The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-09 00:00:00

onr patriotism, the oiflame of our nationality—
that heroic standard in presence of which the
British soldier fought and died upon the plains of
Azincourt—the glorious flag under which he has
conquered so often, though never more signally
than he has already thrice done upon the soil of
the Crimea, and twice within view of the fortifi-
cations of Sebastopol.

The Bank of New South Wales is to pay the half-
yearly interest falling due on the town of Geelong loan.
The specie arrivals of the week have amounted to
nearly 750,000/., three-fourths of which consist of .ilver.
The shipments have been to the extent of about 200,0001.
RREAD.—The prices of wheaten bread in the metro-
polis are from 9id. to 10d. ; of household ditto, Sd. to
9d per 41b loaf.
THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS ON GOOD FRIDAY.—The
Emperor of Russia remitted through the Swedish Em-
bassy a sum sufficient to give every prisoner in the Lewes
Gaol 6d. each for hot cross buns.—Sussex Express.
The Weekly Chronicle states that the decided success
which attended the recent amateur performance at the
Olympic Theatre, for the benefit of a literary gentleman
overtaken by calamity, has brought down numerous ap-
plications from managers of charities invoking the aid of
the corps. It is hinted that a further performance is
likely to take place, in deference to a desire proceedingfrom a quarter where to intimate a desire is to command.
DEPOT OF SEAMEN, &C., AT LEITH.—It is intended
to establish a depot of seamen, artificer, stokers, &e.,
for service in the &title and White Sea fleets, in Leith
roads, for which purpose, in addition to her Majesty's
ship Athol, the guardship in the roads, a 56-gun frigate
is to be stationed there to afford accommodation to
volunteers.

PRECIOUS FREIGHT.—On Thursday last there were in
the Southampton Docks gold and silvee to the amount
of 600,000/., which had arrived in the West India
steamer Tyne and the Alexandrian steamer Euxine.
Nearly 20 carriages were required to convey it to Lon-
don. The principal portion of the specie was silver.
About 8,000/. worth of silver weighs a ton ; each rail-
way carriage conveys about four tons weight.
SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS. COURT.—This
court will resume its sittings on Friday, when Chief
Commissioner Law, who has.bsen absent through serious
indisposition on the continent, is expected to take his
seat. Among the recent petitioners to the court is Mr.
John Eden Spalding, the step-son of Lord Brougham.
He has filed his schedule, but has not been heard on his
application to be discharged.
THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, March 8.
—The Peninsular and Oriental Company have signified
their intention of forwarding the next mails for Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar on the 11th inst.,
which, in consequence of the non-arrival of the Iberia,
could not be despatched on the 7th, the usual day of de-
parture. This vessel, which is now some days overdue,
is anxiously looked for. It is hoped she will reach South-
ampton to-night or early to-morrow.
THE TURKISH CONTINGENT TO THE CRIMEA.—The
want of sufficiently experienced non-commissioned officers
for the Turkish contingent in the Crimea has been
much felt, and, in consequence, a notice has been issued
at the Horse Guards by the authorities, stating that 30
discharged cavalry soldiers, of good character, were
required for non-commissioned officers. A liberal
bounty is offered, and the rate of payment is to be 4s. 6d.
per day. As an additional inducement, the number of
years they had previously served will be taken into
account.

THE STEAM-SHIP CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.—A. short
time since we gave an abstract of the report to the
Board of Trade of the circumstances attending the loss
of the steamship City of Philadelphia. On Saturday
a supplementary paper on the subject (issued from
the Board of Trade) was published. The Lords of
the Committee of Privy Glouncil for Trade, in acknow-
ledging the report of the Local Marine Board of Li-
verpool, requested them to ascertain, if possible, whe-
ther the engines of the ship were "slowed" before the
breakers were seen, and if so, to what extent, and how
long. The reply of Captain R. Leitch is to the effect
that the engines were not " slowed," but that the en-
gineers were " standing by" the engines in case of need
about five minutes before the ship struck.

ALARMING EXPLOSION.—A very alarming explosion,
by which three if not four children were severely burnt,
took place on Saturday last, on the premises belonging
to Mr. Bennett, oil and colourman, 25, James-street,
Covent-garden. The disaster occurred in the following
manner :—Mr. Bennett having occasion to send one of
his sons for Ilb. of gunpowder, the lad incautiously en-
tered the third floor, and was amusing his brothers and
sisters by sprinkling some of the powder upon the fire,
when the entire contents of the vessel holding the
powder exploded with a loud and fearful noise, blowing
the windows out of the room, demolishing the ceiling,
:Ind at the same time enveloping the four children in
flames. Mr. Bennett and several neighbours imme-
diately rushed into the room, and with the aid of a good
supply cf water they succeeded in extinguishing the
flames about the children, whe were all found to be so
frightfully burned that it was deemed advisable to re-
move them to Charing-cross Hospital, where they at
present remain without any hopes of recovery.
CAPTURE OP A BURGLAR AT SLEAPORD.—A daring
attempt was made on Monday night last to rob the house
of Mr. Moore, the clerk of' the peace. An entrance into
the cellar had been effected by wrenching up an iron
grating in the garden, and a man had thence passed
along an underground passage t i the faot of the stair-
case, where he was busily engaged cutting his way
through the panel of the door. Mr. Moose, happening to
be awake at the time, about 1 one o'clock, came softly
downstairs, and having ascertained the whereabouts of
the visitor. returned and called upon the men-servants.
After a little careful manoeuvring, he replaced the grating
and the fellow was effectually caught in a trap, imple-
meats and all. He turned out to be a regular hand, a
broad set muscular man, about 25 years of age, black
hair, dark complexion, and bad countenance. He gave
the name of George Ciarke, but he is believed to be John
O'Brien, well known in London and Nottingham, and
lately returned from Gibraltar, on a ticket of leave.
SENTENCE ON LIEUT. JOHN SANGSTER, R.M.—The
general court-martial which assembled on the 23d of
March, 1355, for the trial of First Lieutenant John
Sangster, of the Royal Marines, on a charge of drunken.
ness, having maturely considered the evidence brought
in support of the prosecution, together with what the
prisoner urged in his defence, the court are of opinion
that the prisoner, First Lieutenant John Sangster, of
the Royal Marines, was guilty of the charges preferred
against him with the exception of that part of the first
charge, namely, " When he, First Lieutenant John
Sangster, of the Royal Marines, was the subaltern
officer of the dockyard that morning," which, being in
breach of the articles of war, did sentence him, the pri-
soner, First Lieutenant J. Sangster, R.M., to be
cashiered, and the said sentence has been taken into
consideration, and approved of by the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, who have directed the dissolu-
tion of the conrt.
MR. FITZ ROY. OP ST. PAUL'S CHURCH., KNIGHTS..
BRIDGE. —Mr. Ernest James Augustus Fitzroy, whose
name will be remembered in connection with certain
riotous proceedings at St. Paul's:Church, Knightsbridge,
in Oct. last, when the Bishop of London prohibited the
choral service there, has been sentenced to four months'
imprisonment under somewhat singular circumstances.
On the 25th of January last Serjeant Langley, the de-
tective officer, arrested Mr. Fitzroy, in a Paul's Church,
on the charge of uttering false cheques. He was taken to
Chichester, and committed for trial by the mayor (Henry
Wright, Esq ), and on Tuesday last he was tried at
Chichester before the Recorder (W. M. Bridger, Esq.),
and sentenced, the first and last week of his imprison-
ment being solitary confinement: The recorder, be-
fore sentencing him, stated that Mr. Fitzroy had begun
life in a very immoral and disgraceful manner, in every
description of vice, under The cloak of religion, and he
hoped the sentence he was about to pass would be the
means, through the instrumentality of the chaplain of
the prison, of altering his career for the future, and
thus enable him to become a respectable member of
society.
The Court of Assizes of the Eure, three days ago,
tried a man named Prevost, of Saint Martin Saint
Firmin, for poisoning his wife. It appeared from
the evidence that for several years he had treated
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her with great brutality, and the woman more
October last, she was suddenly seized with violent
vornitings ; they continued all that day and the day
following, and on the 11th she expired. The ac-
cused refused to allow a physician to be sent for.
After her death he gave out that she had died of
indigestion, but the neighbours strongly suspected
that she had been poisoned. This suspicion having,
after a while, reached the ears of the authorities,
orders were given to have the body of deceased dug
up and examined. Arsenic was found in her sto-
mach, and the husband was in consequence arrested.
On his house being examined two phials, containing
an arsenical preparation, were discovered ; he attempted
to seize them, and succeeded in knocking one of them
out of the hand of a gendarme, but the other was pro-
duced at the trial. The jury brought in a verdict of
guilty with extenuating circumstances, and the Court
sentenced hire to hard labour for life.

Two young soldiers. named Flory and Hebert, of the
2d Regiment of Hussars, in garrison at Beauvais, were
yesterday tried by Court-martial for swindling, and
absence without leave. They were both bad Charac-
ters, and some time ago were placed in confinement for
some offence. No sooner were they released, than, in-
stead of returning to their duty, they walked off to
the village of Saint Justdes Marais, and there, going to
a public-liouse, ordered the best dinner that the house
could suprily. They said that they were on their way
to Gournays to examine a large quantity of oats for the
regiment, and they directed the servant to stop the
Gournay diligence when it arrived. The diligence
came up just after dinner. One of the soldiers imme-
diately entered it, whilst the other put his hand in his
pocket as if to pay. But when he saw that the servant's
attenthin was turned away, he slipped out by the back
door, and secreted himself. When the diligence
had proceeded some distance he was seen running
after it, and, by the directions of his companion, it
waited to take him up. When they arrived at Gour-
nay, the two] men went to a public house kept by a man
named Dilancir, and ordered a quantity of hay and oats
to he provided fors detachmont of sixty horses, of
their regiment, which they asserted was about to arrive.
They also ordered % grand dinner to be prepared
for the officers of the detachment. They got beds for
the night, and caused themselves to be feasted in
grand style. In the morning they slipped away with-
out paying, and the detachment never arrived.
For eight days they continued to dupe public-
house keepers at different places in this way, and
at last on arrivinf at Rouen, they gave themselves
into the custody if the gendarmes, just in time to
avoid being proee!ded against as deserters.