The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1863.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

KELSO AUTUMN MEETING-WEDNESDAY.

A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added ; for 2-yr.
olds, colts Bst 101 b, fillies Sat Vb. 6 furlongs.

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Mr H. Owen's Persuasion, Bst 71b ..........(Midgley) 1
Mr. Holt's Dawdle, Bst 7lb (Mr. Thompson) 2
Mr. J. Scott's Tooi-Tooi, Bst 7111
Betting-2 to lon Persuasion.

Won by a length; the same between second and third.

The Roxburgh Handicap of 15 soya each, with 20 added ;

winners extra. One mile and a half.
Mr. Merry's Lioness, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (inc 91b extra)
(Hayward)
Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 6 yrs, Bst 51b (inc 91b extra)

(Mid gley) 2
Mr. Redhead's My Mary, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (H. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. Temperley's Alice, 3 yrs, 7st (inc 61b extra)
(Martin) 4
The following also ran :—Joey Jones, Early Purl, Bonny
Bell, Venison, and Serf.

Betting—Even on Lioness, 5 to 2 agst The Monk, 6 to
each agst Alice and Serf.

Won by a neck ; three lengths between second and third.
The Stewards' Cup of 50 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 3
soya each; 3-yr-olds, 7st 71b; four, Bst 81b; five, Bst 121 b;
six and aged, 9st; penalties and allowances. One mile
three furlongs 20 yards.
Lord Durham's Michael Scott, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Oram) 1
Mr. R. Calder's Miss Chaytor, 4 yrs, Bst 81b
Mr. Bruce's Cocktail filly, 3 yrs, bat 13th .. (Dixon) 3
Mr. Frank's Dick Swiveller' 5 yrs, 9st (Bunting) 4
Mr. Elliott's Lisette, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Goodall) 5
Betting-5 to 2on Michael Scott.
Won by three lengths; the same between second and
third.

The Bowmont Stakes of 3 sous each, One mile and a

half.

Benvoirlich, 12st 101 b (Owner) 1
Nicety, 12st 91b (Mr R. Henhouse) 2
D'Aubroy, 13st 31b (Mr F. Waugh) 3
Tam Glen, 13st 101 b - (Mr Moore) 4
The following also ran :—Fidget, Clarida, Barney Otter,
and Lord Charles.

Betting-2 to 1 agst D'Aubrey, 3to 1 agat Benvoirlich,
4 to 1 agst Nicety.

Won by a head, four lengths between second and third.
The Kelso Plate (Handicap) of 30 sous. One mile.
Lord Durham's Michael Scott, 3 yrs, 7st 71b _ _

_ .
(Whiteley) 1
Mr Winteringham's Saltant, 3 yrs, 6st llb (Marson) 2
Mr Cowan's Certainty, aged, 6st 131 b (Dixon) 3
The following also ran :—Lothian's King, Little Nell,
Unfashionable Beauty, Enfield, and Spirit of Air.
Betting-6 to 4on Lothian's King, 3to 1 agst Sal-
lant, 4to 1 agst Michael Scott, 5 to 1 agst Unfashionable
Beauty.

ence to him, as he was standing only at £lB or £2O a-year
in Water-lane.

Mr. White said the books produced were most unsatis-
factory, as they were prepared for the occasion. The
claimant had got another house, and would take his busi-
ness with him, so that he would not materially suffer by the
removal. A sum of £5O would be ample compensation.
Mr. Eadey addressed the magistrate for his client.

After which, Mr. Alderman-Hale said he thought the
claimant was entitled to compensation, for the increased
rent he would have to pay in the neighbourhood he had
removed to was not by any means an improvement. Under
all the circumstances, he awarded £lOO compensation and
£lO for expenses of removal, without law costs. Possession
to be given in 14 days.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Vaned's, Captain
Haverman, sailed from the Motherbank, off Hyde, Isle of
Wight, yesterday morning for the Mediterranean.
The Falcon, 17 gun screw corvette, 751 tons, and 100•
horse power of engines, was ordered to be commissioned at
Portsmouth yesterday, reported by Commander Perky%
who has recently been serving in her Majesty's ships EurY-
alus and Mersey.
Yesterday Captain M`Killop, the inventor of the apparatus
for cleaning iron ships' bottoms afloat, which was recently
tried on the bottom of the iron frigate Recruit, 6, in
Chatham harbour, visited Chatham dockyard in order to
make the necessary arrangements for a further trial of the
invention. The labourer. completed cleaning the bottom
of the Recruit yesterday, tad every part of her hull is now
exposed to view, the marine encrustations, weeds,
which covered her bottom at the time of the vessel was
placed in dock having all been scraped off. On both sides
the hull nearly every particle of the anti-fouling compo-,
sitions with which she was originally paved over has
disappeared, leaving the iron plates of her bottom in nearly
their original state, with the exception, perhaps, that in
several parts the ravages of the marine insects on the iron
plating are very conspicuous. The hull of the Recruit is
now ready to receive a new coating of the composition by
Mr. Hay, and the anti-fouling mixture by Mr. Crispin,
which will be applied, as before, on different sides of the
bottom, in order that an extended trial may be made to
ascertain their respective merits.
Tenders have been issued by the War Department for the
contract supply of a large amount of pig iron, to be deli-
vered at the Royal gun factories in Woolwich Arsenal, to
be prepared for the manufacture of the new species of naval
guns, 60 of which are ordered to be commenced forthwith.
The officials of the Royal carriage department at Woolwich
have received instructions to construct an equal number of
carriages on a principle already approved by the Secretary
of State for War. The gun, it is stated, will be somewhat
similar to the 100-pounder smooth-bore gun, which with-
stood a severe experimental test at Shoeburyness at the
commencement of the past summer, and which was after-
wards tried with success on board the gunnery ship Excel-
lent, at Portsmouth.

The mechanics employed in the smithery at Chatham
dockyard are now engagel in forging the first portion of the
stem for Mr. Reed's new iron frigate Bellerophon, the next
vessel to be commenced at Chatham, as soon as the iron
ship Achilles is out of hand. The stem will be composed
of three immense pieces of iron, and will be the largest
forgings of the kind ever attempted et Chatham dockyard,
the stem and stern portions of the Achilles having been
manufactured by a private firm. In order to afford greater
facilities for the work, and to meet the increased demand
made on the establishment since the introduction of iron
shipbuild;ng, the smithery is to be considerably extended,
and, in addition to another large and powerful steam ham-
mer, some new furnaces of an improved kind are to
be forthwith erected. The object of the Admiralty
in having the principal forgings for the new iron
ship made in Chatham yard is to prevent a repetition of the
delays which were experienced in the early stages of the
construction of the Achilles, caused chiefly by the long
time occupied by private firms in producing similar forgings
for that ship. With the same object in view the form of
the forgings for the Bellerophon have been greatly simpli-
fied under the personal direction of the Chief Constructor of
the Navy, who has sent an Admiralty draughtsman to
Chatham dockyard, where he has been engaged for some
time in the preparation of the detailed drawings of the vari-
ous parts of the new ship, in order that every practicable
improvement may be made in carrying out the designs for
her construction. There can be little doubt that this ar-
rangement will tend greatly to facilitate the progress of the
Bellerophon, and thus reduce the time and labour expended
upon her construction. It will also, it is to be hoped, be
the first step towards putting an end to those changes and
alterations which have hitherto been so frequently made
by the Admiralty during the building of new ships at Chat-
ham and the other dockyards.
An announcement was yesterday made at Chatham
dockyard, in accordance with a notification received from
the Admiralty, that the appointment of timber inspector
will in future be filled from the most efficient foremen of
shipwrights, at the several dockyards, and not, as hereto-
fore, by seniority. This decision has been arrived at in
consequence of the inconvenience and expense arising from
the existing arrangements in taking foremen, at an ad- '
vanced age, and giving them the appointment of timber
inspectors at a salary of £4OO per annum, and at the end of
two or three years allowing them to retire at the full super-
annuation allowance. Considering the comparatively small
quantity of timber now used at Chatham dockyard since
the introduction of iron shipbuilding, it becomes a question
for the consideration of the Admiralty whether, as the
duties heretofore pertaining to the office of timber inspector
are very considerably reduced, the office itself might not be
abolished, or, at least, amalgamated with some other
wherebysp-
a very considerable saving might
pannuallyintm ap-
pointment,
tb,eeffected.

The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Thomas E. Biddlecombe, master, to the Fal-
con ; William A. Callagan, to a naval cadetship ; Peter
W. Rolston, surgeon, to the Falcon; James W. Ashton,
second master, to the Formidable for the Lizard ; Isaac
Waugh, assist-surgeon, to the Falcon; and Benjamin H.
Chimmo, assist.-clerk, to the Fisgard,

THE ARMY.
The I battery 4th brigade Royal Artillery, in command
of Lieut.-Col. Barstow, having gone through a course of
practice at the school of gunnery, Shoeburyness, have re-
turned to Woolwich, in preparation for their departure for
New Zealand, which, it is rumoured, has now been deferred
until the 7th of next month.

Three of the guns to be used in the forthcoming competi-
tion between the Whitworth and Armstrong guns were yes-
terday mounted, and fitted to the trunnion bearings in the
new gun mounting park in Woolwich Arsenal. One is a
12-pounder Whitworth muzzle-loading gun, ono a 12-
pounder Armstrong shunt gun, and the third a 12-pounder
shortly expected.
breech-loading gun, finely grooved. Three others are

The embarkation of the 76th Regiment on board the
Hornet and Atalanta, hired sailing transports,at Portsmouth
was deferred from yesterday until to-day. The regiment
will leave Aldershott this morning in two divisions, and
proceed to Portsmouth by special trains from Farnborough
at 9 30 and 10 30 a.m.

DREADFUL MURDER IN YORKSHIRE.

A great deal of painful excitement has been caused in the
neighbourhood of Stokesley, a town in Cleveland, distant
from Stockton and Middlesborough about ten miles. The
facts are as follows :—Two respectable farmers, who were
neighbours, living a short distance from Stokesley, had been
in that place on business, but had had rather too much
liquor. They left the town together to walk to Hemling-
ton, where they both resided. Their names were Mr.
William Johnson, of Newhaven Rail, and Mr. Brad-
ton. The men wore on very
shaw Graham, of Hailing
amicable terms until they had arrived at Newby, a small
village on the road. Her© they were met by Johnson's
farm servant, who brought a horse for his master. There-
upon Johnson wanted Graham to get upon the horse with
him, but he refused. Johnson then mounted the horse and
again urged his companion to get on behind, but the
latter again refused, upon which Johnson retorted that it
was because he was too proud—Graham being in rather a
better position in life than Johnson. This remark led to
some angry words between the two men, till ultimately
Johnson said that if Graham gave la
-on any more " chaff"
he would get off and wring his neck. Graham made a pro-
voking and defiant answer, when Joljnson got off his horse,
and both men began to square at each other. Ultimately
Graham struck Johnson on the side of the head with a
stick, when both men closed together and fell. Whilst they
were on the ground Johnson called oat to his man, " Oh,
John, come and help me." The runt came and assisted
his master to get on his feet, when he immediately fell
backwards. On being again helped up, he repeatedly fell,
Graham was at once secured and
and never spoke again.
lodged in the lock-up.
An inquest was held yesterday ; verdict---wilful murder.

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MR, HENLEY, M,P,

At the Quarter Sessions for the county of Oxford,
held on Tuesday last, Mr. Cripps, the senior counsel
on the circuit, rose with all the barristers pre-
sent, and addressing the chairman, said that, before
the business commenced, he hoped he would allow
him, on behalf of the Bar, to express the great re-
gret which they all felt that they should no longer
have the pleasure of acting under the presidency of
Mr. Henley. His recollection carried him back to
the whole of the time Mr. Henley had officiated as
chairman of these sessions. He had the honour of
acting with two gentlemen of this circuit who had
been elevated to the judicial bench, and, in paying
this tribute to the services of Mr. Henley, he felt
assured that he was only speaking their sentiments.
It was a great pleasure and gratification to them to
remember that during the whole time of Mr. Hen-
ley's chairmanship there had not been the slightest
approach to anything like an altercation between
the chairman and the Bar. They claimed no credit
for that, inasmuch as it was due to the great cour-
tesy which he had invariably shown them. They
entertained the utmost respect for the high judicial
attainments, his habitual firmness cf mind, and
judicial clearness which led him to a right conclu-
sion, whether in law or practice. As a remarkable
illustration of this, it was a striking fact that they
were not able to point to any appeal against anyone
of his decisions, and during the whole time he had
presided over this court no one decision of his had
ever been disputed or overridden by the Court of
Queen's Bench. He could not but feel that no testi-
mony of theirs could add anything to the high
character which he had achieved for himself in a
higher and more public career, but he assured the
court that it was most gratifying to them to express
their sense of his services, as well as their regret at
the loss which this court and the county had sus-
tained by his resignation.
The CHAIRMAN replied, and said that, on the part
of the magistrates and himself, they were gratified
with this expression from the bar towards one for
whom' all entertained so high a respect. They had
always felt everything-Mr. Cripps had said,—they
had. always had the greatest pleasure and confidence
in Mr. Henley's leadership and guidance ; no man
ever occupied so high a position and enjoyed to a
greater extent the confidence of the magistracy ge-
nerally. They felt that it was a loss not to be re-
placed, and that the loss of his experience was a loss
not only to themselves, tut to the public. It was
gratifying to..know that the business had been con-
ducted so happily
and harmoniously under Mr.
Henley's guidance, and he might be permitted to
say that they felt that this was in a great measure
awing to the fact that the chairman and the magis-
trates had always received from the Bar the
greatest possible kindness and assistance. It was
a matter of great importance that the business
should be so conducted, and no man appreciated
that assistance and kind treatment which he had
always received more than Mr. Henley himself.
Whatever his ability might be, he felt that his suc-
cessor would receive the same assistance ; and on
the
part of the magistrates and himself, he thanked
Mr. Cripps and the Bar he represented for the kind
and able manner in which he had brought this sub-
ject before the Court, and assured him they felt very
sensibly his motive for so doing.

zEREFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,

The annual meeting of this society was held at
Hereford on Tuesday, The chow of stock was
limited, as usual, to cattle of the Hereford breed,
which were sent in large numbers; and, it being
the day before the great annual fair, a large quan-
tity of stock was sent for sale, independent of
those sent in for competition. In fact the cattle
market overflowed with specimens of Herefordshire
, and the streets were perfumed
bucolic excellence
with the odour of neat cattle. The £2O prize for the
best bull, cow, and offspring was taken by Mr. T.
Roberts, of Wingtonbury, and the second by Mr.
Taylor, of Showle-court. Mr. Capper, of Ross, took
the £l5 prize for the best bull, and Mr. B. Rogers,
of Staunton-on-Arrow, the second best.
The dinner was held at the Green Dragon Hotel
in the evening. Mr. R. Arkwright, of Hampton-
court, presided, and there were present Mr. King,
np., Mr. G. Clive, M.P., Col. Clifford, M.P., Mr.
Chandos W. Hoskyns, &c.
After the usual loyal toasts had been given, that
of "The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocess" was
proposed from the chair, and responded to by
The Rev. T. POWELL, who defended the Hereford-
shire agriculturists from the attacks made upon
them by a certain portion of the press at their last
meeting, when they were charged with uttering
mere platitudes.
The CHAIRMAN proposed "The Health of the
County Members," explaining that the absence of
Lord W. Graham and Mr. Mildmay arose from illness.
Mr. KING KING replied, and congratulated them
on the prosperous harvest which they had experi-
enced. They had reason to be thankful for this
blessing, alt
hough it might be a blessing of a tem-
porary character., and a change for the worse might
he apprehended. They could see no end to the
present deplorable condition of America, and they
saw the trouble that was arising in different parts
of Europe. Let them be thankful for the good
which they enjoyed, and bear in mind the axiom
that "sufficient for the day is the evil thereof."
" The City Members." The CHAIRMAN gave
Col. CLIFFORD replied, and while defending the
speakers at the last Herefordshire agricultural din-
ner from talking "platitudes," said he must confess
that he held a strong opinion that at dinners of this
sort, where agriculturists assembled together, it
would be far better that they should shorten the
mere official and complimentary speeches, and devote
themselves more to what were the real objects of
these associations. This object might be attained—
first, by responding to the official toasts as briefly
as possible; and secondly, by making the toasts bear
as much as possible on the practice of agriculture;
and, keeping this in view, he would not detain them
longer by any remarks in reply to the official toast
of ",The City Members." (A laugh.)
Mr. CLIVE having thanked the meeting for the
honour done him and his colleagues, observed that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer when about either
to impose a new tax or to repeal an old one was in
the habit first of telling his audience what he would
not do, and he (Mr. Clive) would in a manner fol-
low his example. He would say then that, as was
done at Leominster, he would not make a speech
about the ladies, because there were none present.h
He would not talk about domestic polities, because
these
that subject was supposed to be forbidden at
meetings; nor would he advert to foreign litics,
because if ho did ho should only
be telling
what they could learn from the newspapers, viz.,
that they were quite right in not
to wrong in
affairs of America, and should be quite qfinei
interfering in the
talk to them
in-
terfering in Poland.
about agriculture, becaNusoer.iwfhobuel
saying about
attempted to do so
he might be fairly met wit
an aged relative,
the foolishness of teaching the old
topossees one, the way
though he did not happen
But he thin.ht he
(A laugh.) -
how to suck eggs.
them together, and which was
might make one remark connected with the nubjeet
which had brought
that he thought
Herefordshire was rather behind-
hand in the matter of steam ploughing. He had
lately been
on a visit to Mr. Langton, the member
farosford, from whom he hsd learnt a good deal
about the advantages of steam ploughing, and he
strongly recommended his Herefordshire friends to
read a pamphlet, price 9d., recently published on
the subject by Mr. Nicholson, who farmed many
hundreds of acres of land for Lord Brownlow. He
thought after reading that pamphlet they would
be convinced that a great deal of benefit was to be
derived from steam • piouehing He hoped to see
• e
the time when every landlord would have a steam
plough on his estate for the use of his tenants, wad