The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-13 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LompoN, Mc. 12.—Wind N.N.W. light breeze and fine,
P Lvmourrit, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Burgundy, New York; Athol,
Haman, Jamaica.
PHA., DEC. 10.—Arrd. Express, Callao; Governor Douglas,
Hyde, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W., a gale.—Arrd. Mary,
Selby, Prince Edward's Island; Huron, Sibbeson, Quebec;
Catherine, Thompson, Vilparaiso ; Prompt. Dunlop, Ichaboe ;
Frances Lawson, Martin, Gaboon ; Charlemagne, Foles, New
Orleans ; Louisa, Carpenter, Shippegan ; Lavinia, Dineh,
Newfoundland. Put back, Robert Newton, Jamaica.
WORKLNGTON' Dna I.—Arrd. Edwin, Leonard, Quebec.
LONGHOFE, DEC. 3.—Arrd. Dart, Comfort, Quebec.
MotsTuosE, DEC. 7.—Arrd. Aurelia, Arness, Miramichi.
GRANGEMOUTH, DEC. B.—Sld. Woolgart, Rio Janeiro.
DOVER, DEC. 11.—The William Tell, Smith, from Port-
au-Prince to Hamburgh, which put in here yesterday very
leaky, has been surveyed, and must discharge her cargo.
CARDIFF, DEC. Il.—The Manfred, Garbutt, of Whitby,
from Ardressan to Malta, and a schooner, name unknown,
but supposed to be Irish, got on shore at Breaksea Point this
morning, and it is feared both will become wrecks. Another
vessel has got on shore at the Nash, name unknown.
ROTHESAY, DEC. B.—The Janet, of Glasgow, is on shore
at Toward Point and bilged, but is expected off after being
lightened.
LIMERICK, DEC. 9.—The John Steward, of London, on
shore on the Long Rock sth inst., was hove off the following
tide without damage.
STORNOWAY, DEC. 4.—The Evenwood, of Hartlepool, was
driven on shore near Lock Carlonay 30th ult., dismasted,
and with decks blown up, and cargo washed out; crew sup-
posed to be drowned.

HARWICH, DEC. -11.—The brig Francis, dismasted, and
with loss of bowsprit, was passed about ten miles E.N.E. of
Robin Hood Bay by the Ardent, Fletcher, arrived here.
DEAL, DEC. 11—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Australian,
Liddle, Cape of Good Hope ; Harriet, Bowen, St. Helena.
Arrd. from the River, Assam, M'Alpine, Calcutta; Cock-
burn ; Briar, Demerara ; Sylph, Ti eadwell, Barbadoes; Cairo,
Hogg, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, and skl. Emu, Smith,
Adelaide; Agneda, Till, New Orleans. Put back, John Jar-
dine, Sampson, New Orleans.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W.--Arrd. Queen Victoria,
Nixon, Saguenay for London, having been waterlogged since
29th ult., in long. 30 W. Sid. Athol, Jamaica. Off port,
Anna Maria, Taylor, Singapore.
NEWPORT, DEC. 10.—Sld. Lord Sandon, Bermuda.
CLYDE.—Arrd. Favourite, Crawford, Montreal.
DUBLIN, DEc. 10.—Arrd. Marquis of Wellesley, Tierney,
Quebec. Sid. Erin, Conway, Savannah.
COWES, DEC. 11.—The Terpsichore, Hallett, from Shields
to Genoa, which put in here yesterday, leaky, has come into
the harbour, and is discharging.

ACCIDENT AT A PIGEON MATCH.—On Thursday
afternoon, a serious accident occurred in Copenhagen-fields,
to Mr. Rowley, of Holloway. He was loading his fowling-
piece for the purpose of firing at a pigeon, when be acci-
dentally struck the trigger of the gun, which discharged a
))9rtion of the shot into his left cheek, and seriously injured
his ef"

GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL -.-
CHATHAM.
Dec. 11.—On the 10th inst. a general court-m'-s0
was held in the general court-martial room, Cha;:id
Barracks, which continued to this day, for the To
Private John Stoker, No. 1,926, of the 65th Regl7ele
stationed at Brornpton, barracks. The prisoner, "be
pears, was Placed under arrest on the 18th See
teDeed
last, at Sheerness, whilst then with a detaePe-
doine duty at that garrison, and was brouget'pel
Chatham on the day following., when be confero
himself to have been a participator in the Lea
of murdering a woman at a place called 'rite
in Staffordshire, about nine miles from Newcastle,lnse
year 1841, and his accomplice, named Forbes, was
cuted for the rnurdar; the prisoner observing tbathe her
the head of the murderad woman whilst the other euttio
throat, an.l that they afterwards robbed her, and.
he enlisted as a soldier. The prisoner's cenfessi°0 ol
,01
so foul an act was forwarded to the Horse Guard" 011
has also been submitted to the Secretary of State' se
every communication has been made between tacit
thorities of that town and the Home-office, an
No
believed to have been proved that the murder of 6 theman did take place at the peace and time stated hYwo
prisoner, and that a man of the name of i,yre„betsete°
hung, and the correspondence which bas passe°, "'",eela
the several authorities has been submitted to tee
judges, which accounts for the prisoner being a°,
confined prior to a court-martial being held on
The Conn comprised two majors, eight captaiesgde
four lieutenants. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ee„,sot.
of the Provisional Battalion, president, and Lie'
Colonel G. Fifer, deputy judge-advocate. Teie
The charges against the prisoner were es it!"1
the 18th of September, 1845, the prisoner, he'Pe. par
tinel on duty at the Dockyard at Sheerness, washoitt
there and then sleeping on his post. 2. WiLbt. 180
at Chatham Barracks, on the 22d of Septem
offered violence to Sergeant Gatlin, 28th s'e Dell
being then and there in The execution of his dutY,.; b'
for using threatening language that he Would "'
life, or words to that effect.
esTo which charges the prisoner pleaded Not agiltles.
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Lieutenant Scott, 92d Highlanders, formerlfhoet
said he was stationed at Sheerness, with a delste
in the month of September last, and on the sheer
that month he was on guard with the prisoner etoeft
ness dock-yard; and on going the rounds to the ° WV,
posts with Corporal Willis, between one and Wool
morning, they found the prisoner asleep at his P ;117
lying on the ground; his musket was about °wee
from him. The prisoner was removed to the bariou
The officer's evidence was corroborated hytii`teretr
Willis, who posted the prisoner on No. 9 post-u-
-day, where he was found. eittentee
Sergeant Michiael Conlin, of the 28th a-i'yreet-d
Foot, seed be was the provost-sergeant, and ileum,' 01
tody of the prisoner ; that on the morning of t",." be re;
Septemb. r last, by order of the brigade-mar
moved the prisoner from the lock-up to a cell
ee`'-ustele'
to the main-guard, for which purpose he Pc
' escort. The prisoner, on entering the passsga id he
to the cell, struck at hire, and declared he w°
toe'
„tf
his life by drawing his blood the first oePr
had. tee
The sereeant's evidence was corroborated by nacct
escorts whoaccompanied him, and proved the °led ,
the prisoner towards the sergeant, to whore held f,rr
would take his life, and make his blood rue °her
him, as he, the prisoner, knew e hat was going t'°
„41,
with him. bleb
The prisoner denied that he was asleep Oboe
and did not use the language until the sergesotoole-
his jacket from his back, and hoped the Court
sitter the time he had been in prison. ehtreti
The adjutant of the 65th was called w joao
which was bad. The prisoner had already lets
four times by court-martial. He has been
fthiere!ooo;
the regiment, and is twenty years of age.
of Staffordshire.
coo'"
The Court's decision will not be known mid' -
by the Horse Guards
• °°
MANCHESTER and MERSEte 8 0
riot
RAILWAY. ttee-eal
This subject is beginning to excite the a ere:,
deserves, and is now a common topic of 0°41109
o
" not, as before, merely to be regarded as ?nnt,
retical phantasy, but as a serious and rell 001f:01
great promise and interest to the town of 9:teOns
It has been well and truly said that any lra,tree to°„i
which will enable ships of four or five htla° 0, °v."
discharge their cargoes in a dock in this tow
of lid
form an epoch of such magnitude in the hist°ll,e
chester as would quadruple her population,
her the first as well as the most enterprisills fest;i
Europe. Now, if this is admitted, one imetorllloooo
of our case is placed at once in safety. The $ thers,r)
of bringing sea going vessels into Manchest!_l•4 to SO
break bulk for the first time, and of being au 1,
here and proceed at once direct to sea, anireh'p ee
suppose, too obvious for specification. -1-1-001. lee'
and risk, and delays of doing business at s'e roso
the large per centage of deductions from theeersetee
turer's profits which are involved in the broetbe ono
other charges of his Liverpool agents, witl.l
Whtdd
inconveniences which attach to the position taco?l g
is now confined, are too much matter of daill ;00400
to call for remark. All of these are eXPe_rr pb
every merchant or manufacturer of Manchel; 6,,
a shipowner or importer. The same rule h° ;as eere
we look at the matter in regard to its bear' 000
goods sent for export. We have all the sate
e we Pie
nienees, the same risks, the same delays- m of Vele
clear that even on these grounds the advent:'- 0 P
enabled to carry sea-going vessels to and if°,
cheater are obvious and undeniable, and eu: 004 s
oree
themselves to justify the expenditure of n°sroe
able amount of money in the search after see sood
trivance as would effect that eminently valusweeereeee
sirable object. By e
its means, if such a thing 7.0d1e-01
in existence, the conveyance of goods both to
ht
beef,
the earehouses and mills of Manchester laigbe 00.00
placed under the control and supervision of 0,4 id
that no accidents, mistakes, or losses should oecee frotto
the positive benefits which would accrue to hiwis see
being in operation are beyond number. This nielicetef,
the question upon the mere ground of Conti beetee
the ;-hipper. A more important feature Ilinabe Wee
be noticed, not because it has never formed oterolgee
of remark and consideration, but because 4.0 .0 5r
often be borne in mind by those whom itw drape ng rs
whenever the question to which we are no ee
tentioe comes befere them for discussion. :11049
the excessively heavy rates of toll to wine ;abject)/
using the port of Liverpool has long beenl Pee
The dock and town dues of Liverpool are he° ore of
extreme. They produce a magnificent, IPwhett:
princely, revenue to the corporate body by repel
are imposed, and to whose benefit they are afirti tempted
From those dues the regal edifices, the spier' lostrnol
the almost Titanic erections which hare been ceeenhe
for the purposes of commerce, of law, of latisinse deetde
plea.ure, have each and all sprung. From the.r.dalepe
purpo,es of peilanthropy and of intanness,the 3 pPI
11110 hood
of luxury, and the wantonness of wealtleare t (Li
due ;be it remembered deducted from thelegltinleeetor'dti
limited) profits of the merchant and elentl,„ 004' on:
Manchester and the neighbourhood. Nowt to
of our being able to bring sea-going vessels °Pd. a
chester, these dock and town dues will be asve
events, the money now paid per ton for the 4, the
of
may be appropriated to the cost of coneelil'oeseiett
sets to or towards Manchester. A so,alilieetS !Ail ell
2et.d. will still be due for the buoys and
Mersey, which is a fair and equitable impostsgos. jaclg
frees the vessel as far up the river as the tide' teemf
saving, however, is not all. In addition toss/11,0°01
and town dues of Liverpool, our manufactuee,co' to ;00
chants would save the double cost of WlOl,llOO
from the docks to the railway—a charge "e her tori
cotton alone, exceeds annually 50,00a-4°g-1,0 'eta
the porterage and other heavy dues, with 00 odt
pars from Manchester vie Liverpool are Onibl refer
acquainted. These facts then being undeela eeieCeet
the question of the advantage of bringing
sets up to Manchester is settled. The next 00,-e
(and upon this the discussion entirely rests a° tre
decided), by what means shall we accomplish I°o'sl
desirable an object? The first means which ",ita"
rally strike the mind under these eireuneseee`i o'oo
canal. Several companies have within the laspdialet,
years been formed for this purpose. The ifita obawe
arising as well from natural as from artifiet 16;4! Aso
which fell in their course prevented the C,Z1)0101?
the object for which they were formed. Ilbesreo
might soon be shown to have been incidental to tsegle
of an artificial water way. It would, howeerc'eeti"f
much space to demonstrate this, and we ace its IV
put the matter thus. Canal navigation was 11,105600
most valuable . part of the means at our isre°4oo
effective intercommunication. A new means ° deal,
has been discovered. The prudent managersfetegb,
are now rapidly converting them on all sides 9 We eett
old shape into the form of the new ine61.14 to rilf
named. Can we deem them to be the most hlt•
own interests ? Can we suppose that thelnt
and voluntariiy abandon a good and egic!ei, 0000
went for a worse, adding to the loss schlesp) ,Ae
creased working expenses (if such were the c,:r-teilt` re,
entail, the extra cost of the conversion ? are el'
look upon it that, guided by experience, th!Y tof
solved not to lose their property by. obstt,°i9o
herine to an exploded and inefficient we tb
clays) means of transit ? The latter, terpre
is the more reasonable and the more correct earett/tte
Lion. These canal companies are now seekiegtro-ocelo,
become railways. Why then should not we. pOrS!„
plish the grand object of making
stead of making a canal hereafter to be tur7oooo:fie
railway, construct the railway at once which 0100'0,
sea-going vessels at once to and from this t" toresslll
chester ? The proposition is not, we think,
ractict •
Manchester
_.„;
able, if it can be shown that a railway eallefeeepfeelpf
subserve the object in view with as much end
canal, namely, that of' conveying safely sr) ter, get
vessels from the sea up to a dock in Manele?eh 01140
believe practically a ship railway will acconsnew
'
objects required more effectually and more enti"rrolotr
a ship canal. We have, however, occupied ° this peer,
space this week, and must defer the proof ofaiverse
tion of our subject till the next.—ManCheseer
bi
~---raredeescheta'er
WRECK OF A SCHOONER.--till sod e- Per
means of the telegraphic signals between this ttoroottit,
Monday
Cheering, of learned
Dover,that on
was wrecked Wesht
her
bYearieei;
She NT as totally dismasted, and was lying on eetee, lee
The Point of Ayr life-boat put off to her at tw tee ,
yesterday, and the Hoy lake life-boat at half-pe-e; cote,
P.M. The crew had not been heard of.—Lieeelffl°eo efly
RAILWAY FORGERY.—Thursday infortns,"Thorifp
given, with a description of a person namedreleteonbeeree„, ,
son, who, it is alleged, obtained by false p ""Tbree-st
William Hitchins, of the Hall of Comm',ece the emoted
needle street, a banker's receipt for 1201., being Ws, teet'a.
of deposit on forty shares in the British and Infeforger;
Railway Company, and afterwards, by means Seca Wee
obtained scrip, Nos. 19,441 to 19,480. He is sa;._, sae,
about forty-four years of age, of florid complex lefo;fore
black curly hair; its a hootmaker by trade, a
lived at Croydon.