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London, England, 1845-08-02 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME ClRCUl7.—Croydon, August 1,
The commission for the county of Surrey was opened
yesterday by Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and both Courts
this Corning proc, eded to business, the Chief Justice
presiding on the Civil side, and Mr. Justice Co!eridge in
the Crown Court. The calendar of prisoners is ye; y
light, but on the civil side 106 causes are entered, twelve
of which are sp cial jury eases, and it is not expected
that the list will be got through in less than a fortnight.

CIiOWN coma.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGV, in his charge to the grand
•ury, c,:ngratulated them upon the lightness of the ca-
lendar, and at the same time observed, that none of the
cases, so far as he was able to ascertain the fact frern
,se depositions that had been re'urned, involved any
chili: 1111 y or point of law. He made the re:,ervation
with regard to the depositions that had be en returned,
b. ea.i3o it appeared that, in a great mury:eai-e, the
depositions had not been sent by the committing magis-
trates. This neglect was likely to lead to very great
inconvenience, because, in the first place, it was the
means of preventing the judge, on a,,y particular case,
from explaining the law, as appl)ing to it, to the
grand jury, and it also tended to encumber
the judge in the performance of his duty, by
preventing him ;from making himself acquainted
with all the facts of the cases likely 'to come
betorz. him. He did not wish to be understood as speak-
ing offensively, but it should be understood that it was
the duty of the committing magistrates to return the de-
positions on the day the judge came into the county to
open the Commission, and the magistrate who neglected
to do so was liable to be fined, He wished, however,
that :so unp'easant a duty would not be cast upon the
Court, but that in future the depositions would be re-
turned earlier.

Maiia Hancock was indicted for stealing a watch, the
property of a young man, named Barthropp.
The charge was clearly made out, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.
In this case there was certainly no ground for com-
plaint of the law's delay, as it appeared that the rub-
bery was committed on Thursday evening ; the prisoner
was sent for trial yesterday morning, the grand jury
found the bill, and she was tried and sentenced, all
within twenty-four hours.
The business in the Civil side was devoid of interest.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, July3l.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)
Edward Pipes, a respectable tradesman in Derby, pleaded
guilty to a charge of manslaughter.
Mr. MILLEn, for the prosecution, on the prisoner withdraw-
ing his plea of not guilty, shortly, but almost inaudibly, ad-
dressed the Learned Judge, expressing, as we understood, a
wish, on the part of the prosecution, that he should be dealt
with as leniently as was consistent with the ends of justice.
Mr. WHITEHURST, Queen's Counsel, said he appeared on
behalf of the unfortunate man at the bar. It appeeared that
the prisoner, going down a steep hill in a gig, and he went cer-
tainly at a very rapid rate, ran over a child, the death of which
was the subject of the present indictment. They all knew
that children were constantly in the habit of running access
the roads, and how difficult it was for persons driving, more
especially gay horses, to prevent accidents. The prisoner,
when made acquainted with the accident which ensued, sent a
surgeon, paid his bill, and defrayed every subsequent expense
consequent upon the unfortunate death of the child. He had,
in fact, done all that a man could do under such circumstances.
By his (Mr. Whitehurst's) advice he had pleaded guilty, be-
cause he felt, seeing that the prisoner was somewhat in liquor,
he (Mr. Whitehurst) could not successfully appeal to the jury
for a verdict of acquittal upon the charge of manslaughter. He
would call witnesses who would give the prisoner an excellent
character, and he hoped that evidence would have due effect
with the Court.

Numerous witnesses spoke highly of the prisoner as a kind,
;ober, humane, and industrious man.

Mr. Justice MA ULE, in passing sentence, said it appeared
from the evidence, that on Sunday afternoon, the 10th of May,
the prisoner, when madly drunk, drove down a steep hill in a
gig, all the while flogging the horse, and when he ran over the '
child he exclaimed, " Blast your eyes." No doubt this con.
duct was the result of excessive drinking—in fact, excess in
drink had transformed the prisoner from the character of a
peaceable man, as he was stated to be by his witnesses, into
that of a savage and outrageous beast. The act was committed
with the utmost ferocity; but it was said that when the pri-
soner came to his senses, he had done all that a man could do.
Still such offences must not go unpunished. Hoping and trust-
ing, however, that his present position would be a warning to
him, that he would not get drunk again (for if he did, he might
next commit murder), and that for the future he would know
how much bctter he might spend his Sunday afternoons, he
should past upon him a lighter sentence than otherwise he
should b, justified in doing. The Learned Judge then sen-
tenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

The business of the assizes concluded at three o'clock.

OXFORD CI RCUlT—liereford, July 31.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord DENMAN.)

Wm. Taylor, aged 21, and Win. Doddyntead, aged 41, de-
scribed in the calendar as labourers, but evidently vagrants,
were charged with having, on the 22d of May last, feloniously
set un tire a stack of corn, the property of George Martell, at
Bridstow, in this county.
On the day upon which the fire took place, at about eight
o'clock in the morning, one John Bennett, a farmer, was jour-
neying along the Ross road, and as he drew near the rick he
observed the prisoner Taylor standing about 100 yards from it ;
the other man, Doddymead, he observed getting over a gate,
about 30 yards distant from the stack ; a few minutes only
elapsed when the witness observed a creeping flame, about the
size of his hat, glowing in the rick, and irs an instant the whole
appeared in a blaze. Upon this the farmer directed his son,
who was riding with him, to take the prisoner Doddymead into
custody, which he did, and succeeded in dragging him to the
house of Mr. Martell. While there, the young man inquired
of him what was his reason for setting the rick on fire? to
which Doddymead answered, " It wa'nt me, but a fellow on
the road." Soon after this conversation, a look-out being
kept, the prisoner Taylor was observed on the road, and he was
apprehended. It was proved by the prosecutor that he left his
house about half-past seven o'clock on the day in question, and
that then the stack was safe. A passer-by would suppose, if he
gave the subject a thought, that as the rick adjoined the pre-
mises of a Mr. Roberts, it must of necessity be his property.
The chief evidence affecting the prisoners was contained in
their own statements. Taylor said that, on the day of the tire,
as he and the other prisoner were tramping along the road,
Doddymead said, " set some place on fire, and get trans-
ported ;" and that when they came to a house near which the
rick was situate, he (Taylor) went into that house to ask for a
bit of bread, and on his return Doddymead said, " I'll put an
end now to this travelling." Taylor then, as he said, upon
hearing this, went away, and Doddymead get over the gate by
the rick. Soon after he heard cries of " Fire !" and a gentle.
man came up and collared him. Doddymead heard this state-
meet of Taylor, and said it was quite true ; that he had nothing
to add to it. He in his turn made a statement that he and
Taylor had long before intended to committ an offence of this
description.
His Loansuir summed up, and the jury, after consulting
together for ten minutes, found Doddymead Guilty, and Ac-
quitted Taylor.
Lord DENMAN addressed the prisoners, and said, that it fre-
quently happened that offences were committed by persons on
the tramp, who were perfect. strangers to the counties through
which they passed, and so, as in this instance, they not only did
grievous injury and wrong, but also brought an unjust imputa-
tion upon the people of the district, as being wickedly disposed
and discontented. His Lordship then observed, that it seemed
Doddymead had committed this act with a view to transporta-
tion ; it was a part of his duty to let him know that this was not
the only punishment which would be inflicted upon him ; there
was hard labour and solitary confinement, which would be his
portion. His Lordship said he should consider his sentence at a
subsequent period.
The prisoner was again placed at the bar, and sentenced to
fifteen years' transportation.
Mr. Justice Matteson disposed of the few remaining eases in
the Crown Court; and the business of the assize finally closed
soon after eleven o'clock.
The Commission will be opened this evening at Menmouth.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKEIV WELL.

CHARGE or MURDER.—Yesterday, Ann Hunter, aged
twenty-four, wife of a cowkeeper, residing at No. 7, Market-
street, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, was charged before Mr.
Greenwood with the wilful murder of an infant child of which
it is supposed she was the mother.
John Seward, police-constable No. 67 G, having been sworn,
deposed as follows :—ln consequence of information which I
received this morning about half-past eight o'clock, that a child
had been murdered at No. 7, Market-street, St. John-street,
Clerkcnwell, I proceeded thither. On going into the kitchen
I saw a washhand basin lying on the table, containing the body
of a dead child with its head severed from it as if it had been
cut off with a knife. There was no appearance of blood. I
inquired of the landlady and other persons in the house whe-
ther they had noticed any pregnant person lately, and they
informed me that the prisoner, about three weeks ago, had
been taken very ill, and was in great pain. I went up stairs
to the prisoner's apartment, on the first floor back, where I
found her at breakfast. I spoke to her, and she said she was
pregnant three weeks ago, but she had miscarried, and her
aunt, Mrs. Murphy, could prove it. She said Mrs. Muaphy
lived on Saffron-hill. I took the prisoner into custody, and
conveyed her and the body of the child to the station-house in
13agmigge Wells-road.
Eleanor Kirk, of Market-street, Clerkenwell, deposed—l
am a lodger in the same house as the prisoner. She lived there
one month. The prisoner, when she first came to lodge there,
bore all the appearance of being in the family-way. About
three weeks ago the prisoner was very ill, and went to bed.
She was in great pain, and sent for a Mr. Howlet, of No 23,
Smith-street, Clerkenwell, who a•tended her. Never saw a
child on that occasion. Did not hear screams or crying of a
child. This morning, at half-past eight o'clock, Mrs. Hum-
berson, the landlady of the house, made an alarm, and called
witness, informing her that she had discovered the body of a
dead child in the water-closet with its head cut off. They gut
the body out, and afterwards the head, both of which they
washed, and placed them in a basin, when a policeman was
sent for.

Mr. GREENWOOI)—IIid the head appear to have been
severed from the body with a knife ? Witness—Yes, your
Worship. It was a full-grown child. The prisoner denied that
it was her child, and professed total ignorance of the affair.
Mrs. Mary Ann Humberson deposed—l am wife of Francis
John Humberson, of No. 7, Ma, ket-street, St. John-street,
Clerkenwell. This morning I found the body of the deceased
child in the water-closet attached to my house. Its head was
severed from its body. It was discoloured and black. When
the prisoner first came to lodge in my house I suspected that she

AN INiIUMAN MOTH ER. —Yestt rtlay Anne Smith, a pros-
titute of the lowest grade, was charged with inhumanly neg-
lecting her child, an infant, only twelve weeks old, in conse•
uence of which its life is despaired of.
The deplorable condition of the poor child was first brought
to light by a girl who, having heard some talk amongst others
of her own grade about the child, was induced, from motives
of curiosity, to go and see it, but was so horror-vricken on
beholding its emaciated condition, that she hurried to the
police-station, and gave immediate information of the occur-
rence. Mr. Moran, the inspector on duty, promptly dis-
patched a constable with the girl to Mr. Thoina=, one
of the relieving officers of the parish, and the board,
who were sitting at the time, directed that the child
should be immediately taken to the workhouse, the medical
officer sent for, and every attention paid to it, and that the
inhuman mother should be forthwith apprehended. A
police-constable found prisoner in the tap-room of a public-
house, in the Broadway, playing at cards with some soldiers,
and upon informing her that she must come with him, she
coolly requested that she might be permitted to finish her game,
but was of course not allowed to do so.
Mr. Thomas produced the following certificate :
" I have examined the infant of Anne Smith. The child
is very emaciated, and evidently has been altogether neglected
by the party who has had charge of it. It is very doubtful if
the child will ultimately survive.

" J. WRIGHT."
Anne Green, of the Almonry, Westminster, said she occu-
pied the next room to the prisoner, who had been in the house
two months, and came there from the workhouse. The child
was at that time a very fine infant, but had within the last
month fallen off very much, during which time prisoner had
been away from home more than usual. The accused was fre•
quently out all day long, and leff the poor infant in her room
by itself, and the witness has en several occasions when
she heard it crying, gone into the room, brought it out, and
washed and given it food. Prisoner went out at seven o'clock
on Thursday morning, and was heard no more of until appre-
hended by the constable. Witness washed and fed the infant
on that day.
The infant was produced, and caused a universal shudder ; it
presented a truly emaciated appearance, and the poor child, for
want cf nutriment from the mother, had sucked the flesh of
one of its fingers to the very bone.
The prisoner muttered that the young girl in the next
room attended to it, and that it was in " a gallopping con-
sumption."
Mr. BURRELL remanded her for a week.

Prisoner inquired whether she was to be separated from her
dear child? and shed a few tears.

Mr. BurutELL said that thepoor infant would be taken where
it would receive the kindness it was her duty to have bestowed
upon it, but which duty she had neglected.

LIE U T.-GENERAL NAPIER.

[General Napier, the gallant Governor of Guernsey, has
addresse•.i the following interesting letter to the editor of the
Times. It places the character of his chivalrous brother, if
possible, in a still more striking light than heretofore.—ED.
Slt7l.]
Sir,—ln Galignani's Messenger of the 18th of July I find
the following extract from the Parisian journal called the

" In England an event like that of Dahra would not even
have excited remark. General Napier recently committed
in the war of Sinde atrocities which nothing could equal."
Upon this Galignani's Messenger observes:—
" The charge against General Napier does not stand upon
the same ground; true or false, it stands in juxtaposition
with that against Colonel Pelissier."
This intolerable calumny, invented by the &Me repeated
and countenanced by Galignani, is addressed to the startled
civilisation of Europe to avert its rising indignation at the
barbarity of French warfare in Africa. The atrocities of
Sir Chides Napier ! What were they ? Can one be men-
tioned? Let the Siècle state any act of his deviating in
the slightest degree from honour, generosity, or good dis-
cipline ! General Napier never committed, nor suffered
t hose under his command, to perpetrate any barbarity.
Ile warred in Sinde, under the orders of his Govern-
ment, and justly ; he was not an aggressor. He
fought two battles and won both. The first, which lasted
four hours and a half, he won with 2,000 men against 34,000
brave warriors, who did not resign the field until 8,000 of
th&r numbers had fallen. The second, which lasted above
three hours, he won with 5,000 men against 26,000, who left
a fifth of their number on the ground to attest their valour.
He has made two campaigns, and fur more than two years
has governed the country conquered ; and neither in his
campaigns, nor under his government, has a woman or a
chill been killed, oppressed, injured, or insulted. No man
has been killed, save on the field of battle. Even the unmi-

tigated calumniator of the Bombay Times never dared to
assert more than that some officers had seduced the Ameer's
women to live With them; and his mendacious assertion was
instantly met by an indignant denial, published and signed
by every officer of the army. No man of that army had
ever seen one of the women.

Ga'igizanrs Messenger desires to have General Napier's
conduct placed in juxtaposition with Colonel Pelissier's.
Let it be so.

The French Colonel, if the French papers are to be be-
lieved, roasted by a slow fire 800 Arab men, women, and
children, together with their cattle, rather than delay, even
for a few days, his march of devastation against other tribes,
and this in an aggressive war on his part.
The English General invaded certain Belooch tribes, be-
cause they had descended from their mountains upon Sinde,
cut off some troops, destroyed many villages, and murdered
many men, women, and children. These tribes were not
subjects of the conquered Ameers; no war had been madeon
them, no injury had been done to them, no insult, no provo
cation offered to them ; but to repress their aggressions, and
protect the people under his government, General Napier in-
vaded their mountains. This surprising expedition, which
lasted 54 days, presented the most formidable difficulties. A

desert a hundred miles wide, arid and desolate as any in
Africa, was to be passed ere the army could reach the nu-
merous tribes, which were to be warred down amidst stupen-
dous rocks and barren mountains, where more than one im-
perial army had been destroyed in former days, and where re-
cently many British detachments had been cut off. The
troops had to dig, day after day, fur water, of a deleterious
nature wIL:n procured; they were constantly on half ration;
they had to contend with a numerous and warlike
people, gliding like serpents around them in craft, and
fighting like lions when beset. The Indian newspaper ridi •
culed the enterprise, and predicted defeat for the madman
who had undertaken it; the army, officers and soldiers alike,
though brave and devoted to the last degree, sustaining
every hardship, every privation, every fatigue, and meeting
every danger with matchless patience and courage, had no
expectation of a successful termination to their labours.
The General stood alone in Isis hopes; but when his masterly
combinations had reduced the tribes (whose power to destroy
his army by fatigue and starvation was represented and be-
lieved by all to be insurmountable) to the last gasp of misery
and famine—that is to say, when he was on the point of
reaping the fruits of his indomitable perseverance by their
surrender—l find the following passage in his private jour-
nal, written during the operation, and recording in homely
style the impulses of his mind almost from hour to hour ;
" Feb. I.—The camelmen (commissariat) have, to the tune
of 500, refused to bring provisions past Shapoor"—a place
midway in the desert, the army being then in mountains as
wild and sterile as the desert itself—" and I am fairly put to
my trumps. Well, exertion must increase. I will use the
camel corps"—a lighting corps—" and dismount half my
cavalry to fetch provisions, if need be. I will eat Rod Rover
(his charger) sooner than flinch before these robber tribes."
" Feb. 3.—1 knew I was right. I have intelligence that
Bejar (the great chief of the tribes) and all his men are at
Munch), a place 20 miles in advance, dying of hunger; many
expire daily. Come, I will wait. Let them fast. In four
days the pass will be secured, and then I am at you, Bejar,
and mean to give you a bellyfull. Ay, but there are his
women, and be hanged to them I I must get them and the
children out of the way, even though he escape."
Thus, Sir, you see General Napier was ready to sacrifice
even the fairest advantages of war, and his own military re-
putation, to save women and children. Colonel Pelissier
roasted them alive by hundreds rather than lose a few days'
time—that is, if the charges against him be net an invention
of the French journalists, which the falsehood of their charge
against my brother gives me the right to suspect.
W. F. P. NAPIER, Major• General.

Guernsey, July 30.

•
EXTENSIVE FIRE.--This morning (Saturday),
shortly before one o'clock, a fire, attended with a very serious de-
struction of property, broke out upon the premises belonging to
Mr. Moxon, a grocer and tea dealer, situate at No. 19, Blackmoor.
street, Clare-market, a very narrow and densely populated neigh-
bourhood. From inquiries instituted shortly after the outbreak, it
appears that some of the neighbours first discovered the fire in con-
sequence of noticing smoke issuing through the window shutters.
An alarm having been instantly raised, some of the parties
injudiciously burst open the street-door. The draught thus
given to the flames caused them to travel with such sur-
prisin rapidity that, in less than ten minutes subsequently,
the house, a very lofty one, was on fire from the basement to the
roof, and to effect their escape the inmates were forced to retreat
t
over the roof. The engines of the parish, London Establishment,
West of England Company, and County Office, were remarkably
quick in arriving, and no time was lost in setting h
work. The stock in trade being of such a combustiblete en
gMet to
character,
it became a powerful auxiliary to
the
veee much so that the
scorching the
fire extended completely across thes names,treetsrely
fronts of the opposite houses, the inmates of which were forced to
rush forth into the street in ordertrnin
to escape
the fire was so far sub.
o'clock dued by half-past two being suffocated. By
the indefatigable exertions of the
as Bremen,
to allay all fears of any further
extension of mischief. By that time, however, the whole of the
furniture, stock in trade, and wearing apparel, belonging to Mr.
Moxon, were consumed, and the adjoining buildings severely
damaged. The total loss must be very considerable. Fortunately
no lives were lost.
COACH ACCIDENT.—During the Goodwood races
several coaches have run from Brighton. On Thursday night a
coach called the Age, driven by a person named Butcher, in re-
turning from Goodwood, ran against the Aldrington turnpike
gate
with such force as to break the pole of the coach, and throw se-
veral of the passengers off the roof, who, however, escaped with a
few bruises. The horses, three in number, took flight, and r
into Brighton at a fearful rate, but owing to the late hour they
escaped concussion with any vehicles, and were stopped within a
few yards of the Blue coach-office. The passengers, rather shaken,
arrived at a late hour the same evening.
EFFECTS Or STEAM BT LAND AND WATER.—The
town of Sittinghourne, in Kent, a few years past, had two respect-
able inns, which together used sixty pairs of post horses; the
largest, the Rose, is now shut up, and the other uses only three
pairs of horses and two post boys ; formerly 35 coaches went
thronsh the town, now only one.

was in the Tamil r way. About three weeks ago she was taken NAV AL INTELLIGENCE.
very ill and was i t 'dreadful pain. She was confined to her bed.
11c7 husband lie.% with her.
t PORTSMOUTH. FRIDA Y.— The Warspite, 50, Capt. Wallis':
i
. '— fhe names of the men who met their death by the upsetting
Mr. Taylor, sus goon to the G division, and also to the parish a the second cutter of this ship at Beyrout, on the 22d of
,vt Clerkenwell, A id he was called upon yesterday morning
June, were James APCormack, quartermaster, Samuel Stens-
to examine the, deceased child at the station-house. The wold John II •• John Webb, Joseph Sampson, and Joshua
heat: seemed to lea ye been severed from the body by a knife. Tucks. able se""t, The body...vas del composed. He had made but a superficial •
Alfred, . , Commodore Purvis, is nearly dismantled,
she esaomen.
examina,'W. The child appeared to have been born about and will be ready to be paid off early in the ensuing week.
three weeks.
fhe Frolic, 16, Commander Hamilton ; the Satellite, 16,
kfeason, 18 G, here said that Mrs. Kirk had '
Sergeant Vv;,k
Commander Rowley ; and the Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant-Corn..
omitted to ,statesone important fact in her evidence. When
mander Levione were at Buenos Ayres when the Alfred left
the 1 3,.ri oner was',taken ill about three weeks ago, she (Mrs.
Rio for England of June).
Kirk)of seeing her, but she would not
„e„-! for the . Purpose
The Cambrian, 86, Commodore Chads, came into harbour
admit her. on Wednesday morning to discharge her valuable freight of
. I'ys wife of James Murphy, coal dealer
2,000,000 dollars in sycee silver, a portion of the Chinese ran-
Mrs. Mare,ret MuN
at. the e prisoners mother was her first of S 'Aron-hill, deposed ta.sons money. The freight is contained in 500 boxes, the whole
in England four years. About •
cousin. Prisoner had Lice, 1 . called on witness, and said the weighing 62 tons. Mr. Cooper, of the Treasury, superin-
three weeks ago, Mrs. Huntes. a false report
had been spread , tended its disembarkation this morning, and it will be conveyed
prisoner was very ill, and that ' -r, and found her in to London under his charge and an escort of the Bth Regiment
about her. Witness went to ison M,nday, by a special train. Orders were received ester-
was not in the fa mil bed.
Witness is a midwife. The prisoner .mi 3' way' clay for the Cambrian to be paid off at this port, quite contrary
a was not the least si n
There was no child seen by her. The,. g to public expectation. She was inspected, and her crew mu-
d miscarriage.
the prisoner had
.e time stated. toned and exercised yesterday by Captain Mowbray, of the
Mr. Taylor said he was of opinion this. s • Victory, for the Commander-in-Chief, Sir C. Rowley (whose
ill state of health does not permit him to perform the duty),
been confined and delivered of a child about t., d,.
She bore all the usual symptoms of having beee` a delivered of
after which- she was hauled alongside the jetty to discharge
. . her valuable cargo. This morning she unbent sails, struck
a child.
Mr. GREENWOOD asked the prisoner what she had i'l sa; id her topgallant masts, and unrove her running riggingher
her defence? The prisoner said—l have nothing at all to ;11, i
.crew being a very smart one, she will soon be dismantled and
Sir. only that I know nothing at all about the matter. ' off.
Pits"
Mr. GREENWOOD—It is my duty to remand you until 'j' Fairy, tender to the royal yacht, Master-Commander
„...„-ne up from Cowes last evening, and was docked in
Tuesday next.
Thain,
the
room of ~,e Carysfort this morning, to examine further
The prisoner was then taken from the bar crying, when
injuries
.ahe sustained by the strain' to her screw, in
Mr. Geeeewooe directed Waddington, the gaelor, to allow
into the
locked u her friends to have an interview with her, prior to her being
consequence of havh..(l got a halser twisted round it some days
p since, and also to seeli ,she
,harbour,
uinjured
to
oy
havegrounding
some
alterationo n Tu es - Q VEEN SQ.
()A RE. day at the entrance of the .h
made in her machinery.
The Royal Georee,-lato the Roy:I sailing yacht, is alongside
t
the jetty, being fitted as a receiving h,lle for the officers and
crew of the royal steam yacht.
'Elie Centaur steam frigate progresses very rapidly in con-
struction. '1 he hands employed upon her are working 0,-*Ara
time, in order to expedite her completion.
The Victoria and Albert hove in sight at Spithead about is
qcarter-past four o'clock this afternoon, with her Majesty and
the Royal Family on boat d, the Royal standard flying from de
main. The yacht proceeded as far as the Spit, and on app
preaching the Monarch, a splendid Indiaman of 1,400 tons,
the property of Mr. Green, the captain manned his rigging
and dipped his colours, which compliment was duly acknow-
ledged, as also were the hearty cheers of the men ranged along
the bulwarks and in the rigging, by repeated bows from her
Majesty, who ordered the Royal standard to be dipped, in
further acknowledgment of the respect of her loyal subjects.
The Royal yacht steamed completely round the ship, and re-
turned to Cowes, under a Royal salute from the platform bat-
ti.ry The day was beautifully fine, and a delightful breeze
was blowing at the time.
In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, Alfred, Cambrian,
Royal George, Seaflower, and Comet and Echo, steam-vessels.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, Amphitrite, and Trinco-
malee, razeeing ; and the Leander, 50, and Centaur, steam-
frigate (building), and the Fairy, steam-yacht.
In the I3asin—The Carysfort, Athol, Kingfisher, and
Scourge, steam sloop.
At Spithead—No man of war ; the Monarch, 1,400 tons,
Indiaman.
Si. EER NESS, THURSDAY—The Monkey steamer having
broken down in her passage hence to Portsmouth, with super-
numeraries, returned, and, having disembarked them, pro-
ceeded to Woolwich to have her defects made good. She re-
turned here on Saturday, and again proceeded to Portsmouth
with supernumeraries and engineers for the Bloodhound
steamer at Plymouth.
The Raven cutter, Lieut. J. Stephen, sailed on Sunday for
Yarmouth, and returned on Wednesday with seamen volun-
teers, entered at that port for the navy.
The Goodwill, lighter, arrived from Portsmouth on Sunday
with stores, which having delivered she proceeded to Chatham
on Wednesday.
The Asia, 84, advance-ship, dropped down from her moor-
ings on Monday to the jetty, to have her sides recaulked and
painted.
The Ferret, 10, Commander Josiah Oake, recently from the
coast of Africa, arrived on Tuesday from Spithead, and came
into harbour on Wednesday, to be paid off.
The Brilliant, 20, razee, having completed her alterations,
was hauled out of dock on Monday, and now continues her fit-
tings for commission in the basin. Her masts are ready, and
will be put in on Monday next.
The Scout, 18, Commander the Hon. James Drummond,
recently from the Mediterranean station, is hourly expected
here from Spithead, to be paid off.
The following vessels occupy the basin :—Hawke, 72, and
Russell, 72, fitting fur advance; Crocodile, 26, Captain Max-
well, fitting for sea; and Juno, 26, Alarm, 26, Brilliant, 20,
Havannah, 20, and Sampson steam-frigate, for commission.
In Dock —Dido, 20, and the new caisson.
In Harbour—Ocean 80, flag-ship pro tern. ; Ferret, 10 ;
Raven, 3 ; and African, steamer.
Wootwieir, FRIDAY.—The Lightning, steam-vessel, Mas-
ter-Commander Pettey, and the Monkey, Master-Commander
W. Bryant, are ordered to attend the Victoria and Albert,
royal steam-yacht, to Antwerp, on the occasion of her Majesty's
visit to the continent.
The Avon steam-vessel has been commsssioned by Com-
mander Denham, and the under-mentioned officers appointed
to her :—Mr. A. S. Knight, acting-master; Mr. 11. A. Cum-
ming, clerk in charge; Mr. A. Middleton, clerk; Mr. J.
Walker, master's assistant.
The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander George
Butler, is ordered to be paid off at Woolwich on Monday next.
The Black Eagle steam vessel, Master-Commander S. B.
Cook, returned to Woolwich from Portsmouth yesterday.
The Falmouth will sail early next week for Portsmouth
and Plymouth.
The crew of the Fearless, Lieutenant-Commander Sher-
ringham, were this day turned over to the Dasher steam-vessel.
The Medea steam-vessel was taken into the basin yester-
day, to be fitted with engines of a larger description than those
formerly used in her.
A pilot left Woolwich this morning for Portsmouth, to bring
round the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht to moorings op-
,iosite Woolwich dockyard.

COLLISION Or' STEAMERS.

LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE

LIVES.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 17.—0 n the night of the 11th instant,
on the Black Sea, about forty miles cast of the Bosphorus, a most
dreadful catastrophe took place. Two Turkish ►teamers, the one
coming from, and the other going to Trebizond, came into sudden
collision, and one of them went down with the greater part of her
crew and passengers. The vessels were the Scutari, commanded
by Mr. Dubbins, and the Medjehrai Tidjahrct, commanded by Mr.
Lambert. The commander of each vessel was perfectly aware of
the approach of the other full twenty minutes before the fearful
event happened, and there was apparently no danger. But Capt.
Lambert, fancying he had an Austrian vessel before him, to obey a
rule of the Austrian service, put his helm a starboard, whilst the
commander of the Scutari, following the rule of the English ser-
vice, put his helm a-port. Thus the former ran right under the
bows of the latter, and the collision was inevitable. If both
commanders had put their helms a.port, no accident could possibly
have happened. Though it was a moonlight night, there was a
good deal of fog, so that the mistake was not discovered till it
was impossible to avoid its terrible consequence. The Medjehrai
Tidjatiret was struck between the fore rigging and the
engine. The shock was tremendous. There were a great num-
ber of passengers on board both the vessels, chiefly Turks and
Italians, and a scene of indescribable dismay and confusion arose.
At first it was not known which of the steamers had received
fatal damage. As the Scutari is an old ship, and greatly out of
repair, it was thought she must have suffered most, but the con.
trary proved to be the case. Whilst this was in doubt, however,
her commander proposed that the vessels should be lashed together,
or that one should be taken in tow by the other, in order that if
either of them should be found to be unseaworthy, or in a state
of wreck, the sound vessel might be able to rescue the ship's com-
pany and passengers of the other. This proposal was most un.
fortunately rejected. The vessels parted; the Medjehrai Tidjahrct
dropped about a mile astern, and in the course of less than a
quarter of an hour it was found that she was sinking rapidly.
The Scutari, which had got but alight damage, then went to
her help; but it was too late. Very few, comparatively, could
be saved. The boats of the devoted vessel were so overcrowded
by those who strove with frantic eagerness to make their escape,
that they sunk at once. About seventy, however, by swimming,
and by clinging to spars, reached the Scutari, where they clustered
round the paddle-boxes till they were taken in. Captain Lam.
bert and an engineer were picked up by a boat of the Scutari. All
the rest, one hundred and thirty.five souls, perished. Their agony
was a short one, but it was terrific. As the Scutari approached
the wreck she heeled over (the people on the deck, like wild
maniacs, were visible in the moonlight), and as the sea sucked her •
down—as the vortex of waters she formed in sinking almost made
the Scutari spin round with the motion, there rose a scream of
utter horror—a last scream 2—which those who heard will never
forget. But more impressive still was the passive resignation of
the Turks; they sat motionless muttering their prayers; neither
by cry nor gesture did they manifest any consternation I In im-
passive silence—amid the shrieks of despair of Christians—the
fatalists met their frightful doom. From the first shock to the sink.
ing of the vessel not more than half an hour elapsed.
The captains of the two vessels were English ; the engineers
were also English. Upon English navigation and engineers,
therefore, this terrible accident must bring much discredit in this
part of the world. Indeed, after every account has been given,
one hardly knows how to explain it. Two ships on the broad sea,
being perfectly aware of each other's vicinity, run foul of each
other, and nearly the whole of the crew and passengers of one of
them perish ! There has been a court of inquiry held upon the
matter, but the Turks who formed the court were so utterly igno.
rant of nautical affairs, that nothing like a clear explanation was
elicited. These Turkish steamers have now been for seven years
commanded by Englishmen, and worked by English engineers,
and cut of seven hundred voyages, they have only three times met
with accidents. This fact may be some set off against the mon-
strous blundering which led to the fearful event just narrated.

THE PRESS AND THE BAR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIME&
Sir,—l trust that the editors of the different county papers
circulating in the Western and Oxford circuits will units, in
common with yourself and the gentlemen who have the manage-
ment of the principal London journals, and resent the insult
offered to them by the bar of those circuits, and refrain from
mentioning the names of the barristers employed in the various
causes, which it is advisable, for the public benefit, to have re-
ported. Such a proceeding, I think, would affect the interest
of these wealthy gentlemen more than any other plan that
could be devised. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A SOLICITOR.

HEREFORD CITY REPRESENTATION.--HEREFORD,
THURSDAY.—The nomination took place this morning; the worthy
Mayor, W. Webb, Esq., in the chair. There was no opposition,
therefore there was no uproar. Sir Robert Price, Bart., was pro.
posed by Robert Iliddulph Phillips, of Longwerth, Esq., and se.
conded by Mr. Alderman Rogers. The Town.hall was crowded
with respectable citizens, and the return was made amidst the
plaudits of the assembly. The Hon. Baronet, on being declared
duly elected, addressed the meeting at considerable length. Alter
the election the new Member was escorted through the principal
streets of the city in an open carriage and four, attended by an im-
mense number of friends, the whole preceded by a band, &C.
SUNDERLAND ELECTION.—On Thursday, Thomas
Wood, Esq., shipowner, and one of the leading members of Mr.
Hudson's Committee, was summoned before the magistrates and
fined, for assaulting a poor tailor, named Kirkbride, who had Been
guilty of the unpardonable offence of hissing Mr. Hudson while
Wood was cheering him. The fining of this gentleman for the
assault has produced an excellent effect in checking the " physical
fore*" demonstrations of the Tories. The canvassing was going
on unremittingly during the day, and at night the constituency
were addressed by the candidates and their friends. It is expeeted
that the nomination will take place on Monday, and the polling on
the following day.
TROTTING TWO MILES UNDER SEVEN MINUTES.
Yesterday, a match, which had been made by Wells (of Islington)
to trot his mare two miles within seven minutes, was accomplished
an two miles of the Lower-road, Islington. The stakes were 101.
The animal was drives by its owner in harness and a common
chaise-cart; the first wile was completed in three minutes and
twenty-six seconds, and the second was performed in three minutes
and twenty.two seconds; thus winning the match by trotting the
two miles in twelve seconds less than the stipulated time. The
mare was driven without a whip, and went the vOtiole distance
without a break.