The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

PRINCE NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.

PLYMOUTH, Monday.—This morning early Port-Ad-
miral Sir William Parker proceeded in his barge along-
side the yacht Ariel, and conveyed the Prince and his
suite to the Keyham Steam-yard, where his Highness
was received by General Eden, Commander of the Forces
in the West of England ; Admiral Plumridge, Admiral
Superintendent of the Dockyard ; Mr. Luscombe, Con-
sul for France ; Captain Wisp, flag-ship Impregnable,
120 ; Captain Kingcome, Royal William, 120 ; Captain
Parker, Flag-Lieutenants Turton and Dicken, Mr.
Secretary Richards, &c. After inspecting the docks,
stores, engine works, foundaries, and machinery of this
eitabh-hinent, the Prince went to the Devonport dock-
yard and examined the saw-mills, store-houses, rope
manufactory, &c. The frigate Satellite 21, which is to
be launched on the 26th inst., and which was closely
examined, excited particular interest, as did the testing
of one of the large anchors. His Highness retained
samples of the various kind of hemp in store and of a
portion of rope plaited by peculiar machinery, the work-
ing of which afforded considerable amusement. From
the dockyard the party proceeded to the Royal William
Victualling-yard, Royal Marine Barracks, Plymouth
Citadel, and the prison at Milbay, where upwards of
1,000 Russians are under confinement.

The Imperial yacht Ariels, Captain De Beaulieu, with
Prince Napoleon and suite, left the Sound for the East-
ward at 3 o'clock this afternoon, under salutes from the
citadel at Plymouth, and the flag-ship Impregnable in
Hamoaze.

TILE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN
SARDINIA, MALTA, AND TILE EAST.

We read in the Portafoglio Maltese, Sept. 1 :
The council of Government held this day the extra-
ordinary meeting called by the President of the Coun-
cil, to decide on the answer to be given to Lord Pan-
mure's despatch, with regard to the proposed electric
wire between Sardinia, Malta, and Alexandria, and
Malta and Constantinople. His lordship desired to be
informed what tart the local legislature would take in
this work, and if the island would contribute towards
the necessary expenses. The Crown Advocate, on the
part of the Government, moved that the island should
defray one-tenth of the whole sum required. The pro-
posed communication is to extend over 1,500 miles, and
the sum proposed is now estimated at 60,0001. The
project was mooted by Signor 13onelli, and by the Pied-
montese Government communicated to Lord Panmure,
who had transmitted the communication to Sir W. Reid
with the above instructions. The Crown Advocate
entered into a detail of the state of the public revenue,
and alluded to the commercial advantages that Malta
would derive from such an enterprise. Dr. Sciortino
seconded the motion. He considered the economical and
commercial advantages arising from this telegraph so
great to the island, that he was inclined to give his vote
for any larger sum, should the present vote not be suffi-
cient. Monsignor Casolani hoped that the sum de-
manded in the motion would prove quite adequate.
The Hon. East India Company had a greater interest,
and ought to be invited to take a part of the weight.
He wished to know whether the enterprise belonged to
the Government or to a company of Sardinia ; and the
Crown Advocate declared his ignorance on the subject.
Several hon. gentlemen spoke in favour of the proposal,
and the motion was agreed to. The council adjourned
to the 14th of December.

PROGRESS OF THE HARVEST.—NearIy the whole of
the wheat in Devonshire has been harvested in very ex-
cellent condition, the weather from the commencement
having been uninterruptedly fine. A. large quantity of
barley and oats have also been saved in good condition.
Potatoes are fine and plentiful, the disease in most in-
stances having attacked the stalks merely, but not the
root itseif. Apples are not a good crop, but in many
places are much better than was expected. The second
clover crop will, it is expected, be a very abundant
yield, and the green crops are generally very good.
Farmers complain that the corn did not kern well, and
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WINE DCTIES.—By the Avon, steamer, which left
Southampton yesterday for Lisbon, Mr. Oliveira, M.P.
for Pontefract, was a passenger. The hon. gentleman
goes to Portugal, for the purpose of examining the state
of the vineyards, the stocks of wine, and the vintage,
especially in the Oporto district, to obtain the best in-
formation upon the subject of a reduced duty, which he
takes so great an interest in advocating ; and likewise
to ascertain what disposition may exist in Portugal as to
a reduction of the tariff upon Br With goods.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN IV. H. PECHELL.—Ifs is under
the most painful feelings we have to announce the death
of Captain William Henry Cecil George Pechell, 77th
Regiment, which sad event appears from a telegraphic
communication to have taken place on the 3d September,
while serving in the trenches before Sebastopol. This
gallant and promising young officer, the only son of Sir
George Brodie Pechell, Bart., and Hon. Lady Brooke
Pechell, was born at Castle Goring in May, 1830, and
after passing his early days at Harrow and Sandhurst
College, entered the army in August, 1848 ; and, making
it his profession, he most sedulously applied himself to
all its duties, setting aside all other advantages to which
his station might entitle hini. During the winter cam-
paign in the Crimea he cheerfully shared in the arduous
services in which the 77th Regiment has been engaged.
The personal regard and high esteem in which he was
held by his brother officers, and his kindness and atten-
tion to the men under his command during that dreadful
period, will cause his loss to be most deeply deplored by
them. After the attack on the Redan on the 18th of
June, he was offered by Prince Albert to be placed in
his Royal Highness's regiment of Guards, which would
have been the cause of expediting his return to England;
but the high position he held in his regiment, and the
zeal which ever stimulated him in the conscientious dis-
charge of his duties, induced him (at such a moment) to
decline quitting the post of honour and danger to which
be had so nobly devoted himself. His many amiable and
estimable qualities endeared him to all who knew him ;
and to his afflicted and bereaved parents and relatives
his loss is irreparable.

ROBBERY FROM A SILVERSMITH'S SHOP.-- Yesterday
raorning much sensation was created in the town of
Huddersfield by the announcement that the jeweller's
shop, kept by Mr. E. W. Chinn, John William-street,
had been burglariously entered during the night, and
stripped of all the valuables it contained. The place en-
tered is only occupied as business premises, Mr. Chinn
residing in Prospect-row. On Saturday night, after de-
positing all the watches in au iron safe under the counter,
with the exception of two or three which he left in the
window, he fastened up the shop, and went home—
starting on Sunday morning for Coventry, leaving the
shop keys with his wife. On Monday morning, about
half-past seven o'clock, the apprentice went to open the
shop, and found that it had been entered ; the safe,
weighing above 2 cwt., containing the watches, was
missing, and all the gold brooches and trinkets, the
silver spoons, and other valuable articles left in the glass
cases on the counter, were all stolen, and the thieves
appeared to have gone most deliberately about their
work, as they had rejected all the silver plated goods,
but they did not give themselves the trouble to secure
two or three silver watches left in the window. The shop
door, by which the burglars had effected an entrance,
was secured both by a patent and a common lock. The
latter was picked, and it is ascertained that the former
must have been opened by a duplicate key, as it has
been since examined, and it does not show the slightest
trace of violence. After removing the goods, the thieves
again locked the door, and thus left no external mark by
which the notice of the night watch might have been
attracted. The value of the goods is supposed to be
between 3001. and 4001.
A HUSBAND STABBED BY HIS WlFE.—Another horrible
crime has been committed in the locality of Bristol.
IJohn Robins, who carries on business as a beerbouse
keeper, haulier, and milkman, at Bedminster, just be-
yond the precincts of the city boundaries, is a man of
very dissipated habits, and is in the habit of frequently
absenting himself from home, for periods of several days
and even weeks. The wife during these intervals is
said to indulge some drinking propensities, and oc.
casionally to make some exhibitions of herself which
are far from edifying or
morning or agreeable to her neigh-
On Thursdayhours. Robins returned
home between one and two o'clock, after being away
for three weeks, during which period it is stated he has
not slept at his house more than four or five nights,
quarrel appears to have ensued between Robins and
his wife, in the course of which she attempted to murder
him by cutting his throat with a razor or some other
sharp instrument. Mr. T. W. Fryer, surgeon, of Red-
cliff-hill, was sent for about half-past six on Thursday
morning, and on arriving at the house he found Robins
sitting in a chair in a back-room down stairs, with a
good deal of blood on his shirt and also on a towel which
he was holding to his throat. Upon examination Mr.
Fryer found the man had received a superficial incised
wound about two inches in length, just above the breast
bone, which was then bleeding a little, but upon exposure
to the air it ceased without requiring any of the vessels
to be taken up. Robins was at this time in a fainting
state from the loss of blood. His wife, who was in the
same room, partially undressed, and appeared to be in
an excited state, said that they had been having a few
words, owing to her husband having been out for three
weeks, during which time he had only been home four
Or five nights. She had a slight wound on her left
thumb, which Mr. Fryer also dresEed. Robins's wound
was not in itself dangerous, but the constitution of the
patient renders his recovery doubtful. The woman was
at once apprehended, and in the course of the day Mr.
Shorland, one of the Sotnersetshire magistrates, acting
for this division, visited Robins's house for the purpose
-of taking his deposition. Mr. Fryer was also examined
and ultimately the woman was committed to take k
, trial at the nut Somerset ArielZo.—Bria9l AfergurY.-