The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-08 00:00:00

THE NAVY-EDUCATION OF BOYS.

Sir J. PABINGTON asked the Secretary to the Ad •
miralty, whether the ,Chief Constructor of the Navy had
examined apprentices and factory boys in Wool-
wich Dockyard, with a view to the establishment
of a Government School of Naval Architecture was
correct; and, if so, whether the Admiralty contem-
plated the revival of a school of naval architecture for the
royal navy, in preference to the combined action of the
Admiralty and the private trade, which had been proposEd?
Lord C. PAGET replied that Mr. Reed, recently
appointed chief constructor of the Navy, had been sent to
the various dockyards to direct the construction of ships,
and not in connection with a new scheme for the education
of boys. That a project was then under the consideration
of the Admiralty for educating boys not only connected with
the Navy, but with private trade.
THE DISMISSAL OF VOLUNTEERS,
•

Sir R. CLIFTON asked the Under Secretary of State for
War if comman ing officers had power, after the dismissal
of volunteers by them, to advertise such dismissal in the
newspapers, and cause placards to be printed and circulated ;
and if he was aware whether any such case of advertising
and placarding had taken place in the metropolis?
The Marquis of HARTINGTON replied that the usual
practice was to announce the nature of every sentence in
the regimental quarters, so that the members of the corps
might see it. He believed it was the practice of some corps
to advertise their orders by printed placard and in the
newspapers. Ho need not then descant upon the impro-
priety of such a proceeding, when it related to the censur-
ing or dismissal of an officer or private of these corps.
PUBLIC WORKS BILL. _ .

Mr. HENNESSlTcor;)plainedZatie had been debarred
on Saturday morning by the edict of the Speaker from ex-
pressing his op nions on the measure. It would materially
affect his constituents in King's County, and he desired to
have addressed the house on the subject.
The SPEAKER explained the course of procedure
adopted. The hon. gentleman spoke three times on the
subject, and he (the Speaker) thought at the time that he
himself was out of order in permitting him to de so. It
appeared to him that the hon. gentleman was out of order
on Saturday morning. Hence he called him to order.
ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS, EDINBURGH.
Mr. GREGORY, on the motion for g ding into Commit-
tee of Supply on Civil Service Estimates, Class IV.,
moved " that, in the opinion of this house, the Royal Bo-
tanical Gardens of Edinburgh should be open to the public
atter the hours of Divine Service on Sundays, as is the case
of other botanial gardens supported by Parliamentary
grants."
Sir J. SHELLEY seconded the motion.
The LORD-ADVOCATE opposed it on the ground that
the gardens, 18 acres in exteat, were laid out for purely
scientific purposes, and that the gardens being two
miles distant from the abodes of the workpeople,
and situated in a valley, and would not be of such great
value for the purposes of recreation as other and more ad-
jacent spots readily accessible, such as Arthur's Seat
and other places--the feeling of the community was clearly
against the opening of these gardens on the Sabbath.
Mr. STIRLING strongly supported the motion.
[LEFT SITTING.]

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.- --This Day,

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.
Nothing doing.

CITY BETTING-THIS DAY.

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CanaryNDMIDDLESEX(taken)
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offered)
46 too 1
6to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken)
Bto 1 agat Truant (taken)
NORTHIIMREELAND ELATE.
6to 1 agst Marigold (taken and offered)
7to 1 agat Adventurer (taken)
Sto 1 agat Pilot (taken)
ST. LEGER.
9to 2 agst The Ranger (taken)
7to 1 egg Lord Clifden (taken freely)
10 to 1 agst Saecharonieter (taken)
10 to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken)
12 to 1 agst Avenger (taken)
16 to 1 agst Onesander (taken)
THE DERBY, 1864.
20 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken freely)

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

(REUTER'S TELEG4AII.)
A steady mark-.J. Saks probably 4,000 bales.
No imports. Previously, 12,928.

SHIPPING—This Day.

- -
LONDON, June B.—wind this day at noon— W.S.W.;
moderate breeze and showery,

EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, June B—Magnet, from Rotterdam ; Try, from
Caen; lianibal, from Smyrna; Appolina, from Shanghae ;
Express, from Calcutta; Malvern, from Nangasaki, Tigris
from Barbadoes; Gilbert Thomson, from Calcutta; Daniel
Rankin, from Bombay ; Shannon, from Mauritius ; Cape
City, from Algoa Bay.
DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed—Abeona, brig, from the west, for London.
Anchored—Accrington, from London, for Canterbury;
Maria, from Girgenti, for Hamburg.
Tks Phoenix, from Antwerp, forLeghoru, sprung a leak,
and has gone to Ramsgate Harbour.

The June Session of the Central Criminal Court com-
menced this day betore the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and
other city officials.
The calender contains the names of 105 prisoners for
trial, amongst which there is one charge of murder, one for
administering poisor, , three for arson, nine for burglary,
11 for uttering counterfeit coin, nine for forgery, and two
for manslaughter.
The Recorder, in charging the jury, said the number of
prisoners for trial was no more numerous than usual ; but
the calender contained some charges of a very serious de-
scription. There was an indictment for murder against a
prisoner, named Ledbitter, but the material question would
be the state of mind of the prisoner, with which they had
nothing to do. With respect to the charge against a pri-
soner named Webb, who was indicted for killing his wife,
there was one very important point in the evidence they would
have to consider, that was the evidence of the medical gen-
tleman, which was in effect that he could not tell whether the
death of the woman was occasioned by a fall or a blow.
Witt:l respect to the charge against Frances Paxton, who
stood charged with feloniously administering to one Eliza-
beth Roberts a quantity of a certain deadly poison—viz.,
oil of vitriol—with intent to murder her, the prisoner had
stated that she had been induced to commit the offence by
the advice of her husband ; but it was only fair to that person
to state that there was nothing in the evidence to justify
the assertion. There were five or six indictments against a
prisoner named Wade for assaulting a number of women.
The learned judge having stated the main facts of the case
to the jury—which have already been reported during the
examination of the prisoner at Bow-street Ponca- court--
said they had better return true bills in all the cases. The
grand jury then retired to their room.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
Robert Bishop was indicted for feloniously uttering coun.
,erfeit coin.

The case was clearly proved against the prisoner, as was
also a previous conviction for the same offence.
The learned judge sentenced him to four years' penal
servitude.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ALLEGED HOCIISSING AND ROBBING AN ITALIAN.
Sarah Melvin, a young woman, described as a prostitute,
living at 4, Upper Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a gold watch
and chain and a £5 Bank of England note, the property of
an Italian valet, named Daniel Domenigue, living at 39,
Inverness-terrace, and John Pullins, a tailor, living in the
same house,was charged with being concerned in the robbery.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street; ap-
peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Fisher for the defence.
Mr. Albert interpreted the evidence of the prosecutor, an
Italian.
Mr. Lewis said he was instructed to prosecute the pri-
soners, who were charge with robbing a foreigner, and, he
believed, it would turn out that they had drugged him.
The prosecutor had been to a place of amusement on Fri-
day evening, and went to the house in Upper Grafton-
street, and there a female suggested that some wine should
be sent for, and some champagne was brought, and the pro-
secutor took out his purse to pay for it; and after taking
out his purse to do so, and having a glass or two of the
champagne, did not know what more occurred till Saturday
evening, when he left the house in a state of nudity, his
clothes being taken away as well as his property, in all of
the value of £l9. Hs then consulted Sergeant Lambert, who
went to the house and found the prosecutor's clothes
under the safe, and succeeded in getting the prosecutor's
watch and chain. In a cupboard in the room Sergeant
Lambert also found a small bottle, which there was reason
to believe had contained the drug with which prosecutor
had been hocussed.

Prosecutor said—On Friday night last I went to the
London Pavilion with a male friend, and after leaving
there at one in the morning, went to No, 4, Upper Graf-
ton-street. The female prisoner was upstairs with
another female. On going into the house I had three £5
Bank notes, 5 sovereigns and some silver. A little time
after some wine was brought, champagne. After I drank
some it made me ill. I had pains in the stomach, and my
head had great pain in it. I remained in the house till the
evening. All the while I was in the house I was very ill,
having been before in good health. I left the house with-
out my clothes. Whilst I was in the room the male pri-
soner came in. He brought the wine in. I afterwards at
the police-station saw. my purse. One £5 note and the
sovereigns were gone.

Mr. Fisher having cross-examined the prisoner at some
length,
Charles Marham, 70 E. said—l was told that a foreigner
had been turned out of a house. He was taken into a
public-house by the landlord, as he had only a flannel shirt
and trowsers. I then got a cab and took him to the sta-
tion. He seemed as if palsied. He was sober.

Sergeant Lambert, 12 E, said— On Saturday evening I
went to No. 4, Upper Grafton-street, and saw the prisoner,
and told him I was a police-sergeant, and that I had come
to make inquiries about a foreigner. Prisoner said,
" There has been a foreigner here, but he was mad, and I
was obliged to turn him out of the house." On asking
him how he came to the house, he said he supposed that he
came with two girls in the course of the night. On telling
him that he had lost his clothes, a watch and chain, and
some notes and gold. he said, "It's a lie—he has not been
robbed. His clothes are up stairs, and I believe the girl
who came in with him has his watch." On speaking of
two £5 notes, he said, "he has not been robbed of two. I
have one which was given to me by the girl, and I intend
to keep it." On asking what for, he said, "For my trouble
and the doctor" (it appears that a doctor was called in to
the prosecutor by the prisoners). On afterwards seeing
the female prisoner and speaking about the prosecutor's
gold watch and chain, she said, " Yes, I have them, and
I'm —if I don't keep them. Before the foreign --
shall have it, I shall smash it." On speaking about the £5
note, she said, "she had given it to her landlord to pay for
the doctor and his trouble." On going upstairs I found
prosecutor's clothes, and the prisoners said they would see
me before they would give up the watch and chain
and note. I then got assistance and took them to the
station, but not without some resistance at first. At the
station the prisoners refused to give up the watch and note,
and I had to take them by force from them.
but By
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the
slightest doubt the prisoner had been drugged.
The prisoners were then remanded for the medicalevi-
dence;the
man. Mr. Tyrwhitt stating that he would take two hail
for

THAMES.
A VERY Deseenousthe s FREhip CopenhaAX..—Joseph
enil ,
W Burns,
lyingaged 62
tthe
y Saunders. in
West India Dock was brought before Mr. oolrycb,
a seaman, belonging to gmcharged with setting fire to the bed-clothes in a house, No.
5, Gun-lane, Limehouse, and assaulting E
It appeared that the prisoner was, in nautical
language,
half seas over and fell in with the complainant, who took
him to her lodgings in Gun-lane. She asked him for
money, and the sailor said he had none, on which he was
informed that he must leave the place directly. He re-
fused to do so, and a quarrel took place
complainant, in the course of thewhicl
between. him and the
prisoner made a clean
sweep of the images, ornaments, and
shelf. He smashed up every thinf glasses on the mantel
that came in his way
Plates, dishes, chairs, and tables fell f a sacrifice to his rage,
and when the complainant
endeavoured to save her pro-
perty the prisoner knocked her down,
lighted candle and set fire to the bed ando clothes, and
took up a
a dress
lying on the top of the bed. The clothes we
in a blaze, the woman rushed into the streetre
and immediately
screamed
aloud for help—the cues of " Fire, fire," resounded from
one end of the lane to the other end. A police-constable
named Marshall, No. 511, rushed into the house and ex-
tinguished the fire. ,The room was damaged, and the bed
clothes and a valuable dress consumed. The prisoner was
taken into custody, and on his way to the station-house he
made violent resistance and capsized seven or eight persons.
He was very much intoxicated, and but for tho prompt in.
terference of the constable and the neighbours, would have
burnt down the house.
Mr. Woolrych asked the complainant if she were sure
the prisoner set the bed-clothes on fire for the purpose
The complainant—Yes, sir ;he took up the lighted
candle and put it to the bed-clothe! and my dress.
Other witnesses were examined, who said the room ill
which the fire took place
Neas in a state of great confusion,
the whole of the small articles destroyed and the furniture
broken.
The sailor who treated the charge with great levity, said
he was intoxicated.
Mr. Woolrych—l shall commit you for trial on two
charges for arson and for the assault.

A reinforcement of 10,000 is ordered to proceed
to mexioo.