The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day,

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr Justice Willes and Mr Baron Pigott.)
The jury, consisting of 13, who had been empannelled
on an inquisition held before Mr James Bird, one of the
coroner's for Middlesex, at the Six Bells, at Brentford, as to
the cause of death of William Hollis, aged 58,'a lighterman,
who died from the effects of a fracture of the left pariatal
bone of the skull, on the 21st of February, and who, after
the inquest had been adjourned several times, were unable
to agree to a verdict, there being nine for manslaughter,
and four for murder, now attended before the judges, and
on their names being called over,
Mr. Justice Willes addressed them, and said he was
informed that they had some difficulty in agreeing to a
verdict, some being for a verdict of murder, and others for
manslaughter. He then fully; explained to them the law,
which required twelve of them should agree to a verdict,
and the coroner had pursued the course sanctioned by autho-
rity in directing them to attend before the Court sitting as
assize for the county. Probably after his observations, those
of the jury, who were of the lesser number for murder,
might give way to the majority, and so return a verdict of
twelve for manslaughter. If the case at terwards came before
a magistrate, and any new facts arose, the party might be
sent for trial for murder, but the verdict of less than twelve
would be no legal verdict, and, in fact, a nullity.
Mr. Bird, the coroner, who was in attendance, stated to
the Court that he had so explained the law to the jury.
Mr. Justice Willes said the coroner had acted very pro-
perly, and again recommended the jury to meet again and
see if they could not agree.

The jury then retired, and will be again summoned by
the coroner.

THE MURDER IN MARYLEBONE.

John Bovine, a simple-looking young man, about 21,
was indicted for the wilful murder of Joseph Duck, on the
morning of March 11th last, in Chesterfield-street, Mary-
lebone. The prisoner ple,'ded not guilty.
The circumstances of this case, as detailed by the learned
counsel in opening, and the evidence of the several wit-
nesses, have recently been fully reported in The Sun. It
appeared that on the night of March 10, or rather morning
of the 11th, the deceased, who was a retired builders' scat-
folder, was in the King's Head public• house drinking,, and
shortly after one he was found'lying in the road about 100
yards from the public-house, and about four doors from the
house in which he lodged, apparently drunk. A police-
constable picked him up, and finding him insensible
and bleeding from a wound on the head, took
him to the infirmary of Marylebone workhouse, where he
was examined by the house surgeon, when it was four d
that the skull was fractured. The deceased never rallied,
and gradually sunk, dying the same night at 10 o'clock.
On a post mortem examination it was found that death had
ensued from a fracture of the skull, and in the opinion of
the medical men, the wound must have been inflicted with
some blunt instrument, and not the result of a fall. Various
circumstances appeared to connect the prisoner with the
deceased, especially the possession of some of the deceased's
money and a watch. He accounted for his possession of the
money by stating that he had received it for some work he
had done for a laundress in Greystoke-grove, which was
false.

At the conclusion of the evidence of the numerous wit-
nesses for the prosecution,

Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury for the prisoner.

SHIPPING—This Day,

LONDON', April 13.—Wind this day at ncon—North-
East ; fresh breeze and fine weather.
INTE-wroitT, April 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Johann
Kepler, from Bremen for Rio J aneiro—Greenock, from
London for Cuba.
FALMOUTH, April 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Europa,
fri,!ri Iquique for Dordt—Pilot, from Mauritius—Texel,
from Ravannah.
Tnooll, April 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Pequot, for
Quebec.
RAMSGATE, April 12e—Wind N,W.—Sailed—Alma, for
New York.
SWANSEA, April 12.—Wind ti,B.—Arrived—Cuprapo,
from Caldeira.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
SOUTHAMPTON, Weanesday Morning.
Arrived—S4rah Maria Ann, from Charenre,—Dumfries,
steamer, from Havre—L'Etuiie, from Carenton.
Sailed—Prosperity, for Dartmouth—Champion, for
Swanage.

PLYMOUTH, Wednesday.
The ship Revenue, 797 tons, Captain Thomas Monrant,
belonging to Mr. William Pellier, of St. Hel,n's, Jersey,
was off this port yesterday at ernoon, beatinL! up Channel.
Wind fresh. She left Colombo, Decemb- r 21, rounded the
Cape of Good Hope, February 3, and crossed the Line on
the 27th. Her cargo inncludes i;00 tons cocoanut oil, 500
tons coffee, 80 tons cordage, and 5,000 cocoanuts
The brig George lett Colombo December 13th—the bark
v.ren, on the 16th—Anne Lonp,ton, 17th—and the bark
Prince Llewellyn, on the ',Oth. The Revenue left loading
the barks White Cliff, Cosmos, Orissa, Conrad. and
Juanita, to leave early in January; and toe ships City of
Donedin and Arab Steed, to leave late in January,
The Revenu-, spoke January 18th, las. 24.25 S., long.
58.49 E., the Hamburg brig Maria Wilhelinine, from Amov
fir London-28th, lat. 32.30 S., long. 31.25 E., the ship-
Jumna, 32 days from Calcutta fox London—February 261 h,
lat. 1.0 S., long. 20,1 W., the ship J. L Hall, 73 days from
Calcutta for London-27th, lat. 0.14 N.. long. 20.38 N,V.. the
bark Scawfell, 90 days from Japan for London—March
13th, lat. 21.25 N., long. 39,20 W., the Danish bark Galilei,
from Newport for St. Thomas, and lat. 21.27 N„ long.
39.30 W., ail British schooner Royal Arch. 30 days trom
Cardiff tor Nassau—and 17th, lat. 24.58 N., long. 40 51
W., the ship Pythoness, 104 days from Bombay, for
Liverpool.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Waltoisday Morning.

Arrival, April 12th—Alepeue,.fr, m Oporto.
Arrived, April 13th—Sorina, from Holbeok—Elise, from
Larivig—Susan, from St. Michael's—Criteria Leone, from
Rotterdam.
Sailed, April 13—Sydney Hall, steamer, for Mogadore—
Belgium, steamer, for Ostend—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne
—Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk—Rainbow
steamer, for Calais.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed-. Marseilles, from Java for Rotterdam—Men-
doza for Swansea—Prima Donna, for Quebec—lgnis
Fatima, for Shamghai—ail from London. Harriett, from
Lisbon for Alexandria.

THE SHAESPERIAN FESTIVAL,--The National
,s.4tiakspere Committee announce two concerts to bc-
given in aid of the Shakspere Monument Fund, the one at
the Agricultural Hail on Thursday the 21st, and the other
at St. James's Hall on Friday, the 22d inst. The
elite of Her Majesty's Theatre have, with the permission of
J. IL Mapleson, Eq., generously offered their services for
solos. The Orpheus Glee Union and the 'Vocal Association,
comprising a highly trained chorus cf over 200 voices, have
also given their services. The performances will take place
under the direction of M. Benedict, whose name is quite
sufficient to guarantee a concert of first-rate excellence,
Dramatic recitals by Mrs. Macready, from the works of
" Sweet William," will also be given, and various other
novelties shadowed forth, but not yet positively announced,
will form an entertainment on both evenings of the most

extraordinary nature.
DANISH CRUISERS IN THE CIIANNEL,—A Prus-
sian merchant vessel put into Lxrdouth on Monday to avoid
capture by a Danish cruiser, which had given her chase
The cruiser afterwards sailed for Torbay.

Of 11
,itnpyv

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, April 12.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess cf Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary of Cambridge,
attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Captain
Ellis, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon on
a visit to her Majesty.

Tho Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena.,
svaiked and drove in the grounds this morning.

The Shakspere Tercentenary Celebration at

Stratford-on-Avon,

Oue very attractive feature of the approaching
Festival will be an exhibition in the Town-hall of
the various portraits of Shakspere extant, and of
the most eminent representatives of his characters.
This exhibition will be anrin-ted by valuable ac-
quisitions in the shape of many of the finest works
cf art that now ador❑ the private gaheries of
our nobility and gentry. The Queen, who occu-
pies the foremost place in the roll of distin-
guished contributors, has been graciously pleased
to recognise the " very remarkable occasion" which
the Stratford Committee has undertaken to cele-
brate, by granting the loan from the Royal Gallery
of Sir Thomas Lawrence's picture of" Sohn Kemble
in the character of Hamlet." Her Majesty's sym-
pathy with the objects of the Tercentenary has
been notified to the Mayor of Stratford in the fol-
lowing letter :
" Windsor Castle, April 11, .1864.

" Sir,—l have had the honour to lay before her
Mejesty the Queen the purport of your letter of a.°
7th instant. The Queen has been obliged for sort e
time past to decline to accede to the nti-
merous applications made to her Majesty for the loan
of pictures from the Royal Galleries for the purpose
of public exhibitions. It is extremely difficult
to make any distinction between the different appli-
cants without giving great offince, and pictures
suffer very considerably from exhibition, in cons.e-
quence of the dirt which no care can prevent accu-
mulating upon their surface. Tne Queen has i2owerer
been graciously pleased to consider this very re-
mark-able occasion as one in favour of which an c.
ception may be made, and I am commanded to inform
you that the portrait of John Kemble in the charac-
ter of Hamlet, painted by Sir Thomas Lawren ;e,
will be delivered to MP. Hogarth, upon his appli-
cation for it on your behalt.—l have the honour to
be, sir, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) "C. B. Pnirrs.
g, E. F. Flower, Esq., Mayor of
Stratford-upon. Avon."

The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council on
Education nave also granted for this "special Cc•
casion" the loan of the picture in the Sheepshanks
Gallery, representing " Charles Young in the cha-
racter of Hamlet." A letter to that effect has been
received by the Mayor from the Science and Art
Department, South Kensington.

Departure of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sean•

(From the Sydney Empire of Feb. 4.)

Yesterday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Charies Kean
took their departure from Sydney for Melbourne,
by the Rangatira, steamer. They were aceour
p.nied to the wharf by William Luster, Esq., the
lessee of the Prince of Wales Opera-house. AV C
regret to say that Mr. Kean does not appee,r to
nave recovered iron] his severe indisposition. I°-
deed the crisis he had gone_ through, which created
so much alarm amongst his numerous triends,
bat too plainly visibia in the evidently weakenea
condition of his frame. It is sincerely to be bored'
however, that the short sea trip, add the temporal'
retirement from his profession at Mount Macedon,
in Victoria, whither Mr. Kean is now proceeding t°
recruit his health, will have the much desired ettec't
of re-establishing his constitution. A consideriibi°
number of ladies and gentlemen met Mr. and Mr 6'
Kean on board the steamer and took their fare
well of them. The excitement of parting with 6°.
many persons was, however, rather too much Of
Mr. Kean to bear, to whom quietness was at aii9
hue so desirable, Miss Chapman, Mr. Cathcart'
and Mr. Everett accompany them to Meibuu roe'
The luggage of Mr. and Mrs. Kean having Vellb
brought down late to the steamer, some of waled
arrived just as the vessel was departing, create
considerable amazement to the strangers wno wilero
collected nn the wharf. No less than betwee tt 40
and 50 chests, forming the recipients of este!)
slto
wardrobes. Should Mr. Kean be well enouth
perform, he is expected to reappear in Melbo
on the 20th inst., for which George Coppin,
who left Sydney about a week ago, has made tn 13 j
cessary arrangements. We have been infealre
that tickets are now being purchased at a predtiuo
in Melbourne, for the Kean's reappearance.

ti
The Duke of Newcastle was reported to be Jou"
better
The yesterday.tb
Countess of Sefton, Miss- Lindsay, anit
Hon. R. G. Molyneaux, have arrived at the Queen's
Upper Norwood. Jed.
The Earl and Countess of Darnley' are ex p,?c` t,
to arrive in town on Thursday, from Cobham, Hall„
The Earl of Listowel has left Thomas's 13°t
Berkeley-square, for the Continent.
rhe Marquis de Cadore, First Secretary to the
French Embassy, who has been in Paris on leave of islo°ll°
has returned to his post.
Lord and Lady Forester have arrived in -
from Knipton, near Grantham.
Mr. and Mrs. Giadatone will have a dint pet "
evening party en Wednesday, the 20th inst , for Gexier
Garibaldi.
On Tuesday, the sth instant, a marriewe
solemnised at the Roman Catholic Chapel 14be,
Joan's Wood, by his Eminence Caidinal Wisentla°,l,'oo
tween Edward Charlton, M.D , or Newcastle-updn•';cle,
of the ancient Catholic family of Charlton, of jai
and the eldest daughter of Mr. Sergeant Bellaeis•
goat'
ceremony was one of considerable magniSoence. It
..000
menced by an address to the proposed bide and brideg'-05
by the Cardinal Irani the altar apparelled in his vat4loo4
as Archbishop, wearing a mitre studded with Pr'')ollet
stones, and holding his pastoral staff in his lett hank/Jo'
attended on either side by a Canon of his tJathedrai 1° old
let dresses. Alter the address, which was received liLito
bride and bridegroura seated in the midst of the bridaP-054
and the friends of the bridegroom, the couple i,cl.°o
tae
within the altar-rails, to the step of the alter, Wl3,etatil'
marriage ceremony was performed by the Cardin°, the
self. This was followed by Mass, which was said v.irgreo
Very Rev. Canon O'Neil, accompanied with lanai° °I o°'
beauty, and in the presence of the Cardinal, 00,
for this purpose, put off his Archiepiscopal ve6tfee,
and appeared in his dress as a Cardinal, wearing a ;
rube of silt:, and a baretta, or square cap of the s°o3° s'o°f the
and kneeling at a footstool on the left hand side porti
sanctuary. After the conclusion of the mass, tile ire
proceeded to tlee house et Sergeant Bellaiis to the Iveff
L
breakfast, after which the newly married couple 0° C'of
a tour in Italy. There was a very large gatherieCA intre;
friends of the bride and bridegroom, including Lor'fieo °
the Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marehi°--,
Stackpool, Mr. Eyre, and Lady Milford, Mr. 1°11)11;510.:
Count and Countess roue Diaz, Mr. Charlton of tied
side, and the members of their respective familial beieb
large number of the Catho,lic party, the shore=
crowded throughout.
A E
A TELEGRAM FOR GARIBALDI.---.0-w tel
House on Monday evening General Garibaldi f°ool,lli°to
gram in the Italian language awaiting him, tile., e
of which is es follows :—" Milan, April iO.--Vo.Leat Pl,;
you, honourable co-worker All thanks to thert4-000-
lish. nation for its demonstrations of sympatbY
tt a
Italy.—THE ARTISTICAL SOCIETY OF F11135°
PROVINCIAL INVITATIONS TO GARII3AconCiI oto
special general meeting of the TOW° ioeuslYiii
Feral, held on Saturday, it was resolved 1109 refeet
invite General Garibaldi to visit Perth, and t° 13f the Sdlo t
with the freedom of the city. At a rucetaivegL°ord
pr of
bUrgh Town Council held en MonclitY, tu ao freed°'-tDe
moved, and Bailie Johnston seconded, that_Waribaidi
the city should be conferred upon General ullt the oteels
event of his paying a visit to Edinburgh. aloncl°P
it
of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh on
nresaiioPA,
James Blackadder, Master of the Com Pall. Ycl r. /3`ltg
A`S
was, on the motion of the chairman, secouole
--Metre avu Con'
unanimously agreed to remit to the eea,aer 0 Aoli
to co-operate with the Town Council, the
u.elaw
of
tuorgs;oo
nerve, and other public bodies, wish. the to give
steps as might be deemed kNpedient
in
tie
reception to, and present an addreee to
ehould he visit Edinburgh.