The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-13 00:00:00

THAMES.

MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO P,OPERTY.—George Knight,
a boy about 15 years of age, was charged with unlawfully
and maliciously breaking and throwing down a certain part
of a certain fence, to wit, a wooden fence, the property of
Mr William Henry Bradshaw, a farmer and grazier, in the
Isle of Dogs, Millwall, Poplar.
Mr Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution
for Mr Bradshaw, who is the owner of the grazing land in
the Isle of Dogs. One of his fields was enclosed with a
wooden fence 6 feet high, A portion of this had been de-
stroyed by wanton and mischievous bays, and the materials
cast into bonfires near the land. Mr Bradshaw, for the
protection of his properly, was compelled to prosecute, and
would proceed against every one destroying the fence or
any part of it.
Mr Bradshaw said 90 feet of his fence had been destroyed,
and the damage he estimated at £5. It was effected by
mischievous and wicked boys, of whom an example ought
to be made.
A woman named Owens and a boy named Brown save
evidence against the defendant, who is the son of a labourer
dwelling at No 2, Lead-street, Ferry-street, Millwall. They
saw the boy Knight pull down a piece of the fence on the
morning of the 10th of November last, at 7 o'clock in the
morning. The boy took away two pieces of board, part of
the fence.

Mr Joseph Smith, solicitor, who defended Knight, said
the witnesses were mistaken, and set up an alibi. He called
the parents and the brother of the defendant, and other
witnesses, one of them said he never lost sight of the boy
for a moment all day, from the time he got out of bed in
the morning until he went to bed again at night.
The Magistrate was of opinion the alibi was vary unsa-
tisfactory, and that the witness, who swore he never missed
sight of the Loy for a moment all day had committed a
great mistake. Ile had no doubt defendant was ono of the
boys who had, in the language of the summons been. wil-
fully and maliciously destroying Mr Bradshaw's property.
The defendant was a mischievous and wrong-headed boy.
He fined the defendant 20s and 2s costs, and also to pay 2d,
the value of the wood he took away, or be committed to the
House of Come:ion for 21 days.
The money was paid.

. Mine. Drouyn de Lhuys has addressed a letter to
Mrs Dayton expressing the profound sentiments of regret
which the death of the late Minister of the United States
has left in the hearts of all who know him, She declares
how much she herself has been affected by the lamentable
loss, and how sincerely she sympathises with the widow
under her sad bereavement.

Great excitement was caused the day before yes-
terday in the Rue Gregoire de Tours, Paris, by a
young man who ran along the street scattering gold coins
from a small wooden bowl which he carried in his hand, at
the same time crying out, "Here is money for those who
want it l'' People at first thought he was mad, but cries of
"Stop thief!" being heard in the distance he was arrested
by two sergeants-de- vill. It was soon ascertained that he
had broken, with a blow of his fist, the plate-glass window
of M, Gourdault, money-changer, Carrefour de l'Odeon,
and stolen a bowl containing about 200 napoleons. The
thief, who was ascertained to be Jules B--, a workman,
nineteen years of ago, was taken to the Prefecture of Police.
Int GUTHRIE AND " THE LARGE WHITE BOAR."
—AMUSING SCENE.—On Saturday, between 12 and
1 o'clock, a crowd of people assembled in Hunter-square, at-
tracted by the following advertisement which appeared that
amnia; The Large White Boar.—The white boar will
be exhibited at Hunter-square, on Saturday, at one p.m.,
when the public will be able to judge of the animal, and
form a correct opinion of the trial when Dr Guthrie made
such rash and gra uitous statements regarding the character
and disposit ion of his peaceable pig.—L. Dodds.— Greenbank,
Dec. 8, 1864." The advertisement appearing to have a bona
fine character, the crowd, unsuspicious of a hoax,waited pire
riently for some minutes after the appointed hour in expecta-
tion of the promised appearance of "the peaceable pig."
The scene was of the most amusing description, jokes and
jibes being freely interchanged among the crowd as to their
danger from the "foaming tusks" of the " savage animal "
Bilffilid it artl.llv).,..hrnvaht neon the srenn_ aa the
patience of the crows was alSout'exhausted, their curiosity
was revived by the entrance of a cart into the 'square, in
which an old man was snugly seated amidst a large quantity
of 10089 straw. A rush was at °nee made by the crowd
ul on the cart, under the idea that "the large white boar"
might be amongst the straw; but alas, they were doomed
to disappointment, and much merriment ensued, partly at
their own expense, and partly at the puzzled and bewildered
gaze of the occupant of the cart, and who thus so suddenly
and unexpectedly became the centre of attraction. The
crowd then quietly dispersed, apparently more amused than
displeased at the hoax of which they had been made the
subject.--Seolsman.
FOUNDERING OF THE FLOATING LIGHT.—A
fearful loss, there is every reason to believe,lhas occurred in
the St. George's Channel by the foundering of the ship
Floating Light, bound from Bombay for Liverpool, with a
cargo valued at upwards of £200,000. The Floating Light
was a large Quebec built ship, of 1,400 tons, and belonged
to Messrs Kennedy, of Liverpool. She sailed from Bombay
on the 2Gth of August, with a crew amounting to between
30 and 40. Her cargo comprised 5,300 bales of cotton, ave-
raging in value about £3O a bale, G 73 bales of jute, 28 tons
of cocoanut fibre (rope), and 90 tons of linseed. She was
due, but no apprehensions for her safety were entertained
metal hursday last , when a seaman's chest was washed
ashore on the Pembroke coast, together with several bales
of cotton and other wreckage. The box was found to con-
fain papera showing that it ,belonged to a seaman named
Davis, its a merchant's discharge ticket bearing that name
and other papers were discovered among the contents. The
fact of cotton being cast up led to the conclusion that a cot-
ton laden ship had been lost. On searching the list of home-
ward bound vessels from Bombay to Liverpool, and refer-
ring to the nature of their cargoes and the time of sailing,
the owners of the Floating Light were communicated with,
and it was ascertained there was a sailor named Davis on
board that ship, and that the marks or brands on the bales
of cotton washed ashore corresponded with those mentioned
in the ship's me-Afest which had been sent to England as
having been shipped in the Floating Light at Bombay.
The result of this was that the premium immediately went
up on the ship, but after wards she was refused altogether,
from the fact that a circular carved piece of wood, which
had beenbolted to a
broad,ship'squarter or under her stern, about
s f
with sunken carved gilded letters on
t long e
n d
7in.
it " Floating Ligh," the t only missing, had been picked up
off the same district of coast. This at once led to the belief
that the ill-fated ship had either foundered or been wrecked
in the Channel during the recent heavy weather, the sup-
position being further confirmed by the finding of more
cotton. Nothing has been heard of the crew, and the worst
fears are entertained as to their fate. As may be imagined,
the loss has created considerable excitement among the
various meacantile c tabliehments interested. Capt. Tr us-
cett has left Liverpool in a steamer to search along the whole
coast, in the hope of finding something more of the ship and
cergc• She was insured in Leaden, Liverpool, and Glasgow.
A FRENCH MASTER AND HIS PUPILS.—I We. 9 in
French for part of the time under old Pellichot (I
forget if so his name wes spelt), end his eyes were not vet y
good. I know not why, but all his pupils always came with
a resolution to do nothing and to teaso him. "Keys" to
lessons were brought in, from which everybody but myself
copied what they chose to do, end at other times threw g el-
lets of chewed paper from their pens over the edge of the
table at their master. I never joined them in this, for Pelli-
chet was a kind soul, till one fatal day two good-humoured
boys on either side of. me asked me to try one shot only
with my more elastic pen, as it had not been used in
that sort of work, at Pellichet. Alas, I complied, and shot
so well that the missile hit the Frenchman on the cheek, be-
side his nose, with a sharp smack that resounded all over
the study, and made him jump a foot or two from his stool.
Oh, what a hit he gave his desk as ith one furious hand while
with the other he rang the bell for the orderly sergeant.
When the official came in he reported the whole study for
insubordination, concluding thus, " Ail the boys vote vun,"
and then tureing to me he said, "You, gentilhomme—you
born of noble pirents, you do no such thing, you good boy ;
I sal ponish all bete you," and he forbad the sergeant to put
me down on the list for punishment. Never shall I forget
my remorse. At once addressing my companions on either
side, I said I would not let the whole study be punished for
what I had really done, and was about to give myself up,
when they said, " Don't be such a d—d fool ;ww sh,ln't bet
much, end we don't care;" and they held me down upon
my stool. I never shot paper at poor old Pellichet again,
but ever after did all I could to atone for my fault and gain
his epprobetion.--My Tife and Recollectings, by tine Hon.
Crantley F. Berkeley.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN.ROAD
The number of patients relieved a►, this hospital during the
week ending Dee, 10 was 2,932, of which 1,011 were new

came,.

Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren.

The levees of these two diminutive specimens of hu-
wan nature commenced yesterday at the St. James's
Hall, and were very fully attended both afternoon and
evening. The Commodore, George Washington Morrison
Nutt, who was " best man" on the occasion of General Tom
Thumb's marriage, is stated to be in his 20th year, is 29
inches high, and weighs 241b5., whilst the pretty litte lady,
Miss Minnie Warren, the bridesmaid at the sane interest •
ing wedding, is but 24 inches in height, 18 years of age, and
191bs. in weight. The Commodore is a smart, intelligent,
little fellow, end does a variety of things with the greatest
neatness; and, as en actor, gives abundant proof that he
is not without intellect. He appeared last night in a variety
of well dressed characters, such, for instance, as a Yankee
sailor, a rollicking Irishman, and a stump orator. He
sings a song, dances a sailor's hornpipe, and
bets the side drum with extraordinary vigour,
whilst Miss Minnie simply shows the tff ct of elegant cos-
tume upon her tiny figure. The two sing a duet, and then
tht,y promenade amongst the audience, disposing of their
cci tes, which seemed to be in extraordinary demand. With
two such intelligent little people it is surprising something
of a dramatic dialogue is not attempted, cspecially as they
have now a very excellent stage, and every c mvcnience
for such an entertainment. It would please amazingly—of
that we have no doubt, and would prevent the many breaks
that now take place during their clever performance. How-
ever, the entertainment as now given is highly amusing,
and no doubt it will be very successful. The whole of the
audience have an opportunity of bidoing the Commodore
and, we believe, his intended bride, adieu, and then the
happy pair drive off to their hotel in their splendid minia-
ture carriage, drawn by four of the smallest ponies in the
world. The entertainment, which commences at 8 o'clock
in the evening, dors not extend much over an hour, and
thus Professor Anderson is greatly benefited, for nearly the
whole of the audience proceeded to the Great Hall, and
there finished up the evening with a visit to the World of
Magic.

Highland and Agricultural Society's Show
at Inverness in 1865.

A publio meeting of those interested in the proposed show
to be held by the Highland and Agricultural Society of
Scotland at Inverness in August of next year, took place in
the Union Hotel there on Friday, There were present--
Lord Lovat. Lord Saltoun, Mr Merry of Belladrum, M.P.,
Cluny Macpherson of Cluny, Major Cumming Bruce, M.P.,
Major Fraser Tytler of Aldourie, Mr T. Davidson of Tut-
loch, Major Wardlaw of Belmaduthy, Mr J. M. Grant of
Glenmoriston, Mr F. Walker of Foyers, Mr X. B. Mac-
leod of Cadboll, Col. Inglis of Kingemills, Mr D. Forbes,
Straton Lodge; Mr Arthur Forbes of Culloden, Mr R.
Anderson of Lochdhu, Mr IE. Mackintosh of Balneslick,
Mr J. Hall Maxwell, secretary of the Highland and Agri-
cultural Society of Scotland ; Mr Peter. factor for Lord
Lovat; Mr Gunn, factor for Seaforth ; Mr Stables, factor
for the Earl Cawdor, &c. Letters of apology for being un-
able to attend were received from several gentlemen—
among others, Sir K, Mackenzie, Bart., and Sir A. P. G.
Cumming of Altyre.
Lord LO'AT having been moved to tho chair, called on
Mr HALL MAXWELL, secretary of the Highland and
Agricultural Society of Scotland, who said he had very
great pleasure in reporting that since the last meeting, held
in September, an excellent arrangement had been made
with referencJ to the site for the showyard, all previous
difficulty in regard to which had been entirely removed by
the liberal manner in which the magistrates of Inverness
had granted the free use of a field, admirably suited for
the purposes of the show, on the farm at Seafield, adjoining
the town. The access from the town was not good, but the
railway company had obviated the difficulty by very readily
agreeing to put up a temporary station with sidings at Mill-
burn, where all the stock and implements intended for the
show, as well as to the public coming to visit it, would be
taken off, and get to the showyard by tho Longman-road.
At the last meeting here a resolution was passed declaring
that the subscriptions from the district should not be less
than in 1855 ; and he was glad tc state that, so far as the
receipts had come in, there was a perfect certainty that this
resolution would be effectively carried out. (Applause.)
They had experienced great advantage in having Major
Wardlaw as honorary seeretary in this quarter, and an effi-
cient staff of gentlemen in every district of the northern
counties, to co-operate with in carrying through the pre-
liminary arrangements. On the 30th April next the
conveners of the different counties would be requested to
see a certain number of these gentlemen appointed as a sub-
committee to complete the work. The joint committee re-
fat-red to would be appointed from the counties of Inverness,
Elgin, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, and
Nairn.

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CL, NY MACPHERSON then moved that Lord Lovat be
nominated as chairman of the joint district committees in-
tended to be formed in April next.
The motion was unanimously agreed to; and
Lord LOVAT, in thanking the gentlemen present for the
honour of being appointed to this post, said he would do all
in his power to carry on the business of the committees.

Mr HALL MAXWELL then want over the premium list in
detail, several gentlemen making suggestions, some of which
were adopted.

Mr FRISER, Balloch, secretary of the Inverness Far-
mere' Society, intimated the intention of the society to hold
their flower show at the time of the Highland and Agri-
cultural Society's Exhibition.
Mr MAXWELL said they should be glad to give the Far-
mers' Society the necessary accommodation on their ground,
(Hear, hear.)
r.nrd SALTOUN then moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman, wincu w ed to.
The meeting then separated.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr J. STRIDE'S BENE-
FIT.--The obliging superintendent of the box
department of Drury-lane Theatre takes his benefit to-
morrow evening. Mr Stride is remarkable for his attention
to the comforts of the patrons of the theatre, and therefore
we have no doubt he will receive that which he most justly
deserves, a bumper, because there is scarcely a visitor to the
boxes but who is not under some obligation to every active
and polite official.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—A fire of a. very serious
character happened this morning between one and
two o'clock in the premises of Mr Jones, fancy collar manu-
facturer, No. 17, Wood-street, Clerkenwell. The fire could
not be extinguished until the workshops on the upper part
of the building were destroyed, the roof burned, and the
stock in trade destroyed.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.---On Saturday fore-
noon a most melancholy accident occurred near
Falstone station on the Border Union Railway, which re-
sulted in the instantaneous death of the driver and stoker
of the train to which the accident happened. The follow.
ing are the particulars of the accident, so far as we have
been able to learn : —The morning through goods train from
Newcastle to Edinburgh, consisting of an engine, 22 loaded
trucks, and a guard's van, vas approeching Falsteuo about
17 miles from Riccarton. between 11 and 12 o'clock on
Saturday, at the rate of about four miles an hour, when
one of the sets of wheels went on to the rails leading
to a coal siding, and the other set remained on the main
line. After running for a very short distance the engine
started entirely off the rails, and almost immediately sunk
in the ground. The impetus of the heavy waggons behind
forced the tender right on to the top of the engine, and the
consequence was that Peter Young the driver, and Woo.
Morris, the stoker, were crushed to death instantaneously.
Robert Aitchison, the guard of the train, escaped unhurt.
As soon as the accident took place information was tele-
graphed to Mahan), from which terminus an engine was
immediately despatched. When the Hexharn engine
reached the scone of the accident a chain was attached be-
tween it and the tender above the other engine, and
the tender was dragged on to the side of the line. Then the
sad results of the catastrophe became painfully apparent.
Young, the driver, was found standing with the steam
handle in his hand, and this position was the only clue to
his identification, as his head had been literally smashed
flat by the fall of the tender upon it. The body of the
stoker was found lying against the fire-box, and it presented
a most melancholy and fearful spectacle, ono of the sides of
the face having been almost entirely burnt off. Besides the
information seat to Hexhain, a telegram was despatched
to the headquarters at Edinburgh, whence a special train
was immediately despatched with some of the officials,
besides a body of workmen from St. Margaret's, who
took with them a crane to lift the engine, As soon as
this train reached the spot the crane was put in requisi-
tion, and the engine and tender were lifted and conveyed to
Riccarton. Peter Young, the driver, who was 38 years of
age, and resided at Restalrig, where he has left a widow and
three children to lament his untimely end. He had been
about 15 years in the company's service, and bore an excel-
lent character. William Morrie, the stoker, was formerly
a driver on the Perth and Inverness Railway. He entered
the service of the North British Company about six weeks
ego, and he was acting as stoker till he had acquired a suffi-
cient knowledge of the line to enable him to take the post of
driver. lie also was married, and has left a widow and two
or three children in Inverness,—Scotsman.
PERIL OF A SAILOR'S LIFE.—NEW YORK, Nov.
30.—The Tommie Hussey sailed from Troon about the Ist
of September for Portland, United States, and was run
down in lat 49 N, 19 W, by a ship, supposed American.
Two boats were got out, and both were swamped, and the
third, containing the stewardess, mate, and four men, also
capsized, when the woman and mate were drowned ; the
rest righted, but on the fourth day afterwards all died except
one, who was picked up by a French ship and taken to St.
Male.
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