The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-25 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THI!

Wheat.
3,4102,590
Ferlrith "
e •. ••• • i 12,530

Barley.

1 10,620
--- 1 120 I 6,630
NO • SIVEZTEMZELD•
0 twithstandin,p;that
1,, out Market to-day was comaratively small, and
thel
the supply of Beasts on offer
o
"Y middling ria,lity, the Beet trade, arising from.na
,elleriti
heaviness in Newgate and Leadenhall, waslob-
ta7Y inactive state, at prices barely equal to those
efferleettled (.34 not
A MundaY, and a total clearance was_
the
At is nautili the case at this period of
?4r the number of Sheep continue to fall off ;
(tate'se, those brought forward this morning were fully ade-
tot he demand• neverthe-
In the quotations we have no
.
thfair other kinds
ange to "tiee• Prime small Culver sold at late rate!,
rm.
of
anal
were very dull. Pigs were
prie,aZera%auPPlY, and slow in sale, at barel stat'sinass).
each,
including Cows were doll at from 141. to 1
Cow small calf.
Per Blbs.t.
to . - sink the offal.
Inferior Beasts... •. si
4.
- cl* 3.
to . 'l.
10 2 9
Second quality .... 2 : 2 6 hiferior sheer - . 2 „ 3 4
!sr;lne large Oxes.. 3 1 t 0) Second gnat. Sheietpo33 3 8
prime Seots ...... 3 s 3 0 clarse-woolle d t
Wedther -3 le 4 0
... te Coarse Calves 2 8 3 4 •o.utlidown
.-rlooesroalldltto .3 6 3 3 Ithe wool() 0 0
Large ttevetof
...... 3 0 3
'4:11:3 CalVel . • IFI 0 26 0 Smll Yloorgkger ••• • 3 8 4 2
. -9 0 0 0 Quarter old pigs
„is 0 24 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MA
Beasts .
RKET-
P
834
I She.l) I Calves. ligs-
-5,420
229 310
SCOTCH.
I Sheep,
1 Calves. I
rigs
40
... beasts. 1 FOREIGN SUPPLY.
ric S.
ltio sheep. 1 Calves. I
105
1,600
95
ke—ittrOX2ZWG.A.TEI AND XMATIENHAItkind of
t7O Markets were well supplied with eliC
at
bill. 1 In which only a limited business was doing,
Y late rates.

3,620

Ileasts.
IT -

heart am At per one
by the Carcase.
5, d. to mi. 0.
p s. d to
.............„14-..11140_...... 110 2. 2. Mutton, Late.ricuoinrB:: 2 6 2 6
2 io 3 4
....... Drittunipee :* 22 4 2 6 0 irlip ors e . , 6 3 88
11.41? .2141 e 41411." 3 82
3 0 Pork,lartie•• •• •• ••
32 100 43 4
rh 2 8 8 6 small..
4118 2. 3113/401TOR ZOP MAZIJILET..
ex% UPPlies of Bops on offer being const.derably, inn
t 4 of deman only a moderate business is dotal, i
them.he .
pSelected qualities are selling at full prices; hu.st
bftekirla'erier kinds are somewhat lower. The duty
nit
ocite,', at 230,0001. Factor's pries:—New East lic.•
haw vi s, 25s to 1408; new
78Mid lieut ditto, 83c to 1265;
651.0
7ld of Kent ditto sto 935; new Sussex ditto,
bBB per cwt. ,

, .8001 COLONIAL.
Ait th ..--A very firm market hus prcvailed thro.ughss-
bB4 ice week for all descriptions, and a good busin Of 601e„ell dotle. Barbadoes, by auction, went at a rise
i4s: Per owt ; very fine yellow 45s 6d, fine 42s 6d to
Ens'lad ord to good 39s 6d to 425.
494 rf Illink•Mauritini, by auction, has realised
-- 'la 6d for mid and good yellow, 37s to 38s for
heir' and 328 to 37* for ord and good brown. Ben gal
tattg IlnaUitable for hom^-trade
purposes was taken ind
lor;" lower. Good and fire s rft brown 32s to 345, an
k(1, ,and Mid 29s 6d to 31s 6d. Part sold, however, at
a6,-,t prices, white Bensres 43s to 453 6d, sott yellow
titiva° 28s 6d, and fir e 39s to 398 6d ; yellow-like Mau-
% A- AuPught only 37s to 438 ; Madras sold at 4,8 s to
NewNl:. 'or good grainy white, and at 43s to 44s fur dry
; soft brown was taken in at 323 6d, and ord and
Rre
ndaAttap yellow at 29s to 355. Penang sound
at 4.. yellow sold at 34. to 375. Java was taken m
64 ~ 6 to 26a for grey and yellow, and at 17* 6d to 18s
6d 0t brown
ttv •
fine At, -all.--Porto Rico Fo'd at high price., good and
Cub:" to 45s 6d, and low and mid 37* 6d to 41s 6d.
)•011„-.. was taken in at 378 to 39s 6tl fir i•rd and mid
4,1,7 f ' and at 428 6d to 44s 6d for white; but some par-
/t„ g°0(1 white, in bond, sold at 30s to 31s.
tti C`illtb•--Brown lumps have been in rtquest at 51s " 524 per cwt.
ill'E.--This article has bren drooping. Plantation
1.,,,t0 decidedly lower, a sale of
his): "13 has declined 2s to 3s, and Native yesterday was
crl tHy lower, a sale of good ord having bien ci-
by " "655. Previously, ord and good ord had realised
good ord having been e
e 4oeticti 57s to 598. 'lle latest bales of Plantation
Zu",1...41'41 have been a. about 634 to 7qs fir hiw mid to
) at 61a to 66s for low mid and mid. 53s to 58s for
try,l4,!` Etd 62a per cwt for ptis berry. Madras was also.
54 hsr.e.Pe'Ver; fine, a
„Os to 625; good ord, 55s to 588,
75s —R„:". 48s 6(1 to 525. Jamaica good has been sold at
54, ;',l 1"v rnid. At 58s 6d; and .aii blot guou at 506 to
it
1"• Rio good or bold at 47s 6,1 to 495.
41,4 or!ni at 8s 6d to 9s;
ar,d c";`-^ rhe market has b),en quiet, Madras low mid
Z cold a:, 10. 6d. Beugal good at lis to ns 6d,
str'-iet,B:-Long PePPf'r has brew taken in at 45s per
a "out Aatlabar at 3icl for half-heavy. White has

been at 7d for good ord sound. PiJ;vnto was n.ken in
for mid, h: tag rather above the valucn. Bengal
Gingc.r was withdrawn at 19s per ewt. Clore:;; to•Id
at 6!,d to 7d par ii,. Cassia Lignea was taken in at 1043
to 106. for sc.nod.

SALTPETRE —Cdcutta has hem sold at 284 fur lift
si-,p,r cent roractitm.

TEA..—Holders are firm, and fall prices have been
paid. Cung-ou ord to good old is CV to is Id, and
blackish bat is 31 to 13 31d. Twank,y, good ord to
but mid 100 to Is. and Canton kind 8d to 9d. llyson
good ord la to is 3d, and mid to good mid is 8d to
3s 4d.

INDIGO.—The demand has been good, at very fu;
prices.,

COCHINEAL.—Steady rates have been paid.
COTToN.—Tbe mlrket has been firm', but there has
not been much doing. Eaat India offered publicly Was
tali,-n

TALLOW.—P Y.C. is 38s 6d per cwt on the spot, for
new.

DRIED FRUIT —The demand for Currants has be en
brisk, at 3s to 4 advance on last month's rates. Raisins
also have been dearer. Figs have declined upon the
openin,e prices.
GREEN FRUIT.— A brill.- demar.d exists for all kinds;
a puce! 0.'.2.000 pack,ges Grain 9, Pears, Chesnurs,
from Rotterdam, FrAnc,?, and Antwerp, sold by K,eling
and Hunt, at public auction, have met with a ready sale.
Some fresh arrivals of Lemons front Alalega and Lisbon
have come to baud, and sold without alteration in price,
the article heing scarce. Black Spanish Nuts sell fr. ely;
Barcelona (lull of sale; Brazil without inquiry. French
Chtsotrs are arriving by steamers; but tieing of small
size, the op. ning price is of a reduced character com-
pared t.) last se astn. Some parctis of Almeria Grapes
re come to band, and are want( d.

SECONDARIES.'-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. St,eondary POTTER.)
'YATT AND ANOTHER V. DALE.

The plaintiffs in this action are whole.ale grocers in
the City, and the defendant is a country dealer. The
action was brought to recover the sum of 4/. 90. 6r1., the
b*lttnee (lan accettut for goods sold. Defendant pleaded
that he was not indebted
The evidence relied on for the defence was that the
business had been given up to defendant's son. On th.,
contrary, it was proved that after one payment of 51.
defendant called personally on the plaintiffs, and not
seeing them instanter, expressed his anxiety to pay the
money, as he was afraid that it would " burn a hole in
his pocket."
The jury appeared to think that this was a poEitive ad-
mission of the justice of the claim, and gave a verdict fur
the amount claimed.

CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)
Thomas Banks; aged 42, a clerk, remanded from last
session, was this morning placed at the bar on an indict-
ment charging him with feloniously forging an order for
payment of money to defraud James Robert Abbott.
Mr. Robinson conducted the case for the prosecution,
and Mr. Parry defended the prisoner.
The prosecutor, Mr. Abbott, keeps the Fountain and
Star public-house in Coleman-street, City, and the pri-
soner was a clerk employed in the Bankruptcy Court.
The prisoner was in the habit of going to the prosecu-
tor's house for refreshment, and was well known there.
It appeared that on the 24th of August last the prisoner
presented a cheque for 10/., purporting to be drawn by
a Mr. John Weston on Messrs. Robarts and Co. in fa-
vour of Mr. James Cooper, at the bar of the prose-
cutor's public-house. Mr. Cooper was known
to the prosecutor as a gentleman holding an
office in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the
latter was in the habit of cashing cheques
for him. Finding the cheque presented by the prisoner
was drawn by Mr. Cooper, the bar maid of the prose-
cutor gave the prisoner cash for it. It afterwarth turned
out that she cheque was a forgery.
A witness deposed to his belief that the cheque was in
the handwriting of the prisoner.
Mr. PARRY addressed the jury on behalf of the pri-
soner in an ingenious speech, and then called two wit-
nesses to whom the prisoner was well known, who gave
it as their belief that the cheque was nut in his hand-
writing.
His LORDSIIIP summed up, and the jury found a ver-
dict of Guilty of uttering, but with a recommendation to
mercy.
The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for 18 calendar months.
FORGERY ON THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT.

Altonio Molteai, aged 48, described as a labourer, was
arraigned on an indictment charging him with felo-
niously having in his possession 3,000 copies of a certain
paper, on which was printed part of a note of a certain
toreign state in the empire of Austria.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Huddle-
stone conducted the case for the prosecution; and the
prisoner was defended by Mr. Ballantine and Mr.
Clarkson.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in stating the case, said the
prisoner was indicted under a statute which made it
felony for any person to engrave on ary plate, wood, or
stone any bill of exchange or promissory note for the
payment of money in any language, and purporting to
be the note of any state. The prisoner was indicted for
having made a certain note or undertaking on the Aus-
trian Goverement, for the payment of various amounts
of lires. a lire being the value of Bd. in English money.
The copies of the note so made amounted to 3,000 i❑
number, and were for various amounts of fires, of five,
thirty, and sixty, and so on. The prisoner was a native
of Como, in Lombardy, and had carried on the business
of a picture-frame maker in this country for some time.
About two or three years ago, however, he returned to
Congo, his native place, but in August last be came back
to this country, and took up his quarters at the George
public-house, in Brook-street, nolhorn. I❑ September
last he was taken into custody to answer the charge on
which he was now indicted.

Lawrence Lee said he resided at 245, High Holborn,
and was a lithographer and engraver in partnership with
his father. Oa the 2d September last the prisoner
called at his house and showed him a certain note (pro-
duced), and asked what he (witness) would charge for
engraving 3,000 of them. Witness replied for 21. 155.,
and 10s. more for the watermark. The prisoner wished
an exact copy to be made. He asked witness what
would be the cost of making the two dies for the notes.
Witness could not tell him at that moment. Something
was said about a deposit, and the prisoner came next
day and paid a deposit of 11. The prisoner said the note
he wished engraved was a ticket by which miners and
labourers could get provisions or anything they wanted
in Austria on account of people for whom they worked.
Dues not understand the Italian language. Prisoner
asked when he could see a proof of the note,
and witness replied in two or three days. Pri-
sooer said he lived in Brook-street, near witness's
house. When the prisoner came a second time
witness said the dies would be a sovereign each. The
prisoner called almost every day while the engraving
was in progress, and saw it from time to time, with
which he expressed his satisfaction. Witness spoke to
his father the next morning after the prisoner first
called on the subject of the engraving. On the Thurs-
day after the first interview, the prisoner brought another
note (produced), and asked what it would cost to en-
grave a copy of it. Witness said 51., and 10s. for the
water-mark. Prisoner agreed to give that sum, and
afterwards called on Tuesday, the 10th, to see a perfect
proof of the first note, with which he expressed himself
satisfied. He wished the notes to be done asfast as pos-
sible, as he was going out of town. He said he was
going to Birmingham on the following Saturday. Pri-
soner saw an imperfect proof of the second note. The
prisoner afterwards called on witness again, and
asked for the tickets he had ordered. Witness de-

livered a parcel of them to the prisoner, who
opened it, and said some of them were a little pale.
Prisoner then paid for the notes. On that occasion be
took away the package containing 3,000 notes. Oa the
same day witness showed the prisoner another proof of
the second note, with which he expressed himself satis-
fied. Witness was then aware that Forrester, the offic-r,
was waiting in the neighbourhood.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON —Fi rs t saw For-
rester, the officer, the day the pi ironer was taken, or the
day before. Witness's father had been making inquiries
about the matter. The first intimation witness had on
the subject of the engraving was on the 2d of September,
but in about a week tawnier is some one in connexion
with the police authorities called at the shop. He be-
lieved it was the officer Goddard. Nobody else came,
except Forrester. Goddard saw the prisoner afterwards.
The prisoner was the first person be saw on the subject
of the engraving.

Mr. George Lawrence Lee, father of the last witness,
gave corroborative testimony. Witness put himself in
communication with Forrester on the subject of the
prisoner ordering these notes, and saw him at
the Mansion-house. Witness had put a copy of the
note in bis window, but, the prisoner perceiving it,
said he did not wish it to be exposed.
Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—Went to For-
rester on his own accord. Never printed any documents
of the same description before.
John Forrester, officer at the Mansion-house, deposed
that, in cons, quence of a communication he received
from last witness, at the Mansion-house, he gave cer-
tain information t Mr. Bu&b. Goddard was also spoken
to on the subject. O❑ the 14th of September the pri-
soner went into Mr. Lee's hous.,, and in about a quarter
of an hour he came out with a parcel under his arm,
and was taken into custody and brought to the Bow-
street station. On arriving there the parcel was
opened, when the prisoner said the contents appeared to
be Austrian notes ; and he t aid a gent ernatt in France
gave him orders for them, and he thought they were
lottery tickets.
Several ether witnesses were examined on the part of
the prosecution.
Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner; and

his LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury found the ptisor er Guilty, and he was :et,-
ieneed w be transported for revers years•

W COURT.

(Before the BEC-O.R-1) and Mr. Alderman MOON.)

The jury found the prisoner Guilty of a common
assault.
The IiECOI:DER postponed passing sentence till he had
consulted with tho jtidgf,s.

..._-----.... •-
ehi,Ct/grairr/geshillmloworiet,h 2bll,vo[ll,enardeitoGisouvi Guilty to an
;
igns, thielid pireolpp;
of his master Thomas Wintle, rind as sentenced to
three morphs' imprisonment and hard labour. rA t
erit iy
George Brooks. 29, a clerk, pleaded Guilty to an ir-
trictment chargiog him with forging an order fir the
delivery of goods, with intent to defrimd Richard
Moseley, arid was sentenced to four months' imprison
merit and Fluid Isbour.
TUE MAN WoritArr.—A black man, who was indicted
under the name of Eliza Scott, was placed at the bar
charged with unlawfully assaulting Bennett James
Marton. with int. nt to induce him to commit an unna-
tural offence. The facts are unfit for publication.
The prisoner made a rambling defence, in which he
dexterously avoided stating why he was dressed us a
woman.

THE SITN, LONDON, PRID A Y EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1850.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 24.—The Hogue, 60, screw
steam-ship, Captain Macdougal, CAL, arrived at
Spithead this aft moon from the Mediterranean. She
sailed from Gibraltar on the Ist lust. Her news has,
therefore, been anticipated by very much later ad-
vice!. 'When she sailed the Arrogant and Encounter
screw-steamers were loading with provisions for Com-
modore Martin's squadron. A Turkish frigate and
a brig were also lying there. Mr. Charles Andrews,
mate of the Hogue, and Mr. 'William F. Lew, second
master of the Terrible, have left the service. The
Hogue leaks considerably at the stern.
The Birkenhead iron steam• frigate, Master-Com-
mander John Aylen, laden with provisions and stores
for Ascension, sailed this morning at ten o'clock. In
going out of harbour she took the ground off the
mouth of the Custom-house creek, and remained some
time. Fortunately the tide was rising, and she got
off without damage, as is supposed by her having pro-
ceeded on her voyage.
PLYMOUTH, WLDN FSDAY.—The storeship Rattle-
snake, Acting-Commander Yule, arrived late last
night, after a lengthened passage of 177 days from
Sydney. She sailed on the 2d of May, called at the
Bay of Islands, New Zealand, on the 16th, and left
on the 23d of May, touched at the Falkland Islands
oa the sth, and departed on the 25th of July ; called
at Fayal on the 29th of September, and left on the
sth of October. She has on board the Port Essing-
ton Marines, with several invalids from her Ma-
jesty's ships Havannah and Meander, at New South
Wales. Mr. Crawford and lady are also passengers.
The Rattlesnake did not touch at the Brazils, in
consequence of the yellow fever being reported there.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.—At length we are en-
abled to announce the arrival of the Rattlesnake, sur-
veying-vessel, Lieutenant C. B. Yule acting com-
mander, from Sydney. She left that port on the 3d
of May, having embarked as many of the crew, late of
the Bramble, tender to the Rattlesnake, as wished to
come home; and arrived at the Bay of Islands, as we
stated, on Wednesday, May 16; and the only other
places she touched at in her long and tedious passage
home were the Falkland Islands and Fayal. She has
brought home, in addition to her own crew, the detach-
ment of marines and others late of Port Essington,that
establishment having been broken up by the ()Hers of the
Admiralty, by Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, of the
Meander, 44, and the officers and men withdrawn.
When the Rattlesnake reached Devonport she was very
short of provisions and fuel, and indeed those on
board must have suffered some 'privations. They had
neither wine nor spirits on board from the time they
left the Falkland Islands, and for many weeks lived on
salt provisions. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford and child
have come home passengers in the Rattlesnake from
Sydney. The lady is a daughter of Rear-Admiral
Dundas, and to the great joy of her anxious relatives
joined them in London last night. The Rattlesnake
has been out surveying in Torres Straits and New
Guinea for the last four years, having been commis-
sioned at Portsmouth, September, 1846, by Captain
Stanley, who died some months since. Captain
Cockburn, it will be remembered, has been promoted
to the vacancy from the East India flag-ship, and is
now at Portsmouth, awaiting her arrival. The other
officers of the Rattlesnake are the same, we believe, as
those who left England in her—namely, Lieutenants
Dayman and H. G. Simpson, Master J. J. Brown,
Surgeon Dr. J. Thompson, Paymaster F. Brady, As-
sistant. Surgeon T. H. Huxley, Second Masters G.
H. Inekip and Edward Brooker (acting), Clerk J.
Y. Messum. Lieutenant Yule, who has come home
in command of the Rattlesnake by virtue of his
seniority, has been engaged in command of the
Bramble, tender, in surveying operations its Australia
for the last seven or eight years, having proceeded
thither, we believe, with the Fly, 18, Captain Black-
wood. On the arrival of the Rattlesnake, and her
wants being made known, a lighter, with supplies of
provisions and stores, was sent out; she was shipping
them at five P.M. on Wednesday, previously to pro-
ceeding to Chatham to be paid off.
Rear-Admiral Hornby, C. 8., was at Valparaiso
August 28, but his flag-ship, the Asia, 84, Captain
Stopford, was absent on a month's cruise, and was
expected back to Valparaiso in the course of a fort-
night.
Dr. Clarke, of the Meander, 44, Captain the Hon.
H. Keppel, died at Port Essington, and Mr. Craw-
ford, the assistant-surgeon in charge of the marine de-
tachment, withdrawn from that place, was appointed
to the vacancy on board the Meander.
CERTIFICATES FOR WIDOWS' PENSIONS.—The Lords
of the Admiralty have, on the application of certain
widow pensioners, been pleased to permit that a cer-
tificate of identification by a magistrate shall he con-
sidered a sufficient substitute for that of any clergy-
man, as required before the payment of quarterly
annuities. The official letter of compliance is dated
Oct. 14, 1850, and states—" Madam,—Having laid
before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
your letter of the 26th ultimo, I am commanded by
their Lordships to acquaint you that they have di-
rected the Collector of Customs at Falmouth to re-
ceive the certificate of identity, signed by a magistrate
instead of a clergyman, as well as the declaration.—
J. H. HAY, pro Sec."
Mr. Henry Torrens Somerville, late naval cadet of
her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, died on the 23d instant,
in the 14th year of his age.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Banshee, which arrived
yesterday from Pater-yard, Pembroke, performed the
passage (over 180 miles) in fourteen hours. Before
paying off she will try her rate of speed with the
Caradoc, at the measured mile in Stokes' Bay. Both
vessels are about the same size and horse power, yachts
in their shape and fittings, with only one boiler, to
make room for stowage, and fitted with Mr. Grant's
distilling galley. These vessels would do well for the
coast of Africa.

Caradoc, iron steamer of 650 tons, and 350-horse
power, built by Ditchburn and Mare, late one of the
Holyhead packets, was taken into dock at Ports-
mouth on Wednesday, to have her bottom examined
and cleaned. About two years and a half ago she
was paid over with Mr. Hay's composition, and since
has received a coating of red lead. Her bottom was
considerably foul from grass and weeds, some few
muscles, and some little coraline. The weeds and
grass came off with a slight touch of a broom, and
there was no oxide or corrosion of the plates. The
composition was still hard, but rubbed off in places,
the red lead was nearly all off. It is said the Caradoc
is to be fairly tried with the Banshee, of a similar
size and horse power ; the latter, designed by 0.
Lang, Esq. After the trial, one of the boilers of the
Caradoc is to be taken out. She has now two, one
before the engine and the other abaft; the boilers,
with the engines at present occupy more space than
the best half of the vessel, and by landing one of the
boilers the steamer will be sufficiently fast, and more
useful for general purposes than she is at present;
though one boiler will scarcely supply steam fur both
engines, unless worked expansively. The Caradoc
was paid off in excellent condition, both as to the
vessel and her beautiful fittings, and also as to her
engines and gear.
Lightning steam-yacht tender, Master-Comman-
der Petley, that arrived at Portsmouth from Ply-
mouth ,on Wedncsday, sailed the same afternoon for
Wool with.

Pluto, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Joliffe, with the mails from the coast of Africa, had
lett Fayal three days before the Rattlesnake arrived
there, consequently she may be hourly expected at
Devonport or Portsmouth.
Portland, 50, Captain Chads, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Moresby, C. 8., will be ready to leave De-
vonport harbour on the 26th. She is now only a
dozen blue jackets short.
Captain Leroux, R.N., died at his residence in
Oxford place, Plymouth, on the 18th instant.
Letters from the Caledonia, dated Mahon, October
10, state that the Mediterranean fleet were then in
Mahon Bay. The Queen has lost 30 men by cholera.
The fleet, it was expected, would winter at Malta.
The Dutch merchant ship King William 11., Cap-
tain J. Kooger, from Batavia in 160 days, which has
been up Channel as far as the Start, where she ob-
tained fresh provisions, was blown back to this port
yesterday.
The emigrant ship Jenny Lind, Captain Joseph
Taylor, which left Plymouth on the 28th of February
last, arrived at Adelaide on the 7th of June. Her
passengers have inserted in the Adelaide Times of
Midsummer-day a testimonial speaking in high terms
of the conduct of the master, officers, and crew during
the passage from England.
Letters have been received from the Bellerophon,
Captain Baynes, dated Gibraltar, October U. She
has experienced a very severe passage of three weeks
from Malta to the Rock. The cholera had left the
ship, and the crew were all well, but she was placed in
quarantine.
WOOLWICH, OCT. 2 The Was
4.—p steam-sloop,
Commander Crozier, has received her sailing orders,
and will leave Woolwich at one o'clock P.M. to-
morrow.

and the three marten() towers lately erected, viz., the
two at Pembroke, and the western one just finished,
are the result of these reports. A fortification of
considerable strength at the Stack Rock has now
been commenced, and will be completed in two years,
the contractor having engaged to complete the work
within that time. This erection is intended for the
defence and protection of the entrance to the haven,
and on its summit will be placee three guns of great
calibre. These will be mounted on circular plat-
forms, thus commanding every approach to the tower
and harbour, from whatever point of the compass.
On the completion of this tower at the Stack Rock,
another of considerably greater size and strength will
be erected in the haven, and in the course of the en-
suing year a fortification at Pembroke of a still more
formidable character, for the defence of the dockyard
and arsenal will be commenced.—Portsmouth Times,
and Naval Gazette.

THE. MERCANTILE MARINE ACT

The following notice was issued on Wednesday at
the Custom-house relative to the election of six mem-
bers to the London Marine Board of the port of
London, R hich new Act is so important to the mari-
time interests of this commercial metropolis :
" Notice is hereby given that an election of six mem-
bers to the Lor.don Marine Board of the port of London
will be held under the provisions of the Mercantile Ma•
rine Act of 1850, at the Guildhall, in the city of Lon.
don, on Friday, the 25th day of October inst. (this day),
between the hours of 11 in the forenoon and 2 in the
afternoon. Every person named in the revised list of
voters is qualified to vote at the election of members of
the Local Marine Board, and is requested to bring a
paper with the names of the persona for whom he votes
written thereon, and signed with his name and address.
A copy of the list will be delivered to any voter apply-
ing fur the same at the Remembrancer's-office, Guild-
hall. " THOMAS FARNCOSIBE, Mayor."
" Notice to Master Mariners and Mates.—The provi-
sions of the Mercantile Act require that, from and after
the Ist of January, 1851, masters and mates engaged in
foreign-going ships shall produce to the officers of Cus-
toms certificates of competency or of service certificates;
and certificates of service will be granted to all those
who have been engaged in the above capacities previous
to the 31st of December, 1850. The Lords of the Com-
mittee of the Privy Council for Trade are pleased to
direct that claimants for certificates of service shall
make their claims forthwith on forms to be procured at
70, Lower Thames-street.

" By order cf the Board,
" J. H. BaowN, Registrar-General of Seamen.
The above new Act will cause the greatest satisisfac
tion to the merchants.