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London, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

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PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
TUESDAY, JULY 29.
REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
GROUP (X) OF RAILWAYS.
TOTTENHAM AND FARRINGDON-STREET JUNC-
TION RAILWAY BILL.
Lord Courtenay reported from the Select Committee on
Group X of Railways, to whom several petitions against the
comprised in the said group, together with the Report
of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that in the
case of the Tottenham and Farringdon-street Junction
Railway Bill they had heard prties in suppert of several of
the s:zict petitions, and had heard counsel in favour of the
la ; and that they had examined the allegations contained
in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved
to their satisfaction.

MUTINY IN THE CHINESE SEAS.
(From the Hong-Kong Register.)
Mutiny at sea, esp,cially by the officu:s, is so rare an
occurrence, that the recent, and fcr a time successful, at-
tempt of the mate and gunner of the schooner Ariel, to
take possession of the vessel, with her valuable freight
of specie, is the cause of much astonishment. The par-
ticulars of this tragic affair we have received from the very
best authority, and our statement may be relied upon.
The Ari, I left Amoy on Saturday last, bound for this
port, w ith about 100,000 dollars in specie on board. At
six o'clock that afternoon she was off Chapel Island.
After taking the bearings of the island, and giving a
course for Namoa, Captain Macfarlane being indisposed,
and requiring to be on deck during a great part of the
night, went below to his cabin for a short rest. At half-
past 8 o'clock he was disturbed by the voice of the chief
officer, Mr. Wilkinson, who shouted in au unusual tone,
"Captain Macfarlane, you are wanted on deck." Cap-
tain Macfarlane obeyed the summons; upon getting on
deck the companion was closed by the mate and gunner,
who were each armed with a brace of pistols. They told
the captain that it was their wish, and that of the crew,
that he should take the vessel to Singapore, and that
they had altered the course from S. W. to south.i They
proposed that he should join them, offered him a large
share of the money on board, stating that from the Ariel's
sailing qualities they could commit piracy with littlitrisk
of being captured. Though his life was at stake, the cap-
tain refused to join them. They then ordered his butler to
bring all the arms from his cabin, continuing their per-
suasions to join in their lawless intention to rob their em-
ployers, and afterwards to fit the vessel out as art gular pi-
rate. Captain Macfarlane pointed out to them the
heinous crime which they were committing, and the
fearful penalty they would incur ; he also promised that
they should be forgiven, provided that they gave up the
attempt ; but they were obdurate and resolved to carry
out their villanous plans. The mate said he would spare
the captain's life, stating that while asleep in his cabin
he had intended to shoot him, and even pointed a pistol
down the skylight for the purpose, but could not bring
himself to commit such a cowardly action as to shoot
a man asleep. He also stated that any attempt at res-
cuing the vessel would be certain death, as the crew
(gentlemen) had all joined himself and the gunner,
who, with the captain and one lad, were the only
Europeans on board. After some further conversa-
tion they promised to land the captain, also to spare the
life of his attendants, though they said they would be
compelled to kill some who were on board tor their own
-safety. At 10 o'clock the main hatch was taken oft; and
it was purposed to confine Captain 111 acfarlane in the
hold ; he requested that they would give him his own
cabin, and after some hesitation, they agreed to make
that his prison. Previous to going below, the captain
made another attempt to dissuade them, but it was of no
avail. They said they had made up their minds to the
step they had taken for some time, and only awaited a
favourable opportunity. They also mentioned that
others in Hong Kong had it in contemplation to capture
the Ariel ; that a European, whose name is before
us, was then close at hand in a Lorcha, having a
crew of 40 men, expressly fitted out for that pur-
pose, and that failing in success, there were
people in Hong Kong who intended capturing the
Ariel, with the clipper Celestial. This part of the
statement must be taken with caution ; they how-
ever gave the name of the ringleader of the pirates in
the Lorcha, who it appears offered to ship on board
the Ariel. At daylight on the morning of the 27th,
Captain Macfarlane forced open the door of his cabin,
and went on deck ; the ship's head was then S.W. by
W. At eight, breakfast was sent into his cabin, the Ariel
then running before a fine N.E. wind. At ten, he sent
for the-mate, and requested that they would give him
the long boat, or put him on board a junk ; this was
refused, the mate saying that he (the captain)
would get to Hong• Kong too soon for them.
He, however, promised to put him on board a junk
at night-fall ; also that he would give up all his per-
sonal property. At noon the mate again came into the
captain's cabin, telling him to make himself comfortable
until the vessel got to Singapore ; he expressed his de-
termination to throw the treasure overboard if pursued;
the assurance that the captain's life would be spared was
again renewed. In the afternoon the captain's Chinese
servant, who was allowed to go on deck, told him that
the Mauilamen were not in the plot, and that they medi-
tated rising upon tie mate and gunner, and again restor-
ing the vessel to his command. About 10 o'clock they
had matured their plans, and although without other arms
than the rammers of the guns and their knives, they at-
tacked the mutineers,at the same time enabling the captain
to get on deck through a window, and arming him
with the cook's axe. The fight was soon over, the mate
being knocked down with a rammer, and alto cut with
knives ; the gunner took refuge in the cabin, raising the
hatch which covered the magazine, and threatening to
blow up the ship. Captain Macfarlane had by this time
got possession of a fowling-piece, one barrel of which
was loaded ; with it he fired and wounded the gunner
in the thigh. The poor wretch cried out for mercy, but
still threatened to blow up the ship. A lasso was got
ready and thrown over his head, with which the crew
hauled him on deck and secured him. The mate died of
his wounds. ' The gunner was brought here, and has
been committed for trial, after an examination before
Mr. Hillier, the acting marine magistrate.
It is pleasing to state that, after the affray was over,
and the ship's course was again shaped for Hon..-Kong,
Captain Macfarlane mustered the crew, and offered up
prayers and, thanksgiving for their deliverance from im-
minent danger.
The whole affair is a very sad, though a remarkable
one. Mr. Wilkinson, the ringleader, was a young man
with the fairest prospects before him ; his employment
was, and is, the best in the merchant service, and had
he behaved himself, would, in all probability, in a few
years, have led to a competency for life.
The Manilamen, contrary to the usual opinion of them,
proved true to their employers ; and we doubt not, from
the well-known liberality of the firm, they will be re-
warded. Captain Macfarlane himself, though placed in a
most trying position, acquitted himself iu the highest
degree creditably, proving the strength of his honour
and integrity, and however deeply he may regret the
fate •f the unfortunate young man whose life was the
penalty of his crime, he may always look back with
satisfaction upon his own behaviour • whilst his vessel
was in the hands of the mutineers.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--PRO
POSED EXTENSION TO LONDON.BRIDCE.—During yesterday
engineers and surveyors were actively engaged in surveying
the line of roads and property in the neighbourhood of the
York. road, the New.cut, and Kennington-road, as also St.
George's-fields, the parishes of St. George and St. Saviour,
Southwark, with the view to ascertain the hest possible route
for the proposed extession of this railway to London-bridge, in
connexion with the line from the York-road near to Hunger-
ford and Waterloo-bridges, to the station at Nine-elms, the
Bill for the formation of which has already received the royal
assent. The terminus to this railway, as at present proposed,
will be on the extensive open piece of garden ground on the
south side of the York-road, and on part of which the Belvi-
dere Brewery now stands.
RAILWAY TO SALISBURY.—The formation of the
branch line to Salisbury from the South-Western Railway is
proceeding throughout the whole extent of the line, and it is
expected to be opened in April or May next. The preparations
for the branch from the Great Western line, on the other side
of the city, are also in active progress, and an effort will be
made to get this line opened to Bath as early as the line to
Bishopstoke.
Yesterday White Conduit-fields, adjacent to the
New Model Prison, was a scene of the most lively bustle, in
consequence of a fair having commenced in a spacious field,
near the Robin Hood, Chalk-road, Islington. At twelve
o'clock in the forenoon booths were in readiness, and the sound
of the " gong" was the signal to proceed. After this the
" buzz" ensued, when Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and Co-
lumbine, and others of the dramatic art, put their limbs into
requisition, and life, noise, and confusion took possession of the
spot. Dancing-booths and other places were provided to
entertain the " show folk," and a party of the police, under the
superintendence of Inspector Thatcher, of the N division, were
on the ground during the day to keep order.
Yesterday Mr. Mitchell had the honour of sub•
mitting for her Majesty's inspection, at Osborne House, the
series of portraits of Mdlle. Taglioni, recently completed by
Alfred E. Chalon, Esq., R. A.
ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THE LIFE GUARDS AFTER
THE REVlEW.—Yesterday afternoon between three and four
o'clock, an accident of rather a serious nature occurred to a
private belonging to Captain Hall's troop of the Second Life
Guards, whilst on the march to Windsor after the grand
review in Hyde-park. The troops had reached Turnam-
green, when the horse on which the man was riding sud-
denly tumbled and fell, the man also falling with his right leg
beneath the animal. The occurrence caused much contusion
among the troops, and two of the soldiers instantly dis-
mounted to their comrade's assistance. On lifting him nip he
complained that his leg was broken, and by order of the com-
manding officer he was carried into the Travellers' Rest
public-house, near the new church, where, on being examined
by the surgeons of the regiment, the bone of his right leg
was found to be badly fractured. He was conveyed to the
hospital belonging to the regiment at Spital, near Windsor.
RAILWAY YATION AT CARLISLE.—DepUtatiODS
from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, the Cale-
donian Company, the Newcastle and Carlisle Company, and
the Maryport and Carlisle Company, have been bolding a series
of meetings at Carlisle, Mr. Hassell, of Dalmaine, in the chair,
to consider the most eligible site for a great railway station in
• that city. It has been agreed that it is desirable, not only for
all the railway companies, but also for the public, that there
shall be a joint station for the four railways, and that Court-
square was the best site fit it. With reference to its construc-
tion, expense, and other details, reference will be made to the
Board of Trade, the representatives of the respeei.e companies
having agreed to abide by its decision.
WHITBY, Aug. 4.—The Sisters; Laud, from Sunderland
to Malden, was abandoned this morning five miles to the
southward, after being in contact; crew saved.

Aberdeen
Arbroath and Forfar .......
Dittn Half Shares
Armagh, Colr., & Portrush
Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and County Down
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New ( iss. at 71/2 dis.)
Ditto Half Shares .

Birmingbm & Oxfrd. June.
Blckburn, Chrly, & N. Un.
Brighton, Lewes, and Hast.
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester .
Caledonian .
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead

Cheltenham and Oxford
Chichester and Brighton
Churnet Valley

Junction

Co.rli and Itando»..

Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford

Cork and Youghal
Covntry, Bedwrth, &
Coventry and Leicester
Cornwall .....

Piss, Beccles, and Yarmoth
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich .....
Dublin and Belfast Junct.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine
Dublin and
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath
Ditto New.........
Dundee and Perth..
Eastern Counties
Do. New .

Do. Perp., pr Cut., No. 1
Do. ditto N 0.2
East Dereharn & Norwich
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension ...

Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow...
Do. Quarter Sharee-
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb., Leith, and Granton

Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent.
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebleshire
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Bedford
Enniskillen and Sligo
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr
Garnkirk and Glasgow
Glasgow and Ayr
Do. Quarter Shares
Glasgow and Greenock
Ditto New
Ditto Preference
Glasgow, Muffles, and Car
Goole and Doncaster
Grand Junction .
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares
Grand Union ...
Great Grimsby & Sheffield
Gt Sothrn & Wstrn (Irelnd)
Ditto Extension .
Great Munster •••
Great Northern of Scotlnd
Great Northern of Englnd
Do. New, 40/. Shares....
Do. New, 30/. Shares....
Great Western
Ditto Half Shares .
Ditto Fifths
G uildfrd, Fareh & Ports

larwich
lull and Gainsborough
lull and Selby •
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto Half Shares.
nverness and Elgin ..
_ .

Kendal and W inderm ere..

Kingstown and Bray
Killarney Junctions. .
Lancaster and Carlisle
Leeds and W. Riding Juno
Leicester andßirmingliam
Leicester and Bedford

Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis,& Kit. June
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares -
Ditto Quarter Shares
London and Birmingham
Ditto Thirds

Ditto Quarters
London and Blaekwall

London and Brighton
Do. Cnsolidated Eighths
London and Croydon.
Ditto New
1)o. Guarantd. 5 per cent
London and Greenwich
1)o. Prefrnc. or Privilege
London & South Western
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501. Shares
Do. New, 401. Shares
London and York
London and Windsor
Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil
Londonderry and Coleraine
Londonderry & Enniskillen
Lynn and Ely •••
Lynn and Dereham... ......
Manchester and Leeds ....•
Ditto Half Shares . ......
Ditto Quarter Shares ...
Ditto Sixteenths
Manchester & Birminghm
Ditto Quarter Shares
I Do. New Quarter Shares
Manchstr, Buxtn,& Matlk
Midland
Ditto Fifths
Ditto New ,
Do. & Derby
Midland G t Westrn (Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Nwcastl & Darhngtn June
Do. New (Brandling)
Newcastle and Berwick
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newport and Abergavenny
Newry 'and Enniskillen
Newark and Sheffield
North British • .....
Ditto New
Northern and Eastern .....
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter Shares ......
North Kent
North Staffordshire
North Wales

Norwich and Brandon
Ditto New
Not., Belvoir, and Granthm
Nottingham and Boston
Nutt., Erewsh 'Val. & Man
Oxford and Worcester
Perth and Inverness
Portsmouth Direct
Preston and Wyre
Richmnd and W. End J unc
Rugby, Worcester, &Tring
Scottish Central ....,..
Scottish Midland..
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares
Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir
Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. lin.
S iiianri i n .
evlsibn,all er efd , 84N.Wals
s
South Devon .
South Midland
South Eastern and Dover
Do. New ( iss. 32/.) No. I
Do. (iss. 33465.8 d.)„ 2
Do (iss. 301.) 3
Staines and Richmond.
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline..
South \Vales
Trent Valley
1)o. and Holyhead June
West London, Old Shares
West End & Southrn Coun
IVexford and Carlow
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny._
Watrfil,Wexfd,Wick&Dub
Welsh Midland.
West Cornwall
West Yorkshire.
Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich

Ditto New • ............
York and Carlisle
York and North Midland
Ditto Half Shares.
Do. Scarborough Branch
Ditto Selby

Ditto Extension . ......

'Aug i 4 . 4.
I 3

10%
31%
22%

765.6 d.

85%

1683.6 d.

6%

207
93%
:i314

Aug.l 4.

lAug.

2 7 1/2

281/2
8%

4%
3%

265.
18.6 d,

7%

34

1281/4
1534
31/4
338.

5%
46

-
8%

5%

2 Vt

3%

26%

81,4

31
41,4

FOREIGN RAILWAYS
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux & Mediterranean
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Brdeaux,Toulouse, & Cette
Dendre Valley
Dieppe and Paris Junction
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian. ......
Gt Nrtlan of Frnce (Latitte)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Great Paris and Lyons....
Jamaica Juncti0n............

Do. South Midlnd Junc.
Louvain and Jemeppe
Lyons and Avignon ....•
Namur and Liege
Orleans and ti ierzon .....
Orleans and Bordeaux
Over Yssel
Paris and Lyons (Lafitte's)
Ditto (Ganneron's)
Ditto (Won's)
Paris and Orleans . ......
Paris and Rouen
Pars& Strsbrg(Gannern's)
Do. (Conipto de L'Est)
Paris ald St. Quentin
Rouen and Havre ......
Royal North of Spain
Sambre and Meuse
Stras)ourg and Basle
Tours & Nants(Nl'Kenzie's;
• Do. (Lefebvre's;
Verana and Ancona
Wert Flanders

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'Aug. 4.

228.
408.

.8
7
'75

27%

40
21 3/1

2%

4%

3%

lAug. 4.

22%

Aug. 4.

Aug. 2.
645.
24 _

,6s. p.

22 Vi

37
18
735.

363.6 d.

1014
22

305.6 d.

1014
2
235.

-
27%
8

3%

15a.
418.
7%

Gl.
478,

......
1%
184

4%

725.61.

133-3.66

363.6 d.

30s.

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LAIVDI* SIIIPPI,IO :G.,__crinsi DAN%)
LONDON, AuG. i.E., moderate breeze, hazy,
with light drizzling rain.
DEAL, AUG. 4.—Wind W. by S. moderate.—Arrd.
Cleopatra, Rothwell, Demerara ; Phelina, New York; Golden
Spring, Poole, Quebec; Palemc n, Dale, Quebec. Arrd. from
the River, Stratheden, Howlett , Port Philip.
FALMOUTH, AuG. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Off port 3, Comet,
Doyle, Newfoundland; Canada, New York, both for London.
LivEuPooL, AUG. 4.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd,
Australia, Blanchard, Calcutta; Harwood, Smith,: Saldanha
Bay; William Henry, Best, Saldanha Bay;" Jane and Jessie,
Campbell, Barbadoes ; Grasshopper, 'Hunter, Porto Rico ;
Fulmar, Savanilla ; Atlas, Pratt, .New Orleans; Mars. Currie,
Parsborough • Theodosia, Goymer, Quebec ; Thorndale,
Wilkie, Quebec; Sylph, Walshaw, Quebec; Lord Ravens-
worth, Newholm, Quebec. Sid. John Christian, Thomas,
Hong Kong.
PADSTOW, AUG. 3.—A barque, with fore and mainmasts
gone, and a brig lying to in company, were passed on the
11th ult., in lat. 45, lon. 56, by the Voluna, arrived here.
A ship dismasted, having widened ports, low poop, and appa-
rently a full female figure-head, was passed on the 21st ult.,
by the Voluna, arrived here.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 4.—The Calcutta, of and .for this port,
with timber, was fallen in with on the 31st ult., in lat. 49,
I.m. 15. full of water, but not needing assistance, by the
Atlas, arrived here.
MARYYPORT, AUG. 3.--The Hannah, Peters, which
grounded yesterday outside the harbour, has been got off,
and in here.