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      V November ^, 1850. .The Northern Stir 7

      V November ^ , 1850 . . THE NORTHERN STIR 7

      Mutiny Andtloss Of Life 0 F Board The Sh...

      MUTINY ANDTLOSS OF LIFE 0 f BOARD THE SHIP KELSO . The annexed statement has been received by the ownereof this vessel , from the master , Capt . John Innes , furnishing accurate and interesting details regarding this shocking and fatal affray . " Hong Kone , Sep . 28 , 1850 . " We armed here upon the ' Hth inst ., having made one of the shortest passages that has jet been effected between California and this place On the evening of the 17 th of August I found tbe eight men I shipped at San Francisco somewhat intoxicated , and npon examining our quarter casks of wine in the Iazenotto , I discovered that the wood had been removed , and one of the casks had been spiled . JJext day being Sunday 1 bad the hatches well secured , which had previously been

      Sept off in order to ventilate the shi p , and , while 1 was superintending this duty , I heard repeated t ^ , t 8 T ? ., Tengeance TOade bv son » e of the crew , which I had somesuspicion was intended against myself ; but thinking it but idle boasting and bra-^ ° J * . if , at £ ention to it at the time , but about half-past seven the same evening two of thi-S inS , ed , thEt 80 me 0 f the ™* ha " * " - £ ? i 2 ^ l ° i a g «*« wnt to murder me , aud S ^ lrr tlmt ^ half-P :, 8 t ten o ' clock was tne hour named , when they expected we should be asleep m our bertha . They determined also to seize the persons of the carpenter and mates , dispose ot them some how or other , and then run the snip to the Columbia river , on the 2 forth West of America , where they would sell her . It appeared they expected to find a large amount of monev on

      ooard , which they were equally to share and disperse . One of the mutineers stated he had at one tune been master of an American whaling ship , and it was resolved that he was to navigate the ship £ was uinrdered . The two men said they could not assist me openly , as the rest of the mutineers were desperate wretches , and they were afraid of them . Having only the two mates ( Clarke , an apprentice , and Lock , formerlv a seaman . ) carpenter and steward , to srand with roe , I found my only chance was to wait the attack . The steward

      had been sick for the previous six months , and could do very little , and the others were so terrified that , however faithful they might be , they could be Of little service in a life or death struggle , such as might be expected with the mutineers . I accordingly allowed everything to go on as usual , taking care to have the carpenter , steward , and mate off duty and in my cabin . I got three pistols from the arm chest , but found it impossible to secure the rest of the arms without exciting the suspicions of the mutineers . About half-past nine 1 went on deck and gave the usual night instructions to Clark , ou watch , and went below into a different cabin from the one I usually occupied . I had Lock in the same cabin ( the starboard after cabin ) w . th me and

      I had the carpenter in the one immediately before it , with the steward . Throughout the voyage I had occupied the port after cabin , and since leaving California I had kept a smill Chinese lamp burning at night , and slept with tbe door open , so that I could walk out at once at any hour of the ni « ht , the inexperience of the officers actually requiring me to do so . I loaded the three pistols taken from the arm chest , and presented one to each , the carpenter , steward , and Lock . My own two pistols I fcept myself , and sat down at tbe door of the cabin , in the dark , anxiously waiting the attack , which through some cause or other was deferred until about three o ' clock in the morning , when I saw two men station themselves on the quarter deck

      , and another man crawl into the cabin door nponhis hands and knees , pass under the cuddy table , and aft by the starboard passage . He had a bayonet in 2 us right hand . I ordered him to stand . " He was still coming on when I fired and shot him dead . I immediately reloaded the discharged pistol and went on the poop deck through the skylight , followed by others who were with me in the cabin . I now found the mutineers had got possession of the ship , and had compelled the officer of the watch to talw charge of the helm , and they had changed the ship ' s course . I now called the mutinous individuals to come aft to me ; they obeyed , and threw down their arms , all excepting one man ( who was to be captain , ) who was armed with a havonet in his

      hand and a large bowie knife in his belt . I gave Mm three distinct orders to throw down his arms , he refused , and was rushing on me , when I fired , and sent a ball through his body . He turned and staggered forward , nod fell at the fore hatchway . Afterwards 1 had the other two ringleaders put into irons and confined separatel y . Nothing of any particular moment occurred during the remainder of the passage , which ^ only required great caution to watch the prisoners from escaping , as I had now only seven effective bands on board to navigate the ship . However , we arrived perfectly safe ; when I handed the prisoners over to the proper authorities . They are now committed for trial npon the loth of

      October , before the Supreme Court of the colony , and the witnesses bound over to prosecute . Ton will no doubt feel assured that this affair has caused me much anxiety and uneasiness ; but I have the consolation that my conduct throughout this most trying affair has met with the commendation of the entire community both at Hong Song and Canton ; and has been the cause of my receiving many warm congratulations and kind receptions which otherwise I would have been a stranger to . The mutineers had possessed themselves with the contents of the arm chest , and armed themselves with the muskets and bayonets . Fortunately they had no powder , or the result might have proved most disastrous . ( Signed ) John Isses . "

      The Plate And Jewel Robbery Ef The Stkan...

      THE PLATE AND JEWEL ROBBERY Ef THE STKAND . ADDITIOXAL CONFESSION OF THE EOT CLIXIOX . The prisoners in custody , charged with this robbery , were again brought up at Bow-street , on Saturday last . The evidence of all the other- wit . nesses having been read over , ... ''" „ ' Mr . Jonx Satjxdeks , landlord of the York Hotel , Waterloo-road , was then sworn , and identified

      Gardiner , and , to the best of his belief , the prisoner Clinton , as persons who bad come to his house about five weeks ago . They had with them a small terrier dog , which they called Pug , which had been taught tricks , such as standing on its hind legs , & c , and it attracted much attention . —Cross-examined : If it had not been for the tricks of the dog , I shodld not have taken any notice of the prisoners . I have no doubt that Gardiner was the owner of the dog , as he put him into his pocket , and then entered into conversation with me about him .

      Axse Eaglet was then called : She said she lived in the house 25 , Temple-street , St . George ' s road . She knew Cherineau , and had lived with her two months . Shd did not know any of the male prisoners . She had seen the man with whom Cherineau kept company , but could not say if be was one of those at the bar . Cherineau had a small dog which used to play tricks , standing on its bind legs , & c . In answer to a question from Cherineau , witness said the dog used to belong to a person named Began . . . .

      The following additional confession of Clinton was then read , to the following effect : — " Two days before the robbery I promised to meet Charley ( a man not yet in custody ) on Hangerford-bridge , and he . and Gardiner met me . Gardiner had then a small dog with him . I said , * "Where have you been , Charley V and he replied , ' I have been to see tbebonse . It is the best job I ever bad . ' We alj then went to the public-house at the corner of the York-road , where Charley called for three glasses of ale . Gardiner made the dog stand upon his hind legs , and go through some tricks in front of the bar . The barman spoke to Gardiner about it , and as we were walking up the road , Gardiner said , 'They may cat my throat ( drawing his finger across his neck ) before they get anything out of me" '

      . " In addition to tbe foregoing , the prisoner made forther confession to implicate the other prisoners , and said , " Shaw came to me one night in Villiers-street , Strand , and brought with him a man , whom I believe to be Buncher . They called him Ben Pratt , and Shaw said he did not know where any of them lived . Shaw said to Buncher , ' Here he is , ' meaning me . I was then in my shirt sleeves and said I could not talk to them then , as I should return and clean tbe brasses , and that they shou ld meet me at another time . They then proposed the next day , at my dinner time , between one and two o ' clock , ou Hungcrford-bridge . I according ly went there that dar , and the same night saw Shaw again at his own house . Ue took me down Pearl-row into

      the Borough-road , and then brought a roan named Charley , aud we had something to drink at a publichonse . Charley proposed to meet me the next day on Hangerford bridge , between one and two o'clock , which he did . The man who was in Yilliers-street was also there . We went over the bridge to Fearlrow , and during our conversation Charley persuaded me to take an impression of the kev of the lion Chest , and he showed me how to do " it . He showed me by putting a key upon a piece of soap . The next morning I took an impression of the key , and went with Shaw to the house where he used to work , in Rcbert-street , and asked him to tell me where the others lived , audi would go to them

      but he was not at his house , so I went to him at the New-cut , where I met him coming cut of his house , and he took me into Fleet-street , telling me to wait there while he went after the other men . He then brought the man Charley to me at this place , and we went to Shaw ' s house . Charley said it would take pretty well a day to make the key from the impression , and he appointed to meet me the next nig ht at the Bed Lion public-house , in Pearl-row , when he would have the key ready to compare it with the original one . It was not ready that night , so he appointed the next night . It was finished then . 1 saw him the day after outside the Bed Lion , with Gardiner . Charley promised to meet me on Saturday night , on Hungcrford-bridge , and

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      Gardiner , and the man j first saw with hita , accompanied him . We all walked to the bridge together , down Waterloo-road , near the Victoria Theatre . m We had some beer at a corner ale-house , after which Gardiner and the other man had a quarrel , and almost a fight . The other man swore that he would have nothing to do with it . He also said to me . « Don ' t have anything to do with it . ' I never saw the man again until I saw him in custody at the station . I believe that Buncher was the man . Sergeant Thompson said , 'Here is the man . ' I said , ' I don't think it is . ' I did not see him on the night of the robbery . On that nieht I saw Charlev

      and Gardiner opposite my master ' s shop in the Strand . I let them into the shop , and asked them 4 If George was outside , ' meaning the man I first saw with Gardiner in Yilliers-street , and whom they had first described as Ben Pratt . They replied , So , you know he ain ' t ; we have got some one outside equally as good as him . ' When they first came in I saw Shaw outside , but I am not sure . I had no conversation with Shaw about the robbery , but chiefly with Charley . I asked Gardiner once where he lived , and he replied , at Oherineau ' s house . "

      After some conversation with the solicitors of the prisoners , Mr . He . nrt decided on remanding the prisoners for another week , but consented to take bail for the two Bunchers and Cherineau , themselves in £ 200 each , and each to find , in addition , two sureties of £ 100 each , and he should require twenty-four hours ' notice of bail . The prisoners were then removed from the bar .

      The Late Storm. Tho Storm Which Has Been...

      THE LATE STORM . Tho storm which has been raging since the night of the 19 th along tbe coast exposed to the westward , has led to appalling loss of life and property . The books at Lloyd ' s on Friday evening exhibited a sad loss of casualties , the result of only one day , and by the postscripts to nearly all the communications received from the agents , " that the storm had not abated , " it is apprehended that the subjoined losses will form , but a trifling detail of the havoc occasioned . The gale appears to have burst forth shortly before midnight on Tuesday from the north-west . It continued to rage during Wednesday and Thursday with tremendous force , in fact with the violence of almost a perfect hurricane . At all the western ports the tide rose three and four feet above their ordinary level , doing incalculable injury .

      During the height of the gale the coast near Bideford aud Appledore was the scene of a very serious wreck . The wind was blowing heavily from W . S . W ., when a fine vessel called the Prince Albert , laden with grain , bound from Waterford to Gloucester , was observed driving on the shore . One of the life boats put off to tbe rescue of her crew . Ere this , however , the vessel had struck , and the destruction of the poor fellows seemed inevitable . By a desperate effort they were at length preserved , but the unfortunate ship was speedily broken up by the heavy surf which was running . Other disastrous casualties happened on the same line of coast . At Pwllheli , Aberystwith , Milford , and along the entire sea range of South Wales , the storm was very destructive , much damage being done to the shipping . In some parts of the coast the sea overflowed the bank wall and flooded the

      country for miles ; while at Aberystwith a part of the Quarry Railway was washed away .

      WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP . —NINETY

      SIX LIVES LOST . The Limerick Reporter says : —One of the most disastrous shipwrecks we have ever had the duty of recording occurred in the bay of Kilkee on Tuesday week . The Edmond , of London , sailed from the quays of Limerick with 216 souls on board , on the previous Friday , and proceeded to Scattery Roads , where the vessel lay till Sunday , when she went down to Oarrigaholt , where she lay till Monday morning , when , the weather being favourable , she proceeded out to sea . She could not have proceeded far when the fearful gale from the S . W ., which spread such desolation , sprang up and drove her back : but the Captain being unable to master tfce terrific violence of the storm , tbe Edmund was

      driven into the dangerous bay of Kilkee . The tide being unusually high , she was driven towards the outward ledge of rocks , called tbe Dungana rocks , in safety ; hut the Captain here threw out the anchor , and the vessel soon afterwards heeling round , was driven with great impetuosity against the rocks , and soon became a total wreck . The appearance of the catastrophe from the shore was indescribably agonising and dreadful . The shrieks of the passengers could be heard over the terrific roar of the sea , and of the winds , which continued to , blow with resistless fury . Wave after wave washed the ill-fated ship , till it completely swamped her ; but every effort that could be made was carried into effect to rescue the passengers from their

      heartrending position . The wreck occurred within a very short distance of the shore , just under Mr . Sikes ' s house , which is at present occupied b y the family of Richard Russell , Esq ., of Limerick . Mr , Russell happened to be on the spot at the time . To any one who knows the intrepidity and benevolence of that gentleman , it need not be said that he exerted himself most zealously on behalf of tbe unfortunate sufferers ; and that , owing to bis labours , and those of others , many who should have otherwise inevitably perished were rescued from a watery grave . As it is , the wreck is one which will long be remembered , as well from the fearful associations with which it is connected as from the loss of life with which it was accompanied ; It was not

      until a Late hour on the evening of Wednesday that anything like an accurate calculation of the numbers lost could be made , and then the scene that presented itself was sufficient to appal the stoutest heart . An eye witness states that the sufferings of the poor survivors and their grief were truly heart rending . Parents without their children—children without their parents—many without clothes , and , with very few exceptions , all were wholl y destitute , their little effects having been entirely lost , and all the resources they possessed in the deep . The inhabitants of Kilkee were very zealous on tho occasion ; every one did what lay in his power to relieve those who were saved . Wave after wave , however , washed ashore the bodies of the dead , and

      augmented the horrors and agony of the scene . Every house in Kilkee was converted into an hospital ; all the available resources of the village were put in immediate requisition . Dr . Griffin spared no exertions , neither did several others . The vessel contained 216 passergers , including tbe crew , of whom ninety-six were lost . The moment the intelligence reached Limerick , effective steps were at once taken to provide for the requirements of the sufferers . At the Limerick Corporation , a subscription was at once raised , to which all the members of that body readily contributed . Collectors were also appointed to go through the city for the purpose of obtaining money ; and in tbe course of a few hours upwards of £ 80 were collected . The utmost

      cheerfulness was manifested on the occasion . We should state that the Edmond was chartered by John M'Donnell , Esq ., T . C ., of Limerick—that her captain , Mr . Wilson , is a first class seaman , and that the crew behaved admirably . The poor carpenter , a native of Limerick , named Finn , lost his life in endeavouring to save the passengers . The crew consisted of fourteen men . The harbour commissioners , headed by the chairman , Francis Spaight , gave £ 16 . Accounts state that ten other vessels left Scattery Roads with the unfortunate Edmond , of which there has been no account . We have to report the missing of a Russian vessel , the

      Gustava Adolf . The Rival ashore at Doneymore Island , in Tralee Bay , bound from Limerick to Liverpool with oats . She had lost her foremast , and at the time the accounts left , the sea was running so high no boat could reach her . We hare also heard of the Fitr-Henry , bound from Tralee to Limerick , with grain , driven ashore in Tralee Bay . The Henry and Anne , Hogg , master , went ashore oh the island opposite Kilrush in the Shannon , bound from Waterford to Limerick , with barley for Mr . Thomas Usborne , limerick ; all safe . Six vessels sailed from Falmouth , principally foreign vessels , on Monday week , for Limerick , none of which have been heard of .

      On the same night another ship , laden with emigrants bound for New Orleans , was totally lost on the Biackwater Bank , along with three other vessels , laden with cargoes of the value of £ 35 , 000 . The emigrant ship was an American , named Adeline , last from Liverpool , with , itis said ,. 500 passengers . She struck on the south end of the shoal . Her signals of distress were quickly perceived by the coast guard , who , with the inhabitants , immediately put off in their boats to the wreck , and , by extraordinary exertions , they succeeded in saving every soul . The ship , however , went to pieces . In the vicinity of the entrance to the Channel , more especially on the Cornish coast , the gale occasioned the most severe losses . The pilots state that

      rou gher weather had not been experienced there for sometime , and distressing as the accounts may seem it is feared there are others equally painful to be added to the list . Late on Wednesday night , the wind blowing heavily from the N . W ., a . fine vessel called the Queen , from Cardiff , was driven on he Ph ack bea ^ ch , near Hoyle . The cries o the Sited crew , were heard from the shove , but the tempestuous state of the surf entire J prevented the lifeboat being put off to their aid . Beforeone o ' clock theshWad disappeared amongst thebieakers , and the whole of her crew , in all abonteg htor ten , perished . Some of her papers and bulwarks were washed ashore on the following day , and weie taken nosse . winn nf hv the coast guard . . None oi

      the bodies have been cast up . Off Falmouth , eaostow , and Penzance , much injury was done to the coasters . Numerous vessels were almost engu / tea in the surf- their decks were swept , and everything moveable carried away . The fine steamer called the Severn , from Liverpool to Gibraltar , had a narrow escape . She lost her boats , bulwarks ,

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      and one . of her " wheels , and unfortunately one of her men was ' crushed by the falling debris . The steamer succeededin running up Channel , and putting in at Plymouth , where she remains . Intelligence has been received of the loss of a vessel called the . Harriett , laden with coals . The crew were fortunately picked up by the Osprey steamer . A rumour also prevailed in the Bristol Commercial Rooms , that an East Indiaman had sunk ( with all hands drowned ) off Bideford bar , and that a schooner had foundered on tho Naas Sands , A barge anchored in Kingroad , was driven on shore on the Dungball bank ; and the Welsh mail boat was detained three hours crossing Aust Passage . Golkkn , Schull , Nov . 20 . —The Odessawith

      , Indian corn , from Constantinople to Falmouth , arrived safe at the latter port , where she got orders for Weseporfc , proceeded on her voyage thither , and got north as far as the Blasquets , when she encountered the gales of Monday and Tuesday last . Unable to make any port of safety , she was driven back , and the captain having been washed overboard , the crew not well knowing where they were , the mate having got charge of tho vessel , ' underwent the most deplorable sufferings . At one time they were so near the land , that many of the men were in the rigging to leap ashore ; and they even passed , driven furiously by the gale , between the Skelligs , and the Lemon Rock , and went close by the "Bull , Cow and Calf , " off tfce Dursey . One

      man of the crew broke his arm , another dislocated his wrist , and many others were wounded and injured in various places in endeavouring to save their lives . At an early hour this morning they were brought ashore at Crookhaven , by the Pilot hooker Mary Drennan , Mr . D . Noonan , owner , with every loose article of value aboard the vessel and cargo having been left in charge of the crew of the Mary Drennan , and some other men who were doing all in their power to work "her up into Crookhaven harbour . The wind having , however , about eleven o clock , a . m ., increased almost to a gale , they were obli ged to abandon that idea , and ran up for Long Island channel , where she now rides safely at anchor ; her crew all alive and comparatively well in Crookhaven , excepting onlv the unfortunate

      master , who met a watery and untimely grave . The vessel is guarded b y Coast Guards and constabulary , and is safe , excepting the damage done to her rigging and canvas . Tho crew are all Italians , but one man , a pijot from Falmouth , from whom I got the particulars of their sufferings . They had not slept an hour nor tasted a morsel for the last four days , but those who are disabled are now under proper medical treatment , and tbey are all well cared for in every respect . I believe no vessel ever , oftener , or more narrowly escaped being completely dashed to pieces . —Cor-i Reporter . The later accounts from the west coast speak of additional wrecks by tbe prevalence of the gales . Two vessels were lost between Tenby and Sauridersfoot . Near Portmadoe four were wrecked , and towards Milford similar casualties occurred .

      The Tralee Chronicle contains the following account of casualties on the coast of Kerry : — "At Boon , near Ballybunnion , a foreign vessel ( as it is supposed ) has been dashed to pieces on the rocks , and all on board , whose number is yet unknown , have perished . On Wednesday , two bodies , whose appearance indicated that the unfortunate men were foreigners , were washed on shore . Large pieces of wreck have been flung on shore at tlie Maharees and at Derrymore . " Caherciveen , Nov . 20 . —Since I wrote to you last night , there can be no doubt but that a wreck has occurred close here , as large quantities of the hull and rigging of a vessel of considerable size were drifted into the small fishing coast at the south side of Dingle Bay . A large mast , with a portion of the rigging attached thereto , came into

      Valencia Harbour . From the fact that some few grains of wheat were found among the chinks of the part of the hull that came ashore , it is conjectured that the unfortunate vessel was laden with that article ; there is no account whatever of the crew . I much fear thoy suffered . " Since the above was put in type , information has reached us that nineteen bodies have been washed ashore , at Ballybunnion , among which , we regret to learn , were recognised two inhabitants ot this vicinity , Miss Rice , niece to our respected friend , the Rev . D . M'Carthy , P . P . of Ballylongford , and Mr . William Collis , a respectable inhabitant of this town . They were emi grants on board the Edmond , of Limerick , which has been wrecked off Kilkee .

      " It is also stated that , on "Wednesday morning , a boat passing from Kilrush to Tarbert was lost , and that seventeen persons , principally jobbers , coming to Castlemaine fair , were lost . " LIVERPOOL , Nov . 25 . —On Saturday night last , as the fine screw steamer Albatross was proceeding on her voyage from Dublin to Liverpool , she was struck off Holyhead by a heavy sea , which washed overboard four passengers and killed a large number of cattle .

      LATER PABTICUXABS . The heavy gale of wind which raged throughout the whole of Saturday night and Sunday , occasioned much havoc to life and property on the coast . The advices furnished to Llyods' by the respective agents detail several lamentable catastrophes ; and scarcely a port in the Channel escaped some serious mishap from the fury of the gale . That part of the Sussex coast between Shoreham and Worthing was the scene of a very distressing event . At daybreak on Monday a heavily-laden

      barque , since ascertained to have been the Lalla Rookh , bound to London from the Brazils , was observed riding at anchor , and labouring severely . It being evident that she was in difficulties , having lost her mainmast , a boat with eleven men put off from Worthing to her aid , and , notwithstanding the tremendous surf that was running , the brave fellows made a desperate effort to reach the barque . They had got within a short distance of the vessel , and were about to get the weather side , when a terrific sea caught the boat and immediately capsised her . The f : \ te of the unfortunate fellows who were

      in it is briefly told . For a moment or so they were seen struggling in the water , the violent lashing of the surf , however , soon overpowered them and every one perished . Most of them have left large families . The names were—James Newman and his two sons , John and James Newman , and bis brother Henry Newman , William Hoskins , Stephen Edwards , William Wicks , James Edwards , Henry Slaughter , John Belville , and Henry Bacon . They all lived at Worthing , and their deplorable fate has created much pain . Later in the day another boat ' s crew succeeded in gaining the barque , and in tho course of the afternoon sue got up a sail and proceeded up the channel towards the river . As yet none of the bodies of the unfortunate men have been recovered .

      Towards the Cornish coast the gale apparently was more destructive . The accounts speak of its being one of the severest south-westers that has been experienced for some time . An almost incalculable amount of mischief has been done to shipp ing in the foreign and coasting trade , some having lost masts , spars , sails , & e „ while others parted from their anchors , and lost them with considerable length of cable . During tho storm on Sunday morning , about six o clock , a vessel laden with raisins , lemons , and other fruit , was driven ashore to the westward of Penzance , on a dangerous part of the beach , known as Gunwalfoe Cove , between that part and the Lizard . Melancholy to relate , every soul on beard of her perished . The turious sea that lashed over her entirely prevented them

      from escaping , and very speedily the , ship was broken into fragments , the coast being strewn with portions of her cargo and wreck which had been washed up . Her name has not been ascertained , but a burgee flag has been picked up with tho name « ' Zilli" marked on it in black letters . A chest of raisins with the name of " Montier and Co ., Malaga , " marked upon it , has also been found among the cargo thrown ashore . It is conjectured that sho was last from Malaga . Many of the disabled vessels that ran into Plymouth and other western ports . had some of their crews . washed . overbdafd and drowned . Many disastrous casualties occurred off the Welsh coast , and from the quantity of wreck that has been Sig hted in different parts of the channel , it is feared that t ! : c whole extent of the havoc resulting

      from the storm is not known . The accounts from the eastern coast also speak of the violent effects of the gale , and the damage done to the coaatera . Numerous vessels which had been blown down from near the Downs , put into LowoB- toff , Aldborough , Harwich , « fcc , minus their anchors , masts , and other spars , which had been carried away by the gale . Their escape from the numerous sands which abound on this coast seems most remarkable . The French mail brings tidings of the fearful character of the storm on that side of the Channel . In the vicinity of Boulogne it blew almost a perfect hurricane . A fine vessel named the Brilliant , last from Quebec , and bound for Bye , was driven ashore near Btaples , and became a total wreck . Fortunately , with the exception of tho carpenter , tho crew were saved .

      Total Loss op the Brig Gazelle , off Ramsgate . —The fearful gales' which prevailed in the Channel on Suncay and Monday last have furbished a heavy catalogue of disasters along the coast . Intelligence of one of the most painful cataitrophes that has occurred reached London on Wednesday afternoon from Kamsgate , off which port during Monday night , there is too much reason to fear , the Gazelle , a brig of 242 tons register , homeward bound , from Sydney , was lost , with all hands . The first information on the subject was received from the crew of the . smack Prosperity , which came into Ramsgate about noon on Monday , with nine or ten tons of tallow , which they had picked up floating between the Kentish Knock and the Long Sand . The crew reported having seen the figure-head of a ship between 200 and 300 to ns burden , representing a male figure , which , owing to the sea then running they had not secured , and handed over to Lloyd's agent a copy of the

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      Sydney Morning fferdld , dated July 5 , 1850 , and aduressedto Mr ; John-Brown j- Bowness , Cumberland , England , " by "Mr . J . Thompson , of Faylow , ? ungendore , " which tbey had also found floating m the water . These circumstances led to the pre-. sumption that some Australian ship homeward bound , had gone to pieces during the gale , and the report soon getting abroad , several smacks belong-J . to Ramsgate put off in the direction indicated * for the purpose of recovering any portion of tho wreck that might be floating iu tho neighbourhood . One of the boats soon picked up a bundle of documents leading to the identity of the unfortunate vessel , which proves to have been the Gazelle , 242 tons , Captain Ramsay , from Sydney to London . * a e long boat belonging to the ship has also been

      found bottom upwards , from which there is too much reason to fear that every soul on board has been drowned ; The Gazelle was the property of Mr . William Benn , of Whitehaven . She left England in the winter of 1848 , and has been trading since in various parts of the world . Overland advices from Sydney have been received , which report her to have sailed from that port on her homeward voyage on the 22 nd of July last , with a full cargo and one passenger , whose name is given as Mr . W . W . Dillon . The Gazelle wa < spoken about a week since , beating up for the Channel by a vessel since arrived at Liverpool . Her cargo consisted of 185 bales of wool , 549 casks of tallow , 5 , 175 shank bones , 1 ton of hoofs , 14 tons of knuckle bones , 445 hides , 1 case of perfumery , 1 case of braid and fringes , and 6 . 600 tree-nails .

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      This Court resumed its sittings on Monday , pursuant to the adjournment from the last session . Alleged Misdemeanour , —Joseph Strickland and Anne Collins surrendered to take their trial upon t l n ?' ctment for misdemeanour , in obtaing goods by false pretences , with intent to defraud . Another defend ant , named Francis M'Kella , was included in the indictment , hut she did not surrender to take her trial . This case occupied the attention of the Court for several hours ; but the nature of it will bo understood in the form of a narrative , than if the evidence of the witnesses were given in detail . It appeared that the prosecutrix was a married lady , named Savage , who having had some disagreement with her husband shortly before this transaction , had separated from him , and she was supporting

      herself by carrying on the business of a milliner and dressmaker , in Connaught-terrace , at the time the alleged offence was committed . It appeared from the evidence , that the defendant Strickland , was in the service of a pawnbroker at this time , but he had formerly acted as agent for the sale of coals , and before the separation of the prosecutrix and her husband he had supplied them with coals to the amount of £ 0 or £ 7 , and ho made repeated applications to the prosecutrix for payment , and upon several occasions she promised to pay him , but failed to do so , and at length , upon his pressing her , and threatening legal proceedings , she told him that she was a married woman , and he might do what ho pleased . Strickland , it seemed , was very angry at this , and he wrote several

      insulting letters to her , and threatened that if she did not give him the money he would employ men to walk with placards near her house cautioning every one not to trust her . In addition to this proceeding , it appeared that a paper was also pasted upon the street-door of her residence , on which it was stated that "the coal merchant had called upon Mrs . Savage for payment of his bill but was unable to obtain it , " and several other modes of annoyance were also resorted to . Finding that these proceedings did not have the desired effect , it appeared that the defendant had recourse to a rather novel expedient to enforce payment of his bill , and the following stratagem was resorted to for that purpose . In tho month of August , the other defendant named in the indictment , Francis M'Kella , called upon the prosecutrix and purchased a bonnet of her , which she directed to be sent to No . 26 , Gloucester-place , Dorset-square . Shortly after this M'Kella again called upon the

      prosecutrix , and , after stating' that she was about to be appointed a Sister of Mercy at a Roman Catholic establishment in Albany-street , she represented that she was instructed to procure a sills dress and a velvet mantle and cloak for a lady friend , whom she expected in town , and tho articles were to be sent to the house in Gloucester-place oh the Saturday following , and tliey were to be paid for on delivery . The house in question , it appeared was a lodging-house , kept by the defendant Collins , and when the articles were sent home she told the work-girl who had brought them that Mrs . Holmes , the lady for whom they were represented to have been ordered , was very angiy that . they had not been , sent home before , and that she was gone to the theatre with her husband and the lady who had ordered the things ; and upon this representation the girl left the articles in her possession . Very soon after this had occurred the prosecutrix received a letter from the defendant , Strickland , in which he admitted that the whole transaction was

      a scheme to compel her to pay . him his bill , and intimating that he had got possession- of her property , ana that he did not intend to return it until she had paid him the amount of his claim , and also the expenses he had incurred . Jtappeared that the other defendant , M'Kella , was given into custody by the prosecutrix , and she then admitted that she had acted in the matter at the instigation oi Strickland , and she offered to give evidence to that effect , and upon this understanding she was set at liberty , and since then nothing had been seen of her . —The counsel for the defendants , in addressing the jury on their behalf , admitted that Strickland had been guilty of a gross act of indiscretion in resorting to such a clumsy expedient in order to enforce the payment of his claim upon the prosecutrix ; but

      they at the same time contended-that tho facts would not support the charge of intending to defraud , - which was the whole gist of the case ; and they urged that it was perfectly clear there was no intention to deprive the prosecutrix of her property , but that it was merely intended to retain possession of it until tbe bill was paid , and it would then have been immediately delivered up to her . It was also submitted to the jury , on behalf of tho female defendant , that she had taken no active share in the transaction , and that , for all that appeared to the contrary , she might have been perfectl y ignorant of the real character of the transaction . —Both the defendants received an excellent character from a number of respectable witnesses . —The Recorder , in summing up , said that the proceeding which the

      defendant Strickland admitted ho had resorted to , in order to obtain the amount of ¦ his bill from the prosecutrix was most unjustifiable and improper , but before the jury could convict either of the defendants upon this indictment they ' must he satisfied that there was an intention to defraud the prosecutrix of her property . If this had been made out for their satisfaction they might find both or either of the defendants guilty of the offrnce of conspiracy ; but if , on the contrary , ' tbey should be of opinion that the act ' of the defendant ' s was merely intended as a trick to get possession of the prosecutrix ' s property , ' and to use that possession as a sort of screw to force her to pay the amount of the coal bill , in that case he was of opinion 'that . the present charge could not be supported , andtfmfctho

      defendants were entitled to an acquittal . —The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Not Guilty . ' ' . Utthmso Cotjntemkit Cois . ^ - Joseph Thomas Bethel Jones , 24 , clerk , a gentlemanly , ' well dressed young man , was indicted / for- ' uttering counterfeit coin . —Mr . Ellis , Mr . Bodkin , and Mr . Clark ap peared for the prosecution , and Mr . Parry defended . —The facts of the case are somewhat singular . Early in November tho prisoner went to Mr . Howell ' s , the Savoy Palace , in company with another man , and called for some gin , tondoring a . bad halfcrown , ' which being detected was given back and a good one given . On the 18 th prisoner came again alone , and tendered a bad haiforown in payment for a glass of ale . Ho was thqn given into

      custodj , when ho gave , Ins address Bennett-street , Bootors-comuions . The prosecutor , thinking from his respectable appearance that it might be amistake , would not press the charge . On tho . 10 th of November he went to Mr . Moody ' s the White Swan , Salisbury-street , Fleet-street , and called for some gin , tendering a bad shilling . Mr . Howell happened to be in tho bar at tho time , and recognised him as having been twice at his house , and he was again given into custody . Upon the first occasion , when lie was taken into custody , ho had upon him a bill of exchange for £ 25 and some gold and . silver . Upon the second occasion of his bring taken into custody he first said he lived at , Jackson ' s ' Hotel , Bow-street , and Wells' Coffce-hpuse , Waterloo-road ; but was not known there bv name , but had had a

      bed at one of those houses . —Mr . Parry ' , having addressed the jury , contending that the money had come accidentally into his hands , called several witnesses , who gave him a good character , and said that lie was tho son of a gentleman high in the scholastic profession . —The la ' to Sheriff , . Mr . . D . Nicoll , said the prisoner had been some time in his Service as Clerk , and WOI strictl y honest , leaving his service for some eccentricity of conduct . Mr . Mcoll had known him from his youth , having been brought up at the school kept by tho prisoner ' s father . —The jury acquitted the prisoner . Ellen Costello , 28 , widow , was convicted of

      uttering two bad shillings . —The mode m wnion tins offence was effected was a new trick . The prisoner was one of those women who purchase hare skins at gentlemen ' s houses . In the present instance prisoner had called on tho 29 th of October at ahouse in .-Kensington-crescent , and purchased two hareskins , g iving a bad shilling in payment . On the next morning she called again and requested to buy some rags and gave another bad shilling , lipon which the police were called in . —She was sentenced to twelve months'imprisonment . Margaret Pike , 30 , married , and some what fashionably dressed woman , was indicted , for haying

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      in her possession a quantity of base coin . —Mr . Parry defimded ; --It appeared that on the 13 th of this month the attention of Inspector Brannan was called to a horse and cart standing ^ near the Greengate , City-road , in which , the woman was , and he directed it to be taken to tho station . On the toad thither the woman leant . over the front of the cart , and commenced striking the horse as if to make it go quicker . The officer who had charge of the cart , seeing her hand was clenched as if there was something in it . watched her , and saw her put her hand

      under the tail of the horse ,, and drop a black _ bag , in which there were found twenty-six base shillings . A man who had been with her was discharged at the police court , there being no case against him . —The jury found her Guilty . —Brennau said , the prisoner had been tried and acquitted before for uttering , and had been several . tim . es in custody for the same offence . She was one of the worst of characters . She had trained her own children to it ; some of whom were now undergoing terms of imprisonment for the offence of parsing bad coin . — She was sentenced to eighteen months'

      imprisonment . Pubjurv . — Thomas Walters surrendered to take his trial upoa an indictment , charging him with wilful and corrupt purgery . —Mr . Bobinson , prosecuted ; Mr . O'Brien appeared for the defendant . — From the statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution , it appeared that the prosecutor was a publican , and that he had been summoned by the present defendant to the Brompton County Court for a debt which ho alleged to be due from him , the prosecutor pleaded a set-off for beer supplkd and for money lent , and the perjury imputed to the defendant was that he had falsely sworn that no beer or money had been supplied to him , arid upon the evidence so given by him the judge of the county

      court gave a verdict against the prosecutor , who subsequently preferred the present charge . —Robert Adams , the Bailiff of the Bromptom County Court , was called , as a witness and to produce the necessary documents , but all the papers he had with him were the summons or plaint that had been issued in the first instance , and a copy of the set-off only was produced . —Mr . O' lirieu submitted that evidence of this character was totally insufficient to support an allegation of perjury . —The Recorder expressed an op inion that the papers which , bad been produced were not admissible as evidence either of the plaint or the set-off . The County Court Act was very exp licit and clear upon the subject , and- by one of ita provisions , the clerk was directed to keep a hook

      and to make entries in it of the particulars of every claim , and that book and its contents were made evidence . The clerk , therefore , should have been in attendance upon the present occasion , and have produced his book . —The witness Adams said , that he was not subpeonaed , and he bad handed over all the documents which he considered material . —The Recorder remarked , that by the lai as it now stood regarding county courts a new and a very important privilege was created of permitting plaintiffs and defendants to give evidence upon oath , and this being tho case it was highly necessary for the protection of the public that the officers connected with those courts should give every facility to prosecutions like the present , and this certainly had not been done in the present case . —Mr . Robinson

      said , he was unable to carry the case any further . —The Recorder , addressing the jury , said , there had been a failure of justice in this case in consequence of what certainly appeared to him to be the neglect of the clerk of the county court in not taking care that the proper documents were forwarded to the Court . Of the facts of the case they of course knew nothing . ; but it was his duty to direct them to acquit the defendant on account of the failure of the legal proof that was necessary in such a charge . —The jury then gave a verdict of Not Guilty . —The Recorder directed Adams to report to the chief clerk of tho county court the observations he had made , and expressed a hope that there would be no ground for a similar complaint in future .

      Larceny amd Fobgert . — John Bates pleaded Guilty to two indictments , charging him with larceny and forgery . ~ Mr . Ballantine , who appeared for the prosecution , said , that the prisoner had filled the office of secretary to the order of Odd Fellows Benefit Society , which held its meetings at a public-house in the Vauxhall-road , and while acting in that capacity he had imbezzled various sums of money , which ought to have been paid over to the widows of members and other persons , and he had also forged a signature to a Post-office order for £ 1 2 s , and applied the proceeds to his own use . The prisoner had evinced . contrition for the offence ho had committed by pleading Guilty , and it appeared that he had a wife and family dependent

      upon him , and upon those grounds lie was instructed by the society for whom he appeared to recommend him to the- merciful consideration of the Court . The whole amount of the defalcations of the prisoner was about £ 50 . —Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the prisoner , addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment , and said there were witnesses in attendance who would speak to the good , character borne by him previous to these transactions . —Tbe Recordersaid . be should assume that the prisoner had previously borne a good character , and he sliould take that fact into consideration ; but ho could not help regarding the offence as one of a very serious kind . Societies of this character , and all savings banks , were calculated to confer great

      advantage upon the poorer classes of society , and acts like those committed by the prisoner had an evident tendency to shake the confidence of those classes in them , and thus to prevent them from being thrifty and husbanding their resources and obtaining those advantages which would otherwise accrue to them from such institutions . He would , however , look over the depositions , and consider what sentence ought to be pronounced . The next day the Recorder said the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted , was a very bad one , it being mostcruel and heartless to rob a society for the relief of the orphan and widow ; and but for his age and other circumstances he should have transported him . —He was then sentenced to fifteen months ' . imprisonment .

      Stealing Books . —James Simpson , 59 , pleaded Guilty to three indictments , charging , him with stea / ing a quantity of books the property of different gentlemen . —Mr . Locke , who appeared for the prosecution , said that the prisoner was the husband of a woman who acted as laundress and had the care of chambers in the Temple occupied bygentlemen who were the prosecutors of these indictments ; He had , it appeared , taken advantage of the opportunity afforded him , upon the different occasion * when he assisted his wife by carrying coals and water into the chambers , to steal a large number of valuable books , which he . afterwards sold . The prisoner was sentencee to be kept to hard labour for twelvemonths . "' . ' ..

      Stealing a Mare . —G . Shepherd , 21 ; labourer , was indicted for stealing a mare , valued at £ 8 , the property of John Colton , a cab . proprietor , in Worship-street . —The prisoner , in his defence , ' said the mare had been bought at last , Barnet fair , and his master had entrusted him to break her , and that on the 1 st of November he was out with her , when he went into a public-house ' and got drinking . Some men came in , and began to speak of skittle-playing , and offered to bet him £ o that he could not do . ' some easy trick with tho skittles . He said he'had no money , when one of the party persuaded him , as be was sure to win , to borrow £ 5 on the mare . Ho got the money , played , and lost . —The cross examination of the : witnesses corroborated the truth . of his statement . —The jury found him Guilty . —The learned Recorder- sentenced tho prisoner to six months' imprisonment .

      Robbery . '—Henry Williams , 20 , labourer , Amelia Furzeman , 44 , widow , Mary Ryan , 49 , married , and William Warner , 87 , labourer , were indicted—Williams for stealing 466 pieces of lace , the property of James Fiskin , and valued at £ 137 , and the others for the felonious receiving . . Williams pleaded guilty . The facts of the case were those : — Tho prosecutor is a lacemah in ' Wood-street ; and Williams had been in his employment as porter , and had been sent with the property to one of his customers . Ho had absconded , and it appeared handed the property over to Warner , who is a hawker of fish ; . Warner sold it to Ryan for . 30 s ., and she had given it to Furzeman , who was her lodger , to raise some money on , and ' tho latter ,

      without any concealment , had taken it ; to a pawnbroker ' s where she was known , and there raised £ 2 on it ; and when questioned by the police about it , not any of them made any ., materially false statement . It was also quite evident that not one of the parties who had been dealing with it knew its real value , and unless well acquainted with such aclass of work might-have considered the whole as remnants , it being , in fact , not lace , but a number of pieces of cambric , varying in lengitt-fi'om six inches to a yard , and of various widths , with most costl y needlework upon it . . It lis ' what is termed apjrtique , the patterns being made , by being cut from the cambric and then . sewn oni to expensive laces , and from tho value that ' tho work ' alone gives iti it is only within reach of and scarcely known except amongst the wealthier classes ; jthe' needlework is Irish . Both Furzeman and Ryan had high

      characters from respectable witnesses . ; The "jury acquitted all three , and , Williams was Edhtehccdto twelvemonths ' imprisonment . ; : . ' , . ' : , ' Felonious Assauxt . —Mr . John Wakehani ' ' Ildwards surrendered to take his-trial for felony 1—The defendant , who is an accoucheur and .. physician , "it will be remembered , was . charged , with a ^ clonious assault upon a woman named Elizabeth Hobbs , with intent to procure a miscarriage . The case has stood over for several sessions , and upon the last occasion tho prosecutor did'not appear ;~ She was now again-calledupon her recognizance , buVit appeared she-was not in attendance . —ThWiary then returned averdicfof Not Guilty , arid the defendant was orderediat once to be discharged . ! ArohibaliXouden , . 20 , and '; David Cooper , 19 , were ; indicted for . feloniousl y . setting fire tola stack of . straw , the property , of . . William Doubledayand anotneiv-Mr , 01 arkson , proseouted ; Mr . Ballantine

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      appeared for the defence . —The evidence—if indeed the facts deposed to by the witnesses deserve that designation—went to show merely that the prisoners were seen near the stack which was destroyed , outfit was admitted that they lived close by , and itappeared that the fire occurred on the > iight of the 5 th of November , and that a large bonfire was blazing away in the same field ; and for all that appeared to the contrary , a . spark from this bonfire had caused the conflagration . —Mr . Baron Aluerson ordered the prisoners to be immediately discharged , and'ho at the same time said he was sorry they had been put into prison under such circumstances .

      George Harcourt surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with feloniously forging and uttering a receipt for the payment of money , with intent to defraud the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Company , his masters . — The jury having heard the evidence , returned a verdict of Not Guilty . There were other indictments Of a similar kind against the prisoner , and the counsel for the prosecution intimated their intention to proceed with them before the same jury on Friday morning . nn . . Robdert . —Mary Bowling , SO , spinster John Martin , 48 , woodcutter , Ellen Mahoney , 20 . married , and James Bowliny , alias Wiggings , 20 , labourer were indicted—Mary Bowling for stealing a quantity of jewellery , plate , wearing apparel , bedding , small articles of household furniture , and miscellaneous property , belonging to James Owen Timkins , her master and also a cash box and bill of

      exchange for £ 1716 s , and somemoney , tho property of J . Duncan Lee , in the same dwelling-house . Martin and Mahoney were charged with t he receiving , and James Bowling with receiving a part of the same property , and also harbouring and assisting Mary Bowling . —The prosecutor is clerk to a gentleman carrying on business at 07 , Leadenhall-street , and resides in the upper part of the house . In the early part of October he was in very bad health , and the prisoner , Mary Bowling , came to his house and engaged as servant , stating that she had been living with . a lady at Wappingfor fourteen months , and by means of other false representations induced the prosecutor ' s sister to engage her at onco . In the course of a few days she p lundered the house and absconded . —Tho jury acquitted Jamea Bowling , and the others were air sentenced to seven years' transportation . There . were ; other cases against them which were notgohe into .

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      Court Of Exchequer. Cooke V. Halls And A...

      COURT OF EXCHEQUER . COOKE V . HALLS AND ANOTHER . Trespass . —Mr . Crowdor and Mr . Taprell were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr . M . Chambers and Mr . Bfvill appeared for tho defendants . —This was an action of trespass for breaking into the house of the p laintiff in Bethnal-green , and taking and carrying away divers ^ oods and chattels , the property of the plaintiff . It appeared on the part of tho plaintiff that the two defendants , who are brothers of his wifi' , bad proceeded with their sister to the house in question , and having ejected an auctioneer and his men ( who had been p ' ut into possession previous to a . sale on behalf of the plaintiff ) , had nearly pulled the house to pieces , and finally carried away

      a considerable quantity of furniture , which they had deposited at the house of another brother . On the part of the defendants , their conduct was justified on the ground that the property had originally belonged to their sister before her marriage with the plaintiff in February last . From these witnesses it was elicited that Mr . and Mrs . Cooke had not been united more than three weeks before Mrs . Cooke fell ill , and with the consent of . her husband she went into the country to recruit her health , he promising to bring her home when she was better . For some time , however , she heard no tidings of Mr . Cooke ; but one day she received her boxes by railway , and the state of these showing that they had been broken open , and rifled of the better part of their contents , she at once proceeded to town with one of \ wv brothers . On arriving at what she imagined was to be her home for life , she found it shut up and placarded with bills , announcing a

      sale , while her husband's name had been blotted out , and that of one "Dabs" substituted , the owner thereof being the auctioneer ' s man . On that day she took no steps ; but on the following the went to the house with the two defendants , who thinking that their sister was an ill-used woman , and hearing that her husband had gone to America , doubted the title both of the auctioneer or of " Mr . Dabs , " and proceeded with their sister , and on her behalf , to commit tha trespass complained of by the plaintiff , who had authorised the sale , and was during the whole transaction within reach of the belligerent party . —The Chief Baron , at the close of the defendants' evidence , said it was unnecessary to call on Mr . Crowder to reply , as , in his opinion , there was evidence to fix both the defendants with the removnl of the plaintiff's property , the only question heinsj what was its worth and " what damages the jury would award against them . —The jury , after some deliberation , found for the plaintiff , with £ 30 damages .

      EXCHEQUER CHAMBER . TUB QUEEN V . WILET . This case was argued some time since before five of the learned judges , but as doubts existed in their minds , the opinions of twelve judges were required . —Two men , Williamson and Strachan , had stolen fowls ; they took them in . a bag to the house of Wi ' ey ' s father , and thence Strachan carried the bag , accompanied by Williamson and Wiley , the latter carrying a light into the stable of Wiley , who had the control over it , and who was to purchase them , but before anything was done the police went in and found the bag unopened lying on thefloor » and the three prisoners standing around . Not a word was said . The police took them into custody .

      The two were-indicted for stealing , and-Wiley -for receiving , and under the direction at the quarter sessions Wiley was convicted . The question now was , whether vt could be said'that possession had passed to Wiley so as to render him a receiver in point of law . — Mr . Ofcter ^ argued the case for the prisoner , and Mr . Liddel supported the conviction . —Lord Campbell said , the Court , would take time for consideration , but it was shortly .-afterwards intimated that the Judges would givejudgmeat forthwith . —In a short time the learned Judges returned into court , and as they dffered they delivered their judgmeritssfiriatim . —Barona Parke , Alderaon , Piatt , and Martin , and Justices Patteson , : ¦ Coleridge ,

      Maule , and Talfourd were of opinion that the prisoner had not such a possession of the goods as would in law constitute him a receiver , and they therefore considevedihaf the conviction ought not to stand . —Lord Campbell and Justices Cresswell , Erie , and Williams were of opinion that the conviction was right . Although Wiley had not actual manual possession of the goods , yet he . carried the light , and accompanied Strachan as he carried the sack from the house to the stable , and that stable was under Wiley ' s exclusive control , and , in their opinion , be had possession malo animo ; but as the minority of the Court were of a different opinion , it must bo held that the conviction was wrong , and Wiley must be discharged .

      Expedition Of Business At The Stamp-Offi...

      Expedition of Business at the Stamp-office , — . The great pressure of business which has existed at this g overnment department since , the ' neir Stamp Act came into operation is likely , in the course of a week or ten days , to assume the regular routine . Last week between 200 , 000 and 800 , 000 stamps , deeds , transfers , leaaes , insurance , bonds , dsc ,, under the new act , wore sent to various parts of the United'Kingdom and Scotland , which will about complete the remaining orders that had been sent from those localities . The number of stamps of various descriptions sent to Ireland has been very considerable , and far exceeds what was at first expected Sit Somerset House . The supplies for Bristol , Liverpool , Manchester , Birmingham ,

      Sheffield , Leeds ; York , Durham , Carlisle , and tho north ; Glasgow , Edinburgh , & c ., that have been sent off since the commencement of the act by the morning , ' afternoon , and evening trains aro really astonishing in the short time , and great praise is duo' to the Commissioners , as well as to the employes , for the activity they have shown in supplying the public with the required stamps with the least pos » sible delay , not only in town , where the demands we ' re most pressing , but in every part of the country . : The quantity of parchment sent into tha Stamp Office during the last six weeks or two month ' s " has been many tons weight , but now the warehouse is becoming pretty well cleared , to accomplish which from eighty to one hundred

      stampers have been at extra work from eight a . m . till ehjht ,- and even ton and _ eleyen p . m .-daily , ( Sundays excepted , with the exception , of the . first week , } and the ! number of stamps of , every ' .. descri ption ues « patched ' alreadyexceeds 2 , 000 , 000 , so that no tima has . been lost in expediting : , the . busine ' ss . ,. The Salvage . Case at the .., Cape . —We stated some weeks since , ' tliaVthe Hermes , ' Commander . Fishhpurnc , . was waiting at the Capo an adjudication . of : a ; salvage . case , ior . assistance rendered to thebark Anna Robertson under , extremelv difficult circumstances ., , The / agents tendered £ 500 for tha services , but , ' Captain Fishbourae , deeming this sum inadequate to , the services rendered , especially

      as the expenses of coals , stores , & c , werei nearly one half the amount , ' determined to have the case adjudicated by . the Yice-Admir alty Court , claiming anominalsum ' of £ 3 , 000 . Our late advices frorp the Cape inform us that the matter had been settled bv thP iudiment of Sir John Wylde ,. who granted £ 1 , 33 us . * a ^ saSe for ^^^ Su ! for coals , ft . * Wft ggg ^ nftfcum totil * to Sof or * **!« S aSoh as fhe amount offered , "SS S £ -A ? S ' TorkJennyI 4 ndhadgiTeii her twenty- sixth , concert with undiminished suc « cess Rumours were current that sho was on tha eve of leaving for tho west , and ultimately for Cali forni a . ' . „__

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30111850/page/7/