The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyi.)

IN RE CHRISTOPHER MUSGROYE.-1 FRAUDULENT AD •
MINISTRATOR.-SUSPENSION FOR TWELVE MONTHS

WITHOUT PROTECTION.
This bankrupt came up to pass his last examination and
to apply for his aischarge ; he described himself as adminis•
trator of Mr. Henrietta Vernon. The debts are stated at
£4O to creditors unsecured, and £9l to creditors holding
security ; property in the hands of creditors, £25. No
a=sets.
Mr. Aldridge said the bankrupt had been insolvent or
bankrupt four times, and the principal complaint now
against him was misappropriating £250 moneys received
for the use of the E:ev. Win. Vernon and Miss Emma
Vernon, as such administrators.
The bankrupt had run through £l,OOO, and spent £2OO

last year.
Two creditors opposed on the ground that the bankrupt
had contracted debts without reasonable prospect of being
able to pay.

Mr. Shepherd, one of the cr ditors, said the bankrupt
had sued in forma pauperis, but on going to him in prison
bankrupt said 'hat he (Shepherd) need not be in any fear,
as he and other creditors should be paid, and his only object
in going through the court was to punish a rascally
butcher, who had sued him for some meat—he even named
a day for payment, and a very remarkable day it was—the
Ist of April. (Laughter.)
His Honour censured the bankrupt's conduct, suspended
the order of discharge for 12 months, for misappr priating
the trust money, and for contracting debts without means
of paying.

Protection was refused.

IN RE R. S. JONES.

This bankrupt was a commission agent, owing £353, and
the assets were very small. Proceedings under sequestra-
tion were going on in Scotland.
The bankrupt said he had been bankrupt twice before ;
once in 1339, when he paid 15s. in the pound, and subse-
quently, when he paid 20s. in the pound.
A creditor submitted the present petition should be dis-
missed, but his Honour granted an adjournment to ascer-
tain the state of affairs in Scotland.

IN LE MASTER MAN—THE CARPET TRADE.
This bankrupt was a rug manufacturer in the Hackney-
road, and came up for his discharge.
Mr. Brough, for the assignees, presented the case very
favourably to the Court. The bankrupt had been in busi
ness for 15 years, and his bankruptcy arose solely in con-
sequence of the great advance in the price of materials,
chute having risen 45 per cent., and other materials 25 per
cent. The creditors entertained a very friendly feeling,
and hoped the bankrupt would get through his difficulties.
His Honour granted an imwediate discharge.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
FRIENDS OF LABOUR LOAN SOCIETIES.

A case came before the Court this morning, in which the
decision of the judge some time since is shown to have
borne good fruit. The debt was for a£6 bill, upon which
defendant had paid 2s. He had Lo is. 10d. stock in the
society, and he was sued for 18s. 7d.
His Honcur refused to give a verdict for more than
16e.'2d.
Plaintiff—There is 2s. sd. expenses for winding up the

society.
His Honour—Defendant is not to pay that. Those who
have benefited by the society should pay it. I fear there
is a great deal of unfair dealing in these cays. Is this one
where the stock has been forfeited ?
Plaintiff--No. We have allowed it off the bill.
His Honour—l thought so.
Plaintiff—Your houour is doing a great deal of harm to
the working classes.
His Honour—On the contrary, I believe I am doing a
great deal of good. I shall not allow the expenses of wind-
ing up of this Friends of L,,bour Loan Society.
CAUTION TO THE SUITORS.

A case was called, in which Mr. Buchanan appeared for
the plaintiff, the fees being all paid. Plaintiff did not
answer, and the case was struck out. About five minutes
afterwards the plaintiff arrived, and was told by Mr. Bu-
chanan that in consequence of his own neglect the case
could not now be heard.
Plaintiff asked that the case might be restored.
His Honour—No. Your attorney was here in proper
time, and I cannot alter the rule.
This is the second case this week that the attorneys have
been present and the clients absent.

MARKETS--This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

The supply of fruit and vegetables continue on an eaten
sive scale. Most descriptions of produce are in steady re.
quest at the annexed quotations :

FRUIT.

s. d. s. d.
Pine apples 6 Oto 7 01 ,
Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes,per lb 3 0 to 6 0
Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6
Melons ..
Nectarines, per dz 6 0 to 10 0
Apples, per hi-sv. 1 6 to 2 6
Pears, per do .....1 6 to 3 0
Oranges, per 100 6 0 to 12 0
Lemons, per 100 9 0 to 12 0
Gooseberries hf sve2 6 to 4 0
Strawberries pr pt 0 3 to 0 6

8. d. s d
Raspberries,pr pt 0 4to 0 6
Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 0 6
Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 6
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. .... 6 oto 8 0
Peache5....
Currants, per h.sv 3 6to 4 0
Plums, per ‘lO. .. 0 oto 0 4
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0

nine months in exploring, and then to go to Gondokoroand
straight thence to Cairo, en routs for England. I trust you
will be able to procure an order to the Governor of Khar-
toum to punish all my mutineers with the utmost severity.
If not, no Englishman can ever show his face in this
country. " S. W. BAKER."

Sebastopol Eight Years after the Siege.

A gentleman who has lately returned from a
fortnight's visit to the Crimea has sent to the Morn•
my Post the following account of the appearance of
Sebastopol and its neighbourhood in 1863:—" On
arrival at Sebastopol one is at once struck with the
desolation that prevails on each side of the harbour.
There are, indeed, a few guns still mounted on Fort.
Constantine, and the Russian ensig❑ waves over it,
but the other forts on the north side are crumbling
to pieces, and not a gun or a soldier is visible along
the whole range of these once formidable works.

At the entrance of the harbour are a few worm-

eaten hulks lately raised by Colonel Gowen, and off
South Bay lies the admiral's steam yacht, while a
few coasiers are laden with shot and broken shell,

the reliquic Danauna of 1854-55, at the further
extremity, and these are the representatives of the
Russian fleet in the Black Sea in 1863. Landing

at the quay, where now no Russian official accosts
the suspicious stranger, a walk of 200 yards leads
to the hotel, kept by one M. Witzel, formerly head

waiter of the clubhouse, the ruins of which are im

mediately adjoining. The r9oms are scrupulously
clean, and the ' green soup and young mutton' are
not the worse because they are the staple delicacy
in a bill of fare of prodigious length. First in in-
terest to the visitor here, as to many a distant fire-

side in England, must always be the British ceme-
teries. It is a task of several days to inspect them
all, scattered as they are on so many hillsides, and
several of them we were not able to visit ; but it

will be gratifying to the survivors of that memor-
able campaign to hear that of all we visited we
scarcely found one that had received any injury
beyond the unavoidable decay which eight Crimean
winters must bring with them. This is in a grew
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measure owing to the attention of Captains Eldridge
and Clipperton, the late and present Consuls al
Kertch. Around each enclosure, small or largt,
iiw solid walls have been built, and are kept in

good repair. On Cathcart's-hill, though the grass
has gruwn up over many of the fiat tombstonet-,
we only noticed one headstone that had been
injured; it was one which marked the grave ot
a colonel of the 55th Regiment, and on inquiry
we found that it was blown down in a gale last

winter. I. splintered to pieces, and the words,
Colonel, 55th Regiment,' were all we could collect.
In the adjoining cemeteries, where some hundreds
of our brave soldiers rest, it is gratifying to see that

even the round shot which eight or nine ye,ss agk
some friendly hand placed as a border to his com-
rade's grave remain undisturbed. What has been
said of Cathcart's-hill applies equally to the graves
of the light division, and, in fact, to all the large
enclosures. Wild flowers spring up luxuriantly
about them all, and there is no appearance of any
intrusion either of man or beast. Gen. Pelissier's
headquarters and Lord Raglan's house are inhabited
by Tartars, who have taken great pride in preserv-
ing everything that tells of their departed glory.
The huts still surround Lord Raglan's quarters which
once sheltered his staff; a small tablet in the room
where he died records the fact. Kadikoi and Bala-
klava are as quiet as the graves, some few smal:
boats lying idle in the harbour, our quay rotting to
pieces, and our huts now occupied by the returning
Tartars, whose only occupation seems to be fishing
for the treasure trove, the sad mementoes of the
awful gale of Nov. 14, 1854. A bagful! of sovereigns
was fished up a few days before our arrival. 'Point
Powell' and 'Castle Bay,' in bold English letters on
the rocks still greet the eye, and several old barges
savour still strongly of the Saxon. The field of
Balaklava is now dotted with vineyards, and is by
no means good galloping ground in '63. All our
batteries remain much as we left them. The trenches
can be traced for miles. They have fallen in, as
might be expected, but every position is recognisa-
ble at a glance. Inkerman's Heights are thickly
covered with brushwood, though the batteries are
easily discerned, and the camps are also well distin-
guished, though the grass has grown over the
paved streets that intersected the lines. The
principal occupation of the Tartar women and
children consists in digging for bunets, of
which they find vast numbers in the crumbling
soil of the batteries. Great quantities of grape
shot and broken shell still lie about the prin-
cipal points of attack. I regret to say that the
Redan monument is in a disgraceful state; the
inscription has been almost entirely obliterated.
Some Vandals i,ave cut their names on it, and ever,
large pieces out of it for keepsakes, and the wall
round it is broken down in several places. The
Redan itself is unaltered in general appearance.
though gradually crumbling into the ditch, and
vineyards are quietly springing up in its rear. The
Malakoff remains a mass of ruin; in fact, nothing
has been done since the war to alter the appearance
of the town, save the rebuilding of a line of barracks
near the docks, where the present garrison, consist-
ing of one battalion, is quartered. If possible the
desolation is more apparent on the north than on
the south side, You can traverse the whole line of
fortifications and meet with neither soldier nor gun ;
the ramparts are falling into their fosse, the wall,
have sunk, though the general appearance is that
of desertion rather than destruction. A new church
has been lately erected in memory of Prince Gorts-
chakoff and the Russian army, which stands well
above the large Russian cemetery near the light-
house. There are said to be 3,000 inhabitants now
in Sebastopol ; we scarcely met 30. The shops
consist of a long line of open huts, on which Eng-
lish letters repeatedly occur, and prove their origin.
These cover the ground where Fort St. Nicholas
once stood. Some few of the houses have been re-
built facing the harbour, and we were agreeably
surprised to hear one evening the strains of music,
which brought out nearly 100 well-dressed people
to promenade on the terrace, where a naval trophy
looks proudly down on the shattered town, but
whence they came and whither they returned we
never exactly found out. Music amid so much ruin
jarred strangely on the ear. We made an excursion
to the Alma, and slept at what was designated the
Hotel St. Petersburg, a Tartar cabaret close by the
bridge which crosses the river, and visited next
morning the first scene of the campaign at Boul-
ganek. The ruined pothouse still marks the spot
where the first shot was fired. The village has been
partially rebuilt, the graves of Major Rose, Lieut.
Cockerell, and Capt. Gust are well preserved, and
the monument to the memory of the 23d and 33d
on the heights is not injured. The Tartars appear
to have a friendly recollection of the English, and
they have planted trees round several of the graves.
The bridge has just been repaired."

A WORD WITH M. THALBERG.—(An overlooked
series of charmingly sarcastic compliments.—ED,
Sun.)—Mons. Thalberg, Mons. Thalberg, what are you
about, sir? What el'ye mean by frightening us by letting
it be advertised that your performance at the Crystal Palace
last week was your farewell recital ?" No doubt you love
retirement, everybody does, but you have surely not the
cruelty to think of it at present? Your villa near to Naples
is no doubt a sweet retreat, but to think of it at present
would be simply villa-nous. Recollect, you have a duty
to perform to the public, and the public will not let you off
from your performance. While you give us so much plea-
sure, you must not consult your own; we love your play
so"much that we would always have you work at it.
A. few bars' rest is all we can let you take ; or come, say a
few months, if you really du require it, Yes, Halle is de-
lightful, and so is Arabella : but because a tart is sweet,
are we to have no turtle ? There is nobody to fill your
place, Sir, if you go, for nobody can make the piano sing
as you can. A piano is to many a piano-forte-et-dure, an
instrument of horribly excruciating torture. But in your
hands a piano can never torment, it can only charm and
gratify. With Miss Blank, and some other hundred girls
who shall be nameless, a piano is a box of jingling jangling
wires, which serve only to emit a stupid jig or senseless
polka. with you it is for sweetness as the voice of Jenny
Lind ; and for fire and force and fulness, as the orchestra
of Mellon. So don't talk of retirement if you please, good
Monsieur Thalberg. It is a pleasure to hear you play, and
we have not so many pleasures that we can well afford to
lose one. And why should you retire ? There is no lack of
life about you. Your right hand has not lost its cunning,
nor your left one either—that is, if you have a left, which
your playing makes one question. It is a tempting thing
no doubt to try the Southern lazy faire, and join the Naples
lazy-roni : but you must not think of leaving till the ladies
give you leave, and, with Judy at their head, the ladies all
protest they cannot part with you at present,—From last
week's Punch.