The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, Hu.

MARKETS—This Day.

cwt. on the spot,
tallow 41s 3d net

Particulars,

Stock this aay....
Price of Y.C.
Delivery last week
Ditto from June 1
Arrivals last week
Ditto from June 1
Price of Town ....

other seeds, sales progress sic
there is a good demand, at ful
Turnlp,White,p.bus 11s to 14s I
Swede —s —s
Mustard, Brown —s
White,
Tares, New ...... 7s Od Be Od
Old per quarter - —s
Cb.nary, per quarter 36s s'_,s
Rye grass, new - -s —s
Clover, lied Eng., et —s —s
White —s —6

lwly, at late rates. For cakes,
[I quotations.

Carraway 28s 32s
Coriander —s —s
Hempseed, per qr —s —s
Linseed,Eng.sowing 74s 76s
Crushing*

Baltic — -9 -8
Odessa -s --s
Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s
English £9los£lo —s
Foreign i 9 10s £lO 10s
Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os £6 'Os
Rapeseed, new,pr qr 60s 61s

Foreign Red.... - s -s
White. - s -s
Trefoil, new. —s -s

TALLOW.

The tallow trade is very dull, to-day, and prices have
further declined. P.Y.C. is quoted at 41s 3s to 41s 6d per
Rough fat, 2s 11c1 per 81bs. Town
;ash.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
RE VACHER.

This bankrupt described himself of Albert-terrace, Thqs-
water, formerly of Brook Thy-villas, Homerton, and of Can-
terbury-terrace, Old Kent-road, commission agent, and
applied lo be released from custody.
Mr. Haydon opposed on behalf of Mr. Cutts, the detain-
ing creditor, on the ground that the bankrupt had wrong-
fully described himself, as he had been trading as P. Baker
and Co., of Watling-street, and elsewhere. He, Mr.
Hayden, therefore asked that the petition might be dis-
missed.

The bankrupt said he was a partner in the firm of Baker
and Co.

Mr. Haydon asked whether it was necessary now to go
into any further charges in opposition ?
His Honour said the petition could not be proceeded in
as it stood.

Tho bankrupt asked to be allowed to amend.
His Honour said that the bankrupt might amend and
give fresh notico of application.
Hr. Haydon—With costs, your Honour?
His Honour—Yes; he must pay the costs.
Mr. Ayrton—He comes up in forma pauper is.
His Honour—l can't help that, he must pay the costs.
(Before Mr. Registrar Roche,)
RE GEORGE TOUCHER.

A meeting was held for the choice of assignees in the
matter of this bankrupt, descrited as formerly of Great Mil-
dred's-court, sharebroker, 6.c. The liabiaties are stated at
£1,923; assets doubtful.
RE ALFRED SWONNELL,

This bankrupt was described as of Pontonby-terrace,
Pimlico, commission agent, and this was a meeting for
choice of assignees; this was a third appearance, however,
previously as insolvent.
RE CARTWRIGHT AND LAZARUS.

These bankrupts were Australian merchants, in Moor-
gate-street and Sydney, and this was a meeting for choice
of assignees.
Messrs. Simon Hyam, of Cannon-street; James Allen
(Mien and Badger), and Kirkall (Sysa and Sons) were
chosen assignees.

The statement of accounts, as shown by their books, of
the London firm, shows a total indebtedness of £53,457,
against available assets £1,196, the deficiency standing
against the Sydney account.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE SAILOR AND THE SHAM DETECTIVE,—SINGULAR
CASE.—John Stuart, of 16, West-street, St. James's, a dis-
charged constable of the metropolitan police force, was
charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with demanding to see the
pass of leave of Thomas Cumming, an able-bodied seaman
of her Majesty's naval barracks, Sheerness.
The complainant, a good specimen of an English sailor,
said, a little after 12 on Saturday night, I was having sup-
per at a fish shop in Crown-street, when the prisoner said
I was a deserter from the royal navy, and wanted to take
me into custody, at the same time stating that he was a de-
tective. The prisoner said he would wait till I had eaten
my supper, and then take me. I told the prisoner to be
off, or he would get into trouble, and asked the prisoner for
his warrant ticket if he was a detective. The prisoner then
asked to see my leave pass, and I told him that as he had
refused to let me see his ticker, I would not let him see my
pass. I then spoke to a constable, and asked him if he
knew the prisoner as a detective, and he said he did not,
and I then gave the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—You had a pass, and declined to show it
to a person of the prisoner's description.
Complainant—That was it, sir; I felt insulted.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Have you any witnesses?
Complainant—I had two civilian-rigged, but I don't see
them here now. _ _

Jacobs, 182 C, said—l saw a crowd of persons assembled,
and an altercation between the sailor and the prisoner—the
prisoner accusing the sailor of being a deserter. On asking
the prisoner what business he had to take the sailor into
Custody, ho said that he was a constable of the Essex con-
stabulary; but knowing he had been in the police, and dis-
charged, I took him into custody.
Prisoner—l heard some one say the prisoner was a de-
serter from the Fisgard, so I thought I would keep my eye
on him till a constable came. It is a rule of the Navy
fur the men to wear the ribbon on the cap to indicate what
ship
they belong to, and I asked the prisoner for his. Ido
hold an appointment in the Preston police,
and am going
to it to-morrow. The sailor used bad language, and I
thought I was doing a public duty. I was dismissed from
the police.

Mr. Tyrwbitt—And you are going to another force ?
137'is'acr—Yes ; they know it. I was acting on public
grounds.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—l think quite differently. You are a
dangerous and meddlesome fellow. You were dismissed,
and have succeeded in getting into another force, and so
much the worse for that force. You have been guilty of an
impudent piece of presumption, and you thought you could
try it on with the fellow because he was a sailor, but I am
glad to think that he was your match. lam well aw are
that sailors are often got in a scrape by a pack of fellows
who prey upon them, and I have no doubt you were trying
to make a tool of the sailor. You will have to pay £5, and
I hope the Preston force will know what sort of a man they
have taken on.

THAMES.
Mr. Woolrych was
morning, and, after hearing
the bench at half-past ten this
numerous applications, pro-
ceeded with the night
had been on duty all nightcharges. The police constables who
were released about an hour
were in charge of prisoners
earlier than usual, and will
obtain an hour's extra sleep,
trates will commence the lt is to be hoped the magis-
trates in future at the act of
Parliament hour of ten, sad imitate the conduct of the
Judges, who invariably commence business at that hour in
the morning, and would bring
nation of the bar and the public at
themselves the indig-
nation
magistrates
large if they commenced
at any later period. Th
Worship-street are ongistrates at Bow-street and
the
bench in their re-
spective courts at ten o'clock every morning, and
there is no reason why Mr. Woolrych and Mr. Part-
ridge should not follow suit, and prevent the delays, incon-
venience, and partial failure of justice, occasioned by late
sittings.
Patrick M'Govan, an Irish labourer,
Mr. Woolrych, charged Frith assaulthi was
brought before
mounted policeman, en Saturday night.
The George Martin, a
The complainant was riding on horseback,: in the per-
formance of his duty, in Bow, on Saturday at midnight,
and
just after the houses were closed, encountered a lot of
drunk and disorderly ruffians, who had
drink
left the public-
houses and beer-shops full of d and mischief.
They were creating a disturbance, some were fight-
ing, and others were shouting, hallooing, and swear-
ing. Martin then requested then, to go to their
homes and be quiet, and on their refusal attempted to dis-
perse them, in which he was assisted by Louthadismounted
police-constable, and a plain clothes man. The
prisoner,
who was the most noisy and savage, struck One of the con •
stables on foot, and then threw three large stones at the
is new helmet,
mounted constable. Two of them struck h
and with such force as to put him to greatpain and
ineon-
pr
incon-
venience. The third stone missed him. The • isoner was
immediately secured and given into custody.
Mr. Woolrych commented in terms of indignation and
disgust at the cowardly and infamous conduct of the pri-
soner, who threw stones in the dark at a public officer in the
firm execution of his duty, and doing that duty in a and
temperate manner. It was the act of an assassin, a das-
tardly act. If the head of the mounted constable had not
been well protected by a helmet the blows might have pro-
duced concussion of the brain and death. He sentencedthe prisoner to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour in
the House of Correction.

CAPTAIN GRANT.—Captain Grant, the Eastern
traveller, is to be presented with the freedom of the burgh
of Dingwall. The respected mother of the traveller (widow
of the Rev. James Grant of Nairn) resides in Dingwall.
ESCAPE OF A 11AN WITH HIS THROAT Cu' FROM
Guy's HOSPITAL.--Early on Saturday morning
great consternation prevailed at Guy's 'Hospital and neigh-
bourhood in consequence of a man named Richard Carpen-
ter, who lived in Webber-street, Blackfriars-road, and was
admitted on Friday with his throat cut, escaping from the
above hospital, It appears he was actually strapped down,
yet by some means ho managed to break loose from the
straps, rushed out of the hospital, and got into a cab, the
horse of which dashed off, the driver happening to be talking
with some companions a little distance from the cab, lie
was pursued and captured, but not before he had broken the
windows of the cab. He was at once carried back to the
hospital, but the authorities advised his removal to the
workhouse, which *as aocordiDglY done

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—This Day,

(Before Mr. Sergeant Gazelee.)

Charles Gooch, carman, was indicted wish stealing a
quantity of wool, the property of his employer.
George Freeman said he was delivering foreman at St.
Katherine's Dock, and on the 16th of August the prisoner
came with one of the vans of Messrs. Seward for a load of
wool. The wool was lowered from the warehouse into the
cart beneath, and after a number had been so removed he
(witness) had his attention called to something going on
wrong below. He looked into the cart from above and
there he saw the prisoner sitting on one of the bales pulling
wool out of another and throwing it over the side of the cart
into the yard ; a man was picking it up as fast as he could,
but when the prisoner saw he was being watched he desisted.
The bag was weighed previous to its leaving the premises
of the Dock Company. It was 141 b. deficient when it was
delivered to its owner.

Archibald Wright formally proved the weight of the
bale when it left the St. Katherine's Duck.

A clerk from the owners of the property said he was sent
to look after the loading of the wool, but he did not arrive
until nearly the whole had been deposited in the cart.
When the load was complete the prisoner drove the van off,
but he (witness) observed another vehicle following Messrs.
Sewards'. He then watcheJ the prisoner as far as the
Crooked Billet, Tower-hill, and saw him give another man
who was in the cart a bag. He followed the person
who had received the bag towards Rosemary-lane, but
he missed him in the intricst3 thoroughfares of the neigh-
bourhood. He (witness) went back to the publichouse
where the man who had taken the property had left his
cart, and on his return he accused him of taking wool from
the prisoner. He boldly denied having done so, and the
prisoner said ho never gave the man any bag ht all. The
man who had taken the bag when he returned had it
hanging over his arm empty. Witness took the
bag from him, and on examining it found in one of the
corners a portion of some description of wool which had been
taken from the bale. The weight of the wool stolen from
the bale was about 141 b., and was worth ls, a pound.
A number of witnesses gave the prisoner a good charac-
ter.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.

The learned Sergeant sentenced him to nine months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.

A Mirage on the North-East Coast of Ireland.

(From the Caledonian Mercury.)

A friend at Btngor, an ancient town on the
County Down side of Belfast Lough, writes to u,
that a most remarkable mirage occurred there a few
days ago. His description of it is brief ; it will,
however, interest a number of our scientific friends.
He says
You will be delighted to learn that I have just made a
most decided acquisition of kiriwledge. I have seen for the
first time in my life a mirage. Don't be astonished! In an
age like the present, when miracles and all other marvels
seem to be discarded, there is room for doubt, but you will not
distrust me. 1 was standing with some friends on the highest
of Bangor's raised beaches, when in the north-east I saw most
distinctly, and for a long time, 0113 of the Glasgow and Bel-
fast steam vessels steaming away—where? no longer in the
water—actually in the air far above the water I No mix•.
take about it. I rubbed my eyes again and again, doubting
whether they were not deceiving me, but they were faith-
ful as ever, and I had them amply corroborated by my
friends. There, sure enough, was the steamer floating in
air, the smooth water in which she was sailing clearly seen,
and ourselves, far below, with our feet resting on the
beach. The interesting sight was witnessed by us for nearly
half an hour, when the insidious hez3 by which it was
occasioned, thickened and dispelled it. The haze was
so distinct as to expose to us the whole rig and outline
of the steamer, and as we stood on high ground, it was low
enough in the water to permit us also to see the steamer for
a while along its upper surface. It was a novel and de•
lightful sight, the view of which would hare made your
heart thrill with joy."

This is probably the first occasion on which a
mirage has been noticed on the north-east coast of
Ireland; at all events, we have no recollection of
any such occurrence having been recorded. The
Fate Morgue, further north, all have heard or read
of and many have seen ; our venerable friend will,
therefore, we presume, have the satisfaction of
making known his discovery to the Philosophical
Society of Belfast, of which he is a member, at an
early meeting.

MONTALEMBERT AT MALINES.—It is 30 years
since M. de Montalembert first began to preach the
doctrine of a free Church in a free State. He has never
swerved from it, and has always advocated it as the sole
remedy for the disorders of Europe and the turmoils of
Christendom. In practice, he has not, perhaps, always
acted up to his theory. But every statesman is at times in-
consistext ; and if ever a statesman had an idea to which
he clung firmly, and in spite of disappointment and failure,
M. de Montalembert has clung to the idea with which his
name is now indissolubly associated. It must be owned
that his experience cannot have been very sweet to bear.
He has not seen much in his days either of a free State or
a free Church. The Constitutional Monarchy, under
which he first began to speak and write, has been replaced
by a system which he employed every resource of a prac•
tined speaker to paint, at Malines, in the blackest colours.
Ha has been reduced to thank heaven that he, a French-
man, is occasionally permitted to breathe a little of the pure
air of liberty in Belgium. Nor can the retrospect of the
history of the Church in his days be much more satisfactory
to him. He has lived to see the Church prostrate itself at
the foot of the man who has, as he thinks, enslaved, de-
graded, and demoralized France. Personally, he has lived
to see the day when, in the hour of danger, and at the
crisis of the contest which threatens to affect so powerfully
the interests of Catholicism, he—the champion and orator
of the Church—has been kept from public life by the influ•
ence of a Catholic Bishop. M. de Montalembert under-
takes to convince the Catholic world that its true policy is
to strive for political liberty, and to give up all wish to trust
to the secular arm for the prevention of error. He will not
have civil liberty without religious, nor religious liberty
without civil, He hates the French police, and the servility of
modern Ca4sarism; and he also hates the fires of the Inqui-
sition, and every attempt to put down honest error. Local
independence, no Caesars, no police, a honest sovereign
people—and, on the other hand, a Church submissively
accepting every doctrine and every tittle of every canon,
but willing to walk side by side peaceably and humbly with
all manner of heretics, insisting that they shall have fair
play, and that the State shall neither help the Church nor
its opponents—such is the stuff of which M. de Montalem-
bert's dreams are made.—Saturday Review.
DEATH UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, IN
MANCHESTER.—The body of a man named Thomas
All cock was found about mid•day, yesterday, under very
singular and suspicious circumstances. The deceased was
67 years of age, of very quiet and regular habits. Ho had
lived alone for some time, in a cellar in Bank-street, Lees-
street, Great Ancoats-street, and at the time of his death
was receiving relief. He was seen for the last time about
half-past seven on Saturday evening, standing at his door.
About half-past two yesterday afternoon, his sister Ellen
Rumber, Dean-street, Ancoats, went to the cellar to see
him. The door was :partially open. On entering the
cellar she found the deceased lying in bed, dead, with five
or six circular marks on his forehead, as if the flesh had
been pinched out or cut out with a knife. Informa-
tion was given to the police, and the assistant to Mr.
Barlow, surgeon, was called in to examine the body. It
was much discoloured about the back and shoulders, but
the surgeon was unable to discover the cause of death.
There was a little blood in the bed from the wounds on
the forehead, but there was none about the room.
The furniture, what little there was, was undisturbed,
and the clothes did sot appear to have been
touched. The only articles that could have been used
as weapons were a shovel and a mallet, but neither :appear
to have been used, and no sound of any struggle
or cry was heard in the house above. Nu motive can be
discovered for the murder, if it be one. The man was
known to be very poor, and he has never been seen
to quarrel with anyone. A sixpence was found in a
cupboard in the wall, and a halfpenny in his dress.
He is believed to have been subject to fits, and it is sug-
gested that he might have died in a fit, and that the pecu-
liar wounds on the forehead may have been made by rats,
with which the place is infested. Up to 12 o'elock last
night no further discovery had been made, and it is pro-
bable that nothing more will bo elicited till the inquest,
which is to be held this morning.—Manchester Guardian.
THE NEW BRONZE COINAGE.—The efforts made
during the last 18 months or two years to call in
the old copper coins and issue their bronze substitutes have,
it appears, been successful ;to a great extent, so far at
least as the large towns are concerned. We understand
that old pence, halfpenny, and farthings to the nominal
value of 'twat £400,000 have been returned to the Master
of the Mint and replaced. The full amount of old copper
coins in circulation is supposed to have been aboi
in
L 750,000. Vigorous efforts are now being made to get
te
iL,e residue from villages, hamlets, and the more rem
eeoet.
dist:icts of the country. The notion that the old pinwere
the rein of George 111., known as the rime
are informed,
pennies,
more vainable than the ordinary n
quite erroneous, as the intrinsic voaleti
eis'iswnow little more
than the nominal or circulating
quantity of coins can be usedbyth price,
e and nothing like the
Mint in the new issue.
16 to the pound. In the
The rim pennies were originally
course of a time the old coins will be declared illegal,
and can only be taken at the price
persons who have beenerice of old copper, which is
now about lid. per lb.
hoarding up the rim pennies under the idea of obtaining a
better price for them, and
who keep them until they are
declared no longer a legal tender, may consequentlyfind
themselves in the unpleasant predicament of
receiving- only
rs Under these circumstances they will of cou •
lid, fur 18. e,
if they are wise, lose no time in getting thun exchanged at
their present full nominal value.—Liveipool 111eren.ry,
A MISS BATEMAN, who has obtained some ccie•
brit), as an actress; Will ;luny appear at the Arlelphi.