The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-06 00:00:00

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Ocean Queen barque, bound W., Nov. 12, in Ist, 44 N.,
long. 50 W.
Barrios, of Glasgow, from London for Lisbon, Nov. 26,
in lat. 49 N., long. 8 W.
Her Majesty's ship Wasp, bound W., Nov. 28, in lat. 46
N., long. 6 W.
Owen Glendower, from London, Aug. 2, in lat. 6 N.,
long. 17 W.
Justinia barque, from London for the Cape of Good
Hope, Sept. 28, in Ist. 15 S., long. 25 W.
Losing, from Bremen for Buenos Ayres, Oct. 13, in
Ist. 8 N., lona.. 21 W.

SEABORNE MAILS%

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.Ainerlea (via N. York
by British packet) ....NDecember 6 .. Liverpool .. Dec. 19.
America (via Boston 1
by British packet) .. N December 20 .. !Liverpool .. Dec. 11
America (by Umtcd 1 / December 13 I ILlverix)°l &
States packet).. .. N' Southampt.;
Belgium .. .. •• NiDaily •• .. .. Dover ..'Daily
Brazil .. • • .. N of the month Fa' • outh••lDec. 25
Buenos Ayres •... N4th of the month Falmouth • !Dec. 2,5
California(viaChagres) Mll7th of month Southampt.
Cape of Good Ilopo.. N!December 14 Plymouth • •
Central America .. 31 1d &A 7th of monthlSouthampt.
Channel I,les .. .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt.
Chili .. .. .. .31 17th of the month Southampt.
France .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • •
Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London ..
Holland .. .. .. 311Wednes. & Satur. London

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IDee. 20

ITwicedally
Tues. Sat.
Mon. Thur.
Dec. 20

Honduras . N
Ireland .. • • M &
India (via Southamp.) M
India (via Marseilles) N
Madeira .. N
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M
editerr...nean (via
Marseilles) .. N
Mediterranean (by
French packet via
Marseilles) .. ••
Mexico 31!
Peninsular.......ll

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17th of the month'
.i tront.h.
I7th& 24th of month'

Southampt.
Holyhead ..
Southampt.
Dover ..

IN;:icedafty
Dec. 28

IDec. 23

120th of the month

SoithaMpt.

IDec. 28

17th & 24th of month'

Doyer • •

!Dec. 23

!2d of the month.

'Southampt.

Peru .. .. ..
West Indies ..
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) Mi
* N signifies that the I
by the night—and M by

7t11,17th,27th of rno Southampt.
17th of the month Southampt.
'l7th of the month Southampt.

'Dec. 16
Dec. 20
Dec. 20

2,1 of the month .

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the General Post-oftICO
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BRUTAL MURDER.
(From the Dumfries Courier.)
We have the painful duty of recording an occur-
rence in the usual tranquil county of Dumfries, in-
volving the commission of two capital offences, under
circumstances of peculiar and painful atrocity, by
which a respectable female has been suddenly and
awfully deprived of life. About seven o'clock of
the evening of Wednesday, the 27th ult., three
persons left Dumfries, two of them, at least, with
the intention of proceeding home to the village of
Kirkland of Tinwald ; John Hamilton and his
wife, accompanied by William Laurie, a shoemaker.
Hamilton is a ploughman. They had one child, a
daughter, about fifteen years of age. Before leaving
Dumfries the party had been together in a public-
house, and Hamilton had become much intoxi-
cated. About ten o'clock the same night Hamil-
ton found his way home, and went to bed
alone. Being questioned as to his wife, he said she
was with some people, and would be in directly.
About two o'clock next morning several persons, In
returning from Dumfries with a horse and cart, found
a female in a state of complete insensibility lying'
on the road side. They placed her in the vehicle, and
she shortly afterwards died. Various marks were ob-
served upon her face, and contusions and discolors-

ions of a❑ extensive character. A medical examin*•

tion was forthwith ordered, when, in addition to the
marks of violence on the face, three severe contusions
were found on the upper part of the head apparently
caused by blows and not through a fall. Further
examination afro disclosed the fact of the perpetration
of another capital offence, which must have been pre-
ceded by a fearful struggle and great resistance on the
part of the unfortunate woman, and accompanied by
the most brutal violence at the hands of her assailant.
These dreadful facts having been communicated to the
Procurator-Fiscal, no time was lost in apprehending
Laurie and Hamilton, who are both in prison ; and
of course a minute and searching investigation into
all the circumstances of the case is in progress. It
appears that, some time between Hamilton's return
home and the discovery of the murdered woman's
body by the party in the cart, a young man, who
was passing along the road, found Laurie standing
beside Mrs. Hamilton, who was lying on the road-
side in a state of insensibility. Ile helped Laurie to
carry her for some distance towards her house, and
then offered to wait beside her until Laurie went for
more assistance. Laurie refused to go, however, and
the man most unaccountzbly left them and went
home.

It also appears that, if this statement be correet,
the woman must have been carried back to the
original spot, where she was again found by the
parties who eventually conveyed ber home. On a
personal examination, after apprehension, Law ke's
clothes were found to be stained and marked wi
blood, Laurie is a strong, thick-set, middle-ageol
man, and resided in the village of Amisfield, about;
half a mile from Kirkland.

hl:c.thG uhTa.d—b
been
ad-
jl,,AirLned three times, was resumed and concluded before Mr„
--isTelitNegrdUaEyST;n—iFnqAuTeAstL,
William Baker, jun., at the Seven Stars, Little Fleet-street,
Bethnal-green, on view of the body of Mr. George Smith,
C.Ttnoxit.
aged 46, the proprietor of a beer-shop, No. 1, Peddy-street,
adjoining, who died in consequence of an injury inflicted sn
him during an affray, by a person of the name of James
Consent, also a beer-shop proprietor, carrying on business in
the same street. Toe jury, after a brief consultation, iv-
turned a verdict of Manslaughter against James Cousei
and the witnesses were bound, over to prosecute. Mr. Cousa
was non est invefttus.