The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-03 00:00:00

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er had forfeited their

The section declares—
me bankrupt, shall after a docket struck
pay to the person or persons who struck the same,

right of proof
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any of them, money, or give or deliver to any such person any
satisfaction or security for his debt, or any part thereof,
whereby such person may receive more in the pound in re-
spect of his debts than the other creditors, such payment,
gift, delivery, satisfaction, or security, shall be an act of bank-
ruptcy, &c. ; and every person so receiving such money, gift,
delivery, satisfaction, or security as aforesaid, shall forfeit his

whole debt, and also repay, or deliver up such money, gift,
satisfaction, or security as aforesaid, or the full value thereof."
The Bank of Manchester was only petitioning creditor, on
the fiat of August 5, against Raleigh separately. The bills in
question, delivered to the bank on account of debts due, were

part of the joint estate of Raleigh and Good, but not consti-
tuting their whole property ; and the bank stood as joint cre-
ditor of Raleigh and Good, independent of the bills, on the
receipt of which the alleged forfeiture took place. It was ob-
vious that, with the exception of the bank, there were no
other creditors who could prove against the separate estate of
Raleigh, or come in in competition. The joint estate of Ra-
leigh and Good was incapable of administration under the
separate estate, except in the event of a surplus. The as-
signees of the separate estate had no power over the joint es-
tate. Tlie creditors mentioned in the Bth section must be
held to mean those seeking relief, and entitled to receive di-
vidends under the separate fiat. The bills in question never
were applicable for the benefit of Raleigh's separate creditors,
never could form part of his assets, and could not reasonably
he said to fall under the application of the Bth section. The

Court could not, therefore, adopt the interpretation proposed
by the respondents. The property to which the section was
meant to relate must form a subject of administration in vir-
tue of the fiat, and property of which the bankrupt was neither
owner nor reputed owner could not be applied in payment of
more than a full share in the assets. It was not requisite to
decide whether the Bth section applied where no comprolnise
or satisfaction occurred ; nor whether the 24th of George 11,
c. 57, affected the case. It must be declared that forfeiture
did not arise on the facts alleged before the commissioners
and before this Court; end the representatives of the Bank
of Manchester must have liberty to tender such proof as they
can establish against the joint estate. No costs to be paid by

tither side, and the decision to affect nothing, except the tor.
feiture under the Sth section. Costs of the assignees, as als(
those of both parties, on a reserved motion, to be paid out o

A man of the name of Street, living at Alcester, Worces-
tershire, has, within a week, lost his wife, his mother-in-law,
and four children. There is no cause assigned for the extra-
ordinary mortality.
DREADFUL DEATH FROM FOUL AlR.—Shortly after
twelve o'clock on Friday morning, a deplorable occurrence

took place on the premises of Mr. Thomas, lsungton, .won.
don. It appears that a young man, nineteen years of age,
named Alfred Pleasant, in the employ of Mr. Thomas, had
occasion to descend a very deep well on the premises, for the
nnrneße of cleaning it out. He was let down in a bucket,

and had been there about five minutes, when he was asked
by those at the top if all was right, on which he replied in the
affirmative. He was called to a second time, and gave the
same answer. Shortly after, on calling to him again, they
received no reply ; and about a quarter of an hour from the
time Pleasant first went down, a boy was sent down in a buc-
ket, Ind on reaching the bottom, called out that he was lying
there dead. The body of the unfortunate young man was re-
covered as speedily as possible, but life was quite extinct.
At the meeting of Messrs. Parker and Co.'s creditors,
which was held at the banking-house at Sheffield on Wed-
nesday last, the solicitor gave as the total amount of engage-
ments, £620,244. These engagements, however, included
three sums standing to the credit of the three senior partners,
making together £150,958, which the solicitor said would
most likely come out of private estates. This would reduce
the engagements to £469,256. The whole assets amounted
to £707,060, but this sum, it must be observed, includes bad
and doubtful debts. At the same time considerable expec-
tations are raised of the private estates of the partners, a
great part of which will be available to the creditors. The
chairman of the meeting, who was the petitioning creditor,
attributed the failure solely to the badness of the times; but
there were two items which seemed to make a great impres-
sion on the creditors—namely, a loss by the defalcation of a
former partner in the concern, amounting to £6,269, and a
still larger one by his son, amounting to £29,790. Another
loss, by the failure of the bank of Morland and Co., was set
down at £6,950.
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VERDICTS OF INSANITY.—On Monday last Mr. Wakley
made some sensible remarks on the conduct of coroners'
juries finding habitually verdicts of insanity on parties com-
mitting self destruction. His remarks were elicited at an
inquest then sitting on the body of a young woman who had
committed suicide. He observed, that he " thought much
mischief was occasioned by coroners' juries habitually re-
turning verdicts of insanity in such cases ; frequently upon
testimony which was in every respect loose and frivolous,
and therefore valueless." He then proceeded to put the
hypothetical case, that a no greater degree of madness than
that which drives people to commit self destruction might
also urge them to perpetrate murder •, but would such crimi-
nals be exonerated from all responsibility because they had
some time previous to the deed been considered to be under
the influence of this insanity ? "If such a principle were
admitted, society at large would be placed in the worst and
most dangerous condition possible. No example could be
proposed more dangerous, than to hold out to persons a temp-
tation to crime, by promising them an excusatory plea of
"
insanity.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR BOND-STREET.—Last evening,
about a quarter before six o'clock, a fire broke out on the
premises of Mr. Cummins, a carpenter and builder, carrying
on husiness in the Haunch of Venison-mews, Brook-street,
Bond-street. The fire was first discovered in the upper shop
at the time stated above, by a man at work in the Mews,
who immediately raised an alarm, and an attempt was made
to extinguish the flames by throwing buckets of water on
them, but, owing to the inflammable nature of the stock,
the efforts to do so were fruitless. The flames spread with great
rapidity, and in a few minutes the whole of the upper part of
the shop was one body of fire. There being a good supply of
water, the fire was extinguished in about two hours from its
discovery. In addition to the total destruction of Mr.
Cummins's workshops, the premises of Mr. Taylor,.coach-
builder, of Brook-street, were damaged to some extent by
fire and water. He is insured in the Phoenix. The roof of
the house belonging to Messrs. Crofton and Carter, wine-
merchants, Southmoulton-street, was partly burnt through.
Robinson and Co., billiard-table-makers, Brook-street, pre-
mises slightly damaged. The roof of Wood s distillery also
damaged ; premises, tk.c., insured in two offices. The cause
of the fire could not be ascertained.—Times of Tuesday.

A RUNAWAY COACH.—The somewhat unusual circum-
stance of a coach " running away " without horses, and
passing over the coachman, occurred at Windsor on Saturday
last. It appears the London and Windsor coach (late Moody's)
was standing opposite the coach-office on Castle-hill (a steep
declivity leading into High-street) with the wheels supposed
to be properly secured by a block of wood. About half an
hour before the time for starting, 11Ir. Luther, the proprietor,
and driver, got upon the box to adjust his coat, and put it in
order on the seat. In doing this, it is supposed the wooden
block was jarred away from the wheel, when the coach set
off, at the rate of between seven and eight miles an hour,
down the hill, crossing the High-street (where there was
fortunately nothing to impede its progress), and down
Peascod-street, where it was luckily stopped as the pole, as
the coach gave a lurch, was about to insinuate itself into the
shop-window of an extensive grocer. When the coach started
off from the office, the coachman, not liking his novel position,
without either reins, whip, or nags, resolved (unwisely as it
turned out) to cut the connexion, and in jumping from the
box unfortunately fell, when the off fore and hind wheels
passed over both his legs and severely injured him. He was
immediately picked up and taken to the office, where he re-
ceived the necessary aid his case required.
On Friday, a man. named Charles Knowles, a collector in
the employ of Messrs. Statham, Thorp, and Co., dyers, of
Collyhurst, was brought before Mr. Maude, at the borough-
court, Manchester, charged with embezzling the sum of
£176 135., the property of his employers. Mr. J. M. Dar-
byshire, book-keeper and cashier to Messrs. Barrett and Co.,
of Manchester, merchants, deposed, that, on the 3d of Sep-
tember last he paid the prisoner £26 on account of Messrs.
Statham and Co.;on the 15th of October he paid him a
further sum of .£5O on the same account ; the prisoner gave
receipts for these sums. Mr. F. Bleakley, cashier in the
employ of Wells, Cook, and Co., of Mosley-street, proved
that on the 11th of November he paid to the prisoner, on ac-
count of Messrs. Statham and C 0.,. the sum of £lOO 135., for
which he gave a receipt. Mr. Henry Statham, a partner in
the firm of Statham, Thorp, and Co., stated that the prisoner
had been in their employ as townsman and collector for the
last three or four years; he had never accounted for the above
mentioned sums. Inspector Greene apprehended the prisoner
on Thursday afternoon ; on the charge being stated to him,
he said, "Oh ! dear, I hope my master will forgive me. I
wish my master had given me a little more time, as I was
just about handing over the sum I have got in my pocket."
On his being searched the sum of £8 3s. OW. was found in
his possession. He said nothing in defence, and was com-
mitted for trial at the sessions.
HORRIBLE MUTILATION OF A FEarALE.—A degree of ex-
citement and horror, such as has perhaps never been experi-
enced before in Leeds, was caused on Sunday last, by the
discovery in the River Aire, near Knostrop lock, of the body
of a female, mutilated and burnt in the most horrid manner,
and presenting one of the most atrocious instances of deter-
mined butchery ever committed on a human being ; the head,
the arms, and the legs from the loins, being entirely cut off,
the ribs being broken. the flesh lacerated, and some parts of
the intestines protruding from the abdomen. It is, in fact,
the mere trunk of a human body, which has been burnt to
such an• extent, in an unsuccessful attempt to reduce the
whole to ashes, that the partial remains of the breasts are the
only indication of its being part of the body of a fenialeilp.,rtypeiw,a,nslinnhlasydets-t
is conjectured by Mr. Price, the medical gentleman who has
examined the body, that she was of low stature, and from 20
to 25 years of age. Hitherto her name remains unknown,
and every circumstance connected with the shocking affair is
shrouded in mystery. The whole affair partakes somewhat
of the nature of the horrible crimes in which the murderers
Greenacre and Goode were concerned. On Monday an in-
quest was held on the body, when after the appearance of the
body had been described, the inquiry was adjourned till Mon-
day next.
SCANDAL.—DUBLIN, Jan. 28.—A trifling incident oc-
curred at the drawing-room, on Thursday evening, which has
furnished a subject of much conversation, and of some dark
mysterious paragraphs in the newspapers. The Freeman's
version of the affair is as follows :—" It is rumoured that a
certain member of the legal profession—who, however, has
more recently figured in the courts more frequently as a client
than as an advocate—was in the act of ascending the Castle
stairs, with the intention of mingling in the glittering throng
at the drawing-room on Thursday evening last, when lie was
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sector confessed that he was not fully prepared to assign
a true and veritable cause for this anomalous circumstance.

So it was—' But wherefore it was so 'twas not in him to say'
--and all that he knew was, that if Mr. did not take
himself away, he (the inspector) would have to discharge that
office for him. Mr. looked unutterable things at the
inspector, but having the fear of the stretcher, as well as his
person before his eyes, ' pulled his bonnet over his brow,'
and, thrusting both hands desperately into his breeches
pockets, walked away evidently disconcerted. Some Galway
gentlemen, who happened to be entering the saloon just at
the moment that Mr. was ascending the stairs, and be-
fore the ill-omened inspector had crossed his path, meanwhile
spread the report that Mr. —, the barrister, had been ad-
mitted, and was one of the company ; and this mischievous
rumogr having reached the ears of some of the Castle officials,
two inspectors of police, attired in ball costume!' were in-
troduced law the ball-room for the purpose of ejecting the
intruder, in case he sbgald be found among the courtiers. It
is needless to say, that, owifig to the interference of the officer
on the stairs, the search was unafailing.",l-Globe.

MISCELLANEOUS

The Rey. Dr. Daly was consecrated Bishop of Cashel on
Sunday last, in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

Upw,ards of 350 invalids and strangers from England have

rived at Madeira during the last t‘;"0 months,

The heads of houses at Oxford have determined to peti-

on against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.
Lord O'Neill was elected an Irish representative on Mon-
Lord Oranmore was the other candidate, but he only
,2d one vote—that of Lord Trimleston.
BRITISH AssoclA•rioN.—The Earl of Rosse has intimated
at the next general meeting of the British Association will

obtain,

,e held at Cork, in the month of August.
Doctor Le Blanc, Master of Trinity Hall, died at Cam-
'ridge last week. The appointment to the vacant office is
n the hands of the Fellows of the College.
The great mercantile house of Paulin, Milin, and Son, of
3ottenberg, has declared itself insolvent ; the debts are
dated at 504,000 dollars, the assets at 759,000 dollars.

A dividend of is per share has been declared on the Green-
wich Railway. The income from the traffic for the last half-
year was 27,106.
The Aftonblad. of Stockholm, states, that the illness of
the King of Sweden is more serious than has been officially
announced.

Earl Somers has distributed among his tenantry at Leigh,
Worcestershire, a large part of the game lately killed on his
lordship's preserves.
JANUARY AND DECEMDER.—An old conple, whose united
ages amount to 150 years, the swain being about 85, and the
lady acknowledging to the remainder, were united in wed-
lock at Cambridge on Thursday last.

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.—When a certain gentle-
man presented his church with the tables of the ten com-
mandments, it was wittily said that he gave them away because
he could not keep them.—. Boston Post.
Puctifians.—Upwards of 17,000 hogsheads of these fish
have been exported this year from St. Ives, being the largest
quantity ever exported from that place in a single year.—
West Briton.

ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.—We learn that 17 bales, con-
taining 5000 packages of the publications issued by the league,
have arrived in this city, and will be immediately in course
of distribution.—Glasgow Argus.

An official list of the number of insolvents in Sydney, New
South Wales, and the neighbourhood, shows that 392 per-
sons have become insolvent from Feb. Ist to Aug. 4th, 1842,
the total amount of whose liabilities is stated to be £1,225,000
The fine skipper Yacht Arundel, bound for Hong Kong,
took the ground on Winchelsea track, on the Sussex coast,
on Saturday last, and soon became a complete wreck. She
was laden with general merchandize. The crew were saved.
A servant of the London and Brighton Railway, named
Tuckett, was run over by one of the trains on that line, on
Saturday last, and killed. Tiie top and back part of his head
were literally cut off, leaving his face uninjured.
We understand that Mr. Stephenson, junior secretary to
the Premier, will succeed Mr. Drummond as chief private
secretary, and Mr. Arbuthnot, of the Treasury, supply the
place. of Mr. Stephenson.—Standard.
The marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta
of Cambridge, and his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, is to take place in the
ensuing month of March.
The minister of Dawley, Salop, a poor and necessitous
parish, applied to her Majesty the Queen-Dowager on behalf
of the National Schools, lately established there, and in due
time was honoured with a donation of £2O.
One of Mr. Whitbread's keepers at " the Park," near
Bedford, was attacked by a notorious poacher, named Sale,
as he endeavoured to arrest him, a few nights since, and is at
present in a precarious state. The poacher, however, is badly
wounded also.

On Saturday last a fire broke out in some temporary
wooden sheds, at Powis Castle, the seat of the Earl of Powis,
Shropshire. The sheds adjoined the old offices, over which
are the splendid ball and supper rooms. The fire appeared
alarming at first, but in about three hours was extinguished.
Mr. Butler, an attorney, has published a letter in the
Clonmel Constitution, in which he asserts that a bailiff was
assaulted and robbed of a writ at the hall door of a magistrate
not a hundred miles from Killemaule, and that the writ was
against the same magistrate.
On Saturday morning. during the fog, a Spanish vessel,
laden with fruit and wine, drove against the cliffs, at Beachy-
head, and became a complete wreck. We regret to add, that
9 out of 13 men composing the crew (including a pilot taken
on board at the Isle of Wight) were drowned.
Durrow Abbey, the magnificent residence of the late Earl
of Norbury, near Dublin, was all but destroyed by fire on
Sunday last. The lata earl had commenced building a new part
to the abbey, but it was stopped by his death. The old part is
all gone. Most of the furniture is saved, but greatly injured.
THE TEA TRADE, Jan. 30.—The deliveries of tea last

week were again large, being 594,2351b5. The market is very
steady by private contract ; but as several ships have arrived
since our last with large supplies, there is less inclination to

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purchase.
The Nonconformist and the Tablot, the former the organ
of the Independents and the latter of the Papists, both of
which have attained great popularity in their respective bodies,
have appealed to their friends for subscriptions to assist them
in carrying out their plans.
According to the annual statement of the Jesuits of Friburg,
the number of pupils in the famous boarding school in that
city has much diminished since 1839. It had always pre-
viously contained above 400 scholars, but in 1840 it had only
276, and in 1841 only 273.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Last week a dog, belonging
to Mr. D. Gunn, Nypster, was pursuing a hare, and while in
the act of laying hold of her, pussy suddenly turned round,
caught her antagonist's tongue, and bit it off. The poor dog
survived but a few minutes, and the hare consequently es-
caped.—John o' Groat Journal.
About three weeks since a woman, named Diprose, was
examined, before the magistrates at Tonbridge Wells, for
poisoning her husband, for the purpose of getting £BOO just
previously left to him. She was acquitted for want of evi-
dence. Fresh facts have since come to light, and the inhabit-
ants, at a vestry meeting, have determined to prosecute her.
Sir Peter Laurie has given notice of a motion at the next
meeting of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers to
the following effect, " That in the opinion of this court, the
wood pavement in the Poultry is dangerous and inconvenient
to the public, and ought to be taken up and replaced by
granite pavemen.t."
The sentence passed on Mr. Robert Caldwell, solicitor, of
Dublin, and who is at present confined in the Richmond
Bridewell, has been commuted by the Lord Lieutenant from
the term of two years to one, which will expire in about two
months. Mr. Caldwell, s health has suffered materially from
the imprisonment be has already undergone.
who published it at Shrewsbury for upwards of
Journal passed from the hands of Mr.
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fifty years. That gentleman, has commenced another paper
in that town called Ed4owes Journal. There are now three
conservative journals in Shrewsbury. May they all go on

the past week not less than one hundred and
and prosper.
During
twenty-three sheep, the property of James Wickham, Esq.,
were stolen from Sutton farm, in the parish of Wonston,
Hants. They consisted of sixty tegs, of different ages, and
sixty-three Southdown ewes, the latter being near lambing.
Salisbury Herald.
THE CHINESE TREATY.—Several of the New York
papers have articles on this subject. They take it for gran-
ted that the opening of the five Chinese ports applies to the
trade of all the world as well as to that of England, and
rectly in the advantageous terms of the
tAomperairctaic,iFparatencde; and other nations will be equally entitled

treaty.
During the last few weeks ten priests of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society have set out on various destinations. Two
nary College established at polo7pinang ; two are to endea-
o,
vaoreurgotone to India;penetrate two as directors of the General Missio-
nto Cochin-China ; one is to go to 'Siam,
Galignanz.
few days since the parish church
and
R osit lileonfioNtGi
crniltao Macao, preparatory to joining the missio-
naries.;
ES.of Northop, near Mold, A
Flintshire, was feloniously and sacri-
legiously entered, and several bibles, prayer-books, a clergy-
mSundayan night
'ssc
Openshaw, near Manchester, was enteredrand the carpeting
and pulpit chandeliers were carried off.
It is now stated in Westminster Hall that another effort is
irgf, and a looking-glass, were stolen therefrom.—On
ht,
the 22d inst., the church of St. Barnabas, in
about to be made to throw open the Court of Common Pleas
to barristers-at-law generally, instead of limiting its pleadings
to "sergeants.
" Several attempts to effect this have been
made at different times from the age of Sir Matthew Hale.
The change, it is rumoured, if gained by
any
means, will be
by act of parliament, and not by rule of court.
We understand that Mr. Ferrand will move, in the ap-
proaching sessions, for a list of the commissions appointed
(including the places and placernen created) by the late
Whig Government. We. believe an army of not less than
twelve thousand pensioners (7 1) was in this mode created
by the clean-handed, pure-minded Whig enemies of public
corruption,—Court Gazette.
EFFECT OF THE AMERICAN TARlFF.—Several cotton
mills have lowered their wages 20 per cent. A number of
girls employed at Lowell have left in consequence. What a
commentary on the high tariff ! To pass that, everything
was promised to the operatives, who now complain that their
wages are being lowered all over the country, so that they
derive no advantage from either the tariff or the cheapness
and abundance of provisions.—American Paper.
WHY DON'T You DUN HlM."—This expression owes
its origin to one John Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of
Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous in the manage-
ment of his busi.uess,. that it became a proverb when a man
refused to pay his debts to say " Why don't you Dun him ?"
that is, why don t you send Dun to arrest him? Hence it
grew into a custom, and is now as old as since the days of
Henry VII.

TILE FIRE AT SIR GEORGE LARPENTS.-It has been
ascertained that this hon. baronet was not insured. M`Lean,
the fireman, who, with another named Goddard, was buried
in the ruins, we find, on inquiry at St. George's Hospital, is
still suffering severely from the dreadful injuries he has re-
ceived. His state is described as being very precarious,
although hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery. He
is a single man, and had only recently joined the brigade.
Goddard has nearly recovered from the injuries be received
in the accident,

STATISTICS OF CRIME IN TOEISI,E OF MAN.—The fol-
lowing statement shows a considerable diminution in the
list of convictions for crime, in this island for the last three
years :—ln 1840: grand larceny, 9 ; riot (felony,) 1 ; riot
(misdemeanour,) 7 ; petit larceny, 11 ; obtaining goods under
false pretences, 1 ; in all 29. In /841: burglary, 1 ; grand
larceny, 6 ; receiving stolen goods, 1 ; petit larceny, 7 escape
from prison, 1 ; in all 16' And for 18.12: petit larceny. 10;
wilful and malicious damage, 1 ; in all 11.—Maria. Sun.
The Morning Herald states that government is much en-
gaged with the affairs of the church, and considerable im-
provements are likely to be submitted to the House of Com-
mons early in the session. On Tuesday morning the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury waited upon Sir Robert Peel, and, with
Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, &c., were occupied
several hours in deliberation. Several divines were also
present. The Bishop of London was unable to attend, on
account of his indisposition.
LUCKY VESSEL.—The brig Cordelia, Captain Clapp,
cleared yesterday for Trinidad de Cuba, for her seventy-
second voyage, and her thirty-second in the last six years.
The sixty-two passages out and home, for the last six years,
average nineteen days and a half. She has never lost a top-
mast, nor sustained any damage sufficient for claim on the
underwriters. For the last eight years she has lost but one
man by sickness, and none by accident, and has neuer had a
man sick at Trinidad. Of the last thirty-seven voyages, she
had but one passage from Trinidad to Boston over twenty-
four days.—Boston Atlas.

MESMERISM TRIUMPHANT.—At a late meeting of the
mesmeric authorities (as reported in the Medical Times), it
was stated by Dr. Elliotson, the president, that " the Duke
of Marlborough had informed him, in a letter from Ireland,
that, whilst at the Marquis of Ely's seat in that country, and
strolling out in the morning, he came upon a very ferocious
dog, chained in a farm-yard. His grace durst not approach
this brute, but, standing at a respectful distance, mesmerised
him ; and, going up, actually embraced the sleeping brute.
The dog remained in the sleep for thirty minutes." The old
proverb tells us " it is better to let sleeping dogs lie ; " and
so do we.

MiNAUGATON.—A true-bill was found 'against this man
On Wednesday. One curious circumstance connected with
him during the Queen's visit to Scotland, but whether it
has anything to do with the lamented death of Mr. Drum-
mond is at present unknown. Upon the visit of her Majes-
ty, Sir Robert Peel invariably rode in one of the Royal
carriages, while his private carriage was occupied on every
public occasion by the deceased gentleman, who, from that
circumstance, was taken for the Premier by the greater part
of the spectators. It is stated that M'Naughten was very
anxious to see the Premier while in Scotland, and Mr.Drun;i-
mond was pointed out as Sir Robert Peel • and this impres-
sion was further confirmed by seeing the deceased gentleman
more than once leave the Premier's residence in Privy-gar-
dens. Since the tragical event the commissioners of police
have increased the number of constables to do duty about
the Government offices, and this will be extended to the
houses of Parliament.

The Rev. Dr. Bailey, whose case we have mentioned I
several times—he having been committed for forgery—was, I
on Wednesday last, tried at the Central Criminal Court. and
sentenced to transportation for life. Mr. Justice Williams,
in passing sentence, said. prisoner at the bar, it is my un-
welcome duty, and unwelcome with great truth I•may call it,
to pass the sentence of the law upon a man holding your situ-
ation in society—a man who appears to have been possessed
of distinguished talent, and fully capable of conducting him-
self either to the prejudice or to the advantage of society,
and whose example, either one way or the other, was sure to
be attended with effect—a person, my equal, whom I am
compelled to address after the verdict of the jury, upon evi-
dence which has satisfied them of your guilt, and- I feel
bound to add, has also satisfied myself, and has left no doubt
on my mind of the propriety of that verdict. I shall not in-
sult your feelings by any further remark ; and probably the
situation in which you now stand is the most poignant punish-
ment for the offence you have committed, and I will not
aggravate it. It is my duty only to show that the law of
England regards all men as equal before it, and if any dis-
tinction is made, a heavier punishment should fall upon him
whose education and station in society ought to teach him
not to break its enactments. The sentence upon you is. that
you be transported beyond the seas for the term of your life.
The prisoner, on hearing the sentence, bowed to the court,
and walked firmiy away from the bar, apparently not at all
effected. The trial lasted for twelve hours.

s)l)tpping

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31.—Wind S.W. fresh

ARRIVED.—Lanark, Bainbridge, and Strabo, Shoof, from Mobile
—Tyrian, Jackson, from Natchez—Birkenhead, Brown, from New
Orleans—Jane Prowse, from Lima, in 110 days—Ann, Kes-
wick, from Maranhatn ; sailed 28th Dec.—Enpheinia, Dearness,
from Malta—Brilliant, Williams, from Palermo—Cookson, from
Trieste—Hope, Logan, from Marseilles—and Mary, Turner, from
Antwerp.

Juno, Ridley, hence at Algiers
Mary Ridgway, Trail, hence at Leghorn
Maid of Athens, Bonfellow, hence at Malta
Eliza, Lowry, from Corfu, at ditto, and sailed 12th Jan. for this
port

Lorina Thompson, Betts, sailed from Alexandria for this port
28th December
Robert A. Parke, Donald, sailed from Malta for this port 9th Jan.
Highlander, Carrell, hence at Nap:es
Packet, Briggs, hence at Smyrna

.
Brothers, Lewis, hence and Malta, at ditto
Sampson, Butcher, from Ancona, at ditto, and sailed gth Jan. for
this port
Tomlinson, Kirkness, and Ottoman, Rivett, sailed from Smyrna
Ist January, and the Stamboul, Sloman, 11th—all for this port
William. Woodstock, hence at Rouen
British Queen, M'Kinnon, hence for Newfoundland, at Kinsale,
with mainsail split
Euphemia, Nightingale, hence for Valparaiso, off Tuskar 28th
January

Brooke, hence for Lisbon, off Kingstown, with loss of rudder,
having struck on Arklow Bank
Hopewell, Carter, hence for Jamaica, off•Wicklow 28th Jan.
Id. Grier, hence for Pernambuco, off Tilskar 30th Jan.
Countess of Arran, O'Brien, hence for Savannah, at Milford,
with loss of sails
Helena, Straitept, from Amsterdam for this port, at Yarmouth
Cornucopia, Evans, from Havre for this port, at Falmouth
Ben Brace, Perkes, hence for St. Domingo, at Beaumaris
Ashburton, Huttleston, from New York, came off last night with-
out injury, and was docked

_ .
Clifton, Ingersoll, from New Orleans, at this port ; sailed 31st
Dec. On the 19th Jan. in lat. 38, long. 46, spoke the Wellington,
from Charleston for this port, with rudder sprung
MILFORD, Jan. 29.—The cutwater of a large vessel, apparently
North American built, and a great many pieces of logwood, have
been washed on shore on Freshwater Sands.
PATRAS, Jan. 11.—It blew a gale at N.E. 4th instant, during
which the Zante Packet, Brennan, drifted foul of the Naiad, and
carried away her bowsprit

SMYRNA, Jan. 9.—The Queen Victoria, Southgate, was wrecked
on one of the Mosconisse Islands, opposite Mytilene, previous to
the 29th ultimo i crew saved.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY I.—Wind West, fresh.
ARRIVED.—James Turcan, Turcan, from Calcutta—Duke of Corn-
wall, from Halifax—Victoria, Richards, from Newfoundland—Lord
Seaton, Fitzsimons ; Metoka, M`Laren ; Lochinvar, Wescott; Sax-
ony, Scudder : Octavius, Colburn, and Almyra, Thayer, from New
Orleans—and Roscoe, Williams, from New York : sailed 14th Jan.

Hesperus, -, hence for Africa, was spoken sOth Jan. in lat,
si, long. 7

Elizabeth, hence for Charleston, off Tuskar 2gthJan.
George Henry Harrison, Reid, hence for Lisbon, at Milford
Princess Victoria, Blackman, from Calcutta, at Deal
Washington, Walker, from Calcutta, at Gravesend
Olive Branch, Thompson. from ditto at ditto
Cygne, hence for Adra, off Kingstown
Venilia, Vickers, hence for Mobile, at Studwell Roads
Isabella, Thorpe, hence for Demerara, put back with cutwater
started, and making water

Tagus, from Monte Video for Cork, and Talbot, of New York,
were spoken 18th Jan. in lat. 85, long. 37. The Caroline, hence for
Africa, and Isabel, hence for -, were spoken 29th, off Tuskar,
by the Brooke

Charles Carter, hence for Venice, was spoken 22nd Jan. in lat,
), long. II ; out 29 days

Sldne,y, WKinlay, from Honduras, at Milford. On the 29th Jan.
about 60 miles S.W. of Milford, spoke the Euphemia, hence for
Valparaiso

Alexander, Andrews, from Mobile, is on shore in Morecombe
Bay, with 5 feet water in her hold. Part of the cargo has been
discharged into a steamer alongside
The Guide, (iron brig) for Calcutta,was towed to sea yesterday
on an experimebtal cruize ; the steamer cast her off about 12 miles
outside the Light-ship, and the brig, after beating down as far
as Puffin Island, against a strong westerly wind and heavy head
sea, returned to post this morning,

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2.—Wind W.N.W. fresh.
ARRlVED.—Triumpfiano, Menchano, from Havana—Jessie Mil-
ler, Crowder, from Mobile—Ann Louisa, Keill, from Charleston—
Carl, Coning, from Riga—John. and Hibernia, from Wexford—
Atlas, Buggin, and Mary & Margaret, Jones, from Waterford—
Commerce, Davies, from Westport—Catherine, Penny, from Sligo
—and George, Rowlands, from Belfast.

Euphemia, hence for Valparaiso, off Cork 31st Jan.
Win. Pitt, Bruce, hence at Veniee
Snowdrop, Lellan, sailed from Messina for Liverpool 9th Jan.,
and Puella, Thomas, Palermo to Liverpool 14th Jan.
C.R.C., Haelin, sailed from Palermo gth Jan.; Sir John Frank-
lin, Borthwick, gth, arid Giorgia, Bunceia, 15th Jan. all for Liver-
pool _

Ulster, Drenning, hence for Maracaibo, at Waterford
Tagus, M'Farlane, from Monte Video, at Cove
Star, hence for Leghorn, off ditto
Ulrica,lgram, from Valparaiso, at Swansea
Clio, Hams, hence at Oporto

Flirt, sailed from Bourdeaux for Liverpool 25th Jan.
ST. MARY'S, SCILLY, Jan. 30.—The Douro, Gowland, from
Liverpool to Oporto, was totally wrecked 27th Jan. on the Island of
Cubawithan,—the most westerly of the Scillys • crew drowned :
cargo washing on shore. It is feared that another vessel is also
wrecked near the same place, as some bales of hemp and two full
female figure heads have been washed on shore.
GALWAY, Jan. 31.—The George, Patton, from New Orleans to
Liverpool, was wrecked last night on Life Island, Connemara—one
boy drowned. The cargo is floating along the coast.