The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-11 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRAORDINAUY ROBBERT.—Henry Dempser, Susan
Seymore, Margaret Broughton, and Thomas Beeho, were
charged before Mr Knox with stealing £22 10a., a watch
and chain, an umbrella, &C., from the person of John Smith.
cellarman and barmen, in the employ of Mr Garrard, in the
Vauxhall Tavern, Kennington-lane, under the following
extraordinary circumstances.
Mr Sayer, from the office of Mr Edward Lewis, of Great
Marlborough-street, defended Beeko.
The prosecutor, a middle-aged man, said—Yesterday
afternoon about four o'clock I was passing No. 30, King-
street, Soho, when I saw a female (Seymore) going into the
house with some beer. She invited me in and I went into
the front parlour of the house. I had not been in the house
more than three minutes when Beeho came in and said—
" That is my wife; how dare you be here with my wife."
He then abused Seymore and said, " What do mean by
this ?" At this moment another man (Dempsey) came in
and said—" I am the landlord; how dare you make this
disturbance in my house ?" Dempsey then told Beeho to
leave directly, and asked Beeko what reparation
he was going to make him for having a dis-
turbance in his house ? I said I cannot make
any, and Dempsey then said, "You must have some money
about you. Beeho owes me £25 for rent. You pay the £25
and then start him, wa won't have him here." I said I
could not pay it, and Dempsey said, " You can, you have
money about you." Dempsey then flew at me and seized
me by the neck, and held me tight. I said, " Don't hurt
me and 1 will give you the £2s,'' and took out my purse
for the purpose. Dempsey then snatched the purse out of
my hand and took out £2 10a. and gave me back the empty
purse and then said, "Now I'll be desperate. You have
more money about you," and then seized my waistcoat
pocket, and took out my tobacco box in which there was
nine sovereigns, and emptied the money into his hand, and
then gave me back the box. Dempsey then said " This
will not do for me, I shall make you draw up a paper, and
sign it, for £lO more." I then drew up a paper for £lO
more, and gave my direction at Hampstead, all this time I
was locked in the room, the woman and the two men all
being present. I afterwards, from fear, gave Dempsey the
directions of my employer, and Dempsey and Beeho left
the room to go there. I was then left in the room with
the two women. The men returned about half-past 9
o'clock.

Mr. Knox—What room were you locked in ?
Prosecutor—A front parlour.
Mr Knox—Did you not go to the window to give an
alarm ?

Prosecutor—l did not. I was afraid to do so. I did net
ask the women to let me out of the room. I sat all the
while quietly in a chair, and the women only spoke a few
words to me. The men came back, and Dempsey then said
that I had given a correct address, but that he believed I
was the proprietor of the tavern, and said, " Now, I shall
make you sign a paper for the sum of £2O, or perhaps £50."
Dempsey then said, " I know you have got some more
money about you," and felt in all my pockets, and took out
my watch and chain from my trowsers pocket, where I had
deposited them. The women stood looking on. All the
five hours we sat looking at one another.
Mr Knox—Then, although you were left with only the
women for five hours, you did not think of taking any means
to release yourself ?
Prosecutor—l did, but I was afraid. After Dempsey
had taken all I had I told him of, he then gave me a
shilling. We left the house all together, and Dempsey gave
me some lemonade at a publichouse. I did not make any
complaint at the publichouse, The shilling Dempsey gave
me was to ride home, As soon as I got from them I went
to the Vine-street Police-station and gave information.
Mr Knox—Did you ask for any of your money back?
Prosecutor—l did, and that was why Dempsey gave me
the shilling. It was near the corner of Spur-street where I
got rid of them at last.
Sergeant Allen, 20 C—About 10 o'clock last night I re-
ceived information from the prosecutor at Vine-street sta-
tion that he had been rebbed in King-street. I went with
him to No. 30, and Seymore opened the door, but tried to
close it. I then asked prosecutor whether Seymore was
one of the females, and he said, on getting into the front
parlour, she was. Dempsey, Broughton, and Seymore were
there together, and prosecutor said, " They were the persons
who were in the room together, and who robbed me and
held me by the throat." The prisoners made no reply,
I then told the prisoners they must all consider themselves
in custody, and sent the prosecutor for other constables.
The prisoners all wanted to leave. While waiting for assist-
ance, I saw Dempsey take the watch produced from his
pocket and give it to Broughton, who put it under her dress.
Then I saw her pass a pair of spectacles to Broughton, who
put them under her dress, and they fell on the floor. I
picked them up, and Dempsey asked that a person might
come in and get some beer, Broughton then said, "I have
had nothing to do with it at all." I afterwards saw Brough-
ton take the watch from under her clothes, and Dempsey
then took it from her and put it under the bedclothes.
Shcrtly after Dempsey said, "I have got the watch here.
I can give it you. It was left me for £10." I then took the
watch from his hand. Seymore took no part in the conver-
sation, but Dempsey passed something to Seymore. Two
constables arrived, and I searched the place, and on the table
found a paper which the prosecutor had drawn up. The
prisoners were then taken to the station and searched, but
nothing important found upon them. Afterwards, being
told that Beeho was one of the persons, I apprehended him
this morning at a coffeehouse in Castle-street, I told him
he was charged with being concerned in robbing a Mr
Smith of £2l 10s, a watch, and other articles. Beeho said
he had had nothing to do with it I then searched him
and found upon him an eye-glass, identified by the
prosecutor, and a newspaper which the prosecutor had in
in his pocket when ha was robbed. In the bed I also found
an umbrella, which Mr. Smith identified as his property,
The prosecutor—The articles, n watch and chain, two
pair of spectacles, &c., are my property.

Sergeant Allen, in cross examination by Mr. Sayer, said
—I have known prostitutes to live at the house. There are
railings in front of the house. The prosecutor said that the
reason why he signed the paper was to get out of the
house, and that if he had had £lOO he would have given
it up.
Mr. Knox handing the prosecutor a paper,
The prosecutor said, "Beeho wrote the paper in my
presence ;" and, in answer to Mr. Sayer; said—l was ou►t
yesterday for a holiday, but I do not usually carry so much
money with me. Seymore asked me in, and I went in,
partook of the Leer she took in with her. Beeho was the
first to enter the house, and Dempsey then came in, and
complained of a disturbance taking place in Lis house.
Broughton also came up to know what was the matter, and
after expressing a hope that no disturbance would take
place, stopped while I was robbed. I was afraid to give an
alarm for fear. They seemed so exasperated that I was ha
fear. When I wrote my address as Hampstead, Beeho
said he would go to my wife, but I told him that I had not

got one. '?hay so frightened me that I could not sign my
name. I 84 for more than three hours with the
females, and I eat there to wait for the men to
return. Dempsey took my umbrella and everything from
me. I afterwards went and had a glass of lemonade with
them.

Mr E. G. Garrard, of the Vauxhall Tavern, Kennington-
lane, said—The prosecutor is my barman. Last night two
men came to my house and brought a letter di►ected to me.
The two men are the male prisoners. The letter was ask-
ing for £2O. Thinking they might have watched the pro-
secutor out, although the prisoners gave a description of
him, I refused to let them have the money. Dempsey then
pointed to the direction on the envelope, saying it was
Smith's but as I could not recognise it I would have
nothing to do with it. Beeho bad said it was about a bill
of exchange, alluding to the letter. The prisoners then left
in a cab.

Mr Knox—lt is a most extraordinary story. How long
has Smith been with you ?
➢lr Garrard—Some years ; and he is a very respectable
man, and was out for a holiday.
Mr Knox—The prisoners will be remanded.

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THAMES.
ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—john Donovan, a reckless, ill-
favoured ruffian, one of those fellows called a " white-
washed Yankee," who has been a seaman on board Amo•
tican ships, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with
assaulting Mr James Grimmer, an elderly man, of No. 1,
Well-street, near the Sailors' Home, in Whitechapel.
Yesterday evening the complainant was stooping over
an area in Well-street, and speaking to his daughter who
was in a kitchen below, when the prisoner came behind
him and seized him between the legs, turning him ever and
putting him to considerable pain and inconvenience. The
complainant expostulated with him, and the prisoner
gave utterance to the most foul abuse, threats and execra-
tions.Ewliitzhabthe ethJessoP, a lady dwelling next doer,
expostulated
prisoner and told him to go away.
He called her the most offensive names and provoked her
so much by his ribaldry and obscenity that she was induced
to strike him. A police-constable named Samuel Fuller,
Alrs
153 H, came up and took him into custody. The prisoner
gave utterance to a fearfully blasphemous oath, and said
he would cut out the entrails of the old man and Mrs
Jessop whenever he could get at them. Fuller gave
the following account of the prisoner. He was
"kicked out of Liverpool" for his ruffianism and
indecency, and came to London. He had been a complete
pest in liatcliff-highway and vicinity for the last three
weeks. His left arm was bound up and he pretended to
have lost the use of it. He abused anybody who did not
give him money. He caught hold of a sailor a few days
ago and swore he would cut his eyes out if he did not give
him money. He knocked down an unfortunate woman one
day. He had gone into public houses and extorted money.
He was turned out of two houses of public entertainment
yesterday. He gave his address, Orchard street, West-
minster,

The prisoner, in defence, said that he came home in the
Plymouth Rock three weeks ago. She was an American
packet ship. He was drunk yesterday,
Mr Paget said the prisoner ff4ould be examined by a
surgeon, and he remanded the prisoner till Monday next.

The late Private Cooper,

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Tie following cJrrespondenee has taken place
relative to the funeral of the late Private Cooper,
of the Coldstream Guards, who was accidentally
shot o❑ the 21st ult., during the late Prize Meeting
of the Natienal Milo Association on Wimbledon-
common, where he expired on Tuesday, at six
o'clock, On Friday night last, up to which time
the wounded man had been progressing favourably,
congestion of the lun.,rs supervened, and the symp-
toms increasing in intensity, he finally sank with-
Gut apparent pain :

Wimbledon, Aug. 9, 1864.
Sir,—ln the absence of the Rev. Mr Haygarth, the in-
cumbent of Wimbledon, it is my duty to communicate with
you respecting the funeral of Cooper, th 9 woanded guards-
man, who died here this morning. It is the desire of his
wife that he should be interred in our parish churchyard.
Many of the inhabitants of Wimbledon and of the adjoin-
ing parish of Putney would, I am incredibly informed,
avail themselves of this melancholy opportunity to tes-
tify their respect for Cooper, and for the service in
which he was engaged. As I visited Cooper daily
.luring his illness, I may be permitted to say, and you
will be happy to hear that he was apparently well
prepared for entering another and a better world
than this. Yesterday, although very weak, he fer-
vently joined in the prayers offered up for him and his, and
gave satisfactory indication of a man at peace with God and
the world.—l have the honour,
T. HALT BILL, Curate and Lecturer of St.
Mary's, Wimbledon.
To the Commanding Officer, Coldstream Guards.

Wellington Barracks, London, Aug. 9, 1864.
Rev. Sir,—ln reply to your letter of this day's date, just
come to hand, I beg to inform you that the commanding
officer has made arrangements for the burial of the late
Private Cooper at Brompton Cemetery, the appointed place
of interment for the men of the Brigade of Guards dying
in the London district. I beg to express to you my best
thanks for the interest you have shown, and for the care
with which you have attended Cooper throughout his ill.
ness, and to mention how great a satisfaction it was to hear
of the preparation of mind in which he appeared to be be-
fore death. I must also take this opportunity of acknow-
ledging, with all sincerity, the testimony of your
parishioners to the respect enter ained by them for Cooper,
and with repeated thanks for all the care and attention
shown by yourself and the inhabitants of Wimbledon to-
wards the poor sufferer, I have the honour, &c.,
EDWARD H. LEGGE,
Captain and Adjutant Coldstream Guards.
To the Rev. T. Hanly 818, St. Mary 'B,Winabledon.

The Great Polish Trial at Berlin.

The reading of the documentary evidence brought
forward by the prosecution was resumed on the 2d.
Herr Brachvogel objected to the reading of a pro-
clamation of the National Government from the
newspaper Ojczyzne, on the ground that the mere
fact of the publication of documents in a newspaper
is no guarantee for their authenticity. This objec-
tion was allowed by the President, who also took
note of a remark of ilirr Brachvogel that documents
relating to a period subsequent to the arrest of the
accused cannot be admitted as evidence against
them. Several pi oclarcrstions of the National Go-
vernment, dating to the 18th March, 1864, were
then read, the counsel for the defence pointing out
that in none of them is there auy expression which
can be interpreted into an intention of extending
the insurrection to Prussia or Austria. Herr Brach-
vogel having made some strong remarks on the
nature of Russian rule in Poland, which was so in-
tolerable as to drive the Poles to open resistance,
was interrupted by the President, who desired him
to refrain from making any remarks of that kind.
The President next announced that the prosecution
had put in a collection of documents relating to for-
mer political trials. in answer to some remarks from
Dr. Gneist, the Crown prosecutor explained that
these documents were purely of an historical cha-
racter, and were necessary as proofs of the political
objects sought for by the Poles. Messrs, Elven,
Janeski, Holthoff, Lieerki, and Gneist had no ob•
jection to the reading of the abstracts of the pro-
ceedings of past trials, but protested against the
documents being read. The Court, however, decided
that as the defence denied the statements of the
prosecution with regard to these trials, the docu-
ments should be read to prove whether these state-
ments were true. Dr. Gneist then said that the
defence objected against such material as broad-
sheets, newspaper articlee, and proclamations being
put in as evidence. An anonymous document is
absolutely worthless as evidence. These printed
papers are the work of unknown authors, and it is
in the nature of things that in times of disturbanne
communistic ideas should beetfloat. These rapers
have been collected in a most extraordinate; manner
from various parts of Europe, and cannot be ad-
mitted to prove anything whatever. The evil con-
sists tot in the production of a single document,
but in the placing in juxtaposition a series of
documents which have no real relation to each
other. He, therefore, begged the President not to
permit such matter to be read, After a few remarks
from the Crown prosecutor, the President said the
Court would give a decision on the subject, and the
sitting closed. On the 3d Herr Brachvogel re-
quested that the correspondence of M. Guttry
should not be read, as he did not act with any One
else, and his letters could, therefore, compromise no
one but himself. This was disputed by the Crown
prosecutor, who said that M. Guttry was a mem-
ber of the Posen Committee, and that his papers
were, therefore, evidence of the tendencies and
objects of the committee. M. Elven rejoined
that the prosecution had yet to prove that there
was such a committee in existence ; and one of the
accused, M. Koczorowski, declared that, although
intimately acquainted w ith M. Gattry, he knew
nothing of the papers in question, that that gen-
tleman was in relations with a so-called universal
national European movement, and that none of the
accused knew anything about these relations. Se-
veral papers were then read, among others a decree
of the National Government stated to bear the sig.
nature of M. Niegolevvski, which, however, was
strenuously denied by that gentleman. At the sit-
ting of the 4th the testimony of a witness named
Faucheux was read by the prosecution, to prove the
finding of a circular of the National Government
is the house of Moszczenski. Herr Brachvoteel
here remarked that although the witness hail had
many opportunities of ascertaining what were the
objects of the Poles, he firmly mairAained in his
evidence that he bad observed no signs of any
Hol-
con-
templated hostilities against Prussia. Herr
thoff then proposed that Panchen', who resides in
Paris, should be eunomoned to appear as a witness,
to which the Court agreed. A series of
papers,
translate; first by Russian officials into French, and
tkence into German, wero then read, notwithstand-
ing the protest of the defence that the translation
of a translation could not be accepted as evidence
The sitting then closed.

It will be observed that in all the mass of evidence
which has been brought forward by the prosecution
nothing has as yet transpired to prove that the Ile.
cased, or even the Poles of other parts of Poland,
had any intention of attempting to seize Posen and
separate that province from Prussia. The letter
from the Russian general, Minkwitz, read at the
sitting of the Ist, proves that the Prussian Govern-
ment even resorted to Russian officials to obtain
proofs against the accused. The letter in question
is to the following effect :—" I have repeatedly ap-
plied to the various commissions of inquiry for
information as to whether the insurrection is directed
against Prussia as well as Russia. With the excep-
tion of a largo number of printed fly-shoots and
newspaper articles I have not, unfortunately, found
in the numerous papers of the commissions of in-
quiry, and the evidence of prisoners, anything that
could be of any use for the trial. I did not confine
myself to the documents of the commissions, but
searched the diplomatic chancellery of the Viceroy
in order to inform him of anything that might be
'of use in examinations. In the large volumes I
looked through and found nothing but personalities
and a great many letters, and which were of no use
for the object I had in view. The grand inquiry
into the affair of the attempt on General Berg, which
seemed heavily to compromise young Cot:Et Stanis-
laus Zamoyski, also produced nothing for the present
trial. Perhaps somethingmay come to light ; if so,
I will immediately report it. The only thing I have
yet found is in the letter-bag of the French sub-
iieutenant, young Von Blankenstein, who was killed
last spring. This isp paper of the Military Com-
mission for Posen. and a hat of various persons en-
rolled in Posen. I scud them both, meagre as they
are.'

Reporting his Own Case,

010 of the crresponcnis cf the Neu) Tort,
Times gives an account of the misfortunes of his
house during the recent Confederate advance upon
Washington. He tells the story of his wrongs in
this wise :—" Having an abiding faith in the ability
as well as disposition of the Government to protect
all residents within a reasonable distance of the
capital, in an unfortunate hour I hired a house
ne mile from Fort Stevens, on the Seventh-
street pike, five and a half miles from Washing-
ton—where bouse.rent, fuel, and all the necessaries
of life are to be had at comperatively reasonable
rites—and into which I moved all my household
goods and treasures in April last. On Sunday,
.Tuly 10, eirumstances rendered it necessary that
I should return to the army in front of Peters.
burg. The fact that Early had crossed the Potomac
was then generally known, and the prudential
query as to whether I should leave a wife and four
daughters outside the forts of Washington suggested
itself, but all apprehensions were quieted by the as.
surance that everything possible was being done,
and seeing no outer lines of defence prepared be.
tween my residence and the forts I very naturally
assumed that my position was really within the
outer defenCK of the capital, and therefore perfectly
safe from any simply raiding party. Thus assured
1 left my family and went to the army. Tuesday
night's mail dissipated whatever notions of safety
I had previously entertained. As quick as possible
I returned, and reached my house on Thursday
morning. From acquaintances whom I met on the
road I had learnt enough to be prepared for the
worst, and was almost as philosophical as the
Irishman when about to be executed, who said he
felt thankful that his punishment was no more, but
not quite. As I stepped into the house there stood
before me my wife and four little daughters, their
nakedness scarcely coverei by the few articles of
clothing the enemy had consented to leave them,
standing around a table upon which was placed a
plate of broiled ham and a few crackers, which a
more fortunate neighbour had kindly sent in, and
the question under consideration just at that moment
was how they were to cut the meat; my arrival
soled this difficulty, for I soon produced a pocket
knife, and six of us used it at this matutinal meal.
Such a picture of desolation as was presented to my
eyes as I entered the house that morning I never
hope to witness again. The dejected, careworn
appearance of my family would almost have
excited the sympathy of a rebel. The floors
throughout the house were covered with the debris
of housekeeping articles. As stated before, I
thought I was prepared for the worst, but I was not
I was prepared to EEC my house snaked of every useful
article, either of clothing or furniture, but I was not
prepared to find my children's playthings and other
presents to them wantonly distroyed ; I was not
prepared to hear that even a rebel soldier was deaf
to the pitiful appeals of a little girl, four years old,
to save her canary bird from destruction. Nor was
I prepared, indeed, to find every article of vertu,
which had been collected during a period of 20 years
destroyed or carried away—yet all these things
were done. Dolls were stripped of clothing, 'heads
wrenched of, and then as if the fellows could not
find objects enough to vent their spite Upon they cut
open the bodies of the dolls and turned out the saw-
dust. An old clack excited their ire, but instead of
knocking it upon the floor and destroying it in a
manly way,they filled the works with acompound of
wheat flour, meal, a deodorising flour, flower seeds,
and resin oil. Not satisfied with doing this much,
they primed the house with kerosene, and were
about to apply the match, when the intruders dis-
covered Union soldiers scaling a fence into the
yard, when they left in great haste. It is said
(poetically) that there is a silver lining to evoey
cloud. If there is a silver lining to this affair, it is
in the fact that the men oho revelle-A in my
home knew whose proporty.they were destroying,
and told, exultingly, in presence eZ my wife and
children, what they had done; tb et they had 'gutted
the home of. one who had deee Confederate cause
more harm than any tr of Lincoln's soldiers.' "
The writer then g0..?3 back to exp:ain what
had passed :—"N'l:ar my house, on either side of the
pike, the enemy had planted their guns. Generals
Early, Breckenridge, and nearly all of the other
generhi officers, with their staffs, occupied the yard
sPjrrounding my house. My wife asked if they meant
to injure us. An officer replied, We shalt not, but
your friends may.' It is due to the rebel officers
to say that all of them treated the members of my
family courteously. When the skirmish line was
passing through our yard, and some of the
men trampled upon a flower-bed, my wife,
being somewhat excited, told the men not to
crush her flowers, whereupon General Brecken-
ridge laughingly ordered the men to leave. They
were seen from one of the forts, and a 100-pounder
shell was thrown, which struck a post within five
yards of where my wife and children stood convers-
ing with a squad of rebel officers. Three particles
of the shell hit one of nay little girls, seven years
old, in her left ear, causing blood to flow, and for a
moment stunning her. - The rebel officers insisted
that my wife should go to the rear ; but she bad de-
cided to remain and protect her property at all
hazards. Several shells successively exploded near
the house within a few minutes, and ball from
our• skirmish line came in unpleasant proximity to
the party in the yard. 111 y wife was again impor-
tuned to leave, and on account of her children con-
sented to do so, provided a guard was placed over
the house, which request was agreed to but never
complied with, or if it was, no protection was
afforded. Under the guidance of Dr_ Strath my
family was escorted through the rebel troops to the
house of Oliver Clark, two miles in the rear, where
Colonel Arnett, of the 20th Virginia Cavalry, made
his headquarters, and where they remained until
the last of the enemy had fallen back."—New York
Times.

APFAIRS IN JAPAN.—The following is an extract
of a private letter, dated Yokohama, May 26
"May in Japan seems to be the season for panics. Last
year, about this time, if you recollect, letters spoke of a
panic, and the same thing occurs again now. The two-
sworded gentry aro swaggering, insulting, and fiercer-look-
ing than usual—the Japanese money-changers of note have
been imprisoned, the governor is excited, and things are
beginning again to look unpleasant. To satisfy, or rather
allay, the feeling of alarm amongst the people on shore, the
soldiers aro loaded with ball cartridge. On the 23d two old
Japanese hulks, the representatives of Japan's fleet, moved
from the proximity of the fort of Kanagawa and sailed for
Yeddo, in all probability to take station behind the forts
there. This gave rise to a report that at midnight the fort
and guns on the hill near the town were to open fire, and,
as you may imagine, this considerably frightened the
nervous among the dollar grinders, especially as it blew
great guns all night. However, the forts and guns on the
hill thought better of the matter, and all were allowed to
sleep in peace. A few days before a startling paragraph ap-
peared in a daily paper that some Dahill° was marching on
Yokohama with a large force, and might bo expected. The
prince in question was most likely smoking his pipe at
home—at all events, he had not yet turned up. Politi-
cally matters are bad. Sir It. Alcock visited Yeddo and the
Gorogia the 16th; the result of the interview was not satis-
factory. The French minister followed a few days after
with the same result. The Coromandel's officers, during
their stay at Yeddo, counted over 100 guns mounted in the
forts. It seems likely that if you do consent quietly to
leave this place and retire gracefully to the mantrap at
Nagasaki, they will be foolish enough to try force. If a
number of half-drunken, determined men were to make a
night attack on the foreign settlement, and at the same time
the guns (of the number of which we know very little) pitch
into the ships and town, a good many of we poor devils
ashore would come to grief, especially the ladies, of whom
there are many fresh arrivals. Of course what would fol-
low would be a severe retribution, and g;vo the Buxton
party a lot to talk about; but this would be no consolation
to the unfortunates murdered, The Dutch join us in the
Simousaki sffair—but if any attempt is made on Yoko-
hama this Sitnousaki affair would in all probability
stand over. Messieurs les Japonais, you aro too late.
Last year we were almost at your mercy—now
the tables are turned--and have the goodness to wait an-
other month for 1500 marines and soldiers and we are safe,
at least, against murder. Acting Lieut. 11. Morris
(promoted at Kagosiwa), of Racehorse, was turned out of
the service on the 17th for drunkenness, Several other
courts-martial come off shortly, I regret to say, for the same
cffenco. When the Japanese question comes again before
the House of Commons I hope the give the country up'
party won't win. Next to England it is the finest place in
the world, and nature was kinder to it than to England,
In the hands of Englishmen it would, indeed, be a paradise,
It would be a thousand pities to relinquish our footing in
such a land—rich as it is in all that man could desire.
.Irmy Gazette.

FCON EDIT

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, Aug. 10.—A rumour prevails that tLe
Portugusse Government has decided on allowing
the re-establishment of convents, hut only to a
limited i:xtent, end has notified that intention to
the Pop,Zs Nuncio.

THIRD EDITIOAT

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day,

READING RACES—This DAY.
(Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
EASTHAMPSTEAD PARK STAKES,
Deerfoot
Gunner
......
SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS.

1d1er„....
Charraian 0
...... -
BOROUGH PLATE.
Lord of the Manor
Rest . .... 1
...........
Vision ........... .. • ... 2 3
.................................

Nine ran.
READING STAKES.

Fanny .......................................... 1 Lady Egidia ........................................ Swift
..................... .

Six ran.
MATCH—Loafer beat Zeloo.
BERKSHIRE STAKES.
Bally Edmond
1
...................... Major
..................
Six ran.

Bank of England Return,..—This Evening.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. ;33, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 10th day
of Aug. 1864:

ISSUE DEP LUTMENT.
Notes Issued ..........£26,574,355 Government Debt .£11,015,1C0
Other Securities .. 3.634,90 u
Gold Coin & Bullion 11,924,365
Silver Bullion .... _

£26,574,365'

X 26,574,365

Proprietors' Capi13.9.NEL10 D
-
tal 414.551000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
8,618,269
cluding. Exclie-

:PARTMINT.
Government Secn-

quer, - Savin7;io
Banks, Commis-
rnissioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) 4.963,222
Other Deposits... • 14,419,766
Seven Day and
other Bills

X38,114,:31
V

rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £11,037,005
Other Securities 21,108,531
Notes
Gold and Silver 683,560
Coin

1'38,114,931
MILLER, Chief Cashier.

Aug. 11, 1861.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

LONDON, Aug. 11.—Wind this day at noou—.North-
We,t; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little
cloudy.

NEWPORT, Aug, 10.—Wind I.W.—Arrived—Turnbull,
from Antwerp tor Rio Janeiro—Reliance, from St, Na-
zarre for Havannah.

PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Orentes, from Bermuda.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 10.—Wind .N.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Racer, from Plymouth.
HULL, Aug. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Christinc,
from Quebec.
CARDIFF, Aug. O.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—lielens, for
Matanzas,

(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
, Thursday M. The paddle-wheel steam yacht Osborne, 2, Staff orning
Com-
map aer George H.K. Bower, from Ireland, with his Grace
tb a Duke of Somerset and the other Lords of the Admi-
ralty, arrived in the Sound at 8 o'clock this morning, and
proceeded immediately into Hamoaze, where their lord-
ships received the customary salute from tha flag-ship
Royal Adelaide.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday MorniLg.
Arrived, Aug. 10—Good 11.troc, from Archangel.
Danne Arriborved, Aug. 11—Lady Grey, Lyna, Kustine Maria,
g, and Princess Gyda all from Archangel.
Alfred, from Riga. aria, from Cronsta.dt—Cattarina;
from Thisted—lirouw Diewk, from Worcum—and Pel-
lonia, from Quebec.
Sailed, Aug. 11—Dilpussund, for Bombay— Canopus, for
Bussorah—Mary Hayes, for Calcutta—Helena, steamer,
far Dieppe—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne—and City of
Hamburg, for Hamburg.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.

No arrivals*
A barque was observed to go on shore this morning on
the north part of the Goodwin Sands ; assistance is with
her. Nothing further is known at present.
Sailed—All the outward bound.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Rather more doing. Sales, about 6,000 bales,

Parker, who in a drunken rage some time since
shot his mother at Fiskeiton, and attempted also to murder
his father, was hanged yesterday morning at Nottingham.
The unhappy man persisted in denying that he had any in-
tention to kill, and no doubt the act was not deliberate.
The Home Secretary, however, would not interpose the
royal mercy. Parker died becomingly.
At the Liverpool assizes, yesterday, the two
young men, Brice and Scott, who made such a
murderous attack upon Dr Rowe at Liverpool some months
ago, were each sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. At
the same assizes three men were tried for having, contrary
to the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, hired
persons for service on board the Confederate cruiser Rappa-
hannock. They were all found guilty, but were liberated
on their own recogniaances—the Lord Chief Justin, how-
ever, intimating to the defendants that a repetition of the
offence would be visited with greater severity,
ATTILA'S RING.—The Magyar Safi° states that
it has hoard from Paris that a ring has been discovered in
the excavations now being made at the camp of Chalons,
which, it is believed, belonged to Attila, King of the Huns.
The ring is of copper, and has the name of Attila inscrilel
on it in Latin characters.
A LIFE OF MAJOR ANDRE, THE VICTIM OF
ARNOLD, THE SPY, including all that recently discovered
documents have afforded concerning his military career, is
being prepared for the press by Mr Henry J. Morgan, of
Quebec.
MEYERBEER'S " L'AFRICAINE" cornea back every
year, Bays the Atheneum, as a topic of
curiosity. It is really now to be given, we ap-
prehend, at the Grand Opera ; but, to give " L'Afri-
caine" without the superintendence of its composer,
is no trifling responsibility. How Meyerbeer changed
his works, pulled them to pieces, cut out heaps of music
carefully prepared, and would invent this, that, and the
other passage at the last moment, on passing and insuffi-
cient suggestions, are so many matters of musical history,
which every green-room child knows by heart. ' L'Africaine
was altered for Madame Viardot ; re-made for Mdlle. Cru-
velli; and, possibly, during the quarter of a century in which
in which it has been talked about, it has undergone as many
modifications as there have been years. Now, we are told:that
the " cast" is giving cause of doubt and trouble to the
management. There is a chance of M. Naudin being
engaged. We had rated this gentleman as a Frenchsinger,
and as such, likely to succeed better on the French than on
the Italian stage, but we were mistaken. Signor Naudin
belongs to Naples.
APPALLING CALCULATION OF WHAT WE EAT
AND DRINI.-111. Soyer rose almost to sublimity when he
contemplated the enormous amount, and in his Atodern
Housewife thaws the picture of an epicure in his tenth year
contemplating the future sustenance of his life, and the
luxuries he will hereafter devour. The serious picture of
mAdisaemriesi
, murders,naproph
thefts, plagues,
Bi°llcontemplating all the ware,
troubles of the future
man, and all the thieves, robbers, soldiers, and murderers
who would proceed from his loins, is the only parallel pic-
ture which we know of. " Fancy," wrote M. Soyer, " a
youthfin his tenth year, on the top of Primrose Hill, sur-
rounded by the recherche provision claimed by the rank
and wealth of a gourmand. He would be surrounded
and gazed at by the following animals, which would
eventually be his victims :-30 oxen, 200 sheep, 100
calves, 200 lambs, 50 pigs, 1,200 fowls, 300 tur-
keys, 100 geese, 400 ducklings, 263 pigeons, 1,400 par-
tridges, pheasants, and grouse, 450 plovers, ruffs,
and reeves, 800 quails, 500 hares and rabbits, 40 deer, 120
guineafowl, and 360 wild foal. In the way of fish, 120
turbot, 140 salmon, 120 cod, 260 trout, 400 mackerel, 800
soles and flounders, 200 eels, 150 haddocks, 400 red mullet,
400 herrings, 4,000 smelt, 100,000 whitebait, 30,000
oysters, 20 turtles, 1,500 lebsters or crabs, 360,000
shrimps, sardines, and anchovies. We will not fol-
low M. Soyer in his description ; he gives his gourmand
5,4751 b. weight of all kinds of vegetables, not in-
cluding fruit, and 21,000 eggs, and 4l tons of breed, with
49 hogsheads of wine; 2,736 gallons of water, with enor-
mous quantities of spirits and other liquors, go to moisten
;hese repasts.—About in tAs World. A
BEAR AND HIS BROTHERS.—The Visitors to
the place where the town bears of Berne are kept
witnessed an unpleasant spectacle last week. Three cubs
were gambolling in a tree placed there for them to climb,
when one of them fell from the highest branch and was so

..
much hurt that it bled profusely. Two bears a year old,
which happened to be at the foot of the tree, infuriated by
the sight of the blood, immediately fell on the poor animal
and tore it to pieces, in spite of ull the efforts of the keepers
to deter them.