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W" — SIUTISi : AM ) LOSS OP LIFE Off BOARD TflE SHIP EELSO . The anne « d statement has teen received by tlie owners of this vessel , from the master , Capt . John Innes , famishing accurate and interesting details regarding thia shocking and fatal affray . "HongKong , Sep . 28 , 1850 . - "We arrived here upon the Mth in 8 t ., haying made one of the shortest passages that has yet been effected between California and this place .... On the evening of the 17 th of . August I found the eight men I shipped at San Francisco somewhat intoxicated , arid upon examining our quarter casks of trine in the lazenotto , 1 discovered that the wood ^ ^^^^^^^^^ W ^ M ^ WM—i ^^ M ^ M ^ M ^^ l ^ M ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ m ^^^^^ ^^^^^^
iad been removed , and one of the casks had fceen spiled Next day being Sunday I had the batches weU secured ,-which had previously been kept off m order to ventilate the ahip , and , while I tns superintending this duty , I heard repeated flireats of vengeance made by some of the crew , ZtSf w * i ? - u- - picion was tended against ttjBelf ; but thinking itbntidle boasting ant bra-Iwwi ? I * attention to it at thl time , but « rewMformed me that eome of the men had en-¥£ V ? t 0 s ° temn agreement to murder me , and « . £ ? d that ni £ nt « ^ half-past ten o ' clock rns Uie hour named , when they expected we should i » asleep m our bertha . They determined also to
seize the persons of the carpenter and mates , dispose of them some how or other , and then run the fillip to the Columbia river , on the North "West of JtaBMca , * herethey wonld sell her . It appeared tneyexpected to find a large amount of money on « H ) ara , which they were equally to share and disperse . One of the mutineers stated he had at one time been master of an American whaling- ship , and atwasresolved that he was to navigate the ship Sfter 1 was murdered . 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 , formerly a seaman , ) carpenter and steward , to stand with me , I found my
« nJy chance was to wait the attack . The steward nad been sick for the previous six months , and «» nld 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 every thing to go on as uBual , 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 « f the arms without exciting the suspicions of the mutineers . About half-past nine I went on deck and gave the usual night instructions to Clark , on 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 ) with me , and I had the carpenter in the one immediately before it , with the steward . Throughout the voyage I lad 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 once at any hour of the nfcht , 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 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 upon his iands and knees , pass under the cuddy table , and aft by the starboard passage . He had a bayonet in ids righthand . I ordered him to stand . He wa 3 fitill coming on when I fired and shot him dead . I immediately reloaded the discharged pistol and TOnt on the poop deck through the skylight , followed hy 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 take ^ 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 bayonet in his hand and a large bowie knife in his belt . I gave trim 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 Vratch the prisoners from escaping , as I had now only seren effective hands on board to navigate the Bhip . However , we arrived perfectly safe ; when I handed the prisoners over to the properauthorities . They are now committed for trial upon tbe 15 th of
October , before tbe Supreme Court of the colony , and the witnesses bound over to prosecute . You 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 mosttrying 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 nad no powder , or the result might have proved most disastrous . ( Signed ) John Isses . "
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THE PLATE AND JEWEL ROBBERY IN THE STRAXD . ADDITIOXAL C 05 FE 3 SI 0 N OF THE BOT CLIXIOS . "The prisoners in custody , charged with this rob"Sery , were again brought up at Bow-street , on Satarday last . The evidence of all the other witnesses having been read over , Sir . Jobs Saodeks , 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 ¦ wee ks ago . They had with them a small terrier ^ og , which they called Pug , which had been taught tricks , such as standing on its hind legs , < fcc ., 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 ao doubt that Gardiner was the owner of the dog , as he put him into Ms pocket , and then entered into ¦ conversation with me about him .
Asse Eaglet was then called : She said she lived in the house 25 , Temple-street , St . George's Toad . She knew Cherineau , and nad 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 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 Hungerford-bridge , and he and Gardiner met me . Gardiner had then a Em-ill dog with him . I said , * "Where have you been , Charley V 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 Tork-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 cut my throat ( drawing his finger ont oi
across his neck ) before they get anytnins me *" Tn addition to the foregoing , the prisoner made further confession to implicate the other prisoners , and said , " Shaw came to me one night in VHliers-street , Strand , and brought with him a man , ¦ whom I believe to be Buncher . They called him Bon 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 the brasses , and that they should rmeet 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 Lad something to drink at a publichouse . Charley proposed to meet me the r . ext day on Hungerford 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 Pearltow , and during our conversation Charley per'" .-suaded me to take an impression of the key of the ^ ron chest , and he showed me how to do it . He showed me by nntting a key upon a piece of goap The next morning I took an impression of the key , ' and went with Shaw to the house where he used to Tvork , in Robert-street , and asked him to tell me
-where the others lived , and I would go to them ; T > ut he was not at bis house , so I went to him at the 2 ? ew-cut , where I met him coming out of his house , « nd 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 meat this place , and ire 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 sig ht at the Red lion public-house , in Poarl-row , -when he would have the key ready to compare it ¦* r itb the original one . It was not ready that night , , go he appointed the next night . It was finished " then . 1 saw him the day after outside the Red lion , with Gardiner . Charley " promised to meet we on Saturday night , on Hungerford-bridge , and
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Gardiner and thejna . nl first saw with him , accompanied him We all walked to the bridge together , down Waterloo-road , near the Victoria f heatre . We had some beer at a corner ale-house , after whioa Gardiner and the other man had a S ? ^ " ** , almost a fiSht- The o * er man swore that he wonld 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 night I saw Charley and Gardiner opposite my master ' s shop in the Strand . I let them into the shop , and asked them * If George was outside , ' meaning the man I first saw with Gardiner in Yiliiers-street , and whom they had first described as Ben Pratt . They replied , 1 , 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 bad 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 . Hexky 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 .
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THE LATE STORM . The storm which has been raging since the night of the 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 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 and Appledore was the scene of a very serious wreck . The wind was blowing heavily from W . N . 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 the rescue of her crew . Ere this , however , the vessel bad 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 conn * try for miles j while at Aberystwith a part of the Quarry Railway was washed away .
WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP .-NINETY
SIX LIYES LOST . The limerick BeporUr says : —One of the most disastrous shipwreoks we have ever had the duty of recording occurred in tbe bay of Kilkee on Tuesday week . The Edmond , of London , sailed from tbe 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 Carrigaholt , 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 the 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 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 tbe ill-fated ship , till it completely swamped her ; bnt 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 by 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 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 wa 3 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 wholly destitute , their little effects having been entirely loat , and all the resources 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 tbe 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 . GriflSn 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 members of that body readily contributed . Collectors were also appointed to go through the city for the purpose of obtaining money ; and in the 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 Spaigbt , 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 have alsoheard of the Fitz-Henry , bound 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 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 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 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 rougher weather had net been experienced there oi- some time , and distressing as the accounts may seem it is feared there are others equal y painful
to be added to the list . Late on vveonesaay ^ nign , the wind blowing heavily from the , * . W a fine vessel , called the Queen , from Cardiff , was driven on the Phillack beach , near Hoyle . The cries of the ill-fated crew were heard from the shore , but the tempestuous state of the surf entirely prevented the lifeboat being put off to their aid . Before one o clock the ship had disappeared amoBgst the breakers , and the whole of her crew , in all about eight or ten , perished , gome of her papers and bulwarks were washed ashore on the following day , and were ™ ken Possession of by tbe coast guard . Ifone of the bodies have been cast up . , Off Falmoutb , Pad-S / 11 v 2 ance > much injury was done to the Kft ? Uffie « " « vessels were almost engulfed } hi ™ Z # decks ™*» *™ p t , and every-S ^ ^ - ? I ^ awa 7- The fine steamer caUed the Severn , from Liverpool to Gibraltar , had a narrow escape . Sb 9 lest hw 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 succeeded in 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 Indiaraan had sunk ( with all hands drowned ) off Bideford bar , and that a schooner had foundered on the 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 . Goieen , Schuli , 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 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 , " offtheDursey . 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 obliged 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 by Coast Guards and constebulary , 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 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 they are all well cared for in every respect . I believe no vessel ever , oftener , or more narrowly escaped being completely dashed to pieces . —Corfc 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 . If ear Portmadoc four were wrecked , and towards Milferd similar casualties occurred .
The Tralee Chronicle contains the following account of casualties on the coast of Kerry ;—"AtDoon , 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 the Maharees and at Derrymore . " Cahercivbbn , 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
Talencia 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 they 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 BalJylongford , and Mr . William Collis , a respectable inhabitant of this town . They were emigrants on board the Edmond , of Limerick , which has been wrecked off Eilkee .
" 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 . —Oh 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 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 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 tbe 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 . his brother Henry Newman , William Hoskins , Stephen Edwards , William Wicks , Jame 3 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 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 being 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 masts , spars , sails , Ac , 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 daDgerous part of the beach , known as Gunwalloe Cove , between that part and the Lizard . Melancholy to relate ,
every soul on board 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 the name " Zilli" marked on it in black letters . A chost 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 tbat she was last from Malaga . Many of the disabled vessels that ran into Plymouth and other western ports had some of their crews washed overboard and drowned . . ¦ ¦
Many disastrous casualties occurred off the Welsh coast , and from the quantity of wreck tbat has been sighted in different parts of the- channel , it is feared that the whole extent of the havoo resulting from the storm is not known . The accounts from the eastern coast also speak of the violent effeots of the gale , and the damage done to the coasters . Numerous vessels which had been blown down from near the Downs , put into Lowestoff , Aldborough , Harwich , &e ., 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 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 the Brig Gazelle , ojt Ramsgate . —The fearful gales which prevailed in the Channel on Sunday and Monday last Lave furnished a heavy catalogue of disasters along the coast . Intelligence of one of the most painful
cataatrophes that has occurred reached London on Wednesday afternoon from Ramsgate , 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 firBt 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 tons burden , representing , a male figure , which , owing to the sea then running they , had not secured , and banded ever to Idoyd ' s . agent * copy of . the
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Sydney Morning Herald , dated July 5 , 1850 , and ad ' dressed to , Mr . John Brown , Bowness , Cumberland , England , " by . « Mr . J . Thompson , of Faylow , Bungendore , " whioh they had also found floating m the water . These circumstances led to the presumption that . some' Australian ship homeward bound , had gone to pieces during the gale , and the report soon getting abroad , sevoral smacks belonging to Ramsgate put off in the direction indicated , for the purpose-of recovering any portion of the wreck that might be floating in the 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 . The long boat belonginc 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 was 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 , 1 J tons of knuckle bones , 445 hides , 1 case of perfumery , 1 case of braid and fringes , and 6 , 500 tree-nails . .
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This Court resumed its sittings on Monday , pur « BUant to the adjournment from the last session . Alleged Misdemeanour . —Joseph Strickland and Anne Collins surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment for . misdemeanour , in obtaing 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 case occupied the attention of the Court for several hours ; but the nature of it will be understood in the form of a narrative , than if tbe evidence-of the witnesses were givon in detail . It appeared that the proseoutrix 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 & 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 £ Q or £ 7 , and he 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 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 to . 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 , Francia 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 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 tho 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 them that Mrs . Holmes , the lady for whom , they were represented to have been ordered , was very angry 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 tho 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 soheme to compel her to pay him his bill , and intimating that he had got possession of her property , and that he did not intend to return it until sho had paid him the amount of his claim , and also the expenses he had incurred / . It appeared that the
other defendant , M'Kella , was given into custody by the prosecutrix , and she then admitted' tbat she had acted in the matter at the instigation oi Strickland , and sho 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 sanio 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 of her property , but that it waa merely intended to retain possession of it until the 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 active 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 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 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 of the defendants guilty of the 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 prosocutrix ' s property , and to use'that possession as a
sort of screw to force her to pay the amount of the ooal bill , in that case ho was of opinion that the present charge could not be supported , and that tho defendants wera entitled to an acquittal . —The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Not Guilty . ' ' Uttering 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 apt peared for the prosecution , and Mr . Parry defended . " —The facts of the case-ave 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 halfcrown , which being detected , was given back
and a good one given . - On the 18 th prisoner came again alone , and tendered a bad halrorown in payment for a glass of ale . He was then given into custody , when he gave his address Bennett-street , Doctors-commons . The proseoutoi , thinking from his respectable appearance that it might be amistake , would not pressth ' e charge . On the'lOth of November he went to Mr . Moody ' stbe 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 tho first occasion , when lie was taken into custody he had upon him a bill of exchange for £ 25 and some gold and silver .
Upon the second occasion of bis being taken into custody he first said , he lived at Jaokson ' s Hotel , Bow-streetjand Wells' Coffee-houBe , 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 his hands ' , called several witnesses , who gave him a good character ) and said that he was -ibo son of a gentleman high in the scbplastio . profession . —The late Sheriff , Mr . D . Nic oll , said the prisoner had been some time in his service , as clerk , and was strictly honest , leaving his service for some eccentricity of conduct .. Mr . Nicqll had known him from his youth , having . been brought ud at the school keptJby- the prisoner s
father . —The jury acquitted the prisoner . . Ellen Costello , 28 , widow , was convicted of . utteiv ing two bad shillings . —The mode m . which , this offence was effected was a new trick . Tho prisoner was ono of those women who purchase hare skmsat gentlemen ' s houseB . In tbe present instance pnsoner had called on the 2 E ? th of October at a home 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 rags 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 ha . v 4 ng
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in her possession a quantity of base com . —Mr . Parry defended . —Ifc appeared , that on the 13 th of this month the attention of Inspeotor 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 the station . On the road thither the woman leant over the front of the cart , and commenced striking the horse as if t 6 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 . —Brennan said , tho prisoner had been tried and acquitted before for uttering , and had been several times 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 passing bad coin . — She was sentenced to eighteen months' imprison- , ment .
Perjury .. — Thomas Walters surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment , charging him with wilful and corrupt purgery . —Mr . Robinson , 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 tbat he had been summoned by the present defendant to the Brompton County Court for a debt whioh he alleged to be due 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 bo 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'Brieu submitted that evidence of this character was totally insufficient to support an allegation of perjury . —The Recorder expressed an opinion that the papers which had been produced were not admissible as evidence either of the plaint or the set-off . The County Court Act was very explicit and clear upon the subject , and by one of its provisions , the clerk was directed to keep a book 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 subpoenaed , and he had handed over all the documents which he considered material . —The Recorder remarked , that by the law 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 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 had not ' been done in the present eaBe , —Mr . Robinson
said , he was unable to carry the case any further . —The Recorder , addressing the jury , Baid , 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 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 jbhe chief clerk of the county court the observations he had made , and expressed a hope that there would be no ground for a similar complaint in future . . - .
Larceny ajh > Forgery . — John Bates pleaded Guilty to two indictments , charging him with larceny and forgery . —Mr . Ballantine , who appeared for tho prosecution * Baid , 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 ho 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 £ 12 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 the merciful consideration of the Court . The whole amount of the defalcations of the prisoner was about £ 50 . —Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for tho prisoner , addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment , and said there were witnesses in attendance who would speak to the good character borno 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 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 sooiety , 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 tbe relief of the orphan and widow ; and buc for bis 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 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 as laundress and bad the care of chambers in the Temple occupied by gentlemen who were the prosecutors of these indictments . He had , it appeared , 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 he afterwards sold . The 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 ot 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 he had no money , when one of the party persuaded him , as he was sure to win , to borrow £ 5 on the mare . He 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 the prisoner to six months' imprisonment .
Robbery . —Henry Williams , 20 , labourer , Amelia Furzeman , 44 , widow , Mary Ryan , 49 , married , and William Warner , 37 , labourer , were . indicted—Williams for stealing 466 pieces of lace , the property of James Fiskin , and valued at £ 137 , and the others for tbe felonious receiving . Williams pleaded guilty . The facts of the case were these : — The prosecutor is a laceman in lyood-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 lodeer , to raise some money on , and the latter ,
without any concealment , had taken it to a pawnbroker ' s where she was known , nnd 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 pavties who had been dealing with it knew its real value , and unless well acquainted with such aolass of work inight have considered the wholo as remnants , it being , in fact ; not laco , 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 tei-med applique , the , patterns bping . mado by , being cut from the cambric and ' . theh . sevn on to expensive laces , and from the value that the work alone gives ifcj ifc , is only within reach of and scarcely known except amongst ' tho wealthier classes ; the needlework is Irish . 13 bth Furzeman * and Ryan had high
characters from respectable witnesses .- The jury acquitted all three , and Williams was sentenced to twelvemonths'imprisonment . ..... ... .: Felonious AssAULT . r-Mr . John Wakeham Edwards surrendered to take his trial for . felony . —The defendant , who is an accoucheur and physician , it will be rememborodl was charged with a felonious assault upon a woman named Elizabeth Ilobbs , with intent to procure < Vmiscarriage . The case has stood over for several sessions , and upon the last occasion the prosecutor did , not appear , —She iva ' s now again called upon her recognizance , but it appeared she was not in attendance —The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty , and the defendant was ordered at once . to be discharged . :. Archibald Louden , 20 , aud David Cooper , 19 , were indicted for ; feloniously setting fire , to . a- staple Of straw , tho property of William Doubleday and another .-Mr . Clarkson prosecuted ; M ^ Ballantme
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• ppeared for the defence . —Th ? evidence— -if indeed the facts deposed to by the witnesses - deserve that designation—went to" show merely that the ^ prisoners Were seen near ihe stack which " was destroyed , but it was admitted that they lived close by , and it appeared that the fire occurred on the night of the 5 th of November , and tbat 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 he at the same time Baid he was sorry they had been put into prison under such circumstances . ¦
George Hareourt 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 . . ., Robbebt . —Mary Bowling , 30 , spinster , John Martin , 48 , woodcutter , Ellen Mahoney , 20 , married , and James Bowliny , alias Wiggings , 26 , labourer were indicted—Mary Bowling for stealing a quantity of jewellery , plate , wearing apparel , bedding , small articles of household furniture , and mis « cellaneous property , belonging to James Owen Timkinsher masterand also a cash box and bill of
ex-, , change for £ 1716 s , and some money , the property of J . Duncan Lee , in the same d welling-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 gentlemaft carrying on business at 97 , Leadenhall-Btreet , and resides in the upper part of the house . In the early part of Octeber 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 .
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COURT OF EXCHEQUER . COORB V , HALLS AKD AN'OIHEB . Trespass . —Mr . Crowdor and Mr . Taprell wera counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr . M . Chambers and Mr . Bovill appeared for the defendants . —This wa 3 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 proceededj with their sister to the house in question , and having ejected an auctioneer and his men ( who had beon 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 , which they had deposited at the hou 3 o of another brother . On the part of tho 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 countrjMto recruit her health , he promising to bring her hbihe 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 parfc
of their contents j she at / onco proceeded to town , with one of her brothers . Oh arriving at whafc 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 thai ; day she took no steps ; but on the following sha went to the house with the two defendants , who thinking that their sister was an ill-used woman , and hearing thafher husband had gone to America , doubted the title both of the auetiftneM or of "
MrDabs , " 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 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 removal of the plaintiff's property , tho 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 . 1 ¦ THE QUEEN V . WILBT . " . - ' . 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 Straehan , had stolen , fowls ; they took them in 'a bag to the house o £ Wiley's father , and thence Straehan carried the bag , accompanied by Williamson and Wiley , tha latter carrying a light into the stable of Wiley , who had the control over it , and who was to purchase them , but before any thing wasdonethe 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 tima ' for consideration , but it was shortly afterwards intimated that the Judges would give judgment forthwith . —In a short time tbe learned Judges returned into oourt , and as they dffered they delivered theic judgmentsseriaftm . —Barons Parke , Alderson , Platt , 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 nob 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 tha light , and accompanied Straehan as he carried the sack from tho house to the stable , and that stabla was under Wiley ' s exclusive control , and , in their opinion , he had possession malo animo ; but as tha nwjority of the Court were of a different opinion , it must be held that the conviction was wrong , and Wiley must be discharged .
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Expedition of 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 the 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 , &c , under the new act , wore sent to various parts of the United Kingdom and Scotland , which will aboufe 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 at Somerset Housq . The supplies foe Bristol , Liverpool , Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , Leods . York . Durham , Carlisle , and tha north , Glasgow , Edinburgh , &c , that have been sent off since the commencement of the act by tha raornicg , afternoon , and evening trains are really astonishing in the short time , and great praise in duo to tbe Commissioners , as well as to the employes , for the activity they have shown in supplying tha public with the required stamps with the least possible delay , not only in town , where the demands
were 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 months 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 eight , and even ten and eleven p . m . dail y , ( Sundays excepted , with the exception of the first week , ) and the number of stamps of every description despatched already exceeds 2 , 000 , 000 , so that no time na 9 been lost in expediting the business
Tub . Salvage Case ax the Cape . —We stated somo weeks since that the Hermes , Commander Fishbourne , was waiting at the Capean adjudication sf a salva ge case , for assistance rendered to the bark Anna Robertson under extremely difflculfi circumstances . The agents tendered £ 500 fortna services ,, but Captain Fishbourne , " •> «» " £ ,, **?¦ wr » te = « 8 £ 3 = S aajuaicateu oy »« --- : ; Our . late advices from
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1602/page/7/
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