The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

TIIE SHAM SALE OF AN ADvowsoN.--Mr. George
Lamer, who is stated to have passed by 13 aliases, among
which were the names of Lords Henley, Onley, If)ley,
Macdonald, and Charleville, was placed at the bar for final
examination, charged with having fraudulently obtained
£3OO from the Rev. John Cox, by pretending to sell him an
advowson, to which was added a variety of charges, as it is
stated, of fraud.
The proceedings commenced with the completion of the
advowson case. '1 he evidence in this had been taken, and
was now produced in legal form, for the purpose of being
read over. This occupied a considerable time, owing to the
voluminous character of the evidence, to which there were
no fresh witnesses added.

Mr. Arnold, addressing the prisoner's solicitor, said he
supposed he was going to reserve his defence?
Mr. Lewis—We shall reserve our defence.

Prisoner was then fully committed for trial.

Mr. Paten, barrister, instructed by Mr. Warrund, then
said that he was instructed by the directors of the West of
England and South Wales District Bank to prosecute the
prisoner for obtaining the sum of £5 on the 7th of May,
1859, by forging a cheque on Messrs. Coutts' Bank and
representing to Mr. Marshall, the manager of the bank, that
he was Lord Onley. Mr. Paten further stated that Lord
Onley was bedridden and could not attend, but his solicitor
was there to prove that the prisoner was not Lord Onley,
and thai Lord Onley had not an account on Coutt's Bank.
Mr, Ribton then observed that the magistrates had no
jurisdiction in the case, as the offence was committed at
Wells, in Somersetahire, and further stated that the pri-
soner had been charged at Hastings, in Sussex, with the
same offence.

A denial we, promptly made to this.
Mr. Arnold said he had no jurisdiction, and could not
proceed further in that matter, which was accordingly
dropped.

Further charges were being preferred against the pri-
soner when our reporter left.

Accounts from Japan via San Francisco are to
the 24th of July. According to these the English
ship Medusa was, on the 15th of July, attacked by some
forts and vessels that had previously fired on the American
ship Pembroke. The Medusa received 24 shots and was
much injured. She had four men killed and six wounded.
On the 20th July the American ship Wyoming arrived at
Kanagawa from a trip to punish the Dairnio whose vessels
and forts fired on the Pembroke. The Wyoming reported
that she had blown up the Japanese steamer Saucefield,
silenced nearly all the neighbouring forts, and left
the Japanese steamer Laneck in a sinking condi-
tion. The Wyoming received 20 shots, and had five
men killed and six wounded, when she deemed it prudent
to proceed to Kanagawa. Two thousand Japanese troops
were reported to be descending towards the British vessels,
but it was not thought that they would attempt to pass
within the range of their guns. On the 24th of July Ad-
miral Juarez, in the British steamer Semiramig, returned to
Kanagawa, and reported having arrived with the ciemi-
ramis on the previous Monday in Simonosaki Straits. The
British steamer Tancredi received the fire from the Ja-
panese batteries, which, with the forts, were bombarded
for about three hours. 153 British troops then landed, who
destroyed the forts, batteries, and the town, spiked the
guns, blew up the powder magazine, and burnt the village.

HEALTH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN.—The
following bulletin was issued on Sunday by his grace's
medical attendant :—" Sept. 20, 1863.—Ifia grace had a
good deal of refreshing sleep last night, and, ruirers less
pain. There is no increase of weakneFs."