The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1855®

Mr. Layarl—What provision was made for the re-
moval of your sick and wounded ?
Lord Luean—There wore ambulance trains of course,
but he must say a worse organised corps he never en-
countered, and the wounded were removed by them. He
did not consider the ambulance carriages were well
adapted for the purposes to which they were applied.
Indeed when the roads became bad they became quite
useless—and the men were dependent upon the French
and other means which were devised for their removal.
He wrote to the Adjutant-General on the subject of
a more efficient ambulance corps in all respects similar
t• the French.
Mr. Layard—Was anything done in consequence of
that I
Lord Lucan—l received a reply from the Adjutant-
General thanking me on behalf of Lord Raglan for my
letter, and stating that the subject was under the con-
sid;irratiLonayoafrdthe giuldlishnoGosvteeprnsrnm yent.
our opinion have
beea taken to organise a corps out there ?
Lord Lucan—Oh yea, certainly something might
have been done. With respect to medical assistance he
thought his division had sufficient medical attendance
and supplies of medicines. At one time there were no
horse medicines in the camp, but all the while there
was a vessel lying in the harbour which had had a store
on board for months, ever since June. He wrote to the
Quartermaster-General on the subject, and the want was
supplied without delay. The vessel had been several
voyages backwards and forwards with those chests of
medicines on board. The name of that vessel was the
Jason.

a boy of 8. The other children, boys of 13 and 12, •
having retired to bed in an adjoining room. The pri-
soner had placed his cart in the carthouse, and his horse
in the stable, before the children heard him coming
home. On his entering the house his vt ife asked him if
he would have supper. The prisoner, whom some of
the witnesses described as being under the influence of
liquor, appeared very violent, and said to her, "No ; I
have heard enough about you to-day. You have stripped
for Bill Saunders." The wife denied the imputation,
and, according to the evidence of the children, the only
witnesses to this part of the transaction, their father
commenced beating the deceased violently with the butt-
end of his whip, which was produced. It was net a
very formidable weapon. He then commenced shoving
her towards the fire, when she fell. He then kicked her
about :the head and stomach. When she implored for
mercy, he said, "I will not finish with you until I kill
you." The children, becoming alarmed, ran to the house
of a neighbour named Rees, also of their uncle, David
Jones. The prisoner shortly afterwards followed them,
and begged Rees to come down to his house, "as he
had given an unfortunate Wow to his wife." Eventually
Rees, his wife, and David Jones, prisoner's brother,
wont down to prisoner's house, and they found the de-
ceased quite dead on a bed, her face, head, and other
portions of the body presenting a frightful appearance.
There were six or seven deep cuts and bruises on the
head and face, with marks of burning. One of the pri-
soner's children said that, on looking in at the window
after leaving the house, he saw his father take some fire
out of the grate and throw it with a tin upon his mother,
as she lay upon the floor. He also saw him beat her with
a small stool. There was no witness to the main part of
the violence, as the children had left the house before
the unfortunate woman was dead. Rees found in the
house a piece of an iron ploughshare covered with hair
and blood. He picked up some hair from the floor.
Prisoner, who had become very violent, called for a
knife to cut his throat, but Rees restrained him. He also
asked that witness and his wife to assist in laying her out
and that she must be buried on the following Tuesday ;
that it was quite unnecessary to give any information to
the coroner, as he (prisoner) had last seen her alive. He

dated 13th of January, 1854. I did not ask him, but
he offered to leave the note till next morning, when he
would, he said, call for the French money in exchange.
In consequence of something which occurred I made in-
quiries, and traced the note in question to Messrs.
Nicholls and Co., to whom I communicated what had
taken place.
Mr. Mullens—We are greatily indebted to Mr. Baum
for his extraordinary exertions on the occasion. His
activity principally led to the detection of this extensive
plunder.
Mr. S, Montagu, partner iu the firm of Samuels and
Montagu, of 21, Cornbill, bullion merchants, said—On
the ith of March the prisoner brought to me three 3001.
bank notes, and I gave him in exchange French and
Belgian notes to the amount of 16,000 francs, and gold
to the amount of 6,515 francs. I sent the notes by my
clerk to the Bank in the presence of the prisoner, before
we settled with him.
The clerk to the last witness identified one of the 300/,
notes which he had taken to the Bank.
Mr. Adam Speilman, bullion merchant, of Lombard-
street, proved that on the sth of March he gave to the
prisoner 20,000 francs in French notes, and 40 francs in
gold, in exchange for three bank notes for 2001. each.
Henry Goddard said—l was formerly one of the prin-
cipal officers at Bow-street. In consequence of infor-
mation which I received I went to Dover, and on the
morning of the 6th of March I saw the prisoner walk-
ing about the streets there, and followed him to the
Dover Castle Hotel. I afterwards saw him go out, and
then come in again, and I then presented him with a
card of Messrs. Gibson Nicholls and Co., and asked him
whether he was attached to the firm. He appeared to be
very nervous, and said, "Yes." I asked him to step into
a back room, and requested the waiter to bring him his
baggage, and the waiter brought in the carpet bag I r,re-
duce. I a ked the prisoner if that was his bag, and he
said yes. I then took from his side coat pocket a pock et-
book full of foreign notes, and a small purse, containiung
some silver. I asked him for the key of the carpet bag.
and I unlocked it, and found in it two bags full of
French gold. The pocket-book and purse I had taken
from him I placed in the carpet bag, which I then
locked up, and I then brought him to London, and
handed him over to Daniel Forrester, together with
the carpet bag and its content.. I bad been previouay
in communication with Mr. Forrester on the subject,
and ha I gone to Dover according to an arrangetne4ot
which I hal made with him.

Mr. Layard—Do you think any improvement might
be made in our cavalry equipment ?
Lord Lucan—l think a great deal of improvement
might be made. I think what is termed patrol order
gives a man quite sufficient change of clothing, and
should be always the order in which light cavalry entered
upon a campaign. The stupid va'ise was too large, and
was under certain circumstances too heavy for the
horses.

By Mr. Ellice—lf from any cause whatever there
were no means of transport, unquestionably he thought
Lord Raglan was justified and was quite right in em-
ploying cavalry horses to perform that duty rather than
the army should suffer unnecessary privation.
The committee adjourned shortly before four o'clock
until to-morrow.

offered the wife a sovereign for washing the body, but
she declined, and prisoner then did so himself. Some
evidence was likewise given, with the view of showing
express malice. This consisted of a threat against his
wife used by the prisoner five weeks before ; also of an
expression used by him to a female whom he met at a
house at which he called on his road home, to the effect
—" The old woman is almost breaking my heart. I will
put an end either to her or myself this night." The me-
dical evidence was not very satisfactory with reference to
the weapon by which the frightful wounds on the head
were caused. It was suggested on the part of the prose-
cution that some of them might have been produced by
kicks from the heavy plated shoes worn by the prisoner,
and others by blows from the iron ploughshare produced.
To some of the witnesses who visited the house imme-
diately after the occurrence, the prisoner said that the
injuries resulted from the kicks of his horse while the
decayed was assisting him to release the animal from the
cart. _

Daniel Forrester, principal officer at the Mansiom-
house, said—On the 6th of March, the prisoner was
brought to me by Goddard, who gave to me a bag I p. o-
duce, and a key. I examined the bag, and found it
contained foreign notes and gold to the amount of
64,820 francs ; also three and a quarter Napoleon 3,
value 65 francs ; also a 501. note, numbered 19,154,
dated Bth January, 1855 ; a 201. note, numbered 42,50 3,
dated 6th January, 1855 ; and a 251. note, dated Goth
January, 1855.
Mr. Mullens said with the last witness he complete d
the case for the prosecution, and the whole of the notes
which had passed into the hands of the prisoner were
effectually traced.
Sir R. W. Carden then asked the prisoner in the usznal
terms whether he was desirous to make any observation.
The prisoner —Nothing, sir.
Sir R. W. Carden--You stand committed for feloni-
ously embezzling and stealing from Messrs. Nicholls and
Co., your masters, the several sums of 1,3021. 2s. 10d.,
1,0721. 133. 11d., 6231. 14s. ld., and 2001. I think it
necessary to state here that the public are deeply inch .bt.ed
to Messrs. Baum for the remarkable exertions made; by
the gentlemen who represented them, were it not. for
which it is probable that the prisoner would have es. sped
detection for some time. I also consider it incur abent
upon me to speak in terms of strong approbation ( d the
conduct of the Forrest,n,, who have so often by their
zeal and activity served the commercial public, an( I who
by the talent quietly exhibited on the present oc.sitsion
have increased their claim upon approbation.
Committed fur trial.

At the conclusion of the case for the prosecution, the
court adjourned, the jury being condu:ted to lodgings
provided for them.
Next morning (Tuesday) Mr. Giffard addressed the
jury at great length, contending that the crime amounted
not to murder, but to manslaughter.
Mr. Justice Crompton having minut-ly summed up
the evidence, the jury retired at half-pmt one o'clock.
On their return to court, in the cour.,e of ten minutes,
they pronounced a verdict of manslaughter.
Sentenced to transportation for life.
This concluded the business of the a6sizes. •

NORTIIEB,N CIRCUIT.-YORK, MARCH 13.
BOOTH V. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

COMPANY.

This was an action brought to recover compensation
in damages for an injury received by the plaintiff in a
collision on the defendants' railway. The defendants
paid 251. into court, and pleaded that this was sufficient
compensation. The plaintiff replied, taking this sum,
that ho had received greater damage, upon which issue
was joined.
Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Bagley appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Tomlinson
for the defendants. _

GUILDHALL. osepl/ Cleasby, a lad about 15 years
of age', was charged with the following robbery on his
employer :
Mr. Noswortily, a lithographer, of 79 Coleman-:th.eet,
said the prisoner was in his employ, and about three
months ago he sent him to get a cheque for 51. cas'aed.
On that occasion the prisoner absconded with the mcney
and shcrtly after wrote to his master stating that he bad
been robbed of part of the money, and, not liking to re-
turn, ho had gone down to Greenwich with the view of
getting a berth in a ship to go to sea, but not succeed-
ing, and having spent the remainder of the money, he
had returned home. Witness believed his story and took
him again into his employ. On Feb. 24, however, the
prisoner again absconded, having broken open the cash-
box in witness's absence and decamped with about /U.,
cons;stinn of a 51. note, five sovereigns, and about 6/,.. in
silver. He had not seen the, prisoner since that tine un-
til he was taken into custody.
Alderman Humphery (to prisoner)—What have you
to say to this charge ?
Prisoner—l have nothing to say against it. I took the
money ; it was only 151.
Alderman Humphery—How did you spend it I
Prisoner—ln going to different places of amusement
at the West .end. _ _

The plaintiff, it appeared, was an attorney at Roch-
dale, but acting as the managing clerk to another attor-
ney in that town. On the 21st of October last he had
occasion to travel by the defendants' railway by the
half-past eight a.m. train, and when between Todmorden
and Eastwood the train in which he was travelling at
the rate of 25 miles an hour ran into another train on
the same line, breaking the carriage in which the plain-
tiff was sitting, bruising the calf of his leg against the
seat, and giving him a blow in the pit of his stomach,
which caused him great pain. The blow on the stomach
caused constipation in the bowels for several days, for
which he took caster oil. His kidneys were also a,f-
fected, for which his back was rubbed with turpentine,
and he was confined from business about days. In con-
sequence of the concussion his nervous system had been
much shaken, and he had become nervous. The me-
dical man who was called to prove the injuries the plain-
tiff had received, was cross-examined as to what " ner-
vousness" was, and, after various attempts at an expla-
nation, he gave it up, and said it *as inexplicable. A
cold would produce cnnstipation iu the bowels. His bill
for attending the plaintiff was 51. 103.
For the defence it was contended by Mr. Serjeant
Wilkins that the plaintiff had made the most of the lucky
piece of business into which he had got on his own ac
count, and that if he were paid at the same rate every
two or three months for such accidents he would find it
a much more profitable occupation than quill driving.
The surgeon's explanation of what " nervousness" was,
said the learned serjeant, reminded him of a question
put at a railway station by an old lady to a very pom-
pous-looking gentleman who was talking loudly about
steam communieation. " Pray, Sir, what is steam ?"
"Stearn, Ma'm, is, ah !—steam is—eh ! ah !—steam is
steam !" " I knew that chap couldn't tell ye, said a
rough-looking fellow, standing by, " but steam is a
bucket of water in a tremendous perspiration." (Laugh-
ter.) The jury must not let themselves be decieved by
the hard words of the surgeon, who could not ex-
plain what they meant, when in reality they meant the
commonest ailments, which might have come upon the
plaintiff from catching a cold ; and for such real injury
as he had suffered he submitted the 251. paid into court
was ample compensation.
His Lordship, having summed up, left it to the jury
to say whether the amount paid into court was sufficient
compensation for the injuries the plaintiff had received ;
if they thought it was they would find fer the defen-
dants ; if not, they would give the plaintiff such further
sum as they thought the justice of the case demanded.
The jury retired, and, after a short absence, found a
verdict for the defendants.

Aldertnan linmphery—But you could not have spent
the whole of W. in that way. . _

_
Prisoner—Yes, I did. I went to the Panopticon, the
Great Globe, the Diorama, the Collosseum, and the Poly-
technic during the day, and at night I went to the
theatre.
Alderman Humphery—What part of the theatre did
you go to ?
Prisoner—l went to the boxes. I had no one with
me at any time. When the theatres were over I slept
at the nearest coffee-shop each night.
Alderman Humphery—But you could Rot have spent
151. in that manner on yourself alone.
Prisoner—There were plenty of ways of spending it,
but geould not say exactly how I spent it. The most I
spent in one day was 10s.
Alderman Humphrey—What did you do with the first
Si. you went away with three months ago ?
Prisoner—l had four sovereigns stolen from my waist-
coat pocket near the Royal Exchange, and the rest I
spent.
Alderman Humphery—l think you could not have
spent all the money on yourself, and I shall therefore re-
mand you, in order that the officers may find out your
companions.
The prisoner was then remanded.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

Rear-Admiral Robert Lambert Baynes arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday, and hoisted his flag (blue at the
mizen) on board the Cantaur, 6, paddle frigate, Captain
Clifford, in the fitting basin, as third in command of the
Baltic fleet. No salutes were exchanged.

The fleet at Spithead was augmented yesterday by the
arrival of the Majestic, 81, Captain J. Hope, C.B.
The Archer, 15, Captain Heathcote.
The Dragon, 6, paddle-frigate, Captain Stewart.
The Bulldog, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander A. G.
Gordon.
The former was from the Nore, and the latter from
Plymouth.
The Exmouth, 91, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham,
flag of Rear-Admiral of the Blue Michael Seymour
(second in command of the Baltic fleet), was reported as
off Portsmouth last night at dark, but the weather was
very thick, and no reports were brought in after sunset.
Unless same arrangement is come to prior to entering
upon the scene of action as regards the distinguishing
flags of the several admirals commanding this fleet
much confusion must ensue, fur as all their three flags
are blue at the mizen, and consequently all their ensigns
and pennants alike, it will be imposaiblo to signal safely
or correctly in smoke or fug, so as to convey the quar-
ter from which the signals are made.
The Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall, was taken over to
sailing moorings in Portsmouth harbour yesterday to
have her compasses adjusted prior to joining the fleet.
The Esk, 21, Captain Birch, one of the contract-built
steam-corvettes, has given much trouble to our dockyard
authorities since she has been fitted out. During her
late cruise in the channel she nearly proved a coffin for
all on board, owing to the water she took in ; and on
Monday last her leakage was so serious that all the
caulkers in the fleet at Spithead were ordered by signal
to go on board and caulk her.
Rear• Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., Com-
mander•in-Chief, took up his berth on board the Duke of
Wellington yesterday ; we believe he goes on short leave
to-morrow.

The Diligence, naval transport, laden with dockyard
stores, left Portsmouth yesterday for the eastward.
The Cressy, 80, Captain R. L. Warren is ordered into
Portsmouth harbour as soon as her powder and shell are
out ; she has some derangements below, it is supposed
(most probably in her machinery), to repair,
All the shipa' crews of this fleet will be paid wages
peer to sailing, up to the 31st day of January last, which
is the latest day allowed by law.
Yesterday afternoon the Port Admiral's order was
received and copied on board all the ships at Spithead,
regulating the ceremony of dressing ship, saluting and
manning yards for the Queen this morning, on her Ma-
jesty steaming through the anchorage to Osborne at
about half-past 11 o'clock, which will be a remarkably
picturesque spectacle, should the weather be fine.
The Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, seems destined
to be the training school for the sea-going officers and
man wanted for the effective ships ; she has now had all
her lieutenants but one draughted into other ships, and
150 of her crew to fill petty officers' ratings, A higher
compliment could not be paid to the gallant and respected
captain,

The steam•vesseis Archer, 14, Bulldog, 6, and Dragon,
6, left Plymouth Sound on Monday evening for the
eastward.
The Admiralty intend to employ a number of North
Sea captains, well acquainted with the navigation of the
Baltic, to act as pilots to the fleet, They are to have
one guinea per day,