The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE
(Before the Judge-Ordinary.)
BREMNER V. BREMNER AND BRETT-A GRETNA-GREEN

MARRIAGE.

Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks appeared for the
petitioner; Mr. Kerslake, Q.C., and Mr. Harrison for the
respondent, and Sergeant Ballantine for the co-respondent.
. ....

This was a suit instituted by Mr. Samuel Bremner, a
commercial traveller, and the manager of the business of a
printing material manufacturer, for a divorce, on the ground
of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, who is em-
ployed as a warehouseman at an establishment in Cheap-
side. The respondent pleaded denial, cruelty, and
recriminated the adultery ; the co-respondent pleaded
merely denial.
It appeared that the parties were married at Gretna
Green, in Nov., 1849, and there were two children, the issue
of the marriage, one of whom was living. In 1860, the peti-
tioner became acquainted with the co-respondent at the
house of a mutual friend, and he (co-respondent) and his
wife took apartments in the house, Holford-square, Isling-
ton. The business of the petitioner necessitated his fre
quent absence from town of which, according to his allega-
tion, the co-respondent availed himself to seduce the re-
spondent.

Mary Linton, the wife, and Agnes Carmichael, the
daughter of John Linton, deceased, who officiated as the
hymenial blacksmith at Gretna Green, proved to having
witnessed the marriage ceremony, and believed the parties
signed the certificate which was produced and identified.
Mr. Anderson, Q.C., a member of the English bar, and
an advocate of the Scottish bar, was examined, he said that
the evidence adduced, and the certificate were quite suffi
cient to establish the validity of a marriage in Scotland, at
the period when the ceremony had been performed between
the parties, provided the court was satisfied that the con-
sent of both of them had been obtained.
Mr. Karslake—Does age of the parties make any diffe-
rence ? _ _ _ .

Mr. Anderson—No ; not if the man is only 14, and the
woman 12. (Laughter.)
Mary Scott, a married woman, who had been in the ser-
vice of Mr. and Mrs. Bremner for six years when they lived
at Carlisle, Newcastle, and in London, deposed to acts of
familiarity between the respondent and co-respondent during
the petitioner's absence.
Lucy Hartley, a female domestic formerly in the ser-
vice of Mr. and Mrs. Bremner, said she recollected Mr.
Brett visiting the house while Mr. Bremner was absent in
the country. He first stayed to supper, but in a short time
he remained after she (witness) had retired to bed.
At this time she slept in her mistress's room, but in a few
evenings after her mistress told her she could sleep in her
own bedroom. She did so, and after that on one occasion 1
her mistress came into her room after she (witness) had got
into bed, and she then heard her say to Mr. Brett that she
was asleep. When she got up the next morning Mr.
Brett's bed did not appear to have been disturbed. After
this Mr. Brett's bedroom frequently remained unused,
although he used to go out of the house of a
morning before breakfast. Mr. Brett used not to come
so often after Mr. Bremner returned home. On
one occasion she recollected Mrs. Bremner taking Mr.
Brett's breakfast to him while he was in bed. She had seen
Mr. Brett kiss Mrs. Bremner. She left Mrs. Bremner's
service for a short time, but returned to it again. Mr.
Brett always visited Mrs. Bremner when her husband went
his journeys. Mr. Brett told her he should have to write
letters to Mrs. Bremner, but as the matter was secret he
should direct the letters to her (witness). He did so, and
she on one occasion kept back one of these notes. That
just put into her hand was the one.
C es examined—She never said that rather than see her
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mistress, Mrs. Bremner, ill-treated as she was, she would
go and live with her elsewhere without wages. Mr, Brem-
ner used to remain out very late at night.
(The case was proceeding when we went to press.)

SHERIFF'S COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr and a Jury.)
THE JUDGE AND THE SUITORS-A GOOD EXAMPLE.

To-day his Honour was engaged in trying short jury
causes in cases he had refused to decide personally, because
the parties flatly contradicted each other on oath.
In the first case, Furnival v. Bates, the plaintiff sued for
£l5, and Mr. Buchanan called witnesses to prove that
plaintiff had promised defendant to forgive him the rent if
he would go out.
To answer this plaintiff produced four or five persons,
who deposed that such a promise was never made, and that
plaintiff had offered to take the debt at sixpence per week.
The verdict passed for defendant, but without costs.
In the second case, De-roy v. Brough, the defendant
pleaded payment, and Mr. E. C. Whitehurst, for plaintiff,
said the debt never had been paid, and he put defendant to
the proof.
Mr. Sorrell, of Mark-lane, for defendant, said that his
client had an idea that he had paid this money, and the
amount was so small that defendant, who was a respectable
wine merchant, could have no motive in disputing it, except
that he believed be had paid it.
Plaintiff was called, and he deposed that he had never
received the money.

Mr. Sorrell—You mean to swear that my client has no.
paid you?

Plaintiff—l do.
Defendant positively believed that he had paid, but could
not say when, where, or how. (Laughter.)
The jury found for plaintiff.
Verdict for plaintiff with costs.

In a third case there was some hard swearing by suitors
in court and his Honour empannelled a jury forthwith,
stating that the courts in Ireland had laid down that a
judge had the power he,now assumed. He had never done
so before, but felt compelled to do so now.
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The action was about cattle food, Mr. Buchanan appear-
ing for the plaintiff, and Mr. Whitehurst for defendant, the
verdict passing for defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

WESTMINSTER.

CHARGE OF UTTERING A COUNTERFEIT SHILLING. I
Rose Shadman, a female of decent appearance, was charged
with attempting to utter a counterfeit shilling at the Blue
Anchor, York-street, Westminster.
The evidence showed that on the previous afternoon the
prisoner went into the house and asked for some gin, for
which she tendered a shilling. Upon the barman taking
it up, he found it to be a counterfeit. The barman sent fcr
a policeman and gave her into custody.
The magistrate asked if the prisoner was known ?
A police-constable of the F division stated that she had
been in custody on former occasions upon a similar charge.
The prisoner was then remanded for the attendance of
the solicitor of the Mint.
ROBBING FELLOW LODGERS.—John Bevan, a
young man, residing at No. 17, Bridge-row, Pimlico,
was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing ap-
parel under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that
on Friday (yesterday) week the prisoner was seen to leave
his apartment, carrying with him a heavy bundle. He was
seen by one of the lodgers, who said to him that he sup-
posed ho was going to leave the house, to which he made
no reply. Shortly after he was gone some persons in the
house missed a quantity of wearing apparel, and it was
ascertained that a portion of the property had been pledged
by a person supposed to be the prisoner, who in the course
of Thursday last was given into custody.
The prisoner, who said he took the things as he was in
difficult circumstances, was remanded.

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.

LIVERPOOL, Friday.

The Great Britain arrived this morning with
advices from Melbourne to the 3d of May. She
has 63,000 ounces of gold on freight. The setting
in of colder weather had given an impetus to the
markets, and transactions have been more active.
Large parcels of soft goods were in course of being
despatched to the inland townships. Teas had been
in demand, and prices had been more than main-
tained. Flour had scarcely been named, but ail
parcels of wheat offering hao met with ready buyers.
There bad been some inquiry for malt. 'The rice
market has been dull and inanimate during the
week, several consignnients having come in. There
was a steady but moderate demand for spirits, beer,
and tobacco.

The following telegraphic despatches had been
received at Melbourne:—

Portland, May 1.
Mr. Moon, late manager of the Union Bank, was tried
yesterday and acquitted.

Sydney, May 1.
Government are organising a naval brigade, under com-
mand of Mr. Hickson, inspector of harbours.
Escorts, 7,483 oz.
Wool, lower ; tallow, slight advance ; hides, firmer.
The schooner Friends is a total wreck at Moreton Bay;
crew saved.
Sailed--The Yarra, for Brisbane; the Corea, for Hong
Kong ; the Alma, for Shanghai.

Adelaide, May 1.

An attempt will be made this sessiox to induce the Im•
perial Parliament to pass an act for defining the scope and
limit of colonial Legislatures to set at rest all doubts as to
the validity of the laws of South Australia.
Accounts from Darling anti the far north speak of heavy
rains.

Fresh water at Wallaroo is Rolling at 4d per bucket.
Four thousand bags of Mauritius sugar were sold to-day
at an average advance of 30s. on previous sates for all de-
scriptions. Tea in large demand. No alteration in pro-
duce market.
Arrived—The Aldinga.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Projected departurec from Hobson's Bay for London--
Lady Melville, May 5; Kent, Nay 16; and Anglesey,
May 30.

A Tardy Tribute to the late W. B. D. D.
Turnbull, Esq-

The late William Barclay Turnbull, Esq., bar-
rister-at-law, whose death happened a few days
since [it should have been said rather, several
weeks] at his residence in London, at the age of 52,
was a gentleman whose name came somewhat pro-
minently before the public in connection with a
literary and religious controversy a year or two
since, in a not very enviable way. According to
Men of the Time," Mr. Turnbull was a son of the
late Walter Turnbull, Esq., of Edinburgh, in which
city he was born early in the year 1811. Having
received his early education in Edinburgh, he was
called to the Scottish bar in 1832, and was subse-
quently called to the English bar by the Hon. So-
ciety of Lincoln's-inn, in Jan. 1856.

In 1833 Mr. Turnbull took an active part in the
foundation of the Abbotsford Club, and acted as its
secretary from that date until 1841, being at the
same time an extensive contributor to its historical
publications. He was engaged in 1859 to edit the
" Book of Scottish Chronicles" for the Master of
the Rolls, who subsequently appointed him to the
office of caleadaring foreign state papers between
the accession of Edward VI. and the Revolution of

1688, his work being to make abstracts of every
document and to arrange and index the whole.
His first volume was published ir, Jan. 1861, and
owing to an outcry raised against him as a Roman
Catholic by the Athenceunz newspaper, the "Pro-
testant Alliance" and the "' Scottish Reformation
Society," he resigned this appointment, a step which
became the subject of a debate in Parliament, He
subsequently brought an action against the
secretary of the Protestant Alliance for libel,
when the jury found for the defendant. It is only
fair, however, to add that subsequent inquiries have
satisfactorily proved the honesty and integrity of
Mr. Turnbull in the responsible pest which he filled;
and it is to be feared that his death was hastened
by his acute sense of the unfairness with whi.2.la hie
conduct had been judged. Mr. Turnbull was also
known as the author of ". Legendae Catholicte,"
" The State of the Parochial Registers of Scot-
land," and also as the editor of " The Life and Poems
of Robert Sonthweli," Mr, Turnbull, who was
an active honorary member of many foreign and
domestic literary societies, was appointed by the
French Minister of Public Instruction in 1860, Cor
respondent, du Comite Imperial des Travauvx His-
toriques et des Societes Savants da France. Pre-
viously to residing in England he acted for many
years as secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland. His death will be exttnsively regretted
among a largle circle of attached literary and legal
friends.—From the Law limes of to day.uu
[ With every word of this soinevirtat delayed tribute
of respect to the memory of the late lamented ex-
Calendarer, Mr. Turnbull, formerly of Edinburgh,
latterly of London, we are desirous of expressing
here our very cordial agreement. Although our
personal acquaintance with the deceased was, to our
regret now, be it said, but slight and casual, it was
at any rate sufficient to secure to him in our own
regard a very sincere respect for his character both
as a scholar and a gentleman.—Eb. Sun.]

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

By reason of the difficulty of procuring timber
about three years ago for shipbuilding purposes,
Mr. Laslett, timber inspector of Woolwich dock-
yard, was commissioned by the Board of Admiralty
to proceed to the East, and the various parts of the
Continent where timber was likely to be procured,
and to purchase largely at any cost. Since that
time ship loads of every description used in ship
building, namely, vast. quantities of mahogany,
teak, ash, fir, pine, elm, &c., as well as the finest
stock of English oak ever collected, have been con-
stantly ar.iving at Woolwich, and the dockyard Is
encumbered in every available spot. No less than
20,009 loads, valued at £200,000, have been stacked,
and are now without the chance of being put into
requi6ition. No blame is attached to any branch
of the establishment, as it was impossible to foresee
the change in the system of shipbuilding now to be
adopted by the substitution of iron for wood.

THE ARMY.
The subjoined general order has been promul-

gated from the Horse Guards by Adjt.-Gen. Sir
James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., in reference to ex-
changes :—" His Royal Highness the Field-Mar-
shal Commanding••in-Chief is pleased, with the con-
currence of the Right Hon. the Secretary of State
for India in Council, to announce that exchanges
will be permitted between officers who have entered
the new line regiments from the general lists or
from the cadres of European regiments of the In-
dian army, and officers of cavalry and infantry re-
spectively of corresponding rank, now of the Indian
army, without reference to the Presidency to which
they may belong. Officers of the new line regiments
of the classes above described, wishing to revert to
their former positions in the Indian service, will
submit their applications to the Adjutants-General
of their respective Presidencies on or before the 12th
of October, 1863, after which date no application
will be received and no exchange will be permitted.
These applications, if supported by the Commander-
in•Chief in India, will be entertained according to
seniority and to the numbers and rank of officers of
the Indian army desirous of joining the new line
regiments, whose names may be received from the
Secretary of State for India. Officers of the new
line regiments permitted to exchange under this
order, will revert to the positions which their names
still occupy in the lists of the Indian army. Officers
of the Indian army will enter the new line regi-
ments under this order, as the junior of their grades
in each case.—By command, &c."

The examination of candidates for admission to the
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, before Major-
Gen. F. W. Hamilton, C,8., Vice President, and
the other members of the Council of Military Edu•
cation, commenced on Thursday last at the Royal
Hospital, Chelsea, as usual with the medi-
cal examination. The examinations will extend
over 15 days. There are upwards of 140 candidates
on this occasion.

A notification has been received at Chatham gar-
rison that the following troops will be despatched
to Calcutta during the present season—viz.: 1,000
officers and men of the 2d battalion of the 20th Re-
giment, to embark at Portsmouth, 1,000 officers and
men of the 36th Regiment, to embark at Cork, and
620 officers and men of the sth Royal Irish Lancers,
to embark at Portsmouth. Orders have also been is-
sued at the Horse Guards for the following reinforce-
ments of the Royal Artillery to be held in readi-
ness to embark for India with the drafts about to
be despatched during the present season—viz., For
Calcutta—Three non-commissioned officers and 105
bombardiers, gunners, and drivers, for the various
horse brigades ; 5 captains, 7 subalterns, 11 non-
commissioned officers, 11 bombardiers, and gunners,
200 drivers, and 35 smiths, wheelers, and trum
peters, for field and garrison brigades. For Bom-
bay-15 officers for field and garrison brigades, and
55 non-commisioned officers, drivers, gunners, and
bombardiers for horse brigades and for Madras.
One lieutenant-colonel, and 51 men of all grades,
for horse brigades ; and 3 captains, 9 subalterns,
and 98 non-commissioned officers and men for field
and garrison brigades. The total force of Royal
Artillery about to be despatched to India to supply
the vacancies in that arm of the service is upwards
of 600 officers and men of all ranks.
The first annual meeting of the board of managers,

committee, and members of the Soldiers' Institute,
formed at Chatham garrison, was held on Thursday
evening, under the presidency of Major Gen. Eyre,
commanding the district. The annual report stated
that the Institute, which had been opened exactly 12

months, had proved a most complete success. After
the payment of all expenses in the refreshment and
every department there was a clear balance profit
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of £99 lls. 6d. to March 31 last, and the profit for
the whole year was £124, showing that a sum of
no less than £l,OOO had been paid into the institute
by the troops during the past year. The bazaar
held last year under the patronage of the Duchess
of Cambridge and other ladies of distinction realised
a clear profit of £370. There is still a debt of about
£4BO owing on the building, which the committee
are desirous of liquidating at once, and therefore
they earnestly appeal for assistance to enable them

to do so. The cash account showed that the sum of
£5,119 had been received in donations, including
grants from the War Department and Admiralty,
the whole of which had been expended in building,

furnishing, and fitting up the building. The meet-
ing was addressed by the Rev. Dr. Griffiths, canon
of Rochester, Col. Newdigate, and Capt. Fanshawe,
Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard.

A further reduction of the artisans and labourers
of Woolwich Arsenal is ordered to take place to-day,
notices having been given to that effect; 200 men
will be discharged from the Royal gun factories,
thereby reducing that branch of the establishment
(a short time ago numbering 3,500 men) to 800. The
laboratory department is likewise ordered to be re-
duced, and a number of wheelers and tin workers in
the royal carriage department have received notices
of dismissal, some of whom have been in the em-
ployment about 20 years.
For several months past the departments have
been engaged solely in executing outstanding orders

for the coast defences, some of which have been on
the order-books about eight years, the whole of which
are now completed, and the establishment is literally
at a stand-still. The only work now being executed
in the royal gun factories consists of repairs, the
completion of 300 pounder coast defence guns, and
the adjustment of some guns on Mr. Broadwell's
principle, on a peculiar system of breech loading, for
experimental purposes commenced recently at Wool-
wich with success.

CONVICTION FOR MURDER IN IRELAND.—At the
Longford Assizes, on Thursday, a man named Chas.
M'Cormack was found guilty of the wilful murder of Michael
Beglan on the 21st of November last. The atrocious crime
(says the Dublin Daily Express) was committed under
aggravated circumstances, which rendered it incumbent on
the Crown to prosecute with a firm determination to vindi-
cate the law. It arose out of a double cause—the fact that
the unfortunate victim, a young man named Beglan, had
taken part against the popular candidate at the last con-
tested election, and, what was still greater offence in the
estimation of his murderers, he had even dared to give evi-
dence against their friends in a court of justice. It ap-
pearedtoe that he was examined as a witness against 8%.
persons who were charged with being concerned in theo his
graceful riots which took place at Ballymahon:bboFn "2
con-
he was doomed in the secret councils of the Bib'
after the
1 upon him with fatal certainty seversl mondoath
he had
spiracy, and the vengeance treasured up stove time fell
election. On the day he met his untimf etlhyor
panied
fair. Four neighbours, professedfriends,_
gone into Ballymahon with his aged
ing .urinan-bridge,
them on their way home. After croo:s
by a
Tarty of wattend a
mis-
however, the young man was set upwhen .-
his father, who
aat:co
creants armed with bludgeons,and
o with him, he found him
had lagged behind, cane
with'a his assailants completing
their upon the ground,
own
companions looked g
„a
their bloody work,
whilst
hn'!eald him. Fortunately
without raising a hand to a i for the
able to •
justice, the old man was recognise one of
ends of
murderers, and positively identified
h him at the trial.
theTh The
„lice upon the prisoner_ has not yet been pronounced
DIE BLACK' BEETLE PIE LASE.--.Yesterday aY.
the magistrate of the LambetU Police
Norton,
ed Mrs. Wilton from further proceed" :court, dia-
charg . . , , tugs in this case.
He thought she naa given Lae pie as a .
joke,
not with any bad intention. Tf
-• the • practical j and
the man in the dark, instead of bet pie had been given to
ween 4
the afternoon, he would have committed her for trial for the
room before she could ea wait tome time in the gaoler's
the court. cape the crowd gathered outside