Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 30th November 1850, Edition 3 of 3, Page 7, jnrosr Aj-jp ip§§ pP 1IFg 0 j B0ARDGardi...

Page 7
Page 7
7 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (2)
    • ©nttral ©rfmmal ©otiri
    • Hato SnttUfgnttt
  • Text (9)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Jnrosr Aj-Jp Ip§§ Pp 1ifg 0 J B0ardgardi...

      M of November 86 ~ 1850 _£ _* . _»;•; " ii— _- _«» : _v _^ ; _. ' _- _-fi- _" _= _fa _^ 100 U - —— ¦ - — — ¦ _. THE ft _. _RT-ft-lE-fcti 7 fiy | j } r i = _S = _gg _^——— _AIV ' 7

      Jnrosr Aj-Jp Ip§§ Pp 1ifg 0 J B0ard Tfls...

      _jnrosr _Aj-jp _ip _§§ _pP 1 _IFg 0 j B 0 ARD TflS _sfiif EELSO . _Z _^ Sr _^ _**?»» wit ] _tei been received by ihe ? _? _Jf £ ? v Ve 88 el - fromtbe m 89 _- _* » Capt . John ! S _;? J _? _£ " _£ _« IBrate and interesting details regarding this _shocking and fatal affray . _« _TO , ' , " S Kong , Sep / 28 , 1850 . « We arrived here upon the Htn inst .. having jnade one ofthe shortest passages that has yet been effected between California and this place On ihe evening ofthe 17 th of August I found the eight xaen I shipped at San Francisco somewhat intoxicated , and opon examining our quarter casks of wmeinthe lazenotto , I discovered that the wood had been removed , and one of the casks had been spded Next day heing Sunday Ihad the hatches _ _« ell secured , which fad J 3 _US 1 S » _rrTTIKr ANTI Tnsa n f nrr ftT 1 TfnTm

      Kept on in order to ventilate the ship , and _ib-nT T * _M _snpenntending this duty , I ieSVpeated -whichlhad some _SBSpicion was intended _agains myself ; but thinking ! t bnt idle boasting and _bravado , I paid no attention to it at th ! time , hut about half-past 66 Ten the same evening two ofthe _ciw _^ _ormed me that some of the men had en-2 ? . ri 5 _TE _? * i _^ * _half-pa 8 t ten o'dock was the hour named , when they expected we should ie asleep m our bertha . They determined also to seizeine

      persons of the carpenter and mates , dispose pfthetn some how or other , and then run the a & ip tp the Columbia river , on the North West of America , where they would sell her . It appeared tney expected to find a large amount of money on ooartt , which they were equally to share and disperse . One of the mutineers stated he had at one time been master ofan American whaling ship , and it was resolved that he was to navigate the ship 6 Was mnr _*^ ered « 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 , Havinir only the two _niatcsf Clarke .

      an apprentice , and Lock , formerly a seaman , ) carpenter and steward , to stand with me , I found mv _friy chance wa 3 to wait the attack . The steward had been sick for the previous six mouths , and ceuld 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 C 3 re to have the carpenter , steward , and mate off duty and in my cabin . I got three pistols from the arm chest , hut found it impossible to secure the rest of the arms without exciting the suspicions ofthe mutineers . About half-past nine I went on deck and gave the usual nigLt instructions to Clark , on

      watch , and went below into a different cabin from the one I usually occupied . I had Lock in the same eabin ( the starboard after cabin ) with me , and I had the carpenter in the one immediately before it , with the steward . Throughout the -voyage I iad occupied the port after cabin , and since leaving California I had kept a small Chinese lamp burning at night , and slept with the door open , so that I could walk out at ones at any "h out * of the night , 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 kept myself , and sat down at the door of the cabin _, in the dark , anxiously waiting the attackwhich

      , through some cause or other wa 3 deferred until ahout 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 upon his bands and knees , pass nnder the cuddy table , and aft by the starboard passage . He had a havonet in his right hand . I ordered him to stand , " lie waa 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 fonnd the mutineers had got possession of the ship , and had compelled the officer of the watch to take charge ofthe 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 bayonet in his hand and a large bowie knife in his belt . I gave him 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 , and fell at " the fore hatchway . Afterwards I had the other two ringleaders put into irons and confined separately . "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 hands on board to navigate ihe ship . ' However , we arrived perfectly safe ; when I

      handed the prisoners over to tbe properauthorities . They are now committed for trial upon the 15 th of October , before the Supreme Court of the colony , and the witnesses bound over to _prosecute . You will no doubt feel assured that this affair bas caused me much anxiety and uneasiness ; but 1 have the consolation that my conduct throughout this most trying affair has met with the commendation of the entire community both at Hong Kong 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 hare proved most disastrous . ( Signed ) JoHJi Isses , "

      The Plate Asd Jewel Robbery Is The Strax...

      THE PLATE ASD JEWEL ROBBERY IS THE STRAXD . -ADDITIONAL COSFESSIOX OF THE EOT CLTXTOS . The prisoners in custody , charged with this robbery , were again brought up at Bow-street , on Saturday last . The evidence of all the other witnesses having heen read over , Mr . Jonx Sau-vdebs , 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 had come to his house about five weeks ago . They had with them a small terrier dog , which they called Pag , which had been taught tricks , snch as standing on its hind legs , Ac , and it attracted much attention . —Cross-examined : If it had not been for the tricks of the dog , I should not have taken any notice of the prisoners . I have no doubt tbat Gardiner was the owner of the dog , as he put him into his pocket , and then entered into conversation with me about him .

      . . Axse Bagley 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 he was one of those at the bar . Cherineau had a small dog which used to play tricks , standing on its hind Ices & cm In answer to a question from Cherineau , witness Tsaid the dog nsed to belong to a person named Segan . . of Clinton

      The following additional confession was then read , to the following effect : — " Two days hefore the robbery I promised to meet Charley ( a man not yet in custody ) on Hungerford-bridge , and he and Gardiner met me . Gardiner had tben a small dog with him . I said , ' Where have you been , Charley ? ' and he replied , ' I have been to see the house . It is the best job I ever had . ' We all 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 npon hiB 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 cut my throat ( drawing his finger across his neck ) before they get anything out of '" 3 .

      me . . . In addition io the foregoing , the prisoner made further confession to implicate the other prisoners , and said , " Shaw came to me one nigbt in Vil-Iiers-street , Strand , and brought with _-hima-W 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 , Hero he is , ' meaning me . I was then in my shirt sleeves , and said I could not talk to them then , as I should return ahd clean the brasses , and that they should meet me at another time . They then proposed the next day , at my dinner time , between one and two o ' clock , on Hungerford-bridge . I accordingly went there that day , and the same night saw Shaw again at his own house . He took me down Pearl-row into

      the Borough-road , and then brought a man named Charley , and we had something to drink at a publichouse . Charley proposed to meet me the next day on Hungerford bridge , between one and two o ' clock , which he did . The man who was in _Villiers-street was also there . We went over the bridge to Pearltow and during our conversation Charley persuaded me to take an impression of the key 0 f the iron 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 Robert-street , and aBked him to tell me where the others lived , aHd I would go to them ;

      hut he waB not at his house , so I went to him at the "New-cut , where I met him coming ont of his honse , 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 _jjightatthe Red lion public-house , in _Poarl-row , when he would have the key ready to compare it - » itb 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 Red Tjon " with Gardiner . Charley promised to meet me on Saturday night , on Hungerford-bridge , and

      The Plate Asd Jewel Robbery Is The Strax...

      Gardiner and the man I first saw with him , _accomjani ? 4 b » ffl . We all walked to the bri _&« together , down . Waterloo-road . near _^ _vietA " _- _^ auer _wnicn Gardiner and the other man had a K _& _Sftj" * The _o _^ _'nan swore said to me , ' lion t have anything to do with it' I never saw the mau again until I saw him in custody at the Btatio * h . I _belief that Buncher was the man v _-Tthn lniiiTr _i mi

      _Serjeant Thompson said , ' Here is the man . ' I S _^ t'x ' _Vl _* _' _* think ! t i 8 _* ' 1 did not see him on the § _« j robbcr _y- * ° n that night I saw Charley and feardmer opposite my master ' s shop in the strand . I let them into the shop , and asked them If George was outside , ' meaning tbe man I first saw with Gardiner in _Yilliers-atreet , and whom they had first described as Ben Pratt . They replied , No , you know he ain't ; we have got some one outside equally as good as him / Wben they first came in 1 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 Cherineau ' s house . " After some conversation with the solicitors of the prisoners , Mr . _Heskt 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 hail . The prisoners were then removed from the bar .

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

      THE LATE STORM . The storm which has been raging since the night ofthe 19 th along the 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 tho 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 tbeir ordinary level , doing incalculable injury . During the height of the gale the coast near

      Bideford and Appledore was the scene of a very serious wreck . The wind was blowing heavily from W . _X . W ., when a fine vessel called the Prince Albert , laden with grain , hound from "Waterford to Gloucester , was observed driving on the shore . One of the life boats put off to the 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 wereat . length preserved , but the unfortunate ship was speedily broken up by the heavy surf whioh was rnnning . Other _digastrous 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 ofthe coast the sea overflowed the bank wall and flooded the country for miles ; while at Aberystwith a part of the Quarry Railway was washed awav .

      WRECK OF AX EMIGRANT SHIP . —NINETYSIX LIYESLOST . 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 21 G souls on board , on the previous Friday , and proceeded to Scattery Roads , where the vessel lay till Sunday , when she went down to Carrigaholt , where she lay till Monday morning , when , the weather being favourable , sbe proceeded out to sea . She could not have proceeded far when the fearful gale from the S . W ., which spread such desolation , sprang np and drove her back ; but the Captain being unable to master tke

      terrific violence of the storm , the Edmund was driven into the dangerous bay of Kilkee . The tide being unusually high , she was driven towards the outward ledge of rocks , called the Dungana rocks , in safety ; but 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 _passengere conld be heard over the terrific roar ofthe 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 ofthe shore , just under Mr . Sikes ' s house , which is at present occupied by the family of Richard Russell , Esq ., of Limerick . Mr . Russell happened to be on the spot at the time . To any one wbo knows the intrepidity and benevolence ol that gentleman , it need not be said that he exerted himself most zealously on behalf of tbe unfortunate sufferers ; and that , owing to his 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 tben tbe scene tbat 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 wholly destitute , their little effects having been entirely lost , and all the resonrces they possessed in the deep . The inhabitants of Kilkee were very zealous on the occasion ; every one did what lay iu 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 passengers , including the 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 memhers of that body readily contributed . Collectors were also appointed to go through the city for the purnose of obtaining money ; and in the course ofa few

      hours upwards of £ 80 were collected . Ine utmost cheerfulness was manifested on the occasion . We should state that the Edmond was chartered hy John _M'Donneli , Esq ., T . C ., of limeriek—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 tbat ten other vessels left Scattery Roads with the unfortunate Edmond , of which there has been no account . We have to renort 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 tbe time the accounts left , the sea was runnin «* so high no boat could reach her . We have also heard of the _Fitz-Henry , hound from Tralee to Limerick , with grain , driven ashore in Tralee Bay . The Henry and Anne , Hogg , master , went ashore on 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 Limeriek , none of which have been heard of .

      On the same night another ship , laden with emigrants bound for New Orleans , was totally lost dn the Blackwater 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 , it is said . 500 passengers She struck on the south end of the shoal . Her signals of distress were quickly perceived hy the coast guard , who , withthe inhabitants , imme . dLtely put off in their boats to the wreck , and , . by Saordinary exertions , they succeeded in saving _p _wrvsool ' The ship , however , went to pieces . _Khe vicinity of tne entrance to the Channel , _m _^ _lsSWL the Cornish co _^ lossesThe ilots state that

      _sioned the most severe . p _rSer weather had not heen experienced there _fSfomeSe and distressing as the accounts may Sem _KKd there are _^ $ _^» g _$ tobe added to tbe list . _^ te on _WednW _"'g *» the wind blowing heavily from the ) ,., W . a fine _^ _ves _sel , called the Queen , from Cardiff , was driven on the Phillack beach , near _Hoyle . The « _snes of the ill-fated crew were heard from the sh ° _»^ X tempestuous state of the surf entirely prevented the lifeboat being put off to their aid . Before one o clock the ship had disappeared amongst the _breaKerspand the whole of her crew , in all about eight or ten , perished . Some of her papers and bulwarks were washed ashore on the following day , an were taken possession of by the coast euard . None ol

      tne Domes have been cast up . Off Falmouth , Padstow , and Penzance , much injury was done to the coasters . Numerous vessels wero almost engulfed in the surf ; their decks were swept , and everything moveable carried awav . The fine steamer called the Severn , from Liverpool to Gibraltar , ' had a narrow escape . She lost her boats , bulwarks ,

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

      and one of her wheels 6 _nd unfortunately one of _tSXnf _' ei il _'r B « P _Chanel , _»* putting Jn at Plymouth , where she remains . ' _JbSM _^! _^ recei ? ed of the l of _aressel for ? , „ _S i Har _- 3 _t with coals * Tn <* _™ w were fortunately picked up by the Osprey steamer . A _run _^ a il ° P _£ _* in the Bristol Commercial liooms _, that an East Indiaman had sunk ( with all hands drowned ) off Bideford bar , and that a schooner had foundered on theNaas Sands . A barge anchored m Kmgroad , was driven on shore on the Dnnghall hank ; and the Welsh mail boat was detained three hours crossing Ausfc Passage . olben

      G , Schuh , Nov . 20 . —The Odessa , with Indian corn , from Constantinople to Falmouth , arrived safe at the latter port , where she got orders for Westport , 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 the vessel , underwent the most deplorable sufferings . At one time they were so near tho land , that many of the men were m tho rigging to leap ashore ; and they even passed , driven furiously by the gale , between the bkelligs , and the Lemon Rock , and went close by the Bull

      • ' , Cow , and Calf , " off tbe Dursey . One man of tho 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 Drennnn , 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 m 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 obliged to abandon that idea , and ran up tor Long Island channel , where Bhenow rides safely at anchor ; her crew all alive and comparatively well in Crookhaven , excepting only the unfortunate master

      , wno met a watery and untimely grave . The vessel is guarded by Coast Guards and _constabulary , and is safe , excepting the damage done to her rigging and canvas . The crew are all Italians but one man , a pilot from Falmouth , from whom I got the particulars oftheir 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 they are all well cared for in every respect . I believe no vessel ever , oftener , or more narrowly escaped being completely dashed to pieces . — Cork Reporter . The later accounts from the west coast speak of additional wrecks by the prevalence of the gales Two vessels were lost between Tenby and Saundersfoot . Near Portmadoo four were wrecked , and towards Milford similar casualties occurred .

      The Tralee Chronicle contains the following account of casualties on the coast of Kerry : "At Doon , near Ballybunnion , a foreign vessel ( as it is supposed ) has been dashed to pieces onthe 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 the Mabarees and at Derrymore . " CAnERcivEEN , 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 maBt , 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 tbat article ; there is no account whatever of the crew . I much fear they suffered .

      " Since the above was put in type , information has reached ns tbat nineteen bodies have been washed ashore , at Ballybunnion , among which , we regret to learn , wero recognised two inhabitants of 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 em i grants on board the Edmond , of Limerick , which has heen wrecked off Kilkee . " It is also stated tbat , 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 . —Ob 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 PARTICULARS . 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 ofthe 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 Rookb , 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 fate 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 name 3 were—James Newman and his two sons , John and James Newman , and his brother Henry Newman , William Hoskins , Stephen Edwards , William Wicks , James Edwards , Ilenry Slaughter , John Belville , and Ilenry 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 the course of the afternoon she 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 heing one of the severest south-westers that has been experienced for some time . An almost incalculable amount of mischief has been done to shipping in the foreign and coasting trade , some having lost roasts , spars , sails , & c , while others parted from their anchors , and lost them with considerable length of cable . During the 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 _Gunwalloe Cove , between tbat part and the Lizard . Melancholy to relate ,

      every soul on board of her perished . The _Uirious 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 the 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 she was last from Malaga . Many of the disabled vessels that ran into Plymouth and other western ports had some of their crewB washed overboard and drowned . 7 . .

      Many disastrous casualties occurred off the Welsh coast , and from the quantity of wreck that has been sighted in different parts of the channel , it IS feared that t ! _-e whole extent ofthe havoc resulting from the storm is not known . The accounts from the eastern coast also speak of the violent effects ofthe gale , and the damage done to the coasters . Numerous vessels which had been blown down from near the Downs , put into Lowestoff , Aldborough , Harwich , < fcc , minus their anchors , masts , and other spars , wbich had been carried away by the gale . Their escape from the numerous sands which abound on this coaBt seems most remarkable .

      The French mail brings tidings of the fearful character ofthe storm on tbat 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 Rye , was driven ashore near Etaples , and became a total wreck . Fortunately , with the exception of the carpenter , the crew were saved .. . . ¦ _ Total Loss of TnB Bmo Gazelle , off Ramsgate . —The fearful gales which prevailed in the Channel on Sunday and Monday last have furnished a heavy catalogue of disasters along , the coast . Intelligence of one of the most painful

      catastrophes that has occurred reached London on Wednesday afternoon from Ramsgate , off which port during Monday night , there is too much reaion 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 Sked up floating between the Kentish Knock La the Lowr Sand . The crew reported having seen he figurf-head of a ship between 200 and 300 _tons'burdln , representing a male figure , . which , Hfr 2 the U then running they had not secured , Sanded over to Lloyd ' s agent a copy of the

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

      _^» L _^ . _^ HtraU _> _aated July * _5 . raw , and ad * \ 1 Ta w i _^ V John Brown _« Bowness , Cumberland , England , " b y « Mr . J . Thompson , of Faylow _, Bungendore , " which they had also found floating in the water . These circumstances led to the presumption that some Australian ship homeward sound , had gone to pieces during the gale , and the report soon getting abroad , several smacks belonging to Ramigiite put off in the direction indicated , tor the purpose of recovering any portion ofthe wreck that might be floating in the neighbourhood _, one or the boats soon picked up a bundle of documents leading to tbe identity of tho unfortunate

      vessel , which proves to'have been the Gazelle , 242 tons , Captain Ramsay , from Sydney to London _, ine long boat belonging to the ship has also been found bottom upwards , from whieh there is too much reason to fear that every soul on board has ! >{ _- drowned . The Gazelle was the property of Mr . William Benn , of Whitehaven . She left England in the winter of 184 $ , 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 w _tvu P a 33 en I » whose n ! , me is g _^ en as Mr . W . \ Y . Dillon . The Gazelle wa . spoken about a week since , beating up for the CUannel by a vessel since arrived at Liverpool . Her cargo consisted of 185 balesof wool , 540 casks of tallow , 5 , 175 shank bones , 1 ton of hoofs , l " - tons of knuckle bones , 445 hides , 1 case of perfumery , 1 case of braid and fringes , and 0 . 500 _tree-nails .

      ©Nttral ©Rfmmal ©Otiri

      © nttral _© rfmmal © _otiri

      This Court Resumed Its Sittings On Monda...

      This Court resumed its sittings on Monday , pursuant to the adjournment from the last session . Alleged Misdemeanoub , —Joseph Strickland and Anno Collins surrendered ta take their trial upon an indictment for misdemeanour , in obtung goods by false pretences , with intent to defraud . Another defendant , named Francis _M'Kella , was included in the indictment , but she did not surrender to take her trial . This ease occupied the attention of the Courtfor several hours ; but the nature of it will be 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 mililner 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 £ 6 or £ 7 , and he made repeated applications to the prosecutrix for payment , and upon several occasions she promised to pay bim , but failed to do so , and at length , upon hia pressing her , and threatening legal _proceedings , she told him that she was a married woman , and he

      might do what he 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 lo . Finding that these proceedings did not have the desired effect , it appeared that the defendant bad recourse to a rather novel expedient to enforce payment of his bill , and the following stratagem was resorted

      to for that purpose . In the 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 thc prosecutrix , and , a ter stating that she was about to be appointed a Sister of Mercy at a Roman Catholic establishment in Albany-street , she represented tbat ehe was instructed to procure a silK dress and a velvet mantle and cloak for a lady friend , whom she expected in town , and the articles were to be sent to the house in Gloucester-place on the Saturday following , and they 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 tbem that Mrs . Holmes , the lady for whom they were represented to have been ordered , was very angry that they had not been sent borne hefore , and that she was gono 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 , and tbat he did not intend to return it until she had paid him the amount of his claim , and also the expenses he had incurred , Itappeared 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 ol Strickland , and she offered to givo 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 paymentJ ) f his claim upon the prosecutrix ; but they at the same time contended _^ that the 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 ofher property , but that it was merely intended to retain possession of it until thc bill was paid , and it would then have been immediately delivered up to her . It was also submitted to the jury , on behalf of the female defendant , that she had taken no activo share in the transaction , and that , for all that appeared to the contrary , she might have been perfectly ignorant of the real character of the transaction . —Both the defendants received an excellent character from a number of respoctable witneises . —The Recorder , in summing up , said that the proceeding wbich the defendant Strickland admitted he bad 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 ofthe defendants upon this indictment they must be 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 ofthe defendants guilty ofthe offence of conspiracy ; but if , on the contrary , they 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 , and tbat the defendants were entitled to au acquittal . —The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Mot . Guilty .

      Utterinq Counterfeit Coin . —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 appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Parry defended . —The facts of the case are somewhat singular . Early in November the prisoner went to Mr . Howell's , the Savoy Palace , in company with another man , and called for some gin , tendering a bad halfcrowu , which being detected was given back and a good one given , On the 18 th prisoner came again alone , and tendered a bad halforown in payment for a glass of ale . He was then given into _custodj , when he gave his address Bennett-street , _Dootors-commona . The prosecutor , thinking from

      his respectable appearance that it might be a mistake , would not press tho charge . On the 10 th of November he went to Mr . Moody ' sthe White Swan , Salisbury-street , Fleet-street , and called for some gin , tendering a bad shilling . Mr . Howell happened to be in the bar at the time , and recognised him as having been twice at his house , and he was again given into custody . Upon the first ocoasion , when he was taken into custody he had upon him a bill of exchange for £ 25 and some gold and silver . Upon the second occasion of his being taken into custody he first said he lived at Jackson ' s Hotel , Bow-street , and Wells' Coffee-house , Waterloo-road ; but was not known there by 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 hi 3 hands , called several witnesses , who gave him a good oharacter , and said that he was the son of a gentleman high in the scholastic profession . —The late Sheriff , Mr . D . Nicoll , said tho prisoner had been some time in hia service as clerk , and was strictly honest , leaving his service for some eccentricity of conduct . Mr . Nicoll had known him from his youth , having been brought up at the school kept by tho prisoners father . —The jury acquitted the prisoner . Ellen Costello . 28 . widow , was convicted of

      uttering two bad shillings . —The mode in which this offence was effected was a now trick . The prisoner was one of those women who purchase hare skins at gentlemen ' s houses . In the present instance prisoner had called on the 20 th of October at a house in Kensington-crescent , and purchased two hareskins , giving a bad shilling in payment . On the next morning she called again and requested to buy some rag 3 and gave another bad shilling , upon which the police were called in . —She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment .. - Margaret Pike , 30 , - married ; and - somewhat fashionably dressed woman , was indicted for having

      This Court Resumed Its Sittings On Monda...

      1 'a her 1 , _^ , l 8 e 89 WU quantity base coin Mr . Parr _~ defendcu . —It appeared that on the 13 th of tbis moni _^ atten , * ' of Inspector Brannan was called to a " hor 0 ? ? _W A andlD 2 near the Gree gate , _City-road , in , * _!? + . thft i w i ° . man W _^ A direoted it to be taken u _° tho 8 atwn . On the road thither the woman leant ovb- " * tho front of the cart , and commenced striking the hor * . a 8 if t ° _" ' go quicker . The officer who had ch _^ rge « ihe 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 . —Brennan said , the prisoner had heen tried and acquitted beforo for uttering , and had been several times in custody for the same offence . She was ono of the worst of characters . She had trained ber own children to it ; some of whom were now undergoing terms of imprisonment for the offence of passing bad coin . — She was sentenced to eighteen months'

      imprisonment . Perjury . —Thomas Walters surrendered to tako his trial upon an indictment , charging him with wilful and * corrupt purgery . —Mr . Robinson , prosecuted ; Mr . O'Brien appeared for the defendant . — From tlie statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution , it appeared that the prosecutor was a publican , and tbat he had been summoned by the present defendant to the Brompton County Court for a debt whioh he alleged to be duo from him , the prosecutor pleaded a set-off for beer supplied 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 , and upon the evidence so given by hiin 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 hist instance , and a copy of the set-off only was produced . —Mr . O'Brien submitted that evidence of this character was totally insufficient to support an allegation of perjury . —The Recorder- expressed an opinion that the papers wliich had been produced were not _admissible as evidence either of tho plaint or the set-off . The County Court Act was very explicit and clear upon the subject , and by one ofits provisions , the clerk was directed to keep a book

      ana to make entries in it of the particulars of every claim , and that book and its contents were made evidence . The clerk , therefore , should havo been in attendance upon the present occasion , and have produced his book . —The witness Adams said , that he was not subpoenaed , and he had handed over all thc documents whieh he considered material . —The Recorder remarked , tbat by the law as it now stood regarding county courts a new and a very important privilege was created of permitting p laintiffs and defendants to give evidence ' upon oath , and this being the 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 bad 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 casein 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 know nothing ; but it was his duty to direct them to acquit the defendant on account of the failure ofthe legal proof that waa necessary in such a charge . —The jury then gave a verdict of Not Guilty . —Tbe Recorder directed Adams to report to the chief clerk of the county court the observations he had made , and expressed a hope that thero would be no ground for a similar complaint in future .

      Larcexy and Fobgkry . —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 _Tauxhall-road , and while acting in that capacity he had imhezzled various sums of money , which ought to have been paid over to tho 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 he had committed by pleading Guilty , and it appeared that he had a wife and family dependent

      upon him , and upon those grounds he was instructed by the society for whom he appeared to recommend him to tho merciful consideration of the Court . The whole amount of the defalcations of the prisoner was aboufc £ 50 . —Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the prisoner , addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment , and said thero were witnesses in attendance who would speak to the good character borne by him previous to . these transactions . —The Recorder said , he should assume that the prisoner had previously borne a good character , and he should take that fact into consideration ; but he 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 most cruel and heartless to rob a society for the relief of the orphan and widow ; and but for hia age and other circumstances he should have transported him . —He was then sentenced to fifteen

      months' imprisonment . Stealing Books . —James Simpson , 59 , pleaded Gailfcy to three indictments , charging him with stealing a quantity of books the property of different gentlemen . —Mr . Locke , who appeared for the prosecution , said tbat the prisoner was the husband of a woman who acted aa laundress and had the care of chambers in the Temple occupied by gentlemen who were the prosecutors of these indictments . He bad , it aopeared , taken advantage of the opportunity afforded him , upon the different occasions when he assisted his wife by carrying coals and water into tho chambers , to steal a large number of valuable books , which ho afterwards sold . Tbe prisoner was sentencee to be kept to hard labour for twelve months .

      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 £ 5 that he could not do some easy trick with the skittles . He said ho had no money , when one of the party persuaded him , as he was _Bure to win , to borrow £ 5 on the mare . He got the money , played , and lost . —The cross examination of tho witnesses corroborated the truth of his statement . —The jury found him Guilty . —The learned Recorder sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment . Amelia

      , Robbery . —Henry Williams , 20 , labourer , Furzeman , 44 , widow , Mary Ryan , 49 , married , and William Warner , 37 , labourer , wero indicted—Williams for stealing 46 C pieces of lace , the property of James Fiskin , and valued at £ 137 , and the others for the felonious receiving . Williams pleaded guilty . The facts ofthe case were these : — The prosecutor is a laceman in Wood-street , and Williams had been in his employment as porter , and had been sent with the property to one of his customers . He 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 the 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 know its real value , and unless well acquainted with such a class of work might have considered the whole as remnants , it being , in fact , not lace , but a number of pieces of cambric , varying in length from six inches to a yard , and of various widths , with most costly needlework upon it . It is what is termed applique , the patterns being made by being cut from the cambric and then sewn on to expensive laces , and from the value that tbe work alone gives it , it is only within reach of and scarcely known except amongst the wealthier classes ; the needlework is Irish . Both Furzeman and Ryan had high characters from respectable witnesses . The jury acquitted all three , and Williams was sentenced to twelvemonths'imprisonment .

      Felonious Assault . —Mr . John Wakeham Edwards surrendered to take his trial for felony . —The defendant , who is an aocouoheur and physician , it will be remembered ,-was charged with a felonious 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 ocoasion the prosecutor did not appear . —She was now again called upon her recognizance , hut it appeared she was not in attendance . —The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty , and the defendant was ordered at onco to be discharged . Archibald Louden , 20 , and David Cooper , 10 , were-indicted for feloniously , setting fire to a stack of-straw the property-of William -Doubleday and another . —Mr . Clarkson prosecuted ; Mr . Ballantine

      This Court Resumed Its Sittings On Monda...

      • ppeared for tne defence . —Tbe evidence—if indeed * ne facts deposed to by the witnesses deserve that aesignation—went to show merely that the prisoners were seen near tho stack which was destroyed , but it was admitted that they Jived close oy , ana it appeared that the fire occurred on the « _£ _i , 11 _*? th of _November , and that a large bonfire was blazing awav - fte ' awne fle ] d ; an | for aJ 1 that appeared to the . contrary , a spark from this bonfire had caused iho _conflagrations-Mr . Baron Aloerson ordered the prisoners to be immediately discharged , and he at the same time said he was sorry they had been put into prison _under _sueb circumstances .

      George HarcourC surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with feloniously forging and uttering 3 receipt for the payment of money , with intent to defraud the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Company , his _mastera .. _— The jury having heard the evidence , returned a verdict of Sot Guilty . There were other _indiclv ments ofa similar kind against the prisoner , and . the couasel for the prosecution intimated their intention to proceed with them before tbe same jury on Friday morning .

      Robbkrt , —Mary Bowling , 30 , spinster , John Martin , 48 , woodcutter , Ellen Mahoney , 20 , married , and James Bowliny , alia * Wiggings , 26 , 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 some money , the property of J . Duncan Lee , in the same dwelling-house . Martin and Mahoney were charged with the receiving , and James Bowling with receiving a part of thu 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 Wapping for fourteen months , and by means of other false representations induced the prosecutor ' s sister to engage her at once . In the course of a few days she plundered the house and absconded . —The jury acquitted James Bowling , and the others were all sentenced to seven years' transportation . There were other cases against them which were not gone into .

      Hato Snttufgnttt

      Hato _SnttUfgnttt

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

      COURT OF EXCHEQUER . COOKE V . HALLS ASD _AXOTttF . R . _Tbespass . —Mr . Crowdor and Mr . Taprell were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr . M . _Chamhers and Mr . Bovill appeared for the defendants . —This was an action of trespass for breaking into the house of the plaintiff in Bethnal-green , and taking and carrying away divers goods and chattels , the property of the plaintiff . It appeared on the part of the plaintiff that the two defendants , who are brothers of his wife , had proceeded with their sister to the house in question , and having ejected an auctioneer and his men ( who had been put 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 , wbich they

      had deposited at the house of another brother . On the partof 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 thafc they had been broken opon , and rifled of the better part of their contents , sho at once proceeded to town with ono of her 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 thc auctioneer's man . On that day she took no steps ; bufc on the following she went to the house with the two defendants , who thinking that their sister was an ill-used woman , and hearing that her husband bad 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 the trespass complained of by the plaintiff , who had authorised the sale , and was during the whole transaction within reach ofthe belligerent pnrty . —The Chief Baron , at the close ofthe 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 removal of the plaintiff's property , the only question being 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 _QITKEK V . _WILEV . This case was argued some time since before five of the learned fudges , 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 Wiley ' 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 waa to purchase them , but before anything was done the police went in and found the bag unopened lying on the floor , 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 it could be said that possession had passed to Wiley so as to render him a receiver in point of law . —Mr . Otter 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 givejudgment forthwith . —In a short time the learned Judges returned into court , and as they dffered they delivered their _judgmentstfer / _atfn * . —Barons Parke , Alderson , 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 considered that 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 , he had possession malo animo ; but as the majority ofthe Court were ofa different opinion , it must be held that the conviction was wrong , and Wiley must be discharged .

      Espedimom Op Business At The Stamp-Offic...

      Espedimom op Business at the Stamp-office . — The great pressure of business which has existed at this government department since the new Stamp Act came into operation is likely , in tho course of a week or ten days , to assume the regular routine , Last week between 200 , 000 and 300 , 000 stamps , deeds , transfers , leases , insurance , bonds , < S * c , under the new act , were sent to various parts of the United Kingdom and Scotland , which will about complete the remaining orders that bad 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 at Somerset * House . Thc supplies for Bristol , Liverpool , Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , Leeds , York , Durham , Carlisle , and tho north , Glasgow , Edinburgh , & c ., that have heen

      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 tbe Commissioners , as well as to the employes , for the activity they have shown in supplying the public with tho required stamps with the least possible delay , not only in town , where tho demands wero most pressing , but in every part of the country . The quantity of parchment sent into the Stamp Office during the last six weeks or two months has been many tons weight , > but now the warehouse is becoming pretty well cleared , to accomplish which from eighty to one hundred starnpers have been at extra work from eight a . m . till eight , and even ten and eleven p . m . daily , ( Sundays excepted , with the exception ofthe fir & t week , ) and tho number of stamps of every description despatched already exceeds 2 , 000 , 000 , so that no time has heen lost in expediting the business ,

      The Salvage Cask at tiik Cape . —We staled some weeks since that the Hermes , Commander Fishbourne , was waiting at tbe Cape an adjudication ef a salvage case , lor assistance rendere d to the bark Anna Robertson under extremely difficult circumstances . The agents tendered £ 500 for the services , but Captain Fishbourne , deeming this Bum inadequate to tho services rendered , especial y as the expenses of coals , stores , & c ., werei nearly one half the amount , determined : to _> have the , case adjudicated by the Yice-Admiralty Court . « _J _™»« a nominal sum of £ a , 0 C 0 . Our at _> _advices from the Cape inform us that _&*™!&^ X _? Sw ! e _ftSftX _SW tofether wi _^ g _^ _tta suit , which will very _M _^ _Wj _^ _Sg m nnn or six times ns much mt _] mwW > _$ P _*>&

      -United _Sei-vice Gazette . __ . , _M . _^^^^ _gA _, ' _m _. JM _w-Lwi > .-AtHew Yorlfifc _Mm _^& k her twenty-sixth concert wi * ' _^ _m _^^ L _& Hm cess . - Rumours were eurren _^ M * jS | _M _^ _MJ _| S _5-fB eve of leaving for the wesVaw _- ' St _^ aw 5 _t _"* fpE _?^ F 3 ? £ & , 0 " _** _* t l ### _* jf _^^ A _^' _ilv p

  • 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/ns3_30111850/page/7/