The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-13 00:00:00

GERMANY.

On the sth inst. the King of Prussia was present
at the inauguration of the portion of the Eastern Rail-
road which is between Bromberg and Dantzic.
The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived at
Berlin on the 6th, and the next day left with the
Grand Duchess for Russia.
At a review of the Imperial Guard, given by the
Emperor of Russia, at Krasno6 Selo, on the 31st ult.,
in honour of Prince Frederick William of Prussia,
Lieutenant-General Baron de Schreckenstem, who
was in the suite of the Prince, accidentally rode
with great violence against a Russian officer, was
knocked down, and had three ribs broken.

ITALY.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa quotes letters
from Rome of the 4th, stating that Austria and
France have it in contemplation to withdraw their
troops from the Roman states, leaving
only about
2,000. French at Civita Vecchia, and a small Austrian
garrison at Ancona. This is to be done as soon as
the Papal troops shall have been organised.

——
CHEAP AND "UNIFORM SYSTEM OF COLONIAL
AND INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE.
An association to promote this object was formed
during the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all
Nations, inelading among its members many of the
Foreign Commissioners. At a meeting held at the house
of the Society of Arts, on Taesday, August 10th, the
following resolutions were unanimously adopted:—
" That it appears to this association that all the argu-
ments used by M.r. Rowland Hill in favour of the justice
of an uniform rate of postage apply certainly to colonial
and probably to foreign correspondence.
" That the cost of conveyance, as was proved by Mr.
Rowland Hill, depends upon the number of letters, and
not upon the distance; and that therefore the justice of
an uniform rate is evident.
" That the association welcomes tho recognition of
this principle in the recent adoption of uniform rates for
printed papers to some of our colonies.
" That the simplicity and convenience of prepayment
also appear to apply to colonial and foreign corre-
spondence,"
The Right Hon. the E3rl Granville has consented to
become president of the association.

PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY AND DOCK
ACCOMMODATION.

(From the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.)
At the present, moment the town of Portsmouth is
reached by two lines of railway, the South-Western
and the South Coast; the former leaving Waterloo-
bridge station, and taking a circuitous western route
via Wichester and Bishop's Stoke to Portsmouth, in
95 miles • the latter leaving the London-bridge sta-
tion and taking an equidistant eastern route via
Brighton. Both lines approach Portsmouth by a
common route from Cosbam, at which point they
diverge, the one to Fareham the other to Havant.
As far as Havant, but no farther' the South Coast is
a Portsmouth and London line. On the London side
we find the South-Western extending by means of a
branch to Godalming, making the distance 34 miles
between that town and London, and it may therefore
be fairly assumed, for the purpose of consideration,
that no more direct communication projected between
Portsmouth and London would use the South Coast
Railway to Havant or Bedhampton, and the South-
Weetern from Godalming to London. The distance
between Havant and Godalming,following the most
practicable and least expensive route to the
east of Petersfield, is 31 miles over en easy tract
of country, singularly free from objections arising
from resident proprietors. The line would
accommodate Petersfield, Midburst, Haslemere,
and Petworth, whilst branches might at any future
time be carried, to either place at a small cost. A
branch to Alton would meet the wishes of the Great
Western, in extension of their line from Basingstoke,
and would at the same time go far to develop the pro-
ject of the North-Western, in extension of their line
from Fenny Stratford, in order to avoid the carriage
of goods through London. It is understood that an
arrangement, or rather a tacit acquiescence, exists
between the South-Western and South Coast Cora-
-1 panies, to the effect that neither company shall origi-
nate a line of railway, over the neutral intermediate
country; but the interests of the South-Western are
so immediately concerned in the ndoption and main-
tenance of a project which would at once bring a
large amount of traffic over 34 miles of their trunk line,
to the permanent exclusion of the South Coast, that al-
though they may not personally be disposed to take
the initiative in the matter, they would never, it is
conceived, be so blind to their own advan-
tage, as to reject a proposition emanating from
other, and it may be added, wholly disin-
terested, parties. There is not the slightest
doubt but that the line must bo made, the necessities
of Portsmouth require it; and even were it a specu-
lation in which the result was one of doubtful gain, it
would yet be desirable that the people of Portsmouth
should carry it out to secure to themselves protection
from constant and still increasing lose, and to redeem
some, however small a portion, of that trade and
traffic which has so materially ministered to the rapid
aggrandisement of Southampton and other ports. If
the Scuth-Western Company decline co-operation
(which is all that is asked at their hands), other par-
ties must of necessity be sought; and the exigencies
of the case point to the South-Western Company as
the natural allies of such a project, but there are other
lines stretching into Surrey, the directors of which
would welcome such an accession of traffic as that
which must unavoidably be carried over a more di•
rect line, and it is therefore a most important ele-
ment in the consideration and bearing of the subject,
that there are various modes of effecting the ob-
ject in view, not all perhaps possessing the same
facilities of execution, but enough, at all events,
to satisfy the requirements of the case. Upon the
presumption that such a line would carry all the
through traffic from Portsmouth to London, and that
half a loaf would be preferable to none at all, it is
the fallacy
clearly to the interest of the South Coast Company
Bedhamptont
to accept terms for the use of their present terminus
at Landport, and of their line as far as Bedhampton,
for through traffic being too obvious to need refuta-
tion.of calling the South Coast a competing line
t Should, however, the South Coast be disposed
0 withhold the accommodation desired the alternative
of car, '
frem fing a line parallel to that of the South Coast
bridge
Dockyard, terminus to the waeatthe present point of junction, but diverging
into Portsea Island over Ports-
to
be no objection formed there wei-oeni
house, to a,tacross the turnpike road, and by 1-let-
hal's at the northern extremity of the
With this outline of direction to the promoters, and we are in-
ert
:oo
jn
we theill
part of the Government to the construction of such a
lice and terminus,
proceed to consider the existmgeiotinsinaatinusndpsorcifnotpchei:
example) have been com-
mencedown in the first piece, a line suffi-
• 1
whom it is advanced.
and the position of those(__ sby
All former schemes
an engineering light,
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may be
int
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Portsmouth
layingas an especiald
In many
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referencermesi d e n
tlandowners.
cases the persons employed have provoked hostility
mischief in conducting the preliminary
opposition has
surveys, and
where none need ever have existed,
been engendered _
the result has been that
rs have in consequence been
all
liabilities and expenses which in the
hampered with
concern to the
discredit of
end have swamped the
the irreparable damage of the
those employed and to
.. , .
cardinal point to
undertaking. It has been a .
I)3'd. wthaanttotilb.e promote
avoid this evil in
notnames of those gen.
a, Yet at liberty to mention the .
eteenen the present instance. We are
who have coma forward on this occasion, but
t'-"=y are well known to many of
our leading towns-
nv'n) and we are satisfied that the matter is perfectly
Isfe in than 'Audi. All that they ack of the people

of Portsmouth is a constant and earnest assistance, in
money will, but certainly in undivided perso-
nalenerigfythey
, without which nothing can prosper.
They have had personal interviews with the great
landowners upon the line between Bedhampton and
Godalming ; they have ascertained their views gene-
rally upon the subject, both with regard to direction
and alliance with existing companies, and upon an
understanding purely of an honourable nature, but
which is defined and recognised between the parties
themselves; a consent in general terms has been given
to the adoption of the project, and a strong desire
has been manifested to see it launched and car-
ried out at the earliest possible period. There is
reason, further, to believe that more Substantial
support than mere consent and co-operation will
be afforded by some of the landowners, but as
the question is now under consideration, it
would be premature to do more than allude to it.
They have obtained accurate information both on the
subject of the traffic over the existing lines and of
the expense of constructing the projected line, and
after making the requisite deductions for working,
cost, and for the amount payable for the use of the
seven miles of the South Coast, and the thirty-four
of the South Western Railway, it is evident, beyond
a shadow of doubt,
that the undertaking would be
most profitable,
even without taking into account
the intermediate and necessarily increased traffic
which must on its completion be called into exist-
ence. We say, necessarily increased traffic, because
(irrespective of docks, to which our attention is at
the present time most paticulerly directei) if the
distance from
London to Portsmouth be reduced
from 95 to 72 miles, travelling must be cheaper, two
hours more time will be available under a day ticket,
and the Isle of Wight passengers, who alternate be-
tween Southampton and Portsmouth, would as a
matter of Certainty, adopt the Portsmouth in pre-
ference to the Southampton route. They have ob-
tained the assistance of a gentleman of consider-
able influence, thoroughly versed in railway business,
who has undertaken the negotiation between them and
the companies with whom arrangements may have
been formed, and other steps of a private nature
which could not now without possible prejudice, be
disclosed, have been taken in furtherance of the object,
leaving no reason to doubt but that with ordinary
care, success is certain of attainment. The leading
principle has been to fix upon a line, so direct as to
avoid the possibility of future opposition, and to ob-
tain the utmost advance that could be secured by per-
sonal exertions without incurring any legal obligation
to parties interested, or professional liability for heavy
preliminary
expenses, so that whenever the project
comes before the public it will come unshackled, un•
pledged, and with every intention on the part of the
promoters to act with the utmost sincerity.
The promoters have no private interest at stake,
they are under no pressure beyond that of a firm con-
viction that the time is come when better railway
accommodation should be secured for Portsmouth, or
her history, like that of Porchester, the portus
magnus of the Romans, will become matter of tradi•
tion. Money is abundant, labour cheap, facilities in-
creased, experience gained, the necessity paramount.
What, then, is the obstacle ?

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 12.
The Learned Judges arrived in the town yesterday
from Lancaster, and opened the commission. This
morning
they proceeded to the courts at ten o'clock.
Lord Campbell took his seat in the Crown Court, Mr.
Justice Wightman sitting at Nisi Prius.
The criminal calendar contains the names of 121 pri-
soners, of whom 4 are charged with murder, 17 with
manslaughter, 2 with rape, 1 with stabbing with intent to
murder, 6 with stabbing, cutting, and wounding, 13,vvith
burglary, 26 with assault and robbery, 4 with forgery, 2
with administering poison with intent to murder, 1 with
arson, 4 with perjury, 2 with coining, 1 with sacrilege, 4
with post-office robberies, 3 with bigamy, 3 with horse-
stealing, 4 with stealing from the dwelling-house; the
rest with larcenies and minor offences.
The cause list has 80 entries, 59 from the West Derby
hundred, and 21 from the hundred of Salford.
At the sitting of the Nisi Prius Court, Mr. Justice
WIGHTMAN invited Mr. Forsyth, of this circuit, to take
his seat within the bar as a Queen's Counsel in the
county palatine of Lancaster. Tnis is the only county
palatine which possesses the privilege of having Queen's
Counsel appointed to practise exclusively within its
limits.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice
WIGHTmAN.)
MILLER (AL PAUPER) IP. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORK

SHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY,
Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Wheeler appeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Tomlinson, and
Mr. Marshall, for the defendants.
This was an action brought to recover from the de-
fendants compensation for an injury which the plaintiff
had sustained by the loss of his foot through the negli-
gence of the defendants' servants. It appeared , that the
plaintiff was a stoker employed on an engine which con-
voyed the coals of Lord Balcarres from the collieries at
Wigan to Manchester, and on the lsth of October last
he was at work en the engine which was called " The
Countess," and was employed in returning from Man-
chester with a train of empty waggons. They stopped
at Bolton to take in water, and the engine was put out
of gear, and the break put on. While water was being
taken in the plaintiff was standing on the connecting
rod of the engine employed in oiling different parts
of the machinery, and while doing so an engine
of the defendant; drawing ten laden carriages, was
attempted
.shunted across the line on which the
" engine was, and in doing so the carriages
were backed into the plaintiff's train with such force that
the " Countess" was driven forward with considerable
ootiutts3 to
violence, theconsequence of which was that the connect-
ing rod between the wheels on which the plaintiff was
bst' cohe dut ing
hospitalw defendants a s
t Bolton,
raised, and his foot was cut off by the
refused where
to he
make remaineda twotwo months,
any compensation
for the injury which he had sustained.
For the defendants it was contended that it was
partly owing to the carelessness of the plaintiff ia stand-
ing in so dangerous e.
position, and partly from not at-
tending to the warning given by the whistle of the de-
fendants' engine, that the accident occurred.
His LORDSTEP having summed up, the jury returned
a verdict f plainta—Damages, 3001.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord CAMPBELL.)
His Lordship wasengaged in disposing of eases of no
importende.

NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, Aug. 12.
CR
—(Before Mr.
Patrick 0' flara,
Thomas Murphy,
RlOTS.Justice CROMPTON.)
THE
p y :
STOCKPORT
Thos. Garv,y, Michael APl)er ,
and Roger .11P Dermott, were otiarnott Patrick Naughton,
: hoWenN as
COh
eUe:Tsemblieg at Stockport, and assaulting
with riotously as.
jesty's subjects. several of her Ma-
gr. Huddlestone, Ur. Swettenham, and Mr. Vaughan
Williams prosecuted; air.
Webby Mr. M'lntyre, and
Mr. Brandt, were counsel for the defence..
11,.. EILIDDLEBTONE stated the case very fully, and
called
George Cheatham, who said—l am' fireman to an
engine establishment in k S.oe
. e port. On Tuesday, Jane
29, I was one of the assistant constables on duty. I was
on that evening in my sister's shop, in Chester-gate,
about twenty minutes past six. Chester-gate is near
Rock-row. I saw a body of lads go past the '°P— h to
- they
were all Irish. I then went up the steps from the back
door to see whether they Were going to create any dis-
turbance. They were in Rock-row when I got to the
top of the steps. They numbered about sixty men and
boys. I watched them about forty minutes, during
which they did not make any movement, but were talk-
ing together. They had pokers, soldering irons, heaters,
whiclf they get up ladies linen with, and other weapons.
Whilst the crowd was talking together a cart and h
with a man and child in it, came up. The crowd would
not give the cart way, and the horse began to prance and
kick. They then gave way, and began to hurl stones -
and sticks at the man in the cart, and began to call him
all sorts of names; amongst others, "English h "
and "d---d Protestant.'
To the JUDOE—I am sure those words were used. W,t-
ness continued—The cart went in the direction of Ca r.r
green. The crowd in Reck-row after the cart passed closed.
together in a body for about ten minutes or a quarter of an
hour. The men then, with the exception pf one, or
perhaps two, withdrew. They went into the house
s.
lare,
The lads went up Rock-row, across St. Peter'e-s n
to the bottom of Lord-street. I followed up the browC
Rock-row to the corner of Alderman Graham's hous:f
facing the school in St. Peter's-square. At the bottom'
of Lord-street the boys began to throw stones up the
street. They then rushed back in the direction of Reek:
row, and I returned again up the steps at my sister's
back door. Two or three Englishmen followed, chasing
them as far as the corner of the school. Some men joined
the Irish party, and they went forward again into the
square. The men came from the houses in Rock-row.
The crowd consisted of lads and men, except one little
woman. I should say there were from fifty to sixty. I
4
could see the palisading of St. Peter's square, and some
Irish women, about a dozen, adjoining the church-yard,
collecting stones. The women rolled the stones down
the embankment into Rock-row. The men composing
the crowd had with them weapons I have already de-
scribed. They were about four or five minutes in the
square. I could only see the end of the square adjoining
Rock-row. The crowd was then driven back again,.
down Rock-row towards Carr-green. The woman I
have referred to came and stood opposite me, She
said, " Come out and fight, you white-livered Irish
b--3; you do not deserve the name of Irishmen." A
few men then joined them. There might then be from
80 to 100 in Rock-row. The street was full after the
woman called out to the men. The men went back into
the squire, and I saw a boy throw a stone through Dr.
Graham's window, They then turned upon the school
adjoining the church. They ' threw stones against the
school. Three lads whom I could distinguish, two of
whom are in custody, and many others threw stones.
Theprisoner Michael MCDermott was the boy who
threw
the stone 0 h Dr. Graham's window.
roug The
prisoner Patrick Naughton was one of those whom I
taw throw stones at the school. Ile threw several stones.
I do not recognise either of the other prisoners as having
thrown stones at the school. The prisoners Feeny,
Garvey, and O'Hara were present. Feeny seemed to be
a general instructor. He was like a commander. Re
moved Isis arm like an offieer, end gave orders both by
his voice and hand.
To the JUDGE—I am sure of that.
Witness coctinned—Garvey had a hammer in his