SUPREME COURT.

New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 184, 4 March 1848, Page 3

SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, Ist March, 1848. This being the first day of the Criminal Ses*ioni Hie Court opened for dispatch of business at 10 o'clock. His Honor the Chief Justice shcitly after lo»k his seat, when the following gentlemen were sworn in and empJinneltad on the Grand Jury :—: — It. A. Fitzi-era'd, Esq , Foreman ; W. S. Giahame, A. Kennedy, W. Mason, I. J^ Montefiore, M. Whvt • law, W. Brown, L. M'Lachlan, D. Pollen, 11. Caillon, J. L. Campbell, R. C. Barstow, and James Boyd, E-qts. His Honor briefly addressed the Grand Jury, who retired, and lolunicd tiue bills successively againbt the several paihes indicted. The following householders were then sworn in on the Petty Jury, v:z:— .Messrs. John Makepeace, (foreman), Jeremiah Malony, James M'Gee, John Mallet, Alexander Marshall, Daniel M Shane, Alexander M'Kay, John Micintyre, Geoige M.irsht Thomas M'Sherry, Charts Madden, and Robeit M Kay. William Calhorpe was arraigned, indicted for stealing sund,y goods, the p'opeity of one John Hunter, at Auckland, on the 10th January last. John Hunter sworn and examined. lam a tailor re-siding in Queen btte^t. I itcollect the priboner coming to my shop at about nine o'clotk, on the e\ening of the 10th Januaiy last, and sh ing he wanted a pair of trowseis. I asked him what soit lie thought or having. He said he wanted a. pair ieaHy made. I took some down and he looked at them. lie first enquned the price of that p'ui, and then what would be the pnea of <i p.itr if mca\uted. Immediately I turned round, he s.iid, I'll take thes>e. I turned again, and found that he had just taktn four paii away in his arms. When I saw that, 1 instantly pursued, and took him when two or thiee hundred yards from my shop. He declined giving me the trovvsers, until a policeman <arne up. When I took him, I found upon him four pair of trowsers, (trowsers produced), those aie them, they are mine. By the Bench. He walkeii acrobs the biidge, but ■when he found I was after him, he Jan. W lliam Smith. I am a constable in the Armed Police. I recollect the evening of the 10th January la^t The pnsoner was then given into my thaige by Mr. Hunter, between his house and the Court house When I captured him, he lud upon him. the four pair of trowsers now produced. He mid nothing. He did not say that he had stolen them. This closed the case for the crown. The Attorney Geneial said ie was too clear to require any comment from him ; and he would therefore leave it in the hands of the Jury without fuitlier remark. Chief Justice. Neither is it for me to say any thing to you in this rase. It is only necessary for you, gentlemen of the jury, simply to say, are you satisfied with the evidence befoie you or not 7 The Jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty, and he was lemauded. John Ritchiea w<is ne.\t arraigned, — indicted for stealing sundry silver coins of her Majesty's realm, goods and chattels of William Philip Clark. W. P. Clark sworn and examined. I am a shopKeeper residing in Auckland. Between 8 and 9 o'clock ot the morning of Ist February last, the prisoner and another man opened my shop do ir, raised two bludgcom, and walked acioss the shop. They Jifted the flapper separating the shop from the sitting room. When there I resisted them. labkedifthey came there to rob me. The prisoner aimed a blow at me with a bMtjeou, J3oih immediately mude ioi the

till. I seized this man, (the prisoner,) the othci man took out the till, and went away with it. F had counted forty id. pieces previously in the till. There were besides, six-pences. shillings, and three halfpenny pieces, with some coppers. Mr. Graham brought in the till, with a few pieces in it. From 16s. to 245. or 255. were taken. By the Bench. The sticks I call bludgeons were very thick sticks. The prisoner aimed the blow at me. He was the first man that entered. The other man was close after him. It was the other man who took the till. They both made for it, and appeared to scramble to get it, when I seized the prisoner. Walter Coombs. lam a commission agent living in Auckland. I recollect seeing the prisoner on the evening of the Ist February last at Mr. Clarks house. I heard cries of murder from Mrs. Clark, outside of Mr. Graham's. I ran to Mr. Clarks house, and there I saw thin man, the prisoner, and Mr. Clark struggling together in the shop. I secured the prisoner. I saw some money lying outside in front of thp door, it consisted of small silver I think mostly. Mr. Grahame came up at the time. I waited till the policemen came| and took charge of him. William McDonald. lam a sergeant in the Armed Police. I was at the house of Mr. Clark on the evening of file Ist February last. I found prisonei at the bar in charge of Mr. Clark, Combes, and Mr. Graham. I received him into custody. George Giahatn. lam Clerk of Woik« in the Engineer department. I recollect the night of the Ist February list. I saw the pi Loner on that night. Mrs. Ciaik inn to my house screaming. 1 went to prisoners's Inuse, and saw this man (prisoner) struggling with Mr. Clark. The door, which was a glsss door, I opened, and Mr. Combes instantly seized prisoner by the collar, i picked up a thick stick lying close to the prisoner and Mr. Clark. I picked up the till outside the door, and some stiver and copper money, i sent for the police, and gave the prisoner in chaige. There were a few penny pieces, and some sixpences m the till and out. I picked up some of the com and gave it over to the police. The Attorney General put the case to the jury on the evidence as adduced. There wcie two points fir their First — was the piopeity chaiged m the indictment stolen ? secondly — by whom —was it by the prisoner ? The evidence he held would be considered conclusive as to the first, and with respect to the second pomt — it did not matter whether the prisoner was or was not the actual taker, co longas he was a confederate with the thief who took the till and had escaped. The Prisoner when called upon said nothing in defence. The learned Judge adverted briefly to the evidence, layng it down for the information of the Jury, that if pait only of the propeity charged to have been srohn, were proved, that would be sufficient to susttin the indictment — and although the pusoncr were not the party who laid his hands on the till, yet if he were a confederate (ot which the Jury had to judge) thp act of taking would be common to both, and the felony chargeable m law as in reason as much io one as the other. The Jury after a very short consultation pronounced the prisoner guilty. He was reinandid. James Lappen was next arraigned upon an indictmen for a misdemeanour in cutting and wonndnig with intent, &C' The Attorney General briefly stated the case to the Jury, and called in evidence : Thomas Farrell— l am a constable in the armed police—l recollect apprehending the prisoner in the month of December last — 1 had a wan tint, for his apprehension for breaking away from the public woiks. On the) 10th Dec. last, I saw him in Wyndham Street, and a whole crowd of people around him. I saw a razor in his hand. I went neaily up to him. 1 told him theic was a warrant o< t tor hia apprehension, and he might as well come quietly as not. He said he would cut] the first man's throat that would come near him. 1 then went up to him. I gave him a blow with my stiesk — s called a staff, and he mad-; a blow with the razor at the same time. I got a cut in the forefinger. I have not been able to use fire-arms ever since. I knocked him down. Two came to my assistance, and I took him off. By the Bench. lam confident he said he would cut the fust man's throat that came near him. It was on the 10th December, between G and 7 in the evening. I gave him a blow because he said he would cut the first man's throat. Alfred Lee. I am a corporal in the Auckland armed Police. I saw defendant on the 10th Decemb j r last, in Wyndham street, between 6 and 7 o'clock. I had a warrant for his apprehension then in my possession. He was running away from Webbs public house in Wyndhara-ntreet, when I followed, and overtojk him nearly opposite the Roman Catholic chapel. I give him a shove in the neck, ami he tell; when on the ground, he told me he would cut my tiiro.it. This threat drew my attention to the razjr I now hold, which I took from him. He was struggling violently on the ground. When he said lie would go quietly with the other policeman, I let him go with ths other policeman. He had not got ten paces, when he drew this white handled ruzoi, and flouiishecl it about the policeman's face, ("a policeman siuce disch<i ge I fiom the foice). F.irieil, the last witness, then came up 1 told him to knock the razor out ol prisoner's hand, and on his attempting to do so, prisoner cut bim with the razjr. I saw Farrell sti ike the prisoner on the head; at the same time the prisoner fell; the razor wa3 lying about in pieces* I theu picked up the ra/or, and gave the prisoner in charge to two others. By the Bench. He said lie would go quietly with the policeman, Farrell was dressed in police clothing; he was the only one who had a baton in his possession. Samuel Hayward Ford. lam a surg£on practising in Auckland. I saw constable Farrill ouce or twice piofessionally. On the evening of the luth of Dec. last, hefceame to me. 1 found a deep incised wound acrobs the fiist joint of the forefinger of the right hand. It was not dangerous. He will probably never recover the perfect use of that finger. Attorney General. Gentlemen, it is quite unnecessary for me to offer you any observations upon the eviclc cc you have just luard. The Chief Justice said this was an indictment for an assault upon a constable in the execution of Ins duty, laid under an act for the special protection of peace officers. The only question, as the cvideuce made plum, was as to the offence coming within the the enactment. It was sworn that the act of assault was committed on the constable while acting in the discharge of his duty, and under the order of a superior officer. Did the prisoner then know him to be a constable, and so acting? To jiidjje ot this, the jury muit consider the dress which the constable wore, Ins conduct, and the words which prisoner used. It they had any doubc of the principal charge, they could still find a veidict for a common assault, not aggravated by such knowledge. The Jury retired, and after a short absence, returned, bringing in a verdict of Not Guilty. The Chief Justice enquued was the veidict not

guilty generally, or not guilty on file prineip il charge The foreman replied generally, the jury considered there was a discrepancy in the evidence. The Chief Jus'ice said it was not foi him to question the motives for their verdict. All he wanted was to ascertain distinctly what that verdict was. After this, the Court adjourned for a quarter of an hour : on te-assembling Joseph Byrnes wis arraigned, on an indictment for felony, in cutting and wounding one Margaret Keardon, on the 28th December List. There were 'wo counts, — one charging the offence with intent to murder, the other with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. On the names of the jii'y who Lid already sat on the three former trials being called over, the prisoner challenged one, wh» was replaced by My. William Marshall. The Attornpy General drew an animated outline of the principal features of the case, and called the following witnesses. Margaret Reardon. Tarn single at present. I have been living at my brother-m-law's house, (Mi AH well's). I know the prisoner at the bar. I recollect on the 28th December last, seeing the prisoner at the bar, twice ; first at Tutty's public house, lying chunk at about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and ne.\t at my sister's (Mrs. Aldwell,) in the afternoon. He came in at the door, and I asked him what did he wint. We lived together four and a half years in the house. He said he was come to bid me good-bye for evei. My sister spoke to him, telling him to go away. Her husband and he had had a iow that day. My bister had a knife m her hand, prisoner told her to run it through him. My sister said No. The prisoner laid hold of me. He made a cut at me. I lvlieve lie cut me in the neck, with what I canno tell. Whsn I came to myself, I wjs in mv bed. I found myself wounded in my upek. I won d not like to shew. I believe there are some small little scars. I lay afterwards in bed for a fortnight. 1 am quite strong, and well in health again. Cross ex '.mined by the prisoner. You w a re out of ' your mind about a fortnight at Mareiti. You often complni"»d of pain in your head. You were always kind tome when in your gobrietj. I do not know whether you wcic In )our sciioes when you committed the act. Sophia A'rlwell. lam the wife of William Aldwll. Ido not know the nam^ of the street we live in. It is near Sniale's point. Op. 28th Dec. List, I saw the prisoner at the bar. He was in my house on that ' day once, between sanl G in the evening. When he ' anteicd my place he shut the door. 1 was cutting some biead for his own child at the press. 1 had} a knife in my hand. He kneeled down, and asked me | to stnke him with the kn.fe. I told him I would not , ] I woald nit injure a hair of his head . He said if I 1 did not, he would commence to do it. He pulled oft" j his hat and pulled out a white handled razor. He made a cut at my sister who was kneeling down, , washing out the floor. He cut her in the neck. I j screamed out murdei, hit him with a chair, and < knocked him down. My sister and me got out into the yard. He ran afier and caught hold of he-. He still kppt cutting het uiitil bhe (ell — m her neck — all , about her neck He put five cuts in her neck, and a ; cut in her dress und j r her heart. vVlnle he wa* cut- "| ting her, I stiucU him with any th ng I could get lnld ] of, all the time. — lie made expressions — ' i she (my sis- , ter) will tell me no more tales." He run at me, whipping anothei razor out of his shirt, vsaying " now your turn " I lost all command of myself. A small boy was present minding the child. My sistei aivl , him (the prisoner) lnd a bit of a row befoie that — that day, in the middle of the day. The pri oner declined cros3-examini q this witness, Henry Boyd (from th? youth of this witness, he being but t'hven years old, the Courtdemuned to swearing him uutil he li«d satisfied his Honor ihe learned Judge, that he had a fair undemanding of the nature of an oath: — his testimony UiUy corroboiated that of Mrs. Aldwell .mil her sister, being aluo more ciicum•tantial ) Alter describing the pusoner's entrance and ■ conduct in the house, the wtn-sswent on to state, , as follows— He pulled out a white-handled raz r and I ran at lljrs Byrnes, and cut her across t'le Muck once, iq the house. Mrs. Aldwell pickpd up a rocking-chair , and knocked him down — then they fell offt'ie steps ot , the door, then Mi. Byrnes (the pusoner,) caught Mrs , Byrnes, and cut her again three times— then Mrs. ( Aldwell picked up thp rocking-chair and knocked him down Hgiin — attei that she knocked him down wiih a , brick. When he gave the last cut to Mrs. Byrnes, he | threw the white-handled ra/jr into the fence — he then , pulled out a black-bandied razor, ran to Mis. Aldwell and cut her a' the bark of thp head — then two men got , on the fence and catched Mrs Byrnes, they threw him , (the prisoner) down, and took the black-handled lazor out of his hand. Croswxamined by the prisonrr— I was sent awiy ■ by Mrs. Aldwell to call for help — 1 did not hee any . person cut you— l saw cuts, one on your head, and two on your neck. Mrs. Aldwell did nat tell me to bay anything. Alexander Wiight — (This witness declined taking the oath in the ordinaaiy foini, and was sworn accoiding to the mode which he claimed to consider as binding, by holding up the handi and pronouncing certain ' w ads.) His evidence was confirmatory of what went before, with this addition, that upon home person say- ' ing Mcruant R-ardon would not recover, the pnsoner replied — " We shall die together I" ] John M'Gillicuddy— This witness' testimony was 1 also corroborative, with the addition that before the ' bcond raz >r cruld be taken from tho prisoner, he ' made an attempt to cnt his own thioat. ' Robert S hultz, teijeant in the armed police, who helped to take the pusouer into cu>>tody, produced the 1 iazor which the prisoner had used agunat Margaret ( Reardon. I Thomas P. M'Gauran— l am a Colonial Assistant- < Surgeon, at present lesiduig at the hospital — I at- f tended Margaret Reardon on the 28'h Deremlvi, and 3 subsequently. I first found her in the yard in rear of < Aldwell'a house, close upon mx o'clock of that evening, ' inseusible, lying in what appeared to be suds, her head somewhat elevated, suppoited by her brothenn law, < Aldwe'l. On examination I found four incised wounds, one very large, about six inches, or perhaps s>u nichei J and a quarter, in length, and one inch to an inch and t a half in depth— it extended in rather an oblique di- f lection from the point immediately below the angle of • the lower jaw, to* another point a little on the left of * the middle pait of the ucck, chiefly on the right side — < the greater portion of tie soft pa ts was nearly all cut I down, veiy nearly to the vertebut of the nejk. Tne » piincipal vess?ls weie not divided, though the wound i extended over th> ra, distant by perhaps a quarter of i an inch, and escaping the carotid ari,eiy and jugu'ar { vein. Another wound was about two inches and a ' half in length, by half an inch in depth, near the nape ' ot the neck. The next in size was situated partly on « the cheek, and pauly on the neck, on the same side. * The largest wound wa3 such as that very little cutting ( more would have proved fatal. The fouith was at the * extremity of the large one, on to the left shoulder, not < drop, but ix bit oi the internment and flesh cut out, l and hanging by a small bit of ekiu, The h'th was ti-

vial, merely a wound of the slun. I attended her, ) think, a 'tout a fortnight — her wounds weie attended with very great danger— -they would lie so in any peison, not so much from their immediate magnitude, as from tli"nnfureof the discharge, winch a weak constitutrm v/on'd be lively to sink under — she was part of the fo-tmj;ht veiy debilitated, in bed gieiter part of the tim?— l attended her regularly three times a. da). I saw her last about the 12th or 15th January, she wdsthen very much recovered and able to sit up. Cross-examined by the piisoner-— I siw you in thi yard, apparently undoi the influence of liquor — you had a wound in the neck, as if inflicted by some f>luap instrument — you had also a contused wound aa if fioia a brick. Walter Lee — I am a Surgeon retidin~ in Auckland ; I attended Margaret Reaidonfiom the'Zsth December, for about a month. I perfectly a^ree win the List. witness in his description of the winds inflicted — I think they were ol a very dangerous nalme. This closed the case for the prosecution. For the defence the following witnesses were called. William Pierce— -f am a boatman living close to Mr. Aldwell's — -hearing; ciies of murder, I got outt and sty a man catching Byrneh's body in his aims — I laid hold of his legs, and we succeeded in getting him down. [ also sa>v Mr". Byrnes (Maigaict Reardon). Byrne,* said he did not know where he had got all the blood from-—" my head is so InJ," he said. I saw him previously several times at the North Shot 3, and had dealings with him. James Johnson, T\T P , Colonial Gur^on — My first, acquaintance with t\u prisoner was in 1840: he cuiie down with the mechanic-, that accompanied the hrat expedition. I recollect he had some contused wounds on the head, received I fear in a brawl — I do not think there was anything very remarkable to bring him to my notice at that time — I find I simply lem-nked in my notebook — 'Byrnes, rontused wounds of the he-id." He mentioned some injuty of the skull which he Raul he had received by a fall on board the Victory (11. M.5.) several yeais before. I recollect a scir on hia head was visible at that time — on the first occasion of my mating him his wounds weie merely contused and licelated ones of the scalp. I did not paiticulurly notice Byrnes until calle.l to see him tthout si\ weeks since, in the hospital, to treat a wound which he had received in the neck. By the Prisoner. You told me some y/ an a^o, that your skull had been fractured. 1 never had an opportuni'y of ascertaining whethei there had bse.i a fiacture oi not. Theie is a wound evidently on the top of the head. The learned Attorney General addressed the Jury, giving a luminous survey of the evidence, and dwelling strongly upon the expressions sworn to have been used by the prisoner b-fore aud after his aanguinary acta, as indicative of deliberate design. A written paper was put in by the prisoner, puiporting to be a defence of his conduct, imputing hi 3 acts to temporary derangement, caused by the wound on his head, received on board the Viet rij, and influence of liquir. His Honor the Chief Justice summed up, recapi. tulating the whole of the eudence, an 1 disrating the jury to those »,)mts »f the liw matcii'il for their consideration, 'fins v.ms an indictment cont-uning two count-, ; the fit at c*h tr t jms3f (he prisoner with cutting, stabbing, and manning Mnrgaiet lleardon, with intent to murder her ; the second with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. In all indictments of, this Kind, supposing noithe; count proved, yet a prisoner may be convicted of assault. The first question for the consideration of the jury would be, did the prisoner intend to take the lite of Margaret Reardon ? They would have to regard circumstances and evidence in order to conclude justly „s to this. It never could he held that any slight palliation should excuse the taking of life What was the instrument used, where it came from, how used, what the spirit anil intention that guided the hand, weie to be duly con., sidered. Acts were the best interpreters of intents. The law of England had never adopted the principle of permitting drunkenness to be an excuse for crime. If 't did, nothing could be more a'isiird and mischievous. A man would have only to get drunk nnl commit (rime to escape with impunity. Insanity was of cou-se to be treated differently, but if theie were any tree«r cc« of the existence of this m the prisoner's conduct, it would be tor the iuiy to det?iminc. Thpy '■- uld give the whole cane their most «s»rious conside* r ' " •i, and while careful not to let the gvnlty escape, to * i it the pnxoner with uo greater burthen than hr merited. The Jury retired, and after an absence of alionr twelve minutes, returned into Couit with a verdict of. Guilty on the second count. The prisoner was remanded. This being the last case on the list for trial, th<j jury were dischaiged, with thdtiks for their attendam c and sei vices, and The Court adjourned till ten o'clock next morning.

Thursdw, 2nd March, sentences. The several prisoners convicted yesterday being; anaigned : — The Chief Justice passed sentence in each ca3e, hi the terms following :—: — William Ciltlnrpe. — You, William Calthorpe, liave been convicted of ate ilwg four pairs of trowsers tlic property of John Hunter. The s >nlence <>f the Comt, is, that you William Calthorpe be nopi isati"d in the common j nl of Auek'and, lor the term ot IB mouths, uud that yo.i be krpt to haul labor. John Riches. — You, John Fetches, have bren onu victed of stealing certain moneys of William Philip Clark. Your oflcnc-c is aggiavated by the rneumstance that it nm commuted m combination with ano'hcr otfender, and also by its having been attended with an act of violence. The tenfenee of th^ Court is that; you Joh.i Paches be trauspottert beyond the seas, u> •well place as His Excellency the Goveinoi shtll appo.nt, for the term of s'evtn ytais. Joseph Byrnes. — You, Joseph Byrnes, h ive been convicted of cutting ynd wounding Margaret Ucardon, wiih intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Considering the relation which had (or years subsisted hetwoen you and the person whom you u«ed so cruelly, nnd all the nrcumtaaces of tile cntra/o it 3t if, 1 do not think any caie mjie pi nful ihrni youi\ Irs m i romp, before this Court, e-p cnlly 100, when J t.i'.c l.ito account what would, in all hunuin ; rob.roilHv', barn been the result of yourciMn'iu 1 ».o.(Jiipp, but [or the merciful and timely intervention of other pM'O'is. The verdict by which yon were coiivi.tecl nnv v-uil bean impressive warning to olhcrs n rests upon tie, i pht. eous piinciple of our law wh'oh der-lnivs I'nt liiU-n'pc-rance bhull not excuse criuii —-tii.it a m,ui Ic.ioii mg befoiehanJ what effect evtesf; « ill h ivo upon luin, bh ill not be allowed to depmd hnn-ch by Irs own a-t, ot the power ot self cuntiol, nnd tin a t,i km iljcs th-'s^fefy ot his fellow eiC'iturc;, Tin* scnic i^e oi li"' C^tn t », that you Joseph Bynes be tnnspoi'eil bc v^n i(! c sr.c, to sucii place as His i'Acelle i< y Ihe Goie'ivr slaU appoint, for the terta ot yon* 1 n.itii'iil liie. This teiminatuil tlu j business ot (he n J

- MKLANCHOIV SHIPWRI-CK AMD US3 OF LIFE.— A most melancholy catastrophe is i ei.ded of tbe total loss cf tbe fine new ship, Mamhuk, of 105 tons, legistcr on her first voyage from New York, bound to Liverpool, and which we briefly noticed on Thursday. We copy the following account from the New York papers, fiom which it appears 42 lives were lost. " The new sh'p Mamlouh, Captain Clm6tianson, of tbis port, bound to Liverpool, was totally lost, together whh 42 lives, on the night of the 15th inst., in hU 38. N., long. 67. "W. Thus we had scarcely finished recording the particulars of this dieadful affair of Jdvna, when we were called upon to publish those of the Maiiilouk. 11 This ship was from this port ou the 9th init., for Liverpool with four cobin passengeis. 36 in the steerage, and a crew of 24 oflieeis and men She received her first injury on the night of Sunday, Aug. 15, in about lat. 38, M. long. 67. W. she then lyingto in a violtnt hurricane under the main spencer and fore-topmast-btay-sail. About twelve minutes before twelve o'clock she was struck with a heavy squall, and careened so much that the. cargo shifted, and she immediately fell upon her beam ends, the weather rail on the quarter deck being within a few feet of the water. The mum and inizen masts were immediately cut away, and the ship righted ; but the cargo broke over the hatches and floated about, creating much confusion, and increasing the impending danger Within a sbort time the vessel filled, and bhe became water-lopged, tbe starboard rail being under water. In this condition the crew and passengers remained till dr.y -light on tbe next morning, the 16th, when the dreadful truth became apparent to them, that out of G4 souls only 22 remained alive, the others having be<*n washed overboard. " Throughout Monday and Monday night the storm continued to rage, and the sea making a complete bieach over the wreck. On Tuesday the sufferers descried a vessel, but the weather continued so star my that they could not indulge any hope of being aided by her, the night again overtook them in their wretch - i'd and dangerous situation. On Wednesday morning however, the same vessel they had seen on the prerioub day, the brig Belize, Capt. James H. Daws, from Boston, bound to Port-au-Prince, was seen bearing iLv ' to the wreck, tlte weather having at that time somewhat model aUsd. TLou»h the attempt to rescue the survivors was still attended with nome danger, Cap tain Daws and hii officers and crew bent themselves nobly to the task, and tbe 22 suffereis were safely conveyed on board the Belize. Their wants were immediately and generously provided for, and the greatest attention paid to their weak and worn-out condition ; and the mate, in relating the generous conduct oi Captain Daws, shed tears of gratitude; he said he never received such treatment. Capt. Daws, with an alacrity which speaks in the highest terms of praise of his character as a noble-hearted mnn, changed bis course and brought them all safely to this port, where they arrived yesterday morning."— iVew Yoik Paper. Shipwreck —Three Hundred Lives Lost — A report has reached London ot the losi of the Canton, emigrant ship, on the coast of Scotland, with 3UO souli on board, all of whom perished . the vessel was jaid tobe"driveo ontheiocks of Far-out-head,nearDur-ness, in a* violent gale of wind, which visited the coast of Scotland and Caithness : other wrecki have occurred on the Scottish coast, but with comparatively little loss of life. . A iraall vessel named the Mmerve, Captain Hcsser, was lately proceeding from Komgßberg to Riga, with a mate, four sailors, and the captain's wife and thiee children on board, when, in the night time, she came into collision with the English trading vessel, the Star, Captain Robson. The shock was so great that captain Hesser and one of the sailors was flung from the deck on the prow of the Star, which they clung to and were saved. The three other sailors were preci pitated into the se-v and were drowned, so that there remained on board the Mineive only Madam Hesser, her three children , and the mate. Unfortunately, the last had been so injured by the collision that he could scarcely move. In this melancholy condition, Madame Hesser came to the resolution to work the vessel herself. Thii she absolutely effected during a period of eighteen days, and at last brought the vessel into Riga without injury. The sailors of the various vessels in that port, on hearing what she bad done, were so much seized with admiration, that they Buhicribed and got a gold medal struck in her honour: the seamen't corporation at Riga presented her with a sum of 1.000 roubles (4,000fr.). Captain Hesser and tbe sailor who got on board the Star, arrived safe at Rostoc— Galignatli. Steam Intercourse w Australia.— Sir George Larpent, as chairman of the Committee for extending Steam communication between Australia India, and England, has received information from Sydney, by the last mail, that the Legislative Council of New South Wai* s has voted 5010/. per month out of the colonial revenue, towards carrying out this gieat object, thusinconiestibly proving the anxiety of the southern colonies on the subject, which is not surprising, as they are the only portion of the empire excluded from the benefits of »team intercourse with England.