Society of Bankers for the Detection of
Frauds and Forgeries, attended for the prosecution,
and in stating the case briefly said that the prisoner
was found in possession of 3,000 impressions of notes
of a part of the Austrian Empire, particularly of
Lombardy, the value of each being five lire, and
would be received in that country as a good tender, as
they bore the name of the Imperial plenipotentiary,
and were in value about 35. 41. of our money. The
prosecution was instituted under the 19th section of
Ist William IV., chap. 66, which enacts, " That if
any person knowingly had in his possession any paper
upon which any part of a foreign bill, note, under-
taking, or order shall be made or printed, every such
offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being con-
victed, shall be transported for any term not exceed-
ing fourteen years, nor less than seven years, or be
imprisoned for any term not exceeding three years,
nor less than one year." Mr. Bush said he should
produce evidence sufficient, he trusted, to justify a
remand to a future day, when he would be enabled to
make the charge complete.
John Forrester, the officer, was then examined. He
deposed that from information he had received he had
watched the prisoner into the shop of Mr. Lee, an
engraver in Holborn, and, on his coming thence, he
followed him into Warwick-court. He had a paper
parcel in his possession, and he stopping, asked him
what the parcel contained. He replied, they were
merely papers he had just got. Witness took him
into custody, and conducted him to the station-house,
where the parcel was opened. He asked him if he
knew the nature of the contents, and in reply he
said that a gentleman in Paris had directed him to
obtain the papers and convey them to him ; he un-
derstood they were merely lottery tickets. He was
shown one of the papers and was told that it was a
forged note of the Bank of Austria, and that he
would be called upon to explain the matter before a
magistrate. lie then stated that he was a native of
Como, and that he lodged in Brook-street, Holborn,
and that he dealt in glass and china.
Mr. HENRY cautioned the prisoner as to any ex-
planation he might give, and on being questioned by
an interpreter he professed not to understand the
English language. He said that as he was travelling
in a dilligence from Mulhausen, in Switzerland to
Paris, he met a gentleman with whom he was not
acquainted, who employed him to get 3,000 impres-
sions, from a plate which he gave him, struck off
without a stamp, for which he engaged to give him
100 f. All he knew of him was, that he was a native
of Brescia and could not speak English.
Mr. Bush said that the genuine notes, of which
those produced were copies, were printed in Vienna
by the imperial printers, and he had ascertained that
Mr. Lee's bill for printing these spurious imitations,
of which there were 3,000, amounted to 31. ss. Upon
this point, however, he would reserve himself for a
future occasion, when he would call Mr. Lee, whose
explanation would be ample on the subject. He felt
it due to say, however, that he altogether acquitted
Mr. Lee of any guilty knowledge of the sinister in-
tentions of the prisoner.
Vincent Bayer, Provincial Commissioner of' the
Imperial Police of Vienna, engaged in the detection
of frauds on the bank, looked at the note _ produced,
but could not say whether it was a forgery or ge-
nuine. He should have assumed the latter, having
the same form and :appearance of notes commonly
circulated by the Lombard-Venetian Bank, which
was called the National Imperial Royal Bank. It
bore the signature of the plenipotentiary commis-
sioner, who was an officer of the Emperor of Austria,
and whose name was Montecuneli.
RodolphelFesenthue, one of the Chief Imperial
Commissioners of Police at the Court of Vienna and
reporter at the National Bank, said it was his duty
to look at the notes of the Lombardy Bank with a
view to ascertain their genuineness. Notes of a simi-
lar description to those produced, for five lire, were
in circulation, and those found on the prisoner were
so well executed that they were calculated to deceive
the peasantry, and being of small amount would
easily be circulated without detection.
The interpreter having explained to the prisoner
the nature of the charge against him, and that wit-
nesses would be brought from Vienna at a future day
to prove that the notes found in his possession were
forgeries, he said he was not aware that he had been
committing an offence of so serious a character. He
said he would obtain bail to answer for his future ap-
pearance, but this was refused, and he was remanded
for future examination.
LAMBETH.
The case of Lieutenant _Frederick Rice Stack was
again brought forward.
Mr. Redpath, on behalf of Lieutenant Stack, in-
formed the court that Mr. David Hart, the bona fide
holder of the bill alleged to have been stolen by the
defendant, was not in attendance; and it was upon
the express understanding that all the parties to the
transaction should appear that the case was ad-
journed.
Mr. Hawkins, who attended with Mr. Jones in
support of the charge, contended that the evidence of
the witness Palmer was sufficient to establish a case
against Lieutenant Stack to send before a jury.
Mr. NORTON said he was of a different opinion. He
believed the instrument to be a forgery, and he should
not detain the defendant unless Mr. Hart were pro-
duced, and the bill was proved to be a bonii fide
transaction.
Mr. Redpath observed that Mr. Hart could not
plead ignorance, since Lieutenant Stack, immediately
after he had been imposed upon, advertised in the
papers, stating the circumstances, and cautioning the
public against receiving any hill accepted by him.
He was, however, exceedingly anxious that the mat-
ter should now be investigated. He wished to get
Edward Hart forward, because, in fact, that person
was no other than the man who had represented him •
self to be the clerk of Captain Wilson, and who had
procured Mr. Stack's signature, and he should then
hand over Mr. Hart to the custody of an officer. This
person lived with his brother David, at the house of
his father in the Quadrant, Regent-street ; besides
which he (Mr. Redpath) was prepared with proof that
Edward Bart had been engaged in similar transac-
tions when Mr. Jones was his attorney.
Mr. Hawking objected to this, and after an inves-
tigation that lasted some time,
Mr. NORTON observed, that if there had been any
doubt before as to the nature of the transaction, it was
now removed. He did not think that there was any-
thing like a felony is the matter, and he should there-
fore dismiss the charge.
SOUTHWARK.
Robert Archer, alias Mes.vager, and Francis Davis,
two well-known members of the "swell mob," were
brought up for final examination, charged with as-
saulting Alfred Greenland, clerk to Messrs. Sanders
and Co., wholesale cheesetnongers, Colliogwood-
street, Blackfriars-road, and robbing him of a bag
containing 3754 in gold and silver and Bank of
England notes.
Prosecutor deposed that a little before ten o'clock
on Thursday morning, the 22.1 ult , he left his em-
ployers' counting-house with a bag containing 3751.,
for the purpose of depositing it in the South wark
branch of the London and Westminster Bank. He
accordingly proceeded across the Blackfriars-road
and down Bankside; but as he was entering a pas-
sage leading to St. Saviour's churchyard he was sud-
denly attacked by the prisoners and another man,
who knocked him down. While on the ground Archer
wrested the bag from him and ran away. Witness
soon recovered himself and went in pursuit of him,
and a few minutes afterwards Archer was captured
with the bag and money in his possession. The other
prisoner and his companion made their escape.
Mr. Wood, a salesman in the B (rough-market, said
he was passing at the rear of St. Saviour's Church at
10 o'clock on the morning in question, when he saw
the prisoners and another man loitering about the
passage. Having some suspicions about their inten-
tions he went up a corner and watched them. He
shortly afterwards saw the prosecutor approach, when
Davis called out " Here he comes," and before he
could get out of his hiding-place the prosecutor was
knocked down and Archer possessed himself of his
bag and money. Witness instantly pursued and
caught him in a passage out of which there was no
egress. They then had a severe struggle, but even-
tually he was secured and taken into custody. The
other men made their escape.
Sergeant Wright, M division, said, he went in
search of the other inen, and a week afterwards saw
the prisoner Davis and his companion leave a house
in St. Andrew's-terrace, Waterloo-road, and enter a
public-house close by. He followed them and ap-
prehened Davis, while Sergeant Jones took the other.
On the way to the police-station the latter suddenly
attacked Sergeant Jones with a life-preserver, and in
the uproar niasle his escape. Witness had seen him
since in the House of Detention, where he was re-
manded from Bow-street under a charge of house-
bred( ing.

The depositions of all the witnesses were taken,
and the prisoners were fully committed to New ate
fur trial.

The Chevalier de R,ibeiro, Councillor of her moat
Faithful INlnjesty's Legation, ha; been accredited as
Portuguese Charge d'Affaires during the illness of
Viscount de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister.

SHOCKING MURDER IN ESSEX.
R,MECIID, FRIDAY. --An ii ee;
to-day on the body of a female child, four :y ears of
age, named Elizabeth Flail, whose throat was cut by
her own mother on Wednesday.
Mr. Thwnes, from the office of Mr. Smith, 15,
Wilmington-square, London, attended to watch the
proceedings on the part of the accused, and objected
to the evidence being taken in her absence, of which
the coroner took a note, and reserved the point.
The following evidence was given :
Toomas Young, 10 years old, sworn, said, at half-
past four on Wednesday afternoon I was close to Mrs.
Flail's door, in Nelson-place. I saw the chili go in
at the back door. I saw that Mrs. Phil was th-n
sitting upon a chair. I saw her take up a razor from
the table, and heard her call the child to her, and take
the child up in her lap and cut the child across the
throat,from the right ear round to the left. She then
chucked the child up nearly as high as the ceiling,
and rolled it down again upon the floor, under the
sofa. She then chucked the razor at the child, and
went and sat down on the sofa. There was no blind
to the window. When the child was first thrown up
she rolled down under the sofa. She pulled the child
from under the sofa, and took it up a second time
and threw it up again to the ceiling, and then it rolled
behind the door. When she chucked the razor at the
child she took it from the chair. After she had killed
the child she opened the front door and said " Let's
loose the stink out."
Eliza Rich, wife of John Rich, of the Barrack-
ground—l live in front of Nelson-place, fronting to
the road. On Wednesday evening, about half-past
four, I was sitting in-doors, and heard Mrs. James
make alarm. I ran out and she said to me—" Oh,
Mrs. Flail has murdered Margaret." We both went
together to Airs. Flail's house. I then saw the child
lying between the two doors on the floor, with its
throat cut. I saw the razor on the floor. I said to
Mrs. Flail, " On, Mrs. Flail, what have you been
doing ? " She made me no answer. I then ran out.
The child was quite dead. When we got to the
house she was sitting on the sofa doing nothing.
There was a great pool of blood lying near the
child. She was very fond of the child. She has
not been well for a fortnight. When I spoke to
she looked very wild. Her eyes looked very fierce.
She kept looking at the child, and never took her
eyes off it ; and when I questioned her she did not
seem to understand or notice it at all. I live close by,
and have had frequent opportunities of seeing her
ondnees for the child, which was very great. I never
knew of her ill-using the child.
Mr. John William Potter, surgeon, Roinford, said,
on Wednesday last a woman came to me and said
that Mrs. Plail had cut her child's throat. I went
and examined the child. It was a deep clean cut
wound in the throe, four inches across ; it was nearly
from ear to ear, and I should think two inches deep.
All the vessels of the throat were severed. It was
such a wound as would be inflicted by a razor, or
some sharp instrument.
Cross-examined by Mr. Downes—l had attended
the mother for a low state of hypochondriacism from
the 2d of September down to the day of the murder.
She was in a very low state. Had disordered liver,
which will produce lowness and depression. After
the murder I felt her pulse, and found it about 120.
She was very excited. I asked her if she felt any
pain, and she put her hand to her head on the top.
She made me no answer.
The CORONER, in summing up, stated that the pro-
vince of the jury was to ascertain and say how the
child came by her death—that there was no doubt
Mrs. Pail committed the act. He then directed the
jury to find a verdict without reference to the
state of mind. That was a question for the jury at
the trial, and not for the present jury.
The jury returned the following verdict :—"We find
that the child Margaret Flail was killed by the hand
of its own mother, Esther Plaid "—one juryman dis-
senting out of thirteen.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Mining Journal.)
At Wheal Russell they have cut into the lode in
Richard's engine-shaft ten ft., from which some fine
ore is raising, and they expect to sample 25 tons in
a fortnight. They have pitches set at 75., 103., and
13s. 41. in 11.: 10 fins. deeper they expect to cut al
junction of two lodes.
At Wheal Crebor they have made a great improve-
ment lately in the 40 end, west of Rundle shaft, and
the mine generally is looking very well.
Spearne Consols continues improving. In the 116
frn, level they have a course of tin worth 601. per fin.
Improvements have also been reported at the Calling-
ton Mines and the Camborne Consols.
At Wheal Gennys they have intersected the lode in
the 20 fin. level, where it is 6 ft. wide, worth one ton
of lead per fin.
At South Wheal Josiah they have discovered a new
lode at the surface, from 3 to 4 ft. wide.
At Phcenix Mine, the 110 fm. level continues
highly productive, the two monthly sales giving a
profit of upwards of 1,0001.
The Wheal Mary Ann report that in Barratt's
shaft, which is sunk 8 inns. under the 60, the lode is
worth 221. per fm.; the 60 south is worth 121. per
fin. The lode in the GO, north of Pollard's shaft, is
worth 20/. per fin. The lode in the 70, south of the
boundary, is worth 141. per fin.
The monthly sale (40 tons) of Kirkcudbright ores
realised 10/. ss. per ton.
From the Welsh mines, in the county of Cardigan,
the reports are highly encouraging. At Daren the
lode in each level is remarkably productive, carrying
rich courses of ore in the levels generally. Cwal
Erfin is looking well in the 20 fm. level, where there
is a good lode, worth 14 cwts. to the fathom. At the
Lisburne they are producing large returns; the mine
is generally looking well, especially in the 90 west,
where the lode is yielding 2 tons of ore per fathom.
The next sampling will be nearly 300 tons. Court
Grange is coming into good working order, leaving
large reserves. The sampling in future will be
gradually increased. At Cwinystwith they have
recently cut a fine lode in the 36 fin. level east, yield-
ing 3 tons of ore per fathom. At the Alt-y-Crib
Mines a very important discovery has been made.
The solid rocks of ore broken are more than 2 cwts.
in a stone. At Bryntail Mine they are in capital
ore ; and, from present prospects, there is every ap-
pearance of continuance. At Goginan the 120 fa:a
level, east of Francis's shaft, is greatly improved ;
the lode is 4 ft. wide, and yielding 2 tons of ore per fin.
80 tons of lead ore were sampled on the 10th inst.
Since the introduction of British machinery, under
the new tariff, for mining purposes, the progress in
mining adventures throughout the mineral districts
of Spain has been most rapid, and some very important
explorations have recently been made in localities
which, although known to be rich in ores, had been
abandoned for the want of proper engines for drawing
off the water, which facility they now have at their
disposal. During the last eighteen months various
roads have been cut in the mountains, either by Go-
vernment or private speculators, the want of which
was one of the greatest drawbacks to adventurers.
The Government affords every encouragement in its
power for the development of the mineral riches and
industry of the country, by taking off to the greatest
extent the restrictions and imposts which formerly
weighed so heavy upon the miner. The Duke de
Rianzsres, the consort of the Queen-Mother, Donna
Maria Christina, has lately purchased some very
valuable mines in the environs of Valladolid, Oviedo,
the Asturias, and Biscayc, which he intends work-
ing on a large scale, by the assistance of machinery,
and a great many Cornish miners have been engaged
for that purpose. Perhaps in no part of Spain are
the well-known mines of Guadalaxara surpassed for
the richness of their ores, and from the last official
returns published by the Royal department of Mines,
they aro rapidly increasing in the yield as the works
progress. Here machinery is used, and they are ex-
plored by experienced Cornish miners, who, with
their families, form a little colony ; and although dis-
tinct from the natives, the most cordial and friendly
intercourse exists between them, without that national
jealousy towards foreigners so characteristic in the
Spaniards. As machinery and the working of the
mines, and other improvemetnents progress, so will
the demand for British coal and implements increase.
According to the official return, no less than 240
English vessels have entered the ports in the Asturias,
and other parts of the coast in the mineral districts,
laden with Newcastle coals, during the first quarter
of this year, ending in June last, and large quantities
have been contracted for. Although coal is to be
found in many parts of Spain, it is of an inferior
quality compared with the British, and not suited for
steam machinery. The principal mine proprietors
intend sending over specimens of their ores to the ex-
hibition of 1851, and every branch of Spanish indus-
try will be displayed at that competition of all
nations.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. I4.—Prices to-day remain un-
changed.
MANCHESTER, SEPT. I4.—Since our last report the
trade has maintained a steady tone, and a fair consump-
tive demand has been experienced throughout the week
for both choice fresh-made flour and oatmeal, without
variation from the currency of the preceding market-
day. With the exception of a moderate quantity of oats
and oatmeal the arrivals from Ireland to Liverpool and
Runcorn aro main exceedingly light, whilst about 2,000
quarters Of malt comprise nearly the whole of the sup-
plies coastwise. From abroad the imports of wheat and
flour are large, but of other articles extremely scanty.
At out market this morning much firmness was exhi-
bited by holders, and the sales made of both wheat and
flour were at fully, and in some instances, for approved
marks of the latter article, rather over, the prices ob.
tainable on this day se'nnight. Oats sold slowly at pre-
vir;u3 rates; but oatmeal, both old and new, was in steady
request on fully former terms.
REARING, SEPT. 14.—Wheat, old 40s to 51s; new ditto,
42s to 5s ; barley, 23s to 275; oats, 153 to 20s ; beans, 28s
to 30s; peas, 27s to 32s per quarter. Fat hogs, Os Od to
Os Od; porkers, 09 04 to Os Od per score. Poultry—Teyvls,