The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-10 00:00:00

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Departure of the Channel Fleet from the
Clyde.

The Channel Fleet, under the command of Rear-
Admiral Sydney C. Dacres, C. 8., left the Tail of
the Bank on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after two
o'clock. It was the intention of the admiral to have
sailed on Monday, but, owing to the violence
of the gale, he deemed it prudent to remain
till Tuesday. The morning opened fine, all trace
of the severe gale which visited the West Coast on
the previous day having passed array, About
ten o'clock, however, there were indications
" dirty weather," and shortly after thathounrf
rain began to fall heavily, accompanied with
a t.igh wind from the west. It was again
feared that the ships would not leave their
anchorage that day, bat all surmise was ended
shortly thereafter by the heavy volumes of smoke
emitted from the funnels of the several ships, indi-
cating their getting up steam.
Shortly before two o'clock signal was made to
" weigh" from the flag ship, and bustle and activity
reigned throughout the fleet in preparing for sea.
Hundreds of men, in answer to the boatswain's
whistle, busied themselves in a thousand and one
employments that a ship of war requires to be
executed ere she can leave her moorings. The pre-
liminary duties for casting loose having been
executed, and everything in readiness for weighing
anchor a second signal from the Admiral sent the
men to the capstans ; and almost as soon as the
signal flags fluttered from the masthead, the
huge iron cables that hnd held the vessels to
their moorings during the 8 days they have floated
on the waters of the Firth, rose swiftly through the
hawse pipes as they were gathered into the
leviathans.

The Resistance was the first to get under weigh,
which she did in capital style, leading down the
Firth ander easy steam. The Liverpool followed
closely in her wake. Next came the flag-ship
Edgar, her double deck tiers of gans and towering
masts contrasting imposnigly with the square rig
of the ironsides, which speedily followed. As the
other ships of the equadron swung round to their
positions, steam was put on, and ere little more
than three-quarters of an hour had elapsed since
the signal from the flag-ship had been given the
whole magnificent fleet was bearing down
Channel under steam. A signal from the ad-
miral's ship, as the fleet stood opposite
Gourock Bay, caused the Liverpool and other lead-
ing ships to lie to, the flag-ship thereafter leading
the van, followed by the Liverpool, Emerald, Re-
sistance, Black Prince, Warrior, Defence, and Royal
Oak, in line. They proceeded in this order round
Kempoch Point and beyond the Cloch, when the
Edgar, Liverpool, and Emerald, after exchanging
signals with the other ships, put about and returned
to an anchorage off Battery Point, opposite Fort
Matilda. The other ships proceeded under full
steam, and were seen off Cambrae Heads steaming
at a rapid rate.
No demonstration took place on the fleet leaving.
Flags fluttered from the flag-poles belonging to the
several villas along the shore, and on being dipped
as the admiral's ship passed this was courteously
acknowledged by the flag-ship.
The scene in Gourock Bay was a grand one, per-
haps the finest spectacle the fleet has afforded since
its arrival. Such an assemblage of war ships
awaiting the passing of the admiral's ship has sel-
dom been seen in the Clyde, and once seen can
never be forgotten.
Upon passing Toward Point a battery of guns
was fired as the fleet passed out ; but no reply was
given by the fleet. No reason can be assigned for
the return of the three wooden ships; for although
the weather was somewhat stormy, it was not so
tempestuous but that such crack ships might have
safely proceeded. The gunboat Trinculo, tender
to the Edgar, never left her mooringe, and still
remains at her anchorage.

At the Westminster Police-court, on Tuesday; a
man, who gave the name of George Turner, was
charged with obtaining money fraudulently by the sale
of an advowson which he did not possess. Towards the
close of last year he advertised two advowsons for sale,
and the Rev. J. Cook, of Hood Church, near Birkenhead,
entered into correspondence with him as to one of them.
This led to an interview, and Turner took Mr. Cox to
Hardwick, near Wellingborough, which was the living
be professed to have for sale. He showed him the
church and the village, and afterwards an agreement was
made that Turner, as the agent of Mr. James Wilson, of
Clapham-common, should sell the advowson to Mr. Cox for
£2,625, of which £3OO was to be paid down. The sum was
paid down, but Mr. Cox's solicitors, tailing to get any con-
veyance of the advowson, put the matter into the hands of
the police, who could find no Mr. James Wilson. Turner
was apprehended at Bath, where, it is said, he was living
as Sir Henry Seymour. In the course of the hearing it
came out that about the time when he professed to sell the
advowson to Mr. Cox he was negotiating, as he alleged, for
its purchase from the real owners. He was remanded till
Tuesday next, and bail was refused, as several other charges
were preferred against him.
SHOOTING AN ARCH BISHOP MYSTERY.—
It has been stated in all the journals of Europe that
on the night of the 19th of July the Archbishop of Utrecht
was the victim of a murderous attack at his country house,
near Bois le Due. The allegation was that he had been
shot in the small of the back, that the ball had been ex-
tracted without his receiving any serious injury, and that
no trace could be found of the assassin. Some surprise
was expressed from the first that a shot should have been
fired in the archbishrsp's house in the middle of the nigh t
without some of his followers laying hands on the mur-
derer. And the astonishment of the public was greatly
increased when it came out that the police were not in-
formed of the crime till twelve hours after its commission
—i.e., at four in the afternoon, whereas the clergy of
the town knew of it at an early hour in the morn-
ing. It is, moreover, affirmed that the surgeon who ex-
tracted the ball was asked to keep the affair secret, but he
told the archbishop that his professional oath compelled
him to make a report to the judicial authorities. It is
ascertained that no robbery wa§ committed in the house.
The archbishop has been interrogated by the magistrates,
but nothing could be extracted from him to further the ends
of justice. A strange fact is, that the wadding of the
pistol which has been found consists of a piece of a special
almanack. used by accoucheurs for the purpose of reckoning
tke probable period of a confinement. When pressed by
questions the Archbishop (Mgr. Zwyzen) said he suspected
a certain interdicted priest. But the magistrates, after in-
quiry, have come to the conclusion that there is nothing
against the individual in question, and that the indication
must have been made for the purpose of putting the in-
quiry on a false scent. What interest the archbishop can
have in making a mystery of this event is at present but a
matter of conjecture.

A POLICEMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER.-----A-
police-constable at Bury (Lancashire)
has been
committed to the New Bailey, Manchester, on the charge
of murdering his wife, in February last. tbot month
body of a woman was found in the Bolton d
Canal, at Pendleton, about two miles frora Manchester.
There was a bruise on one arm, but nothing to excite
inquest was the
suspicion of foul play, and the result ofdainowned." Up
finding of an open verdict of "Foundt been identified,to
It
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left Bury with
the time of interment the body
ris:n:und, their supposed
intention has now transpired that the p
bodywlivf:yr'sassister, who resided at
wife the night before the
in plain clothes, re-
turnedintention being to visit the
the
came night, without his wife. In
Pendleton. The prisoner, who
to Bury
answer to inquiries he told some people that she had gone
to Ireland,
and to others he mentioned other places. The
wife's sister, residing in Pendleton, became very uneasy
about her sister, and hearing of the body found in the canal
went to inspect the clothes, and identified them as belong-
ing to the prisoner's wife.
The matter was then communi-
cated to the Bury police, who apprehended him, took him
before the magistrates on Tuesday, and was by them sent
to the New Bailey on remand till Monday next. Meantime
the police are engaged in getting up evidence against the
prisoner, and it is expected application will be made to the
Secretary of State for power to exhume the body of the
woman found in the canal.
MEN DELSSOUN'S SKETCH OF ROSSINI.—I called
on him (Hillier) early yesterday morning. no
sat there ? Rossini, big and stout, in a charming holiday
humour. I really know few to equal him in wit and fun
when he chooses ; we were laughing the whole time. I
have promised him to have Sebastian Bach's mass, and
some other things, performed for him by the Cecilia Society ;
it will be something to make Rossini admire Sebastian
Bach I However, he is for doing like the Romans at
Rome, and howling with the wolves. He declares himself
enchanted with Germany ; and, if he once gets the wine
list anywhere near the Rhine, the waiter has to show him
to his room, or he would not be able to find it. He tells
the most laughable anecdotes of Paris and the musicians
there, of himself and his own compositions, and is so defe-
rential in people's presence, that one might positively think
him in earnest, had one no eyes to look upon his crafty
face. But there is esprit, and liveliness, and wit in every
feature and every word ; and whosoever will not allow, him
genius need only hear him preach, and he will see reason
to alter his opinion.--Mencleissoltres Correspondence,