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morning in return for his supper and breakfast. He
said, " I have no money and must get in." Witness
told him to pass forward, and there being no other
persons waiting fcr admission, he fastened the door,
and proceeded to write down the statements of the
different tramps, about thirty- three in number.
Whilst doing so, he heard Moran, who was
behind him engaged in searching some of the
men, say, " You had better give it up." Wit-
ness turned round and saw that Moran had
hold of deceased's arm, and was trying to open
his left hand. They were snuggling together.
Moran had only one arm. Witness went to the other
side of the room, where they stood, and asked what
deceased had got. Moran said deceased had got some-
thing in his hand. Witness took hold of deceased's
left wrist with one hand, and exerted all his strength
to open his fingers with the other, but he could not
succeed. He believed Morale was holding him by
the other arm at the time. Mr. Hollis, who was pre-
sent, and a pauper named Smith, then came to assist
in searching deceased. Mr. Hollis took hold of de-
ceased's thumb and pulled it back, and witness then got
his hand underneath his fingers, and a quantity of
copper money fell out of his hand. Witness swept
the money away with both hands, and placed it on a
stove in the middle of the room. While his back
was turned he heard an old man, a pauper
named Job Weale, cry out, " He has hit me." Ii was
Weale's duty to mind the front entrance while the
tramps were being searched. Witness turned round
and saw deceased with a Wellington boot in his hand
attempting to strike Moran. Moran parried the
blow, and hit deceased .on the face with his fist. After
a short struggle, the boot was taken from deceased,
who was then peaceable. When it came to his turn to
be examined he repeated his former statement, except
that he intended to return to Sheffield ; that he was 22
years of age, and had been seven years in England. He
was then taken into the males' tramp ward, and wit•-
ness did not see him again till supper time. Witness
did not observe any marks of violence upon him. If
he had, it would have been his duty to enter them
in the book. He did not notice any signs of think
about him, nor that be was unwell at ail, but
he complained of his thumb being injured. Witness
told him if it was injured the doctor should see him
in the morning. Witness frequently went through
the ward during the night, as was his usual practice,
and deceased appeared to sleep well. At half-past
five in the morning he awoke the tramps, but deceased
complained that he was too unwell to do any work.
When witness asked him where he felt unwell, he re-
plied that he felt it all over him. Witness noticed that
his thumb was swollen and discoloured. Witness
did not perceive that he had a black eye. He told de-
ceased to lie still till the doctor came. The doctor
was Mr. Thomas, who officiated for Mr. Coveney,
surgeon to the workhouse, who also attended the
Tib-street :establishment. Deceased certainly
did not make any complaints either then or
afterwards of any one having hurt him. On
going into the ward again about eight o'clock, he
saw deceased vomiting a greenish liquor, which smelt
strong of some kind of spirits. Witness was told that
he had vomited once before. At 9 o'clock he sent for
deceased to wash himself, and for some water to
foment his thumb with. Witness then noticed that
one of his eyes was discoloured, When he returned
to Tib•street in the evening, witness inquired what
had become of deceased, and was told he had been
sent to the workhouse. Witness made an entry to
that effect. Deceased had told him in the morning
that he could not eat any breakfast when he was
offered some. Witness was quite certain that no
weapon was employed in searching deceased, and did
not see any other blow inflicted than the one he had
mentioned.
Joseph Minshull said he was head nurse at the
workhouse. Deceased was brought there on Thurs-
day night. He was very ill, and was unable to wash
himself, when he came to the bath. His eye was
discoloured, his thumb was dislocated, and he com-
plained of pains at the back of his head.
Briton Richardson, assistant clerk to the Mm-
chester board of guardian, said the regulations of the
Tib-street establishment were made by the guardians.
They contained no provisions for searching, and he
was not aware that any other regulations existed. By
an Act of Parlisment passed in 1848 (Victoria 11
and 12, cap. 110), the master, porter, or any other
officer of the workhouse, were empowered to search
applicants for relief, and to take from them any
money which should be found upon them, and deliver
the same to the board of guardians. It was under-
stood that in case of any difficulty, the officers of the
Tib-street establishment were to have the assistance
of the police.
Evan Thomas, the surgeon officiating for Mr. Co-
veney, said he saw deceased at the Tib-street work-
house en Tnursday morning, between nine and ten
o'clock, when he noticed a contusion on the back of
the pal►ns, including the thumb. Deceased made no
complaint to him. Witness asked him no questions,
but directed that he should be kept quiet, and that
he should be informed in the evening how he was.
Witness was not told that deceased had been vomit-
ing. There were signs of heaviness about him, such
as migl,t be expected in a person who had been drink-
ing. Witness saw him again in the evening, and then
directed that he should be removed to the workhouse,
where he was taken the same night. Witness saw
deceased next morning between nine and ten o'clock.
When he was told he had passed a restless night and
had vomited, witness observed a bruise on deceased's
head, and asked him how he had got it. Deceased
shook his head and made no answer. Witness did

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
MANSION-110USE.

three miles from London-bridge to the junction which
turned off to the Bricklayers Arms station, nod the
distance could hLive been easily parfortned before any
other train passed. Witness could have crossed the
line in perfect safety had the defendant done his duty,
but he laughed at them, and said " they were a had
lot altogether."

James Wood Wl3 charged under the following odd
circumstances :
A constable of the Thames police said—Between
seven and eight o'clock tilie morning I was in Bil-
lingsgate-market, and I saw the prisoner take a cod-
fish from a lug-boat which was in the river and throw
it under the head of a boat which was lying alongside,
and having satisfied himself that no person was
watching, jerk it to a man who wag in another boat.
I then took him into custody, and I sang out to the
other man, who instantly chucked back the fish, but
got away. When I asked the prisoner why he took
the fish, he said it was too small to be of any conse-
quence, and he threw it, out of a joke, not to, but at,
the person in the other boat.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Hewett said that he and his father were re-
sponsible for the fish, which had been consigned to
Mr. Harris ; that the prisoner had on previous occa-
sions robbed them, but as be had, upon being de-
tected, brought back the property without the least
hesiation, they did not wish to prosecute.
The ALDERMAN—WeII, prisoner, why do you con-
tinue this shameful and dishonest game ? You know
it must end badly.
Tee prisoner said he merely went on board the
lug-boat to see what sort of cargo they had, for he
was afraid they were taking all the best sort of fish
to Hungerford market, and be didn't like to see old
Billingsgate go to the dogs.---(Laughter.) Well, he
did think the cod mighty small, and so contemptible
that he flung one at a friend of his in the next boot,
and his friend was just flinging it back again, as in
duty bound, when the officer came down to have his
fling.—(Great laughter.) He assured the alderman
that the fish was not worth stealing, if he happened
to be inclined to be dishonest, which he never was.
The ALDERMAN—I suppose the fish you took on
the previous occasion t fell into your possession in a
similar way ? The Prisoner—Ohl you may as well
hang a dog at once as give him a bad name. All I
can say is that I account for this disagreeable affair as
well as I can, and I wish I was more clever, for if I
was, I'd get plenty of fish and other things, without
coming before the Lord Mayor to ask his opinion.
Tee ALDERMAN—AIthough you are so considerate
as to endeavour to keep the market in a proper con-
dition, I shall send you away from that office for
three months to the climate and labour of a
Bridewell.
Sarah Hawkins and Catherine Lee;were charged
with having robbed a man of his watch. Michael
liaydon, an active detective officer of the City police,
was on London-bridge a few nights ago, and ob-
served the prosecutor and the two women, one of
whom stood away from the others. He expected that
the women were in a conspiracy to plunder the man,
and he followed them closely. The man soon sepa-
rated himself from the women, and the officer ascer-
tained that he had been robbed of his watch, and
pursued the two prisoners in a cab into which they
had suddenly flung themselves, directing the driver to
go on quickly in any direction. Hayden and the
pros'•cutor'got into the cale,'aed after having repeatedly
asked the women for the watch, which they positivley
denied any knowledge of, told the cabman to drive
with "all the lot" to the station•house. Arrived
there the prisoners stuck to the assertion that they
were as innocent as the unborn, and the female
searcher, after a very minute examination, pronounced
that they had no watch or other valuables in their
possession. This judgment was very strongly in fa-
vour of the prisoners, but Heydon, who had not only
observed the prosecutor's manner upon finding that
he had been robbed of his watch, but the agitation
and hurry of the accused, said he considered it to be
necessary that the surgeon of the police force shouhl
be consulted upon the subject. Accordingly, at the
Mansion-house, Mr. Childs, the medical gentleman,
undertook the office of searcher, and proved himself
well qualified for the performance of the duty by in-
troducing to the astonished eyes of the prosecutor the
identical watch, which he declared he had found upon
the, person of Sarah Hawkins. It is proper to state
that the fact of the finding by the medical officer
did not prove that the female searcher had omitted
the ordinary means of ascertaining the fact, but it
certainly showed that the assistance of a medical
searcher may be often necessary in cases of con-
cealinent.
The prisoner Lee said she had never seen the other
woman before the night they were taken, and that
their acquaintanceship began as acquaintanceship
often commenced amongst those who had no place to
go to in misery. As for the watch, she never was so
much surprised at anything as at finding that her new
friend was in possossion of such a thing.
Sarah Hawkins said she saw, as she was walking
along Pudding-lane, by chance, something glittering
at her feet. She picked it up, and finding that it was
a watch, end that she might be robbed of it, she hid
—The prisoners were committed for trial.
Beo W-STREET.

In answer to the complaint, Mr. Sutton said the
defendant was exonerated from all blame by the
Brighton Railway Company. lie had only performed
duty, and acted in accordance with the orders
given to him by his superintendent. He should be
able to show that his conduct was correct in every
way. A train had just passed, and another was due,
consequently he was justified in not allowing the bal-
last train to cross the line. His worship would see
the necessity of his acting strictly to the orders deli-
vered to him, and dismiss the complaint altogether.
The directors of the Brighton line had offered to have
the affair investigated before the Commissioners of
Railways, Ent the South-Eastern refused, and now
sought to punish the defendant for acting properly for
the protection of the public and the rail-
way company. The Learned Gentleman called
a number of servants attached to the Brighton Com-
pany, who said that when the complainant wanted to
cross the line a train was just due, snd a dreadful
collision must have taken place. In fact, signals to
that effect were hoisted, and the complaining party
must have been aware of that circumstance. The
present case was full of spite, and ought not to have
been brought before a magistrate.
Mr. Ballantine contended that the complainant
was perfectly justified in taking the present course.
It was of vast importance to the public as well as to
the railway companies that the dispute in question
should be settled. He considered that the defendant
had acted wrongly, and ought to be punished as an
example to others.

MI. Sutton informed the magistrate that the de-
fendant had only acted according to orders, and had
he not done so he would have been discharged from
his situation. He thought the evidence he had pro-
duced ought to be received as a complete denial to
the charge.

Considerable discussion took place between the
Learned Gentleman and the Magistrate, when the
latter delivered his judgment at some length. He was
of opinion that the defendant had acted rightly, and
according to the orders of the railway company,
which were." that no train should be allowed to cross
the line when another is just due." In performing
that duty he had most likely prevented a collision,
which might have been attended with fatal circum-
stances. He should dismiss the complaint.
WANDS R ORT.H.
John Carter, a labourer in the employ. of Mr.
Morrison, a market-gardener and cow-keeper at Put-
ney, was charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing
1,200 cabbage plants, growing on the enclosed ground
of Mr. J. Hargood, also a market-gardener, in the
Upper Richmond-road, Putney.
At the first hearing of the case William Haynes,
jun., a labourer employed by Mr. Hargood, proved
that at six o'clock in the morning, whilst driving
away some cattle that had trespassed on the ground,
he saw the prisoner pulling up the young plants.
He told his master, and the prisoner was given in
charge.

Police constable Cock, 143 V, produced a large
market basket filled with upwards of 1,200 fine
healthy plants.
Tue prisoner here protested that he had asked Mr.
Hargeod's foreman (W. Haynes, sen.) if he could
have a few plants, and Haynes, sen., said they were
going to be dug in, and he could take what he liked.
He, prisoner, did not take them secretly, his master
(nr. Morrison) was looking through the hedge; his
grounds adjoin Mr. Hargood's.
Mr. BEADoN said this gave the case a serious com-
plexion, and the prisoner's master must come to clear

On the second hearing, Mr. Haynes, sen., swore be
never gave the prisoner leave to take the plants in
question, nor any others.
Mr. BEADON said he wished to hear some explana-
tion from Mr. Morrison, but not on oath, as it might
be his duty to commit him for aiding and abetting.
Mr. Morrison said he saw the prisoner pulling the
plants, but did not know that he had not leave to
pull them.

Mr. BEADON—You, as a market gardener, ought
to know that cabbage plants are very dear this year,
and that it was not likely that such a large quantity
would be given away.
The prisoner was committed for a month, with
hard labour.

Antonio who was last week remanded on
a charge of having. caused 3,000 spurious notes, re-
semiling the notes. of the Lombardy Venetian Bank,
to be engraved by. ,Mr. Lee, in Holborn, was again
brought up for further examination; but Mr. Bush,
the solicitor for the prosecution, having stated that he
had teen as yet tr.nable to obtain evidence that the
notes were forgeries, beyond the testimony already
adduced, at his re grtest the prisoner was remanded for
another week.
Mr. HENRY wax of opinion that enough had already
been proved to j astify the committal of the prisoner
for trial ; neverth.qi!ss, it might be desirable to make
the case more . cor 3plete.
MARL EiOROUo_T-7-_,97717AET.

.....
not notice any injury on the back of decetts,d's head
or on his ear. Deceased never rallied. 'Witness
attended him night and morning until he died, at two
o'clock on Srtnday morn;ne. Wit...s had seen him
at ten o'clock on Saturday night. Witness thought
deceased was labouring under some affection of the
brain. His impression at the time was that it was
owing to natural disease, hut he was not then aware
that he had received any injury except in the thumb.
He now thought he had died from the eifects of vio-
lence. lie was present at the post mortem examina-
tion made by Mr. Holroyd. Deceased had sunk under
the effects of effusion of the brain. Witness had not
noticed any stertorous breathing.
Elkanah Holroyd, surgeon, said he had made a
post mortem examination of the body on the previous
day by the coroner's order. Oa removing the bone
of the skull he observed a marked difference between
the two hemispheres. The left was decidedly black,
compared with the right. Oa opening the mem-
brane which enveloped the brain he found a con-
siderable quantity of clotted blood. S )me. clots were
found on the bone cf the skull. The blood had
gradually passed in that direction. Tnis extravasa-
tion proceeded from a rupture in the membrane' of
the brain. There were about three ounces of blood
effused. The brain itself was healthy. There were
no marks of disease either in the substance
or the membrane. The effusion of the blood
was sufficient to cause .death. He had no
doubt it was the cause of death in this case.
A single blow on the head would have caused the ef-
fusion. If it hid been caused by a fall, he thought
the skin would have been broken. Even if deceased
were intoxicated the night before he went to Tih•
street, that would not have caused the effusion in a
man of his age. The injury on the hand had nothh'g
to do with it. Excitement and passion might have
caused it in case there had been any co-exiiterxt dis-
sease. He thought the livid appearance of the ear was
caused by a blow.

Genre ,
e =slandlord of the Sun and Thirteen
ean
treet, Leicester-square, was en
sum-
moned by the police, for permitting drunkenness and
disorderly conduct: in his house.
From the stateernent of the police it appeared that
in consequence of a diaturbance in the street, between
persons who came out of this house, and who got fight-
ing together and 'ere taken to the station-house, a con-
stable was placed te. watch the house, and saw persons
at three and four o'clock the same morning come out
of it. A constable proved that on going into the
house he found numerous persona, male and female,
present. The la milord was in the bar, and he was
not soher. He did not see any one in masks come
out of the house, elthoug,h he saw seven or eight
persons in males fi t the street that morning.
lespecter Morn:k ton seid the defendant, although
summoned before, load not been convicted, but it was
one of the worst conducted houses in the district.
Mr. Duncombe, for the defendant, said the in-
spector lad no ri:Ot to make such remarks. With
respect to the charge before the Court, the defendant
kept a night-house., and, as the law stood, he had a
right to keep it open all night if he pleased. The
charge of drunkenness and-disorderly conduct in the
house had not beem. brought home to defendant.
Mr. BaounnToet convicted the defendant in the
penalty of 405., tat tcl at the same time advised him to
thoroughly reform his system of management.
).S"'ULITHWARK.
George Wood, switchman, in the employ of the
Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, was
charged before Mr. Ingham with having wilfully and
negligently omitted to turn certain points or switches
upon the said reilvzny when signalled to do so, thereby
endangering the live es and limbs of persons passing
along the said rail way.
Mr. Ballantine, assisted by Mr. Church, attended
on behalf of the Routh-Eastern Railway Company,
who were the corn eaainants, and Mr. Sutton appeared
on behalf of the Benghton Company.
Mr. Balle.ntine, in stating the case, informed the
magistrate that a short time ago the two companies
dissolved partnership, and their officers were quite
distinct from eae,ln other. Considerable difficulty
was thrown in the way of the South-Eastern Com-
pany by the servants of the other, and the present
case was brought forward to ascertain where the
blame laid. The attendant was employed as switch-
man by the Brighton Company, and was stationed
at the Brieklayers* Arms Junction, and it was his
duty to attend the points for all trains which passed
along the railway.. Instead of performing that
duty he neglected it, and detained a ballast
train belonging to the complainants, which was
making its way to. the Bricklayers' Arms Station, and
compelled the driver to go to New Cross. The de-
fendant's conduct heed placed the lives of several people
in jeopardy, as another train passed them before they
got fifty yards out of the way, and had they crossed
the line there must have been a fearful collision. To
prevent such further difficulties arising, the directors
of the South-Eas tern Railway Company made the
present charge, so float the whole circumstances might
be fully investigated. The Learned Gentleman then
called

tualled, and ready for sea again. These companies
are the last that will proceed to foreign stations thin
year.

SEPT. 29.—The Resistance, 42, troop-ship, Master-
Commander Bradshaw, arrived at Woolwich at six
o'clock A.M. to•day from Quebec, Canada, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, having on board a
company of Artillery from Quebec, and another from
Newfoundland, and a company of Royal Sappers and
Miners from Halifax, besides large detachments of
invalids from these stations. According to present
orders, the troops will disembark at two o'cLck P.M.
. _ -

Charles Clatterbuck said he was a patient in one of
the sick hospitals. He assisted Minstaill in the wards.
Deceased came in on Thursday night. He slept
pretty well that night. Shortly be-"ore his death he
was very restless, and threw his left hand about very
much.

Thomas Hilton, another inmate of the workhouse
hospital, said deceased told him him he had been mur-
dered by the governor of Tib-street workhouse.

James Smith and Job Weale, paupers in the 'Lb-
street establishment, confirmed Dalton's evidence.
They had not noticed any violence used towards him,
and if he had hurt his head, it must have been by
the pantry-duor, against which he fell during the
struggle.
Edward Moran, the prisoner (after receiving a cau-
tion from the coroner that any statement he might
make would be evidence against him) confirmed
Dalton's evidence, and said the deceased had struck
him with a boots and it was in attempting to knock
the boot cut of the man's hand that he accidentally
gave him a blow on the head. The money found in
his band Was 100.
Frederick William Hollis, the superintendent of
te Tib-s
evidentreet
ce. establishment, also confirmed the pre-
ous

noozes were attempting
to his former evi-
-1
E. Moran then said, in addition
him, degeased fell with his
dence, that whilst Dalton and
. declined to sign
his name to his evidence, when it
to take the money from
head against the pantry-door.
had been taken
down by the coroner.
The jury found that the deceased had died from
the effects of a blow of the fist given by Edwin Moran,oi
and he was committed to take his trial for man
slaughter. The jury accompanied thAr verdict with

Thomas Dingley, who said be was an inspector of
engine-drivers on the South-Eastern line, and on the
14th of the present month had charge of a ballast
train from London-I ridge to the Bricklayers' Arms
Station. To get to the latter place he was compelled
to go on the Brightc,n line, and at the junction the
defendant was employed to turn the swi!ches for all
the trains. There 'was an excursion train nearly due,
hut-witness had two iniziuts to cross the line. How-
ever, when he got to the junction, thn defendant rf,-
fusd to turn the points, and had he not taken his
tr.,..tu to New Cro%is tb..ie must have been a collision.
Witness hoisted the usual signal, and reinonstrat,d
w ith defendant as to his conduct, but he answered him by abusive language, and told him he should step half •
an hour for cowir there. Had he crossed the line4;f ttr
pieces, as the. ,other train while passim-, actually
Ving so long .detained they must have been cut
t.(l)luetohed the last tnick. It was the defendlnt's duty
to Lave silov,ed hilt,. to pass instead of detaining him.
In cross-cxlminn.tion by Mr. Sutton, witness said
aqt a train Lad started five minutes before, and
snottier was exmkted, so that the line was not clear.
Charles
engine-driver in the South-
Eastern Co 'fmkipunr 71
employ, s:tid that he was with the
heard the defendant refuse to
train in question, andk
turn the Points, althoug
h repeatedly as td. It was a. '°s

this statement :
We are of opinion that 1.101:i,,, the superintondent,
and the tramp-master, treated deecased with great
cruelty. The jury beg to recommerd that in cases of
extreme rcsi3t4ace on the part of the tramps in future,
the aid if a police-officer b.: immediately called in."
Mr. Harrcp, the clerk to the board of guardians,
said he had co doubt the recommendation of the jury
would be attended to.

LARGE SALMON.—There was caught at &Awe'
fishing water, on Tuesday, a salthon which weighed 431b1ht7.,
and measured in length 4 feet 3 inches, and in girth 2 feet
1 inch. No improvement has taken place in the fishing;
the quantity taken at present is small, almost without a pre-
cedent, the prices consequently continue very high, salmon
being Is. 4d. per lb., grilse ls. Id., and trout Bd.—Berwick
..idvertiser.

THE SUN, LONDON,

went out to Spithead to pay a visit to Captain Bond-
cies, on board the Dutch frig,a`e Prins Von Oran:,4e,
which is expected to sail for Flushing to morrow
(Monday).
Wind yesterday, W.S.W., light breezes. To-day,
S.W.by W., strong breeze, squally and cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, Sere. 28.—The Mariner, 12, from the
East India and China station, is ordered fb be paid off
at this port on her arrival here.
The Thetis, 36, Captain A. L. Kuper, in conse-
quence of having got aground between Drake's
Island and the Main, has been detained at this port.
After she had been towed into harbour by the Con-
fiance, men from each of the ships in commission
were sent to assist in lightening her, that she might
be taken into dock. The object, however, failed, and
from the neap tides now present, she cannot be taken
in until next Saturday, the sth day of October. An
accident that was likely to have been attended with
serious consequences happened to the diver belong-
ing to the Impregnable, 104, the guard-ship, who
went down to examine the bottom of the Thetis, to
ascertain what damage she received by striking on
the rock, when, instead of lowering him gently to
the bottom, he was by some mishap let go by the
run. He was immediately pulled up end released
from his case, when blood was issuing from his nose
and mouth. He is, however, doing well.
The Portland, 50, Captain Chads, is fast progress-
ing in her rigging, but she is not expected to be
ready for sea until the 20th of next month.
The Kestrel, brigantine, has been ordered by the
Admiralty to be sold out of the service.
The Firefly, steamer, will take the mails from this
port for the coast of Africa on the 2d proximo.
Six warrant officers, who have been employed in
different parts of the dockyard, have this day been
ordered to resume their duties afloat.
The Greenock, new iron steam-vessel, proceeded
this morning to the Land's End to try her engines.
DOCKYARD.-111r. A. T. Gard, having served his
probationary time as third-class clerk, as had his ap-
pointment confirmed.
A shipwright named Orlando Dewer, who has
been on the establishment three years, has been or-
dered to be discharged, in consequence of a repre-
sentation by Captain Johnstone, the late commander
of the Scout, 14, having been made to the Admiralty
that the said Dower entered, and afterwards run from,
the said ship.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
granted a pension of 101. per annum to the widow of
John Row, late shipwright in this yard, whose death
was occasioned by a fall whilst working on the Sans
Pareil, 80.
The Lords of the Admiralty have forwarded the
liberal sum of 201. to the funds of the Royal Dock-
yard Orphan Asylum., Several gentlemen of the
neighbourhood have become annual subscribers to this
valuable institution.
QUARTERLY PAYMENTS.—The quarterly payment
of salaries and Knsions will commence on Tuesday,
at the Pay-office, in the following order :—Salaries
and civil pensions, on Tuesday; commissioned and
warrant officers and cooks, Wednesday; artificers, A
to K, Thursday; and L to Z, Friday; commissioned
and Marine widows, relatives of officers slain, &c., on
Monday, October 7 ; half-pay, Tuesday, 8. Recalls
on and after the 9th during the month, from ten A.M.
to three P.M.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 28.—ROYAL MA:Rms.—Orders
have been received here to resume the recruiting
service for this corps immediately, and the following
have been appointed to recruit for the Woolwich divi-
sion :—Captain Rea, with 3 sergeants, 3 corporals,
and 1 private to proceed to Warwick; Captain Max-
well, with 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 1 private to
proceed to Chipping Norton ; and Captain Foote, with
3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 1 private to Woburn.
The standard height of the recruits is to be s:t.
and age, 19 to 24 years. Similar parties will be
detached from the other divisions. The Portsmouth
division will send to Salisbury, Chippenham, and
Farnham; the Chatham division . to Sevenoaks,
Chelmsford, and Bury St. Edmund's ; and the Ply-
mouth division to Exeter, Taunton, and Okehampton.
Captain Maxwell and Lieutenant Cooper, or the
Woolwich division, have returned from leave, and
Captain Buchannan and Lieutenant Clement have
each an additional month's leave for the restoration of
their health.
The Hercules, store ship, Master Commander Ful-
ton, arrived at Greenhithe on Friday last, and
brought up at moorings there. The company of
Royal Sappers and Miners she brought home from
Gibraltar have been sent up to Woolwich to join
head-quarters, and the invalids of line regiments sent
to Chatham.

ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS, SEFT. 29.—The
2d company of this branch of the Ordnance Corps,
under the command of Captain Hutchinson, Royal
Engineers, arrived yesterday evening at Woolwich
from Gibraltar. The company came home in the
Hercules store-ship, and were transferred, with their
baggage, into the Advice steamer, for conveyance to
their headquarters at Woolwich. The sth company
of the same corps, under the command of Major Bur-
mister, Royal Engineers, arrived at Woolwich at six
o'clock a.m. to-day, in the Resistance troop-ship,
from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and will land at the dock •
yard here, and join head quarters to morrow.
ROYAL ARTILLERY, Sam 29.—Captain Dacre's
company, sth battalion, from Canada, and Captain
Kennedy's company, 7th battalion, from Newfound-
land, arrived at Woolwich at six A.M., in the Re-
sistance troop-ship, and they are to disembark to-
morrow, and will be played by the band up to
the garrison to join head-quarters, on their
return from foreign service. The companies
were under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Dalton, of the third battalion, recently commanding
officer of Artillery at Kingston, in Canada. Lieut.-
Colonel Palmer has succeeded Lieut.. Colonel Dalton
in the command at Kingston. Capt. A. Bonn's and
Capt. Gambier's companies, both of the 2nd battalion,
have received orders to hold themselves in readiness
to embark for Malta and Corfu, the former to relieve
Captain Shone's company at Malta, since the 19th of
October, 1844, and,the latter to relieve Captain Rid-
dell's company, 6th battalion, at CJrfu, since 19th of
October, 1844. These companies are expected to
embark in the Resistance as soon as she is re-vic-

I were steaming at the rate of fifteen miles an hour,
! ith the tide ;n our fevour. It was about e qua' r
1 before ten when the vessel struck on the larboard
paddle-box. It was a pointed rock. The steamer
canted over and filled immediately. She fell over
some lower rocks. This took place eastward of
Alaitrelle, about a mile and a half from it. We had
never passed so close before. Ido not know why
she was taken by that passage. I was on deck near
the engine. The captain, John Priaulx, was on the
larboard paddle-box. The mate, John Fleming, was
at the wheel. I heard the captain cry out "port"
before she struck. He did not speak in a louder voice
than usual. As soon as the vessel struck, I, the cap-
tain, and two or three others put the host out for-
ward; the people rushed in so that she got full. The
boat made away round the stern of the vessel to
get on the rocks. About five minutes after
she must have swamped. He did not see it. All
the passengers were clinging to each other in the
water. There must have been ten in her. Tee stern
of the steamer was under water. The cutter Jupiter
was about eight miles off when the steamer struck.
We made an alarm for the cutter. She then came
towards us. She sent her boat. Six or seven ladies
and the stewardess got down in her by a ladder, and
were taken on board the Jupiter. When the boat
returned she took back to the Jupiter the remainder
of the passengers in two trips, and afterwards the
luggage. The captain, deponent, and the crew re.
mained with the Superb. I cannot say whether the
captain was on board the whole of the time. We
began to save our things, and got what we could out
of the steamer. We continued till the evening to
carry the things to the cutter. We left for Jersey
about 7 o'clock in the cutter. We reached St.
Helier's harbour about 10 o'clock. The body of Mr.
Gossett was on board. When the vessel struck I did
not hear any orders given by the captain. When
they left fur Jersey in the cutter the captain went
off with two fishermen in a boat towards the
vessel. The boats were of an ordinary size ; one
could contain 12, the other 8. When the steamer
struck she remained hard and fast on the rock.
About 30 feet of the stern was under water, and
the water came nearly as far as the chimney.
I did not see the captain go into the boat. I
do not know the exact number of passengers that
were on board ; the list of them was washed over-
board, as also the cash-box. If all had stopped in the
vessel, the whole of the passengers would have been
saved. I heard the captain ray on board the Jupiter
that he trusted to the mate. The mate afterwards
said that the captain gave the orders how to steer, and
he obeyed the orders. When the captain said the
above he was speaking to the crew and passengers of
the Jupiter. Ile trusted, he said, to the mate, who
he thought knew the passage; but (he added) it can't
be helped, the vessel is now lost.

Philip Amy—l was a sailor on board the Superb.
I was at the wheel. About ten minutes before we
struck Mr. Fleming came to replace me at the wheel.
He told me then that he was going to pass through
the rocks, as ho.h-A passed there several times in *the
Camilla. C2ptain Priaulx cried out twice " port."
Mr. Fleming did not obey the word. He cried out
once more " port," which word was obeyed, and the
steamer struck on the rock. He could not eee the
rock himself.

Several other witnesses were then examined, and the
inquiry was aljourried to Friday, continued all day
until nearly five o'clock, and was again adjourned to
hear further evidence.

RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE.
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM AND
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.
The differences existing between these companies,
arming chiefly from rival claims to the through
traffic between Birmingham and Liverpool, impose
not only an immense loss upon the companies, but
are extremely detrimental to the interests of the
public.

The Stour Valley line has approached completion
for some months past, but owing to various circum-
stances it continues closed against the public.
To arrive at Shrewsbury from Birmingham a tra-
veller must take one of two routes, the inconveniences
of both being pretty equal. If desirous of proceeding
by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line he must
travel from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, a dis-
' tance of fourteen miles, before he reaches the railway,
and, objecting to this mode of conveyance, he must
proceed from Birmingham by the London and North-
Western line to Stafford, and thence by the Shrop-
shire Union (London and North-Western) to Shrews-
bury. This route is fifteen miles longer than that by
the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, but the omnibus
nuisance is thereby avoided. A serious opposition has
long existed bet wean the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham and London and North-Western Companies, and
until these differences are adjusted, which it is
thought might easily be arranged by Mr. Gore and
Mr. Glyn, their respective chairmen, the companies
and the public will be sufferers. It is now said that
within two months the Stour Valley line will be
opened as far as Wednesbury, thus leaving a distance
of four miles uncovered between that town and the
Shrewsbury Junction at Wolverhampton, when there
appears no reason, except designed delay, why the
whole length should
.not be travelled, and the com-
munication between Shrewsbury and Birmingham
completely effected. Ile inhabitants of Birmingham,
Wolverhampton, and Shrewsbury, and more especially
those of the mining districts, have a great interest in
the settlement of these injurious quarrels.