The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane,)
IN RE COLONEL DEERINO.
This was an application for release from custody. The
bankrupt was described as of Buckingham-place, gentleman.
Mr. Reed supported, and said this was a case very diffe.
rent from ordinary applications for release. The bankrupt
had entered into a deed under the provisions of the act, and
had obtained the certificate of the registrar, but to give full
effect to it it was necessary that the Court should order his
release.
Mr. Gompz said that he appeared on behalf of Colonel
Toombs, a creditor to the amount of £SB3, and who was a
dissentient creditor, and wished tot xamine the bankrupt.
Mr. Reed objected, as the majority of creditors in num•
ber and value had assented to the deed. The debts amounted
to £22,000, and the debtsof the assenting creditors amounted
to £17,000. Colonel Toombs was also a secured creditor.
The bankrupt asserted that that was the tact.
His Honour said that so fat as that case went there was
no ground of opposition.

Mr. Gompz then examined the bankrupt on behalf of Mr.
Bloxam, who was also a creditor for £1,061, and dissented.
Mr. Reed contended that Mr. Gompz had no locus stand/
as regarded other creditors than his own client.

Mr. Gompz said that ho could show cause, but -
His Honour said that as the deed had been duly executed
and certified, he should order an immediate release.

RE CALDUELL.

This bankrupt was described as a farrier of Kennington,
and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge,
bat only the preli&inary accounts had been filed.
Mr. Buchanan applied on behalf of the bankrupt for an
adjournment, to give an opportunity for the bankrupt to
complete a deed of arrangement, by which the creditors will
receive 3s. is the pound.

The bankrupt having sworn that a friend would advance
he money, his Honour granted the adjournment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ROBBING A CLERGYMAN,—Thomas Jones, described as a
shoemaker, and well known to the police, was charged
before Mr. Knox with stealing a watch of the value of £5,
the property of the Rev. Joseph Dudley, of Sarnesfield,
Herefordshire.
Prosecutor said that he was outside the circus in Leicester-
square (the Alhambra) yesterday evening just as the doors
were opening, when he observed the prisoner close to him.
He felt a tug at his watch, and on looking down saw it
going from him, and in the prisoner's hand. He seized the
prisoner, when the watch fell from his hand. He then gave
him in charge, when he made a great outcry, declaring he
had not taken the watch.
Police-constable Thomas Butt, 95 A, said he was on duty
inside the Alhambra I'alace yesterday evening, and, hearing
the cry of ".Police," he rushed out, and saw the watch
lying on the ground. He took the prisoner into custody,
when he gave a false address. About an hour afterwards
he found the ring of the watch.

The prosecutor wishing the case disposed of at once, as
he was going back to Herefordshire, and the prisoner
pleading guilty, Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for six
months with hard labour.

SINGULAR CHARGE OF ASSAULT—GREAT PnovocA-
TlON.—William Henry Shafto, a tall, gentlemanly looking
man, was charged before Mr. Knox with asaulting William
Roberts, formerly a police-constable.
The complainant said that the defendant walked up to
him and said—" You have been following me about all
day," and then struck him on the head with the thick end
of the stick produced, the effect of the blow being to cut the
skin of his head.

Mr. Knox asked the complainant whether he had been
following the defendant about as he stated, and the com-
plainant said he had. . . .

Mr. Knox inquired of the complainant whether ho was
in the police force, and he said that he had been, but he
was not now.

The defendant said the complainant had been following
him about all day watching him, sometimes standing in
doorways, so as to avoid being seen, and thinking that
his intent might be criminal, he certainly asked him
why he was watching him, and gave him a slight tap with
his stick, but the blow was not a powerful one, or he should
have killed the complainant.

A constable proved seeing the blow struck.
Mr. Knox said he thought if the defendant had meant to
hurt the complainant there would have been a larger mark,
the defendant being a powerful man. The complainant was
not in the police force, and if he chose to take up the trade
of following and watching people he must be prepared f.r
its inconveniences. The defendant had no right to strike
the complainant, but as the provocation was very great, he
should only fine the defendant 10s. or seven days.
It did not transpire what the complainant's object was in
following the defendant, but it was stated that he was em-
ployed to do so.

DESERTING A. FAMILY.—EIIen Maddigan was charged
before Mr. Knox with unlawfully deserting her four chil-
dren, and leaving them chargeable upon the parish of St.
George's, Hanover-square.
Mr. George Baddeley, assistant overseer, said that on the
26th of May, 1862, the four children of the prisoner, one of
them two years old, were bound on the door steps of the
workhouse in Mount-street, and they had been chargeable
upon the parish ever since. On a previous occasion she
deserted her family, and was sentenced t) three months'
hard labour.

Mr Knox committed her for three months' hard labour.
The prisoner has been a good deal of trouble, and has
put the parish to considerable expense.

THAMES.

MURDEROUS AFFRAY WITH A POLICE CONSTABLE,—
James Reardon, a dock labourer, with marks of violence on
his head and face, was brought before Mr, Partridge,
charged with violently assulting a police constable.
A certificate to the following effect was put in—" I hereby
certify that George Wood, police-constable, No. 128 H, is
unable to leave his bed in consequence of some injuries re-
ceived, P. DUKES, Surgeon, 282, Brick-lane, Dec. 9, 1863."
Alfred John Townsend, a boy. of No. 4, John-hill, Rat-
cliff-highway, said he was passing along Upper East
Smithfield, near the London Dock, last night, and saw the
prisoner strike a policeman.
Mr. Partridge—What did the policeman do?
Witness—He was shoving the prisoner about. The
street was full of people. The policeman took out his
staff and struck the prisoner, who got the policeman down.
There was a cut on the policeman's cheek, and another on
his forehead. The prisoner kicked the policeman dread-
fully.

The jorisoner—What that boy says is not correct. I was
in a ptiblic-house at six or half-past six o'clock last night.
I was coming out, and the policeman said " Go on—get
away," and shoved me and knocked me down. He hit me
several times over the head. If I thought I should have
been brought here I could have had a witness.
Mr. Partiidge remanded the prisoner for a week.

We are informed that Colonel Crawley has
commenced an action for libel against " Jacob Omnium"
(Mr. Higgins), in consequence of the article by " J.
in the Cornhill Magazine, on the " Mhow Court-Martial,"
which appeared in a recent number.—British Army
Review.

BIRLIOMANIA.—The valuable library of the late
Mr. Turnbull, who died shortly after his resignation
of the appointment he held in the Record -office, has been just
sold at the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson. It was
very rich in country histories and in heraldic work of all de-
scriptions, but more especially in what are usually termed
" family genealogies." The sale produced £2,779 168 6d.
Among the rarer articles we must be content to cite the
following :—" Anderson's House of Yvery," 2 vols. Bvo.,
£24 lUs ; "Genealogic de la Maison de Bastard," Bvo,
£4 as—" Bouillet Nobiliaire d'Auvergne," 8 vole Bvo,
£7 12s 6d—" Bagot's Memorials of the Bagot Family,"
4to, £10—" Anselme Histoire Genealogique de La Maison
Royale de France," 9 vela folio, large paper, with one
sheet supplied from a small paper copy, £25 —" Big-
non Nobiliaire de Picardie," royal folio, sold with all
faults, £3o—" Blasone Bolognese," 4 vols in 2, folio, £9lss
—" Carlaverock Siege," edited by Sir Harris Nicolas, 4to,
illustrated with engravings and the arms emblazoned, £2l;
Clutterbuck's Hertfordshire," 3 vole folio, large paper,
£1 40s—" Dugdale's Monasticon," 8 vole folio, £lB—
Dugdale's Warwickshire," folio, first edition, £lO 108—
" Drummond's History of Noble British Families," 2 vole
folio, £7 28 6d—" Fraser's Memorials of the Montgomeries
—Earl of Eglinton," 2 vole 4to, £lO 10s—" Hodgson's
Northumberland." 7 vols 4to, £2l—" Hasted's History of
Kent," 4 vols folio, with a few additional engravings,
£55 10s—" Hoare's Modern Wiltshire," 6 volts folio, £3o—
Heures de la Reine d'Anne de Bretagne," folio, £ls—
Howard's Indication of the Howard Family," folio, £l6
10s—" Litta, Famiglie celebre Italiaue," 8 vole folio, £3B
108—" Lyndesay's Booke of Armes," folio, £7 12s 6d—
" Nisbet's Heraldry," 2 vole folio, £9 13s—" Ormerod's
Cheshire," 3 vole folio, £32 108—" Mario Stuart Lettres,"
&c., 9 vole Bvo, illustrated, £29—" Scrope and Grosvenor
Roll," 2 vele imperial Bvo, £7 17e 6d—" Surtees's Sketch
of the Percy Family," 4to, only 22 copies printed, IL—
" Shirley's Stemmata Shirleiana," 4to, £26--" Shaw's Staf
forashire," 2 vole folio, large paper, £3l—" Stirling Papers,
edited by W. Frazer," 4to, £l7 10s—" Tierney's History
of Arundel," 4 vole 410, large paper, illustrated, £6l—
Wood's Athena) Oxonienses," enlarged by Dr. Bliss,
'6 vols in 10, 4to, illustrated with views and portraits, £lll.
Nearly the whole of the lots produced very high prices, the
smaller privately printed publications often bringing pounds
for what had cost Mr. Turnbull shillings. This was parti-
cularly the case in regard to his collection of Peerage Evi-
dences, &e., which u4ually are considered waste paper. The
various " Club-books" were also eagerly purchased at ex-
travagant rates,
DESERTERS IN NEW YORK.—No less than 5,821
men are advertised in New York as not having reported
themselves for service in the Federal army, although their
names were drawn from the ballot box as drafted men.
CRYSTAL PALACg.—O E SHILLING DAY.—Yes-
terday the admissions on payment wcre 929; do. by season
tickets, 705—total, 1,634,

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

A dreadful murder and attempted suicide occurred
at Ryde, Isle of Wight, early this morning. A
man named Robert Hallett cut off the head of a
woman named Phillips, with whom he has been
living, and afterwards cut his own throat and
stabbed himself. The murderer was alive when the
message left Ryde, at 8 a.m., but was not expected
to survive.

Another Mysterious Murder or Death by

Drowning on the Seashore.

Before the public have recovered from the interest and
excitement occasioned by the finding of the body of a female
on the beach at Rottingdean, and the singular death of the
French merchant near Hastings, whose body was found by
a coastguardsman on Tuesday last, we have to report another
case which, for the mystery in which up to the present time
it is shrouded, and the peculiar circumstances connected
with the state of the body, and the place and way in which
it was found, far surpasses the others. The facts of this
case, which, it is supposed, is the result of a foul murder,
appear to be these. As most of our readers are probably
aware, it is the practice of the coastguardsmen to patrol the
cliffs and beaches of our shores during the night in order to
prevent breaches of the revenue laws. Yesterday morning
the duty of patrolling the cliffs between Portobello station
and the next station, E istbourne, was performzd by Wm.
Benson, who, in his perigrinations, had to pass Bearbide
Gap, a pass down the cliff, about equi-distant between Rot-
tingdean and the port of Newhaven, and situate in the parish
of Piddinghoe. Of course the night duty of the coast-
guardsmen renders them much quicker sighted than ordi-
nary individuals are in the dark, and therefore it is perhaps
not extraordinary that any singular object on the beach
below should have attracted the attention of Benson upon
his looking down over the cliffs, which they are in • the
habit of doing at intervals—particularly as his sight would
be much assisted by the phosphorescent kind of light
which is emitted by the sea as it dashes upon the rocks
and beach. At all events Benson, upon looking over Bear-
hide Gap, did perceive an extraordinary object upon the
beach below, and lost no time in proceeding to ascertain
what it was. On arriving at the spot he found the body
of a gentlemanly-looking man lying near high watermark,
from which the water had receded. .He at once, in the
uncertain light, came to the conclusion that it was the
body of a drowned man which had been washed ashore,
and ascertaining that it was just after three by his own
watch, started back to the station at Portobello for as-
sistance. He gave the call to Lieut. Littledale (in com-
mand of the station), and that officer and a number of men
accompanied him back to the spot. The body, of course, was
in the same state as he left it, and it was immediately taken
up the cliff. A closer examination of the. body—which it
was evident could not have been in the water many hours,
it not being distended with water as is usual when bodies
have been submerged for some time—was then made. It
was found to be that of a man about five feet six inches in
height, and from 45 to 60 years of age, with dark whiskers
meeting under the chin, and bald-headed. It had on
neither coat, waistcoat, nor shirt, nor were any articles of
this description found near the spot it was simply attired
in a white guernsey (such as many gentlemen are in the
habit of wearing under their linen ; around the neck was a
white turn-down collar, fastened by a narrow black silk tie ;
it had also on a pair of white cotton drawers, a pair of black
cloth trousers, socks, and Balmoral boots. The only mark
upon the clothes were the following :—" F. T. Sergeant,"
which was found upon the guernsey. And now conies the
question, was the poor fellow drowned, or did he meet his
death by foul means, and was afterwards placed in the
water ? As to the former hypothesis he might either have
endeavoured to swim ashore from a vessel which had
foundered at sea, and for this purpose had divested himself
of his upper clothing, or he might have been drowned acci-
dentally or suicidally somewhere to the westward and ulti-
mately washed ashore; but, as it were in contradiction to
these suppositions, is a fact. of a very suspicious nature—
upon the head were several serious wounds, and the police
have reason to suspect from what we can gather that
these wounds were inflicted before death. The most
serious of these wounds is at the top of the head, where a
clean cut penetrating the skull is observable, apparently
having been occasioned by a sharp heavy instrument. One
eye is also much blackened, and behind the right ear is the
mark of another heavy blow. As soon as possible Police-
constable Sherlock, of the East Sussex constabulary, sta-
tioned at Rottingdean, was sent for, and on his arrival he
took charge of the body and had it conveyed to Piddinghoe,
where it awaits a coroner's inquest. He next forwarded
information to Superintendent Jenner, at Lewes, and the
police are now actively engaged in endeavouring to ascer-
tain the facts of this extraordinary case,—Surrey Standard
of yesterday.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO AN ACTRESS.—Daring
the performances at Mr. Taylor's theatre in the Ox-
ford-road, Kiddermin%ter, on Friday evening, an accident
occurred by which Mrs. Devonport, an actress, received se-
rious injuries. "Don Juan" had been played on the occasion,
and towards the close of the piece Mrs. Devonport's dress
was ignited by one of the footsteps as she was leaving the
stage. The flames at once shot up round her, and she
uttered piercing screams. Outside the theatre, owing to the
reflection of the flames on the canvas, it was believed that
the interior was in flames, and inside intense excitement pre-
vailed. For a time, those near her were too paralysed to
render any assistance, and the poor creature ran hither and
thither, not knowing what to do. A carpet was seized and
thrown over her, and by this means the flames were extin-
guished. She had been burnt about the chest, face, arm,
and leg, and at first it was feared that the injuries she re-
ceived were even more serious than they have proved to be.
Mr. Cohen was called in to attend her. She will be pre-
vented from appearing on the stage again for several weeks.
The manager has taken measures for avoiding like occur•
rences in future, by having a wire gauze placed over the
footlights.

A SAD STORY.—Some time ago a young lady,
who is most respectably connected, went to reside
for a few weeks at a hotel in Liverpool. A middle-aged gen-
tleman, a captain of a barque, was living at the same place,
and an intimacy seems to have sprung up between him and
the young lady. From the disparity of age of the parties and
other things the intimacy seems to have escaped the notice
of the other residents of the hotel. A fortnight ago, however,
the captain sailed in his vessel, and the young woman
left the place under the pretence of visiting some
relative, but her friends were led to suspect that
she had gone off with the captain. A near relative
of hers went to Holyhead, and found her there
with the captain on board his ship;
but, despite
all entreaties, she refused to leave him. As, however,
it was discovered that she had taken a shawl with
her belonging to a female relative, a warrant was pro-
cured for her apprehension on the charge of felony, and
she was then brought back to Liverpool ; but no evi-
dence being offered against her she was discharged,
her friends taking her under their care. She was con-
veyed home, but after remaining there a short time she
managed to get away. It is stated that she went to Holy-
head again and there met with the captain, whose vessel
was still lying
at that place. During the terrific
gale on Thursday the vessel which the captain
commanded was wrecked near Holyhead, and he and all the
rest of the crew were drowned. It is also stated that the
body of a female, whose description answered to that of the
lady in question, was found on the beach at Holyhead, and
there is too much reason to fear that she has been drowned
also. - iverpool Aferculy.

GOLD IN VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—The following
is an extract from a letter dated Victoria, Vancouver's
Island, October 21 :—The Governor lately sent out a pros-
pecting party on the island (Vancouver). They came back
and reported good diggings within 13 miles of Victoria.
There has been a rush there, and everyboly is cock-a-hoop
about it. W. and I took a share in the Gold Harbour
Mining Company. We gave an order yesterday to sell at
50 dole., but during the day a schooner came in with some
quartz from the company's works and the shares rose to
200 dots. We will now hold on. Considerable excitement
has been caused by a well-authenticated report of good
correspondent of
the gloomyenough."
A isir
dig-
gings at Luswhaes, in an inhabitable district in British
Columbia. On the whole the place is looking up—about a
month
FaagAnopeeA thingsMusicale gives
Florence
gives the following account of
a recent performance at thePagliato Theatre in that city :
"Last night the Traviata' was given here, and the part of
Alfred was filled by a tenor whose name I need not mention,
and the part of the father by a madman—at least by a man
who was discharged from a lunatic asylum only a few days
ago, and whose story is somewhat romantic. His name is
his merchaniise in a
gchanced that he fell in
Tolde Sernese, and four years ago he earned a living by sell-
rriage: but was refused
poverty. To improve his
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circumstances he determined to try his fortune on the
stage. He had a good voice, and after some little training
he obtained an engagement, and was well received by the
public. But fortune did not come rio soon as he expected,
and, having once encountered some little disapprobation
from his audience, he became raving mad, and was taken to
a lunatic asylum, in which he remained till within the last
faeswt nightdeyebefore days,
whenvery
he
ewy full eedieeherged as cured. He sang
ihouse, but, notwithstanding the
opinion of the doctors, I think he is still partially insane.
He showed the utmost impatience and dissatisfaction when
interrupted by applause in the middle of a phrase; and in
the romance, the public having cried ' Bravo 1' too soon, he
flatly refused to finish it, and left the stage. With the
oexeccaespitoionnalesfmsiolem, improper gestures, and an
oe'st tragic scenes, he played
the part quite as well as many artists who have always en-
eyed the full use of their facuities,"_Galignani.
WON'T TAKE A REFUSAL !—A subscriber writes
to a Western editor,—" I don't want your paper any
eineeevceenntrthic(i3time
longer." To which the editor replies,—" I wouldn't make
it any longer if you did. Its Present iQngth suits me very
Well,"

THE GREAT FIGHT.

We believe it may now be said that all the preliminaries
for the Great Fight between Heenan and King are com-
pleted. The "authorities" met to day, and a programme
was sketched out, which, if followed implicity, will ensure
a satisfactory termination. If assurances can be depended
upon, then, one and all of the parties, to whom the custody
of the "ring" will be entrusted, have made up their minds
not only to adhere most strictly to their instructions, but
to guarantee the good conduct of those who may be called
upon to assist them. The utmost anxiety prevails to learn
the spot selected for the "friendly encounter," but the
most masonic secrecy is observed with respect to that
locality. At many of the sporting houses to-day numerous
hints were given to those curious enough to enquire the
whereabouts, but whenthe information was tested by again
inquiring at another of the pugilistic hostelries "a tip"
was given quite in the opposite direction. At one place,
" London-bridge, at three" was lowly whispered ; at
another, ".G. W. R., at four" ; and thus all parties desirous
of early information were kept completely in the dark.
Supposing all goes on correctly, we believe the intending
voyageurs will be put in possession of " the secret" about
nine o'clock this evening. At the West-end Heenan is an
immense favourite, while the East-enders take all the 7's
to 4 they can get about King.