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

our patriotism, the oriflame 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 lave amounted to
nearly 750,0001., three-fourths of which consist of silver.
The shipments have been to the extent of about 200,006/.
RREAD.—The prices of wheaten bread in the metro-
polis are from W. to 10d. ; of household ditto, Bd. 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 Lew—es
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 proceeding
from 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, &c.,
for service in the Baltic and White Sea fleets, in Leith
roads, for which purpose, in addition to her Majesty's
ship Athol, the guardsbip 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 silVer to the amount
of 600,0001., 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 8,0001. 'worth of silver weighs a ton ; each rail-
way carriage conveys about fon. tons weight.
SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS. COURT.—This
court will resume its sitt:ngs on Friday, when Chief
Commissioner Law who has been abient 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•fited his schedule, but has not been heard on his
application to be discharged.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUTHAIII'TON, March 8.
—The Peninsular and OrieLtal Com Pliny have signifieJ
their intention ,of forwarding the next mails for Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar on the 11th inst.,
which, inconsequence 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 sOlllO 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, a-id, in consevence, 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 offloers. 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 bo taken into
account.

THE STEAM-SHIP CITY Or PHILADELPUIA:—A. short
time since we gave an abstract of the report to the
Board of Trade of the circumstances attending the loss
of the 'steam ship City of Philadelphia. On Satuelay
a supplementary paper on the subject (issued from
the Board of Trade) was published. The Lords of
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, in acknow-
ledging the report of the Local Marine Beard 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,
Coventtarden. The disaster occurred in the following
manner :—Mr. Bennett having occasion to send one of
his sons fc:- 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 th 3
powder exploded with a loud and fearfuleleise blowing
the windows out of the room, demolishing the ceiling,
and at the'same time enveloping the; four children in
flame. Mr. Bennett and
.several neighbours imme-
diately rushed into the room, and with the aid of a good
supply of 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 Charidg-cross Hospital, where they at
present remain without any hopes of recovery.
CAPTURE OP A BuRGLAR AT SLEAPoRn.—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 to the'foot of the stair-
case, where be was busily engaged cutting his way
through the panel of the door. Mr. Moore, happening to
be awake at the time, about 1 one o'clock, came softly
downstairs, and havine 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-
ments and all. • He turned out, to be a regular hand, a
broadset muscular man, about 25 years of age, black
hair, dark complexion, and bad countenance. He gave
the name of George Clarke, but he is believed to be John
O'Brien, well known m 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, 1855, 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 collet 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 court.
MR. FIT4ROY, GP 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 28th of January last Serjeant Langley, the_de-
tective officer, arrested Mr. Fitzroy, in tit. 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 _be was tried at
Chichester before the Recorder (W. M. Bridger, Eiq,),
and sentenced, the first and last week of his imprison-
ment being solitery confinement. The recorder, be-
fore sentencing him, stated that Mr. Fitzroy bad begun
life in a very immoral and disgraceful manner, in every
description of vice, under The cloak of religion, and be
hoped the sentence he was about to pass would be the
means, through ,the instrumentality of the chaplain of
the prison, of altering hii career for the future, and
thus enable him to become a respectable member of
society._
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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 be had treated
her with i great brtftality, and the poor woman more
than once expressed a wish to die, On the 9th of
October last, she was suddenly seized with violent
vomitings ; 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, we're 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 hira to hard labour for life.
Two young soldiers, named Flory and Hebert, of the
2d Regiment of Ilussers, 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-house, ordered the best dinner that the house
could supply. They said that they were on their way
to Goursays 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
attention was turned away, ho slipped out by the back
door, and secreted himself. When the diligence
had proceeded some distance lid 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 Mancir, and ordered a quantity of hay and oats
to be provided for a detachment of sixty horses, of
their regiment, which they asserted was about to arrive.
They also ordered a 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-
put paying, and the detachment never arrived.
For eight days they continued to dupe public--
house keepers a* different places in this way, and
at last on arriving at Rouen, they gave themselves
into the custody of ,the gendarmes, just in tirao to
avoid being proceeded against as deserters.